Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi examined the valuable supplies Qi Tiannan had left in the Storage Iron Bracelet, helped Chen Lin prepare for cultivation, and visited the Spirit Vine World. There, he gave half of the Holy Water to the Jianmu Seedling and entrusted the damaged Bodhi Fruit to Senior Jianmu to cultivate.

• Lin Yi discovered the Storage Iron Bracelet held a Sun Fire Divine Ability Seed and abundant materials for refining Immortal Pills, though he told Chen Lin he could not open it and would return it to his master.
• Lin Yi gave Chen Lin two portions of high-grade baleful Qi and access to the loft, then entered the Closed-Door Cultivation Room.
• Lin Yi entered the Spirit Vine World and saw that the Jianmu Seedling had sprouted beside Senior Jianmu.
• Senior Jianmu judged that the Bodhi Fruit was innately damaged and that the Holy Water was too scarce to be useful on it, then suggested using the Holy Water to nourish the Jianmu Seedling.
• Lin Yi poured half of the Holy Water beneath the Jianmu Seedling, which grew sturdier and sprouted new leaves, and left the Bodhi Fruit with Senior Jianmu to nurture.

Lin Yi investigated whether Bruce’s purified Immortal Substance could be used to refine Immortal Pills and learned it was viable but difficult to process. He then prepared to fuse the Sun Fire Divine Ability Seed and break through to the true Tenth Immortal Realm.

• Lu Jianshen delivered the mature Spirit Plants he had harvested from the Spirit Vine World to Lin Yi.
• Bruce gave Lin Yi a bottle of purified Immortal Substance that he had extracted.
• Lin Yi met Wu Shaohua, who confirmed the Immortal Substance could be used for Immortal Pills but warned that its liquid form would lower the chance of success.
• Lin Yi returned to his pavilion and found Chen Lin still tempering his body with baleful energy.
• Lin Yi activated the Fire-Repelling Array, took out the Sun Fire Divine Ability Seed, and began the fusion process.

Lin Yi refined the Sun Fire Divine Ability Seed, completed his Yang Fire Divine Ability, and recovered from the breakthrough before joining Ling Shanshan, Fu Dao, and Ming Yao to investigate Mo Yuan’s gathering on the Third Floating Island. The newcomers arrived at Mo Yuan’s Hundred Flower Garden, where he appeared in striking red robes.

• Lin Yi’s Scarlet yang Qi-Blood nourished the Sun Fire Divine Ability Seed, and he awakened the Yang Fire Divine Ability after a breakthrough that damaged his cultivation room.
• Lin Yi read his messages, then traveled with Ling Shanshan, Fu Dao, and Ming Yao toward the gathering arranged by Mo Yuan.
• Ming Yao explained that Mo Yuan belonged to the Third Vein, had invited Grade A newcomers with possible information about the Academy’s second round test, and might be gauging competitors for the True Realm of Heavenly Palace.
• Lin Yi and his companions arrived at Mo Yuan’s residence on the Second Floating Island, where around a hundred Grade A newcomers had gathered.
• Mo Yuan appeared before the newcomers in bright red robes, and Ling Shanshan remarked on his flamboyant clothing.

Mo Yuan hosted Lin Yi and the other new students at a lavish banquet, then revealed that he had gathered them to sell information about their second test. He asked Lin Yi about the kin race he planned to raise in his inner world, leaving the price and details of the test unresolved.

• Mo Yuan welcomed the new students with Spirit Fairies, Hundred Flower Spirit Honey, and a feast of rare delicacies.
• Lin Yi discovered that the honey wine stimulated Source Qi, while Ming Yao suspected Mo Yuan had an ulterior motive for hosting the banquet.
• Ling Shanshan demanded more honey wine and promised Mo Yuan she could help him find someone to refine an Emperor Artifact.
• Lin Yi asked Mo Yuan about information on the class's second test, and Mo Yuan said he would sell it for Void Crystal Coins.
• Mo Yuan asked Lin Yi what kin race he planned to raise in his inner world.

Mo Yuan offered Lin Yi and his companions detailed intelligence about the Demon Dragon Realm in exchange for helping him smuggle out Spirit Fairies and other World Kin. Lin Yi discussed the proposal with his team, and most agreed to cooperate as they prepared for the Academy’s second-round test.

• Mo Yuan privately offered Lin Yi access to low-priced World Kin and explained that Starfall Academy’s second-round test would take New Students into a newly discovered minor world.
• Mo Yuan revealed that the minor world was the Demon Dragon Realm, which held many Spirit Fairies and might also contain the powerful Magic Dragon Clan.
• Mo Yuan offered to give Lin Yi his detailed intelligence for free if Lin Yi signed a contract and brought back Spirit Fairies, but said otherwise Lin Yi would have to buy the information.
• Lin Yi told Fu Dao, Ling Shanshan, and Ming Yao about Mo Yuan’s offer and explained that Mo Yuan would provide a spatial artifact and help conceal the smuggling.
• Ling Shanshan agreed because she wanted to raise Spirit Fairies, while Ming Yao and Fu Dao accepted the plan after considering the cost and the dangers facing the Demon Dragon Realm.

Lin Yi’s group studied the Demon Dragon Realm intelligence and prepared for the Academy trial while Mo Yuan built ties with the freshmen. In the realm, Gu Chaokuang’s squad hunted dragons until Starfall Academy’s World Annihilation Spirit Boat arrived.

• Lin Yi and Mo Yuan agreed that Lin Yi’s group would bring out at least a thousand Spirit Fairies for Mo Yuan to buy at cost, with Mo Yuan receiving priority on other precious retainers.
• Ming Yao, Fu Dao, Ling Shanshan, and Lin Yi discussed the wounded Emperor Rank Magic Dragons and concluded the group might enter the Sacred Dragon Mountain Range during the trial.
• Mo Yuan used his banquet to network with the Grade A freshmen, and guests received bottles of Hundred Flowers Spirit Honey as they left.
• Gu Chaokuang and a Realm War Squad sealed a Fire Dragon for sale, while the Captain warned them that Starfall Academy would soon turn the realm into a trial ground.
• Gu Chaokuang worried about Wushi and the others from Ascension Iron City before the World Annihilation Spirit Boat appeared in the sky, announcing Starfall Academy’s arrival.

Lin Yi created the Pill God Talent and refined twelve nine-pattern supreme Immortal Pills before using one to temper his flesh. As the pill’s agonizing effects began, he endured the transformation and approached the step toward the Yang Kang Great Path.

• Lin Yi fixed the Pill God Talent, which let him refine pills beyond their usual limits, and confirmed that his nine-pattern Immortal Pill was more than three times as potent as a top-grade pill.
• Lin Yi spent three days refining pills until he had twelve nine-pattern supreme Immortal Pills, then stopped when he ran out of Immortal Substance.
• Lin Yi learned from messages that New Students had begun wagering in Arena challenges and that his Dragon Ranking position had fallen below tenth, but he dismissed the ranking.
• Lin Yi entered closed-door cultivation and swallowed one of his nine-pattern supreme Immortal Pills to continue refining his flesh.
• Lin Yi endured the pill’s intense pain as his old flesh broke down and tougher new flesh formed, bringing him closer to the Yang Kang Great Path.

Lin Yi refined a Nine-patterned Immortal Pill into his body, then visited Starfall Academy’s Library to find a way to reduce the pain of Immortal Pill body refinement. He left with three relevant books and a hefty Academy-credit bill.

• Lin Yi endured the pain of refining the Nine-patterned Immortal Pill and transformed one-fifth of his body into an Indestructible Body.
• After his pain subsided, Lin Yi postponed taking another pill and thought about his pregnant wife, Gu Tianxue, and their child.
• Ling Shanshan briefly interrupted Lin Yi while he gazed at the moon, then flew away in her Spirit Boat.
• Lin Yi traveled to the Fifth Floating Island and paid one hundred Academy credits to enter Starfall Academy’s Library.
• Lin Yi asked the Library’s spirit for books on eliminating the painful side effects of Immortal Pills, received three books, and lost five hundred more Academy credits when he opened one.

Lin Yi studied the Immortal Medicine Auxiliary Method and Academy cultivation records, learning about the Immortal Martial Saint Path and its connection to the Ancient Clan’s Domain Martial Path. The Library Spirit revealed that Lin Yi could not access the restricted materials, but offered him a complete breakthrough method and a Martial Path Divine Ability in exchange for his unused scroll.

• Lin Yi read the Immortal Medicine Auxiliary Method and found that its pain-relief formula used rare materials for only limited effect.
• Lin Yi studied seven Academy insights and learned that Immortal Pill body refinement caused unavoidable pain, which some cultivators deliberately intensified.
• Lin Yi read an insight linking the Immortal Martial Saint Path to the Immortal Physique Method and began investigating the path’s origins.
• Lin Yi learned from general books that the Ancient Clan’s Domain Martial Path let cultivators fuse True Qi and Immortal Substance into their flesh, granting Immortal Martial Saint Emperor Realm experts the ability to activate Martial Path Divine Abilities with their bodies.
• The Library Spirit told Lin Yi that he lacked authorization to read the Ancient Clan’s restricted books, but offered him The Most Trashy Immortal Martial Saint Method in exchange for his unused scroll.

Lin Yi exchanged his reserved library reward for the Immortal Martial Saint breakthrough method and the Blood and Flesh Transformation Divine Ability, then prepared to refine more Immortal Pills before the Academy’s second test. After Starfall Academy announced that the trial would take place in the Demon Dragon Realm, Lin Yi rejoined his team, whose members had been debating whether to replace him as Captain.

• Lin Yi spent his reserved exchange reward on The Most Trashy Immortal Martial Saint Method and memorized its breakthrough method and divine ability.
• Lin Yi bought materials and high-grade baleful qi, then left some of the qi as a reward for Chen Lin after seeing his disciple had reached the Body Refinement Ninth Realm.
• Lin Yi activated his loft’s formations and began refining Nine-patterned Immortal Pills, hoping to reach the Physical Emperor Realm before the second round of testing.
• Half a month later, Starfall Academy announced that new students would travel to the Demon Dragon Realm in three days for the trial.
• Ming Yao, Ling Shanshan, and Fu Dao discussed Lin Yi’s absence, and Ling Shanshan proposed making herself Captain before Lin Yi arrived.
• Fu Dao asked whether Lin Yi had reached the Emperor Realm, and Lin Yi replied that he was still a little short.

Lin Yi prepared for Starfall Academy’s second test after advancing his Immortal Physique to the brink of the Emperor Realm. As the new students began entering the Demon Dragon Realm, Niu Chuangchuang challenged Lin Yi to compete for rankings there.

• Lin Yi explained that he had used more Immortal Pills than expected to cultivate his physique, and Ming Yao declined his offer to find him more.
• Three days later, Lin Yi gathered with Ling Shanshan, Fu Dao, Ming Yao, Lumba, and Chen Lin at the plaza for the second test.
• Lumba described how Magic Dragons and their descendants could nurture worlds, then privately promised Lin Yi a Giant Dragon from his father.
• Elder Yao opened the teleportation array and sent the new students toward the Demon Dragon Realm.
• Niu Chuangchuang challenged Lin Yi to compete for rankings, offering a Bodhi Fruit if he lost and asking to learn who refined Lin Yi’s Immortal Pills if he won.

Lin Yi learned that Niu Chuangchuang had publicly wagered a Thunder Sound Golden Lotus Seed to draw him into a dispute with Gu Chengan, the Arena fighter who had defeated Niu. Zhou Huan then revealed why he wanted the seed and explained that certain ancient Spirit Plants could become Spirit Roots for cultivation.

• Niu Chuangchuang offered a Thunder Sound Golden Lotus Seed as a wager, and Lin Yi suspected he was trying to involve him in a dispute over an earlier Arena prize.
• Fu Dao told Lin Yi that Gu Chengan had broken Niu Chuangchuang's Dragon Tiger Golden Body and defeated him, so Lin Yi asked Ming Yao to investigate Gu's background.
• Ming Yao reported that Gu Chengan was an abandoned child of the Ancient Clan who grew up in Ascension City, and Lin Yi worried that a confrontation could attract the clan's attention.
• Zhou Huan contacted Lin Yi and asked him to obtain the Thunder Sound Golden Lotus Seed in exchange for an extra Bloodline Tracing Fruit.
• Zhou Huan explained that the seed could become a Spirit Root and be cultivated into an Innate Spirit Plant, and Lin Yi learned that only certain ancient Spirit Plants could be used this way.

Lin Yi read the Dragon Tiger Ranking while waiting, then arrived with the other New Students at a desolate island in the Demon Dragon Realm for the Academy’s second-round assessment. The first stage required them to reach the World Annihilation Spirit Boat, but a strange Gale Layer trapped those who tried to fly upward, and Ling Shanshan offered to test her wind-warding artifact.

• Lin Yi read the Dragon Tiger Ranking and found himself listed at thirty-third place, with his staged match against the Tiger-Subduing Monk included in the entry.
• Lin Yi and the others teleported to a desolate island in the Demon Dragon Realm, where an unseen voice announced that they had to reach the World Annihilation Spirit Boat to pass the first stage.
• Ming Yao identified the eerie moon overhead as the World Annihilation Spirit Boat, while he and Fu Dao suspected that the route to it concealed a trial.
• Several New Students flew toward the Spirit Boat but became trapped in a Gale Layer, and another student who tried to power through it was immobilized as well.
• Ling Shanshan offered to use her wind-warding artifact to test the Gale Layer.

Lin Yi discovered an Origin-Stabilizing Source Pearl beneath the Trial island and used it to absorb the Gale Wind. After the pearl created a windless area, he prepared to lead the New Students through the Gale Layer toward the World Annihilation Spirit Boat.

• Lin Yi used Kun Earth to explore beneath the island, and the New Students followed by digging through the rock in various ways.
• Lin Yi found an Origin-Stabilizing Source Pearl underground and defeated a giant ape New Student who tried to seize it.
• Lin Yi returned to the surface and explained the pearl's function to the New Students, promising to lead them through the Gale Layer if it worked.
• Lin Yi brought the pearl to the Gale Layer, where it absorbed the strange wind and formed a hundred-zhang windless area.

Lin Yi and Ming Yao investigated the dangerous layers above the island, where Lin Yi endured the Deep Blue Fire. On the World Annihilation Spirit Boat, Jin Mie secretly added Vicious Poison Fire to the trial, and the experts identified him as a powerful figure from Dark Mist Academy.

• Lin Yi warned the ape-transformed new student who had attacked him, then took Ming Yao to explore the sky.
• Using the Origin Stabilizing Pearl, Lin Yi and Ming Yao crossed the Gale Layer and discovered that a Formation concealed nearby islands.
• Lin Yi found that the layer at three thousand zhang was filled with Deep Blue Fire that burned the internal organs, then returned to the safe zone.
• Lin Yi gave Ming Yao the pearl and reentered the fire layer, enduring its pain as he climbed.
• Jin Mie added Vicious Poison Fire to the trial, provoking the Academy Great Elder, and the Emperor Realm experts learned that Jin Mie came from Dark Mist Academy.

Lin Yi endured the Vicious Poison Fire and reached the Thunder Layer, where he discovered that the lightning might hasten his Indestructible Body's final transformation. He deliberately entered the storm to temper his physique, emerging badly scorched but still standing.

• Lin Yi suppressed Jin Mie's Vicious Poison Fire with his Fuzhu Bloodline and broke through the Fire Layer to six thousand zhang.
• The Great Elder refused Jin Mie's offer to kill Lin Yi and warned that Lin Yi had spoken with Time Master.
• Lin Yi reached the Thunder Layer and tested its lightning, finding that his arm recovered and his physique felt strengthened.
• Lin Yi realized the lightning might help complete his Indestructible Body and stepped into the storm to temper himself.
• Lin Yi emerged charred and cracked from the lightning, his body smoking and his frame hunched.

Lin Yi used the World Annihilation Divine Thunder to temper his body, but stopped just short of becoming an Indestructible Body when the lightning could no longer strengthen him. After passing the three trials, he refused to board the Spirit Boat and returned to the island, where Ming Yao had been waiting anxiously.

• Lin Yi repeatedly had his body destroyed and restored by the World Annihilation Divine Thunder, while Emperor Realm experts watched and discussed his potential breakthrough.
• The lightning eventually stopped affecting Lin Yi, leaving his Immortal Physique progress at 95% and the final transformation unfinished.
• The Academy Great Elder summoned Lin Yi to the World Annihilation Spirit Boat, but Lin Yi asked whether he could return to the island afterward.
• When the Great Elder said he could not return, Lin Yi declined to board and descended toward the island.
• Ming Yao spotted Lin Yi returning and felt relieved that he had survived.

Lin Yi led the New Students from his island across the Gale Wind Layer to attack a neighboring island and seize its Origin Stabilizing Pearls. They launched a surprise assault under Ling Shanshan’s Great Void Banner, and the defenders began organizing a counterattack.

• Ming Yao told Lin Yi that the Wind Stabilizing Bead could help them cross the Gale Wind Layer between islands.
• Lin Yi gathered the New Students and persuaded most of them to join him in taking Origin Stabilizing Pearls from a neighboring island.
• Ling Shanshan revealed that her Great Void Banner could conceal the group, and Lin Yi used the Wind Stabilizing Bead to lead them across the sea.
• The group scouted the neighboring island and identified Durut and Nan Huang as its Dragon Tiger Ranking students.
• Ling Shanshan dropped the concealment, and Lin Yi’s group attacked the island’s New Students, who quickly organized a counterattack.

Lin Yi defeated the New Students led by Durut and Nan Huang, found the Origin Stabilizing Pearl beneath the island, and demanded that the captives swear an oath to fight for him. Durut agreed in principle but asked what they would receive in return.

• Durut summoned Rock Giants as his group fought Lin Yi’s New Students, while Meng Ben smashed through the creatures and scattered their ranks.
• Nan Huang tried to rescue Durut with gale tornadoes, but Lin Yi suppressed the winds, defeated Nan Huang, sealed his power, and handed him to Ming Yao.
• Lin Yi found the Origin Stabilizing Pearl beneath the island and returned to find Durut’s group bound and defeated.
• Lin Yi warned the captives that losing the pearl could end their Academy careers and demanded that they swear a contractual oath to fight for him.
• Durut agreed to the demand in principle and asked Lin Yi what his group would receive in return.

Lin Yi secured the surrender of Durut, Nan Huang, and the other bound students, then led them toward the next island. Aboard the World Annihilation Spirit Boat, Zhou Huan confronted Jin Mie over his interference in the trials and demanded compensation from the Great Elder.

• Lin Yi lent Origin Stabilizing Pearls to Durut and Nan Huang in exchange for their cooperation, and the captured students agreed to fight for him.
• Lin Yi and the gathered new students set off for the nearest island as night fell over the Demon Dragon Realm.
• The Academy Elders gathered aboard the World Annihilation Spirit Boat and saw that Lin Yi had taken control of the fifth island with nearly five hundred students.
• Zhou Huan praised Lin Yi's progress, then challenged Jin Mie for disrupting the trials and threatening the Seventh Vein.
• The Great Elder secretly urged Zhou Huan to yield because Jin Mie was useful, but Zhou Huan insisted that Lin Yi's interests be protected and asked what compensation he would offer.