Chapter Summaries

After Lin Yi's breakthrough tore open the Spirit Vine World's boundary, he repaired it and discovered a Tidal Spirit Whale had devoured the world's Sun and Moon Essence. He restored its light with the Great Sun Golden Crow and prepared to create a new moon, while deciding to prepare for the whale's possible return.

• Jianmu Divine Tree warned Lin Yi that his breakthrough had opened a hole in the Spirit Vine World's boundary and that its sun and moon had vanished.
• Lin Yi used a Void Pouch to repair the breach, then explored the Tidal Spirit Sea and found no neighboring worlds.
• A Tidal Spirit Whale swallowed the Sun and Moon Essence and left, and Lin Yi realized it could destroy the Spirit Vine World if it returned.
• Lin Yi returned to the Spirit Vine World and considered concealing it or hunting the whale before it came back.
• Lin Yi awakened the Great Sun Golden Crow to restore sunlight and took out Essence of Moonlight to create a moon.

Lin Yi forged a moon for the Spirit Vine World, then emerged from closed-door cultivation as an Emperor Realm Indestructible Body just before the Demon Dragon Realm Trial. Zhou Huan warned that Lin Yi’s breakthrough could change the Trial’s rules because it was designed for New Students who had not reached the Emperor Realm.

• Lin Yi used the Supreme Moon Essence and his hammer to forge a moon, then added materials to give it phases and the power to draw tides.
• Kong Shan Shui watched Lin Yi forge the moon and resolved to quit chips and women so he could become the King of Forging.
• Lin Yi adjusted the sun and moon and established the Twenty-Four Hour Circulation Method before leaving the Spirit Vine World.
• Ming Yao and Ling Shanshan discussed their unanswered messages to Lin Yi as the New Students gathered aboard the World Annihilation Spirit Boat.
• Zhou Huan went to Lin Yi’s Closed-Door Cultivation Room and discovered that Lin Yi had become an Emperor Realm Indestructible Body.
• Zhou Huan told Lin Yi that his new cultivation level made him unsuitable for the Demon Dragon Realm Trial and could force its rules to change.

Zhou Huan lent Lin Yi a Vein-Sealing Silk to hide his newly achieved Emperor Realm Indestructible Body before the dangerous Demon Dragon Realm trial. As Lin Yi reunited with the other New Students, he checked his upgraded System and discovered that his Omnipotent Talent had become Colorful.

• Zhou Huan wrapped Vein-Sealing Silk around Lin Yi’s wrist, concealing his physical realm without restricting his Undying Qi-Blood.
• Zhou Huan warned Lin Yi about the trial’s dangers and urged him to seize the chance to obtain a Magic Dragon.
• Lin Yi entered the great hall and rejoined Ling Shanshan, Chen Lin, Ming Yao, and the other New Students.
• Lin Yi checked the System notifications he had missed and saw that the System had updated after his breakthrough.
• Lin Yi opened his talent description and found that his Omnipotent Talent had become Colorful, granting thirty Talent Slots and several Talent Stone functions.

The Great Elder explained the Demon Dragon Realm Trial and its ten-person team limit, prompting Lin Yi to assemble a squad. After turning down several applicants, Lin Yi considered Niu Chuangchuang, who offered his strength and revealed that he ranked eleventh on the Dragon Tiger Ranking.

• The Great Elder arrived with Academy and Emperor Realm representatives and explained the Demon Dragon Realm’s discovery, the failed negotiations, and the coming invasion.
• The Great Elder announced that the Trial required teams of no more than ten to conquer the Sacred Dragon Mountain Range, and each team could select one Mercenary Team for support.
• Lin Yi counted his six current squad members and added War-Heaven Dragon, leaving three spots open.
• Nan Huang objected to Lin Yi’s team choices, then left with Durut, Lu Shen, and others to form their own team.
• Lin Yi rejected several new students seeking to join before Niu Chuangchuang approached and offered his help, boasting that he ranked eleventh on the Dragon Tiger Ranking.

Lin Yi formed his squad for the Demon Dragon Realm Trial while the Academy elders debated the open team-building rules. Elder Yan Long secretly enlisted Chao Tianxuan to sabotage the Trial with a Strange Spiral Stone, acting at Emperor Jin Mie's request.

• Lin Yi accepted Niu Chuangchuang into his squad, while New Students competed to buy the remaining places in his and other prominent squads.
• Ling Yunxiao's squad filled with capable friends, and Gu Chengan sold places in his squad before sharing the earnings with his five Ascension City friends.
• The Academy elders argued over whether students should be allowed to form teams freely, while the Great Elder noticed Yan Long's collusion with Jin Mie.
• Chao Tianxuan told Yan Long that Lin Yi had protected Gu Chaokuang and speculated that Lin Yi might be Chang Sheng the Great's target.
• Yan Long gave Chao Tianxuan a Strange Spiral Stone from the Dark Mist Realm and ordered him to put it in the Sacred Dragon Mountain Range.
• Emperor Jin Mie met Yan Long and said he would provide the promised reward only after seeing results.

Lin Yi assembled his team, chose a dangerous Safe Point in the Sacred Dragon Mountain Range, and hired nine Mercenary Teams before contacting Phoenix Nirvana to fill the last slot. The chapter left Captain Phoenix delighted that Lin Yi had offered work to her overlooked team.

• Fairy Jinghong and Shen Ni Ni joined Lin Yi's team, and Niu Chuangchuang fell for Shen Ni Ni at first sight before Shen Jinghong threatened him.
• Lin Yi studied the mountain range map and chose a Safe Point near its center despite Elder Yao warning that it faced frequent attacks.
• Lin Yi selected Gu Chaokuang's Mercenary Team and offered work to nine other teams, but one declined in favor of Ling Yunxiao's higher offer.
• Lin Yi contacted Captain Phoenix of Phoenix Nirvana and offered three thousand Void Crystal Coins to hire her team.
• Captain Phoenix was thrilled that Lin Yi, ranked third on the Dragon Tiger Ranking, had finally chosen Phoenix Nirvana.

Lin Yi’s squad hired ten mercenary teams and considered Fu Dao’s proposal to seize a nearby Primordial Mine while preparing to clear Demon Dragon Realm remnants. The chapter ended with the mercenary captains learning that Shen Jinghong was part of Lin Yi’s squad and would follow his command.

• Lin Yi gathered his squad and explained that he had hired ten mercenary teams to help with the trial.
• Fu Dao proposed capturing a nearby Primordial Mine, and the squad agreed to prioritize it after Lin Yi verified the information.
• Lin Yi summoned the mercenary captains to plan how to clear the area around their Safe Point.
• Huo Tongtian warned that the Safe Point’s proximity to the Sacred Dragon Mountain Range could expose them to the Demon Dragon Realm’s main force, but Lin Yi defended the choice.
• Xu Chan recognized Shen Jinghong as Fairy Jinghong, and Shen Jinghong said she would follow Lin Yi as the squad captain.

Lin Yi organized the new students and mercenaries at Zone B, Safety Point 3, then asked Ling Shanshan to examine his Divine Artifacts. He learned that Old Face Fruit had fallen dormant inside the Three-Legged Small Tripod, while Black Magnetic Mountain was tied to the Dark Mist Realm, and he left without deciding to commission an Emperor Artifact.

• The Great Elder sent the new student squads out, and Lin Yi arrived at Safety Point 3 with ten mercenary teams and nine students.
• Lin Yi had Ming Yao arrange defensive Formations and redesign the base, sent Fu Dao and others to investigate nearby remnants, and left Shen Jinghong's group to guard the Safe Point.
• Lin Yi asked Ling Shanshan to examine the Three-Legged Small Tripod, and she said its later Artifact Spirit had devoured the original before falling dormant from excess energy.
• Ling Shanshan warned Lin Yi that Black Magnetic Mountain had been forged through an evil technique tied to the Dark Mist Realm and suggested transferring Old Face Fruit into it, but Lin Yi refused to risk its corruption.
• Ling Shanshan offered to forge Lin Yi an Emperor Artifact, but Lin Yi decided against it because of the enormous cost.

Ling Shanshan offered to rent Lin Yi a damaged Emperor Artifact in exchange for two Divine Artifacts. Meanwhile, King of Rocky Mountain led his army toward Zone B, Safety Point 3, where Shen Jinghong intercepted them.

• Ling Shanshan showed Lin Yi the Chaos Profound Bell and explained that its palm-shaped damage made it painful for its owner to wield.
• Ling Shanshan offered to rent the bell to Lin Yi for three years in exchange for his Black Magnetic Mountain and Three-Legged Small Tripod, and Lin Yi agreed to inspect it.
• King of Rocky Mountain led the surviving Yan Country army through an underground tunnel toward Safety Point 3, hoping to attack before its defenses were ready.
• Duke Shadow Dragon reported that the defenders had withdrawn their Formation and urged King of Rocky Mountain to strike.
• A Star Remnant Mercenary Group cultivator detected the approaching army from the west, and Shen Jinghong left to intercept it.

Lin Yi endured the Chaos Profound Bell’s palm-print pain and used its power to defeat the King of Rocky Mountain’s army underground. Ling Shanshan arrived afterward, and they began capturing the survivors and beasts while considering the army’s nearby hideout.

• Lin Yi learned from the Chaos Profound Bell’s Artifact Spirit that its palm-print pain would be shared with anyone who wielded it, and agreed to bear it.
• King of Rocky Mountain ordered his Saint Domain forces to attack Lin Yi, mistaking him for an enemy Demon Human trying to stall them.
• Lin Yi used the Chaos Profound Bell to shatter the army’s attacks and knock most of its soldiers and beasts unconscious.
• Ling Shanshan arrived, recognized the valuable yellow Earth Dragon, and agreed to capture the surviving people and beasts with the Space Bag.

Lin Yi and his team cleared nearby Demon Dragon Realm forces, rescued captives from a Yan Country stronghold, and secured an Earth Dragon hatchling. After Ming Yao completed a defensive array at their Safe Point, Lin Yi prepared the team to eliminate the remaining forces around the Sacred Dragon Mountain Range.

• Ling Shanshan collected the underground battle spoils, and Lin Yi assigned the Earth Dragon and Sub-Dragons to himself while placing the other spoils in the team's collective account.
• Lin Yi warned Shen Jinghong that Demon Dragon Realm remnants remained nearby, then ordered scouting teams to search the surrounding area.
• After interrogating Yan Country captives, Lin Yi led Ling Shanshan and others to their underground stronghold, captured its soldiers and nobles, and looted the Abyss.
• Ling Shanshan claimed the Earth Dragon hatchling as payment for renting Lin Yi the Emperor Artifact.
• Ming Yao completed the Nine-Bend Spirit Emperor Array at the Safe Point, and Lin Yi marked eight nearby enemy locations on a map and ordered the team to sweep them.

On the seventh day of the Demon Dragon Realm trial, Lin Yi’s forces captured prisoners and four Giant Dragons while clearing five western remnant armies. Bruce uncovered a connection between Demon Dragon bloodlines and Lin Yi’s Emperor Realm Dragon Remains, but Lin Yi remained wary of awakening their Magic Dragon Will as Bruce urged him to continue researching.

• The Great Elder ordered a rescue for the first New Student Battle Team to suffer disastrous losses in the trial.
• Ling Shanshan worried about managing the Demon Dragon Realm prisoners, while Ming Yao said Lin Yi had kept them alive for a reason.
• Lin Yi’s forces cleared five western remnant armies in five days and captured four adult Giant Dragons, leaving three stronger forces near the Core Zone.
• Bruce told Lin Yi that the Emperor Realm Dragon Remains held part of a Magic Dragon bloodline and might awaken if infused with enough Demon Dragon bloodline essence.
• Bruce suggested the Dragon Remains had once been Holy Attribute Giant Dragons, and he pressed Lin Yi to let him continue researching their Magic Dragon Will.

Lin Yi let Bruce use four Giant Dragons to awaken the Magic Dragon Will in the Emperor Dragon Remains, but an unknown force entered Bruce’s Shaman Tower and transformed a fossilized dragon egg. The System identified it as an Emperor Realm dragon fetus, which then began forming a contract with Lin Yi.

• Lin Yi consulted Lu Bagui about awakening the Magic Dragon Will, then gave Bruce four Giant Dragons to sacrifice despite the uncertain divination.
• Bruce extracted the dragons’ Demon Dragon bloodlines and infused them into the Dragon Remains, whose power surged as it absorbed the dying dragons.
• Lin Yi knocked Bruce unconscious when he sensed the old man had been influenced, then followed a smoky mist into Bruce’s Shaman Tower.
• Lin Yi found that one of six fossilized dragon eggs had devoured the other five and become a living milky-white egg.
• The System identified the egg as Variant Dragon Fetus · Cai, an Emperor Realm dragon, and a contract force reached for Lin Yi’s finger.

Lin Yi rejected the newly awakened Nirvana Demon Dragon’s attempt to form a Life-and-Death Pact, despite learning that it could help him cultivate a powerful Supreme Body. He stored the dragon in his Small World and returned to Zone B, Safety Point 3, intending to investigate its origins before deciding whether to contract with it.

• The Nirvana Demon Dragon tried to bind Lin Yi with a Life-and-Death Pact, claiming their karmic bond came from the Immortal Substance he had used to reach the Emperor Realm.
• The Nirvana Demon Dragon explained that its Nirvana Origin could help Lin Yi condense a Star Core Supreme Body and described the three transformations of the Indestructible Body.
• Lin Yi learned that the dragon’s inherited Nirvana Demon Dragon Supreme Body had thirty-four Star Cores, while some powerful Supreme Bodies required forty-five.
• Lin Yi severed the contract power, stored the Nirvana Demon Dragon in his Small World, and decided to investigate its background before considering a pact.
• Lin Yi cleaned up the Spirit Vine World and returned to Zone B, Safety Point 3.

At a victory banquet, Lin Yi and the others discussed Indestructible Body cultivation and learned more about Chaos Particles and the World Law. After reports revealed that three Demon Dragon Realm forces were preparing to unite, Lin Yi decided to lead an attack on the Flame Dragon Empire’s remnants the next day, with Shen Jinghong taking on their five Giant Dragons.

• Ling Shanshan explained that Chaos Particles and a Supreme Body Cultivation Diagram were needed to advance beyond the Indestructible Body Emperor Realm.
• Shen Jinghong said Chaos Particles came from the Tidal Spirit Realm, and Lumba added that cultivators of the World Law could nurture them.
• Zhe Yan reported that the three remaining Demon Dragon Realm forces planned to join hands and that the Flame Dragon Empire’s remnants had at least five Giant Dragons.
• Shen Jinghong volunteered to fight those five Giant Dragons, and Lin Yi agreed to prioritize attacking the Flame Dragon Empire’s remnants the next day.

Ling Qiang’s undercover work ended when Shen Jinghong’s surprise attack began, and she broke the Flame Dragon Empire’s resistance with her Emperor Law. The mercenaries conquered the empire’s remaining force and began counting the spoils, while Niu Chuangchuang lingered near Shen Ni Ni and Shen Jinghong despite having no wounds.

• Ling Qiang worried that the mercenaries’ attack would fail, but Shen Jinghong killed two Fire Dragons with a sudden sword strike.
• When the Steward whipped him again, Ling Qiang killed him and vanished from the animal grounds.
• Shen Jinghong used Break Illusion to suppress the three remaining Giant Dragons and their Dragon Knights, who surrendered as the Flame Dragon Empire’s Saint Domain fighters fled.
• War-Heaven Dragon led the mercenaries in capturing the Flame Dragon Empire’s force near Zone B, Safety Point 3, and rounding up hundreds of thousands of citizens and nobles.
• Huo Tongtian estimated the battle’s spoils at forty to fifty thousand Void Crystal Coins, and Niu Chuangchuang admitted he had no injuries to take to Shen Ni Ni for treatment.

Lin Yi led two small Mercenary Teams to attack the Cangmu Empire, hoping to secure its Fairy Dragon and the Spirit Fairies it might attract. Unable to locate the dragon, he used the Chaos Profound Bell to incapacitate the empire’s dragons and transcendent forces, leaving only ordinary servants conscious.

• War-Heaven Dragon told Niu Chuangchuang to pursue the Emperor Realm if he wanted to win women, then turned his attention to the other forces’ campaign.
• Lin Yi brought the Pebble Mercenary Team and Phoenix Nirvana Mercenary Team to the Cangmu Empire’s mountain range, where Shi Hang worried that their small numbers would not be enough.
• Gu Chaokuang reassured Shi Hang that Lin Yi would keep them safe, and Shi Hang acknowledged Gu’s loyalty to the team.
• Lin Yi searched the mountain range, found three Material Attribute Giant Dragons, and realized he could not locate the Fairy Dragon through his perception.
• Lin Yi rang the Chaos Profound Bell, knocking out the three dragons and all the Cangmu Empire’s transcendent forces while leaving its ordinary servants conscious.

Lin Yi subdued the Cangmu Empire’s forces, captured a Spirit Dragon, and helped eliminate the Violet Empire’s remaining army. After Shen Jinghong and Zhe Yan found a Primordial Mine, Lin Yi arrived to inspect its rich deposits.

• Lin Yi collected the unconscious Giant Dragons and other creatures, then found the fleeing Spirit Dragon, Alice, who agreed to summon nearby Spirit Fairies.
• Gu Chaokuang and the others organized the Cangmu Empire’s spoils while Ling Shanshan, Fu Dao, and their allies defeated the Violet Empire’s five Knight Legions and captured its young emperor.
• Shen Jinghong and Zhe Yan discovered a Primordial Mine in the former Flame Dragon Empire’s territory.
• Lin Yi visited the mine and learned from Seven-Colored Old Ghost that its glowing crystals might be refined into Emperor Rank materials and that the vein could extend three hundred li underground.

Lin Yi found a threatening marker at the Primordial Mine claiming that an unnamed Starfall Academy Elder owned it. He destroyed the marker and ordered the mine excavated, leaving Shen Jinghong and the others ready to defy the elder’s threat.

• Lin Yi warned Old Ghost not to steal Primordial Stones and entered the mine to find Shen Jinghong and the others.
• Shen Ni Ni and Zhe Yan told Lin Yi that a message at the end of the vein claimed the mine belonged to an Academy Elder.
• Lin Yi examined the Emperor Realm imprint on the Stone Stele and concluded that its owner had left no name because his claim violated Academy rules.
• Lin Yi destroyed the Stone Stele and ordered Zhe Yan to have Old Ghost’s Puppet Legion mine through the night.
• Shen Jinghong regained her confidence and vowed to test her sword against the unnamed elder once she entered the Emperor Realm.

An Outer War Palace elder discovered that his Brand Stone had been destroyed and suspected Lin Yi’s team, while the team mined the Primordial Mine and Ling Shanshan refined its ore into Primordial Spirit Iron. After half a month, eleven pieces had been produced, and Lin Yi learned how the material could be used to forge Emperor Artifacts.

• An Outer War Palace elder learned that his Brand Stone had been destroyed, identified Lin Yi’s team as the only New Student Battle Team near the mine, and vowed to remember its members.
• Ming Yao concealed the mining site with a Formation while Ling Shanshan publicly shared the Spirit Race’s method for smelting Primordial Stones.
• Elders discussed the value of the mine and Lin Yi’s Emperor Artifact, while Zhou Huan privately took pride in Lin Yi’s progress and worried that the Great Elder might recruit him.
• After half a month of mining and smelting, Ling Shanshan had produced eleven pieces of Primordial Spirit Iron, with enough ore remaining for one more.
• Lin Yi asked Ling Shanshan about using Primordial Spirit Iron to forge Emperor Artifacts, and she explained its properties and claimed she would be able to forge them easily after entering the Emperor Realm.