Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi harvested Auspiciousness Force from evil native nobles and used it to draw the deep-red [Chosen One] talent. The talent unexpectedly improved his comprehension, though he still wanted to find a stronger comprehension talent.

• Lin Yi asked Su Xiaoxiao for access to imprisoned native nobles, and she arranged for enforcers to help him select prisoners.
• Lin Yi took a thousand nobles who had committed many atrocities and killed most of them in the Spirit Vine World, gathering enough Auspiciousness Force for a talent draw.
• Lin Yi drew and solidified the deep-red [Chosen One] talent, which eased the backlash from the draw and gave him new insights into his Supreme Body inheritances.
• Lin Yi realized the talent sharply enhanced his comprehension and resolved to seek more creatures whose talents he could copy into the talent pool.

Lin Yi inspected the Spirit Vine World, judged that its weakened foundation could not support another Emperor Realm being, and planned to move its inhabitants into his future inner world. After years of secluded study on the past timeline, he mastered three Supreme Body Inheritances and realized he needed to study more before choosing an arrangement suited to himself.

• Lin Yi assessed the talents of Mo Wensheng, Ling Yu, Six-Arms, the Spirit Devouring Crocodile, and the Sky-Splitting Sparrow, deciding he would eventually solidify the Sparrow’s Spatial Comprehension talent.
• Lin Yi slaughtered the remaining Demon Dragon Realm natives, filled the Holy Grail with their auspiciousness, and inspected the three regions of the Spirit Vine World.
• Lin Yi recognized that the Spirit Vine World’s damaged origin could barely sustain Ronglong and planned to relocate its inhabitants to his future inner world.
• Lin Yi fed Sky-Splitting Sparrow emperor flesh to the Transforming Corpse in the Bronze Coffin, then entered secluded cultivation on the past timeline.
• After several years of study, Lin Yi completely mastered the Azure Dragon, Nirvana Demonic Dragon, and Creation Demonic Dragon Supreme Body Inheritances.
• Lin Yi concluded that he needed to acquire more Supreme Body Inheritances before selecting a Star Core arrangement suited to himself.

The Great Elder returned to the Demon Dragon Realm with the rescued New Students, ending Starfall Academy’s third round of testing, then reunited with the elders aboard the World Annihilation Spirit Boat. As the elders gathered to discuss the rescue, Zhou Huan revealed his injuries and confronted Zhao Song over his contribution.

• The Great Elder brought Ling Yunxiao, Gu Chengan, and the surviving New Students back from the Dark Mist Realm and declared the third round of testing over.
• Su Xiaoxiao told the Great Elder that Lin Yi had returned and described how Lin Yi helped her subdue an Emperor Realm Sky-Splitting Sparrow.
• The Great Elder and the elders gathered aboard the World Annihilation Spirit Boat after surviving an ambush by Emperor Evils during the rescue mission.
• Wang Kun and other elders praised Zhou Huan for having Lin Yi in his branch, but Zhou Huan replied that Lin Yi’s success came from his own ability and good fortune.
• Zhou Huan said he had fought a mid-stage Emperor Realm Emperor Evil for three days and nights to protect New Students, and Zhao Song mocked him for displaying his injuries.
• Zhou Huan argued with Zhao Song and said he wanted the Great Elder to recognize his contribution to the Academy.

Lin Yi reforged the Chaos Profound Bell and Adamantine Bracelet into low-grade Innate Spirit Treasures, then met the Great Elder, reported his encounter with the Second Generation Dragon God, and prepared to attend the elders' meeting. As they left the past timeline, the Great Elder objected to the Bronze Coffin beside his Thatch Hut.

• Lin Yi used Heavenly Essence Condensate and nine compatible Innate Restrictions to upgrade the Chaos Profound Bell and Adamantine Bracelet into Innate Spirit Treasures.
• The Great Elder arrived and praised Lin Yi's artifact-refining skill, then told him that Ling Yunxiao and Gu Chengan had returned safely and that the elders were discussing the New Student trials list.
• The Great Elder gave Lin Yi more than one tael of Enlightenment Tea in exchange for completing the task concerning the Second Generation Dragon God.
• Lin Yi recounted meeting the Second Generation Dragon God in the Dark Continent, and the Great Elder said the account largely matched his divination.
• The Great Elder declined to explain his connection and agreement with the Second Generation Dragon God, and he and Lin Yi left the past timeline together.
• The Great Elder saw the Bronze Coffin beside the Thatch Hut and told Lin Yi it was an inappropriate object to leave where he rested.

Lin Yi joined the elders' meeting after bringing the Bronze Coffin back from the Dark Mist Realm, and the Great Elder announced the Academy's plans for the Demon Dragon Realm and the remaining trial decisions. The meeting began with three elders volunteering to guard the new world for a hundred years, though its dangers made the post less attractive than usual.

• The Great Elder examined Lin Yi's Bronze Coffin, learned it came from the Dark Mist Realm and was connected to the Indestructible Body Inheritance, then asked Lin Yi to store it away before they went to the hall.
• Lin Yi sat beside Zhou Huan, who complained that the Great Elder had schemed against him, but the Great Elder silenced the elders and promised Zhou Huan a reward.
• The Great Elder praised the elders' efforts during the upheaval, promised to reward merit and punish wrongdoing, and outlined plans to guard the Demon Dragon Realm, select new students, and distribute its resources.
• Three early Emperor Realm elders volunteered to guard the Demon Dragon Realm for a century in exchange for fifty thousand Void Crystal Coins and an Emperor-grade healing pill.

As the elders of Starfall Academy drew up the New Student admissions list, Lin Yi reviewed the trial records and discovered that Chen Lin and Rumba were at risk of rejection. The chapter left their admission prospects uncertain.

• Zhou Huan told Lin Yi that the Demon Dragon Minor Realm had been stripped of most of its resources and that Shen Jinghong was missing, though the Great Elder believed she was safe and would find a great opportunity.
• The Great Elder began the confidential process of selecting about two thousand New Students for admission.
• An observer gave Lin Yi the detailed New Student Observation Report, and Lin Yi reviewed his own record and those of his companions.
• Lin Yi found that Chen Lin and Rumba ranked just above three thousand and might be rejected because their third trial scores were low.
• Lin Yi learned that a powerful Five-Star Evil Creature had ambushed Chen Lin and Rumba, leaving them injured despite the talismans he had given them.

Lin Yi helped Chen Lin and Rumba gain admission to the Seventh Branch through special slots, then watched the Academy settle its New Student roster. The elders turned to planning the Demon Dragon Realm’s future, and Zhou Huan faced objections to his long-term development proposal as he urged Lin Yi to support him.

• Lin Yi asked Zhou Huan to use two special admission slots for Chen Lin and Rumba, and Zhou Huan added them to the Seventh Branch roster.
• The Branch Elders competed over New Students, and the Great Elder finalized the admission list at 2,800.
• The Great Elder introduced resource allocation and development planning for the Demon Dragon Minor Realm, prompting Wang Kun and Jia Wei to argue for their branches’ competing uses.
• Zhou Huan proposed limiting the native Human Race population and developing the eastern plains for Spirit Plants and the western forests and Sacred Dragon Mountain Range for breeding dragons.
• Several elders objected to Zhou Huan’s long-term plan, and he privately urged Lin Yi to speak in its support.

Lin Yi backed Zhou Huan’s long-term plan for developing the Demon Dragon Realm, helping it pass despite Jia Wei’s objection. After the meeting, Lin Yi bought a Spirit Ascension Flower from Zhou Huan and went to Su Xiaoxiao’s residence to help forge an Emperor Artifact, while Zhou Huan wrongly suspected the two were having an affair.

• Lin Yi argued that the Demon Dragon Realm needed time to recover and supported Zhou Huan’s proposal to restore its ecosystem while gathering resources.
• Jia Wei challenged Lin Yi’s right to speak, but Su Xiaoxiao defended him and agreed with his position.
• The Great Elder approved Zhou Huan’s plan, partly because he feared the Second Generation Dragon God would retaliate if the Academy damaged the realm.
• After the meeting, Su Xiaoxiao privately told Lin Yi to come to her residence because she had bought materials to forge an Emperor Artifact.
• Lin Yi asked Zhou Huan for Spirit Ascension Flowers and bought a mature one for 150,000, hoping to refine World Minor Pills for profit.
• Lin Yi went to Su Xiaoxiao’s residence, and Zhou Huan secretly followed, convinced that they were having an affair.

Lin Yi refined Su Xiaoxiao’s Cloud Immortal Scarf and began attempting to make the World Minor Pill, but two furnaces failed. He sought the Time Master of the Past Self’s guidance and watched him successfully refine a high-quality pill, then prepared to try again himself.

• Lin Yi stayed in the Thatch Hut to refine pills and artifacts, briefly accompanying Zhou Huan to visit Fu Dao, Ling Shanshan, Ling Yunxiao, and the others.
• Lin Yi completed the Cloud Immortal Scarf, an Emperor Artifact made from three special Emperor Materials for Su Xiaoxiao.
• Lin Yi divided the Spirit Ascension Flower and supplementary ingredients into five portions and failed twice while attempting to refine a World Minor Pill.
• Lin Yi asked the Time Master of the Past Self for help, and the Time Master explained the refining process while demonstrating it.
• The Time Master refined a high-quality World Minor Pill and warned Lin Yi not to waste more materials if his next attempt failed.

Lin Yi successfully refined a World Minor Pill and prepared for the spirit boat’s return to Starfall Academy while helping Gu Chaokuang make plans for his safety and cultivation. The Great Elder then gave Lin Yi the Innate Spiritual Root Secret Technique, which Lin Yi immediately began to study.

• After learning from the Time Master, Lin Yi successfully refined a five-pattern World Minor Pill on his fourth attempt.
• The Great Elder announced that the World Annihilation Spirit Boat would return to Starfall Academy in ten days after stopping at Ascension City for repairs.
• Lin Yi asked Gu Chaokuang to search for the others from the Ancient Domain and advised him to focus on the Indestructible Body path before attempting an Emperor Realm breakthrough.
• Lin Yi gave Gu Chaokuang one hundred thousand Void Crystal Coins and three Emperor Talismans for protection.
• The Great Elder gave Lin Yi a copied edition of the Innate Spiritual Root Secret Technique in exchange for three one-volume permissions.
• Lin Yi opened the spiritual book and received the secret technique’s golden runes into his mind.

Lin Yi learned that the [Innate Spiritual Root] secret technique could cultivate Emperor Realm spirit plants and discovered an Enlightenment Tea Tree would soon be auctioned in Starfall City. The Great Elder explained that Lin Yi would have to compete for it at a barter-only auction, where the Seventh Branch's Vein Master had consigned the tree.

• Lin Yi studied the [Innate Spiritual Root] secret technique and learned it could strengthen a world or serve as an Emperor Law for nurturing spirit plants.
• The Great Elder told Lin Yi about an upcoming Starfall City auction featuring a piece of an Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Lin Yi expressed interest in obtaining the tea tree, but the Great Elder warned him that the Vast Sea Merchant Alliance's auction accepted barter rather than Void Crystal Coins.
• The Great Elder revealed that the Seventh Branch's Vein Master had consigned the tree and that even his personal disciples had no chance to obtain it through internal connections.

Starfall Academy’s elders and new students arrived in Three Realms Ascension City, where the students were given time to explore and the eliminated candidates considered forming an alliance. Meanwhile, Lin Yi and the Great Elder continued their journey through the Tidal Spirit Sea in a slow Flying Boat, leaving their ability to reach their destination on time uncertain.

• Liao Xingtian welcomed Starfall Academy’s elders and asked to meet the Great Elder, but Elder Yao said he was resting aboard the spirit boat.
• The Academy elders left with Liao Xingtian, while the other passengers disembarked and explored Three Realms Ascension City.
• Ling Shanshan pulled Shen Ni Ni, Fu Dao, and the others into the city, and an eliminated candidate proposed that the other rejected students form an alliance.
• Lin Yi beat the Great Elder at Gomoku aboard their Flying Boat and complained that its slow speed could make them miss their deadline.
• The Great Elder suggested that Lin Yi use his artifact-refining skills to speed up the Flying Boat, but Lin Yi refused.

The Great Elder brought Lin Yi to Tianhe Ascension City to use a hidden Cross-Realm Teleportation Array leading toward Starfall City, where his nominal disciple Chong Shangyun served as the Chong Family Patriarch and acting City Lord. After the Great Elder introduced Lin Yi as Chong Shangyun’s junior martial uncle, Lin Yi gave him valuable gifts and advice on body refinement.

• The Great Elder woke Lin Yi as they neared Tianhe Ascension City and explained that they would teleport onward to Starfall City because his whereabouts could not be exposed.
• The Great Elder led Lin Yi through Tianhe Ascension City, explaining that a Void Beast had killed its former Emperor Realm City Lord and the local Chong Family now controlled the city.
• At a concealed formation area, Chong Shangyun greeted the Great Elder as his master, and the Great Elder introduced Lin Yi as his junior martial uncle.
• The Great Elder praised Lin Yi’s cultivation and skills to Chong Shangyun, prompting Lin Yi to give him a healing pill and stacks of Five-Star Top-Tier Life-Saving Talismans.
• Lin Yi advised Chong Shangyun not to rush his Indestructible Body training, and the Great Elder acknowledged that Chong Shangyun had worked hard guarding the teleportation array.

Lin Yi and the Great Elder traveled to Starfall City, where Lin Yi discovered that his Heavenly Dao Stone Fragments had reunited and gained the ability to sense other fragments. He sensed three more fragments somewhere in the city.

• Chong Shangyun activated the concealed Cross-Realm Teleportation Array and sent Lin Yi and the Great Elder to Starfall City.
• The Great Elder explained the Myriad Heavens Spirit Gathering Plate and led Lin Yi toward his residence in Starfall Inner City.
• A Starfall City inspector checked the Great Elder's token and allowed him and Lin Yi to enter without further questioning.
• After Lin Yi passed through the World Protection Membrane, his two Heavenly Dao Stone Fragments reunited and granted him the ability to sense other fragments.
• Lin Yi detected three faint auras from other Heavenly Dao Stone Fragments within Starfall City.

The Great Elder guided Lin Yi through Starfall City, explaining its alliances and warning him about the forces behind the Longevity Alliance. They entered the Inner City, where Lin Yi saw the Star Brilliance Tower and learned about its occupants and the missing City Lord.

• The Great Elder described Starfall City's Inner and Outer Cities, its many Emperor alliances, and Starfall Academy's influence.
• Lin Yi asked about joining an Emperor Alliance, and the Great Elder revealed the Sky Swallowing Alliance backed the Longevity Alliance and promised to demand an apology and compensation for Lin Yi.
• The Great Elder cautioned Lin Yi to settle the feud if the Sky Swallowing Alliance acted sincerely, since Lin Yi was not yet strong enough to face them.
• The Great Elder and Lin Yi passed through the Light Screen into the Inner City, where Lin Yi felt the powerful cultivation aura and heard that an ordinary residence cost three million Void Crystal Coins.
• Lin Yi asked about the Star Brilliance Tower, and the Great Elder explained that it housed the Ten Star Brilliance Envoys and that the Flame Emperor was likely stationed there.
• The Great Elder said he had never met Starfall City's mysterious City Lord, who was rumored to have vanished after reaching the Seven Star Realm.

Lin Yi explored Starfall Inner City with the Great Elder’s servant Zhou Quan and learned about the exclusive Honghai Auction hosted by the Vast Sea Merchant Alliance. He left the chapter preparing to seek resources in the city as the Auction’s strict entry requirements were explained.

• The Great Elder showed Lin Yi his Cave Abode beneath Star Brilliance Tower and introduced him to the loyal servant Zhou Quan before leaving to visit old friends.
• Lin Yi asked Zhou Quan to accompany him to buy resources, and Zhou Quan brought Merchant Alliance tokens that could secure better access and prices.
• They reached Treasure Gathering Street, where crowds of Emperor Realm experts had gathered outside the Vast Sea Merchant Alliance ahead of its major Auction.
• Zhou Quan told Lin Yi that the Auction, held once every ten thousand years, would feature rare treasures and materials, including a rumored treasure approaching the Great Dao level.
• A Vast Sea Merchant Alliance attendant explained that the Auction admitted only carefully vetted, renowned experts, with ordinary early and mid-Emperor Realm cultivators generally excluded.

Lin Yi and Zhou Quan used Zhou Quan’s master’s Class A token to secure respectful service at the Vast Sea Merchant Alliance and learn its prices and discount terms. Lin Yi began searching the Alliance’s extensive Heavenly Essence Condensate stock to replenish materials for his cultivation and artifact forging.

• Zhou Quan showed the attendant his master’s Vast token and other Merchant Alliance tokens, prompting the attendant to escort Lin Yi and Zhou Quan to a private room.
• Lin Yi questioned Zhou Quan’s conspicuous display of the tokens, and Zhou Quan explained that they would help secure discounts and access to rare stock.
• Steward Shen explained that the Class A token granted a ten percent discount capped at one million Void Crystal Coins per thousand years.
• Steward Shen quoted prices for Heavenly Essence Condensate and Spirit Ascension Flowers, noting that fewer than a hundred Spirit Ascension Flowers remained.
• Lin Yi browsed the Alliance’s catalog and found more than ten thousand varieties of Heavenly Essence Condensate, including rare types suited to his artifact designs.

Lin Yi selected fifty-three portions of Heavenly Essence Condensate but used his refined Black Rock Gold as collateral because he lacked enough Void Crystal Coins. He consigned the Black Rock Gold to the Vast Sea Merchant Alliance’s auction, leaving with an invitation and an agreement to settle the purchase after the sale.

• Lin Yi selected fifty-three varieties of Heavenly Essence Condensate, which Steward Shen priced at fifteen million Void Crystal Coins after applying his discount.
• Lin Yi presented a large piece of refined Black Rock Gold as collateral, and Steward Shen went to consult the Merchant Alliance’s person in charge.
• Steward Shen returned and offered to consign Lin Yi’s Black Rock Gold to the next day’s auction for a three percent commission.
• Lin Yi agreed to the consignment, and Steward Shen provided a signed contract and an exclusive auction invitation.
• Steward Shen offered Lin Yi Spirit Ascension Flowers, but Lin Yi declined because he had learned that the Cauldron Merchant Alliance sold them for less.

Lin Yi and Zhou Quan visited the small Cauldron Merchant Alliance to find more affordable Spirit Ascension Flowers. Its former Seventh Branch elder, Bai Canghai, recognized Lin Yi as the disciple of a powerful figure and offered his freshly cultivated flowers at a surprisingly low price.

• Lin Yi found that Spirit Ascension Flowers at major Merchant Alliances cost nearly three hundred thousand Void Crystal Coins each, so Zhou Quan led him to the Cauldron Merchant Alliance.
• Zhou Quan introduced Lin Yi to its owner, Old Man Bai, a former elder of Starfall Academy's Seventh Branch and one of the Twin Prodigies of the Seven Veins.
• Bai Canghai recognized Lin Yi's master and warmly invited him into the shabby shop, while he and Zhou Quan traded insults over tea.
• Bai Canghai gathered a batch of one hundred freshly matured Spirit Ascension Flowers from his inner world and showed them to Lin Yi.
• Bai Canghai offered the high-quality Spirit Ascension Flowers for two hundred thousand Void Crystal Coins each, and Lin Yi found the price unexpectedly cheap.

Lin Yi questioned Bai Canghai about his Emperor-grade Pill Liquid and why he had approached him instead of the Academy. Bai explained that he had been expelled for stealing an experimental Innate Spiritual Root, leaving Lin Yi wondering whether the Seventh Branch Vein Master's Enlightenment Tea Tree was the same one.

• Bai Canghai privately told Lin Yi he had helped research the Innate Spiritual Root secret art and developed a pill liquid that could nourish and accelerate the growth of Innate Spiritual Roots.
• Bai Canghai said one serving cost about five hundred thousand Void Crystal Coins and took thirty days to refine, while Lin Yi questioned its claims and declined to wait in Starfall City.
• Lin Yi asked why Bai Canghai had not contacted the Great Elder and how he had tested the pill liquid, and Bai Canghai revealed that the Great Elder had expelled him.
• Bai Canghai recounted that he had stolen a Wind Thunder Apricot from the secret art experiments and planted it in his inner world.
• Bai Canghai named the other experimental roots as the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the Earth Stem Vein, and Lin Yi wondered whether the Seventh Branch Vein Master's tree came from that experiment.