Chapter Summaries

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu fled the Arcana Heavenly King by diving into a dangerous spatial rift in the radiation mines, with the Starry Sky Mother Bug and their pursuer following. The spatial storm carried them to a desolate ruin beneath a blazing sun, where Lin Fei noticed they had no shadows.

• Xiao Shiyu used her bone umbrella to block the Arcana Heavenly King's strike, but the impact sent her flying and ruined the umbrella.
• Lin Fei identified the main mine tunnel, and he and Xiao Shiyu plunged inside to escape their pursuers.
• A spatial rift opened in the mine and pulled nearby slaves to their deaths, while Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu saw connections to dangerous other dimensions.
• Lin Fei pulled Xiao Shiyu away from a rift leading to a black hole, but she grabbed his hand and led him into another rift with the Starry Sky Mother Bug.
• The Arcana Heavenly King followed them into the rift, and all three clung together through the spatial storm before arriving at a desolate ruin.
• Lin Fei looked at the ground and saw that their shadows were gone.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu learned that they were trapped in the Godforsaken Land, a contaminated God Race experimental zone where their shadows could become deadly demons. As they headed north with Little Foodie, the Arcana Heavenly King encountered a vast tide of monsters and shadow demons and fled.

• Xiao Shiyu explained that the God Race’s failed experiments and a devastating battle had turned the area into the Godforsaken Land.
• Lin Fei learned that shadow demons could steal their spirit particles and bodies, and that the group needed to find them at the center of the ruins.
• The Starry Sky Mother Bug ate metal wreckage, and Lin Fei named her Little Foodie.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu gathered building wreckage as food, identified their location in the south, and flew north.
• The Arcana Heavenly King found himself surrounded by grotesque monsters, wronged Sanctuary Warriors, and shadow demons, so he fled.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu reached the center of the Godforsaken Land and entered an underground God Race laboratory while the Arcana Heavenly King drew the monsters away. They searched the damaged facility for a way forward as the wounded Arcana Heavenly King escaped, and the monsters began heading back toward them.

• The Arcana Heavenly King was overwhelmed by three Sanctuary Warriors’ departed souls and four Earth Spirit Realm Shadow Demons, then fled after being severely injured.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu reached the central area, found a basement entrance, and entered the underground laboratory.
• The laboratory’s defenses trapped the pair between metal doors and attacked them with particle screens and poisonous mist, but they forced their way through.
• Lin Fei stored a detached elastic-alloy door in his spatial ring, and he and Xiao Shiyu searched the damaged laboratories for information.
• The Arcana Heavenly King shook off the monsters, which then began returning toward their nest and closing in on Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu searched the underground laboratory with Little Foodie, who devoured the creatures in a chamber of insect eggs and insisted on calling them her parents. After descending to the seventh floor and collecting God Race technology, they learned the monsters had returned to the first floor.

• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu descended to the second underground floor and found a chamber full of giant insect eggs and spider silk.
• Little Foodie asked Lin Fei to let her eat the eggs, and Lin Fei shattered the chamber’s transparent barrier.
• Little Foodie devoured the eggs and spiders while Xiao Shiyu protested being called her mother and Lin Fei told Little Foodie not to call him Dad.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu continued through the laboratory, filling their spatial rings with God Race technology and damaged Sanctuary Armament.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu reached the seventh floor as the monsters returned to the first underground floor.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu discovered that the God Race had created the Blood Race and Werewolves by experimenting on humans, then encountered a horde of monsters while trying to leave the underground facility. The trio fought their way to the sixth floor, where they found themselves surrounded by even more monsters and wronged souls.

• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu explored the seventh floor and found human experiments, including Hunters, soul-devouring ghosts, Werewolves, and the Blood Race.
• Lin Fei wondered how the Blood Race and Werewolves had survived when many powerful races had neared extinction, but he set the mystery aside.
• Xiao Shiyu spotted Shadow Demons, and holy light destroyed them, restoring the trio's Spirit Particle counts while leaving the Arcana Heavenly King's shadow untouched.
• Lin Fei and his companions were met by a horde of monsters at the seventh-floor entrance, so they blasted a path through and rushed upward.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu reached the sixth floor and found the passage packed with Shadow Demons, mutated creatures, and the wronged souls of Sanctuary Warriors, which charged at them.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu fought through the sixth underground level, using the combined Arcana Void Banishment to banish two Sanctuary Martial Souls and escape. They reached the fifth level only to find three Earth Spirit Shadow Demons ahead, while Arcana Tian waited aboveground.

• Adaptive armor covered Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu as they advanced through the sixth level, with Little Foodie sheltered on Lin Fei's back.
• Two Sanctuary Martial Souls overwhelmed Xiao Shiyu and forced Lin Fei into a fierce battle, but Xiao Shiyu recovered and returned to his side.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu linked their rune matrices to cast Void Banishment, sending the two Sanctuary Martial Souls into the void.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu escaped upward together, and Xiao Shiyu joked about how naturally they coordinated.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu reached the fifth underground level and faced three Earth Spirit Shadow Demons, while Arcana Tian waited aboveground.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu fought through the monster horde in the underground laboratory, using a Holy Light Orb and a Shadow Orb to devastate their pursuers. Badly injured and nearly out of defenses, they faced a lethal attack from the two Sanctuary Martial Souls.

• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu unleashed Void Banishment, destroying many monsters but leaving the Demon and Behemoth Shadow Demons alive.
• The Behemoth Shadow Demon smashed Xiao Shiyu into a wall and forced Lin Fei back, while Lin Fei fought the Demon Shadow Demon.
• Xiao Shiyu threw a Holy Light Orb, and Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu escaped to the sixth floor as its blast engulfed the fifth floor and badly injured them and the Shadow Demons.
• Lin Fei healed their injuries with his ocular power, then Xiao Shiyu threw her final Shadow Orb at the two Sanctuary Martial Souls as they reached the sixth floor.
• The Shadow Orb's blast sent Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu flying and damaged their bodies and primordial spirits, but the two Sanctuary Martial Souls charged in and unleashed a lethal strike at Lin Fei.

Xiao Shiyu saved Lin Fei from the Sanctuary martial souls’ self-destruction with her Death-Substitution Puppet, then fought beside him as the monsters attacked. After they were both badly wounded, Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu combined their Arcana energy to destroy the Behemoth.

• Xiao Shiyu shoved Lin Fei clear of the Sanctuary martial souls’ explosion, seemingly dying before her Death-Substitution Puppet restored her body.
• Xiao Shiyu and Lin Fei resumed fighting as monsters and two Earth Spirit Shadow Demons poured into the passage.
• A Shadow Demon badly wounded Xiao Shiyu, so Lin Fei hurled his scepter through its head and was struck by the Behemoth.
• Xiao Shiyu caught Lin Fei with light screens, then fought to stay conscious and called for them to attack together.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu joined their Arcana energy in a rune matrix and cast the Spear of Ultron Arbitration, which destroyed the Behemoth’s head.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu fought their way out of the underground research facility, only to encounter the wounded Arcana Heavenly King waiting above. Xiao Shiyu bluffed that they had a Sanctuary Photon Cannon, but the remaining Earth Spirit arrived with reinforcements.

• Lin Fei carried the wounded Xiao Shiyu through the monster-filled levels, using his spear to cut a path toward the surface while she fed him Creation Cardinal Pills.
• Lin Fei emerged from the facility, but the Arcana Heavenly King attacked and blasted him back underground, shattering his armor and badly injuring him.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu fought their way back up, and Xiao Shiyu threatened the Arcana Heavenly King with a supposed Sanctuary Photon Cannon.
• The Arcana Heavenly King believed Xiao Shiyu's bluff after learning they had killed five Earth Spirits, but then realized one was missing.
• The remaining Earth Spirit hissed from the distance, revealing that it had returned with reinforcements from other laboratories.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu bluffed the Arcana Heavenly King about killing all five Earth Spirits, then charged north through a vast monster horde. Gravely wounded and surrounded, Lin Fei faced a Sanctuary Martial Soul’s attack as he countered with a spear strike.

• Lin Fei mocked Xiao Shiyu’s claim that no sixth Earth Spirit existed, and the pair let the Arcana Heavenly King enter the underground laboratory while hiding that a Shadow Demon remained there.
• The Arcana Heavenly King realized he had been tricked, but the hidden Shadow Demon appeared and pierced his chest.
• Lin Fei charged north with Xiao Shiyu and their companion, using a Telekinetic Barrier and spear to break through the monsters’ ranged bombardment and encirclement.
• A Sanctuary Martial Soul struck Lin Fei with a Psionic Energy Storm, leaving him severely wounded as monsters swarmed around him.
• Xiao Shiyu fired her Particle Annihilation Cannon after a Shadow Demon bit her arm, killing hundreds of monsters.
• The Sanctuary Martial Soul turned to attack Xiao Shiyu, and Lin Fei pivoted to counter with a Returning horse spear as the enemy brought down its light blade.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu survived the Sanctuary Martial Soul’s self-destruction, and Xiao Shiyu kissed Lin Fei while he treated his wounds. They fought through the monsters together toward the outskirts of the Godforsaken Land, but Lin Fei was weakening from blood loss as they approached safety.

• Xiao Shiyu blocked the Sanctuary Martial Soul’s saber strike, and the dying creature detonated itself.
• Lin Fei shielded Xiao Shiyu and Little Foodie from the blast, suffering severe wounds to his back and head.
• Xiao Shiyu tried to heal Lin Fei, then he bound his wounds with Starry Sky Insect Silk and told her to cling to his chest.
• Xiao Shiyu kissed Lin Fei, and he bit her lip before noticing the monsters still advancing.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu bound themselves together and fought through the monsters with her particle cannon and his spear.
• As Lin Fei grew faint from blood loss and the particle cannon ran out of energy, they spotted the outskirts of the Godforsaken Land.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu escaped the Godforsaken Land and returned to the Nanling Prince's Residence, where Xiao Xudong healed them and heard what had happened. After learning how they had protected each other, Xiao Xudong treated Lin Fei as family and urged them to marry, leaving Xiao Shiyu embarrassed as she led Lin Fei away.

• Lin Fei led Xiao Shiyu and Little Foodie through the Godforsaken Land's psionic barrier, which destroyed the pursuing monsters.
• Xiao Shiyu crushed a rune-covered jade token, and Xiao Xudong crossed space to rescue her and take all three back to the Nanling Prince's Residence.
• Xiao Xudong healed Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu, then listened as Xiao Shiyu recounted their journey and praised Lin Fei.
• Xiao Xudong teased Lin Fei about Xiao Shiyu's feelings and urged the pair to marry that night.
• Xiao Shiyu defended Lin Fei when Xiao Xudong threatened to punish him, then took his hand and walked away.

Xiao Xudong examined Lin Fei’s Arcane Core, learned the scope of his ability, and warned him to keep it secret. He then urged Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu to consummate their marriage before Lin Fei left the next day to retrieve Black Iron and Nanfeng from Blood-Colored Bug Ridge, and the pair returned to Xiao Shiyu’s courtyard together.

• Xiao Xudong asked Lin Fei how he possessed abilities from both the Arcane Race and the Many-Eyed Race, and Lin Fei explained that his Arcane Core could devour and fuse other beings’ Life Factors.
• Xiao Xudong examined Lin Fei’s Arcane Core and discovered that it held many Life Factors, including traits from the God Race and the Many-Eyed Race.
• Xiao Xudong warned Lin Fei to conceal his ability because other races might unite to kill him, then praised his potential and urged him to have children with Xiao Shiyu.
• Xiao Xudong told Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu to stay at the manor, consummate their marriage, and prepare to retrieve Black Iron and Nanfeng from Blood-Colored Bug Ridge the next day.
• Xiao Shiyu dismissed her father’s teasing, jumped onto Lin Fei’s back, and had him carry her to Listening to the Rain Courtyard.

While Lin Fei secluded himself to devour the modified monsters’ Life Factors and grow stronger before returning to Blood-Colored Bug Ridge, Xiao Shiyu prepared to surprise him. She bought dresses and revealing outfits, then dressed up and waited eagerly for his reaction.

• Lin Fei went into seclusion to devour the modified monsters’ Life Factors, including those of two powerful Shadow Demons.
• Xiao Shiyu summoned Lan Xiang to do her hair and makeup, then decided to buy clothes because she wondered what men liked.
• Xiao Shiyu bought more than a dozen dresses and one of every revealing outfit in the shop after Lan Xiang and the shopkeeper tried to dissuade her.
• Xiao Shiyu also bought shoes, accessories, scented sachets, and perfume before returning to the prince’s residence.
• Xiao Shiyu chose a pink-and-white dress, tugged its neckline lower despite Lan Xiang’s protests, and eagerly watched Lin Fei’s room, expecting to surprise him.

After consuming the Life Factors, Lin Fei emerged far stronger and reunited with Xiao Shiyu, who had dressed up for him. At a lavish family banquet, Xiao Xudong showered the couple with gifts and promised Lin Fei the Nine Spirits Tree as Xiao Shiyu’s dowry when he returned in triumph.

• Lin Fei finished consuming the valuable Life Factors and gained immense physical strength, a powerful primordial spirit, Demon Race Baleful Flame, and rapid healing.
• Xiao Shiyu showed Lin Fei her elegant appearance, and he reassured her by returning the pearl flowers to her hair and telling her they looked lovely.
• Little Foodie interrupted Xiao Shiyu and Lin Fei’s embrace by announcing that dinner was ready.
• At the royal family banquet, Xiao Xudong gave Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu Creation Cardinal Pills, the repaired beast-hide bone umbrella, precious orbs, and a God Race Sanctuary Shield Generator.
• Little Foodie charmed Xiao Xudong into giving her a spatial ring and precious rations, while Xiao Xudong promised Lin Fei the Nine Spirits Tree as Xiao Shiyu’s dowry after his triumphant return.

After Xiao Xudong secretly drugged Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu’s wine, the couple spent the night together before setting out for Blood-Colored Bug Ridge. They rescued Black Iron and Xiao Nanfeng’s camp from the City of Sin’s siege, but two enemy Heavenly Kings arrived as they prepared to leave.

• Xiao Xudong gave Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu a lavish dowry, then secretly put Spring Breeze Peach Blossom Dew in their wine.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu awoke together the next morning, and Xiao Shiyu confronted Xiao Xudong after he admitted he had drugged them to hasten a grandchild.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu traveled to Blood-Colored Bug Ridge, where they found Black Iron’s camp surrounded by forces from the City of Sin.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu attacked the besiegers, destroyed their ships, and descended into the camp to rescue the survivors.
• As Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu prepared to leave, the Heavenly Kings of the demons and the Many-Eyed Race arrived and blocked their escape.

Xiao Nanfeng fled as the Demon Heavenly King and Many-Eyed Heavenly King attacked, leaving Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu to face them together. Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu wounded and briefly banished the Many-Eyed Heavenly King, then fought the Demon Heavenly King, who struck Lin Fei with a baleful-flame greatsword.

• The God Race Heavenly King held back while the Demon Heavenly King and Many-Eyed Heavenly King attacked Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu, and Xiao Nanfeng fled, planning to hide his betrayal and kill his heavenly horse.
• Lin Fei met the Demon Heavenly King's assault head-on, while Xiao Shiyu injured the Many-Eyed Heavenly King with a Holy Light Orb.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu joined their powers to cast Void Banishment and trap the Many-Eyed Heavenly King, then attacked the Demon Heavenly King together.
• The Many-Eyed Heavenly King began breaking free, and Xiao Shiyu used a Shadow Orb to blast him with a shadow storm.
• The Demon Heavenly King cleaved at Lin Fei with a greatsword of baleful flames, snapping Lin Fei's scepter and cutting his chest as Lin Fei prepared to endure the injury.

Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu killed the Demon Heavenly King and the Many-Eyed Heavenly King, then led their surviving allies toward the City of Sin to seize its resources. Alkes headed for the camp, unaware that the battle had already ended and that Lin Fei’s forces were advancing.

• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu combined their attacks to kill the Demon Heavenly King and the Many-Eyed Heavenly King.
• Lin Fei killed the fleeing Sin City cultivators and burned those aboard their ships with karmic fire.
• Xiao Shiyu healed Lin Fei and herself, and A Xing and the others hailed them as Princess and Prince Consort.
• Lin Fei claimed the two Earth Spirit corpses, distributed the other spoils, and gave Gu Longhu the Upper Spirit-level resources.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu led the camp toward the City of Sin to plunder its resources.
• Alkes, confident in his new Earth Spirit strength, approached the camp with his subordinates, unaware that Lin Fei had already won.

Alkes led his followers to attack Lin Fei’s camp, confident that his new Earth Spirit Realm strength would secure victory. Lin Fei revealed that he and Xiao Shiyu were also Earth Spirits, then overwhelmed Alkes in combat and sent him flying with a devastating punch.

• Alkes marched on Lin Fei’s camp but encountered Lin Fei and his companions traveling toward the City of Sin.
• Alkes revealed that he had advanced to the Earth Spirit Realm and demanded that Lin Fei’s group kneel.
• Lin Fei and Xiao Shiyu revealed their own Earth Spirit Realm strength, but Alkes remained confident and challenged Lin Fei alone.
• Lin Fei shattered Alkes’s light blade and psionic light sword with his fists, then broke Alkes’s arm in a head-on exchange.
• Lin Fei struck Alkes in the chest, causing him to spit blood and fly backward in horror.

Lin Fei defeated and killed Alkes, then spared several surviving God Race members because he wanted their scientific expertise for his technology team. He planned to recruit more advanced researchers from the God King in the north and build a fleet capable of waging wars across higher planes.

• Lin Fei overpowered Alkes physically and mentally, killed him, and destroyed his escaping Spirit Particles with shadow energy.
• Xiao Shiyu trapped Alkes's subordinates, and Lin Fei killed those who refused to surrender, leaving only God Race survivors.
• A Xing explained that even the God Race had members with limited scientific education, and the survivors described their college majors to Lin Fei.
• Lin Fei extracted a wisp of each survivor's soul and bound them with Arcana Master-Servant Contracts, warning them to prove useful to the science team.
• Lin Fei decided to seize scientists serving the God King in the north so he could build a Void Radiance Fleet and expand his power.