Chapter Summaries

Lin Shen wagered that he could withstand Tian Jiu You’s final attack, and his body broke free of the immortal’s Space Dislocation Laws. Astonished, Tian Jiu You accepted defeat and bowed to Lin Shen as his adoptive father.

• Lin Shen stood without using a weapon or Life Base as Tian Jiu You prepared his final strike.
• Tian Jiu You used Space Dislocation Laws in a palm meant to separate Lin Shen’s arm without killing him.
• The strike blasted Lin Shen through a snow peak, but his arm remained attached despite the dislocated space.
• Lin Shen suggested they call the wager a draw, while Tian Jiu You silently struggled to understand how Lin Shen had resisted his laws.
• Tian Jiu You bowed and addressed Lin Shen as his adoptive father.

Tian Jiu You forced Lin Shen to accept the role of his adoptive father and tried to recruit him to inherit Jiu You Group, but Lin Shen refused. Tian Jiu You then brought him to a snow valley to show him an Ice Lotus and his late wife's writings, hoping to persuade him to stay and cultivate.

• Tian Jiu You completed the adoption ceremony despite Lin Shen's objections and declared Lin Shen the boss of Jiu You Group.
• Tian Jiu You offered Lin Shen wealth, protection, and the chance to inherit his mantle, but Lin Shen refused to join him.
• Tian Jiu You used the Laws of Space to take Lin Shen to a snow valley with an enormous Ice Lotus.
• Tian Jiu You explained that the Ice Lotus could help Lin Shen study the Ice Laws and told him to read the handwritten works of Tian Jiu You's late wife.

Lin Shen was trapped in law-infused ice after trying to leave Snow Valley, then was pulled into an ice lotus and bound by its stamens. The chapter left him apparently impaled through the mouth, with his fate uncertain.

• Tian Jiu You warned Lin Shen to stay in Snow Valley and vanished, but Lin Shen tried to escape and was frozen by a beam of ice light.
• Lin Shen gradually adapted to the cold but could not break the ice, sensing that it contained the power of an ice law.
• An ice lotus carried Lin Shen, still encased in ice, into its flower chamber, where the ice began to melt.
• Lin Shen broke free of the remaining ice and tried to flee, but the lotus’s stamens dragged him back and bound him.
• Lin Shen struck a stamen with the Scrap Knife without damaging it, then a stamen pierced into his mouth.

Lin Shen escaped the ice lotus and explored the cabins, where he found a handwritten copy of the Martial Dao Thirty-Six Stratagems and learned how its techniques used concealed force. He memorized the manual and began searching the other books, while remaining trapped on the planet.

• The ice lotus warmed Lin Shen with its nectar, released him, and convinced him it had been helping him rather than harming him.
• Lin Shen stopped trying to escape and entered a warm cabin to investigate Tian Jiu You's wife's writings.
• Lin Shen dismissed a book of philosophical reflections and found the Martial Dao Thirty-Six Stratagems manual.
• Lin Shen learned that the manual's techniques relied on concealing force and studied its thirty-six stratagems.
• Lin Shen memorized the manual in more than half a day, returned it to the shelf, and picked up another book.

Lin Shen learned that the ice lotus could help him comprehend the Stillness Laws and become an Immortal King, but he realized Tian Jiu You was using that possibility to keep him dependent. Meanwhile, Emperor Tian Shu identified Tian Jiu You as Lin Shen’s captor and considered asking the Chi family of Tian Yan Lake to intervene.

• Lin Shen read that the ice lotus was an Immortal King-level creature whose Flower Nectar had raised his Gene Mutation Rate to five percent.
• Lin Shen learned that the ice lotus wielded Stillness Laws and that killing it after comprehending those laws could lead to becoming an Immortal King, but its lotus seeds would take at least two hundred million years to mature.
• Lin Shen realized Tian Jiu You had brought him to the ice lotus as bait and decided to study its laws for a way to escape.
• Tian Xun and An Liu failed to find any trace of Lin Shen on Sky Peak Star, and Emperor Tian Shu concluded that Tian Jiu You had taken him.
• Emperor Tian Shu proposed relying on Tian Jiu You’s regard for his late wife’s family, and An Liu identified the Chi family of Tian Yan Lake as a possible ally.
• Emperor Tian Shu remarked that the Chi family of Tian Yan Lake had produced a peerlessly gifted young woman.

Chi Tian Ai learned that Emperor Tian Shu had proposed a marriage alliance between her family and Lin Shen, and she struggled to decide whether to accept. She sought advice from Tian Jiu You, who first demanded to know which Imperial Son was intended.

• Tian Dong Han told Chi Tian Ai that Emperor Tian Shu wanted her to marry Lin Shen rather than an Imperial Son.
• Chi Tian Ai hesitated because Lin Shen was not Celestial and had a connection to Tian Xun, while her family’s old master left the decision to her.
• Chi Tian Ai contacted Tian Jiu You to ask for advice about the proposed marriage alliance.
• Tian Jiu You cursed Emperor Tian Shu for targeting Chi Tian Ai, then asked which Imperial Son he planned to marry her to.

Chi Tian Ai rejected Emperor Tian Shu’s marriage alliance and left to travel with Tian Jiu You. Meanwhile, Lin Shen failed to sense the Ice Laws in the ice lotus and remained trapped in the snow valley.

• Chi Tian Ai told Tian Jiu You that she would not marry a man who might already have a woman, and Tian Jiu You offered to protect her.
• Chi Tian Ai decided against the marriage alliance and asked Tian Jiu You to take her traveling; he agreed and brought her out of the Tian Yan Lake Star System.
• The Chi family found Chi Tian Ai’s note and understood that she had left with Tian Jiu You and refused Emperor Tian Shu’s arrangement.
• Lin Shen meditated in the ice lotus’s icy vapor but could not sense its Ice Laws or find its flaw.
• Lin Shen tried to leave the snow valley, but the ice lotus froze him with its rays and sent him crashing back inside.

Lin Shen encountered a small black beast in Snow Valley and discovered that it was a powerful Nirvana Creature. As Xiao Yu fought it, Lin Shen saw a way to use the Martial Dao Thirty-Six Techniques' Hidden Strength Method to improve his Slag Blade Skill.

• Lin Shen found a curious, mole-like beast in the snow and sent the Holy Shield Dragon to capture it.
• The beast's spinning Life Base nearly cut through the Holy Shield Dragon's shield, so Lin Shen recalled the injured creature.
• Xiao Yu identified the little beast as a high-grade Nirvana Creature and attacked it with a white jade fork.
• The beast's propeller-like Life Base severed Xiao Yu's attack, and the two fought to a standstill.
• Lin Shen recognized the Life Base's sawing effect and realized the Hidden Strength Method might let his Slag Blade Skill sustain a similar force.

Lin Shen tried to send Xiao Yu out of Snow Valley to hunt Nirvana Creatures, but a massive immortal White Gorilla drove them back. While Lin Shen studied the Hidden Strength Method, Xiao Yu found a jade token identical to the one Old Wei had obtained on Divine Temple Star.

• Xiao Yu killed a little beast and collected Nirvana Fluid and Nirvana Embers from its remains.
• Lin Shen discovered that Ice Lotus froze him whenever he tried to leave Snow Valley, but it allowed Xiao Yu to pass.
• Xiao Yu attacked a White Gorilla, provoking a Giant White Gorilla that injured him and chased him back toward Snow Valley.
• Lin Shen abandoned the hunt and began studying the Hidden Strength Method while Xiao Yu searched through books.
• Xiao Yu found a jade token identical to the one Lin Shen remembered Old Wei keeping from Divine Temple Star.

Fei Zai activated a second jade token, creating the Mystic Bird Temple and transporting Lin Shen and Xiao Yu from the snowy valley to Merchant Star. Lin Shen learned that Merchant Star appraised goods and had his Junk Knife valued at eleven Merchant Star Coins, leaving him to decide whether to sell it.

• Lin Shen found a second jade token in a blank book marked Tear Stain and wondered whether it had come from Divine Temple Star.
• Fei Zai snatched the token and threw it into the air, causing it to shine and form the Mystic Bird Temple.
• Fei Zai led Lin Shen inside and prompted him to offer incense, which transported them from the snowy valley to Merchant Star.
• The Spirit of Merchant Star explained that goods could be appraised, sold, or traded there.
• Lin Shen placed the Junk Knife on the appraisal platform, and the Spirit valued it at eleven Merchant Star Coins and ranked it first among knife-type goods.

Lin Shen appraised the Trash Blade and Xiao Yu on Merchant Star, then tried to find another way off the planet after discovering his teleportation devices could not work there. Meanwhile, people across the universe entered Merchant Star and found that Xiao Yu and the Trash Blade had set astonishingly high appraisal records.

• Lin Shen learned he could consign items but refused to sell the Trash Blade or Xiao Yu, whose juvenile Shura Ghost appraisal placed him first on the Pet Ranking List.
• The Spirit of Merchant Star explained how to raise an appraisal, and Lin Shen had Xiao Yu fight four Nirvana Creatures, raising his value from fourteen to eighteen coins.
• Lin Shen made Xiao Yu challenge an Immortal Creature; Xiao Yu won but was badly injured, and his appraisal reached twenty-one coins before Lin Shen stopped further battles.
• Lin Shen discovered that neither his Teleportation Device nor his watch could teleport him from Merchant Star, so he left the Floating Island to search for another temple or escape route.
• People from across the universe entered Merchant Star, where their appraisals left the Trash Blade at eleven coins and Xiao Yu at twenty-one coins far above the rest; buyers began seeking Shura Ghost babies.

Shura Ghost remained the most expensive item on Merchant Star despite wealthy buyers and Immortal pets failing to match its valuation. Lin Shen was blown into unfamiliar territory, while Chi Tian Ai arrived at Ice Nightmare Star and began studying the Martial Dao Thirty-Six Stratagems.

• Bing Lei Ya brought his Mutated Red Dragon to Merchant Star, where it was valued at ten coins, less than Shura Ghost's twenty-one.
• Top Nirvana experts and Immortals tried to buy Shura Ghost, but no owner agreed to sell, and no Immortal pet reached a valuation of twenty coins.
• Lin Shen defeated a flock of Nirvana Level cranes with one punch, then a gigantic bird's gale blew him into an unfamiliar region.
• Tian Jiu You brought Chi Tian Ai to Ice Nightmare Star, pointed her toward a snowy valley, and teleported away.
• Chi Tian Ai studied Ice Lotus and Tear Stain's works and struggled to use the Martial Dao Thirty-Six Stratagems because she had not mastered the Hidden Strength Method.
• Chi Tian Ai visited Merchant Star several times, where Shura Ghost remained the most expensive item as the trash blade fell toward the bottom of the rankings.

After surviving an immortal creature’s pursuit, Lin Shen returned to Snow Valley and met Chi Tian Ai, a Celestial Race girl who had come looking for an interesting person. He warned her not to leave the valley, then mistakenly decided Tian Jiu You had sent her to seduce him.

• After failing to find another Mystic Bird Temple on Merchant Star, Lin Shen escaped an immortal creature and returned to Snow Valley.
• Chi Tian Ai, who had been preparing to leave after exploring the valley, saw Lin Shen emerge from Mystic Bird Temple.
• Lin Shen asked Chi Tian Ai about Tian Jiu You, and she said an old Celestial Race man had brought her to Snow Valley.
• Lin Shen warned Chi Tian Ai that the ice lotus could freeze anyone who tried to leave the valley.
• Chi Tian Ai said Tian Jiu You had told her there was an interesting person in Snow Valley, and Lin Shen concluded that she had been sent to seduce him.

Lin Shen learned that Chi Tian Ai was the young woman from the Chi family of Tian Yan Lake and suspected Tian Jiu You had deliberately trapped them together. While he searched for a way to escape the snow valley, Chi Tian Ai brought him porridge and tried to comfort him, believing his hatred for her family was real.

• Lin Shen recognized Chi Tian Ai as the Chi family’s famed prodigy and worried that Tian Jiu You had arranged for them to be stranded together.
• Lin Shen warned Chi Tian Ai that he hated her family, assigned her a separate room, and told her to stay away from him.
• Lin Shen decided to focus on mastering the Hidden Strength Method so he could deal with the ice lotus and use the Teleportation Device to escape.
• Chi Tian Ai came to Lin Shen’s cabin with porridge, saying she had brought food and would share meals with him.
• Chi Tian Ai believed Lin Shen had suffered because of the Chi family and thought she might be able to resolve his grudge.

Lin Shen practiced the Hidden Strength Method while Chi Tian Ai quietly brought him meals and watched his progress. She recognized that he had adapted the Martial Dao Thirty-Six Stratagems to his blade techniques, but could not understand how he had managed it.

• Lin Shen resisted Chi Tian Ai’s porridge at first, then ate it and resumed practicing the Hidden Strength Method.
• Chi Tian Ai continued bringing Lin Shen meals while he trained and kept his distance from her.
• Lin Shen advanced his practice and began combining the Hidden Strength Method with blade qi and a rotating cutting technique.
• Chi Tian Ai recognized that Lin Shen was applying the Hidden Strength Method from the Martial Dao Thirty-Six Stratagems to his blade techniques.
• Chi Tian Ai watched Lin Shen’s increasingly refined practice and wondered how he had adapted the method when she could not do the same.

Lin Shen trained to create spinning blade auras that could help him escape the ice lotus, while Chi Tian Ai continued caring for him despite an illness. When she finally fell unwell, Lin Shen stopped her from cooking and learned that the problem had begun during her Nirvana in an Immortal Land.

• Lin Shen refined a rotating chainsaw-like blade aura and planned to use many of them to delay the ice lotus's Ice Light while he escaped its law-controlled range.
• Lin Shen grew used to Chi Tian Ai bringing him meals and admired how carefully she prepared food to suit his tastes.
• When Chi Tian Ai failed to bring his meal, Lin Shen went to her cabin and found her flushed, listless, and unwell.
• Chi Tian Ai said her ailment was an old problem caused by something going wrong during her Nirvana, but she still tried to cook for Lin Shen.
• Lin Shen pulled Chi Tian Ai out of the kitchen and into her cabin, where she reassured him and explained that she had completed her Nirvana in a dangerous Immortal Land against her family's advice.

Lin Shen sealed Chi Tian Ai’s pain perception, then visited Merchant Star and traded for potions and a mosaic-covered Pet Egg. While browsing the Trading Platform, he discovered that Tu Xiaodao had been listed for trade.

• Lin Shen learned that toxic energy left from Chi Tian Ai’s nirvana caused her occasional pain, then tapped her to seal her pain nerves.
• Chi Tian Ai realized Lin Shen had stopped her pain without using Healing Art and grew more convinced that he had extraordinary abilities.
• Lin Shen went through the Mystic Bird Temple to Merchant Star and found Xiao Yu still topped the Ranking List for Nirvana Level pets.
• Lin Shen traded an Ascension Level pet capsule for painkilling potions, then traded a mount-type pet for a mosaic-covered Pet Egg.
• Lin Shen searched the Trading Platform for items containing Fire Seed, then found Tu Xiaodao listed for trade.

Lin Shen considered selling himself through Merchant Star to escape Snow Valley, but held back because Tian Jiu You might discover the listing before he could complete a safe trade. Back in the valley, Chi Tian Ai offered him a technique that might improve his saber practice.

• Lin Shen learned that selling himself would bind him to a contract and began planning a trade that would help him escape without falling into an enemy’s hands.
• Lin Shen decided not to list himself for appraisal because Tian Jiu You might learn of it and stop his escape.
• Lin Shen returned to Snow Valley and gave Chi Tian Ai the medicine he had bought for her.
• Chi Tian Ai suggested that Mixed Yuan Strength could help Lin Shen maintain his rotating saber qi in one place.
• Chi Tian Ai handed Lin Shen her diary containing Mixed Yuan Strength.

Lin Shen tried to devise a way to alert Third Brother about his danger in Snow Valley and chose to list a little jade box on Merchant Star. The box’s astonishing appraisal of 9,999 Merchant Star Coins made him withdraw it, leaving him wondering whether the words inside could truly save his life.

• Lin Shen refused Chi Tian Ai’s diary and continued planning how to escape Snow Valley without alerting Tian Jiu You.
• Lin Shen found the little jade box Lin Zongzheng had given him and opened it, discovering notes instructing him to recite “Supreme Old Lord, Hurry, hurry, as decreed by the law.”
• Lin Shen wrote a message containing the names of Tian Jiu You, Ice Nightmare Star, Snow Valley, Ice Lotus, Chi Tian Ai, and Tian Xun, then hid it in the box.
• Lin Shen submitted the box for appraisal on Merchant Star, expecting a low valuation, but it was appraised at 9,999 Merchant Star Coins.
• Lin Shen declined to sell or trade the box and wondered if its contents, rather than the box itself, had such extraordinary value.

Lin Shen doubted that the note could summon the Supreme Old Lord while the small Jade Box’s extraordinary valuation sparked a search across the universe. Attempts to uncover its origins ended in disaster, and the Cloaked Man ordered the Divine Response Group awakened and chose the Celestial Race as the first lead.

• Lin Shen questioned whether the note could summon the Supreme Old Lord, despite Shang Xing’s high appraisal.
• Lion King Rhine asked a Sage to identify who held the Jade Box, but the Sage’s precognition caused a backlash and he warned Rhine to leave it alone.
• A massive instrument attempting to calculate the Jade Box’s origins caught fire and exploded, killing and injuring staff.
• The Cloaked Man used a crystal to determine that the Celestial Race was the closest possible lead, then ordered the Divine Response Group awakened.
• The six-winged celestial agreed to begin with the Celestial Race and declared that its true Heavenly Emperor would soon arrive.