Recaps

Ling Yi redirected the transmigrators to farm zombies, helping the Zombie Crisis World perfect its laws and rise in rank while he gained Origin Points. After opening access to ten thousand worlds and reaching the Primordial Chaos Tier, he returned to the Ling Realm, then began a new transmigration into a villain novel.

• Ling Yi sensed the Zombie Crisis World's incomplete law of samsara and changed his mission so transmigrators would farm zombies instead of eradicating them.
• Yu Xiaoxiao and Yu Ziying joined Bai Yuntong, Lin Feng, Liang Cheng, and Gao Qisheng in the Zombie Crisis World to earn points by killing zombies.
• Half a year later, the Zombie Crisis World perfected its law of samsara, rose in rank, and evolved its zombies; Ling Yi returned to Blue Star with 350 million Origin Points.
• Ling Yi unlocked the main-body transmigration module, opened 9,999 worlds to transmigrators, and spent his remaining Origin Points to reach the Primordial Chaos Tier.
• Ling Yi left a Clone in the Great Primordial World, returned to the Ling Realm, and began a new transmigration into a villain novel with two passive auras merged into one system interface.

Ling Yi traveled with the sick seventh princess and her guards toward the Southern Yun Nation, relying on his Golden Finger Sharing System to gain cultivation from Yuan Ziyi. When a large group of attackers surrounded their camp at night, Ling Yi hid in a tree as Yuan Ziyi faced the threat.

• Ling Yi recalled that the princess's guards had died mysteriously, and he suspected the journey was tied to the Northern Yuan Empire's struggle for the throne.
• Yuan Ziyi stopped the carriage at White Tiger Ridge for the night and ordered the guards to set camp and patrol.
• Master Ma warned Ling Yi and the other guards that they were unlikely to survive the journey to the Southern Yun Nation.
• Ling Yi decided to stay with the princess's party because he hoped to use his system to share cultivation from powerful people.
• During the night, Ling Yi gained Yuan Ziyi's cultivation and advanced to the first level of Qi Condensation.
• More than a hundred black-clad attackers appeared around the camp, and Yuan Ziyi opened her eyes as Ling Yi hid in a tree.

Yuan Ziyi defeated an ambush targeting the Seventh Princess, but was wounded by a concealed weapon after the attackers fell. Ling Yi discovered that Xiao Yaoguang had a powerful cultivation level and gained her Seven Stars Art through sharing a golden finger, while learning that generating additional golden fingers cost progressively more Karmic Luck Points.

• Yuan Ziyi killed the broadsword-wielding attacker with the Seven Illusions Sword Formula after breaking through to the Qi Condensation Realm.
• Yuan Ziyi used the Overlapping Shadow Steps to kill the other attackers, earning Ling Yi more than three thousand Karmic Luck Points.
• Xiao Yaoguang warned Yuan Ziyi of a concealed weapon, but it pierced Yuan Ziyi's shoulder before striking the carriage.
• Ling Yi shared the Hundredfold Amplification System with Xiao Yaoguang and discovered that she had reached the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm.
• Ling Yi received knowledge from Xiao Yaoguang's Seven Stars Art and learned the world's Martial Dao realms, which the text described only vaguely beyond the Spirit Nian Realm.

Ling Yi revealed his strength when Princess Yaoguang’s master, Bai Cheng, and the Three Baleful Energies of Heavenly Lake tried to kill her. After discovering that killing them earned him no Karmic Luck Points, Ling Yi approached Yaoguang and asked if she would return to the imperial city.

• Princess Yaoguang emerged from her carriage and revealed that Princess Tianji had recruited the Three Baleful Energies of Heavenly Lake to assassinate her.
• Yaoguang called out her hidden master, but Ling Yi used Overlapping Shadow Steps to appear beside her and Yuan Ziyi.
• Bai Cheng admitted that Princess Tianji had promised him the Seven Stars Formula, and Yaoguang offered him her complete version if he spared Yuan Ziyi and Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi killed Bai Cheng with seven-colored Seven Stars Sword Qi, then killed the fleeing Three Baleful Energies of Heavenly Lake.
• Ling Yi checked his system and realized that killing people himself did not increase his Karmic Luck Points, then asked Yaoguang if she would return to the imperial city.

Ling Yi brought Princess Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi back to Northern Yuan City, where Princess Yaoguang confronted Commander Liu over the sealing of her residence and killed him and his soldiers with a devastating strike. Inside, she wondered whether her father had arranged her return to resolve the struggle over the throne, while Ling Yi explained why he believed none of her sisters deserved it.

• Ling Yi left the battlefield with Princess Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi, while a young man later searched the corpses and lamented that Princess Yaoguang and the carriage containing the Seven Stars Formula were missing.
• Three days later, Ling Yi returned to Northern Yuan City with Princess Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi, and the gate officers recognized her token and bowed.
• Yuan Ziyi kicked open the sealed doors of Princess Yaoguang's residence, where Commander Liu arrived with soldiers and ordered them to leave.
• Princess Yaoguang challenged Commander Liu to produce the imperial decree and explain her alleged crime, but he called her an impostor and ordered his soldiers to seize them.
• Princess Yaoguang unleashed her Seven Stars Sword Qi, killing Commander Liu and bisecting his soldiers before entering her residence.
• Princess Yaoguang wondered whether her father had sent her back to settle the succession struggle, and Ling Yi outlined why he thought Tianxuan, Tianji, and Yuheng were unfit to rule.

Ling Yi reassured Yuan Ziyi that Princess Yaoguang’s strength could overcome most threats, while Yuan Ziyi mistakenly believed he planned to sacrifice himself using a Yuan-Bursting Pill. Princess Tianji then enlisted Yama and Meng Po to kill Yaoguang and began plotting against them, as Ling Yi was summoned by an unknown master.

• Yuan Ziyi questioned Ling Yi about Yaoguang’s return, and Ling Yi said Yaoguang had used less than thirty percent of her strength and could defeat nearly anyone below the Spirit Nian Realm.
• Ling Yi encouraged Yuan Ziyi to cultivate, unaware that she believed he intended to use a Yuan-Bursting Pill and die to help Yaoguang claim the throne.
• At Tianji’s residence, Yama and Meng Po reported that Yaoguang’s sword strike could kill someone at the fourth level of spirit refining, and Tianji agreed to provide them ten thousand virgin boys and girls.
• Tianji summoned Wufa, Wutian, and Wuxin, offered them three Yuan-Bursting Pills, and promised to spare their families if they completed three tasks.
• As Ling Yi left to find food, someone stopped him and said their master requested his presence.

Ling Yi met Wang Xiu, a powerful envoy serving the ailing Emperor Xiao, and learned that the Northern Yuan Empire had concealed a profound BeiDou Seven Stars technique. At the manor, Ling Yi identified the technique’s connection to the seven stars, surprising Emperor Xiao and Wang Xiu.

• Ling Yi recognized Wang Xiu as the diplomat who had persuaded the Haotian Empire’s army to retreat and accepted his invitation to travel with him.
• On the journey, Ling Yi used his system and discovered Wang Xiu was a Supreme Grade Spirit Nian Realm expert who knew a complete Saint Tier BeiDou Seven Stars technique.
• Wang Xiu brought Ling Yi to a manor, where Ling Yi met Emperor Xiao and realized the emperor was near death despite appearing healthy.
• Emperor Xiao told Ling Yi that the Qingyun Clan, Medicine God Valley, and Heavenly Baleful Energy Sect sought control of the Northern Yuan Empire, then asked whether Yaoguang had taught him the Seven Stars Formula.
• Wang Xiu demonstrated the BeiDou Seven Stars Art, and Ling Yi identified the seven stars whose power it contained, leaving Emperor Xiao and Wang Xiu astonished.

Ling Yi mastered the BeiDou Seven Stars Art and rapidly broke through to the fifth level of the Spirit Nian Realm, then learned that Emperor Xiao was being forced toward death by sects controlling the Northern Yuan Empire. Ling Yi decided to turn Northern Yuan into an Immortal Martial Empire and began sharing his systems and cultivation with Emperor Xiao and Wang Xiu.

• Ling Yi absorbed the seven stars' power, learned the BeiDou Seven Stars Art, and broke through to the fifth level of the Spirit Nian Realm in two hours.
• Emperor Xiao explained that he could not become a Supreme because the sects controlling Northern Yuan would lose their grip on him, while Wang Xiu described the Haotian Domain and the powerful Haotian Empire.
• Ling Yi declared that he would make Northern Yuan a second Immortal Martial Empire, despite Emperor Xiao's doubts.
• Ling Yi told Emperor Xiao and Wang Xiu to sit and circulate the BeiDou Seven Stars Art, then shared his cultivation systems with them.

Ling Yi revealed the Heavenly Dao Blessing’s power to Emperor Xiao and helped him and Wang Xiu advance rapidly, then returned to Yaoguang’s residence and discussed the princess’s future. Yaoguang chose to wait for her father to regain control while Ling Yi expected the empire to grow strong enough to confront its hidden enemies.

• Ling Yi told Emperor Xiao and Wang Xiu that his Heavenly Dao Blessing could accelerate cultivation and promised more blessings if Emperor Xiao united Northern Yuan.
• Ling Yi discovered that Princess Tianji had sent servants to Yaoguang’s residence, and Yuan Ziyi confirmed that Yaoguang wanted them kept under suspicion.
• Princess Yaoguang joined Ling Yi and Yuan Ziyi for dinner, thanked Ling Yi, and learned that Emperor Xiao had begun advancing through the realms.
• Ling Yi said Emperor Xiao would soon reach the Spirit Nian Realm and might achieve Dao Comprehension, then offered Yaoguang his support whether she wanted the throne or a life devoted to cultivation.
• Yaoguang decided to wait for Emperor Xiao to make arrangements and trusted Ling Yi’s advice to let the rival princesses reveal themselves.

Ling Yi discovered a new Fifty-Fifty System cheat and lured two Heavenly Baleful Energy Sect protectors into an attack near Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi’s residence. Yama was killed by their Sword Qi, Meng Po fled, and Ling Yi wondered why the fight had earned him so many Karmic Luck Points.

• Ling Yi spent 8,000 Karmic Luck Points to unlock the Fifty-Fifty System, which could make a target’s strength match his own if he shared it.
• Ling Yi learned that Northern Yuan City’s four great armies answered to Emperor Xiao, while Princess Tianji controlled the Blazing Heaven Army.
• Yama and Meng Po attacked Ling Yi in the street, and he dodged their strikes while leading them toward Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi’s residence.
• Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi emerged and struck Yama with their Sword Qi, cutting him into four pieces.
• Meng Po used the Blood Explosion Technique to escape, and Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi pursued her.
• Ling Yi checked his Karmic Luck Points and wondered why the fight had earned him so many.

After Meng Po escaped, Ling Yi used the Heavenly Dao Blessing to persuade Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi to hunt evildoers, while Northern Yuan’s princesses waited for the succession struggle to develop. Tianji negotiated with the wounded Meng Po for the Bloodthirst Art, and in Southern Yun, a young man arrived at Willow Lake Temple to steal Xiao Chen’s opportunity.

• Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi searched for Meng Po for hours but failed to find her, and Ling Yi convinced them that killing evildoers might strengthen the Heavenly Dao Blessing.
• Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianquan, and Kaiyang discussed the succession crisis and decided to wait rather than openly support Tianji or Ji Mengyao.
• Tianji visited the weakened Meng Po, who offered her the Bloodthirst Art and revealed details about the Qingyun Clan and the Heavenly Baleful Energy Sect.
• Tianji agreed to gather ten thousand virgin boys and girls by the night after tomorrow, while Meng Po implied she wanted to leave the Heavenly Baleful Energy Sect.
• A young man arrived at Willow Lake Temple with his donkey, learned that stealing the Yin-Yang Reversal Art from Xiao Chen would earn at least ten thousand Villain Points, and entered the temple.

Ling Yi confronted Ji Wufeng, the Qingyun Clan sect master, after recognizing him beneath a beggar disguise. When Ji Wufeng killed nearby civilians with his aura and demanded to know about Ling Yi’s Heavenly Dao Blessing, Ling Yi shared the Fifty-Fifty System with him, causing Ji Wufeng’s presence to weaken.

• Tianji ordered Wufa, Wutian, and Wuxin to guard BeiDou Hall, while Empress Ji seized control of court affairs and dismissed Tianxuan and Tianji from their positions.
• Ling Yi criticized Emperor Xiao’s slow cultivation and the disorder and abuse afflicting Northern Yuan City as he walked through the outer city.
• A disguised Ji Wufeng approached Ling Yi, and Ling Yi identified him as the Qingyun Clan’s sect master and Empress Ji’s elder brother.
• Ji Wufeng demanded to know how Ling Yi raised people’s cultivation and whether his Heavenly Dao Blessing was real.
• Ji Wufeng unleashed his Dao Comprehension Realm pressure, killing nearby civilians, and Ling Yi responded by sharing the Fifty-Fifty System with him.
• Ling Yi felt Ji Wufeng’s presence rapidly weaken after the system was shared.

Ling Yi used the Fifty-Fifty cheat to strip Ji Wufeng of his cultivation, then killed him after testing the cheat’s effects. In Southern Yun Nation, Xiao Chen’s future master’s death earned the donkey-riding youth Villain Points, and he set off toward the Haotian Empire to take Xiao Chen’s greatest opportunity.

• Ling Yi found that the Fifty-Fifty cheat had turned Ji Wufeng into an ordinary person and summoned Huo Yun and two Azure Dragon Army soldiers to test how the cheat reacted to their attacks.
• Ji Wufeng’s cultivation briefly returned while the soldiers beat him, but Ling Yi called them off and then killed Ji Wufeng with Sword Qi when his cultivation vanished again.
• In Southern Yun Nation, the donkey-riding youth learned that Ji Wufeng’s death had earned him 30,000 Villain Points because Xiao Chen had lost Karmic Luck.
• The youth learned that Xiao Chen had joined the Blazing Heaven Army and was cultivating the Bloodthirst Art, while Little Hei warned him that a great terror protected Princess Yaoguang.
• The youth decided to travel to the Haotian Empire to take Xiao Chen’s greatest fortuitous opportunity, while three thousand youths soaked in a blood pool beneath Tianji Palace in Northern Yuan City.

Ling Yi showed Emperor Xiao the suffering of Northern Yuan’s people while the court factions prepared to fight over the throne. Princess Tianji’s use of the Bloodthirst Art turned the palace crisis into open battle, and Ling Yi watched as her three masked fighters took Yuan-Bursting Pills.

• Ling Yi explained to Emperor Xiao that the people’s poverty and lack of grief over his supposed death came from the court’s exploitation, prompting Emperor Xiao to reconsider the state of Northern Yuan.
• Emperor Xiao declared his ambition to transform Northern Yuan into an Immortal Martial Empire and unite the Haotian Domain, while Ling Yi warned him to govern his own country first.
• Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi saw that Emperor Xiao and Wang Xiu had returned, while tensions grew over whether Princess Yuheng or Princess Tianji would ascend the throne.
• Princess Tianji’s use of the Bloodthirst Art and the sacrifice of more than sixty thousand children cost her court support, and the Azure Dragon Army and Empress Ji’s faction confronted her at BeiDou Hall.
• Princess Tianji ordered Wuxin, Wufa, and Wutian to take Yuan-Bursting Pills, and the three women surged to the ninth level of the Spirit Nian Realm before charging into battle.
• Ling Yi watched from hiding with Wang Xiu and learned that the three women’s families were imprisoned beneath Tianji Palace and that the pills had made them impossible to save.

Ling Yi used his upgraded system to save Wuxin, Wutian, and Wufa after they took Yuan-Bursting Pills, while Princess Tianji escalated the battle by summoning and empowering her Blood Baleful Energy Army. As the army prepared to attack, Ling Yi discovered that Xiao Chen had maximum 10-star Karmic Luck and wondered if he was the protagonist.

• Ling Yi shared the Infinite Qi and Blood System and the Fifty-Fifty System with Wuxin, Wutian, and Wufa, allowing them to survive the Yuan-Bursting Pills despite their cultivation falling to Body Tempering Realm Third Layer.
• Princess Tianji attacked the three women, but they vanished before her strike could reach them, and the other fighters paused their battles as a terrifying presence restrained them.
• Empress Ji urged Tianji to stop, but Tianji summoned three thousand soldiers of the Blood Baleful Energy Army and ordered them to kill her opponents.
• Tianji activated the Blood Baleful Energy Technique and Blood Explosion Technique, boosting her soldiers to the Half-Step Supreme Realm.
• Ling Yi inspected Tianji and Xiao Chen’s system panels and found that Xiao Chen had 10-star Karmic Luck and Divine Pin innate aptitude.

Emperor Xiao returned as a Dao Comprehension Realm expert, crushed the Qingyun Clan, and ordered Princess Tianji’s execution while taking the Blood Baleful Energy Army into custody. Half a month later, Tianji had escaped, the army was reported dead, and Ling Yi suspected both had gone underground as he prepared to leave Northern Yuan.

• Emperor Xiao appeared above the battlefield, revealed his Imperial Dao, and forced most of the gathered armies and officials to kneel.
• Emperor Xiao killed the Qingyun Clan’s elders and disciples, while Empress Ji fainted and Princess Tianji’s cultivation surged as she resisted him.
• Tianji admitted she had sought to destroy the sects’ influence, then realized Meng Po had used the Bloodthirst Art to influence her mind; Meng Po escaped as Emperor Xiao ordered Tianji imprisoned and the Blood Baleful Energy Army confined.
• Ling Yi left Northern Yuan after Wang Xiu warned that they might become enemies someday.
• Over the following half month, Meng Po rescued Tianji, the Blood Baleful Energy Army was reported dead in the inner prison, and Seventh Princess Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi disappeared from Northern Yuan City.

Ling Yi, Yaoguang, and Yuan Ziyi entered the Land of Chaos, where Ling Yi planned to find a good person and deal with the Heavenly Baleful Energy Sect. At an inn, Ling Yi noticed Lin Bei, a young man with ten-star Karmic Luck.

• Yaoguang explained why she had left Northern Yuan City with Ling Yi and Yuan Ziyi, saying she felt lost after the upheaval at BeiDou Hall.
• A boatman tried to drown the three passengers in the Sand River, but they flew away and left him stranded with his drifting boat.
• Yuan Ziyi described the Land of Chaos and the Heavenly Baleful Energy Sect, and Ling Yi said he would not act lightly against the sect.
• Ling Yi entered an inn, used his Spirit Nian Realm presence to secure good service, and learned the locals' coded system for judging guests.
• Ling Yi spotted Lin Bei eating noodles and identified his ten-star Karmic Luck, martial skills, and cultivation through his status information.

Ling Yi and his companions witnessed Lin Bei, a Body Tempering cultivator who had comprehended the Martial Dao, kill two Spirit Refining assassins with a single swift strike. After explaining how Lin Bei could comprehend the Dao as a mortal, Ling Yi decided to settle in Water City and observe him.

• Ling Yi told Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi that Lin Bei was extraordinary and warned that revealing Supreme-level strength could attract trouble.
• Lin Bei killed two Spirit Refining cultivators who had been paid ten yuan crystals to die, striking them down with a swift saber.
• Ling Yi invited Lin Bei for drinks and explained to Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi that Lin Bei had comprehended the Martial Dao despite his mortal aptitude and Body Tempering cultivation.
• Ling Yi shared his insight that the Dao could be perceived in the rhythms of everyday things, then reviewed his system and the golden fingers he had shared with various people.
• Ling Yi explained that he had given Lin Bei the Devouring Evolution System to compensate for his poor aptitude and had limited Emperor Xiao's shared powers because of his plan to build the Blood Baleful Energy Army.
• Ling Yi chose to settle in Water City so he could observe Lin Bei for a few days.

Xiao Chen, Meng Po, and Tianji escaped into the Land of Chaos after fighting off nine experts, while Ling Yi’s group settled in Water City and discovered that their heavenly blessings had granted powerful systems. The chapter left Tianji suspecting Ling Yi was behind her group’s new abilities, though Meng Po questioned why he would help them.

• Xiao Chen used a ring of blood baleful energy to drive back five attackers, then carried Tianji and Meng Po across the Sand River into the Land of Chaos.
• Wang Xiu arrived after the trio had crossed the river and chose not to inform the Haotian Empire.
• A week later, Lin Bei ignored Ling Yi when they met outside neighboring courtyards near Water City, unaware that he had gained a devouring evolution system.
• Xiao Chen, Tianji, and Meng Po discovered their infinite treasure refining system and used Infinite Synthesis to create weapons and equipment.
• Tianji told Xiao Chen and Meng Po that Ling Yi might have granted them their abilities through heavenly Dao blessings, citing the sudden breakthroughs and other impossible changes in Northern Yuan.

Xiao Chen, Meng Po, and Tianji discussed the Bloodthirst Art and the ruthless rules of the Land of Chaos, while Lin Bei accepted a dangerous assassination mission to support his sick sister. As Lin Bei entered sudden enlightenment in Secluded Passage Forest, Ling Yi’s system showed new spider abilities in his gene bank.

• Meng Po urged Xiao Chen to gather resources and grow stronger, and explained that practitioners in the Land of Chaos commonly used the Bloodthirst Art to devour their victims’ blood and Qi.
• Lin Bei turned in a mission at the Blood Slaughter Hall and accepted a fourth-pin mission to kill a third-level Spirit Nian Realm Supreme for yuan crystals and a Blue Pattern Saber.
• Lin Bei accepted the dangerous mission because his younger sister, Lin Xin'er, needed an increasing supply of yuan crystals to survive.
• The red-robed elder told Lin Bei that his target would travel alone through Secluded Passage Forest in three days, giving him a chance to strike.
• Lin Bei went to Secluded Passage Forest and used his unique Dao of Comprehension to merge with the surrounding force fields and enter sudden enlightenment.
• Ling Yi checked his system page and saw Spider-Sense and Spider Silk Spinning listed in his gene bank.

Lin Bei tested his newly activated gene-editing cheat in Secluded Passage Forest, where Xiao Chen and Tianji encountered him while traveling toward Salt City. After they fled his overwhelming abilities, Lin Bei considered pursuing them and targeting Salt City himself.

• Ling Yi examined Lin Bei’s editable gene bank and found little use for its current genes, while discovering that the Yuan Artifacts Xiao Chen and the others synthesized obeyed his thoughts.
• Xiao Chen and Tianji headed from Water City toward Salt City, planning to rob its warehouses with the help of a fifth-grade storage bag made by synthesizing sixteen smaller bags.
• Xiao Chen and Tianji sensed a terrifying presence in Secluded Passage Forest and found Lin Bei sitting alone in a clearing.
• Lin Bei released tiny, energy-devouring insects, and Tianji’s Seven Star Tianji Sword Qi vanished when it struck him.
• Tianji and Xiao Chen fled, while Lin Bei’s six concealed clones emerged and discussed following them to Salt City.
• Lin Bei considered Salt City’s wealth and realized his new strength might let him seize it.

Xiao Chen, Tianji, and Meng Po planned their next move after secretly splitting most of Salt City's stolen Yuan Crystals, then encountered Ling Yi at Blood Slaughter Hall. Ling Yi recognized Situ Wan'er, saw through her Dao of Emotionless, and left her questioning her cultivation.

• Xiao Chen and Tianji returned from Salt City with 760 million Yuan Crystals, but Tianji gave Meng Po only 20 million and split the rest with Xiao Chen.
• Meng Po proposed disguising themselves, taking a Blood Slaughter Hall mission, and traveling to Stone City to acquire Yuan artifacts.
• Meng Po, Tianji, and Xiao Chen arrived at Blood Slaughter Hall as Ling Yi, Yaoguang, and Yuan Ziyi entered; Lin Bei's clone watched from nearby.
• Ling Yi accepted a mission targeting Fast Saber Lin Bei, then recognized the red-robed mission giver as Situ Wan'er and challenged the mission's suitability.
• Ling Yi told Situ Wan'er that her Dao of Emotionless was borrowed rather than her own, and she crushed the mission token after hearing his words.

Ling Yi tested whether Situ Wan'er’s emotions and memories could affect her Karmic Luck, drawing her out with candied hawthorns while reflecting on his lack of attachment to the world. He planned to visit Situ Hao and the Haotian Empire, while leaving Lin Bei’s future development to unfold.

• Situ Wan'er told Ling Yi that her father had chosen the Dao of Emotionless for her, and Ling Yi took her out to make candied hawthorns.
• Meng Po and Tianji left Xiao Chen, who decided to head for Stone City alone.
• Ling Yi made two batches of candied hawthorns, and Situ Wan'er preferred the first batch because it matched her childhood memories.
• Ling Yi told Yaoguang and Yuan Ziyi that he planned to visit Situ Hao in Heavenly Baleful Energy City and then travel to the Haotian Empire.
• Ling Yi said Lin Bei’s rise depended on how he developed and contrasted Lin Bei’s inventive use of Devouring Evolution with Xiao Chen’s rigid thinking.

Lin Bei extorted Xiao Chen, revealed that his strange abilities might be connected to Ling Yi, and formed an alliance with him. Meanwhile, Ling Yi traveled toward Heavenly Baleful Energy City and was ambushed at Secluded Passage Forest, but stopped and destroyed the crossbow bolts.

• Lin Bei survived being split into countless pieces, extorted Yuan crystals from Xiao Chen, and explained that he could gain abilities by devouring living beings.
• Lin Bei and Xiao Chen discussed how their powers might be linked to Ling Yi's Heavenly Dao Blessing and agreed to work together, exchanging ability orbs for Yuan artifacts.
• Lin Bei sent a clone to deliver Yuan crystals to his sister and accompany her, while he and Xiao Chen headed toward Stone City through Ten Thousand Longevities Valley.
• Ling Yi, Yaoguang, Yuan Ziyi, and Situ Wan'er traveled toward Heavenly Baleful Energy City and reached Secluded Passage Forest in the afternoon.
• Attackers fired crossbow bolts from the bamboo forest, but Ling Yi immobilized them and shattered them with a snap of his fingers.

Ling Yi learned that Salt City's forces had come after him and Situ Wan'er, after Tianji and Meng Po framed them for robbing Salt City's warehouse. Guan Hong, a powerful Dao Integration expert secretly affiliated with the Tyrant Heaven Sect, attacked Ling Yi, who tested the water dragon's strength without resisting.

• Liu Baiheng led nearly a hundred Salt City people out of the woods and demanded that Ling Yi hand over what they had stolen.
• Situ Wan'er revealed that Salt City's warehouse had lost over six hundred million Yuan Crystals, and the group concluded Tianji and Meng Po had framed them while targeting Situ Wan'er and Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi recognized that Guan Hong was secretly affiliated with the Tyrant Heaven Sect and examined his formidable Dao Integration abilities.
• Guan Hong conjured a water dragon and bound Ling Yi, who let it restrain him to test the power of a perfected Dao.
• Ling Yi reviewed his system and noted that he had taken back Tianji and Meng Po's golden fingers after they schemed against him.