Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu created and released an abbreviated Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings to raise the Primordial Hall’s reputation. The ranking caused an uproar, especially because Short Sky Island took first place with its strength left undisclosed.

• Lin Yu sent Yu Hongyan away and checked that the Primordial Hall’s reputation had reached level two with thirty percent progress.
• Lin Yu asked the system to calculate the most beneficial ranking and chose the faction rankings.
• Lin Yu discovered Short Sky Island ranked first, but the system denied him access to information about it.
• Lin Yu created an abbreviated ranking that listed factions and their highest combat strength, then ordered the system to release it.
• Cultivators across the Eastern Wasteland reacted to the new rankings, speculating about Short Sky Island and questioning whether Saint Kings truly existed.

The Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings sparked widespread debate over Primordial Hall and the reality of its power. After the rankings brought visible providence and breakthroughs to the top twenty factions, cultivators across the Eastern Wasteland began seeking out the ranked sects.

• Cultivators argued over whether Primordial Hall was real and discussed rumors that its master had forged a Half-Step Saint Artifact in Cloud Firmament City.
• An old man in an unnamed village recognized the golden dragon phantom as providence and said the Eastern Wasteland owed Primordial Hall a favor.
• The Supreme Sword Sect's Sect Master sent the Eighth and Ninth Elders to investigate Primordial Hall and ordered the Tenth Elder to keep cultivating.
• Over the next three days, the top twenty factions gained providence, their members made breakthroughs, and their rankings repeatedly shifted.
• An old man explained that higher-ranked factions received greater providence, prompting rogue cultivators to seek entry into the top twenty and search for the mysterious top four factions.

After the Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings boosted the Primordial Hall’s fame, Lin Yu received new rewards and reached peak Spirit Light Realm. He used the Primordial Compass to spot two Radiant Body Realm cultivators approaching, then asked the system to identify them.

• Lin Yu muted fame notifications and learned the Primordial Hall had reached fifty percent fame progress and the 'Somewhat Famous' level.
• The system awarded Lin Yu the Primordial Compass, forty Announcement Boards, and the ability to shape Primordial Guards’ appearances; it also raised the guards’ numbers to one thousand and their strength to early Spirit Light Realm.
• Golden light strengthened all Primordial Guards, while Lin Yu’s cultivation rose to peak Spirit Light Realm.
• Lin Yu tested the Primordial Compass and found that turning it caused plants across Hongmeng Mountain to droop.
• Lin Yu used the Primordial Compass to project a view a hundred li away and saw two Radiant Body Realm experts emerge from a rift in the sky.
• Lin Yu saw the two cultivators’ faces through the projection and asked the system to deduce their information.

Lin Yu used the Primordial Compass to confront Wu Chen and Wu Shuang, two late Radiant Body elders of the Supreme Sword Sect who had come to investigate the Primordial Hall. He crushed them and nearby cultivators with the Primordial Sect’s Thousandfold Pressure, leaving Wu Shuang vowing revenge while pinned in midair.

• Lin Yu used the system to identify Wu Chen and Wu Shuang as Supreme Sword Sect elders who intended to investigate the Primordial Hall.
• Lin Yu projected his image onto a cloud chair before the two swordsmen and revealed that he was the master of the Primordial Hall.
• Lin Yu activated the Primordial Compass and unleashed Thousandfold Pressure on Wu Chen, Wu Shuang, and the surrounding cultivators.
• The pressure forced nearby cultivators and then Wu Chen and Wu Shuang to their knees, shocking witnesses across the Eastern Wasteland.
• Pinned in midair, Wu Shuang glared at Lin Yu and threatened that he was finished.

Lin Yu used the Primordial Compass to crush Wu Shuang and Wu Chen despite the Supreme Sword Sect master's intervention, then defeated the master's blood sword and warned the sect against provoking the Primordial Hall. As Lin Yu vanished, the Supreme Sword Sect master was struck by a familiar pressure and could not escape.

• Wu Shuang and Wu Chen struggled against Lin Yu's spiritual pressure as he increased it from two thousandfold to three thousandfold.
• Wu Shuang and Wu Chen begged for mercy and offered an alliance, but Lin Yu refused and declared that the Primordial Hall would punish anyone who provoked it.
• The Supreme Sword Sect master attacked through a rift with a massive sword radiance, but Lin Yu's five thousandfold pressure killed Wu Shuang and Wu Chen.
• The Supreme Sword Sect master's blood sword clashed with Lin Yu's ten thousandfold pressure and was destroyed, after which Lin Yu warned the sect master and disappeared.
• The Supreme Sword Sect master threatened to destroy the Primordial Hall, but a familiar pressure descended on him before he could flee.

The Sword Saint Ancestor apologized to Lin Yu after the Supreme Sword Sect was devastated, and Lin Yu warned the sect not to provoke the Primordial Hall again. Elsewhere, Cui Ranqing found the Nine-Bend Soul-Refining Flower and safely crossed a damaged Saint-grade array using Lin Yu’s scroll.

• The Supreme Sword Sect’s Myriad Sword Array shattered under the spiritual pressure, and the Sword Saint Ancestor realized he could not oppose the Primordial Hall.
• The Sword Saint Ancestor apologized to Lin Yu and offered the Supreme Sword Sect’s obedience in exchange for sparing its disciples.
• Lin Yu reaffirmed the Primordial Hall’s neutrality, warned the Supreme Sword Sect not to provoke him again, and received a surge of fame as cultivators discussed the confrontation.
• Lin Yu told the system to mute all notifications after it refused to silence only the fame alerts.
• Cui Ranqing found the Nine-Bend Soul-Refining Flower and followed Lin Yu’s scroll to avoid triggering the damaged Saint-grade array.
• Cui Ranqing wondered how Lin Yu had known about the array and thought it would be good if Yu Hongyan could remain by his side.

Cui Ranqing approached the Nine-Bend Soul-Refining Flower using Lin Yu’s instructions, but a Saint’s lingering will attacked her. Lin Yu’s phantom saved her, and she began preparing to break through to Sainthood inside the formation.

• Cui Ranqing carefully followed Lin Yu’s scroll through the Saint-grade formation toward the Nine-Bend Soul-Refining Flower.
• The skeleton beside the flower awakened and pressed Cui Ranqing down with Saint-grade power, leaving her expecting to die.
• Lin Yu’s phantom emerged from the scroll and shattered the skeleton with his voice, saving Cui Ranqing.
• Lin Yu told Cui Ranqing to break through before his phantom vanished, and she thanked him.
• Cui Ranqing plucked the Nine-Bend Soul-Refining Flower and stayed inside the formation to begin her breakthrough.
• Lin Yu watched from Hongmeng Mountain and confirmed that he had placed the phantom on the scroll to guard against the skeleton’s attack.

Luo Feizhou told Ancestor Qingyan that Primordial Hall had ranked Qingyan Mountain Manor fifth, and the ancestor’s anger turned to keen interest as he recognized several factions above them. He was left wondering what Primordial Hall knew about the hidden places and history tied to his past.

• Luo Feizhou reported Primordial Hall’s rankings and explained that its master had forged a Half-Step Saint Artifact from ordinary sand and stones.
• Ancestor Qingyan doubted the report until Luo Feizhou insisted the feat had happened in public, then demanded details about the rankings.
• Luo Feizhou named Short Sky Island as the top-ranked faction, and Ancestor Qingyan recognized it as the immortal island where he had broken through a thousand years earlier.
• Luo Feizhou named the Valley of Devouring as second, and Ancestor Qingyan recalled Qingyan Mountain Manor’s old ties to it and its secret passage there.
• Luo Feizhou named Saint King Yunteng’s Tomb third and Night Moon Palace fourth.

Ancestor Qingyan learned that the Primordial Hall had defeated the Supreme Sword Sect and that Cui Ranqing was nearing Sainthood, then traveled with his granddaughter Luo Qingxu to seek an audience with the Primordial Hall Master. The pair entered Hongmeng Mountain and were directed to climb toward the Hall Master.

• Luo Feizhou told Ancestor Qingyan that the Primordial Hall Master had effortlessly killed two Radiant Body experts from the Supreme Sword Sect, defeated its sect master, and prompted the former sect master to apologize.
• Luo Feizhou reported that Cui Ranqing was close to attaining Sainthood after visiting Hongmeng Mountain with Yu Hongyan, who had not returned; Ancestor Qingyan ordered Luo Qingxu to come to him.
• Ancestor Qingyan and Luo Qingxu traveled to Hongmeng Mountain, where they felt its terrifying pressure and found two powerful Spirit Condensation Realm guards at the entrance.
• Ancestor Qingyan requested an audience, but a guard said the Hall Master had instructed them two hours earlier to let the visitors proceed up the mountain.
• Luo Qingxu wondered whether the Primordial Hall Master was a Saint, and Ancestor Qingyan said his divination abilities surpassed those of Saints.

Luo Qingyan and Luo Qingxu reached the Primordial Hall to seek an opportunity from Lin Yu, who agreed to help them if Qingyan Mountain Manor and the Night Moon Palace supplied materials for a city. Luo Qingxu offered to serve as Lin Yu’s maidservant, and he revealed that Yu Hongyan was already undergoing special training.

• Luo Qingyan and Luo Qingxu reached Hongmeng Mountain’s summit, and Lin Yu restored their spiritual power.
• Luo Qingyan paid his respects to Lin Yu and asked for his help, learning that he and the Night Moon Palace must supply Spirit Condensation Realm materials for Lin Yu’s planned city.
• Luo Qingyan agreed to the condition, and Luo Qingxu served Lin Yu tea before asking to become his maidservant.
• Lin Yu said he already had a maidservant undergoing special training, and confirmed Luo Qingxu’s guess that she was Yu Hongyan.

Luo Qingxu volunteered to serve Lin Yu and was allowed to stay, while Ancestor Qingyan followed Lin Yu’s scroll to a Saint-grade formation and pursued his chance to achieve Sainthood. Three days later, a Sainthood Tribulation began in the Eastern Wasteland, leaving cultivators uncertain which faction’s expert was ascending.

• Luo Qingxu offered to stay as Lin Yu’s maid, and Lin Yu agreed after Ancestor Qingyan left with a scroll containing instructions for finding a Sainthood opportunity.
• Ancestor Qingyan ordered Manor Lord Luo Feizhou to gather the required materials, then traveled to the mountain range marked on the scroll.
• Ancestor Qingyan entered a hidden domain, recognized its Saint-grade formation, and used Lin Yu’s instructions to prepare to break it.
• Three days later, a vast pillar of light and a Sainthood Tribulation appeared over the Eastern Wasteland.
• Cultivators and major factions tried to determine who was achieving Sainthood and worried about the consequences for the region’s power balance and fortune.

Cultivators gathered beneath the thunderclouds to watch an unknown person’s ascent to Sainthood. Qi Luoyun learned that the Night Moon Palace and Qingyan Mountain Manor had secretly sought opportunities through the Primordial Hall, and as the lightning tribulation began, the person ascending still had not appeared.

• Cultivators from across the Eastern Wasteland gathered to watch the thunderclouds, while the Night Moon Palace and Qingyan Mountain Manor arrived with large contingents and their ancestors.
• The onlookers realized the area beneath the thunderclouds was empty, and no one could identify who was undergoing the tribulation.
• Qi Luoyun learned that Qingyan Mountain Manor’s ancestor had taken Luo Qingxu to Hongmeng Mountain, and Cui Ranqing had taken Yu Hongyan there before both women’s relatives returned alone.
• An elder reported that the Night Moon Palace and Qingyan Mountain Manor were buying forging materials at high prices, leading Qi Luoyun to suspect they had struck a deal with the Primordial Hall for a chance at Sainthood.
• Qi Luoyun realized the Falling Cloud Sect had missed that opportunity, grew furious, and spat blood as the tribulation began.
• Vast bolts of lightning struck the mountain range, but the person undergoing the tribulation remained unseen.

Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan emerged from a hidden space after attaining Sainthood, drawing awe and speculation about Primordial Hall’s role. As a second, deadly lightning tribulation struck them, Lin Yu watched from Primordial Hall and worried that its power exceeded what they could survive.

• The first lightning bolts vanished above the mountain range, revealing a mysterious space as the tribulation intensified.
• Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan emerged from the hidden space, and cultivators recognized both as newly Sainthood-level figures.
• Cultivators learned that the pair had visited Primordial Hall and offered enormous rewards for information about its location.
• A second lightning tribulation descended, and Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan fought it until their protective treasures shattered and they were badly wounded.
• As the ninth bolt fell, onlookers feared the pair would die, while Lin Yu saw that the lightning had reached peak early-Sainthood power.

Lin Yu intervened in Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan’s Sainthood tribulation, suppressing twelve Thunder Dragons with the Primordial Compass. As the Great Dao gathered more lightning, Lin Yu unleashed a mystic bird from the compass toward the thunderclouds.

• Lin Yu used the Primordial Platform’s projection ability and ten-thousandfold pressure to pin the two lightning dragons threatening Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan.
• The Great Dao reacted to Lin Yu’s interference and summoned ten more Thunder Dragons, each reaching the peak of the Middle Sainthood Realm.
• Lin Yu turned the Primordial Compass to fifty thousandfold pressure and pinned all twelve Thunder Dragons in the sky.
• When more power began gathering in the clouds, Lin Yu raised the pressure to a hundred thousandfold and sent a mystic bird flying toward the thunderclouds.

Lin Yu stopped the lightning tribulations and helped Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan attain Sainthood, but the battle weakened the seals on Saint King Yunteng's Tomb. The tomb announced it would open in half a month, and Lin Yu returned to the Primordial Hall as cultivators across the Eastern Wasteland bowed to him.

• The Primordial Compass dispersed the lightning, and purple-gold pillars restored Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan before they attained Sainthood.
• Lin Yu collected the pillars' light and the twelve Thunder Dragons, while Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan let him examine the power of their Sainthood.
• The ancient seals shattered, revealing part of Saint King Yunteng's Tomb, and a voice announced that it would open in half a month for those destined to claim its legacy.
• Lin Yu chose not to restrict the news, warned that the tomb could bring fortune or calamity, and returned to the Primordial Hall.
• Cui Ranqing, Ancestor Qingyan, their disciples, and the other cultivators bowed in gratitude and reverence toward Lin Yu.

Lin Yu used the Primordial Platform to analyze the Thunder Dragons and refine their essence into True Dragon blood, then accelerated the platform so it could nurture a living dragon. After six days of work, a Great Saint-level True Dragon was born and soared above the Primordial Hall.

• Lin Yu had the Primordial Platform break down the twelve Thunder Dragons, which yielded a small amount of Thunder Dragon blood essence containing a tiny dragon.
• Lin Yu placed the blood essence in the Primordial Platform and ordered the system to accelerate its slow derivation using the Primordial Hall's power and his permissions.
• The Primordial Platform analyzed and refined the blood essence over six days, then began gestating a True Dragon beneath a violet glow.
• A ten-thousand-li-long blue-violet True Dragon emerged, flew through the sky above the Primordial Hall, and revealed a cultivation realm at the Great Saint level.

Lin Yu befriended the newborn true dragon Little Purple and rode him through the sky before returning to the Primordial Hall. There, Luo Qingxu told him that Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan had waited outside Hongmeng Mountain for three days with construction materials, while cultivators gathered nearby.

• The protective barrier shrank the blue-purple true dragon as he entered the Primordial Hall, and Lin Yu learned he was a zero-year-old Dragon of Lightning in the early Great Sage Realm.
• Lin Yu named the dragon Little Purple, who carried him through the sky before they returned to the Primordial Hall.
• Luo Qingxu told Lin Yu that Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan had waited outside Hongmeng Mountain for three days with Spirit Condensation Realm construction materials.
• Lin Yu viewed the scene outside the mountain and realized that the large purchases and visiting cultivators had exposed Hongmeng Mountain's location.

Lin Yu began casting a city from the materials gathered outside Hongmeng Mountain, with Little Purple helping melt them. The materials flowed into Lin Yu’s prepared mold as Little Purple returned to the mountain and fell asleep.

• Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan entered Hongmeng Mountain and thanked Lin Yu for helping them survive their lightning tribulations.
• Ancestor Qingyan recognized Little Purple as a True Dragon and felt the pressure of his draconic presence.
• Lin Yu scanned the gathered materials, confirmed they were sufficient to build a city, and lifted them into the air.
• Lin Yu heated the materials, and Little Purple grew larger outside the mountain and breathed lightning fire to speed their melting.
• Lin Yu poured the molten materials into a prepared city mold, and Little Purple returned to Hongmeng Mountain, exhausted and asleep.

Lin Yu completed Primordial City by using lightning to raise its building materials to Saint grade, turning it into the Eastern Wasteland’s foremost holy city. He stationed Primordial Guards there, opened the gates, and allowed Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan to send disciples into the city.

• Lin Yu used lightning to refine and compress the city’s materials, raising them from Spirit Condensation Realm to Saint grade.
• Lin Yu named the completed city Primordial City, and the spectacle caused Primordial Hall’s fame to rise rapidly.
• Lin Yu ordered nine hundred Primordial Guards to defend Primordial City and kept the remaining hundred at Primordial Hall.
• Lin Yu opened the city gates to the watching cultivators before his phantom vanished.
• Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan asked to send disciples into Primordial City, and Lin Yu agreed.

Lin Yu began preparations for the Primordial Arena Tournament as cultivators from beyond the Eastern Wasteland headed toward Saint King Yunteng's Tomb. The tomb drew near its opening, and three powerful arrivals emerged before the gathered cultivators.

• Lin Yu allowed factions on the Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings to settle in Primordial City if they followed his rules, then prepared to establish a ranking for the entire human race.
• Lin Yu started the Primordial Arena Tournament and teleported the Eastern Wasteland's top hundred heaven's chosen to Primordial City.
• The teleportation broke through the seal in the Valley of Devouring, frustrating an aged voice that wondered who ruled Primordial Hall.
• An old man and two middle-aged men arrived in the Eastern Wasteland, dismissing its thin spiritual power as they traveled toward Saint King Yunteng's Tomb.
• As the tomb's outer seal nearly crumbled, cultivators gathered around it and three imposing magical treasures emerged from the void, prompting them to wonder which sects had arrived.