Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu returned to Snow Cloud Peak after reaching the True Immortal Realm, and Xue Qianxun offered to take him as a disciple. Xue Ruolan challenged the offer, and Lin Yu confronted Xue Qianxun by invoking the sect’s rules.

• Xue'er reported Lin Yu's visit to Xue Tianhua, who allowed him to cultivate in Snow Cloud City for the next few years.
• Lin Yu left Xue Tianhua's cave residence, spent the night in Snow Cloud City, and went to Snow Cloud Peak the next morning to report in.
• Xue Qianxun welcomed Lin Yu and offered to take him as his disciple, but Lin Yu revealed that he had already reached the True Immortal Realm.
• Xue Ruolan arrived and disputed Xue Qianxun's right to take Lin Yu as his final disciple, and the two threatened each other.
• Lin Yu confronted Xue Qianxun and warned him against breaking the sect's rules or trespassing in a forbidden area.

Lin Yu confronted Xue Qianxun for trying to take him as a disciple, then concealed his true reasons from Xue Ruolan. A powerful Snow Cloud Peak martial uncle intervened, ordered Xue Qianxun to stop troubling Lin Yu, and left Lin Yu wondering about the group’s strange reaction.

• Lin Yu blocked Xue Qianxun from leaving and threatened him, forcing Xue Qianxun to depart without retaliating.
• Lin Yu told Xue Ruolan that Xue Qianxun had wanted to take him as a disciple and that he had politely refused, while keeping his true strength hidden.
• A white-bearded Snow Cloud Peak martial uncle appeared, and Lin Yu sensed his immense supremely yang power and possible hostility.
• The martial uncle rebuked Xue Qianxun for targeting Lin Yu and ordered everyone to stop causing Lin Yu trouble.
• Xue Qianxun hurried away with Xue Ruolan and the others, leaving Lin Yu puzzled by their fear and resentment toward the martial uncle.

Lin Yu traveled with Xue Ruolan to Snow Cloud Cave Abode, where Xue Qianxun gave him a jade talisman and teased him about the female disciples. He then settled at an inn to prepare for refining Essence Gathering Pills, leaving off as a shop maid recommended a rare ingredient called ice heart jade marrow.

• Xue Ruolan warned Lin Yu that True Person Xueyun was a grand elder and that the powerful Snow Cloud Peak master might be a threat, but Lin Yu remained unconcerned.
• Xue Qianxun met Lin Yu at the valley entrance, praised him, and offered him a valuable jade talisman that could summon help; Lin Yu accepted it after initially refusing.
• Xue Qianxun teased Lin Yu about his time with the female disciples before leaving to visit his grandfather, and Lin Yu decided to keep traveling in his current appearance for now.
• Lin Yu checked into an inn and began gathering ingredients to refine Essence Gathering Pills.
• A maid at the medicinal shop recommended ice heart jade marrow, a rare ingredient suited to refining Essence Gathering Pills.

Lin Yu learned that a valuable herb grew on Snow Cloud Peak and traveled there, hoping to gather it. On arrival, he discovered that Devil Qi had spread through the area, which he connected to the presence of a Devil Beast.

• The maid told Lin Yu that the herb grew on Snow Cloud Peak, and Lin Yu decided to go there.
• Lin Yu exchanged the spirit stones in his storage ring for gold coins and asked a shopkeeper to resell them.
• Lin Yu learned that Snow Cloud Peak was ruled by Bai Yunfei, an injured Early Golden Core cultivator in secluded cultivation to recover and attempt a breakthrough.
• Lin Yu reached Snow Cloud Peak and found the surrounding Spiritual Qi sparse and faint Devil Qi spreading through the area.
• Lin Yu concluded that the Devil Qi had spread because a Devil Beast lived on Snow Cloud Peak.

Lin Yu investigated the Devil Qi spreading across Snow Cloud Peak and discovered that Bai Yunfei was releasing it. He also learned that Bai Yunfei had a golden dragon mark and belonged to the Dragon Race.

• Lin Yu sensed Devil Qi spreading through Snow Cloud Peak and feared that an ancient behemoth might be lurking there.
• Lin Yu reached the summit, sensed Bai Yunfei nearby, and concealed himself to observe.
• Snow Cloud Peak disciples gathered at Bai Yunfei's cave abode, then left after several hours.
• A cloud of inky-green Devil Qi emerged from the disciples, and Lin Yu sensed Bai Yunfei approaching.
• Bai Yunfei appeared, and Lin Yu detected Devil Qi and a trace of chaotic power within him.
• Lin Yu spotted a golden dragon mark on Bai Yunfei's shoulder and realized Bai Yunfei had Dragon Race bloodline.

Lin Yu followed Bai Yunfei to a cave where a Dragon Transformation Pill was being offered for sale and used the cave’s laws to drive off the White Cloud Peak disciples. Bai Yunfei then threw the pills from his storage ring onto the ground.

• Lin Yu secretly followed Bai Yunfei and noticed disciples guarding a cave near a spirit stone vein.
• Lin Yu discovered Bai Yunfei inside the cave with a jade bottle and heard him offer a Dragon Transformation Pill for sale.
• A battle in the cave blasted several White Cloud Peak disciples outside, where they accused Lin Yu of attacking them.
• Lin Yu crushed one disciple with an invisible law and warned the others not to steal from him.
• The disciples claimed they had only come to deliver goods and hurried away, while Bai Yunfei threw the pills from his storage ring onto the ground.

Lin Yu dismissed Bai Yunfei’s disciples after refusing payment for pills he had refined, then encountered Bai Yunfei again near a sealed cave. Bai Yunfei sought Thunder Wood, but Lin Yu warned that he was unlikely to obtain it.

• Lin Yu returned the pills to Bai Yunfei, who took his disciples away and promised not to reveal their failed deal.
• After the group left, Lin Yu examined the cave’s spatial seal and judged that breaking it would take years and could expose him to an attack.
• Bai Yunfei emerged from a flash of white light, and Lin Yu recognized his powerful lightning cultivation.
• Immortal Venerable Azure Dragon explained the slow progress and dangers of cultivating lightning techniques, including the threat of terrifying Tribulation Lightning.
• Bai Yunfei told Lin Yu he had come to hunt for Thunder Wood, and Lin Yu said Bai Yunfei was not fated to obtain it.

Lin Yu and Bai Yunfei agreed to join forces to search for Thunder Wood and Thunder Fruit in the Thunder Domain. Bai Yunfei asked Lin Yu to help gather Thunder Wood fruits so he could attempt to break through to the Holy Lord Realm, and Lin Yu agreed while planning to wait for a chance to obtain the fruit himself.

• Bai Yunfei proposed that he and Lin Yu cooperate to search for Thunder Wood, and Lin Yu accepted.
• Bai Yunfei introduced himself by name and asked Lin Yu to guide him during the trial in exchange for sharing opportunities.
• Bai Yunfei revealed that he had reached the Peak Saint Domain and wanted Thunder Wood fruits to help him break through to the Holy Lord Realm.
• Bai Yunfei showed Lin Yu pictures of the Thunder Wood fruits and offered to split any they found equally.
• Lin Yu agreed to help search for the fruits and considered using one to strengthen himself while avoiding the Thunder Wood's attention.

Lin Yu cultivated for years and discovered a void space in his mind where spiritual power was far denser than outside, greatly improving his strength, mental power, and Primordial Spirit. He then observed Black Prison City’s enforcement team fighting a group of cultivators and learned that the team executed prisoners.

• Lin Yu finished hunting the demonic beasts near Black Prison City, prepared himself, and began cultivating.
• After years of cultivation, Lin Yu discovered a wondrous void space in his mind and suspected it was connected to the void will that had promised him a great opportunity.
• Lin Yu cultivated in the void space, absorbing its concentrated power and strengthening his body, mental power, and Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Yu heard fighting near Black Prison City and approached silently to watch the conflict.
• Lin Yu saw the city’s enforcement team confronting seven cultivators and learned from the onlookers that the team executed criminals.

Lin Yu slaughtered the Black Prison City Law Enforcement Team members guarding a stone tower, then confronted their black-robed elder and overpowered him in a clash. The elder pursued Lin Yu and demanded he hand over the thing, while Lin Yu accused him of trying to prevent him from warning his master.

• Lin Yu killed the Law Enforcement Team members who attacked him and continued toward the stone tower in the valley.
• Lin Yu found nine Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators guarding the tower and told the black-robed old man he was a Qingyun Sect disciple seeking a sacred herb.
• Lin Yu insulted the Law Enforcement Team, and the black-robed old man attacked him with a palm strike.
• Lin Yu’s purple lightning shattered the old man’s attack and injured him, so the old man drew a short saber and pursued Lin Yu when he moved away.
• The black-robed old man demanded that Lin Yu hand over the thing, and Lin Yu accused him of fearing that he would escape and warn his master.

Lin Yu fought the black-robed elder, who had threatened him over Black Prison City's secret, and overwhelmed him with his strength and Dragon Race bloodline. Lin Yu left the elder gravely wounded and pinned beneath his foot, while the elder's questions about Lin Yu's powers remained unanswered.

• Lin Yu mocked the black-robed elder and attacked, breaking his short blade with his physical strength.
• The black-robed elder used a talisman and crushed a golden jade token to boost his strength, then relied on a Heavenly Dipper Talisman for protection.
• Lin Yu recognized the Heavenly Dipper Talisman as a single-use item and pierced the elder's back with a sudden punch.
• The black-robed elder unleashed demonic Qi, but Lin Yu's Dragon Race bloodline suppressed it as the two forces clashed.
• Lin Yu transformed the Heavenly Dipper Talisman into a sword, wounded the elder, and battered him with a whip kick.
• Lin Yu knocked the elder down and planted his foot on the elder's chest.

Lin Yu killed a Black Cloud Sect elder who threatened him, then went to the palace and confronted the elder’s senior brother. As the black-clad man attacked, Lin Yu drew a golden sword and sent a devastating ray toward him.

• The black-robed elder invoked the Black Cloud Sect to threaten Lin Yu, but Lin Yu killed him in an instant.
• Lin Yu left for the palace, where he spotted the black-robed elder again inside the hall and realized the Black Cloud Sect’s people had arrived.
• The black-clad man accused Lin Yu of killing his senior brother and charged at him, determined to eliminate him.
• Lin Yu drew a golden sword and unleashed a ray that shattered space; the black-clad man’s expression changed in alarm.

Lin Yu killed a black-clad expert and faced a group of powerful Saint Domain opponents outside the palace. After seeming to be blasted apart by a thunder hammer, he revealed his survival and struck a Peak Saint Domain expert with a devastating punch.

• Lin Yu killed the black-clad man, restrained his Nascent Soul, took his storage ring, and returned to the palace entrance.
• Saint Martial Academy disciples and several powerful experts gathered, and a black-robed elder demanded Lin Yu hand over his treasure.
• A Saint Domain expert attacked Lin Yu with the Hammer of Thunder, apparently blasting him into a cloud of blood mist.
• Lin Yu laughed, gathered twelve Saint Domain disciples behind him, and activated his Vajra Battle Armor.
• Lin Yu punched the Peak Saint Domain expert, caving in his chest and leaving a huge crack across it.

Lin Yu entered Saint Martial Academy after killing a Peak Body Integration Realm opponent, then learned about the academy’s rules and his upcoming training. After two and a half more years passed, he had emerged from seclusion three times, with the latest locations left unexplained.

• Lin Yu killed the Peak Body Integration Realm expert with five punches, and a Saint Domain expert congratulated him on entering Saint Martial Academy.
• The Saint Domain expert escorted Lin Yu into the academy’s inner sect, gave him a black iron token, and warned him to obey the elders and avoid killing fellow disciples.
• Lin Yu learned that he would be sent to the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range for a month of training the next day.
• Xiao Mei and Su Fei wondered where Lin Yu had gone while they cultivated inside the chaotic world within his body.
• After another two and a half years passed, Lin Yu emerged from seclusion three times, including once in the academy’s core area and once in the inner sect’s core area.

Lin Yu prepared to enter the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range, hoping to survive its dangers and improve his cultivation, while Xiao Mei decided to join him. After arriving in the range, Lin Yu studied his jade talismans and prepared to cultivate.

• Lin Yu assessed the trial and resolved to enter the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range despite its powerful beasts and cultivators.
• Xiao Mei told Lin Yu she wanted to enter the range to seek a Soul Fruit, and Lin Yu agreed to go with her.
• Xiao Mei departed to make preparations, while Lin Yu took the jade slip and set out from Qingzhou City on his flying sword.
• Lin Yu reached the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range and learned of the Seven-Colored Spiritual Fruit hidden deep within it.
• Lin Yu took out two jade talismans, linked their information to his identity imprint, and made them disappear.

Lin Yu traveled deep into the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range to cultivate and encountered its powerful level-seven demon tiger guardian. After the beast king badly injured him, Lin Yu escaped with a concealment talisman.

• Lin Yu received the Nine Yang Divine Art and traveled for several months to the deepest reaches of the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range.
• A level-seven demon tiger and its subordinates confronted Lin Yu, and he used a secret art to disguise his appearance and strike from behind.
• The demon tiger attacked Lin Yu with green flames and claws, but his protective True Qi and Heavenly Dragon Battle Armor helped him survive.
• Lin Yu traded sword blows with the level-seven demonic beast king, was severely injured, and fled using a concealment talisman.
• The demonic beast king realized Lin Yu had escaped and grew frustrated.

The demonic beast king absorbed its demonic core, advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and battered Lin Yu until he summoned the Nine Youming Emperor. After the Emperor wounded the beast king, the two clashed over the Heavenly Spirit Pill, and the king proposed helping Lin Yu while making clear that escape would be difficult.

• The demonic beast king absorbed its mid-grade demonic core and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• The beast king struck Lin Yu down, and Lin Yu summoned the Nine Youming Emperor for help.
• The Nine Youming Emperor wounded the beast king, but the beast king stayed and demanded the Heavenly Spirit Pill.
• The beast king said it would help Lin Yu deal with danger and his injuries, then claimed Lin Yu could not escape at his current cultivation.
• Lin Yu challenged the beast king to exchange moves, and the beast king dismissed him as a mere mortal.

Lin Yu fought the demon beast king, who overpowered him with speed and strength before Lin Yu used a Yin Baleful Qi stone to injure him. After the king’s fire attack failed to harm him, Lin Yu struck back and sent the demon beast king crashing to the ground.

• The demon beast king attacked Lin Yu with overwhelming strength, wounding him as he tried to dodge.
• Lin Yu lured the demon beast king into the forest and detonated a gray stone that ravaged the area and badly burned the king.
• The demon beast king searched for Lin Yu, then attacked with a fireball that spread into a rain of flames.
• Lin Yu endured the flames unharmed and used a force to pull the demon beast king toward him.
• Lin Yu punched the demon beast king into the ground, and the wounded king vowed revenge.

Lin Yu used his treasures to drive off and then defeat the demon beast king while exploring the forest, where he found a demon tiger’s remains and a flame bead. He reached a venomous swamp and discovered an injured man inside a cave whose presence affected Lin Yu’s soul.

• Lin Yu fought the demon beast king through the forest and opened his bronze gourd, frightening the king into fleeing.
• Lin Yu examined the blood pool, found a dead Demon King-level demon tiger, and collected its body and a flame bead.
• Lin Yu caught up with the demon beast king, shattered his chest with a punch, and killed several other demon beast kings as he continued onward.
• Lin Yu approached a venomous swamp and sensed someone in a nearby cave whose fluctuations affected his soul.
• Lin Yu used his divine sense to find an injured man healing inside the cave beside an unconscious peak fourth-tier demon beast.

Lin Yu recognized the Heavenly Dragon City disciple as a Demon King and fought him at the cave entrance. When Lin Yu summoned a flood dragon serpent phantom, the Demon King was left stunned.

• The man recognized Lin Yu and threatened to kill him at the cave entrance.
• Lin Yu searched the man's memories and found altered fragments linked to the Demon King's cultivation and the Demon Tiger Art.
• The man attacked Lin Yu with his claws and a cyan sword, but Lin Yu dodged, blocked, and dispersed the sword light with his spear.
• Lin Yu summoned a jet-black flood dragon serpent phantom, terrifying the man.