Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu and members of the Chat Group joined Lu Xueqi as she traveled toward Mount Kongsang to seek the Tome of Heaven. After rescuing several arrivals who fell from the sky, Lin Yu’s group set off alongside Lu Xueqi and the Qingyun Sect disciples.

• Ayi examined Lin Yu’s Crimson Flame Centipede and approved it as a suitable child Gu, while she continued struggling with Qi cultivation.
• The Chat Group celebrated Lu Xueqi’s victory in the Seven Peaks Martial Tournament, and Su Xiaoxiao invited everyone to visit the Zhu Xian world.
• Lin Yu and the other group members used Teleportation Talismans to join Lu Xueqi, but Huang Rong, Su Xiaoxiao, and Zhang Sanfeng began falling after arriving in the sky.
• Lin Yu caught the falling members with Spiritual Power and carried them on a cloud, prompting Qi Hao, Zhang Xiaofan, and Zeng Shushu to draw their swords until Lu Xueqi explained who the newcomers were.
• The two groups continued toward Mount Kongsang, with Lin Yu guiding his cloud beside Lu Xueqi as the travelers talked about his Cloud Soaring and Mist Riding ability.

The group stopped at Heyang City’s Mountain and Sea Garden, where Biyao and Aunt You encountered them before they continued toward the Ancient Cave of Ten Thousand Bats. Lin Yu annihilated the swarm to refine a drop of bat essence, and monks from Tianyin Temple and disciples from Incense Valley arrived to witness his power.

• Lin Yu brought the group to the Mountain and Sea Garden, where Su Xiaoxiao’s proposed meetup was canceled after Xu Xian and other members said they could not attend.
• At the restaurant, Goku ordered an enormous meal and ate so much that the kitchen struggled to keep up.
• Biyao provoked the Qingyun Sect disciples, but Aunt You stopped her from escalating the confrontation.
• The next morning, Lin Yu trapped the bats near the Ancient Cave of Ten Thousand Bats and refined them into a single drop of dark red essence.
• Faxiang and Fashan of Tianyin Temple arrived with Li Xun and Yan Hong of Incense Valley, all wary after seeing Lin Yu’s display.

Lin Yu and the others entered the Ancient Cave of Ten Thousand Bats with the monks of Tianyin Temple and clashed with Boss Nian and the Blood Refining Hall. After Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan fought the demonic disciples, Lin Yu captured Boss Nian and took his Crimson Demon Eye for his Crimson Flame Centipede.

• Faxiang invited Lin Yu and the others to enter the cave alongside the Qingyun Sect group.
• Lu Xueqi fought Daoist Wild Dog and the Blood Refining Hall disciples while Zhang Xiaofan battled another disciple.
• Daoist Wild Dog charged at Huang Rong, but Shi Hao kicked him into a stone wall and knocked him unconscious.
• Boss Nian tried to flee using a cloud of smoke, but Lin Yu stopped him.
• Lin Yu gouged out Boss Nian's Crimson Demon Eye and handed Boss Nian over to the Qingyun Sect members.

After defeating the Blood Refining Hall, Lin Yu and the others jumped into the Necropolis to seek the Tome of Heaven, bringing Zhang Xiaofan with them. They cleared the yin spirits with Lin Yu’s Demon-Subduing Pearl, then encountered Biyao and Aunt You, who prepared to attack.

• The Qingyun Sect and Incense Valley disciples captured or killed most of the Blood Refining Hall followers after Lin Yu’s group defeated their leader.
• Su Xiaoxiao summoned Lu Xueqi, who pulled Zhang Xiaofan toward the cliff and jumped down with Lin Yu, Xiao Yan, Shi Hao, and the others to seek the Tome of Heaven.
• Zeng Shushu tried to stop them, but Qi Hao held him back so they could deal with the remaining Demonic Sect cultivators above.
• Yin spirits swarmed Lin Yu’s group in the Necropolis, and Lin Yu used the Demon-Subduing Pearl to destroy them before recalling it at Lu Xueqi’s warning.
• Biyao mocked the righteous cultivators for using demonic methods, but Lin Yu defended his actions as a means of punishing evil and promoting good.
• Aunt You stepped in front of Biyao and began gathering fiery magical power to capture Lin Yu’s group.

Lin Yu and Shi Hao subdued You Ji and Biyao as the Blackwater Serpent emerged from the Merciless Sea. The serpent’s arrival left the group facing a new threat while the two Ghost King Sect women remained captured.

• You Ji and Biyao attacked Lin Yu, but he shattered their attacks, struck Biyao, and slammed You Ji into a pile of rocks.
• Goku and Xiao Yan sensed the approaching Blackwater Serpent, which rose from the Merciless Sea as black Qi churned.
• You Ji tried to flee with Biyao, but Lin Yu ordered Shi Hao to stop them.
• Shi Hao dodged You Ji’s attack, kicked her down, and pinned her beneath him.
• Shi Hao used his Kunpeng wings to bring Biyao within reach, then pinned her beside You Ji.

Lin Yu, Goku, and Shi Hao fought the Blackwater Serpent at the shore of the Merciless Sea, while You Ji and the others watched. Lin Yu’s golden sword phantom struck the serpent’s neck, but the chapter ended before its fate was shown.

• The Blackwater Serpent attacked Lin Yu, Goku, and Xiao Yan, and Goku caught its jaws before throwing it into a cliff.
• Goku transformed and punched the serpent into the air, allowing Shi Hao to stomp it into a crater and collect two fallen scales.
• The wounded Blackwater Serpent tried to strike Shi Hao and then unleashed poisonous breath, which Lin Yu’s barrier absorbed and stored.
• Lin Yu stopped Goku and Shi Hao from continuing the fight, then summoned a huge golden sword phantom and swung it at the serpent’s neck.
• The sword phantom cut through the air as the Blackwater Serpent failed to dodge, leaving the result of the strike unresolved.

Lin Yu and the others reached the Blooddrip Cave, where they uncovered the first volume of the Tome of Heaven and began comprehending its Dao resonance. After engraving the scripture in his Primordial Spirit, Lin Yu tested whether the evil entity could withstand it.

• Lin Yu killed the Mystic Serpent, removed its gallbladder, and gave it to Lu Xueqi before the group shared a meal with the bound Biyao and You Ji.
• The group traveled without further obstruction to the Blooddrip Cave, where Lin Yu used Zhang Xiaofan's Soul-Devouring Staff to reveal the first volume of the Tome of Heaven.
• Biyao explained the Tome of Heaven to Zhang Xiaofan, who recognized principles shared with Qingyun Sect and Buddhist cultivation.
• Lin Yu and Zhang Sanfeng entered deep enlightenment, while Zhang Sanfeng used tai chi to merge the Tome's power with his inner force.
• Lin Yu memorized the Tome of Heaven's patterns and Dao resonance, then took out the evil entity to test its response.

Lin Yu and the others left the Blooddrip Cave after studying the Tome of Heaven, which transformed the Dark Bodhisattva and deepened several companions’ cultivation. Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan returned toward the Qingyun Sect, while Lin Yu’s group continued on to seek further opportunities.

• The Tome of Heaven’s Dao resonance merged the Buddhist, Daoist, and demonic forces within the Dark Bodhisattva, and Lin Yu put the transformed entity away in the bead.
• Zhang Sanfeng and the others emerged from their contemplation, while Zhang Xiaofan struggled with the Tome of Heaven’s teaching that Daoism, Buddhism, and the demonic path shared the same origin.
• Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan chose to return to the Qingyun Sect, while Xiao Yan and Shi Hao decided to remain in the Zhu Xian World; Lin Yu agreed to take You Ji and Biyao with them.
• Lin Yu and the others left the Blooddrip Cave and met Qingyun Sect disciples searching for Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan, then parted ways with them.
• As Lin Yu’s group traveled onward, he discussed cultivation with Zhang Sanfeng and sensed that Huang Rong had quietly absorbed a trace of Dao resonance.

Lin Yu and his companions camped in the wilderness while Qingyun Sect leaders debated what to do with their captives, Biyao and You Ji. Lin Yu returned to the Southern Border, where Ayi showed him her cultivation progress and asked him to test a new insect-repelling salve.

• Lin Yu created three vine houses in a clearing, and Shi Hao and Goku cooked the remaining black serpent meat while Huang Rong slipped into the stream.
• At Qingyun Sect, Reverend Daoxuan ordered Biyao and You Ji locked in the Heaven-Piercing Peak dungeon while the sect concealed their capture and delayed the Ghost King Sect.
• After spending several more days in the Zhu Xian World, Lin Yu and the others chose to leave its remaining treasures untouched and return to their own worlds.
• Lin Yu returned to the Southern Border and found that Ayi had condensed a steady wood-attribute presence through the Five Elements Ki Refining Technique.
• Ayi showed Lin Yu a new herbal salve and applied it to his hand so he could help test its effects on poisonous insects.

Ayi tested her new insect-repelling ointment on a widow spider, discovered that conflicting ingredients made it resist, and explained she had developed the medicine for Lin Yu’s convenience. In the days that followed, she taught Lin Yu about Gu worms and the realms of Gu masters.

• Ayi took Lin Yu into the forest at night to test her ointment on a venomous widow spider.
• The spider struggled to escape Lin Yu, and Ayi realized insect-repelling mint had clashed with the drunken insect flower in her recipe.
• Ayi explained that she wanted Lin Yu to have a washable alternative to Flower Bamboo Village’s permanent secret medicine, and Lin Yu thanked her.
• Ayi spent the following days teaching Lin Yu to identify Gu worms and judge their qualities and habits.
• Ayi taught Lin Yu the categories of Gu worms and described the realms of Gu masters as Luring Gu, Gu Raising, and Gu Immortals.

Lin Yu learned from Ayi that she did not know how to refine his Crimson Flame Centipede, so he chose to strengthen it with safe fire-attribute materials while learning about Gu himself. After feeding it crimson-patterned grass for several days, he took it to a Yin Sha-filled cave and prepared materials to experiment with refining.

• Lin Yu asked Ayi how to refine and strengthen the Crimson Flame Centipede, and she admitted she only knew basic methods for turning ordinary insects into Gu.
• Ayi explained that strengthening a Gu required compatible materials and that failed fusion could damage it; she gave Lin Yu dried crimson-patterned grass to feed the centipede.
• Lin Yu fed the centipede crimson-patterned grass for several days, observing its scales grow redder and a faint fire shimmer appear around it.
• Lin Yu secretly brought the centipede to a cave where Yin Sha gathered and set out black serpent venom, blood from ten thousand bats, and flame flowers to experiment with refining Gu.

Lin Yu infiltrated the Nine Palaces and entered its Scripture Repository to study the Gu refinement inheritance he needed. After absorbing the first floor’s basic knowledge, he went up to the second floor to continue searching.

• Lin Yu used his Primordial Spirit to locate a hidden fissure, then slipped through its restriction with the Kunpeng Art.
• Lin Yu found the Nine Palaces valley and bypassed its Gu Master guards to enter the Ninth Palace Scripture Repository.
• Lin Yu read a Rank One Gu Master's handbook, learning basic Gu cultivation principles and methods for refining Gu worms.
• When footsteps approached, Lin Yu hid from the patrol, then resumed studying the inheritance with his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.
• After finishing the first floor, Lin Yu went up to the second floor, where hundreds or thousands of books awaited him.

Lin Yu secretly searched the Scripture Repository, evaded its guardian, and discovered an ancient, incomplete manual called True Understanding of the Gu Dao. He stole it and escaped, but the guardian noticed the missing treasure and appeared on the fourth floor.

• Lin Yu rapidly absorbed the books on the second and third floors, then used his spatial concealment to pass through the restriction to the fourth.
• When the ninth-floor guardian's spiritual power searched the repository twice, Lin Yu hid motionless in a bookshelf's shadow until it withdrew.
• Lin Yu carefully examined the fourth floor's texts and uncovered the disguised title of an ancient, incomplete scripture: True Understanding of the Gu Dao.
• Lin Yu took the manual and planted a faint trace resembling another Gu Master's presence to misdirect the guardian.
• Lin Yu escaped through the repository wall and restrictions, and the guardian appeared on the fourth floor after detecting the stolen treasure.

Lin Yu escaped the Ninth Palace after stealing True Understanding of the Gu Dao, severing the Grand Elder’s supernatural pursuit before it could lead back to him. The Ninth Palace sealed itself and kept the theft quiet, while Lin Yu began studying the book in his cave.

• The Grand Elder used Silk Draw to uncover Lin Yu’s disguised presence, but Lin Yu saw the karmic thread and severed it with a rule divine ability.
• The Grand Elder discovered that True Understanding of the Gu Dao was the only item missing and suspected the thief had recognized its hidden value.
• The Grand Elder alerted the elders, and Palace Master Bai Cang ordered the Ninth Palace sealed while the elders debated how to handle the theft.
• Feng Sui persuaded Bai Cang and the elders not to publicize the theft, and the Grand Elder left the council hall in frustration.
• Lin Yu considered the danger of angering the Ninth Palace, then read True Understanding of the Gu Dao and gained new insights into Gu refinement.

Lin Yu read the incomplete True Understanding of the Gu Dao and entered a profound enlightenment that stirred the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mountains. His realization ended before it could deepen further, and he fled the cave just before powerful figures arrived to investigate.

• Lin Yu’s study of the True Understanding of the Gu Dao triggered a Dao resonance and drew his divine sense into contact with the Gu Dao.
• The spiritual Qi around the cave surged toward Lin Yu, while the disturbance alarmed Ayi and A Lan in Flower Bamboo Village and reached Bai Cang and the elders of the nine palaces.
• Lin Yu realized that Gu were manifestations of the Great Dao, and countless lights merged into his body as the cave filled with new growth.
• Lin Yu’s enlightenment stopped when he reached the end of the incomplete scripture, and he sensed danger approaching.
• Lin Yu took the scripture and the jar containing the Crimson Flame Centipede and escaped into the forest as Bai Cang and elders from the nine palaces arrived at the cave.

The Nine Palaces discovered a cave filled with powerful Gu Dao resonance and agreed to turn it into a shared secret realm. Before leaving Southern Border, Lin Yu gave Ayi a fragment of the Dao he had comprehended, transforming her.

• Elder Feng and the Nine Palaces entered the cave and sensed its rich Gu Dao resonance, while Bai Shan detected a faint spatial trace linked to the thief.
• Elder Feng proposed that the Nine Palaces refine the cave into a secret realm for their younger generations, and the palaces agreed.
• Elder Lu removed the cave from the mountain, Old Wang’s elders formed it, and Old Ji investigated it for dangers as the other elders supplied Dao principles.
• Lin Yu visited Ayi at Flower Bamboo Village before departing and sent the Dao he had comprehended into her forehead.
• Ayi felt renewed and brighter, then wondered whether Lin Yu had caused the change.

Lin Yu returned to the mortuary manor after two years away, having advanced his cultivation and pondered the Heavenly Immortal’s barriers. He reunited with Uncle Nine, Wen Cai, and Qiu Sheng, and began to share what he had experienced.

• Lin Yu reflected on his progress toward a Pure Yang Immortal Body and the Heavenly Court’s role in attaining the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Lin Yu arrived at the mortuary manor and reunited with Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng, who greeted him excitedly.
• Uncle Nine welcomed Lin Yu and acknowledged his growth during the two years away.
• Uncle Nine invited Lin Yu inside, where Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng prepared tea and Lin Yu was asked to recount his experiences.

Lin Yu reunited with Uncle Nine and told him about the Japanese raiders’ schemes and his discoveries in the Southern Border. After Uncle Nine failed to comprehend the True Understanding of the Gu Dao, Lin Yu explained its principles, leaving his master with a deeper understanding of the Dao as dawn arrived.

• Lin Yu reported the Japanese raiders’ efforts to steal China’s dragon-vein fortune and described the formation nodes he had destroyed.
• Uncle Nine grew furious at the raiders’ schemes, then calmed as Lin Yu reassured him that other Daoist sects had noticed them.
• Lin Yu handed Uncle Nine the True Understanding of the Gu Dao, but Uncle Nine could not comprehend its writing and returned it.
• Lin Yu shared his insights into the Gu Dao as a way to communicate with all things and guide their evolution, and Uncle Nine recognized that he was explaining the Great Dao.
• Uncle Nine praised Lin Yu’s understanding, and the two prepared to send the eavesdropping Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai back inside as dawn broke.

Lin Yu and Uncle Nine discussed the worsening baleful Qi and learned that the deadline to destroy the world-destroying formation had been moved up to the third day of next month. They divided responsibility for three formation nodes, leaving Lin Yu to tackle a mass grave as Uncle Nine prepared for Mount Changbai.

• Uncle Nine caught Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng asleep outside the door and sent them to get warm and rest.
• Lin Yu asked Uncle Nine about the growing baleful Qi, and Uncle Nine described the Tengteng Formation zombies breaking free and causing heavy casualties.
• Uncle Nine revealed that the patriarchs had moved up the formation's destruction date to the third day of next month, when nine stars would align.
• Uncle Nine explained that the three core nodes were Mount Changbai, a mass grave, and the Nanping Kingdom, and that they had to be attacked simultaneously.
• Uncle Nine assigned himself Mount Changbai, Lin Yu the mass grave, and martial uncle Four Eyes, Chin Hok, and the others the Nanping Kingdom.

Lin Yu prepared to destroy one of the formation’s eyes while Uncle Nine and their allies arranged a simultaneous strike against the great formation. The chapter left Lin Yu at the vast depression where his assigned formation eye lay, as the hour of the rat approached.

• Uncle Nine told Lin Yu to recover before they set out, while Lin Yu resolved to strengthen his trump card for breaking the formation.
• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng took on the duty of protecting Ren Family Town as Lin Yu meditated and tried unsuccessfully to combine the spells and Dao arts he had learned.
• Uncle Nine brought Lin Yu a message from Four Eyes, and they gathered their ritual implements before meeting Four Eyes and Daoist Chin Hok.
• Four Eyes assigned Uncle Nine to Changbai Mountain, Lin Yu to the mass grave, and the others to a small country on the border, with everyone set to strike at the hour of the rat.
• Lin Yu used Shrinking the Earth into an Inch to reach a vast depression deep in a barren mountain range.