Recaps

Lin Yunji and the other Venerables settled in the village, used the old patriarch’s daily quests to build up their base, and rapidly advanced to the Universe Level, Second Stage. With Canglan Points earned through trade, Lin Yunji bought more than twenty Illusory Realm Spirit Pearls so they could bring more Supremes into the Vast Blue Illusory Realm.

• Lin Yunji explained that the old patriarch could issue four quests each day, and the group decided to establish a base in the village.
• The old patriarch offered the group spare rooms and told Lin Yunji that the villagers had begun making cloth, wooden armor, bows, and arrows.
• Lin Yunji and the other Venerables completed quests for lumber, stone, houses, and food, building up the village base.
• After a month in the Vast Blue Illusory Realm, the Venerables reached the Universe Level, Second Stage.
• Lin Yunji and the others sold equipment and dry rations at the trading post, then bought more than twenty Illusory Realm Spirit Pearls to bring in additional Supremes.

Lin Yunji left the Vast Blue Illusory Realm with Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable, who decided to seek her home universe’s inheritance and enter seclusion. After learning that Gu Yi had an urgent message, Lin Yunji contacted him and heard that a wanderer had found something inside the Dark Vortex where the Qingling Universe had been swallowed.

• Lin Yunji let the venerables choose whether to leave the Vast Blue Illusory Realm, but only Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable chose to go.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable told Lin Yunji she wanted the Qingling Universe inheritance and then departed to enter seclusion.
• Nüwa told Lin Yunji that Gu Yi had asked him to make contact after returning, a message she had received five hundred million years earlier.
• Lin Yunji contacted Gu Yi, who explained that the Qingling Universe had been stripped of its resources and swallowed by the Dark Vortex.
• Gu Yi said a wanderer had been swallowed by the Dark Vortex and asked Lin Yunji to guess what the wanderer encountered; Lin Yunji guessed the Qingling Universe’s remains.

Gu Yi told Lin Yunji that the Azure Spirit Universe might have survived the fifth Universe Final Tribulation and be slowly recovering into an unmastered eternal universe, drawing powerful civilizations toward its remnant shell. After their call, Lin Yunji privately reflected on Ice Blockage, a survivor whose connection to the Azure Spirit Universe he had kept secret.

• Gu Yi explained that the Azure Spirit Universe's remnant shell might be an embryonic eternal universe and that powerful beings were seeking it.
• Gu Yi invited Lin Yunji to join the search near the Dark Vortex, but Lin Yunji said he would think about it.
• Gu Yi asked how the people Lin Yunji had brought into the Vast Blue Illusory Realm were progressing, and Lin Yunji said they had reached Universe Level, Second Stage.
• Lin Yunji described how the group established a base with Jade City villagers and could complete four quests each day.
• Gu Yi warned Lin Yunji not to neglect his own cultivation while helping the Primordial Expanse Universe grow.
• After ending the call, Lin Yunji grew grave and kept Ice Blockage's identity as a survivor of the Azure Spirit Universe secret.

Lin Yunji told Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable that the Azure Spirit Universe had survived as an Eternal Universe, and she resolved to reclaim it. Though Lin Yunji agreed to help, they recognized that she first needed to absorb the power sealed within her true body.

• Lin Yunji visited Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable and told her the Azure Spirit Universe had become an Eternal Universe.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable was stunned and prepared to return to the Azure Spirit Universe, but Lin Yunji warned that it was hidden in the Dark Vortex and surrounded by searching experts.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable calmed down but insisted that she would find the Qingling Universe and take it back.
• Lin Yunji sensed that memories sealed in Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable's true body had influenced her resolve.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable asked Lin Yunji for help, and he revealed that he was at Universe Level Five but could not defeat the Ancient Saints.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable proposed absorbing the power sealed in her true body as their first priority, and Lin Yunji agreed.

Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable asked Lin Yunji to help her inherit a powerful figure’s sealed memories without losing herself, and he agreed to combine their wills despite the danger. As the memories flooded them, Lin Yunji shielded her from their overwhelming force, but the chapter ended before they had finished absorbing them.

• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable explained that inheriting the memories and insights of a Universe Level Six figure could cause her to be assimilated by that figure’s will.
• Lin Yunji agreed to combine his will with hers, despite learning that the figure had reached Universe Level Six.
• Lin Yunji and Ice Blockage Supreme Venerable sealed the Ice Immortal Palace, opened their minds to each other, and merged their wills.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable released all the seals at once, sending the figure’s memories and insights flooding into their joined wills.
• Lin Yunji enveloped Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable’s will and absorbed much of the impact as the memories overwhelmed them.

Lin Yunji and Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable used the system to analyze and inherit Ice-Cold Absolute Emperor’s memories, leaving her at Universe Level Six but with weaker combat strength. They set out in the Universe Star Shuttle for the Qingling Universe, where she hoped to reclaim control and secure the Universe Alliance’s protection.

• The system analyzed the foreign civilization information and helped Lin Yunji and Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable withstand the memories and experiences they shared.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable inherited Ice-Cold Absolute Emperor’s memories and bearing, and Lin Yunji checked that she had not been assimilated.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable said she had reached Universe Level Six but only possessed Universe Level Four strength.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable explained that she could sense the Qingling Universe and intended to take control of it and seek the Universe Alliance’s protection.
• Lin Yunji and Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable left the Primordial Expanse Universe aboard the Universe Star Shuttle, which traveled through higher-dimensional space.

Lin Yunji and Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable searched the void for the hidden Qingling Universe for over a hundred million years. When they sensed Ancient Saint-level combat nearby, Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable detected that the Qingling Universe had been invaded, and they contacted the Universe Alliance for protection.

• Lin Yunji and Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable spent over a hundred million years searching for the Qingling Universe aboard the Universe Star Shuttle without finding it.
• A distant battle between two powerful Ancient Saints drew the searchers toward the disturbance.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable sensed the Qingling Universe's pan-consciousness and realized someone had invaded it.
• Lin Yunji told Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable to seek the Universe Alliance's protection, and Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable contacted an ancient divine official through the Universe Heavenly Foundation Tower.

Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable secured the Canglan Universe Alliance’s promise to protect the Qingling Universe, but powerful experts pulled the universe’s remnant from the dark vortex and began auctioning it. As the bids rose, Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable worried that the Qingling Universe would soon be taken away.

• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable contacted a powerful alliance executive, who agreed to protect the Qingling Universe, while Lin Yunji learned of the executive’s status and ties to the empress.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable explained that the Qingling Universe’s destruction had involved conflicts among the alliance’s upper ranks.
• The battling experts joined forces to split open the dark vortex and drag the Qingling Universe’s remnant shell out, further damaging it.
• The experts argued over who would claim the Qingling Universe, then agreed to auction it among those above level six and share the proceeds with the others.
• The auction began with bids of five million and 5.1 million Canglan Points, while Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable anxiously asked what they should do.

Lin Yunji and the others waited as powerful experts bid for the Qingling Universe, until Holy Lord Tianyi arrived and revealed that Empress Binghan was alive. He restored the universe to its former location and left it under his protection.

• Lin Yunji urged the others to wait, explaining that the alliance's rules still recognized the Qingling Universe as existing.
• After the bidding for the Qingling Universe reached 800 Canglan Points, Holy Lord Tianyi appeared and broke the experts' suppression of it.
• Ice Blockage Supreme Venerable emerged from the Cosmic Domain Star Shuttle and greeted Holy Lord Tianyi as Empress Binghan.
• The bidders acknowledged their mistake and left after Holy Lord Tianyi ordered them to go.
• Holy Lord Tianyi lifted the Qingling Universe and returned it to its original location, then offered Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable his continued help.
• Lin Yunji stayed aboard the Cosmic Domain Star Shuttle to keep his identity and connections hidden, while Holy Lord Tianyi departed.

Lin Yunji declined Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable’s offer to settle in the restored Qingling Universe, choosing to return to his home in the Primordial Expanse Universe. He returned safely and asked Nüwa about Saint Venerable Daweide and the others, then she asked why Ice Blockage had not come back with him.

• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable welcomed Lin Yunji into the Qingling Universe after the other spectators departed.
• Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable asked Lin Yunji to stay and help her teach the newly born cosmic beings, but Lin Yunji refused to abandon the Primordial Expanse Universe.
• Lin Yunji reassured Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable that they could meet in the Vast Blue Illusory Realm, and she gave him the Cosmic Domain Star Shuttle for his return journey.
• Lin Yunji traveled back to the Primordial Expanse Universe and found that it had barely changed.
• Lin Yunji asked Nüwa about Saint Venerable Daweide and the others, and Nüwa asked why Ice Blockage had not returned with him.

Lin Yunji returned to Primordial Expanse Town in the Vast Blue Illusory Realm and learned that Saint Venerable Daweide and the others planned to kill the lake monster. The chapter ended with Divine Venerable Xuanjian explaining that the monster was too large to escape the lake, though its many heads could attack from the water.

• Lin Yunji told Nüwa that Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable had stayed in another universe, then entered the Vast Blue Illusory Realm.
• Lin Yunji returned to find Primordial Expanse Town rebuilt, and Saint Venerable Daweide and the others welcomed him in matching leather armor with bows and arrows.
• Saint Venerable Daweide told Lin Yunji that they planned to kill the monster and had already tested it once.
• Saint Venerable Daweide drew the monster as a ball of flesh with tentacle-like hands, and Lin Yunji was shocked by its appearance.
• Divine Venerable Xuanjian recounted how the group chased a wounded wild dog king to the lake, where the monster attacked with more than a dozen heads but could not leave because its enormous body was wedged in the lake.

Lin Yunji learned that Divine Venerable Xuanjian and the others had found a way to trap and starve the monster in the pond, and he joined their plan to lure it out and kill it. He also heard about the dangers beyond Primordial Expanse Town and received the blood-absorbing spear Bloodthirst, leaving the group ready to continue exploring.

• Emperor Venerable Wuxuan and Saint Venerable Daweide explained how they had wounded the pond monster and planned to starve it before luring it out with a wild dog.
• Lin Yunji accepted leather armor and a spear from Saint Venerable Daweide and agreed to help fight the monster.
• Saint Venerable Daweide told Lin Yunji about the impassable mountains, a swamp filled with venomous creatures and powerful zombies, and the village's history of plague.
• Saint Venerable Daweide identified the rusty spear as Bloodthirst, a weapon forged in Jade City that absorbed slain enemies' blood to heal its wielder and regain its sharpness.

Lin Yunji and Saint Venerable Daweide lured the wounded pond monster out with wild dog blood and offal, then attacked it with arrows. The monster remained trapped in the rocky fissure and fought back by spraying muddy water as the group took cover.

• Lin Yunji accepted the Blood-trait spear and agreed to help finish off the wounded monster.
• Saint Venerable Daweide and Lin Yunji led over a hundred people to the pond and used a bound wild dog to draw the monster toward the surface.
• Supreme Hongdu ordered everyone to fire arrows at the monster, which retreated into the pond.
• Saint Venerable Daweide had the group pour wild dog blood and organs toward the pond, provoking the starving monster to surge out.
• Supreme Hongdu ordered another volley, and the wounded monster lashed out and sprayed muddy water at the group.
• Lin Yunji asked whether the muddy water was dangerous, and Saint Venerable Daweide reassured him that it was not corrosive.

Saint Venerable Daweide explained that the pond monster was made of mud and had weakened from its injuries and hunger. Lin Yunji rejected the others’ plan to use themselves as bait and went to face the monster alone, which suddenly lunged at him from the pond.

• Saint Venerable Daweide explained that the monster scraped flesh from its prey with barbs and was made of ordinary mud, while its water jets could badly injure anyone they struck.
• Saint Venerable Daweide judged the wounded, hungry monster too difficult to lure out and proposed using fighters as bait so the Universe Level, Second Stage cultivators could attack it.
• Lin Yunji insisted that he would fight the monster alone because the others would be too weak to survive its attacks and would distract him.
• Lin Yunji walked to the pond as Saint Venerable Daweide and the others watched from behind the boulder.
• The monster burst from the still pond and pounced at Lin Yunji.

Lin Yunji killed a many-headed monster in the Vast Blue Illusory Realm and obtained a Red Jade Grade divine artifact, the Wandering Sword. He gave the artifact to the venerables, while Saint Venerable Daweide kept the Glazed Stone Bead that could improve energy efficiency.

• Lin Yunji fought off the monster’s many snake heads with his spear, then jumped into the water and killed it.
• The monster’s death gave Lin Yunji over a hundred points of energy and produced the Red Jade Grade Wandering Sword, which he tested with its Wandering Sword Shadow move.
• Saint Venerable Daweide and the other venerables approached Lin Yunji, who showed them the Wandering Sword.
• Saint Venerable Daweide revealed the White Porcelain Grade Glazed Stone Bead that had dropped when they killed the wild dog king, and Lin Yunji learned it increased energy efficiency by ten percent.
• Lin Yunji returned the Glazed Stone Bead to Saint Venerable Daweide and gave him the Wandering Sword because he felt it was not useful to him.

Immortal Venerable Hongluo claimed the divine artifact, and Lin Yunji and the other venerables discussed how to find stronger creatures to hunt. Lin Yunji decided to scout the swamp’s zombies first, then travel south if they proved too dangerous.

• Immortal Venerable Hongluo took the Wandering Sword, and the villagers butchered the dead monster and dragged its meat ashore.
• Lin Yunji and the others arranged for a Universe Level, Second Stage cultivator to guard the wild dogs’ spawning ground and watch for the Wild Dog King.
• Saint Venerable Daweide and the other venerables discussed hunting stronger creatures because quests and low-level monsters yielded little energy.
• Emperor Venerable Wuxuan suggested clearing the swamp zombies, but Saint Venerable Daweide and Immortal Venerable Hongluo warned that they were too dangerous.
• Lin Yunji asked about routes through the surrounding wasteland and mountains, then decided to inspect the swamp before considering the southern route.

Lin Yunji and the other venerables entered a lifeless swamp and found a motionless zombie that resisted an arrow. Lin Yunji pierced it repeatedly with the Formation-Breaking Vajra Spear, but it rose again, leaving the group facing an enemy that seemed impossible to kill.

• Lin Yunji and the venerables traveled west from Primordial Expanse Town to a swamp filled with purplish-black reeds and no signs of life.
• Lin Yunji spotted a zombie standing motionless in the reeds, and his arrow bounced harmlessly off its head.
• Lin Yunji charged the zombie with the Formation-Breaking Vajra Spear, tore it from the mud, and stabbed holes throughout its body.
• Lin Yunji realized the zombie was still alive because he had gained no energy, and it slowly stood up again in the swamp.

Lin Yunji killed a formidable zombie by tearing apart the black Qi connecting its head and body, then led the venerables deeper into the swamp. After the group killed around forty zombies, Saint Venerable Daweide broke through to Universe Level, Third Stage, though he felt uneasy at how quickly it had happened.

• Lin Yunji severed the black Qi linking the zombie's head and body with the Green Jade Ghost Hand, finally killing it and gaining energy.
• Lin Yunji explained that the zombie was Universe Level, Third Stage and that its black Qi had to be handled like a ghost.
• Saint Venerable Daweide, Immortal Venerable Hongluo, Emperor Venerable Wuxuan, and the other venerables agreed to keep exploring.
• Lin Yunji led the group through the swamp, chopping off zombies' heads and letting the others deliver the final blows.
• Lin Yunji lent Saint Venerable Daweide the Green Jade Ghost Hand, and after roughly forty zombies, Daweide broke through to Universe Level, Third Stage.

Lin Yunji and the others killed 231 zombies in the swamp, but Lin Yunji realized something unseen might be watching them and could only move at night. They returned to Primordial Expanse Town to ask the old clan leader for advice, but learned he knew little about his grandfather’s expedition, leaving them to find another way to prepare.

• Lin Yunji and the others spent more than a month killing zombies in the swamp, bringing their total to 231.
• Immortal Venerable Hongluo noticed that the number of zombies exceeded the number of people said to have joined the old clan leader’s grandfather’s expedition.
• Lin Yunji revealed that he had sensed something watching them since their tenth day in the swamp and suspected it came out only at night.
• Lin Yunji and the venerables agreed to prepare for a dangerous, possibly ghostlike creature and returned to Primordial Expanse Town to seek the old clan leader’s advice.
• The old clan leader explained that he knew little about his grandfather’s expedition, so Lin Yunji and the others had to seek another solution.

Lin Yunji equipped his group with items to fight Specters and led them back into the swamp to wait for the night’s threat. When a bell warned of a nearby Specter, they lit the swamp and spotted a figure whose presence resembled the source of the plague.

• Lin Yunji bought Nether Beast blood potion, Five-Colored Stones, and a bell that sensed Specters.
• Lin Yunji led Saint Venerable Daweide and the others back to the swamp, where they built a raised platform and waited overnight.
• Lin Yunji felt they were being watched, and the bell began ringing.
• Lin Yunji and the others coated their weapons with potion and scattered Five-Colored Stones, lighting up the swamp.
• Lin Yunji and the others saw a floating, ragged figure surrounded by deathly and plague-like presences.
• Supreme Hongdu asked Lin Yunji whether they should attack, just as the figure began to speak.