Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan confronted Wang Yan over the spirit medicines in the Ancient Tomb, refusing to apologize or accept leftovers. Lin Langtian sided with Wang Yan and allowed him to kill Lin Yan, leaving the two poised to fight.

• Lin Yan arrived at the Medicine Pool, where Wang Yan demanded he leave and threatened him for seeking its spirit medicines.
• Lin Yan argued that the tomb's treasures were ownerless and refused to back down when Wang Yan challenged him.
• Lin Langtian learned Lin Yan came from the Flame City Lin Clan Branch Family and offered him leftovers if he apologized to Wang Yan.
• Lin Yan refused the apology and insisted on claiming the high-grade spirit medicines, including the Other Shore Demon Tuo Flower.
• Lin Langtian threatened Lin Yan with clan punishment, then gave Wang Yan leave to deal with him as he pleased.
• Wang Yan raised his golden spear and asked how Lin Yan wanted to die, but Lin Yan said Wang Yan was not qualified to kill him.

Lin Yan fought Wang Yan at the Medicine Pool, revealing Creation Realm cultivation and powerful martial arts that matched Wang Yan’s attacks. As Wang Yan prepared to strike with the Great Luo Golden Spear, someone calmly asked whether they intended to destroy the Medicine Pool.

• Wang Yan dismissed Lin Yan as unqualified and attacked him with a golden Yuan Power fist, but Lin Yan blocked it with a crimson palm.
• Wang Yan and Qin Shi realized Lin Yan had reached the Creation Realm, while Lin Langtian responded with coldness and killing intent.
• Wang Yan used the Golden Platform Demon Suppression Palm, but Lin Yan’s Nine Nether Flame Spirit Palm tore through it and continued toward him.
• Wang Yan drew the Great Luo Golden Spear and used it to blast apart Lin Yan’s flaming palm.
• As Wang Yan prepared another attack, a calm voice asked whether the two fighters meant to destroy the Medicine Pool.

Lin Yan and Wang Yan stopped fighting to pursue the Ancient Tomb’s inheritance, but Lin Yan used his Symbol Master skills to protect and collect valuable spirit medicines. After the others moved on, Uncle Luo revealed an Intermediate Symbol Puppet hidden beneath the Medicine Pool.

• Qin Shi urged Wang Yan and Lin Yan to stop fighting and continue exploring, so Wang Yan withdrew rather than risk losing the Ancient Tomb’s inheritance.
• Lin Yan agreed to pause the fight, then used his Spiritual Power to destroy Wang Yan’s attack and collect the Other Shore Demon Tuo Flower and Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva.
• Lin Yan retaliated when Wang Yan tried to ruin the spirit medicines by destroying a Ninth Grade Spirit Medicine Wang Yan had targeted.
• Qin Shi, Lin Langtian, Ling Qingzhu, and Wang Yan left to explore deeper, while Lin Yan stayed behind and gathered the remaining spirit medicines.
• Uncle Luo revealed the bottom of the drained Medicine Pool, where Lin Yan found an Intermediate Symbol Puppet buried in the mud.

Lin Yan claimed an Intermediate Symbol Puppet and entered the Ancient Tomb Mansion’s core, where he found the Nirvana Heart and encountered Ling Qingzhu. The chapter ended with Ling Qingzhu ordering him to leave the Stone Hall.

• Uncle Luo identified the mud-buried puppet as an Intermediate Symbol Puppet, and Lin Yan branded it and stored it for future use.
• Lin Yan gave Uncle Luo the Other Shore Demon Tuo Flower, earning his promise of protection from all but Nirvana Realm experts.
• Lin Yan, Uncle Luo, and Little Thunder passed through the light screen into a Sea of Fire formation, where Lin Yan recognized the true route and crossed the illusory flames.
• Lin Yan entered a Stone Hall and discovered a Nirvana Heart above an empty Stone Coffin.
• Lin Yan called out Ling Qingzhu, who revealed herself on a green lotus and told him to leave.

Lin Yan let Ling Qingzhu claim the Nirvana Heart while secretly planning to exploit the ancient tomb owner’s yin-yang trial. After Ling Qingzhu began refining it, Lin Yan found a warning that the energy required yin-yang harmonization, and her body began to react violently.

• Lin Yan dismissed the idea of fighting Ling Qingzhu over the treasure and pretended he had no interest in it, while planning to use the tomb owner’s scheme.
• Ling Qingzhu shattered the light protecting the Nirvana Heart, refined it into emerald liquid, and swallowed it.
• Lin Yan bowed to the skeleton in the stone coffin and discovered an inscription warning that the tomb owner’s inheritance required yin-yang harmonization or the recipient would burn alive.
• As Ling Qingzhu meditated inside the green lotus, berserk energy surged through her body and a flush and charm appeared on her face.

Lin Yan tried to avoid Ling Qingzhu after the Nirvana Heart’s hidden effect began tormenting her, but she trapped and bound him to take his yang energy. The Ancient Tomb’s master finally appeared, interrupting them.

• Ling Qingzhu smashed the Stone Coffin after discovering the Nirvana Heart’s effect, but a yin-cold flame began forming inside her.
• Ling Qingzhu turned to Lin Yan for his yang energy, while Lin Yan tried to flee through the Bronze Gate.
• Ling Qingzhu shut the Bronze Gate, demanded to borrow Lin Yan’s yang energy, and attacked when he refused.
• Ling Qingzhu used green ropes to bind Lin Yan and tapped his forehead, triggering his yang energy.
• A red light gathered above the shattered Stone Coffin and formed the Ancient Tomb’s master, who remarked that the situation was not what he wanted to see.

The Tomb Master used the Nirvana Heart and a spell to force Lin Yan and Ling Qingzhu together, then vanished after giving Lin Yan a gift. Lin Yan emerged stronger and tried to flee the Stone Hall with Little Thunder, but Ling Qingzhu appeared in his path, attacking him.

• Ling Qingzhu confronted the Tomb Master, who revealed he was a remnant spirit sealed in the Stone Coffin and insisted his trial was meant to bring about a union.
• The Tomb Master froze Ling Qingzhu’s Yuan Power, sealed her green lotus, and sent pink light into her and Lin Yan to inflame their desire.
• The Tomb Master recognized Lin Yan’s unusual constitution, gave him a gift, and disappeared as Lin Yan and Ling Qingzhu were left inside the ball of light.
• After the ball of light burst, Lin Yan emerged at Creation Realm Greater Achievement and ran for the Bronze Gate, calling for Little Thunder to flee with him.
• Ling Qingzhu appeared before Lin Yan and attacked him with a blast of green light.

Lin Yan fought Ling Qingzhu after she vowed to kill him for taking her purity, but Uncle Luo intervened and revealed his past connection to her master, Qiu Yanxue. Ling Qingzhu recognized him as Senior Lo Qin and, shaken by the revelation, hesitated over whether to kill Lin Yan.

• Ling Qingzhu attacked Lin Yan with her newly gained Creation Realm Great Accomplishment strength, and he defended himself with the Heaven Abyss Ruler.
• Ling Qingzhu overpowered Lin Yan and moved to strike him, but Uncle Luo appeared and stopped her.
• Uncle Luo revealed that he was Lin Yan's master and recognized Ling Qingzhu as a disciple of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace who practiced the Supreme Induction Art.
• Uncle Luo gave Ling Qingzhu a white jade pendant marked with Xue, and she recognized it as the counterpart to her master's black Qin pendant.
• Ling Qingzhu identified Uncle Luo as Senior Lo Qin, learned he and Qiu Yanxue had shared a past, and became conflicted about killing Lin Yan.

Lin Yan and Ling Qingzhu were interrupted by the arrival of Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi, while Lin Dong returned from a hidden blood pool having reached Origin Core Realm Great Perfection. As Lin Yan and Lin Dong tried to leave the Ancient Tomb, Wang Yan called out to them, and Lin Yan sensed that he had brought powerful backup.

• The Bronze Gate burst open, and Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi mistook Ling Qingzhu’s close position beside Lin Yan for an intimate encounter.
• Ling Qingzhu said she had exchanged a move with Lin Yan and told the newcomers they were too late to obtain the Nirvana Heart.
• Lin Dong arrived and told Lin Yan that he had found a hidden blood pool, advanced to Origin Core Realm Great Perfection, and obtained the Heaven Scale Ancient Halberd.
• Wang Pan and the others whispered to Wang Yan, who gave Lin Yan and Lin Dong a cold look but did not confront them immediately.
• Lin Yan and Lin Dong left the Ancient Tomb, but Wang Yan called after them, and Lin Yan sensed a powerful hidden aura nearby.

Lin Yan confronted Wang Yan over the Wang Clan’s Spirit Treasures and defeated him, revealing that he had reached Creation Realm Greater Achievement. When Wang Yan’s Qi Creation Realm protector, Old Shen, attacked, Lin Yan countered with a powerful Heaven Abyss Ruler Technique strike, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Wang Yan demanded that Lin Yan and Lin Dong return the Wang Clan’s Spirit Treasures, but Lin Yan refused and challenged him to take them by force.
• Lin Langtian rejected Lin Ke’er’s plea to support Lin Yan and Lin Dong, while Lin Yan urged Lin Dong to rely on himself.
• Wang Yan attacked Lin Yan with the Great Luo Golden Spear, but Lin Yan blocked him with the Heaven Abyss Fire Ruler and revealed his Creation Realm Greater Achievement cultivation.
• Lin Yan struck Wang Yan hard enough to send him into a mountain wall, then moved to finish him before Old Shen appeared to protect him.
• Old Shen revealed his Qi Creation Realm strength and attacked Lin Yan with a massive formation of Yuan Power; Lin Yan countered with the Heaven Abyss Ruler Technique, One Night Fish Dragon Dance.

Lin Yan fought Old Shen, a Qi Creation Realm expert, using the Heaven Abyss Ruler Technique and his Spiritual Power. He used the fragments of his shattered Extinction Swords to kill Wang Yan, leaving Old Shen and the Wang Clan with reason to retaliate.

• Lin Yan blocked Old Shen’s Yuan Power mountain attack with the Heaven Abyss Ruler Technique, though the clash left him injured.
• Old Shen launched his Dark Light Disc, and Lin Yan slowed it with scarlet flames before stopping it with the Extinction Sword.
• Lin Yan formed five Extinction Swords and sent them at Old Shen, who shattered them with his Dark Light Black Dragon Slash.
• Lin Yan gathered the sword fragments into an Extinction Death God Greatsword and sent it toward Wang Yan while Old Shen tried to intervene.
• The greatsword accelerated past Old Shen’s interception and killed Wang Yan as he tried to flee.

After Lin Yan killed Wang Yan, Lin Langtian expelled him from the Lin Clan Main Family and joined Old Shen in attacking him. As the two Qi Creation Realm experts closed in, Uncle Luo took control of Lin Yan’s body and revealed overwhelming Spiritual Power.

• Lin Yan’s killing of Wang Yan shocked the onlookers, while Lin Dong renewed his resolve to catch up to his cousin.
• Lin Ke’er and Tao Old Mister worried that the Wang Clan would retaliate, and Lin Langtian grew jealous of Lin Yan’s strength.
• Lin Langtian declared Lin Yan expelled from the Lin Clan Main Family and announced that he would help the Wang Clan kill him.
• Lin Dong wanted to intervene, but Little Sable warned him that he was too weak to help, so he held back.
• Old Shen and Lin Langtian prepared to attack Lin Yan, and Uncle Luo took control of Lin Yan’s body.
• Uncle Luo unleashed powerful Spiritual Power and formed a vast symbol array, prompting Lin Langtian and Old Shen to recognize him as a Spirit Symbol Master.

Uncle Luo took control of Lin Yan and defeated Lin Langtian and Old Shen, killing Old Shen while Lin Langtian escaped. Far away, a Southern Xuan Region sect learned that Lo Qin had resurfaced in the Eastern Xuan Region and moved to pursue him.

• Lin Langtian and Old Shen joined forces to attack Lin Yan, but Uncle Luo used an enormous Extinction Symbol Array to destroy their attacks and lift a mountain peak.
• Lin Langtian let Master Mu take control of his body and escaped with Shape Shifting Shadowing, while Uncle Luo explained that he could not safely stop him.
• Uncle Luo directed the mountain peak onto Old Shen, killing the Qi Creation Realm expert and leaving the crowd in awe of Lin Yan.
• A purple-robed elder in a distant hall sensed Lo Qin's soul aura and ordered his guards to notify the Tianxuan Sect that Lo Qin had appeared in the Eastern Xuan Region.

After Lin Yan met Ling Qingzhu on a mountaintop, he gave her the Azure Lotus Core Flame and asked her to arrange protection for his family from the Wang Clan. Ling Qingzhu accepted the fire seed and left after urging him to grow strong before their next meeting.

• News of Lin Yan’s victory over Wang Yan and Old Shen, and his injury of Lin Langtian, spread across the Great Yan Dynasty as factions considered targeting him for the Wang Clan’s favor.
• Ling Qingzhu warned Lin Yan that he was too weak for the wider world and told him to keep their encounter in the Ancient Tomb Mansion secret; Lin Yan boldly promised to stand before her again as a powerful expert.
• Lin Yan gave Ling Qingzhu the Azure Lotus Core Flame, and she accepted it despite his calling it a token of love.
• Lin Yan asked Ling Qingzhu to have the Huangpu Clan protect his family from Wang Clan retaliation, and she agreed while offering to intervene against the Wang Clan herself.
• Lin Yan declined Ling Qingzhu’s offer to stop the Wang Clan from hunting him, and she departed after asking him to fulfill his promise when they met again.
• Uncle Luo appeared beside Lin Yan and told him he would have to work hard.

After Uncle Luo warned that his use of Spiritual Power might have alerted the Black Soul Sect, Lin Yan realized he needed to leave the Great Yan Dynasty and grow stronger without relying on Uncle Luo's energy. While examining the spoils from Wang Yan and Old Shen, he found a seventh-grade martial art and a Purple Spirit Crystal Soul Fruit that could help him advance to Fifth Grade Symbol Master.

• Lin Yan joked with Uncle Luo about rekindling his old romance with Ling Qingzhu's master, and Uncle Luo warned that his Spiritual Power use might have drawn the Black Soul Sect's attention.
• Uncle Luo explained that Old Ghost Black could sense his presence somewhere in the Eastern Xuan Region, though regional rules limited which powerful experts could pursue him.
• Lin Yan decided to use Uncle Luo's energy as little as possible and leave the Great Yan Dynasty to seek richer resources and grow stronger.
• Lin Yan found twenty thousand Pure Origin Pills and the seventh-grade Golden Platform Demon Suppression Palm in Wang Yan's Cosmos Sack.
• Lin Yan searched Old Shen's Cosmos Sack, found a Purple Spirit Crystal Soul Fruit, and realized he could advance to Fifth Grade Symbol Master.

Lin Yan returned to Flame City after obtaining the Purple Spirit Crystal Soul Fruit and prepared to address the trouble caused by killing Wang Yan. Though the Wang Clan’s threat had weakened the Lin family’s ranks, Lin Zhentian and the others welcomed Lin Yan as family and promised that Flame City would always be his home.

• Lin Yan recognized that the Purple Spirit Crystal Soul Fruit could help him become a Spirit Symbol Master and decided to return to Flame City to arrange clan affairs before resolving Qingtan’s constitution problem.
• Lin Yan arrived in Flame City and found that many supporters and foreign-surname martial artists had left because they feared the Wang Clan’s retaliation.
• Lin Yan summoned the clan members to the hall and learned that Two Offerings Liu and Li had separated from the Lin family.
• Lin Yan apologized to Lin Zhentian and Lin Xiao for bringing trouble to the clan by killing Wang Yan, while the family worried about the Wang Clan’s power.
• Lin Zhentian told Lin Yan that he had done the right thing and would always belong to the Flame City Lin Family, and the others gathered around to support him.

After advancing to Spirit Symbol Master, Lin Yan prepared to help Qingtan subdue the Yin Fiend Energy that threatened her life. He detonated the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva to trigger the energy’s eruption, leaving Qingtan’s fate uncertain.

• Lin Yan demonstrated the power of his Golden Platform Demon Suppression Palm and Extinction Symbol Array after breaking through to Spirit Symbol Master.
• Qingtan told Lin Yan that Fu Ba had reached Origin Core Realm Great Perfection, then asked whether Lin Yan was about to leave Flame City.
• Lin Yan explained that Qingtan’s treatment could be fatal, but agreed to proceed because her body could not withstand the Yin Fiend Energy much longer.
• Lin Dong joined Lin Yan as Qingtan sat on a Stone Platform while the surrounding Yin Fiend Energy grew denser.
• Lin Yan shattered the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva above Qingtan, and its black liquid entered her body, unleashing a violent surge of Yin Fiend Energy.

Lin Yan helped Qingtan condense a Yin Core and control the Bone Spirit Cold Fire before preparing to leave Flame City. City Lord Shi revealed his branch’s origins in the Great Qing Dynasty and asked Lin Yan to represent it in the Ziyang Prefecture Shi Clan’s competition a year later.

• Qingtan gathered her Yin Fiend Energy into a Yin Core, reaching Origin Core Realm Great Perfection, and Lin Yan gave her a Bone Spirit Cold Fire seed that she quickly refined.
• Qingtan asked to travel with Lin Yan and Lin Dong, but Lin Yan refused and promised to return; he then left the Lin Family ten thousand Pure Origin Pills and gave Lin Dong the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• A messenger from the City Lord’s Mansion summoned Lin Yan, and Zi Yue led him to meet City Lord Shi.
• City Lord Shi told Lin Yan that his Flame City branch came from the Ziyang Prefecture Shi Clan of the Great Qing Dynasty and had been exiled from its homeland centuries earlier.
• City Lord Shi asked Lin Yan, who had been driven from the Great Yan Dynasty by the Wang Clan, to represent the Flame City branch at the Shi Clan competition in one year.

Lin Yan considered Shi Shang’s offer to compete for the Flame City Shi Clan branch and agreed after learning about the rewards. He left the discussion aiming to win first place and gain access to the Ten Thousand Beast Demon Blood Pool.

• Lin Yan questioned whether it was appropriate for him to compete in the Shi Clan’s Clan Competition because he was not a clan member.
• Shi Shang explained that Lin Yan could compete as his son-in-law without changing his surname or formally joining the clan.
• Shi Shang offered Lin Yan a map of the Great Qing Dynasty and information about ancient sect ruins opening in Langya Prefecture half a year later.
• Shi Shang promised to apply to open the Ten Thousand Beast Demon Blood Pool for Lin Yan if he won first place in the Clan Competition.
• Lin Yan agreed to compete for the Flame City Shi Clan branch, intent on claiming first place and using the blood pool to strengthen the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

After nearly half a month of traveling through the wilderness, Lin Yan sought a stronger cultivation method to prepare for the dangers of the Great Qing Dynasty. Uncle Luo gave him the first-rate Indestructible Star Body, and Lin Yan ended the chapter by summoning the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Lin Yan traveled through forests instead of cities to avoid the Wang Clan’s kill order, fighting demonic beasts along the way.
• Lin Yan defeated a Demon Armor Leopard after a prolonged battle.
• Uncle Luo warned Lin Yan that his Yang Flame Art was too weak to support his powerful martial arts and future battles.
• Uncle Luo gave Lin Yan the Indestructible Star Body and explained its three levels and the Star Overlord Body secret technique.
• Lin Yan recalled the Three Thousand Burning Flame and summoned the purple-black Strange Fire in his palm.