Chapter Summaries

Li Tianming was taken toward the Divine Capital by three Qilin Ancient Clan Supreme Elders, who learned of his Five Tribulations Reincarnation Body and Eastern Emperor Sword and decided to keep him alive under the One-Life Curse. As they traveled, Li Tianming asked about his father, and Supreme Elder Chongyang began recounting Li Muyang’s rise to power.

• Li Tianming traveled with Jiang Feiling, Jun Niancang, Yun Zhenzhen, and the three Supreme Elders on a Sun Flying Disc toward the Divine Capital.
• The Supreme Elders discovered Li Tianming’s Five Tribulations Reincarnation Body and recognized the Eastern Emperor Sword, whose protection by the Decimo Dao Palace stopped them from taking or harming him.
• The Supreme Elders decided to keep Li Tianming in Clan Prefecture City and send him to Soul-Burning Purgatory under the One-Life Curse to force Li Muyang to return.
• Li Tianming asked the Supreme Elders why his father was considered a sinner, and Supreme Elder Chongyang said Li Muyang had once been the Qilin Ancient Clan’s clan chief and one of the Ancient Divine Kingdom’s strongest experts.

Li Tianming learned that his father, Li Muyang, had been blamed for stealing the Reincarnation Mirror and killing the Destiny Princess, bringing the One-Life Curse upon the Qilin Ancient Clan. As the clan elders brought him to the Divine Capital, he resolved to uncover the truth and refused to change his name; they planned to place the curse on him publicly and send him into Burning Soul Purgatory.

• Supreme Elder Chongyang told Li Tianming that Li Muyang’s theft of the Reincarnation Mirror and the Destiny Princess’s death had caused the Qilin Ancient Clan’s One-Life Curse and forced its members to labor in Burning Soul Purgatory.
• Yun Zhenzhen revealed that Li Tianming’s name was taboo because the slain Destiny Princess, Jiang Lingjing, shared its final character; Supreme Elder Chongyang said she and Li Muyang had been lovers.
• Li Tianming questioned the accusations and resolved to find out what had really happened between his father and the princess.
• After four days of travel, Li Tianming and the elders reached the Divine Capital, where the clan elders said they would send him to the Mo Clan Estate and make him part of the Ink Qilin Lineage.
• Supreme Elder Chongyang announced that the Qilin Ancient Clan would publicly place the One-Life Curse on Li Tianming at its assembly the next day and send him into Burning Soul Purgatory.

Li Tianming arrived at the Mo Clan Estate, where Chongyang and Mo Yu planned to impose the One-Life Curse on him and send him to the Soul-Burning Purgatory to force Li Muyang to return. Mo Yu took him to his father’s former residence, where he met his blind, elderly relative.

• Chongyang told Mo Yu that Li Tianming would receive the One-Life Curse and be sent to the Soul-Burning Purgatory, while the elders discussed his ties to Li Muyang, Li Wudi, and the Deca-Directional Dao Palace.
• Chongyang rewarded Yun Zhenzhen with a token, and Jun Niancang said he would return to the Deca-Directional Dao Palace to cultivate and seek revenge for his family and Long'er.
• Mo Yu led Li Tianming through the Mo Clan Estate as its residents stared at him with hatred, then brought him to Li Muyang’s former residence.
• Mo Yu explained that Li Tianming’s blind second granduncle was his only remaining relative besides his parents, and she warned that the curse would suppress his talent.
• A blind old man came out of the courtyard, mistook Li Tianming for Xiao Yang, and asked whether he had returned.

Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling settled into Li Muyang’s old residence and cared for his senile Second Granduncle. As they prepared to face the Divine Capital and seek a way out, a heavy crash and cursing erupted in the courtyard.

• Li Tianming brought his elderly Second Granduncle into the neglected courtyard, where the old man mistook him for Li Muyang and a beard spirit.
• Li Tianming tried to clean the residence, but Lanhuang wrecked a wall and swallowed Yinghuo and Miaomiao while playing in the lake.
• Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling cleaned the house, then Li Tianming listened to his confused Second Granduncle reminisce before putting him to bed.
• Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling discussed whether Li Muyang would come to his aid, the Decapath Temple, and Li Tianming’s resolve to grow stronger and defy fate.
• A heavy impact and cursing sounded in the courtyard while Li Tianming and Jiang Feiling sat by the lake.

Li Tianming returned to the old residence and confronted Qin Feng and Li Mulin, who had come to torment him over his ancestry. He defeated them and left both badly injured, while confirming that the Eastern Emperor Sword held special significance to the Qilin Ancient Clan.

• Qin Feng and Li Mulin broke into the old residence, assaulted the old man there, and went looking for Li Tianming.
• Li Tianming confronted them at the gate, and the girl beside him transformed into motes of light and merged into his body.
• Qin Feng summoned his Skywing Ink Qilin and attacked Li Tianming, while Li Mulin fought Li Tianming's lifebound beasts.
• Li Tianming and his beasts overwhelmed Qin Feng and Li Mulin, injuring their qilins and driving them back.
• Li Tianming stabbed Qin Feng's thigh, broke his teeth with a punch, and slapped him down before beating Li Mulin and throwing her beside him.

Li Tianming defeated Qin Feng and Li Mulin, then questioned Li Mulin about the Decahedron Dao Palace and its connection to the Eastern Emperor Sword and Supreme Unity Tower. As hundreds of Qilin Ancient Clan youths gathered to attack him, the elders intervened and sent everyone to the Qilin Sacred Altar for the clan assembly, where Li Tianming awaited the clan’s judgment.

• Li Tianming and his lifebound beasts beat Qin Feng and Li Mulin, and he forced Li Mulin to explain the Decahedron Dao Palace’s history and its ties to Li Shenshao and the Eastern Emperor Sword.
• A crowd of hundreds of Qilin Ancient Clan youths arrived, furious at Li Tianming, but their elders stopped them from reaching him.
• Li Tianming refused to bow or beg for mercy, declaring that he would uncover the truth despite the clan’s hatred.
• Grand Elder Yumo and Grand Elder Moyu ordered the crowd to go to the Qilin Sacred Altar for the clan assembly in three hours.
• The clan assembly officially began, and Li Tianming faced the coming judgment with anticipation.

Li Tianming was brought before the Ancient Qilin Clan and condemned to receive the Lifetime Curse before being cast into the Soulburning Purgatory. The Supreme Unity Tower destroyed the curse and sent the seal flying, leaving the furious clan members more enraged as Li Tianming taunted them.

• Mo Yu brought Li Tianming to the Qilin Sacred Altar, where Qin Dingtian introduced him as Li Muyang's son and announced the clan's punishment.
• Li Tianming gave his own name, provoking the gathered Ancient Qilin Clan members to demand harsher punishments for him.
• Qin Dingtian restrained Li Tianming and pressed the Lifetime Curse Seal against his forehead, revealing that Qin Feng belonged to his lineage.
• The Supreme Unity Tower burned away the curse and blasted the seal out of Qin Dingtian's hand, astonishing the crowd.
• Li Tianming mocked the failed curse and challenged the clan, prompting its members to erupt in fury before others stopped them from attacking.

Li Wudi and the Heavenly Court delegation arrived at the Qilin Sacred Altar just as Li Tianming was about to be cast into Soulburning Purgatory, and demanded that the Qilin Ancient Clan release him. The Qilin Elders insisted the One Life Curse had already been applied, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• The Qilin Elders applied the One Life Curse Seal to Li Tianming, and the crowd celebrated when a black mark appeared on his forehead.
• Elder Chongyang ordered Li Tianming sent to Soulburning Purgatory for life, and Qin Dingtian grabbed his hair to drag him there.
• A guard reported that the Southern Hall King and Future Hall King had arrived from the Heavenly Court, and Li Wudi and Li Qingyu appeared with them.
• The Future Hall King invoked the Heavenly Court’s duty to protect Li Tianming as a descendant of the Li Clan Sacred Race and threatened to send all Qilin Ancient Clan disciples home unless the clan released him.
• The Qilin Elders agreed to discuss the matter privately and released Li Tianming to the Heavenly Court delegation.
• The Elders told the Hall Kings that the One Life Curse had already succeeded, so Li Tianming would have to spend half of every year in Soulburning Purgatory.

Li Tianming learned that he had to spend six months in the Soul-Burning Purgatory before the Deca-Direction Dao Palace could take him away and remove his Lifetime Curse. After parting from Jiang Feiling and Li Wudi, he entered the purgatory under the protection of Bai Zijin, the Future Hall King's daughter.

• The Deca-Direction Dao Palace and the Ancient Qilin Clan agreed that Li Tianming would remain in the Soul-Burning Purgatory for half a year, with the Hall Kings promising protection.
• Li Wudi explained that he had secured the Deca-Direction Dao Palace's support by offering the talents of Li Tianming, Li Qingyu, and himself; Li Qingyu would stay there as the Heaven Hall King's disciple.
• Li Tianming persuaded Jiang Feiling to stay with Li Qingyu at the Deca-Direction Dao Palace instead of entering the unbearable heat of the Soul-Burning Purgatory with him.
• The Future Hall King promised to guide Li Tianming's cultivation after half a year and assigned his daughter Bai Zijin to protect him in the purgatory.
• Li Tianming mistakenly called thirty-eight-year-old Bai Zijin “Granny,” corrected himself to “Sister Bai,” and said farewell to Jiang Feiling before leaving with his companions.

Li Tianming and Bai Zijin entered the Soul-Burning Purgatory, where the Qilin Ancient Clan planned to use the Lifelong Curse and harassment to cripple him. Bai Zijin explained the three-layer Soul-Burning Barrier and the Qilin clan’s role in maintaining it, as they approached the upper barrier.

• The Qilin elders discussed the Lifelong Curse’s effects on Li Tianming and planned to report the Decapath Academy to the Ancient Imperial Clan while continuing to target Li Muyang.
• Qin Dingtian instructed Qin Feng to provoke Li Tianming into attacking first, then have the young clan members beat him and harm his lifebound beasts without consequence.
• Li Tianming and Bai Zijin entered the Soul-Burning Purgatory, and Bai explained that the underground palace housed Qilin children too young to endure the volcanic heat.
• Li Tianming saw the vast volcanic crater sealed by the Soul-Burning Barrier and learned that the barrier had upper, middle, and lower layers powered by Qilin cultivators of different realms.
• Bai Zijin explained that young Qilin members only had to spend three months of the six-month period at the upper barrier core, and Li Tianming wondered if he could cultivate there in seclusion.

Li Tianming began cultivating at the Soul-Burning Barrier and learned about the Soul-Burning Clan’s history and the Ancient Theocracy’s punishment of them. When his Dark Arm pierced the barrier and interacted with its Heavenly Patterns, he discovered it could tear through the barrier and absorb the patterns’ mysteries into his Imperial Heavenly Will.

• Bai Zijin explained that the Ancient Theocracy had imprisoned the Soul-Burning Clan in the volcano and used the Soul-Burning Barrier to suppress their powerful souls and Heavenly Pattern Master abilities.
• Li Tianming settled at a barrier core to cultivate while Bai Zijin rested nearby and his lifebound beasts practiced.
• Li Tianming touched the Soul-Burning Barrier and found that his Dark Arm’s fingers pierced and tore it, while his right hand could not affect it.
• Li Tianming sensed that his Dark Arm could understand the barrier’s Heavenly Patterns and tested it on the Eastern Emperor Sword’s gate.
• Li Tianming crushed the gate’s Heavenly Patterns with his Dark Arm and watched their golden particles flow into his soul and gather in his Imperial Heavenly Will.

Li Tianming used his Dark Arm to absorb the Soulburning Barrier’s Heavenly Patterns and spiritual energy, accelerating his cultivation. While in seclusion, his Eye of Insight showed him the Soul Sacrifice in which the Soulburning Clan’s eighty thousand members gave their souls to Xiaofeng, leaving him to survive with their souls and avenge them.

• Li Tianming discovered that his Dark Arm could absorb Heavenly Patterns and draw spiritual energy from the Soulburning Barrier to strengthen his Imperial Providence and spirit sources.
• Li Tianming entered seclusion with Bai Zijin watching over him and cultivated while keeping his left hand against the barrier.
• Li Tianming’s third eye showed him a blood-red vision of a black-magma sea, where tens of thousands of Soulburning Clan members gathered around an altar.
• The Soulburning Clan performed a Soul Sacrifice, sending their souls into Xiaofeng and urging him to live, escape, and avenge them.
• After the eighty thousand clan members died, Xiaofeng knelt on the altar, said goodbye, and kowtowed eighty thousand times.

Li Tianming witnessed a vision of the Soul-Burning Clan’s suffering beneath the Soul-Burning Volcano, then endured nearly a month of insults while cultivating inside the Soul-Burning Barrier. He reached the sixth level of the Heavenly Intent realm and stood up to practice the third Divine Firmament Sword, facing the remaining members of the Qilin Ancient Clan who had gathered to taunt him.

• Li Tianming saw a vision of eighty thousand Soul-Burning Clan members sacrificing their souls and wondered whether Xiaofeng had survived beneath the barrier.
• Several thousand young members of the Qilin Ancient Clan surrounded Li Tianming and cursed him while Bai Zijin kept them at a distance.
• Li Tianming used the Eastern Emperor Sword and his Dark Arm to cultivate, reaching the fifth level of the Heavenly Intent realm on the eleventh day.
• Li Tianming continued cultivating amid the insults and reached the sixth level of the Heavenly Intent realm after nearly a month.
• Li Tianming stood up to practice fusing the Divine Mountain Emperor Sword into his second Divine Firmament Sword and saw that more than two hundred people, including Qin Feng and the triplets Qin Ding, Qin Yuan, and Qin Ming, still remained to mock him.

Li Tianming stopped practicing when Qin Ming insulted his mother and swiftly defeated Qin Ming and his brothers, Qin Ding and Qin Yuan. The three Qilin brothers and their lifebound beasts were left badly injured as the Burning Soul Purgatory fell silent.

• Qin Ming mocked Li Tianming by describing a sexual encounter with his mother, and Li Tianming charged at him.
• Lanhuang struck Qin Ming's Black-Gold Sacred Qilin while Li Tianming broke Qin Ming's halberd, beat him, and severed one of his arms.
• Yinghuo and Miaomiao intercepted Qin Ding and Qin Yuan as Li Tianming turned to fight the brothers.
• Li Tianming broke Qin Yuan's sword and severed his arm, then blocked Qin Ding's attack with his Dark Arm.
• Li Tianming used the Second Sword of Divine Firmament to disarm Qin Ding and knock him unconscious.
• The three Qin brothers lay defeated with severed arms, their lifebound beasts near defeat, while the Burning Soul Purgatory fell silent.

Li Tianming drove off the Qilin Ancient Clan youths who insulted his mother, then defeated Yun Zhenzhen and took her Chain of Nine Electro-Demons. Bai Zijing sheltered him in a soundproof Heavenly Pattern barrier so he could continue practicing the Divine Firmament Sword Art as Yun Zhenzhen sought help to get revenge.

• Li Tianming warned the Qilin Ancient Clan youths that he would challenge them and beat an attacker who called for them to attack together.
• Li Tianming chased Yun Zhenzhen, defeated her and her Lightning-Horn Thunder Qilin, and took her Chain of Nine Electro-Demons.
• Yun Zhenzhen fled after Li Tianming ordered her to stay away, while someone from the Moon Qilin Clan offered to help her reclaim the chain and take revenge.
• Bai Zijing gave Li Tianming a Heavenly Pattern barrier that blocked sound and sight, allowing him to practice swordsmanship without hearing the youths outside.
• Miaomiao argued with Lanhuang in the Companion Space about wanting to be alone with a top-tier mount.

Li Tianming completed the third sword of Divine Firmament and went with Bai Zijin to hunt a Saint Magic Beast so he could train and refine abilities for his lifebound beasts. They found a Lightning Prison Demon Wolf, and Li Tianming and his beasts launched a coordinated ambush.

• Miaomiao tried and failed to charm Bai Zijin, who instead spent several days playing with Yinghuo until Li Tianming asked her to return it.
• Li Tianming fused the Divine Mountain, Crimson Flame, and Thunder Sovereign Emperor Swords into the completed third sword of Divine Firmament.
• Bai Zijin warned Li Tianming that the Divine Capital's young geniuses were far stronger, then explained that vicious beasts came through caves connecting Soulburning Purgatory to the Abyssal Battlefield.
• Li Tianming asked to practice against Saint Magic Beasts, and Bai Zijin led him past the Qilin Ancient Clan followers into a remote underground valley.
• Li Tianming and Yinghuo and Miaomiao quietly surrounded a Lightning Prison Demon Wolf as it hunted Three-Colored Elk, then attacked together.

Li Tianming and his lifebound beasts hunted Saint Magic Beasts, awakening several new divine abilities before returning toward the Soulburning Volcano. A young man from the Star Qilin Clan then provoked Li Tianming with a crude claim about his mother, and Li Tianming stopped.

• Li Tianming and his lifebound beasts killed the Electric Prison Demon Wolf, and Miaomiao refined its Saint Beast Battle Soul to awaken Heavenly Chaos Electric Prison.
• Over several days, Li Tianming hunted nineteen first-rank Saint Magic Beasts, and Yinghuo and Lanhuang awakened Sixfold Fire Lotus and Mountain Sea Realm while Miaomiao gained Hell-Chasing Soul Lightning.
• Li Tianming decided to return with Bai Zijin after their successful hunt and planned to cultivate in seclusion for the next half year.
• A young man riding a sixth-rank Saint Beast, the Nine Heavens Galaxy Qilin, called out to Li Tianming as they neared the Soulburning Volcano.
• The young man claimed that Li Tianming's mother had praised his skills, and Li Tianming stopped in his tracks.

Li Tianming fought Baili Zhuixing after Baili insulted Wei Jing, and nearly killed him despite Baili’s Saint-realm cultivation. Baili escaped with Heavenly Pattern Books, while Bai Zijin warned Li Tianming that his anger over his mother could be used against him.

• Baili Zhuixing provoked Li Tianming by insulting Wei Jing and threatening him, so Li Tianming charged at him with his three lifebound beasts.
• Lanhuang and Yinghuo fought the Nine Heavens Star River Qilin while Li Tianming and Miaomiao attacked Baili Zhuixing.
• Li Tianming and Miaomiao broke through Baili’s defenses, and Li Tianming cut open his mouth with the Eastern Emperor Sword.
• Baili Zhuixing used explosive Heavenly Pattern Books to escape, and Li Tianming pursued him until Bai Zijin pulled him back.
• Bai Zijin cautioned Li Tianming that his fierce response to insults about Wei Jing was a weakness others could exploit, and he agreed to spare Baili’s life if they met again while still promising to punish him.

Ning Wushuang and Baili Zhuixing plotted to kill Li Tianming and framed Yun Zhenzhen’s murder on him, while Li Tianming continued cultivating in the Soulburning Purgatory. The chapter left him at the eighth level of Heavenly Will, practicing the fourth sword of the Divine Firmament Sword Art with four months of seclusion remaining.

• Baili Zhuixing and Ning Wushuang planned to use the Nine-Section Lightning Demon Chain and a dragon scale to frame Li Tianming, then attack when Yun Zhenzhen’s father entered the Soulburning Purgatory.
• Li Tianming advanced to the seventh level of Heavenly Will and began cultivating the fourth sword of the Divine Firmament Sword Art while Bai Zijing watched in disbelief.
• Ning Wushuang killed Yun Zhenzhen with the Nine-Section Lightning Demon Chain, and Baili Zhuixing helped stage the scene to make it look as though Li Tianming had violated and tortured her.
• Li Tianming reached the eighth level of Heavenly Will around his seventy-fifth day in the Soulburning Purgatory and continued practicing the fourth sword.
• Bai Zijing teased Li Tianming about his temper as he said he hoped to prolong his life after four more months of seclusion.

After months of cultivation, Li Tianming emerged from the Heavenly Pattern barrier and crushed Baili Zhuixing in front of the Qilin Ancient Clan. He then confronted the hundreds who had been insulting him, declaring that he would no longer endure their abuse.

• Li Tianming reached the eighth level of Heavenly Will and decided to go hunting with Bai Zijin.
• Several hundred Qilin Ancient Clan members gathered outside the barrier and insulted Li Tianming and his family when he emerged.
• Li Tianming spotted Baili Zhuixing and defeated him with three punches, then battered him for insulting Li Tianming's mother.
• Li Tianming turned on the crowd and demanded that those who had insulted him admit it or leave.
• Li Tianming told Bai Zijin that he would no longer hide or endure their abuse.