Chapter Summaries

Ten years after Xiao Lin became a Dou Emperor, his bloodline raised the Xiao Clan’s strength, while he settled into life in the restored Xiao Realm. After studying the power of the Outer Realm Demons, Xiao Lin decided to travel to Tian Xuan Continent before helping Xiao Yan become a Dou Emperor or opening a path to the Great Thousand World.

• Xiao Lin’s ascension awakened the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di Bloodline, and Xiao Zhan broke through to the late stage of Eight-star Dou Sheng.
• Over the next ten years, Xiao Zhan reached Nine-star Dou Sheng, Xiao Yan became a Nine-star Dou Sheng, and other members of the Xiao Clan advanced under the bloodline’s influence.
• Xiao Lin reestablished the Xiao Realm, passed the Clan Leader position to Xiao Zhan, and followed a peaceful routine with Xiao Jiao and the Soul Infant Demonic Tree.
• Xiao Lin examined a crystal containing the cold, evil power of the Outer Realm Demons and considered his plans for Xiao Yan, the Great Thousand World, and Tian Xuan Continent.
• Xiao Lin chose to visit Tian Xuan Continent first so he could strengthen himself before helping Xiao Yan absorb Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance.

Xiao Lin descended into the Tian Xuan Continent and discovered he had landed in Great Desolation County, where the Devouring Ancestral Talisman was hidden. After helping a convoy in the Mist Forest, he bypassed the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet’s barrier and entered its sealed space, heading for the talisman and its guardian.

• Xiao Lin’s arrival shook the Tian Xuan Continent, prompting countless experts and forces to rush toward the place where they thought a divine artifact had fallen.
• Xiao Lin found himself in the Mist Forest, read the convoy members’ memories, and learned he was in Great Desolation County of the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Xiao Lin identified the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet as the site containing the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and set off for the Great Desolation Ancient Plain.
• Xiao Lin eliminated the Demonic Beasts threatening the convoy and then flew to the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet.
• Xiao Lin passed through the tablet’s barrier and entered its sealed space, where he headed toward the core area to find the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and its guardian.

Xiao Lin obtained the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and met the Black-Eyed Old Man, who explained that the talisman was sealed and only he could unlock it. Xiao Lin revealed his connection to an earlier outsider and showed the old man a trace of the Outer-domain Evil Clan, leaving the old man stunned.

• Teng Sha told the Yin Puppet Sect that they had to retrieve the treasure of the Great Desolation Ancient Plain before other forces reached it.
• Xiao Lin reached the altar, revealed the Devouring Ancestral Talisman by feeding it his light, and took it into his hand.
• Xiao Lin entered the altar’s central pillar and met the Black-Eyed Old Man, a spiritual imprint of the talisman’s former owner.
• The Black-Eyed Old Man explained that he had sealed the talisman and sent Xiao Lin the key to breaking the seal.
• Xiao Lin asked the Black-Eyed Old Man to help complete his predecessor’s unfinished task, then revealed his immense power and showed him a crystal containing a trace of the Outer-domain Evil Clan.
• The Black-Eyed Old Man recognized the trace’s connection to the beings he had once fought and was left shaken by Xiao Lin’s revelations.

Xiao Lin learned Tian Xuan Continent’s geography, factions, major powers, and cultivation systems from Black-Eyed Old Man, who explained the Yuan Power realms from Body Tempering to Ancestor. Comparing the world’s cultivation laws with Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Lin wondered whether Dou Qi cultivators could once have achieved reincarnation when their world was younger.

• Xiao Lin spoke openly with Black-Eyed Old Man about being a visitor from Outer Heaven and learned how Tian Xuan Continent was divided among the Demon Race, its opponents, and the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Black-Eyed Old Man described the East Xuan Region’s dynasties and the Eight Great Super Sects that stood above them.
• Black-Eyed Old Man explained the Yuan Power cultivation path, outlining its realms from Body Tempering through the legendary Ancestor Realm.
• Xiao Lin reflected that Tian Xuan Continent’s Reincarnation Realm allowed control over reincarnation and compared its young world to Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Lin speculated that Dou Qi Continent’s experts may once have reached reincarnation when its laws were less restrictive.

Xiao Lin learned about the Tian Xuan Continent’s cultivation systems and the risks of reincarnation, then used the Black-Eyed Old Man as a subject for his first reincarnation experiment. After leaving the Great Desolation Ancient Plain, he was attacked by the Yin Puppet Sect and unleashed the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.

• Xiao Lin spared the Black-Eyed Old Man and learned that only powerful Reincarnation Realm experts could preserve their spirituality through Dark Reincarnation.
• Xiao Lin recalled that the Lord of Life and Death had reincarnated as Jiang Yin Yin and the Ice Lord as Ying Huanhuan, and decided to seek out the former.
• Xiao Lin placed the Black-Eyed Old Man inside a piece of White Jade and left the world within the altar.
• Teng Sha ordered the Yin Puppet Sect members to kill Xiao Lin, believing he had come to take the altar’s treasure.
• Xiao Lin summoned the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, whose power swallowed the altar’s light and plunged the area into darkness.

Xiao Lin arrived at the Eagle Martial Arts School and chose Jiang Yin Yin as his disciple, giving her a White Jade Bracelet. Meanwhile, Ling Qing Zhu arrived at the Huangfu Family, whose leaders hoped her presence would protect them from the powerful outsiders drawn by the Heavenly Artifact.

• Xiao Lin entered Great Eagle City and went to the Eagle Martial Arts School, where Jiang Lei and the disciples were training.
• Xiao Lin appeared above the school, overwhelmed everyone with his presence, and asked Jiang Yin Yin to become his disciple.
• Jiang Lei urged Jiang Yin Yin to accept Xiao Lin’s gift, and Jiang Xue placed the White Jade Bracelet in her hand as they bowed to him.
• The chapter described powerful outsiders gathering across the Tian Xuan Continent and the Huangfu Family awaiting a prominent visitor.
• Ling Qing Zhu descended on a Green Lotus, thanked the Huangfu Family for welcoming her, and revealed her status as the Young Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Sect.

Ling Qing Zhu told Huangfu Jing that the Heavenly Artifact’s descent had drawn powerful forces across the Four Great Xuan Regions and beyond, though none had found it. The chapter revealed that Xiao Lin’s arrival had damaged the laws sustaining the Demon Race’s seals, then shifted to the Dao Sect’s Desolate Hall, whose true core remained unrevealed.

• Huangfu Jing asked Ling Qing Zhu whether the unrest surrounding the Heavenly Artifact was truly so serious.
• Ling Qing Zhu explained that forces across the Four Great Xuan Regions, the Demon Domain, and the Chaotic Demon Sea had noticed the artifact’s fluctuations, while the Eight Great Super Sects had found no trace of it.
• Ling Qing Zhu kept the arrival of Death Profound Realm experts from Huangfu Jing as she tried to reassure her friend.
• The narration revealed that Xiao Lin’s descent had damaged Tian Xuan Continent’s laws and weakened the seals holding back the Outer Realm Demons.
• The narration described the Dao Domain and Dao Sect, then introduced the Four Great Halls and focused on the Desolate Hall before its true core was revealed.

The eight super sects searched the Great Desolate Region for Xiao Lin, while he quietly learned where they had gone and continued studying the Reincarnation Seal to revive Black Pupil. In Misty Forest, the sect experts found no trace of the divine artifact before a powerful stranger appeared before them.

• The Great Desolate Monument's ancient seal weakened, awakening the Demon Race's power beneath it.
• The eight super sects searched the Great Desolate Region and forced local martial artists, including Jiang Lei's trainees, to scour the land for Xiao Lin's landing site.
• Xiao Lin read Jiang Lei's memories, healed some of his injuries, and reflected that the searchers had missed him studying the Reincarnation Seal.
• Xiao Lin examined the crystal containing Black Pupil's final breath and prepared to use the Lord of Life and Death's power to interfere with reincarnation.
• Eight experts from the super sects gathered in Misty Forest, found no trace of the divine artifact, and discussed the arrival of outsiders.
• A terrifying stranger appeared in the sky above Misty Forest, leaving the eight experts unable to identify him.

Luo Tong, a Death Profound Realm genius of the Nine Phoenix Clan, challenged Yuan Sect headmaster Ren Yuanzi and used his clan’s Nine Phoenix Manifestation Light to put Ren Yuanzi on the defensive. Ren Yuanzi empowered his black-and-white python and questioned how long Luo Tong could sustain his bloodline ability, leaving their battle unresolved.

• The eight super sect experts felt overwhelmed by a mysterious man’s presence until Ren Yuanzi emerged from the void and identified the man as Luo Tong of the Nine Phoenix Clan.
• Luo Tong declared that he would show Ren Yuanzi his clan’s supreme divine ability, then summoned a Nine Phoenix phantom and fired a nine-colored beam at him.
• Ren Yuanzi formed a colossal black-and-white python, but Luo Tong’s beam overwhelmed it through the Nine Phoenix’s superior bloodline and forced it to retreat.
• Luo Tong’s pursuing beam destroyed all life across a vast stretch of ground, and he boasted that his clan’s nine lights could turn life into nothingness.
• Ren Yuanzi poured immense Yuan Power into the weakened python, restoring and enlarging it before asking Luo Tong how much energy his bloodline ability had left.

Ren Yuanzi drove off Luo Tong while prioritizing the search for the Heavenly Artifact. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and life-and-death power to restore Black Pupil, then traveled across the Great Yan Dynasty to gather resources for his resurrection, arriving at an inheritance site occupied by outsiders.

• Ren Yuanzi overwhelmed Luo Tong's Nine Phoenix Manifestation Light, but Luo Tong escaped by transforming into nine-colored mist and fleeing as a Nine Phoenix.
• Ren Yuanzi chose not to pursue Luo Tong and instead questioned the eight experts about the events surrounding the Heavenly Artifact.
• Xiao Lin used power derived from the Reincarnation Seal to strengthen Black Pupil's remnant soul, then had the Devouring Ancestral Talisman absorb and nourish it.
• Xiao Lin sought energy-rich resources across the Great Yan Dynasty, devouring the remains of the Great Desolation Ancient Plain and visiting Lin Dong's inheritance cave abode and the Great Yan Royal Family's treasured pool.
• Xiao Lin arrived at the inheritance site and found a group of people from outside the Great Yan Dynasty there.

Xiao Lin reached the Heavenly Symbol Master realm and fought the Nirvana experts gathered at the Ancient Tomb Mansion, revealing his power as both a talisman master and a martial cultivator. As the tomb’s opening neared, several experts intervened against him, and Xiao Lin revealed that he had also forged a Nirvana Golden Body.

• Xiao Lin reached the mountaintop as Nirvana experts slaughtered the desperadoes gathered outside the Ancient Tomb Mansion.
• A Nirvana expert attacked Xiao Lin, who countered with talisman-master spiritual power and identified himself as a Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Xiao Lin summoned wind, thunder, and lightning to strike the expert, forcing him to use his Nirvana Golden Body to endure the attack.
• As Xiao Lin prepared to overwhelm the battered expert, three One-Yuan Nirvana experts attacked him together to prevent him from gaining an advantage before the tomb opened.
• Xiao Lin revealed that he had converted his Spiritual Power into martial cultivation and displayed his own Nirvana Golden Body.

Xiao Lin crushed the outside Nirvana experts who came seeking the Heavenly Artifact, then continued cultivating as Black Pupil recovered enough to control the Devouring Ancestral Talisman independently. Xiao Lin began advancing his martial and Symbol Master realms, ending as Nirvana fire and the Heavenly Symbol Master's Wind and Thunder Tribulation descended upon him.

• Xiao Lin defeated a One-Yuan Nirvana expert in close combat, then used the Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger to kill the attacking experts as the Devouring Ancestral Talisman absorbed their remains.
• Black Pupil recovered enough to control the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and travel independently to absorb resources, while Xiao Lin took Jiang Yin Yin as his disciple.
• Xiao Lin converted Spiritual Power into Nirvana Qi and challenged the first three Nirvana Tribulations to advance toward the Three-Yuan Nirvana Realm.
• Xiao Lin invoked three Wind and Thunder Tribulations to advance toward Four-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master, and gales, dark clouds, and lightning gathered around him.

Black Pupil followed the Devouring Ancestral Talisman’s fluctuations to meet Lin Dong, while Xiao Lin decided to leave the Great Yan Dynasty with Jiang Yin Yin, Jiang Lei, and Jiang Xue. As they headed toward the East Xuan Region’s eight super sects, Xiao Lin planned to teach Jiang Yin Yin a Heaven Martial Art.

• Black Pupil sensed the Devouring Ancestral Talisman’s power in Tiandu Commandery and found Lin Dong in Yan City, where Lin Dong was discussing the dangers of Great Desolation County with Little Sable.
• Little Sable sensed a terrifying presence approaching Lin Dong, and Black Pupil appeared nearby and addressed him.
• Xiao Lin decided to leave the Great Yan Dynasty with Jiang Yin Yin, but when she cried at the thought of leaving her family, he brought Jiang Lei and Jiang Xue along too.
• Xiao Lin set out for the East Xuan Region’s eight super sects, seeking better martial arts for Jiang Yin Yin than the techniques he had learned from Black Pupil.
• Xiao Lin chose a Heaven Martial Art for Jiang Yin Yin, the highest grade of martial art described in the chapter.

Xiao Lin traveled to the Dao Sect to claim the Great Desolate Scripture, only to find that the Great Desolate Monument had vanished and a True King Demon King had escaped. He unleashed his full strength to search the Demon Region and ended the chapter pulling a crimson cauldron and the Great Desolate Monument from the Great Palm Suppressing Heaven.

• Xiao Lin learned that the Dao Sect had suffered a devastating calamity, the Desolate Hall lay in ruins, and the Great Desolate Monument was gone.
• Xiao Lin suspected the True King Demon King beneath the monument had escaped and released his full power despite the laws of Tian Xuan Continent suppressing him.
• Xiao Lin crossed into the Demon Region and froze the demon beasts that attacked him.
• Xiao Lin reached the Great Palm Suppressing Heaven and pulled a small crimson cauldron and the Great Desolate Monument from its palm print.

Xiao Lin refined a Demon General into a pill, revived Old Man Fen Tian with stolen vitality, and entered the Great Desolate Monument to seize the demonic power of the True King sealed within. Meanwhile, Lin Dong learned that Black Pupil was a master of one of the Eight Great Ancestral Talismans, and Xiao Lin began compressing the True King’s power.

• Xiao Lin burned the Demon General trapped in Old Man Fen Tian’s cauldron and condensed its demonic power into a pill.
• Xiao Lin used Spiritual Power to restore Old Man Fen Tian’s vitality, drawing life force from the Fen Tian Ancient Treasure and the surrounding Demon Region.
• In Yan City, Lin Dong asked Little Sable about Black Pupil and learned that he was a Lord of Ancestral Talismans; Little Sable suspected he wielded the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiao Lin entered the Great Desolate Monument and found that the sealed Demon Race True King’s power was eroding the land and nearing escape.
• Xiao Lin gathered the spreading black demonic liquid and began compressing it with his Spiritual Power.

Xiao Lin purified the Great Desolate Monument’s corruption, revealed power on the level of the Symbol Ancestor, and defeated the Demon King. After learning the Great Desolate Scripture for Jiang Yin Yin, he tested its desolate power in a living valley.

• Xiao Lin absorbed the Demon Race power and met the Great Desolate Monument’s Monument Spirit, then offered to cleanse its corruption and take it with him.
• Xiao Lin showed the Monument Spirit a vision of the monument suppressing an unknown creature and revealed power beyond the limits of the Tian Xuan Continent.
• Xiao Lin entered the Demon King’s territory, ignored its attacks, and made it disappear within a concealing array before refining the remaining black mist into a pellet.
• Xiao Lin received the Great Desolate Scripture from the Great Desolate Monument and quickly grasped its introductory essentials.
• Xiao Lin moved to a valley in the Demon Region and tested the Great Desolate Scripture, causing the plants around him to wither and lose their vitality.

Xiao Lin established the Immortal Palace in the heart of the desolated Demon Region, where he and his companions cultivated while the outside world failed to reach its core. He uncovered the Martial Emperor Canon and began learning the legacy of the ancient Martial Emperor.

• The desolate force transformed the Demon Region into a forbidden land, and powerful outsiders and Demon Race members failed to reach its core.
• Xiao Lin’s Immortal Palace flourished in a life-filled realm within the desolation, where Jiang Lei, Jiang Xue, and Jiang Yin Yin cultivated.
• Fentian asked Black Pupil about Xiao Lin’s origins, and Black Pupil explained that Xiao Lin and the Symbol Ancestor came from the Great Thousand World.
• Black Pupil cautioned Fentian not to expect Xiao Lin to intervene in their world’s conflicts and urged him to value the help Xiao Lin had already given.
• Xiao Lin studied the Martial Emperor Canon and witnessed the ancient Martial Emperor describe his battles, his legacy, and the high standard required of its inheritors.

After years of research and cultivation, Xiao Lin advanced to Immortal Talisman Master and Life Profound Realm, then began establishing the Immortal Palace as a sect. Meanwhile, Lin Dong reached the final stage of the Hundred Dynasties War, where a mysterious arrival interrupted the Nirvana Golden Ranking battle.

• Xiao Lin completed years of research into demons and cultivation, reaching Immortal Talisman Master and Life Profound Realm.
• Jiang Yin Yin advanced to Seven-element Nirvana, Jiang Xue reached Two-element Nirvana, and Jiang Lei reached One-Yuan Nirvana under Black Pupil and Fentian's guidance.
• Xiao Lin told Black Pupil and Fentian to leave the Immortal Palace, signaling that the sect would be formally established.
• Lin Dong and Little Sable climbed Hundred Dynasties Mountain, where Liu Tong announced that the Nirvana Golden Ranking contestants would compete for their standing within the Super Sects.
• As Liu Tong prepared the battle arena and rules, a crack opened in the sky and two terrifying auras entered the inheritance secret realm, alarming the eight Super Sect assessors.

The Immortal Palace emerged in the East Xuan Region as Black Pupil revealed his Wheel Turning power and captured the West Xuan Region troublemakers. Elsewhere, Qing Zhi discussed the demons gathering to reopen the spatial rift, while Mu Lingshan reached the Immortal Palace with Jiang Yin Yin and Mu Lan discovered its extraordinary reincarnation power.

• Black Pupil announced the Immortal Palace’s emergence and used his power to capture the West Xuan Region experts, leaving the eight super sects wary of its two Wheel Turning experts.
• Qing Zhi and a white-haired elder discussed the demons who had attacked Qing Zhi and were secretly gathering to reopen the spatial rift.
• Jiang Yin Yin led Mu Lingshan through the desolate region, while Mu Lan secretly followed them and then entered by a path of light.
• Jiang Yin Yin and Mu Lingshan found a thriving oasis, and Mu Lan followed the path toward the Immortal Palace above the clouds.
• Mu Lan saw the Immortal Palace gate and recognized the immense reincarnation power in its inscription, judging the faction’s foundation deeper than that of the Immortal Holy Whale Clan.

Xiao Lin broke through to the Wheel Turning Realm while mastering the power of reincarnation, and Mu Lan learned that Mu Lingshan was the reincarnation of the Immortal Holy Whale Clan’s Old Ancestor and the Life-Death Ancestral Talisman. After Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi confirmed that the Demon Race had begun acting, the Immortal Palace’s gathered experts faced the prospect of a second war between heaven and earth.

• Xiao Lin entered the Wheel Turning Realm and displayed his command of reincarnation, astonishing Mu Lan.
• Xiao Lin revealed Mu Lingshan’s origins to Mu Lan, who remained in the Immortal Palace after learning she was tied to his clan’s Old Ancestor and the Life-Death Ancestral Talisman.
• Black Pupil and Fentian recruited many Hundred Dynasties War geniuses for the Immortal Palace, while Lin Dong chose to join the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Lin, Mu Lan, Black Pupil, Fentian, and the Monument Spirit examined the Demon Race energy eroding the Great Desolate Monument.
• Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi appeared through Mu Lan’s jade pendant and confirmed that the Demon Race had begun to act.
• Qing Zhi listed the known locations of several Ancestral Talismans, and the experts concluded that another war between heaven and earth was approaching.