Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen proposed settling the Pill Immortal Pool contest in a single match and won the Wanjin Merchant Association’s support. He entered the arena and challenged all three of the Blood Wolf Gang’s fighters to attack him together.

• Yue Shan and Xia Wanjin arrived with their fighters to contest access to the Pill Immortal Pool.
• Xia Wanjin thanked Lin Chen for helping the Wanjin Merchant Association and promised to help the Lin Family settle in Yan City.
• Lin Chen proposed deciding the contest in one match, and Xuan Su and Xia Wanjin agreed on the condition that Lin Chen alone would fight.
• Liu Yi accepted a promise of help reaching the Core Formation Stage even if the Wanjin Merchant Association could not fulfill its offer of access to the pool.
• Lin Chen entered the arena with his Autumn Scale Sword, dismissed Yue Feng, and challenged Yue Feng, Yue Ling, and the gray-clad youth to fight him together.

Lin Chen defeated Yue Feng and Yue Ling, but Yue Shan invoked a final match against Jiang Li, who used a secret art to reach Lesser Core Formation Stage. As Jiang Li unleashed his Blood Dissipation Hand, Lin Chen called down dark clouds and prepared Nine Lightning Strikes.

• Lin Chen overwhelmed Yue Feng and Yue Ling, while Xia Wanjin stopped Yue Shan from interfering and declared the Blood Wolf Gang had lost the match.
• Yue Shan argued that Jiang Li had not yet been defeated, and Xia Wanjin accepted a final match to decide control of the Pill Immortal Pool.
• Lin Chen struck Jiang Li down with his fist, but Jiang Li rose again covered in blood mist after using the Blood Transformation Yuan Return Art.
• Jiang Li's attacks could not break through Lin Chen's defense, even after his strength reached Lesser Core Formation Stage.
• Jiang Li unleashed Blood Dissipation Hand, and Lin Chen summoned dark clouds and announced Nine Lightning Strikes.

Lin Chen defeated Jiang Li in the Pill Immortal Pool contest, securing the pool for the Wanjin Merchant Association and forcing Yue Shan to make peace after recognizing Lin Chen’s ties to the Curiosity Building. The group prepared to enter the pool, and Xia Wanjin awkwardly told Xia Zhilan to accompany Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen trapped Jiang Li with nine thunder swords and knocked him unconscious, winning the contest for the Wanjin Merchant Association.
• Yue Shan recognized Lin Chen as the person who had caused the Blood Robe Sect’s destruction and warned his children against provoking him.
• Yue Shan apologized to Lin Chen, accepted the loss, and led the Blood Wolf Gang away after inviting Lin Chen to visit.
• Xia Zhilan and Xuan Su asked whether Lin Chen had reached the Core Formation Stage, and he explained that he had not yet formed an Innate Yuan Dan.
• Xia Wanjin told Xia Zhilan to accompany Lin Chen to absorb the Pill Immortal Pool’s Yin-Yang Two Energies, then hurriedly corrected his wording.

Lin Chen helped Xia Zhilan form a Spiritual Power vortex so she could absorb the Pill Immortal Pool’s Yin-Yang Two Energies as quickly as Lin Dong. After Liu Yi began condensing his Yuan Core, Lin Chen dove beneath the pool, and Xia Zhilan hurried after him in alarm because a powerful Demonic Beast lurked below.

• Xia Wanjin teased Xia Zhilan about Lin Chen, then left to stand guard while Lin Chen and Lin Dong prepared to enter the Pill Immortal Pool.
• Lin Dong, Liu Yi, and the others entered the pool, and Lin Dong drew in vast amounts of Yin-Yang Two Energies with a powerful vortex.
• Lin Chen offered to teach Xia Zhilan his energy-absorbing method, and she agreed so she could strengthen herself and condense a higher-grade Yuan Core.
• Lin Chen guided Xia Zhilan’s Spiritual Power to form a Qi Transformation Vortex in her dantian.
• When Liu Yi began condensing his Yuan Core, Lin Chen plunged beneath the pool, prompting Xia Zhilan to chase after him and cry out in alarm about the Demonic Beast below.

Lin Chen brought Xia Zhilan through the Pill Immortal Pool to find the injured Azure Water Demon Python and its ten Yin-Yang Pearls. He summoned the Heavenly Demon Marten to fight the Python’s Demon Spirit, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Xia Zhilan followed Lin Chen into the pool’s depths, and he agreed to let her stay after learning she had a protective trump card from her father and Master Yan.
• Lin Chen led Xia Zhilan through a cold passage to a hidden cave, where they found a dark-blue Demon Spirit and ten Yin-Yang Pearls.
• Lin Chen explained that the Azure Water Demon Python had been badly wounded by Xia Wanjin and Yue Shan and was recovering as a Demon Spirit.
• Lin Chen summoned the Heavenly Demon Marten from the Ancestral Stone and told him to take on the Python’s Demon Spirit.

Lin Chen used the Divine Craftsman's Shovel to seal the Azure Water Demon Python Demon Spirit and stored it in the Azure Dragon Ring's Small World. He gave Xia Zhilan three Yin-Yang Pearls to strengthen her Yuan Dan, and she resolved to condense an Eight-star Yuan Dan.

• The Heavenly Demon Marten tried to devour the Azure Water Demon Python Demon Spirit with Heavenly Demon's Maw, but the spirit awakened and resisted.
• Lin Chen trapped the Azure Water Demon Python Demon Spirit inside a green halo with the Divine Craftsman's Shovel, then put it in the Azure Dragon Ring's Small World.
• Lin Chen collected ten Yin-Yang Pearls and offered Xia Zhilan three, reserving the rest for Lin Dong and his companions.
• Xia Zhilan initially refused the pearls because she had not helped obtain them, but Lin Chen urged her to use them to pursue a stronger Yuan Dan.
• Xia Zhilan accepted the three Yin-Yang Pearls, promised to keep them secret, and resolved to condense an Eight-star Yuan Dan.

Lin Dong reached the late Heavenly Yuan Stage in the Pill Immortal Pool, while Xia Zhilan used the Yin-Yang Pearls to break through to the Yuan Core Stage. After Lin Chen shared pearls with Lin Dong, Xia Zhilan offered to help them find higher-grade cultivation manuals through the Wanjin Merchant Association.

• Lin Dong finished absorbing the pool’s energy and reached the late Heavenly Yuan Stage, then noticed Lin Chen and Xia Zhilan holding hands.
• Lin Chen told Xia Zhilan to absorb the remaining energy, left the pool with Lin Dong, and gave him Yin-Yang Pearls for his future breakthrough.
• Xia Zhilan used one Yin-Yang Pearl to reach the Yuan Core Stage and tried to return her two remaining pearls to Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen redirected Lin Dong’s attention from Xia Zhilan emerging from the pool by asking about higher-grade cultivation manuals.
• Xia Zhilan recalled that Aunt Su had a second-rate manual called the Three Yang Art, which could open fifteen meridians.

Lin Dong sought a stronger secret martial art manual and negotiated to buy Yan Zhong’s flawed Three Yang Art. After Lin Chen exposed the cost of Yan Zhong’s cultivation injuries, Yan Zhong agreed to the deal.

• Lin Dong decided to seek the Three Yang Art after learning that it could open fifteen meridians and improve cultivation speed.
• Xuan Su brought Lin Chen and Lin Dong to the Myriad Gold Auction House, where Yan Zhong offered to sell his Three Yang Art.
• Yan Zhong described the manual’s three explosive Yuan Qi clusters, and Lin Dong challenged him about the danger they posed to the user.
• Lin Dong demanded a price reduction, and Lin Chen revealed that Yan Zhong had spent over five thousand Yang Yuan Stones treating injuries caused by the manual.
• Yan Zhong finally agreed to the deal after Lin Chen used the danger of the Three Yang Art’s flaws to strengthen Lin Dong’s bargaining position.

After Lin Chen and Lin Dong acquired the Three Yang Art, they returned to the inn to cultivate, while Xia Zhilan avoided Xuan Su’s questions about her growing closeness with Lin Chen. In the Azure Dragon Ring’s Small World, the Heavenly Demon Marten urged Lin Chen to delay using the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower and offered help condensing a Core if Lin Chen handed over the Azure Water Demon Python Demon Spirit.

• Lin Chen and Lin Dong negotiated with Yan Zhong, who left with the Yang Yuan Pills after selling them the Three Yang Art at a reduced price.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong said farewell to Xuan Su and Xia Zhilan and returned to the inn to cultivate.
• Xuan Su questioned Xia Zhilan about her sudden closeness with Lin Chen, but Xia Zhilan refused to explain.
• Lin Chen entered the Small World to condense his Innate Yang Pill, and the Heavenly Demon Marten demanded the Azure Water Demon Python Demon Spirit.
• The Heavenly Demon Marten claimed the Fire Ancestor Demonic Flower was nearly ready and warned Lin Chen that condensing a true Core from his Innate Yin and Yang Pills could be difficult.
• The Heavenly Demon Marten offered to help Lin Chen condense his Core if Lin Chen gave him the Azure Water Demon Python Demon Spirit.

Lin Chen completed his Innate Yang Pill and became a Four-Seal Talisman Master, then recalled that Yan City’s Symbol Master Tower could help him temper his Spiritual Power. The chapter ended with the revelation that cities fought Tower Battles to determine ownership of such towers.

• Lin Chen assured the Heavenly Demon Marten that he would give him the Azure Water Demon Python Demon Spirit, then released it for him to absorb and left.
• Lin Chen inspected the Lin Family’s new foothold at the former Blood Robe Sect site and told Lin Zhentian that the family could begin moving its focus from Qingyang Town to Yan City.
• Lin Chen completed his Innate Yang Pill, reaching the peak of the Heavenly Yuan Stage and gaining strength he believed could challenge powerful Core Formation Stage experts.
• Lin Chen used the surge in his Spiritual Power to form two additional Green Lotus Sword Seals, becoming a Four-Seal Talisman Master.
• Lin Chen recalled Yan City’s Symbol Master Tower and learned that Tower Battles were held to decide who controlled such towers.

Lin Chen agreed to help the Yan City Talisman Master Association defend its Symbol Master Tower from Tianhuo City in the upcoming Tower Battle, with Lin Dong also set to participate. After learning about the tower’s floors and the previous battles, Lin Chen met Master Yan’s disciple, Ziyue, another contestant.

• Lin Chen considered Yan City’s impending third Tower Battle loss and decided he could not let another association take its Symbol Master Tower.
• Master Yan invited Lin Chen to discuss the battle, and Lin Dong stayed behind to focus on condensing his Yuan Core.
• Master Yan asked Lin Chen to represent Yan City against Tianhuo City and offered the Lin Family the association’s support in return.
• Lin Chen agreed to participate and said Lin Dong could join after his cultivation breakthrough.
• Master Yan explained the tower’s nine floors and Tianhuo City’s record of reaching the sixth floor, then introduced his disciple Ziyue as another contestant.

Lin Chen met Master Yan’s disciple Ziyue and revealed that he was a Four-Seal Talisman Master during their friendly exchange, shocking her and Master Yan. With two days remaining before the Tower Battle, Ziyue agreed to guide Lin Chen around the Yan City Talisman Master Association.

• Ziyue arrived and Master Yan introduced her to Lin Chen as his talented but proud disciple.
• Lin Chen asked about Ziyue’s readiness for the Tower Battle, and Master Yan urged her to cooperate with him because he was far stronger.
• Ziyue challenged Lin Chen, but his Spirit Refining Sword revealed that he was a Four-Seal Talisman Master, leaving her ashamed and astonished.
• Ziyue admitted that she was inferior to Lin Chen, while Master Yan urged her to learn from him and cultivate with greater humility.
• Master Yan asked Ziyue to show Lin Chen around the association, and she offered to guide him to the Symbol Master Tower.

Lin Chen and Ziyue arrived at the Yan City Talisman Master Association’s Competition Plaza, where Cao Zhu of Tianhuo City had humiliated a local One-Seal Talisman Master and challenged the association. Ziyue defeated Cao Zhu in one strike, and after he attacked Lin Chen with hidden weapons, Lin Chen returned the favor by striking him with Spirit Transformation Needles.

• Ziyue showed Lin Chen the Symbol Master Tower and led him to the Competition Plaza, where Cao Zhu had defeated a Yan City disciple and mocked the association.
• Ziyue confronted Cao Zhu, who proposed fighting a different Yan City talisman master, and she agreed to his challenge.
• Cao Zhu pointed out Lin Chen as his opponent, but Lin Chen told Ziyue to deal with him directly, angering Cao Zhu.
• Ziyue blasted Cao Zhu away with a Spiritual Power shockwave, defeating him in a single strike.
• Cao Zhu launched three Ice Profound Swords at Lin Chen, who caught them between his fingers and retaliated with three Spirit Transformation Needles.
• The needles bent into fishhooks inside Cao Zhu’s body, causing him to scream in pain.

Lin Chen defeated Cao Zhu, took his Ice Profound Swords, and drove the Tianhuo City talisman masters away, boosting Yan City’s confidence before the Tower Battle. Back at the inn, Lin Chen gave the swords to Lin Dong, whose Natal Spirit Talisman absorbed the lingering Spiritual Power and revealed its power as the Devouring Ancestral Talisman Imprint.

• Lin Chen used the Spirit Transformation Needle and Ice Profound Swords to subdue Cao Zhu, forcing a Tianhuo City talisman master to slap him before Cao Zhu reclaimed his composure.
• Cao Zhu failed to regain control of the Ice Profound Swords, suffered another burst of pain from the Spirit Transformation Needle, and left with the Tianhuo City talisman masters after Ziyue warned him to go.
• Lin Chen and Ziyue parted, and Ziyue returned to prepare for the Tower Battle while Lin Chen went back to the inn.
• Lin Dong reached the Lesser Core Formation Stage and became a Two-Seal Symbol Master, condensing a Nine-Star Yuan Core.
• Lin Chen gave Lin Dong the Ice Profound Swords, and Lin Dong used his Natal Spirit Talisman to absorb the Spiritual Power left inside them.
• Lin Chen identified Lin Dong’s Natal Spirit Talisman as the Devouring Ancestral Talisman Imprint.

Lin Chen explained the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to Lin Dong and warned him about the coming Tower Battle. At the Yan City Talisman Master Association, Lin Chen and Lin Dong rejected Liu Long’s demands for the Ice Profound Sword and Cao Zhu’s Spirit Transformation Needles, leaving the rivalry to be settled in the contest.

• Lin Chen told Lin Dong that the Devouring Ancestral Talisman could contain the other seven Ancestral Talismans and might one day make Lin Dong a world-saving powerhouse.
• Two days later, Lin Chen brought Lin Dong to the Yan City Talisman Master Association for the Tower Battle, where Ziyue pointed out Liu Long and Cao Zhu.
• Liu Long apologized for Cao Zhu, then demanded the Spirit Transformation Needles be removed and the Ice Profound Sword returned; Lin Chen refused, calling the sword a gift.
• Lin Dong mocked Liu Long and Cao Zhu, and Cao Zhu threatened to target him during the Tower Battle before Liu Long dragged him away.
• Ziyue identified Zhou Tong as Tianhuo City’s strongest young talisman master and the reason Yan City had lost the previous two Tower Battles.
• Lin Chen wondered what the master of the Space Ancestral Talisman from the Dao Sect would think of Zhou Tong’s name.

Lin Chen, Ziyue, and Lin Dong entered the Symbol Master Tower and advanced through its floors, where Tianhuo City talisman masters were blocking Yan City’s progress. After Lin Dong defeated the attackers on the Fourth Floor, Lin Chen confronted Cao Zhu and Liu Long on the Fifth Floor as they tried to bargain and threaten their way to victory.

• Master Yan opened the Symbol Master Tower, and Lin Chen, Ziyue, and Lin Dong entered and climbed past the first three floors.
• On the Fourth Floor, Lin Dong used Cao Zhu’s Ice Profound Swords to defeat Tianhuo City talisman masters who had injured Li Hu and seven other Yan City talisman masters.
• Lin Chen, Ziyue, and Lin Dong continued to the Fifth Floor, where Lin Dong struggled under the heavier Spiritual Pressure while Lin Chen and Ziyue remained at ease.
• Cao Zhu demanded the return of his Ice Profound Swords, and Liu Long offered to drop his demand for compensation if Lin Chen removed the Spirit Transformation Needle from Cao Zhu.
• Liu Long threatened to keep Lin Chen’s group from reaching the Sixth Floor, and Lin Chen snapped his fingers and said he would make them lose a third junior brother first.

Lin Dong defeated Liu Long by absorbing his Spiritual Power, took the Blazing Fire Sword, and stayed behind to demand compensation from Liu Long and Cao Zhu while Lin Chen and Ziyue advanced. On the Sixth Floor, Ziyue struggled against the Spiritual Pressure as Lin Chen approached Zhou Tong, who had challenged his strength.

• Cao Zhu collapsed in agony after Lin Chen's Spirit Transformation Needle struck him, and Liu Long attacked Lin Chen until Lin Dong intervened.
• Lin Dong fought Liu Long with the Ice Profound Swords, absorbed Liu Long's Spiritual Power, and claimed the Blazing Fire Sword.
• Lin Dong gave the Blazing Fire Sword to Lin Chen, then told Lin Chen and Ziyue to go to the Sixth Floor while he dealt with Liu Long and Cao Zhu.
• Lin Chen planted Spirit Transformation Needles in Liu Long and left with Ziyue, while Lin Dong demanded money from Liu Long and attacked him when Liu Long protested.
• On the Sixth Floor, Ziyue struggled to endure the Spiritual Pressure as Lin Chen stayed beside her and they approached Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong declared that Tianhuo City would win the Tower Battle and called Lin Chen too weak, prompting Lin Chen to say he wanted to test Zhou Tong's limits.

Lin Chen helped Ziyue adapt to the Sixth Floor’s Spiritual Pressure until she broke through to become a Three-Seal Talisman Master, then led her and Lin Dong to the Seventh Floor. Zhou Tong found them there and challenged their ability to reach the tower’s center, while Lin Chen remained confident they could.

• Lin Chen eased the Spiritual Pressure on Ziyue, helped her train on the Sixth Floor, and watched her break through to become a Three-Seal Talisman Master.
• Lin Chen gave Ziyue a Fourth-grade Spiritual Power spirit medicine, and Lin Dong arrived after collecting 110,000 Yang Yuan Stones from Liu Long and Cao Zhu.
• Lin Chen, Ziyue, and Lin Dong reached the Seventh Floor, surprising Zhou Tong, who had assumed they could not follow him.
• Zhou Tong asked whether they had enough Spiritual Power to reach the tower’s center, and Lin Chen told him they would see who was overestimating themselves.

Lin Dong and Ziyue advanced through the Seventh Floor’s Spiritual Pressure and caught up with Zhou Tong, while Lin Chen also appeared beside them. Zhou Tong collapsed under the pressure and accused them of cheating.

• Lin Dong began advancing toward Zhou Tong, and Lin Chen assured Ziyue that he could surpass him.
• Ziyue followed Lin Dong while Lin Chen helped her adapt to the Seventh Floor’s Spiritual Pressure.
• Zhou Tong moved toward the central staircase, injured his leg, and struggled to continue as Lin Dong caught up and passed him.
• Lin Dong reached Zhou Tong and said the Seventh Floor’s Spiritual Pressure was exciting.
• Ziyue arrived at Zhou Tong’s position without showing signs of strain, and Zhou Tong fell to his knees, accusing her of cheating.
• Lin Chen appeared beside Ziyue, and Zhou Tong again shouted that they had cheated.

Lin Chen and Ziyue reached the Eighth Floor of the Symbol Master Tower while Lin Dong stayed behind to confront Zhou Tong. There, Lin Chen helped Ziyue transform her Natal Talisman Seals into Natal Spirit Talismans, and they turned their attention to the floor’s Qi-grade Spiritual Secret Manual.

• Zhou Tong accused Lin Chen and the Yan City Talisman Master Association of cheating, but Ziyue dismissed his claim and Lin Chen led her toward the stairs.
• Lin Dong chose to remain on the Seventh Floor to temper his Spiritual Power, while Lin Chen and Ziyue crossed the Spiritual Barrier together.
• After recognizing Lin Chen’s overwhelming strength, Zhou Tong watched Lin Dong threaten to rob him and began to panic.
• On the Eighth Floor, Lin Chen assessed the intense Spiritual Pressure and taught Ziyue to use the Qi Transformation Vortex to absorb it.
• When Ziyue’s Spiritual Vortices began to collapse, Lin Chen helped them merge with her Natal Talisman Seals, transforming them into Natal Spirit Talismans.
• Lin Chen encouraged Ziyue to seek a Qi-grade Spiritual Secret Manual, and she resolved to find a valuable one to repay his kindness.