Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen, Ziyue, and Lin Dong obtained Qi-grade Spiritual Secret Manuals on the Symbol Master Tower’s Eighth Floor, while Lin Chen began teaching them how to master the techniques. Outside the tower, Yan City’s advantage became clear as Liu Long and Cao Zhu departed, leaving Zhou Tong as Tianhuo City’s last hope against three lights on the Eighth Floor.

• Lin Chen recorded the Four Saints Sword Array from the stele, mastered its array diagram, and made a jade slip for Ziyue and Lin Dong.
• Ziyue obtained the Ziyue Disk, and Lin Chen mastered it and guided her as she struggled to compress her Spiritual Power enough to form the disk.
• Lin Dong arrived on the Eighth Floor and obtained the Life Transformation Talisman Array, which he could not master quickly without Lin Chen’s guidance.
• Outside the tower, Master Yan and Han Yun argued over which association had reached the higher floors, while Master Yan celebrated Yan City’s three lights on the Eighth Floor.
• By the seventh day, Liu Long and Cao Zhu left the tower, confirming Tianhuo City’s defeat and leaving Zhou Tong as its only remaining competitor.

After the Yan City Talisman Master Association won the Tower Battle, Lin Chen reached the Symbol Master Tower’s Ninth Floor and discovered clues to two Ancestral Talismans. He gained a map pointing to the Great Yan Dynasty and the Chaotic Demon Sea, unexpectedly developed eight Green Lotus Sword Seals, and reunited with Lin Dong and Ziyue as they prepared to leave.

• Zhou Tong left the tower, accepted that Lin Chen and the others had not cheated, and promised Master Yan he would return after becoming strong enough to defeat them.
• Master Yan celebrated the victory, which secured the Symbol Master Tower for Yan City for at least three years.
• Lin Dong formed the seed array of the Life Transformation Talisman Array, while Ziyue neared the Four-Seal Talisman Master level and Lin Chen proceeded to the Ninth Floor.
• Lin Chen found imprints of the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and Thunder Ancestral Talisman, which revealed a spiritual rune map marking the Great Yan Dynasty and the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Lin Chen’s Spiritual Power cultivation produced eight Green Lotus Sword Seals, and the Ancestral Talisman Imprints vanished from the wall.
• Lin Dong and Ziyue joined Lin Chen on the Ninth Floor, found its Spiritual Pressure gone, and decided to leave the tower.

After returning from the Symbol Master Tower, Lin Chen reunited with the Lin Family in Yan City and explained how Qing Tan could cultivate despite being unable to absorb Yang Gang Qi. He left her with Yin Sha resources and revealed that he had condensed a Yin Core and could defeat Great Perfection Core Formation Stage experts in Yan City.

• Lin Chen, Ziyue, and Lin Dong emerged from the Symbol Master Tower, and Master Yan thanked them for winning the Tower Battle and invited them to a feast.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong moved into the Lin Family's new estate in Yan City, where Qing Tan and Lin Xia welcomed Lin Chen back.
• Lin Chen learned that Qing Tan could not absorb Yang Gang Qi because the Yin Sha Qi in her body devoured it, preventing her cultivation from advancing.
• Lin Chen explained that Qing Tan had the Fiend Demon Body and needed to form a Yin Core by absorbing Yin Sha Qi instead of cultivating through Yang Gang Qi.
• Lin Chen gave Qing Tan a Top-grade Yin Bead and Yin-Yang Pearls, which Lin Xia could also use to absorb the Yang Gang Qi.
• Lin Chen revealed that he had condensed a Yin Core and claimed that even a Great Perfection Core Formation Stage expert would have to kneel before him in Yan City.

Lin Chen told Lin Dong about the Nirvana Realm ancient tomb in the Tianyan Mountain Range and invited him to go along in search of treasures, including a Supreme Yin Item for Qing Tan. Before they could set out, four arrogant youths from the Lin Clan insulted the Lin Family, and Lin Chen drove them off with slaps.

• Lin Chen explained that an ancient tomb left by a Nirvana Stage expert had appeared in the Tianyan Mountain Range and asked Lin Dong whether he would join him.
• Lin Dong agreed to go with Lin Chen after weighing the dangers, and the two prepared to leave for the tomb.
• At the Lin Family training ground, Lin Chen and Lin Dong encountered Lin Feng and three other Lin Clan youths mocking the Lin Family juniors.
• Lin Chen confronted Lin Feng, who tried to slap him, and Lin Chen sent him flying with a single slap.
• Lin Qiang and the other two attacked Lin Chen, but he slapped them down as well, and all four Lin Clan youths fled after threatening revenge.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong rejected the inner clan’s offer to accompany them to the Nirvana Realm Ancient Tomb after Lin Chen provoked them. When the white-robed Lin Chen challenged them, Lin Chen accepted and left him stunned by defeating him with a single slap.

• Lin Xia warned Lin Chen and Lin Dong that Lin Feng had returned to the council hall with inner clan reinforcements.
• Elder Tao proposed taking Lin Chen and Lin Dong to the Ancient Tomb, but the white-robed Lin Chen called them burdens and refused to bring them along.
• Lin Dong challenged the white-robed Lin Chen’s attitude, and Lin Chen told his grandfather they would go to the Ancient Tomb on their own.
• The white-robed Lin Chen challenged them to survive ten exchanges and then provoked them into a spar; Lin Chen stepped forward to fight him.
• The white-robed Lin Chen unleashed his Jade Breaking Hand, but Lin Chen sent him flying with one slap, leaving the gathered Lin Clan members stunned.

Lin Chen defeated Lin Chen in a sparring match, secured an apology, and declined to join the Lin Clan group heading to the Ancient Tomb. He and Lin Dong waited near the Tianyan Mountain Range, then set out after learning that Lin Langtian was among the true contenders and Lin Chen prepared a disguise for them.

• Lin Chen defeated Lin Chen with a single slap, and Lin Chen admitted defeat and apologized to him and Lin Dong.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong declined Elder Tao's invitation to travel with the Lin Clan group and headed to the Tianyan Mountain Range on their own.
• Lin Chen told Lin Dong to wait until the Ancient Tomb's barrier was broken, and the two hid and cultivated near the mountain foothills.
• On the third day, Lin Chen realized the Lin Clan's initial party was scouting and that Lin Langtian was among the real contenders, so he waited until the crowds entered the mountain.
• Lin Chen gave Lin Dong black clothes inscribed with Concealment Runes before they set off toward the Ancient Tomb.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong arrived at the Wanjin Merchant Association’s battle with the Blade Butcher Gang and Blood Wolf Gang, where they rescued Liu Xuansu and Xia Zhilan. Lin Chen claimed the Wanjin Merchant Association as Black Dragon Stronghold’s territory and confronted the attackers.

• Song Dao and the Blade Butcher Gang ambushed Xia Wanjin’s party, while Yue Shan and the Blood Wolf Gang arrived to help destroy the Wanjin Merchant Association.
• Xia Wanjin sent Liu Xuansu and Xia Zhilan to escape, but the two women were trapped as the gangs attacked them.
• Liu Xuansu struck Xia Zhilan out of the encirclement, then continued fighting until she and Xia Zhilan were nearly forced to kill themselves rather than be captured.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong rode into the mountain hollow on the Fire Python Tiger and Black Iron Demonic Leopard, tearing through the encirclement and rescuing the women.
• Lin Chen pretended to be a bandit leader, announced that Liu Xuansu and Xia Zhilan were his wives, and revealed his Great Perfection Core Formation Stage aura.
• Yue Shan offered Lin Chen half the Wanjin Merchant Association’s resources to join the attack, but Lin Chen declared that the association belonged to Black Dragon Stronghold and demanded a kiss from the women.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong defeated the Blood Wolf Gang and Blade Butcher Gang after the two leaders attacked, killing Yue Shan and Song Dao and helping the Wanjin Merchant Association wipe out their remaining enemies. Lin Chen collected both leaders’ Yuan Cores for the Heavenly Demon Marten, leaving the Wanjin Merchant Association victorious in the mountain hollow.

• Lin Chen revealed his Symbol Master Spiritual Power and injured Yue Shan and Song Dao while holding Liu Xuansu and Xia Zhilan.
• Yue Shan and Song Dao chose to fight, and Lin Chen’s Blazing Fire Sword and mounts slaughtered their subordinates.
• Lin Dong blocked Song Dao’s retreat with the Life Transformation Talisman Array and Myriad Transformation Flame, forcing Song Dao to reveal his Yuan Core.
• Yue Shan tried to flee, but Lin Chen intercepted him, destroyed his Yuan Core, and killed him.
• Lin Dong’s flame overwhelmed Song Dao, and Lin Chen killed him and gave both shattered Yuan Cores to the Heavenly Demon Marten.
• The Wanjin Merchant Association members killed the remaining Blood Wolf Gang and Blade Butcher Gang fighters, leaving no survivors.

After defeating Yue Shan and Song Dao, Lin Chen continued posing as the king of Black Dragon Stronghold, took the Wanjin Merchant Association’s valuables, and promised to ask for Xia Zhilan’s hand in marriage. He and Lin Dong reached the Ancient Tomb camp in disguise, where Lin Chen learned the Four Great Clans had sent people and looked forward to meeting Aya Qingzhu the next day.

• Lin Chen demanded valuables from Xia Wanjin in exchange for releasing Xia Zhilan and Liu Xuansu, then announced that he would bring the Black Dragon Stronghold to Yan City to ask for Xia Zhilan’s hand in marriage.
• Xia Wanjin decided to return to Yan City with the survivors and uproot the Blood Wolf Gang and Blade Butcher Gang, while Liu Xuansu and Xia Zhilan suspected the disguised king was their benefactor.
• Lin Chen explained to Lin Dong that keeping up the disguise had earned them rewards, and said the king of Black Dragon Stronghold might never reach Yan City if the Ancient Tomb proved dangerous.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong rested, fought several waves of Demonic Beasts, and later blended into the crowd gathered at the Ancient Tomb.
• Lin Chen noticed Wang Pan among the Wang Clan members and learned that all Four Great Clans of the Great Yan Dynasty had sent people to the Ancient Tomb.
• Lin Chen looked forward to meeting Aya Qingzhu the following day.

Lin Chen watched Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, Qin Shi, and Aya Qingzhu break the seal of the Nirvana Stage expert’s Ancient Tomb and enter. After the crowd went inside, Lin Chen began using his Divine Craftsman's Shovel to claim the entire tomb and its structures.

• Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi arrived at the Ancient Tomb, and Lin Langtian revealed that they were waiting for Aya Qingzhu, whom the Huangfu Family had invited.
• Aya Qingzhu arrived, and Lin Chen quietly assessed the experts’ strength while concealing himself among the crowd.
• Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, Qin Shi, and Aya Qingzhu attacked the Ancient Tomb’s barrier together, with Aya Qingzhu’s petal opening a fissure that helped shatter the seal.
• The four experts entered the Ancient Tomb, followed by the eager crowd, while Lin Chen waited until the camp was empty.
• Lin Chen stopped Lin Dong at the entrance, split the stone gate with Shattering Runes, and used his Divine Craftsman's Shovel to envelop the Ancient Tomb’s stone structures in azure light.
• Lin Chen announced that he could now pack up the Ancient Tomb and take it with him.

Lin Chen used the Divine Craftsman's Shovel to shrink the Ancient Tomb and move it into the Azure Dragon Ring Small World, then devised a way to control how its visitors could leave. He planned to demand a share of their gains and keep the tomb’s treasures for himself, while leaving Aya Qingzhu a way out.

• Lin Chen used the Divine Craftsman's Shovel to shrink the Ancient Tomb, leaving only its stone gate behind, and explained to Lin Dong that the shovel could not shrink humans or Demonic Beasts.
• Lin Chen brought Lin Dong into the Azure Dragon Ring Small World and expanded the miniature Ancient Tomb there, alarming the Heavenly Demon Marten with the tomb’s Nirvana Stage aura and the powerful cultivators inside.
• Lin Chen attached a passage to the remaining stone gate and concealed it, planning to let visitors leave only if they surrendered part of their gains.
• Lin Chen told Lin Dong that he would mislead the visitors into thinking the Ancient Tomb’s restrictions demanded their treasures and make an example of anyone who refused.
• Lin Chen considered the Azure Dragon Ring Small World his advantage, but resolved to leave Aya Qingzhu a way out because of her background.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong found a chamber filled with Pure Yuan Pills, then Lin Chen killed four cultivators who tried to rob them. They discovered nearly a hundred sealed demon spirit orbs, which Lin Chen moved into the Azure Dragon Ring’s Small World; a tremendous rumble then announced someone’s arrival.

• Lin Chen led Lin Dong to a hidden cold-jade chamber and split its twenty-three thousand Pure Yuan Pills with him, taking the jade as well.
• Four Core Formation Stage cultivators demanded the pills, and Lin Chen killed them with his Spirit Transformation Needle before looting their bodies and leaving with Lin Dong.
• The Heavenly Demon Marten guided Lin Chen and Lin Dong to a sealed chamber containing nearly a hundred dormant demon spirit orbs.
• Lin Chen removed the chamber’s Guard rune, then transported all the demon spirit orbs into the Azure Dragon Ring’s Small World.
• Lin Chen stripped the Seal, Slumber, and Life runes from the chamber walls, but a tremendous rumble alerted the group that someone had arrived.

Lin Chen discovered another chamber, then reached the Ancient Tomb’s main hall and seized six Spirit Treasures after the barrier broke. He defeated the cultivators who challenged him and left the survivors, including Lin Ke'er and Wang Pan, intimidated but resentful.

• Lin Chen found another stone door by studying the runes and led Lin Dong and the Heavenly Demon Marten onward to the main hall.
• Lin Chen took all six Spirit Treasures when the barrier shattered, then froze and claimed Wang Pan’s Blazing Blade Disc.
• Lin Chen killed several Great Perfection Core Formation Stage experts who attacked him and forced Wang Pan and the others to back down.
• Lin Chen threatened to kill everyone who opposed him, kept his identity secret, and taunted Lin Ke'er about becoming his bandit king's wife.
• Lin Ke'er concealed her anger and yielded for the moment, while Wang Pan resolved to seek help from Wang Yan.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong continued through the Ancient Tomb, collecting Spirit Treasures, Symbol Puppets, and a rare medicinal pool while Wang Pan tried to organize a pursuit. After securing the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva for Qing Tan, Lin Chen prepared to head toward the tomb’s core region.

• Wang Pan ordered his followers to hunt the Black Dragon Stronghold Chief and tried to recruit Lin Ke’er, but she refused to involve the Lin Clan.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong chose Spirit Treasures in a hidden room, and Lin Dong claimed the Sky Scale Ancient Halberd with the Ancestral Stone’s help.
• Lin Chen led Lin Dong and the Heavenly Demon Marten through a wooden stake formation and collected more than a hundred intact lower-grade Symbol Puppets.
• Lin Chen found the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva and other spirit medicines in a medicinal pool, then used Shattering Runes to move the lake outside the Ancient Tomb.
• Lin Chen placed the lake near the Medicine Field and set off with his companions toward the Ancient Tomb’s core region.

Lin Chen entered the stone hall to claim the Nirvana Heart, but Aya Qingzhu consumed it before he could stop her. The heart’s yin energy turned into dangerous pure yin fire, leaving Aya Qingzhu forced to seek Lin Chen’s help.

• Lin Chen crossed the sea-of-fire formation with Lin Dong, then sent Lin Dong and the Heavenly Demon Marten to guard outside while he entered the bronze door.
• Lin Chen found Aya Qingzhu beside the Nirvana Heart and tried to stop her from taking it, but she melted and swallowed it.
• Lin Chen read the warning on the stone coffin that the Nirvana Heart required balanced yin and yang, but Aya Qingzhu had already consumed it.
• Aya Qingzhu’s energy turned violent and pure yin fire began forming inside her, prompting her to accuse Lin Chen of not warning her sooner.

Aya Qingzhu’s attempt to take Lin Chen’s Yang Qi was interrupted by the tomb mansion’s owner, who revealed why Lin Chen could safely absorb the Nirvana Heart. The owner then forced the two of them into a trial by igniting the energy within them and declaring his plan to bring them together.

• Aya Qingzhu asked Lin Chen to lend her Yang Qi to suppress the Pure Yin Fire, but he refused to let her take his Innate Yang Gang Qi.
• Aya Qingzhu attacked Lin Chen with green light, and he fought back with his swords and Spirit Sword Finger.
• The tomb mansion’s owner appeared as a remnant Primal Spirit and explained that Lin Chen’s Innate Yin Pill and Innate Yang Pill already balanced his Yin and Yang.
• The owner said Aya Qingzhu had to complete the trial after absorbing the Nirvana Heart, then released its energy to freeze her elemental energy and disabled the Green Lotus’s aid.
• When Lin Chen tried to retreat, the owner sent pink beams into both of them, making their bodies burn and announcing that his fortune of bringing them together had to bear fruit.

Lin Chen and Aya Qingzhu were overcome by the pink radiance in the tomb and emerged with greatly increased cultivation, but Aya Qingzhu threatened him after regaining her senses. They left together to keep their encounter secret, only to be stopped by Wang Yan, who accused Lin Chen of stealing a Wang Clan treasure.

• The tomb master struck Lin Chen and Aya Qingzhu with pink radiance, and the two lost control as the master vanished.
• Lin Chen and Aya Qingzhu emerged from the shattered sphere; Lin Chen had advanced to the Form Creation Realm and become a Nine-Seal Symbol Master, while Aya Qingzhu attacked him and threatened to kill him.
• Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi entered the hall, learned the Nirvana Heart had already been claimed, and saw Aya Qingzhu leave with Lin Chen.
• Aya Qingzhu warned Lin Chen to leave with her so no one would learn what had happened between them, and Lin Chen agreed to go along.
• Wang Pan and Lin Ke'er arrived with their groups, and Wang Pan told Wang Yan that Lin Chen had taken a Spirit Treasure from the Wang Clan.
• Wang Yan blocked Lin Chen and Aya Qingzhu, accused Lin Chen of stealing from the Wang Clan, and drew Lin Chen's attention to the Great Luo Golden Spear.

Lin Chen confronted Wang Yan and Lin Langtian over the Wang Clan’s Spirit Treasures in the Ancient Tomb, revealing overwhelming strength and killing Wang Yan despite Lin Langtian’s intervention. The chapter ended with Lin Chen challenging the stunned Lin Langtian after his sword strike shattered Lin Langtian’s attack and took Wang Yan’s life.

• Aya Qingzhu questioned Wang Yan to prevent Lin Chen from revealing what happened in the stone hall, but Wang Yan demanded that Lin Chen return the Wang Clan’s Spirit Treasures.
• Lin Chen overwhelmed Wang Yan with his aura and demanded the Great Luo Golden Spear, while Lin Langtian intervened and Lin Chen mocked him for siding with the Wang Clan.
• Wang Yan attacked Lin Chen with the Great Luo Golden Spear, but Lin Chen countered his techniques and bent the spear with a strike from the Green Lotus Sword.
• Lin Langtian tried to save Wang Yan as Lin Chen pursued the kill, but Lin Chen shattered Lin Langtian’s Yuan Power blade and killed Wang Yan with the Green Lotus Drawing Sword Style.

Lin Chen killed Wang Yan, seized his weapons, and defeated Elder Shen, a Minor Accomplishment Qi Creation Realm expert, while the Wang Clan survivors faced Lin Dong. Aya Qingzhu said she could not kill Lin Chen yet but would return when she could, leaving their future confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Chen took Wang Yan’s Great Luo Golden Spear after killing him, and Lin Langtian led the Lin Clan and Qin Shi away from the stone hall.
• Wang Pan fled into the Fire Sea Formation and burned to death, while Elder Shen arrived to avenge Wang Yan and attacked Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen pierced Elder Shen’s Yuan Power mountain with the Great Luo Golden Spear, trapped him in the Four Saints Sword Array, seized his Core, and killed him.
• Lin Chen claimed Elder Shen’s Dark Light Blade and Universe Bag, while Lin Dong pursued Wang Pan and the remaining Wang Clan members with the Sky Scale Ancient Halberd.
• Aya Qingzhu told Lin Chen she could not kill him yet but would return when she was able, and Lin Chen remained in the tomb with her.

Lin Chen and Aya Qingzhu discussed their relationship and agreed that he would need to stand out in the Hundred Dynasties War to earn the right to pursue her. After Aya Qingzhu left, Lin Chen gained a Creation Spring Eye from the system and joined Lin Dong in confronting the Wang Clan, while Lin Ke'er refused to help them.

• Lin Chen teased Aya Qingzhu about making her his bandit queen, and she said he had to stand out in the Hundred Dynasties War to qualify to stand beside her.
• Lin Chen embraced Aya Qingzhu before she left the stone hall, and she called him a shameless scoundrel as she departed.
• Lin Chen received three sign-in opportunities and used one to obtain a Creation Spring Eye, which he placed in the Azure Dragon Ring Small World.
• Lin Dong threatened the remaining Wang Clan members and challenged a bystander who tried to defend them.
• The Wang Clan members asked Lin Ke'er for help, but after spotting Lin Chen in the crowd, she refused and said they were not familiar.