Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen and Lin Dong left the Ancient Tomb after its barrier forced everyone to abandon their treasures, then returned to Yan City to cultivate. Lin Chen merged his nine Green Lotus Sword Seals, advanced to Spirit Talisman Master, and prepared to refine the Spirit Treasures he had obtained.

• Lin Ke'er refused the Wang Clan's plea, and Lin Dong demanded that the remaining Wang Clan members kill themselves.
• Lin Langtian tried to protect the Wang Clan members, but Lin Chen revealed that he had also killed Elder Shen; Lin Langtian then told the Wang Clan members to give up and leave their treasures behind.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong passed through the Azure Light Screen after leaving their Universe Bags behind, and Lin Ke'er discovered that others also had to abandon their treasures to escape.
• Lin Langtian, Lin Ke'er, and the other survivors left the Ancient Tomb without their treasures after the barrier injured people who tried to take them.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong returned quietly to the Lin Family in Yan City and began cultivating with the resources they had acquired.
• Lin Chen merged his nine Green Lotus Sword Seals into one, advanced to Spirit Talisman Master, and brought out his Spirit Treasures to begin refining.

Lin Chen prepared weapons and arranged the Creation Spring Eye before helping Qing Tan absorb the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva and form a Yin Core. After giving her a protective jade bracelet, he confirmed he would leave for the Lin Clan, and promised to return after the Clan Grand Competition.

• Lin Chen forged four Intermediate Spirit Treasures for the Four Saints Sword Array, reshaped the Great Luo Golden Spear into a semi-finished Great Luo Sword, and made treasures for Lin Xia, Ziyue, and Xia Zhilan.
• Lin Chen installed the Creation Spring Eye on Yin-Yang Peak and planned to use its water to nourish the spirit medicines, while the Heavenly Demon Marten took several cubs back toward the Ancient Tomb to search for more treasures.
• Lin Chen used the Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva, Pure Yuan Pills, and his Innate Yin Sha Qi to guide Qing Tan through her cultivation breakthrough to the Lesser Core Formation Stage and stabilize her Savage Demon Qi.
• Lin Chen gave Qing Tan a protective Intermediate Spirit Treasure jade bracelet, and she kissed his cheek to thank him.
• Qing Tan asked to accompany Lin Chen to the Lin Clan, but Lin Chen told her he would return after the Clan Grand Competition and asked her to make a pinky promise.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong headed for the Great Barren Commandery to prepare for the Lin Clan Tournament and search for an Ancestral Symbol. Lin Dong gained the Great Sun Thunder Body, while Lin Chen’s new arts raised him to the Qi Creation Realm and pointed him toward a Thunder Source Crystal Beast as a source of lightning.

• Lin Chen and Lin Dong left Yan City with Lin Zhentian and the others, choosing the dangerous Great Barren Commandery as their destination.
• Lin Chen told Lin Dong to search the Stone Talisman for inheritances, and the Heavenly Demon Marten helped him obtain the Great Sun Thunder Body.
• Lin Chen used a sign-in opportunity to acquire the Innate Yin Yang Art, which complemented his Green Lotus Sword Canon and raised him to Form Creation Realm Great Accomplishment.
• Lin Chen used his last sign-in opportunity to obtain the Innate Yin Yang Sword Art, whose sword essence could devour Yuan Qi and Pure Yuan Pills.
• After absorbing the pills, Lin Chen broke through to the Qi Creation Realm and learned that mastering the sword art’s first move required ultimate lightning.
• Lin Chen recalled that a Thunder Source Crystal Beast lived in the mountains of Great Sun County and decided it could provide the lightning power he needed.

Lin Chen entered the thunderclouds to use the Thunder Source Crystal Beast’s lightning tribulation to temper his body and cultivate the Innate Thunder Body. As the Liu and Di Families fought the weakened beast below, Lin Chen faced a direct lightning strike with his black-and-white sword.

• Lin Chen and Lin Dong reached the forest where the Liu Family and Di Family waited for the Thunder Source Crystal Beast to enter its weakened period.
• The Thunder Source Crystal Beast underwent its advancement tribulation, and Lin Chen decided to use the lightning to cultivate his Innate Thunder Body.
• The lightning struck the beast down, and Di Teng and Liu Kui led their families in binding and attacking it.
• Lin Chen rode his sword into the thunderclouds, causing them to gather again and drawing the attention of both families and the beast.
• A massive bolt struck toward Lin Chen, and he thrust his black-and-white sword at the lightning.

Lin Chen endured the Thunder Source Crystal Beast’s tribulation, forged the Innate Thunder Body, and refined several swords into High-grade Spirit Treasures with newly born sword spirits. He claimed the Thunder Source from the Di and Liu families, while the fleeing Thunder Source Crystal Beast headed toward four waiting Demonic Beast cubs.

• Lin Chen used the tribulation lightning to cultivate the Innate Thunder Body, absorb Innate Thunder Origin Energy, and reach Major Accomplishment Qi Creation Realm.
• Lin Chen used the heavenly lightning and Green Lotus Divine Fire to refine the Great Luo Sword and four other swords into High-grade Spirit Treasures, awakening their sword spirits.
• After the thundercloud dispersed, Di Teng and Liu Kui attacked the Thunder Source Crystal Beast, which released the Thunder Source and blasted them away with a wave of lightning.
• Lin Chen seized the Thunder Source from the Di and Liu families, and Di Teng and Liu Kui yielded rather than challenge him.
• The Thunder Source Crystal Beast fled, unaware that four Demonic Beast cubs were waiting in its path.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong encountered the Eagle Martial Arts School in the Misty Forest and agreed to help them face the Misty Leopard Crocodile Kings. When the beasts attacked the camp at night, one charged toward Lin Chen and the others, and Lin Chen prepared to confront it.

• Lin Chen and Lin Dong reached a clearing where Jiang Lei and the Eagle Martial Arts School were fighting Demonic Beasts.
• Jiang Lei explained that the Misty Leopard Crocodile Kings were pursuing the group, and Lin Chen agreed to help in exchange for the Demonic Beast corpses.
• Jiang Yinyin asked to pet Little White, and Lin Chen let her stroke the transformed tiger.
• After nightfall, the Misty Leopard Crocodile Kings and a pack of Demonic Beasts surrounded the camp and attacked.
• The two kings split up, forcing Jiang Lei to fight one while the other charged toward Lin Chen, Lin Dong, and the others.
• Jiang Xue urged Lin Chen to flee with Yinyin, but Lin Chen faced the charging Misty Leopard Crocodile King.

Lin Chen drove off a swarm of Demonic Beasts and learned from Jiang Lei about the Great Barren Ancient Tablet and the factions of Great Barren Commandery. He and Lin Dong agreed to stay with the Eagle Martial Arts School in Great Eagle City before deciding what to do next.

• Lin Chen sent a Misty Leopard Crocodile King flying with one punch, causing the remaining beasts to retreat.
• Lin Chen declined Lin Dong's offer to chase the fleeing Misty Leopard Crocodile Kings, and Jiang Lei thanked him for protecting the Eagle Martial Arts School.
• Jiang Lei explained that the Great Barren Ancient Tablet held powerful treasures and opened its seal once every three years.
• Jiang Lei described Great Barren Commandery's major factions, including the Yin Puppet Sect, the Great Demon Gate, and the Martial Alliance.
• Lin Chen asked to stay with the Eagle Martial Arts School in Great Eagle City, and Jiang Lei eagerly welcomed him and Lin Dong.
• The Eagle Martial Arts School left Misty Forest safely and headed toward Great Eagle City.

Lin Chen, Lin Dong, Jiang Xue, and Little Yin Yin encountered the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School, whose members were killed by Little White after they threatened the girls. With the Eagle Martial Arts School facing a deadly conflict, Jiang Xue asked Lin Chen to destroy their enemy and offered to serve him for life if he agreed.

• Lin Chen and Lin Dong arrived in Great Eagle City with Jiang Xue and Little Yin Yin, where the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School had challenged the Eagle Martial Arts School to a life-or-death battle.
• Luo Shan and his men surrounded Jiang Xue and the others, threatened the Eagle Martial Arts School, and tried to approach Little Yin Yin, prompting Little White to kill them.
• Jiang Xue told Jiang Lei what had happened, and he resolved to face Luo Jiu while planning for her and Little Yin Yin to escape if necessary.
• Jiang Xue entered Lin Chen's room and asked him to destroy the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School, offering to become his servant for life if he agreed.

Lin Chen and Little White defeated Luo Jiu and the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School, saving the Eagle Martial Arts School. Later that night, Jiang Xue entered Lin Chen’s room and declared that she belonged to him, leaving him unsure how to respond.

• Jiang Xue offered herself to Lin Chen, but he stopped her and promised to protect the Eagle Martial Arts School from the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School.
• The Blood Vulture Martial Arts School surrounded the Eagle Martial Arts School, and Luo Jiu demanded the Demonic Beast that had killed his son.
• Lin Chen intervened when Luo Jiu overwhelmed Jiang Lei, then ordered Little White to attack the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School.
• Little White defeated Luo Jiu with two blows, and Jiang Lei ordered his men to drive the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School out of Great Eagle City.
• Lin Chen resumed cultivating, gave Lin Dong the Demon Ape Transformation martial art, and sensed that he had reached a bottleneck in the Creation Realm.
• Jiang Xue visited Lin Chen late at night, resisted his attempts to send her away, and threw herself into his arms, saying she belonged to him.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong traveled to the Ancient Ruin Ravine to obtain the Ancient Dragon Ape’s essence blood for the Demon Ape Transformation. After clashing with Ancient Sword Sect members, they sneaked into the ape’s valley at night and discovered a Myriad Beast Fruit that could strengthen Lin Dong’s body.

• Lin Chen and Lin Dong entered the Ancient Ruin Ravine by a detour after learning the Ancient Sword Sect had blocked the main road.
• Lin Dong killed a demon python guarding a Purple Cloud Fruit, and Lin Chen transplanted the plant into the Azure Dragon Ring’s Small World.
• Liu Yuntian and three Ancient Sword Sect disciples tried to seize the fruit, but Lin Dong defeated them while Lin Chen extinguished their signal flare.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong waited for nightfall, then entered the valley after the Ancient Dragon Ape left to search for food.
• The Heavenly Demon Marten identified a Myriad Beast Fruit in a blood pool, and Lin Chen offered it to Lin Dong to advance his Great Sun Thunder Body while he gathered the valley’s spiritual medicines.

Lin Chen and Lin Dong defeated the Ancient Sword Sect’s attempt to rob them, then Lin Chen traded an unripe Myriad Beast Fruit to the enraged Ancient Dragon Ape for a drop of its essence blood. The chapter ended with the Ancient Dragon Ape accepting the deal while Lin Chen secured the blood for their next goal.

• The Ancient Sword Sect’s Third Elder and three others attacked Lin Chen and Lin Dong, but Lin Chen overwhelmed the elder and Lin Dong defeated the other three.
• The Third Elder surrendered the group’s spirit herbs and thirty thousand Pure Yuan Pills, and Lin Chen let them flee after warning them not to cause trouble.
• Lin Chen and Lin Dong waited for the Ancient Dragon Ape to leave its valley, then Lin Dong hid while Lin Chen approached the beast after it returned to find its treasures stolen.
• Lin Chen offered the Ancient Dragon Ape an unripe Myriad Beast Fruit in exchange for a drop of its lifeblood essence blood.
• The Ancient Dragon Ape accepted the exchange and released a drop of Dragon Ape Essence Blood to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen and his companions traveled to Great Puppet City to gather resources before heading to the Great Barren Ancient Tablet, where they attended the Martial Alliance auction. Lin Chen outbid Hua Zong for a meditation cushion, and Hua Zong discovered that the bidder was a powerful Advanced Spirit Talisman Master.

• The Ancient Dragon Ape traded the immature Myriad Beast Fruit to Lin Chen for a drop of its essence blood, and Lin Chen left the Ancient Ruin Ravine with Lin Dong.
• Jiang Xue broke through to the Form Creation Realm, and Lin Chen brought her and Little Yin Yin along to Great Puppet City with Lin Dong.
• At the Martial Alliance auction, Lin Chen recognized Mu Qianqian of the Great Demon Gate and Hua Zong of the Yin Puppet Sect among the VIPs.
• Lin Chen bought Demon Scale Gold Heart and other rare materials, along with cultivation resources for Jiang Xue.
• Lin Chen bid sixty-five thousand Pure Yuan Pills for an ancient meditation cushion after Hua Zong offered sixty thousand.
• Hua Zong tried to probe Lin Chen's private room with Spiritual Power, but Lin Chen's power stopped him, revealing that Lin Chen was an Advanced Spirit Talisman Master.

Lin Chen uncovered the meditation cushion’s secret, formed the Origin-Essence Talisman Array, and began forging treasures for his companions. Hua Zong pursued him over the cushion, and when Lin Chen’s group left Great Puppet City, the Yin Puppet Sect ambushed them on the road.

• Lin Chen won the meditation cushion at auction after Hua Zong backed down, then acquired several other items; Hua Zong later won the Mysterious Yellow Earth Armor.
• Lin Chen used Yuan Power and Spiritual Power to reveal Origin-Essence Power inside the cushion, studied its runes, and constructed the Origin-Essence Talisman Array.
• Lin Chen prepared to forge High-grade Spirit Treasures for Jiang Xue and refine Lin Dong’s Sky Scale Ancient Halberd while Hua Zong investigated the group and planned to seize their belongings.
• Ten days later, Lin Chen’s group left Great Puppet City and avoided the road ahead, but Hua Zong’s forces attacked them with poisoned arrows.
• Little Yin Yin called Hua Zong a bad person, and Lin Chen reassured her that he would deal with the attackers.

Lin Chen and his companions fought Hua Zong and the Yin Puppet Sect, and Lin Chen revealed his overwhelming Spirit Talisman Master abilities before killing Hua Zong. After they left, Hua Gu and the sect’s reinforcements arrived at the mountain Lin Chen had raised, unaware that Hua Zong was buried inside it.

• Jiang Xue and Lin Dong fought Hua Zong’s men, while Lin Chen faced Hua Zong.
• Lin Chen erased Hua Zong’s attacks and seized his Rune Puppet, then revealed the Green Lotus Divine Fire and proved himself a Spirit Talisman Master.
• Hua Zong tried to flee, but Lin Chen raised mountains around him and compressed the valley into a mountain, killing him.
• Lin Chen took Hua Zong’s Universe Bag, found 250,000 Pure Yuan Pills and the Mysterious Yellow Earth Armor, and gave the armor to Lin Dong.
• Lin Chen and his companions left after dealing with the corpses, while Hua Gu led Yin Puppet Sect reinforcements toward Hua Zong’s signal.
• Hua Gu and the others found the newly formed mountain and ordered men to carve steps up it, not knowing Hua Zong was buried inside.

Hua Gu failed to find Hua Zong and withdrew his men, while Lin Chen and his companions reached the Great Barren Ancient Tablet as its seal weakened. After entering the Ancient Tablet Space, they avoided an ancient Demonic Beast, and Lin Chen wondered whether he could use the Divine Craftsman's Shovel to take the space for himself.

• Hua Gu discovered that even his High-grade Spirit Treasure could barely pierce the strange mountain, so he abandoned the search there and ordered his men to find Hua Zong and the four people connected to the incident.
• Lin Chen, Jiang Xue, Little Yin Yin, and Lin Dong reached the Great Barren Ancient Plains, where powerful factions and the Four Great Clans gathered around the Great Barren Ancient Tablet.
• Lin Dong saw Lin Langtian and vowed to avenge himself at the Lin Clan Grand Competition in one year, while Lin Chen warned Jiang Xue to stay wary of the Wang Clan.
• As the seal vanished, Lin Chen and his companions entered the Great Barren Ancient Tablet's energy vortex and arrived together in the Ancient Tablet Space.
• Lin Chen kept the group above the ground, and a colossal two-colored worm emerged and swallowed several people who had landed there.
• Lin Chen considered using the Divine Craftsman's Shovel to dig away the Great Barren Ancient Tablet and claim its inner space.

Lin Chen guided Lin Dong through the Bone-Corroding Yin Wind until Lin Dong perfected his Jade Thunder Body, then led the group to the Ancient Tablet Space’s core and claimed three Nirvana Pills. As they prepared to leave, members of the Ancient Sword Sect confronted them and demanded the pills and other treasures.

• Lin Chen explained that Lin Dong could temper his Jade Thunder Body in the Bone-Corroding Yin Wind, and Lin Dong endured a night there to reach Great Accomplishment.
• Lin Chen, Jiang Xue, and Lin Dong traveled to the core region, where they found a stone mountain guarded by Magic Wind Vultures and learned that Nirvana Pills lay with a skeleton atop it.
• Lin Chen cut through the vultures’ magic wind, retrieved three Nirvana Pills, and received the skeleton’s memories of a darkness that had destroyed an ancient sect.
• Lin Chen buried the skeleton, returned to his companions, and distributed one Nirvana Pill to each of them.
• More than a dozen Ancient Sword Sect members arrived and demanded that Lin Chen’s group hand over their Pure Yuan Pills, Purple Cloud Fruit, and Nirvana Pills.

Lin Chen destroyed the Ancient Sword Sect after Liu Ku and Gu Yan confronted his group, then continued exploring the Ancient Tablet Space and found a rune puppet nest. He intervened as the Yin Puppet Sect and Great Demon Gate fought over a High-grade Rune Puppet, leaving Mu Qianqian to hold Teng Lei’s faction back while he went to stop the secret refinement.

• Lin Chen used his Spiritual Power to trap the Ancient Sword Sect, knocked Liu Ku unconscious, and buried the sect’s members beneath a newly formed mountain after one protector killed Gu Yan.
• Lin Chen led Jiang Xue, Lin Dong, and Little Yin Yin into the ruins and found a rune puppet nest containing a High-grade Rune Puppet.
• Lin Chen identified Teng Lei of the Yin Puppet Sect and Mu Qianqian of the Great Demon Gate as rivals fighting over the puppet, which a Yin Puppet Sect member was secretly refining.
• Teng Lei ordered his rune puppets to attack while Mu Qianqian and the Great Demon Gate fighters countered with their black armor and strength.
• Lin Chen told Mu Qianqian to keep the Yin Puppet Sect occupied and vanished to stop the member refining the High-grade Rune Puppet, prompting Teng Lei to pursue him and Mu Qianqian to shout after Teng Lei.

Lin Chen found the Devouring Ancestral Talisman’s altar and met Black-eyed Elder, who gave him the means to break its seal. The talisman was already in the Yin Puppet Sect Master’s hands, so Lin Chen and Lin Dong resolved to take it back.

• Lin Chen seized a High-grade Rune Puppet from the Yin Puppet Sect elder, gave it to Lin Dong, and crushed the elder with a golden symbol when he tried to flee.
• Lin Chen led Jiang Xue, Little Yin Yin, and Lin Dong through the Nine Nether Cold Qi to a black altar whose formation had once held the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.
• Lin Chen entered the black pillar’s hidden space and met Black-eyed Elder, who explained that the Yin Puppet Sect Master had taken the talisman three years earlier but could not refine it without breaking its seal.
• Black-eyed Elder gave Lin Chen a black symbol to break the seal and vanished, leaving Lin Chen to return to the altar.
• Lin Chen told his companions that the Yin Puppet Sect Master had the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, and he and Lin Dong agreed to take it back.

Lin Chen rescued Mu Qianqian and the Great Demon Gate from the Rune Puppet nest after killing Teng Lei and the Yin Puppet Sect members, then learned about the Creation Martial Tablet. Mu Qianqian invited Lin Chen’s group to join the Great Demon Gate for a chance at four meditation spots, and Lin Chen asked Jiang Xue what she thought.

• Mu Qianqian blocked Teng Lei from entering the nest while Lin Chen and his companions dealt with the High-grade Rune Puppet below.
• Lin Chen emerged with Jiang Xue and the others, caught Teng Lei’s Mid-grade Rune Puppet, and let Lin Dong claim it.
• Teng Lei recognized Lin Chen as the Advanced Spirit Talisman Master who had killed Hua Zong and tried to flee, but Lin Chen trapped and killed the Yin Puppet Sect group with stone pillars.
• Lin Chen offered to help Mu Qianqian and the Great Demon Gate leave the nest, and Mu Qianqian invited his group to pursue spots at the Creation Martial Tablet together.
• Lin Chen agreed to consider joining the Great Demon Gate if his group could secure four spots, then asked Jiang Xue for her opinion, and she said she would follow his decision.

Lin Chen claimed the four remaining meditation cushions at the Creation Martial Tablet for his companions and himself, defeating anyone who challenged him. After he routed the Greenwood Sect and Lion Fist Sect, he faced the plaza and demanded to know who else would oppose him.

• Lin Langtian, Wang Zhong, Huangfu Jing, Qin Shi, and Wu Ci claimed five of the ten meditation cushions, while Mu Qianqian, Jiang Xue, and Little Yin Yin took three more for Lin Chen.
• A burly Minor Accomplishment Qi Creation Realm expert attacked Jiang Xue and Little Yin Yin, but Lin Chen killed him instantly and challenged the crowd over the four remaining cushions.
• Three Minor Accomplishment Qi Creation Realm experts attacked Lin Chen, and he defeated them in one exchange.
• The Greenwood Sect and Lion Fist Sect arrived and challenged Lin Chen, while a witness revealed that Lin Chen had already wiped out the Ancient Sword Sect.
• Lin Chen destroyed the Greenwood Sect's Yuan Power tree and the Lion Fist Sect's Yuan Power lion, forcing both sects to surrender before he asked, "Who else?"