Chapter Summaries

After the Beast Tide receded, Lin Langtian returned to the Yan Alliance camp and drew the attention of Yang City's strongest dynasties. The Yan Alliance prepared to move on at dawn as its influence grew and it became the center of its allied forces.

• Lin Langtian returned to camp, learned that the Yan Alliance had lost more than ten members, and ordered them buried properly.
• Ling Zhi of the Lingyun Dynasty approached Lin Langtian and proposed befriending the Yan Alliance.
• Lin Langtian explained that the Yan Alliance united Low-level Dynasties to secure a place in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Liu Yuan of the Great Yuan Dynasty arrived, greeted Lin Langtian, and joined Ling Zhi in speaking warmly with him.
• After Ling Zhi and Liu Yuan left, Lin Langtian ordered the Yan Alliance to prepare to set out after dawn, while its allied forces increasingly looked to it as their center.

Lin Langtian’s forces reached Thunder Rock Valley, where two Nirvana Stage experts from Advanced Dynasties claimed the Ancient Secret Key and ordered the Yang City groups to leave. As Liu Yuan and Ling Zhi prepared to retreat, an indifferent voice challenged the newcomers’ claim.

• Lin Langtian led the Yang City forces deeper into the Thunder Rock Mountain Range while Lin Dong returned with his cultivation at the peak of the Creation Realm.
• The group reached Thunder Rock Valley and spotted the fissure where the Ancient Secret Key lay.
• Lin Langtian sensed unusual aura fluctuations around the surrounding peaks as the crowd celebrated reaching the valley.
• Hua Yun of the Profound Ice Dynasty and Wu Mo of the Great Wu Dynasty arrived, revealing their Nirvana Stage cultivation and ordering the lower dynasties to turn back.
• Hua Yun told Liu Yuan and Ling Zhi that they were unqualified to share the treasures, and the two leaders reluctantly prepared to retreat.
• An indifferent voice challenged Hua Yun and Wu Mo for trying to monopolize the Ancient Secret Key.

Lin Langtian led the Yan Alliance and three Intermediate Dynasties against two Advanced Dynasties outside Thunder Rock Valley. He left Hua Yun and Wu Mo badly injured with a powerful Black Flame attack, while the battle between their forces raged on.

• Lin Langtian and the Yan Alliance prepared to face the two Advanced Dynasties, and Mo Tie and the other two leaders agreed to fight alongside them.
• Lin Langtian challenged Hua Yun and Wu Mo to attack together, prompting their forces to charge.
• Lin Dong, Jin Wu, and the Yan Alliance intercepted the attackers, and the two sides fought without either gaining an advantage.
• Hua Yun and Wu Mo decided to capture Lin Langtian, but he unleashed the Great Heavenly Phoenix Seal against them.
• Hua Yun and Wu Mo used their Nirvana Golden Bodies, but the Black Flame Phoenix struck them down and sent them crashing into a mountain peak.

Lin Langtian defeated Hua Yun and Wu Mo at Thunder Rock Valley, cementing the Yan Alliance’s strength. He accepted Mo Tie, Liu Xuan, and Tang Xuan’s factions into the alliance and led everyone into the valley to seek the Ancient Secret Key.

• Lin Langtian’s victory over Hua Yun and Wu Mo stunned both sides, and the forces of the Profound Ice Dynasty and Great Wu Dynasty fled with their defeated leaders.
• Lin Langtian refused Lin Dong’s suggestion to pursue the retreating enemies, judging that they were no longer a threat and that the Ancient Secret Key mattered more.
• Mo Tie, Liu Xuan, and Tang Xuan offered to merge their three factions into the Yan Alliance, and Lin Langtian welcomed them.
• Lin Langtian declined to block the Yang City forces from entering Thunder Rock Valley and led the enlarged Yan Alliance into the mist.
• The Yang City forces followed into Thunder Rock Valley after Lin Langtian and the Yan Alliance entered.

Lin Langtian’s group found the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree inside the Stone Hall, where a Nirvana Stage expert from the Magic Rock Dynasty demanded it and threatened the Yan Alliance. Spirit Aunt revealed the tree was a rare Mother Tree with Tree Seeds that Lin Langtian could cultivate in his Mirror Inner World, leaving him excited by the prospect of growing a forest of them.

• Lin Langtian led the Yan Alliance through Thunder Rock Valley’s lightning barrier and into the Stone Hall, where they found a storeroom containing the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree.
• A Shadow Figure from the Magic Rock Dynasty appeared, claimed the tree, and offered to make Lin Langtian an honored guest if he surrendered it.
• Lin Langtian told the Shadow Figure to get lost, and the man fled before threatening an endless feud with the Yan Alliance.
• Spirit Aunt told Lin Langtian that the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree was a rare Mother Tree nurturing Tree Seeds.
• Spirit Aunt explained that Lin Langtian could cultivate the Tree Seeds in his Mirror Inner World, and Lin Langtian eagerly imagined a forest of Heavenly Talisman Spirit Trees.

Lin Langtian stored the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree, then led the Yan Alliance through the Stone Hall and reached the Main Hall where the Ancient Secret Key was held. As the Magic Rock Dynasty’s Shadow Figures confronted him, Lin Langtian seized the key in front of everyone.

• Spirit Aunt suggested cultivating the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree seeds inside the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror, and Lin Langtian stored the Mother Tree.
• Lin Langtian’s group gathered spiritual medicines and let the Yan Alliance members divide the Nirvana Pills they found in the Stone Hall.
• Lin Langtian led the group into the Main Hall, where they saw Ling Zhi, Liu Yuan, two unfamiliar Advanced Dynasties, and six Shadow Figures gathered around the Ancient Secret Key.
• A Shadow Figure accused Lin Langtian of taking the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree, and Senior Brother Xuan learned that Lin Langtian had defeated Hua Yun and Wu Mo.
• Lin Langtian used the Taiqing Roaming Heaven Steps to reach the Ancient Secret Key and tucked it away before the gathered groups could react.

Lin Langtian seized the Ancient Secret Key and challenged Shi Xuan of the Magic Rock Dynasty when he demanded it back. Lin Langtian’s fused powers shattered Shi Xuan’s attack and left him injured, while the hall’s onlookers watched in shock.

• Lin Langtian used the Taiqing Roaming Heaven Steps to take the Ancient Secret Key before the hall’s mechanism detected him.
• Shi Xuan demanded the key and threatened Lin Langtian, while Mo Ling revealed that Shi Xuan was a One Yuan Nirvana Stage expert.
• Lin Langtian refused to surrender the key, and Shi Xuan attacked him with the Demon Seal Mountain Crushing Fist.
• Lin Langtian fused his Yuan Power, Mental Power, and Nine Nether Flame to perform the Great Heavenly Phoenix Seal and Sacred Elephant Collapsing Heaven Strike.
• Lin Langtian’s giant elephant and heavenly phoenix destroyed Shi Xuan’s mountain and forced him back coughing blood.

After defeating Shi Xuan, Lin Langtian led the Yan Alliance back to Yang City, where its power and reputation had grown. Lin Dong then asked to leave temporarily to seek Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone for Little Yan in Beast Valley.

• Lin Langtian forced Shi Xuan and the Magic Rock Dynasty to retreat, keeping the Ancient Secret Key for the Yan Alliance.
• Lin Langtian decided not to pursue the Magic Rock Dynasty because eliminating its remaining experts would take considerable effort and risk exposing the Demonic Puppet.
• The Yan Alliance returned to Yang City and received awed, respectful attention after its victories over two Advanced Dynasties.
• Lin Dong told Lin Langtian he planned to take Little Yan to Beast Valley to seek Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone, following information from Mo Ling.

Lin Langtian gave Lin Dong half of the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree to help him pursue the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone, then used the other half to advance from Half-step Heavenly Talisman Master to Heavenly Symbol Master. He extracted eighteen Tree Seeds before devouring the tree, and the chapter ended with his Mud Pill Palace transformed into a small world.

• Lin Langtian gave Lin Dong half of the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree and sent him off with Little Yan, while Jin Wu reluctantly said goodbye to Little Yan.
• Lin Langtian ordered Mo Tie and the others into seclusion to consolidate their gains from Thunder Rock Valley.
• Spirit Aunt used Nine Nether Flame to extract eighteen Tree Seeds from Lin Langtian's half of the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree.
• Lin Langtian used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb the tree's energy and form a small world within his Mud Pill Palace.
• After more than half a month, Lin Langtian's Mud Pill Palace became a small world, and he broke through to Heavenly Symbol Master.

After reaching the Heavenly Symbol Master level, Lin Langtian used the Ancient Secret Key to enter an ancient plaza, where a corpse tried to seize his body. Lin Langtian resisted with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and Spirit Aunt intervened as the struggle continued in his Mud Pill Palace.

• Lin Langtian broke through to the Heavenly Symbol Master level and activated the Ancient Secret Key, which transported him to an ancient plaza.
• Lin Langtian found the Ancient Secret Key in a corpse’s hands and reached for it, triggering the corpse’s attack.
• The Cunning Old Man’s gray spirit invaded Lin Langtian’s Mud Pill Palace and tried to take over his body.
• Lin Langtian defended himself with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and used its Devouring Power against the Cunning Old Man, leaving them at a stalemate.
• Spirit Aunt appeared as a Nine Nether Sparrow and struck the storm, prompting the Cunning Old Man to demand to know who she was.

Spirit Aunt subdued the Cunning Old Man’s Mental Imprint and used it to give Lin Langtian’s Demonic Puppet intelligence and the ability to cultivate. The newly awakened puppet recognized Lin Langtian as its master.

• Spirit Aunt attacked the Cunning Old Man’s Mental Imprint with Nine Nether Flame after it tried to seize Lin Langtian’s body.
• Spirit Aunt trapped and refined most of the Cunning Old Man’s consciousness, then proposed using the remnant to improve the Demonic Puppet.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Demonic Puppet, and Spirit Aunt sent the gray shadow into it while warning him to guard his Mental Imprint.
• Lin Langtian’s Mental Imprint absorbed and fused with the gray shadow, awakening the Demonic Puppet.
• The Demonic Puppet knelt before Lin Langtian and greeted him as its master.

After emerging from seclusion, Lin Langtian found that the Demonic Puppet had become an intelligent subordinate and named it Demon Shadow. He then learned that the Yan Alliance had gone to war with its old enemy, the Magic Rock Dynasty.

• Lin Langtian confirmed that the Gray Shadow’s remaining imprint had given the Demonic Puppet intelligence while leaving him in control, then ordered it to conceal its fiendish aura.
• Lin Langtian named the Demonic Puppet Demon Shadow and told it to address him as Senior Brother; Jin Wu soon settled on Demon Shadow’s shoulder.
• Lin Langtian planted eighteen Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree seeds in the Mirror Inner World and left the stone chamber with Jin Wu and Demon Shadow.
• A Yan Alliance patrol told Lin Langtian that new factions had entered Yang City and that the Yan Alliance had declared war on the Magic Rock Dynasty half a month earlier.

After emerging from seclusion, Lin Langtian learned how the Yan Alliance had expanded and held its ground against the Magic Rock Dynasty. As he welcomed Ling Zhi and Liu Yuan into the alliance, Shi Kun issued an ultimatum demanding that the Yan Alliance leave Yang City within three days.

• Lin Langtian summoned Mo Ling, Mo Tie, and the others to discuss the Yan Alliance's war with the Magic Rock Dynasty.
• Mo Ling reported that the Yan Alliance had recruited more than a hundred and fifty experts from twelve Low-level Dynasties and five Intermediate Dynasties, nearly doubling its strength.
• Mo Ling explained that Ling Zhi and Liu Yuan had joined after the Magic Rock Dynasty defeated them, helping the Yan Alliance hold part of Yang City.
• Ling Zhi and Liu Yuan arrived, greeted Lin Langtian respectfully, and received his welcome as fellow members of the Yan Alliance.
• Shi Kun's voice rang over Flame Alliance Manor, ordering the Yan Alliance to leave Yang City within three days or die.

Shi Kun led the Magic Rock Dynasty to confront Lin Langtian and the Yan Alliance in Yang City, seeking the Ancient Secret Key and a decisive battle for control. The two forces faced off outside the Yan Alliance manor, with fighting about to begin.

• Shi Kun’s arrival and the Magic Rock Dynasty’s growing power unsettled Yang City, as people speculated whether it or the Yan Alliance would win the Ancient Secret Key.
• Shi Kun and Shi Xuan discussed attacking the Yan Alliance, with Shi Kun insisting Lin Langtian must not escape and that he would capture him himself.
• The Yan Alliance’s forces emerged from their manor and formed up against the Magic Rock Dynasty’s troops.
• Lin Langtian and Shi Kun traded taunts over the Ancient Secret Key and their strength.
• Lin Langtian called for the fighting to begin, bringing both sides to the brink of battle.

The Yan Alliance and the Magic Rock Dynasty began fighting in Yang City, where Lin Langtian matched Shi Kun in their first clash. Shi Kun launched another powerful attack, and Lin Langtian countered with his Nether Origin Essence Devouring Palm as the chapter ended with the two techniques colliding.

• Lin Langtian declared war on the Magic Rock Dynasty, and Shi Kun ordered Shi Xuan to attack the Yan Alliance while he faced Lin Langtian.
• Shi Kun struck Lin Langtian with Golden Demon Slash, but Lin Langtian countered with his Crimson Flame Roaring Heaven Spear and forced Shi Kun backward.
• Shi Kun launched Shattering Gold Pagoda Palm at Lin Langtian.
• Lin Langtian unleashed Nether Origin Essence Devouring Palm, and it collided with Shi Kun's Golden Futu Giant Palm.

Lin Langtian defeated Shi Kun and turned the Yan Alliance against the Magic Rock Dynasty, refusing Shi Kun’s offer to join. As the Yan Alliance prepared to wipe out the defeated dynasty, Violent Wolf Tian Zhen intervened and asked Lin Langtian to spare them.

• Lin Langtian’s Nether Origin Essence Devouring Palm overwhelmed Shi Kun’s Golden Futu Giant Palm and struck him through his Golden Body Shield.
• Shi Xuan and the others carried the badly injured Shi Kun from the crater as the crowd recognized Lin Langtian’s victory.
• Lin Langtian stopped the Magic Rock Dynasty from leaving and rejected Shi Kun’s offer to join the Yan Alliance.
• Lin Langtian led the Yan Alliance in an attack on the Magic Rock Dynasty, which quickly fell into a disadvantage.
• Violent Wolf Tian Zhen arrived and asked Lin Langtian to let the matter go.

Violent Wolf Tian Zhen arrived in Yang City and demanded the Ancient Secret Key from Lin Langtian. Lin Langtian refused, and the two clashed in a battle that left them apparently evenly matched.

• Violent Wolf Tian Zhen appeared before the Magic Rock Dynasty, and the crowd recognized him as one of the Four Overlords of the Northwest Region.
• Shi Kun asked Tian Zhen to save the Magic Rock Dynasty and pointed him toward Lin Langtian and the Ancient Secret Key.
• Tian Zhen asked Lin Langtian to hand over the key, but Lin Langtian told him to scram.
• Tian Zhen attacked Lin Langtian with Ten Thousand Wolves Breaking Army Fist, and Lin Langtian countered with a Fusion Power version of Great Desolation God Extinguishing Palm.
• The two attacks collided and sent both fighters flying back; they landed after retreating several steps, apparently evenly matched.

Lin Langtian blocked Tian Zhen’s attack, but Tian Zhen pressed him with another assault. Demon Shadow stepped in to protect Lin Langtian and broke Tian Zhen’s Golden Body Shield with a compressed demonic-energy punch.

• Lin Langtian blocked Tian Zhen’s first attack, shocking the onlookers and the Shi Kun brothers.
• Tian Zhen launched another punch at Lin Langtian, but Demon Shadow appeared and intercepted it.
• Demon Shadow traded blows with Tian Zhen, using his Black Demon Armor to withstand a punch.
• Demon Shadow fired a massive compressed demonic-energy cannon that shattered Tian Zhen’s Golden Body Shield.

Demon Shadow defeated Tian Zhen, who paid Lin Langtian a substantial apology to secure his retreat from Yang City. Lin Langtian then led the Yan Alliance to wipe out the Magic Rock Dynasty and ordered Shi Kun and Shi Xuan's corpses displayed at the city gates.

• Demon Shadow shattered Tian Zhen's Golden Body Shield and forced him to reconsider fighting the Yan Alliance.
• Tian Zhen offered Lin Langtian a Universe Bag of Demon Crystals as an apology, and Lin Langtian let him leave.
• Tian Zhen departed Yang City after warning Lin Langtian that their paths would cross again.
• Lin Langtian ordered the Yan Alliance to attack the Magic Rock Dynasty, and Demon Shadow led the swift assault that killed the Shi Kun brothers and the rest of their people.
• Lin Langtian ordered Shi Kun and Shi Xuan's corpses hung at the city gates as a warning to anyone who provoked the Yan Alliance.

Lin Langtian spent a month absorbing the Yan Alliance’s wealth, greatly expanding his Nirvana Qi Mansion while preparing for the Ancient Secret Treasury. He decided to keep building his reserves and left seclusion as the treasury’s opening drew near.

• The Yan Alliance established control over Yang City after defeating the Magic Rock Dynasty and forcing Tian Zhen to retreat.
• Mo Ling sent Lin Langtian Nirvana Pills and Demon Crystals during his month in seclusion, allowing him to absorb resources equivalent to nearly a million Nirvana Pills.
• Lin Langtian’s Nirvana Qi Mansion expanded into a lake of dense, liquid-like Nirvana Qi, and he believed he could reach the One Yuan Nirvana Stage by absorbing it.
• Lin Langtian suppressed the urge to advance, choosing to accumulate more reserves so he could reach the Three Yuan Nirvana Stage before going to the Central Region.
• Lin Langtian realized the Ancient Secret Treasury would open soon and left the stone chamber, expecting the Yan Alliance to make its move.