Chapter Summaries

Lin Langtian led Yan Alliance to the Ancient Hall, where all four Ancient Secret Keys were expected to gather and open the Ancient Secret Treasury. The chapter ended as the other key holders sensed Yan Alliance’s arrival.

• Lin Langtian and Yan Alliance traveled to the Ancient Hall, while Demon Shadow’s cultivation advanced to the peak of the Two Yuan Nirvana Stage.
• Lin Langtian learned that the other Ancient Secret Keys belonged to the Primordial Dynasty, the Nether Spring Dynasty, and the Great Wei Dynasty.
• Lin Langtian led Yan Alliance through the crowded city toward the central halls as people recognized his reputation.
• Hong Zong, You Qian, and Cao Zhi sensed the arrival of the final key holder and looked toward the entrance.

Lin Langtian arrived with the Yan Alliance, completing the gathering of the four Ancient Secret Keys needed to open the Ancient Secret Treasury. After the treasury opened and crowds rushed inside, he led his elite members through the gate.

• Lin Langtian entered the hall, where Hong Zong, You Qian, and Cao Zhi greeted him as the fourth holder of an Ancient Secret Key.
• Lin Langtian and the three other leaders revealed their Ancient Secret Keys and agreed to open the treasury.
• The four leaders brought their keys to the altar, where the keys awakened an ancient gate and opened the Ancient Secret Treasury.
• As people surged toward the gate, Lin Langtian warned Mo Ling, Liu Yuan, and the others to stay together and guard against danger.
• Lin Langtian reclaimed his Ancient Secret Key and led the Yan Alliance into the treasury.

Lin Langtian led the Yan Alliance into the Ancient Secret Treasury and found the Nirvana Pill River, a vast source of condensed Nirvana Pills. After fighting off a Dan Spirit Corpse, he reached a protected Cultivation Platform and began absorbing Nirvana Qi to break through to the Nirvana Stage.

• Lin Langtian guided the Yan Alliance through the unstable Ancient Secret Treasury toward its depths.
• Lin Langtian and the Yan Alliance discovered the Nirvana Pill River and saw that it was formed from condensed Nirvana Pills.
• A Dan Spirit Corpse sprang from the river, and Lin Langtian's Demon Fist struck it back.
• Lin Langtian explained that protected Cultivation Platforms lay along the river and led the group to one.
• Lin Langtian activated the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and absorbed the river's Nirvana Qi, resolving to reach the Two Yuan Nirvana Stage.

Lin Langtian absorbed the Nirvana Qi on the Cultivation Platform and broke through to the Nirvana Stage, with his cultivation surging toward the Two Yuan Nirvana Stage. He discovered that a Double Nirvana Tribulation had begun and prepared to face it.

• Lin Langtian used his Nirvana Golden Body and Black Flame Body to withstand the immense Nirvana Qi as he strengthened his foundation.
• Jin Wu cultivated nearby while Demon Shadow and the Yan Alliance kept others from disturbing Lin Langtian's Cultivation Platform.
• After three days, Lin Langtian's Nirvana Qi Mansion turned golden and then ruptured, sending energy through his body.
• Lin Langtian broke through to the Nirvana Stage and rapidly advanced toward the Two Yuan Nirvana Stage.
• Lin Langtian sensed a Double Nirvana Tribulation erupting within him and drew his golden light and firelight inward to meet it.

Lin Langtian weathered a Double Nirvana Tribulation with the help of the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror and advanced to the Two Yuan Nirvana Stage. His Nirvana Qi Mansion then triggered another tribulation, leaving him facing the emerging Nirvana Demonic Flame.

• Lin Langtian's Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror protected him as he endured the Double Nirvana Tribulation.
• Lin Langtian completed the breakthrough to the Two Yuan Nirvana Stage and tested his greatly increased strength with a punch.
• Lin Langtian's Nirvana Qi Mansion triggered a third Nirvana Tribulation as he began to advance toward the Three Yuan Nirvana Stage.
• Crimson Nirvana Fire attacked Lin Langtian from outside, but his Nine Nether Flame blocked it.
• Lin Langtian scanned his body for the internal threat and saw a wisp of Nirvana Demonic Flame emerge.

Lin Langtian faced the dangerous Nirvana Demonic Flame during his third Nirvana Tribulation and used the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror to suppress it. He devoured the flame with the Flame Furnace to begin cultivating the first level of the Black Flame Hegemon Body, enduring intense pain as its energy entered his body.

• Lin Langtian recognized the Nirvana Demonic Flame's melting power and used Yuan Power and Nine Nether Origin Energy to keep it away from his organs.
• Spirit Aunt told Lin Langtian that the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror could subdue the flame and that devouring it could help him cultivate the Black Flame Hegemon Body.
• Spirit Aunt passed the Black Flame Hegemon Body's cultivation method into Lin Langtian's mind, and he studied it before acting.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror, which trapped and suppressed the Nirvana Demonic Flame with a black-gold net.
• Lin Langtian opened the Flame Furnace and devoured the suppressed flame, then endured its violent energy surging through his body as he began cultivating the Black Flame Hegemon Body.

After half a month of cultivation, Lin Langtian subdued the Nirvana Demonic Flame, advanced to the Three Yuan Nirvana Stage, and strengthened his Black Flame Hegemon Body. He emerged from the Cultivation Platform to find Yan Alliance members surrounded by several powerful dynasties led by Violent Wolf Tian Zhen.

• Lin Langtian awakened from the Flame Furnace and discovered that his physical strength and Yuan Power had greatly increased.
• Lin Langtian examined the upgraded Flame Furnace and considered gathering two more powerful flames to complete his Black Flame Hegemon Body.
• Spirit Aunt stopped Jin Wu from breaking through to the Nirvana Stage so he could preserve his foundation and evolve into a Nine Fiend Black Gold Crow first.
• Lin Langtian decided to seek the Ice Fiend Extreme Cold Pill for Jin Wu and prepared to leave the Cultivation Platform.
• Lin Langtian emerged and saw the Yan Alliance members surrounded by several powerful dynasties, with Violent Wolf Tian Zhen at their head.

Lin Langtian emerged from cultivation to face Tian Zhen, who had gathered experts to attack the Yan Alliance. After Lin Langtian’s allies and newly subdued Dan Spirit Corpses regrouped around him, he killed Tian Zhen with a single punch, shocking the onlookers.

• Tian Zhen and the experts who had submitted to him surrounded Lin Langtian’s Cultivation Platform and prepared to attack the Yan Alliance as its barrier faded.
• Lin Langtian emerged with a beast, and Demon Shadow, Mo Ling, and the others gathered around him; Demon Shadow reported that he had subdued a dozen Dan Spirit Corpses.
• Lin Langtian learned that Ling Zhi and Liu Yuan had reached the One Yuan Nirvana Stage and that Mo Ling, Mo Tie, and more than ten others had entered the Nirvana Stage.
• Tian Zhen attacked Lin Langtian with Ten Thousand Wolves Breaking Army Fist, but Lin Langtian shattered the attack and broke through Tian Zhen’s golden barrier with one punch.
• Lin Langtian’s punch destroyed Tian Zhen’s body and extinguished his aura, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Lin Langtian killed Tian Zhen with one punch, confirmed his breakthrough to the Three Yuan Nirvana Stage, and led the Yan Alliance toward the depths of the Ancient Secret Treasury. He left the main group to explore alone with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu, arriving at the Earth Martial Sect.

• Lin Langtian killed Tian Zhen with one punch, and Tian Zhen's followers fled.
• Lin Langtian confirmed to Mo Ling and the Yan Alliance that he had broken through to the Three Yuan Nirvana Stage.
• The Yan Alliance traveled deeper into the Ancient Secret Treasury, where news of sect ruins drew crowds of cultivators.
• Lin Langtian left the main group to continue deeper with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu.
• Lin Langtian reached the floating islands and identified the Earth Martial Sect as his destination.

Lin Langtian reached the Earth Martial Sect ruins, where a long-dead Primordial Crimson Sculpture emerged to guard the halls. After Spirit Aunt explained how its bone wings could grant him lasting flight abilities, Lin Langtian claimed the beast for himself.

• Lin Langtian traveled with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu to the Earth Martial Sect ruins and found several groups of powerful experts gathered there.
• Spirit Aunt sensed something beneath the plaza, and the ground split as a Primordial Crimson Sculpture burst out and knocked three Two Yuan Nirvana Stage experts aside.
• The crowd recognized the ancient beast, while Spirit Aunt told Lin Langtian it was dead and guarded the sect through a lingering obsession.
• Spirit Aunt explained that Lin Langtian could refine the Sculpture's intact bone wings to gain demonic beast wings without the drawbacks of Demon Ape Transformation.
• Lin Langtian flew above the Primordial Crimson Sculpture and declared that he would deal with it.

Lin Langtian defeated the Primordial Crimson Sculpture and claimed its body before entering the Earth Martial Sect ruins with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu. In the empty Main Hall, he discovered a calligraphy scroll bearing the character “Martial,” whose fierce Martial Intent revealed the sect’s true inheritance.

• Lin Langtian fought the Primordial Crimson Sculpture with hit-and-run tactics and defeated it with a heavy punch.
• Lin Langtian stored the sculpture in his mirror world, then entered the Stone Hall with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu as the others followed.
• Lin Langtian and the others reached the Main Hall and found it empty of treasures, leaving the crowd puzzled.
• Lin Langtian noticed a scroll bearing the character “Martial” and approached it.
• One of the Two Yuan Nirvana Stage experts touched the scroll and was blasted into a wall, revealing its fierce Martial Intent.

Lin Langtian overcame the Martial Intent inside the ancient painting and obtained the Earth Martial Sect’s inheritance, the low-grade Spirit Martial Skill Martial Ancestor Reversal Heavenly Art. He absorbed the inheritance’s Martial Intent into his Dantian, gaining a force that could greatly amplify his martial skills.

• Lin Langtian ordered Demon Shadow, Jin Wu, and the Dan Spirit Corpses to guard him while he examined the character “Martial” on the painting.
• Lin Langtian used his Fusion Power to resist and devour the painting’s violent Martial Intent, witnessing an ancient phantom and learning that it held the Martial Ancestor’s inheritance.
• The character “Martial” became a glowing sphere, and three Two Yuan Nirvana Stage experts rushed toward it to seize the inheritance.
• Demon Shadow struck the three experts and sent them flying before Lin Langtian touched the sphere and learned the name of the Martial Ancestor Reversal Heavenly Art.
• The sphere’s Martial Intent entered Lin Langtian’s Dantian, where it settled as a power that could amplify his martial skills.

Lin Langtian defeated the experts blocking his way, then entered the Four Profound Sect Remains in search of the Ice Fiend Extreme Cold Pill. He reached the Pill Ground and sensed powerful fluctuations inside its largest pill chamber.

• Lin Langtian gained Martial Ancestor Reversal Heavenly Art and Martial Intent while the Demon Shadow killed three Two Yuan Nirvana Stage experts and their forces were routed.
• Lin Langtian headed for the deepest part of the treasury and saw the Four Profound Sect Remains appear after the Five Guardian Sects had opened.
• Lin Langtian and his companions entered the island, where awakened demonic beasts attacked the incoming cultivators.
• Lin Langtian traveled to the Pill Ground, collected millions of Nirvana Pills from a pill chamber, and continued toward the largest chamber.
• Lin Langtian sensed powerful fluctuations inside the largest pill chamber and suspected it held an Ice Fiend Extreme Cold Pill.

Lin Langtian opened an ancient pill chamber in the Pill Ground and collected its treasures with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu. He seized the Ice Fiend Extreme Cold Pill after defeating a rival group and resisting the pill’s freezing power, securing the key item for Jin Wu’s attempted evolution.

• Lin Langtian broke the ancient runes sealing the deepest pill chamber and entered as a wave of pill aura surged out.
• Lin Langtian ordered Demon Shadow to collect the pills, while Demon Shadow and Jin Wu helped sweep the chamber’s treasures.
• Lin Langtian discovered the Ice Fiend Extreme Cold Pill, the key item Jin Wu needed to attempt evolution into a Nine Fiend Black Gold Crow.
• A group led by a Two Yuan Nirvana Stage ice-element expert attacked Lin Langtian, but Demon Shadow quickly subdued them.
• Lin Langtian resisted the Ice Fiend Extreme Cold Pill’s spreading chill with his Nine Nether Origin Energy and grabbed the pill.

Lin Langtian and Jin Wu encountered Lin Dong and Little Yan in the Pill Ground after both groups secured the pills they sought. Little Yan reunited with Jin Wu and met Lin Langtian as a brother, then asked when Jin Wu would be able to take human form.

• Lin Langtian obtained the Ice Fiend Extreme Cold Pill for Jin Wu and prepared to leave the Pill Ground with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu.
• Lin Langtian spotted Lin Dong and Little Yan fighting for the Life-Death Reincarnation Pill, which Lin Dong successfully claimed.
• Jin Wu recognized Little Yan and flew to him, and Little Yan explained how he had taken human form.
• Lin Dong welcomed Lin Langtian and introduced him to Little Yan, who called him Big Brother Langtian.
• Little Yan asked Lin Langtian when Jin Wu would be able to take human form.

Lin Langtian and Lin Dong confirmed the Yan Alliance held two Ancient Secret Keys and traveled to the Four Great Xuan Sect Remains. They arrived as the remains came into view and met Demon Spear Liu Bai and the other Northwest Region Overlords while awaiting its opening.

• Lin Langtian told Little Yan that Jin Wu was nearing the Nirvana Stage, and Little Yan playfully welcomed the prospect of a little brother.
• Lin Dong revealed how he had obtained an Ancient Secret Key after helping the Great Wei Dynasty repel Beast Fist Mu Shou.
• Lin Langtian and Lin Dong set off with their companions toward the depths of the Deep Ancient Secret Treasury.
• Lin Langtian's group reached the warped space surrounding the Four Great Xuan Sect Remains and saw the other Northwest Region Overlords gathered there.
• Demon Spear Liu Bai greeted Lin Dong, recognized Lin Langtian, and noted that the Yan Alliance possessed two Ancient Secret Keys.

Lin Langtian, Lin Dong, Yan Sen, and Liu Bai reached the Four Great Xuan Sect Remains and used their Ancient Secret Keys to open the Bronze Gates. Lin Langtian and his companions entered their gates to pursue the inheritance, while the remaining experts were left outside.

• Lin Langtian and his group found four sealed Bronze Gates in the plaza, and attacks against them rebounded and injured the attackers.
• Yan Sen explained that the gates required Ancient Secret Keys, and Lin Langtian, Lin Dong, Yan Sen, and Liu Bai revealed that they each had one.
• When other experts demanded a share of the inheritance, Yan Sen killed the first challenger, and Liu Bai and Lin Langtian warned off the rest.
• Liu Bai used his key to open one Bronze Gate and entered with his group.
• Lin Langtian and Lin Dong opened two more gates with their keys, while Yan Sen opened the last gate with his.
• Lin Langtian entered with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu, and Lin Dong entered with Little Yan as the gates closed behind them.

Lin Langtian entered the Vermilion Bird Palace and began its deadly trial by crossing a vast sea of fire. He endured waves of scorching energy and pressed onward as the flames tempered his body and strengthened his Flame Furnace.

• Lin Langtian read the Vermilion Bird Palace’s warning that its trial allowed nine deaths and one life, then entered with Demon Shadow and Jin Wu.
• Lin Langtian found a seemingly endless sea of fire and sent Demon Shadow and Jin Wu into the Mirror Inner World.
• At Spirit Aunt’s urging, Lin Langtian flew over the flames using Taiqing Roaming Heaven Steps and shielded himself with Yuan Power.
• A sudden wave of fire struck Lin Langtian, forcing him to activate the Flame Furnace and Black Flame Hegemon Body to withstand the pain and corrosive energy.
• Lin Langtian continued across the sea of fire, enduring repeated flame waves as his body grew tougher and his Flame Furnace absorbed the energy.

After enduring the Vermilion Bird Trial’s sea of fire, Lin Langtian encountered the remnant image of Vermilion Bird King Que Tian. Que Tian offered him a choice between two powerful martial arts and the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame, leaving Lin Langtian to decide which inheritance to take.

• Lin Langtian spent two days tempering his body in the sea of fire before a colossal Vermilion Bird emerged from its depths.
• Que Tian appeared atop the Vermilion Bird and identified Lin Langtian as the first person in years to pass the trial.
• Que Tian tried to inspect Lin Langtian, but the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror, Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and Spirit Aunt’s pressure disrupted him.
• Que Tian offered Lin Langtian two high-grade Spirit Martial Skills or his own inheritance, the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame.

Lin Langtian chose to inherit the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame and learned from Spirit Aunt that his Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror and Nine Nether Flame gave him a chance to subdue it. He committed to the attempt, and the Flame Vermilion Bird flew before him as the operation began.

• Lin Langtian chose the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame over Que Tian's two high-grade Spirit Martial Skills.
• Que Tian summoned the enormous Flame Vermilion Bird from the sea of fire, and Lin Langtian sensed its power surpassed the Nirvana Stage.
• Spirit Aunt explained that Lin Langtian's Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror and Nine Nether Flame could help him subdue the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame.
• Lin Langtian decided to take the risk and told Que Tian he would subdue the flame.
• Que Tian sent the Flame Vermilion Bird toward Lin Langtian, and it hovered before him as the operation began.