Chapter Summaries

Lin Langtian joined Qin Lang and Zhang Hao on a mission to investigate disturbances at the Wood Division's Wood Spirit Crystal Mine in the Blood Horn Region, where Lin Langtian hoped to obtain crystals for the Greenwood Origin Tree. At the mine, a Wood Division squad captain questioned the Fire Division's involvement, while Qin Lang insisted they investigate the trouble; a hidden watcher observed them as they departed.

• Qin Lang explained that the group would investigate disturbances disrupting the Wood Spirit Crystal Mine, and Zhang Hao agreed to help while Lin Langtian suspected an ulterior motive.
• Lin Langtian realized the Wood Spirit Crystals could nourish the Greenwood Origin Tree and hasten its growth.
• After an eight-day journey, the group reached the dangerous Blood Horn Region, where Qin Lang warned them about powerful Life Profound Stage experts.
• Qin Lang led Lin Langtian and Zhang Hao to the mine, where a Wood Division squad captain objected to the Fire Division's involvement.
• Qin Lang asserted that the Yuan Gate Eight Divisions were united and ordered the squad captain to take them to the trouble; a hidden watcher watched the group leave.

At the Wood Spirit Crystal Mine, Qin Lang led Lin Langtian and the Wood Division disciples to a forest full of powerful Storm Green Wolves, then slaughtered the beasts with his Wood Spirit Art. As the group faced the aftermath, seven mysterious black-robed figures appeared behind them, identified as Shadow Seven.

• Qin Lang led Lin Langtian and the others deeper into the mine, where they sensed powerful auras inside a vast emerald forest.
• Qin Lang explained that at least forty Storm Green Wolves occupied the forest and suggested someone might be testing or targeting the Yuan Sect.
• Qin Lang drew the Storm Green Wolves out and killed them with a barrage of wooden spears, while Lin Langtian suspected the situation was part of a plot against him.
• Lin Langtian sensed danger behind the group, and seven black-robed figures appeared in the air as Wood Division disciples recognized them as Shadow Seven.

Qin Lang and the Shadow Seven trapped Lin Langtian in an assassination plot, but he escaped the initial ambush and fought three pursuers alone. As Li Shi called for reinforcements, Lin Langtian summoned the Sky Desolation Divine Ox Beast Puppet.

• The Shadow Seven arrived to kill Lin Langtian, while Qin Lang pretended to offer him a chance to escape and let three assassins pursue him.
• Lin Langtian fled across the mine veins, then confronted Li Shi, Fifth Brother, and Seventh Brother, who admitted they did not know who had hired them.
• Lin Langtian fought Li Shi, evading his corrosive attacks and striking back with his threefold Fusion Power, but Li Shi blocked the beam.
• Li Shi called on Fifth Brother and Seventh Brother to attack together, so Lin Langtian summoned the Sky Desolation Divine Ox Beast Puppet.

Lin Langtian used the Sky Desolation Divine Ox Beast Puppet and the Flame Emperor Canon’s Qilin technique to defeat the Shadow Seven fighters led by Li Shi. After killing Li Shi and the two Black-Robed Men, he faced the sudden arrival of Wood Division Spirit General Qin Lang.

• Lin Langtian sent Demon Shadow and the Sky Desolation Divine Ox Beast Puppet to fight the two Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage Black-Robed Men.
• Li Shi attacked Lin Langtian with Black Death God, Soul-Hooking Slash, and Lin Langtian countered with Flame Emperor Canon, Qilin.
• The Qilin’s attack overwhelmed Li Shi, and Lin Langtian pursued him and killed him with the Crimson Flame Roaring Heaven Spear.
• The two Black-Robed Men tried to flee, but Demon Shadow crushed them beneath the Sky Desolation Divine Ox Beast Puppet.
• Qin Lang appeared on a distant mountain peak, and Lin Langtian recognized the Wood Division Spirit General.

Qin Lang tried to kill Lin Langtian and demanded the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture on Mu Ku’s behalf. He revealed that Yuan Sect had absorbed eight great sects, including the Wood Emperor Sect that became the Wood Division, leaving Lin Langtian refusing to surrender the inheritance.

• Qin Lang arrived after the Shadow Seven had withdrawn and praised Lin Langtian for defeating their three subordinates.
• Qin Lang suddenly attacked Lin Langtian, who dodged the wooden spike and accused him of betraying a fellow disciple.
• Qin Lang admitted that Mu Ku had arranged the mission because Lin Langtian had refused to join the Wood Division, and said he intended to claim the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture.
• Qin Lang explained that Yuan Sect had been founded by annexing eight great sects, including the Wood Emperor Sect that became the Wood Division.
• Qin Lang demanded the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture, but Lin Langtian refused and Qin Lang’s expression darkened.

Qin Lang attacked Lin Langtian with the Wood Spirit Art after demanding the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture, but Lin Langtian countered by unleashing the scripture’s power. The two techniques clashed as Lin Langtian prepared to face the Wood God’s strike.

• Qin Langtian summoned a vast green energy field and warned Lin Langtian to surrender the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture.
• Qin Langtian invoked Wood Spirit Art, Wood God Descends, and trapped Lin Langtian beneath the giant spirit’s crushing palm strike.
• Lin Langtian spread jade-green rings of light and drained the power from the trees across the mountaintop.
• Qin Lang recognized Lin Langtian’s technique as the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture and grew more determined to seize it.
• Lin Langtian was enveloped in dark-green energy as the clash between the Wood Spirit Art and the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture began.

Lin Langtian used the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture to reach the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage and defeated Qin Lang with the Flame Emperor Canon’s World-Slaying Spear. As Lin Langtian moved to kill the injured Qin Lang, the Wood Division Vice Chief Mu Ku intervened.

• Lin Langtian drew on the forest’s energy with the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture and broke through to the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage.
• Lin Langtian launched the Flame Emperor Canon’s World-Slaying Spear, which burned through Qin Lang’s Wood God Giant Shadow.
• The spear struck Qin Lang and sent him falling, badly injured and drained of Wood Spirit Yuan Power.
• Lin Langtian rushed to Qin Lang and prepared to kill him, blaming the Shadow Seven for Qin Lang’s death.
• Mu Ku appeared and stopped Lin Langtian with his powerful Yuan Power.

Lin Langtian faced Mu Ku, the Wood Division Vice Chief and a Life Profound Stage expert, after Mu Ku demanded the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture. As Mu Ku gained the upper hand, Lin Langtian activated the Demon Seed, revealing a terrifying new aura.

• Mu Ku revealed that he was a Life Profound Stage expert and demanded that Lin Langtian hand over the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture.
• Lin Langtian killed the unconscious Qin Lang, enraging Mu Ku.
• Demon Shadow attacked Mu Ku with the Sky Desolation Divine Ox, but Mu Ku repelled them with a single strike.
• At Spirit Aunt's urging, Lin Langtian decided to use the Demon Seed and told Demon Shadow to guard against outsiders.
• Lin Langtian formed seals, vanished from perception, and released black mist as his dark golden eyes appeared and his aura surged beyond the Wood Emperor Triple Scripture's amplification.

Lin Langtian activated the Demon Seed and fought Mu Ku, a Life Profound Stage expert, with his newly empowered demonic strength. As Mu Ku summoned his Thousand-Hand Wood God, Lin Langtian answered by bringing forth the Devouring Demon Statue.

• Lin Langtian activated the Demon Seed, resisted its corrupting influence after Spirit Aunt warned him, and confronted Mu Ku.
• Lin Langtian and Mu Ku exchanged powerful attacks, with Lin Langtian matching the vice chief’s Wood King Fist and Wood God Killing Fist.
• Mu Ku summoned the Thousand-Hand Wood God and sent it crashing down toward Lin Langtian.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Devouring Demon Statue, whose brow bore an enormous dark golden blood-red eye.

Lin Langtian defeated and killed Mu Ku after using the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to recover enough Yuan Power to continue fighting. Ren Yuanzi investigated the deaths of Mu Ku and Qin Lang, mistook the lingering traces for evidence of a battle between an Evil Demon and an Ancestral Symbol wielder, and abandoned his pursuit.

• Lin Langtian and Mu Ku's Devouring Demon Statue and Thousand-Hand Wood God clashed, leaving both men gravely injured.
• Lin Langtian used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to replenish his Yuan Power, then killed Mu Ku and sealed Mu Ku's Nascent Soul inside the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror.
• Lin Langtian collected Mu Ku's Universe Bag, erased traces of his aura, and left the Blood Horn Region.
• Ren Yuanzi arrived at the battlefield and found signs of Mu Ku and Qin Lang's deaths, along with traces of Evil Demon power and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Ren Yuanzi concluded that Mu Ku and Qin Lang had likely died during a clash between an Evil Demon and an Ancestral Symbol wielder, and decided not to pursue the culprit.

After recovering from his battles, Lin Langtian decided to return to Yuan Sect, believing his identity remained concealed. While inspecting Mu Ku’s Universe Bag, he broke its Mental Seal and discovered a vast hoard of Wood Spirit Crystals.

• Lin Langtian recovered on a mountain peak while the Demon Shadow guarded him, and he found his Yuan Power and Mental Power had improved.
• Lin Langtian decided to return to Yuan Sect because he believed the Three Grand Masters had not traced Mu Ku and Qin Lang’s deaths to him.
• Lin Langtian used his Mental Power to break the seal on Mu Ku’s Universe Bag.
• Lin Langtian searched the bag and found tens of thousands of Wood Spirit Crystals.

Lin Langtian used Wood Spirit Crystals to accelerate the growth of his Greenwood Origin Trees and Heavenly Talisman Spirit Trees, then set out for the Yuan Sect. On the way to find a map, he discovered the Shadow Seven surrounding Ying Xiaoxiao in the mountains.

• Lin Langtian transferred the Wood Spirit Crystals he obtained from Mu Ku into the Mirror Inner World and used 2,500 of them to nourish his trees.
• The Greenwood Origin Trees grew larger, while the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Trees neared maturity.
• Lin Langtian left the Mirror Inner World and flew toward a nearby city to find a map back to the Yuan Sect.
• Lin Langtian sensed a battle, concealed his aura, and recognized Yang Li and three other members of the Shadow Seven.
• Lin Langtian saw the Shadow Seven surrounding a dark-robed woman, whom Yang Li identified as Ying Xiaoxiao, the Dao Sect Master's daughter.

Lin Langtian watched as the Shadow Seven cornered Ying Xiaoxiao over a bounty for killing Wu Li, whom she had slain three years earlier. After Yang Li revealed his Half-Step Life Profound Stage strength and knocked her down, an unseen attacker struck one of the assassins, and Ying Xiaoxiao spotted a green-shirted figure approaching.

• Lin Langtian recognized Ying Xiaoxiao as the Dao Sect Senior Sister and learned that the Shadow Seven had targeted her for a bounty placed by Wu Li's grandfather.
• Ying Xiaoxiao recalled killing Wu Li three years earlier after he tried to force her to become his concubine.
• Ying Xiaoxiao confronted the four assassins and attacked Yang Li with her Azure Edge Sword.
• Yang Li caught Ying Xiaoxiao's sword, struck her shoulder, and revealed that he had reached the Half-Step Life Profound Stage.
• A sudden force blasted an Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage assassin away as he tried to seize Ying Xiaoxiao, and she turned toward an approaching green-shirted figure.

Lin Langtian saved Ying Xiaoxiao from the Shadow Seven and confronted Yang Li, who had reached the Half-Step Life Profound Stage. With Spirit Aunt lending him power, Lin Langtian overpowered Yang Li and revealed strength at the same stage, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Langtian rescued Ying Xiaoxiao and revealed that he had killed Li Shi and two other members of the Shadow Seven.
• Yang Li and the remaining Shadow Seven members refused to believe Lin Langtian had defeated their companions, then decided to capture him and Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Ying Xiaoxiao warned Lin Langtian that Yang Li had reached the Half-Step Life Profound Stage as Yang Li launched a massive palm attack.
• Spirit Aunt lent Lin Langtian power and warned him not to use the Demon Seed unless necessary.
• Lin Langtian blocked Yang Li's attack, slammed him into the ground, and kicked him hundreds of meters away.
• Lin Langtian released black Yuan Power whose strength also reached the Half-Step Life Profound Stage, shocking everyone present.

Lin Langtian used power borrowed from Spirit Aunt to reach the Half-Step Life Profound Stage and face Yang Li and four assassins. He killed them all, then Ying Xiaoxiao recognized his name and asked whether he was the Hundred Dynasties War champion who joined the Yuan Sect.

• Lin Langtian revealed his Half-Step Life Profound Stage strength, and Yang Li ordered Su Yi and the two black-robed men to attack him together.
• Lin Langtian summoned a Great Flame Sword that forced Yang Li and the others to struggle against its power.
• Lin Langtian formed two more Great Flame Swords and killed Su Yi and the two black-robed men with their combined attack.
• Lin Langtian killed Yang Li with the Three-Colored Dart, then returned to his original strength.
• Ying Xiaoxiao asked Lin Langtian whether he was the Hundred Dynasties War champion who joined the Yuan Sect.

Lin Langtian rescued Ying Xiaoxiao from the Shadow Seven, but she struggled with gratitude toward a Yuan Sect disciple because of Dao Sect’s bitter feud with Yuan Sect. They parted on uneasy terms after discussing their ambitions and Lin Dong, leaving an awkward, peculiar atmosphere between them on the cliff.

• Ying Xiaoxiao thanked Lin Langtian for saving her, and he said the Shadow Seven had deserved their fate after trying to ambush him.
• Ying Xiaoxiao recognized Lin Langtian as Yuan Sect’s celebrated disciple and admitted she felt conflicted because he belonged to Dao Sect’s enemy.
• Lin Langtian told Ying Xiaoxiao that he had saved her by choice and that they could fight as enemies if they met on a battlefield.
• Ying Xiaoxiao asked why Lin Langtian had not joined Dao Sect, and he said his ambitions went beyond the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Lin Langtian asked how his cousin Lin Dong was doing in Dao Sect, and Ying Xiaoxiao said Lin Dong had quickly become a Personal Disciple Grand Disciple.
• Lin Langtian stared at Ying Xiaoxiao while thinking of Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan, then awkwardly claimed he had been looking at the scenery, leaving the two in a strange silence.

Lin Langtian traveled to Black Rock City to find an accurate map leading to the Yuan Sect. In a map shop, he discovered a damaged fragment with a route that stirred the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and he recognized it as the map he had been seeking.

• Ying Xiaoxiao thanked Lin Langtian for saving her life and flew away, while he kept his true feelings about the Yuan Sect to himself.
• Lin Langtian flew to Black Rock City and entered after paying the gate fee.
• Lin Langtian paid a passerby to direct him to the city’s best map shop, Xuan Region Map.
• While browsing discarded maps in the shop, Lin Langtian found a small damaged fragment with a mysterious route.
• Lin Langtian sensed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol tremble and recognized the fragment as the map he sought.

Lin Langtian discovered that the fragment map he found was the third piece of a map to a Devouring Ancestral Symbol wielder’s inheritance, but its owner, a mysterious old man, refused to sell it. When Lin Langtian tried to take it by force, the old man attacked him.

• Lin Langtian recognized the fragment map as matching two pieces he already possessed and learned from Spirit Aunt that it marked a powerful inheritance.
• Lin Langtian asked the old man to sell him the fragment map, but the old man refused and offered only a map of the Eastern Xuan Region for ten thousand Nirvana Pills.
• Spirit Aunt warned Lin Langtian that the old man’s true strength surpassed the Life Death Profound Stage, though a mysterious power suppressed him.
• The old man reacted when Lin Langtian revealed he sensed the old man’s vast energy, shut the shop door, and warned him not to try taking the map.
• Lin Langtian threatened to use force and retreated toward the door, prompting the old man to charge after him with killing intent.

Lin Langtian fought the map shop’s poison-wielding old man over the fragment map and borrowed Spirit Aunt’s power to reach the Life Profound Stage. The old man’s strength surged beyond Life Profound Stage Great Success, but an uncontrolled Evil Demon aura emerged from him.

• The old man attacked Lin Langtian with poison after refusing to hand over the fragment map, and Lin Langtian countered with the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame and his Crimson Sparrow Bone Wings.
• Spirit Aunt warned Lin Langtian that the old man possessed Life Profound Stage strength, so Lin Langtian borrowed her power despite the strain it placed on his body.
• Lin Langtian used a strange black flame and the Black Dragon Roaring Sky Seal to destroy the old man’s poison spear, then clashed with his Sky Poison Centipede using the Flame Emperor Canon, Qilin.
• The old man unleashed power beyond Life Profound Stage Great Success, and Lin Langtian recognized the uncontrolled, evil presence as the aura of an Evil Demon.

Lin Langtian learned that the old map vendor was Dugu Qi, the renowned Poison Venerable, and that evil Black Marks from an encounter with mysterious experts had crippled him. Dugu Qi agreed to serve as Lin Langtian’s bodyguard for ten years in exchange for Lin Langtian trying to remove the marks.

• Dugu Qi’s Black Marks flared up and sent evil Black Qi toward Lin Langtian, who suppressed it with power from Spirit Aunt.
• Dugu Qi begged Lin Langtian for help, revealed his identity as Poison Venerable, and explained that a Black Mark Seal had reduced his strength to the Life Profound Stage.
• Dugu Qi told Lin Langtian that mysterious experts had pursued him over a Fragment Map and afflicted him with the Black Mark Seal.
• Lin Langtian agreed to try to remove Dugu Qi’s Black Marks but demanded ten years of service as his bodyguard in return.
• Dugu Qi accepted the bargain, warning Lin Langtian not to use him as a shield against overwhelming enemies and threatening to drag him down if Lin Langtian failed or deceived him.