Chapter Summaries

Lin Langtian used the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror to suppress and remove part of Dugu Qi’s Black Marks, promising to help restore his strength over the next few days. After discovering that the Demonic Qi had yielded energy stolen from Dugu Qi, Lin Langtian refined and absorbed it, then broke through to the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage.

• Lin Langtian used Black Gold Light to suppress the Black Marks in Dugu Qi’s bones, enduring Dugu Qi’s pain while the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror absorbed the Demonic Qi.
• Lin Langtian told Dugu Qi that the Black Marks could not be completely removed yet, but that continued treatment could restore him to Life Profound Stage Perfection.
• Dugu Qi learned that Lin Langtian was a new Yuan Sect disciple and accepted that their relationship would not be affected by his old grudges with the sect.
• Lin Langtian discovered that his Demon Seed had absorbed energy taken from Dugu Qi by the Black Marks, then refined the energy for his own use.
• Lin Langtian used the refined energy to withstand a Nirvana Tribulation and advanced to the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage.

Lin Langtian returned to the Yuan Sect after arranging for Dugu Qi to serve as his future bodyguard and received a Nascent Soul imprint to summon him for help. At the Fire Division, Lin Langtian concealed his connection to Mu Ku and Qin Lang’s deaths, but before Fen Cang could finish questioning him, Sect Leader Ren Yuanzi summoned him.

• Lin Langtian helped Dugu Qi suppress the evil Black Mark, and Dugu Qi regained Life Profound Stage Perfection strength while reaffirming their agreement.
• Dugu Qi gave Lin Langtian a Nascent Soul imprint and promised to help him if he encountered trouble; Spirit Aunt said she would place a safeguard in Dugu Qi when the Black Mark was fully removed.
• After a half-month journey, Lin Langtian returned to the Yuan Sect and told the Enforcement Team that he had been separated from the Wood Division group during his mission.
• Lin Langtian denied knowing how Mu Ku and Qin Lang had died, then went to the Fire Division as disciples reacted in shock to his return.
• Fen Cang ordered Lin Langtian to recount what happened in the Blood Horn Region, and Lin Langtian blamed the Shadow Seven and denied encountering Mu Ku or Qin Lang.
• A messenger announced that Sect Leader Ren Yuanzi had summoned Lin Langtian.

Lin Langtian met with Ren Yuanzi, who questioned him about the deaths in the Blood Horn Region and gave him a section of the Immortal Origin Tree Trunk. Lin Langtian left with the treasure, unaware that Ren Yuanzi remained suspicious of his connection to the Abyssal Demon Qi and Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

• Lin Langtian sensed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol react near Yuan Sect’s three sacred mountains and realized Zhou Tong and the Space Ancestral Talisman were likely imprisoned there.
• Ren Yuanzi questioned Lin Langtian about the Blood Horn Region, and Lin Langtian denied knowing why Mu Ku had gone there.
• Ren Yuanzi dismissed Lin Langtian, then gave him a section of the Immortal Origin Tree Trunk as a reward.
• Lin Langtian tested the trunk’s power and Spirit Aunt warned him that it carried a concealed trace of Ren Yuanzi’s aura.
• Ren Yuanzi watched Lin Langtian leave and wondered whether he was connected to the Abyssal Demon Qi and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

Lin Langtian advanced to the Seven Seal Heavenly Talisman Master realm, returned to the Fire Division, and prepared to challenge Ling Chi for the Spirit General position. The Year-End Competition began with Lin Langtian and the other disciples gathered at the Fire Division Main Hall.

• Lin Langtian used five Heavenly Talisman Spirit Trees to survive the Wind Lightning Tribulation and become a Seven Seal Heavenly Talisman Master.
• Spirit Aunt concealed the aura on the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree trunk, and Lin Langtian learned that Zhang Hao had been spreading rumors of his death and bullying Mo Tie and the others.
• Lin Langtian gave Mo Tie and the others resources taken from the Shadow Seven and resolved to challenge Ling Chi for the Spirit General position at the Year-End Competition.
• Five days later, Lin Langtian gathered with the Fire Division disciples at the Fire Division Main Hall, where Ling Chi challenged him with a pointed glance and Zhang Hao watched resentfully.
• Fen Cang announced that the Fire Division's Year-End Competition had officially begun.

The Fire Division Year-End Competition began, and Lin Langtian’s allies performed well in their opening matches. As the event neared its end, Lin Langtian challenged Spirit General Ling Chi for his position, and their battle began.

• Mo Tie defeated Lin Luo, while Ling Zhi, Liu Yuan, and other new Fire Division disciples also won their opening matches.
• Fen Cang and the other Fire Division leaders discussed Lin Langtian’s prospects and whether he would challenge Ling Chi.
• Lin Langtian stepped onto the central platform and formally challenged Ling Chi for the position of Fire Division Spirit General.
• Fen Cang accepted the challenge and warned both fighters that the match could draw the Sect Leaders’ attention.
• Ling Chi confronted Lin Langtian, and Fen Cang declared their match underway.
• Ling Chi unleashed his full strength and prepared to teach Lin Langtian a painful lesson.

Lin Langtian challenged Fire Division Spirit General Ling Chi and fought him with the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree Trunk and his fused powers. Ling Chi unleashed the Storm Flame Wolf Beast Fire through the Flame Emperor Canon, and Lin Langtian answered with the same technique as a colossal Vermilion Bird began to take shape above him.

• Lin Langtian used the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree Trunk to disrupt Ling Chi’s Yuan Power and trade blows with him, revealing that both fighters had reached the Eight and Nine Yuan Nirvana Stages, respectively.
• Ling Chi attacked with the Fire Burning War Spear, but Lin Langtian fused his Yuan Power, Mental Power, Devouring Power, and Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame through the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror to counter him.
• Ling Chi summoned the Storm Flame Wolf Beast Fire and announced that he would use it to unleash the Flame Emperor Canon’s full power.
• Lin Langtian set aside the ancient tree trunk and began forming the Flame Emperor Canon’s hand seals as well.
• Lin Langtian’s flames gathered above him into the immense outline of a crimson Vermilion Bird, while a sharp aura spread across the arena.

Lin Langtian defeated Ling Chi in a fierce clash of their Flame Emperor Canon techniques, using the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame to claim the Fire Division Spirit General position. Fen Cang announced Lin Langtian’s victory, and the Fire Division disciples bowed to him as their new Senior Brother.

• Ling Chi unleashed the Flame Wolf King, and Lin Langtian answered with Vermilion Bird Burns the Heavens.
• Their attacks collided and unleashed a flame storm, which Fen Cang suppressed with his Life Profound Stage power.
• Lin Langtian’s Vermilion Bird tore apart Ling Chi’s flame wolf and broke through his defenses, leaving Ling Chi unconscious.
• Fen Cang declared Lin Langtian the new Fire Division Spirit General, and the disciples, including Zhang Hao and the other Personal Disciple Grand Disciples, bowed to him.

Lin Langtian secured the Fire Division Spirit General position and learned that he could enter the Flame Demon Space in three months to pursue the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame. Fen Cang then ordered him to eliminate Lin Dong, and Lin Langtian pretended to agree while concealing his true thoughts.

• Lin Langtian took the Spirit General's seat, accepted the other Personal Disciple Grand Disciples' congratulations, and gained their respect.
• Fen Cang told Lin Langtian that the Flame Demon Space would open in three months and warned that the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame had eluded the Fire Division's predecessors.
• Lin Langtian clashed with Deputy Chief Yan Ba, who threatened him if he failed to subdue the flame, while Fen Cang announced the coming Division Trial.
• Fen Cang told Lin Langtian that Lin Dong had injured Yao Ling and damaged the Yuan Sect's reputation in the Blood Rock Land.
• Fen Cang urged Lin Langtian to kill Lin Dong at their next meeting, and Lin Langtian claimed he would not show mercy.

Fen Cang assigned Lin Langtian to hunt down Wang Yan in Blood Rock Land to answer the Dao Sect’s recent victory and strengthen the Yuan Sect’s reputation. Lin Langtian arrived in Black Rock City with Song Yun and Pang Lie, where the local Yuan Sect disciples greeted him and prepared to support the hunt.

• Fen Cang ordered Lin Langtian to defeat or kill Wang Yan, a Dao Sect disciple ranked second on the Sect Wanted List, and told him to depart after recovering.
• Two days later, Song Yun and Pang Lie joined Lin Langtian as guides and traveled with him on a crimson great peng toward Blood Rock Land.
• During the eight-day journey, Lin Langtian grew closer to Song Yun and Pang Lie while considering how to win their loyalty.
• Lin Langtian and his companions reached Blood Rock Land and flew to Black Rock City to gather intelligence about Wang Yan.
• Su Qi and the Yuan Sect disciples stationed in Black Rock City greeted Lin Langtian and confirmed they had been ordered to help hunt Wang Yan.

Song Yun and Pang Lie lured Wang Yan into an ambush, but he overwhelmed them with a single sword strike before the Fire Division arrived. Lin Langtian confronted Wang Yan, and the chapter ended with Wang Yan preparing to fight the newly appointed Spirit General.

• Song Yun and Pang Lie revealed their plan to bait Wang Yan, who appeared and vowed to kill them in revenge for his sister.
• Wang Yan shattered their flaming spears and severely wounded them with one strike from his black greatsword.
• Song Yun sent up a crimson signal, summoning Lin Langtian and the Fire Division forces while Wang Yan declared that he would wait and kill whoever came.
• Lin Langtian arrived and faced Wang Yan as nearby experts gathered to watch their confrontation.
• Wang Yan drew his sword and said that killing a Yuan Sect Spirit General would make his sister happy.

Lin Langtian overwhelmed Wang Yan in a brutal duel, breaking his Heavenly Emperor Bell with the Great Desolation God Extinguishing Palm. Wang Yan refused to surrender and began summoning the Black Demon Mirror’s power, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Wang Yan attacked Lin Langtian, who halted the Fire Division disciples and met him with the black tree and a powerful kick.
• Lin Langtian and Wang Yan traded violent blows that shattered the ground and devastated the surrounding mountain range.
• Lin Langtian insulted the Dao Sect, and Wang Yan charged again; Lin Langtian took to the air and struck him with the Great Desolation God Extinguishing Palm.
• Wang Yan’s Heavenly Emperor Bell broke under Lin Langtian’s attack, impressing the spectators and leaving Wang Yan badly suppressed.
• Wang Yan refused Lin Langtian’s offer to surrender, spilled his blood essence, and summoned a vast black shadow with the Black Demon Mirror, Black Demon Descends.

Lin Langtian defeated Wang Yan with the Flame Emperor Canon, but Wang Yan used Black Flash to escape. While pursuing him, Lin Langtian encountered Ying Xiaoxiao.

• Wang Yan unleashed the Black Demon Mirror against Lin Langtian, who summoned the Flame Qilin with the Flame Emperor Canon.
• The Flame Qilin tore through Wang Yan's shadow and the clash's shockwave injured him, establishing Lin Langtian as a hero among Yuan Sect's disciples.
• Lin Langtian left Wang Yan's fate to Song Yun and the other Fire Division disciples, but Wang Yan used Black Flash to escape.
• Lin Langtian joined the search and learned from the Jin Wu Clone that Wang Yan was ahead.
• Lin Langtian encountered Ying Xiaoxiao in the forest and recognized her.

Lin Langtian spared Ying Xiaoxiao after she risked her life to protect Wang Yan, then returned to Yuan Sect’s base and rewarded the Fire Division disciples who helped with the mission. He strengthened his influence in the division by giving Song Yun, Pang Lie, and Su Qi Vermilion Bird flame Sub-Flames and promising Tribulation Crossing Pills to the others.

• Ying Xiaoxiao confronted Lin Langtian to protect Wang Yan, and Lin Langtian decided not to pursue him.
• Ying Xiaoxiao offered her life to repay Lin Langtian for saving her, but he spared her and flew away after warning her to cherish her life.
• Lin Langtian returned to Yuan Sect’s base and told Song Yun and the others that Wang Yan had escaped after Dao Sect reinforcements arrived.
• Lin Langtian rewarded Song Yun, Pang Lie, and Su Qi with Sub-Flames of the Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Flame, secretly placing their lives under his control.
• Lin Langtian promised every Fire Division disciple who participated in the mission a Tribulation Crossing Pill, earning their enthusiastic support.

After returning to Yuan Sect, Lin Langtian received an appointment as Deputy Chief of the Enforcement Department for defeating Wang Yan. At Dao Sect, Ying Xuanzi learned that Lin Langtian had saved Ying Xiaoxiao, but told her a future between them was impossible because their sects were enemies.

• Lin Langtian returned to Yuan Sect, where Fire Division disciples praised him for defeating Wang Yan and welcomed him as their Spirit General.
• Elder Ye appointed Lin Langtian Deputy Chief of Yuan Sect's Enforcement Department as his reward, explaining that Fen Cang was in seclusion.
• At Dao Sect, Ying Xuanzi and Ying Xiaoxiao visited the unconscious Wang Yan, and Ying Xiaoxiao explained that Lin Langtian had saved her life and spared Wang Yan.
• Ying Xuanzi learned that Ying Xiaoxiao had feelings for Lin Langtian and warned her that their positions in opposing sects made a relationship impossible.
• Ying Xiaoxiao's feelings for Lin Langtian were buried as she struggled with her father's words.

After consolidating his influence in the Fire Division, Lin Langtian reached the Eight Seal Heavenly Talisman Master level and learned that the Flame Demon Space had opened. As disciples and leaders from across the Yuan Sect gathered to witness the chance to claim the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame, the Three Young Kings and the other divisions’ Spirit Generals arrived.

• Lin Langtian’s defeat of Wang Yan strengthened his standing in the Yuan Sect, while his growing faction pushed Ling Chi’s faction toward collapse.
• Lin Langtian endured the Wind Lightning Tribulation by absorbing its lightning with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and advanced to an Eight Seal Heavenly Talisman Master.
• Mo Tie told Lin Langtian that the Flame Demon Space had opened in the Fire Division.
• The Fire River poured lava energy over a mountain as disciples from all Eight Divisions and the division chiefs gathered to witness the Flame Demon Space opening.
• Song Yun, Pang Lie, and Su Qi discussed Lin Langtian’s prospects of subduing the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame before the Three Young Kings and the other divisions’ Spirit Generals arrived.

Yuan Sect’s Three Young Kings and the Spirit Generals gathered as the Flame Demon Space opened, while the crowd debated whether Lin Langtian could claim the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame. Lin Langtian arrived and approached the Black Vortex, where a fluctuation from the Demon Seed inside him caught his attention.

• Yuan Cang, Lei Qian, and Ling Zhen arrived with Yuan Sect’s disciples, and Yuan Cang asked where Lin Langtian was.
• Ling Chi and Xia Yan criticized Lin Langtian for keeping everyone waiting, while Lei Qian doubted he could subdue the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame.
• Fen Cang ordered the Spirit Generals to enter the Flame Demon Space, and Xia Yan and the other seven went to the Black Vortex before Lin Langtian arrived.
• Lin Langtian greeted Fen Cang and the other division heads, then studied the Flame Demon Space and compared its opposing energies to the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Lin Langtian descended before the Black Vortex, and the Demon Seed within him suddenly released a faint fluctuation.

Lin Langtian entered the Flame Demon Space to seek the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame, while the other Spirit Generals were overcome by its hostile power. After enduring the space’s scorching heat and cold Evil Energy for days, he discovered a colossal Demonic Dragon wrapped in black flame.

• Lin Langtian rebuffed Xia Yan’s taunts by reminding him that he had avenged Xia Yan’s defeat by Wang Yan.
• Lin Langtian and the other Spirit Generals touched the Black Vortex and were drawn into the Flame Demon Space.
• Lin Langtian endured the Flame Demon Space’s heat and Evil Energy with the help of his Flame Furnace and Demon Seed, while Xia Yan and the other Spirit Generals were forced to withdraw.
• Yuan Cang, Ling Zhen, and Lei Qian left after assuming Lin Langtian would fail as well.
• Lin Langtian crossed a hill and found a colossal Demonic Dragon coiled beneath the black flame, which he recognized as the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame.

Lin Langtian entered the sealed Flame Demon Space to subdue the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame, but its source flame mistook his Demon Seed power for that of an Evil Demon and attacked him. Lin Langtian’s Devouring Demon Abyss struck back with mysterious Black Gold Light, leaving the flame stunned and questioning whether he was an Abyssal Demon General or King.

• Spirit Aunt told Lin Langtian to approach the sleeping Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame gently and use his Demon Seed to suppress and subdue it.
• Lin Langtian touched the seal on the dragon’s forehead and sent his Mental Power inside, where he found the source flame in the form of a sleeping miniature black dragon.
• The source flame sensed the Demon Seed in Lin Langtian and accused him of being an Evil Demon when he released its power.
• The Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame attacked Lin Langtian, who countered with Devouring Demon Abyss.
• Mysterious Black Gold Light empowered Lin Langtian’s abyss, defeated the flame’s dragon form, and made the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame ask whether he was an Abyssal Demon General or King.

Lin Langtian used the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror and his black-gold Demon Seed to subdue Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame and absorb its source flame. He spent a month refining it in the Flame Demon Space, where his power continued to build as his seclusion finally ended.

• Lin Langtian realized his black-gold Demonic Qi made Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame mistake him for an Abyssal Demon King and challenged the flame to submit.
• Lin Langtian fought Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame, then used the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror to bind and shrink it.
• Lin Langtian drew Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame into his palm, broke out of the Mental Power space, and found its source flame in his Dantian.
• Lin Langtian fused the source flame into his Demon Seed and began refining it in the Flame Demon Space.
• After nearly a month of seclusion, Lin Langtian's Demon Seed had grown denser and stronger, and his seclusion came to an end.

Lin Langtian subdued the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame, strengthened his Black Flame Hegemon Body, and advanced to the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage. When he emerged from the Flame Demon Space, Shi Dong attacked him but recoiled after sensing his demonic flames, suspecting Lin Langtian had mastered the sealed flame.

• Lin Langtian absorbed the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame into his Flame Furnace and used its power to strengthen his body.
• After nearly two months of cultivation, Lin Langtian broke through to the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage and demonstrated the immense force of his enhanced Black Flame Hegemon Body.
• Outside the Flame Demon Space, Fen Cang and the division heads feared the Seal was failing, and Shi Dong blamed Lin Langtian for the disturbance.
• When Lin Langtian emerged, Shi Dong attacked him, but Lin Langtian stopped his fist with one hand and frightened him back with his demonic flames.
• Shi Dong recognized the flames and asked whether Lin Langtian had subdued the Chaos Abyssal Demon Flame.