Chapter Summaries

Tian Yuanzi ordered Lin Langtian to assassinate Lin Qingtan, explaining that her position in the Darkness Hall and possible inheritance of the Dark Ancestral Symbol threatened Yuan Sect. He revealed that Zhou Tong was alive, enslaved, and the master of the Space Ancestral Talisman, then offered to let Lin Langtian borrow it for the assassination.

• Tian Yuanzi explained why he viewed Lin Qingtan as a threat and chose Lin Langtian to infiltrate the Northern Xuan Region and kill her.
• Lin Langtian voiced doubts about his ability to reach Lin Qingtan, but agreed to serve Yuan Sect when Tian Yuanzi pressed him.
• Tian Yuanzi summoned Zhou Tong and revealed that Yuan Sect had secretly kept him alive and controlled him for a century.
• Zhou Tong briefly resisted Tian Yuanzi's control and cursed him before Tian Yuanzi subdued him again.
• Tian Yuanzi explained that Zhou Tong possessed the Space Ancestral Talisman and offered to lend it to Lin Langtian for the assassination.

Tian Yuanzi lent Lin Langtian the Space Ancestral Talisman and secretly used the Demonic Emperor Lock to try to control him. Lin Langtian’s Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror neutralized the lock’s influence, and after leaving to assassinate Lin Qingtan, he was revealed to be a pawn the Three Grand Masters hoped to turn into a servant of the Demonic Emperor.

• Tian Yuanzi offered Lin Langtian the Space Ancestral Talisman for one month and promised him Yuan Sect’s Enforcement Department head position if he assassinated Lin Qingtan.
• Tian Yuanzi removed the Space Ancestral Talisman from Zhou Tong and sealed it inside a Demonic Emperor Lock, which Lin Langtian recognized as a threat meant to control him.
• Lin Langtian accepted the talisman, and his Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror dispelled the Demonic Emperor Lock’s Demonic Qi before he stopped it from destroying the lock.
• Tian Yuanzi detected Lin Langtian’s Demon Seed and mistook it for a reason the Demonic Emperor Lock could not control him, then sent him to the Northern Xuan Region with one month to complete the assassination.
• After Lin Langtian left, Di Yuanzi and Ren Yuanzi appeared, and Tian Yuanzi revealed that they wanted the Demon Seed and Demonic Emperor Lock to make Lin Langtian a loyal subordinate of Lord Demonic Emperor.

Lin Langtian replicated the Space Ancestral Talisman and discovered Zhou Tong’s surviving Nascent Soul within the original. He won Zhou Tong’s trust and set out to establish his own faction, then traveled through space toward the Blood Horn Region to help Dugu Qi purge Demonic Qi.

• Lin Langtian successfully replicated the Space Ancestral Talisman and learned from Spirit Aunt that Tian Yuanzi had tried to control him with the Demonic Emperor Lock.
• Zhou Tong’s Nascent Soul appeared from the original Space Ancestral Talisman, and Lin Langtian explained his conflict with Tian Yuanzi and revealed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Lin Langtian asked Zhou Tong to join his future faction after he revived; Zhou Tong agreed to follow him once restored, and Spirit Aunt began nourishing his Nascent Soul beneath her wings.
• Lin Langtian decided to leave Yuan Sect and first help Dugu Qi expel the Demonic Qi in his body.
• Lin Langtian used the replicated Space Ancestral Talisman to travel through a Space Rift and successfully arrived in the Blood Horn Region.

Lin Langtian purged the Demonic Qi from Dugu Qi and recruited him as a Supreme Elder for the faction he planned to establish. After Dugu Qi departed to settle old scores in the Western Xuan Region, Lin Langtian decided to travel to the Northern Xuan Region over Tian Yuanzi’s order to assassinate Qing Tan.

• Lin Langtian used the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror’s energy to purge Dugu Qi’s Demonic Qi, gradually restoring the Poison Venerable’s strength while improving his own.
• After several days of treatment, Dugu Qi recovered his peak strength and promised to help Lin Langtian if the Heavenly Profound Sect threatened him.
• Lin Langtian told Dugu Qi of his plan to leave Yuan Sect and establish a faction, then invited him to join as Supreme Elder.
• Dugu Qi agreed to join Lin Langtian’s faction but said he would first travel to the Western Xuan Region to settle old scores.
• Dugu Qi gave Lin Langtian a jade pendant that could summon him with Spatial Shift, then departed.
• Lin Langtian decided to go to the Northern Xuan Region in response to Tian Yuanzi’s order to assassinate Qing Tan.

Lin Langtian crossed the Myriad Mountains into the Northern Xuan Region, seeking the Stillness Divine Tablet, a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill, and the Darkness Hall’s support. After rescuing a young woman from bandits, he arranged to travel with her Blazing Fire Mercenary Group to the Darkness Hall Festival, where he hoped to meet Qing Tan.

• Lin Langtian used the Space Ancestral Talisman to cross the Myriad Mountains, surviving a close encounter with a Samsara Stage demon beast thanks to Spirit Aunt’s Nine Nether Flame Sparrow bloodline.
• Lin Langtian emerged into the Northern Xuan Region, left a spatial mark, and set out toward Darkness City to find Qing Tan and seek the Stillness Divine Tablet, a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill, and the Darkness Hall’s backing.
• Lin Langtian encountered a wounded young woman being pursued by black-clad bandits and stopped their attack.
• The young woman told Lin Langtian that her Blazing Fire Mercenary Group was heading to Darkness City for the Darkness Hall Festival, and he offered to escort her in exchange for joining them.
• The young woman accepted Lin Langtian’s offer and asked him to save her father and the rest of the group, and Lin Langtian agreed.

Lin Langtian saved Ling Zhi and the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group from the Dark Horse Gang, then joined the group to attend the Darkness Hall Festival. After traveling with them, he reached the outskirts of Darkness City and saw the vast city protected by a massive barrier.

• Lin Langtian killed the bandits pursuing Ling Zhi and agreed to help her rescue her father and the others.
• Lin Langtian and Ling Zhi arrived as Li Rui and the Dark Horse Gang attacked the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group, and Lin Langtian killed the bandits and both Life Profound Stage leaders with the Space Ancestral Talisman’s Blade of Space.
• Captain Kalon thanked Lin Langtian, who explained that he wanted to attend the festival to look for his younger sister, said to be a Darkness Hall disciple, and Kalon agreed to take him.
• Lin Langtian set out with the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group and learned from Ling Zhi about Darkness Hall’s control over the Northern Xuan Region.
• By the fourth morning, Lin Langtian and the group reached the outskirts of Darkness City, where he saw its enormous dark barrier and crowded gates.

Lin Langtian entered Darkness City with the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group to attend Darkness Hall’s festival, hoping to meet Qing Tan and obtain a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill. As Hall Master Bo Xuan appeared at the ceremony, Lin Langtian spotted Qing Tan beside him.

• Lin Langtian entered Darkness City with Kalon and the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group and rested at an inn before the festival.
• Lin Langtian told Spirit Aunt that he wanted to build a powerful force to protect Jin Wu, obtain essence blood for her, and eventually support his relationship with Ling Qingzhu.
• Lin Langtian declined Ling Zhi’s invitation to explore the city and joined the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group on its way to Darkness Plaza.
• A bell rang across Darkness Plaza, signaling the start of the festival as the crowd fell silent.
• Bo Xuan appeared above the altar, and Lin Langtian recognized Qing Tan standing beside him.

At Darkness Hall’s ancestral ceremony, Bo Xuan announced that his disciple Lin Qingtan would enter the Darkness Tribunal as a trial to become his heir. Elder Luo then invoked the Shadow Guard rule and introduced a young man who volunteered to protect her, leaving Qing Tan visibly displeased.

• Faction leaders from across the Northern Xuan Region gathered at Darkness Plaza to honor Bo Xuan, while Qing Tan spotted Lin Langtian in the crowd.
• Bo Xuan brought Qing Tan before the Ancestral Stele and announced that she would enter the Darkness Tribunal and begin the Hall Master inheritance trial.
• The faction leaders reacted with surprise and speculation as Qing Tan’s trial made her a possible future Hall Master.
• Elder Luo reminded Bo Xuan that trial participants were assigned Shadow Guards, and Bo Xuan explained that a guard was meant to fight beside and protect the participant.
• A handsome young man in black stepped forward and volunteered to become Qing Tan’s Shadow Guard, causing her expression to darken.

Qing Tan faced the Council of Elders’ attempt to place Mo Ming as her Shadow Guard, and Chen Kui lost their proposed contest. The chapter ended with Qing Tan telling Bo Xuan that she had another candidate.

• Elder Luo urged Bo Xuan to appoint Mo Ming as Qing Tan’s Shadow Guard, citing the Council of Elders’ wish to mend relations with the Hall Master faction.
• Mo Ming proposed that the Hall Master faction’s candidate fight him, and Bo Xuan sent Chen Kui to the battle platform.
• Chen Kui and Mo Ming exchanged powerful attacks, but Mo Ming revealed Life Profound Stage Great Success and crushed Chen Kui’s Great Dark Heavenly Ghost Claw.
• Mo Ming seriously injured Chen Kui, prompting the Council of Elders to expect that he would become Qing Tan’s Shadow Guard.
• Qing Tan told Bo Xuan that she still had another candidate for the Shadow Guard position.

Qing Tan chose Lin Langtian to challenge Mo Ming for the position of her Shadow Guard, and Lin Langtian accepted. After their first exchange, Mo Ming revealed his true strength as a Life Profound Stage Perfection expert, leaving Lin Langtian facing a far stronger opponent than expected.

• After Chen Kui lost to Mo Ming, Qing Tan revealed Lin Langtian as her candidate for Shadow Guard and asked him to defeat Mo Ming.
• Bo Xuan defended Qing Tan's choice, and Mo Ming proposed a match with Lin Langtian to decide who would become her Shadow Guard.
• Mo Ming and Lin Langtian exchanged taunts as the crowd recognized Lin Langtian for defeating Xuan Tian and annihilating the Heavenly Profound Sect disciples.
• Mo Ming attacked with a massive black palm, and Lin Langtian countered with an ancient palm technique.
• Mo Ming unleashed a surge of power, revealing that he had reached Life Profound Stage Perfection.

Lin Langtian used the Wood Emperor Triple Transformation to absorb energy from the forests in his spatial treasure, raising his strength to face Mo Ming. The two began an evenly matched battle in Darkness City, and neither had gained the upper hand by the end.

• Mo Ming revealed his Life Profound Stage Perfection strength and wielded the Great Black Heaven Halberd, while Qing Tan reassured Chen Kui that Lin Langtian would win.
• Lin Langtian activated the Wood Emperor Triple Transformation and drained energy from the Mirror Inner World's forests and Greenwood Origin Tree grove.
• Lin Langtian absorbed the vast Wood Energy without harming his body, using the Flame Furnace to withstand the power and raise his battle strength.
• Mo Ming attacked with a barrage of halberd strikes, which Lin Langtian deflected with the Luo Water Pearl before closing in with a fierce physical assault.
• Mo Ming recovered and defended against Lin Langtian's attacks with his halberd, leaving the two evenly matched as the spectators watched.

Lin Langtian defeated Mo Ming in a fierce duel on Darkness Plaza by unleashing the Evil God Demonic Eye and its Great Slaughtering Demon Statue. After a Death Profound Stage elder intervened to stop Lin Langtian from crippling Mo Ming, Mo Ming reluctantly admitted defeat.

• Lin Langtian and Mo Ming exchanged powerful attacks as onlookers recognized the intensity of their battle.
• Mo Ming unleashed the Great Black Heaven Halberd's One Halberd Breaks Ten Thousand Armies, while Lin Langtian summoned the Great Slaughtering Demon Statue with his Evil God Demonic Eye.
• Lin Langtian's demon statue destroyed Mo Ming's halberd attack, leaving Mo Ming injured and his weapon's radiance dimmed.
• Lin Langtian rushed to strike Mo Ming's Dantian, but a Death Profound Stage elder intervened; Lin Langtian still struck Mo Ming in the chest before Qing Tan stopped his retreat.
• Lin Langtian challenged Mo Ming to continue the match, and Mo Ming reluctantly declared Lin Langtian the winner.

Lin Langtian defeated Mo Ming and became Qing Tan’s Shadow Guard, then met with Bo Xuan, who discovered the Space Ancestral Talisman within him. After Lin Langtian explained that he would leave the Yuan Sect and establish his own faction, he asked Bo Xuan to lend him a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill.

• Mo Ming conceded defeat, and Bo Xuan confirmed that Lin Langtian would serve as Qing Tan’s Shadow Guard.
• Lin Langtian and Qing Tan met Bo Xuan in a secluded Bamboo Forest, where Bo Xuan detected the Space Ancestral Talisman within Lin Langtian.
• Lin Langtian told Bo Xuan that Tian Yuanzi had ordered him to assassinate Qing Tan, and Qing Tan persuaded her Master to hear Lin Langtian’s explanation.
• Lin Langtian explained that he had no loyalty to the Yuan Sect and planned to leave it and establish his own faction.
• Bo Xuan offered to help Lin Langtian, who asked to borrow a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill.

Lin Langtian asked Bo Xuan for a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill, and Bo Xuan arranged for him and Qing Tan to earn one by joining the Darkness Tribunal’s campaign against the Fire Cloud Sect. Before their departure, Bo Xuan rewarded them with Earth Heart Life Spirit Sap, which they took away to cultivate.

• Lin Langtian asked to borrow a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill, but Bo Xuan explained that Elder Luo and the Elder Council controlled the supply.
• Bo Xuan offered two ways to obtain a pill, and Lin Langtian chose to earn merit by joining Qing Tan on a mission to suppress the Fire Cloud Sect’s rebellion.
• Bo Xuan assigned Lin Langtian and Qing Tan to the Seventh Regiment Third Battalion and reminded Lin Langtian to protect Qing Tan while letting her train.
• Bo Xuan gave Lin Langtian Earth Heart Life Spirit Sap to help him advance and gave Qing Tan a drop to help her break through to the Life Profound Stage.
• Lin Langtian and Qing Tan accepted the rewards, took their leave, and began secluded cultivation.

Lin Langtian absorbed the Earth Heart Life Spirit Sap, Demonic Qi, and two Life-Life Profound Spirit Fruits to break through to Life Profound Stage Great Success. Qing Tan came to summon him to the Darkness Tribunal, where they would serve as ordinary members, and Lin Langtian promised to protect her as her Shadow Guard.

• Lin Langtian found that the Earth Heart Life Spirit Sap alone could not push him to Life Profound Stage Great Success because his Yuan Power reserves were unusually vast.
• Lin Langtian used the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror to devour the Mirror Inner World's Demonic Qi, which the Demon Seed refined into energy that strengthened his body and cultivation.
• Lin Langtian consumed two Life-Life Profound Spirit Fruits and broke through to Life Profound Stage Great Success, with the Demon Seed condensing into a black pearl.
• Spirit Aunt told Lin Langtian that Qing Tan had arrived, and he left the Mirror Inner World to meet her.
• Qing Tan told Lin Langtian she had chosen to join the Darkness Tribunal to become stronger, and he agreed to serve as her Shadow Guard and protect her.

Lin Langtian and Qing Tan joined the Third Battalion of the Tribunal Army as ordinary members, then prepared to join its campaign against the rebellious Fire Cloud Sect. The chapter ended as they entered a teleportation formation bound for the Southern River Realm.

• Lin Langtian arrived with Qing Tan at the Black Shadow Training Ground and assessed the Third Battalion's powerful soldiers and commanders.
• Qing Tan told Zhong Kui that she wanted to be treated like an ordinary Tribunal Army member, and she introduced Lin Langtian as her Shadow Guard.
• Zhong Kui assigned Lin Langtian and Qing Tan to Lan Yan's flag, where they joined the ranks as ordinary soldiers.
• Zhong Kui announced that the Tribunal Army would attack the Fire Cloud Sect in the Southern River Realm, and the soldiers answered with a battle cry.
• Zhong Kui activated a teleportation formation, and Lin Langtian and Qing Tan entered it with the battalion.

Lin Langtian and Zhong Kui led the Tribunal Army to the Southern River Realm, where they set out to suppress the Fire Cloud Sect after it killed the branch hall master. At the Fire Cloud Sect, Tang Lie tried to force regional leaders into an alliance and rebellion, but the Tribunal Army arrived before he could secure their support.

• Zhong Kui led the four-hundred-man Tribunal Army through the Southern River Realm branch hall’s formation and refused to delay before pursuing the Fire Cloud Sect.
• Acting Hall Master Li Li assigned Li Liu and Li Yan to guide the Tribunal Army, then watched them march away.
• Tang Lie told the imprisoned regional leaders that he had killed Huo Tao and proposed uniting their forces to leave for the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Several leaders pledged to follow Tang Lie, but he threatened the rest with being treated as accomplices by the Darkness Hall if they refused.
• The Tribunal Army shattered the Fire Cloud Sect’s protective formation and arrived in the sky, prompting Tang Lie to recognize that a full camp had come.

The Darkness Tribunal’s Zhong Kui led one camp of the Tribunal Army to destroy the Fire Cloud Sect for Tang Lie’s rebellion, and the two sides fought across the sect grounds. As the Tribunal Army gained the upper hand, Tang Lie summoned a Half-step Death Profound Stage Blood Puppet, leaving Lin Langtian alarmed.

• Zhong Kui ordered the Tribunal Army to kill every member of the Fire Cloud Sect, and Lin Langtian joined the assault while staying near Qing Tan.
• Tang Lie rallied the Fire Cloud Sect and allied faction leaders to fight back, then engaged Zhong Kui in the sky.
• Lin Langtian fought without revealing his full strength, while Qing Tan killed two Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage experts and challenged two Life Profound Stage Small Success Elders with her scythe.
• The Tribunal Army’s superior strength gave it the advantage, and Zhong Kui repeatedly overpowered Tang Lie in their battle.
• Tang Lie recognized Qing Tan as a likely disciple of the Darkness Hall Master and summoned a blood-colored puppet.
• Lin Langtian identified the summoned creature as a Half-step Death Profound Stage Blood Puppet.

Tang Lie sent his Blood Puppet to capture Qing Tan and force the Tribunal Army to retreat, while Zhong Kui fought Tang Lie and Lin Langtian moved to protect her. Qing Tan revealed an imprint of the Dark Ancestral Symbol but was injured by the Blood Puppet, and Lin Langtian arrived as it prepared another attack.

• Tang Lie ordered his Half-step Death Profound Stage Blood Puppet to capture Qing Tan, and Zhong Kui fought Tang Lie to stop him from intervening.
• The Blood Puppet attacked Qing Tan while two Fire Cloud Sect Elders joined in, and it knocked Lan Yan away when she tried to help.
• Lin Langtian caught Lan Yan, told her to support Qing Tan from the side, and rushed to confront the Blood Puppet.
• Qing Tan summoned an imprint of the Dark Ancestral Symbol and used her black scythe to defend herself, but the Blood Puppet struck her and sent her flying.
• As the Blood Puppet pressed its attack, Lin Langtian appeared beside Qing Tan, and she greeted him with relief.

Lin Langtian arrived to protect Qing Tan and transformed his Black Flame Hegemon Body into Demonic Flame Armament to fight the blood puppet. As the brutal battle continued, both he and the puppet were injured, while Qing Tan charged at the Fire Cloud Sect Elders.

• Lin Langtian struck the blood puppet away from Qing Tan, then Zhong Kui wounded Tang Lie with Darkness Mace, Annihilate All Life.
• Tang Lie ordered the blood puppet to capture Qing Tan, and Lin Langtian told her to face the enemies elsewhere before unleashing Demonic Flame Armament.
• Lin Langtian and the blood puppet exchanged fierce close-range attacks, impressing the Tribunal Army and the Southern River Realm faction leaders.
• Qing Tan charged at the two Fire Cloud Sect Elders with her black scythe while Lin Langtian continued fighting the blood puppet.
• The blood puppet injured Lin Langtian's shoulder, but Lin Langtian struck its chest with a demonic-flame blade; both fighters ended the exchange wounded.