Chapter Summaries

Lin Langtian defeated Luo Jiu, claimed the Demon Ape Transformation martial art, and prepared to leave Great Eagle City for the Great Desolation Commandery. As he departed, Jiang Lei realized that Lin Tian might be the famous Lin Langtian of the Lin Clan.

• Lin Langtian killed Luo Jiu, seized his Universe Bag, and secured the Eagle Martial Arts School’s victory over the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School.
• Lin Langtian discovered the Demon Ape Transformation in Luo Jiu’s Universe Bag and concluded that Luo Jiu had lost control by cultivating it incorrectly.
• Lin Langtian learned that mastering the Demon Ape Transformation required life essence blood from an ape-type demonic beast, and decided the Ancient Dragon Ape suited his plans.
• Three days after the Blood Vulture Martial Arts School was erased from Great Eagle City, Lin Langtian bid farewell to Jiang Lei and Jiang Xue and flew away on an azure eagle.
• Jiang Lei comforted the heartbroken Jiang Xue, then wondered whether Lin Tian was actually Lin Langtian, the Lin Clan’s renowned genius.

Lin Langtian reached the Ancient Ruined Ravine and found a pair of Myriad Beast Fruits in the Ancient Dragon Ape’s valley. As he prepared to claim them, the furious ape discovered him and charged, leaving Lin Langtian ready to fight.

• Lin Langtian arrived at the Ancient Ruined Ravine and sensed a powerful beast deep within its mountains.
• Lin Langtian entered the valley and found the juvenile Ancient Dragon Ape, a beast whose strength rivaled a Creation Realm Minor Completion expert.
• Lin Langtian discovered two Myriad Beast Fruits floating in a blood-red pool and realized they could help the ape evolve or temper a human’s body.
• The Ancient Dragon Ape roared and rushed toward Lin Langtian as he prepared to collect the fruits.
• Lin Langtian turned to face the ape with a grave expression and fierce fighting spirit.

Lin Langtian fought the Ancient Dragon Ape and used the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror to reflect its attacks and gradually suppress it. As other experts gathered nearby, he decided to finish the battle quickly before they could take advantage.

• The Ancient Dragon Ape shattered Lin Langtian’s Demon Stele and nearly struck him with its powerful fists.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror, an Earth-grade Spirit Treasure, to meet the ape’s next attack.
• Lin Langtian used the mirror to absorb part of the ape’s force and reflect the rest back at it.
• The Ancient Dragon Ape defended itself and repeatedly clashed with the mirror, but its own attacks were reflected and gradually exhausted it.
• Lin Langtian spotted other experts approaching and resolved to defeat the ape before they could claim the spoils.

Lin Langtian fought the Ancient Dragon Ape and unleashed the Great Heavenly Phoenix Seal, channeling his Black Flame Power into a devastating attack. The Ancient Dragon Ape died beneath the flames as spectators watched.

• Lin Langtian held off the Ancient Dragon Ape with the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror but realized the defense was rapidly draining his yuan power.
• Lin Langtian summoned his Black Flame Power and gathered yuan power into a massive Silver Phoenix Shadow, which spectators recognized as a Creation Martial Art.
• Lin Langtian sent the Black Flame-wreathed phoenix toward the Ancient Dragon Ape, which countered with a beam of black light from its dragon horn.
• Lin Langtian's attack tore through the black beam and engulfed the Ancient Dragon Ape in Black Flame.
• After burning for half an hour, the Ancient Dragon Ape collapsed and died.

Lin Langtian defeated the Ancient Dragon Ape, drove away treasure hunters, and collected its Blood Essence. He then found the adult ape’s Nirvana-level Demonic Spirit in its cave.

• Lin Langtian intimidated the treasure hunters with his Demon Stele, and they retreated rather than challenge him.
• Lin Langtian took an Origin Returning Pill to restore his Yuan Power, then extracted the Ancient Dragon Ape’s Blood Essence for Demon Ape Transformation.
• Lin Langtian added some Blood Essence to the pool nurturing the two Myriad Beast Fruits, accelerating their growth, and set a warning formation nearby.
• Lin Langtian entered the winding depths of the valley and discovered the Ancient Dragon Ape’s hidden cave.
• Lin Langtian found a mountain-sized black sphere containing the sleeping figure of an adult Ancient Dragon Ape and recognized it as its Nirvana-level Demonic Spirit.

Lin Langtian and Spirit Aunt defeated and absorbed the Adult Ancient Dragon Ape’s Demon Spirit, allowing Lin Langtian to break through to Qi Creation Stage Great Perfection. Spirit Aunt then noticed the Golden Mirror in his Dantian and recognized it as something she thought had been destroyed.

• The Ancient Dragon Ape’s Demon Spirit attacked Lin Langtian, but Spirit Aunt used Black Flame to shatter its orb and overpower it.
• Spirit Aunt swallowed the Demon Spirit and awakened fully in Lin Langtian’s Dantian.
• Spirit Aunt agreed to refine the Ancient Dragon Ape’s energy with Lin Langtian, taking most of it for herself.
• Lin Langtian absorbed the remaining energy and broke through to Qi Creation Stage Great Perfection.
• Spirit Aunt saw the Golden Mirror floating in Lin Langtian’s Dantian and wondered how it could still exist after being destroyed.

After Lin Langtian broke through, Spirit Aunt recognized the Golden Spirit Wheel Realm as the Mysterious Golden Mirror, a divine artifact from her past. She let him keep it and explained its Fusion Power, then offered him a Black Flame Body as a gift.

• Spirit Aunt asked Lin Langtian where he had obtained the Golden Spirit Wheel Realm, and he honestly recounted how he found it and how it changed.
• Spirit Aunt revealed that the Golden Spirit Wheel Realm was the Mysterious Golden Mirror, which had survived a great explosion and arrived in the continent with her.
• Lin Langtian offered to return the mirror, but Spirit Aunt allowed him to keep it because it had acknowledged him as its master.
• Spirit Aunt explained that the Mysterious Golden Mirror could fuse different kinds of power, though its Mirror Spirit had not yet awakened.
• Spirit Aunt warned Lin Langtian that the remote Great Yan Dynasty might limit his prospects, and he declared that he would rise beyond it.
• Spirit Aunt gave Lin Langtian a ring of black flames bearing the words “Black Flame Body” as a greeting gift.

Spirit Aunt taught Lin Langtian the rare Creation-grade Black Flame Body and warned him that mastering it required enduring relentless pain. Lin Langtian began cultivating with the Black Flame and Myriad Beast Fruits, and after three days Spirit Aunt saw signs that he might have succeeded.

• Spirit Aunt explained that the Black Flame Body was the first level of a supreme expert’s body-refining art and warned Lin Langtian about its painful cultivation.
• Lin Langtian spent several days recovering while the Myriad Beast Fruits ripened, then prepared to begin cultivating.
• Spirit Aunt engulfed Lin Langtian in Black Flame, and he followed her instruction to let it penetrate and temper his muscles and bones.
• Lin Langtian swallowed a Myriad Beast Fruit, intensifying his pain, but endured the continuous burning for two days and then fell silent.
• After another day, Spirit Aunt saw dim light beneath Lin Langtian’s skin and wondered whether he had mastered the Black Flame Body.

Lin Langtian returned from the Ancient Ruined Ravine with the One-Pattern Black Flame Body and Half-step Creation strength. Back in Lin City, Lin Ke'er told him that the Tower Competition was about to begin.

• Lin Langtian discovered that the Black Flame had tempered his body, raised his Yuan Power, and formed a Flame Furnace that gave him the One-Pattern Black Flame Body.
• Spirit Aunt warned Lin Langtian not to overuse the Black Flame Body and offered to upgrade his Demon Ape Transformation after she awakened.
• Lin Langtian accepted Spirit Aunt's offer, and she returned to his Dantian to sleep after reminding him that his future depended on himself.
• Lin Langtian left the Ancient Ruined Ravine and returned to Lin City after a month, having raised his strength to the Half-step Creation Realm.
• Lin Xue and Lin Ke'er visited Lin Langtian, and Lin Ke'er explained that Symbol Masters had gathered in Lin City for the upcoming Tower Competition.

Lin Langtian learned that Lin City was one victory away from reclaiming its Symbol Master Tower and decided to join the upcoming Tower Competition. He cultivated until he broke through to become a Four-Seal Talisman Master.

• Lin Ke'er explained that Lin City had lost its Symbol Master Tower to Huangpu City but had won the last two Tower Competitions.
• Lin Xue said the Huangpu Family had recruited young Symbol Master geniuses ahead of the next match.
• Lin Langtian decided to represent the Lin City Symbol Master Association, hoping to challenge the Huangpu Family and use the tower to strengthen his Mental Power.
• Lin Langtian meditated in his room and drew on the Mental Power sealed within the Golden Spirit Wheel Realm.
• Lin Langtian's Spirit Talisman Vortices transformed into four Natal Spirit Talismans, and he broke through to the Four-Seal Talisman Master realm.

Lin Langtian reached the Four-Seal Talisman Master realm and spent a day learning to balance Yuan Power and Mental Power through the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror, successfully creating Essence Yuan Power. He then headed to the Lin City Symbol Master Association to seek President Lin Mo’s approval to enter the Tower Competition.

• Lin Langtian recognized that the Black Vortex Spirit Talisman and the Golden Spirit Wheel Realm’s sealing power had helped him advance rapidly to the Four-Seal Talisman Master realm.
• Lin Langtian tried to fuse his Yuan Power and Mental Power with the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror, but his stronger Yuan Power disrupted the balance.
• Lin Langtian repeatedly adjusted the two powers for an entire day until the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror condensed a fist-sized mass of Essence Yuan Power.
• Lin Langtian realized the fused power could let him contend with a Creation Realm Minor Completion expert, though producing it consumed substantial energy.
• Lin Langtian headed to the Lin City Symbol Master Association to seek President Lin Mo’s approval to participate in the Tower Competition.

Lin Langtian visited President Lin Mo and asked to join Lin City's team for the Tower Competition against Huangpu City. Lin Mo refused, saying the competition was too important to include someone he believed lacked Symbol Master skill.

• Lin Langtian arrived at President Lin Mo's estate and was escorted to his Bamboo House.
• Lin Mo sensed a vague threat from Lin Langtian and listened as he explained that he wanted to leave the Great Yan Dynasty to pursue the Martial Path.
• Lin Langtian asked to be added to Lin City's roster for the Tower Competition against Huangpu City.
• Lin Mo refused, explaining that the competition would decide whether Lin City could reclaim its Symbol Master Tower.

Lin Langtian sought a place in the Tower Competition, but Lin Mo initially refused to protect him from a potentially damaging defeat. After testing Lin Langtian’s Mental Power, Lin Mo agreed to take him to Huangpu City for the competition.

• Lin Mo refused Lin Langtian’s request to participate in the Tower Competition because he doubted his Mental Power abilities and feared a defeat might harm his cultivation.
• Jin Xing entered the Bamboo House, and Lin Mo challenged Lin Langtian to withstand one of her attacks as a condition for joining the competition.
• Jin Xing launched a Mental Shockwave, and Lin Langtian revealed that he was a Four-Seal Talisman Master by defending against it.
• Jin Xing split her Mental Power into multiple streams, and Lin Langtian countered with a Spirit Spear that Jin Xing destroyed.
• Lin Mo stopped the exchange, approved Lin Langtian’s participation, and told him to travel with the group to Huangpu City the next day.

Lin Langtian joined Lin City’s Symbol Master Association team on its journey to Huangpu City for the Tower Competition, where Jin Xing told him about the contest’s history and a powerful rival. The group arrived in Huangpu City, and Lin Mo told them to rest before the competition began in three days.

• Lin Mo announced that Lin Langtian would join the Tower Competition team, surprising the young Symbol Masters gathered at the courtyard.
• Lin Langtian traveled with Jin Xing, who learned he had cultivated Mental Power for less than a year and explained the dispute between Lin City and Huangpu City over their shared Symbol Master Tower.
• Jin Xing warned Lin Langtian that Huangpu City might recruit Ling Quan, a Low-level Talisman Master and disciple of Master Hegou, for the competition.
• Lin Langtian and the Lin City group reached Huangpu City after three days of travel and entered the city without trouble.
• Lin Mo led the group to an inn and told them to rest before the Tower Competition in three days.

Lin Langtian joined Lin Mo’s party for the Tower Competition between the Lin City and Huangpu City Symbol Master Associations. Huangpu City had recruited Ling Quan, leaving the contest poised to begin with its tower-climbing rules announced.

• Lin Langtian followed Lin Mo and the others to the Huangpu City Symbol Master Association and sensed the immense Mental Power inside the Symbol Master Tower.
• Jin Xing identified Huangpu Nuo as the association’s president and warned that Huangpu City had both Ling Quan and Huangpu Yun, two Spirit Talisman Masters.
• Huangpu Nuo recognized Lin Langtian, drawing the gathered Symbol Masters’ attention to his participation in the competition.
• Ling Quan dismissed Lin Langtian’s Symbol Master ability and resolved to defeat him to enhance his own reputation.
• Lin Mo challenged Huangpu Nuo over hiring Ling Quan, and Huangpu Nuo announced that victory would go to whoever climbed highest and endured longest.
• Lin Mo, Huangpu Nuo, and the others turned toward the tower and called for it to be opened.

Lin Langtian entered the Symbol Master Tower for the Tower Competition and quickly climbed through its first four layers. He reached the Fifth Layer, where the Lin City and Huangpu City Symbol Masters sat in tense, divided groups.

• Lin Mo and another man opened the Symbol Master Tower, and the Tower Competition began as Symbol Masters rushed inside.
• Huangpu Nuo sent Ling Quan, Huangpu Yun, and the Huangpu City competitors into the tower, confident that Ling Quan would help them win.
• Jin Xing and Lin Langtian entered the tower, where its mental pressure suppressed Yuan Power and its cleansing power strengthened Lin Langtian's Natal Spirit Talismans.
• Lin Langtian passed the barriers to the upper layers with ease, astonishing the Symbol Masters who struggled on the lower floors.
• Lin Langtian reached the Fifth Layer and found the Lin City and Huangpu City Symbol Masters seated in separate groups amid a tense atmosphere.

Lin Langtian arrived at the Fifth Layer and learned that Huangpu City's Symbol Masters had injured Lin City's members. He defeated and drained the Mental Power of all eight Huangpu City Symbol Masters, leaving him on the verge of becoming a Spirit Talisman Master.

• Lin Yin told Lin Langtian that Huangpu Yun had injured Lin City's Symbol Masters after Jin Xing was absent.
• A tall, thin Symbol Master from Huangpu City mocked Lin Langtian and claimed that Huangpu Yun and Ling Quan would win the Tower Competition.
• Lin Langtian revealed his power as a Four-Seal Talisman Master and used his Black Vortex Spirit Talisman to absorb the tall, thin man's Mental Power.
• Lin Langtian ordered Lin City's uninjured Symbol Masters to hold off the remaining Huangpu City fighters, then subdued and drained all seven of them.
• After absorbing their Mental Power, Lin Langtian sensed that he was one step away from becoming a Spirit Talisman Master.

Lin Langtian refined his vast Mental Power by entering the sixth and then the seventh layer of the Symbol Master Tower, revealing that he was a Spirit Talisman Master. Outside, his achievement surprised the gathered Symbol Masters and drew attention as news spread, while Ling Qingzhu and Huangpu Jing arrived at the tower.

• Lin Langtian gave restorative pills to three injured Lin City Symbol Masters, then entered the sixth layer to continue cultivating.
• Lin Langtian used the four Natal Spirit Talismans in his Mud Pill Palace to withstand the seventh layer's Mental Barrier and entered it.
• The Symbol Masters on the sixth layer were shocked that Lin Langtian had entered a layer reserved for powerful Spirit Talisman Masters.
• At the tower, Lin Mo and Huangpu Nuo saw a new point of light appear on the seventh layer, and Lin Mo identified it as Lin Langtian.
• News of Lin Langtian's breakthrough spread through the Great Yan Dynasty as Ling Qingzhu and Huangpu Jing arrived outside the tower.

Lin Langtian reached the seventh layer of the Symbol Master Tower, astonishing Ling Qingzhu and Huangpu Jing with how quickly he had become a Spirit Talisman Master. He confronted Huangpu Yun over his treatment of the Lin City Symbol Master Association’s members and left him badly injured with the Hand of the Demon God.

• Ling Qingzhu and Huangpu Jing watched Lin Langtian’s marker reach the seventh layer and marveled that he had become a Spirit Talisman Master in less than a year.
• Jin Xing and Huangpu Yun struggled under the seventh layer’s mental pressure and argued over whether either could reach the eighth layer.
• Lin Langtian arrived and challenged Huangpu Yun for injuring members of the Lin City Symbol Master Association.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Hand of the Demon God, which absorbed Huangpu Yun’s mental wheel and struck him into the wall.

Lin Langtian defeated Huangpu Yun on the seventh layer, then used the Symbol Master Tower to refine the Mental Power he had devoured and break through to the Spirit Talisman Master realm. He left Jin Xing and Huangpu Yun stunned, with the Tower Competition still underway.

• Lin Langtian defeated Huangpu Yun but spared his life, then headed for the barrier to the eighth layer.
• Huangpu Yun warned Lin Langtian that Ling Quan had already entered the eighth layer and claimed Huangpu City would win the Tower Competition.
• Lin Langtian admitted he could not enter the eighth layer yet, then sat down to refine the Mental Power of eight Huangpu City Symbol Masters inside his Mud Pill Palace.
• Lin Langtian used the Symbol Master Tower's cleansing power and his four Natal Spirit Talismans to purify and absorb the Mental Power.
• Lin Langtian formed a fifth Natal Spirit Talisman and broke through to the Spirit Talisman Master realm as Jin Xing and Huangpu Yun watched in shock.