Chapter Summaries

Lin Langtian fought Xue Wuya at Blood God Mountain, where Xue Wuya sacrificed a hundred years of lifespan to strengthen his Dharma Body and shattered Lin Langtian’s Immortal Demon Finger. Lin Langtian then revealed eight High-level Earthly Supreme Demonic Puppets and used them with his Immortal Demon Finger to destroy Xue Wuya’s Ancient Blood God Dharma Body, leaving Xue Wuya helpless in the ruins.

• Xue Wuya’s Blood God Spear clashed with Lin Langtian’s Immortal Demon Finger, and their battle destroyed Blood God Mountain.
• Xue Wuya sacrificed his essence blood and a hundred years of lifespan to empower his Ancient Blood God Dharma Body, then shattered Lin Langtian’s Immortal Demon Finger and wounded the Undying Golden Body.
• Lin Langtian summoned eight High-level Earthly Supreme Demonic Puppets, shocking Xue Wuya and the watching crowd.
• Lin Langtian’s eight puppets coordinated their attacks, overwhelming Xue Wuya’s Dharma Body and leaving it badly damaged.
• Lin Langtian commanded the puppets to fire their Demon-Piercing Killing Light Cannons and struck with the Immortal Demon Finger, completely destroying the Ancient Blood God Dharma Body.
• Xue Wuya collapsed among the ruins, gravely injured and despairing over the destruction of his Dharma Body.

Lin Langtian defeated Xue Wuya and learned of an ancient ruin in the Abyss of Eternal Night that held the Dark Source Pearl. He spared Xue Wuya’s life but destroyed his Supreme Sea, then declared the Blood God Sect dissolved.

• Lin Langtian defeated Xue Wuya, who surrendered and begged for his life.
• Xue Wuya revealed that the Ancient Black Emperor’s ruin lay beneath the Abyss of Eternal Night and held the Dark Source Pearl, then gave Lin Langtian an ancient map.
• Lin Langtian accepted the information, spared Xue Wuya’s life, and shattered his Supreme Sea, crippling him.
• Lin Langtian ordered the Blood God Sect dissolved and warned that anyone who used its name would face his wrath.

After rescuing the Savage Emperor and the others, Lin Langtian disbanded the Blood God Sect and returned to a jubilant welcome at Qiankun Sect. Gan Tian offered him the sect master position, but Lin Langtian refused so he could pursue greater strength while remaining Qiankun Sect’s Vice Sect Master.

• Lin Langtian disbanded the Blood God Sect after defeating Xue Wuya, then carried the rescued Savage Emperor and the others toward Qiankun Sect.
• News of Lin Langtian’s victory spread across nearby continents, and he returned to Qiankun Sect with the Savage Emperor and the others a month later.
• Gan Tian and the sect’s elders and disciples welcomed Lin Langtian, and Gan Tian ordered a three-day celebration.
• At a banquet, Lin Langtian saw Jiang Yinlan and Mu Honglian among the gathered disciples and allies.
• Gan Tian asked Lin Langtian to take over as sect master, but Lin Langtian declined and said he would remain Vice Sect Master.
• Gan Tian accepted Lin Langtian’s decision and said his status in Qiankun Sect would be equal to the Sect Master’s.

After two months in seclusion, Lin Langtian refined the Immortal King's Spiritual Power Essence and reached peak High-level Earthly Supreme. He left the Qiankun Sect for the Far East Region and the Endless Sea Region to seek the Dark Source Pearl, while continuing to search for Lin Dong.

• Lin Langtian spent two months refining the Immortal King's Spiritual Power Essence and advanced to peak High-level Earthly Supreme.
• Jiang Yinlan told Lin Langtian that the Qiankun Sect had unified Qiankun Continent while he was in seclusion.
• Lin Langtian told Gan Tian he planned to travel to the Endless Sea Region to seek the Dark Source Pearl, and Gan Tian warned him about the dangerous journey.
• Jiang Yinlan prepared supplies for Lin Langtian, and he entrusted Silver Mist Palace to her before leaving.
• Gan Tian, the Savage Emperor, Mu Honglian, Jiang Yinlan, and others saw Lin Langtian off as he set out east alone.
• Lin Langtian departed the Qiankun Sect and wondered where Lin Dong was as he headed toward the unknown dangers and opportunities ahead.

Lin Langtian encountered a Dark Spirit Clan squad attacking an injured woman from the Black Heaven Ancient Clan while traveling toward the Abyss of Eternal Night. When the squad tried to kill him for witnessing their attack, he revealed his overwhelming strength and turned to face their leader.

• Lin Langtian detected a battle on his route and approached after sensing a power resembling the Darkness Demon Talisman.
• The Dark Spirit Clan leader and seven subordinates surrounded the wounded Black Heaven Ancient Clan woman and demanded she surrender what she carried.
• The woman refused, and the Dark Spirit Clan fighters continued to overwhelm her as Lin Langtian watched from hiding.
• The leader discovered Lin Langtian and ordered three subordinates to kill him after he said he was passing by.
• Lin Langtian killed the three attackers in three punches, then faced the shocked Dark Spirit Clan leader and declared that it was his turn.

Lin Langtian saved Yin Ruoshui from the Dark Spirit Clan and learned that she carried the Black Heaven Bead, a key to a hidden treasure in the Endless Sea Region. Suspecting the bead could help him find the Dark Source Pearl, he invited Yin Ruoshui to travel with him, and she followed him east.

• Lin Langtian drove off the Dark Spirit Clan after killing three of its Lower-level Earthly Supremes, and the black-armored middle-aged man withdrew with the survivors.
• Lin Langtian gave the wounded Yin Ruoshui a Universe Healing Pill, and she warned him that the Dark Spirit Clan would seek revenge.
• Yin Ruoshui told Lin Langtian that her mother belonged to the Black Heaven Ancient Clan and that the clan had imprisoned her mother and banished her father for marrying an outsider.
• Yin Ruoshui revealed that the Dark Spirit Clan was hunting her for the Black Heaven Bead, an inherited token that opened a hidden treasure in the Endless Sea Region.
• Lin Langtian invited Yin Ruoshui to accompany him while he continued his search, and she followed him east into the sea mist.

Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui rested on a reef during their journey to the Abyss of Eternal Night, where she revealed that her Black Heaven Bead was the key to the Ancient Black Emperor's ruin. They agreed to seek the ruin together and divide its gains equally.

• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui traveled east and stopped for the night on a reef in the Endless Sea Region.
• Yin Ruoshui learned that Lin Langtian had ascended from a Lower Plane and heard about his search for his separated clansman.
• Lin Langtian reassured Yin Ruoshui and asked about the forces in the Endless Sea Region as she warned him about the Abyss of Eternal Night.
• Yin Ruoshui revealed that the Black Heaven Bead could open the Ancient Black Emperor's ruin and explained the pursuit that had led to her father's death.
• Yin Ruoshui asked to accompany Lin Langtian to the ruin, and he agreed to split its gains fifty-fifty with her.

Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui encountered a Deep Sea Demonic Dragon in the Abyss of Eternal Night, where it demanded the Black Heaven Bead and attacked them. Lin Langtian killed the beast and claimed its core, which stirred the dormant Darkness Demon Talisman within him.

• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui sensed a disturbance in the sea before the Deep Sea Demonic Dragon emerged and demanded the item that had awakened it.
• Lin Langtian fought the dragon head-on while Yin Ruoshui retreated, then unleashed his Undying Golden Body and Immortal Demon Finger to break its claws.
• Lin Langtian used the Immortal Sky-Opening Axe to split the dragon's head and kill it.
• Yin Ruoshui marveled that Lin Langtian had slain a Half-step Grand Perfection beast despite being a High-level Earthly Supreme.
• Lin Langtian collected the dragon's dark-blue inner core and sensed the dormant Darkness Demon Talisman within him become active.

Lin Langtian used the Deep Sea Demonic Dragon’s inner core to awaken and upgrade the Darkness Demon Talisman, gaining powerful darkness energy and a sharper perception of darkness. After testing his new power, he continued east with Yin Ruoshui toward the confirmed ruins.

• Lin Langtian took the Deep Sea Demonic Dragon’s inner core and asked Yin Ruoshui to protect him while he infused its darkness energy into the dormant Darkness Demon Talisman.
• The Darkness Demon Talisman awakened, took on the image of a Black Demonic Dragon, and strengthened Lin Langtian’s body, soul, and perception of darkness.
• Yin Ruoshui sensed Lin Langtian’s darkness power and marveled that it rivaled the experts of the Black Heaven Ancient Clan.
• Lin Langtian tested the upgraded talisman with a casual strike that left a vast, darkened pit in the sea, though he judged its power and his control of it insufficient.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui continued flying east toward the confirmed ruins.

Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui reached Shadow City, where they learned that multiple Black Heaven Beads could unlock the Ancient Black Emperor’s ruins. The arrival of the powerful Black Heaven Jue raised the stakes, and Lin Langtian suspected he had sensed Yin Ruoshui’s bead.

• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui found Shadow City, a vast neutral city crowded with powerful figures gathering for the ruins.
• At Hailan Pavilion, Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui heard that multiple Black Heaven Beads existed and that gathering them would grant access to the ruins’ core area.
• Lin Langtian decided they would learn how many beads existed and who held them before making plans.
• Black Heaven Jue arrived in Shadow City with four High-level Earthly Supreme attendants, and onlookers identified him as a Complete Earthly Supreme and a Black Heaven Ancient Clan heir.
• Black Heaven Jue noticed Yin Ruoshui, prompting Lin Langtian to warn that he might have sensed her Black Heaven Bead.

As the Ancient Black Emperor’s ruins drew closer to opening, Lin Langtian learned that eight Black Heaven Beads were needed to unlock its core inheritance. The Dark Spirit Clan’s Second Elder, An Cang, confronted him in Shadow City, but Lin Langtian survived An Cang’s full-power attack with only minor injuries.

• Yin Ruoshui used the Black Heaven Bead to locate the ruins southeast of Shadow City, while Lin Langtian learned that eight beads were needed to access the core inheritance.
• The Dark Spirit Clan arrived in Shadow City led by its Second Elder, An Cang, and dozens of elite Shadow Guards.
• An Cang summoned Lin Langtian and demanded that he surrender what the elder wanted and kneel for mercy, citing Lin Langtian’s killing of Dark Spirit Clan members.
• Lin Langtian refused An Cang’s demand and faced him in the air while Yin Ruoshui stayed behind.
• An Cang struck Lin Langtian with the Dark Spirit World-Extinguishing Palm, and Lin Langtian countered with Primordial Star Shatter.
• Lin Langtian was knocked back and suffered a split knuckle, but he remained standing, leaving the watching crowd stunned.

Lin Langtian’s confrontation with An Cang was interrupted when the Ancient Black Emperor’s ruins appeared beneath the sea. He and Yin Ruoshui reached the ruins among powerful factions, and the black gate began to open as Lin Langtian sought the Dark Source Pearl and Yin Ruoshui sought the emperor’s inheritance.

• Lin Langtian stood his ground against An Cang, who began gathering dark energy to attack him.
• A vast vortex and black gate emerged from the sea, announcing the opening of the Ancient Black Emperor’s ruins.
• An Cang postponed his fight with Lin Langtian and led the Dark Spirit Clan toward the ruins.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui decided to enter the ruins and traveled to the black gate.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui arrived among thousands of experts and encountered Black Heaven Jue and other powerful factions.
• The black gate began to open, and Black Heaven Jue briefly focused on the Black Heaven Bead in Yin Ruoshui’s hand.

Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui entered the ruins and used the Darkness Demon Talisman to pass a deadly trial barrier. Beyond it, Lin Langtian encountered a strange black-robed man whose power seemed familiar but did not belong to the Great Thousand World.

• Lin Langtian waited until most entrants had entered the doorway, then crossed into the ruins with Yin Ruoshui as the top factions followed.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui arrived in a vast underground space, where a light curtain killed those who tried to force their way through.
• Yin Ruoshui recognized the light curtain as a trial, and Black Heaven Jue opened it for the Black Heaven Ancient Clan before other powerful factions passed by their own methods.
• Lin Langtian used the Darkness Demon Talisman to tear open the light curtain and led Yin Ruoshui through it.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui met a pale black-robed man in the passages beyond the barrier, and Lin Langtian sensed that the man's unfamiliar power resembled his own but came from outside the Great Thousand World.

Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui encountered a mysterious Black-Robed Man with ties to the Outer Realm Evil Race, then found a treasure-filled underground palace and a Dark Spirit Crystal. As Lin Langtian claimed his interest in the crystal against three rival factions, Hei Yuan attacked and the battle was about to begin.

• Lin Langtian sensed the Black-Robed Man’s concealed Evil Energy, while the stranger recognized Lin Langtian’s control of his race’s power; neither revealed what they knew, and Lin Langtian left with Yin Ruoshui.
• The Black-Robed Man vanished and mused that the upper ranks of his Saint Race would be interested in Lin Langtian.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui reached an underground palace and spotted a fist-sized Dark Spirit Crystal that could strengthen Lin Langtian’s Darkness Demon Talisman.
• Hei Yuan of the Black Water Pavilion, Ying Mei of the Shadowy Pavilion, and Jiao Tu of the Deep Sea Black Flood Dragon Clan entered and each claimed the Dark Spirit Crystal.
• Lin Langtian refused to yield the crystal, and the three faction leaders dismissed him before Hei Yuan attacked.

Lin Langtian defeated Hei Yuan, Ying Mei, and Jiao Tu after they joined forces to seize his treasures, then claimed the Dark Spirit Crystal. He left the subdued rivals behind and continued deeper into the great hall with Yin Ruoshui.

• Jiao Tu attacked Lin Langtian with the Flood Dragon Mountain-Breaking Fist, but Lin Langtian repelled him with a single punch.
• Hei Yuan attacked with the Black Water Profound Sword Slash, and Lin Langtian shattered his sword with his fists.
• Ying Mei ambushed Lin Langtian with her dagger, but he dodged, crushed her wrist, and threw her against the wall.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Immortal Sky-Opening Axe and struck Hei Yuan and Jiao Tu down, while Ying Mei was already injured; Jiao Tu admitted defeat.
• Lin Langtian took the Dark Spirit Crystal and other treasures, then headed deeper into the hall with Yin Ruoshui.

Lin Langtian absorbed the Dark Spirit Crystal and evolved the Darkness Demon Talisman, gaining stronger dark power and new insights. He and Yin Ruoshui continued deeper into the ruins, where they encountered a terrifying Demon Corpse with complete Earthly Supreme strength.

• Lin Langtian set up a concealment formation in a side chamber and asked Yin Ruoshui to guard him while he refined the Dark Spirit Crystal.
• Lin Langtian absorbed the crystal’s dark energy, strengthening his body and causing the Darkness Demon Talisman to evolve.
• Lin Langtian gained deeper insight into darkness, including the ability to temporarily erase his presence, and estimated that the talisman’s might had increased at least threefold.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui studied murals depicting the Ancient Black Emperor battling the Outer Realm Evil Race as they continued through the ruins.
• Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui encountered a Demon Corpse whose aura revealed complete Earthly Supreme strength, and the corpse declared that they would die.

Lin Langtian fought the powerful Demon Corpse with the Immortal Sky-Opening Axe and his Undying Golden Body, but its attacks left him badly wounded. The Darkness Demon Talisman caused the creature to recognize the aura of its former master, and it recovered its identity as Helian Tieshan, a commander who had served the Ancient Black Emperor.

• The Demon Corpse attacked Lin Langtian with Demonic Qi and Demonic Dragons, and Lin Langtian blocked and destroyed its attacks before being hurled into a wall.
• Lin Langtian summoned his Undying Golden Body and used the Immortal Demon Finger, but the Demon Corpse blocked the strike and countered with a giant Demon Sword that wounded him severely.
• Yin Ruoshui urged Lin Langtian to flee, but he stepped toward the Demon Corpse again while it paused to gather strength.
• The Demon Corpse stopped when it sensed the Darkness Demon Talisman on Lin Langtian and asked why he carried its master's aura.
• The Demon Corpse remembered that it was Helian Tieshan, a commander under the Black Emperor, and recalled being corrupted by Demonic Qi during the Outer Realm Evil Race's invasion.

Lin Langtian’s Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror purified the Demonic Qi corrupting Helian Tieshan and restored him to life. Helian pledged his service and led Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui deeper into the Black Emperor’s ruins, where sealed Evil Clan experts were beginning to awaken.

• Helian Tieshan briefly regained clarity and begged Lin Langtian for help, prompting the Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror to absorb and purify the Demonic Qi in his body.
• The Golden Spirit Wheel Mirror returned purified energy to Helian, healing his body and restoring his human mind.
• Helian recognized Lin Langtian as his savior, swore loyalty to him, and offered to guide him through the ruins.
• Helian explained that the ruins had three layers, with the Black Emperor’s remains and inheritance in the forbidden ground.
• Helian warned that powerful sealed Evil Clan experts were awakening, but Lin Langtian continued onward with Helian and Yin Ruoshui.

Lin Langtian, Yin Ruoshui, and Helian Tieshan entered the Darkness Temple, where the gathered factions were waiting for a treasure hidden behind a restriction. An Cang attacked Lin Langtian, but Helian Tieshan intervened and revealed his identity and restored Great Perfection Earthly Supreme power.

• Helian Tieshan opened the stone door to the Darkness Temple using his knowledge of the ruins' restrictions.
• Lin Langtian and his companions entered the temple and saw the gathered factions waiting for the dim light above the central platform to reveal its treasure.
• An Cang confronted Lin Langtian and demanded that he kneel and surrender his treasures.
• An Cang attacked Lin Langtian with the Dark Spirit World-Extinguishing Palm, and Helian Tieshan blocked the strike.
• Helian Tieshan identified himself as the Black Emperor's Black Abyss Army commander and released the aura of a peak Great Perfection Earthly Supreme.

Helian Tieshan revealed himself as the former commander of the Black Abyss Army and protected Lin Langtian, forcing the factions to stop threatening him. When the Dark Source Pearl appeared, its deadly defenses killed many who rushed for it, while Black Heaven Jue began carefully crossing the attacks to claim it.

• Helian Tieshan announced that he was the Black Emperor’s former commander and warned the gathered factions to obey the relic’s rules, prompting An Cang and the others to retreat.
• The restriction around the Dark Source Pearl weakened and shattered, revealing the Ancient Black Emperor’s treasure and driving many experts to charge for it.
• The pearl unleashed black beams that killed more than twenty experts and forced the survivors to withdraw.
• Helian Tieshan said the Ancient Black Emperor’s will was testing who was fated to receive the pearl, while Lin Langtian studied the beams’ pattern.
• Black Heaven Jue crossed the beams’ gaps and reached the platform, then extended his hand toward the Dark Source Pearl.