Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan, Bo Xuan, and Lin Qingtan entered the Demon Suppression Prison, where the Flame Master awakened briefly and shared guidance with them. After studying the prison’s formation, Lin Xuan left it reinforced with a powerful magma-and-ice formation.

• Lin Xuan brought Bo Xuan and Lin Qingtan into the Demon Suppression Prison, where Bo Xuan studied the Flame Master's reincarnation intent and Lin Qingtan saw the grand formation.
• The Flame Master awakened, learned that Lin Xuan had encountered the Ice Master and the Lord of Life and Death's reincarnations, and said he needed three years to mostly recover.
• The Flame Master gave Lin Qingtan martial arts once used by his junior sister and offered Bo Xuan guidance for his breakthrough into the Reincarnation Realm.
• The Flame Master gave Lin Xuan an ancient formation token containing the method for laying out the Demon Suppression Prison's grand formation, then returned to sleep.
• After several days of study, Lin Xuan transformed half the magma formation into profound ice and created a stronger yin-yang formation.

Lin Dong and his companions joined the Gu Family at the Martial Gathering on Martial Gathering Island, where they challenged the rules and overwhelmed the other families. As the Gu Family celebrated the Shentu Family’s concession, Evil Bone Old Man arrived, threatening a confrontation.

• Lin Dong, Little Marten, and Little Flame joined the Gu Family at the Martial Gathering, where Little Flame’s aura alarmed the gathered families.
• Lin Dong and Little Marten drew lots to compete, and Gu Mengqi defended their participation by revealing that they held the Gu Family’s Patriarch and Great Elder positions.
• Gu Yan and Gu Mengqi accused the Wei Family of colluding with Evil Wind Cave Heaven, and Wei Zhen’s objections failed to disqualify the Gu Family’s representatives.
• The Gu Family dominated the matches, and the Shentu Family conceded before the final battle after Lin Diao proved too powerful to challenge.
• Evil Bone Old Man approached Martial Gathering Island, and the gathered experts anticipated a clash over whether the Gu Family would protect Lin Dong.

Lin Dong and Little Marten confronted Evil Wind Cave Heaven and the Wei Family over Xu Yun’s death and the Primordial Tower. Little Marten revealed his royal Sky Demon Marten bloodline, drove back the Wei Family head, and then sent Wu Xuan flying with a claw strike.

• The Evil Bone Old Man demanded that the Gu Family hand over Lin Dong, but Lin Dong and Little Marten openly challenged him and exposed Evil Wind Cave Heaven’s interest in the Primordial Tower.
• Wu Xuan appeared, and Gu Tong arrived to support the Gu Family; the Wei Family head insulted Gu Mengqi and Gu Yan, prompting Little Marten to threaten him.
• Little Marten revealed his purple-gold wings and royal Sky Demon Marten bloodline, then relentlessly drove the Wei Family head backward with his claws.
• Wu Xuan intervened to stop Little Marten, and Little Marten attacked him after Wu Xuan challenged him to a fight.
• Little Marten’s claw bypassed Wu Xuan’s defense and struck his chest, sending the Revolving Wheel Realm expert flying.

Wu Xuan recognized Little Marten's Space Ancestor Symbol and backed down, establishing the Gu Family as a major power in the Sky Wind Sea Region. The Wei Family head launched a desperate attack, but Lin Qingtan wounded him with the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, and Bo Xuan ordered him to die.

• Wu Xuan acknowledged Little Marten's strength and agreed to let the Gu Family stand alongside the two cave heavens, then left Martial Gathering Island.
• The Shentu Family, Su Family, and Song Family accepted their new subordinate status, while the Wei Family head realized he was trapped.
• The Wei Family head ordered Evil Bone Old Man to attack Gu Mengqi and charged at Little Flame before redirecting his assault toward Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong used the Burning Heaven Cauldron to block the Wei Family head's attacks, but the cauldron was knocked away and Lin Dong was injured.
• Lin Qingtan appeared and used the Darkness Ancestor Symbol's Death Reaping to sever the Wei Family head's right arm.
• Bo Xuan arrived, ordered the Wei Family head to take his own life, and the Wei Family head obeyed before his corpse fell into the sea.

After the Wei Family was destroyed, Lin Dong reunited with Lin Xuan and Bo Xuan at the Gu Family’s reception hall, where family tensions surfaced over Lin Qingtan’s feelings and Lin Dong’s daughter. Lin Xuan gave wedding gifts to Gu Yan and Gu Mengqi, and he and Bo Xuan agreed to attend the wedding before continuing their journey.

• Gu Tong joined the other three great families in wiping out the Wei Family after the Wei Family Patriarch took his own life.
• Lin Xuan and Bo Xuan met with Lin Dong and the Gu Family, while Lin Qingtan struggled with her feelings for Lin Dong.
• Lin Qingtan told Lin Dong that Mu Qianqian had given birth to his daughter, Lin Jing, and Gu Yan offered to visit them with her.
• Little Marten asked Lin Xuan for a wedding gift, and Lin Xuan let Gu Yan and Gu Mengqi each choose an ancient Pure Origin Treasure.
• Lin Xuan teased Lin Qingtan about marrying Lin Dong, and he and Bo Xuan agreed to attend the wedding after asking the Gu Family to postpone it.

At the Sky Merchant Auction, Lin Xuan, Mo Luo, and Bo Xuan reunited with Lin Dong’s group and learned more about Mu Lingshan’s extraordinary origins. As Tang Dongling led them toward the VIP seats, Xie Yan blocked her and addressed her familiarly.

• The Gu Family’s wedding drew powerful guests, and Lord of Universe Cave Heaven granted the family half of the Sky Wind Sea Region.
• Lin Dong and his companions left Martial Gathering Island, while Lin Xuan and Bo Xuan secured the Primordial Tower and departed for Flame God Hall.
• After hearing that the Thunder Ancestor Symbol was about to emerge, Lin Xuan set out with Mo Luo and Bo Xuan, and they later arrived at Sky Merchant City as Lin Dong’s group did.
• Lin Dong’s group had rescued Mu Lingshan from the Blood Shark Tribe, and Lin Xuan inferred that she was the spirit of the Life and Death Ancestor Symbol given a body through the Lord of Life and Death.
• Tang Dongling escorted Lin Xuan, Mo Luo, and Bo Xuan into the auction plaza, where they noticed Lin Dong’s group and discussed Mu Lingshan.
• Xie Yan stopped Tang Dongling on the way to the VIP seats, and she warned him not to cause trouble at the auction.

Lin Xuan attended the Sky Merchant Pavilion auction with Mo Luo and Bo Xuan, where Tang Dongling’s admirer Xie Yan confronted them and Tang Zhen began the auction. Lin Xuan ignored the early items but sat upright when a crystal coffin containing a black dried corpse appeared onstage.

• Xie Yan insulted Lin Xuan and his companions, but Lin Xuan brushed him off and Tang Dongling led them to a private room.
• Bo Xuan teased Lin Xuan about marrying Tang Dongling, while Lin Xuan thought of Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan and the death-mark on his palm.
• Tang Zhen opened the auction and began selling items as Lin Dong, Lin Qingtan, and their group won several lots.
• After Lin Dong won the Sea King Spirit Grass, a crystal coffin holding a black dried corpse appeared, and Lin Xuan suddenly showed interest.

Lin Xuan identified the auctioned dried corpse as a damaged Devouring Corpse and recounted its history and the Devouring Master's ties to the other ancient rulers. As the auction began, Lin Xuan and Bo Xuan planned to bid against Lin Dong as a prank.

• Mo Luo sensed something unusual about the dried corpse, and Bo Xuan suspected it was the legendary object they were seeking.
• Lin Xuan identified the corpse as a Devouring Corpse and explained that the Devouring Master had refined it before reaching the Reincarnation Realm, and that it had once helped him escape an ambush.
• Lin Xuan recounted the Devouring Master's relationships with Huan Huan, Kun Qing'er, the Lord of Life and Death, and the Lord of Darkness, along with the Lord of Darkness's battle in the Plane Rift.
• Lin Xuan explained that the Devouring Ancestor Symbol had helped bring the Life and Death Ancestor Symbol into the world, prompting Mo Luo to notice Mu Lingshan's closeness to Lin Dong.
• Tang Zhen demonstrated the Devouring Corpse before the auction began, and Lin Xuan and Bo Xuan decided to bid against Lin Dong to scare him.

Lin Dong recognized the auctioned corpse as a damaged Devouring Corpse and tried to buy it for the Gu Family, but Tang Dongling kept raising the bids on behalf of guests in a private room. Bo Xuan watched Lin Dong’s frustration with satisfaction, having arranged the bidding to get back at him for upsetting his disciple.

• Yan told Lin Dong that the corpse was a damaged puppet created by the Devouring Master and said the Devouring Ancestor Symbol could repair it.
• Lin Dong bid six million Profound Essence Pills for the Devouring Corpse, and the crowd learned of his ties to the Sword Saint and the Lin Clan.
• Tang Dongling bid seven million from a private room, and Lin Dong repeatedly raised his offer as she matched him.
• Lin Dong offered twenty-five million and asked the guests to let him have the corpse, but Tang Dongling announced their bid of twenty-six million.
• Bo Xuan grinned as he watched Lin Dong struggle, pleased to be getting revenge for his disciple.

Lin Xuan secured the Devouring Corpse and awakened it, then planned to study how it had been made while preparing for Demon Prison's coming moves. Tang Dongling asked to accompany him to the Thunder Emperor Cave Abode, and Lin Xuan agreed as they prepared to leave.

• Lin Xuan discussed the threat of Demon Prison and asked Mo Luo to gather allies, including the Undying Holy Whale Clan.
• Tang Dongling received the Devouring Corpse, and Lin Xuan activated it with his Devouring Power.
• Lin Xuan examined the damaged corpse and decided to enter seclusion to study the Devouring Master's techniques.
• Lin Xuan offered Tang Dongling treasures and inheritances as payment, but she asked to accompany him to the Thunder Emperor Cave Abode.
• Lin Xuan checked Tang Dongling for demonic aura, agreed to let her come, and prepared to leave while she notified her father.

Lin Xuan completed a first draft of the Xuan Tianzun puppet and led his allies toward the Sky Thunder Sea Region with help from the Undying Holy Whale Clan. After learning Mu Lingshan was nearby, he revealed that Lin Dong’s Devouring Ancestor Symbol might help her and arranged for Mu Lan to test him.

• Lin Dong stayed at the auction, won the Silver Tower, and remained with his group to study it before traveling toward the Sky Thunder Sea Region.
• Lin Xuan explained that Xuan Tianzun was a half-finished puppet with the strength of someone who had survived one Reincarnation Tribulation, then set out with Bo Xuan, Tang Dongling, and Mo Luo.
• Mu Feng and Mu Lan arrived with Wu Xuan and Lord of Universe Cave Heaven, and Mu Lan summoned a powerful Town Sea Mysterious Whale to carry the group toward the Sky Thunder Sea Region.
• Lin Xuan asked Mu Feng to deliver something to the Eastern Xuan Region, and Mu Feng agreed while suspecting that Lin Xuan knew the whereabouts of their ancestor, the Lord of Life and Death.
• Mu Lan sensed Mu Lingshan nearby, and Lin Xuan said the Devouring Ancestor Symbol might resolve her condition.
• Bo Xuan and Mo Luo agreed that Mu Lan should test Lin Dong, with Bo Xuan treating the Devouring Ancestor Symbol as another inheritance that required its own trial.

Lin Dong reached the peak of the Great Accomplishment of Life Profound Realm and renewed his resolve to take revenge on Yuan Sect. As the group approached the dangerous Sky Thunder Sea Region, Mu Lingshan’s Third Grandfather Mu Lan appeared and challenged Lin Dong to withstand ten moves of his cultivation guidance.

• Lin Dong absorbed the remaining life force from the Earth Core Life Spirit Essence and stabilized his cultivation at the peak of the Great Accomplishment of Life Profound Realm.
• Lin Dong, Little Marten, and Little Flame reaffirmed their resolve to repay Yuan Sect for the humiliation at Hundred Dynasty Mountain.
• Gu Yan warned that the group was a day from the true Sky Thunder Sea Region, where powerful Death Profound Realm experts and Demon Prison agents might threaten them.
• Mu Lan emerged and revealed that he was Mu Lingshan’s Third Grandfather, then assured her that her Eldest Grandfather would seek an explanation from the Blood Demon Shark Clan.
• Mu Lingshan threatened to elope with Lin Dong, prompting Mu Lan to suppress him and challenge him to withstand ten moves while Mu Lan matched his realm.
• Lin Dong accepted Mu Lan’s challenge and followed him above the sea.

Lin Dong’s group reached an island in the Sky Thunder Sea Region, where holders of the other Silver Towers and a crowd of experts awaited them. After Pang Hao tried to turn the city against Lin Dong, Liu Xiangxuan declared that the Profound Heaven Hall would stay out of the conflict and arranged to question him later.

• Mu Lan gave Lin Dong cultivation guidance, warned him that more trials awaited, and left him uneasy about what was to come.
• Lin Dong and his companions entered an ancient city, where his Silver Tower reacted to the two other Silver Towers held by Pang Hao and Liu Xiangxuan.
• Pang Hao provoked the crowd against Lin Dong and mocked the Gu Family, while Lin Qingtan and Little Marten voiced their anger.
• Lin Dong answered Pang Hao with scorn, and Liu Xiangxuan surprised him by announcing that the Profound Heaven Hall would not join the conflict.
• Liu Xiangxuan asked Lin Dong to answer questions about his clan afterward, hoping to gain the Sword Saint as a patron.

Liu Xiangxuan abandoned her alliance with Pang Hao and offered to help Lin Dong claim the treasure in the Reincarnation expert’s cave. After deducing that it was the Thunder Ancestor Symbol, she asked Lin Dong to introduce her to the Sword Saint so she could escape the danger she faced in Profound Heaven Hall.

• Liu Xiangxuan rejected Pang Hao’s plan to join forces against Lin Dong’s group, leaving the Nine Netherworld Gate exposed and angering Pang Hao.
• The independent cultivators realized Pang Hao had tried to use them as expendable fighters, then withdrew and warned him they would not forget his scheme.
• Lin Dong approached Liu Xiangxuan, who revealed that she knew his background and asked what treasure had brought his group to the cave.
• Liu Xiangxuan offered to help Lin Dong obtain the treasure, correctly guessed that it was the Thunder Ancestor Symbol, and asked him to arrange a meeting with the Sword Saint.
• Liu Xiangxuan explained that she wanted the Sword Saint’s help escaping the threat to her life within Profound Heaven Hall.

The Yuan Sect’s former Three Little Kings plotted to stop Lin Dong from obtaining the Thunder Ancestor Symbol, while the Demon Prison prepared a larger ambush in the Chaotic Demon Sea. After overhearing them reveal that they had killed Wang Wei, Lin Xuan and Tang Dongling learned of the threat and prepared for the confrontation.

• Little Yuan King and the other Yuan Sect men watched Lin Dong and discussed the Demon Prison’s plan to weaken Tianxuan Continent by targeting him and other Ancestor Symbol wielders.
• The Three Little Kings blamed Liu Xiangxuan’s alliance with Lin Dong for ruining their earlier plan and resolved to prevent him from obtaining the Thunder Ancestor Symbol.
• Little Spirit King proposed provoking Lin Dong by revealing that the Three Little Kings had murdered Wang Wei, and Little Yuan King agreed.
• After the Yuan Sect men left, Tang Dongling and Lin Xuan emerged from hiding, having heard their plot and the truth about Wang Wei’s death.
• Lin Xuan observed that the Yuan Sect’s men were waiting for a powerful opponent but had underestimated the danger they faced.

Lin Dong's group reached the Thunder Emperor Cave Abode, where its deadly defenses threatened the gathered cultivators. Lin Xuan kept his reinforcements concealed while Mo Luo revealed himself and challenged the hidden enemies.

• Lin Dong's group crossed the Thunder Domain using the Silver Tower's protective barrier and admired the Thunder Emperor's command of the Thunder Ancestor Symbol.
• Bo Xuan and Mo Luo traded teasing remarks about their strength, while Lin Xuan recalled that the Dragon Clan had requested help with trouble in its Demon Suppression Prison.
• Lin Dong found Pang Hao's Nine Netherworld Gate forces and Liu Xiangxuan's Profound Heaven Hall forces waiting outside the cave abode, as experts gathered around them.
• Lin Xuan warned that the Thunder Emperor's defenses could kill many cultivators and decided that he and Mu Feng would remain hidden while Bo Xuan and Mo Luo acted.
• Mo Luo tore open space, appeared before the gathered experts, and challenged the hidden enemies to surrender or face him.

Mo Luo exposed the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings as Demon-contaminated and let Little Marten challenge them, while they provoked Lin Dong by revealing that he carried the Devouring Ancestor Symbol. The chapter left Lin Dong facing their taunts as the surrounding experts learned his identity as the Symbol Ancestor's successor.

• Mo Luo arrived in the Thunder Domain, identified hidden Demon Prison lackeys, and attacked the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings with a flaming hand.
• The three Kings detonated their Demonic Seeds, revealed their Otherworldly Demonic Qi, and broke Mo Luo's attack with their signature techniques.
• Pang Hao, Liu Xiangxuan, and the gathered experts recognized the demonic energy and were stunned by the three Kings' strength.
• Lin Dong recognized the Yuan Sect markings on the Kings, and Little Marten asked Mo Luo for permission to fight them.
• Mo Luo agreed, and Little Marten prepared to face the three Kings after realizing they were no match for him.
• Little Yuan King taunted Lin Dong and revealed that he possessed the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and was the Symbol Ancestor's successor.

Lin Dong and Lin Qingtan attacked the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings after they mocked Dao Sect’s dead Eldest Sister, Wang Wei. Lin Dong revealed the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and transformed into a colossal Azure Dragon, preparing to avenge Dao Sect as Mo Luo watched.

• Little Yuan King and Little Spirit King taunted Lin Dong with the story of how the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings had killed Wang Wei while she protected Dao Sect’s disciples.
• Lin Qingtan summoned the Darkness Holy Scythe and Darkness Ancestor Symbol, then charged the Three Little Kings with the Death Scythe technique.
• Lin Dong followed Lin Qingtan into battle and struck the Three Little Kings with the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal.
• Lin Dong revealed the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and absorbed energy from his surroundings as he invoked the Great Desolate Scripture.
• Lin Dong transformed into a massive Azure Dragon amid the thunderclouds and declared that he would avenge Wang Wei and Dao Sect’s disciples.

Lin Dong and the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings clashed above the sea, where the Thunder Ancestor Symbol’s lightning killed the Little Thunder King and Lin Dong finished the other two. Afterward, Lin Dong reunited with Mo Luo, learned of his close bond with Qing Zhi, and began to suspect that Mo Luo and Bo Xuan had accompanied the Young Clan Leader to the Sky Merchant Auction.

• The Yuan Gate Three Little Kings summoned their Emperor True Bodies, and Lin Dong and Yan suspected the Thunder Emperor Scripture had come from the former wielder of the Thunder Ancestor Symbol.
• The Little Thunder King tried to command the thunderclouds, but the lightning formed a spear and pierced him after detecting demonic qi in his body.
• Lin Dong struck down the Little Yuan King and Little Spirit King with the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal, killing all three Yuan Gate leaders.
• Mo Luo praised Lin Dong’s progress, revealed that he and Qing Zhi had survived life-and-death trials together, and accepted Lin Dong as his Martial Uncle’s junior.
• Mo Luo promised to protect Lin Qingtan in the cave abode and recognized Mu Lingshan, while Lin Dong suspected that Mo Luo, Bo Xuan, and the Young Clan Leader had been the trio at the Sky Merchant Auction.

Lin Dong and the others entered the Thunder Emperor’s cave abode, where the Thunder Emperor Scepter became the focus of a tense contest. Liu Xiangxuan backed Lin Dong’s claim to try for it first, but Pang Hao challenged her authority and gained support from Profound Heaven Hall experts.

• Mo Luo used the three Silver Tower keys to open the cave abode, destroyed its gate defense with the Crimson Flame Battle Spear, and gave the adventurers half an incense stick to enter.
• Lin Dong’s group reached the Thunder Hall and saw the Thunder Emperor Statue holding the powerful Thunder Emperor Scepter.
• Liu Xiangxuan identified the scepter and proposed that Lin Dong try to claim it first, prompting Lin Dong to promise his group would not compete for the other treasures if he succeeded.
• Pang Hao objected, asking whether Liu Xiangxuan spoke for herself or Profound Heaven Hall, then urged the Hall’s experts to oppose her decision.
• Profound Heaven Hall experts backed Pang Hao and accused Liu Xiangxuan of favoring outsiders and betraying the Hall Master.