Chapter Summaries

Yao Ling arrived with the Demon Seal Crowd and attacked Ying Huanhuan, but Lin Dong stepped in to fight him using power from the Demon Emperor Armor and his Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art. As their battle continued, Yuan Fang and the Fire Crystal Ape King’s forces gained the upper hand, and Yuan Fang destroyed Su Lei’s Nirvana Golden Body and dantian.

• Yao Ling arrived, threatened the Fire Crystal Ape King, and launched a surprise attack on Ying Huanhuan.
• Lin Dong stepped forward to face Yao Ling and struck him with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger, forcing Yao Ling to use repeated Origin Power palms to break it.
• Lin Dong transformed with azure scales and Azure Dragon Wings, then clashed evenly with Yao Ling until Yao Ling activated the Demon Origin Curse Body.
• Ying Huanhuan used zither notes with Yan’s help to restrain Yao Ling while Lin Dong continued attacking him.
• The Dao Sect disciples and Fire Crystal Demon Apes overwhelmed the Demon Seal Crowd, and the Fire Crystal Ape King injured Su Lei.
• Yuan Fang attacked Su Lei’s dantian and shattered his Nirvana Golden Body.

Lin Dong and the Dao Sect disciples defeated the Demon Seal Crowd, but Elder Jiang arrived and threatened them. Little Marten and Little Flame appeared to face the Yuan Gate Elder, and Ying Huanhuan’s greeting made Elder Jiang flee.

• Su Lei died, and Lin Dong used the Immovable Azure Dragon Bell to withstand Yao Ling’s Origin Curse Seal before Ying Huanhuan disrupted Yao Ling’s power and weakened him.
• Yao Ling summoned the Demon Blood Armor to oppose Lin Dong’s giant finger while Ying Huanhuan and the Dao Sect disciples slaughtered the remaining Demon Seal Crowd.
• Elder Jiang appeared, dispersed Ying Huanhuan’s zither attack, and threatened Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan while seeking Little Marten.
• The Fire Crystal Ape King explained that Little Marten, Little Flame, and Zhou Tong had been traveling through Blood Rock Land and attacking Yuan Sect members.
• Little Marten and Little Flame arrived and mocked Elder Jiang for fearing the Sword Saint; when Ying Huanhuan called out to a senior brother, Elder Jiang turned pale and fled.

Little Marten killed Yao Ling, and the Dao Sect group took the Immortal Yuan Ancestral Tree and fled Blood Rock Land as Yuan Sect pursuers mobilized. Their return journey was intercepted by two Division Heads whose power may have reached the threshold of the Death Profound Realm, leaving Ying Huanhuan to form an array as her chilling aura emerged.

• Little Marten killed Yao Ling and crushed his primordial spirit, then warned Lin Dong that Yuan Sect experts would pursue them for the Immortal Yuan Ancestral Tree.
• Ying Huanhuan uprooted the tree with a seal, and Lin Dong carried it away using his physical strength while the group set off for the Dao Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan spared the Fire Crystal Ape King but advised it to leave Blood Rock Land, and the ape king fled with its group.
• Shi Dong arrived with Yuan Sect experts, discovered traces of demon energy and spatial power on Yao Ling's corpse, and sent six companions ahead to intercept the Dao Sect group.
• On the journey back, Ying Huanhuan's group encountered two Yuan Sect Division Heads, whom Zhou Tong suspected had reached the threshold of the Death Profound Realm.
• Ying Huanhuan ordered the Dao Sect disciples to form an array, and Lin Dong sensed the Ice Master's aura in her suddenly cold presence.

Lin Xuan opened a spatial vortex and left Fu Zhu and Zhu Yan to guard Dao Peak as Ying Huanhuan and her allies fought the Yuan Sect chiefs. With Ying Huanhuan on the brink of defeat and the eight chiefs striking at her, a Three Feet Long Sword appeared before her.

• Zhu Yan told Fu Zhu that it refused to fade away quietly and wanted to die gloriously in battle, and Fu Zhu reminded it that the Lord was like them.
• Lin Xuan stopped practicing his sword, opened a spatial vortex, and told Fu Zhu and Zhu Yan to guard the place before entering it.
• Ying Huanhuan, Little Marten, and Zhou Tong fought the Yuan Sect chiefs, but the gray-robed old man wounded Little Marten and the black-robed old man struck down the Heavenly Phoenix Spirit, injuring Ying Huanhuan.
• Ying Huanhuan used the Formless Bodhi Sound to summon Phoenix Perches on Wutong and hold off the two chiefs, while Little Marten helped defend her.
• Shi Dong arrived with seven other Yuan Sect chiefs, and their combined attack shattered Ying Huanhuan's formation and left her and the Dao Sect disciples badly wounded.
• As the eight chiefs sent their palms crashing toward Ying Huanhuan, a Three Feet Long Sword suddenly condensed before her.

Lin Xuan arrived to protect Ying Huanhuan and fought Shi Dong and the seven other Yuan Sect Division Heads, forcing them to reveal their Otherworldly Demonic Qi and reach Initial Death Profound Realm. Meanwhile, Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi learned the Demonic Seeds had activated and discussed Lin Xuan’s threat and their mission to rescue powerful Otherworldly Demons and seek news of Lord Nine Kings Hall.

• Lin Xuan emerged through a spatial rift and used his Nameless Longsword to hold off Shi Dong and the seven other Yuan Sect Division Heads.
• Ying Huanhuan sent Lin Dong and the other Dao Sect disciples away while Lin Xuan continued fighting the eight attackers alone.
• Shi Dong trapped Lin Xuan’s sword, but Lin Xuan broke free and used Horizontal Sweep of Eight Directions to shatter the other seven Division Heads’ attacks.
• Lin Xuan struck one Division Head, exposing his Otherworldly Demonic Qi, and Shi Dong and the others revealed their demonic power and advanced to Initial Death Profound Realm.
• Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi sensed the activated Demonic Seeds and discussed Lin Xuan’s strength, the risk of Dao Sect reinforcements, and their mission concerning suppressed Otherworldly Demons and Lord Nine Kings Hall.

Lin Xuan fought Shi Dong and seven other Death Profound Realm experts while protecting Ying Huanhuan. After severely injuring a gray-robed elder and saving Ying Huanhuan from Shi Dong, Lin Xuan unleashed a powerful sword attack and killed Shi Dong, leaving the other seven pursuing him.

• Lin Xuan used his swordsmanship to hold off Shi Dong and the others, then pursued and severely injured the gray-robed elder with Sword Three · Life Severing.
• Shi Dong abandoned the fight against Lin Xuan and attacked Ying Huanhuan, who was wounded and fell from the sky.
• Lin Xuan took a strike meant for Ying Huanhuan, caught her as she fell, and retreated with her in his arms.
• The gray-robed elder urged Shi Dong to kill Ying Huanhuan, and the eight enemies attacked Lin Xuan together.
• Lin Xuan sent Ying Huanhuan behind him and unleashed Rainbow Piercing the Sun, forcing the attackers back.
• Lin Xuan used the Frost-Cold Divine Sword and One Blade Throat Sever, Hundred Steps Flying Sword to behead Shi Dong, then retreated beside Ying Huanhuan while the other seven pursued him.

Lin Xuan killed Shi Dong and the seven other Yuan Gate Division Heads after they merged into a powerful Demonic Alien, then took the injured Ying Huanhuan back toward Dao Sect with Ying Xuanzi. At Yuan Sect, Tian Yuanzi and the other leaders learned of the defeat and planned to recover before confronting Lin Xuan themselves.

• Shi Dong urged the seven other Division Heads to use their merging technique, and they combined into a four-armed Demonic Alien at the peak of the Death Profound Realm.
• Lin Xuan used sword cries to disorient the Demonic Alien, severed its limbs, and finally destroyed its head, killing it.
• Lin Xuan collected the Demonic Alien's remains and Shi Dong's corpse, then took Ying Huanhuan toward Dao Sect as she teased him about protecting her.
• Ying Xuanzi met Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan, confirmed his daughter was safe, and brought them back toward the sect.
• Yuan Sect's disciples discovered that all eight Division Heads' life tablets had shattered, and Ren Yuanzi, Tian Yuanzi, and Di Yuanzi learned they had fallen to Lin Xuan.
• Tian Yuanzi ordered Yuan Sect to watch Dao Sect and the other Super Sects while the three leaders recovered and prepared to attack Lin Xuan themselves.

Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan joined Dao Sect disciples to witness the Great Desolate Tablet emerge, while Lin Dong and Yan discussed the danger sealed inside it. The Tablet rose, revealing the presence of an Otherworldly Demon King, and the group realized they might need to wait for the controller of the Darkness Ancestor Symbol.

• Lin Xuan played the zither for Ying Huanhuan on Dao Peak, and the two headed to Desolate Hall for the Great Desolate Tablet's emergence.
• Lin Dong and Yan discussed the Demonic Alien sealed inside the Tablet and hoped Lin Xuan's strength and the Ancestral Symbols would contain it.
• Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan arrived at Desolate Hall, where Dao Sect disciples and hall masters had gathered to watch the Tablet emerge.
• Qi Lei asked Lin Xuan whether he expected to obtain the Great Desolate Scripture, and Lin Xuan replied that it was not suited to him.
• The Great Desolate Tablet rose from underground, and Lin Xuan and Yan sensed an Otherworldly Demon King raging within it.
• Ying Xuanzi reassured the guilt-stricken Zhou Tong that they could awaken the Tablet and deal with the demon once Brother Bo Xuan arrived.

Lin Xuan and Lin Dong entered the Great Desolate Tablet, where Lin Xuan reached the peak of the Life Profound Realm and unleashed a devastating sword strike against the sleeping tablet’s Otherworldly Demon True King. The shattered earth released a flood of Otherworldly Demonic Qi, leaving Lin Dong determined to endure the enemy’s pressure.

• Lin Xuan gained insight before the Great Desolate Tablet and entered its inner world alongside Lin Dong.
• Lin Xuan reached the peak of the Life Profound Realm, then learned that the sleeping Great Desolate Tablet could only be awakened after they dealt with the Otherworldly Demon True King.
• Lin Dong handed Lin Xuan the Ancestral Stone and the Devouring Ancestor Symbol before retreating with Yan.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Heaven and Earth One Sword, tearing apart the inner world’s earth and drawing a roar from the buried Otherworldly Demon True King.
• Yan warned Lin Dong that the demon’s power could overwhelm him, but Lin Dong insisted that he would endure it.
• Streams of Otherworldly Demonic Qi erupted from the shattered earth and shrouded the world in darkness.

Lin Xuan joined forces with the Great Desolate Tablet to fight the severely wounded Otherworldly Demon True King. He tore out its Demonic Heart, leaving the King defeated and trapped in his grasp.

• The Great Desolate Tablet emerged and revealed that the Otherworldly Demon True King was already gravely wounded, while Yan introduced Lin Dong as its chosen successor.
• The Great Desolate Tablet released the Demon Spawn, and Lin Xuan attacked as the King tried to escape.
• Lin Xuan and the Great Desolate Tablet battered the King, with Lin Xuan sacrificing his left leg to drive his sword through the King's chest.
• Lin Xuan pinned the King down and poured the power of the Ancestral Symbols and Ancestral Stone into its wound.
• The King and Lin Xuan thrust their hands into each other's chests, but Lin Xuan seized and tore out its Demonic Heart, leaving the King powerless.

After Lin Xuan killed the Otherworldly Demon True King, he gave its Demonic Heart to Yan so it could help heal the Great Desolate Tablet. Lin Xuan considered visiting Taiqing Palace to learn from Ling Qingzhu, while Lin Dong accepted the Great Desolate Tablet and vowed to restore the Great Desolate Sect if he could.

• Lin Xuan removed the Otherworldly Demon True King's Demonic Heart and stored its corpse after killing it.
• Yan persuaded the Great Desolate Tablet to ask Lin Dong for help obtaining healing treasures, and the tablet recognized Lin Dong as its new master.
• Lin Dong revealed that Lin Xuan had killed the Nine Kings Hall's incarnation and that Yan had taken its Demon Emperor Armor.
• Lin Xuan gave the Demonic Heart to Yan, and the Great Desolate Tablet asked whether some of it could help the Ice Master awaken sooner.
• Yan said the Ice Master was fine and might gain a Great Opportunity, prompting Lin Xuan to think of visiting Taiqing Palace to meet Ling Qingzhu.
• The Great Desolate Tablet offered Lin Xuan the Great Desolate Scripture, and Lin Dong promised to rebuild the Great Desolate Sect if the opportunity arose.

As Lin Xuan and Lin Dong remained inside the Great Desolate Tablet, Ying Huanhuan reflected on Lin Xuan’s burdens and considered Ling Qingzhu a capable ally, while Ying Xiaoxiao mistook her concern for matchmaking. The sisters then discussed Ying Xiaoxiao’s unsuitability for Lin Xuan’s swordsmanship and her plans to seek a suitable inheritance at Dao Peak.

• Ying Huanhuan felt relieved that Lin Xuan had not been expelled from the Great Desolate Tablet and said that others’ expectations placed immense pressure on him.
• Ying Huanhuan thought Lin Xuan needed helpers and asked Ying Xiaoxiao about Ling Qingzhu’s talent, prompting Ying Xiaoxiao to assume she wanted Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu to marry.
• Ying Huanhuan denied trying to arrange a marriage and told Ying Xiaoxiao that her reasons for asking about Ling Qingzhu were private.
• Ying Xiaoxiao explained that Lin Xuan’s swordsmanship did not suit her, and Ying Huanhuan encouraged her to choose another cultivation path.
• Ying Xiaoxiao said Fu Zhu had invited her to try an inheritance at Dao Peak, and the sisters agreed to cultivate and compare their progress.

Lin Xuan used the Great Desolate Scripture to draw on the power of heaven and earth, forming a sword art whose power exceeded his control before he withdrew it. He had found a path toward becoming one with the plane, while Ying Huanhuan and Lin Xuan both decided to visit Taiqing Palace.

• The Great Desolate Tablet recovered as Ying Huanhuan and the others discovered that Lin Xuan had eliminated the Otherworldly Demon True King.
• Lin Dong succeeded in cultivating the Great Desolate Scripture, and the gathered disciples saw the vegetation around him wither under his desolate aura.
• Lin Xuan drew energy from heaven and earth and gathered countless swords into his Three Feet Long Sword, but the sword's power grew beyond his control and dispersed.
• Lin Xuan rose with his aura blended into heaven and earth, and Ying Huanhuan realized he was pursuing a path beyond Supreme Force.
• Ying Huanhuan resolved to visit Taiqing Palace to advance her Supreme Force, while Lin Xuan planned to seek Ling Qingzhu there for further insight.
• Ling Qingzhu awoke in Taiqing Palace and looked at a drawing of two figures playing guqin beside an incomplete sword-dancing figure.

Lin Xuan joined Ying Huanhuan at the Dao Sect's reception of Hongya Cave, which had challenged the sect while many of its disciples were in seclusion. After interrupting a match and declaring it a draw, he began advising the Dao Sect disciples, leaving Ying Huanhuan amused by his sudden seriousness.

• Ying Huanhuan told Lin Xuan that Hongya Cave had challenged the Dao Sect and asked him to represent the sect while Ying Xuanzi and the Grand Elder were in seclusion.
• At the Front Hall, the Hongya Cave disciples won the first two matches, and the Hongya Cave Master criticized the Dao Sect's reception and mocked its losses.
• Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan arrived, and Qi Lei introduced Lin Xuan to the Hongya Cave Master as the Sword Saint.
• Lin Xuan stopped the ongoing match after noticing the Dao Sect disciple had taken advantage of his opponent's distraction, then declared the bout a draw.
• Lin Xuan advised the Dao Sect disciples to focus on learning from their shortcomings rather than pursuing victory, impressing Ying Huanhuan before his next words changed her expression.

Lin Xuan reflected on his lack of defeats as Dao Sect’s mountain challenge continued, and newly arrived disciples strengthened the sect’s position. Ying Huanhuan defeated Song Yan in one move, leaving Lin Xuan wondering whether she had begun awakening the Ice Master’s inheritance.

• Lin Xuan shared his thoughts on defeat and admitted he felt lost about how to advance along his cultivation path.
• Lin Dong, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Wang Yan arrived, and the Hongya Cave Master realized Dao Sect’s challengers would face formidable opponents.
• Song Yan chose Ying Huanhuan, whom she believed to be the weakest, as her opponent.
• Ying Huanhuan used Song Yan’s whip to close the distance and defeated her with a single sword strike.
• Lin Xuan sensed an ice-related aura from Ying Huanhuan and wondered whether she had begun awakening the Ice Master’s inheritance.

Lin Dong defeated Huo Zhen in the sect competition, then killed him after Huo Zhen launched a sneak attack. Lin Xuan and the Dao Sect elders forced the Hongya Cave Master to accept responsibility, leaving Hongya Cave to expel Huo Zhen posthumously and apologize.

• Huo Zhen chose Lin Dong as his opponent, and Lin Dong used the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger and close-range attacks to overwhelm him.
• Lin Dong struck Huo Zhen with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Hand and sent him crashing into the arena rubble.
• Huo Zhen launched a hidden attack at Lin Dong, who caught the projectile and pierced Huo Zhen's chest with his dragon-scaled claw.
• Lin Dong began to activate the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, but Yan urgently warned him to stop.
• The Hongya Cave Master confronted Lin Xuan, while Chen Zhen and Qi Lei argued that Huo Zhen had started the deadly clash with a sneak attack.
• Faced with Lin Xuan and the Dao Sect's accusations, the Hongya Cave Master apologized and declared Huo Zhen expelled from Hongya Cave.

Lin Xuan discovered that the Hongya Cave Master was a Revolving Wheel Realm expert secretly working with the Yuan Sect, then injured him in their clash. The Yuan Sect framed the Dao Sect for slaughtering Hongya Cave’s disciples, but the Eastern Xuan Region largely suspected the Yuan Sect of crying thief.

• Lin Xuan revealed that the Hongya Cave Master had reached the Revolving Wheel Realm and suspected his visit was part of a Yuan Sect scheme.
• Lin Xuan explained that the Hongya Cave Master had likely come to investigate whether Lin Xuan truly wielded the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Yan helped Lin Dong realize that the Yuan Sect suspected Lin Xuan had borrowed the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, as he had borrowed the Darkness Ancestor Symbol.
• The Hongya Cave Master ordered Song Yan to take the disciples home, then secretly killed them and destroyed their bodies before flying to the Yuan Sect.
• The Yuan Sect spread a story that the Dao Sect had ambushed Hongya Cave, but most Eastern Xuan Region forces suspected the Yuan Sect was crying thief.

Yuan Sect’s failed attempt to frame Dao Sect left it isolated, so Tian Yuanzi and his allies discussed how to kill Lin Xuan. Seven Kings Hall arrived with a plan to lure Ling Qingzhu using the Ice Ancestor Symbol and ordered Yuan Sect to ensure Lin Xuan’s death.

• Tian Yuanzi questioned the Hongya Cave Master about whether he had detected an Ancestral Symbol on Lin Xuan, and the cave master concealed his suspicion that Lin Dong wielded the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Ren Yuanzi proposed using Ying Huanhuan or Ling Qingzhu as bait, and Tian Yuanzi considered exploiting Ling Qingzhu’s connection to the Supreme Induction Sutra.
• Seven Kings Hall appeared, praised the Hongya Cave Master for joining Demon Prison, and revealed that Darkness Hall was moving its main hall to the Eastern Xuan Region with two Reincarnation Realm experts.
• Seven Kings Hall reported finding traces of the Ice Ancestor Symbol and proposed moving its hidden space to the Eastern Xuan Region to lure Ling Qingzhu into a trap for Lin Xuan.
• Seven Kings Hall ordered Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, Ren Yuanzi, and their allies to bring back Lin Xuan’s corpse or ashes.

Ying Xiaoxiao brought Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan Ling Qingzhu’s invitation to investigate a place where the Ice Ancestor Symbol’s aura had been detected. Lin Xuan agreed to leave for Facing Abyss Peak the next day, while Ying Huanhuan insisted on going with him.

• Ying Xiaoxiao delivered Ling Qingzhu’s confidential letter, which reported that she had found the Ice Ancestor Symbol’s aura in an abnormal space near Facing Abyss Peak after pursuing a Demonic Alien minion.
• Lin Xuan handed the letter to Ying Huanhuan, and she agreed to investigate the place with him despite wondering whether Ling Qingzhu knew her identity as the Ice Master.
• Ying Huanhuan teased Lin Xuan about helping her obtain the Ice Ancestor Symbol, but he said that he was already helping by refusing to claim the Ancestral Symbols himself.
• Ying Xiaoxiao asked Lin Xuan about the Sect Tournament at Otherworldly Demon City, and he agreed to participate because of the danger there.
• Lin Xuan decided that he and Ying Huanhuan would leave for Ling Qingzhu’s location the next day, and Ying Huanhuan assured Ying Xiaoxiao that he would take care of her.

Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan traveled to Taiqing Palace, where they learned that Ling Qingzhu was cultivating at the dangerous Facing Abyss Peak. As they reached the peak’s front platform, Lin Xuan sensed traces of Otherworldly Demonic Qi within it.

• Lin Xuan took Ying Huanhuan through a spatial rift to Taiqing Palace, bringing Fu Zhu and Zhu Yan along on his shoulders.
• Liu Huiyun welcomed Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan at Floating Cloud Platform and directed them to Facing Abyss Peak, where Ling Qingzhu was waiting.
• Liu Huiyun explained that Ling Qingzhu had entered seclusion at Facing Abyss Peak after learning that Lin Xuan had cultivated the Supreme Induction Sutra.
• Liu Huiyun led Lin Xuan and Ying Huanhuan to the front peak and explained that Facing Abyss Peak was Taiqing Palace’s ancestral site and the source of its founder’s inheritance.
• Lin Xuan sensed traces of Otherworldly Demonic Qi within Facing Abyss Peak as Liu Huiyun warned them not to fly and to cross only by the chains.