Chapter Summaries

Wu Dao brought Lin Dong to the Dao Sect, where Chen Zhen welcomed him and defended the Desolate Hall’s claim to the Hundred Dynasties Champion against the other halls. Lin Dong met Ying Huanhuan and exchanged silent greetings with her, but Wei Sen called him out for flirting in front of everyone.

• Chen Zhen welcomed Wu Dao and celebrated that Lin Dong had been registered as a Desolate Hall disciple.
• Wei Sen objected that the Desolate Hall had assigned Lin Dong before he returned to the Ancestral Court, but Chen Zhen refused to give him up.
• Lin Dong recognized Ying Huanhuan as the Ice Master and silently introduced himself to her.
• Ying Huanhuan replied, teased Lin Dong by telling him to call her Senior Sister, and then blushed when Wei Sen accused him of seducing her.

Lin Dong rejected Heaven Hall’s efforts to recruit him and confirmed that he would join Desolate Hall to pursue the Great Desolation Scripture. He led many promising disciples to choose Desolate Hall and departed with Chen Zhen to receive his champion’s reward the next day.

• Wei Sen tried to recruit Lin Dong to Heaven Hall and encouraged him to pursue Huanhuan, prompting Huanhuan to rebuke him.
• Wu Dao and Wei Sen argued over Wei Sen’s attempt to recruit Lin Dong, while Chen Zhen restored order.
• Lin Dong declared that he had chosen Desolate Hall because he intended to master the Great Desolation Scripture, and Chen Zhen promised he could attempt it when the Great Desolation Stele opened in less than half a year.
• Lin Dong called on the other disciples to join Desolate Hall, and many promising candidates stood behind him.
• Chen Zhen led Lin Dong and Desolate Hall’s newly recruited disciples away, promising Lin Dong his champion’s reward the next day.

Lin Dong waited at the Desolate Hall for the Pill River Empowerment ceremony, hoping older disciples would challenge him, but they stayed away. Ying Huanhuan came to see him, and the chapter ended with the Dao Sect’s Sect Master appearing before the gathered disciples.

• Mo Ling told Lin Dong that his champion reward was expected to be Pill River Empowerment, which would let him absorb Nirvana Gold Qi.
• Lin Dong found no older Desolate Hall disciples willing to confront him and vowed to claim the position of Desolate Hall Chief.
• Ying Huanhuan greeted Lin Dong as her junior brother, but he ignored her, angering her and the Heaven Hall disciples accompanying her.
• Disciples from the Dao Sect’s four halls gathered as the ceremony approached, and the eight hall masters and vice hall masters appeared beside the Sect Master.
• The disciples knelt and greeted the Sect Master as he arrived.

At the Dao Sect ceremony, Sect Master Ying Xuanzi recognized Lin Dong’s five merits and granted him four exceptional rewards, including promotion to a True Disciple and Pill River Empowerment. Lin Dong entered the Dan River to receive the empowerment as Ying Xuanzi personally began the process.

• Ying Xuanzi examined Lin Dong and announced that he had earned five great merits for the Dao Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi declared four rewards for Lin Dong: promotion to the Desolate Hall’s fifth True Disciple, Pill River Empowerment, honors for Great Yan and Lin Dong’s mother clan, and the right to choose two Hall Suppressing Martial Arts.
• Lin Dong accepted the rewards, while Jiang Hao, Pang Tong, Fang Yun, and Song Zhou gave up their thoughts of opposing him.
• Ying Xuanzi cleaved open the Dan River and revealed a vast reserve of Nirvana Gold Qi.
• Ying Xuanzi told Lin Dong to enter the river, and Lin Dong plunged in as the Dan River closed around him.

Lin Dong endured the crushing pressure at the bottom of the Dan River by transforming into an Azure Giant Dragon and absorbing Nirvana Gold Qi while he slept. After seven days, he awakened and burst out of the river, leaving the Dao Sect disciples and elders astonished.

• Lin Dong transformed into Dragon-Human Form beneath the Dan River, then used Azure Dragon Change to become a hundred-zhang Azure Giant Dragon.
• Lin Dong entered a golden Light Cluster, absorbed Nirvana Gold Qi, and slept as an Azure Dragon Light Marking began forming between his brows.
• Seven days passed while Lin Dong remained at the riverbed, and Wu Dao and Chen Zhen expected him to surpass Ying Xiaoxiao's record.
• Ying Xuanzi sensed movement below and prepared to rescue Lin Dong, while Chen Zhen feared Lin Dong could no longer endure.
• Lin Dong roared, surged through the Crimson Pill River, and emerged into the sky as an enormous Azure Giant Dragon.

Lin Dong emerged from the Dan River transformed from an Azure Dragon and revealed that he had reached the Seven Yuan Nirvana Stage and become an Eight Seal Heaven Talisman Master. Ying Xuanzi identified his transformation as the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art inherited from Qing Zhi, while the gathered disciples debated how Lin Dong’s seven days beneath the river compared with other prodigies.

• Lin Dong appeared as a hundred-zhang Azure Dragon, stunning the Dao Sect crowd with his Dragon Might and strength.
• Ying Xuanzi recognized Lin Dong’s power as Qing Zhi’s Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and recalled the Azure Dragon King’s history and achievements.
• Ying Xuanzi called Lin Dong down, and Lin Dong transformed back into human form before the crowd.
• Tong Chuan and Jiang Hao mocked Lin Dong for lasting seven days beneath the Dan River, one day less than Xiaoxiao had lasted.
• Lin Dong greeted Ying Xuanzi, who recognized that he had reached the Seven Yuan Nirvana Stage and become an Eight Seal Heaven Talisman Master.

Lin Dong revealed that he had absorbed all the Nirvana Gold Qi from the Dan River in five days, stunning the Dao Sect leaders and silencing Jiang Hao. He then asked to establish himself as Desolate Hall Chief by challenging someone, prompting Ying Xuanzi to remember his former disciple Zhou Tong.

• Lin Dong told Ying Xuanzi that he had absorbed all the Dan River's Nirvana Gold Qi in five days and stayed below for two more days because he was comfortable there.
• Jiang Hao mocked Lin Dong's claim until Ying Xuanzi confirmed that the Dan River's Nirvana Gold Qi had completely disappeared.
• Ying Xuanzi and the other Dao Sect leaders praised Lin Dong's achievement, while Jiang Hao was left speechless.
• Lin Dong asked Ying Xuanzi for permission to challenge someone and establish the position of Desolate Hall Chief.
• Ying Xuanzi recalled Zhou Tong, the former Desolate Hall Chief who had attacked the Yuan Sect after his lover died and was ultimately suppressed by Ren Yuanzi.

Lin Dong demanded an immediate contest for the vacant Desolate Hall Chief position and insisted on fighting all four True Disciples at once. Ying Xuanzi accepted, making Lin Dong’s failure carry the penalty of exile to the Desolate Hall Outer Peak until he reached the Life Mysterious Stage; the contest was about to begin.

• Lin Dong asked Ying Xuanzi to hold the contest for Desolate Hall Chief immediately, and Chen Zhen warned that Pang Tong and the other True Disciples had the advantage.
• Lin Dong provoked Pang Tong and the others, claiming he could defeat them easily even without learning Desolate Hall martial arts.
• Ying Xuanzi agreed to hold the contest that day on the central stone platform.
• Lin Dong proposed fighting Pang Tong and the other three at the same time, and Ying Xuanzi granted his request.
• Ying Xuanzi declared that Lin Dong would lose his True Disciple status and labor at the Outer Peak until reaching the Life Mysterious Stage if he failed to win.
• Chen Zhen urged Lin Dong to reconsider, but Lin Dong confidently said he would try to hold back when fighting his fellow disciples.

Lin Dong challenged the Desolate Hall’s four True Disciples for the Chief Seat and quickly defeated Fang Yun before facing the other three. He shattered Pang Tong’s Desolation Net, leaving the fight against the remaining opponents underway.

• Lin Dong insulted Pang Tong, Song Zhou, Jiang Hao, and Fang Yun before the contest began.
• Fang Yun attacked Lin Dong with Desolation Blade, but Lin Dong evaded the strike and knocked him unconscious with Great Yuan Extreme Blade.
• Chen Zhen declared Fang Yun eliminated and carried him from the battlefield.
• Pang Tong ordered Song Zhou and Jiang Hao to attack Lin Dong together, and they launched three techniques at him.
• Lin Dong countered with Sacred Elephant Sky Crushing Impact, and the giant elephant shattered Pang Tong’s Desolation Net.

Lin Dong eliminated Song Zhou and overwhelmed Jiang Hao, but Pang Tong and Jiang Hao joined forces to unleash two of the Desolate Hall’s Hall Suppressing Martial Arts against him. The chapter ended as their attacks swept toward Lin Dong.

• Lin Dong shattered Song Zhou’s attack with Demonic Seal Mountain Suppressing Fist, forcing Song Zhou to concede and be eliminated.
• Lin Dong transformed with Azure Dragon Change, absorbed Jiang Hao’s strongest palm strike, and wounded him with his dragon tail.
• Pang Tong ambushed Lin Dong with Desolation Fist, but Lin Dong dodged and Pang Tong retreated with the injured Jiang Hao.
• Pang Tong and Jiang Hao agreed to join forces and use the Desolate Hall’s Hall Suppressing Martial Arts.
• Pang Tong launched Great Star Gang Fist while Jiang Hao unleashed Great Dark Erosion Sword at Lin Dong.

Lin Dong used powerful inherited martial arts to eliminate Jiang Hao and face Pang Tong as the last opponent. After Pang Tong hoped Lin Dong’s energy was depleted, Lin Dong replenished it with Devouring Power, leaving the match unresolved.

• Lin Dong evaded Wei Sen’s Great Star Gang Fist with the Supreme Pure Sky Roaming Steps, which Wei Sen recognized as a martial art from the Nine Heavens Supreme Pure Palace.
• Lin Dong summoned the Wu Zong Heaven Turning Art and used Wu Zong Suppressing the World to shatter Jiang Hao’s Great Dark Erosion Sword and knock him unconscious off the platform.
• Wu Dao caught Jiang Hao and declared him eliminated, leaving Pang Tong as Lin Dong’s final opponent.
• Pang Tong argued that Lin Dong must have exhausted his Origin Energy after fighting several opponents, but Lin Dong said he could still defeat him.
• Lin Dong used Devouring Power to draw in natural energy and restore his Origin Energy, prompting the Dao Sect disciples to speculate about his technique and the knowledgeable elders to recognize the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

Lin Dong defeated Pang Tong, and Ying Xuanzi named him the Desolate Hall’s new Chief Seat. Four days later, Lin Dong walked through the hall as its disciples celebrated his fame and looked toward his future.

• Pang Tong unleashed the Great Star Gang Fist, but Lin Dong’s Azure Dragon Grips the Earth shattered it before Ying Xuanzi intervened to stop the match.
• Ying Xuanzi declared Lin Dong the Desolate Hall’s Chief Seat, prompting disciples and Hall Masters to salute him.
• Dao Sect elders recalled that the seat had remained vacant for a century since Zhou Tong’s death, while a blind elder wept atop the Stone Pagoda.
• Four days later, Lin Dong left his new mountain residence and received enthusiastic greetings from Desolate Hall disciples.
• Lin Dong calmly acknowledged the disciples’ respect and privately delighted that his name had become renowned throughout the Dao Sect.

Wu Dao brought Lin Dong to the Desolate Hall’s Martial Arts Hall to choose martial arts and meet its guardian, Gu Mo. After Lin Dong recognized that Gu Mo’s blindness came from Yin-Cold Energy, he offered to examine his eyes, leaving Gu Mo surprised and Wu Dao relieved.

• Wu Dao told Lin Dong about Elder Gu Mo and brought him to the Martial Arts Hall to choose his rewards.
• Lin Dong recognized Gu Mo’s formidable cultivation and learned that Gu Mo had gone blind while cultivating the Desolate Demonic Eyes.
• Wu Dao introduced Lin Dong as the restored Chief Seat disciple, then angered Gu Mo by revealing that he had watched the ceremony and cried.
• Gu Mo stopped Wu Dao from leaving, but Lin Dong defused the confrontation by offering to examine Gu Mo’s Yin-Cold Energy-corroded eyes.

Lin Dong discovered that Yin-Cold Energy from the Desolate Hall’s Desolate Demonic Eyes had caused Gu Mo’s blindness and used the Ancestral Stone’s power to begin purifying it. Gu Mo offered to teach Lin Dong for a month while Lin Dong treated his eyes, then led him to choose martial arts, beginning with the Desolation Art.

• Lin Dong examined Gu Mo’s eyes and found them wrapped in corrosive Yin-Cold Energy caused by the Desolate Demonic Eyes.
• Lin Dong used the Ancestral Stone’s purifying power to open a gap in the gray threads, and Gu Mo said he felt better despite bleeding from his eyes.
• Lin Dong told Gu Mo that restoring his sight would take about a month, and Gu Mo offered to teach him martial arts while he received daily treatment.
• Lin Dong agreed to the arrangement, and Gu Mo said Lin Dong should first learn the Desolation Art.
• Gu Mo and Wu Dao escorted Lin Dong through the Martial Arts Hall to a vast gray boulder where disciples cultivated the Desolation Art.

Lin Dong used the Desolation Stone and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to master the Desolation Art at astonishing speed, forcing the Stone’s Artifact Spirit to submit. He left the Desolate Hall elders and disciples stunned after reaching the seventh level in a single day, with Wu Dao predicting he could soon achieve complete mastery.

• Wu Dao explained the Desolation Stone, the Desolation Art, and the Desolate Hall’s origins to Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong drew Desolation Power directly from the Desolation Stone and reached the third level of the Desolation Art in half a day.
• The Desolation Stone’s Artifact Spirit awakened and tried to eject Lin Dong, but the Ancestral Stone made it submit to him.
• Lin Dong continued cultivating and reached the seventh level in one day, startling the Desolate Hall disciples and Wu Dao.
• Lin Dong asked whether he had gained an initial grasp of the art, and Wu Dao said he could reach the tenth level within a month.

Lin Dong entered the Desolate Hall’s sealed inheritance chamber and devised a way to obtain all four of its supreme martial arts despite being permitted to choose only two. He and his three Demon Ape incarnations began receiving the inheritances, leaving them immersed in the process for three days and nights.

• The Blind Old Man led Lin Dong to the chamber containing the four Hall Suppressing Martial Arts and recommended the Great Desolation Body and Desolate Demonic Eye.
• The Blind Old Man and Wu Dao pretended they could not see Lin Dong taking more than two inheritances, giving him room to try for all four.
• Lin Dong summoned three Demon Ape incarnations and sent each to receive the inheritance from one of the first three stone tablets.
• Lin Dong entered the Desolate Demonic Eye inheritance, where he witnessed Desolation and visions connected to the other three martial arts.
• Lin Dong and the three Demon Apes remained seated in deep cultivation for three days and three nights as the inheritances began.

Lin Dong finished treating Gu Mo’s eyes and revealed that he had revised the Desolate Demonic Eyes to eliminate the technique’s harmful drawback. Gu Mo tested the new method and confirmed it no longer produced Yin-Cold Energy that could damage his eyes.

• Wu Dao left the Martial Arts Hall after Gu Mo ordered him to return and assist Chen Zhen, while Lin Dong stayed for a month of secluded cultivation.
• Lin Dong spent the month learning from Gu Mo and using the Ancestral Stone to purge the Yin-Cold Energy around Gu Mo’s eyes.
• After the final treatment, Gu Mo could see only vague silhouettes, and Lin Dong explained that his Life Energy should restore his eyesight within days.
• Gu Mo warned Lin Dong to keep the Ancestral Stone’s purifying power secret until he reached the Life and Death Mysterious Stage.
• Lin Dong shared his revised Desolate Demonic Eyes cultivation method with Gu Mo, who tested it and confirmed that it no longer generated Yin-Cold Energy.

Lin Dong completed his month of training in Desolate Hall’s four Hall Suppressing Martial Arts, and Gu Mo assigned him a mission to investigate unusual activity at the Dao Sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine in Blood Rock Land. He joined Ying Huanhuan, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling, where Huanhuan asserted that her experience made her the one in charge.

• Lin Dong learned that Gu Mo had not reported his mastery of all four martial arts to the Sect Master, and Gu Mo said Lin Dong’s improved Desolate Demonic Eyes method would be recorded for Desolate Hall’s disciples.
• Gu Mo declared Lin Dong a qualified Desolate Hall Chief and assigned him a mission with disciples from the other three halls, telling him to return in three months for the Great Desolation Stele’s opening.
• Lin Dong arrived at the meeting place and found Ying Huanhuan, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling waiting to investigate unusual activity at the Nirvana Crystal Mine in Blood Rock Land.
• Lin Dong teased Ying Huanhuan about their past conversation, and she blushed, scolded him, and threatened to tell her father, the Sect Master.
• Ying Huanhuan claimed her experience completing more than a dozen sect missions meant Lin Dong had to follow her lead on the operation.

Lin Dong and the Dao Sect reinforcements reached the Blood Rock Land, where Fire Crystal Demonic Apes threatened a mining area. His reconnaissance revealed a juvenile Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, leaving the group eager to claim its valuable fruits.

• Lin Dong agreed to let Ying Huanhuan lead the group, and they traveled to the Blood Rock Land on a Wind Luan.
• Yuan Fang welcomed Ying Huanhuan and the others, then recognized Lin Dong as Desolate Hall's newly promoted chief.
• Yuan Fang explained that more than forty Fire Crystal Demonic Apes had invaded the mining area and that a powerful Ape King might lurk deeper in the forest.
• Lin Dong used his Mental Energy to investigate the forest, and Ying Huanhuan revealed that he was also an Eight Seal Heaven Talisman Master.
• Lin Dong showed the group an image of a juvenile Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree bearing five fruits, prompting their astonishment and delight.

Lin Dong and the Dao Sect group set out to clear the Fire Crystal Demonic Apes and claim the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree. After Lin Dong swiftly kills the apes with the Spirit Wheel Mirror, he gives the Heaven-grade treasure to Ying Huanhuan and leads the group toward the Demonic Ape King.

• Jiang Kun urges the group to retrieve the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, and Ying Huanhuan sends a Primordial Spirit Transmission to summon Dao Sect Elders.
• Lin Dong warns that a peak Seven Yuan Stage Fire Crystal Demonic Ape King guards the area, and he and Ying Huanhuan head to clear the ordinary apes.
• Lin Dong uses the Spirit Wheel Mirror to reflect the attacks of more than forty Fire Crystal Demonic Apes and then destroys them with a black beam.
• Ying Huanhuan admires the Spirit Wheel Mirror, and Lin Dong gives it to her before heading toward the Demonic Ape King.