Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong killed the Fire Crystal Ape King and used the Heaven Sealing Array Map to collect the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree. When the Demonic Seal Collective attacked the Dao Sect encampment, Lin Dong led the disciples out to meet them.

• Lin Dong killed the Fire Crystal Ape King with one punch after it refused to leave the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree.
• Lin Dong stopped a Dao Sect girl from taking the tree’s seeds and stored the entire tree inside the Heaven Sealing Array Map.
• Ying Huanhuan teased Lin Dong about giving her the map, but he refused and carried the tree away within it.
• Jiang Kun suggested returning to the sect early, but Yuan Fang sensed the approaching Demonic Seal Collective and warned that the attackers had broken into the encampment.
• Lin Dong advanced to face the Demonic Seal Collective, and Yuan Fang led the Dao Sect disciples after him, ready to fight.

Lin Dong confronted the Demonic Seal Collective after its members demanded the missing Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree. He killed Butcher Luo Yi with one strike, then faced Su Lei and four other experts as five massive ape shadows appeared to meet their attack.

• Su Lei arrived with the Demonic Seal Collective and demanded the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, but Lin Dong revealed only the empty pit where it had stood.
• Butcher Luo Yi attacked Lin Dong with the Great Asura Blade, and Lin Dong killed him with a single Desolation Blade strike.
• Su Lei recognized Lin Dong and sent four fighters to join him in attacking, while Lin Dong told Yuan Fang and the others to handle the remaining enemies.
• Ying Huanhuan worried about Lin Dong, but he reassured her and sent her to help Yuan Fang before the two exchanged a tender moment.
• Su Lei and his four companions launched a coordinated attack, and Lin Dong summoned five giant ape shadows to strike their incoming torrents of Origin Energy.

Lin Dong fought the Demonic Seal Collective, killing Su Lei and forcing Yao Ling to confront him over the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree. Yao Ling demanded the tree, but Lin Dong refused, leaving them on the verge of battle.

• Lin Dong summoned five Nirvana Stage Demon Apes, who tied up the Demonic Seal Collective's four core members and left him to face Su Lei.
• Su Lei attacked Lin Dong with the Shattering Yuan Palm, but Lin Dong evaded him with the Supreme Pure Sky Roaming Steps and struck with the Great Star Gang Fist.
• Yao Ling launched a spear attack at Lin Dong from behind, but Lin Dong blocked it with the Azure Scale Dragon Shield and killed Su Lei with the gray star.
• Yao Ling appeared and praised Lin Dong's skill before demanding that he hand over the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree.
• Lin Dong refused, accusing Yao Ling of wanting to strengthen the Yuan Sect, and Yao Ling prepared to fight for the tree.

Lin Dong revealed that he had mastered the Great Desolation Body and overwhelmed Yao Ling in a fierce fight. After pinning Yao Ling beneath the Demonic Desolation Fist, Lin Dong summoned the Great Dark Erosion Sword and unleashed a devastating slash.

• Yao Ling transformed with the Demonic Yuan Curse Body and attacked Lin Dong, but Lin Dong caught his wrist in the Great Desolation Body.
• Lin Dong broke Yao Ling's arm and battered him, while Yao Ling used his Black Symbols to heal his crushed chest and warned that the Yuan Sect would target Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong and Yao Ling exchanged more than a hundred blows, with Yao Ling suffering severe injuries and losing most of his teeth.
• Yao Ling fired the Yuan Curse Seal at Lin Dong, but Lin Dong dodged and countered with the Demonic Desolation Fist, pinning Yao Ling in a long trench.
• Lin Dong summoned the Great Dark Erosion Sword and slashed toward Yao Ling with a hundred-zhang sword radiance.

Lin Dong defeated Yao Ling and captured him alive, intending to return the Yuan Sect exile to his sect. After the Demonic Seal Collective was wiped out, an exhausted Lin Dong rested against Ying Huanhuan.

• Yao Ling broke Lin Dong's Black Fist Seal suppression, but Lin Dong's Great Dark Erosion Sword wounded him and left him near death.
• Lin Dong healed Yao Ling, knocked him unconscious, sealed his Origin Energy, and bound him to ensure he could be returned alive to Yuan Sect.
• After Yao Ling's aura vanished, the Four Great Generals of Demonic Seal tried to flee the five Demon Apes.
• The five Demon Apes ignited their Origin Energy and exploded, killing the Four Great Generals of Demonic Seal before returning to their source.
• Ying Huanhuan told Lin Dong that Yuan Fang was leading the others to eliminate the Demonic Seal Collective's remaining forces, then supported him as he rested.

Lin Dong used the spoils from Yao Ling to break through to the Eight Yuan Stage, then met Ying Xuanzi, who praised his achievements and discussed his rewards. Ying Xuanzi revealed that he had planned to help Lin Dong advance using the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree’s Spirit Locking Array, but Lin Dong had already swallowed all five fruits and succeeded.

• Dao Sect experts returned with Yao Ling and the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, and the Yuan Sect punished Yao Ling and an influential Elder.
• Lin Dong used the Ancestral Stone to refine the Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits into pills, then swallowed them and cultivated through the night.
• Lin Dong emerged at the Eight Yuan Stage, and Wu Dao took him to meet the Sect Master.
• At Dao Peak, Lin Dong saw the rapidly growing Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree being nourished by nine Dan Rivers.
• Ying Xuanzi praised Lin Dong for recovering the tree and capturing Yao Ling, then explained that he had intended to use the Spirit Locking Array and the five fruits to help Lin Dong break through.

Lin Dong used the Spirit Locking Array to advance to the Peak Eight Yuan Stage and endured the Ninth Level Wind Thunder Tribulation, then accepted the Dao Sect Sect Master's order to retrieve the Great Desolation Scripture. Five years after its last appearance, the Great Desolation Stele emerged, and Dao Sect disciples gathered around it with Lin Dong standing at the center of the Desolate Hall.

• Ying Xuanzi opened the Spirit Locking Array and helped Lin Dong absorb the energy of the nine Dan Rivers beneath the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree.
• After seven days and nights, Lin Dong reached the Peak Eight Yuan Stage and faced the Ninth Level Wind Thunder Tribulation, which he endured for most of the day.
• The Sect Master told Lin Dong that the Great Desolation Stele would open in half a month and ordered him to bring back the Great Desolation Scripture, and Lin Dong accepted.
• The Great Desolation Stele burst from a mountain in the Desolate Hall, drawing Dao Sect disciples and Elders to gather around it.
• Chen Zhen, Wu Dao, and Gu Mo gathered with the Desolate Hall disciples, who surrounded Lin Dong as their Chief Seat.

Lin Dong disciplined the Desolate Hall's True Disciples before leading them into the Great Desolation Stele to seek its inheritance. Inside the stele, he prevented the desolate world from draining his strength with Devouring Power.

• Lin Dong ordered Song Zhou, Jiang Hao, and Fang Yun to pass the Eighth Stage Nirvana Tribulation within three months or surrender their True Disciple positions.
• Ying Huanhuan's older sister teased her about her interest in Lin Dong and claimed their mother had invented her romantic advice.
• Ying Xuanzi told the Blue-robed Old Man that he believed Lin Dong could obtain the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Lin Dong and the four True Disciples entered the Great Desolation Stele and sat together on five platforms to receive its inheritance.
• Lin Dong found that the desolate world was draining his power and sealed it off with Devouring Power.

Lin Dong forced the Great Desolation Stele to appear by unleashing three Ancient Divine Objects, then confronted its Tablet Spirit. He tried to steer their conversation toward business, seeking the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Lin Dong explained that the Great Desolation Stele had sought Ancestral Symbols through Dao Sect disciples to destroy the True Demon King it suppressed, but past candidates, including Zhou Tong, had failed.
• Lin Dong used the Ancient Qiankun Formation, Ancestral Stone, and Devouring Ancestral Symbol to shatter the desolate space and reveal the Great Desolation Stele.
• The Tablet Spirit emerged and argued with Lin Dong, who told it to call the Ancestral Stone big brother.
• The Tablet Spirit recognized Yan with Lin Dong and wondered why it had chosen him instead of the Ice Master.
• Lin Dong claimed Qing Zhi was his teacher, and the Tablet Spirit became distracted recalling the Ancient Azure Dragon King.
• Lin Dong interrupted the Tablet Spirit and urged it to discuss business.

Lin Dong persuaded the Great Desolation Stele to teach him the Great Desolation Scripture by promising to bring an Ancestral Symbol to help destroy the True King it was suppressing. A month later, Lin Dong was still training inside the stele while Desolate Hall’s four True Disciples had all failed to obtain the scripture.

• The Tablet Spirit told Lin Dong that it could suppress the True King for only two more years and needed help from at least two Ancestral Symbols to destroy it.
• Lin Dong listed the Darkness, Flame, Thunder, and Space Ancestral Symbols and said he could bring any of them, then chose the Darkness Ancestral Symbol because Qing Tan could bring its holder to the upcoming Sect Competition.
• Lin Dong admitted he had listed the symbols to show off, and the Tablet Spirit reluctantly agreed that he was badass before giving him the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Lin Dong began comprehending the scripture, and the Tablet Spirit strengthened his cultivation with a pillar of dense desolate energy.
• After a month, Pang Tong, Song Zhou, Jiang Hao, and Fang Yun had all failed the trial and lost their qualifications to obtain the Great Desolation Scripture.

Lin Dong emerged from the Great Desolation Stele with the Great Desolation Scripture and reached the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage, earning the Dao Sect’s celebration. He then learned that Hongya Cave had challenged the sect, and he prepared to lead its disciples against them.

• Lin Dong opened his eyes after sitting before the Great Desolation Stele for a month, and the Great Desolation Scripture’s power spread across the surrounding land.
• The Desolation Power returned to Lin Dong, raising him to the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage as the Dao Sect celebrated the scripture’s return.
• Ying Xuanzi told the Blue-robed Old Man that he had won their wager, and the old man cheerfully accepted his loss.
• Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan spent time together by a mountain spring until Mo Ling arrived and interrupted them.
• Mo Ling told Lin Dong that Hongya Cave had sent disciples to challenge the Dao Sect and that he had been ordered to lead the sect’s disciples against them.

Hongya Cave brought its younger-generation experts to challenge the Dao Sect while its strongest disciples were in seclusion, but Lin Dong arrived to represent the sect. After revealing that he had reached the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage, he took charge of entertaining Hongya Cave’s visitors.

• Hongya Cave’s Huo Zhen and Song Yan arrived at the Dao Sect, hoping to use the upcoming Hall Competition to prove their sect was stronger.
• Qi Lei urged Chen Zhen to summon Lin Dong, and Chen Zhen said he had already sent for him.
• Lin Dong arrived as the Dao Sect disciples greeted him as their Chief Seat Senior Brother, while Huo Zhen demanded to know who he was.
• The Red Clothed Woman told Huo Zhen that Lin Dong had captured Yao Ling alive, and Lin Dong revealed that he had recently reached the Nine Yuan Stage.
• Lin Dong greeted Chen Zhen and Qi Lei, then offered Hongya Cave the choice of fighting him one-on-one or all together.

Lin Dong took control of the Dao Sect’s contest against Hongya Cave, overwhelming their challenge by revealing the Desolate Hall’s powerful disciples and forcing a duel with Huo Zhen. After Huo Zhen blocked Lin Dong’s first strike with a defensive martial art, Lin Dong unleashed a devastating Demon Sky-Piercing Finger.

• Lin Dong summoned Pang Tong, Song Zhou, Jiang Hao, and Fang Yun, whose cultivation intimidated Hongya Cave’s elders and disciples.
• Lin Dong refused Hongya Cave’s attempt to withdraw and demanded a single-round duel between himself and Huo Zhen.
• Lin Dong offered to suppress his cultivation to the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage and count the match as Huo Zhen’s victory if Huo Zhen touched his clothes.
• Huo Zhen accepted and attacked Lin Dong with Cave Mountain Fist as the match began.
• Lin Dong appeared behind Huo Zhen and struck him with Demon Hand, but Huo Zhen blocked the blow with Hongya Demonic Mountain Body.
• Lin Dong followed with Demon Sky-Piercing Finger, sending a massive Black Light Beam roaring toward Huo Zhen.

Lin Dong defeated Huo Zhen in the Dao Sect Ancestral Court and revealed that he had mastered the Great Desolation Body, humiliating Hongya Cave’s elders and disciples. Qi Lei approved of Lin Dong and Huanhuan, while Hongya Cave left in disgrace.

• Huo Zhen attacked Lin Dong with the Hongya Demonic Spear and Hongya Demonic Mountain Body, but Lin Dong broke through his defenses and sent him flying.
• Lin Dong summoned the Great Desolation Body, shocking Hongya Cave’s elders, who remembered Zhou Tong’s past challenges against their younger generation.
• Huo Zhen used Hongya Cave Scripture to summon a Sacred Mountain and challenged Lin Dong to use the Great Desolation Scripture, but Lin Dong shattered the mountain with Desolation Fist.
• Lin Dong defeated Huo Zhen, and Qi Lei praised him and approved of his relationship with Huanhuan.
• Lin Dong warned Hongya Cave’s elders not to challenge the Dao Sect again unless their younger generation produced a Life Mysterious Stage expert, and they led their disciples away.

Lin Dong dominated the Hall Competition as the Desolate Hall Chief, while Ying Huanhuan warned him that Wang Yan had returned and might seize command of the Dao Sect’s forces to attack the Yuan Sect. Lin Dong promised to stop Wang Yan, leaving the conflict poised to unfold during the competition.

• The Dao Sect began its annual Hall Competition, which would also decide who commanded its disciples in the Eastern Xuan Region’s Sect Competition.
• Lin Dong defeated his opponents with ease, and several disciples thanked him enthusiastically after losing.
• Ying Huanhuan brought Lin Dong to see Wang Yan, a powerful Heaven Hall disciple who had returned after years of hunting Yuan Sect experts.
• Ying Huanhuan explained that Wang Yan intended to use the Sect Competition to avenge his elder sister, who had been tortured to death by the Yuan Sect.
• Lin Dong clasped Ying Huanhuan’s hand and assured her he could stop Wang Yan, even if it meant fighting a Life Mysterious Stage expert.

Lin Dong arranged to face Wang Yan before the finals and fought Qing Ye in a match between the Earth and Desolate Halls. After their earth-based attacks clashed, Qing Ye began unleashing the Earth Emperor Scripture.

• Ying Huanhuan left Lin Dong to prepare for her match after he promised to handle the rest.
• Chen Zhen and the Hall Masters agreed to arrange for Lin Dong to fight Wang Yan before the finals, with Qing Ye as his opponent first.
• Lin Dong and Qing Ye traded taunts before Qing Ye attacked with Earth Core Sky Origin Hand.
• Lin Dong countered with the Earth Emperor Style’s Great Earthquake Wave, surprising the crowd by using earth-based techniques against Qing Ye.
• Qing Ye accused Lin Dong of deliberately humiliating him and began forming seals to unleash the Earth Emperor Scripture.

Lin Dong defeated Qing Ye by breaking the Earth Dragon Sealing God Seal with his Mental Energy and overpowering him with the Yin Demon Great Method. He was then matched against Heaven Hall’s Wang Yan, who praised him for capturing Yao Ling and causing a Yuan Sect Elder’s death.

• Qing Ye sealed Lin Dong in the Earth Dragon Sealing God Seal, but Lin Dong used his Mental Energy to shatter it.
• Lin Dong struck Qing Ye with the Yin Demon Roar and Divine Spear, forcing him to admit defeat.
• The Dao Sect deacon declared Lin Dong the victor, and the crowd cheered as the Heaven Hall Master ordered a new matchup.
• The next draw paired Lin Dong with Wang Yan, who stepped onto the platform and commended Lin Dong for his actions against the Yuan Sect.

Lin Dong defeated Wang Yan in a battle over command of the Sect Competition and secured the right to lead. After Wang Yan conceded, he revealed that a young woman had asked him to persuade Lin Dong, leaving Wang Yan to wonder if she was Huanhuan or Xiaoxiao.

• Wang Yan refused to yield command of the Sect Competition, and Lin Dong challenged him to submit through force.
• Lin Dong and Wang Yan traded attacks before Lin Dong's Azure Dragon Sky-Rending Hand destroyed Wang Yan's Black Demon techniques and slammed him into the ground.
• Lin Dong seized Wang Yan by the throat, and Wang Yan admitted defeat and handed over command.
• Wang Yan told Lin Dong that a young woman had asked him to persuade Lin Dong, then wondered whether she was Huanhuan or Xiaoxiao.
• The referee announced Lin Dong's victory, and the crowd erupted in cheers.

Ying Xiaoxiao challenged Lin Dong to compare the Emperor Scripture and the Great Desolation Scripture in a single strike. Lin Dong’s attack shattered her sword and sheared off a peak, leaving the outcome clear but the story on the silent summit.

• Ying Xiaoxiao asked to face Lin Dong as the representatives of the Heaven and Arid Halls, and Ying Xuanzi approved the match.
• Ying Xiaoxiao declared that they would use their halls’ divine scriptures to decide the victor in one strike, and Lin Dong accepted.
• Ying Xiaoxiao unleashed the Emperor Scripture’s Great Heaven Cloud-Grinding Sword.
• Lin Dong summoned the Great Desolation Scripture and formed the Great Desolation Blade, transforming Giant Peak into desolate land.
• The Great Desolation Blade shattered Ying Xiaoxiao’s sword and sliced off a massive peak from Giant Peak, leaving the Dao Sect disciples stunned.

Lin Dong became Dao Sect’s foremost of the Four Seats and received the Stillness Plate as his Hall Competition reward. Ying Xuanzi then explained the looming Sect Competition and warned Lin Dong that Dao Sect’s sole opponent was Yuan Sect.

• Lin Dong defeated Ying Xiaoxiao, won the Hall Competition, and was named Dao Sect’s leader for the Sect Competition.
• Ying Xuanzi gave Lin Dong the Stillness Plate and explained how its imitation of the Stillness Divine Plate could briefly freeze space and time.
• Lin Dong tested the Stillness Plate on Ying Xuanzi, but it had no effect on the vastly stronger Sect Master.
• Ying Xuanzi told Lin Dong that the Eastern Xuan Region’s Sect Competition would take place in half a year and that Dao Sect’s only opponent was Yuan Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi described Yuan Sect’s Eight Spirit Generals and Three Little Kings, who were its strongest disciples.