Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong defeated Xu Yun and uncovered the Wei Family’s scheme against the Gu Family. He offered to help the Gu Family win the Martial Gathering Battle in exchange for a Primeval Desolation Tower entry quota, then revealed that Gu Yuntian had been injured.

• Lin Dong severely wounded Xu Yun with one punch, devoured his fleeing Spiritual Body, and learned from his memories that Wei Song had sent him to turn a Beast Tide against the Gu Family.
• Lin Dong brought Xu Yun’s corpse to the Gu Family camp and warned that Xu Yun’s teacher, Elder Xie Gu, might seek revenge.
• Gu Yan invited Lin Dong to help the Gu Family obtain the Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit, and Lin Dong asked for an entry quota to the Primeval Desolation Tower in return for helping them win the Martial Gathering Battle.
• Lin Dong revealed that Chen Luo had been recruited by the Wei Family to injure Gu Yuntian before the tournament.
• Gu Yan received confirmation that Gu Yuntian had been injured and learned that he would need several months to recover.

Lin Dong and Gu Yan reached the summit of Mysterious Spirit Mountain ahead of the other factions to claim the Life Mysterious Spirit Fruits. When the rival groups agreed to join forces against the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon, Lin Dong stepped forward to face it alone.

• Lin Dong agreed to help the Gu Family obtain a Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit in exchange for a place in the Martial Gathering Battle.
• After the toxic miasma cleared, Lin Dong brought Gu Yan and a Gu Family expert to the summit, where they found six fruits growing on an island in the lake.
• Wei Zhen, Han Tao, One-Armed Mo Zhan, and the Four Black Dragon Bandits arrived and gathered around the lake with Lin Dong and Gu Yan.
• Han Tao stirred the lake to draw out the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon, and the factions agreed to join forces against it.
• Lin Dong moved ahead of the gathered experts and said he would handle the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon himself.

Lin Dong killed the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon and claimed the six Life Mysterious Spirit Fruits, then crushed the Black Dragon Bandits who challenged him. The other factions fled, leaving Lin Dong in possession of the fruits.

• Han Tao warned Lin Dong against fighting the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon, while Wei Song encouraged Lin Dong to attack.
• Lin Dong defeated the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon with two techniques, killed it as it tried to surrender, and absorbed its demonic spirit.
• Lin Dong claimed the six Life Mysterious Spirit Fruits and invited the watching factions to object.
• Four Black Dragon Bandits attacked Lin Dong, and he killed them all with the Eight Desolations and Six Directions Emperor Extreme Fist.
• Han Tao and the other factions withdrew, and Wei Song hurried away with the Wei Family after Lin Dong challenged him to object.

Lin Dong discovered a hidden chamber beneath the lake and entered a Demon Suppressing Prison guarded by the Master of Flames. He found the sleeping Ancient Master above the prison’s vast sealing formation.

• Lin Dong gave Gu Yan the Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit, told her to cultivate safely on Lake Heart Island, and dove beneath the lake.
• Lin Dong reached a magma-filled chamber, collected its Earth Core Spiritual Paste, and learned from the Ancestral Stone and Great Desolation Stele that the site was a Demon Suppressing Prison.
• Lin Dong used the Space Ancestral Symbol to bypass the chamber’s deadly formation, then followed the two artifacts deeper into the prison.
• Lin Dong saw the Flame God Ancient Array suppressing a vast army of Yi Mo and learned that the Great Heavenly Demon King was imprisoned there.
• Lin Dong found the Master of Flames asleep above the Magma Lake and wondered whether to treat him as a rival for the Ice Master’s affection.

Lin Dong obtained the Flame God Ancient Token and used five Life Mysterious Spirit Fruits to break through to the Life Mysterious Stage, Great Achievement. He returned in time for the Martial Gathering Competition and arrived at Martial Gathering Island with Gu Yan and the Gu Family convoy.

• Yan retrieved Master of Flames's Flame God Ancient Token and gave it to Lin Dong to save for a fight against Mo Luo.
• Lin Dong began his breakthrough while Yan and the Great Desolation Stele discussed the danger of the unattended Demon Suppressing Prison guarded by the Master of Life and Death.
• A month later, Lin Dong emerged from beneath the lake at Life Mysterious Stage, Great Achievement, and Gu Yan told him the Gu Family had granted him a tower-entry spot if he helped win the Martial Gathering Competition.
• Lin Dong and Gu Yan joined the Gu Family convoy, sailed to Martial Gathering Island, and Gu Yan introduced Lin Dong to Gu Ling as the family's external aid.

Lin Dong joined the Gu Family as outside assistance and defeated Mo Tao in one move after Mo Tao challenged his strength. Two days later, the Martial Gathering Competition began, and Gu Mengqi asked whether Lin Dong was the famed Chief Seat of Dao Sect from the Eastern Xuan Region.

• Gu Ling learned that Lin Dong had reached the Life Mysterious Stage, Great Achievement, and welcomed him as a valuable competitor for the Gu Family.
• Mo Tao volunteered as outside assistance and questioned Lin Dong’s combat strength, so Lin Dong challenged him to withstand one move.
• Lin Dong used Space Teleportation and Space Power to strike Mo Tao down in one move, then asked Gu Ling to take him to a guest room.
• Two days later, the Martial Gathering Competition began, with the Gu Family joining the other clans at the thousand-zhang peak.
• Gu Mengqi asked Lin Dong whether he was the Dao Sect Chief Seat who had defeated Yuan Sect’s experts and escaped the Three Great Sect Masters.

Lin Dong fought Su Yan in the Martial Gathering Competition and revealed his Azure Dragon Warrior Form to secure the Gu Family's victory in their match against the Su Family. After Lin Dong defeated Su Yan, the chapter left him advancing with the Gu Family toward the next stage of the competition.

• Lin Dong agreed to fight for the Gu Family, and the lots paired them against the Su Family while the Wei Family faced the Song Clan.
• Lin Dong was matched against Su Yan, the Su Family's foremost young expert, while Gu Mengqi and Gu Yan faced the Su Family's other fighters.
• Su Yan attacked with the Black Demon Hand, but Lin Dong countered with his Demon Hand and Demon Sky-Piercing Finger.
• Su Yan transformed with the Black Fiend Undying Body and shattered Lin Dong's beam, prompting Lin Dong to unleash his Azure Dragon Warrior Form.
• Lin Dong dodged Su Yan's Black Fiend Slash, appeared behind him, and stopped an Azure Dragon Finger short of his head.
• Su Yan admitted defeat, and the referee declared Lin Dong the winner.

After the Gu Family took a commanding lead over the Wei Family, Wei Zhen tried to pressure Lin Dong into an Asura Mode challenge, only for Lin Dong to mock him and reject the trap. Wei Zhen threatened Lin Dong and drew public scorn, while Elder Gu Shuo defended the Gu Family’s external aid.

• The Gu Family defeated the Su Family three to zero, while the Wei Family worried about its upcoming matches against Lin Dong, Gu Mengqi, and Gu Yan.
• Chen Luo urged Wei Zhen to propose Asura Mode, a one-against-three challenge, and revealed that he planned to avenge Xu Yun through his teacher.
• Wei Zhen suggested that Lin Dong fight all three Wei Family contestants at once, but Lin Dong stopped Elder Gu Shuo from interrupting and answered with a sarcastic suggestion that Wei Zhen check whether water had gotten into his brain.
• Lin Dong called Wei Zhen’s proposal foolish and refused to abandon the Gu Family’s advantage, prompting Wei Zhen to threaten him.
• Elder Gu Shuo rebuked Wei Zhen, and spectators from the other factions mocked the Wei Family for its shameless proposal and threats.

Lin Dong defeated Wei Zhen with one sword strike, securing the Gu Family’s place in the final battle, then insisted they challenge Shentu Jue immediately. At the Primeval Desolation Tower, Shentu Jue rose to confront Lin Dong, while the two Ancient Divine Objects speculated about the tower’s connection to the Master of Primeval Desolation.

• Wei Zhen was ordered by Wei Gu to fight Lin Dong despite wanting to forfeit.
• Lin Dong defeated Wei Zhen with one strike of the Great Dark Erosion Sword, and the referee declared him the winner.
• Lin Dong urged the Shentu Family to hold the championship battle that day, and Gu Shuo agreed.
• Gu Shuo promised Lin Dong immediate entry to the Primeval Desolation Tower if he defeated Shentu Jue.
• At the mountaintop, the two Ancient Divine Objects discussed whether the tower held the sleeping Master of Primeval Desolation.
• Shentu Jue stood and challenged Lin Dong for daring to face him after two consecutive battles.

Lin Dong fought Shentu Jue and overwhelmed him with the Great Desolation Body and Great Desolation Scripture. Shentu Jue’s elder intervened and admitted defeat, but Lin Dong’s Great Desolation Blade shattered the elder’s Ghost Emperor Soul Suppressing Pagoda.

• Lin Dong rejected Shentu Jue’s talk of procedures, and Shentu Jue attacked with the Asura Finger Gun Technique.
• Lin Dong used the Great Desolation Body to block Shentu Jue’s strikes and send Desolation Energy into his body, which Shentu Jue expelled with the Asura Body.
• Lin Dong unleashed the Great Desolation Scripture, draining the mountain’s vitality and gathering its Desolation Power into a Great Desolation Blade.
• Shentu Jue countered with the Asura Blade Prison, but Lin Dong’s blade shattered his attacks and bore down on him.
• The Shentu Family’s Blue-shirted Old Man intervened and admitted defeat, but Lin Dong’s Great Desolation Blade broke his Ghost Emperor Soul Suppressing Pagoda.

Lin Dong won the Martial Arts Competition for the Heavenly Wind Gu Clan and entered the Primeval Desolation Tower with Gu Mengqi and Gu Yan. He reached the Seventh Floor, where Yan and the Great Desolation Stele helped him see the sleeping Master of Primeval Desolation on the Eighth Floor.

• Lin Dong defeated Shentu Jue, and Shentu Mo conceded the match on behalf of the Shentu Family.
• The referee declared the Heavenly Wind Gu Clan the champion and awarded it three places in the Primeval Desolation Tower.
• Gu Shuo and elders from the Five Great Clans opened the tower, and Lin Dong, Gu Mengqi, and Gu Yan entered.
• Lin Dong raced through the lower floors and reached the Seventh Floor, where dense, golden Primeval Desolation Qi slowed him down.
• Yan and the Great Desolation Stele told Lin Dong to use Ancestral Symbol Power as his eyes, revealing the sleeping Master of Primeval Desolation on the Eighth Floor.
• Yan and the Great Desolation Stele discussed the Master's incomplete recovery and warned against disrupting his revival.

Lin Dong received two pieces of Primeval Desolation Skin from Yan and the Great Desolation Stele and began cultivating with their power. As Lin Dong absorbed the treasure, the two spirits stayed behind on the Seventh Floor, with the Great Desolation Stele still terrified of Master of Primeval Desolation.

• Yan and the Great Desolation Stele brought Lin Dong two pieces of Primeval Desolation Skin from the Eighth Floor.
• The Great Desolation Stele explained that Primeval Desolation Skin was a rare Saint Grade treasure for tempering the body, while Lin Dong joked about stripping more of Master of Primeval Desolation’s body for treasures.
• Yan warned the Great Desolation Stele that Master of Primeval Desolation had a fierce temper, frightening the two into silence.
• Lin Dong took the Primeval Desolation Skin and told Yan and the Great Desolation Stele to recover on the Seventh Floor without disturbing Master of Primeval Desolation.
• Lin Dong swallowed the two pieces with his Devouring Power, and their energy began strengthening his body and Origin Energy as he started cultivating.

After leaving the Primeval Desolation Tower, Lin Dong faced Elder Xie Gu, who came to avenge Xu Yun. The Gu Family prepared to defend Lin Dong, but a mysterious black-clothed figure arrived and suggested that Lin Dong face Xie Gu himself.

• Lin Dong emerged from the tower after a month of cultivation, having reached the peak of the Great Accomplishment stage of the Life Mysterious Stage and condensed more than sixty Azure Dragon Light Markings.
• Gu Mengqi and Gu Yan invited Lin Dong to the Gu Family residence, but Elder Xie Gu arrived and demanded that Lin Dong answer for killing Xu Yun.
• The Five Great Clans’ experts gathered to confront Xie Gu, while Chen Luo identified Lin Dong as Xu Yun’s killer.
• Gu Shuo defended Lin Dong and revealed that Xu Yun and Chen Luo had both targeted the Gu Family on the Wei Family’s orders.
• Xie Gu resolved to kill Lin Dong despite the Gu Family’s opposition, and Gu Shuo gathered eight experts to hold him back.
• A black-clothed figure appeared and suggested that Lin Dong receive Xie Gu himself.

Lin Dong confronted Elder Xie Gu on Martial Gathering Island and used Dao Sect scriptures and powerful mental techniques to defeat him. After killing Xie Gu, Lin Dong left the gathered experts stunned by his strength.

• Gu Shuo offered to protect Lin Dong, but Lin Dong asked to speak with Elder Xie Gu first.
• Lin Dong used Stasis to freeze Elder Xie Gu briefly, then struck him with the Emperor Scripture's Great Heaven Cloud-Grinding Sword, killing Chen Luo and gravely wounding Xie Gu.
• Lin Dong attacked Xie Gu with Soul Lion's Roar, disrupting his mind as he fell.
• Lin Dong sealed Xie Gu inside the Earth Emperor Scripture's Earth Dragon Sealing God Seal and crushed him despite his surrender.
• The experts on Martial Gathering Island stared in silence at Xie Gu's death and feared provoking Lin Dong.

After leaving Martial Gathering Island, Lin Dong traveled toward the Heavenly Merchant Region, but the Blood Demon Shark Tribe stopped him at sea while searching for Mu Lingshan. He provoked their commander and attacked first, intending to rescue Mu Lingshan.

• Lin Dong accepted a sea chart and five million Xuan Yuan Pills from Gu Shuo, then departed for the Heavenly Merchant Region.
• After traveling for more than ten days, Lin Dong encountered over a hundred Blood Demon Shark Tribe members sealing off the sea.
• Lin Dong suspected Mu Lingshan was nearby and decided to prevent the tribe from capturing her.
• When the Blood Demon Shark Commander ordered Lin Dong to leave, Lin Dong accused him of trying to harm him and launched the Great Star Gang Fist.

Lin Dong killed the Blood Demon Shark Commander and annihilated his tribe’s attackers with the Flood Emperor Scripture, advancing his Mental Energy in the process. He then recovered the commander’s treasure and met a young girl carrying the Life and Death Coffin Lid, whose presence surprised Yan.

• Lin Dong countered the Blood Demon Shark Commander’s attack and killed him with the Great Dark Erosion Sword.
• The Blood Demon Shark Tribe’s warriors charged Lin Dong, but he summoned the Flood Emperor’s World Destruction and crushed them with falling stars.
• Lin Dong used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb the fallen experts’ spirits, advancing to mid-stage Minor Achievement Immortal Talisman Master.
• Lin Dong recovered the Demon Shark Tooth from the sea and stored the Lower Grade Pure Yuan Treasure in his Cosmic Bag.
• Lin Dong called out a hidden Green Clothed Girl, who emerged carrying the Life and Death Coffin Lid, prompting Yan to recognize it as part of the Master of Life and Death’s Natal Spirit Treasure.

Lin Dong learned that Mu Lingshan, the Undying Sacred Whale Tribe’s Little Princess, had been hunted and weakened by a Blood Demon Shark Tribe expert’s seal. He removed the seal by devouring its energy, and Mu Lingshan’s strength surged back to the Life Mysterious Stage, Perfected Completion.

• Lin Dong discovered that Mu Lingshan felt close to him because of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol within him, and learned the Blood Demon Shark Tribe had been chasing her.
• Mu Lingshan explained that a Blood Demon Shark expert had sealed her and reduced her strength, while she searched for Sea King Spirit Grass to break the seal.
• Lin Dong used Space Banishment to clear the battlefield and took Mu Lingshan to a desolate island.
• Lin Dong bound the blood-shark seal with Devouring Chains and absorbed its energy into his body.
• Mu Lingshan’s aura surged to the Life Mysterious Stage, Perfected Completion after the seal left her body.

Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan traveled to Heavenly Merchant City for a major auction, where Lin Dong planned to obtain a clue to a Cycle Stage expert’s cave mansion. During the auction, he discovered a damaged Devouring Heavenly Corpse and began bidding to acquire it.

• Lin Dong used the Space Ancestral Symbol to take Mu Lingshan to the Heavenly Merchant Region, where they waited for the auction in Heavenly Merchant City.
• Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan entered the auction, hosted by Tang Dongling, and waited for the finale item linked to a Cycle Stage expert’s cave mansion.
• Tang Dongling presented a Mysterious Puppet that Yan and the Great Desolation Stele identified as a damaged Devouring Heavenly Corpse made by the Devouring Master.
• Lin Dong bid ten million Xuan Yuan Pills for the Devouring Heavenly Corpse, startling the auction hall.

Lin Dong bought the Devouring Heavenly Corpse and later launched the bidding for a Silver Tower said to contain clues to a Cycle Stage Expert’s cave dwelling. He left the auction having driven the price to a level that priced most factions out of the contest.

• Lin Dong outbid a southwestern faction for the Devouring Heavenly Corpse, buying it for fifteen million Xuan Yuan Pills.
• Lin Dong ignored the Heavenly Phoenix Void-Shattering Bow, which Little Yama King Xie Yan bought for thirty million Xuan Yuan Pills.
• Tang Dongling presented the Silver Tower and opened bidding for the Cycle Stage Expert’s cave-dwelling clue at thirty million Xuan Yuan Pills.
• Lin Dong immediately bid sixty million Xuan Yuan Pills, shocking the auction hall.
• Tang Dongling confirmed that Lin Dong had paid the required deposit and that the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s elders would supervise the auction.
• Lin Dong mocked the other bidders for lacking money, and no one challenged his sixty-million bid.

Lin Dong won the bidding for the Cycle Stage Expert's cave-dwelling clue with a seventy-million-Xuan-Yuan-Pill offer, prompting the other major factions to withdraw. Xie Yan accused him of being Lin Dong and tried to force him to surrender the Silver Tower, but Tang Dongling protected Lin Dong and warned Xie Yan against disrupting the auction.

• Lin Dong raised the bid to seventy million Xuan Yuan Pills, and Zhou Qian, the Illusion Demon Sect, the Heavenly Tablet Sect, Suspended Valley, and other factions withdrew.
• Xie Yan complained that Lin Dong had outbid him and learned from an old man that the man might be Lin Dong.
• Xie Yan identified Lin Dong as the man wanted for killing Elder Xie Gu and offered to withdraw the warrant if Lin Dong surrendered the Silver Tower.
• Lin Dong denied being Lin Dong, then challenged Xie Yan to attack him after Xie Yan insisted he had exposed his identity.
• Tang Dongling reprimanded Xie Yan and had two Death Mysterious Stage Elders subdue him, warning that she would have him and his people thrown out if he caused further trouble.