Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong collected the Silver Tower and Crystal Coffin after winning them at auction, then planned to evade the factions waiting outside Heavenly Merchant City. He awakened the Devouring Heavenly Corpse and began preparing to break through to Life Mysterious Stage, Perfected Completion.

• Xie Yan gave up bidding, and Tang Dongling awarded the Silver Tower to Lin Dong for seventy million Xuan Yuan Pills.
• Lin Dong collected the Silver Tower and Crystal Coffin, rejected Tang Dongling's offer to hire a Death Mysterious Stage expert, and left with Mu Lingshan.
• Lin Dong told Mu Lingshan they could use the Space Ancestral Symbol to slip out of Heavenly Merchant City, but planned to lead their pursuers around for a month first.
• Lin Dong awakened the Devouring Heavenly Corpse, whose power could contend with Death Mysterious Stage experts, and put it away to be nourished by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Lin Dong told Mu Lingshan he would enter seclusion for about a month to break through to Life Mysterious Stage, Perfected Completion, and asked her to act as his Protector.

Lin Dong used the Earth Core Spiritual Paste and Spirit Seal to break through to the Life Mysterious Stage, Perfected Completion, then ambushed Xie Yan and the forces waiting outside Heavenly Merchant City. He sent the Devouring Heavenly Corpse to fight Old Monster Magic Scorpion and told LingShan to handle Xie Yan while he faced the remaining experts.

• Lin Dong spent a month in seclusion, using the Earth Core Spiritual Paste and the Spirit Seal’s Origin Energy to break through to the Life Mysterious Stage, Perfected Completion.
• Xie Yan learned Lin Dong was still in the inn and ordered his men to keep watch, expecting him to leave before the Cycle Stage Expert’s cave abode opened.
• Lin Dong appeared before Xie Yan outside the city and revealed he knew Old Monster Magic Scorpion was hiding among the forces.
• Old Monster Magic Scorpion demanded the Silver Tower, but Lin Dong summoned the Devouring Heavenly Corpse and ordered it to attack him.
• The Devouring Heavenly Corpse drove Old Monster Magic Scorpion onto the defensive, while Lin Dong told LingShan to deal with Xie Yan and prepared to face the other experts himself.

Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan defeated Xie Yan’s forces, and Lin Dong killed the Little Yama King after trapping him in a Space Cage. Lin Dong then turned his attention to Old Monster Magic Scorpion, who was frozen while trying to flee.

• Mu Lingshan fought Xie Yan while Lin Dong blocked the Evil Wind Cave Heaven experts from reaching him.
• Lin Dong banished Elder Chen and Elder Qin into Void Space, where Space Storms destroyed them, then used Space Annihilation to kill the remaining experts.
• Lin Dong trapped the fleeing Xie Yan in a Space Cage and killed him with Space Annihilation, taking his Cosmic Bag.
• Lin Dong stopped Mu Lingshan from reaching for the spoils and said they still had to deal with Old Monster Magic Scorpion.
• Old Monster Magic Scorpion saw that Xie Yan and the other experts were dead, tried to flee, and was frozen by Lin Dong.

Lin Dong killed Old Monster Magic Scorpion and escaped, then became notorious across the nearby sea regions after leaving his name at the scene. After destroying three more Evil Wind Cave Heaven pursuit squads, he learned their Samsara Stage Cave Master Wu Xuan was coming for him and hid while Mu Lingshan called for help.

• Lin Dong used the Devouring Heavenly Corpse to kill Old Monster Magic Scorpion and absorb his Primordial Spirit, then fled with Mu Lingshan as Tang Dongling and the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion Master arrived.
• Tang Dongling found Lin Dong’s blood-red message identifying him as the killer, and her father recognized him as the Dao Sect’s Chief Disciple who had faced the Three Great Yuan Gate Giants.
• News of Lin Dong’s massacre spread through nearby sea regions, and Evil Wind Cave Heaven sent Death Mysterious Stage experts to hunt him down.
• Over thirteen days, Lin Dong destroyed three pursuit squads and devoured their experts’ Primordial Spirits, raising his Mental Energy cultivation to the peak of the middle Minor Achievement Immortal Talisman Master stage.
• After a dying pursuer warned that Cave Master Wu Xuan was coming to suppress him, Lin Dong hid on a desolate island while Mu Lingshan summoned her peak Samsara Stage Third Grandpa for help.

Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan met Mu Lan, the Undying Sacred Whale Tribe’s Third Elder, who confronted Wu Xuan over Evil Wind Cave Heaven’s pursuit of Lin Dong. Mu Lan crushed Wu Xuan with one punch and revealed that he had touched upon Reincarnation.

• Mu Lan appeared, and Mu Lingshan told him that the Blood Demon Shark Tribe had attacked her and Lin Dong had saved her.
• Mu Lan said his clan was retaliating against the Blood Demon Shark Tribe and ordered Wu Xuan to revoke Evil Wind Cave Heaven’s wanted order for Lin Dong.
• Wu Xuan refused, citing the deaths of his sect heir and four elders, and challenged Mu Lan to a fight.
• Mu Lan struck Wu Xuan with Ancestral Whale Fist, shattering his counterattack and badly injuring him.
• Wu Xuan realized Mu Lan had touched upon Reincarnation, and Mu Lan took offense when he asked whether Wu Xuan was looking down on him.

Lin Dong learned that Mu Lingshan was likely the spirit of the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol, born after the Undying Sacred Whale Tribe’s ancestor vanished. Reassured by Lin Dong that the Master of Life and Death may have reincarnated, Mu Lan offered to teach him the tribe’s supreme secret art, the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique.

• Wu Xuan fled after Mu Lan declared that Evil Wind Cave Heaven’s grievances with Lin Dong were over.
• Mu Lan took Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan toward the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region and gave Lin Dong a Life Force Crystal to strengthen his cultivation.
• Lin Dong absorbed the crystal and advanced to Peak Life Mysterious Stage, Perfected Completion.
• Lin Dong told Mu Lan that Mu Lingshan was likely the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol, and Mu Lan explained how she had been born from a mysterious egg found where their ancestor’s remains had disappeared.
• Lin Dong told Mu Lan that the Ice Master had reincarnated and suggested the Master of Life and Death could have done the same.
• Mu Lan offered to teach Lin Dong the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique, and Lin Dong questioned whether he could learn it without the tribe’s bloodline.

Mu Lan taught Lin Dong the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique by forcibly transferring its knowledge into his mind, and Lin Dong mastered it in just days, healing his hidden injuries. Mu Lingshan woke and tried to persuade Mu Lan to give Lin Dong the Life and Death Coffin before he demanded she return its stolen lid.

• Mu Lan explained the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique and why the Master of Life and Death had made it possible for the Devouring Master to cultivate it.
• Lin Dong agreed to learn the technique, and Mu Lan transmitted it directly into his mind, causing him to collapse unconscious.
• Mu Lan used life energy to ease Lin Dong’s pain as he cultivated the technique during the journey to the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region.
• Lin Dong’s dark-blue Light Barrier fused around him and healed all his hidden injuries, astonishing Mu Lan as the technique reached completion.
• Mu Lingshan woke up and suggested Mu Lan give Lin Dong the Life and Death Coffin, but Mu Lan demanded that she return its stolen lid.

After completing the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique, Lin Dong reached the outskirts of the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region and headed for Heavenly Thunder Island, where the keys to a Cycle Stage Expert’s dwelling had gathered. Pang Hao and Liu Xiangxuan learned that Lin Dong was approaching, and Pang Hao arranged to have someone test his strength.

• Lin Dong awoke from his ten-day cultivation with his hidden injuries healed and his body cleansed by the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique.
• Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan left the Sea Suppressing Mysterious Whale behind and flew toward the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region.
• Lin Dong sensed the locations of the other two keys and descended with Mu Lingshan toward Heavenly Thunder Island.
• Pang Hao and Liu Xiangxuan discussed Lin Dong’s reputation and his rumored strength after Wu Xuan withdrew the wanted order against him.
• Pang Hao ordered Yun Hong to find someone outside the Nine Nether Gate to test Lin Dong, despite Liu Xiangxuan’s warning.

Lin Dong destroyed the forces opposing him at the Desolate Ancient City’s tower, leaving Pang Hao severely wounded and Liu Xiangxuan unharmed. As Pang Hao called for help, a Death Mysterious Stage elder from the Nine Nether Gate appeared and attacked Lin Dong.

• Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan headed toward the city’s central pavilion after Lin Dong killed the Four Blood Blade Generals with one strike.
• Lin Dong confronted Pang Hao and Liu Xiangxuan, demanding that whoever had sent the Four Blood Blade Generals come forward.
• Pang Hao denied responsibility, then summoned the Nine Nether Gate’s Three Great Demonic Generals and dozens of Life Mysterious Stage experts against Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong crushed the pavilion with an azure dragon claw, killing the Three Great Demonic Generals and the experts, severely injuring Pang Hao, and leaving Liu Xiangxuan unharmed.
• Liu Xiangxuan denied that the Profound Heaven Hall was involved and retreated, while Pang Hao called for an elder to save him.
• A Death Mysterious Stage elder from the Nine Nether Gate appeared beside Lin Dong and thrust his deathly-aura-wrapped fingers toward Lin Dong’s head.

Lin Dong forced Pang Hao and the Nine Nether Gate expert to surrender a Silver Tower key, then joined Liu Xiangxuan in opening Thunder Mansion. He and Mu Lingshan entered the ruined ancient sect separately from most of the crowd and headed deeper inside.

• Lin Dong defeated the gray-haired Nine Nether Gate expert with a single punch and demanded the Silver Tower key.
• Pang Hao handed Lin Dong the key, while Lin Dong warned Liu Xiangxuan that he wanted the key in her possession too.
• Liu Xiangxuan ordered Profound Heaven Hall to send more Death Mysterious Stage experts to the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region after Thunder Mansion opened.
• Three days later, Lin Dong and Liu Xiangxuan used the three Silver Towers to open a Space Channel into Thunder Mansion.
• Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan arrived in a desolate area of Thunder Mansion, and Lin Dong used the Space Ancestral Symbol to travel deeper inside.

Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan claimed eighteen Death Stillness Pills after Lin Dong swiftly defeated the Demonic Corpses guarding them, and Lin Dong advanced to the Half-step Death Mysterious Stage. They then reached the bottom of the Thunder Lake, where Lin Dong chose to rescue Eastern Thunder King Zuo Fei before collecting the Hearts of thunder.

• Lin Dong suppressed eighteen Demonic Corpses with the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal and purified them with the Power of the Ancestral Stone.
• Lin Dong split the eighteen Death Stillness Pills with Mu Lingshan and absorbed his nine, reaching the Half-step Death Mysterious Stage.
• Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan arrived at the bottom of the Thunder Lake and saw Silver Corpses suppressing Alien Demonic Qi with thunder power.
• Lin Dong refused to collect the Hearts of thunder first and explained that they needed to rescue Eastern Thunder King Zuo Fei from a Corroding Demon Seal.
• Lin Dong told Mu Lingshan they could collect the remaining Hearts of thunder after rescuing Zuo Fei and letting others sweep the area.

Lin Dong purified Eastern Thunder King Zuo Fei of the Alien Demonic Qi and learned that the other three Thunder Kings guarded Thunder Palace as Demonic Corpses. Zuo Fei joined Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan to approach the groups collecting Hearts of Thunder, while Pang Hao resented Lin Dong’s earlier attack on Nine Nether Gate.

• Lin Dong used the Ancient Qiankun Formation, the Devouring Heavenly Corpse, and the Ancestral Stone’s Purification Divine Pattern to cleanse Zuo Fei of the Demonic Qi.
• Zuo Fei thanked Lin Dong and revealed that the other three Thunder Kings guarded Thunder Palace, where they had likely become powerful Demonic Corpses.
• Lin Dong asked Zuo Fei to help him negotiate for Hearts of Thunder, and Zuo Fei led him and Mu Lingshan out of the cave.
• At Thunder Lake, Pang Hao collected another Heart of Thunder and learned that Nine Nether Gate had gathered thirty-seven, fewer than Profound Heaven Hall.
• Pang Hao blamed Lin Dong for Nine Nether Gate’s reduced gains and continued to regard him as an inner enemy.

Lin Dong appeared in Thunder Lake beside Zuo Fei, the Ancient Thunder Mansion’s Eastern Thunder King, and forced the gathered Gold Prospectors to surrender their Hearts of thunder. The survivors fled the lake, while Pang Hao swallowed his anger and yielded.

• Liu Xiangxuan sensed something was amiss when Lin Dong failed to appear at the bottom of Thunder Lake.
• A powerful Silver Corpse emerged, prompting the Gold Prospectors and their elders to flee in panic.
• Lin Dong appeared beside the Silver Corpse and demanded that everyone hand over their Hearts of thunder.
• Zuo Fei revealed that he was the Eastern Thunder King and killed a man who refused to surrender his spoils.
• The Gold Prospectors handed over their Hearts of thunder and escaped, while Pang Hao reluctantly chose to yield.
• Liu Xiangxuan and the Profound Heaven Hall camp decided to leave after seeing Nine Nether Gate give in.

Lin Dong collected the Hearts of thunder and Silver Towers, then learned that the Thunder Ancestral Symbol lay in the Thunder Realm. As the Ancient Thunder Palace’s protective aura faded, he blocked the gathered forces, and three mysterious experts joined the crowd against him.

• Lin Dong took the Hearts of thunder from Pang Hao and Liu Xiangxuan, along with Liu Xiangxuan’s Silver Tower, while their factions secretly allied against him.
• Zuo Fei revealed that the three Silver Towers opened the Thunder Realm, gave Lin Dong a powerful Silver Heart, and warned him about the other three kings before fading away.
• Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan headed toward the deepest part of the Thunder Mansion to activate their plan.
• After the Ancient Thunder Palace’s protective aura nearly vanished, Lin Dong appeared and declared that the path was closed, provoking the gathered experts.
• Pang Hao prepared to rally the crowd against Lin Dong, while Liu Xiangxuan grew wary and three mysterious young experts emerged to condemn him.

Lin Dong confronted Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and Li Lei, the former Three Little Kings of the Yuan Sect, and revealed that he had arranged for Mo Luo to join him. Mo Luo exposed the three as carriers of Demon Seeds, and they transformed into demons and fled in three directions as he attacked.

• Lin Dong taunted Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and Li Lei for searching for him and accused them of killing Wang Wei.
• The three Yuan Sect disciples moved to suppress Lin Dong, but he summoned Mo Luo, Hall Master of the Flame God Hall.
• Lin Dong explained that he and Mo Luo had planned to gather outside Thunder Palace and catch the demons trying to rescue the King-tier Demon.
• Mo Luo identified the strange power within the three as Demon Seeds and said he would capture them to confirm it.
• Huo Yuan, Chen Ling, and Li Lei revealed their demonic forms, surged to the Death Mysterious Stage, Major Achievement, and fled in different directions.
• Mo Luo unleashed a Thousand-Zhang Lava Great Hand and pursued the fleeing demons.

Lin Dong and Lord Mo Luo sealed the demonized Huo Yuan and his two companions, then drove the gathered factions from the Thunder Emperor Cave Mansion while concealing the three men’s capture. After entering the Ancient Thunder Palace, they destroyed its demonized guardians and reached the main hall, where Lord Mo Luo identified the likely entrance to the Thunder Realm.

• Lord Mo Luo captured Huo Yuan and the other two with the Flame Ancestral Symbol, and Lin Dong concealed their capture from the witnesses using the Ancient Qiankun Formation.
• Lord Mo Luo claimed that Huo Yuan and the others had been killed, covered the Ancient Thunder Palace with a fire curtain, and ordered everyone to leave the cave mansion.
• Lord Mo Luo rejected requests from the Profound Heaven Hall and Nine Nether Gate to enter the palace, then entered with Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan.
• Lord Mo Luo burned the demonized Three Great Thunder Kings to nothing, and Lin Dong gave their Death Stillness Pills to Mu Lingshan.
• Lord Mo Luo led Lin Dong and Mu Lingshan to the Ancient Silver Hall and said the entrance to the Thunder Realm should be there.

Lin Dong claimed the Thunder Emperor’s Scepter and entered the Thunder Realm with Mo Luo, where they awakened the Thunder Emperor and confronted the Demon King he had sealed. The Demon King recognized the three Ancestral Symbols gathered before him, and the confrontation began.

• Mo Luo let Lin Dong take the Thunder Emperor’s Scepter and warned him about its thunder power.
• Lin Dong used the three Silver Towers to open the Thunder Realm, and he and Mo Luo entered it.
• Lin Dong recognized the Thunder Ancestral Symbol in the sky as he and Mo Luo approached the Thunder Emperor’s altar.
• Mo Luo called out the Thunder Emperor, who awakened and welcomed the two Ancestral Symbol Masters.
• The Thunder Emperor revealed the chained Demon King beneath the sea of thunder, and the Demon King recognized the Devouring, Space, and Flame Ancestral Symbols.

Lin Dong absorbed more than three hundred Hearts of Thunder, reached the Death Mysterious Stage, and summoned the spirits of the Devouring and Space Ancestral Symbols to confront the False King. He also revealed several Ancient Divine Objects within his body, leaving the Thunder Emperor astonished.

• The Thunder Emperor and Mo Luo prepared to attack the False King together, while Lin Dong insisted that he could summon the Ancestral Symbol Spirits himself.
• Lin Dong devoured more than three hundred Hearts of Thunder and advanced to the Death Mysterious Stage.
• Lin Dong summoned the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, the spirit of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Lin Dong summoned the Nine-Headed Silver Strange Bird, the spirit of the Space Ancestral Symbol.
• The Ancestral Stone, Great Desolation Stele, and incomplete Ancient Qiankun Formation emerged from Lin Dong, stunning the Thunder Emperor.

Lin Dong and the others joined forces to erase the False King, then the Thunder Emperor agreed to give Lin Dong the Thunder Ancestral Symbol. Lin Dong learned that he was chosen as a backup candidate to reach the Ancestor Stage and agreed to help use the symbol as bait to draw out hidden demons.

• Mo Luo, the Thunder Emperor, and Lin Dong summoned their Ancestral Symbol Spirits, and the Three Great Ancient Divine Objects joined their attack.
• The seven attacks erased the False King and all of its demonic energy.
• Mo Luo told the Thunder Emperor to give the Thunder Ancestral Symbol to Lin Dong, explaining that Qing Zhi had chosen Lin Dong as a backup candidate to become the next Symbol Ancestor.
• Lin Dong accepted the Thunder Ancestral Symbol and thanked Mo Luo and the Thunder Emperor for their trust.
• Mo Luo revealed a plan to use the Thunder Ancestral Symbol as bait to lure hidden demons out and asked Lin Dong to let him use some of its origin to imitate its aura.
• Lin Dong agreed and invited the Thunder Emperor to proceed.

Lin Dong endured the Thunder Ancestral Symbol’s trial and refined it, reaching the Minor Achievement Peak of the Death Mysterious Stage and the mid-stage Great Achievement Immortal Talisman Master realm. Before the Thunder Realm collapsed, he took in the Thunder Emperor’s True Spirit and left with Mu Lingshan, promising to revive him.

• Mo Luo gave Lin Dong a strand of the Thunder Ancestral Symbol’s Origin Power and arranged a Thunder Hegemony Tournament in the Flame Sea Region for three months later.
• Lin Dong entered the Thunder Sun to undergo the Thunder Ancestral Symbol’s trial, while the Thunder Emperor helped Mu Lingshan break through to the Death Mysterious Stage.
• After one month, Lin Dong emerged from the Thunder Sun having refined the Thunder Ancestral Symbol and reached the mid-stage Great Achievement Immortal Talisman Master realm.
• The Thunder Emperor gave Lin Dong his insights into the Samsara Stage and asked him to leave the collapsing Thunder Realm with Mu Lingshan.
• Lin Dong sealed the Thunder Emperor’s True Spirit within the Thunder Ancestral Symbol, promised to revive him, and teleported away with Mu Lingshan.