Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong refined the Plane Embryo and became the Tianxuan Plane’s Plane Master, breaking through to the Ancestor Stage before the Ice Master. The Ice Master reached Half-Ancestor and realized she had lost their bet, whose stakes included Lin Dong legitimizing the young women he had courted.

• Lin Dong began refining the Plane Embryo while Ling Qingzhu cultivated beside him in the Chaos Space.
• A year later, black thunderclouds covered the Eastern Xuan Region as experts wondered who was breaking through to the Ancestor Stage.
• Lin Dong emerged from the Chaos Spiritual Light, scattered the Thunder Domain, and revealed an eight-colored Ancestor’s Mark.
• Lin Dong explained that refining the Plane Embryo had made him the Plane Master, and experts across the continent celebrated his breakthrough.
• The Ice Master admitted she had reached only Half-Ancestor and had lost her bet with Lin Dong, who wanted to legitimize the young women he had flirted with.

After publicly declaring himself the Martial Ancestor, Lin Dong entered the Outer Plane to confront the Demon Emperor. He crushed the Demon Emperor’s attacks and sent him crashing into his army, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ling Qingzhu and Ice Master discussed how they had maneuvered Lin Dong, while Devouring Master reacted with alarm.
• Lin Dong withdrew the Plane Sealing Array, announced he would fetch the Demon Emperor’s head, and entered the Plane Rift.
• Ying Huanhuan created an ice mirror so experts across the Tianxuan Plane could watch Lin Dong face the Demon Emperor and his army.
• The Demon Emperor refused Lin Dong’s offer of friendship and vowed to invade and slaughter the people of the Tianxuan Plane.
• Lin Dong’s Eight Symbol Hand destroyed the Demon Emperor’s demonic dragons and shield, then struck him into his army, crushing tens of thousands of warriors.

Lin Dong revealed his true Heaven Supreme power and overwhelmed the Demon Emperor, then summoned the Eight Extremes Heavenly Pillars across the Tianxuan Plane. The Eight Ancient Masters recognized them as the plane’s fundamental rules and wondered what Lin Dong intended to do.

• Lin Dong dismissed the Demon Emperor’s doubts and declared that he would demonstrate the power of a true Heaven Supreme.
• Lin Dong unleashed Eight Symbol Annihilation, and the Demon Emperor countered with Myriad Layer Heavenly Demon Eye before Lin Dong’s attack tore through it and sheared away more than half his body.
• Lin Dong approached the wounded Demon Emperor and rejected his attempt to stall, preparing to finish him with one blow.
• Lin Dong’s brow light pattern shone, shaking the Tianxuan Plane and raising eight immense, differently colored pillars from its extremities.
• The Eight Ancient Masters recognized the pillars as the Eight Great Rule Powers that formed the plane, while the Ancestral Symbols and their wielders reacted as though drawn toward their origins.

Lin Dong forged the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl from the Eight Great Rule Powers and used it to defeat the Demon Emperor’s desperate counterattack. The Demonic Disaster ended, and the people of Tianxuan hailed Lin Dong as their savior.

• Lin Dong gathered the Eight Great Rule Powers into the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl, a divine object that surpassed the Plane Embryo.
• The Demon Emperor sacrificed his entire Demon Army to forge the Beginningless Demonic Tablet and launch a peak strike at Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong’s Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl shattered the tablet and refined the Demon Emperor alive.
• Lin Dong’s victory destroyed the Demon Army and ended the Demonic Disaster that had lasted for over ten thousand years.
• The people of Tianxuan praised Lin Dong and prostrated themselves in gratitude.

After attaining the Ancestor Stage, Lin Dong purified the Tianxuan Plane of Demonic Qi and destroyed the remaining Demonic Tribe, bringing peace to the continent. More than a month later, he returned the Three Great Ancestral Symbols to their owners and prepared to remove LingShan’s hidden danger.

• Lin Dong healed the Plane Rift, then used his radiance to purify the Tianxuan Plane and destroy its sealed Demonic Tribe forces and lingering Demonic Qi.
• After three hours, Lin Dong emerged from the blazing sun as the only light in the sky, and billions of Tianxuan experts celebrated his victory.
• Later generations recorded Lin Dong’s deeds, and more than a month after his ascension, the celebrations began to fade while the Dao Sect’s fame grew.
• At the Dao Sect, Lin Dong declined the Three Great Ancestral Symbols and returned them to the Devouring Master, Master of Space, and Master of Thunder.
• Lin Dong explained that he had forged the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl from the Eight Great Rule Powers, then called LingShan over to remove her hidden danger.

Lin Dong separated the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol from Mu Lingshan, then explained the Great Thousand World and its Heaven Supreme ranks to the Eight Ancient Masters. He sent the Eight Ancient Masters into the origins of their respective rule powers to force them to pursue the Ancestor Stage.

• Lin Dong removed the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol from Mu Lingshan and gave her a seed of the Way of Life and Death, telling her a new symbol could form within her in a hundred years.
• The Master of Life and Death lent Lin Dong the Life and Death Coffin so he could revive several seniors and repay his debts.
• Lin Dong told the Eight Ancient Masters about the Great Thousand World, the Heaven Supreme ranks, and his own status as a Spirit Grade Heaven Supreme.
• Lin Dong used his authority as Plane Master to send the Eight Ancient Masters into the origins of the Eight Great Rule Powers to pursue the Ancestor Stage.
• Ying Huanhuan cursed Lin Dong after he sent her into the Origin of Ice without warning.

Lin Dong used his Ancestor Stage power to revive the Thunder Emperor and the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor, while preparing to bring back other figures from his past. The Thunder Emperor set out to rebuild his Thunder Mansion and search for his old subordinates, and the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor slipped away from Lin Dong’s challenge.

• Ling Qingzhu left to break through to the Ancestor Stage, while Qing Zhi, Little Marten, and Little Flame went to the Ancestral Palace to cultivate.
• Xin Qing stayed with Lin Dong as he began reviving fallen elders, starting with the Thunder Emperor.
• After seven days, the Thunder Emperor awoke, learned of Lin Dong’s achievements, and received his Thunder Emperor’s Scepter back.
• The Thunder Emperor decided to rebuild his Thunder Mansion and left to find the remaining True Spirit traces of the Four Great Thunder Kings.
• Lin Dong used the Primeval Desolation Dragon Bone to revive the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor, who refused Lin Dong’s challenge and left.

Lin Dong used the Plane Eye to awaken the Great Desolation Emperor and Luo Xuan, then revived the Symbol Ancestor from reincarnation. The chapter ended with Lin Dong offering to show the Symbol Ancestor how to reach the true Heaven Supreme Stage.

• Lin Dong searched with the Plane Eye and awakened the Great Desolation Emperor, who had been living as Ming Xuan in the Eagle Sect.
• Lin Dong detected Luo Xuan within Luo Tong and helped the Nine Phoenix Clan ancestor awaken from reincarnation.
• The Great Desolation Emperor asked Lin Dong to investigate whether his teacher Black Pupil could return.
• Lin Dong sought out traces of the Symbol Ancestor in Purgatory and the Plane Sealing Array, then spent a month in seclusion reviving him.
• Lin Dong offered to explain how to reach the true Heaven Supreme Stage, startling the Symbol Ancestor.

Lin Dong visited the Flame God Hall and acknowledged Tang Xinlian’s feelings, then outlined a future role for her in the Great Thousand World. The chapter ended with Tang Xinlian pulling him away to settle their relationship in private.

• Lin Dong met Mo Luo at the Flame God Hall, and Mo Luo urged him to give Tang Xinlian an explanation.
• Tang Xinlian arrived, and Lin Dong admitted he had known about her feelings but had waited until he was ready to take responsibility for her.
• Lin Dong told Tang Xinlian he planned to leave for the Great Thousand World and wanted her to remain behind for now, develop her Talisman Master abilities, and eventually become a Battle Array Master.
• Tang Xinlian agreed to his plan and asked Lin Dong to carry her back to her room, where they were alone together.

Lin Dong and fourteen Ancestor Stage experts departed the Tianxuan Plane for the Great Thousand World, leaving Qing Zhi to protect their homeland. In the void, Lin Dong encountered Xiao Yan, and the two groups continued toward opposite destinations.

• Lin Dong and Qing Zhi agreed that Qing Zhi would guard the Tianxuan Plane while Lin Dong established a stronghold in the Great Thousand World.
• Liu Yan confronted Lin Dong about Qing Tan's feelings, and Lin Dong agreed to give their relationship a chance; Qing Tan said she would pursue her own happiness.
• Lin Dong and fourteen Ancestor Stage experts boarded the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl and left for the Great Thousand World as the experts of Tianxuan bid them farewell.
• In the Boundless Void, Lin Dong saw Xiao Yan traveling on the Ancient Black Ruler, and they exchanged greetings before continuing in opposite directions.

Lin Dong and the other Tianxuan Plane experts arrived in the Great Thousand World and spent a month assimilating its spiritual energy. After they emerged, the Symbol Ancestor explained their reduced cultivation, while Ling Qingzhu chose to continue pursuing the Great Thousand World’s World Force.

• Lin Dong guided the fifteen Ancestor Stage experts as they carefully assimilated Great Thousand World spiritual energy inside the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl.
• After a month, the group emerged with Lin Dong and the Symbol Ancestor at the Sixth Rank Supreme Stage and the others at the fifth rank.
• The Symbol Ancestor explained that their cultivation had fallen because converting their Origin Energy into spiritual energy caused losses, and estimated their recovery would take years.
• The Symbol Ancestor revealed that he had replaced his spiritual energy with Tianxuan Plane Origin Energy to gain the Plane Embryo’s recognition, but his plan had failed.
• Ling Qingzhu said she would keep sensing the Great Thousand World’s World Force, and Lin Dong gave her three years before she would need to cultivate spiritual energy.

The Symbol Ancestor returned to the Boundless Continent with Lin Dong and the others after explaining how he had left his clan ten thousand years earlier to seek greater opportunities. The Li Clan welcomed him as their ancestor, and he revealed that despite his apparent Sixth Rank Supreme Stage cultivation, he had reached the Heaven Supreme Stage.

• The Symbol Ancestor recalled leaving his small clan ten thousand years ago and descending to the Tianxuan Plane in search of a breakthrough.
• Lin Dong learned that the Symbol Ancestor's hometown was on the Boundless Continent, which the Boundless Ancestor had unified only a thousand years earlier.
• Lin Dong used Space Teleportation to take the group to the Boundless Continent and the Northern Continent Li Family.
• Li Guangyuan confirmed the Symbol Ancestor's identity through the clan's bloodline-testing method and respectfully greeted him.
• The Master of Space joked that the Symbol Ancestor's original name might have been Li Goudan, drawing the Ancient Masters away from him as the Symbol Ancestor's killing intent locked on.
• The Symbol Ancestor told Li Guangyuan that he had reached the Half-step Heaven Supreme Stage before entering the lower plane, and that his apparent Sixth Rank Supreme Stage was due to Spiritual Energy Assimilation while his realm remained Heaven Supreme Stage.

The Li Clan Head learned that Lin Dong’s group included fifteen powerful ascenders and welcomed them, while Lin Dong prepared for the group to seek opportunities separately. The ancestors planned to reunite on the Boundless Continent after recovering their strength and establish the Martial Realm.

• The Symbol Ancestor told the Li Clan Head that Spiritual Energy Assimilation could let him reach the Heaven Supreme Stage, but explained that Lin Dong’s group would soon leave the Boundless Continent.
• The Li Clan Head realized that Lin Dong’s fifteen companions were formidable experts, and the Symbol Ancestor confirmed they had been at least Half-step Heaven Supreme Stage before ascending.
• The Li Clan Head arranged lodging for the group and resolved to build a favorable relationship with them.
• Lin Dong told the group that they would split up the next day to seek opportunities and later reunite on the Boundless Continent to establish their power.
• The group discussed how the Eight Ancient Masters and their Super Divine Beast companions could recover strength, while bloodline sensing arrays had already alerted the Great Thousand World’s beast clans to their arrival.

Lin Dong and the others decided how to travel through the Great Thousand World, while Boundless Ancestor arrived at the Northern Continent Li Family and demanded a second tribute. He planned to use the Li Clan’s refusal as an excuse to destroy the clan and seize its rumored Sacred Object.

• Lin Dong and the other visitors arranged their traveling companions, with the Symbol Ancestor insisting that the Master of Space and Little Marten travel with him.
• Boundless Ancestor appeared above the Northern Continent Li Family’s territory and demanded that the clan pay its tribute again.
• Li Guangyuan objected that the Li Clan had already paid its annual tribute and could not afford to pay it twice.
• Boundless Ancestor dismissed the rules and threatened the Li Clan, intending to seize its rumored low-grade Sacred Object and accumulated wealth.

Lin Dong confronted Boundless Ancestor after the latter demanded Ling Qingzhu, then used the Ice Ancestral Symbol to capture him. Boundless Ancestor begged for his life, but Lin Dong prepared to kill him at Ling Qingzhu’s request.

• The Symbol Ancestor arrived with his group, and Li Guangyuan explained that Boundless Ancestor was threatening the Li Clan.
• Boundless Ancestor demanded that Li Guangyuan hand over Ling Qingzhu, prompting her to order Lin Dong to kill him.
• Lin Dong introduced himself as Ling Qingzhu’s husband and attacked Boundless Ancestor with the Ice Ancestral Symbol.
• Boundless Ancestor shattered Lin Dong’s nine ice mountains, but Lin Dong trapped him in the Lotus Birth Realm.
• Boundless Ancestor begged Lin Dong to spare him, but Lin Dong refused because Ling Qingzhu had ordered his death.

Lin Dong helped the Li Clan conquer Boundless Continent, then used his share of the spoils to rebuild his cultivation and reach Seventh Grade Supreme Stage. He created the Martial Ancestor Dharma Body and infused it with his fury, leaving him with a powerful new ability.

• Lin Dong killed Boundless Ancestor and urged the Li Clan to seize control of Boundless Continent.
• With Lin Dong's group assisting, the Li Clan unified Boundless Continent in seven days and destroyed the Dual Extremes Tower.
• Lin Dong and his companions divided the Supreme Spirit Fluid from Boundless Palace's Secret Vault before separating to cultivate.
• After a month of cultivation, Lin Dong rebuilt his cultivation and broke through to Seventh Grade Supreme Stage.
• Lin Dong condensed the Martial Ancestor Dharma Body from his sacred objects and battle intent, then awakened it with Martial Ancestor's Fury.

After condensing his Martial Ancestor Dharma Body, Lin Dong left the Boundless Continent for Martial Spirit Academy, hoping to use its Level Nine Spirit Gathering Array to advance his cultivation. He learned that the academy was seeking a Heaven Grade Spirit Artifact Master, giving him a possible way to approach its officials.

• Lin Dong ended his month of seclusion and told the Li Clan Head he would return within three years, asking him to protect Ling Qingzhu's seclusion.
• Lin Dong traveled to Martial Spirit Continent and learned that Martial Spirit Academy possessed a Level Nine Spirit Gathering Array he wanted to borrow.
• Lin Dong waited in the academy's outer city for an opportunity to contact its officials.
• A waiter told Lin Dong that Martial Spirit Academy had invited Heaven Grade Spirit Artifact Masters to resolve a problem.
• Lin Dong considered the Great Thousand World's artifact-refining ranks and the Three Great Artifact Forging Sacred Lands.

Lin Dong learned that the Martial Spirit Academy was seeking Heaven Grade Spirit Artifact Masters to repair its guardian beast’s damaged Natal Spirit Treasure, and offered to help. He arrived at the academy and was brought before its troubled leaders.

• Lin Dong rewarded a waiter with Supreme Spirit Fluid after learning the Martial Spirit Academy needed artifact-refining experts.
• Lin Dong revealed his Divine Soul cultivation at a notice point, and a Heaven Passage Stage instructor escorted him to the academy.
• The instructor showed Lin Dong the statue of the academy’s first headmaster, Martial Heaven, and said he might soon discover the identity of its guardian beast.
• Lin Dong arrived at the discussion hall, where Martial Heavenly King and the academy’s Supreme Stage Elders discussed the guardian beast’s damaged Mid-grade Sacred Object.
• The academy’s leaders had issued a notice seeking Heaven-grade Spirit Artifact Masters because they could not attract a Spirit Artifact Grandmaster to repair the treasure.

Martial Heavenly King brought Lin Dong to help repair the Martial Spirit Academy’s Mid-grade Sacred Object after no qualified Spirit Artifact Masters answered the summons. The Academy Guardian recognized Lin Dong’s Great Grandmaster-level Divine Soul, and Lin Dong agreed to handle the problem while recovering his strength.

• Martial Heavenly King welcomed Lin Dong as the only Heaven Grade Spirit Artifact Master to answer the academy’s summons and skipped the competition Lin Dong had expected.
• Lin Dong saw that the four other Spirit Artifact Masters were only Earth Grade or Human Grade and complained that the Martial Spirit Continent had no Heaven Grade Masters.
• The Academy Guardian appeared and Martial Heavenly King identified Lin Dong as the candidate; the four other masters withdrew after being offered gifts.
• Lin Dong recognized the Academy Guardian as a Black Tortoise at the peak of the Earth Supreme Stage, and the Guardian detected Lin Dong’s Great Grandmaster-level Divine Soul.
• Lin Dong explained that he had crossed over from a Lower Planes three months earlier and was still recovering, but could handle the Mid-grade Sacred Object; Martial Heavenly King and the other experts realized he was a Spirit Artifact Great Grandmaster.

Lin Dong diagnosed Black Tortoise’s dormant Natal Sacred Object as preparing to advance, then helped it evolve in exchange for access to the Martial Spirit Academy’s Level Nine Spirit Gathering Array. Inside the array, Lin Dong began restoring his fallen spiritual energy cultivation by absorbing its dense spiritual energy.

• Black Tortoise explained that his Artifact Spirit had fallen asleep because his Natal Sacred Object was preparing to advance into a high-grade Sacred Object.
• Lin Dong spent two days using Mental Fire to help Black Tortoise’s Natal Sacred Object advance, and Black Tortoise thanked him.
• Black Tortoise led Lin Dong to the Martial Spirit Academy’s Level Nine Spirit Gathering Array and opened it for him.
• Lin Dong entered the array and used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb its spiritual energy, rapidly strengthening his aura.