Chapter Summaries

The Creation Martial Tablet reacted to a martial art created by Lin Tianci, startling the crowd with power that the Heavenly Demon Marten identified as a Heavenly Martial Art. Lin Dong broke through to the Qi Creation Realm and learned that Lin Tianci had caused the disturbance, while Lin Langtian grew resentful and the Three Great Clans gathered.

• The Creation Martial Tablet darkened the sky, then sent a pillar of light toward the cave Lin Tianci had entered.
• Huangpu Jing explained that the tablet also reacted to martial arts created within its area, and the crowd suspected Lin Tianci had created a martial art beyond the Creation level.
• Lin Dong opened his eyes after breaking through to the Qi Creation Realm and recalled seeing an underground palace full of pills guarded by a powerful beast.
• Lin Dong learned that Lin Tianci had caused the disturbance, and the Heavenly Demon Marten identified the martial art as a Heavenly Martial Art.
• Lin Langtian coldly dismissed the distant cave, then the Three Great Clans gathered after exchanging looks.

The Three Great Clans announced an undiscovered Ancient Sect treasure beneath the bluestone square and gathered the forces present to break through to it. As the square collapsed, an ancient beast’s overwhelming aura burst from below, while Lin Tianci remained inside the silent cave.

• Lin Langtian announced that the Three Great Clans had found a treasure site guarded by a powerful beast and invited the other forces to help claim it.
• Mu Qianqian agreed that the Great Demon Gate would help, but warned its members to retreat if danger arose.
• The Three Great Clans and nearly a hundred experts attacked the bluestone square, revealing that the treasure lay beneath it.
• The square collapsed, and nearby forces sensed a vast aura from Lin Tianci’s cave and quickly moved away.
• A heaven-shaking roar sounded beneath the ruins, and a terrifying ancient aura surged into the sky as Lin Dong rode Little Wing higher.

An Ancient Blood Bat Dragon erupted from beneath the plaza and overwhelmed the gathered experts, forcing the Three Great Clans to rally everyone into an array. As Lin Langtian unleashed the Four Symbols Array against the beast, Lin Dong considered helping Heavenly Demon Marten devour its demonic spirit.

• The Ancient Blood Bat Dragon burst from underground, and its bloody light tore apart experts who failed to escape.
• Heavenly Demon Marten urged Lin Dong to help it devour the beast's demonic spirit and said Lin Tianci could protect them; Lin Dong agreed to wait for an opportunity.
• Lin Langtian called on the Three Great Clans and the other experts to form an array and trap the Blood Bat Dragon.
• The Blood Bat Dragon battered the array with bloody light and tornadoes, killing many experts as Lin Langtian struggled to contain it.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Four Symbols Array and sent its dragon, tiger, turtle, and sparrow images crashing into the Blood Bat Dragon.

After the Blood Bat Dragon was gravely wounded, Lin Dong rode Little Flame after it while the other factions uncovered a vast hoard of Pure Yuan Pills and Nirvana Pills outside the Underground Palace. Lin Langtian seized some of the pills and entered the palace, where greater dangers and treasures awaited.

• The Blood Bat Dragon fled with one wing torn off after the battle, while Lin Dong rode Little Flame after it.
• The Three Great Clans exposed the Underground Palace, revealing millions of Pure Yuan Pills and a huge stash of Nirvana Pills.
• Lin Langtian and the other factions rushed to gather the Pure Yuan Pills and compete for the Nirvana Pills.
• Lin Langtian overcame the Nirvana Pills' repulsive force and collected nearly a hundred at a time.
• Lin Langtian left the remaining pills and entered the Underground Palace, hoping to find more treasures and another Creation Martial Art.

Lin Langtian and the other factions rushed into the Main Hall for its Creation Martial Arts, but attacking the skeleton inside awakened a terrifying Nirvana expert. As the survivors fled, Lin Dong sensed the danger and ordered Little Marten and Little Flame to leave.

• Lin Langtian entered the Main Hall and spotted several Creation Martial Arts on a shelf behind a dusty skeleton.
• An expert kicked the skeleton, and others attacked it with punches and martial arts, but it remained unmoved.
• The skeleton shook off its dust, revealed red lights in its eye sockets, and released a terrifying aura.
• Lin Langtian sensed a threat to his life and fled as the skeleton rose and the nearby experts burst into bloody mist.
• The surviving experts recognized the skeleton as a Nirvana expert and ran from the hall.
• Lin Dong sensed the overwhelming aura and told Little Marten and Little Flame to go.

Lin Dong and the others fled the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet as the awakened Mysterious Skeleton drove out the intruders, while Lin Tianci remained behind in a cave, unaware of the chaos. Lin Langtian led the fleeing experts toward a weak point in space, and the skeleton fixed its attention on him.

• Little Marten extracted the Ancient Blood Bat Dragon's demon spirit, and Little Flame absorbed its bloodline before they joined Lin Dong's escape.
• Lin Dong, Little Marten, and Little Flame fled as the Mysterious Skeleton pursued the crowds, killing powerful experts who came too close.
• Lin Dong worried that Lin Tianci was still in the cave, but Little Marten believed the skeleton had not noticed him.
• Lin Dong saw Lin Langtian and other groups of experts racing toward a weak point in space that Lin Langtian planned to tear open.
• The Mysterious Skeleton locked its attention onto Lin Langtian as the fleeing crowd swept past Lin Dong.

Lin Dong was denied entry to the spatial rift as Lin Langtian escaped, but he seized Lin Langtian’s Qiankun Bag when the Mysterious Skeleton attacked. After discovering the treasure inside, Lin Dong fled toward an exit, only to find it blocked by an Origin Energy barrier.

• Lin Langtian refused to let Lin Dong enter the spatial rift, calling for him to sacrifice himself as a Branch Family member.
• The Mysterious Skeleton struck at the mountain peak and pulled Lin Langtian’s Qiankun Bag from his sleeve, but Lin Dong intercepted it.
• Lin Langtian escaped through the rift and threatened to cripple Lin Dong at the next Clan Gathering, while the Mysterious Skeleton’s strike destroyed the rift before Qin Shi and the others could enter.
• Lin Dong discovered that the bag held many Nirvana Pills and Pure Yuan Pills, realizing the Mysterious Skeleton would pursue him for the stolen treasure.
• Lin Dong reached an exit vortex with Little Flame, but a huge Origin Energy barrier appeared and blocked everyone from entering.

Lin Dong and the trapped cultivators faced the Mysterious Skeleton after it sealed their escape route, and Huangpu Jing rallied everyone to attack together. Their combined assault briefly weakened the storm and buried the skeleton beneath their martial arts, leaving them hopeful that they could force it back.

• The Mysterious Skeleton appeared through the storm and sealed the way out, leaving Lin Dong and the others trapped.
• Lin Dong urged the gathered cultivators to join forces, while Qin Shi despaired over Lin Tianci and Lin Langtian’s absence.
• Huangpu Jing rallied the factions to fight first and settle their grievances after they escaped.
• Lin Dong gripped the Heaven Scale Ancient Halberd as the trapped cultivators gathered their strength.
• Huangpu Jing led the attack, and the cultivators’ combined martial arts briefly weakened the storm and engulfed the Mysterious Skeleton.

Lin Tianci appeared after Lin Dong crushed the jade pendant and saved the trapped experts from the Mysterious Skeleton’s enormous attack. He shattered the Origin Energy Bone Palm with one hand, leaving everyone stunned by his strength.

• The Mysterious Skeleton survived the experts’ attacks and unleashed a storm that killed several Qi Creation Realm cultivators.
• The skeleton formed a gigantic Origin Energy Bone Palm and sent it crashing toward Lin Dong and the others.
• Lin Tianci appeared in front of Lin Dong, who had summoned him by crushing the jade pendant.
• Lin Tianci met the bone palm with one hand and shattered it, while the surrounding experts watched in disbelief.
• Qin Shi celebrated Lin Tianci’s arrival, and Huangpu Jing and the clan elders marveled at his power.

Lin Tianci used the Heavenly Martial Art Hundred Qi Frost Finger to destroy the Mysterious Skeleton’s overwhelming attack and freeze the Five-Yuan Nirvana expert out of existence. The surviving crowd was left stunned by the power of the young man who had saved them.

• The Mysterious Skeleton summoned ten enormous Origin Energy Bone Palms and launched them at Lin Tianci.
• Lin Tianci gathered Cold Qi as the Heavenly Demon Marten told Lin Dong that he was witnessing Lin Tianci’s newly comprehended Heavenly Martial Art.
• Lin Tianci used Hundred Qi Frost Finger to shatter the bone palms and freeze the surrounding Origin Energy.
• The giant frost finger trapped and struck the Mysterious Skeleton, unleashing a storm that froze the area.
• The frost storm subsided, and the crowd found that the Mysterious Skeleton had vanished without a trace.

Lin Tianci broke the barrier in the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and sent the surviving factions on their way, earning their gratitude and offers of support. After the others left, Lin Tianci asked Lin Dong for the Qiankun Bag, which Lin Dong willingly handed over.

• Lin Dong admired Lin Tianci's power, while Heavenly Demon Marten warned him that using a Heavenly Martial Art would drain him.
• Lin Tianci urged everyone to leave before the unstable space closed the teleportation formation, and the factions thanked him for saving them.
• Qin Ji and Huangpu Jing offered Lin Tianci their clans' support, while Lin Tianci declined Qin Ji's offer to help him return to the Lin Clan.
• After the other factions left, Lin Tianci asked Lin Dong for the Qiankun Bag, and Lin Dong willingly gave it to him.

Lin Tianci removed Curse Power from Lin Dong’s Nirvana Pills, protecting him from a dangerous trap, and Lin Dong prepared to leave the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet. After Lin Dong departed, Lin Tianci collected the remaining pills and began cultivating to break through to the Heavenly Symbol Master realm.

• Lin Tianci revealed that the Nirvana Pills Lin Dong had brought contained Curse Power and removed it before returning the pills to him.
• Lin Dong thanked Lin Tianci, said he would leave the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet, and privately planned to go to the Yinkui Sect’s headquarters to unseal the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Lin Tianci encouraged Lin Dong to act on his own plans and suggested that he visit the Lin Family when he had the chance.
• Lin Dong called Little Flame away from Little Wing and departed through the spatial vortex as Lin Tianci watched.
• Lin Tianci returned to the great hall, collected the Pure Yuan Pills and cleansed Nirvana Pills, then began cultivating to break through to the Heavenly Symbol Master realm.

Xiao Tianci began preparing for a breakthrough to Heavenly Symbol Master, while Lin Dong escaped the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and planned to recover before going to Yinkui Sect. Lin Tianci remained inside the ancient hall, unable to complete his breakthrough, and turned to the ancient books for an answer.

• Xiao Tianci meditated and planned to deal with Yinkui Sect after breaking through to Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Qin Shi, Huangpu Jing, and the other survivors left the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet without speaking with Lin Langtian at length.
• Lin Dong emerged after the other factions had departed, then told Little Marten he would recover before heading to Yinkui Sect.
• Lin Tianci spent ten days cultivating in the ancient hall but could not resolve the final gap in his breakthrough.
• Lin Tianci opened his eyes and looked to the ancient books for guidance.

Lin Tianci found cultivation notes explaining the Nirvana and Wind-Thunder Tribulations, then left the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet as both tribulations began to gather around him. He sat in a valley and prepared to face them simultaneously.

• Lin Tianci found ancient Experience Notes describing the tribulations required to reach the Nirvana Stage and Heavenly Symbol Master level.
• Lin Tianci left the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and sensed that his Nirvana and Wind-Thunder Tribulations were arriving together.
• Lin Tianci rode Little Wing to a valley in the Ancient Desolation Plains and sat down to undergo the tribulations.
• The Nirvana Tribulation began affecting Lin Tianci's body as thunderclouds formed overhead and drew his spiritual power out of his Niwan Palace.
• Lin Tianci reassured the worried Little Wing and watched the forming thunderclouds, curious whether the Wind-Thunder Tribulation could challenge him.

As Lin Tianci faced the Wind-Thunder Tribulation and the Nirvana Tribulation at once, he used the Chaos Ancestor Stone's Power of Chaos to suppress the latter and absorbed the lightning strikes. The system then rewarded him with the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar, whose terrifying aura shook Dahuang Prefecture and forced the Wind-Thunder Tribulation to solidify and shrink instead of dispersing.

• Lin Tianci used the Chaos Ancestor Stone's Power of Chaos to stabilize his body and suppress the Nirvana Tribulation.
• Lin Tianci absorbed several Wind-Thunder Tribulation bolts, though their power quickly dissipated and barely strengthened his already-solid mental body.
• The system detected that Lin Dong had obtained the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and rewarded Lin Tianci with the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar.
• Lin Tianci summoned the jar, and its immense aura shook Dahuang Prefecture, suppressed the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet, and made the Wind-Thunder Tribulation begin to fade.
• Lin Tianci used the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar to stop the Wind-Thunder Tribulation from escaping and force it to solidify and shrink.

Lin Tianci used the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar to absorb the Wind-Thunder Tribulation and Nirvana Tribulation, gaining the ability to wield both. He then traveled to Yin Puppet City, where rumors about a supreme treasure had drawn a crowd, and reflected that the city was about to be destroyed.

• The Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar swallowed the Wind-Thunder Tribulation, and Lin Tianci sensed he could use it.
• Lin Tianci summoned the jar to extract the Nirvana Tribulation from his body, and the jar broke down both tribulations and fed him their power.
• Lin Tianci sent the Swallowing Heaven Demon Jar into his Niwan Palace, where his Heavenly Life Symbol imprinted itself on it and changed his mental energy.
• Lin Tianci rode Little Wing toward Yin Puppet City and arrived after a day of travel.
• Lin Tianci learned that the Yinkui Sect’s leaked news of a supreme treasure had drawn unusually large crowds to Yin Puppet City.

Lin Tianci reached Yin Puppet City, where the Yinkui Sect had tightened its defenses after Lin Dong stole the Devouring Ancestral Symbol. When guards confronted him at the gate, Lin Tianci used the Power of Chaos to engulf them and blast the city wall.

• Lin Tianci heard people discuss Lin Dong’s theft of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and his escape into the Profound Yin Ravine.
• Lin Tianci saw the Yinkui Sect’s guards inspecting entrants and displaying Lin Dong’s wanted notice with a reward of two Rune Puppets.
• A guard noticed Lin Tianci’s resemblance to Lin Dong, and Lin Tianci provoked the Yinkui Sect guards into surrounding him.
• The guards attacked Lin Tianci, but he unleashed the Power of Chaos and swallowed them in a growing black hole.
• The black hole struck the city wall, sending bricks and stones flying and shaking the ground.

Lin Tianci destroyed Yin Puppet City's gate and wall, then used the Heaven and Earth Chessboard to annihilate Yinkui Sect fighters before heading toward Profound Yin Mountain. There, Teng Sha had gathered Dahuang Prefecture's powerful figures to discuss entering Profound Yin Ravine to recover the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and the assembly fell quiet as he prepared to speak.

• Lin Tianci blasted apart Yin Puppet City's gate and part of its wall, dispersing the Cold Qi around the city.
• Yinkui Sect squads confronted Lin Tianci, but his Heaven and Earth Chessboard unleashed a spiritual storm that tore away their Origin Energy and Spiritual Energy and made their bodies vanish.
• Lin Tianci warned the people in Yin Puppet City to leave if they wanted to avoid being caught up in the conflict, then flew toward Profound Yin Mountain.
• Powerful figures from across Dahuang Prefecture gathered at Teng Sha's invitation, and people speculated that he wanted them to enter Profound Yin Ravine and retrieve the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• A bell quieted the crowd, and attention turned to Teng Sha seated at the center of the plaza.

Teng Sha gathered Dahuang Prefecture’s forces and urged them to enter the Profound Yin Ravine together to hunt Lin Dong, invoking the region’s dignity and promising the Devouring Ancestral Symbol as a reward. Many forces were tempted, while Mu Lei and Wu Zong suspected Teng Sha intended to use them as pawns.

• Teng Sha resolved to find Lin Dong in the Profound Yin Ravine and refine him into a Rune Puppet, then use it to kill Lin Tianci and avenge Teng Lei.
• Teng Sha addressed the gathered forces, blaming Lin Dong and another reckless youth for provoking the Yinkui Sect and insulting Dahuang Prefecture.
• Teng Sha proposed that the forces enter the Profound Yin Ravine together, claiming his great success stage Creation Realm strength would protect them.
• Teng Sha promised that the Yinkui Sect would give the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to the gathered forces if they found Lin Dong.
• Mu Qianqian objected to Teng Sha’s proposal, while Mu Lei and Wu Zong suspected he would betray anyone who sought the symbol; they exchanged worried glances.

Teng Sha pressured Mu Lei and Wu Zong to support his plan to obtain the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, but Lin Tianci arrived at the Yinkui Sect’s headquarters and challenged him. Teng Sha turned his killing intent toward Lin Tianci, while Mu Lei warned that Teng Sha’s strength still made the outcome uncertain.

• Teng Sha threatened Mu Lei and Wu Zong until Teng Sha’s aura nearly forced them to agree to his demand.
• Lin Tianci’s voice interrupted them, and he appeared above the plaza.
• Teng Sha recognized Lin Tianci as the man responsible for the Yinkui Sect’s defeat and his son’s death, then vowed to kill him.
• The experts on the plaza discussed Lin Tianci’s arrival, while Mu Lei and Wu Zong recovered from Teng Sha’s pressure.
• Mu Qianqian trusted Lin Tianci, but Mu Lei cautioned that Teng Sha’s advanced Creation Realm strength made him a formidable opponent.