Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqiang arrived at Thunder Rock Valley, killed Hai Sha, and gained a potion-making bottle and several lottery rewards. He flew toward five Mo Yan Dynasty cultivators, eager to seize their Ancient Secret Key, while testing his new sword.

• Lin Changqiang found Yang City's forces surrounding the low-tier dynasties and confronted Hai Sha.
• Ling Xiaosu began introducing himself, but Hai Sha's head suddenly burst apart, completing Lin Changqiang's side quest and earning him Bian Que's Medicine Bottle.
• Lin Changqiang used the bottle to turn a second-grade Spiritual Medicine into a fourth-grade Spiritual Potion, then refined it and learned that Lin Dong had reached the Nirvana Stage.
• Lin Changqiang spent all eight Lottery Draw Counts and obtained several items, including the Shangyang Terrace Scroll - Sword.
• Lin Changqiang tested the sword's lightning arcs as he flew past five black-clothed Mo Yan Dynasty cultivators.

Lin Changqiang abandoned his plan to steal Secret Keys and returned to Thunder Rock Valley, where he extorted Ling Xiaosu and Liu Yuan before finding Lin Dong preparing to undergo Nirvana. He urged Lin Dong to strengthen his foundation by absorbing more energy before attempting the tribulation.

• Lin Changqiang passed Chen Mu and his companions without attacking them, and they decided to head to Mo Yan City to find Shi Kun.
• Lin Changqiang teleported back to Thunder Rock Valley and learned that Ling Xiaosu and Liu Yuan had released the Low-tier Dynasty members after believing he objected to their bullying.
• Lin Changqiang demanded all of Ling Xiaosu and Liu Yuan’s valuables as compensation for Hai Sha’s scheme, then flew into the valley with their Cosmic Bags.
• Lin Changqiang found Lin Dong absorbing lightning and preparing to break through to One Yuan Nirvana.
• Lin Changqiang explained that Nirvana’s benefits depended on the practitioner’s strength before the tribulation and advised Lin Dong to absorb more energy first.

Lin Dong began refining the Tree Pattern Rune to advance toward becoming a Heavenly Symbol Master while Lin Changqiang and the others cultivated. Little Sable then prepared to fuse Xiao Yan with the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone, a dangerous procedure that required two hundred thousand Nirvana Pills.

• Lin Dong vowed to focus on surpassing himself, and Lin Changqiang gave him the Tree Pattern Rune from the Heavenly Talisman Immortal Tree.
• Lin Dong absorbed the Rune with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, beginning the transformation of his Mud Pill Palace as his favorability with Lin Changqiang rose.
• Over the next month, Lin Changqiang advanced to Two Yuan Nirvana and became a Three-Mark Heavenly Talisman Master, while Mo Ling, Du Yun, and Man Shan entered the Nirvana Stage and Little Sable reached Two Yuan Nirvana.
• Little Sable woke Xiao Yan and offered to help him fuse the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone despite the danger posed by his ordinary bloodline.
• Lin Changqiang handed Little Sable the tiger bone, and Little Sable asked him for two hundred thousand Nirvana Pills to condense Nirvana Fire.

Lin Changqiang, Lin Dong, and Little Sable watched Xiao Yan endure the Nirvana Fire to fuse with the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone. Xiao Yan’s five-colored Tiger’s Might appeared and formed a cocoon around him and the bone, while Lin Changqiang received the side quest reward.

• Lin Changqiang supplied two hundred thousand Nirvana Pills, and Little Sable ignited them with Nirvana Fire to burn Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone.
• Lin Dong wanted to stop the fusion, but Lin Changqiang argued that Xiao Yan had chosen the trial and Lin Dong reluctantly agreed to wait.
• After about ten minutes, Little Sable reached into the flames and extracted the tiger bones from Xiao Yan’s mangled body as Lin Changqiang shielded him.
• Five streams of colored light emerged from Xiao Yan, consumed the Nirvana Fire, drew the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone toward him, and formed a Light Cocoon around them.
• Lin Changqiang recognized the five-colored light as Tiger’s Might, and the system announced that he had completed Side Quest—Keeping Pace Together ② and received five rewards.

Xiao Yan completed his fusion with the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone, broke through to the Nirvana Stage, and took human form. Lin Dong named him Lin Yan, while the brothers teased one another over family titles and Little Sable’s interest in a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill.

• Little Sable explained that five beams of divine light had erased the tiger bone’s residual will, allowing Xiao Yan to fuse safely.
• Xiao Yan broke through to the Nirvana Stage, displayed his new tiger form, and reassured Lin Dong that he was fine.
• Xiao Yan called Lin Dong “Mom” and Lin Changqiang and Little Sable laughed, then he called them “Dad” and “Big Brother.”
• Xiao Yan took human form as a boy, and Lin Dong named him Lin Yan while assigning Lin Changqiang as his Big Brother and Little Sable as his Third Brother.
• Lin Changqiang mentioned a Life-Death Reincarnation Pill in an ancient Secret Realm, and Little Sable eagerly asked whether it was real.

Lin Changqiang and his group traveled to the Ancient Land, where they sought intelligence on the Secret Key holders and the Ancient Secret Treasure. They learned the locations of three key holders and received a map pointing them toward the Hall of Antiquity.

• Lin Changqiang led the group toward the Ancient Land while they fought demonic beasts along the way to gather Nirvana energy and improve their strength.
• On the seventeenth day, Lin Changqiang spotted the desolate Ancient Land, and the group flew into a city filled with dynasties seeking the Ancient Secret Treasure.
• Lin Changqiang and the others concealed their identities and visited an intelligence exchange to ask about the Secret Key holders and the Four Great Overlords of the Northwest Region.
• Lin Changqiang learned that the exchange knew the locations of the Youquan Dynasty, the Honghuang Dynasty, and the Mo Yan Dynasty, but not his own location.
• Lin Changqiang paid fifteen hundred Nirvana Pills for the three locations and obtained a map showing that the dynasties were in a Golden Hall at the center of the Hall of Antiquity.

Lin Changqiang and his companions arrived at the crowded Hall of Antiquity and entered its Golden Hall, where the holders of the other three Ancient Secret Keys sensed his arrival. Shi Kun announced that the fourth key’s owner had appeared, and the powerful figures gathered there turned their attention toward Lin Changqiang as a potential target.

• Lin Changqiang, Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Mo Ling, Man Shan, and Du Yun reached the packed Hall of Antiquity and joined a queue to enter.
• The group hurried through the city toward the central palace complex, where only powerful dynasties and Nirvana Stage experts could go.
• Lin Changqiang sensed the other three Ancient Secret Keys belonging to the Youquan Dynasty, Honghuang Dynasty, and Mo Yan Dynasty, and those forces sensed his key in return.
• Shi Kun announced in the Golden Hall that the owner of the fourth Secret Key had arrived, drawing the gathered experts’ attention toward Lin Changqiang.

Lin Changqiang entered the Great Hall with the Azure Dragon Secret Key and challenged the assembled Nirvana Stage experts to take it from him. When the Chu Xia Dynasty attacked with seventy or eighty fighters, he blocked their combined assault with a golden-and-white barrier and revealed the power of a Four-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master.

• Shi Kun dismissed the Mo Yan Dynasty’s failed attempt to obtain the Azure Dragon Secret Key and urged the gathered experts to decide who should claim it.
• Lin Changqiang arrived with five companions, displayed the Azure Dragon Secret Key, and called everyone who wanted to seize it trash.
• A leader from the Chu Xia Dynasty sent seventy or eighty fighters to attack Lin Changqiang at once.
• Lin Changqiang raised a golden-and-white barrier that erased the attackers’ Yuan Power without being damaged.
• Lin Changqiang condensed the barrier into a sphere and revealed Spiritual Power at the level of a Four-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master.

Lin Changqiang crushed the Chu Xia Dynasty’s defensive array, but spared its members after Guan Cangshu pleaded for their lives and offered himself in service. He settled the dispute by demanding their Nirvana Pills, leaving Guan Cangshu and his junior brothers relieved and grateful.

• Lin Changqiang’s two-colored sphere battered the Chu Xia Dynasty’s Hanging Ink Peaks array, leaving its members badly strained.
• Fang Mao and the other Chu Xia Dynasty cultivators used the Forbidden Art “Body becoming Kunyu, qi joining the peaks” to reinforce the array.
• Guan Cangshu begged Lin Changqiang to spare his junior brothers and offered to serve him, even allowing a Spiritual Imprint to be planted.
• Lin Changqiang’s sphere shattered, and Guan Cangshu dispelled the array to stop the others from sustaining the Forbidden Art.
• Lin Changqiang refused Guan Cangshu’s offer and demanded the Chu Xia Dynasty’s Nirvana Pills as compensation for their attempt to seize his Secret Key.
• The Chu Xia Dynasty members handed over their Cosmic Bags, and Lin Changqiang lifted them before they could bow.

Guan Cangshu concluded that Lin Changqiang’s strength and companions made the Ancient Secret Treasure too dangerous for the Chu Xia Dynasty to enter. Lin Changqiang subdued the hall’s challengers and received the White Tiger Secret Key from Shi Kun, followed by keys from the Youquan and Honghuang Dynasties.

• Guan Cangshu refused to let the Chu Xia Dynasty enter the Secret Treasury and suggested that Lin Changqiang might come from a Super Dynasty.
• Guan Cangshu revealed that Lin Changqiang was accompanied by five Nirvana Stage experts and a powerful Heavenly Symbol Master, shocking the dynasties gathered in the hall.
• Lin Changqiang asked who would seize the Azure Dragon Secret Key, and the crowd backed down after witnessing his strength.
• Lin Changqiang led his companions toward the Honghuang, Youquan, and Mo Yan Dynasties, and Shi Kun offered him the White Tiger Secret Key in exchange for protection.
• The Youquan and Honghuang Dynasties followed Shi Kun’s example and presented their Secret Keys to Lin Changqiang.

Lin Changqiang collected three Ancient Secret Keys from the Mo Yan, Youquan, and Honghuang Dynasties in exchange for two High-grade Creation martial arts. He warned his companions that Spatial Rifts threatened anyone entering the Ancient Secret Treasury, then assured them he had a way to handle the danger as they prepared to enter.

• Shi Kun and the leaders of the Youquan and Honghuang Dynasties handed their Ancient Secret Keys to Lin Changqiang, who traded them two High-grade Creation martial arts.
• Lin Changqiang left the Great Hall and said he would appear when the Secret Treasury opened, while news of the three dynasties’ surrender spread through the city.
• Lin Changqiang told Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, Mo Ling, Du Yun, and Man Shan that the Ancient Secret Treasury contained dangerous Spatial Rifts and that he could use Leap to reach them after teleportation.
• Lin Dong and Mo Ling questioned whether Lin Changqiang should risk entering, but he insisted they would go and said he had his own way to deal with the Spatial Rifts.
• Several figures watched over the city from a High Tower in the southwestern region of the Hall of Antiquity.

As the Ancient Secret Treasure’s opening drew near, Mu Hongling warned Xiao Bai that powerful newcomers from the Southwest Region had arrived, including people qualified for the Nirvana Ranking. Lin Changqiang and his companions gathered at the Altar, where their Ancient Secret Keys opened the golden gate to the treasure.

• Mu Hongling told Xiao Bai she had come to confront Lin Changqiang and warned him that people from the Southwest Region were coming for the treasure.
• Lin Changqiang recalled that he had sparred with Lin Dong, Mo Ling, and the others over the previous five days, and then joined them as the Ancient Secret Treasure’s opening approached.
• Lin Changqiang and his companions flew to the Altar as the city filled with people eager to witness the opening.
• Lin Changqiang produced four Ancient Secret Keys, causing the Altar’s Runes to rise and form a pillar of light.
• The Runes formed a golden gate that burst open, releasing a desolate and violent aura as the Ancient Secret Treasure opened.

Lin Changqiang entered the Ancient Secret Treasure and brought Lin Dong and the others to explore its ruined, unstable space. After finding little in the scattered ruins, the group considered splitting up, and Lin Changqiang realized Six Orders to Chase the Fierce might let him reach them wherever they went.

• Lin Changqiang and Lin Dong's group entered the gate of light, then Lin Changqiang used Leap to gather the others after avoiding Spatial Rifts that swallowed several entrants.
• Lin Changqiang led the group toward the center of the Secret Treasury, and they searched ruined floating islands but found no useful treasures.
• Man Shan urged the group to head straight for the center, while Mo Ling suggested splitting up to search more efficiently.
• Lin Changqiang hesitated because he had promised Mo Ling's imperial father to keep her safe, then realized Six Orders to Chase the Fierce might let him teleport to the others.

Lin Dong found a Golden Body Relic in a desert formed by a failed Nirvana tribulation and met Yan Sen, who recognized his connection to a Four-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master. After absorbing the relic’s information, Lin Dong hurried off, excited by what he had learned.

• Lin Changqiang tracked the five groups marked with weakened tokens and set off toward the depths of the space.
• Lin Dong followed Little Sable’s advice to the center of a vast desert and found a skeleton from an expert who had failed the sixth Nirvana Tribulation.
• The skeleton crumbled when Lin Dong touched it, revealing a Golden Body Relic, and Yan Sen appeared behind him.
• Yan Sen introduced himself, said he would not challenge someone connected to a Four-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master, and departed.
• Lin Dong absorbed the relic’s golden energy and information, then rushed away as Little Sable chased after him.

Lin Dong reached the Dan River and found its cultivation platforms contested by fighters from many dynasties. He flew toward a platform to test his strength, where Yin Tianyuan of the Sky Eagle Dynasty recognized him as Lin Changqiang’s lackey.

• Lin Dong traveled through the Ancient Secret Treasure and arrived at the vast Dan River.
• He learned that Pill Spirit Corpses made the river dangerous, while hidden cultivation platforms offered protected access to its Nirvana energy.
• Lin Dong scanned the crowded riverbanks and flew toward a nearby occupied cultivation platform, eager to fight.
• Yin Tianyuan and fifteen Sky Eagle Dynasty fighters seized the platform, forcing its five occupants to flee.
• Lin Dong charged into the Sky Eagle Dynasty’s encirclement, and Yin Tianyuan opened his eyes and mocked him as Lin Changqiang’s lackey.

Lin Dong claimed a cultivation platform from Yin Tianyuan’s group, who withdrew rather than risk offending Lin Changqiang. Lin Changqiang arrived after Lin Dong secretly summoned him, then brought Little Sable and the others to cultivate while he continued toward the Four Great Xuan Sects.

• Lin Dong calmly faced Yin Tianyuan’s group, and Yin Tianyuan led them away after invoking Lin Changqiang as his reason for backing down.
• Lin Dong activated the cultivation platform’s formation, then secretly used the mark on his arm to summon Lin Changqiang.
• Lin Changqiang appeared fully armed and prepared for danger, but Lin Dong told him he had only called him to discuss the Dan River.
• Lin Dong asked Lin Changqiang to bring Xiao Yan, Mo Ling, and the others to cultivate before continuing toward the Four Great Xuan Sects.
• Lin Changqiang took Little Sable with him to search for the Life-Death Reincarnation Pill, then returned with Mo Ling, Du Yun, and Man Shan to the platform.
• Lin Changqiang warned them not to summon him casually again and threatened to spar at full strength with whoever did.

Lin Changqiang reached the Nirvana Sky Burning Array protecting the Core Zone and entered it using a barrier of Sun Flame Power and Moonlight Power. When the formation attacked him with nearly a hundred Nirvana Fire Thunders, he prepared to demonstrate his maneuvering technique.

• Lin Changqiang ignored lesser sect ruins and flew toward the center of the Secret Treasury.
• After traveling deeper, Lin Changqiang spotted the Nirvana Sky Burning Array and realized the Four Great Xuan Sects were nearby.
• Lin Changqiang formed a protective sphere and charged into the sea of Nirvana Fire.
• The array launched nearly a hundred Nirvana Fire Thunders at Lin Changqiang, and Little Sable warned him against confronting them head-on.
• Lin Changqiang dismissed Little Sable's warning and announced he would show him high-level maneuvering.

Lin Changqiang used Rigid Adherence to possess Little Fat Bird and flew through the Nirvana Sky Burning Array, surviving its Nirvana Fire Thunder while absorbing Nirvana energy. He encountered Nirvana Demonic Flame and charged toward it, confident that his immense defenses would protect him.

• Lin Changqiang possessed Little Fat Bird after equipping defensive gear, and Little Sable was forced out of his sleeve.
• Lin Changqiang swallowed Little Sable to protect him, then endured hundreds of Nirvana Fire Thunder bolts without injury.
• Lin Changqiang flew deeper into the array, absorbing Nirvana Fire and accelerating through its attacks.
• Lin Changqiang encountered Nirvana Demonic Flame and charged toward it, trusting his powerful body and Triple Defense.

Lin Changqiang crossed the Sky Burning Array and discovered Western Xuan Region cultivators discussing a plan to seize the Ancient Battlefield. He and Little Sable planned to warn the Eastern Xuan Region’s Super Sects while continuing toward the Life-Death Reincarnation Pill and the Four Great Xuan Sects’ inheritances.

• Lin Changqiang withstood the Nirvana Demonic Flame, impressing Little Sable as they continued through the Sky Burning Array.
• The system offered Lin Changqiang a choice between the Eastern and Western Xuan Region factions, and he chose the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Lin Changqiang and Little Sable overheard two Western Xuan Region cultivators discussing their preparations to seize the Ancient Battlefield.
• Lin Changqiang and Little Sable discussed warning the Super Sects at Myriad Manifestations City, then continued toward the Life-Death Reincarnation Pill and the Four Great Xuan Sects’ inheritances.

Lin Changqiang and Little Sable reached the Eight Extremes Sect ruins, where a dead Primordial Demonic Dragon Hound guarded the halls. After discovering the beast had little strength left, the gathered cultivators prepared to attack it.

• Lin Changqiang explained that the Four Great Xuan Sects would open only after the ruins of the five strongest Guardian Sects had been claimed, then headed for the nearby Eight Extremes Sect with Little Sable.
• Three Two Yuan Nirvana experts rushed toward the Eight Extremes Sect halls, but a Primordial Demonic Dragon Hound burst from beneath the plaza and knocked them away.
• The Primordial Demonic Dragon Hound emerged before the crowd and guarded the halls, prompting several people to flee in fear.
• A cultivator noticed the hound had no life in its eyes, and the gathered cultivators realized it was dead and began preparing to join forces against it.