Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqiang faced Ying Xiaoxiao in the tournament after she revealed his agreement with Ying Huanhuan, then overwhelmed her with his Yuan Power and halberd. He asked Ying Xiaoxiao to show him the Heaven Emperor Scripture.

• Qi Lei announced that Ying Xiaoxiao and Lin Changqiang would fight, after which Lin Dong could challenge the winner.
• Ying Xiaoxiao confronted Lin Changqiang about his agreement with Ying Huanhuan, and Lin Changqiang claimed Ying Huanhuan had said Ying Xiaoxiao could not defeat Wang Yan.
• Ying Xiaoxiao asked Lin Changqiang to use his full strength, and the two began their match.
• Lin Changqiang's golden Yuan Power pushed back Ying Xiaoxiao's azure energy, and he easily dispersed her sword beams with his perfected Savage Desolation Body.
• Lin Changqiang blocked Ying Xiaoxiao's attacks for thirty moves, then sent her flying with a surge of strength.
• Lin Changqiang asked Ying Xiaoxiao to show him the Heaven Emperor Scripture.

Lin Changqiang defeated Ying Xiaoxiao in the Palace Examination and was appointed commander of the Dao Sect’s disciples for the Sect Competition. The chapter ended with the disciples celebrating his victory and Ying Huanhuan blushing under Ying Xiaoxiao’s teasing.

• Ying Xiaoxiao unleashed the Heaven Emperor Scripture’s Fuguang Moyun Sword against Lin Changqiang.
• Lin Changqiang blocked the attack with Immovable as a Mountain, leaving his turtle-serpent phantom almost unharmed.
• Ying Xiaoxiao conceded defeat and handed Lin Changqiang command authority, then asked about his wager with Ying Huanhuan.
• Qi Lei declared Lin Changqiang the match winner and named him the final victor of the Palace Examination and commander for the Sect Competition.
• Lin Dong declined to challenge anyone, while the Dao Sect disciples celebrated Lin Changqiang’s victory.
• Lin Changqiang noticed Ying Huanhuan blushing as Ying Xiaoxiao teased her.

After the Palace Examination, Lin Changqiang left the Dao Sect with Ying Huanhuan to answer Little Sable’s signal in the Myriad Beast Mountain Range. Little Sable explained that Xiao Yan had been injured by a demon beast while seeking treasures, and his cold reaction suggested the matter was not over.

• Lin Changqiang answered Gu Mo’s questions about the Sect Competition, then learned that Little Sable’s mark had vanished while Xiao Yan’s remained intact.
• Lin Changqiang tried to leave the Dao Sect, but Ying Huanhuan persuaded him to take her along, and they used Leap to travel away.
• Lin Changqiang and Ying Huanhuan arrived in the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan and Little Sable greeted them.
• Lin Changqiang discovered that Xiao Yan had advanced to Eight Yuan Nirvana and Little Sable had helped him cultivate.
• Little Sable told Lin Changqiang that Xiao Yan had found Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, but the demon beast guarding them had injured him; Little Sable’s eyes flashed coldly as he recounted it.

Lin Changqiang learned that Xiao Yan had been captured by the Hundred Thousand Head Owls at Demon Sound Mountain, whose Owl Sound Array had prevented Little Sable from rescuing him sooner. The group arrived at the mountain to confront the beasts just as Yuan Sect reinforcements approached.

• Little Sable explained that a Golden Ghost Owl and its Hundred Thousand Head Owls had trapped Xiao Yan with the powerful Owl Sound Array.
• Ying Huanhuan recognized the threat of the sound-based formation, and Lin Changqiang prepared several powerful treasures before deciding that the Spirit Treasures would counter it.
• Lin Changqiang teleported himself, Xiao Yan, Little Sable, and Ying Huanhuan toward Demon Sound Mountain as three Yuan Sect Eight Spirit Generals flew toward the same destination.
• At Demon Sound Mountain, the Golden Ghost Owl reassured Leopard Skin and another subordinate that the array and promised Yuan Sect reinforcements would protect them.
• The Golden Ghost Owl rushed out of the hall after hearing familiar taunts and found Lin Changqiang and the others hovering above the mountain.

Little Sable used his Pure Origin Treasure thunder drums to destroy the Owl Sound Array on Demon Sound Mountain and attacked the Golden Ghost Owl. As Yuan Sect members arrived to seize the mountain’s Earth Core Nurturing God Saliva, Jiang Guangtao prepared to confront the group.

• The Golden Ghost Owl activated the Owl Sound Array, sending the Human-Headed Owls’ amplified cries surging toward Lin Changqiang, Ying Huanhuan, Xiao Yan, and Little Sable.
• Little Sable summoned five thunder drums and overwhelmed the sound waves, shattering the array and causing more than a hundred thousand Human-Headed Owls to burst into bloody mist from the backlash.
• Little Sable charged the Golden Ghost Owl and slammed him into a crater with a purple-black energy claw.
• Lin Changqiang detected Jiang Guangtao, Xia Yan, and Shen Yun approaching, then stood in front of Ying Huanhuan to keep the Yuan Sect members from seeing their faces.
• Jiang Guangtao revealed that Demon Sound Mountain contained Earth Core Nurturing God Saliva and ordered Xia Yan to kill fleeing beasts while Shen Yun dealt with the other survivors.
• Jiang Guangtao turned toward the summit and challenged the group’s Life Profound Stage Great Accomplishment expert to a comparison of strength.

Little Sable killed the Golden Ghost Owl and trapped Yuan Sect’s elders, revealing himself as a Sky Demon Sable. As Little Sable confronted them, Ying Huanhuan admired Lin Changqiang for being his big brother.

• Little Sable crushed the Golden Ghost Owl, captured its Demonic Spirit, and ignored Jiang Guangtao’s plea to spare him for Yuan Sect’s sake.
• Jiang Guangtao and Shen Yun tried to seize Lin Changqiang, but Lin Changqiang used the Stillness Card and Light Feather Boots to escape with Little Sable and Ying Huanhuan.
• After Xia Yan reported that the escaped human-headed owls had been wiped out, Jiang Guangtao fled with Shen Yun and Xia Yan, but Little Sable sealed them inside the Seal Heaven Array Diagram.
• Little Sable revealed his Sky Demon Sable form, terrifying the trapped Yuan Sect members and prompting them to accuse the Dao Sect of joining forces with the Demon Domain.
• Ying Huanhuan praised Little Sable and asked Lin Changqiang how he became his big brother, and Lin Changqiang answered smugly.

Little Sable defeated the Golden Ghost Owl and an old man, then led Lin Changqiang, Ying Huanhuan, and Xiao Yan to find and condense Earth Core Nurturing God Saliva. The group each received a share, and Ying Huanhuan accepted hers after Lin Changqiang nodded.

• Little Sable sealed the Golden Ghost Owl’s Demonic Spirit and the old man’s Yuan Spirit, giving the Demonic Spirit to Xiao Yan and the Yuan Spirit to Lin Changqiang.
• Little Sable led the group to Demon Sound Mountain’s Back Mountain, where he destroyed the seal over a cave.
• The group found a pool of Earth Core Godly Nurturing Water, and Ying Huanhuan explained how it became Earth Core Nurturing God Saliva.
• Little Sable condensed the pool’s contents into four infant-shaped pieces of Earth Core Nurturing God Saliva.
• Lin Changqiang distributed the four pieces among himself, Xiao Yan, Ying Huanhuan, and Little Sable, and Ying Huanhuan accepted hers after Lin Changqiang nodded.

Yuan Sect’s Ren Yuanzi investigated the deaths of its elders but found no trace after Ying Xuanzi erased the evidence, while Lin Changqiang returned to Dao Sect with Ying Huanhuan. Lin Changqiang claimed his quest rewards and prepared to refine Jiang Guangtao’s primordial spirit into medicine.

• Ren Yuanzi discovered the jade tablets of Jiang Guangtao, Shen Yun, and Xia Yan had shattered and sent a golden projection to investigate their deaths.
• Lin Changqiang and his companions escaped Demon Sound Mountain, and Ying Xuanzi’s lightning erased the evidence before Ren Yuanzi arrived.
• Ren Yuanzi found no traces of the killers and suspected one of Yuan Sect’s rival factions, while Ying Xuanzi watched from Dao Peak.
• Lin Changqiang returned to Dao Sect with Ying Huanhuan, who left to refine the Earth Core Nurturing God Saliva.
• Lin Changqiang collected three lottery draws and three brocade pouch rewards, including forty million Nirvana Pills and Freeze.
• Lin Changqiang took out Jiang Guangtao’s sealed primordial spirit and prepared to use it with his medicine bottle.

Lin Changqiang forged a Yuan Spirit and advanced to Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage and Eight-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master. He then gave Lin Dong a weaker Spirit Nurturing Pill before Wu Dao sent him to claim five rewards from the Treasure Pavilion.

• Lin Changqiang used a Spirit Nurturing Pill and Earth Core Nurturing God Saliva to cultivate until his Yuan Pill broke apart and formed a golden Yuan Spirit.
• The Yuan Spirit strengthened Lin Changqiang, and he passed his eighth Wind and Thunder Tribulation before absorbing the pill’s remaining energy to reach Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage and Eight-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Lin Changqiang made a Youth Edition Spirit Nurturing Pill from Shen Yun and Xia Yan’s Yuan Spirits and gave it to Lin Dong to help him form a Yuan Spirit.
• Lin Changqiang thanked Wu Dao for guarding the room and showed him the golden aura of his Yuan Spirit.
• Wu Dao told Lin Changqiang to have Chen Zhen take him to the Treasure Pavilion, where he could choose five rewards.

Lin Changqiang spoke with Wang Yan about the Dao Sect’s prospects in the coming Sect Competition and learned more about the Yuan Sect’s strongest disciples. A system quest then appointed Lin Changqiang as the Dao Sect’s competition commander and offered rewards for killing Yuan Sect disciples.

• Lin Changqiang accepted materials from Wu Dao and spent the following days cultivating, guiding disciples, and completing missions with Ying Huanhuan.
• Wang Yan visited Lin Changqiang and praised his recent victories against Yuan Sect elders and Spirit Generals.
• Wang Yan warned Lin Changqiang about the Yuan Sect’s Three Little Kings and described his own painful fight with Lei Qian.
• Wang Yan identified Ling Qingzhu as a formidable disciple from the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and worried about the Dao Sect’s fate after the competition.
• Lin Changqiang received a system quest to lead the Dao Sect’s disciples in killing Yuan Sect disciples, with a Pure Origin Treasure offered as an additional reward for killing more than five hundred.

Lin Changqiang led Dao Sect’s three hundred disciples to the Demonic Tribulation Domain as their overall commander for the Sect Competition. When they reached Demonic Tribulation City, Dao Sect’s group encountered another approaching crowd before entering the city.

• Ying Xuanzi appointed Lin Changqiang overall commander, with Wang Yan and Ying Xiaoxiao assisting, and urged the disciples to return safely.
• Qi Lei led the four Hall Masters and three hundred disciples away from Dao Sect as the gathered disciples called for them to bring glory to the sect.
• Lin Changqiang recalled his preparations for the Yuan Sect headmasters and followed Pang Tong’s remarks as the group traveled through the Demonic Tribulation Domain.
• Dao Sect’s group arrived at Demonic Tribulation City, where onlookers speculated that Yuan Sect would prevail in the competition.
• Qi Lei led Dao Sect toward the city gate, then spotted a large group flying toward them.

Lin Changqiang explored Demonic Tribulation City’s Treasure Hunting Zone with Ying Huanhuan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Wang Yan, then confronted Yuan Sect disciples who had taken a hairpin Ying Huanhuan had already arranged to buy. Jiang Tao summoned Yuan Sect’s signal to challenge them, unaware that Lin Changqiang had let him do so.

• Wang Yan identified the arriving gray-robed visitors as members of the Myriad Puppet Gate and pointed out their talented disciple, Demon Puppet Gui Li.
• Lin Changqiang followed Ying Huanhuan into the city, then joined Ying Xiaoxiao, Wang Yan, and other Dao Sect disciples on a trip to the Treasure Hunting Zone.
• Lin Changqiang bought several useful materials, herbs, and Spirit Treasures while the group browsed the stalls.
• Jiang Tao and two Yuan Sect disciples took the jade-green hairpin Ying Huanhuan had already chosen and agreed to buy.
• Lin Changqiang demanded that Jiang Tao return the hairpin, but Jiang Tao raised Yuan Sect’s signal orb to summon a challenge.

Lin Changqiang confronted Lei Qian after Yuan Sect disciples gathered to support Jiang Tao in a dispute over a hairpin. As the two prepared to fight, Ling Qingzhu recognized Lin Changqiang and watched with curiosity and anticipation.

• Ying Huanhuan summoned Dao Sect disciples after Jiang Tao called Yuan Sect disciples to support him.
• Lei Qian arrived, mocked Wang Yan, and took the hairpin from Jiang Tao after hearing his account of the dispute.
• Lei Qian challenged the Dao Sect group to take the hairpin from him or pay for it, and Lin Changqiang accepted the deal.
• Ying Huanhuan tried to stop Lin Changqiang, but he reassured her and stepped forward to face Lei Qian.
• Ling Qingzhu recognized Lin Changqiang from the Ancient Tomb Mansion and watched him confront Lei Qian.

Lin Changqiang defeated Lei Qian in the hairpin bet by freezing him momentarily, then took the hairpin and slapped a bald patch onto his head. Lei Qian conceded but threatened Dao Sect ahead of the Sect Competition, while the stall owner demanded six million Nirvana Pills and revealed Life Profound Stage strength.

• Lei Qian mocked Lin Changqiang’s Eight Yuan Nirvana cultivation and challenged him to fight for the hairpin.
• Lin Changqiang charged Lei Qian, froze him with an unknown method, took the hairpin, and struck him hard enough to leave a palm-shaped bald patch.
• Lin Changqiang demanded payment, and Lei Qian conceded the bet while threatening Dao Sect before the Sect Competition.
• The stall owner demanded six million Nirvana Pills from Lei Qian, and Jiang Tao protested that the agreed price had been three million.
• The stall owner ignored Jiang Tao and revealed an aura of Life Profound Stage strength.

Lin Changqiang drove Lei Qian and the Yuan Sect disciples away, then gave Ying Huanhuan a hairpin and reunited with Ling Qingzhu. He gathered the Dao Sect members in blue light as Ling Qingzhu departed, leaving the Sect Competition ahead.

• Lei Qian hurled the Cosmic Bag back to the stall owner, warned Lin Changqiang about the Sect Competition, and led the Yuan Sect disciples away.
• Lin Changqiang gave Ying Huanhuan a hairpin, and she shyly accepted it amid the Dao Sect disciples' teasing cheers.
• Lin Changqiang spotted Ling Qingzhu at a teahouse, and she flew down to meet him.
• Lin Changqiang and Ling Qingzhu exchanged introductions, clasped hands briefly, and wished each other well in the competition.
• Lin Changqiang enveloped the Dao Sect members in blue light, and Ling Qingzhu paused before transforming into a streak of light and leaving.

After Lin Changqiang acquired a damaged Bronze Furnace and returned to Dao Sect’s residence, his elders warned him about Yuan Sect’s schemes in the upcoming Sect Competition. At Yuan Sect’s residence, Yuan Cang reacted with quiet anger when he heard Lin Changqiang knew Ling Qingzhu, setting up a tense rivalry before the competition began.

• Ying Huanhuan resolved to cultivate until she surpassed Ling Qingzhu, while Ying Xiaoxiao noticed a faint ice-blue color emerging in her sister’s eyes.
• Lin Changqiang bought a damaged Bronze Furnace hidden inside a dim Light Orb after visiting several stalls.
• Qi Lei and the other Dao Sect elders praised Lin Changqiang for defeating Lei Qian but warned him to be cautious in the Demonic Tribulation Domain.
• Lei Qian complained to Ling Zhen and Yuan Cang that Lin Changqiang had defeated him through dirty tricks.
• When Lei Qian mentioned that Lin Changqiang seemed close to Ling Qingzhu, Yuan Cang silently left after making sword marks in the ground.

As the Sect Competition began gathering powerful disciples at the Demonic Tribulation Domain, Lin Changqiang studied the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasure token he had extracted from the Bronze Furnace. He joined the Dao Sect at the formation breach and watched the other super sects arrive, where the system spoke to him as the final groups appeared.

• Lin Changqiang burned away the Bronze Furnace, revealed a glowing map, and obtained a token identified as the key to the Burning Heaven Cauldron.
• On the third day, the sects and other factions streamed from Demonic Tribulation City toward a breach in the ancient formation surrounding the Demonic Tribulation Domain.
• Qi Lei led the Dao Sect disciples to the gathering, where Su Rou lamented that Lin Diao had not appeared.
• Ying Xiaoxiao introduced the leading disciples from the Sword Sect, Divine Sect, Talisman Valley, and Primordial Hall to Lin Changqiang and the others.
• Lin Changqiang saw the final super sects arrive, and the system's voice sounded beside his ear.

Lin Changqiang received a competition quest and confronted Yuan Cang after Yuan Cang mocked his choice to join the Dao Sect. Lin Changqiang unleashed an overwhelming display of Yuan Energy, leaving Yuan Sect’s leaders stunned as he prepared to show more of his strength.

• Lin Changqiang received a side quest rewarding him for placing among the top three in the competition.
• Yuan Sect arrived, and Yuan Cang greeted Ling Qingzhu before taunting the Dao Sect and insulting Lin Changqiang’s decision to join it.
• Lin Changqiang answered Yuan Cang’s provocation by releasing Yuan Energy that rose from Eight Yuan Nirvana to Life Profound Stage Minor Accomplishment.
• Lin Changqiang equipped Yuan Energy-amplifying items and raised his total energy to Life Profound Stage Great Accomplishment, shocking Qi Lei and the other sect leaders.
• Lin Changqiang mocked Yuan Cang and prepared to use the Overbearing Path of Action.

Lin Changqiang shocked the gathered sects by manifesting a gigantic Goddess Phantom whose elemental energy rivaled the peak of the Life Profound Stage, then provoked Yuan Cang and the Yuan Sect. As the Demonic Tribulation Domain began to open, Lin Changqiang returned to the Dao Sect, where Wang Yan celebrated his strength.

• Lin Changqiang transformed the elemental energy storm into a colossal Goddess Phantom, alarming Yuan Cang, Lei Qian, Ling Zhen, and the gathered spectators.
• Lin Changqiang challenged Yuan Cang and threatened to deal with Yuan Sect in the Demonic Tribulation Domain, but Yuan Cang did not respond.
• Liu You confronted Lin Changqiang over his insults to Yuan Sect, and Qi Lei and the other Dao Sect Hall Masters stepped in to shield him.
• Lin Changqiang mocked Liu You and promised to take especially good care of Yuan Sect inside the Demonic Tribulation Domain.
• The seal over the Demonic Tribulation Domain began to fluctuate, and Lin Changqiang dismissed the phantom and returned to the Dao Sect group.
• Wang Yan punched Lin Changqiang excitedly and praised his strength, while Lin Changqiang said he had wanted to surprise everyone.

Lin Changqiang led the Dao Sect disciples into the Demonic Tribulation Domain, where they landed beside an Earth-Splitting Demonic Ant nest. He used a Spiritual Secret Technique to enhance their perception and movement, then had Ying Huanhuan hypnotize the ants with her Sound Wave.

• Lin Changqiang linked the Dao Sect disciples with a Light Orb and led them through the Spatial Vortex into the Demonic Tribulation Domain.
• Lin Changqiang killed seven Earth-Splitting Demonic Ants that had ambushed the group, and Ying Xiaoxiao warned that the beasts attacked in swarms.
• Lin Changqiang uncovered a nearby nest, and the disciples fought off the ant swarm while he protected them with his Spiritual Power.
• Lin Changqiang spread moon-white radiance over the disciples, sharpening their senses and lightening their movements.
• Lin Changqiang asked Ying Huanhuan to hypnotize the ants, and her Guqin music made the attacking beasts collapse.