Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han rebuilt the Misty Immortal Sect on an immortal mountain and used his overwhelming power to impose its authority across the Great Yan Dynasty. After the dynasty’s ruler Ba Hu accepted Xiao Han’s demands, Xiao Han left recruitment to Lin Ken and returned to the preserved cottages on Misty Peak.

• Xiao Han raised the mountain range where Lin Dong’s family had lived and rebuilt the Misty Immortal Sect, entrusting its establishment to Lin Ken.
• Xiao Han announced that every faction and business in the Great Yan Dynasty had to pay the sect according to its profits, and Liu Luo protested.
• Xiao Han instantly killed Liu Luo, the Heavenly Net Sect’s Creation Realm master, for challenging his demand.
• Xiao Han ordered the Great Yan Dynasty to disband its armies and leave only security personnel, and Ba Hu bowed and agreed.
• Xiao Han assigned recruitment to Lin Ken, then returned to the preserved thatched cottages on Misty Peak.

Xiao Han strengthened the Misty Immortal Sect by appointing Emperor Flame and Linglong as guardians and bringing the Sacred Spirit Pool to the sect for its disciples. With the Hundred Dynasties War approaching and recruitment proving difficult, he set out with Lin Dong, Lin Langtian, and Lin Qingtán to see the competition for themselves.

• Xiao Han asked Emperor Flame and Linglong to guard the Misty Immortal Sect, and both agreed on their own terms.
• Lin Dong reported the sect’s lack of cultivation opportunities, so Xiao Han moved the Sacred Spirit Pool to Misty Peak and reserved it for the tournament’s top five disciples below the Creation Realm.
• Lin Ken warned Xiao Han that the sect’s ancient assessments were too difficult for most recruits to pass.
• Lin Fan noted that the Hundred Dynasties War was a month away, but Xiao Han dismissed the need to select seed contestants and decided to attend the war instead.
• Lin Langtian apologized to Lin Xiao and was forgiven, then Xiao Han departed with Lin Dong, Lin Langtian, and Lin Qingtán.

After resolving Lin Langtian’s grudge with Lin Dong, Xiao Han brought Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Lin Langtian to the formation leading to the Ancient Battlefield. Rather than entering the Hundred Dynasties War, Xiao Han began forcibly claiming the battlefield for his sect, throwing the Eastern Xuan Region into chaos.

• Xiao Han received 36,000,000 points of Power of Faith after resolving the conflict between Lin Langtian, Lin Dong, and Lin Xiao.
• Xiao Han arrived at Sacred War Peak with Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Lin Langtian and explained that he intended to claim the Ancient Battlefield as a sect training ground.
• Xiao Han sent golden energy through the ancient formation, tearing open space and destroying the passages leading to the Ancient Battlefield.
• Contestants from across the Eastern Xuan Region were forcibly expelled from the Ancient Battlefield as its space began to ripple.
• The Eight Great Super Sects were thrown into turmoil as observers suspected someone had caused the sudden disruption.

Xiao Han emerged at Hundred Dynasties Mountain and announced that he had rebuilt the Misty Immortal Sect in the Great Yan Dynasty. He permanently closed the Ancient Battlefield and the Hundred Dynasties War, earning a hundredfold-multiplied 128 million points of Power of Faith.

• The Eight Great Super Sects and the gathered dynasty geniuses discovered that the Ancient Battlefield had been sealed off.
• Xiao Han emerged from a spatial vortex with Lin Dong and Lin Langtian, then introduced the leaders of the Eight Great Super Sects to Lin Dong.
• Xiao Han identified himself as a member of the Misty Immortal Sect and claimed he had rebuilt it in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Xiao Han announced that the Ancient Battlefield would become a training secret realm for his sect's disciples and that the Hundred Dynasties War would be permanently closed.
• The system awarded Xiao Han 1.28 million Power of Faith, then multiplied it a hundredfold to 128 million.

Xiao Han received 128 million Power of Faith after disrupting the Hundred Dynasties War, then confronted representatives of the Eight Great Super Sects who mocked his decision. He killed a Yuan Sect deacon and a disciple who threatened him, leaving the assembled sects cowed.

• System Xiao Ai explained that a Critical Hit Divine Ability multiplied Xiao Han’s 1.28 million Power of Faith into 128 million because he had saved young prodigies from the Ancient Battlefield.
• Representatives of the Eight Great Super Sects and young talents mocked Xiao Han for proposing to permanently shut down the Hundred Dynasties War, and Xiao Han slapped the rude representatives.
• A Yuan Sect deacon attacked Xiao Han, but Xiao Han killed him with a single stomp and a surge of Yuan energy.
• A Yuan Sect disciple threatened Xiao Han over the deacon’s death, and Xiao Han turned him to ash with a black arrow.
• Xiao Han challenged the remaining members of the Eight Great Super Sects, and the crowd looked at him with fear.

Xiao Han defended his decision to end the Hundred Dynasties War by citing the loss of gifted martial artists and the risk of worsening conflict between the Eastern Xuan Region’s sects. He left the eight great powers alarmed by announcing that Misty Immortal Sect would choose the seeded contestants first.

• The Dao Sect elder asked Xiao Han for a reason to end the Hundred Dynasties War, and Xiao Han demanded to be addressed as Sect Master Xiao.
• Xiao Han argued that the war killed too many talented martial artists, but the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace’s Palace Master countered that the danger helped them reach their potential.
• Xiao Han said the contestants’ rivalries could deepen divisions among the Eastern Xuan Region’s Super Sects and lead to a civil war that other regions might exploit.
• When the Dao Sect elder asked how the sects would recruit disciples without the war, Xiao Han told them to solve the problem themselves.
• Xiao Han announced that Misty Immortal Sect would choose first among the seeded contestants meant to enter the Hundred Dynasties War.

Xiao Han announced that the Misty Immortal Sect would recruit the Hundred Dynasties War contestants unless they could defeat one of his three disciples, provoking resentment from the eight Super Sects. Lin Dong then demonstrated his power by forcing the renowned Ji Shan to his knees, revealing himself as a Spirit Talisman Master.

• Xiao Han declared that the Misty Immortal Sect would select contestants before the eight Super Sects and challenged them to defeat one of his three disciples to choose another sect.
• Ji Shan of the Great Desolate Dynasty asked whether a victory would let contestants freely choose a sect, and Xiao Han said none of them could win against his disciples one-on-one.
• Ji Shan challenged Lin Dong, who let him attack first and claimed Ji Shan would have no chance once he struck.
• Lin Dong shouted at Ji Shan to get down on his knees, and Ji Shan abruptly knelt before him.
• An elder from Talisman Valley identified Lin Dong as a Spirit Talisman Master, leaving the crowd stunned by his strength.

Lin Dong demonstrated the power of his fused flames against Ji Shan, but Xiao Han intervened to save Ji Shan from the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus. Qin Tian then challenged Lin Langtian, who stepped forward to fight for the Misty Immortal Sect.

• Lin Dong revealed that he was a Spirit Talisman Master, withdrew his Spiritual Power, and accepted Ji Shan's challenge using martial strength.
• Lin Dong fused his azure and milky-white flames into a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and launched it at Ji Shan's Heaven Splitting Slash.
• The collision devastated the battlefield, and Xiao Han saved Ji Shan from the blast before Lin Dong returned to his side.
• Ji Shan thanked Xiao Han, who invited the other seed contestants to challenge the Misty Immortal Sect.
• Qin Tian challenged Lin Langtian, and Xiao Han sent Lin Langtian to face him.

Lin Langtian defeated Qin Tian in one move using Xiao Han’s techniques, surprising the contestants and representatives of the eight super factions. Xiao Han then invited the remaining seeded contestants to challenge Lin Qingtán, who also claimed she could win in one move.

• Lin Langtian challenged Qin Tian to a one-move fight and used Limitless Three Profound Transformations and Eight Extremes Collapse to overpower him.
• Qin Tian admitted defeat after Lin Langtian barely retreated while he staggered back and bled.
• The Primordial Hall representative praised Lin Langtian’s body and fist technique, while the representatives of the eight super factions grew wary of Xiao Han’s ability to train powerful fighters.
• Lin Langtian apologized to Xiao Han for mastering only six of Eight Extremes Collapse’s hidden forces, and Xiao Han praised his progress and urged him to keep practicing.
• Xiao Han invited the remaining seeded contestants to challenge Lin Qingtán, and she declared that she could defeat anyone in one move.

Lin Qingtán defeated Lan Ying with the rebounding power of her Eight Frost Wings, and Xiao Han used the display of strength to recruit the Hundred Dynasties' seed contestants for the Misty Immortal Sect. The Northern Xuan Region martial artists arrived but lost their nerve, and Xiao Han transported everyone to the Misty Immortal Sect.

• Lin Qingtán challenged the seed contestants and defeated Lan Ying by reflecting her Thousand Wave Tide with the Eight Frost Wings.
• Lan Ying agreed to join the Misty Immortal Sect after Lin Qingtán explained the wings and Xiao Han clarified that she would need to pass an assessment.
• Xiao Han praised Lin Qingtán, Lin Dong, and Lin Langtian for intimidating the contestants, while the Yuan Sect representative silently signaled Qin Tian.
• Ji Shan, Qin Tian, Lan Ying, and other Hundred Dynasties seed contestants gathered beside Xiao Han to take the Misty Immortal Sect's Beginner assessment.
• Dozens of Northern Xuan Region martial artists appeared, but they tried to leave after witnessing the battle.
• Xiao Han waved his hand and transported the Northern Xuan Region martial artists and the eight Eastern Xuan Region factions away with him.

Xiao Han’s intervention caused the Northern Xuan Region to abandon its planned invasion, earning him 400,000 points of Power of Faith after a critical hit. Later, Lin Dong and Lin Langtian brought representatives of the Eastern Xuan Region’s eight super sects and Western Xuan Region experts to the Misty Immortal Sect, where the sect’s scale and powerful guardians left them astonished.

• Xiao Han received 4,000 points of Power of Faith for overturning the storyline, and a Critical Hit Divine Ability multiplied the reward to 400,000.
• The former Great Yan Dynasty had become territory of the Misty Immortal Sect, and Qingyang City drew visitors eager to see the sect.
• More than ten thousand figures appeared above Qingyang City with Xiao Han and representatives of the eight super sects of the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Lin Dong identified the Misty Immortal Sect as the former Great Yan Dynasty, while Lin Langtian advised the representatives to investigate the place before making future decisions.
• Emperor Flame, Linglong, and a grayish-white skeleton appeared, and the representatives realized the two women were terrifying nonhuman beings.
• The representative of the Myriad Puppets Sect concluded that the Misty Immortal Sect’s rise would be unstoppable after comparing its guardians with his sect’s Immortal Puppet.

Xiao Han introduced the Misty Immortal Sect’s vast resources and training grounds to attract the seed contestants, then handed the Beginner Assessment to Skeleton Lin Ken. The first stage began on the sect’s stone staircase, and Xiao Han ordered Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Lin Langtian to take part.

• Xiao Han announced the Misty Immortal Sect’s assessment and displayed its treasures, martial arts, trial grounds, and opportunities for disciples.
• Xiao Han declared that the sect offered a path from Outer Disciple to higher ranks and promised its disciples the protection of the Misty Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Han appointed Skeleton Lin Ken to conduct the ceremony, and Lin Ken explained that the assessment had three stages and that speed would affect each contestant’s status.
• Lin Ken began the first stage, requiring contestants to climb eight hundred steps within one hour.
• Xiao Han ordered Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and Lin Langtian to join the assessment, and Lin Dong descended to the staircase with them.

Lin Langtian and the others questioned why Xiao Han had made them take the Beginner assessment, while Master Mu asked Lin Langtian to seek Xiao Han’s help reviving him. The seeded contestants dismissed the first test as a simple increase in gravity, unaware that Xiao Han’s assessment was more dangerous than it appeared.

• Lin Langtian accepted that Xiao Han had transformed his life, and Master Mu asked him to persuade Xiao Han to revive him.
• Lin Langtian learned that Master Mu believed Xiao Han could revive him and avenge his death, but Master Mu refused to reveal his enemy.
• Lin Qingtán and the others complained that Xiao Han had made them take the Beginner assessment despite their strength.
• The seeded contestants stepped onto the stairs, where ghostly flames appeared and a powerful force seemed to pull at their feet.
• A contestant affiliated with the Primordial Hall dismissed the flames as a gravity test, while Skeleton Lin Ken warned that he was underestimating Xiao Han’s assessment.

Lin Dong, Lin Langtian, and Lin Qingtán climbed Xiao Han’s punishing assessment stairs as other contestants struggled, while Long Aotian pushed through severe pain to reach the thousandth step. Xiao Han praised Long Aotian’s perseverance and said he might take him as a personal disciple if he passed the remaining stages.

• Lin Dong warned Lin Qingtán to be careful during Xiao Han’s assessment, and she teased him about speaking of Xiao Han behind his back.
• The seed contestants struggled against the stairs’ increasing pulling force, while Lin Dong, Lin Langtian, and Lin Qingtán reached the eight-hundredth step.
• A Di Yuan Realm youth named Long Aotian continued climbing past the eight-hundredth step, astonishing the exhausted Creation Realm contestants.
• Long Aotian endured the pulling force tearing his clothes and injuring him until he reached the thousandth step and collapsed.
• The stone stele displayed Long Aotian’s name, and Xiao Han praised his perseverance while considering him for a personal disciple if he passed the next two stages.
• Xiao Han reflected that conquering the Wu Dong Qian Kun plane could raise his daily Power of Faith above one million.

The Misty Immortal Sect’s first trial ended with only seven contestants remaining, and Skeleton Lin Ken began a second test using an ancient divine item. The challengers entered its illusion array as Xiao Han invited disciples from other factions to study at the sect.

• Skeleton Lin Ken ended the staircase trial, leaving Long Aotian, Lin Dong, Lin Qingtán, Lin Langtian, Qin Tian, Ji Shan, and Lan Ying as the only seven to pass.
• Skeleton Lin Ken eliminated everyone who had failed to reach the eight-hundredth step and announced the second trial.
• Skeleton Lin Ken explained that contestants would enter an illusion array by sitting on meditation cushions, risking damage to their Spiritual Power if they failed within two hours.
• Most contestants chose to continue, and Skeleton Lin Ken activated the scroll, drawing their minds into its strange space.
• A representative from Talisman Valley recognized the scroll as an Ancient Divine Item, and Xiao Han confirmed its identity.
• Xiao Han invited Ling Qingzhu’s disciples and those of other factions to study at the Misty Immortal Sect, promising they could leave freely after gaining experience.

Xiao Han promised that Misty Immortal Sect would teach qualified disciples martial arts without regard to their origins, and the second trial transformed many contestants into powerful Symbol Masters. After the failures were sent away, Skeleton Lin Ken began the final trial, which tested whether contestants had a High Grade Spiritual Root.

• Xiao Han told the super sect representatives that Misty Immortal Sect would teach even Spirit Grade Martial Arts to qualified disciples from any faction.
• Lin Dong emerged from the scroll, and contestants who passed the second trial awakened as Heavenly Symbol Masters, with some reaching the Spirit Talisman Master realm.
• Skeleton Lin Ken ended the trial, returned the scroll to his spatial pouch, and sent the contestants who had failed down the mountain.
• Skeleton Lin Ken announced that the final trial required contestants to possess at least a High Grade Spiritual Root and brought out a Crystal Ball.

The Misty Immortal Sect’s third trial tested Spiritual Root talent, eliminating contestants who fell below its standard even after they had benefited from the earlier trials. As the rejected contestants prepared to leave, Xiao Han ordered Lin Ken to search them for overlooked geniuses, revealing that Lin Ken possessed the Spiritual Power of a Great Talisman Sect.

• Long Aotian tested first and passed with a High-grade Heaven Spiritual Root, followed by Lin Dong, Lin Langtian, Qing Tan, Ji Shan, and Lan Ying, who also passed with the same grade.
• The crystal ball exposed the trial’s strict talent requirement, and further tests eliminated contestants with Low-grade or Mid-grade Spiritual Roots, including some former Hundred Dynasties War contestants.
• Skeleton Lin Ken explained that the first two trials had strengthened the contestants’ bodies and Spiritual Power, prompting those eliminated to bow sincerely toward the Misty Immortal Sect and Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han stopped the departing contestants and ordered Lin Ken to inspect them for overlooked geniuses.
• Lin Ken released golden Spiritual Power, shocking the regional representatives when they realized he was a Great Talisman Sect expert; the Yuan Sect representative watched Qin Tian with a grim expression.

Xiao Han identified Chu Liuxiang's Yin-Yang Physique and accepted him as a True Inheritor Disciple, then assigned ranks to the other successful contestants. The Misty Immortal Sect's assessment ended with the other factions dismissed, left to choose only from the remaining contestants and consider Xiao Han's offer of study at his sect.

• Skeleton Lin Ken examined the eliminated contestants and reported a youth with a Low-grade Spiritual Root and a special physique; Xiao Han identified it as a Yin-Yang Physique and ordered future special-physique assessments.
• Xiao Han selected the white-robed youth, Chu Liuxiang, and named him a True Inheritor Disciple of the Misty Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Han assigned successful contestants to Outer, Inner, and core disciple ranks, and made the High-grade Heaven Spiritual Root summit climbers his personal disciples.
• Xiao Han teased Lin Qingtán when she refused to bow to him as a disciple, and she called him Brother Xiao Han instead.
• Xiao Han told the super factions they could choose from the remaining contestants and invited their disciples, including those of the Hall of Darkness, to study at the Misty Immortal Sect.
• The super-faction representatives bowed, promised to relay Xiao Han's offer, and departed as the Misty Immortal Sect's first Beginner assessment in ten thousand years concluded.

Xiao Han used a Rare Lucky Draw Ticket and won the Talisman Master Encyclopedia, then condensed and stored Faith Gold Bricks instead of leveling up. He prepared to leave and seek the Wu Dong Qian Kun plane’s remaining opportunities before heading to the Great Ruler plane.

• Xiao Han found the seven-colored Rare Lucky Draw Ticket in his System Space, and System Xiao Ai reminded him that he had received it with the Devouring Profound Meaning.
• Xiao Han used the ticket and learned that Faith Gold Bricks had low, middle, and high grades, with each grade requiring ten thousand of the grade below it.
• The roulette awarded Xiao Han the Level 10 Rare Item Talisman Master Encyclopedia, whose talisman arts he absorbed over half an hour.
• Xiao Han condensed thirty-eight Faith Gold Bricks from the Power of Faith in his Experience Pool but stored them instead of raising his level.
• Xiao Han decided to seek the remaining opportunities in the Wu Dong Qian Kun plane before going to the Great Ruler plane.

Xiao Han welcomed disciples from the eight super sects of the Eastern Xuan Region and the Hall of Darkness to study at the Misty Immortal Sect, while warning Skeleton Lin Ken not to teach them Heavenly Martial Arts unless they committed to staying. He began an additional Beginner assessment and recognized Ling Qingzhu, Ying Huanhuan, and Jiang Yinyin among the names that appeared on the stone tablet.

• Skeleton Lin Ken told Xiao Han that disciples from the eight super sects and the Hall of Darkness had arrived to study at the Misty Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Han told Skeleton Lin Ken to try to turn the visiting disciples into Misty Immortal Sect disciples and to withhold Heavenly Martial Arts from anyone whose loyalty was uncertain.
• Xiao Han met the visiting factions' leaders, required their disciples to take the Beginner assessment, and transported more than a hundred of them to the mountain's foot.
• Xiao Han approved an additional assessment for the visiting disciples and the martial artists who had gathered there.
• The additional Beginner assessment began under Skeleton Lin Ken's supervision, and Xiao Han spotted Ling Qingzhu, Ying Huanhuan, and Jiang Yinyin's names on the stone tablet.