Chapter Summaries

Lu Nan left Drunken Immortal Tower and killed Ge Yao in a battle outside Linchi Capital, revealing that he could fight above his realm. The Ge Family’s pursuit loomed ahead, while Huangfu Yangyan decided to send Lu Nan a spot in the Linchi Ancient Land.

• Lu Nan checked on the recovering Feng Xuan, then left Drunken Immortal Tower and baited Ge Yao into attacking, but Zui Hong stopped Ge Yao from striking the tower.
• After Feng Xuan woke, Lu Nan stayed inside the tower for several days while the imperial family and major families debated how to respond to the conflict.
• Lu Nan left the capital and fought Ge Yao, using Life Light and his swords to withstand the elder’s attacks and trap him in a Sword Formation.
• Lu Nan’s six-colored sword pierced Ge Yao and its Sword Intent killed him despite Ge Yao’s warning that the Ge Family would seek revenge.
• Zui Hong praised Lu Nan and invited him to drink at Drunken Immortal Tower, while Huangfu Yangyan ordered that Lu Nan receive a spot in the Linchi Ancient Land.

Lu Nan learned about the Linchi Ancient Land from Zui Hong and received entry keys from him and the Linchi Emperor. When the ancient land opened, Lu Nan flew to the entrance and joined Zui Hong, where a hostile member of the Ge Family challenged their relationship.

• Feng Wenbai told someone to let Feng Xuan act as he pleased, while Huangfu Lanyue sent Ye Nan an invitation through a palace maid.
• At the Drunken Immortal Tower, Zui Hong explained cultivation honorifics and the dangers of the Linchi Ancient Land, then gave Lu Nan a map and an entry talisman.
• Hai Jitong delivered Lu Nan an entry talisman from the Linchi Emperor, and a palace maid delivered Huangfu Lanyue's invitation, which Lu Nan declined.
• Lu Nan gave Yin Yarou a four-pattern Quenching Spirit Pill, and Feng Xuan told him that Zui Hong's wine had helped him break through another minor realm.
• A seven-colored vortex opened above the Linchi Imperial Palace, and Lu Nan flew there with two glowing entry talismans.
• Lu Nan joined Zui Hong near the entrance, where a gloomy Ge Family member questioned their relationship and Zui Hong challenged the family to interfere.

Lu Nan entered the Linchi Ancient Land after swearing to surrender the Linchi Divine Sword and Crimson Beard Dragon Fruit to the imperial family if he found them. After exploring the Thousand Peaks District and gathering crystals from demonic beasts, he traveled toward the core region atop a subdued Two-Winged White Tiger, where a massive creature suddenly blocked their way.

• Huangfu Yangyan banned fighting in Linchi Capital and required entrants to swear that they would hand over the Linchi Divine Sword and Crimson Beard Dragon Fruit if found.
• Lu Nan joined Feng Shuo, Meng Yi, Huangfu Lanyue, Bai Cha, and Han Wenyan in entering the Ancient Land, but random teleportation separated him from them.
• Lu Nan killed demonic beasts in the Thousand Peaks District, collected nine crystals, and then left for the core region.
• Lu Nan entered a forest, fought off a vine creature, and beat a Two-Winged White Tiger into serving as his mount.
• The Two-Winged White Tiger carried Lu Nan through the forest toward the core region, until a massive figure emerged and blocked their path.

Lu Nan rescued Bai Cha and Huangfu Lanyue from demon beasts while crossing the forest, then carried them toward the One-Character Corridor instead of taking them into the dangerous core region. He reunited them with Feng Shuo, Meng Yi, and Han Wenyan at the corridor and prepared to continue onward.

• Lu Nan killed a Four Tribulations Venerable eagle and rescued Bai Cha from a wolf-like demon beast, then agreed to escort her while she recovered.
• Lu Nan found Huangfu Lanyue being pursued by a giant snake and saved her; Bai Cha healed her, and Huangfu Lanyue fainted from her injuries.
• After Huangfu Lanyue awoke, Lu Nan told the women he was heading for the core region to seek the Linchi Divine Sword and Crimson Beard Dragon Fruit, but agreed to take them to the One-Character Corridor instead.
• Lu Nan and the two women crossed the forest and desert on the Two-Winged White Tiger and reached the One-Character Corridor after a day's travel.
• Feng Shuo, Meng Yi, and Han Wenyan mistook the approaching tiger for a hostile Venerable-level beast and fled until Lu Nan identified himself.
• The three men reunited with Lu Nan and learned from Huangfu Lanyue and Bai Cha what had happened to them.

Lu Nan encountered a Frostbite Flood Dragon in the Linchi Ancient Land, learned that outsiders were being prepared as materials for Huangfu Hongshen, and heard the flood dragon offer to help him claim Huangfu Hongshen’s treasure in exchange for escape. The flood dragon revealed that a Saint Realm Dragon Pearl could revive the dead, and Lu Nan asked its name and how to free it.

• Lu Nan left Meng Yi and the others, traveled toward the middle region, and helped the Two-Winged White Tiger advance to the Three Tribulations Venerable realm.
• A Six Tribulations blue flood dragon emerged from a lake, and Lu Nan trapped it with swords until it explained that outsiders would become materials for someone to live another life.
• Lu Nan named Huangfu Hongshen, alerting the skeletal figure beneath a palace, who decided to begin his plans ahead of schedule.
• The blue flood dragon said Huangfu Hongshen wanted its origin to heal his injuries and offered to help Lu Nan obtain the treasure in exchange for being taken back to the Demon Race.
• The flood dragon identified itself as a Frostbite Flood Dragon and said a Saint Realm Dragon Pearl could revive the dead, prompting Lu Nan to ask its name and how to free it.

Lu Nan made an equal oath-bound contract with Frost Moon to help him escape and return to the Demon Continent, then traveled toward the core region while disrupting the blood-sacrifice array. After defeating a powerful black bear and helping the Two-Winged White Tiger advance, Lu Nan accepted the tiger as his contracted servant and continued toward the core.

• Lu Nan agreed to escort Frost Moon to the Demon Continent in exchange for a favor, and they formed an equal contract after Frost Moon revealed the treasure lay beneath a palace in the core region.
• Lu Nan discovered that corpses were feeding blood into an underground array, marked more than a hundred array nodes with runes, and killed the Ge Family members he encountered in the desert.
• Lu Nan and the Two-Winged White Tiger fought their way through the inner region, where a black giant bear badly injured the tiger before Lu Nan killed it with Slay Demons.
• Lu Nan fed the black bear's remaining essence to the Two-Winged White Tiger, guarded him for seven days, and watched him awaken at six tribulations with the ability to speak.
• The Two-Winged White Tiger asked to remain with Lu Nan, and Lu Nan accepted after they signed a master-servant contract before heading toward the core region.

Lu Nan and Xiao Bai stole a powerful crystal from a Ninth Tribulation beast, then hunted demonic beasts until Xiao Bai advanced and discovered its White Scarlet Sky Tiger origins. They were teleported to a palace alongside a crowd, where Lu Nan reunited with the battered Feng Shuo, Meng Yi, and their companions.

• Lu Nan lured a Ninth Tribulation beast away from its crystal while Xiao Bai stole the crystal, sacrificing its right forelimb to bypass the beast's flames.
• Lu Nan met Xiao Bai in a distant mud pit, took the crystal, and learned Xiao Bai could restore its forelimb after advancing to the Seventh Tribulation.
• Lu Nan and Xiao Bai hunted more than a hundred demonic beasts, and Xiao Bai advanced, restored its limbs, gained a second pair of wings, and learned it was a White Scarlet Sky Tiger.
• Lu Nan and Xiao Bai were suddenly teleported before a magnificent palace along with many other people.
• Lu Nan approached Feng Shuo and Meng Yi, who greeted him with relief, and asked whether their exploration had gone badly.

Lu Nan protected Feng Shuo and the others through the first trial’s mass slaughter, making deals for Source and swords while revealing that the group was trapped in the ancient land’s core area. After the survivors advanced to the second trial, he stopped his companions from stepping onto the Heart-Questioning Ladder and told them to look closely.

• Lu Nan killed Ge Hua after Ge Hua taunted Huangfu Lanyue and stole her Storage Ring, then returned to his companions as the first trial was announced.
• The first trial forced the crowd to kill one another, and Lu Nan ordered Xiao Bai to slaughter anyone who approached within three hundred meters.
• Lu Nan warned the crowd to finish within two hours, then agreed to help the Third Prince in exchange for one pound of Source and accepted swords from others as payment for protection.
• After Xiao Bai killed more challengers, exactly 999 people remained and the Light Membrane dispersed; Lu Nan told his companions they were in the ancient land’s core area and no one else could leave alive.
• The aged voice announced the second trial, requiring survivors to climb the Heart-Questioning Ladder within three hours, but Lu Nan stopped his companions and told them to examine the stairs.

Lu Nan survived the Heart-Questioning Ladder and the arena trial, then uncovered Huangfu Hongshen’s plan to steal his body and killed him. After absorbing the blood pool’s energy inside a crimson cocoon, Lu Nan emerged after an unknown span of time.

• Lu Nan rejected an illusion of Hu Mei'er, warned Meng Yi and the others to keep their minds steady, and reached the palace gates as ninety-nine people survived the Heart-Questioning Ladder.
• The aged voice announced a melee trial, and Lu Nan’s group survived by killing their attackers, leaving seven people to receive Huangfu Hongshen’s inheritance.
• Huangfu Hongshen revealed that he had chosen Lu Nan as a vessel and sent him through the final gate into an underground space where Meng Yi and the others were already dead.
• Huangfu Hongshen used the blood pool and a formation to prepare for possession, but Lu Nan disrupted the formation and destroyed Huangfu Hongshen’s divine soul with his swords.
• Lu Nan lost consciousness in the blood pool, absorbed its energy inside a crimson cocoon, and emerged after the cocoon cracked open.

Lu Nan escaped Linchi Ancient Land with Frost Moon and Xiao Bai after defeating Huangfu Hongshen and obtaining the Linchi Divine Sword. Two Transcendent Mortal beings from the Linyuan Imperial Dynasty targeted him over the Earth Fiend Spirit Swords, but he evaded their first attack and hid in an abandoned courtyard.

• Lu Nan reached the second tribulation after absorbing the energy in Huangfu Hongshen’s blood pool, found the Linchi Divine Sword hidden in a rib, and burned Huangfu Hongshen’s skeleton before leaving the underground chamber.
• Lu Nan reunited with Frost Moon and Xiao Bai, then disguised their appearances as they headed for the ancient land’s exit.
• Zui Hong warned Lu Nan that two Transcendent Mortal beings from the Linyuan Imperial Dynasty were waiting outside for him because of the swords taken from the Feng Family, and Lu Nan refused to hand them over.
• Lu Nan emerged from the ancient land and escaped underground just before a spiritual-energy hand attacked; Huangfu Yangyan ordered a hunt for Ye Nan throughout the Linchi Dynasty.
• Lu Nan fled several thousand li to an abandoned courtyard, checked that he was safe, and began regulating his breathing while vowing to settle the score.

Lu Nan used the Nine-Nine Tribulation Lightning to temper his body, then absorbed Source to advance from the Second Tribulation to the Third and possibly Fourth Tribulation. Outside the clouds, Zhan Taiyue and Uncle Wang agreed that Lu Nan had to be killed to prevent future trouble, while Zhan Taiyue remained determined to obtain the Earth Fiend Spirit Sword.

• Zhan Taiyue and Uncle Wang confronted Lu Nan and demanded his sword weapons, but Lu Nan drew them into his Nine-Nine Tribulation Lightning.
• Zhan Taiyue offered compensation and a Lightning-Repelling Shield, and he and Uncle Wang swore not to harm Lu Nan in exchange for one hundred jin of Source.
• Lu Nan let the tribulation lightning destroy and rebuild his body, then charged into the clouds as Zhan Taiyue and Uncle Wang escaped the tribulation's range.
• Lu Nan recovered with greatly strengthened physical power, absorbed his ten and a half jin of Source, and broke through to the Third Tribulation.
• As the lightning gathered again, Uncle Wang sensed Lu Nan might have reached the Third or Fourth Tribulation, and he and Zhan Taiyue decided he must be killed while Zhan Taiyue pursued the Earth Fiend Spirit Sword.

After Zhan Tai Xing captured Lu Nan and forced him to accept a ten-year task, Lu Nan traded six Earth Fiend Spirit Swords to Zhan Taiyue for source and began cultivating in Zhan Tai Xing’s secluded courtyard. He reached Nine Tribulations, then sensed someone approaching.

• Zhan Tai Xing crushed Lu Nan’s tribulation clouds, pursued him, sealed his spiritual energy, and offered to protect him from Zhan Taiyue if he became his disciple.
• Zhan Tai Xing brought Lu Nan to Zhan Taiyue and forbade him from harming Ye Nan, frustrating Zhan Taiyue’s attempt to seize the swords by force.
• Lu Nan agreed to sell Zhan Taiyue six Earth Fiend Spirit Swords for one thousand pounds of source, and Zhan Tai Xing restored his spiritual energy so they could complete the exchange.
• Zhan Tai Xing gave Lu Nan twenty pounds of spirit source, took him to a secluded courtyard, and demanded that he reach Transcendence within ten years and help complete a task.
• Lu Nan discovered he could not leave the courtyard, cultivated with his Source, and advanced to Nine Tribulations before noticing someone approaching.

Lu Nan entered the Tianlan Secret Realm after Zhan Tai Xing gave him doctored Tribulation Pills and ordered him to retrieve three Soul Fusion Flowers. After rescuing Ouyang Yu'er and intervening in a robbery, Lu Nan learned from Song Yue that she knew a possible way to evade the secret realm's powerful watchers.

• Zhan Tai Xing praised Lu Nan's progress, gave him Tribulation Pills, and ordered him to bring back three Soul Fusion Flowers from the Tianlan Secret Realm.
• Lu Nan discovered that the pills in Zhan Tai Xing's porcelain bottle had been tampered with, but concealed his suspicions and prepared to escape.
• Zhan Tai Xing brought Lu Nan to the secret realm and sent him through its entrance; Lu Nan rescued Ouyang Yu'er from a serpent and met her brother Ouyang Fu.
• Lu Nan left Ouyang Fu's group and slaughtered Huang Shan's robbers after they attacked Song Yue and the Lingyue Sect cultivators.
• Song Yue offered Lu Nan a Star Brilliance Stone, but he returned it and asked how to reach the core region or leave the secret realm.
• Song Yue told Lu Nan that the core lay to the east and offered a method that might evade the senses of great powers.

Lu Nan fought and killed a Mortal Transformation crimson lizard before rescuing Ouyang Yu'er and Ouyang Fu from a black bear and joining them on their way to the secret realm’s core. After reuniting with Uncle Hai, Lu Nan asked the Ouyang Family to help him evade Zhan Tai Xing when they left the realm.

• Lu Nan used Mist Weaving and several divine abilities to kill a Mortal Transformation crimson lizard, then stored its corpse and continued toward the core region.
• Lu Nan found Ouyang Yu'er and Ouyang Fu pursued by a Mortal Transformation black bear and three powerful demon beasts; he killed the three beasts, and the black bear released Ouyang Fu before leaving.
• Lu Nan learned that the Ouyang siblings had been hunting a Spirit Grade Purple Jade Fruit and agreed to travel with them toward the core region.
• Lu Nan shared a meal with the siblings, then met Uncle Hai, who confirmed that the other Ouyang elders were safe and on their way.
• Lu Nan asked Ouyang Fu to take him out of the secret realm and explained that Zhan Tai Xing had coerced him; Ouyang Fu promised the Zhan Tai Family would not act recklessly against him.

Lu Nan reunited with Song Yue at the black river and rescued her Lingyue Sect companions from Huangfeng Valley, obtaining her longsword in return. When a Transcendence elder attacked, Lu Nan fought back with his sword formation and mist until he overcame the elder, though he was wounded.

• Mo Chuan and Wang Ning rejoined Ouyang Fu, Ouyang Yu'er, Hai Na, and Lu Nan, and the group continued toward the core region after Hai Na admitted they had lost the item they sought.
• At the black river, Lu Nan recognized Song Yue among the Lingyue Sect cultivators being forced toward the dangerous crossing and sensed an Earth Fiend Spirit Sword in her hand.
• Lu Nan killed Song Yue's attackers, promised to protect her group in exchange for her longsword, and killed Huang Lai when he confronted him on behalf of Huangfeng Valley.
• A Huangfeng Valley Transcendence elder attacked Lu Nan, who repeatedly evaded him through the void before trapping him inside a formation and mist.
• Lu Nan used his Earth Fiend Spirit Swords and sword intent to ambush the elder, endured a punch, and overwhelmed him with countless sword lights before collapsing bloodied but smiling.

After killing a Divine Being, Lu Nan found Song Yue and the eight surviving women of Lingyue Sect and promised to protect them. At the Black River, he used water-related divine abilities to lead all nine women safely across, then rested while Ouyang Fu and Mo Chuan speculated about his abilities and origins.

• Lu Nan revealed that he had killed a Divine Being, then learned that only Song Yue and eight other Lingyue Sect women had survived Huangfeng Valley’s attacks.
• Lu Nan asked Ouyang Fu to protect the women, and Ouyang Fu agreed before they learned that Huangfeng Valley was using people as test subjects to find a way across the Black River.
• After Divine Beings began using the black boat to cross, Lu Nan stayed behind with Song Yue and the eight women and promised to get them safely across.
• Lu Nan activated Forbidden Water, Water-Treading, and Into Water, then led Song Yue and the eight women across the Black River on foot.
• Ouyang Fu asked how Lu Nan crossed, but Lu Nan declined to explain and rested; Mo Chuan concluded that he had used a water-related divine ability and suspected he came from a Sacred Land.

Lu Nan and his companions climbed Blade Mountain, where he used his comprehension and the mountain’s suppression of Divine Sense to advance rapidly. After a Fenhuo Valley Divine being killed Xiao Die, Lu Nan avenged her by slaughtering the faction’s members and continued toward the summit, hoping to strengthen his standing with the Ouyang siblings and escape Zhan Tai Xing.

• Lu Nan agreed to protect Song Yue and the Lingyue Sect women as the group set off for the core region of the Tianlan Secret Realm.
• At Blade Mountain, Lu Nan grasped several blade intents and helped the women withstand the mountain’s attacks as his group climbed ahead of the others.
• A middle-aged Divine being attacked Lu Nan, killing Xiao Die; Lu Nan killed the attacker and gave Xiao Die’s ashes to Song Yue.
• Jin Feng identified the attacker’s faction as Fenhuo Valley, and Lu Nan warned the crowd to stay away from its members.
• Lu Nan killed the remaining Fenhuo Valley cultivators, including two Divine Beings, then led Song Yue and the others farther up Blade Mountain.

Lu Nan led his group into the third trial, a vast sea of fire filled with deadly Lava Fish Snakes. After discovering a black vortex beneath the lava, he sent Song Yue and the others through first, then escaped the pursuing beasts by entering it himself.

• Lu Nan waited for Ouyang Fu and the others at the stone gate, then entered the next trial with Song Yue and the women while Ouyang Yu'er stayed behind.
• Lu Nan protected his group with a Golden Light Membrane and the Fire Seater divine ability as they crossed the sea of fire; later arrivals faced deadly heat and attacks from Lava Fish Snakes.
• Lu Nan and his group raced ahead of the other cultivators, while Ouyang Fu, Ouyang Yu'er, Wang Ning, and Mo Chuan struggled to keep up.
• After suspecting the sea of fire concealed a route forward, Lu Nan led his group beneath the lava toward a black vortex and found three Lava Fish Snakes guarding it.
• Lu Nan sent Song Yue and the others into the vortex, held off the three Lava Fish Snakes with Slay Demons, and then entered the vortex himself as more powerful creatures stirred below.

Mo Chuan’s group and the other cultivators escaped the fiery sea through a seabed vortex and entered a freezing trial. Lu Nan found the source of a hostile ice forest, struck a deal with its ancient tree, and led Song Yue and the others through a passage to a new stage, where nine routes awaited them.

• Hai Na found a black vortex beneath the sea of fire, and Mo Chuan helped Ouyang Fu, Ouyang Yu'er, Hai Na, and Wang Ning reach it while other cultivators followed.
• The group emerged in a freezing landscape, and Mo Chuan proposed finding Ye Nan for information about the trial.
• Lu Nan buried two dead women with Song Yue and the others, then led them into an ice forest where crystal vines attacked them.
• Lu Nan located the Deity-level ancient tree controlling the vines, and it offered to let the group pass in exchange for taking one seed outside.
• Lu Nan agreed to carry the seed, obtained two azure fruits from the tree, and entered its passage with Song Yue and the others.
• The group arrived at a fork with nine shadowy passages, and Lu Nan stepped forward to inspect them.

Lu Nan and his companions reached a platform where they could withdraw from the trial, and he advised Song Yue’s group to leave safely. Ouyang Fu’s injured group arrived just before Lu Nan had to choose, but the mysterious voice’s offer to them left him stunned.

• Lu Nan chose the ninth passage, while Ouyang Fu’s group chose the seventh and two other cultivators took the fourth.
• Mo Chuan, Hai Na, and Wang Ning killed the Snow Wolf King, found a command token in its corpse, and used it to open the passage to the next trial.
• Lu Nan led Song Yue and the others through the corridor to a platform, where a mysterious voice offered them the choice to continue or leave.
• Song Yue’s group chose to withdraw, and a beam of light healed their injuries and improved their cultivation before sending them away.
• Ouyang Fu’s group arrived with Ouyang Yu’er after Hai Na had fallen during their dangerous passage, and Lu Nan gave them pills and explained the withdrawal choice.
• The mysterious voice began to offer Ouyang Fu’s group a choice, and its words stunned Lu Nan.