Chapter Summaries

Lu Nan entered the Kun Earth Labyrinth alone, where a strange old man told him to obey the trials and gather twelve keys to escape. After several days of hunting nearly ten thousand demonic beasts, Lu Nan had found only one possible key and was still searching.

• Jiang Le left Lu Nan to rescue Lin Wan and the Lin Family, then returned with them, and Lu Nan learned that Lin Wan could sense an exit hidden behind a powerful restriction in the sky.
• Lu Nan used four Lin Family members as formation nodes to open the exit, then rescued them as the group passed through the vortex before it closed.
• Xue Wu and Elder Mu opened another passage using forty-four Nine Tribulations Venerables, whose life force was drained; Xue Wu and the arriving groups escaped into the next stage.
• Lu Nan found himself alone in the Kun Earth Labyrinth, killed a giant spider, and collected a glowing bead that might be a key.
• A ragged old man told Lu Nan that the labyrinth restricted abilities, required him to clear trials properly, and could be exited by gathering twelve keys.
• Lu Nan spent four or five days hunting nearly ten thousand demonic beasts but found no more possible keys.

Lu Nan used his ability to travel through the labyrinth walls, collected numbered beads, and found Jiang Le, who had also been hunting demon beasts. After they worked out the zodiac pattern behind the bead numbers and found the Number Six bead, Jiang Le led Lu Nan to another fog-covered area.

• Lu Nan killed a mid-stage Mortal Shedding serpent and found a numbered bead, then ambushed Jin Kewu's group and took Jin Kewu's Number Eleven bead.
• Lu Nan gathered more beads from peak Mortal Shedding beasts and realized that Jiang Le still carried the secret key needed to enter the core region.
• Lu Nan found Jiang Le being chased by a demon beast, rescued him, and learned that the labyrinth required twelve keys to escape.
• Jiang Le revealed that he had killed over thirteen hundred demon beasts and collected one hundred and thirty beads, and he led Lu Nan to more peak Mortal Shedding beasts.
• Lu Nan recognized that the missing bead numbers corresponded to the tiger, dragon, and snake in the zodiac, then found and killed a fog-dwelling giant snake to obtain Number Six.
• Jiang Le told Lu Nan about another fog-covered area, and the two headed there together.

Lu Nan defeated the serpent in the mist, gathered clues from the Lin siblings, and used the Number Pearls to open a vortex into another part of the labyrinth. He found the dragon and tiger pearls there, then returned to negotiate with Lin Fan, who offered information about a Dao Seed in exchange for Lu Nan’s help.

• Lu Nan killed the grayish-white serpent, dispersing the mist and allowing Lin Wan to reunite with Lin Fan and the other Lin Family members.
• Lin Wan recalled an Old Man’s clues about anomalies and the twelve keys, leading Lu Nan to place pearls into the dry well and open a vortex.
• Lu Nan entered the vortex with Jiang Le and Lin Wan, uncovered an illusion by capturing a jade-green blade of grass, and found peak Transcendent Mortal tigers and flood dragons that dropped Number Pearls.
• Lu Nan returned with Jiang Le and Lin Wan, told Lin Fan where to find the Number Three and Number Five Pearls, and learned Lin Fan held the secret key.
• Lin Fan gave the secret key to Lin Wan and offered Lu Nan information about a Dao Seed in exchange for his help.

Lu Nan and his companions entered a dim gray plaza where copies of people repeatedly attacked the originals, leaving the group struggling to find one another. After reuniting, Lin Wan questioned whether they could trust the plaza’s apparent direction deeper inside.

• Lin Fan traded information about a no-attribute Dao Seed for Lu Nan’s protection, and Lu Nan agreed to help gather the twelve keys and protect Lin Fan and Lin Wan.
• After collecting the remaining beads, Lu Nan opened a vortex in a stone wall; he, Jiang Le, and the Lin Family members entered the plaza separately.
• Jiang Le mistook the real Lin Family members for copies and killed Uncle Zhang before realizing his mistake; Lin Fan agreed to travel with him.
• Lin Fan and Lin Wan reunited after Lin Fan attacked a copy of his sister, and Lin Wan used her divine ability to identify genuine people.
• As the group headed toward the plaza’s supposed depths to find Lu Nan, Lin Wan questioned why they believed that direction led deeper inside.

Lu Nan and the others reached the Nether Sword Secret Realm’s core area, passed its trials, and entered Nether Sword’s inheritance hall. After Lu Nan took four treasures and defeated a Dao Seed demon beast, Nether Sword offered the survivors a choice to leave or continue pursuing his inheritance.

• Jiang Le’s group encountered a fast impostor wearing Master’s appearance, but Lu Nan arrived with the real Jiang Le and used Lin Wan’s judgment to expose and destroy another fake.
• Lu Nan, Jiang Le, Lin Fan, and Lin Wan opened the stone gate with the secret keys, followed separate passages, and reached the palace by climbing pressure-filled white stairs.
• The nine key holders opened the palace gates, where Nether Sword appeared and assigned each entrant a peak Mortal Shedding Realm demon beast to kill for access to his treasure vault.
• Lu Nan took the three Earth Fiend Spirit Swords and a mysterious jade pendant, then defeated a three-headed wolf Dao Seed demon beast to keep his rewards.
• Nether Sword allowed the survivors to leave or continue the inheritance trials, and twelve people remained after those who chose to depart were sent away.

Lu Nan learned that nine jade pendants were connected to Nether Sword’s secret realm, then left the Lin siblings and returned to the Jiang Family before departing for Red Mist Mountain to seek a Dao Seed. There, Frost Moon sensed the presence of the Sin Dragon clan, and a powerful figure appeared after Frost Moon revealed his aura.

• Nether Sword took Lu Nan’s jade pendant, told him to keep it safe, and sent him to the treasure vault, where Lu Nan chose Scorching Sun Essence Iron and an Evergreen Tree branch instead of a Dao Seed.
• After the other trial participants returned, Nether Sword sent Lu Nan, Lin Fan, and Lin Wan out and explained that gathering all nine identical jade pendants would reveal the reason behind the trials.
• Lu Nan exchanged information with Lin Fan, returned to the Jiang Family, and left Jiang Mingyue a Jade Slip and a Storage Ring before departing with Frost Moon and Xiao Bai for the Demon Continent.
• At Red Mist Mountain, Frost Moon sensed the Sin Dragon clan and explained that it was a powerful branch of his own clan, but Lu Nan continued searching for the Dao Seed.
• Frost Moon released his aura above Lu Nan, prompting a tall figure to appear and identify him as a Frostbite Flood Dragon.

Lu Nan obtained the Dao Seed but the black-armored woman took Frost Moon, prompting Ouyang Tian and Liuli Yan to intervene. Liuli Yan rescued Frost Moon and punished the attacker, while the Sinful Dragon Clan began investigating Lu Nan.

• The black-armored woman offered Lu Nan the Dao Seed in exchange for Frost Moon, but he refused and revealed Frost Moon was the missing princess of the Frostbite Clan.
• The black-armored woman attacked, and Lu Nan summoned Ouyang Tian with his jade pendant; after they fought, she ambushed Lu Nan and took Frost Moon.
• Ouyang Tian told Lu Nan that he had sworn a Heavenly Dao oath to return Frost Moon to her clan, then reported the incident to Liuli Yan.
• Liuli Yan confronted the Sinful Dragon Clan patriarch Heiqie, demanded Frost Moon and the attacker, and killed the black-armored woman before taking Frost Moon.
• Heiqie ordered the Sinful Dragon Clan to investigate Lu Nan, while Liuli Yan warned them against harming him through force beyond his realm.

Liuli Yan rescued Frost Moon and gave Lu Nan a Heaven-grade Dao Seed, which he successfully planted as he began advancing toward the Dao Seed realm. While Lu Nan remained in seclusion, Frost Moon slipped out and attracted Lu Fan, who captured her and Xiao Bai and attacked Lu Nan's cave.

• Liuli Yan returned Frost Moon to Lu Nan, warned him not to cause trouble, and later promised him a Heaven-grade Dao Seed after his ordinary seed failed to take root.
• Lu Nan refined Liuli Yan's Heaven-grade Dao Seed, planted it in his dantian, and infused it with four Great Daos as his aura rose.
• Frost Moon escaped the underground chamber, wandered nearby, and encountered Lu Fan, who tried to claim her after learning she had a master.
• Frost Moon led Lu Fan toward the cave, but he discovered the hidden chamber, captured her and Xiao Bai, and struck Lu Nan's seclusion cave with a giant palm.
• Lu Fan claimed Xiao Bai's master would be him, and an unseen voice answered, "Oh? Is that so????"

Lu Nan killed Lu Fan after discovering that he had threatened Xiao Bai and Frost Moon, then freed Frost Moon from their contract while keeping his oath to escort her to the Frost Mist Mountain Range. On the way through Demon Continent, he learned that Lu Taiji was alive and imprisoned by the Cold Crow Demon King, and he went with Lu Taiji’s younger brother to Cold Crow Mountain.

• Lu Nan killed Lu Fan, erased his remains, and released Frost Moon from their contract while promising to escort her home under his Heavenly Dao oath.
• Lu Nan and the two beasts traveled toward Demon Continent, where Frost Moon explained that her clan lived in the Northern Region but could not give its exact location.
• After reaching Demon Continent and passing a wary black bear, Lu Nan encountered demons pursuing a black-and-white bear and learned that the bear’s imprisoned big brother was named Lu Taiji.
• Lu Nan killed the dog-headed demon and its pursuers, then agreed to rescue Lu Taiji despite learning that the Cold Crow Demon King was a Dao-Planting expert.
• The black-and-white bear led Lu Nan’s group to Cold Crow Mountain, where Lu Nan questioned how it had escaped the heavily guarded mountain.

Lu Nan rescued Lu Taiji from Cold Crow Mountain, killed the Cold Crow Demon King, and drove off his father with a Supreme’s jade pendant. The group traveled toward the Frost Mist Mountain Range with Frost Moon, but her call to her clan received no answer.

• Lu Nan killed the Cold Crow Demon King and destroyed much of Cold Crow Mountain before finding and reuniting with the wounded Lu Taiji, who had stolen a mutated Bone-Washing Flower hoping it could revive Lu Nan.
• Lu Nan healed Lu Taiji, taught him the Green Wood sword technique, and explained that he had reached the Dao Planting realm; Lu Taiji identified that realm as the Demon Emperor rank.
• Lu Nan introduced Lu Taiji to Xiao Bai and Frost Moon, then used Liuli Yan’s jade pendant to stop the Cold Crow Demon King’s father from attacking the group.
• Lu Taiji led the group toward the Frost Mist Mountain Range, and they fought demons along the way, with Lu Taiji roasting their meat during the journey.
• After three months, the group reached the snow-covered Frost Mist Mountain Range, where Frost Moon called for her clan but received no response.
• Lu Nan suggested Frost Moon use a token to summon her clansmen, and she remembered that she had one and began searching her storage space.

Ye Nan brought Xiao Bai to the White Scarlet Sky Tiger Clan’s territory, where he learned the clan was losing a war against the Nether Shadow Snake Clan. He agreed to help fight their Great Saint, while Xiao Bai chose to remain with the clan and develop his bloodline.

• Frost Moon reunited with Shuang Gu and thanked Ye Nan for bringing her home; Shuang Gu revealed that the White Scarlet Sky Tiger Clan was at war with the Nether Shadow Snake Clan, whose Great Sage had driven them back.
• Ye Nan declined Frost Moon’s promised Saint-level Dragon Pearl and left with Lu Taiji and Xiao Bai for Crimson Flame Valley; Shuang Gu learned Ye Nan was from Shenxiao Holy Land and ordered Shuang Zhan to watch Frost Moon.
• At Crimson Flame Valley, Ye Nan subdued a group of Nether Shadow Snake Clan guards and entered the White Scarlet Sky Tiger Clan’s territory through its protective barrier.
• Bai Chi Nan questioned Ye Nan and pressured Xiao Bai to remain with the clan, but Ye Nan stood ready to leave and let Xiao Bai choose for himself.
• Xiao Bai chose to follow Ye Nan, who dissolved their contract and encouraged him to stay and develop his bloodline; Bai Chi Nan offered to take Xiao Bai as his personal disciple.
• Ye Nan offered to face the Nether Shadow Snake Clan’s Great Saint, identified himself as a member of Shenxiao Holy Land, and was escorted to the guest rooms while Bai Chi Nan consulted his clan.

Lu Nan secured the White Scarlet Sky Tiger clan’s safety by persuading the Nether Shadow Snake clan’s Great Saint to withdraw, then traveled with Lu Taiji toward Shi Zhou. After a long journey through Man Zhou and the Barbaric Dynasty, they arrived at the Linshi Imperial Capital.

• Bai Chi Nan told the White Scarlet Sky Tiger elders that Lu Nan’s master, a Shenxiao Holy Land disciple, would help them, and the Fourth Ancestor decided to take Xiao Bai as his disciple.
• Lu Nan explained how he had bypassed the clan-protecting formation, left Xiao Bai with Bai Chi Nan, and went to the Nether Shadow Snake clan with Lu Taiji.
• Lu Nan showed the Nether clan’s Great Saint Liuli Yan’s jade pendant and persuaded him to withdraw from the conflict, ending the threat to the White Scarlet Sky Tiger clan.
• While traveling toward Shi Zhou, Lu Nan killed a group of hostile Venerables in an abandoned temple, then learned from Lin Huangcheng how to reach the Barbaric Dynasty’s Imperial Capital.
• Lu Nan and Lu Taiji traveled through the Yangshan Royal Capital to the Barbaric Imperial Capital, paid for a cross-domain Teleportation Array, and arrived at the Linshi Imperial Capital in Shi Zhou.

Lu Nan followed the violet-gold jade hairpin’s clue to You Shui County, where he rescued Xiao Ru and destroyed the Chen Family after its members attacked him. He discovered that Xiao Ru’s sick companion, A Shuang, had once seen an identical hairpin in his mother’s room, though his mother’s surname was Fang, and A Shuang began to add a qualification.

• Lu Nan discovered that the hairpin pointed to You Shui County in the Li Dynasty and traveled there with Lu Taiji.
• The glowing hairpin led Lu Nan to Xiao Ru, whom he rescued from a beating; Lu Taiji killed her attacker, and Lu Nan defeated the Chen Family patriarch and later killed Chen Er.
• Lu Nan destroyed the Chen Family residence, then accompanied Xiao Ru to the abandoned courtyard where A Shuang lay sick.
• Lu Nan gave A Shuang a Nirvana Pill that restored his dantian after persuading him to discuss the hairpin.
• A Shuang said he had seen an identical hairpin in his mother’s room, but his mother’s surname was Fang; he began to say, “But...”

Lu Nan traveled with Fang Shuang and Fang Ru toward Ri Yue County to find their Aunt Qi, then confronted the men who attacked them. After reaching their destination, he protected the siblings from a hostile young man and took them to a mountain courtyard.

• Lu Nan learned that Fang Shuang and Fang Ru were seeking Aunt Qi in Ri Yue County and agreed to take them there.
• The group traveled through Li Du, where an array operator alerted robbers to Lu Nan’s wealth; Lu Nan killed their leader and subordinates after they ambushed the group.
• In Ri Yue County, a young man who had tormented Fang Shuang threatened him and reached for Fang Ru, so Lu Nan killed him and his followers.
• Lu Nan took Fang Shuang and Fang Ru out of the city, followed their map, and brought them to a small courtyard in a mountain ravine.

Lu Nan accompanied Fang Shuang to the Wang Family to rescue his imprisoned mother, Fang Xiaoyu, and destroyed the family with help from a hidden Saint protector. After reuniting Fang Shuang’s family, Lu Nan searched the Wang Family treasury and shared its spoils, leaving Lu Taiji asking for his share.

• At an abandoned courtyard, Fang Shuang admitted that the Wang Family had imprisoned Fang Xiaoyu and crippled him, and Lu Nan agreed to go after her.
• Lu Nan and Fang Shuang reached the Wang Manor, where Lu Nan killed Wang Jian and the Wang Family Fifth Ancestor, then fought the Wang Family’s Dao Comprehension ancestors.
• As Lu Nan battled Wang Zhan, Wang Koukong, and Wang Tian, a newly emerged Saint threatened him, but a hidden protector annihilated the Wang Family and its estate without harming the others.
• Lu Nan found Fang Xiaoyu in the dungeon, gave her a medicinal pill, and reunited her with Fang Shuang and Fang Ru.
• Lu Nan cleared looters from the Wang Family treasury, distributed Storage Rings to Fang Shuang’s family, and heard Lu Taiji demand a share.

Lu Nan followed Fang Xiaoyu’s clues to learn that Sister Qi had gone to the Nether Soul Abyss, then uncovered the Devouring Scripture and used it to rapidly raise his cultivation. While waiting for the Nether Soul Abyss to open, he began teaching Fang Shuang swordsmanship.

• Xiao Yun hosted Lu Nan’s group in Mountain-Water Courtyard, where Fang Xiaoyu recognized the Floating Light Fine Jade Hairpin and revealed that Sister Qi had left clues at their last meeting place.
• Lu Nan, Fang Shuang, and Fang Xiaoyu traveled to Ri Yue County, where Fang Xiaoyu recovered a letter saying Sister Qi had left for the Nether Soul Abyss.
• Lu Nan bought detailed information about the Nether Soul Abyss from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and told Fang Shuang and Fang Xiaoyu to stay behind because the place was too dangerous for them.
• Lu Nan’s jade pendant fragment merged with the mysterious stone stele, revealing the Devouring Scripture and coordinates; he used the scripture to consume his resources and advance to the Seed Dao Peak.
• Fang Shuang asked Lu Nan to teach him swordsmanship, comprehended the sword intent in a branch, and received the Sword Drawing Technique.

Lu Nan left Fang Shuang’s family and headed to Nether Soul Abyss with Lu Taiji, after the Heavenly Mystery Hermit revealed that Qi had been captured by Mo Jian’er. Inside the abyss, Lu Nan discovered that his Scorching Sun could suppress its gray creatures and crossed the first dangerous areas, ending with him fleeing a giant tiger.

• Lu Nan set off for Myriad Extinction Mountain with Lu Taiji, while Xiao Ru cried over his absence and Fang Shuang resumed cultivating.
• Bai Le revealed that he was the Heavenly Mystery Hermit, offered Lu Nan a place in a competition for its Divine Source reward, and told him Qi had fallen into the hands of Mo Jian’er of the Seven Star Sword Sect.
• Lu Taiji recognized the Heavenly Mystery Hermit from his inherited memories, but Lu Nan still chose to enter Nether Soul Abyss with him.
• When Nether Soul Abyss opened, Lu Nan entered and used his Scorching Sun to repel gray creatures on a dangerous plain, then crossed a black river by concealing his strength.
• Lu Nan fled into a gray forest, where Lu Taiji slapped a giant tiger and provoked it; Lu Nan escaped underground and eventually outran the enraged beast.

Lu Nan followed Lu Taiji to a valley where a Myriad Beast Fruit was maturing, but several powerful cultivators fought over it. Lu Nan stole the fruit and escaped, then discovered Lu Taiji had concealed that it was poisonous to humans.

• Lu Taiji guided Lu Nan into a valley filled with demon beasts gathering around a Myriad Beast Fruit, and explained that the fruit could raise a creature’s cultivation or purify its bloodline.
• Nine Dao Comprehension demon beasts slaughtered the weaker beasts to nourish the fruit, then fought among themselves as Wang Kai and four other cultivators appeared.
• Wang Kai revealed his peak Dao Comprehension Realm cultivation, defeated the four rivals, and searched for Lu Nan after sensing someone hidden nearby.
• Lu Nan escaped underground with the jade box containing the fruit while Wang Kai searched the ruined valley.
• Lu Nan proudly showed Lu Taiji the stolen fruit, but Lu Taiji admitted it only benefited demon beasts and was poisonous to humans, prompting Lu Nan to accuse him of deception.

Lu Taiji refined the Myriad Beast Fruit, then used an attribute-free Dao Seed to remove its limit and advance to the late-stage Demon Emperor realm. Lu Nan defeated Wang Kai but let him escape, and then learned the jade pendant he sought was guarded by a peak Great Saint as Heavenly Mystery Hermit offered to accompany him.

• Lu Taiji swallowed the Myriad Beast Fruit and emerged three days later in the mid-stage Seed Dao realm, with new freezing and scorching abilities.
• Lu Nan and Lu Taiji found an attribute-free Dao Seed; Lu Nan killed the cultivators who refused to leave, and Lu Taiji used the seed to replace his fruit-condensed Dao Seed.
• Wang Kai tracked down Lu Nan and attacked him, but Lu Nan countered with his spirit swords and Four Seasons Sword Technique; Wang Kai escaped using a jade pendant.
• Lu Taiji completed the Dao Seed transformation and reached the late-stage Demon Emperor realm, while Lu Nan warned him that Wang Kai might return.
• Heavenly Mystery Hermit told Lu Nan that grand competition registration would begin in three days and revealed that a peak Great Saint guarded the jade pendant Lu Nan sought.
• Lu Nan chose to continue toward the jade pendant, and Heavenly Mystery Hermit disappeared into the void.

Lu Nan defeated Wang Kai, took the Divine Source, and learned that Wang Kai belonged to Lotus Phoenix Valley. After leaving Hua Yue with a reward and a chance to seek him out, Lu Nan went into seclusion with Lu Taiji to refine his spoils and attempt a breakthrough to Dao Enlightenment.

• Lu Nan and Lu Taiji watched Wang Kai fight eight late Dao Comprehension Realm cultivators, then Lu Nan stopped Wang Kai from killing Hua Yue and secured the Divine Source in exchange for letting him go.
• Lu Nan followed Wang Kai with Hua Yue and her Treasure-Seeking Mouse, trapped him when he tried to escape, and killed him despite learning he was from Lotus Phoenix Valley.
• Lu Nan gave Hua Yue a thousand jin of Source and told her to seek him at Shenxiao Holy Land if she survived Lotus Phoenix Valley's pursuit, while she asked to become his servant.
• Lu Nan told Lu Taiji he might accept Hua Yue if she passed a test, then searched for a safe cave to refine his haul and attempt to advance to Dao Enlightenment.
• Lu Nan set formations around the cave and began refining the Divine Source as Lu Taiji kept watch outside.