Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen’s scheme to sacrifice the Five Clans’ foremost emperors restored and awakened the Time Bell, rewriting the balance of power in the Ancient Region. At a memorial for the battle’s dead, he revealed that Lin Xiao’s apparent betrayal had been part of their deception, though the truth remained to be explained.

• Fang Chen used the Immortal-Demon Annihilation Array to sacrifice the Five Clans’ foremost emperors and restore the Time Bell.
• The Time Bell awakened, the array vanished, and the Five Clans’ attacking force was wiped out.
• Seven days later, the Human Race and Demon Race gathered in Abyss-Suppressing City to honor the battle’s dead at the Heroic Souls Altar.
• Fang Chen brought Lin Xiao out of the Swallowing Heaven Tower and announced that he would clear Lin Xiao’s name.
• Fang Chen revealed that Lin Xiao had handed over the Array Diagram and lured the enemy into the trap as part of a deception they had planned together.

Fang Chen revealed that Lin Xiao had posed as a traitor as part of a secret mission, clearing his name and restoring his honors. Lin Xiao accepted the apology but urged everyone to remember the fallen heroes whose sacrifices made victory possible.

• Immortal Emperor Yun Yi, Golden Roc Immortal Emperor, and Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang praised Lin Xiao’s courage and sacrifice.
• Fang Chen explained that Lin Xiao had earned the Five Clans’ trust and led their core emperors into the Immortal-Demon Annihilation Array before Fang Chen rescued him.
• Fang Chen publicly cleared Lin Xiao’s name, restored his honors, and declared his undercover actions to be merit of the highest order.
• The leaders bowed to Lin Xiao, and the crowd and Five Elements Sect disciples apologized and honored him.
• Lin Xiao said he was at peace with his name restored, then reminded the crowd that the fallen heroes had sacrificed far more and must never be forgotten.
• Lin Xiao bowed deeply toward the Heroic Souls Altar.

After Lin Xiao cleared his name and pledged to protect the mountains and rivers with the living, he collapsed as his soul and Dao Foundation rapidly deteriorated from marks left by the Five Clans’ emperors. Fang Chen and the Golden Roc Immortal Emperor brought him to Abyss-Suppressing Hall and gathered Human and Demon Race experts to seek a way to save him.

• Lin Xiao urged everyone to honor the fallen and carry their legacy forward, prompting the crowd to vow together to guard the mountains and rivers.
• Lin Xiao collapsed, and Immortal Emperor Yun Yi discovered that his soul and Dao Foundation were collapsing because of marks left by the Five Clans’ emperors.
• The Golden Roc Immortal Emperor gave Lin Xiao a Heaven-Stabilizing Pill to delay his injuries, while Fang Chen summoned physicians and Alchemists from both races.
• Fang Chen brought Lin Xiao to Abyss-Suppressing Hall and asked the gathered experts to find a way to rebuild his Dao Foundation and restore his path to immortality.

Medicine Dao experts found that Lin Xiao’s Dao Foundation and life force were collapsing under the Five Clans’ Curse Seals, and none could offer a conventional cure. Just as Fang Chen and the others faced despair, the Fire Spirit proposed letting the foundation decay completely as material for a possible nirvana.

• The Rejuvenation Immortal King examined Lin Xiao and said his Curse Seals were causing irreversible collapse that only a time-reversing treasure with supreme Life Origin might stop.
• Granny Lingyun, the Ghost-Hand Artisan Immortal, the Ninefold Life-Transmutation Pill Emperor, and the Nether Soul Venerable each examined Lin Xiao and described remedies dependent on legendary powers or treasures.
• Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang said Lin Xiao might need a higher power beyond this world, while Fang Chen silently considered the Heaven and Earth Origin he possessed.
• The Fire Spirit interrupted the gathering and proposed letting Lin Xiao’s Dao Foundation rot away completely as material for nirvana.
• The Rejuvenation Immortal King questioned whether Lin Xiao’s human body could withstand the legendary Phoenix Nirvana.

Fire Spirit proposed saving Lin Xiao through a perilous Rebirth Through Fire Nirvana using an Evilfire Phoenix’s Essence Blood. Fang Chen set out for the Primordial Barrier to obtain it while Fire Spirit worked to keep Lin Xiao alive.

• Fire Spirit explained that Lin Xiao’s failing Dao Foundation would need to be destroyed so his remaining True Spirit could be reborn using Phoenix Essence Blood.
• Fire Spirit revealed that they needed at least three drops of Essence Blood from an Evilfire Phoenix of at least Beginner Immortal Emperor strength, and warned that Lin Xiao had little time left.
• Fang Chen agreed to pursue the plan despite the danger of the Sea of Laws and asked Fire Spirit to teach him the Secret Art and preserve Lin Xiao’s life.
• Ye Qingci expressed concern, and Fang Chen reassured her before entrusting the Human Race, Demon Race, and defense against the Five Clans to Immortal Emperor Yun Yi and the Golden Roc Immortal Emperor.
• Fang Chen departed for the Primordial Barrier with Myna bird and Chi You, declining the Golden Roc Immortal Emperor’s offer to join him.

Fang Chen agreed to take Fire Spirit and Lin Xiao into the Sea of Laws so Fire Spirit could guide Lin Xiao’s Nirvana as soon as they seized the Phoenix Essence Blood. He sheltered them and his other companions in the Swallowing Heaven Tower, then set out for the Evilfire Phoenix’s nest.

• Fire Spirit gave Fang Chen a bone fragment containing his Nirvana Secret Art and the Evilfire Phoenix’s habits, then argued that he should accompany Fang Chen to guide Lin Xiao at the scene.
• Fang Chen overruled Immortal Emperor Yun Yi and Golden Roc Immortal Emperor’s objections and agreed to bring Fire Spirit and Lin Xiao along.
• Fang Chen revealed the Swallowing Heaven Tower and promised it would protect Fire Spirit and Lin Xiao from the Sea of Laws’ erosion and attacks.
• Fire Spirit carried Lin Xiao into the tower, and the Myna bird, Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and Chaos Demonic Star Vine entered as well.
• Fang Chen bid farewell to Ye Qingci and flew toward the Primordial Barrier to reach the Evilfire Phoenix’s nest.

Fang Chen entered the Sea of Laws and used his Darkness Devouring God Domain to absorb its dangerous Law Fragments as he flew toward the depths. Inside the Swallowing Heaven Tower, the Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm also tested whether they could absorb the fragments, and both began doing so.

• Immortal Emperor Yun Yi ordered the defenses at Heavenly Chasm Gorge strengthened and the Five Clans’ remnants watched until Fang Chen returned.
• Fang Chen entered the Sea of Laws and used his Darkness Devouring God Domain, Floating Immortal Sword, and cultivation to refine the Law Fragments he absorbed.
• After hearing the Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm claim they could absorb Law Fragments, Fang Chen used the Swallowing Heaven Tower to gather them into a Law Orb.
• The Myna bird absorbed fragments from the Law Orb, which dissolved Seal Runes on its Natal Spirit Pearl and released pure energy.
• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm also took a mouthful of Law Fragments and began devouring most of them with his teeth.

Fang Chen pressed into the Sea of Laws, cutting through mutated monsters as he searched for the Evilfire Phoenixes and Lin Xiao. Near their territory, he killed three Flame-Baleful Demon Birds and absorbed their energy.

• The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and Chaos Demonic Star Vine devoured Law Fragments, and the myna bird asked Fang Chen to let them cultivate outside the tower.
• Fang Chen refused to release them until he had found the Evilfire Phoenixes and rescued Lin Xiao, then raced deeper into the Sea of Laws.
• Fire Spirit used a Secret Method to stabilize the fire of annihilation within Lin Xiao while Little Crane stirred faintly in Fang Chen's arms.
• Fang Chen cut down the mutated monsters that attacked him with his Return to Ruin Sword Intent as he advanced toward the Evilfire Phoenixes' territory.
• Three Flame-Baleful Demon Birds attacked Fang Chen with soul-burning flames, but he absorbed their attacks and killed them with three gray rays.
• Fang Chen absorbed the three birds' remaining spheres of sinister Fire Attribute energy.

Fang Chen fought through the Evilfire Phoenixes’ territory and reached their Lair, where his aura broke through to the First-Turn Immortal Emperor realm. He asked the ten two-turn Immortal Emperor Evilfire Phoenixes for three drops of Phoenix Heart Essence Blood to save Lin Xiao, but they rejected him and prepared to devour him.

• Fang Chen sensed that the demon birds he killed had alerted others, so he headed directly toward the Core Region rather than hiding or taking a detour.
• Fang Chen slaughtered waves of Flame-Baleful Demon Birds, Earthfire Demon Lizards, and Evilfire Wraiths as he advanced through the Sea of Laws.
• Fang Chen broke through a final assault led by dozens of one-turn Immortal Emperor Flame-Baleful Dragon Beasts and reached the red crystal platform, where his aura advanced to the First-Turn Immortal Emperor realm.
• Fang Chen discovered the Evilfire Phoenix Kingdom and confronted its ten two-turn Immortal Emperor Phoenixes.
• Fang Chen asked the Evilfire Phoenixes for three drops of Phoenix Heart Essence Blood to save Lin Xiao, but they accused him of invading their sacred ground and vowed to tear him apart and devour him.

After negotiations failed, Fang Chen fought ten two-turn Immortal Emperor Evilfire Phoenixes and used his Return to Ruin Sword Domain to consume their attacks. He overwhelmed their combined assault and ended with gray chains locking onto all ten Phoenixes’ Origin cores.

• Fang Chen attacked a nearby Evilfire Phoenix and erased part of its claw with One Sword Returns to Ruin.
• The leading Evilfire Phoenix ordered the others to attack, and all ten Phoenixes unleashed their Laws against Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen opened his Return to Ruin Sword Domain, which devoured and transformed the Phoenixes’ attacks.
• The Phoenixes combined their power into a heaven-burning strike, but Fang Chen met it with a vortex formed from the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen expanded the vortex into gray chains that pierced the Phoenixes’ defenses and locked onto all ten of their Origin cores.

Fang Chen subdued ten Evilfire Phoenixes and extracted their Phoenix Heart Essence Blood to help Lin Xiao undergo Nirvana. Fire Spirit proposed a Lesser Celestial Cycle Nirvana Array, but the hundred drops they obtained were still eight short of its requirements.

• Fang Chen sealed the ten Evilfire Phoenixes and collected ten drops of Phoenix Heart Essence Blood.
• Fire Spirit revealed that a Lesser Celestial Cycle Nirvana Array could give Lin Xiao a powerful reborn bloodline using one hundred and eight drops of Phoenix Essence Blood.
• Fang Chen learned the Phoenix-Calling Blood Extraction Secret Art and promised to spare the phoenixes if they cooperated.
• Fang Chen used the Secret Art to extract ten drops from each of the ten Evilfire Phoenixes.
• The weakened phoenixes yielded a hundred drops, but extracting more risked their lives and the Essence Blood was still eight drops short.

Fang Chen collected a hundred drops of Phoenix Essence Blood, subdued the ten Evilfire Phoenixes, and brought the dying Lin Xiao to a stable region of the Sea of Laws. Fire Spirit began laying the Lesser Celestial Cycle Nirvana Array, while Fang Chen maintained a protected environment for the ritual.

• Fang Chen accepted Fire Spirit’s plan to use a hundred drops of Phoenix Essence Blood and draw out the missing eight through the array’s power.
• Fang Chen secured the blood in jade bottles, gained the submission of the ten Evilfire Phoenixes, marked them with restrictions, and stored them in the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
• Fang Chen chose a stable, energy-rich location in the Sea of Laws and brought the tower, Fire Spirit, and Lin Xiao there.
• Fang Chen erected a barrier and prepared the site as Fire Spirit laid Lin Xiao on a jade platform above an Earth Vein energy node.
• Fire Spirit inscribed the array runes and placed the hundred drops of Phoenix Essence Blood at the designated nodes.

Fang Chen and Fire Spirit used the Lesser Celestial Cycle Nirvana Array to burn away Lin Xiao’s ruined body and begin forging him an Innate Dao Fetus. As the array reached its critical stage, a chilling call sounded from the depths of the Sea of Laws.

• Fire Spirit completed the array with a hundred drops of Phoenix Essence Blood and guided the Nirvana True Flame to burn away Lin Xiao’s damaged body.
• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to purify and absorb the Sea of Laws’ energy while his companions cultivated in the surrounding chaos.
• Fire Spirit began the second stage, directing the array to gather the vitality of Creation and forge Lin Xiao a new Innate Dao Fetus.
• The array drew Innate Creation Qi into Lin Xiao’s cocoon as his body, Dao Foundation, and Divine Soul imprint began rebuilding.
• A mysterious call rose from the gray-white seawater as the array reached its most critical moment.

Fang Chen protected Lin Xiao’s Nirvana formation from a swarm of Law-Defiled Beasts while Lin Xiao’s Newborn Dao Embryo took shape. As the final Union of Spirit and Flesh began, the cocoon’s heartbeat stopped and a crack appeared across its surface.

• Dozens of Law-Defiled Beasts approached the Nirvana Grand Array, and Fang Chen left Fire Spirit to maintain the formation while he confronted them.
• Fang Chen opened his Return to Ruin Sword Domain and swiftly killed the beasts, absorbing and purifying their chaotic Law Fragments.
• Fire Spirit announced that Lin Xiao’s Newborn Dao Embryo had formed and that only the Union of Spirit and Flesh and the reforging of his True Spirit Imprint remained.
• Fang Chen resumed guarding the Pure Land as Fire Spirit carefully guided the final stage of Lin Xiao’s Nirvana.
• The cocoon’s heartbeat stopped, a surge of Phoenix vitality erupted, and a crack spread across its surface as Fang Chen and Fire Spirit watched.

Lin Xiao completed his nirvana in the Sea of Laws, emerging at Immortal King Peak with stronger foundations and a reborn Phoenix bloodline. Fang Chen and his companions prepared to return and secure the Ancient Region.

• Lin Xiao emerged from the shattered cocoon at Immortal King Peak, and Fire Spirit celebrated the success of his nirvana.
• Lin Xiao thanked Fire Spirit and knelt before Fang Chen to express his gratitude for saving him; Fang Chen helped him up and called him Brother Lin.
• Fang Chen told Lin Xiao that about a hundred days had passed and that he had dealt with a pack of Law-Defiled Beasts while guarding him.
• Fang Chen explained that they were deep in the Sea of Laws and said they needed to return to pacify the Ancient Region and restore order.
• Fang Chen opened the Swallowing Heaven Tower, and the Myna bird, Chi You, and Demon Star Vine returned inside as the group prepared to leave.

Fang Chen and Lin Xiao returned through the Sea of Laws, where Lin Xiao tested his newly strengthened Phoenix powers in battle. Near the sea’s edge, they discovered a hidden Thunder-filled space containing an ancient ruin, and found a Purple Lightning Token beside the remains of a powerful Thunder-path emperor.

• Fang Chen brought Lin Xiao with him as they traveled back toward Heavenly Chasm Gorge through the Sea of Laws.
• Lin Xiao fought the monsters they encountered, using Phoenix True Fire to burn away their corruption while Fang Chen watched his flank.
• Fang Chen sensed an unusual patch of sea, and he and Lin Xiao detected traces of ancient Thunder Law beneath it.
• Fang Chen used Twilight Power and the Floating Immortal Sword to cut through a gap in the Thunder barrier, and he and Lin Xiao entered the sealed space.
• Fang Chen and Lin Xiao found a ruined Purple Lightning Palace, shattered puppets, and the skeleton of a powerful Thunder-path emperor holding a broken spear.
• Fang Chen noticed a Purple Lightning Token beside the skeleton and suspected it controlled the space or the Palace’s Restrictions.

Lin Xiao accepted the Purple Thunder Immortal Emperor’s legacy trial and combined his Phoenix Bloodline with the power of thunder to overcome the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation. He and Fang Chen entered the ruined Palace, where Lin Xiao claimed the core treasures and gained a foundation for cultivating thunder and fire.

• Fang Chen read the Purple Lightning Token’s message and offered the Thunder Emperor’s legacy to Lin Xiao, who decided to attempt the trial.
• Fang Chen isolated the area while Lin Xiao entered the Palace and faced nine kinds of lightning tribulation.
• Lin Xiao adapted to the lightning, strengthening his Dao Foundation and awakening thunder powers in his Phoenix Bloodline.
• Lin Xiao tore through the final Zixiao Divine Thunder, completed the trial, and caused the Palace doors to open.
• Fang Chen and Lin Xiao entered the ruined Palace, where Lin Xiao respectfully claimed the Purple Extreme Thunder Core, an Ancient Scroll, and a Purple Broken Spear.

Fang Chen and Lin Xiao returned from the Sea of Laws after Lin Xiao’s successful Nirvana and the discovery of a mysterious Iron Fragment. Their arrival at Abyss-Suppressing City reunited them with their allies and renewed preparations to attack the Five Clans’ remaining forces.

• Fang Chen found a black Iron Fragment with mysterious Dark Patterns and stored it after Fusion Source Power awakened it briefly.
• Fang Chen and Lin Xiao gathered the remaining valuables, paid their respects to the Purple Thunder Immortal Emperor, sealed the ruins, and left the Sea of Laws.
• Fang Chen and Lin Xiao traveled toward Abyss-Suppressing City, where the Human Race and Demon Race awaited their return before launching their next assault.
• Abyss-Suppressing City’s residents recognized the returning pair and celebrated, while Immortal Emperor Yun Yi and the other leaders hurried to greet them.
• The crowd saw that Lin Xiao had reached Immortal King Peak after Nirvana, and Immortal Emperor Yun Yi welcomed him and Fang Chen back.

After returning from the Sea of Laws, Lin Xiao reunited with the Human and Demon leaders, and Fang Chen proposed a new order to replace the old resource monopoly. The chapter ended with Fang Chen outlining an Ancient New Alliance open to the Five Clans and other races, meant to unite the Ancient Region for the struggle against the World Will.

• Lin Xiao returned from Nirvana, and the leaders welcomed him and thanked Fire Spirit for helping him.
• Fang Chen recounted the journey, Lin Xiao's Nirvana and Thunder Emperor's Legacy, and the discovery of the Purple Thunder Immortal Emperor's Ruins.
• The Golden Roc Immortal Emperor urged the leaders to decide how to deal with the remaining Five Clans, but Fang Chen warned that total war would cause heavy casualties and revive old hatreds.
• Fang Chen proposed building the Ancient New Alliance, drawing on the Outer Heavens and organizing contribution-based access to resources, inheritances, and cultivation opportunities.
• Fang Chen called for a Hundred Crafts Institute and invited the Five Clans and other races to join the Alliance under equal rules.

Fang Chen began reforming the Human and Demon Races into a fairer, unified New Alliance, building a system based on contribution rather than birth. As the alliance prospered, cultivators from the Five Clans began crossing its borders to see the changes for themselves.

• Fang Chen won the leaders’ support for integrating the Human and Demon Races and assigned them roles in establishing the New Alliance’s laws, institutions, and Enforcement Hall.
• Over the following months, the New Alliance expanded its Contribution Hall, Inheritance Hall, and Hundred Crafts Institute, giving cultivators broader access to resources and opportunities.
• Shared work and rules helped Human and Demon cultivators cooperate, while talent and contribution increasingly mattered more than lineage.
• The Five Clans’ leaders dismissed the reforms, suppressed news of them, and banned contact with the New Alliance.
• Despite the blockade, rumors of the alliance’s opportunities spread, and some Five Clans cultivators secretly crossed into its territory and saw the changes for themselves.