Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and Stone Man confronted the Eerie Smiling Face, whose black mist altered the chaos and whose presence left Stone Man wary. Stone Man realized the face was connected to the lotus, and the face matched his retreat, keeping the same distance as the encounter grew more ominous.

• The Eerie Smiling Face appeared, and Stone Man and Lin Xuan sensed its danger and backed away from it.
• The face smiled at Stone Man as black mist spread from it and turned the chaos black.
• Stone Man watched the lotus change and concluded that it was connected to the Eerie Smiling Face.
• Stone Man retreated, but the Eerie Smiling Face advanced to maintain the same distance, leaving him unwilling to provoke it.

Eerie Smiling Face filled the Sea of Chaos with black mist, leaving Stone Man trapped between confronting it and abandoning his duty to guard his master's secret. Stone Man offered Lin Xuan a deal, but Lin Xuan rejected it, and Stone Man was left humiliated and furious.

• Eerie Smiling Face kept pace with Stone Man as its black mist turned the surrounding chaos black.
• Stone Man refused to retreat because he feared his master's punishment if the secret at the end of the Sea of Chaos was exposed, but he also feared advancing against Eerie Smiling Face.
• Stone Man proposed that Lin Xuan disperse Eerie Smiling Face and the lotus in exchange for his freedom and an opportunity.
• Lin Xuan mocked Stone Man's offer and said he would rather kill Stone Man and claim the opportunity himself.
• Stone Man clenched his fists, angered that Lin Xuan had rejected him despite being two major realms weaker.

Lin Xuan and the Stone Man negotiated under the threat of the Eerie Smiling Face and the lotus, each weighing the danger of fighting. Lin Xuan offered to let the Stone Man leave only if he revealed the secret at the end of the Sea of Chaos, but the Stone Man refused.

• The Stone Man threatened to kill Lin Xuan if he would not compromise, while admitting that fighting the Eerie Smiling Face and the lotus could cost him his life.
• Lin Xuan mocked the Stone Man for begging for mercy, and the Stone Man held back from attacking after considering the Red Phantom's protection.
• The Stone Man warned Lin Xuan that a fight could endanger them both, and Lin Xuan recognized that the threat was real.
• Lin Xuan said he would let the Stone Man leave if he revealed the secret at the end of the Sea of Chaos.
• The Stone Man refused, saying the secret belonged to a future era and had to remain sealed for now.

Lin Xuan rejected the Stone Man’s offer of a truce because he still wanted the secrets and opportunities at the end of the Sea of Chaos. He stepped toward the mysterious lotus, which wrapped him in red light, while the Stone Man warned that it might not save him from a fight to the death.

• The Stone Man refused to reveal the secrets of the Sea of Chaos because his master’s final instructions forbade him from doing so until a major event in the future.
• Lin Xuan declared that he would take the secrets and opportunities for himself, rejecting the possibility of a truce.
• The Stone Man warned Lin Xuan that they could perish together and argued that Lin Xuan had far more to lose.
• Lin Xuan eyed the Eerie Smiling Face and the lotus, then stepped directly before the lotus.
• The lotus wrapped Lin Xuan in red power, and the Stone Man warned that it might not protect him if he fought with his life on the line.

Lin Xuan refused Stone Man’s offer to reveal the secret at the end of the Sea of Chaos without letting him go there himself. Stone Man attacked Lin Xuan to protect the secret, while the lotus and Eerie Smiling Face seemed to shield Lin Xuan.

• Stone Man considered avoiding a fight but feared Lin Xuan would attack him once he mastered the lotus and Eerie Smiling Face.
• Stone Man offered Lin Xuan more bargaining chips in exchange for giving up his attempt to reach the end of the Sea of Chaos.
• Lin Xuan rejected the offer, insisting that he needed to see the secret for himself and gain the opportunity to become stronger.
• Stone Man declared that the secret was the reason for his existence and charged at Lin Xuan with his spear.

The Stone Man fought the Red Phantom, whose strength had risen to nearly match his own after the Eerie Smiling Face appeared. Lin Xuan watched from behind the lotus and realized that the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face could perfectly replicate the Stone Man's power.

• The Red Phantom charged the Stone Man, and the Eerie Smiling Face's appearance made the Phantom nearly as powerful as the Stone Man's true body.
• The Stone Man chose to fight the Red Phantom rather than expose his back or leave the end of the Sea of Chaos, where his master's means would destroy him.
• The Stone Man focused on suppressing the Red Phantom so he could try to kill Lin Xuan when the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face were distracted.
• Lin Xuan watched the battle distort the chaos and acknowledged the Stone Man's strength.
• Lin Xuan turned his attention to the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face and recognized that they could perfectly replicate the Stone Man's power.

Lin Xuan watched the Red Phantom suppress the Stone Man while the Eerie Smiling Face darkened the far end of the Sea of Chaos. The Stone Man grew frantic and tried to stop the spreading darkness.

• Lin Xuan decided he needed to destroy the Stone Man before it could attack him again.
• The Red Phantom fought the Stone Man evenly at first, but its rapid recovery let it gain the advantage.
• The Eerie Smiling Face laughed as the far end of the Sea of Chaos turned dark.
• Lin Xuan and the Stone Man noticed the spreading darkness, and the Stone Man tried to stop it.

As Stone Man fought Red Phantom, the Sea of Chaos turned black, prompting Eerie Smiling Face to speak and reveal that it belonged to Lin Xuan’s power. The lotus flower then spoke as well, confirming that it too was conscious and considered Lin Xuan its master.

• Stone Man focused on fighting Red Phantom, but his rage left him increasingly suppressed as the Sea of Chaos gradually turned black.
• An eerie smiling face appeared above the firmament, and Eerie Smiling Face told Lin Xuan that it had its own consciousness but still belonged to his power.
• Eerie Smiling Face explained that Lin Xuan’s first summoning had accidentally brought forth both it and the lotus flower’s true body.
• The lotus flower answered Eerie Smiling Face, and the black Sea of Chaos rippled with red as it began turning red.
• The lotus flower told Lin Xuan that it considered him its master and said its true body had been summoned by mistake the first time.

Lin Xuan remained wary of the lotus as Red Phantom gained the upper hand over the Stone Man. The Stone Man pleaded with Lin Xuan for a deal, but Lin Xuan was too occupied with the lotus and Eerie Smiling Face to help him.

• The lotus tried to reassure Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan suspected it was more dangerous than it appeared.
• Eerie Smiling Face accused the lotus of pretending to be innocent, and the lotus stayed silent.
• Red Phantom grew stronger than the Stone Man and relentlessly drove him back.
• The Stone Man asked Lin Xuan to make a deal, but Lin Xuan remained occupied and saw no reason to let him escape.

Lin Xuan questioned the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face about their power and learned that the tomb held an opportunity left by an expert beyond any era. He left the exchange realizing how many realms still lay beyond his own.

• Lin Xuan stayed wary as the lotus insisted it could never betray him and explained that its strength came from being summoned in its true form.
• The Eerie Smiling Face warned Lin Xuan not to trust the lotus, prompting the lotus to threaten it with a red cloud.
• The Eerie Smiling Face urged Lin Xuan to enter the great tomb and seek the expert's opportunity.
• Lin Xuan asked what kind of expert had owned the tomb, and the Eerie Smiling Face described an ineffable being who had surpassed his own realm.
• Lin Xuan reflected that the expert was at least four realms beyond him and admitted he had been like a frog at the bottom of a well.

Lin Xuan learned that a Supreme Expert’s tomb lay at the end of the Sea of Chaos and considered entering it to grow stronger, though he knew the Eerie Smiling Face was trying to lure him. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan realizing that the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face had once been living beings of the same level.

• Lin Xuan realized that four major realms remained beyond his current level and worried that he could not protect the Primordial Wilderness from such powerful beings.
• The Eerie Smiling Face urged Lin Xuan to enter the great tomb at the end of the Sea of Chaos, claiming its owner had left a fortune behind.
• Lin Xuan was shocked to learn that the Supreme Expert buried in the tomb had failed to reach the end of his path.
• The lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face waited for Lin Xuan to choose whether to enter the tomb.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face had once been living beings.

Lin Xuan decided to enter the great tomb to find a way to grow stronger, despite suspecting that the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face had their own schemes. They explained that he would have to enter alone, but claimed they could restore his access to Life Power and the World-Destroying Law before he went in.

• Lin Xuan concluded that his progress had slowed and decided to enter the great tomb to witness the power of true experts.
• Lin Xuan asked the Eerie Smiling Face how to enter the great tomb, and it said they had to kill the Stone Man to trigger its mechanism.
• The Eerie Smiling Face and the lotus warned Lin Xuan that the tomb would isolate all power and leave him to rely on himself.
• The Eerie Smiling Face said Lin Xuan had found a point of fusion between Life Power and the World-Destroying Law, and that it and the lotus would shatter it so he could use both powers.
• The lotus assured Lin Xuan that he was invincible among those in his realm.

Lin Xuan learned that the Stone Man was a puppet left behind by someone called Xuantian, whose name carried a dangerous significance. He agreed to enter the tomb, and the Red Phantom transformed as the battle escalated.

• The Red Phantom increasingly overwhelmed the Stone Man, whose golden blood began to flow as he fought back with Solar Power.
• The Eerie Smiling Face praised the Stone Man as a puppet left behind by Xuantian, and Lin Xuan asked who that was.
• The Lotus warned Lin Xuan that learning about Xuantian could bring disaster and said the Stone Man was the key to triggering the tomb.
• The Lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face urged Lin Xuan to enter the tomb, and Lin Xuan agreed.
• The Red Phantom became a red-and-black phantom, spreading a terrifying aura as its spear turned black.

After Red-Black Phantom killed Stone Man, Lin Xuan entered the vortex that appeared at the end of the Sea of Chaos. Inside, he found only endless golden light and concluded that he needed to break through an illusion to reach the Xuantian Great Tomb.

• Red-Black Phantom pierced Stone Man's heart and killed him with a black force.
• A terrifying vortex appeared at the end of the Sea of Chaos, and Lin Xuan sensed an ancient presence within it.
• Lin Xuan entered the vortex alone and arrived in a place filled entirely with golden light.
• Lin Xuan searched the golden space but found no entrance to the Great Tomb.
• Lin Xuan realized the golden space was an illusion or passage and that he had to break through it to reach the true Great Tomb.

Lin Xuan struggled to overcome the golden illusion guarding the Xuantian Great Tomb, but could neither see through it nor merge with it. As he began to be expelled from the illusory world, he realized it was likely a barrier Xuantian had left to keep out those with insufficient cultivation.

• Lin Xuan recognized that the golden world was an illusion but could not find any flaw in it.
• Lin Xuan tried to merge with the illusion, but the world rejected him as an incompatible outsider.
• Lin Xuan sensed that he would be expelled from the world in less than three hours if he could not break through.
• Lin Xuan concluded that Xuantian had created the golden radiance as a barrier against those with inadequate cultivation.

Lin Xuan realized the golden radiance constantly changed and that he had to change along with it to merge into the illusion. He followed its pattern and merged into the golden world, sensing the danger hidden within it.

• Lin Xuan examined the golden radiance and noticed that it had subtly changed.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the illusion changed with the radiance and that he had to change along with it to enter the Xuantian Great Tomb.
• Lin Xuan identified a pattern in which each change moved first to the left and then to the right.
• Lin Xuan closed his eyes and changed himself to match the golden radiance.
• Lin Xuan merged into the golden world and realized the seemingly harmless radiance concealed great danger.

Lin Xuan discovered that the golden world concealed a danger that would kill him if he remained for more than an hour, and he found a way to break the illusion. The shattered world revealed Xuantian, who recognized the unusual forces growing within Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan realized that the danger hidden behind the golden light would annihilate him if he did not leave within an hour.
• Lin Xuan studied the golden light's changing patterns and identified a common point among them.
• Lin Xuan merged with the golden light, causing the golden world to tremble and shatter into a white world.
• Lin Xuan met Xuantian, the tomb's master, who called him an interesting junior and remarked on the world-destruction and life within him.

Lin Xuan met Xuantian’s phantom, who revealed that his great tomb held dangerous treasures and that his death had been caused by a powerful adversary. Lin Xuan chose to proceed, and Xuantian opened the tomb’s entrance while warning that he could no longer control it.

• Xuantian recognized that Lin Xuan possessed both world-destruction and life powers, but Lin Xuan refused to discuss them.
• Xuantian told Lin Xuan that he had not yet entered the great tomb and explained that his death had been forced by an adversary.
• Xuantian warned Lin Xuan that obtaining the tomb’s treasures would eventually draw the adversary’s attention, and that the adversary had been stronger than him.
• Lin Xuan declared that he would still seek the Dao arts despite gaining another enemy.
• Xuantian opened the entrance as his white world shattered, warning Lin Xuan that the tomb was beyond his control and that success depended on fate.

Lin Xuan entered the true Xuantian Great Tomb, suspecting that Xuantian had lost control of it because of an enemy. He reached the nine-story palace and broke through its first trial, but a terrifying golden light and an upright figure appeared before him.

• Lin Xuan inferred that something had happened to Xuantian's Great Tomb and stepped through its entrance despite the danger.
• A golden-yellow force enveloped Lin Xuan, and he recognized it as similar to the force on the Stone Man.
• Lin Xuan found a nine-story palace inscribed with the characters "Xuantian" and cautiously approached it.
• A pressure trial descended from the firmament, and Lin Xuan shattered it with a punch.
• As Lin Xuan continued toward the palace, a terrifying golden light appeared before him with an upright existence inside it.

Lin Xuan challenged the Xuantian phantom at the same realm in the great tomb and fought off its Solar Power by fusing the World-Destroying Law and Life Power. The Xuantian phantom was astonished when Lin Xuan broke through its full-strength attack.

• The Xuantian phantom warned Lin Xuan that he would die in the great tomb and proposed a same-realm fight, with the loser trapped there forever.
• Lin Xuan charged into the golden power and used the World-Destroying Law and Life Power, temporarily fused with the lotus and the Eerie Smiling Face, to push it back.
• The Xuantian phantom praised Lin Xuan but said it had used only half its strength before unleashing its full Solar Power with a finger strike.
• Lin Xuan punched through the Solar Power with his fused gray-white power, astonishing the Xuantian phantom.