Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the woman in black until she unleashed a stronger, ominous form of spatial power. Lin Xuan revealed that he had been holding back too, and the fight continued as she escaped with an enhanced teleport.

• Lin Xuan battered the woman in black, forcing her to rely on spatial teleportation as her techniques failed to hurt him.
• The woman in black released more of her strength, tainting her spatial power with ominous energy and making it dangerous to Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan strengthened his aura and revealed that he had also been concealing his power.
• Lin Xuan shattered the woman in black's spatial attack and charged at her, but she teleported farther away than before.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the woman in black with his strength as she guarded the Third Layer Palace, forcing her to abandon spatial power and unleash a dangerous ominous aura. The aura began to take tangible form as she prepared to fight back.

• Lin Xuan struck the woman in black and smashed her into a deep crater.
• The woman in black charged at Lin Xuan with stronger spatial power, while he stayed alert to the strange aura within her.
• Lin Xuan repeatedly punched the woman in black, forcing her to evade with spatial teleportation.
• The woman in black realized her spatial power could not hurt Lin Xuan and that teleporting would exhaust her.
• The woman in black dispersed her spatial power and gathered the ominous aura she had comprehended from the Third Layer Palace until it began to take tangible form.

Lin Xuan faced the black-clad woman’s ominous smiling face and revealed that he had still been concealing much of his strength. Seeing that his power now matched Xuántiān’s, the woman in black felt a sourness over her defeat and stagnation in the Nine-layered Palace.

• Lin Xuan sensed growing danger from the ominous aura surrounding the woman in black but could not identify its source.
• The woman in black formed an eerie smiling face like the one created by the World-Destroying Law and sent it after Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan avoided a direct clash and drew on ninety percent of his power to retreat faster from the smiling face’s spreading ominous aura.
• The woman in black realized Lin Xuan had concealed more strength than she expected and thought his power now matched Xuántiān’s.
• The woman in black recalled losing to Xuántiān and being trapped in the Nine-layered Palace, where her cultivation realm could not advance.

Lin Xuan confronted the Eerie Smiling Face within the Third Layer Palace and discovered it wielded Destruction Power stronger than his World-Destroying Law. The face revealed that it had its own awareness, and Lin Xuan prepared to fight it despite their equal realms.

• The woman in black retreated as Lin Xuan charged at the Eerie Smiling Face.
• Lin Xuan withdrew his fist when the smiling face released Destruction Power that surpassed his World-Destroying Law.
• The Eerie Smiling Face spoke to Lin Xuan and acknowledged him as a human genius of a later generation.
• Lin Xuan realized that Destruction Power and World-Destroying Power had aware masters behind them, and he became wary of the smiling face.
• Lin Xuan concluded that the Eerie Smiling Face was likely at his realm and resolved not to consider himself inferior.

Lin Xuan fought Eerie Smiling Face in the Third Layer Palace, confirming that his grayish-white power could injure it. As Eerie Smiling Face unleashed more Destruction Power, Lin Xuan revealed even greater strength and punched through its attack.

• Eerie Smiling Face released Destruction Power that formed a cage around Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan punched through it and charged forward.
• Lin Xuan struck Eerie Smiling Face with his grayish-white power, then dodged its counterattack while leaving a mark on its face.
• Lin Xuan realized Eerie Smiling Face was in the same realm as him, while the woman in black watched in shock at the creature residing within her.
• Eerie Smiling Face sent a tide of Destruction Power toward Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan brought out ninety-five percent of his strength.
• Lin Xuan's grayish-white power pierced through Eerie Smiling Face's Destruction Power.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Eerie Smiling Face with his grayish-white power and struck it hard. When the woman in black joined the fight, Lin Xuan attacked them both, showing no fear as they prepared to fight back.

• Lin Xuan chased down the retreating Eerie Smiling Face and punched through its Destruction Power, leaving a deep crater in its face.
• The Eerie Smiling Face acknowledged Lin Xuan’s strength and accused him of receiving help from the masters of World-Destroying Power and Life Power.
• Lin Xuan condemned the Eerie Smiling Face for bullying the weak and charged at it again.
• The woman in black joined the Eerie Smiling Face, fearing she would die if it were defeated.
• Lin Xuan attacked both opponents at once as the woman in black gathered spatial power, but his strength far surpassed hers.

Lin Xuan attacked the Eerie Smiling Face and the woman in black, focusing first on the Eerie Smiling Face because its Destruction Power posed the greater threat. He repeatedly broke through its attacks and sent it flying, while the woman in black spotted an opening as he pressed his assault.

• Lin Xuan charged at the Eerie Smiling Face, leaving the woman in black aside because he could easily break her spatial power.
• The Eerie Smiling Face unleashed Destruction Power, but Lin Xuan shattered it with his fists and impressed it with his strength.
• Lin Xuan continued attacking, recognizing that the Eerie Smiling Face had formidable defenses but believing he could eventually defeat it.
• Lin Xuan punched the Eerie Smiling Face and sent it flying before it could form Destruction Power to block him.
• The woman in black spotted an opening while Lin Xuan focused on the Eerie Smiling Face.

Lin Xuan broke through the woman in black’s spatial power and pressed his attack against her and the Eerie Smiling Face. The Eerie Smiling Face struggled to protect its host as Lin Xuan charged it again with World-Destroying Law and Life Power.

• Lin Xuan defeated the Eerie Smiling Face’s attack, shattered the woman in black’s spatial power with a punch, and charged toward her.
• The Eerie Smiling Face attacked Lin Xuan to protect the woman in black, but Lin Xuan knocked away the Destruction Power surrounding it.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Eerie Smiling Face’s formidable defense but sensed that it had weakened under his repeated blows.
• Lin Xuan charged the Eerie Smiling Face again, condensing World-Destroying Law and Life Power around himself as it prepared to defend.

Lin Xuan fought the Eerie Smiling Face as it gathered Destruction Power and approached a transformation beyond the limits of the realm. He struggled to damage it and resolved to stop it before its power fully changed.

• Lin Xuan sensed that the Eerie Smiling Face was gathering increasingly terrifying Destruction Power.
• The Eerie Smiling Face endured Lin Xuan's punches while using its power to stall him and continue transforming.
• Lin Xuan noticed that the Eerie Smiling Face's Destruction Power seemed endless and carried an aura resembling World-Destroying Power.
• Lin Xuan wondered why the Eerie Smiling Face resided within the woman in black, who showed no sign of Destruction Power or Destruction Law.
• Lin Xuan set aside his questions and focused on stopping the Eerie Smiling Face before it surpassed the realm's limits.

Lin Xuan kept attacking the Eerie Smiling Face with ninety percent of his strength, overpowering its Destruction Power while the woman in black tried to interfere. As the Eerie Smiling Face struggled to sustain its power, Lin Xuan intensified his attacks.

• Lin Xuan held back from unleashing his full power and continued striking the Eerie Smiling Face with ninety percent of his strength.
• The Eerie Smiling Face used its altered Destruction Power to block Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan broke through with repeated punches.
• The woman in black used spatial power to harass Lin Xuan, but he easily broke through her attacks and ignored her.
• The woman in black suppressed her anger and chose to keep harassing Lin Xuan from the shadows rather than confront him directly.
• Lin Xuan saw that the Eerie Smiling Face was struggling to maintain its Destruction Power and increased the frequency of his punches.

Lin Xuan weakened the Eerie Smiling Face until it offered to bargain, claiming it could teach him how to remove the powers within him if he spared the woman. Lin Xuan considered the offer, but the chapter left the deal unresolved as he questioned whether the Eerie Smiling Face truly knew how to drive those powers away.

• Lin Xuan's repeated punches reduced the Eerie Smiling Face's Destruction Power until its smile vanished.
• The Eerie Smiling Face backed down and proposed a deal, warning Lin Xuan that its full power surpassed his by three realms.
• Lin Xuan doubted the Eerie Smiling Face could threaten him outside because he had an Eerie Smiling Face and a White Lotus within him.
• The Eerie Smiling Face offered to explain how Lin Xuan could remove the powers within him if he spared the woman.
• Lin Xuan asked whether the Eerie Smiling Face had a way to do it, and it claimed their powers came from the same place.

The Eerie Smiling Face offered to help Lin Xuan expel the strange consciousness within him, but he questioned whether he could trust her. She could not reveal the place she came from, yet described it as a world formed by the strongest experts from many civilizations, where they competed and broke through the limits of their realms.

• The Eerie Smiling Face told Lin Xuan that believing her could let him drive out the strange consciousness, while refusing would cost him the opportunity.
• Lin Xuan asked the Eerie Smiling Face where she came from and what kind of power she possessed.
• The Eerie Smiling Face said that revealing her origin would bring a backlash, but offered to explain what existed there.
• The Eerie Smiling Face described a gathering place where the strongest experts from different civilizations created a new world and grew stronger through competition.
• Lin Xuan listened solemnly as the Eerie Smiling Face explained that its experts had shattered barriers and the shackles between heaven and earth.

The Eerie Smiling Face explained that beings like him were remnants of powerful experts enslaved by the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, and that the consciousnesses within Lin Xuan sought to merge with him to escape their constraints. He revealed that the woman in black was not his host, leaving Lin Xuan asking why he had paid so much to save her.

• Lin Xuan asked the Eerie Smiling Face how he had been born.
• The Eerie Smiling Face explained that the power of fallen experts merged with the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and became its slaves.
• The Eerie Smiling Face told Lin Xuan that the consciousnesses within him wanted him to keep cultivating so they could merge with him and be freed.
• The Eerie Smiling Face said the woman in black was not his host, and Lin Xuan asked why he had gone to such lengths to save her.

The Eerie Smiling Face revealed that the woman in black was its former mistress’s descendant and that it had protected her since birth. It told Lin Xuan he could drive out the powers within him by forging his own path with the World-Destroying Power and Life Power, though doing so would be difficult.

• The Eerie Smiling Face admitted it cared for the woman in black and had been protecting her rather than using her as a host.
• The Eerie Smiling Face revealed that the woman in black was the descendant left behind by its mistress.
• The woman in black asked whether it had followed her since birth, and the Eerie Smiling Face confirmed that it had.
• The woman in black wept as she learned the Eerie Smiling Face had protected her throughout her life.
• Lin Xuan asked how to force out the two powers within him, and the Eerie Smiling Face said he needed to forge his own paths with the World-Destroying Power and Life Power.

Lin Xuan learned that he needed to find his own path for World-Destroying Power and Life Power to escape the two consciousnesses within him. After the woman in black revealed how to leave the Third Layer Palace, Lin Xuan entered the Fourth Layer Palace, where he found a grand hall carved from gold.

• The Eerie Smiling Face warned Lin Xuan to find a different path for World-Destroying Power and Life Power and to be careful not to alert the two powers within him.
• Lin Xuan agreed to let the Eerie Smiling Face leave and demanded that the woman in black tell him how to reach the Fourth Layer Palace.
• The woman in black told Lin Xuan to open the statue of Xuantian at the end of the Third Layer Palace, and the Eerie Smiling Face vanished after telling her to forget what happened.
• Lin Xuan shattered Xuantian's statue, found a passage, and entered the Fourth Layer Palace.
• Lin Xuan saw that the Fourth Layer Palace was magnificent and that everything in sight was carved from gold.

Lin Xuan confronted Jin Qiong, the master of the Fourth Layer Palace, and fought her Solar Power with his own grayish-white power. He overwhelmed her attacks, though the battle remained unresolved.

• Lin Xuan reached the center of the Fourth Layer Palace and met Jin Qiong, who said she was its master and that it was the final palace he could pass through.
• Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong released their auras, and the palace trembled as they sized each other up.
• Lin Xuan struck at Jin Qiong and broke through her Solar Power with his grayish-white power.
• Jin Qiong dodged Lin Xuan's next punch and attacked him with Solar Power from all directions.
• Lin Xuan's grayish-white power blocked and ground away Jin Qiong's Solar Power, and Jin Qiong called the exchange interesting.

Lin Xuan blocked Jin Qiong's combined Solar Power and Golden Power, damaging the Fourth Layer Palace and enraging her. Jin Qiong gathered both powers again to continue the fight.

• Jin Qiong fused her Solar Power and Golden Power into a huge golden hand and sent it crashing toward Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan countered with his fused power, and the two hands collided, shaking the Fourth Layer Palace and breaking off its golden material.
• Jin Qiong became furious when she saw that Lin Xuan had shattered her carefully carved gold.
• Jin Qiong roared and gathered her Solar Power and Golden Power again as Lin Xuan watched her prepare to attack.

Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong traded attacks that destroyed much of her Golden Palace, until Jin Qiong summoned a Golden Portal that greatly increased her power. Lin Xuan recognized her as likely the second-strongest guardian in the Nine-layered Palace and prepared to use his full strength.

• Jin Qiong sent nine enormous golden hands down at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan formed nine gray-white hands that met them, and both sets vanished.
• Jin Qiong raged as chunks of gold fell from the palace she had forged and glared at Lin Xuan.
• Jin Qiong summoned a Golden Portal, which opened a crack and strengthened her until her aura nearly surpassed the woman in black from the Third Layer Palace.
• Lin Xuan judged Jin Qiong to be the Nine-layered Palace's likely second-strongest guardian and gathered his gray-white power.

Lin Xuan and Jin Qiong faced off in the Fourth Layer Palace as Jin Qiong revealed power drawn from the Golden Portal. Lin Xuan countered her golden beasts with transformations of his grayish-white power, and Jin Qiong summoned a golden Kun Peng to meet his own.

• Jin Qiong acknowledged Lin Xuan's strength but said she had surpassed Xuantian and stepped halfway out of the realm.
• Jin Qiong released golden dragon-like power from the Golden Portal, and Lin Xuan's grayish-white Great Peng drove it back.
• Jin Qiong summoned a golden Great Peng, but Lin Xuan transformed his power into a Kun Peng to attack it.
• Jin Qiong summoned a golden Kun Peng from the Golden Portal to face Lin Xuan's Kun Peng.

Lin Xuan countered Jin Qiong’s Golden Gate beasts with his gray-white creatures, defeating them and leaving Jin Qiong furious. He held back his full strength to avoid revealing it to stronger enemies that might await him in the Nine-layered Palace, but Jin Qiong erased his summoned beasts with a golden river.

• Lin Xuan summoned Hundun to hold off Jin Qiong’s golden Kun Peng while his own Kun Peng swallowed the Golden-winged Great Peng and golden dragon.
• Lin Xuan’s Kun Peng, aided by Hundun, defeated Jin Qiong’s remaining golden Kun Peng.
• Jin Qiong released an even more terrifying aura from the Golden Portal and accused Lin Xuan of provoking her.
• Lin Xuan chose to conceal his full power because stronger existences might be waiting in the Nine-layered Palace, then sent Hundun, the Great Peng, and the Kun Peng to attack Jin Qiong.
• Jin Qiong summoned a golden river from the Golden Portal and used it to erase Lin Xuan’s three summoned forces.