Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan used the grayish-white mist to trap Lan Wu after Lan Wu failed to disperse it or escape by transforming into darkness. Lan Wu was left inside a tightening cage, fearing he would perish if he could not break free.

• Lan Wu repeatedly swung the Scythe of Death and Death Longsword, but the grayish-white mist kept multiplying around him.
• Lan Wu transformed into darkness and tried to escape, but Lin Xuan solidified the mist into a cage with no gaps.
• Lan Wu returned to his true form inside the cage and threatened to kill everyone if they did not let him go.
• Lin Xuan mocked Lan Wu as the grayish-white mist contracted around him, and Lan Wu feared he would perish.

Lin Xuan trapped Lan Wu in a contracting gray-white cage that Lan Wu could not escape, despite unleashing his Evil Power and weapons. As the mist closed in, Lan Wu gave up struggling and vowed to make Lin Xuan pay before he died.

• Lan Wu released his hidden Evil Power, which Qing Ling identified as a branch of dark power.
• Lin Xuan continued contracting the gray-white cage, blocking every path Lan Wu might use to escape.
• Lan Wu attacked the gray-white mist with the Scythe of Death and Death Longsword, but it kept growing denser and closing in.
• Lan Wu realized his struggle was futile, then stared at Lin Xuan and threatened him as the cage neared its end.

Lan Wu sacrificed his soul and gave his body to the parasitic Death God, who emerged and forced back Lin Xuan’s gray-white mist. Lin Xuan’s mist surged toward the Death God again as Qing Ling hid behind him.

• Knowing he could not escape, Lan Wu detonated his soul and handed his body to the demon king parasitizing him.
• The Death God took control of Lan Wu and wielded the Scythe of Death and Death Longsword to force back Lin Xuan’s mist.
• Qing Ling recognized the Death God as one of the most terrifying gods in her world and retreated behind Lin Xuan.
• The Death God threatened Qing Ling, and Lin Xuan’s gaze turned cold.
• Lin Xuan’s gray-white mist reformed and surged toward the Death God.

The Death God struggled against Lin Xuan’s gray-white mist, which overwhelmed his attacks and blocked his path. Unable to reach Lin Xuan, the Death God was left facing the threat of the mist and the risk of being destroyed like Lan Wu.

• The Death God clashed with Lin Xuan’s gray-white mist and realized it contained the World-Destroying Law and Life Power.
• The Death God hurled the Scythe of Death at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan formed the mist into a giant axe and knocked back the Death God Mask.
• The Death God concluded that he could not destroy the mist and could not reach Lin Xuan through its encirclement.
• The Death God cursed Lan Wu for leaving him in danger but still prepared to charge toward Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan faced the Death God, who attacked with the Scythe of Death, but Lin Xuan knocked him back with a single punch. The Death God recognized Lin Xuan as a dangerous rival and prepared to unleash his full strength as Lin Xuan’s gray-white mist closed in again.

• The Death God charged through the gray-white mist and swung the Scythe of Death at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan punched the Scythe of Death and sent the Death God flying backward.
• The Death God was shocked by Lin Xuan’s strength and decided to erase him before he could gain an advantage.
• The tiger regarded the Death God as the most terrifying being it had encountered aside from the strange smiling face.
• Lin Xuan gathered the gray-white mist around the Death God again, while the Death God’s power continued to grow.

Lin Xuan continued attacking Death, overpowering him despite Death’s stronger aura and higher realm. Death tried to retreat and recover his strength before fighting again, but Lin Xuan saw through his plan and pressed the attack.

• Death’s growing aura suppressed Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan charged in and struck him with a punch.
• Lin Xuan’s blow against the Scythe of Death sent Death flying, leaving him shocked that his increased strength could not overcome Lin Xuan.
• Death held back from attacking and planned to recover his strength and fully fuse with Lan Wu’s body before facing Lin Xuan again.
• Lin Xuan recognized Death’s plan and immediately swung another punch at him.
• Death retreated and raised the Scythe of Death and Death Longsword to block Lin Xuan’s attack.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Death in the Seventh Layer Palace, forcing him to retreat to the wall. With no way back except into the terrifying Eighth Layer Palace, Death circulated the meridians in Lan Wu's body.

• The Scythe of Death and Death Longsword blocked Lin Xuan's first punch, but Lin Xuan struck Death in the face before the treasures could react again.
• Lin Xuan sent Death to the far end of the Seventh Layer Palace and advanced while Tiger mocked Death for retreating.
• Death admitted Lin Xuan was stronger for now and threatened to deal with him once his strength returned to its peak.
• Death saw the wall behind him and realized that retreating further meant entering the Eighth Layer Palace, whose beings had once fought Xuantian to exhaustion.
• Death continued circulating the meridians within Lan Wu's body as he ran out of room to retreat.

Death tried to restore his full strength in Lan Wu’s body, but its poor compatibility left him too weak to defeat Lin Xuan. He charged Lin Xuan and was beaten back again, then retreated while trying to merge with the body as Lin Xuan pursued him.

• Death realized Lan Wu’s body could not restore his strength to its peak and knew he could not defeat Lin Xuan in his current state.
• Trapped at the end of the Seventh Layer Palace, Death charged Lin Xuan with the Scythe of Death and Death Longsword.
• Lin Xuan punched the Scythe of Death away, sending Death flying and worsening his injuries as the World-Destroying Law continued to corrode him.
• Death retreated from Lin Xuan and concentrated his strength in his meridians, trying to merge perfectly with Lan Wu’s body.
• Lin Xuan charged after Death with destructive punches, denying him time to regain his peak strength.

The Death God, badly wounded by Lin Xuan, used his forbidden trump card despite knowing it would end his chance to grow stronger and injure his soul. His transformed power let him block Lin Xuan’s punch, but Lin Xuan still forced him back, and the Death God vowed to kill him.

• The Death God struggled to block Lin Xuan’s punches and realized he would die unless he used his trump card.
• The Death God fused the Scythe of Death and Death Longsword into his body, releasing an ancient aura.
• The Death God blocked Lin Xuan’s next punch without being knocked away.
• Lin Xuan gathered gray-white power and forced the Death God back with another punch.
• The Death God glared at Lin Xuan and asked how he wanted to die.

Lin Xuan confronted Death God after Death God unleashed his trump card, but Lin Xuan’s black-and-white mist overwhelmed the strengthened enemy. Death God realized his forbidden technique was still no match for Lin Xuan, whose divine ability could regenerate its grayish-white mist even after it was destroyed.

• Lin Xuan dismissed Death God’s newfound strength and unleashed ninety-five percent of his power in the seventh-level palace.
• Lin Xuan sent grayish-white mist toward Death God, who countered with his deathly power and boasted that the mist could no longer harm him.
• The grayish-white mist devoured Death God’s power, leaving him stunned that his forbidden technique could not defeat Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had comprehended the black-and-white mist divine ability while fighting Xuantian, and that its grayish-white mist could reappear after being destroyed.

Lin Xuan used his grayish-white mist to trap the God of Death, whose attacks could only push it back temporarily. The God of Death sacrificed his lifespan to fight back, but the mist enveloped him again.

• The God of Death retreated as Lin Xuan's grayish-white mist advanced from every direction.
• The mist surrounded the God of Death and formed a cage that steadily contracted around him.
• The God of Death sacrificed his lifespan to unleash another burst of power.
• Lin Xuan sent the mist down on the God of Death, who punched it back but could not disperse it.
• The mist surged forward again and enveloped the God of Death.

Lin Xuan's grayish-white mist overwhelmed the God of Death, who realized he could not escape and sacrificed all his remaining lifespan to grow stronger. His surging deathly aura clashed with the mist as the battle continued.

• Lin Xuan's grayish-white mist steadily trapped the God of Death, while Qing Ling watched in shock at Lin Xuan's overwhelming strength.
• The God of Death realized his power could not break through the mist and that he would eventually be devoured.
• Hating Lin Xuan and seeing no way to survive, the God of Death sacrificed all his remaining lifespan.
• The God of Death unleashed a far stronger deathly aura, and it clashed with Lin Xuan's grayish-white mist.

Lin Xuan used his gray-white mist to trap the God of Death, who could neither escape nor overpower it. The God of Death accepted his death and warned Lin Xuan that the Eighth and Ninth Layer Palaces would kill him before the mist devoured him.

• The God of Death sacrificed his remaining lifespan and fought Lin Xuan's gray-white mist to a standstill, but he could not destroy it.
• The God of Death charged at the mist's boundary, but Lin Xuan made it solid and blocked his escape.
• Lin Xuan spread the mist around the God of Death, leaving him only able to resist being erased.
• The God of Death recalled betraying his sect and killing his master, then stopped struggling and accepted his fate.
• The God of Death warned Lin Xuan that monsters in the Eighth and Ninth Layer Palaces would kill him, then entered the mist and was devoured.

After killing the God of Death, Lin Xuan entered the Eighth Layer Palace with Qing Ling and met A Sheng, who claimed to be the strongest guardian in the Nine-layered Palace. A Sheng prepared to kill Lin Xuan, dismissing the power of Lin Xuan’s gray-white mist.

• The God of Death chose suicide, and Lin Xuan asked Qing Ling whether she still wanted to accompany him to the Eighth Layer Palace.
• Qing Ling agreed, but Lin Xuan warned her that the Eighth and Ninth Layer Palace guardians were even more terrifying than Lan Wu and the God of Death.
• Lin Xuan broke through the portrait of Xuantian at the end of the Seventh Layer Palace and entered the Eighth Layer Palace with Qing Ling.
• A Sheng emerged from the sun at the center of the palace and said he was the strongest guardian and the only one who could see Lin Xuan’s battles with the other guardians.
• Lin Xuan gave A Sheng his name, and A Sheng dismissed Lin Xuan’s gray-white mist as inadequate against him.

Lin Xuan fought A Sheng in the Eighth Layer Palace, discovering that A Sheng could counter his gray-white power and anticipate attacks without looking. The battle continued as Lin Xuan held back his hidden trump card and Qing Ling watched in fear.

• Lin Xuan warned Qing Ling to retreat before attacking A Sheng with a punch.
• A Sheng met Lin Xuan's punch with his palm, and their clash shook the Eighth Layer Palace as both stepped back.
• Lin Xuan sent a gray-white hand at A Sheng from behind, but A Sheng blocked it with golden light after revealing he had already sensed the attack.
• Lin Xuan judged A Sheng stronger than the Xuantian phantom and kept five percent of his strength concealed.
• Lin Xuan and A Sheng unleashed another exchange of gray-white and golden power, while Qing Ling watched in fear.

Lin Xuan confronted A Sheng in the Eighth Layer Palace, where his gray-white mist resisted A Sheng’s Vast Light. A Sheng unleashed an even more powerful golden radiance at Lin Xuan.

• Qing Ling sensed that A Sheng’s aura was at least as powerful as Lin Xuan’s and worried about Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan spread gray-white mist toward A Sheng as A Sheng claimed it could not hurt him.
• Lin Xuan infused the mist with a terrifying aura, and it charged at A Sheng.
• A Sheng’s golden radiance weakened the mist but failed to evaporate it before it reached him.
• A Sheng roared and sent a stronger golden radiance toward Lin Xuan, intending to evaporate him and the mist.

Lin Xuan blocked A Sheng’s Vast Light with the gray-white mist in the Eighth Layer Palace, then fought A Sheng to a standstill as he wielded a spear formed from Vast Light. A Sheng struggled to accept that his long cultivation in the Nine-layered Palace had not made him strong enough to defeat Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan used the gray-white mist to withstand A Sheng’s Vast Light, leaving A Sheng astonished that it failed to break through.
• A Sheng merged with the sun behind him and formed a golden spear from Vast Light before charging at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan gathered the gray-white mist around his fist and met A Sheng’s attack head-on.
• Lin Xuan and A Sheng fought fiercely, with Lin Xuan’s fists holding against A Sheng’s spear until they were evenly matched.
• A Sheng became distraught that he could not defeat Lin Xuan despite his long cultivation in the Nine-layered Palace, recalling that Xuantian had once beaten him because of his superior endurance.

Lin Xuan fought A Sheng, who used Qing Ling as bait after Lin Xuan vanished into grayish-white mist. Just as A Sheng was about to kill Qing Ling, Lin Xuan appeared and struck at him.

• A Sheng charged Lin Xuan with his golden spear, while Lin Xuan sent a grayish-white hand to attack him.
• A Sheng pierced through the hand and lunged at Lin Xuan, who merged into the mist and disappeared.
• Unable to find Lin Xuan, A Sheng turned on Qing Ling and threatened to kill her.
• As A Sheng's spear neared Qing Ling's head, Lin Xuan reappeared in grayish-white mist and punched at A Sheng.

Lin Xuan saved Qing Ling from A Sheng and unleashed his full strength, revealing a totem formed in his own image. He left A Sheng unable to move his golden spear as their battle continued.

• Lin Xuan struck A Sheng's golden spear and stopped it from reaching Qing Ling.
• Lin Xuan unleashed his full power, and A Sheng transformed into a miniature sun as he raised his own strength.
• Lin Xuan revealed a terrifying totem of himself behind the gray-white mist.
• A Sheng charged and thrust his spear at Lin Xuan, who caught it and punched at him.
• A Sheng dodged the punch but could not move his spear from Lin Xuan's grip.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed A Sheng in the Eighth Layer Palace, forcing him to retreat. A Sheng then accepted Lin Xuan as an opponent on Xuantian’s level and charged at him with renewed power.

• A Sheng tried to drive his golden spear into Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan held it fast and suppressed him.
• Qing Ling watched in shock as Lin Xuan revealed his strength and gained the upper hand.
• A Sheng withdrew his spear and retreated, admitting that Lin Xuan was stronger than he had been at his peak.
• Lin Xuan provoked A Sheng, who declared him an opponent on Xuantian’s level and charged with a terrifying golden aura.