Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan forced Qin Tian to retreat, gathered Nirvana Seals for his group, and led them toward Hundred Empire Mountain after it opened to those with Heavenly Grade Nirvana Seals. Lin Fan and his companions reached the summit, where they surveyed the strange bluestone plaza and looked upward in awe.

• Lin Fan overwhelmed Qin Tian with his aura, and Qin Tian withdrew after challenging him to meet on Hundred Empire Mountain.
• Lin Fan's group collected Nirvana Seals from the Blood Seal and Bone Jade Dynasties, while Lin Fan killed Song Que and Song Ba of the Heavenly Demon Dynasty.
• The bell announced that Hundred Empire Mountain was open to holders of Heavenly Grade Nirvana Seals, prompting a rush toward the summit and fights over seals below.
• Lan Ying warned Lin Fan that Qin Tian would hold a grudge, and Xiao Diao told Lin Fan that Yuan Sect had a blood feud with the Heavenly Demon Sable Clan.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, Xiao Diao, Su Rou, Mo Ling, and the others flew to the summit and arrived at its bluestone plaza.

The Super Sects gathered above Hundred Empire Mountain and announced the Nirvana Golden List Experts' Battle, whose rankings would determine how much attention the contestants received. After Lin Fan and several others from Great Yan Dynasty entered the field, Dao Sect's Wu Dao secretly asked Lin Fan to help prevent the Heavenly Yuan Dynasty from winning, and Lin Fan agreed on one condition.

• Lin Fan and Liu Bai discussed the Super Sects, and Liu Bai identified Wu Dao of Dao Sect among their representatives.
• Yuan Sect deacon Liu Tong explained that Heavenly Grade Nirvana Seal holders qualified for discipleship and Nirvana Golden List contestants could become personal disciples, then announced the ranking battle.
• Liu Tong called Lin Fan, Lin Dong, Lin Diao, and Lin Yan from Great Yan Dynasty onto the field, astonishing the crowd with four contestants from a low-grade dynasty.
• Su Rou was called from Great Qing Dynasty and joined Lin Fan, drawing the interest of a woman from Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace.
• Wu Dao secretly asked Lin Fan to keep the Heavenly Yuan Dynasty from winning the championship, and Lin Fan agreed but stated he had one condition.

Lin Fan negotiated with Wu Dao for champion benefits for himself, Lin Dong, and several companions, then entered the Hundred Empire War and won his first match when Qian Jin conceded. As the second round began, mysterious black clouds appeared over Hundred Empire Mountain, interrupting the tournament and signaling a new threat.

• Lin Fan secured Wu Dao's agreement to give him and Lin Dong champion benefits and to admit several companions into Dao Sect if Lin Fan won the championship.
• Liu Tong created Yuan Power battle arenas and distributed light slips that paired contestants for the first round.
• Lin Fan was matched against Qian Jin of the Great Qian Dynasty, who conceded rather than risk fighting him.
• Lin Dong, Little Flame, Xiao Diao, and Su Rou all won their first-round matches, while Qin Tian watched Lin Fan with a changed expression.
• As Liu Tong began the second-round draw, black clouds spread across the sky and figures appeared within them, prompting the Eight Great Super Sects' experts to react.

The Western Mysterious Region invaded the Ancient Battlefield and sealed the Eastern Xuan Region’s sect experts while preparing to move the space. Qin Tian confronted the invaders, and Liu Tong declared that whoever stopped their formation would win the Hundred Empire War.

• Black clouds gathered above Hundred Empire Mountain, and Zheng Zhong led experts from the Western Mysterious Region into the sky.
• Zheng Zhong revealed that the Western Mysterious Region had sealed the space with a Heaven Sealing Formation Map and planned to take the Ancient Battlefield and its geniuses.
• The Western Mysterious Region trapped Liu Tong, Wu Dao, and six other experts inside an ancient rune prison, then ordered Cao Yu and Chang Wei to establish the formation.
• The Western Mysterious Region’s experts mocked the geniuses on the summit, and the crowd looked to Qin Tian to respond.
• Qin Tian identified himself as a Yuan Sect disciple and revealed his Six Yuan Nirvana Realm strength, but the invaders dismissed him.
• Liu Tong called for someone to stop the formation, promising the Hundred Empire War championship, and Qin Tian charged at the leading invader.

Lin Fan stepped in to confront Cao Yu after Cao Yu defeated Qin Tian with power drawn from the Heaven Sealing Formation Map. Lin Fan blocked Cao Yu’s next attack with the Black Tortoise Heaven Suppression Bell and began countering with the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand.

• Cao Yu struck Qin Tian down in one move, leaving the Nirvana Golden List experts too intimidated to challenge him.
• Cao Yu used the black halos to form a vast formation, prompting Lan Ying and the others to prepare to stop it.
• Lin Fan told Xiao Diao he would handle Cao Yu, then asked Lin Dong, Lan Ying, and the others to obstruct the formation.
• Cao Yu launched a sharp black beam at Lin Fan, who stopped it with the Black Tortoise Heaven Suppression Bell.
• Lin Fan summoned five crimson giant fingers and began casting the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand.

Lin Fan used the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand to clash with Cao Yu and revealed that he had reached the Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm. He then summoned the Vermilion Bird, which broke through Cao Yu’s defensive halo, and their powers became locked in a stalemate.

• Lin Fan formed an ancient martial spirit and struck Cao Yu with the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand.
• Cao Yu was injured by the clash and recognized that Lin Fan had reached the Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm.
• Cao Yu drew on the Heaven Sealing Formation Map to shield himself, while the crowd reacted to Lin Fan’s strength and Qin Tian grew jealous.
• Lin Fan summoned a hundred-zhang Vermilion Bird and sent it tearing through Cao Yu’s defensive halo.
• Cao Yu cast the Heaven Locking Talisman, and its black chains tangled with the Vermilion Bird as its flames burned against them.

Lin Fan unleashed a fused-flame Vermilion Bird attack that battered Cao Yu’s Heaven Sealing Formation Map. Meanwhile, Ling Qingzhu confronted Mo Tong’s reinforcements in the outer layer of space, and the formation map began to crack under Lin Fan’s assault.

• Cao Yu agreed to summon Mo Tong, and Chang Wei sent a signal to the Western Mysterious Region’s reinforcements.
• Mo Tong set out for Hundred Empire Mountain after receiving Cao Yu’s message, but Ling Qingzhu and the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace arrived to confront him.
• Lin Fan dismissed his first Vermilion Bird phantom, then formed a stronger one burning with three kinds of flame as Lin Dong prepared to help and Xiao Diao stopped him.
• Cao Yu sent the Heaven Locking Talisman at Lin Fan, who merged the three flames and launched Vermilion Bird Shatters the Firmament.
• Lin Fan’s attack collided with the formation map, unleashing destructive flames across the mountain range, and the map began to crack as Cao Yu’s group panicked.

Lin Fan seized control of the Heaven Sealing Formation Map and used the Darkness Ancestor Symbol to trap Cao Yu and the Western Mysterious Region experts. He redirected their combined attack toward the rune prison holding Wu Dao and the others, leaving the prison under a devastating assault.

• Cao Yu and Chang Wei retreated as the Heaven Sealing Formation Map cracked, but Lin Fan repaired it and took control while they were pulling back.
• Lin Fan expanded the formation map and enclosed Cao Yu, Chang Wei, and the Western Mysterious Region experts in a dark cage.
• Cao Yu ordered the trapped group to combine their strongest attacks against one point, but Lin Fan shifted the cage to redirect their blows.
• Lin Fan dispersed the cage and sent the combined attack toward the rune prison where Wu Dao and the others were trapped.
• Zheng Zhong protested as the attack struck the rune prison and shook heaven and earth.

Lin Fan helped the experts of the eight great Super Sects escape the rune prison, turning the battle against Zheng Zhong and the Western Mysterious Region. As reinforcements arrived, he spotted Ling Qingzhu among them.

• Wu Dao and the other experts attacked the rune prison from within while Lin Fan and his allies' efforts helped shatter it, freeing eight streaks of rainbow light.
• Zheng Zhong blamed Cao Yu and Chang Wei for the failure, then fixed his attention on Lin Fan until Wu Dao and the Desolate Hall expert intervened.
• Zheng Zhong ordered another attack and commanded Cao Yu to kill anyone in the way, while Zhao Qian warned that Eastern Xuan Region reinforcements were already arriving.
• Lin Fan searched the distorted spaces for the arriving experts and recognized Ling Qingzhu standing on an Azure Lotus.

Lin Fan's victory in the Hundred Empire War became official after Zheng Zhong escaped with the Heaven Sealing Formation Map, and the Super Sects prepared to recruit him. Ling Qingzhu learned that Lin Fan had won and was shaken, while Lin Fan faced the choice of which sect to join.

• Lin Fan kept his past with Ling Qingzhu secret, and Xiao Diao received an Immortal Origin Ancient Fruit when Lin Fan patted him.
• Zheng Zhong used the Heaven Sealing Formation Map to break Liu Tong's attack and escape with his allies, while Wu Dao said the Hundred Empire War should continue.
• Ling Qingzhu learned from Senior Sister Mo that Lin Fan had won the championship and left while struggling to keep her composure.
• The Super Sect experts agreed that Lin Fan was the champion, and Wu Dao asked him which sect he wanted to join.

Lin Fan chose Dao Sect after winning the Hundred Empire War, and Wu Dao selected him and his companions while Su Rou joined Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace. The disciples departed for Dao Sect, as news of Lin Fan's championship reached the Great Yan Dynasty and made the Lin Family its most powerful household.

• Lin Fan confirmed the champion could choose a sect and joined Dao Sect, prompting Liu Tong to threaten him and argue with Wu Dao over the old grudge between Zhou Tong and Yuan Sect.
• Wu Dao selected Lin Dong, Xiao Diao, Little Flame, and—after Lin Fan invited them—Mo Ling, Liu Bai, and the others for Dao Sect.
• The beautiful woman from Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace recruited Su Rou, her brother, and Liu Ya; Su Rou chose to go with them instead of Lin Fan.
• Wu Dao formed a teleportation array, and Lin Fan and the Dao Sect disciples departed after the Hundred Empire War ended.
• The Great Yan Dynasty received news that Lin Fan had become champion, and the Flame City Lin Family became untouchable across the dynasty.

Lin Fan and the other Hundred Empire War selections entered the Dao Sect and were brought to the Hall Selection Platform. There, the four halls’ deputy masters assessed Lin Fan’s cultivation, shocking Ying Huanhuan and the others.

• Wu Dao led Lin Fan and the selected disciples through the Dao Sect’s protective formation, where they felt the immense natural Yuan Power.
• Patrol disciples directed Wu Dao to the Hall Selection Platform, where the deputy hall masters of the Heaven, Earth, and Flood Halls were waiting.
• Xiao Diao explained the Dao Sect’s four halls and highlighted the Desolate Hall’s Great Desolation Scripture as the group traveled to the platform.
• Lin Fan met the deputy hall masters and saw Ying Huanhuan among the disciples gathered there.
• Wei Sen identified Lin Fan as a Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm cultivator and Five Seal Heavenly Symbol Master, shocking Ying Huanhuan and the other disciples.

Lin Fan rejected Heaven Hall’s offer and chose Desolate Hall, declaring that he would try to comprehend its Great Desolation Scripture. After the disciples joined Desolate Hall, Lin Fan learned that Lin Dong would have to wait a year for the champion’s Dan River Empowerment and proposed seeking it from another hall.

• Wei Sen invited Lin Fan to join Heaven Hall, but Lin Fan chose Desolate Hall instead.
• Lin Fan argued with Ying Huanhuan about his choice and vowed that he could comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture; Ying Huanhuan challenged him to prove it.
• Lin Dong, Xiao Diao, Little Flame, Liu Bai, Mo Ling, and other disciples joined Lin Fan in Desolate Hall as the other halls selected their disciples.
• Wu Dao explained Desolate Hall’s Dan River Empowerment, then told Lin Fan that Lin Dong would have to wait until the following year for the reward.
• Lin Fan proposed going to another hall for the empowerment, but Wu Dao said the other halls would not agree to treat a Desolate Hall disciple.

Lin Fan told Wu Dao that he knew why the Great Desolate Monument had fallen silent and negotiated Dan River Empowerment chances for himself and Lin Dong in exchange for the explanation. As Lin Fan and Lin Dong underwent tribulations in Desolate Hall, Ying Huanhuan complained about Lin Fan to Ying Xiaoxiao, and Hall Master Chen Zhen came to question him about the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Lin Fan offered to reveal why the Great Desolate Monument had fallen silent if Wu Dao secured Dan River Empowerment chances for him and Lin Dong, and Wu Dao went to consult Chen Zhen.
• Lin Fan urged Lin Dong to undergo his Fourth Nirvana Tribulation before the Dan River Empowerment, then began his Sixth Wind and Thunder Tribulation while Lin Dong trained nearby.
• Ying Huanhuan went to Heaven Hall and complained to Ying Xiaoxiao that Lin Fan had rejected Heaven Hall to join Desolate Hall and cultivate the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Dao visited Lin Fan after his tribulation, and Chen Zhen asked whether he could make the Great Desolation Scripture easier for disciples to comprehend.

Lin Fan negotiated with the Dao Sect elders for the Dan River Empowerment and explained that he knew why the Great Desolate Monument had fallen silent. The next day, Lin Dong faced objections from Desolate Hall disciples over receiving the empowerment, and Tong Chuan challenged him to prove himself.

• Lin Fan told Wu Dao and Chen Zhen that he would explain the Great Desolate Monument’s silence only after they fulfilled their promised benefits, and they agreed to seek the sect master’s help.
• Lin Fan assured Lin Dong that the Dao Sect elders would likely support the arrangement and that they could handle any disciples who objected.
• Xiao Diao told Lin Fan and Lin Dong that he and Little Flame planned to leave after the Dan River Empowerment to seek a place that could improve Little Flame’s strength.
• The next day, Desolate Hall disciples gathered at the Dan River, displeased that newcomer Lin Dong had received the sole empowerment quota.
• Tong Chuan challenged Lin Dong’s right to the quota, and Lin Dong calmly asked him to instruct him.

Lin Dong challenged Tong Chuan over the Dan River Empowerment and proved his strength by turning a stacked Wind and Thunder Tribulation into a devastating attack. Lin Dong secured his empowerment, while Lin Fan left with Qi Lei and Wei Sen for Heaven Hall, where trouble awaited.

• Tong Chuan challenged Lin Dong to survive ten exchanges, but Lin Dong refused the condition and began stacking the seals of the Wind and Thunder Tribulation.
• Lin Dong used the Devouring Ancestor Symbol to absorb the tribulation and launch a lightning pillar at Tong Chuan.
• Wu Dao redirected the lightning pillar, and its aftershocks forced Tong Chuan off the platform, confirming Lin Dong's qualification for the Dan River Empowerment.
• Lin Fan advised Lin Dong to absorb the Nirvana Golden Qi and try to condense a Nascent Soul Weapon.
• Qi Lei took Lin Fan toward Heaven Hall, and Lin Fan said he would beat anyone who refused to accept him.

Lin Fan arrived at Heaven Hall to claim a Dan River Empowerment slot, prompting Heaven Hall disciple Cheng Xuan to challenge him to a wagered spar. Lin Fan launched a powerful attack, and Cheng Xuan answered with the Heavenly Emperor Scripture as their fight began.

• Ying Huanhuan complained to Ying Xiaoxiao that Lin Fan was taking a Heaven Hall slot, then hurried to watch his arrival.
• Cheng Xuan challenged Lin Fan to a spar, wagering Lin Fan's right to the Dan River Empowerment if he lost.
• Lin Fan agreed to pay Cheng Xuan one million Nirvana Pills if Cheng Xuan lost, easing the Heaven Hall disciples' hostility.
• Lin Fan unleashed the Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand, and Cheng Xuan countered with the Heavenly Emperor Scripture's Great Sky Cloud Demon Sword.

Lin Fan defeated Cheng Xuan in their wagered spar, then absorbed the dangerous flames he had left in Cheng Xuan’s body. After accepting the million Nirvana Pills, Lin Fan entered the Dan River to begin his empowerment.

• Lin Fan’s Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand and Cheng Xuan’s Giant Light Sword shattered each other, so Lin Fan attacked with his Vermilion Bird Sky Splitting Palm.
• Cheng Xuan’s Heavenly Emperor Bell broke under Lin Fan’s palm, and Cheng Xuan admitted defeat.
• Lin Fan absorbed the Nirvana Fire and Nirvana Demon Flame from Cheng Xuan, who thanked him and paid him one million Nirvana Pills.
• Qi Lei announced the Dan River Empowerment, and Lin Fan declined to rest before entering the Dan River.

Lin Fan absorbed Nirvana Golden Qi in the Dan River, strengthening his body and Origin Power while shaping Lin Langtian’s Essence Spirit Qi into seven God Slaying Flying Knives. By the eighth day, both Lin Fan and Lin Dong remained at the river’s bottom, astonishing the Dao Sect disciples.

• Qi Lei and Wei Sen opened the Dan River vortex, and Qi Lei gave Lin Fan a jade piece to use if he needed to be rescued.
• Lin Fan entered the Dan River’s depths and absorbed Nirvana Golden Qi to temper his body and strengthen his Origin Power.
• Lin Fan used the Life Death Ancestral Symbol to heal damage from the Dan River’s pressure while his body grew stronger.
• Lin Fan compressed Lin Langtian’s Essence Spirit Qi into seven small knives and named them God Slaying Flying Knives.
• On the seventh day, word spread that Lin Fan and Lin Dong were still in the Dan River, and disciples compared their endurance to Ying Xiaoxiao’s.
• When the eighth day arrived, Lin Fan and Lin Dong still had not emerged, shocking the Dao Sect disciples.

Lin Fan absorbed all the Nirvana Golden Qi at the bottom of Heaven Hall’s Dan River and began undergoing a Nirvana Tribulation. As Dao Sect disciples watched, a golden light shot out of the river and into the clouds.

• Ying Huanhuan told Ying Xiaoxiao that Lin Fan had remained at the bottom of the Dan River for eight days, and Ying Xiaoxiao recalled that Zhou Tong had once absorbed all the Nirvana Golden Qi there.
• Lin Fan stayed at the bottom for ten days, absorbed the Dan River’s remaining Nirvana Golden Qi, and felt his Yuan Power reach a breakthrough point.
• Lin Fan’s Yuan Power became unstable and he began undergoing a Nirvana Tribulation at the bottom of the river.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan joined Dao Sect disciples to watch as the Dan River boiled and formed a vortex.
• A dazzling golden light burst from the vortex and shot into the clouds.