Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan defeated Hongya Cave’s Huo Zhen in a spar, humiliating him and forcing Hongya Cave to concede. After the visitors left, Chen Zhen said Desolate Hall would rely on Lin Fan in the upcoming Hall Examination, and Lin Fan confidently claimed first place.

• Lin Fan used the Stasis God Token’s power to freeze Huo Zhen briefly and slap him flying, stunning the gathered disciples.
• Huo Zhen attacked again with Hongya Cave’s Scripture, but Lin Fan froze him, slapped him unconscious, and crushed his cavern mountain with an Origin Power Hand.
• A Gray-Clothed Elder stopped Huo Zhen from fighting further and led Hongya Cave’s disciples away after conceding the spar to Dao Sect.
• Chen Zhen praised Lin Fan for protecting Dao Sect’s reputation and said Desolate Hall would count on him in the upcoming Hall Examination.
• Lin Fan said he had reserved first place, and an unidentified woman in the crowd patted his shoulder and thanked him.

Lin Fan agreed to learn Sound Wave Skills from Ying Huanhuan, but their lesson was interrupted by Wang Yan's return to the Dao Sect. After hearing that Wang Yan planned to use the Sect Tournament to avenge his sister, Lin Fan vowed to claim first place in the Hall Examination.

• Lin Fan's victory over Huo Zhen and his words to Chen Zhen spread through the Dao Sect while he continued cultivating.
• Lin Fan reminded Ying Huanhuan of their wager and asked her to teach him every Sound Wave Skill she knew.
• Ying Huanhuan played the qin for Lin Fan, then began teaching him the piece and its fingering.
• Wang Yan arrived at the platform, and Ying Huanhuan told Lin Fan that the Yuan Sect had killed Wang Yan's sister during the last Sect Tournament.
• Ying Huanhuan explained that Wang Yan had returned to seek revenge on the Yuan Sect and feared Dao Sect disciples would suffer heavy casualties, so Lin Fan vowed to take first place in the Hall Examination.

Lin Fan accompanied Ying Huanhuan to meet Wang Yan and declared that he had reserved first place in the Hall Examination, prompting Wang Yan to challenge him to prove it. After several days of cultivation, Lin Fan arrived with Lin Dong as the Hall Examination began.

• Ying Huanhuan asked Lin Fan to accompany her to see Wang Yan, who returned to Dao Sect and spoke with her about his purpose.
• Lin Fan stood before Wang Yan and declared that he had reserved first place in the Hall Examination; Wang Yan said Lin Fan would have to defeat him and would face no leniency.
• Lin Fan reassured the worried Ying Huanhuan and returned to cultivation, while news of his declaration and Wang Yan's return spread through Dao Sect.
• After several days of seclusion, Lin Fan and Lin Dong arrived at the Hall Examination venue and joined the Desolate Hall disciples.
• Qi Lei explained the examination rules and announced that the Hall Examination had begun.

Lin Fan faced Ying Huanhuan in the first match of the Hall Examination and defeated her by taking her zither and using its music to put her to sleep. He caught her as she fell, then woke her while the surrounding disciples glared at him.

• Lin Fan and Ying Huanhuan were matched against each other on one of the mountaintop platforms.
• Ying Huanhuan played the Emerald Zither and used Formless Bodhi Sound to create a copy of Lin Fan, but he destroyed it and disrupted her playing.
• Lin Fan took Ying Huanhuan's zither and used Ancestral Stone Suppression Power to control it.
• Lin Fan's zither music made Ying Huanhuan fall asleep, and he caught her in his arms.
• Lin Fan flicked Ying Huanhuan's forehead and called out to wake her as the Dao Sect disciples erupted in protest.

Lin Fan won his matches in the Hall Examination, while Lin Dong forfeited their semifinal so Lin Fan could advance. The chapter ended as Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan prepared to face off in the other semifinal.

• Ying Huanhuan reclaimed her guzheng, bit Lin Fan's wrist, and fled the platform after he defeated her.
• Lin Fan returned to the Desolate Hall disciples, where Jiang Hao and the others teased him, while Qing Ye watched with anger and unease.
• Lin Fan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Wang Yan won their matches, and the four semifinalists were Ying Xiaoxiao, Wang Yan, Lin Dong, and Lin Fan.
• Lin Dong admitted defeat against Lin Fan, sending Lin Fan directly to the final.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan took the platform for their semifinal, and Ying Xiaoxiao asked Wang Yan to enlighten her.

Wang Yan defeated Ying Xiaoxiao in the Hall Examination after she hesitated to strike him decisively. As Wang Yan turned away, Lin Fan stepped forward and claimed that first place was his.

• Wang Yan warned Ying Xiaoxiao that he would not hold back, and she told him to make his move.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan fought fiercely, while Lin Fan told Fang Yun that her reluctance to be ruthless could cost her the match.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan unleashed matching Great Sky Cloud Demon Swords, whose collision destroyed nearby platforms.
• Ying Xiaoxiao softened her strike at the last moment, allowing Wang Yan to hit her shoulder and defeat her.
• Wang Yan was declared the winner and said he would return for the Sect Tournament.
• Lin Fan stepped onto the platform and announced that first place in the Hall Examination was his.

Lin Fan challenged Wang Yan for the Hall Examination championship and the right to command the disciples during the Sect Tournament. Lin Fan overwhelmed Wang Yan and held him at knifepoint, declaring that Wang Yan had lost.

• Lin Fan entered the arena and challenged Wang Yan after Ying Xuanzi approved their final match.
• Wang Yan attacked Lin Fan with his heavy sword, but Lin Fan struck him back with the black tree trunk.
• Lin Fan used his Vermilion Bird Wings and Great Desolation Imprisoning Sky Hand to break Wang Yan's Heavenly Emperor Bell and make him spit blood.
• Lin Fan struck Wang Yan into the ground, then stopped his black tree above Wang Yan's head and pressed a golden knife to his throat.
• Lin Fan told Wang Yan that he had lost.

Lin Fan defeated Wang Yan and won first place in the Hall Examination, earning the right to command Dao Sect's disciples in the Sect Tournament. He handed that duty to Ying Xiaoxiao, then invited Wang Yan to fight alongside him against Yuan Sect.

• Wang Yan admitted defeat after realizing he could not beat Lin Fan, and the crowd reacted with shock and admiration.
• Chen Zhen announced Lin Fan as the Hall Examination champion and named him the commander for the Sect Tournament.
• Lin Fan asked that the right of command go to Ying Xiaoxiao, and Ying Xuanzi approved the change.
• Lin Fan invited Wang Yan to fight beside him against Yuan Sect; Wang Yan agreed and acknowledged Ying Xiaoxiao was the better commander.
• The disciples dispersed, and Lin Fan went with Ying Xuanzi to collect his champion's reward.

After the Hall Examination, Lin Fan gave Lin Dong the Stasis Token and learned that Little Flame had been injured while searching for treasure. Lin Fan sought Ying Huanhuan’s help borrowing Heaven Hall’s Sky Phoenix Lyre, and she led him away to find a way.

• Lin Fan chose the Stasis Token as his reward and gave it to Lin Dong, explaining how to use it.
• Lin Dong told Lin Fan that Little Flame had been injured by powerful experts guarding a place of treasure, and Xiao Diao needed the Sky Phoenix Lyre to counter their methods.
• Lin Fan went to Heaven Hall and asked Ying Huanhuan to help him borrow the lyre.
• Ying Huanhuan warned that Qi Lei rarely allowed anyone to borrow the treasured Pure Yuan Treasure, then teased Lin Fan about the Hall Examination.
• Ying Huanhuan noticed Lin Fan was serious about the urgent matter and asked him to follow her.

Lin Fan and Ying Huanhuan secretly took the Sky Phoenix Lyre from Heaven Hall and traveled with Lin Dong to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range. There, they reunited with Xiao Diao and Little Flame, and Lin Fan asked what Little Flame had discovered.

• Ying Huanhuan used her jade token to enter the guarded hall and took the Sky Phoenix Lyre, explaining she could control it because it bore her father’s mark.
• Lin Fan, Ying Huanhuan, and Lin Dong slipped out of Dao Sect; Lin Fan carried Ying Huanhuan with his Vermilion Bird Wings and gained the Life-Snatching Brahma Sound skill from touching her.
• Lin Dong led Lin Fan and Ying Huanhuan to Xiao Diao and Little Flame in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.
• The four brothers reunited, and Lin Fan introduced Ying Huanhuan to Xiao Diao and Little Flame.
• Lin Fan asked Little Flame what discovery had brought them there.

Lin Fan’s group set out for Demon Sound Mountain to seize the Earth Core Spirit Saliva, with Ying Huanhuan offering to counter the Owl Sound Array. They arrived to confront the Golden Ghost Owl, who had gathered his forces and was expecting help from Yuan Sect.

• Xiao Diao explained that the Golden Ghost Owl guarded the Earth Core Spirit Saliva and protected Demon Sound Mountain with an Owl Sound Array formed by a hundred thousand Human Head Owls.
• Lin Fan gained the Desolate Body after touching Lin Yan, then agreed with the others to attack Demon Sound Mountain.
• Ying Huanhuan said her Sky Phoenix Lyre could counter the Owl Sound Array, and Lin Fan led the group toward the mountain.
• An old man and two Yuan Sect Eight Spirit Generals also headed toward Demon Sound Mountain as the Golden Ghost Owl’s forces awaited an invited Yuan Sect elder.
• Lin Fan’s group arrived, and Xiao Diao taunted the Golden Ghost Owl by demanding that he kill his two subordinates to settle Little Flame’s injury.

Ying Huanhuan broke the Golden Ghost Owl’s Owl Sound Array, allowing Lin Fan and his allies to attack Demon Sound Mountain. Lin Fan used the Life-Snatching Brahma Sound to kill the Golden Ghost Owl’s subordinates, and three figures then arrived.

• The Golden Ghost Owl summoned Human Head Owls to form the Owl Sound Array, but Ying Huanhuan shattered it with the Sky Phoenix Lyre.
• Xiao Diao attacked the Golden Ghost Owl while Little Flame and Lin Dong fought his two Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm generals.
• Lin Fan played the Life-Snatching Brahma Sound, making the Golden Ghost Owl’s subordinates repent and kill themselves.
• The two generals died, leaving Xiao Diao to brutalize the Golden Ghost Owl as Lin Fan stopped playing.
• Three figures rushed in from outside Demon Sound Mountain just as Ying Huanhuan asked Lin Fan about his sound-wave skill.

Lin Fan and his companions fought the Yuan Sect forces at Demon Sound Mountain, killing two Spirit Generals and leaving Elder Jiang to face them. As Elder Jiang tried to flee, Xiao Diao warned that no word of the battle would escape.

• Elder Jiang arrived with Shen Yun and Xia Yan, joined forces with the Golden Ghost Owl, and assigned the two Spirit Generals to fight Lin Fan’s group.
• Shen Yun tried to approach Ying Huanhuan, but Lin Fan used Stasis to freeze him and killed him with a golden blade.
• Lin Fan joined Lin Dong and Little Flame, and Little Flame transformed into a giant tiger to attack Xia Yan.
• Lin Fan froze Xia Yan with Stasis, allowing Little Flame to kill him with a single strike.
• Elder Jiang raged at the deaths and prepared to flee, while Xiao Diao said they would not let him escape or reveal what happened.

Xiao Diao revealed his Heavenly Demon Sable form and overwhelmed Elder Jiang and the Golden Ghost Owl, while Lin Fan helped stop their escape. The group gathered after capturing both enemies’ spirits, and Xiao Diao asked who wanted the Golden Ghost Owl’s primordial spirit.

• Xiao Diao revealed his Heavenly Demon Sable form, frightening Elder Jiang and the Golden Ghost Owl.
• Elder Jiang and the Golden Ghost Owl attacked together, but Xiao Diao shattered their Origin Power Beams with a single giant palm.
• Elder Jiang tried to flee, but Lin Fan restrained him and struck him with the black tree trunk, allowing Xiao Diao to crush his body and capture his primordial spirit.
• The Golden Ghost Owl fled, but Lin Fan intercepted him with spatial light blades, cut apart his body, and sealed his Demon Spirit.
• Xiao Diao returned to human form and praised Lin Fan’s progress before asking who wanted the Golden Ghost Owl’s primordial spirit.

Lin Fan's group claimed the Earth Core Spirit Saliva in Demon Sound Mountain and divided it among Lin Dong, Little Flame, and Ying Huanhuan. Ren Yuanzi tracked them, so Xiao Diao used a spatial formation to carry the group away; they emerged in a remote mountain range, unsure whether they had escaped him.

• Lin Fan gave the Yuan Sect members' Yuan Spirits to Lin Dong and Little Flame, then led the group to search for the Earth Core Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Diao broke the seal on the hidden cavern and condensed the Earth Core Spirit Water into three portions of Earth Core Spirit Saliva.
• Lin Fan let Lin Dong, Little Flame, and Ying Huanhuan take the three portions, and the group left Demon Sound Mountain.
• Ren Yuanzi arrived at Demon Sound Mountain and followed the trail left by Lin Fan's group.
• Xiao Diao sensed they were marked and transported Lin Fan and the others through a spatial formation to a remote mountain range.

Lin Fan and the others used a formation to hide while they cultivated with their spoils. After half a month, Lin Fan broke through to the Life Profound Realm, while Lin Dong and the others continued cultivating.

• Xiao Diao explained that Ying Xuanzi had secretly interrupted a Yuan Gate Sect Leader’s pursuit, and the group prepared to use their harvest.
• Xiao Diao spent Nirvana Pills from Shen Yun’s Cosmos Sack to form a barrier that concealed the group’s aura.
• Lin Dong erased Elder Jiang’s consciousness with the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and began condensing his Yuan Spirit, while Little Flame and Ying Huanhuan cultivated with Earth Core Spirit Saliva.
• Lin Fan used Earth Core Life Essence and a Life Profound Spirit Fruit to cultivate, and after half a month, he broke through to the Life Profound Realm.
• Xiao Diao exclaimed at Lin Fan’s rapid breakthrough, and Lin Fan joked that it was only fitting for him to be Xiao Diao’s big brother.

Lin Fan advanced his Mental Power, endured the Wind and Thunder Tribulation, and guarded his companions as they completed their cultivation. Ying Huanhuan underwent a mysterious transformation revealing a Reincarnation Mark, then woke in Lin Fan’s arms.

• Lin Fan absorbed a Star Soul Fruit for seven days, becoming a Lesser Immortal Talisman Master and triggering a Wind and Thunder Tribulation.
• Lin Fan left Xiao Diao’s array to withstand the tribulation, then returned and gave Xiao Diao two drops of Earth Core Life Essence to refine.
• Little Flame refined the Earth Core Spirit Saliva, Xiao Diao recovered to the Perfect Life Profound Realm, and Lin Dong reached the Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm and Six Seal Heavenly Talisman Master level.
• Ying Huanhuan’s hair and eyes turned icy blue as a Reincarnation Mark appeared on her forehead, and Xiao Diao explained the mark and the Reincarnation Stage.
• Lin Fan told the others not to reveal what they had learned to Ying Huanhuan, then caught her as she fell; she woke in his arms and blushed.

Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Ying Huanhuan returned to Dao Sect, where Ying Xuanzi discussed Huanhuan’s reincarnated nature and warned them to keep it secret. Lin Fan then offered Ying Xuanzi a formation for the Sect Tournament, which impressed the sect leader.

• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Ying Huanhuan headed back to Dao Sect after learning about the dangers of the Otherworldly Demon Territory and the coming Sect Tournament.
• After arriving, the three were summoned to Ying Xuanzi, and Ying Huanhuan was told to return the Sky Phoenix Lyre to Qi Lei.
• Ying Xuanzi revealed that he knew Ying Huanhuan was a reincarnator and instructed Lin Fan and Lin Dong to keep it secret from Yuan Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi told the disciples to cultivate for the Sect Tournament, and Lin Fan offered a formation for the participating disciples.
• Ying Xuanzi examined Lin Fan’s formation diagram and explanation and praised it as marvelous.

Lin Fan gave Dao Sect a formation to strengthen its disciples for the Sect Tournament and shared Profound Origin Pills with Lin Dong. As Ying Xuanzi led the selected disciples’ departure for Otherworldly Demon City, Lin Fan, Wang Yan, and Ying Xiaoxiao were tasked with helping bring everyone back alive.

• Ying Xuanzi studied Lin Fan’s Five Elements Return to Origin Formation, praised its value, and gave him ten million Profound Origin Pills.
• Lin Fan gave Lin Dong one million Profound Origin Pills, then gained ten million more through his system when Lin Dong accepted them.
• Lin Fan and Lin Dong returned to Desolate Hall, where Chen Zhen and Wu Dao scolded them before praising their improved strength.
• Dao Sect’s tournament candidates trained in groups of five to master the formation as the Sect Tournament approached.
• Ying Xuanzi named Ying Xiaoxiao commander, with Lin Fan and Wang Yan assisting, and told them to return with every disciple alive.
• Qi Lei led the several hundred Dao Sect disciples toward Otherworldly Demon City as those remaining behind called for them to strengthen Dao Sect.

The Dao Sect arrived in Otherworldly Demon City for the Sect Tournament, and Lin Fan went to the Treasure Hunting Zone with Ying Huanhuan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Wang Yan. A dispute with Yuan Gate escalated into a confrontation, and Lin Fan stepped forward to face Lei Qian over the stolen hairpin.

• Qi Lei led the Dao Sect forces into Otherworldly Demon City and settled them in the western district.
• Ying Huanhuan invited Lin Fan out, and he joined her, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Wang Yan on a visit to the Treasure Hunting Zone.
• Jiang Tao and two Yuan Gate disciples took a jade-green hairpin Ying Huanhuan had chosen, prompting Wang Yan to demand its return.
• Jiang Tao and Ying Huanhuan summoned their sect members, and Lei Qian arrived to challenge the Dao Sect over the hairpin.
• Lin Fan stopped Wang Yan from accepting Lei Qian's challenge and said he would take it himself.