Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan and Qing Tan reached Great Puppet City, learned that Lin Dong had clashed with the Yin Puppet Sect, and spent several days exploring the city. Lin Fan sold his collected spiritual treasures for nearly four hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills, then someone stopped him as he left Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

• Lin Fan and Qing Tan arrived in Great Puppet City and asked around about Lin Dong, learning that he had clashed with the Yin Puppet Sect outside the city.
• Lin Fan reassured Qing Tan that Lin Dong could rely on the High-Level Talisman Puppet and said they would meet him near the Great Desolate Monument.
• Lin Fan took Qing Tan around Great Puppet City for three days before they visited Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Lin Fan sold Steward Song several spiritual treasures, and Steward Song offered him nearly four hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills.
• Several people called out to Lin Fan and Qing Tan as they left Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Lin Fan and Qing Tan encountered Yin Puppet Sect members in Great Puppet City, where Lin Fan killed their leader and disciples before continuing toward the Great Desolate Monument. After reaching the crowded plain and forcing his way toward the monument, Lin Fan heard Lin Langtian challenge him.

• The Yin Puppet Sect leader tried to seize Lin Fan and Qing Tan to lure out Lin Dong, but Lin Fan killed him with a golden platform strike.
• Lin Fan killed the remaining Yin Puppet Sect disciples with Blue Handprints, collected their Cosmos Sacks, and left Great Puppet City with Qing Tan.
• Another Yin Puppet Sect group tried to ambush Lin Fan on the way, but he defeated them and gained more than a hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills.
• Lin Fan rode Huo'er to the Great Desolate Plain and pushed through the gathered crowd toward the Great Desolate Monument.
• Lin Fan heard Lin Langtian's familiar voice threaten to capture him and take him to the Clan Punishment Hall.

Lin Fan arrived at the Great Desolate Monument and confronted Lin Langtian, who had attacked him in front of the gathered clans. Lin Fan overwhelmed Lin Langtian and charged at him again as the Lin Clan Main Family elders intervened.

• Lin Fan and Qing Tan rode Huo'er to Lin Dong and Lin Langtian, and Lin Fan accused Lin Langtian of conspiring with the Wang Clan.
• Lin Langtian attacked Lin Fan with two demonic tablets, but Lin Fan blocked and shattered them with a blue palm seal.
• Lin Langtian summoned the Great Sky Phoenix Seal, but Lin Fan's palm seal destroyed it and knocked him to the ground.
• Lin Fan charged at the fallen Lin Langtian, prompting three Lin Clan Main Family elders to shout for him to stop, and one elder attacked him.

Lin Fan defeated Lin Langtian, seized his Spirit Wheel Mirror, and forced the Lin Clan Main Family to surrender an elder’s Cosmos Sack. When the Great Desolate Monument opened, Lin Fan entered its space with Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and their two beasts.

• Lin Fan ignored the elders’ attacks, took the Spirit Wheel Mirror from Lin Langtian, and struck him down, while the system rewarded Lin Fan with three Creation Peak Realm Demon Spirits.
• The White-Haired Old Man asked Lin Fan to spare Lin Langtian, but the Great Desolate Monument opened before their dispute was settled.
• Lin Langtian entered the monument first, and Lin Fan demanded the Cosmos Sack of the elder who had attacked him.
• The White-Haired Old Man handed over the elder’s Cosmos Sack, and Lin Fan rejoined Lin Dong and Qing Tan.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, Qing Tan, Huo'er, and Little Flame entered the Great Desolate Monument’s energy vortex.

Lin Fan and his companions entered the Ancient Tablet Space and headed toward its core, where they found the Great Demon Gate and Yin Puppet Sect confronting each other over a Talisman Puppet Nest. After the Great Demon Gate and Yin Puppet Sect offered to withdraw, Lin Fan stopped the Yin Puppet Sect from leaving.

• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan entered the Ancient Tablet Space and set out for its central region after Xiao Diao sensed the way.
• Lin Dong tempered his body in the Bone-Corroding Yin Wind while Lin Fan protected him and Qing Tan.
• Lin Fan and his companions reached the Talisman Puppet Nest, where Teng Lei and Mu Qianqian's factions were facing off.
• Mu Qianqian withdrew the Great Demon Gate's people after Lin Fan claimed the talisman puppets.
• Teng Lei offered to withdraw the Yin Puppet Sect, but Lin Fan asked whether he had said they could leave.

Lin Fan forced Teng Lei and the Yin Puppet Sect to surrender their supplies, then descended through the Talisman Puppet Nest with Lin Dong and Qing Tan. They reached a huge altar at the bottom, where Lin Fan and Lin Dong sensed a unique fluctuation.

• Lin Fan threatened Teng Lei until the Yin Puppet Sect members handed over their Cosmos Sacks, then let them leave.
• Lin Fan killed a Yin Puppet Sect elder who was trying to control a High-Level Talisman Puppet and took both the puppet and the elder’s Cosmos Sack.
• Lin Fan sensed something below stirring the Natal Spirit Talisman in his Niwan Palace, and Xiao Diao suggested it might be the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Xiao Diao shielded Lin Dong and the others from the Nine Nether Cold Qi, allowing the group to continue descending together.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and their companions reached a huge black altar and sensed a unique fluctuation at its center.

Lin Fan, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan discovered that the Devouring Ancestor Symbol was gone, but the Black Pupil Old Man left Lin Dong a black rune. They reached the Creation Martial Tablet, where Lin Fan touched it, hoping to receive a reward.

• Lin Fan found a hidden vortex in the central pillar, and he and Lin Dong entered it with Qing Tan.
• The Black Pupil Old Man chose Lin Dong, gave him a black rune, and left him warnings before his afterimage disappeared.
• Lin Fan explained the Creation Martial Tablet to Lin Dong and Qing Tan, then led them toward it with their beasts.
• Lin Fan's group arrived at the plaza, where they encountered Lin Langtian, Wang Zhong, Teng Lei, and other factions gathered around the tablet.
• Xiao Diao explained the tablet's martial arts and tablet soul, prompting Lin Fan to wonder whether touching it would earn him a prize.
• Lin Fan landed near the Creation Martial Tablet, walked up to it, and placed his hand on its surface.

Lin Fan obtained the Move the Universe Seal from the Creation Martial Tablet and gave up the last three seats so other factions could compete for them. He then forced Lin Langtian to yield his seat, leaving Lin Langtian seething as Lin Fan confronted him.

• Lin Fan received the Move the Universe Seal, which could combine powers with forward seals or break down power and matter with reverse seals.
• The Creation Martial Tablet formed ten prayer-mat seats, and Lin Langtian and representatives of several factions occupied eight of them.
• Lin Fan announced that he, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan would not take the final three seats, and the Azure Wood Sect claimed one.
• Lin Fan told the Lin Clan elders that Lin Langtian's seat belonged to him, and the elders ordered Lin Langtian to switch seats.
• Lin Fan approached Lin Langtian and demanded that he get down, while Lin Langtian restrained his rage and sought Mu Shi's help.

Lin Fan forced Lin Langtian to surrender his seat and gave it to Lin Dong, then killed Teng Lei and the Yin Puppet Sect members who followed him. He gave Teng Lei’s seat to Qing Tan and asked which faction would be next.

• Lin Langtian gave up his seat to Lin Fan, who let Lin Dong take it while Lin Langtian moved to the rear.
• Teng Lei offered Lin Fan his seat, but Lin Fan attacked him and killed him after breaking his Yin Puppet Great Art.
• Lin Fan killed the Yin Puppet Sect members with a blue great handprint and took Teng Lei’s Cosmos Sack.
• Lin Fan gave Teng Lei’s seat to Qing Tan, then looked over the remaining factions and asked, “Who’s next?”

Lin Fan challenged the Wang Clan after claiming the seat Wang Zhong occupied, then unleashed the Thunder Sword against the clan’s assembled fighters. He defeated the Wang Clan’s forces, gravely wounded Wang Zhong, and captured the Blood Demon Asura Spear.

• Lin Fan asked Huangpu Jing whether she had heard from Ling Qingzhu, then claimed Wang Zhong’s seat before the Creation Martial Tablet.
• After Wang Zhong called him arrogant, Lin Fan declared that the Wang Clan would occupy none of the ten seats; Wang Tong ordered the clan’s experts to attack him.
• Wang Zhong drew the Blood Demon Asura Spear, and the White-Haired Old Man explained that it was a vicious Earth-Rank Spiritual Treasure.
• Lin Fan drew the Thunder Sword and struck the Wang Clan with Five Thunders Bombard the Summit, leaving Wang Zhong as the only one still alive.
• Lin Fan’s thunder overwhelmed Wang Zhong and weakened the spear, which Lin Fan seized and stored in the System Space.

Lin Fan subdued Wang Zhong and secured a seat at the Creation Martial Tablet, then entered its inheritance space in search of powerful martial arts. He reached the deepest point he could endure and encountered a pillar containing an enormous black hand marked with five ancient characters.

• Lin Fan knocked Wang Zhong unconscious, kept him as a hostage, and ordered Huo'er and Little Flame to guard him.
• Lin Fan and Lin Dong took seats alongside Qing Tan and other competitors, while the Azure Wood Sect and Paradise Valley claimed the final two seats.
• The Creation Martial Tablet drew the ten seated competitors' Mental Power into its inheritance space.
• Lin Fan traveled through the starry space, resisted its repulsive force, and communicated with the tablet soul.
• The tablet soul brought Lin Fan to a realm filled with Creation Martial Arts, where he entered the deepest pillar he could reach and saw an enormous black hand bearing five ancient characters.

Lin Fan received the Great Desolate Heaven Covering Hand inheritance while the other participants obtained martial arts from the Creation Martial Tablet. After Lin Langtian gained a Creation Martial Art, Lin Fan’s emergence triggered an even greater phenomenon that shattered Lin Langtian’s display and left him unwilling.

• Lin Fan used the Flame Ancestor Symbol to erase old marks from the giant hand, then absorbed the Great Desolate Heaven Covering Hand inheritance and its cultivation insights.
• An Azure Wood Sect expert and a Paradise Valley expert obtained Eighth Grade Martial Arts, while Mu Qianqian, Wu Ci, Huangpu Jing, Qin Shi, and Qing Tan each obtained a Ninth Grade Martial Art.
• Lin Langtian opened his eyes and received a Creation Martial Art, prompting admiration from the crowd and pride from the Lin Clan Main Family.
• Lin Langtian asked Mu Shi whether Lin Fan’s inheritance could be destroyed, but the Creation Martial Tablet erupted with black light as Lin Fan opened his eyes.
• Lin Fan’s black light shattered the mountains-and-rivers image above Lin Langtian and engulfed the sky, leaving Lin Langtian stunned and unwilling.

Lin Fan and Lin Dong inherited powerful martial arts, and Lin Dong revealed that a huge treasure lay beneath the Ancient Tablet Space, guarded by an Ancient Blood Bat Dragon and an even more terrifying presence. The Three Great Clans refused to trust Lin Fan’s warning and rallied everyone to attack the square, where an ancient roar rose from below.

• Lin Fan inherited a terrifying Creation Martial Art, while Lin Qingtan obtained the Ninth Grade Great Desolate Sea Splitting Seal and Lin Fan received five hundred thousand Nirvana Pills from patting her head.
• Lin Dong awakened, used the Creation Martial Tablet to advance from Initial Stage to Great Completion of Qi Creation Realm, and told Lin Fan about the underground treasure and its guardian, an Ancient Blood Bat Dragon.
• Lin Dong asked Lin Fan to help Xiao Diao kill the guardian beast, and Lin Fan agreed.
• Lin Ke'er told Lin Fan that the Four Great Clans would let him take ten percent of the treasure if he promised not to claim it all, but Lin Fan warned that the treasure was beyond their reach.
• An elder of the Qin Clan announced the treasure publicly, and Qin Shi proposed that everyone join forces against the guardian before dividing the spoils.
• The crowd attacked the square, which began to collapse as an ancient roar and fierce aura erupted from beneath it.

Lin Fan agreed to help the Three Great Clans defeat the Ancient Blood Bat Dragon in exchange for one million Pure Yuan Pills. After the forces withdrew, he summoned the Great Desolate Heaven Covering Hand and began his attack.

• The Ancient Blood Bat Dragon burst from beneath the plaza and slaughtered experts as Lin Fan and the others escaped into the air.
• The Three Great Clans struggled against the beast, and Lin Ke'er, Huangpu Jing, and Qin Shi asked Lin Fan to intervene.
• Lin Fan negotiated a payment of one million Pure Yuan Pills, which the Three Great Clans and allied forces gathered and handed to him.
• After Lin Ke'er organized everyone’s retreat, Lin Fan summoned the Great Desolate Heaven Covering Hand and pressed it toward the ground.

Lin Fan killed the Ancient Blood Bat Dragon with the Great Desolate Heaven Covering Hand and left the underground treasure behind, warning Lin Dong that its pills carried a curse. After the group returned to a quiet place, Xiao Diao, Huo'er, and Little Flame absorbed the dragon’s remains and grew stronger, just as the system spoke to Lin Fan again.

• Lin Fan’s Great Desolate Heaven Covering Hand crushed the Ancient Blood Bat Dragon, and he stored its corpse before leaving with Qing Tan on Huo’er.
• Lin Dong and Wang Zhong followed Lin Fan, while Lin Ke’er chose not to join the crowd rushing for the underground treasure.
• Lin Fan told Lin Dong that the treasure’s pills were cursed and that they should leave so Xiao Diao, Huo’er, and Little Flame could absorb the dragon’s remains.
• The group exited the Great Desolate Plain and settled in a quiet place, where Xiao Diao began refining the dragon’s Demon Spirit as Huo’er and Little Flame devoured its flesh and blood.
• On the fifth day, Xiao Diao completed his refinement, and Huo’er and Little Flame also broke through and improved their strength.
• The system’s familiar voice sounded in Lin Fan’s mind.

Lin Fan gained Nirvana Pills and a Spirit Seal by petting his companions, then distributed spiritual treasures as Xiao Diao, Huo'er, and Little Flame refined Demon Spirits and grew stronger. He led the group to Yin Puppet City to seize the treasure Teng Sha had found, which might be the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, where they faced the city's defenders.

• Lin Fan petted Little Flame, Huo'er, and Xiao Diao, earning Nirvana Pills and a Spirit Seal, then gave Xiao Diao a Demon Spirit to refine.
• Lin Fan gave Demon Spirits to Huo'er and Little Flame and handed the Blood Demon Asura Spear and Spirit Wheel Realm to Lin Dong and Qing Tan.
• After seven days of refining, Xiao Diao and Huo'er reached Creation Realm Peak, while Little Flame reached Creation Realm Great Success.
• Lin Fan told Lin Dong that Teng Sha had been trying to refine a mysterious treasure for three years, and Lin Dong suspected it was the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Lin Fan's group flew to Yin Puppet City to seize Teng Sha's treasure, but two Qi Creation Realm defenders flew out to confront them.

Lin Fan and his companions reached Yin Puppet Sect just as Teng Sha’s formation failed to destroy the Black Pupil Old Man’s remnant image. As Great Demon Gate and the Martial Alliance arrived, Teng Sha recognized Lin Fan and Lin Dong and attacked them.

• Lin Fan killed the Yin Puppet Sect experts blocking their path, collected their Cosmos Sacks, and led the others deeper into the sect.
• Lin Fan saw Teng Sha and the Great Elders activate the Nine Yin Demon Profound Formation against the Black Pupil Old Man’s remnant image.
• The Black Pupil Old Man shattered the formation’s blood-red eye, leaving the Yin Puppet Sect experts injured and depleted.
• Mu Lei of Great Demon Gate and Wu Zong of the Martial Alliance arrived, and Lin Fan brought his companions down to the plaza.
• Teng Sha recognized Lin Fan and Lin Dong, erupted with killing intent, and hurled his Creation Azure Mountain at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan seized the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and killed Teng Sha, despite Teng Sha’s breakthrough to Creation Realm Great Success. With the Yin Puppet Sect’s headquarters in ruins, Lin Fan and his allies pursued the surviving sect members.

• Teng Sha revealed his breakthrough to Creation Realm Great Success, but Lin Fan blasted him away and forced Mu Lei and Wu Zong to retreat from the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Lin Fan grabbed the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and stored it in the System Space.
• Teng Sha attacked Lin Fan with the Great Desolate Sea Splitting Seal, but Lin Fan shattered it with the Great Desolate Heaven Covering Hand.
• Lin Fan’s giant hand destroyed Teng Sha and devastated the Yin Puppet Sect’s plaza, leaving the sect members fleeing.
• Lin Fan, Lin Dong, Qing Tan, Huo'er, Little Flame, Mu Lei, and Wu Zong pursued the fleeing Yin Puppet Sect members.

Lin Fan and his allies destroyed the Yin Puppet Sect and arranged for Mu Lei and Wu Zong to eliminate its remaining branches in exchange for three million Pure Yuan Pills. Beneath the sect’s headquarters, Lin Dong used the Stone Talisman to subdue a Blood Spirit Puppet, and the group left after collecting their payment.

• Lin Fan and his allies slaughtered the Yin Puppet Sect’s remaining people and accepted the Cosmos Sacks from Mu Lei and Wu Zong.
• Lin Fan tasked Mu Lei and Wu Zong with clearing out the sect’s branches in exchange for its other assets and three million Pure Yuan Pills.
• Lin Fan led Lin Dong, Qing Tan, and the others into an underground cavern, where they found a chained Blood Spirit Puppet.
• With Xiao Diao and Lin Fan’s help, Lin Dong used the Stone Talisman to subdue the Blood Spirit Puppet.
• Lin Fan destroyed the underground passage, collected the three million Pure Yuan Pills from Mu Lei and Wu Zong, and left with his group as Qing Tan asked whether they were returning to Yancheng.

Lin Fan took Lin Dong to Profound Yin Stream so he could refine the Devouring Ancestor Symbol in safety, while Lin Fan planned to return to Flame City to protect the Lin Family. Lin Dong began the dangerous refinement alone, and Lin Fan left Xiao Diao to guide him as he departed.

• Lin Fan told Qingtan, Lin Dong, Huo'er, and Little Flame that they were heading to Profound Yin Stream so Lin Dong could refine the Devouring Ancestor Symbol without attracting powerful experts.
• Lin Dong entered Profound Yin Stream protected by the Stone Talisman, while Qingtan, Huo'er, and Little Flame waited outside.
• Lin Fan killed Wang Zhong and threw his body into the stream, reassuring Lin Dong that he could handle the Wang Clan's Clan Head.
• Lin Fan found a windless place deep in the stream, broke the seal on the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, and warned Lin Dong that he had to earn its recognition to survive refining it.
• Lin Dong began the months-long refinement, while Lin Fan instructed Xiao Diao to guide him and left to return to Flame City with Qingtan.