Chapter Summaries

Shen Lin used the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet to overpower Hao Xi, but Hao Xi invoked the Karma Dao Rule, Fortune Swap, and restored their original identities. Shen Lin lost the gains he had made, while Hao Xi discovered he had acquired the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art and the Sea Burning Flame.

• Shen Lin used the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet to force Hao Xi down with the weight of the secret realm.
• Hao Xi accused Shen Lin of taking the Sacred Feather Clan's inheritances, then deduced that Shen Lin's rapid progress came from Demon Lifespan.
• Shen Lin increased the pressure on Hao Xi, but Hao Xi used the Karma Dao Rule, Fortune Swap.
• Shen Lin found himself back in his former body, with his gains erased, while Hao Xi regained his original identity.
• Hao Xi recognized the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art in his new condition and discovered he possessed the Sea Burning Flame.

Hao Xi swapped fate with Shen Lin again, gaining control of the Grand Xuan Secret Realm and Shen Lin’s treasures, but Shen Lin retained his Heavenly Demon Body and received a surge of Demon Lifespan. As Hao Xi gained the upper hand in their fight, Shen Lin used Mirror Flower Water Moon to set up a final move.

• Hao Xi used the Phoenix Perch Wood to pay the life-cost of the Fate Swapping Art and successfully swapped fate with Shen Lin, gaining his abilities and treasures.
• Hao Xi attacked Shen Lin, but Shen Lin retained his Heavenly Demon Body because he had cultivated it through the Heavenly Silkworm avatar.
• Shen Lin’s system notifications listed demons killed under his identity, raising his Demon Lifespan to fifty-seven thousand two hundred years.
• Hao Xi pressed Shen Lin to reveal his secrets, and Shen Lin charged him with Swift Thunder Footwork before striking with his sword.
• Hao Xi deflected Shen Lin’s attacks and caught the sword after Shen Lin used Mirror Flower Water Moon, but Shen Lin announced his victory and activated Setting Sun.

Shen Lin used the Setting Sun Saber Technique to drain Hao Xi’s lifespan, ignoring his offers and pleas until the Sacred Feather Clan genius died. By killing Hao Xi, Shen Lin inherited his identity and status, and the Myriad Races Illustrated Record activated.

• Hao Xi dismissed the Setting Sun Saber Technique, but Shen Lin’s first strike aged him by more than a thousand years while Shen Lin remained unchanged.
• Hao Xi reclaimed vitality and lifespan from his damaged wings, but Shen Lin continued striking and revealed that his lifespan could sustain the technique.
• Hao Xi offered Shen Lin resources, guidance, and a place in the Sacred Feather Clan, but Shen Lin refused and kept draining his lifespan.
• Hao Xi relinquished control of the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet and begged for mercy, but Shen Lin continued until sixteen thousand years had passed and Hao Xi turned to ash.
• Shen Lin inherited Hao Xi’s identity and status, and the system announced that the Myriad Races Illustrated Record had been unlocked.

Shen Lin used Grand Xuan Pure Qi to break through to the Primal Chaos Realm and discovered that the Grand Xuan Dao Scripture could absorb weaker cultivation techniques. After spending five thousand years of Demon Lifespan to deduce it, he created the Universe Saber and began deducing the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art.

• Shen Lin examined the Myriad Races Illustrated Record, collected Hao Xi's bone wings and possessions, and went to the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet.
• Shen Lin used Grand Xuan Pure Qi to break through to the Primal Chaos Realm and watched the Grand Xuan Dao Scripture devour the Howling Moon Art and Purple Thunder Body Tempering Art.
• Shen Lin gathered five million Spirit Crystals and spent five thousand years of Demon Lifespan deducing the Grand Xuan Dao Scripture.
• Shen Lin's deduction transformed his spiritual power into Grand Xuan Immortal Qi and fused Blazing Flame Saber and Divine Thunder Eight Slashes into Mystic Wing Thousand Kill.
• Shen Lin combined Thousand Profound Transformations, Mystic Wing Thousand Kill, and other martial arts to create Universe Saber, then began deducing the Heaven Burning Sea Boiling Art.

Shen Lin learned how the Grand Xuan Sect planned to use the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet to escape the continent, and decided to stop them so he could use it himself. As he prepared to destroy three fruits containing Grand Xuan Sect disciples' Primordial Spirits, he saw Yuwen Jue approaching the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree.

• Shen Lin exhausted the Grand Xuan Sect's and Hao Xi's Spirit Crystals, raising his cultivation to the mid-stage of the Primal Chaos Realm.
• Shen Lin deduced that the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet could carry its users across the Chaos Sea to Qingxu Heaven and learned how the Grand Xuan Sect planned to activate it.
• Shen Lin concluded that the Grand Xuan Sect's disciples in the fruits beneath the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree could threaten his own plan to escape using the tablet.
• Shen Lin saw Yuwen Jue approach the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree with a jade-green bamboo basket, looking at the three fruits concealing Primordial Spirits.

Yuwen Jue tried to collect three Grand Xuan Fruits for Prime Minister Zhang, but the fruits ripened and sparked a chaotic fight among the warriors. When a thief fled with a fruit containing a hidden Primordial Spirit, Shen Lin stopped him and took the fruit, leaving Yuwen Jue to answer for his mission.

• Yuwen Jue told the waiting warriors he wanted three fruits, but Jin Fan challenged his demand as the Grand Xuan Fruits ripened.
• The warriors fought one another for the fruits, and Yuwen Jue placed one in a bamboo basket marked with the character Zhang.
• Jin Fan recognized the basket’s connection to Prime Minister Zhang and gave Yuwen Jue the fruit he had taken before leaving.
• A warrior stole the last fruit and tried to flee, while Yuwen Jue pursued him and prepared to kill him rather than let him swallow it.
• Shen Lin knocked the thief away, took the fruit, and asked Yuwen Jue who had ordered him to collect it.

Shen Lin revealed that he had reached the Primal Chaos Realm, questioned Yuwen Jue about the fruit-gathering mission, and drove the others away from the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree. As the onlookers expected his attempt to fail, Shen Lin lifted the tree more than three meters.

• Yuwen Jue recognized Shen Lin and realized that he had broken through to the Primal Chaos Realm.
• Yuwen Jue explained that his master and Prime Minister Zhang had given him a basket to collect specific fruits, and Shen Lin returned the fruit after learning he knew their secret.
• Shen Lin ordered the gathered martial artists to leave the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree, and Jin Fan led the others away.
• Shen Lin wrapped his arms around the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree and began trying to uproot it.
• A bystander explained that past attempts to move the tree had failed, then noticed that Shen Lin had already lifted it more than three meters.

Shen Lin uprooted the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree and discovered the amber-bound remains of the Grand Xuan Sect’s former elites. When the tree blocked his attack and revealed itself as a Tree Demon, Shen Lin explained that its greed had exposed it.

• Shen Lin pulled the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree from the ground, revealing amber figures wrapped in its roots.
• Shen Lin learned that the amber figures were former Grand Xuan Sect elites who had sealed themselves away to refine their Primordial Spirits, with failures becoming nourishment for the tree.
• Shen Lin casually punched at the amber figures, displaying power that left Yuwen Jue despairing, but the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree extinguished the flames with green energy.
• The Grand Xuan Treasure Tree split its trunk to reveal a scarlet eye and asked Shen Lin how he had discovered its secret.
• Shen Lin pointed to the dried corpses at the roots and said the Primordial Spirit method did not have such a low success rate, accusing the tree of being too greedy.

Shen Lin exposed the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree as a Tree Demon that had been absorbing the life essence of failed cultivators, then declared his duty to fight it despite its overwhelming power. The Tree Demon revealed two Heaven Grade Mysterious Weapons of its own, but Shen Lin remained eager to battle.

• After mastering the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet, Shen Lin realized that the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree had been feeding on disciples who died while cultivating the immortal race's secret art.
• The Tree Demon transformed, released terrifying Demon Qi, and was identified by Yuwen Jue as a Primal Chaos Realm consummation expert.
• Several martial artists blamed Shen Lin for waking the Tree Demon, but the Tree Demon asked why he had chosen to confront it instead of leaving quietly.
• Shen Lin summoned his Golden Wings and said that slaying demons was the duty of someone from the Demon Suppression Division.
• The Tree Demon crushed an amber casing to reveal a saber and a sword, both Heaven Grade Mysterious Weapons, while Shen Lin remained eager to fight.

Shen Lin fought the Tree Demon with two Heaven Grade Mysterious Weapons and used the Universe Saber to badly wound it. The Tree Demon healed itself by draining blood-energy from the Grand Xuan Sect members trapped in amber, then faced Shen Lin again.

• Shen Lin blocked the Tree Demon's weapons in a clash that sent Yuwen Jue and the other martial artists flying.
• Shen Lin exploited the Tree Demon's lack of combat experience, cut through its branches, and struck its trunk with two simultaneous saber techniques.
• Yuwen Jue recognized Shen Lin's exceptional control for using lightning- and flame-based Heaven Grade martial arts together, while another martial artist dismissed his skill as luck.
• The wounded Tree Demon returned in a rage and drained blood-energy from the Grand Xuan Sect members trapped in amber to heal its cross-shaped wound.

Shen Lin fought the Tree Demon, countering its hidden attacks and pressing it with powerful martial arts. The battle continued as the Tree Demon struggled to keep up with his twin-winged weapon.

• The Tree Demon grew stronger by absorbing the Grand Xuan Sect disciples' life force and attacked Shen Lin with a blood-red beam.
• The Tree Demon feinted with the Grand Xuan Sword Scripture's Sunset Sword Strike while sending a tiny blood-colored blade at Shen Lin.
• Shen Lin blocked the sword aura with his saber and struck the hidden blade with Palm Thunder.
• Shen Lin used Mystic Wing Thousand Kill to attack at close range, forcing the Tree Demon to retreat while Yuwen Jue and the others watched in shock.

Shen Lin defeated the Tree Demon and absorbed twelve thousand years of its lifespan, then prepared to leave the secret realm. He wondered why the Tree Demon’s lifespan was so much longer than his own before opening portals for everyone to return.

• The Tree Demon lost an arm and its long saber, but Shen Lin suppressed the weapon’s spirit with Weapon Refining Hand and took it for himself.
• Shen Lin seized the Tree Demon’s long sword and put it to sleep as well, leaving the Tree Demon weakened and frightened.
• Shen Lin unleashed the Universe Saber’s combined visions in a single slash and destroyed the Tree Demon.
• The system reported that Shen Lin had absorbed twelve thousand years of lifespan from the Tree Demon, which had lived for twenty thousand years.
• Shen Lin compared the Tree Demon’s lifespan with his own and snapped his fingers, opening whirlpools above everyone in the secret realm.

Ji Zhanxie arrived after the battle and learned the Grand Xuan Secret Realm had opened early. He planned to enter and eliminate the dangerous Tree Demon, but was stunned to see Shen Lin emerge with the demon’s remains and the aura of the Primal Chaos Realm.

• Ji Zhanxie arrived too late to help keep the crab from leaving, and White-Eyed Old Daoist explained that the other Dharma Aspect Realm figures were absent.
• White-Eyed Old Daoist told Ji Zhanxie that Gao Yichen could not come because something had happened to his youngest daughter, while Imperial Uncle was in secluded cultivation.
• Ji Zhanxie revealed that he had discovered the Grand Xuan Treasure Tree was a powerful demon and intended to destroy it now that the Grand Xuan Sect’s elders were gone.
• Ji Zhanxie said he would use Gao Yichen’s River Mountain Fan to force his way through the secret realm’s restrictions.
• Ji Zhanxie sensed the dead Tree Demon’s Demon Qi on a bark fragment and saw Shen Lin holding it, then realized Shen Lin had reached the Primal Chaos Realm.

Shen Lin returned to himself after the Grand Xuan Secret Realm ended, and Ji Zhanxie learned that he had killed the Tree Demon and recovered a Heaven Grade Mysterious Weapon. Ji Zhanxie promised a reward and told Shen Lin to report to him in five days, leaving Shen Lin relieved to be himself again.

• Purple Crystal showed Hermit Xiao Xiang the mature Jade Bamboo she had found and insisted she would pursue revenge for her family's deaths.
• Yun Zhou found Jian Xuan buried in the dirt, gave him the Dao Xuan Purple Qi, and tried to help him flee before the White-Eyed Old Daoist demanded two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals from their sect.
• Ji Zhanxie asked Shen Lin whether he had comprehended the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet, and Shen Lin said he had learned a little.
• Shen Lin claimed he had obtained a Heaven Grade Mysterious Weapon from an old opponent and showed Ji Zhanxie its golden wings.
• Ji Zhanxie accepted the Tree Demon remains for the Demon Suppression Division, promised Shen Lin a reward, and told him to come see him in five days.

After leaving the Grand Xuan Secret Realm, Shen Lin encountered Purple Crystal and learned she still planned to face a dangerous matter alone. He set out for the Great Wei Imperial Capital to find demon-slaying opportunities and prepare for a future breakthrough, and arrived at the city.

• Purple Crystal was astonished that Shen Lin had reached the Primal Chaos Realm, while Shen Lin greeted her but kept his distance.
• Hermit Xiao Xiang suggested Purple Crystal ask Shen Lin for help, but Purple Crystal insisted that her dangerous task was hers alone, and they left.
• After the Grand Xuan Secret Realm closed, Shen Lin decided to go to the Great Wei Imperial Capital to use the Demon Suppression Division's resources and gather spiritual energy.
• Shen Lin considered using his flame Visualization Diagram to pursue the Dharma Aspect Realm and planned to investigate the Divination Plate fragment in the capital.
• Shen Lin flew across the central region, found few demons to slay, and reached the Great Wei Imperial Capital.

Shen Lin arrived in the imperial capital and learned that Gao Shenghan’s younger sister was suffering from a mysterious flame burning inside her. He went to the Gao Household to see if he could help, and Gao Shenghan agreed to take him to her.

• A Demon Suppression Division officer told Shen Lin that Gao Yichen’s daughter had a strange internal flame that only Gao Yichen’s spiritual energy could suppress.
• Shen Lin asked the officer to take him to the Gao Household, hoping to help because of his ties to Gao Shenghan and his sister.
• At the Gao Household, Shen Lin noticed that the servants treated him like family, apparently because of Hao Xi’s past actions while using his identity.
• Shen Lin found Gao Shenghan meditating and learned that he had advanced from the Aperture Opening Realm to the Star Realm.
• Gao Shenghan said his sister had asked after Shen Lin and offered to take him to see her.

Shen Lin suppressed the dangerous flame surging inside Gao Yaqiong and discovered that her worsening condition seemed connected to Haoxi, who had impersonated him. Gao Yichen had gone to the North Ice Nethersea to seek the legendary Lightless Profound Ice Marrow to save his daughter.

• Shen Lin followed Gao Shenghan into Gao Yaqiong's room, where Madam Gao and a maidservant were struggling to suppress the flame inside her.
• Gao Shenghan learned that Gao Yaqiong's childhood flame had recently grown stronger and was flaring up far more often than before.
• Shen Lin stepped in and suppressed Gao Yaqiong's raging flame, astonishing Gao Shenghan and Madam Gao with his strength.
• Madam Gao explained that Gao Yichen had left for the North Ice Plains to seek Lightless Profound Ice Marrow from the dangerous North Ice Nethersea.
• After calming Gao Yaqiong, Shen Lin realized that her fiery disturbance seemed to be related to Haoxi occupying his identity.

Shen Lin discovered that a secret technique had caused Gao Yaqiong’s Spirit Void Cattail Flame to grow uncontrollably, and he devised a risky way to cure her by strengthening the flame until his Sea Burning Flame could devour it. Gao Yaqiong chose to try, and Madam Gao entrusted her life to Shen Lin.

• Shen Lin identified the Spirit Void Cattail Flame in Gao Yaqiong as a rare Heaven Grade Spiritual Flame altered by a secret technique, which he suspected Haoxi had used.
• Shen Lin realized he could accelerate the flame’s growth so his Sea Burning Flame might devour it, though failure would burn Gao Yaqiong to death and success would destroy her cultivation talent.
• Gao Shenghan and Madam Gao hesitated over Shen Lin’s dangerous proposal, weighing the risk against Gao Yaqiong’s worsening condition.
• Gao Yaqiong woke and insisted that she wanted to try Shen Lin’s treatment rather than continue suffering.
• Madam Gao ruled out waiting for Gao Yichen, who was far away in the North Ice Plains, and entrusted Gao Yaqiong’s life to Shen Lin.

Shen Lin used the Gao Household’s Spirit Crystals and a formation to evolve Gao Yaqiong’s Spirit Void Cattail Flame. The flame reached Heaven Grade, though Gao Yaqiong had fainted and the blast threw everyone nearby backward.

• Madam Gao gathered more than a million Spirit Crystals and entrusted Gao Yaqiong’s treatment to Shen Lin.
• Shen Lin activated the formation and used the Sky-Splitting Saber Technique to suppress the Spirit Void Cattail Flame as it grew stronger by absorbing his spiritual force.
• Madam Gao realized that past attempts to suppress the flame had strengthened it, but she waited and followed Shen Lin’s plan.
• After Gao Yaqiong fainted and the flame forced Shen Lin’s technique back, Shen Lin called for Madam Gao to crush the Spirit Crystals.
• The Spirit Void Cattail Flame absorbed the released spiritual energy, expanded, and reached Heaven Grade, sending everyone nearby flying.

The Heaven Grade Spiritual Flame at the Gao Household drew masked intruders seeking to seize it, while former students of Gao Yichen moved to protect his home. Shen Lin confronted a powerful attacker in the inner courtyard and struck as the intruder tried to retreat.

• Experts across Great Wei's imperial capital sensed a Heaven Grade Spiritual Flame and rushed toward the Gao Household, but officials and warriors connected to Gao Yichen intercepted many of them.
• A masked expert at the perfected Primal Chaos Realm blasted open the Gao Household's gate, wounded the steward, and entered the inner courtyard.
• The masked expert saw the Spirit Void Cattail Flame vanish, then hurried toward Gao Yaqiong's boudoir.
• Shen Lin blocked the masked expert with a powerful blade strike and revealed that he had reached the Primal Chaos Realm.
• The masked expert decided to retreat, but Shen Lin appeared behind him and brought down his flame-wreathed blade.