Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen left the Thousand Layers Mountain Range for the Azure Ripple Sect after learning that the sect had urgently summoned its disciples back, and he killed a Cloud Descendant Clan guard who ambushed him. A month later, Azure Ripple Sect disciples faced overwhelming Eight Desolations Domain forces at Myriad Blades Mountain, where a new arrival interrupted the fight as Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi struggled against their opponents.

• Lin Chen learned that the Azure Ripple Sect had issued a summons for all disciples to return and left the Entropy Clan's territory after asking them to pass a message to Yin Yue.
• Lin Chen detected and killed a Cloud Descendant Clan martial artist guarding the Thousand Layers Secret Realm's outskirts, then took his Storage Pouch.
• A month later, Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi prepared to defend Myriad Blades Mountain against a much larger Eight Desolations Domain force.
• Three mid-stage Xiantian Third Realm fighters from the Eight Desolations Sect attacked Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi, and Chai Daoqi was pushed back in the opening clash.
• As the two Azure Ripple Sect disciples faced a likely defeat, an unidentified voice called out that he would not be missing when brothers joined forces.

Lin Chen arrived at Ten Thousand Blades Mountain and swiftly killed three Xiantian Third Realm enemies, turning the battle in Azure Ripple Domain’s favor. After learning the border had fallen and meeting First Senior Brother Tu Ruoxing, he revealed that he had reached the Xiantian Fourth Realm after training in a time-distorted secret realm.

• Lin Chen appeared at Ten Thousand Blades Mountain, and the three Xiantian Third Realm Martial Artists from the Eight Desolations Domain tried to flee.
• Lin Chen killed all three enemies within five breaths, and Liang Hanyang ordered the Azure Ripple Domain Martial Artists to attack.
• Lin Chen held back from joining the battle but used his spiritual sense to rescue Azure Ripple Domain fighters in danger.
• Liang Hanyang told Lin Chen that the Eight Desolations Domain’s forces had increased, forcing the Azure Ripple Sect to retreat after two Elders died at the border.
• Tu Ruoxing arrived, learned Lin Chen had killed the three enemies in five breaths, and heard that Lin Chen had reached the Xiantian Fourth Realm after cultivating in the Thousand Layers Secret Realm.

Lin Chen returned to the battlefield and began secretly eliminating Eight Desolations Domain fighters, drawing the attention of both sects. Elder Qu Guanfu hurried to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range to protect the unknown powerhouse, where an enemy elder was already waiting.

• Lin Chen accepted his senior brothers’ advice to return to the sect, then changed course after leaving Wanshan City and headed for the battlefield’s edge in disguise.
• At Bibo City, Zhang Qi found thousands of Eight Desolations Domain corpses and learned that two Xiantian Martial Artists had died from their souls being annihilated.
• Qu Guanfu received reports that a mysterious powerhouse had killed more than fifty Xiantian Martial Artists and realized the figure was likely heading toward the Purple Cloud Mountain Range.
• Gong Heng warned Qu Guanfu that five Xiantian Fourth Realm fighters were stationed there, and Qu Guanfu rushed to the mountains to prevent the mysterious powerhouse from being surrounded.
• A figure arrived in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, where an aged voice announced that its speaker had been waiting.

Lin Chen entered Xi Zeliang’s formation in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range and fought the Eight Desolations Domain martial artists who had laid a trap for him. After killing Xi Zeliang and the four fighters maintaining the formation, Lin Chen sensed someone approaching and turned toward them with a smile.

• Xi Zeliang sealed the Purple Cloud Mountain Range and confronted Lin Chen over the deaths of Eight Desolations Domain martial artists.
• Lin Chen withstood Xi Zeliang’s attacks and matched his Eight Desolations Palm, while Xi Zeliang’s divine-soul attacks failed to affect him.
• Xi Zeliang used the Eight Desolations Creation Halberd and wounded Lin Chen, who then unleashed Sea Rising Bright Moon to suppress him.
• Lin Chen used Azure Ripple Finger to kill Xi Zeliang, then opened the Eye of Azure Ripple and annihilated the four Xiantian Fourth Realm martial artists.
• Lin Chen left the ruined formation and turned toward an approaching figure after sensing their arrival.

Lin Chen revealed himself to Qu Guanfu after defeating the Eight Desolations Sect forces in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, including the Xiantian Fifth Realm expert Xi Zeliang. Qu Guanfu urged Lin Chen to return to the sect in disguise and keep his strength secret, then prepared to counterattack the now leaderless enemy forces.

• Lin Chen revealed his identity to Qu Guanfu, who recognized him and learned that he had killed the Eight Desolations Domain martial artists in the region.
• Lin Chen said he had reached the peak of the Xiantian Fourth Realm, startling Qu Guanfu with how quickly he had advanced.
• Qu Guanfu warned Lin Chen that the Eight Desolations Sect might have anticipated his arrival and told him to leave the Purple Cloud Mountain Range.
• Lin Chen revealed that he had killed Xi Zeliang, and Qu Guanfu confirmed the Xiantian Fifth Realm expert's corpse.
• Qu Guanfu told Lin Chen to return to the sect in disguise and conceal his strength, then decided to exploit Xi Zeliang's death by launching a counterattack.

Lin Chen returned to the Azure Ripple Sect after gaining the strength to kill a Xiantian Fifth Realm expert, and he explained that his long stay in the Thousand Layers Secret Realm had accelerated his cultivation. The chapter ended with Ji Cangtian revealing that the Blood Moon Sect had secretly allied with the Eight Desolations Sect and sent a thousand Xiantian Martial Artists into the war.

• Lin Chen entered the sect-protecting formation and surprised Zhao Yulin by revealing his Xiantian Fourth Realm cultivation.
• Lin Chen told Ji Cangtian and the elders that he had killed Xi Zeliang, and Elder Qu's message confirmed Lin Chen had defeated him and four other Xiantian Fourth Realm martial artists without injury.
• Lin Chen explained that he had spent nearly forty years cultivating in the Thousand Layers Secret Realm of the Entropy Clan.
• Lin Chen asked whether outside forces had interfered in the battle, and Ji Cangtian revealed that the Blood Moon Sect had allied with the Eight Desolations Sect and sent a thousand Xiantian Martial Artists to the battlefield.

Lin Chen learned that the Blood Moon Sect had joined the war against the Azure Ripple Sect and that the sect’s retreat was necessary against three allied enemies. After Ye Feiran confirmed Lin Chen’s spirit-enhancing destiny, he revealed that the Eight Desolations Sect had started the war to prevent the Azure Ripple Sect’s First Grand Elder from completing his breakthrough.

• Lin Chen asked Ji Cangtian why the Blood Moon Sect had joined the war, but Ji Cangtian admitted he did not know and brought Lin Chen to meet Ye Feiran.
• Ye Feiran learned that Lin Chen’s spirit had reached the Six Stages of Xiantian and heard his explanation of the Divine Illumination Without Bounds destiny.
• Ye Feiran gave Lin Chen a seven-colored fruit, and he and another elder confirmed that Lin Chen’s destiny let his spirit withstand and absorb its power.
• Ye Feiran told Lin Chen that the Eight Desolations Sect had launched the war to stop the Azure Ripple Sect’s First Grand Elder from breaking through.

Lin Chen learned from Yin Wushuang’s martial cultivation record that true invincibility meant keeping faith in his own path even after defeat. A month later, Lin Chen was summoned to the Myriad Fire Sect, while Murong Yan and Su Qin were trapped in Thousand Leaf City as Eight Desolations Domain fighters approached.

• Ye Feiran brought Lin Chen to meet Yin Wushuang, who praised Lin Chen’s potential and urged him to cultivate for the sect’s future.
• Ji Cangtian delivered Yin Wushuang’s jade slip to Lin Chen, and Lin Chen read about Yin Wushuang’s victories, defeats, and resolve to keep pursuing his own path.
• A month later, Ji Cangtian told Lin Chen that Elder Zhuang Lie had summoned him to the Myriad Fire Sect, and Lin Chen agreed to leave at once.
• In Thousand Leaf City, Murong Yan and Su Qin found the gates shut after Eight Desolations Domain fighters were spotted nearby, and Gu Kong ordered the city’s Upper-Grade Martial Artists to stay and defend it.
• Murong Yan asked whether reinforcements would arrive within half an hour, and Gu Kong swore that his senior brother would come.

Murong Yan used her soul illusion to delay Xu Ke while Thousand Leaf City fought off his forces, but the promised reinforcements never came. Just as Xu Ke attacked her, Lin Chen arrived, rescued her, and burned Xu Ke and the Eight Desolations Domain Martial Artists.

• Murong Yan convinced Gu Kong that her soul technique could trap Xu Ke temporarily, and Gu Kong supplied her with soul-restoring pills and a place to concentrate.
• Xu Ke led nearly a hundred Martial Artists toward Thousand Leaf City and ordered them to massacre it while Murong Yan kept him trapped in an illusion.
• After half an hour, Xu Ke broke free, revealed that reinforcements were occupied elsewhere, and blew away Murong Yan's veil before trying to seize her.
• Gu Kong and several other Martial Artists attacked Xu Ke to help Murong Yan escape, but Xu Ke blasted them aside and ordered his forces to leave no one alive.
• Lin Chen appeared above the city, supported Murong Yan, and burned the Eight Desolations Domain forces, deliberately making Xu Ke suffer as the flames consumed him.

After defeating the Eight Desolations Domain invaders, Lin Chen reunited with Murong Yan in Thousand Leaf City but left her behind as he continued toward the Myriad Fire Sect. He arrived at the sect’s mountain gate to meet Elder Zhuang and learn how to refine his Xiantian Fire.

• Lin Chen returned to Thousand Leaf City, rejected Gu Kong’s apology, and ordered him to care for the city’s survivors and compensate the fallen martial artists.
• Lin Chen reunited with Murong Yan, who had recovered from her injuries, and spent the night with her.
• Murong Yan chose not to travel with Lin Chen because she feared becoming a burden during the sect war, and Gu Kong agreed to escort her to the sect.
• Lin Chen left Murong Yan with pills and spirit-soul cultivation techniques, then crossed into the Myriad Fire Domain after seeing the names of fallen Azure Ripple Sect disciples, including Senior Brother Wen Yun, on the Heroic Spirits Monument.
• Lin Chen reached the Myriad Fire Sect and was summoned inside by Zhuang Lie.

Lin Chen arrived at the Myriad Fire Sect, where Zhuang Lie secured permission for him to enter the Sacred Fire Realm despite the danger and the sect elders’ objections. Lin Chen chose to enter the next day, and Zhuang Lie recognized him as the mysterious alchemist Xiao Yan from the Thousand Machine Domain.

• Lin Chen reunited with Zhao Haoyang and revealed that he had reached the Xiantian Fourth Realm.
• Zhao Haoyang told Lin Chen that the Sacred Fire Realm had remained open for seven months, with none of the sect disciples who entered returning.
• Zhuang Lie persuaded the Myriad Fire Sect elders to allow Lin Chen into the Sacred Fire Realm, citing his realm and his effect on the sect’s disciples.
• Zhuang Lie told Lin Chen that the missing disciples’ situation was uncertain and warned that Lin Chen might face the same danger, but Lin Chen chose to enter.
• Zhuang Lie asked whether Lin Chen was Xiao Yan, then advised him to study the traits of Xiantian Fires and invited him to stay at the sect after the Sacred Fire Realm.

Lin Chen entered the Sacred Fire Realm to investigate why Myriad Fire Sect's disciples had not returned, while Elder Zhuang urged him to put his own safety first. After Lin Chen disappeared underwater, Dongfang Canglang arrived with Li You, whose real mission was to retrieve a treasure for him.

• Lin Chen studied the second volume of the Myriad Fire Source Genealogy and learned about fusing and refining Xiantian Fire.
• Zhuang Lie took Lin Chen through the volcanic range to the lake that concealed the Sacred Fire Realm's entrance.
• Zhuang Lie told Lin Chen to protect himself first, and Lin Chen entered the golden underwater vortex.
• Zhuang Lie reflected that Myriad Fire Sect needed a supreme fire-refining expert like Lin Chen to restore its former glory.
• Dong Congyang brought Dongfang Canglang and Li You to the lake, and Dongfang Canglang tasked Li You with rescuing the sect's disciples while Li You secretly planned to retrieve a treasure.

Lin Chen found Zhang Qing and another Myriad Fire Sect disciple trapped by fire walls and learned that powerful Xiantian Fire had overrun the Sacred Fire Realm. After rescuing dozens of sect disciples from a canyon, he absorbed an azure fire dragon, provoking a furious roar from deep within the realm as Li You reacted with excitement.

• Lin Chen captured a Fire Source Pearl and spent five days searching for the missing Myriad Fire Sect disciples, collecting more pearls from Fire Spirits that ambushed him.
• Zhang Qing and his junior brother were cornered by fire walls, but Lin Chen arrived, destroyed the flames, and learned that nearly ten powerful strands of Xiantian Fire had attacked the sect disciples.
• Zhang Qing told Lin Chen where the other disciples were trapped and planned to return to help them, but Lin Chen insisted on rescuing them himself because he had promised Elder Zhuang.
• Lin Chen reached a canyon where dozens of Myriad Fire Sect disciples were sheltering behind a barrier and swiftly defeated the fire dragons besieging them.
• Lin Chen absorbed the azure fire dragon, triggering a furious roar from deep within the Sacred Fire Realm, while Li You heard it and became excited.

Lin Chen stayed in the Sacred Fire Realm after helping the Myriad Fire Sect disciples escape, then used Wang Chen's map to absorb thirty-five Xiantian Fires and advance his own flame. As he prepared to leave an exhausted volcano, he overheard newcomers searching for the Xiantian Fire whose aura he had just concealed.

• Lin Chen told Wang Chen and the Myriad Fire Sect disciples to leave the Sacred Fire Realm, while he chose to stay despite Wang Chen's warning that a super Xiantian Fire had awakened.
• Wang Chen gave Lin Chen a map marking explored areas and known Xiantian Fire locations, which Lin Chen used to find and devour thirty-five Xiantian Fires over seven days.
• Lin Chen's Xiantian Fire absorbed the surrounding energy and advanced, then tempered his body as it settled in his dantian.
• Lin Chen prepared to leave the exhausted volcano but hid his aura when voices above discussed searching for the Xiantian Fire they had sensed there.

Lin Chen learned that the Sacred Fire Realm had opened to outsiders because the Sacred Fire Hall had appeared, then traveled to the hall and met Zeng Xi and Jiang Chen. When the Eight Desolations Sect surrounded him to claim the bounty on his head, Lin Chen revealed his confidence and struck first.

• Lin Chen subdued Cen Kuan and his Big Brother at a volcano, learned that thousands of young fire-talented Xiantian Martial Artists had entered the Sacred Fire Realm, and let the brothers go.
• A day later, Lin Chen saw the Sacred Fire Hall appear in the north and headed toward it, where he reunited with Zeng Xi and met Jiang Chen of the Thousand Machine Sect.
• Wan Xingyao and eleven other Eight Desolations Sect martial artists surrounded Lin Chen, hoping to kill him for the sect's bounty.
• Jiang Chen said the Thousand Machine Sect would not interfere, while Meng Bing agreed to wait after Wang Chen warned him that Lin Chen might be strong enough to handle the attackers.
• Lin Chen told the Eight Desolations Sect martial artists that they were the ones surrounded by him, then threw a punch at the young disciple who had taunted him.

Lin Chen annihilated Wan Xingyao and the Eight Desolations Sect disciples who attacked him, then watched as the Sacred Fire Hall opened. With eager martial artists rushing toward the entrance, Lin Chen calmed Zeng Xi and prepared to approach the inheritance at his own pace.

• Lin Chen killed two Eight Desolations Sect disciples with swift punches and withstood Wan Xingyao's combined attack without injury.
• Lin Chen killed the remaining Eight Desolations Sect disciples and defeated Wan Xingyao with the Azure Ripple Finger, while one disciple escaped.
• Li You and Zhuang Qiang discussed Lin Chen's strength and his potential match with the Little Princess.
• The Sacred Fire Hall's flames receded, its doors opened, and a stream of pure white fire poured onto the plain.
• Several martial artists charged toward the hall, but Lin Chen urged Zeng Xi to stay calm and wait.

Lin Chen entered the Sacred Fire Hall, where a mysterious force restrained everyone before flames revealed a key to the next stage. He seized it with ease, leaving the other martial artists to weigh their chances against him as more keys were expected.

• Lin Chen entered the Sacred Fire Hall with Zeng Xi and saw two women arrive with unusual ease.
• Yan Rui escaped the Sacred Fire Realm to report Lin Chen to the Eight Desolations Sect, but Myriad Fire Sect disciples detained him and Elder Zhuang ordered He Yi to keep watch.
• A mysterious force immobilized everyone in the Sacred Fire Hall until a voice announced that whoever obtained the key could enter the second stage.
• A martial artist who seized the key was killed by attacks from the crowd, showing how dangerous it was to hold it.
• Lin Chen took the key and deflected several attacks with one punch, causing his opponents to back down while the other sects let him keep it.

Lin Chen watched the Sacred Fire Hall’s increasingly deadly waves force martial artists to fight for keys, then helped Zhuang Wei hold onto one after Zhuang Qiang asked him for aid. The first stage ended with only sixteen keyholders remaining as the second stage began.

• A fiery current swept through the hall, and Li You seized a key before its protective halo repelled later attacks.
• Meng Bing claimed a key for the Myriad Fire Sect, while Xiantian Fourth Realm experts from the Star Luo Sect and Fulong Gate obtained the next two keys.
• As successive waves reduced the crowd, the Zhuang sisters moved to seize both keys that appeared, but each came under attack.
• Zhuang Qiang called Lin Chen the Imperial Son-in-Law and asked him to help; Lin Chen intervened to protect Zhuang Wei and demanded that her attackers yield.
• A powerful fiery current swept away everyone without a key, leaving Lin Chen and fifteen others as the voice announced the second stage.

Lin Chen learned what the three flaming doors contained and waited for Zhuang Qiang and her sister to search the Green Door before entering the inheritance trial. When Li You approached the Forbidden Black Door, a Royal Family swordsman attacked him, and Lin Chen demanded to know what lay beyond it.

• Zhuang Qiang told Lin Chen that the Green Door led to a medicinal field and that a Spiritual Medicine there could improve his compatibility with Xiantian Fire.
• Meng Bing explained that the Golden Door held the Founding Ancestor's inheritance and warned everyone that the Black Door was forbidden.
• Several martial artists, including Zhuang Qiang and her sister, entered the Green Door, while Meng Bing and others entered the Golden Door.
• Li You approached the Black Door, but a middle-aged man from the Central Province Royal Family slashed him with golden Sword Qi.
• Li You urged Lin Chen to attack the Royal Family man in exchange for Young Master Dongfang's favor, but Lin Chen instead asked them to explain what was inside the Black Door.

Lin Chen refused to join the struggle over the Black Door until Yan Feng promised the imperial family would reject the Eight Desolations Sect’s Sect War Edict, prompting Lin Chen to kill Li You and let Yan Feng enter the Black Door. After receiving Fire Stealing Grass from Zhuang Qiang, Lin Chen entered the Golden Door, where a trial’s flames and lightning overwhelmed him and left him in a dark space.

• Lin Chen learned that Li You wanted the Founding Ancestor’s treasure behind the Black Door, while Yan Feng feared it could release a Demonic Beast, and Lin Chen initially chose not to take either side.
• Li You used a Divine Miracle to unleash the character “Suppress,” and Yan Feng countered it with an imperial jade pendant as Lin Chen resisted the pressure with his Martial Soul Phenomenon.
• Yan Feng promised to reject the Eight Desolations Sect’s Sect War Edict, so Lin Chen attacked and killed Li You; Lin Chen took the fading golden paper, and Yan Feng entered the Black Door to investigate.
• Zhuang Qiang and Zhuang Wei returned from the Green Door, and Zhuang Qiang gave Lin Chen Fire Stealing Grass before he entered the Golden Door.
• Lin Chen found Meng Bing ahead of the others on the trial altars, then the Fire Pillars surged toward him and overwhelmed his consciousness; he reappeared in darkness as black smoke carried him onward.