Chapter Summaries

Wu Yun refined the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram after devouring Zheng Zhong’s Nascent Soul, then arrived at Desolate Hall for Pill River Empowerment. When Tong Chuan challenged his right to the opportunity, Wu Yun offered to fight him for it, while Chen Zhen and Wu Dao watched.

• Wu Yun discovered that the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram contained nearly complete Original Seal Talisman Script and began refining the treasure.
• Zheng Zhong’s Nascent Soul invaded Wu Yun’s Niwan Palace, but Wu Yun devoured and refined it, bringing his Mental Power close to the Eight Seal Heavenly Talismancer level.
• Wu Yun refined the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram into his second Pure Yuan Treasure and emerged from the Ancient Tablet Space the next day.
• Desolate Hall disciples gathered to watch Wu Yun receive Pill River Empowerment, while Tong Chuan complained that Wu Yun had taken the opportunity meant for him.
• Tong Chuan confronted Wu Yun, who mocked his suggestion to wait two years and offered him the Pill River Empowerment slot if he could win their fight.
• Chen Zhen watched Wu Yun and Tong Chuan prepare to fight with Wu Dao, who said Wu Yun was still holding back.

Wu Yun defeated Tong Chuan to claim the Pill River Empowerment, then entered the Elixir River as the Dao Sect’s leaders and disciples watched. At its depths, he signed in and obtained the Nine Secrets: Word of Movement.

• Wu Dao told Chen Zhen about Wu Yun’s feats and revealed that he possessed the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and its inheritance.
• Wu Yun used two Heaven Tier Spirit Treasures and his Devouring Rune to overcome Tong Chuan’s attacks and Desolation Energy, then knocked him off the platform.
• Tong Chuan conceded, and Chen Zhen welcomed Wu Yun as a Core Disciple of the Desolate Hall before beginning the Pill River Empowerment.
• Wu Yun entered the Elixir River while Little Mink explained the benefits of its Nirvana Golden Qi to Lin Dong.
• Wu Yun reached the depths of the Elixir River and signed in, obtaining the Nine Secrets: Word of Movement.

Wu Yun absorbed the Nirvana Golden Qi beneath the Elixir River, endured ten days of Pill River Empowerment, and began triggering the Six Yuan Nirvana Tribulation. As the eleventh day arrived, disciples and elders gathered to see whether he would match Zhou Tong, while Desolate Hall’s top four Core Disciples watched from the platforms.

• Wu Yun received the Movement Character Secret Technique but focused on entering the Elixir River for Pill River Empowerment.
• Wu Dao and Chen Zhen formed a vortex in the Elixir River, and Wu Yun descended to absorb the Nirvana Golden Qi.
• Wu Yun used his cultivation arts and Devouring Rune to absorb the violent Nirvana Golden Qi and withstand the river’s pressure.
• After eight days, Ling Qingzhu told Ying Xiaoxiao that Wu Yun had outlasted her record, and Ying Xiaoxiao wondered whether he meant to absorb all the Nirvana Golden Qi.
• On the tenth day, Wu Yun finished absorbing the Nirvana Golden Qi and began triggering the Six Yuan Nirvana Tribulation.
• As the eleventh day began, disciples and elders gathered at the Elixir River, where Desolate Hall’s top four Core Disciples also assembled.

Lin Dong challenged Jiang Hao to defend Wu Yun and the new disciples, then fought him while summoning a Wind-Thunder Tribulation. He endured the lightning unharmed and left Jiang Hao shaken as the battle continued.

• Jiang Hao threatened to teach the new disciples their place, so Lin Dong openly challenged him and refused to let Tong Chuan fight in his stead.
• Wu Dao revealed that Lin Dong had inherited a Spirit Seal and believed he was exceptionally gifted, while Jiang Hao agreed to fight him.
• Lin Dong summoned a Wind-Thunder Tribulation as Jiang Hao attacked with his golden saber and Desolate Hall martial arts.
• Lin Dong used the Black Dragon Roaring Heaven Seal, Black Tortoise Shield, and his unsealed Spirit Seal to withstand Jiang Hao's attacks and counter his palm strike.
• A massive Thunder Light Pillar struck Lin Dong, but he endured it unharmed and challenged Jiang Hao to face the fourfold Wind-Thunder Tribulation.

Lin Dong endured the Wind-Thunder Tribulation and defeated Jiang Hao, while Wu Yun absorbed all the Nirvana Golden Qi beneath the Elixir River and broke Zhou Tong’s record. The two were promoted to Chief Disciples and went to explore the Martial Arts Hall, where they encountered the Desolate Hall’s mysterious Sweeper Monk.

• Lin Dong drove Jiang Hao to concede, then completed the Wind-Thunder Tribulation as Dao Sect disciples and higher-ups took notice of his strength and Spirit Seal.
• Wu Yun emerged from the Elixir River after absorbing all its Nirvana Golden Qi in eleven days, breaking Zhou Tong’s record and completing his breakthrough.
• Chen Zhen offered Wu Yun and Lin Dong exceptional promotions to Chief Disciples, and they accepted.
• Wu Yun received a system notification that his next sign-in location was the Great Desolation Tablet, while Little Mink and Xiao Yan departed for the Myriad Beast Mountain Range.
• Wu Dao guided Wu Yun and Lin Dong to the Martial Arts Hall and told them to cultivate Desolation Energy.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong sensed that the blind old Sweeper Monk at the Martial Arts Hall gate was a hidden expert.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong entered the Desolate Hall’s Stone Tower and cultivated Desolation Energy directly from the Desolation Stone, using their Devouring Ancestral Symbols to withstand its erosion. When the awakened Desolation Stone resisted, Wu Yun’s Feng Yun and Lin Dong’s Stone Talisman Spirit subdued its spirit, allowing both men to condense their Desolation Seeds.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong entered the Stone Tower and found its halls filled with Good Fortune and Spirit Martial Arts, but headed straight for the Desolation Stone.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong read the Desolation Art’s instructions and absorbed Desolation Energy with their Devouring Ancestral Symbols, quickly forming the outlines of Desolation Seeds.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong placed their hands on the Desolation Stone and drew in its energy, prompting the awakened treasure to attack and resist them.
• Wu Yun summoned Feng Yun to seal the Desolation Stone’s repulsive force, while Lin Dong’s Stone Talisman Spirit reached and subdued the Desolation Stone Spirit.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong continued absorbing Desolation Energy until each condensed a fist-sized Desolation Seed.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong condensed Desolation Seeds in less than half an hour and followed the Blind Elder to four powerful martial arts techniques. They chose the dangerous Desolation Demon Eye and began cultivating it; Wu Yun faced Huang in the technique’s mental space.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong condensed Desolation Seeds almost instantly, astonishing the disciples and the Blind Elder.
• The Blind Elder led them to four powerful techniques, where they learned about the Desolation Demon Eye and its risk of permanently damaging their eyes.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong chose to cultivate the Desolation Demon Eye despite the danger and began meditating before its stone monument.
• Wu Yun entered the monument’s mental space, resisted its oppressive aura, and watched Huang emerge from an abyss.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong successfully cultivated the Desolation Demon Eye under Elder Gu Mo’s guidance, then attended Desolate Hall’s Monthly Competition as Chief Disciples. Hall Master Chen Zhen ordered them to spar with their senior brothers, pairing Wu Yun with Pang Tong and Lin Dong with Song Zhou.

• Wu Yun endured Huang’s mental trial, and the Blind Elder watched gray energy gather at Wu Yun and Lin Dong’s foreheads as they underwent the Desolation Demon Eye’s Eye Transformation.
• Wu Yun used his Overlord Blood to suppress the Yin Sha Energy and open his Desolation Demon Eye, while Lin Dong succeeded with help from the Stone Talisman.
• Elder Gu Mo introduced himself, congratulated them, and warned them that overusing the Desolation Demon Eye could harm their eyes.
• Two days later, Wu Yun and Lin Dong attended Desolate Hall’s Monthly Competition as Chief Disciples, and the contests promoted more than two hundred Registered Disciples and four Official Disciples.
• No Core Disciple challenged a Chief Disciple, so Chen Zhen ordered Wu Yun to fight Pang Tong and Lin Dong to fight Song Zhou, while Wu Dao told them not to use Lin Dong’s Wind-Thunder Tribulation.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong revealed that they had mastered the Desolation Demon Eye, overpowering their senior brothers during the Monthly Competition. After a month of secretly drawing power from the Desolation Stone, they were told a Chief Disciple must join a sect mission, and Wu Yun asked for both of them to go.

• Wu Yun and Pang Tong fought with Desolate Hall martial arts until Pang Tong unleashed the Great Star Adamant Fist, while Song Zhou did the same against Lin Dong.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong revealed their Desolation Demon Eyes and destroyed the gray stars, forcing Chen Zhen and Wu Dao to intervene before the beams could hit Pang Tong and Song Zhen.
• Wu Dao warned Wu Yun and Lin Dong that the Desolation Demon Eye was too dangerous for ordinary sparring and told them to prepare to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture when the tablet opened in three months.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong secretly drew Desolation Energy from the Desolation Stone at night, feeding its spirit Life Spirit Liquid as their Desolation Seeds grew stronger.
• A month later, Wu Dao told Wu Yun and Lin Dong that one of them had to join a sect mission, and Wu Yun asked for both of them to go.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong joined Ling Qingzhu’s team to investigate trouble at Dao Sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine in Blood Rock Ground. After reaching the mining area, they learned that at least forty Fire Crystal Demonic Apes had gathered in a nearby forest, leaving the team to face a dangerous threat.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong agreed to accompany Wu Dao on a sect mission and met Ling Qingzhu, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling, who were assigned to follow Ling Qingzhu’s lead.
• Ling Qingzhu explained that the team would investigate a disruption at Dao Sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine in Blood Rock Ground, where Demon Beasts were suspected of causing trouble.
• After six days of travel, the team arrived at the mining area and met Yuan Fang, who managed the site and introduced them to its situation.
• Yuan Fang led the team to a crimson forest, where Wu Yun sensed powerful, ferocious auras among the trees.
• Yuan Fang identified the creatures as at least forty Fire Crystal Demonic Apes, and Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling showed concern about fighting them.

Wu Yun and the others discovered an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree in the forest and confronted the Fire Crystal Ape King guarding it. Determined to secure the tree and its seeds for Dao Sect, Wu Yun and Lin Dong launched an attack as Ling Qingzhu prepared to support them with her zither.

• Ling Qingzhu used zither music to hypnotize the Fire Crystal Demonic Apes, and Wu Yun stored them in the Ancient Tablet Space.
• Wu Yun sensed chaotic Heaven and Earth Yuan Power in the forest and led the group to the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree bearing five crimson fruits.
• Wu Yun pulled Ling Qingzhu away from the tree just before the Fire Crystal Ape King burst from the ground and claimed it as its territory.
• Ling Qingzhu explained that the tree could produce powerful cultivation fruits and seeds, and Wu Yun decided he would obtain it.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong attacked the Fire Crystal Ape King with their Heaven Tier Spiritual Treasures while Ling Qingzhu took up position with her ancient zither.

Wu Yun and the Dao Sect disciples subdued the Fire Crystal Ape King, then guarded the Ancient Immortal Yuan Tree until it produced a seed. The Demon Seal Sect and other forces converged as Wu Yun secured the seed, leaving the group facing an approaching battle.

• Wu Yun, Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling defeated the Fire Crystal Ape King, and Wu Yun subdued it with a Mental Imprint and named it Fire Cloud.
• Wu Yun and Ling Qingzhu learned that the Demon Seal Sect might target the Ancient Immortal Yuan Tree, but the sect’s reinforcements would not arrive for five days.
• The five fruits ripened and fell, and Wu Yun collected them before taking the Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed from the tree’s pillar of light.
• Lin Dong uprooted the Ancient Immortal Yuan Tree and stored it in his Cosmic Bag after Ling Qingzhu explained its energy-suppressing properties.
• Wu Yun spotted approaching forces as the Demon Seal Sect surrounded the group, and Yuan Fang identified its second-in-command, Su Lei, who demanded the seed.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong faced a gathering of wanted criminals who sought the Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed, but Wu Yun treated the confrontation as a chance to collect their enormous bounties. As both sides fought, Lin Dong and Wu Yun summoned Spirits of the Desolation Beast, and Wu Yun called for the hidden Yao Ling to reveal himself.

• Ling Qingzhu identified the Demon Seal Sect members and other powerful wanted criminals arriving for the Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed, while warning Wu Yun that she would hold them off so he could return it to the sect.
• Wu Yun stepped forward and provoked the wanted criminals by calculating their bounties, then displayed the Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed to draw their attention.
• Luo Yi attacked Lin Dong, but Lin Dong’s defenses repelled him and Lin Dong fought back with the Black Tortoise Seal as other criminals joined the battle.
• Wu Yun fought Su Lei and Xiao Tian, using his Thunderbolt Heavenly Blade, Demon Wings, and secret techniques to overwhelm the attackers, while Lin Dong unleashed the Spirit Seal and summoned the Spirit of the Desolation Beast.
• Wu Yun summoned a second, more powerful Spirit of the Desolation Beast and challenged the hidden Yao Ling to come out.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong used the Desolation Demon Eye to devastate the gathered criminals, then joined Ling Qingzhu in fighting the survivors. As Wu Yun battered Yao Ling and Lin Dong chased the fleeing Xiao Tian, Lin Dong triggered his Wind-Thunder Tribulation again, drawing heavenly thunder onto them both.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong summoned the Spirits of the Desolation Beast and used Desolation Erosion to kill or cripple the enemies below the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage.
• Yao Ling, Luo Yi, Xiao Tian, and Su Lei joined forces against Wu Yun and Lin Dong, while Ling Qingzhu intervened with her Formless Bodhi Sound.
• Ling Qingzhu’s zither music left the four enemies vulnerable, allowing Wu Yun to kill Su Lei and Lin Dong to kill Luo Yi.
• Yao Ling activated the Demonic Yuan Curse Body and attacked Wu Yun, but Wu Yun countered with the Azure Dragon Form and overwhelmed him.
• Xiao Tian fled when he could not break Lin Dong’s defenses, so Lin Dong pursued him and triggered the Wind-Thunder Tribulation, locking Xiao Tian beneath the heavenly thunder.

Lin Dong and Wu Yun defeated Xiao Tian and Yao Ling, then Wu Yun proposed taking control of the three cities around the Dao Sect’s mines. Ling Qingzhu questioned the cost, but Wu Yun rebuked her and argued that seizing the cities would protect Dao Sect disciples and prevent future retaliation.

• Lin Dong used the Wind-Thunder Tribulation to defeat Xiao Tian, while Wu Yun beat Yao Ling and destroyed his Nascent Soul inside Wu Yun’s Niwan Palace.
• Lin Dong sealed Xiao Tian’s dantian and handed him to the Fire Crystal Ape King to guard as a living bounty; Wu Yun and Lin Dong looted the defeated enemies and shared Nirvana Pills with their companions.
• Wu Yun revealed that he had planted the Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed in the Ancient Tablet Space and was using Green Liquid to ripen it before returning to the Dao Sect.
• Wu Yun proposed eliminating the remaining Demon Seal Sect forces and taking over the three nearby cities to protect Dao Sect disciples and secure the mines.
• Ling Qingzhu worried that the plan would cause many deaths, but Wu Yun reprimanded her and argued that taking control now would bring order and prevent future threats; Yuan Fang supported him.

Wu Yun seized control of three cities in Blood Rock Ground for Dao Sect, then harvested Immortal Yuan Spirit Fruits and distributed them as cultivation rewards for Great Desolation Sect. He took Xuan Su upstairs to help her cultivate, but she confessed her feelings and told him to come closer instead.

• Wu Yun, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu led their forces to subdue the three cities near Dao Sect's mineral vein, and all three surrendered within a day.
• Wu Yun had Huang Yun accelerate the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree with the World Tree's Life Source Liquid, producing another Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed and more than a thousand Immortal Yuan Spirit Fruits.
• Wu Yun proposed that Huang Yun study the Great Medicine Garden's herbs and experiment with combining their effects to produce Elixir Pills.
• Wu Yun gave Xuan Su, Bai Yun, Jiang Xue, and Mu Qianqian Immortal Yuan Spirit Fruits for Great Desolation Sect's Nirvana Stage disciples and future rewards.
• Wu Yun brought Xuan Su upstairs with two fruits to help her cultivate, but Xuan Su confessed that she had worked so hard for him because she liked him and asked him to come closer.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong returned the Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed to the Dao Sect after defeating Yao Ling and the other wanted criminals. They accompanied Ying Xiaoxiao to meet the Sect Leader, Ying Xuanzi, whose immense power left Wu Yun wary.

• Xuan Su refined two Immortal Yuan Spirit Fruits and advanced from the Good Fortune Stage to the Nirvana Stage, while Bai Yun reminded Wu Yun of her race’s mission to restore the White Tiger Clan.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Elder Mu hurried to Blood Rock Ground, where Ying Huanhuan told them Wu Yun and Lin Dong had defeated Yao Ling’s group and secured the three cities.
• Wu Yun gave Ying Xiaoxiao the Ancient Immortal Yuan Seed and showed her the captured Xiao Tian and the wanted criminals’ heads before the group set out for the Dao Sect.
• Five days later, Wu Yun and Lin Dong accompanied Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan to Dao Peak to meet the Sect Leader.
• Two elders assessed Wu Yun and Lin Dong’s strength, then the group entered the hall and found Ying Xuanzi meditating on a lotus leaf in the middle of a lake.

Ying Xuanzi thanked Wu Yun and Lin Dong for saving the Dao Sect disciples, promised to protect them, and warned them to conceal their powerful treasures. He explained the Sect Competition’s deadly history with Yuan Sect and urged them to prepare by cultivating the Great Desolation Scripture before the Great Desolation Tablet opened.

• Ying Xuanzi recognized Wu Yun and Lin Dong’s Great Desolation Ancient Tablet, Heaven Sealing Array Diagram, Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, and Devouring Ancestral Symbol, then promised the Dao Sect would protect them while warning them not to expose the treasures.
• Ying Xuanzi showed them the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, which the Dao Sect was nourishing with a Spirit Locking Array and four Elixir Rivers.
• Ling Qingzhu explained that Yuan Sect disciples had killed many Dao Sect participants in past Sect Competitions, including the senior sister who died protecting Ying Xiaoxiao and others.
• Ying Xiaoxiao vowed to make Yuan Sect pay, while Lin Dong and Wu Yun promised to protect the Dao Sect disciples and avenge the fallen senior sister.
• Ying Xuanzi told Wu Yun and Lin Dong to cultivate diligently for the Great Desolation Tablet’s opening in a little over half a month, saying mastery of the Great Desolation Scripture could help the Dao Sect defeat Yuan Sect.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong cultivated in the Dao Sect’s Spirit Locking Array for half a month, broke through to the Seven Yuan Nirvana Stage, and received their bounty for killing Yao Ling. Wu Yun shared the rewards with Ling Qingzhu and resolved to strengthen his ties with the Dao Sect, while the sect leaders hoped the two men would help Ying Xiaoxiao in the coming Sect Competition.

• Ying Xuanzi activated the Spirit Locking Array so Wu Yun and Lin Dong could cultivate, and they used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb its dense energy.
• Ying Xuanzi explained that Wu Yun had cultivated his own Devouring Power, while the blue-robed Supreme Elder and the others discussed Wu Yun’s unusual strength and the looming Sect Competition.
• Ying Xiaoxiao left to cultivate harder after learning that the Yuan Sect and Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace had formidable successors.
• After half a month, Wu Yun and Lin Dong passed the Seven Yuan Nirvana Tribulation, and Ying Xuanzi gave Wu Yun two billion Nirvana Pills in bounty money.
• Wu Yun gave Ling Qingzhu five hundred million Nirvana Pills and teased her about his vast resources, while privately considering how to bring the Dao Sect into the Great Desolation Sect.

After Wu Yun and Lin Dong returned to the Dao Sect with the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, their fame grew, and Wu Yun’s closeness with Ling Qingzhu drew attention from her childhood admirer, Qing Ye. The Great Desolation Tablet opened, and Wu Yun and Lin Dong joined the other Desolate Hall Chief Disciples before it to attempt the long-lost Great Desolation Scripture.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong became famous in the Dao Sect after defeating Yao Ling and Xiao Tian and bringing back the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree.
• Wu Yun learned that Lin Dong felt no attraction to Ling Qingzhu and was more interested in a powerful, martial-minded woman like Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Ling Qingzhu visited Wu Yun before the Great Desolation Tablet opened, and Qing Ye introduced himself as her childhood sweetheart and displayed his jealousy.
• Wu Yun answered Qing Ye with a veiled rebuke, while Ling Qingzhu encouraged Wu Yun and gave him Calming Pills for the coming trial.
• Wu Dao led Wu Yun and Lin Dong to the Great Desolation Tablet as it emerged from the mountain before the gathered Dao Sect disciples.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong joined Pang Tong, Song Zhou, Jiang Hao, and Fang Yun beneath the tablet, where the six Chief Disciples prepared to attempt its secrets.