Chapter Summaries

Wu Yun and Lin Dong entered the Great Desolation Tablet to face its trial, while Wu Yun displayed his abilities to win the Tablet Soul’s attention. The Great Desolation Tablet recognized Wu Yun’s golden egg as a primordial Divine Beast, the Golden Crow.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong sensed Demonic Qi contaminating the Great Desolation Tablet and suspected an Other Devil King was sealed within it.
• Chen Zhen activated the Great Desolation Tablet, drawing Wu Yun and the other five Chief Disciples into its desolate inner world.
• Lin Dong began walking through the barren land, while Wu Yun cultivated the Great Desolation Emperor Scripture and revealed his powers to impress the Tablet Soul.
• The Tool Spirit of the Great Desolation Tablet met Huang Yun inside the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and learned about Wu Yun and the World Tree.
• Huang Yun showed the Tool Spirit the golden egg, and it identified the creature within as the primordial Divine Beast Golden Crow.

Huang Yun persuaded the Great Desolation Tablet to trust Wu Yun and showed it how the World Tree could heal it and consume Demonic Qi. After Wu Yun was left alone in the Great Desolation Scripture trial, the Great Desolation Tablet appeared before him and asked about his origins.

• Huang Yun explained that Wu Yun had strengthened his seal, used the World Tree to weaken the Alien Demon King's Palace, and hoped to help the Great Desolation Tablet do the same.
• Huang Yun introduced Feng Yun to the Great Desolation Tablet, which praised his potential to become the Sealing Ancestral Symbol.
• The Great Desolation Tablet entered the World Tree, absorbed its life force, and began recovering from its injuries and Demonic Qi.
• The Great Desolation Tablet expelled Lin Dong, Pang Tong, and the other four participants from the Desolate World but left Wu Yun inside, prompting the Dao Sect elders to recognize that he was comprehending the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Wu Yun emerged before the ancient tablet and saw Demonic Qi eroding it as the Great Desolation Tablet greeted him and asked about his origins.

Wu Yun entered the Great Desolation Tablet and demonstrated the power of his Six Paths Samsara Fist against the Alien Demon King's Palace. His blow injured the demon, leaving the Great Desolation Tablet astonished as Wu Yun prepared to prove the strength of his martial arts.

• Wu Yun told the Great Desolation Tablet that Lin Dong was his sworn brother and that he had given him the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, then asked for the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Wu Yun challenged the Great Desolation Tablet's pride in its scripture and offered to demonstrate his martial arts by attacking the Alien Demon King's Palace.
• The Great Desolation Tablet summoned Wu Yun's true body inside, while Wu Yun's disappearance and the tablet's absorption of the Elixir River alarmed the people outside.
• Wu Yun gathered his Overlord Blood, fist intent, and other powers before unleashing the Six Paths Samsara Fist at the demonic shadow.
• Wu Yun's punch cracked the shadow and scattered much of its Demonic Qi, slightly injuring the Alien Demon King's Palace and shocking the Great Desolation Tablet.

Wu Yun subdued the Great Desolation Tablet by sharing martial arts and letting the World Tree enter its world to help suppress the Alien Demon King's Palace. After receiving the Great Desolation Scripture, Wu Yun signed in and obtained One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones; a month later, he emerged from the tablet.

• Wu Yun displayed the Pacifying Chaos Sword Art, injuring the Alien Demon King's soul and alarming the Dao Sect disciples outside.
• Wu Yun and the Great Desolation Tablet agreed to exchange martial arts, and Wu Yun let the World Tree extend into the tablet's world.
• The World Tree spread through the Great Desolation Tablet's world as the tablet absorbed the Desolate Hall's Elixir River, while Wu Yun and Feng Yun strengthened the seal on the Alien Demon King's Palace.
• Wu Yun taught the Pacifying Chaos Sword Art to the Great Desolation Tablet, named it Huangwu, and received the Great Desolation Scripture in return.
• Wu Yun signed in at the Great Desolation Tablet and obtained One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, then spent a month digesting the techniques.
• Wu Yun emerged from the Great Desolation Tablet as the Dao Sect watched and wondered about his condition.

Wu Yun emerged from the Great Desolation Tablet having comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture, and Senior Desolation chose to follow him while leaving the scripture behind for the Dao Sect. The first trial brought six successful disciples, and Senior Desolation pledged to protect and teach the Desolate Hall, leaving it poised to rise.

• Wu Yun told the Dao Sect leaders that the Great Desolation Tablet wanted to go with him, and Senior Desolation confirmed its choice while creating a Great Desolation Scripture Martial Arts Stele for the sect.
• Senior Desolation gave Ying Xuanzi the Great Desolation Scripture, and Wu Yun explained that the new stele would let more Dao Sect disciples attempt its trial.
• Ying Xuanzi sent Gu Mo, Chen Zhen, Wu Dao, Lin Dong, Pang Tong, Fang Yun, and others to try the scripture, and six of the ten ultimately succeeded.
• Gu Mo and the other successful disciples bowed to Senior Desolation, who promised to protect the Desolate Hall and establish a lecture hall to teach the Great Desolation Scripture.

Wu Yun helped the Great Desolation Tablet produce Immortal Yuan Spirit Fruits, boosting Dao Sect’s cultivation, before Ling Qingzhu summoned him to answer Hongya Cave’s challenge. The chapter ended with Ling Qingzhu stepping onto the platform to fight Song Yan.

• Wu Yun and Huangwu told Ying Xuanzi about the Great Desolation Tablet, then used the World Tree to make the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree rapidly produce Immortal Yuan Spirit Fruits.
• Ying Xuanzi agreed to supply the Spirit Locking Array with energy, and Dao Sect began distributing fruits to its Core Disciples and Chief Disciples.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong arranged for the Ancestral Stone and Devouring Ancestral Symbol to be nourished by the World Tree while Lin Dong studied One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Ling Qingzhu found Wu Yun and explained that Hongya Cave had challenged Dao Sect while its Chief Disciples were in seclusion.
• Wu Yun and Ling Qingzhu arrived at the front hall after Dao Sect had lost three matches, and Ling Qingzhu stepped forward to challenge Song Yan.

Wu Yun protected Ling Qingzhu from Huo Zhen’s interference, then fought Hongya Cave’s strongest young disciple. After crushing Huo Zhen’s attacks, Wu Yun formed an enormous Desolate Blade and challenged him to face it.

• Mo Ling told Wu Yun that Huo Zhen was Hongya Cave’s strongest young disciple, at the peak of the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage.
• Ling Qingzhu overwhelmed Song Yan with the Formless Bodhi Sound, but Huo Zhen intervened before her final attack could land.
• Wu Yun blocked Huo Zhen’s interference and accepted Deputy Hall Master Wu Dao’s request to fight him.
• Wu Yun seized Huo Zhen with a Primal Force Giant Hand and smashed him across the platform, humiliating and injuring him.
• Huo Zhen unleashed the Hongya Demonic Mountain Body and attacked with spears, but Wu Yun crushed the spearheads and shattered his weapon with one finger.
• Wu Yun summoned a Desolate Blade dozens of meters long and asked Huo Zhen whether he felt its hunger.

Wu Yun defeated Huo Zhen, then confronted a gray-robed Hongya Cave elder who attacked him after Huo Zhen's poison-needle sneak attack. With Chen Zhen's permission, Wu Yun fought the Life Profound Stage elder and unleashed the Great Desolation Scripture, leaving their clash poised to escalate.

• Wu Yun split Huo Zhen's mountain with his Desolate Blade and drained Huo Zhen's vitality, but Huo Zhen tried to ambush him with a poison needle.
• Wu Yun caught and returned the poison needle, but a gray-robed Hongya Cave elder intervened and attacked Wu Yun; Chen Zhen allowed Wu Yun to handle the confrontation himself.
• Wu Yun used Dragon Whisker Needles to pierce Huo Zhen through the elder's Nascent Soul barrier, forcing the elder to kick Huo Zhen off the platform.
• Wu Yun met the elder's Cave Mountain Fist with his Overlord Fist, and the two exchanged blows without Wu Yun falling behind.
• The elder formed a thousand-zhang mountain with the Hongya Cave Scripture, while Wu Yun unleashed the Great Desolation Scripture and drained the surrounding land of its power.

Wu Yun used the Great Desolation Scripture to defeat Hongya Cave’s elder and establish the Dao Sect’s reputation. After the visitors left, he and Ling Qingzhu settled their bet with a kiss, learned each other’s instruments, and played music together on a mountain peak.

• Wu Yun empowered his Desolate Blade with the Great Desolation Scripture, defeated the gray-robed elder, and forced Hongya Cave to concede.
• Wu Dao revealed Wu Yun’s identity, shocking Hongya Cave’s disciples, who then left the Dao Sect.
• Ling Qingzhu followed Wu Yun and agreed to fulfill their bet, but warned him with a jade talisman connected to her father.
• Wu Yun transformed the Thunder Spirit Heavenly Blade into a xiao and played a melody that moved Ling Qingzhu and reminded Ying Xuanzi of her mother.
• Ling Qingzhu kissed Wu Yun, then he taught her to play the xiao melody, and they performed it together with her zither as birds circled them.

Wu Yun and Ling Qingzhu grew closer as he advanced in cultivation, while Wang Yan returned to the Dao Sect seeking revenge on the Yuan Sect. The Annual Hall Competition began with Wu Yun and Wang Yan emerging as the leading contenders.

• Wu Yun condensed his first avatar, broke through to the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage, and raised his spiritual power to the Eight Seal Heavenly Talismancer level.
• Wang Yan returned to the Dao Sect, and Ling Qingzhu told Wu Yun that he ranked second on the Sect Wanted List and had spent years hunting Yuan Sect disciples after his sister's death.
• Ling Qingzhu asked Wu Yun to stop Wang Yan from leading the Sect Competition team, but Wu Yun told Wang Yan he would oppose him through strength rather than persuasion.
• Wang Yan's return stirred excitement and uncertainty throughout the Dao Sect as disciples debated whether he or Wu Yun was stronger.
• The Annual Hall Competition began at the Dao Sect's central mountain range, where Wu Yun, Wang Yan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and the other Chief Disciples appeared.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong competed in the Dao Sect Hall Competition, where Wu Yun defeated Ling Qingzhu and Qing Ye before turning to watch Lin Dong face Ying Xiaoxiao. The chapter left Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao poised to clash with their strongest techniques.

• The Dao Sect began the Hall Competition, and Wu Yun drew Ling Qingzhu as his first opponent, defeating her with sound waves infused with spiritual power.
• Wu Yun met Qing Ye in the next round and sent him flying off the platform with a single punch, while advising Ling Qingzhu not to give Qing Ye false hope.
• Lin Dong fought Ying Xiaoxiao, stopping her Azure Edge between his fingers and countering her sword techniques with the Great Desolation Prisoner Finger.
• Ying Xiaoxiao summoned a massive light sword with the Emperor of Heaven Scripture, and Lin Dong brought out the Heaven Scale Ancient Halberd to meet it head-on.

Lin Dong defeated Ying Xiaoxiao with his Dark Water techniques, then staged a longer exchange with her using the Great Desolation Scripture so she could leave the match with her dignity intact. Wu Yun then began his decisive battle against Wang Yan, whose Black Demon martial art formed a dark, protective force above him.

• Lin Dong overwhelmed Ying Xiaoxiao with Dark Water and pointed his halberd at her, winning their match.
• Lin Dong secretly continued the fight and used the Great Desolation Scripture against Ying Xiaoxiao's Emperor of Heaven Bell, allowing her to concede without appearing thoroughly defeated.
• Wu Yun reassured Ling Qingzhu that Lin Dong was exceptionally strong, then took the platform to face Wang Yan.
• Wu Yun countered Wang Yan's opening attacks with his Azure Dragon Armor and Thunder Spirit Heavenly Blade, destroying Wang Yan's sword of light and sending him flying.
• Wang Yan used Essence Blood and hand seals to summon a black barrier and a massive shadow filled with Yin Sha Energy, which Ying Xuanzi identified as Black Demon.

Wu Yun defeated Wang Yan to win the Hall Competition and became the Dao Sect’s chief disciple, entrusted with leading the sect’s team in the Sect Competition. At Ying Xuanzi’s residence to claim his reward, Wu Yun chose the mysterious Stillness Tablet.

• Wu Yun absorbed the dark power of Wang Yan’s Black Demon Spirit, evaded his crushing attack with extraordinary speed, and defeated him by pressing a blade to his back.
• Wang Yan accepted his loss, and Wu Yun encouraged him to keep his focus on the Yuan Sect; Wang Yan agreed to fight whoever Wu Yun directed him to kill.
• Chen Zhen declared Wu Yun the Hall Competition champion and gave him command authority over the Dao Sect disciples in the Sect Competition.
• Wu Yun visited Ying Xuanzi to claim his champion’s reward and received a choice among three treasures.
• Wu Yun recognized the unusual wooden tablet as the Stillness Tablet and chose it.

Wu Yun claimed the Stillness Tablet and discovered that the Chaos Symbol Embryo absorbed it, strengthening its freezing effect. After Ying Xuanzi warned him about Yuan Sect ahead of the Sect Competition, Wu Yun learned Xiao Yan had been badly injured and sought the Heavenly Phoenix Qin to help him; the chapter ended with Wu Yun asking Ling Qingzhu to use her connections to borrow it.

• Wu Yun chose the Stillness Tablet, blood-refined it, and watched the Chaos Symbol Embryo absorb its talisman scripts and grow stronger.
• Wu Yun tested the upgraded freezing technique on two butterflies, holding them still for three breaths and surprising Ying Xuanzi.
• Ying Xuanzi warned Wu Yun that Yuan Sect’s Three Little Kings and Eight Spirit Generals would threaten Dao Sect at the Sect Competition.
• Lin Dong told Wu Yun that Xiao Yan had been badly injured by a powerful Demon Beast in the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, and that Little Mink needed the Heavenly Phoenix Qin to fight it.
• Wu Yun went to Ling Qingzhu and asked her to help borrow Heaven Hall’s Heavenly Phoenix Qin, but she warned that Qi Lei usually refused such requests.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong brought Ling Qingzhu and the Heavenly Phoenix Qin to the Myriad Beast Mountain Range to help Little Mink and Xiao Yan. There, Little Mink explained that a Golden Ghost Owl’s sonic formation blocked their way to the Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva.

• Ling Qingzhu helped Wu Yun secretly take the Heavenly Phoenix Qin from the Heaven Hall, while Ying Xuanzi and Qi Lei watched them leave without intervening.
• Wu Yun, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu traveled to the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, with Wu Yun carrying Ling Qingzhu at high speed.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong reunited with Little Mink and Xiao Yan, and Ling Qingzhu met the two brothers.
• Little Mink explained that a Golden Ghost Owl at the Life Profound Stage Minor Accomplishment commanded Human Head Owls and used the Owl Sound Array to defend its territory.
• Little Mink revealed that the Golden Ghost Owl’s territory held the Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva, which would benefit Ling Qingzhu as well.

Wu Yun and his companions attacked Demonic Sound Mountain to avenge Xiao Yan and seize the Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva. Ling Qingzhu shattered the Owl Sound Array, and as the group slaughtered the mountain’s forces, Yuan Sect reinforcements arrived nearby.

• Wu Yun agreed to attack Demonic Sound Mountain after learning the Golden Ghost Owl had injured Xiao Yan and possessed the Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva.
• Wu Yun, Lin Dong, Little Mink, Xiao Yan, and Ling Qingzhu confronted the Golden Ghost Owl, who unleashed his Owl Sound Array and hundred thousand Human Head Owls.
• Ling Qingzhu played the Heavenly Phoenix Qin and destroyed the array, while its reflected soundwaves annihilated the Human Head Owls.
• Little Mink, Lin Dong, and Xiao Yan attacked Demonic Sound Mountain’s leaders as Wu Yun struck down the lewd underlings and sealed the mountain against escape.
• An elder and two top disciples from Yuan Sect appeared on a distant peak as Demonic Sound Mountain descended into chaos.

Wu Yun and his companions slaughtered their way through Demonic Sound Mountain as three members of Yuan Sect waited to seize its Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva and Ling Qingzhu’s Heavenly Phoenix Qin. After Wu Yun and Lin Dong injured Yuan Sect’s Eight Spirit Generals, Wu Yun faced Elder Jiang alone and began driving him back with his Overlord Fist.

• Wu Yun sealed Demonic Sound Mountain and slaughtered its Human Head Owls while Little Mink fought the Golden Ghost Owl and Lin Dong and Xiao Yan battled the mountain’s generals.
• Elder Jiang ordered Xia Yan and Shen Yun to ambush Wu Yun and Ling Qingzhu so they could take the Heavenly Phoenix Qin, but Wu Yun’s Thunder Spirit Heavenly Blade severed Shen Yun’s arm and wounded Xia Yan.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong used the Desolation Demon Eye to break through the Eight Spirit Generals’ defenses, and Elder Jiang’s barriers only weakened the beams enough to leave the two men alive but badly injured.
• Wu Yun sent Ling Qingzhu into the Great Desolation Tablet, told Lin Dong to handle the wounded generals, and chose to test himself against Elder Jiang without Huangwu’s help.
• Wu Yun countered Elder Jiang’s attack with the Azure Dragon Form and a barrage of Overlord Fist strikes, forcing the elder back and declaring that he had overestimated him.

Wu Yun defeated Elder Jiang with the Six Paths Samsara Fist, and his group obtained the Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva before leaving Demonic Sound Mountain. After Wu Yun received the Zhě Character Secret Technique, a Yuan Sect powerhouse discovered the deaths and pursued them.

• Elder Jiang used the Demonic Yuan Curse Body, but Wu Yun shattered him with the Six Paths Samsara Fist and sealed his Primordial Spirit.
• Little Mink defeated the Golden Ghost Owl and gave its Demon Spirit to Xiao Yan, while the group collected the dead Yuan Sect members’ Cosmic Bags and destroyed the bodies.
• Xiao Yan led the group to a hidden cave, where Little Mink condensed the Earth Core Nurturing Divine Water into four Golden Infants and shared them among Wu Yun, Xiao Yan, Little Mink, and Ling Qingzhu.
• Wu Yun taught Little Mink the Movement Character Secret Technique and signed in at the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, receiving the Zhě Character Secret Technique and a new sign-in location at the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury.
• A silver-haired Yuan Sect sect master discovered the shattered jade fragments of Elder Jiang and the other two dead men, then sent a golden shadow through a Space Rift toward Demonic Sound Mountain.
• Wu Yun’s group left the mountain, but the golden figure arrived soon after.

Wu Yun and his companions escaped Renyuanzi’s pursuit with help from Ying Xuanzi and the Great Desolation Tablet, then took refuge inside the tablet. There, Wu Yun refined Elder Jiang’s primordial spirit and, aided by the World Tree and Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva, broke his Origin Pill and formed his primordial spirit.

• Little Mink sensed Renyuanzi pursuing the group, so Wu Yun concealed their auras and entered Little Mink’s spatial formation with Ling Qingzhu while storing the others in the Great Desolation Tablet.
• Ying Xuanzi destroyed Renyuanzi’s tracking mirror with lightning, allowing Wu Yun, Ling Qingzhu, and Little Mink to escape and regroup on an uninhabited mountain.
• Wu Yun explained that the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet had fused with the Great Desolation Tablet, then led the group inside to hide and recover beneath the World Tree branch.
• Wu Yun drew Elder Jiang’s primordial spirit into his Niwan Palace and used the Chaos Symbol Embryo to refine it into nourishment for his mental energy.
• Little Mink sensed a mysterious reincarnation-like fluctuation from Ling Qingzhu and privately imagined that she and Wu Yun had shared a past life.
• Wu Yun absorbed the Earth Core Nurturing Divine Saliva as Huangwu infused him with the World Tree’s vitality, and his shattered Origin Pill condensed into a golden primordial spirit.

Wu Yun and the others condensed their Origin Spirits, while Ling Qingzhu briefly manifested the Ice Master's power and Reincarnation Seal. After returning to Dao Sect, they told Ying Xuanzi what happened and prepared for the Sect Competition.

• Wu Yun condensed his Origin Spirit and endured a violent Nirvana Tribulation, while Ling Qingzhu's icy power helped suppress its flames.
• Ling Qingzhu transformed with ice-blue hair and eyes, and the Great Desolation Tablet identified her as the Ice Master's reincarnation.
• Ling Qingzhu returned to normal without remembering the transformation, and Wu Yun gave Xiao Yan the Immortal Yuan Spirit Fruits before they returned to Dao Sect.
• The enforcement team summoned Wu Yun, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu to meet Ying Xuanzi and demanded the return of the Heavenly Phoenix Qin.
• Wu Yun told Ying Xuanzi about Ling Qingzhu's Reincarnation Seal and the Ice Master's identity, and Ying Xuanzi urged them to keep her secret from the Yuan Sect.