Chapter Summaries

Wu Yun and Lin Dong discovered that a mural in the Symbol Master Tower revealed two hidden locations associated with Ancestral Talismans. They left the tower and hurried home, worried about Qing Tan’s Demonic Qi Body.

• Wu Yun recognized the mural’s runes as rubbings of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and the Lightning Ancestral Symbol, while Little Mink explained their significance to Lin Dong.
• Wu Yun’s Natal Spirit Talisman reacted to the mural and revealed a map with two red-marked locations, one inside the Great Yan Dynasty and one beyond it.
• Wu Yun suggested that he and Lin Dong investigate the marked locations together in the future, and Lin Dong eagerly agreed that he would not compete with his brother over an Ancestral Talisman.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong left the tower, and Wu Yun quietly confirmed to Yan Xuan that they had reached the Ninth Floor.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong worried about Qing Tan as they headed home, and Little Mink warned Lin Dong that her Demonic Qi could consume her consciousness unless she condensed a Yin Pill.

Wu Yun returned to the Lin Family and found Qing Tan’s cold energy worsening despite her efforts to hide her pain. As he warmed her with Yanggang Qi, Qing Tan clung to him and kissed his cheek, leaving him flustered by her affection.

• Wu Yun received a system prompt directing him to check in at the Ancient Tomb Residence and went with Lin Dong to visit Qing Tan.
• Bai Yun and Xiao Yan greeted Wu Yun, and he praised Bai Yun’s growth before asking Qing Tan how she was doing.
• Wu Yun took Qing Tan to her room to help resolve her condition while Lin Dong guarded the door with the two tigers.
• Qing Tan hugged Wu Yun and admitted she had missed his warmth, then suffered a sudden flare of cold energy.
• Wu Yun placed Qing Tan on the bed and warmed her with Yanggang Qi, and Qing Tan kissed his cheek before hiding under the blanket.

Wu Yun taught Qing Tan the Great Yin Talisman Script to help her control her cold energy, discovering that her spiritual power talent was exceptional. After Qing Tan kissed him, Wu Yun suddenly broke through to the Minor Completion Core Formation Stage.

• Wu Yun used a kiss to draw out Qing Tan's Yin Sha Saliva and ease her cold energy eruption, then taught her to cultivate spiritual power.
• Qing Tan quickly awakened her spiritual power and opened her Niwan Palace, impressing Wu Yun and Lin Dong.
• Wu Yun taught Qing Tan the Great Yin Talisman Script and instructed her to keep its cultivation method secret.
• Over the following days, Qing Tan practiced the script with Wu Yun, forming a faint outline in her Natal Talisman Seal that could help regulate her cold energy.
• Qing Tan teased and kissed Wu Yun, but he pulled away when he sensed an imminent breakthrough.
• Wu Yun swallowed Yang Yuan Pills and broke through to the Minor Completion Core Formation Stage while Lin Dong waited outside with Qing Tan.

Wu Yun learned that a Nirvana Stage expert’s tomb in the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range contained the Extreme Sha Yin Dragon Saliva Qing Tan needed, then returned to the Mad Blade Martial Arts School and confronted Heavenly Blade Sect guests who had insulted Luo Cheng. The chapter ended with Wu Yun challenging the guests’ arrogance.

• Xuan Su gave Wu Yun a Demon Blood Vermillion Fruit and told him the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range tomb might contain the Extreme Sha Yin Dragon Saliva he sought.
• Wu Yun bought the spirit medicines Xuan Su had gathered, gave them to Lin Dong to refine, and returned to the Mad Blade Martial Arts School with Bai Yun.
• Luo Tong told Wu Yun that representatives from the Heavenly Blade Sect had arrived to meet Luo Cheng.
• Senior Brother Chen and the sect’s disciples mocked Luo Cheng and doubted Wu Yun’s talent while Luo Tong and Wu Yun listened from outside.
• Wu Yun entered the hall and called the Heavenly Blade Sect guests trash, declaring that their sect was not worth joining if it produced people like them.

Wu Yun defended Luo Cheng from the Heavenly Blade Sect members’ insults and defeated Chen Xu and the other disciples in the martial arts school. Elder Zhang arrived, punished the visitors for bullying fellow disciples, and praised Wu Yun as a talent the sect needed.

• Wu Yun rebuked the Heavenly Blade Sect members for insulting Luo Cheng and challenged them all to fight him.
• Wu Yun defeated a young disciple with his Thunder Cloud Saber, then struck nine more disciples down with his saber technique.
• Wu Yun used Thunderous Slash and a Gravity Talisman Script to defeat Chen Xu, leaving the Heavenly Blade Sect group afraid to challenge him.
• Elder Zhang descended into the martial arts school and reprimanded Chen Xu and the disciples for bullying Luo Cheng and Wu Yun.
• Elder Zhang ordered the disciples to accept punishment and praised Wu Yun’s strength and proud temperament.

Wu Yun declined Elder Zhang’s invitation to join the Heavenly Blade Sect immediately but accepted an Inner Disciple token and two powerful martial arts manuals. As Wu Yun began mastering the techniques and preparing for the Ancient Tomb Residence, Little Mink assessed the Heavenly Treasure Record that Lin Dong was cultivating.

• Bai Yun rushed in to protect Wu Yun, and Elder Zhang praised her bloodline and invited Wu Yun to join the Heavenly Blade Sect.
• Wu Yun refused to join without passing the sect’s assessment, but Elder Zhang gave him an Inner Disciple token and the Thousand Layer Palm Shadow Blade and Roaming Dragon Nine Slashes manuals.
• Elder Zhang told Wu Yun about the Ancient Tomb Residence in the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range, but Wu Yun declined to travel with his group.
• Wu Yun used Mysterious Jade Hand to quickly practice Thousand Layer Palm Shadow Blade and drew on Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to learn Roaming Dragon Movement Technique and Roaming Dragon Nine Slashes.
• Little Mink told Lin Dong that the Heavenly Treasure Record was a remarkably comprehensive foundational martial art, though it might not qualify as a Creation Martial Art.

Wu Yun visited the Lin Family to discuss exploring the Ancient Tomb Residence with Lin Dong, then checked Qing Tan’s cultivation. While Wu Yun was with Qing Tan, Bai Yun encountered Lin Ke’er and knocked Lin Chen unconscious with her roar before fleeing, with Lin Ke’er pursuing her.

• Wu Yun arrived at the Lin Family and saw Lin Dong defeat four young men after one insulted his branch family.
• Wu Yun told Lin Dong that the Ancient Tomb Residence contained Extreme Sha Yin Dragon Saliva that could help Qing Tan condense a Yin Pill, and Lin Dong agreed they should explore it together.
• Lin Xia warned Lin Dong that Lin Chen and Lin Ke’er were talented Lin Clan visitors, then tried to keep Wu Yun company, but he left for Qing Tan’s room.
• Wu Yun found that Qing Tan had become a One-Seal Talismancer, while Bai Yun wandered away from the courtyard.
• Lin Chen tried to touch Bai Yun, and she blasted him into a wall with her White Tiger Shattering Gold Roar before running away.
• Lin Ke’er pursued Bai Yun on a sword.

Wu Yun confronted Lin Ke’er and the Lin Clan youths after Bai Yun injured Lin Chen when he tried to approach her. After Wu Yun and Bai Yun drove off the youths, Elder Tao recognized Wu Yun’s Heavenly Blade Sect token, leaving the confrontation’s consequences unresolved.

• Lin Ke’er followed Bai Yun to Wu Yun’s courtyard, where she met Wu Yun, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong and explained that Bai Yun had injured Lin Chen.
• Lin Ke’er told Elder Tao and the gathered Lin Clan members that Lin Chen had approached Bai Yun and been knocked away by her soundwave attack.
• When the Lin Clan youths demanded that Bai Yun be punished, Wu Yun slapped one and challenged another, while Lin Dong stood with him.
• Wu Yun ordered Bai Yun to roar, and her White Tiger Shattering Gold Roar sent Lin Chen and several other youths flying into a wall.
• Wu Yun warned Lin Zhentian that he had spared the youths out of respect, then showed Elder Tao his Heavenly Blade Sect token, making the elder’s expression change.

Wu Yun revealed his ties to the Heavenly Blade Sect to make Elder Tao and the Lin Clan juniors back down, then left Flame City with Lin Dong to seek the Ancient Tomb Residence. After rescuing Xuan Su and the Ten Thousand Gold Merchant Association from Zhou Yanxia and Song Dao, the brothers continued through the dangerous mountains and reached the tomb.

• Wu Yun forced Elder Tao and the Lin Clan juniors to apologize by revealing the Heavenly Blade Token, then explained his connection to the Heavenly Blade Sect to Lin Zhentian and the others.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong left Flame City for the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range, where they avoided the crowds heading toward the Ancient Tomb Residence.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong rescued Xuan Su and Xia Zhilan from Zhou Yanxia and Song Dao, killing both attackers and then saving Xia Wanjin from Demon Beasts.
• Wu Yun warned Lin Dong that leaving enemies alive could endanger their families, and the Ten Thousand Gold Merchant Association returned to Flame City.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong fought through increasingly powerful Demon Beasts and reached the mountain where the Ancient Tomb Residence stood.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong slipped through the Ancient Tomb Residence’s outer seals and Wu Yun broke through the formation protecting its palaces. After secretly strengthening the formation to delay the people outside, they set off to loot the tomb with Cosmic Bags, while the author’s note promised a premium chapter the next day.

• Wu Yun used his Purple Demon Eye to find a weak point in the outer seal, and Lin Dong and Xiao Yan entered before him.
• Wu Yun later passed through the seal with Bai Yun and joined Lin Dong inside the mountaintop grounds.
• Wu Yun studied the palace formation and used the Original Boundary Talisman Script to open a gap for Lin Dong and the two tigers.
• After they entered the palace grounds, Wu Yun reinforced the formation with the Sealing Talisman Script to slow anyone trying to break in.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong divided a collection of Cosmic Bags and headed toward the palaces to gather treasures.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong looted the Nirvana Stage tomb residence, collecting vast stores of pills and nearly a hundred Demon Spirits. They reached a central hall and discovered a Spiritual Treasure floating within it.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong entered the tomb residence and split up to search its passageways for treasure.
• Wu Yun found and collected more than thirty thousand Pure Yuan Pills, while Lin Dong and Xiao Yan gathered over eighty thousand from another chamber.
• Lin Dong and Wu Yun pooled their gains, including hundreds of thousands of Pure Yuan Pills and millions of Yang Yuan Stones and Yang Yuan Pills, then cleared more outer chambers.
• Wu Yun chose one of ten deeper passageways, and the group opened a sealed chamber containing nearly a hundred powerful Demon Spirits.
• Xiao Yan swallowed several Demon Spirits before Lin Dong collected the rest, and the group continued through the passageway.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong emerged into a vast hall and saw a Spiritual Treasure floating at its center.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong claimed six Spiritual Treasures, then Wu Yun subdued several weakened Talisman Puppets while guiding the group through a wooden-stake formation. They reached a training ground filled with more than a hundred puppets, which Wu Yun planned to collect.

• Wu Yun dismantled the barrier and revealed two Intermediate Spiritual Treasures and four Low-grade Spiritual Treasures, including the semi-finished Heaven Scale Ancient Halberd.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong agreed on a temporary distribution of the treasures and refined the Wind Moon Tender Blade, Mystic Turtle Ancient Shield, armor, bow, and arrows.
• Wu Yun erased a Low-grade Talisman Puppet's lingering Mental Imprint, claimed control of it, and stored it in his Cosmic Bag.
• Wu Yun used the Purple Demon Eye and an Original Confinement Talisman Script to lead Lin Dong and the two tigers through the Wooden Stake Array, collecting several more puppets along the way.
• Wu Yun's group reached a Training Ground and found more than a hundred Talisman Puppets arranged in rows.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong looted the Ancient Tomb Residence, where Wu Yun obtained the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, then they cultivated and strengthened themselves before waiting with the gathered explorers for the tomb to be opened. The chapter ends as powerful newcomers arrive, while Wu Yun plans to use the crowd to pass the tomb’s final trial and claim the Nirvana Heart.

• Wu Yun collected 180 damaged Talisman Puppets, then he and Lin Dong harvested the medicinal pool, including the Yin Yang Twin Lotus and the Extreme Sha Yin Dragon Saliva.
• Wu Yun awakened and claimed two Intermediate Talisman Puppets, subdued many others, and gave one of the powerful puppets to Lin Dong.
• Wu Yun navigated the fire array, entered the main tomb chamber, signed in for the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, and left the Nirvana Heart untouched after addressing the Tomb Residence Master.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong refined spirit medicines and broke through to Core Formation Stage Great Perfection, while Bai Yun reached the Creation Stage and both men became Four Seal Talismancers; Wu Yun then advanced to Five Seal Talismancer.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong returned to the tomb site and blended into the crowd, with Wu Yun instructing Lin Dong to stay in the outer passages when the seal opened.
• As the sun reached midday, a thunderous rush of wind announced the arrival of new experts.

Wu Yun entered the Ancient Tomb Residence, manipulated its formations, and reached Ling Qingzhu as she refined the Nirvana Heart. The Tomb Residence Master’s remaining spirit forced the two into a Yin-Yang encounter and passed his inheritance to Wu Yun; afterward, Wu Yun fled the tomb with Lin Dong and the two tigers as Ling Qingzhu pursued them.

• Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, Qin Shi, and Ling Qingzhu attacked the Ancient Tomb Residence seal until Ling Qingzhu broke it, and the crowd rushed inside to find the chambers empty.
• Wu Yun strengthened the Sea of Fire Array, trapping Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi while Ling Qingzhu reached the main tomb chamber.
• Ling Qingzhu absorbed the Nirvana Heart, and the Tomb Residence Master’s inscription triggered its Yin-Yang effect; his remaining spirit appeared, restrained Ling Qingzhu, and used the Yin Yang Twin Lotus and desire poison to force the two together.
• The Tomb Residence Master gave Wu Yun his inheritance before his spirit vanished, while Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi escaped the flames badly injured and left the tomb.
• As the crowd departed, Lin Dong waited for Wu Yun, who finally emerged in disarray and ordered Lin Dong, Bai Yun, and Xiao Yan to flee; Ling Qingzhu’s attack split the ground where they had stood.

Wu Yun fled from Ling Qingzhu after their ordeal in the tomb estate, while Lin Dong and Xiao Yan escaped separately. Ling Qingzhu nearly struck Wu Yun down but continued pursuing him, leaving him trying to survive and talk her into sparing him.

• Wu Yun told Lin Dong and Xiao Yan to return to Flame City, and Lin Dong reluctantly left with Xiao Yan after Little Mink warned him not to interfere.
• Ling Qingzhu pursued Wu Yun with murderous intent, rejecting his claims that they had both been forced into what happened in the tomb.
• Wu Yun formed an Original Wind Talisman Script on Bai Yun, boosting the White Tiger’s speed, but Ling Qingzhu launched a Green Lotus Arrow at him.
• Wu Yun’s Dragon Transformation Seal failed to stop the arrow, but his Silkworm Silk Clam Shell Armor shattered and absorbed its force before it pierced his chest.
• Wu Yun tried to reason with Ling Qingzhu and explain himself, but his comments only angered her further, so he blew apart her weaker Green Lotus Arrows with the self-detonating Blazing Fire Sword.

Wu Yun and Bai Yun fled through the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range while Ling Qingzhu pursued them, forcing them to use their strongest defenses against her attacks. After Wu Yun argued that he had saved Ling Qingzhu in the Ancient Tomb Residence, she remained convinced that she had gotten the short end of the stick.

• Wu Yun used the Creation Talisman Array and Original Seal Talisman Script to delay Ling Qingzhu while he and Bai Yun escaped.
• Ling Qingzhu broke through Wu Yun’s talisman arrays and caught up, increasingly intrigued by his talent and hidden abilities.
• Ling Qingzhu attacked with a Lotus Seal, but Bai Yun awakened the White Tiger Body Protection Shield and helped Wu Yun withstand the strike.
• Ling Qingzhu noticed Bai Yun’s loyalty and grew more interested in Wu Yun after seeing the tiger’s powerful bloodline.
• Wu Yun pretended to be badly injured and reminded Ling Qingzhu that he had saved her from the Ancient Tomb Old Ghost.
• Ling Qingzhu admitted Wu Yun’s reasoning was sound but still felt she had gotten the short end of the stick.

Ling Qingzhu questioned Wu Yun about the Ancient Tomb Residence, and he admitted to taking its treasures and altering its seal. She challenged him to reveal his strength, and their fight ended in a tense stalemate, with both surrounded by weapons.

• Ling Qingzhu deduced that Wu Yun had entered the Ancient Tomb Residence before the others, and he confessed that he had taken its treasures and strengthened its seal.
• Wu Yun explained that he had followed Ling Qingzhu through the Sea of Fire Array to reach the Nirvana Heart, while concealing some details of what had happened.
• Ling Qingzhu challenged Wu Yun to fight, then attacked before he could concede.
• Wu Yun used blade attacks, talisman scripts, and Dragon Whisker Needles against Ling Qingzhu, while she countered with Azure Sky Lotus techniques and broke free of his illusion.
• Ling Qingzhu discovered that thousands of needles surrounded her as Wu Yun faced her among her azure lotuses, leaving them in a tense standoff.

Wu Yun and Ling Qingzhu ended their fight, and Ling Qingzhu agreed to spare him if he kept their encounter in the Ancient Tomb Residence secret. Before she departed, they set a challenge tied to the Hundred Dynasties War, leaving Wu Yun determined to prove himself within three years.

• Ling Qingzhu acknowledged Wu Yun's strength and the danger of his Dragon Whisker Needles, while Wu Yun admitted he could not defeat her Lotus Heart Armor.
• Ling Qingzhu released Wu Yun and demanded that he never reveal what happened between them in the Ancient Tomb Residence.
• Wu Yun promised to keep their encounter secret but told Ling Qingzhu that he would become worthy of her and meet her again.
• Ling Qingzhu challenged Wu Yun to win the Hundred Dynasties War and said she hoped to hear news of him within three years.
• Ling Qingzhu flew away, and Wu Yun vowed that she would hear his name again.

Wu Yun cultivated the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force and fought through a horde of Demon Beasts alongside Bai Yun, whose White Tiger bloodline awakened a powerful new skill. After Bai Yun subdued a Heavenly Scorpion Tiger and Wu Yun bound it with a Mental Imprint, they returned to Flame City with treasure, leaving Luo Cheng startled to find himself responsible for the formidable beast.

• Wu Yun cultivated the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, drawing a tide of Primal Force that attracted Demon Beasts to his camp.
• Wu Yun and Bai Yun fought through the night, killing more than a hundred Demon Beasts as Wu Yun used battle to refine his power.
• Bai Yun transformed into a purer White Tiger, unleashed the White Tiger Half-Moon Slash, and forced the Heavenly Scorpion Tiger into submission.
• Wu Yun placed a Mental Imprint on the Heavenly Scorpion Tiger, then collected its treasures and led it back toward Flame City with Bai Yun.
• Wu Yun rode the Heavenly Scorpion Tiger into Flame City and returned to the Mad Blade Martial Arts School, where he left the beast with Luo Cheng before heading to the Lin Family.
• Luo Cheng recognized the Heavenly Scorpion Tiger's strength and collapsed in fright after Wu Yun left him to look after it.

Lin Langtian confronted Lin Dong at the Flame City Lin Family and tried to force him to surrender the opportunity he suspected Lin Dong had taken from the Ancient Tomb Residence. As Lin Langtian overwhelmed Lin Dong and Little Mink, Wu Yun arrived just as Lin Langtian unleashed a powerful palm strike.

• Lin Chen told Lin Langtian that Lin Dong and Wu Yun had likely gained an opportunity in the Ancient Tomb Residence, prompting Lin Langtian to visit the Flame City Lin Family.
• Lin Langtian demanded Lin Dong reveal his secret, then used his aura to force Lin Dong and Xiao Yan to their knees and injured Lin Zhentian and Lin Xiao when they tried to intervene.
• Lin Dong summoned an Intermediate Talisman Puppet and Little Mink to resist Lin Langtian, while Xiao Yan attacked Lin Chen and Qing Tan ran to find Wu Yun.
• Lin Langtian destroyed the Talisman Puppet and pressed Little Mink toward defeat, while Wu Yun learned what had happened from Qing Tan and rushed into the battle with Bai Yun.
• Lin Langtian unleashed the Heaven Shattering Demonic Tablet Palm, but a dragon's roar and phoenix's cry sounded as seven crimson beams struck toward it, and Little Mink recognized Wu Yun's arrival.