Chapter Summaries

Lin Mu and the others reached Dao Sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine, where Fire Crystal Demonic Apes had gathered in a scarlet forest. After Ying Huanhuan subdued them, the group discovered an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree bearing five nearly ripe fruits, and Lin Mu explained that seeds could make the tree extraordinarily valuable.

• Yuan Fang welcomed Ying Huanhuan, Lin Mu, Lin Dong, and their companions, then led them toward the forest where Demonic Beasts were disrupting the mine.
• Yuan Fang explained that more than forty Fire Crystal Demonic Apes had gathered in the forest, and Lin Mu suspected a heavenly treasure had attracted them.
• Ying Huanhuan hypnotized the apes with music from green zither strings, allowing the group to enter the forest without fighting.
• Ying Huanhuan discovered an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree bearing five nearly ripe fruits, and Lin Mu explained the tree’s value and the importance of its seeds.
• Ying Huanhuan said Yuan Sect’s Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree bore thousands of fruits and helped the sect surpass the other Super Sects.

Lin Mu's group found the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, but the Fire Crystal Ape King challenged their claim to it. Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan fought the ape king until Lin Mu killed it with the Barren Demonic Eye, leaving the tree secured for the Dao Sect.

• Lin Mu pulled Ying Huanhuan away from the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree as the Fire Crystal Ape King burst from underground and claimed the site.
• Lin Mu sent Yuan Fang, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling to eliminate the Fire Crystal Demonic Apes, then assigned Lin Dong to fight the ape king with Ying Huanhuan's support.
• Ying Huanhuan's zither music weakened the Fire Crystal Ape King while Lin Dong attacked with his iron seal and dragon arms.
• When Ying Huanhuan slowed her music, the Fire Crystal Ape King broke free and fled after forcing Lin Dong back.
• Lin Mu struck the escaping Fire Crystal Ape King with the Barren Demonic Eye, killing it.

Lin Mu and the Dao Sect disciples waited for the Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits to ripen, then obtained the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed. With the seed’s emergence attracting attention and the Demon Seal Cult nearby, they prepared for a dangerous struggle to bring it back to Dao Sect.

• Lin Mu buried the Fire Crystal Ape King's corpse, and Yuan Fang returned with Jiang Kun, Yuan Ling, and the Dao Sect disciples.
• Lin Mu estimated that the Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits would ripen in five days and urged the group to stay alert while sending word to Dao Sect for support.
• Five days later, the fruits ripened, and Lin Mu caught all five as the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree revealed a seed, which he seized.
• Yuan Fang warned that the tree’s burst of light would draw nearby factions and said Demon Seal Cult members had been spotted around the mine; she identified their leader as Yao Ling, a Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm expert.
• Ying Huanhuan urged Lin Mu to protect the seed, while Lin Mu explained that the tree’s trunk could suppress energy and make a weapon.
• Lin Dong pulled the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree from the ground by its roots and swung it, tearing a wide fissure in the earth.

Lin Mu confronted the Demon Seal Cult and other wanted experts who gathered to claim the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed. After Luo Yi challenged him, Lin Mu killed him instantly with the Barren Demonic Eye, leaving the assembled fighters stunned.

• Lin Dong stored the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree’s seed, and Su Lei arrived with Demon Seal Cult fighters demanding it from Yuan Fang.
• More wanted experts, including Xiao Tian and Luo Yi, arrived, and greed over the seed spread among them.
• Lin Mu claimed the seed and warned the gathering that taking it would make them targets of the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Tian withdrew because he owed Ying Xiaoxiao a favor, while Luo Yi challenged Lin Mu to a fight.
• Lin Mu blocked Luo Yi’s attack and used the Barren Demonic Eye to destroy him in a cloud of blood mist.

Lin Mu killed Luo Yi and drove away the other factions competing for the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed, but Yao Ling summoned two Yuan Sect experts to ambush him. Lin Mu sent Lin Dong and the others away with the seed and fruits, then prepared to risk everything to kill his attackers before they could reveal his strength.

• Lin Mu killed Luo Yi in one move and ordered the remaining onlookers to leave or be treated as Demon Seal Cult accomplices.
• Yao Ling appeared and revealed that he had invited Yuan Sect Deacon Liu Tong and Elder Liu You to ambush Lin Mu.
• Liu Tong attacked Lin Mu, who blocked him and handed the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed and five fruits to Lin Dong.
• Lin Mu intercepted Liu Tong so Lin Dong, Ying Huanhuan, and the others could escape, while Yao Ling led the Demon Seal Cult in pursuit.
• Lin Mu used Thunder God Body to shatter Liu You's Primal Energy attack and decided he had to kill both Yuan Sect experts before they could expose him.

Lin Mu fought the gray-robed elder and Liu Tong while advancing his Primal Energy cultivation, then killed them with his Four Symbols Arrow. He left their Primordial Spirit essence for Xiao Dong to refine and vowed to destroy Yuan Sect someday.

• Lin Mu spent 300 million Profound Origin Pills to raise his cultivation to the peak of Life Profound Realm, Lesser Mastery.
• The gray-robed elder and Liu Tong attacked Lin Mu together, but he countered their strikes with his Cosmos Bow and Barren Beast Spirit.
• Lin Mu finished his breakthrough and launched the Sun Shooting Four Symbols Arrow against the gray-robed elder's World Destroying Spear.
• Liu Tong reinforced the gray-robed elder's thunder spear, but Lin Mu shattered it and blasted both men into a mist of blood.
• Lin Mu captured and erased their Primordial Spirits, leaving their essence for Xiao Dong to refine.

Lin Mu returned to find Ying Huanhuan badly injured after she held off the Demon Seal Cult, then killed Yao Ling and the fleeing cult members. He revealed that he had also killed Liu Tong and the gray-robed elder, and the group prepared to leave after he erased their traces.

• After killing Liu Tong and the gray-robed elder, Lin Mu used a Purification Talisman to erase their auras and hurried toward Lin Dong's group.
• Ying Huanhuan used the Formless Bodhi Sound to keep Yao Ling and the Demon Seal Cult at bay, but exhausted herself and was nearly struck by Yao Ling's attack.
• Lin Mu rescued Ying Huanhuan while Lin Dong blocked Yao Ling's giant palm with an azure scale shield.
• Lin Mu attacked Yao Ling with a giant hand of Spiritual Power and crushed him, then killed Su Lei and the other fleeing cult members with Shadowless Needles.
• Lin Mu told Lin Dong that he had killed Liu Tong and the gray-robed elder and that he had reached the peak of the initial Life Profound Realm.
• Lin Mu cleared away the battle's traces with another Purification Talisman, and he and Lin Dong left with Ying Huanhuan.

Lin Mu and the others returned to the Dao Sect with the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed after Lin Mu killed Yuan Sect’s Liu Tong and Liu You. The sect’s leaders recognized their achievement, and Chen Zhen brought Lin Mu and Lin Dong to Dao Peak to meet the Sect Master.

• Lin Mu reunited with Yuan Fang and the others, and the Dao Sect’s reinforcements arrived with Elder Mu and Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Ying Huanhuan recounted Yuan Sect’s ambush, and Lin Mu revealed that he had killed Liu Tong and Liu You while erasing the evidence of his aura.
• Elder Mu led the group back to the Dao Sect with the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed, which he took to Ying Xuanzi.
• Chen Zhen praised Lin Mu and Lin Dong for their accomplishments and summoned them to meet the Sect Master.
• Chen Zhen brought Lin Mu and Lin Dong to Dao Peak, where Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan were waiting.

Lin Mu and Lin Dong met with Ying Xuanzi, who rewarded them for recovering the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed and warned Lin Mu that the Yuan Sect would seek revenge. Back at the Desolate Hall, Lin Mu searched the System Mall for stronger techniques and found the Indestructible Lightning Body.

• Lin Mu reassured Ying Huanhuan after her recovery and joked with her before he and Lin Dong went to meet Ying Xuanzi.
• Ying Xuanzi thanked Lin Mu for saving Ying Huanhuan and praised Lin Dong for bringing back the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed, while acknowledging Lin Mu's hidden abilities.
• Ying Xuanzi showed them the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree growing beneath the lake and let them cultivate in the Spirit-Locking Formation for half a month.
• Lin Mu asked for the five Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits as his reward, then gave them to Lin Dong along with Primordial Spirit origin to help him advance.
• Ying Xuanzi warned Lin Mu that the Yuan Sect's elders would not let their defeat go unanswered and urged him to be careful.
• Lin Mu returned to the Desolate Hall, assessed his need for stronger combat methods and treasures, and found the Indestructible Lightning Body in the System Mall.

As the Great Desolation Tablet opened, Lin Mu and five other Dao Sect disciples entered its light to attempt to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture. Lin Mu and Lin Dong suspected Other Demons were sealed beneath the tablet, and the chapter left them beginning the tablet’s test.

• Lin Mu considered the Space-Time Divine Eye and Reincarnation Purple Lotus but could not afford either treasure.
• The Great Desolation Tablet emerged from the mountain, drawing the Dao Sect’s hall masters and disciples to witness its opening.
• Lin Mu arrived with Lin Dong and joined Pang Tong and three other Desolate Hall disciples chosen to comprehend the scripture.
• Lin Mu told Lin Dong that Other Demons might be sealed beneath the tablet and that its suppression could be weakening.
• Chen Zhen sent Barren Force into the tablet, which enveloped Lin Mu and the other five and pulled them into its inner space.
• Ying Xiaoxiao explained that her past attempt had failed because she could not grasp the true meaning of desolation, and she said Lin Mu and Lin Dong were the likeliest to succeed.

Lin Mu endured the Great Desolation Tablet’s trial and urged its Tablet Spirit to confront the Other Demon corrupting it. The Tablet Spirit finally responded, and the Great Desolation Tablet revealed its spirit as Lin Mu and Lin Dong remained in the trial, leaving the Dao Sect hopeful that both had comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Lin Mu crossed the desolate land for a month while it drained his strength, but the Tablet Spirit ignored his calls; elsewhere, Jiang Hao failed the trial and vanished.
• Outside the tablet, Jiang Hao, Pang Tong, Song Zhou, and Fang Yun failed one after another, leaving Lin Mu and Lin Dong as Desolate Hall’s remaining hopes.
• Lin Mu warned the Tablet Spirit that its corruption by the Other Demon would soon become irreversible and urged it to take a chance on his help.
• The desolate land restored Lin Mu’s strength, then cracked apart as the Tablet Spirit finally responded.
• The pillars of light around Lin Mu and Lin Dong stopped fading, and the Great Desolation Tablet trembled and revealed a blurry figure as the hall masters celebrated their success.

Lin Mu and Lin Dong met the Tablet Spirit, who revealed that a sealed Other Demon was breaking free and gave them the Great Desolation Scripture. After half a month of study, Lin Mu used the system to master the scripture, leaving them with a plan to find help before the seal failed.

• Lin Mu reunited with Lin Dong before the Great Desolation Tablet and told the Tablet Spirit he had arranged help from a Reincarnation Stage expert and an Ancestral Talisman wielder.
• The Tablet Spirit suppressed the Other Demon’s spreading corruption and warned that the seal would hold for only three more years.
• Lin Mu promised to seek help and said his younger sister was about to inherit the Dark Ancestral Talisman; the Tablet Spirit warned them not to tell their sect’s elders.
• The Tablet Spirit passed the Great Desolation Scripture to Lin Mu and Lin Dong, who began comprehending it.
• After half a month, Lin Mu used the system to raise the Great Desolation Scripture to Perfect, spending three hundred million Profound Origin Pills.

Lin Mu and Lin Dong successfully comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture, earning acclaim for Desolate Hall ahead of the hall examination. Lin Mu then spent most of his accumulated Profound Origin Pills on new martial arts and treasures, leaving him determined to improve his cultivation.

• Lin Mu and Lin Dong emerged from their two-month meditation as barren power spread from their bodies, confirming that they had comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Lin Mu demonstrated his new power by appearing before Ying Huanhuan and flicking her forehead, then reminded her that she had lost their wager.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Dao praised Lin Mu and Lin Dong and urged them to prepare for the hall examination in a little over a month.
• Lin Mu examined the Reincarnation Purple Lotus he had obtained through the system and placed the sealed treasure inside his body.
• Lin Mu reviewed his system panel, which showed his newly acquired martial arts and Spirit Treasures and only 230 million Profound Origin Pills remaining after his purchases.

Lin Mu went to the Dao Sect’s contest with Hongya Cave after Mo Ling reported that the Dao Sect was losing and its strongest disciples were in seclusion. He rescued Ying Huanhuan from Huo Zhen’s interference and prepared to face him.

• Mo Ling told Lin Mu that Hongya Cave had won two of the first three matches and that Ying Huanhuan was fighting in the fourth.
• Lin Mu and Mo Ling flew to the competition grounds, where Ying Huanhuan was battling Song Yan.
• Ying Huanhuan overwhelmed Song Yan with her zither techniques, but Huo Zhen intervened and reflected her attack toward her.
• Lin Mu pulled Ying Huanhuan out of danger and crushed the reflected attack.
• Lin Mu challenged Huo Zhen to settle their dispute with strength.

Lin Mu entered the fifth round of the Dao Sect’s match against Hongya Cave and used his Space-Time Divine Eye to humiliate Huo Zhen before overpowering his attacks. The contest remained unresolved as Huo Zhen reeled from Lin Mu’s Barren Saber.

• Ying Huanhuan teased Lin Mu about their bet, then left the match to him after warning that he had to win.
• Chen Zhen introduced Lin Mu as a true disciple of Desolate Hall, and the Hongya Cave elders recognized him as the disciple who had defeated Ying Xiaoxiao and comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Lin Mu used the Space-Time Divine Eye to freeze Huo Zhen and slap him twice, sending him flying and drawing laughter from the spectators.
• Huo Zhen transformed with Hongya Demon Mountain Body and formed a Hongya Demon Spear, but Lin Mu seized its tip and made Huo Zhen stagger when he released it.
• Huo Zhen attacked with Sky-Rending Spear, and Lin Mu countered with Barren Saber, blasting Huo Zhen backward while remaining unharmed.

Lin Mu defeated Huo Zhen in a sparring match and drove Hongya Cave’s disciples away, then took Ying Huanhuan aside to collect on her promise. He teased her by sealing off their surroundings, but she revealed that she had only pretended to be frightened.

• Huo Zhen used the Hongya Cave Scripture to summon a mountain formation, but Lin Mu shattered it with the Great Desolation Prison Hand.
• After Huo Zhen launched a hidden attack, Lin Mu sent the strike back and injured him, prompting Elder Zheng to accuse Lin Mu of excessive force.
• Chen Zhen defended Lin Mu, and Elder Zheng led Hongya Cave’s defeated disciples away.
• Chen Zhen warned Lin Mu about the upcoming hall examination, and Lin Mu promised to win first place.
• Lin Mu stopped Ying Huanhuan from slipping away and took her to a mountain to collect on her promise.
• Ying Huanhuan threatened to transmit their conversation to her father, so Lin Mu sealed the area with the Reincarnation Purple Lotus; she pretended to be scared until he put it away.

Ying Huanhuan played Lin Mu a tune before Wang Yan returned to the Dao Sect, intent on using the Hall Trial to gain command authority and take revenge on the Yuan Sect. Lin Mu agreed to stop him, while Wang Yan waited for the trial and the Dao Sect’s leadership remained silent.

• Ying Huanhuan played Lin Mu a piece on her qin, then promised to play for him again if he kept Wang Yan from winning command authority.
• Ying Huanhuan explained that Wang Yan had returned to avenge his elder sister, who died fighting Yuan Sect disciples, and feared his revenge would endanger the Dao Sect.
• Lin Mu and Ying Huanhuan met Wang Yan as he arrived, and Lin Mu calmly withstood the aura Wang Yan released before they agreed to face each other at the Hall Trial.
• Wang Yan said he would repay the Dao Sect with his life after accomplishing his revenge, then left as Ying Huanhuan went to inform her sister.
• News of Wang Yan’s return spread through the Dao Sect, while he stayed in his old courtyard and awaited the Hall Trial.

The Dao Sect’s hall examination began, and Lin Mu faced Ying Huanhuan in his first match. After her Formless Bodhi Sound created a copy of him, Lin Mu easily knocked it back, leaving their fight underway.

• Lin Mu and Lin Dong arrived at the central peak, where the four halls’ most outstanding disciples would compete.
• Wang Yan returned to the Dao Sect and drew the attention of the gathered disciples.
• Ying Xuanzi announced the examination, and Qi Lei warned the disciples to treat the matches as competition rather than life-or-death grudges.
• Lin Mu drew assignment A-5 and found Ying Huanhuan waiting as his first opponent.
• Ying Huanhuan attacked Lin Mu with the Formless Bodhi Sound and created a copy of him, but Lin Mu sent the shadow flying with one punch.

Lin Mu humiliated Ying Huanhuan during their match, then advanced to the finals and faced Qing Ye. Qing Ye unleashed Earth Hall's powerful Primal Earth Heavenly Heart Hand, forcing Lin Mu to evade its enormous earth-born attack.

• Lin Mu broke Ying Huanhuan's attacks, took her zither, and slapped her backside before she fled the stage in embarrassment.
• Ying Huanhuan complained to Ying Xiaoxiao and vowed to get revenge on Lin Mu, while Qing Ye grew angry watching them.
• Lin Mu's next two opponents conceded, sending him into the finals, where Qi Lei matched him against Qing Ye.
• Qing Ye challenged Lin Mu to stay away from Huanhuan if he lost, then attacked after Qi Lei started the match.
• Lin Mu used the Space-Time Divine Eye to evade Qing Ye's punch, and Qing Ye activated his Primal Earth Profound Body and struck the ground with the Primal Earth Heavenly Heart Hand.
• Lin Mu leaped as the ground collapsed and a giant dark yellow hand surged up from beneath the stage toward him.

Lin Mu defeated Qing Ye in the Dao Sect competition, overcoming the Earth Dragon Sealing God Seal, and the next match began between Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao. Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao exchanged powerful attacks, while Ying Xuanzi predicted Lin Dong would win.

• Lin Mu destroyed Qing Ye’s Earth Dragon Sealing God Seal, and Qing Ye conceded the match.
• Qi Lei declared Lin Mu the victor, securing the Desolate Hall’s win over the Earth Hall.
• After several more matches, Qi Lei announced Ying Xiaoxiao versus Lin Dong, and Lin Mu said he hoped to face Lin Dong in the final.
• Ying Xiaoxiao opened the match with her Heavenly Gang Three Flower Sword, but Lin Dong tore apart the sword flowers with his Azure Dragon Arms.
• Lin Dong and Ying Xiaoxiao fought evenly with their claws and sword, while Ying Xuanzi predicted Lin Dong would win.