Chapter Summaries

After recovering from a python attack, Lin Taichu found Dragon Scale Grass atop a strange ancient tree, but its vines crushed and immobilized him. An eerie Old Man appeared and warned that his slumber concerned Dragon Scale Valley and the entire Wilderness Mountain Range.

• Lin Taichu healed his injuries and set out to search for the rare Dragon Scale Grass.
• He discovered a towering ancient tree whose dense vitality drew him closer.
• When Lin Taichu leaped onto the tree, its vines attacked, fractured his ribs, severed his legs, and pinned him down.
• Lin Taichu spotted the Dragon Scale Grass growing near the top of the tree and realized the vines were nourishing it.
• A gaunt, corpse-like Old Man appeared and told Lin Taichu that disturbing his slumber threatened Dragon Scale Valley and the Wilderness Mountain Range.

Lin Taichu fought the Dragon Scale Grass after discovering it could devour evil beings, then faced the Ghost King when it attacked him in Dragon Scale Valley. The battle continued as the Ghost King summoned a Black Sword to clash with Lin Taichu.

• The Dragon Scale Grass devoured the gaunt figure and healed Lin Taichu, then attacked him with vines that he burned apart using the Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Art.
• Lin Taichu tried to claim the Dragon Scale Grass and control it with Soul Attack, but it resisted and threatened him.
• Lin Taichu stomped the ground, shaking Dragon Scale Valley and drawing the Ghost King toward him.
• Lin Taichu exchanged blows with the Ghost King, wounded it with a whip kick and an iron rod, and drove it to the ground.
• The Ghost King summoned a Black Sword from the thorns, and it and Lin Taichu continued fighting in a fierce clash.

Lin Taichu defeated the Ghost King and absorbed its Yin Sha energy, but his attempt to claim the Dragon Scale Grass was interrupted by three hostile black-robed youths. He blocked the leader’s saber strike, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Taichu pursued the fleeing Ghost King and fought it until he struck its shoulder with his iron staff and cut off its head.
• Lin Taichu collected the Ghost King’s head and absorbed the Yin Sha energy from its corpse, rapidly increasing his cultivation.
• A Snow Wolf ambushed Lin Taichu, but he knocked it away and warned it not to approach him again.
• As Lin Taichu prepared to take the Dragon Scale Grass, he sensed three figures and fled from them.
• The black-robed leader ordered his companions to stop Lin Taichu, then attacked with a curved saber that Lin Taichu blocked, forcing him back several steps.

Lin Taichu defeated the black-robed men and their captain, Qin Fengyun, who had pursued him for the Dragon Scale Grass. He then confronted Zhao Dongyang and, despite being injured, struck him with surprising speed and power.

• Lin Taichu killed two Black Robed Youths after defeating them in battle and took their Storage Rings.
• Qin Fengyun revealed he was captain of the Qin Family guard unit and attacked Lin Taichu to claim the Dragon Scale Grass.
• Lin Taichu overpowered Qin Fengyun, who used a Body Tempering Pill and the Savage Bull Divine Art before Lin Taichu killed him.
• Zhao Dongyang confronted Lin Taichu and demanded the Dragon Scale Grass, but Lin Taichu struck him and sent him crashing into a snowbank.
• Lin Taichu closed in on Zhao Dongyang again, using strength restored by healing spiritual liquid.

Lin Taichu killed Zhao Dongyang, then attacked a black-haired girl who was fighting a Man in Green. After a brutal, closely matched battle, the girl and Lin Taichu remained poised to continue fighting.

• Lin Taichu severed Zhao Dongyang's arm and killed him with a palm strike.
• Lin Taichu found a black-haired girl battling a Man in Green and attacked her without warning.
• The black-haired girl countered Lin Taichu with a barrage of daggers and powerful strikes, wounding him before they fought to a standstill.
• Lin Taichu overpowered the girl briefly and kicked her in the stomach, but a slender hand blocked his dagger and let her counterattack.
• Lin Taichu and the black-haired girl exchanged another fierce barrage, then taunted each other before the girl charged again.

Lin Taichu defeated the black-haired girl and claimed the Dragon Scale Grass, but a sudden storm of divine lightning devastated the valley. He and the other prodigies retreated as the mountain range shook beneath the overwhelming phenomenon.

• Lin Taichu overpowered the black-haired girl, breaking her hand and ribs before kicking her away.
• The wounded black-haired girl fled, and Lin Taichu kept the Dragon Scale Grass he had fought to obtain.
• Several young men and women appeared, while martial artists watched Lin Taichu and the temperature around them fell.
• A sudden storm brought rain that pierced Body Protecting Aura, drowning some martial artists and forcing the survivors to retreat.
• Divine lightning poured from dark clouds, collapsing mountains and splitting the earth as Lin Taichu and the other prodigies watched in alarm.

Lin Taichu braved the lightning-filled black clouds and emerged into a gathering of powerful Cultivators besieging a beast with Kunpeng blood. As the beast overwhelmed its attackers, another young man stepped in to strike it.

• Lin Taichu entered the black clouds, endured devastating lightning and destructive laws, and found a way out.
• Lin Taichu emerged to see powerful Cultivators facing a silver, winged beast with a single horn and a black rune on its back.
• The Cultivators identified the beast as a Kun with royal Kunpeng blood, and Lin Taichu considered whether it might be a Kunpeng survivor.
• The beast burned the void with its flames and killed many Cultivators while driving the others back.
• A bloodied young man attacked the beast after it bit off his arm, but the beast barely recoiled from their clash.
• Another young man sneered and swung his fist at the beast.

Lin Taichu entered the Kunpeng Nest to seize the hatching Kunpeng Egg, but its emergence drew a force of Imperial Children and powerful beasts. As Lin Taichu fought off an Azure Bird, a black crocodile attacked the egg, prompting him to unleash flames against it.

• A ferocious beast defended the Kunpeng Egg from the gathered martial artists, and the egg began to hatch amid their battle.
• The egg released a destructive Kunpeng aura that annihilated the fighters, while Lin Taichu fled beyond its reach.
• Lin Taichu returned to the Kunpeng Nest, defeated its Monster Beasts, and tried to grab the crystal-clear egg, which shot into the sky and split the void with a pillar of light.
• More than three hundred Demon Birds carrying Imperial Children arrived, and an Azure Bird attacked Lin Taichu.
• Lin Taichu struck back against the Azure Bird, then saw a black crocodile bite the Kunpeng Egg and attacked it with flames.

Lin Taichu defended the Kunpeng Egg against a flood dragon and the Southern Heaven Imperial Son, overpowering the Imperial Son and leaving an ancient rune mark on his forehead. The Imperial Son's fate remained uncertain as the mark sank into silence.

• The flood dragon cracked the Kunpeng Egg, but Lin Taichu scattered its Essence Blood torrent with a storm containing Death Law.
• The Southern Heaven Imperial Son approached to seize the Kunpeng Egg, and Lin Taichu struck him flying and severely injured him.
• The Southern Heaven Imperial Son demanded that Lin Taichu become his servant and surrender the egg, but Lin Taichu refused and attacked him again.
• The Southern Heaven Imperial Son used the Blazing Sun True Flame to block Lin Taichu's finger strike, then felt a sudden pain in his mind as an ancient rune mark appeared on his forehead and sank into silence.

Lin Taichu defeated the Southern Heaven Imperial Son and entered the Kunpeng Nest, where he discovered a radiant egg that might be a Kunpeng Egg. He stood in the nest’s core area, excited by the discovery but uncertain of the egg’s identity.

• Lin Taichu explained that his Beast Taming Rune came from his sect, but the Southern Heaven Imperial Son attacked him with the Yellow Dragon Bow and three arrows, which failed to penetrate Lin Taichu’s barrier.
• The Southern Heaven Imperial Son unleashed three Divine Abilities, but Lin Taichu’s stomp sent soundwaves through him and knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Taichu entered the Kunpeng Nest, crossed its dangerous cold winds, and reached its core area.
• Lin Taichu found a crystalline egg surrounded by five-colored light and wondered whether it was the Kunpeng Egg.

Lin Taichu tried to seize the Kunpeng Essence Blood but was repelled by its barrier as the Kunpeng Nest’s core turned deadly. After the Kunpeng Phantom vanished and the Restrictions fell silent, he spotted the Kunpeng Egg at the cave entrance, where other martial artists also began to notice it.

• Lin Taichu reached for the Kunpeng Essence Blood, but its barrier blasted him away, so he healed while waiting for it to weaken.
• Martial artists fled the core region’s raging yin wind, while several who rushed toward the Kunpeng Egg were swept into the lake and killed by claws.
• Lin Taichu tried to escape the core region but encountered a towering Kunpeng Phantom that seemed to fear something.
• The Kunpeng Phantom split apart and vanished, causing the Nest’s Restrictions to disappear and become docile.
• Lin Taichu spotted the Kunpeng Egg lying at the cave entrance, and nearby martial artists turned their greedy attention toward it.

Lin Taichu tried to seize the Kunpeng Egg as the Kunpeng Corpse awakened, but the corpse’s overwhelming power sent him flying. Protected by the Immortal Slaying Gourd, he charged back toward the Kunpeng Corpse.

• A powerful voice forced the martial artists to sacrifice their blood to revive the Kunpeng Egg, which then hatched into a Flame Sparrow.
• The Flame Sparrow attacked the Kunpeng Phantom with fire and a costly feather technique, dimming it but failing to destroy it.
• A young man rose from the coffin as the Kunpeng Corpse, killed the Flame Sparrow, and absorbed the remnant of its consciousness.
• The Kunpeng Corpse released an ancient aura that suppressed Lin Taichu and made the Kunpeng Phantom tremble.
• Lin Taichu tried to seize the Kunpeng Egg, but the Kunpeng Corpse struck him back; Lin Taichu activated the Immortal Slaying Gourd and charged again.

Lin Taichu fought the Kunpeng Corpse and pursued Xiao Changfeng into the Kunpeng Nest, where he captured Kunpeng Blood. Xiao Changfeng revealed that he had been using God-Devouring Demon Worms to search for the blood and sent them to attack Lin Taichu.

• Lin Taichu and the Flame Sparrow battled the Kunpeng Corpse, and Lin Taichu severed its right leg while suffering severe injuries.
• Xiao Changfeng appeared beside Lin Taichu, took a palm strike to the chest, then fled toward the Kunpeng Nest with Lin Taichu in pursuit.
• Lin Taichu sensed the Nest’s partially activated Formation, captured a nearby mass of Kunpeng Blood, and prepared to refine it.
• Xiao Changfeng sat up while refining a Sacred Bone, enraging Lin Taichu, who had reached the blood too late to claim it first.
• Xiao Changfeng released hundreds or thousands of God-Devouring Demon Worms to attack Lin Taichu and seize the Kunpeng Blood for his plan.

Lin Taichu fought the ancient divine wood while trying to seize the Kunpeng Blood, but its branches wounded him and trapped him in Soul Binding Ropes. The chapter left him facing the ropes’ power to bind souls and suppress primordial spirits.

• Lin Taichu fought off the God-Devouring Demon Worms and chose to attack the ancient tree to obtain the Kunpeng Blood.
• The ancient tree counterattacked with divine-wood branches, and Lin Taichu discovered they were exceptionally hard and powerful.
• Lin Taichu burned several branches with the Corpse-Burning Divine Flame, then used Proximity to the Horizon to close in and sever one branch.
• A drop of Essence Liquid spilled from the severed branch, but Lin Taichu fled the tree’s attack without collecting it.
• The branches transformed into two black Nether Locks that surrounded Lin Taichu, and he recognized them as Soul Binding Ropes.

Lin Taichu battled the Blood Demon Ancestor, damaging him and destroying his Sea of Blood Banner, but the ancestor escaped when heavenly tribulation struck. After the clouds cleared, Lin Taichu remained standing, exhausted and breathing heavily.

• Lin Taichu wounded the Blood Demon Ancestor with the Great Evolution Saint Emperor Fist and forced him to defend himself with three treasures.
• Lin Taichu cleaved the Sea of Blood Banner apart, causing the Blood Demon Ancestor to suffer a backlash and vow revenge.
• The Blood Demon Ancestor unleashed blood techniques against Lin Taichu, but Lin Taichu countered with his fist and blade until a slash pierced the ancestor's chest.
• The Blood Demon Ancestor fled into the blood clouds as heavenly tribulation descended, shielding himself with Blood Mist and escaping the lightning.
• The heavenly punishment subsided, and Lin Taichu stood panting with his face pale and clothes soaked in sweat.

After surviving a fierce battle, Lin Taichu was ambushed by Han Yang and other Azure Nether Sect Disciples seeking the Golden Coffin. Cornered and badly wounded, he unleashed a powerful secret technique, but Han Yang’s five-colored fireworks left the fight’s outcome uncertain.

• Lin Taichu encountered Han Yang and two Junior Sisters leading injured Disciples from the Azure Nether Sect and Myriad Beast Gate.
• Han Yang ordered the two women to attack Lin Taichu and seize the Golden Coffin, then pursued him with a spear as the Disciples trapped and wounded him.
• Lin Taichu refused to surrender and activated Kunpeng Nine Revolutions, Chaos Yin Yang, increasing his strength tenfold.
• Lin Taichu injured Han Yang and killed Second Senior Sister, while the other woman fled.
• Han Yang released an exploding disk that filled the area with deadly five-colored fireworks, killing or wounding nearly all the Azure Nether Sect Disciples.

Han Yang stayed behind to cover Senior Brother’s escape but was nearly killed by Lin Taichu. Qin Zhengyu arrived just in time to save Han Yang and effortlessly broke Lin Taichu’s spiritual treasure attack, leaving Lin Taichu shocked.

• Han Yang urged Senior Brother to flee while he stayed behind to face Lin Taichu with the Kunpeng Method and Kunpeng Armor.
• Lin Taichu overwhelmed Han Yang, breaking his arm and ribs as he prepared to kill him.
• A mysterious swordsman wounded Lin Taichu and forced him back, allowing Han Yang to recover and try to escape.
• Lin Taichu used a Bronze Mirror spiritual treasure to trap Han Yang and attack him.
• Qin Zhengyu appeared, reassured Han Yang, and destroyed Lin Taichu’s Bronze Mirror attack with a streak of purple light.

Qin Zhengyu arrived to save Han Yang and battled Lin Taichu, who wielded the powerful Nine Heavens Qiankun Bronze Coin. As Lin Taichu unleashed the coin’s soul-draining force, Han Yang stepped between him and Qin Zhengyu and struck at Lin Taichu.

• Qin Zhengyu confronted Lin Taichu and quickly wounded him, leaving him collapsed on the ground.
• Lin Taichu attacked Qin Zhengyu with the bronze coin, and Han Yang pulled his master aside, taking a graze to his shoulder.
• Qin Zhengyu summoned a dharma sword and struck Lin Taichu with purple lightning, cracking the Nine Heavens Qiankun Bronze Coin and making Lin Taichu spit blood.
• Lin Taichu activated the coin again to draw in the Soul Power around them, and Qin Zhengyu charged at him with glowing purple fists.
• Han Yang rushed between Qin Zhengyu and Lin Taichu and formed a flaming fist to strike Lin Taichu.

Lin Taichu overpowered Han Yang despite Han Yang unleashing his strongest techniques, then appeared beside him and mocked his ignorance. Han Yang began recovering from his injuries while preparing to keep fighting.

• Lin Taichu restrained Han Yang with the bronze mirror and moved in to strike as Qin Zhengyu tried to intervene.
• Han Yang activated the Swallowing Yuan Hegemonic Body Art and Nine Star Hegemonic Body Art, then attacked Lin Taichu with the Nine Star Divine Fist.
• Lin Taichu shattered Han Yang’s attack with his purple saber and struck him in the chest, leaving him badly injured.
• Han Yang got back up and charged at Lin Taichu, but Lin Taichu vanished from in front of him and reappeared nearby.
• Lin Taichu mocked Han Yang while Han Yang sat cross-legged to recover and prepared to fight again.

Han Yang was overwhelmed by Lin Taichu’s golden dragon secret art and left badly injured, but he revealed the Soul Devouring Sword to make Lin Taichu hesitate. Lin Taichu attacked anyway, and Han Yang fought back with the sword, though he remained at a disadvantage.

• Lin Taichu unleashed a golden dragon phantom that shattered Han Yang’s Five Elements Dragon Claw Hand and blasted him backward.
• Lin Taichu pursued Han Yang, struck him down, and pinned him to the ground while threatening to kill him.
• Han Yang challenged Lin Taichu to kill him, then summoned the Soul Devouring Sword Han Mo had given him for protection.
• Lin Taichu mocked Han Yang’s claim about the sword and attacked, and Han Yang met him with the sword as purple lightning surged around him.
• Lin Taichu suppressed Han Yang during their exchange, leaving Han Yang at a clear disadvantage.