Chapter Summaries

The Flame Envoy and Vajra Guardian claimed the Seal Axe for the Cangyan Palace, while Lin Taichu and others could not challenge their authority. A silver short spear appeared beside the Seal Axe, and Qin Xuan revealed that Senior Heaven Cleaver had given it to him as a one-use spirit artifact.

• The Flame Envoy struck Lin Taichu and sent him reeling after insulting him.
• Vajra Guardian declared that the Seal Axe belonged to the Cangyan Palace and threatened anyone who disputed the claim.
• Nanhua the Demon King argued that the Seal Axe should go to the Tianshan Sword Tomb because one of its disciples had found it.
• Fairy Cangyu prepared to leave as the Cangyan Palace insisted on keeping the Seal Axe.
• A silver short spear flew to the Seal Axe, and Lin Taichu noticed its resemblance to Heaven Cleaver.
• Qin Xuan told Elder Fen that Senior Heaven Cleaver had given him the spear, which could last for only three breaths.

Lin Taichu clashed with a Cangyan Palace youth over the Seal Axe and threatened Cang Yunhai when he arrived to intervene. The confrontation remained unresolved as Cang Yunhai reacted angrily to Lin Taichu’s warning.

• Elder Fen gave Qin Xuan’s silver short spear three more breaths to bloom while the vajra guardian questioned Lin Taichu about it.
• Lin Taichu insulted the vajra guardian, and the Black Robed Youth used instantaneous movement to strike him, but Lin Taichu’s defense withstood the attack.
• The Black Robed Youth identified himself as a member of Cangyan Palace and challenged Lin Taichu after their argument escalated.
• Cang Yunhai arrived with Cangyan Palace experts and confronted the vajra guardian for intercepting Lin Taichu.
• Cang Yunhai explained that Cangyu Nishang had invited Lin Taichu to help break the Seal Axe’s formation patterns, but Lin Taichu threatened to stop her and warned Cang Yunhai not to interfere.

Lin Taichu revealed his overwhelming Demonic Dao power and defeated Cang Yunhai with the Demon God's Spear. He identified himself to Qing Mu, whose disciple Cang Hao recognized Lin Taichu's name from an account of a world-shaking battle.

• Lin Taichu’s purple gaze and demonic aura stunned the crowd and made Cang Yunhai stagger.
• Cang Yunhai attacked Lin Taichu with sword light, but Lin Taichu countered with the Demon God's Spear and sent him flying, injured.
• Cang Hao hurried to support Cang Yunhai, who recovered and prepared to continue fighting.
• Lin Taichu called out to Qing Mu, and the crowd realized that the supposedly dead figure was alive.
• Qing Mu named Lin Taichu, and Cang Hao recalled hearing of a purple-gold-robed hero who had devastated a host of powerful fighters in a legendary battle.

Lin Taichu overwhelmed Cang Yunhai and the Cang Family’s Holy Sons with his power over the Ice Rule, killing one and forcing the others to retreat. Cang Hao escaped, leaving Lin Taichu expecting the Cang Family to pursue him, while Cang Yunhai departed with the defeated Qingxiao Palace disciples.

• Cang Yunhai and Cang Hao joined forces to attack Lin Taichu, but Lin Taichu shattered one man’s body and killed him.
• Cang Hao asked Cang Yunhai to help avenge the fallen Holy Son, and Cang Yunhai told him to leave for treatment while he dealt with Lin Taichu.
• Lin Taichu revealed his minor mastery of the Ice Rule and used the Ice Spirit Pearl to intensify the cold.
• Cang Yunhai met Lin Taichu’s attack with his sword, but Lin Taichu’s ice river broke his sword light and sent him flying.
• Cang Yunhai ordered Cang Hao to leave, and Cang Hao escaped in a burst of violet-gold lightning.
• Lin Taichu realized the Cang Family would pursue him, while Cang Yunhai left with the Qingxiao Palace disciples.

After Lin Taichu defeated Cang Hao, he ordered witnesses to keep the fight secret, while the Cang Clan withdrew from Xianyu City. Talk then turned to the upcoming Immortal Fate Grand Competition, and the chapter ended as Cang Clan forces arrived at Xianyu Palace.

• Cang Yunhai and his group left after Cang Hao was defeated, and Lin Taichu warned Lin Hao and the two Disciples not to reveal what had happened.
• Lin Hao and the two Disciples agreed to keep Lin Taichu's victory over Cang Hao secret and left with him.
• People in a tavern discussed the Immortal Fate Grand Competition, the expected contenders, and the powerful prodigies of Xianyu Palace.
• Disciples at Xianyu Palace watched a Fire Spirit Bird carrying a massive bow hover above a restricted hall.
• Dozens of Cang Clan figures descended near Xianyu Palace, drawing a crowd that recognized Cang Hao and speculated about their target.

Lin Taichu humiliated the Cang siblings and expelled the Cang Clan from Xianyu Palace, then confronted a Cang Clan enforcement squad searching for Cang Hao. The squad attacked him, and Lin Taichu began gathering power as their assault closed in.

• Lin Taichu’s aura forced the Cang siblings to their knees, and he stomped them into the ground for insulting him.
• Lin Taichu expelled the Cang Clan from the sect and ordered the Cang siblings left in Xianyu Palace to feed the dogs.
• A Cang Clan enforcement squad arrived looking for Cang Hao and threatened Lin Taichu when he said he did not know where Cang Hao was.
• The Captain called Lin Taichu trash, and Lin Taichu gave the squad three seconds to leave.
• The enforcement squad unleashed its Dao Treasures and attacked Lin Taichu, who spread his arms and began gathering a vast force.

Lin Taichu defeated the Cang Clan enforcement squad and confronted Cang Hao at the City Lord's Mansion. After Lin Taichu killed an enforcement squad disciple, Xia Yuan took him to the Punishment Hall to discuss what had happened.

• Lin Taichu shrugged off the enforcement squad's attacks, subdued one disciple, and left after mocking the Cang Clan.
• Lin Taichu found Cang Hao and ordered him to leave, then crushed another enforcement squad disciple with his power.
• When Cang Hao remained defiant, Lin Taichu killed the enforcement squad disciple with a sword of intent.
• Xia Yuan arrived, did not immediately blame Lin Taichu, and asked him to come along.
• Xia Yuan led Lin Taichu to the Punishment Hall.

Lin Taichu entered the Punishment Hall and endured the whipping punishment on one of the three Stone Pillars, revealing his unusual purple-gold pupils. After surviving, he prepared to continue to the lightning and storm punishment areas to temper himself.

• Xia Yuan explained the Emperor Cang’s statue and warned Lin Taichu that the three Stone Pillars carried deadly punishments established by the Saint Emperor.
• Lin Taichu stepped onto the whipping Stone Pillar and endured its attacks, suffering an injury but remaining alive.
• Lin Taichu’s purple-gold pupils pierced the formation, and two beams of light entered his eyes as he endured the Stone Pillar’s power.
• Lin Taichu asked to continue despite a steward’s warning, and Xia Yuan explained that the lightning area held a treasure that could temper the soul.
• Xia Yuan told Lin Taichu to enter the second level and remain inside the Punishment Hall, and Lin Taichu flashed toward its central area.

Lin Taichu survived the Punishment Hall’s trial and impressed the Palace Masters of Taisheng Palace, who welcomed him into Cang Ling Hall. He remained puzzled by the attention he received and by Xia Yuan’s public revelation that his assessment result was the lowest.

• Lin Taichu emerged from the Punishment Hall’s second level badly wounded, and the watching Guards and Disciples stayed silent when he challenged them to try the trial.
• Cang Hong arrived, praised Lin Taichu, and offered to introduce him to the other Palace Masters; Xia Yuan’s remark about Lin Taichu being a madman confused the crowd.
• Cang Hong introduced Lin Taichu to Lin Qing, Lei Batian, and Yun Shanhe, who treated him with respect despite his lower cultivation.
• Xia Yuan revealed that Lin Taichu’s assessment result was Origin Emperor Seventh Layer, first level, then left after teasing him.
• Cang Hong warned Lin Taichu that Xia Yuan was not a kind person and brought him to Cang Ling Pavilion, where Lin Taichu would live as a disciple of Cang Ling Hall.

Lin Taichu arrived at Cang Ling Pavilion, where Xia Yuan challenged him to a spar and offered to become his follower if he lost. Their battle revealed Lin Taichu’s growing strength, and he launched a Golden Spear attack against Xia Yuan.

• Cang Hong brought Lin Taichu into Cang Ling Pavilion, where he saw the powerful disciples of Cang Ling Hall cultivating.
• Xia Yuan challenged Lin Taichu to a spar and promised to become his follower if Lin Taichu defeated him.
• Xia Yuan attacked with his perfected lightning Rules and the Xia Family’s Nine Heavens Dragon Control Art, knocking Lin Taichu back.
• Lin Taichu shattered the Thunder Rules and countered with a massive thunder demon, astonishing the watching cultivators and Cang Hong.
• Lin Taichu declared that he would win, summoned a Golden Spear, and charged at Xia Yuan.

Lin Taichu killed Xia Yuan and two sixth-stage Origin Emperors, then challenged Xiao Yulin. Their battle began with Xiao Yulin standing unharmed after Lin Taichu struck her with his silver halberd.

• Lin Taichu broke through Xia Yuan's lightning barrier with a finger strike, killing him.
• Lin Taichu challenged the watching crowd, and a sixth-stage Origin Emperor entered the arena to fight him.
• Lin Taichu overwhelmed the first challenger with Soul Power and killed a second sixth-stage Origin Emperor with a single move.
• Xiao Yulin stepped forward to fight Lin Taichu and warned him not to cry if he lost.
• Lin Taichu struck Xiao Yulin with his silver halberd, but she remained unharmed.

Lin Taichu defeated Xiao Yulin and challenged the crowd until Qi Yunxiao of Qi Yang Manor entered the arena to avenge a blood debt. After their opening clash revealed the strength of Qi Yunxiao’s Demon God armor, the two agreed to decide the fight with one move.

• Lin Taichu used his mastery of the Space Rule to shatter Xiao Yulin’s attacks and asked the silent crowd who else would fight him.
• Lin Taichu taunted his unseen challengers, prompting Qi Yunxiao to emerge and threaten to take his life.
• Qi Yunxiao summoned a black coffin whose demonic power formed a Demon God, and Lin Taichu attacked with eighty-one halberds.
• The Demon God endured Lin Taichu’s attack and struck him, but Lin Taichu revealed a silver-armored state that filled Qi Yunxiao with danger.
• Qi Yunxiao proposed deciding the battle with one move, Lin Taichu agreed, and Qi Yunxiao charged at him as a golden afterimage.

Lin Taichu defeated Qi Yunxiao, whose attacks and Devouring Magic Seal could not overcome him, then offered him advice and let him leave. Qin Xuan recognized Lin Taichu’s Imperial Majesty and departed, hoping he would fulfill his master’s expectations.

• Lin Taichu shattered Qi Yunxiao’s golden attacks and restrained him with the Rule of Gravity.
• Qi Yunxiao unleashed the Devouring Magic Seal and attacked with soul-damaging Wind Blades, but Lin Taichu’s Giant Shield blocked him.
• Lin Taichu used a Thunder Spear to break Qi Yunxiao’s punch and leave him injured.
• Lin Taichu advised Qi Yunxiao to temper himself, then let him go and told him his name.
• Qin Xuan recognized Lin Taichu’s Imperial Majesty and left after reflecting on his potential.

After Lin Taichu killed Qi Yunxiao, the Qi Family and Xiao Clan prepared to pursue him and demand answers. Qi Yangshan told Qi Haotian that a masked attacker had tried to kill Qi Yunxiao the previous day, drawing suspicion toward himself.

• Xiao Feng learned that Lin Taichu had killed Qi Yunxiao and ordered the Xiao Clan to report the news to its Ancestor.
• The Qi Family learned of Qi Yunxiao's death, and Xiao Qiankun declared that the enmity between the Qi Family and Lin Family could not be resolved.
• Qi Qiankun asked a middle-aged Qi Family expert to find Lin Taichu, and the expert departed to search for him.
• Qi Haotian arrived at the Qi Family residence and demanded to know who Lin Taichu was.
• Qi Yangshan claimed that a masked attacker had tried to kill Qi Yunxiao the previous day, and Qi Haotian questioned whether the attack had targeted the Qi Family.

Qi Haotian ordered the Qi Family to hunt down Lin Xie after learning that Lin Xie had killed Qi Yunxiao. In a castle, Lin Xie treated his badly injured son Lin Taichu and told him to fabricate evidence before he left to avoid drawing the Qi Family’s attention.

• Qi Yangshan told Qi Haotian that Lin Xie, an Origin King Third Layer Peak, had killed Qi Yunxiao, and Qi Haotian ordered the Qi Family to capture him.
• Lin Taichu lay gravely injured in an ancient castle as a figure’s power flowed into him and helped restore his body.
• The figure revealed himself as Lin Taichu’s father, Lin Xie, and warned that acknowledging their relationship would expose Lin Taichu to the Qi Family.
• Lin Xie said he would leave to avoid trouble and instructed Lin Taichu to fabricate clean evidence, promising to send him away to recover after the crisis passed.

Lin Taichu began recovering with a Saint-grade pill while Qi Yunshan returned to the Qi residence with Qin Xuan and faced his father’s displeasure for bringing an outsider into the family’s core region. The Azure Vault Alliance’s Black-robed Men then arrived to kill Qi Yunshan, and Qin Xuan noticed trouble approaching.

• Lin Xie gave Lin Taichu a Saint-grade pill, and Lin Taichu took it to heal his injuries.
• The Pavilion Master and an elder of Star Moon Pavilion saw Qi Yunshan alive in the Scroll.
• Qi Yunshan returned to the Qi residence with Qin Xuan and told Qi Yangshan that he had promised to help Qin Xuan become Qi family’s heir.
• Qi Yangshan rebuked Qi Yunshan for bringing an outsider into the family’s core region but invited him to stay for dinner.
• Qin Xuan sensed trouble as Black-robed Men from the Azure Vault Alliance arrived and declared they had come to kill Qi Yunshan.

The black-robed men punished Qi Yunshan for violating the Azure Vault Alliance’s rules, while Lin Taichu activated the Stone Pillars in the Punishment Hall. The Punishment Envoy discovered a hidden painting and replaced the stele’s words with the Bible of Punishment, leaving Xia Yuan and the others to consider the secret behind it.

• A black-robed man pierced Qi Yunshan with a demonic spear, then let him leave after explaining that he had violated the Azure Vault Alliance’s rules.
• Qi Yangshan dismissed the matter to the other Black-robed Men, while Lin Taichu unleashed powerful sword qi in the Punishment Hall.
• Lin Taichu’s attacks triggered the three Stone Pillars, revealing images and a hidden painting that drew the crowd’s attention.
• The Punishment Envoy identified the painting as part of a Formation and read its inscription about a divine weapon and punishment.
• The Punishment Envoy replaced the stone stele’s inscription with four lines and identified them as the Bible of Punishment.

The Punishment Envoy gave Lin Taichu the Bible of Punishment, and Lin Taichu attempted to comprehend the Secret of Punishment. His consciousness entered a mysterious space where he saw the Moon God Palace and fragmented visions of a powerful man before thunder shook him.

• The Punishment Envoy explained that the Secret of Punishment was guarded by generations of Punishment Envoys and gave Lin Taichu the four-page Bible of Punishment to study.
• Lin Taichu noticed that the second page held a more complex text and suspected it contained the Magic Seal for cultivating the Secret of Punishment.
• Lin Taichu sat down to comprehend the inheritance, sending his soul toward the stone wall as its words became Runes and surged into him.
• Lin Taichu endured the pain as the Secret of Punishment entered his mind, then broke through into a vast, dark space.
• Lin Taichu saw a star map of the Moon God Palace and visions of a majestic man facing ancient Star Worlds and star warships.
• Lin Taichu saw a solitary man in white and wondered who he was before thunder shook his body and mind.

Lin Taichu comprehended the essence of the Immortal Slaying Style and began learning about the Punishment Heavenly Ladder. Si Kongxuan arrived and questioned him about how he had reached Emperor Cang's Cave Mansion, but Lin Taichu could recall only being ambushed and falling into a Void Rift.

• Lin Taichu endured visions and soul-shaking pain before reading about the Immortal Slaying Style and the Punishment Heavenly Ladder.
• Lin Taichu cultivated with lightning power, and Xiao Qing watched as his appearance and aura changed.
• Lin Taichu opened his eyes and realized he had comprehended the essence of the Immortal Slaying Style.
• Si Kongxuan appeared, checked on Lin Taichu, and asked whether he remembered how he had entered Emperor Cang's Cave Mansion.
• Lin Taichu recalled being ambushed in an ancient ruin and falling into a Void Rift, leaving Si Kongxuan to smile bitterly at his confusion.

Lin Taichu learned that he was an incarnation of Si Kongxuan’s Great Saint True Monarch Art and that their Grandmaster had fallen, leaving him to seek revenge. The two reached the Azure Dragon Hall, where a crowd rushed inside and screams soon rang out.

• Si Kongxuan explained how he had left the sect and revealed that the Three Pure Ones Immortal Lord had brought Lin Taichu into this world.
• Lin Taichu learned that the Three Pure Ones Immortal Lord was their Grandmaster and that he had fallen, devastating the Three Pure Ones Immortal Palace.
• Si Kongxuan revealed that Lin Taichu was one of the incarnations created by his Great Saint True Monarch Art and urged him to avenge their Grandmaster.
• Lin Taichu vowed to grow stronger and avenge their Grandmaster before he and Si Kongxuan continued through the cave.
• Lin Taichu and Si Kongxuan found the Azure Dragon Hall and joined the crowd gathering outside it.
• People entered the Azure Dragon Hall in search of treasure, but screams of agony soon came from within.