Chapter Summaries

Shi Jian recounted how Lin Feng and Empress Tianyao fell in love, and how Tian Jin framed her and caused her execution. Tian Wei learned that his father had survived, raised him in seclusion, and planned to avenge Tianyao; Lin Taichu identified the unnamed Tian-surnamed elder as Tian Jin.

• Shi Jian told Lin Taichu that he had seen Lin Feng with Tianyao nearly a thousand years earlier and later learned they had a son.
• Shi Jian explained that a scheming Heavenly Clan elder fabricated accusations against Tianyao and incited the elders to execute her.
• Shi Jian revealed that Lin Feng had suppressed his grief, raised his young son, and secretly cultivated so he could avenge Tianyao.
• Tian Wei wept as he realized his father had not abandoned him but had stayed alive to raise him.
• Shi Jian recalled that the elder who seized the Empress's throne had the surname Tian, and Lin Taichu concluded that the elder was Tian Jin.

Tian Wei learned that his father, Lin Feng, disappeared after forcing his way into the Heavenly Clan to avenge Empress Tianyao. The Stone People Race agreed to search for Lin Feng, while Tian Wei and his companions returned to Supreme Peak to cultivate and prepare for the search.

• Shi Jian recounted how Lin Feng raised Tian Wei, then charged into the Heavenly Clan and vanished without a trace.
• Lin Taichu and the White-haired Old Man reasoned that Tian Jin might have imprisoned Lin Feng or forced him into hiding, and Tian Wei vowed to find his father and avenge his parents.
• Shi Jian promised that the Stone People Race would search for clues about Lin Feng and continue guarding the Mutated Beasts.
• Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and the White-haired Old Man left the Stone People Race and returned toward Supreme Peak, where they planned to cultivate while awaiting news.
• The White-haired Old Man guided Tian Wei in mastering his imperial bloodline and removing the remaining Darkness Power as Lin Taichu consolidated his strength.

Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and White-haired Old Man learned that Tian Jin had controlled the Heavenly Clan for nearly a thousand years and traced Lin Feng to Demon World Mountain. They attacked Tian Jin’s forces there, and Tian Wei reached the cave where Lin Feng’s weak Soul Power imprint had been found.

• Lin Taichu received White-bearded Elder’s report confirming that Tian Jin had seized the bodies of several Heavenly Clan rulers and relied on two powerful confidants.
• After further cultivation, Lin Taichu learned from the Stone People Race that Lin Feng had recently left a weak Soul Power imprint at Demon World Mountain after clashing with Tian Jin’s subordinates.
• Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and White-haired Old Man entered the valley and divided their tasks, with White-haired Old Man confronting three high-level Cultivators, Lin Taichu attacking the others, and Tian Wei searching for Lin Feng.
• White-haired Old Man engaged Tian Jin’s three high-level confidants while Lin Taichu killed the twelve mid- and low-level Cultivators in the valley.
• Tian Wei reached the stone cave, killed the two Guards at its entrance, and moved toward Lin Feng.

Tian Wei found his wounded father, Lin Feng, in a stone cave and learned how he had survived Tian Jin’s purge after failing to avenge the Empress. Lin Taichu and the White-haired Old Man joined them, and the group discussed the evidence against Tian Jin and the powerful allies protecting his rule.

• Tian Wei entered the cave, found Lin Feng gravely wounded, and used his soul power to stabilize him.
• Lin Feng told Tian Wei that he had attacked Tian Jin after the Empress’s death, then survived by receiving Elder Tian Yin’s Essence Blood at the cost of Tian Yin’s life.
• Lin Feng warned Tian Wei that Tian Jin had discovered the investigation and had remnants throughout the Heavenly Clan, making a direct confrontation dangerous.
• Lin Taichu and the White-haired Old Man arrived, and Lin Taichu revealed that Tian Jin had framed the Empress, altered the records, and seized the bodies of four emperors, including the current Emperor Tianqi.
• Lin Taichu said Tian Jin’s two trusted aides controlled the guard camp and Records Library, and Lin Feng recognized them as powerful followers from the palace.

Lin Taichu and Tian Wei obtained a Jade Pendant that could expose Tian Jin’s forged evidence against the Empress, but learned that Tian Jin’s influence ran deep throughout the Heavenly Clan. After returning to Supreme Peak, they discovered that three hidden observers had followed them there.

• Lin Feng revealed that Elder Tian Yin had left him a Jade Pendant capable of exposing Tian Jin’s forged letter against the Empress, and Lin Taichu took it.
• Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, the White-haired Old Man, and Lin Feng returned to Supreme Peak, where Lin Feng began receiving treatment.
• The Grey-robed Elder reported that Tian Jin had strengthened the Heavenly Clan’s defenses and hidden loyalists throughout its ranks, so Lin Taichu told the Three Elders to stop contacting allies and go into hiding.
• Lin Taichu planned to use the Jade Pendant and Lin Feng’s account to find more evidence and uncover those who had helped frame the Empress.
• Tian Wei sensed three concealed soul-power auras near Lin Feng’s stone house, and Lin Taichu and the White-haired Old Man confirmed that the observers were not among their allies.

Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and the White-haired Old Man killed three of Tian Jin’s scouts, then fled Supreme Peak with the unconscious Lin Feng for the Stone People Race’s territory. Tian Jin ordered a broader hunt and tighter palace security, while Shi Jian welcomed the group at the Stone People Race’s border.

• Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and the White-haired Old Man ambushed and killed three of Tian Jin’s remnants near Supreme Peak.
• Lin Taichu found a message talisman on the high-level cultivator and learned that Tian Jin’s forces knew Lin Feng was alive and at Supreme Peak.
• Lin Taichu and the others decided to seek refuge with the Stone People Race and carried the unconscious Lin Feng away as Tian Jin’s reinforcements arrived.
• Tian Jin ordered Elder Tian Lie to search for Lin Taichu’s group, monitor the Three Elders, and guard the Records Library and Guard Battalion.
• Lin Taichu’s group reached the Stone People Race’s territory at dawn, where Shi Jian welcomed them and asked about Lin Feng’s injuries.

Lin Taichu and Tian Wei planned to infiltrate the Heavenly Clan and seek Yun Xi’s help while Lin Feng recovered in the Stone People Race’s territory. Disguised as low-level Heavenly Clan cultivators, the two set out for the border.

• Shi Jian sheltered Lin Feng and the others in the Stone People Race’s territory, where the White-haired Old Man stabilized Lin Feng’s injuries.
• Lin Taichu and Shi Jian discussed how the group needed to infiltrate the Heavenly Clan and expose Tian Jin, but Shi Jian said his people could not help them enter unnoticed.
• After learning Lin Feng would need three days to wake, Lin Taichu proposed contacting Yun Xi, who served in the Heavenly Clan’s Guard Battalion.
• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei agreed to infiltrate the Heavenly Clan together while the White-haired Old Man stayed behind to guard Lin Feng.
• Shi Jian sent Lin Taichu and Tian Wei toward the border, and they left disguised as low-level Heavenly Clan cultivators.

Lin Taichu and Tian Wei reached Heavenly Clan City and asked Yun Xi to help them infiltrate the Heavenly Clan. After learning Tian Jin had framed Empress Tianyao and seized power, Yun Xi agreed to help them enter through a hidden door in the western wall.

• Shi Jian strengthened Stone Mountain's defenses and sent Cultivators to search for Tian Jin's remnants.
• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei evaded Heavenly Clan patrols and reached the outskirts of Heavenly Clan City.
• Lin Taichu contacted Yun Xi, who met them outside the city and initially refused to help them enter.
• Lin Taichu showed Yun Xi the Jade Pendant and told her how Tian Jin framed Empress Tianyao, altered history, and controlled the Heavenly Clan.
• Yun Xi agreed to help Lin Taichu and Tian Wei enter through a hidden door in the western wall late that night and hide at the Guard Battalion's temporary stronghold.

Yun Xi helped Lin Taichu and Tian Wei infiltrate Heavenly Clan City and hide in a secluded Guard Battalion courtyard. She told them the Three Elders were hiding in the Abandoned Records Library, where they planned to seek them out the next day.

• Yun Xi gave Lin Taichu and Tian Wei a midnight signal, then opened a Secret Gate in the western city wall and provided them with Guard Battalion uniforms.
• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei entered the city through the passage, changed clothes in an alley, and waited for Yun Xi.
• Yun Xi led the two through the streets by claiming they were newly transferred subordinates, then brought them to a hidden courtyard.
• Yun Xi warned that Tian Jin's people were searching for them throughout the Heavenly Clan and advised them not to go out lightly.
• Tian Wei asked about the Three Elders, and Yun Xi said they were hiding in the Abandoned Records Library in the northwest near the rear mountain.
• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei planned to contact the Three Elders the next day while Yun Xi agreed to bring supplies and investigate Tian Jin's movements and crimes.

Lin Taichu and Tian Wei devised a plan to get close to Tian Jin by infiltrating the Guard Battalion and Heavenly Prison. Tian Wei left to join the conscription assessment while Lin Taichu prepared to expose himself and be captured.

• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei concluded that they could not safely approach the Three Elders or the imperial palace while Tian Jin controlled the city’s institutions.
• Lin Taichu proposed that Tian Wei disguise himself as an ordinary Heavenly Clan cultivator and join the Guard Battalion through its conscription assessment.
• Lin Taichu planned to act as bait, get captured, and gather information and allies inside the Heavenly Prison.
• Tian Wei accepted the plan, took a Jade Talisman to communicate with Lin Taichu, and left to seek the conscription assessment.
• Lin Taichu watched Tian Wei depart, then released his human aura to draw the Heavenly Clan Soldiers’ attention.

Lin Taichu drew the Heavenly Clan patrol away and allowed himself to be captured so Tian Wei could enter the Guard Battalion recruitment assessment. Disguised as Tian Chen, Tian Wei passed the soul power and combat tests and began the loyalty test, where a high-level cultivator probed him.

• Lin Taichu lured patrolling cultivators through Heavenly Clan City, then let them capture him and take him toward the Heavenly Prison.
• Tian Wei registered for the Guard Battalion assessment under the false name Tian Chen.
• Tian Wei concealed his strength during the soul power test and qualified with a middle-stage middle-level reading.
• Tian Wei won his combat matches while hiding his abilities and advanced to the loyalty test.
• Tian Wei swore loyalty to the Heavenly Clan and restrained his royal bloodline aura as a high-level cultivator began probing him.

Tian Wei passed the assessment and joined the Guard Battalion, while Lin Taichu was imprisoned and learned that Tian Jin would inspect the battalion the next day. Lin Taichu began working to break his restraints as Tian Jin tightened security and searched for the Three Elders and Lin Feng.

• Tian Wei passed the Guard Battalion assessment, received his uniform and token, and secretly informed Lin Taichu of his success.
• Lin Taichu was taken to the Heavenly Prison, where he tested the seals and overheard guards discuss Tian Jin’s inspection and the search for the Three Elders near the Abandoned Records Library.
• Tian Jin learned Lin Taichu had been captured and ordered him held for interrogation while directing Elder Tian Lie to intensify the search for Lin Feng and the Three Elders.
• Tian Jin planned to inspect the Guard Battalion and select elite soldiers for palace duty, giving Tian Wei a chance to approach him.
• Tian Jin ordered the prison guards to report Lin Taichu’s movements every two hours, while Lin Taichu slowly began unraveling the seals on his chains.

Lin Taichu worked to break his prison restraints while Tian Wei prepared to infiltrate the palace through the Guard Battalion selection. Tian Wei was chosen as one of Tian Jin’s ten personal guards, while Lin Taichu awaited Tian Jin’s planned interrogation.

• Lin Taichu sent Tian Wei word about the palace guard selection and warned him to watch the Abandoned Records Library as Tian Jin searched for the Three Elders.
• Lin Taichu secretly resisted the sealing power in his Spirit Porridge and broke the first seal on his chains while learning Tian Jin would visit the prison after the selection.
• Shi Jian ordered the Stone People Race to strengthen its vigilance and avoid conflict as Tian Jin’s patrols neared their territory.
• Tian Wei entered the Guard Battalion selection, defeated his opponent while concealing his strength, and was chosen among the ten soldiers.
• Tian Jin ordered the selected soldiers to serve as his personal guards, and Tian Wei followed the group toward the imperial palace.

Lin Taichu triggered a prison uprising while Tian Wei betrayed Tian Jin with a surprise attack. The prisoners and Heavenly Clan soldiers battled as Lin Taichu and Tian Wei confronted the badly wounded Tian Jin, who launched a massive soul-power attack at them.

• Lin Taichu secretly broke the seals on his chains and loosened the locks on more than ten nearby cells, preparing the prisoners to revolt.
• Tian Jin questioned Lin Taichu about Lin Feng and the Three Elders, then ordered Tian Wei to guard the cell as he left.
• Lin Taichu shouted the signal, broke free, and led the prisoners in attacking the guards and Dark Guards throughout the passage.
• Tian Wei struck Tian Jin from behind with a golden soul-power beam, severely injuring him, while Lin Taichu freed himself completely.
• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei joined forces against Tian Jin as the prison battle raged and Elder Tian Lie was pinned down.
• Tian Jin gathered his remaining strength and fired a massive beam of soul power at Lin Taichu and Tian Wei.

Lin Taichu and Tian Wei fought Tian Jin in the Heavenly Prison passage, where Tian Jin discovered that Tian Wei was Empress Tianyao’s surviving son and heir to the Heavenly Clan. They killed Tian Jin and planned to defeat his remaining forces, find the Three Elders, and restore order to the Heavenly Clan.

• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei attacked Tian Jin together, wearing down his defenses while Elder Tian Lie and the other cultivators remained occupied in the passage.
• Tian Jin recognized Tian Wei’s imperial soul power and realized he was Empress Tianyao’s son, the surviving heir who had infiltrated the Guard Battalion.
• Tian Jin unleashed his remaining strength against Tian Wei, but Lin Taichu stabbed him from behind and Tian Wei struck him down.
• Lin Taichu and Tian Wei confronted the dying Tian Jin, who soon lost his aura and died.
• Yun Xi arrived with Guard Battalion cultivators opposed to Tian Jin, and Lin Taichu and Tian Wei said they would deal with Elder Tian Lie, find the Three Elders, and restore order.

Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and Yun Xi defeated Tian Lie, freed the Heavenly Prison, and found the Three Elders in the Abandoned Records Library. The Elders revealed that Tian Jin was a possession soul whose lingering soul had survived, leaving the group unsure where it had gone.

• Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and Yun Xi subdued Tian Lie and sealed his soul power after Tian Jin's apparent death.
• Lin Taichu told the freed prisoners that Tian Jin was dead, and many chose to help clear out his remaining loyalists and restore order.
• Lin Taichu, Tian Wei, and Yun Xi reached the Abandoned Records Library, used Yun Xi's memorized method to open its restrictions, and brought the Three Elders to a hidden clearing.
• Lin Taichu recounted how they had infiltrated the Heavenly Clan, killed Tian Jin's body, and captured Tian Lie.
• The Grey-robed Elder and White-bearded Elder revealed that Tian Jin was an ancient possession soul that could survive by possessing new hosts.
• The Black-robed Elder explained that Tian Jin's lingering soul had escaped as invisible power and was searching for a suitable host.

Lin Taichu warned Tian Wei that Tian Jin’s lingering soul was still inside Heavenly Clan City and might possess a prisoner in Heavenly Prison. Tian Jin escaped into a stronger host during the investigation and fought Tian Wei on the Training Ground.

• Lin Taichu told Tian Wei that Tian Jin’s soul could be hiding among the prisoners, so Tian Wei ordered them gathered and examined.
• The Black-robed Elder detected Tian Jin’s concealed presence in a wounded black-clothed cultivator, and Tian Wei, Lin Taichu, and Yun Xi attacked him.
• Tian Jin’s lingering soul fled the black-clothed cultivator and possessed a high-level cultivator, rapidly fusing with his body.
• Tian Wei attacked the newly possessed cultivator, and Tian Jin formed a black soul-power sickle to clash with Tian Wei’s golden sword.

Tian Wei, Lin Taichu, Yun Xi, and the Three Elders battled Tian Jin and tried to force his lingering soul out of its host. Tian Jin escaped into a prisoner and resumed the fight, while the group learned they needed the Ancient Sealing Technique and Tian Wei’s imperial bloodline to seal him.

• Lin Taichu, Yun Xi, Tian Wei, and the Three Elders joined forces against Tian Jin, but they could not overcome his powerful host and decayed soul power.
• Lin Taichu lured Tian Jin into an Ancient Restriction as Tian Wei and Yun Xi held him in place, and the Three Elders suppressed his soul power.
• Tian Jin forced his lingering soul out of his body and seized a prisoner, escaping the restriction and attacking the group again.
• Lin Taichu asked the Three Elders how to seal Tian Jin, and the Grey-robed Elder explained that they needed the Ancient Sealing Technique and the Heavenly Clan Imperial Family's Bloodline Power.
• As the exhausted group began to fall behind and Yun Xi's injuries worsened, Lin Taichu surged with human soul power and temporarily forced Tian Jin back.

Tian Wei and the Three Elders formed an incomplete Ancient Sealing Technique to trap most of Tian Jin’s lingering soul, though a small portion escaped into Heavenly Clan City. After the crisis was contained, the council hall proposed Tian Wei as the new emperor to restore order.

• Lin Taichu and Yun Xi fought Tian Jin while Tian Wei and the Three Elders recalled the Ancient Sealing Technique, but Tian Jin badly wounded them and knocked them down.
• Tian Wei and the Three Elders combined imperial Bloodline Power and sealing power to restrain Tian Jin’s lingering soul.
• Tian Jin forced a wisp of his lingering soul through the seal, and it escaped into the streets of Heavenly Clan City.
• Tian Wei and the Three Elders completed the seal around most of Tian Jin’s lingering soul and imprisoned its host in the deepest part of the Heavenly Prison.
• The Three Elders discussed the need for a new emperor, and Lin Taichu and Yun Xi supported Tian Wei as the choice to lead the Heavenly Clan.

Tian Wei agreed to ascend the Heavenly Clan’s throne temporarily, provided he could later pass it on and leave with Yun Xi. After helping restore order, Lin Taichu departed for the Stone People Race to check on its Mutated Beasts, then continued his journey without visiting Lin Feng.

• Tian Wei accepted the throne after Yun Xi and the Three Elders urged him to stabilize the Heavenly Clan, on the condition that he would leave once peace was restored.
• Tian Wei took control of the Heavenly Clan, appointed Yun Xi to lead the Guard Battalion, and worked with the Three Elders to eliminate Tian Jin’s remnants and restore order.
• Lin Taichu left before the enthronement ceremony to investigate the Mutated Beasts near the Stone People Race and promised to help the Heavenly Clan if danger arose.
• Lin Taichu arrived at the Stone People Race and found that Shi Jian had successfully tamed the Mutated Beasts and kept them under strict guard.
• Shi Jian told Lin Taichu that Lin Feng’s injuries had recovered, but Lin Taichu chose not to disturb his cultivation and continued his journey.