Chapter Summaries

The Flower Sect attacked Heavenly Ice Sect over Hua Jin’s disappearance, but Heavenly Ice Child drove them off before they escaped using a spatial jade slip. Nearly a year passed as tensions grew across the Central Plains and Five Elements Sect expanded, while Lin Ming remained silent in seclusion and his followers waited for him to emerge.

• The Flower Sect demanded that Heavenly Ice Sect return Hua Jin, and the third elder denied knowing anything about her.
• The Flower Sect attacked Heavenly Ice Sect, and Heavenly Ice Child emerged from seclusion and badly wounded the white-haired old woman.
• The white-haired old woman used a spatial jade slip to escape with several core elders, and Heavenly Ice Child vowed to settle accounts with the Flower Sect and Five Elements Sect after reaching Half-Saint.
• Yu Fei, Yao Tianhuo, Xiao Yixian, and Qing Lin followed Lin Ming’s backup plans as conflict among the sects continued.
• Nearly a year passed amid rising tensions in the Central Plains, while Five Elements Sect expanded under Yu Fei and the others’ management.
• Doubts about Lin Ming’s prolonged, silent seclusion spread among sect members, but Yu Fei, Yao Tianhuo, and Qing Lin continued to trust him.

After Xiao Yi Xian returned from the Ancient Tomb with a breakthrough, the Heaven Nether Sect declared war on the Five Elements Sect and gave them ten days to prepare. Ya Fei organized the sect’s defenses while Lin Ming remained in seclusion, leaving the group determined to protect their home until he emerged.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Five Elements Sect after half a year away, bringing Ancient Tomb treasures and rising to Two-Star Dou Venerate.
• An Executive Elder brought Ya Fei a Blood Nether Box containing a war declaration from the Heaven Nether Sect, demanding repayment for the deaths of its vice sect master and elders in ten days.
• Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Elder Yao suspected the Heaven Nether Sect had gained powerful reinforcements and discussed the threat.
• Ya Fei ordered the sect to activate its protective formations, recall personnel, alert its branches, send Shadow Guards to investigate, and prepare its supplies for war.
• The group worried about Lin Ming’s continuing seclusion but resolved to defend the Five Elements Sect until he emerged.

Yun Yun and the Flower Sect received a Blood-Colored War Post from the Heaven Nether Sect, which planned to attack both the Flower Sect and the Five Elements Sect on the same day. As the Five Elements Sect prepared to meet the enemy at Thousand Ren Snow Peak, a crack appeared in the sealed Stone Door, and the chapter ended with both sides awaiting the Heaven Nether Sect’s arrival.

• Yun Yun opened the war post at the Flower Sect and learned that the Heaven Nether Sect would attack in ten days, at the same time as its planned assault on the Five Elements Sect.
• Qing Xianzi warned that the Heaven Nether Sect might possess an unknown trump card, while Yun Yun and Hua Xianzi ordered defenses strengthened and agreed the two sects should support each other.
• The Five Elements Sect activated its protective array, prepared supplies and battle formations, moved weaker disciples into a hidden secret realm, and planned to meet the enemy at Thousand Ren Snow Peak.
• Ya Fei visited the sealed Stone Door and called on Lin Ming for help, but it remained silent until a faint crack and brief glow appeared after she left.
• Elder Yao, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the Five Elements Sect’s forces assembled at Thousand Ren Snow Peak as observers gathered and awaited the Heaven Nether Sect.

The Five Elements Sect assembled at Broken Blade Snow Peak to face the Heaven Nether Sect, whose sect master Tianmingzi arrived with the half sage Gui Yuan. Elder Yao recognized Gui Yuan as his sworn enemy from centuries ago, and their renewed clash left the battle poised to begin.

• Ya Fei told Elder Yao and the assembled Five Elements Sect forces that intelligence on Tianmingzi's plans was scarce, and they agreed to wait and respond as events unfolded.
• A spatial rift opened, and Tianmingzi led the Heaven Nether Sect's arrival with a threat to erase the Five Elements Sect.
• Gui Yuan emerged beside Tianmingzi, revealing himself as another half sage and challenging Elder Yao.
• Elder Yao recalled how Gui Yuan had slaughtered the Liu Family and escaped after their duel centuries earlier.
• Gui Yuan declared his intent to avenge the destruction of his sect, and he and Elder Yao clashed with their auras above the snow peak.

The Heaven Nether Sect confronted the Five Elements Sect at Broken Blade Snow Peak while Heavenly Underworld Old Demon appeared alone before Flower Sect as a true Dou Sheng. As the Five Elements Sect activated its protective array and its defenders assigned opponents, Elder Yao and Gui Yuan began their long-awaited fight.

• Tianmingzi and Gui Yuan led more than a hundred Heaven Nether Sect fighters through a Spatial Rift to confront the Five Elements Sect.
• Yun Yun, the Qinghua Two Immortals, and Flower Sect's elders faced Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, who revealed himself as a true Dou Sheng.
• Tianmingzi signaled the start of the battle, and Elder Yao unleashed his flame power as Ya Fei activated the Five Elements Sect's array.
• Elder Yao volunteered to fight Tianmingzi and Gui Yuan, but Ya Fei brought out the Ice Puppet, and she, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin agreed to hold Tianmingzi back.
• Elder Yao confronted Gui Yuan in the air, and the two Half Sages prepared to settle their centuries-old grudge.

Elder Yao and Gui Yuan fought above Snow Peak as the Heaven Nether Sect and Five Elements Sect launched into a brutal battle below. After Elder Yao injured Gui Yuan with the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Method, Gui Yuan unleashed a nine-headed nether dragon, and Elder Yao’s four remaining fire beasts moved to meet it.

• Tianmingzi ordered the Heaven Nether Sect experts to attack, and Mo Ying led the Five Elements Sect forces into battle.
• The two sects clashed across Snow Peak, suffering heavy casualties as their experts fought with battle formations, poison, and powerful techniques.
• Gui Yuan attacked Elder Yao with a ghost claw, but Elder Yao risked a counterblow and forced Gui Yuan to retreat.
• Gui Yuan summoned a black mist and Soul Binding Chain, but Elder Yao solidified space and sent a fire wolf into the mist to burn the resentful souls and wound Gui Yuan.
• Gui Yuan unleashed a thousand-zhang nine-headed nether dragon, and Elder Yao’s four remaining fire beasts moved to confront it.

Tianmingzi attacked the Five Elements Sect, but Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Ice Puppet joined forces to confront him. Tianmingzi unleashed his full Half Sage power and shattered their combined assault, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The Ice Puppet ambushed Tianmingzi, while Xiao Yi Xian struck him with a poisonous attack and Qing Lin summoned the Nine-headed Heavenly Serpent's soul projection.
• Tianmingzi recognized the threat posed by the three women and the puppet, then used instantaneous movement to attack Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control a Three-Star Dou Venerate and make him take Tianmingzi's palm strike, which killed him.
• The Ice Puppet, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python attacked Tianmingzi together from multiple directions.
• Tianmingzi unleashed his Half Sage technique, King of the Underworld Descends, All Laws Empty, and shattered their attacks as onlookers waited to see what would happen next.

As the Heaven Nether Sect drove the Five Elements Sect toward defeat, Ya Fei hesitated to use the dangerous trump card Lin Ming had left her. At the chapter’s end, cracks spread from Lin Ming’s sealed Stone Door as a vast power began to awaken.

• Elder Yao and Gui Yuan continued their evenly matched battle while the Heaven Nether Sect gained the advantage across the lower battlefields.
• Mo Ying, the Five Elements Sect deacon, and the sect’s other fighters suffered severe injuries and mounting casualties.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, and the Ice Puppet struggled to hold off Tianmingzi as he damaged their summoned allies.
• Ya Fei considered using Lin Ming’s trump card to save the sect, but chose to wait rather than risk attracting a greater danger.
• Cracks spread through the rock surrounding Lin Ming’s Stone Door, and a powerful fluctuation emerged as something inside began to awaken.

Heavenly Underworld Old Demon attacked the Flower Sect after Qing Xianzi, Hua Xianzi, and Yun Yun refused to submit. The Flower Sect’s Myriad Flowers Heavenly Spirit Array blocked his first Heaven Nether Palm, but the sect’s forces were injured and the Old Demon struck again.

• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon demanded that the Flower Sect submit to the Heaven Nether Sect, and Yun Yun firmly refused.
• Qing Xianzi and Hua Xianzi stood with Yun Yun and rejected submission on behalf of the Flower Sect.
• Qing Xianzi ordered the sect to form the Myriad Flowers Heavenly Spirit Array, and Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the other Flower Sect members poured their Dou Qi into it.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon unleashed his Heaven Nether Palm, and the Flower Sect’s array met it head-on.
• The collision shattered a nearby mountain and injured Flower Sect members, while Heavenly Underworld Old Demon quickly launched a second palm strike.

The Five Elements Sect’s defenders faced defeat as Tianmingzi overwhelmed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, though Xiao Yi Xian’s poison wounded him. Just as Tianmingzi moved to kill Qing Lin, a terrifying voice and pressure froze the battlefield, leaving the identity of the speaker unrevealed.

• Tianmingzi struck the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python down, leaving it gravely injured while Ya Fei watched the battle from the ruins.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked Tianmingzi with her Life Poison Pill, but he injured her and sent her crashing into the ruins.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s poison melted Tianmingzi’s sleeve and arm, forcing him to cut away poisoned flesh before pursuing her.
• Qing Lin intercepted Tianmingzi and fought to protect Xiao Yi Xian, but he overwhelmed her and prepared a fatal strike.
• An unknown speaker challenged Tianmingzi, and a tremendous pressure halted everyone and everything on the battlefield.

After a year in seclusion, Lin Ming emerged as a One-Star Dou Saint and arrived at the devastated Five Elements Sect battlefield. His appearance halted the fighting and left the Heaven Nether Sect’s Half Sages facing the prospect of their own deaths.

• A violent tremor shook the Five Elements Sect, and its forbidden azure peak disintegrated as a monstrous sea of flames burst out.
• Lin Ming’s Dou Saint aura spread across the battlefield, shocking Tianmingzi and Gui Yuan, who suspected he had refined the Bodhi Heart.
• Lin Ming walked out of the flames, and the Five Elements Sect’s disciples recognized their Sect Master and celebrated his return.
• Tianmingzi and Gui Yuan realized they could not defeat Lin Ming and began considering escape.
• Lin Ming surveyed the bloodied ruins and fallen people of his sect as killing intent rose within him.

Lin Ming emerged from seclusion to find Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin gravely wounded by Tianmingzi and the Heaven Nether Sect. After healing them and ordering the Five Elements Sect elders to protect them, he revealed his One-Star Dou Saint strength and sealed the Heaven Nether Sect army inside compressed space, making the entire force disappear.

• Lin Ming appeared beside the injured Xiao Yi Xian, apologized for arriving late, and gave her a healing pill.
• Lin Ming used Space Power to bring the wounded Qing Lin to safety, treated her, and draped robes over both women.
• Ya Fei told Lin Ming that Tianmingzi had badly injured Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Qing Lin warned him that two Half Sages faced him.
• Lin Ming ordered the Five Elements Sect elders to care for the women and leave the Heaven Nether Sect enemies to him.
• Tianmingzi, Gui Yuan, and the Heaven Nether Sect forces gathered in the sky and recognized Lin Ming as a true One-Star Dou Saint.
• Lin Ming sealed the gathered enemies in an isolated space, compressed it into a small ball of light, and made the entire army vanish.

Lin Ming effortlessly erased the Heaven Nether Sect forces attacking the Five Elements Sect and reassured the three women and the sect disciples. After learning that the Flower Sect was also under attack, he left to help Yun Yun confront Heavenly Underworld Old Demon.

• Lin Ming erased Tianmingzi, Gui Yuan, and the remaining Heaven Nether Sect forces with a casual motion.
• Lin Ming comforted Qing Lin, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian, then told the Five Elements Sect disciples to return, heal, and celebrate.
• Ya Fei told Lin Ming that the Heaven Nether Sect had also attacked the Flower Sect, where Yun Yun was in danger.
• Lin Ming decided to go to the Flower Sect, reassured the three women, and vanished to confront the threat.

Lin Ming arrived at the Flower Sect just as Heavenly Underworld Old Demon was about to kill Yun Yun, and effortlessly stopped his attack. With Yun Yun rescued and the sect stunned, Lin Ming faced Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, who tried to recruit him as an honored guest.

• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon threatened to destroy the Flower Sect unless its members submitted, and the battered defenders began to lose hope.
• Yun Yun refused to surrender and charged Heavenly Underworld Old Demon alone, declaring that the Flower Sect's dignity would not be humiliated.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon fired his King of the Underworld Finger at Yun Yun, but Lin Ming appeared, dissolved the attack, and caught her as he healed her injuries.
• Yun Yun recognized Lin Ming and felt relief and joy, while the Flower Sect members and Heavenly Underworld Old Demon stared in shock at his arrival and power.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon cautiously offered Lin Ming an honored position and rewards, and Lin Ming playfully considered the offer as Yun Yun stood beside him, flustered.

Lin Ming revealed that he had eliminated Tianmingzi and the Heaven Nether Sect forces that invaded the Five Elements Sect, prompting Heavenly Underworld Old Demon to attack him and the Flower Sect with overwhelming force. As the Tian Ming Blood Palm descended, Lin Ming began to unleash a technique born from his Hundred Lives Reincarnation enlightenment.

• Lin Ming told Heavenly Underworld Old Demon that he had dealt with Tianmingzi and the Heaven Nether Sect invaders, exposing his role in their defeat.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon recognized Lin Ming, vowed to destroy him and the Flower Sect, and expanded his Netherworld King Dharma Image to three thousand zhang.
• The Dharma Image’s pressure devastated the surrounding land and left Flower Sect disciples and spectators gasping, while Lin Ming remained calm beside Yun Yun.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon sacrificed his essence blood and part of his origin to unleash the Tian Ming Blood Palm at Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming explained that his new move came from his Hundred Lives Reincarnation enlightenment, then raised his hand as five-colored light surged from his palm.

Lin Ming unleashed Five Elements Annihilation, a technique born from the Five Elements Origin and his comprehension of reincarnation, and erased Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's ultimate attack. The chapter left Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and the Flower Sect witnesses stunned by the power Lin Ming had revealed.

• Lin Ming formed a rotating Five-Colored Annihilation Wheel and named his move Five Elements Annihilation.
• Lin Ming sent the wheel into Heavenly Underworld Old Demon's thousand-zhang Tian Ming Blood Palm.
• The Annihilation Wheel decomposed and swallowed the blood palm, its Nether Qi, and its grudgeful souls, leaving nothing behind.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon reacted with shock and fear after his strongest strike was erased without resistance.
• Hua Xianzi and Qing Xianzi recognized that Lin Ming's technique had reached into the fundamental Laws of heaven and earth.

Lin Ming overwhelmed Heavenly Underworld Old Demon with the Five Elements Annihilation wheel, forcing him to flee before a black annihilation beam caught and began consuming him. Lin Ming then sealed the beam and the space around Heavenly Underworld Old Demon with five-colored bands, leaving him trapped.

• The Five Elements Annihilation wheel shocked the Flower Sect survivors and distant onlookers, while Heavenly Underworld Old Demon realized Lin Ming was far stronger than him.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon abandoned the fight and fled toward the shattered boundary of the Flower Sect's Sect Protecting Array.
• Lin Ming ordered the wheel to attack, and its black light pillar caught Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and began decomposing his body and consuming his Dou Qi.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon burned his remaining Origin Blood Essence and charged toward the edge of the light pillar to escape.
• Lin Ming clenched his hand, sending five-colored bands from the wheel to seal and imprison the light pillar and the space containing Heavenly Underworld Old Demon.

Lin Ming sealed and subdued Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, declaring that the Tian Ming Sect had no need to continue existing. After the battle ended, Yun Yun thanked Lin Ming and began organizing the Flower Sect’s recovery.

• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon battered the Five-Colored Light net but could not escape as the black light pillar drained his strength.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon begged Lin Ming to spare his life and offered to make the Tian Ming Sect his subordinate, but Lin Ming refused and said the sect had no need to continue existing.
• Lin Ming said Heavenly Underworld Old Demon still had some use, then retracted the Five Elements Annihilation disk and drew the demon into its palm-sized Light Wheel.
• Yun Yun thanked Lin Ming for saving the Flower Sect, and Lin Ming urged her to prioritize treating the injured and repairing the sect.
• Yun Yun regained her composure and looked over the devastated Flower Sect to begin addressing the aftermath.

Lin Ming left the Flower Sect after helping Yun Yun defeat its greatest threat and returned to the Five Elements Sect. He reunited with Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then asked how the sect had fared.

• Yun Yun ordered the Flower Sect elders and disciples to treat the wounded, restore order, and begin rebuilding.
• Onlookers marveled that Lin Ming had captured a Dou Sheng alive and believed his achievement would change the continent’s balance of power.
• Lin Ming told Yun Yun he had to return to the Five Elements Sect, promised her reinforcements if needed, and vanished without a trace.
• Yun Yun watched Lin Ming leave, then set aside her feelings and continued directing the Flower Sect’s recovery.
• Lin Ming reappeared at the Five Elements Sect, where Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin greeted him with relief.
• Lin Ming told the women that the Flower Sect’s crisis was resolved and asked them to report on the Five Elements Sect.

A month after the battle, Yun Yun and the Flower Sect's two Half Sage Grand Elders visited the restored Five Elements Sect. Ya Fei welcomed them and led them to Five Elements Hall, where they were received with tea and fruit.

• The Five Elements Sect recovered from the battle and rebuilt its grounds and defenses over the month.
• Yun Yun arrived at the Five Elements Sect with Qing Xianzi and Hua Xianzi.
• The sect guards opened the protective array and sent word to the sect leaders that the Flower Sect guests had arrived.
• Ya Fei welcomed Yun Yun and the two Grand Elders, and Yun Yun noticed Ya Fei's cultivation had nearly reached the Dou Venerate Realm.
• Ya Fei escorted the visitors through the thriving sect and into Five Elements Hall, where refreshments had been prepared.