Chapter Summaries

Zhong Lin fought Lan Ming and Chan Ning under crushing pressure, fused life and death within his golden core, and broke through to the Nirvana Realm. He defeated Lan Ming’s Thunder Pillar and stood still to sense the transformation of his body and core.

• Zhong Lin, Lan Ming, and Chan Ning exchanged powerful attacks as martial artists watched in shock.
• Zhong Lin realized the pressure of the battle could help him fuse life and death and reach the Nirvana Realm.
• Zhong Lin unleashed his Five Elements Chaos while Chan Ning formed a golden lotus and Lan Ming summoned the Thunder Holy Land’s Undying Thunder Pillar.
• Lan Ming drove the Thunder Pillar into Zhong Lin, and Zhong Lin’s golden core fused life qi and death qi to produce Nirvana power.
• Zhong Lin stopped the Thunder Pillar with one hand and broke through to the Nirvana Realm.
• Zhong Lin destroyed the Thunder Pillar and struck Lan Ming into the distance, then sensed Nirvana power transforming his golden core and body.

Zhong Lin broke through to the Nirvana Realm after reaching Golden Core perfection, then headed deeper into the Wu Emperor Secret Realm to seek its inheritance. He found a treasure flower in a blood pool formed from a demonic beast king’s remains, but an unknown figure attacked before he could take it.

• Zhong Lin reached Golden Core perfection and broke through to the Nirvana Realm, alarming the other martial artists in the secret realm.
• Zhong Lin shattered Chan Ning’s jade token and sent him out, while Lan Ming chose to leave the secret realm as well.
• Zhong Lin flew toward the central region, gathering Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures along the way.
• Zhong Lin entered a desolate mountain range, destroyed a ghostly phantom with one punch, and discovered a Blood Pool among the remains of a demonic beast king.
• Zhong Lin reached for a blood-red treasure flower in the pool, but a powerful figure charged in and attacked him.

Zhong Lin fought off several Life and Death Realm experts who ambushed him in the secret realm, overwhelming the swordsman among them with his strength. The archer's nine arrows were still closing in when the chapter ended.

• Zhong Lin killed the first attacker with a single punch, but a slender sword and a yellow-robed monk immediately attacked him from two sides.
• Zhong Lin met the monk's swastika-marked palm with a fist seal and blasted him a hundred zhang away.
• A beast-hide-robed archer identified Zhong Lin as a Nirvana Realm martial artist and fired nine Void Piercing Arrows at him.
• Zhong Lin caught Bamboo Pole Swordsman's longsword, crushed it out of shape, and blasted apart his Sword Radiance with a burst of breath.
• Zhong Lin struck Bamboo Pole Swordsman with a powerful punch, sending him crashing into a mountain; Bamboo Pole Swordsman used purple light to survive and shattered his jade token to escape the secret realm.

Zhong Lin defeated the old monk and drove the beast-robed archer and hidden martial artists from the secret realm with overwhelming force. He then approached the Blood Pool, where he killed its blood-beast guardian, leaving the treasure flower within reach.

• Zhong Lin punched the old monk, whose relic shielded him long enough to crush his jade token and escape the secret realm.
• The beast-robed young man abandoned his attack and crushed his jade token after Zhong Lin's killing intent trapped him.
• Zhong Lin unleashed a vast sword technique that killed the martial artists hiding nearby and forced the survivors to flee.
• Zhong Lin walked toward the Blood Pool, where a leopard-shaped blood beast emerged and charged at him.
• Zhong Lin struck the blood beast with one punch, sending it flying and killing it.

Gu Chen returned to Zhong Lin in the Wu Emperor Secret Realm and reaffirmed his loyalty, while Zhong Lin recognized him as a Child of Destiny he could not kill. Gu Chen revealed his Blazing Wu Fire and plucked the treasure flower, which he secretly coveted.

• Gu Chen arrived as Zhong Lin was about to pluck the treasure flower and knelt to acknowledge him as his master.
• Zhong Lin questioned Gu Chen’s loyalty and considered his rise and long absence, but sensed he could not safely kill him.
• Zhong Lin told Gu Chen to get up and pluck the treasure flower after praising his cultivation.
• Gu Chen used Blazing Wu Fire to burn away the Blood Demon Aura and retrieve the treasure flower.
• Gu Chen presented the treasure flower to Zhong Lin while secretly longing to refine it.

Zhong Lin stored the treasure flower and chose to cultivate in the Blood Pool before heading to the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower. He used the Blood Fiend Demon Devourer Technique to extract the pool’s power, leaving its malicious influence unable to affect his mind.

• Zhong Lin placed the treasure flower in a jade box and stored it, deciding to study it before consuming it.
• Gu Chen told Zhong Lin that an anomaly signaled the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower’s appearance, but Zhong Lin chose to cultivate first and asked Gu Chen to guard him.
• Zhong Lin entered the Blood Pool and summoned his System Panel, which showed the Blood Fiend Demon Devourer Technique at Max Level.
• Zhong Lin considered the technique’s origins, its flaws, and how it could let him refine the remaining power in the Blood Pool.
• Zhong Lin circulated the technique, drew blood fiend power from the pool, and used his Spirit Domain to destroy the malicious intent in his mind.

Zhong Lin absorbed and purified the Blood Pool’s power, bringing his body closer to the fifth level of the Undying Scripture, though he fell just short of Drop of Blood Rebirth. As the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower appeared, he planned to refine Eight Treasures True King Pills to speed his cultivation toward the King Realm.

• Zhong Lin used the Innate Thunder Art and the Undying Scripture to purify the Blood Origin and strengthen his body with the Blood Pool’s energy.
• After half a day, Zhong Lin found that his blood and bones had become purer but that he still could not achieve Drop of Blood Rebirth.
• Zhong Lin left the Blood Pool, met Gu Chen, and set out aboard a Flying Boat toward the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower.
• Zhong Lin examined the Treasure Flower and decided to combine it with eight other ingredients to refine Eight Treasures True King Pills.
• Zhong Lin resolved to return to the Holy Land and make the pills, hoping they would help him complete Nirvana Realm cultivation and reach the King Realm before the Two Realms War.

Zhong Lin and Gu Chen waited as Heaven’s Chosen tested the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower, then entered after the strongest contestants reached its upper floors. Zhong Lin remained confident that the Wu Emperor Inheritance was meant for him, and the story left them beginning their own tower trial under the crowd’s watchful eyes.

• Zhong Lin explained the tower’s importance to Gu Chen and waited while the first challenger entered and failed its trial.
• Han Tian climbed to the eightieth floor before the tower expelled him, while Zhong Lin calmed Gu Chen and remained unconcerned about the inheritance.
• Heaven’s Chosen from across the Ten Domains stormed the tower, with Cong Sha Ou reaching the ninety-fifth floor and Dao Sheng reaching the ninety-fourth.
• Gu Chen named the strongest challengers and admitted he could no longer wait, so Zhong Lin agreed that they would enter the tower.
• Zhong Lin and Gu Chen approached the tower as the gathered crowd watched Zhong Lin with reverence and speculated about how far they would advance.

Zhong Lin swiftly cleared the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower’s lower floors, while Gu Chen followed close behind and astonished the martial artists watching outside. On the ninety-ninth floor, Zhong Lin entered a burning desert and approached a vast ocean of fire, where the extreme heat tested even his Five Elements Immortality.

• Zhong Lin defeated the fire spirits on the tower’s first and second floors with single strands of Sword Qi and rapidly advanced through the levels.
• Outside the tower, Chi Zhong Lin praised Zhong Lin’s accomplishments and told the gathered martial artists about his background and abilities.
• Gu Chen reached the ninety-eighth floor as Zhong Lin advanced to the ninety-ninth, leaving the onlookers amazed at both of their progress.
• Zhong Lin found that the ninety-ninth floor was a vast, scorching world of yellow sand and flew toward the distant ocean of fire.
• Zhong Lin reached the magma sea and struggled against its heat, which evaporated his sweat despite his Five Elements Immortality.

Zhong Lin defeated the King Realm-level Flame Demon guarding the ninety-ninth floor with the Form Spirit Gate’s Essence Qi Cannon, then entered the hundredth floor. There, he saw a hazy figure he recognized as the fallen Wu Emperor.

• Zhong Lin faced a towering Flame Demon whose power surpassed that of a Nirvana Realm martial artist and sensed that Wu Emperor had placed it at the final checkpoint.
• The Flame Demon attacked Zhong Lin, who fought back with his fist before summoning the Form Spirit Gate.
• Zhong Lin fired the Form Spirit Gate’s Essence Qi Cannon, destroying the Flame Demon at the cost of nearly one-tenth of the gate’s origin vein reserves.
• A passage opened, and Zhong Lin entered the hundredth floor, where he saw a hazy, high-crowned figure appear before him.
• Zhong Lin suspected the figure was Wu Emperor and reconsidered the power of Emperor Realm experts.

Zhong Lin rejected the Wu Emperor’s offer of three King Tools, destroyed his remnant of will, and claimed control of the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower. He expelled every trial participant while Gu Chen was close to defeating the Flame Demon, leaving Zhong Lin with the tower’s inheritance and treasures.

• The Wu Emperor recognized Zhong Lin’s abilities but said he was not suited to receive the inheritance, then offered him a saber, a spear, and a bead, all King Tools.
• Zhong Lin refused the reward and challenged the Wu Emperor’s remnant of will, then shattered it with his strength.
• Zhong Lin sat on the throne and merged with the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower, seeing Gu Chen use Blazing Wu Fire against the Flame Demon.
• Zhong Lin discovered the tower held the Wu Emperor’s inheritance and many treasures, including nineteen King Tools in the Treasure Vault.
• Zhong Lin expelled everyone from the tower, interrupting Gu Chen’s trial just before he could defeat the Flame Demon.
• Chi Zhong Lin and the other martial artists celebrated Zhong Lin’s apparent victory and said he could challenge King Realm Experts.

Zhong Lin claimed the Wu Emperor’s inheritance, causing the secret realm to collapse and intensifying the other holy lands’ interest in its treasures. Great Void King defended Zhong Lin and the Heaven Sword Holy Land against pressure to share the inheritance as the Two Realms War approached.

• Gu Chen watched Zhong Lin’s rise with disappointment, then vanished after vowing to find opportunities and surpass his master.
• Zhong Lin refined the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower, and the secret realm began collapsing, forcing the martial artists inside to escape.
• The Great Experts learned Zhong Lin had obtained the inheritance, and Wind Thunder King argued that its resources should be shared to strengthen humanity before the Two Realms War.
• Great Void King rejected Wind Thunder King’s appeal, accusing him of disguising greed as concern for the greater good.
• Zhong Lin appeared beside Great Void King and offered to lend him the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower and Form Spirit Gate.
• Great Void King declared the inheritance belonged to the Heaven Sword Holy Land, while Wind Thunder King smiled and departed.

Zhong Lin mastered the Wu Fire True Scripture and began cultivating its Heaven and Earth Furnace technique aboard the Heaven Sword Holy Land’s Flying Boat. His training was interrupted when the Nine Hells Demonic Sect attacked, seeking to kill Great Void King and seize the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower.

• Great Void King told Zhong Lin that the Heaven Sword Holy Land would not bow to threats over the Wu Emperor Inheritance, while Zhong Lin worried that the holy lands might unite against the sect.
• Zhong Lin used the system to bring the Wu Emperor True Scripture to its limits and learned that its Heaven and Earth Furnace could refine attacks and strengthen his cultivation.
• Zhong Lin began cultivating with the Blazing Wu Fire as his furnace flame and drew Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into his body.
• The Flying Boat shook under an enemy attack, and Zhong Lin appeared in the air to confront a black cloud of Blood Demon Aura.
• Chi Zhong Lin identified the attackers as Nine Hells Demonic Sect elders Yuan Bin and Xiao Sheng and Holy Sons Qin Yu Chen and Qiu Ye.
• Xiao Sheng ordered Yuan Bin to kill Great Void King and sent Qin Yu Chen and Qiu Ye to seize the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower.

Zhong Lin fought Qiu Ye and Qin Yu Chen after they confronted him over his connection to Tu Ye. He unleashed a devastating punch that engulfed both Holy Sons in an explosion, leaving the nearby Heaven Sword Holy Land disciples scrambling to retreat.

• Qiu Ye revealed that he knew Tu Ye and said he planned to capture Zhong Lin and take him back to the Nine Hells Demonic Sect.
• Zhong Lin shattered Qiu Ye's Supreme Hand with one punch, forcing Qin Yu Chen to intervene with his iron halberd.
• Qin Yu Chen and Qiu Ye attacked Zhong Lin together with the halberd and Qiu Ye's blood-red iron pellet, but Zhong Lin's protection withstood their assault.
• Zhong Lin used the Heaven and Earth Furnace and Form and Spirit Fist Way to unleash a punch that suppressed their attack and struck both Holy Sons.
• Chi Zhong Lin shouted for the Heaven Sword Holy Land disciples to retreat as explosions and shockwaves devastated the surrounding land.

Zhong Lin defeated Qin Yu Chen and Qiu Ye, then fought Elder Xiao Sheng’s blood attack while absorbing its energy to cultivate the Undying Scripture. He was still caught beneath Xiao Sheng’s descending sea of blood when the chapter ended.

• Zhong Lin killed Qin Yu Chen and Qiu Ye and stopped their Mystic Pills from escaping.
• Elder Xiao Sheng sent a drop of blood to seize the Mystic Pills, but Zhong Lin destroyed it and released a vast sea of blood.
• Yuan Bin blocked the Great Void King as he tried to reach Zhong Lin.
• Zhong Lin absorbed the sea of blood and refined it into Blood Essence while advancing his Undying Scripture.
• Elder Xiao Sheng unleashed the sea of blood upon Zhong Lin and shouted, “Cry! Scream! Die!”

After Xiao Sheng Old Demon killed Zhong Lin, Zhong Lin revived through Drop of Blood Rebirth and challenged the King Realm demon despite the crushing force of his Blood Baleful Domain. As their attacks collided, the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower appeared and charged at Xiao Sheng Old Demon.

• Xiao Sheng Old Demon smashed Zhong Lin into blood mist, but Zhong Lin reformed and declared that he had mastered Drop of Blood Rebirth.
• Xiao Sheng Old Demon opened his Blood Baleful Domain and attacked Zhong Lin with overwhelming King Realm pressure.
• Zhong Lin resisted the domain and unleashed a punch combining all of his fist techniques and martial conviction.
• Xiao Sheng Old Demon answered with a colossal demon formed from waves of blood, and their attacks collided in a devastating explosion.
• The Wu Emperor Sacred Tower appeared and charged toward Xiao Sheng Old Demon, who recognized it.

Zhong Lin used the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower to destroy Xiao Sheng Old Demon in a fierce collision, then escaped with the Heaven Sword Holy Land disciples. The Sword Emperor learned that the great calamity was less than ten years away.

• Zhong Lin repeatedly drove the Wu Emperor Sacred Tower into Xiao Sheng Old Demon's Blood Baleful Domain, destroying it and killing him, though the backlash briefly shattered Zhong Lin's arm.
• Great Void King and Chi Zhong Lin helped the exhausted Zhong Lin, while Yuan Bin fled and the others marveled that Zhong Lin had slain a King Realm Expert from the Nirvana Realm.
• Zhong Lin collected the mysterious pills, and Great Void King led the group away aboard the Flying Boat tower ship.
• Several Holy Land Emperors appeared at the battlefield and praised Zhong Lin, while the Sword Emperor asked how soon the great calamity would arrive.
• Emperor Fang said the Two Realms Passage had become more stable and that omens over the Northern Plain meant they had less than ten years.

Zhong Lin learned that the Two Realms War would begin in less than ten years, but he trusted the Heaven and Earth Furnace to help him grow stronger. He entered seclusion to refine pills and continued developing his martial arts and the Eastern Emperor Bell.

• Tu Ye told Zhong Lin that the Two Realms War would begin in less than ten years and warned that his fame would make him a target for the Blood Demon Race.
• Zhong Lin explained that the Heaven and Earth Furnace could refine his enemies' golden cores into pure energy to accelerate his cultivation.
• Zhong Lin asked Tu Ye to gather more than a thousand kinds of spirit herbs so he could refine spirit pills, and Tu Ye promised to collect them within a month.
• Zhong Lin returned to his secret chamber, turned away visitors, and inspected his System Panel as he planned to integrate his martial arts into the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill.
• Zhong Lin summoned the Eastern Emperor Bell and continued engraving his martial arts upon it, anticipating that they would soon grow powerful together.

Zhong Lin reunited with Shadow Lotus, who revealed that alchemists needed a mysterious Source to advance to Ninth Rank and gave him the Yin Date he needed for the Eight Treasures True King Pill. With the pill’s ingredients complete, they prepared to refine it together so Zhong Lin could hurry toward the King Realm.

• Shadow Lotus teased Zhong Lin for forgetting his promise to help her refine pills, then explained that reaching Ninth Rank required a mysterious Source.
• Shadow Lotus gave Zhong Lin a Yin Date, completing the ingredients he needed for the Eight Treasures True King Pill.
• Zhong Lin showed Shadow Lotus the True King Treasure Flower he had obtained in the Wu Emperor Secret Realm.
• Shadow Lotus explained the flower’s uses and warned that refining it into the Eight Treasures True King Pill was wasteful, but Zhong Lin said he needed to break through quickly.
• Shadow Lotus offered to assist Zhong Lin with the pill, and he agreed to begin as soon as possible.

Zhong Lin and Shadow Lotus refined a blood-red pill from the True King Treasure Flower, giving Zhong Lin the means to pursue the King Realm. After spending nearly half a month relaxing with Gu Yourong and his companions, he entered seclusion and prepared to break through.

• Zhong Lin showed Shadow Lotus his top-grade pill furnace and Blazing Wu Fire, and offered her a wisp of the flame to nurture.
• Zhong Lin and Shadow Lotus processed the ingredients and refined the True King Treasure Flower's Blood Essence for the pill.
• Several months later, Zhong Lin opened the furnace and retrieved the completed blood-red pill.
• Shadow Lotus congratulated Zhong Lin and left after they discussed his prospects and the coming Two Realms War.
• Zhong Lin spent nearly half a month with Gu Yourong, his disciples, Yin Daoyan, and Yu Jinglei before entering the secret chamber.
• Zhong Lin sat with his golden core in his dantian and resolved to break through.