Chapter Summaries

Luo Heng mastered the Barren Demonic Eye without its usual side effects and began restoring Gu Mo’s sight. In just two days, he also comprehended all four of the Desolate Hall’s great martial arts, while Gu Mo promised to seek the Sect Master’s approval for Luo Heng to learn freely.

• Luo Heng studied the Barren Demonic Eye and used the Myriad Law Seal, Art of Soul Refining, and Two Forms Yin Yang Technique to master it without harming his eyes.
• Luo Heng taught Gu Mo his safe cultivation method and offered to restore his sight in exchange for unrestricted access to the Desolate Hall’s martial arts; Gu Mo agreed to speak with the Sect Master.
• Luo Heng used the Great Devouring Art and Two Forms Yin Yang Technique to draw out Gu Mo’s accumulated Yin Fiend Qi and nourish his eyes, bringing back a faint glimmer of light.
• After discussing the Barren Demonic Eye with Gu Mo, Luo Heng mastered the Great Star Gang Fist, Great Dark Corrosion Sword, and Great Desolate Body over the next two days.
• Luo Heng completed his study of all four of the Desolate Hall’s great martial arts, then began a second harmonization to further restore Gu Mo’s sight.

Luo Heng demonstrated the destructive power of his Barren Demonic Eye to Gu Mo, who praised him as a rare genius. They arrived at the Desolate Hall Chief Disciple contest, where the gathered Dao Sect leaders and disciples anticipated Luo Heng’s appearance.

• Luo Heng used his Barren Demonic Eye against Gu Mo’s Spiritual Power barrier, and Gu Mo dissolved the beam before declaring Luo Heng a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius.
• Gu Mo escorted Luo Heng to the contest for Desolate Hall Chief Disciple at the Desolate Hall’s main peak.
• Ying Xiaoxiao, Ying Huanhuan, Qing Ye, Mu Li, and the Dao Sect leaders gathered to watch the contest and discuss Luo Heng’s abilities.
• Ying Xuanzi arrived at the viewing platform, and the crowd grew solemn at the Sect Master’s presence.
• Gu Mo and Luo Heng emerged together, chatting warmly, astonishing the leaders who knew Gu Mo as an unsmiling and aloof elder.

Luo Heng defeated Desolate Hall’s four Personal Disciples at once and was accepted as the Hall’s Chief Disciple after revealing that he had learned all four Hall Suppressing Martial Arts in two days. As the crowd celebrated, Gu Mo announced that there was one more matter to address.

• Gu Mo privately told Ying Xuanzi something that made him smile, while Wei Sen grew uneasy at the sight.
• Luo Heng challenged Pang Tong, Song Zhou, Jiang Hao, and Fang Yun to attack him together using Desolate Hall martial arts.
• Luo Heng countered their Great Star Gang Fist with an even larger strike, defeated all four, and said he had learned the technique at the Martial Arts Hall.
• Gu Mo revealed that Luo Heng had learned all four of Desolate Hall’s Hall Suppressing Martial Arts in two days, shocking Wei Sen, the elders, and the other Hall Masters.
• Pang Tong and the other three conceded, and the disciples cheered as Luo Heng became Desolate Hall Chief Disciple.
• Gu Mo stepped forward after the cheers and told the gathering there was one more matter.

Luo Heng was named the Desolate Hall Chief Disciple after Gu Mo revealed that he had mastered the four Hall Suppressing Martial Arts and repaired the Barren Demonic Eye. Ying Xuanzi granted him two future requests, and Luo Heng left Lin Dong with Gu Mo for training.

• Gu Mo announced that Luo Heng had repaired the Barren Demonic Eye, lowered its cultivation difficulty, and made it available to all Desolate Hall Direct Disciples.
• Luo Heng thanked Pang Tong, Song Zhou, Jiang Hao, and Fang Yun, and Chen Zhen declared him the Desolate Hall Chief Disciple.
• The Desolate Hall disciples saluted Luo Heng, who teased Ying Huanhuan about cheering for him and left her flustered.
• Ying Xuanzi promised Luo Heng two future requests in recognition of his contributions to the sect.
• Luo Heng introduced Lin Dong to Gu Mo, who praised Lin Dong's Spiritual Power and agreed to take him to the Martial Arts Hall.

After becoming the Desolate Hall's Chief Disciple, Luo Heng settled on Luo Peak and prepared to advance his Spiritual Power. He endured the Six Seal and Seven Seal Wind Lightning Tribulations together, reaching the Seven Seal Heavenly Talisman Master level as the Dao Sect watched in astonishment.

• Luo Heng received his own mountain peak in the Desolate Hall and named it Luo Peak.
• Luo Heng decided to undergo the Six Seal and Seven Seal Wind Lightning Tribulations together, drawing attention from disciples and elders across the Dao Sect.
• Luo Heng used the Art of Soul Refining and the Great Devouring Art to withstand the merged tribulation clouds and complete the Six Seal breakthrough.
• Luo Heng precisely dissolved the Seven Seal Tribulation's lightning threads, completing his breakthrough to Seven Seal Heavenly Talisman Master.
• Luo Heng's Spiritual Power reached the early Lesser Immortal Talisman Master level, while the Dao Sect's disciples and elders marveled at his achievement.

After cultivating for more than ten days, Luo Heng discovered the powers of the Dao Token and fully restored Gu Mo’s sight. He then learned that Lin Dong had defeated the Desolate Hall’s four Personal Disciples and claimed a place among them.

• Luo Heng inspected the Dao Token, a Top Grade Pure Yuan Treasure that enhanced martial arts cultivation, broke seals and illusions, and could block a fatal attack.
• Luo Heng removed the last of the Yin Fiend Qi from Gu Mo’s eyes, and Gu Mo opened them to see clearly for the first time in decades.
• Gu Mo thanked Luo Heng for restoring his sight and looked out at the scenery beyond his residence.
• Luo Heng learned that Lin Dong had mastered the basics of the Desolate Hall’s four Hall Suppressing Martial Arts under Gu Mo’s guidance.
• Lin Dong defeated Jiang Hao, Fang Yun, Pang Tong, and Song Zhou in the Desolate Hall’s monthly competition and became a Personal Disciple.

Luo Heng was assigned to a mission outside the Dao Sect and joined Ying Huanhuan, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling. After teasing Huanhuan on the way to their departure, the group set off on an Azure Eagle, with Huanhuan leading them toward the undisclosed mission.

• Wu Dao told Luo Heng to leave the sect for a mission and brought him to meet his companions.
• Luo Heng greeted Ying Huanhuan as Junior Sister, irritating her, while Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling respectfully introduced themselves.
• Elder Baihua appointed Huanhuan to lead the group and asked Luo Heng to protect the others.
• Huanhuan tried to stomp on Luo Heng, but he caught her wrist and teased her before letting go.
• Huanhuan summoned an Azure Eagle, and the four disciples flew away together.

Luo Heng and Ying Huanhuan traveled with Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling to Blood Rock Land to investigate disturbances at the Dao Sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine. They met Yuan Fang, who began leading them to the mine as the chapter ended.

• Ying Huanhuan explained that Blood Rock Land was a lawless region and that their mission was to investigate trouble disrupting the Dao Sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine.
• Luo Heng and his companions flew for five days before reaching Blood Rock Land, where Ying Huanhuan directed them toward the mine.
• Ying Huanhuan reunited with Yuan Fang, the Direct Disciple responsible for managing the area’s mines, and introduced her to Luo Heng and the others.
• Yuan Fang said the mine’s problem was strange and led Luo Heng’s group toward it.

Luo Heng and the Dao Sect disciples investigated a forest where Fire Crystal Apes were disrupting the Mine Vein’s operations. Ying Huanhuan hypnotized the beasts with a soundwave martial art, and the group entered the forest to discover what had attracted them.

• Yuan Fang guided Luo Heng and the others through Dao Sect’s heavily guarded Mine Vein and explained that Fire Crystal Apes had been disturbing mining operations.
• Luo Heng recognized that the apes’ appearance was connected to the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree but kept his knowledge to himself.
• Ying Huanhuan drew the Fire Crystal Apes out of the forest and used a zither soundwave to hypnotize more than forty of them.
• Ying Huanhuan led Luo Heng and the others into the forest to investigate what had attracted the apes, while Yuan Fang noticed their unusually familiar banter.

Luo Heng and the group discovered an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree bearing five nearly ripe fruits in the crimson forest. The Fire Crystal Ape King appeared to claim the treasure, and the group confronted it.

• Luo Heng and the group reached the forest’s central region and found an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree with five nearly ripe fruits.
• Luo Heng pulled Ying Huanhuan back and struck at the tree, but the Fire Crystal Ape King appeared and clashed with his palm attack.
• Luo Heng identified the Ape King as a Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm Demon Beast with strength comparable to an Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage expert.
• The Fire Crystal Ape King demanded that Luo Heng and the others leave, while Yuan Fang asserted the Dao Sect’s claim to the Mine Vein.
• Ying Huanhuan challenged the Ape King, confident that Luo Heng could defeat it.

Ying Huanhuan explained that the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree’s seeds could transform the Dao Sect’s strength, so the group had to keep their discovery secret by killing the Fire Crystal Ape King. Luo Heng effortlessly killed the Ape King with his Five Elements Creation Palm, leaving Ying Huanhuan shocked and newly captivated by him.

• Ying Huanhuan quietly told Luo Heng that they needed to obtain the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, and he reassured her while holding her wrist.
• Ying Huanhuan explained that the tree’s seeds could let the Dao Sect cultivate its own ancient tree, and warned that the Ape King had to die to prevent the secret from spreading.
• The Fire Crystal Ape King threatened Luo Heng, but Luo Heng answered by forming a Five-Colored Palm Seal with his Five Elements Creation Palm.
• Luo Heng struck once and obliterated the Fire Crystal Ape King, overwhelming everyone with the palm’s power.
• Ying Huanhuan stared at Luo Heng in shock and found herself thinking that he was handsome.

Luo Heng and the Dao Sect disciples discovered an Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree and dealt with the Fire Crystal Apes guarding the area to keep the discovery secret. As they waited for the fruits to ripen, Luo Heng considered taking the whole tree back and asked the System whether its space could transport it safely.

• Luo Heng killed the Fire Crystal Ape King in one move, then silently erased the souls of more than forty sleeping Fire Crystal Apes with his Spiritual Power.
• Ying Huanhuan and the others reacted to Luo Heng's strength, while Yuan Fang urged everyone to keep the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree secret.
• Ying Huanhuan explained that the tree could not be moved by ordinary means and that its five fruits would ripen in about five days, when they could learn whether it contained seeds.
• Ying Huanhuan said a seed could help the Dao Sect cultivate another tree, and Luo Heng recalled that the tree in the Original Work produced seeds.
• Luo Heng considered taking both the tree and its seeds back to the Dao Sect and asked the System whether its space could transport the tree with its soil.

Luo Heng arranged for the others to prepare for a five-day vigil over the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, then persuaded Ying Huanhuan to play him a tune. After she performed on her Jadeite Guzheng, he asked her to play for him again sometime, leaving her flustered beneath the moonlight.

• Luo Heng learned that the System Space could store the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree if it was still and he paid a thousand Nirvana Pills per day to sustain it, and he decided to take it when it entered dormancy.
• Luo Heng sent Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling to guard the forest and asked Yuan Fang to prepare lodging supplies, leaving himself and Ying Huanhuan by the tree.
• Luo Heng teased Ying Huanhuan into agreeing to play one tune, and she brought out her Heaven Tier Jadeite Guzheng.
• Ying Huanhuan played an unnamed, lively piece that Luo Heng listened to closely and praised as beautiful.
• Luo Heng asked Ying Huanhuan to play for him again sometime, and she bashfully said it would depend on her mood.

Luo Heng and Ying Huanhuan spent time together beside the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, growing closer as she played the zither for him. On the fourth night, Ying Huanhuan asked Luo Heng about his relationship with Ling Qingzhu.

• Luo Heng told Ying Huanhuan that his Spiritual Power had reached Seven Seal Rune Master level, with quality comparable to an early Lesser Immortal Talisman Master.
• Luo Heng said he could bring the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree back after its fruit ripened, and Ying Huanhuan trusted him to do so.
• Over the following days, Ying Huanhuan played the zither for Luo Heng, and his praise and teasing deepened their feelings for each other.
• Jiang Kun, Yuan Ling, and Yuan Fang visited the pair but left them undisturbed when they saw them chatting together.
• On the fourth night, Ying Huanhuan asked Luo Heng about his close relationship with Ling Qingzhu, the Young Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.

Luo Heng confessed to Ying Huanhuan that he loved her while openly admitting he already had two Dao companions, Ling Qingzhu and Qing Tan. Ying Huanhuan revealed that she had played the zither for him alone, and the chapter ended as they drew close beneath the moonlight.

• Ying Huanhuan questioned Luo Heng about his relationship with Ling Qingzhu, and he admitted that she was his Dao companion.
• Luo Heng told Ying Huanhuan that Qing Tan was also his Dao companion and childhood sweetheart.
• Ying Huanhuan called Luo Heng a shameless womanizer, and he agreed before insisting his feelings for her were genuine.
• Luo Heng confessed that he liked Ying Huanhuan and said he would respect whatever she chose.
• Ying Huanhuan asked whether Luo Heng truly loved Ling Qingzhu and Qing Tan, and he affirmed that he did.
• Ying Huanhuan revealed that Luo Heng was the first boy she had played the zither for alone, and they gazed at each other as he drew closer.

Luo Heng and Ying Huanhuan watched the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree produce five fruits and an Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed, which Luo Heng secured along with the tree. As the group prepared to return to the Mine Vein, the Demon Seal Crowd arrived, and Luo Heng prepared to face its leader while the others fought the remaining attackers.

• Luo Heng teased Ying Huanhuan beneath the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, then spent the next morning cultivating as the five Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits ripened.
• Luo Heng caught the fruits and slapped away the emerald pillar of light announcing the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed’s birth.
• Luo Heng removed the seed and stored it in the System Space, then stored the entire Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree with the surrounding earth.
• Luo Heng sensed dozens of approaching Demon Seal Crowd members, and Yuan Fang identified their leader as Yao Ling, a Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage expert.
• Luo Heng told Ying Huanhuan to face the other attackers while he took on Yao Ling, and the group prepared for battle.

Luo Heng and Yuan Fang were surrounded by the Demon Seal Crowd and other wanted criminals who learned that the group possessed an Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed. Luo Heng gave the gathered forces three breaths to leave, threatening to kill anyone who stayed.

• Su Lei and the Demon Seal Crowd surrounded Yuan Fang and demanded the Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed.
• Ying Huanhuan explained that the Demon Seal Crowd planned to give the seed to Yuan Sect, while Luo Heng sensed their hidden leader, Yao Ling, nearby.
• Xiao Tian, Luo Yi, and other Blood Rock Land experts arrived, and Yuan Fang identified the wanted criminals among them.
• Su Lei revealed that the Dao Sect group had an Immortal Yuan Ancient Seed, stirring greed among the gathered experts.
• Luo Heng insulted Luo Yi and warned everyone to leave within three breaths or become his enemy and lose their lives.

Luo Heng unleashed his overwhelming power against the Demon Seal Crowd and the Blood Rock Land desperadoes, killing Xiao Tian and several attackers while absorbing Su Lei’s Primal Energy. The leader of the Demon Seal Crowd, Yao Ling, arrived just as Su Lei was being drained.

• Luo Heng’s countdown ended, and his Spiritual Power erased the souls of numerous wandering cultivators.
• Luo Heng dragged back the fleeing Xiao Tian and killed him with a single Five Elements Creation Palm.
• Su Lei, Luo Yi, and the Demon Seal Crowd’s members attacked Luo Heng, but he killed two core members and shrugged off Su Lei’s Thunder Blade.
• Luo Heng used the Great Devouring Art to drain Su Lei’s Primal Energy.
• Yao Ling arrived and ordered Luo Heng to stop.

Luo Heng killed Su Lei, then defeated Yao Ling’s first attack and revealed himself as the Dao Sect Desolate Hall Chief. When Yao Ling and the remaining fighters attacked together, Luo Heng tested the Slaying Heaven Destruction Spear and cut through them, leaving Yao Ling to unleash the Demon Yuan Curse Body.

• Luo Heng killed Su Lei and shattered Yao Ling’s black palm seal with the Five Elements Creation Palm.
• Luo Heng identified himself as the Dao Sect Desolate Hall Chief, but refused Yao Ling’s offer to end the fight.
• Yao Ling and Luo Yi led the surviving Demon Seal Crowd members and independent cultivators in a combined attack on Luo Heng.
• Luo Heng summoned the Slaying Heaven Destruction Spear and killed several attackers with its first three strikes.
• Luo Heng pierced Luo Yi’s throat with the spear, and Yao Ling activated the Demon Yuan Curse Body.

Luo Heng defeated Yao Ling despite the Demon Seal Crowd leader unleashing the second layer of the Demon Yuan Curse Body, then killed him with the Great Devouring Art. He tracked down and killed every fleeing member of the Demon Seal Crowd and the independent cultivators, leaving no one alive within a hundred miles.

• Yao Ling used the Demon Yuan Curse Body and attacked Luo Heng with the Yuan Curse Seal, Yuan King Spear, and Yuan King Fist, but Luo Heng shattered each attack.
• Yao Ling unleashed the second layer of the Demon Yuan Curse Body and punched Luo Heng, who broke Yao Ling’s finger bones with the Azure Dragon Arm.
• Luo Heng drained Yao Ling with the Great Devouring Art after refusing his offer of martial arts and treasures.
• The surviving Demon Seal Crowd members and independent cultivators fled, but Luo Heng tracked them with his Spiritual Power and killed them with the Azure Dragon Finger.