Chapter Summaries

Luo Heng gave Xuan'er a protective jade bracelet before the Palace Master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace arrived and thanked him for sharing insights into the Reincarnation Stage. He then warned her that the Yimo would invade within five years and that Yuan Sect had secretly allied with them.

• Luo Heng gave Xuan'er a powerful jade bracelet that protected her and delighted her.
• Luo Heng spent a peaceful week with Xuan'er and Ling Qingzhu before the Palace Master arrived at Qingzhu Garden.
• The Palace Master thanked Luo Heng for his insights into the Reincarnation Stage and praised his devotion to Ling Qingzhu.
• Luo Heng told the Palace Master that the Yimo came from beyond Tianxuan Continent and had been sealed after an ancient war.
• Luo Heng warned that the Yimo would launch a large-scale invasion within five years, targeting the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Luo Heng revealed that Yuan Sect had secretly pledged itself to the Yimo.

Luo Heng told the Palace Master and Ling Qingzhu about Yimo threats beneath Dao Sect and the Great Wilderness Prefecture, and warned that Yuan Sect was likely colluding with the Yimo. After the Palace Master agreed to contact reliable sects, she left Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu together, and they went for a walk.

• Luo Heng warned the Palace Master that Yuan Sect's strange cultivation arts suggested it would collude with the Yimo, and revealed that an Yimo True King was sealed beneath Dao Sect's Great Desolation Monument.
• Luo Heng said he planned to use his Ancestor Talisman with Bo Xuan's Darkness Ancestral Symbol to deal with the sealed Yimo, and revealed that another Yimo force was trapped beneath the Great Wilderness Ancient Tablet.
• Luo Heng explained that the Ninth Hall King, whose strength rivaled the Second Samsara Tribulation, had been sealed beneath the Great Wilderness Prefecture by the Great Desolate Emperor and Black Pupil Elder.
• Luo Heng left it to other sects to decide whether to ally against Yuan Sect, and the Palace Master agreed to contact reliable sects.
• The Palace Master left Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu together, and Luo Heng reassured Ling Qingzhu that Xuan'er was safe before inviting her to walk around Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.

Luo Heng left Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace after spending more than a month with Ling Qingzhu and Luo Xuan, promising to meet them in the Otherworldly Demon Domain in three months. He returned to the Dao Sect and reunited with Ying Huanhuan, ending the chapter by taking out a gift for her.

• Luo Heng promised Ling Qingzhu he would take her and Xuan'er to the Great Thousand World after the Yimo matter was resolved, and she agreed to follow him wherever he went.
• Luo Heng spent more than a month at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, caring for Xuan'er and cultivating with Ling Qingzhu.
• Luo Heng said goodbye to Ling Qingzhu and Xuan'er, promising to meet Ling Qingzhu in the Otherworldly Demon Domain in three months, then left through the Teleportation Array.
• Luo Heng traveled through a Dao Sect outpost and returned to the Dao Sect, where he found Ying Huanhuan cultivating at Luo Peak.
• Ying Huanhuan asked Luo Heng about Ling Qingzhu and whether he had brought her a gift, and Luo Heng took the Nine Heavens Ringing Qin from the System Space.

Luo Heng gave Ying Huanhuan the Nine Heavens Ringing Qin, and she named its artifact spirit Xiao Bai. He then told her about his nearly three-year-old daughter with Qingzhu, leaving Ying Huanhuan reflecting on how Qingzhu had raised the child alone.

• Luo Heng gave Ying Huanhuan the growth-type Nine Heavens Ringing Qin, a Top Grade Pure Yuan Treasure, and told her to cultivate its Nine Heavens Mysterious Sound Art.
• Ying Huanhuan played the qin while Luo Heng listened, then named its Bai Ze Artifact Spirit Xiao Bai.
• Luo Heng told Ying Huanhuan that he and Qingzhu had a daughter named Luo Xuan, who was almost three years old.
• Ying Huanhuan learned that Qingzhu had kept Luo Xuan's existence secret and raised her alone so Luo Heng could pursue his path.
• Ying Huanhuan praised Qingzhu as remarkable for carrying, giving birth to, and raising their daughter without telling Luo Heng.

Luo Heng learned that Wang Yan had returned to the Dao Sect and promised Ying Huanhuan he would not let Dao Sect disciples die needlessly in the coming Sect Tournament. He then met Ying Xuanzi and asked about the origins of the Great Desolation Monument.

• Ying Huanhuan told Luo Heng that Lin Dong had emerged from seclusion, learned the Great Desolation Scripture, and defeated Huo Zhen after Hongya Cave challenged the Dao Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan explained that Wang Yan returned to the Dao Sect after years of hunting Yuan Sect members, and worried that he would lead disciples into a costly revenge at the Sect Tournament.
• Luo Heng reassured Ying Huanhuan that he would settle the Dao Sect’s debts with the Yuan Sect without sacrificing disciples’ lives.
• Ying Xuanzi reflected on Lin Dong’s strength and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol before Luo Heng arrived at Dao Peak.
• Luo Heng asked Ying Xuanzi whether he knew the origins of the Great Desolation Monument.

Luo Heng told Ying Xuanzi that the Great Desolation Monument was suppressing a Yimo True King and that he had found a second Ancestor Talisman that could help destroy it. He also revealed that Zhou Tong might still be alive, leaving Ying Xuanzi overcome by the news and Luo Heng preparing to investigate the Yuan Sect.

• Luo Heng told Ying Xuanzi that the Great Desolation Monument was an ancient divine artifact suppressing a Yimo True King who could break free within two or three years.
• Luo Heng said Lin Dong had the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and that Bo Xuan held the Darkness Ancestral Symbol, which he would ask her to lend against the Yimo.
• Luo Heng warned Ying Xuanzi about possible Yimo involvement with the Yuan Sect and received the low-grade Pure Yuan Treasure Dawnbreaker from him.
• Luo Heng told Ying Xuanzi that Zhou Tong might still be alive and imprisoned by the Yuan Sect, though he had no concrete evidence or location.
• Ying Xuanzi asked Luo Heng to find Zhou Tong, and Luo Heng left after alluding to the Sect Tournament and the Yuan Sect.

Luo Heng broke through to the Life Xuan Stage and reached new heights in his physical and spiritual cultivation before visiting Lin Dong ahead of the Hall Examination. He discussed the Yimo threat and their future travels, then prepared to spar with Lin Dong while they awaited Qing Tan’s arrival.

• Luo Heng broke through to peak Minor Accomplishment of the Life Xuan Stage, advanced his body to Minor Accomplishment of the Death Xuan Stage, and became a Nine-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master.
• Luo Heng easily passed the Wind Lightning Tribulation and headed to the Desolate Hall to see Lin Dong.
• Luo Heng praised Lin Dong’s progress and urged him to aim for second place in the Hall Examination.
• Lin Dong told Luo Heng that the Monument Spirit had identified the black spots as Yimo, and Luo Heng discussed Lin Dong’s responsibility as the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s owner.
• Luo Heng said they would leave the Dao Sect after the Sect Tournament to travel to the Chaotic Demon Sea or Demon Region, and told Lin Dong that Qing Tan might attend.
• Luo Heng invited Lin Dong to spar and help him use the Great Desolation Scripture more freely.

The Dao Sect's Hall Examination began, drawing disciples from across the sect to compete for the newly revived title of Dao Sect Grand Disciple. Luo Heng reunited with Ying Huanhuan, saw the return of Wang Yan, and received his match assignment as the matches were about to start.

• Luo Heng arrived at the central peak and reunited with Ying Huanhuan, who proudly told him she had reached the peak of Eight Yuan and Three Seal Spiritual Power.
• Ying Huanhuan and Luo Heng exchanged affectionate words before the assembled disciples, while Ying Xiaoxiao watched and exchanged a quiet greeting with Luo Heng.
• Wang Yan returned to the Dao Sect and drew the attention of the disciples and Hall Masters, while Luo Heng reassured Ying Xiaoxiao that he was there for her.
• Qi Lei announced the start of the Hall Examination and warned the disciples not to turn the sparring matches into deadly fights.
• Luo Heng checked his jade slip and found the match assignment A-8 as the disciples took their places on the platforms.

Luo Heng guided Su Yuan through a training match before the tournament’s second round paired him with Ying Huanhuan. Huanhuan wielded the Nine Heavens Ringing Qin and tested its powerful sound-based abilities against Luo Heng, whose overwhelming Spiritual Power resisted her attacks.

• Luo Heng defeated Su Yuan with physical strength and gave him pointers on concentrating his power and improving his stance.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan won their first-round matches, with Huanhuan defeating her opponent in a single strike.
• The second-round drawing matched Luo Heng and Ying Huanhuan against each other on Platform Jia Three.
• Ying Huanhuan revealed the Top Grade Pure Yuan Treasure Nine Heavens Ringing Qin, astonishing the Dao Sect’s higher-ups.
• Huanhuan attacked Luo Heng with sound-wave and illusion techniques, but his Spiritual Power easily broke or resisted them.
• Huanhuan used the qin’s Heavenly Sound Suppressing Demon ability, whose soul-striking music affected nearby disciples and prompted the higher-ups to shield them.

Ying Huanhuan tested her Nine Heavens Ringing Qin against Luo Heng, but his formidable body and powers overcame her attacks with ease. She conceded the match and left the platform to rest, while the disciples watched the couple affectionately.

• Ying Huanhuan's Heavenly Sound Suppressing Demon struck Luo Heng, but his Minor Accomplishment of the Death Xuan Stage body was unharmed.
• Ying Huanhuan used Nine Heavens Reincarnation, and Luo Heng absorbed its sound waves with the Great Devouring Art.
• Ying Huanhuan unleashed Heavenly Phoenix Qin Sound, but Luo Heng shattered its crimson arcs with his Five Elements Creation Palm and stopped the palm just short of her barrier.
• Ying Huanhuan admitted she could not defeat Luo Heng and ended the match, saying she could not bear to hit him too hard.
• Luo Heng rubbed Ying Huanhuan's hair and told her to rest before the upcoming matches as the disciples watched them together.

Luo Heng advanced through the Hall Examination by defeating his opponents with ease and offering them guidance, while Lin Dong, Ying Xiaoxiao, Wang Yan, Qing Ye, and Mu Li also progressed. The competition narrowed to eight disciples, who would next contend for the championship.

• The elders praised Luo Heng for treating Huanhuan well, and Ying Xuanzi recognized that Luo Heng genuinely liked her.
• Ying Xiaoxiao, Qing Ye, Mu Li, and Lin Dong advanced through their matches as Luo Heng observed their progress.
• Luo Heng defeated an Earthly Hall disciple with a single palm strike, then advised him to improve his defense and counterattacks.
• Luo Heng stopped Song Qing's sword with two fingers, pointed out flaws in his Sword Intent, and sent him off with guidance.
• Luo Heng continued advancing through the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds, defeating opponents in one move and advising each of them.
• Luo Heng, Lin Dong, Ying Xiaoxiao, Wang Yan, Qing Ye, Mu Li, and two other disciples remained as the Hall Examination's top eight.

Luo Heng and Lin Dong defeated the Vast Hall and Earthly Hall’s chief disciples, while Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan quickly won their own matches. The final four were Luo Heng, Lin Dong, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Wang Yan, leaving the Desolate Hall and Heavenly Hall to contest the remaining places.

• Luo Heng overpowered Mu Li with his martial arts and made Mu Li concede, then offered him guidance on his techniques.
• Lin Dong broke through Qing Ye’s defenses with the Great Wilderness Prison Heaven Finger and made him concede.
• Ying Xiaoxiao defeated her Heavenly Hall opponent with a sword strike in fewer than three moves.
• Wang Yan shattered his Earthly Hall opponent’s defense with a single sword strike.
• The four winners advanced, leaving Luo Heng and Lin Dong from the Desolate Hall and Ying Xiaoxiao and Wang Yan from the Heavenly Hall.

The Dao Sect semifinals began with Luo Heng facing Ying Xiaoxiao, while Lin Dong was matched against Wang Yan. Luo Heng used their bout to guide Ying Xiaoxiao’s swordsmanship, and she ended the chapter unleashing a powerful new technique.

• Qi Lei announced the semifinal matchups: Luo Heng versus Ying Xiaoxiao and Lin Dong versus Wang Yan.
• Ying Xiaoxiao attacked Luo Heng with the Heavenly Dipper Three-Flower Sword, but he broke through her moves with ease.
• Luo Heng deliberately restrained and guided Ying Xiaoxiao, helping her refine her sword techniques during their fight.
• Ying Xiaoxiao linked the three sword flowers together and then combined the Heavenly Emperor Scripture with Tai Xu Swordplay.
• Ying Xiaoxiao summoned the Great Heavenly Cloud-Touching Sword, forming a giant sword of light that sent a destructive fluctuation across the arena.

Luo Heng defeated Ying Xiaoxiao, while Lin Dong began a fierce semifinal battle against Wang Yan. Lin Dong’s attacks overwhelmed Wang Yan’s defenses, but Wang Yan summoned the Black Demon Phantom as the fight continued.

• Luo Heng devoured Ying Xiaoxiao’s Great Heavenly Cloud-Touching Sword, and Ying Xiaoxiao conceded.
• Ying Xiaoxiao asked Luo Heng not to let Wang Yan win, and Luo Heng assured her Lin Dong would stop him.
• Lin Dong struck Wang Yan with the Great Wilderness Prison Heaven Finger, forcing Wang Yan to use multiple sword strikes to break his attack.
• Lin Dong’s Five Fingers Move the Universe damaged Wang Yan’s Emperor Heaven Bell, and his Great Wilderness Prison Heaven Hand shattered it despite Wang Yan’s counterattack.
• Wang Yan summoned the Black Demon Phantom, revealing the power of the Black Demon Mirror as Lin Dong prepared to respond with the Great Desolation Scripture.

Lin Dong defeated Wang Yan in a fierce match, then invited him to join forces with Dao Sect against Yuan Sect in the upcoming Sect Tournament. Wang Yan accepted and left, agreeing to kill whoever they chose.

• Lin Dong used the Great Desolation Scripture and his Vermilion Bird techniques to withstand Wang Yan's Black Demon Mirror attacks.
• Lin Dong's Great Wilderness Prison Heaven Hand shattered Wang Yan's Black Demon Phantom and defeated him.
• Wang Yan admitted defeat, and Lin Dong thanked him for the match.
• Lin Dong invited Wang Yan to cooperate with him and Luo Heng against Yuan Sect during the Sect Tournament.
• Wang Yan agreed to join them and departed after promising to kill whoever they wanted.

Luo Heng and Lin Dong began the Desolate Hall finals, turning their long history as brothers into a contest between the Dao Sect’s strongest disciples. Lin Dong launched a series of powerful attacks, but Luo Heng repeatedly countered them, and the chapter ended as Lin Dong unleashed the Great Wilderness Prison Heaven Hand.

• The Desolate Hall Masters and Ying Xuanzi anticipated the final between Luo Heng and Lin Dong, while Chen Zhen celebrated that both finalists came from his hall.
• Lin Dong recovered his strength, then faced Luo Heng on Platform A-1 as the crowd and Ying Huanhuan watched.
• Lin Dong opened with the Vermilion Bird Burning Heaven Palm, but Luo Heng extinguished it with the Water Element: Overturning Wave.
• Luo Heng severed Lin Dong’s Crimson Flame Soul-Burning Finger beams with the Great Dark Corrosion Sword, and Lin Dong blocked the follow-up with the Vermilion Bird Flame Vortex.
• Lin Dong’s Shattering the Firmament finger shadows and Desolation Slash failed to overcome Luo Heng’s Great Star Gang Fist.
• Lin Dong summoned the Great Wilderness Prison Heaven Hand and sent it crashing toward Luo Heng.

Luo Heng defeated Lin Dong in the Hall Examination, demonstrating that Lin Dong’s strongest attacks could not overcome his defenses. Ying Xuanzi named Luo Heng champion and Dao Sect Grand Disciple, and appointed Lin Dong Desolate Hall Vice Chief to help prepare for the Sect Tournament.

• Luo Heng blocked Lin Dong’s Great Wilderness Prison Heaven Hand with his Great Desolate Body without being injured.
• Lin Dong unleashed the Burning Heaven Flame Domain and Vermilion Bird Burning Heaven Roar, but Luo Heng split the attack with the fifth form of Tai Xu Swordplay.
• Lin Dong admitted defeat, and Luo Heng encouraged him to keep cultivating.
• Ying Xuanzi declared Luo Heng the Hall Examination champion and appointed him Dao Sect Grand Disciple to lead the disciples in the Sect Tournament.
• Ying Xuanzi appointed Lin Dong Desolate Hall Vice Chief, and Ying Xiaoxiao silently called Luo Heng “Senior Brother.”

After winning the Hall Examination, Luo Heng declined the Spirit Treasure rewards and asked Ying Xuanzi to send the Flame Sun Bead and resources to his family. Ying Xuanzi hinted that Ying Xiaoxiao had feelings for him, and Luo Heng went with Ying Huanhuan to find her practicing swordsmanship.

• Dao Sect disciples celebrated Luo Heng becoming Grand Disciple and Lin Dong taking the vice chief position after the Desolate Hall swept the top two places.
• Ying Xuanzi offered Luo Heng three Heaven Tier Spirit Treasures, but Luo Heng declined them and asked him to send the Flame Sun Bead to the Luo Family.
• Luo Heng gave Ying Xuanzi a Spatial Pouch of resources to deliver to his family in Qingyang Town.
• Ying Xuanzi asked Luo Heng what he thought of Ying Xiaoxiao and told him that she treated him differently from others.
• Luo Heng visited Ying Huanhuan, who invited him to see Ying Xiaoxiao practicing swordsmanship at the back mountain, and he agreed to go with her.

Luo Heng guided Ying Xiaoxiao’s sword practice and reassured her about the coming Sect Tournament, where he intended to face Yuan Cang. As Luo Heng and Ying Xiaoxiao acknowledged their growing closeness and agreed to let things take their course, Ying Huanhuan secretly watched and continued trying to bring them together.

• Ying Xiaoxiao practiced the second form of the Tai Xu Swordplay, and Luo Heng corrected her use of Void Slash, helping her improve it.
• Ying Huanhuan left Luo Heng and Ying Xiaoxiao alone after teasing them about her efforts to match them together.
• Ying Xiaoxiao described Yuan Sect’s Little Three Kings and admitted she had little chance against Yuan Cang, while Luo Heng said their coming battle would be his death.
• Luo Heng told Ying Xiaoxiao to protect herself at the Sect Tournament and assured her that he would handle everything else.
• Ying Xiaoxiao asked whether Luo Heng would let Ying Huanhuan keep trying to match them, and he replied that they should let nature take its course.
• Ying Huanhuan secretly watched the pair from behind a tree and urged her sister to seize the opportunity.

Xiao Diao told Luo Heng that Little Yan had been injured by the Golden Ghost Owl of Demon Sound Mountain, whose formation blocked Xiao Diao from reaching it. Luo Heng and Ying Huanhuan agreed to join Lin Dong on an expedition the next morning, and Luo Heng prepared to leave at full strength.

• Luo Heng and Ying Huanhuan cultivated together on Luo Peak until Xiao Diao appeared through the Demon Spirit Imprint.
• Xiao Diao explained that the Golden Ghost Owl had injured Little Yan and was protected by a formation that required a Pure Yuan-level sound treasure to break.
• Ying Huanhuan offered to help break the formation with her zither, and Luo Heng agreed to set out with her and Lin Dong the next morning.
• Luo Heng sent Ying Huanhuan to inform her father and pack, then trained in the cultivation chamber to prepare for the expedition.