Chapter Summaries

Luo Heng visited Ling Qingzhu at night, and the next morning Qing Tan arrived in Yimo City with Chen Gui to reunite with Lin Dong. The chapter ended with Qing Tan going to find Luo Heng.

• Luo Heng secretly went to Ling Qingzhu’s courtyard, where they discussed Xuan’er’s arrival and sat together before entering her room.
• Qing Tan arrived at Yimo City with Chen Gui, the Darkness Hall’s Senior Brother.
• Qing Tan rushed into the Dao Sect’s residence and embraced her brother, Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong discovered Qing Tan had reached the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage, one stage above his own cultivation.
• Qing Tan introduced Chen Gui to Lin Dong, then hurried to Luo Heng’s room and called out to him.

Luo Heng reunited with Qing Tan after more than two years apart, and she eagerly embraced and kissed him. Ying Huanhuan arrived and met Qing Tan, leaving Luo Heng to introduce the two lovers to each other.

• Luo Heng returned to his courtyard and found Qing Tan waiting there; she rushed into his arms and kissed him.
• Lin Dong and Chen Gui saw Qing Tan cling to Luo Heng, and Qing Tan introduced Luo Heng as her man before the two men left them alone.
• Qing Tan recalled secretly kissing Luo Heng in Qingyang Town and told him she had cultivated hard to see him again.
• Luo Heng promised to return to Qingyang Town with Qing Tan after the Sect Tournament, then said he would travel to the Chaotic Demon Sea afterward.
• Ying Huanhuan arrived, and Luo Heng introduced Qing Tan as his childhood companion and lover before introducing Huanhuan as his Dao Sect lover.

Luo Heng introduced Qing Tan to Ying Huanhuan, and the two quickly became friendly before visiting Ling Qingzhu for tea. The three women bonded over Luo Heng and discussed the dangers Qing Tan would face in the Sect Tournament’s Otherworldly Demon Domain.

• Luo Heng introduced Qing Tan to Ying Huanhuan, who welcomed her warmly and asked about her life at the Darkness Hall.
• Ying Huanhuan took Qing Tan to visit Ling Qingzhu while Luo Heng stayed behind to examine the Copper Piece.
• Ling Qingzhu welcomed Qing Tan, and the three women shared tea and talked about Qing Tan’s childhood with Luo Heng.
• Qing Tan embarrassed Ying Huanhuan by asking whether she and Luo Heng had been intimate, then promised not to tease her further.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu warned Qing Tan to be careful in the Otherworldly Demon Domain and to flee if she encountered danger.

Luo Heng recovered the map to the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury and learned that Yuan Sect was preparing to open it. As the major sects gathered outside the Otherworldly Demon Domain, Ying Huanhuan resolved to accept the power of her past life, and Yuan Sect arrived at the front of the crowd.

• Luo Heng melted the bronze furnace with Spiritual Flame, uncovered a light tablet, and used its map to identify the treasury’s entrance, restrictions, and opening formation.
• During the two peaceful days in Yimo City, Luo Heng spent time with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan while avoiding Ling Qingzhu.
• Ying Huanhuan told Luo Heng she wanted to accept her past-life power so she could grow stronger and stand beside him, and he promised to support her.
• On the third day, Luo Heng and the Dao Sect Disciples joined the vast crowd gathering at the entrance to the Otherworldly Demon Domain.
• Ying Xiaoxiao identified the leading disciples of Sword Sect, God Sect, Fu Valley, and Primordial Hall as the sects gathered; Ling Qingzhu and Su Rou also arrived with Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Yuan Sect arrived and took the place closest to the twisted spatial barrier.

Luo Heng faced Yuan Cang and the Yuan Sect disciples on the Dark Plain, trading barbs with them while Ling Qingzhu rejected Yuan Cang’s familiarity. The Otherworldly Demon Domain’s spatial barrier began to weaken, signaling its imminent opening.

• Yuan Cang confronted Luo Heng, but Luo Heng stood firm against his pressure and mocked him and Lei Qian over the Yuan Sect disciples’ Spatial Pouches.
• Luo Heng called the exchange mutual consent, infuriating Lei Qian while Ling Zhen watched thoughtfully.
• Yuan Cang addressed Ling Qingzhu, who told him to use her full name because they were not familiar.
• The spatial barrier rippled and grew more distorted as the Otherworldly Demon Domain began to open.

Luo Heng led the Dao Sect Disciples into the Otherworldly Demon Domain, where they repelled an ambush by Demon Ants and discovered four corpses containing Life Xuan Bone Beads. He warned the group that the corpses were Demon Corpses, each at least as strong as Lei Qian.

• Luo Heng told the Dao Sect Disciples to keep their auras linked as they entered the Otherworldly Demon Domain, and reminded Ling Qingzhu to contact him if she faced trouble.
• Luo Heng and the Dao Sect group passed through the spatial vortex and landed together on the Ancient Battlefield.
• Luo Heng sensed an attack and destroyed dozens of Demon Ants with the Di Wu Demon Slaying Technique.
• Wang Yan found four dried corpses beneath the ground and identified the Life Xuan Bone Beads in their dantians.
• Luo Heng recognized the corpses as Demon Corpses and warned the disciples that each was no weaker than Lei Qian.

Luo Heng effortlessly destroyed four Demon Corpses, shared their Life Xuan Bone Beads with his companions, and gave Lin Dong the bodies and their control method. After ten days of battles and travel, the Dao Sect reached the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury, where Luo Heng openly challenged the Yuan Sect.

• Luo Heng used Jie Kong Yan to kill four Half-step Life Xuan Stage Demon Corpses and gave their Life Xuan Bone Beads to Lin Dong, Ying Xiaoxiao, Wang Yan, and Chen Gui.
• Luo Heng secretly transmitted the Demon Corpses’ structural information and control method to Lin Dong, then stored their bodies in a Spatial Pouch for him to refine with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• The Dao Sect group traveled for ten days, fighting demonic creatures as the disciples grew more coordinated under Luo Heng’s supervision.
• The Dao Sect arrived at the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury and found disciples from the other Super Sects gathered there, including the Yuan Sect and the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Luo Heng faced the Yuan Sect and declared, “Yuan Sect dogs, come die.”

Luo Heng openly declared war on the Yuan Sect and fought its three Little Kings while Dao Sect disciples charged the Yuan Sect camp. He overwhelmed Lei Qian and humiliated Yuan Cang, then caught Lei Qian’s World-Extinguishing Spear in a crimson-gold flame hand.

• Luo Heng challenged the Yuan Sect and told Dao Sect’s disciples to fight its forces while he handled Yuan Cang, Lei Qian, and Ling Zhen.
• Yuan Cang’s Heavenly Yuan Hand threatened the charging disciples, but Luo Heng destroyed it with a Spiritual Power attack.
• Lei Qian attacked with Thunder Lion Fist, and Luo Heng shattered the strike and blasted him into a pit with one palm.
• Yuan Cang and Ling Zhen attacked together, but Luo Heng countered their techniques, swallowed Yuan Cang’s Primal Energy beams, and kicked Yuan Cang in the face.
• Lei Qian hurled his World-Extinguishing Spear at Luo Heng, who caught it in a giant hand of crimson-gold flames.

Luo Heng and the Dao Sect disciples annihilated Yuan Sect’s entire force at the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury, with no Dao Sect deaths. After killing the Three Little Kings and extracting Yuan Cang’s memories and Spirit Seal control method, Luo Heng ordered Lin Dong to gather and distribute the spoils.

• Luo Heng easily defeated Lei Qian and Ling Zhen’s attacks while the Dao Sect disciples, including Lin Dong, Ying Xiaoxiao, Wang Yan, Ying Huanhuan, and Qing Tan, fought Yuan Sect across the battlefield.
• Yuan Cang, Lei Qian, and Ling Zhen unleashed their strongest techniques together, but Luo Heng transformed with the Azure Dragon Transformation and crushed all three attacks with Azure Dragon Tear Heaven Hand.
• Luo Heng killed Yuan Cang with Soul Search, extracted his memories and the Spirit Seal control method, then killed Lei Qian and Ling Zhen and took their spatial pouches.
• The Dao Sect disciples killed the remaining Yuan Sect fighters, including all six spirit generals, while Luo Heng absorbed the Three Little Kings’ remaining energy and vitality.
• The Ghost Blade Sect and Fire Cloud Sect fled, and the watching factions reacted in fear as Luo Heng reunited with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan.
• Lin Dong asked what to do next, and Luo Heng ordered the Dao Sect disciples to collect and distribute the spoils.

Luo Heng opened the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury and told Ying Xiaoxiao’s group that it contained a sealed General-Rank Yimo rather than heavenly treasures. After entering with Ling Qingzhu and Lin Dong, he reunited with them and led the way toward the Formation Hub.

• Luo Heng explained that the treasury held a sealed Yimo with Samsara Stage strength and asked Ying Xiaoxiao to lead the others elsewhere while he and Lin Dong went inside.
• Luo Heng used the dark-red token to open the entrance, warned that entrants needed to be at least at the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage, and entered with Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu.
• The entrance scattered them across the crimson interior of the Burning Heaven Cauldron, and Luo Heng sensed that Ling Qingzhu was nearby while Lin Dong was farther away.
• Luo Heng found Ling Qingzhu on a crimson hill, and they flew off to find Lin Dong before heading to the Formation Hub.
• Luo Heng, Ling Qingzhu, and Lin Dong reunited, and Luo Heng led them deeper into the treasury toward the Formation Hub.

Luo Heng brought the recovered Array Gate to Elder Burning Heaven, completing the Eight Extremes Burning Heaven Array that sealed a General-Rank Yimo. Luo Heng declared that they would execute the demon and revealed the Di Wu Demon Slaying Seal as Elder Burning Heaven began summoning the array.

• Luo Heng, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu left the Burning Heaven Cauldron’s inner space and emerged among the crimson mountains with the other survivors.
• Luo Heng flew to the volcano and greeted Elder Burning Heaven, who recognized the Ice Master’s aura on him.
• Luo Heng told Elder Burning Heaven that the Ice Master had reincarnated as Ying Huanhuan and was now his lover.
• Elder Burning Heaven recognized the powerful artifacts and auras carried by Luo Heng, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu, then sent everyone else out of the ancient treasure vault.
• Luo Heng gave Elder Burning Heaven the recovered Array Gate, completing the Eight Extremes Burning Heaven Array and enabling it to permanently suppress the sealed Yimo.
• Luo Heng revealed the Di Wu Demon Slaying Seal and said they would execute the Yimo, and Elder Burning Heaven began summoning the array.

Luo Heng, Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, and Elder Burning Heaven completed the Eight Extremes Burning Heaven Array and used it to weaken a Yimo General. Luo Heng devoured the General’s energy, breaking through to Half-Step Death Xuan Stage with a faint grasp of death intent.

• Elder Burning Heaven summoned the Eight Extremes Burning Heaven Array, and Luo Heng, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu placed treasures into its gates.
• Luo Heng added Mysterious Nether Water and Jie Kong Yan to complete the array and strengthen its power.
• Elder Burning Heaven activated the array, binding the Yimo General with chains of flame and burning away its black mist.
• Luo Heng waited until the Yimo General weakened, then used the Great Devouring Art to absorb and refine its Yimo Power.
• Luo Heng broke through the peak of the Life Xuan Stage Great Accomplishment to Half-Step Death Xuan Stage and touched upon the intent of death.

After devouring a Yimo General and reaching the Half-Step Death Xuan Stage, Luo Heng arranged for Elder Burning Heaven to sleep in his System Space until Luo Heng reached the Reincarnation Stage, and accepted the Burning Heaven Cauldron. He left with Ling Qingzhu for the Taiqing Immortal Pool while Lin Dong returned to the Dao Sect group.

• Luo Heng realized the Great Devouring Art could refine Yimo Power into energy and wondered how much stronger he could become by devouring higher-ranked Yimo.
• Elder Burning Heaven agreed to enter Luo Heng's System Space and wait there until Luo Heng could revive him, then gave Luo Heng the Burning Heaven Cauldron and entrusted the Ice Master to him.
• Luo Heng stored Elder Burning Heaven in the System Space and left the area with Ling Qingzhu and Lin Dong through a spatial vortex.
• Ling Qingzhu said she planned to visit the Taiqing Immortal Pool, and Luo Heng decided to accompany her.
• Lin Dong returned to the Dao Sect group after Luo Heng warned him to prepare for a future battle with the Yuan Sect's higher-ups.

Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu reached the Taiqing Immortal Pool, where Luo Heng killed the serpent guarding it and swiftly dealt with two men who had been hiding nearby. They entered the valley together, leaving the pool ready to explore.

• Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu traveled into the mountain range where the Taiqing Immortal Pool was due to appear.
• They found the seven-colored pool guarded by a three-headed serpent and spotted two Half-step Life Xuan Stage men hiding nearby.
• Luo Heng killed the serpent with a series of slaps and exposed the two men with the Five Elements Creation Palm.
• When one man leered at Ling Qingzhu, Luo Heng killed him with Spiritual Power and pursued and killed his companion.
• Ling Qingzhu calmed Luo Heng, and the two walked toward the Taiqing Immortal Pool.

Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu soaked in the Taiqing Immortal Pool, where they discovered and destroyed the remains of an ancient expert. Ling Qingzhu received the expert’s Spirit Seal and began refining it while Luo Heng stood guard.

• Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu entered the Taiqing Immortal Pool together, and its energy began healing their hidden injuries and cleansing their bodies.
• Luo Heng sensed a fluctuation at the pool’s bottom and took Ling Qingzhu to investigate.
• Luo Heng uncovered an ancient expert’s skeleton and shattered it before it could threaten Ling Qingzhu.
• A Spirit Seal emerged from the remains and entered Ling Qingzhu, granting her the expert’s cultivation insights and martial art inheritance.
• Ling Qingzhu began refining the Spirit Seal as Luo Heng spread his Spiritual Power across the pool to guard her.

Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu finished their gains at the Taiqing Immortal Pool and reunited with the Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace disciples. With the Sect Tournament ending and the Yuan Sect’s disciples wiped out, Luo Heng prepared to lead everyone safely out while anticipating a confrontation with the Yuan Sect.

• Ling Qingzhu finished refining the Spirit Seal and gained the Tai Ling Art, which she planned to pass on to the junior sisters in her sect.
• Luo Heng told Ling Qingzhu he would leave for the Chaotic Demon Sea one month after the Sect Tournament and might be gone for years, then escorted her back to the gathered disciples.
• Ying Huanhuan checked that Luo Heng and Ling Qingzhu were unharmed, while Luo Heng observed Lin Dong’s improved cultivation and Ying Xiaoxiao’s watchfulness.
• The factions gathered near the Teleportation Arrays as news spread that the Yuan Sect’s disciples had been wiped out, raising fears of a clash with the Yuan Sect’s Third Sect Master.
• Luo Heng asked Ying Xiaoxiao about the disciples’ condition, and she reported that most had minor injuries, none faced life-threatening danger, and morale was high.

After the Sect Tournament, news spread that Yuan Sect’s Three Little Kings and more than five hundred disciples had died in the Otherworldly Demon Domain, prompting the sect’s leaders to confront Ying Xuanzi. Luo Heng received congratulations from the other sects as the Dao Sect prepared to leave, while Yuan Sect’s fury threatened further conflict.

• Yuan Sect’s leaders in Yimo City learned that none of their disciples had survived and vowed to report the massacre to the Sect Masters.
• Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi accused Ying Xuanzi of allowing Yuan Sect’s disciples to be killed, but Ying Xuanzi cited the tournament rules and Yuan Sect’s past actions.
• Gan Zhanglao prepared to defend Ying Xuanzi, while the Palace Master of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace silently sided with him and Luo Heng.
• Xue Ling, Wu Hong, Mao Shan, and other leaders congratulated Luo Heng, who responded calmly and declined Wu Hong’s offer to spar.
• Luo Heng and Ying Xiaoxiao led the Dao Sect disciples toward the Teleportation Array to leave the Otherworldly Demon Domain.

Luo Heng and the Dao Sect disciples emerged in Yimo City, where Yuan Sect elders confronted them over the deaths of their disciples. As Qi Lei and the other Dao Sect elders fought to protect him, Luo Heng stayed behind and challenged Shi Dong.

• Luo Heng and disciples from the seven Super Sects emerged from the Teleportation Array in Yimo City.
• Shi Dong and five Yuan Sect elders demanded that Luo Heng return to the Yuan Sect, while Qi Lei and Chen Zhen refused to hand him over.
• Shi Dong ordered the elders to attack, and Qi Lei, Chen Zhen, and the other Dao Sect elders met them in battle.
• Chen Zhen told Luo Heng to leave, so Ying Xiaoxiao led the Dao Sect disciples away while the other sects also retreated.
• Luo Heng stayed behind, faced Shi Dong, and challenged him to prove he could capture him.

Luo Heng defeated all six Yuan Sect elders with ease and revealed that he had reached the Half-Step Death Xuan Stage. The Yuan Sect's three great Sect Masters arrived and confronted him, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Luo Heng ignored Qi Lei's warning and severely wounded one Yuan Sect elder with a single Five Elements Creation Palm.
• Luo Heng fought the remaining five elders, using several techniques to defeat them all within a few breaths.
• Luo Heng told Chen Zhen and Qi Lei that he had reached the Half-Step Death Xuan Stage, astonishing them and the watching crowd.
• Ying Huanhuan, Qing Tan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Lin Dong watched Luo Heng's victory, and Lin Dong joined him on the battlefield.
• Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi descended and confronted Luo Heng, who answered Tian Yuanzi's warning by defending the need to show his strength.

Luo Heng faced Tian Yuanzi and the Yuan Sect leaders over the deaths of Yuan Sect disciples, but four Samsara Stage experts arrived to shield him. Tian Yuanzi withdrew, and Luo Heng left with Dao Sect after telling Bo Xuan he had obtained insights into the Reincarnation Stage.

• Luo Heng rebuked Ren Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi, arguing that Yuan Sect had no right to demand an explanation after its own disciples had killed a Dao Sect senior in an earlier tournament.
• Tian Yuanzi gathered power to attack Luo Heng, but Ying Xuanzi, Gan Zhanglao, the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace Master, and Bo Xuan arrived and blocked him.
• Bo Xuan declared she would fight Tian Yuanzi to protect her disciple’s lover, while Ying Xuanzi defended Dao Sect; facing four Samsara Stage experts, Tian Yuanzi withdrew with the other Yuan Sect leaders.
• Chen Zhen and Qi Lei praised Luo Heng, and Bo Xuan reunited with Qing Tan as Ying Xuanzi commended Luo Heng.
• Luo Heng told Bo Xuan that he had obtained insights into the Reincarnation Stage and would give them to her after they returned to Dao Sect.