Chapter Summaries

Xiao Li studied talisman-making, rescued Zhou Tong from Yuan Sect’s demonic influence, and continued refining treasures while the Lin Family attended its clan competition. After Lin Xiao was badly injured through Lin Langtian’s cheating and the main clan’s betrayal, Xiao Li healed the family, encouraged Lin Dong to cultivate, and the Lin Family resolved to build its strength in Yan City.

• Xiao Li learned to make Qiankun Bags, explored the Sky Profound Continent, and saved Zhou Tong by burning away his demonic aura.
• Zi Yan woke after nearly two years of sleep, met Zhou Tong, and asked Xiao Li to make sweet-and-sour pork ribs.
• Lin Zhentian informed Xiao Li that the Lin Family would attend the clan competition and later move to Yan City.
• The Lin Family returned battered after Lin Langtian used borrowed power to defeat Lin Xiao and the main clan sided with him.
• Xiao Li healed Lin Xiao and the others, then taught Lin Dong that strength and an unyielding heart mattered more than fairness.
• Lin Dong asked Xiao Li to teach him cultivation, and Lin Zhentian vowed to sever ties with the main clan and strengthen the family in Yan City.

Several years after establishing Purple Departure Pavilion, Xiao Li had become powerful enough to refine extraordinary treasures, including gifts for Zhou Tong and Zi Yan and a reforged Gate of Life and Death. The chapter ended as a young man and a fiery, tiger-like creature entered the pavilion looking for the Grandmaster.

• Purple Departure Pavilion rose to prominence after its defenders killed challengers, and one great faction that tried to destroy it vanished from the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Xiao Li gave Zhou Tong the Heaven-Piercing Sword and Space Pearl, treasures designed to help him fight Yuan Sect’s three men.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Li she had reached the peak Reincarnation Realm but had not yet understood reincarnation, and Xiao Li revealed he had advanced to the Third Reincarnation Realm.
• Xiao Li presented Zi Yan with the growth-type Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor and Dragon-Phoenix Divine Spear, then showed her his reforged Gate of Life and Death, which could revive Remnant Souls.
• A young man in purple-black clothing entered Purple Departure Pavilion with a fiery, tiger-like creature and asked Zhou Tong whether the Grandmaster was present.

Lin Dong reunited with Xiao Li, who reforged his halberd and advised him about his future before Lin Dong left to travel with his father. At the Purple Departure Pavilion, Lin Dong met Ying Huanhuan, and Ying Xuanzi asked Xiao Li to eliminate an Otherworldly Demon King imprisoned beneath the Dao Sect’s Great Desolation Tablet.

• Lin Dong told Xiao Li and Zhou Tong about his ancient tomb encounter with Ling Qingzhu, and Zhou Tong identified her as likely belonging to the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace.
• Lin Dong asked Xiao Li to refine the incomplete Heavenly Scaled Ancient Halberd, and Xiao Li upgraded it and its martial arts before Lin Dong left to travel with his father and later attend the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Xiao Li gave Little Marten a pill to stabilize his soul, and Lin Dong departed the Purple Departure Pavilion.
• Outside the pavilion, Lin Dong bumped into Ying Huanhuan, apologized, and introduced himself to her and Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Ying Xuanzi reunited with Zhou Tong and thanked Xiao Li for saving him, then asked Xiao Li to eliminate the Otherworldly Demon King imprisoned beneath the Great Desolation Tablet.

Xiao Li destroyed the Otherworldly Demon King sealed inside the Great Desolation Tablet and assured the Dao Sect that he would help prepare for the coming war. After returning to the Purple Departure Pavilion, he left Zi Yan to cultivate and met the Space Master at the border of the Eastern Xuan Region and the Demon Region.

• Xiao Li agreed to visit the Dao Sect and help defeat the Otherworldly Demon King sealed by the Great Desolation Tablet.
• Xiao Li transported Ying Xuanzi, Zhou Tong, Zi Yan, and Ying Huanhuan to the Dao Sect, where Zhou Tong led him to the Desolate Hall.
• Xiao Li entered the Great Desolation Tablet with Zi Yan and destroyed the demon with a bolt of Nine Mystical Golden Thunder.
• Xiao Li told the Great Desolation Tablet he would help the Sky Profound Continent, then returned to the Purple Departure Pavilion with Zhou Tong.
• Xiao Li left Zhou Tong to watch the pavilion and Zi Yan to cultivate, then went to the border and met the Space Master.

Xiao Li gathered the five available Ancient Eight Masters, told them the Life and Death Master and Ice Master had reincarnated, and warned them not to interfere with their lives. He then led them to the Devouring Divine Hall and used the Gate of Life and Death to resurrect the Devouring Master.

• The Space Master, Darkness Master, Flame Master, Thunder Master, and Desolate Lord arrived at Xiao Li’s summons, and Xiao Li assigned the Darkness Master to lead the others.
• Xiao Li revealed that the Life and Death Master and Ice Master had reincarnated, then suppressed the Ancient Eight Masters when they objected to leaving the Ice Master alone.
• Xiao Li told the five that he intended to resurrect the Devouring Master, and the Space Master led the group to the Devouring Divine Hall.
• The Ancient Eight Masters met the Devouring Master’s Remnant Soul, and Xiao Li absorbed it into the Gate of Life and Death.
• Xiao Li used the five masters’ Life-and-Death Power and his own to revive the Devouring Master after seven days.

Devouring Master returned to life with his spiritual power at the Divine Palace Realm, and Xiao Li sent the Ancient Eight Masters to revive other heroes while he prepared to refine treasures. Two years later, Lin Xiao advanced his cultivation, and Lin Dong planned to enter the Hundred Dynasties War before joining the Dao Sect, where Xiao Li gave him a dangerous goal.

• Devouring Master revealed that his spiritual power had reached the Divine Palace Realm and challenged Xiao Li, who quickly beat him in a sparring match.
• Xiao Li ordered the Ancient Eight Masters to find and revive ancient heroes, warned them to leave the Demon Domain and Ancestral Symbols alone for now, and then prepared to refine two strange stones.
• Two years later, Lin Xiao passed two Nirvana Tribulations at Purple Departure Pavilion, while Xiao Li remarked that Lin Dong and Lin Qingzhu were advancing rapidly too.
• Lin Dong arrived with Little Flame and told Xiao Li he planned to enter the Hundred Dynasties War with Lin Xiao before joining the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Li approved Lin Dong's plan and told him to wipe out Yuan Sect's younger generation after joining the Dao Sect.

Xiao Li moved Purple Departure Pavilion from Yan City to the Eastern Xuan Region, alarming the Eight Great Sects and prompting the Yuan Sect leaders to plan against it. At the pavilion, revived experts grew stronger with the Bright Emperor’s pills, while the Great Desolate Emperor took over as shopkeeper.

• Lin Dong and Lin Xiao left for the Imperial City to prepare for the Hundred Dynasties War, while the Yan City Lin Family rejoined the Lin Clan under Lin Zhentian’s leadership.
• Xiao Li ordered Purple Departure Pavilion relocated near the Eight Great Sects, and it appeared there overnight.
• Tian Yuanzi told Di Yuanzi and Ren Yuanzi that Zhou Tong’s rescuer might know of their alliance with the Demonic Prison, and he ordered them to investigate and target Purple Departure Pavilion.
• Xiao Li sent Zhou Tong to the Dao Sect to lie low, and the Great Desolate Emperor became the pavilion’s shopkeeper after losing a finger-guessing game.
• The Martial Emperor returned Zhou’s forgotten account book and urged the Great Desolate Emperor to keep track of the pavilion’s Spiritual Treasures.

Xiao Li oversaw a fight in the Heaven Martial Hall, where Zi Yan defeated the Six-Finger Sacred Dragon Emperor and received a pill to help her break through to the Dou God Realm. He also discussed his cultivation and the Divine Object Yu Xiang with the Devouring Master, who hoped to improve it further after they ascended to the Greater Thousand World.

• Xiao Li watched Zi Yan defeat the Six-Finger Sacred Dragon Emperor in the Heaven Martial Hall.
• Xiao Li gave Zi Yan a tailor-made Emperor-Grade Pill and explained that it could help her break through to the Dou God Realm, so she went into seclusion.
• The Devouring Master praised Xiao Li's progress, and Xiao Li said he had reached the Half-Ancestor Realm.
• The Devouring Master showed Xiao Li Yu Xiang, which amplified his spiritual power and strengthened his Devouring Great Realm.
• Xiao Li promised to take the Devouring Master to the Greater Thousand World and help upgrade Yu Xiang there.

At the Hundred Dynasties War, Lin Dong and Lin Xiao entered the Azure Dragon Hall and passed its Thunder Sea trial. They received Qingzhi’s inheritances, and Qingzhi told Lin Xiao about an opportunity connected to the Thunder Ancestral Symbol.

• Lin Dong and Lin Xiao reached the Four Great Profound Sects’ Bronze Gates, and Lin Xiao used a Boundary-Breaking Pearl to follow Lin Dong into the Azure Dragon Hall.
• Lin Dong charged into the Thunder Sea, and Lin Xiao followed; after nearly half a month, they crossed the trial together.
• Qingzhi appeared and recognized Lin Xiao as one of Bright Emperor’s people, then offered father and son the Azure Dragon Hall’s martial arts and his own inheritance.
• Qingzhi taught Lin Xiao and Lin Dong the Azure Heaven Transformation Dragon Art and told Lin Xiao about the Thunder Ancestral Symbol.
• Lin Dong and Lin Xiao began cultivating the Azure Heaven Transformation Dragon Art.

Lin Xiao, Lin Dong, and Little Marten learned about the returning threat of the Otherworldly Demon Clan and used the Azure Dragon King’s inheritance to pursue their own advancement. Xiao Li prepared to enter seclusion and break through to the Ancestral Realm, hoping to guard the Sky Profound Continent against stronger enemies.

• Qingzhi warned Lin Xiao and Lin Dong that the Otherworldly Demon Clan, which had fought the Sky Profound Continent in ancient times, was preparing to return and urged them to grow stronger.
• Lin Xiao and Lin Dong suspected that Xiao Li had revived the powerful experts gathering in the Purple Departure Pavilion, and Lin Dong resolved to grow stronger through the Hundred Dynasties War and the Dao Sect.
• Little Marten chose to preserve the Bone Generating Blood Fusing Pill and entered the Dan River with Lin Dong to condense a physical body and seek a breakthrough, while Lin Xiao studied the Azure Dragon Hall’s martial arts.
• Xiao Li told the Devouring Master that he would enter seclusion to break through to the Ancestral Realm because the Otherworldly Demon Emperor might summon stronger reinforcements.
• The Devouring Master said he had reached the path toward the Half-Ancestor Realm, and Xiao Li considered guiding him further after his own breakthrough.

After winning the Hundred Dynasties War, Lin Dong and his group joined the Dao Sect, where Zhou Tong arranged for Lin Dong to enter the Desolate Hall and pursue the Great Desolation Scripture. Lin Dong later visited the Purple Departure Pavilion, met the Devouring Master and Great Desolate Emperor, and learned that he would be tested while his grandmaster was in seclusion.

• Lin Dong and the Great Yan Dynasty group chose the Dao Sect, despite Yuan Sect elder Liu Tong objecting, and Wu Dao warned them about the Yuan Sect and introduced the Purple Departure Pavilion.
• Zhou Tong insisted that Lin Dong join the Desolate Hall to seek the Great Desolation Scripture, while Ying Huanhuan challenged him to prove he could comprehend it.
• Lin Dong visited the Purple Departure Pavilion and learned from the Great Desolate Emperor that his grandmaster was in seclusion.
• The Devouring Master revealed that he was the first owner of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and promised to teach Lin Dong the Devouring lineage's ultimate arts when he reached the Death Mysterious Realm.
• The Great Desolate Emperor offered to teach Lin Dong an advanced method of the Great Desolate Prisoning Heaven Hand, and the Devouring Master reminded him to complete his grandmaster's test.

Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan reached Purple Departure Pavilion with the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree’s seed, escaping the Demon Seal Congregation because its leader feared breaking the pavilion’s rules. As Devouring Master repaired Lin Dong’s broken halberd, Ying Huanhuan treated his wounds, astonishing Devouring Master and Yan, who discussed her growing closeness to Lin Dong.

• Lin Dong carried the wounded but unharmed Ying Huanhuan toward Purple Departure Pavilion while fleeing the Demon Seal Congregation with the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree’s seed.
• Yao Ling ordered the Demon Seal Congregation to retreat rather than risk attacking Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan on Purple Departure Pavilion’s territory.
• Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan entered the pavilion, where Lin Dong asked Devouring Master to repair his broken Heavenly Scaled Ancient Halberd.
• Ying Huanhuan tore open Lin Dong’s shirt and awkwardly treated his wounds while Devouring Master watched in disbelief.
• Yan greeted Devouring Master, and the two discussed Lin Dong’s potential and Ying Huanhuan’s relationship with him.
• Devouring Master recorded Ying Huanhuan tending to Lin Dong so he could later show the scene to the other masters.

Ying Huanhuan tended to Lin Dong’s injuries, and the two grew closer as they discussed his chance to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture. After the Devouring Master restored Lin Dong’s halberd and the pair returned to the Dao Sect, Zi Yan revealed why Lin Dong reminded her of Xiao Yan, leaving the Devouring Master wondering how far Lin Dong could rise.

• Ying Huanhuan treated Lin Dong’s wounds, and the two teased each other while discussing the Great Desolation Scripture.
• The Devouring Master gave Yan a stone talisman and watched as the Dao Sect brought Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan back.
• The Devouring Master returned Lin Dong’s repaired Heavenly Scaled Ancient Halberd, now strengthened to Pure Yuan Treasure level but disguised as a Heavenly Rank Spirit Treasure.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Dou God realm and told the Devouring Master that the Bright Emperor had entered seclusion to challenge the Ancestral Realm.
• Zi Yan compared Lin Dong’s drive to Xiao Yan’s, and the Devouring Master wondered how far Lin Dong would go.

As the Sect Competition began, Dao Sect and Purple Departure Pavilion prepared to destroy Yuan Sect for colluding with Otherworldly Demons. Zhou Tong revealed his breakthrough to the Reincarnation Realm, and Xiao Li emerged from seclusion as the fighting approached.

• Zhou Tong told Ying Xuanzi and Elder Gan that he had reached the ordinary Reincarnation Realm and planned to avenge himself on Yuan Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi and Elder Gan learned from Zhou Tong that Lin Dong had vowed no Yuan Sect members would leave the Otherworldly Demon Domain alive.
• The Devouring Master gathered Purple Departure Pavilion's revived experts and ordered them to attack Yuan Sect and draw out the forces behind its collusion with Otherworldly Demons.
• The Devouring Master sent the Martial Emperor, Sky-Burning Elder, and Great Desolate Emperor to Otherworldly Demon City while Six Fingers led the remaining experts toward Yuan Sect Headquarters.
• Zi Yan told the Devouring Master that Xiao Li was undergoing a critical advance toward the Ancestral Realm.
• The Devouring Master visited Xiao Li's seclusion, and Xiao Li opened his eyes as the battle approached.

After Lin Dong recovered from wiping out Yuan Sect’s 540 disciples, he and Dao Sect’s group left the Otherworldly Demon Domain and confronted Yuan Sect’s elders in Otherworldly Demon City. Little Marten killed Yuan Sect’s Six Department Chiefs, but another powerful figure then challenged him.

• Dao Sect’s leaders celebrated Lin Dong’s victory and prepared to face Yuan Sect, while Zhou Tong vowed to use his Heaven-Piercing Sword against the sect’s elders.
• Lin Dong woke after four days and learned that Lin Xiao had reached the Life Profound Realm Great Achievement after protecting Dao Sect’s disciples.
• Lin Dong, Lin Xiao, Ying Huanhuan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and the others left the Otherworldly Demon Domain and drew the attention of the city.
• Yuan Sect’s Six Department Chiefs accused Lin Dong, but Dao Sect’s four Hall Masters stepped forward to defend him.
• Little Marten appeared and killed all six Yuan Sect elders with one attack, then revealed that he had recovered to the Death Mysterious Realm.
• An unknown figure sent an invisible ripple at Little Marten, who blocked it with his Flame Bat Wings.

Zhou Tong revealed the Yuan Sect's betrayal and killed Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi, but their demonic energy threatened everyone in Otherworldly Demon City. Ying Huanhuan awakened as a reincarnator and helped Zhou Tong and Lin Dong purge the danger, then collapsed into Lin Dong's arms.

• Zhou Tong appeared and killed Ren Yuanzi, then confronted Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi over their past betrayal.
• Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi revealed their demonic power by sacrificing Yuan Sect members and absorbing the resulting energy.
• The Sky-Burning Elder and Zhou Tong attacked the two sect masters, who triggered a demonic-energy self-destruction that threatened the gathered disciples.
• Ying Huanhuan awakened as a reincarnator and helped Zhou Tong contain the demonic energy while Lin Dong summoned the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Zhou Tong combined the Spatial and Devouring Ancestral Symbols to purge the demonic energy, and Lin Dong caught Ying Huanhuan as she fell.

After the Yuan Sect fell, Xiao Li rewarded the experts who had helped defeat it and offered Lin Dong a choice between rapid advancement through pills and a harder path toward strength. Lin Dong chose to earn his power himself, determined to become strong enough to stand beside Ying Huanhuan.

• Xiao Li and Zi Yan watched Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan, discussed the Ice Master's awakening, and confirmed that Lin Dong would become the continent's savior.
• Lin Dong set Ying Huanhuan down after she awoke with a headache, and Little Marten told him that Lord Bright Emperor was waiting at the Purple Departure Pavilion.
• At the Pavilion, Xiao Li praised Zhou Tong and gave him a Yin Yang Reincarnation Pill, then distributed pills to the other experts.
• Lin Dong arrived with Ying Huanhuan and chose Xiao Li's second reward: pills for two breakthroughs and an opportunity he would have to fight for himself.
• Lin Dong resolved to grow stronger so that Ying Huanhuan would not have to bear the continent's burdens alone.

Xiao Li explained that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master, the chosen guardian of the Sky Profound Continent, and challenged Lin Dong to become strong enough to protect her. Lin Dong swallowed a half-step Emperor Pill to rebuild his body despite its agony, while Ying Huanhuan awakened further and was pinned to a wall by Xiao Li.

• Xiao Li explained Ying Huanhuan's identity as the Ice Master's reincarnation and said the Sky Profound Continent needed a new guardian.
• Lin Dong promised to shoulder the burden and declared he would surpass the Ice Master's path.
• Xiao Li offered Lin Dong a choice of pills, including a half-step Emperor Pill that could greatly improve him or cripple him.
• Lin Dong swallowed the half-step Emperor Pill, and its power shattered his bones and flesh as he endured excruciating pain.
• Ying Huanhuan's hair turned icy blue as she awakened further, but Xiao Li immobilized her and warned that she would harm Lin Dong if she intervened.
• Ying Huanhuan threatened to destroy the Purple Departure Pavilion, and Xiao Li blasted her against a wall and pinned her there.

Lin Dong endured Xiao Li’s pill and survived its painful transformation, gaining immense physical, mental-energy, and Yuan Power breakthroughs. After waking, he reunited with Ying Huanhuan, who had awakened further but told him she would always be his Ying Huanhuan.

• Xiao Li revealed that the pill would remake Lin Dong’s body even if he lost consciousness, though enduring the pain would strengthen his soul more.
• Lin Dong’s body regenerated, and he stood with greatly increased strength before collapsing into sleep in Ying Huanhuan’s arms.
• Yan appeared and said Lin Dong’s transformation had increased his confidence about what lay ahead.
• Xiao Li planned to send Lin Dong and Lin Xiao to the Chaotic Demon Sea and Little Marten and Little Flame to the Demon Region.
• After sleeping for half a month, Lin Dong reached the lesser symbol ancestor level and the perfected Life Profound Realm.
• Ying Huanhuan appeared with ice-blue hair, kissed Lin Dong, and told him she would always be his Ying Huanhuan.