Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling explained how he removed the Supreme Sensing Art energy from Ling Qingzhu, then returned to his secluded residence to cultivate the art and seek a breakthrough in the Shen Gong Realm. His communion with the plane’s origin drew chaotic light into his body and caused a disturbance across the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.

• Xiao Ling told Ling Qingzhu that his strength let him remove the hidden energy beyond the limits of her understanding, and she accepted his guidance.
• Xiao Ling revealed that he was only about ten years older than Ling Qingzhu, then left her stunned and departed.
• Xiao Ling returned to the courtyard, asked Little Sable to guard his seclusion, and began cultivating the Supreme Sensing Art.
• Xiao Ling sensed the Chaos Origin Light but could not approach it until he activated the energy drawn from Ling Qingzhu, which removed the plane’s rejection.
• Xiao Ling’s aura formed a pillar that pierced the chamber ceiling, and strands of chaotic light descended into his body as disciples and elders across the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace looked on in alarm.

Xiao Ling mastered the Supreme Sensing Art and transformed his Spiritual Power, breaking through to the Shen Gong Realm after three days in seclusion. After emerging, he decided to remain at the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace to study the art and greeted the Palace Master and Ling Qingzhu, asking her to call him Brother Xiao Ling.

• The Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace Master and Ling Qingzhu watched in shock as Xiao Ling's Supreme Sensing Art summoned Chaos Origin Light and infused his Shen Gong Palace with vitality.
• The Palace Master asked Ling Qingzhu what had happened before Xiao Ling mastered the art, then urged her to spend more time with him and seek its secrets.
• After three days, Xiao Ling awoke in the Shen Gong Realm, and the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone said his breakthrough surpassed expectations and might help him face the Evil Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Ling left seclusion, thanked Little Sable for guarding him, and said he would remain at the palace to experiment with the Supreme Sensing Art.
• The Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace Master and Ling Qingzhu visited Xiao Ling, who asked Ling Qingzhu to call him Brother Xiao Ling, leaving her awkward and her master surprised.

Xiao Ling nurtured Ling Qingzhu and tried to use her connection to the Supreme Sensing Art to reach the Plane Embryo, while his own attempts failed. After refining a Reincarnation Pill for the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace Master, Xiao Ling agreed to accompany Ling Qingzhu to watch the approaching Sect War.

• Xiao Ling asked the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace Master to let Ling Qingzhu stay by his side for cultivation and promised her a pill to help her break through to the Reincarnation Realm.
• Xiao Ling researched unfamiliar Spiritual Herbs, created the Reincarnation Pill, and gave one to the Palace Master, who entered secluded cultivation to attempt her breakthrough.
• Xiao Ling failed to sense the Plane Embryo and decided to rely on Ling Qingzhu as a bridge after helping her master the Supreme Sensing Art.
• Ling Qingzhu's cultivation and Spiritual Power advanced rapidly under Xiao Ling's guidance, and the two grew closer as she listened to stories of the Dou Qi Continent.
• Ling Qingzhu told Xiao Ling about the Sect War and said she was too young to participate, then asked whether he would go watch it with her.
• Xiao Ling agreed to accompany Ling Qingzhu to the Sect War, and she briefly smiled at his answer.

Xiao Ling and Ling Qingzhu entered the Yimo Region for the Sect War, where Xiao Ling effortlessly destroyed a massive swarm of Black Demon Ants that threatened nearby cultivators. They continued deeper into the dangerous region together, leaving the other sects behind.

• Xiao Ling and Ling Qingzhu watched the Dao Sect and Yuan Sect face off, and Xiao Ling recognized Wang Jie and recalled that she was destined to die during the Sect War.
• The Yimo Region’s passage opened, and Xiao Ling led Ling Qingzhu through it separately from the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace group.
• Xiao Ling and Ling Qingzhu arrived on a barren plain, where Black Demon Ants devoured scattered cultivators and surrounded them.
• Xiao Ling lifted Ling Qingzhu above the swarm and wiped out hundreds of thousands of Black Demon Ants with a snap of his fingers.
• Xiao Ling and Ling Qingzhu walked hand in hand through the Yimo Region at ease.

Yuan Sect attacked Dao Sect in the Evil Demon Abyss, overwhelming their formation and leaving Wang Jie on the verge of death. Xiao Ling appeared after stopping time across the battlefield and tested how objects moved within the frozen moment before ordering time to flow again.

• Huo Yuan demanded Dao Sect surrender its gains and have its disciples cut off an arm, and Wang Jie refused and challenged Yuan Sect to fight.
• Huo Yuan and the other two members of Yuan Sect’s Three Little Kings led their disciples in an attack, and the battle quickly turned against Dao Sect.
• Huo Yuan and the other two Kings cornered Wang Jie, and Chen Ling seized an opening to strike at the back of her head.
• A gray halo spread across the wilderness and stopped time just before Chen Ling’s fist could hit Wang Jie.
• Xiao Ling appeared on the frozen battlefield, tested the stopped time with two pebbles, and said, “Time, begin to flow.”

Xiao Ling stopped time and used a ricocheting stone to kill the Yuan Sect force, saving Wang Jie and the Dao Sect disciples before reviving their fallen companions. He told Wang Jie to inform Ying Xuanzi that he would visit Yuan Sect to claim a reward, then explained his time-stopping ability to Ling Qingzhu.

• Time resumed, and Xiao Ling's stone ricocheted through debris to kill every Yuan Sect disciple, including Chen Ling and Huo Yuan.
• Wang Jie rallied the stunned Dao Sect disciples and recognized Xiao Ling as the likely cause of the massacre.
• Xiao Ling warned the Dao Sect survivors that he could have killed them too, then revived the disciples who had died in battle.
• Xiao Ling told Wang Jie to report to Ying Xuanzi that he would visit Yuan Sect to claim a reward for his favor, then vanished.
• Ling Qingzhu asked Xiao Ling how he had done it, and he explained that he had briefly stopped time.

Ling Qingzhu learned why Xiao Ling had saved the Dao Sect and was encouraged by him to trust her own potential. After the tournament, the Dao Sect returned home, and Wang Jie reported Xiao Ling’s intervention to Ying Xuanzi.

• Ling Qingzhu questioned Xiao Ling about his Time Stop ability and why he had rescued the Dao Sect, and he revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the reincarnation of the Ice Master.
• Xiao Ling suggested Ling Qingzhu become friends with Ying Huanhuan, then told her her potential was no less than Ying Huanhuan’s, encouraging her to grow strong enough to stand beside him.
• The Sect Tournament ended with every Yuan Sect disciple dead in the Yimo Region, and the Dao Sect kept Xiao Ling’s involvement secret while Yuan Sect elders found no clues.
• The Dao Sect disciples returned safely, and Wang Jie went to Ying Xuanzi to report how Xiao Ling had killed the Yuan Sect attackers and saved them.

Xiao Ling appeared before Ying Xuanzi, intimidated him, and announced that he would take the Great Desolate Tablet and Ying Huanhuan. After Ling Qingzhu warned Ying Xuanzi not to resist, he rallied the elders to investigate, while Xiao Ling approached the young Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao.

• Ying Xuanzi heard Wang Jie's report and resolved to build ties with Xiao Ling and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Xiao Ling appeared in the hall with Ling Qingzhu, then overwhelmed Ying Xuanzi with his presence after Ying Xuanzi objected to his unannounced visit.
• Xiao Ling announced that he would take the Great Desolate Tablet and Ying Huanhuan, then vanished from the hall.
• Ling Qingzhu warned Ying Xuanzi that opposing Xiao Ling would bring disaster and assured him that Ying Huanhuan would be safe before she left.
• Ying Xuanzi ordered Wang Jie and the elders to investigate the Desolate Hall and Ying Huanhuan's residence.
• Xiao Ling appeared before the young Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao and began coaxing them to help him with a small task.

Xiao Ling revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master's reincarnation and offered to help her awaken the Ice Master's power without losing her own identity in exchange for help finding the Ice Ancestral Symbol. He left to visit the Great Desolate Tablet while Ying Xuanzi and the Dao Sect elders weighed his offer, then Ling Qingzhu disclosed that Xiao Ling had reached the Ancestor Realm.

• Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan confronted Xiao Ling, who introduced Ling Qingzhu and said he wanted to make a deal with them.
• Ying Xuanzi and several Dao Sect elders arrived, and Xiao Ling revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master's reincarnation and that he wanted her help finding the Ice Ancestral Symbol.
• Ying Huanhuan resisted the revelation, and Xiao Ling promised to preserve her identity while awakening the Ice Master's power if she helped him.
• Ying Xuanzi asked for time to discuss the offer, and Xiao Ling left for the Desolate Hall to visit the Great Desolate Tablet.
• Ying Xuanzi asked Ling Qingzhu about Xiao Ling's strength, and she answered that he had reached the Ancestor Realm before departing.

Xiao Ling summoned the Great Desolate Tablet from beneath a mountain in Dao Sect, revealing the evil demon corruption hidden within it. The Tablet Spirit recognized Xiao Ling’s power as beyond the Reincarnation Realm, while the trapped evil demon resisted the tablet’s suppression and prepared to strike.

• Xiao Ling told the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone that he would meet the Great Desolate Tablet and capture the king-rank evil demon hidden there.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Great Desolate Tablet from beneath its mountain, alarming Dao Sect’s disciples and elders with his effortless display of power.
• The Great Desolate Tablet revealed its inner source, where black patterns were corrupting its runes and spreading evil through its inner world.
• The Tablet Spirit sensed Xiao Ling’s aura beyond the Reincarnation Realm and briefly suppressed the black patterns as the evil demon taunted it.
• The evil demon’s black patterns escaped the Tablet Spirit’s renewed suppression, formed giant serpents from black fog, and surrounded the tablet.

Xiao Ling destroyed the Evil Demon King that had corrupted the Great Desolate Tablet and imprisoned its remnant soul in a black bead. The tablet was restored, and Xiao Ling told the Dao Sect that he planned to investigate the Otherworldly Demon Clan.

• The Evil Demon King abandoned much of his demonic power and tried to flee the Great Desolate Tablet, but Xiao Ling seized him with a vast palm.
• The Evil Demon King gathered the Tablet Spirit’s released demonic qi into a giant claw and attacked Xiao Ling, whose seven-colored Heavenly Flames destroyed it and burned away the demonic qi.
• Xiao Ling annihilated the Evil Demon King’s body, leaving a black bead containing his remnant soul, while the Great Desolate Tablet’s spirit emerged and thanked Xiao Ling.
• The Tablet Spirit pursued the bead as it escaped the tablet, and Xiao Ling caught it outside and dismissed the Evil Demon King’s threats from the Evil Clan from Outside the Realm.
• Xiao Ling put away the bead for later interrogation, then told Yin Xuanzi and the Dao Sect elders that he had captured an Evil Demon King from within the tablet.

Xiao Ling claimed the Great Desolate Tablet after freeing its spirit from the Evil Demon King’s corruption, and the spirit chose to follow him alongside the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone. He left the Dao Sect with the tablet after giving Chen Zhen a copy of the Great Desolate Scripture, while Ying Huanhuan agreed to help him on the condition that he protect the Dao Sect if it faced disaster.

• Xiao Ling summoned the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone to meet the Great Desolate Tablet’s newly freed Tablet Spirit, and the two old friends reunited.
• The Tablet Spirit agreed to follow Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling told Ying Xuanzi and Chen Zhen that he would take the Great Desolate Tablet from the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Ling gave Chen Zhen a miniature stone tablet containing the complete Great Desolate Scripture, easing the Desolate Hall’s loss of its ancient treasure.
• Xiao Ling asked Ying Huanhuan to help him remove the Ice Master’s influence, and she agreed on the condition that he protect the Dao Sect if it faced danger.

Xiao Ling agreed to protect the Dao Sect and explained that Ying Huanhuan needed to awaken her Reincarnation Spirit Seal before helping him search for the Ice Ancestral Symbol. After three days of preparation, he activated the seal, awakening the Ice Master's power and leaving Ying Huanhuan unconscious in his arms.

• Xiao Ling promised Ying Xuanzi and the Dao Sect that he would defend them from future threats, and Ying Huanhuan agreed to cooperate with him.
• Xiao Ling told Ying Huanhuan to prepare for the Reincarnation Spirit Seal's activation and promised to suppress the Ice Master's will as her power awakened.
• Ying Xuanzi arranged a secluded residence for Xiao Ling and Ling Qingzhu, and three days later brought Ying Huanhuan to a secret chamber for the awakening.
• Xiao Ling activated Ying Huanhuan's Reincarnation Spirit Seal, causing her eyes and hair to turn ice-blue as the Ice Master's chilling power filled the chamber.
• Ying Huanhuan collapsed unconscious after initially merging with the seal, and Xiao Ling took her away to stabilize her while Ying Xuanzi remained worried.

Xiao Ling brought Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan to the Great Yan Dynasty, where their arrival unexpectedly activated the imperial transmission formation. He then revealed that he had come to find Lin Qingtian, whose origins could help guide his future journey to the Great Thousand World.

• The ancient formation atop Holy War Peak activated without warning, drawing Mo Jingtian to investigate.
• Xiao Ling, Ling Qingzhu, and Ying Huanhuan emerged from the formation, and Xiao Ling explained that the Great Yan Dynasty concealed ancient secrets.
• Mo Jingtian respectfully greeted the visitors, and Ling Qingzhu paid for their use of the formation with Nirvana Pills before the three vanished.
• As they walked through the city, Ying Huanhuan asked Xiao Ling why they had come to the dynasty.
• Xiao Ling told Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu that he was searching for Lin Qingtian, whose Great Thousand World origins could aid his future plans.

Xiao Ling brought Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan to the Yan City Symbol Master Association to investigate clues about the Ancestral Symbols. In the Symbol Master Tower, he activated ancient runes that revealed two marked locations, one within the Great Yan Dynasty and another beyond its borders.

• Xiao Ling, Ling Qingzhu, and Ying Huanhuan entered the Yan City Symbol Master Association and climbed to the tower’s ninth floor.
• Xiao Ling identified ancient wall runes as remnant rubbings related to the Ancestral Symbols and activated them with Spiritual Power.
• The runes formed a map showing two crimson points, indicating locations where Ancestral Symbols had appeared.
• Ying Huanhuan wondered how Xiao Ling knew the secret, and he teased her by recalling that he had recognized her as the future little Ice Master.

Xiao Ling identified the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and Thunder Ancestral Symbol, then took Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan away from the Symbol Master Tower without setting out to claim either one. The story shifted to Qingyang Town, where Lin Dong trained beside Qingtian as her recurring cold toxin erupted again.

• Xiao Ling confirmed that the nearby Ancestral Symbol was the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and that the other was the Thunder Ancestral Symbol.
• Xiao Ling told Ying Huanhuan they would visit another place before pursuing an Ancestral Symbol, then left the Symbol Master Tower with the others.
• The story introduced the Lin family of Qingyang Town and recounted how Lin Xiao was crippled after Lin Xiao lost to a main-line genius at the Lin Clan assembly.
• Lin Dong trained under the midday sun while Qingtian watched him from nearby.
• Qingtian's cold toxin erupted, and Lin Dong rushed to help before she stopped him and said she would endure it herself.

Xiao Ling saved Qingtan from a severe flare-up of the Fiend Body and explained that her rare constitution brought both great potential and dangerous, painful yin chill. After learning that stabilizing it required precious resources, Lin Dong knelt before Xiao Ling and begged him to help his little sister.

• Lin Dong rushed to fetch his parents while Qingtan’s cold energy worsened, and Xiao Ling, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu arrived in the forest.
• Ling Qingzhu identified Qingtan’s condition as the Fiend Body, and Xiao Ling used warm energy to calm the flare-up.
• Lin Xiao and Liu Yan arrived with Lin Dong, thanked Xiao Ling, and learned that Qingtan had a rare constitution rather than an ordinary illness.
• Xiao Ling explained the Fiend Body’s potential, painful risks, and need for rare treasures to suppress or stabilize it.
• Lin Xiao and Liu Yan hesitated to ask the strangers for help, but Lin Dong knelt before Xiao Ling and pleaded for Qingtan.

Xiao Ling offered to cure Lin Qingtian’s Fiend Body if she came with him to cultivate, and Lin Xiao’s family agreed to consider the choice after Xiao Ling temporarily stabilized her condition. Lin Qingtian later traveled with Xiao Ling’s group, leaving her family behind as they departed Qingyang Town.

• Lin Dong knelt and begged Xiao Ling to save Lin Qingtian, and Xiao Ling offered to cure her Fiend Body in exchange for taking her as his disciple and guiding her cultivation.
• Lin Xiao and Liu Yan asked for time to consider, while Xiao Ling assured them that Lin Qingtian’s condition was temporarily stable and lifted Lin Dong to his feet.
• Xiao Ling and his companions vanished from the forest, and Lin Xiao told Liu Yan that Xiao Ling’s cultivation was beyond his ability to discern and likely came from outside the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Lin Qingtian joined Xiao Ling’s group in a carriage leaving Qingyang Town and admitted she missed her family.
• Ying Huanhuan comforted Lin Qingtian, while Ling Qingzhu explained that Lin Xiao had chosen to stay for personal reasons and that Lin Dong had resources to support his cultivation.
• Xiao Ling teased Ying Huanhuan for being unruly, and she bickered playfully with him as Ling Qingzhu smiled and the group traveled onward.

Xiao Ling’s party arrived at the Great Wilderness Ancient Monument as the seal weakened and a vast crowd gathered. Ying Huanhuan suppressed everyone with her aura, then she, Xiao Ling, Lin Qingtian, and Ling Qingzhu entered the monument before its seal opened, leaving the crowd behind.

• Xiao Ling brought Ying Huanhuan, Lin Qingtian, and Ling Qingzhu across the Great Wilderness Ancient Plain on his flying vessel, ignoring its sealing barriers.
• The Yin Puppet Sect, Great Demon Gate, Martial Alliance, and Four Great Clans gathered before the Great Wilderness Ancient Monument as they waited for its seal to weaken.
• Xiao Ling’s luxurious flying vessel arrived, and Ying Huanhuan’s released pressure forced the gathered cultivators and clan experts to their knees.
• Lin Qingtian realized Ying Huanhuan possessed overwhelming strength, and Xiao Ling encouraged her to master her Fiend Body and grow stronger.
• Xiao Ling, Ying Huanhuan, Lin Qingtian, and Ling Qingzhu entered the monument through its rune light screen, and the pressure over the plain receded.

Xiao Ling led Ying Huanhuan, Ling Qingzhu, and Lin Qingtian to the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, where he defeated its guardian phantom and used his Spirit Seal to claim it. The symbol fitted into his Destiny Talisman, awakening an even greater power of the Devouring Great Dao.

• Xiao Ling sensed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol on a distant mountain and transported the group to the altar where it was kept.
• The Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s guardian phantom attacked Xiao Ling with Death Power, but he dissolved the attack with Chaos Origin Energy.
• After Xiao Ling destroyed the phantom, the black sphere surrounding the Devouring Ancestral Symbol disappeared and revealed the rune within.
• Xiao Ling summoned his Spirit Seal, and its devouring power resonated with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• The Devouring Ancestral Symbol fitted into the incomplete Spirit Seal, causing their powers to merge and the altar to tremble.