Chapter Summaries

Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty confronted Yan Yu after he threatened Lin Qing'er, then faced Yan Xuan, the Heavenly Sun Pavilion's chief steward. Yan Xuan punished his son and invited the two travelers to the pavilion's auction in two days.

• Yan Yu threatened Lin Qing'er and offered to make her his concubine, prompting Little Fatty to mock him.
• Yan Yu ordered his two guards to attack Little Fatty, who killed them in moments.
• Yan Xuan arrived and apologized for his son, then struck Yan Yu unconscious to settle the dispute.
• Lin Yiqing introduced himself as Yao Yan and Little Fatty as Xiao Ding, and accepted Yan Xuan's invitations to the auction.
• Yan Xuan carried Yan Yu away after exchanging a solemn farewell with the two travelers.

Lin Qing'er told Lin Yiqing that she and Lin Shan would leave Lingxi City to escape the Yan Family's pressure and Yan Yu's advances. Two days later, Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty arrived at Lingxi Pavilion for its auction, where they waited for it to begin.

• Lin Shan told Lin Qing'er that they would leave Lingxi City at dawn because they could no longer resist the Heavenly Sun Pavilion's demands.
• Lin Qing'er went to the inn and told Lin Yiqing goodbye, explaining that her family was leaving because of the marketplace commissions and Yan Yu's pursuit of her.
• Lin Yiqing spent the next two days cultivating at the inn.
• Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty paid for premium access to Lingxi Pavilion and concealed their faces with black conical hats.
• Lin Yiqing waited quietly for the auction to begin while Little Fatty chatted with Panhu.

Lin Yiqing attended an auction at Lingxi Pavilion, won a rare spirit herb, and watched the bidding begin for an ancient black iron token. The chapter left him suspecting that the Little Fatty beside him recognized the token as a treasure.

• Steward Su opened the auction and presented the Mad Dragon Pride Sun Mace, which sold for thirty thousand Pure Yuan Pills.
• Lin Yiqing watched several early lots pass without bidding as the auction grew more heated.
• Lin Yiqing bid one hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills for the Wither-Bloom Twin Flower and won it after the other Talisman Masters withdrew.
• Steward Su presented an ancient black iron token with an uncertain origin, and the crowd questioned whether it was genuine.
• The Little Fatty tentatively bid one hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills, and Lin Yiqing noticed his intense longing and suspected he had recognized a treasure.

Little Fatty won the mysterious Black Iron Token at auction, and Lin Yiqing discovered it contained a hidden rune and Origin Qi map. After Li Ce of Chang'an Prefecture approached them about the token, Lin Yiqing left with Little Fatty, determined to investigate it further.

• Little Fatty won the Black Iron Token for a hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills, while the auction ended with a High-Grade Spirit Treasure suit of armor selling for a hundred and fifty thousand.
• Lin Yiqing collected the Wither-Bloom Twin Flower and examined it, while Little Fatty handed him the token because it seemed strange.
• Lin Yiqing used Origin Qi Vision and discovered a complex rune and Origin Qi map inside the Black Iron Token.
• Li Ce appeared and said he had arranged to meet whoever bought the token, then introduced himself as being from Chang'an Prefecture.
• Lin Yiqing refused to discuss the token with Li Ce and left Lingxi Pavilion with Little Fatty to investigate it themselves.

Lin Yiqing refined three pills from the Wither-Bloom Twin Flower and other rare ingredients to strengthen his mental power. After absorbing all three, he broke through to Advanced Spirit Talisman Master.

• Lin Yiqing returned to the inn, sealed his room against noise, and used his Mental Power Flame to refine the Wither-Bloom Twin Flower and supporting ingredients.
• Lin Yiqing formed three lustrous pills and stored them in a jade bottle.
• Lin Yiqing swallowed the pills one by one, while the Devouring Ancestral Rune absorbed their medicinal energy and strengthened his mental power.
• The Wordless Heavenly Book’s scripture guided Lin Yiqing’s mental power until it became fully solid and formed a phantom around him.
• Lin Yiqing advanced to Advanced Spirit Talisman Master.

Lin Yiqing advanced to the Creation Realm while his spiritual energy cultivation reached the high-grade Spirit Rune Master level. Little Fatty then revealed that the Black Iron Token might be one of five keys to the Xuantian Sect’s ruins, raising questions about the Great Li imperial family and its Four Protector Sects.

• Lin Yiqing absorbed Pure Yuan Pills and broke through from the great completion stage of the Qi-Shaping Realm to minor success in the Creation Realm.
• Lin Yiqing learned from Panhu that his seclusion had lasted about half a month, then went to check on Little Fatty’s research.
• Little Fatty told Lin Yiqing that he had connected the Black Iron Token to the lost Xuantian Sect, once a subordinate force of the Super Sect that owned the Great Wilderness Ancient Monument.
• Little Fatty deduced that the Black Iron Token was one of five keys to the Xuantian Sect’s ruins and suggested the Four Protector Sects might hold the other four.
• Lin Yiqing considered Li Ce’s connection to the Great Li imperial family and wondered what scheme lay behind the token’s public auction.

Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty met Li Ce, who invited them to help locate the Xuantian Sect Ruins. They learned that the five tokens were tied to a scheme involving the Heavenly Sun Pavilion and Xuanming Sect, and Lin Yiqing agreed to try to find the ruins’ location.

• Lin Yiqing received Li Ce’s letter and decided to meet him with Little Fatty and Panhu.
• Li Ce revealed that he and three prodigies wanted Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty to join their expedition to the Xuantian Sect Ruins.
• Li Ce said the group had three tokens and planned to obtain the last two from the Heavenly Sun Pavilion, which had secretly allied with Xuanming Sect.
• Lin Yiqing inferred that the Black Iron Token had reached him after the Heavenly Sun Pavilion’s attempt to steal the other tokens failed.
• Little Fatty agreed to try to find the ruins, while Chu Hao and Feng Sheng began arguing and a young woman intervened.

Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty proved their strength to Li Ce’s group and agreed to explore the Xuantian Sect ruins together in three days. Back at the inn, Lin Yiqing studied the token’s rune and forged formation pillars to reshape the ruins’ terrain.

• Lin Yiqing struck Chu Hao with a palm, revealing his Creation Realm Minor Completion strength, and Little Fatty countered Chu Hao’s Mad Lion Thunder-Gang Slash with Army Breaker.
• Li Ce and Feng Sheng persuaded the group to stop fighting and agreed that everyone could keep whatever opportunities they found.
• Lin Yiqing arranged to meet Li Ce’s group in the forest outside the city three days later to decipher the map, then returned to the inn with Little Fatty.
• Little Fatty took a Realm-Breaking Pellet and secluded himself to break through to the great completion stage of the Qi-Shaping Realm.
• Lin Yiqing studied the Xuantian Sect token’s rune and suspected the token had another purpose beyond opening the ruins.
• Lin Yiqing forged high-grade spirit ore into formation pillars, intending to use them to alter the terrain inside the buried ruins.

Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty joined Li Ce and Chu Hao after deciphering the map, then led their group to a remote ravine in search of the Xuantian Sect ruins. Deep underground, they discovered a vast river that might be the vanished Lingqu Great River.

• Lin Yiqing studied his three Creation Martial Arts while Little Fatty cultivated and broke through to the great completion of the Qi-Shaping Realm.
• Lin Yiqing and Little Fatty met Li Ce, Chu Hao, and their followers outside Lingxi City, where Lin Yiqing confirmed they had deciphered the map.
• Lin Yiqing learned that the two people from the Heavenly Sun Pavilion were waiting at the ruins, then led the group toward their destination.
• After several days of travel, Lin Yiqing brought the group to Dragon Head Peak and explained that following the ravine's water would lead them to the Xuantian Sect ruins.
• Lin Yiqing and the others descended into the ravine, where they found a vast underground river that Li Ce suspected was the vanished Lingqu Great River.

Lin Yiqing and the others followed the dangerous underground Lingqu to the Bronze Gate marking the Xuantian Sect ruins. After the five Xuantian Relic Tokens opened the gate, Lin Yiqing entered the spatial vortex first, with the other factions rushing after him.

• Lin Yiqing led Li Ce and the others along the underground river, where demonic beasts attacked them several times.
• The group reached an immense Bronze Gate beside a waterfall and found five recesses for the Xuantian Relic Tokens.
• Lin Yiqing sensed the Heavenly Sun Pavilion approaching and warned Little Fatty and Panhu that hidden forces, including Nirvana Realm cultivators, were gathering nearby.
• Zheng Yang arrived with the Heavenly Sun Pavilion, and Li Ce confirmed that the factions had gathered to open the ruins.
• Feng Sheng, Chu Hao, Zheng Yang, Li Ce, and Lin Yiqing placed the five tokens in the gate, creating a vortex that opened into a spatial realm.
• Lin Yiqing entered the vortex first, and the other factions followed as a hole of light appeared ahead of him.

Lin Yiqing crossed the Xuantian Sect’s Bone-Eroding Yin Wind formation and found the sect’s ruined core while searching for Little Fatty. There he encountered Zheng Yang and a Nirvana Realm elder, who ordered him killed.

• Lin Yiqing used a Bronze Compass to learn that Little Fatty was to the north and hurried in that direction.
• Lin Yiqing recognized the Bone-Eroding Yin Wind guarding the sect’s core and used his Devouring Power to cross the storm.
• Lin Yiqing reached the inner realm, passed low-grade natural treasures, and found the Xuantian Sect’s shattered ruins and a giant palm print.
• Dozens of figures arrived, led by a gaunt old man whose aura marked him as a Nirvana Realm expert.
• Zheng Yang recognized Lin Yiqing and identified him as a Great Li imperial family lackey.
• The gaunt old man ordered Lin Yiqing buried there and pressed a palm toward him.

Lin Yiqing evaded a powerful elder from Heavenly Sun Pavilion and lured him into Panhu’s ambush. After the enemy fled, Little Fatty revealed that he and Panhu had found Xuantian Sect’s legacy beneath a nearby hall.

• The gaunt old man attacked Lin Yiqing, who judged his opponent to be a Two-Yuan Nirvana Realm expert and tried to avoid a prolonged fight.
• The gaunt old man pursued Lin Yiqing and demanded that he surrender his martial arts, while Zheng Yang and Heavenly Sun Pavilion followed.
• Lin Yiqing stopped and called for Panhu, who struck the gaunt old man and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The gaunt old man fled with Zheng Yang, and Lin Yiqing chose not to pursue the Heavenly Sun Pavilion group.
• Little Fatty told Lin Yiqing that he and Panhu had found Xuantian Sect’s legacy beneath a nearby hall, and Lin Yiqing followed him there.

Lin Yiqing and his companions discovered the Xuantian Sect’s intact Nirvana Pill River, but found it guarded by Pill Spirit Corpses. They located and activated the protective formations on ancient Cultivation Platforms, leaving Lin Yiqing ready to cultivate in safety.

• Little Fatty led Lin Yiqing and Panhu underground to the hidden Nirvana Pill River, and Lin Yiqing concealed the entrance with a formation.
• A Pill Spirit Corpse attacked Lin Yiqing, and Panhu knocked it back into the river.
• Lin Yiqing explained that Pill Spirit Corpses guarded the river and said a Cultivation Platform could protect them while they absorbed Nirvana Qi.
• Lin Yiqing found an ancient Cultivation Platform, and Panhu and Little Fatty each took one of their own.
• Lin Yiqing activated his platform’s formation, raising a powerful crimson barrier around it so he could cultivate safely.

Lin Yiqing used the Cultivation Platform and the Devouring Ancestral Rune to absorb vast amounts of Nirvana Qi, enduring the Nirvana Flame as it tempered his body and advanced his cultivation. As his foundation grew stronger, the heat inside and around him neared the limit his body could withstand.

• Lin Yiqing absorbed diluted Nirvana Qi on the Cultivation Platform and felt it strengthen and temper his body.
• Lin Yiqing summoned the Devouring Ancestral Rune, which formed a black hole and drew a scarlet torrent of Nirvana Qi from the Pill River.
• Lin Yiqing refined the Nirvana Qi into fiery energy and endured its severe pain as it coursed through his muscles, bones, and organs.
• The dense Nirvana Qi transformed into Nirvana Flame, and Lin Yiqing stayed motionless as it burned and tempered him.
• Lin Yiqing continued devouring the Nirvana Qi until the heat approached the limit his body could endure.

Lin Yiqing completed his breakthrough into the Nirvana Realm after absorbing vast amounts of Nirvana Qi, forging a Nirvana Golden Body and preparing to face the Nirvana Fire Tribulation. Outside the cultivation platform, the Xuantian Sect ruins grew crowded as Panhu and Little Fatty cultivated in the Pill River.

• As the five great factions searched the Xuantian Sect ruins and fought over its treasures, more cultivators passed near Lin Yiqing's concealed entrance.
• Panhu used his Tiangou Divine Ability to absorb Nirvana Qi, while Little Fatty was enveloped in an egg-shaped shell of Qi.
• Lin Yiqing forged a Nirvana Golden Body and broke through to the Nirvana Realm after three days of refining Nirvana Qi.
• Lin Yiqing resolved to challenge the Nirvana Fire Tribulation immediately, and white smoke rose as his body turned crimson.

Lin Yiqing began his Nirvana Tribulation, which also triggered the Wind-Thunder Tribulation for his spiritual power. With the Wordless Heavenly Book letting him control his body and spiritual body separately, he used Devouring Power to endure both trials and began growing stronger.

• Lin Yiqing activated the Nirvana Tribulation, causing thunderclouds to form and trigger his Wind-Thunder Tribulation.
• The Wind-Thunder Tribulation forcibly drew Lin Yiqing's spiritual body from his Mud Pill Palace, but the Wordless Heavenly Book let him retain control of both bodies.
• Lin Yiqing welcomed the lightning as it purified his spiritual power, while the Nirvana Fire Tribulation erupted inside his physical body.
• The Nirvana Heart released emerald-green energy that helped Lin Yiqing withstand the heat.
• Lin Yiqing unleashed Devouring Power to swallow the wind and thunder, enduring the lightning as his spiritual power and physical body grew stronger.

Lin Yiqing, Little Fatty, and Panhu emerged from their cultivation with greatly increased strength, and Panhu had gained human form. After collecting Nirvana Pills from the Pill River, Lin Yiqing used his Devouring Ancestral Rune to absorb the river’s remaining riches.

• Lin Yiqing endured the Wind-Thunder and Nirvana Tribulations, then discovered his martial and spiritual power had grown immensely.
• Lin Yiqing saw that Little Fatty had reached Creation Realm Great Accomplishment and suspected his bloodline came from the Great Thousand World.
• Panhu emerged from a black-and-red tornado in the form of a powerful-looking young child.
• Lin Yiqing, Little Fatty, and Panhu each collected around ten million Nirvana Pills from the Pill River.
• Lin Yiqing sent out his Devouring Ancestral Rune, which became a giant black hole and began absorbing the Pill River’s Nirvana Qi and Nirvana Pills.

Lin Yiqing and his companions left their cultivation site after the Devouring Ancestral Rune consumed the Nirvana Pill River, then found Li Ce being hunted by Zheng Yang in the Xuantian Sect ruins. Lin Yiqing rescued Li Ce, who warned them that the Heavenly Sun Pavilion and Xuanming Sect had brought a huge force into the ruins.

• The Devouring Ancestral Rune devoured the Nirvana Pill River, and Lin Yiqing promised to find Little Fatty an Ancestral Rune if he could.
• Lin Yiqing, Little Fatty, and Panhu left the cavern and followed signs of bloody battles deeper into the Xuantian Sect ruins.
• Zheng Yang pursued the wounded Li Ce and prepared to kill him after claiming his clan's ancestor had killed a member of Li Ce's imperial family.
• Lin Yiqing shattered Zheng Yang's golden attack to save Li Ce, and Zheng Yang fled when he recognized him.
• Li Ce greeted Lin Yiqing and warned that the Heavenly Sun Pavilion and Xuanming Sect had brought a huge force into the ruins.

Li Ce revealed that the ruins held the complete Xuantian Sect legacy, prompting Lin Yiqing and his companions to set out for it despite the fighting. They reached the surviving hall, where Lin Yiqing confronted three Nirvana Realm cultivators who had betrayed the Great Li imperial family.

• Li Ce told Lin Yiqing that the ruins contained the Xuantian Sect’s complete legacy and a hoard of treasures.
• After considering the value of the legacy, Lin Yiqing agreed with Little Fatty to pursue it, confident in their strength and Panhu’s help.
• Lin Yiqing revealed his Nirvana Realm breakthrough, persuading Li Ce to guide the group toward the legacy hall.
• The group reached the central hall after traveling for a day, and Li Ce recognized three attackers as Jianheng Tower members, including Chu Kuang.
• Lin Yiqing judged the three Nirvana Realm cultivators weak and charged toward them alone.

Lin Yiqing defeated three Nirvana Realm experts who had surrounded the hall, then sent the fleeing Zhong Bin down with his Nirvana Heart Sword. With the attackers routed, Li Ce went to ask the people inside the hall to lower the light barrier.

• Chu Kuang attacked Lin Yiqing, but Lin Yiqing knocked him down with a single punch.
• Zheng Kun and Zhong Bin attacked together; Lin Yiqing shattered Zheng Kun's Heavenly Sun Finger and struck him into the ground, while his spiritual power trapped Zhong Bin's needle-shaped Spirit Treasure.
• Zhong Bin fled, but Lin Yiqing formed a sword from wind, lightning, and spiritual power and killed him.
• The cultivators scattered from the ruins, and Li Ce marveled that Lin Yiqing had defeated three Nirvana Realm experts.
• Lin Yiqing praised Li Ce's cultivation potential, and Li Ce headed to the hall to have the light barrier lowered.