Chapter Summaries

Lin Yiqing forced the cultivators guarding the Ancient Secret Keys to surrender them, then reunited with Lin Dong and invited him and Lin Yan to explore the Tiangang Alliance ruins together. Elsewhere, a group of powerful cultivators discussed Lin Yiqing’s sudden appearance and considered his possible place on the Nirvana Ranking.

• Lin Yiqing’s Six-Yuan Nirvana Realm aura shocked Shi Kun and the other cultivators in the hall, while Lin Dong and Little Marten were stunned by his rapid progress.
• The woman in the purplish-black dress surrendered her Ancient Secret Key, and Shi Kun later handed over the key belonging to the Moyan Dynasty.
• Lin Yiqing let the woman and Shi Kun leave and reminded them that they could still explore the Tiangang Alliance ruins without their keys.
• Lin Yiqing greeted Lin Dong, met Lin Yan, and told Lin Dong that the ruins held a Pill River that could help him reach the Nirvana Realm.
• A group atop a tower discussed Lin Yiqing’s strength and speculated that he could rank among the best on the Nirvana Ranking.

As the Ancient Treasure Trove opened, Lin Yiqing and his companions used the four Ancient Secret Keys to activate the altar and open its gate. They entered the trove with the keys secured, while several hidden cultivators followed through the gate.

• Crowds of cultivators gathered in the Ancient Palace as the opening day approached, and Lin Yiqing's group drew attention after seizing two Ancient Secret Keys.
• On the sixth morning, Lin Yiqing and his companions arrived at the white jade altar as its formation runes stirred.
• Lin Yiqing, Little Fatty, and Lin Dong brought the four Ancient Secret Keys together, activating the altar and forming a colossal gate.
• The keys opened the ancient gate, and Lin Yiqing led his companions into the Ancient Treasure Trove, distributing keys to Panhu and Little Fatty and urging everyone to keep them.
• Several subtle auras slipped through the gate after Lin Yiqing's group, following them into the trove amid the crowd.

Lin Yiqing explored the ruined, unstable Tiangang Alliance inheritance grounds after being separated from his group and discovered a Heart of Space hidden inside a boulder. When a black-clad man approached, Lin Yiqing put the treasure away, and the man backed down after sensing his strength.

• Lin Yiqing entered the secret realm, found himself in a desolate landscape of ruins, and realized the spatial currents could destroy the floating boulders around him.
• Lin Yiqing searched nearby ruins for treasures but found nothing, then detected an unusual spatial fluctuation from an ordinary-looking boulder.
• Lin Yiqing used Origin Qi Vision to discover a Heart of Space inside the boulder and broke the rock apart with his spiritual power.
• Lin Yiqing sealed and stored the Heart of Space as a black-clad man arrived and recognized the treasure.
• The black-clad man charged toward Lin Yiqing, but after sensing Lin Yiqing's power, he swallowed his demand and claimed he had only come to greet him.

Lin Yiqing followed directions to a vast Nirvana Pill River, cultivated there, and advanced to the Seven-Yuan Nirvana Realm. He then continued deeper into the Ancient Space to find Panhu and the others.

• Lin Yiqing learned from a black-robed man that the Nirvana Pill River lay to the north and set off toward it.
• Lin Yiqing reached the immense river hanging across the sky and found an ancient cultivation platform beneath it.
• Lin Yiqing activated the platform's protective formation and absorbed Nirvana Qi for two days.
• Lin Yiqing advanced to the Seven-Yuan Nirvana Realm, deactivated the barrier, and headed deeper into the space to meet Panhu and the others.
• Lin Yiqing passed floating islands and ruined sect buildings where cultivators searched for treasure and fought.

Lin Yiqing learned of an intact sect ruin and hurried to its Pill Hall, where waves of life energy hinted at powerful pills inside. After crowds failed to break the palace’s barrier, he used Devouring Power to open a gap and entered.

• Lin Yiqing overheard cultivators discussing an intact sect ruin and asked them where it was.
• Lin Yiqing traveled toward the ruin as crowds gathered and fought over the chance to enter it.
• Lin Yiqing arrived at the Pill Hall and saw its lightning-wrapped barrier resist the crowd’s attacks.
• Lin Yiqing sensed life energy spreading from the palace and inferred that it contained pills effective for Life Profound Realm experts.
• Lin Yiqing used Devouring Power to tear open the barrier, entered the Pill Hall, and watched the gap seal behind him.

Lin Yiqing entered the Pill Hall and collected millions of Nirvana Pills, Life-Creation Pills, and many rare treasures. He reached a sealed pill furnace in the innermost chamber and suspected an exceptional pill had been nurtured inside.

• Lin Yiqing passed through the energy barrier and entered the Pill Hall while the cultivators outside watched in shock.
• Lin Yiqing opened the pill chambers and gathered millions of Nirvana Pills and a large supply of Life-Creation Pills.
• Lin Yiqing broke the seal on the innermost chamber and collected rare pills, including Tribulation-Crossing Pills and Spirit-Connecting Origin-Returning Pills.
• Lin Yiqing examined a sealed, person-sized pill furnace and wondered what treasure it contained.

Lin Yiqing left the Pill Hall with a sealed furnace and traveled toward the Ancient Treasure Trove’s core, where he found the vast Nirvana Heaven-Burning Array. He used spiritual power to cross its flames and spotted Nirvana Fire Thunder within the array.

• Lin Yiqing sealed the pill furnace in his Universe Bag and left the Pill Hall as nearby cultivators watched, hoping to seize his spoils.
• Lin Yiqing revealed his Seven-Yuan Nirvana Realm strength, deterred the cultivators, and flew toward the treasure trove’s central region.
• Lin Yiqing traveled through increasingly dangerous ruins and reached a vast sea of Nirvana Flame known as the Nirvana Heaven-Burning Array.
• Lin Yiqing shielded himself with spiritual power and entered the sea of fire, where he saw clusters of Nirvana Fire Thunder.

Lin Yiqing crossed the Nirvana Heaven-Burning Array and entered the stable heart of the secret trove, where he reunited with Little Fatty, Panhu, and the others. When the Four Profound Sects' legacy ruins appeared, Lin Yiqing led them toward the ancient plaza as the other experts rushed after them.

• Lin Yiqing carefully devoured the volatile Nirvana Fire Thunder and passed through the sea of Nirvana Demon Flame without finding the West Mystic Domain experts.
• He emerged from the Nirvana Heaven-Burning Array and headed toward the deepest ruins, seeking resources for his future advancement rather than lesser sect legacies.
• A clash between Lin Dong and Lin Langtian drew the experts' attention, and Lin Yiqing recognized them but chose not to interfere.
• Little Fatty and Panhu reunited with Lin Yiqing, who noticed that their group had grown stronger while exploring the secret trove.
• A distorted space revealed the Four Profound Sects' legacy ruins, and Lin Yiqing led Little Fatty, Panhu, and the others toward its ancient plaza as other experts followed.

Lin Yiqing and his companions opened the Four Profound Sects’ bronze gates with the Ancient Secret Keys and entered their corresponding halls. Lin Yiqing arrived at the Black Tortoise Hall and saw the Black Tortoise appear on its colossal gate.

• The experts found that attacking the bronze gates triggered a deadly backlash, and they realized the Ancient Secret Keys were needed to open them.
• Panhu’s Six-Yuan Nirvana Realm aura deterred the other cultivators from challenging Lin Yiqing’s group over their three keys.
• Lin Dong and Lin Yan arrived, and Lin Dong joined Lin Yiqing’s group as other cultivators plotted to seize the keys.
• Lin Yiqing killed the men stirring up the crowd, warned the remaining cultivators not to cross his line, and used an Ancient Secret Key to open a bronze gate.
• Lin Yiqing and his companions split up and entered their corresponding gates, which closed behind them.
• Lin Yiqing emerged before a colossal gate where a golden Black Tortoise appeared, revealing the Black Tortoise Hall.

Lin Yiqing entered Black Tortoise Hall’s trial and crossed a treacherous northern sea, resisting its supernatural hardships while refining the frigid current’s energy. After finally reaching an icy shore beneath the northern lights, he faced the emergence of the enormous divine beast Black Tortoise.

• Lin Yiqing ignored the warning that the Black Tortoise Trial offered nine deaths for every chance of survival and entered the hall’s giant door.
• Lin Yiqing found himself on an endless ocean and discovered that a powerful force prevented him from flying, so he began walking north across the water.
• Lin Yiqing endured worsening storms, cold, and loneliness, then used the Devouring Ancestral Rune to refine the cold current and strengthen his body.
• After days of walking, Lin Yiqing reached an icy land beneath the northern lights and recovered from his numbness.
• A terrifying presence rose from the sea, and Lin Yiqing saw a ten-thousand-zhang black tortoise with a massive green serpent coiled around its shell.

Lin Yiqing received the Black Tortoise Hall's inheritance from Wu Xuancan, who entrusted him with helping the world face its coming calamity. A damaged seal entered Lin Yiqing's body and was restrained by the Wordless Heavenly Book, but then it secretly began consuming his vital energy.

• Wu Xuancan revealed himself as the Black Tortoise Hall Master and gave Lin Yiqing the Arctic Heaven-Suppressing Seal and Black Tortoise Divine Ability Mantra.
• Wu Xuancan spoke of the coming calamity and asked Lin Yiqing to help protect the world, then passed on a dark green-black seal and clues about the Four Arctic Sages.
• The seal entered Lin Yiqing's body and began draining his vital energy, but the Wordless Heavenly Book struck it and stopped it.
• Lin Yiqing discovered the damaged seal bore the words "Uphold the Truth and Wield the Martial Arts" and wondered how it connected to his transmigration.
• The seal warily watched the Wordless Heavenly Book, then secretly began devouring Lin Yiqing's vital energy.

Lin Yiqing received the True Martial Indestructible Body from the True Martial Seal and endured its brutal tempering, greatly strengthening his body. As the ocean world collapsed, the seal carried him through chaos and back above the Pill River.

• The blue-black seal briefly drained Lin Yiqing’s essence force, then sent him the True Martial Indestructible Body martial art.
• The True Martial Seal summoned the Black Tortoise phantom and formed dark water drops that entered Lin Yiqing, painfully tempering his body.
• Lin Yiqing completed the initial cultivation and found that his strength and defense had increased dramatically.
• The ocean world began collapsing after Wu Xuancan’s lingering will passed away.
• The True Martial Seal protected Lin Yiqing and carried him through the chaotic void, emerging above a Pill River roughly a thousand feet wide.

Lin Yiqing secluded himself at the Ancient Treasure Trove’s Nirvana Pill River, using its abundant Nirvana Qi to strengthen his cultivation. As fighting intensified across the Ancient Battlefield and news spread of Lin Yiqing and his companions’ power, he continued cultivating, more than three months into his retreat.

• Lin Yiqing chose to cultivate at the Nirvana Pill River and used his Devouring Power to absorb its Nirvana Qi.
• Panhu fought black shadows on a corpse-strewn battlefield with his demonic saber.
• A divine bird’s phantom flew over a sea of scarlet flames as a Yuan Power egg incubated within it.
• Dynasties fought over treasures across the Ancient Battlefield, and news of Lin Yiqing and his companions’ strength spread through the region.
• After more than three months of cultivation, Lin Yiqing’s aura had grown at least twice as powerful as before.

Lin Yiqing completed his eighth Nirvana Tribulation, reached the Eight Yuan Nirvana Realm, and left the sealed cultivation space. Meanwhile, the Ancient Palace had fallen under the control of the Great Qian Dynasty, whose Three Kings and Four Generals awaited the cultivator who would claim the Ancient Treasure Trove’s inheritance.

• Lin Yiqing absorbed the Nirvana Qi and completed his eighth Nirvana Tribulation, reaching the Eight Yuan Nirvana Realm.
• Lin Yiqing used the Ancient Secret Key to leave the sealed space as the white-haired old man watched and considered recruiting him into the Dao Sect.
• Cultivators continued flocking to the Ancient Palace and fighting over the Ancient Treasure Trove’s resources and inheritances.
• The Great Qian Dynasty took control of the Ancient Palace and stationed its Three Kings and Four Generals there to await the inheritance’s claimant.
• People in the Ancient Palace debated rumors that one of the Great Qian Dynasty’s mysterious Nirvana Realm cultivators had reached a high-level realm.

Lin Yiqing emerged from the Ancient Palace and effortlessly defeated Mu Huang and Zhu Tianhuo when they challenged him. After Panhu, Little Fatty, Li Ce, and Feng Sheng arrived, Lin Yiqing spared the two generals and left with his companions, while the gathered cultivators recognized them as likely victors of the Hundred Dynasties War.

• Lin Yiqing emerged above the Ancient Palace, drawing the attention of cultivators who knew he had obtained an Ancient Secret Key.
• Mu Huang and Zhu Tianhuo charged Lin Yiqing, but he struck them down with a single wave of Yuan Power.
• Zhu Tianhuo apologized to Lin Yiqing and offered to take responsibility to spare Mu Huang.
• Panhu, Little Fatty, Li Ce, and Feng Sheng emerged from spatial vortices, revealing their increased strength and rallying behind Lin Yiqing.
• Lin Yiqing let Mu Huang and Zhu Tianhuo go, then departed with his companions as the cultivators realized the Hundred Dynasties War was effectively over.

Lin Yiqing and his companions reached Yongzhen City to obtain Nirvana Seals required for the Hundred Dynasties War. After studying the Heaven-Grade Nirvana Stele, they joined the gathered cultivators, and Little Fatty urged the group to take the test.

• Lin Yiqing and his companions traveled toward the central region and chose to pass through Yongzhen City to prepare for the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Li Ce explained that competitors needed Nirvana Seals and that the Nirvana Stele assessed their strength and potential to assign a seal grade.
• Lin Yiqing led the group through Yongzhen City's orderly gates and crowded streets to the central plaza.
• Lin Yiqing examined the Heaven-Grade Nirvana Stele with Origin Qi Vision and gained ideas for forging a Heaven-Grade Spirit Treasure.
• Lin Yiqing and his companions reached the test plaza, where Little Fatty eagerly urged them to try for their Nirvana Seals.

The Little Fatty, Lin Yiqing, and Panhu tested themselves at the Nirvana Stele and all earned Heaven-Grade Nirvana Seals. Lin Yiqing claimed Heaven-Grade Rank One, while Panhu ranked second, leaving the plaza stunned by the three prodigies from the Great Li Dynasty.

• The Little Fatty placed his palm on the Nirvana Stele, and his ranking climbed past Luo Tong to Heaven-Grade Rank Four.
• Lin Yiqing touched the stele, which scanned his body and Yuan Power, then placed him at Heaven-Grade Rank One above Qin Tian of the Heaven Origin Dynasty.
• Lin Yiqing asked Panhu to test his strength at the stele.
• Panhu's golden light swept into the Heaven-Grade region, earning him Heaven-Grade Rank Two.
• The crowd marveled that three cultivators had entered the Heaven-Grade region in quick succession.

After Lin Yiqing, Panhu, and Little Fatty entered the Heaven-Grade tier of the Nirvana Ranking, Li Ce and Feng Sheng also earned Human-Grade Nirvana Seals, qualifying the group for the Hundred Super War. That night, Wu Dao of the Dao Sect visited Lin Yiqing to discuss his talent and strength.

• Lin Yiqing made room for Li Ce and Feng Sheng to touch the Nirvana Stele, and both obtained Human-Grade Nirvana Seals.
• Little Fatty told Li Ce and Feng Sheng that Lin Yiqing ranked first, Panhu second, and he ranked sixth in the Heaven-Grade tier.
• Lin Yiqing suggested that the group find lodging and visit Yongzhen Auction before the Hundred Dynasties War, and they settled in a quiet courtyard.
• News of the three Heaven-Grade experts spread through Yongzhen City, and spies from other dynasties watched the group until Lin Yiqing confronted them.
• Wu Dao appeared in Lin Yiqing's courtyard and introduced himself as a member of the Dao Sect, saying he had come to speak with him about his talent and strength.

Wu Dao invited Lin Yiqing to join Dao Sect as a core disciple, but Lin Yiqing rejected the offer because he distrusted the sect and hoped to join the sect of the woman he cared for. After learning that she was Ling Qingzhu of the Nine Heavens Supreme Palace, Wu Dao left, still urging Lin Yiqing to reconsider.

• Wu Dao praised Dao Sect and offered Lin Yiqing core disciple treatment if he joined after the Hundred Dynasties War.
• Lin Yiqing recalled Dao Sect's history of failing to protect its disciples and decided he had no reason to join.
• Wu Dao explained that several Heaven Rank Nirvana Ranking contenders had already been selected by Super Sects and pressed Lin Yiqing to accept.
• Lin Yiqing declined, saying he wanted to join the sect of a woman he cared for.
• Wu Dao suggested the Nine Heavens Supreme Palace and learned that Lin Yiqing meant Ling Qingzhu.
• Wu Dao stopped pressing Lin Yiqing and left, telling him to think the offer over carefully.

Lin Yiqing and his companions attended the Yongzhen Auction, where their Heaven-Ranked strength drew attention from the powerful dynasties gathered in the arena. Lin Yiqing declined to compete for the Heaven-Grade Spirit Treasure, revealing that he had come to bid on the Heavenly Wild Divine Ox’s bones.

• Lin Yiqing stayed in seclusion to study the True Martial Indestructible Body while Lin Dong and the others traveled to Yongzhen City and drew the Super Dynasties’ attention.
• News that a Heaven-Grade Spirit Treasure would be auctioned brought powerhouses from across the region to Yongzhen City.
• Lin Yiqing and his companions arrived at the crowded arena, where onlookers recognized the three Heaven-Ranked powerhouses in their group.
• Mu Lin of the Guyue Dynasty greeted Lin Yiqing and Panhu and offered to withdraw from bidding on the Heaven-Grade Spirit Treasure.
• Lin Yiqing told Mu Lin he was not interested in the treasure and had come to bid on the Heavenly Wild Divine Ox’s bones.