Chapter Summaries

Lin Ru and Lin Chuan led the group through the Black Silk Armored Guards with their immortal artifacts and reached the third coffin, where an assassin guarded the hall. Mars confronted the hidden opponent and returned wounded after opening the passage to the fourth coffin.

• Lin Ru's use of the Yin-Yang Fan left the group wary of his strength while making others hesitate to covet the artifact.
• Lin Chuan and Lin Ru helped the group push through the Black Silk Armored Guards, though three people died and dozens were wounded.
• A White Zetsu clone was killed in the third hall by an unseen attacker, and the group identified Mars as the one suited to face the assassin.
• Mars entered the darkness alone while the others waited, and Lin Chuan asked Bu Lianshi to sense the assassin's location.
• A brief battle broke out and ended in silence; Mars returned with a serious wound on her right arm as the passage to the fourth coffin opened.

The group reached the fourth coffin chamber, a peaceful beach and ocean that left everyone unsure how to proceed. Zhongchuan Jin’s Immortal Bone Jade Pendant identified him as the one meant to break it, and Lin Chuan learned that the former heir Central River Chen had studied formations, suggesting the chamber was a formation.

• Bu Lianshi healed Mars’s wounded arm and cleared the strange energy interfering with her recovery.
• The group advanced toward the fourth coffin chamber, suffering five deaths and more than ten injuries along the way.
• Lin Chuan used the Five Spirit Feather Fan to destroy the Black Silk Armored Guards, and White Zetsu’s clone entered the fourth hall and found an endless ocean and beach.
• The group entered the hall and discovered that Zhongchuan Jin’s Immortal Bone Jade Pendant marked him as the one needed to break it, though he did not know how.
• Zhongchuan Jin asked Central River Chen’s former subordinates about his abilities, and Lin Chuan concluded that the hall was likely a formation and admitted he knew nothing about formations.

Lin An volunteered to break the formation in the fourth coffin layer and used his abilities to overcome its illusion. The passage to the fifth layer opened, though Lin An lost his right arm in the process.

• Lin Chuan asked Black Zetsu whether he could break the formation, and Black Zetsu estimated it would take several days.
• Vermilion Bird suggested Jin Yao could help, but Lin Chuan worried that releasing her would expose his spatial abilities.
• Lin An said he would handle the formation and walked into the sea to investigate it.
• Black Zetsu identified an illusion within the formation, and Lin Chuan realized Lin An's Illusion-Breaking Eye could see through it.
• A massive tsunami illusion surged toward the group, then vanished as Lin An broke the formation and revealed the great hall.
• Flower Envoy helped Lin An reattach his severed right arm, and the passage to the fifth coffin layer opened.

The group reached the fifth layer of the Profound Immortal’s coffin, where a flaming sword in a lava-filled hall demanded a sword cultivator’s challenge. Mu Bai was chosen to face it and began clashing swords with the weapon.

• After Lin An broke the fourth coffin layer, the group rested and set out for the fifth, where Lin Chuan and Lin Ru cleared the Black Silk Armored Guards.
• White Zetsu's clone entered the fifth hall, found a flaming longsword floating in lava, and was destroyed by its attack.
• Lin Chen and Mu Bai were identified as the only sword cultivators among the ten Children of Immortal Bones, and Lin Chen entrusted the challenge to Mu Bai.
• Lin An explained that the Heaven One Sword Sect's sword arts carried the water attribute, making Mu Bai well suited to counter the fire.
• The group entered the hall, and Mu Bai's Immortal Bone Jade Pendant activated as the flaming sword answered with a sword cry.
• Mu Bai drew his water-blue sword and clashed with the lava sword, filling the hall with interwoven sword qi.

Mu Bai defeated the flaming longsword in the fifth coffin chamber, and the group noticed that its recent trials had lacked guardians. After finding the passage ahead filled with archer guards, they considered whether the ten children of the Immortal Bone should use their jade pendants to enter the tomb’s core directly, despite losing their escape route.

• Lin Chen watched Mu Bai’s water-attributed swordsmanship steadily overcome the flaming longsword.
• Mu Bai unleashed the Sword of the Great River Descends from Heaven, shattering the flaming longsword and opening the gate to the sixth coffin chamber.
• Lin An pointed out that the fourth and fifth chambers seemed to have no guardians, and Mu Bai confirmed that he had only fought a sword.
• Lin Chuan spotted that the passage ahead was packed with Black Silk Armored Guards armed with bows, alarming the group with the threat of a massed arrow attack.
• Lin An suggested that the ten children of the Immortal Bone use their jade pendants to travel directly to the tomb’s core, and the group weighed that option against continuing through the trials.

The group pressed through the Black Silk Archers’ assault with Zhongchuan Jin’s Purple-Gold Bowl and their own defenses, reaching the entrance to the sixth coffin chamber. Eight cultivators died and many others were injured, while Lin Chuan’s [Xiao] members remained unharmed.

• Zhongchuan Jin brought out the Purple-Gold Bowl and used it to shield the group as they continued forward.
• Lin Chuan and Lin Ru attacked the Black Silk forces, provoking a volley of invisible arrows that battered the bowl’s barrier.
• Zhongchuan Jin warned that the Purple-Gold Bowl could not withstand the arrows for long, so everyone fought with all their strength.
• A Heaven One Sword Sect disciple was struck by a Black Silk Arrow and suffered a fatal wound as the group struggled onward.
• The group reached the sixth hall after killing the remaining archers, but eight cultivators had died and many more were injured.
• Lin Chuan said the sixth coffin chamber would likely differ from the previous halls because they had reached the latter half.

The group entered a primeval forest outer coffin filled with poisonous, energy-draining vines that attacked even after the Immortal Bone Jade Pendants were activated. Bu Lianshi sensed the guardian’s direction, and White Tiger led [Akatsuki] through the vines as they respectfully withdrew, while the others followed under attack.

• White Zetsu scouted the forest, was attacked by poisonous vines, and discovered that roots underground drained his spiritual energy until he turned to ash.
• The group entered the forest and found that its vines attacked relentlessly despite the Immortal Bone Jade Pendants.
• Lin Chen released sword qi, Lin Chuan burned vines with a Fireball Jutsu, and the others fought back while searching for the guardian.
• Bu Lianshi used Absolute Perception to locate the guardian’s general direction, and White Tiger led everyone toward it.
• Emerald light from White Tiger made the vines retreat respectfully from [Akatsuki], while the rest of the group continued to face their attacks.

As the group fought through the forest, Bu Lianshi discovered nine symbiotic trees embodying the same nine attributes as Lin Chuan. Lin Chen tested their defenses and was attacked by a giant nine-colored hand, while Lin Chuan sensed the trees were connected to his Nine-Turn Pill Splitting Canon and Bu Lianshi and Jade Maiden joined the fight.

• Lin Chuan sent Southern Dipper and Jade Maiden to protect the group from the increasingly dangerous vines while keeping Kong Chen in reserve.
• Bu Lianshi sensed nine interconnected trees with metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, yin, and yang attributes.
• The group realized the trees' attributes matched Lin Chuan's, and Lin Chen suggested his Nine Luminaries Sword Formation might be why he had to break the coffin.
• Lin Chen charged the trees, shattered their enormous nine-colored attack with his sword, and faced another wave of light as it swept toward him.
• Lin Chuan sensed his nine Nascent Souls trembling near the trees, while Bu Lianshi released wood spirit power and Jade Maiden began casting her innate Daoist technique.

Shui Mochan’s corrosive innate Dao technique infiltrated the nine trees and triggered her breakthrough, while Bu Lianshi weakened their control and Lin Chen prepared his decisive attack. The trees’ strength fell, and Lin Chen launched Nine Luminaries Unleashed at all nine.

• Shui Mochan used her dark green water to corrode the nine trees’ spiritual energy pathways as Bu Lianshi disrupted the vines with wood spiritual energy.
• Lin Chen destroyed one tree with the Nine Luminaries Sword Formation, but the other eight restored it by channeling spiritual energy through their roots.
• Lin An and Mu Li concluded that all nine trees had to be destroyed simultaneously, and Lin Chen agreed to wait while Shui Mochan weakened them.
• Shui Mochan’s technique spread through the forest, and she broke through her cultivation while apparently absorbing the trees’ nine attributes.
• The dark green water returned to Shui Mochan, weakening the trees, and Bu Lianshi disrupted their movements as Lin Chen unleashed Nine Luminaries Unleashed.

Lin Chuan destroyed the nine great trees and absorbed their lingering power, bringing the Nine-Turn Pill Splitting to true perfection. Shui Mochan completed her breakthrough, and the group reached the unguarded seventh coffin chamber, where the passage to the eighth hall lay open.

• Lin Chen's Nine Luminaries Sword Formation destroyed the nine great trees, revealing the passage to the seventh coffin chamber.
• Nine specks of light entered Lin Chuan's Nascent Souls, linking their attributes and greatly increasing his strength.
• Lin Chuan realized the trees had allowed all nine attributes to circulate together, finally perfecting his Nine-Turn Pill Splitting.
• Shui Mochan revealed that she could switch between nine attributes but could wield only one at a time.
• The group found the passage to the seventh coffin chamber empty of Black Silk Armored Guards and hurried to the hall.
• Lin Chuan and the others saw the seventh hall's doors open and found no guardian inside, with the passage to the eighth hall visible.

Lin Chuan’s group rushed through the empty seventh to tenth grand halls, only to find [Heavenly Court] waiting outside the final hall with the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation. They faced the formation’s three thousand assassins and four missing guardians, leaving their path to Crown Prince Hai blocked by an overwhelming threat.

• Lin Chuan’s group found the seventh, eighth, and ninth grand halls empty and hurried onward, while Lin Chuan and Lin An grew uneasy about the missing guardians.
• After seeing Crown Prince Hai gaining ground against the Profound Immortal skeleton, the group entered the empty tenth grand hall and emerged into crushing pressure.
• Lin An recognized several thousand [Heavenly Court] assassins as the formation of the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation, ranked third among the Ancient Ten Great Killing Formations.
• Shi Jin explained that the formation was nearly impossible to break and would endure as long as its three thousand casters survived.
• Xiao Heng identified four figures beneath the formation as the guardians missing from the previous four layers of coffins, revealing that the group would have to face them as well.

Lin Chuan proposed weakening the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation by distracting its attacks while others entered to kill the [Heavenly Court] cultivators. After the group agreed to risk entering, Lin Chuan and Qin Lang flew toward the formation, and Lin Chuan opened a spatial black hole with Yomotsu Hirasaka.

• The group considered retreating but concluded that weakening the formation required entering it to kill the [Heavenly Court] cultivators.
• Mu Li suggested using his Tyrant Body Domain, while Mu Bai proposed drawing the formation’s attacks away with powerful spells as others entered.
• Lin Chuan asked the others to trust his method, and Soul, Mu Li, Lin An, Lin Chen, Mars, Lin Ru, and Zhongchuan Jin agreed to enter.
• Lin Chuan ordered everyone to prepare to enter as soon as the attack began, then called Vermilion Bird to act.
• Lin Chuan and Qin Lang flew toward the formation, and Lin Chuan opened a massive spatial black hole with Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Lin Chuan and Qin Lang opened a spatial passage to unleash the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder and shaped it into Kirin to attack the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation. As Kirin struck, Lin An and the others charged into the formation to fight the [Heavenly Court] assassins.

• Lin Chuan used his spatial ability to open a passage to the source of the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder.
• Mu Li activated Tyrant Body Domain to hinder the [Heavenly Court] assassins inside the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation.
• Lin Chuan and Qin Lang formed Kirin from the golden lightning, with Qin Lang creating the larger one because his body was condensed from Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder.
• Lin Chuan sent his Kirin crashing into the formation as Lin An and the others charged inside to attack the nearest [Heavenly Court] assassins.

Lin Chuan and Qin Lang prepared a decisive Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder attack to weaken the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation while their allies struggled inside it. As Qin Lang launched the Kirin, Lin An and the others readied their strongest techniques to exploit the opening.

• Lin Chuan's golden Kirin collided with the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation, but the formation's killing intent suppressed it as Qin Lang gathered more Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder.
• Lin An, Mu Bai, and the others struggled against the formation, while Lin An killed a third Heavenly Court assassin and Kong Chen's Red Cherry Karma Fire failed to weaken the formation substantially.
• The four guardians of the Profound Immortal Tenfold Coffins resisted Crown Prince Hai's control, trying to buy the Immortal Bone Children time to damage the formation's foundation.
• As Lin Chuan's Kirin weakened, he called for Vermilion Bird to strike before the attack ended.
• Qin Lang sent his enormous golden Kirin crashing into the formation, and Lin An unleashed Myriad Arts Domain while Kong Chen prepared to use his domain and Falling Cherry Long Zither.

Kong Chen unleashed the Falling Cherry Long Zither’s Purity Domain inside the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation, killing nearly a hundred Heavenly Court assassins. The first wave left more than five hundred assassins dead, but the formation remained largely intact as Vermilion Bird’s Kirin continued attacking from outside.

• The Heavenly Court assassins warned one another to keep away from Kong Chen as he took out the Falling Cherry Long Zither.
• Kong Chen played the zither, sending cherry blossom petals into the formation as they clashed with its scarlet killing rays.
• Vermilion Bird’s Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder Kirin struck the formation, weakening its killing intent and creating an opening for everyone to attack.
• Kong Chen activated his Purity Domain and used Red Cherry Karma Fire to vaporize nearly a hundred Heavenly Court assassins caught within its range.
• Lin An, Lin Ru, Mu Li, and the other Children of the Immortal Bone fought alongside Kong Chen, while Vermilion Bird’s Kirin kept the formation occupied from outside.
• The group killed more than five hundred of the three thousand assassins, but the formation lost only a little over ten percent of its power.

Lin Chuan’s group struggled to survive the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation as Kirin’s power faded and Crown Prince Hai took control of more guardians. With their strongest fighters pinned down and the formation recovering, Lin Chuan called on everyone to reveal their last-resort abilities and prepared to fight to the death.

• Qin Lang said Kirin could hold on for only fifteen more breaths, while Lin Chuan judged that their earlier slaughter had not weakened the formation enough.
• A guardian fell under Crown Prince Hai’s control, attacked the group with golden threads, and killed seven people before Kong Chen used his Immortal Bone Jade Pendant and Red Cherry Karma Fire to suppress him.
• Lin Chuan repeatedly summoned Lightning Release: Kirin, but the formation recovered as Kong Chen and then Mu Li were tied down fighting controlled guardians.
• As Vermilion Bird’s Kirin weakened and the group’s attacks faltered, Lin Chuan urged the Immortal Bone heirs to reveal their remaining abilities.
• A spatial black hole appeared beside Lin Chuan, and a youth with sky-blue eyes stepped out.

Mu Yuyi unleashed Tenseigan Chakra Mode and struck the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation, buying the trapped fighters time to kill more Heavenly Court assassins. As his power faded and Lin An confronted the third guardian, Zero Burial appeared, leaving Akatsuki’s true leader poised to enter the battle.

• Lin Ru questioned Shangguan Dieche about Mu Yuyi appearing beside Azure Dragon, and Shangguan Dieche identified him as Azure Dragon’s trump card.
• Mu Yuyi activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to batter the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation.
• A giant stone statue resembling Mu Yuyi joined his assault, while the fighters inside the formation killed more Heavenly Court assassins and reduced their number to around twenty-two hundred.
• Mu Yuyi’s chakra and ocular power ran low, his attacks faded, and Lin An charged the third guardian as the Immortal Bone Jade Pendant emitted black light.
• The fighters worried that Azure Dragon could not restrain the remaining guardian and the formation at once, but a spatial black hole opened and Zero Burial emerged.

Lin Chuan united Zero Burial, Azure Dragon, and Mu Yuyi through the Dao Ancestor’s One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones Technique, reaching the early Fusion stage. He then unleashed his Suffocation Domain, stripping spiritual energy from the battlefield and draining the [Heavenly Court] assassins.

• Lin Chuan ordered everyone except Mu Li to withdraw their domains after five breaths while he, Mu Yuyi, and Zero Burial formed hand seals.
• Lin Ru and Lu Mu recognized Supreme Purity qi and High Purity qi from Azure Dragon and Zero Burial, while Mu Yuyi displayed Jade Purity qi.
• Shangguan Dieche identified the technique as the Dao Ancestor’s One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, revealing that Zero Burial, Azure Dragon, and Mu Yuyi were Lin Chuan’s three manifestations.
• The three masses of pure qi merged into Lin Chuan, raising his cultivation to the early Fusion stage.
• Lin Chuan opened his Tenseigan and unleashed the Suffocation Domain, causing spiritual energy across a ten-kilometer area to vanish and drain from the [Heavenly Court] assassins.

Lin Chuan used the Suffocation Domain to drain spiritual energy from the battlefield, weakening the [Heavenly Court] assassins and disrupting their formation. With a chance to break free, his allies revealed their hidden powers and treasures, but Shangguan Dieche stopped Lin Ru and Lu Mu as she brought out the Primordial Chaos Pearl.

• Lin Chuan's Suffocation Domain erased nearby spiritual energy, crippling most domains and causing the [Heavenly Court] assassins' energy to dissipate.
• Lin ordered the assassins to control the Three Thousand Soul-Devouring Formation and resist the domain, while Lin Chuan urged his allies to attack.
• Hun unleashed Soul-Locking Chains empowered by Maha Sutra runes, and Mu Bai revealed the Heaven One Sword.
• Lin Ru brought out her Yin-Yang Fan, and Lu Mu revealed the Jade Ruyi before Shangguan Dieche stopped them.
• Shangguan Dieche summoned the Jade Purity supreme treasure, the Primordial Chaos Pearl.

Lin Chuan’s Suffocation Domain weakened the Heavenly Court fighters while leaving most of [Akatsuki]’s divine envoys unaffected because they used Sage Chakra. As the battle turned against the assassins, Lin Chuan revealed to Vermilion Bird that he could maintain the domain for a long time and was only pretending to be near collapse to spur the fighters on.

• Shangguan Dieche revealed that her grandmaster had lent her the Primordial Chaos Pearl, and Lin Ru and Lu Mu connected it to Azure Dragon’s inheritance from the Dao Immortal.
• The fighters used their immortal artifacts and abilities to kill guardians, while the battle in the formation grew more intense and [Heavenly Court] lost nearly all of its forces.
• The fighters realized [Akatsuki]’s divine envoys were barely weakened by the Suffocation Domain because Sage Chakra was outside its reach.
• Vermilion Bird worried that Lin Chuan could not sustain the domain, but he explained that his nine linked Nascent Souls made it easy to maintain.
• Lin Chuan admitted that he was acting weak so the fighters below would fight their hardest.