Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen reached the Dead Flame Spirit Pool in the Flame God Hall, where Mo Luo required him to defeat Hall experts before entering. Xia Yan and Xuan Shuang stepped forward to challenge him, and Lin Chen accepted with calm confidence.

• Tang Xinlian led Lin Chen through the Flame God Hall’s defenses to the Dead Flame Spirit Pool, where Mo Luo, Chi Yun, and other experts had gathered.
• Lin Chen inspected the pool’s black flames and deathly energy, then agreed that he should compete for the chance to enter it.
• Mo Luo announced that Xia Yan and Xuan Shuang would challenge Lin Chen in succession, and that the opportunity would go to Lin Chen if neither defeated him.
• Xia Yan released his formidable aura and challenged Lin Chen, who proposed that they stop at the proper point and remained unconcerned.

Lin Chen revealed his formidable Spiritual Power and used the Great Desolation Scripture to raise his strength before facing Xia Yan and Xuan Shuang for a chance to enter the Dead Flame Spirit Pool. As the two Flame God Hall experts attacked together, Lin Chen drew the Spirit Nurturing Cushion to unleash the Great Desolation Annihilation Seal.

• Lin Chen revealed Immortal Talisman Master Grand Accomplishment Spiritual Power, prompting Xia Yan and Xuan Shuang to take him seriously.
• Lin Chen activated the Great Desolation Scripture and drew on the surrounding energy, bringing his Origin Energy to a level comparable to a Greater Completion Death Profound Realm expert.
• Xuan Shuang urged Xia Yan to attack together, and the two unleashed the Flame God Hall's Blazing Flame Divine Blade and Flame God Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Lin Chen took out the Spirit Nurturing Cushion and prepared to counter their Heavenly Martial Arts with the Great Desolation Annihilation Seal.

Lin Chen defeated Xia Yan and Xuan Shuang, securing the chance to enter the Dead Flame Spirit Pool, then began enduring its deadly energy scouring. The first black flame dragon struck him, but his Heaven and Earth Condensation Body left him largely unaffected.

• Lin Chen used the Great Desolation Annihilation Seal to overcome Xia Yan and Xuan Shuang’s combined attack, and Mo Luo declared him the winner.
• Mo Luo dismissed the Flame God Hall experts, while Lin Chen thanked him and promised Tang Xinlian he would take her to the Great Thousand World and show her Battle Formation Master cultivation methods.
• Lin Chen settled on a platform above the Dead Flame Spirit Pool, and Mo Luo stirred its black waters to begin the energy scouring.
• Mo Luo warned Lin Chen that each wave carried the force of a Death Profound Realm expert at greater mastery, but Lin Chen said he was confident he could withstand it.
• A black flame dragon formed from the pool and crashed into Lin Chen, whose Heaven and Earth Condensation Body protected him from most of the impact.

Lin Chen cultivated in the Dead Flame Spirit Pool, using his life aura to withstand the death aura and advance into the Death Profound Realm. After enduring forty waves, he stabilized his cultivation and barely reached minor completion as the fiercest waves began.

• Lin Chen absorbed the first wave of death aura and broke through into the Death Profound Realm, protecting his body with life aura.
• Mo Luo and Grand Elder Chi Yun watched in disbelief as Lin Chen alternated life and death powers without reaching the Samsara Stage.
• Mo Luo and Grand Elder Chi Yun discussed the pool's record of forty-eight waves and the fifty-wave limit while Tang Xinlian resisted the idea of becoming a man's concubine.
• Lin Chen endured successive waves of death aura as the Black Flame Dragons grew stronger, while Mo Luo predicted he could withstand all fifty waves.
• After forty waves, Lin Chen stabilized his Death Profound Realm cultivation and barely reached minor completion before a much larger Black Flame Dragon struck him.

Lin Chen endured the forty-ninth wave of death energy in the Dead Flame Spirit Pool, nearing a new record for the Flame God Hall. The terrifying fiftieth wave descended on him, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Lin Chen endured the forty-ninth wave of death energy, surpassing the Flame God Hall's previous record of forty-eight waves.
• Mo Luo warned Lin Chen that the final wave could corrode even his powerful physique, but Lin Chen chose to face it to stabilize his cultivation.
• The Dead Flame Spirit Pool fell quiet before the black waterfall began to writhe and release an overwhelming death energy.
• The black waterfall crashed down on Lin Chen, destroying his clothes as the ground shook from the impact.

After surviving fifty washes of deathly aura in the Dead Flame Spirit Pool, Lin Chen broke through to the Death Profound Realm and planned to travel to the Tianfeng Sea Domain to enter the Primordial Chaos Tower. Mo Luo agreed to send Grand Elder Chi Yun with him after deciding that his own presence would draw unwanted attention.

• Lin Chen emerged from the Dead Flame Spirit Pool stronger, with his realm stabilized and his understanding of Life-Death Power deepened.
• Lin Chen covered himself and dressed after Tang Xinlian noticed he was naked, then thanked Mo Luo, Grand Elder Chi Yun, and Tang Xinlian for their help.
• Lin Chen told Mo Luo he planned to enter the Primordial Chaos Tower to gain Primordial Force and explained that doing so would not hinder the Lord of Primordial Chaos's recovery.
• Mo Luo offered to accompany Lin Chen, but Lin Chen warned that Mo Luo's presence could attract the Other Demons' attention.
• Mo Luo agreed to let Grand Elder Chi Yun secretly accompany Lin Chen, and Lin Chen recognized that the assistance would deepen his debt to the Flame God Hall.

Lin Chen accepted Mo Luo’s offer to have Grand Elder Chi Yun accompany him to the Primordial Chaos Tower and asked Mo Luo to protect Little Marten while he was away. After traveling for half a month, Lin Chen and Chi Yun reached Martial Gathering Island, where Lin Chen saw hope of repairing the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone.

• Mo Luo teased Lin Chen about marrying Tang Xinlian, but Lin Chen rejected the idea and agreed to leave for the Primordial Chaos Tower with Grand Elder Chi Yun.
• Lin Chen explained that he wanted to improve his strength quickly because he had only two years to prepare to destroy Yuan Sect.
• Before departing, Lin Chen asked Mo Luo to look after Little Marten in Yan City, and Mo Luo agreed.
• Lin Chen and Grand Elder Chi Yun traveled for half a month from the Flame Sea Domain to the Tianfeng Sea Domain.
• Lin Chen arrived at Martial Gathering Island and felt hopeful about repairing the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone.

Lin Chen visited the Gu Family on Martial Gathering Island while Grand Elder Chi Yun went to persuade the Five Great Families to open the Primordial Chaos Tower. He met Gu Mengqi and began warning her about events that could lead to tragedy.

• Grand Elder Chi Yun promised Lin Chen he would persuade the five patriarchs to open the Primordial Chaos Tower within a day.
• Lin Chen chose to visit the Gu Family and was warmly received after revealing his Death Profound Realm strength.
• Lin Chen asked Gu Shuo to introduce him to Gu Mengqi and Gu Yan, but learned that Gu Yan was cultivating away from the island.
• Gu Mengqi arrived at the hall and sensed Lin Chen's formidable aura.
• Lin Chen told Gu Mengqi that he had come only to warn the Gu Family and prevent certain tragedies.

Lin Chen warned Gu Mengqi’s family to avoid seeking the Life-Profound Spirit Fruit for the next three years, then declined Gu Shuo’s invitation to visit. Later that night, Gu Mengqi came to Lin Chen’s room and undressed, leaving him stunned.

• Lin Chen told Gu Mengqi that the younger generation of her family should avoid competing for the Life-Profound Spirit Fruit on Mystic Spirit Island for three years.
• Gu Shuo took Lin Chen’s warning seriously and invited him to visit the Gu Family, but Lin Chen politely declined.
• Gu Fen sent Gu Shuo a Primordial Spirit message urging him to recruit Lin Chen.
• Gu Mengqi visited Lin Chen late at night with spirit wine that contained additional ingredients and asked him to show her favor.
• Gu Mengqi undressed before Lin Chen, who stared at her in shock.

Lin Chen and Gu Mengqi spent the night together, after which he warned her to remain faithful and offered her a chance to serve his junior sister at the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace. He then met with the Five Great Families’ heads to have the Primordial Chaos Tower opened and its rules changed.

• Gu Mengqi kissed Lin Chen and asked him to grant her wish, and the two spent the night together.
• The next morning, Gu Mengqi said their encounter could be forgotten after Lin Chen left the Tianfeng Sea Domain, while Lin Chen ordered her not to let another man touch her.
• Lin Chen offered to have the Gu Family escort Gu Mengqi to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, where she could become his junior sister’s maidservant, and she said she would think about it.
• Outside the ancient bluestone tower on Martial Gathering Island, Lin Chen asked the heads of the Five Great Families to open the Primordial Chaos Tower and alter its rules.
• Gu Fen and Shentu Tian agreed that the request posed no problem and said they could hardly have refused Lin Chen.

Lin Chen entered the Primordial Chaos Tower to awaken the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone and explore the ancient source of Primordial Force. Grand Elder Chi Yun stayed outside, and Lin Chen began examining the tower’s first floor alone.

• Shentu Tian used a golden token to open the Primordial Chaos Tower’s gate, and Gu Fen warned Lin Chen about the dangers of its higher floors.
• Grand Elder Chi Yun sensed the tower’s hostility toward him and agreed to wait outside while Lin Chen entered alone.
• Lin Chen opened the Stone Gate, felt the Primordial Force stirring the Ancestral Stone within him, and stepped into the tower.
• The Stone Gate closed behind Lin Chen as he began exploring the dim first floor.

Lin Chen followed the Ancestral Stone through the Primordial Chaos Tower so it could absorb Primordial Qi and recover. After ten days on the seventh floor, the Stone Spirit awakened and greeted Lin Chen as the Heavenly Sovereign.

• Lin Chen entered the tower and followed the Ancestral Stone as it raced upward through the floors.
• Lin Chen accompanied the Ancestral Stone to the seventh floor, where he let it absorb the golden Primordial Qi instead of competing for it.
• Over ten days, the Ancestral Stone's surface regained its vitality as its injuries healed.
• A figure emerged from the Stone Talisman, and Yan paid respects to Lin Chen as the Heavenly Sovereign.

Yan revealed that Lin Chen had traveled back through time to preserve the Symbol Ancestor’s true spirit and had left behind a time-law cultivation array and Reincarnation True Intent. Lin Chen learned the journey was for the Ice Master and chose to focus on absorbing the seventh floor’s Primordial Qi to grow stronger.

• Yan explained that Lin Chen’s future self had traveled against time with limited power and that the Great Desolation Barren Tablet had already been given to the Great Desolation Emperor.
• Yan said Lin Chen had left a Spirit Grade Spirit Gathering Array in him, along with a strand of Reincarnation True Intent, and that the array required Lin Chen’s blood essence and cultivation resources.
• Yan recalled finding Lin Chen severely wounded in Qingyang Town eleven years earlier and said he had gradually understood Lin Chen’s purpose.
• Yan revealed that Lin Chen had traveled back for the Ice Master and preserved the Symbol Ancestor’s true spirit when the Symbol Ancestor sacrificed himself.
• Lin Chen set aside his questions and offered to absorb the seventh floor’s Primordial Qi, and Yan said it would be of little use to him and urged Lin Chen to take it.

Lin Chen absorbed the Primordial Qi from the first seven floors of the Primordial Chaos Tower, then left after a crack in the barrier to the eighth floor revealed more ancient Primordial Qi. Outside, Grand Elder Chi Yun told him that a teleportation array to the Eastern Profound Region was ready, and teased him about Gu Mengqi and Tang Xinlian before Lin Chen took his leave.

• Lin Chen absorbed all the Primordial Qi on the tower's seventh floor in one day, while Yan noted that the Lord of Primordial Chaos would need time to awaken.
• A crack appeared in the golden barrier to the eighth floor, and ancient Primordial Qi seeped through, but Lin Chen decided not to wait for more.
• Yan returned to Lin Chen's body, and Lin Chen left the Primordial Chaos Tower after he and Yan had absorbed the Qi from its first seven floors.
• Grand Elder Chi Yun told Lin Chen that he and the Five Great Families had built a teleportation array to the Eastern Profound Region.
• Grand Elder Chi Yun teased Lin Chen about Gu Mengqi and Tang Xinlian, and Lin Chen explained that his involvement with Gu Mengqi had been an accident before bidding everyone farewell.

Lin Chen reached the Dao Sect and visited Heaven Hall after returning to the Eastern Profound Region. Ying Huanhuan confronted him over his absence and his failure to ask about Ying Xiaoxiao after she was injured, leaving Lin Chen to face her anger.

• Lin Chen sensed that he had arrived in the Dao Region of the Lingyun Dynasty and traveled to the Dao Sect.
• Lin Chen introduced himself to Shangguang Mo, who escorted him to Heaven Hall at his request to keep his arrival low-key.
• Qi Lei welcomed Lin Chen and realized that Lin Chen had reached the Death Profound Realm.
• Ying Huanhuan angrily accused Lin Chen of neglecting Ying Xiaoxiao after her injury and challenged him to settle the score.

Lin Chen returned to the Dao Sect and learned that Ying Xiaoxiao had gone to Bloodstone Land to investigate the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed. He arranged to cultivate in the Dan River while waiting for her return, but Ying Huanhuan followed him and prevented him from using Yan and the Boundless Divine Prison Plate.

• Lin Chen argued with Ying Huanhuan about her resentment toward him and told her not to interfere in his relationship with Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Qi Lei told Lin Chen that Ying Xiaoxiao had left for Bloodstone Land a month earlier with Core Disciples and should return in a few days.
• Lin Chen reflected on Ying Xiaoxiao’s devotion to the Dao Sect and learned from Qi Lei that she had recovered from her injuries.
• Lin Chen asked Qi Lei for permission to cultivate in the Dan River, and Qi Lei agreed despite Ying Huanhuan’s protests.
• Lin Chen tried to cultivate in the Dan River, but Ying Huanhuan’s constant presence kept him from having Yan reveal himself and activate the Boundless Divine Prison Plate.

Lin Chen persuaded Ying Huanhuan to leave him alone in Heaven Hall so he could cultivate his Spiritual Power. Yan then summoned the Boundless Divine Prison Plate for Lin Chen to enter, leaving him poised to begin its trials.

• Ying Huanhuan confronted Lin Chen over his treatment of her sister, but left after he warned he would ask Ying Xuanzi to remove her.
• Lin Chen reflected on his regard for Ying Huanhuan and his plans to grow stronger before the Sect Tournament and destroy Yuan Sect.
• Lin Chen used Spiritual Isolation to protect his cultivation and summoned Yan from within his body.
• Lin Chen ordered Yan to activate the Boundless Divine Prison Plate using the Dan River's Nirvana Qi.
• Yan formed the enormous Boundless Divine Prison Plate and invited Lin Chen to enter it to cultivate his Spiritual Power.

Lin Chen entered the Boundless Divine Prison Plate to temper his Spiritual Power by fighting an Earth-grade Mirror Image, enduring repeated destruction and rebirth. After 673 attempts, his cultivation session ended with his consciousness too hazy to condense again, though his Spiritual Entity had grown much stronger.

• Lin Chen condensed a Spiritual Entity and entered the Boundless Divine Prison Plate to train against a Mirror Image.
• Yan explained that the Earth-grade Mirror Image was stronger than Lin Chen, and that the plate amplified the pain of being torn apart.
• Lin Chen repeatedly charged the Mirror Image, which destroyed his Spiritual Body again and again, while his Spiritual Entity grew stronger.
• Yan counted Lin Chen’s attempts and recognized that his consciousness was nearing its limit.
• On the 673rd attempt, Lin Chen struck at the Mirror Image as it pierced his heart, but his consciousness failed to condense again and his cultivation session ended.

Lin Chen endured the agony of tempering his Spiritual Entity in the Boundless Divine Prison Plate and reunited with Ying Xiaoxiao, who visited him on the Dan River Cultivation Platform. They discussed her rivalry with Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan’s resentment, and Lin Chen continued his intense cultivation over the following month.

• Lin Chen returned from two days of Spiritual Power cultivation in severe pain, and Yan advised him to rest for a day.
• Lin Chen sensed Ying Xiaoxiao nearby and opened a passage through his isolation array so she could enter the Dan River Cultivation Platform.
• Ying Xiaoxiao worried over Lin Chen’s exhausted condition, then embraced him and praised the progress he had made through painful cultivation.
• Lin Chen told Ying Xiaoxiao that Ying Huanhuan still resented him for not intervening when Ling Qingzhu injured her, and Ying Xiaoxiao said she would explain the matter to her sister.
• Lin Chen said Ying Xiaoxiao and Ling Qingzhu could settle their differences as they wished so long as neither harmed the other’s foundation, and Ying Xiaoxiao agreed.
• Over the next month, Lin Chen remained on the platform, repeatedly tempering his Spiritual Entity in the Boundless Divine Prison Plate while Ying Xiaoxiao visited to keep him company.

After four months of cultivation in the Boundless Divine Prison Plate, Lin Chen reached the peak of Immortal Talisman Master Grand Accomplishment and prepared to leave the Dao Sect as the Hundred Dynasties War neared its end. Meanwhile, outside Myriad Phenomena City, the Great Qian Dynasty and Wind Cloud Dynasty faced off over the Wind Cloud Dynasty’s alliance with the Heavenly Demon Dynasty.

• Lin Chen defeated nine Earth-grade Mirror Images, bringing his Spiritual Power close to the Rune Sect realm but still short of the challenge required to advance.
• Lin Chen ended his cultivation and withdrew the Spiritual isolation array as his Spiritual Power swept through the Dao Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan told Lin Chen that Ying Xiaoxiao had left on a Sect Mission and had asked her to wait for him.
• Lin Chen reflected on Ying Huanhuan’s future and resolved to prevent her from sacrificing herself to reincarnation.
• Outside Myriad Phenomena City, Qian Jin confronted Feng Cang over the Wind Cloud Dynasty’s alliance with the Heavenly Demon Dynasty, and Feng Cang said he wanted to deny others the Spirit Seal inheritance opportunity.