Chapter Summaries

Qian Jin and the Great Qian Dynasty defended the Great Qing Dynasty against the Heavenly Demon and Wind Cloud Dynasties, who sought the Spirit Seal. Lan Ying arrived with reinforcements and invoked Lin Chen’s authority, leaving Song Zhen to decide whether to pay reparations or face Lin Chen.

• Song Zhen demanded that Qian Jin surrender the green-clad girl whose Spirit Seal the Heavenly Demon Dynasty wanted.
• Qian Jin warned that the Great Qian Dynasty was protecting the Great Qing Dynasty on Lin Chen’s orders, not for the Spirit Seal.
• Lan Ying arrived with the Immortal Dynasty’s forces and promised the Great Qian Dynasty three Heaven-grade High-level Spirit Treasures from Lin Chen.
• Lan Ying demanded that the Heavenly Demon Dynasty give the Great Qing Dynasty one hundred million Nirvana Pills, warning Song Zhen that Lin Chen might come if he delayed.

Lin Chen repaid his old debt to the Great Qing Dynasty by securing its people a place to cultivate in the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and giving it a hundred million Nirvana Pills. At Hundred Dynasties Mountain, he warned the super sect guides about the Western Profound Region’s plan to seal and move the Ancient Battlefield, then urged them to protect it and cultivate Eastern Profound Region talent.

• Lin Chen had Lan Ying rescue Su Kui, Su Rou, Liu Ya, and their group from trouble in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Lin Chen promised the Great Qing Dynasty’s people safe cultivation in the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and gave them a hundred million Nirvana Pills as repayment for its past kindness.
• Lin Chen parted from Su Kui, Su Rou, and Liu Ya after fulfilling his promise to the Great Qing Imperial Family.
• Lin Chen appeared above Hundred Dynasties Mountain, startling the super sect guides with his Death Profound Realm strength.
• Wu Dao told Lin Chen that the guides had informed their sects about the Western Profound Region’s plan to use the Heaven Sealing Array Diagram to move the Ancient Battlefield.
• Lin Chen warned that the Western Profound Region would not return if it attacked the Ancient Battlefield and called on the guides to protect the space and cultivate Eastern Profound Region talents.

After leaving the Hundred Dynasties War, Lin Chen changed course to meet Gu Mengqi and Gu Shuo in the Lingyun Dynasty. He agreed to take them to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, where Gu Mengqi would remain by his side and help with his plans.

• Lin Chen entrusted Su Rou and the others from the Great Qing Dynasty to a Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace elder before departing the Ancient Battlefield.
• After receiving Gu Shuo's Primordial Spirit message, Lin Chen traveled to the Lingyun Dynasty to meet him and Gu Mengqi.
• Lin Chen praised Gu Mengqi's strength but told her that her talent did not change his assessment of her.
• Gu Mengqi said she was content to stay by Lin Chen's side and would follow his arrangements.
• Lin Chen invited Gu Mengqi and Gu Shuo to accompany him to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.

Lin Chen reunited with Ling Qingzhu on Taiqing Peak after more than half a year and introduced Gu Mengqi as his new concubine. Gu Mengqi offered to serve Ling Qingzhu as a maid, but Lin Chen suggested she could instead follow Ying Xiaoxiao and join the Dao Sect.

• Lin Chen reassured Gu Mengqi that Ling Qingzhu would not mistreat her and told her to help his junior sister as best she could.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived and asked who Gu Mengqi was; Lin Chen plainly introduced her as his newly taken concubine.
• Gu Mengqi bowed to Ling Qingzhu and declared that she would become her maid so she could remain by Lin Chen's side.
• Ling Qingzhu rejected the idea of Gu Mengqi serving her, and Lin Chen suggested Gu Mengqi could follow Ying Xiaoxiao and strengthen the Dao Sect for the next Sect War.

Lin Chen explained why Gu Mengqi should accompany Ling Qingzhu into the Demonic Realm during the next Sect War and revealed his plans to grow stronger before the coming war. Ling Qingzhu agreed to take Gu Mengqi, though she made clear she would not treat her as a sister.

• Lin Chen told Ling Qingzhu that Ying Xiaoxiao might welcome an ally and that Gu Mengqi could protect her and help resolve the aftereffects of her Nine Heavens Immortal Art cultivation in the Taiqing Immortal Pool.
• Lin Chen explained that he planned to avoid the next Sect War unless he was confident he could handle the dangers in the Demonic Realm, and said he expected to reach the Rune Sect realm in Spiritual Power before it began.
• Ling Qingzhu was shaken by Lin Chen's strength and resolved to cultivate Supreme Power so she could become stronger.
• Lin Chen said Gu Mengqi would follow Ling Qingzhu, and Ling Qingzhu agreed while stating she would not treat her as a sister.
• Lin Chen told the two women not to cross the line of harming each other's lives or threatening what truly mattered, and said he would not interfere in their rivalry.

Lin Chen met with the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace to request cultivation resources and ask for Ling Qingzhu’s hand in marriage. The Palace Master agreed to a simple wedding in a month, while Lin Chen promised to treat Ling Qingzhu well.

• Ling Qingzhu warned Lin Chen not to let her see another woman at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, then asked Ying Xiaoxiao how she had met him.
• Lin Chen visited the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, who noted his increased strength and welcomed his progress as a member of the sect.
• Lin Chen requested sect resources to strengthen his Origin Energy, and the Palace Master said she would seek the Elders’ approval if he first reached Rune Sect level.
• Lin Chen asked to marry Ling Qingzhu in a simple ceremony a month later, explaining that their bond would help her take the initiative to grow close to him and cultivate Supreme Power.
• The Palace Master agreed to the marriage and warned Lin Chen to treat Ling Qingzhu well; he replied that he could not bear to mistreat her.

Lin Chen secured the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace’s approval for his plans with Qingzhu, then returned to the Great Yan Dynasty to ask Lin Mu to arrange his wedding. He left Lin Mu to invite key Lin Clan members to the ceremony in one month.

• The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace told Lin Chen she would not oppose his union with Qingzhu and cautioned him not to reopen painful questions about Qingzhu’s parents.
• Lin Chen thanked the Palace Master and said he would discuss using the sect’s resources after his Spiritual Power reached the Rune Sect realm.
• Lin Chen returned to the Lin Clan and reunited warmly with Lin Mu.
• Lin Chen told Lin Mu he was preparing to marry and asked him to handle the proper wedding arrangements.
• Lin Chen asked Lin Mu to bring Lin Lie, Lin Fan, and other chosen clan members to the ceremony in one month, and Lin Mu agreed.

Lin Chen agreed to arrange for Lin Clan and Huangpu Clan juniors to enter weaker super sects, while refusing to let them trade on his name. Back at the Dao Sect, he told Ying Xiaoxiao that he planned to marry Ling Qingzhu in a month and sought her hand as part of a plan to unite the sects against Yuan Sect.

• Lin Mu asked Lin Chen to help his daughter and the Lin Clan place younger members in super sects, and Lin Chen agreed to send Dao Sect elders to Lin City in a month.
• Lin Chen said he would not let the juniors use his name and would arrange for them to enter weaker super sects in the Eastern Profound Region.
• As he traveled across the region, Lin Chen gained insight into Space Power and realized he had begun to touch one of the continent's source laws.
• Lin Chen returned to the Dao Sect and teased Ying Huanhuan, while Ying Xiaoxiao welcomed him warmly.
• Lin Chen told Ying Xiaoxiao he would marry Ling Qingzhu in a month and had come to ask her father's permission to marry her as well.
• Lin Chen said he intended to unite the Dao Sect and destroy Yuan Sect after the Sect Tournament.

Lin Chen returned to the Dao Sect and asked Ying Xuanzi for Ying Xiaoxiao’s hand, proposing a wedding in one month. Ying Xuanzi agreed, and Lin Chen then raised another matter concerning Zhou Tong.

• Lin Chen told Ying Xiaoxiao he intended to destroy the Yuan Sect after the Sect War and discussed marrying her in one month.
• Ying Xiaoxiao agreed to seek her father’s approval, while Ying Huanhuan questioned whether her sister would leave with Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen took Ying Xiaoxiao to Dao Peak to meet Ying Xuanzi and Elder Gan.
• Ying Xuanzi and Elder Gan were astonished by Lin Chen’s strength.
• Lin Chen asked Ying Xuanzi for Ying Xiaoxiao’s hand and invited him and Elder Gan to the wedding; Ying Xuanzi agreed.
• Lin Chen brought up another matter concerning Zhou Tong.

Lin Chen told Ying Xuanzi and Elder Gan that Zhou Tong was alive but imprisoned by Yuan Sect, and revealed Yuan Sect’s ties to the Other Demons. He proposed marriage to Dao Sect and laid out a plan to destroy Yuan Sect and rescue Zhou Tong after the Sect Tournament.

• Lin Chen revealed that Zhou Tong had survived and was held within Yuan Sect, prompting Ying Xuanzi, Elder Gan, and Ying Xiaoxiao to react with shock and relief.
• Lin Chen explained that Zhou Tong’s Space Ancestral Symbol had kept him alive, but the Demon Emperor Lock had trapped his Primordial Spirit and left him in Yuan Sect’s control.
• Elder Gan asked how Zhou Tong could be rescued, and Lin Chen said Dao Sect needed to join a wider war against Yuan Sect, which was secretly supported by the Other Demons.
• Lin Chen proposed marriage to Dao Sect and said he intended to discuss Yuan Sect’s destruction after the Sect War.
• Lin Chen told Ying Xuanzi that Mo Luo, Qing Zhi, and other powerful allies would join the campaign against Yuan Sect.
• Lin Chen vowed to begin the plan after his cultivation advanced and to rescue Zhou Tong for the sake of both Dao Sect and the Space Ancestral Symbol.

Lin Chen held a simple wedding with Ling Qingzhu and Ying Xiaoxiao, while the ceremony left tensions between them plainly visible. He then went to Taiqing Peak to cultivate his Spiritual Power, setting aside the wedding night as he pursued greater strength and the power to control the Plane Embryo.

• Lin Chen told Elder Gan he intended to destroy the Yuan Sect and rescue Zhou Tong, then reminded Ying Xiaoxiao of their arrangement before leaving.
• A month later, Lin Chen married Ling Qingzhu and Ying Xiaoxiao in a small ceremony at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• The wedding guests witnessed the strained atmosphere between Ying Xiaoxiao and Ling Qingzhu, and Lin Chen said he hoped to announce the marriage more publicly in the future.
• The Hundred Dynasties War ended, the Western Profound Region's attempt to move the Ancient Battlefield failed, and Lin Dong and Lin Langtian's duel ended without a decisive victor.
• Lin Chen went to a Dan River on Taiqing Peak and asked Yan to activate the Boundless Divine Prison Plate so he could continue cultivating his Spiritual Power.

Lin Chen withdrew into cultivation after Ying Xiaoxiao and the Dao Sect party departed, while the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace and Ying Xuanzi discussed an alliance and their shared past. After recovering, Lin Chen met Ling Qingzhu in her wedding dress, and she offered herself to him so she could pursue Supreme Power.

• Lin Chen resumed Spiritual Power cultivation in the Boundless Divine Prison Plate, aiming to reach the peak of the Rune Sect realm without breaking through to Grand Talisman Ancestor.
• The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace and Ying Xuanzi reflected on their history and discussed forming an alliance between their sects to wage war in the Eastern Profound Region after the Sect Tournament.
• Lin Chen learned that Ying Xiaoxiao and the Dao Sect party had left, then waited several days for his exhausted Spiritual Power to recover.
• Lin Chen visited Ling Qingzhu in her wedding dress, and she said she was willing to give herself to him to comprehend Supreme Power.
• Lin Chen drew Ling Qingzhu into his embrace and saw her Fairy Body for the first time.

Lin Chen and Ling Qingzhu joined their consciousnesses to sense the source of the world, allowing Ling Qingzhu to comprehend Supreme Power and Lin Chen to gain a new way to wield the power of heaven and earth. Back at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, Lin Chen planned to break through to Rune Sect before visiting the Palace Lord, as the quiet days before the Sect Tournament would soon end.

• Lin Chen and Ling Qingzhu merged their consciousnesses and entered the chaotic region where they sensed the Supreme, with Lin Chen shielding Ling Qingzhu from its harmful radiance.
• Ling Qingzhu said she had comprehended the power and that her Origin Energy had broken through, while Lin Chen gained the ability to wield the power of heaven and earth.
• Lin Chen explained that his body shared the world's origin and that joining with him allowed Ling Qingzhu to sense the Supreme.
• Lin Chen and Ling Qingzhu returned to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and resumed cultivation on the Dan River Cultivation Platform.
• Lin Chen said he would visit the Palace Lord after his Spiritual Power reached Rune Sect and warned that the time before the Sect Tournament was their last peaceful period.

After seven months of cultivation, Lin Chen broke through to the Rune Sect Realm in Spiritual Power, revealing the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's Ancestral Symbol Eye and startling the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace. The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace ordered everyone to keep the breakthrough secret as Lin Chen's perception spread across the palace.

• Ling Qingzhu cultivated beside Lin Chen while he continued training his Spiritual Power.
• Seven months later, Yan sensed that Lin Chen was on the verge of a breakthrough, and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's Ancestral Symbol Eye appeared on Lin Chen's forehead.
• Lin Chen's Spiritual Power erupted into a vast black pillar of light, and Ling Qingzhu realized he possessed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Experts across the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace sensed Lin Chen's immense Spiritual Power and rushed toward Taiqing Peak to investigate.
• The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace emerged from a spatial rift and ordered the gathered people not to spread word of Lin Chen's breakthrough.
• Lin Chen's perception expanded throughout the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace as his Spiritual Power reached the Rune Sect Realm.

Lin Chen completed his cultivation in the Boundless Divine Prison Plate and broke through to the Minor Rune Sect Realm, then planned to seek resources from Ling Qingzhu’s master. At Yuan Sect, the Three Yuan Sect Leaders learned of Lin Chen’s breakthrough and worried that he had become a formidable threat.

• Lin Chen sensed the Lord of Devouring’s inheritance but decided the Reincarnation True Intent in the Ancestral Stone suited him better.
• Lin Chen completed his cultivation, and Yan congratulated him on reaching the Rune Sect Realm; Lin Chen noted that he had only attained its minor stage.
• Ling Qingzhu congratulated Lin Chen, who asked her to take him to see her master so he could obtain cultivation resources.
• The Three Yuan Sect Leaders discussed Lin Chen’s breakthrough and wondered how quickly he had grown stronger.

Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi worried about Lin Chen’s hidden strength and the growing closeness between Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and Dao Sect. The Taiqing Palace Elders approved opening the treasure vault for Lin Chen and discussed raising his status, while the story shifted to the declining Luoshen Clan, where Luotian Shen began explaining the Luoshen River’s recent manifestation to his son, Tian’er.

• Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi discussed Lin Chen’s strength and expressed concern about the alliance between Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and Dao Sect.
• The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace convened the Elders to consider opening the sect’s treasure vault for Lin Chen.
• Elder Song and the other Elders agreed that Lin Chen deserved the resources, and they discussed changing his Core Disciple status.
• The chapter described the Luoshen Clan’s decline and its ongoing conflict with the Bone God Clan, Strength God Clan, and Blood God Clan.
• Luotian Shen told Tian’er that the Luoshen River had stirred, the Luoshen Dharma Body had appeared, and the other three clans had been repelled by the ancestor’s lingering will.

Lin Chen discovered Little Flame imprisoned and brutalized at Magic Sound Mountain, where Golden Ghost Owl had captured him. Lin Chen killed Golden Ghost Owl and rescued Little Flame.

• Luotian Shen explained the Luoshen Clan’s history and the mysterious method associated with its ancestor, Luo Shen.
• Golden Ghost Owl and his men tortured the wounded Little Flame at Magic Sound Mountain and planned to kill him for trespassing.
• Lin Chen arrived through a spatial rift and found Little Flame in a battered state.
• Golden Ghost Owl begged Lin Chen for mercy, but Lin Chen killed him with Spiritual Power.

Lin Chen rescued Little Flame from the men who had attacked him in Magic Sound Mountain, healed him, and helped him advance through the eighth Nirvana Tribulation. After Little Flame thanked him, Lin Chen discussed their relationship and the Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Water Little Flame had secretly consumed.

• Lin Chen killed the Golden Ghost Owl and used his Spiritual Power to kill the leopard-skinned man and the burly man, preserving their demon spirits and bloodline essence for Little Flame.
• Lin Chen gave Little Flame the two men’s demon spirits and demon beast corpses as a meeting gift, then healed his injuries with Origin Energy.
• With Lin Chen’s healing, Little Flame calmed his aura, passed the eighth Nirvana Tribulation, and reached the Eight Yuan Nirvana Realm.
• Little Flame knelt to thank Lin Chen, who told him to stop calling him Master and explained that he had never considered him a pet or mount.
• Lin Chen said he had remembered Little Flame after thinking of Little Marten and rushed to Magic Sound Mountain to save him.
• Little Flame explained that secretly consuming Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Water had strengthened his Primordial Spirit, and Lin Chen said he wanted to obtain some.

Lin Chen and Little Flame went to a hidden cavern in Magic Sound Mountain to obtain Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Water, which could be condensed into a treasure that helped nurture a Primordial Spirit. After producing six Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Births, Lin Chen gave one to Little Flame and left him a Primordial Spirit tablet for emergencies before departing.

• Lin Chen followed Little Flame to the sealed cavern where the Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Water was kept.
• Lin Chen broke the Golden Ghost Owl's formation and entered the cavern with Little Flame.
• Lin Chen condensed the golden liquid in the stone pool into six Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Births.
• Lin Chen gave one Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Birth to Little Flame and left him a tablet bearing his Primordial Spirit imprint.
• Lin Chen departed, telling Little Flame to activate the tablet if he encountered trouble.

Lin Chen gave Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Births and learned how Dao Sect had secured the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed from Yuan Sect. He then asked Ying Xuanzi for Dao Sect’s Stillness Token, leaving its purpose unexplained.

• Lin Chen gave Ying Xiaoxiao two Earth Core Spirit Nurturing Births to help her and Ying Huanhuan strengthen their Primordial Spirits.
• Ying Xiaoxiao told Lin Chen that Ying Xuanzi had personally retrieved the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed after Ren Yuanzi and Yuan Sect intervened.
• Lin Chen promised that Yuan Sect would not remain in the Eastern Profound Region, and Ying Xiaoxiao gave him an Immortal Origin Ancient Fruit for Lin Ke'er.
• Lin Chen visited Ying Xuanzi and requested Dao Sect’s replica of the Ancient Divine Object, the Stillness Divine Token.
• Ying Xuanzi questioned why Lin Chen wanted the token, and Lin Chen said he wanted it as a reference.