Chapter Summaries

After Yuan Sect’s destruction, Lin Chen used its resources to restore the Ancestral Stone and cleanse the remaining Other Demon corpses. With Yuan Sect’s aftermath settled, he began refining the Space Ancestral Symbol and planned to treat Zhou Tong next.

• Ying Xuanzi gave Lin Chen the cultivation resources recovered from Yuan Sect, and Lin Chen said he would use them to restore the Ancestral Stone before treating Zhou Tong.
• Over five days, Lin Chen used Yuan Sect’s pills, spiritual medicines, and Dan Rivers to restore Yan’s injuries completely.
• Lin Chen and Yan purified all the remaining Other Demon corpses beneath Yuan Sect, removing the last traces of demon aura from the land.
• Qing Zhi and the others departed for Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, while Mo Luo and Ying Xuanzi stayed behind with Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen summoned the Space Ancestral Symbol, which glowed and seeped into his palm as he began refining it.

Lin Chen refined the Space Ancestral Symbol while the Ancestral Stone subdued its resistance to the Devouring Ancestral Symbol. As his consciousness merged with space and spread across the Tianxuan Continent, he left the next stage of his refinement underway.

• Lin Chen absorbed the Space Ancestral Symbol as the Ancestral Stone eased its conflict with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Mo Luo and Ying Xuanzi watched Lin Chen refine the symbol and discussed his growing strength and the threats facing Flame God Hall.
• Lin Chen calmed his mind and comprehended the Space Power to gain control of the Space Ancestral Symbol.
• Lin Chen's consciousness merged with the surrounding space, allowing him to observe places and people across the Eastern Profound Region, including Lin Langtian.
• Lin Chen's consciousness traveled beyond the Eastern Profound Region and continued expanding as the resistance to its passage faded.

Lin Chen’s consciousness drifted through space and witnessed the planar seal created by the Symbol Ancestor to hold back the Other Demons. The Symbol Ancestor intervened and returned Lin Chen to his body, leaving him aware of the seal’s weakening and the threat beyond it.

• Lin Chen stopped resisting the spatial tempering and allowed his consciousness to merge with space.
• Lin Chen discovered the vast planar seal and the dark fissure through which demonic aura poured, and sensed that the seal was weakening.
• Lin Chen’s consciousness was drawn toward the formation despite his attempts to escape.
• The Symbol Ancestor appeared above the formation, said he had waited for Lin Chen, and pressed a finger against Lin Chen’s consciousness.
• Lin Chen’s consciousness shattered and returned to his body at the ruined Yuan Sect, where Mo Luo, Ying Xuanzi, and others were nearby.

After refining the Space Ancestral Symbol, Lin Chen gained mastery over space and drew the world’s Spiritual Power into a breakthrough. He reached the Grand Talisman Ancestor realm at Yuan Sect and absorbed the overwhelming Spiritual Power that had formed a Thunder Sea above him.

• Lin Chen sensed that the Space Ancestral Symbol had been refined and felt it settle beside the Devouring Ancestral Symbol without resistance.
• The Space Ancestral Symbol’s energy surged through Lin Chen, gathering his Origin Energy and causing vast Spiritual Power to build above Yuan Sect.
• Mo Luo sensed the enormous Spiritual Power, and over half a month it grew until thunder and lightning threatened the people gathered at Yuan Sect.
• Lu Ying and Lin Ke'er saw Lin Chen as the Spiritual Power storm reached its peak and a Thunder Sea descended toward him.
• Lin Chen announced that he had broken through to the Grand Talisman Ancestor realm, entered the Thunder Sea, and drew its Spiritual Power into his body.

After absorbing the Space Ancestral Symbol, Lin Chen reached the Grand Talisman Ancestor level and considered forming a Divine Palace. In the Demonic Realm, Ying Xiaoxiao led the Dao Sect disciples to the Teleportation Ground, where Yuan Cang blocked their way, unaware that the Yuan Sect had already been destroyed.

• Lin Chen absorbed the remaining Spiritual Power in the sky, reached the Grand Talisman Ancestor realm, and sensed that his Origin Energy had also approached reincarnation.
• Ying Xuanzi and Mo Luo recognized the scale of Lin Chen’s Spiritual Power and noted that a Grand Talisman Ancestor could contend with a Reincarnation Stage expert.
• Ying Xiaoxiao brought the Dao Sect disciples to a halt at the Teleportation Ground as Yuan Cang and his allies arrived and surrounded them.
• Yuan Cang threatened the Dao Sect disciples and declared that he would settle old and new grudges with them.
• The chapter recounted the long feud between the Yuan Sect and Dao Sect, including Zhou Tong’s battles with the Yuan Sect a century earlier and his presumed death.
• Ying Xiaoxiao said the Dao Sect would settle its debt for the senior sister killed by the Yuan Sect, then taunted Yuan Cang that his sect no longer existed.

Ying Xiaoxiao and Ling Qingzhu joined forces with the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace to confront Yuan Cang and the Yuan Sect in the Demonic Realm. As both sides prepared to fight, Ying Xiaoxiao believed Lin Chen would ultimately eradicate the Yuan Sect.

• Ying Xiaoxiao told Yuan Cang that the Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace would leave the Demonic Realm, then Ling Qingzhu and her disciples arrived to support the Dao Sect.
• Ling Qingzhu and Ying Xiaoxiao rejected Yuan Cang's demands, trading barbs before Yuan Cang ordered the Yuan Sect disciples to attack.
• Yuan Cang, Ling Zhen, and Lei Qian advanced as their Origin Energy surged, while Ling Qingzhu declared she would kill Yuan Cang.
• Gu Mengqi volunteered to fight Ling Zhen, and Ying Xiaoxiao claimed Lei Qian as her opponent.
• Ying Xiaoxiao declared that the two sects would wipe out the Yuan Sect's last remnants and trusted Lin Chen to eradicate the sect.

Lin Chen returned to the Dao Sect after destroying the Yuan Sect and prepared to address the Great Desolation Barren Tablet. In Demonic City, the trapped Yuan Sect leaders realized their enemies were waiting for the tournament to end so they could kill them.

• Lin Chen arrived at the Dao Sect with Ying Xuanzi and Mo Luo, and the Elders and disciples welcomed him for destroying the Yuan Sect and rescuing Zhou Tong.
• Lin Chen told Ying Xuanzi that the Dao Sect would be useful when they eventually went to the Great Thousand World, then said they should resolve the Great Desolation Barren Tablet’s problem.
• In Demonic City, news of the Yuan Sect’s destruction spread while Elders from the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and Dao Sect guarded the city’s outskirts and trapped the Yuan Sect expedition leaders.
• A Yuan Sect Elder smashed a table and urged the others to fight rather than wait to die.
• The Yuan Sect leaders concluded that the Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace were waiting for Yuan Cang and the others to emerge so they could wipe them out.

Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace overwhelmed Yuan Sect in the Demonic Realm, while Dao Sect leaders prepared to eliminate the Yuan Sect disciples trapped in Demonic City. Lin Chen then accompanied Ying Xuanzi and Mo Luo to open the Great Desolation Barren Tablet so they could destroy the Demonic King sealed within it.

• Qi Lei and the other Dao Sect hall masters resolved to wipe out the Yuan Sect disciples in Demonic City and block their escape.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Gu Mengqi defeated Ling Zhen and Lei Qian, then helped Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace disciples overpower Yuan Sect.
• Ling Qingzhu destroyed Yuan Cang's formation and killed him with chaotic sword light, while the other Yuan Sect disciples tried to flee.
• Lin Chen told Ying Xuanzi to use the Dan Rivers to open the Great Desolation Barren Tablet so they could eliminate the Demonic King within it.
• Ying Xuanzi sent his power into the earth, causing the mountain range to shake and split open.

Lin Chen and Mo Luo entered the Great Desolation Barren Tablet to confront the True King sealed within it. They reached the tablet spirit, where Mo Luo saw the demon’s powerful evil aura at the tablet’s base.

• The Great Desolation Barren Tablet rose from the Dan River fissure, and Lin Chen explained that it suppressed a True King of the Other Demon race.
• Lin Chen asked Ying Xuanzi to wait while he and Mo Luo entered the tablet to destroy the demon.
• The tablet fully emerged, revealing worsening demonic corruption as Dao Sect disciples and Elders gathered to watch.
• Lin Chen and Mo Luo entered the tablet’s inner space, where Lin Chen summoned the tablet spirit from the desolate land.
• Mo Luo inspected the ancient tablet and recognized the formidable evil aura of the True King it suppressed.

Lin Chen and Mo Luo returned to the Great Desolation Barren Tablet to help eradicate the Demonic King sealed within it. The tablet spirit explained how they could use the Devouring, Space, and Flame Ancestral Talismans to destroy the demon’s life force, and the three prepared to act.

• Lin Chen told Mo Luo that they had returned to deal with the Demonic King, while noting they could seek the Dark Hall master’s help if necessary.
• The Great Desolation Barren Tablet spirit emerged and welcomed Lin Chen and Mo Luo, recognizing their Ancestral Talismans and Lin Chen’s Grand Talisman Ancestor strength.
• The Demonic King sensed the power of multiple Ancestral Talismans and argued that Lin Chen and Mo Luo lacked the strength to kill him.
• The tablet spirit suppressed the Demonic King’s spreading black patterns and explained that the Ancestral Talismans could annihilate his demonic energy and vitality.
• The tablet spirit asked Lin Chen and Mo Luo to pour the Devouring, Space, and Flame Ancestral Talismans’ power into it so it could activate the sealing formation and destroy the Demonic King.

Lin Chen, Mo Luo, and the Great Desolation Barren Tablet Spirit used the power of three Ancestral Talismans to erase the Demonic King’s corruption and restore the tablet. In Yan City, Little Marten broke through to the Samsara Stage and decided to return to his clan, though Chi Yun urged him to wait for Lin Chen and the Hall Master.

• Lin Chen and Mo Luo poured the powers of the Devouring, Space, and Flame Ancestral Symbols into the Great Desolation Barren Tablet, strengthening its annihilating formation.
• The tablet erased the black patterns and fully recovered its original appearance, and Ying Xuanzi recognized that Lin Chen had resolved its problem.
• Little Marten broke through to the Samsara Stage, creating a vast bat-wing phenomenon over Yan City that revealed him as a Heavenly Demonic Sable.
• Grand Elder Chi Yun told Little Marten that the Yuan Sect had been destroyed and that Lin Chen had gained control of the Space Ancestral Symbol and reached the Grand Talisman Ancestor level.
• Little Marten decided to return to his clan to repay the grudge from his past, but Chi Yun advised him to wait for Lin Chen and the Hall Master to return.

After destroying the Demonic King beneath the Great Desolation Barren Tablet, Lin Chen persuaded its spirit to join him in fighting the Other Demons. Ying Xuanzi agreed to let Lin Chen take the tablet from the Dao Sect, and Lin Chen offered to leave behind a copy of the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Little Marten suppressed his urge to return to his clan and agreed not to set out alone.
• Lin Chen asked the Great Desolation Barren Tablet Spirit to join him after the Demonic King was annihilated.
• Yan reunited with the Great Desolation Barren Tablet Spirit and urged it to follow Lin Chen, who the two believed could resolve the world's crisis.
• The Great Desolation Barren Tablet Spirit accepted Lin Chen as its master and agreed to leave with him.
• Lin Chen told Ying Xuanzi he intended to take the tablet to fight the Other Demons, and Ying Xuanzi agreed to explain its departure to the Dao Sect.
• Lin Chen said he would leave behind a copy of the Great Desolation Scripture for the Dao Sect.

Lin Chen took the Great Desolation Barren Tablet from the Dao Sect after arranging for Zhou Tong to teach the Great Desolation Scripture to qualified disciples. As Blood Lamps revealed the deaths of another demonic King and Tang Dongling prepared to meet Liu Xiangxuan, Lin Chen and Mo Luo headed toward the Sea of Chaotic Demons.

• Lin Chen and Ying Xuanzi agreed that Zhou Tong would preserve the Great Desolation Scripture and teach it to qualified Dao Sect members once his injuries healed.
• Lin Chen shrank the Great Desolation Barren Tablet and took it, while Ying Xuanzi announced that Zhou Tong would teach the scripture to eligible disciples.
• Lin Chen told Mo Luo they would return to the Sea of Chaotic Demons, where Lin Chen had matters to handle in the Heavenly Merchant Sea Domain.
• Beneath the Western Profound Great Desert, a Blood Lamp went out and demonic voices lamented that another King had been killed after the Yuan Sect was destroyed.
• Tang Dongling learned that Liu Xiangxuan had arrived at the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion and went to meet the Saintess of Profound Heaven Palace.

Liu Xiangxuan of Profound Heaven Palace met Tang Dongling at the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion to discuss the Thunder Ancestral Symbol. Tang Dongling offered Profound Heaven Palace the Pavilion’s Silver Tower Key for one hundred million Profound Origin Pills, a price that shocked Liu Xiangxuan and Elder Tianran.

• Liu Xiangxuan and Elder Tianran waited at the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion, wondering why Tang Dongling had summoned them and noting Profound Heaven Palace’s interest in the Thunder Ancestral Symbol.
• Tang Dongling arrived and exchanged greetings with Liu Xiangxuan, who soon asked why she had been invited from the Profound Heaven Sea Region.
• Tang Dongling explained that Profound Heaven Palace knew the Thunder Ancestral Symbol was in the Thunder Emperor’s Cave Mansion and offered the Pavilion’s Silver Tower Key if Profound Heaven Palace paid a suitable price.
• Tang Dongling demanded one hundred million Profound Origin Pills, and Liu Xiangxuan protested that the key would not fetch that much at auction.

Tang Dongling tried to persuade Liu Xiangxuan to meet Lin Chen by presenting him as a rare path beyond the limits of cultivation. Liu Xiangxuan became curious but challenged Tang Dongling over the hundred-million-pill price for the meeting.

• Liu Xiangxuan questioned Tang Dongling’s claim that the Silver Tower Key was worth a hundred million Profound Origin Pills, and Tang Dongling offered to introduce her to a man.
• Tang Dongling argued that Liu Xiangxuan’s status and talent might still leave her facing a cultivation ceiling, while Liu Xiangxuan insisted she would discover her limits by trying.
• Tang Dongling described Lin Chen’s Grand Talisman Ancestor Spiritual Power, near-Samsara Origin Energy cultivation, and control of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, prompting Liu Xiangxuan to show interest.
• Liu Xiangxuan called Tang Dongling black-hearted for charging a hundred million Profound Origin Pills to meet Lin Chen, and Tang Dongling defended the price and explained she wanted an ally against Lin Chen’s other women.

Lin Chen reunited with Little Marten in the Flame God Hall and prepared to travel with him to the Demon Region, first stopping at the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion. He asked Grand Elder Chi Yun to have Xin Qing guide them so they could address a threat tied to the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, then explained that he intended to build support and secure resources for the Great Thousand World.

• Little Marten recognized that Lin Chen had surpassed him and urgently asked when they would go to the Demon Region to pursue his revenge.
• Lin Chen said they could use the Flame God Hall’s teleportation array but would first visit the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion.
• Grand Elder Chi Yun offered to arrange a guide from the Demon Region, and Lin Chen requested Xin Qing of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.
• Lin Chen revealed that three Demonic Kings’ merged consciousnesses remained within the Nine-tailed Fox Ancestral Soul Hall and could cause disaster if left unchecked.
• After Chi Yun left, Little Marten teased Lin Chen about his supposed interest in Miss Tang, while Lin Chen explained he wanted the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s backing and resources for the Great Thousand World.

Lin Chen traveled to the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion to secure its support and resources for his future ambitions in the Great Thousand World. Tang Dongling welcomed him and introduced Liu Xiangxuan, leaving Liu stunned by Lin Chen’s strength and appearance.

• Lin Chen told Little Marten to wait while he went to the Heavenly Merchant Sea Domain, then traveled from Yan City to the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion.
• Lin Chen considered Tang Dongling’s business acumen and the concessions required to gain the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s wholehearted support.
• Tang Dongling detected Lin Chen with her Hidden Spirit Jade and greeted him when he entered the pavilion.
• Lin Chen’s released aura revealed his Samsara Stage strength and Intent of Reincarnation, silencing the onlookers before Tang Dongling led him to a reception room.
• Tang Dongling introduced Liu Xiangxuan, the Saintess of Profound Heaven Palace, and Liu greeted Lin Chen in shock.

Lin Chen met Liu Xiangxuan after Tang Dongling arranged their meeting for forty million Profound Origin Pills, then discussed the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s efforts to gather resources for his plans. He learned that the Pavilion had amassed three billion pills, but made clear that the sum was not enough to advance his relationship with Tang Dongling, leaving Liu Xiangxuan surprised by his refusal of such tempting offers.

• Tang Dongling explained that Liu Xiangxuan had paid forty million Profound Origin Pills to meet Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen questioned Tang Dongling about the money she had gathered and asked how much remained of the resources he needed.
• Tang Dongling said her father had collected three billion Profound Origin Pills, partly offset with Nirvana Pills, toward Lin Chen’s one-hundred-billion-pills requirement.
• Lin Chen said the three billion pills were valuable but insufficient to activate the Spirit Grade Spirit Gathering Array within the Ancestral Stone.
• Tang Dongling asked whether Lin Chen would accept her father’s proposal, and Lin Chen said the turmoil ahead and the limited resources kept him from taking their relationship further.
• Liu Xiangxuan listened to Lin Chen’s response and was astonished that he could refuse the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion and Tang Dongling.

Lin Chen declined Tang Dongling’s advances, accepted Liu Xiangxuan’s forty million Profound Origin Pills, and prepared to leave the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion for the Demon Region. Tang Dongling then revealed that the pavilion had found a Devouring Sky Corpse, giving Lin Chen a reason to return later.

• Lin Chen told Tang Dongling he did not want to pursue a relationship and asked her to let matters take their natural course.
• Tang Dongling explained that her father would personally deliver the three billion Profound Origin Pills and apologized for Liu Xiangxuan spending forty million to meet Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen said Tang Dongling should return the forty million to Liu Xiangxuan, but Liu Xiangxuan insisted it was a gift from the Profound Heaven Palace, and he accepted it.
• Lin Chen said he needed to go to the Demon Region to resolve Little Marten’s problem and left the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion.
• Tang Dongling stopped Lin Chen and told him that the pavilion had found a dried corpse identified as the Devouring Sky Corpse left by the Lord of Devouring; Lin Chen told her to keep it for now.

Lin Chen returned to the Flame God Hall and prepared to travel to the Demon Region with Little Marten, where he planned to help the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe and address Little Marten’s clan’s problems. He and Xin Qing arrived safely in the Beast War Domain and set out for her tribe.

• Lin Chen met Little Marten, who told him that Mo Luo and Chi Yun had prepared a transmission array to the Demon Region.
• Lin Chen thanked Mo Luo and the Flame God Hall for arranging the journey.
• Tang Xinlian introduced Xin Qing, a member of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe, and Lin Chen promised to help her tribe.
• Lin Chen and Little Marten entered the transmission array and traveled to the Beast War Domain with Xin Qing.
• Lin Chen confirmed that the transmission had brought them to the right place and said they would go to Xin Qing’s tribe first.