Chapter Summaries

The Blade Butcher Gang and Skyfire Pirates cornered Xia Wanjin’s Wan Jin Merchant Guild, demanding its wealth and threatening the women with him. As Xia prepared to help Xuan Su and Zhi Lan escape, a clear voice offered to take on Song Dao, leaving Xia to face Cheng Huo.

• Xia Wanjin confronted Song Dao as the Blade Butcher Gang attacked the Wan Jin Merchant Guild alongside the Skyfire Pirates.
• Xia offered Cheng Huo twice the Blade Butcher Gang’s price to withdraw, but Cheng Huo refused and threatened Xia’s daughter, Zhi Lan.
• Xia invoked the Lin Clan’s past killing of Yue Shan as a warning, but Song Dao and Cheng Huo dismissed the threat and continued their assault.
• Lin Chen watched from the shadows, recognized Xuan Su, and noticed a familiar woman in white whom he suspected was Lin Ke'er.
• Xia told Xuan Su to help Zhi Lan escape while he covered them, but a clear voice offered to fight Song Dao so Xia could face Cheng Huo.

Lin Ke'er emerged from the mountain hollow and confronted Song Dao, while Xia Wanjin clashed with Cheng Huo as the rival groups resumed fighting. Lin Ke'er held a slight advantage over Song Dao, but the battle remained dangerous and unresolved.

• Lin Ke'er appeared and told Xia Wanjin that she meant to settle her grievance with Song Dao.
• Song Dao accepted Lin Ke'er's challenge, while Cheng Huo tried to withdraw after learning she belonged to the Lin Clan.
• Xia Wanjin attacked Cheng Huo, who drew a low-grade spirit treasure spear; Xia Wanjin answered with his Purple Light Folding Fan.
• The Blade Butcher Gang and Skyfire Pirates resumed fighting amid the mountain hollow.
• Lin Ke'er used her low-grade spirit treasure and Spiritual Power to gain a slight edge over Song Dao, whose fierce attacks still threatened her.

Lin Chen saved Lin Ke'er from Song Dao and left her to finish the battle before heading to the Nirvana Realm Ancient Tomb Manor. The next day, he arrived at the crowded mountain range as powerful newcomers descended near the sealed tomb.

• Lin Ke'er fought Song Dao with her Shattering Ice Longsword, but he attacked her with a lethal strike.
• Lin Chen killed Song Dao with a beam of Origin Energy finger light and sent Lin Ke'er a message before departing for the Ancient Tomb Manor.
• Lin Ke'er joined the battle, turning the fight against the Blade Butcher Gang and the Skyfire Pirates into a rout.
• The next day, Lin Chen arrived at the sealed Nirvana Realm Tomb Manor, where treasure seekers had gathered in camps around the mountain.
• A crimson streak, golden light, and a huge phoenix-luan descended from the sky near the mountain.

Lin Chen watched the Great Yan Dynasty’s geniuses gather at the Ancient Tomb Manor while concealing his own presence, and Ling Qingzhu arrived to seek the Nirvana Heart. The chapter ended as a vastly powerful aura shook the Tianyan Mountain Range and warned that she should not have come.

• Lin Langtian sensed a familiar aura from Lin Chen, but Lin Chen blocked his perception and stayed hidden.
• Lin Ke'er sensed Lin Chen’s vanishing aura and resolved that they would meet when the time was right.
• Wang Yan asked when the Tomb Mansion seal would be broken, and Lin Langtian said they were waiting for Ling Qingzhu.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived on a Green Lotus, captivating the gathered crowd with her presence.
• A tremendous aura spread through the Tianyan Mountain Range as an unseen speaker told Ling Qingzhu she should not have come to the Ancient Tomb Manor.

Lin Chen arrived at the Ancient Tomb Manor and used his overwhelming aura to subdue nearly everyone, then spoke privately with Ling Qingzhu about her decision to enter. He promised to protect her in the Great Yan Dynasty, but ended by admonishing her for appearing barefoot.

• Lin Chen appeared above the Tomb Mansion and released an aura that forced most of those gathered to their knees, while Ling Qingzhu and Lin Ke'er remained unaffected.
• Lin Ke'er recognized Lin Chen, and Lin Langtian recalled his connection to the Lin Clan, but Lin Chen ignored Lin Langtian and focused on Ling Qingzhu.
• Lin Chen questioned why Ling Qingzhu had come to the Ancient Tomb Manor, and she said there were matters she did not need to explain.
• Lin Chen accepted Ling Qingzhu's decision to enter and promised to keep her safe in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Lin Chen privately reminded Ling Qingzhu that her bare feet were improper and undignified for someone of her status.

Lin Chen broke the Ancient Tomb Manor’s barrier and went inside to find the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva, while Ling Qingzhu and the others remained outside. After Lin Chen left, the crowd rushed into the manor, and Lin Langtian and his companions discussed Lin Chen’s overwhelming strength.

• Lin Chen remembered that he needed the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva to help resolve Qingtan’s Yin Sha Energy problem.
• Lin Chen shattered the Ancient Tomb Manor’s barrier and disappeared inside after sensing the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva’s location.
• The crowd rushed toward the opened manor, while Ling Qingzhu stayed briefly behind and wondered about Lin Chen.
• Lin Langtian asked Master Mu about Lin Chen’s strength, and Master Mu warned him to avoid provoking Lin Chen.
• The clan protectors questioned Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi about Lin Chen, and Ling Qingzhu entered the manor.

Lin Chen found the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva in the Ancient Tomb Manor and took it for Qingtan. At the manor’s heart, he let Ling Qingzhu attempt to refine the Nirvana Heart while preparing to handle whatever trouble followed.

• Lin Chen found the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva in the herb pool, collected it and the other spirit herbs, then left.
• Lin Chen and Ling Qingzhu met in the hall and saw the Nirvana Heart floating above the stone coffin.
• Lin Chen told Ling Qingzhu he would not stop her from refining the heart and promised to help with any trouble afterward.
• Lin Chen set a Spiritual Power barrier at the hall entrance as Ling Qingzhu accepted the Nirvana Heart without ceremony.

Ling Qingzhu claimed the Nirvana Heart in the Ancient Tomb Manor, while Lin Chen chose not to exploit her vulnerability for access to her cultivation arts. The chapter ended as Ling Qingzhu prepared to refine the heart’s energy with Lin Chen nearby.

• Ling Qingzhu found no clear connection between the Nirvana Heart and the Taiqing Immortal Art, but decided the heart could still strengthen her.
• Ling Qingzhu broke the sphere surrounding the Nirvana Heart and exposed its emerald energy core.
• Ling Qingzhu melted the Nirvana Heart into liquid and swallowed it as Lin Chen considered whether to help her in exchange for her cultivation methods.
• Lin Chen rejected the idea of taking advantage of Ling Qingzhu and kept his reasons to himself.
• Ling Qingzhu asked Lin Chen not to disturb her while she refined the Nirvana Heart’s energy.

Lin Chen watched as Ling Qingzhu refined the Nirvana Heart, whose hidden pure yin energy endangered her despite his earlier warnings. As the energy began turning into freezing flames, Ling Qingzhu destroyed the coffin, then looked to Lin Chen as he offered to rescue her.

• Ling Qingzhu began refining the Nirvana Heart while Lin Chen examined the stone coffin’s warning about the need to harmonize yin and yang.
• Lin Chen preserved an imprint of the warning as Ling Qingzhu’s body began trembling with surging energy.
• Ling Qingzhu tried to suppress the Nirvana Heart’s pure yin energy, but it overwhelmed her and shattered the Green Lotus’s barrier.
• Ling Qingzhu smashed the stone coffin and skeleton in anger as freezing pure yin flames began forming inside her.
• Ling Qingzhu turned to Lin Chen, who reminded her that he had warned her and said he would rescue her for the sake of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.

Lin Chen summoned the Tomb Mansion’s master, whose remnant spirit revealed that the Nirvana Heart contained a method to force Ling Qingzhu into intimacy. The spirit unleashed the pure yin energy and trapped her Green Lotus, leaving Ling Qingzhu overwhelmed and Lin Chen beside her.

• Lin Chen drew the Tomb Mansion’s master out of the shattered stone coffin, and the refined man recognized Lin Chen’s strength.
• Ling Qingzhu angrily condemned the master for leaving a coercive method in the Nirvana Heart, while he defended it as yin-yang cultivation.
• Lin Chen explained that he had summoned the master to make Ling Qingzhu understand the danger, but the man misunderstood his intentions.
• The master released the Nirvana Heart’s pure yin energy, freezing Ling Qingzhu’s Origin Energy and severing her connection to the Green Lotus.
• As the master’s remnant spirit faded, Ling Qingzhu grew weak and flushed with desire, while Lin Chen watched calmly.

Lin Chen suppressed the pure yin energy tormenting Ling Qingzhu without taking advantage of her, and his power unexpectedly gave her hope of sensing Supreme Power. Ling Qingzhu regained her composure and confronted him about what he had known of the Nirvana Heart.

• Ling Qingzhu blamed herself for destroying the stone coffin, while Lin Chen explained that he had no intention of violating her and understood the danger of doing so.
• As the pure yin energy overwhelmed her, Ling Qingzhu clung to Lin Chen and asked him to suppress it.
• Lin Chen sent his Origin Energy into Ling Qingzhu and suppressed the pure yin energy, though the method temporarily prevented her from using the Nirvana Heart to raise her strength.
• Ling Qingzhu sensed a fluctuation of Supreme Power within Lin Chen and realized that the Supreme Sensing Art might finally succeed.
• Ling Qingzhu pulled away, then accused Lin Chen of knowing about the Nirvana Heart's problem; Lin Chen responded by summoning a silvery-white curtain of Spiritual Power.

Lin Chen left the Ancient Tomb Manor after showing Ling Qingzhu evidence that he had warned her about its traps, then returned to cultivate as he prepared for a breakthrough. Ling Qingzhu was left wondering about his strength and words, while Lin Chen waited for the right time to help Qingtan form her Yin Pill.

• Lin Chen showed Ling Qingzhu an image inscribed with Spiritual Power and explained why he had rescued her and withheld information about the tomb's traps.
• Ling Qingzhu apologized for her earlier behavior, but Lin Chen refused to explain further and left the stone hall.
• Ling Qingzhu watched Lin Chen disappear, then heard his cryptic praise echo through the hall.
• Lin Chen returned to the Lin Family's back mountain and learned that Lin Xiao's family had moved to Flame City.
• Lin Chen postponed helping Qingtan form her Yin Pill until the world's yin energy peaked and resumed cultivating toward the Life Profound Realm.

Lin Chen took Qingtan to a mountain peak outside Flame City to help him condense a Yin Pill and rid himself of the Yin Sha Energy. As the energy erupted under the full moon, Lin Chen prepared to use the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva to assist him.

• Ling Qingzhu left the Ancient Tomb Manor, still puzzled by the mysterious fluctuation he had sensed from Lin Chen.
• Several days later, Lin Chen visited Qingtan in Lin Mansion and promised to resolve the Yin Sha Energy in his body, warning him of the risks of condensing a Yin Pill.
• Lin Chen brought Qingtan to a mountain peak outside Flame City, where they waited for the Yin energy of heaven and earth to reach its monthly peak.
• Qingtan sat in meditation as the surrounding cold intensified and the Yin Sha Energy began pouring into his body.
• Lin Chen watched the energy surge through Qingtan and took out a jade box containing the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva.

Lin Chen used Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva to help Qingtan refine her Fiend Demon Energy into a pill, guiding her through a dangerous ordeal that strengthened her body. The next day, a young woman in green appeared before Lin Chen in the Lin Mansion’s main hall, astonishing the Lin Family.

• Lin Chen released the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva, causing Qingtan’s Yin Sha Energy to erupt as the spiritual herb’s essence entered her body.
• Qingtan’s energy turned into violent Fiend Demon Energy, and Lin Chen condensed Nirvana Pills into pure Origin Energy to suppress the eruption.
• Lin Chen told Qingtan to gather the Fiend Demon Energy in her dantian and condense it into a pill, while she endured pain as her body adapted to its power.
• The next day, a young woman in light-green robes stared at Lin Chen in the Lin Mansion’s main hall, leaving the Lin Family members astonished.

Lin Chen visited the Lin Family in Flame City after helping Qingtan condense her Yin Pill, promising to restore Lin Zhentian's severed arm and help the family return to the Lin Clan Inner Family. He left after warning the family to nurture its younger generation and secretly urging Qingtan to accept a future invitation to the Dark Hall of the Northern Profound Region.

• Qingtan retreated behind Lin Xiao when he rebuked her for acting rudely toward Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen greeted Lin Zhentian and promised to regenerate his severed arm within a year.
• Lin Chen said he would clear obstacles to the Lin Family's return to the Lin Clan, while requiring them to place among the top ten at the next Clan Competition.
• Lin Chen urged Lin Zhentian and his sons to develop the younger generation rather than rely on one person, then departed.
• Lin Chen secretly told Qingtan not to refuse if someone invited her to join the Dark Hall of the Northern Profound Region.

Lin Chen met Ling Qingzhu outside Huangpu City after she summoned him to say farewell and thank him. Ling Qingzhu tested him with a sudden attack after sensing Supreme Power in him, and she promised to explain her reasons after returning to the Nine Heavens Palace.

• Ling Qingzhu told Lin Chen she was leaving the Great Yan Dynasty and thanked him for what happened at the Ancient Tomb Manor.
• Ling Qingzhu struck Lin Chen with cyan Origin Energy, but he blocked the attack and seized her hand.
• Ling Qingzhu realized Lin Chen possessed the Supreme Power she had sought, while Lin Chen demanded to know why she had attacked him.
• Lin Chen removed Ling Qingzhu's veil, revealing her peerless beauty, and she quickly covered her face again.
• Ling Qingzhu asked Lin Chen not to take her attack to heart and promised to explain herself to her Master and Lin Chen after returning to the Nine Heavens Palace.

Lin Chen set aside Ling Qingzhu’s unexplained attack and secluded himself to pursue the Life Profound Realm. After three months of cultivation, he refined his own vitality and achieved a subtle transformation that left him stronger.

• Lin Chen let Ling Qingzhu leave without forcing an explanation, though he resolved not to tolerate her casual sneak attack.
• Lin Chen returned to the Lin Family Back Mountain and began secluded cultivation, intent on gaining strength for the crises ahead.
• After three months, Lin Chen reached the peak of the Half-step Life Profound Realm and tried to break through.
• Lin Chen refined a wisp of his own vitality and directed his surging Origin Energy into his Innate Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Chen’s Primordial Spirit absorbed the Origin Energy and released golden light as his body underwent a subtle transformation.

Lin Chen broke through to the Life Profound Realm and spent half a year stabilizing his cultivation before deciding to seek a shortcut to advance his Spiritual Power. The chapter left him setting out from Flame City while Teng Sha remained frustrated by an unresponsive seal.

• Ling Qingzhu told her master she had been wondering about Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen awakened after breaking through to the Life Profound Realm and began consolidating his cultivation.
• After half a year, Lin Chen reached minor success in the Life Profound Realm, though his Spiritual Power still lagged behind.
• Lin Chen decided to pursue a shortcut to become a minor-stage Immortal Talisman Master and flew away from his room.
• Teng Sha cursed the black ball of light after refining it for two years without getting a response.

Lin Chen confronted Teng Sha over the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, sealed his memories of it, and took the symbol to the Profound Yin Ravine. After setting up a cultivation cave there, Lin Chen went to Great Puppet City and turned his attention to the Great Demon Sect.

• Lin Chen appeared in Teng Sha's cave mansion and pinned him down with overwhelming Origin Energy, then asked how he had found the Devouring Ancestral Symbol in the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet.
• Teng Sha explained that he had discovered the symbol by chance after entering a Black Hole in the Ancient Tablet Space more than ten years earlier.
• Lin Chen sealed Teng Sha's memories of the symbol and himself with Spiritual Power, leaving Teng Sha unconscious.
• Lin Chen concealed the Devouring Power around the symbol and carried it to the Profound Yin Ravine to conduct an experiment.
• Several days later, Teng Sha awoke with his memories of Lin Chen and the symbol sealed, while Lin Chen established a cultivation cave at the ravine and traveled to Great Puppet City.
• In Great Puppet City, Lin Chen focused his attention on the Great Demon Sect.

Lin Chen arrived in Great Puppet City and summoned Mu Qianqian to ask about the Great Demon Sect’s auction, seeking the Spirit Nurturing Cushion. He learned the auction would take place in a little over a month and revealed that the item was the reason for his visit.

• Lin Chen flew to Great Puppet City and descended into the Great Demon Sect’s station, terrifying its experts with his Nirvana Realm strength.
• Lin Chen asked the sect members to summon Mu Qianqian and waited in the reception hall.
• Mu Qianqian arrived and told Lin Chen that the next auction would be held in a little over a month.
• Lin Chen told Mu Qianqian he had come to obtain the Spirit Nurturing Cushion at the auction.