Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan refined the Fallen Heart Flame and absorbed his stored Nirvana Pills to break through into the Nirvana Realm. He ended his cultivation newly aware that his strength had entered an entirely new realm.

• Lin Yan stayed behind to cultivate while Lin Dong, Mo Ling, and the others waited for him.
• Lin Yan swallowed a medicinal pill, then used his two existing Heavenly Flames to refine the Fallen Heart Flame.
• After half a day, Lin Yan finished refining the Fallen Heart Flame and felt his Yuan Power grow stronger.
• Lin Yan absorbed all his Nirvana Pills with the Fallen Heart Flame and Devouring Power, then attacked the Nirvana Realm barrier.
• Lin Yan broke through into the Nirvana Realm and opened his eyes, sensing his transformation.

Lin Yan reached the Nirvana Realm and, after merging two Heavenly Flames through the Burning Art, advanced all the way to Three-Yuan Nirvana. He led Lin Dong and the others deeper into the Thunder Rock Mountain Range while Yao Lao looked forward to the chance to regain a physical body.

• Lin Yan merged the Fallen Heart Flame and the Green Lotus Heart Sea Flame while circulating the Burning Art, and his cultivation surged.
• Lin Yan broke through to One-Yuan, Two-Yuan, and then Three-Yuan Nirvana in a matter of hours.
• Lin Yan's casual punch blasted a hole through the cave wall and revealed Lin Dong and the others waiting outside.
• Little Marten identified Lin Yan's realm as Three-Yuan Nirvana, shocking Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong told Lin Yan that two days had passed, and Lin Yan led the group toward the depths of the Thunder Rock Mountain Range.
• Yao Lao watched Lin Yan's breakthrough from inside the Na Ring and hoped Lin Yan would help him rebuild his body.

Lin Yan led Lin Dong and the others through Thunder Rock Valley, effortlessly defeating its lightning-mutated beasts and clearing a dangerous lightning barrier. In a Stone Hall, they found a Heavenly Symbol Forest Tree, but a group of shadowy figures blocked their way and threatened to kill them.

• Lin Yan killed a huge demonic beast with Thunder God Fist and burned its corpse away with Heavenly Flames, leaving Lin Dong and the others stunned.
• Lin Yan devoured the thunder elements in a lightning barrier so the group could pass through safely.
• Lin Yan received one hundred thousand Nirvana Pills for signing in at the Stone Hall.
• Lin Dong identified a Heavenly Symbol Forest Tree in the Stone Hall, and Lin Yan approached it, hoping it would help his mental-energy breakthrough.
• A group of dark figures ambushed Lin Yan and the others near the tree, demanded they leave, and drew a gray-blue Heavenly Flame into Lin Yan's palm.

Lin Yan fought the Demon Rock Dynasty martial artists in the Stone Hall and killed them all with his Heavenly Flames. He then turned toward the Heavenly Symbol Spirit Tree.

• Lin Yan killed the shadowy man with a Flame Splitting Wave Ruler attack after the man charged at him.
• Lin Yan dodged the remaining warriors' attacks and used the Mountain Opening Seal to leave them badly injured.
• Lin Yan rejected the warriors' threats about Senior Brother Chen Mu and killed one of them.
• Lin Yan ignited Heart Flame inside the surviving warriors, burning them to death, then walked toward the Heavenly Symbol Spirit Tree.

Lin Yan obtained the Heavenly Symbol Spirit Tree and faced down the Demon Rock Dynasty’s Chen Mu in the main hall. He killed Chen Mu with a flame-covered ruler, and an Ancient Secret Key appeared in a pillar of light.

• Lin Yan collected the Heavenly Symbol Spirit Tree and said he would wait for a chance to break through to Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Lin Yan gave Mo Ling and the others the Nirvana Pills found in a secret chamber and led them onward.
• Lin Yan confronted Chen Mu in the main hall and shattered his opening attack with a punch.
• Lin Yan overwhelmed Chen Mu with the Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Turning Seal, then broke his Demonic Path Reincarnation with a flame-covered ruler.
• Lin Yan’s attack burned Chen Mu to nothing, and a pillar of light revealed the Ancient Secret Key.

Lin Yan destroyed the Nirvana Realm stone statues guarding the Ancient Secret Key and was transported to a hidden plaza, where he found a second key beside an ancient skeleton. He took the key despite a red-clothed woman trying to claim it.

• The Ancient Secret Key in the main hall shattered, awakening more than a dozen powerful stone statues.
• Lin Yan smashed the statues with his attacks and revealed a key-like object beneath the rubble.
• Lin Yan took the key, triggering a light pillar that transported him to a vast, dim plaza.
• Lin Yan found a skeleton holding a withered yellow key that he suspected was the true Ancient Secret Key.
• A red-clothed woman appeared and attacked Lin Yan with a whip, but he dodged her strikes.
• Lin Yan grabbed the withered yellow key and retreated, refusing to give it to the woman.

Lin Yan fought Mu Hongling over the Ancient Secret Key and used its power to force her out of the space. After receiving the Earth Covering Seal as a system reward, he planned to advance his Spirit Symbol Master strength and cultivate the new seal.

• Lin Yan blocked Mu Hongling's whip attacks and countered with Thunder God Fist, Eight Extremities Collapse, and several seals.
• Mu Hongling fought back with the Yin Yang Great Jade Palm, dodging Lin Yan's Sea Turning Seal and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler while sustaining injuries.
• Yao Lao told Lin Yan he could use the Ancient Secret Key to expel others from its space, so Lin Yan poured Yuan Power into the key and forced Mu Hongling out.
• Mu Hongling identified Lin Yan, admitted defeat for the time being, and vowed not to let him off before disappearing.
• The system rewarded Lin Yan with the Emperor Decision Seal's third seal, Earth Covering Seal, and he planned to improve his Spirit Symbol Master strength and cultivate it.

Lin Yan absorbed the Heavenly Symbol Spirit Tree’s energy to break through to Heavenly Symbol Master, then practiced Earth Covering Seal and explored his new mental-energy abilities. After leaving the Secret Key Space, he found Lin Dong and the others surrounded by reinforcements from the Demon Rock Dynasty.

• Lin Yan used the Chaos Spirit Talisman’s Devouring Power to refine the Heavenly Symbol Spirit Tree and transform his Mud Pill Palace into a small world.
• After more than half a month, Lin Yan absorbed the tree’s remaining energy and successfully became a Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Lin Yan tested his strengthened mental energy, practiced Earth Covering Seal, and discovered abilities to control movement, corrode mental energy, and absorb it from opponents.
• Lin Yan left the Secret Key Space to meet Lin Dong and the others, then found them surrounded by Demon Rock Dynasty reinforcements.

Lin Yan rescued Lin Dong and the others by defeating the Demon Rock Dynasty reinforcements with his newly advanced mental energy and martial arts. After revealing that he had reached the Heavenly Symbol Master realm, he decided to find and attack the dynasty before it could retaliate.

• Lin Yan identified the black-clad attackers as members of the Demon Rock Dynasty and used his mental energy to disrupt and control them.
• Lin Yan struck the reinforcements with God-Transforming Needles and drained their mental energy as they tried to fight him.
• Lin Yan controlled one attacker to block his comrades' martial arts, then killed the remaining reinforcements with the Earth Covering Seal despite their threat of pursuit.
• Lin Yan rejoined Lin Dong, and Lin Dong recognized that Lin Yan had reached the Heavenly Symbol Master realm.
• Lin Yan considered tracking the Demon Rock Dynasty by sensing its Yuan Power and resolved to attack it first.

Lin Yan tracked the Demon Rock Dynasty with the curse mark and led Lin Dong and the others to attack its gathered forces. The chapter ended as Shi Xuan dismissed Lin Yan’s revealed Heavenly Symbol Master strength, just before the confrontation began.

• Lin Yan decided to wipe out the Demon Rock Dynasty and led Lin Dong and the others toward its warriors.
• Shi Xuan and Lei She prepared the Demon Rock Dynasty to avenge their fallen brothers after sensing Lin Yan approaching.
• The Demon Rock Dynasty gathered at its main gate, and Lin Yan arrived with his companions.
• Lin Yan and Lei She exchanged threats, with Lin Yan declaring he would kill them all.
• Lin Yan released his mental energy, and Shi Xuan recognized him as a Heavenly Symbol Master but remained disdainful.

Lin Yan confronted the Demon Rock Dynasty and fought its experts, including Shi Xuan. After killing Shi Xuan and Lei She, Lin Yan left the surviving warriors terrified.

• Lin Yan defeated Lei She with Eight Extremities Collapse and threatened him with a blue-green flame, but Shi Xuan intervened and ordered Lei She to form a formation.
• Lin Yan escaped the formation’s range and struck Lei She and the other formation builders with a wave of gray-blue flames, killing them.
• Shi Xuan attacked Lin Yan with the Demon Seal Mountain Suppressing Fist, but Lin Yan countered with Mountain Opening Seal as the Demon Rock Dynasty warriors joined the fight.
• Lin Yan summoned the Black Thunder God Platform and used Black God Thunder to electrocute the surrounding Demon Rock Dynasty warriors.
• Shi Xuan unleashed the Vajra Heaven-Splitting Finger, but Lin Yan struck him with Thunder God Fist and then cut off his head.

Lin Yan killed Shi Xuan, gave his companions martial arts and time to cultivate, then led them to the Ancient Land to learn about the Ancient Treasure and its secret keys. A tip about a Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone in Beast Valley excited Lin Dong, leaving the group poised to pursue it.

• Lin Yan killed Shi Xuan, took the group’s Qiankun Bags, and found Nirvana Pills, Creation Martial Arts, and an Ancient Secret Key among their belongings.
• Lin Yan gave several Creation Martial Arts to Mo Ling and the others and formed Spirit Gathering Arrays so they could cultivate for two days.
• Lin Yan and his companions traveled to the Ancient Land, disguised themselves with bamboo hats, and paid an information seller for details about the four Ancient Secret Keys.
• The seller said three keys belonged to the Youquan Dynasty, Honghuang Dynasty, and Demon Rock Dynasty, while the fourth belonged to a powerful man from a low-level dynasty.
• The seller told Lin Yan that a Great Strength Heaven-Splitting Tiger in Beast Valley possessed a Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone, and Lin Dong reacted with excitement.

Lin Yan agreed to help Lin Dong obtain the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone so Little Yan could improve his bloodline, then led the group to Beast Valley. There, he intervened as the Demon Tiger Dynasty and Beast Dynasty attacked the Earth-Splitting Tiger, and the chapter ended with him challenging their leaders.

• Lin Dong asked Lin Yan to help obtain the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone for Little Yan, and Lin Yan agreed after learning the Demon Tiger Dynasty and Beast Dynasty were also pursuing it.
• Lin Yan led Lin Dong and the others to Beast Valley, where they drove off the dynasties’ patrols and secretly watched the leaders attack the Earth-Splitting Tiger.
• Teng Hu attacked the Earth-Splitting Tiger with Heavenly Tiger Devours the Void while Chen Mo used Trapped Beast Seal to restrain it.
• Lin Yan descended into the battle and challenged Teng Hu and Chen Mo after they demanded he leave.

Lin Yan defeated and killed the forces of two great dynasties in Beast Valley, overwhelming their leaders with his Black Thunder God Platform and giant ruler. He then turned his attention to the Earth-Splitting Tiger, while Lin Dong and the others watched in shock.

• Teng Hu and Chen Mo attacked Lin Yan, but he easily broke their martial arts and wounded Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo and Chen Dong unleashed a combined technique, which Lin Yan dispersed with the Black Thunder God Platform and Black God Thunder.
• Lin Yan used lightning and a giant ruler to devastate the two dynasties, then killed Chen Mo and Teng Hu and burned the remaining survivors to ashes.
• Lin Dong and the others watched Lin Yan's victory in disbelief as the Earth-Splitting Tiger backed away.
• Lin Yan turned toward the Earth-Splitting Tiger and declared that it was next.

Lin Yan defeated the Earth-Splitting Tiger and forced it to surrender the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone. Lin Dong and Little Yan arrived as the tiger retrieved the massive skeleton, and they celebrated obtaining it.

• The Earth-Splitting Tiger feared Lin Yan after seeing him kill the martial artists, but it refused to hand over its hidden Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone.
• Lin Yan attacked with his flame-coated ruler and Earth Covering Seal, leaving the Earth-Splitting Tiger unable to stand.
• Lin Yan used Heart Flame to torment the Earth-Splitting Tiger until it agreed to retrieve the bone.
• Lin Dong and the others descended into Beast Valley while the Earth-Splitting Tiger went to its lair.
• The Earth-Splitting Tiger carried out the massive Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone and placed it before Lin Yan, while Lin Dong and Little Yan celebrated obtaining it.

Lin Yan obtained and cultivated the Great Thousand Sword Array, then tested its overwhelming power on a Nirvana Realm demonic beast. Meanwhile, Little Yan refined the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone, broke through to the Nirvana Realm, and transformed into human form before joining Lin Dong and the others as they found Lin Yan amid the array’s devastation.

• Lin Yan received the Great Thousand Sword Array from the system and began cultivating it beneath an ancient tree.
• Lin Yan unleashed the array, destroying nearby mountains, then used it to kill a Nirvana Realm demonic beast.
• Little Yan absorbed the remaining energy of the Heavenly Demon Tiger Bone and continued cultivating toward the Nirvana Realm.
• After two days, Little Yan transformed into human form, broke through to the Nirvana Realm, and spoke to Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong and the others went to find Lin Yan and arrived as his spirit swords ravaged a mountain, leaving them stunned.

Lin Yan led Lin Dong and the others to the Ancient Palace to join the Ancient Secret Treasury, carrying two Ancient Secret Keys that attracted the attention of rival dynasties. He crushed an attack by the Great Desert Dynasty, leaving the gathered martial practitioners to recognize him as the Lin Yan who destroyed the Demon Rock Dynasty.

• Lin Yan showed Lin Dong and the others a powerful formation that had shattered the surrounding mountains and terrain, then led them toward the Ancient Palace.
• Lin Yan’s group reached the Ancient Palace, where dynasties from across the Northwest Region had gathered for the Ancient Secret Treasury.
• The Great Desert Dynasty’s leader demanded one of Lin Yan’s Ancient Secret Keys and attacked after Lin Yan ignored him.
• Lin Yan lured the Great Desert Dynasty’s martial practitioners into his sword formation, where spiritual swords killed those who charged inside.
• The Great Desert Dynasty’s leader attacked Lin Yan, who burned him with a flame and used Heart Flame to kill the fleeing survivors.
• The martial practitioners nearby identified Lin Yan as the person who had destroyed the Demon Rock Dynasty.

After Lin Yan defeated the Great Desert Dynasty, the news spread across Ancient Sight Hall and drew the attention of other powerful factions. He rejected an alliance with Hong Zong and You Qian, while a group watching from the city wall compared him to the formidable Heavenly Blade.

• News of Lin Yan's victory over the Great Desert Dynasty spread through Ancient Sight Hall, making him a feared name in the Northwest Region.
• Hong Zong of the Honghuang Dynasty and You Qian of the Youquan Dynasty approached Lin Yan and proposed cooperating to enter the Ancient Secret Treasury.
• Lin Yan rejected their offer to divide the treasury’s treasures, and Hong Zong and You Qian left.
• Lin Yan sensed a powerful presence nearby, then departed with his companions.
• Dozens of figures appeared on the city wall and discussed Lin Yan, while a man in white robes warned that Heavenly Blade was a troublesome opponent ahead of the coming great battle.

Lin Yan cultivated at the Ancient Secret Treasury site and broke through to Four-Yuan Nirvana before sparring with Xiao Cai, who had reached Six-Yuan Nirvana. Lin Dong and Little Yan also broke through, then watched the battle from below.

• Mu Hongling arrived and said she had come to target Lin Yan, who had once schemed against her.
• Mu Hongling warned the delicate-looking man that a powerful figure from the Southwest Region had come for the Ancient Secret Treasury.
• Lin Yan set up high-grade Spirit Gathering Arrays, and he, Lin Dong, and the others began cultivating.
• Lin Yan broke through to Four-Yuan Nirvana and discovered Xiao Cai had reached Six-Yuan Nirvana.
• Lin Yan and Xiao Cai sparred in the sky, trading powerful attacks.
• Lin Dong and Little Yan reached Two-Yuan Nirvana and looked up to find Lin Yan fighting Xiao Cai.

Lin Yan and Xiao Cai fought to a draw, displaying strength comparable to powerful Nirvana experts while holding back their strongest techniques. At dawn, the altar that opened the Ancient Secret Treasury emerged, and the two secret keys in Lin Yan’s storage ring flew toward it.

• Lin Dong and Little Yan watched as Lin Yan and Xiao Cai fought fiercely in the sky, and Little Marten said their strength rivaled Seven Yuan and Eight Yuan Nirvana martial artists.
• Lin Yan and Xiao Cai exchanged attacks, including the Black Thunder God Platform and Xiao Cai’s Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Art, before Lin Yan ended the fight and Xiao Cai admitted defeat.
• Lin Yan and Xiao Cai acknowledged that they had each held back their strongest techniques.
• A bright beam appeared at dawn, and a huge altar rose from the ground several thousand meters away.
• The two secret keys in Lin Yan’s storage ring flew out and pointed toward the altar, which Lin Yan recognized as the entrance to the Ancient Secret Treasury.