Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan defeated the Death Spirit General and extracted half of his soul to force him into submission, but killed him when he refused to reveal who hired him. Two hidden figures then decided Lin Yan had to be eliminated and concealed themselves as someone approached.

• The Death Spirit General attacked Lin Yan and the others, but Lin Yan crushed his strikes and revealed that the General could survive severe injuries without bleeding.
• Lin Yan used his seals and Thunder Dragon Fist to trap and injure the Death Spirit General, then burned him with Heavenly Flames and extracted half of his soul.
• The Death Spirit General offered to talk, but Lin Yan ignored him and destroyed his soul, leaving him dead.
• Lin Dong asked Lin Yan what skill he had used, and Lin Yan said it was the same soul extraction he had let them experience before.
• Two hidden figures decided that Lin Yan had to be eliminated and hid when they sensed someone approaching.

Lin Yan arrived at Hundred Dynasty Mountain, killed a group plotting to eliminate him, and received a powerful cultivation technique from the system. He left confident that he would win the Hundred Dynasty War.

• Mu Lin and Mu Hanyue encountered Lin Yan and learned that he had killed Feng Cang.
• Lin Yan led Lin Dong and the others onward to Hundred Dynasty Mountain, where other competitors avoided him.
• Lin Yan overheard a group plotting to kill him and attacked, killing the black-clad man who tried to escape.
• Lin Yan searched the area, collected the attackers’ Qiankun Bags, and confirmed that no nearby threats remained.
• The system awarded Lin Yan the Divine-grade Advancement Technique, which could raise his cultivation by up to five levels, and he declared that he would win the Hundred Dynasty War.

Lin Yan used the divine-grade advancement cultivation method during a breakthrough and rapidly advanced from Five-Yuan Nirvana to Ten-Yuan Nirvana. His astonishing aura startled nearby competitors, while Lin Dong and the others continued guarding him.

• Lin Yan received a divine-grade advancement cultivation method and returned to Lin Dong and the others, explaining that a nearby team had already been dealt with.
• Lin Yan asked Lin Dong, Little Marten, and Little Yan to guard him while he cultivated at a hidden spot near the mountain.
• The eight sect representatives watched Lin Yan's powerful breakthrough aura through a crystal ball, and Liu Tong dismissed his chances of surviving.
• Lin Yan broke through to Six-Yuan Nirvana, then the cultivation method's power drove him through Seven-, Eight-, and Nine-Yuan Nirvana.
• Lin Yan reached Ten-Yuan Nirvana, frightening nearby competitors and shocking Lin Dong and the others.

Lin Yan broke through to the Life Profound Realm, astonishing the eight super sects, who took him to Hundred Dynasty Mountain and named him the Hundred Dynasty War champion. He used his status to demand that Lin Dong and the others be brought to the summit unharmed, where the sects waited for him to choose one.

• Lin Yan advanced to the Life Profound Realm, shocking Lin Dong and the representatives of the eight super sects.
• Liu Tong and the other sect representatives took Lin Yan to Hundred Dynasty Mountain and declared him champion without a battle.
• Song Zhen and his group attacked Lin Dong and the others after Lin Yan was taken away.
• Lin Yan demanded that Lin Dong and the others be brought to the summit whole and unharmed, or he would leave.
• Liu Tong rescued Lin Dong and the others from the attackers and brought them to Lin Yan.
• Liu Tong asked Lin Yan to choose a sect.

Lin Yan assigned his companions to sects and chose Dao Sect himself, rejecting Liu Tong’s attempt to recruit him for Yuan Sect. When Liu Tong attacked him in anger, Lin Yan caught his punch and showed that he was far stronger, then left with Wu Dao and the others for Dao Sect.

• Liu Tong urged Lin Yan to join Yuan Sect, and he argued with the Dao Sect steward about their sects’ past rivalry.
• Lin Yan assigned Su Kui and Su Rou to Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace, Little Yan to Honghuang Hall, and Lin Dong and Little Marten to Dao Sect.
• Lin Yan revealed that he would also join Dao Sect and introduced himself to its steward, Wu Dao.
• Furious at Lin Yan’s choice, Liu Tong accused Dao Sect of brainwashing him and attacked, but Lin Yan caught his punch and warned that Liu Tong was no match for him.
• Lin Yan entrusted his companions to the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace and Manhuang Hall stewards, then left with Wu Dao for Dao Sect.

Lin Yan joined Dao Sect, received the Pill River as the Hundred Dynasty War champion, and chose Desolate Hall despite warnings that it was the weakest hall. Wu Dao accepted Lin Yan as his chief disciple, and Lin Yan received a God-tier Cultivation Pill from the system upon arriving at Desolate Hall.

• Liu Tong angrily vowed not to let Dao Sect off after Lin Yan left with them, while the other sects laughed at him.
• Wu Dao introduced Lin Yan to Dao Sect’s disciples as the champion, explaining that Lin Yan had risen six levels to reach the Profound Life Stage during the Hundred Dynasty War.
• Wu Dao awarded Lin Yan the Pill River, and Lin Yan politely thanked the Dao Sect disciples.
• Lin Yan chose Desolate Hall, and Wu Dao named him his chief disciple despite the Heaven Hall Master’s warning.
• Wu Dao brought Lin Yan to Desolate Hall, where the system rewarded Lin Yan with a God-tier Cultivation Pill.

Lin Yan rejected the Heaven Hall’s attempt to recruit him, explaining that he had entered the Desolate Hall to pursue the Great Desolation Scripture. While absorbing the Pill River, he reached a breakthrough and appeared to attain greater mastery of the Life Profound Realm.

• Lin Yan refused the Heaven Hall’s offer and said he wanted to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture in the Desolate Hall.
• Wu Dao brought Lin Yan to Desolate Hall master Chen Zhen, who arranged for him to cultivate in the Pill River.
• Lin Yan swallowed a pill and began absorbing the Pill River as Wu Dao and Chen Zhen watched.
• By the seventh day, Lin Yan had reached the threshold of a breakthrough and released a powerful aura that startled nearby martial artists.
• Lin Yan’s white breakthrough light faded, green light emerged, and Wu Dao recognized his aura as that of greater mastery of the Life Profound Realm.

After absorbing the Pill River in seven days and reaching the Profound Life Stage major accomplishment, Lin Yan became Chen Zhen’s eldest personal disciple. Jiang Hao challenged him to a fight in five days, while Chen Zhen promised to arrange for Lin Yan to learn the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Lin Yan absorbed the entire Pill River in seven days, and Wu Dao and Chen Zhen were astonished by his cultivation progress.
• Chen Zhen named Lin Yan his eldest personal disciple the next morning, prompting Jiang Hao to attack him in the main hall.
• Lin Yan deflected Jiang Hao’s challenge and told him he did not fight his own people; Chen Zhen stopped Jiang Hao from attacking again.
• Chen Zhen told Lin Yan he would take him to meet a master who could teach him what he wanted to learn, and Lin Yan understood he meant the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Jiang Hao ambushed Lin Yan outside the hall and challenged him to fight in five days; Lin Yan agreed and wagered his position as eldest personal disciple.

Wu Dao brought Lin Yan to Desolate Hall’s Martial Arts Hall to study its martial arts and learn about Desolation Force. Lin Yan entered the tower, drawing the interest of its blind caretaker, while Wu Dao and Chen Zhen discussed his upcoming fight with Jiang Hao.

• Wu Dao praised Lin Yan for absorbing the Pill River and reaching the advanced stage of the Life Profound Realm, then advised him to show Jiang Hao mercy in their fight five days later.
• Wu Dao led Lin Yan to the Martial Arts Hall and explained that Desolate Hall disciples gained Desolation Force from the Desolation Stone.
• Lin Yan noticed the blind old man sweeping by the tower entrance, bowed to him, and entered the Martial Arts Hall.
• Wu Dao told the old man that Lin Yan might be Desolate Hall’s best hope in a century of comprehending the Great Desolation Scripture, prompting the old man to enter the tower.
• Wu Dao told Chen Zhen about Lin Yan and Jiang Hao’s fight and wager, and Chen Zhen said Lin Yan would keep the fight under control.

Lin Yan entered the vast Stone Hall and discovered that the Desolation Art used the Desolation Stone to cultivate Desolation Force. After memorizing its method, he walked toward the stone despite warnings that its force could erode vitality, while the blind old man watched in surprise.

• Lin Yan entered the Stone Hall and saw its countless martial arts stone tablets.
• Lin Yan found the Desolation Stone and read that Desolation Art required absorbing its force to form a seed within the body.
• Lin Yan noticed the corrosive Desolation Force and the barren ground near the stone.
• A disciple warned Lin Yan not to approach the Desolation Stone, but Lin Yan continued toward it.
• The blind old man entered the hall and watched Lin Yan with surprise.

Lin Yan approached and touched the Desolation Stone, absorbing its powerful Desolation Force without being corroded. The blind old man sensed that Lin Yan could condense a Desolation Seed in less than half a day, leaving the Desolate Hall disciples stunned.

• Lin Yan walked toward the Desolation Stone as the watching disciples and the blind old man observed him.
• Lin Yan used his Devouring Power to absorb the Desolation Force around him and advanced through the increasingly desolate ground.
• Lin Yan recited the Desolation Art and drew Desolation Force into his dantian, where it began to gather.
• Lin Yan reached the Desolation Stone and tapped it, but despite being covered in dark-gray Desolation Force, he suffered no corrosion.
• The blind old man sensed a force within Lin Yan that could contend with the Desolation Force and remarked that Lin Yan might condense a Desolation Seed in less than half a day.

Lin Yan absorbed the Desolation Force in the Desolation Stone and condensed a powerful Desolation Seed in less than half an hour. After the Blind Elder reported what happened to Wu Dao and Chen Zhen, the two were stunned.

• Lin Yan slowed his absorption to recover Yuan Power, but the Desolation Stone released a more violent wave of Desolation Force and attacked him.
• Lin Yan blocked the Desolation Stone’s gray beam while unleashing his suction force and absorbing all the Desolation Force inside it.
• Lin Yan condensed the Desolation Seed, shocking the watching disciples with his speed and the size of the seed.
• Lin Yan stopped cultivating, left the platform, and received the Blind Elder’s praise and advice to rest.
• The Blind Elder told Wu Dao and Chen Zhen what Lin Yan had done, and they froze in surprise.

Lin Yan entered the hidden space to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture and successfully learned the Desolate Demon Eye. After sealing the creeping things threatening the stone stele, he returned to Blind Elder, Chen Zhen, and Wu Dao, who reminded him that his match against Jiang Hao was due that day.

• Chen Zhen and Wu Dao agreed with Blind Elder that Lin Yan might surpass Zhou Tong after hearing he had condensed a Desolation Seed in half an hour.
• Lin Yan asked Chen Zhen to let him comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, and Ying Huanhuan warned that he might fail.
• Chen Zhen brought Lin Yan to Blind Elder, who led him to the hidden stone stele of the Desolate Demon Eye.
• Lin Yan withstood the stele's pressure, drove away the creeping things, and comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture in half a day.
• Lin Yan sealed the creeping things' source, promising to return in two years, then emerged with strengthened Mental Energy and a larger Desolation Seed.
• Wu Dao told Lin Yan that his match against Jiang Hao was scheduled for that day and urged him to go.

Lin Yan confronted Jiang Hao in their promised duel and revealed that he had reached the great completion of the Life Profound Realm and comprehended the Desolate Demon Eye. He defeated Jiang Hao without seriously harming him, leaving Desolate Hall’s leaders hopeful about the hall’s prospects.

• Wu Dao brought Lin Yan to the arena, where Jiang Hao expected to win and demanded that Lin Yan honor their wager.
• The disciples recognized Lin Yan as the person who had absorbed the Pill River and revealed that he had reached the great completion of the Life Profound Realm, shocking Jiang Hao and the crowd.
• Lin Yan shattered Jiang Hao’s attack with ease and revealed the Desolate Demon Eye, astonishing Ying Huanhuan, Chen Zhen’s other disciples, and the observers.
• Lin Yan released the eye’s power toward Jiang Hao but withdrew it, then stepped down and explained that their duel was only a spar.
• Jiang Hao accepted his defeat, and Lin Yan urged him to look down on others less; Chen Zhen, Wu Dao, and the other disciples congratulated Lin Yan.

Lin Yan defeated Jiang Hao, then upgraded his Desolate Demon Eye into the Demon Eye Divine Pupil, gaining stronger mental attacks without the eye-eroding side effect. Wu Dao sent him to Blood Rock Land to find an Immortal Origin Ancient Tree, and the system offered him the Great Heaven Creation Palm for completing the mission.

• Lin Yan defeated Jiang Hao with his Desolate Demon Eye but let him off the hook instead of making him fulfill his promise.
• The system rewarded Lin Yan with the Demon Eye Divine Pupil cultivation method, which he used to upgrade his Desolate Demon Eye.
• Lin Yan developed a golden third eye that strengthened his mental energy and pierced through a wall with a mental attack.
• Wu Dao noticed Lin Yan's changed aura, praised his upgraded eye, and assigned him a mission to find an Immortal Origin Ancient Tree in Blood Rock Land.
• The system gave Lin Yan a mission to find the tree and promised the Heaven-tier Dou Technique Great Heaven Creation Palm as a reward.

Lin Yan learned that his mission was to travel to Blood Rock Land in search of an Immortal Origin Ancient Tree, then set out with Ying Huanhuan and two other disciples. As they headed away from Dao Sect, Ying Huanhuan revealed Lin Yan’s recent achievements, leaving his companions stunned.

• Wu Dao told Lin Yan that the group would travel to Blood Rock Land to search for an Immortal Origin Ancient Tree, and that Ying Huanhuan and two other disciples would join them.
• Lin Yan spent the day cultivating the Desolate Demon Eye and discovered that the knowledge he had gained also strengthened his Mental Energy and spiritual attacks.
• Lin Yan met Wu Dao at Dao Sect’s entrance, where Elder Bai Hua introduced the two other disciples and instructed them to follow Ying Huanhuan’s lead.
• Ying Huanhuan and the two disciples rode a great eagle while Lin Yan formed wings from Qi and flew alongside them at comparable speed.
• Ying Huanhuan told the two disciples that Lin Yan had reached the advanced Life Profound Realm, absorbed the Pill River in seven days, and comprehended the Desolate Demon Eye, astonishing them.

Lin Yan and his companions reached Blood Rock Land, where he defeated the Fire Crystal Ape King guarding the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree and received the Great Heaven Creation Palm from the system. As Lin Yan began cultivating beside the tree, an unseen voice announced it would kill anyone who stood in its way.

• Ying Huanhuan told Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling about Lin Yan’s advanced Life Profound Realm and Desolate Demon Eye, prompting them to introduce themselves and treat him with respect.
• At Blood Rock Land, Jiang Kun killed the demonic beasts they encountered, while Lin Yan later struck three pursuers who had been following the group.
• Lin Yan and the others found the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree, and the system rewarded Lin Yan with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Lin Yan exposed the Fire Crystal Ape King guarding the tree and killed it with his enhanced Desolate Demon Eye before asking Ying Huanhuan, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling to stand guard.
• As Ying Huanhuan and the others waited for the tree to bear seeds, Lin Yan began cultivating the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and an unseen intruder threatened everyone nearby.

Lin Yan emerged from cultivation after Ying Huanhuan and the others were overwhelmed by Yao Ling and Su Lei. Having reached advanced Life Profound Realm and mastered the Great Heaven Creation Palm, he killed both attackers with one strike, leaving Ying Huanhuan and Jiang Kun stunned.

• Yao Ling arrived with masked Yuan Sect fighters and ordered Su Lei to attack Ying Huanhuan, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling.
• Ying Huanhuan used Formless Bodhi Sound to wound Su Lei, but Yao Ling incapacitated Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling, and Su Lei struck Ying Huanhuan down.
• Lin Yan's cultivation released a golden beam, revealing that he had reached advanced Life Profound Realm.
• Lin Yan confronted Yao Ling and knocked him and Su Lei into the ground with a punch.
• Lin Yan used the Great Heaven Creation Palm to kill Yao Ling and Su Lei in one strike, astonishing Ying Huanhuan and Jiang Kun.

Lin Yan returned to Dao Sect with Ying Huanhuan, Jiang Kun, and Yuan Ling after defeating Yao Ling and securing the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree and its seeds. He received a Rank-Up Pill from Chen Zhen, then the system assigned him a mission to reach the perfected stage of the Death Profound Realm.

• After Yao Ling died, Lin Yan and the others collected the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree's seeds, and Lin Yan uprooted the tree.
• Ying Huanhuan and the others rested, then returned to Dao Sect on a giant eagle with Lin Yan.
• The white-haired old man was astonished by the ancient tree and seeds, and Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling credited Lin Yan with saving them by killing Yao Ling in one strike.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Dao learned that Lin Yan had killed Yao Ling and Su Lei, praised him, and Chen Zhen gave him a Rank-Up Pill.
• The system gave Lin Yan a mission to reach the perfected stage of the Death Profound Realm, with a Cultivation Fast-Track Method as the reward.

Lin Yan learned about the Dao Sect’s upcoming Hall Trial, then used a pill and death Qi to break through into the Death Profound Realm. His advancement cultivation method raised him to the intermediate stage, and the system announced that he had completed his mission and could claim its reward.

• Lin Yan considered whether the Cultivation Fast-Track Method could improve his Great Heaven Creation Palm, then rested until morning.
• Chen Zhen told Lin Yan that the Dao Sect was abuzz over his killing Yao Ling and Su Lei, and asked him to compete in the Hall Trial for Desolate Hall.
• Lin Yan agreed to compete, learned the Hall Trial rules, and returned to his room to take the pill Chen Zhen had given him.
• Lin Yan absorbed death Qi and fused it with life Qi and Yuan Power, breaking through to the Death Profound Realm and startling the Dao Sect.
• Lin Yan’s advancement cultivation method raised his realm to the intermediate stage of the Death Profound Realm, and the system announced that he had completed his mission.