Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin defeated the newborn Shi Lingdao with the Minor Zhoutian Star-Dipper Formation, freeing Shi Lingdao’s original self and allowing the fused souls of the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to dissipate. As night fell over the world, Shi Lingdao’s final warning left Xiao Lin uneasy.

• Shi Lingdao’s formations and attacks failed to break Xiao Lin’s Minor Zhoutian Star-Dipper Formation, and he despaired at its power.
• Xiao Lin used the formation to engulf and kill the newborn Shi Lingdao, who hinted that the matter was not over and implicated his predecessor.
• Shi Lingdao returned to his original appearance, and the fused soul mourned him before entrusting the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin promised to raise the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to the peak of the Dou Qi Continent as the fused soul’s many Soul Bodies dissipated.
• Xiao Lin wondered if everything was over, while the dusk turned to night and Shi Lingdao’s warning left him uneasy.

Xiao Lin encountered a mysterious beauty whose influence nearly overwhelmed his mind, then recognized her as a surviving Demon Emperor of the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor revealed that she belonged to the Heart Demon Clan, leaving Xiao Lin face-to-face with a powerful enemy from beyond the Dou Qi Continent.

• After burying Shi Lingdao, Xiao Lin sensed growing oppression and irritation but found nothing with his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor appeared behind Xiao Lin and nearly seduced him through her influence over his heart.
• Xiao Lin guarded his mind and deduced that the woman's power was a heart demon rather than ordinary seduction.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor confirmed that she was a surviving Demon Emperor whose physical body Shi Lingdao had destroyed.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor proudly identified herself as a member of the Heart Demon Clan, one of the thirty-two Evil Clans beyond this world.

Xiao Lin learned how the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor had survived and why she could threaten him despite losing her body. She had secretly controlled the six clans and confronted Xiao Lin, who vowed to kill her for destroying the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Lin recalled that Shi Lingdao had overcome the Heart Demon Clan’s mind control and used formations to defeat the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor, leaving her soul trapped in his body.
• After the newly born Shi Lingdao emerged, the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor stayed hidden until Xiao Lin killed him.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor secretly planted heart demon seeds in everyone from the six clans, leaving them motionless and under her control.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor appeared before Xiao Lin, hoping to control him and use people from the Dou Qi Continent to restore her cultivation and contact the Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• Xiao Lin declared that he was glad she had survived because he could kill her himself to avenge the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

Xiao Lin fought the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor, countering her strange abilities with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and the Stellar Immortal Body. After destroying one of the four ghost gates sustaining her attack, he continued the battle with the others still standing.

• Xiao Lin drew the Moon-Chasing Scimitar and discovered that his blade passed through the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor without harming her.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor cast Rashomon Ghost Realm, trapping Xiao Lin among four ghost gates and sending shadows to attack him.
• Xiao Lin used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to consume the shadows, then clashed with the ghost king formed from Demonic Qi.
• Xiao Lin summoned the Stellar Immortal Body and smashed one of the four ghost gates, breaking its Demonic Qi barrier.

Xiao Lin fought the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor, whose attacks passed through him while she could still hurt him. After probing each other, she revealed that she had found a weakness in his heart and began to stir his heart demon, leaving him dazed.

• Xiao Lin destroyed the four ghost gates and attacked the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor, who countered his Myriad Heavens Stellar Palm with a single imitation of the technique.
• Xiao Lin trapped the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor in two Spiritual Formations, but both attacks passed through her without causing harm.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor flirted with Xiao Lin, and he insulted her appearance, angering her into a close-range attack.
• Xiao Lin blocked her claws with the Moon-Chasing Scimitar and evaded her strikes, but his attacks continued to pass through her body.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor revealed that she had been testing Xiao Lin to find a weakness she could exploit to control him.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor told Xiao Lin that his heart demon had been stirring, flashed red light in her eyes, and left him frozen in a daze.

The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor trapped Xiao Lin in a Heart Demon Space, where fabricated memories made him believe his deceased wife Wen Lingyun was alive. Xiao Lin’s devotion to her weakened his resistance, leaving the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor poised to deepen her control.

• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor celebrated after trapping Xiao Lin, then focused on strengthening her control when she sensed his resistance.
• Xiao Lin struggled to distinguish his real memories from fabrications inside the Heart Demon Space.
• Xiao Lin saw Wen Lingyun alive in the Xiao Household and embraced her, believing he had returned from a military expedition.
• Xiao Lin’s power subsided as his fabricated memories gained the upper hand, and the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor prepared to make the Heart Demon Space feel completely real to him.

Inside an inner-demon illusion that restored his wife Wen Lingyun, Xiao Lin resolved to leave the army and devote himself to her after realizing how much he regretted their time apart. He knew the vision was an illusion but wanted to remain in it rather than wake.

• Xiao Lin held Wen Lingyun at the Xiao Household gate, then told her and Xiao Dongcheng he planned to resign as a general and spend more time at home.
• After greeting the household members, Xiao Lin led Wen Lingyun back to their courtyard and embraced her again.
• Xiao Lin recalled how his focus on his military career had kept him apart from Wen Lingyun and how she had died after giving birth to Xiao Zhan.
• Wen Lingyun noticed Xiao Lin was acting strangely and asked him what was wrong, and he asked whether she would believe him if he described an absurd dream.
• Wen Lingyun promised she would believe him, and Xiao Lin cried as he recognized the scene as an inner-demon illusion he wanted to remain in.

Xiao Lin willingly remained in the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor’s illusion to be with the imagined Wen Lingyun, despite knowing it was false. When the real Wen Lingyun reached him through their Black Jade tokens and urged him to leave, the illusion shattered, and she hoped they would meet again.

• Xiao Lin told the illusory Wen Lingyun about his life after her death and said his life would have no meaning without her.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor believed Xiao Lin had chosen to stay forever after he agreed to keep Wen Lingyun company.
• One of the Black Jade tokens in Xiao Lin’s Storage Ring glowed, and the token worn by illusory Wen Lingyun flashed in response.
• Wen Lingyun told Xiao Lin that the real her would want him to leave, then kissed him and revealed herself as real.
• The heart demon illusion cracked and shattered, and Wen Lingyun watched Xiao Lin disappear as she hoped they would meet again.

Xiao Lin emerged from the Heart Demon Illusion Realm convinced that Wen Lingyun’s final words had reflected her true will, and he resolved to defeat the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor. Their battle resumed with Xiao Lin unveiling Star River Annihilation, which cut through her attack and split the sky.

• Xiao Lin returned to the former site of the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, uncertain whether Wen Lingyun’s final words and kiss in the illusion had been real.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor questioned Xiao Lin after losing control of Wen Lingyun in the illusion and failing to keep him trapped.
• Xiao Lin concluded that Wen Lingyun’s words represented her true will and thanked the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor before preparing to kill her.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor attacked with Heavenly Demon Luo Annihilation, sending a devastating wave of Demonic Qi toward Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin countered with Star River Annihilation, destroying the wave and splitting open the sky.

Xiao Lin discovered that the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor had merged her soul with the sky, making her tangible incarnation immune to attacks. After he wounded her by striking the sky, she fused with it and revealed her gigantic original face, preparing to fight him with her remaining strength.

• Xiao Lin slashed the sky and wounded the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor, discovering that her soul was merged with it.
• Xiao Lin evaded the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor and attacked the sky with Ten Suns Soaring Across the Sky, burning her tangible incarnation.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor failed to plant a Heart Demon Seed in Xiao Lin and, realizing he could kill her by attacking the sky, used Heart Demon Fusion.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor merged her incarnation into the sky, which came alive and displayed her gigantic original face as she prepared to fight Xiao Lin.

The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor revealed her true form and attacked Xiao Lin, while the six clans fled the ancient ruins after realizing how dangerous it was. Xiao Lin transformed into the Three Thousand Burning Flame to fight her, and dawn finally broke through the Demonic Qi.

• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor reclaimed her heart demon seeds, revealed her true form, and strengthened herself with the gathered Demonic Qi.
• Hun Jie recognized the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor's Emperor Soul, and the six clans fled the ancient ruins.
• Xun'er and the Gu Clan's elders decided to report the dangers to the clan leader, while the Yao and Stone Clans abandoned their exploration plans.
• Xiao Lin let the six clans depart and turned his attention to the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor, determined to settle accounts with the Hun Clan later.
• The Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor attacked Xiao Lin with Demonic Qi, and Xiao Lin transformed into the Three Thousand Burning Flame to fight her.
• After an extended battle, light pierced the Demonic Qi and dawn broke over the ruined Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

Xiao Lin transformed into the Three Thousand Burning Flame, found and swallowed the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor’s Soul Origin inside the Demonic Qi, then sealed the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s former site while he refined it. He emerged with an Emperor Soul, making him the fourth being on the Dou Qi Continent to possess one and greatly improving his ability to face powerful opponents.

• Xiao Lin used the Three Thousand Burning Flame and his Astral Dou Qi’s resistance to endure the Demonic Qi and locate the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor’s Soul Origin.
• Xiao Lin swallowed the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor’s Soul Origin after she had been reduced to a soul without Demonic Qi in her body.
• Xiao Lin took control of the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s former site and closed its entrance to prevent the six clans from interrupting him.
• Xiao Lin spent time refining the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor’s soul, then awoke as his Soul Power transformed into an Emperor Soul.
• Xiao Lin realized his new Emperor Soul made him the fourth being on the Dou Qi Continent to possess one and gave him a strong chance against Lei Ying and Yan Jin.

After defeating the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor, Xiao Lin absorbed the azure crystals she left behind and advanced to Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng. He tested his new strength and judged that he could face Nihility Devouring Flame without losing.

• Xiao Lin found azure crystals scattered across the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace site, the purified Dou Qi left behind when the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor died.
• Xiao Lin cultivated by absorbing the crystals, advancing from Mid-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint to Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint and then into the Eight-Star realm.
• Xiao Lin reached Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng before consuming all the crystals, then unleashed his full power alongside his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Lin shattered the surrounding space with a stomp and assessed that he feared only Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhukun, while believing he could remain undefeated against Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Lin laughed as he celebrated the power of his Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng cultivation and Emperor Realm Soul.

After reaching Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng and the Emperor Soul realm, Xiao Lin examined the mysterious obsidian altar in the ruins of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. He realized the altar concealed a deeper secret and suspected it held the greatest opportunity of his journey.

• Xiao Lin reflected on the burden of protecting the Xiao Household and felt more secure after freeing Zhukun and reaching Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng with an Emperor Soul.
• Xiao Lin wondered how powerful Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhukun were, then resolved to keep pursuing greater strength.
• Xiao Lin returned aboveground and sensed something unusual about the obsidian altar with his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Lin concluded that the eight white jade pillars, rather than the altar, had suppressed the newborn Shi Lingdao, while the altar concealed a deeper secret.
• Xiao Lin grew eager to investigate the altar, suspecting that his greatest opportunity might be hidden there.

Xiao Lin uncovered and studied a mysterious formation hidden beneath the obsidian altar, then realized it could help someone comprehend Supreme. The discovery left him with a new path to pursue.

• Xiao Lin dug through the ten-meter obsidian altar and uncovered an ancient formation concealed beneath it.
• Xiao Lin studied the formation repeatedly but could not identify any ordinary function it served.
• Xiao Lin noticed the name Supreme Nine Heavens Yingyuan Formation and recalled what Supreme meant on the neighboring Profound Heaven Continent.
• Xiao Lin confirmed that the formation’s sole purpose was to help someone comprehend Supreme once activated.

Xiao Lin realized that the Supreme Nine Heavens Yingyuan Formation could offer him a third path to becoming a Dou Emperor by helping him comprehend “Supreme.” He activated the formation and began repeated attempts, but each session consumed his Dou Qi before he could grasp it.

• Xiao Lin reviewed why the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill and the Ancient Emperor's inheritance were inaccessible to him, leaving him dependent on Xiao Yan to become a Dou Emperor.
• After discovering the Supreme Nine Heavens Yingyuan Formation, Xiao Lin saw it as a possible path to becoming a Dou Emperor himself.
• Xiao Lin used his Emperor Realm Soul and Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng cultivation to activate the formation and begin comprehending “Supreme.”
• The formation exhausted Xiao Lin's Dou Qi after seven days, so he restored his strength and began another attempt.
• Xiao Lin continued trying to comprehend “Supreme,” prepared to persist as long as necessary.

After the six Emperor Clans fled the Devouring Abyss, Hun Ling told Hun Miesheng that Hun Yan had died and an emperor-soul expert had appeared there. Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying returned to investigate, while the Hun Clan stayed away because Hun Tiandi was recovering from injuries.

• The six Emperor Clans fled the Devouring Abyss, and Hun Miesheng questioned the returning Hun Clan members about Hun Yan.
• Hun Ling recounted Hun Yan's death at Shi Lingdao's hands and explained that Xiao Lin had obtained Hun Yan's soul.
• Hun Miesheng dismissed the survivors and returned to the Hun Clan to report what had happened.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying arrived at the Devouring Abyss to investigate after hearing their clansmen's reports.
• Gu Yuan surmised that Hun Tiandi had stayed away because he was still recovering from his injuries.

Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying found that the entrance to the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace's former site had vanished, leaving the Devouring Abyss empty. The six clans then turned their attention to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, hoping to learn how to become Spirit Array Masters while Xiao Lin remained missing.

• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying entered the Devouring Abyss after the Hun Clan sent no one else to join them.
• The three found the former entrance gone and the Red-Haired Monsters reduced to ash, and Gu Yuan could not sense a way into the ancient site.
• Yan Jin suggested the entrance might open only at a special time or through a particular method, and the three left after searching in vain.
• The six clans learned that Xiao Lin was a powerful Spirit Array Master, though they did not know his fate or the outcome of his clash with Shi Lingdao.
• After their search of the Devouring Abyss failed, the six clans went together to visit the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and investigate its Spirit Array Master methods.

The six Emperor Clans visited the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to investigate whether Xiao Lin had obtained the secret of Spirit Array Masters in the Devouring Abyss. With Xiao Lin away, Ji Li prepared to conceal what the sect knew and ended the chapter by revealing his strength to the visitors.

• The six Emperor Clans arrived at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, prompting speculation about why they had gathered there.
• Ji Li asked Lei Guang and Lei Ya what they knew, and Lei Guang connected the visit to the disturbance in the Devouring Abyss.
• Ji Li realized the clans were likely probing for information about Xiao Lin and instructed the sect's leaders to act as if they knew nothing.
• Ji Li revealed that he was a Mid-Four-Star Dou Sheng, stunning the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace's leaders and the six clans' visitors.

Representatives from the six clans visited the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where they discovered that its Second Palace Master, Ji Li, was a powerful Four-Star Dou Sheng. The visit left them realizing that they had greatly underestimated the palace and the path of formations.

• The six clans sent small groups led by Gu Nanhai, Lei Donglai, Huo Yao, Yao Wangui, Yan Mo, and Hun Jie to visit the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• The visitors did not realize that the ruined site they had explored earlier had once been the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• The six clans were surprised to learn that Ji Li was a Mid-Four-Star Dou Sheng, and Hun Jie blamed the Soul Hall's intelligence network for failing to uncover the palace's strength.
• Ji Li greeted the visitors as the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace's Second Palace Master while its Palace Master, Lin Xiao, was away.
• The six clans recognized that the palace's Spirit Array Masters could make it a major power alongside Danta and the Soul Hall.