Chapter Summaries

Jia Lie Jun emerged from the Pill River after eleven days, having absorbed its Nirvana Golden Qi and undergone a Nirvana Tribulation. His achievement stunned the Dao Sect’s disciples, while Ying Xiaoxiao doubted it was enough for him to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Jiang Hao rebuked Tong Chuan for losing to Jia Lie Jun and said he wanted to see what made the newcomer special.
• Fang Yun warned Jiang Hao not to underestimate Jia Lie Jun, who had endured eleven days at the bottom of the Pill River.
• Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan arrived to watch Jia Lie Jun, and the Pill River began to churn with Nirvana Tribulation energy.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Dao realized Jia Lie Jun had absorbed all the Nirvana Golden Qi at the river’s bottom.
• Jia Lie Jun emerged in golden light, his Primordial Spirit Qi stronger than that of Pang Tong and the other Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm disciples.
• Ying Xiaoxiao said Jia Lie Jun still lacked what was needed to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, while Ying Huanhuan stubbornly dismissed his achievement.

After Jia Lie Jun endured the Pill River for eleven days, Chen Zhen proposed making him a chief personal disciple, but Jiang Hao challenged his qualifications. Jia Lie Jun was set to fight Jiang Hao at the monthly competition in five days, then entered the Desolate Hall's Martial Arts Hall to begin studying its martial arts and Desolate Strength.

• Chen Zhen praised Jia Lie Jun and said he qualified to become a chief personal disciple, but Jiang Hao objected that he lacked the seniority and strength for the position.
• Jia Lie Jun challenged Jiang Hao, and Chen Zhen scheduled their fight for the monthly competition five days later.
• Chen Zhen allowed Jia Lie Jun to freely study martial arts at the Desolate Hall's Martial Arts Hall, and the disciples dispersed after news of his eleven-day Pill River achievement spread.
• Wu Dao warned Jia Lie Jun that Jiang Hao was stronger than Tong Chuan and took him to the Martial Arts Hall, explaining that Desolate Strength was essential to the Desolate Hall's martial arts.
• Jia Lie Jun entered the stone tower and began examining its many martial arts steles.

Jia Lie Jun approached the Desolate Stone and used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to withstand its corrosive Desolate Strength. He absorbed the energy and condensed a Desolate Seed, astonishing the Desolate Hall disciples and blind elder.

• Jia Lie Jun learned from the Desolate Stone that Desolate Strength could be cultivated and saw the disciples absorbing it from a safe distance.
• Jia Lie Jun walked toward the boulder despite a disciple's warning, using the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to neutralize the Desolate Strength eroding his body.
• Jia Lie Jun sat beneath the Desolate Stone and drew in vast amounts of Desolate Strength while circulating the Azure Dragon Transformation Art.
• A blind old man arrived to intervene but held back after Jia Lie Jun said he could endure.
• Jia Lie Jun formed a fist-sized gray bead in his dantian, and the onlookers recognized it as Desolate Strength.

Jia Lie Jun followed the blind old man to four powerful martial arts and chose the risky Desolate Demonic Eye, which required both Origin Energy and Spiritual Power. As he began cultivating it, he was transported into a vision and came face to face with the ancient beast Desolation.

• The blind old man led Jia Lie Jun through a light curtain to four stone steles containing the Desolate Hall’s strongest martial arts after the Great Desolation Scripture.
• The blind old man explained that the fourth martial art required strong attainments in both Origin Energy and Spiritual Power, and warned Jia Lie Jun that it could damage his eyes.
• Jia Lie Jun rejected the Great Star Gang Fist, Great Dark Corrosive Sword, and Great Desolation Body before choosing the Desolate Demonic Eye.
• Jia Lie Jun poured his Spiritual Power into the black eye carved on the fourth stele and entered a vast vision.
• Jia Lie Jun saw the ancient beast Desolation emerge from a fissure, its enormous black eye fixed upon him.

Jia Lie Jun endured the dangerous Desolate Demonic Eye cultivation for five days, but the gray mark on his brow vanished before it could fully become an eye. He left to attend the monthly competition, believing his Ancestral Talisman and Heavenly Flames could protect him from the art’s harmful effects.

• Jia Lie Jun faced Desolation’s gray light in the spiritual space and endured its attack without resisting.
• The blind old man saw Jia Lie Jun bleeding from his eyes and tried to interrupt the cultivation, but white light erased his Spiritual Power strike.
• After five days, the stone monument sent gray light into Jia Lie Jun’s brow, but the mark disappeared before it transformed into an eye.
• Jia Lie Jun thanked the blind old man, who warned him that using the Desolate Demonic Eye could damage his sight.
• Jia Lie Jun left for the monthly competition and trusted that his Ancestral Talisman and Heavenly Flames could counter the sinister energy.

Jia Lie Jun arrived at the Desolate Hall monthly competition and faced Jiang Hao in their long-awaited sparring match. Jia Lie Jun shattered Jiang Hao’s golden broadsword with his Azure Dragon Arm, leaving Jiang Hao and the watching disciples stunned by his strength.

• Chen Zhen and Wu Dao discussed Jia Lie Jun’s absence while Jiang Hao and Fang Yun wondered whether he would avoid the match.
• Jia Lie Jun hurried in from the Martial Arts Hall and answered Jiang Hao’s taunts with defiance.
• Chen Zhen started the match and said Jia Lie Jun would become the fifth senior direct disciple if he avoided falling into a disadvantage against Jiang Hao.
• Jiang Hao formed a golden broadsword from Origin Energy and struck at Jia Lie Jun.
• Jia Lie Jun covered himself in azure scales and broke Jiang Hao’s broadsword with his Azure Dragon Arm, knocking Jiang Hao backward.

Jia Lie Jun fought Jiang Hao in the plaza, revealing that he had condensed a Desolate Seed in only five days and forcing Jiang Hao to use the Great Star Gang Fist. As Jiang Hao challenged him to withstand the attack, Jia Lie Jun opened an eerie eye on his brow, apparently invoking the Desolate Demonic Eye.

• Jiang Hao attacked Jia Lie Jun with his Desolate Blade, but Jia Lie Jun’s Azure Dragon Arms broke through the blade’s force and struck back.
• Jiang Hao trapped Jia Lie Jun’s azure dragon phantom in a gray net and cut it apart with razor-sharp threads.
• Jia Lie Jun unleashed his Desolate Strength, astonishing the watching disciples and revealing that he had condensed a Desolate Seed in five days.
• Jia Lie Jun destroyed Jiang Hao’s gray net with a powerful punch, prompting Jiang Hao to summon the Great Star Gang Fist.
• Jiang Hao challenged Jia Lie Jun to withstand his move, and Jia Lie Jun opened a sinister eye on his brow, shocking Chen Zhen and Wu Dao.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Jiang Hao with the Desolate Demonic Eye and became the Desolate Hall’s fifth personal disciple. With the Great Desolation Tablet opening in three months and the Hall Examination approaching, he vowed to help the Desolate Hall rise from last place.

• Jiang Hao attacked Jia Lie Jun with Great Star Gang Fist, but Jia Lie Jun’s Desolate Demonic Eye pierced and shattered the gray star.
• Jia Lie Jun’s beam pursued Jiang Hao, and Chen Zhen intervened to save him and disperse the beam.
• Jia Lie Jun confirmed he had initially mastered the Desolate Demonic Eye, and Chen Zhen declared him the Desolate Hall’s fifth personal disciple.
• Jia Lie Jun joined Pang Tong and the other personal disciples on the raised stage as Chen Zhen resumed the monthly competition.
• Wu Dao told Jia Lie Jun the Great Desolation Tablet would open in three months and that the Hall Examination would follow.
• Jia Lie Jun vowed to keep the Desolate Hall from remaining at the bottom, even if he failed to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture.

After a month of training under Gu Mo, Jia Lie Jun advanced his Spiritual Power and improved his Desolate Demonic Eye before Wu Dao summoned him for a Dao Sect mission. He joined Ying Huanhuan and two other disciples, and the group set off on a green eagle as Ying Huanhuan prepared to explain their assignment.

• Jia Lie Jun spent a month practicing the Desolate Demonic Eye and advanced to a Three-Seal Heavenly Symbol Master with Gu Mo's guidance.
• Gu Mo praised Jia Lie Jun's progress and told him Wu Dao was waiting outside the Martial Arts Hall.
• Wu Dao informed Jia Lie Jun that he had been assigned an expedition mission with disciples from other halls.
• Jia Lie Jun met Ying Huanhuan and two other disciples on a platform, where Elder Bai Hua introduced them as his companions.
• Ying Huanhuan summoned a green eagle, and she and the other disciples boarded it to begin the mission.

Jia Lie Jun traveled with Ying Huanhuan and two other Dao Sect disciples to investigate trouble at the sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine in Blood Rock Land. After arriving, they met the Dao Sect disciples stationed there, and Jia Lie Jun’s rapid rise in Desolate Hall surprised their leader, Sister Fang.

• Jia Lie Jun rode an azure condor with Ying Huanhuan and two other disciples, thinking about returning to the Dou Qi Continent and keeping Medusa out of the Sect War.
• Ying Huanhuan teased Jia Lie Jun about being unsociable, learned that he had mastered the Desolate Demonic Eye, and explained that their mission was to investigate disruptions at the Dao Sect’s Nirvana Crystal Mine in Blood Rock Land.
• The group traveled for five days, reached Blood Rock Land, and flew to the mine in the crimson mountains.
• Ying Huanhuan introduced Jia Lie Jun to Sister Fang and told her that he had become Desolate Hall’s chief personal disciple shortly after joining, surprising Sister Fang.

Jia Lie Jun and Ying Huanhuan investigated why Fire Crystal Demonic Apes had gathered near the Nirvana Crystal Mine and discovered an Immortal Origin Ancient Tree. The Fire Crystal Ape King emerged to claim the tree and its fruits, leaving the group facing a confrontation.

• Yuan Fang led Jia Lie Jun and Ying Huanhuan to a forest where Fire Crystal Demonic Apes had been disrupting mining.
• Jia Lie Jun suspected something in the forest had attracted the beasts, and Ying Huanhuan used zither music to make them fall asleep.
• The group entered the forest and found an Immortal Origin Ancient Tree bearing five crimson fruits.
• Jia Lie Jun pulled Ying Huanhuan back as the Fire Crystal Ape King burst from underground beside the tree.
• The Fire Crystal Ape King demanded that everyone leave, and Yuan Fang warned it that the Dao Sect would defeat it.

Ying Huanhuan, Jiang Kun, Yuan Ling, and Jia Lie Jun fought the Fire Crystal Ape King to secure the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree. Jia Lie Jun pierced the Ape King’s crystal armor and head with his Demon Eye, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Ying Huanhuan ordered Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling to attack the Fire Crystal Ape King while Jia Lie Jun supported them and Yuan Fang sealed off the area.
• Jiang Kun and Yuan Ling clashed with the Ape King as Ying Huanhuan used her zither to slow its body and Origin Energy.
• The Ape King charged Ying Huanhuan, but Jia Lie Jun blocked its strike with his black iron seal, and the group gradually forced it onto the defensive.
• The Ape King tried to escape, but Jia Lie Jun intercepted it and unleashed a gray beam from his Demon Eye.
• The beam shattered the Ape King’s crystal armor and pierced its head, leaving a bloody hole in its forehead.

Jia Lie Jun killed the Fire Crystal Ape King, and the Dao Sect discovered that the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree might contain seeds worth protecting. As the disciples guarded the tree and awaited its fruit, desperate outlaws considered whether to attack, while Jia Lie Jun and Ying Huanhuan discussed the Dao Sect’s future.

• Jia Lie Jun crushed the Fire Crystal Ape King beneath his black iron seal, and Ying Huanhuan buried the remains.
• Yuan Fang and the Dao Sect disciples arrived, learned that Jia Lie Jun had defeated the ape king, and discussed guarding the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree until its fruits fell.
• Ying Huanhuan said the fruits should fall within five days, and Yuan Fang decided to send someone back to the sect for help.
• A group of desperate outlaws learned that the Fire Crystal Ape King and its demonic apes had been killed, then chose to wait and see whether the tree contained seeds.
• Jia Lie Jun watched over the tree with his Spiritual Power as Ying Huanhuan hoped its seeds would strengthen the Dao Sect and reminded him that he still had not comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture.

The Immortal Origin Ancient Fruits ripened, and Ying Huanhuan obtained the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed while Jia Lie Jun uprooted the tree. When the Demon Seal Cult arrived to seize the seed, Jia Lie Jun warned them that the Dao Sect would retaliate if they attacked.

• The five Immortal Origin Ancient Fruits ripened, and Jia Lie Jun caught them as the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed emerged from the tree.
• Ying Huanhuan took the seed, and Jia Lie Jun uprooted the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree by gripping one of its roots.
• Yuan Fang arrived with Dao Sect disciples and reported that they had spotted members of the Demon Seal Cult near the mineral vein.
• Su Lei and other Demon Seal Cult members arrived, demanded the seed, and revealed that their leader Yao Ling was still absent.
• Ying Huanhuan secretly gave Jia Lie Jun the seed and urged him to escape if fighting began, but he stored it and refused to leave her behind.
• Jia Lie Jun made jade portraits of the gathered enemies and warned that the Dao Sect had already been notified and would avenge any attack, causing the crowd to hesitate.

Jia Lie Jun faced Luo Yi to protect the Dao Sect disciples, matching the stronger opponent with his Desolate Strength and Desolate Demonic Eye. He summoned the Spirit of the Archaic Beast, and a massive shadow began moving within the gray clouds above them.

• Jia Lie Jun challenged Luo Yi, and Luo Yi agreed to spare the Dao Sect disciples if Jia Lie Jun could withstand ten moves.
• Jia Lie Jun dodged Luo Yi’s attacks, seized his claw, and eroded his hand with Desolate Strength before they clashed their blades.
• Jia Lie Jun opened his Desolate Demonic Eye and fired a gray beam that shattered Luo Yi’s blade radiance.
• Luo Yi attacked relentlessly, while Jia Lie Jun invoked the Spirit of the Archaic Beast and filled the sky with gray clouds.
• A blood-red beam entered the clouds, forming a vortex where a massive shadow stirred as Luo Yi watched uneasily.

Jia Lie Jun defeated and killed Luo Yi, but Yao Ling arrived to claim the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed and threatened the Dao Sect group. Ying Huanhuan told Jia Lie Jun to prepare to retreat as the surrounding factions sided with Yao Ling.

• Luo Yi unleashed his Great Asura Blade, but Jia Lie Jun countered with a Desolate Beast and survived the clash.
• Jia Lie Jun killed the wounded Luo Yi and challenged the remaining crowd.
• Yao Ling, a Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm former Yuan Sect deacon, appeared and announced his intention to seize the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed.
• Yuan Fang warned Yao Ling that Dao Sect experts were coming, but Yao Ling said he would offer the seed to the Yuan Sect for protection.
• Yao Ling asked the crowd not to interfere, and they agreed; Ying Huanhuan quietly told Jia Lie Jun to prepare to retreat.

Ying Huanhuan stayed behind to hold off Yao Ling and his group with the Formless Bodhi Sound while the Dao Sect disciples fled. As her blood-red guqin array trapped the pursuers in visions of their own reflections, Jia Lie Jun gave the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed to Yuan Fang, leaving the group to decide whether to return for Ying Huanhuan.

• Ying Huanhuan used her guqin to distract Yao Ling and let the Dao Sect disciples escape, then stayed behind to face the pursuers.
• Ying Huanhuan wounded her finger and used the Formless Bodhi Sound to reflect Su Lei's attack back at him.
• Ying Huanhuan unleashed the All Beings Aspect, summoning a blood-red bodhi tree and mirror images that stopped Yao Ling and the others.
• Yuan Fang questioned whether they should abandon Ying Huanhuan, and Jia Lie Jun handed her the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed.

Jia Lie Jun rescued the exhausted Ying Huanhuan from Yao Ling’s attack and helped her recover enough to flee. He stayed behind to hold off their pursuers as Su Lei chased after her.

• Jia Lie Jun left Yuan Fang with the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed and went back to rescue Ying Huanhuan.
• Yao Ling attacked Ying Huanhuan while she maintained the Formless Bodhi Sound and created copies of their enemies.
• Jia Lie Jun arrived in time to shield Ying Huanhuan from Yao Ling’s giant palm with his azure scales.
• Jia Lie Jun used the Desolate Demonic Eye to drive back the attackers and restore Ying Huanhuan’s Origin Energy.
• Jia Lie Jun sent Ying Huanhuan away and stayed behind, while Yao Ling ordered Su Lei to pursue her.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Su Lei and faced an encirclement led by Yao Ling, whose attack he met head-on despite the difference in their cultivation. Yao Ling resolved to kill Jia Lie Jun and formed a golden spear for the fight to come.

• Jia Lie Jun overwhelmed Su Lei with his flames and Desolate Demonic Eye, pierced through Su Lei's shoulder, and smashed him into a mountain.
• Yao Ling and the remaining fighters surrounded Jia Lie Jun, whose Spiritual Power and Azure Dragon Arms revealed his readiness to fight.
• Yao Ling attacked with a golden-light fist, but Jia Lie Jun met it with the Immortal Origin Ancient Tree, and both were sent flying by the collision.
• Yao Ling feared Jia Lie Jun could become a threat to the Yuan Sect and gathered Origin Energy into a golden spear.

Jia Lie Jun fought Yao Ling and the surviving Lin Xuan, using his techniques and Dragon Origin Wheel to overcome their combined attacks. After killing Lin Xuan, he faced Yao Ling alone.

• Jia Lie Jun killed the Demon Seal Cult members with the Dragon Origin Wheel, enraging Yao Ling.
• Yao Ling attacked Jia Lie Jun, then ordered Lin Xuan to join him in a two-on-one fight.
• Jia Lie Jun used the Desolate Demonic Eye and Azure Dragon Charge to injure Lin Xuan.
• Jia Lie Jun blocked Yao Ling's spear barrage with the Immovable Azure Dragon Bell and shattered the bell to create an opening.
• Jia Lie Jun killed Lin Xuan by slicing his throat with the Dragon Origin Wheel.