Chapter Summaries

Lin Lang reached Goguryeo and confronted Fu Cailin, who sought an alliance with Great Ming but refused to submit. Their duel revealed that Lin Lang could adapt to Fu Cailin’s Yijing Sword Art, and he declared that his next strike would kill Fu Cailin.

• Lin Lang traveled by ship to Goguryeo with Wanwan and Jiang Xiaoyu, while Fu Cailin anticipated that Lin Lang might come for him.
• Fu Cailin learned that Lin Lang had arrived and prepared to test a new principle in his martial Dao against him.
• Lin Lang rejected Fu Cailin’s offer of an alliance and demanded Goguryeo submit to Great Ming or face destruction.
• Lin Lang and Fu Cailin fought with swords as Wanwan and Jiang Xiaoyu watched; Lin Lang began matching and then challenging Fu Cailin’s calculations.
• Fu Cailin unveiled his Square and Circle Sword Dao, but Lin Lang adapted to it and told him his path was flawed before promising to kill him with his next strike.

Lin Lang defeated and killed Fu Cailin in a single sword exchange, then ordered Goguryeo to submit to Great Ming. As Lin Lang and Wanwan discussed their future, Jiang Xiaoyu delivered the demand to Fu Junqiang, who resolved to seek Ning Daoqi’s help against Lin Lang.

• Fu Cailin trapped Lin Lang’s wooden sword in rings of Sword Aura, but Lin Lang’s blade shattered into splinters that pierced Fu Cailin’s heart and killed him.
• Lin Lang explained Fu Cailin’s weaknesses to Wanwan and ordered Jiang Xiaoyu to demand Goguryeo submit to Great Ming and pay tribute.
• Lin Lang and Wanwan strolled through Goguryeo, discussed the Yin Kui Sect’s ambitions and the legendary realm beyond Heaven-Man, and agreed to support Great Ming’s Imperial Preceptor rather than make him emperor.
• Fu Junqiang returned to find Jiang Xiaoyu leaving Fu Cailin’s home with a bundle and learned that her master had died to Lin Lang.
• Jiang Xiaoyu defeated Fu Junqiang’s sword with one saber strike and warned her to deliver Goguryeo’s submission demand; Fu Junqiang decided to find Ning Daoqi and ask him to kill Lin Lang.

After Wanwan and Lin Lang parted ways, Lin Lang left Goguryeo while news of his victories reshaped the plans of rulers and martial factions. In Great Ming, Wei Jinzhong gained control of the Western Depot and plotted to seize power, while Jiang Yuyan urged the emperor to seek Zhang Sanfeng’s help against Lin Lang; Ning Daoqi abandoned his attempt to confront Lin Lang after hearing he had killed Fu Cailin.

• Wanwan performed the Heavenly Demon Dance for Lin Lang, and the two spent the night together before discussing her return to Chang'an and the Evil King's Tomb.
• Lin Lang warned Wanwan not to enter the Evil King's Tomb before he arrived because Shi Zhixuan was sealed inside, then left Goguryeo.
• Xiao Feng learned that Lin Lang had killed Fu Cailin and that Goguryeo had submitted to Great Ming, then ordered his forces to guard the frontier and prepared to return to Great Liao.
• The Emperor of Great Ming celebrated the empire's expansion, abolished the Western Depot, and gave its personnel and authority to Wei Jinzhong, who secretly planned to surpass Lin Lang.
• Jiang Yuyan urged the emperor to ask Zhang Sanfeng what Lin Lang wanted, hoping the emperor would find a way to deal with the Imperial Preceptor.
• Ning Daoqi learned that Lin Lang had killed Fu Cailin and turned his carriage around rather than continue toward Blackwood Cliff to confront him.

Lin Lang returned to Capital City after killing Fu Cailin, learned that Wei Ziyun had died during the campaign against Mongol Yuan, and discussed true dragon qi and national calamities with Shangguan Haitang. After absorbing the Imperial Palace’s increased true dragon qi, he began refining it to test whether it could condense his true qi.

• Shangguan Haitang deduced that Ning Daoqi had been waiting to intercept Lin Lang, and Lin Lang revealed he had killed Fu Cailin, prompting Ning Daoqi to flee.
• Shangguan Haitang shared reports of disasters and their sudden resolution, while Lin Lang argued that absorbing true dragon qi was worthwhile as long as Great Ming’s strength and fortune grew.
• Lin Lang stopped an express messenger, learned that Wei Ziyun had died after attacking the Prince of Ruyang’s Manor, and rode back to Capital City.
• The Young Emperor welcomed Lin Lang and proposed building him a living shrine; Lin Lang declined, reported Goguryeo’s coming surrender, and urged the emperor to govern properly.
• Lin Lang absorbed the Imperial Palace’s increased true dragon qi, returned home, and began testing whether refining it could condense his true qi.

After refining true dragon qi, Lin Lang greatly increased his strength, while signs of his rising fortune rippled across the world. The Heirloom Seal of the Realm shifted its chosen figure away from Li Shimin, leaving Fan Qinghui and Shi Feixuan confronting a changed mandate of Heaven.

• Lin Lang absorbed the mist dragon of true dragon qi, strengthening his true qi, meridians, and astral barrier without breaking through.
• Five Poisons Child found that Lin Lang's aura had killed the courtyard's powerful gu insects, while the Directorate of Astronomy's Heaven-Watching Bell rang and its director credited the Imperial Preceptor for Great Ming's rising fortunes.
• Zhang Sanfeng sensed a change in Capital City and wondered whether Lin Lang or another hidden expert had advanced.
• A divination revealed to the scarred old man that Heaven's secrets had changed and the Imperial Star had shifted north; Huo'er absorbed some of the pain caused by his divination backlash.
• Liao Kong sensed fortune leaving the Li Clan and rising in Great Ming, while Fan Qinghui told Shi Feixuan that Ning Daoqi would kill Lin Lang.
• The Heirloom Seal of the Realm blurred Li Shimin's image and revealed another figure, whom Shi Feixuan recognized with a sense of familiarity.

Fan Qinghui learned that Lin Lang had killed Fu Cailin and planned to enlist Ning Daoqi against him, while Wanwan and Zhu Yuyan prepared to gather the Heavenly Demon Strategy and open the Evil King's Tomb. Lin Lang finished his preparations in Great Ming and set out to claim the Evil Emperor's Relic.

• Fan Qinghui discovered that the Heirloom Seal of the Realm showed two Chosen Ones, then learned Lin Lang had killed Fu Cailin and that Ning Daoqi would not fight him.
• Fan Qinghui sent Shi Feixuan to invite Ning Daoqi and resolved to use the Heirloom Seal of the Realm's hidden power to help oppose Lin Lang.
• Wanwan told Zhu Yuyan she had reached the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Demon Art and urged her to unite the Holy Sect and collect the complete Heavenly Demon Strategy.
• Zhu Yuyan agreed to summon the Holy Sect and retrieve the Sacred Sarira with Wanwan, while secretly planning to kill Shi Zhixuan and use a secret art against Lin Lang.
• Lin Lang ordered the Five Poisons Child to obtain more gu insects, heard reports about events across the martial world, and entered seclusion at his residence.
• After several days, Lin Lang sensed the time had come and set out to take the Evil Emperor's Relic into his keeping.

Lin Lang set out for Great Sui after correcting Great Ming’s tribute policy, while Fan Qinghui used the Heirloom Seal of the Realm to help Ning Daoqi prepare to fight him. In Chang’an, Lin Lang joined Wanwan at the Yin Kui Sect’s hidden meeting, where Zhu Yuyan dismissed everyone to speak with him privately.

• Lin Lang rebuked the Emperor of Great Ming for planning to reward Goguryeo with more than its tribute was worth, and the Emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites to reduce the gifts.
• After confirming that Goguryeo’s submission had increased Great Ming’s true dragon qi, Lin Lang met Cheng Shifei and Liu Zhengfeng, then decided to travel to Great Sui.
• Fan Qinghui offered Ning Daoqi access to the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and the Cihang Sword Canon in exchange for his help against Lin Lang and his protection of Cihang Jingzhai.
• Lin Lang met Wanwan outside Chang’an and promised that the Sacred Sarira would help her break through and become Holy Lord of the Holy Sect.
• Wanwan brought Lin Lang to the Yin Kui Sect’s inner sanctum, where he cowed Bian Bu Fu and Zhu Yuyan sent the others away to speak with him privately.

Lin Lang rejected Zhu Yuyan’s offers and refused to choose Wanwan over his other women, while revealing that Shi Zhixuan was still alive. As factions converged on Duke Yang’s Treasure Vault to pursue the Sacred Sarira, Li Shimin worried about Great Ming’s power and Xiang Yutian’s four disciples planned to seize the relic for themselves.

• Zhu Yuyan tried to secure Lin Lang’s support by offering the Sacred Sarira’s absorption method and urging him to marry Wanwan exclusively, but Lin Lang refused and challenged her about her own past relationships.
• Lin Lang told Zhu Yuyan that Shi Zhixuan was alive in the Evil King’s Tomb, and she vowed to kill him before Lin Lang offered to take care of him.
• Wanwan discussed luring the Holy Sect and Cihang Jingzhai to Duke Yang’s Treasure Vault, and Lin Lang suggested revealing that Shi Zhixuan was there to draw out Hou Xibai and Yang Xuyan.
• Wanwan tied Lin Lang to a chair with her Heavenly Demon Sash, questioned whether he truly liked her, and then left to make arrangements.
• Li Shimin worried that Great Ming might threaten the Li Clan after it dealt with its rivals, while a Cihang Jingzhai disciple left to counter the Demonic Sect’s plans.
• You Niaojuan and Xiang Yutian’s three other disciples agreed to seize the Sacred Sarira and planned to use it to master the Daoist Heart Planting Demon Great Art.

Yang Xuyan, Hou Xibai, An Long, and other Demonic Sect figures headed for Chang'an after learning that Shi Zhixuan might be sealed in Duke Yang's Treasure Vault. Wanwan and Lin Lang entered the vault, with Shi Feixuan following them, as Lin Lang explained why Cihang Jingzhai had outmaneuvered the Yin Kui Sect; the chapter ended when Wanwan noticed his signal that someone had followed them.

• Yang Xuyan and Hou Xibai agreed to enter Duke Yang's Treasure Vault and try to rescue their master, Shi Zhixuan.
• An Long and other Demonic Sect experts set out for Chang'an, while the Li, Dugu, and Yuwen clans focused on the vault's military supplies.
• Shi Feixuan broke through to the Heaven-Man Realm, then went to Chang'an to watch the Yin Kui Sect's movements.
• Wanwan brought Lin Lang through the hidden well entrance, and Lin Lang guided her past the vault's traps with ease.
• Shi Feixuan followed Wanwan and Lin Lang into the vault and saw its weapons, armor, and maps, while Lin Lang said the Yin Kui Sect had lost to Cihang Jingzhai in methods and reputation.
• Wanwan vowed to destroy Cihang Jingzhai after reaching the Heaven-Man Realm, then noticed Lin Lang signal that someone had followed them.

Shi Feixuan confronted Lin Lang and Wanwan in the cave, but Lin Lang intervened when she tried to kill Wanwan and killed her instead. Lin Lang and Wanwan then broke into the Evil King's Tomb, where they found the Sacred Sarira as the ice around a figure began to crack.

• Shi Feixuan followed Lin Lang and Wanwan into a dead end and challenged them over the Li Clan and Cihang Jingzhai’s claim to choose the ruler of Great Sui.
• Wanwan fought Shi Feixuan while Lin Lang coached her, helping her gain the advantage despite Shi Feixuan’s Heaven-Man Realm breakthrough.
• Lin Lang stopped Shi Feixuan from striking Wanwan, defeated her, and demanded that she recite the Cihang Sword Canon before killing her.
• Hou Xibai and Yang Xuyan found Shi Feixuan’s corpse, then hurried after Lin Lang and Wanwan to rescue Yang Xuyan’s master.
• Wanwan failed to open the Evil King’s Tomb seal, so Lin Lang shattered it and revealed the Sacred Sarira and a figure encased in ice.

Lin Lang freed Shi Zhixuan from the ice, defeated him and killed Hou Xibai before forcing Yang Xuyan to submit. As Lin Lang prepared to refine Shi Zhixuan’s true qi, Zhu Yuyan’s diversion at Duke Yang’s Treasure Vault left Fan Qinghui facing Xiang Yutian’s four disciples, and a world-shaking aura appeared in Chang’an.

• Lin Lang melted the ice around Shi Zhixuan, took the Evil Emperor’s Relic, and fought Shi Zhixuan while studying the Immortal Sealing Art.
• Hou Xibai and Yang Xuyan attacked, but Lin Lang killed Hou Xibai, broke Shi Zhixuan’s kneecaps, and captured him.
• Wanwan severed Shi Zhixuan’s arm as he spoke with her about Zhu Yuyan, and Lin Lang killed Shi Zhixuan before making Yang Xuyan swallow a Three Corpse Brain Spirit Pill.
• Lin Lang declined to absorb the Sacred Sarira’s primal essence immediately and began preparing to refine Shi Zhixuan’s true qi while Wanwan guarded him.
• Zhu Yuyan’s forces fought Fan Qinghui’s Cihang Jingzhai disciples at the temple, then withdrew and sent the Four Enchantresses toward the Li Clan’s defenses.
• Ding Jiuzhong and Xiang Yutian’s other three disciples confronted Fan Qinghui over the Sacred Sarira, while Zhu Yuyan sensed an earth-shaking aura in Chang’an.

Lin Lang absorbed part of the Evil Emperor's Relic, discovering that it contained Xiang Yutian's Demon Seed and a trace of his Primordial Spirit. As Lin Lang and Wanwan left the tomb, Ning Daoqi broke through into a new realm and set out to kill Lin Lang.

• Lin Lang refined his True Qi, then resisted the Evil Emperor's Relic's demonic influence while absorbing its Essence and strengthening his cultivation.
• Lin Lang realized Xiang Yutian's Primordial Spirit power was preserved in a Demon Seed inside the relic, and Wanwan chose to keep the relic intact while they sought another way to use it.
• Lin Lang, Wanwan, and Yang Xuyan escaped the tomb through a pool and found the temple deserted, prompting Wanwan to worry about Zhu Yuyan.
• Ning Daoqi used the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and the final portion of the Cihang Sword Canon to break through into a new realm at Cihang Jingzhai.
• Fan Qinghui urged Ning Daoqi to kill Lin Lang before he could use the Evil Emperor's Relic, and Ning Daoqi immediately departed to pursue him.

Wanwan returned to the Yin Kui Sect with the Sacred Sarira and news that Lin Lang had killed Shi Zhixuan, Hou Xibai, and Shi Feixuan, then helped set the stage for uniting the Holy Sect. Ning Daoqi arrived after breaking through to the Martial Arts Myth realm and challenged Lin Lang; their fight left Lin Lang adapting and improving until Ning Daoqi unleashed his ultimate move and vowed to kill him within ten moves.

• Wanwan returned to Zhu Yuyan with the Sacred Sarira, while Lin Lang said he had killed the deranged Shi Zhixuan and Wanwan reported that Yang Xuyan had submitted and that Hou Xibai and Shi Feixuan were dead.
• Lin Lang ordered Yang Xuyan to record his martial arts and return to the Great Venerable Ming Cult as a spy.
• Ning Daoqi appeared in the Yin Kui Sect's music house, demanded the Evil Emperor's Relic, and subdued the sect members until Lin Lang intervened.
• Lin Lang taunted Ning Daoqi about Fan Qinghui and challenged his claims of serving the people before they began fighting.
• Ning Daoqi's rapidly changing techniques put Lin Lang at a disadvantage, but Lin Lang used the prolonged fight to refine his own moves.
• Ning Daoqi unleashed his strongest strike and declared that he would kill Lin Lang within ten moves.

Lin Lang used Heavenly Demon Disintegration to fight Ning Daoqi, reflected Ning Daoqi’s attacks, and killed him, but the forbidden art left Lin Lang severely depleted and apparently crippled. Wanwan carried Lin Lang away to help him recover while Zhu Yuyan and the Yin Kui Sect’s elders planned to exploit Ning Daoqi’s death and Lin Lang’s condition.

• Ning Daoqi’s Eight San Shou Strikes pushed Lin Lang into a breakthrough in his palm techniques, and Lin Lang then activated Heavenly Demon Disintegration, multiplying his strength.
• Lin Lang adapted Ning Daoqi’s attacks with the Heaven and Earth Great Shift, wounded him, and finally shattered his heart meridian despite Ning Daoqi’s attempt to reverse his meridians and strike back.
• Ning Daoqi died after warning that Lin Lang and the people he protected would also suffer, while Lin Lang’s strength collapsed and Wanwan caught him.
• Wanwan carried the exhausted Lin Lang away, promising to find a way to restore him and considering the Daoist Heart Planting Demon Great Art’s resurrection method.
• Zhu Yuyan privately viewed Lin Lang’s apparent crippling as an opportunity, then ordered Bian Bu Fu to summon the Holy Sect’s other branches and Elder Wen to watch Cihang Jingzhai.

After killing Ning Daoqi with the Reverse Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art, Lin Lang recovered far faster than Wanwan expected and completed his breakthrough to the Martial Arts Myth Realm. Meanwhile, Cihang Jingzhai and rival powers misread his condition and began making plans around his supposed crippling.

• Wanwan cared for Lin Lang, then discovered his meridians were intact and his strength was already recovering; he began cultivating to enter the Martial Arts Myth Realm.
• Fan Qinghui learned that Lin Lang had killed Ning Daoqi and sent Shi Qingxuan to deliver a bundle to Master Liao Kong at the Pure Mind Zen Monastery.
• Yuwen Huaji saw Ning Daoqi's death and Lin Lang's supposed crippling as an opportunity, relying on the Yin Kui Sect and the Great Venerable Ming Cult to advance his ambitions.
• Li Shimin chose to let his eldest brother lead the campaign against the Dugu Clan while he rested and reorganized his forces.
• Song Que learned that Lin Lang had supposedly crippled himself and planned to send the Song Clan's armies against Dali and Great Sui after a year, while wondering whether Lin Lang would recover again.
• Lin Lang refined his golden true qi until it fully transformed, then announced that he had reached the Martial Arts Myth Realm.

Lin Lang recovered from his fight with Ning Daoqi and reached the Martial Arts Myth realm, while Wanwan broke through to the Heaven-Man Realm. As Wanwan began her bid to unify the Holy Sect and gather the complete Heavenly Demon Strategy, she defeated You Niaojuan and demanded the other branches surrender their martial inheritances.

• Lin Lang examined his transformed true qi, discovered his palm techniques had improved after fighting Ning Daoqi, and considered using the Evil Emperor's Relic to grow stronger.
• Lin Lang killed Bian Bu Fu after Bian Bu Fu insulted Wanwan and called Lin Lang crippled, and Zhu Yuyan realized Lin Lang had likely broken through.
• Lin Lang entered the Yin Kui Sect's martial-arts archive to inspect its manuals while Zhu Yuyan prepared to summon the Holy Sect's other branches to discuss the Sacred Sarira.
• An Long and the other Holy Sect leaders gathered at the Yin Kui Sect's Music House, where Wanwan announced her intention to unify the Holy Sect.
• Wanwan struck You Niaojuan and revealed she had mastered the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Demon Art, then demanded the other branches surrender their martial inheritances.

Wanwan unified the Holy Sect under her rule and assembled the Heavenly Demon Strategy, while Lin Lang studied the Daoist Heart Planting Demon Great Art. With Lin Lang’s help, Wanwan absorbed the demon seed in the Sacred Sarira, reached the Heavenly Realm Peak, and gained the ability to plant demon seeds in others.

• Wanwan defeated An Long and the other sect leaders, and they submitted after Lin Lang appeared and suppressed them.
• Wanwan made the Two Sects and Six Ways into halls under the Holy Sect, ordered its experts to gather in Chang’an, and called for an attack on Emperor Treading Peak in seven days.
• Wanwan collected the sects’ martial inheritances and brought the complete Heavenly Demon Strategy to Lin Lang, who studied the Daoist Heart Planting Demon Great Art.
• Lin Lang tested the demon seed in the Sacred Sarira and found that he could withstand and dispel its pressure.
• Wanwan began absorbing the demon seed, resisted Xiang Yutian’s attempt to take control of her, and reached the Heavenly Realm Peak with Lin Lang’s help.
• Wanwan gained control of the demon seed and said she would use it against the people of Cihang Jingzhai.

Wanwan reached Heavenly Realm Peak and helped the Yin Kui Sect destroy Cihang Jingzhai, killing Fan Qinghui with the Daoist Heart Planting Demon Great Art. Lin Lang searched the ruins for the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, while at the Pure Mind Zen Monastery Liao Kong used the seal and saw that Cihang Jingzhai had fallen.

• Wanwan absorbed Xiang Yutian’s demon seed and the Evil Emperor’s Relic essence, broke through to Heavenly Realm Peak, and practiced the Daoist Ancestor Secret Art with Lin Lang.
• Zhu Yuyan lured Fan Qinghui into a trap as An Long, Zuo Youxian, You Niaojuan, and their allies attacked Cihang Jingzhai; Wanwan arrived as the Holy Lord and overpowered Fan Qinghui.
• Wanwan drained Fan Qinghui’s essence, qi, and spirit with the Daoist Heart Planting Demon Great Art, killing her and strengthening herself; Lin Lang criticized Cihang Jingzhai and went to search its Scripture Repository Tower.
• At the Pure Mind Zen Monastery, Shi Qingxuan delivered the Heirloom Seal of the Realm to Liao Kong and began studying the monastery’s martial arts scriptures.
• Liao Kong placed the Heirloom Seal of the Realm in the Bronze Hall and used its light to see Lin Lang and the slaughtered disciples at Cihang Jingzhai, realizing the sect had been wiped out.

Lin Lang and Wanwan studied the Cihang Sword Canon after Cihang Jingzhai’s destruction, while word of his victory over Ning Daoqi spread across the martial world. The Pure Thought Zen Sect vanished with the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, and after Lin Lang left for Great Ming, an unnamed woman from the Yin Kui Sect secretly followed him.

• Wanwan reported that the Heirloom Seal of the Realm was missing, and Lin Lang suspected Shi Qingxuan had taken it to the Pure Thought Zen Sect.
• Lin Lang explained how Wanwan could learn the Cihang Sword Canon and Ambidextrous Skill, then they returned to the Yin Kui Sect to cultivate together.
• Yu Lianzhou told Zhang Sanfeng that Lin Lang had killed Ning Daoqi after Ning reached the Martial Arts Myth realm, and Zhang Sanfeng released a formidable aura from Wudang’s Rear Mountain.
• Jiang Xiaoyu told Ren Yingying that Lin Lang had gone to Great Sui for the Evil Emperor’s Relic, then revealed that Lin Lang had killed Ning Daoqi and destroyed Cihang Jingzhai with Wanwan.
• Zuo Youxian reported that the Pure Thought Zen Sect had vanished, and Lin Lang proposed that its monks might be hiding with the Li Clan as they searched for the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.
• Lin Lang left Chang’an City for Great Ming, Zhu Yuyan accepted Wanwan’s choice to stay with him, and an unnamed Yin Kui Sect woman secretly followed him.

Bai Qing'er tried to seduce Lin Lang and steal his essence, but he reversed her Maiden Art and killed her. Elsewhere, Hua Manlou revealed Lin Lang's rise to martial arts myth to Lu Xiaofeng, while Hua Ruyu suspected Lin Lang was behind the Young Master's death and considered reporting him to the Carefree Marquis.

• Bai Qing'er followed Lin Lang's carriage, hoping to use her Maiden Art and the Sacred Sarira's essence to surpass Wanwan.
• Bai Qing'er seduced Lin Lang and attempted to drain his essence, but Lin Lang used his Star-Sucking Great Skill to overpower her and kill her.
• Lin Lang buried Bai Qing'er, woke the carriage driver, and wondered whether someone else had prompted her attack.
• At the Moving Flower Palace, Yan Nantian praised Hua Wuque's sword progress, and both resolved not to fall behind Lin Lang or Jiang Xiaoyu.
• Hua Manlou told Lu Xiaofeng that Lin Lang had become a martial arts myth, and Lu Xiaofeng reacted with shock before noticing Hua Ruyu.
• Hua Ruyu concluded that Lin Lang might have caused the Young Master's death and considered telling the Carefree Marquis.