Arc 13The Nether Ancestor’s Awakening

Lin Heng advanced to the Great Saint Realm, rescued Yue Linglong, and fought his way through the Dark Wilderness to reach the Three Evils. At Huang Hall, Huang’s formation erased the Three Evils’ consciousnesses and freed Liu Ling’er, Miao Xiyin, and Duanmu Yunshang, while Lin Heng gained a Nether Ancestor puppet and new treasures.

  • Lin Heng found the Celestial Person Secret Realm, gained its bloodline and secret technique, and completed his breakthrough while defeating Helian Sheng’s attack.
  • The Three Evils devoured their attackers as Yue Linglong reached the Saint Realm and escaped them, then Lin Heng rescued her and pursued the Three Evils into the Dark Wilderness.
  • Lin Heng fought five Supreme Saints who tried to stop him, killed Helian Sheng, and forced the remaining pursuers to retreat.
  • The Three Evils discovered the Nether Ancestor’s chained remains at Desolate Tomb Mountain, where Huang’s trap immobilized them and Ao Lie waited outside.
  • Lin Heng defeated Ao Lie, entered Huang Hall, and bonded the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon as his servant before freeing him.
  • Huang Hall’s formation erased the Nether Ancestor’s remaining will and the Three Evils’ consciousnesses, restoring Liu Ling’er, Miao Xiyin, and Duanmu Yunshang to control of their bodies.
  • Lin Heng removed the Huang Pearl, refined the Nether Ancestor’s corpse into a puppet, and distributed Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures among his companions.
Chapters 301–325 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 301The Nether King's Heaven-Splitting Axe

Kou Yan and Kong Rong joined forces to fight the Nether Marshal zombie while Lin Heng and the Three Evils explored the ninth level of the Netherworld Ship. They discovered that the only apparent way onward lay beneath a blood pool blocked by the corpse of the Nether King, and decided to check whether they could retreat first.

  • Kong Rong persuaded Kou Yan to lead him to the Nether Marshal's cabin, where they fought the Nether Marshal zombie together.
  • Lin Heng received the Nether King's Heaven-Splitting Axe from the system after checking in on the ninth level of the Netherworld Ship.
  • Lin Heng and the Three Evils found a blood pool containing a Netherworld Clan corpse whose heartbeat continued and whose damaged axe resembled Lin Heng's new treasure.
  • The group searched the ninth level for an exit but found none, while the blood mist threatened to corrode their Saint Bodies.
  • Lin Heng discovered stairs beneath the blood pool, but the Nether King's corpse blocked the entrance and might awaken if disturbed.
  • Lin Heng proposed using the Nether Marshal's Scepter to return upstairs and assess their situation before deciding what to do next.

Ch. 302If They Can Go Down, So Can We

Lin Heng and the Three Evils escaped the ninth level’s blood pool using the Nether King’s Heaven-Splitting Axe after Lin Heng briefly immobilized the Nether King with Vitality Deprivation. When Kou Yan and Kong Rong arrived and tried to remove the Nether King, it sprang up and struck Kong Rong with terrifying force.

  • Lin Heng and the Three Evils found Kou Yan and Kong Rong battling the Nether Marshal zombie on the eighth level, then descended to the ninth level to avoid them.
  • Lin Heng used Vitality Deprivation to immobilize the Nether King, and he and the Three Evils entered the blood pool.
  • The Nether Marshal’s Scepter failed to open the blood curtain beneath the pool, but Lin Heng used the Nether King’s Heaven-Splitting Axe to open it and lead the group below.
  • Kou Yan and Kong Rong searched the ninth level, found the Nether King, and concluded Lin Heng and the Three Evils had escaped through the blood curtain.
  • Kong Rong reached into the pool to remove the Nether King, which rose and struck him with its axe, shattering several of his scales.

Ch. 303The Nether Ancestor's Heart

Lin Heng and the Three Evils discovered the Nether Ancestor’s Heart powering the Netherworld Ship’s restrictions and learned that the Nether King had tried to take the Netherworld Clan to the Longevity Realm through the Yellow Springs Sea. When the Evil Venerable touched the heart, its force injured him and summoned the Nether Ancestor’s phantom.

  • Kou Yan failed to escape through the blood curtain and returned to help Kong Rong fight the Nether King.
  • Lin Heng signed in on the Netherworld Ship’s tenth floor and received the Nether Ancestor’s Heart.
  • Lin Heng and the Three Evils found an altar holding the heart that powered the ship’s restrictive formation.
  • The Evil Emperor read an inscription explaining that the Nether King had built the ship to lead the Netherworld Clan to the Longevity Realm through the Yellow Springs Sea.
  • The Evil Venerable touched the heart, was blasted away and grievously injured, and the Nether Ancestor’s phantom appeared above the altar.

Ch. 304We'll Block Them Here

Lin Heng escaped the Nether Ancestor's Heart and searched in vain for the Three Evils, while Kou Yan and Kong Rong retreated from the Nether King and discussed returning with reinforcements. Lin Heng decided to return to the God Realm to cultivate and strengthen himself before the Three Evils advanced toward the Longevity Realm.

  • Lin Heng covered the Three Evils as they fled through a hole into the Yellow Springs Sea, then surfaced and failed to find them.
  • Kou Yan and Kong Rong struggled against the Nether King, suffered serious injuries, and retreated to the eighth level of the Netherworld Ship.
  • Kou Yan urged Kong Rong to return to the ninth level with reinforcements, but Kong Rong argued they should wait for their injuries to heal and for other factions to arrive.
  • Lin Heng searched for the Three Evils for about a dozen days, then left the Yellow Springs Sea with several powerful treasures.
  • Lin Heng decided to return to the God Realm, cultivate, and raise his strength enough to destroy the Three Evils' Nirvana Soul Flame.

Ch. 305Sosa Star, Old Ancestor Helian

Great Saint Tai Chen learned that Lin Heng and the Three Evils had left the Primal Secret Realm while the alliance leader might still be aboard the Netherworld Ship. Lin Heng traveled to remote Sosa Star to cultivate toward the Great Saint Realm, while Beilange warned Old Ancestor Helian that the Netherworld Ship had appeared early.

  • Great Saint Tai Chen heard that Lin Heng and the Three Evils had returned to the God Realm, then suspected that alliance leader Kou Yan was still aboard the Netherworld Ship and avoided the Yellow Springs Sea.
  • The Three Evils decided to travel to Devil Race territory so the Evil Thearch and Evil Venerable could break through to the Great Saint Realm before returning to the Primal Secret Realm.
  • Lin Heng used the Space-Escaping Saint Alms Bowl to reach Sosa Star in the Misty Dust Star Domain and began consuming saint pills and heavenly treasures to advance to the Great Saint Realm.
  • Beilange told Old Ancestor Helian that the pavilion master had entered the Yellow Springs Sea to hunt Lin Heng but had not replied to their messages.
  • Beilange added that the Netherworld Ship had appeared early in the Yellow Springs Sea.

Ch. 306Descendant of the Celestial Person Race

Helian Sheng was tempted to hunt Lin Heng for his rumored treasures, while Lin Heng intervened in a battle on Sosa Star and rescued Kang Yizhen, a descendant of the Celestial Person Race. You Wei then revealed that Kang’s bloodline had made their family a target and begged Lin Heng to take them away.

  • Beilange urged Helian Sheng to kill Lin Heng in the God Realm, and Helian Sheng grew interested after hearing Lin Heng might possess Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures.
  • Lin Heng spotted a fight on Sosa Star and recognized the youth being pursued as a descendant of the Celestial Person Race.
  • Lin Heng killed the men in black when they attacked, saving Kang Yizhen and You Wei.
  • You Wei explained that the attackers wanted to capture Kang Yizhen and refine pills using his bloodline, and that their family’s Heavenly Gods had fallen defending them.
  • You Wei begged Lin Heng to take him and Kang Yizhen away from Sosa Star.

Ch. 307Celestial Person Secret Realm, Blood Sacrifice to the Void

Lin Heng agreed to help Kang Yizhen locate the Celestial Person Secret Realm using the Blood Sacrifice to the Void, then accompanied him and You Wei to the Kang Family Stronghold. When black-clad attackers ambushed them there, Lin Heng incapacitated them with his saintly sense.

  • Kang Yizhen insisted on staying to avenge his clan and proposed entering the Celestial Person Secret Realm to hide and grow stronger.
  • You Wei explained that Celestial Person blood and the Blood Sacrifice to the Void could reveal the secret realm’s entrance, and Lin Heng agreed to help.
  • Lin Heng asked You Wei and Kang Yizhen to take him to the Kang Family Stronghold before searching for the secret realm.
  • Kang Yizhen pointed out his eldest aunt’s bamboo house as a place where he had stayed, but a messenger arrived and warned them of an ambush.
  • Black-clad attackers surrounded the group, and Lin Heng shattered their attack and knocked them all down with his saintly sense.

Ch. 308Time-Reversing Heavenly Eye, Soul-Extinguishing Heavenly Sound Conch

Lin Heng gained the Time-Reversing Heavenly Eye, found the Celestial Person Secret Realm through Kang Yizhen’s blood, and entered it with him. After signing in for the Soul-Extinguishing Heavenly Sound Conch, Lin Heng searched the realm’s treasures while Kang Yizhen received a saint law baptism, and uncovered a powerful Celestial Person technique.

  • Lin Heng signed in at the bamboo house and gained the Celestial Person Race Bloodline, including the Time-Reversing Heavenly Eye.
  • Lin Heng left the Kang Family Stronghold with Kang Yizhen and You Wei, then used Blood Sacrifice to the Void to locate the Celestial Person Secret Realm.
  • Kang Yizhen and Lin Heng entered the secret realm, where Lin Heng signed in and received the Soul-Extinguishing Heavenly Sound Conch.
  • Lin Heng told Kang Yizhen to undergo the saint law baptism and broke open the realm’s restricted treasure clusters.
  • Lin Heng found a jade slip containing the Celestial Person Race secret technique Unity of Celestial Person and Heaven.

Ch. 309Devour This Little Girl

While Lin Heng cultivated in the Celestial Person Secret Realm, Yue Linglong absorbed the Illusory Heart Grass and was forced by the Three Evils to prepare for a Saint Realm breakthrough as bait for Lin Heng. After Kang Yizhen and You Wei avenged the Kang Clan on Sosa Star, Lin Heng began advancing to the Great Saint Realm, but Helian Sheng arrived before he could finish.

  • The Evil Thearch and Evil Emperor discovered that Yue Linglong had absorbed the Illusory Heart Grass, and the Evil Thearch planned to devour her after she reached the Saint Realm.
  • Dongfang Yan told Yue Linglong that the Evil Emperor and Evil Thearch were evildoers who had seized their hosts’ bodies, and the Evil Emperor ordered Yue Linglong to advance while she stood guard.
  • Kang Yizhen completed a Saint Law Baptism, rising from the Martial Emperor Realm to the peak of the True God Realm, and Lin Heng gave him and You Wei divine-grade treasures.
  • Kang Yizhen and You Wei left Lin Heng to avenge the Kang Clan, while Lin Heng mastered the essence of Unity of Celestial Person and Heaven and began advancing to the Great Saint Realm.
  • Four months later, Kang Yizhen and You Wei had defeated their enemies across Sosa Star, but Lin Heng’s breakthrough was still underway when the Devil Race Supreme Saint Helian Sheng teleported nearby.

Ch. 310Too Damn Terrifying

Lin Heng fought Helian Sheng, a Devil Race Supreme Saint sent by the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion, while trying to complete his breakthrough to the Great Saint Realm. After revealing several Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures and terrifying physical strength, Lin Heng broke Helian Sheng’s armor and pursued him.

  • Helian Sheng arrived to stop Lin Heng’s breakthrough, but Lin Heng attacked before he could finish speaking.
  • Lin Heng used the Taiji Heavenly Magnetic Pearl, Primordial Azure Lotus Platform, and Netherworld Black Lotus to counter Helian Sheng’s Supreme Saint domain and strike him with his powerful physique.
  • Helian Sheng brought out his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure armor and Devil saber, and the two fought to a standstill as he hoped Lin Heng would run out of time to break through.
  • Lin Heng used the Soul-Extinguishing Heavenly Sound Conch to stun Helian Sheng, then split the helmet of his armor with the Nether King’s Heaven-Splitting Axe.
  • Helian Sheng retreated in fear, and Lin Heng pursued him, ready to finish the fight with his fists and feet.

Ch. 311Tell the Pavilion Master to Hurry Back

Lin Heng fought Helian Sheng while undergoing the Heavenly Dao Baptism on Sosa Star, forcing the Supreme Saint to flee before resuming his advancement. Back at Heaven-Hunting Pavilion headquarters, Helian Sheng told Beilange that Lin Heng had survived, and Beilange was sent to summon the pavilion master from the Yellow Springs Sea.

  • Helian Sheng used Formless Heavenly Devil Kill, but Lin Heng’s three clone swords shattered his and pressed the attack.
  • Lin Heng immobilized Helian Sheng with Vitality Deprivation and struck his damaged helmet with Annihilation Heavenly Eye, but Helian Sheng’s horns and Saint Power withstood the beam.
  • Lin Heng used Unity of Celestial Person and Heaven to overwhelm Helian Sheng with greater speed and strength, leaving him unable to counterattack.
  • Helian Sheng escaped by splitting into devil shadows with Heavenly Devil Body Disintegration Great Art, while Lin Heng stayed on Sosa Star and resumed the Heavenly Dao Baptism.
  • Helian Sheng returned to headquarters and told Beilange that Lin Heng had not been killed; Beilange then went to the Yellow Springs Sea to tell the pavilion master to hurry back.

Ch. 312We Don't Need Her Cultivation

Helian Sheng sent Beilange to gather Great Saints for a trip to the Yellow Springs Sea, while the Three Evils guarded Yue Linglong as she underwent a prolonged breakthrough. They devoured waves of Devil Race attackers, and Yue Linglong finally advanced to the Saint Realm.

  • Helian Sheng forced Beilange to seek Great Saints willing to accompany him to the Yellow Springs Sea.
  • The Evil Thearch, the Evil Venerable, and the Evil Emperor waited as Yue Linglong's breakthrough continued, with the Evil Emperor explaining they wanted her innate Dao embryo and Illusory Heart Grass rather than her cultivation.
  • The Three Evils devoured two Devil Race Great Saints who arrived to investigate Yue Linglong's breakthrough, though one sent a communication talisman before dying.
  • Six Great Saints and over a hundred Saint Realm experts came to attack, but the Three Evils slaughtered and devoured them, increasing their cultivation.
  • Yue Linglong completed her breakthrough and advanced to the Saint Realm.

Ch. 313Was That Kid Really That Strong?

Yue Linglong escaped the Three Evils after reaching the Saint Realm, while Beilange and the Heaven-Hunting Pavilion Great Saints found Kong Rong and Kou Yan after they fled the Netherworld Ship. The chapter ended with Kong Rong questioning Lin Heng’s strength after learning Helian Sheng had failed to defeat him.

  • Yue Linglong used the Illusory Heart Grass’s sacred art illusion and Teleportation to escape the Three Evils, who abandoned the search and headed for the Dark Wilderness.
  • Beilange and three Heaven-Hunting Pavilion Great Saints entered the Netherworld Ship to search for Kong Rong and found him and Kou Yan emerging from behind the blood curtain between the seventh and eighth levels.
  • Kong Rong and Kou Yan led Beilange’s group out of the Yellow Springs Sea after retreating from the Netherworld Ship’s tenth level, where the Nether Ancestor’s will had resisted several Supreme Saints and killed one of them.
  • Beilange told Kong Rong that Helian Sheng had gone after Lin Heng, and Kou Yan confirmed that Lin Heng and the Three Evils had already left the ship.
  • Kong Rong expressed surprise that Lin Heng had defeated Helian Sheng despite the latter possessing two Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, and Kou Yan predicted Lin Heng would become even stronger after reaching the Great Saint Realm.

Ch. 314If You Think You Need Me to Act, I Will

After reaching the Great Saint Realm, Lin Heng settled You Wei and Kang Yizhen with Great Saint Wu Gang and searched for the Three Evils. At the border of the Devil Race’s territory, he unexpectedly saw Yue Linglong arrive beside a Devil Race expert, despite believing she was still inside his Qiankun Ring.

  • Lin Heng took Kang Yizhen to the Celestial Person Secret Realm for another Saint Law Baptism, then brought him and You Wei to Blue Radiance Star and entrusted them to Great Saint Wu Gang.
  • Lin Heng traveled to the Primal Secret Realm and searched for the Three Evils while avoiding a direct assault on the Saint Alliance and Heaven-Hunting Pavilion headquarters.
  • Great Saint Tai Chen reported Lin Heng’s appearance to Kou Yan, who discussed the threat with Lin Taiheng and decided to contact Pavilion Master Kong Rong for help.
  • Lin Heng tracked the Three Evils to the border of the Devil Race’s territory and deduced they had returned to the Primal Secret Realm.
  • Lin Heng spotted Yue Linglong arriving at a teleportation platform beside a Devil Race expert, looking troubled.

Ch. 315Dark Wilderness

Lin Heng rescued Yue Linglong and learned that the Three Evils’ bodies had been taken over, though their consciousnesses were sealed and they could still be saved. While Lin Heng and Yue Linglong searched for them in the Primal Secret Realm, five Supreme Saints set out to pursue Lin Heng and the Three Evils, who were fighting Desolate Beasts in the Dark Wilderness.

  • Lin Heng defeated the Devil Race Great Saint who had captured Yue Linglong and teleported away with her.
  • Yue Linglong told Lin Heng that she had escaped the Evil Emperor and the others after her Saint Law illusion trapped them, and Lin Heng explained that their bodies had been taken over but they could still be saved.
  • Lin Heng brought Yue Linglong into the Primal Secret Realm and used a tracking Saint Artifact to search for the Three Evils.
  • Kou Yan, Lin Taiheng, Kong Rong, Helian Sheng, and Ao Jie agreed to pursue Lin Heng and the Three Evils into the Dark Wilderness.
  • The Three Evils fought a group of Desolate Beasts in a valley deep within the Dark Wilderness and handled them with ease.

Ch. 316Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Ao Lie

The Three Evils searched the Dark Wilderness for Huang’s inheritance, then ambushed a battle between Barbarian Race fighters and Demon Race Great Saints to devour them. Ao Lie, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and master of the Heavenly Dragon Gate, set out to kill the Three Evils, while Lin Heng and Yue Linglong were intercepted near the Dark Wilderness.

  • The Three Evils defeated the Desolate Beasts in a valley but found no sign of Huang’s inheritance.
  • The Three Evils found Barbarian Race powerhouses fighting two Demon Race Great Saints in a black-leaved forest and attacked both sides.
  • The Three Evils devoured two Great Saints and more than twenty Saint Realm cultivators, though one Demon Race Great Saint escaped.
  • The escaped Great Saint returned with Ao Lie, who ordered him to recover and vowed that the Three Evils would die in the Dark Wilderness.
  • Lin Heng and Yue Linglong arrived near the Dark Wilderness and found several powerhouses waiting to intercept them.

Ch. 317One Man Against Five Supreme Saints

Lin Heng fought five Supreme Saints at once, using his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures and the Nether Ancestor’s Heart to withstand their coordinated attacks. He wounded Kong Rong and Helian Sheng, while the battle remained underway.

  • Lin Heng placed Yue Linglong inside a spatial Saint Artifact as five Supreme Saints sealed off the surrounding space.
  • Lin Heng summoned his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures and attacked Helian Sheng, but Kong Rong blocked his assault and was struck by Lin Heng’s axe and kicked away.
  • Kou Yan used the Soul-Extinguishing Heavenly Sound Conch against Lin Heng’s vulnerable soul while the five Supreme Saints protected one another from his attacks.
  • Lin Heng activated the Nether Ancestor’s Heart, which strengthened the Netherworld Black Lotus’s sealed space and sent blood-colored tentacles after all five Supreme Saints.
  • Lin Heng wounded Kong Rong with the Nether King’s Heaven-Splitting Axe, then caught Helian Sheng’s devil blade and cut him with the Primordial Azure Lotus Platform’s petals.

Ch. 318We're Riding a Tiger and Can't Get Off Now

Lin Heng killed Helian Sheng after the other Supreme Saints fled, and the survivors discussed how to deal with him. Meanwhile, the Three Evils sought refuge and possible opportunities at Desolate Tomb Mountain while a Barbarian Race Supreme Saint pursued them.

  • Kou Yan, Lin Taiheng, and Ao Jie fled from Lin Heng, and Kong Rong abandoned Helian Sheng to save himself.
  • Helian Sheng begged Lin Heng for mercy, but Lin Heng refused and killed him with the Nether King's Heaven-Splitting Axe.
  • Kou Yan, Lin Taiheng, Kong Rong, and Ao Jie regrouped, speculated that Lin Heng possessed a treasure that could copy other treasures, and decided to continue their struggle against him.
  • The Three Evils fled from a Barbarian Race Supreme Saint and reached Desolate Tomb Mountain to evade their pursuer and search for opportunities.

Ch. 319Another Arm of a Netherworld Clan Expert

Ao Lie attacked the Three Evils, forcing them to flee through the caves beneath Desolate Tomb Mountain. They escaped into a chamber containing a chained Netherworld Clan arm that appeared to belong to the same ancient being as the arm that formed the Evil Emperor’s Netherworld Black Lotus.

  • Ao Lie struck the Three Evils with his dragon claw, badly injuring them, but the Evil Emperor used the Netherworld Black Lotus to shield them.
  • The Three Evils fled into the cave network while Ao Lie pursued them in his dragon-headed, human-bodied form.
  • After reaching a dead end, the Three Evils opened a strange iron door and entered a passage whose force stirred illusions in their minds.
  • The Three Evils reached a cavern and discovered a black, armored arm bound by chains.
  • The Evil Emperor recognized the arm as the same kind as the one that had formed her Netherworld Black Lotus, and the Evil Venerable guessed that an ancient Netherworld Clan expert’s body had been sealed in separate pieces.

Ch. 320That Was Indeed a Good Question

The Three Evils watched the Netherworld Black Lotus free an arm, then followed its claws upward through Desolate Tomb Mountain. They found another sealed corpse they identified as the Nether Ancestor’s, and wondered why Huang had not destroyed it completely.

  • The Netherworld Black Lotus clawed at the chains binding an arm while the cavern’s seal fought back, until the arm joined the lotus in tearing through the chains and ceiling.
  • The Three Evils followed the claws through an iron door, which also opened the entrance for Ao Lie, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, to enter the mountain tunnel.
  • The claws led the Three Evils to another cavern, where they attacked the chains sealing a mutilated Netherworld Clan corpse.
  • The Evil Thearch recognized the corpse as the Nether Ancestor’s, and the Evil Emperor and Evil Venerable speculated that Huang had defeated him in an ancient battle.
  • The Evil Thearch questioned why Huang had sealed the Nether Ancestor’s remains instead of destroying them, and the Evil Venerable noted that the Nether Ancestor’s heart and another arm had later been aboard the Netherworld Ship.

Ch. 321It Really Was a Trap

The Three Evils followed the Nether Ancestor’s reassembling corpse upward and were caught when Huang’s trap activated, binding them alongside the corpse. Ao Lie reached the cavern but stayed outside, leaving the Three Evils trapped as the story ended.

  • The Three Evils returned to the iron door, found the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon waiting below, and went back to the cavern rather than risk passing it.
  • The Nether Ancestor’s claws broke their chains, rejoined the body, and absorbed the Netherworld Black Lotus before opening a passage upward.
  • The Three Evils followed the corpse through the iron door and entered a cavern where the Nether Ancestor’s head joined its body.
  • Huang’s trap activated, binding the Nether Ancestor and the Three Evils in chains that stopped their cultivation and Qi and blood.
  • Ao Lie reached the cavern entrance, noticed something was wrong, and watched from the tunnel without being caught by the trap.

Ch. 322Ancient Saint Body

Lin Heng and Yue Linglong entered Desolate Tomb Mountain, where Lin Heng gained the Ancient Saint Body and found Ao Lie confronting the trapped Three Evils. After Lin Heng endured Ao Lie’s dragon breath unharmed, Ao Lie attacked him.

  • Ao Lie refused to attack the immobilized Three Evils, ignored their taunts, and waited outside the cave as the days passed.
  • Lin Heng and Yue Linglong reached the cave and sensed that a Supreme Saint dragon had driven the Three Evils there.
  • Lin Heng signed in at Desolate Tomb Mountain and activated the Ancient Saint Body, strengthening his physique.
  • Lin Heng and Yue Linglong found Ao Lie and the Three Evils deeper inside the mountain, and the Three Evils called Lin Heng their son.
  • Ao Lie blasted Lin Heng and Yue Linglong with dragon breath, but Lin Heng protected Yue Linglong and took the attack without injury.
  • Lin Heng told Ao Lie he could leave, but Ao Lie angrily charged at him.

Ch. 323Even If He Wanted to Leave, He Couldn't

Lin Heng sent Ao Lie flying with one punch, then followed the chained captives through a hidden iron door into a hall where Huang's will and a restraining formation threatened them. He left Yue Linglong outside and entered the hall to investigate and see if he could check in there.

  • Ao Lie attacked Lin Heng with a punch, but Lin Heng struck back and sent him crashing into the cave, where chains bound him.
  • Lin Heng entered the cave and watched as the Nether Ancestor's Heart joined the corpse, causing the chains to pull the corpse, the Three Evils, and Ao Lie through an opened iron door.
  • Lin Heng and Yue Linglong followed the captives through the iron door into a passage leading to a grand hall.
  • The Three Evils recognized the hall's force of will as Huang's and warned that it was meant to erase the Nether Ancestor's will.
  • Lin Heng told Yue Linglong to stay outside and stepped into the hall to test the formation and attempt a check-in.

Ch. 324I'm Willing to Accept You as My Master

Lin Heng obtained the Huang Pearl in Huang Hall and used its power and the hall’s formations to wear away the wills controlling the Three Evils and the Nether Ancestor’s corpse. He made Ao Lie swear a soul oath and become his servant, then recovered the Huang Pearl after the Three Evils’ victims regained control of their bodies.

  • Lin Heng found the Huang Pearl, a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure that could attack and protect souls, embedded in Huang Hall’s dome.
  • Lin Heng ignored the Three Evils’ pleas and refused to free Ao Lie unless the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon accepted him as master.
  • Ao Lie swore a soul oath, and Lin Heng bonded him as his servant before breaking his chains and sending him outside to Yue Linglong.
  • The Nether Ancestor’s corpse lost its remaining will, and the Three Evils stopped moving after another hour of struggle.
  • Liu Ling’er, Duanmu Yunshang, and Miao Xiyin regained control of their Saint Souls and Saint Bodies, and Lin Heng removed the Huang Pearl from the dome, causing the hall’s formations to subside.

Ch. 325The Huang Saber and the Nether Ancestor Puppet

After defeating the Three Evils, Lin Heng refined the Nether Ancestor’s corpse into a powerful puppet and distributed treasures among his companions. He left them equipped to face Supreme Saint enemies and asked Liu Ling'er and Duanmu Yunshang whether they would continue cultivating the Heaven-Devouring Art.

  • Lin Heng reunited with Liu Ling'er, Miao Xiyin, Duanmu Yunshang, and Yue Linglong after the Three Evils’ consciousnesses were erased, and the three women kept their Nirvana Soul Flames and peak Great Saint cultivation.
  • Yue Linglong reminded Lin Heng that they might be held responsible for the Three Evils’ deeds, while the others insisted they had been victims.
  • Lin Heng used the Huang Pearl to begin refining the Nether Ancestor’s corpse into a puppet, and Ao Lie watched with relief that he had acknowledged Lin Heng as his master.
  • During ten days at Huang Hall, Lin Heng checked in for the Huang Saber and a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure medicinal ingredient, then completed the Nether Ancestor puppet and equipped it with the Nether King's Heaven-Splitting Axe.
  • Lin Heng distributed Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures among Liu Ling'er, Miao Xiyin, and Duanmu Yunshang, gave Yue Linglong two other treasures, and kept the Netherworld Black Lotus and Huang Pearl.
  • Miao Xiyin joked that they could have devoured Ao Lie to gain a Supreme Saint, but Lin Heng reassured him; Lin Heng then asked Liu Ling'er and Duanmu Yunshang whether they would continue cultivating the Heaven-Devouring Art.
Arc 13 of 46
Arc 13 of 46