Recaps

After stripping the Zhuge family of its treasures, Lin Heng traveled to Luohua City and repeatedly checked in at the Drunken Immortal Lodge and Ye Luohua’s former residence. As Lin Heng prepared to leave, Ye Fenghua offered to reveal a place his ancestor had often visited, hoping to gain his help against youths trying to steal his Source Stone.

• Lin Heng drained the Zhuge family’s Nirvana Realm Sacrificial Spirit for seven days, then left Heavenly Defense City for Luohua City.
• Lin Heng checked in at the Drunken Immortal Lodge and received a Spirit Dream Bodhi Pill, which he saved for his mother or the three women.
• Lin Heng checked in at Ye Luohua’s former residence, received a million-year-old three-leaf essence soul grass, and gave Ye Fenghua five Source Stones.
• Lin Heng returned to the lodge and Ye Luohua’s residence for five days, gathering more rewards and giving Ye Fenghua a Source Stone on each visit.
• As Lin Heng prepared to leave for good, youths moved to seize Ye Fenghua’s Source Stone, and Ye Fenghua called out that he knew a place his ancestor had often visited.

Lin Heng learned that Ye Luohua had returned to Luohua City to bury two mysterious corpses, including one believed to be his beloved master, Lin Qingping. Ye Fenghua offered to take Lin Heng to the hidden burial place in exchange for guidance, and Lin Heng agreed to reshape his meridians.

• Lin Heng stopped several young men from robbing Ye Fenghua and sent them away unharmed.
• Ye Fenghua told Lin Heng that Ye Luohua had spent half a year in Luohua City after bringing a mysterious corpse there to bury.
• Ye Fenghua revealed Ye Luohua's romance with Lin Qingping and said Ye Luohua had returned to avenge his master.
• Ye Fenghua explained that Ye Luohua had brought back two corpses and that the second was buried in a secret place no one could find.
• Ye Fenghua asked Lin Heng for guidance and offered to lead him to the burial place, and Lin Heng promised to reshape his meridians.

Lin Heng restored Ye Fenghua’s meridians and soul realm, then entered the Ye Clan’s hidden formation world and obtained a Chaos Spirit Treasure. After leaving, he injured Deputy City Lord Ye Zhuangshan for spying, and Ye Zhuangshan asked Ye Fenghua to plead on his behalf.

• Lin Heng widened Ye Fenghua’s meridians and raised his soul realm to the Peak Heavenly God Realm in exchange for access to the Ye Clan’s secret.
• Ye Fenghua led Lin Heng through a hidden passage to the formation world and opened its stone doors with his blood.
• Lin Heng saw Lin Qingping’s grave, signed in, and obtained the low-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure Nine Revolutions Domain-Annihilating Sword.
• Lin Heng declined to explore further or disturb the grave and told Ye Fenghua to return with him the next day.
• After Lin Heng and Ye Fenghua emerged, Lin Heng struck Ye Zhuangshan’s soul with a cold snort for sweeping the area with his Saint sense.
• Ye Zhuangshan explained that he had come to check on Ye Fenghua and asked him to plead with Lin Heng.

Lin Heng stayed in Luohua City, strengthened his soul, and helped Ye Fenghua advance, while the Ye Clan plotted to use Heavenly Abundance City against him. As Lin Heng prepared to leave, Ye Fenghua warned him that the city lord's residence wanted to keep him in town.

• Ye Zhuangshan reported Lin Heng's presence at Ye Fenghua's home to Ye Zhuanglan and speculated that he had found a hidden place containing Ye Luohua's secrets.
• Ye Zhuanglan learned from Situ Jiannan that Zhuge Yun had been killed by a handsome ascender, suspected Lin Heng was the culprit, and revealed his location to Situ.
• Lin Heng checked in at the cemetery's small world for over ten days, guided Ye Fenghua's cultivation, and advanced his soul realm to Nirvana.
• Lin Heng gave Ye Fenghua a Saint Artifact and medicinal herbs before announcing that he would leave Luohua City.
• Ye Fenghua warned Lin Heng that Ye Zhuangshan had asked him to keep Lin Heng in the city, prompting Lin Heng to suspect a plot against him.

Lin Heng waited at the Drunken Immortal Lodge while Ye Zhuangshan confronted Ye Fenghua and seized the treasures Lin Heng had given him. After Ye Fenghua was crippled and crawled to warn Lin Heng, Lin Heng confronted the Ye brothers and revealed he could move faster than they could react.

• Lin Heng dismissed Ye Fenghua’s warning and went to the Drunken Immortal Lodge, where he waited for the Ye Clan’s plot to unfold.
• Ye Zhuangshan entered Ye Fenghua’s room after Lin Heng left, accused him of taking Ye Luohua’s treasures, and eyed the gifts on his bed.
• Ye Fenghua swore on his Dao heart that Lin Heng had only visited the former residence, but Ye Zhuangshan focused on the Saint Artifacts and medicinal herbs.
• Lin Heng saw Ye Fenghua crawling through the street with his cultivation crippled and learned that Ye Zhuangshan had accused him of betraying the Lineage.
• Lin Heng detected two Supreme Saint experts approaching and then seized Ye Zhuangshan and Ye Zhuanglan by the throats before they could react.

Lin Heng killed the Ye Clan brothers and fought the Cai brothers, using the Nine Revolutions Domain-Annihilating Sword to defeat them. After Cai Guan and Cai Xiong fell, Lin Heng walked toward Ye Fenghua's corpse.

• Cai Xiong and Cai Guan demanded that Lin Heng release the Ye Clan brothers, but Lin Heng killed them and destroyed their souls.
• Cai Xiong attacked Lin Heng with a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure hammer, but their first clash left both without a clear advantage.
• Cai Xiong and Cai Guan attacked together, and Lin Heng wounded Cai Xiong and shattered Cai Guan's saber with the Nine Revolutions Domain-Annihilating Sword.
• Lin Heng cut Cai Guan in half, killing him, and discovered that his sword had also damaged Cai Xiong's hammer.
• Lin Heng struck down Cai Xiong, whose hammer shattered as he collapsed and died.
• Lin Heng put away the Nine Revolutions Domain-Annihilating Sword and walked toward Ye Fenghua's corpse.

Lin Heng mourned Ye Fenghua and condemned the cruelty he had encountered in the Longevity Realm. Ao Zhantian told Lin Heng how ascenders had fought the Eight Great Imperial Clans for freedom, then departed as dawn broke.

• Lin Heng drank beside Ye Fenghua's grave and reflected on how greed had led Ye Zhuangshan to cripple Ye Fenghua and steal from him.
• Ao Zhantian appeared beside Lin Heng and accepted wine while questioning him about his recent arrival in the Longevity Realm.
• Ao Zhantian explained that the Eight Great Imperial Clans had forced ascenders to mine Source Stone and enslaved them, provoking three wars.
• The ascenders won concessions through the wars, eventually entering the Ninefold Heaven after the third conflict.
• Ao Zhantian thanked Lin Heng for the wine, gave his name, and flew away; Lin Heng guessed he was an ascender from the Ninefold Heaven.

Lin Heng obtained a powerful defensive treasure after Ao Zhantian stayed on Thousand-Fathom Mountain, then traveled to Heavenly Abundance City to confront Situ Jiannan. Situ Jiannan warned him about the Ninefold Heaven and revealed that the ascenders no longer interfered in the Ten Regions, leaving Lin Heng wondering what had changed and why Ao Zhantian had come.

• Lin Heng checked in at Thousand-Fathom Mountain and received the Dragon-Soaring Indestructible Armor after Ao Zhantian had stayed there.
• Lin Heng traveled for more than ten days and arrived at Heavenly Abundance City, where he sensed Situ Jiannan inspecting newcomers with soul power.
• Situ Jiannan sent someone to invite Lin Heng to the city lord's residence, where he prepared a meal and greeted him.
• Situ Jiannan invoked the Ninefold Heaven's authority and warned Lin Heng that the city lords were appointed by its seniors.
• Lin Heng challenged Situ Jiannan over his ties to the Cai brothers, and Situ Jiannan said the ascenders no longer interfered in the Ten Regions.
• Lin Heng wondered whether the change in the ascenders' policy explained Ao Zhantian's arrival in the Ten Regions.

Lin Heng weighed Situ Jiannan’s offer to recommend him to the Ninefold Heaven in exchange for finding a rare soul-nourishing spirit herb. After learning that Ninefold Heaven experts had visited Heavenly Abundance City, Lin Heng agreed to stay and gather information while planning to exploit the manor’s check-in rewards.

• Situ Jiannan warned Lin Heng that power and protection were essential in the Longevity Realm, then offered to recommend him to the Ninefold Heaven if he found a three-million-year-old soul-nourishing spirit herb.
• Lin Heng questioned why Situ Jiannan needed his help, and Situ Jiannan explained that major powers controlled high-grade resources and would not sell them to outsiders.
• Situ Jiannan revealed that a fixed teleportation array in his city had once brought Ninefold Heaven experts there regularly.
• Lin Heng agreed to stay at the manor while Situ Jiannan shared what he knew about the Longevity Realm.
• Lin Heng checked in at the Heavenly Abundance City Lord’s Manor and received the elementary Chaos Spirit Treasure, the Prismatic Radiance Ribbon, then decided to keep exploiting the manor before acting against Situ Jiannan.

Lin Heng learned that his mother, Liu Ling'er, was the female ascender who had slaughtered three cities, and he pursued her across the Spirit Radiance Region. He found her trail in Luoyuan City, while Liu Ling'er rested in a valley and was approached by Ao Zhantian, who warned that the Blood Demon Sect would come after her.

• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng that a female ascender had slaughtered two cities in the north of the Spirit Radiance Region, and Lin Heng immediately left to find her.
• Lin Heng traveled north and heard in Luotian City that the ascender had killed Sikong Zhao and everyone in the Luoyuan City lord's manor before heading south.
• Lin Heng reached Luoyuan City, sensed Liu Ling'er's presence in the ruined manor, and realized she was the ascender he sought.
• Liu Ling'er rested in a valley and worried about Lin Heng and the others.
• Ao Zhantian approached Liu Ling'er and warned her that Sikong Zhao's ties to the Blood Demon Sect would bring trouble.

Lin Heng reached the valley where Liu Ling'er had recently been and, unable to determine which way she had gone, decided to break through to the Nirvana Realm so she could sense him. He began the painful transformation under the Nether Ancestor Puppet's guard.

• Ao Zhantian left Liu Ling'er after warning her that people would seek revenge for the cities she had slaughtered, hoping she and Lin Heng would stir up trouble that could challenge the Eight Great Imperial Clans' scheme.
• Lin Heng arrived at the valley a day later, sensed Liu Ling'er's lingering presence and Ao Zhantian's, and realized she had left about half a day earlier.
• Unable to use Teleportation or identify Liu Ling'er's route, Lin Heng decided that a Nirvana Realm breakthrough might let her sense him.
• Lin Heng gave the Mieluo Spear to the Nether Ancestor Puppet and ordered it to attack anyone who came within a hundred zhang while he broke through.
• Lin Heng began sensing heaven and earth, enduring an agonizing transformation as Chaos Spiritual Qi guided power through his body.

Lin Heng endured the repeated destruction and restoration of his body and soul as he began his first Nirvana, while his breakthrough drew powerful cultivators toward the valley. The Nether Ancestor Puppet guarded the entrance and struck down a man who tried to interrupt him.

• Lin Heng endured half a day of destruction and rebirth as Chaos Spiritual Qi transformed his body and his presence spread across the surrounding land.
• Ao Zhantian sensed Lin Heng's breakthrough in Xu City and praised his cultivation speed, but stayed at the wine house.
• Liu Ling'er sensed Lin Heng in Blue City and flew toward the valley, relieved to feel her son's presence again.
• Four Supreme Saint experts reached the valley, but the Nether Ancestor Puppet held them at bay until they retreated to wait.
• A rugged man charged toward the valley to disrupt Lin Heng's breakthrough, and the Nether Ancestor Puppet struck him with a fist, sending him flying and vomiting blood.

As Lin Heng continued his breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm, Liu Ling'er watched as cultivators from the other races gathered outside the valley and prepared to attack. Their leader, Duomike, ordered them to breach the Nether Ancestor Puppet's guard and disrupt Lin Heng's breakthrough.

• The Nether Ancestor Puppet struck the rugged man down with one punch, and Liu Ling'er arrived and stayed hidden near the human crowd.
• More than a hundred cultivators gathered outside the valley, while Liu Ling'er realized the other races intended to sabotage Lin Heng's breakthrough.
• The human cultivators argued over whether to help, but ultimately did not step forward as the other races approached the entrance.
• The Nether Ancestor Puppet unleashed its Nirvana Realm presence, stopping Duomike and the other fish-headed cultivators in their tracks.
• After learning that Zhuge Ying had died during a breakthrough attempt, Duomike ordered the other races to attack the puppet and disrupt Lin Heng's breakthrough.

The Nether Ancestor Puppet overwhelmed Duomike and the foreign race cultivators as they tried to reach the valley. Liu Ling'er blocked Duomike's path, and the puppet killed him and the rest of his forces before returning to guard the entrance.

• Duomike and two Blue Fish Race experts attacked the Nether Ancestor Puppet, but it wounded all three and severed the two experts' arms.
• The Nether Ancestor Puppet charged into the foreign race army, killing and injuring cultivators as Duomike slipped toward the valley entrance.
• Liu Ling'er intercepted Duomike and struck him, sending him flying and disarming him.
• The Nether Ancestor Puppet appeared behind Duomike and pierced him with the Mieluo Spear.
• Duomike saw that the other foreign race experts had been killed, then died; the Nether Ancestor Puppet returned to guard the valley entrance.

The Three Moluo Brothers arrived at the valley to punish Liu Ling'er for killing members of the Blood Demon Sect, while Lin Heng neared a breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm inside. As Moluo Hai moved to seize Liu Ling'er, Lin Heng's oppressive presence vanished and a towering wave of killing intent erupted from the valley.

• After the Nether Ancestor Puppet slaughtered the foreign cultivators, Liu Ling'er stayed near the valley and guarded Lin Heng.
• In Snow City, Moluo Kong, Moluo Po, and Moluo Hai decided to find Liu Ling'er and publicly restore the Blood Demon Sect's reputation.
• The Three Moluo Brothers reached the valley, noticed Lin Heng's breakthrough and the corpses left by the puppet, and turned their attention to Liu Ling'er.
• Moluo Kong identified Liu Ling'er as the ascender who had killed Sikong Zhao, and Liu Ling'er admitted it.
• Moluo Po prepared to attack Liu Ling'er, but Moluo Hai stopped him and moved to capture her alive.
• Lin Heng's oppressive presence abruptly withdrew, and a towering wave of killing intent erupted from the valley.

Lin Heng emerged from seclusion to defend Liu Ling'er and confronted the three Moluo brothers, wounding Moluo Po with the Mieluo Spear. After the brothers tried to seize his treasures, Lin Heng attacked Moluo Hai while refusing to defend against Moluo Kong and Moluo Po, leaving the brothers’ clash unresolved.

• Lin Heng landed in the valley, reassured Liu Ling'er, and threatened the Moluo brothers for insulting his mother.
• Lin Heng summoned the Mieluo Spear and struck Moluo Po hard enough to send him flying and make him spit blood.
• Moluo Po recognized the spear as a Chaos Spirit Treasure, and the three brothers surrounded Lin Heng and demanded his treasures.
• Lin Heng attacked Moluo Hai while Moluo Kong and Moluo Po struck at him from behind without slowing down.
• Moluo Kong and Moluo Po accepted the chance to trade Moluo Hai's life for Lin Heng's, while Moluo Hai realized his brothers did not care if he died.

Lin Heng killed Moluo Hai and survived the combined attacks of Moluo Kong and Moluo Po, thanks to his powerful physique and Dragon-Soaring Indestructible Armor. After Moluo Kong and Moluo Po decided to kill him and the Human Race cultivators for his treasures, Lin Heng clashed with Moluo Kong and prepared to continue fighting.

• Lin Heng pierced Moluo Hai's chest with the Mieluo Spear, killing him as Moluo Po and Moluo Kong's attacks struck Lin Heng from behind.
• Moluo Kong and Moluo Po were shocked when Lin Heng survived their attacks, and they realized his Dragon-Soaring Indestructible Armor had protected him.
• Moluo Kong speculated that Lin Heng came from one of the first three heavens, while Moluo Po proposed killing Lin Heng and the Human Race cultivators to seize his treasures.
• Moluo Kong attacked Lin Heng, and their low-grade Chaos Spirit Treasures collided, sending both fighters flying.
• Moluo Kong warned Moluo Po that Lin Heng's physique was exceptionally powerful, while Lin Heng noted the gap between his cultivation and Moluo Kong's.

Lin Heng used Spacetime Solidification to kill Moluo Po and force Moluo Kong to flee, but a mysterious figure then sent Moluo Kong flying back. The chapter ended with Lin Heng recognizing the figure’s familiar presence and wondering what had happened.

• The Human Race cultivators feared Lin Heng might abandon them, and Liu Ling'er mocked them for remembering their shared race only when they needed his help.
• Lin Heng froze the Moluo brothers with Spacetime Solidification and killed Moluo Po with the Mieluo Spear.
• Spacetime Solidification wore off before Lin Heng could strike Moluo Kong, who escaped with Teleportation and then fled.
• Moluo Kong warned Lin Heng that someone else could deal with him, while Lin Heng told Liu Ling'er that a Samsara Realm expert might be sent after them.
• A dark figure suddenly flew back from the distance and crashed to the ground, leaving Lin Heng puzzled by its familiar presence.

Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er left the valley after Ao Zhantian killed Moluo Kong and gave Lin Heng a jade pendant that served as a pass to the Nine Heavens. In Peak Radiance City, they decided to search for Duanmu Yunshang, Yue Linglong, and Miao Xiyin, and Lin Heng planned to visit Situ Jiannan for help and to collect a few things.

• Moluo Kong returned to the valley and died after an unseen attacker struck him down; Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er found his body shriveled and lifeless.
• Ao Zhantian sent Lin Heng a white jade pendant and told him to keep it as a pass to the Nine Heavens, so Lin Heng put it away.
• Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er flew to Peak Radiance City and shared what they had experienced in the Longevity Realm.
• Liu Ling'er explained that she had slaughtered three cities because their lords had pursued her, and she and Lin Heng agreed to look for Duanmu Yunshang, Yue Linglong, and Miao Xiyin.
• Lin Heng proposed asking Situ Jiannan of Heavenly Abundance City for help finding the three women and planned to retrieve the Source Stones Situ had collected.

Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er returned to Heavenly Abundance City, where Situ Jiannan offered his wealth and pledged himself to help Lin Heng search the other regions for Yue Linglong and their companions. While Situ Jiannan gathered information, Lin Heng began strengthening Liu Ling'er for a future breakthrough.

• Situ Jiannan gave Lin Heng his collected treasures, and Lin Heng took the Source Stones while leaving the other resources with him.
• Situ Jiannan explained that Yue Linglong and the other two women were likely outside the Spirit Radiance Region, then offered to accompany Lin Heng and use his connections to search for them.
• Situ Jiannan swore loyalty to Lin Heng, who accepted him and promised to help him reach the Nirvana Realm within ten years.
• Lin Heng gave Situ Jiannan resources and ordered him to find news of the women, and Situ Jiannan promised results within half a month.
• Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er stayed in Heavenly Abundance City, where Lin Heng gave her a Chaos Spirit Treasure, raised her cultivation with ancient medicinal herbs, and strengthened her soul.

Lin Heng learned that a female ascender was being hunted after fleeing into the Devil Race’s Blood Baleful Intent Region, and he decided to take a dangerous shortcut through the Chaotic Sand Sea to reach her sooner. He and Liu Ling'er set out with Situ Jiannan, hoping the woman was one of the people they were searching for.

• Situ Jiannan reported that a female ascender had killed the lord of Heavenly Capital City and escaped a coalition of city lords before fleeing into the Blood Baleful Intent Region.
• Lin Heng learned that reaching the region by flying would take about a hundred days, while crossing the deadly Chaotic Sand Sea could cut the journey by more than half.
• After hearing that a force of over a hundred experts had nearly been wiped out in the Chaotic Sand Sea, Lin Heng decided to cross it alone after putting Liu Ling'er and Situ Jiannan away.
• Situ Jiannan arranged for a subordinate to manage Heavenly Abundance City and said his network would keep searching for news of other ascenders.
• Lin Heng, Liu Ling'er, and Situ Jiannan left Heavenly Abundance City and headed for the Chaotic Sand Sea.

Lin Heng, Liu Ling'er, and Situ Jiannan reached Saha City and gathered information before preparing to cross the dangerous Chaotic Sand Sea. Lin Heng obtained a Buddhist Chaos Spirit Treasure but left the city with only a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure from his next sign-in, determined to enter the sea.

• Situ Jiannan arranged the trio’s lodging in Saha City and went to gather information about the Chaotic Sand Sea.
• Lin Heng signed in at the One Corridor Restaurant and received the Great Brahma Prajna Scepter, an Initial-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure effective against demons and baleful Qi.
• Situ Jiannan reported that the Chaotic Sand Sea was inhabited by territorial ferocious beasts, including Nirvana Realm beasts, and that bloodshed could draw swarms of them.
• Liu Ling'er urged Lin Heng to take a longer route around the sea, but Lin Heng decided to cross it after Situ Jiannan argued that ferocious beasts were unlikely to have reached the Samsara Realm.
• Lin Heng rested, signed in again the next morning, and received a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• Lin Heng left Saha City with Liu Ling'er and Situ Jiannan and headed for the Chaotic Sand Sea.

Lin Heng crossed the Chaotic Sand Sea, where its violent Qi and territorial beasts made travel dangerous. After he wounded an octopus and triggered the Blood Effect, a giant shark and other beasts devoured it, and Lin Heng continued onward.

• Lin Heng entered the Chaotic Sand Sea after placing Liu Ling'er and Situ Jiannan inside a magical treasure, and found that he could not safely absorb its chaotic Source Power.
• A Great Saint Realm beast called Little Flying Fish pursued Lin Heng across the sand sea until it reached the edge of its territory.
• An Early Supreme Saint octopus emerged from a sand tornado and attacked Lin Heng, who severed two of its tentacles with the Mieluo Spear before flying onward.
• The octopus chased Lin Heng, but blood from its wounds drew dozens of ferocious beasts toward them in a frenzy.
• A giant shark leaped from the sand sea and swallowed half the octopus, while other beasts devoured its remains and the shark ate dozens of them.

Lin Heng discovered that little flying fish were spying on powerful creatures and leading them to him in the Chaotic Sand Sea. After the golden crab attacked and Lin Heng made it bleed, a thousand-meter-tall giant resembling King Kong blocked his path.

• Lin Heng fled deeper into the Chaotic Sand Sea, avoiding vicious beasts as he went.
• A little flying fish followed Lin Heng at a distance, and he realized it was reporting his location to other beasts.
• A golden crab appeared and attacked Lin Heng, who damaged its pincer and made it bleed.
• Lin Heng dodged the crab and tried to fly onward, but a thousand-meter-tall giant suddenly blocked his path.

Lin Heng encountered a Five-Spirit Fierce Ape and watched it slaughter a horde of vicious beasts in the Chaotic Sand Sea. Just as he prepared to subdue the weakened ape, a Purple Creek Flood Dragon with one foot in the Samsara Realm arrived and attacked it.

• Lin Heng recognized the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape and considered subduing it as a future ally and fighting force.
• The Five-Spirit Fierce Ape seized and devoured the golden crab, then turned its attention toward Lin Heng.
• Hundreds of blood-maddened vicious beasts attacked the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape, which killed them all.
• Lin Heng sensed a powerful beast approaching and saw the Purple Creek Flood Dragon arrive from the depths of the Chaotic Sand Sea.
• The Purple Creek Flood Dragon attacked the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape by bringing a dragon claw down toward its head.