Arc 30The Forbidden Ground

After breaking the Fire Clan’s resistance and helping the Fire Separation Saint Emperor reconcile with his people, Lin Heng entered the forbidden ground to confront the Thought Avatars. He freed the Thunder Punishment and Wood Clan Saint Emperors, gained the Avatars of Desire and Evil, and began a dangerous contest with Wrath while the Metal Clan Saint Emperor moved to kill him.

  • Ao Zhantian warned the Fire Separation Saint Emperor not to interfere, while Battle Heaven Pavilion forces routed the Fire Clan and besieged its Heavenly Origin Fire Prison.
  • Situ Jiannan’s forces shattered the prison’s formation, and Yan Juantian resisted surrender until Lin Heng’s Evil Avatar killed him and Yan Jiuyin led the Fire Clan experts in swearing allegiance.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor apologized to the surrendered Fire Clan members, persuaded many to return, and broke through after admitting his mistakes.
  • Ao Zhantian told Lin Heng about the forbidden ground and the returning foreign tribes, while Dijiang explained that the ground held the Thought Avatars of Mu Chen’s emotions and desires.
  • Lin Heng entered the forbidden ground alone, overcame the Thought Avatar of Desire controlling the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor, and sent the freed Saint Emperor outside.
  • Lin Heng freed the Wood Clan Saint Emperor from the Thought Avatar of Evil, absorbed its mental power, and trapped the Saint Emperor in his mental world before releasing her.
  • Lin Heng challenged the Thought Avatar of Wrath, trapped it and freed the Metal Clan Saint Emperor, then provoked Wrath by saying Mu Chen had sent him.
  • Wrath entered Lin Heng’s mental world and offered to help kill the Metal Clan Saint Emperor in exchange for Lin Heng’s body, while Lin Heng attacked Wrath and the Saint Emperor prepared to kill Lin Heng.
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Ch. 726The Fire Clan's Crushing Defeat in the Ninefold Heaven

Ao Zhantian urged the Fire Separation Saint Emperor to keep the Fire Clan’s leaders in the First Heaven and let the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s campaign run its course. A report from the Ninefold Heaven revealed the Fire Clan’s devastating losses, and the Fire Separation Saint Emperor vomited blood as his clan’s experts watched coldly.

  • Ao Zhantian arrived at the Fire Clan’s great hall with seven Sovereign Realm experts and told the Fire Separation Saint Emperor not to leave the First Heaven or interfere with the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
  • Ao Zhantian explained that the other seven Saint Emperors had agreed to the Ascenders’ proposal, leaving the Fire Clan isolated if it chose to fight.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor asked whether the Fire Clan could only watch its disciples be slaughtered, and Ao Zhantian said the clan had to pay for its wrongdoing and could still offer an explanation to end the campaign.
  • A disciple reported that the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s forces had routed the Fire Clan in the Ninefold Heaven, leaving only five survivors while other sects looted its treasure pavilion.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor spat blood in rage, while the Fire Clan’s experts watched him coldly.

Ch. 727The Fire Clan's Crimes

The Battle Heaven Pavilion advanced on the Fire Clan’s Heavenly Origin Fire Prison in the Third Heaven, where Yan Juantian failed to deter Situ Jiannan. After listing the Fire Clan’s crimes against the Battle Heaven Pavilion, Situ Jiannan ordered the prison and the clan’s Third Heaven sects destroyed, leaving the opposing forces on the brink of battle.

  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor restrained himself in the First Heaven after Ao Zhantian warned that the Ascenders would respond if the Fire Clan left the grand hall.
  • Yan Juantian gathered the Fire Clan’s experts at the Heavenly Origin Fire Prison and activated its protective formation as Situ Jiannan led the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s army there.
  • Yan Juantian accused the Battle Heaven Pavilion of disturbing the peace, but Situ Jiannan openly declared that his army had come to fight.
  • Situ Jiannan charged the Fire Clan with torturing the former patriarch of the Fire Ghost Clan and injuring him, then announced the Battle Heaven Pavilion would destroy its sects from the Ninefold Heaven through the Third Heaven.
  • Situ Jiannan ordered his forces to surround the Heavenly Origin Fire Prison and prepare to destroy it and the Fire Clan’s Third Heaven sects.

Ch. 728Breaking the Formation

Situ Jiannan led Battle Heaven Pavilion’s five contingents in a series of attacks that shattered the Fire Clan’s formation, forcing Yan Juantian and his people to face an assault they could not safely surrender from. The chapter left Situ Jiannan and Yan Juantian confronting each other as the battle’s next stage loomed.

  • Situ Jiannan ordered the first contingent to rain eleven thousand flying swords on the Fire Clan’s formation, weakening its flames.
  • Situ Jiannan sent the second contingent’s tiger-shaped array attack into the formation, dimming its light further.
  • Yan Juantian rejected a suggestion to surrender because he feared the Fire Separation Saint Emperor would punish him, and he told the Fire Clan experts to prepare for battle.
  • Situ Jiannan commanded the third contingent to unleash a colossal sword that cracked and shattered the Fire Clan’s formation.
  • Yan Juantian countered the falling sword with a flaming dragon, while Lin Heng’s good and evil clones shielded against the explosion’s aftershock.
  • After the clash, Yan Juantian worried about the strength of Battle Heaven Pavilion and Lin Heng’s two clones, while Situ Jiannan remained confident.

Ch. 729Internal strife in the Fire Clan

Yan Juantian confronted the Battle Heaven Pavilion's overwhelming forces as its disciples offered the Fire Clan experts a choice between surrender and death. When Yan Juantian killed a clan member who tried to defect, Yan Jiuyin challenged him and blamed the Saint Emperor for the crisis, leaving the Fire Clan divided on the brink of a fight.

  • Yan Juantian realized he might not withstand the Battle Heaven Pavilion's full force, and Situ Jiannan offered the Fire Clan experts survival in exchange for loyalty.
  • The Evil Avatar's soul pressure pushed a Fire Clan Heavenly Venerable to try to defect, but Yan Juantian killed him and threatened anyone else who considered surrendering.
  • Yan Jiuyin accused Yan Juantian of forcing the clan to die to protect himself from the Saint Emperor's blame, and other Fire Clan experts joined the accusations.
  • Yan Juantian prepared to attack Yan Jiuyin, who confronted him and blamed the Saint Emperor's decision to provoke the Battle Heaven Pavilion for the Fire Clan's predicament.
  • Yan Juantian silenced Yan Jiuyin and declared that anyone who betrayed the clan would have to step over his corpse.

Ch. 730A Moment's Difference

Yan Juantian and Yan Jiuyin’s confrontation pushed the Fire Clan toward civil war as Situ Jiannan’s scheme divided them. Yan Juantian rejected the chance to join the Battle Heaven Pavilion and challenged Lin Heng’s Evil Avatar, discovering the gap between their strength.

  • Lin Heng’s Good Avatar recognized that Situ Jiannan had stirred discord within the Fire Clan to reduce the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s losses.
  • Yan Juantian urged Yan Jiuyin to return to the Fire Clan, while Yan Jiuyin revealed that Fire Separation Saint Emperor had warned him and offered Yan Juantian a chance to defect.
  • Yan Juantian wavered over why the Saint Emperor had not punished the betrayal, but Yan Jiuyin mistook his silence for stalling and challenged him.
  • Humiliated by Yan Jiuyin’s assumption, Yan Juantian abandoned the idea of joining the Battle Heaven Pavilion and unleashed his power.
  • Yan Juantian confronted Situ Jiannan, then tried to counter Lin Heng’s Evil Avatar and was forced back by the avatar’s hidden force.

Ch. 731A Deadly Stratagem

The Evil Avatar defeated Yan Juantian and forced the Fire Clan experts in the Third Heaven to swear allegiance to Lin Heng and the Battle Heaven Pavilion. The onlookers recognized that the surrender was part of a strategy to undermine the unity of the Eight Great Imperial Clans.

  • Yan Juantian regretted that the Eight Great Imperial Clans had failed to unite against Lin Heng before he grew powerful.
  • Yan Juantian renewed his battle intent, and the Evil Avatar drew a Nirvana Spirit Treasure to honor him with a decisive fight.
  • The Evil Avatar killed Yan Juantian with one strike, leaving him smiling in death.
  • Yan Jiuyin swore allegiance to Lin Heng and the Battle Heaven Pavilion, and the other Fire Clan experts followed.
  • Watching sect members discussed how the Fire Clan's surrender would damage the unity of the Eight Great Imperial Clans.

Ch. 732Abandoned by All

After the Battle Heaven Pavilion destroyed the Fire Clan’s sects across the Third through Ninth Heavens, the Fire Separation Saint Emperor’s call to punish defectors alienated his own people. Yan Yan helped him recognize the damage his actions had caused, and the chapter ended with the brothers preparing to negotiate for the captured disciples.

  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor found Yan Juantian’s body at the ruined Heavenly Origin Fire Prison and ordered the defectors hunted down.
  • The Fire Clan experts ignored the Fire Separation Saint Emperor, honored Yan Juantian, and carried his body away for burial.
  • Yan Yan warned his elder brother that the Fire Clan’s clansmen might abandon the clan if he failed to reassure them.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor reflected on his mistakes and thanked Yan Yan for his advice.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor asked Yan Yan to accompany him to the Battle Heaven Pavilion to exchange for the captured disciples, and Yan Yan agreed.

Ch. 733Ransoming Their People

After the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s victory over the Fire Clan, Lin Heng warned that the Fire Clan’s First Heaven forces still posed a threat and rejected Sun Yuan’s call to attack them. The Fire Separation Saint Emperor arrived to reclaim the Fire Clan soldiers who had defected, and Lin Heng examined the generous compensation he offered.

  • Lin Heng reminded the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s leaders that the Fire Clan’s First Heaven elites remained intact and might retaliate.
  • Sun Yuan urged an attack on the Fire Clan’s First Heaven sect, but Lin Heng refused because it could draw the other imperial clans into a wider war.
  • A disciple announced that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor had come to request an audience, and Lin Heng decided to use the meeting to obtain compensation.
  • The Good Avatar brought the Fire Separation Saint Emperor and Yan Yan into the hall, where the Saint Emperor asked Lin Heng to return the Fire Clan’s surrendered soldiers.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor sent Lin Heng a storage ring as compensation, and Lin Heng inspected its contents with surprise at its generosity.

Ch. 734The Fire Separation Saint Emperor's Plan to Win Their Hearts

The Fire Separation Saint Emperor brought vast resources to ransom the surrendered Fire Clan members, and Lin Heng let them decide whether to return. The Saint Emperor apologized, offered to step down, and won back their affection, but Yan Jiuyin reminded him that their lifelong oaths to the Battle Heaven Pavilion prevented them from leaving.

  • Lin Heng accepted the Fire Separation Saint Emperor’s offer and agreed not to stop any Fire Clan members who chose to return, while noting he could not undo their oaths.
  • Lin Heng brought the Fire Separation Saint Emperor to the rear hall, where more than ten thousand surrendered Fire Clan members faced him with hostility.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor bowed and apologized, admitting that his decisions had brought the clan great losses.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor praised the clan’s members, offered to surrender his title and the Fire Source Spirit Pearl, and asked them to rebuild the Fire Clan with him.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor knelt, prompting Yan Jiuyin and the other Fire Clan members to kneel, but Yan Jiuyin said their oaths bound them to serve the Battle Heaven Pavilion for life.

Ch. 735The Fire Separation Saint Emperor's Breakthrough

The Fire Separation Saint Emperor reconciled with Yan Jiuyin and the others, then broke through in his realm and took them back to the Fire Clan. Afterward, Lin Heng ordered Sun Yuan to continue cultivating in seclusion until he reached the Fire Separation Saint Emperor’s realm.

  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor admitted his mistake and persuaded Yan Jiuyin and the others to return to the Fire Clan with him.
  • Lin Heng realized the Fire Separation Saint Emperor had transformed his state of mind and hoped he would break through.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor broke through, and Lin Heng congratulated him while recognizing that his own realm remained higher.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor and Yan Yan led Yan Jiuyin and the others out of the Battle Heaven Pavilion and departed for the Fire Clan.
  • The Good Avatar speculated that the other Saint Emperors might receive similar opportunities, while Sun Yuan vowed to kill them.
  • Lin Heng told Sun Yuan to remain in the time spirit treasure until he reached the Fire Separation Saint Emperor’s realm.

Ch. 736The Forbidden Ground Left Behind by the Master of the Heavenly Estate

Ao Zhantian told Lin Heng that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor’s breakthrough had shifted the balance of power, then revealed a forbidden ground in the Third Heaven connected to the master of the Heavenly Estate. Lin Heng prepared to explore it alone while Ao Zhantian and the others dealt with the foreign tribes’ renewed threat and the eight Saint Emperors’ interference.

  • Ao Zhantian praised the Battle Heaven Pavilion’s assault on the Fire Clan, and Lin Heng told him that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor had broken through.
  • Ao Zhantian explained that the breakthrough had strengthened the Eight Great Imperial Clans and recalled a mysterious expert whose Origin Assimilation resembled Lin Heng’s.
  • Lin Heng realized the mysterious expert was likely the master of the Heavenly Estate, and Ao Zhantian revealed that a powerful formation guarded the expert’s former dwelling in the Third Heaven.
  • Ao Zhantian urged Lin Heng to prepare to enter the forbidden ground alone, since the eight Saint Emperors would try to stop him from gaining anything inside.
  • Ao Zhantian revealed that the foreign tribes were preparing to return and that he and the others believed Lin Heng might be able to eliminate them for good.

Ch. 737Thought Avatar

Lin Heng decided to eliminate the foreign-race threat before leaving the Nine Heavens and planned to enter seclusion to reach the Sovereign Realm. He visited Dijiang to ask about the Third Heaven’s forbidden ground and learned that it held the Thought Avatar of his master’s seven emotions and six desires.

  • Lin Heng told Sun Yuan and his good and evil avatars that they would prepare to wipe out the foreign races, beginning with seclusion to break through to the Sovereign Realm.
  • Lin Heng planned to set out for the forbidden ground in half a month and went to consult Dijiang first.
  • Lin Heng told Dijiang that he regarded the Nine Heavens as a place he was passing through, not a realm he wished to rule.
  • Dijiang explained that his master had practiced the Supreme Emotionless Record, which required severing the seven emotions and six desires.
  • Dijiang revealed that the forbidden ground contained the Thought Avatar of his master's seven emotions and six desires.

Ch. 738Clash at the Forbidden Land

Lin Heng learned from Dijiang that the forbidden land held the master of the Heavenly Estate’s Thought Avatars and prepared to destroy them before their weakening seal let them escape. At the forbidden land, the Eight Great Imperial Clans confronted Lin Heng and the Ascenders, insisting on entering with him to claim treasures.

  • Dijiang explained that the master of the Heavenly Estate’s Thought Avatars were powerful spiritual entities that could possess cultivators, and advised Lin Heng to enter alone and use Eternal Ages against them.
  • Lin Heng returned to the Battle Heaven Pavilion, arranged to enter the forbidden land with Ao Zhantian, and spent three days absorbing Dijiang’s guidance.
  • Lin Heng set out with Sun Yuan and his Good and Evil Doppelgangers, while Ao Zhantian and the Ascenders and the eight Saint Emperors arrived at the forbidden land.
  • Ao Zhantian invoked an old agreement allowing anyone who opened the forbidden land to enter, but the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor argued that the agreement did not apply to Lin Heng.
  • Lin Heng warned the Eight Great Imperial Clans that the forbidden land held terrifying sealed beings rather than treasures, but the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor accused him of lying to keep the treasures for himself.

Ch. 739Beaten to the Prize

Lin Heng tried to keep the Eight Great Imperial Clans out of the forbidden land because dangerous thought bodies within could possess even Sovereign Realm experts. The Fire Separation Saint Emperor broke open a temporary passage and led the clans inside, leaving Lin Heng to warn Ao Zhantian and the others of the danger.

  • The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor threatened a fight to the death if Lin Heng entered the forbidden land without the eight Saint Emperors, while Lin Heng told Ao Zhantian that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor had grown stronger.
  • The Fire Separation Saint Emperor tried to break the whole seal, failed, then concentrated his power on one spot and opened a temporary passage.
  • The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor and the other experts of the Eight Great Imperial Clans entered the forbidden land before the passage closed, and the Fire Separation Saint Emperor followed.
  • Lin Heng explained to Ao Zhantian, Qin Hongmian, and the others that thought bodies inside the forbidden land could possess cultivators and control Sovereign Realm experts.
  • Ao Zhantian urged Lin Heng to break the seal and hurry after the eight Saint Emperors.

Ch. 740Entering the Forbidden Land Alone

Lin Heng entered the forbidden land alone to investigate the Thought Avatars, despite the risk that they might have taken control of the eight Saint Emperors. He arrived in a silent, sinister paradise and began searching for them.

  • Lin Heng warned Ao Zhantian, Qin Hongmian, and the others that they knew too little about the Thought Avatars to enter safely, then proposed going in alone because his inheritance gave him protection from possession.
  • Ao Zhantian and Qin Hongmian objected, fearing the Thought Avatars might control the eight Saint Emperors and turn them against Lin Heng, but Lin Heng argued that the Nine Heavens needed the Saint Emperors against the outsiders.
  • Lin Heng reassured the group that he was confident, used the eight Powers of Origin to open a narrow passage through the seal, and told everyone outside to ignore any sounds from within.
  • Lin Heng entered the forbidden land and found a beautiful landscape tainted by evil presences, with mountains all around and no sign of energy fluctuations.

Ch. 741The Controlled Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor

Lin Heng found the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor possessed by a Thought Avatar that had magnified his ambition and offered to fulfill his wish. Lin Heng provoked the Thought Avatar by claiming Mu Chen had sent him, and it responded with killing intent.

  • Lin Heng recalled that each Thought Avatar embodied one of the seven emotions or six desires and searched for signs of possession.
  • Lin Heng heard the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor laughing in a cave and found him absorbed in a cultivation scroll, vowing to make the Lei Clan supreme.
  • Lin Heng concluded that a Thought Avatar had amplified the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor's desire for power until he could no longer hear or respond to anyone.
  • A gloomy voice offered to grant Lin Heng a wish, and Lin Heng asked to surpass Mu Chen, the Heavenly Estate's master.
  • Lin Heng claimed Mu Chen had sent him, enraging the Thought Avatar, which vowed to keep him trapped and make him experience its loneliness.

Ch. 742The Saint Emperor Strikes

Lin Heng confronted the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor’s Thought Avatar, resisting its spiritual power and using Eternal Ages to repel the Saint Emperor. The Thought Avatar then mocked Lin Heng for being unable to unleash the weapon’s full power.

  • The Thought Avatar attacked Lin Heng with spiritual power, but discovered it could not shake his mind.
  • Lin Heng summoned Eternal Ages and tried to strike the Thought Avatar, but stopped when it retreated into the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor’s body.
  • The Thought Avatar realized Lin Heng had held back because he wanted to defeat the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor fairly, then used an illusion to provoke the Saint Emperor into attacking him.
  • Lin Heng dodged the Saint Emperor’s palm strike, which shattered a distant mountain, then blocked his follow-up punch with Eternal Ages.
  • Eternal Ages’ power blasted the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor backward, and the Thought Avatar scorned Lin Heng for being unable to unleash the weapon’s full strength.

Ch. 743Letting Go Required a Pure Land

Lin Heng used Mu Chen’s lingering concern to soften the Thought Avatar and trapped the enraged Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor in the Eight Origins Heaven-Locking Formation. The Thought Avatar asked Lin Heng about Mu Chen, and Lin Heng revealed that Mu Chen had fallen and suggested his lack of emotions may have kept him from reaching the universe’s pinnacle.

  • Lin Heng told the Thought Avatar that Mu Chen had wanted it spared, stirring its longing and resentment.
  • The Thought Avatar made the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor attack Lin Heng, who trapped him in the Eight Origins Heaven-Locking Formation.
  • As the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor smashed through the formation’s endless walls, the Thought Avatar recalled how Mu Chen had severed his emotions and desires to surpass the Nine Heavens.
  • The Thought Avatar asked Lin Heng to tell it about Mu Chen and why he had come.
  • Lin Heng said Mu Chen had fallen after failing to reach the universe’s pinnacle, and speculated that losing his emotions had left him unable to advance further.

Ch. 744Asking for Humiliation

After the Thought Avatar of Desire accepted Mu Chen’s death, it gave its purified spiritual power to Lin Heng and released the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor from its control. Lin Heng let the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor leave, then sensed another aura to the northwest as he searched for his next target.

  • The Thought Avatar of Desire mourned Mu Chen’s failure to reach the pinnacle and merged its spiritual power into Lin Heng.
  • Lin Heng freed the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor and explained that the Thought Avatar of Desire had controlled him.
  • The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor suspected Lin Heng knew of hidden treasures, but reconsidered after Lin Heng warned him about the remaining Thought Avatars.
  • The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor asked Lin Heng to open the seal so he could leave, and Lin Heng sent him through a spatial passage.
  • Lin Heng began searching the forbidden ground space for his next target and sensed an aura to the northwest.

Ch. 745Thought Avatar of Evil

Lin Heng confronted the Thought Avatar of Evil, which had taken control of the Wood Clan Saint Emperor and attacked him. When Lin Heng mentioned Mu Chen, the Thought Avatar was stunned and demanded to know who he was and whether Mu Chen had sent him.

  • Lin Heng found the Wood Clan Saint Emperor and learned that the Thought Avatar of Evil had taken control of her through her resentment and jealousy.
  • The Thought Avatar unleashed its mental force on Lin Heng, but he resisted it despite being in the Heavenly Firmament Realm.
  • The Thought Avatar made the controlled Wood Clan Saint Emperor attack Lin Heng, but he repeatedly evaded her slow strikes.
  • Lin Heng explained that the Thought Avatar’s mental control kept the Wood Clan Saint Emperor from using her full strength.
  • Lin Heng pointed out that the Thought Avatar still longed for Mu Chen, prompting it to ask how Lin Heng knew that name and whether Mu Chen had sent him.

Ch. 746Let Me See How Deep Your Hatred Runs

Lin Heng told the Thought Avatar of Evil that Mu Chen had died and revealed that he had inherited Mu Chen’s powers and was sent to destroy the Thought Avatars. As the Wood Clan Saint Emperor approached Lin Heng with her hand raised, he remained still and offered to bear the Thought Avatar’s hatred.

  • Lin Heng told the Thought Avatar of Evil that Mu Chen was dead, prompting it to deny the news and turn its anger on Lin Heng.
  • The Wood Clan Saint Emperor attacked Lin Heng, but he dodged her punch, which devastated the surrounding mountain forests.
  • Lin Heng restrained the Wood Clan Saint Emperor with Eight-Zhang Light Prison and used Origin Assimilation to absorb her Origin of Wood.
  • Lin Heng explained that he had received Mu Chen’s inheritance and had come to destroy the Thought Avatars, convincing the Thought Avatar of Evil that Mu Chen was truly gone.
  • Lin Heng invited the Thought Avatar to direct its hatred at him and remained motionless as the Wood Clan Saint Emperor raised her hand before him.

Ch. 747The Mental World Even a Saint Emperor Could Not Break

Lin Heng received the Wood Clan Saint Emperor's mental power after promising to honor Mu Chen's legacy, then provoked her and trapped her in his mental world. The Saint Emperor could not break free, leaving Lin Heng in control of their confrontation.

  • The Thought Avatar of Evil spared Lin Heng because Mu Chen had chosen him as his successor and gave him her mental power to absorb.
  • Lin Heng promised he would not lose to anyone before meeting the person who defeated Mu Chen, then absorbed the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan's mental power.
  • After regaining consciousness with no memory of what happened, the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan confronted Lin Heng over his teasing remarks.
  • Lin Heng insulted the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan's reliance on her Origin bloodline, prompting her to gather Wood Origin energy and prepare to attack.
  • Lin Heng trapped the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan in his mental world, where her attacks failed and she could not escape.

Ch. 748The Thought Avatar That Fought Dirty

Lin Heng freed the Wood Clan's Saint Emperor after trapping her in his mental world, then tested his growing mental power against the Thought Avatar of Wrath. He persuaded the Thought Avatar to doubt the Eight Great Imperial Clans' strength, leaving it less confident as their confrontation continued.

  • The Wood Clan's Saint Emperor begged Lin Heng to release her, and he freed her from the mental world.
  • Lin Heng escorted the Wood Clan's Saint Emperor to a spatial passage, and she called him an interesting person before leaving.
  • Lin Heng assessed the limits and risks of his mental power, then sensed the remaining Thought Avatars and headed toward the closest one.
  • Lin Heng found the Metal Clan's Saint Emperor under the Thought Avatar of Wrath's control, and the Saint Emperor attacked him.
  • Lin Heng argued that the Ascenders had surpassed the declining Eight Great Imperial Clans, making the Thought Avatar question its confidence in the Saint Emperor's strength.

Ch. 749A Bet

Lin Heng trapped the Thought Avatar of Wrath inside a circle formed from the eight great Origins and won their bet by keeping him confined in a spiritual black hole until the incense burned out. He revealed that Mu Chen had sent him, provoking the Thought Avatar of Wrath into a furious outburst.

  • Lin Heng challenged the Thought Avatar of Wrath to escape a circle within the time it took an incense stick to burn, and the Metal Clan's Saint Emperor accepted.
  • Lin Heng formed a circle with the Powers of the eight great Origins, trapping the Metal Clan's Saint Emperor when he entered it.
  • The Thought Avatar of Wrath attacked the circle, but its Origin Assimilation absorbed his power, and Lin Heng trapped him in a spiritual black hole.
  • After the incense burned down, Lin Heng released the Thought Avatar of Wrath and declared that he had lost.
  • Lin Heng said Mu Chen had sent him, and the Thought Avatar of Wrath erupted in killing intent as he recalled Mu Chen abandoning them.

Ch. 750How to Deal with Brainless Wrath

Lin Heng trapped the Thought Avatar of Wrath in repeated barriers, then persuaded him to stake their mental powers against each other for the chance to gain his strength. As Lin Heng launched an all-out attack with the power of the Thought Avatars of Desire and Evil, the freed Metal Clan Saint Emperor approached him with killing intent.

  • The Thought Avatar of Wrath broke through Lin Heng's eight-colored barrier, only to be enclosed by another one, and eventually agreed to hear Lin Heng's demand.
  • Lin Heng asked the Thought Avatar of Wrath to leave the Metal Clan Saint Emperor's body and compete for the right to lend him his strength.
  • The Thought Avatar of Wrath sent his mental power into Lin Heng's mental world, leaving the Metal Clan Saint Emperor free of his control.
  • The Metal Clan Saint Emperor cautiously approached the motionless Lin Heng, while the Thought Avatar of Wrath offered to help Lin Heng kill him in exchange for Lin Heng's body.
  • Lin Heng revealed that he had the power of the Thought Avatars of Desire and Evil, then surged forward to attack the Thought Avatar of Wrath.
  • The Metal Clan Saint Emperor reached Lin Heng and, seeing him within arm's reach, prepared to kill him.
Arc 30 of 46
Arc 30 of 46