Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng fought Ao Jie, Kou Yan, and the other factions’ experts inside the Saint Devil Hall’s formation until reinforcements from the Myriad Saints Palace and Heavenly Dragon Gate arrived and broke it. The battle turned into a rout, with Lin Heng capturing the enemy leaders and Duanmu Yunshang taking Ye Ruyan alive.

• Lin Heng and the Nether Ancestor puppet fought the Supreme Saints under the formation’s pressure, while some enemies used Blood Gang Race energy to reconstruct their bodies a few times.
• Chao Zhang alerted Ao Lie, and the Myriad Saints Palace and Heavenly Dragon Gate sent forces to support Lin Heng; Liu Ling'er, Duanmu Yunshang, Miao Xiyin, and Yue Linglong joined them.
• The reinforcements attacked from outside and destroyed the grand formation, turning the battle against the Saint Devil Hall and its allies.
• Ao Lie revealed that Lin Heng was his master and attacked the enemy, while Lin Heng used Spacetime Solidification to prevent Supreme Saints from escaping.
• Lin Heng weakened and bound Kou Yan, Ao Jie, Kong Rong, and the Asura Race patriarch instead of killing them.
• After the Nether Ancestor puppet overwhelmed Ye Ruyan and Lin Heng defeated Lin Taiheng, Duanmu Yunshang captured Ye Ruyan alive.

After more than a decade of preparation, Lin Heng and four companions crossed the Longevity Road and entered the Longevity Realm. The gate scattered them across the new realm, and Lin Heng landed alone in a mountain forest with a new power and ascension mark inside him.

• Liu Ling'er, Duanmu Yunshang, and Miao Xiyin devoured the cultivation of Kou Yan and other defeated Supreme Saints while Lin Heng gathered the battlefield's spoils.
• Lin Heng distributed useful spoils to Yue Linglong and later raided the headquarters planets of major powers that had attacked him, leaving the Chaotic Star Domain at peace.
• In the year Lin Heng turned fifty, he entered the Primal Secret Realm with Liu Ling'er, Duanmu Yunshang, Miao Xiyin, and Yue Linglong to begin their ascent.
• Lin Heng signed in at the Gate of Longevity, gained and activated the innate true spirit saint body, and entered the Longevity Road with his companions.
• After nearly five years of enduring mounting pressure, tribulation lightning, and other trials, all five reached the road's end and passed through the gate into the Longevity Realm.
• The gate sent Lin Heng to a random location, where he crashed into a mountain forest and sensed the new power and mark granted to ascended cultivators.

Lin Heng arrived in the Longevity Realm, learned that an advanced imprint power was needed to reach the Nirvana Realm, and began searching for his mother and companions. After saving the orphan Chang Qiong from Iron-Spined Tiger Beasts, Lin Heng agreed to accompany him to his village and learn about the realm.

• Lin Heng discovered that the Longevity Realm's imprint power was vital for advancing from the Supreme Saint Realm to the Nirvana Realm, but he could not fuse it into his Dao Nascent Soul.
• Lin Heng surveyed the vast mountain forest and worried about finding his mother and the others, then continued on foot to conserve power.
• Lin Heng rescued Chang Qiong by killing the pack of Iron-Spined Tiger Beasts pursuing him.
• Chang Qiong told Lin Heng that a beast tide had killed his family and that he had become an orphan two years earlier.
• Chang Qiong explained that his village chief was at the God King Realm, and Lin Heng agreed to go to the village and help hunt game for the villagers.

After ascending to the Longevity Realm, Lin Heng learned about its Nine Heavens and Ten Regions from Chang Deguang in Chang Village. When a powerful new group of Spirit-Hunting Bandits attacked the village’s Sacrificial Spirit, Lin Heng confronted them.

• Chang Qiong brought Lin Heng to Chang Village, where Lin Heng met the village chief, Chang Deguang.
• Lin Heng spent the night learning about the Longevity Realm and signed in at Chang Deguang’s home, receiving an ordinary Saint-grade item.
• Chang Deguang advised Lin Heng to seek more information in Heavenly Defense City, and Lin Heng gave him the item in thanks.
• Chang Qiong warned Chang Deguang that a different group of Spirit-Hunting Bandits had arrived to hunt the village’s Sacrificial Spirit.
• The bandit leader and his men surrounded the old tree, and Lin Heng stepped forward to condemn their attack.

Lin Heng killed the spirit-hunting bandits who attacked Chang Village and captured one of them to learn about the Longevity Realm. He learned that Heavenly Defense City was ruled by Zhuge Yun, who secretly allowed bandits to plunder villages in exchange for tribute.

• The spirit-hunting bandit leader attacked Lin Heng, but Lin Heng broke his Saint Artifact, killed him, and swiftly slew the other fleeing bandits.
• Lin Heng captured one Saint Realm bandit, said goodbye to Chang Deguang, and left Chang Village with his prisoner.
• The bandit explained that Source Power could sustain an ascender’s lifespan and described the Human Race’s cities and rulers in the Spirit Radiance Region.
• The bandit told Lin Heng that Zhuge Yun ruled Heavenly Defense City and let spirit-hunting bandits plunder villages because they paid him tribute.

Lin Heng forced Lou Sen to reveal the secret behind Zhuge Yun and Heavenly Defense City, then killed the bandit and continued east. He arrived at the city’s west gate, where signing in earned him the Source-Refining Heart Sutra.

• Lin Heng rejected Lou Sen’s plea for mercy, then used Soul-Terrorizing Fierce Eyes to make him reveal everything he knew.
• Lou Sen revealed that Zhuge Yun’s grandfather, Zhuge Ying, had died after failing his second nirvana and was secretly buried in Heavenly Defense City.
• Lin Heng learned that Zhuge Yun had covertly supported a former city guard general who became a spirit-hunting bandit leader to enrich the Zhuge Lineage.
• Lin Heng killed Lou Sen after learning of his crimes, then traveled east and observed guardian spirits along the way.
• After ten days and nights, Lin Heng reached Heavenly Defense City and signed in at its west gate, receiving the Source-Refining Heart Sutra.

Lin Heng spent the night exchanging saint-grade treasures for Source Stones in Heavenly Defense City, drawing the attention of city lord Zhuge Yun. Invited to the city lord's residence, Lin Heng sensed an ambush but entered anyway and met Zhuge Yun.

• Lin Heng signed in at shops and traded his saint-grade rewards for ten thousand Source Stones, prompting a rumor to spread through the city.
• Zhuge Yun worried about Qu Daping's failure to return, then ordered a steward to invite the mysterious trader to the city lord's residence.
• Zhuge Yun discussed whether to target the visitor, deciding to judge his strength before acting.
• The steward brought Lin Heng to the residence in a carriage, and Lin Heng sensed an ambush while walking inside but remained unconcerned.
• Lin Heng met Zhuge Yun in the banquet hall, exchanged polite greetings, and attempted to sign in.

Lin Heng stayed at the Heavenly Defense City Lord's Manor while exchanging Saint-grade items for origin stones, as Zhuge Yun weighed befriending him against killing him. After learning Lin Heng had slaughtered Qu Daping and his bandits, Zhuge Yun prepared to have the family's Sacrificial Spirit attack him, and Lin Heng returned to the manor sensing danger.

• Lin Heng received a Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Pill, the Extreme Origin Nirvana Pill, as a sign-in reward.
• Zhuge Yun learned Lin Heng had ascended from the God Realm and invited him to stay, hoping to build a connection while considering whether to attack him.
• Lin Heng spent three days at the manor and in Heavenly Defense City, trading Saint-grade items for origin stones while Zhuge Yun hosted him for meals.
• The city guard commander reported that Qu Daping and his Spirit-Hunting Bandits had been slaughtered by a young ascender, and Zhuge Yun suspected Lin Heng was responsible.
• Zhuge Yun ordered preparations to have the Sacrificial Spirit kill Lin Heng, who returned to the manor that night and sensed a growing murderous presence.

Lin Heng confronted Zhuge Yun after discovering that Zhuge Yun had massacred Chang Village, and vowed to avenge the villagers. He fought the Zhuge Clan’s Sacrificial Spirit while the Nether Ancestor Puppet blocked Zhuge Yun’s escape, leaving Zhuge Yun alive for questioning.

• Zhuge Yun revealed the severed heads of ten Chang Village villagers and admitted that he had ordered the massacre while Lin Heng was away.
• Lin Heng erupted in fury and attacked Zhuge Yun, but the Zhuge Clan’s Sacrificial Spirit blocked his fist and sent him staggering back.
• Zhuge Yun boasted that the Sacrificial Spirit held power approaching the Nirvana Realm, and Lin Heng inferred that Zhuge Yun’s grandfather had given it his willpower.
• Lin Heng battered the Sacrificial Spirit’s green barrier until cracks appeared, while the Nether Ancestor Puppet blocked Zhuge Yun from fleeing.
• Lin Heng kept Zhuge Yun alive for the moment because he wanted to question him about the Longevity Realm.

Lin Heng defeated the Zhuge Clan's Sacrificial Spirit and learned from Zhuge Yun that Situ Jiannan of Heavenly Abundance City was secretly backing him and held fifty thousand source stones. After killing Zhuge Yun and the city lord's residence's survivors, Lin Heng set out for Heavenly Abundance City to reclaim the wealth and seek resources.

• Zhuge Yun tried to escape while Lin Heng fought the Sacrificial Spirit, but the Nether Ancestor Puppet struck him down and grievously injured him.
• Lin Heng destroyed the Sacrificial Spirit, and Zhuge Yun begged for his life as the city lord's residence's onlookers fled.
• Lin Heng ordered the Nether Ancestor Puppet to leave no one alive, then used the Soul-Terrorizing Fierce Eyes to learn about Zhuge Yun's secret alliance with Situ Jiannan.
• Lin Heng learned that Zhuge Yun had sent Situ Jiannan fifty thousand source stones and discovered that the city lord of Heavenly Abundance City was a peak Supreme Saint who conspired with Spirit-Hunting Bandits.
• Lin Heng killed Zhuge Yun and decided to travel to Heavenly Abundance City to reclaim his wealth and gather resources, while considering making the Nether Ancestor Puppet stronger.

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.