Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Heng watched the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape battle the Purple Creek Flood Dragon, then prepared to intervene when the dragon used Time Deceleration to trap the ape and attack it. The chapter ended as Lin Heng struck at the dragon with the Great Brahma Prajna Scepter.

• The Five-Spirit Fierce Ape and Purple Creek Flood Dragon exchanged powerful attacks, and the ape absorbed the dragon's breath before changing into its Crystal-Eyed Water Ape Form.
• The Five-Spirit Fierce Ape created an emerald sand tide and repeatedly smashed the Purple Creek Flood Dragon, forcing Lin Heng to retreat and ready the Great Brahma Prajna Scepter.
• The Purple Creek Flood Dragon used Time Deceleration to slow the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape and carved a wound across its front.
• As the Purple Creek Flood Dragon raised its claw to strike the ape's head, Lin Heng rushed in and swung the Great Brahma Prajna Scepter at the dragon.

Lin Heng and the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape badly wounded the Purple Creek Flood Dragon with their combined attacks, and Lin Heng finished it off before sealing its departing energy and storing its corpse. He then used the Great Brahma Prajna Scepter to suppress the weakened ape’s baleful Qi, and its eyes and presence began returning to normal.

• Lin Heng drew the Purple Creek Flood Dragon away from the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape and wounded it with Formless Heavenly Devil Kill, while dodging its dragon breath.
• The Five-Spirit Fierce Ape broke free of slowed time, pierced the dragon’s wing with a lightning-charged fist, and weakened its cultivation with a yin-and-yang attack that also left the ape nearly exhausted.
• Lin Heng attacked the injured dragon with all four of his bodies and killed it, then sealed its dispersing energy and stored its corpse.
• Lin Heng used the Great Brahma Prajna Scepter’s Buddha power to envelop the weakened Five-Spirit Fierce Ape and wash away its baleful Qi, causing its red eyes and violent presence to fade.

Lin Heng suppressed the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape’s baleful Qi and negotiated for him to follow temporarily, then named him Sun Yuan. At Purple Dragon Hill, Lin Heng received an Innate Spirit Treasure that could grow and gave it to Sun Yuan.

• Lin Heng used the Great Brahma Prajna Scepter to suppress the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape’s baleful Qi while the Nether Ancestor Puppet held off the surrounding beasts.
• Lin Heng offered the Five-Spirit Fierce Ape a choice between pledging loyalty and dying, and the ape agreed to follow him temporarily, with permanent loyalty dependent on Lin Heng surpassing him within a thousand years.
• Lin Heng gave the recovering ape a million-year-old spirit herb, and the ape shrank to human size; Lin Heng named him Sun Yuan.
• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan flew to Purple Dragon Hill, where Lin Heng successfully signed in and received the Heaven and Earth Primordial Staff, a High-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure that could grow.
• Lin Heng gave the Heaven and Earth Primordial Staff to Sun Yuan.

Lin Heng and Sun Yuan crossed the Chaotic Sand Sea while Lin Heng gathered treasures by signing in at former ferocious-beast lairs. After learning that the female ascender might be heading toward the sea, Lin Heng chose to search the dangerous route through Wind City, where she was most likely to evade pursuers.

• Lin Heng followed Sun Yuan's knowledge of the Chaotic Sand Sea to sign in at old ferocious-beast territories, collecting numerous Chaos Spirit Treasures and other valuables.
• Lin Heng avoided territories held by Samsara Realm ferocious beasts, and he and Sun Yuan left the Chaotic Sand Sea after thirty days.
• Lin Heng released Liu Ling'er and Situ Jiannan, who reported that the female ascender had last been seen in Heavenly Battle City and might be heading toward the Chaotic Sand Sea.
• Situ Jiannan outlined three possible routes from Heavenly Battle City to Hong City and recommended a safer path, but Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er chose the route through Wind City.
• Lin Heng explained that the female ascender might choose the most dangerous route because pursuers would consider it too risky, and the four set out to search it.

Duanmu Yunshang rested in Moya Village after driving off the Spirit-Hunting Bandits, but the village chief betrayed her by revealing her whereabouts to her Devil Race pursuers. When Zhao Wansong moved to summon reinforcements, Duanmu Yunshang attacked him with the Nether Marshal's Scepter.

• Duanmu Yunshang encouraged Xue'er and planned to leave Moya Village that night to return to Human Race territory and find Lin Heng and the others.
• Dong He led Zhao Wansong and the Devil Race cultivators to Duanmu Yunshang, revealing that he had sold her location for ten Source Stones and the village's protection.
• Zhao Wansong threatened to cripple Duanmu Yunshang and torture her, while warning that three Peak Supreme Saints and Wind City patriarch Leng Tianjue would come for her.
• Duanmu Yunshang summoned the Nether Marshal's Scepter and refused to surrender despite being outnumbered.
• Duanmu Yunshang noticed Zhao Wansong reaching for a communication spirit pearl and struck at him; he dropped it and raised a great saber to defend himself.