Chapter Summaries

Duanmu Yunshang defeated Zhao Wansong and killed Dong He and the Devil Race cultivators who attacked her. As she prepared to finish off Zhao Wansong, Leng Tianjue appeared and confronted her.

• Duanmu Yunshang disarmed Zhao Wansong with a crushing strike from the Nether Marshal's Scepter.
• Duanmu Yunshang killed Dong He as he tried to retreat, while the villagers of Moya Village knelt and begged her for mercy.
• Duanmu Yunshang noticed a Devil Race cultivator send a message to Ancestor Fengcheng, then killed him and fought off the Devil Race contingent.
• Duanmu Yunshang overwhelmed Zhao Wansong, leaving him badly wounded and unable to hold his saber.
• Leng Tianjue arrived between Duanmu Yunshang and Zhao Wansong, and his killing intent locked onto Duanmu Yunshang.

Duanmu Yunshang fought Leng Tianjue, a Nirvana Realm Devil Race expert, and awakened her soul realm to Nirvana under his pressure. Just as Leng Tianjue prepared to kill her, Lin Heng arrived, stopped his spear, and used Spacetime Solidification to immobilize him.

• Leng Tianjue recognized Duanmu Yunshang’s two Saint Bodies and attacked her, but she broke free of his killing intent and struck at him with the Nether Marshal’s Scepter.
• Leng Tianjue caught the scepter, flung Duanmu Yunshang away, and tried to cripple her cultivation with a destructive palm.
• Duanmu Yunshang awakened her soul realm to Nirvana, escaped Leng Tianjue’s strike, and fought back with the Nether Marshal’s Scepter.
• Leng Tianjue drew a spear and attacked Duanmu Yunshang, who accepted that she might die and said she could only be Lin Heng’s wife in the next life.
• Lin Heng teleported to Duanmu Yunshang’s side, stopped Leng Tianjue’s spear, and activated Spacetime Solidification, leaving Leng Tianjue unable to move or summon his energy.

Lin Heng killed Leng Tianjue while Duanmu Yunshang slew Zhao Wansong, then reunited with Liu Ling'er and the others. Unable to find news of Miao Xiyin and Yue Linglong, Lin Heng decided to search the dangerous Lesser Heaven and planned a detour to visit places where powerful experts had appeared.

• Lin Heng used Spacetime Solidification to kill Leng Tianjue, and Duanmu Yunshang killed Zhao Wansong as he tried to flee.
• Lin Heng and his companions left Moya Village after Liu Ling'er and the others reunited with them.
• Duanmu Yunshang asked about Miao Xiyin and Yue Linglong, but Lin Heng and Situ Jiannan had found no news of them.
• Situ Jiannan described the Lesser Heaven, a dangerous city under the Ninefold Heaven's jurisdiction where illicit goods and information could be bought.
• Lin Heng decided to go to the Lesser Heaven and told Situ Jiannan to plan a route that passed places where Nirvana Realm experts had appeared.

Lin Heng learned that the Blood Demon Sect and the Tyrant Sword Sect planned to join forces in Lesser Heaven, and decided to investigate the deal despite the danger. After Situ Jiannan gathered details, Lin Heng learned it would take place in forty days and might conceal a larger conspiracy.

• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan reached Fengyang City, where Lin Heng overheard that the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect would make a deal in the City of Sin.
• Lin Heng signed in at the Guxin Restaurant and received a five-million-year-old Phoenix Soul Essence Fruit, then asked Situ Jiannan to investigate the deal.
• Sun Yuan told Lin Heng that rare spirit herbs could speed up his Nirvana breakthroughs, and Lin Heng promised to find them.
• Situ Jiannan returned with news that the deal would take place in forty days and suspected that powerful sects above the Nine Heavens were using the two sects as proxies.

Lin Heng killed Fengyang City's lord Hao Yinan and two Great Saint Realm experts, then used the city lord's manor to help Duanmu Yunshang and Liu Ling'er break through to the Nirvana Realm. As they prepared to head toward the City of Sin, Situ Jiannan remained just short of his own breakthrough but had amassed many rewards from following Lin Heng.

• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan ambushed Hao Yinan and two Great Saint Realm experts after they cornered Situ Jiannan, then sent Situ Jiannan to collect the city lord's belongings.
• Lin Heng used a concealed formation in the city lord's manor to help Duanmu Yunshang break through to the Nirvana Realm in one day.
• Liu Ling'er reached the Nirvana Realm in her soul and, with Source Stones and an Extreme Origin Nirvana Pill, stabilized her cultivation after another day.
• Situ Jiannan failed to break through despite observing the women's breakthroughs, and Lin Heng promised to help him with a soul-strengthening herb if he did not succeed before they reached the City of Sin.
• Situ Jiannan reflected on the Source Stones and treasures he had collected from defeated experts, including the Low-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure Three-Talents Blood-Blade Saber that Lin Heng had given him.

After leaving Fengyang City, Lin Heng and Sun Yuan gathered rewards at several locations before reaching Ye City, where they learned that the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect planned a dangerous trade. Situ Jiannan reported that the trade included a Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure, and Lin Heng recognized that the sects likely had Samsara Realm experts backing them.

• Lin Heng left Fengyang City with Sun Yuan and told Liu Ling'er and Duanmu Yunshang to remain in the spatial treasure to stabilize their cultivation and guide Situ Jiannan.
• At Heavenly Buddha Temple, Lin Heng obtained a Samsara Sarira, a High-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure called the Prajna Vajra, an Everliving Creation Pill, and a five-million-year-old spirit herb; he decided to wait until Sun Yuan's third Nirvana before giving him the sarira.
• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan reached Ye City, where Lin Heng released Situ Jiannan to gather information while he stayed at a restaurant with Sun Yuan and the two women.
• After hearing rumors about the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect's trade, Lin Heng suspected it was a conspiracy and reasoned that the sects must have Samsara Realm experts supporting them.
• Situ Jiannan returned with news that the trade would include ten-million-year-old spirit herbs, High-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasures, and a Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure, which only its creator could fully wield.

Lin Heng and Situ Jiannan planned to disrupt the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect’s transaction to establish their strength and build alliances ahead of entering the Ninefold Heaven. Lin Heng agreed to target the two sects’ Nirvana Realm cultivators while leaving the battles between Samsara Realm experts to others.

• Lin Heng learned that the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect were offering a Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure in a public transaction.
• Situ Jiannan suggested that Lin Heng use the transaction to make a name for himself, gain allies, and establish a sect of his own.
• Situ Jiannan explained that sects were needed for protection and recognition in the Ninefold Heaven, and that Lin Heng would need a guide to ascend there.
• Lin Heng agreed to disrupt the transaction, and Liu Ling'er proposed that they focus on killing the two sects’ Nirvana Realm cultivators.
• Sun Yuan promised Lin Heng that he would kill as many Nirvana Realm cultivators as appeared.

Lin Heng entered the Lesser Heaven to investigate the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect’s exchange, learning they had brought four Samsara Realm experts and might be acting on behalf of the Eight Great Imperial Clans against the ascenders. After receiving an anonymous note urging him to make a name for himself, he prepared to see what would happen at the exchange the next day.

• Lin Heng entered the Lesser Heaven alone and met Situ Jiannan at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng that four Samsara Realm experts from the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect were openly present.
• Lin Heng and Situ Jiannan suspected the two sects’ plot was connected to the Eight Great Imperial Clans testing the ascenders.
• A waiter delivered Lin Heng a note reading, “Fame in one battle, soaring straight to the ninth heaven!” and Lin Heng suspected Ao Zhantian had sent it.
• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng that the exchange would take place at noon the next day at Bright Moon Tower.
• Ao Zhantian watched the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and said that whether the next day’s events became more exciting was up to Lin Heng.

As the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect conducted their trade in Lesser Heaven, hidden experts gathered around the Bright Moon Tower. When the two factions revealed their Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasures, Old Man Azure Sky, the Life-Taking Twin Swords, and Yin Zhong emerged to seize them.

• Leng Yimo and Gao Moyan met in secret at the Bright Moon Tower to oversee the trade between the Blood Demon Sect and the Tyrant Sword Sect.
• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan concealed themselves among the onlookers and watched the guarded trade begin.
• Xiao Han warned the crowd to stay more than five hundred meters from the Bright Moon Tower, while Zhong Xueyi and Wen Jue exchanged treasures at the central table.
• As the trade neared its end, both factions brought out a Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure, and hidden experts began releasing their auras.
• Old Man Azure Sky appeared and demanded the treasures, then called for allies; the Life-Taking Twin Swords and Yin Zhong rose from the crowd.

Lin Heng joined the battle over the Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure after the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect revealed hidden reinforcements. Gao Moyan then intervened from Bright Moon Tower, killing Old Man Azure Sky with the Cloudflow Sword and sending the remaining attackers fleeing.

• Yin Zhong, Old Man Azure Sky, and the Life-Taking Twin Swords attacked Wen Jue and his companions, while the battle’s shockwaves destroyed the surrounding buildings.
• Dozens of Nirvana Realm cultivators joined the fight, followed by two more Samsara Realm experts and additional fighters emerging from Bright Moon Tower, turning the tide for the Blood Demon Sect and Tyrant Sword Sect.
• Lin Heng attacked and killed a Blood Demon Sect Nirvana Realm cultivator with the Mieluo Spear, and Sun Yuan, Liu Ling'er, and Duanmu Yunshang joined the battle.
• Gao Moyan released his Cloudflow Sword from Bright Moon Tower, and it pierced Old Man Azure Sky before he exploded in midair.
• Yin Zhong recognized Gao Moyan and the Cloudflow Sword, while the Life-Taking Twin Swords shouted for everyone to flee.

Gao Moyan and Leng Yimo’s forces killed three of the ascenders’ Samsara Realm fighters, while Xue Gang escaped after his brother sacrificed himself. The Cloudflow Sword then failed to harm Lin Heng because Ao Zhantian’s white jade protected him, leaving Gao Moyan and Leng Yimo wary of a possible connection to the Firmament Hall.

• Gao Moyan’s Cloudflow Sword killed Old Man Azure Sky, and a blood-red blade from the Bright Moon Tower killed Yin Zhong as the remaining fighters fled.
• The Cloudflow Sword caught the Life-Taking Twin Swords; Xue Cheng pushed Xue Gang to safety and died, while Xue Gang escaped by Teleportation and vowed revenge.
• Gao Moyan complained that the ascenders’ fighters had offered little challenge, and Leng Yimo proposed killing the Nirvana Realm cultivators who remained.
• The Cloudflow Sword attacked Lin Heng, but white light from Ao Zhantian’s white jade repelled it and sent it falling to the ground.
• Gao Moyan and Leng Yimo sensed the Firmament Hall’s presence in the protective light and worried that Lin Heng’s possible ties to it could cause trouble.

Lin Heng made Gao Moyan and Leng Yimo back down by letting them believe he was connected to the Firmament Hall, and accepted Gao Moyan’s apology and spirit herb. After Lin Heng left to meet Ao Zhantian, representatives of two Eighth Heaven sects offered Liu Ling’er and the others invitations and assistance.

• Gao Moyan and Leng Yimo mistook Lin Heng’s words for a threat backed by the Firmament Hall, so Gao Moyan apologized with a three-million-year-old spirit herb and both men withdrew.
• Sun Yuan complained that he had only killed seven or eight enemies, and Ao Zhantian invited Lin Heng to meet him in a peach grove southwest of the city.
• Lin Heng released Situ Jiannan and asked him to take Lin Heng’s mother and the others back to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion before flying out of the city.
• The ascenders’ hidden cultivators abandoned their planned attack after seeing Gao Moyan and Leng Yimo, then began speculating about Lin Heng’s connection to the Firmament Hall.
• Li Changbai offered Liu Ling’er and the others a Longevity Invitation from the Soaring Dragon Pavilion, and Zhao Lanyu followed with an invitation from the Xuanye Sect.

Ao Zhantian revealed that the ascenders might lose an impending war against the Eight Great Imperial Clans and that Lin Heng’s fate was tied to the ascenders. He showed Lin Heng that Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin were imprisoned in Heavenly Desolation City, prompting Lin Heng to prepare a rescue.

• Lin Heng met Ao Zhantian in the peach grove and learned that the man before him was the real Ao Zhantian, not the avatar he had previously encountered.
• Ao Zhantian warned Lin Heng that another war between the Eight Great Imperial Clans and the ascenders was likely, and the ascenders might lose.
• Lin Heng refused to become anyone’s chess piece, but Ao Zhantian said his fate was already tied to the ascenders.
• Ao Zhantian showed Lin Heng an image of Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin chained in the Great Sun Region’s Heavenly Desolation City.
• Lin Heng headed back to the Lesser Heaven, intending to ask Situ Jiannan about the Great Sun Region before rescuing the women.

Lin Heng learned that the Great Sun Race had captured Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin and ruled the Great Sun Region through brutal conquest and forced breeding. He resolved to rescue the women and destroy the race if necessary, while Situ Jiannan gathered intelligence revealing the region had eight Nirvana Realm experts.

• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng that the Great Sun Region was closed to outsiders and described how the Great Sun Race had seized it and enslaved women from other races to expand its population.
• Lin Heng vowed to raze the Great Sun Region and hunt down Great Sun Race members in the Nine Heavens unless they released Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin.
• Lin Heng gave Situ Jiannan a three-million-year-old spirit herb to help him reach the Nirvana Realm, while Situ Jiannan spent Source Power gathering information.
• Lin Heng checked in at locations across the Lesser Heaven and obtained Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasures, Chaos Spirit Treasures, and ancient spirit herbs.
• Situ Jiannan reported that the Great Sun Region had eight Nirvana Realm experts, including two at Third Nirvana who had descended from the Ninefold Heaven.

Lin Heng and Sun Yuan entered the Great Sun Region and encountered the Great Sun Race’s grotesque crossbreeds and brazen customs. After Sun Yuan killed a group at Hansang Village, reinforcements intercepted them, and Sun Yuan prepared to fight their leader, Qiangchuan Liangdan.

• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan reached Hansang Village and saw Great Sun Race women washing clothes beside a couple mating in public.
• More than ten crossbreeds confronted the humans, and Sun Yuan killed them with a lightning sword before leaving the village with Lin Heng.
• A warning spread through the Great Sun Region, and Great Saint cultivators rushed from nearby cities to pursue the intruders.
• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan flew north toward Heavenly Desolation City and spotted dozens of Great Sun Race cultivators intercepting them.
• The cultivators’ leader, Qiangchuan Liangdan, threatened the humans, and Lin Heng mocked his name.
• Sun Yuan drew the Silver-Slaying Spear and unleashed his Nirvana Realm presence against the group.

Sun Yuan killed the Great Sun Race pursuers, and Lin Heng consulted Situ Jiannan on how to reach Heavenly Desolation City without further delays. After hearing how the Great Sun Race had repaid the Human Race’s earlier mercy with massacres, Lin Heng abandoned his restraint and agreed to kill.

• Sun Yuan used the Silver-Slaying Spear to shatter space and kill Qiangchuan Liangdan and the other Great Sun Race cultivators.
• Lin Heng brought Situ Jiannan out of the spatial treasure and asked how they could get to Heavenly Desolation City quickly to rescue Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin.
• Situ Jiannan explained that the Great Sun Race had once invaded Human Race territory and later massacred villages after the Human Race spared them.
• Situ Jiannan proposed that Lin Heng and Sun Yuan attack Heavenly Peace City, kill everyone there, and leave one survivor to spread the news.
• Sun Yuan teleported ahead to Heavenly Peace City, while Lin Heng, enraged by the Great Sun Race’s history, declared that they should kill.

Lin Heng entered Heavenly Peace City while Sun Yuan fought Meichuan Qiuku outside, then searched the Tianjing Shrine for leverage to rescue Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin. He discovered records of the Great Sun Race abducting women from other races to produce offspring, including humans, and reached an account of the human retaliation.

• Sun Yuan transformed into a Five-Spirit Fierce Ape and gained the upper hand against Meichuan Qiuku outside Heavenly Peace City.
• Lin Heng slipped into the city and entered the Tianjing Shrine after killing its two Great Sun Race guards.
• Lin Heng found records describing the Great Sun Race's breeding experiments with the Sea Race and the Blue Fish Race.
• Lin Heng read that the Great Sun Race had abducted hundreds of human women, whose offspring included some of the race's most talented children.
• The shrine's unseen guardian threatened Lin Heng as he continued reading about the Great Sun Race's failed second invasion and the humans' massacre in its territory.

Lin Heng confronted Great Sun Race cultivators at Tianjing Shrine after learning they planned to target Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin. He killed the Supreme Saints, while the surviving Nirvana cultivator fled to report back, and Lin Heng prepared to destroy the shrine despite its protective formation.

• Lin Heng read that the Great Sun Race had once paid an enormous compensation to avoid being wiped out, and that rescued Human Race women had taken their own lives and killed their mixed-blood children.
• Lin Heng recalled that the Great Sun Race had imprisoned Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin after they threatened to self-destruct rather than be taken.
• A First Nirvana Great Sun Race cultivator and more than ten Supreme Saint cultivators confronted Lin Heng outside Tianjing Shrine, and Lin Heng mocked their appearance.
• The Nirvana cultivator's saber strikes failed to harm Lin Heng, who let him escape to carry news back to the Great Sun Race.
• Lin Heng used Space Shattering to kill the remaining Great Sun Race cultivators, then tried to collapse Tianjing Shrine but found its formation resisted his power.
• Lin Heng summoned the Mieluo Spear and prepared to break through the shrine's formation.

Lin Heng destroyed Tianjing Shrine and Heavenly Peace City while Ao Zhantian prevented the Great Sun Race’s Ninefold Heaven experts from intervening. After Sun Yuan killed Meichuan Qiuku, Lin Heng and Sun Yuan headed for Heavenly Desolation City and planned to rescue Linglong and Xiyin before dealing with the Great Sun Race.

• Lin Heng broke through Tianjing Shrine’s protective array with the Mieluo Spear and unleashed a black tornado that destroyed the shrine and swept through Heavenly Peace City.
• Ao Zhantian blocked Meichuan Qingming from sending Great Sun Race experts to the Ten Regions, while Meichuan Qingming vowed that the Great Sun Race would take revenge on Lin Heng.
• Sun Yuan dragged the unconscious Meichuan Qiuku from the ground and stomped him to death until Lin Heng stopped him.
• Lin Heng told Sun Yuan that the Great Sun Race had used women from other races to alter their offspring’s aptitude, angering Sun Yuan.
• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan set off for Heavenly Desolation City, intending to rescue Linglong and Xiyin before heading to the Ninefold Heaven.
• Lin Heng suggested that they eliminate the Great Sun Region’s Nirvana Realm cultivators and let other races take revenge on the weakened Great Sun Race.

Lin Heng and Sun Yuan approached Heavenly Desolation City, where they expected the Great Sun Race to have prepared an ambush. Lin Heng arrived alone, saw Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin wounded and chained on the city gate tower, and his killing intent surged.

• Lin Heng warned Sun Yuan that a Samsara Realm cultivator might be waiting for them and told him to stay hidden if one appeared.
• Sun Yuan agreed to circle behind Heavenly Desolation City while Lin Heng flew there alone.
• Twenty-three Great Sun Race experts confronted Lin Heng outside the city, including twenty-two Nirvana Realm cultivators and a leader whose soul realm surpassed Lin Heng's.
• The Great Sun Race leader pointed out Yue Linglong and Miao Xiyin, who were wounded and chained on the gate tower.
• Lin Heng saw the two women and released a powerful killing intent that plunged the surrounding temperature to zero.