Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng emerged from Bodhi Soul Heart’s Samsara Soul Capture having merged his soul with the Lin Heng Universe and reached Spirit Returns to the Original Universe. He killed Bodhi Soul Heart and entered the Netherworld Purgatory Tower’s final trial, Avici Hell, where his powers were sealed and he waited in darkness.

• Lin Heng completed his soul’s merger with the Lin Heng Universe, gaining an indestructible soul as long as the universe endured.
• Lin Heng identified the black-clad impostor as Bodhi Soul Heart and explained how the Samsara Soul Capture ability had helped him break through to Spirit Returns to the Original Universe.
• Bodhi Soul Heart tried to flee, but Lin Heng seized him and destroyed him with eight-colored Origin Cosmic Power.
• Lin Heng crossed the blood-red bridge to the top level of the Netherworld Purgatory Tower and recognized it as Avici Hell.
• Lin Heng found the level empty and dark, with his soul power and bodily energy sealed, so he sat down to endure the trial.

Lin Heng endured a year in Avici Hell while Dasiwoba and Hongjun watched, and Dasiwoba finally ordered Chu Duanhun to release him. After leaving the tower, Lin Heng collected his wager prize and chose an item from Chu Duanhun’s storage ring.

• Lin Heng spent a year meditating in Avici Hell as Dasiwoba and Hongjun observed him through their Mystic Light Mirrors.
• Chu Duanhun told Dasiwoba that Lin Heng was testing whose patience would last longer, and Dasiwoba decided Lin Heng had passed the trial.
• Dasiwoba ordered Chu Duanhun to release Lin Heng from the Netherworld Purgatory Tower.
• Chu Duanhun returned his storage ring to Lin Heng and explained that Lin Heng had won their wager by clearing the tower.
• Chu Duanhun and Lin Heng left Avici Hell for the shore of the Heavenly Punishment Ghost Domain, where Lin Heng examined the ring and selected a practical treasure.

Lin Heng accepted the Heavenly Star Cloud-Treading Boots from Chu Duanhun and learned he would enter the Blood Return Demon Domain to compete for passage into the Four Seas. After arriving at the island formed on an ancient god and devil’s corpse, Lin Heng faced the hostile stares of its hidden inhabitants.

• Lin Heng chose the Heavenly Star Cloud-Treading Boots from Chu Duanhun’s storage ring, and Chu Duanhun handed them over to settle their wager.
• Chu Duanhun discovered Lin Heng had advanced to the Late Dao Cosmos Realm, and Lin Heng explained that insights from the Netherworld Purgatory Tower had helped him break through.
• Chu Duanhun told Lin Heng about the upcoming Heavenly Sea Contest and took him to the Blood Return Demon Domain, warning that its cultivators would be powerful.
• After flying for two days and nights, Lin Heng and Chu Duanhun reached an island formed on the corpse of an ancient god and devil whom Chu Duanhun’s lord had killed.
• Chu Duanhun explained the Blood Return Demon Domain’s rules, then left Lin Heng to enter alone as hidden watchers fixed their attention on him.

Lin Heng arrived on Gods and Devils island and faced its strongest figures, who demanded that he prove his strength. He defeated Luopu with the Heavenly Yang Earth-Shrinking Ruler, then watched as Luopu cut off his own arm despite being spared.

• Lin Heng landed on the island and met Tuoluomen, Haoke, and Boya, who knew he possessed Mu Chen's inheritance.
• Tuoluomen explained the island's rules and challenged Lin Heng to prove himself against Luopu, the weakest among them.
• Luopu attacked Lin Heng, but Lin Heng used the Heavenly Yang Earth-Shrinking Ruler to appear behind him and seize him.
• Luopu recognized the ruler as Old Freak Heavenly Yang's treasure, and Lin Heng declared that Luopu had lost and released him.
• Luopu struck his own left shoulder and severed his arm.

Lin Heng refused Boya’s offer to stay in her cave abode and learned that the Blood Devil Heart was a dangerous place filled with resentment and devilish intent. He flew there anyway, while Boya planned to kill him after he became possessed by a Blood Devil and seize Mu Chen’s legacy.

• After Lin Heng defeated Luopu, Luopu severed his own left arm, and Tuoluomen spared him while warning Lin Heng to face him at the Heavenly Sea Contest.
• Boya approached Lin Heng and offered to show him around the Blood Return Demon Domain, but he declined and tried to leave alone.
• Boya warned Lin Heng that newcomers had to spend ten thousand years in the Blood Devil Heart and offered him a place in her cave abode instead.
• Lin Heng rejected Boya’s offer and flew toward the Blood Devil Heart.
• Boya revealed that she had lied about the newcomer rule and intended to kill Lin Heng if he became possessed by a Blood Devil, then claim Mu Chen’s legacy.

Lin Heng learned that Boya had lied about the Blood Devil Heart to get Mu Chen’s inheritance, but he decided to visit it anyway so his Evil Avatar could absorb the ancient God or Devil’s resentment. After discovering the vengeful presence was only lingering resentment rather than a remnant soul, the Evil Avatar located its gathering place and prepared to devour it.

• Lin Heng asked Dijiang about the Blood Return Demon Domain and learned that the Blood Devil Heart held the resentment of an ancient God or Devil killed by Dasiwoba.
• Lin Heng realized Boya had fabricated a rule about newcomers living at the Blood Devil Heart to lure him into her cave abode and take Mu Chen’s inheritance.
• Lin Heng proposed that his Evil Avatar absorb the resentment, and the Evil Avatar agreed despite the risk of being possessed.
• Lin Heng and the Evil Avatar flew to the Blood Devil Heart, where they heard the ancient God or Devil’s voice promise to return.
• Lin Heng concluded that the presence was lingering resentment rather than a remnant soul, and the Evil Avatar found where the resentment had gathered.

Lin Heng gave Evil Avatar two treasures to fight the ancient God and Devil’s resentful soul, then gained powerful armor from the Sign-In System while waiting at the Blood Devil Heart. Evil Avatar found the remnant will and fought it, but the chapter ended with the resentful soul challenging his ability to use the Nine Netherworlds Nether Annihilation Bell.

• Evil Avatar asked Lin Heng to stand guard, and Lin Heng gave him the Nine Netherworlds Nether Annihilation Bell and the Nine Dragons Soul Devouring Mirror.
• Evil Avatar tore open a gap in space and entered the hidden place where the ancient God and Devil’s resentful soul was concealed.
• Lin Heng signed in at the Blood Devil Heart and received the Indestructible Demon Armor, then planned to seek a breakthrough to the Cave Annihilation Realm.
• Evil Avatar confronted the resentful soul, and their first clash showed that the Middle Cave Annihilation Realm opponent was stronger than him.
• Evil Avatar raised the Nine Netherworlds Nether Annihilation Bell and vowed to erase the remnant will, but the resentful soul dismissed his ability to wield it effectively.

The Evil Avatar used the Nine Netherworlds Nether Annihilation Bell to interrupt the vengeful soul, then began devouring the resentment and demonic Qi that made his enemy effectively immortal. He drew the vengeful soul into his body as well, while the vengeful soul counted on the Evil Avatar being unable to contain his immense evil energy.

• The vengeful soul attacked from behind, but the Evil Avatar rang the Nine Netherworlds Nether Annihilation Bell, stunned him, and punched him away.
• The vengeful soul restored his body by absorbing resentment and demonic Qi, claiming he could not be killed unless all the evil energy in the space was eliminated.
• The Evil Avatar opened a vortex and absorbed the surrounding resentment and demonic Qi without losing control, revealing that his true body was not human.
• The vengeful soul began devouring the evil energy too, and the Evil Avatar used Great Unity of Heaven and Earth to pull him into the vortex.
• The vengeful soul allowed himself to enter the Evil Avatar’s body, expecting the Evil Avatar to be overwhelmed so he could seize his body.

The Evil Avatar trapped the vengeful spirit inside the Nine Dragons Soul Devouring Mirror and began refining him with Eight-Colored Origin. The vengeful spirit was left screaming inside the mirror as the Evil Avatar anticipated absorbing his energy and remnant will.

• The vengeful spirit entered the Evil Avatar’s soul, hoping to take over his body and gain power for revenge against Dasiwoba.
• The Evil Avatar sealed his sea of souls and used Lin Heng’s Nine Dragons Soul Devouring Mirror to bind the vengeful spirit with nine chains.
• The chains transformed into nine nether dragons, which overwhelmed the vengeful spirit and tore away most of his energy-formed body.
• The Evil Avatar rang the Nine Netherworlds Nether Annihilation Bell, freezing the vengeful spirit long enough for a nether dragon to swallow him and return him to the mirror.
• The Evil Avatar poured Eight-Colored Origin into the mirror to refine the vengeful spirit, who was shocked that the Evil Avatar possessed it.

Lin Heng refused Boya’s attempts to bring him back from the Blood Devil Heart, where he had been checking in for seven days. He left Boya stunned and furious by offering her a Heaven-Grade Holy Universe Venerable Treasure to make her go away.

• Lin Heng checked in at the Blood Devil Heart for seven consecutive days and collected treasures, including the Indestructible Demon Armor, the Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword, and the Nine-Qilin Heavenly Radiance Mount.
• Boya came to invite Lin Heng back after Tuoluomen and Haoke threatened her over the danger of leaving him at the Blood Devil Heart.
• Lin Heng ignored Boya’s pleas and rejected her offer to establish a cave abode elsewhere.
• Boya offered Lin Heng an Earth-Grade Holy Universe Venerable Treasure to persuade him to return with her.
• Lin Heng produced a Heaven-Grade Holy Universe Venerable Treasure and told Boya to take it and leave, leaving her dumbfounded and angry.

Boya hesitated over Lin Heng’s offer of a Heaven-Grade Holy Universe Venerable Treasure until his Evil Avatar appeared, revealing a cultivation level higher than Lin Heng’s. She learned that the avatar had absorbed the Blood Devil Heart’s resentment and Devil Qi, leaving her to regret helping Lin Heng and missing her chance to claim the treasure.

• Boya nearly accepted Lin Heng’s Heaven-Grade Holy Universe Venerable Treasure, but laughter from the void interrupted her.
• The Evil Avatar appeared, and Boya mistook him for Lin Heng before discovering he was Lin Heng’s avatar and had reached the Early Cave Annihilation Realm.
• Lin Heng put away the treasure and asked the Evil Avatar whether he had dealt with the matter; the avatar said he had absorbed the energy and broken through.
• Boya realized the Evil Avatar had devoured the resentment and Devil Qi at the Blood Devil Heart, which she had inadvertently led Lin Heng to discover.
• Boya regretted strengthening Lin Heng’s avatar and losing the promised treasure after she had tried to set Lin Heng up.

Boya manipulated Xiu'erfen into attacking Lin Heng by exaggerating their past encounter and encouraging his anger over Mu Chen's inheritance. Lin Heng sent his Evil Avatar to confront Xiu'erfen, who was startled to find that Lin Heng had seemingly advanced to the Early Cave Annihilation Realm.

• Boya told Xiu'erfen a distorted account of Lin Heng's actions and portrayed him as an arrogant threat.
• Xiu'erfen agreed to deal with Lin Heng, while Boya hoped to learn whether Tuoluomen and Haoke would intervene over Mu Chen's inheritance.
• Lin Heng was cultivating in his cave dwelling when a powerful strike shook it from above.
• Lin Heng ordered his Evil Avatar to handle the attacker without killing anyone, and the Evil Avatar appeared outside to face Xiu'erfen.
• Xiu'erfen mistook the Evil Avatar for Lin Heng and was surprised by his apparent breakthrough to the Early Cave Annihilation Realm.

Boya identified Lin Heng's black-clad figure as his avatar, but Xiu'erfen challenged it and was overwhelmed by its powerful spear attacks. As the fight continued, Boya worried that Xiu'erfen might lose before Lin Heng's true body appeared.

• Xiu'erfen mistook the Evil Avatar for Lin Heng and considered apologizing, but Boya told him it was only Lin Heng's avatar.
• Xiu'erfen demanded that Lin Heng appear and threatened to destroy his cave abode, enraging the Evil Avatar, who attacked with the Black Baleful Intent Mieluo Spear.
• The Evil Avatar's spear matched Xiu'erfen's Nine-Star Flying Swan Sword in their first clash, then trapped Xiu'erfen in a dark tornado of Netherworld Origin blades.
• Xiu'erfen broke free with his nine-star technique, but the Evil Avatar's successive attacks forced him onto the defensive.
• Boya attributed the Evil Avatar's strength to his Origin Cosmic Power, weapon, and universe-level suppression, and worried that Lin Heng's true body would not appear.

Lin Heng's Evil Avatar defeated Xiu'erfen after breaking through during their fight, then drove Boya away when she misunderstood his offer to spar. Lin Heng prepared to enter secluded cultivation, while Xiu'erfen decided he would no longer help Boya oppose Lin Heng.

• The Evil Avatar broke through to the Middle Cave Annihilation Realm during his fight with Xiu'erfen, disarmed him, and kicked him to the ground.
• The Evil Avatar used the Black Baleful Intent Mieluo Spear to shred Xiu'erfen's clothes, then ordered him to leave or face more injuries.
• The Evil Avatar invited Boya to play, but she took his words suggestively and left in anger.
• The Evil Avatar returned to Lin Heng, who praised his strength and said Boya would likely come back; Lin Heng then authorized the avatar to handle her as he wished, provided he did not kill her.
• Xiu'erfen refused to see Boya and told her not to involve him in opposing Lin Heng again.

Boya decided to pursue Lin Heng and seize the Mu Chen inheritance after Xiu'erfen refused to help her. Meanwhile, Hongjun arranged for Liu Yuansheng to make Lin Heng face pressure in the Blood Return Demon Domain, but Chu Duanhun intercepted him as he entered the Western Celebratory Demon Sea.

• Boya ruled out asking Tuoluomen or Haoke for help and decided she would personally attack Lin Heng to take the Mu Chen inheritance.
• Liu Yuansheng told Hongjun that Lin Heng would struggle to win first place in the Heavenly Sea Contest because the Western Celebratory Demon Sea sent only one competitor.
• Hongjun decided to postpone the Heavenly Sea Contest, then agreed with Liu Yuansheng that Boya could serve as a trial opponent for Lin Heng.
• Liu Yuansheng traveled to the Blood Return Demon Domain to speak with its three strongest experts.
• Chu Duanhun intercepted Liu Yuansheng at the border of the Western Celebratory Demon Sea and demanded to know why he had come.

Liu Yuansheng manipulated Chu Duanhun into targeting Lin Heng by revealing Hongjun’s concern for him. Chu Duanhun then encouraged Boya to test Lin Heng’s strength, while Dasiwoba secretly watched and dismissed her ambition to claim Mu Chen’s inheritance.

• Chu Duanhun intercepted Liu Yuansheng and forced him to leave the Western Celebratory Demon Sea.
• Liu Yuansheng revealed that his visit was a scheme to make Chu Duanhun interfere with Lin Heng.
• Chu Duanhun arrived at Boya’s cave abode and urged her to satisfy Dasiwoba by testing Lin Heng’s strength.
• Boya wondered whether Chu Duanhun had ordered her to kill Lin Heng so she could take Mu Chen’s inheritance.
• Dasiwoba watched Boya through the Mystic Light Mirror and scorned her for coveting Mu Chen’s inheritance.

Dasiwoba explained to Chu Duanhun that Mu Chen and Primordial Chaos were testing Lin Heng, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches remained hidden until Lin Heng proved himself. As Lin Heng cultivated in the Blood Return Demon Domain, he was drawn into a mysterious realm and met Primordial Chaos.

• Dasiwoba revealed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches were likely inside Mu Chen's Peach Garden Heavenly Abode and protecting Lin Heng, though they would not act until he earned Mu Chen's mantle.
• Dasiwoba told Chu Duanhun that Primordial Chaos was also tempering Lin Heng through Hongjun and Liu Yuansheng, and he looked forward to Lin Heng facing the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea and Southern Contemplative Immortal Sea.
• Lin Heng cultivated in his cave abode and formed a connection with the Primordial Chaos Universe, where the second layer of his universe was complete and the third through fifth layers were stable.
• A mysterious force drew Lin Heng to a sacred valley, where he passed two Primordial Qilin and found a scholar tending flowers.
• The scholar introduced himself to Lin Heng as Primordial Chaos, Sovereign of the Primordial Chaos Universe.

Lin Heng met Primordial Chaos in the fifth layer of the Primordial Chaos World and advanced to the Middle Cave Annihilation Realm after drinking wine infused with the world’s laws. Primordial Chaos offered him a safe place to cultivate, but Lin Heng refused and heard how Primordial Chaos had guided Mu Chen, leaving Lin Heng to choose his own path.

• Primordial Chaos shared wine with Lin Heng, whose visions of the universe’s evolution helped him break through to the Middle Cave Annihilation Realm.
• Primordial Chaos explained that Lin Heng had reached the fifth layer because the fifth layer of his own Primordial Chaos World had stabilized.
• Primordial Chaos invited Lin Heng to cultivate there, but Lin Heng rejected the offer because he wanted to pursue his growth through struggle.
• Primordial Chaos said Lin Heng reminded him of Mu Chen and recounted how he had secretly arranged opportunities to help Mu Chen grow.
• Primordial Chaos described Mu Chen’s rise and his disagreement with Primordial Chaos over cultivation, then urged Lin Heng to choose his own path.

Lin Heng met Primordial Chaos, who discussed the possibility of different paths to completing a universe and urged Lin Heng to choose his own road. Back in his cave abode, Lin Heng wondered whether a universe shaped by feelings could surpass a heartless one, then learned that the woman who had sought him at the Blood Devil Heart had returned and defeated his Evil Avatar.

• Primordial Chaos told Lin Heng that he had waited for Mu Chen and hoped Lin Heng might help him verify Mu Chen's ideas about another path of cultivation.
• Lin Heng asked Primordial Chaos why he took a hands-off approach to the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, and Primordial Chaos said their conflicts entertained him.
• Lin Heng considered how Primordial Chaos's heartless universe and Mu Chen's feelings might have led them toward different cultivation paths.
• Primordial Chaos sent Lin Heng back to his cave abode in the Blood Return Demon Domain and told him to keep walking his chosen road.
• Lin Heng's Evil Avatar returned injured and said the woman who had visited the Blood Devil Heart had fought him for dozens of exchanges and defeated him.

Boya challenged Lin Heng after learning he had reached the Middle Cave Annihilation Realm, believing his progress came from Mu Chen’s inheritance. With Dasiwoba’s tacit approval, she ignored Tuoluomen and Haoke’s warnings and prepared to fight Lin Heng, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• The Evil Avatar told Lin Heng that Boya had injured him in a fight, and Lin Heng went out to confront her.
• Boya was shocked to discover Lin Heng had reached the Middle Cave Annihilation Realm, then grew greedy for Mu Chen’s inheritance and challenged him.
• Tuoluomen and Haoke arrived to stop Boya, but she invoked her lord’s words, and they recognized Dasiwoba had permitted her attack.
• Lin Heng realized the fight would be serious and prepared to test insights from his recent cultivation against Boya.
• Boya summoned White Blade Autumn Water, her Soul-Grade Immeasurable Exalted Treasure, and made her intent to kill Lin Heng clear.