Chapter Summaries

Boya fought Lin Heng, but his strength and strange movement quickly put her at a disadvantage. She used a Creation Realm ability to control the arena and trap him in giant grass, preparing to strike as he let the grass swallow him.

• Boya attacked Lin Heng with the White Blade Autumn Water, but Lin Heng blocked her strike with the Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword and overpowered her.
• Boya retreated and used Ten-Thousand-Zhang Light Prison, but Lin Heng appeared behind her without her noticing.
• Lin Heng taunted Boya, prompting her to envelop them in a dark blue domain and take control of the surrounding energy.
• Boya caused giant grass to grow and entangle Lin Heng, then summoned the White Blade Autumn Water to prepare a finishing blow.
• Lin Heng stopped cutting the grass and let it swallow him.

Lin Heng defeated Boya, broke her divine ability, and marked her with the torment of the eight Powers of Origin. Chu Duanhun then punished Boya for trying to kill Lin Heng by lowering her cultivation by one realm, while Lin Heng and the Evil Avatar watched from his cave abode.

• Lin Heng emerged from Boya's giant grass attack and shattered her light dome, leaving her too demoralized to continue fighting.
• Lin Heng restrained Boya and struck her spiritual sea with an eight-colored light, condemning her to daily torment from the eight Powers of Origin unless she reached Primordial Chaos.
• Chu Duanhun appeared and declared that Boya had violated the Blood Return Demon Domain's rules by trying to kill Lin Heng.
• Chu Duanhun struck Boya between the brows and reduced her cultivation by one realm, warning that another violation would prevent her reincarnation.
• Lin Heng and the Evil Avatar watched the punishment through the Mystic Light Mirror, and Lin Heng noted that Boya's fall from the Creation Realm would make life in the Blood Return Demon Domain difficult.

After reaching the Late Cave Annihilation Realm, Lin Heng prepared for the Heavenly Sea Contest and considered which sea to join afterward. Chu Duanhun conveyed Dasiwoba’s invitation to stay in the Western Celebratory Demon Sea, hinting that his lord wanted Lin Heng to stir up trouble there.

• Lin Heng and his Good and Evil Doppelgangers discussed the upcoming Heavenly Sea Contest, and Lin Heng promised to seek a way to help the Good Avatar improve in the Firmament Cloudland.
• Lin Heng rejected the suggestion to use Eternal Ages in the contest, insisting he would honor his agreement with the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Chu Duanhun asked whether Lin Heng would remain in the Western Celebratory Demon Sea after the contest on Dasiwoba’s behalf.
• Lin Heng weighed the dangers of joining Hermoz’s Eastern Victorious Divine Sea against the relative suitability of Dasiwoba’s domain.
• Chu Duanhun said Dasiwoba was not interested in Mu Chen’s inheritance and explained that Lin Heng should stay if he wanted to make the Four Seas lively.

Lin Heng weighed Dasiwoba’s offer to stay in the Western Celebratory Demon Sea against the danger of a four-sea war and Hermoz’s threat during the Heavenly Sea Contest. He decided to accept, while planning to negotiate for better benefits.

• Lin Heng realized Dasiwoba wanted him to remain in the Western Celebratory Demon Sea to draw the other factions, especially Hermoz’s Eastern Victorious Divine Sea, into conflict.
• The Good Avatar pressed Chu Duanhun for compensation, and Chu Duanhun offered a Heaven-Grade Immeasurable Exalted Treasure weapon and a supreme-grade Firmament Cloud Pearl.
• Chu Duanhun warned Lin Heng that Hermoz intended to kill him during the Heavenly Sea Contest and argued that going to Hongjun’s Southern Spirit Sacred Sea could leave him unable to take revenge.
• Chu Duanhun said he would return in three days to hear Lin Heng’s decision, then left Lin Heng’s cave abode.
• Lin Heng discussed the offer with his Good and Evil Avatars and decided to stay in the Western Celebratory Demon Sea, while continuing to bargain over the benefits.

Dasiwoba punished Chu Duanhun for offering Lin Heng the Firmament Cloud Pearl without permission, then rewarded him and supplied the promised pearl and other items. Meanwhile, Hongjun learned that Sibada Haoli would compete for the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea and suspected Hermoz had brought him out of seclusion to pursue his ambition to obtain Mu Chen’s legacy through Lin Heng.

• Dasiwoba struck Chu Duanhun for exceeding his authority by promising Lin Heng the Firmament Cloud Pearl, and Chu Duanhun accepted the punishment while insisting he would make the same choice again.
• Dasiwoba gave Chu Duanhun a reward and a second storage ring containing the Firmament Cloud Pearl and other items for Lin Heng, saying Lin Heng might resist but should be kept alive.
• Hongjun asked Liu Yuansheng about preparations for the approaching Heavenly Sea Contest, and Liu Yuansheng reported that Sibada Haoli would compete for the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea.
• Hongjun reflected that Hermoz might have forcibly awakened Sibada Haoli and concluded that Hermoz was still pursuing Mu Chen’s legacy in hopes of gaining a fifth universe layer.

Hongjun learned that Hermoz planned to target Lin Heng during the Heavenly Sea Contest, while Chu Duanhun warned Lin Heng that Sibada Haoli, a powerful cultivator fighting for the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea, would be a serious threat. Lin Heng accepted Dasiwoba’s gifts and prepared to prove himself in the Blood Return Demon Domain’s selection matches, uncertain whether he could defeat Sibada Haoli.

• Liu Yuansheng reminded Hongjun that Dasiwoba might disrupt Hermoz’s plans and help protect Lin Heng, so Hongjun ordered him to watch Hermoz closely.
• Chu Duanhun visited Lin Heng before the Blood Return Demon Domain’s selection matches and gave him Dasiwoba’s storage ring, containing powerful treasures and a talisman seal.
• Chu Duanhun warned Lin Heng that Sibada Haoli had previously reached the Great Perfection of the Creation Realm and would fight for the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea.
• Lin Heng learned Sibada Haoli was a cultivator from the Land of the Eight Desolations who had spent years in seclusion, and suspected Dasiwoba had given him the treasures to improve his chances of survival.
• Chu Duanhun told Lin Heng he must defeat Tuoluomen and Haoke to represent the Blood Return Demon Domain, while Lin Heng admitted he could not be certain of victory against Sibada Haoli if he had advanced further.

Lin Heng sent the Good Avatar the Firmament Cloud Pearl to refine while he went to the Heavenly Sea Contest selection. At the selection, he agreed to face Tuoluomen and Haoke together for the chance to represent the Western Celebratory Demon Sea.

• Lin Heng gave the Firmament Cloud Pearl to the Good Avatar, who planned to refine it, while the Evil Avatar stayed to guard him.
• Lin Heng arrived at the selection plaza, where Chu Duanhun explained that the strongest cultivator in one-on-one matches would represent the Western Celebratory Demon Sea.
• The cultivators recognized Lin Heng, Tuoluomen, and Haoke as the only contenders, while Boya watched resentfully after losing a realm of cultivation.
• Lin Heng suggested that he, Tuoluomen, and Haoke fight, and Haoke proposed that the two men face Lin Heng together for half an hour.
• Lin Heng accepted Haoke's challenge to fight them both at once.

Lin Heng agreed to fight Haoke and Tuoluomen alone to test his strength, then endured their coordinated assault and broke Tuoluomen’s blood lightning with the Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword. He left Tuoluomen shaken, while Haoke’s attack was still taking shape.

• Lin Heng agreed to face Haoke and Tuoluomen alone, and Chu Duanhun warned them to stop before anyone died.
• Haoke and Tuoluomen coordinated a front-and-back attack, but Lin Heng’s Heavenly Demon Chaos, Immovable technique blocked their opening strikes.
• Tuoluomen recognized Lin Heng’s Immeasurable Exalted Treasure-level battle armor and urged Haoke to go all out.
• Tuoluomen summoned blood-red divine lightning as Haoke prepared a compressed flood-dragon attack.
• Lin Heng met the divine lightning with the Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword, then unleashed eight-colored light that scattered the lightning and destroyed the thunderclouds.
• The blast forced Tuoluomen back dozens of steps, and he stared at Lin Heng in shock.

Lin Heng defeated Tuoluomen and Haoke in a two-on-one fight, securing the right to represent the Western Celebratory Demon Sea in the Heavenly Sea Contest. As Lin Heng left to meet the lord, Tuoluomen and Haoke voiced confidence in him and warned Boya to abandon her plans for revenge.

• Lin Heng broke through Tuoluomen's blood-red divine lightning, and Tuoluomen realized he could not overcome Lin Heng's strength.
• Haoke attacked Lin Heng with Dragon's Wrath, Break Defenses, but Lin Heng's Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword destroyed the flood dragon phantom.
• Tuoluomen and Haoke admitted defeat, and Lin Heng thanked them for yielding.
• Chu Duanhun declared that Lin Heng would represent the Western Celebratory Demon Sea in the Heavenly Sea Contest and escorted him to the palace.
• Haoke and Tuoluomen said they believed Lin Heng could win against Sibada Haoli, while Boya challenged their support for him.
• Tuoluomen and Haoke warned Boya against seeking revenge and left her behind.

Lin Heng met Dasiwoba at the blood-colored palace, refused to become his pawn in the Heavenly Sea Contest, and secretly obtained the Demon Sin Spear through the Sign-In System. After Chu Duanhun escorted him back to the Blood Return Demon Domain, Dasiwoba suspected Lin Heng had already gained what he wanted.

• Chu Duanhun brought Lin Heng to Dasiwoba, who questioned his chances against Sibada Haoli and warned that Hermoz might kill him for Mu Chen's inheritance.
• Dasiwoba offered Lin Heng one treasure from his collection for every Eastern Victorious Divine Sea contestant he killed, but Lin Heng refused to be used as a pawn.
• Lin Heng signed in at the palace and received the first-class Innate Heavenly Punishment Universe Treasure, the Demon Sin Spear.
• Dasiwoba ended the meeting, and Chu Duanhun took Lin Heng back to the Blood Return Demon Domain, saying he would bring him to the Southern Spirit Sacred Sea in three days.
• Chu Duanhun reported Lin Heng's refusal to Dasiwoba, who guessed that Lin Heng might already have obtained what he wanted.

Dasiwoba suspected Lin Heng could copy treasures and hoped to test his theory during the Heavenly Sea Contest. Back at his cave abode, Lin Heng learned from Dijiang that the mysterious Fate might soon appear to him, as it once had to Mu Chen.

• Dasiwoba told Chu Duanhun he suspected Lin Heng had copied a treasure and planned to see what Lin Heng used in the Heavenly Sea Contest.
• Lin Heng returned to the Blood Return Demon Domain and told the Evil Avatar about Dasiwoba's offer to reward anyone who killed a cultivator from the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea.
• Lin Heng summoned Dijiang, who warned that Lin Heng's growing strength might soon attract Fate.
• Dijiang recounted how Fate had appeared to Mu Chen after the Heavenly Sea Contest and led him to question the end point of his cultivation.
• Lin Heng pondered where Fate came from and what it had said to Mu Chen, concluding he would have to wait for it to appear.

Dijiang explained the Heavenly Sea Contest and warned Lin Heng that Lin Yue Yao, an old love of Mu Chen, might pose a danger. After the Good Avatar broke through, Lin Heng and his two avatars gained enough strength to protect themselves as the contest approached.

• Dijiang told Lin Heng that the four sea lords would compete to recruit promising cultivators at the Heavenly Sea Contest, and Lin Heng decided he would rather travel the myriad worlds than establish a power in the Four Seas.
• Dijiang warned Lin Heng to be careful around Lin Yue Yao, lord of the Southern Contemplative Immortal Sea, and confirmed she was the woman Mu Chen had once let down.
• Lin Heng remembered the scented sachet Mu Chen had asked him to deliver to Lin Yue Yao and worried that she might resent him for Mu Chen's past.
• The Evil Avatar teased Lin Heng about helping Mu Chen make amends, while Lin Heng resolved to learn whether Lin Yue Yao was friend or foe at the Heavenly Sea Contest.
• The Good Avatar awakened on the third day of secluded cultivation after consuming the Firmament Cloud Pearl and broke through to the Late Cave Annihilation Realm.
• Lin Heng and his Good and Evil Doppelgangers all reached the Cave Annihilation Realm and became strong enough to withstand three Creation Realm experts.

Lin Heng arrived at the Heavenly Sea Contest in a dazzling nine-qilin carriage as Hermoz and Dasiwoba clashed before Hongjun silenced them. Hongjun revealed that only the first four contestants to escape the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll with Universe-Stabilizing Pearls could enter the contest, leaving Lin Heng to face teams from the other seas alone.

• Lin Heng arrived at the island in his Nine-Qilin Heavenly Radiance Mount, drawing attention from the contestants and the Lords of the Four Seas.
• Hermoz criticized Lin Heng’s display, and Dasiwoba challenged Hermoz until Hongjun ordered both junior lords to stop.
• Hongjun delivered the opening address and announced that Primordial Chaos had set a new trial for the Heavenly Sea Contest.
• Hongjun explained that the first four people to obtain Universe-Stabilizing Pearls and exit the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll would qualify, while everyone could observe the trial and contestants could form teams.
• Hermoz suggested the rules favored someone, then taunted Dasiwoba about Lin Heng facing three opponents; Dasiwoba replied by recalling the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea’s failure at the previous contest.

Hermoz and Dasiwoba wagered vast territories on Lin Heng’s performance in the Heavenly Sea Contest. Inside the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll, where only four Universe-Stabilizing Pearls could secure an exit and there were no rules, Lin Heng sat on a mountaintop, apparently waiting for challengers.

• Dasiwoba accepted Hermoz’s wagers, including a quarter of their territories if Lin Heng did or did not take first place.
• Hongjun sent the contestants into the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll and announced that they needed a Universe-Stabilizing Pearl to leave and faced no restrictions in the contest.
• Hermoz mocked Dasiwoba, but Dasiwoba gained confidence because Lin Heng’s Good and Evil Doppelgangers might each rival Creation Realm experts.
• Lin Heng chose a conspicuous mountaintop and sat down, while Lin Yue Yao guessed that he was waiting for people to challenge him.

Lin Heng waited on a mountain as cultivators watched from the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll. Lan Tianhe passed him by, but Sun Baipu launched a surprise attack, leaving the watching Lords of the Four Seas puzzled by Lin Heng’s apparent lack of awareness.

• Lan Tianhe reached the Early Creation Realm and flew past Lin Heng without attacking, prompting Hermoz and Dasiwoba to question Lin Yue Yao about the Southern Contemplative Immortal Sea’s stance.
• Lin Yue Yao said cultivators should pursue opportunities only when they had a chance of surviving, angering Hermoz, who had previously targeted Lin Heng.
• Sun Baipu of the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea arrived, and Hermoz expected the opportunistic cultivator to attack Lin Heng.
• Sun Baipu appeared behind Lin Heng and stabbed at the back of his neck while Lin Heng sat with his eyes closed.
• The Lords of the Four Seas wondered why Lin Heng had not reacted to Sun Baipu’s close-range attack.

Lin Heng survived Sun Baipu’s surprise attack and killed him with the Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword after the Indestructible Demon Armor’s curse left him dazed. The other cultivators had grouped together, leaving Lin Heng alone, when three Middle Creation Realm cultivators from the Southern Spirit Sacred Sea approached him.

• Sun Baipu’s dagger failed to pierce Lin Heng’s skin, and the Lords of the Four Seas realized Lin Heng wore powerful armor.
• The armor’s curse left Sun Baipu dazed, allowing Lin Heng to strike him down and kill him.
• Hermoz warned that Lin Heng might struggle against stronger Creation Realm cultivators, while Lin Yue Yao remained impressed by his strength.
• The other three seas’ cultivators formed groups, leaving Lin Heng alone on a mountaintop.
• Xu Ziqi and two other Middle Creation Realm cultivators from the Southern Spirit Sacred Sea flew toward Lin Heng, prompting speculation about their intentions.

Xu Ziqi and his two companions tested Lin Heng on Hongjun’s orders to see whether he was strong enough to remain in the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll. After Lin Heng held his own against all three, they trapped him in a three-colored enclosure that cut off his access to energy and prepared to show him the power of the Creation Realm.

• Xu Ziqi told Lin Heng that he had to prove himself by defeating the three companions or leave the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll.
• Lin Heng drew the Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword and fought Xu Ziqi and his two companions, all Middle Creation Realm cultivators, without falling behind.
• After hundreds of exchanges, Xu Ziqi and his companions recognized Lin Heng’s combat skill and offered to leave if he survived their next move.
• Xu Ziqi and his companions joined their powers to create a three-colored enclosure around Lin Heng, preventing him from absorbing energy.

Lin Heng escaped Xu Ziqi and his companions’ Heaven and Earth Creation Space, winning their trial and pointing them toward a Universe-Stabilizing Pearl. Meanwhile, Sibada Haoli found a pearl and became the first challenger to pass the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll, vowing to kill Lin Heng afterward.

• Xu Ziqi and his companions trapped Lin Heng in the Heaven and Earth Creation Space, but Lin Heng escaped and appeared outside it.
• Hongjun explained that Lin Heng’s power made the space’s restrictions ineffective, while Dasiwoba mocked Hermoz over his doubts about Sibada Haoli defeating Lin Heng.
• Xu Ziqi conceded defeat, and Lin Heng told him where to find a Universe-Stabilizing Pearl before setting off to search for more.
• Sibada Haoli shattered a mountain, uncovered a Universe-Stabilizing Pearl, and declared that he would kill Lin Heng after leaving the scroll.
• Sibada Haoli used the pearl’s energy to leave the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll as the first challenger to pass.

Lin Heng found the fourth Universe-Stabilizing Pearl while Lan Tianhe and Leng Xifeng fought over it, then gave it to Lan Tianhe after openly admitting he was targeting the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea. Leng Xifeng objected, leaving him facing Lin Heng after losing his chance to claim the pearl.

• After Sibada Haoli and Xu Ziqi left the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll with Universe-Stabilizing Pearls, Lin Heng kept searching instead of leaving.
• Lin Heng found the fourth Universe-Stabilizing Pearl as Lan Tianhe and Leng Xifeng fought over it.
• Lin Heng struck Leng Xifeng but left Lan Tianhe alone, and he admitted he was targeting the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea.
• Lan Tianhe identified herself as a member of the Southern Contemplative Immortal Sea, and Lin Heng gave her the Universe-Stabilizing Pearl while revealing that he had another.
• Leng Xifeng challenged Lin Heng for taking a second pearl and giving it away, since he still needed one to advance in the Heavenly Sea Contest.

Lin Heng killed Leng Xifeng after Leng challenged him over the Universe-Stabilizing Pearl, then left the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll with Lan Tianhe. Outside, Hermoz reacted to the deaths of two Eastern Victorious Divine Sea contestants and went to see Sibada Haoli, while Hongjun warned that Hermoz might do something extreme.

• Leng Xifeng challenged Lin Heng over giving Lan Tianhe a Universe-Stabilizing Pearl, but Lin Heng told him to leave or die.
• Leng Xifeng attacked Lin Heng verbally, and Lin Heng killed him with a single strike of the Cliff-Carved Perdition Sword.
• Lan Tianhe admired Lin Heng after witnessing the instant kill, and Lin Heng left the Mountains and Rivers Painting Scroll with her.
• Hermoz complained over the deaths of two contestants from his sea region, while Dasiwoba dismissed them as accidents and angered him.
• Hermoz went to find Sibada Haoli during the intermission, and Lin Yue Yao suggested he might be helping him.
• Dasiwoba said Lin Heng did not need his help, but Hongjun warned that Hermoz might act recklessly after Lin Heng killed two of his contestants.