Chapter Summaries

Hai Qianmo abandoned his plan against Lin Heng after realizing he could not safely defeat him, paid compensation to the Lords of the Four Seas, and left. Lin Yue Yao then confessed her alliance with the Ancient Clan and asked Lin Heng to kill her, leaving him unable to decide what to do.

• Dijiang and the others revealed their strength, unnerving the Lords of the Four Seas and making Hai Qianmo reconsider killing Lin Heng.
• Hai Qianmo suspected Jian Yin was hidden nearby and concluded that attacking Lin Heng would be too dangerous.
• Hai Qianmo gave four storage rings to the Lords of the Four Seas, then tore open space and departed for the Ancient Clan.
• Lin Heng resumed his place at the head of the hall, while the remaining Lords of the Four Seas realized they could not easily leave.
• Lin Yue Yao admitted she had joined the Ancient Clan in exchange for its promise to revive Mu Chen and restore his memories, then asked Lin Heng to kill her without resistance.

Lin Yue Yao chose reincarnation for the chance to meet Mu Chen again, and Lin Heng promised to help her. After she left, Dasiwoba requested a fair fight to the death with Dijiang, and Lin Heng agreed not to interfere as long as the duel remained fair.

• Lin Heng told Lin Yue Yao that reviving Mu Chen could bring disaster, then offered to let her enter reincarnation and seek him again without memories of their past lives.
• Lin Yue Yao accepted the uncertain chance and vowed to keep waiting through as many lifetimes as it took; Lin Heng promised to bring Fate to her after handling matters there.
• Hongjun chose to stay with Lin Heng, while Dasiwoba and Hermoz avoided Lin Heng's gaze.
• Dasiwoba asked for a fair, honorable fight with Dijiang, and Dijiang agreed, asking Lin Heng not to interfere.
• Lin Heng agreed to stay out of the duel if it was fair, and Dasiwoba took out two storage rings.

Dasiwoba challenged the Twelve Ancestral Witches to a final battle and fell to Dijiang, while Lin Heng killed Hermoz for demanding the same honor. Hai Qianmo returned to the Ancient Clan and admitted his mistakes to Gu Jianhua as the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands faced upheaval.

• Dasiwoba discarded the Ancient Clan's gifts and asked to die fighting, and Zhu Rong agreed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches would face him.
• Lin Heng refused Hermoz's request for a final battle and killed him with a strike of light.
• Dijiang and Dasiwoba fought a fierce duel, and Dijiang defeated him with their simultaneous ultimate attacks.
• Dasiwoba died smiling, leaving two Lords of the Four Seas dead and the region on the brink of turmoil.
• Hai Qianmo returned to the Ancient Clan, recounted what had happened to Gu Jianhua, and accepted responsibility for underestimating Lin Heng.

After Hai Qianmo admitted his mistakes, Gu Jianhua entrusted him with another plan to kill Lin Heng, warning that success might require sacrificing Ancient Clan experts. Hai Qianmo understood that the plan would bait Jian Yin away by sending killers after the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake, leaving Lin Heng exposed.

• Gu Jianhua praised Hai Qianmo for learning from his failed plan and asked how he would deal with Lin Heng.
• Hai Qianmo argued that Lin Heng’s rapid growth made him a threat and that the Ancient Clan should strike before the Pangu Remnant Clan could protect him.
• Gu Jianhua explained that Lin Heng had changed the balance between the Ancient Clan and the Pangu Remnant Clan, but agreed that Hai Qianmo’s risky plan was worth attempting.
• Gu Jianhua told Hai Qianmo that the Ancient Clan might have to give up its experts to gain the chance to kill Lin Heng.
• Hai Qianmo realized the plan was to send Ancient Clan experts against the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake to draw Jian Yin away, then target Lin Heng without interference.

Hai Qianmo interpreted Gu Jianhua’s assignment as a test of his leadership and prepared a scheme against Lin Heng and the Pangu Remnant Clan. Lin Heng anticipated the Ancient Clan’s plans and laid out a counterattack, while Hai Qianmo’s preparations ended with a trap designed to kill Lin Heng.

• Hai Qianmo concluded that Gu Jianhua had given him control over the mission to test his ruthlessness and suitability to lead the Ancient Clan.
• Hongjun confessed to Primordial Chaos that he had hesitated when an Ancient Clan member tried to tempt him, and Primordial Chaos ordered him to face the wall for a hundred million years.
• Lin Heng warned Jian Yin that the Ancient Clan might target people close to him to lure him away, then proposed turning its scheme into a counterattack.
• Hai Qianmo persuaded several Ancient Clan experts to attack the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake while he led another group to target Lin Heng, hoping Jian Yin’s distraction would let him kill Lin Heng.

Hai Qianmo led an Ancient Clan attack on Lin Heng, believing Jian Yin had been lured away, but Gu Jianhua revealed that the operation served his own plan. Hai Qianmo trapped Lin Heng and boasted of his victory until Mu Tong appeared to confront him.

• Hai Qianmo set out to lure Jian Yin away and kill Lin Heng, unaware that Gu Jianhua had made him a pawn in a larger plan.
• Gu Jianhua watched the Ancient Clan depart and revealed that the planned deaths of its experts were part of his scheme.
• Jian Yin appeared before Lin Heng, the Good Avatar, and Dijiang, then gave Lin Heng white jade to summon him before leaving in haste.
• Hai Qianmo and three Ancient Clan experts arrived at the Heavenly Star Sea Region and sealed the space, preventing Lin Heng from calling Jian Yin back.
• Hai Qianmo mocked Lin Heng and boasted that he would kill him and his companions, while Lin Heng warned him that villains talked too much.
• Hai Qianmo sensed Mu Tong nearby, and Mu Tong appeared and accused him of wanting to kill Lin Heng out of jealousy.

Hai Qianmo threatened Lin Heng and Mu Tong, enraged by Mu Tong’s claims that Lin Heng would surpass him. Just as Hai Qianmo prepared to attack, Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake appeared, leaving him fearing he had no way to escape.

• Hai Qianmo turned his killing intent toward Mu Tong, who rejected the Ancient Clan and mocked Hai Qianmo’s pride.
• Mu Tong said Lin Heng would have killed Hai Qianmo if he had been born two years earlier, driving Hai Qianmo into a rage.
• Hai Qianmo raised his hand and aimed his enormous sword at Lin Heng, whose cultivation was no match for him.
• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake appeared above Hai Qianmo and the Ancient Clan experts.
• Hai Qianmo wondered whether Lin Heng had plotted against him and realized he might not be able to escape.

Jian Yin exposed Hai Qianmo’s failed plan to kill Lin Heng and stopped Hai Qianmo’s attack. The Holy Mother of the Jade Lake then killed Hai Qianmo and another Ancient Clan expert, declaring war on the Ancient Clan.

• Jian Yin revealed that Lin Heng had seen through Hai Qianmo’s scheme to draw Jian Yin away and kill Lin Heng.
• Mu Tong described Hai Qianmo’s plan, and Hai Qianmo attacked Lin Heng, but Jian Yin blocked the strike.
• Jian Yin’s Sword Qi killed an Ancient Clan expert who had stepped in to shield Hai Qianmo, while the attack wounded and scattered Hai Qianmo and another expert.
• The Holy Mother of the Jade Lake killed the remaining Ancient Clan expert and announced that the Pangu Remnant Clan was declaring war on the Ancient Clan.
• The Holy Mother of the Jade Lake seized Hai Qianmo and killed him, leaving his blood to fall into the Heavenly Star Sea Region.

After Hai Qianmo and the other Ancient Clan members were killed, Lin Heng and his allies planned how to delay the Ancient Clan while he pursued a breakthrough. Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake returned to the Pangu Remnant Clan's lair, found it destroyed, and decided to confront the Ancient Clan immediately.

• Gu Jianhua secretly gathered the blood and resentful remnant souls of Hai Qianmo and the others, then vanished before Jian Yin could find him.
• Jian Yin asked Lin Heng how to prepare for the Ancient Clan's retaliation, and Lin Heng predicted it would wait until its magic treasure was complete.
• Lin Heng explained that he needed to break through beyond the Returning to the Origin Realm to tip the balance, while Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake would disrupt the Ancient Clan's work.
• Lin Heng entered the time spirit treasure to cultivate, while Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake returned to the Pangu Remnant Clan's lair.
• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake found the lair's mountain range reduced to rubble and decided to trouble the Ancient Clan that day.

Lin Heng received Pangu's Heart's insights into the universe and rapidly advanced his cultivation while Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake repeatedly disrupted Gu Jianhua's work. After a year and a half, Lin Heng reached the Dustless Realm and gained the strength to stand against the Ancient Clan's experts.

• Pangu's Heart questioned Lin Heng about the universe's purpose and the path ahead, and Lin Heng said he wanted to stop the Ancient Clan and let living beings control their destinies.
• Pangu's Heart approved of Lin Heng's answer and poured its insights into the universe's laws directly into his mind.
• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake repeatedly raided the Ancient Clan, forcing Gu Jianhua to interrupt his treasure forging and delaying its completion.
• After a year and a half of cultivation, Lin Heng advanced from the Origin-Shattering Realm through the Return to Origin Realm and reached the Dustless Realm.

Lin Heng prepared to attack the Ancient Clan after Primordial Chaos and Mu Tong merged themselves and Primordial Chaos’s universe into his. Meanwhile, Gu Jianhua announced that the Ancient Clan’s weapon against the Pangu Remnant Clan was nearly complete, leaving both sides on the brink of their final confrontation.

• Lin Yue Yao entered Samsara, accepting that she would pass through 333 lives for a chance to share one lifetime with Mu Chen.
• Lin Heng and the gathered experts agreed to attack the Ancient Clan before Gu Jianhua completed his weapon.
• Primordial Chaos and Mu Tong merged themselves into the Lin Heng Universe, giving Lin Heng access to Primordial Chaos’s universe and strengthening his command of universal laws.
• Lin Heng vowed to destroy the Ancient Clan and departed with Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake.
• Gu Jianhua told the Ancient Clan’s senior members that their weapon was nearly complete and ordered them to hold off Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake while he finished refining it.

Lin Heng, Jian Yin, and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake attacked the Ancient Clan after suspecting Gu Jianhua was close to completing a weapon against them. Jian Yin broke the clan’s strengthened protective formation, but an unknown Ancient Clan expert struck the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake and left the attackers facing a new threat.

• Lin Heng concluded that the Ancient Clan’s heightened defenses meant Gu Jianhua was at a critical stage in refining his magic treasure, and Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake agreed to attack immediately.
• Jian Yin fired two arrows from the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, but the Ancient Clan’s strengthened formation withstood them as its defenders poured power into it.
• Jian Yin charged a third arrow and shattered the Ancient Clan’s protective formation.
• The Holy Mother of the Jade Lake rushed into the Ancient Clan’s territory but was struck and sent flying back.
• The Holy Mother of the Jade Lake said the power that hit her was not Gu Jianhua’s, though it carried a familiar presence; Lin Heng and Jian Yin wondered who else in the Ancient Clan could wield such strength.

The Ancient Clan revealed that it had used the forbidden secret art of reversing time to resurrect Gu Lingyun, Fengchenzi, and Jian Jingtian as walking corpses. Zhong Wumei unleashed the three elders against Jian Yin, who took the fight to a distant mountain range as the battle began.

• Lin Heng, Jian Yin, and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake discovered Gu Lingyun beside a blood-red coffin.
• The Holy Mother of the Jade Lake accused the Ancient Clan of using the forbidden secret art of reversing time to resurrect Gu Lingyun.
• Zhong Wumei opened two more coffins, revealing the resurrected Fengchenzi and Jian Jingtian, and declared that the Ancient Clan would destroy the Pangu Remnant Clan.
• The Holy Mother of the Jade Lake said the three resurrected elders were walking corpses whose lack of consciousness limited their combat ability.
• Zhong Wumei ordered the three elders to attack, and Jian Yin fought them before moving the battle to a distant mountain range.

While Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake fought the Ancient Clan’s experts, Lin Heng entered the Ancient Clan’s territory and cut down hundreds with the unsealed Pangu Axe. He reached a mountain where Long Qianli blocked his way, and learned that Long Qianli had allied with the Ancient Clan in hopes of resurrecting Gu Jianhua’s younger sister.

• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake fought the Ancient Clan’s experts while Lin Heng slipped into the Ancient Clan’s territory.
• Ancient Clan juniors recognized Lin Heng and charged him, but he killed them with one swing of the unsealed Pangu Axe.
• Lin Heng fought his way past hundreds of people and reached the mountain where he sensed an unusual presence.
• Long Qianli descended from the mountain and urged Lin Heng to turn back.
• Mu Tong told Lin Heng that Long Qianli had once belonged to the Pangu Clan and had joined the Ancient Clan hoping to use Time Reversal to resurrect Gu Jianhua’s younger sister.

Lin Heng challenged Long Qianli over the Ancient Clan’s promise to resurrect Gu Jianying, but Long Qianli chose to fight rather than abandon either her or his clan’s beliefs. Lin Heng’s presence rose to match Long Qianli’s, and their battle began as Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake recognized him as the one chosen by Pangu’s Will.

• Lin Heng questioned whether the Ancient Clan truly intended to resurrect Gu Jianying, and Long Qianli silently wrestled with his doubts before choosing to fight.
• Lin Heng stepped forward three times, breaking through minor realms until his presence matched Long Qianli’s.
• Long Qianli said he would fight for Gu Jianying and his beliefs, and Lin Heng declared that he had to kill him to protect what he valued.
• Lin Heng and Long Qianli vanished and clashed their divine weapons, sending a shockwave through the sky.
• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake sensed Lin Heng’s strength and trusted him to turn the battle in their favor.

Lin Heng and Long Qianli agreed to settle their battle with one final exchange as Gu Jianhua’s magic treasure neared completion. Long Qianli withdrew his sword at the last moment, revealing that he had not abandoned the Pangu Clan’s cause.

• The Ancient Clan’s experts promised Long Qianli they would revive Gu Jianying if he killed Lin Heng, but their words convinced him they had no intention of doing so.
• Long Qianli proposed that he and Lin Heng decide the outcome with their next move, and Lin Heng agreed because he needed to stop Gu Jianhua’s refinement.
• Lin Heng and Long Qianli gathered their power and unleashed their killing moves, sending a devastating shock wave across the battlefield.
• As they struck each other’s vital points, Long Qianli withdrew his sword before it reached Lin Heng’s dantian.
• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake realized Long Qianli had not abandoned the Pangu Clan’s faith.

After Long Qianli died, Lin Heng vowed to stop the Ancient Clan’s plan and push through to Gu Jianhua, who was inside the mountain. The Ancient Clan used a powerful expert’s self-detonation to halt him, and Zhong Wumei threatened to repeat the attack.

• Long Qianli explained that he had wanted a fair battle, then died while thinking of Gu Jianying.
• Lin Heng promised to carry Long Qianli’s resolve and stop the Ancient Clan’s plan.
• The Three Elders and other Ancient Clan experts gathered to block Lin Heng, while Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake joined him.
• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother fought the Ancient Clan experts as Lin Heng tried to get past them.
• An Ancient Clan expert let Jian Yin strike him, then detonated himself near Lin Heng; Lin Heng, Jian Yin, and the Holy Mother survived the blast but were badly shaken.
• Zhong Wumei warned that the Ancient Clan could use self-detonation again and asked how many blasts they could withstand.

Lin Heng began opening Pangu's Tomb to temporarily seal the Ancient Clan experts while Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake protected him. Zhong Wumei's forces countered with a prepared suicide attack, and the chapter ended as an Ancient Clan expert crashed into their barrier.

• Zhong Wumei threatened that the Ancient Clan experts would destroy their souls, forcing Lin Heng, Jian Yin, and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake to reconsider fighting them.
• Lin Heng told Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake that he could temporarily seal the Ancient Clan and asked them to protect him while he cast the technique.
• Lin Heng transformed the Pangu Axe into a hundred-meter spatial black hole, and Zhong Wumei realized he was opening Pangu's Tomb.
• Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake drove back the Ancient Clan experts who tried to interrupt Lin Heng, while Zhong Wumei ordered his people to retreat and leave one fighter behind.
• The remaining Ancient Clan expert charged at Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake as they formed a protective barrier around Lin Heng, then slammed into it.

Pangu’s remnant soul took control of Lin Heng’s body and stopped an Ancient Clan expert from self-destructing. Gu Jianhua emerged after merging with Turbid Qi and challenged Pangu, claiming he could no longer suppress it.

• An Ancient Clan expert self-destructed against Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake’s barrier, and another immediately began charging toward them to do the same.
• Pangu’s remnant soul appeared through Lin Heng and suppressed the second expert’s self-destruction with a touch.
• Zhong Wumei recognized Pangu and knelt with the other Ancient Clan members as Pangu reproached them for abandoning their clan and mission.
• Gu Jianhua emerged from a split mountain surrounded by black Qi and declared that he had merged with Turbid Qi and absorbed the universe’s evil presence.
• Gu Jianhua challenged Pangu to suppress the Turbid Qi again, arguing that Pangu’s remnant soul was too weak to stop him.

Lin Heng fought Gu Jianhua after Gu Jianhua merged with the turbid Qi, but discovered that the turbid Qi could quickly recover from his attacks. He unleashed another powerful strike with the Pangu Axe, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Gu Jianhua caught Jian Yin's arrow, and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake said he seemed to have reached a higher realm, while Jian Yin argued that merging with turbid Qi had only increased his power.
• Lin Heng ordered Jian Yin and the Holy Mother of the Jade Lake to stand down, then faced Gu Jianhua as he enveloped him in turbid Qi.
• Lin Heng used the Pangu Axe to clear a path through the turbid Qi, but the opening quickly closed, and Gu Jianhua mocked the axe's diminished might.
• Lin Heng realized the Pangu Axe seemed to lack its expected sentience, while a skull formed from turbid Qi swallowed his crimson tornado and attacked him.
• Lin Heng destroyed most of the skull with another axe strike, then poured all his energy into the Pangu Axe and sent a crimson ray blasting upward through the turbid Qi.