Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ping discovered a vast field of Sin Beast corpses and followed their trail toward the central region, while Lin An continued luring Sin Beasts and upgraded his Formation Master profession. A young spear-wielder tracked a huge gathering of Sin Beasts, expecting to find a group from the ten great families, but saw only one man with a saber standing among them.

• Zhou Ping found tens of thousands of Sin Beast corpses, each killed by a single saber slash, and suspected that one of the saber-wielding experts from the ten great families was responsible.
• Zhou Ping flew toward the central region and soon found another mass of Sin Beast corpses along the same trail.
• Lin An checked his 210,000-plus attribute points, raised Formation Master to Platinum Rank, and learned he could not upgrade it to Diamond Tier until his cultivation reached Platinum Realm.
• Six days into the Spirit Realm competition, a gold seventh-grade young man watched Sin Beasts flee past him and guessed someone nearby was using a Sin-Luring Crystal.
• The young man followed the Sin Beasts to a gathering of thousands and discovered a lone saber-wielding man standing among them.

Lin An drew a massive horde of Sin Beasts and slaughtered them with seemingly inexhaustible power while hidden onlookers watched. When a young man rushed in to help, Lin An cleared the beasts around him with a huge saber strike, leaving the young man terrified.

• A young man and other observers recognized Lin An at the center of a horde of more than ten thousand Sin Beasts and doubted he could survive.
• Lin An unleashed a lightning-powered saber slash that killed nearly a hundred Sin Beasts, then replenished his spent spiritual power with his Spirit Devouring Divine Ability.
• Lin An charged into the horde and continued killing Sin Beasts without showing signs of exhaustion, stunning the watching cultivators.
• As the onlookers debated whether to help, a young man shouted that he would assist Brother Lin and rushed from the forest to fight a Sin Beast.
• Lin An used One Saber Slash to kill the Sin Beast near the young man and clear a path, frightening him with the saber phantom that stopped half a meter away.

Lin An drove off a man who tried to take his Sin Beasts, then continued farming attribute points before setting out for the Spirit Realm’s central region. Zhou Ping, impressed by Lin An’s strength, decided to avoid competing with him for the rare treasure and joined him on the journey.

• Lin An threatened a young man who tried to help kill the Sin Beasts, and the man fled.
• Zhou Ping watched Lin An slaughter more than ten thousand Sin Beasts and concluded he could not withstand Lin An’s slash.
• Zhou Ping decided to warn the others not to take the rare treasure before Lin An arrived, then left to contact them.
• After gaining over thirty thousand attribute points, Lin An used a Divine Movement Talisman and sped toward the central region.
• Zhou Ping caught up with Lin An, and the two agreed to travel together.

Lin An arrived at Gourd Canyon to hunt Sin Beasts rather than prioritize the Spirit Realm's rare treasure, and warned others not to interfere before charging into the canyon. He began fighting its enormous horde as onlookers wondered whether he could survive.

• Lin An and Zhou Ping reached the central region, where Zhou Ping offered to help Lin An claim the rare treasure, but Lin An said he wanted to test the Sin Beasts first.
• Lin An followed the Wu Clan's map to Gourd Canyon and recalled that its three zones held roughly a hundred thousand Sin Beasts, from Gold Realm to Platinum Realm.
• Lin An warned the gathered cultivators not to disturb him, then entered the canyon alone; the crowd stayed outside despite their displeasure.
• The Sin Beasts sensed Lin An and charged, and he met them head-on with his saber as the onlookers watched in shock and questioned whether he could survive.

Zhou Ping gathered the newly platinum-ranked clansmen and explained that Lin An had entered Gourd Canyon alone, prompting them to rush after him and offer help in hopes of earning his favor. They arrived to find Lin An still slaughtering thousands of Sin Beasts as he advanced deeper into the canyon.

• Zhou Ping told the group that Lin An was still gold ninth grade and had gone alone to hunt Sin Beasts in Gourd Canyon.
• Zhou Ping proposed that they help Lin An so he would owe their clans a favor, and the group agreed to hurry after him.
• Zhou Ping led nine others toward the canyon while the remaining hundred people followed behind.
• Lin An continued cutting through Sin Beasts with Condemnation, gaining attribute points as their corpses piled up.
• Nearly a hundred people watched Lin An in horror and estimated that he had already killed at least four or five thousand Sin Beasts.

Huang Yan gathered a group to help Lin An hunt Sin Beasts, hoping to gain his favor, but Lin An rejected them and attacked. The chapter ended as Huang Yan realized the danger too late and a streak of blade light swept toward him.

• Huang Yan persuaded more than ten contestants to join him in supporting Lin An, while the others chose to wait and see.
• Huang Yan led the group toward Lin An, who was hunting Sin Beasts in Gourd Canyon.
• Lin An told the group to leave, but Huang Yan insisted they had come only to help hunt Sin Beasts.
• Lin An issued a final warning that they would die if they did not leave.
• As Huang Yan began to explain again, Lin An's blade light cut through the Sin Beasts and swept toward him.

Lin An killed Huang Yan and his companions after they approached him in the canyon, then continued hunting Sin Beasts as onlookers gathered outside. Zhou Ping arrived with people from the Ten Great Clans, heard what had happened, and led them into the canyon to meet Lin An.

• Lin An struck down Huang Yan's companions, then beheaded the wounded Huang Yan and warned that anyone who attacked him would die.
• The onlookers fled the canyon and discussed Lin An's strength and the danger of Huang Yan's father seeking revenge.
• Lin An continued slaughtering Sin Beasts undisturbed, while more people gathered outside and hesitated to enter.
• Zhou Ping and his companions arrived, and Han Qi watched Lin An hunt amid the corpses with fear.
• Zhou Ping learned that Lin An had killed Huang Yan and his group, then led Han Qi and the others into the canyon.

Lin An slaughtered every Gold Ninth Grade Sin Beast in Gourd Canyon’s outer perimeter, while Zhou Ping and the others watched and concluded he was tempering an invincible heart. Lin An then entered the inner perimeter alone to face tens of thousands of Platinum Realm Sin Beasts, leaving Zhou Ping’s group ready to provide backup if he faltered.

• Zhou Ping told the group to keep their distance from Lin An and said he was forging invincible momentum by fighting through a sea of corpses and blood.
• Han Qi and Qi Yu agreed that Lin An had killed Huang Yan and the others because they had interfered with his cultivation, and the group stayed to observe him.
• After three hours of continuous fighting, Lin An killed the last Gold Ninth Grade Sin Beast in the outer perimeter and saw that he had nearly five hundred thousand attribute points.
• Lin An told Zhou Ping and the others not to disturb him, then walked into the inner perimeter to fight the Platinum Realm Sin Beasts alone.
• Zhou Ping’s group prepared their treasures to back Lin An up if he could not withstand the danger.

Lin An transformed into a hundred-foot-tall warrior and unleashed a full-force saber strike that killed over ten thousand Platinum Realm Sin Beasts, replenishing his spiritual power as he fought deeper into Gourd Canyon. Zhou Ping and the others watched in awe as Lin An advanced toward the core, where three thousand stronger beasts and a Platinum Ninth Grade leader awaited.

• Lin An used Ultimate Dharma Heavenly Transformation, and Zhou Ping and the others felt the terrifying power of his aura.
• Lin An struck with One Saber Slash, killing over ten thousand Platinum Realm Sin Beasts and gaining eighty thousand attribute points.
• Lin An recovered his spiritual power and charged into the inner region, killing more Sin Beasts as they attacked him.
• Zhou Ping and the others realized how far Lin An surpassed them, while Han Qi praised him and called him Big Brother Lin An.
• Lin An pressed toward the canyon's core, where three thousand Sin Beasts of Platinum Seventh Grade or higher were led by a Platinum Ninth Grade beast.

Lin An fought through the Sin Beasts guarding the Spirit Realm’s core and killed the platinum ninth grade White-Patterned Blood Ape with the help of Body-Restraining Talismans. He approached the rare treasure while Zhou Ping and the others recognized that he had been prepared to defend himself against them.

• Lin An endured five hours of combat, using Spirit Devouring to recover as he killed the core area’s Sin Beasts.
• Lin An used Body-Restraining Talismans to immobilize the White-Patterned Blood Ape and struck its head with Condemnation.
• Lin An pierced the White-Patterned Blood Ape’s head and killed it, gaining nine attribute points.
• Lin An approached the pillar of light containing the ink-black box after surveying the battlefield and keeping watch on Zhou Ping and the others.
• Zhou Ping and Qi Yu discussed Lin An’s preparations and acknowledged that attacking him would be dangerous.

Lin An obtained and bound the Spirit-Devouring Ring, which could refine Sin Beast corpses into spiritual energy orbs, then left Gourd Canyon to continue hunting before the Spirit Realm closed. The Ten Great Clans agreed to process the canyon’s corpses and buy their materials from Lin An through a business arrangement with his father, Lin Xiao.

• Lin An used Condemnation to retrieve the Spirit-Devouring Ring, bound it with his blood, and began refining the White-Patterned Blood Ape and nine other Sin Beast corpses.
• Zhou Ping congratulated Lin An, and Han Qi apologized for his earlier arrogance; Lin An accepted the apology and proposed selling the canyon’s Sin Beast materials to the Ten Great Clans at their purchase prices.
• Zhou Ping and the others agreed to coordinate with Lin Xiao, then began processing the corpses after Lin An left Gourd Canyon.
• Lin An washed in a river, changed his clothes, and used the jade pendant to attract more Sin Beasts for hunting.

Lin An left the Spirit Realm with 854,124 attribute points and a strengthened title, then discovered that he had earned the maximum possible score in the Competition Ceremony. Wu Qi announced the rankings and said the Platinum-level participants and top ten would travel to the royal capital in five days.

• Lin An continued slaughtering Sin Beasts in the central region and raised his attribute points to 854,124 while upgrading his title.
• The Spirit Realm closed, and Lin An returned to Guangwu City's teleportation plaza, where Lin Xiao greeted him.
• Wu Qi gathered the Competition Tokens and revealed that Lin An had placed first with ten million points, shocking the gathered contestants.
• Wu Qi announced the remaining rankings; no member of the Ten Great Clans appeared in the top ten.
• Wu Qi ended the Competition Ceremony and told those who qualified that they would head to the royal capital in five days.

After returning from the Spirit Realm, Lin An reunited with his father and arranged for the Ten Great Clans to discuss trading the Sin Beast materials. Before leaving for the royal capital, he broke through to the Platinum Realm, earned a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone, and raised his formation mastery to Diamond Tier.

• Lin An introduced Zhou Ping, Qi Yu, and Han Qi to Lin Xiao, then explained that he had slain a hundred thousand Sin Beasts in the canyon.
• Zhou Ping arranged for representatives of the Ten Great Clans to meet Lin Xiao about the recovered materials, and Lin An and Lin Xiao returned to the guildhall.
• Lin An told Lin Xiao he would leave for the royal capital in five days, and his father urged him to stay safe among its many prodigies.
• Lin An cultivated for two hours and broke through to the Platinum Realm, completing his heaven-and-earth baptism and gaining the ability to fly.
• The system awarded Lin An a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone for being the first player on the server to reach Platinum, but he could not upgrade Spirit Devouring because he lacked a second stone.
• Lin An spent 50,000 attribute points to advance his formation mastery to Diamond Tier and continued investing his remaining points.

Lin An uncovered the hidden continuation of the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique and used attribute points to learn it, revealing that it was a Mythic Rank technique. He gained a server-wide reward and began investing points in the technique, leaving himself eager to improve it further and pursue resources in the royal city.

• Lin An raised his Spirit Gathering Formation, Aura Concealment Formation, and Teleportation Formation to Diamond Tier, then reviewed his plans for reaching the royal city.
• Lin An infused the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique scroll with spiritual energy, triggering it to reveal a hidden continuation.
• Lin An spent 100,000 attribute points to learn the continuation, upgrading the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to Mythic Rank and earning an Exotic Treasure Evolution Crystal.
• The system announced Lin An as the first player on the server to obtain a Mythic Rank cultivation technique.
• Lin An saw that the technique doubled his cultivation speed to sixty-four times at beginner level and spent another 200,000 attribute points to raise it to proficiency.

Lin An upgraded his Spirit-Devouring Ring and helped Lin Xiao unlock the hidden second half of the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique, revealing it to be Mythic Rank. After five days of cultivation and preparation, Lin An was about to leave for the royal capital.

• Lin An found that the scroll had returned to its normal appearance and used an Exotic Treasure Upgrade Crystal on his Spirit-Devouring Ring, expanding its altars from ten to one hundred.
• Lin An cultivated overnight, then brought the scroll to Lin Xiao and asked him to inject spiritual power into it.
• Lin Xiao triggered the scroll and received the hidden second half of the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique, discovering that it was Mythic Rank.
• Lin An and Lin Xiao discussed the technique, and Lin An planned to help his father improve his proficiency before leaving for the royal capital.
• Lin Xiao met with representatives of the Ten Great Clans to settle their transaction, then cultivated with Lin An and studied the newly revealed technique.
• Five days passed, and Lin An prepared to set off for the royal capital.

Before Lin An left for the royal capital, Lin Xiao gave him money and revealed that his mother was alive and had come from the royal capital. Lin An learned the truth about the attack that traumatized him, received a powerful token that might help him find his mother, and the system updated his identity information.

• Lin Xiao gave Lin An a gold card containing ten million gold coins for his journey to the royal capital.
• Lin Xiao told Lin An that his mother was not killed by Sin Beasts and gave him a sky-blue token she had left behind.
• Lin Xiao explained that Sin Beasts attacked Shenglin City while he and Lin An's grandfather were away, and that Lin An likely fell into an illusion during the attack.
• Lin Xiao said Lin An's mother drove away the Sin Beasts, then left Shenglin City because her origins put the family in danger.
• Lin An examined the token, which held power that might threaten even a Diamond Realm expert, and the system updated his identity information.

Lin An accepted the token Lin Xiao’s wife had left behind and set out for the royal capital, hoping to uncover what would cause Shenglin City to fall. He arrived with the other prodigies and found himself in the capital’s vast teleportation plaza.

• Lin Xiao told Lin An that Shenglin City was safe for now and that his mother had left him other means of protection; Lin An took the token and resolved to seek his mother if he could.
• Lin An and Lin Xiao traveled to the teleportation plaza, where Lin An greeted Zhou Ping, Wu Peng, and Wu Rui and learned that this year’s royal-capital competition would differ from the usual arena battles.
• Wu Rui told Lin An that the top ten competitors would enter the Spirit Cleansing Pool, giving Lin An a new reward to aim for.
• Wu Qi appointed Wu Chao to lead the twenty-three prodigies, and Lin An bid farewell to Lin Xiao before the group activated the Teleportation Formation.
• Lin An arrived in the royal capital after about an hour and saw its enormous teleportation plaza.

Lin An and the other prodigies arrived in Heavenly Vault City for the grand ceremony, only to learn that this year’s event might send them into the dangerous Sin Abyss. Wu Chao revealed the risks and rewards, leaving everyone to decide whether to continue.

• Wu Chao led Lin An and the others through Heavenly Vault City, registered them, and arranged their lodging at the guildhall.
• Wu Chao warned that the grand ceremony’s details had changed and told the prodigies to consider withdrawing before leaving for the teleportation plaza the next morning.
• After investigating, Wu Chao reported that something had likely gone wrong with Heavenly Vault City’s Sin Abyss and that the ceremony participants would probably enter it.
• Wu Chao explained that the Sin Abyss was the source of Sin Beasts and that the royal city guarded it, but said the entrants would likely face danger rather than be expected to quell it.
• Wu Chao described the rewards for placing in the top ten and for winning, then left the prodigies to consider whether to participate.
• Lin An felt that he had finally come into contact with the core of the game "Sin Abyss."

Lin An and the other geniuses entered the Sin Abyss and arrived at Heavenly Vault Pass, where they learned the rules for a three-month military merit competition. Lin An reviewed the rewards and resolved to place in the top ten.

• Wu Chao led the group to a teleportation plaza, where a thousand geniuses gathered and were sent to the Sin Abyss.
• An Epic Tier expert divided the arrivals into teams of ten, and Lin An joined a team led by Zhou Tao.
• Zhou Tao took Lin An’s team to register and explained that they would compete for military merit by hunting Sin Beasts or completing missions.
• Zhou Tao showed the team their quarters, where Lin An found a booklet with a map and the competition rewards.
• Lin An decided he needed to reach at least the top ten to earn the generous rewards.

Lin An explored Heavenly Vault Pass with the other nine recruits and discovered that secondary profession missions could earn military merit. At the exchange hall, he found four new secondary professions he could learn.

• He Changshan and the other recruits introduced themselves, and the group discussed their plans for the three months at Heavenly Vault Pass.
• He Changshan led the group on a tour, and they learned that missions included hunting Sin Beasts and performing logistical work with secondary professions.
• At the exchange hall, Lin An saw that military merit could buy powerful cultivation techniques, Spirit Cleansing Pool access, and guidance from the Heavenly Vault King.
• Lin An reviewed the available secondary professions and found puppeteer, spirit beast breeder, Spirit Mark master, and spirit musician, then checked their exchange prices.