Chapter Summaries

Lin An used the formation to kill every Sin Beast on Great Ridge Mountain, then had Shi Shan and the others help process the spoils. As the group returned toward Heavenly Vault Pass, Lin An learned that Xie Cheng had discovered an epic tier Spirit Realm and asked whether any lower-tier Spirit Realms would open soon.

• Lin An unleashed the formation’s lightning dragon, killing the green-eyed black eagle and all twenty-six diamond realm Sin Beasts.
• Lin An opened the formation to the platinum realm Sin Beasts and spent half an hour slaughtering them, wiping out the Sin Beasts on Great Ridge Mountain.
• Lin An called Shi Shan and the others to help process nearly thirty thousand corpses, then gave each person fifty Sin Beast crystal cores.
• Lin An agreed to fly back with Shi Shan’s group and learned that Xie Cheng had earned five thousand military merit for discovering an epic tier Spirit Realm.
• Lin An asked Shi Shan whether any platinum rank or diamond tier Spirit Realms were opening soon.

Lin An tallied his military merits, prepared to hunt more Sin Beasts, and bought a Charm Snake Bell to lure them. He left Heavenly Vault Pass with the bell, ready to use it in the Sin Abyss.

• Lin An learned that the next nearby Platinum Rank Spirit Realm would open in three months and the next Diamond Tier one in six months.
• Lin An tallied his rewards and exchanged materials, bringing his military merits to 1,444,948 before buying a larger storage ring.
• Lin An reassured He Changshan, Shang Minghai, and Zhuang Qing'er that they were on the same squad, then returned to his room.
• Lin An made 130 Platinum Rank puppets and repaired his formation flags, preparing to hunt Sin Beasts during the remaining fifteen days of the competition.
• Lin An learned that the army had no Berserk Horns to exchange, then bought a Charm Snake Bell for 3,000 military merits.
• Lin An left Heavenly Vault Pass carrying the Charm Snake Bell.

Lin An hunted Sin Beasts outside Heavenly Vault Pass, raised his secondary professions and cultivation technique, and amassed military merits and attribute points. On the competition’s final day, he joined the closing ceremony, where Third Legion commander Zheng Tang addressed the gathered participants.

• Lin An upgraded eight Bronze Tier secondary professions to Gold Tier and claimed 49,000 attribute points from eleven leaderboard rewards.
• Lin An continued clearing Sin Beast mountains, returning to Heavenly Vault Pass on the competition’s final day with over ten million military merits and more than 900,000 attribute points.
• Lin An spent 600,000 attribute points to advance the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to minor mastery.
• Zhou Tao gathered his squad and led them to the competition’s closing ceremony, noting that all ten squad members had reached the Platinum Realm.
• Lin An sensed that the middle-aged officer on the platform was at least in the Legendary Realm, and the man introduced himself as Zheng Tang, commander of the Third Legion.

Zheng Tang announced the competition results, revealing that Lin An had earned 11,223,200 military merits and far outstripped every other participant. After Lin An joined him on the platform, Zheng Tang offered to show footage of Lin An earning the merits, and Lin An agreed.

• Zheng Tang announced that participants placing eleventh through one hundredth would each receive five thousand military merits, then began naming the top ten.
• Shi Shan placed third with 4,125 military merits, and Xie Cheng placed second with 23,754.
• Zheng Tang revealed that he had secretly followed Lin An for half a month to verify his extraordinary military merit total.
• Zheng Tang announced Lin An as the winner with 11,223,200 military merits, shocking the crowd and Xie Cheng.
• Lin An went up to the platform, and Zheng Tang offered to show footage of him earning military merits; Lin An agreed.

Lin An’s footage revealed that he had lured in and slaughtered thousands of Sin Beasts using a Diamond Tier formation and puppets, earning him the competition’s rewards. Zheng Tang told him he would meet the Heavenly Vault King after the Spirit Cleansing Pool, and Lin An agreed to visit the treasury before then.

• The crowd watched footage of Lin An attracting more than ten thousand Sin Beasts with a purple bell and killing them with the Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation and thirty-six Diamond Tier puppets.
• Lin An confirmed that he was a Diamond Tier formation master and puppeteer, astonishing the crowd.
• Zheng Tang gave Lin An a storage ring containing a treasury token, breakthrough pills, and rewards including a Diamond Tier cultivation technique and weapon.
• Zheng Tang announced that Lin An and the other winners would enter the Spirit Cleansing Pool the next morning, then told Lin An that the Heavenly Vault King would receive him afterward.
• Zheng Tang asked whether Lin An planned to remain in the Heavenly Vault Army, and Lin An requested time to decide after leaving the pool.
• Lin An chose to visit the treasury immediately, and Zheng Tang took him there.

Lin An explored the Heavenly Vault Army's treasury and chose the Purple Origin Fire to upgrade his Spirit-Devouring Ring. He spent 300,000 attribute points to accelerate its five-year refinement to three minutes.

• Zheng Tang told Lin An he could take any one treasure from the treasury before they went to the Spirit Cleansing Pool the next day.
• Lin An inspected the treasury's cultivation techniques and rare treasures, then chose the Purple Origin Fire because the Spirit-Devouring Ring could devour it to improve its quality.
• Zheng Tang handed Lin An the Purple Origin Fire and told him to rest before the group gathered at the square the next morning.
• Lin An had the Spirit-Devouring Ring absorb the Purple Origin Fire and learned that refinement would take over five years without help.
• Lin An learned that even a King Rank equipment refiner would need a day, so he spent 300,000 attribute points to reduce the refinement time to three minutes.

Lin An upgraded the Spirit-Devouring Ring, hunted more Sin Beasts, and entered the Spirit Cleansing Pool with the tournament’s other top contestants. He became the first player to reach the Diamond Realm and cultivated to Diamond Sixth Grade before the three-day session ended.

• Lin An refined the Purple Origin Fire, upgrading the Spirit-Devouring Ring’s capacity and tripling its refining speed.
• Lin An accepted a hunting mission, killed the Diamond Tier Sin Beasts outside Heavenly Vault Pass, and had his puppets gather more than eight hundred additional Sin Beasts.
• Lin An and the other nine tournament contestants entered the Spirit Cleansing Pool, where Lin An began cultivating after choosing his pool first.
• Lin An broke through to the Diamond Realm, earning a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone and triggering a server-wide announcement.
• Lin An continued absorbing spiritual power from the Spirit-Devouring Ring and reached Diamond Sixth Grade by the end of the three-day session.

After emerging from the Spirit Cleansing Pool at diamond sixth grade, Lin An met the Heavenly Vault King, who tested his strength and offered to take him as a disciple. The king then seized control of Lin An’s storage ring and asked him to explain where he had obtained an azure token.

• The man who collected the group found that Lin An had reached diamond sixth grade and confirmed that his foundation was sound.
• The man led the ten cultivators out of the valley, then asked Lin An to stay and arranged for him to meet the Heavenly Vault King.
• Zheng Tang brought Lin An into the great hall, where the Heavenly Vault King used his authority to transport Lin An to another space and asked him to attack.
• Lin An unleashed his full power and used One Saber Slash, which the Heavenly Vault King stopped and examined.
• The Heavenly Vault King praised Lin An’s strength and offered to make him his disciple, then pulled an azure token from Lin An’s storage ring and asked where it came from.

Lin An learned that the Heavenly Vault King was his maternal grandfather and heard why his mother, Li Xiyun, had left him and his father away from the royal city. He chose to wait until he reached the Epic Realm before visiting her on the First Line of Defense, and the king gave him a token granting access to his help.

• Lin An recognized the token his father had given him, and the Heavenly Vault King revealed that Lin An was Li Xiyun's son and called himself Lin An's grandfather.
• The Heavenly Vault King explained that Li Xiyun had met Lin Xiao after refusing a marriage alliance, and that dangers following a devastating battle had led her to leave Lin An and his father behind.
• Lin An learned that Li Xiyun had reached Mythic Realm Ninth Grade and was in seclusion, with a slim chance of breaking through to the King Realm.
• Lin An decided to wait until he reached the Epic Realm before visiting Li Xiyun at the First Line of Defense, and the Heavenly Vault King agreed she could find him after her seclusion.
• The Heavenly Vault King gave Lin An a purple token and directed him to seek Zheng Tang if he needed anything.

Lin An learned that the Heavenly Vault King was his grandfather and used his status to arrange the accelerated opening of two Diamond Tier Spirit Realms. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Vault King told his injured eldest son Li Zhao about Lin An, who remained at the Third Line of Defense to hunt Sin Beasts.

• The Heavenly Vault King revealed to Zheng Tang that Lin An was Xiyun's son and asked him to take care of Lin An in the Third Army.
• Lin An asked Zheng Tang about upcoming Spirit Realms, then spent military merits to accelerate the opening of two Diamond Tier Spirit Realms.
• Lin An asked Zheng Tang to keep his identity secret, accepted a mission, and left Heavenly Vault Pass to hunt Sin Beasts while the Spirit Realms prepared to open.
• The Heavenly Vault King visited his injured eldest son Li Zhao and showed him Lin An's portrait, explaining that Lin An was his nephew.
• Li Zhao recognized Lin An's resemblance to his little sister and asked whether the Heavenly Vault King had brought the boy there.

Lin An entered a Diamond Tier Spirit Realm and used his puppets and Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation to slaughter waves of Sin Beasts for attribute points. After gaining over three hundred thousand points, he sent the puppets out to lure more beasts and headed deeper into the realm to set up another formation.

• The Heavenly Vault King told Li Zhao about Lin An’s achievements, and Li Zhao urged him to nurture Lin An as a potential future King Realm powerhouse.
• After half a month hunting Sin Beasts near Heavenly Vault Pass, Lin An learned that a Diamond Tier Spirit Realm had opened and chose to enter alone.
• Zheng Tang gave Lin An a storage ring containing supplies, including treasures capable of killing Epic Tier beings, and brought him to the Spirit Realm entrance.
• Lin An released twenty-three fast Diamond Tier puppets equipped with jade tokens to attract Sin Beasts, then set up the Thundercloud All-Slaying Formation on a plain.
• Lin An activated the formation and killed hordes of Sin Beasts, gaining over three hundred thousand attribute points in half an hour.
• Lin An sent the puppets to lure more Sin Beasts and flew toward the Spirit Realm’s central region to find another place for a formation.

Lin An entered the Spirit Realm’s inner region, became the server’s first Epic Tier formation master, and upgraded Spirit Devouring. After using his new formation to kill Epic Tier Sin Beasts, he gained attribute points and cultivation progress, while learning that further upgrades to Spirit Devouring required five Divine Ability Upgrade Stones.

• After seven days of hunting Sin Beasts, Lin An had amassed over 1.5 million attribute points and continued deeper into the Spirit Realm.
• Lin An discovered that his puppets had encountered Epic Tier Sin Beasts and used 200,000 attribute points to become an Epic Tier formation master.
• Lin An received a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone and used it with his existing stone to upgrade Spirit Devouring, adding a small chance to convert energy from slain enemies into realm advancement.
• Lin An deployed the Heavenly Dipper Purple Thunder Great Formation and killed the first Epic Tier Sin Beast, earning another Divine Ability Upgrade Stone and gaining spiritual power.
• After an hour of hunting, Lin An had gained 300,000 attribute points and further cultivation progress, but learned that his next Spirit Devouring upgrade required five stones.

Lin An slaughtered Sin Beasts in the Spirit Realm with Zheng Tang’s jade talisman, gained nearly three million attribute points, and returned to Heavenly Vault Pass. He upgraded the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to greater mastery and was left considering how to obtain the five million points needed to perfect it.

• Lin An used Zheng Tang’s phantom to kill roughly a hundred thousand Sin Beasts, gaining over four hundred thousand attribute points and reaching diamond seventh grade.
• Lin An farmed Sin Beasts until the Spirit Realm closed, leaving with 2,843,100 attribute points and returning to Heavenly Vault Pass.
• Lin An asked Zheng Tang to capture a thousand epic tier Sin Beasts so he could temper his rapidly rising cultivation after the next Spirit Realm.
• Lin An spent 1,500,000 attribute points to raise the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to greater mastery, doubling his cultivation speed to 512 times.
• Lin An discovered that perfecting the technique required five million attribute points and considered asking Zheng Tang to speed up another diamond tier Spirit Realm.

Lin An raised all ten secondary professions to Epic Tier, upgraded Spirit Devouring, and advanced to perfected Diamond Ninth Grade through another Spirit Realm. He then began fighting over a thousand Epic Tier Sin Beasts captured by Zheng Tang.

• Lin An spent 680,000 attribute points to raise his remaining secondary professions to Epic Tier and received nine Divine Ability Upgrade Stones.
• Lin An used five stones to upgrade Spirit Devouring, increasing the chance that absorbed energy from a slain target would raise his cultivation realm.
• After the leaderboard settlement awarded him 510,000 attribute points, Lin An entered a second Spirit Realm with Zheng Tang’s help and spent ten days killing Sin Beasts.
• Lin An left the Spirit Realm with 4.5381 million attribute points and perfected Diamond Ninth Grade cultivation, while Zheng Tang grew more certain that he was an Awakened One.
• Zheng Tang led Lin An to over a thousand captured Epic Tier Sin Beasts, which charged at Lin An after Zheng Tang warned them not to hold back.

Lin An upgraded Condemnation, perfected the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique, and broke through to the Epic Realm, earning a lottery draw. He fused twenty perfected techniques into the Mythic Rank Nine Nether Soul Devouring Art, which let him strengthen his soul by devouring others’ souls.

• Lin An and the Sin Beasts fought for two days before his puppets processed their corpses, and he used the materials to upgrade Condemnation to Epic Tier.
• Lin An spent ten days farming in the Spirit Realm, then used five million attribute points to perfect the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique.
• Lin An broke through to the Epic Realm, became the first player on the server to do so, and gained the ability to traverse the void.
• Lin An used his lottery draw to obtain a Mythic Rank Cultivation Technique Furnace, then perfected six Platinum Rank techniques and fused them with his other perfected techniques.
• Lin An obtained the Mythic Rank Nine Nether Soul Devouring Art and learned that it could strengthen his soul by devouring the souls of other living beings.

Lin An upgraded Formation Master and Puppeteer to legendary rank, strengthened Spirit Devouring, and learned two legendary cultivation techniques. After reaching epic second grade, he obtained more cultivation resources from Zheng Tang and resumed training.

• Lin An spent attribute points to raise Formation Master and Puppeteer to legendary rank, earning six Divine Ability Upgrade Stones for becoming the server’s first of each profession.
• Lin An used ten stones to improve Spirit Devouring so absorbed energy could sometimes raise his realm when a target died, then found its next upgrade required fifty stones.
• Lin An bought Nine Heavens Sky-Treading Steps and Purple Sun Battle Armor, leaving himself with 365,500 attribute points.
• Lin An absorbed spiritual energy refined from thousands of epic-tier Sin Beasts and advanced to epic second grade.
• Lin An asked Zheng Tang for epic-realm cultivation resources, and Zheng Tang prepared them before Lin An resumed cultivating.

After reaching Epic Ninth Grade, Lin An prepared to leave the Third Line of Defense for the Second Line and an upcoming Epic Tier Spirit Realm. He comprehended two visualization diagrams in minutes, gaining the Divine Abilities Power of the Dragon and Elephant and Void-Piercing Finger, then returned to his lodgings to inspect them.

• Lin An received 650,000 attribute points for ranking first on eleven leaderboards and continued cultivating until he reached Epic Ninth Grade.
• Lin An asked Zheng Tang where to find large numbers of Epic Realm Sin Beasts, and Zheng Tang told him about the Second Line of Defense and an Epic Tier Spirit Realm opening in half a month.
• Lin An asked Zheng Tang to prepare Legendary Rank materials and an offensive formation before requesting access to the Third Legion's two visualization diagrams.
• Lin An spent 10,000 attribute points to comprehend the Dragon and Elephant Contesting the Heavens Visualization Diagram and gained the Divine Ability Power of the Dragon and Elephant.
• Lin An spent over 17,000 attribute points to comprehend the Void-Piercing Tribulation Light Visualization Diagram and gained the Divine Ability Void-Piercing Finger.
• Lin An declined to take the diagrams, left the treasury with his prepared resources, and returned to his room to inspect his new Divine Abilities.

Lin An strengthened his Divine Abilities and formation before traveling to the Second Line of Defense, where his cousins Li Wei and Li Qing welcomed him. At a reunion feast, Li Qing asked whether Lin An was interested in Epic Tier Spirit Realms.

• Lin An reviewed his new Divine Abilities and spent 760,000 attribute points perfecting the Great Sun Revolving Grand Formation.
• Lin An spent five days making formation flags and Legendary Rank puppets, then told Zheng Tang he was leaving for the Second Line of Defense.
• Li Wei tested Lin An with a punch, but Lin An matched him and revealed that he knew Li Wei and Li Qing were his cousins.
• Li Qing and Li Wei showed Lin An around the Second Line of Defense and explained its role and stationed legions.
• Li Qing welcomed Lin An at a reunion feast and asked if he was interested in Epic Tier Spirit Realms.

Lin An met with Li Qing and Li Wei, arranged to enter the Epic Tier Spirit Realm and hunt Sin Beasts in the mountain ranges. He learned about his mother Li Xiyun’s Unity of Heaven and Man talent, then left Heavenly Vault Pass with his cousins to fight Sin Beasts.

• Lin An asked Li Qing to let him enter the Epic Tier Spirit Realm and have its experts draw Sin Beasts to him so he could test his formations.
• Li Qing told Lin An that three Legendary Realm Sin Beasts gathered other Sin Beasts in mountain ranges outside the Second Line of Defense, and agreed to accompany him there.
• Lin An and Li Wei agreed to compete over who would kill more Sin Beasts the next day.
• Li Qing explained that Li Xiyun’s Unity of Heaven and Man talent helped her comprehend laws and made her attempt to reach the King Realm promising.
• Three Mythic Rank legion commanders met Lin An and offered him their support.
• Lin An had breakfast with Li Qing and Li Wei, then left Heavenly Vault Pass with them for the Sin Beast Mountain Range.

Lin An entered the Second Training Ground with Li Wei and Li Qing to test his strength against its Sin Beasts. He severely injured and then killed an Epic Ninth Grade Sharp-Horned Frenzied Bull, revealing his powerful body cultivation, and began devouring its soul power.

• Li Qing explained that the Second Training Ground held many Sin Beasts and was managed by the powerful Purple-Gold Azure Ape, then Li Wei brought Lin An and Li Qing into the mountains.
• Li Wei asked the Purple-Gold Azure Ape to arrange Epic Ninth Grade opponents and invited Lin An to fight first.
• The Purple-Gold Azure Ape sent out a Sharp-Horned Frenzied Bull, and Lin An met its charge with a punch powered by the Power of the Dragon and Elephant.
• Lin An's punch sent the bull flying and severely injured it, shocking Li Wei and Li Qing.
• Lin An killed the bull with another punch and used the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Art to devour its soul power.