Chapter Summaries

Lin An slaughtered epic ninth grade Sin Beasts one by one, shocking Li Qing, Li Wei, and the Purple-Gold Azure Ape with his strength and soul-devouring technique. He then asked to face every Epic Tier Sin Beast in the training ground at once, and Li Qing ordered a Mythic Rank expert to arrange it.

• Lin An absorbed the Screaming Mad Bull's remaining soul power with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Art, then had the Purple-Gold Azure Ape bring him another Sin Beast.
• Lin An killed each arriving epic ninth grade Sin Beast with a single slash and absorbed its soul power, leaving Li Qing and Li Wei stunned by his pace and strength.
• Lin An asked whether he could gather all the Epic Tier Sin Beasts in the training ground and fight them at once because killing them individually took too long.
• Li Qing summoned a Mythic Rank man and told him to arrange Lin An's request; the man took the Purple-Gold Azure Ape and left.

Lin An challenged more than ten thousand Epic Realm Sin Beasts alone while the Heavenly Vault Army watched. He killed a charging Blood Jade Leopard and then cut down hundreds of Sin Beasts with a single slash.

• Li Wei declined to join Lin An's challenge, while Li Qing voiced anticipation about seeing what Lin An could do.
• The Purple-Gold Azure Ape gathered more than ten thousand Sin Beasts, and Legendary Realm experts from the Heavenly Vault Army arrived to observe.
• Lin An, Li Qing, and Li Wei appeared, and Lin An told the Sin Beasts he would fight them alone while the army stayed out of it.
• After a one-minute preparation period, Lin An released his Epic Ninth Grade aura and killed an Epic Ninth Grade Blood Jade Leopard with one strike.
• Lin An's One Saber Slash shattered the Sin Beasts' attacks and killed hundreds of them.

Lin An stunned the humans and Sin Beasts by slaughtering hundreds with one slash, then unleashed the Void-Piercing Finger and killed over three thousand more. After upgrading the divine ability and restoring his spiritual power through Spirit Devouring, he reached epic ninth grade perfection and prepared to strike again as the Sin Beasts charged.

• Lin An’s slash killed hundreds of Epic Realm Sin Beasts, leaving Li Qing, Li Wei, Zhao En, and the surrounding Legendary Realm experts stunned.
• The Sin Beasts coordinated their attacks to wear Lin An down, but he chose to test his Void-Piercing Finger.
• Lin An’s first Void-Piercing Finger annihilated incoming attacks and killed over three thousand Sin Beasts, though he felt its power fell short of his expectations.
• Lin An used a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone to enhance the Void-Piercing Finger.
• As the Sin Beasts charged, Lin An’s Spirit Devouring restored his spiritual power and raised him to epic ninth grade perfection, and he launched an even larger Void-Piercing Finger.

Lin An repeatedly unleashed the Void-Piercing Finger to wipe out over ten thousand Sin Beasts, then prepared to test his strength against the Purple-Gold Azure Ape. The chapter ended as Lin An activated Dharma Heavenly Transformation and began to grow larger.

• Li Qing, Li Wei, and Zhao En realized Lin An could replenish his spiritual energy and grow his soul by absorbing the power of fallen Sin Beasts.
• Lin An used the Void-Piercing Finger twice more, leaving only a little over a hundred badly injured Sin Beasts alive.
• Lin An slaughtered the remaining Sin Beasts with his saber, while the Heavenly Vault Army watched in awe.
• Lin An asked whether the Purple-Gold Azure Ape could die too, but the ape begged for mercy and struck himself to appease him.
• Lin An put away Condemnation and prepared to spar with the Purple-Gold Azure Ape, then activated Dharma Heavenly Transformation and began growing.

Lin An used two Divine Abilities together to kill a Legendary First Grade Purple-Gold Azure Ape with one punch, astonishing his cousins and Zhao En. After returning to Heavenly Vault Pass, he kept his strength secret until he and his cousins entered the Epic Tier Spirit Realm with three hundred other Epic Ninth Grade fighters.

• Lin An enlarged himself with Dharma Heavenly Transformation, then combined it with the Power of the Dragon and Elephant to kill the Purple-Gold Azure Ape with one punch.
• Zhao En and Lin An's cousins were shocked by the ape's death, while Lin An realized how powerfully his Divine Abilities complemented each other.
• Lin An asked Zhao En to keep his strength from spreading, then left with Li Qing and Li Wei for Heavenly Vault Pass.
• Lin An spent the next few days sightseeing and relaxing with Li Qing and Li Wei.
• Lin An, Li Qing, and Li Wei joined three hundred Epic Ninth Grade fighters at the teleportation plaza and entered the Epic Tier Spirit Realm.

Inside the Spirit Realm, Lin An had Li Qing and three hundred others lure Sin Beasts to test his formation. He activated the Great Sun Revolving Grand Formation as the beasts charged in, leaving its power about to be revealed.

• Lin An told Li Qing to send three hundred people to lure as many Sin Beasts as possible to him.
• Lin An set up forty-eight Legendary Rank puppets and revealed to Li Qing and Li Wei that he was a Legendary Rank puppet master and an Awakened One with the Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation.
• Li Qing offered to take Lin An to the Heavenly Vault Army treasury after they left the Spirit Realm to look for rare auxiliary professions.
• Lin An completed the Great Sun Revolving Grand Formation, and Li Qing summoned the group and the approaching Sin Beasts to its ten-li radius.
• Lin An activated the formation, raising a great sun whose terrifying force swept outward.

Lin An spent the Spirit Realm’s final days farming Sin Beasts with formations, raising his attribute points beyond ten million before the realm closed. Back at Heavenly Vault Pass, he joined Li Qing to register their haul and began browsing the treasury for secondary profession inheritances.

• Lin An used formations to slaughter Sin Beasts while Li Qing’s puppets processed their corpses and Li Wei relayed messages to the luring teams.
• Over several days, Lin An’s attribute points rose to nine million, and he prepared to hunt the Legendary Rank Sin Beasts in the Spirit Realm’s core mountain range.
• Lin An reflected that Shenglin City’s fall in his previous life suggested a threat beyond the Sin Beasts in Black Mountain.
• After another day of hunting, Lin An surpassed ten million attribute points and left the closing Spirit Realm with Li Qing, Li Wei, and the three hundred Epic Realm experts.
• At Heavenly Vault Pass, Li Qing registered their resources, then accompanied Lin An to browse the treasury for secondary profession inheritances.

Lin An studied three visualization charts in the treasury and gained three Divine Abilities, then learned three secondary professions. He told Li Qing and Li Wei he planned to enter seclusion to break through to the Legendary Realm.

• Lin An used attribute points to comprehend the Great Void World-Rending, Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation, and Formless Mirage Tower visualization charts, gaining Void Escape, Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison, and Formless Illusory Tower.
• Li Qing and Li Wei were astonished when Lin An said he had already comprehended all three charts.
• Lin An learned the brewer, heavenly diviner, and battle formation master secondary professions after Li Qing explained their uses and warned him about divination backlash.
• Lin An thanked Li Qing for his help, and the three of them left the treasury.
• Lin An said he would enter seclusion to break through to the Legendary Realm, leaving Li Qing surprised and Li Wei complaining about how quickly his younger cousin was progressing.

Lin An entered seclusion and broke through from the Epic Realm to the Legendary Realm, then advanced to Legendary fifth grade while strengthening his soul. He upgraded his Formation Master and Puppeteer professions to Mythic Rank, becoming the server’s first to reach both ranks.

• Lin An checked his cultivation panel and decided to wait until after his breakthrough before upgrading his secondary professions.
• Lin An forged his soul with spiritual power for a day and became the server’s first player to reach the Legendary Realm.
• Lin An continued cultivating with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Art, advancing to Legendary fifth grade before stopping to strengthen his foundation.
• Lin An spent four million attribute points to raise Formation Master and Puppeteer to Mythic Rank, earning Divine Ability Upgrade Stones and server-wide announcements.

Lin An spent millions of attribute points raising his secondary professions, then used the Divine Ability Upgrade Stones he earned to bring Spirit Devouring to its ultimate limit and strengthen Power of the Dragon and Elephant. After checking his panel and estimating his future monthly attribute-point rewards, he left the cultivation room.

• Lin An raised eight Epic Tier secondary professions to Legendary Rank and gained 24 Divine Ability Upgrade Stones, then advanced Battle Formation Master and Heavenly Diviner to Legendary Rank and Brewer to Epic Tier for 22 more.
• Lin An spent 50 stones to bring Spirit Devouring to its ultimate limit, removing its restrictions and adding it to his ultimate Divine Abilities alongside Dharma Heavenly Transformation.
• Lin An used his remaining stones and a prize draw reward to upgrade Power of the Dragon and Elephant until it increased his strength to 40 times its original value.
• Lin An reviewed his panel and calculated that rankings would award him 2.15 million attribute points each month.
• Lin An tidied up, left the cultivation room, and headed outside.

After reaching the Legendary Realm, Lin An traveled to the front lines of Heavenly Vault Pass, where his mother, Li Xiyun, was nearing a breakthrough to the King Realm. He met his maternal grandfather and eldest uncle, Li Zhao, who gave him a jade pendant containing a powerful protective strike.

• Lin An emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Legendary Realm and learned that Li Xiyun might soon become a king.
• Lin An agreed to leave for Heavenly Vault Pass with Li Qing and Li Wei to witness the breakthrough and receive its benefits.
• Lin An arrived at the front lines and sensed the rules of heaven and earth emanating from Li Xiyun, who remained in seclusion.
• Lin An met Li Yunshan and Li Zhao, who were astonished by his rapid progress to the Legendary Realm fifth grade.
• Li Zhao gave Lin An a jade pendant made by Li Yunshan that could unleash a peak mythic ninth-grade strike.

Lin An learned that his mother, Li Xiyun, was attempting to break through to the King Realm, while the Li family explained the danger threatening his uncle and the political tensions preventing outside help. The next morning, Lin An asked Li Yunshan for permission to leave Heavenly Vault Pass to hunt Sin Beasts, and Li Yunshan frowned at the request.

• Li Yunshan told Lin An that Li Xiyun had taken a crucial step in her breakthrough and might emerge from seclusion that month.
• After a welcoming banquet, Li Qing explained that a destructive law left in Li Zhao's body had kept Li Yunshan from healing him without weakening the pass's defenses.
• Li Qing told Lin An that imperial power struggles and a failed marriage alliance had left the Li family without help from the empire or other princes.
• Lin An decided to hunt Sin Beasts to reach Legendary Ninth Grade before his mother completed her breakthrough.
• After sensing a trace of the laws' aura while cultivating overnight, Lin An asked Li Yunshan where he could hunt large numbers of Sin Beasts, and Li Yunshan frowned at the idea of him leaving the pass.

Lin An learned that Sin Beasts would likely attack the pass within half a month and accepted a thousand Mythic Realm corpses and cultivation resources from Li Yunshan. After collecting the corpses in his Spirit-Devouring Ring, he began cultivating while planning to strengthen his soul.

• Li Yunshan warned Lin An that Sin Beasts were gathering and might attack the pass soon, so leaving to hunt would be dangerous.
• Li Yunshan explained that wondrous treasures generally could not refine King Realm corpses, then agreed to provide Lin An with a thousand Mythic Realm Sin Beast corpses.
• Zheng Tang delivered the cultivation resources and led Lin An to the void, where Lin An collected all thousand corpses with the Spirit-Devouring Ring.
• Lin An estimated that refining the corpses would take at least half a month and planned to focus on strengthening his soul.
• Lin An swallowed a pill in his cultivation chamber and began cultivating.

Lin An used his ranking rewards to raise Condemnation to Mythic Rank while preparing to reach the Mythic Realm before the Sin Beasts attacked Heavenly Vault Pass. As the Annihilation Sword Baron gathered the Sin Beasts for an assault, a mysterious game called "Sin Abyss" opened preregistration on Blue Star.

• Lin An received 2,150,000 attribute points from ranking settlements and upgraded Condemnation to Mythic Rank.
• Lin An resolved to reach legendary ninth grade before the Sin Beasts attacked and use his mother's breakthrough to the King Realm to attempt the Mythic Realm.
• The Annihilation Sword Baron summoned the Sin Beasts around him and directed their attention toward Heavenly Vault Pass.
• People across Blue Star received a preregistration announcement for the realistic game "Sin Abyss," while world leaders failed to trace its origin or shut down its website.
• Some people received gaming helmets after preregistering for "Sin Abyss."

Sin Beasts launched a large-scale siege on Heavenly Vault Pass as Li Yunshan prepared to defend it and Lin An received a call to join the battle. After reaching Legendary Eighth Grade, Lin An set out with Li Qing, Li Wei, and Zheng Tang to fight and earn event points.

• Sin Abyss became a worldwide sensation while Li Yunshan deployed the Heavenly Vault Army for the impending attack.
• The Annihilation Sword Baron led a vast force of Sin Beasts in a charge toward Heavenly Vault Pass, and Li Yunshan and Li Zhao watched from the pass.
• Li Yunshan and Li Zhao discussed the threat posed by the Annihilation Sword Baron and the hope that Li Xiyun and Lin An would eventually strengthen the pass.
• As battle began, Lin An received notice that the Sin Beast Siege Event had started and learned he could earn points by hunting Sin Beasts.
• Lin An left seclusion at Legendary Eighth Grade and joined Li Qing, Li Wei, and Zheng Tang, who opened a spatial passage toward the battle.

Lin An slaughtered Sin Beasts during the first wave at the pass, earning millions of event points and upgrading his title. When a stronger wave attacked, he deployed forty-eight legendary realm puppets to activate the Great Sun Revolving Grand Formation.

• Lin An joined the battle at the pass and killed thousands of Sin Beasts with a single saber slash.
• Lin An killed a legendary ninth-grade Sin Beast and then defeated three more sent against him, while a mythic realm Sin Beast watched and plotted to kill him.
• After more than two hours, the Sin Beasts retreated, and Lin An checked his five million-plus event points and gained the upgraded title First Blood · Ten Million Sin Slaughter.
• A stronger wave of Sin Beasts charged the pass, while mythic realm fighters from the Heavenly Vault Army entered the void battlefield to engage their opponents.
• Lin An summoned forty-eight legendary realm puppets, each carrying a formation flag, and activated the Great Sun Revolving Grand Formation.

Lin An detonated his Great Sun Revolving Grand Formation against the Sin Beasts, then faced a surprise attack from a Mythic Third Grade Thunder-Winged Yaksha. He challenged the Sin Beast to a duel in the void battlefield, where it pierced his abdomen with its claws.

• Lin An detonated the Great Sun Revolving Grand Formation after it killed the Sin Beasts caught inside, but most of the stronger beasts escaped.
• A Mythic Third Grade Thunder-Winged Yaksha attacked Lin An, and Zheng Tang intercepted its lightning strike.
• Lin An declined Zheng Tang’s offer to kill the Yaksha and challenged it to a duel in the void battlefield.
• Lin An activated Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison, and the Thunder-Winged Yaksha answered with its own domain.
• The Thunder-Winged Yaksha struck Lin An and pierced his abdomen with its claws.

Lin An tested his Formless Illusory Tower on a Thunder-Winged Yaksha, trapping it in an illusion where it believed it had fought him before being killed. He then used the ability to make Sin Beasts slaughter one another on the battlefield, earning event points, while a Mythic Realm Sin Beast noticed something was wrong and fled from Zheng Tang.

• Lin An trapped the Thunder-Winged Yaksha in an illusion, where it believed Zheng Tang had yielded and Lin An had severed its arms before killing it with a saber strike.
• The Thunder-Winged Yaksha died outside Heavenly Vault Pass, and Lin An received rewards for becoming the first player to slay a Mythic Realm Sin Beast.
• Lin An explained his Formless Illusory Tower to Zheng Tang and used it to make Sin Beasts on the battlefield attack one another.
• Lin An discovered that some Sin Beasts could break free of the illusions, so he had other trapped beasts surround and attack them.
• A Mythic Realm Sin Beast sensed something unusual, detected Zheng Tang's aura, and fled.

After the Heavenly Vault Army repelled a Sin Beast probe, Lin An met with his family and revealed that he had reached Mythic Rank in formation mastery. Li Yunshan agreed to provide him with Mythic Rank materials and a formation as the Sin Beasts prepared for further attacks.

• The Sin Beasts retreated after five hours of fighting, and Lin An learned that their probes would continue until Li Xiyun began her breakthrough.
• Lin An returned to the pass with Zheng Tang, met the battered Li Qing and Li Wei, and told them he had killed a Mythic Realm Sin Beast with one saber strike.
• Lin An, Li Qing, and Li Wei visited Li Yunshan and Li Zhao, and all three insisted they wanted to keep fighting despite the coming minor skirmishes.
• Li Yunshan offered Lin An the corpses of five Mythic Realm Sin Beasts and Legendary Ninth Grade corpses for his work.
• Lin An told Li Yunshan that he needed Mythic Rank materials and a Mythic Rank formation, revealing that his formation mastery had reached Mythic Rank.
• Li Yunshan eagerly agreed to have Zheng Tang bring Lin An the materials and formation.

Lin An learned the Wuji Wind Fiend Destruction Grand Formation and spent the following days refining its 108 flags while joining every battle against the Sin Beasts. After finishing the flags on August 30, he was summoned to a meeting of the Heavenly Vault Army’s Mythic Realm leaders as the players’ arrival drew near and his mother, Li Xiyun, appeared close to breaking through to the King Realm.

• Zheng Tang delivered five Mythic Realm and 995 Legendary Realm Sin Beast corpses to Lin An, who learned the Wuji Wind Fiend Destruction Grand Formation and raised it to major accomplishment.
• Lin An began refining the formation’s 108 flags, then joined a smaller Sin Beast attack and earned over four million event points.
• Lin An continued fighting in every attack, while Li Qing and Li Wei found that the repeated battles and expert guidance improved their cultivation and combat strength.
• On August 30, Lin An finished refining all 108 formation flags and reflected that the Sin Beasts seemed to be waiting for Li Xiyun’s imminent breakthrough to the King Realm.
• Zheng Tang took Lin An to a hall, where he found the Heavenly Vault Army’s Mythic Realm leaders gathered for a meeting.