Chapter Summaries

At the Sacred Palace, the Sacred Yuan Palace Master revived Wu Huang in a Blood Asura Body and revealed that he intended to use Sacred Dragon Destiny to locate the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal. Meanwhile, the Cang Xuan Sect’s Mountain Selection Ceremony ended with the new disciples assigned to the Seven Peaks, including Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao joining Sacred Source Peak.

• The Sacred Yuan Palace Master and Sacred Palace elders watched Wu Huang’s soul take shape in a Blood Asura Body, despite objections about the resources spent.
• The Sacred Yuan Palace Master explained that Wu Huang had to kill Zhou Yuan and reclaim his Sacred Dragon Destiny so he could find the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal.
• The Sacred Yuan Palace Master declared that the Sacred Palace would destroy the Cang Xuan Sect and rule Azure Profound Heaven, while privately resolving to restore his Saint Clan’s rule.
• At the Mountain Selection Ceremony, Xiao Lin and Qing Yang Sect Master discussed the Sacred Palace and other powers as Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao chose Sacred Source Peak.
• Qing Yang Sect Master announced that the 9,999 selected disciples would enter the Seven Peaks in three days, bringing the Mountain Selection Ceremony to an end.

Xiao Lin challenged White Brow Peak Master's Source Rune formation at Spirit Pattern Peak and calmly passed its first trial, while White Brow Peak Master prepared a deeper challenge. At Sacred Source Peak, Peak Master Ling Jun recalled its former glory and asked Elder Xuan when its seal would be lifted, but received the same cryptic answer.

• Xiao Lin accepted White Brow Peak Master's formation wager, with Spirit Pattern Peak resources at stake and Yaoyao named as the penalty if Xiao Lin lost.
• A twin-tailed disciple welcomed Xiao Lin into White Brow Peak Master's formation, while White Brow Peak Master anticipated that Zhou Xiao Yao would come to Spirit Pattern Peak.
• Xiao Lin entered a Magma-filled trial, destroyed a giant Magma hand with a Golden Longsword, and defended against further attacks using the Immortal Trapping Sword Formation.
• Xiao Lin crossed the Magma river and passed the formation's first node, prompting White Brow Peak Master to prepare a more serious trial.
• Peak Master Ling Jun visited Sacred Source Peak, spoke of restoring its former glory, and asked Elder Xuan when the seal would be lifted.
• Elder Xuan told Peak Master Ling Jun that the seal would be lifted when the time came, and Peak Master Ling Jun turned his gaze toward the mist-covered main peak.

Peak Master Ling Jun sought Elder Xuan’s help locating the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal, but Elder Xuan questioned Ling Jun’s motives and told him he was unsuited to wield it. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin defeated the White Brow Peak Master’s array challenge, advanced his understanding of Source Runes, and returned to cultivate with the Wandering Spirit Realm within reach.

• Peak Master Ling Jun told Elder Xuan that the Cang Xuan Sect needed the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal to produce a new Heavenly Lord and avenge the Master, but Elder Xuan denied knowing its location.
• Elder Xuan challenged Peak Master Ling Jun’s motives and said he was not suited to wield the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal; Ling Jun insisted he needed its power to avenge the Master.
• Xiao Lin broke through more than eighty percent of the White Brow Source Rune Grand Array, improving his Source Rune mastery and nearing the Wandering Spirit Realm.
• The White Brow Peak Master dispelled the array, conceded defeat, and gave up competing with Xiao Lin to teach Zhou Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Lin returned to Sacred Source Peak, sat on his lotus platform, and drew Genesis Qi into his Nine Divine Mansions halo to cultivate.

Xiao Lin used Divine Mansion treasures to cultivate and broke through to the middle stage of the Divine Prefecture Realm after two months of seclusion. Meanwhile, Qing Yang Sect Master decided to appoint him Peak Master of Sacred Source Peak so he could attempt to open its sealed main peak.

• Xiao Lin reflected on the difficulty of connecting his Nine Divine Mansions and used the treasures he had won from White Brow Peak Master to cultivate.
• Yaoyao learned she had been wagered as a stake in Xiao Lin and White Brow Peak Master's battle, then challenged Zhou Yuan to a Genesis Rune contest and quickly defeated him.
• After two months of seclusion, Xiao Lin connected four Divine Mansions and advanced to the middle stage of the Divine Prefecture Realm.
• Qing Yang Sect Master considered Xiao Lin's connection to the Azure Profound Old Ancestor and the sealed main peak of Sacred Source Peak, despite opposition from some of the Six Great Figures.
• Qing Yang Sect Master decided to make Xiao Lin the Peak Master of Sacred Source Peak and follow the Azure Profound Old Ancestor's final command.

Qing Yang Sect Master brought Xiao Lin to Sacred Source Peak, where Elder Xuan opened the Trial Mountain Path using Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s token. Xiao Lin passed the first trial with ease and entered the second, where the golden sun began testing his Divine Soul.

• Qing Yang Sect Master presented Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s token, and Elder Xuan opened a path through the mist for Xiao Lin.
• Elder Xuan and Qing Yang Sect Master explained that the Trial Mountain Path tested climbers and that the Profound Bell would measure their performance.
• Xiao Lin steadily climbed as the path drained his Source Qi, then received golden light that replenished it and passed the first trial.
• The mountain path vanished and Xiao Lin found himself in a scorching desert, where the golden sunlight pierced toward his Divine Soul.
• Xiao Lin dismissed the second trial’s attack as insignificant, and a phantom appeared above his head.

Xiao Lin passed the second Trial Mountain Path trial by crushing its blazing sun with his Divine Soul, then entered a great hall and selected a Source Infant opponent. He began fighting the Lesser Source Infant puppet and prepared to unleash the Immortal Slaying Formation as the battle continued.

• Xiao Lin used his peak Transformation Realm Divine Soul to seize and shatter the golden sun, then absorbed the energy it released.
• The trial voice declared Xiao Lin had passed the second stage, and the desert gave way to an ancient hall containing three pillars marked Source Infant, Heavenly Sun, and Divine Prefecture.
• Xiao Lin spun the pointer and selected the Source Infant opponent, using his Divine Soul strength to judge that he could face it.
• The Source Infant puppet awoke and attacked, while Xiao Lin answered with a river of Source Runes that collided with its torrent of Source Qi.
• Xiao Lin recognized the opponent as a Lesser Source Infant and formed an enormous Source Rune, then began combining the Immortal Slaying, Immortal Slaughtering, Immortal Trapping, and Absolute Immortal Sword Formations into the Immortal Slaying Formation.

Xiao Lin defeated the Source Infant and passed all three trials at Sacred Source Peak’s sealed main peak, earning nine rings of the Profound Bell and reopening it. The Cang Xuan Sect’s leaders and disciples rushed toward the main peak, while Elder Lu Hong feared the event would ruin Sword Come Peak’s plans.

• Xiao Lin overwhelmed the Source Infant with the Four Great Sword Formations and cleared the final trial.
• The Profound Bell rang nine times, confirming Xiao Lin had achieved the best possible result and reopened Sacred Source Peak’s main peak.
• Elder Xuan and Qing Yang Sect Master welcomed the main peak’s reopening as a blessing for the Cang Xuan Sect.
• Shen Taiyuan and Elder Lu Song, along with Sacred Source Peak’s disciples, hurried toward the main peak after hearing the bell.
• Elder Lu Hong learned that the main peak had opened, feared Sword Come Peak’s plans were ruined, and rushed there in anger.
• Liu Lian Yi, Bai Mei, Gu Tianhong, Jiang Lei Jun, and Ling Jun witnessed the phenomenon and flew toward Sacred Source Peak.

Sacred Source Peak reopened, and Xiao Lin joined the Cang Xuan Sect’s leaders in searching it for the missing Cang Xuan Sacred Seal. After the search found nothing, Peak Master Ling Jun accused Xiao Lin of hiding clues, and Xiao Lin approached Liu Lian Yi while Ling Jun watched furiously.

• Qing Yang Sect Master and the Five Great Figures congratulated Sacred Source Peak as its seals shattered and its main mountain reappeared.
• Xiao Lin waited outside the summit hall until Qing Yang Sect Master and the five Peak Masters arrived and opened its doors.
• The group paid respects to the statue of the Azure Profound Old Ancestor, then searched the entire mountain for the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal.
• The search found no clues, and Jiang Lei Jun, the White-browed Old Man, and Peak Master Ling Jun debated why the ancestor had sealed Sacred Source Peak.
• Peak Master Ling Jun accused Xiao Lin of concealing something and asked Qing Yang Sect Master to investigate him, but Xiao Lin challenged Ling Jun’s motives.
• Xiao Lin walked over to Liu Lian Yi and spoke quietly to her, leaving Peak Master Ling Jun furious.

Xiao Lin became Sacred Source Peak’s Peak Master, cleared himself of Ling Jun’s accusations with Liu Lian Yi’s support, and received the authority of the Peak Master Seal. He used that authority to order Elder Lu Hong’s branch back to Sword Come Peak, leaving Lu Hong stunned and furious.

• Liu Lian Yi vouched for Xiao Lin, while Ling Jun drew his sword and challenged him.
• Elder Xuan arrived and rebuked Ling Jun, and Qing Yang Sect Master and the other Peak Masters accepted that the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal was not on Sacred Source Peak.
• Xiao Lin took up the Peak Master Seal and ordered Elder Shen Taiyuan to return Elder Lu Hong’s branch to Sword Come Peak.
• Shen Taiyuan delivered Xiao Lin’s order to Lu Hong, who protested that Ling Jun had authorized the branch’s transfer.
• Shen Taiyuan insisted Sacred Source Peak’s affairs now belonged to Xiao Lin, and Lu Hong fell silent at the sight of Xiao Lin’s authority on the order.

Xiao Lin cultivated through a breakthrough to the seventh layer of the Divine Prefecture Realm while secluded in Sacred Source Peak. He sent Zhou Yuan into the main hall, where Zhou Yuan used the Barrier Breaking Sacred Mark to reveal the second Sacred Mark hidden in the Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s statue.

• Xiao Lin drew on the Cang Xuan Sect’s Source Dragon Vein to cultivate and left Sacred Source Peak’s affairs to Elder Shen Taiyuan.
• Xiao Lin broke through to the seventh layer of the Divine Prefecture Realm, raising his Source Qi reserves to more than sixty million Source Qi Stars.
• Xiao Lin formed a third Nine-Colored Divine Mansion halo and sent Zhou Yuan a note telling him to take the item in the main hall himself.
• Zhou Yuan entered the main hall and searched for the second Sacred Mark but found nothing at first.
• Zhou Yuan activated the Barrier Breaking Sacred Mark and revealed an ancient light pattern in the Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s outstretched palm.

Xiao Lin completed all nine layers of his Divine Prefectures and approached the Spirit Wanderer Realm, then set out to seek a breakthrough while agreeing to oversee Cang Xuan Sect’s Heaven-grade mission in Black Flame State. The mission team arrived near the Black Flame Mountain Range, while Xiao Lin traveled at his own pace and remained elsewhere on the way.

• Xiao Lin cultivated to the eighth Divine Prefecture layer as Sword Come Peak’s hostility toward Sacred Source Peak continued to grow.
• Cang Xuan Sect announced a Heaven-grade mission to contest ownership of a sixth-grade Flame Marrow Vein in Black Flame State, and Zhou Yuan qualified as Sacred Source Peak’s participant among four Sword Come Peak disciples.
• Qing Yang Sect Master assigned Xiao Lin to keep an eye on the mission after learning he planned to leave the sect.
• Xiao Lin broke through to the great completion of the Divine Prefecture Realm, with more than one hundred and eighty million Source Qi Stars, and set out to seek a Spirit Wanderer breakthrough through travel and contemplation.
• The Cang Xuan Sect disciples traveled ahead by flying vessel and approached the Black Flame Mountain Range as Xiao Lin continued his leisurely journey.

Li Qingchan led the Cang Xuan Sect disciples, including Zhou Yuan, to Black Fire City to learn about the struggle over the Flame Marrow Vein. Xiao Lin arrived separately and left the mission’s arrangements to Elder Wu Lin while focusing on breaking through to the Wandering Spirit Realm.

• Li Qingchan brought the Cang Xuan Sect group to Black Fire City and explained that they would meet Elder Wu Lin before receiving mission details.
• Zhou Yuan and the other disciples entered the city’s pavilion, where Sacred Sons and elite disciples from the Hundred Flower Immortal Palace, Sacred Palace, and Northern Abyss Dragon-Subduing Hall had gathered.
• Elder Wu Lin explained that factions across Black Flame State were preparing to compete for mining rights to the Flame Marrow Vein.
• Xiao Lin arrived in Black Fire City and told Elder Wu Lin to handle the mission, since he had another purpose for leaving the sect.
• Xiao Lin focused on advancing his Divine Soul toward the Wandering Spirit Realm and reflected on the Pseudo Dharma Domain and Dharma Domain Realms.

As the factions began competing for the Flame Marrow Vein, the Sacred Palace’s Heavenly Saint Hall Master attacked Xiao Lin and tried to take him away. Xiao Lin resisted with the Immortal Trapping Sword Formation, while the other great sects noticed the attack and confronted the Sacred Palace.

• The major factions gathered at the Flame Marrow Vein, and the Sacred Palace elder announced the start of the contest.
• Xiao Lin cultivated apart from the battlefield, sensing that his Divine Soul was close to the Spirit Wanderer Realm.
• The Heavenly Saint Hall Master appeared and demanded that Xiao Lin come to the Sacred Palace, then attacked him with a Genesis Qi dragon and Phoenix.
• Xiao Lin used the Immortal Trapping Sword Formation to devour the dragon and Phoenix, and realized the Hall Master knew about his strength from inside information.
• The Heavenly Saint Hall Master revealed a Pseudo Dharma Domain, and Xiao Lin recognized him as the strongest of the Sacred Palace’s Ten Hall Masters.
• Qing Yang Sect Master, Ancient Whale Venerable, and Dan Qingzi observed the attack and reacted with anger and alarm.

Under the Heavenly Saint Hall Master's Pseudo Dharma Domain pressure, Xiao Lin's Divine Soul broke through to the Spirit Wanderer Realm, letting him defeat and kill the hall master. His breakthrough drew the attention of Azure Profound Heaven's Dharma Domain giants, who now regarded him as their equal.

• The Heavenly Saint Hall Master unleashed his Pseudo Dharma Domain to suppress Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin's Divine Soul broke through to the Spirit Wanderer Realm.
• Xiao Lin used his new power to isolate the Heavenly Saint Hall Master's domain and shatter the Heavenly King Soul-Sealing Seal with controlled spatial fragments.
• The Heavenly Saint Hall Master fled and then self-destructed, but Xiao Lin seized his Source Infant and crushed it despite his plea for mercy.
• The Sacred Yuan Palace Master, the Heavenly Sword Venerable, and Moluo appeared as Xiao Lin's Spirit Wanderer Realm power drew the Dharma Domain giants' attention.
• Xiao Lin faced the distant giants calmly, while the Qing Yang Sect Master watched from the Cang Xuan Sect and then withdrew his gaze.

Xiao Lin killed the Sacred Palace's Heavenly Saint Hall Master after breaking through to the Wandering Spirit Realm, then returned to the Cang Xuan Sect to investigate the traitor who had exposed him. He accused Peak Master Liu Lian Yi of tampering with the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal before the Azure Profound Old Ancestor's death, leaving Qing Yang Sect Master and Ling Jun stunned.

• Xiao Lin crushed the Heavenly Saint Hall Master's Source Infant and killed him, shocking the fighters at the Black Flame Mountain Range.
• Xiao Lin returned to Cang Xuan Sect and told Qing Yang Sect Master that a traitor had informed the Sacred Palace about him and the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal.
• Qing Yang Sect Master summoned Ling Jun and Liu Lian Yi to Cang Xuan Peak at Xiao Lin's request.
• Xiao Lin explained that the Azure Profound Old Ancestor could have been killed only after losing control of the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal, then accused Liu Lian Yi of tampering with it.
• Ling Jun challenged Xiao Lin to provide evidence, and Xiao Lin struck him with spiritual power, sending him flying.
• Liu Lian Yi asked whether the Azure Profound Old Ancestor had told Xiao Lin about the matter, while Qing Yang Sect Master realized she and Ling Jun knew secrets about the Old Ancestor's death.

Liu Lian Yi admitted that she had secretly altered the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal with Ling Jun’s help, unintentionally contributing to the Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s death. Xiao Lin revealed that a hidden mastermind within the Cang Xuan Sect had orchestrated the events, and the Sect Master prepared to summon the Peak Masters to expose him.

• Liu Lian Yi confessed that she had inscribed a Clear Heart Divine Pattern on the Cang Xuan Sacred Seal because she wanted the Azure Profound Old Ancestor to stop distancing himself from her.
• Qing Yang Sect Master realized that Ling Jun had helped Liu Lian Yi take the seal out of its barrier, and Ling Jun admitted his role.
• Qing Yang Sect Master condemned Liu Lian Yi and Ling Jun as culprits in the Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s death, but Xiao Lin said the true mastermind was still inside the Cang Xuan Sect.
• Xiao Lin linked the mastermind to the attack on him and asked Qing Yang Sect Master to summon Elder Xuan and the other Peak Masters.
• Liu Lian Yi and Ling Jun learned that Xiao Lin had killed the Heavenly Saint Hall Master, while Xiao Lin prepared to use a gathering about the Sacred Palace’s response to uncover the traitor.

Xiao Lin confronted Jiang Lei Jun over Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s murder, forcing him to reveal his long-hidden Dharma Domain strength. Jiang Lei Jun admitted his resentment toward Cang Xuan and began explaining how envy drove him to wait for Cang Xuan’s fall, before a terrifying aura suddenly locked onto him.

• Xiao Lin used overwhelming Divine Soul pressure against Jiang Lei Jun, who revealed that he had reached the Dharma Domain Realm.
• Xiao Lin identified Jiang Lei Jun as the killer of Azure Profound Old Ancestor and linked his crime to the jade pendant.
• Qing Yang Sect Master accused Jiang Lei Jun of using his control of the Scripture Repository to manipulate what Junior Sister saw.
• Jiang Lei Jun recounted how he and Cang Xuan had grown up together, then described how Cang Xuan’s fame and power left him feeling overshadowed.
• Jiang Lei Jun confessed that he had waited for Cang Xuan, the blazing sun, to fall, and a terrifying aura suddenly locked onto him.

Jiang Lei Jun revealed his betrayal of the Cang Xuan Sect and fled to Thunder Prison Peak, where he planned to escape through its lightning formations. Xiao Lin broke through the mountain’s defenses and confronted him at the summit alongside Elder Xuan and the Qing Yang Sect Master.

• Elder Xuan attacked Jiang Lei Jun, who admitted that he had joined Sheng Yuan and believed he deserved greater recognition after reaching the Dharma Domain Realm.
• Xiao Lin, Elder Xuan, and the Qing Yang Sect Master joined forces against Jiang Lei Jun, but he escaped through the Cang Xuan Sect’s grand formation toward Thunder Prison Peak.
• The three pursuers reached Thunder Prison Peak, and Xiao Lin entered its dangerous formations while the Qing Yang Sect Master kept the sect’s grand formation sealed.
• Xiao Lin analyzed the Source Rune formation, absorbed its lightning attacks, and destroyed a boulder to expose a weak point and break through its defenses.
• Jiang Lei Jun charged the Purple Divine Lightning to open an escape route, but Xiao Lin, Elder Xuan, and the Qing Yang Sect Master arrived at the summit after Xiao Lin had broken the formations.

Xiao Lin and the other Dharma Domain experts captured Jiang Lei Jun, the culprit behind Azure Profound Old Ancestor’s death, while sparing him for interrogation. Xiao Lin returned to secluded cultivation to pursue the Heavenly Sun Realm, and the chapter ended as he considered a method for obtaining Innate Spiritual Energy without traveling to Primordial Heaven.

• Xiao Lin, Elder Xuan, and Qing Yang Sect Master cornered Jiang Lei Jun and sealed off his escape routes with Cang Xuan Sect’s grand formation.
• Elder Xuan and Qing Yang Sect Master persuaded Xiao Lin to spare Jiang Lei Jun so they could question him about Sacred Palace’s schemes, and the three subdued him.
• Xiao Lin repeatedly slapped the restrained Jiang Lei Jun, humiliating him before the three experts captured and imprisoned him.
• Xiao Lin returned to Sacred Source Peak and entered seclusion to raise his Source Qi cultivation toward the Heavenly Sun Realm.
• Xiao Lin considered obtaining Innate Spiritual Energy from the Abyss of Falling but decided he would not travel there himself, relying instead on a method he had sensed after reaching the Spirit Wanderer Realm.

Xiao Lin used the Primordial Light gifted by his Ruler-level true self to refine his foundation and break through to the Heavenly Sun Realm. He left Sacred Source Peak with a Primordial Heavenly Sun containing one billion Source Qi Stars, and believed it could make him invincible in future realms.

• Xiao Lin recalled briefly connecting with his true self when he entered the Wandering Spirit Realm and receiving a strand of Primordial Light.
• Xiao Lin spent two months cultivating in seclusion at Sacred Source Peak, condensing 180 million Source Qi Stars into a sphere and refining it with Innate Spiritual Energy.
• Xiao Lin formed a Crimson Heavenly Sun, then refined it through Snow Silver, Purple Gold, and Glazed stages.
• Xiao Lin infused the Glazed Heavenly Sun with Primordial Light, transforming it into a Primordial Heavenly Sun that held one billion Source Qi Stars.
• Xiao Lin tested his new strength by destroying an unnamed mountain near Sacred Source Peak with a burst of primordial Source Qi and Pure Yang Qi.
• Xiao Lin concluded that his foundation would let him dominate the Source Infant and Dharma Domain realms if he advanced further.