Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan fought the Ten Thousand Sword Map and Sword Lake Palace’s array with the Vermilion Bird Ring and Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. After breaking the Flood Dragon’s chain net, he trapped the dragon with sword threads.

• The Sword Lake Palace elder feared Lin Xuan’s treasures but resolved to eliminate him and hoped two martial uncles would arrive soon.
• Lin Xuan and the Ten Thousand Sword Map clashed as the Vermilion Bird’s flame laws overcame the Five Elements Sword Qi.
• The Five Elements Sword Qi re-formed into a thousand-zhang Flood Dragon, which cast a multicolored chain net over Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan attacked the net with the Vermilion Bird’s burning Wind Blades and the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword’s transformed sword threads.
• Lin Xuan’s combined attack shattered the net, and he wrapped the fleeing Flood Dragon in a chain of sword threads.

Lin Xuan broke free of Sword Lake Palace’s formation and claimed the Ten Thousand Sword Map after defeating its Flood Dragon. He pressed deeper into the sect and reached Spirit Eye Lake.

• Lin Xuan bound the Flood Dragon with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and used the Vermilion Bird Ring to behead it.
• Lin Xuan combined his swords into a giant sword and shattered the formation’s void, escaping into a verdant mountain valley.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Ten Thousand Sword Map, drew it to himself, and put the weakened treasure away.
• Lin Xuan flew through Sword Lake Palace’s core region, breaking its lesser formations as cultivators fled from him.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Spirit Eye Lake and marveled at its vast emerald waters.

Lin Xuan found nearly a hundred Sword Lake Palace elders gathered on an island and flew to attack them, but they scattered and fled before he could reach them. He summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword into the form of a giant, lifelike Phoenix to pursue them.

• Lin Xuan considered Sword Lake Palace's absent dual-cultivation Dao companions a threat and resolved to press on against its headquarters.
• Lin Xuan spotted nearly a hundred Spirit Division cultivators gathered on an island and decided to seize the chance to cripple Sword Lake Palace.
• As Lin Xuan flew toward them, the cultivators scattered and fled in all directions.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword and merged it into a vast Phoenix whose pressure rivaled a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator.

Lin Xuan used the True Spirit Transformation Sword Art to pursue Sword Lake Palace’s fleeing elders and kill one of its late-stage cultivators. He then targeted a nearby white-haired elder as his magic power dwindled.

• Sword Lake Palace’s elders fled, and Lin Xuan picked out the dozen fastest late-stage cultivators as his targets.
• Lin Xuan rode the transformed Phoenix through a spatial rift and appeared a thousand li away above Wu, a fleeing Sword Lake Palace elder.
• Wu begged for his life and raised several shields, but Lin Xuan’s sword lights broke through and killed him along with his Nascent Soul.
• Lin Xuan turned toward a nearby white-haired elder and sent a dozen Phoenix plumes flying at her.

Lin Xuan pursued the fleeing cultivators who had schemed for Cloud Hidden Sect’s treasures, killing the Old Crone and then defeating a powerful Sword Lake Palace elder. He left the pale-gold-faced cultivator dead along with his Nascent Soul.

• Lin Xuan sent crimson streaks at the Old Crone, but she dodged them before his Phoenix engulfed her in flames and reduced her to ash.
• Lin Xuan chased a pale-gold-faced cultivator and struck him with a sphere of light formed by his fist.
• The cultivator summoned a giant Silver Mantis from the silver patterns on his face and blocked Lin Xuan’s punch.
• Lin Xuan drew a fiery-red Immortal Sword and slashed at the cultivator, who used a secret art to greatly increase his power.
• The Silver Mantis failed to stop Lin Xuan’s sword, which destroyed the cultivator’s body and Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan continued his assault on Sword Lake Palace, killing three Spirit Division Stage elders and pursuing its former sect master. Before he could finish the elder, Sword Lake Palace’s two peak initial-stage Tribulation Transcendence experts appeared, bringing Lin Xuan face to face with the sect’s most formidable opponents.

• Lin Xuan killed three late-stage Spirit Division Stage elders as the other Sword Lake Palace elders fled in panic.
• Lin Xuan recognized the former Sword Lake Palace sect master and crossed a thousand li to attack him.
• The elder attacked Lin Xuan with a Golden Ripple Brush, while Lin Xuan countered with his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.
• A sudden Startling Rainbow blocked Lin Xuan’s sword, and a man and woman appeared beside the elder.
• Lin Xuan recognized the pair as Sword Lake Palace’s mysterious dual-cultivation Daoist couple, both peak initial-stage Tribulation Transcendence Cultivators.
• Sword Lake Palace’s surviving elders rejoiced at their arrival, while the couple reacted with dismay at the state of their sect.

Lin Xuan confronted two Supreme Elders of Sword Lake Palace after exposing their attempt to seize Cloud Hidden Sect’s Spirit Eye Lake. The elders surrounded him and began their battle with an attack from the Palace-Robed Woman’s husband.

• The Supreme Elders of Sword Lake Palace realized Lin Xuan had turned the conflict over the Spirit Eye Lake against them and resolved to kill him.
• Sword Lake Palace’s Spirit Division Stage elders stopped fleeing and prepared to assist their Supreme Elders against Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan faced the two elders without fear, believing that defeating them would force Sword Lake Palace to concede and end the conflict with Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Lin Xuan asked the mysterious dual-cultivation companions for their names, but the Palace-Robed Woman mocked him and refused to answer.
• The man grew furious at Lin Xuan’s taunt, summoned an Immortal Sword, and slashed it down toward Lin Xuan’s head.

Lin Xuan blocked the Green-Robed Man’s opening sword strike, then recognized the danger of the Palace-Robed Woman’s hidden attack. Just as her sword nearly reached his back, a concealed attacker stabbed her instead, destroying her body and forcing out her Nascent Soul.

• Lin Xuan met the Green-Robed Man’s fierce sword strike with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, and the two attacks ended in a deadlock.
• Lin Xuan sensed danger and realized the Palace-Robed Woman was likely preparing a coordinated attack with her husband.
• The Palace-Robed Woman appeared behind Lin Xuan and thrust her Immortal Sword toward his back with the aid of a concealment spell and the power of law.
• As her sword neared Lin Xuan, a hidden attacker stabbed the Palace-Robed Woman through the back with a snow-white weapon.
• The Palace-Robed Woman’s heart was destroyed by saber qi, and her Nascent Soul emerged from her ruined body.

Lin Xuan used his avatar to turn the Palace-Robed Woman’s trap against her and cornered her Nascent Soul. As she faced the Phoenix’s flames, the Green-Robed Man rushed to save her, and Lin Xuan blocked him with the Vermilion Bird Ring.

• The Palace-Robed Woman’s Nascent Soul realized that Lin Xuan had ambushed her with an avatar and tried to flee using a secret art.
• Lin Xuan used the Phoenix’s Space Laws to disrupt her escape and trap her in place as flames closed in.
• The Nascent Soul called for help, and the Green-Robed Man charged toward her to rescue his wife.
• Lin Xuan used Teleportation to block the Green-Robed Man and faced his sword strike with the Vermilion Bird Ring.
• The Vermilion Bird emerged from the ring and formed a giant flaming sword to strike the Green-Robed Man.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Green-Robed Man’s Dao companion and turned to face him alone. The man blocked Lin Xuan’s flame attack with the power of Spirit Eye Lake, then transformed into a towering giant, leaving Lin Xuan uncertain of his purpose.

• Lin Xuan’s flames overwhelmed the woman’s defenses and destroyed her Nascent Soul, while the Green-Robed Man failed to save her.
• The Sword Lake Palace cultivators watched in fear as the woman’s death left the sect without a clear way to escape its crisis.
• Lin Xuan dismissed the Green-Robed Man’s threat and sent the phoenix and Vermilion Bird’s flame swords at him.
• The Green-Robed Man drew power from Spirit Eye Lake, sending countless water arrows to block the flame swords.
• The Green-Robed Man used Giant Technique to grow a thousand zhang tall, and Lin Xuan wondered what advantage the transformation would bring.

Lin Xuan attacked the Green-Robed Man, but the man used a powerful defensive talisman to hold off Lin Xuan’s Phoenix and Vermilion Bird while he worked to refine Spirit Eye Lake. The Green-Robed Man then enlarged his head and began swallowing the lake’s water, prompting the Immortal-looking Elder to cry out in alarm.

• Lin Xuan sent his Phoenix crashing into the giant, but the Green-Robed Man burned a corner-missing golden talisman to form a barrier that easily blocked the attack.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Phoenix and Vermilion Bird to batter the barrier until it began to shake.
• The Green-Robed Man continued refining Spirit Eye Lake, confident that the barrier would hold long enough for him to avenge his wife.
• The Green-Robed Man enlarged his head and roared, injuring nearby Spirit Division Stage cultivators with the sound.
• The Green-Robed Man began sucking a massive column of water from Spirit Eye Lake into his mouth, and the Immortal-looking Elder shouted for him to stop.

The Green-Robed Man drained Spirit Eye Lake to gain power for revenge against Lin Xuan, while the master of Sword Lake Palace turned against him to defend the sect’s treasure. With the lake nearly gone and the giant’s power surging, he prepared to reveal how he would use it against Lin Xuan.

• The master of Sword Lake Palace ordered his disciples to attack the Green-Robed Man and used his Golden Ripple Brush, but the other cultivators stayed out of the fight.
• Lin Xuan recalled the Phoenix and Vermilion Bird after they weakened the golden light curtain, unable to stop the giant from draining Spirit Eye Lake.
• The Green-Robed Man absorbed the lake’s spiritual energy, causing his body to bleed as his spiritual power surged.
• The Green-Robed Man threatened to make Lin Xuan suffer, and Lin Xuan questioned whether he could control the chaotic power.
• The Green-Robed Man took out a Jade Bottle and produced a dragon’s-eye-sized pill.

After swallowing a spirit pill and devouring Spirit Eye Lake, the Green-Robed Man gained overwhelming magical power and attacked Lin Xuan to avenge his wife. Lin Xuan met him with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, then condensed his sword strike into a crystalline thread to counter the Green-Robed Man’s greater strength.

• The Green-Robed Man swallowed the spirit pill, calmed his chaotic water spiritual power, and shrank back to ordinary size while retaining more than ten times his usual magical power.
• The Green-Robed Man resolved to kill Lin Xuan and torment his soul, while Lin Xuan decided to strike first despite recognizing the danger.
• Lin Xuan transformed the Phoenix into eighty-one Immortal Swords and formed them into a translucent sword infused with the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• The Green-Robed Man answered Lin Xuan’s sword strike with a vast surge of fiery-red sword light, relying on his superior magical power.
• Lin Xuan compressed his Sword Qi into a slender crystalline thread and sent it slashing toward the Green-Robed Man.

Lin Xuan survived the Green-Robed Man’s counterattack and unleashed the Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder and Vermilion Bird Ring to press his advantage. The Green-Robed Man then revealed nearly a million collected Immortal Swords, leaving Lin Xuan facing an unprecedented assault.

• Lin Xuan split the Green-Robed Man’s fiery-red Sword Qi with the Sword into Silk Technique, but the severed blades continued toward him.
• Lin Xuan blocked the incoming Sword Qi with shields formed from the Illusionary Yin Divine Thunder.
• Lin Xuan counterattacked with a lightning python and thousands of Vermilion Bird Ring shadows, wounding the Green-Robed Man’s left hand.
• The Green-Robed Man exploded his Storage Bag and released nearly a million Immortal Swords of widely varying quality.
• Lin Xuan realized that the Green-Robed Man appeared ready to wield the enormous collection of swords against him.

Lin Xuan faced the Green-Robed Man inside a deadly Sword Domain created from more than a million Immortal Swords. After surviving the domain’s first Sword Intent strike, Lin Xuan resolved to act decisively against his powerful enemy.

• Lin Xuan sent the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword at the Green-Robed Man, whose countless Immortal Swords blocked it.
• The Green-Robed Man made nearly a million Immortal Swords vanish and transformed the surrounding void into a Sword Domain.
• The Green-Robed Man attacked with invisible Sword Intent, which shattered Lin Xuan’s Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone and wounded him despite his Body-Protecting Spirit Light.
• The Green-Robed Man explained that the Sword Domain was a costly formation with many killing moves, and vowed to kill Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan recognized the danger and resolved to make a decisive move before the Green-Robed Man could overwhelm him.

Lin Xuan faced a Tribulation Transcendence-level sword cultivator in the Sword Domain and prepared to use the Five Dragon Seal against the opponent’s deadly technique. As nearly a million Sword Souls filled the sky, Sword Lake Palace’s cultivators watched the Sword Domain from outside and hoped their martial uncle would prevail.

• Lin Xuan decided to use the Five Dragon Seal, judging that he needed to end the fight quickly despite the danger of attracting a stronger opponent.
• The opponent summoned a Sword Soul and revealed that he had gathered nearly a million Sword Souls, including some from Spirit Tool-grade flying swords.
• The opponent said his final technique would cost him his life but vowed to kill Lin Xuan first.
• Lin Xuan remained confident that the Five Dragon Seal could defeat the opponent and prepared to unleash it.
• At Sword Lake Palace, Spirit Eye Lake had dried up as dozens of Spirit Division Stage cultivators watched the Sword Domain and hoped their martial uncle would win.

Sword Lake Palace’s elders waited anxiously for the battle between Lin Xuan and their Martial Uncle to end, only to see Lin Xuan emerge victorious. The palace master admitted defeat, but Lin Xuan rejected the idea that surrender alone could settle their grievances.

• The Immortal-looking Elder admitted he did not know whether Martial Uncle could defeat Lin Xuan, leaving the Sword Lake Palace elders to wait in fear.
• The Sword Domain shattered, and Lin Xuan appeared alive after defeating Martial Uncle.
• Lin Xuan reflected that the battle had nearly overwhelmed him and that even the Five Dragon Seal might not guarantee victory against stronger Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• The palace master of Sword Lake Palace bowed to Lin Xuan and asked him to show mercy, saying they admitted defeat.
• Lin Xuan sneered and told the palace master that he could not simply surrender and expect their conflict to be over.

After defeating Sword Lake Palace and killing its two Supreme Elders, Lin Xuan demanded compensation for the sect’s past actions. The Sword Lake Palace master proposed submitting to Cloud Hidden Sect, and Lin Xuan agreed to leave for one day while the sect decided how to respond.

• Sword Lake Palace’s elders swallowed their anger as Lin Xuan rejected a simple apology as sufficient repayment.
• The Sword Lake Palace master proposed that his sect submit to Cloud Hidden Sect, shocking the elders and Lin Xuan.
• The elders loudly opposed the proposal, but their senior brother silenced them and asked Lin Xuan to return at noon the next day for a final answer.
• Lin Xuan granted Sword Lake Palace one day to decide and flew away without hesitation.
• Sword Lake Palace’s elders wondered why Lin Xuan had left so readily, while he remained confident they could neither threaten him nor abandon their sect.

Sword Lake Palace’s elders met after Lin Xuan left, expecting their palace master’s offer to submit to the Cloud Hidden Sect to be a delaying tactic. The palace master insisted they could not flee or simply pay compensation, and began explaining why affiliating with the Cloud Hidden Sect might be necessary.

• Lin Xuan stopped on a Desolate Mountain and meditated while he waited for Sword Lake Palace’s promised answer the next day.
• The Sword Lake Palace palace master led the elders to a stone hall, where they gathered to discuss the sect’s crisis.
• The elders urged the palace master to flee or resist becoming a subordinate sect, but he warned that abandoning Sword Lake Palace would endanger its hundreds of thousands of disciples.
• The palace master argued that Sword Lake Palace should proactively become affiliated with the Cloud Hidden Sect because the sect’s defeat and prominent reputation left it facing a serious crisis.

Sword Lake Palace’s elders agreed to submit to Cloud Hidden Sect, seeing the alliance as their best chance to survive without their Supreme Elders. Lin Xuan saw through their plan but welcomed the benefits, and Sword Lake Palace’s cultivators greeted him respectfully when he arrived.

• The elders considered the dangers Sword Lake Palace would face and concluded that joining Cloud Hidden Sect could give them protection from enemies such as Old Demon Xue.
• The Immortal-looking Elder persuaded the others to accept the plan and endure the restrictions, holding out hope that Venerable Wan Jian would return.
• Lin Xuan flew to Sword Lake Palace the next day, aware that the sect wanted his protection but confident the alliance would benefit Cloud Hidden Sect.
• Sword Lake Palace’s Spirit Division Stage cultivators and a large group of cultivators bowed and greeted Lin Xuan respectfully.