Chapter Summaries

At the Lin Clan’s gathering in Lin City, Lin Xuan watched the celebrated Lin Langtian prepare to compete and revealed that he considered him no weaker than himself. Lin Xuan then turned his attention to Lin Xiao, a contestant from the Qingyang Town branch, leaving Lin Mu wondering why.

• The Lin Clan held its Clan Gathering in Lin City, where Lin Langtian stood out as the favored champion contender.
• Lin Mu regarded Lin Xuan, Lin Fan’s adopted son, and recalled that Lin Xuan had once defeated him easily with a single sword at the same cultivation level.
• Lin Mu asked Lin Xuan what he thought of Lin Langtian, and Lin Xuan said Lin Langtian was remarkably talented and no weaker than himself.
• Lin Langtian entered the arena to face Lin Xiao of the Qingyang Town branch.
• Lin Mu noticed Lin Xuan watching Lin Xiao and asked whether he thought highly of him, but Lin Xuan only shook his head as a dazed recollection crossed his eyes.

Lin Xuan saved Lin Xiao from Lin Langtian’s crippling attack and challenged the elders who accused him of violating the Clan Gathering rules. As Lin Xuan calmly confronted them, his unseen pressure made the elders realize that his strength was not ordinary.

• Lin Xuan recalled how the system had kept him in Lin City until he comprehended the Sword Heart and entered the sword path.
• Lin Langtian struck at Lin Xiao with a full-force palm, but Lin Xuan sent a Three Feet Long Sword to block the blow.
• Lin Xiao was thrown back by the shockwave and carried away by Lin Zhentian and the others.
• Lin Langtian demanded to know who had intervened, while several elders accused Lin Xuan of breaking the Clan Gathering rules and called for his expulsion.
• Lin Xuan said he had fulfilled his duty by stopping Lin Langtian from crippling a fellow clansman and reminded the elders that they had barred members of the Creation Three Realms from competing.
• Lin Xuan’s invisible pressure weighed on the elders, who sensed that it came from neither Lin Mu nor an ordinary Shaping Realm or Qi Creation Realm expert.

Lin Xuan confronted Lin Langtian after declaring that Lin Langtian had won their match, but refused to be threatened and challenged him to attack. Lin Xuan defeated him with one sword strike and left the Colosseum, suspending the Clan Gathering until the next day.

• Lin Langtian invoked his authority over the Enforcement Team and threatened to take Lin Xuan before the Clan Chief, but Lin Xuan rejected the threat and challenged him to make one move.
• Lin Langtian called on the soul within him, and its aid strengthened his Shattering Sky Demon Monument Palm until the demonic monuments appeared to possess Shaping Realm power.
• Lin Langtian attacked with the two monuments, but Lin Xuan found the flaw in his move and struck him before sheathing his sword behind his back.
• Lin Xuan injured Lin Langtian's meridians, leaving him unable to use Origin Power for the rest of the day, and departed while announcing that the Clan Gathering would resume tomorrow.
• Lin Langtian fell to one knee and spat blood as the monuments dissipated, while elders who had supported him began to worry and waver.

Six years after the Lin Clan Gathering, Lin Xuan remained devoted to cultivation and pondered the Sword Dao at Fallen Dragon Pool. He finally found clarity in a Sword Dao that used the sword to repel enemies and guard the heart.

• Lin Xuan’s standing as Young Clan Leader rose within the Lin Clan while Lin Langtian’s breakthrough restored his reputation as the clan’s First Genius among outsiders.
• Lin Xuan spent six years searching for his own Sword Dao and studying the sword arts of Dugu Qiubai, Ximen Chuixue, and Ye Gucheng.
• At Fallen Dragon Pool, Lin Xuan weighed the principles behind their Sword Daos and rejected a sword devoted only to slaughter.
• Lin Xuan realized his sword should repel enemies and guard the heart, and resolved to wield it in pursuit of his Sword Dao and Sword Heart.

Lin Xuan emerged from Fallen Dragon Pool after comprehending the sword and killed its two Nether Profound Dragons when they attacked him. He carried their corpses back to Lin City, where onlookers wondered whether the young swordsman was the Lin Clan’s Young Clan Leader.

• Lin Xuan grasped the Nameless Divine Sword and drew the Nether Profound Dragon out of Fallen Dragon Pool.
• Lin Xuan tried to explain that he had only come to comprehend the sword, but the Nether Profound Dragon attacked him with a column of water.
• Lin Xuan killed the first Nether Profound Dragon with a sword strike and claimed its corpse for the Lin Clan.
• The second Nether Profound Dragon tried to swallow Lin Xuan, but he killed it by cutting through the back of its head.
• Lin Xuan carried both Nether Profound Dragon corpses toward Lin City, where experts recognized them and speculated about his identity.

Lin Xuan joined the clan elders after returning with two Great Accomplishment Creation Realm demonic beasts, and Lin Fan told him about a Nirvana Heart in an Ancient Tomb Mansion that could help him enter the Nirvana Realm. Lin Fan warned that Lin Xuan’s greatest opponent for the treasure was one particular person, whose identity he had not yet revealed.

• Lin Xuan handed the two Flood Dragons’ valuable remains over to the Lin Clan and went to the Council Hall when summoned.
• The elders greeted Lin Xuan as Young Clan Leader, a position he had earned through his strength and the Creation Martial Arts he had given the clan.
• Lin Fan explained that the clan lacked enough Nirvana Pills to support Lin Xuan’s breakthrough into the Nirvana Realm.
• Lin Fan revealed that he had found a Nirvana Heart in an Ancient Tomb Mansion in the Sky Flame Mountain Range, but Wang Lei had stopped him from taking it and word had spread to other powerful figures.
• Lin Xuan asked where the Nirvana Heart was, and Lin Fan told him to disregard the Four Great Clans and watch out for his greatest opponent.

Lin Xuan learned that the Ancient Tomb Mansion would open in just over a month, offering a chance to claim a rare Nirvana Heart, and agreed to lead the Lin Clan’s younger members there. He traveled to Flame City first, where he hoped to meet Lin Dong, and arrived with his team after half a month on the road.

• Lin Fan told Lin Xuan about Ling Qingzhu, the Nirvana Heart, and the upcoming opening of the Ancient Tomb Mansion, warning him to use restraint when fighting her.
• Lin Xuan agreed to lead the Lin Clan’s team and prepare to challenge the Wang Clan’s people for treasures.
• Lin Fan ordered Lin Xuan to travel to Flame City, where the Lin Clan had a branch family, and investigate the situation before the tomb opened.
• Lin Mu reminded Lin Xuan that he had saved a Flame City branch-family clansman from Lin Langtian six years earlier, prompting Lin Xuan to decide to visit the city.
• Lin Ze and Lin Shan assembled the team, and Lin Xuan led them to Flame City, arriving after half a month.

Lin Dong learned that members of the Lin Clan had come to Flame City and discovered why the clan was pursuing an Ancient Tomb Mansion. Xuan Su revealed that the famed Lin Langtian had once been defeated by the Lin Clan’s hidden Young Clan Leader, a powerful figure who might also come to Flame City.

• Xuan Su gave Lin Dong a Sixth Grade Vermillion Blood Demon Fruit for sixty thousand Yang Yuan Stones and asked whether he knew of the Lin Clan.
• Lin Dong recalled how Lin Langtian had nearly killed his father six years earlier, and Xuan Su told him that Lin Clan members were staying in Flame City and asking about his family.
• Xuan Su explained that the Lin Clan had come because a Nirvana Realm expert’s Ancient Tomb Mansion had been discovered in the Sky Flame Mountain Range, and someone had ruined the clan’s plans.
• Lin Dong learned that the Lin Clan’s Young Clan Leader, rather than Lin Langtian, was expected to lead the clan’s response, though Lin Langtian might also come.
• Xuan Su revealed that the Young Clan Leader had defeated Lin Langtian six years earlier and, less than a month ago, killed two Dragon-Bloodline demon beasts at the Great Accomplishment of Creation Realm.

After learning that the Lin Clan’s Young Clan Leader, Lin Xuan, had arrived in Flame City, Lin Dong worried that even Little Marten could not protect him from a Creation Realm expert. He returned home and learned that the Young Clan Leader would visit the Lin Family the next morning.

• Lin Dong asked Little Marten whether he could help them survive a confrontation with the Young Clan Leader, and Little Marten admitted their chances were poor.
• Little Marten explained that Lin Xuan’s rumored victories over two Dragon Bloodline demonic beasts made him more dangerous than an ordinary Creation Realm expert.
• Lin Dong returned to the Lin Family and was summoned to the main hall, where he met his grandfather’s old friend, Old Man Tao, and four young guests.
• Old Man Tao said Lin Xuan would lead a party to the Lin Family the next day, then left with the four youths.
• Lin Zhentian told Lin Dong that the family would welcome Lin Xuan the next morning and warned him not to offend the Young Clan Leader.

Lin Dong met Lin Xuan, the Young Clan Leader, and learned that he had once saved Lin Xiao and could see through the Mysterious Stone Talisman. Lin Xuan left the talisman with Lin Dong, but Little Marten revealed that Lin Xuan had discovered him too.

• Lin Zhentian gathered the Lin Family's core figures to welcome Lin Xuan, and Lin Dong joined them at the estate gate.
• Lin Xiao thanked Lin Xuan for saving him at the Clan Gathering, and Lin Xuan explained that he had intervened to uphold the clan rules.
• Lin Xuan examined Lin Dong, recognized the Mysterious Stone Talisman, and told him not to squander his fortuitous encounter.
• Lin Dong entered the estate relieved that Lin Xuan had no designs on the talisman, but Little Marten said Lin Xuan had detected him inside it.

Lin Xuan prepared the Lin Family branch for the journey to the Ancient Tomb Mansion and asked Lin Dong to lead him to a secluded courtyard. There, he revealed he knew about Little Marten and offered him demon spirits in exchange for a full-power attack, leaving Little Marten confused by the arrangement.

• Lin Xuan ordered Wu Tao to gather intelligence on the Wang Clan, and Lin Zhentian offered help through the Myriad Gold Commerce.
• Lin Xuan allowed the branch family’s youngsters to join the journey across the Sky Flame Mountain Range and asked Wu Tao to arrange a secluded place for him.
• Lin Dong led Lin Xuan to a courtyard, where Lin Xuan called out Little Marten from the Mysterious Stone Talisman.
• Lin Xuan identified Little Marten as a member of the Sky Demon Marten race and sent Lin Dong a Universe Bag filled with demon spirits and demon cores as payment for a fight.
• Little Marten accepted the supplies, but grew baffled when Lin Xuan told him to attack while he defended; Lin Xuan urged him to use his full strength so he could study his techniques.

Lin Xuan asked Little Marten to attack so he could study the Way Little Marten cultivated, and he effortlessly stopped Little Marten’s sacrificial Sky Demon Claw with mental energy. After sensing its demonic energy, Devouring Power, and faint Qi of Death, Lin Xuan began to comprehend while Lin Dong and Little Marten left him alone.

• Little Marten sacrificed half of the Nether Profound Dragon’s demon spirit to strengthen his right claw.
• Little Marten attacked Lin Xuan with Sky Demon Claw, but Lin Xuan blocked it with an invisible barrier of mental energy.
• Lin Dong realized Lin Xuan was an Advanced Spirit Rune Master as well as a Creation Realm expert.
• Lin Xuan examined the attack’s energy and sensed its Devouring Power and faint Qi of Death.
• Lin Xuan closed his eyes and began comprehending the Way Little Marten cultivated, while Lin Dong and Little Marten withdrew from the courtyard.

Lin Xuan’s group entered the Sky Flame Mountain Range on the way to the Ancient Tomb Mansion, and Little Flame encountered a party trying to capture him. The party was wiped out, and Little Flame returned to the Lin Clan group.

• Lin Xuan left his courtyard after half a month of sword training and joined the Lin Clan’s journey toward the Sky Flame Mountain Range.
• The Lin Clan reached the mountain range and advanced through the forest the next morning, with Wu Tao assigning Little Flame to scout the flanks.
• Lin Dong noticed that Little Flame had not returned and reported the problem to Wu Tao.
• Lin Xuan sensed that a young man’s group was trying to capture Little Flame and told Wu Tao that Little Flame would return soon.
• Little Flame killed the party’s two Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm experts and pursued the remaining survivors.
• Little Flame returned to the Lin Clan group with a fierce killing aura.

Lin Xuan’s party encountered signs of blood in the mountains, and Wu Tao and Lin Dong warned the Lin Clan members to prepare for a strong enemy. Lin Xuan sensed two approaching groups from the same faction and left the younger clansmen to face the challenge, while remaining ready to protect them if their lives were in danger.

• Wu Tao noticed a smell of blood and ordered the party to be cautious.
• Lin Dong said Little Flame sensed no major threat but warned that the enemy was strong.
• Wu Tao told Lin Chen and Lin Ke'er to watch the party as the younger Lin Clan members readied themselves.
• Lin Xuan sensed two groups from the same faction approaching, including four Great Perfection of the Core Formation Realm experts in total.
• Lin Xuan judged that his clansmen were at a disadvantage but resolved to intervene if their lives were threatened.

The Lin Clan’s party encountered a hostile group in a mountain clearing, whose members coveted their spirit treasures and Little Flame. As Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue faced two insulting attackers, Lin Xuan remained still, and the women’s auras surged in response.

• The opposing group ignored Lin Xuan but watched Lin Ke'er, Lin Dong, Lin Chen, and the others with hostility as they entered the clearing.
• Little Marten explained that Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue carried low-grade spirit treasures and praised Lin Xuan’s bound sword as an exceptional treasure.
• Wu Tao and the other stewards released their Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm auras, prompting three leaders among the opposing group to plan their approach.
• A man offered Lin Dong ten thousand Yang Yuan Stones for Little Flame, while two scar-faced men blocked Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue and insulted them.
• Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue drew their spirit-treasure swords, then looked to Lin Xuan, who remained motionless as their auras surged.

Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue attacked the scar-faced men, while Little Flame struck down another enemy. After the nearly hundred opponents surrounded them, someone ordered the group not to act rashly.

• Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue attacked their respective scar-faced opponents with their spirit treasures.
• Lin Xue blinded her opponent with One Sword Drifting Snow.
• Lin Ke'er severed her opponent’s arm with Flying Immortal From Beyond the Heavens.
• Little Flame pierced the chest of a Minor Perfection of Core Formation Realm expert, killing him.
• Three Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm men and nearly a hundred people surrounded the group, but a voice ordered them not to act rashly.

Lin Xuan deterred Song Dao and the Han brothers from attacking the Lin Clan, and Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue killed two men who had harassed them. After the Lin Clan left, a blood-wolf-tattooed man emerged from the forest and urged the three leaders to focus on attacking the Myriad Gold Commerce.

• An unseen voice warned the three Great Perfection Core Formation Realm experts not to act rashly, and they suspected Lin Xuan was far stronger than them.
• Lin Ke'er and Lin Xue killed two Minor Perfection Core Formation Realm men who had harassed them.
• Song Dao and Han Zong apologized, handed over Universe Bags as compensation, and cleared the path for the Lin Clan.
• Lin Xuan led the group onward through the Sky Flame Mountain Range, leaving Song Dao, Han Zong, and Han Sheng behind.
• Song Dao, Han Zong, and Han Sheng lamented their losses until a blood-wolf-tattooed man emerged and promised they could recover them by taking down the Myriad Gold Commerce.

During the Lin Clan's quiet journey through the Sky Flame Mountain Range, Little Marten discovered that Lin Xuan had comprehended a trace of Qi of Death while still in the Creation Realm, surpassing even the Ancient Eight Rulers at the same stage. The chapter ended when Lin Xuan suddenly vanished after releasing a bone-chilling aura, and Lin Ke'er and Lin Dong were sent to investigate with Little Flame.

• The Lin Clan's group traveled peacefully through the Sky Flame Mountain Range and made camp as night fell.
• Lin Xuan stood silently beneath a tree, contemplating his sword beneath the moon.
• Little Marten told Lin Dong that Lin Xuan had comprehended a trace of Qi of Death, a feat he had never heard of even among the Ancient Eight Rulers.
• Lin Xuan released a freezing aura and vanished from beneath the tree, alarming the Lin Clan.
• Wu Tao sent Lin Ke'er and Lin Dong to investigate with Little Flame.

Lin Xuan appeared as Liu Xuan Su and Xia Zhilan were cornered by Blood Wolf Gang pursuers, then seized Liu Xuan Su’s sword and attacked them. The chapter ended with the sword planted beside Liu Xuan Su, trembling after Lin Xuan’s swift strike.

• Liu Xuan Su sent Xia Zhilan away and stayed behind to face the pursuing Blood Wolf Gang cultivators.
• The pursuers captured Xia Zhilan and threatened Liu Xuan Su, demanding that she cripple her Origin Power.
• Lin Xuan arrived and recognized the Myriad Gold Commerce token at Liu Xuan Su’s waist.
• Lin Xuan pulled Liu Xuan Su’s sword from her hand and unleashed a killing strike against the pursuers.
• Liu Xuan Su saw her sword driven into the ground beside her, still trembling.

Lin Xuan killed the men who attacked him and agreed to lead Liu Xuan Su and Xia Zhilan back, while Xia Wanjin continued fighting Yue Shan’s group to buy them time. Yue Shan revealed that he had sent men after Liu Xuan Su and Xia Zhilan, leaving Xia Wanjin fearing for their safety.

• Lin Xuan killed the Lesser Core Formation Realm expert and several others, then let Liu Xuan Su embrace Xia Zhilan.
• Lin Xuan asked Liu Xuan Su whether she belonged to the Myriad Gold Commerce and told her to lead the way so he could repay the help the commerce had given him.
• Xia Wanjin fought Yue Shan, Song Dao, Han Zong, and Han Sheng while their forces surrounded him, and he kept fighting to give Liu Xuan Su and Xia Zhilan time to escape.
• Yue Shan revealed that he had sent several Core Formation Realm experts after Liu Xuan Su and Xia Zhilan, and Xia Wanjin realized they were missing.