Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan confronted the forces threatening Xia Wanjin and his family, offering to let them survive if they endured three of his swords. He killed more than a hundred subordinates with his first strike, leaving Yue Shan, Song Dao, Han Zong, and Han Sheng terrified as he announced that it was only the First Sword.

• Xia Zhilan and Liu Xuan Su appeared beside Lin Xuan, prompting Xia Wanjin to call out to them.
• Lin Xuan told Song Dao, Yue Shan, and the others that he owed Myriad Gold Commerce a favor and would let them leave if they received three of his swords.
• Lin Xuan borrowed Liu Xuan Su's sword and vanished as snow began falling around the mountain hollow.
• Lin Xuan unleashed One Sword Drifting Snow, turning the falling snowflakes into sword lights that killed more than a hundred people.
• Lin Xuan reappeared before Yue Shan, Song Dao, Han Zong, and Han Sheng and declared that the attack had been the First Sword.

Lin Xuan used a single sword strike to kill Yue Shan, Song Dao, Han Zong, and the fourth attacker, though the blade crumbled from the Qi of Death. He gave Liu Xuan Su Han Zong’s spiritual treasure as compensation and left, and Lin Dong and Lin Ke’er arrived afterward.

• Lin Xuan faced Yue Shan, Song Dao, Han Zong, and the fourth man, then vanished into the moonlight as they prepared to defend themselves.
• Lin Xuan descended in a sword strike from the moonlight and killed all four men without spilling blood.
• Lin Xuan took Han Zong’s short blade and gave it to Liu Xuan Su as compensation for the sword that had turned to ash.
• Liu Xuan Su thanked Lin Xuan, who said he had not acted to save her and then disappeared.
• Lin Ke’er and Lin Dong arrived in the mountain hollow, where Lin Dong saw the bodies and Liu Xuan Su greeted him.

Lin Dong examined Yue Shan and learned from Little Marten that Lin Xuan had killed four men by precisely using Qi of Death to annihilate their life force and souls. Lin Dong stored the corpses as potential weapons and asked Xia Wanjin and Liu Xuan Su about their plans, leaving the group to rest before returning to Flame City.

• Lin Dong found no fatal injuries on Yue Shan's body and called Little Marten to explain how he had died.
• Little Marten said Lin Xuan had used a faint strand of Qi of Death to kill Yue Shan, Song Dao, and two others with one sword strike.
• Little Marten warned Lin Dong that Qi of Death was deadly to anyone below the Life Profound Realm and praised Lin Xuan's precise control of it.
• Lin Dong asked whether the corpses could be used to harm opponents, and Little Marten said he could enhance them enough to threaten experts below the Nirvana Realm.
• Lin Dong stored the four corpses in his Universe Bag and gave the four Universe Bags to Xia Wanjin and Liu Xuan Su.
• Liu Xuan Su said they would rest there for the night and return to Flame City the next day.

Lin Xuan reflected on his cultivation and prepared to challenge the remnant spirit in the Ancient Tomb Mansion, while the Lin Clan party advanced toward the mountain range’s inner region. The chapter ended with the group reaching the foot of a massive peak after fighting through demonic-beast territory.

• Lin Xuan resumed cultivating after returning to camp, using his recent sword strike to deepen his insights.
• At dawn, Lin Dong and Little Marten noticed Lin Xuan’s changed aura, and Lin Xuan recognized Little Marten hiding within Lin Dong.
• Lin Xuan anticipated testing himself against the Ancient Tomb Mansion’s remnant spirit and meeting a genius from the Nine Heavens Great Purity Palace.
• Wu Tao reported that the Lin Clan party was ready, and Lin Xuan led them toward the mountain range’s inner region.
• The Lin Clan party traveled cautiously, fought through several groups of demonic beasts, and reached the foot of a massive mountain peak.

Lin Xuan and Lin Dong examined the seals protecting the Ancient Tomb Mansion and learned that a powerful expert from the Nine Heavens Great Purity Palace had left the more formidable one. Lin Xuan led the group toward a camp at the mountain’s foot to meet the Wang Clan, while Little Marten urged Lin Dong to rob them.

• Lin Dong asked whether the buildings atop the mountain were the Ancient Tomb Mansion, and Wu Tao explained that a powerful seal blocked entry.
• Lin Xuan said the seal was troublesome, while Little Marten clarified that it had been left by an expert stronger than he had been at his peak.
• Little Marten reasoned that Lin Xuan must have a way to enter and that the seal was meant to turn the mansion into an opportunity for sect disciples.
• Lin Xuan led the group toward the camp at the mountain’s foot to meet the Wang Clan.
• Little Marten encouraged Lin Dong to rob the Wang Clan, but Lin Dong hesitated.

Lin Xuan led the Lin Clan into the camp at Sky Flame Mountain and confronted the Wang Clan, whose young members were unnerved by his presence. He attacked a tent with a casual sword strike, revealing a hidden Wang Clan expert at Qi Creation Realm who barely stopped it.

• Lin Xuan and the Lin Clan arrived at the camp, where onlookers recognized their clan emblems and discussed Lin Xuan's reputation.
• Lin Ke'er spotted the Wang Clan, and Lin Dong noticed a young Wang Clan expert trembling as he looked at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan condensed Sword Qi into a blade and sent it toward a nearby tent.
• A hidden Qi Creation Realm expert inside the tent destroyed Lin Xuan's sword, but the clash ripped the tent apart and exposed the Wang Clan's secret reinforcement.

Lin Xuan killed a Wang Clan elder with a single sword after exposing the clan’s secret interference in the competition for the Nirvana Heart. Afterward, Lin Dong considered Little Marten’s advice to seek an opportunity in the Great Desolate Province and resolved to pursue greater strength.

• Lin Xuan confronted the gray-robed Wang Clan elder who had secretly entered the competition, then killed him with one sword.
• Lin Xuan spared the Wang Clan’s younger members and returned to the Lin Clan group, where Wu Tao began setting up camp.
• Lin Dong watched Lin Xuan’s strike and realized his own strength was nowhere near enough to match it.
• Little Marten urged Lin Dong to seek an opportunity in the Great Desolate Province, indirectly pointing him toward an Ancestor Symbol.
• Lin Dong thought about the gap between his current strength and Lin Langtian’s, then resolved to seek greater power.

The Four Great Clans gathered to break the seal, and Lin Xuan sensed their leaders approaching alongside an even more formidable presence. Lin Langtian arrived on a crimson eagle of condensed Origin Power, prompting Little Marten to question his reputation and suspect something unusual about his strength.

• The camp’s groups kept their distance from Lin Xuan after he killed a Qi Creation Realm expert, and the Wang Clan surrendered the central campsite.
• Lin Xuan waited with the Lin Clan as the agreed day to break the seal arrived.
• At noon, Lin Xuan sensed four powerful auras approaching and another presence that demanded his attention.
• Lin Langtian arrived on a crimson giant eagle formed from his Origin Power, and the gathered adventurers compared his presence with Lin Xuan’s.
• Lin Dong recognized Lin Langtian as the rival he had long aspired to surpass, while Little Marten judged his Qi Creation comprehension poor and suspected something strange about him.

Lin Dong learned more about Lin Langtian’s selfish past as Lin Xuan began to regard him as a threat to the Lin Clan and his own sword path. When Wang Yan boasted about his elder brother, Lin Xuan’s sword intent silenced both Wang Yan and Lin Langtian, leaving them wary of the Sword Saint.

• Lin Chen and Lin Xue accused Lin Langtian of taking Lin Feng’s resources and failing to defend the Lin Clan from the Wang Clan.
• Lin Dong suspected Lin Langtian’s talent was not what people claimed, while Lin Xuan developed killing intent after learning of his actions.
• Little Marten pointed Lin Dong toward Lin Xuan, who had turned his attention to Lin Langtian.
• Wang Yan arrived and boasted that his elder brother Wang Zhong could claim the Ancient Tomb Mansion’s treasures for the Wang Clan.
• Lin Xuan challenged Wang Yan’s boast, then unleashed sword intent that cowed both Wang Yan and Lin Langtian.

Lin Dong and the others saw Qin Shi arrive on a Wind Luan Bird, then met Ling Qingzhu, the Huangfu Family’s powerful ally. Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu sensed that they were evenly matched, setting up a meeting between two exceptional fighters.

• Little Flame growled at the approaching Wind Luan Bird, and Little Marten praised him for resisting its bloodline suppression.
• Qin Shi arrived and respectfully greeted Lin Xuan, whose presence had already eased the tension among Wang Yan and Lin Langtian.
• Lin Ke'er told Lin Dong that the Huangfu Family had invited a powerful ally, and Lin Xuan said Miss Ling was as strong as he was.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived on an Azure Lotus and sensed that Lin Xuan was at least as powerful as herself.
• Ling Qingzhu praised Lin Xuan for being an extraordinary talent from the Great Yan Dynasty.

Lin Xuan and the others joined forces to break the seal protecting the mountain peak, but Lin Xuan’s sword strike shattered it in a single blow. Ling Qingzhu then used a lotus petal to reveal or dispel something hidden in the air above the peak.

• Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu agreed to contend for the Nirvana Heart and help the others break the seal.
• Qin Shi, Wang Yan, and Lin Langtian attacked the energy screen, weakening its runes but failing to break it.
• Ling Qingzhu asked Lin Xuan to act, and he unleashed a sword strike that shattered the screen into starlight.
• Ling Qingzhu sent a petal from her Ancient Azure Sky Lotus into the empty sky, causing a peculiar fluctuation and making something invisible begin to dissipate.
• Lin Xuan noticed Ling Qingzhu’s concealed action while the others remained focused on his sword strike.

After Ling Qingzhu and Lin Xuan broke the seal, the cultivators rushed toward the Ancient Tomb Mansion. Lin Dong joined the Lin Clan’s effort to delay the Wang Clan, while Lin Xuan disappeared ahead, leaving the race for the tomb underway.

• Ling Qingzhu entered the Ancient Tomb Mansion first, and Wang Yan, Qin Shi, and Lin Langtian followed.
• Lin Xuan left behind an afterimage and vanished toward the mountaintop; Little Marten urged Lin Dong to hurry after him.
• Lin Dong rode Little Flame past the other cultivators and asked Little Marten how to slow the Wang Clan.
• Lin Ke'er ordered Lin Chen and the others to attack Wang Pan’s group, slowing them down.
• Lin Dong and Little Flame drew nearby demonic beasts toward the Wang Clan, while Lin Chen taunted Wang Pan as the Lin Clan pressed ahead.

Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu agreed to compete for the Nirvana Heart and traveled together through the Ancient Tomb Mansion. They reached the deepest underground hall, where a sea of fire blocked the way, and prepared to enter it together.

• Lin Xuan told Ling Qingzhu that his father had discovered the Ancient Tomb Mansion and proposed they compete for the Nirvana Heart without attacking the winner afterward.
• Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu passed the hall of six spiritual treasures without stopping, while Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi hurried after them.
• Lin Xuan crossed a hall of awakening talisman puppets with a flash of sword light, and Ling Qingzhu used her movement technique to catch up.
• Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu passed several more puppet-guarded halls and reached the deepest underground hall.
• Ling Qingzhu was shielded from the heat by the Ancient Azure Sky Lotus, while Lin Xuan remained unaffected, and they agreed to enter the sea of fire together.

Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu crossed the Fire Sea Grand Array and found a Nirvana Heart in the Tomb Master's stone hall. After the Tomb Master's remnant primordial spirit appeared and agreed to give them the treasure, Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu prepared to fight over it.

• Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu saw through the illusory passages and entered the fire together.
• Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu opened the Bronze Gate and found a Nirvana Heart above a stone coffin.
• Lin Xuan recognized a trace of a Spirit Seal in the Nirvana Heart and noticed the Tomb Master's hidden remnant primordial spirit.
• The Tomb Master emerged from the coffin and offered the Nirvana Heart to Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu.
• Ling Qingzhu reminded Lin Xuan of their agreement, and they prepared to duel for the Nirvana Heart.

Lin Dong claimed the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd and avoided a confrontation with Wang Pan after the Lin Clan stood in his defense. He then left the group to search deeper in the Ancient Tomb Mansion for extreme yin-type medicinal herbs for Qing Tan.

• Lin Dong imprinted the spear-shaped spiritual treasure with his blood essence, transforming it into the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd.
• Wang Pan demanded that Lin Ke'er move aside so he could confront Lin Dong, but Lin Ke'er and Lin Chen insisted that Lin Dong belonged to the Lin Clan.
• Lin Chen mocked Wang Pan and warned him against taking the Lin Clan's treasures, so Wang Pan led the Wang Clan away without attacking.
• Lin Ke'er offered Lin Dong the choice of resting with the Lin Clan, but he decided to search farther into the mansion for extreme yin-type herbs.
• Lin Ke'er urged Lin Dong to be careful as he headed deeper into the Ancient Tomb Mansion.

Lin Xuan defeated Ling Qingzhu in three sword strikes by detecting a flaw in her Origin Power circulation and claimed victory in their contest for the Nirvana Heart. After Ling Qingzhu accepted her loss, Lin Xuan turned toward the Tomb Master without taking the prize, and the Tomb Master praised his perception.

• Lin Xuan sensed an irregularity in Ling Qingzhu's Origin Power and struck her sword, disrupting its circulation.
• Lin Xuan knocked Ling Qingzhu's sword away and shattered the Ancient Azure Sky Lotus's protective light before stopping his blade at her heart meridian.
• Ling Qingzhu admitted defeat and asked how Lin Xuan had found her weakness.
• Lin Xuan credited his sensitivity to auras, while Ling Qingzhu doubted his claim that defeating her had been luck.
• Ling Qingzhu declared that the Nirvana Heart belonged to Sword Saint, and Lin Xuan turned to the Tomb Master instead of taking it.
• The Tomb Master praised Lin Xuan's sharp perception.

Lin Xuan refused the Tomb Master's attempts to pair him with Ling Qingzhu, then swallowed the Nirvana Heart to refine its energies. As Lin Xuan entered a strange state and revealed a transparent Sword Heart, the Tomb Master continued to urge Ling Qingzhu to marry him.

• The Tomb Master tried to arrange a match between Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu, but both rejected the idea.
• Ling Qingzhu attacked the Tomb Master, who deflected her strikes and trapped her with a barrier; Lin Xuan suppressed her Origin Power when she tried to attack again.
• Lin Xuan told the Tomb Master to stop making marriage jokes, and the Tomb Master promised not to interfere unless Lin Xuan could not resolve matters himself.
• Lin Xuan swallowed the Nirvana Heart, unleashing Sword Qi through the Stone Hall and leaving sword marks on its walls.
• Lin Xuan's body turned illusory as a clear, translucent heart beat in his chest, and the Tomb Master identified it as a peculiar Sword Heart before again asking Ling Qingzhu to marry Lin Xuan.

The Tomb Master failed to persuade Ling Qingzhu to marry Lin Xuan and offered his opportunity to Lin Dong instead. As Lin Xuan began refining the Nirvana Heart, the Tomb Master realized he was attempting to break through to both the Heavenly Symbol Master and Nirvana Realm at once.

• The Tomb Master warned Ling Qingzhu that Lin Xuan's talent could make him the Sword Ancestor, but she refused his offer to arrange their marriage.
• The Tomb Master opened the Bronze Gate and called Lin Dong inside, where Ling Qingzhu cautioned him not to covet Lin Xuan's treasures.
• The Tomb Master gave Lin Dong an opportunity because Ling Qingzhu had refused his offer, and Lin Dong thanked him awkwardly.
• Lin Xuan erupted with Sword Qi as he began breaking through, startling Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu.
• The Tomb Master realized Lin Xuan was using Nirvana energy and heavenly lightning to break through to the Heavenly Symbol Master and Nirvana Realm simultaneously and break the Yin Yang Lock.

Lin Xuan began breaking through from a Spirit Symbol Master to a Heavenly Symbol Master by fusing his seven Spirit Symbols. The breakthrough left a powerful ancient sword-symbol rune floating before him, while Lin Dong watched in awe.

• The Master of the Ancient Tomb explained that a Spirit Symbol Master could become a Heavenly Symbol Master by fusing Spirit Symbols into a Heavenly Symbol, and Ling Qingzhu recognized Lin Xuan's achievement.
• Lin Xuan released seven Spirit Symbols, whose aura overwhelmed Ling Qingzhu and pinned Lin Dong in place until the Master of the Ancient Tomb eased the pressure on him.
• The seven Spirit Symbols formed the Big Dipper's Seven Stars and drew in worldly energy as they illuminated one by one, causing Lin Xuan's aura to surge before fading away.
• Lin Xuan's divine sword flew from its sheath and circled him, then stopped before him as beams from the seven Spirit Symbols entered the blade.
• The seven Spirit Symbols burned into trails of flame and merged into an ancient sword-symbol rune, whose sharp Sword Qi carved seven deep marks into the Stone Hall walls.

Lin Xuan absorbed the Nirvana Heart and entered secluded cultivation while the Tomb Master passed the Heavenly Halberd Art and a surge of energy to Lin Dong before disappearing. Lin Langtian tried to move against Lin Xuan, but Ling Qingzhu blocked him, and Wang Pan’s arrival left Lin Dong facing a new threat.

• Lin Xuan absorbed the Nirvana aura as the Tomb Master gave Lin Dong the Heavenly Halberd Art and additional energy, then vanished.
• Ling Qingzhu destroyed the Bronze Gate and stopped Lin Langtian from attacking the cultivating Lin Xuan.
• Lin Langtian withdrew his attack after Mu Shi warned that they could not defeat Ling Qingzhu, then used his pressure to force Lin Dong back.
• Wang Yan and Qin Shi recognized that Lin Xuan had taken the Nirvana Heart, while Lin Langtian prepared to confront Lin Dong.
• Wang Pan and the Wang Clan entered the hall, and Wang Yan turned to Lin Langtian with a faint smile.