Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan fought the Nine Kings Hall’s weakened avatar to keep the Otherworldly Demonic Qi sealed inside the Ancient Tablet space. After their clash drained both sides, Lin Xuan stood pale and exhausted as the mysterious skeleton rose to attack again.

• Lin Xuan used his sword and the Ancestral Stone’s power to battle the Nine Kings Hall, who controlled the mysterious skeleton while fighting him.
• Lin Xuan activated Extreme Realm Ascension and drove the Nine Kings Hall to expend much of his demonic qi before the skeleton struck him from the side.
• The Nine Kings Hall summoned the Demon Emperor Armor, and Lin Xuan’s sword strike damaged the incomplete armor but failed to defeat him.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Limitless Yin Yang, All Things Live and Die, Heavenly Sword, Sever, and the divine sword clashed with the thorned armor in a stalemate.
• As both fighters’ strength declined, the Nine Kings Hall taunted Lin Xuan and raised the mysterious skeleton to attack him again.

Lin Xuan risked his life to strike down the Nine Kings Hall’s incarnation, but the Ancestral Stone appeared and absorbed the Demon Emperor Armor, helping him recover slightly. Lin Dong and Little Marten witnessed the victory and heard the sealed Nine Kings Hall threaten future revenge.

• Lin Dong and Little Marten watched Lin Xuan unleash a heavenly thunder sword strike that broke through the Nine Kings Hall’s demonic hand.
• The Mysterious Stone Talisman flew away from Lin Dong, and he rode Little Flame after it despite Little Marten warning him of the danger.
• Lin Xuan faced the weakened Nine Kings Hall, having burned his life force to destroy the incarnation and reduce the mysterious skeleton’s strength.
• The Ancestral Stone arrived, dispelled demonic aura, and distracted the Nine Kings Hall, allowing Lin Xuan to destroy his incarnation and knock away the Demon Emperor Armor.
• The Ancestral Stone absorbed the Demon Emperor Armor and replenished Lin Xuan slightly; he sealed the Nine Kings Hall’s voice after it threatened revenge, leaving Lin Dong wary of the demon’s warning.

Lin Xuan explained the Ancestral Stone and the Demonic Aliens to Lin Dong, revealing the Great Desolate Ancient Sect’s fate and warning him to conceal his treasure until he grew stronger. The Ancestral Stone purified Black Pupil’s disciple, while Lin Dong resolved to pursue the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and prepare for the Demonic Aliens’ inevitable pursuit.

• Lin Xuan identified the Ancestral Stone as the world’s second-ranked divine artifact and explained that Lin Dong had come seeking the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Lin Xuan revealed that Demonic Aliens had destroyed the Great Desolate Ancient Sect, and that Black Pupil and his eldest disciple had died fighting them.
• Little Marten realized that Demonic Aliens had likely killed him in the past, while Lin Xuan warned Lin Dong not to reveal the Ancestral Stone or Devouring Ancestor Symbol before surpassing his strength.
• Lin Dong learned that the Nine Kings Hall had once passed through two Reincarnation Tribulations and resolved to grow stronger rather than abandon the Ancestral Stone or the Ancestral Symbols.
• The Ancestral Stone restored Lin Xuan’s vitality and purified the mysterious skeleton, which bowed to Lin Xuan before returning to the ancient stone tablet and vowing to protect the sect.
• Lin Xuan explained that other powers had also fought the Demonic Aliens, and Lin Dong recognized how much stronger he still needed to become.

Lin Xuan stopped a Nine Heavens Great Purity Palace deacon from entering the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet and resumed healing, while Lin Dong rose to power in Great Desolate Province. After refining the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and destroying the Yin Puppet Sect, Lin Dong considered visiting Lin Xuan to deliver an invitation to his wedding with Mu Qianqian.

• Lin Xuan repaired the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet’s seal, warned Lin Dong to hide the Ancestral Stone and Ancestral Symbols, and said Lin Dong needed to find and refine the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Months later, a Robe-Clad Old Man entered the Ancient Tablet, fought its mysterious skeleton, and fled when Lin Xuan confronted him with his sword.
• The Robe-Clad Old Man recognized Lin Xuan as the Sword Saint and left after learning the Devouring Ancestor Symbol was beyond his reach.
• While Lin Xuan healed in the Profound Yin Mountain Range, Lin Dong and Mu Qianqian joined forces with the Martial Alliance to destroy the Yin Puppet Sect; Lin Dong obtained the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and advanced to High-Level Spirit Symbol Master.
• Lin Dong prepared to marry Mu Qianqian and asked Little Marten whether he should deliver a wedding invitation to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan attended Lin Dong and Mu Qianqian’s wedding in Yin Puppet City, then drank beneath the moon and began an impromptu sword dance. Little Marten realized Lin Xuan had passed both the Nirvana Tribulation and the Wind and Thunder Tribulation through his swordsmanship.

• Lin Dong and Mu Qianqian’s wedding brought the factions of Great Desolate Province to Yin Puppet City, where Lin Xuan arrived and took the place of Lin Dong’s absent elders.
• Wu Zong officiated as Lin Dong and Mu Qianqian completed their wedding ceremony.
• After the banquet, Lin Xuan drank wine on a rooftop and invited the wary Little Marten to join him.
• The Nameless Divine Sword rose beside Lin Xuan, and he drew it and began dancing beneath the moon.
• Little Marten sensed that Lin Xuan’s sword dance had shattered the forces of the Nirvana Tribulation and the Wind and Thunder Tribulation, allowing him to pass both.

Lin Xuan gave Lin Dong the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and a wedding gift before leaving Great Desolate Province for Lin City. Near Flame City, he encountered Chen Kui of the Northern Xuan Region’s Darkness Hall and detected Chen Kui’s hidden master, leaving Chen Kui stunned by his perception.

• Lin Xuan returned the Devouring Ancestor Symbol to Lin Dong and gave him one hundred thousand Nirvana Pills as a wedding gift.
• Lin Dong told Lin Xuan that Mu Qianqian supported his plans to leave Great Desolate Province and pursue the Hundred Dynasty War.
• Lin Xuan departed after collecting wine and a wedding invitation, while Lin Dong slipped away from Little Marten on his wedding night.
• Near Flame City, Lin Xuan confronted Chen Kui and deduced that he came from outside the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Chen Kui revealed that he was a disciple of the Northern Xuan Region’s Darkness Hall, and Lin Xuan sensed his concealed master in the forest.
• Chen Kui’s master, the Hall Master of Darkness Hall, revealed himself, and Chen Kui was shocked that Lin Xuan had detected him.

Lin Xuan met Bo Xuan and told him how he had sealed an incarnation of the Demon Prison Nine Kings Hall beneath the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet, giving him a talisman to investigate it. After Lin Qingtan learned that Lin Dong had married, Bo Xuan left to inspect the seal while Lin Xuan stayed in Flame City to inform the Lin Family.

• Lin Xuan impressed Bo Xuan by sensing his concealed presence, and Bo Xuan invited him to speak privately.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had defeated and resealed an incarnation of the Demon Prison Nine Kings Hall, then gave Bo Xuan a Seal Talisman and explained how the seal had weakened.
• Bo Xuan praised Lin Xuan and acknowledged Lin Qingtan's talent, while Chen Kui revised his opinion of Lin Xuan with admiration.
• Lin Qingtan asked about Lin Dong, and Lin Xuan told her that Lin Dong had married two days earlier and offered her the wedding invitation.
• Lin Qingtan grew pale, so Bo Xuan sent her away with Chen Kui and reflected that she had feelings for Lin Dong.
• Bo Xuan departed for Great Desolate Province to investigate the seal, while Lin Xuan stayed in Flame City and informed the Lin Family.

Lin Qingtan told Lin Xuan how Lin Dong had cared for her during her Fiend Devil Body’s eruptions, and Lin Xuan reflected on the devotion behind that sacrifice. Meanwhile, Bo Xuan entered the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet, took an arm bone from the sealed Nine Kings Hall for his disciple’s spirit treasure, strengthened the seal, and discovered Lin Xuan’s seemingly wasteful use of the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.

• Lin Qingtan explained to Lin Xuan how Lin Dong had endured the cold alongside her whenever her Fiend Devil Body erupted, and Lin Xuan said some things were worth giving everything for.
• Bo Xuan inspected Lin Xuan’s formation around the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet and used Lin Xuan’s sword talisman to enter it.
• Bo Xuan reviewed the remnants of the battle and realized Lin Xuan had destroyed the Nine Kings Hall’s avatar despite its desperate efforts.
• Bo Xuan entered the seal, severed an arm from the Nine Kings Hall to use as material for his disciple’s spirit treasure, and added the Darkness Ancestor Symbol’s power to the formation.
• After leaving the tablet, Bo Xuan sensed the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and saw Lin Xuan using it to restore his Origin Power and Mental Energy, leaving him aghast.

Bo Xuan confronted Lin Dong over the Ancestral Stone and Devouring Ancestor Symbol, then demonstrated how to use an Ancestral Symbol and helped Little Marten and Little Flame absorb their gains. He left after ordering Lin Dong to keep their meeting secret.

• A hidden Bo Xuan revealed that he knew Lin Dong possessed the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and immobilized Lin Dong, Little Marten, and Little Flame.
• Bo Xuan recognized the Ancestral Stone within Lin Dong and questioned him about finding it on the Lin Family's back mountain in Qingyang Town.
• Little Marten identified Bo Xuan as the master of the Darkness Hall and wielder of the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, and Bo Xuan explained that he knew Lin Xuan through the Sword Saint.
• Bo Xuan criticized Lin Dong's poor use of divine objects, then demonstrated the power of darkness to guide him in using an Ancestral Symbol.
• Bo Xuan helped Little Marten and Little Flame absorb the Ancient Blood Bat Dragon's remains, strengthening their bodies and spirits.
• Bo Xuan departed after warning Lin Dong not to reveal their meeting, and Lin Dong promised to keep it secret.

Ling Qingzhu learned that Lin Xuan had wielded Supreme Force and chose to train at Facing Abyss Peak to catch up with him. In Flame City, Lin Xuan watched Lin Qingtan practice, then prepared to return to his clan and enter seclusion after Bo Xuan gave him a severed arm from the Nine Kings Hall.

• Ling Qingzhu learned from the Taiqing Palace Master that Lin Xuan had used Supreme Force, then requested permission to cultivate at Facing Abyss Peak.
• The Taiqing Palace Master allowed Ling Qingzhu to train there for no more than one month at a time.
• In Flame City, Lin Xuan praised Lin Qingtan's martial arts talent as she practiced, and Bo Xuan arrived and watched her.
• Lin Xuan told Bo Xuan he planned to return to his clan and enter seclusion to advance his cultivation and condense his primordial spirit.
• Bo Xuan handed Lin Xuan a severed arm bearing the Otherworldly Demonic Qi of the Nine Kings Hall, and Lin Xuan said Lin Qingtan could collect it during the Clan Gathering.

Lin Xuan condensed a Primordial Spirit, broke through to the Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm and Seven Seal Heavenly Symbol Master level, and forged his body and Heavenly Talisman through Nirvana Fire and heavenly thunder. Afterward, Bo Xuan visited to obtain a weapon for his disciple, and Lin Xuan gave him the Demon Devourer bone sword before Bo Xuan invited him to drink.

• Lin Xuan condensed a Primordial Spirit from his golden Sword-Mark Origin Pill and broke through to the Seven Yuan Nirvana Realm and Seven Seal Heavenly Symbol Master level.
• Lin Xuan endured Nirvana Fire burning his body and sent his Sword-Mark Heavenly Talisman into the Wind and Thunder Tribulation to temper them.
• Bo Xuan emerged from hiding and praised Lin Xuan's resilience and the forging method he had learned from the Nine Kings Hall.
• Lin Xuan gave Bo Xuan the Demon Devourer sword, a quasi-Pure Origin Treasure forged from the arm bone of the Nine Kings Hall.
• Bo Xuan invited Lin Xuan to drink wine to celebrate his Primordial Spirit breakthrough.

Lin Dong prepared to leave for the Hundred Dynasty War while Lin Qingtan agreed to become Bo Xuan’s disciple in exchange for a chance to grow stronger and receive a powerful sword. At the imperial seed selection, Lin Xuan, Lin Ke'er, Lin Xue, and Lin Dong won the four available slots for the Lin Clan, while the Huangfu Clan held the preassigned fifth.

• Lin Xiao urged Lin Dong to take responsibility for Mu Qianqian and asked how he would handle Lin Ke'er and Lin Qingtan; Lin Dong resolved to leave and grow stronger to protect his family.
• Bo Xuan offered Lin Qingtan the Devouring Demon Sword as a gift if she became his disciple, and she agreed to cultivate with him after Lin Dong left for the Hundred Dynasty War.
• Lin Xuan, Lin Ke'er, Lin Feng, Lin Xue, Lin Dong, and Lin Chen traveled with Lin Fan to the imperial seed selection, where Lin Xuan’s opponents withdrew rather than face him.
• Huangfu Jing emerged with a slot, and Lin Xuan thanked Huangfu Qingyu, revealing that the Huangfu Clan’s place had been arranged in advance.
• Lin Ke'er won a slot, Lin Xue defeated Lin Chen for another, and Lin Dong defeated Wang Zhong to claim the last available slot; Lin Feng failed to qualify.
• Lin Fan celebrated as the Lin Clan took all four remaining slots, while the Huangfu Clan kept the preassigned fifth.

Lin Xuan and four companions entered the Ancient Battlefield and traveled toward a gathering point in Stone Peak Forest. They reached a city occupied by the Holy Light Dynasty, where Lin Xuan confronted a man demanding Nirvana Pills.

• Mo Jingtian activated the teleportation array after Lin Fan and Huangfu Qingyu paid a total of fifty thousand Nirvana Pills, sending Lin Xuan, Lin Dong, Lin Ke'er, Lin Xue, and Huangfu Jing into the Ancient Battlefield.
• Lin Dong discovered that the Ancient Battlefield's energy contained Nirvana Qi, and Huangfu Jing used a map from Nine Heavens Great Purity Palace to guide the group toward a gathering point.
• Lin Xuan and his companions flew north and reached an ancient city, where the Holy Light Dynasty had taken control and demanded ten Nirvana Pills from each entrant.
• A burly Holy Light Dynasty man demanded fifty Nirvana Pills from Lin Xuan's group, and Lin Xuan told him to move; the man refused.

Lin Xuan killed the Holy Light Dynasty experts who blocked his way, then uncovered the Ancient Battlefield’s connection to the Four Sacred Beasts and used the beast tide’s demon crystals to activate a Vermilion Bird formation. As the Vermilion Bird Fire consumed his body, Lin Xuan entered a dangerous tempering process, leaving Yan astonished by the power of his bones and heart.

• Lin Xuan killed Li Sheng and more than a dozen Holy Light Dynasty experts, then entered the city with Lin Dong and the others.
• After studying the Blood Moon for three days, Lin Xuan concluded that the Ancient Battlefield had once been part of the Demon Continent and that the moon embodied the Four Sacred Beasts’ flesh and blood.
• When the Blood Moon intensified and a demonic beast tide approached, Lin Xuan turned the moon white and summoned countless swords that wiped out the beasts.
• Lin Xuan gathered the demon crystals above the city and formed a vast array, while Yan revealed that its totem depicted the sacred beast Vermilion Bird and that Lin Xuan was activating its legendary Nirvana Flame.
• The Vermilion Bird Fire engulfed Lin Xuan, burning away his flesh and hair until only his Primordial Spirit, bones, and beating heart remained, and Yan declared his bones and heart even more astonishing than his Primordial Spirit.

Lin Xuan tempered his body in Nirvana Fire and gained the Four Sacred Beasts’ inheritance, but chose not to claim it. As he finished his cultivation and descended from the crimson beam, experts from the Super Sects rushed toward him, intending to recruit him.

• Yan explained that Lin Xuan was using the Nirvana Fire and the Blood Moon’s life force to repeatedly burn and regrow his body, strengthening his body and Sword Heart.
• The Super Sect representatives saw the Blood Moon send a beam toward the northwest and speculated that it signaled an ancient secret or treasure.
• Liu Tong clashed with Wu Dao over the phenomenon and suggested that the dynasty geniuses compete for the opportunity, allowing Yuan Sect to claim the victor.
• The Super Sect experts agreed to seek out the person beneath the beam, and they left Hundred Dynasty Mountain for the northern region.
• Yan revealed that Lin Xuan had comprehended the Four Sacred Beasts’ inheritance but left it behind, preserving the chance for Lin Dong to claim it later.
• The vermilion divine bird returned to the Blood Moon, the beam faded, and Lin Xuan descended with an aura that seemed to command the Nirvana energy around him.

Lin Xuan parted ways with Lin Dong and the others, gave them protective swords, and warned Lin Dong that Yuan Sect could be allied with the Demonic Aliens. After Lin Dong left, Lin Xuan turned toward the Northeast Region to investigate the ancient inheritances of the Four Great Demon Sects.

• Lin Xuan told Lin Ke'er, Lin Xue, Huangfu Jing, and Lin Dong that he would pursue his own path, then gave the women small swords and hoped to meet them at Hundred Dynasty Mountain.
• Lin Xuan recognized Yan inside the Ancestral Stone and exchanged thanks with the spirit for saving him.
• Lin Xuan warned Lin Dong to guard the Devouring Ancestor Symbol, avoid Yuan Sect, and seek a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill for Little Marten.
• Little Marten suspected Yuan Sect had colluded with the Demonic Aliens, and Lin Xuan cautioned that its Three Great Sect Leaders were far stronger than he was.
• After Lin Dong departed, Lin Xuan considered investigating the Four Great Demon Sects' inheritances in the Northeast Region and their possible connection to the Four Ferocious Beasts.

Lin Xuan reached an ancient ruin and awakened its Bi Fang inheritance, destroying the Tian Yuan Dynasty group when they threatened him. After he left, the ruin collapsed, and a group of observers wondered whether he was unraveling the ancient inheritances.

• Lin Xuan approached the ancient ruins as the Tian Sen Dynasty withdrew and the Tian Luo Dynasty and Ri Yue Dynasty hesitated to challenge the Tian Yuan Dynasty.
• Lin Xuan stood before the Ancient Demon Sect’s inheritance statue, and its flames gathered into a one-legged azure crane identified as Bi Fang.
• When a Tian Yuan Dynasty expert demanded Lin Xuan’s secret art, Bi Fang burned the entire group to ashes.
• Lin Xuan absorbed Bi Fang into an azure crane sculpture, denied being the Sword Saint, and left while the Tian Luo Dynasty and Ri Yue Dynasty saluted him.
• The ancient stone statue collapsed after Lin Xuan departed, and the Robe-Clad Old Man, the Willow Skirt Beauty, and a burly man discussed the sixth vanished ancient ruin.

Old Man Wu Dao and the other Super Sect elders investigated the traces left by someone who had gathered an ancient inheritance, then agreed to let the opportunity proceed without interference. In Cold Mountain City, Lin Xuan prepared to leave for an ancient inheritance beneath Cold Mountain as Qin Tian approached One Inn.

• The elders determined that someone had used a special method to gather the spirit of an ancient inheritance token, and they agreed not to interfere with the opportunity despite Liu Tong's objections.
• News spread that Lin Xuan, the Sword Saint, had wiped out more than thirty dynasties and that Qin Tian was heading north to challenge him.
• Lin Xuan drank at One Inn in Cold Mountain City, where the guests were frightened by his presence.
• Qin Tian approached the inn, prompting its guests to speculate that he and Lin Xuan would fight.
• Lin Xuan paid for his wine and left, intending to seek the ancient inheritance beneath Cold Mountain, which contained the bloodline of an ancient divine beast.

Lin Xuan effortlessly defeated Qin Tian after refusing his challenge, but Liu Tong intervened before Lin Xuan could finish the fight and accused him of breaking the city's rules. The chapter left Lin Xuan facing Liu Tong's attempt to turn the Super Sects against him.

• The Super Sect elders agreed that a provoked fighter could retaliate, and Liu Tong reluctantly accepted their interpretation of the city's rules.
• Qin Tian challenged Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan declined and continued toward the city gates.
• When Qin Tian tried to grab Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan stopped his wrist with a swift strike from his sheathed sword and walked away.
• Qin Tian attacked Lin Xuan from behind, but Lin Xuan's Sword Qi blasted him across the street and left him badly injured.
• Lin Xuan threatened Qin Tian with a Qi Sword, but Liu Tong crushed it with an Origin Power hand and accused Lin Xuan of violating the rules.

Lin Xuan confronted Liu Tong after Old Man Wu Dao challenged the Yuan Sect deacon’s biased enforcement of the rules. Recognizing Otherworldly Demonic Qi within Liu Tong, Lin Xuan rejected his offer to join Yuan Sect and killed him with a single sword strike.

• Liu Tong threatened Lin Xuan with expulsion, prompting Old Man Wu Dao to accuse him of favoring Qin Tian and challenge him to a fight.
• Old Man Wu Dao fought Liu Tong in the sky and knocked him back to the street before the other Super Sect experts stopped the clash.
• Lin Xuan sensed Otherworldly Demonic Qi within Liu Tong and realized it had been gradually turning him into a Demonic Alien.
• Liu Tong accused Lin Xuan of breaking the rules, then offered to spare him if he joined Yuan Sect; Lin Xuan rejected the offer and declared that he would fight.
• Liu Tong invited Lin Xuan to attack first, but Lin Xuan appeared in front of him and killed him with a sword strike.