Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan killed Liu Tong and Qin Tian with a single strike, prompting the Super Sects to suspect he had mastered the Ancient Battlefield’s spatial power. Yuan Sect and Dao Sect leaders began planning their responses, and Dao Sect’s Ying Xiaoxiao proposed recruiting Lin Xuan and opposing Yuan Sect.

• Lin Xuan killed Liu Tong and Qin Tian in front of the gathered geniuses, and the elders debated whether he had wielded the Space Ancestor Symbol or controlled the Ancient Battlefield’s power.
• The Willow Skirt Beauty urged the other sects to inform their leaders and prevent Yuan Sect from claiming the Ancient Battlefield.
• Ren Yuanzi checked that the Space Ancestor Symbol remained protected, then told Di Yuanzi and Tian Yuanzi that Lin Xuan’s power suggested he had begun controlling the Ancient Battlefield.
• Ying Xuanzi received Wu Dao’s message while Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan practiced at Dao Sect, and Ying Huanhuan was astonished by Lin Xuan’s strength and his killing of a Yuan Sect member.
• Ying Xiaoxiao proposed that Ying Xuanzi visit Taiqing Palace to discuss an alliance against Yuan Sect and recruit Lin Xuan, offering to give up her position as Dao Sect Senior Brother for him.

Ling Qingzhu reflected on how far Lin Xuan had surpassed her, while news of his victory spread across the Eastern Xuan Region. At Cold Mountain, Lin Xuan passed Fu Zhu’s test by patiently fishing with only a line, and Fu Zhu agreed to leave with him.

• Ling Qingzhu learned that Lin Xuan had reached Nirvana Realm Peak and killed a Yuan Sect deacon, prompting her to wonder what kind of person he was while refusing to admit defeat.
• News of Lin Xuan’s feat spread across the Eastern Xuan Region, where people compared him with the Little Yuan King and awaited the Super Sects’ response.
• At Cold Mountain, Lin Xuan explained that he had to catch a fish without Origin Power or Mental Energy to earn Fu Zhu’s help uncovering the Ancient Battlefield’s secrets.
• Lin Xuan patiently fished with a bare line while drinking wine, and a fish eventually became caught by its gills.
• Lin Xuan released the fish, but Fu Zhu acknowledged his success and carried him away from Cold Mountain.
• Lin Xuan told Fu Zhu he had been willing to wait forever if Fu Zhu did not want to leave with him.

Lin Xuan traveled toward the Four Demon Sects' inheritance grounds to investigate the Plane Rift and the origins of the Ancient Space. As the inheritance opened on Heavenly Demon Plain, the gathered dynasties saw the Four Fiend Beasts appear above the halls, and a new energy fluctuation spread.

• Lin Xuan told Fu Zhu he planned to seek the Four Fiend Beasts' inheritance to uncover the secrets behind the Ancient Space and Plane Rift.
• Lin Xuan reflected on his progress in the Nirvana Realm, the Way of Life and Death, and the Yin-Yang Path as he approached the Heavenly Demon Plain.
• The Heavenly Demon Dynasty, Great Luo Dynasty, and other super dynasties gathered at Heavenly Demon Plain, hoping to claim the Four Demon Sects' inheritances and wondering whether the Sword Saint would appear.
• The four ancient halls trembled as the Four Profound Sects' inheritance opened, and the assembled geniuses realized the Sword Saint had not arrived.
• Four Fiend Beast phantoms appeared in turn above the halls, displaying their fearsome powers, before another peculiar energy fluctuation spread across the area.

Lin Xuan arrived at the Four Demon Sects’ inheritance halls and revealed a hidden fifth hall bearing the symbol of Chaos, gaining a deeper insight into yin and yang. As ancient ferocious beasts began awakening across the Ancient Battlefield, a green-shirted man in Azure Dragon Hall sensed their auras and wondered if their legendary inheritance had appeared.

• Lin Xuan rode Fu Zhu across a river suspended in the sky and used its water to reveal a hidden fifth hall above Zhu Yan Hall.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Chaos symbol and sensed that its source aura, like Taotie’s, was connected to the Ancestor Symbols, prompting him to understand heaven and earth as opposing sides of yin and yang.
• Zhu Yan emerged from Zhu Yan Hall and attacked Fu Zhu with its savage aura, but Fu Zhu suppressed it and forced its power back into its body.
• The other ancient halls released energies that began forming four ferocious beast phantoms, and experts across the Ancient Battlefield sensed their terrifying auras.
• A green-shirted man meditating atop an Azure Dragon in Azure Dragon Hall opened his eyes and wondered whether the inheritance of the legendary ancient ferocious beasts had appeared.

Lin Xuan awakened and summoned the Four Sacred Beasts to form a grand formation against the Four Fiend Beasts’ Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. The Four Symbols formation took shape as Qing Zhi sensed the Azure Dragon’s inheritance from afar.

• Qiongqi threatened Fu Zhu, and Taowu attacked it, but Fu Zhu raised a water curtain that blocked the blow and protected Lin Xuan.
• The Four Fiend Beasts summoned the four killing swords of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and sent them down toward Fu Zhu.
• Lin Xuan rose from Fu Zhu’s back, dispelled the pressure suppressing the battlefield, and formed a spirit formation that stopped the swords.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Vermilion Bird of the South, White Tiger of the West, and Black Tortoise of the North, then placed each into the formation.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Azure Dragon, and Qing Zhi sensed its appearance from Azure Dragon Hall and realized someone had found the Sacred Beast’s inheritance.

Lin Xuan used the Four Symbols Spirit Array to clash with the Four Fiend Beasts’ four swords, surviving the battle and earning their respect. The beasts decided they wanted him as their successor, and Taowu offered him an inheritance before Taotie mocked his boastfulness.

• Lin Xuan gathered the Four Symbols’ power into his divine sword and fought the Four Fiend Beasts’ sword array to a stalemate, though the clash left him badly weakened.
• A surge of power from the hall broke apart the five swords, and Lin Xuan was thrown from Fu Zhu’s back but survived.
• Taotie ordered Zhu Yan to stand down, and the Nirvana Realm experts fled the Heavenly Demon Plain, leaving Lin Xuan with the beasts.
• Taowu and Taotie praised Lin Xuan’s strength and recognized that he had comprehended the Four Sacred Beasts’ inheritances; Lin Xuan demonstrated his Devouring Power to Taotie.
• Lin Xuan apologized to Chaos for his limited mastery of the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, then told Qiongqi he had declined the Four Sacred Beasts’ bloodline inheritances.
• Taowu offered Lin Xuan his inheritance so he could challenge the Four Sacred Beasts’ successors, and Taotie retorted by recalling Taowu’s defeat by Azure Dragon.

Lin Xuan received the Four Fiend Beasts’ bloodline inheritances and insights, while their revelation shook the Ancient Battlefield and the Eastern Xuan Region. The Yuan Sect’s black-robed leader ordered the Three Great Sect Leaders to prevent Lin Xuan from joining another Super Sect alive.

• Qiongqi, Taowu, Taotie, and Chaos insisted on giving Lin Xuan their inheritances despite his refusal.
• The Four Fiend Beasts opened their halls and revealed their preserved corpses, from which four streams of bloodline power entered Lin Xuan.
• The Four Fiend Beasts transformed into streams of light and entered Lin Xuan, flooding him with insight as Qing Zhi sensed the Ancient Space’s ultimate secret might be revealed.
• The Four Fiend Beasts’ aura and news of their inheritances, their clash with the Sword Saint, and his draw with them spread throughout the Ancient Battlefield and Eastern Xuan Region.
• The black-robed figure at the Yuan Sect ancestral court ordered Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi to ensure Lin Xuan could not join another Super Sect alive.

Yuan Sect learned that Lin Xuan topped the Demon Prison Must-Kill List and ordered Tian Yuanzi and the others to prevent him from joining another Super Sect alive. As Dao Sect considered seeking Taiqing Palace’s support, Ling Qingzhu grew curious about Lin Xuan’s strength, while Bo Xuan prepared to take Lin Qingtan to the Ancient Battlefield.

• Seven Kings Hall told Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi that Lin Xuan was the top name on the Demon Prison Must-Kill List and ordered them to keep him from joining another Super Sect alive.
• Ren Yuanzi proposed seizing Lin Xuan forcefully, while Tian Yuanzi dismissed the threat from Dao Sect and named the other Super Sects as competitors to watch.
• Ying Xuanzi discussed Dao Sect’s chances of recruiting Lin Xuan with Qian Laogui, who suggested approaching Taiqing Palace for support.
• Ying Xuanzi decided to visit Taiqing Palace with Xiao Xiao and Huan Huan under the pretext of a sparring match between young disciples.
• Ling Qingzhu heard the news about Lin Xuan and wondered how far he had advanced in his comprehension of Supreme Force.
• Bo Xuan agreed to take Lin Qingtan to the Ancient Battlefield after she asked to join the excitement surrounding Lin Dong.

Lin Dong encountered Qing Zhi, the Azure Dragon King, in the Azure Dragon Hall and received the offer of both the hall’s inheritance and Qing Zhi’s own inheritance. Meanwhile, a white-robed young man cultivated amid a powerful disturbance on the Heavenly Demon Plain.

• A giant azure dragon rose from the lightning sea, and Yan revealed that the figure riding its head was Qing Zhi, the Azure Dragon King.
• Qing Zhi and Yan recognized each other, and Qing Zhi explained that Lin Dong could receive both the Azure Dragon Hall’s inheritance and his own.
• Yan reassured Qing Zhi that the likely bearer of the Four Fiend Beasts’ inheritance was the Young Clan Leader, who had already rejected the Four Sacred Beasts’ inheritance.
• Qing Zhi granted both inheritances to Lin Dong, warned that he would reclaim his own if Lin Dong failed to meet his requirements, and sent azure light into his body.
• On the Heavenly Demon Plain, a white-robed young man cultivated within a space surrounded by surging Wind and Thunder Force and Nirvana Fire.

Lin Xuan suppressed the Four Fiend Beasts’ inheritances beneath his Sword Heart, while Old Man Wu Dao approached Lin Dong and Little Marten in the Azure Dragon Hall. The chapter left Wu Dao offering Dao Sect’s protection as Yuan Sect remained a threat.

• Outside the Heavenly Demon Plain, Old Man Wu Dao and the other experts sensed the overwhelming Wind and Thunder Tribulation and dispersed to seek disciples in other regions.
• Lin Xuan’s Four Fiend Beast inheritances emerged and clashed with the Four Sacred Beasts’ divine patterns, but a golden sword appeared and brought both sides into balance beneath his Sword Heart.
• Fu Zhu accepted Lin Xuan as the ruler chosen by the four lords, and Zhu Yan asked whether Lin Xuan would also release him.
• In Azure Dragon Hall, Little Marten attacked Lin Dong’s space, but Robe-Clad Old Man Wu Dao appeared and sent him flying back.
• Wu Dao warned Lin Dong and Little Marten that Yuan Sect might target them, then introduced himself as Dao Sect’s Desolate Hall deputy hall master and offered his identity token.

Lin Dong joined the Dao Sect after Yan urged him to accept Old Man Wu Dao’s offer and learned that the Great Desolate Tablet had once suppressed a powerful Otherworldly Demon King. Old Man Wu Dao warned that Yuan Sect’s leaders might come to recruit the Sword Saint, while Yan said the Sword Saint would be essential to confronting the ancient threat.

• Little Marten transformed into human form, and Old Man Wu Dao invited Lin Dong to join the Dao Sect’s Desolate Hall.
• Little Marten recalled that Dao Sect senior brother Zhou Tong had killed three Yuan Sect elders using the Great Desolate Scripture, and Yan urged Lin Dong to accept the offer.
• Lin Dong joined the Dao Sect, and Old Man Wu Dao warned him and Little Marten that Yuan Sect’s leaders might appear in the Ancient Space to recruit the Sword Saint.
• Lin Dong told Old Man Wu Dao that the Sword Saint was the Lin Clan’s Young Clan Leader and offered to persuade him to join the Dao Sect.
• After Old Man Wu Dao left, Yan explained that the Great Desolate Scripture belonged to the Great Desolate Tablet, which had suppressed an Otherworldly Demon King, and said the Sword Saint would be the main force against it.
• Little Marten said he would stay with Lin Dong, and Lin Dong affectionately called him brother before Little Marten brushed him off.

After months of seclusion, Lin Xuan emerged from the Heavenly Demon Plain with new mastery over space and the Four Fiend Beasts’ legacy. He rejected a group’s offer to cooperate over the Ancient Battlefield, warned them about the deadly western lands, and continued toward an approaching calamity.

• Lin Xuan opened his eyes, and the fully formed Wind and Thunder Tribulation dispersed without striking him.
• Lin Xuan returned Zhu Yan to Zhu Yan Hall, then rode Fu Zhu with Zhu Yan as the beasts bickered along the way.
• A group of black-robed visitors met Lin Xuan outside the Heavenly Demon Plain and asked him to cooperate with them to claim the Ancient Battlefield.
• Lin Xuan told the visitors to return and warned that the westernmost land, the White Tiger’s domain, was extremely dangerous and ruled by death.
• The black-robed leader ordered his group to report Lin Xuan’s warning and withdraw, while Lin Xuan saw the black calamity lines on his palm growing thicker.

Lin Xuan joined Lin Dong, Little Marten, Little Flame, and Yan at their camp and discussed the Ancient Eight Rulers and the coming war against the Demonic Aliens. He revealed that Jiang Yinyin was the Lord of Life and Death and that the Devouring Master had sacrificed himself to save the other Ancient Masters.

• Yan appeared at Lin Dong’s camp and praised Lin Xuan’s talent, while Lin Dong and Little Marten discussed how extraordinary he was.
• Lin Xuan arrived and explained that he had followed the Ancestral Stone’s aura to find Yan, then spoke solemnly about the coming war and the Ancient Eight Rulers.
• Lin Dong and Little Marten identified Jiang Yinyin as an Ancient Eight Ruler, and Lin Xuan said he had sensed the power of life and death within her.
• Yan explained that the Lord of Life and Death had suffered severe injuries, while Lin Xuan and Yan revealed that the Devouring Master had burned his reincarnation to save the other Ancient Masters.
• Yan remembered the Devouring Master’s protective nature and love of wine, and Lin Xuan said they should drink together if they had the chance.

Lin Xuan and Lin Dong encountered Su Kui, Liu Ya, and Su Rou while resting by a bonfire, and Lin Xuan recognized that Su Rou carried an ancient inheritance. After welcoming them, Lin Xuan and Su Rou discussed the fearsome rumors about him, leaving the group together before the Hundred Dynasty War began.

• Lin Xuan noticed Su Rou when she arrived with Su Kui and Liu Ya, while Little Marten refused their request to rest nearby.
• Su Rou asked to stay and offered Nirvana Pills, but Lin Xuan invited the newcomers to sit and said Su Rou had a connection with him.
• Su Kui recognized Lin Xuan as the God of Slaughter and introduced himself and Liu Ya; Lin Xuan identified Su Rou's talent and inheritance.
• Lin Dong introduced himself and his brothers, and Su Rou told Lin Xuan that he seemed unlike the cold, murderous figure described in the rumors.
• Su Rou repeated that the rumors compared Lin Xuan's killing intent to Lin Dong's, and Lin Xuan acknowledged that he could be considered someone who killed without batting an eye.

Lin Xuan killed Yan Mo and his men, gave Su Rou a Divine Beast inheritance sculpture, and led the group to Myriad Manifestation City. When he touched the Nirvana Tablet, it shrank into his hand and appeared to acknowledge him as its master, prompting Song Tai to grant him a Nirvana Golden Seal without the usual test.

• Lin Xuan killed Yan Mo and the four men with him before they could threaten Su Kui's group.
• Lin Xuan gave Su Rou a strange beast sculpture whose activated bloodline inheritance could eventually turn her into a Divine Beast, while Yan warned Lin Dong that such an inheritance would cost him his affinity with the Ancestral Symbols.
• Lin Xuan, Lin Dong, Su Rou, and the others traveled to Myriad Manifestation City and headed for the Nirvana Tablet as the crowd cleared a path for the Sword Saint.
• Lin Xuan infused the Nirvana Tablet with his power, and the monument shrank into a foot-long tablet in his hand without displaying any names.
• Song Tai arrived, apologized for failing to welcome Lin Xuan, and offered him a Nirvana Golden Seal without the test; Lin Xuan returned the tablet and agreed to follow the remaining procedures.

As Hundred Dynasty Mountain opened, Lin Xuan arrived at its summit, where Yuan Sect’s Grand Elder offered him an unprecedented position in the sect. Lin Xuan rejected the offer with an insult, leaving the plaza tense and Yuan Sect’s response imminent.

• Lin Xuan traveled toward Hundred Dynasty Mountain while contestants fought across the core region, and his presence halted battles along his path.
• The mountain opened to contestants bearing Heaven-Rank Nirvana Seals, and Lin Dong reached the summit with the others.
• Little Marten and Yan warned Lin Dong that the central Yuan Sect elder was likely at the peak of the Death Profound Realm and could threaten Lin Xuan.
• The Yuan Sect Grand Elder praised Lin Xuan and offered him joint instruction under the Three Great Sect Leaders with status above the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings.
• Lin Xuan refused the offer, calling Yuan Sect petty scoundrels, and the enraged elder challenged his claim that he was not one for words.

Lin Xuan rejected the Yuan Gate Grand Elder’s lavish offer to join Yuan Sect, and the elder moved to kill him. When the elder attacked Ying Huanhuan, Lin Xuan rescued her and faced him again, wounded but still standing.

• The Yuan Gate Grand Elder pressured Lin Xuan with his Nirvana Realm Peak aura, but Lin Xuan blocked it with his sword intent and combined power.
• The Yuan Gate Grand Elder offered Lin Xuan a position second only to Yuan Sect’s three Sect Masters, but Lin Xuan refused and insulted Yuan Sect.
• When the Yuan Gate Grand Elder accused Lin Xuan of killing a Yuan Sect steward, Lin Xuan said the steward deserved to die, prompting the elder to attack him.
• Ying Huanhuan challenged the Yuan Gate Grand Elder, who struck Old Man Wu Dao aside and tried to seize her.
• Lin Xuan intercepted the elder’s attacks, pulled Ying Huanhuan to safety, and retreated with blood at his lips.
• Ying Huanhuan condemned Yuan Sect’s actions, while the Yuan Gate Grand Elder dismissed her objections and threatened Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan invoked the Wind and Thunder Tribulation to unleash his Divine Sword Controls Thunder technique against the Yuan Gate Grand Elder. After shattering the elder’s attack and severing both his arms, Lin Xuan moved to kill him, but Ren Yuanzi intervened and knocked Lin Xuan back.

• Lin Xuan called down the Wind and Thunder Tribulation and gathered its lightning into his sword.
• The Yuan Gate Grand Elder attacked Lin Xuan with the Yuan Emperor Canon’s Heavenly Origin Palm.
• Lin Xuan used Divine Sword Controls Thunder to shatter the giant palms and cut off the Yuan Gate Grand Elder’s arms.
• Lin Xuan pursued the wounded elder to finish him, but Ren Yuanzi appeared and knocked Lin Xuan back with a finger.

Lin Xuan killed the Yuan Gate Grand Elder despite Ren Yuanzi’s intervention, bringing the leaders of several powerful sects to Hundred Dynasty Mountain. With Bo Xuan standing beside him and Ren Yuanzi holding the corpse, Lin Xuan challenged the Yuan Gate leaders to justify his killing.

• Ren Yuanzi stopped Lin Xuan from taking the Yuan Gate Grand Elder’s severed arms and challenged his claim that he killed only those who deserved to die.
• Lin Xuan declared that everyone in Yuan Sect deserved to die, prompting Ren Yuanzi to launch a sudden attack.
• Lin Xuan evaded Ren Yuanzi and killed the wounded Yuan Gate Grand Elder with his flying sword, while Ying Xuanzi, the Taiqing Palace Master, and Bo Xuan arrived to block the leaders’ attacks.
• Ren Yuanzi seized the Grand Elder’s corpse and withdrew beside Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi as the gathered experts recognized the powerful arrivals.
• Yan warned Lin Dong that Bo Xuan could not intervene without risking conflict between the Northern and Eastern Xuan Regions, and that the stolen corpse had taken away evidence of Yuan Sect’s alleged collusion with Demonic Aliens.
• Lin Xuan shared wine with Bo Xuan, poured half of his flask onto the ground, and asked whether his meager cultivation allowed him to kill those who deserved to die.

Lin Xuan defied Tian Yuanzi’s attempts to provoke and pressure him after Bo Xuan arrived, while the leaders of the Yuan Sect concealed their suspected ties to the Demonic Aliens. The chapter left Tian Yuanzi’s claim to the Ancient Battlefield challenged by Ying Xuanzi and the Taiqing Palace Master.

• Bo Xuan learned that the Yuan Sect was a hidden pawn of the Demonic Aliens, but he and Lin Dong recognized they could not act without evidence.
• Tian Yuanzi tried to draw Bo Xuan into conflict and apologized to Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan insisted the Yuan Gate Grand Elder deserved to die.
• Tian Yuanzi challenged Lin Xuan over the Ancient Battlefield and asked Bo Xuan not to interfere; Bo Xuan withdrew from the dispute.
• Ying Xuanzi reminded Tian Yuanzi that the agreement gave opportunities in the Ancient Battlefield to its participants, and the Taiqing Palace Master condemned the Yuan Sect’s attempt to seize it.