Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan completed his breakthrough and used the Ancient Battlefield’s power to defeat Ren Yuanzi, forcing Yuan Sect to concede the battlefield. After Lin Xuan was recognized as the Hundred Dynasty War champion, Ying Xuanzi offered him a place in Dao Sect and access to its martial arts.

• Ying Xuanzi and Taiqing Palace Master blocked Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi as Ren Yuanzi tried to attack Lin Xuan during his breakthrough.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Life Profound Realm breakthrough and wounded Ren Yuanzi with a sword strike.
• Lin Xuan drew on the Ancient Battlefield’s power to overwhelm Ren Yuanzi, who was forced to retreat with serious injuries.
• Tian Yuanzi conceded Yuan Sect’s claim to the Ancient Battlefield and warned Lin Xuan that its power would not protect him outside it.
• Taiqing Palace Master declared Lin Xuan the Hundred Dynasty War champion, while Old Man Wu Dao realized Lin Dong had forgotten Dao Sect’s invitation.
• Ying Xuanzi thanked Lin Xuan for saving Ying Huanhuan and invited him to join Dao Sect, offering access to its secret manuals and a choice of three martial arts.

Lin Xuan accepted Ying Xuanzi’s invitation to join Dao Sect, while the sects recruited disciples after the Hundred Dynasty War. As Ying Xuanzi prepared to leave with Lin Dong and Little Marten, Ren Yuanzi exposed Little Marten’s identity and forced the group into a confrontation with Yuan Sect.

• Lin Xuan accepted Ying Xuanzi’s invitation to join Dao Sect, disappointing the other Super Sects and alarming Yuan Sect’s leaders.
• Ying Xuanzi ended the Hundred Dynasty War and recruited Lin Dong and many other geniuses into Dao Sect, while Huangfu Jing chose not to join.
• The Taiqing Palace Master asked Ying Xuanzi to let Su Rou join her palace, and Ying Xuanzi agreed.
• Ying Xuanzi learned that Lin Dong controlled the Devouring Ancestor Symbol and that Little Marten’s identity as a Sky Demon Marten had been exposed.
• As Ying Xuanzi prepared to depart, Ren Yuanzi stopped him by claiming Little Marten was an old acquaintance; Lin Dong resolved to stand by Little Marten, while Lin Xuan readied his sword.

Lin Xuan fought Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi while Ying Xuanzi confronted Ren Yuanzi, and the battle revealed Yuan Sect’s possession of the Space Ancestor Symbol. The chapter ended with a hidden attacker striking Ren Yuanzi through the abdomen.

• Ying Xuanzi refused to abandon Little Marten and stood against Yuan Sect, while Lin Qingtan chose to join the Darkness Tribunal.
• Lin Xuan said he would hold off Tian Yuanzi and Di Yuanzi, then fought them with his sword and spatial power while Ying Xuanzi battled Ren Yuanzi.
• Lin Xuan tricked Di Yuanzi and stabbed him in the chest, but Di Yuanzi escaped using the Space Ancestor Symbol and Tian Yuanzi blasted Lin Xuan back.
• The spectators recognized the Space Ancestor Symbol, and Bo Xuan fixed his killing intent on Di Yuanzi.
• An aged hand struck Ren Yuanzi from behind and blasted a hole through his abdomen.

Lin Xuan and the Dao Sect revealed their hidden strength and cornered the Yuan Sect leaders, while the appearance of the Darkness Ancestor Symbol and Devouring Ancestor Symbol changed the battle. As Lin Xuan relentlessly attacked Tian Yuanzi, a mysterious figure awakened in the Yuan Sect’s ancestral land and disappeared.

• Qian Laogui ambushed Ren Yuanzi while the Space Ancestor Symbol distracted him, badly wounding him before Tian Yuanzi used spatial power to rescue him.
• Yan told Lin Dong that the Yuan Sect had likely captured the former wielder of the Space Ancestor Symbol and refined him into a human puppet.
• Tian Yuanzi declared the Yuan Sect’s defeat, but Lin Xuan refused to let the three leaders leave and revealed his domain as his hair turned black.
• Bo Xuan summoned the Darkness Ancestor Symbol, which entered Lin Xuan, while Lin Dong entrusted the Devouring Ancestor Symbol to Yan.
• Lin Xuan attacked Tian Yuanzi repeatedly, and Ying Xuanzi and Qian Laogui joined the assault as Tian Yuanzi used the Space Ancestor Symbol to evade them.
• At the Yuan Gate Ancestral Land, a black-robed man sent an awakened figure away from the space before disappearing himself.

Lin Xuan wounded Tian Yuanzi but was badly injured by a surprise attack from a black-robed man, who was revealed to be Zhou Tong, a former ally controlled by the Demonic Aliens. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan insisting that the figure was not truly Zhou Tong, as Ying Xuanzi confronted Tian Yuanzi.

• Lin Xuan used a sudden left-handed sword strike to severely wound Tian Yuanzi, but a hidden black-robed attacker struck Lin Xuan and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Ying Huanhuan rushed to Lin Xuan, who revived with Nirvana Fire and stood again with her support as his Devouring Ancestor Symbol replenished his strength.
• Tian Yuanzi taunted Ying Xuanzi and drew attention to the black-robed attacker, whose familiar aura left Ying Xuanzi and Old Man Wu Dao shaken.
• Yan told Lin Dong that the attacker was Zhou Tong, wielder of the Space Ancestor Symbol, who had been controlled by the Demonic Aliens.
• The black-robed man removed his hood, revealing Zhou Tong and shocking the gathered experts; Old Man Wu Dao collapsed in grief.
• Lin Xuan told Ying Huanhuan that the figure was not Zhou Tong, and Ying Xuanzi fixed his icy gaze on Tian Yuanzi as Tian Yuanzi mocked him.

Tian Yuanzi revealed that the Yuan Sect had turned Zhou Tong into a controlled spirit puppet, and the other sect leaders refused to intervene after he threatened them. As Zhou Tong fought Ying Xuanzi and Qian Laogui, Lin Xuan entered the battle to protect Ying Xuanzi, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Ying Xuanzi confronted Tian Yuanzi over Zhou Tong, and Tian Yuanzi admitted that the Yuan Sect had made Zhou Tong loyal to it.
• The Taiqing Palace Master and other sect leaders condemned Tian Yuanzi, but his threats and accusations led them to withdraw from the dispute.
• Tian Yuanzi used a hand seal to send Zhou Tong against Ying Xuanzi and Qian Laogui, who were suppressed by his power over the Space Ancestor Symbol.
• Ying Xuanzi saw sorrow and bloody tears in Zhou Tong's eyes and urged his former disciple to show the bearing of a Dao Sect disciple.
• Lin Xuan rose despite his injuries and vanished toward the fight as Ying Xuanzi prepared for Zhou Tong's attack.
• A flash of sword light interrupted Zhou Tong's strike, and Lin Xuan's bloodied figure crashed into Ying Xuanzi as they were both sent flying.

Lin Xuan endured severe injuries to defeat Zhou Tong with increasingly powerful thunder-infused sword strikes, then refused to spare Tian Yuanzi and the other Yuan Sect leaders. A mysterious Seventh King of the Seven Kings Hall arrived and demanded that Lin Xuan let the matter end, but Lin Xuan rejected him, provoking his anger.

• Lin Xuan told Ying Xuanzi and Qian Laogui to guard against Tian Yuanzi's group, then gathered heavenly thunder into his sword and clashed with Zhou Tong.
• After his first thunderous sword strike sent both fighters flying, Lin Xuan invoked the technique again with greater power and fought Zhou Tong to a stalemate.
• Lin Xuan unleashed another sword strike, pierced Zhou Tong's spatial defense, and wounded him before declaring that he could still kill those who deserved to die.
• Bo Xuan moved to Lin Xuan's side when a hidden voice appeared and announced that its owner was ranked seventh in the Seven Kings Hall.
• The Seventh King asked Lin Xuan to spare Tian Yuanzi and the others, but Lin Xuan refused, and the King's voice turned furious.

Lin Xuan forced the Seven Kings Hall to retreat and reclaimed the Space Ancestor Symbol, but collapsed after revealing that he had preserved a faint remnant of Zhou Tong. The Seven Kings Hall left vowing to kill Lin Xuan and ordered Yuan Sect’s plan to begin ahead of schedule.

• Lin Xuan faced the Seven Kings Hall despite his grievous injuries, and the Seven Kings Hall backed down rather than risk his sword.
• The Seven Kings Hall destroyed Zhou Tong’s body, but Lin Xuan seized the Space Ancestor Symbol when it tried to escape.
• Lin Xuan kept his sword trained on the Seven Kings Hall until he and Tian Yuanzi’s group withdrew through a spatial rift.
• Back at Dao Peak, Lin Xuan collapsed and revealed a faint golden remnant that Ying Xuanzi recognized as Zhou Tong before Lin Xuan fell unconscious.
• The Seven Kings Hall watched the Dao Sect group depart, then ordered Tian Yuanzi and the other two to eliminate Lin Xuan and advance Yuan Sect’s plan.

After the Hundred Dynasty War, the group gathered at Dao Sect and learned more about the ancient divine objects, Zhou Tong’s rescue, and the threat from Yuan Sect and the Demonic Aliens. Bo Xuan proposed a covert alliance to catch Yuan Sect off guard, with the next Sect Tournament in one year as their opportunity.

• News of the Sword Saint’s victories spread across the Tianxuan Continent while he slept at Dao Peak and Ying Huanhuan watched over him.
• Yan introduced himself as the Ancestral Stone’s spirit and explained the Great Desolate Tablet’s weakened state and Zhou Tong’s past failure to destroy the Otherworldly Demon True King.
• Bo Xuan revealed that Darkness Hall had secretly preserved the Darkness Holy Scythe’s Scythe Spirit and used it to help him wield the Darkness Ancestor Symbol.
• Zhou Tong explained how the Sword Saint used heavenly lightning to free his true spirit and secretly stored him with the Devouring Ancestor Symbol.
• Yan refused to give the Space Ancestor Symbol to Lin Dong, saying Zhou Tong needed it to nourish his primordial spirit and the group needed to prepare against Yuan Sect.
• Bo Xuan proposed that Dao Sect and Taiqing Palace form a public alliance while he secretly contacted other factions, and Ying Xuanzi noted the Sect Tournament would take place in one year.

After recovering from his battle in the Ancient Battlefield, Lin Xuan asked Ying Huanhuan to teach him the zither and began learning under her guidance. Meanwhile, Ling Qingzhu heard that Lin Xuan had saved Ying Huanhuan and prepared to accompany the Taiqing Palace Master to the Dao Sect, unaware that Lin Xuan had specifically invited her.

• Lin Xuan woke after sleeping for half a month and praised Ying Huanhuan's zither playing.
• Lin Xuan sensed that Ying Huanhuan's lively nature and the Ice Master's cold aura belonged to two sides of the same person.
• Lin Xuan asked Ying Huanhuan to teach him the zither, and she agreed after he called her Senior Sister.
• Ying Huanhuan stopped Lin Xuan from drinking while injured and began teaching him the five notes.
• Ling Qingzhu questioned the Taiqing Palace Master about Lin Xuan saving Ying Huanhuan, then agreed to visit the Dao Sect with her master and other disciples.

Lin Xuan refined his zither skills with Ying Huanhuan’s guidance and began to show more emotion. At the Dao Sect Main Hall, he reunited with Ling Qingzhu, prompting Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu to scrutinize each other with open rivalry.

• Lin Xuan played the Heavenly Phoenix Zither with growing mastery, and Ying Huanhuan told him that his playing lacked emotion.
• Lin Xuan reflected on Ying Huanhuan’s advice, thanked her, and showed a more sincere expression.
• Ying Xiaoxiao summoned Lin Xuan to the main hall, where Ying Xuanzi and the Taiqing Palace Master waited with Ling Qingzhu.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu exchanged hostile, searching looks after meeting again.
• Lin Xuan greeted Ling Qingzhu and credited Ying Huanhuan with teaching him, making Ying Huanhuan smile proudly as the elders watched with concern.

Lin Dong and the others gathered with the Taiqing Palace Master, where Yan revealed that Ling Qingzhu’s Supreme Induction Sutra made her a disciple of the Symbol Ancestor and a junior sister to the Ancient Eight Rulers. The chapter ended as the group considered how Lin Xuan’s own comprehension of Supreme Force fit into that lineage.

• Lin Dong entered the great hall and greeted Ying Xuanzi and the Taiqing Palace Master while Ying Huanhuan refilled Lin Xuan’s tea.
• The Taiqing Palace Master and Ling Qingzhu recalled Ling Qingzhu’s earlier encounter with Lin Xuan at a Nirvana Realm cave dwelling, making Ying Huanhuan jealous.
• Yan emerged from Lin Dong and introduced itself as the Ancestral Stone Spirit, revealing its connection to the Symbol Ancestor.
• The Taiqing Palace Master explained that the Taiqing Palace Masters inherited the Supreme Palace’s lineage from the Symbol Ancestor.
• Yan declared that Ling Qingzhu was the Symbol Ancestor’s ninth disciple and a junior sister to the Ancient Eight Rulers.
• Lin Dong pointed out that Lin Xuan had also comprehended Supreme Force, and Yan began to explain that Lin Xuan was only a partial disciple.

Ying Xuanzi, Yan, and the Taiqing Palace Master discussed an alliance against the Yuan Sect and the Demonic Aliens. Ying Huanhuan then challenged Ling Qingzhu to spar, leaving Lin Xuan curious and Yan fearful of the consequences.

• Ying Xuanzi and Yan explained that the Yuan Sect had secretly allied with the Demonic Aliens, and the Taiqing Palace Master agreed to join forces against them.
• Ying Xuanzi said the Dao Sect had arranged support from the Darkness Hall and was seeking other allies to contain the Yuan Sect.
• The Taiqing Palace Master praised Ying Xiaoxiao’s progress, and Ying Huanhuan rose to challenge Ling Qingzhu instead of letting her sister do so.
• Ling Qingzhu accepted, hoping to learn more about Ying Huanhuan’s secret through their sparring.
• Ying Huanhuan said she would teach Lin Xuan the zither path if he taught her swordsmanship, and Ling Qingzhu watched his reaction with renewed suspicion.
• As Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu prepared to fight, Yan fled into Lin Dong’s body.

Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu fought a Five Yuan Nirvana Realm sparring match, each revealing powerful techniques and unusual mastery of their treasures. As their attacks met, Lin Xuan recognized how both women had adapted their skills, and the chapter left the outcome of their duel unresolved.

• The Taiqing Palace Master set the match between Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu at the Five Yuan Nirvana Realm to preserve harmony between Dao Sect and Taiqing Palace.
• Ying Huanhuan borrowed Lin Xuan's Heavenly Phoenix Zither, summoned its phoenix spirit, and gained an edge against Ling Qingzhu's refined Taiqing Sword.
• Ling Qingzhu's precise Sword Qi clashed with Ying Huanhuan's phoenix soundwave, and Yan revealed to Lin Dong that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master.
• Ying Huanhuan played Hundred Birds Worshiping the Phoenix while Ling Qingzhu formed an Azure Lotus with the Taiqing Swordplay.
• Ling Qingzhu's Azure Lotus stopped Ying Huanhuan's flock of spiritual bird phantoms, leaving the duel's result undecided.

Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu fought fiercely, each revealing a profound understanding of Supreme Force. As Ying Huanhuan’s power surged and threatened to overwhelm her, Lin Xuan stopped her playing the Heavenly Phoenix Zither, leaving the contest interrupted.

• Ying Huanhuan’s Azure Lotus crushed Ling Qingzhu’s Heavenly Phoenix Spirit, but the phoenix revived in flames and burned the lotus.
• Ling Qingzhu began God Merging with Heaven and Earth, while Lin Xuan recognized how her approach to Supreme Force differed from his own Body Merging with Heaven and Earth.
• Ling Qingzhu advanced toward the phoenix, but Ying Huanhuan summoned the Wutong Tree and a sea of rosy clouds to shield it.
• Ling Qingzhu pressed the barrier back with the Power of Heaven and Earth, making Ying Huanhuan grow anxious as her inner power surged.
• Lin Xuan appeared before Ying Huanhuan and pressed a hand onto the Heavenly Phoenix Zither’s strings, causing her to stop and her surging power to subside.

Lin Xuan stopped Ying Huanhuan’s dangerous duel with Ling Qingzhu, then accepted Ling Qingzhu’s challenge and faced her in a sword fight powered by Supreme Force. Though Ling Qingzhu’s blade drew blood, Lin Xuan revealed that he had won again, leaving the match’s spectators stunned.

• Lin Xuan stopped Ying Huanhuan’s fight and declared Ling Qingzhu the winner, prompting Ying Huanhuan to challenge Ling Qingzhu to spar with Lin Xuan.
• Ling Qingzhu and Lin Xuan clashed using Supreme Force, and their swordsmanship impressed the watching Dao Sect disciples.
• Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu traded precise attacks and counters, while Ying Huanhuan grew jealous of their apparent rapport.
• Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu launched simultaneous final attacks, and Ling Qingzhu’s sword drew blood from Lin Xuan’s chest.
• Lin Xuan withdrew his sword and said Ling Qingzhu had let him win; Ling Qingzhu acknowledged that he had defeated her again.

Lin Xuan discovered how to blend softness into his zither playing while accompanying Ying Huanhuan’s sword practice, and the two developed a harmonious musical and martial rhythm. Ying Xiaoxiao arrived to tell Ying Huanhuan that she had been assigned a mission to investigate trouble at the Blood Rock Land.

• Lin Xuan realized that years of rigid sword practice had made his zither playing too forceful, and he began to understand how emotion and gentleness could shape his music.
• Ying Huanhuan asked Lin Xuan to play the zither while she practiced the sword, and he agreed as she brewed tea for him.
• Lin Xuan’s music and Ying Huanhuan’s sword movements gradually complemented each other, shifting between sharp force and gentle grace.
• Ying Xiaoxiao arrived and reminded Ying Huanhuan that Dao Sect disciples had to undertake missions.
• Ying Xiaoxiao explained that Senior Sister Yuan Fang had requested aid because demonic beasts were causing trouble at the Blood Rock Land and the Yuan Sect might be involved.

Lin Xuan sensed that his presence brought calamity and stayed behind while Ying Huanhuan and Lin Dong departed for Blood Rock Land. During the journey, Ying Huanhuan showed signs of the Ice Master’s awakening, leaving Lin Dong wary and Yan wondering whether she had fallen for Lin Xuan.

• Ying Huanhuan explained that Blood Rock Land was a lawless region, and Lin Xuan gave her the Heavenly Phoenix Zither for protection.
• Lin Xuan sensed the immense calamity surrounding himself and chose not to accompany Ying Huanhuan, while Zhu Yan and Fu Zhu urged him to protect her.
• Ying Huanhuan joined Lin Dong and other Dao Sect disciples for the journey, and Lin Dong realized that the Ice Master’s memories had begun to awaken.
• Ying Huanhuan teased Lin Dong about unanswered questions and accepted his Heart Severing Sword as a gift.
• Yan suspected that the Ice Master might have fallen for Lin Xuan.

Ying Huanhuan, Lin Dong, and the Dao Sect disciples investigated the occupied Nirvana Crystal Mine and discovered an Immortal Yuan Ancestral Tree. The Fire Crystal Ape King knelt when Ying Huanhuan invoked her Senior Brother, then joined forces with the Dao Sect against the Demon Seal Crowd, whose leader had been behind the occupation.

• Ying Huanhuan and the others reached the Nirvana Crystal Mine and learned that Fire Crystal Demon Apes had seized the area after the Dao Sect declared war on the Yuan Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan used her zither to put the apes to sleep, and the group found an Immortal Yuan Ancestral Tree that could continually produce valuable fruits.
• A Fire Crystal Ape King ambushed Lin Dong, but Ying Huanhuan knocked it back and warned it by invoking her Senior Brother, the Sword Saint.
• The Fire Crystal Ape King immediately knelt, begged Ying Huanhuan for forgiveness, and revealed that the Yuan Sect had sent the Demon Seal Crowd to the mine.
• Ying Huanhuan woke the Fire Crystal Demon Apes, and the Fire Crystal Ape King turned them against Su Lei and the Demon Seal Crowd.

Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan faced Su Lei and a host of wanted criminals who gathered around the Immortal Yuan Ancestral Tree. Ying Huanhuan used her supposed connection to the Sword Saint to frighten most of them away, but Yao Ling revealed himself and renewed the threat.

• The Fire Crystal Ape King defied Su Lei and prepared to defend Ying Huanhuan’s group, while Dao Sect reinforcements were still on their way.
• Xiao Tian, Luo Yi, and other wanted criminals arrived, prompting Yan to urge Lin Dong to protect the Ice Master’s chance to awaken; Lin Dong resolved to fight instead of fleeing.
• Lin Dong advised Ying Huanhuan to escape if she could, but she stepped forward and claimed the Sword Saint was her senior brother and that she would become the Lin Clan’s young madam.
• Ying Huanhuan warned that the Sword Saint had defeated Yuan Sect’s leaders, convincing Xiao Tian, Luo Yi, and the other newcomers to leave after paying her respects.
• Yao Ling emerged with the aura of a Nine Yuan Nirvana Realm expert and threatened the group again.