Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan killed Yao Yang after he fell from the arena, but a Burning Flame Peak elder ruled that surrender was invalid in the contest for the True Disciple seat. Lin Xuan continued challenging Lingyun Peak, and the next disciple conceded rather than face him.

• Su Wen accused Lin Xuan of breaking the rules and ordered Lingyun Peak disciples to kill him.
• A Burning Flame Peak elder declared that surrender was invalid in the contest for the True Disciple seat, leaving Lingyun Peak unable to retaliate.
• Lin Xuan transferred Yao Yang's Contribution Points, mocked Lingyun Peak, and took Yao Yang's storage ring.
• Lin Xuan challenged Lingyun Peak's sixth-ranked disciple, who immediately conceded.

Lin Xuan challenged the higher-ranked Mortal Realm disciples, but several Lingyun Peak fighters conceded until Su Qing, ranked second and gifted with Spirit Eyes, entered the arena seeking his life and True Disciple position. Su Qing insisted she could read his attacks, and Lin Xuan launched a lightning-fast strike as the duel began.

• Lin Xuan mocked the Lingyun Peak disciples after the fourth- and third-ranked fighters conceded without battling him.
• Su Qing leaped onto the arena and declared that she wanted to kill Lin Xuan and take his True Disciple position.
• Lin Xuan recognized Su Qing's rare Spirit Eyes, while she explained her confidence in their ability to read attacks and control strength.
• Su Qing offered to let Lin Xuan strike first, believing her superior realm and Spirit Eyes would protect her.
• Lin Xuan surged forward with Flowing Light, charging his battle blade with lightning and Advanced Blade Intent as Su Wen watched confidently.

Lin Xuan fought Su Qing in the ranking arena, but her Spirit Eyes and precise sword control repeatedly countered his attacks. After Lin Xuan unveiled greater speed and power without overcoming her defenses, Su Qing launched a lethal assault and left him surrounded by sword light.

• Su Wen watched the battle and judged that Su Qing could kill Lin Xuan, since his Spirit Eyes let him follow Lin Xuan’s movements.
• Su Qing deflected Lin Xuan’s Dragon’s Roar Blade Draw with a precise sword thrust, scattering its lightning and knocking his saber aside.
• Lin Xuan increased his speed and attacked Su Qing from every direction, but she predicted his movements and broke apart his attacks.
• After several minutes of fighting, Su Qing asked whether Lin Xuan had reached his limit and declared that he could die.
• Su Qing increased her speed and sent down a sheet of sword light that sealed off Lin Xuan’s routes to attack or evade.

Lin Xuan unleashed the Heaven's Wrath Triple and shattered Su Qing's sword-light assault, then used his immense power and speed to press her back. The chapter ended as Su Qing blocked another strike but heard Lin Xuan attack from her other side.

• Su Qing attacked Lin Xuan with her full strength, while Su Wen feared Lin Xuan might have another trump card.
• Lin Xuan activated Heaven's Wrath Triple, gathering blazing white lightning into a thunder dragon around his battle blade.
• Lin Xuan's attack shattered Su Qing's sword light, and he charged at her with overwhelming force.
• Su Qing blocked Lin Xuan's blade but was struck by the impact and retreated while spitting blood.
• Lin Xuan moved too quickly for Su Qing's Spirit Eyes to follow and attacked from multiple directions.
• Su Qing blocked a strike, then heard another sound of Wind Breaking from her other side.

Lin Xuan defeated Su Qing and killed her after Su Wen rushed to protect her. He challenged Su Wen, but Su Wen held back despite his rage, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Su Qing fled toward the edge of the arena and called for Su Wen, but Lin Xuan pursued her.
• Su Wen joined Su Qing in attacking Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan's Dragon's Roar Draw overwhelmed them both.
• Lin Xuan killed Su Qing, took her storage ring and longsword, and challenged Su Wen to fight.
• Su Wen resisted Lin Xuan's taunts and did not enter the arena because he knew he was outmatched.
• The crowd watched as Lin Xuan dominated Lingyun Peak, with Su Wen the only one of its top-ranked disciples still remaining.

Lin Xuan became the number one in the Inner Sect Mortal Realm rankings after Su Wen admitted defeat rather than face him. Lin Xuan left with Ye Qiu, carrying the rewards from his victories.

• Su Wen suppressed his anger and admitted defeat, leaving Lin Xuan as the only person from Lingyun Peak on the rankings.
• The Burning Flame Peak elder announced Lin Xuan of Ice God Peak as number one, and no one challenged him.
• Lin Xuan's rankings battle earned him six hundred thousand Contribution Points, valuable storage-ring resources, and 388 years of cultivation time remaining.
• Lin Xuan called Ye Qiu to leave, and Ye Qiu followed him as the crowd watched enviously.

After Lin Xuan killed Su Qing and defeated Lingyun Peak’s inner disciples, Helian Ming offered a reward for his death. Unaware of the threat, Lin Xuan returned to his courtyard and began working to upgrade Heaven’s Wrath.

• Su Wen carried Su Qing’s corpse away from Burning Flame Peak as Lingyun Peak’s disciples collected their dead, leaving no Burning Flame Peak disciples behind.
• News of Lin Xuan’s victory spread, and the inner sect ranking battle continued without anyone willing to challenge him.
• Helian Ming raged over Lingyun Peak’s defeat and offered a Low-Grade Celestial Martial Skill to whoever killed Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan returned to his courtyard with Ye Qiu, dismissed him, and entered the Soul Suppressing Pagoda’s space.
• Lin Xuan chose to focus on infusing lightning into Heaven’s Wrath to raise it to Celestial Grade rather than cultivate the Grand Five Elements Reincarnation Art.

Lin Xuan cultivated Heaven's Wrath to its fourth layer and advanced the Everlasting Emperor Art to the peak of its fourth layer before exhausting his resources. After he left the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, Lian Qingtian emerged with a new Aberrant Flame and Lion King Soul.

• Lin Xuan fused lightning power into Heaven's Wrath until it reached low-grade Heaven Rank and developed its fourth layer, which multiplied his combat power tenfold and formed Thunderous Armor.
• Lin Xuan cultivated the Everlasting Emperor Art for 180 years, bringing its fourth layer to the peak, but lacked the vital energy needed to break through to the fifth layer.
• Lin Xuan left the Soul Suppressing Pagoda after exhausting his gains.
• Lian Qingtian soared into the air amid violet-gold flames and named his Lion King Soul the Violet-Gold Lion King Soul and his Aberrant Flame the Violet-Gold Lion King Flame.

After gaining a mutated Golden Lion Beast King Flame and reaching the Seven Meridian Realm, Lian Qingtian challenged Ding Xuan to reclaim his honor and defeated him. The news spread through the Divine Firmament Holy Land, while Lin Xuan sat drinking tea with Xiao Yu'er two days later.

• Lian Qingtian awakened the Golden Lion Beast King’s soul, fused it with his Purple Flames, and broke through to the Seven Meridian Realm.
• Lian Yunchang told Lian Qingtian about Lin Xuan’s recent exploits, prompting Lian Qingtian to vow to surpass him.
• Lian Qingtian and Lian Yunchang went to Lingyun Peak to settle the score with Ding Xuan over the stolen Crimson Lotus Flame.
• Lian Qingtian instantly defeated Ding Xuan, a True Disciple of the Origin Manifestation Realm, and news of the fight spread across the Divine Firmament Holy Land.
• Two days later, Lin Xuan sat in his courtyard drinking tea beside Xiao Yu'er.

Xiao Yu'er reunited with Lin Xuan before she resumed cultivating martial skills, but Lian Qingtian interrupted them and challenged Lin Xuan to a duel. At the mountaintop, Lian Qingtian revealed his new powers, and Lin Xuan activated his own lightning armor to begin the fight.

• Xiao Yu'er told Lin Xuan she would soon resume cultivating martial skills and would have to part from him again, while Lin Xuan said he planned to leave the sacred land to grow stronger through battle.
• Lin Xuan kissed Xiao Yu'er, but Lian Qingtian barged into the courtyard and interrupted them; Lin Xuan teased him into leaving and knocking before he returned.
• Lian Qingtian challenged Lin Xuan to determine who was Divine Firmament's number one prodigy, and Lin Xuan agreed to fight him at the mountaintop.
• Lian Qingtian revealed that he had fused Purple Flame and Golden Lion Beast King Flame into the Violet-Gold Lion King Flame and evolved his martial soul into the Violet-Gold Lion King Soul.
• Lin Xuan pushed Xiao Yu'er aside and activated the fourth layer of Heaven's Wrath, covering himself in Thunderous Armor.

Lin Xuan fought Lian Qingtian at Ice God Peak and defeated him despite being in the Two-Pulse Realm. Lian Qingtian conceded, while Lin Xuan restored his overdrawn condition.

• Lin Xuan activated his Thunderous Armor and challenged Lian Qingtian to fight.
• Lin Xuan and Lian Qingtian clashed with lightning and violet-gold flames as Ice God Peak disciples watched.
• Lin Xuan struck with Dragon's Roar Blade Draw and sent Lian Qingtian flying backward.
• Lian Qingtian conceded and refused Lin Xuan's offer to keep fighting.
• Lin Xuan deactivated Heaven's Wrath's fourth level and used Everlasting Emperor Qi and Myriad Manifestations of Life to recover.

Lin Xuan learned that Ding Xuan was challenging his position as a true disciple and went down Ice God Peak to face him. At the foot of the mountain, Su Wen revealed he had arranged the challenge and was plotting to avenge Su Qing.

• Liu Ruyan told Lin Xuan that Ding Xuan, an early Origin Manifestation Realm cultivator with an exotic flame, had challenged his position as a true disciple.
• Liu Ruyan took Xiao Yu'er away to train in martial techniques while Lin Xuan and Lian Qingtian headed down the mountain.
• Lian Qingtian explained that Ding Xuan had stolen his exotic flame and had recovered after being beaten, possibly with the help of a pill.
• Lin Xuan said that no one could interfere with a battle for the true disciple position and agreed with Lian Qingtian that Ding Xuan had to be dealt with.
• At the foot of Ice God Peak, Su Wen admitted he had paid Ding Xuan a Grade Five Pill to challenge Lin Xuan and hoped Ding Xuan would kill him.
• Su Wen revealed he had kept Su Qing's eyes and planned to fuse with them after reaching the Transcendent Realm to avenge her.

Lin Xuan faced Ding Xuan on Ice God Peak after Ding Xuan challenged him to avenge Lingyun Peak. Lin Xuan launched an attack, and Ding Xuan raised a shield of Crimson Lotus Flame to meet him.

• Ding Xuan anticipated defeating Lin Xuan and earning a Grade Five Pill and a Low-Grade Celestial Martial Skill.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Ice God Peak with Lian Qingtian, whose presence unnerved Ding Xuan.
• Ding Xuan challenged Lin Xuan on behalf of Lingyun Peak, and Lin Xuan accepted while taunting the gathered disciples.
• Lin Xuan activated Heaven's Wrath Triple and charged Ding Xuan with his Battle Blade Dragon Scale.
• Ding Xuan expanded his Crimson Lotus Flame into a fiery shield shaped like a lotus petal.

Lin Xuan defeated and killed Ding Xuan despite Helian Ming’s intervention, securing victory in the contest for the true disciple seat. The Crimson Lotus Flame emerged from Ding Xuan’s corpse and fled into the sky, and Lin Xuan pursued it.

• Lin Xuan shattered Ding Xuan’s fire shield and sent him flying with a single slash, shocking Su Wen with his strength.
• Lin Xuan pursued the badly injured Ding Xuan, but Helian Ming stopped his war blade from landing the finishing blow.
• Liu Ruyan attacked Helian Ming with a frost greatsword, giving Lin Xuan an opening to activate the fourth layer of Heaven’s Wrath and kill Ding Xuan.
• The Crimson Lotus Flame rose from Ding Xuan’s corpse, and Lin Xuan leaped after it, hoping to obtain the aberrant flame.

Lin Xuan used the power of his divergent energies to subdue the Crimson Lotus Flame, shocking everyone present. Helian Ming then ordered Lingyun Peak disciples to kill him, and Lin Xuan invited the early Open Origin Realm disciples to attack together.

• Lin Xuan charged toward the Crimson Lotus Flame while Liu Ruyan tried to stop Helian Ming from interfering.
• The Crimson Lotus Flame attacked Lin Xuan, but the Myriad Manifestations of Life sapling and Blazing White Lightning Seed suppressed it.
• Lin Xuan seized the Crimson Lotus Flame, and the Divergent Energy Space imprisoned it as his third great divergent energy.
• Helian Ming ordered Lingyun Peak disciples to challenge Lin Xuan and kill him.
• Lin Xuan accepted the challenge and called on all early Open Origin Realm disciples to attack him together.

Lin Xuan fought a crowd of Lingyun Peak disciples, using his healing and defensive abilities to endure their attacks and slaughter them. As the survivors began to flee, he broke through to the Three-Pulse Realm and continued pursuing them.

• Lin Xuan charged into Lingyun Peak's early Origin Manifestation Realm disciples, trading wounds for wounds as he fought them.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Crimson Lotus Flame alongside his lightning, killing more disciples and driving others toward flight.
• Lin Xuan used 150 years of Soul Suppressing Pagoda time to open his third great pulse and reach the Three-Pulse Realm.
• Lin Xuan found it easier to kill the fleeing disciples and continued pursuing them as he consumed more cultivation time.

Lin Xuan opened his fourth great meridian and reached the Four Meridian Realm, astonishing everyone with his rapid breakthrough. He slaughtered Lingyun Peak disciples who attacked him before Helian Ming withdrew his people, leaving Lin Xuan’s true disciple position unchallenged for now.

• Lin Xuan spent 170 years inside Myriad Ages in an Instant opening his fourth great meridian and reached the Four Meridian Realm.
• Helian Ming, Liu Ruyan, Lian Qingtian, and the watching disciples were shocked by Lin Xuan’s breakthrough, while Su Wen left determined to reach the Transcendent Realm and kill him.
• Lin Xuan challenged Lingyun Peak’s mid-stage Origin Manifestation Realm disciples to attack him in exchange for the position of true disciple.
• Lin Xuan cut down nearly twenty Lingyun Peak disciples, defeating their attackers until Helian Ming swept up the survivors and retreated.
• Lin Xuan failed to catch the fleeing Helian Ming, and Liu Ruyan told him that no one would dare challenge his true disciple position again.

After defeating Helian Ming, Lin Xuan returned to his courtyard with 983 years of cultivation time and began training the wood element of the Grand Five Elements Reincarnation Art. He mastered it after five hundred years in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, demonstrating its rapid healing power.

• Lin Xuan deactivated Heaven's Wrath, counted his remaining cultivation time, and gained the Crimson Lotus Flame from the battle.
• Elders across the cultivation peaks ordered their disciples not to provoke Lin Xuan, whose strength had left the watching disciples in awe.
• Lin Xuan returned to his courtyard, rested for three days, and postponed his trip to Yan Hui Mountain.
• Lin Xuan entered the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and spent five hundred years comprehending and cultivating the wood element.
• Lin Xuan successfully cultivated the wood element and showed its power by instantly healing a deep wound on his arm.

Lin Xuan advanced the Everlasting Emperor Art and used his remaining cultivation time to strengthen his martial arts and cultivation. As he prepared to travel to Yan Hui Mountain, Ye Qiu arrived with a summons from Senior Brother Lu.

• Lin Xuan used lightning and flames to cultivate the Everlasting Emperor Art, breaking through to the fifth level and absorbing Source Qi into his body.
• After resting, Lin Xuan spent 270 years mastering the Limitless Thunder Blade and 190 years advancing to the Five Meridian Realm.
• With only three years of cultivation time remaining, Lin Xuan set out to go to Yan Hui Mountain.
• Ye Qiu told Lin Xuan that Senior Brother Lu had summoned them to the mountain hall to assign a mission requiring True Disciples to lead teams.

Lin Xuan was ordered to lead Meridian Opening Realm disciples to reclaim the eastern entrance of the Yan Hui Mountain Spirit Stone Mine from Jade Bloom Holy Land. After leaving Lu Xun’s gathering, he recruited Xu Qin’s help and prepared to set out.

• Ye Qiu guessed that Lu Xun had summoned the disciples because of the fighting over the Spirit Stone Mine.
• Lu Xun assigned Lin Xuan to lead the Meridian Opening Realm disciples in retaking the mine’s eastern entrance and ordered them to kill anyone who resisted.
• Lin Xuan dismissed Lu Xun’s offer to ask questions and led the disciples away.
• Lin Xuan visited Xu Qin, who helped him prepare Gale Wind Horses and asked him to look after him if he joined Ice God Peak as a steward.