Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and the Meridian Opening Realm disciples set out for the Yan Hui Mountain mine vein after Xu Qin gave him recent information. As Helian Ming and Lu Xun discussed using Li Shuo to kill Lin Xuan, Lu Xun doubted Li Shuo could defeat him.

• Xu Qin gave Lin Xuan a jade slip about the Yan Hui Mountain mine vein, and Lin Xuan shared its information with Ye Qiu and the others.
• Lin Xuan learned that Hua Danyang had reached the Nine Meridian Realm under the Prodigy Ranking's blessing and wondered about his potential.
• Ye Qiu warned Lin Xuan that Li Shuo and the Purple Cloud Sect might counterattack, but Lin Xuan said they would deal with it if necessary.
• Lu Xun met Helian Ming in Lingyun Peak's main hall and asked how the Grand Elder planned to kill Lin Xuan.
• Helian Ming suggested that Li Shuo might risk everything for a Low-Grade Celestial Martial Skill, while Lu Xun questioned whether Li Shuo could match Lin Xuan.

Lu Xun and Helian Ming discussed how Li Shuo’s sister, Li Qingluan, might avenge him if Lin Xuan killed him. Lin Xuan arrived at Yan Hui Mountain’s eastern mine entrance with Ice God Peak’s disciples, where Hua Danyang and the Purple Cloud Sect group were already gathered.

• Helian Ming told Lu Xun that Li Shuo’s death could bring Li Qingluan into conflict with Lin Xuan, and Lu Xun recognized the implication.
• The chapter described Li Qingluan’s extraordinary talent, strength, and fierce protection of her younger brother, Li Shuo.
• Lin Xuan reached the eastern entrance of the Yan Hui Mountain mine with the Inner Sect Disciples from Ice God Peak.
• Hua Danyang and the disciples at the eastern entrance discussed Divine Firmament’s expected arrivals and Hua Danyang’s earlier fight with Li Shuo.
• The Purple Cloud Sect disciples gathered ten li away, where they had been assigned to guard the eastern entrance.

Li Shuo learned that Ice God Peak, led by Lin Xuan, would take over the eastern entrance and decided the Purple Cloud Sect should resist. He trusted Grand Elder Helian’s order and relied on his own strength and his sister Li Qingluan’s protection as the confrontation approached.

• Purple Cloud Sect disciples complained about their losses to the Jade Bloom Holy Land and hoped Lingyun Peak’s prodigies would arrive to help them take revenge.
• Li Shuo told the disciples that Ice God Peak, not Lingyun Peak, would arrive at the eastern entrance.
• Li Shuo said Ice God Peak intended to take over the entrance, but he urged the Purple Cloud Sect disciples not to surrender its jurisdiction.
• Li Shuo justified resisting Ice God Peak by citing Grand Elder Helian’s order and his desire to claim a Low-Grade Celestial Martial Skill for himself and his sister.
• Li Shuo considered Lin Xuan’s reputation and strength but believed his own early Origin Opening Realm cultivation and Li Qingluan’s support would protect him.

Lin Xuan led Ice God Peak disciples to take over the eastern entrance of the Yan Hui Mountain Spirit Stone Mine and ordered the Purple Cloud Sect to withdraw. Li Shuo refused, claiming the sect answered to Grand Elder Helian, and Lin Xuan threatened to kill anyone who disobeyed; the standoff remained unresolved.

• Li Shuo told the Purple Cloud Sect disciples that Lin Xuan was coming and said they should carry out their duty despite their fear.
• Lin Xuan and his group reached the eastern entrance, where they found the Purple Cloud Sect disciples.
• Lin Xuan ordered the Purple Cloud Sect to leave and said the holy land would compensate them for their losses.
• Li Shuo refused to withdraw without an order from Grand Elder Helian of Lingyun Peak, despite Ye Qiu demanding that he obey.
• Lin Xuan declared that anyone who defied his order would be killed without mercy.

Lin Xuan invoked Lu Xun’s authority to demand that the Purple Cloud Sect surrender the eastern entrance, but Li Shuo refused without an order from Grand Elder Helian. Lin Xuan ordered the Ice God Peak disciples to kill anyone who resisted and launched a sudden attack on Li Shuo, who readied himself to fight back.

• Lin Xuan told Li Shuo that the Purple Cloud Sect had to obey Lu Xun’s command and surrender the eastern entrance.
• Li Shuo refused to retreat without Grand Elder Helian’s order, even as Lin Xuan revealed his powerful aura and drew the Battle Blade Dragon Scale.
• Lin Xuan ordered the Ice God Peak disciples to kill anyone who resisted, and their combined pressure forced the Purple Cloud Sect disciples to retreat.
• Lin Xuan sent a lightning-wreathed blade strike at Li Shuo, who summoned his sword and gathered gales and purple radiance to defend himself.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Li Shuo in two sword strikes, leaving the Purple Cloud Sect prodigy gravely wounded. Lin Xuan stood over Li Shuo and prepared to strike again.

• Lin Xuan's first slash sent Li Shuo flying despite Li Shuo's purple armor and Origin Opening cultivation.
• Lin Xuan struck Li Shuo again with his lightning-covered battle blade, driving him into the ground and leaving him vomiting blood.
• The Purple Cloud Sect disciples were stunned by Li Shuo's defeat, while the Ice God Peak disciples watched Lin Xuan with admiration.
• Li Shuo stared in disbelief as Lin Xuan approached and raised his blade to deliver another blow.

Lin Xuan killed Li Shuo despite his pleas and threats, citing Lu Xun’s order to execute anyone who disobeyed. The Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed Li Shuo’s blood qi and seventy years of cultivation time, while the Aura of Providence rose from his corpse to be reclaimed by the Prodigy Ranking.

• Li Shuo tried to stop Lin Xuan by invoking his sister and his connection to the Purple Cloud Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Li Shuo claimed he had acted under Helian Ming’s orders, but Lin Xuan said Lu Xun’s command took precedence.
• Li Shuo warned that killing him would cost him his Prodigy Ranking providence, but Lin Xuan struck him down anyway.
• The Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed Li Shuo’s blood qi and seventy years of cultivation time, bringing its stored cultivation time to seventy-three years.
• The Prodigy Ranking’s golden Aura of Providence rose from Li Shuo’s corpse to be reclaimed.

Lin Xuan absorbed Li Shuo’s Aura of Providence through the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and broke through to the Six Meridian Realm. He drove the Purple Cloud Sect disciples away and led Ice God Peak toward the eastern entrance, where they began scouting Jade Bloom Holy Land’s guards.

• The Soul Suppressing Pagoda shattered Li Shuo’s Aura of Providence and drew its golden motes into Lin Xuan, helping him break through to the Six Meridian Realm.
• Lin Xuan ordered the Purple Cloud Sect disciples to withdraw, and they fled rather than defy him.
• Lin Xuan led the Ice God Peak disciples toward the eastern entrance of the Yan Hui Mountain Spirit Stone Mine to take it back.
• Ye Qiu led scouts to count the Jade Bloom Holy Land members guarding the eastern entrance while Lin Xuan and the others waited.

Lin Xuan led his people toward the Jade Bloom Holy Land’s guarded position, intending to cripple its defenders and kill them himself. Meanwhile, Li Qingluan learned that Lin Xuan had killed Li Shuo and stormed into Yan Hui Mountain seeking revenge.

• Ye Qiu reported that Hua Danyang and thirty-two others guarded the position, including five Open Origin Realm fighters.
• Lin Xuan refused reinforcements and led his group out, ordering them to cripple the defenders so he could kill them himself.
• Li Qingluan met fleeing Purple Cloud Sect disciples and demanded to know why they had abandoned the eastern entrance and where Li Shuo was.
• A disciple told Li Qingluan that Lin Xuan had killed Li Shuo under orders from Lu Xun.
• Enraged, Li Qingluan injured the disciples with a burst of wind power and raced into Yan Hui Mountain.

Lin Xuan and his companions reached the eastern entrance as he launched an attack on three Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples. Meanwhile, Helian Ming learned that Lin Xuan had killed Li Shuo and revealed his breakthrough to Pseudo-Emperor, while planning for Li Qingluan to fight Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan attacked the three Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples at the eastern entrance.
• A True Disciple told Helian Ming that the Purple Cloud Sect had confirmed Lin Xuan killed Li Shuo under Lu Xun's orders.
• Helian Ming admitted he had underestimated Lin Xuan but said there would be opportunities to kill him before he grew stronger.
• Helian Ming revealed that he had advanced to Pseudo-Emperor, and his True Disciple congratulated him.
• Helian Ming learned Li Qingluan had gained violet wings through Bloodline Ancestral Return and expected her to encounter Lin Xuan.
• Helian Ming said he would consider grooming Li Qingluan if she survived killing Lin Xuan, unaware that Lin Xuan's strength had increased further.

Hua Danyang cultivated inside the Yan Hui Mountain mine and strengthened his foundation with the Aura of Providence. Confident that he could defeat Lin Xuan, he remained in the Nine Meridian Realm to temper himself further before using the Transcendent Breakthrough Pill.

• Hua Danyang cultivated at the eastern entrance of the Yan Hui Mountain mine while the Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples praised him and looked down on Divine Firmament.
• Hua Danyang made a small breakthrough, enlarging his Flame Tiger Martial Soul, and told his disciples that the Aura of Providence had made progress easy.
• Hua Danyang said he would temper his foundation further before using the Transcendent Breakthrough Pill to enter the Transcendent Realm with Peerless-grade dantian breadth.
• When a disciple asked about Lin Xuan, Hua Danyang claimed he could destroy him with a flip of his hand.
• The chapter explained that the Grade Five Transcendent Breakthrough Pill opened a dantian and doubled its breadth for eligible prodigies below twentyfold breadth.

Lin Xuan and the Ice God Peak disciples ambushed the Jade Bloom Holy Land group, and Hua Danyang confronted him with a more powerful Flame Tiger Soul. The chapter ended as Hua Danyang unleashed Azure Flame Burst against Lin Xuan.

• Hua Danyang heard the warning formation trigger and led the Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples outside to meet the returning Purple Cloud Sect members.
• Lin Xuan killed three Jade Bloom Holy Land Inner Sect disciples with a lightning blade strike, and the others recognized his Six Meridian Realm cultivation.
• Hua Danyang summoned his crimson spear and Flame Tiger Soul, while Lin Xuan ordered Ye Qiu and the Ice God Peak disciples to leave no one alive.
• Hua Danyang charged Lin Xuan and attacked with Azure Flame Burst, forcing disciples on both sides to retreat under the pressure.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed Hua Danyang with a single blade strike, leaving the Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples stunned. As Lin Xuan pressed his attack, five Origin Manifestation Realm cultivators moved to stop him, and he drew on the Blazing White Lightning Seed to face them.

• Lin Xuan activated Heaven's Wrath Triple and clashed with Hua Danyang using Dragon's Roar Blade Draw.
• Lin Xuan's strike shattered Hua Danyang's spear flames and sent him flying, injured and spitting blood.
• Lin Xuan charged at Hua Danyang again as the Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples cried out in warning.
• Five Origin Manifestation Realm cultivators attacked Lin Xuan with elemental techniques and weapons.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Blazing White Lightning Seed to reinforce his blade and Advanced Blade Intent.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed five Great Origin cultivators, but Hua Danyang used a Transcendent Breakthrough Pill to enter the Transcendent Realm. Hua Danyang threatened Lin Xuan as his power surged, and Lin Xuan faced the formidable opponent without showing fear.

• Lin Xuan drove back five Great Origin cultivators in their first clash, leaving the Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples shocked.
• Hua Danyang ordered the five cultivators to stop Lin Xuan and swallowed a Transcendent Breakthrough Pill.
• Lin Xuan injured all five Great Origin cultivators in another clash while they delayed him.
• Hua Danyang broke through into the Transcendent Realm, and his Flame Tiger Soul grew flaming wings as his aura surged.
• Hua Danyang vowed that Lin Xuan would die, while Lin Xuan recognized the strength of his newly Transcendent opponent without showing panic.

Lin Xuan unleashed his full strength against Hua Danyang and five other Jade Bloom Holy Land cultivators, overwhelming their combined attack. The fight left three Great Origin Realm cultivators dead, two unable to continue, and Hua Danyang's Flame Tiger Soul shattered.

• Hua Danyang led the five other cultivators in an attack on Lin Xuan with Azure Flame Burst.
• Lin Xuan activated Heaven's Wrath, Fourth Layer, and the Wood Element, then unleashed Dragon's Roar Blade Draw.
• Lin Xuan's lightning dragon collided with the cultivators' combined attack and overwhelmed it.
• Three initial-stage Great Origin Realm cultivators were killed, while the two mid-stage cultivators lost the ability to fight.
• Hua Danyang's Flame Tiger Soul broke apart, and Jade Bloom Holy Land's disciples watched in disbelief.

Lin Xuan defeated Hua Danyang and the Jade Bloom Holy Land cultivators with the fourth level of Heaven's Wrath combined with Wood Element. He killed Hua Danyang despite the prodigy's plea about Aura of Providence, and the Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed temporal light and blood qi.

• Lin Xuan used Heaven's Wrath and Wood Element to overwhelm Hua Danyang and the five Great Origin Realm cultivators, while the Soul Suppressing Pagoda replenished his strength.
• The Jade Bloom Holy Land cultivators fled, and Ye Qiu and the others charged after them.
• Hua Danyang attacked Lin Xuan with a sea of fire, then fled, but Lin Xuan caught up and shattered his Flame Tiger Soul and defense.
• Hua Danyang begged Lin Xuan to spare him because he possessed Aura of Providence, but Lin Xuan killed him with a flash of lightning.
• The Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed a massive cluster of temporal light and dense blood qi.

Lin Xuan absorbed Hua Danyang’s Aura of Providence and broke through to the Seven Meridian Realm before helping Ice God Peak defeat Jade Bloom Holy Land’s forces. After the survivors fled, Ye Qiu summoned reinforcements to secure the mine vein, while Lin Xuan finished pursuing the last nearby enemy.

• The Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed Hua Danyang’s Aura of Providence, advancing Lin Xuan’s Everlasting Emperor Art and raising his cultivation to the Seven Meridian Realm.
• Lin Xuan killed two immobilized mid-stage Origin Manifestation Realm disciples as Ice God Peak drove Jade Bloom Holy Land’s forces into retreat.
• Lin Xuan pursued the fleeing disciples, killing those he caught while the Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed blood qi and cultivation time.
• Ye Qiu sent a message to the Holy Land requesting Core Formation Realm deacons to seize the mine vein, and the disciples cleared the battlefield.
• Lin Xuan killed one final fleeing disciple but stopped when the remaining Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples escaped beyond his sight.

After wiping out most of Jade Bloom Holy Land’s group, Lin Xuan headed to the mine entrance, where Li Qingluan demanded an explanation for her younger brother’s death. When Lin Xuan was absent, Li Qingluan attacked and badly injured the Ice God Peak disciples.

• Lin Xuan learned that he had gained 1,109 years of cultivation time from the eighteen Jade Bloom Holy Land geniuses he had killed.
• Lin Xuan headed toward the mine entrance while the Ice God Peak disciples secured it.
• Li Qingluan arrived and demanded that Lin Xuan answer for killing her younger brother.
• Ye Qiu and the other Ice God Peak disciples defended Lin Xuan and argued that Li Qingluan’s brother had defied the Holy Land’s orders.
• Li Qingluan attacked the disciples, sending Ye Qiu flying and severely injuring the rest.

Li Qingluan attacked the Ice God Peak disciples, blaming Lin Xuan for her brother Li Shuo’s death and threatening to kill them all. As she lunged to strike, a familiar voice called out with a technique, and the disciples recognized their Senior Brother.

• Li Qingluan defeated more than twenty Ice God Peak Inner Sect Disciples, leaving them injured on the ground.
• Ye Qiu warned Li Qingluan that her actions could bring disaster upon Purple Cloud Sect, but she insisted she acted alone and insulted Lin Xuan.
• When the disciples defended Lin Xuan, Li Qingluan declared that he had killed her brother and vowed to slaughter them in revenge.
• Li Qingluan summoned her purple Battle Sword and charged at the Ice God Peak disciples with a deadly attack.
• A voice shouted “Dragon's Roar Blade Draw,” and the disciples recognized their Senior Brother.

Lin Xuan intercepted Li Qingluan as she attacked him and overwhelmed her with a powerful saber strike. After learning that Li Qingluan was Li Shuo’s elder sister, he faced her renewed assault and her threat to kill him and Lu Xun.

• Lin Xuan struck at Li Qingluan as she attacked, and she turned to fight him with Thousand Severances.
• Lin Xuan activated Heaven’s Wrath, Fourth Level, and shattered Li Qingluan’s sword strike, sending her flying and leaving her badly wounded.
• Li Qingluan recovered with a medicinal pill while Lin Xuan checked on his junior brothers; Ye Qiu identified her as Li Shuo’s elder sister from Lingyun Peak.
• Li Qingluan vowed to kill Lin Xuan, Lu Xun, and everyone connected to her brother’s death, then attacked Lin Xuan again with Thousand Severances.