Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan fought Li Qingluan, who used flight and relentless ranged attacks to keep him at a disadvantage. As Li Qingluan pressed her assault, Lin Xuan began rapidly comprehending how to upgrade Fleeting Light so he could reach her.

• Li Qingluan attacked Lin Xuan with wind blades and sword radiance from the air, while he used the Limitless Thunder Blade to block and ordered Ye Qiu and the others to retreat.
• Lin Xuan lunged at Li Qingluan with Fleeting Light and unleashed a thunder dragon, but she dodged and blasted him back with another barrage.
• Li Qingluan kept her distance and wounded Lin Xuan, who activated the Wood Element to heal himself as she replenished her Source Qi with a pill.
• Lin Xuan realized he could not reach Li Qingluan without improving Fleeting Light, entered the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, and spent time deepening his comprehension of the movement technique.

Lin Xuan completed his comprehension of Flowing Light inside the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and gained the ability to fly. He revealed his thunder wings during his fight with Li Qingluan, leaving her startled and retreating.

• Lin Xuan spent three hundred years in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, developing thunder wings as he comprehended Flowing Light.
• Lin Xuan advanced Flowing Light to upper earth grade and returned his attention to Li Qingluan.
• Li Qingluan attacked Lin Xuan with wind blades and her Battle Sword, expecting him to fall when his ascent stopped.
• Lin Xuan revealed blazing white thunder wings, and Li Qingluan withdrew in fear.

Lin Xuan defeated Li Qingluan with a lightning-fast saber strike and killed her after she crashed into the mountainside. He absorbed the cultivation time, blood energy, and Aura of Providence taken by the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, then collected her Battle Sword and storage ring as the Ice God Peak disciples celebrated.

• Lin Xuan transformed into lightning, intercepted Li Qingluan, and shattered her attack with his saber.
• Lin Xuan blasted Li Qingluan into the mountainside, leaving her grievously injured while the Ice God Peak disciples cheered his victory.
• Lin Xuan ignored Li Qingluan's pleas and split her in two with his Battle Sword, killing her.
• The Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed seventy-five years of cultivation time, Li Qingluan's blood energy, and her Aura of Providence.
• Lin Xuan collected Li Qingluan's Battle Sword and storage ring, then descended as his aura continued to surge.

After defeating Li Qingluan, Lin Xuan reached the Eight Meridian Realm and explored the spirit stone mine at Yan Hui Mountain. News that Hua Danyang’s Life Tablet had shattered reached Jade Bloom Holy Land, where Qin Wudao learned Lin Xuan had led the Divine Firmament disciples.

• Lin Xuan reached the Eight Meridian Realm and considered advancing further with his remaining cultivation time.
• Ye Qiu and the Ice God Peak disciples praised Lin Xuan, who told them to heal their injuries and prepare for a possible counterattack.
• Lin Xuan searched the Yan Hui Mountain mine and found no exposed spirit stones.
• Lin Xuan sensed a distant battle between Dan Realm experts and watched its energy storm from afar.
• An elder told Qin Wudao that Hua Danyang’s Life Tablet had shattered and identified Lin Xuan as the leader of the Divine Firmament group.

Jade Bloom Holy Land and Purple Cloud Sect learned that Lin Xuan had killed their geniuses and began responding to the losses. Unaware of the turmoil, Lin Xuan cultivated at the Yan Hui Mountain mine, while Helian Ming received news of Li Qingluan’s death and questioned how Lin Xuan had managed it.

• A Jade Bloom Holy Land elder told Qin Wudao that Hua Danyang had entered the Transcendent Realm before Lin Xuan killed him, and Qin Wudao ordered a one-million-spirit-stone mission for Lin Xuan’s life.
• The Purple Cloud Sect Master learned that Li Qingluan and Li Shuo’s Life Tablets had shattered and ordered an investigation, asking Grand Elder Helian to seek justice.
• At the Yan Hui Mountain mine, Lin Xuan joined Ye Qiu and the others before entering the Soul Suppressing Pagoda to open his ninth great meridian.
• Helian Ming learned that Li Qingluan’s Life Tablet had shattered and wondered how a Five Meridian Realm cultivator like Lin Xuan had killed him.

Lin Xuan stabilized his qi and blood after opening all nine great meridians, and Ye Qiu explained the next stage of cultivation. Meanwhile, Helian Ming ordered Lu Xun and the Purple Cloud Sect to kill Lin Xuan, promising to protect them.

• Helian Ming sent word to Lu Xun and ordered the Purple Cloud Sect to kill Lin Xuan at any cost, promising to ensure their safety.
• Lu Xun reacted to Helian Ming’s message, and the Purple Cloud Sect sent a figure toward Yan Hui Mountain after two days of deliberation.
• Lin Xuan finished stabilizing his qi and blood after opening his ninth great meridian, reaching the state Ye Qiu called the Sea of Qi and Blood.
• Ye Qiu explained that cultivators in the Nine Meridian Realm strengthened their foundations so they could open a larger dantian.

Lin Xuan learned how foundation solidification and blood qi determine dantian breadth, including the legendary Heaven-Defying Grade. He decided the unreachable realm was worth attempting and dismissed concerns about the resources it would require.

• Ye Qiu explained that reaching Sea of Qi and Blood before opening a dantian gave it five times the ordinary breadth, while Blood Qi Permeation gave ten times the breadth.
• Ye Qiu described Blood Qi Smokes as the peerless grade, with at least twenty times the ordinary dantian breadth, and said Earth Ranking geniuses might be reaching it.
• Ye Qiu told Lin Xuan that the legendary Heaven-Defying Grade required Blood Qi Pierces the Heavens, a level no one had ever achieved.
• Lin Xuan questioned Ye Qiu's claim, then decided the Heaven-Defying Grade was worth trying for.
• Ye Qiu warned that a larger dantian would require more resources, but Lin Xuan said his share of the mineral-vein profits would cover the cost.

Lin Xuan cultivated at astonishing speed, advancing his Blood Qi while Ye Qiu watched in disbelief. After spending centuries inside the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, Lin Xuan reached Blood Qi Smokes, leaving Ye Qiu overwhelmed with envy.

• Lin Xuan asked Ye Qiu whether Jade Bloom had shown signs of counterattacking, and Ye Qiu reported that the area remained quiet and the battle had ended for now.
• Lin Xuan began cultivating, and his Blood Qi surged into the Blood Qi Permeation realm, shocking Ye Qiu.
• Inside the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, Lin Xuan spent two hundred years reaching Blood Qi Permeation and decided to keep using his remaining time to grow stronger.
• After another three hundred years, Lin Xuan's Blood Qi formed blood-colored rosy clouds, marking his arrival at Blood Qi Smokes.
• Ye Qiu watched Lin Xuan's breakthrough and wept with envy, convinced that even Lin Xuan crushing a Great Emperor would seem natural.

Lin Xuan emerged from the Soul Suppressing Pagoda with overwhelming power but delayed his attempt to form a Heaven-Defying Grade dantian. When the Fiendlands attacked Yan Hui Mountain and Jade Bloom Holy Land appeared to be colluding with them, Lin Xuan and Ye Qiu rushed into the battle.

• Lin Xuan withdrew his consciousness from the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, with only 99 years of cultivation time remaining, and felt his immense power after circulating his blood and qi.
• Lin Xuan told Ye Qiu he would wait a couple of days before attempting to form a Heaven-Defying Grade dantian because he was tired.
• An alarm sounded as Fiendlands forces attacked, and Divine Firmament and Jade Bloom Holy Land experts clashed at the entrances.
• Lu Xun fought a Jade Bloom prodigy at the southern entrance while secretly sneering at Jade Bloom’s apparent collusion with the Fiendlands.
• Lin Xuan charged through the entrance, and Ye Qiu followed as they headed into the battle.

Four Bloodshadow Fiendlands assassins ambushed Lin Xuan at Yan Hui Mountain, while a concealed Purple Cloud Sect expert let the attack proceed to settle a score over the sect’s Young Sect Master. Ye Qiu and the Ice God Peak disciples tried to protect Lin Xuan, who faced the attackers despite being at a lower cultivation realm.

• A Silver Fiend and three Bronze Fiends emerged from the forest, intending to kill Lin Xuan and flee.
• A hidden Purple Cloud Sect expert considered intervening but decided to let the Fiends attack Lin Xuan before killing them, seeking to avenge the Young Sect Master without implicating his sect.
• Lin Xuan charged from the eastern entrance as the Ice God Peak disciples warned him that the Fiends were waiting.
• Ye Qiu and the other disciples placed themselves between Lin Xuan and the attackers, urging him to escape while they held the Fiends back.
• Lin Xuan recognized the attackers’ ranks from their tokens and understood that they were all in the Origin Manifestation Realm, above his own cultivation.

Lin Xuan confronted four Fiends threatening the Ice God Peak disciples and defeated them with a single powerful slash. The Silver Fiend survived but was badly wounded and terrified as Lin Xuan challenged them for entering Divine Firmament’s territory.

• Lin Xuan reassured the Ice God Peak disciples and rushed toward the Fiends despite Ye Qiu warning him not to be careless.
• A hidden Purple Cloud Sect expert was shocked by Lin Xuan’s growth to the Nine Meridian Realm but expected the four Fiends to kill him.
• The four Fiends attacked Lin Xuan together, boasting about their planned slaughter and the mission reward.
• Lin Xuan activated Heaven’s Wrath Triple and struck with his Advanced Blade Intent, killing one Fiend and forcing the other three to their knees.
• The Silver Fiend vomited blood in terror as Lin Xuan questioned why the Fiends had entered Divine Firmament’s sphere of influence.

Lin Xuan effortlessly defeated the four Fiends who attacked the Ice God Peak disciples, while a Purple Cloud Sect observer realized the danger of provoking him. The battles at Yan Hui Mountain remained deadlocked as Divine Firmament and Yuhua experts fought above.

• Lin Xuan terrified the surviving Fiends, who tried to flee after seeing his strength.
• Lin Xuan caught the three fleeing Fiends with his Thunder Wings and reflected that he had not needed to use his full power.
• A Purple Cloud Sect expert decided the sect could not afford to provoke Lin Xuan and left.
• A Divine Firmament expert praised Lin Xuan and threatened to slaughter Yuhua's disciples, while the Yuhua expert continued fighting him.
• The disciples at the southern and northern entrances remained locked in an even stalemate.

Lin Xuan joined the battle at the southern entrance after killing four Fiends, bringing his cultivation time to 404 years. His arrival strengthened the Divine Firmament forces and put the Jade Bloom disciples under greater pressure.

• A Divine Firmament alchemy-realm powerhouse invited Lin Xuan to fight at the southern entrance, warning that Jade Bloom had at least fifty-seven disciples there in the Origin Manifestation Realm.
• Lu Xun realized Lin Xuan had survived and become frighteningly powerful, then intensified his attacks on the Jade Bloom disciple he faced.
• Lin Xuan saw that killing three Bronze Fiends and one Silver Fiend had raised his cultivation time to 404 years, then flew toward the southern entrance using his Thunder Wings.
• Ye Qiu and the other Divine Firmament disciples celebrated Lin Xuan’s strength as a Purple Cloud Sect powerhouse fled faster, fearing his sect’s plans might provoke the Divine Firmament Holy Land.
• The Divine Firmament alchemy-realm deacon welcomed Lin Xuan at the southern entrance and ordered his disciples to keep lower-realm Jade Bloom cultivators away from him, spurring the Divine Firmament forces to fight harder.

Lin Xuan joined the battle and overwhelmed Jade Bloom Holy Land disciples despite being only at the Nine Meridian Realm. After revealing his Peerless-grade foundation, he charged toward the late Origin Opening Realm opponent he had just injured.

• Lin Xuan descended into the battle and killed an early Origin Opening Realm Jade Bloom disciple with a single strike.
• Lin Xuan used Limitless Thunder Blade to wound and kill a middle Origin Opening Realm disciple.
• Lin Xuan met a late Origin Opening Realm disciple’s twin-hammer attack head-on and blasted him backward with Heaven’s Wrath Fourth Layer.
• The Dan Realm cultivators recognized Lin Xuan’s Blood Qi Smokes and Peerless-grade foundation, while Lu Xun seethed with jealousy.
• Lin Xuan rushed the injured late Origin Opening Realm disciple and brought his battle blade down upon him.

Lin Xuan turned the battle against Jade Bloom Holy Land by killing a late-stage Origin Opening cultivator, then faced Senior Brother Bao, a peak Origin Opening expert. After being knocked back by Bao’s first strike, Lin Xuan activated Thunder Wings and Wood Aspect as Bao launched his second attack.

• Lin Xuan sent a Jade Bloom disciple’s twin hammers flying and killed him with a lightning-fast strike, shifting the battle in Divine Firmament Holy Land’s favor.
• The Jade Bloom Elixir Realm powerhouse ordered his disciples to focus their attacks on Lin Xuan.
• Senior Brother Bao challenged Lin Xuan, and the Jade Bloom disciples blocked Divine Firmament reinforcements to isolate them.
• Bao struck Lin Xuan with the first two attacks of his Severing Current Blade Technique, sending Lin Xuan flying and pressing his advantage.
• Lin Xuan activated Thunder Wings and Wood Aspect as Bao’s second strike came down.

Lin Xuan turned the battle against Jade Bloom Holy Land by killing Senior Brother Bao and slaughtering its Origin Opening Realm disciples. As Jade Bloom’s forces retreated, Lu Xun forced Zeng Jun toward the battle below while hiding how much strength he still held back.

• Lin Xuan summoned the Crimson Lotus Flame and cleaved Senior Brother Bao apart, shattering the Jade Bloom disciples’ confidence and rallying Divine Firmament’s fighters.
• Lin Xuan consumed cultivation time to recover and entered the battle, killing Jade Bloom’s Origin Opening Realm disciples as they began to retreat.
• Lu Xun increased his strength and drove Zeng Jun toward the area above Lin Xuan, revealing that he had been suppressing his power.
• Lu Xun told Zeng Jun he could kill him but chose not to, then used golden blade lights to block three of Zeng Jun’s escape routes without striking him down.

During the battle over the mineral vein, Lu Xun tried to use Zeng Jun to kill Lin Xuan while disguising his scheme as concern. Lin Xuan activated a Sword Talisman just as Zeng Jun’s attack reached him, and the chapter ended with its immense sword light surging into the sky.

• Zeng Jun noticed a blazing white streak of light below before Lu Xun struck him through the chest with a golden sword radiance.
• As the Jade Bloom Holy Land forces began to retreat, Zeng Jun charged toward Lin Xuan, while Lu Xun pretended to try to protect him.
• Lin Xuan recognized Lu Xun’s deception and faced Zeng Jun’s azure sword radiance as the Divine Firmament and Jade Bloom Dan Realm powerhouses reacted.
• Lin Xuan activated a Sword Talisman with his blood qi, releasing a vast sword light that stretched ten li into the sky.

Lin Xuan used the Sword Talisman to kill Zeng Jun and badly wound Lu Xun, driving the Jade Splendor forces to flee. After the pursuit, Lin Xuan returned to tend to Lu Xun, whose injuries remained severe and who recognized that Lin Xuan was only pretending to be helpless.

• Zeng Jun's attacks vanished beneath the Sword Talisman's light, which cleaved him into blood mist.
• Lu Xun used his sword technique against the sword light's lingering aura, was blasted away, and fell grievously wounded.
• The Jade Splendor powerhouse and disciples fled, and Lin Xuan and the Divine Firmament disciples pursued them.
• Lin Xuan returned to the southern entrance, apologized to Lu Xun, and offered him a pile of low-grade pills.
• Lin Xuan released a small thread of life force to ease Lu Xun's pain, then acted as if he had no strength left; Lu Xun saw through the performance.

Lin Xuan concealed his revenge against Lu Xun behind a show of brotherly gratitude, trapping Lu Xun with his own orders concerning the Purple Cloud Sect. After the battle at Yan Hui Mountain’s Spirit Stone Mine ended, Lin Xuan returned to guard the eastern entrance as news of the events spread across the Southern Region.

• A Dan Realm expert arrived and treated Lu Xun, while Lin Xuan pretended to be relieved and grateful that his senior brother had survived.
• Lin Xuan credited Lu Xun with teaching him to behead Li Shuo and take control of the eastern entrance, making the onlookers believe the two shared a close bond.
• The Deacon criticized Lu Xun for ordering the Purple Cloud Sect, an affiliated force, to obey him, and Lin Xuan insisted the order had been justified.
• Lin Xuan declared that he would take responsibility if the Purple Cloud Sect objected, earning admiration while Lu Xun seethed silently.
• After the mine battle temporarily ended, Lin Xuan left the southern entrance and returned to guard the eastern entrance as reports of the events spread through the Southern Region.

Lin Xuan's rapid rise made the Purple Cloud Sect abandon plans to target him and turn against Lu Xun instead. Helian Ming prepared to use Su Wen and the Aura of Providence against Lin Xuan, while arranging for Lingyun Peak to claim the resulting Divine Eyes.

• Lin Xuan's breakthrough to the Nine Meridian Realm spread his reputation across the Southern Region and alarmed hidden geniuses.
• The Purple Cloud Sect's upper echelons decided they could not target Lin Xuan and shifted their plans toward making Lu Xun and the Lu Family pay.
• Lu Xun, unaware of the Purple Cloud Sect's plans, grew more hostile toward Lin Xuan while recovering.
• Helian Ming learned that five lower-ranked Prodigy Ranking geniuses had been identified for his plan.
• Helian Ming explained that Su Wen would receive the Aura of Providence because he already bore a blood feud with Lin Xuan and could shoulder the karma of killing him.
• Helian Ming planned to have Lingyun Peak claim the Divine Eyes if Su Wen used the Aura of Providence to kill Lin Xuan.