Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen comprehended complete Sword Intent and bragged that his bond with Lin Xuan had brought him good fortune, while the Xiao lineage elders prepared to send him and Xiao Ya to seek further opportunities. Ten days later, Lin Xuan was still cultivating cautiously at Yan Hui Mountain with Ye Qiu standing guard.

• Xiao Chen comprehended complete Sword Intent before Xiao Ya, earning praise from the Xiao lineage elders.
• Xiao Chen boasted that becoming sworn brothers with Lin Xuan had blessed his fortune and smugly compared himself to Xiao Ya.
• The Xiao lineage elders proposed that Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya trade Divine Dragon's Roar for Lin Xuan's Radiant Flow and urged them to prepare for the Prodigy Ranking.
• The Xiao lineage elders sent Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya back into the dangerous Sword Cemetery to improve their cultivation.
• After ten peaceful days at Yan Hui Mountain, Lin Xuan continued cultivating cautiously while Ye Qiu stood guard and watched him enviously.

Lin Xuan spent four hundred years strengthening his foundation and prepared to pursue a Heaven-Defying Grade dantian breadth after returning to the Holy Land. Ye Qiu told him that Zhao Hun had attacked Lu Xun, and Lin Xuan admitted he had originally used Lu Xun as a scapegoat.

• Lin Xuan spent four hundred years solidifying his foundation and sensed he was nearing the limit of a Heaven-Defying Grade dantian breadth.
• Ye Qiu told Lin Xuan that the Holy Land had sent word that they could return.
• Ye Qiu explained that Zhao Hun had beaten Lu Xun and threatened to kill him, prompting the peak master to intervene.
• The Lu Family gave up a Quasi-Divine Weapon to settle the dispute with Zhao Hun.
• Lin Xuan told Ye Qiu that he had initially wanted Lu Xun to take the blame because killing an affiliate of the Divine Firmament would have caused trouble.

Lin Xuan left the mine after taking a Quasi-Divine Weapon from Lu Xun and returned to Divine Firmament Holy Land, where he was astonished by Yu Bing’s rapid cultivation. They began a friendly spar on Ice God Peak as Liu Ruyan sensed Lin Xuan’s extraordinary foundations.

• Lin Xuan accepted Ye Qiu’s warning about Lu Xun and flew away from the mine with his new Quasi-Divine Weapon.
• Lin Xuan reached Ice God Peak and discovered that Yu Bing had advanced to at least the late Kaiyuan Realm.
• Yu Bing told Lin Xuan she had mastered a low-grade Heaven Rank sword art and movement technique, and challenged him to test her progress.
• Lin Xuan activated the fourth level of Heaven’s Wrath, prompting Liu Ruyan to suspect he might be developing a legendary Heaven-Defying Grade dantian.
• Yu Bing began their spar by spreading Extreme Cold Power and darting between falling snowflakes.

Lin Xuan sparred with Yu Bing and discovered that her combat strength in the Origin Manifestation Realm nearly overwhelmed him, even when he used his full power. After they stopped, Liu Ruyan praised Lin Xuan as Divine Firmament’s number one combat prodigy.

• Yu Bing explained her Frost Snow Domain movement technique and struck Lin Xuan from behind, but he countered with his Limitless Thunder Blade.
• Yu Bing used Mystic Ice Thousand Blades and pursued Lin Xuan through the snow, forcing him onto the defensive.
• After a voice urged her to go all out, Yu Bing’s power surged, and Lin Xuan activated Wood Element, the Blazing White Lightning Seed, and Crimson Lotus Flame to unleash the Thunderfire Divine Dragon.
• Lin Xuan asked Yu Bing to stop, and she ended the fight; he praised her combat strength and noted her lack of experience.
• Liu Ruyan appeared and praised Lin Xuan’s strength, calling him Divine Firmament’s number one prodigy in combat.

Lin Xuan began his breakthrough into the Transcendent Realm in Ice God Peak’s main hall, where Liu Ruyan’s Spirit Gathering Array helped him gather Source Qi. His foundation reached the Heaven-Defying Grade, and he began transforming his lower abdomen as the chapter ended.

• Liu Ruyan brought Lin Xuan and Yu Bing to the main hall and activated its Spirit Gathering Array to aid their breakthroughs.
• Lin Xuan spent a hundred years in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda strengthening his foundation until it reached its limit.
• Blood Qi surged from Lin Xuan and pierced the heavens, prompting Liu Ruyan to conceal the phenomenon beneath an illusion of ice.
• Liu Ruyan told Yu Bing that Blood Qi Pierces the Heavens marked a Heaven-Defying Grade foundation with fifty times the dantian breadth.
• Lin Xuan circulated the Divine Firmament Origin Manifestation Art, sending Blood Qi through his meridians as his lower abdomen began a dramatic transformation.

Lin Xuan struggled to gather Source Qi while breaking through, as his Useless Body of Ten Thousand Years wasted nearly all the energy he absorbed. With Liu Ruyan's help and a vast supply of spirit stones, he stabilized his early Origin Manifestation Realm cultivation and reunited with Yu Bing.

• Lin Xuan discovered that almost all the Source Qi passing through his nine great meridians dissipated, despite his dantian expanding to far beyond an ordinary cultivator's capacity.
• Liu Ruyan explained that spirit stones and other resources could compensate for his poor Source Qi absorption and buried Lin Xuan beneath spirit stones.
• Lin Xuan entered the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and spent a year cultivating as the spirit stones were drained of their Source Qi.
• Lin Xuan formed an enormous qi vortex in his dantian and stabilized his early Origin Manifestation Realm cultivation.
• Liu Ruyan removed the spent spirit stones, and Lin Xuan opened his eyes as Yu Bing hurried to him with concern.

Liu Ruyan explained Hong Ling’s disappearance and warned Lin Xuan about the dangers of his path and his enormous cultivation costs. She told Lin Xuan and Yu Bing to gain experience as the Southern Region approached chaos, leaving them to prepare for what was coming.

• Liu Ruyan interrupted Lin Xuan and Yu Bing, then praised Lin Xuan’s stable cultivation as stronger than Hong Ling’s had been at the same stage.
• Liu Ruyan revealed that Helian Ming had plotted against Hong Ling with the Wei Clan, taken the Aberrant Metal Force she sought, and may have left her body in the Desolate Clan’s hands.
• Lin Xuan promised Liu Ruyan he would not spare the Desolate Clan Wei, and she warned him to prioritize survival before he had fully grown.
• Liu Ruyan explained that Lin Xuan consumed ten times the usual resources to stabilize his cultivation and would need vast resources for future breakthroughs.
• Liu Ruyan told Lin Xuan to collect future spirit-stone dividends from Xu Qin at Ice God Peak and urged Yu Bing to gain combat experience before the Earth Ranking reappeared and plunged the Southern Region into chaos.

Lin Xuan exchanged his recent spoils for two hundred thousand spirit stones, then spent the day wandering the Divine Firmament Holy Land with Xiao Yu'er. The Earth Ranking reappeared with only ninety-seven names because the Soul Suppressing Pagoda had seized the providence of three dead prodigies, leaving Lin Xuan wondering about the artifact’s origins and purpose.

• Lin Xuan and Yu Bing left the grand hall together, and he took her to find Deacon Xu Qin.
• Lin Xuan exchanged his resources for two million Contribution Points, then spent them all on spirit stones.
• Lin Xuan and Xiao Yu'er wandered around the Divine Firmament Holy Land together for the day.
• The Earth Ranking appeared the next morning with only ninety-seven prodigies listed, confusing the Azure Cloud Realm.
• Lin Xuan realized the Soul Suppressing Pagoda had seized the providence of Li Shuo, Li Qingluan, and Hua Danyang after he killed them.
• Lin Xuan examined the Soul Suppressing Pagoda with his consciousness and wondered who had forged it and whether it was part of a greater scheme.

After the Earth Ranking reappeared and announced the coming struggle for fortune, Lin Xuan focused on growing stronger while Su Wen prepared to pursue Divine Eyes and avenge Su Qing. Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya visited Lin Xuan, who introduced Yu Bing as his wife.

• Lin Xuan set aside his worries about the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and took Yu Bing to spar.
• The Prodigy Ranking announced that the struggle for fortune had begun and that rewards would be granted when the Terra Ranking opened one year later.
• Helian Ming told Su Wen that the five Earth Ranking prodigies were under control and sent him to seize fortune, hoping his Spirit Eyes would evolve into Divine Eyes.
• Su Wen vowed to kill Lin Xuan and make him watch as Su Qing's eyes, now fused with his, witnessed the revenge.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya arrived at Lin Xuan's courtyard with Lian Qingtian, and Lin Xuan introduced Yu Bing as his wife.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya visited Lin Xuan in Divine Firmament and gave him Divine Dragon's Roar, a blade technique that continued his Dragon's Roar Blade Draw. Xiao Chen began explaining how the technique could grow stronger as Lin Xuan integrated attributes into it.

• Xiao Chen introduced Xiao Ya to Lin Xuan as his sister and called Xiao Yu'er his sister-in-law, prompting playful teasing among them.
• Lin Xuan asked why Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya had come to Divine Firmament, and Xiao Chen presented him with a jade slip.
• Xiao Ya explained that Divine Dragon's Roar was an attribute-less Low-Grade Celestial Martial Skill created by an Aberrant Senior of the Sky Net Sword Sect, and that its first move was Lin Xuan's Dragon's Roar Blade Draw.
• Xiao Ya described the senior's talent and his eventual limit at the Core Realm, while Lin Xuan reflected on the Sky Net Sword Sect's gifted cultivators.
• Xiao Chen took over the explanation and told Lin Xuan that Divine Dragon's Roar could rise in rank when he integrated attributes into it.

Xiao Ya and Xiao Chen offered Lin Xuan Divine Dragon's Roar in exchange for an agreement to share future improvements to Flowing Light with the Sky Net Sword Sect. Lin Xuan accepted the sect's investment and promised to help them if they asked.

• Xiao Chen boasted about his initial Sword Intent until Xiao Ya grabbed his ear and made him apologize.
• Lin Xuan asked Xiao Ya whether the Sky Net Sword Sect had conditions for sending Divine Dragon's Roar.
• Xiao Ya asked Lin Xuan to share improvements to Flowing Light with the Sky Net Sword Sect up to the level of Divine Dragon's Roar.
• Xiao Chen explained that the sect viewed the arrangement as an investment and hoped Lin Xuan would help them in the future if needed.
• Lin Xuan accepted the Sky Net Sword Sect's favor and agreed to help if they sent word.

Lin Xuan gave Xiao Ya a detailed jade slip of Flowing Light and let her and Xiao Chen practice at his courtyard. He then studied Divine Dragon's Roar in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and mastered its second form, Dragon's Roar Instant Kill.

• Lin Xuan inscribed the High-Grade Earth Rank Flowing Light and his cultivation insights into a jade slip for Xiao Ya.
• Xiao Ya asked to practice Flowing Light with Xiao Chen at Lin Xuan's courtyard, and Lin Xuan agreed to guide them.
• Lin Xuan asked Yu Bing to study Divine Dragon's Roar and had Lian Qingtian, whom he called Purple Fur, train her combat experience.
• Lin Xuan studied Divine Dragon's Roar and learned that its second form, Dragon's Roar Instant Kill, could chain rapid attacks.
• Lin Xuan cultivated Dragon's Roar Instant Kill in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and mastered it after 220 years.

Lin Xuan spent over a thousand years in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda mastering Divine Dragon's Roar and fusing its techniques with lightning and fire. He advanced to complete Blade Intent and tested Divine Dragon's Final Breath as a vast thundercloud formed around him.

• Lin Xuan integrated lightning into Dragon's Roar Instant Kill, raising its power to High-Grade Earth Rank.
• Lin Xuan spent 340 years fusing the Crimson Lotus Flame into Dragon Breath Slash, producing a strike with at least Low-Grade Heaven Rank power.
• Lin Xuan mastered Divine Dragon's Final Breath after fusing lightning and fire, raising it to High-Grade Heaven Rank.
• Lin Xuan's long practice with his battle blade advanced his Incipient Blade Intent into complete Blade Intent.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Divine Dragon's Final Breath, and thunderclouds formed across the illusory space of Myriad Ages in an Instant.

Lin Xuan tested his newly mastered top-grade Heaven-tier technique, then stepped in to save Lian Qingtian when Yu Bing’s sparring match turned dangerous. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan blocking the attack and shattering it with Dragon Breath Slash.

• Lin Xuan unleashed a Thunderfire Divine Dragon with his war blade and reflected on the limits of his current cultivation.
• Lin Xuan returned to his main body and watched Yu Bing suppress Lian Qingtian in their sparring match.
• Lian Qingtian noticed Lin Xuan had comprehended Elementary Blade Intent and lost focus.
• Yu Bing’s Extreme Ice Flame overwhelmed Lian Qingtian’s violet-gold flames, leaving him in danger.
• Lin Xuan appeared before Lian Qingtian and used Dragon Breath Slash to block and shatter the incoming attack.

Lin Xuan stunned Lian Qingtian by mastering Divine Dragon's Roar in a short time, then encouraged Yu Bing as her combat skills improved. Five days later, the Earth Ranking appeared with only eighty contestants remaining.

• Lin Xuan explained that he had mastered three blade techniques from Divine Dragon's Roar and strengthened Dragon Breath Slash with the Crimson Lotus Flame, leaving Lian Qingtian dejected.
• Lian Qingtian left while Lin Xuan told Yu Bing to rest before sparring with Divine Firmament disciples again.
• Over the next five days, Lian Qingtian brought disciples to spar with Yu Bing, and Lin Xuan watched her combat experience improve.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya moved elsewhere after comprehending the high-grade Earth Rank skill Flowing Light.
• The Earth Ranking appeared, and Lin Xuan noted that only eighty people remained in the contest.

Lin Xuan watched Yu Bing defeat Lian Qingtian and more than a dozen others, then Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya arrived after mastering Flowing Light. Xiao Ya and Xiao Chen challenged Lin Xuan, and everyone headed to Ice God Peak’s summit for the fight.

• The Earth Ranking shrank from ninety-seven prodigies to eighty as reports spread that ranked prodigies had been slain.
• Yu Bing defeated Lian Qingtian and more than a dozen others with a single sword strike, then shared a warm exchange with Lin Xuan.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya arrived by flying on their Thunder Wings and said they had reached major mastery of Flowing Light.
• Xiao Ya thanked Lin Xuan and challenged him, while Xiao Chen also called to fight him.
• Lin Xuan flew to the Ice God Peak summit to make room for the battle, and Yu Bing, Xiao Ya, Xiao Chen, Lian Qingtian, and the other disciples followed.

Lin Xuan and Xiao Chen faced off on Ice God Peak, where Lin Xuan revealed his Elementary Blade Intent and overwhelmed Xiao Chen with Dragon's Roar Instant Kill. Xiao Chen was left injured but admiring his big brother after Lin Xuan held back.

• Ice God Peak disciples gathered at the mountaintop plaza to watch Lin Xuan and Xiao Chen duel.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Elementary Blade Intent, surprising Xiao Chen, who had believed his own Elementary Sword Intent set him apart.
• Lin Xuan activated the second level of Heaven's Wrath and attacked Xiao Chen with Dragon's Roar Instant Kill.
• Xiao Chen's One Sword to Sever Life was shattered, and he was sent flying with a moderate injury.
• Xiao Chen steadied himself and praised Lin Xuan, while Lin Xuan reflected that Xiao Chen could not withstand his second-level Heaven's Wrath.

Lin Xuan fought Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya together, overpowering their combined sword attack and blasting them back. As he prepared to press his advantage, Lian Qingtian suddenly attacked him from above with a huge violet-gold fireball.

• Xiao Chen called for Xiao Ya's help after Lin Xuan defeated him, and she joined him in attacking Lin Xuan.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya fused their sword strikes, but Lin Xuan broke their combined attack with three rapid saber strikes and sent them flying with his thunder dragon.
• Lin Xuan spread his Thunder Wings and prepared to attack again as the Ice God Peak disciples praised his strength.
• Lian Qingtian appeared beneath Lin Xuan and dropped a massive violet-gold fireball toward him.

Lin Xuan defeated Lian Qingtian, Xiao Chen, and his sister in their combined attack, leaving the three determined to catch up to him. Liu Ruyan then ordered Yu Bing to join the fight so they could test Lin Xuan’s limits.

• Lian Qingtian unleashed violet-gold flames, but Lin Xuan evaded them and charged toward him.
• Xiao Chen and his sister joined Lian Qingtian, yet Lin Xuan’s Crimson Lotus Flame dragon broke their combined attack and sent all three flying.
• Lin Xuan stood victorious as Yu Bing and the Ice God Peak disciples praised his strength, while the defeated trio resolved to pursue him.
• Liu Ruyan appeared and told Yu Bing to join the battle, assuring everyone that she would keep them safe.
• Yu Bing, Lian Qingtian, Xiao Chen, and his sister gathered their fighting intent and prepared to attack Lin Xuan again.

Lin Xuan fought Yu Bing, Xiao Chen, Xiao Ya, and Lian Qingtian on the plaza, but their coordinated attacks pushed him back. With Liu Ruyan’s permission, he activated the Wood element and prepared to unleash Divine Dragon’s Final Breath as Yu Bing launched a powerful fused sword strike.

• Yu Bing joined Xiao Chen, Xiao Ya, and Lian Qingtian in attacking Lin Xuan, whose tenfold combat power initially met their combined assault.
• The four prodigies forced Lin Xuan back, and Liu Ruyan praised his strength as the strongest combat power in the early Kaiyuan Realm.
• Lin Xuan agreed to reveal Divine Dragon’s Final Breath and received Liu Ruyan’s permission to go all out.
• Lin Xuan activated the Wood element, raising his combat power to its peak and startling his opponents.
• Yu Bing unleashed Mystic Ice Thousand Blades as a single sword strike, while Xiao Chen and Xiao Ya prepared to follow up.