Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan confronted Yu Bing, Xiao Chen and his sister, and Lian Qingtian as their combined attacks closed in. He unleashed the Thunderfire Divine Dragon, overwhelming all four prodigies and leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved as the dragon exploded in midair.

• Yu Bing, Xiao Chen and his sister, and Lian Qingtian joined their powers to launch a massive assault on Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan charged forward and gathered lightning and flames into his saber, cracking his mid-grade Spirit Weapon.
• Lin Xuan’s Thunderfire Divine Dragon tore apart Yu Bing’s sword, Xiao Chen and his sister’s golden sword radiance, and Lian Qingtian’s violet-gold lion.
• The four prodigies stared in disbelief as the divine dragon raised its head, roared, and exploded in midair.

Lin Xuan defeated Yu Bing and the three great prodigies with his overwhelming power, but Liu Ruyan intervened to seal the lightning and fire before it could harm them. After Lin Xuan recovered some of his strength, Liu Ruyan gave him a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure to replace his shattered blade, and Yu Bing celebrated his victory.

• Lin Xuan unleashed lightning and fire against Yu Bing and the three great prodigies, and Liu Ruyan sealed the attack in ice.
• Lin Xuan deactivated his states and used the Soul Suppressing Pagoda's remaining time to recover his strength.
• Lin Xuan's Dragon Scale blade shattered after the battle, and Liu Ruyan gave him the Low-Grade Spirit Treasure Dragon Ascension Blade.
• Liu Ruyan withheld a Quasi-Divine Weapon because she feared it would attract dangerous enemies to Lin Xuan.
• Yu Bing embraced Lin Xuan and praised him, while another disciple urged him to teach the Central Region prodigies a lesson.

Su Wen of Lingyun Peak challenged Lin Xuan for the position of True Disciple, seeking revenge for his sister Su Qing. Lin Xuan accepted the challenge, and Su Wen questioned whether he needed time to recover before they fought.

• Xiao Chen, Lian Qingtian, and Xiao Ya praised Lin Xuan, who said his strength came from hard work.
• Su Wen called out Lin Xuan from below Ice God Peak, challenging him for the True Disciple position and to avenge Su Qing.
• Su Wen arrived above the plaza with Ye Ze, while the disciples realized Su Wen could fly despite being in the late Origin Manifestation Realm.
• Lin Xuan flew up to face Su Wen and mocked his Earth Ranking position and past defeat.
• Lin Xuan accepted Su Wen's challenge, saying he welcomed the Aura of Providence, and Su Wen asked whether Lin Xuan needed time to recover.

Su Wen used his Divine Eyes to trap Lin Xuan with Gravity Manipulation and attacked him with a heavily empowered sword, while Helian Ming and Liu Ruyan watched from outside a barrier. The chapter ended as Su Wen’s sword strike descended on Lin Xuan, who was still struggling beneath the crushing pressure.

• Liu Ruyan tried to pressure Su Wen, but Helian Ming appeared and stopped her, allowing the duel to proceed.
• Su Wen revealed that his Divine Eyes could manipulate gravity, forcing Lin Xuan down and making it difficult for him to move.
• Su Wen invoked Qingqing’s vengeance and gathered earth-attributed power into his Battle Sword.
• Helian Ming sealed Su Wen and Lin Xuan inside a light curtain, while Liu Ruyan urged Lin Xuan to kill Su Wen and seize his eyes.
• Su Wen swung his sword at Lin Xuan, sending an earthen-yellow sword radiance crashing down under immense pressure.

Lin Xuan blocked Su Wen’s overwhelming sword strike without injury and revealed that his strength far exceeded Su Wen’s. He unleashed his Wood Element power, splitting the Gravity Domain as Su Wen desperately pushed his Divine Eyes to their limit.

• Helian Ming’s Gravity Manipulation immobilized Lin Xuan’s companions as Su Wen launched an attack he believed would kill Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan raised his war blade and used Thunderous Armor to block Su Wen’s sword radiance, emerging unharmed from the energy storm.
• Yu Bing and the others rejoiced, while Su Wen and Ye Ze were shocked that Lin Xuan had survived.
• Lin Xuan taunted Su Wen and said he was far stronger than him.
• Lin Xuan opened his Wood Element, drawing power from the sapling of Myriad Manifestations of Life and using Elementary Blade Intent to split the Gravity Domain.
• Su Wen drove his Divine Eyes to their limit, blood flowing from his eyes as he cried out in alarm.

Lin Xuan killed Su Wen, took his eyes, and absorbed the Aura of Providence, advancing his cultivation and rising in the Earth Ranking. Helian Ming sent Ye Ze to reclaim the Divine Eyes, and Ye Ze challenged Lin Xuan for the true disciple position as Liu Ruyan was barred from interfering.

• Lin Xuan shattered Su Wen's Gravity Domain and cut him in two with Dragon's Roar Instant Kill.
• Liu Ruyan stopped Helian Ming from intervening, and Lin Xuan gouged out Su Wen's eyes.
• Su Wen's death raised Lin Xuan's Earth Ranking position from 37 to 35, and the Soul Suppressing Pagoda absorbed the Aura of Providence.
• Lin Xuan's cultivation advanced to the late stage of the fifth level of the Everlasting Emperor Art, bringing him close to the middle stage of the Origin Manifestation Realm.
• Helian Ming ordered Ye Ze to take back the Divine Eyes, and Ye Ze challenged Lin Xuan for the true disciple position while Helian Ming prevented Liu Ruyan from interfering.

Lin Xuan defeated and killed Ye Ze in a fierce clash on Ice God Peak Plaza. Helian Ming watched his plans fail again as Lin Xuan retained the Divine Eyes, and his killing intent toward Lin Xuan surged.

• Ye Ze transformed into a towering, armored beastlike warrior and gathered beginner-level Battle Axe intent before attacking Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan met Ye Ze's attack with Dragon Breath Slash, sending Ye Ze flying and cracking his armor.
• Lin Xuan pursued Ye Ze and unleashed Divine Dragon's Final Breath, combining lightning and fire in a concentrated strike.
• Ye Ze's armor and body shattered under Lin Xuan's attack, and the resulting lightning-fire blast left him reduced to ashes.
• Ice God Peak's disciples were shocked by Lin Xuan's victory, while Helian Ming erupted with killing intent after losing another True Disciple and failing to obtain the Divine Eyes.

Helian Ming demanded that Lin Xuan surrender the Divine Eyes for the Su Family, but Liu Ruyan defended her disciple and invoked the Holy Land’s rules. Luo Tongtian then appeared and declared himself Lin Xuan’s Dao Protector, leaving Helian Ming unable to threaten Lin Xuan openly.

• Lin Xuan checked the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and found that it held one hundred and ninety years of cultivation time and ample blood qi.
• Helian Ming demanded that Lin Xuan hand over the Divine Eyes, claiming they were the Su Family’s foundation.
• Liu Ruyan refused Helian Ming’s demand and warned him not to challenge the Divine Firmament’s rules.
• Luo Tongtian appeared, declared that he would become Lin Xuan’s Dao Protector, and warned Helian Ming to tell the Su Family not to threaten Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan thanked Luo Tongtian, who told him to call him Old Luo.

Luo Tongtian protected Lin Xuan from Helian Ming and promised to keep him safe while he grew stronger. In the Ice God Peak main hall, Luo Tongtian revealed that the Divine Eyes were said to originate from the True Immortal Bloodline.

• Luo Tongtian declared Lin Xuan his first friend across generations and promised to protect him from powerful enemies.
• Helian Ming left Ice God Peak in humiliation, and his terrifying pressure soon descended from the horizon.
• Lin Xuan resolved to grow strong and eventually kill Helian Ming, while Ice God Peak disciples worried about the Grand Elder's vengeance.
• Liu Ruyan brought Lian Yunchang to the main hall, where Luo Tongtian asked Lin Xuan about the Divine Eyes.
• Luo Tongtian said the Divine Eyes were an exceptional talent said to come from the True Immortal Bloodline, shocking Xiao Chen and the others.

Luo Tongtian explained that the Su Family’s Divine Eyes came from a True Immortal Bloodline and warned Lin Xuan that powerful cultivators would covet them. Lin Xuan eagerly agreed to receive the talent, and Liu Ruyan asked Lian Yunchang to begin the transfer.

• Luo Tongtian confirmed that the Su Family’s Divine Eyes originated from a True Immortal Bloodline, though their power was not as mysterious as it sounded.
• Luo Tongtian explained that special talents could be seized and recounted how a Central Region expert had taken the Divine Eyes from a Su Family ancestor.
• Lin Xuan accepted the risks and volunteered to receive the Divine Eyes, jokingly asking whether they would have to dig out his eyes.
• Luo Tongtian questioned Lin Xuan’s lack of concern, and Lin Xuan replied that Luo Tongtian had promised to protect him.
• Liu Ruyan asked Lian Yunchang to begin the transfer.

Lian Yunchang refined the Divine Eyes, removing their impurities so Lin Xuan could fuse with their power despite the risk that their former owner’s spiritual will might attack his Spiritual Sea. The refining revealed that the Divine Eyes held earth-attribute power, which Lian Yunchang sealed for Lin Xuan.

• Lian Yunchang warned Lin Xuan that the Divine Eyes’ former owner might use their spiritual will to seize his Spiritual Sea, but Lin Xuan insisted he was ready to fuse with them.
• Liu Ruyan supported Lin Xuan, and Lian Yunchang began refining the Divine Eyes in azure flames while Luo Tongtian watched uneasily.
• Lian Yunchang’s flames melted away the Divine Eyes’ outer shells and drew out their faint earthen-yellow power.
• Lin Xuan identified the power as earth-attribute, and Lian Yunchang sealed it after suppressing its surging force.

Lin Xuan endured a painful transformation as Lian Yunchang infused ochre power into his eyes, spending fifteen years in Myriad Ages in an Instant mastering it. When Su Wen’s spiritual will attacked, Lin Xuan’s Spiritual Sea destroyed it, and the ochre power became part of him.

• Lian Yunchang infused ochre power into Lin Xuan’s eyes, leaving him in agony as Luo Tongtian guarded him.
• Lin Xuan endured the transformation while the Everlasting Emperor Art and the Myriad Manifestations of Life sapling repaired his eyes.
• After fifteen years in Myriad Ages in an Instant, Lin Xuan mastered the new power in his eyes.
• Su Wen’s spiritual will appeared in Lin Xuan’s Spiritual Sea and urged him to kill.
• A wave in Lin Xuan’s Spiritual Sea annihilated Su Wen’s spiritual will, and Lin Xuan absorbed the ochre power completely.

Lin Xuan mastered the Divine Eyes’ Gravity Domain after spending fifty years in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, and Luo Tongtian discovered that Lin Xuan’s Spiritual Sea was impossibly vast. Lin Xuan kept the secret behind his power to himself, while Luo Tongtian accepted his answer as long as he posed no threat to the Divine Firmament.

• Luo Tongtian sensed Su Wen’s spiritual will appear, then watched it get erased almost instantly.
• Luo Tongtian probed Lin Xuan’s Spiritual Sea and withdrew in alarm when he encountered its vast waves.
• Lin Xuan returned to consciousness after spending fifty years mastering the Divine Eyes’ Gravity Domain, with 140 years remaining in the Soul Suppressing Pagoda.
• Luo Tongtian asked whether Lin Xuan was Emperor Everlasting, and Lin Xuan attributed his Spiritual Sea to his cultivation while refusing to reveal his secret.
• Luo Tongtian accepted Lin Xuan’s refusal and asked only that he not threaten the Divine Firmament; Lin Xuan promised he would not.

After the Divine Eyes fused, Luo Tongtian prepared to leave the Holy Land with Lin Xuan, who demonstrated that he had already mastered their power. The test ended with Xiao Chen and Lian Qingtian bickering and Lian Yunchang sending his grandson flying.

• Luo Tongtian told Lin Xuan to familiarize himself with the fused Divine Eyes before they left the Holy Land, while hinting that new geniuses might emerge in the chaotic times.
• Lin Xuan urged Luo Tongtian to set off, explaining that he needed more cultivation time to unlock the fire element.
• Luo Tongtian doubted Lin Xuan had mastered the Divine Eyes, so Lin Xuan demonstrated their gravity power by pinning Xiao Chen to the hall floor.
• Xiao Chen teased Lian Qingtian into acting obsequiously toward Lin Xuan, and Lian Yunchang sent Lian Qingtian flying in anger.

After leaving the Divine Firmament Holy Land, Lin Xuan headed to Divine Firmament City, where rival geniuses were battling for Earth Ranking positions. He planned to visit the Martial Arts Stage and cut down a batch of people.

• Lian Yunchang abruptly left after becoming furious, and Lian Qingtian fell from the main hall into the plaza.
• Liu Ruyan said she would leave the holy land with Yu Bing in three days to settle a grudge from the Land of Extreme Heat.
• Lin Xuan spent three days touring the Divine Firmament Holy Land with Yu Bing and Xiao Chen and his sister before they departed.
• Ye Qiu told Lin Xuan that Su Chi had risen to thirty-third on the Earth Ranking while Lin Xuan had fallen to thirty-eighth.
• Lin Xuan left the holy land for Divine Firmament City, and Luo Tongtian appeared beside him after he arrived.
• Lin Xuan told Luo Tongtian that he planned to go to the Martial Arts Stage and cut down a batch of people, then walked into the city.

Lin Xuan arrived in Divine Firmament City and went to its Martial Arts Stage, where Earth Ranking genius Su Chi was provoking the Divine Firmament disciples and demanding that Lin Xuan appear. The chapter left Su Chi mocking Lin Xuan as the disciples insisted their Senior Brother would arrive soon.

• Lin Xuan explored Divine Firmament City and bought trinkets for Xiao Yu'er.
• Lin Xuan reached the Martial Arts Stage and saw Su Chi, an Earth Ranking genius from Flowing Cloud Sect, occupying Arena Number One.
• Lin Xuan recalled Ye Qiu's intelligence about Su Chi's Wind Spirit Body, speed, and deadly assassin tactics.
• Su Chi taunted the Divine Firmament disciples for Lin Xuan's absence and called him a coward.
• A Divine Firmament Inner Sect Disciple said Ye Qiu had reported that Lin Xuan had left the Holy Land and would arrive soon.
• Su Chi mocked Lin Xuan for lacking a flying artifact or protector and having to travel on foot.

Lin Xuan appeared at the Martial Arts Stage to face Su Chi, who had taunted the Divine Firmament Holy Land disciples and challenged him to a fight. Lin Xuan saw through Su Chi’s Wind God Steps, and as Su Chi hesitated to strike, Lin Xuan invited him to make his move.

• Su Chi taunted the Divine Firmament Holy Land disciples and demanded that someone within two realms challenge him.
• Lin Xuan arrived on the Martial Arts Stage, prompting the disciples to cheer and Su Chi to prepare for their fight.
• Su Chi revealed his late Open Origin Realm cultivation and vanished with his Wind God Steps.
• Lin Xuan used his Divine Eyes to track Su Chi as he circled without attacking.
• Lin Xuan remarked on Su Chi’s sense of danger and gave him a chance to strike.

Lin Xuan used his Divine Eyes to restrain Su Chi and killed him at the Martial Arts Stage in Divine Firmament City. Luo Tongtian intervened when an attacker tried to stop the strike, then knocked the attacker away with a Heavenly Sword Light.

• Su Chi mistook Lin Xuan's reaction to his feint for weakness and launched a dagger attack from behind.
• Lin Xuan used his Divine Eyes to slow Su Chi with a crushing force and activated the second level of Heaven's Wrath.
• An unidentified figure descended to attack Lin Xuan, but Luo Tongtian sent a Heavenly Sword Light to intercept him.
• Lin Xuan's war blade split Su Chi in two, killing the thirty-third-ranked Earth Ranking fighter.
• Luo Tongtian's Heavenly Sword Light struck the attacker and sent him flying.

Luo Tongtian drove off the man who attacked Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan gained power after Su Chi’s death. Lu Xun and his younger brother Lu Tian then discussed killing Lin Xuan, with Lu Xun warning Lu Tian not to act rashly.

• Luo Tongtian appeared and forced the attacker to retreat, prompting onlookers to realize he was protecting Lin Xuan.
• The Earth Ranking placed Lin Xuan in the spot formerly held by Su Chi, whose name disappeared from the list.
• Lin Xuan absorbed the Aura of Providence, advancing his cultivation and Everlasting Emperor Art while his Divine Eyes expanded the Gravity Domain.
• Lin Xuan gained eighty years of cultivation time from killing Su Chi, bringing the Soul Suppressing Pagoda’s total to two hundred and twenty years.
• Lu Tian told Lu Xun that he would kill Lin Xuan, but Lu Xun said someone else would handle him and warned that Lu Tian should not take the risk.

After absorbing the Aura of Providence, Lin Xuan was challenged by Lu Tian, Lu Xun’s younger brother, who concealed his malice behind an innocent face. Lin Xuan accepted the spar, and Lu Tian took the arena with a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure Battle Sword and nascent advanced Sword Intent.

• Lu Tian warned Lu Xun that he might not be able to defeat Lin Xuan, and Lu Xun resolved to obtain the Extreme Yin Source.
• Lu Xun sent Lu Tian to challenge Lin Xuan, who had just absorbed the Aura of Providence.
• Lin Xuan recognized Lu Tian as Lu Xun’s younger brother and spotted Lu Xun watching from a corner.
• Lin Xuan accepted Lu Tian’s request to spar and publicly called him his younger brother, angering Lu Xun.
• Lu Tian stepped onto Arena Number One and revealed a Low-Grade Spirit Treasure Battle Sword and nascent advanced Sword Intent.