Chapter Summaries

The Death Emperor of the Battle Clan sacrificed himself to delay Wang Xuanfeng, Xiao Changkong, and Xu Qianshan while they tried to reach the Southern Region’s dragon. At the Endless Sky Abyss, Luo Tongtian revealed a terrifying sword power that shocked Xu Bai.

• The Death Emperor of the Battle Clan burned his Source of Battle and used the War God Mirror’s projection to block Wang Xuanfeng, Xiao Changkong, and Xu Qianshan.
• Wang Xuanfeng, Xiao Changkong, and Xu Qianshan attacked repeatedly, but the Death Emperor held them off long enough for them to vanish from the battlefield.
• The Death Emperor’s source burned away, and he scattered into particles after declaring that ten breaths had been enough.
• At the Endless Sky Abyss, Xu Bai poured power into a phantom white ruler, shaking the Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven Secret Realm.
• Luo Tongtian revealed his Tongtian Sword Heart and a nine-patterned illusory longsword, leaving Lin Xuan stunned and Xu Bai panicked.

Luo Tongtian revealed that he had reached the Peak Emperor Realm by forging a new path after the Central Region shattered his origin and cut off his Emperor's path. As Xu Bai dismissed his power as an illusion, Luo Tongtian unleashed a terrifying force that threatened to collapse the Endless Sky Abyss.

• Experts in the Endless Sky Abyss were shocked to discover that Luo Tongtian bore nine laws and had reached the Peak Emperor Realm.
• Lin Xuan worried that Luo Tongtian's power defied the rules and feared something would happen to him.
• Xue Feihen decided to stay close to Lin Xuan, while Expert looked at him with reverence.
• Xu Bai called Luo Tongtian's power an illusion and declared that Buddha's radiance would spread across the world.
• Luo Tongtian said he had forged a new path to the Peak Emperor Realm after the Central Region severed his Emperor's path.
• Luo Tongtian's power shattered the surrounding void, and the experts felt that the Endless Sky Abyss might collapse.

Luo Tongtian declared that he could slay emperors despite not being one, then used his longevity to challenge Xu Bai and claim the title of Sword God. His green leaf struck Xu Bai, shattering more than half of the Fanyin Ruler.

• Xu Bai tried to retreat, but Luo Tongtian's aura trapped him in place.
• Luo Tongtian declared that he stood half a step from the Eternal Realm and could slay emperors with a finger.
• Wang Xuanfeng rushed toward Luo Tongtian as his sword intent spread through the Heavenly Ripple Mountains, and Xiao Changkong admitted he did not deserve the title of Emperor.
• Luo Tongtian invoked True Person Everlasting's past battle, declared he would fight a mid-stage Great Emperor with longevity, and claimed the title Sword God.
• Luo Tongtian flicked a finger and sent a green leaf through the Endless Sky Abyss toward Xu Bai.
• The Fanyin Ruler struck the green leaf and shattered by more than half.

Luo Tongtian killed Xu Bai with a sword strike that pierced the heavens, but his Tongtian Sword Heart shattered and his strength began to fade. The abbot of Brahma Sound Temple revealed that he had reached the Eternal Realm, reclaimed Xu Bai’s power for Wu Wei, and vanished as a hand reached out of the void toward the monk.

• Luo Tongtian’s green leaf pierced the heavens and killed Xu Bai, leaving only his ruined body and no Emperor Soul behind.
• The remaining half of the Fanyin Ruler shielded Wu Wei from the sword, then shattered as Luo Tongtian’s nine-law Tongtian Sword Heart broke.
• Luo Tongtian cursed the abbot of Brahma Sound Temple, who appeared as a projection and declared that he had entered the Eternal Realm.
• The abbot turned Xu Bai’s ruined body into power that flowed into the radiance around Wu Wei, then vanished.
• Wu Wei stepped forward and dropped through the void as a hand tore through space and reached for him.

Wu Wei used the Fanyin Ruler’s power to alter teleportation formations as he moved through Yang Aspect Heaven, Yin Aspect Heaven, and a lightning-filled world. He left the observers in the Endless Sky Abyss stunned as he continued into another realm.

• Wang Xuanfeng and the Emperor Realm figures arrived too late to reach Wu Wei, who was in another dimension.
• Wu Wei entered Yang Aspect Heaven and used the Fanyin Ruler’s power to remove most of the restrictions on its teleportation formation.
• Wu Wei entered Yin Aspect Heaven, destroyed a tangible beast with a finger, and altered another teleportation formation.
• Wu Wei appeared in a lightning-filled world, where his protective light kept the crashing bolts from harming him.

Wu Wei entered the Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven and confronted Lin Xuan, but restrictions kept him from physically reaching Lin Xuan in the Water Aspect Heaven. After marking Lin Xuan as a beacon and predicting that he would die by Wu Wei’s hand, Wu Wei continued destroying teleportation arrays, while Lin Xuan prepared to pursue the Glacial Tides.

• Wu Wei arrived in the Wind Aspect Heaven, ignored the Wind Essence and Wind Essence Crystals, and destroyed its teleportation array.
• Wu Wei appeared before Lin Xuan in the Water Aspect Heaven, but his attack could not reach Lin Xuan because he was restricted to the Yin Aspect Heaven.
• Wu Wei sent a mark from his third eye through space, making Lin Xuan a beacon for people devoted to the Buddha, and said he foresaw Lin Xuan’s death in the near future.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Wu Wei had foreseen killing him, and Wu Wei said Lin Xuan would cross mountains of corpses and seas of blood to reach him in the Yang Aspect Heaven.
• Wu Wei left to destroy more teleportation arrays, while Lin Xuan reasoned about his abilities and went to Xue Feihen and Expert to take the Glacial Tides.

Luo Tongtian recovered from his battle with Xu Bai at the cost of all his cultivation, while the Divine Firmament Holy Land elders discussed the threats facing Lin Xuan. Liu Ruyan realized that Wu Wei had planted the Seed of Karma in Lin Xuan, making the Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven his great tribulation.

• Lin Xuan, Xue Feihen, and Expert continued traveling through the Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven, still two days from their destination because the cold winds slowed Xue Feihen and Expert.
• Wang Xuanfeng, Lian Yunchang, and Liu Ruyan visited Luo Tongtian aboard the Divine Firmament Holy Land's vessel and saw that his cultivation had collapsed after he slew Xu Bai.
• Wang Xuanfeng apologized for arriving too late, and Luo Tongtian said the Death Emperor of the War Clan had prevented him from coming sooner.
• Luo Tongtian and Lian Yunchang warned that the Brahma Sound Temple, the War Clan, and forces in the Central Region might target Lin Xuan, and Luo Tongtian said Liu Ruyan might need to protect him.
• Liu Ruyan suspected Wu Wei had planted the Seed of Karma in Lin Xuan and declared that the Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven was his great tribulation.

The Endless Sky Abyss cultivators discussed Wu Wei’s vision of Lin Xuan’s death and judged that Lin Xuan might still overcome him. Two days later, Lin Xuan, Xue Feihen, and Expert reached the glacier concealing the Glacial Tides, and Lin Xuan prepared to enter.

• Lian Yunchang wondered whether Wu Wei had seen Lin Xuan’s death through the Eyes of Karma, while Luo Tongtian argued that he had only seen their karma severed.
• Wang Xuanfeng noted the gap between Lin Xuan and Wu Wei, but Luo Tongtian trusted Lin Xuan’s talent and expected him to grow stronger quickly.
• Lian Yunchang and Wang Xuanfeng discussed Lin Xuan’s ambitions and the likely disappearance of the Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven.
• Two days later, Lin Xuan, Xue Feihen, and Expert arrived at a vast glacier in the Water Aspect Heaven, where Xue Feihen said the Glacial Tides moved within.
• Lin Xuan activated the Fire Aspect and Thunderous Armor, then ordered Xue Feihen to lead the way into the glacier.

Lin Xuan led Xue Feihen and Expert through the glacier with ease and agreed to give Xue Feihen the Tidal Embers left after collecting the Glacial Tides. Outside, Xue Feiling faced an angry Mo Chengfeng and tried to persuade him to stay by pointing out the Glacial Tides.

• Lin Xuan cut a miles-long passage through the glacier, leaving Xue Feihen and Expert stunned as they followed him.
• Xue Feihen asked Lin Xuan for the remaining Tidal Embers, and Lin Xuan agreed.
• Xue Feihen said the Tidal Embers would help advance his Ice Phoenix bloodline, while a flash of hatred crossed his eyes.
• Outside the glacier, Mo Chengfeng angrily confronted Xue Feiling for bringing him there without revealing that Lin Xuan was with Xue Feihen.
• Xue Feiling pointed out that the glacier held the Glacial Tides and reminded Mo Chengfeng of their value to the Mo family.

Mo Chengfeng and Xue Feiling debated whether to confront Lin Xuan or wait for others to attack him, then decided to follow and observe. Lin Xuan’s group traveled deep through the glacier, where the temperature suddenly plunged as he unleashed a Dragon Breath Slash.

• Xue Feiling proposed that he and Mo Chengfeng wait for Lin Xuan’s pursuers and then join forces to claim the Glacial Tides.
• Mo Chengfeng doubted Lin Xuan would fall, but agreed to follow him and see what methods he used.
• Xue Feiling said he had been tracking Xue Feihen and could follow Lin Xuan as long as Xue Feihen stayed with him.
• Lin Xuan, Xue Feihen, and the Expert traveled nearly a thousand li through the glacier as Lin Xuan alternated between fire and earth movement to manage his energy.
• Lin Xuan unleashed a Dragon Breath Slash, and the temperature inside the glacier suddenly dropped severalfold.

Lin Xuan confronted Glacial Tides inside the glacier, overpowering its freezing currents and reaching its true body. The azure liquid recoiled from his hand, leaving Xue Feihen and Expert stunned that an extraordinary power feared him.

• Xue Feihen and Expert recognized Glacial Tides’ chill and retreated when Lin Xuan ordered them to withdraw.
• Lin Xuan charged through Glacial Tides’ freezing current and summoned the Mysterious Phenomenon of Ten Thousand Woods Suppressing the Cosmos.
• Lin Xuan used Dragon Breath Slash to send a crimson-gold dragon through the glacier toward Glacial Tides’ azure true body.
• Glacial Tides’ cold current exhausted Lin Xuan’s first dragon, but he sent out another and continued advancing.
• Lin Xuan reached Glacial Tides and reached toward it, causing the azure liquid to retreat as Xue Feihen and Expert watched in disbelief.

Lin Xuan used his five divergent energies to suppress and absorb the Glacial Tides, strengthening the energies in his Divergent Energy Space. Xue Feihen and Expert then collected Tidal Embers, while Lin Xuan sensed that aberrant gold was still needed to complete the Five Elements cycle.

• Lin Xuan manifested five divergent energies, freezing the Glacial Tides in place and ending their oppressive chill.
• Lin Xuan absorbed the Glacial Tides into his Divergent Energy Space, where they formed a lake and strengthened the other divergent energies.
• Lin Xuan told Xue Feihen and Expert to collect Tidal Embers, and confirmed that he had subdued the Glacial Tides.
• Xue Feihen summoned his Ice Phoenix phantom and drew out Tidal Embers while Expert helped break through the ice.

After Xue Feihen absorbed the Tidal Embers, Lin Xuan led him and Expert out of the glacier, where fifty Bloodshadow Fiendlands cultivators awaited them. Lin Xuan stepped forward alone to face them, eager to gain cultivation time from the fight.

• Xue Feihen absorbed the Tidal Embers and thanked Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan led Xue Feihen and Expert out of the glacier as hostile auras gathered nearby.
• Fifty Bloodshadow Fiendlands cultivators, including one late True Gang stage fighter, confronted the group.
• Xue Feiling and Mo Chengfeng watched from hiding and planned to act after the battle, warning each other not to kill Xue Feihen.
• Xue Feihen offered to hold off the attackers so Lin Xuan could escape, but Lin Xuan told him and Expert not to move or steal his kills.
• Lin Xuan summoned the World-Destroying Battle Blade and advanced alone toward the fifty cultivators.

Lin Xuan faced fifty Bloodshadow Fiendlands cultivators alone as they attacked him in Water Aspect Heaven. He unleashed Divine Dragon's Final Breath, and the chapter ended with the Thunderfire Divine Dragon surging toward them.

• Lin Xuan activated Earth Aspect and the fourth level of Heaven's Wrath, preparing to fight the fifty cultivators alone.
• Xue Feiling, Mo Chengfeng, Expert, and Xue Feihen watched, while Yang Aspect Heaven used the Fanyin Ruler to locate Lin Xuan and Wu Wei urged the attackers forward.
• The fifty Bloodshadow Fiendlands cultivators launched a combined attack against Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan raised his battle saber and unleashed Divine Dragon's Final Breath, sending a Thunderfire Divine Dragon more than fifty zhang long toward the attackers.

Lin Xuan annihilated the fifty Bloodshadow Fiendlands disciples with three moves, leaving Xue Feihen, Mo Chengfeng, and Xue Feiling terrified. He collected their Spatial Rings and calculated the cultivation time he had gained, though the loot was meager.

• Lin Xuan shattered the Bloodshadow Fiendlands disciples' combined attack with a single strike, then used Slaughtering Heavens to kill half of them.
• Lin Xuan's Emerald Palm Print killed the remaining Bloodshadow Fiendlands disciples, while Xue Feihen, Mo Chengfeng, and Xue Feiling watched in fear.
• Lin Xuan calculated that he had gained 11,525 years of cultivation time and had 13,038 years left in total.
• Lin Xuan collected more than a dozen Spatial Rings and found their contents nearly worthless.

Lin Xuan ambushed and killed Xue Feiling, Mo Chengfeng, and their followers after they tried to flee, then collected their equipment and spoils. He found a damaged manual titled Cangming Nirvana Finger in Xue Feiling’s Spatial Ring.

• Mo Chengfeng and Xue Feiling sensed danger and tried to escape, but Lin Xuan appeared above them and trapped them in his Gravity Domain.
• Lin Xuan shattered Mo Chengfeng’s saber intent and stopped Xue Feiling’s attempt to burn his origin and flee.
• Lin Xuan struck the group with his complete Fist Palm Essence, killing Xue Feiling and the others; an invisible Spirit Blade severed Mo Chengfeng’s consciousness despite his three divine armaments.
• Lin Xuan collected the Spatial Rings and divine armaments while Expert and Xue Feihen arrived and realized that Xue Feiling and Mo Chengfeng were dead.
• Lin Xuan tallied his gains and found a damaged manual called Cangming Nirvana Finger in Xue Feiling’s Spatial Ring.

Lin Xuan and his companions discovered that the battered Cangming Nirvana Finger fragment was a genuine martial skill with an extraordinary first realm. Xue Feihen confirmed that Xue Feiling had never learned it, while Lin Xuan suspected the technique had special restrictions.

• Lin Xuan opened the manual fragment from Xue Feiling's Spatial Ring, and he, Xue Feihen, and the Expert read its claims and three realms.
• The three studied the fragment's chants and sensed the profound artistic conception of the first realm, Icy Seal Finger.
• The Expert wondered why Xue Feiling had never used the skill, and Xue Feihen explained that Xue Feiling had not learned it.
• Lin Xuan suspected the skill had restrictions, and Xue Feihen praised him for seeing through its mystery.
• Lin Xuan denied understanding the mystery and said he only had special cultivation methods.

Lin Xuan let Xue Feihen and Expert read and cultivate the incomplete Cangming Nirvana Finger, a move from a transcendent-grade martial technique. Xue Feihen and Expert pledged to serve Lin Xuan and followed him to find a place to practice.

• Xue Feihen explained that the Cangming Nirvana Finger required deep Fist Palm Essence and mastery of ice-attributed power, while Lin Xuan admitted he had not known its requirements.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Xue Feihen and Expert had memorized the damaged manuscript, then told them they could cultivate its single incomplete move.
• Xue Feihen and Expert thanked Lin Xuan and pledged their loyalty; Lin Xuan told Expert to remain with the Xue family until he needed help.
• Xue Feihen told Expert to treat Lin Xuan with the same respect as him and vowed to reclaim what the Xue family had lost before repaying Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan flew off to find a place to cultivate, and Xue Feihen and Expert followed him.

Lin Xuan planned his cultivation before entering Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven, prioritizing the eighth transformation of the Profound Origin Nine Transformations and several other techniques. He began cultivating while Expert and Xue Feihen watched, with vast stores of spirit stones and Spirit Crystals being consumed around him.

• Lin Xuan decided to reach the peak of the True Astral stage and cultivate the ninth transformation before entering Nine-Layer Yin-Yang Heaven.
• Lin Xuan planned to cultivate the Cangming Nirvana Finger using his Fist Palm Essence, Water Element, and Glacial Tides, and to leave Speed Intent for later.
• Lin Xuan sat down in the wind and snow and entered the Soul Suppressing Pagoda to cultivate the eighth transformation of the Profound Origin Nine Transformations.
• Expert and Xue Feihen arrived, admired Lin Xuan's attainments, and discussed their own cultivation paths.
• Lin Xuan recalled that the seventh transformation had cost twenty million spirit stones and sixteen hundred years of cultivation time, then began consuming the spirit stones and Spirit Crystals piled around him.

Lin Xuan reached Moonlight Extremity after spending vast resources and cultivation time, then began cultivating the water element. Xue Feihen and Expert vowed to avenge him if the Seed of Karma harmed him, while Lin Xuan returned to the outside world and revealed his Profound Cold Power.

• Lin Xuan absorbed forty million spirit stones’ worth of power and achieved Moonlight Extremity.
• Xue Feihen recognized Lin Xuan’s extraordinary combat strength and speculated that his dantian was Supreme-Rank.
• Xue Feihen and Expert swore to enter Brahma Sound Temple and fight if Lin Xuan suffered harm from the Seed of Karma.
• Lin Xuan spent 2,000 years cultivating the water element before returning to his main body.
• Lin Xuan activated the water element and formed azure ice, revealing his Profound Cold Power to Xue Feihen and Expert.