Chapter Summaries

Li Daoyuan contacted his family for help, but by the time Li Mingze arrived, Shen Lin had already killed the Golden Thunder Dragon Saint. The group reunited as Li Mingze assessed Shen Lin’s strength, while Shen Lin reflected on the dragon’s enormous lifespan.

• Li Mingze appeared after Li Daoyuan contacted Guan Xuzi, who ordered him to save Li Daoyuan’s friend.
• Guan Xuzi learned that Li Daoyuan was near Tyrant Blade’s cave dwelling and wondered whether his friend might be a suitable match for his granddaughter.
• Li Daoyuan and his companions returned to find Li Mingze waiting above the Golden Thunder Dragon Saint’s corpse, with Shen Lin standing over it.
• Li Mingze recognized that Shen Lin had killed the Saint Realm dragon with blade qi and regarded Shen Lin’s talent warily.
• Shen Lin greeted Liao Cheng and the others, then considered the Golden Thunder Dragon Saint’s lifespan after absorbing it.

Shen Lin killed a Golden Thunder Dragon Saint, impressing Li Mingze, who offered to recommend him to an Immortal Race sacred ground. Shen Lin accepted while warning that he had offended many people, and Li Mingze promised the Immortal Race would handle any trouble.

• Li Daoyuan and Liao Cheng were stunned that Shen Lin had killed the Golden Thunder Dragon Saint, while Li Mingze recognized the feat as proof of his extraordinary talent.
• Li Mingze asked about Shen Lin's master and origins, and Shen Lin said he had no master and came from a place that had once been a Demon Race orchard.
• Li Mingze invited Shen Lin to join one of the Immortal Race's three sacred grounds and offered to recommend him.
• Shen Lin pretended to be overwhelmed by the offer and accepted.
• Shen Lin warned Li Mingze that he had offended many people, and Li Mingze promised the Immortal Race could handle any trouble.

Li Mingze took Shen Lin and Li Daoyuan toward the Immortal Clan after Shen Lin killed the Golden Thunder Dragon Saint. The dragon clan and Wraith Clan both sent forces after Shen Lin, with the Wraith Clan ordering that he be captured alive to obtain the Heaven-Intercepting Marvelous Skill.

• Li Mingze stored the Golden Dragon's corpse, refused to give Shen Lin its materials, and led the group toward a large continent to return to Qingxu Heaven by teleportation arrays.
• Li Mingze explained that he had damaged the Immortal Clan's teleportation array while rushing to find Li Daoyuan in the Chaos Sea.
• After the Golden Thunder Dragon Saint died, the dragon clan sent three figures from Dragon Abyss to find and kill his slayer.
• A phantom reported to Nether Soul Venerable that Shen Lin's Floating Leaf Sailboat was near the White Elephant Continent.
• Nether Soul Venerable ordered the Nether Origin Three Brothers to capture Shen Lin alive after identifying his power as the Heaven-Intercepting Marvelous Skill.

Shen Lin revealed that he had obtained the Overlord Saber's true inheritance, astonishing Li Mingze and prompting Guan Xuzi to order everyone back to the Immortal Clan. They arrived at the vast White Elephant Continent, where the next discussion about the Cold Snow Saber Saint awaited.

• Li Mingze explained to Li Daoyuan that the Overlord Saber had offered a supreme technique or a demanding true inheritance requiring a hundred-year pact.
• Shen Lin revealed that he had chosen the true inheritance and asked Li Mingze about the Cold Snow Saber Saint.
• Li Mingze realized Shen Lin had comprehended the saber marks in less than a day, then promised to discuss the Cold Snow Saber Saint with Guan Xuzi.
• Li Mingze contacted Guan Xuzi, who ordered him to bring everyone back immediately after learning Shen Lin had obtained the true inheritance.
• Shen Lin and the others reached the White Elephant Continent, where enormous white elephants roamed across its vast land.

Shen Lin and Li Mingze approached the White Elephant Clan's territory, but the Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles in their group weakened as they neared it. Three Dragon Clan Saints and then three Wraith Clan Saints surrounded them, while a demon woman arrived as the confrontation escalated.

• Li Mingze explained how the White Elephant Clan prospered by serving cultivators traveling toward the outer Chaos Sea.
• Shen Lin noticed that the group's Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles had sharply diminished near the continent and warned Li Mingze that someone meant them harm.
• Three Dragon Clan Saints blocked their way, and Li Mingze recognized that they intended to kill the group to avenge Golden Thunder Dragon Saint.
• Shen Lin offered to kill one Dragon Clan Saint while Li Mingze held off the other two, but Li Mingze drew the Green Lotus Sword and vowed to protect him.
• Three Wraith Clan Saints arrived and demanded that Shen Lin come with them to meet Nether Soul Venerable, then a demon woman approached in a sedan chair.

Shen Lin confronted Ru Yan, a successor of Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable, while Li Mingze faced the Dragon Race and Wraith Clan. Li Mingze trapped six enemies in his sword formation, and the chapter left him stunned as Shen Lin instantly killed Ru Yan’s four Saint Realm attendants.

• Ru Yan arrived in a pink-curtained sedan, revealed that she had come looking for Shen Lin, and tried to bewitch him, but Shen Lin dismissed her technique and appearance.
• Li Mingze urged the Dragon Race and Wraith Clan to deal with Ru Yan first, but they kept closing in on Shen Lin as their main target.
• Shen Lin asked Li Mingze to hold off the six Dragon Race and Wraith Clan cultivators while he dealt with Ru Yan, and Li Mingze agreed after seeing Shen Lin in perfect condition.
• Li Mingze used his Sword-Qi Locking Saint Formation to trap the six enemies, then struggled as their attacks drained his spiritual energy.
• Shen Lin charged at Ru Yan and killed her four Saint Realm sedan bearers with a single saber strike, shocking Li Mingze.

Shen Lin killed four Saint Realm cultivators but gained far less lifespan than he had expected. Ru Yan's Charm Dao diverted his saber attack, yet she could not charm Shen Lin, who insulted her appearance.

• Shen Lin absorbed the lifespans of four Saint Realm cultivators and reflected that prodigies from great clans would be better targets.
• Ru Yan recalled rumors about Shen Lin's clash with Sky Lizard Demon Venerable and tried to charm him.
• Shen Lin's saber aura curved around Ru Yan after her Charm Dao affected it, leaving her unharmed.
• Ru Yan wondered why her charm failed to affect Shen Lin, and he called her ugly.

Shen Lin fought Ru Yan after she mistook his lack of interest in her for attraction to men and attacked him. He revealed a powerful saber technique, leaving Ru Yan stunned as she faced his strike.

• Shen Lin’s indifference to Ru Yan’s charms angered her, and she accused him of liking men before attacking with a purple ring blade.
• Shen Lin dodged Ru Yan’s first attack and countered with lightning-fast saber qi, but her Charm Dao body deflected it.
• Ru Yan’s ring blades returned and multiplied, filling the space around Shen Lin with attacks meant to wound and enchant him.
• Shen Lin saw that he could not evade the blades, lowered his saber, and aimed it directly at Ru Yan instead of defending.
• Shen Lin declared, “One saber... two halves!” and swung; Ru Yan’s smile froze.

Shen Lin used the Saber Tyrant’s One Slash Severance to sever Ru Yan’s connection to the Charm Dao Principles, then killed her when she tried to flee. After absorbing the lifespan of a Yaksa Clan Saint, he turned his attention to the Dragon Clan and Wraith Clan.

• Ru Yan lost her connection to the Charm Dao Principles after Shen Lin used One Slash Severance, while Shen Lin suffered internal injuries from the technique.
• Ru Yan realized she could no longer rely on her Dao Principles to defend herself and tried to escape from Shen Lin.
• Shen Lin caught up with Ru Yan, cleaved through her Compassionate Heart Palm, and cut her down with the Taowu Saber.
• Shen Lin absorbed the lifespan of a Yaksa Clan Saint and turned toward the Dragon Clan and Wraith Clan.

Li Mingze struggled to maintain his sword formation against six Saint Realm prodigies, but Shen Lin quickly returned after killing the Ru Yan female demon. They began separating the enemies so Shen Lin could defeat them one by one, leaving him isolated with a Silver Dragon.

• Li Mingze prepared to use a Venerable Realm talisman when Shen Lin returned after killing the Ru Yan female demon.
• Li Mingze discovered that Shen Lin remained in peak condition and agreed to help him separate the opponents.
• Li Mingze altered the sword formation to isolate a Silver Dragon from the other Dragon Race members.
• The Wraith Clan held back while the Dragon Race tried to help the isolated Silver Dragon.
• Shen Lin entered the formation with the Silver Dragon, and his Saber Intent erupted as Li Mingze conserved his strength.

Shen Lin killed Silver Dragon with a single slash, then the Wraith Clan and the two remaining dragons took advantage of Li Mingze’s divided attention to break the sword formation. Shen Lin stepped in to protect Li Mingze and charged at the dragons, provoking them by calling them loaches.

• Silver Dragon underestimated Shen Lin and was killed by one saber strike.
• Shen Lin used Li Mingze’s method to leave the sword formation and challenged the others.
• The Wraith Clan attacked the formation while the two remaining dragons broke free and turned on Li Mingze.
• Shen Lin intercepted the dragons’ attack and told Li Mingze to hold off the Wraith Clan while he fought them.
• Shen Lin called the two dragons loaches, enraging them as they unleashed their lightning against him.

Shen Lin faced a combined attack from two Saint Realm dragons while protecting Li Mingze and the formation trapping the Wraith Clan members. He began deducing the Overlord Saber Technique, discovered how to fuse its Dao Principles correctly, and formed the first part of a new saber.

• Shen Lin told Li Mingze to keep maintaining the formation and closed his eyes as the dragons' thunder attack surged toward him.
• Shen Lin weighed breaking through with the Heaven Cutting Heart Sutra against advancing the Overlord Saber Technique, then chose to deduce the saber technique.
• Shen Lin began fusing saber-related Dao Principles into his All-Self Aspect, but an uneasy feeling made him realize he was merely piling them up instead of combining them.
• Shen Lin recalled fusing his martial arts into the Universe Saber and concluded that Overlord's Might should command the other saber Dao Principles.
• Shen Lin formed a saber hilt from the Dao Principle of Overlord's Might and fused the flame saber-technique Dao Principle again, creating a thin red line extending from the hilt.

Shen Lin completed his deduction of Overlord Saber and used its Rainbow Saber Aura to erase two Saint Realm dragons, but the attack left him severely injured. The Wraith Clan members escaped, and Shen Lin and Li Mingze fled the White Elephant Continent as powerful figures across the Chaos Sea sensed his attack.

• Shen Lin fused the final branch Dao Principle into his All-Self Aspect, completing Overlord Saber at Minor Accomplishment.
• Shen Lin slashed through the dragons’ lightning attack and erased both Saint Realm dragons, shocking Li Mingze.
• The three Wraith Clan Saint Realm members fled using a broken arm bone, while Shen Lin collapsed from the slash’s cost.
• Li Mingze helped Shen Lin reach the White Elephant Continent’s largest city, and they escaped through its teleportation array.
• The Heavenly Demon, a disheveled old Daoist, a black-shelled turtle, and powerful figures from the great clans sensed Shen Lin’s Rainbow Saber Aura.

Shen Lin and his companions reached the Immortal Clan's territory at the Chaos Sea's largest trade hub and learned why valuable goods were carried by flying vessels instead of Summoning Rings. Li Mingze took them aboard a vessel bound for Qingxu Heaven, where they saw the Nine Heavens Ten Earths floating in three revolving layers around Mysterious Heaven.

• Li Mingze explained that Star Spirit Magnetic Jade and other special goods disrupted Summoning Rings, so flying vessels were used to transport them.
• Li Mingze pointed out the Immortal Clan's territory and said the group would travel to Qingxu Heaven by flying vessel because ordinary teleportation arrays could not enter the Nine Heavens Ten Earths.
• Liao Cheng and Li Daoyuan discussed what status Shen Lin might receive in the Immortal Clan's Sacred Land, and Li Daoyuan said the decision depended on the elders.
• Li Mingze negotiated with the Immortal Clan guards, received a flying vessel, and brought everyone aboard.
• Shen Lin saw the nineteen continents of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths floating in three layers around Mysterious Heaven.

Shen Lin traveled with Li Mingze to Qingxu Heaven, where he learned about the Immortal Race’s three great Holy Lands and their inheritances. Li Mingze then told Shen Lin that his strength had earned him the right to choose his own path before they went to meet Li Mingze’s old man.

• Shen Lin marveled at the Nine Heavens Ten Earths, and Li Mingze said cultivators still did not know what made its vast continents move.
• After flying for three days and nights, Shen Lin and his companions reached Qingxu Heaven, presented their identity jade tokens, and registered their auras with Immortal Race guards.
• Li Mingze introduced the Qingxu Holy Land, the Two Forms Holy Land, and the Grand Xuan Holy Land to Shen Lin.
• Shen Lin recognized the Grand Xuan Sky Tablet as the same tablet he had obtained in Great Wei’s Grand Xuan Secret Realm.
• Li Mingze sent Li Daoyuan to show the others around and told Shen Lin that his strength qualified him to choose whether to enter one of the Holy Lands.

Guan Xuzi told the leaders of the Immortal clan’s three great Holy Lands that Shen Lin had obtained Tyrant Saber’s true inheritance, prompting them to devise a way to help him cultivate it. He proposed that Shen Lin rotate between their sects every thirty years, but Grand Xuan Venerable suspected Guan Xuzi mainly wanted Shen Lin to help the Two Forms Holy Land win the clan’s great competition.

• Guan Xuzi explained to Qingxu Sword Venerable and Grand Xuan Venerable that Shen Lin had obtained Tyrant Saber’s true inheritance and could benefit from the Immortal clan’s resources.
• Qingxu Sword Venerable acknowledged Shen Lin’s exceptional saber talent, while Grand Xuan Venerable argued that his potential was uncertain and offered to accept him into the Grand Xuan Holy Land.
• Guan Xuzi objected to Shen Lin joining only the Grand Xuan Holy Land because the other two Holy Lands would share the costs but lose the credit and benefits.
• Guan Xuzi proposed having Shen Lin rotate between the three Holy Lands every thirty years, acting as a disciple of whichever sect hosted him.
• Grand Xuan Venerable accused Guan Xuzi of arranging the plan so Shen Lin could help the Two Forms Holy Land win the clan’s great competition ten years later.

Guan Xuzi secured Qingxu Sword Venerable and Taixuan Venerable’s agreement to let Shen Lin compete for Two Forms Holy Land in the next Three Sects Grand Competition. He anticipated Two Forms Holy Land’s chances improving before Li Mingze and Shen Lin arrived overhead.

• Guan Xuzi explained that the three Holy Lands competed every hundred years for their share of the Immortal Clan’s resources, and Two Forms Holy Land had long struggled to win.
• Guan Xuzi proposed keeping Shen Lin at Two Forms Holy Land for thirty years so he could compete in the next grand competition, ten years later.
• Qingxu Sword Venerable and Taixuan Venerable argued with Guan Xuzi before agreeing to his proposal after he threatened higher prices and promised them more pills and artifacts.
• Guan Xuzi privately counted on Shen Lin and a newly advanced Saint Realm artifact forging master to secure two victories for Two Forms Holy Land.
• Guan Xuzi wondered why Li Mingze and Shen Lin had not arrived, then saw them appear above the clouds.

Shen Lin met Guan Xuzi, the Holy Lord of the Two Forms Holy Land, who learned about Shen Lin’s origins and Overlord Saber inheritance. Guan Xuzi revealed that Cold Snow Saber Saint had joined the Devil Race and promised to watch for a chance to locate him.

• Li Mingze introduced Shen Lin to Guan Xuzi, who welcomed him warmly and brought him into the hall.
• Shen Lin told Guan Xuzi about his birthplace, Great Wei, and his background, leaving out the system.
• Guan Xuzi asked whether Shen Lin had signed the Dao Contract tied to Overlord Saber’s inheritance, and Shen Lin asked where to find Cold Snow Saber Saint.
• Guan Xuzi explained that Cold Snow Saber Saint had joined the Devil Race and become the patriarch’s son-in-law, making him difficult to reach.
• Guan Xuzi promised to watch for news of Cold Snow Saber Saint, while Shen Lin agreed to cultivate and use the nearly hundred years remaining before the contract’s deadline.

After arriving at the Two Forms Holy Land, Shen Lin found a bookshelf stocked with martial arts meant to help him cultivate the Tyrant Saber. He calculated that advancing its Saint Realm stage would require far more Demon Lifespan than he had, so he planned to seek more manuals and hunt the Demon Race.

• A Sacred Land Disciple led Shen Lin to an ordinary courtyard, where he found that Qingxu Heaven's dense spiritual energy made a Spirit Gathering Array unnecessary.
• Shen Lin discovered valuable furnishings in the house and a study bookshelf filled mostly with saber manuals, including three Venerable Realm martial arts.
• Shen Lin realized Guan Xuzi had arranged the manuals to aid his Tyrant Saber cultivation, but he did not intend to focus on the technique immediately.
• Shen Lin estimated that fusing the Tyrant Saber’s Dao Principles for the Saint Realm would require nearly one hundred billion years of Demon Lifespan, far beyond what he had left.
• Shen Lin decided to seek more martial arts and cultivation methods from the Immortal Race and watch for Two Forms Holy Land missions against Demon Race gatherings.

Shen Lin examined the spoils from the dragons he had killed, finding valuable cultivation methods among their Summoning Rings. After learning the Golden Metal Thunder Law, he began a system deduction.

• Shen Lin reviewed the rules against taking dragon corpses and opened Golden Thunder Dragon Saint's Summoning Ring.
• Shen Lin found the Golden Metal Thunder Law and two martial arts manuals, but judged the martial arts not worth deducing.
• Shen Lin opened the other three dragons' Summoning Rings and discovered the Golden Body Clan's Evil-Exorcising World-Purifying Heart Sutra.
• Shen Lin learned the Evil-Exorcising World-Purifying Heart Sutra, then learned the Golden Metal Thunder Law.
• Shen Lin silently told the system to begin deducing the Golden Metal Thunder Law.