Chapter Summaries

After the Black Dragon regained the combined destiny of himself and the Feather Emperor Venerable, he fought the Sacred Feather Clan’s forces to a standstill. Bright Moon Cauldron had Yu Yinchuan activate the clan-protecting formation and awaken the clan’s Dao Integration Realm expert, prompting Guan Xuzi to leave with Shen Lin.

• The Black Dragon used his fused destinies, body, and inherited techniques to fight Yu Yinchuan and the Sacred Feather Clan’s prodigies without being subdued.
• Bright Moon Cauldron told Hao Yuxiao to take Yu Yinchuan’s place and ordered Yu Yinchuan to activate the clan-protecting grand formation.
• Bright Moon Cauldron demanded the Feather Sun Token so he could awaken the Sacred Feather Clan’s sleeping expert, and Yu Yinchuan agreed after sensing the hostile cultivators gathered outside Haoling Heaven.
• Bright Moon Cauldron sent the Feather Sun Token into Haoling Heaven’s physical sun, awakening a Dao Integration Realm expert whose aura swept through the region.
• Guan Xuzi told Shen Lin to leave, saying the Sacred Feather Clan’s awakened expert meant there was no advantage to be gained.

Shen Lin realized the Immortal Race might exploit the Sacred Feather Clan’s crisis, while the Sacred Feather Clan’s awakened ancestor revealed plans to use the black dragon’s fate in a scheme to seize the Heavenly Demon’s power. The chapter ended as the Bright Moon Cauldron reported that an Immortal Race junior presented both danger and opportunity.

• Guan Xuzi told Shen Lin he had hurried back to alert the Immortal Race so it could exploit the Sacred Feather Clan’s distraction, prompting Shen Lin to distrust the Chaos Sea’s promises of friendship.
• Yu Yinchuan knelt before the Sacred Feather Clan’s Dao Integration Realm ancestor to accept blame for the devastation caused by the black dragon.
• The Bright Moon Cauldron explained that the Sacred Feather Clan had kept the black dragon alive to use his reunited fates in a Fortune Swap plan.
• The Sacred Feather Clan’s experts received their assignments, while the ancestor withheld the plan’s ultimate goal of seizing everything belonging to the Heavenly Demon.
• The ancestor asked the Bright Moon Cauldron to report its urgent matter, and it identified an Immortal Race junior as both a hidden danger and a great opportunity.

Yu Tianyuan and the Sacred Feather Clan learned that Shen Lin had mastered Dao Integration while still in the Integration Realm and watched records of his battle with Sky Lizard Demon Venerable. The records revealed Shen Lin using Sea Burning Flame, confirming the rumor that the Sacred Feather Clan had obtained Heaven Burning Venerable’s inheritance, and Yu Yinchuan raised an idea.

• Bright Moon Cauldron described Shen Lin’s abilities, and Yu Tianyuan questioned whether an Integration Realm cultivator could truly have mastered Dao Integration.
• Bright Moon Cauldron showed the Sacred Feather Clan a recording of Shen Lin fighting Sky Lizard Demon Venerable, and Yu Yinchuan urged Yu Tianyuan not to let Shen Lin go.
• Yu Tianyuan ordered an investigation into Shen Lin’s connection to the Immortal Clan and asked about the three Hao Family juniors who had traveled with Bright Moon Cauldron.
• Hao Yuxiao reported that Hao Yuan, Hao Shan, and Hao Ming were dead, then projected the images they had sent back before dying.
• Bright Moon Cauldron saw Shen Lin’s Sea Burning Flame in the images and realized the rumor about the Sacred Feather Clan possessing Heaven Burning Venerable’s inheritance was true.
• Yu Yinchuan told Yu Tianyuan that he had an idea.

Shen Lin wandered through the Two Forms Holy Land’s World Entry Hall, where a fellow disciple mistook his fangirl’s excitement for harassment and was knocked unconscious. Shen Lin then visited the Mission Hall, but the Saint Realm elder guarding it kept him from taking another mission and leaving.

• Wen Hao saw Shen Lin sniffing his fingertips while a junior sister blushed and rushed over to confront him.
• A woman struck Wen Hao with a Wolf-tooth Club after he tried to defend the junior sister, explaining that she was excited to see Shen Lin, her idol.
• A disciple carried the unconscious Wen Hao away, while Shen Lin asked for someone to save him.
• Shen Lin crossed the crowded hall and went to the Mission Hall, where the Saint Realm elder greeted him warily.
• Shen Lin looked over the available missions, found nothing interesting, and did not take one.

Shen Lin searched for dangerous missions to gain inspiration for advancing his saber cultivation, and Guan Xuzi tried to keep him occupied while controlling where he went. Guan Xuzi offered information about hidden Saint Realm demons in exchange for Shen Lin mastering a saber technique, but Shen Lin comprehended it instantly.

• Shen Lin left the Mission Hall, and Guan Xuzi confronted him about repeatedly searching its missions instead of focusing on cultivation.
• Guan Xuzi asked how far Shen Lin had progressed in fusing his saber Dao Principles into a body of Dao Principles, and Shen Lin said he needed inspiration from battle.
• Shen Lin admitted he wanted dangerous fights against powerful enemies, preferably demons or devils and in large numbers.
• Guan Xuzi offered information about hidden Saint Realm members of the Demon Race if Shen Lin comprehended a secret saber technique to grandmaster level.
• Shen Lin read the manual at a glance and demonstrated the technique with a casual saber strike, leaving Guan Xuzi stunned.

Guan Xuzi tried to coax Shen Lin into cultivating the Tyrant Saber by offering him information about a powerful demon, only for Shen Lin to master the saber technique almost instantly. He gave Shen Lin the intelligence and a rescue formation, and Shen Lin set out to investigate a wounded Saint Realm demon.

• Guan Xuzi realized that keeping Shen Lin confined had only made him slack off, so he tempted him with news of a powerful demon to encourage him to cultivate the Tyrant Saber.
• Shen Lin comprehended the saber technique manual to Great Accomplishment in a brief moment, astonishing Guan Xuzi.
• Guan Xuzi handed Shen Lin a Jade Slip containing intelligence about a wounded Saint Realm demon and warned him to proceed cautiously.
• Guan Xuzi pointed out the rescue formation on Shen Lin's shoulder and explained that he could use it to arrive in a crisis, as long as Shen Lin faced no Dao Integration Realm opponent.
• Shen Lin saw that the demon held no particular interest for him, but decided to make the trip because he was finally allowed to leave the Holy Land.

A month after Shen Lin began hunting the Demon Race members identified by Guan Xuzi, Guan Xuzi recounted how Shen Lin instantly mastered every saber art he was given. Saint Liang Feng doubted Guan Xuzi’s reports, and Shen Lin’s return interrupted their call.

• Guan Xuzi enjoyed a rare period of peace at the Two Forms Holy Land while waiting for Shen Lin to return.
• Guan Xuzi recalled how Shen Lin had quickly dealt with each Demon Race target and mastered Liang Feng’s saber arts to Greater Mastery almost instantly.
• Guan Xuzi answered a call from Saint Liang Feng, who challenged him over the claim that Shen Lin had mastered at least seven saber arts in one month.
• Guan Xuzi denied deceiving Liang Feng, though Liang Feng still found Shen Lin’s feats hard to believe.
• Shen Lin shouted that he was back, startling Guan Xuzi.

Shen Lin returned from hunting a Demon Race member and received information about two powerful Demon Venerables, whom he decided not to challenge yet. Liang Feng tested Shen Lin’s claim of instant mastery by sending him a new saber technique, and Shen Lin used his system to deduce it.

• Shen Lin told Guan Xuzi he had found only one three-headed fish demon, then asked for more information about Saint Realm Demon Race members.
• Guan Xuzi warned Shen Lin that Blood Mantis Demon Venerable and Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable were formidable opponents who would require the great races to join forces to defeat.
• Shen Lin decided to leave the two Demon Venerables alone for now and asked Guan Xuzi to seek more information from the other Holy Lands.
• Liang Feng challenged Shen Lin to comprehend a newly created saber technique and sent him its Jade Slip through the Spirit Talk Communicator.
• Shen Lin read the Jade Slip and used his system to deduce the saber technique.

Shen Lin struggled to comprehend Liang Feng’s Flow-Breaking Saber Technique, which Liang Feng had created to forge a new cultivation path after his grandfather claimed the Dao Fruit he needed. Shen Lin revealed that he had corrected 376 errors and demonstrated the improved technique, leaving Liang Feng so disheartened that he ended the call.

• Shen Lin frowned after failing to master Liang Feng’s latest saber technique at a glance, while Guan Xuzi felt relieved that he had finally encountered difficulty.
• Liang Feng explained that the Flow-Breaking Saber Technique was his lifelong creation, designed to sever his current cultivation path and let him start anew.
• Liang Feng recounted how his grandfather took the Dao Fruit on Liang Feng’s cultivation path, then repeatedly sought death but instead defeated powerful enemies and survived dangerous forbidden places.
• Shen Lin said the technique contained 376 errors, corrected them, and demonstrated a saber strike that seemed to sever the river of time.
• Liang Feng silently switched off the Spirit Talk Communicator and tossed aside the Jade Slip.

Liang Feng confirmed that Shen Lin’s saber talent was genuine and that he might be able to cultivate the Overlord Saber, despite the threat it posed to saber cultivators. As Guan Xuzi searched for ways to give Shen Lin more experience and deepen his understanding, Liang Feng offered him an invitation to the Jackal Tribe’s search for a successor to Saber Master Yan Yang.

• Liang Feng tested Shen Lin’s improved Flow-Breaking Saber Technique and realized Shen Lin had found its flaws and perfected it.
• Guan Xuzi told Liang Feng that Shen Lin was the candidate who had comprehended the Overlord Saber, and Liang Feng confirmed Shen Lin’s talent was real.
• Liang Feng said he would cripple his cultivation and start over, but revealed that his father had obtained a saber-related Dao crystal and was advancing rapidly.
• Guan Xuzi explained that Shen Lin wanted more experience and saber techniques, and he planned to seek suitable demonic calamities at the Qingxu Holy Land.
• Liang Feng presented Guan Xuzi with an invitation to the Jackal Tribe, which had found Saber Master Yan Yang’s inheritance and was seeking a successor.

Guan Xuzi learned that the Black Jackal Clan had invited prodigies to compete for the Blazing Sun Saber Technique, which might help Shen Lin. He found the invitation and showed it to Shen Lin, who agreed to go despite showing little interest.

• Guan Xuzi questioned why the Black Jackal Clan was offering the Blazing Sun Saber Technique and wondered whether the Two Forms Holy Land had received an invitation.
• Liang Feng said he would not attend because he planned to abandon saber techniques, then asked whether he should practice swordsmanship instead.
• Guan Xuzi implied that Liang Feng lacked talent for swordsmanship too, leaving Liang Feng startled by the possibility that he could not master either path.
• Guan Xuzi found the Black Jackal Clan's invitation among the Two Forms Holy Land's documents and went to find Shen Lin.
• Guan Xuzi found Shen Lin at the World Entry Hall and gave him the invitation, and Shen Lin agreed to attend the competition.

Shen Lin agreed to compete for the Blazing Sun Saber Technique in Ancient Tomb Heaven, and Guan Xuzi accompanied him despite believing the trip posed little danger. On the way, they saw cultivators from the Imperial Flame Sect and other groups whose flame-based abilities suggested they had come for the technique too.

• Shen Lin agreed to travel to Ancient Tomb Heaven and compete for the Blazing Sun Saber Technique.
• Guan Xuzi accompanied Shen Lin and explained why he did not expect the Black Jackal Clan to be targeting him.
• Guan Xuzi described Ancient Tomb Heaven and the Black Jackal Clan's history and strength.
• Near Ancient Tomb Heaven, Shen Lin and Guan Xuzi saw two Imperial Flame Sect cultivators fly past them.
• As Shen Lin and Guan Xuzi traveled deeper into Ancient Tomb Heaven, they encountered more groups of cultivators suffused with flame Dao Principles.

Shen Lin met Elder Lin, a former Holy Son of the Two Forms Holy Land and renowned Venerable Grade alchemist, who gave him three precious healing pills. Guan Xuzi revealed that Elder Lin was being generous because Shen Lin had saved his disciple's life.

• Guan Xuzi and Shen Lin arrived at the Black Jackal Clan's territory and greeted the many gathered cultivators.
• Guan Xuzi introduced Shen Lin to Elder Lin, who said he had once been a Holy Son of the Two Forms Holy Land.
• Elder Lin gave Shen Lin a bottle containing three Venerable Grade healing pills, drawing the crowd's attention.
• Shen Lin wondered if Elder Lin was after his gouzi and hesitated to accept the valuable gift.
• Guan Xuzi and Elder Lin bickered about Guan Xuzi's past requests for pills before Guan Xuzi explained that Shen Lin had saved Elder Lin's disciple's life.

Shen Lin learned why Elder Lin had favored him and met Wu Buqun, an accomplished artifact-forging master who seemed to notice the Sea Burning Flame within him. Meanwhile, the Black Jackal Clan patriarch refused a demand to kill the powerful guests who had arrived at the clan.

• Guan Xuzi realized Elder Lin had taken the Azure Spirit Clan girl Shen Lin once helped as his disciple, explaining Elder Lin’s generosity toward him.
• Elder Lin introduced Wu Buqun, a Venerable Realm artifact-forging master who had received guidance from Heaven Burning Venerable.
• Shen Lin suspected Wu Buqun sensed the Sea Burning Flame in him, but Wu Buqun did not expose him and invited Guan Xuzi and Elder Lin to a banquet.
• Guan Xuzi and Elder Lin went inside with Wu Buqun while Shen Lin stayed behind for the martial competition.
• The Black Jackal Clan patriarch refused to kill Guan Xuzi, Elder Lin, and Wu Buqun, saying the clan could not afford to offend them.

Black Jackal Venerable was pressured by two shadowy figures to help target Guan Xuzi and his companions, but he was told they would handle the attack themselves. As the martial competition began during the banquet, a Venerable Realm expert from the immortal race arrived urgently to see Guan Xuzi.

• Two shadowy figures ordered Black Jackal Venerable to attack Guan Xuzi, Elder Lin, and Wu Buqun, then promised to arrange the attack and protect the Black Jackal Clan from the consequences.
• Black Jackal Venerable agreed to receive Guan Xuzi and the others, then hosted them at a banquet while waiting for the moment to act.
• Black Jackal Venerable started the martial competition and displayed the matches on light screens.
• Elder Lin pointed out Shen Lin's difficult first opponent, but Guan Xuzi remained confident that Shen Lin would win.
• A Black Jackal Clan Venerable Realm cultivator reported that an immortal race Venerable Realm expert had arrived urgently to see Guan Xuzi, who stood up in surprise.

Guan Xuzi rushed back to Qingxu Heaven after Jian Qiongcang told him the Sword Venerable was about to break through, only to discover the report was a deception. The Sword Venerable suspected Immortal Clan members themselves were targeting Shen Lin and challenged the hidden Dao Venerable.

• Jian Qiongcang arrived at the gathering and told Guan Xuzi that an urgent matter had come up within the Immortal Clan, prompting Guan Xuzi to leave Elder Lin and Shen Lin in the others' care.
• Guan Xuzi hurried back to Qingxu Heaven because he believed the Sword Venerable was preparing to break through to the Dao Integration Realm.
• Guan Xuzi found Qingxu Heaven calm and discovered the Sword Venerable roasting meat rather than preparing for a breakthrough.
• Guan Xuzi told the Sword Venerable that Jian Qiongcang had reported his imminent breakthrough and that Shen Lin might be in danger.
• The Sword Venerable said the people targeting Shen Lin were clan members from the start, then addressed a hidden Dao Venerable.

Myriad Laws Dao Venerable confronted Sword Venerable over Shen Lin, claiming the young saber cultivator possessed a Time-based Magic Treasure. Sword Venerable doubted the claim but began to accept that time manipulation could explain Shen Lin’s extraordinary recovery and talent.

• Myriad Laws Dao Venerable appeared at Bamboo Mountain, and Guan Xuzi realized he had been lured back to Qingxu Heaven to protect Shen Lin.
• Sword Venerable confronted Myriad Laws Dao Venerable for violating their agreement not to pry into Shen Lin’s secrets.
• Myriad Laws Dao Venerable said he had learned Shen Lin might possess a Time-based Magic Treasure and showed Sword Venerable footage of Shen Lin recovering to full strength after his aura weakened.
• Sword Venerable questioned whether a Rewind Talisman could explain the recovery, but recognized it could not restore Shen Lin’s Soul Power.
• Sword Venerable considered that a Time-based Magic Treasure could account for Shen Lin’s recovery and rapid saber comprehension, while Myriad Laws Dao Venerable defended breaking their agreement.

Sword Venerable confronted Myriad Laws Dao Venerable over his attempt to seize Shen Lin’s Time Magic Treasure for his own breakthrough, then fought him with a seven-colored sword strike. Myriad Laws Dao Venerable warned that Shen Lin’s fate was already decided, and Sword Venerable returned after discovering that someone at the Dao Integration Realm had been summoned.

• Sword Venerable accused Myriad Laws Dao Venerable of coveting Shen Lin’s treasure to advance his Great Dao of Control, rather than to benefit the Immortal Clan.
• Sword Venerable charged Myriad Laws Dao Venerable with colluding with the Sacred Feather Clan and attacking an Immortal Clan prodigy, then declared that all disciples’ opportunities deserved equal protection.
• Sword Venerable attacked with a seven-colored sword ray, and Myriad Laws Dao Venerable blocked it with his Myriad Laws Vortex; neither gained a clear advantage.
• Myriad Laws Dao Venerable stopped resisting and warned Sword Venerable that Shen Lin’s fate was already decided, so Sword Venerable left with Guan Xuzi.
• Sword Venerable returned with Guan Xuzi and accused Myriad Laws Dao Venerable of summoning someone from the Dao Integration Realm.

At a martial tournament staged by the Black Jackal Clan, Shen Lin realized that someone had veiled his perception of the Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles. Meanwhile, Myriad Laws Dao Venerable revealed to Sword Venerable and Guan Xuzi that Shen Lin’s predicament involved a broader scheme, leaving them watching as it unfolded.

• Yu Tianyuan struck Sword Venerable down with a glance, and Sword Venerable returned to Qingxu Heaven warning Myriad Laws Dao Venerable that partnering with a Dao Integration Realm expert was dangerous.
• Myriad Laws Dao Venerable showed Sword Venerable and Guan Xuzi a mirror revealing Shen Lin fighting at the Black Jackal Clan’s tournament, prompting Guan Xuzi to realize the event had been designed to lure Shen Lin.
• Myriad Laws Dao Venerable said that more forces had taken an interest in Shen Lin than either he or Sword Venerable could have imagined.
• Shen Lin won his match, then noticed the tournament grounds briefly fall silent as he turned his head.
• Shen Lin examined the unchanged Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles around him and realized someone had veiled his perception of them.

Shen Lin realized someone had blocked his perception of the Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles and that the martial competition was a trap, but the Black Jackal Clan forced him to continue fighting. In the great hall, Elder Lin discovered that the gathering was part of a larger scheme and wondered how Shen Lin had attracted so many powerful figures.

• Shen Lin noticed his Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles had stopped changing and inferred that someone was hiding danger from him.
• As the quarterfinals began, Shen Lin tried to forfeit, but a Black Jackal Clan Venerable Realm expert refused and the surrounding cultivators stopped pretending to fight.
• Shen Lin fought a Saint Realm opponent while the other cultivators watched, and Elder Lin noticed the arena looked strange through the light screen.
• Wu Buqun ordered the Black Jackal Venerable to send five more Saint Realm cultivators against Shen Lin, revealing his influence over the clan.
• Elder Lin realized that the people gathered in the great hall had another purpose and suspected that Guan Xuzi had also been deceived.