Chapter Summaries

Lin Lin swept through several Tianhu Alliance factions, killing their forces and leaving Hundred Flowers Valley disciples to collect the spoils. He arrived at Star Moon Palace, where Chang Shuyou welcomed him as a guest instead of preparing to fight.

• Lin Lin found only Carefree Immortal Tea of use in Flying Immortal Sect’s treasure vault and left its spoils for Hundred Flowers Valley to collect.
• Hundred Flowers Valley disciples found Flying Immortal Sect’s forces and buildings frozen in ice, then began gathering the sect’s wealth.
• Lin Lin killed the forces of Wind Riding Pavilion, the Zhao Family, and Black Mountain Camp after they chose to fight him.
• Lin Lin reached Star Moon Palace, where its disciples greeted him with flowers and Chang Shuyou welcomed him as a guest.

News of Lin Lin’s victory at Hopeless Pass and the destruction of three major powers spread throughout the martial world, earning him the title Supreme. Star Moon Palace received the reports, and Chang Shuyou welcomed Lin Lin as a guest.

• Spies and routed soldiers spread news that Lin Lin had become a Mythical Expert after the battle at Hopeless Pass and defeated the Tianhu Alliance.
• Reports revealed that Lin Lin had destroyed Flying Immortal Sect, freezing more than ten thousand experts in ice.
• The Jin Province Zhao Family and Black Mountain Camp were also destroyed, convincing martial artists that Lin Lin’s power surpassed their expectations.
• The martial world began calling Lin Lin the Supreme, while a story circulated that he was a divine being reincarnated to bring peace.
• Star Moon Palace received intelligence about Lin Lin, and Chang Shuyou welcomed him as a guest.

Star Moon Palace submitted to Lin Lin, and Chang Shuyou offered the sect’s resources and her own service in exchange for his protection. Lin Lin accepted, leaving the sect’s future under his command.

• Chang Shuyou led Star Moon Palace in welcoming Lin Lin and escorting him into the sect rather than resisting.
• Chang Shuyou showed Lin Lin Star Moon Palace and described its history and its division into Star Palace and Moon Palace.
• At a banquet in Moonlight Hall, Lin Lin accepted the hospitality of Chang Shuyou and the palace’s women.
• Chang Shuyou offered Star Moon Palace’s martial arts, property, treasures, and savings, and pledged the sect’s obedience to Lin Lin.
• Lin Lin accepted Star Moon Palace’s submission and said, “Granted.”

Lin Lin accepted Star Moon Palace’s surrender, gained its treasures and martial arts, and received envoys from forces seeking to submit. He approved the surrender of seven more Tianhu Alliance forces, while four who offered only service were expelled and then attacked by the eight forces that had surrendered.

• Lin Lin accepted Chang Shuyou’s surrender of Star Moon Palace and allowed its people to live in exchange for their obedience.
• Chang Shuyou presented Star Moon Palace’s treasures, account books, and martial arts inheritances, which Lin Lin studied while consuming its Starlight Grapes and Starlight Spring water.
• Leaders of martial-world forces gathered at Star Moon Palace to pay respects or seek surrender, and Lin Lin directed those who had not joined the Tianhu Alliance to return when he assumed the Hundred Flowers Valley leadership in three months.
• Seven of the remaining Tianhu Alliance forces surrendered their possessions and inheritances in exchange for their lives and the preservation of their legacies, and Lin Lin accepted.
• Lin Lin dismissed envoys from four forces that offered only submission, and Chen Xin and the leaders of the eight surrendered forces killed them before dispatching troops to attack the four forces’ headquarters.

After the Tianhu Alliance’s former members crushed the remaining major factions, Lin Lin cultivated at Hundred Flowers Valley and broke through to the fifth stage of Qi Refining, Spirit Nourishing. His body began developing the legendary traits of Golden Flesh and Jade Bones, leaving him wondering whether he could eventually become imperishable.

• The Tianhu Alliance’s former members and other martial artists defeated and slaughtered the remnants of Sword Washing Pavilion and the other major factions, then pursued those who had escaped.
• Lin Lin returned to Hundred Flowers Valley, consumed the factions’ Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, studied martial arts manuals, and continued cultivating.
• Before Hundred Flowers Valley’s Throne Passing Ceremony, Lin Lin gathered Heaven and Earth Essence Qi on a cliff and condensed his Inner Breath into a drop of True Yuan.
• Lin Lin’s Inner Breath transformed into True Yuan throughout his body, marking his breakthrough into the fifth stage of Qi Refining, Spirit Nourishing.
• Jade radiance appeared on Lin Lin’s bones and golden light spread through his body, strengthening his ambition to attain an immortal, indestructible body.

After breaking through to True Qi Condensation, Lin Lin took over as Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley and announced his plan to end the Divine Continent’s centuries of war. The gathered powers then petitioned him to advance to the Kingly Position.

• Lin Lin felt his strength surging after his breakthrough and resolved to pursue immortality as he continued cultivating.
• Lin Lin arrived at Hundred Flowers Valley’s Throne Passing Ceremony, attended by allied forces, neutral powers, experts, and the valley’s disciples.
• Cui Ximing asked Lin Lin to become Valley Master, and Lin Lin accepted the position and its token.
• Lin Lin declared that he would lead the heroes to unify the realm and free the people from war.
• Chang Shuyou petitioned Lin Lin to advance to the Kingly Position, and nearly everyone present joined her request.

Lin Lin accepted the title of Xia King and began building the army, guard force, and administration needed to unify the realm. After three months of preparation and cultivation, he launched a northern expedition.

• Lin Lin accepted his officials’ petitions and became Xia King, receiving a Bright Yellow Four-Clawed Python Robe and the royal title Xia.
• Lin Lin appointed his subordinates to important positions and attended a celebratory banquet that lasted three days.
• Lin Lin reorganized the army, recruited loyal guards, and established a system for selecting capable officials.
• Lin Lin cultivated the fifth stage of Qi Refining and brought his Sword Intent to its pinnacle, though he did not break through again.
• Lin Lin completed his preparations and marched north with his army.

Lin Lin led his vanguard into Heyun Province and rejected Xie Fan’s last-minute offer to surrender Morning Sun City. He ordered his troops to seize the city while protecting its defenders and civilians.

• Lin Lin led fifty thousand iron cavalry to Morning Sun City, a strategic hub controlled by the Xie Family.
• Xie Fan and other Xie Family members offered the city to Lin Lin, but he rode past them without accepting their surrender.
• More than twenty Peerless Experts surrounded Xie Fan and the others, and Xie Fan allowed his energy channels to be sealed.
• Lin Lin ordered his forces to secure the gates, defenses, and warehouses, spare defenders who surrendered, and reassure the residents.
• Lin Lin’s elite guards swiftly routed the soldiers on the city walls without killing them.

After capturing Morning Sun City, Lin Lin’s Xia King’s Army established control and won residents’ support through relief, public trials, lower taxes, and paid work. The city regained its prosperity, and Lin Lin began extending its new order into the surrounding towns and villages.

• Cui Hao announced the city lord’s capture and called on Morning Sun City’s soldiers to surrender, allowing the Xia King’s Army to take control of the city.
• Xia King’s officials secured the Xie Family’s wealth and supply warehouses, posted governing policies, and opened granaries to feed residents in need.
• The army publicly tried and punished tyrants, corrupt merchants, abusive soldiers, and gang thugs, earning the support of most residents.
• After martial law ended, the city abolished entry fees, reduced and regulated taxes, increased patrols, and assigned vagrants paid public and productive work.
• Lin Lin made Morning Sun City the base for expanding the army and its administration into nearby towns and villages.

Lin Lin surveyed Morning Sun City’s flourishing streets and reflected on how his governance had improved people’s lives. Back at the City Lord’s Manor, he discussed the shortage of officials with Chang Shuyou before she slipped beneath his desk.

• Lin Lin rode Azure Jade through Morning Sun City, where residents greeted him as the Xia King and prosperous streets showed the results of his month of governance.
• Lin Lin reflected that fair laws, military strength, and opportunities to improve their lives had encouraged people to work and increase production.
• Lin Lin returned to the City Lord’s Manor, where officials continued extending the Xia King’s rule and tax collection across Fu Liu Province and Heyun Province.
• Chang Shuyou complained that she could not keep up with the paperwork alone, and Lin Lin explained that Ji Yun was screening and training recruits for the merit-based official system.
• Lin Lin offered to handle the official affairs while Chang Shuyou rested, and she slipped beneath his desk.

After Heyun Province was consolidated under the Xia King's rule, Lin Lin ordered three armies to expand into neighboring provinces and led his remaining forces toward Zhong Province. The campaign for unification began on several fronts.

• Su Minghua brought Xie Qingyu to Lin Lin and reported that she had recovered the Xie Family's wealth, including thirteen million taels, and taken Xie Qingyu in as a maid.
• Over the next two months, Lin Lin's officials and troops consolidated Heyun Province, established local administration, and collected taxes.
• Lin Lin ordered Cui Hao to lead two hundred thousand troops into Jin Province and then Chen Province.
• Lin Lin ordered Ji Chun to lead two hundred thousand troops into Dong Province and then Yu Province.
• Lin Lin sent Yan Song to govern Tianhu Province, then lead the All Stars Sect army west to conquer and administer Mo Province.
• After the armies set out, Lin Lin led his remaining forces toward Zhong Province.

Lin Lin entered Zhong Province, where the people welcomed his army and hoped for the stability they had seen in Heyun Province. Looking toward Divine Capital City, he questioned how long Da Xia would last and considered the entrenched problems that martial power alone could not solve.

• Lin Lin’s army entered Zhong Province as local clans and commoners welcomed them without needing to be organized.
• Lin Lin saw the gaunt, suffering people greeting him and felt both joy at their recognition and sorrow for their hardships.
• Lin Lin asked how long Da Xia Dynasty could endure as he looked toward Divine Capital City.
• Chen Xin said Da Xia would last a thousand generations, and the nearby guards firmly agreed.
• Lin Lin reflected that past dynasties’ long reigns had depended on abundant land, while later dynasties weakened through rigid hierarchies and land annexation.
• Lin Lin understood that his ministers trusted his martial arts to suppress future rebellions, but he resolved to address the dynasty’s deeper problems later.

Lin Lin established his rule in Zhong Province and began restoring Divine Capital City while his armies expanded the Xia King's territory. Yan Song reported that he had stabilized Tianhu Province and was ready to move against Mo Province, where little organized resistance remained.

• The people of Zhong Province welcomed Lin Lin's army, and Lin Lin granted them a year without taxes as his officials registered the population.
• Lin Lin moved into Divine Capital City and began restoring its palace and streets, paying local laborers and bringing in supplies by river.
• Commerce and production gradually revived in Zhong Province as the city restoration progressed.
• Lin Lin received frequent reports of victories as his three armies conquered territory and his merit-based system supplied officials to govern it.
• Three months after entering Zhong Province, Yan Song reported that he had registered and stabilized Tianhu Province and integrated the All Stars Sect army.
• Yan Song prepared to lead his army into Mo Province, a mineral-rich region with harsh deserts and no particularly powerful martial forces remaining.

Cui Hao and Ji Chun brought more provinces under the Xia King’s rule while Lin Lin delayed his imperial proclamation and completed a major breakthrough in Mythical Martial Arts. The chapter ended with Lin Lin testing a nine-essence Sword Qi that pierced thirty meters into the ground.

• Cui Hao integrated Jin Province into the Xia King’s system and then fought the resisting forces in Chen Province.
• Ji Chun was welcomed in Dong Province and Yu Province, incorporated both into the Xia King’s rule, and cleared bandits and pirates.
• Ministers submitted memorials urging Lin Lin to worship Heaven and become Emperor, but Lin Lin delayed the ceremony while the Nine Provinces remained unconquered and Divine Capital City was still being repaired.
• Lin Lin used martial arts inheritances and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to develop Mythical Martial Arts that combined nine types of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
• Lin Lin formed the nine essences into Sword Qi and tested it, creating a sword-shaped crater thirty meters deep.

Lin Lin measured the enormous power gained by channeling Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and used the method to create his own Mythical martial arts. He completed the Starlight Yuan Magnetic Swordplay and a Mythical movement technique, then tested the latter by flying at extreme speed through the sky.

• Lin Lin examined a sword-shaped hole thirty meters deep and concluded that Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and celestial forces had amplified his Sword Qi thousands of times.
• Lin Lin decided to develop Mythical swordplay, movement techniques, body protection, and forbidden arts using his method of combining Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
• Lin Lin created a four-level sword style that drew on his physical strength, Inner Breath, Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, and mental strength, and named it the Starlight Yuan Magnetic Swordplay.
• Lin Lin created a Mythical movement technique that used the Yuan Magnetic Force of the stars to propel him into the air and beyond Earth's gravity.
• Lin Lin tested the technique with extreme-speed flight and sharp turns, producing sonic boom clouds that tore his clothes apart.

Lin Lin completed and named his Mythical Martial Arts movement technique Riding the Clouds and Mist, gaining silent high-speed movement and the ability to fly by manipulating airflow. He then began developing a Body Protection Divine Skill and Forbidden Martial Arts, starting with a protective technique tailored to his body.

• Lin Lin tested his new movement technique, damaged the Martial Arts Arena with sonic boom clouds, and moved to a new arena to continue refining it.
• Lin Lin learned to redirect airflow with Inner Breath and martial intent, eliminating sonic booms and linking the movement technique with his swordsmanship.
• Lin Lin completed the technique, increased his speed and swordsmanship power, and gained the ability to fly where there was air.
• Lin Lin named the movement technique Riding the Clouds and Mist and began researching a Body Protection Divine Skill and Forbidden Martial Arts.
• Lin Lin combined principles from physique-tempering martial arts with Mythical Martial Arts and tailored a Body Protection Divine Skill to his body.

Lin Lin completed his Mythical Martial Arts system by creating the body-tempering art Golden Flesh Jade Bones and the life-draining combat technique Starfall. He then tested his immense strength against a mountain, drawing martial artists from around Divine Capital City toward the terrifying surge of energy.

• Lin Lin combined his new Body Protection Divine Skill with the Martial Codex, named it Golden Flesh Jade Bones, and discovered it greatly strengthened both his body and defenses.
• Lin Lin devised Starfall, a method for temporarily multiplying his combat power at the cost of severely draining his body and potentially shortening his life.
• Lin Lin declared his Mythical Martial Arts system complete and reflected that he might one day reach the moon after advancing to the Heaven and Human Realm.
• Lin Lin estimated that his current strength was at least ten thousand times greater than when he first reached True Qi Condensation, then decided he could shake a mountain.
• Lin Lin gathered Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and Yuan Magnetic Force near Divine Capital City, alarming nearby martial artists, who rushed toward the source of the overwhelming power.

Lin Lin demonstrated the power to move mountains, shocking the Peerless Experts who witnessed him and prompting them to regard him as an immortal. After reflecting on his strength and the vastness of the world, he remained focused on cultivating and began recovering his depleted Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

• Lin Lin uprooted Illuminating Moon Mountain and shifted it several dozen meters, shaking the area around Divine Capital City.
• Mo Long and the other Peerless Experts were stunned by Lin Lin's feat, with many wondering if he was an Immortal God descended from the Nine Heavens Above.
• The experts discussed Lin Lin's growth and recognized him as the pinnacle of martial arts, a measure of how far those who followed him might advance.
• Lin Lin ignored the speculation and reflected that even his mountain-moving power was insignificant beside the planet and the universe.
• Lin Lin assessed the force of his attack as comparable to a high-yield Nuclear Bomb and considered how much stronger he might become with another century or two of cultivation.
• Heaven and Earth Essence Qi gathered around Lin Lin, restoring the Essence, Qi, and Spirit he had spent.

Lin Lin planned to study the human body to develop a way to survive in space, then met with his relatives and former allies in Divine Capital City. He denied being a divine being and gave Cui Ximing a new edition of the Hundred Flowers Secret Records detailing methods to open 1,440 acupoints.

• Lin Lin decided to use his freed Mental Strength to study his body and find a way to function in space without oxygen.
• Su Minghua told Lin Lin that the assembled ministers had arrived, and he invited them in.
• Cui Ximing asked whether Lin Lin was a divine being descended from heaven, and Lin Lin denied it.
• Lin Lin gave Cui Ximing the latest Hundred Flowers Secret Records, which documented methods for opening 1,440 acupoints.
• Lin Lin chose not to share the still-evolving Martial Codex with his relatives and allies, preserving his advantage while the Unified Imperial Dynasty was being established.

Lin Lin shared the complete Hundred Flowers Secret Records, giving the elders a chance to strengthen their foundations and approach the Heaven and Human Realm. He revealed that Nine Heavens Above was an empty void and declared his intention to explore other worlds, then invited everyone to celebrate with a feast.

• Lin Lin gave Cui Ximing and the other elders the complete Hundred Flowers Secret Records, and they celebrated the prospect of advancing their martial arts.
• Cui Ximing predicted he would reach the Heaven and Human Realm within a year, while the other elders expected to follow in the coming years.
• Lin Yue asked Lin Lin about his claim that Nine Heavens Above held no Immortal Gods, and Lin Lin explained that he had flown high enough to see the spherical world beneath him amid the void.
• Lin Lin told his family and friends that the sun, moon, and stars were worlds like their own and said he hoped to explore them and eventually carry human civilization across the stars.
• Lin Yue, Mo Long, and the others voiced support for Lin Lin's ambitions, and Lin Lin proposed a feast to celebrate.