Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen began his breakthrough into the Xiantian Realm under Du Xiaofeng’s guidance, using Profound Essence Dew to supply the water energy he lacked. He fused all five elemental energies, endured the cleansing of his body, and reached the final step of forming Xiantian power as his System Panel recorded his new realm.

• Lin Chen visited Du Xiaofeng, who prepared five-element energy crystals and explained the importance of a successful Xiantian breakthrough.
• Du Xiaofeng added Profound Essence Dew to the medicinal liquid while Lin Chen absorbed the water energy he needed.
• Lin Chen drew his five elemental energy balls together and fused them smoothly in his dantian.
• Lin Chen quickly began condensing Power of Xiantian, and Du Xiaofeng was astonished by his speed.
• Xiantian Qi cleansed Lin Chen’s body, expelling impurities as his skin, bones, and viscera transformed.
• Lin Chen’s qi and blood surged into his dantian, where ice-blue energy appeared, and the System Panel listed his realm as Xiantian.

Lin Chen completed his breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm in three hours, and his System Panel began calculating an update. His returning senior brothers, Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi, learned of his achievement and worried that their master would now demand more of them.

• Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi returned to Azure Ripple Sect, curious about their new junior brother, while Liang planned to seek their master's guidance on a cultivation bottleneck.
• Lin Chen refined the Power of Xiantian, transformed his body and divine soul, and entered the Xiantian Realm after three hours.
• Du Xiaofeng praised Lin Chen and left him to consolidate his breakthrough, while Lin Chen summoned the System Panel and saw it calculating an update.
• Du Xiaofeng stopped Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi from disturbing Lin Chen and told them their junior brother had already broken through.
• Chai Daoqi joked that Liang had become the new target of their master's strict tutelage, and Liang's smile faltered.

Lin Chen met his Second Senior Brother Liang Hanyang and Third Senior Brother Chai Daoqi, received gifts, and learned about their strict First Senior Brother and the dangers of carrying a storage box. Du Xiaofeng then set Lin Chen the goal of reaching Martial Path Mountain’s top thirty before the Azure Ripple Secret Realm opened, and Lin Chen agreed without hesitation.

• Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi met Lin Chen and were astonished by his humble origins and remarkable martial experiences.
• Chai Daoqi described their absent First Senior Brother as the Stubborn Gentleman, while Liang Hanyang defended his strict teaching.
• Liang Hanyang gave Lin Chen ten Soul Tempering Pills, and Chai Daoqi gave him a Hundred Things Box and warned him not to reveal it while traveling.
• Du Xiaofeng ordered Chai Daoqi to catch a hundred Thunder Line Worms within three months after hearing him boast about his exploits in the Red Dust Domain.
• Du Xiaofeng told Lin Chen to focus on Martial Path Mountain and reach the top thirty before the Azure Ripple Secret Realm opened, and Lin Chen accepted the challenge.

Du Xiaofeng told Liang Hanyang that Lin Chen needed to reach Martial Path Mountain’s top thirty to quiet opposition to his Azure Ripple Secret Realm quota. Lin Chen rose rapidly through the rankings, but after defeating Xiantian opponents without explanation, he drew accusations that he had failed to challenge the top thirty and was refusing to leave.

• Liang Hanyang learned that Lin Chen was ranked around six thousand despite having won more than ninety thousand consecutive battles, and Du Xiaofeng explained why reaching the top thirty mattered for the sect’s support of Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen returned to his courtyard and continued challenging opponents, reaching the one-thousandth rank after five days of one-move victories.
• On the seventh day, Lin Chen defeated Tong Hai, ranked three hundredth, before Tong Hai could speak; Tong Hai identified Lin Chen and decided to spread word that he was a shameless Xiantian Martial Artist who had failed to challenge the top thirty.
• Other high-ranked disciples began publicizing their losses to Lin Chen, while Lin Chen remained unaware and continued climbing.
• Lin Chen defeated Liu Yang at the two-hundred-and-fortieth rank before Liu Yang could finish addressing him, prompting Liu Yang to vow to spread the matter through Azure Ripple Sect.

Lin Chen’s challenges on Martial Path Mountain angered many Inner Disciples, who gathered at the Elder Hall to protest. After the elders chose not to intervene, Chai Daoqi arrived and used his Xiantian Second Realm pressure to crush the gathering, warning them not to target Lin Chen.

• Liu Yang spread word that Lin Chen had challenged fellow sect disciples, and other Inner Disciples joined the complaints.
• Inner Disciples told Qiao Yuan that Lin Chen had entered the Xiantian Realm, but Qiao Yuan refused to lead a protest and explained that he sought to be first among his peers.
• He Wentao led more than a hundred Inner Disciples to the Elder Hall, where they waited for over two hours without receiving an audience.
• Zhao Yulin told Xu Zhizhi that Lin Chen was pursuing a streak of consecutive victories, and Xu realized his own disciple had maneuvered him into intervening.
• Chai Daoqi arrived at the Elder Hall, released his Xiantian Second Realm pressure to knock the gathered disciples down, and threatened anyone who targeted Lin Chen.

Chai Daoqi and Tu Bin confronted each other over Lin Chen’s challenges, but Zhao Yulin defended Lin Chen and revealed that the Sect Master had ordered him to keep winning consecutive matches. Martial Path Mountain announced Lin Chen’s 99,964 victories, then Lin Chen activated the Hundred Thousand Consecutive Victories Challenge, which would begin in three days.

• Chai Daoqi and Tu Bin clashed in the square until Zhao Yulin arrived and demanded an explanation.
• Tu Bin argued that Lin Chen’s repeated challenges could harm the Azure Ripple Sect’s reputation, but Zhao Yulin said the Sect Master had ordered Lin Chen to pursue consecutive victories without challenging across the rankings.
• Zhao Yulin dismissed the disciples and warned them not to discuss the matter before Lin Chen reached his goal.
• Martial Path Mountain announced that Lin Chen had won 99,964 consecutive matches, shocking the Azure Ripple Sect’s disciples and alarming Chai Daoqi.
• Lin Chen activated the Hundred Thousand Consecutive Victories Challenge after Martial Path Mountain offered ten thousand points per victory, and the challenge was set to begin in three days.

Lin Chen learned that Martial Path Mountain’s announcement had drawn every under-twenty Xiantian Martial Artist in the Yan Imperial Dynasty to challenge his Hundred Thousand Consecutive Victories attempt. He chose to seek a Xiantian Fire to strengthen himself, while Qiao Yuan prepared to enter the Xiantian Realm to shield him from challengers.

• Disciples across the super sects reacted to Lin Chen’s challenge, and Zhao Feng told Pei Qingming he would join the effort to intercept Lin Chen; Pei Qingming declined to ask him to stand aside.
• Du Xiaofeng and Liang Hanyang explained to Lin Chen that Martial Path Mountain’s three-day notice would let unranked Xiantian Martial Artists enter and challenge him, and they suggested he secure a top-thirty ranking instead of risking the record.
• Lin Chen chose to pursue a Xiantian Fire to advance his Boundless Divine Aspect Art, accepting that he would abandon the challenge if the attempt failed.
• Ji Cangtian told Lin Chen that Qiao Yuan had asked Elder Zhao to help him enter the Xiantian Realm with a Xiantian Pill, which would make challengers face Qiao Yuan before reaching Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen asked to meet Qiao Yuan and went to Azure Ripple Main Hall, where the Xiantian Fire was also waiting.

Lin Chen chose to refine the Golden Crow Blazing Flame to advance the Boundless Divine Aspect Art, while Ji Cangtian protected him in the Azure Ripple Main Hall. The Heart of Azure Ripple intervened when the flame nearly destroyed Lin Chen’s body, but he still had only three days to absorb enough fire and complete his breakthrough.

• Qiao Yuan told Lin Chen that he had consumed the Xiantian Pill for the Azure Ripple Sect, then left without giving Lin Chen a chance to reply.
• Ji Cangtian offered Lin Chen a choice between Purple Nightmare Corrosive Flame and Golden Crow Blazing Flame, and Lin Chen chose the latter.
• Ji Cangtian released the Golden Crow Blazing Flame, and Lin Chen entered its range and used the Boundless Divine Aspect Art to withstand its heat and violent energy.
• Lin Chen absorbed the flame, whose Golden Crow energy battered and nearly carbonized his meridians as it surged toward his dantian.
• The Heart of Azure Ripple manifested and sent icy-blue energy through Lin Chen’s body, beginning a cycle of destruction and rebirth that made Ji Cangtian lower his hand.
• Outside the hall, Liang Hanyang and Chai Daoqi waited anxiously as Liang said Lin Chen needed to absorb enough flame quickly to break through within three days.

Lin Chen refined the Golden Crow Blazing Flame and briefly manifested a new winged Divine Aspect, but needed more flame energy to stabilize it. As his sealing period ended, Qiao Yuan took the challenges in his place, drawing public scrutiny when Martial Path Mountain opened its top-hundred battles for viewing.

• Lin Chen absorbed and refined the Golden Crow Blazing Flame, then briefly formed flaming wings and a Golden Crow phantom before the new aspect dissipated for lack of energy.
• Qiao Yuan, having reached the Xiantian Realm, took Lin Chen’s place on Martial Path Mountain and rose to rank thirty-eighth to buy him time.
• Martial Path Mountain opened top-hundred battles to public viewing, exposing the Azure Ripple Sect’s strategy of having Qiao Yuan face challengers while Lin Chen prepared to advance.
• Viewers across the Yan Imperial Dynasty saw Qiao Yuan face Su Lin of the Mystic Frost Pavilion, who mocked Lin Chen for sending someone else to protect him.
• Qiao Yuan ignored Su Lin’s taunt and attacked with the Azure Ripple Finger.

Qiao Yuan fought a series of challengers on Martial Path Mountain, taking severe injuries to buy Lin Chen time to cultivate. Just as another opponent challenged the wounded Qiao Yuan, Lin Chen emerged from the main hall after succeeding in his breakthrough and promised to take over.

• Qiao Yuan fought Su Lin to a standstill, and Su Lin conceded after warning that other fighters were still blocking Lin Chen.
• Qiao Yuan swallowed a healing pill, but soon faced Song Qiao of the Star Luo Sect and tore apart Song Qiao's silver chains at the cost of the flesh on his right arm.
• Song Qiao conceded after the destruction of his soul-linked chains injured him, while Zhao Yulin realized Qiao Yuan was trying to delay further challengers and buy Lin Chen two or three days.
• Qiao Yuan returned to the plaza and began healing, but his Martial Path Seal trembled again as someone challenged him despite his injuries.
• Lin Chen emerged from the main hall amid golden flames, having succeeded in his cultivation, and told Qiao Yuan to leave the rest to him.

Lin Chen finished refining the Golden Crow Blazing Flame and refused to take shortcuts to protect his Hundred Thousand Consecutive Victories challenge. As Qiao Yuan faced Zhao Feng of the Return Ruin Sword Mound, Qiao Yuan found himself unable to block Zhao Feng’s opening strike.

• Lin Chen told Qiao Yuan he had succeeded in refining the Golden Crow Blazing Flame, and Ji Cangtian praised both disciples for their sacrifices for the sect.
• Chai Daoqi urged Lin Chen to win six quick matches and enter the top thirty, but Lin Chen refused Qiao Yuan’s offer to buy him half an hour and said he would take on the challenges himself.
• Ji Cangtian supported Lin Chen’s decision, and Qiao Yuan entered Martial Path Mountain to face his challenger.
• Zhao Feng of the Return Ruin Sword Mound challenged the injured Qiao Yuan, claiming he would defeat him decisively enough to dispel any claims of an unfair victory.
• Pei Qingming watched Zhao Feng’s challenge and wondered whether Zhao Feng was targeting Lin Chen or him, while Lin Chen recognized Zhao Feng as a sword cultivator from Pei Qingming’s sect.
• Zhao Feng unleashed a dazzling sword strike, and Qiao Yuan realized he could not block it but chose to trust Lin Chen rather than fight recklessly.

Lin Chen began his first battle in the hundred-thousand-battle winning streak challenge against Zhao Feng of the Return Ruin Sword Mound. Zhao Feng unleashed a powerful sword technique, and the chapter ended as Lin Chen met it with a series of metallic clashes.

• Qiao Yuan surrendered to Zhao Feng, deciding to save his strength for Lin Chen’s challenge.
• Lin Chen thanked Qiao Yuan and entered the Martial Path Mountain steps to accept Zhao Feng’s challenge.
• Zhao Feng said Pei Qingming had encouraged him to fight Lin Chen, and Lin Chen suspected Zhao Feng wanted to show off.
• Zhao Feng unleashed Thousand Blades Return to Ruin, swallowing Lin Chen in sword light.
• As the spectators wondered why Lin Chen had not fought back, Zhao Feng heard repeated metal-on-metal clashes within the sword light.

Lin Chen defeated Zhao Feng in his Hundred Thousand Consecutive Victories challenge, revealing his mastery of Golden Crow Blazing Flame and Li Fire. He stayed on Martial Path Mountain and continued challenging opponents, while the chapter ended with the next challengers refusing to appear.

• Lin Chen blocked Zhao Feng's sword strike with his fiery wings, then dispersed Zhao Feng's Armor-Breaking Sword with Li Fire.
• Lin Chen shot forward with Golden Crow Blazing Flame and wounded Zhao Feng, who admitted defeat before hitting the ground.
• Azure Ripple Sect celebrated Lin Chen's victory, while Zhao Feng accepted healing pills from his master at Return Ruin Sword Mound.
• Lin Chen addressed the watchers through the light screen, inviting anyone who wanted to challenge him to come forward.
• Lin Chen remained on Martial Path Mountain and challenged two more opponents, both of whom admitted defeat without fighting.

Lin Chen continued his Hundred Thousand Consecutive Victories challenge, while disciples from other sects debated whether to challenge him and the Eight Desolations Sect waited for him to reveal his abilities. At thirty-first place, Lin Chen faced Zhang Xu of the East Sea Divine Palace, who promised to count the match as a loss if Lin Chen could withstand one full-strength move.

• Many young Xiantian Martial Artists hesitated to challenge Lin Chen, fearing they would lose and be ridiculed.
• Senior Brother Ge persuaded Chu Lei not to challenge Lin Chen, pointing out that winning would leave him in an awkward position if he could not reach the summit.
• He Chuang told the Eight Desolations Sect disciples to wait for Lin Chen to reveal his trump cards against higher-ranked opponents before deciding how to stop him.
• Lin Chen reached thirty-first place without being challenged by any outside martial artists and chose to face the disciple ranked thirtieth.
• Zhang Xu told Lin Chen that Hu Yunhua had shared his achievements and promised to count the match as his loss if Lin Chen could withstand one full-strength move.

Lin Chen defeated Zhang Xu with ease, then advanced rapidly as seven opponents conceded in succession. He reached twenty-first place and faced Yu Nanchun of the Eight Desolations Sect, whose sect feud with the Azure Ripple Sect made the coming battle especially important.

• Zhang Xu unleashed the Azure Tide Birth Seal, but Lin Chen broke through its force with his Golden Crow flames, prompting Zhang Xu to concede and predict Lin Chen could reach the top fifteen or higher.
• Hu Yunhua decided he would contact Lin Chen's family if Lin Chen entered the top three on Martial Path Mountain.
• Ding Zicheng conceded to Lin Chen, and Lin Chen immediately continued challenging opponents instead of resting.
• Seven challengers conceded in a row, allowing Lin Chen to climb from twenty-ninth to twenty-third place without fighting.
• Lin Chen reached twenty-first place and faced Yu Nanchun of the Eight Desolations Sect; the two attacked each other as disciples of both sects watched tensely.

Lin Chen defeated Yu Nanchun with two strikes of the Azure Ripple Finger, shocking the spectators and strengthening the Azure Ripple Sect’s standing. As Lin Chen’s challenge continued, Xiang Zhong judged him capable of contending for the top five and left to cultivate in seclusion.

• Yu Nanchun attacked Lin Chen with the Eight Desolations Mountain Splitting Spear, while Lin Chen chose to answer with the Azure Ripple Sect’s Azure Ripple Finger.
• Lin Chen’s Azure Ripple Finger, strengthened by Azure Ripple Force, shattered Yu Nanchun’s spear and then dissolved his protective astral energy, sending him crashing into the ground.
• The Azure Ripple Sect disciples celebrated Lin Chen’s victory, while Qiao Yuan and Chai Daoqi praised how he had strengthened their sect.
• Zhang Xu and the martial artists who had conceded felt relieved after seeing Lin Chen overwhelm Yu Nanchun.
• Xiang Zhong recognized Lin Chen as a contender for the top five on Martial Path Mountain and left to cultivate in seclusion.

Lin Chen reached tenth place on Martial Path Mountain and discovered a special exchange list, including the Martial Evolution Mirror and Profound Nether Heavy Water. Ji Cangtian then brought him to the sect’s hidden Azure Ripple Peak, where Lin Chen began crossing an abyss to seek the cultivation technique behind the Azure Ripple Force.

• Lin Chen defeated or outlasted successive opponents until he reached tenth place, then checked his points and the newly unlocked special exchange list.
• Ji Cangtian and Du Xiaofeng advised Lin Chen to wait until after the Azure Ripple Secret Realm before attempting to reach the summit, and Ji Cangtian asked him to report the exchange list’s contents.
• Ji Cangtian dismissed the others and secretly took Lin Chen to Azure Ripple Peak, explaining that the Azure Ripple Force was a cultivation technique hidden beneath the abyss.
• Ji Cangtian told Lin Chen to circulate his Azure Ripple Energy and walk through the air toward the opposite side, and Lin Chen began crossing while Ji Cangtian watched.

Lin Chen crossed the misty abyss and discovered the Azure Ripple Art, which strengthened his Xiantian power by refining his acupoints. After Ji Cangtian warned him to keep the secret, Lin Chen entered Martial Path Mountain to train with the Martial Evolution Mirror, while the Sect Master and Du Xiaofeng discussed the unusual techniques of the Thousand Machine Domain.

• Lin Chen endured the abyss’s mounting pressure and reached the place where the Azure Ripple Art was hidden, though he did not make it across the mist.
• The Azure Ripple Art transformed thousands of Lin Chen’s acupoints, and he learned that it could eventually refine every acupoint into a Xiantian Crystal.
• After three days of cultivation, Lin Chen returned to Ji Cangtian, who ordered him to keep the experience secret and decided that he should strengthen his spirit.
• Du Xiaofeng told Lin Chen to exchange for Spirit Refining Starfire to prepare for the Azure Ripple Secret Realm, but Lin Chen entered Martial Path Mountain and chose the Martial Evolution Mirror instead.
• Lin Chen used the mirror to find flaws in his Heavenly Evolution Myriad Manifestations Destruction Palm and improve his Thousand Machine Divine Refining Technique.
• Ji Cangtian explained to Du Xiaofeng that the Martial Evolution Mirror would help Lin Chen little with his existing techniques, while techniques in the Thousand Machine Domain were exceptions to the usual realm requirements.

Lin Chen used the Martial Evolution Mirror to deepen his mastery of the Thousand Machine Divine Refining Technique, then tempered and transformed his divine soul with Spirit Refining Starfire. His new Star Chart greatly increased his divine sense and boosted his Power of Xiantian fivefold.

• Lin Chen stopped practicing the Thousand Machine Divine Refining Technique in the Martial Evolution Mirror after spending more points than planned, and exchanged points for Spirit Refining Starfire.
• For three days, Spirit Refining Starfire tore apart and purified Lin Chen's divine soul; he then returned to the Martial Evolution Mirror and continued cultivating the technique while enduring the pain.
• Lin Chen realized he could transform his divine soul by modeling it on the stars, then shattered it into divine sense and used the Starfire and Thousand Machine Divine Refining Technique to form a Divine Sense Cocoon.
• On the fourth day, the cocoon broke and a Star Chart replaced Lin Chen's divine soul, increasing his divine sense range from ten zhang to more than thirty zhang.
• The Star Chart resonated with Lin Chen's Azure Ripple Energy, raising his Power of Xiantian to five times its former amount.

Lin Chen’s spiritual soul transformed into a Star Chart after his Martial Path Mountain challenge, and he prepared for his required sect mission. Meanwhile, Great Liang’s rulers debated sending young martial artists to outside sects, but an unexpected visitor interrupted their decision.

• Lin Chen discovered that his transformed spiritual soul had strengthened his Power of Xiantian, sharpened his reactions, and revealed a mysterious gray energy in his palm technique.
• Ji Cangtian reassured Du Xiaofeng that Lin Chen’s Star Chart spiritual soul was tied to his cultivation path and warned Lin Chen to keep it secret; Lin Chen chose a stationed mission over transporting resources.
• Lin Chen returned to cultivation for a month, focusing on controlling his spiritual soul before his Martial Path Mountain challenge.
• Kong Qifeng and the Left and Right Prime Ministers debated whether Great Liang should send three young martial artists to the Green Mountain Sect using its yearly supply of Xiantian Energy.
• As the Left Prime Minister went to contact the Green Mountain Sect’s deacon, an unknown voice congratulated Great Liang from above.