Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao met the Sword Sect's Fourth Elder, who invited him to join after hearing about him from Ling Tian. When Lin Hao asked what benefits the sect would offer, the Fourth Elder arranged a spar with her disciple Lin Qing'er, and the chapter ended after their attacks collided and Lin Qing'er assumed Lin Hao had been destroyed.

• The Sword Sect's Fourth Elder recognized Lin Hao as the person Ling Tian had praised and invited him to join the sect.
• Lin Hao asked what benefits he would receive, and the Fourth Elder said resources had to be earned.
• The Fourth Elder ordered her disciple Lin Qing'er to spar with Lin Hao, but Lin Hao clarified that he had meant to fight the Fourth Elder herself.
• Lin Qing'er released her Demigod rank pressure, and Lin Hao shattered it before telling Ye Ling'er to retreat.
• Lin Hao fired a streak of sword light at Lin Qing'er, who countered with more than a dozen sword-light attacks.
• The attacks collided in a thunderous blast, and Lin Qing'er believed Lin Hao had been reduced to ashes.

Lin Hao defeated Lin Qing'er in one move, impressing Hua Xinyue, who recruited him into the Sword Sect. Before leaving with Hua Xinyue, he told Ye Wentian he would take responsibility for the Liu Family’s trouble and said farewell to the Ye Family.

• Lin Hao appeared behind Lin Qing'er and defeated her with a threat of Sword Qi, prompting her to ask how he had done it.
• Hua Xinyue questioned Lin Hao’s origins, and he said he was a Rogue Cultivator.
• Hua Xinyue offered to devote the Sword Sect’s resources to Lin Hao, and, after the Sword Box advised him to accept, he agreed to join.
• Hua Xinyue introduced Lin Qing'er as Lin Hao’s senior sister and said they would return to the Sword Sect to report to the Sect Master.
• Lin Hao told Ye Wentian he would take responsibility for any trouble caused by killing the Liu Family’s father and son, thanked the Ye Family, and left with Hua Xinyue.

Lin Hao arrived at the Sword Sect with Hua Xinyue and Lin Qing'er, where the Sect Master and elders assessed him as the person who might change the sect's fate. The Second Elder dismissed Lin Hao as a mere servant disciple and challenged whether his return could make up for the lost Sect Competition token, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Ye Shiyu told Ye Wentian she wanted to enter the Sword Sect through its disciple selection in three months, and he agreed to let her go.
• After nearly a day of travel, Hua Xinyue brought Lin Hao and Lin Qing'er to the Sword Sect's mountain gate and led them to the Sect Master's hall.
• Hua Xinyue introduced Lin Hao to the Sect Master and elders as Lin Tianya, and the Sword Box revealed that the Sect Master was a high-tier Domain Realm expert.
• The Second Elder scoffed at Lin Hao's Diamond Realm cultivation and called him no better than a servant disciple.
• Hua Xinyue asked the Sect Master to put the matter of the lost Sect Competition token to rest, but the Second Elder objected before the Sect Master stopped their argument.

Lin Tianya accepted the Sword Sect’s challenge and faced Li Xuanyang, a Demigod-rank disciple, in a spar. He effortlessly dispelled Li Xuanyang’s pressure and stood unharmed after taking his sword attack, then announced that it was his turn.

• The Sword Sect Master arranged for Li Xuanyang, the Second Elder’s Demigod-rank disciple, to spar with Lin Tianya, who was believed to be in the Diamond Realm.
• Li Xuanyang attacked Lin Tianya with his pressure before the spar began, and Lin Qing'er muttered that his conduct was vile.
• Lin Hao waved away Li Xuanyang’s pressure and criticized him for relying on the same old trick.
• Li Xuanyang launched his Shadow Splitting Sword, sending dozens of streaks of sword light at Lin Hao.
• When the dust cleared, Lin Hao stood unharmed and said it was his turn.

Lin Hao effortlessly survived Li Xuanyang’s attack and knocked him unconscious, shocking the Sword Sect elders. When the Second Elder accused Lin Hao of being a humanoid beast and attacked him, Lin Hao dodged his sword strike and appeared behind him wreathed in Black Lightning.

• Lin Hao walked away unharmed after Li Xuanyang’s full-power attack, then struck Li Xuanyang unconscious from behind.
• Lin Hao challenged the furious Second Elder and broke through his Legendary-level pressure with his own aura.
• The Second Elder called Lin Hao a humanoid beast, then accused him of being a spy sent by the beasts and attacked him with a sword strike.
• Lin Hao vanished to evade the Second Elder’s attack and appeared behind him with Black Lightning wings extending from his back.

Lin Hao fought the Second Elder, who tried to kill him after being humiliated. Lin Hao revealed his purple sword and overwhelming Sword Intent, then decided the Second Elder could not be allowed to live.

• Lin Hao kicked the Second Elder out of the hall and overwhelmed him with sword lights formed from Sword Qi.
• Hua Xinyue pointed out that Lin Hao had not drawn a sword, and the elders praised his Sword Dao comprehension.
• The Second Elder launched a lethal sword arc at Lin Hao, who drew a purple sword from his Sword Box and countered the attack.
• The Second Elder admitted he wanted Lin Hao dead and claimed the sect would reward him for killing the supposed demon beast.
• Lin Hao sensed the Second Elder's killing intent, declared he could not let him live, and unleashed Quintuple Sword Intent.

Lin Hao revealed his Quintuple Sword Intent and confronted the Sword Sect's Second Elder, who had tried to kill him. His Other Shore sword strike overwhelmed the Second Elder and even the Sect Master's intervention, leaving the elder with his right arm severed as Lin Hao challenged the Sect Master over what he had witnessed.

• The Sect Master, Great Elder, Hua Xinyue, and Lin Qing'er were shocked to see Lin Hao display Quintuple Sword Intent.
• Lin Hao declared that he could not spare the Second Elder after the elder had decided to kill him, and the Second Elder readied his own Triple Sword Intent.
• Lin Hao sent Zixiao into the clouds and unleashed the Other Shore battle skill against the Second Elder's attack.
• The Sect Master intervened, but his Sword Qi destroyed only most of Lin Hao's strike, and the remaining crimson light severed the Second Elder's right arm.
• Lin Hao asked the Sect Master whether he had known that the Second Elder wanted to kill him.

After Lin Hao defeated the Second Elder’s disciple and survived the elder’s attack, Hua Xinyue defended him and the Sword Sect Master assigned him to Burial Sword Peak as an inner sect disciple. Lin Hao accepted the post while remaining wary of the sect’s politics.

• Lin Hao learned from the Sword Box that the supposedly lost Sect Competition token was in the Second Elder’s Storage Space, but chose not to reveal it yet.
• Lin Hao challenged the Sword Sect Master to address the Second Elder’s bullying, and Hua Xinyue publicly sided with Lin Hao.
• The Second Elder threatened Hua Xinyue, then left with the unconscious Li Xuanyang.
• The Sword Sect Master made Lin Hao an inner sect disciple of Burial Sword Peak and left the decision to make him Hua Xinyue’s personal disciple to her.
• Hua Xinyue brought Lin Hao and Lin Qing'er to Burial Sword Peak and explained that she could not promote Lin Hao to elder without worsening the conflict with the Second Elder.

Lin Hao settled into Burial Sword Peak after Hua Xinyue arranged special treatment for him, while she explained to Lin Qing'er why she had not made him her personal disciple. The chapter ended when an unexpected visitor arrived as Hua Xinyue predicted Lin Hao would become famous.

• Hua Xinyue promised Lin Hao a personal disciple's allowance, and Lin Hao said he would treat Burial Sword Peak as his home.
• Lin Qing'er chose Lin Hao a quiet courtyard, while the steward's hall speculated about the white-haired youth who had severed the Second Elder's arm.
• The Sword Box warned Lin Hao that the Second Elder might seek revenge, and Lin Hao focused on growing stronger and finding his master.
• Hua Xinyue told Lin Qing'er that Lin Hao's Sword Intent and resolve suggested he had a powerful master, which was why she treated him like a personal disciple without formally taking him on.
• Hua Xinyue predicted Lin Hao would become famous, and a cheerful voice at the doorway asked who would achieve that fame.

Yu Linglong learned about the mysterious Diamond Realm disciple who had wounded the Second Elder, unaware that Lin Hao was the one responsible. After cultivating and cooking dinner at Burial Sword Peak, Lin Hao was interrupted by Yu Linglong and Lin Qing'er, who recognized her junior sister beside him.

• Yu Linglong told Hua Xinyue that she had heard a Diamond Realm disciple cut off the Second Elder's right arm with one strike, and Hua Xinyue scolded her for sneaking away to Giant Sword Peak.
• Hua Xinyue assigned Lin Qing'er to oversee Yu Linglong's cultivation and sent the two disciples away.
• Lin Qing'er realized that Lin Hao, still at Burial Sword Peak, was the expert Yu Linglong had been discussing.
• Lin Hao used three Divine-tier Beast Cores to cultivate but made no progress toward Lord-tier, then began grilling Snow Demon Tiger meat for dinner.
• Yu Linglong appeared at Lin Hao's courtyard and stared hungrily at his roast, and Lin Qing'er arrived moments later and asked what her junior sister was doing there.

Lin Hao learned that people on the Sacred Martial Continent awakened at thirteen, while he had awakened at sixteen, and Yu Linglong and Lin Qing'er were shocked by his rapid rise to Diamond rank and defeat of the Second Elder. After introducing himself as Lin Tianya, he shared his barbecue with the two women, who realized they had eaten most of his dinner.

• Lin Qing'er introduced Yu Linglong as her junior sister and the master's second disciple, and Yu Linglong said she had reached Platinum rank at fourteen after awakening at thirteen.
• Lin Hao revealed that he had awakened at sixteen, prompting Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong to marvel that he had reached Diamond rank and defeated the Legendary-rank Second Elder so quickly.
• Yu Linglong became fascinated with Lin Hao after learning he had injured the Second Elder, then blushed when he offered her barbecue.
• Lin Hao introduced himself as Lin Tianya and shared another skewer with Yu Linglong, who eagerly ate while Lin Qing'er sampled the meat.
• Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong realized they had eaten much of Lin Hao's dinner and felt embarrassed.

Lin Qing'er told Lin Hao about the Sword Sect’s rise as the Extreme Sword Sect and its decline after a war with the Outer Realm Sky Demon Clan. Lin Hao rejected her hopes that he would restore the sect, while Hua Xinyue reassured him and left with the others; afterward, the Sword Box recognized the sect’s ancient identity.

• Lin Qing'er explained that Duan Wuya founded the Extreme Sword Sect nearly a thousand years ago, and that the sect was devastated by the Outer Realm Sky Demon Clan three hundred years ago.
• Lin Qing'er said Lin Hao might return the Sword Sect to greatness, but Lin Hao dismissed the idea and said he stayed because of the Fourth Elder’s support and the benefits he had earned.
• Hua Xinyue arrived and asked Lin Hao not to blame Lin Qing'er for caring about the sect; Lin Hao accepted her explanation.
• Hua Xinyue left with Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong, and Lin Hao began tidying the courtyard.
• The Sword Box told Lin Hao that it had not expected the Sword Sect to be the Extreme Sword Sect from a thousand years earlier.

The Sword Box told Lin Hao that Duan Wuya had mastered three different sword intents, giving Lin Hao a new cultivation goal. Meanwhile, the Great Elder urged the Second Elder to help take control of the Sword Sect, and Hua Xinyue challenged Lin Qing'er’s judgment about Lin Tianya.

• The Sword Box explained that Duan Wuya had cultivated the Sword Intent of Protection, King's Path Sword Intent, and Slaughter Sword Intent to the ninth level, inspiring Lin Hao.
• The Great Elder told the furious Second Elder that Lin Tianya’s strike had also embarrassed the Sect Master and the entire Sword Sect.
• The Great Elder proposed using the Sect Competition token to pull the Sect Master down and let the remaining elders manage the Sword Sect.
• The Second Elder agreed to follow the Great Elder’s lead, expecting to take revenge on Lin Tianya once they were in charge.
• Hua Xinyue asked Lin Qing'er whether Lin Tianya would risk his life for a sect that had only just welcomed him and whose Second Elder had tried to kill him.

Lin Qing'er apologized to Lin Hao for imposing the sect’s hopes on him, but Li Yan misread her visit and attacked Lin Hao. Lin Qing'er stopped Li Yan and his companions with her Demigod pressure, leaving them unable to move.

• Hua Xinyue urged Lin Qing'er to consider whether everyone was truly willing to sacrifice for the sect.
• Lin Qing'er visited Lin Hao’s courtyard and apologized for forcing the sect’s hopes onto him.
• Li Yan arrived with five Sword Sect disciples and accused Lin Hao after wrongly assuming Lin Qing'er had spent the night with him.
• Li Yan and the disciples attacked Lin Hao, but Lin Qing'er’s Demigod pressure shattered their Sword Qi and pinned them down.
• Lin Qing'er warned Li Yan that he would die if he caused trouble again.

Lin Qing'er spared Li Yan and his disciples after stopping them from threatening Lin Hao, while Lin Hao recognized that she had intervened to save Li Yan. Li Yan learned Lin Hao's identity and plotted to kill him during an upcoming expedition to the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range, which Hua Xinyue then informed Lin Hao about.

• Lin Qing'er dismissed Li Yan and the other Sword Sect disciples, then admitted to Lin Hao that she had spared Li Yan because they grew up together.
• Li Yan ordered his followers to investigate Lin Hao and learned that Lin Tianya had supposedly defeated the Second Elder and cut off his arm.
• Li Yan decided to find a chance to kill Lin Hao and seized on the planned trip to the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range as an opportunity.
• Hua Xinyue visited Lin Hao and told him that Burial Sword Peak's disciples would hunt demonic beasts for Beast Cores in the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range in three days.

Lin Hao learned that each Sword Sect peak had to gather its own cultivation resources and prepared to travel to the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range. As Hua Xinyue’s group set out, Lin Hao sensed a hostile gaze watching him from the shadows.

• Hua Xinyue explained that the sect’s peaks would collect their own resources and invited Lin Hao to join her group’s trip to the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range.
• The Sword Box told Lin Hao about the range’s Demonic Beasts and the dangerous Dragon Slaying Abyss, warning him not to enter its depths.
• Tan Ming, Ye Hongyu, and Song Qingyun discussed bringing their Fifth Junior Sister into a secret plan against a man, and Ye Hongyu said they would kill her if she refused.
• Three days later, Yu Linglong met Lin Hao, and he carried her to the mountain gate, where Hua Xinyue and Lin Qing'er gathered their group.
• Hua Xinyue summoned a massive flying boat, and Lin Hao sensed someone staring at him with intense hostility from the shadows.

Lin Hao agreed to protect Yu Linglong in the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range and gave Hua Xinyue a token before setting out with Yu Linglong and Lin Qing'er. The trio flew toward the range’s depths, leaving Hua Xinyue smiling over his mysterious gift.

• Li Yan received a note from Li Xuanyang and resolved to deal with Lin Hao in the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range.
• Hua Xinyue asked Lin Hao to look after Yu Linglong, and he agreed while warning Hua Xinyue to stay cautious.
• Hua Xinyue told the Burial Sword Peak disciples to travel carefully and return to the mountain range’s outskirts in ten days.
• Lin Hao gave Hua Xinyue a token and whispered to her, prompting her to accept the gift gratefully.
• Lin Hao’s aura carried him, Lin Qing'er, and Yu Linglong toward the depths of the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range, and he told Yu Linglong the token was just a little gift.

Lin Hao checked Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong’s cultivation so he could plan how they would gather resources in the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range. He found that Yu Linglong was close to a breakthrough, but suspected someone had placed a restriction on Lin Qing’er.

• Lin Hao led Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong into a clearing and asked to check their cultivation levels.
• Yu Linglong reluctantly let Lin Hao examine her, and he determined that she was close to a breakthrough.
• Lin Hao planned to gather Beast Cores from Diamond Realm and Demigod Realm demonic beasts to help Yu Linglong reach the Lord Realm.
• Lin Hao examined Lin Qing'er and asked whether her energy had recently grown sluggish during cultivation.
• Lin Hao told Lin Qing'er that someone might have placed a restriction on her.

Lin Hao examined Lin Qing'er and discovered a restriction that was slowing her cultivation, then destroyed it with Nirvana Divine Lightning. Lin Qing'er recovered, though the lightning burned away her clothes, and Lin Hao left before she could speak to him.

• Lin Hao ruled out Hua Xinyue as the person who had placed the restriction on Lin Qing'er and agreed to examine her.
• Lin Hao created a clone to guard them, then searched Lin Qing'er's body and found the restriction.
• Lin Hao asked Yu Linglong to prepare clothes and used Nirvana Divine Lightning to shatter the restriction, burning Lin Qing'er's dress in the process.
• Lin Hao withdrew the lightning and disappeared, while Yu Linglong helped Lin Qing'er dress and teased her about him seeing her naked.

Lin Hao healed Lin Qing'er, killed five Platinum-rank monsters, and led her and Yu Linglong deeper into the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range. Li Xuanyang and Li Yan plotted an ambush, while the group encountered eighteen Diamond-rank Ghost-faced Demon Bulls.

• Lin Qing'er discovered that her cultivation was no longer stagnant, and Lin Hao returned with five slain Platinum-rank monsters.
• Lin Hao told Yu Linglong to remove the Beast Cores and led the group toward the depths of the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range.
• Li Xuanyang learned Lin Hao's location and planned to ambush him with Li Yan as he entered the mountain range's depths.
• Lin Hao, Lin Qing'er, and Yu Linglong entered Diamond-rank territory and encountered eighteen Ghost-faced Demon Bulls.
• Lin Hao asked Lin Qing'er whether she could handle the monsters.