Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao took Yu Linglong away from the battle and forced her to face a Diamond-rank Ghost-faced Demon Bull alone so he could test her courage. He rescued her when she failed to fight back, criticized her surrender, and returned with her to Lin Qing'er.

• Lin Qing'er agreed to handle the remaining Ghost-faced Demon Bulls, while Lin Hao carried Yu Linglong and one bull into a clearing to train her.
• Lin Hao left Yu Linglong to fight the Diamond-rank Ghost-faced Demon Bull, but she froze under its pressure and dropped her sword.
• As the bull charged at Yu Linglong, Lin Hao intervened and killed it.
• Lin Hao scolded Yu Linglong for giving up instead of facing danger, then took its Beast Core and brought her back to Lin Qing'er.
• Lin Qing'er noticed Yu Linglong's dejected state and explained that she had never fought in a real battle before.

Yu Linglong recovered her resolve after Lin Hao’s harsh training, and the group prepared to camp for the night. Meanwhile, Li Xuanyang and Li Yan plotted to kill Lin Tianya and disguise it as an accident, while Lin Qing’er offered to share the night watch.

• Lin Qing’er comforted Yu Linglong, who vowed to stop running from danger and become a worthy Sword Sect disciple.
• Lin Hao reflected that he had trained Yu Linglong at Hua Xinyue’s request, then agreed with Lin Qing’er and Yu Linglong to camp for the night.
• Li Xuanyang and Li Yan learned Lin Tianya’s Sword Sect membership had not been officially recorded and planned to ambush him the next night.
• Lin Hao cooked Ghost-faced Demon Bull meat and offered to take the first watch, but Lin Qing’er asked to share the duty.

Lin Hao took Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong deeper into the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range to hunt powerful demon beasts for cultivation resources. As they reached the inner region, his clone revealed that Li Xuanyang and Li Yan had nearly twenty Sword Sect disciples lying in ambush nearby.

• Yu Linglong volunteered to take the first watch, and Lin Qing'er agreed while Lin Hao slept beside the campfire.
• Yu Linglong told Lin Qing'er what Lin Hao had taught her, and Lin Qing'er urged her to remember his words.
• After breakfast, Lin Hao said he planned to hunt Demigod-rank and Divine-tier demon beasts to gather Beast Cores for Lin Qing'er.
• Li Xuanyang ordered his disciples to surround Lin Tianya and the others when they passed, and assigned Lin Yan to deal with Lin Tianya.
• Lin Hao, Lin Qing'er, and Yu Linglong reached the depths of the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range, where Lin Hao used his clone to discover the ambush.

Lin Hao protected Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong from a surprise attack by Li Xuanyang and Li Yan, who revealed their intent to kill Lin Tianya and claim Lin Qing'er. As Lin Qing'er fought Li Xuanyang, Li Yan confronted Lin Hao, and Yu Linglong stood up to him with her own pressure.

• Lin Hao ordered his clone to stay hidden and warned Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong to remain alert in the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range.
• Dozens of sword attacks struck from every direction, but Lin Hao rescued Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong before the blast destroyed the area around them.
• Li Xuanyang and Li Yan emerged with Sword Sect disciples and pretended they had mistaken the group for demon beasts.
• Lin Hao accused Li Xuanyang and Li Yan of lying in wait to kill them, and Li Xuanyang declared that the mountain range would be Lin Tianya's burial ground.
• Li Xuanyang attacked Lin Qing'er, while Li Yan confronted Lin Hao and claimed Lin Qing'er as his own.
• Yu Linglong challenged Li Yan and countered his High Lord pressure with her newly learned Platinum rank pressure.

Lin Hao rescued Yu Linglong from Li Yan’s High Lord pressure, then taught her the Battle Skill One Sword Opens the Heavens by killing Li Yan and the attacking Sword Sect disciples with a single strike. As Lin Qing’er’s fight with Li Xuanyang continued, Lin Hao appeared beside Li Xuanyang and challenged his claim that Yu Linglong’s junior brother was dead.

• Lin Hao shattered Li Yan’s pressure and warned Yu Linglong to consider escape when facing stronger opponents.
• Lin Hao summoned Zixiao and told Yu Linglong to watch as he demonstrated One Sword Opens the Heavens.
• Lin Hao’s sword strike froze and killed Li Yan and more than a dozen Sword Sect disciples, and he told Yu Linglong to practice the Battle Skill.
• Li Xuanyang knocked Lin Qing’er’s sword aside and claimed Lin Hao was dead, but Lin Hao’s voice sounded beside him asking who he had called dead.

Lin Hao rescued Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong, killed Li Yan and the other Sword Sect disciples, and captured Li Xuanyang. After learning Li Yan had arranged the attack, Lin Hao prepared to kill Li Xuanyang, who claimed Lin Hao could not kill him because of Lin Qing'er.

• Lin Hao appeared before Li Xuanyang, defeated him, and brought him back to Lin Qing'er.
• Yu Linglong returned with the Storage Bags, and Lin Hao revealed that Li Yan and the other Sword Sect disciples were dead.
• Li Xuanyang confessed that he and Li Yan had conspired to target Lin Hao and Lin Qing'er.
• Lin Qing'er apologized for trusting Li Yan, and Lin Hao warned her to be more careful.
• As Lin Hao prepared to kill Li Xuanyang, Li Xuanyang claimed Lin Hao could not kill him because of Lin Qing'er.

Li Xuanyang revealed that his master had restricted Lin Qing'er’s cultivation because of her talent, but Lin Hao killed him before he could explain who else was involved. The group discovered Li Xuanyang’s stash of stolen women’s underwear and valuables, and Lin Qing'er ended the chapter blushing after Lin Hao teased her.

• Li Xuanyang told Lin Qing'er that his master had restricted her cultivation to keep her from advancing beyond the Demigod realm, then admitted her talent had prompted the scheme.
• Lin Hao tried to learn whether other elders had joined the plot, but Li Xuanyang refused to answer and threatened that Lin Qing'er's restriction would remain if he died.
• Lin Hao killed Li Xuanyang and took his storage pouch, which contained spirit stones, Beast Cores, and a large collection of women’s underwear.
• Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong mistook Lin Hao’s question about whether they wanted anything for an offer of underwear, then realized he meant the valuables.
• Lin Qing'er covered Lin Hao’s mouth to stop his teasing, and he joked that her hand tasted salty, leaving her blushing and calling him a rascal.

Lin Hao divided the spoils from the Sword Sect disciples with Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong, then led them deeper into the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range. They hid from another group of Sword Sect disciples, and Lin Hao used Shadow Annihilation to keep them from being discovered.

• Lin Hao gave Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong the Beast Cores while the three divided eight thousand one hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones and one hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Lin Hao, Lin Qing'er, and Yu Linglong continued toward the depths of the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range after disposing of the Sword Sect disciples’ bodies.
• Lin Hao pulled the two women into a thicket when dozens of Sword Sect disciples passed nearby, discussing Li Xuanyang and Lin Qing'er.
• Lin Qing'er’s anger caused her aura to slip out, alerting one Sword Sect disciple to their hiding place.
• Lin Hao activated Shadow Annihilation, allowing the disciple to part the bushes without seeing Lin Qing'er or Yu Linglong.
• After the Sword Sect disciples moved away, Lin Hao and the two women overheard them discussing plans to swallow up Burial Sword Peak.

Lin Hao learned that Giant Sword Peak and Absolute Sword Peak had plotted to destroy Burial Sword Peak and led Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong into Dragon Slaying Abyss to rescue Hua Xinyue. There, they found Hua Xinyue badly wounded and facing three Sword Sect elders.

• Lin Hao and Lin Qing'er left the Sword Sect disciples after discovering the conspiracy against Burial Sword Peak.
• Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong chose to follow Lin Hao into Dragon Slaying Abyss to save Hua Xinyue despite the danger.
• Lin Hao led the two women through the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range and reached Dragon Slaying Abyss after half a day.
• Lin Hao sensed a Legendary-rank aura, and Lin Qing'er recognized it as Hua Xinyue's.
• Lin Hao used Asura's Eye and saw Hua Xinyue wounded and surrounded by the three remaining Sword Sect elders.

Lin Hao reached Hua Xinyue as the three Great Elders moved to kill her for refusing to join their plot against Baili Yunchang. He interrupted their attack, leaving the elders wary of his strength.

• Lin Hao told Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong that Hua Xinyue was in danger and went ahead to rescue her.
• The Second Elder, Third Elder, and Great Elder demanded that Hua Xinyue help them murder Baili Yunchang and seize control of the Sword Sect.
• Hua Xinyue refused, severed her ties with the elders, and prepared to make a final stand as they attacked.
• Lin Hao struck with a sudden sword attack, forcing the three elders to dodge and stop their assault.
• The elders recognized Lin Tianya, and Lin Hao mocked the Second Elder for losing his right arm to him.

Lin Hao helped Hua Xinyue escape Dragon Slaying Abyss, then confronted the three Sword Sect elders alone. He revealed his Sword Domain and moved between them, leaving the fight poised to begin at close range.

• Lin Hao reassured Hua Xinyue and told her to join Lin Senior Sister and Linglong before escaping Dragon Slaying Abyss.
• Lin Hao blocked the three elders long enough for Hua Xinyue to flee, and they decided to kill him before pursuing her.
• Lin Hao unleashed his Seven-layer Sword Intent, suppressing the elders and startling them with his strength.
• Lin Hao revealed his Sword Domain, which suppressed the elders' Triple Sword Intent and left them stunned.
• Lin Hao suddenly appeared between the three elders, startling them as a strange smile formed on his lips.

Lin Hao’s avatar self-destructed with enough force to devastate the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range and injure Hua Xinyue, who escaped with Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong. The Great Elder realized the one who detonated was only an avatar, leaving the three elders to face the possibility that Lin Tianya’s real body was far stronger.

• The Great Elder recognized that Lin Hao was about to self-destruct, and he and the other elders raised barriers and fled.
• Lin Hao’s explosion incinerated nearby trees and spirit beasts and sent a devastating shockwave across the area.
• Hua Xinyue shielded Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong from the blast, then collapsed from her injuries and depleted Spiritual Power.
• Lin Qing'er carried Hua Xinyue toward the outer perimeter of the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range with Yu Linglong following.
• The Second Elder and Third Elder lamented Lin Tianya’s actions while the Great Elder examined the blast site.
• The Great Elder concluded that the one who self-destructed had been an avatar, and the Second Elder regretted how the sect had treated Lin Tianya.

Lin Hao used a Space Rift to pursue a chance to kill one of the three Sword Sect elders while Lin Qing'er fled with the unconscious Hua Xinyue and Yu Linglong. As the elders caught up and attacked, Lin Hao appeared between them and shattered the Great Elder's pressure.

• The Great Elder and two elders pursued Hua Xinyue, intending to kill her before she returned to the sect, while Lin Qing'er carried her toward the mountain range's outskirts with Yu Linglong.
• Lin Hao discussed the elders' weakened Spiritual Power with the Sword Box and decided to buy time, focusing on the injured Second Elder as a possible target.
• Lin Hao remembered his Space Rift ability, opened a rift, and stepped through it.
• The three elders caught up with Lin Qing'er, Yu Linglong, and the unconscious Hua Xinyue, and the Great Elder sent his Legendary-level pressure at them.
• A hand reached through a Space Rift and shattered the Great Elder's pressure, leaving him to demand the newcomer's identity.

Lin Hao used spatial Secret Arts to rescue Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong, killing the Sword Sect's Second Elder and forcing the Great Elder and Third Elder to surrender their storage bags. He left with his companions, while the surviving elders decided they could no longer return to the Sword Sect and would seek refuge elsewhere.

• Lin Hao emerged from a Space Rift and shocked the three Sword Sect elders by using Space Shift.
• Lin Hao bound the elders with Spatial Binding and killed the wounded Second Elder with Space Distortion.
• Lin Hao took the Great Elder and Third Elder's storage bags, warned them to keep silent, and left through a Space Rift with Lin Qing'er and the others.
• After the restraints vanished, the Great Elder and Third Elder decided to seek refuge with another sect rather than return to Baili Yunchang.

After rescuing Hua Xinyue and her disciples, Lin Hao hid with them in Dragon Slaying Abyss as the Sword Sect faced collapse and the threat of a sect war. Hua Xinyue urged Lin Hao to leave the sect for his own safety, but a mysterious voice from deep inside the cave interrupted them.

• Great Elder heard Third Elder worry that their defection could spark a sect war, then vowed revenge against Baili Yunchang, Hua Xinyue, and Lin Tianya.
• Lin Hao used Space Jump to bring Lin Qing'er, Yu Linglong, and the unconscious Hua Xinyue to a cave in Dragon Slaying Abyss.
• Hua Xinyue regained consciousness, and Lin Hao explained that he had killed Second Elder and that the Sword Sect was near collapse.
• Hua Xinyue thanked Lin Hao for saving them and urged him to leave the Sword Sect once the crisis was over.
• A voice deep inside the cave cursed at them for waking it from a beautiful dream.

Lin Hao and the others encountered a chained Sovereign Realm old man in the cave, only for Hua Xinyue to recognize him as her missing master. Their reunion revealed that he disputed having appointed Baili Yunchang as Sword Sect Sect Master, leaving Hua Xinyue questioning what had happened during his absence.

• Lin Hao and the others heard a chained figure moving in the cave and found a gaunt old man whose aura revealed he was at the Sovereign Realm.
• The old man threatened to eat them and eyed Lin Qing'er and Yu Linglong, while the seven chains binding him kept him from moving freely.
• Hua Xinyue recognized the old man as her master, and the two embraced tearfully after years apart.
• Hua Xinyue asked why her master was imprisoned in the cave, but he instead asked who currently led the Sword Sect.
• Hua Xinyue named Baili Yunchang and said her master had appointed him, but the old man angrily denied ever choosing him.

Hua Xinyue reunited with her imprisoned master, who revealed that Baili Yunchang had betrayed him and stolen the Sword Sect leadership. After meeting Hua Xinyue’s disciples and Lin Hao, the old man discovered Lin Hao had comprehended Seven-layer Sword Intent.

• The old man revealed that he had chosen Hua Xinyue’s Fourth Senior Brother as his successor, but Baili Yunchang learned of the decision and took advantage of him.
• The old man explained that Baili Yunchang sealed his Spiritual Power during his seclusion and imprisoned him with Dragon Locking Chains, though he later broke through to the Sovereign Realm.
• Hua Xinyue touched a Dragon Locking Chain and felt it seal some of her Spiritual Power, so the old man warned her not to waste her strength.
• Lin Hao urged Hua Xinyue and the old man to recover first, and Hua Xinyue introduced Lin Qing'er, Yu Linglong, and Lin Hao to her master.
• The old man examined Lin Hao, asked how many layers of Sword Intent he had comprehended, and was stunned when Lin Hao answered Seven-layer Sword Intent.

Lin Hao and the Sword Box planned to free Old Sect Master from the Dragon Locking Chain, despite the old man’s disbelief in Lin Hao’s claimed Seven-layer Sword Intent. The Sword Box said Lin Hao’s master’s sword could break the chain and leave the old man able to recover, while Hua Xinyue still vowed to save her master.

• Old Sect Master doubted that Lin Hao had comprehended Seven-layer Sword Intent, and Lin Qing'er held back from defending him when he signaled her to stay quiet.
• The Sword Box told Lin Hao that his master’s sword could cut the Dragon Locking Chain and that the chain would repair itself afterward.
• The Sword Box assured Lin Hao she could protect Old Sect Master from lasting harm, explaining that abundant Spiritual Energy on the Sacred Martial Continent had helped her recover.
• Lin Hao worried that Old Sect Master might betray him after being rescued, but the Sword Box assured him that he would not.
• Hua Xinyue tearfully promised Old Sect Master she would get him out, while he said the chain was too strong for him to break free.

Lin Hao offered to free the Old Sect Master from the Dragon Locking Chain and wagered for the chain and a share of the Sword Sect’s Sect Competition resources. The Old Sect Master agreed to let him try, and Lin Hao warned that his method would be violent.

• Lin Hao said he would try to free the Old Sect Master, though he could not promise success.
• Lin Hao wagered that he would receive the Dragon Locking Chain and thirty percent of the resources earned in the next Sect Competition if he succeeded.
• The Old Sect Master accepted the terms, believing he could reclaim the rewards with his Sovereign Realm strength once freed.
• Hua Xinyue and Yu Linglong urged the Old Sect Master to let Lin Hao try, and he agreed for their sake.
• Lin Hao warned the Old Sect Master that breaking the chain would be violent and told him not to blame him afterward.

Lin Hao used the Sword Box to strengthen his Sword Intent and drew Xuanyu’s sword to sever the seven Dragon Locking Chains binding the Old Sect Master. The Old Sect Master regained his freedom, while Lin Hao and the others remained in the cave.

• Lin Hao sent Lin Qing'er, Hua Xinyue, and Yu Linglong away from the Old Sect Master and protected them with a barrier.
• Lin Hao revealed Xuanyu’s sword and demonstrated Seven-layer Sword Intent, shocking the Old Sect Master.
• The Sword Box amplified Lin Hao’s Sword Intent to eightfold, and Lin Hao formed a Sword Domain.
• Lin Hao drew the sword and slashed once, snapping all seven Dragon Locking Chains.
• Hua Xinyue moved to check on the Old Sect Master, but Lin Qing'er explained that they were still inside Lin Hao’s protective barrier.