Chapter Summaries

Lin Taichu confronted the returning Imperial Clan members and began a battle with Di Xiao, while Di Hao and Di Xing clashed. The Imperial Family was trapped, and Di Xuan hinted that it had prepared a scheme for the fight.

• Lin Taichu killed the Imperial Clan members before sensing the ones hiding in the void and forcing them to appear.
• Di Hao reunited with his father, Lin Taichu, and apologized, while Lin Taichu told him his mother was there too.
• Lin Taichu and Di Xiao began fighting over their old grudge, exchanging attacks that shook the heavens.
• Di Hao attacked Di Xing with a Silver Spear, but Di Xing shattered it with his heavy sword.
• Di Hao urged the Imperial Family to rescue the clan leader, but Di Xuan warned that escape was impossible and claimed the Imperial Family had arranged a scheme for the battle.

Di Hao used the Teleportation Gate to draw Lin Taichu and the Lin Imperial Dynasty’s experts into a confrontation, then unleashed a powerful soul attack. Lin Taichu trapped and burned Di Hao as the Imperial Clans’ protection array began to tremble, hinting that something terrifying was about to emerge.

• Lin Taichu threatened Di Xuan and left through the Teleportation Gate as Di Hao’s allies arrived and sealed the space.
• Di Hao gathered the experts’ Soul Power and attacked Lin Taichu with his soul, but Lin Taichu’s lightning strike grievously injured him.
• Lin Taichu advanced on Di Hao as the gate’s ribbons began pulling his soul away from his body.
• Lin Taichu set Di Hao’s body ablaze and demanded that he surrender, while Di Hao continued roaring in pain.
• The ancient castle above the Imperial Clans’ city trembled, alarming people who wondered whether the Clan Protection Grand Array had detected an enemy.

Di Xiao brought his forces into the Lin Imperial Clan’s heartland to stop its suspected betrayal, and the Imperial Palace appeared above Di Hao. The Emperor Lord’s Sword killed Lin Taichu, then the Palace revealed teleportation gates and an unknown voice threatened the Imperial Clans.

• Di Xiao confronted Lin Taichu, accusing the Lin Imperial Clan of breaking its agreement and preparing to betray the Imperial Clans.
• Lin Taichu summoned the Imperial Palace, which drew in spiritual energy and revealed the Emperor Lord’s Sword within it.
• The Purple Long Sword shot from the Palace and killed Lin Taichu before he could react.
• The Imperial Palace formed a semicircular array of light gates, and Qin Xuan wondered why it had acted on its own.
• Lin Taichu tried to approach the gates but was blasted away, and a voice warned that refusing to leave would put the Imperial Clans’ lives at risk.

The Imperial Palace unleashed its Imperial Beast phantoms against the gathered cultivators, and Lin Taichu fought back with the Imperial Spirit Art and his Emperor Weapon. The Beast Tide overwhelmed his attacks and injured him, leaving him under renewed assault.

• The Imperial Mausoleum demanded that the crowd submit or die, and Imperial Beast phantoms poured from the palace to attack them.
• The Beast Tide killed several Saint Realm experts, while Lin Taichu tried to flee and fought through the phantoms with his imperial sword.
• The Imperial Mausoleum ordered Lin Taichu to surrender, but he refused and invoked the Imperial Spirit Art to raise his strength.
• Lin Taichu cut down one phantom and summoned Golden Spears, but the Imperial Beasts destroyed his attacks and wounded him with their claws.
• Lin Taichu faced another barrage of Golden Spears as the Imperial Beast phantoms continued their assault.

Lin Taichu refused to submit to the powerful figures who confronted him in the Imperial Palace and fought back with the Immortal-Slaying Sword. After destroying an ancient peak with one strike, he gathered even greater radiance as an ancient bell rang out.

• Lin Taichu was thrown to the ground, badly injured, and faced Emperor Lord, Di Ling, and a group of powerful cultivators.
• A burly Imperial Clan expert from Emperor Mountain offered to spare Lin Taichu if he submitted, but Lin Taichu refused.
• The Imperial Clan expert attacked with an ancient peak, and Lin Taichu used the Immortal-Slaying Sword to split it apart.
• Lin Taichu rejected the expert's warning and unleashed a brighter radiance around himself.
• An ancient bell rang through heaven and earth, and Lin Xuan felt his heart tremble as he sensed something.

Lin Taichu used the Illusion Demon Art to disorient the Imperial Clan expert and turn his summoned figures against him. He then fought the expert’s flames and arrows with his own power and silver halberd, leaving the expert badly wounded and his bowstring snapped.

• The Illusion Demon Art plunged the Imperial Clan expert into darkness and erased part of his memories.
• Di Ling tried to wake the expert as Lin Taichu used Divine Marks to command phantom figures to attack him.
• The expert unleashed flames and an imperial phantom, but Lin Taichu tore through them and struck the expert with his palm.
• The expert drew a treasure bow and fired arrows, while Lin Taichu deflected them with his silver halberd.
• Lin Taichu shattered the expert’s strongest arrow, broke his bowstring, and cut a deep gash across his shoulder.

Lin Taichu fought an Imperial Palace expert who tried to escape using demonic power, but the battle intensified when the man summoned a Demon Ape through a demonic cauldron. Lin Taichu defeated and controlled the Demon Ape with his sword, leaving the man wary and asking who he was.

• Lin Taichu overpowered the middle-aged Imperial Palace expert and asked whether he had any last words.
• The man transformed into a purple-black demonic shadow and tried to flee, but Lin Taichu trapped him in the Eight Desolations Demon Suppressing Formation.
• The man summoned a demonic cauldron and unleashed a powerful Demon Ape, forcing Lin Taichu to retreat.
• Lin Taichu summoned a silver-white longsword and pierced the Demon Ape's brow, bringing it under his control.
• The man asked Lin Taichu who he was, alarmed that Lin Taichu had withstood his attacks and taken control of his Emperor Weapon.

Lin Taichu used a divine bow to immobilize and torment an attacker until he revealed that Murong Haotian, the Young Palace Master of Tianluo Palace, had sent him. The attacker did not know why Murong Haotian wanted Lin Taichu harmed, and Lin Taichu threatened him again for answers.

• Lin Taichu summoned a divine bow whose music trapped the man and inflicted spiritual pain, while the man's powerful punch failed to break through its rosy light.
• Lin Taichu plucked the bow's strings, causing the man to collapse, and demanded to know who had sent him.
• When the man refused to answer, Lin Taichu struck him with a world of thunder and used the man's demonic power to temper his body.
• The man begged for mercy and named Murong Haotian, the Young Palace Master of Tianluo Palace, as the mastermind.
• The man said he did not know why Murong Haotian wanted Lin Taichu harmed, and Lin Taichu warned him that he would die if he withheld more information.

Lin Taichu learned that Murong Haotian had sent assassins after the Sacred Spirit Sword and killed one of them. Murong Yuan discovered the sword had been stolen and confronted Lin Taichu in Tianluo Hall, where Lin unleashed his battle intent.

• Lin Taichu learned that Murong Haotian had promised Tianluo Palace followers Core Disciple positions in exchange for the Sacred Spirit Sword, then killed the assassin who revealed the scheme.
• Lin Taichu traveled to Tianluo Hall, where Murong Yuan sensed a powerful aura while cultivating in seclusion.
• Yuan Wu told Murong Yuan that the Sacred Spirit Sword had been stolen from the Library Pavilion half a month earlier.
• Murong Yuan set out to find the thief, and Lin Taichu encountered him on the street.
• Murong Yuan recognized Lin Taichu as the suspected thief, and Lin Taichu unleashed a tremendous battle intent.

Lin Taichu fought Murong Yuan, the master of Tianluo Palace, and wounded him despite Murong’s attempts to intimidate and recruit him. Murong drew his demonic saber as Lin Taichu summoned an immense field of destructive sword qi, and the two prepared to clash at full strength.

• Lin Taichu blocked Murong Yuan’s attack with Thunder Sword intent and refused his offer to submit to Tianluo Palace.
• Murong Yuan sent flaming pythons at Lin Taichu, who destroyed them with sword light and wounded Murong’s right shoulder.
• Murong Yuan drew a sinister, demonic long saber and challenged Lin Taichu to use his full strength.
• Lin Taichu formed a sword seal that summoned tens of millions of destructive sword-qi streams, while Murong Yuan unleashed his peak saber intent.

Lin Taichu and Murong Yuan fought as Lin Taichu revealed his superior cultivation and unleashed the Nine Heavens Thunder Art. Murong Yuan revealed that he was transformed from the Burning Silence Ancient Fire and had refined nine powerful external bodies, but Lin Taichu remained confident he could defeat him.

• Murong Yuan's saber strike shattered against Lin Taichu's lightning, and Lin Taichu summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder Art.
• Lin Taichu gained the upper hand, while Murong Yuan realized their difference in cultivation and combat experience put him at a disadvantage.
• Murong Yuan challenged Lin Taichu's confidence by claiming he had killed opponents at the third and fourth levels of the Yuan king realm.
• Lin Taichu launched a Lightning Storm, and Murong Yuan's flame-covered body withstood its power.
• Lin Taichu recognized the Burning Silence Ancient Fire in Murong Yuan, who explained that he had refined nine external bodies, each possessing eighty percent of his strength.
• Lin Taichu declared that defeating Murong Yuan would still be easy for him.

Lin Taichu and Murong Yuan fought fiercely, each revealing powerful flame and lightning techniques. Murong Yuan pressed forward through Lin Taichu’s lightning dragon, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lin Taichu unleashed the Burning Silence Ancient Fire and lightning attacks, but Murong Yuan endured them despite being injured.
• Murong Yuan countered with a flaming spear and powerful spear techniques that kept Lin Taichu at bay.
• Murong Yuan’s strength and pressure surprised the crowd, and Lin Taichu realized he was the concealed figure he had encountered among the top hundred on the Nine Domains Ranking.
• Lin Taichu attacked with a lightning dragon powered by his comprehension of the Thunder Rule, but Murong Yuan continued advancing through the destructive force.
• Lin Taichu formed faster hand seals and gathered more purple lightning as Murong Yuan approached.

Lin Taichu and Murong Yuan continued their battle, with Lin Taichu appearing to win before Murong Yuan revealed the power of his holy artifact and fought on. Murong Yuan’s Lightning Giants were defeated, but he summoned a demonic blade and prepared another attack.

• Lin Taichu destroyed Murong Yuan’s pursuing spear attack with lightning and manifested a Thunder War God, which Murong Yuan shattered at the cost of Lin Taichu spitting blood.
• Lin Taichu declared victory, but Murong Yuan refused to accept defeat and raised his strength with the power of his holy artifact.
• Murong Yuan’s aura climbed through the Origin Emperor Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Layer Realms, and he sent several Lightning Giants charging at Lin Taichu.
• Lin Taichu unleashed a thunder dragon that swallowed the Lightning Giants and collapsed their formation, leaving Murong Yuan injured.
• Murong Yuan drew a pitch-black demonic blade and told Lin Taichu he still had to try fighting him.

Lin Taichu and Murong Yuan fought on the battle platform, with Murong Yuan revealing the Myriad Soul Banner and unleashing his full strength. Lin Taichu repelled his soul attacks, but Murong Yuan ultimately shattered Lin Taichu’s lightning dragon and remained unharmed.

• Murong Yuan attacked with his Saint Artifact demonic blade, while Lin Taichu summoned four violet-gold lightning dragons and struck with a massive lightning staff.
• Murong Yuan used the Myriad Soul Banner to summon a demonic shadow, and Qi Luo recognized it as a lost Emperor-grade treasure.
• Lin Taichu dismissed Murong Yuan’s confidence in the treasure and countered his Myriad Soul Demonic Shadows, destroying them with divine light.
• Murong Yuan charged Lin Taichu with demonic attacks, but Lin Taichu’s lightning staff swept through the demonic shadows and pressed toward him.
• Murong Yuan formed a vast demonic cloud that shattered Lin Taichu’s lightning dragon, leaving Murong Yuan standing unharmed.

Lin Taichu used his lightning staff and a series of powerful techniques to pressure Murong Yuan, whose demonic attacks failed to destroy the golden meteorite. As the battle continued, Lin Taichu began unleashing a sealed power that made the Demonic Mist churn, leaving its effects unclear.

• Lin Taichu countered Murong Yuan’s demonic attacks with a golden meteorite that resisted his blows and demonic clouds.
• Murong Yuan shattered the meteorites with a punch, but a purple figure attacked with a divine lightning spear before a mountain peak crashed down where he had stood.
• Lin Taichu charged Murong Yuan again, and their weapons clashed, nearly knocking the lightning staff from Lin Taichu’s hand.
• Lin Taichu revealed a brilliant, heartbeat-like light in his palm and released an overwhelming aura that threw the Demonic Mist into chaos.

Lin Taichu unleashed a savage power that made him stronger as he fought Murong Yuan, and the two exchanged increasingly destructive attacks. The battle continued as Murong Yuan answered Lin Taichu’s thunder assault with a heaven-shaking blade strike.

• Lin Taichu’s eyes turned crimson as black qi wrapped around the Thunder Spear, and he charged at Murong Yuan with growing power.
• Murong Yuan summoned the seventh-grade Demonic Dragon Halberd to face Lin Taichu’s Thunder Rule attacks.
• Lin Taichu destroyed Murong Yuan’s descending Demonic Sun and battered his Demonic Shield until it shattered.
• Lin Taichu’s thunder divine spear stalled in Murong Yuan’s demonic clouds, but Lin Taichu claimed it would take Murong Yuan’s life and struck with both fists.
• Murong Yuan surged with tyrannical demonic qi, enlarged his physique, and slashed at Lin Taichu with his blade.

Lin Taichu overwhelmed Murong Yuan with his Thunder Spear, piercing him repeatedly despite his demonic defenses and bronze mirror. Murong Yuan faced certain death as Lin Taichu warned that his soul had been locked onto.

• Lin Taichu and Murong Yuan clashed fiercely, but Lin Taichu's lightning-enhanced spear kept Murong Yuan at bay.
• Lin Taichu sent his Thunder Spear after Murong Yuan, pierced his shoulder, and then attacked his soul through the demonic rules surrounding him.
• Murong Yuan broke Lin Taichu's starlight assault and struck back, but Lin Taichu's spear pierced his chest several times.
• Murong Yuan summoned a bronze mirror to shield himself, but Lin Taichu's lightning damaged it and his Thunder Spear eventually shattered it and pierced Murong Yuan's body.
• Murong Yuan accepted that he was going to die as Lin Taichu sensed he was being watched and told him his soul had been locked onto.

Lin Taichu overwhelmed Murong Yuan’s summoned beasts and pierced him with his spear, but Murong Yuan unleashed a powerful ancestral sword rune to continue the fight. Their dragons clashed fiercely, ending with the demonic dragon wounded before it shattered the Purple Dragon.

• Lin Taichu’s spear ignored Murong Yuan’s command and forced him to dodge, so Murong Yuan summoned the Reincarnation Demonic Pagoda and unleashed its demonic blades and monster beasts.
• Lin Taichu killed the attacking beasts with his fists and Demon God phantom, then struck down a monster beast royal with his halberd.
• Lin Taichu wounded Murong Yuan and pierced his chest with the spear, but Murong Yuan revealed a Purple Rune containing the Murong family’s ancestral sword will.
• Murong Yuan sent a Purple Dragon against Lin Taichu’s demonic dragon, and the two dragons fought amid repeated explosions.
• The Purple Dragon wounded the demonic dragon, which roared and smashed the Purple Dragon apart with its tail.

Lin Taichu faced Murong Yuan after breaking his attack, but Murong Yuan trapped him in an illusion and unleashed controlled experts against him. Lin Taichu used the Nine Heavens Lightning Dragon Bow to attack, and the chapter ended as their lightning beasts and pythons clashed.

• Lin Taichu drove Murong Yuan back, and Murong Yuan threatened to kill everyone before activating the altar beneath Lin Taichu.
• Murong Yuan's illusion surrounded Lin Taichu with experts he had controlled and declared that the show was about to begin.
• Lin Taichu recognized the illusion and drew the Nine Heavens Lightning Dragon Bow, alarming Murong Yuan.
• Lin Taichu fired lightning arrows at Murong Yuan, who used lightning chains to intercept them.
• Murong Yuan summoned Thunder Beasts, and Lin Taichu sent Thunder Pythons to meet them.

Lin Taichu fought Murong Yuan, destroying his Thunder Beasts and withstanding attacks from his weapons with powerful defenses. Murong Yuan realized Lin Taichu's defense had reached the holy rank, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lin Taichu used the Thunder God Bow to destroy Murong Yuan's Thunder Beasts and break some of his chains.
• Murong Yuan summoned an illusory Thunder God and brought out a divine spear he had forged with his own blood.
• Murong Yuan thrust his spear at Lin Taichu, but Lin Taichu's armor blocked the Thunder Dragon's attack.
• Lin Taichu unleashed sword qi and arrows, wounding Murong Yuan and destroying more of his Thunder Beasts.
• Murong Yuan attacked with his Lightning Spear, but Lin Taichu blocked the destructive lightning with a shield.
• Murong Yuan recognized that Lin Taichu's defense had reached the holy rank, and Lin Taichu confirmed it with a grin.