Chapter Summaries

Zhong Lin and Gu Chen were confronted by Zhao Wu and a Spirit Embryo Realm elder from the Blazing Sun Palace, who demanded Gu Chen's item. Zhong Lin killed them both and continued traveling with Gu Chen, who asked to learn his master's divine art.

• Zhong Lin sensed hostile figures approaching and learned from Gu Chen that he had clashed with someone over an item.
• Zhao Wu and a Blazing Sun Palace elder arrived, and the elder demanded the item while attacking Gu Chen.
• Zhong Lin crushed the elder's fire attack and killed him with one punch.
• Zhong Lin killed Zhao Wu with a slap and collected both men's Storage Bracelets.
• Gu Chen asked about Zhong Lin's cultivation, and Zhong Lin claimed his divine art let him defeat opponents above his level.
• Gu Chen asked Zhong Lin to teach him the divine art.

Zhong Lin returned to the Treasure Vault and began cultivating the ninth level of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body with metal-natured qi from the Geng Metal Mine. After stopping when the qi damaged his body, he entered a pill furnace to temper himself with spiritual fire.

• Zhong Lin dismissed Gu Chen and flew to Treasure Island, where he stored unused resources and considered whether to consume the Jade Infant Divine Flower.
• Zhong Lin decided to wait three months for the Soul Opening Pill materials or 80% Sword Intent before using the flower to open his Soul Palace.
• Zhong Lin chose to strengthen himself by cultivating the ninth level of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body, which he hoped would let him contend with the Wind Gale Sword Lord.
• Zhong Lin absorbed metal-natured qi from the Geng Metal Mine, but stopped when the qi made his body stiff and began damaging it.
• Zhong Lin climbed into a spirit artifact pill furnace and used spiritual fire to disperse the accumulated metal qi and restore his body's circulation.

Zhong Lin perfected the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and returned to the Purple Cloud Sect, where he learned that the Wind Gale Sword Lord had died. He agreed to lead a delegation to the Seven Stars Sect for the memorial, intending to visit its Sword Testing Cliff.

• After half a month of cultivation in the Geng Metal Mine and pill furnace, Zhong Lin reached the ninth level of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and gained two and a half million jin of strength.
• Zhong Lin returned to the Purple Cloud Sect, where Wan Pu brought him to meet Ouyang Daoyong.
• Ouyang Daoyong told Zhong Lin that the Wind Gale Sword Lord had died three days earlier and that Blazing Sun Palace had invited factions across the Fallen Star Islands to the memorial.
• Zhong Lin agreed to lead the Purple Cloud Sect delegation to the Seven Stars Sect, where he hoped the Sword Testing Cliff would help him advance his sword intent.
• Zhong Lin visited Gu Chen and praised his progress in the Venus Metal Radiance Sword Art.

Zhong Lin taught Gu Chen the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and explained its costs and benefits. Three days later, Zhong Lin and Wan Pu went to the Seven Stars Sect, where an argument between Zong Shangxian and Fire Cloud Old Freak erupted into an attack.

• Zhong Lin taught Gu Chen all nine layers of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and warned him that its training required enduring pain and using many resources.
• Three days later, Zhong Lin and Wan Pu traveled to the Seven Stars Sect without companions.
• Wan Pu introduced himself and Zhong Lin to Zong Shangxian of the Emerald Lake Sect, who congratulated the Purple Cloud Sect on producing a Sixth Rank Pill Refiner.
• Fire Cloud Old Freak insulted both groups, and Zong Shangxian answered with insults of his own.
• Fire Cloud Old Freak attacked Zong Shangxian with his signature Fire Cloud Palm.

Zhong Lin and Wan Pu reached the Seven Stars Sect, where Zhong Lin met Water Moon Pill Refiner, who recognized his Sixth Rank pill-refining ability. The two agreed to exchange knowledge later, while the sect’s tensions with other factions remained unresolved.

• Zong Shangxian and Fire Cloud Old Freak fought fiercely, but Zhong Lin realized they were holding back and left with Wan Pu.
• Zhong Lin and Wan Pu arrived at the Seven Stars Sect and flew toward Golden Square Mountain.
• Seven Stars Sect disciples recognized Zhong Lin as the Purple Cloud Sect’s newly advanced Sixth Rank Alchemist and let them pass.
• Water Moon Pill Refiner detected the scent of Zhong Lin’s Purple Mansion, Spirit Communication, and Soul Nurturing Pills, confirming his rank.
• Zhong Lin concealed his aura and told Water Moon Pill Refiner he would seek her guidance later, and she agreed to exchange knowledge with him.

Zhong Lin arrived at Golden Square Mountain with Wan Pu and waited among representatives from across the Fallen Star Islands as they awaited Blazing Sun Palace. Nearby, Mister Spirit Illusion, Kuang Zhai, and Wu Xi discussed the balance of power and confirmed that Zhong Lin was truly a Sixth Rank Pill Refiner.

• Zhong Lin wondered whether Water Moon Pill Refiner was naïve because she spent most of her time studying alchemy, then continued up the mountain with Wan Pu.
• Wan Pu introduced several representatives from different islands, while Zhong Lin and Wan Pu waited in a pavilion for Blazing Sun Palace and the Seven Stars Sect.
• Mister Spirit Illusion complained that Blazing Sun Palace had kept the representatives waiting, and Kuang Zhai criticized its overbearing conduct.
• Wu Xi urged the others to avoid provoking either major power, noting Blazing Sun Palace's formidable strength after Wind Gale Sword Lord's death.
• Wu Xi told Mister Spirit Illusion and Kuang Zhai that Zhong Lin was the new Sixth Rank Pill Refiner and that Water Moon Pill Refiner had confirmed his ability.

Wu Xi, Kuang Zhai, and Mister Spirit Illusion learned that Zhong Lin might eventually refine Soul Opening Pills, then followed him to the Seven Stars Sect’s mourning hall, where Zhang Jiuyang’s visit sparked a confrontation with Luo Congfei. The chapter ended as Luo Congfei released his sword qi and soul power, confronting Zhang Jiuyang after he insisted on viewing Wind Gale Sword Lord’s remains.

• Wu Xi, Kuang Zhai, and Mister Spirit Illusion became excited at the possibility that Zhong Lin could refine Soul Opening Pills and help them reach the Soul Nurturing Realm.
• Zhang Jiuyang, Yan Yan, and the Blazing Sun Palace’s Nine Great Elders arrived, and Zhong Lin hurried to the Golden Light Hall with Wan Pu to watch.
• Luo Congfei challenged Zhang Jiuyang and ordered him to leave, but Zhang accused the Seven Stars Sect of treating other forces like watchdogs.
• Zhang Jiuyang offered incense to Wind Gale Sword Lord with one hand, provoking the Seven Stars Sect disciples.
• Zhang Jiuyang said he still wanted to view Wind Gale Sword Lord’s remains, and Luo Congfei released his sword qi and soul power in response.

Zhang Jiuyang confronted the Soaring Heavens Sword Lord over the Wind Gale Sword Lord’s death, then left the mourning hall with the Blazing Sun Palace delegation. Zhong Lin learned that Shi Yunyi intended to stay with the Seven Stars Sect despite the danger ahead.

• Zhang Jiuyang accused the Soaring Heavens Sword Lord of possibly poisoning the Wind Gale Sword Lord and fought him when Yan Yan approached the coffin.
• The Seven Stars Sect’s seven elders suppressed the shockwaves, and Zhang Jiuyang announced that the Blazing Sun Palace would leave after the funeral before departing with his group.
• Zhong Lin met Shi Yunyi privately and asked whether the Wind Gale Sword Lord’s death concealed a hidden cause.
• Shi Yunyi said Master Feng Lan had died from qi deviation while attempting to condense a Profound Core.
• Zhong Lin warned Shi Yunyi that the Blazing Sun Palace might target him and urged him to return to the Profound Tortoise Continent, but Shi Yunyi said leaving the Seven Stars Sect would trouble his conscience.

Zhong Lin visited Sword Testing Cliff with Shi Yunyi and experienced the sword intent preserved in its Sword Scar. He comprehended the Heaven-rank Myriad Swords Art, then learned that Shi Yunyi had reached four-tenths of sword intent.

• Zhong Lin accepted Shi Yunyi's decision to remain with the Seven Stars Sect, but warned him to leave if he was ever in danger.
• Shi Yunyi led Zhong Lin to Sword Testing Cliff, where Zhong Lin sensed terrifying sword intent within the Sword Scar.
• Zhong Lin saw a swordsman unleash a rain of ancient swords and fought the attack with sword intent before awakening from the vision.
• Zhong Lin discovered that he had comprehended the Heaven-rank Myriad Swords Art and noticed that the Sword Scar's sword intent had weakened.
• Zhong Lin asked Shi Yunyi how much sword intent he had comprehended, and Shi Yunyi answered that it was four-tenths.

Zhong Lin revealed the Myriad Swords Art inheritance to Shi Yunyi, then entered seclusion and used the System to master the art and reach 80% Sword Intent. He began breaking through to the Soul Nurturing Realm and entered a mysterious space.

• Zhong Lin told Shi Yunyi that the Sword Scar contained the Myriad Swords Art and demonstrated its sword intent.
• Shi Yunyi resisted Zhong Lin’s offer to teach him, choosing instead to comprehend the Sword Scar himself.
• Shi Yunyi led Zhong Lin to a secluded chamber and explained how its Dragon Severing Stone mechanism worked.
• Zhong Lin used the System to raise Myriad Swords Art to Max Level and achieved 80% Sword Intent, Refining Sword into Silk.
• Zhong Lin began his breakthrough to the Soul Nurturing Realm and entered a mysterious space.

Zhong Lin broke open his Soul Palace and entered the Soul Nurturing Realm, gaining Soul Power and finer control over spiritual essence. After consuming the Jade Infant, his Divine Soul grew rapidly, bringing him to the peak of the early stage, close to the middle stage.

• Zhong Lin used the Sunset Sword Art to shatter the cage within his Soul Palace.
• Zhong Lin welcomed the rivers of qi and blood and spiritual essence, completing his breakthrough to the Soul Nurturing Realm.
• Zhong Lin tested his newly manifested Soul Power and found that he could control spiritual essence with much greater precision.
• Zhong Lin swallowed the Jade Infant, whose clear qi enlarged his Divine Soul and brought his cultivation to the peak of the early stage.

After breaking through to the Soul Nurturing Realm, Zhong Lin emerged from seclusion to find the Seven Stars Sect sealed beneath a blood-colored barrier and its gathering slaughtered. Wan Pu revealed that the Wind Gale Sword Lord had staged his death to use the Blood Demon Grand Array to sacrifice the Fallen Star Islands’ experts and reach the Profound Core Realm.

• Zhong Lin tested his new Divine Sense and discovered it covered ten zhang.
• Zhong Lin emerged from seclusion and found a blood-colored barrier enclosing the Seven Stars Sect.
• Zhong Lin reached Golden Square Mountain and saw the slaughtered disciples and visiting island forces.
• The Wind Gale Sword Lord fought the treasure thief wielding the Profound Heaven Staff above the Golden Palace.
• Zhong Lin found Shi Yunyi, Wan Pu, and other survivors, and Wan Pu explained the Wind Gale Sword Lord’s Blood Demon Grand Array plot.

Zhong Lin learned that Wind Gale Sword Lord intended to sacrifice the Seven Stars Sect and the Fallen Star Islands with the Blood Demon Grand Array, then intervened in the battle. After enduring Wind Gale Sword Lord’s Sword Qi and healing his wound, Zhong Lin charged back into the fight with a Mount Tai-like phantom behind him.

• Shi Yunyi revealed that Leng Wenzhong was the thief who stole the Sea Ape Clan’s Profound Heaven Staff and had infiltrated the Seven Stars Sect under Elder Bai Xun.
• Zhong Lin decided to wait for an opening against Wind Gale Sword Lord, since the Blood Demon Grand Array prevented anyone from escaping.
• Zhong Lin unleashed his aura and struck Wind Gale Sword Lord with a punch, sending him flying and making him cough up blood.
• Wind Gale Sword Lord retaliated with a massive Sword Qi slash, but Zhong Lin blocked it with Azure Dragon Coiling Star and quickly healed his wounds.
• Zhong Lin charged Wind Gale Sword Lord again with Mountain Splitting Fist Technique, summoning a phantom of Mount Tai behind him.

Zhong Lin used Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison to kill Wind Gale Sword Lord and end the Blood Demon Grand Array. He left Seven Stars Sect with Shi Yunyi and Wan Pu as news spread that he had become the Fallen Star Islands' supreme expert.

• Zhong Lin sensed Wind Gale Sword Lord hiding nearby and struck him with Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison, killing him with one punch.
• The Blood Demon Grand Array vanished, and Leng Wenzhong escaped into the seabed while Zhong Lin chose not to pursue him.
• The surviving martial artists thanked Zhong Lin, and Flowing Wind True Person expressed his gratitude for saving Seven Stars Sect.
• Zhong Lin departed with Shi Yunyi and Wan Pu, while Flowing Wind True Person watched them leave.
• News spread that Wind Gale Sword Lord had planned to refine experts to break through into the Profound Core Realm and that Zhong Lin had become the Fallen Star Islands' new supreme expert.

Zhong Lin oversaw the Sword Cauldron Sect’s construction on Golden Turtle Island before confronting the treasure thief Leng Wenzhong, who revealed his real name was Long Zhao and recognized Zhong Lin’s Dragon Elephant Golden Body. Long Zhao identified Zhong Lin’s Dragon Elephant Glazed Body and asked if he had used Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison to kill Wind Gale Sword Lord, leaving Zhong Lin wary and ready to attack.

• Zhong Lin arranged for the Exquisite Pagoda to serve as the Sword Cauldron Sect’s Skill Transmission Pavilion, with the Teleportation Array hidden beneath it.
• Yu Jinglei, Yin Daoyan, and the others discussed the rapid construction of the Sword Cauldron Sect and the support it received from the Fallen Star Islands’ factions.
• Zhong Lin left Golden Turtle Island and confronted Leng Wenzhong on a deserted island in the sea.
• Leng Wenzhong revealed that his real name was Long Zhao and addressed Zhong Lin as Senior Brother because he recognized the Dragon Elephant Golden Body.
• Long Zhao displayed Azure Dragon Coiling Star, which drew out the glazed radiance of Zhong Lin’s Dragon Elephant Glazed Body, and asked whether Zhong Lin had used Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison to kill Wind Gale Sword Lord.
• Zhong Lin demanded to know who Long Zhao was and prepared to strike.

Zhong Lin learned from Long Zhao that the perfected Dragon Elephant Golden Body marked him as a disciple of the destroyed Town Sea Sect. Long Zhao revealed how the War Heaven Holy Land had annihilated the sect, then explained that his master had sent him to the Sword Domain to survive and rebuild it if he ever became capable.

• Zhong Lin confronted Long Zhao, took the Profound Heaven Staff, and demanded an explanation for their meeting.
• Long Zhao explained that mastering the Dragon Elephant Golden Body’s ninth level required a Town Sea Sect secret method, so he recognized Zhong Lin as a fellow disciple.
• Zhong Lin said his inheritance came from an old ghost; Long Zhao mourned the elder and explained that Town Sea Sect had been destroyed by the War Heaven Holy Land.
• Zhong Lin recounted how the Eastern Wasteland’s Ten Domains were divided among Holy Lands, including the Sword Domain and War Domain.
• Long Zhao said he had no hope of avenging Town Sea Sect and that his master had instructed him to forget the feud and rebuild the sect in the Sword Domain if he gained the ability.

Zhong Lin learned why Long Zhao had stolen the Profound Heaven Staff and why he sought to rebuild the Town Sea Sect. After Long Zhao discovered Zhong Lin had survived an attempted possession by a thousand-year-old spirit, he offered to share the sect’s cultivation methods, including its supreme inheritances.

• Long Zhao explained that he had stolen the Profound Heaven Staff to protect himself in the Profound Spirit Secret Realm, where he hoped to find a way to form a Profound Core and rebuild the Town Sea Sect.
• Long Zhao invited Zhong Lin to join him in rebuilding the Town Sea Sect, but Zhong Lin refused and revealed that the sect’s thousand-year-old ghost had tried to possess him.
• Zhong Lin told Long Zhao that he had scattered the ghost’s Divine Soul but preserved its true spirit in a Soul Nourishing Ring, and offered to teach him how to do the same.
• Long Zhao reassured Zhong Lin that he had no claim against him for cultivating the Dragon Elephant Golden Body, then offered to share the Town Sea Sect’s higher methods.
• Long Zhao named the Azure Dragon Town Sea Scripture and the Profound Heaven Dragon Transformation Art as the Town Sea Sect’s supreme inheritances, and said he cultivated the former.

Zhong Lin obtained the Great Heavenly Cycle Myriad Dragons Entering Aperture Art from Long Zhao and learned about the Town Sea Sect’s other guardian methods and hidden inheritance. He agreed to consider helping rebuild the sect as they traveled toward the Eastern Wasteland, where he hoped to find the resources needed to form a high-grade Profound Core.

• Long Zhao gave Zhong Lin a Jade Scroll containing the Great Heavenly Cycle Myriad Dragons Entering Aperture Art, a low-grade Heaven Rank martial art.
• Zhong Lin read the method, learned it was related to the Dragon Elephant Golden Body, and saw it appear on his System Panel at Beginner level.
• Long Zhao explained that the Town Sea Sect’s other guardian methods were the Eight Desolations Dragon God Body Protection Art and the Azure Dragon Eight Styles, and said its Sword Domain inheritance could help him gather them.
• Long Zhao argued that Zhong Lin would leave the resource-poor Fallen Star Islands, and Zhong Lin recognized that he needed the broader Eastern Wasteland to secure resources for a high-grade Profound Core.
• Zhong Lin asked for the Azure Dragon Town Sea Scripture and said he would consider helping rebuild the Town Sea Sect; Long Zhao agreed he could leave if the plan failed, prompting Zhong Lin to ask why.

Zhong Lin accepted the Azure Dragon Town Sea Scripture from Long Zhao and cultivated in seclusion, advancing to the mid-stage Soul Nurturing Realm. After using the system to study the scripture, he understood its domineering nature and reconsidered the rank of his Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill.

• Long Zhao gave Zhong Lin the Azure Dragon Town Sea Scripture and agreed to stay on Golden Turtle Island under a false identity while Zhong Lin prepared to leave within two years.
• Zhong Lin returned Long Zhao’s Profound Heaven Staff and brought him back to Golden Turtle Island before heading to Treasure Island to cultivate in secret.
• Zhong Lin swallowed a Soul Nurturing Pill and broke through to the mid-stage Soul Nurturing Realm, growing his Divine Soul to five inches.
• Zhong Lin used the system to improve his understanding of the Azure Dragon Town Sea Scripture and the Great Heavenly Cycle Myriad Dragons Entering Aperture Art.
• Zhong Lin experienced the scripture’s vision of an azure dragon swallowing him and gained insight into its power.
• Zhong Lin concluded that the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill lacked the force to qualify as a superior earth-rank cultivation art.

Zhong Lin cultivated the Great Heavenly Cycle Myriad Dragons Entering Aperture Art and decided to forge a bell as his Natal Weapon, imagining it as an Eastern Emperor Bell. After a month of mining and smelting Geng Metal, he began refining the weapon blank in his pill furnace.

• Zhong Lin drew Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into his acupoints with the Great Heavenly Cycle Myriad Dragons Entering Aperture Art and considered how much stronger he would become after mastering it.
• Zhong Lin rejected forging a sword as his Natal Weapon and decided to combine different artistic conceptions in a single weapon.
• Zhong Lin chose to forge an Eastern Emperor Bell, inspired by the legendary treasure and his surname.
• Zhong Lin mined Geng Metal and smelted one hundred thousand jin of ingots over a month.
• Zhong Lin tossed the ingots into his spiritual artifact pill furnace and began refining the weapon blank with spiritual flames.