Chapter Summaries

Zhong Lin used the North Dipper Art to fight Zhu Fei despite its fatal cost, but Yu Shu shattered a Jade Pendant and unleashed a vast power that pinned Zhong Lin down and summoned an enormous finger from the sky. The chapter ended with Zhong Lin and Zhu Fei facing the finger’s terrifying arrival.

• Zhu Fei’s attack overwhelmed Zhong Lin, who answered with his Sunset Sword Slash and wounded Zhu Fei, but collapsed after their clash shattered his spirit sword and exhausted his spiritual essence.
• Zhong Lin activated the North Dipper Art, a secret technique that greatly increased his strength but guaranteed death within three days.
• Zhu Fei recognized Zhong Lin’s secret technique and approached, intending to leave him alive but crippled.
• Yu Shu shattered a Jade Pendant and unleashed power that crushed Zhong Lin to the ground and interrupted the North Dipper Art.
• A gigantic jade-smooth finger emerged from the sky as heaven and earth darkened, leaving Zhong Lin staring at the spectacle.

Yu Shu used the Royal Ancestor’s Jade Pendant to kill Zhu Fei and save Zhong Lin, who recovered in hiding before preparing to refine the Gold Origin Pill. As Zhong Lin began the refinement with Yin Void Dragon Fire, Yu Shu explained the flame’s place on the Strange Fire Ranking.

• The Royal Ancestor’s jade pendant unleashed a Life and Death Realm strike that killed Zhu Fei and left a vast crater where the mountain had stood.
• Yu Shu gave the injured Zhong Lin an Eighth Rank healing pill and explained that the pendant had contained one strike from the Royal Ancestor.
• Zhong Lin and Yu Shu flew to a cliffside cave, where Zhong Lin meditated until his injuries had largely healed.
• Zhong Lin used the System Panel to master the Gold Origin Pill’s refining techniques, then brought out the Starfall Giant Cauldron and began preparing the ingredients Yu Shu had gathered.
• Zhong Lin summoned Yin Void Dragon Fire, and Yu Shu identified it as the eighty-second-ranked flame on the Strange Fire Ranking.

Zhong Lin refined Gold Origin Pills and used one, together with Essence Liquid Dew, to advance from the Transcendent Realm into the Profound Core Realm, ultimately forming a second-grade Profound Core. He then stood guard as Yu Shu began her own breakthrough.

• Zhong Lin refined all three Gold Origin Fruits and collected three Gold Origin Pills, then he and Yu Shu each took one while he stored the third.
• Zhong Lin swallowed a Summit Gathering Pill, condensed a Profound Core, and tempered it with heaven and earth spirit fire until it reached seventh grade.
• Zhong Lin swallowed a Gold Origin Pill, and Yu Shu supplied Essence Liquid Dew, raising his Profound Core to second grade and his lifespan to a thousand years.
• Yu Shu celebrated Zhong Lin’s breakthrough, then gathered spirit stones and Essence Liquid Dew and began her own breakthrough while Zhong Lin stood guard.

After escaping the Profound Spirit Secret Realm, Yu Shu invited Zhong Lin to join her at Heaven Sword Holy Land, and Long Zhao reunited with Zhong Lin after forming a fifth-rank Profound Core. The gateway closed without Zhu Fei, leaving Huo Hong convinced that the Returning Truth Sect’s foremost true disciple had died inside.

• Yu Shu revealed her second-rank Pill Completion and invited Zhong Lin to travel with her to Heaven Sword Holy Land, where she would help him gain a place in its assessment.
• Zhong Lin waited at the secret realm gateway for Long Zhao, worried that his junior brother might not return.
• Long Zhao emerged safely and told Zhong Lin that he had formed a fifth-rank Profound Core.
• Yu Shu met Long Zhao and said Zhong Lin could help him rebuild Town Sea Sect and restore its former glory.
• Zhong Lin, Yu Shu, and Long Zhao left together as the secret realm gateway closed without Zhu Fei.
• Huo Hong realized Zhu Fei had died inside the secret realm and roared in fury.

Huo Hong suspected Yu Shu was connected to Zhu Fei’s death and pursued her group. Zhong Lin discussed joining the Heaven Sword Holy Land and accepting Long Zhao’s support, but the Returning Truth Sect’s Wind Thunder Movement appeared as they traveled.

• Huo Hong searched the returning disciples for clues about Zhu Fei’s death, then suspected Yu Shu and raced after her group.
• Yu Shu urged Zhong Lin to join the Heaven Sword Holy Land, while Long Zhao agreed to give him resources from the Town Sea Sect.
• Long Zhao said he would seek the Town Sea Sect’s inheritance to help rebuild it, and Yu Shu advised Zhong Lin to accept support from others.
• Zhong Lin sensed an approaching disturbance, and Yu Shu recognized it as the Returning Truth Sect’s Wind Thunder Movement.
• Yu Shu reassured Zhong Lin and Long Zhao that they had destroyed or discarded anything that could link them to Zhu Fei’s death.

Huo Hong attacked Zhong Lin, Yu Shu, and Long Zhao over the death of a Returning Truth Sect disciple, but Zhong Lin’s powerful technique forced him back. Yu Chi arrived and wounded Huo Hong, leaving the two Yin Fiend experts facing off.

• Yu Shu identified Huo Hong as a Yin Yang Realm expert who had condensed Yin Fiend Astral Qi.
• Huo Hong accused the group of killing a Returning Truth Sect disciple and charged at them despite Yu Shu invoking the imperial clan.
• Zhong Lin’s Golden Dragon Qi failed to stop Huo Hong, so Zhong Lin used Myriad Dragons Extinction and sent him flying backward.
• Huo Hong recognized Zhong Lin’s power as the force that had killed Zhu Fei and formed a massive hand of wind and thunder to strike him.
• Yu Chi intervened with the Nirvana Finger, pierced Huo Hong’s palm, and threatened to leave him there unless he explained his attack.

Yu Chi protected Zhong Lin from Huo Hong, who accused him of killing Zhu Fei and offered Earth Origin Metal Yang Fiend to take him away. After learning Zhong Lin’s exceptional talents, Yu Chi refused Huo Hong’s demand and drove him off, leaving the Returning Truth Sect’s hostility unresolved.

• Huo Hong demanded that Yu Chi hand over Zhong Lin, accusing him of killing Zhu Fei in the Profound Spirit Secret Realm.
• Yu Shu defended Zhong Lin and rejected Huo Hong’s accusation, while Yu Chi asked whether Huo Hong had evidence.
• Huo Hong offered Yu Chi Earth Origin Metal Yang Fiend in exchange for permission to take Zhong Lin back to the Returning Truth Sect.
• Yu Shu told Yu Chi that Zhong Lin had achieved Pill Completion Grade Two, was a Seventh Rank Pill Refiner, and had comprehended supreme sword intent.
• Yu Chi invoked the secret realm’s rules and used his coercive pressure to force Huo Hong to back down.
• Huo Hong left in disgrace, and Yu Chi explained that he could not kill him or risk a war with the Returning Truth Sect.

After Yu Chi rescued Zhong Lin and Huo Hong departed, Yu Chi took Zhong Lin, Long Zhao, and Yu Shu toward the Imperial Capital aboard his Flying Boat. Yu Shu revealed that she had forged a Second Rank Profound Core, while Emperor Yu and the Empress waited anxiously for her return.

• Zhong Lin thanked Yu Chi for saving him and resolved to seek greater strength after twice experiencing helplessness.
• Yu Chi invited Zhong Lin to travel with him to the Imperial Capital and explained that Flying Boats used a secret art called restrictions.
• Yu Shu revealed that she had forged a Second Rank Profound Core using the Gold Origin Fruit and Earth Origin Divine Grass, and Yu Chi celebrated her potential.
• Yu Chi ordered the Flying Boat to return to the Imperial Capital at once so he could report Yu Shu's breakthrough to his eldest brother.
• Emperor Yu reassured the worried Empress that Yu Shu had protective treasures, though he too remained deeply anxious about her safety.

Yu Shu returned from the Profound Spirit Secret Realm with a Second Rank mysterious core, delighting Emperor Yu and the Empress. Zhong Lin secured Emperor Yu’s recommendation to enter the Heaven Sword Holy Land, while Long Zhao promised to seek the Town Sea Sect’s inheritance for him.

• Yu Chi told Emperor Yu that Yu Shu had formed a Second Rank mysterious core using the Gold Origin Fruit and Earth Origin Divine Grass, and Yu Shu reunited with the Empress.
• Zhong Lin asked Long Zhao about the Town Sea Sect’s inheritance and promised to help rebuild the sect if Long Zhao found it.
• Emperor Yu summoned Zhong Lin, and Yu Shu explained that Zhong Lin had helped her refine the treasures into pills and asked her father to honor his promise.
• Emperor Yu thanked Zhong Lin and agreed to recommend him to the Heaven Sword Holy Land, where Zhong Lin would have to pass an assessment to become an outer sect disciple.
• After Zhong Lin left, Emperor Yu told Yu Shu they would observe Zhong Lin’s character before deciding whether to support him.

Yu Shu and Zhong Lin traveled with Yu Chi to Heaven Sword Holy Land, where Yu Shu was admitted directly to the inner sect and Zhong Lin was sent to take the entrance examination. The chapter left them separating at the Holy Land’s gate, with Zhong Lin heading to Heaven Sword City and Yu Shu going to Heaven Sea Peak.

• Emperor Yu warned Yu Shu to behave at Heaven Sword Holy Land, and Yu Chi asked Zhong Lin to look after her.
• Yu Chi piloted the Flying Boat east for nearly a month, bringing Yu Shu and Zhong Lin to the mountains of Heaven Sword Holy Land.
• Yu Chi gave Yu Shu a token for direct entry to the inner sect and Zhong Lin a token to participate in the examination.
• Two Holy Land disciples inspected their tokens and assigned Yu Shu to Heaven Sea Peak and Zhong Lin to Heaven Sword City for the examination.
• Yu Shu asked Zhong Lin to find her at Heaven Sea Peak after passing the examination, and Zhong Lin followed Jin Bo toward Heaven Sword City.

Jin Bo brought Zhong Lin to Heaven Sword City and directed him to Xin Liang Courtyard for the Heaven Sword Holy Land assessment. There, Zhong Lin met Chu Yu and saw that the other candidates ranged from the Spirit Sea Realm to the Profound Core Realm.

• Jin Bo showed Zhong Lin the enormous city and explained that Heaven Sword City housed the Holy Land’s true disciples and that flying was forbidden there.
• Jin Bo left Zhong Lin to walk to Xin Liang Courtyard for the assessment.
• Zhong Lin entered Heaven Sword City, found Xin Liang Courtyard, and admired the sword intent in its plaque.
• Chu Yu introduced herself as the daughter of the Might Marquis of FuYang Kingdom and asked Zhong Lin to be friends.
• Zhong Lin gave Chu Yu his name and surveyed the candidates gathered for the assessment.

Zhong Lin joined the Heaven Sword Holy Land outer sect assessment and drew attention by revealing his sword intent. The assessment began with a Spirit Sea Realm demonic beast, and Lu Zixiang was called to fight first.

• Zhong Lin watched young nobles quarrel before two disciples led the candidates into a vast hall containing a demonic beast’s dark lair.
• The chief examiner explained that candidates had to defeat beasts matched to their cultivation, and Zhong Lin registered as an early-stage Profound Core cultivator.
• Chu Yu greeted Zhong Lin, then argued with Yao Wenhao over their past battlefield rivalry and his plans to surpass her.
• After Yao Wenhao glared at him, Zhong Lin released sword intent through his gaze, making blood flow from Yao Wenhao’s eyes and frightening him.
• The examiners opened the lair, a Black Wind Leopard emerged, and Lu Zixiang was ordered to fight it first.

Zhong Lin reached the Heaven Sword Holy Land assessment and killed a Profound Core Realm Black Wind Leopard with one Sword Intent strike. His display of swordsmanship stunned the examiners, including the chief examiner, who finally opened his eyes.

• Lu Zixiang killed a Black Wind Leopard with his swordsmanship, passing the assessment, while another candidate lost an arm before an examiner killed the beast.
• After witnessing the danger, more than a dozen candidates withdrew from the assessment.
• Yao Wenhao and Chu Yu each killed a Black Wind Leopard and passed their trials.
• Zhong Lin killed a Profound Core Realm Black Wind Leopard with a single Sword Intent strike.
• The chief examiner opened his eyes in shock, and the other examiners praised Zhong Lin and said they would remember him.

Zhong Lin passed the Heaven Sword Holy Land assessment and impressed the examiners with his profound sword intent. He made peace with Yao Wenhao, won over aspiring fellow disciples through friendly socializing, and joined the fewer than fifty candidates who became outer disciples, where he received the sect’s powerful protective robe.

• The examiners praised Zhong Lin’s sword intent after he passed the assessment, and Chu Yu congratulated him.
• Yao Wenhao bowed to Zhong Lin and apologized, and Zhong Lin told him there would be no issue if he stopped seeking trouble.
• Hong Wen, Zou Lingyue, and other candidates approached Zhong Lin to make friends, and he greeted them warmly and encouraged them to support one another as fellow disciples.
• Zhong Lin watched noble-born candidates defeat the Black Wind Leopards with powerful attacks and divine weapons as the assessment continued.
• The assessment ended with fewer than fifty candidates passing, and the new outer disciples followed an examiner to receive sect items and residences.
• The examiner introduced the Heavenly Silk Treasure Robe, which could resist poisons and attacks below the Transcendent Realm, and Zhong Lin was impressed by its power.

Zhong Lin joined the Heaven Sword Holy Land, received its high-quality novice supplies and the Azure Origin Sword Scripture, and settled into his new residence. He planned to advance his cultivation and sword intent by joining the pill-refining facilities, earning sect contributions, and drawing on Heaven Sea Peak’s influence.

• The examiner showed the new disciples the Heaven Mandate Sword and gave them the mid-grade earth-rank Azure Origin Sword Scripture.
• Cao Yong and Zhong Lin marveled at the resources available to Holy Land disciples, while Chu Yu explained that the Holy Land’s disciples could pursue martial paths besides the sword.
• Chu Yu offered to stay in touch with Zhong Lin and invite him on missions, then left.
• Zhong Lin went to his residence in Martial Sun Courtyard and changed into the Heavenly Silk Treasure Robe.
• Zhong Lin considered joining the Holy Land’s pill-refining facilities, improving his cultivation and sword intent, obtaining more resources through Heaven Sea Peak, and using the Azure Origin Sword Scripture.

Zhong Lin integrated the Azure Origin Sword Scripture into his cultivation method, increasing his Dan Yuan’s power, then continued tempering his Profound Core. Chu Yu visited and encouraged him to meet other outer disciples, leaving the two walking through Heaven Sword City as she explained the path to the inner sect.

• Zhong Lin used the System to master the Azure Origin Sword Scripture and integrate it into the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill.
• After seven days, Zhong Lin tested his strengthened Sword Qi and found that his Dan Yuan had grown at least thirty percent more powerful.
• Zhong Lin cultivated with pills but found that his existing pills had become too weak to significantly advance his Profound Core.
• Chu Yu visited Zhong Lin and urged him to leave his courtyard and get to know the other outer disciples.
• Zhong Lin walked with Chu Yu through Heaven Sword City as she explained that outer disciples needed to complete tasks and cooperate to qualify for the inner sect assessment.

Zhong Lin and Chu Yu ate at the Dining Hall, where Chu Yu explained how sect Contribution Points worked and described the factions competing for disciples at Heaven Sword Holy Land. She offered to introduce Zhong Lin to the Chrysanthemum Shadow Society, backed by the powerful True Disciple Shadow Chrysanthemum.

• Zhong Lin and Chu Yu sampled the Dining Hall's food, and Chu Yu explained that disciples needed Contribution Points to obtain resources and advance.
• Chu Yu told Zhong Lin that reaching the Yin Yang Realm qualified a disciple for the inner sect, while the Life and Death Realm brought True Disciple status.
• Chu Yu warned Zhong Lin that factions recruited talented disciples and could cause trouble for those who refused to join.
• Chu Yu offered to introduce Zhong Lin to the Chrysanthemum Shadow Society, whose president, Shadow Chrysanthemum, had reached the peak of the Life and Death Realm.

Zhong Lin visited Heaven Sea Peak and exchanged his Gold Origin Pill with Yu Feng for a Heaven-grade sword skill and a protective token. Yu Hong decided that Heaven Sea Peak should befriend Zhong Lin rather than recruit him, leaving Zhong Lin free to pursue his cultivation.

• Zhong Lin visited Heaven Sea Peak to see Yu Shu, but disciples told him she was in seclusion.
• Yu Feng arrived, recognized Zhong Lin’s Sword Intent, and offered him the Yuan Magnetic Destruction Sword Qi for his Gold Origin Pill.
• Zhong Lin accepted the exchange, gave Yu Feng the pill, and received a token that could shield him from trouble in Heaven Sword City.
• Yu Hong praised Zhong Lin’s talent and told Yu Feng to befriend him rather than recruit him into Heaven Sea Peak.

Zhong Lin cultivated the Yuan Magnetic Destruction Sword Qi, reaching tenfold perfected sword intent and triggering a breakthrough that reshaped and strengthened his body. He emerged from the ordeal ready to seek a stronger body-tempering cultivation method.

• Zhong Lin studied the Yuan Magnetic Destruction Sword Qi and realized it could suppress Five Elements sword techniques.
• Zhong Lin used the System to raise the technique and manifested grayish-brown Yuan Magnetic Destruction Sword Qi that made the chamber's swords tremble.
• Zhong Lin reached tenfold perfected sword intent, causing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to surge into his body and Profound Core.
• Zhong Lin endured the painful tempering, which strengthened his fleshly body beyond the effects of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body.
• Zhong Lin decided to seek an even stronger body-tempering cultivation method.

Zhong Lin’s Spirit Wonder Pavilion established itself on Purple Garden Street, and he visited Wang Yuan’s Medicine Garden to buy ingredients for pill refinement. Wang Yuan explained that his garden could not grow herbs higher than the grades it currently produced.

• Spirit Wonder Pavilion opened on Purple Garden Street, selling cultivation pills for Spirit Stones, barter goods, or Contribution Points.
• The pavilion gained a reputation among disciples for its potent pills and occasional Clarity Enlightenment Pills.
• Zhong Lin visited Wang Yuan’s Medicine Garden on Silver Horn Mountain to stock up on medicinal herbs.
• Wang Yuan showed Zhong Lin the garden’s mature ingredients for Fifth Rank and Sixth Rank pills.
• Zhong Lin asked about higher-grade spiritual herbs, and Wang Yuan said only Medicine Gardens built upon Origin Veins could produce them.