Chapter Summaries

After Jian Jingtian lost again, Azure Star Elder took him as a disciple and revealed that he had forged his own Sword Body by following the same path. Meanwhile, Zhong Lin unleashed the seventh Azure Dragon Eight Styles technique, transforming into a vast Cang Dragon as his power surpassed Si Kongyan’s.

• Azure Star Elder rescued the defeated Jian Jingtian, accepted him as his disciple, and taught him that setbacks could help him understand the Sword Dao.
• Azure Star Elder revealed that he had forged his own Sword Body and promised to teach Jian Jingtian the Indestructible Sword Body after the grand competition.
• Si Kongyan taunted Zhong Lin and clashed with him using Star King Descends, Star-Slaying Strike, shaking Heaven Sword Peak.
• Jian Jingtian judged that Si Kongyan’s Nine Heavens Star Body gave him the advantage over Zhong Lin.
• Zhong Lin unleashed Azure Dragon Eight Styles, Seventh Style—Azure Dragon Creation, dramatically increased his power, and transformed into an enormous Cang Dragon.

Zhong Lin countered Si Kongyan’s devastating swordsmanship with Five Elements Extreme Transformation and the Five Elements Profound Jade Sword. Si Kongyan then revealed a vast sword formation, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Si Kongyan unleashed a sword-qi dragon and struck Zhong Lin with a sword that stilled the spiritual energy around them.
• Zhong Lin used water infused with metal’s sharpness to wear away Si Kongyan’s sword strike.
• Zhong Lin summoned the Five Elements Profound Jade Sword, but Si Kongyan’s armor-type Profound Tool blocked its attack.
• Si Kongyan offered to let Zhong Lin serve him, and Zhong Lin angrily refused and prepared to fight on.
• Si Kongyan summoned three hundred and sixty-five spirit swords to form the Nine Heavens Star Dipper Cosmic Sword Formation, prompting Shadow Chrysanthemum to protest his arsenal.

Zhong Lin overwhelmed Si Kongyan in the Starry Sword Array by combining Sword Intent and Fist Intent, but a mysterious purple qi interrupted him before he could finish the fight. Shadow Chrysanthemum confronted the power and revealed that she had broken through to the Nirvana Realm.

• Si Kongyan attacked Zhong Lin inside the Starry Sword Array, but Zhong Lin defended himself with the Five Elements Profound Jade Sword.
• Zhong Lin fused Sword Intent with Fist Intent and shattered the array’s starlight and origin qi with ten thousand punches.
• Zhong Lin struck Si Kongyan’s heart and mind through his Profound Tool armor, leaving him severely injured.
• Purple qi stopped Zhong Lin’s next attack, and its voice injured him while Shadow Chrysanthemum stepped between them.
• Shadow Chrysanthemum released a golden chrysanthemum phantom, and Wu Hong recognized that she had reached the Nirvana Realm.

Zhong Lin won the Outer Sect Competition and received a Nirvana Fruit, which he swallowed immediately to prevent others from taking it. As he refined it under Shadow Chrysanthemum’s protection, his Profound Core shattered and began merging with his body.

• Si Kongyan conceded, and Azure Star Elder declared Zhong Lin the winner of the Outer Sect Competition.
• Azure Star Elder awarded Zhong Lin a Nirvana Fruit, and Shadow Chrysanthemum warned him not to trade it to Wu Hong for the Third Saint Child.
• Shadow Chrysanthemum struck Wu Hong away when he tried to bargain for the fruit, and Zhong Lin swallowed it and began refining it on the spot.
• Nirvana power shattered Zhong Lin’s Profound Core and fused it with his body, causing his vitality and power to surge.
• A vortex gathered Heaven and Earth Origin Qi above Zhong Lin, and Shadow Chrysanthemum added pill qi from two golden pills to help him reform his Profound Core.

Zhong Lin used the Nirvana Fruit and Shadow Chrysanthemum’s two Earth Origin Pills to reshape his Profound Core into an Immortal Golden Core. Before he could celebrate, Elder Xi seized him and declared him his disciple, leaving Shadow Chrysanthemum to wonder how the Third Saint Child would respond.

• Shadow Chrysanthemum gave Zhong Lin two Earth Origin Pills, and his Profound Core began to condense again.
• Zhong Lin formed an Immortal Golden Core, stunning Wu Hong and the outer sect disciples who witnessed it.
• A huge jade-white hand reached from the sky as Elder Xi called Zhong Lin his good disciple and attempted to take him.
• Several voices roared at Xi Xuan to release Zhong Lin, but Elder Xi vanished with Zhong Lin before they could stop him.
• Shadow Chrysanthemum told Wu Hong to report Elder Xi’s actions to the Third Saint Child.

Zhong Lin arrived at the Sword Pavilion, where Thunder Sword King Xi Xuan accepted him as his third disciple after seeing his Immortal Golden Core and perfected Sword Intent. Xi Xuan left to deal with the other elders, and Zhong Lin’s Second Senior Brother began showing him around the Sword Pavilion.

• Zhong Lin found himself before the Sword Pavilion, a vast mountain filled with swords whose Sword Intents resonated with his own.
• Xi Xuan revealed himself as the Thunder Sword King and demanded that Zhong Lin call him Master.
• After learning Xi Xuan’s identity, Zhong Lin promptly knelt and accepted him as his master.
• Xi Xuan named Zhong Lin his third disciple and introduced his Second Senior Brother, while explaining that his Eldest Senior Brother was away.
• Zhong Lin showed Xi Xuan his Immortal Golden Core, and Xi Xuan praised his foundation and perfected Sword Intent.
• Xi Xuan departed to deal with the other elders, and Zhong Lin’s Second Senior Brother took him to explore the Sword Pavilion.

Chi Zhong Lin welcomed Zhong Lin to the Sword Pavilion and showed him the Ten Thousand Swords Burial, where the legendary Godslayer sword stood at the summit. After boasting about the Sword Pavilion’s founder and claiming he could defeat Master Xi Xuan with Godslayer, Chi Zhong Lin was caught and struck into the ground by his master.

• Chi Zhong Lin introduced himself to Zhong Lin and offered to teach him secret arts in exchange for learning Zhong Lin’s War Domain body art.
• Chi Zhong Lin brought Zhong Lin to the mountaintop and told him that Tu Ye, the First Saint Child, was the Sword Pavilion’s Eldest Senior Brother and would defend him against the Third Saint Child.
• Chi Zhong Lin showed Zhong Lin the Ten Thousand Swords Burial, and Zhong Lin’s eyes hurt when he looked at the sword intent of the black, chained Godslayer at its peak.
• Chi Zhong Lin explained that Godslayer belonged to Founding Ancestor Bai Yun, then recounted Bai Yun’s swordsmanship and achievements.
• Chi Zhong Lin claimed he could use Godslayer to beat Master Xi Xuan, but Master Xi Xuan appeared and struck him into the ground with a palm attack.

Zhong Lin learned about Sword Pavilion’s Scripture Pavilion, its supreme Origin Return Sword Embryo divine ability, and the path from perfected Sword Intent to a domain and the King Realm. Xi Xuan went to find Ocean Heart Yin Fiend for his breakthrough, leaving Zhong Lin ready to explore the Pavilion’s vast collection with his system.

• Xi Xuan reassured Zhong Lin that Chi Zhong Lin would survive his punishment, then warned Zhong Lin not to imitate his Second Senior Brother.
• Xi Xuan took Zhong Lin to the Scripture Pavilion and explained its sword manuals and the Origin Return Sword Embryo divine ability.
• Xi Xuan gave Zhong Lin a Yin Yang Spirit Fusion Pill and promised to seek Ocean Heart Yin Fiend to help him break through to the Yin Yang Realm.
• Xi Xuan explained that reaching the King Realm required transforming an intent realm into a domain, and that Sword Intent could advance beyond lesser perfection to greater perfection.
• Xi Xuan left to find Ocean Heart Yin Fiend, and Zhong Lin entered the Scripture Pavilion and called on his system.

Zhong Lin mastered the sword manuals on the Scripture Pavilion’s first floor and learned the Eye Sword Technique. After receiving the Ocean Heart Yin Fiend from Chi Zhong Lin, he began his breakthrough from the Profound Core Realm, summoning immense celestial phenomena as the process started.

• Zhong Lin spent three months mastering every sword manual on the Scripture Pavilion’s first floor, greatly deepening his Sword Dao foundations.
• Zhong Lin startled Chi Zhong Lin with the sharp sword intent in his gaze, and Chi Zhong Lin identified it as the Eye Sword Technique and directed him to an advanced method on the second floor.
• Chi Zhong Lin gave Zhong Lin the Ocean Heart Yin Fiend that Master had prepared for his breakthrough and offered to take him somewhere after he advanced.
• Zhong Lin swallowed the Ocean Heart Yin Fiend and began breaking through from the Profound Core Realm as black clouds, a blood sea, and an enormous Origin Qi vortex formed around him.
• The Ocean Heart Yin Fiend froze the surroundings while Zhong Lin’s Golden Core trembled, signaling the start of his final breakthrough.

Zhong Lin used Ocean Heart Yin Fiend to temper his Immortal Golden Core and broke through into the Yin Yang Realm. After Xi Xuan gifted him the Treasure Tool Azure Frost, Zhong Lin flew to Chrysanthemum Shadow Peak and encountered two familiar female disciples.

• Zhong Lin endured Ocean Heart Yin Fiend’s frigid tempering as it purified his Golden Core and strengthened his body.
• Zhong Lin completed his breakthrough into the Yin Yang Realm and froze everything within eight hundred zhang except Xi Xuan and Chi Zhong Lin.
• Xi Xuan congratulated Zhong Lin and gave him the Treasure Tool Azure Frost, warning him to prioritize nurturing his own Natal Weapon.
• Chi Zhong Lin offered to help Zhong Lin obtain materials to advance his Natal Weapon into a Profound Tool.
• Zhong Lin flew toward Chrysanthemum Shadow Peak and was challenged by two female disciples he had met before.

Zhong Lin thanked Shadow Chrysanthemum for her support and learned that the Third Saint Child posed a serious threat after Zhong Lin took the Nirvana Fruit. He returned to Sword Pavilion, then set out with Chi Zhong Lin to train in the Five Elements Secret Realm before the Eastern Wasteland Martial Path Tournament.

• Zhong Lin met Shadow Chrysanthemum, who congratulated him on reaching the Yin Yang Realm and reminded him of his ties to the Chrysanthemum Shadow Society.
• Shadow Chrysanthemum warned Zhong Lin that the Third Saint Child would resent him for taking the Nirvana Fruit and urged him to cultivate quickly.
• Shadow Chrysanthemum told Zhong Lin that younger geniuses had already reached the Life and Death Realm and encouraged him to prepare for the Eastern Martial Path Tournament.
• Zhong Lin visited the Scripture Pavilion's second floor and asked the System to add points to his sword intent.
• Chi Zhong Lin took Zhong Lin away from the Heaven Sword Holy Land to train in the Five Elements Secret Realm before bringing him to Wild Thunder Sky.

Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin entered the Five Elements Secret Realm, where Zhong Lin’s Five Elements Spirit Body let him absorb the dense earth essence. They encountered essence-born demon beasts, and a massive Fire Crow Swarm approached as they continued through the realm.

• Chi Zhong Lin warned Zhong Lin that warriors from many domains entered the open Five Elements Secret Realm, then led him through a Teleportation Array into it.
• Zhong Lin discovered that the earth-attribute essence in their random landing area flowed into him and strengthened his cultivation.
• Chi Zhong Lin surveyed their location and led Zhong Lin onward, explaining that the realm contained Five Elements treasures and dangerous Pure Spirit Lands.
• A Teng Snake attacked Zhong Lin from underground, and Zhong Lin killed it with one palm and absorbed its earth essence.
• Chi Zhong Lin explained that essence-born demon beasts could be killed for their Five Elements essence, and the pair flew on toward a swarm of more than ten thousand Fire Crows.

Zhong Lin fought through successive waves of five-element demonic beasts in the Five Elements Secret Realm, absorbing their essence qi and rapidly strengthening his cultivation. After defeating the Fire Crows and Flying Winged Lightning Bees, he continued onward with Chi Zhong Lin as more beasts awaited them.

• Zhong Lin charged into a swarm of more than ten thousand Fire Crows and killed them with his water sword, absorbing their Li Fire Essence into his Golden Core.
• Chi Zhong Lin praised Zhong Lin's swordsmanship before a vast swarm of Flying Winged Lightning Bees arrived.
• Zhong Lin blocked the bees' golden needles with Sword Qi, then used the Myriad Swords Art to kill them and absorb their Geng Metal essence qi.
• Zhong Lin asked whether the bees could be captured and raised, but Chi Zhong Lin explained they could not survive outside the Five Elements Secret Realm.
• Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin flew onward, encountering earth wolves, fish spirits, and other five-element demonic beasts as Zhong Lin's cultivation continued to rise.

After absorbing the slain fish demon’s Kui Water Essence Qi, Zhong Lin’s Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill began transforming but failed at the final stage, strengthening his body instead. Chi Zhong Lin examined the method and discovered Zhong Lin had created it by integrating principles from multiple cultivation techniques.

• Zhong Lin asked Chi Zhong Lin to guard him as he sat down to examine the changes in his dantian.
• The Five Elements essence triggered a transformation in Zhong Lin’s cultivation method, manifesting the cycle of the five elements around him.
• The Five Elements essence surged into Zhong Lin’s five viscera and tempered his body, but the cultivation method failed to complete its breakthrough.
• Zhong Lin told Chi Zhong Lin about the failed transformation, and Chi Zhong Lin asked to inspect his cultivation method.
• Chi Zhong Lin recognized traces of the Supreme Void Formless Qi and other methods in the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill, then asked whether Zhong Lin intended to Furnace Nurturing Hundred Classics.

Chi Zhong Lin explained that Zhong Lin needed to imprint his own Martial Path True Meaning into the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill, and suggested using five-element beasts in the Five Elements Secret Realm for Spirit Infusion. As they traveled toward Envy-Free Land, the pair encountered a Primordial Water Ape, which Chi Zhong Lin identified as one of the Five Direction Divine Beasts, leaving Zhong Lin baffled.

• Chi Zhong Lin explained that the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill lacked Zhong Lin’s own spiritual imprint and that Spirit Infusion with powerful five-element spiritual creatures could help complete it.
• Chi Zhong Lin and Zhong Lin set out for Envy-Free Land, fought five-element demonic beasts along the way, and realized they had lost their route.
• Chi Zhong Lin and Zhong Lin spotted a huge surge of water vapor and hurried toward its source.
• Chi Zhong Lin identified the enormous water-wielding ape as a Primordial Water Ape and one of the Five Direction Divine Beasts.
• Zhong Lin questioned how a water ape could be one of the Five Direction Divine Beasts when he knew the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Chi Zhong Lin killed a Primordial Water Ape and gave Zhong Lin its Gui Water Essence Qi to support his cultivation. Three days later, they reached the vast city of Envy-Free Land, where Chi Zhong Lin explained who lived there.

• Chi Zhong Lin attacked the Primordial Water Ape, and Zhong Lin watched the battle’s destructive force.
• Chi Zhong Lin used Wind Shadow Traceless to kill the Primordial Water Ape and sealed its Gui Water Essence Qi.
• Chi Zhong Lin gave Zhong Lin the sphere of Gui Water Essence Qi, which Zhong Lin stored for later cultivation.
• Three days later, Chi Zhong Lin and Zhong Lin reached the enormous city of Envy-Free Land.
• Chi Zhong Lin led Zhong Lin into the city and explained that some ordinary martial artists were descendants of those who had settled there.

Zhong Lin explored Envy-Free Land with Chi Zhong Lin, who explained the distinctive martial traditions of the Eastern Wasteland’s domains. They encountered Green Luo of the Hundred Flowers Domain, revealing Chi Zhong Lin’s flustered affection for her, and she reproached him for never visiting her.

• Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin walked through Envy-Free Land, where Zhong Lin observed its diverse people and powerful soldiers.
• Chi Zhong Lin pointed out martial artists from the Buddha, Blade, and Beast Domains and explained the traits of the Eastern Wasteland’s ten domains.
• Chi Zhong Lin spotted Green Luo, and Zhong Lin teased him about being in love with the woman who had once saved him.
• Green Luo greeted Chi Zhong Lin and complained that he had not visited her at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion over the years.

Zhong Lin met Green Luo and sought the Five Direction Divine Beast Spirits, which the Hundred Flowers Pavilion possessed in Wood and Fire. After resting, he and Chi Zhong Lin entered the pavilion, where Zhong Lin felt its powerful Heavenly Wood Divine Spirit Qi.

• Green Luo introduced herself to Zhong Lin and explained that the Hundred Flowers Pavilion had valuable Wood and Fire Five Elements Spirits.
• Green Luo agreed to reserve the spirits for Zhong Lin and left, while Zhong Lin teased Chi Zhong Lin about his feelings for her.
• Chi Zhong Lin decided to train in Wild Thunder Sky to improve his cultivation, but Zhong Lin persuaded him to deal with the spirit matter first.
• Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin rested at an inn, then traveled to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion instead of visiting the rival Heaven Sword Holy Land trading house.
• Zhong Lin paid the pavilion's entrance fee with a Purple Mansion Pill, and the two entered the tower.
• Zhong Lin's Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill began absorbing the pavilion's Heavenly Wood Divine Spirit Qi as Chi Zhong Lin explained its power.

Zhong Lin sought Three Five Direction Divine Beast Spirits from Green Luo and learned they could cost at least a hundred million Spirit Stones. He revealed that he could refine Three Origins Healing Saint Pills, and Green Luo offered the spirits in exchange for his help, but Mu Xiang challenged his criticism of her preparation work.

• Green Luo showed Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin Wood, Fire, and Stone Demon Scorpion spirits, then named their immense value.
• Zhong Lin recognized the ingredients and scents associated with a Three Origins Healing Saint Pill and guessed Green Luo was refining one for an injured person.
• Zhong Lin claimed he was an Eighth Rank pill refiner who could refine the pill, surprising Green Luo and Chi Zhong Lin.
• Green Luo offered all three Divine Beast Spirits if Zhong Lin helped refine a Three Origins Healing Saint Pill, then brought in Mu Xiang, another Eighth Rank pill refiner.
• Zhong Lin criticized Mu Xiang's Cloud Mist Powder and Clear Void Balm preparation, and Mu Xiang angrily denied that her technique or heat control was flawed.

Zhong Lin agreed to refine a Three Origins Healing Saint Pill for Green Luo and continued exploring Envy-Free Land after Chi Zhong Lin went to seek the missing Geng Metal Spirit. There, he met Wei Lang, who recognized the aura of the Profound Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and sent Long Er to investigate him.

• Zhong Lin explained Mu Xiang's mistake in refining the Clear Void Balm, and Mu Xiang blamed herself for ruining the herbs needed for a Three Origins Healing Saint Pill.
• Green Luo asked Zhong Lin to refine the pill for her senior brother in exchange for three Divine Beast Spirits, and Zhong Lin agreed.
• Chi Zhong Lin assured Zhong Lin that he would seek the missing Geng Metal Spirit, then flew off while Zhong Lin teased him about Green Luo and continued sightseeing.
• Zhong Lin explored Envy-Free Land, sampled street food, and noticed the Green Willow Tower brothel holding its Courtesan of the Highest Rank selection.
• Wei Lang invited Zhong Lin into Green Willow Tower, but Zhong Lin declined and left; Wei Lang recognized the aura of the Profound Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and sent Long Er to investigate him.