Chapter Summaries

Xi Xuan and Tu Ye fought Saint Desolate King, Wild Desolate King, and God Desolate King, but the three kings shattered Xi Xuan’s sword formation. Xi Xuan summoned the Godslayer Sword, awakening its ancient power and drawing the attention of the Heaven Sword Holy Land’s other kings, then struck at his enemies.

• Chi Zhong Lin explained that the Sword Pavilion’s summoned divine weapons were only one of its secrets as they rained down on the three kings.
• Tu Ye unleashed a life-burning strike with the Raging Thunder Heavy Sword while Xi Xuan changed the sword formation to bind and suppress the kings.
• Saint Desolate King joined his aura with Wild Desolate King and God Desolate King, then shattered Xi Xuan’s formation with a powerful punch.
• Xi Xuan opened a Void Passage and summoned the Godslayer Sword, which broke its chains and awakened across Sword Pavilion Mountain.
• Heaven Burning King, Great Void King, and Mountain Suppressing King sensed the sword’s awakening and headed to the War Domain.
• Xi Xuan wielded the Godslayer Sword and swung it at the three kings, tearing apart the surrounding space.

Xi Xuan defeated the Saint Desolate King, God Desolate King, and Wild Desolate King after they threatened Zhong Lin, then severed each of their arms. The War Emperor Jun Tianpin and Sword Emperor Feng Sihan arrived, leaving the two holy land leaders face to face.

• Xi Xuan unleashed the Godslayer Sword and overwhelmed the three kings, forcing Tu Ye to carry Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin away from the battlefield.
• Xi Xuan cut off the three kings’ arms, while Tu Ye explained that they could not be killed without provoking a war between the holy lands.
• Zhong Lin said he did not want his grievance to trigger a conflict, and Tu Ye accepted him as his Junior Brother.
• War Emperor Jun Tianpin appeared, and Xi Xuan paid his respects as Tu Ye identified the Emperor Realm expert to the others.
• Jun Tianpin called out the hidden Sword Emperor, and Feng Sihan emerged and was greeted by his disciples.
• Feng Sihan waved off the greetings as Xi Xuan returned the Godslayer Sword to Sword Pavilion Mountain, and Jun Tianpin explained that the disturbance had forced him to intervene.

After the Sect Master Supremes discussed the approaching great calamity and the rise of powerful young talents, Zhong Lin returned safely to Sword Pavilion Mountain. He showed Xi Xuan and his senior brothers the Form Spirit Gate and explained how he had obtained the Undead Evil Emperor’s inheritance.

• War Emperor Jun Tianpin and Feng Si Han discussed the Children of Destiny emerging across the Ten Domains and the approaching great calamity.
• Zhong Lin resolved to grow stronger and learn more about the calamity after seeing that the Sect Master Supremes treated the dead and injured as forgotten.
• Zhong Lin thanked Xi Xuan and his senior brothers for rescuing him, while Chi Zhong Lin took responsibility for the danger he had faced.
• Tu Ye gave Zhong Lin a Nine Hearts Purple Sun Fiend to aid his cultivation.
• Xi Xuan asked whether Zhong Lin had obtained the Undead Evil Emperor’s inheritance, and Zhong Lin revealed the Form Spirit Gate and recounted how he passed the inheritance trial.

Zhong Lin shared the Undead Evil Emperor’s trial and revealed his inheritance, impressing his fellow Sword Pavilion disciples with his Spirit Domain. After giving Xi Xuan the two martial arts to pass on to the sect, Zhong Lin kept the Form Spirit Gate and stayed behind to speak with his senior brothers.

• Zhong Lin recounted how he defeated the immortal puppets in the Undead Evil Emperor’s trial, and Xi Xuan and the others praised his comprehension and nascent domain.
• Chi Zhong Lin asked how Zhong Lin had comprehended his domain, but Xi Xuan explained that artistic conception could not simply be taught.
• Zhong Lin gave Xi Xuan the 'Form and Spirit Fist Way' and the 'Undying Scripture' while keeping the Form Spirit Gate for himself.
• Xi Xuan praised the 'Undying Scripture' and said he would copy it for the Scripture Pavilion and present it to the Sect Master Supreme.
• Xi Xuan announced that the sect would hold a King Conferral Banquet for Tu Ye in three months, then left to study the inheritances.
• Zhong Lin stayed behind to get to know his senior brothers, especially Tu Ye.

Zhong Lin refined the Nine Hearts Purple Sun Fiend in the Undead Evil Emperor’s inheritance realm and completed the Yang Fiend stage. After returning to Sword Pavilion Mountain, he stayed within the Heaven Sword Holy Land as news of his inheritance spread ahead of Tu Ye’s King-conferring ceremony.

• Zhong Lin entered the secret realm through the Form Spirit Gate and used its origin vein to replenish his golden core.
• Zhong Lin absorbed the Nine Hearts Purple Sun Fiend, purged impurities from his golden core, and completed the Yang Fiend Realm.
• Zhong Lin stabilized his cultivation and emerged from seclusion several days later.
• The War Domain spread news that Zhong Lin had obtained the Undead Evil Emperor’s inheritance and the Form Spirit Gate.
• Tu Ye advised Zhong Lin to remain on Sword Pavilion Mountain because the Heavenly Mandate Emperor Tool could attract dangerous enemies, and Zhong Lin agreed.

Zhong Lin visited Chi Zhong Lin at Golden Scale Peak and discovered that he had cultivated White Jade Dragon Blood Grass using snake blood. After learning Chi Zhong Lin hoped to enter the Azure Dragon Stirring the Sea path, Zhong Lin proposed refining a Dragon God Pill, but its rare supplementary ingredients still needed to be gathered.

• Zhong Lin teased Chi Zhong Lin about the many snake demons on Golden Scale Peak before Chi Zhong Lin took him to the Back Mountain.
• Zhong Lin recognized the White Jade Dragon Blood Grass that Chi Zhong Lin had spent two hundred years cultivating with snake blood.
• Chi Zhong Lin asked Zhong Lin to recommend a pill to help him cultivate Azure Dragon Stirring the Sea, since he had struggled to comprehend an Azure Dragon's bearing.
• Zhong Lin explained that the Dragon God Pill could help Chi Zhong Lin comprehend that bearing and revealed he had its formula.
• Zhong Lin said White Jade Dragon Blood Grass might replace a missing ingredient, but Chi Zhong Lin still had to gather the pill's rare supplementary ingredients.

Zhong Lin gathered five True Disciples to help fuse the Shattered Demon Blade into the Eastern Emperor Bell, while Chi Zhong Lin shared news of the people he had found and the Dragon God Pill recipe. The five cultivators began smelting the blade with the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill.

• Chi Zhong Lin gave Zhong Lin the Dragon God Pill recipe and promised to search for its materials, then said he had found the cultivators Zhong Lin had requested.
• Chi Zhong Lin introduced Nan Sheng, Yi Leju, Yun Hong, Ding Chengxi, and Bing Lei, whose teasing banter showed their close friendship with him.
• Zhong Lin asked the five True Disciples to help fuse the Shattered Demon Blade into his Eastern Emperor Bell and offered Sixty Years Grand Pills as payment.
• After warning Zhong Lin that the fusion might fail, the five agreed to help when he reaffirmed his decision.
• The five cultivators surrounded the Shattered Demon Blade and released the powers of the five elements as Zhong Lin used the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill to guide the refinement.

Zhong Lin advanced his Eastern Emperor Bell into a King Tool by fusing it with the Shattered Demon Blade, demon beast essence blood, rare spirit materials, and his embryonic Spirit Domain. He ended the chapter rejoicing over the transformed weapon and discovering that one of its talismans held terrifying blade radiance.

• Nan Sheng and the others helped Zhong Lin suppress the Shattered Demon Blade as he refined its power into the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Zhong Lin fed the bell hundreds of clumps of demon beast essence blood, causing animal-shaped talismans to appear across it.
• Chi Zhong Lin offered spirit materials, and Zhong Lin added many rare treasures from the Undead Evil Emperor's Land of Inheritance.
• After ten days and nights of refinement, Zhong Lin unfolded his embryonic Spirit Domain and branded it onto the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• A five-colored pillar of light rose from Golden Scale Peak as the bell became a King Tool, astonishing the onlookers.
• Zhong Lin examined the transformed bell and found that its blade-character talisman could release terrifying blade radiance.

Zhong Lin planned to develop the Eastern Emperor Bell and celebrated with his senior brothers, who urged him to compete for the Saint Child Position. After learning the benefits and requirements, he asked how the competition worked, and Nan Sheng was called on to explain.

• Zhong Lin envisioned refining the Eastern Emperor Bell with the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, space, and time, then stored it and thanked his senior brothers for their help.
• Zhong Lin invited the group to hold a King Tool Convention at Chi Zhong Lin's Golden Scale Peak, where they drank and praised his alchemy and Spirit Domain.
• Yi Leju suggested Zhong Lin could compete for the Saint Child Position, and Chi Zhong Lin enthusiastically agreed.
• Yun Hong and Chi Zhong Lin explained that Zhong Lin's Undying Scripture, Spirit Domain, and Eighth-Rank alchemy made him a strong candidate despite his cultivation realm.
• Zhong Lin learned that Saint Children could choose powerful sect martial arts, including the Palm Prison Heart Sutra, and asked how to compete.
• The group answered that candidates challenged the Holy Realm, then asked Nan Sheng to explain because he was the only one who had done so.

Nan Sheng explained the trials and requirements for Challenging the Holy Realm, leaving Zhong Lin to consider whether to attempt it. As Tu Ye's Bestowing King Ceremony began on Skyscraper Peak, Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin welcomed guests from across the Eastern Wasteland.

• Nan Sheng explained that challengers needed to meet the cultivation requirement and pay Contribution Points, then described the known trials in the nine-story tower.
• Zhong Lin thanked Nan Sheng for his guidance and decided to think over the challenge, while Nan Sheng advised him to ask Tu Ye about it at the coming ceremony.
• After the three-day gathering, Zhong Lin returned to Sword Pavilion to cultivate with the origin vein until the Bestowing King Ceremony drew near.
• Renowned factions and martial artists arrived for Tu Ye's ceremony, while crowds gathered in Heaven Sword City to await news.
• Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin received guests on Skyscraper Peak, where Chi Zhong Lin announced the arrival of the Hundred Flowers Holy Land of the Flower Domain.

Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin welcomed powerful guests to Tu Ye’s Bestowing King Ceremony, including Moon Spirit King and the Carefree King. The arrival of Saint Desolate King and the War Heaven disciples left the gathered crowd watching Zhong Lin closely.

• Moon Spirit King led the Hundred Flowers Holy Land’s disciples to Skyscraper Peak, where Green Luo Saintess greeted Chi Zhong Lin and received a restrained response.
• Zhong Lin welcomed guests and admired the valuable martial manuals and sword techniques brought as gifts for Tu Ye’s ceremony.
• The Carefree King arrived with twin companions, praised Tu Ye, and took his place among the other King Realm Experts.
• Chi Zhong Lin announced Saint Desolate King’s arrival from the War Heaven Sacred Domain, and the crowd fell silent as attention turned between Zhong Lin and the visitors.

Zhong Lin provoked War Heaven Holy Land’s Fifth Saint Child, Zhan Rui, at Tu Ye’s Bestowing King Ceremony. The ceremony began with a sword formation demonstration and congratulations for Tu Ye, while the guests awaited his kingly title and insight into the Dao.

• Zhan Rui warned Zhong Lin to cultivate properly, and Zhong Lin retorted that the last person to speak to him that way had been Peng Yu.
• Saint Desolate King stopped his disciples from escalating the confrontation and led them into Skyscraper Peak; Chi Zhong Lin warned Zhong Lin that War Heaven Holy Land would not let the matter rest.
• Fifteen King Realm Experts gathered for Tu Ye’s Bestowing King Ceremony, and Chi Zhong Lin announced its start when the auspicious hour arrived.
• Heaven Sword Holy Land disciples performed the Heavenly Dipper Earthly Fiend Sword Formation, which guests recognized as powerful enough to let cultivators defeat enemies of a higher realm.
• Tu Ye accepted the guests’ congratulations and raised a toast, as the ceremony moved toward bestowing his kingly title and sharing his Dao insights.

Tu Ye celebrated entering the King Realm as Sword Slaughter King while guests presented congratulatory gifts. As the Holy Lands began offering their treasures, Zhong Lin eyed the Light Fruits and absorbed the sword Dao in Divine Blade Holy Land’s seven sword arts.

• Tu Ye announced his king title, Sword Slaughter King, and prepared to preach the Dao in exchange for gifts.
• Chi Zhong Lin urged Zhong Lin to remember any gifts he wanted to ask Eldest Senior Brother for.
• The Ice Thunder Sect’s sect leader presented two supreme-grade Thunder Jade pieces, earning Tu Ye’s thanks and drawing attention from the guests.
• Various sects offered gifts, and Thunder Holy Land presented three Light Fruits that Zhong Lin hoped to study for pill refinement.
• Divine Blade Holy Land presented seven heaven-grade high-rank sword Dao volumes, whose sword intent Zhong Lin comprehended; Tu Ye thanked Heaven Blade King.

At Tu Ye’s Bestowing King Ceremony, his junior brothers Chi Zhong Lin and Zhong Lin secretly took several congratulatory treasures and slipped away to cultivate. Zhong Lin entered the origin vein and used the System to master seven Heaven-rank sword arts, beginning with the Supreme Polarity Return Origin Grand Yi Sword.

• The nine great holy lands and the Fang Family presented rare treasures to celebrate Tu Ye entering the King Realm.
• Chi Zhong Lin and Zhong Lin divided up valuable gifts, loaded them into their Storage Bracelets, and fled before Tu Ye could stop them.
• Xi Xuan held Tu Ye back so he would stay for the Dao exposition, while Zhong Lin and Chi Zhong Lin returned to their peaks to cultivate.
• Zhong Lin entered the Form Spirit Gate and settled into the origin vein to study the seven sword arts from the Divine Blade Holy Land.
• Zhong Lin used the System to perfect the seven sword arts and learned that the Supreme Polarity Return Origin Grand Yi Sword could strike as though three Zhong Lins attacked at once.

Zhong Lin completed the Harmonious Astral stage of the Yin Yang Realm after five years of secluded cultivation, transforming his spiritual essence into gang qi. He asked Xi Xuan how to break through to the Life and Death Realm, and Xi Xuan explained that he must see through life and death to comprehend the Undying Body.

• Zhong Lin deepened his sword intent before beginning secluded cultivation to temper his Golden Core with Yin and Yang Fiends.
• Zhong Lin merged Yin and Yang into gang qi, completing the Yin Yang Realm and greatly increasing his physical strength.
• Zhong Lin tested his new power by cleaving the Origin Vein with a sword strike and shaping gang qi into an Azure Dragon and an Emperor Bear.
• Zhong Lin sensed that the Life and Death Realm was near but left seclusion to seek guidance from Xi Xuan.
• Xi Xuan told Zhong Lin that breaking through required seeing through life and death and comprehending the mysteries of the Undying Body.

Xi Xuan explained the dangers and opportunities of the Life and Death Realm, and Zhong Lin decided to challenge the Holy Realm to comprehend life and death. After studying the realm’s nine death tribulations, Zhong Lin resolved to advance his Undying Scripture before facing them.

• Xi Xuan told Zhong Lin that Life and Death Realm cultivators faced deadly tribulations and that surviving them could strengthen their foundations.
• Zhong Lin asked Xi Xuan to let him challenge the Holy Realm, and Xi Xuan agreed to pay the Contribution Points.
• Zhong Lin went to the Scripture Pavilion and spent three days studying the sect’s notes on the Life and Death Realm.
• Zhong Lin learned that the realm required nine death tribulations and that the Undying Scripture could help him survive them.
• Zhong Lin considered whether Xi Xuan had withheld a reward for his contribution of the Undying Scripture, then focused on cultivating its fourth layer.

Zhong Lin began cultivating Five Elements Immortality and received the God Realm mind art Taiwei Mind Observes Heaven, Measures Earth, Pierces the Hidden Heavenly Oracle Scripture from Xi Xuan. After half a month, he reached Fallen Sword Peak to challenge the Holy Realm and opened a Void Passage with his secret realm token.

• Zhong Lin circulated the Five Elements power in his organs to temper his body with the Undying Scripture.
• Xi Xuan gave Zhong Lin a secret realm token and taught him the Taiwei Mind Observes Heaven, Measures Earth, Pierces the Hidden Heavenly Oracle Scripture in exchange for the Undying Scripture.
• Xi Xuan told Zhong Lin to prepare for the Holy Son trial after he had gained some insight into the mind art.
• Half a month later, Zhong Lin used his Divine Eye to examine Fallen Sword Peak and sensed the stellar power enriching its vast mountain range.
• Zhong Lin presented his token and announced that he had come to challenge the Holy Realm, opening a Void Passage.

Zhong Lin endured the Aetheric Wind in the Void Passage and reached the hidden realm of the Heaven Sword Holy Land. There he reunited with Wan Yuze, who apologized for their past conflict and admitted that Zhong Lin’s rise and the Sword Pavilion’s power had made him afraid.

• Zhong Lin used the Eastern Emperor Bell to shield himself from the Aetheric Wind, then let some wind through to temper his body with the Undying Scripture.
• Zhong Lin passed through the Void Passage and discovered the Heaven Sword Holy Land’s vast hidden realm, filled with palaces, treasures, and powerful auras.
• Wan Yuze, the Third Saint Child, recognized Zhong Lin and greeted him as a junior brother.
• Wan Yuze apologized for interfering in the Outer Sect Competition and explained that Zhong Lin’s talent and the Sword Pavilion’s growing strength had made him fear the consequences of opposing him.

Zhong Lin entered the Sword Tower to attempt the Holy Realm trial and encountered the Silver Horn Dragon Deer on the first floor. He suspected Wan Yuze had ulterior motives, and the deer demanded that he hand over the Wind Chime Grass.

• Wan Yuze apologized to Zhong Lin, gave him a Storage Bracelet filled with strange items, and led him to the Sword Tower.
• Wan Yuze explained that reaching the ninth floor and ringing the Heavenly Sound Bell would announce Zhong Lin as the Sixth Saint Child.
• After Zhong Lin entered, he caught Wan Yuze revealing a sinister expression and resolved to kill him for his past treachery.
• Zhong Lin inspected the Sword Tower's first floor and discovered its black stone absorbed his Sword Qi.
• The Silver Horn Dragon Deer appeared, recognized the Wind Chime Grass on Zhong Lin, and demanded that he hand it over.

Zhong Lin met the Silver Horn Dragon Deer, a former rival of his Master Xi Xuan who had taken a guardian assignment in the Sword Tower for its rewards. When their trial was about to begin, Zhong Lin revealed his powerful treasures and Sword Domain, leaving the deer stunned and accusing him of cheating.

• The Silver Horn Dragon Deer told Zhong Lin to call it Silver Deer Senior and revealed that it had once beaten Xi Xuan before hiding in the Sword Tower after Xi Xuan reached the King Realm.
• Zhong Lin learned that the deer stayed as a sect spirit beast for food and rewards rather than freedom, and he gave it Wind Chime Grass.
• The Silver Horn Dragon Deer agreed to test Zhong Lin but warned him not to take the trial lightly because Yin Yang Realm cultivation was weak.
• Zhong Lin brought out the Eastern Emperor Bell, Form Spirit Gate, and Azure Frost Sword, prompting the deer to accuse him of wearing an impenetrable shell.
• Zhong Lin showed his rudimentary Sword Domain and explained how he obtained his King Tool and Form Spirit Gate, while the Silver Horn Dragon Deer stared in shock.