Chapter Summaries

Zhong Lin passed the Silver Horn Dragon Deer’s trial with his treasures and shattered the second floor’s sword intent with his divine intent. On the third floor, he entered an illusion as a frail boy and watched Instructor Wang demonstrate the Cloud Crane Nine Heavens Fist.

• The Silver Horn Dragon Deer conceded that Zhong Lin had passed and let him proceed to the second floor.
• Zhong Lin destroyed the second floor’s incoming sword intent, opening the way to the third floor.
• Zhong Lin entered an illusion where he appeared as a young boy without his Golden Core, though his System remained.
• A fellow youth hurried Zhong Lin to Instructor Wang’s lesson, where more than a hundred youths had gathered.
• Instructor Wang demonstrated the Cloud Crane Nine Heavens Fist, showing its powerful strikes and agile movements.

Zhong Lin broke the illusion by uncovering the Myriad Miles of Sky Sword Art hidden within the Cloud Crane Nine Heavens Fist, then met Great Void King, who tested him in a sword formation. Great Void King criticized Zhong Lin’s swordsmanship as the challenge continued.

• After completing Instructor Wang’s lessons, Zhong Lin checked his System Panel and found Myriad Miles of Sky Sword Art in place of Cloud Crane Nine Heavens Fist.
• Zhong Lin spent Skill Points to master the sword art and discovered that the fist technique concealed its true core.
• Zhong Lin practiced the sword art, causing the illusion to collapse and restoring his Golden Core in the black-stone hall.
• Zhong Lin identified the gray-robed elder as Great Void King, who questioned how he had discovered the sword art.
• Great Void King trapped Zhong Lin in the Great Void Sword Formation and used his domain to suppress the Eastern Emperor Bell and Form Spirit Gate.
• Zhong Lin fought the attacking swords with the Azure Frost Sword, while Great Void King condemned his swordsmanship as confused and weak.

Zhong Lin comprehended Heart Sky Reflecting Spirit and broke through to Sword Heart Reaching Origin, then passed the final tests to qualify as Heaven Sword Holy Land’s Sixth Saint Child. Great Void King explained that the Heart Questioning Platform was created to prevent demonic spies from infiltrating the holy lands.

• Great Void King challenged Zhong Lin’s sword intent and used a sword strike to guide him toward comprehending his sword heart.
• Zhong Lin comprehended Heart Sky Reflecting Spirit, integrated his sword arts into Sword Domain, and reached Sword Heart Reaching Origin.
• Zhong Lin thanked Great Void King, who revealed that Xi Xuan had sought the martial art for him and invited him to leave his name on the Golden Stele.
• Zhong Lin answered the altar’s ninety-nine questions truthfully and passed its inspection.
• Great Void King explained that the Heart Questioning Platform guarded against demonic infiltrators after one had seized the Sect Master Supreme position at the Taiwei True Person’s legacy.

Zhong Lin became the Heaven Sword Holy Land’s Sixth Saint Child and rang the Heavenly Sound Bell, drawing the sect’s attention. Facing doubts about his cultivation, he advanced into the Life and Death Realm and achieved the fourth level of the Undying Scripture, leaving onlookers stunned by his transformation.

• The Great Void King had Zhong Lin register his name on the Register Stone Tablet, gave him a jade token, and told him to ring the Heavenly Sound Bell.
• Zhong Lin rang the bell six times, announcing his status as the Holy Land’s Sixth Saint Child and drawing the sect’s cultivators to the Sword Tower.
• Zhong Lin emerged from the Sword Tower, and onlookers questioned how someone at the Yin Yang Realm could become a Saint Child.
• Zhong Lin demonstrated his breakthrough into the Life and Death Realm, transforming his golden core into a half-black, half-gold form.
• Zhong Lin took six steps, his body exploded into blood mist, and he reassembled it to achieve Five Elements Immortality and the sixth level of the Life and Death Realm.
• The onlookers stared in disbelief as they realized Zhong Lin had triggered vitality six times in succession.

Zhong Lin endured the Death Tribulation unleashed by stirring vitality six times, surviving the Netherworld Black Lotuses with the fourth level of the Undying Scripture. After restoring his body with a Three Origins Healing Saint Pill, he reached the Life and Death Realm Sixth Level, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Zhong Lin unleashed six measures of suppressed death intent, triggering a Death Tribulation that drove the surrounding martial artists away.
• Hundreds of Netherworld Black Lotuses engulfed Zhong Lin and burned his body and Golden Core until he was reduced to a skeleton.
• Zhong Lin found that the Death Tribulation had not awakened the fifth level of the Undying Scripture, then dispersed the lotuses with a slight tremor.
• Zhong Lin swallowed a Three Origins Healing Saint Pill, which restored his body, Golden Core, and vitality.
• Zhong Lin reached the Life and Death Realm Sixth Level, while the crowd gaped at his survival and mocked one onlooker who questioned what had happened.

After surviving the Netherworld Black Lotus tribulation, Zhong Lin gained an Undying Body and drew the attention of disciples eager to befriend him. Great Void King brought him to Heaven Sword Palace to discuss choosing one of the Eight Great Martial Arts, but Xi Xuan appeared before Zhong Lin could answer.

• Zhong Lin politely declined the disciples who sought his friendship, then gave Purple Mansion Pills to the disciple who guided him to Heaven Sword Palace.
• Great Void King told Zhong Lin that he could choose one of the Eight Great Martial Arts as a Saint Child and explained the sect's supreme inheritances.
• Zhong Lin wanted to learn all eight martial arts, but Great Void King warned him to focus on cultivation and not lose himself in too many inheritances.
• Xi Xuan rebuked Great Void King, appeared before them, and greeted Zhong Lin as his disciple.

Zhong Lin became the Sixth Saint Child of the Heaven Sword Holy Land and chose the Sword Unification Art. After meeting Sword Emperor Feng Sihan, he went with Xi Xuan to see the Saint Child Peak prepared for him.

• Xi Xuan celebrated Zhong Lin's promotion and mocked the Great Void King, who argued that Xi Xuan had won Zhong Lin as a disciple through tricks.
• Zhong Lin chose the Sword Unification Art, and Xi Xuan explained how it suited his sword intent.
• Zhong Lin met Sword Emperor Feng Sihan, who confirmed him as the Sixth Saint Child and sent a streak of light into his brow.
• Xi Xuan explained that Emperor Realm experts inspired terror because Zhong Lin's cultivation was too low to perceive their power.
• Xi Xuan took Zhong Lin to his new Saint Child Peak, where Zhong Lin admired its palaces and mountain scenery.

Zhong Lin returned to the Heaven Sword Holy Land and received East Peak as his mountain after becoming the Sixth Saint Child. He settled into his new cultivation hall and checked his System Panel, which showed his sword techniques fused into Sword Domain.

• Chi Zhong Lin welcomed Zhong Lin and brought servants to help manage his new Saint Child Peak.
• Zhong Lin decided to return to the Fallen Star Islands and bring gifted people to the Heaven Sword Holy Land.
• After Chi Zhong Lin was sent flying for proposing Transform Dragon Peak, Zhong Lin named his mountain East Peak.
• Xi Xuan recognized the ambition behind Zhong Lin's choice of name and left with Chi Zhong Lin.
• Zhong Lin toured East Peak, entered its cultivation hall, and checked his System Panel.

After mastering the Sword Unification Art, Zhong Lin demonstrated its overwhelming power but found its spiritual essence cost too great to sustain for long. He built up East Peak with gifts and followers, then continued cultivating as his body grew stronger.

• Zhong Lin used Skill Points to master the Sword Unification Art and transformed everything on East Peak into swords, nearly exhausting his spiritual essence.
• Feng Si Han, Tu Ye, and Xi Xuan witnessed Zhong Lin’s display, and Xi Xuan praised his mastery of the Myriad Life Sword.
• After recovering, Zhong Lin received congratulatory gifts from the other Saint Children and many disciples, making him wealthy.
• Over the next three months, Zhong Lin developed East Peak, welcomed visitors, and recruited disciples to help manage it.
• Zhong Lin cultivated in the main hall as life and death energy circulated through his golden core and strengthened his body.

After sensing Long Zhao's desperate plea through the Profound Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, Zhong Lin sought a way to find him. Tu Ye gave him the Palm Heaven Scripture, which Zhong Lin mastered instantly and began using to seek Long Zhao's whereabouts.

• Zhong Lin heard Long Zhao's voice while cultivating and realized that something had happened to his Junior Brother.
• Zhong Lin went to Skyscraper Peak and told Tu Ye about the voice and his connection with Long Zhao.
• Tu Ye gave Zhong Lin the Palm Heaven Scripture, an Innate Numerology art that might help locate Long Zhao.
• Zhong Lin used his system to raise the Palm Heaven Scripture to max level after studying it for less than half an hour.
• Zhong Lin began using the scripture's palm-reading method, and strange hexagram inscriptions appeared in his eyes.

Zhong Lin used the Palm Heaven Scripture to glimpse the Lines of Fate and examine the tribulations woven through his life. He saw his fate disappear into an immense unknown, leaving him convinced that his future remained open to possibility.

• Zhong Lin drew in spiritual essence and used the Palm Heaven Scripture to reveal the changing secrets of heaven across the Azure Origin World.
• Zhong Lin’s Divine Soul was drawn into a vast void filled with countless stars and the Lines of Fate connecting them.
• Zhong Lin focused on the fate lines related to himself and saw the tribulations he had faced, including the bandits, sea beasts, Third Saint Child, and God Desolate King.
• Zhong Lin followed the main line of his fate until it vanished into a vast whirlpool representing the unknown.
• Zhong Lin recalled his Eldest Senior Brother’s warning about Innate Numerology and decided that his System Panel left his future full of possibilities.

After learning the Palm Heaven Scripture, Zhong Lin found Long Zhao’s location and traveled with Tu Ye to Wild Thunder Sky. There, he tempered his body with thunder essence and encountered a group of powerful Fang Family martial artists.

• Zhong Lin used the Palm Heaven Scripture to locate Long Zhao in Wild Thunder Sky, and Tu Ye offered to help him.
• Zhong Lin and Tu Ye traveled by Flying Boat to a hidden valley and entered Wild Thunder Sky through a Teleportation Array.
• Zhong Lin stayed near the secret realm’s edge and absorbed ordinary thunder essence, strengthening his body and advancing the Form and Spirit Fist Way.
• Zhong Lin sensed several people approaching through the lightning and recognized them as members of the Fang Family from Square Domain.
• The four men and one woman formed a battle array around the woman as they noticed Zhong Lin.

Zhong Lin met Fang Yun and learned that an Innate Thunder Beast had recently appeared in Wild Thunder Sky, drawing treasure-seekers hoping to obtain its horn. He joined Fang Yun and her companions so they could help him search for Long Zhao, while he continued tempering his body with thunder essence.

• Fang Yun recognized Zhong Lin as a Sword Pavilion senior and introduced herself, then had her four companions greet him.
• Fang Yun explained that a newly born Innate Thunder Beast was hiding in Wild Thunder Sky and that its horn could cleanse bloodlines.
• Fang Yun offered to help Zhong Lin find Long Zhao, and he agreed to travel with her group.
• Zhong Lin and Fang Yun's companions headed deeper into Wild Thunder Sky as Zhong Lin absorbed thunder essence to strengthen his body.
• Fang Yun asked whether Zhong Lin was using the Palm Prison Heart Sutra, and he praised the Thunder Holy Land's All Heavens Thunder Law and the Fang Family Clan's Purple Flame Lightning method.

Zhong Lin and Fang Yun’s group encountered Central Sky Purple Tenuity Divine Lightning and uncovered an Innate Thunder Beast hidden in the clouds. As they fought the beast, Lan Qihua of Ancient Spirit Holy Land arrived and claimed it as his own.

• Fang Yun recognized the valley’s lightning as Central Sky Purple Tenuity Divine Lightning and led the group around it.
• Zhong Lin spotted unusual thunderclouds, and Chao Xi’s sword strike revealed the Thunder Beast hiding within them.
• Fang Yun and Zhong Lin attacked the juvenile Thunder Beast while Fang Yun’s companions prepared to capture it.
• Lan Qihua arrived and declared that the Innate Thunder Beast was fated to be his.
• Fang Yun challenged Lan Qihua’s claim and questioned why he wanted a beast that could not be tamed.

Zhong Lin confronted Monk Chuan Deng and his Vajra Arhats after sensing Long Zhao’s blood aura among them, while rival forces gathered to claim the Innate Thunder Beast. As the Arhats attacked, Zhong Lin transformed into an Azure Dragon and unleashed a deathly aura.

• Lan Qihua and Fang Yun argued over the Innate Thunder Beast as Kuang Hao and Monk Chuan Deng arrived to claim it.
• Zhong Lin blocked Chuan Deng’s group and demanded to know whether they had seen Long Zhao, accusing them of carrying his blood aura.
• Arhats Ming Xin and Shou Jing attacked Zhong Lin with Buddhist techniques, but he shattered Shou Jing’s Vajra Tablet with the Emperor Bear’s strength.
• Chuan Deng ordered the Arhats to subdue Zhong Lin, and their Buddha Domain chants attempted to control his mind.
• Zhong Lin resisted the chants with his Spirit Domain, transformed into an Azure Dragon, and released a hollow power of death.

Zhong Lin defeated Ming Xin and Shou Jing, then overwhelmed Monk Chuan Deng with his Form and Spirit Fist. He identified himself as Heaven Sword Holy Land’s Zhong Lin and was recognized as its Sixth Saint Child before approaching the wounded monk.

• Zhong Lin struck Ming Xin and Shou Jing with Azure Dragon Nirvana, leaving the two fifth-layer Life and Death Realm Vajra Arhats unable to resist the power of death.
• Monk Chuan Deng attacked Zhong Lin with a giant Buddha Palm, but Zhong Lin evaded it with White Crane Soaring Through the Sky.
• Zhong Lin unleashed his Form and Spirit Fist against Monk Chuan Deng, shattering the Buddha’s phantom and leaving the monk gravely wounded.
• Monk Chuan Deng asked who Zhong Lin was, and Zhong Lin identified himself as Heaven Sword Holy Land, Sword Pavilion’s Zhong Lin.
• Onlookers recognized Zhong Lin as Sword Slaughter King’s Junior Brother and learned that he had become Heaven Sword Holy Land’s Sixth Saint Child.
• Zhong Lin ignored the crowd and slowly flew toward Monk Chuan Deng.

Zhong Lin killed Monk Chuan Deng after countering his Buddhist techniques with Sword Domain, then learned Long Zhao might be in a valley southeast. He claimed the thunder beast and threatened Lan Qihua and Kuang Hao, leaving a Thunder Giant Dragon rising behind him.

• Monk Chuan Deng tried to trade Long Zhao's location for his life, then attacked Zhong Lin with his bronze lamp and Tathagata techniques.
• Zhong Lin used Sword Domain to crush Monk Chuan Deng's attacks and kill him with a touch to the brow.
• Cheng Xingye revealed that Chuan Deng's group had stayed in a valley a thousand miles southeast, and Zhong Lin rewarded him with a White Jade Token.
• Lan Qihua and Kuang Hao greeted Zhong Lin, who told them the thunder beast already had an owner and ordered them to step aside or die.
• Zhong Lin summoned an Azure Dragon Phantom that merged with the thunder and rose as a Thunder Giant Dragon.

Zhong Lin drove away the martial artists pursuing the thunder beast and captured it with the Eastern Emperor Bell. After discovering Dao patterns across its back, he made the beast submit so he could study them and left its life in question.

• Zhong Lin transformed the Wild Thunder Sky’s lightning into a vast ocean of thunderwater, forcing Lan Qihua, Kuang Hao, and the other martial artists to retreat.
• Fang Yun struggled to hold off the thunder beast until Zhong Lin trapped it with the Eastern Emperor Bell and began dragging it toward the ground.
• Zhong Lin spotted Great Dao patterns on the thunder beast’s back and realized they might help him comprehend lightning and create an All Heavens Thunder Law Grand Summary.
• Zhong Lin threatened to kill the thunder beast and take its heart’s blood unless it let him study its patterns, and the beast bowed in submission.
• Zhong Lin shrank the Eastern Emperor Bell, threaded a golden rope through it, and tied it around the thunder beast’s neck.

Zhong Lin subdued the Innate Thunder Beast and gave Fang Yun a drop of its essence blood before setting out to find Long Zhao. He found Long Zhao unconscious in the ruins of an ancient city, his mystic core shattered.

• Zhong Lin subdued the Innate Thunder Beast and gave Fang Yun a drop of its essence blood as compensation for her help.
• Zhong Lin stored the Thunder Beast in his secret realm, where it began recovering on an Origin Vein.
• Zhong Lin followed Cheng Xingye to a hidden city built from Spirit Thunder Stone and entered its lightning-filled ruins.
• Zhong Lin sensed Long Zhao’s aura through the city and found him unconscious in an abandoned palace.
• Zhong Lin discovered that Long Zhao’s mystic core had been shattered and grew angry at his injuries.

Zhong Lin rescued Long Zhao in Wild Thunder Sky, healed his shattered Profound Core, and learned that Monk Chuan Deng had hunted him for the Undead Evil Emperor’s inheritance. After revealing that he had already killed Chuan Deng, Zhong Lin offered to protect Long Zhao as he rebuilt the Town Sea Sect.

• Zhong Lin gave Long Zhao a Three Origins Healing Saint Pill, and Long Zhao recovered his Profound Core and reached Profound Core Realm Completion after three days.
• Long Zhao explained that Monk Chuan Deng’s group had targeted him after discovering he was a Town Sea Sect Remnant and suspecting he knew about the Undead Evil Emperor’s inheritance.
• Zhong Lin revealed Monk Chuan Deng’s Heart Flame Myriad Images Lamp and said he had already avenged Long Zhao by killing him.
• Zhong Lin told Long Zhao that he had reached the Sixth Level of the Life and Death Realm and invited him to join the Heaven Sword Holy Land.
• Long Zhao refused the invitation because he intended to rebuild the Town Sea Sect, and Zhong Lin offered to protect it within the Sword Domain.