Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin and Grass crossed the Thunder Pond in search of a powerful innate thunder spirit, while Grass advised him to avoid treasures that seemed deliberately arranged for him. At the Pond’s center, they found an opening that Grass recognized as connected to the place where she was born, and she asked Chen Lin to enter with her.

• Grass warned Chen Lin about a weak thunder spirit, then swallowed it and several others as they advanced through the Thunder Pond.
• Grass urged Chen Lin to use the Crimson Moon Scimitar as a vessel for an innate thunder spirit, explaining that the change could strengthen his soul and help him avoid accumulating more karma; Chen Lin agreed to pursue the plan.
• Chen Lin found a sword-shaped innate spirit herb inside a light orb, but accepted Grass’s advice to leave it behind, and Grass destroyed it before they continued.
• Chen Lin and Grass reached the Thunder Pond’s center, where he found a dark opening that periodically spewed Thunder Balls and suspected it connected to the Eye of Chaos.
• Grass recognized the opening as connected to her birthplace and asked Chen Lin to go inside with her.

Chen Lin entered the Chaos Thunder Pool with Gu Siming and learned that Grass had concealed her connection to the treasure. After Gu Siming left with a Thunder Bead, Grass plunged into the pool and drew Chen Lin down with her to temper his body.

• Chen Lin trusted Grass and entered the Chaos Thunder Pool, where he found Gu Siming waiting with a Thunder Bead.
• Chen Lin questioned Grass about the pool, and Grass confessed she had hidden her fear that she might be the treasure's reincarnation.
• Chen Lin examined the pool's sturdy barrier and three cracks while Gu Siming explained how she had collected the Thunder Bead.
• Gu Siming left through a crack and told Chen Lin she would wait three months for him to rejoin the team.
• Grass jumped into the multicolored pool, surfaced, and invited Chen Lin to join her; he jumped in and let her pull him toward the bottom.

Chen Lin reached the Thunder Pond’s core with Grass and used its power to refine his body and the Crimson Moon Scimitar. The scimitar became a flawless eternal lightning treasure, while Chen Lin’s soul remained unchanged.

• Grass led Chen Lin to the triangular groove at the bottom of the Thunder Pond and drew him inside.
• Grass transferred thunder power to Chen Lin, refining his body and clearing impurities from his soul source.
• Chen Lin stopped Grass from further refining his soul and asked her to focus on the Crimson Moon Scimitar.
• Grass stripped away the scimitar’s old components and transformed it into a smaller, flawless blue-green eternal treasure.
• The Thunder Pond’s radiance flooded the groove, and the scimitar’s split soul fused with the blade before it returned to Chen Lin, wreathed in lightning.

Chen Lin and Grass drained the Chaos Thunder Pool to empower the Crimson Moon Scimitar and transform Chen Lin, destroying the eternal-tier treasure in the process. As they gathered the remaining energy, observers saw the pool collapse, while Three-Color Light Rays extracted most of a Thunder Ball from a mysterious young man's body.

• Grass continued converting the Chaos Thunder Pool’s energy despite the damage, and Chen Lin’s body and Thunder Mark were transformed as the Crimson Moon Scimitar gained a mature artifact spirit and Thunderbolt Meaning.
• Grass asked Chen Lin to use the scimitar to gather the Chaos Thunder Pool’s remaining energy and condense its origin core.
• Luo Sanhuai, Liu Rumian, and Tianshu saw the Light Orb shrinking, and Gu Siming told them Chen Lin had entered the treasure’s core space with Grass.
• Cultivators in the Boundless Realm watched the Chaos Pool rapidly drain, but none knew what was happening.
• Three-Color Light Rays extracted most of a Thunder Ball from a young man’s body, causing him to stir as a small portion returned to him.

Chen Lin absorbed the Origin Essence Light Cluster and began transforming his understanding of the Thunder Law, but a yellow light bearing Nightmare Realm Aura struck his Thunder Mark and pulled him away. Grass emerged from the collapsing Chaos Thunder Pool and told the others that Chen Lin had vanished into a place resembling the Nightmare Realm, leaving them to wait for him.

• Grass urged Chen Lin to absorb the Tri-Color Light Orb, and he refined it over two months while the treasure space cracked apart.
• Gu Siming, Liu Rumian, and the others waited outside the vanished Thunder Pool Dangerous Land, while the Youth Ancient Corpse sent a bronze mirror into a Void Rift.
• Chen Lin finished refining the Origin Essence Light Cluster, and his Thunder Law understanding began a difficult transformation that formed a mystic Thunder Mark.
• A yellow light bearing Nightmare Realm Aura struck Chen Lin's Thunder Mark and carried him away just as Grass tried to stop it.
• Grass emerged from the collapsing pool, explained Chen Lin's disappearance, and heard Gu Siming say they should wait because Chen Lin might survive the Nightmare Realm.

Chen Lin was forcibly dragged into a Nightmare Realm scenario by a small bronze mirror, but discovered that he had successfully absorbed a high-grade Thunder True Principle Mark before entering. Unable to summon his companions or determine how to leave, he began exploring the island and suspected the Blind Girl had reached the Void Realm.

• Chen Lin landed on a small island in the Nightmare Realm after a bronze mirror forcibly transported him, and he suspected the master of the Chaos Thunder Pond had sent him there.
• Chen Lin examined himself and found that he had completed absorbing a three-colored Thunder True Principle Mark, greatly improving his prospects of ascending to the True Realm.
• Chen Lin failed to summon Grass, while Grass and Gu Siming waited aboard the Flying Boat in the Void Realm and concluded that a barrier separated Grass from Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin tried and failed to summon Grass, Jinlin, the Blind Girl, Fat Tiger, and Hua Ruyu, then inferred from their connection strengths that the Blind Girl might be in the Void Realm.
• Chen Lin spread his Soul Wings and flew off to explore the island.

Chen Lin explored a vast sea filled with enormous sword-shaped islands while searching for the Nightmare Realm departure mission, but found no way to reach the gigantic island beyond the second Road Guide Barrier. Just as he considered spending a Merit Coin to contact Grass, an enormous ship entered the barrier.

• Chen Lin found that his three-color Road Guide let him pass the first Road Guide Barrier, and he discovered that the sea's islands extended underwater as flattened shapes.
• Chen Lin dug into his island and uncovered an immense sword hilt, confirming that the islands were giant swords sunk into the sea.
• Chen Lin found a gigantic island beyond the second Road Guide Barrier but could not reach it, then searched the surrounding waters for three months without finding any other land.
• Chen Lin spent another three months trying bizarre actions to trigger the departure mission, but found nothing and grew concerned that Grass and the others might worry about him.
• Chen Lin spotted an enormous ship sailing into the Road Guide Barrier while surveying the gigantic island.

Chen Lin encountered Yuan Qing aboard a great ship and traded his unused Grade Yi Universal Secret Curse for Tianyi Divine Water. He then asked Yuan Qing where he had obtained the Death Gaze Secret Method, leaving the question unanswered.

• Chen Lin spotted Yuan Qing aboard the ship, approached, and was admitted after Yuan Qing vouched for him.
• Chen Lin learned Yuan Qing had advanced to Five-Star and asked about information, trade fees, and the secret curse.
• Yuan Qing confirmed the curse was unused and could obtain one Grade Yi treasure, while Chen Lin asked whether Tianyi Divine Water qualified.
• Yuan Qing gave Chen Lin a Summoning Copper Coin after learning Chen Lin had cultivated a Unique Secret Method.
• Chen Lin exchanged the curse for Tianyi Divine Water and asked Yuan Qing where he had obtained the Death Gaze Secret Method.

Chen Lin learned that his departure mission in the Sword Woman Scenario was to observe the Sword Formula on Sword Woman’s back, but Sword Woman was a deadly powerhouse who had killed even formidable pursuers. Yuan Qing explained how Chen Lin could leave the Sword Sea and warned him to choose a sword he could refine, leaving Chen Lin to face the challenge of gaining a sword’s approval.

• Chen Lin paid Yuan Qing to learn that his departure mission was to observe the Sword Formula on Sword Woman’s back, which differed for each person.
• Yuan Qing revealed that Sword Woman was the strongest in the Local Region and had killed Invisible Master Xikeli and Crazy Saber Zhuyi when they secretly watched her bathe.
• Chen Lin learned that gaining the approval of any sword in the Sword Sea would exempt him from needing an advanced Road Guide.
• Yuan Qing explained that entering the Inner World required mastering the Sword Formula and earning the title of Sword Sect Master or higher.
• Yuan Qing said Chen Lin could refine a giant sword by withstanding its sword will backlash and advised him to choose one near the limit of his ability.

Chen Lin learned more about the Dominator Realm and traded several treasures with Yuan Qing for a secret curse and a powerful single-use spell. The chapter ended with Yuan Qing warning that the Sword of Adjudication would strike whoever it judged to be in the wrong, friend or foe.

• Yuan Qing explained that the Dominator Realm stood above Eternity and that Sword Woman had only grasped a portion of a Dominator's power.
• Chen Lin exchanged assorted treasures for an unregistered Grade Bing Universal Secret Curse, intending to save it for Chen Ling'er.
• Chen Lin asked Yuan Qing about a weapon capable of killing a True Realm completion expert, but he lacked the required Three-Color Nightmare Coin and suitable exchange treasures.
• Yuan Qing identified Chen Lin's Star Crystal as max-level and offered a Grade Jia treasure for it, but Chen Lin refused to trade it.
• Yuan Qing accepted three portions each of Mother Steamed Bun and Immortal-Slaying Brew in exchange for a Wizard Plane scroll containing the Sword of Adjudication.
• Yuan Qing warned Chen Lin that the spell would judge and kill the party in the wrong without distinguishing between friend and foe.

Chen Lin discovered that a wooden scabbard resonated with a small Sword Island and uncovered a matching Wooden Sword buried beneath it. Hoping to escape the waters without using a Merit Coin, he began refining the sword.

• Chen Lin exchanged ten Golden Nightmare Coins for Sword Coins aboard Yuan Qing’s pleasure boat, then left to search for a way out of the waters.
• Chen Lin tested the wooden scabbard and Bronze Mirror against every Sword Island and found that the scabbard faintly resonated with one small island.
• Chen Lin dug beneath the island and uncovered a Wooden Sword that fit the scabbard perfectly.
• Chen Lin considered refining the Wooden Sword as a way to leave the waters and began using the Nightmare Realm Treasure-Refining Formula.

Chen Lin failed to refine the Wooden Sword with treasure-refining formulas, survived the giant sword’s devastating Sword Will, and spent more than half a year infusing the Wooden Sword with spirit until it accepted him as its “Mommy.” After learning the sword’s abilities, he flew toward the large island, preparing to continue his search for a way to leave.

• Chen Lin tried two Treasure-Refining Formulas on the Wooden Sword, but neither could refine it, so he searched another Sword Island.
• Chen Lin triggered the Giant Black Sword’s powerful Sword Will; the Azure Moon Saber was damaged, but the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Toad swallowed the attack, and Death Gaze stopped the sword from striking again.
• Chen Lin refined most of the Tianyi Divine Water, reached a bottleneck in his Unique Secret Method, and continued investigating how to refine the Wooden Sword.
• Chen Lin used the Spirit Infusion State to communicate with the Wooden Sword for more than half a year until it accepted his goodwill and called him “Mommy.”
• Chen Lin learned that the spirit-infused Wooden Sword could pierce defenses but had no other extraordinary powers, then flew toward the large island.

After landing in the Northern Sword Continent, Chen Lin was mistaken for a challenger by five sword cultivators and forced into a duel with Wang Shouyi. He used the Wooden Sword he had refined in the Sword Sea, and his opening thrust pierced Wang Shouyi’s defenses.

• Chen Lin passed through the Road Guide Barrier to the Second Layer and flew from the Offshore Area onto land.
• Five white-robed sword cultivators confronted Chen Lin, and Wang Shouyi attacked him after mistaking his greeting for a challenge.
• Chen Lin deflected Wang Shouyi’s strike with the Azure Moon Saber but was seriously injured by the Scenario’s suppression.
• Chen Lin showed the Wooden Sword he had refined in the Sword Sea, convincing the sword cultivators that he was a sword cultivator.
• Wang Shouyi challenged Chen Lin to a serious duel, and Chen Lin entered the spirit infusion state and thrust with the Wooden Sword.
• The Wooden Sword’s fluctuations accelerated Chen Lin’s thrust, pierced Wang Shouyi’s sword-light defense, and plunged into his chest.

After killing Wang Shouyi in the trial, Chen Lin reached Luoxian City on the Northern Sword Continent and paid a beggar for information about its sword cultivators. He learned the world’s hierarchy and began questioning its fixed numbers of high-ranking swordsmen.

• Chen Lin killed Wang Shouyi with his Wooden Sword, and Wang Shouyi’s companions accepted the outcome and left without attacking him.
• Chen Lin flew to Luoxian City, avoided a challenge from Yao Liuguang, and gave a Sword Coin to a beggar in exchange for information.
• The beggar told Chen Lin that Grandmaster Luoxian was the city lord and that thirty-six of the world’s three hundred and sixty Sword Sect Masters lived on the Northern Sword Continent.
• The beggar explained that the Sword Woman ruled the world from Sword Lake, guarded by thirty-six Sword Masters, and described Sword Sect Masters and the three ranks of Sword Guests.
• Chen Lin questioned why the numbers of Sword Masters and Sword Sect Masters were fixed, and the beggar had not yet answered.

Chen Lin learned how sword ranks and access to the Central Continent worked, then entered the city seeking information and a path to become a White-Clothed Swordsman. The chapter ended with him sensing an unexplained taboo in the city's unnaturally quiet streets and teahouse.

• The old man told Chen Lin that the Sword Woman had fixed the number of Sword Masters and Sword Sect Masters, and that holders could be replaced through deadly challenges.
• Chen Lin learned that becoming a White-Clothed Swordsman required passing the Sword Pond's trial or receiving the status from a Sword Guest, and the old man offered to introduce him to Hall Master Lian Jiucheng for four Sword Coins.
• Chen Lin paid the old man and received a broken sword tip as a token for the Lian Clan Sword Hall.
• The old man said that only three of the thirty-six Sword Masters were women, and Chen Lin clarified that he hoped to find a powerful disciple master who could help him approach the Sword Woman.
• Chen Lin entered the city without an identity check or entrance fee, then ordered the teahouse's most expensive tea for one Sword Coin.
• Chen Lin noticed that the city and teahouse were nearly deserted and that people seemed reluctant to speak or interact.

Chen Lin learned that the Luoxian Sword Sect’s Contract Sword let challengers force victims into becoming Sword Servants and surrendering their property. After Chu Fuhu used one to challenge him, Chen Lin revealed his strength and killed him, catching the Contract Sword as the teahouse fell silent.

• Chen Lin learned from the waiter that Luoxian City’s Sword Cultivators could force challenges, with losers becoming Sword Servants and forfeiting their possessions.
• Chu Fuhu forced a pair of siblings to sign a sword pact after provoking them into insulting White-Clothed Swordsmen, then threatened Shopkeeper Qin into giving up his teahouse.
• Chu Fuhu challenged Chen Lin with a Contract Sword after Chen Lin pretended to insult him, and Shopkeeper Qin confirmed that he had heard the insult.
• Chen Lin drew his Wooden Sword, accepted Chu Fuhu’s challenge, and killed him with a single strike.
• Chen Lin caught the Contract Sword as the teahouse’s remaining occupants stared at him in shock.

Chen Lin went to Luoxian City's Sword Pavilion to bind a Contract Sword and settle the contracts making Lin Qingyuan and Lin Qingyu his Sword Servants. After freeing the siblings, he entered the Sword Pond passageway to attempt its trial.

• Chen Lin learned the Contract Sword's inheritance rules, questioned the shopkeeper about Chu Fuhu, and received rankings of powerful swordsmen.
• The shopkeeper revealed that Chu Fuhu was related to Ye Qinghan, a powerful swordsman ranked among Luoxian City's top twenty.
• Lin Qingyuan explained the Sword Pavilion's rules and the Sword Woman's limits, then identified himself and his sister as Lin Qingyu.
• Yao Liuguang recognized Chen Lin outside the Sword Pavilion, and he and Brother Xiao waited to see whether Chen Lin would attempt the Sword Pond.
• Chen Lin paid to bind his Contract Sword and dissolve the contracts with Lin Qingyuan and Lin Qingyu, using the siblings' Sword Coins to cover the fee.
• Chen Lin gave the siblings a sword and headed into the Sword Pond passageway to take its trial.

Chen Lin paid for the Sword Pond assessment and sought Sword Guest status, but learned the trial had become more dangerous and that the Sword Pond targeted his mixed energy. He entered the assessment room resolved to proceed, where the Sword-Eyed Man warned him that the trial’s intensity had been raised.

• Chen Lin entered the Swordsman assessment room, where a young Sword Guest recognized him as the rogue cultivator who had killed Wang Shouyi and sent him directly to the Sword Guest Sword Pond.
• Chen Lin joined the Sword Guest assessment queue and realized the previous candidate had died in the Sword Pond.
• Ye Qinghua and two other Swordsmen abandoned their attempts after fear and the repeated deaths shook their resolve; Chen Lin urged them to leave and then entered the room.
• The Sword-Eyed Man warned Chen Lin that the Sword Woman had raised every sword pool’s intensity by one level and that he could not change his mind once he entered.
• Chen Lin told the Sword-Eyed Man he was prepared to take the assessment.

Chen Lin entered the Sword Pond trial and used his spirit infusion state to withstand its sword attacks. After he destroyed the Black Longsword, a stronger Silver Longsword appeared, and he attacked it as the hourglass continued to run.

• Chen Lin entered the Sword Pond, where he had to survive until the hourglass ran out.
• A Black Longsword summoned countless sword lights, but Chen Lin's spirit infusion state let him pass through them unharmed.
• Chen Lin leaped up and struck the Black Longsword, shattering it and making the sword lights disappear.
• The hourglass kept flowing, and a more powerful Silver Longsword appeared in the black sword's place.
• The Silver Longsword formed sword lights into formations, but Chen Lin's Spirit Infusion Force Field stopped them from reaching him.
• Chen Lin reached the Silver Longsword and thrust his Wooden Sword at it.

Chen Lin passed the Sword Pond’s three trials, using the Severing Affection Saber to resist a Pure White Small Sword’s overwhelming love before earning the status of Three-Flower Swordsman. After Moxi Zichan advised him to seek a Sword Formula from a Sword Spirit, Chen Lin left the Sword Pavilion and encountered the stunned Ye Qinghua.

• Chen Lin fought three colored longswords through the hourglass’s final moments, preventing them from merging until the trial ended.
• A Pure White Small Sword drew Chen Lin toward it with an irresistible feeling of love, but he severed its influence with the Severing Affection Saber and destroyed it with his Wooden Sword.
• The Sword-Eyed Man, Moxi Zichan, awarded Chen Lin a three-flower Sword Robe and told him that communing with a Sword Spirit could help him obtain a Sword Formula and advance toward Grandmaster.
• Chen Lin offered Moxi Zichan money, but Moxi Zichan refused it and explained that the Sword Spirits embodied the Sword Woman’s thoughts.
• Chen Lin left the room and found Ye Qinghua returning; she stared in shock at the three flowers on his Sword Robe.