Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin drove off the five quasi-Saints who had threatened the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, then declined Tang Feng’s invitation and returned to Dao Sword City. The alliance leader realized Tang Feng had sacrificed a life-changing providential opportunity to summon Ye Lin, but Tang Feng said he did not regret it.

• The five quasi-Saints recognized Ye Lin and offered gifts and promises in exchange for sparing them and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance.
• Ye Lin ordered the five to leave, and they fled after his pressure vanished.
• The Rogue Cultivator Alliance cultivators thanked Ye Lin, while Tang Feng invited him to visit the alliance.
• Ye Lin declined, said matters awaited him in Dao Sword City, and departed.
• The alliance leader told Tang Feng that he had sacrificed an extraordinary future to save them, and Tang Feng said he was grateful to Ye Lin and had no regrets.

Ye Lin learned that three Third Heaven Quasi-Saint experts from the Chaos Ancient Clan had challenged cultivators across the Eastern Region, but he felt no anger at their provocation. Intrigued by the clan’s sword cultivator with an innate Heavenly Dao Sword Body, he agreed to go to the border and take a look.

• Ye Lin met Yun Qiyue after arriving in Dao Sword City and asked what was happening at the border.
• Yun Qiyue explained that three Third Heaven Quasi-Saint experts from the Chaos Ancient Clan had challenged Eastern Region cultivators and insulted their strength.
• Ye Lin said the Chaos Ancient Clan’s arrogance had nothing to do with him, surprising Yun Qiyue.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that one of the challengers was a sword cultivator with an innate Heavenly Dao Sword Body and Holy Clan bloodline.
• Ye Lin decided to go to the border because he wanted to spar with a powerful sword cultivator.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue went to Heaven Province to watch the confrontation between Origin Continent cultivators and the Chaos Ancient Clan. They arrived as Cangwu taunted the Eastern Region, and a white-robed sword cultivator stepped forward to challenge him.

• Ye Lin agreed to join Yun Qiyue in watching the Chaos Ancient Clan’s clash with the Origin Continent.
• A day later, Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue reached the border in Heaven Province and saw the two sides facing off in the Void.
• Cangwu, a Chaos Ancient Clan bearer of Holy Clan bloodline with an Innate Dao Sword Body, mocked the Eastern Region beside thirteen dead cultivators.
• A white-robed sword cultivator stepped forward and challenged Cangwu.

Sui Xin challenged Cangwu with Everlasting Regret, but his first strike was easily blocked and left him injured. Undeterred, Sui Xin unleashed Thousandfold Waves, a sword technique powerful enough to have slain a Third Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm devil.

• Sui Xin drew Everlasting Regret and attacked Cangwu with Severing Thoughts.
• Cangwu blocked Sui Xin’s sword with three sword-feathers and blasted him back, leaving him bleeding.
• Sui Xin told Cangwu that his first strike had only tested him and gathered sword-shadows around himself.
• Sui Xin charged with Thousandfold Waves as the watching cultivators recognized the deadly technique.

Cangwu effortlessly defended against Sui Xin’s sword attack, then wounded him and demonstrated a thunderous sword technique that left Sui Xin frozen with fear. The chapter ended as Cangwu’s simple slash revealed a sword Sui Xin could not comprehend.

• Cangwu turned his sword-feathers into an impenetrable barrier and shattered Sui Xin’s sword phantoms.
• Cangwu released a circular wave of Sword Qi that blasted Sui Xin away, cracked his Longhatred Sword, and left him badly wounded.
• Sui Xin struggled to his feet and refused to admit defeat despite his alarm.
• Cangwu drew violet lightning into his sword-feathers and formed a massive sword of thunder.
• Cangwu swung the thunder sword in a simple slash, leaving Sui Xin trembling and unable to comprehend its power.

Cangwu defeated and killed Sui Xin with his Severance Sword Dao, leaving the Eastern Region cultivators terrified. He challenged them to send another fighter, but no one dared respond.

• Cangwu struck Sui Xin with Law Sword: Purple Sky, badly wounding him and breaking his Longhatred Sword.
• Cangwu told Sui Xin that he was unworthy of being called a sword cultivator and explained that his Sword Dao origin was Severance.
• Cangwu pierced Sui Xin's brow, splitting him into fragments that turned to ash.
• Cangwu challenged the Eastern Region cultivators to fight next, and they fell silent in fear.

After killing Sword Fanatic, Cangwu cowed the Eastern Region cultivators and pressed onward, challenging them to stop him. A crimson spear appeared in his path, and Xu Yang introduced himself as the Spear Immortal and challenged Cangwu.

• Cangwu mocked the Eastern Region cultivators after killing Sword Fanatic, calling them trash and demanding they surrender their territory.
• Cangwu singled out a cultivator, who refused to fight, and killed him with a sword strike.
• Cangwu advanced through the crowd, forcing tens of thousands of cultivators to retreat as they feared his power.
• A crimson spear shattered the Void in front of Cangwu and floated before him.
• Xu Yang announced that he had come to seek Cangwu's guidance.

Xu Yang, a previously unknown rogue cultivator, challenged Cangwu and fought him with a flaming spear. After their opening exchanges, both combatants had retreated ten zhang, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xu Yang arrived and told Cangwu he had come to behead him.
• Xu Yang opened with Prairie Fire, and Cangwu blocked the spear thrust with three sword feathers.
• Xu Yang used Heaven Incineration, forcing Cangwu to evade a massive blade of flame.
• Cangwu unleashed a rain of violet sword feathers, and Xu Yang defended himself with a wall of fire.
• Xu Yang attacked with Army Breaker, but Cangwu crossed his wings to block the thrust.
• A bolt of violet lightning engulfed Xu Yang and Cangwu, and both retreated ten zhang when it faded.

Xu Yang and Cangwu escalated their duel after Xu Yang’s first three spears shattered several of Cangwu’s sword-feathers. Xu Yang’s fourth spear forced Cangwu to retreat and damaged his violet sword, leaving Cangwu impressed by his strength.

• Xu Yang and Cangwu faced each other after their first clash, while the watching cultivators marveled that Xu Yang had fought Cangwu to a draw.
• Cangwu summoned a violet sword from his sword-feathers and challenged Xu Yang to reveal his fourth spear.
• Xu Yang unleashed Saintfall, plunging down at Cangwu with a blazing white spear.
• Cangwu met Xu Yang’s spear with an upward slash, but the impact cracked his sword and drove him into the Void.
• Cangwu retreated a hundred zhang to evade Xu Yang’s spear and saw a deep notch in his blade.

Xu Yang’s fifth spear form, Annihilation, forced Cangwu to take him seriously. Cangwu awakened his Chaos Ancient Clan bloodline, surged to the Pseudo Fourth Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm, and prepared to continue the fight.

• Xu Yang unleashed Annihilation, sending a thread of white light toward Cangwu that threatened his soul and the foundation of his laws.
• Cangwu blocked the strike with nine layers of sword light, but the Annihilation pierced seven layers and left a mark on his chest.
• Cangwu acknowledged Xu Yang’s strength and said he would use his full power.
• Cangwu awakened the Chaos Ancient Clan’s Swordline Awakening, raising his cultivation to the Pseudo Fourth Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm and condensing a stronger sword.

Xu Yang and Cangwu unleashed their strongest attacks, leaving both badly wounded. Cangwu spared Xu Yang and challenged him to master the seventh spear strike and return for another fight.

• Cangwu attacked with a full-powered Severance Origin sword strike as Xu Yang used his unstable sixth spear strike, Godslayer.
• Their attacks annihilated each other, collapsing part of the Void and blasting both fighters backward.
• Xu Yang crashed into a crater with severe injuries, while Cangwu lost his sword and many sword feathers and suffered a wound.
• Cangwu praised Xu Yang as his most worthy opponent in the Eastern Region and chose not to kill him.
• Xu Yang said he would learn the seventh spear strike, and Cangwu told him to return and reclaim his life.

Xu Yang left after fighting Cangwu to a standstill, and Cangwu entered the Eastern Region to challenge its experts. Three Chaos Ancient Clan Holy Clan powerhouses went in together, while the cultivators could only watch; Yun Qiyue then asked her junior brother what he thought of the fight.

• Xu Yang threatened to kill Cangwu next time they met, then limped away with his spear.
• The observing cultivators praised Xu Yang's strength and speculated that his spear technique might come from a Saint's method.
• Cangwu dismissed the onlookers and announced that he would challenge the Eastern Region's powerhouses one by one.
• Two more powerhouses bearing the Chaos Ancient Clan's Holy Clan bloodline joined Cangwu, and the three entered the Eastern Region without opposition.
• The cultivators followed the trio, frustrated that they lacked the strength to stop them.
• Yun Qiyue asked her junior brother what he thought of the battle, and he replied that it was average.

Ye Lin dismissed Cangwu as average and explained to Yun Qiyue why he had no reason to fight him for fame. As Ye Lin prepared to leave, Cangwu and his two friends appeared behind him and demanded to know his identity.

• Yun Qiyue questioned Ye Lin’s assessment of Cangwu, and Ye Lin said Cangwu was weaker than Ning Yi.
• Ye Lin told Yun Qiyue he had not fought Cangwu because killing him would bring no benefit and fame would only invite trouble.
• Ye Lin decided to leave and wondered about the Spirit King’s strength and the possibility of exchanging blows with him.
• Cangwu and his two friends appeared behind Ye Lin, and Cangwu demanded that he state his name.

Cangwu confronted Ye Lin after overhearing him call Cangwu’s strength average, but Ye Lin escaped with Yun Qiyue before Cangwu could attack. After learning Ye Lin’s name and that he was in Dao Sword City, Cangwu and his brothers set off to pursue him.

• Cangwu confronted Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue over Ye Lin calling his strength average.
• Cangwu unleashed his aura and challenged Ye Lin, but Ye Lin refused to fight unless Cangwu offered something that interested him.
• Cangwu attacked, and Ye Lin grabbed Yun Qiyue and vanished with his extraordinary speed.
• Cangwu and his brothers pursued Ye Lin but lost track of him until someone identified him as a Human Race cultivator named Ye Lin and said he was in Dao Sword City.
• Cangwu and his brothers headed for Dao Sword City, while Ye Lin brought Yun Qiyue back there and remarked that Cangwu seemed odd.

Ye Lin accepted Cangwu’s Windcloud Mirror as the wager and faced him in a duel outside Dao Sword City. Ye Lin effortlessly damaged Cangwu’s sword and then launched a second attack that shattered Cangwu’s defensive sword nest.

• Cangwu offered Ye Lin the Windcloud Mirror and challenged him to wager the treasure and his life.
• Ye Lin accepted, and Cangwu attacked with a purple sword formed from his sword-feathers.
• Ye Lin used Primeval Heaven-Opening with two fingers, sending Cangwu flying and notching his postnatal supreme treasure sword.
• Cangwu unleashed his Third Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm power, but Ye Lin appeared before him and struck with Yin-Yang Division.
• Cangwu formed a defensive sword nest from his feathers, and Ye Lin’s Yin and Yang energies shattered it.

Ye Lin overwhelmed Cangwu with the Five Elements Cycle and revealed the Primeval Sword Art as the sword art that would kill him. Cangwu awakened his bloodline and forcibly reached the Fourth Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm, then attacked Ye Lin with his fully unleashed Severance Origin as Ye Lin countered with Life-Death Reincarnation.

• Ye Lin blasted Cangwu through three floating mountain peaks, leaving him badly wounded.
• Ye Lin used the Five Elements Cycle to crush Cangwu’s sword attacks and force him to one knee.
• Ye Lin told Cangwu that his sword dao was weak and named the Primeval Sword Art as the art that would slay him.
• Cangwu awakened the second stage of his bloodline, forcibly broke through to the Fourth Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm, and unleashed his Severance Origin.
• Cangwu charged Ye Lin with an enormous purple sword, and Ye Lin met the attack with Life-Death Reincarnation.

Ye Lin defeated Cangwu with his fourth sword, then froze him in spacetime and erased him with Karma Annihilation. He retrieved the unscathed Windcloud Mirror from the empty crater.

• Ye Lin's fourth sword destroyed Cangwu's right wing and shattered his foundation, reducing his realm as he crashed into a crater.
• Ye Lin used Spacetime Stasis to freeze Cangwu while leaving his consciousness intact.
• Ye Lin severed Cangwu's karmic threads with Karma Annihilation, erasing him completely.
• Ye Lin picked up the unscathed Windcloud Mirror and put it away.

Ye Lin killed Cangwu with overwhelming ease, frightening the two remaining members of the Chaos Ancient Clan into fleeing. He returned to Dao Sword City and discovered the Windcloud Mirror could monitor a vast area and replay events, leaving him pleased with his new treasure.

• Ye Lin asked the two remaining Chaos Ancient Clan members if they wanted to fight, and they fled in terror.
• Ye Lin entered Dao Sword City while the surrounding cultivators watched him with awe and fear.
• Ye Lin reached the City Lord Mansion and learned how to use the Windcloud Mirror.
• Ye Lin realized the Windcloud Mirror could observe events across hundreds of millions of li and replay them, and he decided it was a valuable treasure.

Ye Lin found a map and half a jade pendant beneath Sword Elder and decided to follow the map to investigate the place it marked. After Ye Lin left, Sword Elder revealed that the Sword Dao had acknowledged Ye Lin as its master and called him the Lord of the Sword Dao.

• Ye Lin searched Dao Sword City through the Windcloud Mirror but found no powerful experts.
• Ye Lin discovered a map and half a jade pendant beneath the drunken Sword Elder and recognized the map’s markings.
• Ye Lin suspected Sword Elder had deliberately shown him the map and decided to visit the marked place, taking the pendant with him.
• Ye Lin left Dao Sword City in a streak of light.
• Sword Elder opened his eyes and said the Sword Dao had acknowledged Ye Lin as its master.

Ye Lin reached the hidden bronze gate marked on his map and opened it with his jade pendant and hand. He entered a grand hall lined with jeweled bronze chairs and statues, but the chapter ended before he discovered its purpose.

• Ye Lin followed the map from Dao Sword City to a bronze gate covered in sword scars and embedded blades.
• Ye Lin matched his jade pendant to a recess in the gate and placed his palm in the neighboring handprint recess.
• The bronze gate split open and revealed a great hall with a red carpet, jeweled bronze chairs, and weapon-bearing statues in wall alcoves.