Chapter Summaries

Xing Zhan drove Weng Yuan away after wounding him, protecting Tang Tian from the Falling Star Sect elder. Lin Changdong and Tang Lingyun continued fighting, and Tang Lingyun ordered the Tang Family to destroy the Lin Family, leaving Tang Tian charging into the battle.

• Xing Zhan pierced Weng Yuan's shoulder with his spear, forcing the Falling Star Sect elder to retreat after he vowed to remember the humiliation.
• Tang Tian thanked Xing Zhan, who warned him to watch out for Weng Yuan and said the Falling Star Sect would not seek revenge over Lin Yichen's death.
• Lin Changdong refused Tang Lingyun's appeal to stop fighting, insisting their feud would end only when one of them died.
• Tang Lingyun ordered the Tang Family to fight the Lin Family to the death, and Tang Xiao and Tang Xiaohai accepted his command.
• Xing Zhan allowed the families to settle their conflict, while Jia Shiming agreed not to interfere.
• Tang Tian summoned a Mortal Artifact longsword and charged toward the Lin Family crowd.

Tang Tian and the Tang Family fought the Lin Family as Ye Qingyuan blocked Qin Tiande from intervening. After Qin Yuexi was killed by Ye Ruxue, Qin Tiande battled Ye Qingyuan, while Ye Ruxue rushed toward the bloodied Tang Tian, who faced a sudden saber attack.

• Tang Tian slaughtered Lin Family fighters as Lin Changdong pleaded with Qin Tiande to save the Lin Family.
• Qin Tiande ordered the Qin Family to attack and fought Ye Qingyuan, who drew a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• Ye Ruxue stabbed Qin Yuexi and told her she was unworthy to speak of Tang Tian.
• Ye Qingyuan condemned Qin Tiande for insulting Ye Ruxue, and the two fought fiercely.
• Ye Ruxue rushed toward Tang Tian as he continued fighting amid the four-family battle.
• An attacker swung a saber at Tang Tian and shouted for him to die.

Tang Tian killed Qin Xingyao, and Ye Qingyuan defeated Qin Tiande, triggering the Qin Family's flight as the Ye Family pursued them. Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue fought side by side, but her sudden warning left him facing an unseen danger.

• Qin Xingyao ambushed Tang Tian over Qin Yuexi's death, and Tang Tian killed him with a sword strike.
• Qin Tiande lost focus after seeing his son die, and Ye Qingyuan stabbed him in the chest.
• Qin Tiande tried to self-destruct, but Ye Qingyuan struck his acupoints and killed him before he could explode.
• The Qin Family members fled after their Patriarch died, and Ye Qingyuan ordered the Ye Family to hunt them down.
• Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue agreed to fight side by side and attacked the Lin Family and Qin Family disciples.
• Ye Ruxue suddenly cried out a warning to Tang Tian as he looked toward Tang Lingyun's battle with the Lin Family Patriarch.

As the Lin Family’s experts pursued Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue, the Tang Family rallied to protect him, stirring Tang Tian to accept the family as his home and lineage. He returned to the battle with Ye Ruxue, and his conviction transformed his sword technique as Fan Siren watched in shock.

• Tang Tian grabbed Ye Ruxue’s hand and ran from the Lin Family experts pursuing them.
• Tang Xiaohai led the Tang Family experts to Tang Tian’s aid, and Tang Feng and Tang Li fought alongside them.
• Watching the Tang Family risk their lives for him, Tang Tian accepted that he belonged to the Tang Family and resolved to fight for them.
• Tang Tian released Ye Ruxue’s hand, drew the Thunder Python Sword, and charged back into battle with her beside him.
• Tang Tian unleashed Meteor Beyond the Heavens against a Lin Family Initial Organs-Hiding Realm expert, and Fan Siren was startled by the technique’s new power.

Tang Tian learned that he had unexpectedly comprehended Sword Momentum and asked Fan Siren how to pursue sword cultivation. Fan Siren identified Elder Li as a powerful Sword Cultivator and warned Tang Tian that learning from him could entangle him in dangerous karma, as an explosion sounded above the plaza.

• Tang Tian killed a Lin Family expert with the Thunder Python Sword, and Fan Siren recognized his Sword Momentum.
• Fan Siren explained Sword Momentum and its power, while Tang Tian continued killing Lin Family and Qin Family pursuers.
• Fan Siren told Tang Tian he could not teach sword cultivation and advised him to start with basic sword arts under a powerful Sword Cultivator.
• Fan Siren revealed that Elder Li was a powerful Sword Cultivator who might teach Tang Tian, but warned that doing so could draw him into Elder Li's karma.
• Ye Ruxue deflected an attack aimed at Tang Tian and killed the attacker as he reacted to Fan Siren's revelation.
• Tang Tian accepted Fan Siren's guidance, and an earth-shattering explosion sounded above the plaza.

Tang Lingyun killed Lin Changdong, and Xing Zhan intercepted and killed the Lin Family elder who tried to escape. With the Qin and Lin family heads dead, the Tang and Ye families’ victory was nearly complete, and the fighting gradually subsided.

• Tang Lingyun overwhelmed Lin Changdong and killed him with a sword through the brow.
• The Lin Family elder fled after seeing Lin Changdong die, abandoning his clansmen.
• Xing Zhan blocked the elder’s escape and killed him with a spear thrust.
• Tang Lingyun thanked Xing Zhan for his help, and Xing Zhan made clear that he supported the Tang Family.
• The remaining resistance faded, leaving the Qin and Lin families defeated.

Tang Tian met with Falling Star Sect Grand Elder Zhang Kairong, who offered him a place in the sect or a dangerous trial in exchange for sparing his family. Tang Tian rejected the offer because the sect had threatened the Tang Family, leaving his relatives shocked by his decision.

• Tang Tian and Ye Ruxue discussed the threat from the Falling Star Sect before Elder Li summoned them to the main hall.
• Tang Tian met Zhang Kairong and Weng Yuan in the Tang Family hall, where Weng Yuan showed hostility toward him.
• Zhang Kairong offered Tang Tian a choice between joining the Falling Star Sect or surviving a half-month hunt in Starfall Forest to secure his freedom and his family's safety.
• Tang Tian refused to join the sect because it had used his family as leverage.
• Tang Xiaohai rebuked Tang Tian for turning down the opportunity to enter the Falling Star Sect.

Tang Tian refused to join the Falling Star Sect under pressure and agreed to face its Organs-Hiding Realm inner disciples in Starfall Forest. Ye Ruxue said she would join the sect only if Tang Tian did, and Tang Tian planned to survive the coming trial without necessarily fighting.

• Tang Tian rejected relying on the Falling Star Sect and chose its second proposed resolution, asking what level of opponents he would face.
• Zhang Kairong said Organs-Hiding Realm inner disciples would hunt Tang Tian in Starfall Forest, and Tang Tian set the trial for three days later.
• Tang Tian asked the Falling Star Sect to leave the Tang Family alone if he survived, and Zhang Kairong agreed.
• Zhang Kairong invited Ye Ruxue to join the sect, but she said she would go only if Tang Tian went.
• After Zhang Kairong and Weng Yuan left, Tang Tian told Tang Lingyun he only needed to survive for half a month and did not have to fight the disciples.

Tang Tian agreed to survive fifteen days in Starfall Forest and planned to cultivate the third turn of the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art while evading pursuit. Elder Li gave him the Mortal Sword Art and began guiding him in sword cultivation, leaving Tang Tian eager to study the manual.

• Tang Tian agreed to enter Starfall Forest, and Tang Lingyun promised to kill anyone who bullied him.
• Tang Tian returned to his courtyard after telling Ye Ruxue not to follow him, while Ye Ruxue went to inform her father about the Falling Star Sect.
• Elder Li appeared and offered to teach Tang Tian sword cultivation after praising his Heart Sword and Sword Momentum.
• Elder Li explained the stages of Sword Cultivators and gave Tang Tian the annotated Mortal Sword Art, asking him to keep their relationship secret.
• Fan Siren urged Tang Tian to cultivate the new sword art so he would not rely only on Meteor Beyond the Heavens in Starfall Forest.
• Tang Tian opened the Mortal Sword Art and began studying it.

Tang Tian studied the Mortal Sword Art before entering Starfall Forest for a dangerous trial, where Falling Star Sect disciples would hunt him. Before he left, he and Ye Ruxue’s families agreed to their marriage, and Zhang Kairong ordered every Organs-Hiding Realm disciple into the forest.

• Tang Tian learned that the Mortal Sword Art’s thirteen basic forms would help him master swordsmanship, and Fan Siren praised the art.
• Tang Tian learned that heavenly lightning would not descend for ten days, meaning he could not cultivate the third turn of the Nine-Turn Heavenly Thunder Art before entering Starfall Forest.
• Tang Tian asked Tang Lingyun and Ye Qingyuan to approve his marriage to Ye Ruxue, and both fathers revealed they had planned to arrange the match.
• Tang Tian said farewell to Ye Ruxue and entered the outskirts of Starfall Forest as Zhang Kairong and Weng Yuan watched.
• Zhang Kairong ordered all Organs-Hiding Realm disciples to enter the forest, and Weng Yuan worried that weaker disciples would die if they encountered Tang Tian.