Peerless III

Setting out from Qiu Shi Territory, to the west lay a vast desert, while to the south stretched an endless ocean. For the time being, Lin Xin had no intention of leaving home to explore. It was said that beyond the sea were immense continents and immortal mountains, though no one could say whether it was true.

After returning home, he continued to clutch the Thunder Crystal and devote himself to bitter cultivation.

From who knew where, Lin Hao found him several more Thunder Crystals. With that, the obstacles to reaching the higher levels of the Thunderclap Sword were gone.

Every day, aside from eating, drinking, and sleeping, he cultivated and practiced his swordsmanship without cease. Occasionally, he would slip out to purchase or seek out lightning-attributed treasures, using them as energy for his cultivation.

Lin Xin's name gradually faded from everyone's mind as he remained out of sight for so long.

His cultivation also continued to rise, growing unfathomably profound until it reached a realm no one knew.

Thus, his days repeated themselves, dull and flavorless.

As the years flowed by, Lin Xin turned fourteen in the blink of an eye. His elder sister Lin Yaoyang's sealed inheritance ceremony, delayed again and again due to insufficient preparations, was finally about to begin.

The Lin Family's Branch Family and many subordinate factions, along with the great aristocratic families within the World Extermination Society, all sent representatives to witness the ceremony.

Outside the window, it was bustling with noise.

Lin Xin sat upright in his quiet chamber, a slightly black longsword resembling a dagger resting across his knees. His eyes were half-closed, and his breathing was incomparably long and steady.

Hearing the noise outside, Lin Xin frowned almost imperceptibly.

"It's getting noisier and noisier lately." He opened his eyes and