Chapter Summaries

Lin Lang caught Wei Jinzhong stealing energy from the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, killed him, and redirected the seal’s energy into the Evil Emperor’s Relic. After visiting Yunluo, Lin Lang was discovered by the Emperor of Great Ming in her room, leaving him stunned by what he had walked in on.

• The Divine Eagle awakened stronger after drinking the Fire Qilin's blood, and Lin Lang flew it to Capital City to collect true dragon qi.
• Wei Jinzhong secretly absorbed energy from the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, hoping to become a Martial Arts Myth and regain his manhood.
• Lin Lang interrupted Wei Jinzhong, took the seal, and killed him after he tried to escape with the Heavenly Wrath Sword.
• Lin Lang absorbed the sword’s remaining power into the Evil Emperor’s Relic and left the Heirloom Seal of the Realm in the palace to gather energy.
• Lin Lang visited Yunluo, who welcomed him as her master, while the Emperor of Great Ming went looking for him.
• The Emperor of Great Ming entered Yunluo’s room and saw two pairs of shoes on the floor, realizing Lin Lang and Yunluo were together.

Lin Lang explained Wei Jinzhong’s theft of Great Ming’s national fortune, advised the Emperor of Great Ming on future campaigns, and helped Yunluo refine the Evil Emperor’s Relic’s Essence. The Emperor learned that Wei Jinzhong’s incomplete martial art had damaged his foundation, while Lin Lang prepared his household and allies for his coming departure.

• The Emperor of Great Ming interrupted Lin Lang and Yunluo during cultivation, then learned that Wei Jinzhong had stolen the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and much of Great Ming’s True Dragon Qi and national fortune.
• Lin Lang assigned his old housekeeper to protect the Emperor of Great Ming and advised him to use surrendered forces against Mongol Yuan and Southern Yue while settling people in the Western Regions.
• Lin Lang told the Emperor of Great Ming that his infertility might be his own problem, then helped Yunluo refine the Evil Emperor’s Relic’s Essence, gave her the Greedy Wolf Sword, and said she could roam the Jianghu after secluded cultivation.
• Lin Lang prepared the old housekeeper to serve in the palace, promoted Five Poisons Child to manage the Imperial Preceptor’s Residence, and taught Five Poisons Child and Bai Yunfei martial arts.
• The Emperor of Great Ming discovered that Wei Jinzhong had given him an incomplete Heavenly Wrath Heart Method, and the old eunuch warned that his damaged foundation made further martial arts practice dangerous.

Lan Xiaodie sought martial arts instruction but learned that Bai Yunfei had earned Lin Lang’s teaching by serving him, while Lin Lang investigated the Empress Dowager’s scheme to steal Great Ming’s national fortune. Shangguan Haitang warned him of the plot and offered intimacy in exchange for his support, leaving Lin Lang to ask whether she wanted security or him.

• Lan Xiaodie asked Lin Lang to teach her martial arts, but he refused because she was only a maidservant and he had no interest in her.
• Bai Yunfei told Lan Xiaodie that Lin Lang had taught her after she scrubbed him in the bath, and Lan Xiaodie considered whether she could accept sharing him to gain power.
• Lin Lang practiced Love of the Allure and found that his new insight into shattering the void let him unleash much more of the move’s power.
• The Empress Dowager gave her brother Great Ming’s old jade seal, and he planned to use it to steal the nation’s fortune and install a young heir he could control.
• The Emperor learned that Great Ming’s national fortune was draining away and chose to let the plot proceed so he could purge the conspirators.
• Shangguan Haitang told Lin Lang of the Empress Dowager’s scheme, then offered to become intimately close to him in return for his help becoming a Martial Arts Myth; Lin Lang asked whether she wanted security or him.

Lin Lang exposed a plot involving the Son of Heaven's Sword and Heaven Gate, protected the Emperor of Great Ming, and advised him on reforms while treating his failing health. As Lin Lang considered controlling the world's fortune, Five Poisons Child received urgent news of trouble at Green Robe Tower.

• Shangguan Haitang resolved to become Lin Lang's woman after he asked her to consider her true feelings.
• The Empress Dowager's Brother used the Heir of Prince Ning's blood to complete the Son of Heaven's Sword, but the Emperor of Great Ming seized it and fatally stabbed him.
• Lin Lang stopped an assassin who confessed that Heaven Gate had sent him to seize the sword, but the assassin died before revealing its location.
• Lin Lang directed that Yunluo receive the Son of Heaven's Sword, advised the Emperor of Great Ming on practical reforms, and treated some of his hidden ailments.
• Eunuch Wang reported the capture or deaths of 132 palace spies, and the Emperor of Great Ming ordered investigations into their court connections.
• Five Poisons Child received news of trouble at Green Robe Tower and urged Divine Eagle to find Lin Lang.

Bai Yu'er survived an attack on the Green Robe Tower and learned that Sword-Casting City was connected to the scheme against her organization. Lin Lang took her to confront Sword-Casting City, where Jian Zun had finished forging the Frost-Defying Sword and was preparing to open King's Chess City.

• Bai Yu'er discovered that a traitorous assassin had helped expose the rebuilt Green Robe Tower, then escaped a siege by Huangfu Changhen, Abbess Sixin, and other Liao experts.
• Jian Zun ordered the Frost-Defying Sword completed without the Nine Dragons Stone and planned to use it to open King's Chess City.
• Bai Yu'er told Lin Lang that all three rebuilt Green Robe Tower branches had been destroyed, and Lin Lang decided to confront Sword-Casting City instead of waiting for her investigation.
• Ren Qianxing schemed to win Jian Xiong and gain Sword-Casting City's inheritance, while Jian Zun revealed that he had finished forging the Frost-Defying Sword.
• Lin Lang and Bai Yu'er arrived at Sword-Casting City, where Lin Lang confronted its people over their scheme against the Green Robe Tower.

Lin Lang killed Jian Zun, Jian Xiong, and Ren Qianxing at Sword-Casting City while Bai Yu'er avenged her parents and broke through to the Martial Arts Myth Realm. Lin Lang headed for Jingying Lake, where Liaorushen sought the Life-and-Death Chess treasure and Jian Yin raced after Lin Lang to avenge Ren Qianxing.

• Jian Zun attacked Bai Yu'er with the Blazing Fire Sword and Frost-Defying Sword, but Lin Lang caught both blades and killed him.
• Lin Lang rejected Ren Qianxing's offer to serve him, and Bai Yu'er killed Ren Qianxing after learning he was Guan Yutian's son; Jian Xiong then tried to attack Lin Lang and was killed.
• Bai Yu'er broke through to the Martial Arts Myth Realm, and Lin Lang took Sword-Casting City's manuals and ordered Yan Zangfeng to make the Food God Residence a Sun Moon Holy Cult intelligence channel.
• Lin Lang and Bai Yu'er flew toward Jingying Lake, where Lin Lang said he was waiting for someone and dismissed the rumored treasures of King's Chess City as mere gold.
• Liaorushen obtained the Life-and-Death Chess Manual and hurried toward Jingying Lake, believing the Frost-Defying Sword and the hidden treasure could let him challenge Lin Lang.
• Jian Yin learned that Lin Lang had killed Ren Qianxing, took up the Sun-Shooting Bow, and raced toward Jingying Lake to kill Lin Lang.

Lin Lang defeated Liaorushen in the Life-and-Death Chess Game, learned Dreamlike Limitlessness, and found no seal beneath Jingying Lake. He then reached Sword-Casting City's Sword Mausoleum, subdued its Fire Phoenix, and left it alive as a companion for the Divine Eagle.

• Lin Lang had Liaorushen open the Life-and-Death Chessboard, then ignored its rules, destroyed Liaorushen, and claimed the golden chess pieces.
• Lin Lang searched beneath Jingying Lake but found no seal, and he realized the person he had hoped to meet, Jian Yin, had not arrived.
• Lin Lang traveled with Bai Yu'er to the Sword Mausoleum, where the Divine Eagle clashed with the Fire Phoenix.
• Lin Lang defeated the Fire Phoenix and forced it to submit, then gave it a Blood Bodhi to help it recover.
• The Fire Phoenix entered the Sword Mausoleum's fire pool, while the Divine Eagle noticed the blood and feathers it had shed.

Lin Lang left Bai Yu'er to guard the recovering Fire Phoenix and returned to Blackwood Cliff, where he secluded himself to pursue a breakthrough. By isolating himself from the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence, he entered Death Seclusion and successfully began condensing a Martial Dao Golden Core.

• Bai Yu'er absorbed the Fire Phoenix's blood, healed with Lin Lang's help, and broke through to strengthen her body and bloodline.
• Bai Yu'er killed the intruders who had come to claim the Fire Phoenix, then agreed to rebuild the Green Robe Tower in Sword-Casting City.
• Di Shitian visited the Sword Mausoleum, confirmed the Fire Phoenix had survived, and planned to use the Sun Moon Holy Cult and other ancient races to help him hunt a stronger divine beast.
• Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff, sent Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun to seek reclusive experts and investigate Heaven Gate, then entered secluded cultivation.
• Lin Lang isolated himself from Heaven and Earth Essence, entered a state like Death Seclusion, and successfully began forming a golden sphere of condensed True Qi.

Lin Lang reached the Land Immortal realm after a long seclusion, then reunited with Ren Yingying as she gave birth to their son, Lin Ying. After learning that Nihon had been brought under Great Ming’s rule and receiving news from Duan Lang, Lin Lang heard that Wanwan had found the Jade Pendant he had been seeking.

• Lin Lang formed a martial Dao golden core, advanced his true qi to four transformations, and left seclusion as a Land Immortal.
• Lin Lang learned Ren Yingying was about to give birth, and she safely delivered their son, whom they named Lin Ying.
• Hua Wuque reported that Nihon had been subdued and its martial arts texts had been brought back for the Martial Arts Pavilion.
• Lin Lang learned Duan Lang had joined Heaven Gate after killing Jue Xin, and instructed Wen Chouchou to report any further news.
• Yang Xuyan told Lin Lang that Wanwan had found the Jade Pendant he had asked her to search for.

Lin Lang learned that a jade pendant connected to the War God Palace had grown hot and ordered allies across Great Ming to search for the remaining pendants. As Jiang Xiaoyu sailed home after subduing Persia, he encountered a mysterious boat whose elderly passenger was returning to the Central Plains to retrieve a family saber.

• Yang Xuyan told Lin Lang that the Holy Sect had found one jade pendant and that it had recently grown hot, so Lin Lang agreed to visit in a few days and ordered the Sun Moon Holy Cult to search for more.
• Lin Lang asked Mud Bodhisattva to divine Jiang Xiaoyu’s fortune, then opened Mud Bodhisattva’s extraordinary meridians and gave him true qi so he could strengthen his divination.
• Lin Lang sent the Jinyiwei and other groups to search for the jade pendants, and the Emperor of Great Ming ordered searches of the palace and princes’ residences.
• Jiang Xiaoyu sailed back from Persia with envoys and a state letter, having helped bring Persia under Great Ming and the Persian Ming Cult under the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• Jiang Xiaoyu saw a small boat moving against the storm and failed to catch it; aboard, an elderly man told his grandson he was returning to retrieve a saber that had been nurtured for sixty years.

Sikong Zhaixing, Bai Zhantang, and other thieves received invitations from the returned Thief-Sovereign Chu Liuxiang, while Lin Lang learned that Chu Liuxiang planned to steal the Deer-Cutting Saber. Chu Liuxiang’s grandson prepared to take the saber from Lin Lang’s residence, but Chu Liuxiang slipped away to pursue his own plan to break through to the Upper Realm.

• A mysterious messenger invited Sikong Zhaixing to Great Ming’s Capital City in Chu Liuxiang’s name, and Sikong Zhaixing decided to bring Lu Xiaofeng along for help.
• A man delivered Bai Zhantang an invitation from Chu Liuxiang, and Bai Zhantang took leave from Happiness Inn to travel to the Capital City.
• Shangguan Haitang learned that a hundred thieves had gathered in the Capital City and ordered surveillance while warning the Jinyiwei, the Eastern Depot, and Lin Lang.
• Lin Lang trained Shi Potian, then agreed to leave the Deer-Cutting Saber in the Imperial Preceptor’s Residence after receiving Chu Liuxiang’s challenge to steal it.
• Chu Liuxiang told his grandson that the Deer-Cutting Saber could help him shatter the void, and his grandson set out to retrieve it the next night.
• After Lin Lang placed the saber in his courtyard, Chu Liuxiang’s grandson believed the trap had worked, while Chu Liuxiang slipped out through a window to pursue his own plan.

Lu Xiaofeng realized Chu Liuxiang was using the Deer-Cutting Saber theft as a diversion to steal other divine weapons from Blackwood Cliff, while Chu Liuxiang’s grandson tried to take the saber at the Imperial Preceptor’s Residence. Chu Liuxiang broke into Blackwood Cliff’s Treasure Vault and attempted to escape through a spatial rift, but Lin Lang ordered him back.

• Lu Xiaofeng warned Sikong Zhaixing that Lin Lang was watching the thieves and reasoned that Chu Liuxiang might be targeting the other divine weapons at Blackwood Cliff.
• Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zhaixing joined Lin Lang at the Imperial Preceptor’s Residence, where Sikong Zhaixing agreed to catch intruders in exchange for access to Blackwood Cliff’s Martial Arts Pavilion.
• When a false report of a fire drew Lu Xiaofeng away, Chu Liuxiang’s disguised grandson tried to steal the Deer-Cutting Saber, but Lin Lang caught him and identified him.
• Chu Liuxiang entered Blackwood Cliff’s Treasure Vault and grabbed a saber and a sword, then fought Nie Renwang as Ren Yingying and Shi Potian arrived.
• Nie Renwang wielded the Dragon Saber against Chu Liuxiang, who opened a spatial rift and threatened to raze Blackwood Cliff if Lin Lang harmed his grandson.
• As Chu Liuxiang tried to escape through the rift, Lin Lang ordered him to get back.

Lin Lang stopped Chu Liuxiang from escaping through a shattered rift, then discovered a new way to amplify his power by colliding opposing true qi. As the Sun Moon Holy Cult continued searching for a jade pendant, a rift opened above the grasslands and revealed the War God Palace.

• Chu Liuxiang detonated the Frost-Defying Sword and Heavenly Blade Saber to shatter space, but Lin Lang killed him and stabilized the collapsing rift; Chu Liuxiang's grandson also died in the collapse.
• Di Shitian sensed the disturbance at Blackwood Cliff, sent Duan Lang on an errand, and decided to investigate whether Lin Lang had shattered the void.
• Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zhaixing visited Blackwood Cliff, studied martial arts in the Martial Arts Pavilion, and entered seclusion to improve their strength.
• Lin Lang discovered that colliding opposing kinds of true qi produced three times the power, giving him a new trump card, while Wen Chouchou reported that the sought-after jade pendant remained unfound.
• A rift opened above the grasslands north of Chang'an City, revealing the War God Palace, and the frightened herdsman fled as the surrounding grass grew lush.

Lin Lang rushed to a spatial rift believed to lead to the War God Palace, where Wanwan had been waiting and keeping others away. After clearing the area, Lin Lang cut open a passage through the rift and prepared to enter with her.

• Lin Lang sensed a disturbance in the northwest, learned from Wen Chouchou that a rift near Chang'an might lead to the War God Palace, and flew there on his divine eagle.
• Xie Xiaofeng, Yan Shisan, and Ding Peng chose to remain at Divine Sword Manor, while Wuming and the other Sword Sect members also stayed where they were.
• Di Shitian sensed the opportunity and left his subordinates to continue stirring up trouble in Great Ming while he went to investigate the War God Palace.
• Wanwan reached the rift, drove away intruders, and waited for Lin Lang; Xiao Feng visited but left after Wanwan warned him not to compete for the opportunity.
• Lin Lang arrived, ordered everyone within ten li to retreat, and used his Sword Aura to open a passage through the Spatial Rift for himself and Wanwan.

Lin Lang and Wanwan entered the War God space, where a demon dragon attacked them and proved too tough for Lin Lang to defeat with his current weapons. Wanwan reached the War God Palace and opened its protected doors, and the chapter ended with the dragon's breath engulfing Lin Lang at the entrance.

• The spatial passage closed before an old man could enter, and Bu Jingyun killed the people threatening to attack the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• Di Shitian arrived too late to enter the War God space and vowed to seize its legacy and obtain the dragon essence.
• Lin Lang and Wanwan entered the War God space, discovered its rich resources, and sensed a powerful creature near the War God Palace.
• A demon dragon emerged and attacked them, while Lin Lang's dragon might briefly startled it before it unleashed its dragon breath.
• Wanwan reached the War God Palace, whose protective formation blocked the dragon's breath, while Lin Lang continued fighting outside and took up one of her Heavenly Demon Twin Blades.
• Wanwan struck the dragon's tail to distract it as Lin Lang dashed toward the palace, but the dragon's breath engulfed him at the entrance.

Lin Lang and Wanwan explored the War God Catalog in the War God Palace, where its lessons strengthened Lin Lang and gave Wanwan an epiphany. While Lin Lang remained in the palace, Bu Jingyun protected the Holy Sect by killing a monk who tried to destroy it.

• Lin Lang reassured Wanwan that he could eventually defeat the Demon Dragon, and they entered the Main Hall to study its reliefs.
• Lin Lang inferred that the War God Catalog described the Nine Heavens and discovered a method for dispersing force that could improve his defensive martial arts.
• Wanwan entered an epiphany while studying the catalog, and Lin Lang cultivated until the essence of the palace strengthened his Golden Core and True Qi.
• Lin Lang tested his improved power, concluded that the catalog could help organize and merge his martial arts, and sat down to cultivate further.
• A monk attacked the Holy Sect while Wanwan was away, but Bu Jingyun intervened and killed him with the Peerless Good Sword.
• Bu Jingyun warned others not to threaten the Holy Sect and vowed to guard what Lin Lang cared about.

Lin Lang and Wanwan emerged from the War God Palace to fight the demon dragon, while Di Shitian prepared his plans at Heaven Gate. Their battle left Lin Lang discovering that the dragon’s poison and flames could strengthen his martial arts and golden body.

• Di Shitian told Duan Lang that Lin Lang and Wanwan might not return, then began teaching his subordinates profound martial arts while planning for his scheme to succeed in six months.
• Lin Lang fused several body-tempering methods and refined his internal cultivation, while Wanwan mastered the War God Catalog and condensed a purplish-black inner core.
• Lin Lang urged Wanwan to strengthen the Holy Sect’s ranks, then they agreed to face the demon dragon together and search for its weakness.
• Lin Lang charged the demon dragon and used his golden body and sword qi, while Wanwan probed its scales for a possible reverse scale.
• The demon dragon’s poisonous breath failed to break Lin Lang’s protective astral energy, and its dragon flame began tempering his golden body before it attacked him with a claw.

Lin Lang and Wanwan killed the demonic dragon in the War God Space, extracted its Dragon Primordial Essence, and prepared to consume it. The dragon’s death triggered a heaven-and-earth omen, drawing the attention of Mud Bodhisattva, Di Shitian, and an old man on a distant island.

• Lin Lang and Wanwan wore down the demonic dragon until it fled, then joined forces to pierce its head and bring it down.
• The demonic dragon’s soul attacked Lin Lang, but he used Reverse Muteness Zen Skill and Sword Twenty-Three to sever it before it returned to the corpse.
• Lin Lang explained that the demonic dragon could revive while its True Essence remained, then extracted its Dragon Primordial Essence as its body crumbled into ash.
• Mud Bodhisattva told Jiumozhi that heaven and earth mourned the death of a great being and warned that the world would fall into chaos.
• Di Shitian suspected the Divine Dragon had been slain and hurried to seek its essence, while Duan Lang considered leaving to report back to the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
• An old man on a distant island sensed the omen and set out for the Central Plains to prevent the world from falling into chaos.

After slaying the Demon Dragon, Lin Lang and Wanwan tempered their bodies with its blood, gathered its scales and other treasures, and escaped the War God Palace. They returned to the Western Regions, where Lin Lang arranged aid for local tribes, while Wanwan went back to the Holy Sect and began preparing Wu Siniang to reach the Martial Arts Myth Realm.

• Lin Lang and Wanwan found that the Heavenly Demon Twin Blades had gained spirituality from the Demon Dragon's blood, then used the blood to strengthen their bodies and discovered Lin Lang had developed a powerful, retractable layer of dragon scales.
• Lin Lang retrieved dragon fangs and other materials, broke through the barrier with Wanwan, and returned to the Western Regions, where locals mistook them for Heavenly Gods.
• Lin Lang told the tribal chiefs to drive their cattle and sheep toward Chang'an City to trade for supplies, and Wanwan promised to arrange the trade through the Holy Sect.
• Wanwan returned to the Holy Sect and learned that Xu Kaishan had fled before Bu Jingyun captured him and defeated a Buddhist Sect attacker; she gave the leaders dragon-blood herbs and ordered them to cultivate diligently.
• Wanwan visited Xu Kaishan in the Punishment Hall, extracted his Demon Seed, and placed it in Wu Siniang to help lay the foundation for her advancement to the Martial Arts Myth Realm.

Lin Lang returned to Blackwood Cliff with dragon treasures and gave dragon-blood-soaked fruits to his disciples and allies, helping them advance while warning them about Heaven Gate. After Mud Bodhisattva reported the beginning of the Thousand-Year Catastrophe, Lin Lang vowed to handle it, while Bai Yu'er began searching for Heaven Gate.

• Lin Lang reunited with Ren Yingying, showed her the demon dragon’s fangs, scales, and Dragon Primordial Essence, and promised her the largest share when Wanwan arrived.
• Jiang Xiaoyu returned from Persia with a submission from its rulers, translated martial arts manuals, and news of a mysterious ship; Lin Lang praised his sea training and gave him the Xuanwu True Skill and Ten Strongest Martial Dao.
• Lin Lang gave Jiang Xiaoyu two dragon-blood-soaked fruits and gave one each to Shi Potian, Nie Feng, and Bu Jingyun; the four used them in seclusion and made major breakthroughs.
• The disciples thanked Lin Lang for their gains, and he sent them to investigate Heaven Gate in pairs while warning them to retreat from masked experts they could not defeat.
• After strange thunder sounded, Mud Bodhisattva told Lin Lang that the Thousand-Year Catastrophe had begun; Lin Lang said he would deal with it himself.
• Wuming delivered a spiritual fruit to Second Dream on Lin Lang’s behalf, while Bai Yu'er prepared to use the Green Robe Tower to locate Heaven Gate.