Chapter Summaries

Lin Shen received weapon talents across every category and learned that he had been the first to unlock them all, but the Weapon Ranking List scored his Blood Life Blade Technique at only 3.5 out of 100. Meanwhile, Lao Lang and other ascenders arrived at Weapon Star, where Lao Lang began competing for Lin Shen’s Blade King position.

• Lin Shen learned that weapon techniques would be scored without combat, and that he alone had been allowed to choose talents from every category; later arrivals could choose only one.
• Lin Shen demonstrated his Blood Life Blade Technique, received a score of 3.5 out of 100, and left after learning the ranking judged technique quality itself.
• Lao Lang and several ascenders found Chiyou Temple on Sub-Light Star and were transported to a different temple on Weapon Star.
• Lao Lang chose the blade talent, saw Lin Shen’s 3.5 score on the rankings, and demonstrated his Wolf Fang Saber Technique to claim the Blade King position.

Lao Lang and Gaul tested their techniques on Weapon Planet’s Ranking Lists and discovered that even low scores could grant King titles and talents. Lin Shen later learned that the Core of Life could create a damage-absorbing avatar, though each use left a random vulnerable spot on his main body.

• Lao Lang received the minimum score of 0.1 for his Wolf Fang Saber Technique, and Gaul confirmed the scoring system by receiving the same score for his Soul-Snatching Claw Style.
• Gaul surpassed Fist God in the claw rankings and gained the Claw King talent, while others claimed King titles and Lao Lang failed to become the Blade King.
• As more people entered Weapon Planet, Lin Shen’s King talents repeatedly vanished, and explorers discovered that its countless Nirvana Creatures made the planet perilous even for powerful experts.
• Lin Shen asked Tian Xun to examine the Core of Life, and she explained that it could create a controlled avatar that absorbed damage for him.
• Tian Xun warned Lin Shen that each avatar created a randomly located weakness on his main body that could bypass the avatar’s protection.

Lin Shen discussed the Peach Garden Star Gene Mutation Land and its Demon Domain Power with Tian Xun, then considered using the Double Nirvana Method. Tian Xun warned him that the method had devastated even brilliant Celestial Race prodigies, and Lin Shen was left to weigh its risks.

• Lin Shen realized that his ability to see acupoints had let him strike Chang Hen Dong Li's random weakness, and he gave the spirit base to Tian Xun.
• Tian Xun gave Lin Shen the Peach Garden Star card and explained that Nirvana there could grant Demon Domain Power, which resisted most physical attacks and ordinary laws but had low destructive power and could be restrained.
• Lin Shen told Tian Xun he was considering the Double Nirvana Method, and she confirmed that An Yi, the Celestial Race's top expert, had succeeded with it.
• Tian Xun explained that Tian Jue, her elder brother and Tian Xin's father, had become nonhuman after only partially succeeding with Double Nirvana, while retaining his consciousness as his emotions faded.
• Tian Xun urged Lin Shen to think carefully before attempting the method and said she would help him if he chose that dangerous path.

Lin Shen retained the Blade King title on Weapon Planet’s rankings as Sha Qianpo traveled there to test his Tiger Soul Saber Technique. At the Ge Te Star teleportation temple, Sha Qianpo’s arrival drew attention and predictions that he would surpass Lin Shen’s score, until E Qianchun questioned whether he could do so.

• Lin Shen kept the Blade King title while no other weapon technique score had exceeded 3.5.
• Sha Qianchou told Sha Qianpo about Weapon Planet’s rankings and persuaded him to test the Tiger Soul Saber Technique against other saber arts.
• Sha Qianchou and Sha Qianpo traveled through Ge Te Star, where crowds gathered to teleport to Weapon Planet.
• People recognized Sha Qianpo and recalled his victory over Feng Tianling in the Hundred Races Contest, then predicted he would take the Blade King position.
• E Qianchun challenged the crowd’s confidence, saying it was still uncertain whether Sha Qianpo could surpass 3.5 points.

Sha Qianpo demonstrated his Killing Might Blade Technique at Chiyou Temple, but it scored only 2.9 on the Blade Ranking List. He then drew the Tiger Soul Saber to show his current technique, whose terrifying saber force killed a spectator and left everyone stunned.

• Sha Qianchou taunted E Qianchun with rumors that Lin Shen had defeated Di E Si, and E Qianchun replied that losing to Lin Shen was no shame.
• E Qianchun entered Chiyou Temple on Weapon Star, followed by Sha Qianchou and Sha Qianpo, who chose saber talent.
• Sha Qianpo demonstrated the Killing Might Blade Technique, frightening the onlookers, but received a score of 2.9 and ranked second behind Fist God.
• Sha Qianpo stopped Sha Qianchou from reacting and prepared to demonstrate his current saber technique with the Tiger Soul Saber.
• Sha Qianpo drew his saber, and its overwhelming force made a spectator stagger, spit blood, and die.

Sha Qianpo’s fierce blade technique earned a score of 3.4, leaving him behind the mysterious Fist God at 3.5. The statue revealed that a 99-point Heart-Piercing Killing Blade Technique existed, while Lin Shen remained unsuspected as Fist God.

• Sha Qianpo’s blade technique impressed the onlookers, but the Ranking List gave it a score of 3.4, below Fist God’s 3.5.
• Sha Qianchou challenged the statue’s score, and it said the Heart-Piercing Killing Blade Technique was worth 99 points and could be won in the War of the King of All Weapons.
• Sha Qianpo pulled Sha Qianchou away after the statue suggested challenging those ranked above them to settle the dispute.
• News of Sha Qianpo’s score spread, and many powerful fighters joined the Ranking List, but no one surpassed 3.5.
• Tian Xin watched the news and mocked Lin Shen for practicing blade defense without offense.

Lin Shen went to Golden Buddha Temple to raise his Dual Life Foundation in preparation for nirvana and received wooden carvings that might reveal the identities of Old Iron and Second Brother. After staying at the temple for just over two days, he reached Dual Life Foundation Perfection and gained two new Inheritance Fan forms.

• Lin Shen teased Tian Xin over breakfast, asked about his Steel Poison Bee, and said he wanted to undergo nirvana with the Double Nirvana Method.
• Lin Shen returned to his room and used the Mechanical Watch to teleport to the mysterious planet, then found Golden Buddha Temple.
• Salvation Master welcomed Lin Shen and showed him wooden figurines, including carvings of Old Iron and a tall man whose face partly resembled Lin Shen.
• Lin Shen photographed the unfamiliar figurine to show Eldest Sister and stayed at the temple while his Dual Life Foundation advanced to tenth turn.
• Lin Shen achieved Dual Life Foundation Perfection, and the Inheritance Fan gained its ninth form, "Fall," and tenth form, "Fan."

Lin Shen considered how to use the Inheritance Fan’s strengthened abilities and weighed his options for approaching the Heavenly Consort or contacting Yao Gu. Meanwhile, Mo Er challenged the weapon rankings under a false name, then died after attacking the statue.

• Lin Shen discovered that the Inheritance Fan’s Fan Style doubled all its abilities and considered learning fan techniques, including the Peacock Race’s Peacock Displaying its Tail Fan Technique.
• Lin Shen worried about Emperor Tian Shu’s reaction and thought about contacting Yao Gu with Lou Ran’s answer.
• Mo Er learned that a small Chi You temple had been found on Mai Le Mother Star and entered it under the false name God King.
• Mo Er scored 2.8 with Wheat Ring Swordplay, then scored 3.3 with Strange Tales of Ten Days Swordplay, placing fourth in the sword rankings.
• Mo Er attacked the statue in anger, and it struck him down with a divine sword.

After Mo Er’s death exposed the possibility that he had been God King, the Mai Le Race joined the Di Man Race to survive. Lin Shen went with Tian Xin to meet Tian Jue and faced Tian Xiao Cao’s test for access to the path of Double Nirvana, leaving the two locked in a tense standoff.

• News spread that Mo Er had died, prompting speculation that he had been God King, and the Mai Le Race joined the Di Man Race for protection.
• Lin Shen tracked Lin Xiangdong’s position on the Race Ranking List and saw that humanity had a chance to enter it.
• Tian Xun reported that Tian Jue had agreed to meet Lin Shen, so Lin Shen and Tian Xin went to the Tian Jue Mansion.
• Tian Xiao Cao demanded that Lin Shen prove himself by understanding one sword, but Lin Shen challenged him to attack instead.
• Tian Xiao Cao and Lin Shen held their stances without striking, as Tian Xin realized Tian Xiao Cao could not find an opening in Lin Shen’s defense.

Lin Shen held off Tian Xiao Cao for more than two hours with a purely defensive blade art, astonishing Tian Jue's daughters and the others watching. He then released his grip on his weapons and challenged Tian Xiao Cao to draw his sword, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Tian Xiao Feng, Tian Xiao Ya, and Tian Xiao Song watched Lin Shen face Tian Xiao Cao and expected One Sword Kills Seven Lives to defeat him.
• Tian Xiao Ya recognized Lin Shen's blade art as a modified, purely defensive Live Long and Fear Death Blade, and the sisters predicted that he would eventually reveal a flaw.
• As the standoff stretched beyond two hours, Tian Xiao Cao still could not find an opening, and the sisters grew impressed by Lin Shen's patience.
• Lin Shen let go of his blade and scabbard, then asked Tian Xiao Cao whether he dared draw his sword now.
• Tian Xiao Cao's gaze turned cold, and Tian Xiao Feng, her sisters, and Tian Xin were stunned by Lin Shen's provocation.

Lin Shen abandoned his defense and challenged Tian Xiao Cao to strike him once in exchange for being taken to see Tian Jue. Tian Xiao Cao agreed and drew his sword as Lin Shen counterattacked with the Blood Life Blade Technique.

• Lin Shen realized the Tian Family might keep placing obstacles between him and Tian Jue, so he chose to force the issue rather than passively face more trials.
• Lin Shen asked Tian Xiao Cao whether surviving one sword strike without defending would let him see Tian Jue, putting Tian Xiao Cao in a position where refusing would damage his Dao heart.
• Tian Xiao Cao agreed to take Lin Shen to Tian Jue if Lin Shen survived his sword strike, and he drew his sword with killing intent.
• Tian Xiao Cao unleashed his sword strike, and Lin Shen drew his junk blade and slashed back with the Blood Life Blade Technique.

Lin Shen proved his strength to Tian Xiao Cao and was allowed to meet Tian Jue. Tian Jue revealed the horrific cost of Double Nirvana, leaving Lin Shen to face the consequences of pursuing that path.

• Lin Shen cut through Tian Xiao Cao's sword and sword light with his blade, and Tian Xiao Cao admitted defeat.
• Tian Xiao Cao led Lin Shen and Tian Xin past Tian Xiao Feng, Tian Xiao Song, and Tian Xiao Ya, who struggled to believe the result.
• Tian Jue welcomed Lin Shen into his courtyard and urged him to abandon the path of Double Nirvana.
• Lin Shen entered the hut and saw that Tian Jue's body had become a motionless ice sculpture.
• Tian Jue explained that Double Nirvana brought constant torment and the danger of losing one's soul and humanity.

After hearing Tian Jue’s account of Double Nirvana, Lin Shen decided to pursue a safer single-attribute version using his Super Gene Form to control the transformation. He still had to find a suitable Nirvana Land, but the options he considered were difficult or dangerous.

• Tian Jue described his failed Double Nirvana, and Lin Shen admitted that the experience made him hesitate.
• Lin Shen told Tian Xin that he planned to use a same-attribute Nirvana Egg and Nirvana Land, relying on his Super Gene Form to let the Nirvana Attribute fuse with his body.
• Lin Shen ruled out dual-attribute Nirvana because he lacked experience and did not know whether his Super Gene Form could control it.
• Lin Shen considered the Mysterious Planet’s Fire Basin but dismissed it because matching immortal origins would make success even less likely.
• Lin Shen considered the Supreme Land but learned that it had not produced Nirvana Creatures or Nirvana Eggs for many years, leaving him unsure where to undergo Nirvana.

Lin Shen searched the Celestial Race library for a fan technique and borrowed the Nine Heavens Mysterious Wind Fan Technique after noticing it had just been returned by the Heavenly Consort. Although he gave up on its difficult forms, he discovered that the unremarkable-looking Butterfly Fan Technique became astonishingly powerful in its latter half.

• Lin Shen browsed hundreds of folding fan techniques in the library but found none that impressed him, and he did not see the Peacock Displaying its Tail Fan Technique.
• Lin Shen saw the Heavenly Consort leave the administrator's counter and borrowed the recently returned Nine Heavens Mysterious Wind Fan Technique along with Tian Xin Art.
• Lin Shen found the Nine Heavens Mysterious Wind Fan Technique powerful but too complicated to practice, so he set it aside.
• Lin Shen read the Butterfly Fan Technique to make his borrowing look ordinary and was surprised to find that its latter half contained exquisite techniques approaching a Divine Skill.

Lin Shen practiced the unpredictable Butterfly Fan Technique while An Jia He began making arrangements after learning that Lin Shen had borrowed a technique recently returned by the Heavenly Consort. Lin Shen also discussed the wooden carvings with Lin Miao, but the identity of Old Iron as his Second Brother remained uncertain.

• The Curator noticed Lin Shen had borrowed the Nine Heavens Mysterious Wind Fan Technique minutes after the Heavenly Consort returned it, and An Jia He told him to leave the matter alone while he made his own arrangements.
• Lin Shen practiced the Butterfly Fan Technique, learning to fling his fan and control its return as he worked toward its unpredictable flight paths.
• Lin Shen wondered whether the technique could defeat the predictive abilities of Tian Bu Luo, Old Iron, and others, and continued refining his control.
• Lin Miao recognized that the wooden carving resembled Second Brother as he had looked around age twenty, and Lin Shen told her about the Golden Buddha Temple and sent her a carving of Old Iron.
• Lin Miao argued that Old Iron might still be Second Brother despite the differences in appearance, while assuring Lin Shen that the person she had recently spoken with was definitely Second Brother.
• Lin Shen remained unwilling to accept Old Iron as Second Brother without proof and worried that he could not safely visit the Di Man Race to speak with Third Brother.

Lin Shen learned that Old Iron had undergone Nirvana at the ancient temple and offered him a brutal secret technique to strengthen his consciousness before attempting it there. Lin Wan went to Lin Shen’s residence to seek his attention, but overheard strange sounds inside and misunderstood what was happening.

• Eldest Sister relayed Old Iron’s advice that Lin Shen should undergo Nirvana at the ancient temple in the Immortal Land.
• Old Iron confirmed that he had completed Nirvana at the ancient temple and gave Lin Shen a secret technique for strengthening his consciousness.
• Lin Shen wondered whether Old Iron was the Ancient World King’s reincarnated body, then decided to ask Wei Wufu to help him practice the technique.
• Lin Wan, frustrated that Lin Shen rarely appeared at the Celestial Master Academy, went to his residence to find him.
• Lin Wan sharpened her hearing outside Lin Shen’s home and heard sounds that made it seem as though someone was being tortured.

Lin Shen struggled to endure Old Iron’s secret art training, while Wei Wufu discovered he could withstand its pain and continued practicing. Wei Wufu survived the extreme-cold trial and woke after successfully experiencing the soul-leaving-the-body step.

• Lin Wan overheard Lin Shen and Wei Wufu’s training and mistakenly concluded they were engaged in something perverted, then hurried away.
• Lin Shen stopped Wei Wufu from beating him, explaining that his body would adapt to the secret art’s later extreme-cold trial before he could reach the required near-death state.
• Lin Shen struck Wei Wufu with the Wolf Tooth Club, and Wei Wufu endured the injuries until he felt his consciousness separate from bodily pain.
• Lin Shen took Wei Wufu to an ultra-low-temperature planet, where Wei Wufu endured the cold and repeatedly told Lin Shen to wait.
• Lin Shen pulled Wei Wufu from the ice pit when he stopped responding and revived him; Wei Wufu said he had succeeded at the soul-leaving-the-body step.

Lin Shen tested the Butterfly Fan Technique against Tian Bu Luo’s Heaven and Human Unite and confirmed that its unpredictable flight could evade his predictions. However, the technique dealt too little damage, until Lin Shen considered combining it with the Slag Blade Skill.

• Wei Wufu mastered the dangerous secret art and began researching a faster, less painful way to teach it, while Lin Shen wondered how to persuade him to undergo nirvana at the ancient temple.
• Lin Shen realized the Butterfly Fan Technique used the world's unpredictable influences to make the Folding Fan’s flight difficult to control or predict.
• Tian Bu Luo told Lin Shen he had failed to place in the top hundred on the Weapon Ranking List, then agreed to test Lin Shen’s fan technique.
• Lin Shen’s Folding Fan evaded Tian Bu Luo’s Heaven and Human Unite twice, but its attacks only tore his clothes and did little damage.
• After Tian Bu Luo left, Lin Shen concluded the Butterfly Fan Technique was too weak to be useful against stronger opponents, then considered using the fan’s ribs to perform the Slag Blade Skill.

Lin Shen refined the Butterfly Fan Technique with the Fan King talent and reclaimed the Fan System’s top ranking, drawing attention across the universe. Meanwhile, An Jia He challenged the Blade System and overtook Fist God with a score of 3.7.

• Lin Shen earned a 3.1 score with the Butterfly Fan Technique and briefly claimed the Fan King talent, then used its blessing to integrate the Slag Blade Skill’s sawing effect into the technique.
• Qiu Yu raised his Fan System score to 3.2 and took the Fan King position from Lin Shen, who then improved his technique to a 3.5 and reclaimed the ranking.
• Heavenly Consort noticed the Fan King talent had changed hands, while news of Fist God’s 3.5 scores in both the Blade and Fan Systems spread throughout the universe.
• An Jia He challenged the Blade System with his See the Light, Die technique and scored 3.7, knocking Fist God from first place and becoming Blade King under the name Tian He.

An Jia He and Qiu Yu drove their Score Battle ratings up to 4.3, drawing the universe’s attention while neither gained the upper hand. Lin Shen gave up on reclaiming the Fan King position for now and began combining the Blood Life Blade Technique with the Butterfly Fan Technique.

• An Jia He saw Qiu Yu surpass his 3.7 rating and challenge Fist God for the Fan King position.
• An Jia He raised his rating to 3.9, and Qiu Yu responded by pushing hers to 4.0 as their contest captivated the universe.
• Lin Shen abandoned his attempt to reclaim the ranking and discovered that he could adapt the Blood Life Blade Technique to use a fan.
• An Jia He and Qiu Yu each raised their rating to 4.3, where they stopped, and each suspected the other was their rival from the Celestial Race.
• Lin Shen began using his Blood Life Blade Technique to defend against the Folding Fan’s transformations, training both techniques through their interaction.