Chapter Summaries

After four years of cultivation, Han Xuanji completed his accumulation and returned to the Divine Profound Sect before breaking through to the eighth layer of Tribulation Transcendence. His terrifying tribulation shocked the sect’s guest elders, while the sect’s own elders treated it as familiar.

• Han Xuanji absorbed nine Star Origin Crystals and completed his cultivation, having gained star-related techniques and treasures during four years of signing in.
• Han Xuanji decided to break through and contacted Xuanweizi, who arranged matters while reflecting on the Divine Profound Sect’s growth under Han Xuanji’s protection.
• Han Xuanji went to a remote area and broke through the bottleneck to the eighth layer, summoning crimson tribulation lightning.
• The guest elders mistook the tribulation’s power for an Immortal Ascension Tribulation and watched in shock.
• Xuanweizi and the Divine Profound Sect’s elders exchanged knowing looks, and two elders mocked the guest elders for their astonishment.

After breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence Eighth Layer, Han Xuanji advised the Divine Profound Sect to act cautiously and learned of rumors that the Six Paths of the Devil Sects planned to open a passage to a Devil Domain. He returned to the Azure Dragon Immortal Abode, determined to advance his cultivation toward Tribulation Transcendence Perfection.

• Han Xuanji survived his tribulation and stabilized his cultivation at the Tribulation Transcendence Eighth Layer.
• Xuanweizi and the elders congratulated Han Xuanji, who approved the sect's recruitment of Tribulation Transcendence guest elders but warned against making needless enemies.
• Xuanweizi gave Han Xuanji a Jade Slip containing information about High Antiquity ruins, secret realms, dangerous places, and powerful factions linked to the upper realm.
• Xuanweizi told Han Xuanji that the Heavenly Evil Sect had been asking about him and that the Six Paths of the Devil Sects might open a passage for True Devils to descend.
• Han Xuanji asked the sect to keep watch on the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom, then returned to the Azure Dragon Immortal Abode and set a goal of reaching Tribulation Transcendence Perfection within ten years.

Han Xuanji gained a realm-crossing Immortal Artifact and used Star Core Primal Spirit Liquid to master the first layer of the Ten Thousand Stars Body Refining True Instruction, reaching the threshold of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Ninth Layer. Meanwhile, Lin Jingqiu led several powerful figures toward a banished immortal’s cave abode, planning to use the opportunity to draw the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable into a confrontation.

• Han Xuanji checked in at the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars and obtained the Nine Heavens Star-Treading Boots, which could carry their wearer between realms.
• Han Xuanji refined Star Core Primal Spirit Liquid and opened all 360 stellar acupoints, completing the first layer of the Ten Thousand Stars Body Refining True Instruction.
• Han Xuanji’s cultivation rose to the limit of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Eighth Layer, and he left the Immortal Abode Space to undergo a heavenly tribulation.
• Lin Jingqiu traveled with Cold Moon Sword Venerable, Fairy Suxin, and an old cultivator toward the Nine Provinces Continent, claiming a banished immortal’s cave abode would appear within three years.
• Fairy Suxin sought help avenging her fallen disciple, while Lin Jingqiu intended to use the group to confront the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable and scout the cave’s dangers.

Han Xuanji survived his ninth lightning tribulation, reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Ninth Layer, and later obtained a Star Palace Token while signing in at the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars. As he considered seeking a new place to cultivate, an immortal phenomenon appeared in the Taicang Mountain Range, drawing cultivators toward a newly emerged opportunity.

• Han Xuanji used his treasures and sword formation to withstand the ninth lightning tribulation and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Ninth Layer.
• Han Xuanji stabilized his breakthrough, then spent three years cultivating and signing in at the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars.
• Han Xuanji obtained a Star Palace Token that would let him join the Star Palace after ascending without undergoing a trial.
• Han Xuanji learned that the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars had lost much of its Dao essence and considered searching for another place to sign in.
• An immortal light appeared in the Taicang Mountain Range of Great Xia, and cultivators across the land began seeking the rumored fortuitous opportunity.

Lu Fan discovered that the immortal light above the Taicang Mountain Range might signal a true immortal’s inheritance, prompting the Divine Profound Sect to investigate. True Person Tianyu identified the emerging cave abode as likely belonging to the legendary Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, while Han Xuanji considered whether its inheritance could help him advance his Sword Dao.

• Lu Fan and Lin Potian investigated the immortal light with Zhou Li, and the Devil Venerable warned Lu Fan that it might be a true immortal’s inheritance.
• Lu Fan urgently informed the Divine Profound Sect, whose leaders dispatched True Person Tianyu and three other Tribulation Transcendence experts to the Taicang Mountain Range.
• The experts confirmed the strange presence was real, and True Person Tianyu identified it as likely the cave abode of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
• Han Xuanji learned of the discovery and considered seeking an inheritance that might help him reach Sword Intent Forms a World, but he stayed behind for the time being.

Lin Jingqiu and three other Late Tribulation Transcendence experts arrived at Mount Taicang to claim the cave abode’s opportunity, dismissing the Divine Profound Sect’s authority. After Lin Jingqiu killed a local cultivator, the Divine Profound Sect prepared for a confrontation and waited for the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable.

• Lin Jingqiu led Cold Moon Sword Venerable, East Sea True Person, and Fairy Suxin to Mount Taicang, where they anticipated a great opportunity and planned to claim it.
• As the cave abode secret realm emerged, True Person Tianyu struggled to decipher its impenetrable fog while the gathered cultivators cooperated under the Divine Profound Sect’s rules.
• Lin Jingqiu rejected the thin-faced cultivator’s warning about the Divine Profound Sect, gravely injured him with a glance, then killed him with a palm strike.
• The gathered cultivators recognized the four visitors as legendary overseas experts and feared that even the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable might not defeat them all.
• True Person Tianyu reassured the Divine Profound Sect that he had notified the Sword Venerable, while its disciples waited for his arrival and Zhou Li worried about his survival.

Han Xuanji left his secluded cultivation after learning that four overseas experts had come to seize an immortal opportunity and challenge the Divine Profound Sect. He appeared before them, and Lin Jingqiu immediately attacked him.

• Cold Moon Sword Venerable and Li Suxin led the overseas cultivators toward the depths of the Taicang Mountain Range while the onlookers hoped the Divine Profound Sect could resist them.
• Han Xuanji received a message from True Person Tianyu, judged that the intruders were likely Tribulation Transcendence experts, and left the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars.
• True Person Tianyu proposed that the four overseas experts join forces with the Divine Profound Sect to break the fog formation, but Lin Jingqiu and Li Suxin demanded to see the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable.
• Han Xuanji appeared before Lin Jingqiu, Cold Moon Sword Venerable, Li Suxin, and East Sea True Person, startling them with his unseen arrival.
• Lu Fan and Lin Potian recognized Han Xuanji as their former Senior Brother Han and recalled how they had treated him when they thought he was at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lin Jingqiu attacked Han Xuanji with the Great Sun Dragon Elephant Fist.

Han Xuanji effortlessly destroyed Li Suxin’s jade bracelet and crippled Lin Jingqiu after they attacked him together. He prepared a sure-kill punch aimed at Lin Jingqiu’s death line.

• Li Suxin sent her jade bracelet, transformed into an ice phoenix, crashing toward Han Xuanji as Lin Jingqiu attacked with a powerful fist.
• Han Xuanji shattered the ice phoenix with a small seal, causing Li Suxin to spit blood as her life-bound treasure was destroyed.
• Lin Jingqiu struck Han Xuanji from behind, but Han Xuanji caught his fist without turning and crushed it, destroying half his forearm.
• Han Xuanji raised his fist and used the Big Dipper Seven Stars Divine Fist to target Lin Jingqiu’s death line.

Han Xuanji killed Lin Jingqiu and then defeated the three remaining experts with his Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation, shocking the watching cultivators. After the battle, he turned his attention to a profound restriction hidden in the nearby mountains.

• Lin Jingqiu used the Heaven-Reversing Technique to restore himself, but Han Xuanji struck him with the intent of death and killed him.
• Cold Moon Sword Venerable attacked Han Xuanji while East Sea True Person followed with a blue flood dragon formed from his Essence Blood and horsetail whisk.
• Han Xuanji formed the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation and unleashed a galactic sword strike that killed Cold Moon Sword Venerable and the other two remaining experts.
• The watching cultivators were stunned by the deaths of all four Late Tribulation Transcendence experts and began calling Han Xuanji a sword immortal.
• Han Xuanji examined the thick fog and restriction in the nearby mountain range, considering how to break it.

Han Xuanji broke the restriction around the Azure Lotus Cave Abode, an ancient immortal’s dwelling, and led the way inside. He arrived in a self-contained world with Spiritual Qi as abundant as that in the Azure Dragon Immortal Abode.

• True Person Tianyu explained that the cave abode belonged to the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and that its fog restriction had defeated the sect’s array masters.
• Han Xuanji recognized the restriction and used a point of Sword-Ray to break it, dispersing the fog across the Taicang Mountain Range.
• The Azure Lotus Cave Abode appeared, surrounded by illusory azure lotuses, and Han Xuanji invited Divine Profound Sect disciples to enter first.
• Han Xuanji led the others to the entrance and passed through its azure light into a world filled with abundant Spiritual Qi.

Han Xuanji signed in at Dao Purity Hall in the Azure Lotus Sword World and obtained the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture. By resonating with the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal’s lingering Dao marks, he comprehended Sword Intent Forms a World, then opened his eyes after the resulting spectacle subsided.

• Han Xuanji explored the Azure Lotus Sword World and sensed the Sword Intent imprinted throughout its mountains, stones, and halls.
• Han Xuanji signed in at Dao Purity Hall and received the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture, a profound inheritance of the Sword Dao.
• Han Xuanji’s Sword Intent resonated with the training ground’s Dao marks, activating the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal’s heart imprint and filling the world with surging Sword Qi.
• True Person Tianyu, High Person Qinghe, Lu Fan, and other Divine Profound Sect members entered the world and witnessed the swords paying homage to Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji comprehended Sword Intent Forms a World, and the sword phenomena gradually faded as he opened his eyes.

After breaking through his sword dao realm, Han Xuanji reassured the Divine Profound Sect members and warned them about the dangers inside Daoqing Hall. He found a heavily guarded lake at the Azure Lotus Sword World’s core, learned it was a five-star sign-in location, and signed in the next day.

• Han Xuanji emerged from Daoqing Hall after his breakthrough and admitted he had once been an outer disciple when Lin Potian confronted him about hiding his strength.
• Han Xuanji explained that Daoqing Hall held sword inheritances and warned everyone to avoid fighting because its restrictions could kill even Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• The sect members split up to seek inheritances or comprehend Sword Intent while Han Xuanji went looking for the Azure Lotus Sword World’s core area.
• Han Xuanji found a lake guarded by a force he could not safely break through and suspected its inheritance was meant for a child of destiny.
• Han Xuanji asked the System about the location and learned it was a five-star sign-in spot, then signed in after the next day’s reset.

Han Xuanji obtained and refined the Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus, greatly improving his spiritual power, body, and soul as he continued cultivating toward Immortal Ascension. In Ten Thousand Demons Province, the demon master completed a passage that brought four powerful visitors into the Great Void Spirit Realm, where they eyed its inhabitants as prey.

• Han Xuanji learned that the Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus was an Acquired Spirit Root nurtured from an Eighth-Grade Azure Lotus by the fortune of a world.
• Han Xuanji refined the lotus into his body, strengthening his spiritual power and nourishing his flesh and soul.
• Han Xuanji began cultivating again, determined to reach Immortal Ascension before he could feel safe.
• The demon master stabilized a spatial passage in Ten Thousand Demons Province, allowing beings at the demon saint level to cross safely.
• Four visitors emerged from the passage, and the jade-robed man praised the realm while the muscular man expressed eagerness to eat its great cultivators.

Han Xuanji checked in at the Sword Intent Bamboo Grove, gained the Azure Lotus Dao Sword, and used its energy to reach complete perfection in the Tribulation Transcendence Ninth Layer. As he planned to prepare carefully for his tribulation, Li Taiqing received permission to enter the Azure Lotus Sword World, sensing that the place held significance for him.

• Han Xuanji checked in at the Sword Intent Bamboo Grove and obtained the Azure Lotus Dao Sword, a High-Grade Immortal Artifact once bonded to the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
• Han Xuanji touched the sword, formed a bloodline-deep connection with it, and absorbed the energy it gathered from the grove.
• Han Xuanji used the Primordial Immortal Instruction to advance his cultivation to complete perfection in the Tribulation Transcendence Ninth Layer.
• Han Xuanji decided to perfect his Divine Abilities and cultivation methods, keep checking in, and prepare more safeguards before undergoing the tribulation.
• Li Taiqing asked to enter the Azure Lotus Sword World, and the stationed elder granted him permission because of his virtuous reputation.
• Li Taiqing entered with gratitude toward the Sword Venerable and a premonition that the Sword World was important to him.

Han Xuanji discovered that Li Taiqing, the reincarnation of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, had gained a major opportunity at the Azure Lotus Immortal Lake. When a Divine Profound Sect elder tried to seize it, Han Xuanji intervened and killed him for breaking the ban on fighting.

• Han Xuanji cultivated new treasures and abilities, including the Azure Lotus Sword Gourd, Void Azure Lotus Steps, and World-Cleansing Immortal Technique.
• Han Xuanji sensed Li Taiqing triggering an opportunity at the Azure Lotus Immortal Lake and learned that Li was the ninth reincarnation of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.
• After half a month of enlightenment, Li Taiqing absorbed an azure lotus Law Seal and advanced from the Second Layer to the Fifth Layer of Void Return.
• A Divine Profound Sect guest elder tried to seize Li Taiqing's opportunity despite the sect's rule against fighting over opportunities.
• Han Xuanji froze the attacker and killed him with an invisible force, destroying both his body and soul.

Han Xuanji saved Li Taiqing from a treacherous guest elder and accepted his request to cultivate nearby and receive guidance. While teaching Li Taiqing the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture, Han Xuanji learned about his jade pendant and suspected it was a token to a treasured place he had overlooked.

• Han Xuanji killed the Divine Profound Sect guest elder who had threatened Li Taiqing, and True Person Tianyu apologized to Li Taiqing for the sect's failure to judge the elder's character.
• Li Taiqing thanked Han Xuanji and asked to follow him, so Han Xuanji offered to let him cultivate nearby and seek guidance when needed.
• After the incident, Divine Profound Sect cultivators and guest elders became more cautious in the Azure Lotus Sword World.
• Han Xuanji instructed Li Taiqing in the sword Dao and learned that Li Taiqing had received the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture from a jade pendant when he began cultivating.
• Han Xuanji suspected Li Taiqing's jade pendant was a token to a treasured place he had not yet discovered.

Han Xuanji gained the Immortal Primordial Spirit trait in the Azure Lotus Immortal Lake while Li Taiqing received a transformative opportunity and became his disciple. After preparing for a month, Han Xuanji left the Azure Lotus Sword World to face the Immortal Ascension Tribulation.

• Li Taiqing completed the Azure Lotus Sword Intent Forms a Domain and thanked Han Xuanji for his guidance.
• Li Taiqing touched an ancient portrait in the pavilion and fell unconscious as its power transformed him, while Han Xuanji signed in and claimed the Immortal Primordial Spirit trait.
• Three days later, Li Taiqing awoke with his cultivation at the Void Return Sixth Layer and pleaded with Han Xuanji to accept him as a disciple.
• Han Xuanji accepted Li Taiqing, and another month later he decided he was ready to attempt the Immortal Ascension Tribulation.
• Han Xuanji left the Azure Lotus Sword World for a remote place near the Taicang Mountain Range and brought out treasures to protect himself during the tribulation.

Han Xuanji prepared a Five Elements Heavenly Evolution Tribulation-Dispelling Formation and endured the first wave of his Immortal Ascension Tribulation, transforming his Primordial Spirit. As a blood-red wave began, his formation weakened the lightning, but each strike grew stronger.

• Han Xuanji set up the Five Elements Heavenly Evolution Tribulation-Dispelling Formation before the Immortal Ascension Tribulation began.
• Han Xuanji endured nine waves of golden lightning that targeted his Primordial Spirit, which recovered with help from the Eternal Azure Lotus.
• Han Xuanji's Primordial Spirit transformed, gaining purple and azure features and vastly expanded spiritual sense.
• The tribulation cloud turned blood-red, alarming Great Xia's experts as a powerful lightning bolt descended on Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji used his formation to weaken the blood-red lightning, then activated Immortal Artifacts to help withstand the increasingly powerful strikes.

Han Xuanji survived a powerful tribulation and reached the Immortal Ascension Realm, then returned to the Azure Lotus Sword World. As news of his inheritance and swordsmanship spread, Yang Peng announced that his master, the Absolute Sword Immortal, would challenge Han Xuanji for the inheritance.

• Han Xuanji endured the blood-colored lightning tribulation and broke through to the Immortal Ascension Realm.
• Han Xuanji returned to the Azure Lotus Sword World, where Li Taiqing congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• News spread about the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal's inheritance and Han Xuanji's victory over four Late Tribulation Transcendence cultivators, earning him the name Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal.
• Yang Peng introduced himself as a disciple of the Absolute Sword Immortal and announced that his master would visit to challenge Han Xuanji for the inheritance.
• Nangong Wenjian suspected the challenge was a pretext to seize the inheritance and left to warn the Divine Profound Sect.

Lu Fan and the Divine Profound Sect learned that the Absolute Sword Immortal was coming to challenge Han Xuanji and seize the Azure Lotus Sword World. Han Xuanji revealed he had reached the Immortal Ascension Realm and calmly prepared to face him, while Nangong Wenjian challenged Li Taiqing to a spar.

• Lu Fan heard from Nangong Wenjian that the Absolute Sword Immortal was coming to challenge Han Xuanji and covet the Azure Lotus Sword World.
• Lu Fan and Nangong Wenjian rushed to Han Xuanji, and sect elders and Li Taiqing gathered outside his hall.
• Han Xuanji signed in at Danqing Hall and received a bottle of Immortal Ascension Pills.
• Nangong Wenjian warned Han Xuanji that the Absolute Sword Immortal had seized others' treasures and killed those who might seek revenge.
• Han Xuanji said he would kill the Absolute Sword Immortal if he came to seize his territory, then revealed that he had reached the Immortal Ascension Realm.
• Nangong Wenjian challenged Li Taiqing to exchange pointers after the group left Han Xuanji's hall.