Lin Xuan led his disciples through the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm, broke through to the King Realm, and defeated cultivators who challenged his claim to its treasures. The arc left him at the Ancestral Tree Trial, where Su Lianxin defeated the bronze-armored wooden figure after Lin Xuan had begun comprehending its sword formation diagram.
Lin Xuan left the Azure Yang Sword Sect with his disciples after it chose to surrender Wang Yan, then destroyed the Spirit Jade Sect and helped restore the Jade Balance Sword Palace. As the Immortal Ascension Ceremony approached, his disciples were chosen to represent the palace, while Yunyi set out to find him.
Lin Xuan gathered disciples despite the Scarlet Ghost King’s threat, then led the Jade Balance Sword Palace into the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition. His disciples swept the top three places, but Su Lianxin’s injury of Li Jing’an provoked the Li Household, whose powerful ancestor led an armed force toward the Heron Empire.
Lin Xuan established the Sword Pavilion after Heavenly Venerable Yunli destroyed the Li Household invasion, then entered the Void Realm and recruited powerful allies. His disciples gained opportunities and reunited, while Su Lianxin encountered Su Ditian.
Lin Xuan entered the Void Realm’s war against the Blood River Holy Clan, rescuing human cultivators and capturing several of its princes before sending a clone undercover. After returning, he went with Yunyi to defend her household, where the invaders retreated after Elder Qiu intervened.
Lin Xuan protected the Yun Household, then accompanied Su Lianxin to the Su Clan, where she exposed the theft of her bloodline and reclaimed it. Back at the Sword Pavilion, Su Lianxin joined the war against the invaders and confronted His Highness Sixty-Five.
Su Lianxin and Qu Youmeng brought the Sword Pavilion prominence by defeating otherworldly royals, while Di Xi’s rise ended in a near-fatal defeat. Lin Xuan operated through an undercover royal identity, and the stretch ended with Qu Youmeng confronting him over Chen Xiao’s injuries.
Lin Xuan and his allies defeated the Holy Spirit Essence, exposed Chu Chen’s lies, and left Wu Liang to punish the imperial clans. As the other races challenged humanity to a deadly arena contest, the human roster was shaken by defections, and Cheng Jing Ting stepped forward to face His Highness Thirty-Nine.
The human prodigies faced defeat in the Profound Domain until Su Lianxin arrived and turned the battle against the God Clan. After the humans won, she challenged Nangong Yaoyue and revealed how Yaoyue’s past betrayal had affected Lin Xuan and Starfall Peak.
Lin Xuan reached the Emperor Realm and killed the Tenth Highness, turning the tide of battle before returning to defend the Jade Balance Sword Palace. The surviving humans prepared to flee to the Eastern Continent, while Lin Xuan renewed his resolve to avenge the Lin Saint Clan and faced the royal consort and her reinforcements.
After escaping the Profound Domain, Lin Xuan reached the Eastern Continent, reunited with surviving Lin Household members, and entered the Supreme Institute. He found his sister Lin Yuechan leading a beleaguered alliance, completed a dangerous mission, and returned to test himself against the giant sword.
Lin Xuan took on a new disciple, protected the Yuan Household Auction House, and entered the three-institute competition, where his strength shocked the other contestants. After defeating Zhang Yu and claiming first place, he prepared to challenge the Demon-Subduing Hall as Wan Renshan returned from the Demon Battlefield.
Lin Xuan rose to heavenly venerable, destroyed the Gu and Qi imperial Lineages, and entered the Demon Battlefield searching for Lin Yuechan. There he reunited with Xuan Bing and, after protecting her from cultivators trying to capture her, agreed to defend fleeing Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples from the Blood-Melting Hall.
Lin Xuan claimed the Holy Lotus of Creation, then led allies through an ancient hall where he faced the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower. After it gravely wounded Xuan Bing, Lin Xuan killed it and left for Demon-Suppressing City with Wen Ling and the others.
Lin Xuan revealed his strength while protecting Elder Zuo and helping Ji Mingzhu secure the Thearch Infant Pill. The Ling Household apologized to the Ji Household and paid compensation after learning Ling Qiu had offended Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan reunited with his family and disciples, became head of the Supreme Institute, and faced the collapse of Primordial Holy Heaven after Bai Wuya’s death. As the Primordial Slaying Alliance formed and began attacking, Han Ming challenged the academy to produce a fighter within three days.
Lin Xuan inherited the Lin Clan’s immortal method and returned to defend Primordial Holy Heaven as the Primordial Slaying Alliance attacked. After Lin Xuan killed the Nine Luminaries Ancestor and the alliance’s forces, Bai Wuya offered him leadership, and Lin Xuan began preparing for the Ten Great Saint Heavens competition and the Vast Sea Secret Realm.
Lin Xuan saved the Nine Luminaries Saint Sect, reunited with his disciples, and killed the Heavenly Demon Wolf Ancestor when he attacked Primordial Holy Heaven at the Vast Sea Secret Realm. Inside the realm, Lin Xuan reunited with Zeng Mengyu, and the Zeng Household learned he was the Academy Master.
Lin Xuan rescued the Primordial Beginning Institute’s master, found a Lin ancestor’s remains, and entered an illusion of the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty. There he backed the Thirty-Fifth Imperial Princess, gathered allies for her, and entered the Holy Dynasty Grand Ceremony as Ye Yan revealed his Immortal Spirit blood.
Lin Xuan won the Vast Sea Saint King’s inheritance and became involved in the search for a new heir to the old Demon Saint. As the Profound Heaven Holy Land prepared to execute Lin Yu, Lin Xuan and Wu Liang entered the Demon Saint’s inheritance grounds, where only a Chongming Bird could awaken the legacy.