Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan awakened the Investment Rebate System as Starfall Peak continued to lose disciples, and discovered that Su Lianxin’s ordinary appearance concealed a crippled gold destiny tied to stolen Thearch Blood. After accepting Su Lianxin as his disciple and giving her phoenix sparrow essence blood, Lin Xuan received a critical rebate that granted him ice phoenix true blood and an Innate Primordial Sword Physique.

• Lin Xuan saw a panel reveal that Yang Hao was leaving Starfall Peak for Crimson Yang Peak, then discovered the Investment Rebate System and its disciple-based rewards.
• Lin Xuan summoned the remaining disciples, while Su Lianxin refused Yang Hao’s offer to join Crimson Yang Peak and stayed loyal to Starfall Peak.
• Lin Xuan examined Su Lianxin’s panel and learned that her gold-grade Su Ancestor’s Thearch Blood had been crippled; he suspected the Su Clan’s main lineage had stolen it and given it to Su Ditian.
• Lin Xuan told Su Lianxin what he believed had happened and asked her to become his disciple; she accepted and bowed to him.
• Lin Xuan gave Su Lianxin phoenix sparrow essence blood as an apprenticeship gift, triggering rebates of ice phoenix true blood and an Innate Primordial Sword Physique.

Lin Xuan gained powerful returns after investing treasures in Su Lianxin, then discovered that Qu Youmeng secretly possessed Earth Profound cultivation and a Heavenly Venerable Realm soul before taking her as a disciple. He gave his disciples the Azure Emperor Scripture and prepared to use his new pills and destiny to advance his cultivation.

• Lin Xuan gave Su Lianxin Ice Phoenix True Blood, which fused with her body, greatly increasing her spiritual power absorption and adding a gold ninth-grade destiny.
• Lin Xuan invested the incomplete Cavern Profound True Instruction and several medicinal pills, receiving an Azure Emperor Scripture fragment and rare marked pills, including a nine-mark Great Dao Golden Pill.
• Lin Xuan inspected Wang Yan and Qu Youmeng, discovering that Qu Youmeng was secretly at the third level of Earth Profound and harbored a Heavenly Venerable Realm soul.
• At the soul's urging, Qu Youmeng accepted Lin Xuan as her master, increasing his cultivation speed, while Wang Yan and Su Lianxin also became his disciples.
• Lin Xuan gave his three disciples the first level of the Azure Emperor Scripture and warned them not to share it; Qu Youmeng dismissed the method and put it away unread.
• Lin Xuan sent the disciples off to prepare for the sect tournament and turned to digesting his pills and the red first-grade Innate Primordial Sword Physique destiny.

After integrating the Innate Primordial Sword Physique, Lin Xuan rapidly advanced his Sword Intent and cultivation, preparing to enter the King Realm with eighteen Great Daos. He gave Sword Intent Pills to Su Lianxin and Wang Yan, then resumed secluded cultivation until the Peak Master of Heavenly Origin Peak arrived at Starfall Peak.

• Lin Xuan gained the Innate Primordial Sword Physique, immediately comprehended third-level Sword Intent, and believed he could challenge a King Realm expert.
• Over three months, Lin Xuan reached the perfected ninth level of the Tribulation Realm and raised his Sword Intent to the fourth level.
• Lin Xuan planned to comprehend the Lightning Sword and Wind Sword Great Daos before attempting the King Realm with eighteen Great Daos.
• Lin Xuan gave his two Sword Intent Pills to Su Lianxin and Wang Yan, whose cultivation had advanced greatly under the Azure Emperor Scripture.
• Lin Xuan noticed Qu Youmeng had barely improved and had apparently not practiced the Azure Emperor Scripture he gave her.
• Lin Xuan resumed secluded cultivation, but the Peak Master of Heavenly Origin Peak arrived at Starfall Peak less than two days later.

The Heavenly Origin Peak Master tried to recruit Lin Xuan into Lu Tianxing's camp, but Lin Xuan refused after recognizing the offer as a threat to his position. The Heavenly Origin Peak Master then got Lu Tianxing's approval to appoint Elder Jin as Starfall Peak Master, intending to punish Lin Xuan for his refusal.

• The Heavenly Origin Peak Master visited Lin Xuan and asked him to join the Holy Son's camp.
• Lin Xuan asked what benefits he would receive, but the Heavenly Origin Peak Master warned that his position as Starfall Peak Master would be at risk if he refused.
• Lin Xuan rejected the offer and told the Heavenly Origin Peak Master he would not see him out.
• The Heavenly Origin Peak Master reported Lin Xuan's refusal to Lu Tianxing, who agreed that Elder Jin could take the Starfall Peak Master position.
• Elder Jin, who had recently reached the Tribulation Realm Sixth Layer, accepted the appointment excitedly.

Lin Xuan joined Li Fufeng’s faction in exchange for a Dao Comprehension Pill, which he invested in Su Lianxin and received a powerful rebate. The reward gave him a path to comprehend four more Great Daos, bringing his potential total to twenty-two as he prepared to pursue the King Realm.

• The Eighth Peak Master offered Lin Xuan a Spirit-Nourishing Pill to join Li Fufeng, and Lin Xuan accepted after exchanging it for a Dao Comprehension Pill.
• The Eighth Peak Master reported Lin Xuan’s agreement to Li Fufeng, who accepted the cost despite the Fourteenth Peak Master’s objections.
• Li Fufeng remained troubled because the Third Peak Master was considering joining Lu Tianxing’s faction unless she proved her potential in the sect tournament.
• Lin Xuan gave the Dao Comprehension Pill to Su Lianxin, and his investment system rewarded him with an eight-pattern Formation Dao Profound Pill.
• Lin Xuan learned that the pill could help him comprehend four sword formation Great Daos, raising his potential total to twenty-two.

After two months of seclusion, Lin Xuan emerged having comprehended the Great Dao of Wind Sword, while his disciples had made major cultivation gains and the sect tournament’s rewards stirred fierce competition. News that the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm had opened sent the sect rushing to it, and Lin Xuan was met by a displeased female elder who had waited several days on Starfall Peak.

• Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion after comprehending twenty Great Daos, then used his Divine Sense to assess Su Lianxin and Wang Yan’s progress.
• Su Lianxin had reached the Earth Profound Third Layer, while Wang Yan had reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Gathering and comprehended sword intent.
• The sect announced a sixth-grade Mysterious Dragon Pill and entry to the Azure Sun Secret Realm as rewards for the tournament’s first-place winner, prompting Qu Youmeng and her Heavenly Venerable Realm master to target the prize.
• News spread that the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm had opened after only seven years, and the Azure Yang Sword Sect’s elders and disciples set out for it.
• Lin Xuan stayed in seclusion until he comprehended the Great Dao of Wind Sword, then emerged to find a female elder displeased after waiting several days on Starfall Peak.

Lin Xuan and his disciples joined Qingwei Peak’s expedition to the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm, but Qingwei Peak’s elders doubted his explanation for arriving late. On the flying ship, Yang Zhen offered to guide Su Lianxin in swordsmanship, prompting her and Wang Yan to suppress their amusement.

• Elder Quan told Lin Xuan that Starfall Peak would depart with Qingwei Peak for the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm the next day, and Lin Xuan learned Qu Youmeng had left the sect.
• Fairy Clear Subtlety’s flying ship arrived, and Lin Xuan boarded it with Wang Yan and Su Lianxin.
• Lin Xuan said he had been delayed while comprehending the Dao, drawing mockery from Qingwei Peak’s elders and lowering Fairy Clear Subtlety’s opinion of him.
• The flying ship set off for the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range, where Wang Yan and Su Lianxin felt uncomfortable among Qingwei Peak’s disciples.
• Yang Zhen introduced himself to Su Lianxin and offered to teach her swordsmanship, while she and Wang Yan silently found his boast amusing.

Lin Xuan and his disciples Su Lianxin and Wang Yan traveled with Qingwei Peak through the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range, where a Purple Scorpion Demon King attacked their flying boat and then retreated. After the others left, Lin Xuan took his disciples to pursue the Demon King, hoping it would be valuable.

• Su Lianxin rejected Yang Zhen's offer to instruct her in the Sword Dao and left with Wang Yan.
• Qingwei Peak's grand elder released his pressure to deter Demon Beasts as the flying boat entered the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range.
• A Purple Scorpion Demon King shattered the flying boat's protective formation with a golden spike.
• The Purple Scorpion Demon King retreated after the Qingwei Peak Master appeared, and the elders and disciples praised her for driving it off.
• Lin Xuan left a letter and quietly disembarked with Su Lianxin and Wang Yan to pursue the Purple Scorpion Demon King.

Lin Xuan killed the Purple Scorpion Demon King with a single sword strike, then took its remains to Linyue City to consign them at the Dusk Moon Auction House. Elder Yuan recognized the lingering sword intent and concluded that the unknown sword cultivator who killed the Demon King had comprehended the third level of Sword Dao True Intention.

• Lin Xuan returned with Wang Yan and Su Lianxin to confront the Purple Scorpion Demon King, which fired its stinger at him and fled.
• Lin Xuan knocked aside the stinger and froze the Purple Scorpion Demon King with an Ice Sword strike, killing it instantly.
• Lin Xuan stored the Demon King's remains and headed to Linyue City, letting Wang Yan and Su Lianxin explore while he went to the Dusk Moon Auction House.
• An attendant named Liqin abandoned Lin Xuan to greet a purple-robed young man, so Qinghe took over his consigning request.
• Qinghe discovered the Demon King's complete remains and inner core in Lin Xuan's storage ring, and Elder Yuan examined them.
• Elder Yuan saw the sword wound and determined that the killer was a peerless sword cultivator who had reached the third level of Sword Dao True Intention.

Lin Xuan arranged to auction the Purple Scorpion Demon King's remains at the Dusk Moon Auction House, while Su Lianxin tested her sword skills in Linyue City's arena. After she defeated several opponents, the Yuansu Sword King sent his disciple Lu Han to test whether she was worthy of becoming his disciple.

• Elder Yuan escorted Lin Xuan to meet Mu Yue, the auction house owner, who recognized the Purple Scorpion Demon King's remains and learned Lin Xuan claimed to have killed it.
• Lin Xuan agreed to auction the remains with a one-percent commission, and Mu Yue scheduled the auction for three days later.
• Su Lianxin entered an arena to gain combat experience and defeated a five-win opponent with one sword strike.
• The Yuansu Sword King watched Su Lianxin fight and told his disciple Lu Han to test her, promising to take her as a disciple if she withstood one sword strike.

Su Lianxin stunned Lu Han and the Yuansu Sword King by revealing that she had mastered true Sword Intent, then left them questioning who should become whose disciple. Three days later, Lin Xuan attended the Dusk Moon Auction and bid against a well-connected girl for a Spirit-Gathering Pill.

• Lu Han challenged Su Lianxin to withstand one sword strike, but she dismissed his offer to introduce her to his master and unleashed a slash that revealed her true Sword Intent.
• Lu Han and the Yuansu Sword King realized Su Lianxin’s swordsmanship surpassed their own, and she left after questioning their assumptions about discipleship.
• Three days later, Lin Xuan brought his two disciples to the Dusk Moon Auction and reviewed the catalogue, which listed his Purple Scorpion Demon King remains as the grand finale.
• Auctioneer Suyi opened the bidding, and a One-Pattern Spirit-Gathering Pill refined by Alchemist King Greenwood sparked fierce competition.
• A girl in VIP box twenty-six bid 230,000 Spirit Stones for the pill, but Lin Xuan countered with 250,000.

Lin Xuan won the One-Pattern Spirit Gathering Pill despite Mu Lang’s threat, while Mu Yue’s auction presented the remains of a King-level Demon Beast. King Mingkong seized control of the bidding for its inner core, and the chapter ended as a streak of white sword light answered his arrogance.

• Lin Xuan outbid Mu Lang for the One-Pattern Spirit Gathering Pill, winning it for three hundred and twenty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Mu Lang ordered a servant to summon the Mu Household’s sixth elder after the auction, while the girl suspected Lin Xuan had a powerful background.
• Auctioneer Suyi displayed the remains of a King-level Demon Beast and began bidding on its inner core.
• King Mingkong used his fearsome pressure to discourage other bidders and claimed he was merely participating in the auction.
• Mu Yue confronted King Mingkong, who mocked the crowd for not daring to challenge him.
• A streak of pure white sword light answered King Mingkong.

Lin Xuan attacked King Mingkong at the auction and killed him after revealing that the King-level Demon Beast remains belonged to him. When the Linyue City Lord arrived too late to stop the killing, Lin Xuan accused him of colluding with King Mingkong and attacked him as well.

• Lin Xuan struck King Mingkong with a sword, severing his right arm and shocking everyone in the auction hall.
• Mu Yue recognized Lin Xuan's sword intent as the same force that had left the wound on the Purple Scorpion Demon King's remains.
• King Mingkong begged for mercy, but Lin Xuan explained that the King-level Demon Beast remains were his and launched a second strike.
• The Linyue City Lord arrived as Lin Xuan's sword pierced King Mingkong, who quickly died.
• Lin Xuan accused the Linyue City Lord of colluding with King Mingkong and unleashed a sword strike at him.

Lin Xuan killed King Mingkong and the Linyue City Lord at the auction, then left with a fortune in Spirit Stones. After investing a Spirit-Gathering Pill and Mystic Trace Steps in Su Lianxin, he received a seven-pattern Heaven-Gathering Mystic Pill and the Emperor-grade Heavenly Demon Shadow technique.

• Lin Xuan cut down the Linyue City Lord with one slash, then ordered the stunned auction hall to continue the auction.
• Mu Lang abandoned his plan to report Lin Xuan, while the Yuansu Sword King recognized Su Lianxin as the young talent he had once wanted as a disciple.
• After the auction, the Moon King respectfully saw Lin Xuan and his two disciples off, and Lin Xuan claimed the storage rings of King Mingkong and the Linyue City Lord.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the Linyue City Lord's ring contained over seven million Spirit Stones and many valuable items.
• Back at the inn, Lin Xuan gave Su Lianxin a Spirit-Gathering Pill and Mystic Trace Steps, triggering returns of a seven-pattern Heaven-Gathering Mystic Pill and Emperor-grade Heavenly Demon Shadow.

Lin Xuan agreed to escort Wang Yan and the Li Household to the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm after Wang Yan learned about his family’s troubles and encountered Li Hong. The next morning, Lin Xuan’s flying boat arrived at the city gate, and Su Lianxin called Wang Yan her junior brother as the group prepared to depart.

• Lin Xuan reserved the Heaven-Gathering Mystic Pill for a future King Realm breakthrough and cultivated Heavenly Demon Shadow.
• Wang Yan met Li Hong and the Li Household, who had lost fifty thousand Spirit Stones after a King Realm expert’s disciple doubled their escort fee and refused a refund.
• Wang Yan learned that his grandfather was gravely injured and his father had joined adventuring groups traveling toward the mystic realm; Lin Xuan agreed to take the Li Household along.
• Li Yuan warned Wang Yan and Li Hong that Linyue City was unsettled after the city lord’s death, and the pair went for a walk.
• The next morning, Lin Xuan’s flying boat stopped at the city gate, and Su Lianxin addressed Wang Yan as her junior brother before their departure.

Wang Yan’s companions learned that his master was the peerless sword cultivator who had killed Linyue City’s lord, while Wang Fu’s party struggled through the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range. A King Realm sword cultivator rescued Wang Fu’s group from a Cloud Shuttle Bird, and Wang Fu recognized the youth beside him as Yan'er.

• Li Hong and Li Yuan learned that Lin Xuan was Wang Yan’s master and had killed Linyue City’s lord.
• Wang Fu’s party struggled to travel through the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range’s inner reaches, where Tribulation Realm Demon Beasts were common.
• Qin Gang tried to reassure Wang Fu as the party rested, but a Cloud Shuttle Bird swooped down on them.
• A blood-jade longsword killed the Cloud Shuttle Bird, and a flying boat arrived carrying a white-robed sword cultivator.
• The youth beside the sword cultivator called out to Wang Fu, who recognized him as Yan'er.

Lin Xuan reached the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm, where he found a spiritual spring suitable for his King Realm breakthrough. When Chu Yuechan challenged him to endure one sword strike for a share of the spring, Lin Xuan countered by offering the entire spring if she could withstand his strike.

• Lin Xuan welcomed Wang Fu and the others aboard his flying boat, then carried them safely through the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range toward the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm.
• During the journey, Lin Xuan comprehended the Great Dao of Thunder Sword and the fourth level of Heavenly Demon Shadow, gaining the ability to summon ten powerful shadow clones.
• At the mystic realm entrance, Lin Xuan gave black jade tokens to Su Lianxin and Wang Yan before entering separately and appearing in a desert.
• Lin Xuan's restricted Divine Sense detected a spiritual spring in a nearby oasis that could support his King Realm breakthrough.
• Chu Yuechan and her companion arrived at the oasis, and Chu Yuechan challenged Lin Xuan to take one strike from her sword in exchange for thirty percent of the spring.
• Lin Xuan rejected Chu Yuechan's terms and proposed that if she could take one strike from his sword, the spring would be hers.

Lin Xuan defeated Chu Yuechan with a single sword strike, then used the spirit spring and Heaven-Gathering Mystic Pill to break through to the King Realm. After enduring a fierce violet-red lightning tribulation, he emerged at the peak of the first level of the King Realm.

• Lin Xuan slashed at Chu Yuechan, whose Sword Gang and life-saving jade talisman could not stop his strike, and sent her flying.
• Chu Yuechan acknowledged Lin Xuan's strength and left with the stunned green-dressed girl.
• Lin Xuan sat beside the spirit spring, swallowed the Heaven-Gathering Mystic Pill, and began cultivating with the Azure Emperor Scripture to enter the King Realm.
• A violet-red lightning tribulation struck Lin Xuan repeatedly as he countered the bolts with his sword.
• The tribulation clouds dispersed, and Lin Xuan reached the peak of the first level of the King Realm.

After surviving a lightning tribulation and reaching King Realm First Level Perfection with twenty-two Great Daos, Lin Xuan prepared to collect the remaining spirit spring. Four King Realm cultivators arrived and tried to divide it among themselves, but Lin Xuan stepped forward to refuse their terms.

• Lin Xuan reflected on his breakthrough, the King Realm’s Dao integration stages, and the twenty-two lightning tribulations he would eventually need to survive to reach the Emperor Realm.
• Lin Xuan took pills to recover and prepared to bottle the remaining spirit spring for Su Lianxin, hoping to receive a valuable reward in return.
• Four King Realm cultivators arrived, drawn by the commotion of Lin Xuan’s breakthrough, and coveted the spirit spring.
• The alluring woman claimed thirty percent, and two men each demanded twenty percent, leaving the purple-clad woman and Lin Xuan’s demonic shadow clone to divide the rest.
• Lin Xuan, whom the cultivators mistook for a weak junior, stepped forward and said he disagreed.

Lin Xuan refused to share the spirit spring and used his Demonic Shadow Clones to fight off the cultivators who came to seize it. After the clones were destroyed, he revealed his overwhelming power and struck down the strongest attacker, leaving the battle’s outcome in his hands.

• Lin Xuan ordered a Demonic Shadow Clone to attack the sinister middle-aged man, then used a second clone to foil his attempt to reach Lin Xuan.
• The two clones defeated the seductive woman’s group, but eight more King Realm cultivators arrived and joined the assault as Lin Xuan collected the spirit spring.
• Lin Xuan summoned more Demonic Shadow Clones until eight fought the growing crowd, while Yan Song kept the Yan Clan from joining because he remembered Lin Xuan’s strength.
• More than thirty King Realm experts fought the clones; five attackers died before the clones were destroyed one by one.
• Lin Xuan released a terrifying pressure that forced more than twenty King Realm experts to their knees, then slashed at the strongest attacker as he tried to beg for mercy.