Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan pursued the Tenth Highness into the Luminous Domain and struck him down, giving its embattled cultivators hope. The Tenth Highness then used the Blood Demon Secret Technique to restore his arm and raise his strength to near the third-layer peak, leaving him eager to face Lin Xuan again.

• Lin Xuan emerged from the rift and sent the Tenth Highness flying with a single sword strike.
• The Luminous Domain’s cultivators recognized Lin Xuan as a human Thearch, while the two other-race Thearchs realized he had pursued their royal highness.
• The Tenth Highness ordered the two Thearchs to help activate the Blood Demon Secret Technique, and they sacrificed their essence blood to empower him.
• The Tenth Highness regained his severed arm and surged to a strength approaching the Thearch Realm third-layer peak.
• The Tenth Highness mocked Lin Xuan and challenged him to attack.

The Tenth Highness believed his secret art had made him powerful enough to defeat Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan killed him and two other Thearch Realm experts with one sword strike. The battlefield was left stunned as Feng Yong realized she had not needed to suggest joining forces.

• The Tenth Highness boasted that Lin Xuan had pursued him too late and ordered Protector Ling and Protector Yi to cover him.
• Feng Yong prepared to suggest that she and Lin Xuan join forces, but Lin Xuan stepped forward and unleashed a gigantic sword.
• The Tenth Highness found himself unable to escape the sword's overwhelming Sword Intent.
• Lin Xuan's strike passed through the otherworldly forces and killed three Thearch Realm experts by severing their souls.
• The Luminous Domain's cultivators confirmed the three experts were dead and marveled at Lin Xuan's strength.
• Feng Yong was left in shock, realizing there was no need for her to join forces with Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan killed Your Highness Ten and left the Luminous Domain, while news of his victory made him first on the Heaven Ranking. The other races then launched a much stronger assault on the Profound Domain, where Lin Xuan and Wu Liang were absent and the human forces faced overwhelming odds.

• Lin Xuan left the Luminous Domain after killing Your Highness Ten, and Empress Feng Yong realized she had not asked his name.
• The Profound Domain's jade tokens announced that Lin Xuan had taken first place on the Heaven Ranking, while Wu Liang fell to second and Su Lianxin reclaimed first on the Earth Ranking.
• The battle's details spread, and people learned that the Sword Pavilion's pavilion master was a Thearch Realm expert who had slain Your Highness Ten.
• The other races counterattacked with a far larger force of two-horned and three-horned enemies, including many Emperor Realm cultivators and Venerables.
• Wu Liang pursued Lin Xuan to bring him back, leaving the Profound Domain's human forces without a Thearch Realm expert as the enemy army surrounded them.

The other races besieged the Profound Domain’s Nine Heavens Profound Sect while its defenders struggled to hold the formation. A human Thearch Realm expert from the Eastern Continent’s True Martial Holy Heaven rescued Su Lianxin and offered to take her as his student, but she refused and remained loyal to Lin Xuan and the Sword Pavilion.

• The Profound Domain’s experts realized the other races had sacrificed His Highness Ten to draw away their two Thearch Realm experts, leaving the Nine Heavens Profound Sect under siege.
• As Su Lianxin fought the other races near the Nine Profundities Heavenly Sect, an Emperor Realm enemy targeted her for killing their forces.
• A white-robed old man appeared and destroyed every enemy in the area with one strike, revealing himself as a human Thearch Realm expert.
• The old man introduced himself as a sage instructor of the True Martial Holy Heaven and invited Su Lianxin to study in the Eastern Continent.
• Su Lianxin rejected the offer twice, explaining that she already belonged to the Sword Pavilion and would not leave her master, Lin Xuan.

After Su Lianxin rejected him, the saint teacher from True Martial Holy Heaven recruited four other young cultivators from the Profound Domain, including Su Ditian and Nangong Yaoyue. As he departed with them, they spotted Su Lianxin in the crowd.

• The saint teacher from True Martial Holy Heaven gave up on recruiting Su Lianxin and searched the battlefield for other promising talents.
• The Human Race experts welcomed the saint teacher, who announced he wanted to take disciples back to True Martial Holy Heaven in the Eastern Continent.
• The head of the Bai Household presented Bai Linglong, and she eagerly accepted the saint teacher's offer.
• The saint teacher accepted four disciples, including Su Ditian and Nangong Yaoyue, and left the Nine Profundities Heavenly Sect with them.
• As they departed, Su Ditian and Nangong Yaoyue saw Su Lianxin putting away her sword, and their gazes met.

Su Lianxin encountered Su Ditian, the Su Clan patriarch, and Nangong Yaoyue as they prepared to leave with True Martial Holy Heaven's holy master. Nangong Yaoyue challenged her to a duel in three years, but Su Lianxin dismissed the threat.

• Su Ditian glared at Su Lianxin with hatred, then smugly looked down on her because he had gained an Emperor Bone and a place at True Martial Holy Heaven.
• The Su Clan patriarch taunted Su Lianxin by asking whether a holy master had selected her for the Eastern Continent, but she calmly ignored him.
• Nangong Yaoyue recalled her humiliation at Su Lianxin's hands and resolved to surpass her after merging with a mysterious treasure and gaining a chance to cultivate in the Eastern Continent.
• Nangong Yaoyue challenged Su Lianxin to fight her in three years, then followed True Martial Holy Heaven's holy master.
• Su Lianxin gave little thought to the challenge and believed Nangong Yaoyue would still be no match for her in three years.

As the foreign races overwhelmed the Profound Domain, the Nine Profundities Heavenly Sect's sect master revealed an ancient teleportation array that could let a small number escape. Su Lianxin left with Heavenly Venerable Yunli, while Wu Liang encountered a familiar presence in a spatial tear as he pursued Lin Xuan.

• The sacred teacher from True Martial Holy Heaven departed with four disciples and the people they had chosen, leaving the remaining defenders facing the foreign races.
• The Nine Profundities Heavenly Sect's sect master announced that its damaged ancestral teleportation array could be repaired for one use, allowing only a limited number to escape.
• The survivors vowed to return to the Profound Domain and avenge their dead as the sect master prepared to lead their retreat.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli used a restriction-ignoring Law Treasure to take Su Lianxin to the Jade Balance Sword Palace, while the Su Clan's ancestor gave up on reconciling with her.
• Wu Liang followed Lin Xuan through shattered space, then stopped when a spatial tear appeared with a technique like his own and a familiar presence within it.

Wu Liang was forced to leave the Sword Pavilion with three Chongming Bird Great Emperors, who summoned him to return to his dying father, Demon Saint Moluo. As Heavenly Venerable Yunli prepared to risk her life defending the Jade Balance Sword Palace, Lin Xuan suddenly appeared.

• Three Chongming Bird Great Emperors found Wu Liang and ordered him to return to Luo Heaven Domain because Demon Saint Moluo was nearing death.
• Wu Liang tried to escape, but the leading Great Emperor sealed the space and overpowered his attempt.
• Wu Liang agreed to leave after sending a message to the Sword Pavilion, hoping Lin Xuan could help him later.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli continued fighting a foreign-race Thearch Realm expert outside the formation while the sect faced a growing assault.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli resolved to sacrifice herself to protect Qu Youmeng and the other disciples, but Lin Xuan appeared in midair.

Lin Xuan returned to the Jade Balance Sword Palace, killed an invading Thearch Realm expert, and learned that Wu Liang had been taken to the Luo Heaven Domain. As he sent the survivors toward the Eastern Continent, he recalled how the Lin Saint Clan had been expelled and hunted, and resolved to take revenge on the Yuan Clan Saint Clan and the Profound Heaven Holy Land.

• Lin Xuan returned to the Jade Balance Sword Palace and killed the fleeing other-race Thearch Realm expert with one sword strike.
• Lin Xuan learned from Heavenly Venerable Yunli that Wu Liang had been forcibly taken away by the Chongming Bird race and had urged Lin Xuan to find him in the Luo Heaven Domain.
• Lin Xuan told the Jade Balance Sword Palace survivors to travel through an ancient teleportation formation to the Eastern Continent, then recalled that he had come from the Lin Saint Clan there.
• Lin Xuan remembered how the Yuan Clan Saint Clan had accused the Lin Saint Clan of killing its grand elder, forced its expulsion from the Profound Heaven Holy Land, and joined other clans in hunting its members.
• Lin Xuan recalled that his elder brother Lin Yu had sent him through an ancient teleportation array to save him, and vowed to take revenge on the Yuan Clan Saint Clan and the Profound Heaven Holy Land.

Lin Xuan defended the Jade Balance Sword Palace as the other races concentrated their invasion on the last stronghold in the Profound Domain. The royal consort, wielding an Emperor Weapon, attacked him but was driven back and ordered the God Clan to form up and help kill him.

• Lin Xuan used Edgeless to slay thousands of the other races as they surged toward the Jade Balance Sword Palace.
• Three Thearch Realm experts arrived through a rift, while two more approached and additional forces poured into the Profound Domain.
• The royal consort asked Lin Xuan if he had killed Little Ten, then summoned a ghastly white bone whip that was an Emperor Weapon.
• The royal consort struck at Lin Xuan, but he blocked her attack and countered with a Sword Gang that blasted her backward and made her bleed.
• The royal consort recognized that she was no match for Lin Xuan and ordered the God Clan to form a formation and aid her with a Secret Technique.

Lin Xuan slaughtered the invading otherworlders in the Profound Domain, killing the consort and several Thearch Realm experts despite their combined attacks. After wiping out every enemy in the region, he vowed to return one day and exterminate the otherworlders.

• The consort used a Secret Method and gathered Essence Blood from the otherworlders to strengthen herself before she and two Thearch Realm guardians attacked Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan struck back with Edgeless, killing the consort, the two guardians, and at least ten thousand Emperor Realm and Venerable otherworlders.
• The remaining otherworlders fled, but Lin Xuan pursued and slaughtered them across the battlefield.
• Two more Thearch Realm experts arrived, saw the consort's remains, and tried to retreat, but Lin Xuan killed them as well.
• After eradicating the otherworlders in the region, Lin Xuan left the blood-soaked Profound Domain and vowed to return to exterminate them.

Lin Xuan led the Jade Balance Sword Palace survivors out of the ravaged Profound Domain through a damaged ancient teleportation array, which hurled him and the others into spatial turbulence. The story moved to the Primordial Holy Heaven’s admissions trial, where an injured white-robed Lin Xuan fell from a spatial rift into the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm.

• Lin Xuan returned to the Jade Balance Sword Palace and led its disciples and Fairy Cold Moon away from their homeland.
• Lin Xuan and Heavenly Venerable Yunli fought through the other races’ forces as they crossed the ruined Tangqing Empire to reach its ancient teleportation array.
• Lin Xuan activated the damaged array, then used his spiritual power while Heavenly Venerable Yunli shielded the group from the fractured passage’s spatial turbulence.
• The chapter described the Eastern Continent and the weakening Primordial Holy Heaven as it opened admissions in the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm.
• A spatial rift opened in a concealed part of the secret realm and flung a white-robed Lin Xuan to the ground, where he struggled up and spat blood.

After the ancient teleportation array’s spatial turbulence separated Lin Xuan from his disciples, he landed injured in a dangerous mist filled with powerful demon beasts. He joined a group of travelers who had witnessed him kill a silver wolf, hoping to learn where he was and eventually find his missing companions.

• Spatial turbulence flung Lin Xuan and his disciples in different directions, and Lin Xuan landed alone in a misty region where his Divine Sense was severely restricted.
• A silver wolf Demon King attacked Lin Xuan, but he killed it with a single stroke despite his injuries.
• Sun Chenghe introduced his companions to Lin Xuan and invited him to travel with them, while Yun Qingming dismissed Lin Xuan’s accomplishment.
• Xi Jingjing proposed that Lin Xuan join their group so they could better survive the dangerous mist, and the others agreed.
• Lin Xuan accepted the invitation and resolved to learn whether he was on the Eastern Continent and where his missing disciples and companions had gone.

Lin Xuan and six Primordial Domain candidates searched the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm while Yun Qingming tried to outshine him and win Xi Jingjing’s attention. When six Emperor Realm Demon Beasts surrounded the group, Lin Xuan killed them all with one sword strike.

• Lin Xuan learned that the group were peak King Realm candidates from the Primordial Domain taking part in the Primordial Holy Heaven’s first trial.
• Yun Qingming grew jealous of Lin Xuan’s attention from Xi Jingjing and Shen Xiyao, then killed a late sixth-tier Demon King with a punch.
• Xi Jingjing and Sun Chenghe praised Yun Qingming, while their interest in Lin Xuan faded after they learned his age.
• Six Emperor Realm Demon Beasts surrounded the group, including one nearing the middle Emperor Realm.
• Lin Xuan stepped forward and killed all six Demon Beasts with a single sword strike.

Sacred Master Ziyan offered Lin Xuan direct entry to the inner academy, then changed her mind after discovering Yun Qingming had a Sacred Physique and showered him with resources. Lin Xuan was left angered by her public rejection.

• Yun Qingming and the others saw that Lin Xuan had killed many Demon Beasts, while two Primordial Holy Heaven Sacred Masters arrived.
• Sacred Master Ziyan offered to take Lin Xuan as her student and let him enter the inner academy without assessment.
• Yun Qingming's leaking spiritual power drew Sacred Master Ziyan's attention, and she recognized his Sacred Physique.
• Sacred Master Ziyan withdrew her offer to Lin Xuan and offered Yun Qingming true inheritance status, resources, and saint blood instead.
• Yun Qingming accepted the attention with pride and looked down on Lin Xuan, whose expression turned cold at Sacred Master Ziyan's humiliation.

Yun Qingming accepted Sacred Master Ziyan’s offer of an inner-court place and invited Xi Jingjing and Sun Chenghe to join him in the outer sect. Sacred Master Yunzhao then offered Lin Xuan her own admission slot, and he accepted while resolving to leave once he recovered and could find his disciples.

• Yun Qingming agreed to become Sacred Master Ziyan’s student and gathered the treasures she offered him.
• Yun Qingming asked to bring two people, and Sacred Master Ziyan allowed them to enter the outer sect.
• Yun Qingming invited Xi Jingjing and Sun Chenghe, who eagerly joined him as he departed with Sacred Master Ziyan.
• Shen Xiyao watched them leave without regret, while Sacred Master Yunzhao stayed behind and offered Lin Xuan her admission slot.
• Lin Xuan accepted Sacred Master Yunzhao’s offer, intending to leave after recovering and finding his disciples, and silently vowed to repay those who had humiliated him.

Sacred Master Yunzhao took Lin Xuan to the Supreme Institute and explained its rules, rivalries, and challenges. Lin Xuan became interested in the Demon-Subduing Hall and the New Student Institute Competition as he considered the resources he needed.

• Sacred Master Yunzhao took Lin Xuan away after choosing him as her student, leaving the other trial participants behind.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao explained that Lin Xuan would study at the Supreme Institute, introduced his four senior brothers and sisters, and told him to avoid trouble and student factions.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao described the rivalry between the three inner institutes and warned Lin Xuan not to take Sacred Master Ziyan's words to heart.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao told Lin Xuan about the Demon-Subduing Hall and its dangerous tower challenge, which had not seen a new record in a thousand years.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao invited Lin Xuan to compete in the New Student Institute Competition a year later, and he grew interested in its rewards and the tower's challenge.

Lin Xuan sensed a member of the Lin Household in Great Wilderness City and found an old Lin Household servant being pressured to sell a treasure for far less than it was worth. Lin Xuan intervened by offering to buy the threatening cultivator’s jade pendant, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Xuan searched several cities for news of his disciples but found nothing, then sensed a powerful bloodline resonance in Great Wilderness City.
• An old Lin Household servant tried to sell a lotus-shaped treasure to buy healing pills for two injured young people he had rescued.
• The richly dressed cultivator offered only one million for the treasure and threatened the old servant when he asked for three million.
• Lin Xuan approached unnoticed and offered the cultivator one Spirit Stone for the jade pendant at his waist.

Lin Xuan killed the Zhou Household’s young master after he tried to take the Lin Household servant’s jade pendant, then revealed his identity to Uncle Lin. He learned that the surviving Lin Household members were hiding in hardship and that Uncle Lin had brought two injured people from the Profound Domain to their courtyard, leaving Lin Xuan wondering whether they were his disciples.

• Lin Xuan intimidated the Zhou Household’s young master, then killed him with a single sword strike and warned the Zhou Household to come seek revenge if they wanted.
• The Zhou Household servant fled with the young master’s corpse, while Uncle Lin knelt and thanked Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan told Uncle Lin that he was the Lin Household’s young master, and Uncle Lin recognized him with tears and joy.
• Uncle Lin explained that the surviving Lin Household members were hiding in Great Wilderness City and could not cultivate openly for fear of their enemies.
• Uncle Lin said he had brought two badly injured people from the Profound Domain to the Lin Household courtyard, and Lin Xuan wondered whether they were his disciples.

Lin Xuan reunited with the surviving members of the Lin Clan in Great Wilderness City, promised to take them with him, and saved the badly injured Chu Jianchen and Xuan Mo. As he examined the clan’s weakened young members, the system’s virtual window appeared when he looked at one youth.

• Lin Feng and Lin Luo mistook Lin Xuan for an enemy, but Uncle Lin introduced him as the Lin Clan’s young master.
• The elderly Lin Clan members recognized Lin Xuan, and he promised to take the entire clan away from their desperate living conditions.
• Lin Xuan learned that Chu Jianchen and Xuan Mo had been injured while defending the Lin Clan and found them close to death in a stone cave.
• Lin Xuan stabilized Chu Jianchen and Xuan Mo with his spiritual power, then learned they did not know where the others from the Sword Pavilion and Jade Balance Sword Palace had gone.
• Lin Xuan noticed the clan’s young members were weak, and the system’s virtual window appeared when he looked at one gaunt youth.