Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan discovered Lin Fang’s exceptional gold seventh-grade destiny and accepted him as his seventh disciple, giving him the Thearch Grade Return to the Ruins Sword Scripture. After learning that the Zhou Household’s ancestor had arrived to avenge his dead descendant, Lin Xuan faced the Thearch Realm attacker who had destroyed the courtyard and endangered his clansmen.

• Lin Xuan learned that Lin Fang had failed to break through to the King Realm after being abandoned by Yingying, and offered to take him as his disciple.
• Lin Fang accepted Lin Xuan as his master, and Lin Xuan gave him the Return to the Ruins Sword Scripture and a Sword Pavilion token.
• Lin Xuan received a rebate of the Immortal Grade Supreme Seven Stars Sword Instruction and decided not to share it until he had studied it and could safely teach selected techniques.
• The Zhou Household’s ancestor arrived, demanded the killer of his descendant come out, and struck the courtyard with a giant palm.
• Lin Xuan shielded the Lin Household and the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples from the attack, then glared at the Zhou Household’s ancestor in anger.

Lin Xuan emerged from the ruins and killed the Zhou Household ancestor with a single sword strike after the ancestor attacked his clansmen. The forces of Great Wilderness City offered apologies and gifts, but Lin Xuan rejected reconciliation and attacked them.

• The Great Wilderness Sect disciples mocked the Lin Household as the Zhou Household ancestor threatened them.
• Lin Xuan released a Sword-Ray that instantly cut down the Zhou Household ancestor, shocking the onlookers and his clansmen.
• Lin Xuan walked out of the ruins and declared that anyone who harmed his clansmen would die.
• The experts of Great Wilderness City, including the Great Wilderness Sect sect master, apologized and offered gifts to Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan condemned the experts for their past abuse of his clansmen and swept his sword at them, intent on killing those responsible.

Lin Xuan killed the faction leaders who threatened the Lin Household, gave Lin Fang a healing pill, and arranged for his clansmen to leave Great Wilderness City. After recovering most of his physical injuries, he arrived at the Primordial Institute, met Sacred Master Yunzhao’s other students, and saw Yan Ji return from the Demon Battlefield.

• Lin Xuan killed every expert who had come to threaten the Lin Household, collected their belongings, and gave Lin Fang a healing pill for his internal injuries.
• Lin Xuan gave Uncle Lin a flying boat and half the Spirit Stones, then instructed him to move the Lin Household near the Primordial Holy Institute.
• Lin Xuan returned to Sacred Master Yunzhao’s flying boat and used a pill to heal most of his physical injuries while his soul remained weak.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao brought Lin Xuan to the Supreme Institute, where he met Ji Ling'er, Ye Xian, and Cang Lie and learned that Pei Qianqiu was away at the battlefield.
• Chang Ling'er showed Lin Xuan around the Supreme Institute and explained the Primordial Ten Saints; Yan Ji then returned from the Demon Battlefield, drawing an excited crowd.

Lin Xuan learned about the Demon Battlefield, where Yan Ji had slain a powerful demon, and examined pictures of notorious demons on the Human Race's Most-Wanted List. Chang Ling'er then introduced him to the Divine Soul Tower, where cultivators fought virtual opponents at the same restricted cultivation level, leaving Lin Xuan curious about its rankings.

• Chang Ling'er explained that Yan Ji was a celebrated Supreme Institute prodigy who had risen among the Ten Saints, and Lin Xuan heard that Yan Ji had killed a four-mark Heavenly Venerable Realm demon on the Demon Battlefield.
• Chang Ling'er told Lin Xuan how the Ten Great Saint Heavens had built Demon-Suppressing City inside the rift to hold back the demons, and described the battlefield's dangers and rewards.
• Lin Xuan examined Chang Ling'er's pictures of demons, noticed some had six or seven Holy Marks, and learned they were monsters on the Human Race's Most-Wanted List that no Primordial Holy Institute student could defeat at the same realm.
• Chang Ling'er took Lin Xuan to the Divine Soul Tower and explained that its virtual battles suppressed every entrant to the King Realm first layer and provided training without rewards.
• Chang Ling'er showed Lin Xuan the rankings outside the tower and reassured him that he did not need to compete, while Lin Xuan silently considered the challenge.

Lin Xuan learned about the Supreme Institute’s standing and its legendary Demon-Subduing Hall rankings while Chang Ling'er showed him around. When she invited him to join the Moon Eve Alliance, Lin Xuan was stunned to hear its leader was Lin Yuechan.

• Lin Xuan saw that the Divine Soul Tower rankings were dominated by the Primordial Beginning and Heaven-Reaching Institutes, with Yan Ji the Supreme Institute’s only top-ten entrant.
• Chang Ling'er took Lin Xuan to the Demon-Subduing Hall and explained that its eighty-one ranked figures were legendary Saint Realm experts whose records had stood for thousands of years.
• Chang Ling'er gave Lin Xuan a Jade Slip containing a map, institute rules, and practical advice, then continued showing him around the Supreme Institute.
• Chang Ling'er asked whether Lin Xuan had considered joining an alliance and recommended her own, the Moon Eve Alliance.
• Lin Xuan reacted in disbelief when Chang Ling'er said that Lin Yuechan led the Moon Eve Alliance.

Lin Xuan learned that Lin Yuechan, the missing sister he had been searching for, led the troubled Moon Eve Alliance at the Supreme Institute. After confirming her identity from an image-recording stone, he joined the alliance and asked Chang Ling'er about its situation.

• Chang Ling'er told Lin Xuan that Lin Yuechan led the Moon Eve Alliance, but members of the Cloud Dynasty Alliance interrupted and mocked her.
• Lin Xuan refused the Cloud Dynasty Alliance's recruitment and challenged its members to meet him outside the Supreme Institute, then left with Chang Ling'er.
• Chang Ling'er warned Lin Xuan that the Moon Eve Alliance was struggling and offered to help if the Cloud Dynasty Alliance caused him trouble.
• Chang Ling'er described Lin Yuechan and showed Lin Xuan an image-recording stone, which confirmed that the alliance leader was his elder sister.
• Lin Xuan accepted Chang Ling'er's invitation to join the Moon Eve Alliance and asked about its current situation.

Chang Ling'er explained that the Moon Eve Alliance was being crushed by the Golden Wing Alliance, whose powerful deputy leader Cheng Feng held a grudge against Lin Yuechan. After hearing how Cheng Feng had insulted and threatened Lin Yuechan, Lin Xuan resolved to help his elder sister.

• Chang Ling'er told Lin Xuan that Cheng Feng's breakthrough to Earth Venerable had tipped the balance against the Moon Eve Alliance, whose members were being ambushed and driven into hiding.
• Chang Ling'er explained that Lin Yuechan had gone to the Demon Battlefield three months earlier to seek a breakthrough to Heavenly Venerable and save the alliance.
• Chang Ling'er warned Lin Xuan not to join the alliance because of its dangerous situation, but Lin Xuan asked about Cheng Feng's grudge against Lin Yuechan.
• Chang Ling'er recounted that Cheng Feng had once demanded Lin Yuechan become his woman in exchange for joining her alliance, then joined the Golden Wing Alliance after she rejected him.
• Chang Ling'er said Cheng Feng had later offered to end the conflict if Lin Yuechan accepted him, and Lin Xuan's eyes turned cold as he heard her account.

Lin Xuan learned how Cheng Feng had driven the Moon Eve Alliance into hardship after Lin Yuechan rejected him, then visited the Supreme Institute’s Sword Stele to use his free comprehension time. As he began studying the sword’s immense intent, a white-robed sword maiden opened her eyes beneath it.

• Chang Ling'er told Lin Xuan that Cheng Feng had retaliated against the Moon Eve Alliance after Lin Yuechan rejected him, forcing Lin Yuechan to seek a breakthrough in the Demon Battlefield.
• Lin Xuan visited the Supreme Institute’s Sword Stele and used his token to enter for six hours of free comprehension.
• The guardian elder sensed Lin Xuan’s sword intent but underestimated it, believing it to be no higher than the fifth level.
• Lin Xuan noticed a white-robed young woman beneath the sword and recognized her as an Emperor Realm cultivator with fourth-level perfected sword intent.
• Lin Xuan began contemplating the colossal sword’s terrifying intent, while the white-robed sword maiden slowly opened her eyes.

Duan Nianwei noticed Lin Xuan’s Sword Intent and offered him advice, while he worried about his injuries and finding his missing disciples. Seeking a soul-repair pill, Lin Xuan accepted a bounty mission and arrived to find three Venerable Realm students who doubted he could survive it.

• Duan Nianwei sensed Lin Xuan’s Sword Intent, advised him to regain his sharpness, and left after he thanked her.
• Lin Xuan reflected on his missing disciples and his untreated soul injuries, which required a rare soul-repairing imperial pill.
• After six hours at the comprehension site, Lin Xuan went to the Mission Hall and accepted a bounty mission for an eighth-tier soul-repairing spiritual pill.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the mission’s departure point and found three other participants, all at the Venerable Realm.
• The three participants noticed Lin Xuan was only at the Emperor Realm and mocked him for accepting such a dangerous mission.

Lin Xuan insisted on taking a dangerous mission to capture the Karmic Fire Demon Cult's young master despite warnings about the remnant's strength. Sword Fairy Duan Nianwei arrived to join the mission, drawn by reports that the slain Venerables had died from sword wounds.

• Two students mocked Lin Xuan for accepting a mission against a demon cult remnant who had killed several Venerables, while a yellow-robed senior sister warned him of the danger.
• Lin Xuan thanked the senior sister but firmly refused to abandon the mission because he needed its reward.
• Duan Nianwei arrived, and the students recognized the famed Sword Fairy and welcomed her as a powerful addition to the mission.
• Duan Nianwei explained through her motives that she had accepted the mission to face a likely sword cultivator and hone her Sword Dao.
• Duan Nianwei spotted Lin Xuan and froze slightly.

Lin Xuan joined Duan Nianwei and other students on a mission to find a demonic cult remnant in Ten Thousand Paths City, while Jin Yunchao set out to ambush him after learning he had left the institute. Lin Xuan split from the group to search alone and soon sensed that someone was watching him.

• Duan Nianwei privately told Lin Xuan to stay close if they encountered the demonic cult remnant, and he accepted her offer of protection.
• Jin Yunchao learned that Lin Xuan had left the Supreme Institute and gathered Cloud Dynasty Alliance members to kill him.
• Lin Xuan and the others arrived in Ten Thousand Paths City, where the mission had traced the demonic cult remnant.
• A gray-robed student proposed splitting up, and Lin Xuan agreed despite the yellow-robed woman's concern.
• Duan Nianwei gave Lin Xuan her personal communication Jade Slip before he set off alone.
• Lin Xuan started searching the city and soon sensed that someone was watching him.

Lin Xuan was ambushed by a Karmic Fire Demon Cult remnant who mistook him for the weakest member of the group, but Lin Xuan killed him with two sword strikes. As Lin Xuan prepared to leave, he sensed a nearby presence resembling both the demon cult remnant and the Holy Spirit presence he had encountered before.

• The demon cult's young master revealed that he had identified the Holy Heaven students and planned to eliminate them one by one, starting with Lin Xuan.
• The young master attacked Lin Xuan, believing that a Perfect Emperor Realm cultivator would be easy to kill.
• Lin Xuan drew his sword and severely wounded the young master with a single strike, surprising him with his strength.
• Lin Xuan killed the young master with a second sword strike and stored his corpse and identifying token as proof of the completed mission.
• As Lin Xuan turned to leave, he sensed a nearby presence with subtle soul fluctuations resembling the Holy Spirit presence he had sensed before.

Lin Xuan followed the faint presence of a Holy Spirit to a secluded courtyard in Ten Thousand Paths City, where a Devil Race remnant had imprisoned women and a wounded young white deer. After freeing the women and recovering the deer, he considered giving it to Lin Fang and wondered what the system would return.

• Lin Xuan traced the Holy Spirit's presence to a secluded courtyard and broke through its formations.
• Lin Xuan freed the women imprisoned there and told them the demonic sect remnant had been eliminated.
• Lin Xuan entered a more heavily sealed room and found a wounded young white deer imprisoned in a golden-rune cage.
• Lin Xuan recognized the deer as a Holy Spirit and decided it might suit Lin Fang as a mount or companion.
• Lin Xuan carefully broke the cage, took the deer as his spoils, and saw Duan Nianwei and the others approaching.

Lin Xuan concealed his role in killing the Karmic Fire Demon Cult’s young master, returned to Supreme City, and lured Jin Yunchao’s ambush into the forest, where he killed Jin Yunchao and two Venerable Realm students. Jin Yunyi discovered his brother’s life tablet had burned to ash and roared for the killer.

• Duan Nianwei found the Karmic Fire Demon Cult’s young master dead, but she and the woman in yellow left Ten Thousand Paths City without finding Lin Xuan; the gray-robed and black-robed students had been killed by other cult members.
• Lin Xuan reappeared as Duan Nianwei and the woman in yellow were about to leave, then disembarked near Supreme City and entered a secluded forest after sealing the Holy Spirit’s presence in his sleeve.
• Jin Yunchao pursued Lin Xuan into the forest with two Venerable Realm students, believing they could overpower him outside the institute.
• Lin Xuan killed both Venerable Realm students with one sword strike and then killed Jin Yunchao before burning all three corpses to ash.
• Jin Yunyi felt a sudden pain in his chest, saw Jin Yunchao’s life tablet burn to ash, and roared in grief and fury.

After completing a mission and taking an eighth-tier spirit pill, Lin Xuan returned to the giant sword to deepen his Sword Dao comprehension. Nearby, Bai Wuya and Elder Qi discussed Bai Wuya’s approaching death, the Primordial Holy Heaven’s lack of a successor, and Lin Yuechan’s hidden Lin Household identity before noticing Lin Xuan enter the sword’s core area.

• Lin Xuan collected his mission reward, swallowed the eighth-tier spirit pill, and healed more than half of his soul injuries.
• Lin Xuan went back to the giant sword, hoping to advance his sword intent after sensing its master's Sword Dao during his previous visit.
• Bai Wuya and Elder Qi discussed Bai Wuya’s declining health and their inability to find a suitable successor to inherit the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Elder Qi told Bai Wuya that Lin Yuechan had gone to the Demon Battlefield and was being targeted by the Golden Wing Alliance.
• Bai Wuya recalled secretly saving Lin Yuechan after the Lin Household was destroyed and regretted that he had found no other Lin Household descendants.
• Bai Wuya and Elder Qi noticed Lin Xuan enter the sword’s hundred-meter core area, and Elder Qi began to remark on the sword intent required to reach it.

Lin Xuan entered the Supreme Institute’s Sword Intent Grand Formation and revealed perfected seventh-level sword intent, astonishing Bai Wuya and Elder Qi. As Lin Xuan continued toward a possible breakthrough to eighth-level sword intent, Duan Nianwei recognized him and realized he had killed the demonic sect remnant she had thought was slain by a mysterious swordsman.

• Lin Xuan crossed the formation’s eighty-meter mark, shattered the giant sword’s sword Qi with his perfected fifth-level sword intent, and advanced within fifty meters.
• Bai Wuya stopped Elder Qi from intervening, and Lin Xuan continued through the formation until he reached just short of twenty meters from the giant sword.
• Lin Xuan’s perfected seventh-level sword intent shook the formation, and Bai Wuya and Elder Qi suspected he was trying to break through to eighth-level sword intent.
• Bai Wuya sealed the area with spiritual power and joined Elder Qi in guarding Lin Xuan, deciding to conceal his talent from the institute’s students and outside enemies.
• Duan Nianwei recognized Lin Xuan, realized he had killed the demonic sect remnant, and felt embarrassed that she had once offered him guidance in sword cultivation.

Lin Xuan broke through to eighth-level sword intent beneath the sky-piercing sword, then left the formation after sensing that he could not advance farther while injured. Days later, Duan Nianwei realized he was the true breakthrough and decided to seek him out and become his disciple.

• Lin Xuan shattered the formation’s Sword-Rays, entered the twenty-meter range, and broke through to eighth-level sword intent.
• Lin Xuan sensed the Saint Realm headmaster concealing his presence, bowed to the empty air, and left the sword formation.
• Bai Wuya ordered Duan Nianwei and the others to swear not to reveal what had happened.
• The Supreme Institute’s students mistakenly credited Elder Qi with the breakthrough and discussed the prospect of becoming his disciple.
• Duan Nianwei remembered Lin Xuan’s sword intent and the headmaster’s oath, then resolved to find Lin Xuan and take him as her master.

Duan Nianwei joined the Moon Eve Alliance despite the Golden Wing Alliance’s threats, then went to Lin Xuan and asked him to accept her as his disciple. Her request left the alliance members stunned.

• The Golden Wing Alliance threatened anyone who joined the Moon Eve Alliance, leaving Chang Ling'er and her members struggling to recruit.
• Duan Nianwei announced that she wanted to join the Moon Eve Alliance, and a Golden Wing Alliance member recognized her as the Sword Fairy.
• Duan Nianwei drove off the Golden Wing Alliance member with her Sword Intent and was escorted to the alliance headquarters.
• Lin Xuan greeted Duan Nianwei, who knelt before him and asked him to accept her as his disciple.

Duan Nianwei joined Lin Xuan’s Sword Pavilion as his eighth disciple and received a Holy Spirit and an improved immortal-grade sword scripture. The system returned the Great Void Xuan Bing Deer, whom Lin Xuan named Xuan Bing, and after struggling to feed her, he went to meet a woman who had requested him and was surprised by who she was.

• Duan Nianwei followed Lin Xuan to his Seclusion Chamber and formally became his disciple.
• Lin Xuan gave Duan Nianwei the white deer Holy Spirit, a Sword Pavilion token, and the first half of an improved immortal-grade sword scripture.
• The system returned an immortal beast, the juvenile Great Void Xuan Bing Deer, after Lin Xuan invested the Holy Spirit Frost Star White Deer.
• Lin Xuan named the hungry antlered girl Xuan Bing and found that she ate through his supplies and chewed up the furniture in his Seclusion Chamber.
• After receiving a transmission that a woman had asked for him, Lin Xuan went to meet her and froze when he saw who she was.

Lin Xuan agreed to protect the Yuan Household Auction House after Yuan Yuyao offered him seventy percent of its profits, but Yuan Yushuang dismissed his help and relied on Xu Qingyang instead. When Qian Household experts arrived to seize the auction house and Xu Qingyang fled, Lin Xuan asked whether the offer still stood.

• Yuan Yuyao thanked Lin Xuan with a rare eighth-tier pill and asked him to protect the Yuan Household Auction House for seventy percent of its profits, and Lin Xuan agreed.
• Yuan Yuyao brought Lin Xuan to the deserted auction house, where Yuan Yushuang said Xu Qingyang had agreed to resolve the crisis and dismissed Lin Xuan's help.
• Qian Household experts arrived by blasting the auction house doors apart, and Yuan Yushuang recognized that several of them were Heavenly Venerables.
• Xu Qingyang tried to invoke the Xu Household's influence, but a Qian Household expert threatened him, so he abandoned Yuan Yushuang and fled.
• Lin Xuan asked Yuan Yuyao and Yuan Yushuang whether the offer of seventy percent of the profits still stood.