Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan killed the Qian Household Auction House’s Heavenly Venerable and Thearch Realm enforcer, then accepted the Yuan sisters’ promised share of their future proceeds. At the Divine Soul Tower, he entered as “One Sword” and defeated Yan Tinghe, one of the Ten Saints, with a single strike.

• Lin Xuan drew his sword and killed a Heavenly Venerable from the Qian Household Auction House, then learned from Yuan Yuyao that he had saved her from a Devil Race remnant.
• Lin Xuan killed the Qian Household’s leading Heavenly Venerable and Elder Qi, their Thearch Realm backer, causing the remaining enemies to flee.
• Yuan Yushuang offered Lin Xuan eighty percent of the Yuan Household Auction House’s future proceeds, but he kept their original agreement of seventy percent and directed the resources to the Moon Eve Alliance.
• Lin Xuan used the resources to obtain healing pills, then entered the Divine Soul Tower under the name One Sword to test his strength against the Supreme Institute’s geniuses.
• Yan Tinghe, one of the Ten Saints, expected Lin Xuan to concede, but he struck first and dispersed her divine soul with a single blow.

Lin Xuan defeated Yan Tinghe with one sword strike in the Divine Soul Tower and left, unimpressed by the Ten Saints. The tower’s rankings revealed Yan Tinghe’s first recorded loss, leaving the students wondering who the new challenger was.

• Lin Xuan defeated Yan Tinghe with a single sword strike, then left the Divine Soul Tower without entering another match.
• Yan Tinghe struggled to understand how a new student from the Supreme Institute had defeated her and left the tower.
• Two senior students introduced a new student to the Divine Soul Tower and explained the Ten Saints’ rankings and records.
• The new student noticed that Yan Tinghe’s record showed one loss, and the senior students confirmed that her record had changed.
• The students realized that someone outside the Ten Saints had defeated Yan Tinghe, and the senior student predicted that the Inner Three Institutes were about to change.

After Yan Tinghe’s defeat by Lin Xuan, the mysterious name One Sword stirred excitement across the institutes while Lin Xuan’s senior sister dismissed his claim that he was the victor. Outside the Mission Hall, Jin Yunyi confronted Lin Xuan over his missing younger brother, Jin Yunchao, and accused him of killing him.

• Xiang Yuanzhou mocked Yan Tinghe for losing to One Sword, and she challenged him to face the victor himself.
• Chang Ling'er excitedly discussed One Sword’s victory with Lin Xuan, who admitted he was One Sword, but she laughed and treated it as a joke.
• Lin Xuan searched the Mission Hall for worthwhile work, found none, and left to return to his cave abode.
• Jin Yunyi blocked Lin Xuan outside the Mission Hall and explained that his younger brother Jin Yunchao had disappeared after a conflict with Lin Xuan.
• Jin Yunyi accused Lin Xuan of killing Jin Yunchao.

Lin Xuan admitted to killing Jin Yunyi’s younger brother and provoked the Golden Wing Alliance leader, who swore to kill him. As the three-institute competition began, Lin Xuan chose to participate despite being a new student, while his teacher and fellow disciples warned him of the formidable opponents ahead.

• Lin Xuan admitted to Jin Yunyi that he had killed his younger brother, then walked away and left Jin Yunyi furious and vowing revenge.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao gathered her disciples for the three-institute competition and urged them to achieve good results.
• Ye Xian vowed to outperform Sacred Master Ziyan’s students, while the disciples recognized that the competition also concerned their teacher’s dignity.
• Lin Xuan announced that he would participate so he could measure himself against the geniuses, despite warnings from Sacred Master Yunzhao, Chang Ling’er, and Ye Xian.
• Cang Lie said he would show Lin Xuan no mercy if they met in the competition, and Lin Xuan decided to grant his wish.

At the Heaven-Reaching Sacred Academy, Yun Qingming grew confident after reaching the Emperor Realm and insisted on joining the academy competition despite Sacred Master Ziyan’s warning. Ziyan agreed to let him compete while preparing to attempt a breakthrough, and ordered her disciples to deal harshly with Sacred Master Yunzhao’s students.

• Yun Qingming reflected on his rapid progress and believed he could now defeat Lin Xuan easily, while Sacred Master Ziyan told him to stop dwelling on Lin Xuan and focus on the Ten Saints.
• Yun Qingming asked to participate in the academy competition, but Sacred Master Ziyan and her disciples warned that he was not yet ready to face its strongest competitors.
• Yun Qingming remained determined, so Sacred Master Ziyan agreed to let him compete and asked her disciples to look after him.
• Sacred Master Ziyan revealed that she planned to attempt a breakthrough to the Eighth Level of the Thearch Realm.
• Sacred Master Ziyan told her disciples to teach Yunzhao’s students a harsh lesson if they met during the competition, and her eldest disciple promised to cripple them.

The Three Institutes Competition began at the Primordial Beginning Institute, where Duan Nianwei entered the arena for the Supreme Institute. After swiftly defeating a new student, she overwhelmed the stronger Qi Hai with one sword strike, surprising the spectators and leaving Yan Tinghe to recognize a trace of “One Sword” in her Sword Intent.

• Students from the three institutes gathered at the Primordial Beginning Institute as the competition began.
• Lin Xuan observed that Duan Nianwei had stabilized her cultivation and reached the Venerable Realm.
• Duan Nianwei defeated a new student in her first match with a single move.
• Qi Hai mocked Duan Nianwei and told her to withdraw, confident that his perfected Earth Venerable Realm cultivation gave him the advantage.
• Duan Nianwei struck before Qi Hai could finish speaking and sent him out of the arena with one sword strike.
• Yan Tinghe noticed a trace of “One Sword” in Duan Nianwei’s Sword Intent, while Duan Nianwei told Qi Hai that he did not get to decide whether she belonged there.

Lin Xuan quietly won his institute competition matches while Yun Qingming, now a celebrated Sacred Physique disciple, defeated a stronger opponent and challenged Lin with a confident look. Lin Xuan remained unimpressed, considering Yun Qingming’s Sacred Physique insignificant beside his own Primordial Sword Physique.

• Duan Nianwei credited her strength to Lin Xuan’s teaching, while Lin Xuan continued winning his competition matches without drawing attention.
• Yun Qingming spotted Lin Xuan and dismissed him as an insignificant inner academy student who had entered through pity.
• Yun Qingming was called to fight Yue Yangxi of the Primordial Beginning Institute, an opponent at the perfect Emperor Realm.
• Yun Qingming tested Yue Yangxi’s strength, then struck him off the platform and won the match.
• The spectators praised Yun Qingming’s Sacred Physique, and Xi Jingjing and Sun Chenghe celebrated his victory.
• Yun Qingming gave Lin Xuan a challenging look, but Lin Xuan merely found him amusing and wondered whether a Sacred Physique could compare with his Primordial Sword Physique.

Yun Qingming fought Han Ji of the Heaven-Reaching Institute and lost after a prolonged battle, then watched Lin Xuan defeat Han Ji of the Primordial Beginning Institute with one sword strike. Yun Qingming was left shocked and forced to reconsider how strong Lin Xuan was.

• Yun Qingming refused to surrender to Han Ji and fought him for dozens of exchanges before Han Ji knocked him out of the ring.
• Yun Qingming's senior brothers and sisters comforted him, and he resolved to compare his performance with Lin Xuan's fight against Han Ji.
• Lin Xuan entered the ring and struck Han Ji with a sword, sending him flying and winning the match in one blow.
• Han Ji praised Lin Xuan's swordsmanship and conceded defeat, while Lin Xuan left the ring unharmed.
• Yun Qingming watched in disbelief and reluctantly admitted that he had underestimated Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan’s victory over a Venerable unsettled Yun Qingming, who reassured himself that his Sacred Physique would eventually let him surpass Lin Xuan. Meanwhile, Jin Yunyi sent Fan Wei to attack Qi Xiaoxuan, and their saber duel began to turn against her.

• Lin Xuan’s win shocked Yun Qingming, Xi Jingjing, and Sun Chenghe, while Chang Ling'er, Cang Lie, and Ye Xian praised his performance.
• Yun Qingming reconsidered his estimate of Lin Xuan, then comforted himself by comparing their ages and imagining what he could accomplish as he grew stronger.
• Jin Yunyi ordered Fan Wei to make sure Qi Xiaoxuan could not walk off the arena, and Fan Wei agreed.
• Qi Xiaoxuan ignored Zhu Yilan’s advice to concede, entered the arena, and attacked Fan Wei after the bell rang.
• Fan Wei countered Qi Xiaoxuan’s attacks, and their Saber Intent clash left her sweating and worried.

Qi Xiaoxuan was badly injured by Fan Wei and could not continue competing, while Lin Xuan faced the Golden Wing Alliance’s Gu Rao. Lin Xuan defeated Gu Rao with one sword strike and crippled him, escalating the conflict between the alliances.

• Fan Wei struck Qi Xiaoxuan with a vicious Divine Ability, and she crippled part of her own arm to avoid a direct blow before falling from the platform.
• Zhu Yilan caught the unconscious Qi Xiaoxuan, and a Moon Eve Alliance healer confirmed that her injuries would keep her out of the remaining matches.
• Lin Xuan refused Chang Ling’er and Zhu Yilan’s advice to forfeit his match against Gu Rao.
• Jin Yunyi privately ordered Gu Rao to cripple Lin Xuan and revealed that he wanted revenge for his brother’s death.
• Gu Rao attacked Lin Xuan ruthlessly, but Lin Xuan pierced his throat with his sword and sent him off the platform.
• A Golden Wing Alliance healer examined Gu Rao and declared that Lin Xuan had crippled him.

Duan Nianwei overwhelmed an Earth Venerable sword cultivator in two strikes, then advanced as successive opponents conceded rather than face her. The next match paired her against her master, Lin Xuan.

• Jin Yunyi found that Lin Xuan had crippled Gu Rao's Dantian and vowed revenge against Lin Xuan and the Moon Eve Alliance.
• Duan Nianwei defeated a Primordial Beginning Institute Earth Venerable sword cultivator with two strikes.
• Spectators marveled at Duan Nianwei's strength, and several later opponents conceded to her.
• Duan Nianwei reflected with gratitude on Lin Xuan's guidance before preparing for her next battle.
• The announcer called Duan Nianwei of the Supreme Institute and Lin Xuan to face each other on Platform Three.

Lin Xuan faced his disciple Duan Nianwei in the academy competition, but she stunned the arena by conceding without a fight. After claiming the victory, Lin Xuan planned to raise his cultivation once the competition ended, then learned his next match would be against Cang Lie.

• Lin Xuan was paired with Duan Nianwei, and spectators expected him to lose to the Sword Fairy.
• Ye Xian advised Lin Xuan to concede, while Chang Ling'er kept quiet about Duan Nianwei having taken Lin Xuan as her master.
• Duan Nianwei put away her sword and conceded, leaving the arena confused and astonished.
• Lin Xuan won the match and decided to challenge the Demon-Subduing Hall after the competition to improve his cultivation.
• The announcer named Cang Lie and Lin Xuan as the next opponents on platform six.

Lin Xuan faced his arrogant third senior brother, Cang Lie, in the institute competition and defeated him with a single sword strike. The spectators were left stunned as Lin Xuan remained in the arena and Cang Lie realized he had lost.

• Cang Lie told Lin Xuan to concede, but Lin Xuan refused and drew his sword.
• Chang Ling'er worried that Cang Lie would show no mercy, while Cang Lie charged Lin Xuan with the power of his Fire Flame Physique.
• Lin Xuan struck once, overwhelmed Cang Lie's defenses, and blasted him out of the arena.
• Cang Lie struggled to understand how he had lost, while Chang Ling'er, Ye Xian, and Yun Qingming reacted in disbelief.
• The spectators discussed Lin Xuan's strength and his connection to Cang Lie, and Xi Jingjing stared at him in bewilderment.

Lin Xuan defeated Cang Lie with one sword strike, establishing himself as a powerful dark horse at the institute competition. Elsewhere, Zhang Yu also won with a single move, and the chapter ended with spectators wondering which of the two was stronger.

• Lin Xuan defeated Cang Lie with one sword strike and left the platform, while Cang Lie realized Lin Xuan had shown him mercy.
• The spectators recognized Lin Xuan as a Supreme Institute dark horse and speculated that Duan Nianwei had conceded to him because she knew she was outmatched.
• The Sacred Masters praised Sacred Master Yunzhao for taking in a promising disciple, unaware that she had not expected Lin Xuan to be so powerful.
• On platform ten, Zhang Yu defeated Yue Qian with a single move, earning victory for the Heaven-Reaching Institute.
• Spectators compared Zhang Yu and Lin Xuan, the competition’s two unexpected dark horses, and wondered who would win if they faced each other.

Xiang Yuanzhou defeats Yan Ji in the first round and publicly derides the Supreme Institute, deepening its students’ despair. As the second round approaches, Zhang Yu dismisses comparisons with Lin Xuan and says people will soon understand his strength.

• Students debate whether Lin Xuan or Zhang Yu is stronger before attention shifts to the Ten Saints clash between Yan Ji and Xiang Yuanzhou.
• Xiang Yuanzhou overwhelms Yan Ji with his physical power, defeats him, and wins the match.
• Xiang Yuanzhou insults the Supreme Institute and says it should disband, leaving its students furious and helpless.
• The first round ends with 128 contestants advancing, and the second round is scheduled for two days later.
• At the Heaven-Reaching Institute, Zhang Yu dismisses comparisons with Lin Xuan and says his real targets are the Ten Saints.

Zhang Yu challenged and defeated Yan Tinghe, one of the Ten Saints, in the opening match of the second round. The spectators hailed him as the competition’s sole dark horse and speculated that he had also defeated Yan Tinghe in the Divine Soul Tower.

• Zhang Yu challenged Yan Tinghe and demanded that she accept, prompting her to take the platform.
• Zhang Yu attacked with overwhelming speed and force, pushing Yan Tinghe into a defensive struggle.
• Zhang Yu struck again, and Yan Tinghe fell off the platform, making him the first outsider to defeat a Ten Saint in an unrestricted match.
• The spectators reacted in disbelief and declared Zhang Yu a far greater dark horse than Lin Xuan.
• A student speculated that Zhang Yu had been the person who defeated Yan Tinghe in the Divine Soul Tower, and others found the theory plausible.

After defeating Yan Tinghe, Zhang Yu challenged and defeated Shentu Feng, claiming the competition’s top place. He then revealed that he had come to deliver a message from his master to the old dean about expelling him from Primordial Holy Heaven.

• Yan Tinghe accepted her loss to Zhang Yu but remained convinced he was not the One Sword who had defeated her in the Divine Soul Tower.
• Zhang Yu chose to continue challenging and called out Shentu Feng of the Heaven-Reaching Institute.
• Shentu Feng unleashed his Divine Ability, but Zhang Yu shattered it and forced him to concede with a saber at his neck.
• Zhang Yu declared that he would take first place and insulted Primordial Holy Heaven and its students.
• Zhang Yu told the old dean that his master wanted to know whether the dean regretted expelling him from Primordial Holy Heaven.

Zhang Yu revealed that he had challenged Primordial Holy Heaven to avenge his master, Hai Jing, whom Bai Wuya had expelled a century earlier. Lin Xuan then challenged Zhang Yu and defeated him with a single sword strike.

• Zhang Yu denounced Bai Wuya for expelling Hai Jing and demanded justice, boasting that he could defeat the Ten Saints.
• Bai Wuya recalled that Hai Jing had been expelled for killing a student and refused to regret upholding Holy Heaven's rules.
• Zhang Yu mocked Primordial Holy Heaven, while the saint teachers lamented that Wan Renshan was absent.
• Lin Xuan of the Supreme Institute challenged Zhang Yu despite warnings from Chang Ling'er and Cang Lie.
• Lin Xuan struck Zhang Yu with one overwhelming sword attack and knocked him off the platform.

Lin Xuan defeated Zhang Yu with one sword strike, revealed himself as the One Sword who had beaten Yan Tinghe, and was named champion of the inter-institute competition. He returned to the courtyard to recover and prepare for the rewards and the Demon-Subduing Hall, hoping to advance toward Earth Venerable or even Heavenly Venerable.

• Lin Xuan blasted Zhang Yu off the platform with one sword strike, and Yan Tinghe recognized him as One Sword.
• Yan Tinghe told Xiang Yuanzhou that Lin Xuan was the One Sword he had wanted to challenge, leaving Xiang Yuanzhou speechless.
• Lin Xuan mocked Zhang Yu for calling others trash, then challenged anyone else to face him; no one answered.
• The overseeing elder declared Lin Xuan the competition champion, and no one objected.
• Duan Nianwei congratulated Lin Xuan, while Ye Xian realized he had been far stronger than she had understood.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Primordial Beginning Institute's courtyard to stabilize his injuries and prepare for the competition rewards and the Demon-Subduing Hall.

Lin Xuan won the three-institute competition, gave the Spirit-Gathering Primordial Unity Pill to Duan Nianwei, and received a powerful pill rebate that could help him break through. After Jin Yunyi failed to reconcile with him, Lin Xuan entered the Ten Saints rankings at second place, just as their leader Wan Renshan returned to challenge the Demon-Subduing Hall and change its thousand-year-old rankings.

• Lin Xuan took first place in the competition, while Zhang Yu was expelled from the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan gave the Spirit-Gathering Primordial Unity Pill to Duan Nianwei and received a nine-marking Holy Gold Essence-Scorching Pill as a rebate.
• Jin Yunyi tried to apologize and threaten Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan walked away without agreeing to reconcile.
• Lin Xuan entered the Ten Saints rankings in second place, below the absent leader Wan Renshan.
• Wan Renshan returned from the Demon Battlefield and told Wenren Nian that he intended to challenge the Demon-Subduing Hall and make its rankings.