Chapter Summaries

Wang Fu and Yu Wei believed Lin Xuan’s companions regretted choosing him, but Qin Lingsu and the Moon Eve Alliance were content with their choice. Mo Hui, a famed sword cultivator, arrived at the hall and stepped into the small sword’s range, leaving everyone eager to see how far he could advance.

• Wang Fu mocked Lin Xuan’s group, while the Moon Eve Alliance kept quiet about the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruits they had obtained.
• Yu Wei noticed Qin Lingsu and the others, but Qin Lingsu dismissed him and remained confident in her choice to follow Lin Xuan.
• Yu Wei decided Qin Lingsu would regret rejecting him and imagined making her pay for her choice.
• Mo Hui of True Martial Holy Heaven arrived, drawing everyone’s attention as a renowned sword cultivator said to have comprehended sixth layer sword intent.
• Mo Hui loosened his muscles and joints, then stepped into the small sword’s range as the crowd watched.

Mo Hui crossed the sword’s hundred-zhang boundary with ease and reached sixty-five zhang before sitting down, a feat that awed the onlookers. Lin Xuan then stepped toward the sword, ignoring Yu Wei’s warning and mockery.

• Mo Hui advanced past the hundred-zhang mark and continued beyond Li Tiancun’s record as the crowd watched in amazement.
• Mo Hui stopped at sixty-five zhang, judged that going farther risked injury, and sat cross-legged.
• Yu Wei praised Mo Hui and reflected on his own admiration for him and his failed attempt to join True Martial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan judged Mo Hui’s performance as merely good and moved toward the small sword.
• Yu Wei mocked Lin Xuan and warned him not to enter, but Lin Xuan ignored him and stepped inside the sword’s range.

Lin Xuan entered the hall’s Sword Intent and advanced past the distance reached by Yu Wei and Mo Hui with apparent ease. The other cultivators watched in disbelief as the unfamiliar Primordial Holy Heaven student continued beyond sixty zhang.

• Yu Wei and the others mocked Lin Xuan for entering the little sword’s sphere of influence, but he walked past the hundred-zhang mark without hesitation.
• Wen Ling watched Lin Xuan advance within ninety zhang and felt vindicated for choosing to follow him.
• Lin Xuan passed Mo Hui, who was meditating at sixty-five zhang, and continued beyond the sixty-zhang boundary Mo Hui could not cross.
• The cultivators from the various Holy Heavens stared at Lin Xuan in astonishment, wondering who the unfamiliar student was.

Lin Xuan advanced within forty zhang of the little sword, where he stopped to comprehend its Sword Intent, while Xuan Bing sensed a strange stench. Hidden beneath the hall, the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower decided to attack the meditating Lin Xuan and devour his talent to hasten its own advancement.

• Lin Xuan walked past the sixty- and fifty-zhang marks and reached within forty zhang of the little sword without being affected by its Sword Intent.
• Mo Hui and Yu Wei watched in shock as Lin Xuan surpassed them, while the gathered cultivators marveled at his strength.
• Lin Xuan stopped at forty zhang to study the little sword's Sword Intent, and Xuan Bing remained unaffected on his shoulder.
• Xuan Bing furrowed her brows and wondered why the area smelled a little stinky.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower recognized Lin Xuan as a human prodigy immersed in meditation and resolved to devour him to advance ahead of time.

The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower revealed that the ancient hall was a trap and overwhelmed the trapped cultivators. As it moved to devour the wounded Mo Hui, Xuan Bing intervened with dazzling Immortal Spirit Qi.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower emerged inside the hall, and the cultivators recognized the Seven-Mark Demon from the wanted list.
• The demon revealed that it had used the ancient hall to lure Lin Xuan and the other Human Race cultivators into a trap, then sealed the hall with its stems.
• Mo Hui attacked the demon, but it knocked away his sword and gravely injured him, shattering the protective stone tablet given to him by the vice dean.
• As the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower moved to devour Mo Hui, Xuan Bing gave a call and released dazzling Immortal Spirit Qi that dispersed the blood-colored fog.

Xuan Bing revealed her immense power as a Holy Spirit and confronted the seven-mark Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower to protect Lin Xuan. As the battle erupted, Mo Hui gathered the other cultivators behind him and warned them that the flower’s Demonic Qi was spreading.

• The cultivators recognized Xuan Bing as a Mysterious Frost White Deer with Thearch Realm strength, while the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower focused its greed on her.
• The flower’s bewitching voice nearly lured a cultivator into its jaws, and Mo Hui warned everyone that its mind-affecting power had grown stronger.
• Xuan Bing dismissed the others’ belief that she was an ordinary Holy Spirit, shielded Lin Xuan with white light, and charged the flower to protect her master.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower attacked Xuan Bing with its stalks, filling the battlefield with Immortal spiritual Qi and Demonic Qi.
• Mo Hui ordered the cultivators to gather behind him, then asked where Lin Xuan was; Wen Ling concealed that Xuan Bing had shielded him.
• Mo Hui warned the group that the flower’s Demonic Qi was beginning to spread.

Xuan Bing fought the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower to protect Lin Xuan and the Moon Eve Alliance cultivators, but her strength eventually failed. After revealing that Lin Xuan was her master, she fell onto his shoulder, and Lin Xuan awakened as the flower attacked.

• Xuan Bing used up her saved snacks and fought the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower while shielding Lin Xuan and distracting it from the others.
• The cultivators realized that fleeing would be fatal after a Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven cultivator showed them his dead senior brother's shattered soul token, and Mo Hui said he could not move them safely without a formation disk.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower pierced Xuan Bing's chest, leaving her gravely wounded and unable to keep fighting.
• Xuan Bing turned into a little fawn, landed on Lin Xuan's shoulder, and said that she had done her best and that he was her master.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower sent its stems toward Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan opened his eyes and sword shadows filled the sky.

Lin Xuan awakened and used his newly formed Sword Domain to trap and overwhelm the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower as it tried to flee. As he realized he had comprehended the Sword Domain, he struck at the demon and the space beneath it.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower sensed danger from Lin Xuan and began withdrawing its stems to escape.
• Lin Xuan opened his eyes, unleashed a black-and-white Sword Domain, and filled the hall with sword graves that trapped the demon and the other cultivators.
• Thousands of spiritual swords attacked the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower, badly wounding it and leaving it unable to evade.
• The demon secretly extended a flower stem beneath itself, hoping to escape while Lin Xuan's attack continued.
• Lin Xuan returned to his senses, recognized his technique as the Sword Domain, and slashed at the demon and the space beneath it.

Lin Xuan pursued the fleeing Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower after rescuing Xuan Bing and leaving the others stunned by his strength. He caught up with the demon at another human gathering and sliced off half its stem, leaving the onlookers shocked.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower severed most of its roots and fled the great hall, but Lin Xuan pursued it with his sword domain.
• Lin Xuan comforted the exhausted Xuan Bing, placed a mind-clearing jade talisman against her, and tucked her into his sleeve.
• Lu Qiuyan and the others debated whether Lin Xuan was a student or a holy instructor, while Wen Ling rejoiced that the Moon Eve Alliance had been saved.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower reached another gathering of humans, who panicked when they recognized it.
• Lin Xuan caught up with the demon and cut off half its flower stem, leaving the gathered humans staring at him in shock.

Lin Xuan pursued and killed the seven-patterned Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower, ending its threat to the cultivators trapped in the ancient hall. After the hall’s illusions collapsed and most of the others’ treasures turned to ash, he led Wen Ling and the others back toward Demon-Suppressing City.

• The cultivators watched Lin Xuan chase the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower and realized he was hunting it rather than fleeing from it.
• Lin Xuan used his Sword Domain to overcome the flower’s resistance and killed it just before it escaped Cloudmist Marsh.
• With the flower dead, the ancient hall decayed and its false treasures were exposed, while many cultivators discovered their Spirit Stones and materials had become empty shells or ash.
• Wen Ling and the others found that the items they had collected under Lin Xuan’s protection were mostly unharmed.
• Lin Xuan returned, told the cultivators the flower was dead, and left for Demon-Suppressing City with Wen Ling and the others.

Lin Xuan gave Wen Ling the corpses of the demons he had killed and asked him to exchange them for points, then Wen Ling brought them to the eastern exchange station. When Wen Ling revealed the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower's corpse, the station fell silent in shock.

• Lin Xuan gave Wen Ling a Storage Bag containing the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower and the other demon corpses, asking him to exchange them for points.
• Wen Ling went alone to the eastern exchange station while the injured members of the Moon Eve Alliance stayed behind to recover.
• The exchange station's attendant and Wen Ling's rivals mocked him, assuming he had brought only a few low-level demons.
• Wen Ling emptied the Storage Bag, releasing a torrent of Demon Qi and revealing the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower's corpse.
• The exchange station fell silent, and a stunned voice recognized the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower.

Wen Ling brought the dead Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower to the exchange station and claimed someone from Primordial Holy Heaven had slain it, shocking the crowd and the station manager. Mo Hui returned to True Martial Holy Heaven and told Su Ditian and Nangong Yaoyue that the flower was dead, leaving them stunned.

• Wen Ling displayed the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower's corpse, frightening the exchange station manager and everyone nearby.
• Wen Ling said a senior from Primordial Holy Heaven had slain the flower and named Mo Hui as a witness, prompting the manager to exchange it for points.
• Mo Hui returned to True Martial Holy Heaven and told his juniors they would leave for home immediately so he could report the flower's death and the white-robed man from Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Nangong Yaoyue asked Mo Hui what had happened, and he revealed that the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower was dead.

After the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower was killed, Mo Hui described its mysterious white-robed sword-wielding slayer, while rumors of the expert spread through Demon-Suppressing City. Elder Zuo grew increasingly anxious as he searched for Lin Xuan, and Li Fufeng left the Demon Battlefield with her senior sister.

• Mo Hui told the newcomers that a white-robed sword cultivator from the Primordial Holy Heaven had killed the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower and traveled with a Mysterious Frost White Deer.
• News of the flower's death spread through Demon-Suppressing City, and holy instructors began investigating the Sword Domain expert who had slain it.
• Elder Zuo overheard cultivators discussing the dangerous events and renewed his efforts to find Lin Xuan.
• Li Fufeng reflected on the Demon Battlefield's legends, then followed her senior sister onto the teleportation array and departed.

As cultivators fled Demon-Suppressing City after the seven-mark demon’s fall, powerful experts arrived to investigate Qu Youmeng, whose rejection of the Ten Great Saint Heavens reminded them of Jiang Chengzun. Meng Tianya volunteered to challenge her in the Sword Dao, planning to suppress his cultivation to the Emperor Realm.

• Mo Hui obeyed his teacher’s orders and led Nangong Yaoyue, Su Ditian, and the other True Martial Holy Heaven newcomers out of Demon-Suppressing City through a teleportation array.
• Experts from across the Holy Heavens arrived in Demon-Suppressing City after hearing that the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower had been slain.
• At Great Void Holy Heaven’s quarters, three visitors discussed whether Qu Youmeng might become a second Jiang Chengzun after she rejected the Ten Great Saint Heavens’ offers.
• The three agreed that Qu Youmeng’s talent and arrogant temperament needed to be tested, and the yellow-robed Meng Tianya offered to challenge her in the Sword Dao.
• Meng Tianya said he would suppress his Thearch Realm cultivation to the Emperor Realm so the contest would test Sword Dao attainment rather than cultivation strength.

Qu Youmeng accepted Meng Tianya’s challenge for a valuable pill and faced him in an arena in Demon-Suppressing City. When she drew her sword, her fifth-level Sword Intent stunned the crowd and made Meng Tianya realize he had underestimated her.

• Meng Tianya of Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven publicly challenged Qu Youmeng and offered a precious pill as the wager.
• Qu Youmeng dismissed Liu Xian'er’s concerns and accepted the challenge because she needed cultivation resources.
• A crowd and Saint Teachers from the Ten Great Saint Heavens gathered to watch the duel in a newly built arena.
• Meng Tianya looked down on Qu Youmeng’s cultivation and offered to suppress his strength below her level, but she refused.
• Qu Youmeng drew her sword and unleashed fifth-level Sword Intent, shocking the crowd and startling Meng Tianya.

Qu Youmeng defeated Meng Tianya with one sword strike and chose to join the Primordial Holy Heaven, despite its meager offer, because she had found Lin Xuan. As she went to register, Lin Xuan left with Xuan Bing to shop, but an old man stopped him and asked to buy the deer.

• Qu Youmeng struck Meng Tianya out of the arena with a single sword strike, then calmly returned his earlier taunt.
• The Saint Teachers offered Qu Youmeng rare treasures to join their Holy Heavens, but she accepted the Primordial Holy Heaven’s offer after spotting Lin Xuan nearby.
• Qu Youmeng joined the Primordial Holy Heaven and told the other Saint Teachers she would not regret her choice.
• Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng greeted each other as senior brother and junior sister before Qu Youmeng went with the Saint Teacher to register.
• Lin Xuan left to shop with Xuan Bing resting on his shoulder, and an old man stopped him to ask whether the deer was for sale.

Lin Xuan refused Wan Ji’s increasingly threatening offers to buy Xuan Bing and walked away, despite Wan Ji’s status as an Ancient Emperor and holy teacher of the Primordial Holy Heaven. Wan Ji could not attack him in Demon-Suppressing City, so he vowed to take Xuan Bing and pursue the head position at the Supreme Institute after returning to the Primordial Holy Heaven.

• Wan Ji stopped Lin Xuan and offered one million Spirit Stones and a chance to study under him in exchange for Xuan Bing.
• Lin Xuan refused, and Wan Ji raised his offer to two million Spirit Stones while warning him not to be greedy.
• Lin Xuan dismissed Wan Ji’s offer and continued walking, knowing Xuan Bing was an Immortal Beast who could not be bought.
• Wan Ji secretly offered three million Spirit Stones and threatened Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan remained unmoved and left.
• Unable to fight in Demon-Suppressing City, Wan Ji vowed to make Lin Xuan hand over Xuan Bing after he refined his life-bound secret treasure and returned to the Primordial Holy Heaven.

Lin Yuechan returned to Primordial Holy Heaven after failing to break through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm, expecting the Golden Wing Alliance to target her alliance. She learned that a new student had become the foremost of the Ten Saints and joined the Moon Eve Alliance, leaving her to reconsider Jin Yunyi’s apology.

• Lin Yuechan encountered Jin Yunyi, who apologized for the Golden Wing Alliance’s past actions and promised they would not happen again; suspecting a trick, she left without answering.
• Lin Yuechan returned to the Moon Eve Alliance headquarters and told Chang Ling'er and Zhu Yilan that her breakthrough had failed and they should leave to protect themselves.
• Chang Ling'er reassured Lin Yuechan that the Golden Wing Alliance no longer dared to threaten them and revealed that a new student had become the foremost of the Ten Saints.
• Chang Ling'er told Lin Yuechan that the new student had joined the Moon Eve Alliance, prompting Lin Yuechan to wonder whether Jin Yunyi’s apology had been sincere.

Lin Yuechan learned that the Moon Eve Alliance's remarkable new recruit, Lin Xuan, was her long-lost younger brother after recognizing him in Chang Ling'er's tournament recording. She discovered that he had gone to the Demon Battlefield and could only hope he would return safely so they could reunite.

• Chang Ling'er told Lin Yuechan that Lin Xuan's achievements had secured the Moon Eve Alliance's future.
• Lin Yuechan reacted intensely when Chang Ling'er revealed the newcomer's name was Lin Xuan and said she had a younger brother with that name.
• Chang Ling'er showed Lin Yuechan a recording of Lin Xuan's tournament match, and Lin Yuechan recognized him as her little brother.
• Lin Yuechan asked where Lin Xuan was, and Chang Ling'er explained that he had gone to the Demon Battlefield after the tournament.
• Lin Yuechan worried about the dangers Lin Xuan faced and hoped he would return safely so they could reunite.

Lin Xuan spent his points in Demon-Suppressing City, then took Xuan Bing to a restaurant where they planned to meet Qu Youmeng before returning to Primordial Holy Heaven. There, Yan Lie and Shan Ling'er offered to buy Xuan Bing, and Lin Xuan angrily refused.

• Lin Xuan bought spiritual resources and the items Xuan Bing had requested, spending all his points.
• Xuan Bing begged for food at a restaurant, and Lin Xuan ordered dishes for her and a takeaway meal for Qu Youmeng.
• Yan Lie, Wu Xiao, and Shan Ling'er recognized Lin Xuan at the restaurant while preparing to leave Demon-Suppressing City.
• Yan Lie asked whether Lin Xuan would sell Xuan Bing, and Shan Ling'er offered five hundred thousand Spirit Stones and a Dust-Cleansing Pill.
• Lin Xuan refused the offer and told Shan Ling'er to scram.