Chapter Summaries

Yan Lie and Wu Xiao mocked Lin Xuan until Qu Youmeng arrived and revealed that he was her master, stunning everyone in the restaurant. Lin Xuan left with Qu Youmeng for the realm-crossing flying ship, while Elder Zuo watched them go, impressed by Lin Xuan’s growing strength.

• Yan Lie confronted Lin Xuan and mocked him for acting as though Qu Youmeng’s status gave him standing.
• Qu Youmeng entered the restaurant and addressed Lin Xuan as her master, leaving Yan Lie, Wu Xiao, and the other cultivators stunned.
• Lin Xuan gave Qu Youmeng the packed dishes Xuan Bing had requested, then left with her for the realm-crossing flying ship.
• Yan Lie, Wu Xiao, and their companions left in shame as the restaurant focused on the news of Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng’s connection.
• Elder Zuo spotted Lin Xuan, admired his growing presence, and hoped he would one day become a pillar of the Primordial Holy Heaven.

Lin Xuan reunited with Qu Youmeng aboard the realm-crossing flying ship and prepared to refine a little sword before reaching Starfall City. As Qu Youmeng ended her debt and ties to the Liu Household, a wave of killing intent swept over the ship, signaling an attack.

• Qu Youmeng asked Lin Xuan about their fellow disciples and Yunli, and Lin Xuan said he had not found them; he gave her lotus seeds and Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruits.
• Lin Xuan gave Xuan Bing half of his lotus seeds and spirit fruits, then focused on integrating the little sword into his Sword Domain.
• Lin Xuan planned to finish refining the little sword before the ship reached Starfall City, where he hoped to attend an auction and prepare for the Thearch Realm.
• Qu Youmeng told Liu Xian'er that she had repaid the Liu Household and that they were even, while offering her Spirit Stones to hire an escort home.
• A tremor interrupted Liu Xian'er as chilling killing intent covered the realm-crossing flying ship, and Qu Youmeng realized they were under attack.

Six black-clad Ancient Emperors intercepted the realm-crossing flying ship and demanded that Lin Xuan come out. Lin Xuan realized they had targeted him but remained confident in his strength and his hidden Dao protector as the confrontation began.

• Six black-clad figures stopped the realm-crossing flying ship and killed its Thearch Realm captain with a single move.
• The six revealed their Ancient Emperor pressure, and the leader was exposed as a peak Ninth-Stage Thearch Realm Ancient Emperor.
• Lin Xuan watched from the crowd while secretly refining a sword and considered why the attackers had come for him.
• The black-clad leader called out Lin Xuan of the Primordial Holy Heaven and ordered him to come out.
• Lin Xuan suspected that his talent and a spy inside the academy had made him a threat to those plotting the Primordial Holy Heaven's decline.
• Lin Xuan remained confident that he could defeat the attackers or rely on his temporary Dao protector, though Elder Zuo would have felt the pressure of facing all six together.

Lin Xuan’s attackers overwhelmed Zuo Xuan by wielding a Saint Weapon, leaving Lin Xuan seemingly undefended. Before their leader could finish taunting him, a sudden sword strike pinned him and the weapon to the ground, leaving him with barely a breath.

• Six black-robed Ancient Emperors confronted Lin Xuan aboard the flying ship and threatened to kill him for coming from Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan called out Elder Zuo, who emerged from concealment and stood to protect him.
• Zuo Xuan fought the six attackers alone, but their leader ordered them to bring out a Saint Weapon when the battle dragged on.
• The black-robed men used the Saint Weapon to strike Zuo Xuan and send him crashing onto the flying ship, gravely wounded.
• As the black-robed leader taunted Lin Xuan, a sword tore through the void and pinned the leader and his Saint Weapon to the ground, leaving him near death.

Lin Xuan arrived aboard the realm-crossing flying boat and turned the battle around, defeating an Ancient Emperor wielding a Saint Weapon with one strike. He seized and used the weapon against the black-robed attackers, leaving Elder Zuo to wonder who was protecting whom.

• Lin Xuan's sword strike defeated the black-robed Ancient Emperor who had overwhelmed Zuo Xuan, and Qu Youmeng recognized her master's Sword Intent.
• Lin Xuan appeared at the boat's bow, took the fallen Ancient Emperor's Saint Weapon, and forcibly suppressed its resistance.
• When a black-robed figure challenged him over the weapon, Lin Xuan claimed it and killed him with a sword strike.
• The remaining black-robed figures feared Lin Xuan's strength as they realized he had defeated an Ancient Emperor and wielded a Saint Weapon without apparent strain.
• Elder Zuo recovered enough to reflect that Lin Xuan was stronger than he was and question why he had been assigned as Lin Xuan's Dao protector.

Lin Xuan killed all six black-clad Ancient Emperors who had attacked him, while Elder Zuo erased the witnesses’ memories and returned to Primordial Holy Heaven to report the threat. Lin Xuan went to Starfall City’s auction with Qu Youmeng, leaving Liu Xian’er behind to regret her choices.

• The black-clad attackers fled after Lin Xuan defeated their strongest fighter and took their Saint Weapon, but Lin Xuan pursued and killed all six before they could escape.
• Elder Zuo erased the memories of everyone aboard the realm-crossing flying ship, then learned that Lin Xuan planned to attend the auction in Starfall City while he returned to Primordial Holy Heaven to discuss the attack with Old Man Bai.
• The flying ship reached Starfall City, where Qu Youmeng parted ways with Liu Xian’er and followed Lin Xuan toward the auction.
• Liu Xian’er, whose memories of the battle had been erased, watched Qu Youmeng leave and regretted that she and the Liu Household had not chosen to join Primordial Holy Heaven.

After parting with Liu Xian'er, Qu Youmeng received comfort from Lin Xuan as they reached Starfall City to prepare for the auction. There, Ji Mingzhu introduced himself and offered to share information about the auction catalog over drinks.

• Qu Youmeng left Liu Xian'er behind, and Lin Xuan reassured her that he and her fellow disciples would stay by her side.
• Lin Xuan worried that Qin Feng and his younger sister might have been separated during their journey through the Profound Domain.
• Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng explored Starfall City and checked into the Starfall Inn ahead of the auction.
• Ji Mingzhu approached Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng, introduced himself as a member of Starfall City's Ji Household, and offered to tell them about the auction catalog.
• Lin Xuan accepted Ji Mingzhu's invitation to share a drink.

Lin Xuan learned about Starfall City's upcoming auction from Ji Mingzhu, who offered to help him attend. Ji Mingzhu concealed that he needed to win a Thearch Infant Pill to save his gravely wounded ancestor and protect the Ji Household.

• Ji Mingzhu boasted about his connections in Starfall City while telling Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng about the auction.
• Lin Xuan learned that the auction would include an attributeless spirit spring that could help temper the Lin Household members' bodies.
• Ji Mingzhu showed Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng his household's silver membership card and invited them to the auction.
• Ji Mingzhu privately recalled that his ancestor had returned gravely wounded from a secret realm and that the Ji Household faced danger from its rivals.
• Ji Mingzhu resolved to win the Thearch Infant Pill at any cost, despite the Ji Household's uncertain funds and former allies abandoning them.

Ji Mingzhu brought Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng to the Starfall City auction, where he ran into Ling Qiu and his former fiancée, Fang Ya. The confrontation left Ji Mingzhu facing their open contempt and mockery over his family’s crisis.

• Ji Mingzhu took Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng to the auction with his silver membership card.
• Ji Mingzhu admired the auction attendants and the auctioneer, Miss Qiu, and said that only someone like Su Hanxing could be worthy of her.
• Ling Qiu mocked Ji Mingzhu for attending the auction while the Ji Household’s Lineage was near collapse.
• Ling Qiu revealed that Fang Ya, Ji Mingzhu’s former fiancée, was now with him.
• Fang Ya dismissed the Ji Household and insulted Ji Mingzhu’s appearance.

Ji Mingzhu learned that Fang Ya had only been with him to exploit his Lineage, while Lin Xuan comforted him before the Starfall City auction began. Lin Xuan bid seventeen million Spirit Stones for the Stainless Spirit Spring, defying Chu Liunian, and Ji Mingzhu tried to intervene on his behalf.

• Fang Ya mocked Ji Mingzhu and admitted she had only been with him for his Lineage’s strength, while siding with Ling Qiu.
• Lin Xuan raised a screen wall and activated a soundproofing formation so Ji Mingzhu could avoid facing Fang Ya and Ling Qiu.
• Qiu Ying began the Starfall City auction, and Lin Xuan waited until the Stainless Spirit Spring came up to start bidding.
• Lin Xuan raised his bid to seventeen million Spirit Stones after Chu Liunian identified himself as a member of the Chu Household and asked him to yield.
• Ji Mingzhu warned Lin Xuan about Chu Liunian and asked him to let the auction item go, but Chu Liunian sneered and asked what face Ji Mingzhu had.

Lin Xuan won the Stainless Spirit Spring despite Chu Liunian’s threats, then Ji Mingzhu tried to secure the Thearch Infant Pill for the sake of his ancestor and the Ji Household. Ling Qiu outbid him with the backing of the Ling Household, leaving Ji Mingzhu determined to keep fighting for the pill.

• Lin Xuan outbid Chu Liunian and won the Stainless Spirit Spring for twenty million Spirit Stones.
• Ji Mingzhu resolved to win the Thearch Infant Pill because it could help heal his ancestor and preserve the Ji Household.
• Ji Mingzhu opened bidding for the Thearch Infant Pill at one billion Spirit Stones, silencing the auction hall.
• Ling Qiu raised the bid to one billion one hundred million Spirit Stones, and Ji Mingzhu realized the Ling Household was backing him.
• Ji Mingzhu decided he could not give up the pill, even though the Ling Household could outspend him.

At the auction, Lin Xuan outbid Ling Qiu for the Thearch Infant Pill after Ling Qiu mocked Ji Mingzhu and threatened Lin. Lin unleashed overwhelming oppressive might, forcing Ling Qiu to kneel, then asked whether Ling had been threatening him.

• Ling Qiu outbid Ji Mingzhu for the Thearch Infant Pill, leaving Ji Mingzhu unable to afford it and mocking him with Fang Ya.
• Lin Xuan interrupted the auctioneer with a bid of two billion, one hundred and ten million Spirit Stones.
• Ling Qiu accused Lin Xuan of interfering on Ji Mingzhu's behalf and warned him not to oppose the Ling Household.
• Lin Xuan released his oppressive might across the venue, astonishing the auction's Great Emperor guardian and forcing Ling Qiu to his knees.
• Lin Xuan looked at Ling Qiu and asked whether he had been threatening him.

Lin Xuan intimidated Ling Qiu into backing down and won the Thearch Infant Pill at auction. He gave the pill to Ji Mingzhu, whose newfound respectfulness saddened Lin Xuan, and hinted that someone else would cover the remaining cost.

• Lin Xuan released his pressure on Ling Qiu, who collapsed and begged for forgiveness, while the auction house’s presiding Great Emperor stayed hidden.
• Lin Xuan told the auctioneer to resume bidding, and the Thearch Infant Pill was sold to him for two billion one hundred and ten million Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xuan invited Qu Youmeng to bid on anything she wanted and told her he would pay if her own wealth was insufficient.
• Auction maids delivered the Thearch Infant Pill and the Stainless Spirit Spring, and Lin Xuan gave the pill to Ji Mingzhu.
• Ji Mingzhu offered Lin Xuan two billion Spirit Stones and promised to repay the shortfall, but Lin Xuan accepted the two billion and said someone else would make up the difference.

After Lin Xuan intimidated Ling Qiu at the auction, Ling Qiu rushed home and reported what happened to the Ling Household’s ancestor. The ancestor ordered the household to prepare a lavish apology for the Ji Household, while the Ji Household’s head feared the Ling Household’s arrival meant war.

• Lin Xuan bought a spirit-beast pill and adjustable enchanted robes for Xuan Bing, while Qu Youmeng bid on cultivation supplies.
• Ling Qiu abandoned the auction and hurried back to the Ling Household after Lin Xuan’s pressure terrified him.
• Ling Qiu told the Ling Household’s ancestor how Lin Xuan had silenced the auction’s Dao protector, and the ancestor struck him down in anger.
• The Ling Household’s ancestor ordered Ling Qiu’s father to bring a gift greater than one for Starfall City’s lord and accompany him to seek the Ji Household’s forgiveness.
• A servant told the Ji Household’s head that the entire Ling Household had arrived, and he feared they had come to wage war.

The Ling Household arrived at the Ji Household not to attack but to apologize to Senior Lin with its Azure Qilin Dragon Fruit Tree and five hundred million Spirit Stones. After Ji Mingzhu revealed he had won the Thearch Infant Pill, the Ling Household crippled Ling Qiu for offending Senior Lin and left, while the Ji Household prepared to save its injured ancestor.

• The Ji Household patriarch gathered his fighters to confront the Ling Household, but the Ling Household ancestor and patriarch bowed and offered apologies and compensation.
• The Ling Household ancestor presented the Azure Qilin Dragon Fruit Tree and five hundred million Spirit Stones for Senior Lin, leaving the Ji Household patriarch bewildered.
• Ji Mingzhu returned with the Thearch Infant Pill, and the Ji Household patriarch rejoiced that their ancestor could be saved.
• Ji Mingzhu realized the Ling Household had come because of Senior Lin and accepted its gifts, telling the Ling Household ancestor he would report the matter to Senior Lin.
• The Ling Household ancestor crippled Ling Qiu for offending Senior Lin, then took him away as the gathered onlookers recognized Lin Xuan's influence.

Elder Zuo told Bai Wuya that Lin Xuan had survived an ambush by six Ancient Emperors and personally defeated them, including their leader and Saint Weapon. Bai Wuya celebrated Lin Xuan as Primordial Holy Heaven’s hidden trump card and insisted the news remain secret.

• Elder Zuo returned to Holy Heaven and told Bai Wuya that six Ancient Emperors had ambushed him and Lin Xuan.
• Bai Wuya feared Lin Xuan had died, but Elder Zuo reassured him that Lin Xuan was safe and had gone to Starfall City.
• Elder Zuo revealed that Lin Xuan had subdued and slaughtered the six Ancient Emperors in just a few breaths, using a single sword to overcome their strongest fighter and Saint Weapon.
• Bai Wuya reacted with disbelief, then praised Lin Xuan as a monster and celebrated the prospect of Primordial Holy Heaven gaining a true dragon.
• Elder Zuo said he had erased the memories of everyone except Lin Xuan and his disciples, and Bai Wuya ordered that Lin Xuan’s strength stay secret as their trump card.

Bai Wuya decided to appoint Lin Xuan master of the Supreme Institute, despite expecting opposition, and vowed that his authority as dean would make the appointment stand. After meeting Ji Mingzhu in Starfall City and hearing about the Ji Household’s fortunes, Lin Xuan announced he was leaving, leaving Ji Mingzhu reluctant to see him go.

• Bai Wuya told Elder Zuo that he planned to appoint Lin Xuan master of the Supreme Institute, while holding back from making him dean before the time was right.
• Elder Zuo warned that Lin Xuan’s apparent Heavenly Venerable Realm cultivation would make the appointment difficult to accept, but Bai Wuya declared it an order that no one could oppose.
• Lin Xuan returned to his inn in Starfall City after handling the auction and met Ji Mingzhu the next day.
• Ji Mingzhu told Lin Xuan that the Ling Household had apologized and compensated the Ji Household, while Ling Qiu had been crippled and Fang Ya had been sent back by the Fang Household.
• Ji Mingzhu said his ancestor had improved after taking the Thearch Infant Pill, and Lin Xuan reminded him that Ji Mingzhu had paid for it himself.
• Lin Xuan said he was leaving, and Ji Mingzhu reacted with surprise and reluctance.

Lin Xuan returned to Primordial Holy Heaven and reunited with his eldest sister, Lin Yuechan, after twenty years apart. The chapter ended with the siblings embracing as Lin Yuechan apologized for failing to protect him.

• Lin Xuan left Ji Mingzhu a creation lotus seed and a note urging him to cultivate and meet again in Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan returned to Primordial Holy Heaven with Qu Youmeng and told her to find him at the Moon Eve Alliance in the Supreme Institute.
• Lin Xuan approached the Moon Eve Alliance, eagerly anticipating his reunion with Lin Yuechan.
• Lin Yuechan waited anxiously in the Moon Eve Alliance, remembering her little brother and blaming herself for his suffering.
• Lin Xuan entered the room, and Lin Yuechan rushed to embrace him as they reunited in tears after twenty years apart.

Lin Xuan learned that his eldest brother was still alive and his youngest sister might be in the Sword Ruins, and he vowed to reunite their family and grow strong enough to rescue his brother. He gave Lin Yuechan Fortune Lotus Seeds to help her recover, while news of their relationship spread through the Primordial Holy Heaven and Bai Wuya prepared to finalize the Supreme Institute head appointment.

• Lin Yuechan told Lin Xuan that their youngest sister had probably gone to the Sword Ruins and that their eldest brother was still alive.
• Lin Xuan vowed to find his youngest sister, rescue his eldest brother, and avenge the Lin Household once he had grown stronger.
• Lin Xuan gave Lin Yuechan a quarter of his finest Fortune Lotus Seeds so she could heal and improve her cultivation.
• Chang Ling'er and the others spread word that Lin Xuan was Lin Yuechan's younger brother, drawing many people to join the Moon Eve Alliance.
• Bai Wuya realized Lin Xuan was descended from the Lin Household and grew more determined to hand his position to him.
• Bai Wuya summoned the academy's senior staff to a meeting to decide who would become head of the Supreme Institute.

Bai Wuya convened Primordial Holy Heaven’s leaders to appoint a new master for the Supreme Institute, whose former master had long been missing. As Saint Teacher Yan Qiong appeared to be the leading candidate, Bai Wuya revealed that he had already chosen someone else.

• Bai Wuya gathered the institute masters and vice deans, while noting that several sacred masters were absent or in seclusion.
• Bai Wuya announced that Primordial Holy Heaven would select a new master for the Supreme Institute because its current master had been missing for a long time.
• The gathered sacred masters considered Saint Teacher Yan Qiong the strongest candidate because of his seniority and power.
• Saint Teacher Yan Qiong welcomed the prospect of becoming institute master, and a vice dean began to recommend him.
• Bai Wuya rejected the vice dean’s suggestion and said he already had someone in mind for the position.