Chapter Summaries

Bai Wuya named the new student Lin Xuan as master of the Supreme Institute, stunning the saint teachers and provoking widespread objections. He silenced them with his Saint Realm pressure and declared the appointment final.

• Bai Wuya announced that Lin Xuan would become the new master of the Supreme Institute, shocking the saint teachers who had expected Yan Qiong to be chosen.
• Bai Wuya explained that Lin Xuan was a new student who had enrolled that year, leaving the gathered saint teachers dumbfounded.
• The vice dean objected, arguing that Lin Xuan lacked the cultivation and standing required for the position, and other saint teachers joined him.
• Bai Wuya released his Saint Realm pressure, silencing the objections and forcing the vice dean and Half-Saint institute masters to submit.
• Bai Wuya declared that Lin Xuan’s appointment was not open for debate and that he was announcing it as a final decision.

Bai Wuya appointed Lin Xuan, a student still at Heavenly Venerable Perfection, as head of the Supreme Institute, ignoring the Saint Teachers’ objections. The appointment caused an uproar across the Primordial Holy Heaven, while Lin Yuechan and Chang Ling’er reacted with disbelief and wondered how Sacred Master Yunzhao would respond.

• Bai Wuya pressured the Saint Teachers and announced that Lin Xuan would become head of the Supreme Institute, then left without accepting objections.
• Saint Teacher Yan Qiong and the other Saint Teachers questioned Lin Xuan’s qualifications, but they did not dare openly challenge Bai Wuya’s decision.
• News of Lin Xuan’s appointment spread through the Primordial Holy Heaven, shocking students who knew he was still below the Thearch Realm.
• Lin Yuechan, Chang Ling’er, and Zhu Yilan discussed Lin Xuan’s rise and recalled his achievements in the competition, tower challenge, and leadership of the Ten Saints.
• Chang Ling’er and Lin Yuechan wondered how Sacred Master Yunzhao would react when she learned her former student had become head of the Supreme Institute.

Lin Xuan accepted his appointment as head of the Supreme Institute, then met Bai Wuya, who revealed his close friendship with Lin Xuan’s father and explained why the Primordial Holy Heaven needed him to compete. Lin Xuan declined the Ten Holy Heavens Grand Competition because he felt his new position made participation inappropriate, leaving Bai Wuya worried about the Holy Heaven’s prospects.

• Lin Xuan learned he had been appointed head of the Supreme Institute and decided the position would help him cultivate, support the Lin Household, and find the scattered members of the Sword Pavilion.
• Bai Wuya arrived and told Lin Xuan that he resembled his mother, then revealed he had been close friends with Lin Xuan’s father and had sheltered Lin Yuechan after the tragedy.
• Bai Wuya asked whether Lin Xuan was confident he could lead the Supreme Institute, and Lin Xuan replied that no one in the Holy Heaven was more suitable.
• Bai Wuya invited Lin Xuan to compete in the Ten Holy Heavens Grand Competition, explaining that the Primordial Holy Heaven urgently needed a strong result to reverse its decline.
• Lin Xuan declined because he thought it would be inappropriate for the head of the Supreme Institute to compete as a student, and Bai Wuya regretted appointing him before the competition.

Lin Xuan refused to enter the Ten Holy Heavens Grand Competition but assured Bai Wuya that Primordial Holy Heaven would place well, planning to train Duan Nianwei to compete. Meanwhile, the Lin Household survivors were rescued after a demonic sect attack and headed for Primordial City, where Lin Fang spotted someone he thought was Yingying.

• Lin Xuan told Bai Wuya he would not compete but promised Primordial Holy Heaven would secure a good placement, keeping his method secret.
• Bai Wuya hoped the institute could finish ninth, while Lin Xuan privately aimed for first and planned to teach Duan Nianwei the Sword Dao.
• The Lin Household's flying ship was attacked by demonic sects, leaving many clansmen wounded, but none were killed.
• A Supreme Institute deacon and outer institute disciples drove off the attackers and escorted the Lin Household toward Supreme City aboard Primordial Holy Heaven's ship.
• Lin Bai comforted the clansmen by reminding them that Lin Xuan could protect them once they reached Primordial City.
• On the ship's deck, Lin Fang saw a familiar figure and wondered if it was Yingying.

Lin Fang reunited with Shen Yingying aboard a vessel after years apart, and she saw how far their cultivation and circumstances had diverged. When Lin Fang said his family planned to move to Supreme City, Shen Yingying’s companions mocked him and explained the residence permits required to live there, leaving Lin Fang surprised by the difficulty.

• Shen Yingying recognized Lin Fang, and the two exchanged brief questions about how they had been since parting.
• Shen Yingying reflected that she had reached the King Realm Sixth Layer while Lin Fang remained in the Tribulation Realm, and she felt no regret about their separation.
• Lin Fang told Shen Yingying that he and his clansmen planned to relocate from Great Wilderness City to Supreme City.
• Shen Yingying’s companions ridiculed Lin Fang for assuming he could move to Supreme City without residence permits.
• One of the young men displayed an outer city residence permit and explained the city’s districts and the connections needed to obtain a permit, leaving Lin Fang stunned.

Lin Xuan arrived in Supreme City to receive the Lin Household and revealed that he was the newly appointed head of the Supreme Institute. After rewarding the flying boat steward, he brought his clansmen into the inner city, while Shen Yingying and the other passengers regretted dismissing them.

• Lin Fang and Shen Yingying avoided each other during the journey, and the flying boat reached Supreme City.
• City Lord Yang arrived with a young man and introduced him as the new head of the Supreme Institute.
• Lin Xuan approached Lin Fang, confirmed that none of the Lin Household had died, and told them they would live in the inner city.
• Lin Xuan rewarded the steward with a purple Fortune Lotus Seed for taking care of his clansmen.
• The passengers realized the Lin Household were the institute head's clansmen, and Shen Yingying and the others regretted ignoring them.

Lin Xuan reunited with Yunyi in Supreme City after her Sword Pavilion jade token detected him, while Qu Youmeng welcomed her too. Their reunion was interrupted by Xiao Ting, who confronted Lin Xuan and demanded that Yunyi come with him.

• Shen Yingying realized that Lin Fang was related to the Supreme Institute's director and regretted losing him.
• Yunyi arrived at the Seeking Immortals Inn in Supreme City, hoping to find news of her master and sect members while enduring Xiao Ting's advances.
• Yunyi's Sword Pavilion jade token began glowing, and Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng sensed it through their own tokens.
• Lin Xuan and Qu Youmeng reached the inn, where Yunyi rushed into Lin Xuan's arms and joyfully reunited with him.
• Qu Youmeng teased Yunyi, and the two junior sisters celebrated seeing each other again.
• Xiao Ting confronted Lin Xuan and told Yunyi to come with him, claiming his elder brother would soon teach them.

Lin Xuan reunited with Yunyi and protected her from Xiao Ting's advances, but Xiao Ting and his brother Xiao Xing challenged Lin Xuan over his identity. Their inner institute guest Wang Qi recognized Lin Xuan as the Supreme Institute's master and greeted him in alarm.

• Yunyi rejected Xiao Ting and told him she had already found the person she was looking for, while Lin Xuan comforted her.
• Xiao Ting became jealous, demanded to know Lin Xuan's relationship with Yunyi, and mocked Lin Xuan's unknown origins.
• Xiao Ting's brother Xiao Xing arrived with Senior Brother Wang and accused Lin Xuan of being a possible spy.
• Wang Qi recognized Lin Xuan, distanced himself from Xiao Xing, and greeted him as the Institute Master.

Lin Xuan revealed himself as the Supreme Institute’s master and left Xiao Xing and his companions shaken. Meanwhile, the Ancient Profound Alliance feared the Jin Household’s decline would leave them vulnerable to the rival Lü Household, until news arrived that the Supreme Institute had a new master.

• Wang Qi recognized Lin Xuan as the Supreme Institute’s master, and Xiao Xing realized he had offended him.
• Lin Xuan told the group to conduct themselves well and left with Qu Youmeng and Yunyi.
• Wang Qi severed his ties with Xiao Xing, leaving the Xiao brothers facing trouble.
• The sect master of the Nine Profundities Heavenly Sect worried that the injured Jin Household ancestor could not protect the Ancient Profound Alliance from the Lü Household.
• A messenger reported that the Jin Household ancestor remained in seclusion and that the city was discussing the Supreme Institute’s new master.

The Nine Heavens Profound Sect's master reflected on how difficult it would be for Ji Ruyuan and the others to enter Primordial Holy Heaven, while unrest spread as rumors of Bai Wuya's imminent death gained support from the weakening border barrier. Students began abandoning the institution, leaving only about half behind.

• The sect master of the Nine Heavens Profound Sect wondered whether a new Half-Saint had emerged to lead one of Primordial Holy Heaven's inner institutes and doubted Ji Ruyuan and the others could pass its admissions selection.
• Bai Wuya kept opposition to Lin Xuan's appointment in check while he remained alive.
• People across the Primordial Domain observed that its border barrier had weakened, and concluded that Bai Wuya was nearing death.
• Primordial Holy Heaven's enemies and hidden powers waited for Bai Wuya to fall before attacking the institution.
• Students found few missions in the Mission Hall and began considering whether to leave Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Students requested leave or withdrew in groups, and only about half remained at Primordial Holy Heaven.

Bai Wuya gathered Primordial Holy Heaven’s senior members as his life neared its end, knowing the academy lacked a new Saint Realm dean. After a half month of mourning gloom, the cauldron bell and phoenix cries announced his death, leaving Lin Yuechan grieving the man who had saved her.

• Lin Xuan joined Primordial Holy Heaven’s senior members as they gathered in response to rumors about the dean’s condition.
• Bai Wuya arrived visibly near death and told the gathered leaders that his time was almost over.
• Bai Wuya spoke privately with the senior members for four hours, after which Bai Wushang rushed out in tears.
• Primordial Holy Heaven’s students returned from Demon-Suppressing City, and the academy remained shrouded in grief for half a month.
• Lin Xuan and Lin Yuechan heard the cauldron bell toll three times and nine phoenix cries, signaling Bai Wuya’s death.
• Lin Yuechan remembered how Bai Wuya had rescued her twenty years earlier and wept for him.

After Bai Wuya’s death left Primordial Holy Heaven without a Saint Realm expert, Bai Wushang took charge as acting dean while keeping the identity of the next dean secret. Sacred Master Yunzhao emerged from failed seclusion, returned to the Supreme Institute, and learned that Cang Lie had not placed in the competition and that Lin Xuan was in seclusion.

• Bai Wushang temporarily oversaw Primordial Holy Heaven’s affairs after Bai Wuya fell, but revealed nothing about the new dean.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao emerged from seclusion after failing to break through to the Thearch Realm Eighth Stage and exhausting her prepared treasures and pills.
• Yunzhao returned to the Supreme Institute and asked Chang Ling’er to gather her students, but Lin Xuan did not appear.
• Yunzhao asked Cang Lie about his competition ranking, and he admitted that he had not placed.
• Yunzhao asked where Lin Xuan was, and Chang Ling’er told her that the institute head was in seclusion.

Sacred Master Yunzhao learned that Lin Xuan had become head of the Supreme Institute and that the dean had died. Meanwhile, Sacred Master Ziyan emerged from seclusion after reaching the Thearch Realm Eighth Stage and heard that Yunzhao had failed to break through.

• Chang Ling'er told Sacred Master Yunzhao about Lin Xuan's achievements, including becoming head of the Supreme Institute.
• Sacred Master Yunzhao learned that the dean had fallen and reacted with a sigh.
• Sacred Master Ziyan emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Thearch Realm Eighth Stage.
• Sacred Master Ziyan reunited with her disciples and asked about Yunzhao, the competition, and recent events.
• Yun Qingming reported that Sacred Master Yunzhao had failed to break through, and Sacred Master Ziyan celebrated her advantage over her rival.

Sacred Master Ziyan learned that Lin Xuan, the student she had once rejected, had become head of the Supreme Institute after defeating the Ten Saints and Wan Renshan. She bitterly regretted passing him over, then learned that the dean had died, leaving Primordial Holy Heaven on the brink of upheaval.

• The eldest senior brother told Sacred Master Ziyan that Lin Xuan had won first place in the institute competition, while Yun Qingming had placed in the top two hundred.
• Yun Qingming confirmed that Lin Xuan was the same student Sacred Master Ziyan had rejected and described his rise to prominence.
• The eldest senior brother explained that Lin Xuan had defeated the Ten Saints, crushed Wan Renshan, and been appointed head of the Supreme Institute by the dean.
• Sacred Master Ziyan contacted another Sacred Master, confirmed the news, and regretted that she had not taken Lin Xuan as her disciple.
• The eldest senior brother told Sacred Master Ziyan that the dean had died.

After Bai Wuya’s death, five of the six factions affiliated with the Primordial Holy Heaven abandoned it, while the Phoenix Sparrow Pavilion stayed. The Primordial Slaying Alliance formed and gained the five defectors, and the chapter ended with the head of the Heaven-Reaching Institute ambushed on the way back to the Primordial Holy Heaven.

• Five of the six factions affiliated with the Primordial Holy Heaven announced that they were leaving, while the Phoenix Sparrow Pavilion chose to remain.
• The Primordial Slaying Alliance was established under the leadership of the Grand Profound Dao Sect, alongside the Baiyue Demonic Sect and the Wisdom King Palace.
• The five factions that had left the Primordial Holy Heaven joined the Primordial Slaying Alliance.
• The Primordial Slaying Alliance’s Saint Realm backing was indirectly confirmed when the head of the Heaven-Reaching Institute was ambushed while returning to the Primordial Holy Heaven.

After the Primordial Slaying Alliance gravely wounded the head of the Heaven-Reaching Institute, its offer to accept defectors caused several sacred masters, including Saint Teacher Yan Qiong, to betray the Primordial Holy Heaven and wreck its morale. Lin Xuan remained in seclusion to prepare for the coming battle, but an uninvited phantom suddenly appeared before him.

• The Primordial Slaying Alliance announced that senior figures who surrendered could become elders, and several sacred masters left the Primordial Holy Heaven to join it.
• Saint Teacher Yan Qiong, an Ancient Emperor resentful of Lin Xuan’s appointment as head of the Supreme Institute, defected to the alliance.
• Bai Wushang struggled to maintain the Primordial Holy Heaven’s morale as defections and the head of the Heaven-Reaching Institute’s injuries shook its forces.
• Lin Xuan resolved to reach the Thearch Realm before facing the looming battle and possible Saint Realm enemy.
• A spatial ripple appeared near Lin Xuan, and the phantom of an uninvited guest manifested before him.

The Baiyue Demonic Sect's sect master secretly approached Lin Xuan and offered him a place in the Primordial Slaying Alliance, promising him the Holy Son position and a drop of spirit liquid. Lin Xuan refused, even after hearing the alliance had a Saint, and challenged the sect master to join the Primordial Holy Heaven instead.

• The Baiyue Demonic Sect's sect master appeared before Lin Xuan as a phantom inside the Supreme Institute, leading Lin Xuan to suspect a mole had helped him bypass its isolation formations.
• The sect master invited Lin Xuan to join the Primordial Slaying Alliance and offered to make him Holy Son when the new sect was established.
• The sect master showed Lin Xuan a drop of spirit liquid, which could improve aptitude and cultivation, and Lin Xuan was tempted by it.
• The sect master said the alliance's earlier assassination attempt had failed because of Lin Xuan's powerful Dao protector, unaware that Lin Xuan himself had defeated the six Ancient Emperors.
• Lin Xuan refused the offer, and the sect master revealed that the Primordial Slaying Alliance truly had a Saint.
• Lin Xuan remained unmoved and asked why the sect master did not join the Primordial Holy Heaven instead.

Lin Xuan rejected the Baiyue Demonic Sect's leader's offer and warned the Primordial Slaying Alliance not to attack Primordial Holy Heaven, but the alliance's assault soon forced the academy onto high alert. After emerging from seclusion, Duan Nianwei strengthened her sword intent, encountered an astonishingly powerful young woman at the Sword Stele, and learned that her master Lin Xuan had become the Supreme Institute's institute head.

• Lin Xuan refused to betray Primordial Holy Heaven for spirit liquid and told the Baiyue Demonic Sect's leader to warn the Primordial Slaying Alliance to disband.
• The Primordial Slaying Alliance ambushed Primordial Holy Heaven's students, prompting Bai Wushang to recall students and place the six institutes on alert.
• Duan Nianwei emerged from seclusion and went to the Sword Stele to consolidate her sword intent.
• Duan Nianwei saw an unfamiliar young woman whose sword intent resonated with hers, then completed her own comprehension and nearly reached seventh-level sword intent.
• Duan Nianwei went to the Moon Eve Alliance to find Lin Xuan and learned that her master was now the Supreme Institute's institute head.

Duan Nianwei discovered that the formidable swordswoman she had encountered was her senior sister, Qu Youmeng, and met Yunyi as well. Their reunion was interrupted when the Primordial Slaying Alliance announced its establishment and condemned Primordial Holy Heaven.

• Duan Nianwei found Lin Xuan near the Divine Soul Tower and told him about a swordswoman whose Sword Intent had awed her.
• Qu Youmeng emerged from the tower, called Lin Xuan Master, and revealed that she had nearly fought to a standstill with Yunyi during the tower challenge.
• Lin Xuan introduced Duan Nianwei to her senior sisters, Qu Youmeng and Yunyi, who welcomed her with gifts.
• An enormous arena descended near the three inner institutes, and an unfamiliar flying vessel appeared above it.
• A voice from the vessel declared that the Primordial Slaying Alliance had been established and denounced Primordial Holy Heaven as decayed and incompetent.

Han Ming, Holy Son of the Primordial Slaying Alliance, arrived at Primordial Holy Heaven and challenged its students to defeat him within three days or leave their home. Though the students feared his Thearch Realm strength, his provocation stirred their anger and they began considering who could face him.

• Han Ming appeared above Primordial Holy Heaven and announced that he would withdraw the Primordial Slaying Alliance if anyone defeated him in three days; otherwise, the students and elders must leave.
• Wenren Nian and the other students held back their anger, recognizing that Han Ming had come to undermine their morale and that their late dean could no longer protect them.
• Wenren Nian told Yan Tinghe that Han Ming had once gained renown for slaying demons with Holy Marks before disappearing, and revealed that Han Ming had reached the peak of the second layer of the Thearch Realm.
• Students throughout Primordial Holy Heaven debated Han Ming's challenge, with some fearing his experience and talent while others insisted their own geniuses could match him if he suppressed his cultivation.
• The students pointed to Wan Renshan, Shentu Feng, and Wenren Nian as possible challengers, while noting that Dean Lin Xuan could not take the field because of his high status.