Chapter Summaries

Su Lianxin and Lin Ling opened the Broken Sword Ancient Emperor’s sword tomb and prepared to claim its treasures, but Shui Lianyi of the Heavenly Nether Sword Sect confronted them and demanded they surrender everything. Su Lianxin refused, setting up a clash over the legacy.

• Su Lianxin recalled how she had been separated from her master, taken refuge with the Duan Household, and secretly cultivated while searching for her companions.
• Su Lianxin met Lin Ling in a dangerous sword tomb, and the two became close friends as they explored more tombs together.
• Su Lianxin and Lin Ling overcame the trials of the Broken Sword Ancient Emperor’s sword tomb and found its cultivation resources and sword scriptures.
• Shui Lianyi arrived with Heavenly Nether Sword Sect members and demanded that Su Lianxin and Lin Ling hand over the treasures.
• Su Lianxin refused, declaring that the ownerless treasures belonged to whoever could claim them.

Su Lianxin stood against Shui Lianyi and Elder Dai to protect the injured Lin Ling, but Elder Dai’s Ancient Emperor pressure forced them to surrender the sword tomb’s treasures. After the Heavenly Nether Sword Sect left, Lin Ling explained that she had chosen survival because she was used to being robbed of opportunities.

• Su Lianxin confronted Shui Lianyi and revealed her perfected seventh-level Sword Intent while shielding Lin Ling.
• Elder Dai threatened the women with his Ancient Emperor pressure and demanded the Emperor Weapon and sword tomb treasures.
• Lin Ling surrendered their spirit medicines, Emperor Weapon, and inheritance, then asked to leave with Su Lianxin.
• Shui Lianyi mocked the women, ordered them to scram, and led the Heavenly Nether Sword Sect away.
• Su Lianxin questioned Lin Ling’s decision, and Lin Ling said she had endured similar losses before and valued staying alive.

Lin Ling reflected on the years of persecution she had endured while hiding from the Profound Heaven Holy Land, and Su Lianxin offered to seek her master’s help. Lin Ling refused to risk involving her friend, then left her a share of the sword tomb’s resources and arranged to meet again in the Vast Sea Secret Realm.

• Lin Ling recalled repeatedly surrendering opportunities and fleeing danger to stay alive and find her missing family.
• Su Lianxin told Lin Ling that her master could help her, but Lin Ling refused to reveal her troubles because her enemy was the Profound Heaven Holy Land.
• Lin Ling urged Su Lianxin to attend the upcoming Vast Sea Secret Realm with the Duan Household and said she would go separately because her identity was special.
• Lin Ling gave Su Lianxin a Storage Bag containing Spirit Stones and pills she had kept from the sword tomb, then disappeared.
• Su Lianxin searched for Lin Ling, found she was gone, and vowed to meet her in the Vast Sea Secret Realm.

At the Vast Sea Secret Realm entrance, the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race targeted the Primordial Holy Heaven after its Saint Realm ancestor sensed the group was vulnerable. The Primordial Holy Heaven’s cultivators were crushed beneath his pressure, while the Divine Firmament Holy Heaven’s old saint teacher worried that no one could protect them without Bai Wuya.

• Cultivators from many realms gathered at the Vast Sea Secret Realm, where the Primordial Holy Heaven’s two institute heads had advised their party to keep a low profile.
• The Heavenly Demon Wolf Race arrived, led by a Saint Realm ancestor, and its presence frightened the human cultivators.
• The Heavenly Demon Wolf Ancestor glared at the Divine Firmament Holy Heaven’s old saint teacher, who met his gaze without fear, preventing the wolf demons from immediately attacking the crowd.
• The Heavenly Demon Wolf Ancestor turned his attention to the Primordial Holy Heaven and unleashed Saint Realm pressure upon its party.
• The pressure forced the two Half-Saint institute heads back and injured some students, while the Heavenly Demon Wolf Ancestor showed no sign of stopping.
• The Divine Firmament Holy Heaven’s old saint teacher feared the Primordial Holy Heaven could not withstand the attack with Bai Wuya absent.

The Heavenly Demon Wolf Ancestor targeted Primordial Holy Heaven, striking down its two institute heads while the surrounding Human Race forces refused to intervene. As he launched a second attack, the wolf-claw froze in midair, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• The Divine Firmament Holy Heaven sage master and other cultivators stayed silent as the Wolf Ancestor singled out Primordial Holy Heaven.
• The head of the Primordial Beginning Institute tried to reason with the Wolf Ancestor, who dismissed him and attacked before he could finish speaking.
• The heads of the Primordial Beginning Institute and Heaven-Reaching Institute used their life-saving treasures to block the Saint Realm strike, but were wounded and their treasures shattered.
• The Wolf Ancestor mocked the two institute heads and prepared a second strike while the surrounding cultivators chose not to help.
• The Wolf Ancestor's second wolf-claw attack stopped in midair, and he could not force it down.

Lin Xuan arrived in time to save Primordial Holy Heaven’s academy masters and students from the Heavenly Demon Wolf Ancestor, then overwhelmed the Wolf Ancestor with a single sword strike. Those present realized that Lin Xuan was a powerful Saint Realm expert, possibly at the middle stage.

• The old sage master from Divine Firmament Holy Heaven searched for whoever had blocked the Wolf Ancestor’s attack, and Lin Xuan appeared above Primordial Holy Heaven’s people.
• Lin Xuan confronted the Wolf Ancestor for attacking the academy masters and unleashed his Sword Domain and sword formation.
• The Wolf Ancestor tried to claim the attack had been a misunderstanding, but Lin Xuan refused to listen and struck him with his sword.
• Lin Xuan sent the Wolf Ancestor crashing to the ground, badly injured, while remaining largely unharmed.
• The gathered onlookers and the old sage master realized Primordial Holy Heaven had a second Saint Realm expert whose strength might have reached the middle stage.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed the Wolf Ancestor of the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race at the Vast Sea Secret Realm and cut down the three Half-Saint wolves who tried to intervene. He rejected the Wolf Ancestor’s threat and declared that only one of them would survive.

• The Wolf Ancestor blustered at Lin Xuan after being struck, while Wan Renshan and the Ten Saints watched in awe as Lin Xuan protected Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan attacked again, forcing the Wolf Ancestor to reveal his silver-wolf true form and use a crescent-moon strike to counter the sword light.
• Three Half-Saint demon wolves rushed Lin Xuan to save the Wolf Ancestor, but one slash killed all three and swept through the surrounding wolf pack.
• Lin Xuan left the Wolf Ancestor badly wounded and missing an arm, while the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race suffered heavy casualties.
• The Wolf Ancestor asked whether Lin Xuan meant to fight his race to the death, and Lin Xuan answered that the Wolf Ancestor would die while he lived.

Lin Xuan killed a Saint Realm ancestor of the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race, then led Primordial Holy Heaven into the newly opened Vast Sea Secret Realm. Cang Xuan Holy Heaven arrived afterward and discovered the battle’s aftermath, unaware of who had caused it.

• Lin Xuan killed the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race’s Saint Realm ancestor, shocking the witnesses and earning his disciples’ admiration.
• The Vast Sea Secret Realm opened, and Lin Xuan led his disciples and Primordial Holy Heaven inside as the other cultivators followed.
• Cang Xuan Holy Heaven arrived after most cultivators had entered and found the traces of the battle and the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race’s fallen members.
• Li Fufeng asked Saint Master Lanling about the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race, and Lanling explained their strength and warned that the killing would provoke a deadly feud.

The dean of Cang Xuan Holy Heaven concluded that a Saint Realm expert from the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race had fallen before the group arrived, frightening the students and teachers. Inside the Vast Sea Secret Realm, Lin Xuan found an empty island, then sensed a struggle and a familiar presence on another island.

• The dean of Cang Xuan Holy Heaven identified signs of a battle and declared that a Saint Realm expert, likely from the Heavenly Demon Wolf Race, had recently fallen.
• Li Fufeng, her teacher, and the other members of Cang Xuan Holy Heaven were shocked and considered turning back before entering the secret realm.
• Lin Xuan entered the Vast Sea Secret Realm and sensed that its spiritual power was far richer than that of the outside world.
• Lin Xuan found that his island held no opportunities, and his treasure-seeking compass revealed almost nothing nearby.
• Lin Xuan flew to a larger island and sensed intense spiritual power fluctuations, suggesting a struggle over a treasure, along with the presence of someone he knew.

Lin Xuan encountered Zeng Mengyu’s expedition in the Vast Sea Secret Realm and declined her offer to travel together. When Primordial Holy Heaven experts arrived, one of them recognized Lin Xuan as the Academy Master, leaving Elder Qi stunned.

• Lin Xuan arrived after the Zeng Household expedition had seized a treasure and reunited with Zeng Mengyu.
• Zeng Mengyu invited Lin Xuan to explore with her group, but Elder Qi refused because the Zeng Household patriarch had warned them to keep her away from him.
• Lin Xuan began to decline Zeng Mengyu’s invitation, then noticed several powerful figures approaching from the west.
• Elder Qi and the Zeng Household members recognized the newcomers as Primordial Holy Heaven experts and relaxed, but grew anxious when the experts stopped overhead.
• A holy teacher addressed Lin Xuan as the Academy Master, leaving Elder Qi rooted in shock.

Lin Xuan was recognized as an academy master of the Primordial Holy Heaven, and Holy Master Zhou invited him to help break through the restrictions around a treasure. His departure left the Zeng Household stunned, while Zeng Mengyu felt their distance had become impossible to bridge.

• Holy Master Zhou greeted Lin Xuan as the academy master and asked him to help with a treasure whose restrictions he and the other Holy Masters could not break.
• Lin Xuan agreed to follow Holy Master Zhou and briefly nodded to Zeng Mengyu and Elder Qi before leaving.
• Elder Qi realized Lin Xuan was an important figure of the Primordial Holy Heaven and began imagining the benefits of his connection to the Zeng Household through Lin Fang.
• Zeng Mengyu felt despondent, believing Lin Xuan’s status made a future with him impossible.
• The Zeng Household clansmen decided they must urge Zeng Mengyu to hold on to Lin Fang and seize the opportunity for their clan.

Lin Xuan and Holy Master Zhou received a nearby distress signal from the Primordial Holy Heaven and changed course toward it. At the signal’s source, a powerful Half-Saint forced several factions to surrender their Mystic Yellow Great Dao Holy Fruits, leaving the Primordial Beginning Institute’s head under pressure to hand over his share.

• Lin Xuan and Holy Master Zhou received a distress signal and headed toward its source instead of continuing to the treasure site.
• The Primordial Beginning Institute’s head and five other factions found six Mystic Yellow Great Dao Holy Fruits and divided them among themselves.
• A powerful Half-Saint arrived, offered ten million Spirit Stones per fruit, and made clear that refusal could mean death.
• The other factions handed over their fruits, while the Primordial Beginning Institute’s head hesitated after secretly sending a distress signal.

The Half-Saint from the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect demanded that the director of the Primordial Beginning Institute surrender a supreme treasure, dismissing warnings about the Primordial Holy Heaven. After overpowering the director, he prepared to strike again while Qi Luo refused to intervene.

• Qi Luo warned the Half-Saint from the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect that attacking the director of the Primordial Beginning Institute could make an enemy of a Saint Realm power, but the man mocked the warning.
• The director of the Primordial Beginning Institute refused to surrender the treasure, and the Half-Saint from the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect attacked and beat him back.
• The Half-Saint from the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect declared that the director must hand over the item or die, then launched a powerful palm strike at him.
• Qi Luo protected the people from the Divine Firmament Holy Heaven but declined to intervene as the director used a Secret Method to defend himself.
• The palm strike sent the director of the Primordial Beginning Institute flying and left him coughing blood, while the Half-Saint from the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect approached and demanded the treasure once more.

Lin Xuan rescued the Primordial Beginning Institute master from a Half-Saint of the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect and confronted the sect’s arriving Saint Realm Supreme Elder. He killed the Supreme Elder with a single sword strike, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• The master of the Primordial Beginning Institute began to self-detonate rather than surrender the treasure, and the Half-Saint of the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect struck at him.
• Lin Xuan swept down from the clouds, wounded the Half-Saint with one sword strike, and suppressed the institute master's surging spiritual power before giving him a pill.
• Lin Xuan confronted the Half-Saint for attacking someone from the Primordial Holy Heaven, but the Half-Saint demanded an apology and called for the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect's Saint Realm Supreme Elder.
• The Supreme Elder arrived and released his Saint Realm presence, while the Half-Saint secretly urged him to kill Lin Xuan and the others after taking the treasure.
• Lin Xuan struck without warning and severed the Supreme Elder's head with one sword strike, then burned his corpse and soul to nothing.

Lin Xuan killed the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect’s Half-Saint after defeating its Saint Realm Supreme Elder, then joined the Primordial Holy Heaven’s sage teacher at a vast island. There, he broke the formation guarding an ancient palace and recognized its inscription as writing from the Profound Heaven Holy Land, which his ancestor had brought from the Central Divine Continent.

• Lin Xuan killed the Return to the Ruins Holy Sect’s Half-Saint and consumed his soul after the Half-Saint pleaded that the attack had been a misunderstanding.
• Lin Xuan left the Primordial Beginning Institute’s academy master to handle the aftermath and departed with the Primordial Holy Heaven’s sage teacher.
• Lin Xuan reached a vast island and found the Primordial Holy Heaven’s people unable to break the formation around a mountain peak.
• Lin Xuan shattered the formation with one sword strike, revealing an ancient palace on a platform protected by five mountains.
• Lin Xuan saw a corpse and a stone inscription inside the palace, then recognized its writing as unique to the Profound Heaven Holy Land.

Lin Xuan read Yang Sheng’s final message, gathered his remains, and followed a map toward another ruin in the Vast Sea Secret Realm. At an ancient formation, Feng Yong faced a coalition of Great Fall City lineages that planned to reduce her agreed share of a Saint inheritance to ten percent.

• Lin Xuan learned that Yang Sheng had been trapped in the Vast Sea Secret Realm for ten thousand years and had left a map to his missing friend.
• Lin Xuan gathered Yang Sheng’s remains, left the Primordial Holy Heaven’s saint masters to guard the palace, and flew toward the mapped ruin.
• Lin Xuan hoped the trapped friend might still be alive and connected to the Yang Household, which had once been allied with the Lin Household.
• Feng Yong gathered surviving people from the Luminous Domain in Great Fall City and joined major lineages to seek a Saint Realm inheritance.
• The Qi, Gong, Wang, and Xiang Households proposed taking most of the inheritance for themselves and limiting Feng Yong to ten percent, despite their earlier agreement to divide it equally.

Lin Xuan emerged from the miasma and reunited with Feng Yong, who invited him to join her search for a Saint Realm inheritance. The other lineages mocked his Thearch Realm cultivation and questioned Feng Yong’s right to bring him along as they prepared to enter the dangerous formation.

• The Xiang Household’s young man offered Feng Yong a larger share if she agreed to a marriage alliance, but she rejected him, and he said she would have to watch the others explore the inheritance.
• Lin Xuan appeared as the miasma dispersed, and the other cultivators dismissed him as a lucky first-layer Thearch Realm cultivator.
• Feng Yong recognized Lin Xuan, thanked him for saving her in the Luminous Domain, and told him by voice transmission about the inheritance and the other lineages’ plans.
• Feng Yong invited Lin Xuan to accompany her, and he accepted because her map could guide them to the inheritance grounds.
• The Xiang Household’s young man and the other cultivators challenged Feng Yong for bringing Lin Xuan, while Elder Qiu claimed they were merely concerned he might die inside.

Feng Yong forced Elder Qiu and the others to let Lin Xuan join them in exploring the inheritance, and the group passed through a series of tests before reaching a bronze door they could not open. As the others exhausted their strength, Lin Xuan offered to try.

• Feng Yong threatened to destroy the token jade map unless the group let Lin Xuan join, and they agreed to divide the spoils according to each person's contributions.
• Feng Yong opened the ancient formation, and Lin Xuan crossed its sword attacks unharmed by using his Sword Domain.
• The group passed through a bewildering formation and several other trials, while Lin Xuan remained clean and uninjured.
• The group reached a massive bronze door that the Wang Household woman identified as the entrance to the inheritance beyond the formations.
• Elder Qiu and the others poured their spiritual power into the bronze door but failed to open it, and Lin Xuan told them to move aside so he could try.

Lin Xuan opened the sealed bronze door and entered a hall filled with ancient treasures and a Lin Household member’s remains. When he tried to gather the bones, Elder Qiu and the others claimed the treasures for themselves and threatened him and Feng Yong.

• Lin Xuan poured his spiritual power into the bronze door and opened it, while Elder Qiu claimed he had only benefited from the group’s earlier efforts.
• The group entered the hall and found a jade coffin, a skeleton, cultivation methods written in Profound Heaven Holy Land script, and many valuable treasures.
• Lin Xuan recognized the skeleton as belonging to a Lin Household member and approached to gather the remains.
• Elder Qiu stopped Lin Xuan, coveting the skeleton, its possible saint blood, and the Jade Slip it held.
• The Xiang Household youth and others told Lin Xuan that none of the treasures belonged to him and threatened to kill him if he took anything.
• The Wang Household woman mocked Feng Yong, saying the hall’s opportunities had nothing to do with her either.

Lin Xuan killed the treasure-seeking group after they turned against Feng Yong, then let her claim part of the inheritance while she cultivated to break through to the Great Emperor realm. Seeing her Immortal Spirit presence and potential, Lin Xuan considered recruiting her into the Sword Pavilion.

• The Wang Household woman mocked Feng Yong and refused to honor their agreement, so Lin Xuan killed her with one sword strike.
• The survivors offered Lin Xuan half the treasures, but he killed them and Elder Qiu after learning Qiu intended to refine the Lin Household ancestor's remains into a corpse.
• Lin Xuan spared Feng Yong and offered to divide the opportunities, but Feng Yong took only thirty percent and bowed to the remains.
• Feng Yong used a spiritual pill to cultivate in the hall and began breaking through to the Great Emperor realm as phoenix phantoms appeared around her.
• Lin Xuan noticed Feng Yong's Immortal Spirit presence and considered recruiting her into the Sword Pavilion.