Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan fought the Nineteenth Imperial Prince to a draw, shocking the spectators with his strength. As the battle continued, the old sage master sensed that the heavens were about to change, while Lin Xuan smiled after discovering something about his opponent.

• The Thirty-Fifth Imperial Princess and the other spectators were stunned when Lin Xuan caught the Nineteenth Imperial Prince's strike, while the Thirty-Third Imperial Princess struggled to accept the strength of the man she had cast aside.
• The Nineteenth Imperial Prince charged again, and Lin Xuan discarded his sword and met him barehanded in a fierce exchange of blows.
• The Nineteenth Imperial Prince realized Lin Xuan could match his physical strength even when he unleashed its full force, and he grew more intrigued by Lin Xuan's hidden abilities.
• The old sage master concluded that Lin Xuan was no weaker than the Vast Sea Saint King and sensed that the heavens were about to change.
• The Thirty-Third Imperial Princess regretted expelling the Lin Household, and Zhang Xiong regretted trying to recruit Lin Xuan.
• After dozens of exchanges, Lin Xuan smiled as he realized that the Nineteenth Imperial Prince's formidable strength had its limits.

Lin Xuan defeated the Nineteenth Imperial Prince with one strike, rewriting the Vast Sea Illusory Realm’s history and securing the Thirty-Five Imperial Princess’s place in the top ten. As the realm collapsed, the Vast Sea Saint King granted Lin Xuan his dynasty’s supreme inheritance, which revealed the truth behind its destruction and something familiar: alien races.

• Lin Xuan unleashed his Sword Domain and defeated the Nineteenth Imperial Prince with a single sword strike.
• The Thirty-Five Imperial Princess realized she had made the top ten and could obtain the pill needed to save the True Spirit Prince’s Mansion.
• The Vast Sea Illusory Realm collapsed, and the outsiders returned to their original locations carrying pills, cultivation methods, and inheritances.
• The Vast Sea Saint King’s remnant soul appeared before Lin Xuan and gave him the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty’s supreme inheritance.
• Lin Xuan saw memories revealing the truth behind the dynasty’s destruction and recognized the presence of alien races.

Lin Xuan witnessed the Vast Sea Saint King’s memories of the Alien Race destroying his dynasty and learned how the Saint King sacrificed himself to seal their invasion. As the remnant soul prepared to disappear, Lin Xuan offered to take him along, claiming he could keep him alive.

• Lin Xuan witnessed the Alien Race invade the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty and slaughter its cultivators.
• The Vast Sea Saint King fought three Alien Race Saint Kings, sealed the rift, and died after his Saint Weapon shattered.
• The Vast Sea Saint Dynasty left behind an inheritance and secret realm for someone destined to find them.
• The Vast Sea Saint King told Lin Xuan to leave as his remnant soul faded.
• Lin Xuan asked the Vast Sea Saint King to come with him and said he could keep him alive.

Lin Xuan offered to resurrect the Vast Sea Saint King in exchange for joining the Sword Pavilion, then stored his soul in a bronze mirror while he searched for his ancestor’s remnant soul. Elsewhere in the Vast Sea Secret Realm, a Duan Household messenger reported a collapse and brought the badly injured Su Lianxin to the young madam.

• Lin Xuan told the Vast Sea Saint King that the Lin Saint Clan could repair remnant souls and help him return from the dead.
• The Vast Sea Saint King agreed to join Lin Xuan’s Sword Pavilion for three hundred years, or even thirty thousand, if Lin Xuan preserved his soul.
• Lin Xuan placed the Vast Sea Saint King’s soul in a bronze mirror and resolved to find his ancestor’s remnant soul quickly.
• A Duan Household messenger reported that the secret realm below had collapsed and many clansmen had died.
• The messenger brought the bloodied and badly injured Su Lianxin before the Duan Household’s young madam and asked for pills.

Su Lianxin asked Ye Jinzhi to provide healing pills for the wounded Duan Household members, but Ye Jinzhi refused to help her because she considered her an outsider. After the others defended Su Lianxin, she stopped them and declared that she would leave.

• Su Lianxin warned Ye Jinzhi that the killing formation was too dangerous and asked her to treat the wounded.
• Ye Jinzhi refused to give Su Lianxin healing pills, saying they were only for members of the Duan Household.
• Duan Household members and Duan Yangqiu defended Su Lianxin, explaining that she had saved them and helped them obtain resources.
• Ye Jinzhi threatened anyone who sided with Su Lianxin, and the Duan Household members struggled to respond.
• Su Lianxin stopped the others from pleading for her and told Ye Jinzhi that she would leave.

Su Lianxin left the Duan Household after Ye Jinzhi told her to go, then reunited with Lin Ling and agreed to travel with her. Meanwhile, Ye Jinzhi discovered a Saint Realm inheritance.

• Ye Jinzhi insulted Su Lianxin and ordered her to leave, and Su Lianxin departed without arguing.
• Duan Yangqiu caught up with Su Lianxin, apologized, and gave her a bottle of pills, which she accepted before continuing on alone.
• Lin Ling emerged from a dangerous inheritance site with treasures and received Su Lianxin’s message asking to meet.
• Lin Ling cautioned Su Lianxin about her impulsive departure, but Su Lianxin said the Duan Household’s debt of kindness was repaid and agreed to travel with her.
• Ye Jinzhi stared at an inheritance site and realized it was a Saint Realm inheritance.

Ye Jinzhi and the Duan Household discovered a Saint Realm sword domain guarded by a white jade staircase, but Ye Chen was blasted away when he tried to climb it. As rival lineages gathered and mocked them, Xu You announced that the Xu Household’s heaven’s chosen would claim the inheritance.

• Ye Jinzhi recognized the sword domain and its broken sword core, and hoped to use its inheritance to help her ancestor reach the Saint Realm.
• Ye Jinzhi sent her nephew Ye Chen to test the staircase, but its Sword Qi struck him down as soon as he stepped onto the first stair.
• Xu You arrived with members of his lineage and ridiculed the Duan and Ye Households for failing to climb the staircase.
• Other nearby powers gathered and joined the mockery while Ye Jinzhi glared at Xu You and felt disgusted by Duan Yangqiu’s silence.
• Xu You declared that the Xu Household’s heaven’s chosen would claim the sword domain inheritance.

Xu Ling and numerous Sword Dao prodigies tested the white jade staircase but received only limited rewards, and even Holy Son Wu could climb just five steps. As the crowd doubted anyone could claim the inheritance, a Duan Household member spotted the arrival of the fourth young miss.

• Xu Ling climbed one step, received a wisp of Sword Qi for her inferior aptitude, and exchanged insults with Ye Jinzhi and Xu You.
• Holy Son Wu of the Sword-Washing Pool reached the fifth step, received insight into Sword Intent for his middling aptitude, and withdrew to comprehend it.
• More than a dozen prodigies tried the staircase, but most received middling evaluations; the Sword Domain's third-ranked prodigy reached the seventh step and received two wisps of Sword Dao insight and ten strands of Sword Qi.
• A Duan Household member spotted the fourth young miss arriving and called out to her.

Duan Nianwei reunited with Duan Yangqiu and faced mockery from Ye Jinzhi and Ye Chen, who challenged her Sword Dao ability. Confident in her growth at the Primordial Holy Heaven, she stepped onto the Sword Domain stairs and quickly climbed two steps, leaving Ye Jinzhi uneasy about her pace.

• Duan Nianwei arrived on a sword and reunited with her elder brother, Duan Yangqiu.
• Ye Jinzhi mocked Duan Nianwei's time at the Primordial Holy Heaven, and Ye Chen boasted of his third level Sword Intent.
• Duan Nianwei revealed that her Sword Intent had reached the seventh level and challenged Ye Chen to see what she had learned from her master.
• Duan Nianwei stepped onto the white jade stairs and climbed the first step with ease.
• Duan Nianwei quickly climbed onto the second step, and Ye Jinzhi began to worry that she was rushing recklessly.

Duan Nianwei climbed to the eighth Sword Qi step, surpassing the Sword Ruins prodigies, and refused a Saint Realm remnant soul’s offer to become his disciple because she had already sworn herself to her master. She accepted his sword scripture and left the steps, insisting that her master, the head of the Supreme Institute of Primordial Holy Heaven, was even stronger than the remnant soul had been.

• Duan Nianwei climbed the white jade steps without pausing and stopped at the eighth step, breaking the previous record.
• The remnant soul offered Duan Nianwei his Sword Domain inheritance if she became his disciple.
• Duan Nianwei refused because she had already pledged to have only one master, shocking the spectators and disappointing Duan Yangqiu.
• The remnant soul gave Duan Nianwei a sword scripture, which she accepted before leaving the steps.
• Duan Nianwei told Duan Yangqiu that her master, the head of the Supreme Institute of Primordial Holy Heaven, was even stronger than the remnant soul had been.

Duan Nianwei learned that Miss Su had been mistreated by Ye Jinzhi and vowed to tell the Duan Household’s ancestor. As Miss Su and her companion entered the Sword Domain, the white jade stairs erupted with sword lights and strange sounds, leaving everyone stunned.

• Duan Nianwei’s family learned she had become the disciple of a Half-Saint institute head, while Ye Jinzhi seethed with jealousy.
• Miss Su and another woman arrived, and Ye Jinzhi rebuked the Duan Household members for greeting Miss Su as if she belonged to them.
• Duan Nianwei questioned Duan Yangqiu and learned Ye Jinzhi had ostracized Miss Su and begrudged her even a share of pills.
• Duan Nianwei vowed to tell the Duan Household’s ancestor about Ye Jinzhi’s conduct.
• Miss Su and her companion stepped onto the white jade stairs, which trembled as sword lights and strange sounds burst forth.

Su Lianxin and Lin Ling reached the summit of a Saint Realm Sword Domain, where its remnant soul chose them as potential disciples. Lin Ling accepted, but Su Lianxin refused because she already regarded Lin Xuan as her only master; the remnant soul then whisked both women away before anyone could pursue them, and Lin Xuan arrived too late.

• Su Lianxin and Lin Ling entered the Sword Domain and climbed its staircase without difficulty, astonishing the watching cultivators.
• The remnant soul praised their talent and offered to take them both as disciples, saying they could reach the Saint Realm and perhaps the Sword Immortal Realm.
• Lin Ling accepted the remnant soul as her master, while Su Lianxin declined because she would not abandon Lin Xuan.
• The remnant soul carried Su Lianxin and Lin Ling away in a streak of light, leaving pursuers without a trail to follow.
• Duan Yangqiu blamed Ye Jinzhi for driving Su Lianxin away, and Duan Nianwei told the household to report the matter to their ancestor.
• Lin Xuan arrived after the Sword Domain had vanished, and the Vast Sea Saint King identified its remnant soul as a former Sword Saint of the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty who had likely found an heir.

Lin Xuan reunited with Duan Nianwei in the Vast Sea Secret Realm and agreed to visit her household in the Sword Ruins. Meanwhile, the Profound Heaven Holy Son stood over the corpses of the Lin Household remnants he had killed.

• Duan Nianwei introduced Lin Xuan to her eldest brother, Duan Yangqiu, and her Duan Household companions.
• Lin Xuan agreed to visit the Duan Household in the Sword Ruins, and Duan Nianwei chose to leave with him.
• Duan Yangqiu rejoiced that Lin Xuan would visit, while Ye Jinzhi privately vowed to challenge his influence in the Sword Ruins.
• On an island in the Vast Sea Secret Realm, the Profound Heaven Holy Son threw another corpse into the sea as cultivators from his holy land arrived.
• The Profound Heaven Holy Son said he had easily killed the remnants of the Lin Household.

After surviving the Lin Household remnants’ ambush, Yuan Ying planned to use Lin Yu’s execution to lure them into a trap. The survivors learned of the execution and faced a new crisis as they hid in a cave.

• Yuan Ying, angered that several Lin Household remnants escaped his ambush, decided to announce Lin Yu’s execution three years later to draw them out.
• Yuan Ying ordered the Profound Heaven Holy Land to spread news that Lin Yu would be executed at the Yuan Clan ancestor’s birthday banquet.
• The surviving Lin Household clansmen fled to a secluded cave, where Seventh Elder Lin Qi blamed himself for the failed ambush and their heavy losses.
• A Lin Household clansman returned with news that Yuan Ying planned to execute Lin Yu in three years.

The surviving Lin Household clansmen learned that Lin Yu was alive but would be executed in three years, and the Seventh Elder stopped them from rushing into a trap. Lin Ling vowed to save her eldest brother, while Lin Xuan resolved to make the Profound Heaven Holy Land’s celebration a death anniversary.

• The Lin Household clansmen blamed Yuan Ying for using Lin Yu’s blood to refine pills and demanded that they return to the Profound Heaven Holy Land to rescue him.
• The Seventh Elder warned that the news was a trap and refused to risk the surviving clansmen, urging them to find a way within three years.
• The Profound Heaven Holy Land spread word that Lin Yu would be executed at its ancestor’s birthday celebration three years later.
• Lin Ling learned Lin Yu was alive and condemned to die, then vowed to save him when the three years were up.
• Lin Xuan heard the news and resolved to make the Profound Heaven Holy Land’s ancestor’s birthday become his death anniversary.

Lin Xuan collected the Heaven-Reflecting Holy Lotus and its spring water with the Vast Sea Saint King's guidance. A spatial tear then brought two injured Chongming Bird clansmen to the spring, where they encountered Lin Xuan and heard someone behind them call him “Pavilion Master.”

• Lin Xuan followed the Vast Sea Saint King's directions to a secluded spring while Duan Nianwei stayed behind to study a Sword Dao inheritance.
• Lin Xuan used Heavenly Clear Water to pluck the Heaven-Reflecting Holy Lotus and collected some of the spring water.
• A spatial tear opened above the spring, and Lin Xuan recognized its presence as belonging to the Chongming Birds.
• Two injured Chongming Bird clansmen emerged from the tear and warily prepared to face Lin Xuan.
• A weak voice behind the Chongming Birds called Lin Xuan “Pavilion Master.”

Lin Xuan reunited with Wu Liang in the Vast Sea Secret Realm and learned that Wu Liang was competing for the Chongming Bird clan’s next Demon Saint. Lin Xuan promised to help him, but the elders doubted his ability until a surge of the old Demon Saint’s presence revealed that someone had found the inheritance.

• Wu Liang recognized Lin Xuan and eagerly reunited with his former pavilion master.
• Wu Liang told Lin Xuan that he was searching for the old Demon Saint’s inheritance to secure his place as the next Demon Saint and clan patriarch.
• Lin Xuan offered to help Wu Liang, reasoning that the alliance could also strengthen the Sword Pavilion.
• The two Chongming Bird elders privately doubted Lin Xuan’s status and ability to help their young master.
• A powerful presence rose from a nearby valley, and the elders realized someone had found the old Demon Saint’s inheritance.

Wu Liang and Lin Xuan arrived at a valley crowded with Holy Spirits gathered for the Demon Saint’s inheritance. After Wu Lie and the Seventh Elder humiliated Wu Liang, he restrained his anger, while Lin Xuan resolved that no one would take the inheritance from him.

• Wu Liang, Lin Xuan, the Vast Sea Saint King, and two elders reached the valley and found many Holy Spirits waiting there.
• The Vast Sea Saint King told Lin Xuan that he had never seen such a gathering of Holy Spirit races during his reign.
• Wu Lie confronted Wu Liang, mocked his strength and heritage, and told him he had no chance of claiming the inheritance.
• The Seventh Elder, standing behind Wu Lie, advised Wu Liang to leave and said the Demon Saint’s inheritance was beyond his reach.
• Wu Liang suppressed his anger instead of striking back, and Lin Xuan recognized how much he had changed since they first met.
• Lin Xuan resolved that no one would take the Demon Saint’s inheritance from Wu Liang.

Wu Huan arrived at the inheritance valley with Yuan Ying’s support, intensifying Wu Lie’s resolve to claim their ancestor’s inheritance and the position of Demon Saint. The old Demon Saint’s remnant soul then appeared and announced that those below the Saint Realm could enter for the Chongming Clan’s Saint Technique and Saint Artifact.

• Wu Liang restrained his anger as Wu Lie mocked him and dismissed him as no rival.
• Wu Huan arrived with Yuan Ying, the Saint Son of the Profound Heaven Holy Land, whose presence impressed and pressured the gathered factions.
• Wu Lie grew jealous of Wu Huan’s backing but resolved that obtaining their ancestor’s inheritance could still secure his victory.
• Wu Huan privately dismissed Wu Lie and Wu Liang, believing his support from Yuan Ying and three Saint Realm clan experts made the Demon Saint position his.
• A phantom Chongming Bird appeared above the valley, followed by the old Demon Saint’s remnant soul, which invited those below the Saint Realm to enter for the Chongming Saint Technique and Chongming Saint Artifact.

The Chongming Bird inheritance barred Saint Realm experts from entering, leaving Wu Liang and the other contenders to compete for it inside the valley. When Wu Liang’s Half-Saint elders rushed toward the stone platform, its barrier blasted them back and declared them unworthy to enter.

• The Vast Sea Saint King mourned Wu Hantian’s passing and offered to help Wu Liang claim his inheritance.
• The inheritance’s light curtain blocked Saint Realm experts, while Wu Huan’s and Wu Lie’s forces charged into the valley.
• Wu Liang and Lin Xuan entered the valley and learned that only a Chongming Bird could awaken the inheritance.
• Wu Liang’s two Half-Saint elders rushed toward the stone platform but were blasted away by its barrier, which declared them unworthy to enter.