Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan killed the Ancient Tuo Saint and the Ancient Alligator Half-Saint with his sword, leaving the Chongming Bird Clan stunned. He then turned his attention to the aged Bifang Tribe leader, whom he had seen in his ancestor’s bloodline memories.

• The wounded Ancient Tuo Saint tried to flee after Lin Xuan pierced his defenses with one strike.
• Lin Xuan killed the Ancient Tuo Saint with a second sword strike, splitting his body in two.
• The Ancient Alligator Half-Saint begged for mercy, but Lin Xuan killed him as well.
• The Chongming Bird Clan watched Lin Xuan’s effortless victories and imagined how valuable his protection could be.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Bifang Tribe leader from bloodline memories of the clan following Lin Ye toward the Eastern Continent, and saw how old and diminished he had become.

Lin Xuan discovered that the Bifang Bird Clan had guarded Lin Ye’s stone wall for tens of thousands of years and offered to shelter them in his Sword Pavilion. After activating the wall and meeting Lin Ye’s remnant soul, he shocked his ancestor by revealing that only a year had passed and he had reached the Great Emperor realm.

• Lin Xuan confirmed that the Bifang Bird Clan had guarded the stone wall for his ancestor and invited the clan to join his Sword Pavilion.
• The Bifang patriarch accepted Lin Xuan’s offer, and Lin Xuan gave the injured birds healing pills.
• Lin Xuan touched the stone wall, awakened its golden writing, and recited the Central Divine Continent script.
• The stone wall transported Lin Xuan to a space where he met Lin Ye’s remnant soul, which recognized him and remembered their previous encounter.
• Lin Xuan told Lin Ye that his bloodline had broken through and he had reached the Great Emperor realm in only one year, leaving Lin Ye astonished.

Lin Xuan told Lin Ye about the Vast Sea Saint King and asked for help restoring his remnant soul, but Lin Ye offered his own Spiritless Spiritual Spring instead. The spring emerged beneath the sacred mountain, flooding the area with Spiritual Qi and forcing a Bifang youth to begin a breakthrough.

• Lin Xuan explained what he had discovered about the Vast Sea Saint King in the Vast Sea Secret Realm.
• Lin Ye offered the Spiritless Spiritual Spring to nourish the Vast Sea Saint King's remnant soul, and Lin Xuan initially refused.
• Lin Ye said Lin Xuan could gather all nine of his remnant souls and reunite them with his body in the Profound Heaven Holy Land to revive him.
• Lin Ye sent Lin Xuan out of the soul space, and the sacred mountain began to shake as its golden runes faded.
• Wu Liang confirmed that the Spiritual Qi was rising, and the Spiritless Spiritual Spring appeared beneath the split mountain.
• A Bifang youth began a breakthrough after breathing in the spring's Spiritual Qi, while Lin Xuan reassured the Bifang Clan chief that they had done nothing deliberately.

Lin Xuan entered the Spiritless Spiritual Spring with Wu Liang to use its power and the Bifang Clan’s divine fire to restore the Vast Sea Saint King’s soul and create him a temporary body. After discovering ancient Spirit Soul Moss beneath a hidden barrier, Lin Ye prepared to mend the gathered remnant souls.

• Lin Xuan found that the Spiritless Spiritual Spring strengthened souls and received a Spirit Soul Stone from his ancestor, Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye told Lin Xuan to enter the spring with the Vast Sea Saint King’s soul and use the Bifang Clan’s divine fire and supreme treasures to create a temporary body.
• Wu Liang asked Lin Xuan to restore the remnant soul of the deceased Holy Son of the Heavenly Talisman Sect, and Lin Xuan agreed to bring him along.
• Lin Xuan and Wu Liang descended through a hidden barrier and found vast patches of ancient, flowering Spirit Soul Moss beside the spring.
• Lin Ye told Lin Xuan to release the remnant souls so he could make them whole.

Lin Xuan used the Spiritless Spiritual Spring to restore the Vast Sea Saint King's soul and prepared a new body for him. After a month, the Saint King's soul was nearly restored, but Ancestor Lin Ye warned that his former strength and exceptional aptitude would make recovery beyond thirty percent difficult.

• Lin Xuan released the Vast Sea Saint King's remnant soul into the spring, where it began absorbing the concentrated Spiritual Qi.
• Gu Hao thanked Lin Xuan and swore to serve in the Sword Pavilion for thirty thousand years if he returned from the dead.
• Lin Xuan and Wu Liang cultivated beside the spring while the Bifang tribespeople forged a body for Gu Hao.
• After a month, Gu Hao's soul had nearly condensed into solid form, and his new body had begun to resemble him.
• Ancestor Lin Ye said the spring's spiritual liquid was exhausted and warned that Gu Hao would recover only a little over thirty percent of his former strength.

Lin Ye revealed that the Vast Sea Saint King could recover beyond thirty percent with help from another remnant soul in the Sword Ruins, and asked Lin Xuan to find the remains of Ancestor Zhiruo. The Vast Sea Saint King revived as Gu Hao, pledged his gratitude to Lin Xuan, and met Wu Liang as the Sword Pavilion’s new supreme elder.

• Lin Ye told Lin Xuan that another remnant soul in the Sword Ruins could stabilize the Vast Sea Saint King’s body and help him recover further.
• Lin Ye asked Lin Xuan to find Ancestor Zhiruo’s remains, then dissipated into the stone in Lin Xuan’s sleeve and left a divine character between his brows.
• Lin Xuan saw a memory of Lin Zhiruo fighting pursuing enemies and learned her name and her status as a peerless Lin Household sword cultivator.
• The Vast Sea Saint King and Cheng Jing Ting returned to their bodies, and Gu Hao awoke in the Spiritless Spiritual Spring, realizing he had come back to life.
• Gu Hao bowed to Lin Xuan in gratitude, and Lin Xuan helped him dress before introducing him to Wu Liang as the Sword Pavilion’s supreme elder.
• Wu Liang greeted Gu Hao, who recalled the Chongming Bird Clan and mourned that Wu Hantian had left no remnant soul; Wu Liang connected Gu Hao’s intervention to the Sun-Setting Bow choosing him.

Cheng Jing Ting awakened in the Spiritless Spiritual Spring with his memories ending at the war against the foreign races, discovering that his body and cultivation had been transformed. After his perception of Lin Xuan and the others injured him, the Vast Sea Saint King explained what had happened, and Wu Liang revealed that nearly two years had passed since the war.

• Cheng Jing Ting awakened with no memory of the years after he and his enemy had died in battle, and he found himself among strangers.
• Wu Liang told Lin Xuan that Cheng Jing Ting had risen from the King Realm to the Venerable Realm and possessed immense untapped potential.
• Cheng Jing Ting sensed the formidable power of the Vast Sea Saint King, Wu Liang, and Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan's Sword Intent overwhelmed him and made him fall into the water.
• The Vast Sea Saint King pulled Cheng Jing Ting from the water and explained that his enhanced perception had caused the backlash.
• Cheng Jing Ting asked where he was and how he had survived, and Wu Liang said nearly two years had passed since the war against the foreign races.

After learning that the Profound Domain had fallen, Cheng Jing Ting mourned his lost homeland but accepted his second chance at life. Lin Xuan recruited him into the Sword Pavilion and gave him supplies to begin anew, promising to reclaim the Profound Domain.

• Wu Liang told Cheng Jing Ting that the Profound Domain had suffered a crushing defeat and that he had revived him using a remnant soul Wu Liang had rescued.
• Cheng Jing Ting grieved for his destroyed homeland, then thanked Wu Liang and learned that Lin Xuan had provided his repaired soul and new body.
• Lin Xuan invited Cheng Jing Ting to join the Sword Pavilion and promised to lead its disciples back to the Profound Domain to drive out the foreign races.
• Cheng Jing Ting accepted and knelt before Lin Xuan, declaring himself a disciple of the Sword Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan gave Cheng Jing Ting a Sword Pavilion jade token, an emperor-grade talisman method, and several hundred high-grade talismans, leaving Cheng Jing Ting astonished by his new sect's resources.

Lin Xuan received rare talisman and array manuals through a system rebate but withheld them from Cheng Jing Ting until his disciple had grown stronger. Meanwhile, seven Saint Realm experts from allied clans besieged the Chongming Bird Clan's Saint City, where the old Demon Saint faced the Xiangliu leader's demand for surrender.

• Lin Xuan received the Holy Heaven True One Talisman Book and the True Explanation of Heavenly Dao Arrays as rebates after teaching Cheng Jing Ting a talisman art.
• Lin Xuan decided to keep the manuals until Cheng Jing Ting had stabilized his cultivation and reached the Thearch Realm, then set out for the Chongming Bird Clan's Saint City.
• Seven Saint Realm experts from the Xiangliu, Bai Ze, and Ancient Alligator Clans gathered above Saint City while its barrier trapped the Chongming Bird Clan inside.
• The old Demon Saint, Wu Jishan, faced the Xiangliu leader, who demanded that the Chongming Bird Clan surrender and become vassals or be exterminated.

Wu Jishan and the Chongming Bird Clan faced the Xiangliu, Bai Ze, and Ancient Tuo clans as their Saint City's formation neared collapse. After three days of bombardment, the formation shattered and the enemy forces charged into the city.

• Wu Jishan defied the Xiangliu forces and warned that the Chongming Bird Clan would fight to the death, forcing the seven Saint Realm beings to withdraw temporarily.
• Wu Jishan realized the grand formation could hold for only three days and hoped that clansmen away at the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty's secret realm would stay away rather than return to the city.
• Three days later, the seven Saint Realm beings and their forces attacked the cracked formation while Wu Jishan poured his spiritual power into it.
• The formation shattered under the assault, and its backlash made Wu Jishan spit blood and stagger backward.
• The seven Saint Realm beings and countless Half-Saints charged into the Saint City as the Chongming Bird clansmen lost hope, and a voice angrily condemned the attackers.

Two Saint Realm Chongming Birds returned to find Saint City destroyed, and Wu Jishan ordered his sons and the remaining clansmen to flee. After recognizing that Wu Liang held the Sun-Setting Bow, Wu Jishan charged at the enemy cultivators intending to self-detonate, but an unseen speaker intervened.

• Two Saint Realm Chongming Bird elders broke through the sealed space and rushed back to Saint City, where they found it reduced to ruins.
• Wu Jishan told the elders to leave and urged his returning sons Wu Lie and Wu Huan to get lost before they could be killed.
• Wu Jishan spotted Wu Liang holding the Sun-Setting Bow and realized the ancient weapon had acknowledged his mixed-blood son as its master.
• Wu Jishan transformed and charged at the seven Saint Realm cultivators, intending to self-detonate so Wu Liang and the clansmen could escape.
• A nearby speaker said Wu Liang must not be bound to the Luo Heaven Domain as Demon Saint and commanded Wu Jishan to stop.

A white-robed human stopped Wu Jishan from detonating himself as the Xiangliu, Bai Ze, and Ancient Tuo clans launched their final assault on Saint City. Wu Liang wielded the Sun-Setting Bow to kill their forces and rally the Chongming Bird Clan, but the Xiangliu clan chief moved to end the battle himself.

• A white-robed young man suppressed Wu Jishan's self-detonation and caught him as he fell.
• The Xiangliu clan chief led the three clans in an attack on Saint City while the Chongming Bird clanspeople feared defeat.
• Wu Liang used the Sun-Setting Bow to kill Ancient Tuo attackers, including half-Saints, with his first volley.
• Wu Liang declared himself the Holy Son acknowledged by the bow and ordered the Chongming Bird Clan to fight.
• Wu Liang fired his remaining arrows to kill more hostile Holy Spirits, then charged into the enemy forces as his clan rallied.
• The Xiangliu clan chief grew furious at the reversal and declared that the fighting would end.

The three allied clans overwhelmed the Chongming Bird Clan, defeating its Saints and trapping Wu Liang and the others in the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock. Just as the Xiangliu patriarch ordered the clan’s destruction, the Vast Sea Saint King arrived, shattered the lock, and challenged the attackers.

• The Xiangliu patriarch and the Ancient Alligator Saints attacked the Chongming Bird Clan, while the Bai Ze ancestor sealed a Chongming Bird Saint’s spiritual power and defeated him.
• The allied Saints gravely wounded the Chongming Bird Saints and trapped Wu Liang and the other Chongming Bird clanspeople in the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock.
• The Xiangliu patriarch declared that the Chongming Bird Clan would be wiped out and ordered its newborn birds captured and turned into corpse puppets.
• A blood-colored halberd struck the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock from the Ancient Alligator Saint’s grasp and shattered its chains, freeing the captives.
• The Vast Sea Saint King entered the battlefield and warned the seven Saints against acting as if he were dead.

The Vast Sea Saint King confronted the Xiangliu and Bai Ze Holy Spirits to protect the Chongming Bird Clan, revealing overwhelming strength despite having only a fraction of his power. He left the Holy Spirits stunned and badly outmatched as they called for a united attack.

• The Xiangliu patriarch offered the Vast Sea Saint King gifts to withdraw, but the Vast Sea Saint King refused to give his name and mocked the Holy Spirits.
• Lin Xuan watched from a distance and let the Vast Sea Saint King fight, hoping to see what strength he could show with only a fraction of his power.
• Two Saint Realm Ancient Tuo attacked while the Saint Realm Bai Ze tried to lock down the Vast Sea Saint King's spiritual power, but the Vast Sea Saint King broke free and struck Bai Ze away.
• The Vast Sea Saint King mocked the Bai Ze Clan's weakened bloodline and pierced a Saint Realm Ancient Tuo through the abdomen with his halberd.
• A Bai Ze Holy Spirit urged the others to stop holding back and attack the Vast Sea Saint King together.

The Vast Sea Saint King fought the Saint Realm Holy Spirits alone while Lin Xuan watched from a flying boat, convinced his companion did not need help. As the battle continued, the Vast Sea Saint King grew stronger and overwhelmed his opponents, leaving them terrified.

• Six Saint Realm Holy Spirits joined forces to attack the Vast Sea Saint King, while Lin Xuan stayed aboard the flying boat and refused to intervene.
• Lin Xuan told Wu Jishan that stepping in would insult the Vast Sea Saint King and said the battlefield would soon be cleared.
• The Vast Sea Saint King laughed and fought all six Holy Spirits with his blood-red halberd, growing fiercer as the battle went on.
• The Vast Sea Saint King smashed half of an Ancient Tuo Saint Realm cultivator's body apart, leaving the Ancient Alligator Clan elder in disbelief.
• The Vast Sea Saint King knocked the Bai Ze ancestor flying and called for his opponents to attack again.

Lin Xuan arrived in time to stop the Holy Spirits attacking the Chongming Bird Clan and killed all seven with a single sword strike. He revealed that Wu Liang was the deputy pavilion master of his Sword Pavilion, leaving the Chongming Birds stunned by their rescuers’ strength and connection to their third young master.

• The Saint Realm Holy Spirits fled from the Vast Sea Saint King, but Lin Xuan swept them all down with one sword strike.
• The Vast Sea Saint King thanked Lin Xuan as Pavilion Master and said he had enjoyed fighting the attackers.
• Wu Liang thanked Lin Xuan as Pavilion Master, astonishing the Chongming Birds, who realized their third young master was connected to the two rescuers.
• Wu Jishan introduced himself as patriarch of the Chongming Bird Clan and thanked Lin Xuan for saving them.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself as head of the Supreme Institute and founder of the Sword Pavilion, and revealed Wu Liang was its deputy pavilion master and his old friend.

After the Sword Pavilion saved the Chongming Bird Clan, the old Demon Saint prepared to pass his position to Wu Liang, assuming the Sun-Setting Bow and Wu Liang’s actions had made him the inevitable heir. At the succession ceremony, Wu Liang refused the Demon Saint’s seat, choosing his freedom as the Sword Pavilion’s deputy pavilion master instead.

• The old Demon Saint realized the Chongming Bird Clan was tied to the Sword Pavilion through Wu Liang and resolved to make him the next Demon Saint.
• The old Demon Saint invited Lin Xuan and the others into Saint City, and Lin Xuan understood that he planned to bind Wu Liang to the clan.
• After Saint City was restored, the old Demon Saint decided his weakened condition required him to abdicate.
• At the succession gathering, Wu Liang rejected the Demon Saint’s position despite the old Demon Saint’s furious demands.
• Wu Liang explained that he preferred serving as the Sword Pavilion’s deputy pavilion master rather than being bound to the Luo Heaven Domain.

Lin Xuan rejected Wu Liang as the Chongming Bird Clan's next Demon Saint and promised to heal Wu Jishan's injuries and restore his soul. He showed Wu Jishan an Extreme Yang Pure Longevity Fruit, then introduced the red-clad Vast Sea Saint King, who asked whether Wu Jishan remembered him.

• Wu Liang firmly refused to succeed Wu Jishan, and Lin Xuan confirmed that Wu Liang was unsuited to the position.
• Wu Jishan explained that his grave injuries and depleted lifespan left the Chongming Bird Clan at risk without a strong Demon Saint.
• Lin Xuan said he could resolve Wu Jishan's injuries and lifespan problem, then offered him an Extreme Yang Pure Longevity Fruit.
• Lin Xuan directed Wu Jishan's attention to the Vast Sea Saint King, who recalled Wu Jishan's youth and asked if he remembered him.

Wu Jishan recognized the Vast Sea Saint King and agreed to let Wu Liang follow Lin Xuan while granting him access to the Chongming Bird Clan’s resources. As Lin Xuan prepared to return to Primordial Holy Heaven, three messages drew his attention to the Taiyu Divine Dynasty, including a broken message from Wang Yan.

• Wu Jishan recognized the Vast Sea Saint King, bowed to him, and accepted his promise to heal Wu Jishan’s injuries.
• Wu Jishan allowed Wu Liang to remain the holy son, follow Lin Xuan beyond the Luo Heaven Domain, and use the Chongming Bird Clan’s resources.
• Lin Xuan settled the Bifang Clan in Chongming Birds’ Saint City before preparing to return to Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan received a fragmented message from Wang Yan containing the words “Eastern Continent” and “Taiyu Divine Dynasty,” and worried about his disciple.
• Bai Wuya told Lin Xuan that the former head of the Supreme Institute might be in the Taiyu Divine Dynasty and asked him to investigate.
• Lin Xuan received a third message about the Taiyu Divine Dynasty from the Ninth Imperial Princess of the True Spirit Prince’s Mansion.

Lin Xuan agreed to visit the Taiyu Divine Dynasty after Xia Mengyao told him about a broken Saint Weapon engraved with the character Lin, and he chose to travel with only the Saint King. At the True Spirit Prince's Mansion, Xia Mengyao's invitation of Lin Xuan drew the hostility of the Sword Ruins prodigy, Wang.

• Xia Mengyao told Lin Xuan that she had secured the sacred medicine and invited him to join the inter-mansion competition, whose rewards included a broken Saint Weapon engraved with Lin.
• Lin Xuan suspected the sword might be connected to Lin Zhiruo and decided to visit the Taiyu Divine Dynasty, bringing only the Saint King.
• Lin Xuan told Wu Liang to stay behind and stabilize his cultivation, prompting Wu Liang to resolve to turn his opportunities and inheritance into strength.
• Xia Mengyao rejoiced when Lin Xuan accepted her invitation, then went to the main hall after learning the Sword Ruins prodigy had emerged from seclusion.
• Wang sneered at Xia Mengyao for inviting powerful reinforcement and asked whether she lacked confidence in him.