Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan rejected Great Saint Mingli’s offer and prepared to fight him, while the Vast Sea Saint King sided with Lin Xuan. Yuwen Ming and Xi Lian joined the battle against Dongfang Ji and the Vast Sea Saint King as war began.

• Great Saint Mingli tried to persuade the Vast Sea Saint King to stay out of the conflict and offered him land and secret realms as a reward.
• The Vast Sea Saint King asked Lin Xuan what he thought, revealing that he treated Lin Xuan as his Pavilion Master.
• Lin Xuan refused Great Saint Mingli’s offer, recalling the Mingli Divine Dynasty’s role in the suffering of his ancestor and family.
• Great Saint Mingli ordered Yuwen Ming and Xi Lian to kill their opponents, then charged at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan drew White Rainbow and deployed his sword formation, while Yuwen Ming and Xi Lian attacked Dongfang Ji and the Vast Sea Saint King.
• The Vast Sea Saint King laughed and swung his blood halberd at Great Saint Mingli.

The Taiyu Divine Dynasty’s Great Saints battled their opponents as Lin Xuan revealed a terrifying Sword Domain and astonished everyone. Great Saint Mingli, impressed by Lin Xuan’s strength, offered to rule the dynasty alongside him if he submitted.

• Great Saint Xi Lian confronted the Taiyu Divine Lord, and the six powerhouses clashed in a three-on-three battle.
• Yuwen Ming attacked the Vast Sea Saint King with Cold Moon Shadow, but the Saint King had no inner demons and countered him.
• A blood-clad Great Saint relentlessly battered Yuwen Ming, while the Taiyu Divine Dynasty’s cultivators watched in disbelief.
• Lin Xuan displayed a powerful sword formation and Sword Domain, shocking the spectators and matching Great Saint Mingli through sheer strength.
• Great Saint Mingli praised Lin Xuan’s talent and offered to rule the Divine Dynasty with him if Lin Xuan submitted.

Great Saint Mingli unleashed the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal against Lin Xuan, and everyone believed the artifact would kill him. The seal stopped mid-descent and began to crack from a Sword Qi within it.

• Lin Xuan rejected Great Saint Mingli’s offer and challenged him to submit or die.
• Great Saint Mingli summoned the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, drawing in the Taiyu Divine Dynasty’s Dragon Qi.
• A cultivator explained that the ancient seal was a sacred artifact reputed to suppress immortals, while the Vast Sea Saint King warned Lin Xuan to dodge.
• Great Saint Mingli brought the seal down on Lin Xuan as Dongfang Muxue despaired and the Vast Sea Saint King prepared to sacrifice himself to avenge him.
• The seal halted in midair and cracked as Sword Qi bulged from within it.

The Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal cracked as Lin Xuan resisted from within, but Great Saint Mingli believed the artifact would still refine him. Just as the others lost hope, a white-clad woman appeared outside the seal, and Ji Zhenyi recognized her as Zhiruo.

• Cracks spread across the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, and the onlookers realized Lin Xuan was still alive inside it.
• Great Saint Mingli insisted that no one could escape the seal, and the pounding from within stopped as its cracks ceased widening.
• The Vast Sea Saint King held back from striking the seal after his blood halberd showed fear, while the others despaired over Lin Xuan's apparent fate.
• A white-clad woman appeared outside the seal, and the Vast Sea Saint King and Ji Zhenyi recognized her as the Lin Household's ancestor, Zhiruo.

Lin Zhiruo resolved to free Lin Xuan from the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, revealing a swordsmanship that made witnesses think of the legendary sword immortal. The chapter left the imperial chief steward shaken by the possibility that Lin Zhiruo was the vanished sword immortal.

• Lin Zhiruo wept and struck the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, while Lin Xuan watched from inside but could not communicate with her.
• Lin Zhiruo recalled how much Lin Xuan cared for her and vowed to save him, stirred by grief she could not understand.
• Ji Zhenyi started to stop Lin Zhiruo, then halted as she recognized the gravity of Lin Zhiruo’s presence.
• Lin Zhiruo summoned the Clear Shadow Sword and swung it at the already cracked Mountains and Rivers Seal, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• The Taiyu Divine Dynasty’s chief steward recognized Lin Zhiruo’s stance as resembling the sword immortal he had seen during the Mingli Divine Dynasty’s fall, then tried to dismiss the possibility.

Lin Zhiruo remembered how to wield her sword and shattered the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, freeing Lin Xuan and splitting the imperial capital in two. Exhausted, she collapsed in Lin Xuan’s arms, and he turned on the gravely injured Great Saint Mingli.

• Lin Zhiruo’s first sword strike shattered against the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, drawing mockery from Great Saint Mingli and disappointing Dongfang Muxue.
• As Lin Zhiruo kept striking the seal, she remembered that Lin Xuan had called her his elder and resolved that she could regain her strength.
• Lin Zhiruo unleashed a powerful sword strike that froze the battlefield, shattered the seal, and split the Taiyu Divine Dynasty’s imperial capital in two.
• Lin Xuan caught Lin Zhiruo as she fell, and she told him she had done what he taught her before losing consciousness.
• Lin Xuan entrusted Lin Zhiruo to Ji Zhenyi and vowed to kill the gravely injured Great Saint Mingli.

Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King turned the battle against the Mingli invaders, killing Great Saint Mingli and Yuwen Ming. After the fight, the Vast Sea Saint King felt that he had been reborn.

• Great Saint Mingli watched Lin Zhiruo shatter the Ten Thousand Li Mountains and Rivers Seal, then realized the invaders were badly injured and losing the fight.
• Great Saint Mingli tried to flee with the seal, but the Vast Sea Saint King and Lin Xuan blocked his escape.
• Lin Xuan overwhelmed Great Saint Mingli with his Sword Domain and killed him with a sword strike through the neck and heart.
• The Vast Sea Saint King defeated Yuwen Ming, then pierced and shattered his head with the blood halberd.
• The Vast Sea Saint King joined Lin Xuan in the sky and reflected that the battle had left him feeling reborn.

After helping the Taiyu Divine Dynasty win the battle for its capital, Lin Xuan revealed that he was a survivor of the Lin Saint Clan and the founder of the Sword Pavilion. He asked Dongfang Ji to join the Sword Pavilion, leaving the divine lord to consider his proposal.

• Dongfang Ji killed the Eldest Imperial Prince for betraying Taiyu and then led his people to defeat the remaining invaders.
• Dongfang Ji abandoned the ruined imperial capital, named Dongfang Muxue his sole heir, and thanked Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King for saving Taiyu.
• Dongfang Ji asked Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King about their origins and reasons for coming to Taiyu.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had come to find his disciple and clanspeople, then revealed he was a survivor of the Lin Saint Clan who had founded the Sword Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan told Dongfang Ji that he planned to return to the Profound Heaven Holy Land and asked him to join the Sword Pavilion.

Lin Xuan recruited Dongfang Ji into the Sword Pavilion, and Dongfang Ji learned that the Vast Sea Saint King had been resurrected by Lin Xuan. As news of the Sword Pavilion spread across the Eastern Continent, the injured Youying was cornered by a Yunlai Sect pursuer demanding the Linglong Fruit.

• Dongfang Ji offered soul-healing treasures for Lin Zhiruo and tacitly accepted Lin Xuan's invitation to join the Sword Pavilion.
• The Vast Sea Saint King introduced himself as Gu Hao and revealed that Lin Xuan had restored him to life.
• Reports of the Taiyu Divine Dynasty's upheaval spread across the Eastern Continent, while the public remained unaware that Dongfang Ji and the Divine Sovereign had joined the Sword Pavilion.
• Youying fled through snowy mountains while injured, recalling that he had been unable to contact Lin Xuan and that his Sword Pavilion jade token had shattered.
• A Yunlai Sect pursuer caught up with Youying, accused him of killing sect members, and demanded that he hand over the Linglong Fruit.

Youying was cornered by seven Yunlai Sect cultivators after taking a Linglong Fruit tree and killing the sect elder’s grandson. He used his Sword Pavilion token to bluff his way out, and the Yunlai Sect paid him compensation rather than risk offending the Pavilion Master.

• Youying fled the Yunlai Sect’s Thearch Realm pursuers while badly wounded after killing several sect members over the Linglong Fruit.
• With no way to escape, Youying raised his jade token and claimed to be the Sword Pavilion’s Ninth Sword Master, threatening revenge from the Pavilion Master.
• A Yunlai Sect cultivator recognized that Youying’s token looked genuine and told the Grand Elder that the Sword Pavilion’s Pavilion Master was a Great Saint on equal footing with the Divine Lord.
• Youying claimed the token would alert the Pavilion Master if he died, and the Grand Elder, unwilling to test the claim, apologized and offered compensation.
• Youying made the Yunlai Sect deliver the compensation to him and looked toward the imperial capital, wondering whether the Pavilion Master was there.

Great Emperor Yunli rebuilt the Divine Departure Sect to shelter the former disciples her treacherous disciple had cast out, despite repeated opposition from his powerful Divine March Sect. When every nearby sect leader refused her invitation to the founding ceremony, she resolved to hold it in three days anyway.

• Yunli recalled how Qu Youmeng had become her disciple in the Profound Domain and how she had returned to the Eastern Continent as a Great Emperor.
• Yunli discovered that her former disciple had taken over her original sect, renamed it the Divine March Sect, and expelled her loyal followers.
• Yunli founded the Divine Departure Sect anew to protect those cast-out disciples and vowed not to abandon them.
• A disciple reported that none of the invited sect leaders would attend the founding ceremony.
• Yunli declared that the Divine Departure Sect would hold its ceremony as scheduled in three days, even if nobody came to congratulate them.

Lin Xuan traveled to the Green Mang Mountain Range to find Yunli, his First Sword Master and Dao protector, after Dongfang Ji reported a lead. The Heavenly March Mansion Master confirmed Yunli led the Divine Departure Sect and revealed that its new sect founding ceremony was three days away.

• Lin Xuan, Dongfang Muxue, and the Vast Sea Saint King arrived at the Green Mang Mountain Range aboard Dongfang Ji's imperial flying boat.
• The Heavenly March Mansion Master welcomed Lin Xuan and praised the Green Mang Mountain Range, but Lin Xuan said he had come on urgent business.
• Lin Xuan explained that he was searching for Yunli, the First Sword Master who had accompanied him longest and belonged to his Sword Pavilion.
• The Heavenly March Mansion Master confirmed that Yunli was the Divine Departure Sect's sect master and had resurfaced two years earlier after disappearing during strife a century ago.
• The Heavenly March Mansion Master told Lin Xuan that the Divine Departure Sect would hold its new sect founding ceremony in three days.

Dongfang Muxue and the Vast Sea Saint King arranged support for Yunli’s new Divine Departure Sect, but no guests came to its founding ceremony. As Yunli began to reassure her disciples, her former disciple Fu Xing appeared and threatened to stop the ceremony.

• Dongfang Muxue asked Chunxue to invite the Sixteen Princes’ Mansions to Yunli’s ceremony, and the Lord of the Heavenly March Estate took responsibility for sending the invitations.
• The Vast Sea Saint King and Lin Xuan prepared congratulatory gifts for Yunli, the First Sword Master of the Sword Pavilion.
• Three days later, Yunli waited with her disciples at the Divine Departure Sect, but not a single invitee arrived.
• Yunli told the disciples they would celebrate the sect’s founding on their own and promised to keep them safe.
• Fu Xing, sect master of the Divine March Sect and Yunli’s former disciple, appeared and declared that her new sect would not hold its founding ceremony.

Fu Xing confronted Yunli at the Divine Departure Sect’s founding, revealed that he had blocked other sects from attending, and threatened to kill her with the help of two other Great Emperors. As Yunli and her disciples prepared to face him, Futu Bai of the Silver River Palace arrived with gifts.

• Fu Xing told Yunli that he controlled the Green Mang Mountain Range and had prevented other sects from congratulating the Divine Departure Sect.
• Fu Xing summoned two Great Emperors, leaving Yunli facing three powerful opponents and little chance of victory.
• Fu Xing drew a spear and vowed to kill Yunli and scatter her soul.
• The Divine Departure Sect’s disciples urged Yunli to escape, but she refused to abandon them.
• Fu Xing threatened to kill Yunli and the disciples together, but Futu Bai of the Silver River Palace arrived with gifts.

Yunli’s Divine Departure Sect received lavish founding gifts from the Heavenly March Prince’s Estate and Silver River Palace, leaving her stunned and Fu Xing terrified. The visitors hinted that the gifts were only the beginning.

• Fu Xing watched Silver River Palace’s Half-Saint leader, Futu Bai, arrive with powerful members and realized the situation had slipped beyond his control.
• Meng Keyan of the Heavenly March Prince’s Estate presented Yunli with a high-grade Spirit Vein, Spirit Stones, pills, and other valuable gifts.
• Futu Bai presented Silver River Palace’s gifts, including Spirit Stones, assorted pills, spirit swords, and five Emperor Weapons.
• Yunli greeted Meng Keyan and Futu Bai and asked why they had brought such precious gifts despite having no friendship with her.
• Meng Keyan told Yunli that the gifts were only the beginning.

The Divine Departure Sect’s founding ceremony drew all sixteen princely estate lords and a princess representing the Divine Sovereign, leaving Yunli and the others stunned. As Dongfang Muxue’s imperial flying boat arrived, Fu Xing recognized the smiling man in white standing at its bow.

• Meng Keyan told Yunli that the arrivals were only the beginning as immortal boats approached Mount Taihang.
• All sixteen princely estate lords arrived in person and announced their congratulations to the Divine Departure Sect.
• Xia Mengyao introduced herself as a Sword Pavilion disciple and greeted Yunli as the First Sword Master.
• Dongfang Muxue arrived on behalf of the Divine Sovereign to congratulate the sect on its founding.
• Fu Xing saw a smiling man in white standing at the center of the imperial flying boat’s bow.

Lin Xuan arrived at the Divine Departure Sect's founding ceremony, revealing himself as the source of the grand congratulations and renewing Yunli's hope. After the Heavenly March Mansion Master crippled Fu Xing, Yunli confronted her former disciple, severed his memories, and watched him die as she entered sudden enlightenment.

• Lin Xuan greeted Yunli as the Pavilion Master, and Yunli recognized him as the reason for the ceremony's extraordinary display.
• Fu Xing and the two Great Emperors tried to flee, but the Heavenly March Mansion Master stopped them and crippled Fu Xing.
• The Heavenly March Mansion Master presented Fu Xing to Yunli, who recalled how Fu Xing had betrayed and nearly killed her.
• Yunli withdrew and severed the memories tied to Fu Xing's name, and the powerless man died.
• Yunli gathered spiritual power as everyone realized she had entered sudden enlightenment.

Yunli avenged the Divine Departure Sect, attained the final step of the Great Emperor realm, and presided over the sect’s successful founding ceremony. After its fortunes rose dramatically, she offered to leave with Lin Xuan as his Dao Protector and stay by his side.

• Yunli entered enlightenment after Fu Xing’s death and advanced to the final step of the Great Emperor realm.
• Yunli apologized for delaying the ceremony, but Dongfang Muxue and the mansion lords congratulated her instead.
• The Divine Departure Sect disciples disposed of Fu Xing’s corpse, while a mansion lord’s subordinates dealt with the two surviving Great Emperors.
• The Divine Departure Sect held a seven-day founding celebration and received gifts that strengthened its resources, defenses, and reputation across Taiyu.
• Yunli told Lin Xuan that she wanted to return to Primordial Holy Heaven with him as his Dao Protector.

Lin Xuan refused Yunli’s offer to accompany him, urging her to cultivate in the Taiyu Divine Dynasty while she resolved to become strong enough to stand beside him. As Lin Xuan departed, Dongfang Muxue and Dongfang Ji each faced the consequences of their ties to him, and Dongfang Ji secretly prepared to help him confront the Profound Heaven Holy Land within three years.

• Lin Xuan told Yunli to remain in the Taiyu Divine Dynasty and focus on cultivation, and Yunli resolved to reach the Saint Realm so she could stand beside him again.
• Several days later, Dongfang Muxue thanked Lin Xuan for changing her life and vowed to repay him as she watched him leave.
• Dongfang Ji encouraged Dongfang Muxue to cultivate if she wanted to keep pace with Lin Xuan, but kept his own involvement with the Sword Pavilion secret.
• Dongfang Ji resolved to prepare to aid Lin Xuan against the Profound Heaven Holy Land, expecting to see him again in less than three years.

Aboard the flying boat, Lin Xuan considered the Sword Pavilion’s growing strength and the many injuries and missing disciples he still needed to deal with. The boat reached Primordial, and Lin Xuan welcomed the return.

• Lin Xuan assessed the Sword Pavilion’s forces but decided they were not yet strong enough to attack the Profound Heaven Holy Land.
• Lin Xuan resolved to find Ancestor Lin Ye’s other remnant souls and help Ancestor Zhiruo recover her memories and old injuries.
• Lin Xuan saw that Li Hong had regained consciousness and was recovering, while Wang Yan remained by her side.
• Lin Xuan thought about reuniting his disciples in Primordial and worried about the whereabouts of Chen Xiao, Qin Feng, Lianxin, and Youying.
• Ji Zhenyi spotted familiar buildings and a tower, and Lin Xuan recognized that the flying boat had returned to Primordial.