Chapter Summaries

The Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition began with its first round inside the Dawn Empire’s Ten Directions Ancient Mirror, where prodigies had to slay Demon Beasts for points. Separated from his companions, Wang Yan discovered that the beasts were easy prey and realized how much stronger he had become.

• Three Dawn Empire clan elders summoned the Ten Directions Ancient Mirror and announced that contestants had to earn at least ten thousand points by killing Demon Beasts inside it.
• The elders distributed jade tokens that recorded each contestant’s points, then sent the prodigies into the mirror as the first round began.
• Su Lianxin, Wang Yan, and the others were separated upon entering the mirror’s world.
• Wang Yan found himself surrounded by Demon Beasts and eagerly drew his sword to test his combat skills.
• Wang Yan killed the Demon Beasts with a few strokes and realized they seemed weak because he had grown strong through training and sparring with his senior sister and companions.

Wang Yan found the first-round Demon Beasts too weak to provide meaningful combat experience, so after surpassing ten thousand points he cultivated inside the Ten Directions Ancient Mirror. The first round ended with the leaderboard dominated by the three great nations and several unfamiliar contestants among the top twenty.

• Wang Yan hunted Demon Beasts until his score reached 10,078, then decided to cultivate instead of wasting time on easy fights.
• Su Lianxin and the other disciples also exceeded ten thousand points and chose to rest or cultivate while other contestants fought for higher scores.
• As the three-day first round neared its end, the leaderboard stabilized with the top score at one hundred thousand and the hundredth-place score above sixty thousand.
• The Heron Empire's delegation found none of its contestants in the top hundred, while spectators wondered about the unfamiliar top-twenty names Ao Tai, Shi Zhen, and Lin Xingzhou.
• The clan elder rang the bells, the Ten Directions Ancient Mirror released the contestants, and he announced that the first round had ended.

The first-round scores exposed a vast gap between the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples and the competition’s leading prodigies, while Gongyi Wen mocked Chu Jianchen and Fairy Cold Moon quietly remained confident. In the second round, Lu Tianxing won nine straight matches for the Azure Yang Sword Sect and awaited his final opponent, whose name appeared as Wang Yan.

• The Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples saw the top scores exceed a hundred thousand points, while Chu Jianchen had earned 29,300 and Wang Yan had barely advanced.
• Gongyi Wen revealed his 73,000-point score, mocked Chu Jianchen, and left the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples feeling overwhelmed.
• The Jade Pivotal Star Sword Palace grand elder taunted Fairy Cold Moon over the results and their 50-million-Spirit-Stone wager, but Fairy Cold Moon privately anticipated the second round.
• Lu Tianxing received praise for placing in the top hundred, and Sect Master Xuanyang warned him not to underestimate the coming matches.
• Lu Tianxing won nine consecutive second-round matches, defeating each opponent without needing to show his full strength.
• The spirit monument selected Wang Yan as Lu Tianxing’s next opponent.

Wang Yan faced Lu Tianxing at the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition, where Lu Tianxing sought revenge for his earlier defeat. Wang Yan struck him off the arena with one sword, leaving Lu Tianxing humiliated again.

• Lu Tianxing recognized Wang Yan on the spirit stele and decided he could finally avenge his former loss.
• Wang Yan ignored Lu Tianxing's taunts and raised his sword, determined not to disappoint his Master.
• Lu Tianxing attacked Wang Yan, confident that the Dragon Soul Pills had made him stronger.
• Wang Yan knocked Lu Tianxing out of the arena with a single sword strike.
• Wang Yan told the humiliated Lu Tianxing that they truly no longer belonged to the same world.

Wang Yan defeated Lu Tianxing with one strike, while Lin Xingzhou’s victory over Shen Li revealed another major upset at the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition. Chu Jianchen lost to Lei Yuan, but his fellow disciple Su Lianxin faced the same opponent and left everyone stunned when Lei Yuan ended up on the ground.

• Wang Yan walked away after defeating Lu Tianxing, who collapsed from anger and despair over how far Wang Yan had surpassed him.
• Lin Xingzhou of the Galan Sect defeated Shen Li, shocking the crowd and privately intending to claim the top three places with his fellow disciples.
• Lei Yuan knocked Chu Jianchen out of Arena Five, leaving the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciple devastated by his loss and its consequences.
• Su Lianxin refused Lei Yuan’s offer to surrender and faced his charging attack in the arena.
• The crowd and Chu Jianchen saw that Lei Yuan, not Su Lianxin, had fallen and was struggling to get up.

Su Lianxin defeated Lei Yuan with a single sword strike, while Wang Yan won another match against a top-hundred prodigy, earning the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples’ respect. The next round paired Wang Yan against Li Jing'an, a formidable top-twenty contender.

• Su Lianxin knocked Lei Yuan off the stage, and he conceded defeat after recognizing that she had shown mercy.
• Wang Yan defeated a prodigy ranked eighty-first in the first round, impressing the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples and renewing their hopes of winning the wager.
• Lin Xuan praised Wang Yan and urged him to focus on surpassing himself rather than comparing himself with his senior sisters.
• The spirit stele announced Wang Yan’s next opponent, Li Jing'an, a Heavenly Profound Realm First Level prodigy from the Dawn Empire and a top-twenty championship contender.

Wang Yan lost to Li Jing'an after enduring a fierce assault, and Lin Xuan healed him and reassured him that he had done well. Li Jing'an then drew Su Lianxin as his next opponent, and she prepared to face him.

• Wang Yan entered the arena to face Li Jing'an despite expecting to lose.
• Li Jing'an attacked viciously, but Wang Yan held out for a quarter of an hour and forced him to use his full strength.
• Li Jing'an struck Wang Yan again after he was already falling from the arena, leaving him badly injured.
• Su Lianxin brought Wang Yan back to Lin Xuan, who healed him and told him not to blame himself.
• Li Jing'an drew Su Lianxin as his next opponent, and she reacted with a cold smile.

After Lin Xuan ordered Su Lianxin to cripple Li Jing'an, she defeated him in the arena and destroyed his Dantian to avenge Wang Yan. The Li Household threatened retaliation, but Su Lianxin returned calmly to her seat, while Lin Xuan showed no concern about the consequences.

• Lin Xuan told Su Lianxin to cripple Li Jing'an, and she accepted before entering the arena.
• Li Jing'an mocked Su Lianxin and charged at her, but she broke through his defenses and pierced and twisted his Dantian, reducing him to a mortal.
• Su Lianxin reminded Li Jing'an that he had invoked the arena's rules when he injured Wang Yan, then blamed his defeat on his weakness.
• Li Household retainers carried off Li Jing'an and threatened Su Lianxin, while onlookers feared the Li Household's King Realm Eighth Level ancestor would retaliate.
• Su Lianxin returned to Wang Yan and said she had avenged him; Lin Xuan praised her and dismissed the Li Household's threat.

The third round of the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition began as Yunyi defeated Prince Jinyang with her Zither Intent and Sword Intent, forcing him to concede. Lin Xingzhou then challenged third-ranked Jing Zang.

• The contestants advanced to the third round, where they could challenge one another and take their opponents' rankings.
• Prince Jinyang challenged Yunyi, expecting to defeat her and later overcome Su Lianxin.
• Yunyi trapped Jinyang with Sword Intent carried through her zither music, and he conceded rather than risk dying.
• The other heaven's chosen realized Yunyi wielded both Zither Intent and Sword Intent as she returned to her place.
• Lin Xingzhou leaped onto the platform and challenged Jing Zang for third place.

Lin Xingzhou defeated Jing Zang, the second-place contestant, and the top-ranked Shi Ming in quick succession, then mocked the assembled prodigies. The chapter ended as Yunyi stepped onto the arena to challenge him.

• Lin Xingzhou challenged Jing Zang and knocked him out of the arena with a swift attack.
• Lin Xingzhou called out the second-place contestant, kicked him off the arena, and laughed at his fall.
• Lin Xingzhou challenged Shi Ming and overwhelmed him, sending the top-ranked prodigy crashing out of the arena.
• Lin Xingzhou declared that his strength ranked last among his martial brothers and insulted the defeated contestants and spectators.
• Yunyi appeared onstage with an ancient zither and challenged Lin Xingzhou to prove his strength.

Yunyi defeated Lin Xingzhou with her zither, and Qu Youmeng overcame Shi Zhen despite his poison. Su Lianxin challenged Ao Tai, whose Heavenly Profound Third Layer cultivation was revealed as the fight began.

• Yunyi struck Lin Xingzhou with her zither notes and sent him flying off the platform.
• Shi Zhen tried to stop Yunyi, but Qu Youmeng challenged him and defeated him, turning his own poison against him and severing one of his arms.
• Ao Tai confronted Qu Youmeng over Shi Zhen’s defeat, but Su Lianxin mounted the platform and mocked him.
• Ao Tai erupted with killing intent and revealed that he had reached the Heavenly Profound Third Layer.

Su Lianxin defeated Ao Tai and secured first place in the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition, while Yunyi and Qu Youmeng took second and third, completing a sweep for the Jade Balance Sword Palace. The results left the rival sects reeling, especially the Jade Pivotal Star Sword Palace and Azure Yang Sword Sect, which regretted their earlier choices and wagers.

• Su Lianxin defeated Ao Tai in a swift sword duel and announced the match was over.
• Qu Youmeng conceded, and Yunyi admitted she could not defeat Senior Sister Lianxin.
• No one challenged Su Lianxin, and the Jade Balance Sword Palace claimed the top three places with Su Lianxin first, Yunyi second, and Qu Youmeng third.
• Fairy Cold Moon reminded the Jade Pivotal Star Sword Palace elder of their fifty-million-Spirit-Stone wager, leaving the elder distraught.
• Sect Master Xuanyang regretted that the Azure Yang Sword Sect had abandoned Wang Yan and the others, imagining they could have won the competition instead.

The Heron Empire learned that the Jade Balance Sword Palace had swept the top three places in the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition. The Jade Pivotal Star Sword Palace’s palace master then discovered her sect had placed forty-sixth and hoped the Li Clan’s anger at Su Lianxin would let her avoid paying fifty million Spirit Stones.

• The Heron Empire’s imperial steward read the rankings and realized his empire’s Jade Balance Sword Palace had taken the top three places, with Yunyi among its members.
• The Jade Pivotal Star Sword Palace’s palace master welcomed her returning disciples and learned that her sect had placed forty-sixth in the competition.
• The team elder told the palace master that the Jade Balance Sword Palace had swept the top three, making their fifty-million-Spirit-Stone wager a loss.
• The palace master examined the rankings and despaired over the money she owed.
• The team elder explained that Su Lianxin had crippled Li Jing’an with one sword strike, and the palace master hoped the Li Clan’s retaliation would keep the Jade Balance Sword Palace too occupied to demand payment.

After the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition, Yunyi rejected her father’s plan for her to join the Thousand Sounds Pavilion and returned to the Jade Balance Sword Palace. Lin Xuan distributed the disciples’ prizes and received an eighth-rank pill and an Imperial Grade Spirit Sword in return.

• Yun Donglai urged Yunyi to leave the Jade Balance Sword Palace and accept the Thousand Sounds Pavilion elder’s offer, but Yunyi refused and departed despite his anger.
• Yunyi returned to the spirit boat, where Lin Xuan praised the disciples for sweeping the competition’s top three places.
• Lin Xuan gave Su Lianxin’s sixth-rank cultivation pill to Wang Yan, triggering a return of a nine-pattern Ultimate Dao Spirit Fusion Pill.
• Lin Xuan gave Yunyi’s sixth-tier spirit sword to Wang Yan, triggering a seventh-tier spirit sword in return.

Lin Xuan distributed the tournament rewards and received a powerful pill through his investment rebate, while the Li Household learned that Li Jing'an had been crippled. Enraged, Li Tiantong led more than fifty King Realm cultivators toward the Heron Empire, putting the Jade Balance Sword Palace in grave danger.

• Lin Xuan gave Wang Yan the pill and treasured sword, then gave Qu Youmeng’s Origin Sword Pill to Su Lianxin and received a six-marking Supreme Sword Heart Pill through a rebate.
• The Li Household patriarch learned that Li Jing'an had been crippled and ordered servants to notify the ancestor.
• Li Tiantong emerged from seclusion, and powerful figures across the Dawn Empire sensed his formidable presence.
• The Li Household sent spirit boats carrying more than fifty King Realm cultivators toward the Heron Empire, with Li Tiantong at the front.

Chen Xiong announced that Su Lianxin, Yunyi, and Qu Youmeng had swept the top three at the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition, astonishing the Jade Balance Sword Palace. At the Azure Yang Sword Sect, Ancestor Xuanjian learned that Lu Tianxing had lost to Wang Yan and that the champions were Lin Xuan’s disciples, then collapsed from shock and regret over expelling them.

• Chen Xiong told the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples that Su Lianxin, Yunyi, and Qu Youmeng had taken the top three places at the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition.
• Ancestor Xuanjian summoned Lu Tianxing and Sect Master Xuanyang and angrily learned that Lu Tianxing had failed to make the top hundred.
• Sect Master Xuanyang revealed that Wang Yan had defeated Lu Tianxing but had also been eliminated before the top hundred.
• Sect Master Xuanyang told Ancestor Xuanjian that Su Lianxin, Yunyi, and Qu Youmeng were Lin Xuan’s disciples and Wang Yan’s senior and junior sisters.
• Ancestor Xuanjian coughed up blood, collapsed unconscious, and regretted expelling Lin Xuan and his disciples.

After the Jade Balance Sword Palace celebrated its top-three finish in the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition, Lin Xuan prepared to cultivate before the Void Realm opened. His plans were interrupted when a powerful Li Household fleet arrived, threatening the sect over its young master's crippling.

• Xuan Mo, Chu Jianchen, and the other disciples regretted resenting Su Lianxin and her companions after they brought glory to the Jade Balance Sword Palace.
• Lin Xuan decided to enter secluded cultivation so he could prepare for the Void Realm and its treasures, including rumored Thearch weapons.
• As Lin Xuan returned to begin cultivation, he sensed powerful presences approaching the Jade Balance Sword Palace.
• People across the Heron Empire saw dozens of spirit boats carrying more than fifty King Realm experts and feared the arrival signaled disaster.
• Fairy Cold Moon, Chen Xiong, Grand Elder Lu Ming, and the others gathered as the Li Household fleet approached, and Fairy Cold Moon said they had arrived.

The Li Household’s ancestor, Li Tiantong, attacked the Jade Balance Sword Palace, but palace master Heavenly Venerable Yunli effortlessly stopped his strike with one finger. The Li Household and the watching experts realized she was an Emperor Realm expert, leaving Li Tiantong to face the consequences of threatening her sect.

• Li Tiantong led the Li Household’s spirit vessels to the Jade Balance Sword Palace and attacked its main hall with a powerful starlight strike.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli appeared before the sect-protecting formation and neutralized the attack with one finger.
• The watching experts and Jade Balance Sword Palace elders realized Yunli might be an Emperor Realm expert, and Chen Xiong celebrated that the sect was safe.
• Li Tiantong bowed to Yunli and asked about her connection to the Jade Balance Sword Palace.
• Yunli identified herself as the palace master, and the Li Household members were horrified to learn they had threatened an Emperor Realm expert.

Heavenly Venerable Yunli destroyed the Li Household's invading force, while Lin Xuan advanced to King Realm Thirteenth Layer and established the Sword Pavilion before resuming seclusion to refine a spirit sword. As the Void Realm expedition began preparations, Nangong Yaoyue also set out, intent on rising in the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

• Heavenly Venerable Yunli killed the Li Household Ancestor and more than fifty King Realm cultivators with a single arrow, ending their invasion of the Jade Balance Sword Palace.
• Lin Xuan returned to seclusion, consumed two pills, and later broke through to King Realm Thirteenth Layer with Sixth Layer Sword Intent.
• Lin Xuan learned that Su Lianxin and his other disciples, including Wang Yan, had reached the Heavenly Profound Realm, then told Heavenly Venerable Yunli to travel to the Void Realm ahead of him.
• Lin Xuan formally established the Sword Pavilion, appointed Heavenly Venerable Yunli its First Sword Master, and named his disciples and Youmeng True Disciples.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli and Fairy Cold Moon prepared to lead their group to the Void Realm, while Nangong Yaoyue left with the Chiyao Heavenly Palace party, determined to improve her Hidden Dragon Ranking position.

Lin Xuan traveled toward the Void Realm aboard a Many Treasures Merchant Association spirit boat while continuing his unsuccessful attempt to refine his spirit sword. He discovered that a disguised passenger named Youying had an orange-grade Wood Ancestor Spirit Body, and the chapter ended with four King Realm cultivators from the Thousand Flames Demon Sect blocking the boat to capture him.

• Lin Xuan boarded a first-class spirit boat to the Void Realm so he could keep refining his spirit sword during the journey.
• At a stop in an imperial capital, Lin Xuan used the system to identify a black-robed passenger named Youying as a gravely wounded King Realm cultivator with a Wood Ancestor Spirit Body.
• Youying boarded the boat, unaware that Lin Xuan had seen through his disguise and learned that the Thousand Flames Demon Sect was hunting him.
• Two days later, four advanced-stage King Realm cultivators from the Thousand Flames Demon Sect appeared ahead of the boat and blocked its path.
• Youying realized the sect had identified his location and feared that he was doomed, since he was badly wounded and outmatched.