Chapter Summaries

Su Lianxin recognized Su Ditian as the man whose body carried the Su Ancestor's Thearch Blood stolen from her. As Baili Liancheng challenged Su Ditian for first place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, Su Lianxin watched with scorn, thinking that Su Ditian would eventually have to return what he had taken.

• Su Lianxin recalled meeting Su Ditian at the Su Household's main branch and suppressed her anger after realizing he possessed her stolen Su Ancestor's Thearch Blood.
• Baili Liancheng arrived with his group and confronted Su Ditian over the fortuitous opportunity.
• Su Ditian taunted Baili Liancheng for never challenging him, provoking him to accept a fight for first place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• The crowd watched as Baili Liancheng and Su Ditian prepared to fight.
• Su Lianxin observed Su Ditian's confidence with mockery and thought that what he had stolen would have to be returned.

Su Ditian defeated Baili Liancheng with ease as Su Lianxin left, determined to reclaim what she had lost. Later, Lin Xuan and Wu Liang reached a grove of spirit trees, where Lin Xuan spotted someone familiar.

• Su Ditian wounded Baili Liancheng and mocked him after proving the gap between them.
• Su Lianxin left with Qu Youmeng and her junior brothers and sisters, vowing to take back what belonged to her.
• Su Ditian noticed the departing woman in white and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
• Lin Xuan and Wu Liang explored the Void Realm and followed other cultivators to a grove of spirit trees.
• Lin Xuan prepared to leave the crowded grove, then stopped when he recognized someone among the trees.

Lin Xuan arrived at the spirit trees and drove away the cultivators threatening the Jade Balance Sword Palace, securing its spot. Ancestor Xuanjian watched Lin Xuan’s overwhelming display of power and was left regretting that he had expelled him from the Azure Yang Sword Sect.

• Ancestor Xuanjian tried to share the spirit tree with a stronger group, but their leader refused and forced the Azure Yang Sword Sect to leave.
• Lin Xuan and Wu Liang arrived at the Jade Balance Sword Palace’s spirit tree, where Lu Ming and his disciples were locked in a dispute.
• Lin Xuan ordered the rival group to leave, and his terrifying presence sent them fleeing.
• Lu Ming and the Jade Balance Sword Palace disciples were relieved, while nearby cultivators wondered whether Lin Xuan had reached the Emperor Realm.
• The Azure Yang Sword Sect recognized Lin Xuan, and Ancestor Xuanjian silently regretted expelling him.

After parting from Wu Liang, Lin Xuan traveled north through the Void Realm and discovered that the area had become eerily empty of cultivators. He rescued three human King Realm cultivators from five strange beings, then learned that the other races had appeared suddenly and begun slaughtering humans.

• Lin Xuan left the Jade Balance Sword Palace and agreed with Wu Liang to explore the Void Realm separately.
• Lin Xuan traveled north for several days but found no fortuitous opportunity and noticed that he had encountered no cultivators that day.
• Lin Xuan saw five dark-red, horned beings pursuing three human King Realm cultivators and stopped them with his presence.
• The five beings abandoned the pursuit and left after sensing Lin Xuan's strength.
• The three rescued cultivators told Lin Xuan that the other races had appeared suddenly and started slaughtering humans.

After learning that powerful, unknown races were hunting humans throughout the Void Realm, Lin Xuan killed every one he encountered and headed toward a mountain range teeming with them. The chapter ended as one of the other races discovered a group of four young human cultivators hiding in a tree.

• Three King Realm cultivators told Lin Xuan that the other races were targeting humans and had overwhelmed them despite being at a lower cultivation level.
• Lin Xuan let the three cultivators, including Wei He, leave without accepting their offered Storage Bags.
• As he traveled north, Lin Xuan killed the other-race cultivators he encountered and observed their unusual, powerful bodies.
• Lin Xuan flew toward a mountain range where large numbers of the other races were hunting human cultivators.
• Four young cultivators hid inside an ancient tree as an other-race presence descended and left them terrified.

Lin Xuan arrived as a horned Emperor Realm being threatened the hidden human cultivators and killed him and the other enemy experts with two sword strikes. The humans watched in astonishment as Lin Xuan’s victory gave them a chance to hope.

• The hidden human cultivators recognized the horned being as a powerful enemy who had slaughtered human King Realm experts and feared he would discover them.
• Lin Xuan arrived, and the horned Emperor Realm being fixed on him with killing intent.
• The horned being attacked Lin Xuan with scarlet ghostly figures, but Lin Xuan split him and the mountains behind him with one sword strike.
• Lin Xuan swept his sword again and killed the dozen or so remaining enemy experts.
• The hidden human cultivators watched Lin Xuan’s victory with excitement and worship, seeing a human defeat the other races for the first time.

Lin Xuan agreed to head to the Dazzling Stone Forest, where human cultivators were fighting the other races. The humans were being overwhelmed, and the arrival of a second other-race Emperor Realm expert left the battle on the brink of disaster.

• A wounded human cultivator asked Lin Xuan to reinforce the fighting at the Dazzling Stone Forest, and Lin Xuan agreed after asking for directions.
• Lin Xuan set off while the rescued cultivators thanked him and stayed behind.
• At the Dazzling Stone Forest, human cultivators fought desperately against stronger other-race forces amid heavy casualties.
• Four human Emperor Realm experts struggled against a single other-race Emperor Realm expert, who held the upper hand and rapidly healed his wounds.
• A second three-horned other-race Emperor Realm expert arrived, frightening the humans watching the battle.

A young man in white named Lin Xuan arrived on the battlefield and struck the Emperor Realm Eighth Stage alien with a single sword blow, severely injuring him. The aliens and humans alike were left stunned when they sensed Lin Xuan’s cultivation was only around the Emperor Realm First or Second Stage.

• An Emperor Realm Ninth Stage alien arrived, crushing the humans’ morale as the four human Emperor Realm cultivators struggled to face the new threat.
• A heaven-shaking sword-ray swept across the battlefield, annihilating the aliens in its path while leaving the humans unharmed.
• The sword-ray struck the Emperor Realm Eighth Stage alien and hurled him out of the battlefield, leaving his chest bloodied and his presence weakened.
• The humans and aliens saw Lin Xuan approach with an Emperor-grade spirit sword and realized he had unleashed the strike.
• The Emperor Realm Eighth Stage alien sensed Lin Xuan’s cultivation was only around the Emperor Realm First or Second Stage and could not believe a human of such low cultivation had wounded him.

Lin Xuan overwhelmed two powerful otherworlder Emperor Realm fighters while the four human Emperor Realm experts turned the tide by slaughtering the enemy forces. After Lin Xuan’s sword strike annihilated thousands of otherworlders, the ninth-level enemy called for reinforcements from Elder Yi and Elder Qi.

• Lin Xuan fought an eighth-level and a ninth-level otherworlder Emperor Realm expert at once, wounding both while refusing the four human Emperor Realm experts’ help.
• Lin Xuan sent the four human experts to clear the battlefield, and they began slaughtering the otherworlders.
• Lin Xuan’s sword strike destroyed hundreds upon thousands of otherworlders, including King Realm fighters, and strengthened the human cultivators’ hope of victory.
• The two otherworlder Emperor Realm experts realized they could not defeat Lin Xuan and decided to summon Elder Yi and Elder Qi.
• The ninth-level otherworlder crushed a signal object, releasing scarlet smoke to call for reinforcements.

On the Crimson Wasteland battlefield, Shi Hong and Wu Yu struggled against Elder Qi while the other races slaughtered the humans. Just as Shi Hong prepared to sacrifice his life to use the Gloomy Moon Secret Technique, Elder Qi abruptly left, allowing the humans to turn the battle around and plan to pursue him.

• Shi Hong and Wu Yu fought Elder Qi while human forces suffered heavy losses, including the deaths of five of Shi Hong’s eight disciples.
• Shi Hong told Wu Yu he would use the Gloomy Moon Secret Technique to weaken Elder Qi, even though doing so would cost him his life.
• Before Shi Hong could activate the technique, Elder Qi suddenly flew away after apparently receiving a message.
• Shi Hong urged the humans to attack the now-leaderless enemy forces, and he and Wu Yu swooped down to lead the counterattack.
• After turning the battle around, Shi Hong and Wu Yu agreed to follow Elder Qi and find out what had happened.

Lin Xuan effortlessly defeated attacks from five nonhuman Emperor Realm cultivators, but a powerful royal-blooded newcomer arrived and challenged him. The Nineteenth Highness stepped forward to fight Lin Xuan, his presence nearing the Venerable level.

• Three nonhuman Emperor Realm cultivators arrived and joined the two fighting Lin Xuan, surrounding him.
• Lin Xuan struck down two of the newcomers with a single sword slash, shocking the humans and nonhumans alike.
• Another nonhuman Emperor Realm cultivator arrived, bearing a purple-gold horn and commanding the five Emperors to retreat.
• The five nonhuman Emperors addressed the newcomer as the Nineteenth Highness and endured his contemptuous scolding.
• The Nineteenth Highness revealed himself as the nonhumans' king's nineteenth son and moved to face Lin Xuan, unleashing a presence approaching Venerable level.

Lin Xuan pierced the Nineteenth Highness through the chest with one sword strike, forcing him and the five nonhuman Emperor Realm experts to flee. Lin Xuan pursued them as the remaining nonhumans scattered and the human cultivators hailed him as a heaven's chosen.

• The Nineteenth Highness charged at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan struck him through the chest with One Sword Overturns Heaven.
• The Nineteenth Highness survived the blow but realized he could not defeat Lin Xuan, then used a life-saving Cultivation Method to flee.
• The five nonhuman Emperor Realm experts followed the Nineteenth Highness and ran from Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan pursued the fleeing nonhumans while the remaining nonhumans fell into chaos and scattered.
• Ruoli watched Lin Xuan in awe and wondered how Nangong Yaoyue would react to seeing him.
• The human cultivators admired Lin Xuan for turning the battle through his strength alone.

Lin Xuan captured the Nineteenth Highness but paused his interrogation after sensing a gathering of otherworlders at the Star Silver Tidal Flat. There, the Sixty-third Highness used the captive Yan Shan as bait, and Lin Xuan walked into the trap despite her warning.

• Lin Xuan pursued and captured the injured Nineteenth Highness after the otherworlder failed to escape.
• At the Star Silver Tidal Flat, the Sixty-third Highness held Mystic Ranking cultivator Yan Shan captive beneath a massive tree and planned to lure human cultivators to her rescue.
• The Sixty-third Highness ordered his King Realm and Emperor Realm forces to hide their presences, leaving himself and Yan Shan visible as bait.
• Lin Xuan sensed the gathered otherworlders and headed toward the tidal flat, where Yan Shan recognized him and shouted for him to run.
• Several King Realm otherworlders appeared and surrounded Lin Xuan while the Sixty-third Highness watched, and Yan Shan feared Lin Xuan would be killed.

Lin Xuan rescued Yan Shan and overwhelmed the otherworldly forces, capturing the sixty-third prince and another royal to use as bait. After giving Yan Shan a healing pill, he crushed a jade token and sensed a response from the eastern horizon.

• Lin Xuan revealed that he held the captured nineteenth prince, prompting a hidden Emperor Realm otherworlder to attack him.
• Lin Xuan killed the attacker and the surrounding otherworlders with one slash, then caught and crippled the fleeing sixty-third prince.
• Lin Xuan freed Yan Shan and pinned the sixty-third prince and another purple-gold-horned otherworlder to the tree, intending to lure their allies into rescuing them.
• Yan Shan thanked Lin Xuan, took his healing pill, and began recovering while he waited to hunt more otherworlders.
• Lin Xuan crushed a jade token he had taken from the sixty-third prince and looked toward the eastern horizon as he sensed something.

Lin Xuan left Yan Shan under the protection of his Demonic Shadow Clone and captured another otherworldly prince after arriving at a battle in the eastern Void Realm. The Sixty-Seventh Prince recognized the Nineteenth Prince among Lin Xuan’s captives and was stunned by Lin Xuan’s apparent strength.

• Lin Xuan left Yan Shan to heal while his Demonic Shadow Clone guarded her, then sped east toward another otherworldly prince.
• The Sixty-Seventh Prince overwhelmed Ji Heng, Jiang Wu, and Meng Keran despite all four being at the King Realm First Layer.
• Lin Xuan appeared on the battlefield and crippled the Sixty-Seventh Prince with a single move before carrying him away.
• Lin Xuan returned beneath the giant tree, where the Sixty-Seventh Prince saw the captured Nineteenth Prince and Sixty-Third Prince.
• The Sixty-Seventh Prince realized Lin Xuan had captured his powerful Nineteenth Prince and wondered how someone who seemed below the Emperor Realm could do it.

Lin Xuan waited beneath the tree where he had pinned three nonhuman royals, killing every nonhuman who came to rescue them. When a nonhuman Venerable arrived, Lin Xuan annihilated him with a single sword strike and asked the shocked Your Highness Nineteen what he planned to do next.

• Lin Xuan rested beneath the tree while the three captured nonhuman royals remained pinned and helpless.
• Nonhumans drawn by the royals’ blood and Your Highness Sixty-Three’s crushed jade token tried to rescue them, but Lin Xuan killed them all.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful presence approaching from the east, and Yan Shan recognized it as a Venerable while Your Highness Nineteen rejoiced at the prospect of rescue.
• The five-horned nonhuman Venerable charged Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan’s sword strike dissolved him completely, annihilating his body and soul.
• Lin Xuan sheathed his sword and asked Your Highness Nineteen what he meant to do after tearing Lin Xuan’s corpse apart.

Lin Xuan slaughtered nonhumans in the Void Realm and learned from Wu Liang that they belonged to the Blood River Holy Clan, which came from another world. As the Void Realm began to close, Lin Xuan prepared to send a clone disguised as a dead royal undercover to investigate their origins and hostility toward humans.

• Lin Xuan killed a Venerable with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array, then spent several days slaughtering nonhumans on the Star Silver Tidal Flat.
• Lin Xuan sent Yan Shan away, and she left without saying what she had seemed ready to tell him.
• Wu Liang arrived with a reconstructed body and revealed that he had recovered to the half-step Thearch Realm.
• Wu Liang told Lin Xuan that the nonhumans called themselves the Blood River Holy Clan and came from another world through a passage into the Void Realm.
• Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Demon Shadow to possess the dead Your Highness Sixty-Three and planned to send the clone undercover among the nonhumans.
• Wu Liang gave Lin Xuan a secret disguise technique that could imitate presence, allowing the clone to better pass as Your Highness Sixty-Three.

Lin Xuan sent his other-race avatar, Your Highness Sixty-Three, into the Void Realm, where it appeared before Li Fufeng and a group of humans cornered by other-race pursuers. The humans feared the powerful royal had arrived to finish them off.

• Lin Xuan confirmed that Your Highness Sixty-Three carried the scent of the other races and prepared to send it away.
• Li Fufeng fled with human cultivators as other-race beings hunted them toward the edge of the Void Realm.
• Yu Chen urged the humans to fight to the death, and Li Fufeng drew her sword while thinking of Lin Xuan.
• Your Highness Sixty-Three appeared before the humans, and the other-race pursuers knelt to greet him.
• Your Highness Sixty-Three recognized Li Fufeng, while she and the other humans feared they had no chance of surviving.

The sixty-third prince saved the human cultivators in the Void Realm by killing every member of the other races, leaving Li Fufeng suspicious of his motives. After the realm reopened, Chen Xiao reunited with the Sword Pavilion disciples and discovered that Lin Xuan was their young Pavilion Master.

• The sixty-third prince slaughtered the other races and left the surviving humans unharmed, baffling them.
• Li Fufeng noticed the sixty-third prince showed no hatred toward humans and kept her suspicions to herself.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli and the other cultivators left the Void Realm and reunited with Yunyi and Wang Yan.
• Lin Xuan arrived and asked Heavenly Venerable Yunli whether she had followed his instructions; she presented Chen Xiao as a rare talent.
• Su Lianxin eagerly reported her gains to Lin Xuan, and Chen Xiao bowed to pay his respects after learning Lin Xuan was the Pavilion Master.

Lin Xuan welcomed Demon Emperor Chongming, Wu Liang, and named him the Sword Pavilion’s vice pavilion master, shocking Heavenly Venerable Yunli and the disciples. As Lin Xuan prepared to return with the others, someone burst from the realm gate calling for him to save them.

• Lin Xuan recognized Chen Xiao’s talent and noticed someone approaching through the realm gate.
• Wu Liang arrived with a terrifying presence, and Lin Xuan told him to rein it in so he would not frighten the disciples.
• Lin Xuan introduced Wu Liang as Vice Pavilion Master Chongming, leaving Heavenly Venerable Yunli and Chen Xiao stunned by his strength.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli began to report unusual events in the Void Realm, but Lin Xuan said they would discuss them after returning.
• Lin Xuan wondered where Youying had gone when several figures rushed from the realm gate and one shouted for him to save them.