Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian learned that the Lin Lineage planned to hand him over as a cultivation cauldron, while his countdown to receiving a sword continued. After Lin Yu killed Xiaolian and the Lin servants forced him back toward the residence, Lin Tian suddenly attacked the maid who had betrayed her.

• Lin Tian received Xiaolian's letter asking him to flee with her, but suspected the Lin Lineage had set a trap and heard his predecessor's final plea to check on her.
• Lin Tian left his courtyard and went to the hidden path on the back mountain, where Lin Yu appeared holding Xiaolian's severed head.
• Lin Tian took Xiaolian's head and mourned her, but Lin Yu stomped on it when Lin Tian asked for time to bury her.
• Aunt Wang and the servants ordered Lin Tian back to the residence, mocking him and celebrating the rewards they expected when he became the Joyous Immortal Sect's cultivation cauldron.
• Lin Tian recognized the round-faced maid who had delivered Xiaolian's letter and seized her face, leaving the gathered servants stunned.

Lin Tian waited for the countdown to end while the Lin family prepared to receive Li Musheng of the Joyous Immortal Sect and collect its promised rewards. When his power surged to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and an azure sword appeared, Lin Tian turned it on Aunt Wang, leaving her fate unclear.

• Lin Tian crushed Xiaocui's cheeks before Lin Yu stopped him, and Lin Tian returned to the Lin residence as the countdown continued.
• Lin Ming and Lin Qingqian discussed the rewards the Lin family expected from Lin Tian's selection and how Body Opening Pills could benefit them.
• Li Musheng arrived at the Lin residence with the sect's promised gift, and Lin Luo sent Aunt Wang to fetch Lin Tian while he entertained the envoy.
• Lin Tian dragged Aunt Wang into his room, released her, and waited as the countdown reached zero and his cultivation rose to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Lin Tian crushed Aunt Wang's mouth underfoot, summoned an azure longsword, and drove its tip into her forehead.

Lin Tian killed Deacon Wang, Steward Li, and the servants who had abused him, then tortured and killed Lin Yu while his sword granted him rapid breakthroughs. He reached the Body Opening Realm, awakened the Heavenly Sword’s first divine ability and innate technique, and left the Joyous Immortal Sect envoy waiting in the main hall.

• Lin Tian named his sword the Heavenly Sword and killed Steward Li when he entered the room, gaining cultivation and sword comprehension.
• Lin Tian slaughtered the servants who had bullied him, sparing only the maid who had once shared her food with him.
• Lin Yu arrived and ordered Lin Tian to change for the Joyous Immortal Sect envoy, but Lin Tian attacked him and demanded to know how he had killed Xiaolian.
• Lin Tian severed Lin Yu’s limbs, tortured him, and killed him, causing the Heavenly Sword to advance to a Profound-Grade Spiritual Artifact and gain Tyranny.
• Lin Tian broke through to the Body Opening Realm, First Layer, and gained the innate sword technique One Sword to the Ends of the Earth while the envoy waited in the main hall.

Lin Tian arrived at the Lin family hall carrying Lin Yu’s head, then killed Lin Qingqian and provoked Lin Duo into attacking him. After Lin Tian slew Lin Duo and broke through to the Body Opening Realm Second Stage, the Joyous Immortal Sect envoy reconsidered sending him to the Holy Maiden.

• A servant reported that Lin Tian had killed Deacon Wang and the steward and severed both of Lin Yu’s arms, prompting Lin Luo to send elders to fetch him.
• Lin Tian approached the hall covered in blood, carrying Lin Yu’s head, while his former bullies watched in fear and hostility.
• After Lin Qingqian mocked him, Lin Tian killed her with a sword strike from afar.
• Lin Duo attacked Lin Tian but stopped short of killing him, and Lin Tian taunted him over his granddaughter’s death.
• Lin Duo lost control and attacked again, but Lin Tian killed him; the system increased Lin Tian’s sword sharpness and advanced his cultivation to the Body Opening Realm Second Stage.
• The envoy called Lin Tian a heaven’s chosen and questioned whether he should be left to the Holy Maiden, then appeared beside him.

Lin Tian was taken from the Lin estate by Li Musheng, who forced him to swallow a Moon God Pill and brought him to a town full of people dependent on its Sub-Pills. After the Heavenly Sword granted Lin Tian a method to expel poison, he discovered Li Musheng had sealed the town’s residents inside a barrier.

• Li Musheng stopped Lin Tian from burying Xiaolian and carried him away from the Lin estate, where Lin Luo and the elders decided to celebrate their gains from Lin Tian’s departure.
• Li Musheng forced Lin Tian to swallow a Moon God Pill that required monthly Sub-Pills, and the Heavenly Sword taught Lin Tian the Sword Heart Body Refining Art, which could expel poison.
• Li Musheng brought Lin Tian to a decaying town where hundreds of martial artists pleaded for Sub-Pills, then tossed a bottle to a beggar who fled with it as the crowd gave chase.
• A woman Li Musheng identified as his former Dao companion tried to approach Lin Tian before she left to seek Sub-Pills.
• Li Musheng formed runes around the town, and Lin Tian realized the resulting barrier trapped its residents like a cage.

Lin Tian entered the sealed town and survived an attack by a monstrous girl before seeking food and shelter from a poisoned woman. While heading to wash, he found the beggar who had taken a subsidiary pill dead beside the stream.

• Li Musheng warned Lin Tian that only forty-nine subsidiary pills would remain when he returned in thirty days, and Lin Tian entered the town through the barrier.
• A red-eyed girl disguised as a child offered Lin Tian a bun, then attacked him after he severed her arm; Lin Tian fled until she stopped chasing him.
• Lin Tian found a woman watching him through a courtyard wall, stabbed her, and demanded food and a place to bathe.
• The woman told Lin Tian about a stream in the backyard, where he spotted the beggar's mutilated corpse on the opposite bank.

Lin Tian learned that Li Musheng had trapped thousands of people in town and began cultivating the Sword Heart Body Refining Art, quickly comprehending a Sword Heart. At the Joyous Immortal Sect, Mu Yanwan learned Lin Tian had gone missing and revealed that he possessed an innate Dao body, while preparing to help Su Zheshan with her clan contest.

• Lin Tian questioned Ling Qiuzi about Li Musheng and learned that Li Musheng brought people to town each month, where the population stayed below a thousand.
• Lin Tian began cultivating the Sword Heart Body Refining Art and swiftly comprehended a Sword Heart, startling Ling Qiuzi and other people nearby.
• Li Musheng told Mu Yanwan that Lin Tian had disappeared after an encounter with the Azure Cloud Sect, and Mu Yanwan severed Li Musheng's right arm in anger.
• Mu Yanwan let Li Musheng leave after he invoked his father's protection, then revealed that she had disclosed Lin Tian's innate Dao body to try to save him.
• Su Zheshan reported that she had lost track of Li Musheng and Lin Tian, and Mu Yanwan promised to form a Dao body to accompany her to the Su Clan headship contest.

Lin Tian cultivated the Sword Heart Body Refining Art, strengthening his body and expelling some of the Moon God Pill poison, while Ling Qiuzi struggled with despair over her own condition. Senior Brother Li offered her a Sub-Pill, then attacked when she refused his advances and began dragging her away.

• Lin Tian used Sword Qi to temper his body, expelling some pill poison and gaining increased sword sharpness and a year of sword Dao comprehension.
• Ling Qiuzi reflected on the pill poison worsening her condition and despaired that she might never see her senior brother again.
• Senior Brother Li arrived with a Sub-Pill and offered it to Ling Qiuzi in exchange for intimacy.
• Ling Qiuzi refused the pill and told Senior Brother Li to leave after learning his dual cultivation Dao companion, Senior Sister Gu, had died.
• Senior Brother Li struck Ling Qiuzi, crushed her right shoulder, and seized her as she struggled helplessly.

Lin Tian confronted Senior Brother Li in the forest and killed him with a sword strike, gaining sharper swordsmanship and three years of sword Dao comprehension. He left Ling Qiuzi behind, and she swallowed a subsidiary pill to stop her agony.

• Senior Brother Li discovered Lin Tian’s sword aura and chased him into the forest with Ling Qiuzi bound in spiritual power.
• Lin Tian stopped fleeing and faced Senior Brother Li, who attacked him with a golden fist projection.
• Lin Tian cut Senior Brother Li in two with One Sword to the Ends of the Earth, and the Heavenly Sword gained thirty percent sharpness and gave him three years of sword Dao comprehension.
• Lin Tian left Ling Qiuzi behind, saying she resembled his maid.
• Ling Qiuzi searched Senior Brother Li’s corpse for a subsidiary pill, swallowed it, and felt the pill poison’s pain vanish.

Lin Tian continued refining his body and learned that the town’s captives were being drained of their blood Qi, though the reason remained unclear. After rejecting Hongyu’s invitation to become her favorite, he left to enter the forest, uncertain how the Void Penetration Realm expert would respond.

• Lin Tian cultivated through the night, purging pill toxins and impurities while reflecting on his sword techniques and the power of One Sword to the Ends of the Earth.
• Ling Qiuzi told Lin Tian that the mountain had farmland and that corpses inside the formation quickly became dried husks after their blood Qi was drained.
• A man named Young Master Bai entered the courtyard and said Lady Hongyu invited Lin Tian to become her new favorite, promising monthly subsidiary pills and protection.
• Lin Tian refused Hongyu’s invitation and used his killing intent to make Young Master Bai leave.
• Ling Qiuzi explained that Hongyu had many male pets and usually did not force men to join her, but those who refused eventually sought her out when their pill poison flared.
• Lin Tian told Ling Qiuzi to repair the courtyard walls and left through the back courtyard for the forest.

Lin Tian hunted vicious beasts in the forest, growing stronger as the Heavenly Sword gained power and sword Dao comprehension. After he killed a martial artist who attacked him, the grand formation seemed to react, and Lin Tian began comprehending Sword Momentum as the Heavenly Sword floated before him.

• Lin Tian found Senior Brother Li's corpse, then headed deeper into the forest and killed a Cold Nether Beast, earning sword upgrades and sword Dao comprehension.
• Lin Tian slew thirteen Cold Nether Beasts and several ordinary vicious beasts, raising his cultivation to the Body Opening Third Stage and improving the Heavenly Sword.
• Lin Tian pursued a giant demonic boar, but a disheveled man killed it first and mocked him.
• The disheveled man attacked Lin Tian, who broke his saber and killed him despite his warning that the grand formation punished excessive slaughter in Blood Town.
• Lin Tian sensed the formation's power intensify and sat down to cultivate; as he neared comprehension of Sword Momentum, the Heavenly Sword floated before him.

Lin Tian comprehended Sword Momentum while hunting ferocious beasts, and his achievement appeared on the Azure Sword Stele in the Sword Capital, attracting the attention of Lin Ming and Su Zheshan. Back in Blood Town, Lin Tian met a little girl Ling Qiuzi had taken in, then watched the grand formation turn scarlet and punish newcomers who had begun killing.

• Lin Tian comprehended Sword Momentum and tested its power without drawing the Heavenly Sword, then continued hunting ferocious beasts.
• The Azure Sword Stele ranked Lin Tian at one thousand three hundred and forty-second, listing his age, Innate Sword Heart, and Sword Momentum; Lin Ming and Su Zheshan recognized his name and reacted with surprise.
• Lin Tian returned to Blood Town with demon boar meat, learned Ling Qiuzi had taken in a little girl, and warned that no one could enter his room.
• Lin Tian reflected on his cultivation and the danger of trusting others, then shared the demon boar meal with Ling Qiuzi while the girl ate nearby.
• The grand formation turned scarlet and struck the newcomers with red lightning after they began killing, while Lin Tian questioned whether Ling Qiuzi knew the town's rules.

Lin Tian defended his courtyard from five men who tried to force their way in, maiming them with the Heavenly Sword. Elsewhere in Blood Town, Hongyu learned that Lin Tian had refused her and looked forward to seeing him beg when his pill poison erupted.

• Ling Qiuzi told Lin Tian that Li Musheng had reduced the monthly Sub-Pill allotment and that a fellow arrival had died after a pill-poison outbreak.
• Five men demanded that Lin Tian leave and surrender Ling Qiuzi, so Lin Tian opened the gate and crippled them with the Heavenly Sword.
• Two of the attackers fled into the neighboring courtyard, where its owner apparently crushed their limbs, while Lin Tian returned inside and asked about Xiaohong.
• The little girl said Xiaohong had protected her when she first arrived, but Ling Qiuzi said she did not know Xiaohong.
• Hongyu rejected three men brought to her as merchandise and learned that Lin Tian had refused to come to her.
• Hongyu said she wanted to see Lin Tian kneel and beg when his pill poison erupted.

Lin Tian spent twenty days hunting beasts, expelling the Moon God Pill’s poison, and advancing his cultivation and sword momentum while refugees gathered outside the forest. After returning to town, he forced Young Master Bai to kneel and wounded him, learning that Lady Hongyu considered Lin Tian her prey.

• Lin Tian accepted a robe Ling Qiuzi had sewn for him, then left to hunt in the forest.
• Lin Tian killed increasing numbers of beasts while refugees followed him and carried the carcasses away to feed their families.
• Over twenty days, Lin Tian nearly expelled the pill poison, reached the peak of the ninth level of the Body Opening Realm, and developed sword momentum powerful enough to wield with two fingers.
• Lin Tian encountered Young Master Bai and two companions in town and ordered Young Master Bai to kneel.
• Lin Tian used his sword momentum to force Young Master Bai down, stabbed his waist, and warned that the rules had kept him from killing him.
• Young Master Bai’s companions said they would report the attack to Lady Hongyu, but he told them Lin Tian was her prey and she was waiting for him to beg for mercy.

Lin Tian learned that he had an innate Sword Heart, drawing the attention of Li Shangjue and Zhantai Ling, while a mysterious white mask was sent to Ling Qiuzi. He took the mask and promised to compete for subsidiary pills for Ling Qiuzi and Qingcheng, leaving the mask’s purpose unknown.

• At Sword Capital, Zhantai Ling noticed Lin Tian’s rapid rise on the Azure Sword Ranking, and Li Shangjue realized Lin Tian had an innate Sword Heart that could qualify him to inherit Li Baiyi’s Seventh Peak legacy.
• A mysterious figure sent a white light toward a woman eating demonic pork, and Mu Yanwan failed to stop it before it vanished near Blood Town.
• The Heavenly Sword alerted Lin Tian to an unseen object that had struck Ling Qiuzi, who alone could see the white mask in her hand.
• Lin Tian took the mask from Ling Qiuzi and offered to compete for her monthly subsidiary pill, then promised to seize more pills for Qingcheng if circumstances allowed.
• Ling Qiuzi thanked Lin Tian and told Qingcheng to do the same, while Qingcheng complained that Lin Tian was ignoring her as he began eating.

Lin Tian entered the Extreme Realm, where he learned that his mask made him the new Zhenwu and accepted a deadly first mission alongside Ziwei. Meanwhile, Xihe sought help finding the Innate Dao Body she had previously located, but the Azure Emperor’s divination failed and left him injured.

• Lin Tian activated the blood-red mask and arrived in the Extreme Realm, where the Azure Emperor and Great Emperor of the North Pole explained its organization and named him Zhenwu.
• Xihe arrived and recognized Zhenwu’s mask, while the Azure Emperor introduced her as a Spirit Sea Realm cultivator.
• The Extreme Realm ordered Ziwei and Zhenwu to kill a thousand Thunder Bulls in the Ink Abyss Forest within six hours, warning that failure meant death.
• Ziwei panicked after learning Lin Tian was only in the Body Opening Realm, but Lin Tian eagerly entered the water gate with him.
• After they departed, Xihe told the Azure Emperor that the Innate Dao Body she had found had disappeared but was probably alive, and asked him to help locate him.
• The Azure Emperor tried to divine the man’s whereabouts, but a powerful person had concealed his presence, causing the Azure Emperor to spit blood.

Lin Tian and Ziwei emerged into Ink Abyss Forest amid a deadly Thunder Bull stampede, where Lin Tian found Lin Ming fleeing with Li Chan. After Lin Ming betrayed Li Chan, Lin Tian killed him and revealed his face before finishing him off as the beast tide closed in.

• Lin Tian and Ziwei passed through the water gate and saw cultivators being pursued by a tide of Thunder Bulls in Ink Abyss Forest.
• Lin Tian leaped down to intervene, and Ziwei followed as Lin Ming and the other Qi Refining students fled the beasts.
• Lin Ming pulled Li Chan to her feet after she fell, but then seized her Swift Movement Talisman and kicked her aside to escape alone.
• Lin Tian appeared before Lin Ming and cut him in half after Lin Ming cursed at him.
• Lin Tian revealed his face to Lin Ming, then killed him with a strike of Sword Qi while Li Chan watched the stampede approach.

Lin Tian fought a massive Thunder Bull herd, advancing his cultivation and strengthening the Heavenly Sword through slaughter while Ziwei supported him. After Tyranny helped him survive a reckless assault, Lin Tian retreated with Ziwei as the herd continued to pursue them.

• Lin Tian unleashed sword momentum against the Thunder Bulls, killing dozens and advancing to the Mystic Pill Realm as the Heavenly Sword gained Devour and he learned Heaven and Earth Sword Tribulation.
• Li Chan fled after Ziwei identified Lin Tian as Great Emperor Ziwei of Extreme Realm, while Lin Tian continued attacking and Ziwei joined the fight.
• Over nearly an hour, Lin Tian killed about three hundred Thunder Bulls, reached the fourth level of the Profound Core Realm, and gained growing resistance to lightning, while Ziwei killed far fewer.
• After a Thunder Bull severely injured him, Lin Tian activated Tyranny and slaughtered more of the herd as the Heavenly Sword devoured their blood Qi to restore his body.
• When Tyranny wore off and his injuries became critical, Lin Tian retreated, and Ziwei followed as they fought their way away from the still-pursuing herd.

Lin Tian and Ziwei recovered in a cave while a herd of Thunder Bulls stampeded toward Sword Capital, and they pursued the beasts after suspecting the Kui Bull needed the slaughter’s blood Qi to awaken. Sword Capital’s defenders prepared for battle as Dean Chen warned that the ancient Kui Bull might be hidden in Ink Abyss Forest.

• Lin Tian forced pooled blood from his wounds, and Ziwei gave him three medicines that quickly healed him and lent him a robe.
• Li Chan reached Sword Capital and warned the guards that thousands of lightning-wreathed beasts were approaching.
• Lin Tian and Ziwei heard the Kui Bull bellow from deep in Ink Abyss Forest, then reasoned that the Thunder Bulls were heading toward the city to gather blood Qi for its awakening.
• Lin Tian and Ziwei chased the Thunder Bulls toward Sword Capital to complete their mission before the city’s experts could defeat the herd.
• Sword Capital’s deputy general assembled soldiers and defenders, and Dean Chen explained that records linked the Kui Bull to Ink Abyss Forest and the Thunder Bulls.

Lin Tian and Ziwei fought through the Thunder Bull herd as Sword Capital’s defenders battled to protect the city. A powerful Kui Bull shattered the city walls, and Lin Tian and Ziwei escaped its attack before Lin Tian considered how many more Thunder Bulls they needed to kill to complete their mission.

• Lin Tian and Ziwei killed Thunder Bulls on the way to Sword Capital, and Lin Tian’s sword grew stronger as his cultivation rose.
• The city’s soldiers and cultivators fought the Thunder Bulls while Lin Tian continued killing them from behind the herd.
• The Kui Bull emerged and destroyed the city’s protective formation and walls, forcing Dean Chen and the sword cultivators to confront it as the deputy general led soldiers to protect civilians.
• Lin Tian sensed the Kui Bull’s attack and fled into the woods, where he and Ziwei escaped by lying still and playing dead.
• Lin Tian learned Ziwei had killed about 150 Thunder Bulls and asked how they could return after completing their mission.