Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian and Ziwei fought the Thunder Bulls as the beast tide overwhelmed Sword Capital, while the Kui Bull battled Dean Chen and the city’s defenders. The Extreme Realm announced that Lin Tian and Ziwei had completed their mission by killing one thousand Thunder Bulls.

• Lin Tian asked Ziwei about Kui Bull blood essence as they ran toward the city wall, and Ziwei explained its power and hoped to seize some.
• Lin Tian charged into the Thunder Bull herd and slaughtered the beasts while the deputy general and soldiers struggled to hold the line.
• The deputy general recognized Lin Tian as the Extreme Realm’s Zhenwu Great Emperor and leapt into the sky to help fight the Kui Bull.
• Thunder Bulls rampaged through Sword Capital, killing civilians as soldiers and some disciples tried to defend them or flee.
• Lin Tian continued killing Thunder Bulls, advancing to Mystic Core Sixth Layer as the Extreme Realm counted his and Ziwei’s total at one thousand and declared the mission complete.

Lin Tian realized the Kui Bull battle was a distraction and waited outside Sword Capital while Li Shangjue took charge of the fight. A second, more powerful Kui Bull burst from beneath the city, devastating it, and Ziwei fled as Lin Tian remained outside.

• Lin Tian healed his injuries and refused to enter Sword Capital, suspecting another Kui Bull was hidden underground.
• Li Shangjue arrived, wounded the first Kui Bull, and ordered the other fighters to protect the city’s people while he fought.
• A second Kui Bull’s roar came from inside the city, distracting Li Shangjue and allowing the first Kui Bull to strike him.
• The ground split open, destroying buildings and killing thousands as a larger Kui Bull emerged from beneath Sword Capital.
• Terrified by the second Kui Bull, Ziwei vanished and left Lin Tian behind.

Lin Tian seized all of the Kui Bull's blood essence while Li Shangjue fought two Kui Bulls, then used his Extreme Realm reward to advance the essence. The advancement triggered a violent lightning surge in his private room, where Lin Tian remained in pain as the chapter ended.

• Lin Tian took the Kui Bull's blood essence while Li Shangjue was occupied by two Kui Bulls and wounded a woman who tried to claim it.
• Ziwei returned to the Extreme Realm and admitted that Lin Tian had been the one to fight effectively during their mission.
• The Azure Emperor and Xihe learned that Lin Tian had survived and praised his strength, while speculating about his origins.
• Lin Tian received an A+ evaluation and rewards from the Extreme Realm, including three Advancement Jade Talismans.
• Lin Tian used all three Advancement Jade Talismans on the Kui Bull's blood essence, which released powerful lightning that struck him.

Lin Tian refined the Kui Bull essence blood into spirit essence and endured its painful transformation, strengthening both his physique and the Heavenly Sword. After returning to Blood Town, he told Ling Qiuzi he would enter secluded cultivation for several days.

• The Advancement Jade Talisman transformed the Kui Bull essence blood into spirit essence, and Lin Tian absorbed it.
• Lin Tian endured lightning and agony as the spirit essence purified and transformed his body.
• Xihe and the Azure Emperor left the lake, while Ziwei stayed behind, worried that Zhenwu had gone to the lower area without him.
• Lin Tian's physique strengthened, and the Heavenly Sword increased its toughness by ten percent as they cultivated together.
• Lin Tian returned to Blood Town, where Ling Qiuzi reassured Qingcheng that he was cultivating.
• At dawn, Lin Tian told Ling Qiuzi not to let anyone disturb him because he would be in secluded cultivation for several days.

Lin Tian absorbed the Kui Bull's essence soul and advanced his Sword Heart Body Refining Art, while Li Baiyi learned that Lin Tian had an innate sword heart and left the mountain to find him. In Blood Town, Hongyu sent Young Master Bai to bring Lin Tian to her, and he arrived with five helpers as Ling Qiuzi and Qingcheng waited at the courtyard.

• Lin Tian's physique transformed as he absorbed the Kui Bull's power, breaking through the first level of the Sword Heart Body Refining Art and increasing his sword damage by ten percent.
• Li Shangjue visited Li Baiyi and told him that Lin Tian had an innate sword heart and was treated as a lowly young master of the Lin Lineage.
• Li Baiyi erupted in anger over Lin Tian's treatment and left the mountain, sending sword light across the Sword Capital.
• Hongyu learned that Chen Lian had died, exposed Young Master Bai as his killer, and ordered him to fetch Lin Tian in exchange for sparing his life.
• Young Master Bai arrived at Lin Tian's courtyard with five helpers and ordered them to capture Lin Tian unharmed.

Young Master Bai and four cultivators forced their way into Lin Tian’s courtyard while he was secluded, injuring Ling Qiuzi and threatening Qingcheng. Lin Tian attacked from inside with the Heavenly Sword, maimed the intruders, and left them to clean up before sending Ling Qiuzi a Body-Healing Pill.

• Young Master Bai kicked Ling Qiuzi aside and led four cultivators into the courtyard to demand that Lin Tian come with them.
• When one cultivator grabbed Qingcheng, Lin Tian’s sword killed him instantly, alarming the others and activating the runic formation above the courtyard.
• Lin Tian sent the Heavenly Sword through the courtyard, severing the limbs of Young Master Bai and the remaining cultivators.
• Lin Tian ordered the injured men to clean the courtyard before leaving, and they gathered their severed limbs as they fled.
• Lin Tian sent Ling Qiuzi a Body-Healing Pill, and Qingcheng went inside after checking that Ling Qiuzi was unharmed.

Lin Tian cultivated with the Kui Bull's soul essence and negotiated with Ziwei to help him on an upcoming Extreme Realm mission in exchange for two Cloud Spirit Pills. At the Lin residence, a mourning-clad young man kicked a starving child nearly to death, but an old man healed him with Spiritual Qi.

• Lin Tian sensed that killing another person could trigger the rune formation's punishment, while his cultivation and physique continued to improve through the Kui Bull's soul essence.
• Ziwei asked Lin Tian to help with his next Extreme Realm mission, and Lin Tian agreed to help in exchange for two Cloud Spirit Pills.
• Azure Emperor explained that he had to join the campaign against the Wilderness after two Kui Bulls killed two hundred thousand Sword Capital residents.
• At the Lin residence, mourning-clad Chen Lian kicked a starving boy who had come to look at the food, leaving him near death.
• An old man appeared and used Spiritual Qi to restore the boy's crushed bones.

Li Baiyi rescued Chen Lian and his siblings, then punished the Lin Lineage after learning how they had treated his disciple, Lin Tian. Meanwhile, Young Master Bai reported Lin Tian to Hongyu and North Saber, but Hongyu ordered a servant to kill him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Li Baiyi revived Chen Lian, agreed to take him and his younger siblings along, and killed the servant who tried to stop him.
• Li Baiyi confronted Lin Luo and the Lin elders, who claimed Lin Tian was dead and disavowed him.
• Li Baiyi read their memories, learned how they had mistreated Lin Tian, and killed Lin Luo and several elders while threatening the Joyous Immortal Sect.
• Young Master Bai returned to Hongyu’s courtyard injured and accused Lin Tian of attacking him before Hongyu and North Saber.
• After hearing Young Master Bai’s account, Hongyu ordered a manservant to kill him, and Young Master Bai pleaded for his life.

North Saber and Hongyu suspected Lin Tian had found a way to remove Moon God Pill poison and planned to wait for Li Musheng's visit before deciding whether to force Lin Tian to reveal his method. As Ling Qiuzi went to seek Sub-Pills for herself and Qingcheng, Lin Tian lent her the spirit sword Heavenly Sword, whose Sword Qi silenced Liu Xiu's taunts.

• North Saber and Hongyu discussed Lin Tian's rapid cultivation and decided to observe Li Musheng's treatment of him before considering taking his cultivation technique.
• Lin Tian reached the ninth level of Mystic Core, and the Heavenly Sword tempered itself with Sword Qi.
• Ling Qiuzi told Lin Tian that Li Musheng would distribute Sub-Pills that day, and Lin Tian lent her the Heavenly Sword to help her obtain two pills for herself and Qingcheng.
• The Heavenly Sword struck Ling Qiuzi when she tried to grasp it, then allowed her to wrap it in cloth and place it in a carrying basket.
• Liu Xiu mocked Ling Qiuzi as she left to compete for Sub-Pills, but a terrifying surge of Sword Qi from the basket forced Liu Xiu to fall silent.

Lin Tian controlled the Heavenly Sword to protect Ling Qiuzi as Li Musheng arrived in Blood Town and distributed Sub-Pills, setting off a deadly scramble. Ling Qiuzi was attacked while trying to secure pills for herself, Qingcheng, and Lin Tian, but the sword in her basket saved her from the eerie little girl.

• Lin Tian finished absorbing the Kui Bull's spirit essence and used the Heavenly Sword to frighten Liu Xiu away from Ling Qiuzi's basket.
• Li Musheng arrived at Blood Town, gave a jade bottle of Sub-Pills to a man, and Hongyu cut off the man's arm before Chen Yu took the bottle and the crowd fought over the scattered pills.
• North Saber took a Sub-Pill, while Ling Qiuzi tried to claim one for Qingcheng and Lin Tian but was injured and then exposed by Liu Xiu.
• An eerie little girl seized Ling Qiuzi and trapped her with her blood-red gaze, but the sword in Ling Qiuzi's basket flashed out and severed the girl's arm.
• Ling Qiuzi realized Lin Tian's sword had saved her again, and a figure appeared before her.

Lin Tian took Sub-Pills from Blood Town’s fighters and wounded Chen Bi and Liu Xiu, then faced Hongyu and agreed to meet her in five days. After Lin Tian returned with Ling Qiuzi, Li Musheng entered the town and learned that Lin Tian was an unusually talented swordsman.

• Lin Tian severed Chen Bi’s limbs, took his Sub-Pill, and left him unable to speak.
• Lin Tian severed Liu Xiu’s limbs, then collected another man’s Sub-Pill and returned with Ling Qiuzi.
• Hongyu challenged Lin Tian and offered to help advance his cultivation through dual cultivation; Lin Tian asked her to wait five days.
• Lin Tian privately planned to use the delay to prepare for his Extreme Realm mission and strengthen himself before facing possible attackers.
• Li Musheng entered Blood Town and heard from Nannan that Lin Tian was a powerful swordsman whose cultivation advanced quickly.
• Li Musheng recalled Lin Tian’s Innate Dao Body and Azure Sword Stele recognition, then said that Blood Town meant death for him.

Ling Qiuzi served Lin Tian and Qingcheng a meal and osmanthus tea while Hongyu told Chen Yu and North Saber about the Yin-Yang Transference Art and her plan to seize Lin Tian’s physique. Hongyu intended to dual cultivate with Lin Tian in five days, then use the power she gained to reach the Soul Palace realm and break Blood Town’s formation.

• Ling Qiuzi gave Qingcheng a Sub-Pill and prepared Demon Pig meat, greens, and osmanthus tea for her and Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian drank the tea and ate with Ling Qiuzi and Qingcheng, while noting that his body made him resistant to most poisons.
• Hongyu showed Chen Yu and North Saber the Yin-Yang Transference Art, which could take a person’s bloodline and physique through dual cultivation.
• Hongyu explained that Li Musheng wanted Lin Tian’s special physique and that absorbing it would likely kill both her and Lin Tian.
• Hongyu said Lin Tian had promised to dual cultivate with her in five days, after which she planned to cultivate with a hundred people and reach the Soul Palace realm.
• Hongyu claimed that reaching the Soul Palace realm would let her break Blood Town’s formation, and rejected acting before she had studied the manual.

Lin Tian joined Ziwei in the Extreme Realm, exchanged for Cloud Spirit Pills, and learned that the Great Emperor of the North Pole sold information. The Extreme Realm then assigned Ziwei a dangerous mission in the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, and Lin Tian agreed to accompany him.

• Lin Tian failed to advance to the second level of the Sword Heart Body Refining Art and worried about the mysterious girl from Blood Town, whose presence resembled the red lightning.
• Lin Tian met Ziwei above the lake and received two Cloud Spirit Pills in exchange for the mission's goods.
• The Great Emperor of the North Pole appeared, recognized Lin Tian's Zhenwu mask, and revealed that he made a living selling information.
• The Extreme Realm ordered Ziwei to impersonate a member of the Wenren Clan and join the Su Clan's eldest son's party entering the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, with survival as the goal and a two-day time limit.
• Ziwei used a team-up jade talisman to invite Lin Tian on the mission, and Lin Tian agreed before they entered the water gate.

Lin Tian and Ziwei reached Willow Capital seeking a place in Su Nan’s group for the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, but Su Nan doubted their strength. Lin Tian challenged Uncle Jian, and their battle over the Crimson River sent enormous waves toward the city’s spectators.

• Lin Tian and Ziwei discovered that the Extreme Realm had changed their appearances, turning Ziwei into a woman.
• Lin Tian and Ziwei told Su Nan they were from the Wenren Lineage and asked to join his group, but he rejected them because they were only at Mystic Core.
• Lin Tian cut through the wall to challenge Uncle Jian, Su Nan’s ninth-level Void Insight elder, while Ziwei revealed herself as a formation master and flew after them.
• Lin Tian unleashed powerful sword momentum over the Crimson River, pierced Uncle Jian’s hammer, and forced him to answer with a gigantic hammer phantom.
• Uncle Jian’s attack raised towering waves that frightened the spectators along the riverbank and sent them fleeing.

Lin Tian defeated Uncle Jian in a test of strength, accepted Su Nan’s invitation to join his team for the Su Clan succession contest, and revealed his identity as Zhenwu of the Extreme Realm. He used the spirit herbs and pills to strengthen his body, then asked Ziwei to lend him money for a sword scabbard.

• Su Nan and the onlookers watched Lin Tian fight Uncle Jian with lightning, while Li Xin praised Lin Tian’s sword momentum.
• Lin Tian and Ziwei ended their test fight with Uncle Jian, and Su Nan offered them spirit herbs in exchange for joining his team.
• Lin Tian revealed that he was Zhenwu of the Extreme Realm, and Su Nan explained that he wanted to win the Su Clan headship through the contest in the Fire Nether Forbidden Land.
• Lin Tian learned about the Sword Capital’s destruction, then consumed Cloud Spirit Pills and Mystic Spirit Grass to strengthen his body; Ziwei heard a dragon’s cry from his room.
• After Ziwei complained that Lin Tian had used her Cloud Spirit Pills, Lin Tian asked to borrow money to buy a sword scabbard, and Ziwei agreed.

Lin Tian reached the second level of the Sword Heart Body Refining Art, then slept to recover from his exhausting cultivation. At the Joyous Immortal Sect, Li Baiyi arrived to demand Lin Tian’s return, forcing Yu Changqing to take him to his disciple.

• Lin Tian reached the second level of the Sword Heart Body Refining Art, strengthening his body and the Heavenly Sword, then went to sleep.
• Yu Changqing and Li Changlin discussed Lin Tian, Mu Yanwan’s red pill, and the plan to wait for Lin Tian’s death before forcing her to comply.
• Mu Yanwan cultivated and hoped to find Lin Tian, but Li Baiyi arrived at the Joyous Immortal Sect and threatened to destroy it unless the sect handed over his disciple.
• Li Musheng panicked when he learned Li Baiyi had come for Lin Tian and told his father that retrieving Lin Tian from Blood Town would take thirteen days.
• Yu Changqing claimed Lin Tian was safe but far away, so Li Baiyi bound him with Sword Qi and demanded that he lead the way to Lin Tian.

Lin Tian joined Su Nan’s gathering of prodigies in Willow Capital while concealing his identity as Wenren Zhen. When Qi Liancheng of the Joyous Immortal Sect asked for his seat, Lin Tian openly declared his hatred for the sect, provoking Qi Liancheng.

• Lin Tian woke thinking about Xiaolian and resolved to settle matters with the Lin Lineage.
• Uncle Jian escorted Lin Tian and Ziwei to Su Nan’s banquet after they returned from buying a sword sheath.
• Su Nan introduced Lin Tian and Ziwei as Mystic Core peak prodigies, while the other guests questioned their strength and place at the gathering.
• Qi Liancheng arrived late from the Drunken Immortal Pavilion and introduced himself as a Void Insight third-layer inner disciple of the Joyous Immortal Sect.
• Qi Liancheng asked Lin Tian to give up his seat, and Lin Tian refused, saying he despised the Joyous Immortal Sect.

Lin Tian and Qi Liancheng nearly clashed at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant, but Ziwei's flame formation and Su Nan's intervention stopped the dispute. Su Nan gathered his allies to travel to the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, where Lin Tian prepared for danger aboard the immortal ship and confronted a maid who entered his room.

• Qi Liancheng threatened Lin Tian, but Ziwei revealed his formation skills and raised a flame formation above the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
• Su Nan warned the group that the contest for the Su Clan lineage head had begun and explained that the candidate with the most surviving allies would win.
• Su Nan led Lin Tian and the others aboard Willow Capital's immortal ship bound for the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, while Qi Liancheng continued to target Lin Tian.
• In his assigned room, Lin Tian reflected on his sword abilities and concluded that killing was the most useful way for him to advance.
• A maid brought tea to Lin Tian's room, and he ordered her to drink it or die.

Lin Tian killed an assassin disguised as Su Nan’s brother’s Dao companion, then clashed with Qi Liancheng before Su Nan sent Qi away. As the immortal vessel continued toward the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, Su Nan discovered Uncle Jian had betrayed him and revealed a terrifying power.

• Lin Tian caught the disguised maid’s whip and killed her, and Su Nan identified her as his younger brother’s Dao companion.
• Qi Liancheng insulted Lin Tian, who attacked him, but Uncle Jian intervened; Su Nan dismissed Qi Liancheng from the trip, and he left the immortal vessel.
• Fighting continued aboard the vessel, leaving three of Su Nan’s selected companions dead by evening, in addition to Qi Liancheng’s departure.
• Su Nan confronted Uncle Jian about lowering his cultivation and asked him to return to his side, but Uncle Jian declared his intent to kill Su Nan and his companions.
• Su Nan unleashed eerie light and a terrifying assault against Uncle Jian, who realized he was in danger.

Lin Tian fought off attackers aboard the immortal boat while rushing to Ziwei, killing a black-mist woman and a man wielding black shuttles. After the surviving retainers gathered, Su Nan revealed that he had killed Uncle Jian because he believed the man had defected to his younger brother.

• Lin Tian grabbed a black-mist woman’s chains, dragged her out, and beheaded her before continuing toward Ziwei.
• Lin Tian defeated the man in black by cutting apart his shuttles and killing him with lightning-infused Sword Momentum, then recognized that he needed a movement technique.
• Lin Tian found Ziwei wounded in his burned-out room beside a charred corpse.
• Han Xianshu and two other surviving retainers joined Lin Tian and Ziwei on the deck, where Lin Tian recognized that the closed-eyed swordsman had comprehended Sword Intent.
• Su Nan summoned the survivors upstairs and said he had killed Uncle Jian because he believed Uncle Jian had joined his younger brother; Ziwei was shocked to learn Su Nan had cultivation.