Chapter Summaries

Lin An explained to Lin Xiao that perfecting the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique had given him a marrow cleansing, and urged his father to perfect it quickly so he could reach the Platinum Realm and protect Shenglin City. After half a month of cultivation, Lin Xiao neared a breakthrough in technique mastery while Lin An reached Bronze seventh grade and checked the leaderboard for his unclaimed rewards.

• Lin An told Lin Xiao that perfecting their inherited technique had caused his marrow cleansing, and Lin Xiao said he knew of no other platinum rank technique with the same effect.
• Lin Xiao revealed that he was at gold ninth grade and estimated that another marrow cleansing would give him a seventy percent chance of breaking through to platinum rank.
• Lin An said he would help Lin Xiao perfect the technique within a year, explaining that he wanted his father to protect him and help secure Shenglin City's future.
• Lin An and Lin Xiao trained together in the meditation chamber, and Lin Xiao rapidly improved his technique proficiency by studying Lin An's perfected version.
• After half a month, Lin An reached bronze seventh grade while Lin Xiao neared major accomplishment in the technique.
• Lin An opened the leaderboard to claim his unclaimed rewards.

Lin An collected his monthly ranking reward, while Lin Xiao advanced his family cultivation technique. The three great families reported a newly discovered bronze-tier spirit realm near Shenglin City, and Lin An secretly resolved to enter it when it opened.

• Lin An claimed 500 attribute points as the reward for ranking first on the server-wide realm rankings.
• Lin Xiao reached greater mastery in the family cultivation technique, and he and Lin An celebrated with a meal.
• Qian Yang told Lin Xiao that the three great families had discovered a bronze-tier spirit realm three kilometers west of Shenglin City, expected to open in about half a month.
• Qian Yang reported that the three great families offered to explore the spirit realm under the City Lord's Residence's direction or give Lin An half their gains.
• Lin An decided to enter the spirit realm himself once he had grown stronger, while Lin Xiao and Lin An returned to cultivating.

Lin An reached Bronze Ninth Grade Perfection and asked Lin Xiao for permission to enter a Bronze Tier spirit realm. Lin Xiao agreed on the condition that Lin An comprehend the residence’s visualization diagram and perfect a Silver Tier cultivation technique before it opened; Lin An immediately comprehended the diagram and gained the Earth Vein Power divine ability, leaving Qian Hai stunned.

• Lin An reached Bronze Ninth Grade Perfection, and Lin Xiao advised him to temper himself before advancing to Silver Realm.
• Lin An told Lin Xiao he wanted to enter a spirit realm, and Lin Xiao agreed if he comprehended the residence’s visualization diagram and perfected a Silver Tier cultivation technique before it opened.
• Lin An went to the city lord’s treasury, where Qian Hai showed him the Earth Vein Dragon Turtle Visualization Diagram.
• Lin An spent 100 attribute points to comprehend the diagram and obtained the Earth Vein Power divine ability.
• Lin An tested Earth Vein Power by covering himself in defensive energy and channeling it into his saber, leaving Qian Hai dumbfounded.

Lin An comprehended the visualization diagram in moments, then chose several techniques and equipment from the city lord's estate treasury. After learning One Saber Slash, he discovered its proficiency costs were enormous, so he set it aside and prepared to learn Star-Chasing Steps and Vajra Body instead.

• Lin An told Qian Hai he had comprehended the visualization diagram and asked him not to tell his father yet.
• Qian Hai recommended One Saber Slash, a special unranked technique that could grow with its user, and Lin An chose it along with Star-Chasing Steps and Vajra Body.
• Lin An also selected a silver-tier saber, took two Tiger Strength Pills, and returned to his quarters.
• Lin An spent 100 attribute points to learn One Saber Slash, then saw that reaching the next proficiency level would require 500,000 proficiency.
• Lin An postponed training One Saber Slash and agreed to learn Star-Chasing Steps and Vajra Body for 10 attribute points each.

Lin An prepared for the Spirit Realm by perfecting several techniques and learning Triple Saber, then demonstrated his new abilities to Lin Xiao. The chapter ended as Lin An launched a lightning-fast saber strike at his father.

• Lin An spent attribute points to perfect Star-Chasing Steps and Vajra Body, then advanced One Saber Slash to Proficient.
• Lin An visited Qian Hai and learned Triple Saber, raising it to Perfection with attribute points.
• Lin An checked his techniques and planned to visit Lin Xiao before the Spirit Realm opened.
• Lin An showed Lin Xiao that he had mastered Earth Vein Power, surprising Lin Xiao, Qian Hai, Qian Yang, and Ji Yuan.
• Lin An used Star-Chasing Steps to rush toward Lin Xiao and swung his saber at him.

Lin An tested his saber techniques against Lin Xiao, ending with a powerful One Saber Slash that left a mark on his father’s barrier. After Lin Xiao assessed Lin An’s combat strength and warned him about the technique’s risks, Lin An raised his planned trip to the Spirit Realm again.

• Lin An used the fourth strike of Triple Saber, shattering his Bronze Tier saber against Lin Xiao’s barrier without breaking through it.
• Lin An followed with One Saber Slash, using Resentful Tiger’s Eye to find a tiny weakness and leave a faint saber mark on the barrier before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Qian Hai gave Lin An a pill, and Lin Xiao acknowledged that his son had met the test’s requirements.
• Lin Xiao estimated that Triple Saber could threaten a Silver Tier Third Grade guard and that One Saber Slash could potentially kill someone at Silver Seventh Grade, while Ji Yuan said the final strike could injure him.
• Lin Xiao warned Lin An that he could not yet control One Saber Slash and would be drained after using it; Lin An then began asking about his trip to the Spirit Realm.

Lin Xiao agreed to let Lin An enter the Spirit Realm and equipped him with powerful treasures and guards for protection. Lin An set out with the City Lord’s Estate party, while the three great clan heads waited to greet him and discussed how to cooperate with him inside.

• Lin Xiao told Lin An he could enter the Spirit Realm and ordered Qian Yang to notify the three great clans.
• Lin Xiao assigned ten personal guards to accompany Lin An and prepared additional safeguards for his journey.
• The next day, Lin Xiao gave Lin An gold-tier armor, a hand crossbow, pills, other treasures, and a jade pendant containing one of his attacks.
• Lin An left the City Lord’s Estate with Ji Yuan and more than a hundred guards, including the ten selected to enter the Spirit Realm with him.
• Zhao Tong and the heads of the Wang Clan and Zhang Clan discussed how to behave toward Lin An, agreeing to ask him for instructions when he arrived.
• The three clan heads and their people bowed to Lin An as his party reached the wilderness west of Shenglin City.

Lin An met the three clan heads at the newly opened spirit realm, where they offered their teams’ support and treasures to him. After scouts confirmed the entrance led to a wilderness with no nearby Sin Beasts, Lin An entered with his guards and set off to explore separately from the clans.

• Zhao Tong and the other clan heads were shocked to discover Lin An had reached Bronze Ninth Grade, and Lin An told them they could explore the spirit realm freely.
• The clan heads introduced Zhao Tao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Qi, each a Bronze Eighth Grade heir who would lead his clan’s team.
• After the spirit realm opened, three Bronze Ninth Grade scouts entered and reported that they found no Sin Beasts within a thousand meters of the entrance.
• Lin An entered the spirit realm with his ten personal guards, followed by the three clans’ teams.
• Zhao Tao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Qi offered to follow Lin An’s instructions, but he declined and left to explore with his guards.
• Zhao Tao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Qi chose separate directions and departed with their teams.

Lin An entered a Bronze Tier Spirit Realm and hunted Sin Beasts to gain attribute points. After clearing the mountain forest, he learned about Sin-Luring Crystals and prepared to use one while his guards broke through to the Silver Realm.

• Lin An led his ten guards into a forested mountain, told them to scout for Sin Beasts, and set out to hunt as well.
• Lin An killed a pack of twenty-three black wolf Sin Beasts and gained 69 attribute points.
• Lin An hunted the Sin Beasts his guards located, then had them lure their targets directly to him.
• Lin An cleared the mountain forest in about two hours, killing fewer than five hundred Sin Beasts and gaining 1,452 attribute points.
• A guard showed Lin An a Sin-Luring Crystal that could attract every Sin Beast within a thousand-meter radius, and Lin An decided to test it.
• Lin An told his ten guards to break through to the Silver Realm, and they swallowed prepared pills and began their breakthroughs.

Lin An used Sin-Luring Crystals to draw the Sin Beasts of a mountain forest into one place and slaughtered them, earning thousands of attribute points. After improving One Saber Slash, he and his guards set off for the next location.

• Lin An led his ten personal guards to a larger mountain forest and ordered them to clear a space and use Sin-Luring Crystals to attract its Sin Beasts.
• The guards drew the Sin Beasts toward Lin An, then watched for flying beasts while he charged into the horde.
• Lin An killed the gathered Sin Beasts in a battle lasting more than an hour, while the guards dealt with a few flying beasts.
• Lin An gained 5,418 attribute points and spent 2,000 to raise One Saber Slash to minor mastery, then decided to keep cultivating the technique.
• Lin An and his guards left for the next location.

Lin An used his upgraded title and One Saber Slash to hunt Sin Beasts through the Spirit Realm, gathering attribute points as he approached its core. With ten hours left before the realm closed, he led his guards into a mountain range while the three great families prepared a plan to reach the special treasure.

• Lin An’s slaughter earned him the Ten Thousand Sin Slaughter achievement, and he spent 10,000 attribute points to raise One Saber Slash to major mastery.
• Lin An continued hunting with his guards, earning up to 20,000 attribute points a day as the Sin Beasts grew stronger and more numerous.
• On the seventh day, Lin An’s guard reported that the mountain range ahead held many powerful Sin Beasts and that members of the three great families had already entered it.
• Lin An led his guards into the mountain range and had them activate the Sin-Luring Crystal, choosing to prioritize hunting while they looked for the special treasure.
• In a cave, the three great families learned that tens of thousands of Sin Beasts guarded the treasure and decided to lure them away before making their move near the Spirit Realm’s closing time.

Lin An perfected One Saber Slash, comprehended Saber Intent, and used the technique to slaughter Sin Beasts even more efficiently. After a guard found a valley packed with thousands of Sin Beasts, Lin An ignored his guards’ warnings and headed inside alone, trusting his father’s jade pendant to help him escape danger.

• Lin An spent 100,000 attribute points to perfect One Saber Slash and comprehended Saber Intent in an instant.
• Lin An tested his perfected slash, cutting down Sin Beasts within a thirty-meter range while recovering much of the spiritual energy it consumed.
• After another five hours of hunting, Lin An learned that a guard had found a valley containing tens of thousands of Sin Beasts, including Silver Tier beasts, and possibly the Spirit Realm’s special treasure.
• Lin An rejected his guards’ plan to lure the Sin Beasts out in batches and told them his father’s jade pendant could help him escape if danger arose.
• Lin An swallowed a pill and headed alone toward the valley.

Lin An charged alone into a horde of Sin Beasts while his guards watched for a chance to help. When members of the three great families arrived, Zhao Tao mistook the guards’ actions and accused them of betraying Lin An.

• Lin An bound his saber to his hand and attacked the Sin Beasts, cutting a path through the horde.
• One of Lin An’s personal guards hid the other nine and went to question the approaching members of the three great families.
• Zhao Tao explained that his group intended to enter the valley and seize its treasure, and the guard became slightly less wary.
• Zhao Tao and the others spotted Lin An fighting amid the Sin Beasts and suspected the guard had betrayed him.
• The guard called the nine hidden guards out, and Zhao Tao accused all ten of betraying Lin An.

Lin An continued slaughtering the Sin Beasts and decided to push into the valley before the Spirit Realm closed, hoping to find its special treasure. Zhao Tao and the ten personal guards helped draw away the beasts, and Lin An reached the valley entrance and charged inside.

• Zhao Tao and the ten personal guards agreed to stand by while preparing to help Lin An escape if he ran into danger.
• Lin An fought for an hour among the Sin Beasts, replenishing his spiritual power with his Spirit Devouring ability and gathering over ninety thousand attribute points.
• With about an hour before the Spirit Realm closed, Lin An decided to enter the valley and use Lin Xiao's jade pendant against the Silver Tier Sin Beasts there.
• Zhao Tao and the three great families activated Sin-Luring Crystals to draw away the Sin Beasts outside the valley and clear Lin An's path.
• Lin An fought his way to the valley entrance, then used Star-Chasing Steps to charge inside.

Lin An used Lin Xiao’s jade pendant to wipe out the Sin Beasts in the valley, then defeated its Silver Ninth Grade Purple-Patterned Poison Toad with a powerful combined saber technique. He approached the Spirit Realm treasure, revealed as a crystal, and had yet to inspect it.

• Lin An crushed Lin Xiao’s jade pendant, and Lin Xiao’s phantom killed the valley’s approaching Sin Beasts with one saber slash.
• Lin An gained about twenty thousand attribute points and headed for the glowing treasure on the lake island.
• The island turned out to be atop a Silver Ninth Grade Purple-Patterned Poison Toad, which surfaced and knocked Lin An away.
• Lin An stacked Triple Saber’s power and unleashed his perfected One Saber Slash, killing the Purple-Patterned Poison Toad.
• Lin An approached the toad’s corpse and saw a crystal radiating spiritual light.

Lin An obtained a Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal and continued hunting Sin Beasts until the Spirit Realm closed. After returning to Shenglin City, he astonished the three clan heads with reports of his slaughter of more than ten thousand Sin Beasts, then reunited with Lin Xiao.

• Lin An collected the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal, intending to give it to his father to help perfect the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique.
• Lin An killed over a thousand more Sin Beasts before the Spirit Realm closed and teleported him outside.
• Ji Yuan checked that Lin An was unharmed, and Qian Hai led the group back to Shenglin City.
• Zhao Tao and the other young clan members told their fathers that Lin An had slaughtered over ten thousand Sin Beasts alone.
• Zhao Tong decided the Zhao Clan should give Lin An at least a third of its resources, and the other clan heads agreed to support him.
• Lin Xiao welcomed Lin An back to the City Lord's Estate and invited him inside for food and rest.

After returning from the Spirit Realm, Lin An gave the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal to Lin Xiao and prepared for his next breakthrough. He reached the Silver Realm before the leaderboard settlement and upgraded Spirit Devouring, while anticipating a Sin Beast attack on Shenglin City in two months.

• Lin Xiao warned Lin An not to risk his life recklessly, and Lin An credited the jade pendant with helping him survive the Sin Beasts.
• Lin An gave Lin Xiao the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal, which could aid comprehension and help him perfect his cultivation technique.
• Lin An checked his attribute points and recalled that over a hundred thousand Sin Beasts, including three Gold Realm beasts, would attack Shenglin City in two months.
• Lin An decided to break through before the leaderboard rewards settled and successfully advanced to the Silver Realm.
• Lin An received a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone for being the first player on the server to reach Silver and used it to enhance Spirit Devouring.

After reaching silver first grade, Lin An claimed the monthly rankings reward and discussed cultivation plans with Lin Xiao. The three great families sent resources to curry favor with Lin An, who accepted them while continuing to cultivate with his father.

• Lin An inspected his upgraded Spirit Devouring ability, noted his silver first grade realm, and resolved to keep cultivating toward gold.
• Lin An claimed first place in the server-wide realm rankings and chose 1,000 attribute points as his reward.
• Lin Xiao told Lin An that the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal could help him perfect his cultivation technique within six months, potentially sooner.
• Qian Yang reported that the three great family heads had sent resources from the Spirit Realm, including some gold tier goods, and Lin An agreed to accept them without meeting the donors.
• Qian Yang returned to the gates, where Zhao Tong and the other two family heads anxiously asked what Lin An and Lin Xiao had said.

Zhao Tong and the other family heads offered Lin An gifts and asked for their sons to serve him, but Qian Yang said Lin An and Lin Xiao were in secluded cultivation. As Lin An trained and Lin Xiao worked toward perfecting the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique, the three great families sent more than two hundred members, including their young heads, to join the city garrison.

• Qian Yang accepted the three family heads’ resources on Lin An’s behalf and passed on Lin An’s gratitude and request for their continued support of Shenglin City.
• Zhao Tong and the other family heads asked Qian Yang to arrange for their sons to serve Lin An, and Qian Yang promised to raise the request after Lin An and Lin Xiao emerged from seclusion.
• Lin An refined pills and cultivated while Lin Xiao used the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal to study Lin An’s technique and hoped to perfect the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique within three months.
• Feng Shan told Qian Yang that more than two hundred members of the three great families, including their young heads, had joined the city garrison.
• Qian Yang concluded that the families were using the garrison to get closer to the city lord’s household and shared his explanation with Feng Shan.

Lin An cultivated toward silver ninth grade as the Sin Beasts began converging on Shenglin City. After Zhao Tao reported the growing numbers, Feng Shan recognized the signs of a possible siege and ordered more scouting and patrols.

• Qian Yang and Feng Shan agreed to let descendants of the three great families join the garrison and follow its military orders.
• Lin An claimed the monthly ranking reward of 1,000 attribute points, then resumed cultivating with the approaching Sin Beast attack and the future threat to Blue Star on his mind.
• Lin An broke through to silver seventh grade after several days of cultivation.
• Zhao Tao and his squad found repeated groups of Sin Beasts heading toward Shenglin City, fought one group, and reported their suspicion to the garrison.
• Feng Shan learned that Sin Beasts were converging from all four directions and ordered scouts to investigate while patrols and security were strengthened.