第1章 青岚弃子

Abandoned by Qinglan

Ling Chen, an outer disciple of the Qinglan Sect, was originally an orphaned youth. However, due to the secret of possessing the Chaos Pearl, he became a thorn in the side of Xu Gang, the sect's Supreme Elder, and Zhao Wuji, a henchman of the Punishment Hall. He was also coveted and hunted by Yan Jin and Jin Lie, the prodigies of the Burning Flame Valley and the Golden Sun Palace. After being falsely accused of stealing the Earth Core Flame Marrow, he became a "traitor" wanted by all nine sects. The sect abandoned him like trash, and his former fellow disciples turned against him. Only Ye Qingmei, the illegitimate daughter of the Ye family in Medicine King City, used the business world as her weapon to secretly pave a path for him to survive in the cracks of family infighting, becoming the only warmth he had in his desperate situation.

In a desperate situation, Ling Chen accidentally fell into the Black Annihilation Swamp, but awakened the Chaos Sword Body within the ancient cultivator's tomb, obtaining the ancient inheritance "Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique"—this technique can devour the spiritual power of the five elements to strengthen itself. Combined with the "Nine Strikes of Sky Rift" and "Flowing Cloud Illusionary Step" that he comprehended, he can sever stars and create afterimages, and his sword energy can shatter the void. The Chaos Pearl he carries with him holds even more mysteries. Not only can it conceal his aura, but it also awakened the ancient "Ten Thousand Paths Sword Diagram" fragment when he was on the verge of death, triggering the secrets of the heavens and allowing him to glimpse the supreme sword intent of "pursuing cause and effect" and "the rise and fall of ten thousand worlds in a single thought."

After escaping the swamp's desolation, Ling Chen embarked on a path of "one man, one sword, battling the heavens": In the Xuanwu Valley secret realm, he used a remnant formation to conceal himself, seized five elemental spiritual treasures, and turned the tables on the Foundation Establishment peak prodigies who were besieging him; to protect Ye Qingmei, he pointed his sword at the Medicine King City families, using the ultimate sword intent that could shatter all laws to break the "bloodline determinism," intimidating all forces. As his cultivation improved, he gradually discovered that the pursuit by the Nine Sects was merely the tip of the iceberg—beyond the Qingli Territory, alien races had already laid a conspiracy, and ancient grudges and a cosmic-level calamity were quietly approaching.

青岚宗外门弟子凌尘本是孤苦少年，却因身怀混沌珠的秘密，沦为宗门太上长老徐罡与刑堂爪牙赵无极的眼中钉，更遭焚炎谷、金阳殿的天骄炎烬、金烈觊觎追杀，被污蔑盗走地心炎髓后，成了九宗共同通缉的“叛逆”。宗门弃他如敝履，昔日同门刀剑相向，唯有药王城叶家庶女叶轻眉，以商道为刃，在家族倾轧的缝隙中为他暗铺生路，成了他绝境中仅存的暖意。
 绝境之中，凌尘意外坠入黑湮沼泽，却在古修遗冢内觉醒混沌剑体，得上古传承《混沌吞天诀》——此功法能吞噬五行灵力壮大自身，配合他悟出的《裂空九击》与《流云幻身步》，可斩星辰、化残影，剑罡能碎虚空。而随身的混沌珠更藏玄机，不仅能隐匿气息，更在他濒死之际唤醒了上古《万道剑图》残卷，引动苍穹秘辛，让他得以窥探“追寻因果”“一念万界沉浮”的至高剑意。
 从沼泽绝地遁走后，凌尘开启了“一人一剑战苍穹”的逆袭之路：玄雾谷秘境中，他以残阵匿踪，夺五行灵物，反杀围堵的筑基巅峰天骄；为护叶轻眉，他剑指药王城世家，以一剑破万法的极致剑意打破“血脉决定论”，震慑各方势力。随着修为精进，他逐渐发现九宗的追杀不过是冰山一角——青璃疆域之外，异族早已布下阴谋，而上古恩怨与寰宇级的苍穹之劫正悄然临近