Lin Yun planned to hole up in his residence and ignore all external disturbances. Although he had caused a series of uproars when he joined the Sword Sect, he also greatly benefited from them. Whether it was his master’s teachings, the Saint Pool Baptism, or the Great Profound Palace, he needed time to digest them all.

After his battle with Huangfu Yan, he knew that those in the top ten of the Earth Ranking were strong. Just Huangfu Yan had forced him to use the cauldron, which meant the others would be more troublesome. As for the Twin Stars of the Earth Ranking, Lin Yun didn’t have much odds of winning, according to Lil’ Purple. Or, to put it blatantly, he had no chance at all.

He was only at the one-star Heavenly Elysium Core Realm. He had to use his firmament sword intent and thirty-thousand meter ocean of astral energy to fight Huangfu Yan, who was at the three-star Heavenly Elysium Core Realm. But those weren’t too effective against someone at the four-star Heavenly Elysium Core Realm, not to mention the Twin Stars of the Earth Ranking were at the five-star Heavenly Elysium Core Realm.

If Lin Yun faced them, he would be defeated in just three moves, at best; not to mention that they have both cultivated the sword sutras of...