Arc 3 brought Lin Xuan from whispered suspicion to undeniable legend. What began as Zhou Ren's petty sabotage with poisoned supplies and false rumors swelled into a larger scheme to bury him in the Borderlands. The beast tide of the Ash Hollows tested every disciple, but only Lin Xuan's circle stood firm, bound not by command but by loyalty and trust. Assassins lurking in the shadows revealed that enemies outside the sect were already moving pieces against him, proving his rise was more than an internal matter. Yue Shuang intervened for the first time, freezing wolves and scattering killers with a single gesture, quietly binding her fate to Lin Xuan in the eyes of the sect. Her presence planted seeds of awe, jealousy, and dangerous speculation. All the while, the elders observed in silence—some weighing him as a storm to be leashed, others as a weapon to be sharpened, and one, silver-haired, seeing the promise of something ancient stirring again. At the climax, Zhou Ren's betrayal and the Ashflame Lion's devastating charge forced Lin Xuan beyond his limits. The Omni-Talent System evolved once more, fusing air, flame, and breath into the Firestorm Spear—his first true original technique, born under the eyes of the sect itself. With the lion's corpse cooling in the ash and whispers spreading like wildfire, Lin Xuan was no longer a cripple who defied fate—he had become a storm the sect could neither ignore nor forgive. Arc 3 thus closes not with Lin Xuan's fall, but with his rise into legend. Yet legends in the sect are knives: envy sharpens them, and the hand that dares to hold one must bleed.
