Chapter Summaries

Shen Lin continued eradicating Demon Race strongholds and saw that Demon Lifespan had risen to 346.7 billion years. At the White Elephant Continent, the Gao siblings discovered that the White Elephant Clan’s Venerable ancestor had always been a Demon Race member, and Shen Lin’s phantom appeared to save them from his attack.

• Shen Lin cut the Demon Race fortune away from Little Phoenix, then killed the ten Saint Realm Demon Race members accompanying the Phoenixes.
• Shen Lin recalled that he had destroyed the strongholds revealed by the Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable while demon hunting across the Chaos Sea drove his Demon Lifespan above 346 billion years.
• The Gao siblings found hidden Demon Race members at the White Elephant Continent and awakened the colossal Venerable Realm Demon Elephant carrying the continent.
• Bai Xiaomei learned that the White Elephant Clan’s ancestor had been a Demon Race member from the beginning and planned to harvest the clan.
• The Demon Elephant’s pressure threatened Gao Shenghan and Gao Yaqiong, but Shen Lin’s phantom emerged from Gao Shenghan and broke through the pressure with Saber Intent.

Shen Lin projected his power to defeat the Demon Elephant while precisely sparing the White Elephant Continent. After reuniting with Gao Shenghan and Gao Yaqiong, he agreed to visit the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s Floating Leaf Sailboat with them.

• Shen Lin appeared before the Demon Elephant as a projection, and the Demon Elephant recognized the danger he posed.
• Shen Lin summoned an enormous illusory blade and crushed the Demon Elephant despite Bai Xiaomei pleading for him to stop.
• The White Elephant Continent landed unharmed, leaving Bai Xiaomei astonished that Shen Lin had spared the clan while killing its ancestor.
• Shen Lin greeted Gao Shenghan and Gao Yaqiong, who told him about their time mining and asked him to take them somewhere interesting.
• Shen Lin suggested visiting the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s Floating Leaf Sailboat, and Gao Shenghan agreed, saying they needed to learn foreign languages.

As the Human Race grew stronger, Shen Lin agreed to rebuild its imperial dynasty and hold a founding ceremony, prompting the Chaos Sea’s major clans to decide how to respond. At the edge of the Chaos Sea, Sky Demon saw the ceremony as a possible opportunity while gathering power aboard his exploration vessel.

• Shen Lin agreed to Prime Minister Zhang’s plan to invite the major clans to the Human Race’s founding ceremony a month later.
• Sword Sovereign decided to attend in person, citing Shen Lin’s aid to the Immortal Race and the Immortal Sovereign’s request.
• Jin Wuya chose to represent the Devil Race in person at the ceremony.
• Yu Tianyuan angrily ordered the Sacred Feather Clan to prepare a grand gift rather than refuse the invitation.
• Sky Demon observed that several powerful clans would attend the ceremony and considered using the gathering as an opportunity.

The Human Race prepared to found its new dynasty on the Rakshasa Islands, drawing distinguished guests and lavish gifts because of Shen Lin’s reputation. As the ceremony began, Sacred Feather Clan Dao Integration Realm expert Yu Tianyuan appeared, shocking Sword Venerable.

• The Azure Spirit Clan girl marveled at the transformed Rakshasa Islands as Elder Lin Yan arrived with Dao Enlightenment Pills for the Human Race’s founding ceremony.
• The Imperial Uncle and Ji Zhanxie discussed the guests’ valuable gifts, including a third-grade Dharma treasure from the Devil Race, and noted that many had come because of Shen Lin.
• The Imperial Uncle explained that the Sacred Feather Clan stayed away because the Human Race intended to reclaim Haoling Heaven, while the Wraith Clan avoided the ceremony after Shen Lin auctioned its Dao Integration Realm techniques and martial arts.
• As Yuwen Fengxian began inviting Shen Lin to announce the founding, Yu Tianyuan appeared in the sky, and Sword Venerable recognized him as a Dao Integration Realm expert of the Sacred Feather Clan.

Yu Tianyuan led the Sacred Feather Clan to declare war on the Human Race, while Sword Venerable stepped forward to defend them. The Wraith Clan then appeared and declared war as well, leaving the Human Race facing a widening threat.

• Zhan Wuji recognized Yu Tianyuan as a Dao Integration Realm expert and stopped Ji Zhanxie and the others from acting rashly.
• Sword Venerable confronted Yu Tianyuan, who revealed the Sacred Feather Clan’s forces and declared war on the Human Race.
• Zhan Wuji and Yuwen Fengxian ordered the Human Race to prepare for battle as the Sacred Feather Clan’s killing intent shook the sea and sky.
• Sword Venerable drew the Qingxu Sword and vowed that the Immortal Clan would not allow the Sacred Feather Clan to exterminate the Human Race.
• Yu Tianyuan warned that Sword Venerable would have to face more than the Sacred Feather Clan, and the Wraith Clan appeared and declared war on the Human Race.

The Sacred Feather Clan and Wraith Clan attacked the Human Race, and the Demon Venerable joined the battle to protect Shen Lin. The Golden Body Clan then appeared to oppose the Human Race, and Shen Lin accused them of wanting to preserve their power and harvest faith.

• Prime Minister Zhang and the Human Emperor questioned why the Wraith Clan had joined the Sacred Feather Clan’s attack, and Jin Wuya explained that the Wraith Clan wanted Human souls.
• A Devil Race elder suggested helping the attackers, but Jin Wuya contacted the Demon Venerable for instructions.
• The Demon Venerable learned that Shen Lin was under attack, cut off the communication, and arrived wielding the Heaven-Battling Axe.
• The Demon Venerable struck Yu Tianyuan and challenged the Soul Venerable, then sensed another force approaching from the sea.
• Buddha Venerable and the Golden Body Clan rose from the sea and condemned the Human Race’s slaughter.
• Shen Lin left the main hall and accused the Golden Body Clan of caring about who slew demons because they wanted to display their divine power and harvest faith.

Shen Lin confronted Yu Tianyuan, Soul Venerable, and Buddha Venerable as they threatened the Human Race, while the Demon Venerable and Sword Venerable warned him that they could not protect him. Shen Lin revealed that he had gone beyond the Dao Integration Realm, and the heavens and earth trembled as his saber rang out.

• Prime Minister Zhang urged Shen Lin to flee, but Shen Lin said he would handle the crisis and flew toward the enemy.
• The Demon Venerable and Sword Venerable offered to hold off the three Dao Integration experts, and the Demon Venerable noticed the Sword Venerable was nearing a breakthrough.
• Shen Lin refused their help, drew the Taowu Saber, and challenged Yu Tianyuan, Soul Venerable, and Buddha Venerable.
• Yu Tianyuan, Soul Venerable, and Buddha Venerable revealed their intent to kill Shen Lin and obtain the suspected Time Magic Treasure.
• Yu Tianyuan suspected Shen Lin had reached the Dao Integration Realm, but Shen Lin said he had left that realm long ago as saber cries shook the heavens and earth.

The Island Master of Heavenly Mystery Island sensed the end approaching but remained uncertain whether Daoist Qianyan’s plan in Great Wei could change the future. Across the Chaos Sea, powerful beings detected an unprecedented Great Dao fluctuation and headed toward the Rakshasa Islands.

• The Island Master of Heavenly Mystery Island told Daoist Qianyan that ripples in the River of Time obscured his calculations, and he questioned whether the boy in Great Wei was truly the key to breaking the deadlock.
• The Island Master used the full power of Heaven’s Mystery Island to divine the source of a disturbance, declared that the end was nigh, and asked whether the genetic profiles of all races had been recorded; Daoist Qianyan confirmed they had.
• The Immortal Venerable sensed a strange Great Dao fluctuation that seemed to wield Great Dao Power without Dao Integration and hurried toward its source.
• Dragon Venerable sensed the same fluctuation in Myriad Longevity Heaven and set off toward it.
• Jianmu Tree vanished from Immortal Forest Land, while enormous tentacles emerged from the seafloor beneath the Nine Heavens and the God of Wealth statue opened its eyes.
• Powerful beings throughout the Chaos Sea were drawn toward the fluctuation and headed for the Rakshasa Islands.

At the Human Race founding ceremony, Shen Lin stunned the assembled cultivators by cutting off three of Yu Tianyuan’s lives with a saber strike that wielded Dao Integration Realm power. The Demon Venerable and other experts realized Shen Lin had controlled the Great Dao of Saber Techniques without condensing a Dao Fruit, revealing a different path of cultivation.

• Shen Lin’s saber strike severed three of Yu Tianyuan’s wings, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.
• The Demon Venerable recognized that Shen Lin’s strike had reached the power of the Dao Integration Realm despite Shen Lin remaining at the Saint Realm.
• Liang Xuanfeng explained to Liang Feng that Shen Lin had mastered every branch law of the Great Dao of Saber Techniques and briefly summoned its power throughout the Chaos Sea.
• Liang Xuanfeng revealed that Shen Lin’s strike had temporarily erased his Dao Fruit and saber comprehension before they returned.
• Soul Venerable and Buddha Venerable concluded that Shen Lin had controlled the Great Dao’s power, demonstrating a cultivation path unlike the one used in the Chaos Sea.

Shen Lin used all ten trillion years of Demon Lifespan to claim the Great Dao of Saber Techniques through a new path, gaining the power of the Dao Integration Realm. As Yu Tianyuan, Soul Venerable, and Buddha Venerable prepared to attack him, powerful allies arrived, turning the Rakshasa Islands into a gathering of most of the Chaos Sea’s Dao Integration Realm existences.

• Shen Lin changed his derivation from condensing individual Dao Fruits to refining the Great Dao of Saber Techniques with the Fire Refining Dao, making the Great Dao his possession.
• Shen Lin confronted Yu Tianyuan, while Yu Tianyuan called on Soul Venerable and Buddha Venerable to help eliminate him.
• Sword Venerable broke through to the Dao Integration Realm by gathering the sword-law Dao Fruits of Venerable Realm cultivators and took Shen Lin’s side.
• Demon Venerable arrived to support Shen Lin and Sword Venerable as Yu Tianyuan questioned whether they would risk a Dao Integration war for him.
• Immortal Venerable emerged from seclusion and accused Yu Tianyuan’s Sacred Feather Clan of breaking their agreement, while other Dao Integration Realm existences gathered at the Rakshasa Islands.

The Immortal Venerable confronted the Evil Venerable, then captured it and left, while Dragon Venerable and Jianmu declined to intervene in the conflict. Shen Lin refused Wealth Venerable’s offer and chose to face Yu Tianyuan and the other two alone, gathering the Chaos Sea’s Great Dao of Saber Techniques into the Taowu Saber for his attack.

• The Evil Venerable emerged from the sea and corrupted cultivators with its aura until the Immortal Venerable dispersed it.
• Shen Lin called the Evil Venerable an ugly thing, and the enraged creature charged at him before the Immortal Venerable swept it into his sleeve and departed.
• Dragon Venerable and Jianmu said they would not take sides, while Yu Tianyuan asked Wealth Venerable to stay out of the fight.
• Wealth Venerable offered to resolve Shen Lin’s crisis in exchange for his insights into the new path, but Shen Lin refused.
• Shen Lin told Demon Venerable and Sword Venerable not to intervene, then summoned the Taowu Saber and struck Yu Tianyuan and the other two with the gathered Great Dao of Saber Techniques.

Shen Lin fought Yu Tianyuan, the Soul Venerable, and Buddha Venerable, repeatedly weakening their Great Dao powers with his saber. He revealed that he could strike the Great Dao itself, gravely wounding two opponents and leaving their cultivators exposed.

• Yu Tianyuan, the Soul Venerable, and Buddha Venerable combined their powers to dismantle Shen Lin's first saber strike.
• Shen Lin repeatedly unleashed the same saber aura, forcing the three Dao Integration Realm experts into a stalemate as their Great Dao powers weakened.
• Shen Lin used Slaying the Dao to bypass their defenses and strike their Great Daos directly.
• Yu Tianyuan and the Soul Venerable were gravely wounded, Buddha Venerable struggled to resist, and nearly half their accompanying clansmen vanished.
• Demon Venerable explained to Sword Venerable that Shen Lin had slashed at the Great Dao, and Shen Lin taunted his opponents about losing its protection.

Shen Lin overwhelmed Yu Tianyuan, the Soul Venerable, and Buddha Venerable with saber attacks, breaking their strongest techniques and leaving them near defeat. A concealed Heavenly Demon seized the chance to devour Yu Tianyuan’s collapsing Great Dao and escape with Buddha Venerable, while Shen Lin only managed to cut off its arm and free the Soul Venerable.

• The Soul Venerable tried to retreat after Shen Lin’s saber injured his Great Dao, but Shen Lin blocked his way and refused to let him leave.
• The Soul Venerable and Buddha Venerable used their magic treasures to defend against Shen Lin’s repeated saber strikes, while Yu Tianyuan took the worst of the assault.
• Buddha Venerable offered a truce, but Shen Lin ignored him and continued attacking until the Soul Venerable and Buddha Venerable unleashed their trump cards.
• Shen Lin’s saber shattered the Soul Venerable’s summoned specter and split Buddha Venerable’s beam, damaging the golden lotus and leaving both opponents badly injured.
• Yu Tianyuan’s wings and Great Dao began to crumble, but a disguised Heavenly Demon revealed its true form, devoured the Great Dao, and fled with Yu Tianyuan and Buddha Venerable.
• Shen Lin struck the fleeing Heavenly Demon, severing its arm and freeing the Soul Venerable, but the Heavenly Demon escaped with Buddha Venerable and Yu Tianyuan.

Shen Lin wiped out the Wraith Clan’s cultivators and drove the Golden Body Clan and Sacred Feather Clan away after they attacked the Human Race. He pursued the escaped Soul Venerable, while the Demon Venerable and others stayed behind, hoping to learn how Shen Lin wielded Dao Integration Realm power without fusing with the Great Dao.

• Shen Lin cut down the Wraith Clan’s cultivators with a single saber strike, and the visiting guests hurried to increase their gifts to the Human Race.
• Shen Lin spared the Golden Body Clan and Sacred Feather Clan but ordered the Sacred Feather Clan to leave Haoling Heaven.
• Shen Lin told the others to wait and flew after the escaped Soul Venerable.
• The Demon Venerable decided not to pursue Shen Lin and stayed behind with Jianmu Tree, Wealth Venerable, and others to seek insight into Shen Lin’s new cultivation path.

Shen Lin pursued the wounded Soul Venerable to Ghost Soul Heaven and cut through the clan-protecting formation. The Soul Venerable revealed that the clan’s divine hall sealed a door to the Dark Domain, a dead world, then collapsed it and drew Shen Lin and the remaining Ghost Soul Clan members into the vortex beyond.

• Shen Lin followed the Soul Venerable to Ghost Soul Heaven and cleaved apart its weakened clan-protecting formation.
• Shen Lin headed for the Dark Domain Divine Hall as Ghost Soul Clan members realized their elites had not returned and feared the Human Race had defeated them.
• The Soul Venerable explained that the divine hall was built from the bodies of Ghost Soul Clan Venerables to seal a door to the Dark Domain.
• The Soul Venerable revealed that the Dark Domain was a world that had already died, then collapsed the divine hall to open a dark-red vortex.
• The vortex pulled the Soul Venerable, Shen Lin, and the Ghost Soul Clan members remaining in Ghost Soul Heaven inside.

Shen Lin arrived in a lifeless world with a blood-red sea and no Dao laws, then found a deserted city and used the system to decipher its script. The translated notices pointed him toward the City Lord’s castle as a possible source of answers.

• Shen Lin emerged alone into a silent world beneath a blood-red sun and discovered that its space contained no Dao laws.
• He tested the sea of blood with his Saber Intent and followed its rebound to the first island he had found.
• Shen Lin entered a barren, well-preserved city and used the system to learn its unfamiliar script in less than a hundred years.
• He translated notices about Jack's Bread, a thief named Blue-Haired Zoro, and the Church’s failed attempts to communicate with the divine lord.
• Shen Lin looked toward the City Lord’s castle, hoping to find information about the world and a way back to the Chaos Sea.

Shen Lin investigated the church and Marquis Delos’s abandoned letters to learn why the sun had turned blood-red and people had vanished. He flew to the church’s central continent, where the towering statues of the gods gave him a sense of evil energy.

• Shen Lin entered a church and learned from its statues and scripture that Augustus Solodin had cultivated into a god, founded the church, and helped establish Human Race civilization.
• Shen Lin searched Marquis Delos’s castle and found letters showing that Delos had sought answers about the changing sun but received only reassurances.
• Shen Lin read Delos’s unfinished letter, which said the sun had nearly turned blood-red, almost forty percent of his people had vanished, and the church had been unable to contact the Seven Main Gods for a hundred years.
• Shen Lin found a map, flew to the church’s central continent, and sensed evil energy from its seven immense divine statues.

Shen Lin found the pope’s diary and learned how the church’s forbidden ritual had corrupted its leader as he tried to escape the world’s impending end. After reading the warning not to look into the sun’s eyes, Shen Lin looked up, and the Blood-Red Sun blinked at him.

• Shen Lin searched the temple and found the pope’s diary in a lavish room.
• The diary described the gods’ disappearance, the coming end of the world, and the pope’s plan to use a forbidden ritual to obtain an evil god’s power.
• The pope wrote that the ritual would sacrifice the world’s laws, turn the sun blood-red, and allow people to leave the world.
• The pope recorded that he had been corrupted and warned anyone who found the diary not to look into the sun’s eyes.
• Shen Lin looked at the Blood-Red Sun, and it blinked at him.

Shen Lin learned that the Soul Venerable was a new consciousness born from the former pope, who had used sacrifices to escape the Dark Domain and travel between worlds. After Shen Lin looked the sun in the eye, a blood ladder formed and grotesque monsters began descending from it.

• Shen Lin drew the Taowu Saber when he sensed danger, then watched as the Wraith Clan descended from the sky into the Dark Domain.
• The Soul Venerable told Shen Lin that leaving required sacrifices to the being in the sun and that breaking the Realm Barrier would not itself return them to the Chaos Sea.
• The Soul Venerable confirmed that the Wraith Clan had once inhabited this world and had sacrificed other races from the Ghost Soul Heaven to escape the being's control.
• The Soul Venerable revealed that he was a new consciousness born from the pope, whose memories and emotions had been sacrificed, and explained that the Wraith Clan had used converted beings to travel between worlds.
• The Soul Venerable asked whether Shen Lin had looked the sun in the eye, and a blood ladder formed as grotesque monsters emerged from a passage within the sun.

Shen Lin used the power of his own cultivation to destroy Soul Venerable’s monsters despite the world’s lack of Great Dao Power. When more than a hundred monsters appeared, Shen Lin hurled the Taowu Saber toward the sun he called It.

• Soul Venerable sent more than a dozen powerful, mindless monsters to attack Shen Lin, believing he could not use Great Dao Power in this world.
• Shen Lin drew the Taowu Saber and unleashed Great Dao Power, cutting the monsters into pieces.
• Shen Lin explained that his path cultivated himself into an existence capable of rivaling the Great Dao, rather than borrowing power by merging with it.
• Soul Venerable warned that Shen Lin could not escape his fate after looking It in the eye, and more than a hundred monsters descended from the blood ladder.
• Shen Lin declared that he would butcher It and hurled the Taowu Saber toward the sun.