Recaps

Wei Hong faced Man Cang of Forbidden Void on the battlefield, and the spectators recognized the clash as a confrontation between two great forces. Wei Hong charged into Man Cang’s attack and struck with his Heart Sword, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Man Cang declared his identity as a member of Forbidden Void, and Wei Hong identified himself as part of the Longevity Immortal Clan.
• The hidden spectators discussed the two forces’ power and their ties to Li Changsheng and Ye Lin.
• Wei Hong attacked with streams of Sword Qi, but Man Cang shattered them with his chains and swung the chains at him.
• Wei Hong assessed Man Cang’s strength and charged toward him instead of retreating.
• Wei Hong used Heart Sword, Heart-Shattering, sending invisible Sword Qi into Man Cang’s brow.

Wei Hong tried to exploit Man Cang’s weak Primordial Spirit, but his Heart Sword only stunned Man Cang briefly, and the Forbidden Void disciple trapped him with chains. Wei Hong escaped as a streak of sword light, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Poison Venerable recognized that Wei Hong planned to attack Man Cang’s Primordial Spirit and dismissed the danger.
• Wei Hong struck Man Cang with his Heart Sword, but it only stunned him for an instant.
• Man Cang bound Wei Hong with chains and explained that his Primordial Spirit was still strong enough to control his powerful body.
• Man Cang tightened the chains, crushing Wei Hong’s bones, but Wei Hong transformed into sword light and escaped.

Wei Hong attacked Man Cang with sword techniques aimed at his Primordial Spirit, believing he had found the Forbidden Void Heavenly Demon’s weakness. Man Cang revealed that he had only been pretending to be affected and blasted Wei Hong away.

• Man Cang was astonished when Wei Hong escaped his chains, then attacked him again.
• Wei Hong formed a river of sword qi to stop Man Cang’s chains and advanced with his Long Sword.
• Wei Hong used invisible sword qi to attack Man Cang’s Primordial Spirit, then moved close to strike.
• Man Cang revealed that Wei Hong had fallen for a trick, knocked away his Long Sword, and shattered both his arms with a punch.
• Wei Hong was sent flying and wondered how Man Cang had resisted his Primordial Spirit attacks, while Man Cang called him an idiot.

After Wei Hong surrendered, Man Cang refused to spare him, and Wei Hong fled when the warships’ powerful auras blocked Man Cang’s pursuit. Ye Lin ordered an attack, leaving the forces advancing to reclaim the Heaven-Equaling Great Galaxy and invade Buddhist Sect territory.

• Wei Hong realized Man Cang’s attacks could kill him and offered to surrender.
• Man Cang rejected Wei Hong’s surrender and declared that he had to die.
• Wei Hong summoned his Long Sword and tried to flee, but the warships’ auras stopped him from advancing.
• Ye Lin ordered the troops to attack, and the Heavenly Demons charged toward the Buddhist Sect’s warships.
• Man Cang resumed pursuing Wei Hong after hearing his allies join the battle.
• Ye Lin ordered Wang Chen to prepare a map of Buddhist Sect territory for the planned invasion.

Ye Lin planned to pressure the Buddhist Sect by attacking its prosperous star systems and force it to submit, then called Li Changsheng out to settle their feud. Li Changsheng appeared on the shattered battlefield and acknowledged that Forbidden Void’s support had turned the tide.

• Ye Lin decided to target the Buddhist Sect’s prosperous star systems, believing it would avoid a full Golden Immortal war while making him ruler of the Western Demon Domain in name.
• Ye Lin told Poison Venerable he was confident and left to face Li Changsheng.
• Ye Lin challenged Li Changsheng to fight openly as Heavenly Demons and the Longevity Immortal Clan battled among the wreckage of warships.
• Li Changsheng came before Ye Lin and lamented that Forbidden Void’s support had changed the outcome, saying he might have killed Ye Lin five thousand years earlier.

Ye Lin and Li Changsheng prepared to settle their five-thousand-year feud in a battle to the death, while Li Changsheng remained confident that he could kill Ye Lin despite the Forbidden Void’s support. The chapter ended as Li Changsheng drew Azure Frost, the sword known as the Genius Tombstone.

• An observer wondered why the Forbidden Void Young Lord and the Forbidden Void’s elite geniuses had come so far to help Ye Lin, but kept his doubts to himself out of fear of the Lord of the Forbidden Void.
• Ye Lin reminded Li Changsheng that they had been enemies since the events of five thousand years ago and challenged him to decide their lives and deaths on the battlefield.
• Li Changsheng summoned his sword, Azure Frost, and claimed that every genius who had seen it drawn had died.
• Ye Lin appraised Azure Frost and noticed its jade-green blade, sword-law power, and traces of Blood Baleful energy and resentment.

Ye Lin faced Li Changsheng in the Western Demon Domain, wielding the Time Measuring Ruler instead of his damaged Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor. As the battle drew the attention of powerful observers, Xu Changsheng decided not to send Ye Lin a sword, leaving him to handle the fight himself.

• Ye Lin realized he needed to repair and upgrade the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor after seeing Li Changsheng wield the Boundless artifact Azure Frost.
• Ye Lin summoned the Time Measuring Ruler, and Li Changsheng mocked him for fighting without a proper sword.
• Li Changsheng charged with Azure Frost, and Ye Lin met him with the ruler and his Sword Qi.
• Xu Changsheng watched the battle and judged that the ruler could not unleash sword arts' full power.
• Kuanglan offered to deliver Ye Lin a Boundless-grade sword, but Xu Changsheng refused, saying Ye Lin could handle the trouble himself.

Ye Lin fought Li Changsheng, using the Time Measuring Ruler and sword arts to withstand the stronger swordsman’s attacks. After Li Changsheng trapped him in an illusion and struck again, Ye Lin countered with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art.

• Li Changsheng unleashed a powerful sword strike, and Ye Lin shattered its Sword Qi with the Time Measuring Ruler before answering with Sword Nine, Heaven-Sundering.
• Li Changsheng evaded Ye Lin’s strike and declared that his superior cultivation meant Ye Lin could not defeat him.
• Li Changsheng bombarded Ye Lin with Sword Qi, then appeared behind him and attacked with Azure Frost.
• Li Changsheng used the Twelve Swords of Gods and Ghosts, Godslayer, transforming the battlefield into an illusion that Ye Lin broke with Primordial Spirit Sword Qi.
• Li Changsheng thrust Azure Frost toward Ye Lin’s face, and Ye Lin covered the Time Measuring Ruler in lightning to perform Thunder Break.

Ye Lin countered Li Changsheng’s illusions with thunder and the laws of time, while Li Changsheng held back to draw out Ye Lin’s Invincible Technique. The chapter ended as Li Changsheng prepared to attack at full strength.

• Li Changsheng praised Ye Lin’s swift reactions after Ye Lin escaped his first illusion and forced him back with thunder.
• Li Changsheng used Ghostslayer to create another illusion, but Ye Lin shattered it with the laws of time and struck one of the three Li Changsheng with thunder.
• Li Changsheng realized Ye Lin was extremely troublesome and revealed that he had been waiting to see Ye Lin’s Invincible Technique.
• Ye Lin mistook Li Changsheng’s three figures for One Breath Becomes Three Purities before recognizing them as an ordinary transformation technique.
• After Ye Lin challenged him, Li Changsheng decided to stop holding back and force Ye Lin to use his Invincible Technique.

Ye Lin and Li Changsheng began fighting in earnest after both revealed that they had been concealing their strength, and their battle settled into a stalemate. The spectators reconsidered Ye Lin’s reputation and debated which prodigy would win.

• Ye Lin realized that Li Changsheng had been hiding his strength and decided to unleash his own.
• Li Changsheng used Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, Nine Heavens Thunder Break, and Ye Lin met his lightning Sword Qi with his own attacks.
• Li Changsheng effortlessly countered Ye Lin as they fought to a stalemate despite Ye Lin being a minor realm below him.
• Spectators admired Li Changsheng’s swordsmanship, while others argued that Ye Lin’s performance proved he was stronger.
• The watching prodigies revised their opinions of Ye Lin and wondered who would win.

The Buddhas watched Ye Lin battle Li Changsheng and expected Li Changsheng to win because he had a higher cultivation realm and a firmer foundation. Guangyun predicted that Ye Lin would prevail and warned the Buddhist Sect to prepare for the powerful factions who would support him.

• The Buddhas judged that Li Changsheng had the advantage over Ye Lin and discussed choosing a side.
• The Buddha at the top worried that Li Changsheng would punish the Buddhist Sect for withdrawing its past support.
• Guangyun argued that the battle’s outcome was uncertain and wagered that Ye Lin would win.
• Guangyun warned that Ye Lin could lead the Qilin Clan and allied Golden Immortal factions against the Buddhist Sect.
• Guangyun left, and the Buddhas fell silent.

The Buddhist Sect’s leaders debated Guangyun’s prediction that Ye Lin could win against Li Changsheng and decided to prepare a gift in case he did. Xu Changsheng watched the battle anxiously, knowing Ye Lin’s victory or defeat would determine the Shu Mountain Sword Sect’s fortunes.

• The Buddhas dismissed Guangyun’s prediction at first, but the Buddha in the highest seat urged them to prepare for either outcome.
• The Buddhas agreed to prepare a substantial gift for Ye Lin in case he achieved a great victory.
• Xu Changsheng wondered what Ye Lin was hiding as he watched him face the stronger Li Changsheng without panic.
• Xu Changsheng considered how Ye Lin’s defeat could leave the Shu Mountain Sword Sect vulnerable, while his victory could make it the Demon Domain’s foremost faction.

Ye Lin wore Li Changsheng down with his endless immortal power, then revealed his trump card and trapped him in the Hand of Heaven. Li Changsheng faced death as Ye Lin invoked the humiliation he had suffered five thousand years earlier.

• Ye Lin and Li Changsheng fought in a prolonged stalemate as their immortal power dwindled.
• Li Changsheng weakened while Ye Lin remained at ease, and Ye Lin mocked him for failing to win.
• Ye Lin used the Hand of Heaven to seal the space and trap Li Changsheng in a golden palm.
• Li Changsheng begged Ye Lin to release him as the palm crushed his body and stopped him from using immortal power.
• Ye Lin recalled the humiliation from five thousand years earlier and told Li Changsheng he would grant his wish for death.

Ye Lin killed Li Changsheng despite his warning that his father was a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. The Demon Domain trembled as that powerful elder’s pressure descended, leaving its Golden Immortals overwhelmed.

• Li Changsheng told Ye Lin that killing him would bring calamity upon the Demon Domain because his father was a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• The watching prodigies realized Li Changsheng’s father might belong to the Longevity Immortal Clan in the Star River Cosmos and feared Ye Lin’s decision.
• Ye Lin burned his destiny value, crushed Li Changsheng’s Primordial Spirit, and killed him.
• Ye Lin waited on the battlefield for the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal to seek revenge.
• A supreme pressure descended over the Demon Domain, and its Golden Immortals were overcome by sorrow and fear.

A Primordial Unity Golden Immortal descended into the Demon Domain after Ye Lin killed his son, alarming the domain’s Golden Immortals. Ye Lin greeted the newcomer respectfully, while Forbidden Void suggested the man’s true purpose went beyond revenge.

• Xu Changsheng realized the dispute between the juniors had escalated and prepared to greet the descending Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Forbidden Void told Mo Cang that the newcomer had known about the fight all along and doubted he had come simply to avenge his son.
• The Demon Domain’s Golden Immortals gathered outside the domain and felt overwhelmed by the middle-aged man’s presence.
• The middle-aged man vanished from the assembled Golden Immortals and appeared before Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin bowed and asked the middle-aged man how he should address him.

Bamboo Void briefly appeared before Ye Lin, mocked him, and left without attacking, so Ye Lin ordered his army to march on the Buddhist Sect. Bamboo Void then met an old man in the Forbidden Void, where they discussed how the coming great era had made the future impossible to foresee.

• Bamboo Void introduced himself to Ye Lin, dismissed him as unimpressive, and vanished into the Starry Sky.
• Ye Lin ordered his army to advance toward the Buddhist Sect's Origin Void Great Galaxy.
• Ye Lin's fleet and Qilin Clan forces crossed the Starry Sky without encountering danger as creatures fled before them.
• Bamboo Void visited an old man in the Forbidden Void, where Mo Cang watched them speak.
• The old man said the Heavenly Dao would soon wash the Star River Cosmos in blood, and Bamboo Void admitted that losing sight of the future unsettled him.

Bamboo Void visited the old man and Mo Cang, while Ye Lin led the Qilin Clan army into Buddhist Sect territory to test the sect’s response. With his Luck at 29.4 billion and spectators trailing his forces, Ye Lin’s campaign began as someone prepared to act.

• Bamboo Void told the old man he had come to see whether he was dead and to judge Ye Lin, but the old man warned him not to dismiss Ye Lin’s future.
• Bamboo Void vanished, and Mo Cang learned that the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal had only sent a dharma body, while his true body remained asleep.
• Ye Lin led the Qilin Clan army toward the Buddhist Sect’s prosperous star systems and ordered his soldiers to kill any Buddhist Sect cultivators they encountered.
• Ye Lin checked his panel, saw that his Luck had reached 29.4 billion, and concluded that unifying the Demon Domain was only a matter of time.
• Prodi­gies and experts from the other three regions followed Ye Lin’s army to witness his attack on the Buddhist Sect, while someone could no longer sit still.

After defeating Li Changsheng, Ye Lin led the Qilin Clan army toward the Buddhist Sect’s prosperous Origin Void Great Galaxy, making his hostility clear. As he prepared to attack, the Buddhist monk Nian Yi appeared and said he had come to befriend him.

• The Buddhas acknowledged Ye Lin’s victory and decided to send him the Twelve-Leaf Treasure Lotus as a goodwill gift.
• Ye Lin led the Qilin Clan army onward for three days and three nights, leaving no Buddhist monks alive along their route.
• Ye Lin’s army reached the Origin Void Great Galaxy, where the Heavenly Demons and Qilin Clan soldiers awaited his order to attack.
• Ye Lin raised his hand to begin the assault, but Nian Yi emerged in Buddhist light and asked him not to act rashly.

Ye Lin accepted the Buddhist Sect’s Twelve-Leaf Treasure Lotus in exchange for peace and its support. Nian Yi then revealed that Li Xiaoyao’s heart demon had gained a spirit and offered to treat him at the Buddhist Sect, leaving Ye Lin wary of what that treatment might do to him.

• Ye Lin respectfully greeted Nian Yi, who gifted him the Twelve-Leaf Treasure Lotus and pledged the Buddhist Sect’s full support.
• Ye Lin accepted the treasure and agreed to put aside conflict with the Buddhist Sect.
• Nian Yi examined Li Xiaoyao and warned that his spirit-bearing heart demon could eventually make him lose himself.
• Nian Yi offered to eradicate Li Xiaoyao’s heart demon over roughly ten years at the Buddhist Sect’s Heavenly Pool.
• Ye Lin hesitated, worrying that the treatment might make Li Xiaoyao wholeheartedly devoted to Buddhism, and Nian Yi pointed out that he was overthinking it.

Nian Yi agreed to take Li Xiaoyao away and treat the danger inside his body, while Ye Lin accepted the arrangement and led the Qilin Clan army home. The onlookers debated why the Buddhist Sect had backed down, with some calling it cowardice and others saying it had wisely recognized Ye Lin’s influence.

• Nian Yi explained that the Buddhist Sect’s conversion arts could not easily change a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal’s beliefs, and Ye Lin accepted his offer to help Li Xiaoyao.
• Ye Lin warned Li Xiaoyao to behave while he stayed with Nian Yi, and Li Xiaoyao reluctantly agreed to go.
• Nian Yi led Li Xiaoyao away as Ye Lin and the prodigies watched.
• Ye Lin called off the fighting and led the Qilin Clan and Heavenly Demons back home.
• The gathered spectators argued over whether the Buddhist Sect had acted cowardly or wisely by yielding to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin chose to target the Southern Demon Domain while preparing to confront the Golden Immortal factions that had wronged him. Over five years, the Qilin Clan and Buddhist Sect built a teleportation formation and supplied the army for the coming invasion.

• Ye Lin’s forces debated their next move, and a Qilin Clan general recommended attacking the divided Southern Demon Domain.
• Ye Lin asked about Chen Feng’s control of the Northern Demon Domain, then chose to follow the Qilin Clan’s plan and prepare for ten years before attacking the south.
• Ye Lin resolved to conquer the other three regions before seeking revenge on the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan and the Asura Clan.
• One year later, the Buddhist Sect’s army joined the Qilin Clan, and the former enemies cooperated.
• The Qilin Clan and Buddhist Sect constructed a large-scale teleportation formation over the next four years, then began transporting resources to the army.

Ten years after Ye Lin announced he would reclaim the Southern Demon Domain, five Golden Immortal powers and their armies plunged the region into chaos. Ye Lin welcomed the disorder as he prepared to move, while the Qilin Clan and Buddhist Sect also entered the wider struggle.

• The Buddhist Sect and Qilin Clan reinforced their forces, and Forbidden Void deployed another three million troops without opposition.
• Stowaways in the Southern Demon Domain joined forces, while three million Shu Mountain Sword Sect cultivators and armies from five Golden Immortal powers advanced into the region.
• The Dugu Clan sent three million troops led by Dugu Feng to the Southern Demon Domain.
• Ye Lin and Poison Venerable discussed the turmoil and Dugu Feng’s arrival, and Ye Lin said the chaos would make it easier to enter.
• Ye Lin considered the Demon Domain’s distribution of Golden Immortal powers and noted that the Qilin Clan and Buddhist Sect had entered the struggle while five other powers remained hidden.

Li Xiaoyao returned after the Buddhist Sect removed the problem within his Primordial Spirit, and his cultivation had risen to the peak of the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm. Ye Lin sent him to lead the vanguard as the group prepared to unify the Western and Southern Demon Domains, while Wang Tian distributed fasting pills to the Heavenly Demons.

• Li Xiaoyao told Ye Lin that he felt lighter after enduring ten years of Buddhist chanting and vowed not to return to that place.
• Ye Lin saw that Li Xiaoyao had recovered completely and discovered that he had reached the peak of the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin assigned Li Xiaoyao to lead the vanguard, and Li Xiaoyao eagerly accepted.
• Wang Tian finished refining fasting pills aboard a warship and let the Heavenly Demons take one each.
• The Heavenly Demons rushed and shoved one another to collect the pills while Wang Tian watched.

Wang Tian profited by trading fragrant fasting pills to the Heavenly Demons as Ye Lin’s army traveled to the Southern Demon Domain. After crushing a small opposing force, Ye Lin studied a map and prepared to advance through the region.

• Wang Tian agreed to refine more fasting pills for the Heavenly Demons in exchange for black iron scraps.
• After three months of travel, Ye Lin’s army arrived at the Southern Demon Domain and learned that a large army stood ahead.
• Ye Lin ordered the Qilin Clan soldiers to attack, and the battle ended quickly.
• Ye Lin’s group gathered around a map that divided the Southern Demon Domain into outer, inner, and core regions.

Ye Lin led an army backed by ten Half-Step Golden Immortal experts into the chaotic core region of the Southern Demon Domain to join the fighting. The native Golden Immortal factions had lost control as outside forces and Half-Step Golden Immortals plunged the region into further disorder.

• Ye Lin set out for the core region with five Half-Step Golden Immortal experts each from the Qilin Clan and the Buddhist Sect.
• Ye Lin declared that his army would join the turmoil, and a Qilin Clan expert welcomed the chance to profit from it.
• Xu Changsheng laughed as he watched the Southern Demon Domain descend into chaos.
• Shu Mountain Sword Sect, the Dugu Clan, native Stowaways, and factions from other Demon Domains fought and looted across the south.
• The native Golden Immortal factions sent in Half-Step Golden Immortal experts, but opposing reinforcements arrived and the core region became even more chaotic.