Recaps

Ye Lin held back the enraged Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast while the prodigies prepared to wear it down, but he warned them that he could only last another hundred breaths. When countless Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal savage beasts arrived as reinforcements, Ye Lin and the others abandoned the fight and fled.

• The prodigies gave Ye Lin pills, immortal stones, and a Sovereign Artifact to help him withstand the savage beast’s flames.
• Ye Lin warned the prodigies that he could hold the line for only another hundred breaths against the Half-Step Golden Immortal beast.
• Ye Lin spotted countless savage beasts charging toward them and shouted for everyone to run.
• Ye Lin dispelled his Beginningless True Flame and raced through the herd with the prodigies following close behind.
• The prodigies fled without looking back, abandoning their plan to kill the savage beast.

As the prodigies fled the savage beast horde, Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable realized Li Xiaoyao was missing and began searching for him. Ye Lin spotted a mountain of beasts gathered around something and feared Li Xiaoyao might be beneath them.

• The young men guarding Li Xiaoyao fled from the approaching beasts, and the last one left him behind because he could not carry him.
• Ye Lin contacted Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, and they realized none of them had seen Li Xiaoyao.
• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable to search for Li Xiaoyao while staying safe, and both agreed.
• Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable rushed through the beast horde, searching for Li Xiaoyao as the other prodigies fled.
• After searching without finding Li Xiaoyao, Ye Lin spotted a mound of beasts gathered around something and feared it might be Li Xiaoyao's corpse.

Powerful figures debated whether to keep the prodigies under pressure from five savage beasts, arguing that the trial would build solidarity among the remote star domains. As attention shifted to an intriguing figure at the assessment grounds, Ye Lin charged toward him but was blasted away.

• An aged voice defended using the five savage beasts to force the prodigies to adapt to the dangers of the Central Star Domain.
• Other voices warned that the beasts had left more than a million prodigies seriously injured and discussed removing the cultivation suppression.
• The voices agreed that the trial would continue because it could teach the remote-domain prodigies to unite against the contempt they faced in the Central Star Domain.
• A voice noticed an interesting figure at the assessment grounds, prompting others to wonder whether it was Li Xiaoyao.
• Ye Lin rushed forward with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor to find out, but an enormous force sent him flying before he could get close.

Li Xiaoyao erupted with overwhelming strength and battered a Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast while Ye Lin realized he was on the verge of entering the Golden Immortal realm. Ye Lin withdrew with Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng to watch as Li Xiaoyao delivered a final, fatal hammer blow.

• Li Xiaoyao emerged in a violent aura and used his twin hammers to tear through savage beasts and repeatedly smash a Half-Step Golden Immortal beast.
• Ye Lin inspected Li Xiaoyao's panel and learned that he was about to enter the Golden Immortal realm after absorbing the effects of many pills and a Mirror-Breaking Pill.
• Ye Lin left the battlefield, reasoning that he would only hinder Li Xiaoyao, and Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng joined him to watch.
• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable that Li Xiaoyao was about to become a Golden Immortal, and reassured Dugu Feng that Li Xiaoyao would not abandon them.
• Li Xiaoyao's final hammer blow smashed the savage beast's head apart.

Li Xiaoyao defeated the savage beast and broke through to the Golden Immortal realm. He offered to help Ye Lin and the others hunt the remaining savage beasts so they could secure their spots.

• Li Xiaoyao smashed the savage beast's hooves and left its body mangled across the ground.
• Li Xiaoyao broke through the barrier and officially entered the Golden Immortal realm, forcing Ye Lin and the others to their knees with his pressure.
• Li Xiaoyao crushed the savage beast into a bloody pulp and walked over to Ye Lin and the others.
• Li Xiaoyao told Ye Lin that his new strength made him feel capable of shattering the continent with his hammer.
• Li Xiaoyao offered to hunt the four remaining savage beasts for Ye Lin and the others so each could earn one million points and secure a spot.

After Li Xiaoyao reached the Golden Immortal realm, a voice summoned him to the Starry Sky, and he left the game behind. Ye Lin reflected on how his own breakthrough depended on finding the missing volumes of One Breath Becomes Three Purities.

• Savage beasts stayed cowed by Li Xiaoyao’s pressure after he killed their boss.
• A Golden Immortal invited Li Xiaoyao to the Starry Sky, ending his plan to act on Ye Lin’s suggestion.
• Li Xiaoyao bid Ye Lin farewell and departed, having become one of the game’s controllers.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable lamented that they did not know how to reach the Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin noted that he had seven volumes of One Breath Becomes Three Purities, one was held by the Void Clan, and two had no known whereabouts.

Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and the Poison Venerable slaughtered unresisting savage beasts, believing Li Xiaoyao had left them a safeguard before departing. After three days, Ye Lin received a message from Shangguan Wanyu saying she and Luo Yao were surrounded by powerful experts.

• Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and the Poison Venerable charged into the savage beasts and noticed that the beasts were not fighting back.
• Dugu Feng credited Li Xiaoyao with leaving them a trump card, while two other cultivators discussed why a man they had abandoned would survive.
• Three days later, Dugu Feng killed the last beast in their area, and Ye Lin checked his 18,000 points and rank of 339th on the leaderboard.
• Ye Lin left to find another hunting ground and felt his Jade Talisman glow.
• Shangguan Wanyu contacted Ye Lin through the talisman and warned him that she and Luo Yao were surrounded while powerful experts searched for them.

Ye Lin led Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable toward a forest where a Golden Immortal’s arrogant son ordered a search for a True Immortal and a little girl to seize their treasure. When Dugu Feng questioned Ye Lin about bringing Shangguan Wanyu along, Ye Lin said she had a special talent in the secret realm but had not yet explained what it was.

• A young man ordered his followers to search the forest for a True Immortal and a little girl so he could take their treasure.
• A servant warned the young man that provoking the True Immortal was unwise, but the young man insisted that his status would protect him.
• Ye Lin hurried toward the forest with Dugu Feng, Poison Venerable, and Shangguan Wanyu after Li Xiaoyao had left.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable questioned Ye Lin about bringing Shangguan Wanyu, whose talent they considered unimpressive.
• Ye Lin said Shangguan Wanyu possessed a special talent within the secret realm and asked Dugu Feng whether he had encountered the top factions’ prodigies.

Ye Lin explained that Shangguan Wanyu could foresee dangers in secret realms, easing Dugu Feng and the Poison Venerable’s suspicions. Meanwhile, Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao were found by Chen Zi’ang and his men, leaving Shangguan Wanyu wary as Chen introduced himself.

• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng and the Poison Venerable that Shangguan Wanyu could foresee events in secret realms and help them survive danger.
• Dugu Feng said he believed Ye Lin, and the two companions’ discomfort faded.
• Chen Zi’ang’s men found Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao hiding in a cave despite the Formation Disk concealing their auras.
• Shangguan Wanyu told Luo Yao to run if the men attacked, then carried her out of the cave.
• Chen Zi’ang introduced himself as the son of the Mountain Lord of Green Peak Mountain, and Shangguan Wanyu asked what he wanted.

Chen Zi'ang tried to force Shangguan Wanyu to hand over a hidden treasure and threatened her and Luo Yao, but Ye Lin arrived with Dugu Feng and the Poison Venerable. Chen Zi'ang ordered his men to attack, and Ye Lin engulfed his opponent in Beginningless True Flame.

• Chen Zi'ang demanded Shangguan Wanyu give him her treasure and threatened to search her and break her fingers if she refused.
• Shangguan Wanyu told Luo Yao to run, but the five young men began backing away as Ye Lin appeared with Dugu Feng and Li Xiaoyao.
• Luo Yao ran to Ye Lin, who confronted Chen Zi'ang and rejected his attempt to leave.
• Chen Zi'ang ordered his five peak Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal subordinates to attack Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and the Poison Venerable.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword Qi and used Beginningless True Flame to engulf the young man who charged at him.

Ye Lin attacked Chen Zi'ang after Chen tried to dismiss his subordinate’s defeat as a joke and rely on his family’s status. Chen fled under Ye Lin’s sword strike, vowing to summon reinforcements if he escaped.

• Ye Lin’s Beginningless True Flame burned Chen Zi'ang’s subordinate despite the young man’s attempts to extinguish it.
• Chen Zi'ang claimed his husband was the Golden Immortal lord of Green Peak Mountain and asked Ye Lin to make peace.
• Ye Lin rejected Chen’s excuse and struck him with Sword Nine, Heaven-Sundering.
• Chen Zi'ang was thrown into a mountaintop but got up and continued fleeing while Ye Lin’s Sword Qi ravaged his body.
• Chen Zi'ang cursed Ye Lin and recalled that Mist Map Star Region heirs had come to look down on prodigies from small star regions.

Ye Lin killed Chen Zi'ang after Chen failed to escape, then turned to the battle where Dugu Feng had already defeated the attendants. The powerful figures watching revealed that the Mist Map Star Region's families had sent spoiled heirs into the assessment grounds, expecting them to provoke prodigies from smaller star regions.

• Ye Lin noticed Chen Zi'ang was still alive and struck again, cutting him in half with sword energy.
• Ye Lin saw that Dugu Feng had quickly finished off the attendants.
• Old Chen accepted Chen Zi'ang's death, saying his grandson had wasted the Chen Family's resources and brought it upon himself.
• The powerful figures explained that the families had sent their spoiled young masters into the assessment grounds so they would provoke outsiders and face consequences.
• The observers noted that Ye Lin had killed both Xue Feng and Chen Zi'ang after they provoked him.

Ye Lin and his companions fled from the Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts and hid in a vast underground cave network. They reached temporary safety, but Ye Lin sensed something watching them in the darkness.

• Ye Lin compared Golden List rankings with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable and wondered how the top-ranked people had earned so many points.
• A savage beast as large as a mountain appeared with a horde of smaller beasts, forcing Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, Poison Venerable, Shangguan Wanyu, and Luo Yao to flee.
• Ye Lin spotted a deep underground hole and jumped in, followed by Dugu Feng, Poison Venerable, Shangguan Wanyu, and Luo Yao.
• The group reached a vast underground space filled with caves, where the narrow entrance kept the enormous beasts from following them.
• Ye Lin warned the others to stay cautious because he felt something watching them from the shadows.

Ye Lin and his companions searched the underground passages for the presence he sensed and found four injured women in a cavern. Gu Qianlan introduced herself and her sisters as the groups came face to face.

• Dugu Feng told Ye Lin that the artificially created world was unlikely to contain treasure, and Ye Lin said he was searching for whatever watched him from the shadows.
• Ye Lin sensed four unfamiliar auras ahead, including one that was fading, and led the others toward them cautiously.
• A voice challenged the group as they approached a hollow, where they found four women, one of them severely wounded.
• Gu Qianlan asked Gu Qingqing to lower her sword and introduced herself and her sisters as Gu Qingqing, Gu Shuiyun, and Gu Weiyang.

Ye Lin and his companions met the injured Gu Qianlan and learned that she and her sisters had encountered a nest of Bloodthirst Demons underground. The group stayed hidden from both the demons below and the barbaric beast army above, while Dugu Feng questioned how Gu Qianlan’s group had found the nest.

• Ye Lin introduced himself and explained that he and his friends had entered the underground cave to hide from the barbaric beast army.
• Gu Qianlan said that Bloodthirst Demons had wounded her and described how she and her sisters had advanced into their nest, where they faced countless demons and three peak Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal Heart-Devouring Demons.
• Gu Qianlan explained that she had been injured while covering her sisters’ retreat and that no pills could stop the wound from worsening.
• Dugu Feng worried about the demons’ strength and wondered whether they were connected to the Heart-Devouring Demon the group had encountered in the Starry Sky.
• Dugu Feng asked Gu Qianlan whether her group had really entered the demons’ nest by chance.

Ye Lin realized Gu Qianlan and her companions had concealed the real reason they entered the Bloodthirst Demon's lair: they had found an Azure Dragon Crystal. Gu Qianlan offered to reveal its location in exchange for heartblood to heal her injuries, but Ye Lin remained suspicious.

• Ye Lin questioned Gu Qianlan's story, prompting Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng to grow wary of the four women.
• Gu Qianlan admitted they had discovered an Azure Dragon Crystal, and Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable recognized its value.
• Ye Lin demanded to know where the crystal was, while Gu Qianlan offered its location in exchange for several drops of the Heart-Devouring Demon's heartblood.
• Gu Qianlan's companions drew their swords as the two groups faced off, and Ye Lin warned he would return to kill them if the crystal was not there.

Ye Lin set out with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable to find the Heart-Devouring Demon and verify whether the Azure Dragon Crystal was real. He left Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu with Gu Qianlan’s group, trusting that the two could protect themselves.

• Gu Qianlan directed Ye Lin to the Heart-Devouring Demon’s lair and warned that the demon had nearly defeated her group, urging him to leave Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu behind.
• Ye Lin secretly told Luo Yao to summon her Great River friend or kill the others if they showed hostile intent, then left her and Shangguan Wanyu with Gu Qianlan’s group.
• Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable headed down the passage toward the demon’s lair.
• Dugu Feng worried that Gu Qianlan’s group might endanger Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu, but Ye Lin said neither woman was ordinary and joked that he might be the unnecessary one.

Ye Lin split from Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable at the fork, taking the right-hand cave that Gu Qianlan had identified as the correct route. He reached an overlook above a chamber full of black monsters and spotted the three Heart-Devouring Demons that had wounded Gu Qianlan.

• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable to take the left path while he explored the right cave.
• Dugu Feng entered the left cave, and Poison Venerable followed him as Ye Lin went alone into the right cave.
• Ye Lin found slime and a fishy liquid in the cave, concluded it was the Bloodthirst Demon's saliva, and confirmed he was on the correct path.
• Ye Lin reached a high ledge overlooking a vast chamber filled with black monsters and saw three enormous Heart-Devouring Demons with red crystals in their chests.

Ye Lin recognized the Heart-Devouring Demons and found three Azure Dragon Crystals beneath them. He unleashed the Beginningless True Flame to kill the creatures, then escaped as their efforts to flee caused the underground space to collapse.

• Ye Lin recognized the Heart-Devouring Demons as creatures from beyond the domain and spotted three large Azure Dragon Crystals beneath them.
• Ye Lin searched his Spatial Ring for a way to attack safely but found nothing useful, so he chose to use the Beginningless True Flame.
• Ye Lin hurled a massive fireball into the underground space and used the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell to block the demons' escape.
• The Bloodthirst Demons struck the bell and smashed the surrounding walls as the flames spread, collapsing parts of the underground space.
• Ye Lin put away the bell and dodged falling boulders while the Beginningless True Flame continued to consume the space.

Ye Lin fought three Heart-Devouring Demons while trying to reach the Azure Dragon Crystal during the collapsing battle between savage beasts and Bloodthirst Demons. Four women arrived at the lump of flesh and revealed that they had deceived everyone to obtain the crystal.

• Ye Lin ignored the fleeing Bloodthirst Demons and dug toward the Azure Dragon Crystal, finding three Heart-Devouring Demons guarding a lump of flesh.
• Ye Lin sent Beginningless True Flame toward the lump, but the Heart-Devouring Demons shielded it and exposed his position.
• Poison Venerable warned Ye Lin that the four women had been pretending and that their target was his side.
• Ye Lin fought off the three Heart-Devouring Demons with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and his Sword Qi.
• The four women reached the lump of flesh and thanked Ye Lin for helping them obtain the Azure Dragon Crystal.

Ye Lin chased Gu Qianlan and her three sisters after they stole the Azure Dragon Crystals, but Luo Yao intervened with a devastating Great River technique and brought them down. The four women lay defeated before Ye Lin, while witnesses and Gu Qingqing struggled to understand Luo Yao’s power.

• Gu Qianlan and her three sisters destroyed the flesh mass, took the three Azure Dragon Crystals, and escaped while the Heart-Devouring Demons attacked Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin pursued the four women, and Gu Qianlan admitted that their names had been real before they vanished.
• Ye Lin called for the Great River, which shattered space, struck down Gu Qianlan and her sisters, and reduced the three Heart-Devouring Demons to dust.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable reacted to the Great River’s power as Shangguan Wanyu approached carrying Luo Yao.
• Gu Qingqing declared that Luo Yao could not be a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, while Ye Lin confronted the defeated women.

Ye Lin killed Gu Qianlan and the three women with her after they surrendered, then divided the Azure Dragon Crystals among his companions and kept the remaining two. He planned to use the crystals to begin cultivating the first layer of the True King Sacred Body.

• Gu Qianlan placed three Azure Dragon Crystals at Ye Lin's feet and closed her eyes as the four women gave up resisting.
• Ye Lin killed Gu Qianlan and the other three women with sword Qi, annihilating their Primordial Spirits.
• Ye Lin gave one Azure Dragon Crystal to Dugu Feng, while Poison Venerable and Shangguan Wanyu declined them.
• Luo Yao told Ye Lin she did not want a crystal and offered him her share, so Ye Lin kept the remaining two.
• Ye Lin put the crystals in his Spatial Ring and considered the other materials needed to cultivate the True King Sacred Body.

After leaving the collapsed underground ruins, Ye Lin’s group rested in a cave, where they discussed their rankings and the restrictions on their strength. As Ye Lin began to speak, a kindly-looking elderly man formed from laws and appeared before them.

• Ye Lin reflected on the strengths of his companions and worried that he was the group’s only freeloader.
• Ye Lin led the group away from the ruins before savage beasts could reach them, and they found a cave to rest in.
• Ye Lin noted that his points had raised him to ninth place, while Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable ranked outside the top three hundred.
• Dugu Feng complained about being unable to use his full strength, while Shangguan Wanyu entertained Luo Yao.
• A mass of laws gathered before Ye Lin’s group and formed into a kindly-looking elderly man with a Golden Immortal aura.

The old man came to take Luo Yao away, but Ye Lin negotiated for him to take Shangguan Wanyu as well. Luo Yao agreed to leave after Ye Lin reassured her, and the old man departed with both girls.

• The old man praised Ye Lin and revealed that he had come to take Luo Yao away and give her a slot.
• Ye Lin asked the old man to take Shangguan Wanyu too, warning that her secrets might cause trouble if left alone.
• The old man agreed to Ye Lin’s request and warned him to watch his safety.
• The old man tempted Luo Yao with delicious food, and she looked to Ye Lin for permission before agreeing to go.
• Ye Lin asked the old man to take good care of Luo Yao and Miss Shangguan.

With their rankings secure and more than two months remaining before the teleportation array opened, Ye Lin and Dugu Feng decided to lie low rather than risk fighting the Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts or other prodigies. The chapter left them preparing to wait out the remaining time in hiding.

• The old man took Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu away, and Ye Lin's smile faded after they left.
• Dugu Feng counted two months and eight days until the game ended and the teleportation array opened.
• Dugu Feng noted that the Golden List had stopped changing at the top while contestants near the bottom continued competing fiercely.
• Dugu Feng proposed resting because their points were enough and the four Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts made venturing out dangerous.
• Ye Lin agreed to hide, reasoning that higher rankings brought no reward and other prodigies might have life-saving items.
• Dugu Feng had collected the Spatial Rings from the four women Ye Lin had killed, since Ye Lin had forgotten to search their bodies.