Recaps

The Yuan Clan elders agreed to send Yuan Chu down the mountain and involve the other ancient clans in the struggle of the great era. Elsewhere, Yun Xi was revealed to be a transformed Seven-Colored Lotus and was left helpless before three men who planned to kill her and divide the treasure.

• The Yuan Clan elders debated the danger to Yuan Chu and agreed that he should leave the clan to gain experience.
• The elders decided to inform the other eight ancient clans and send their younger generation into the Northern Frontier.
• The Yuan Clan's Ninth Elder had been killed and the Gold Clan's supreme treasure had been stolen, deepening suspicions about the upheaval.
• Three middle-aged men recognized the bound Yun Xi as a transformed Seven-Colored Lotus and celebrated their discovery.
• Yun Xi struggled and demanded revenge for her grandfather, but the men planned to kill her and share the Seven-Colored Lotus.

A Heaven and Earth Chamber of Commerce expert abducted Yun Xi to use her Seven-Colored Lotus as an auction finale item. Over the following year, Ye Lin became infamous as Blood Slaughter, a powerful figure who retaliated against those who oppressed the Human Race and forced them to ease their persecution.

• A middle-aged man from the Heaven and Earth Chamber of Commerce killed three men who coveted Yun Xi's Seven-Colored Lotus.
• The middle-aged man took Yun Xi away, intending to make the Seven-Colored Lotus the finale item at the next auction.
• Over the next year, Ye Lin gained fame as Blood Slaughter by massacring more than thirty factions that had harmed the Human Race.
• The Nine Ancient Clans and other forces failed to kill Blood Slaughter in an ambush; he slew their Golden Immortal cultivators and gravely wounded Yuan Chu.
• The Northern Frontier's factions eased their oppression of humans and released many prisoners, while the Human Race believed Blood Slaughter was one of their own.

Ye Lin learned that the Heaven and Earth Trading House would auction a Seven-Colored Lotus in Heavenly Capital City and decided to go see it. After learning the city was a neutral trade center surrounded by the nine ancient clans, he prepared to head there.

• Beings in a teahouse discussed the Heaven and Earth Trading House's auction of the supposedly extinct Seven-Colored Lotus and said it would be held in Heavenly Capital City.
• Ye Lin heard the news and decided to visit the auction after spending the past year hunting for the lotus and slaughtering his way across the Northern Frontier.
• Ye Lin reflected that his Bloodthirsty Demon Sword had become a demonic sword and that the Northern Frontier had nicknamed him Blood Slaughter.
• Ye Lin checked Heavenly Capital City's location and learned it stood on a plain amid the nine ancient clans' mountain ranges.
• Ye Lin learned Heavenly Capital City was a prosperous neutral trade center where rival forces kept one another in check.

Ye Lin decided to travel to Heavenly Capital City to seek the Seven-Colored Lotus, judging the journey relatively safe despite the Nine Ancient Clans surrounding the area. Ao Guang revealed that he had deceived Ye Lin about his limitations and planned to claim the lotus once Ye Lin found it.

• Ye Lin concluded that the Nine Ancient Clans could not reach Heavenly Capital City and decided to go there for the Seven-Colored Lotus.
• Famous powerhouses across the Northern Frontier hurried toward Heavenly Capital City, while more cautious figures stayed away.
• Ao Guang learned that the Seven-Colored Lotus had surfaced in the Northern Frontier and believed Ye Lin had found it through his special Fate Rank.
• Ao Guang admitted to himself that he had lied about being unable to travel on land and had spent thousands of years searching for the lotus.
• Ao Guang chose to let Ye Lin retrieve the Seven-Colored Lotus, intending to provide a safety net and kill anyone who tried to keep it.

Ye Lin arrived in Heavenly Capital City, where experts had gathered to compete for the Seven-Colored Lotus. He entered the Heaven and Earth Trading House and took a seat in the front row.

• The conflict between the Crimson Wasteland and the Four Seas reached a stalemate after their leaders largely divided the interests between them.
• Ye Lin arrived at Heavenly Capital City and admired its enormous, sturdy walls.
• Ye Lin entered the city and sensed that most of its inhabitants were Heavenly Immortals or True Immortals, while Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals were rare.
• Ye Lin found the Heaven and Earth Trading House, whose influence in the Northern Frontier rivaled that of the nine ancient clans.
• Ye Lin entered the trading house's grand hall and sat in the front row.

Ye Lin took one of the nine seats reserved for the Nine Kings at a gathering hosted by the Heaven and Earth Trading House. A woman warned him about the danger, but Ye Lin refused to move and lounged in the seat.

• Ye Lin noticed the nine seats at the front and guessed they were reserved for the nine great ancient clans.
• As living beings entered, they whispered about Ye Lin sitting in the Nine Kings' seats.
• A woman in a red dress urged Ye Lin to move and explained the Nine Kings and the seating order based on cultivation.
• Ye Lin thanked the woman but said he was attached to his seat and would not move.
• The woman gave up warning Ye Lin and left.

The Nine Kings arrived at Heaven and Earth Trading House’s auction and confronted Wei Wuyou over the Seven-Colored Lotus. Wei Wuyou claimed his trading house had found the treasure by coincidence and had no time to prepare, leaving the tense dispute unresolved.

• The Nine Kings entered the hall, and the crowd lowered their heads before them.
• Wei Wuyou welcomed the Nine Kings as the young master of Heaven and Earth Trading House.
• One of the Nine Kings reproached Wei Wuyou for auctioning the Seven-Colored Lotus instead of privately dealing with the ancient clans.
• Wei Wuyou said the lotus had been found unexpectedly by the Third Elder while traveling abroad.
• The Nine Kings were left unable to respond, while the surrounding crowd watched the confrontation in silence.

Wei Wuyou concealed Heaven and Earth Trading House’s ambitions while the Nine Kings warned him not to challenge their authority. At the gathering, they noticed Ye Lin in the foremost seat, and Yuan Chu recognized him as Blood Slaughter.

• A woman apologized to Wei Wuyou, who privately reflected that Heaven and Earth Trading House had staged events around the Seven-Colored Lotus to build its prestige and challenge the Nine Ancient Clans.
• The Nine Kings warned Wei Wuyou that Heaven and Earth Trading House should not disrupt the Northern Frontier’s order, while he smiled and hid his intentions.
• The Nine Kings reached the front and noticed Ye Lin sitting in the foremost seat.
• A young man recognized Ye Lin as Blood Slaughter, stepped back in fear, and shouted his name.
• Those in the hall turned toward Ye Lin, and someone asked Yuan Chu whether he was sure of the identification.

After Ye Lin was identified as the famed Blood Slaughter, Yuan Chu yielded his seat among the Nine Kings and sat behind him, recognizing how dangerous Ye Lin was. The other Nine Kings mocked Yuan Chu and took their seats beside Ye Lin, while the surrounding cultivators stayed silent.

• The cultivators recognized Ye Lin as Blood Slaughter and discussed his past battles and the danger he posed.
• A young man approached Ye Lin and mocked him, then teased Yuan Chu about nearly being killed by him.
• Yuan Chu announced that he would sit in the second row, leaving his place among the Nine Kings to Ye Lin.
• The surrounding beings were shocked, while Yuan Chu recalled that Ye Lin was a threat he could not afford to provoke.
• A woman mocked Yuan Chu, then sat beside Ye Lin, and the other Nine Kings followed her lead.

Ye Lin attended an auction in Heavenly Capital City while the Nine Kings confronted him over the destruction of cities and blood sacrifices. He warned them to behave, but they declared that he would not leave alive, as he focused on obtaining the Seven-Colored Lotus.

• Ye Lin ignored Huo Ling'er and the other Nine Kings, judging them too weak to concern him.
• Ye Lin planned to win the Seven-Colored Lotus at auction or seize it, since no cultivators above the sixth level of the Golden Immortal realm were in the city.
• The Nine Kings provoked Ye Lin and demanded that he remove his mask and make friends with them.
• Yuan Chu secretly welcomed the provocation and hoped the Nine Kings would anger Ye Lin so their clans' resources would be left to him.
• Ye Lin said he had come for the auction and warned the Nine Kings to behave themselves.
• The Nine Kings accused Ye Lin of slaughtering cities and sacrificing hundreds of millions of people, then threatened to kill him.

At the Heaven and Earth Trading House auction, Wei Wuyou introduced six treasures and unveiled the first: a Spatial Ring capable of holding living beings, even Golden Immortals, with a radically different flow of time inside. The auction began with bidders eyeing the rare cultivation treasure.

• Wei Wuyou welcomed the gathered guests and announced that the auction would feature six treasures, ending with the legendary Seven-Colored Lotus.
• Wei Wuyou presented the first treasure, a Spatial Ring, and explained that it could contain living beings as powerful as Golden Immortals.
• Wei Wuyou revealed that one year inside the ring equaled one day outside, prompting an uproar among the guests.
• The guests learned that ordinary Spatial Rings could not contain living beings, while the auction’s ring had an exceptionally stable interior space.

At the Heaven and Earth Trading House auction, Tu He and the other Nine Kings dominated the bidding for a Spatial Ring until a young man carrying a Long Sword challenged them. The newcomer greeted Wei Wuyou as Brother Wei and faced Tu He, who demanded to know who he was.

• The Nine Kings bid on the Spatial Ring while the other attendees stayed silent, and Wei Wuyou reflected on how the ancient clans stifled the Trading House in the Northern Frontier.
• Tu He offered one million Supreme Immortal Stones for the ring and warned that no one would outbid him.
• A young man carrying a Long Sword entered and bid two million Supreme Immortal Stones.
• The young man greeted Wei Wuyou as Brother Wei, and Wei Wuyou explained that the impatient crowd had forced him to begin the auction.
• Tu He introduced himself as the young master of the Earth Clan and demanded that the newcomer identify himself.

Jian Changfeng of the Heavenward Sword Sect demanded Tu He’s seat, and Tu He tried to redirect him toward Ye Lin. Jian Changfeng threatened Ye Lin while Tu He faced a dilemma between surrendering his dignity and provoking a powerful sect.

• Jian Changfeng introduced himself as a personal disciple of the Heavenward Sword Sect’s Great Elder, prompting Tu He to suppress his anger and return to his seat.
• Jian Changfeng ordered Tu He to give up his exclusive seat, but Tu He refused and pointed him toward Ye Lin instead.
• Ye Lin looked at Jian Changfeng, who recognized that he was no ordinary cultivator and chose to confront him directly.
• Jian Changfeng threatened to make Ye Lin stay there if he did not leave, while Tu He struggled to decide whether to yield or risk the Heavenward Sword Sect’s wrath.

At Wei Wuyou’s auction, Jian Changfeng tossed Tu He aside and acknowledged Ye Lin as a powerful outsider from the Third Region. The auction continued without further bids, while the Northern Frontier’s view of the Nine Kings began to change.

• Jian Changfeng grew impatient with Tu He, grabbed him by the neck, and threw him across the room before taking his seat.
• Jian Changfeng asked Ye Lin about his origins, identified him as a strong outsider, and said he respected strength.
• Wei Wuyou resumed the auction and asked whether anyone would beat Jian Changfeng’s bid of two million Supreme Immortal Stones for the Spatial Ring.
• No one bid higher, and Wei Wuyou continued the sale despite the loss he had taken on the ring.
• The Northern Frontier’s spectators, shaken by Blood Slaughter and Jian Changfeng humbling the Nine Kings, began to doubt the Nine Kings’ untouchable reputation.

Wei Wuyou continued his auction, revealing a Vermilion Bird Divine Fruit that could purify Demon Beasts’ bloodlines. Xinyou showed interest in the fruit, while a middle-aged cultivator bid one million Supreme Immortal Stones and asked the crowd to give him face.

• Wei Wuyou reflected that the auction was helping break the Northern Frontier’s belief that the Nine Ancient Clans and Nine Kings were invincible.
• The first auction ended when Brother Jian won the Spatial Ring on the third call.
• Wei Wuyou unveiled the Vermilion Bird Divine Fruit and explained that it could purify Demon Beasts’ bloodlines and awaken hidden bloodlines.
• Xinyou stared greedily at the Vermilion Bird Divine Fruit from Ye Lin’s shoulder.
• A middle-aged man bid one million Supreme Immortal Stones, saying he was close to the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm and asking the crowd to give him face.

Ye Lin bid on a bloodline-purifying treasure for Xinyou, while Jian Changfeng yielded his claim and offered to befriend him. The Nine Kings raised the bid to obstruct Ye Lin, who calmly let them win for now.

• Bidders competed for a treasure that could purify a Flood Dragon's bloodline.
• Jian Changfeng bid five million Supreme Immortal Stones, then yielded the treasure to Ye Lin after he bid six million.
• Jian Changfeng said he would kill and eat his mixed-blood Flood Dragon instead, and Ye Lin thanked him.
• One of the Nine Kings bid seven million Supreme Immortal Stones to keep Ye Lin from getting the treasure.
• Ye Lin told Jian Changfeng to let the Nine Kings have it and keep it for him temporarily.

Ye Lin prepared to fight the Nine Kings after they threatened him, while Wei Wuyou anticipated trouble once the auction ended. When the Seven-Colored Lotus appeared, Ye Lin told Jian Changfeng he had come to obtain it for someone else, and Jian Changfeng asked who that person was.

• Ye Lin picked up the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and decided to use his enemies to temper it after the Nine Kings threatened him.
• Wei Wuyou recognized Jian Changfeng's respect for Ye Lin and prepared for a battle that might damage the Heaven and Earth Trading House.
• The auction continued, with the Nine Kings winning several treasures and Jian Changfeng winning a Spatial Ring.
• Wei Wuyou presented the Seven-Colored Lotus, drawing the attention of the gathered bidders.
• Jian Changfeng asked Ye Lin whether he had come for the Seven-Colored Lotus, and Ye Lin said he had come on another's behalf.
• Jian Changfeng asked Ye Lin to reveal whom he represented.

Ye Lin revealed that he had come on behalf of the East Sea Dragon Palace to obtain the Seven-Colored Lotus, prompting Jian Changfeng to give up his claim. As the Nine Kings bid against one another, Jian Changfeng realized Ye Lin intended to seize the treasure by force, then warned him about the suspicious figure behind him.

• Ye Lin told Jian Changfeng that he had come for the East Sea Dragon Palace, and Jian Changfeng remembered the second young master's past search for the Seven-Colored Lotus and withdrew from the contest.
• The Nine Kings began bidding for the Seven-Colored Lotus while the other beings stayed silent, afraid they could not keep it even if they won.
• Jian Changfeng noticed Ye Lin resting his hands on the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and inferred that he planned to rob the auction.
• Jian Changfeng offered to help Ye Lin, but Ye Lin warned him that the figure behind him seemed untrustworthy.

After the Seven-Colored Lotus auction ended with Huo Ling'er winning the bid, Ye Lin prepared to confront her while Jian Changfeng took Tu He outside. Wei Wuyou warned Ye Lin not to start a fight inside the Heaven and Earth Trading House, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Huo Ling'er won the Seven-Colored Lotus auction for forty-three million three hundred and thirty thousand Supreme Immortal Stones.
• Wei Wuyou announced that the auction had ended and reflected on how few outsiders had attended.
• Huo Ling'er flaunted the Seven-Colored Lotus before Ye Lin and taunted him for losing it.
• Jian Changfeng seized Tu He by the throat and took him outside to discuss private business.
• Wei Wuyou asked Ye Lin to give the Heaven and Earth Trading House face and not fight inside, prompting nearby spectators to flee.

Ye Lin left the auction hall after letting Wei Wuyou keep the Seven-Colored Lotus, then waited outside for the remaining Kings. Yuan Chu fled after begging Ye Lin to spare him, leaving seven Kings to confront Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin let Wei Wuyou keep the Seven-Colored Lotus and left the hall carrying the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.
• Yuan Chu fled, while Wei Wuyou announced that the Heaven and Earth Trading House was closing and ushered everyone outside.
• The remaining seven Kings decided to pursue Ye Lin and kill Blood Slaughter.
• Yuan Chu begged Ye Lin to spare him, and Ye Lin told him to scram.
• The seven Kings mocked Yuan Chu as he departed, and he left hoping they would not survive their confrontation with Ye Lin.

Ye Lin challenged the Seven Kings in Heavenly Capital City and unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art against a gu insect attack. As the city’s residents fled in fear, the attacker continued to charge him.

• Ye Lin taunted the Seven Kings, while residents of Heavenly Capital City recognized him as Blood Slaughter and wondered why he had come.
• Jian Changfeng defeated Tu He and left him lying amid the ruins of a street.
• One of the Seven Kings transformed into a swarm of gu insects and sent it toward Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin invoked the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, darkening the sky with clouds and purple lightning.
• Cultivators fled as they feared Ye Lin would destroy Heavenly Capital City, while the young gu cultivator roared and pressed his attack.

Ye Lin overwhelmed the Gu-user Blood Slaughter with lightning and a blazing-sun sword strike, forcing the other six to intervene. The six barely stopped the attack and were left wondering how someone of their realm could wield such power.

• Ye Lin used Thunder Sea to burn away the swarming Gu insects, but they regrouped into a young man carrying a green dagger.
• Ye Lin anticipated the Gu-user’s charge and struck him with Thunder Break, leaving him coughing up blood.
• Ye Lin unleashed Great Sun Supreme Art, Nine Luminaries Across the Sky, sending a radiant sun wreathed in Purgatory Ice Flame toward the wounded man.
• The six remaining fighters attacked together to save Blood Slaughter, but their combined attacks were crushed by Ye Lin’s great sun.
• The six barely broke the great sun’s power and stood in Heavenly Capital City, shaken by the force of Ye Lin’s attack.

Ye Lin overwhelmed the seven young talents of the Nine Ancient Clans and rejected their attempt to end the fight peacefully. He trapped Heavenly Capital City behind a curtain of lightning and declared that the seven would die unless they killed him first.

• Jian Changfeng killed Tu He and watched as Ye Lin outmatched the seven opponents.
• The seven asked to end their feud and offered Ye Lin the Seven-Colored Lotus.
• Ye Lin mocked their change of heart and refused to let them leave.
• Ye Lin summoned lightning to surround Heavenly Capital City and vowed to kill the seven or be killed by them.

Ye Lin attacked the Seven Kings in Heavenly Capital City, killing many residents as he fought. Huo Ling'er surrendered the Seven-Colored Lotus, but Ye Lin continued to pursue her, and she summoned the Heavenly Frontier Insect to fight back.

• Ye Lin unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art against the Seven Kings, devastating Heavenly Capital City and killing countless residents.
• Huo Ling'er offered Ye Lin the Seven-Colored Lotus and pleaded for her life, but he took the lotus and attacked her anyway.
• Huo Ling'er summoned the Heavenly Frontier Insect, whose tentacles ground away Ye Lin's thunderous Sword Qi.
• Huo Ling'er commanded the Heavenly Frontier Insect to kill Ye Lin, who dodged its tentacles and closed in on her.
• Ye Lin leaped toward Huo Ling'er from three zhang away, gripping the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor in both hands as thunderous power surrounded him.

Ye Lin was trapped by Huo Ling'er and the others in a golden net that resisted his sword, while Jian Changfeng considered rescuing him. The net suddenly met an unexpected threat, leaving the seven attackers horrified.

• Ye Lin split Huo Ling'er's Heavenly Frontier Insect in two and charged at her again.
• Huo Ling'er revealed that Ye Lin had fallen into a trap, and a golden net descended to ensnare him.
• The seven mocked Ye Lin and closed in, but his Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor could not cut through the net.
• Jian Changfeng decided that saving Ye Lin could help him build ties with the East Sea Dragon Clan and put his hand on his sword hilt.
• The seven cried out in shock as they sensed a violent flame that threatened their supposedly unbreakable net.