Recaps

Ye Lin explored a bustling marketplace in the Imperial Capital, where sellers offered slaves, dubious treasures, and even themselves. He realized most of the goods were fake and found nothing there that held his interest.

• Ye Lin entered the marketplace and saw a frightened cat-ear tribe girl being offered for sale in an iron cage.
• Ye Lin passed stalls selling supposed treasures and medicinal herbs, including a Heavenly Immortal woman selling herself.
• Ye Lin observed that most vendors were low-cultivation locals trying to profit from wealthy visitors, while nearby Golden Immortal cultivators watched without buying.
• Ye Lin found that he could quickly understand the principles behind the marketplace's novel trinkets, so they soon lost their appeal.

Ye Lin bought a transparent bead from a stall, but another Golden Immortal challenged the sale and drove up the price. The bidding left the stall owner stunned when the bead reached one hundred thousand Supreme Immortal Stones.

• Ye Lin bought a transparent bead from a young stall owner for one Supreme Immortal stone.
• Another young man offered ten Supreme Immortal Stones for the bead, arguing that Ye Lin's purchase was not complete.
• Ye Lin raised his offer to ten thousand Supreme Immortal Stones, giving the stall owner a chance to sell it to him.
• The two young men kept raising their bids until the bead reached one hundred thousand Supreme Immortal Stones.
• The stall owner stared in disbelief at the enormous price.

Ye Lin outbid a provocative young man for a transparent bead, driving the price to ten million Supreme Immortal Stones before revealing he had no intention of buying it. The young man was left holding the bead, unable to pay, and threatened Ye Lin as the crowd mocked him.

• A young man challenged Ye Lin to keep bidding for a transparent bead, and Ye Lin raised the offer to one million Supreme Immortal Stones.
• The young man and Ye Lin traded escalating bids, with the young man finally shouting ten million Supreme Immortal Stones.
• Ye Lin tossed the bead to the young man and said he could not pay that much, leaving the young man stuck with the purchase.
• The crowd urged the young man to pay the seller and mocked him for bidding beyond his means.
• The young man threatened Ye Lin and warned him to watch himself.

Ye Lin acquired a rare bead containing stone essence qi and gave it to Xinyou, then returned to his residence, where Know-All tried to recruit him to gather Heavenly Dao merit. Ye Lin rejected the offer and went inside.

• Ye Lin paid the shop owner for an upper-grade immortal sword and gave him ten thousand Supreme Immortal Stones before leaving with the bead.
• Ye Lin recognized that the bead contained rare stone essence qi and gave it to Xinyou, who swallowed it.
• Know-All waited at Ye Lin’s residence and offered to fund him in exchange for help gathering Heavenly Dao merit.
• Ye Lin refused Know-All’s proposal, shook him off, and walked into the main hall.

Ye Lin refused Know-All’s offer to trade an Enlightenment Stone for his cooperation, insisting on testing the treasure first. He then learned from Qin Unrivaled that the Four Seas Dragon Clan had joined the conflict, leaving the Immortal God Realm to face the Demon-Monster Realm alone as the passage’s full opening approached.

• Know-All offered Ye Lin an Enlightenment Stone in exchange for cooperation, but Ye Lin demanded one to test before agreeing.
• Know-All refused to hand over a stone, and Ye Lin walked away, ending their negotiations.
• Ye Lin found Qin Unrivaled in the main hall, where Qin Unrivaled explained that the Four Seas Dragon Clan had landed in Western Qin Phoenix Province.
• Qin Unrivaled said the other continents were targeting the three seas, leaving the Immortal God Realm to face the Demon-Monster Realm alone.
• Ye Lin thought of Ao Guang and wondered what state the Immortal God Realm was in with two days remaining before its passage fully opened.

As the passage opened, Qin Unrivaled rallied the Immortal God Realm’s forces to face the Demon-Monster Realm and reclaim lost territory. The city formation came down, and Qin Unrivaled gave the command to charge.

• Qin Unrivaled cursed the sea folk for betraying the alliance and leaving the Immortal God Realm and Earth God Realm to face a stalemate against the Demon-Monster Realm.
• The two days passed, and cultivators across the Imperial Capital and Western Qin Phoenix Province prepared for the passage to open.
• Qin Unrivaled warned the assembled prodigies that the demons and monsters sought to devour the Heavenly Dao, then called on them to fight for their families and survival.
• The city-protecting grand formation dissipated as demons and monsters gathered to attack.
• Qin Unrivaled swung his sword and ordered the factions to kill the invaders and reclaim their lost territory.

The Earth God Realm and Immortal God Realm joined forces against the Demon-Monster Realm, while Ye Lin considered whether to enter the battle. Know-All offered Ye Lin a genuine Martial Dao Stone and proposed cooperation.

• Cultivators from the Immortal God Realm and Earth God Realm charged into battle against the Demon-Monsters as Qin Unrivaled headed for the heavens.
• Gu Qingzhi urged Ye Lin to join the fight, and Ye Lin examined her fate panel and realized that staying by his side changed people's destinies.
• Know-All brought Ye Lin a thumb-sized Martial Dao Stone and explained that other cultivators had tried to seize it when he sought their cooperation.
• Ye Lin said he trusted the stone was genuine and asked Know-All how they would cooperate.

Ye Lin agreed to collect merit by slaying demons in exchange for Enlightenment Stones from Know-All. After the group took their merit-collecting gourds, Shangguan Wanyu agreed to let Know-All look after Luo Yao while she fought.

• Know-All offered Ye Lin one Enlightenment Stone for each mark filled on a merit-collecting gourd, with forty stones promised for filling it.
• Ye Lin asked how many demons would earn one mark, but Know-All admitted he had not tested the device; Ye Lin accepted a gourd and left.
• Li Xiaoyao and the others each asked for a gourd, and Know-All gave one to each of them.
• Know-All offered to care for Luo Yao during the demon-fighting, and Shangguan Wanyu agreed to hand her over.

Ye Lin joined the battle against the demons to earn Heavenly Dao merit, while Shangguan Wanyu left Luo Yao with Know-All. After killing three demons, Ye Lin found that the merit filled only a small fraction of the purple gourd’s gauge, making his goal of earning Enlightenment Stones far harder than expected.

• Shangguan Wanyu entrusted Luo Yao to Know-All and looked up at the ongoing battle.
• Ye Lin realized the demons were stalling for the Four Seas Dragon Clan and rushed into the fight to kill them for Heavenly Dao merit.
• Ye Lin killed three fourth-level Golden Immortal demons with a single sword strike, and the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword absorbed their blood mist.
• Ye Lin collected the Heavenly Dao merit in his purple gourd and saw that it barely moved the gauge toward its next mark.
• Ye Lin calculated that he would need to kill over a thousand fourth-level Golden Immortal demons to fill all thirty-six marks, but there were not enough demons present.

Ye Lin overwhelmed the Demon-Monsters on the battlefield, and their fleeing revealed how few could challenge his seventh-level Golden Immortal strength. After seeing a fallen cultivator’s Primordial Spirit disappear, he became convinced that the Demon-Monsters were refining an evil thing, while the enemy waited for Ao Guang’s reinforcements to arrive.

• An enraged Great Demon charged Ye Lin to avenge his brother, but Ye Lin killed him with a single streak of Sword Qi.
• Ye Lin cut down Demon-Monsters as he crossed the battlefield, forcing them to flee from him.
• Demon-Monsters said Ao Guang of the East Sea Dragon Clan would arrive in about a hundred breaths and ordered their forces to hold out until then.
• Ye Lin saw a fallen fourth-level Golden Immortal cultivator’s Primordial Spirit vanish and recalled Know-All’s warning about the Demon-Monsters refining an evil thing from Primordial Spirits.
• Ye Lin feared the refined thing could threaten even the Heavenly Dao if the Demon-Monsters conquered the Immortal God Realm.

Ye Lin's strength kept demons and monsters away, allowing cultivators to recover beside him. The East Sea Dragon Clan arrived with a massive force, surrounded the Imperial Capital, and its Second Young Master addressed Ye Lin as a fellow Daoist, leaving the demons confused and the cultivators considering retreat.

• Ye Lin killed countless demons and monsters as he advanced, and cultivators gathered near him to recover in safety.
• The East Sea Dragon Clan arrived, and demons and monsters surrounded the Imperial Capital, blocking the cultivators' way back.
• The East Sea Dragon Clan's Second Young Master approached with the dragon horde, radiating the pressure of a seventh-layer Golden Immortal.
• The Second Young Master greeted Ye Lin, confusing a demon who did not know who Ye Lin was.
• The cultivators discussed withdrawing, regrouping with allies, and attacking together later.

As the Dragon Clan and sea race prepared to attack, Ao Guang explained to Ye Lin that the Demon-Monster Realm was coercing the Four Seas Dragon Clan and urged Ye Lin to stay neutral. Ye Lin and his friends stood together as the battle was about to begin.

• The crowd panicked at the sight of the Dragon Clan and sea race, while Qin Unrivaled wondered how Ye Lin knew Ao Guang.
• Ye Lin confronted Ao Guang, who asked Ye Lin's friends to step aside before carrying out his task.
• Ye Lin gathered Li Xiaoyao and his companions at his side as Ao Guang ordered the Dragon Clan and sea race to attack.
• Ao Guang told Ye Lin that the Demon-Monster Realm held leverage over the Four Seas Dragon Clan and that his clan had been ordered to help.
• Ao Guang urged Ye Lin and his friends to stay out of the conflict, promising to send them away from the Immortal God Realm after the Demon-Monster Realm's plan succeeded.

Ao Guang explained that the Demon-Monster Realm’s campaign was meant to save its dying Half-Step Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, not to create a true Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. He gave Ye Lin an Identity Token that would protect him in Western Qin Phoenix Province, then went to join the fighting.

• Ye Lin asked Ao Guang whether the Four Seas Dragon Clan’s hidden strength could withstand a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Ao Guang said that reaching the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm was extremely difficult and explained that the Demon-Monster Realm was trying to prolong its old leader’s life and advance him to the Half-Step realm.
• Ao Guang advised Ye Lin, as an outsider, to stay out of the conflict and gave him a golden Identity Token to keep people in Western Qin Phoenix Province from provoking him.
• Ao Guang went to join the slaughter, while Ye Lin studied the Identity Token.

Ye Lin decided to use the Four Seas Dragon Clan’s golden token to avoid consequences while collecting demon-monsters with his purple gourd. After killing a fifth-level Golden Immortal demon-monster, he turned toward the weaker horde below, leaving the distant battle between the Four Seas Sea Clan and Imperial Capital cultivators alone.

• Ye Lin chose to fill his purple gourd with demon-monsters, and Li Xiaoyao and the others watched with anticipation.
• A fifth-level Golden Immortal demon-monster confronted Ye Lin and told him to leave.
• Ye Lin killed the demon-monster, then calculated how its rank affected the merit collected by the gourd.
• Ye Lin avoided the distant battle and surveyed the demon-monster horde, noting that most were below the Golden Immortal realm.

Ye Lin used his seventh-layer Golden Immortal power to decimate the demons and monsters attacking the Imperial Capital. When they fled, Ao Guang asked him to finish them off, and Ye Lin trapped the surrounding territory beneath a vast curtain of lightning.

• Ye Lin unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, Prison of Thunder, and lightning slaughtered the demon horde below.
• The demons and monsters realized Ye Lin was a seventh-layer Golden Immortal and began fleeing while blaming the Four Seas Sea Clan for not stopping him.
• Ao Guang asked Ye Lin to prevent the fleeing demons and monsters from escaping.
• Ye Lin cast another attack that covered billions upon billions of miles in lightning, trapping nearby cultivators and continuing to kill the demons and monsters.

Ye Lin used the purple gourd to destroy the demonic hordes, filling all thirty-six segments and earning enough to exchange for forty Enlightenment Stones. The demons were gone, but the battlefield remained soaked in blood, and the Golden Immortal Level Seven cultivators of the East Sea Dragon Clan and Great Qin Imperial Dynasty remained locked in a stalemate.

• Li Xiaoyao and the others continued hunting demons while Ye Lin waited and studied the purple gourd.
• Ye Lin’s lightning wiped out the surrounding demonic hordes over half an hour, leaving the area clear but drenched in blood.
• Ao Guang and the East Sea Dragon Clan’s Golden Immortal Level Seven cultivators reached a stalemate with Qin Unrivaled and the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s cultivators.
• Ye Lin saw that all thirty-six segments of the gourd were filled and planned to exchange it with Know-All for forty Enlightenment Stones.

Ye Lin used the Enlightenment Stone to plan a thorough review of his cultivation and collected rewards from the others. When he entered the hall, he found Know-All had taken Luo Yao’s drumsticks in a game and made her cry.

• Ye Lin decided that the Enlightenment Stone would let him organize his cultivation insights and offensive methods in forty hours.
• Li Xiaoyao, Wang Tian, Bao Xiaotou, Shangguan Wanyu, and Gu Qingzhi assessed or discussed the Enlightenment Stones and demon rewards they had collected.
• Know-All beat Luo Yao at a board game and took all her drumsticks.
• Luo Yao cried and sulked beside a pillar after refusing to keep playing.
• Ye Lin entered the hall, saw Luo Yao crying, and gave Know-All a dangerous look, prompting Know-All to explain himself.

Ye Lin confronted Know-All for bullying Luo Yao and demanded extra compensation alongside the Enlightenment Stones. Know-All paid forty-five stones and gave Luo Yao a rattle drum, while Ye Lin held back from asking for more.

• Ye Lin noticed Luo Yao crying, placed the chicken legs in front of her, and showed Know-All the full purple gourd.
• Know-All agreed that the filled gourd entitled Ye Lin to forty Enlightenment Stones, but Ye Lin demanded forty-five because Know-All had bullied Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin also ordered Know-All to give Luo Yao some toys, and Know-All handed over forty-five Enlightenment Stones.
• Know-All gave Luo Yao a rattle drum made with top-grade materials, which Ye Lin tested and then passed to her.
• Ye Lin considered asking for more items but stopped when he saw Know-All's furious expression.

Ye Lin and his companions left the Great Qin Imperial Capital after exchanging for merit, while Qin Unrivaled and Ao Guang continued their confrontation over the Four Seas Dragon Clan’s actions. The chapter ended with Ao Guang taunting Qin Unrivaled as their clansmen continued to die.

• Know-All told Ye Lin that the merit gathered was enough and that he would not repeat the costly exchange.
• Gu Qingzhi and the others completed their exchanges with Know-All, who left lamenting his losses.
• Ye Lin decided the group should leave the Imperial Capital and watch events from elsewhere, wary of the demons and monsters.
• Ye Lin led Li Xiaoyao and the others out of the Great Qin Imperial Capital as cultivators watched them depart.
• Qin Unrivaled accused Ao Guang of helping the Demon-Monster Realm, but Ao Guang refused to answer to him.
• Ao Guang taunted Qin Unrivaled that neither could defeat the other and that they should watch their clansmen die.

Ye Lin and his companions entered the Demon-Monster Realm through a gate hidden in a swamp. They arrived beneath a blood moon in a barren land, and Ye Lin collapsed the mountain over the gate to conceal it.

• Bao Xiaotou suggested entering the gate, and Ye Lin agreed while warning the group to avoid forbidden grounds.
• Bao Xiaotou entered first with two Formation Disks, and the others followed.
• Ye Lin entered last and brought down a ten-thousand-zhang mountain, burying the gate beneath it.
• Bao Xiaotou surveyed the Demon-Monster Realm and remarked that it differed little from the Earth God Realm apart from its demonic aura, dark sky, and lack of life.
• Ye Lin looked across the desolate landscape beneath a blood moon and sensed the realm's dense demonic aura.

Ye Lin and his companions explored the Demon-Monster Realm with Bao Xiaotou’s disguising Compasses, but discovered they were walking on the back of a living creature. The creature attacked them and dragged them toward a mysterious black ocean, leaving Ye Lin unable to fly away.

• Bao Xiaotou gave everyone a Compass that concealed their identities from demons and monsters.
• Ye Lin led the group across the realm and noticed that the ground beneath them was not ordinary earth.
• Ye Lin stomped and cracked the surface, causing blood to seep out and a living creature to roar in anger.
• Ye Lin stomped the creature again, and it shook the group violently as he found he could not fly.
• The creature tilted the ground into a sheer drop, and Ye Lin and his companions slid toward a vast black ocean that filled him with an ominous feeling.

Ye Lin and his companions were trapped in the Vast Bitter Sea in the northernmost part of the Demon-Monster Realm, where a gigantic being controlled the ground around them. He used Supreme Immortal Stones to bargain with it and learned where they were, but the being still demanded more payment to take them out.

• Ye Lin steadied himself and protected his companions from falling rocks with Sword Qi while demanding that the unseen being turn over.
• The being scorned Ye Lin’s threat, so he offered Immortal Stones in exchange for forgiveness and help escaping the Bitter Sea.
• Ye Lin paid several hundred Supreme Immortal Stones, and the ground swallowed them before the being demanded more.
• Ye Lin filled the sky with Supreme Immortal Stones and asked where they were; the being answered that they were at the Vast Bitter Sea on the northernmost edge of the Demon-Monster Realm.

Ye Lin learned from the strange creature carrying him that the Bitter Sea was a deadly expanse of resentment in the Demon-Monster Realm, though creatures born there could cross it unharmed. As the creature carried the group toward the mainland, Ye Lin tried to ask the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar about absorbing the resentment but received no response.

• Ye Lin questioned the creature about the Bitter Sea and learned that cultivators who fell into it would lose their cultivation and become monsters.
• The creature said it had been born in the Bitter Sea and offered to carry Ye Lin and the others toward the mainland.
• Ye Lin scattered Supreme Immortal Stones and considered whether the resentment could be useful.
• Ye Lin tried to communicate with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, but it remained unresponsive.
• Ye Lin put the jar back on his shoulder as the group sat quietly while the creature continued onward.

Ye Lin and his companions reached the northernmost region of the Demon-Monster Realm, the Source of Sin, after the giant beast carried them across the Bitter Sea. They explored the continent and found only a few weak demons and monsters, leaving Wang Tian wondering whether they had landed in a barren region.

• The giant beast warned Ye Lin and his companions that sin was everywhere in the Source of Sin and urged them not to trust, provoke, or help anyone.
• Ye Lin thanked the giant beast and gave it over a million Supreme Immortal Stones before it returned to the Bitter Sea.
• Ye Lin led his companions onward to explore the Demon-Monster Realm.
• The group encountered only a handful of strange, low-cultivation demons and monsters along their route.
• Wang Tian questioned why the realm seemed so empty, and Ye Lin suggested they keep going in case they were in a barren region.

Ye Lin and his companions entered a city in the Demon-Monster Realm, where the local demon-monsters followed them with greedy stares despite Bao Xiaotou’s concealment Formation Disk. The chapter left them realizing the demon-monsters might be reacting to how good they smelled rather than recognizing their identities.

• Gu Qingzhi spotted a black city below, and Ye Lin scanned it before leading the group down.
• Ye Lin entered the city with his companions, noticing greedy gazes on them but deciding the weak demon-monsters posed no threat.
• The demon-monsters in the city fell silent and trailed the group as they walked through the streets.
• Bao Xiaotou worried that his Formation Disk had failed to disguise them.
• A demon-monster asked whether the group had brought something delicious, and Bao Xiaotou realized why they were attracting attention.