Recaps

After sweeping the Hundred Heroes Ranking, Ye Lin received a great bell from the Heavenly Dao and found that his Luck had surged, though his Destiny predicted an even earlier death. Bao Xiaotou then told him that Gu Qingzhi had been killed, and Ye Lin headed to meet him.

• The Heavenly Dao bestowed an ancient great bell on Ye Lin, and the assembled geniuses declined to challenge him.
• Ye Lin checked his panel, saw that his Luck had risen to 240 billion, and noticed that his Destiny now predicted he would die sooner.
• Bao Xiaotou contacted Ye Lin and reported that Gu Qingzhi had been killed by three unidentified ninth-level Golden Immortals.
• Ye Lin asked Bao Xiaotou for his location and set off to meet him.

Ye Lin traveled to a trading ground to find Wang Tian and the others, intending to avenge Gu Qingzhi. He arrived safely and headed toward the location Bao Xiaotou had sent him.

• Ye Lin decided to avenge Gu Qingzhi, whose death had involved him in a death tribulation.
• Ye Lin learned that Wang Tian and the others had also left their world and were not far away.
• After traveling for three days, Ye Lin reached a trading ground jointly established by several prosperous star domains.
• Ye Lin entered the guarded trading ground without anyone stopping him.
• Ye Lin followed the location Bao Xiaotou had sent and made his way toward it.

Ye Lin arrived at the high-rise and found Gu Qingzhi dead, her True Spirit scattered beyond Wang Tian’s power to save. After seeing her Destiny marked as death, Ye Lin accepted that she was gone and promised to avenge her.

• A woman led Ye Lin to the room where Bao Xiaotou, Wang Tian, and the others had gathered around Gu Qingzhi.
• Wang Tian said Gu Qingzhi could not be saved because her injuries were severe and her True Spirit had scattered.
• Ye Lin inspected Gu Qingzhi’s panel and saw that her Destiny was death, extinguishing his last hope.
• Ye Lin said he had done what he could to help Gu Qingzhi and promised to avenge her.

Ye Lin used the Human Race's fortune and the Human Emperor Sword to trace the karmic thread connected to Gu Qingzhi's killers. He found the killer nearby, but had not yet revealed who it was.

• Bao Xiaotou told Ye Lin that three elderly men had killed Gu Qingzhi, but their identities and faction remained unknown.
• Ye Lin used the Human Emperor Sword and the Human Race's fortune to view events from Gu Qingzhi's perspective and follow her karmic thread.
• Ye Lin announced that he had found the killer and that the killer was there.
• Li Xiaoyao angrily demanded to know who the killer was so he could kill him.

Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao tracked down the people who had captured a powerful woman, while Li Rushuang could not locate them. At the chapter’s end, three merchant-house young masters discussed Ye Lin’s strength in a hot spring, unaware that he was approaching.

• Li Xiaoyao summoned his Great Hammers and grew furious after realizing he had been deceived, while Li Rushuang clung to his arm.
• Ye Lin examined Li Rushuang’s cultivation and fate, then decided to move on without asking her for help.
• Ye Lin led the way toward the captors, and Li Xiaoyao killed the woman who had brought him there before attacking the surrounding people.
• Three young masters from the Dawn, Prosperous, and Ledi Merchant Houses discussed their capture of a powerful woman and dismissed one man’s fears about the consequences.
• The young masters praised Ye Lin’s strength and reputation as Ye Lin quietly approached their location.

Ye Lin found the three young masters who had killed Gu Qingzhi and slaughtered them with the Emperor Sword. When three half-step Taiyi men came to punish him, he attacked them too, leaving them horrified by his power.

• Ye Lin reached a hot spring where the three young masters were being served by women.
• The young masters mistook Ye Lin for someone seeking their favor and invited him to join them.
• Ye Lin released his Destruction Sword Dao Law and killed all three eighth-layer Golden Immortal young masters with one strike.
• Three half-step Taiyi men arrived and threatened Ye Lin for killing the merchant guilds' young masters.
• Ye Lin slashed at the three men, whose expressions changed in alarm as his Sword Qi approached.

Ye Lin avenged himself on the Trade Star, killing the three Half-step Primordial Unity Golden Immortals and anyone who kept challenging him. As experts from the three great merchant associations arrived to surround the planet, the conflict escalated.

• Ye Lin crippled and killed three Half-step Primordial Unity Golden Immortals with his sword.
• Ye Lin warned the onlookers to withdraw their gazes, then killed those who continued watching him.
• Experts fled the Trade Star while Li Xiaoyao slaughtered those who remained, and Ye Lin did not stop him.
• The three great merchant associations condemned Ye Lin for killing their young masters and consecrated elders, sealed off the Trade Star, and sent experts to suppress him.

Ye Lin faced an ancient expert who questioned him over his revenge against the three great trading firms. After recognizing Ye Lin as Venerable Ye, the old man apologized and withdrew, and the other experts left as well.

• An ancient expert confronted Ye Lin and demanded to know why he had attacked the three great trading firms.
• Ye Lin said he had come for vengeance, and the old man considered his strength and possible backing.
• After Ye Lin gave his name, the old man recognized him as Venerable Ye and apologized.
• The old man left without fighting, and Ye Lin let him go.
• The remaining experts lowered their heads and departed, unwilling to interfere.

Ye Lin considered the old man's offer to take him to the Central Star Domain, where he could pursue the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and prepare for the Emperor Road. He accepted, eager to face the powerful experts awaiting him there.

• The old man told Ye Lin that the Emperor Road would open in a hundred thousand years and asked whether he could reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm in time.
• The old man offered to send Ye Lin to the Central Star Domain, explaining that the First Region could no longer contain him.
• Ye Lin worried that Li Xiaoyao and the others were not strong enough to enter the Central Star Domain during the coming great era.
• The old man urged Ye Lin to trust his friends to grow without his protection and described the Central Star Domain's secret realms and prodigies.
• Ye Lin agreed to go to the Central Star Domain, looking forward to challenging the experts on the Emperor Road.

Ye Lin decided to leave the First Region for the Central Star Domain, where he expected to find greater opportunities and challenges. He set off in three days, leaving his companions behind until they reached the ninth layer of the Golden Immortal realm.

• The old man gave Ye Lin three days before personally taking him to the Central Star Domain.
• Ye Lin told his companions he would travel alone and asked them to find him once they reached the ninth layer of the Golden Immortal realm.
• Poison Venerable agreed that the group would stay behind until they were strong enough.
• Ye Lin gave Luo Yao the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell and told her that Lin Yunlu should awaken in about a year.
• Ye Lin decided not to take Shangguan Wanyu with him because her current cultivation would make her a burden.

Ye Lin left his companions behind and headed for the Central Star Domain, but first he attacked the headquarters of the three great trading houses to protect them from future trouble. The chapter ended as his Emperor Sword unleashed a devastating slash across the star domain.

• Ye Lin told Wang Tianyi and Poison Venerable to protect the others, then bid farewell to his companions and left for the Central Star Domain.
• Poison Venerable urged Wang Tianyi and Bao Xiaotou not to neglect their cultivation, and the group resolved to encourage one another.
• Ye Lin headed alone toward the headquarters of the three great trading houses, intending to eliminate the powerful cultivators gathered there.
• Ye Lin raised the Emperor Sword and sent a destructive wave of Sword Qi sweeping through the star domain, turning countless stars to dust.

Ye Lin obliterated a star domain with two strikes of the Emperor Sword, then traveled with the aid of an aged voice to the Central Star Domain. He arrived in an unfamiliar star domain and found its laws of heaven and earth unusually clear.

• Ye Lin’s Sword Qi destroyed the star domain, killing those who failed to escape and forcing the survivors to flee.
• Ye Lin summoned the Emperor Sword and unleashed a second strike into the distance.
• Ye Lin put away the sword and said they could head to the Central Star Domain.
• An aged voice agreed, then took control of Ye Lin’s body and carried him through the void.
• Ye Lin arrived in an unfamiliar star domain, where the laws of heaven and earth were exceptionally clear.

Ye Lin arrived in the Central Star Domain and contacted Liu Bai, who invited him to meet in the Human Emperor Domain. Liu Bai told the young men and women gathered around him that his arriving friend was Ye Lin, the living legend who swept the First Region’s Hundred Heroes Ranking.

• An old man explained that Ye Lin was in the Human Emperor Domain, part of the Central Star Domain closest to the Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Lin used a Jade Talisman to contact Liu Bai and learned they were both in the Human Emperor Domain.
• Liu Bai sent Ye Lin his location and invited him to meet and unwind.
• Ye Lin set off through the vast starry expanse toward Liu Bai’s location.
• Liu Bai told the young men and women in his hall that his old friend was Ye Lin, the peerless figure who swept the First Region’s Hundred Heroes Ranking.

Ye Lin reunited with Liu Bai in the Central Star Domain and met Liu Bai’s powerful friends. He learned that the Central Star Domain’s Hundred Heroes Ranking could only be challenged by Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.

• After hearing Liu Bai describe Ye Lin as a living legend protected by the Human Race ancestors, the gathered powerhouses followed Liu Bai to welcome him.
• Ye Lin arrived at Liu Bai’s floating continent, and Liu Bai greeted him warmly and recalled their promise to meet again on the road to the peak.
• Liu Bai introduced Ye Lin to Ice Soul, Zhao Wuji, Qi Tian, Bai Rushuang, and Qian Qingfeng, who addressed him respectfully as Venerable Ye.
• Ye Lin said he hoped to challenge the Central Star Domain’s Hundred Heroes Ranking, and Bai Rushuang explained that challengers needed to be Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.

Liu Bai warned Ye Lin that powerful prodigies across the Central Star Domain would target him as a stepping stone before the Emperor Road opened. He urged Ye Lin to stay confident but cautious, and hinted that he suspected Ye Lin had secrets of his own.

• Ye Lin heard others praise his talent and the honor of being named a Venerable before reaching the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Liu Bai explained that entering the Emperor Road required both Primordial Unity Golden Immortal strength and sufficient fortune, and that it would open in a hundred thousand years.
• Liu Bai warned Ye Lin that emerging prodigies would seek to make a name for themselves by defeating him, while the Human Race ancestors had likely sent Ye Lin to the Central Star Domain to temper him.
• Liu Bai told Ye Lin that confidence and freedom from fear were essential, since even his reputation could not stop others from challenging him.
• Liu Bai said peerless monsters had been secretly sent to the Central Star Domain and suggested he suspected Ye Lin had secrets, then advised him to be cautious.

Ye Lin accepted the challenge of Li Changsheng, a top Human Race prodigy sent by the Three Ancestors as his first whetstone. As Ye Lin went out to face him, Liu Bai and the others placed bets on how many swords the fight would take.

• Ye Lin told Liu Bai that he was also a monstrous prodigy and welcomed the challenge of powerful opponents.
• Li Changsheng requested an audience with Ye Lin, and Liu Bai identified him as Ye Lin’s first whetstone.
• The group noted that the Three Ancestors of the Human Race had sent Li Changsheng, fifth among their ten foundation-tier prodigies, to test Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin left the hall to meet Li Changsheng, while Liu Bai and the others followed to watch.
• Zhao Wuji, Qian Qingfeng, Qi Tian, and Ice Soul placed bets on how many swords Ye Lin would need to defeat Li Changsheng.

Ye Lin agreed to Li Changsheng’s request to discuss the Dao, seeing their battle as a chance to display his strength to the Human Race experts observing him. The chapter ended before their fight began.

• After Zhao Wuji and two other young men left, the remaining pair exchanged knowing smiles about the ten million Law Source Stones at stake.
• Li Changsheng greeted Ye Lin and praised his aura and reputation.
• Li Changsheng revealed that he had come to discuss the Dao and challenge Ye Lin, despite knowing the Third Ancestor meant to use him as a whetstone.
• Ye Lin accepted Li Changsheng’s challenge and resolved to win impressively so the Human Race experts would invest more resources in him.

The Human Race’s ancestors debated the Third Ancestor’s decision to make Li Changsheng Ye Lin’s whetstone, with the Third Ancestor certain Ye Lin would win. As Ye Lin and Li Changsheng prepared to fight, Ye Lin declared that one sword would be enough.

• The Second Ancestor challenged the Third Ancestor for risking Li Changsheng, a heritage-level prodigy, against Ye Lin.
• The Third Ancestor defended his choice, saying Ye Lin would win and become a peerless prodigy for the Human Race.
• The First Ancestor ended the argument and told the others to watch the battle.
• Liu Bai began searching for a battlefield, worried that the two ninth-layer Golden Immortals would destroy the Floating Continent.
• Ye Lin raised his hand as Sword Qi rang around him and said that a swordsman needed only one sword, prompting Liu Bai to step back.

Ye Lin challenged Li Changsheng to settle their fight with one move and unleashed a devastating sword strike. Li Changsheng’s Yin-Yang Law Domain shattered under the attack, leaving him bloodied and crashed into the ground.

• Ye Lin declared that one move would decide the fight, startling Li Changsheng and the onlookers.
• Li Changsheng summoned a Taiji Diagram and prepared his Yin-Yang Law Domain as Ye Lin gathered his sword power.
• Ye Lin struck with Sword, sever, and his Sword Qi battered Li Changsheng’s light barrier.
• The barrier cracked and shattered, and Li Changsheng spat blood as Ye Lin’s attack sent him flying into the ground.
• Ye Lin withdrew his hand and remarked that damage reflection mattered only if Li Changsheng could withstand the blow.

Ye Lin defeated Li Changsheng with a single sword strike and spared his life, but the loss shattered Li Changsheng’s Dao heart. After leaving the Floating Continent, Li Changsheng killed himself, and Ye Lin watched with a sigh.

• Ice Soul demanded payment after Ye Lin and the others won their bet, and Zhao Wuji agreed to pay.
• Li Changsheng thanked Ye Lin for sparing him, and Ye Lin said his respectful attitude had saved his life.
• Li Changsheng left the Floating Continent and, unable to accept his defeat, shattered his own Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin witnessed Li Changsheng’s death and sighed.

After Ye Lin defeated Li Changsheng, Li Changsheng killed himself, and his father carried his body away without blaming Ye Lin. Ye Lin celebrated with Liu Bai as news of his victory spread across the Central Star Domain, leaving its geniuses wary of his strength.

• Li Changsheng killed himself after losing to Ye Lin, failing to find the courage to begin again.
• Li Changsheng's father retrieved his body and accepted that his son had lost through inferior skill.
• Liu Bai praised Ye Lin's transformation and invited him to drink with the others, who now respected Ye Lin.
• News that Ye Lin had slain Li Changsheng with one sword swept across the Central Star Domain and alarmed its geniuses.

After Ye Lin killed Li Changsheng, the myriad races plotted to prevent the Human Race from rising again. Hong Batian set out for the Human Emperor Domain to meet Ye Lin, and the Central Star Domain watched his journey.

• Prods throughout the Central Star Domain discussed Ye Lin's victory, while the myriad races' upper echelons began planning to kill him.
• Hong Batian decided to visit Ye Lin, and his father advised him not to become Ye Lin's enemy.
• Hong Batian told his father that Ye Lin was his close friend and that he intended to teach him a lesson for not visiting first.
• Hong Batian, the Phoenix Clan's young master, set out for the Human Emperor Domain, drawing the attention of prodigies and powerful figures across the Central Star Domain.
• Observers tracked Hong Batian's carriage as it traveled toward the Human Emperor Domain.

Ye Lin examined his rapidly increasing luck in the Central Star Domain before Hong Batian arrived in a blazing carriage and reunited with him. Hong Batian marveled at Ye Lin’s rise but stopped him from exposing his embarrassing past, while Liu Bai agreed to keep quiet.

• Ye Lin checked his cultivation and fate panel and noted that his luck had increased by twenty billion in the Central Star Domain.
• A blood-red sky and fiery carriage appeared above Ye Lin, and Hong Batian called out to him from inside.
• Liu Bai recognized Hong Batian as the young master of the Phoenix Clan, and Ye Lin invited him to come down.
• Hong Batian stepped out of the carriage, greeted Ye Lin, and expressed surprise at his strength and achievements.
• Ye Lin began to mention Hong Batian’s past, but Hong Batian covered his mouth and warned Liu Bai not to reveal the story.

Ye Lin reunited with Hong Batian and inspected the Phoenix heir’s vastly strengthened Fate Traits, while the two discussed whether Taiyuan might reach the Central Star Domain. Hong Batian admitted that his privileged life had become dull and that he missed traveling with Ye Lin and Taiyuan.

• Ye Lin refused to let Hong Batian intimidate him into silence, and Hong Batian eventually backed down.
• Ye Lin read Hong Batian’s panel and saw that his many Phoenix abilities made him extraordinarily difficult to kill and stronger with each death.
• Ye Lin reflected that his Chaos Sword Body gave him confidence against the Central Star Domain’s prodigies.
• Hong Batian asked Ye Lin whether he had encountered Taiyuan, and Ye Lin said they might meet again if Taiyuan reached the Central Star Domain.
• Hong Batian said he had given Taiyuan a True Feather but could not contact him with it, and confessed that life in the Phoenix Clan had left him bored and lonely.

Ye Lin agreed to attend a banquet for the Central Star Domain’s most powerful figures and asked Hong Batian about the Void Clan’s Ancestral Land. Hong Batian said he would investigate and suggested Ye Lin ask the Void Clan’s young master at the banquet.

• Ye Lin laughed off concerns about Taiyuan, believing his luck and panel would keep him alive.
• Hong Batian invited Ye Lin to a banquet attended by prominent figures and the descendants of Daluo Golden Immortals, and Ye Lin accepted.
• Liu Bai asked why he had not been invited, and Hong Batian explained that the invitations went to those with the very highest standing before offering to bring him along.
• Ye Lin reflected on how social status determined who gained access to elite gatherings.
• Ye Lin asked Hong Batian where the Void Clan’s Ancestral Land was, and Hong Batian said the clan’s young master would likely attend the banquet.