Recaps

The Spirit King explained that the Companion God-Devouring Insects were secretly bred by the Chaos Ancient Clan and could control victims while evading detection. He revealed that his parents had died to the insects, and the chapter ended with him suspecting the clan was plotting against the Origin Continent again.

• The Spirit King and the old man discussed the return of the Companion God-Devouring Insects and left Sun Sheng kneeling nearby.
• The old man urged the Spirit King to plan for his clan’s future, then smiled at Ye Lin and vanished.
• The Spirit King told Ye Lin that the insects could invade minds, evade detection, and control victims on command.
• The Spirit King revealed that his parents had been infected and killed by the insects.
• The Spirit King recalled how the sages had once killed the Chaos Ancient Clan’s three Saints and Worm Mother, then suspected the clan was plotting against the Origin Continent again.

The Spirit King explained that Companion God-Devouring Insects could only be removed by powerful Quasi-Saints or Saints before they assimilated their hosts’ Primordial Spirits, and revealed the danger facing Divine Capital City. He gave Ye Lin the Heavenly Mirror to detect parasitized beings and warned him to seek help immediately if he suspected infection.

• The Spirit King told Ye Lin that only a mighty expert above the third level of the Quasi-Saint Realm could remove a Companion God-Devouring Insect before it received an order, while a king insect required a ninth-level Quasi-Saint or a Saint.
• The Spirit King explained that an uncommanded insect would eventually assimilate its host’s Primordial Spirit, and Ye Lin realized that every living being in Divine Capital City might be doomed.
• Sun Sheng collapsed in fear as the Spirit King told Ye Lin to bring him the other parasitized beings around Sun Sheng.
• Ye Lin handed the living beings he had gathered to the Spirit King and recalled Chu Qinxin’s claim that half of Long River Prefecture had been parasitized.
• The Spirit King gave Ye Lin the Heavenly Mirror, which could detect parasitized people, and told him to come for help if he suspected he had been infected.

Ye Lin left with Luo Yao after the Spirit King warned him to watch for the Companion God-Devouring Insect. Sun Sheng tried to become the Spirit King's follower, but the Spirit King rejected him and ordered him to leave.

• The Spirit King told Ye Lin to take Luo Yao away, then recounted how her mischief with the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan's children had frightened him.
• Luo Yao insisted she was well-behaved, and Ye Lin believed her before saying goodbye to the Spirit King.
• The Spirit King warned Ye Lin to use the Heavenly Mirror to check for the Companion God-Devouring Insect and return immediately if he was parasitized.
• After Ye Lin left, Sun Sheng begged to follow the Spirit King and claimed he could serve even better than Ye Lin.
• The Spirit King called Sun Sheng unqualified, ordered him to get lost, and walked toward the White King Palace.

Spirit King explained why he valued Ye Lin and dismissed Sun Sheng, who fled after hearing he faced certain death. In White King Palace, a chubby boy confessed to manipulating Luo Yao into her misdeeds, and Spirit King took over punishing him from Aunt Bai.

• Spirit King recalled that neither he nor the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan's strongest ancestor could see through Ye Lin, so he sought to earn Ye Lin's goodwill.
• Spirit King judged Sun Sheng talentless and doomed to die within a hundred years, prompting Sun Sheng to flee and catch up with Ye Lin.
• Aunt Bai confronted Spirit King in White King Palace while beating her crying son, and Spirit King asked what the boy had done.
• The chubby boy confessed that he had tricked and threatened Luo Yao into misbehavior, then blamed her to avoid punishment.
• Spirit King stopped Aunt Bai from striking the boy and summoned a whip to punish him himself.

After the Spirit King questioned the little fatty, he learned that Luo Yao could enter forbidden grounds and secretly take others outside. Ye Lin brought Luo Yao and his companions to Divine Capital City, where he planned to trap its parasitized inhabitants before handing them over to the Spirit King.

• The little fatty told the Spirit King that Luo Yao could go wherever she wanted and had taken them to a city to trade stolen treasures for food.
• The Spirit King dismissed the little fatty and resolved to watch Ye Lin and Luo Yao for clues to their secrets.
• Ye Lin, Luo Yao, Sun Sheng, and Ye Xin arrived at Divine Capital City, whose inhabitants Sun Sheng knew and pitied.
• Ye Lin told Sun Sheng to activate the city's grand formation and allow entry while preventing anyone from leaving.

Ye Lin told Wang Mingyang that the Chaos Ancient Clan had spread Companion God-Devouring Insects throughout Long River Prefecture, where many low-level living beings were already parasitized. Wang Mingyang asked to borrow the Heavenly Mirror to inspect the Wang Family.

• Ye Lin entered Divine Capital City and received Wang Mingyang's message through the Jade Talisman.
• Wang Mingyang reported finding traces of the Chaos Ancient Clan in Death Desert and asked what they were planning in Long River Prefecture.
• Ye Lin explained the Companion God-Devouring Insects and shared what the Spirit King had told him about their effects and spread.
• Wang Mingyang recognized the threat could endanger the entire Origin Continent and asked to borrow Ye Lin's Heavenly Mirror to inspect the Wang Family.

Ye Lin agreed to inspect the Wang Family for members of the Chaos Ancient Clan who had been parasitized, using his Heavenly Mirror in exchange for a reward. The Wang Family head brought him instantly to the main hall, where Wang Mingyang had gathered the family’s upper ranks for the inspection.

• Wang Mingyue asked Ye Lin to bring his Heavenly Mirror to the Wang Family and check whether its members had been parasitized, promising him a reward and a return trip.
• Ye Lin agreed, and Wang Mingyang cut off contact to notify his elder brother.
• The Wang Family head arrived in Divine Capital City almost immediately and greeted Ye Lin.
• The Wang Family head transported Ye Lin to the Wang Family main hall, where Wang Mingyang said the upper ranks were waiting for the inspection.

Ye Lin used the Heavenly Mirror to inspect the Wang Family’s upper ranks and found no one had been parasitized. He agreed to check the clan’s core juniors as well, while Wang Mingyang planned to obtain a Heavenly Mirror from the Spirit King for future inspections.

• Wang Mingyang led Ye Lin and the Wang Family Head to the council hall to inspect the family’s upper ranks.
• Ye Lin tested each gathered higher-up with the Heavenly Mirror and found none had been parasitized.
• Wang Mingyang asked Ye Lin to inspect the Wang Family’s few thousand core juniors among its more than a million descendants.
• Ye Lin advised Wang Mingyang to ask the Spirit King for a Heavenly Mirror, and Wang Mingyang agreed to seek one after the inspection.

Ye Lin used the Heavenly Mirror to identify Wang Family prodigies who had left the family and been marked by a blood-red glow. Wang Mingyang kept the twenty-one affected people and forbade the remaining younger generation from leaving the mountain.

• Ye Lin examined the Wang Family disciples with the Heavenly Mirror, which glowed red above a young man who had once left the family.
• Ye Lin warned the young man that his days ahead would not be easy, and Wang Mingyang took him aside.
• The Heavenly Mirror revealed red light over twenty-one Wang Family prodigies as Ye Lin continued the examination.
• Wang Mingyang ordered the unaffected disciples to leave and banned them from going down the mountain without permission.
• Wang Mingyang kept the twenty-one marked prodigies, realizing that Ye Lin's discovery gave them a chance to address the danger.

Wang Mingyang and the Wang Family Head discovered that they could not remove the unusual presence in the victims’ seas of consciousness, so they planned to seek the Spirit King’s help. Ye Lin warned that the threat likely affected all of Long River Prefecture and, after returning to his room, decided to prepare for the prefecture’s possible fall.

• The Wang Family Head examined one of the affected people but could not extract the unusual presence from their sea of consciousness.
• Wang Mingyang decided to ask the Spirit King for help and gave Ye Lin a Spatial Ring in thanks.
• Ye Lin warned that the other factions were likely affected too, and Wang Mingyang considered warning them and fleeing Long River Prefecture if no reinforcements came.
• Wang Mingyang told the Wang Family Head to send Ye Lin back, then prepared to trade the family’s goods with the Spirit King for assistance.
• The Wang Family Head transported Ye Lin back to his room, where Ye Lin concluded that Long River Prefecture might fall and resolved to prepare early.

Ye Lin decided Long River Prefecture was too dangerous to stay in and moved to capture everyone in Divine Capital City before fleeing. After the Heavenly Mirror reacted violently, he seized the Four Great Families’ patriarchs and ordered Ye Xin to capture City Lord Sun Sheng, leaving the city in chaos.

• Ye Lin concluded that Long River Prefecture might be infiltrated by the Chaos Ancient Clan and decided to bundle up the people of Divine Capital City and leave.
• Ye Lin took out the Heavenly Mirror above Divine Capital City, and it glowed red and trembled more violently than before.
• Ye Lin sealed the city and sent a massive hand down over it, causing its inhabitants to panic and flee.
• The patriarchs of the Four Great Families confronted Ye Lin, who ordered Ye Xin to seize them before they could react.
• Sun Sheng appeared and questioned Ye Lin, but Ye Lin declared that it was time to end things and had Ye Xin attack him.
• Sun Sheng fled in disbelief as Ye Lin ignored his protests that they were partners.

Ye Lin uprooted Divine Capital City and brought it to the secret realm, where the Wang Family Head shrank it down after Luo Yao left the city. The city’s inhabitants were left wondering where their home had gone.

• Sun Sheng fled from Ye Lin, but Ye Xin caught him and fought him while Ye Lin tore Divine Capital City from the ground.
• Ye Lin dragged the city toward the secret realm as its trapped inhabitants panicked inside.
• Ye Lin arrived at the canyon and met Wang Mingyang and the Wang Family Head, then asked the Wang Family Head to compress the city.
• Luo Yao left Divine Capital City, and the Wang Family Head shrank it to palm size with its inhabitants still inside.
• At the city’s former site, the remaining living beings stared into the vast sinkhole and wondered how their home had disappeared.

The Wang family entered the secret realm with Ye Lin, where the Spirit King welcomed them and Ye Lin handed over Divine Capital City. The Spirit King apologized to Luo Yao for her mistreatment and took her to White King Palace to see the people who had bullied her.

• The Wang Family Head, Ye Lin, Wang Mingyang, and the others entered the secret realm, where an overwhelming aura prevented the Wang family from considering a claim to the place.
• The Wang family members were stunned by the power of creation underground as the Spirit King arrived with an old man behind him.
• Ye Lin gave Divine Capital City to the Spirit King's attendant, and the Spirit King praised him for bringing it.
• The Spirit King apologized to Luo Yao, promised that no one would bully her again, and carried her toward White King Palace to see the bullies kneeling there.
• Ye Lin called for the Wang family to follow the Spirit King, and Wang Mingyang and the Wang Family Head went along without showing offense at the White King's indifference.

Wang Mingyang traded the Wang Family’s goods to the Spirit King in exchange for removing the Companion God-Devouring Insects from the family’s children. A powerful ancestor destroyed the parasites, leaving the Spirit King satisfied with the deal.

• Wang Mingyang offered the Wang Family’s goods to the Spirit King but refused the resources offered in exchange.
• Wang Mingyang asked the Spirit King to remove the Companion God-Devouring Insects infecting the Wang Family’s children.
• The Spirit King agreed that the goods would pay for an ancestor to act, and Wang Mingyang accepted the cost.
• The ancestor released overwhelming holy might and crushed the black insects that emerged from the children.
• Wang Mingyang thanked the Spirit King and the ancestor, and the Spirit King declared the transaction complete.

Wang Mingyang received Heavenly Mirrors from the Spirit King, while Ye Lin obtained a token that let him return to the Spirit King’s realm from anywhere on the Origin Continent. Ye Lin left with Luo Yao to return to Long River Prefecture, and the Spirit King stayed behind with the eight figures still kneeling.

• Wang Mingyang asked for Heavenly Mirrors, and the Spirit King gave him three so his group could detect Companion God-Devouring Insects.
• Ye Lin asked for a way to return to the Spirit King’s realm from anywhere, and the Spirit King gave him an ancient Identity Token.
• Ye Lin explained that the Chaos Ancient Clan’s schemes might force him to abandon Long River Prefecture, and the Spirit King remarked that another cycle of reincarnation had begun.
• The Spirit King scolded a little fatty for complaining about his numb legs while he and seven others knelt in the corner.
• Ye Lin left with Luo Yao, and the Spirit King vowed that no one would take the eight kneeling figures away.

Ye Lin confronted Li Ming, a member of the Chaos Ancient Clan who had secretly entered the area, after Li Ming demanded to know what lay behind a wall. The chapter ended with Li Ming attacking Ye Lin while his two attendants fought Ye Xin.

• Ye Lin asked Luo Yao if the children had bullied her, and she said they had only refused to play with her.
• Li Ming questioned Ye Lin about what lay behind the wall and revealed that he belonged to the Chaos Ancient Clan.
• Ye Lin refused to answer Li Ming and warned him to investigate the wall himself or wait until he died.
• Li Ming tried to approach Luo Yao, but Ye Lin drove him back with a sword strike.
• Li Ming sent his two attendants to attack Ye Xin and charged at Ye Lin.

Ye Lin escaped Li Ming’s attack with Luo Yao and Ye Xin, then headed toward Sunset Prefecture as the Chaos Ancient Clan’s invasion left Long River Prefecture collapsing. He realized that leaving the Origin Continent would require a long detour through two prefectures.

• Ye Lin dodged Li Ming and fled with Luo Yao while Ye Xin broke free and followed; Li Ming found the valley empty and departed with his attendants.
• Ye Lin carried Luo Yao toward Sunset Prefecture, reasoning that Long River Prefecture could no longer be saved and that other Chaos Ancient Clan members might be nearby.
• Ye Lin noted that Sunset Prefecture was larger and more prosperous than Long River Prefecture, but his map gave no details about its regions.
• Ye Lin saw many cultivators fleeing toward Sunset Prefecture, confirming that Long River Prefecture had largely fallen.
• Ye Lin concluded that escaping the Origin Continent would require detouring through two prefectures because Heavenly March Prefecture was occupied by the Chaos Ancient Clan.

Ye Lin learned from Wang Mingyang that Heaven Province had been abandoned and that he needed to flee through Sunset Prefecture and the Nether Sea to reach Fire Province. As Chaos Ancient Clan forces pursued the refugees, Xinyou transformed into a colossal white beast and carried Ye Lin, Luo Yao, and Ye Xin swiftly onward.

• Wang Mingyang warned Ye Lin to keep fleeing and reach Fire Province, saying Heaven Province had been abandoned by the Xuanyuan Sacred Court.
• Ye Lin saw crowds fleeing and Chaos Ancient Clan members below, and wondered how Long River Prefecture had fallen so quickly.
• Chaos Ancient Clan experts attacked from both sides, but Ye Lin kept running to avoid being caught in battle.
• Xinyou transformed into a colossal white beast, and Ye Lin carried Luo Yao onto its back while Ye Xin stood behind them.
• Xinyou accelerated into a white rainbow and carried them beyond the horizon.

Ye Lin discovered that Xinyou had awakened a divine ability that let him travel through space, helping them reach Sunset Prefecture before exhaustion forced him to rest. After Luo Yao found an underwater cave, Ye Lin sent Ye Xin ahead to scout it, and they emerged beyond a mountain range with no apparent opportunity.

• Ye Lin inspected Xinyou’s traits and learned that Beastform Rainbow let him become part of space and travel through it.
• Xinyou carried Ye Lin and the others into Sunset Prefecture in half an hour, then fell asleep from the ability’s heavy consumption.
• Ye Lin decided he needed maps of Sunset Prefecture and the Nether Sea before continuing toward the sea.
• Luo Yao found an underwater cave, and Ye Lin sent Ye Xin inside to scout ahead while he followed with Luo Yao.
• Ye Xin found an exit after half an hour of walking, and Ye Lin realized they had passed through a mountain range and found no fortuitous opportunity.

Ye Lin emerged into Tian Yuan Sacred Land with Luo Yao and was accused by Zhang Ling'er, its Saintess, of sneaking into her bathing pool to peep. When he tried to show her the cave he had used to enter, it was nowhere to be found, leaving Zhang Ling'er convinced he had made up the story.

• Ye Lin brought Luo Yao to the surface and found Zhang Ling'er bathing in the pool.
• Zhang Ling'er accused Ye Lin of peeping and questioned how he had entered Tian Yuan Sacred Land.
• Ye Lin insisted that he and his companions had arrived by chance through a cave beneath the pool.
• Zhang Ling'er followed Ye Lin underwater, but he found only intact ground where the cave had been.
• Zhang Ling'er mocked Ye Lin for claiming there had been a cave.

Zhang Ling'er questioned Ye Lin after finding no trace of the cave he and his companions had used to enter her underwater residence. Luo Yao confirmed that she had found and emerged from the cave, but no one could explain why it had disappeared.

• Ye Lin searched and stomped the solid ground, unable to find the cave or any hidden mechanism.
• Zhang Ling'er explained that she had built the place from materials that no one below the Quasi-Saint realm could damage and invited Ye Lin and his companions to her residence.
• Ye Lin carried Luo Yao out of the water and pondered the vanished cave as Ye Xin shared his confusion.
• At Zhang Ling'er's residence, Luo Yao introduced herself and said Ye Lin was her brother, not her father.
• Luo Yao told Zhang Ling'er that she had found the cave and that she and the others had come through it, though she did not know why it had vanished.

Ye Lin discovered that Zhang Ling'er was the reincarnation of the Dao Lord of Fate, a being destined to transcend, and was shaken by the power hidden within her. Zhang Ling'er questioned Ye Lin and Ye Xin about their arrival, then learned that Long River Prefecture had fallen to the Chaos Ancient Clan.

• Ye Lin examined Zhang Ling'er's status and saw that she was a reincarnated Dao Lord of Fate with formidable sealed abilities and a destiny of eternal transcendence.
• Ye Lin realized Zhang Ling'er could become an overwhelming power and decided not to offend her.
• Zhang Ling'er accused Ye Lin of staring at her, and he denied peeping.
• Zhang Ling'er asked where Ye Lin and Ye Xin had come from, and Ye Lin said they had traveled from Long River Prefecture through a cave after the Chaos Ancient Clan occupied it.
• Zhang Ling'er grew irritated at hearing about the cave and was surprised to learn that Long River Prefecture had fallen without her receiving any news.

Ye Lin got a map of Sunset Prefecture from Zhang Ling'er, then she demanded that he take her away from Tian Yuan Sacred Land. Ye Lin and Ye Xin fled without her, leaving Zhang Ling'er furious and in pursuit.

• Ye Lin asked Zhang Ling'er for maps of Sunset Prefecture and the Nether Sea, and she gave him a map of Sunset Prefecture.
• Zhang Ling'er threatened to accuse Ye Lin of defiling her if he left without taking her along.
• Zhang Ling'er explained that the ancestor and Sacred Lord had kept her confined to the sacred land, and she wanted to see the outside world.
• Zhang Ling'er discovered that Ye Lin, Ye Xin, and Luo Yao had already escaped, and she rushed out after them.
• Ye Lin and Ye Xin sped through the sacred land after fleeing while Zhang Ling'er had let her guard down.

Ye Lin and Ye Xin escaped the Holy Land with Zhang Ling'er, who had secretly protected them from its formations. The chapter ended with Ye Lin trying to convince Zhang Ling'er to stop following them in an unfamiliar canyon.

• Ye Lin removed the restrictions silencing a couple and forced the woman to tell him how to reach the Holy Land's main gate.
• Ye Lin and Ye Xin followed her directions, nearly getting discovered several times along the way.
• At the main gate, Zhang Ling'er revealed that she had shielded them from the formations and demanded to leave with them.
• Ye Lin agreed, and Zhang Ling'er followed him and Ye Xin out of the Holy Land.
• A middle-aged man appeared at the gate, realized Zhang Ling'er had escaped, and blamed Destiny for her departure.
• In an unfamiliar canyon, Ye Lin urged Zhang Ling'er to explore the world on her own instead of continuing to follow them.

Ye Lin studied Zhang Ling'er's map and decided to cross Sunset Prefecture to reach the Nether Sea, a journey he expected to take half a year. Zhang Ling'er caught up with the group and insisted on joining them.

• Zhang Ling'er complained that Ye Lin was leaving her behind, but he told her to stop following him and left with Ye Xin.
• Ye Lin checked Zhang Ling'er's map and realized that reaching the Nether Sea required crossing the vast Sunset Prefecture from Tian Yuan Sacred Land.
• Ye Lin decided that the group would cross Sunset Prefecture, while Xinyou remained asleep and Luo Yao agreed.
• Zhang Ling'er caught up with Ye Lin, Ye Xin, and Luo Yao, revealed that she knew their plan, and asked when they would set off.