Recaps

Ye Lin confronted a Holy Palace member who had tried to teleport him to the fallen Heaven Province and demanded to know who had ordered it. He suppressed the Holy Palace with his peak Daluo Golden Immortal aura and waited for Manager Wang, suspecting Wang Yongxin was behind the attack.

• Ye Lin realized the young man had tried to send him to Heaven Province, which was overrun by the Chaos Ancient Clan.
• The young man claimed the teleportation mishap was accidental, and Ye Lin cut off his arm and demanded to know who had sent him.
• A woman from the Holy Palace told Ye Lin to stop attacking and offered to overlook his actions, angering him.
• Ye Lin asked who was in charge and unleashed his peak Daluo Golden Immortal aura, forcing those nearby to kneel.
• As the crowd called for Manager Wang, Ye Lin questioned the injured young man about Wang Yongxin and waited for an answer.

Ye Lin confronted the Holy Palace array operator after discovering the teleportation array had sent him to Heaven Province, suspecting Wang Yongxin had arranged the sabotage. A Quasi-Saint official arrived and began questioning the operator, who still claimed it was a mistake.

• Ye Lin restrained the young array operator and demanded to know why the teleportation array had been altered.
• The operator denied knowing Wang Yongxin and offered Ye Lin a free teleportation to make peace.
• Ye Lin reasoned that Wang Yongxin had secretly contacted the operator and waited for the Holy Palace branch’s Quasi-Saint to investigate.
• A stern middle-aged official arrived and asked the operator to explain what had happened.
• The operator called the incident a misunderstanding, and the official slapped him and accused him of plotting against Ye Lin’s life.

Ye Lin confronted the Holy Palace over a teleportation scheme and learned that Wang Yongxin had ordered the attack. After the middle-aged man took the guilty young man away for punishment, Ye Lin asked to deal with him personally.

• The middle-aged man apologized to Ye Lin and asked how he wanted the matter handled.
• Ye Lin requested a soul search, and the young man confessed that Wang Yongxin had ordered him to send Ye Lin to Heaven Province to be killed.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had captured Wang Yongxin and was taking him to Blazing Fire Continent to turn him in.
• The middle-aged man recognized Wang Yongxin as a Holy Palace wanted criminal and declared that the young man would face severe punishment.
• The middle-aged man seized the young man and arranged for Ye Lin to be sent to Blazing Fire Continent, but Ye Lin asked to deal with the culprit himself.

Ye Lin challenged Wang Gao’s attempt to keep the man who had framed him, then revealed he was a direct disciple of the Heavenly Blade Sage. Wang Gao immediately changed his tune and handed the culprit over to Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin demanded that Wang Gao hand over the man who had framed him so he could deal with him personally.
• Wang Gao refused, citing Holy Palace rules, and threatened to detain Ye Lin if he caused trouble.
• Ye Lin showed Wang Gao his Identity Token and said he would report the matter to his master before leaving the branch.
• Wang Gao hurried after Ye Lin, tossed the culprit at his feet, and said Ye Lin was free to deal with him.
• Ye Lin questioned Wang Gao’s sudden change of position, and Wang Gao claimed Ye Lin’s actions also counted as impartial enforcement.

Ye Lin secured Wang Gao’s help to travel to the Blazing Fire Continent, and Wang Gao sent him through the teleportation array without changing its destination. Ye Lin arrived safely and went to the Holy Palace to submit his mission, where the receptionist recognized him as Yun Qiyue’s junior brother.

• Ye Lin accepted Wang Gao’s offer to prepare a teleportation array while keeping the Primordial Spirits of two Daluo Golden Immortal experts in hand.
• Wang Gao assured Ye Lin that the array led to the Blazing Fire Continent, and Ye Lin entered it after warning that his master was watching.
• After Ye Lin departed, Wang Gao cursed the cultivators whose failed scheme had nearly implicated him and warned them not to cause trouble again.
• Ye Lin arrived in the Blazing Fire Continent and headed to the Holy Palace where he had taken his mission.
• Ye Lin introduced himself to the receptionist to submit the mission, and she recognized him as Yun Qiyue’s junior brother.

Ye Lin obtained the qualification to challenge the Eastern Region Top Hundred after completing all three tasks. He returned to Meteor Island to ask Yun Qiyue about the challenge and learned that Master had already arranged someone to deliver his letter.

• Ye Lin submitted Wang Yongxin's Primordial Spirit and confirmed that he had completed all three tasks.
• The woman at the Holy Palace verified his achievements and gave him an Identity Token naming him a candidate for the Eastern Region Top Hundred.
• Ye Lin returned to Meteor Island and found Yun Qiyue beneath the Undying Divine Tree.
• Ye Lin asked Yun Qiyue what to consider before challenging the Eastern Region Top Hundred.
• Yun Qiyue said a person with sufficient standing had to deliver his challenge letter and that Master had already prepared someone for him.

Yun Qiyue explained that the Eastern Region Top Hundred was a contest controlled by powerful factions and gave Ye Lin the Eastern Region Storm Rankings to study. As Ye Lin read about rank one hundred, Nanming Chuixue, he realized even the lowest-ranked contender was formidable.

• Yun Qiyue warned Ye Lin that challenging the Eastern Region Top Hundred could entangle him in the interests of the factions backing them.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that competitors needed the Holy Palace's backing and gave him a booklet detailing the current Top Hundred.
• Yun Qiyue said she would take Ye Lin to see the ranked experts when the Origin Holy City opened in three days, then vanished.
• Ye Lin read that rank one hundred, Nanming Chuixue, had defeated three half-step Quasi-Saints and numerous Daluo Golden Immortals in a battle lasting three days and nights.
• Ye Lin set aside his contempt for the rankings and turned to the next page with caution.

Ye Lin studied the Eastern Region Storm Rankings and was overwhelmed by the strength of the top hundred, especially the first-ranked fighter’s feat against three Third Heaven quasi-Saints. Yun Qiyue came to encourage him and offer to introduce him to some ranked cultivators, but Ye Lin instead asked how she had defeated a Second Heaven quasi-Saint and badly injured three Third Heaven quasi-Saints.

• Ye Lin read Zhuo Haoxuan’s battle record and was shocked that a peak Daluo Golden Immortal had fought a First Heaven quasi-Saint for three days before escaping.
• Ye Lin continued studying the rankings for three days, growing more solemn as he considered how difficult the listed fighters would be to defeat.
• Ye Lin tried and failed to understand how the first-ranked fighter had counter-killed three Third Heaven quasi-Saints while at peak Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Yun Qiyue approached Ye Lin, mistook his solemn expression for discouragement, and offered to take him to meet some of the ranked cultivators.
• Ye Lin asked Yun Qiyue how she had killed a Second Heaven quasi-Saint barehanded and severely wounded three Third Heaven quasi-Saints, startling her.

Yun Qiyue took Ye Lin to observe the ceremony at Origin Holy City and explained the city’s history and its secret arts. Ye Lin learned that the ancient city was guarded by a Quasi-Saint Ninth Heaven expert from the Origin Continent’s earliest era.

• Yun Qiyue dismissed the Eastern Region Romance Rankings booklet and gave Ye Lin the Eastern Region Storm Rankings instead.
• Ye Lin read the rankings, which placed Xuanyuan Dihuang first for exchanging three moves with a Quasi-Saint First Heaven expert without being defeated.
• Yun Qiyue took Ye Lin toward Origin Holy City and explained that it opened once every ten million years, drawing cultivators to study its secret arts.
• Yun Qiyue said she was taking Ye Lin to meet the Eastern Region’s upper echelon, learn about future enemies, and comprehend secret arts, offering to lend him resources if needed.
• Yun Qiyue explained that a Quasi-Saint Ninth Heaven expert from the Origin Continent’s most ancient era guarded the city, and Ye Lin wondered if he was from the Spirit King’s era.

Ye Lin followed Yun Qiyue into Origin Holy City, where he learned the city’s strict rules and saw its ancient buildings and customs. Yun Qiyue led him toward Drunken Flower Pavilion, and they arrived at a lake pavilion beneath a flowering ancient tree.

• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue reached Origin Holy City, a vast ancient city guarded by jade qilins.
• Yun Qiyue warned Ye Lin that flying, making loud noise, and fighting were forbidden in the city.
• Ye Lin entered the quiet city and saw cultivators keep their distance from its ancient buildings and ornaments.
• Yun Qiyue explained that Drunken Flower Pavilion was one of only two places open in the city and offered the rare Drunken Flower Brew.
• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue followed the ancient road to a lake, where they saw a huge pavilion beneath a flowering ancient tree.

Ye Lin followed Yun Qiyue across a lake to the Drunken Flower Pavilion, struggling against the increasing pressure beneath the water. Inside, Yun Qiyue showed him the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree and explained its connection to Drunken Flower Brew and the worlds of the Boundary Sea.

• Yun Qiyue walked across the lake toward the Drunken Flower Pavilion while Ye Lin watched other cultivators struggle to cross.
• Ye Lin stepped onto the water and found each step grew heavier, but he pushed through and caught up with Yun Qiyue.
• Yun Qiyue led Ye Lin through the pavilion gates into a vast wonderland of floating islands, singing flowers, and nine moons.
• Yun Qiyue identified the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree and explained that Drunken Flower Brew was made from its branches and leaves.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that the tree reflected scenes from countless worlds within the Boundary Sea as they explored the pavilion.

Yun Qiyue showed Ye Lin the extraordinary Drunken Flower Pavilion, where the three thousand laws had no effect and the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree stood as a prized treasure. She led him to collect Drunken Flower Brew, and they joined a long queue as Ye Lin anticipated tasting the wine.

• Yun Qiyue explained that the pavilion contained three thousand worlds and was cut off from the three thousand laws.
• Ye Lin recognized the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree as a remarkable treasure, and Yun Qiyue warned him it was dangerous.
• Yun Qiyue invited Ye Lin to collect Drunken Flower Brew, which she had long wanted to taste.
• Ye Lin discovered that thought alone let him travel far faster in the pavilion and that karma could not reach inside it.
• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue joined a queue at the wine-collection platform, where the Drunken Flower Brew’s fragrance made Ye Lin eager to try it.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue tasted the Drunken Flower Brew at the Drunken Flower Pavilion and planned to ask their Master for more after they returned. They then headed to the Dharma Comprehension Hall to seek ancient secret arts.

• Yun Qiyue and Ye Lin waited in line and each received one cup of Drunken Flower Brew.
• Ye Lin drank the wine and felt its rich flavor and powerful energy flow through his meridians.
• Yun Qiyue praised the wine, and she and Ye Lin agreed to ask their Master for more after returning.
• Yun Qiyue led Ye Lin toward the Dharma Comprehension Hall to witness the ancient secret arts.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue traveled through Origin Holy City toward the Dharma Comprehension Hall, where ancient secret arts were kept. On the way, Yun Qiyue pointed out people ranked in the Eastern Region Top Hundred and warned Ye Lin about their reputations, ending by urging him to beat a woman if he encountered her.

• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue headed for the Dharma Comprehension Hall, discussing its powerful secret arts and the resources required to enter.
• Yun Qiyue pointed out a blue-robed young man ranked eighty-third in the Eastern Region Top Hundred and claimed he had 130,000 lovers.
• Yun Qiyue described a bare-chested man ranked fifty-third as uninterested in women and devoted to relationships.
• Yun Qiyue pointed out another woman and told Ye Lin to beat her hard, even to death, promising to take responsibility for any consequences.

Ye Lin met Yun Wan'er, Yun Qiyue's little sister, and watched the two women greet each other warmly despite Yun Qiyue's private claim that they were mortal enemies. Yun Wan'er offered to find Ye Lin a Dao companion, but Yun Qiyue prompted him to reject the offer, and he insisted he was focused on the Great Dao.

• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that she had an irreconcilable life-and-death grudge with the approaching Yun Wan'er and promised to do anything if he killed her.
• Yun Qiyue and Yun Wan'er greeted each other affectionately and introduced Ye Lin to Yun Wan'er as Yun Qiyue's Junior Brother.
• Yun Wan'er asked whether Ye Lin had a Dao companion and handed him a booklet of eligible women she could introduce.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin to say he was not interested in women, and he returned the booklet while declaring that he was focused on the Great Dao.

Yun Wan'er offered Ye Lin a booklet about Dao companions, but Yun Qiyue destroyed it and led him to the Dharma Comprehension Hall. Curious about the sisters’ history, Ye Lin asked Lin Feng about their grudge, and Lin Feng began explaining Yun Wan'er's cultivation path.

• Yun Wan'er gave Ye Lin a booklet and offered to arrange a Dao companion for him before joining Yun Qiyue for a drink.
• Yun Qiyue tore up the booklet when Ye Lin opened it, then took him to the Dharma Comprehension Hall.
• Ye Lin stopped Lin Feng and asked him about Yun Qiyue and Yun Wan'er’s history.
• Lin Feng said the sisters had been exceptionally close ten thousand years earlier, until an incident changed their relationship.
• Lin Feng explained that Yun Wan'er cultivated the Marriage Law, which benefited her by helping others form romantic connections.

Ye Lin learned from Lin Feng that Yun Wan'er had once publicly arranged a husband-selection contest for Yun Qiyue, worsening their relationship. He then followed Yun Qiyue into the Dharma Comprehension Hall, where she explained how to access its secret arts.

• Lin Feng told Ye Lin that Yun Wan'er had gathered tens of thousands of male cultivators and announced a martial contest to choose a husband for Yun Qiyue.
• Lin Feng warned Ye Lin that Yun Wan'er's matchmaking had brought disaster to every couple and advised him to refuse her.
• Lin Feng took his leave, and Ye Lin headed to the Dharma Comprehension Hall, where Yun Qiyue was waiting for him.
• Yun Qiyue explained that visitors could read the stone steles outside the small rooms and pay resources to enter and comprehend the secret arts.

Ye Lin examined the secret arts with Yun Qiyue but rejected them because using them caused severe injuries or death. He left Yun Qiyue to study them while he waited outside.

• Ye Lin read the stele describing Reverse Reincarnation and learned that casting it risked severe karmic backlash or death.
• Ye Lin examined Great Silence Without Void and other secret arts, finding that each carried dangerous drawbacks.
• Yun Qiyue asked Ye Lin which secret art interested him, and he said he did not want to comprehend any of them.
• Yun Qiyue explained that secret arts were costly trump cards that could offer a chance of survival when someone was cornered.
• Ye Lin remained unconvinced, told Yun Qiyue to continue comprehending the secret arts, and left to wait outside.

Ye Lin dismissed secret techniques as unnecessary and explored Origin Holy City while waiting for the process to begin for his challenge to the Eastern Region Top Hundred. The chapter ended as he arrived at a massive residence and someone called out to him.

• Yun Qiyue praised Ye Lin and told him to explore the holy city before leaving the Dharma Comprehension Hall.
• Yun Qiyue reflected that Ye Lin's refusal of secret techniques came from absolute confidence, a confidence she had lost ten thousand years earlier.
• Ye Lin left the hall and explored Origin Holy City, wondering when he would receive his first opponent.
• Ye Lin recalled that the great figures backing each side had to exchange challenge letters and wagers before he could challenge for a ranking and his opponent's resources.
• Ye Lin arrived at a massive residence, where someone called out, "Young Master Ye Lin?"

Ye Lin wandered through Origin Holy City after learning that Wang Laosan, the Spirit King’s gatekeeper, was a Quasi-Saint visiting with the Spirit King. After three days of exploring, he worried that Yun Qiyue might spend years in Dharma Comprehension Hall and leave him waiting.

• Ye Lin met Wang Laosan outside a residence and learned that the Spirit King had accompanied the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s ancestor to meet an old acquaintance in Origin Holy City.
• Ye Lin declined Wang Laosan’s offer to announce his arrival and continued exploring the city.
• Ye Lin spent three days wandering Origin Holy City, finding little of interest beyond Drunken Flower Pavilion and Dharma Comprehension Hall.
• Ye Lin sat beneath a tree and wondered whether Yun Qiyue might remain in Dharma Comprehension Hall for years, leaving him with nothing to do while he waited.

Ye Lin suppressed his cultivation at the peak of Daluo Golden Immortal and spent ten years in Origin Holy City comprehending Ye Xiu's sword strike. He reunited with Yun Qiyue after she contacted him, but his comprehension had made no progress, and he decided to keep saving Luck Value for a connate supreme treasure.

• Ye Lin chose to suppress his realm to remain eligible for the Eastern Region Top Hundred and secluded himself in an unrestricted room in Origin Holy City to comprehend Ye Xiu's sword strike.
• Over ten years, Origin Holy City grew crowded as cultivators from major factions and Rogue Cultivators arrived to explore the ancient city and enjoy its Drunken Flower Brew.
• Yun Qiyue searched for Ye Lin at the Dharma Comprehension Hall and contacted him with her Jade Talisman.
• Ye Lin told Yun Qiyue he had not left and agreed to meet her, while admitting he had learned the sword strike's form but not its spirit.
• Ye Lin checked his Luck Value and resolved to save a hundred trillion so he could buy a connate supreme treasure.

Ye Lin returned to the Dharma Comprehension Hall and found that Yun Qiyue had emerged from seclusion after grasping part of a secret art. She took him to Origin Holy City's auction, which was about to begin, and they arrived at the solemn manor.

• Ye Lin told several cultivators they could enter a nearby building, and Origin Holy City guards later dragged them out and expelled them for breaking the rules.
• Ye Lin returned to the Dharma Comprehension Hall and found Yun Qiyue waiting outside after ten years of comprehension.
• Yun Qiyue said she had grasped only the superficial aspects of the secret art and that fully comprehending it would take at least ten thousand years.
• Yun Qiyue explained that Origin Holy City held an auction after each opening, where it offered rare cultivation resources.
• Ye Lin followed Yun Qiyue to the solemn manor, the familiar venue where the auction was to be held.

Yun Qiyue brought Ye Lin into an exclusive auction residence in Origin Holy City and showed him their private viewing room. As the auction had not yet begun, they relaxed in a cultivation-enhancing hot spring while waiting.

• Yun Qiyue used her Identity Token to gain entry to the residence with Ye Lin.
• Yun Qiyue led Ye Lin through a garden and into a pavilion that transported them to a private auction room.
• Ye Lin inspected the auction platform and noticed that restrictions obscured the other viewing rooms.
• Yun Qiyue invited Ye Lin to soak in the room’s hot spring, explaining that its water benefited cultivation.
• Ye Lin joined Yun Qiyue in the spring, and they relaxed while waiting for the auction to begin.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue watched the Origin Holy City auction begin after spending a month relaxing in a hot spring. As bidding started for a Blood Pearl, Yun Qiyue explained its rare effects on the Primordial Spirit.

• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue spent a month resting in the hot spring before opening their eyes as the auction began.
• An elderly Quasi-Saint introduced the auction rules, including bidding with transaction points or resources.
• The elderly man presented a Blood Pearl containing the essence blood of a Formless Soul-Devouring Beast and set its starting price at one million transaction points.
• Bidders quickly raised the price, while Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that the Blood Pearl could nourish, repair, and reshape the Primordial Spirit.

Ye Lin watched the auction for a rare blood pearl that could affect the Primordial Spirit, but stopped bidding when its price reached thirty million trading points. The auction moved on to a golden sword, which Yun Qiyue offered to buy for him before Ye Lin explained that he already had weapons.

• Yun Qiyue explained that Formless Soul-Devouring Beasts had been slaughtered to extinction and that even the Origin Chamber of Commerce lacked their essence blood.
• Ye Lin considered bidding on the blood pearl but gave up when the price reached thirty million trading points.
• The blood pearl sold for fifty-four million trading points, stunning Yun Qiyue.
• The auctioneer introduced a golden Postnatal Supreme Treasure sword containing a thread of Sword Qi from a Quasi-Saint sword cultivator.
• Yun Qiyue offered to buy the sword for Ye Lin, but he declined because he already had the Godslayer Sword and Azure Frost.