Recaps

Ye Lin and his companions entered the giant mountain through a blue-lit cave and followed a map through its labyrinthine passages. They came upon a standoff between two groups of natives over a ten-thousand-year Woodheart, but Ye Lin had not yet decided to intervene.

• Ye Lin identified the cave entrance on the mountain, and the four companions entered it despite the heat outside.
• Ye Lin and the others descended through the maze-like passages, hearing battles and screams from numerous natives.
• The group heard an arrogant young man demand a ten-thousand-year Woodheart from a wounded group of black-robed cultivators.
• Ye Lin observed the white-robed young man, Lu Angwei, and the battered cultivators, then chose to avoid the conflict while focusing on the two Origin Crystals.

Ye Lin and his companions tried to slip past two groups of Quasi-Saints toward the only passage out of the cave. An Earthfire Qilin erupted from a hidden lava pool and turned on Ye Lin’s group just as they reached the passage entrance, blocking their escape.

• Ye Lin decided his group would use the two groups’ distraction to slip through the cave toward the downward passage.
• The cave floor collapsed, and a third-level Quasi-Saint Earthfire Qilin emerged from a concealed lava pool.
• The young man ordered the Left and Right Protectors to hold off the beast and fled with his followers.
• The Earthfire Qilin attacked the two groups, plunging the cave into chaos and forcing them to fight both the beast and each other.
• Ye Lin and his three companions raced toward the passage unnoticed until the Earthfire Qilin turned on them and sealed the entrance with lava fire.

Ye Lin, Iron Hammer, Sword Demon, and Blade Fanatic escaped the Earthfire Qilin and reached the innermost region of the central main volcano. They stood before a vast lava lake filled with annihilating fire poison.

• Iron Hammer, Blade Fanatic, and Sword Demon attacked the Earthfire Qilin to interrupt its fire pillar.
• Ye Lin darted into the cave passage, and Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic followed him.
• Iron Hammer blocked the Earthfire Qilin’s view with shattered rocks and dust before retreating into the passage.
• The Earthfire Qilin gave up chasing the four and pounced on several other people nearby.
• Ye Lin and the others passed through the lava passage and arrived at a vast underground lava lake.

Ye Lin crossed a lava lake despite the aerial restriction and obtained the final two Origin Crystals. With all nine crystals collected, he secured the chance to inherit the sword Dao expert’s legacy, then noticed something in the lake on his way back.

• Ye Lin and Sword Demon’s group saw the final two Origin Crystals atop an altar on an island in the lava lake.
• Ye Lin tested the lava with rocks and found that the aerial restriction prevented flight while the lava melted stone instantly.
• Ye Lin crossed by stepping on rocks he threw into the lake as Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer suppressed the creatures beneath the surface.
• Ye Lin used hand seals to claim the two Origin Crystals, completing the set of nine and securing the inheritance.
• As Ye Lin returned from the island, he glanced down at the lava lake and formed a daring idea.

Ye Lin tried to absorb the lava lake’s fire origin and fuse it with his Great Sun Nether Flame. He endured a brutal internal struggle with no way back, and the chapter left his success uncertain.

• Ye Lin sat down at the island’s edge and asked Sword Demon and the other two to give him time.
• Ye Lin activated the Great Sun Nether Flame and drew the altar’s fire origin and law fragments into himself.
• The violent power tore through Ye Lin’s body and threatened to burn his Primordial Spirit to nothing.
• Ye Lin used the Great Sun Nether Flame to resist as the two flames battled and devoured each other within him.
• Ye Lin’s meridians repeatedly shattered and repaired as he endured the pain, with success his only remaining path.

Ye Lin forcibly merged the Great Sun Nether Flame with the fire-origin source inside his body, enduring the danger until a new, stronger flame took shape. His flames transformed into an eternal dark gold, leaving him with a successfully fused power.

• Ye Lin endured the agony of drawing the terrifying lava into his body while Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer watched.
• Blade Fanatic compared Ye Lin’s recklessness to Sword Demon’s past attempt to draw the River of Sword Dao’s Sword Qi into himself.
• Ye Lin opened his mind and used his will and Rebirth from Desperation to force the Great Sun Nether Flame and the fire-origin source to merge.
• The two flames began a fusion of laws, giving rise to a new true meaning of flame and drawing in the surrounding fire.
• Ye Lin’s flames transformed into a restrained, eternal dark gold after three explosions.

Ye Lin forged a terrifying newborn flame, named it the Ten Thousand Calamities Undying Flame, and used it to destroy the behemoths stranded in the drained lava lake. He rejoined Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer, then proposed they leave and study the inheritance, while noting that using the flame consumed too much energy.

• Ye Lin created a dark-golden flame that united destruction and creation, then drained the lava lake.
• Ye Lin unleashed the newborn flame on the stranded behemoths, burning even first-level Quasi-Saints into nothingness.
• Ye Lin named the flame the Ten Thousand Calamities Undying Flame and saw its name added to his status panel.
• Sword Demon admired Ye Lin's achievement, while Blade Fanatic compared it to Sword Demon's past recklessness and Iron Hammer dismissed it as a small scene.
• Ye Lin crossed the lake to join the three seniors and suggested they leave to study the inheritance, then dispersed the flames and recognized their heavy energy cost.

Ye Lin gathered the nine Origin Crystals in a secluded valley and entered a realm of pure Sword Dao, where the legacy’s owner declared him qualified to inherit the legacy. The owner began showing him the first of three swords.

• Ye Lin and his companions left the Extinction Volcanoes and found a secluded valley where they could safely examine the inheritance.
• Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer guarded the valley as Ye Lin sat down and summoned the nine Origin Crystals.
• The Origin Crystals resonated and revealed a pure Sword Intent that silenced the valley and stirred the companions’ weapons.
• Ye Lin opened his mind to the Sword Intent and was drawn into a realm containing only the sword Dao.
• The legacy’s owner explained that he had distilled his life’s swordsmanship into three swords and declared Ye Lin qualified to inherit it.
• The owner began demonstrating the first sword, whose intent manifested as the ultimate act of cutting all things apart.

Ye Lin studied the pure Sword Dao intents of severance and penetration, enduring the strain they placed on his body and Primordial Spirit as he searched for a way forward. He recognized Ye Xiu’s past sword strike in the Penetrating Sword Intent’s promise to pierce every defense.

• Ye Lin witnessed the Sword Intent of severance and understood its power to cut through all things.
• Ye Lin endured the intent’s pressure as the newly fused Myriad Calamities Nirvana Flame flickered under its suppression.
• Ye Lin immersed himself in the Penetrating Sword Intent, which focused all power into a thrust that passed through every obstacle.
• Ye Lin’s Primordial Spirit suffered tearing pain as he absorbed the intent, and he recognized the shadow of Ye Xiu’s sword strike within it.

Ye Lin endured three layers of sword intent as he received a terrifying Dao impartation from an eighth-level Quasi-Saint sword expert. He seemed close to being erased from existence, leaving Sword Demon and the others unsure whether he could survive.

• The third sword intent descended on Ye Lin, making his thoughts and existence fade as if they had never existed.
• Ye Lin’s Sword Qi vanished, blood appeared at his mouth, and his presence became faint and ghostlike.
• Sword Demon and the other two watched in shock and wondered whether Ye Lin was being possessed.
• Iron Hammer recognized Ye Lin’s condition as possible Dao impartation and warned that someone with insufficient cultivation or will could be crippled or killed by it.

Ye Lin endured the Sword Dao of Void’s assault and clarified the foundation of his own Sword Dao, transforming the inherited sword intents into a unique Sword Intent. He realized the trial was an imparting of the Dao and gained a clearer path forward.

• Iron Hammer fortified the valley’s restrictions to keep Ye Lin’s imparting of the Dao undisturbed.
• As the Sword Dao of Void threatened to erase his consciousness, Ye Lin’s Sword Heart flared and anchored him to existence.
• Ye Lin refused to force mastery of Void and reaffirmed his own Severance and Penetration.
• Ye Lin’s sword mark shone as he forged a unique Sword Intent from the inheritance and made the Sword Dao of Void a distant goal.
• Power resonated through Ye Lin as he recognized the trial as an imparting of the Dao and saw his road ahead more clearly.

Ye Lin completed the inheritance and used the nine Origin Crystals to strengthen his newly born Sword Dao, gaining a clearer sense of the path ahead. He shared what he had comprehended with Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer, who began studying it.

• The nine Origin Crystals merged fragments of the Great Dao with Ye Lin's Sword Dao, strengthening its foundations and nourishing his sword soul and spirit.
• Ye Lin awakened with a new understanding of the three inherited swords: Sever, Pierce, and Nothingness, though he had only begun to comprehend Sever.
• Ye Lin created three spheres of light containing his insights and offered them to Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer.
• The three seniors thanked Ye Lin and merged with the spheres to contemplate the inheritance.

Ye Lin tested his newly acquired Severance Intent and realized the inheritance had clarified his path through the Sword Dao, letting him advance as far as the eighth layer of the Quasi-Saint Realm with enough time and resources. He held back from using his trump card to become a Saint, saving it for the right circumstances.

• Ye Lin used a wisp of Severance Intent to split a massive azure rock cleanly in two.
• Ye Lin considered how powerful the intent might be against Quasi-Saint cultivators, then stopped himself from indulging in unrealistic thoughts.
• Ye Lin realized the inheritance had revealed a clear path through the Sword Dao and could guide him to the eighth layer of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Ye Lin suppressed his excitement and chose not to use his opportunity to step into the Saint Realm, keeping it as his greatest trump card.
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Ye Lin and the others left Sword Cry Valley after Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer gained insights from the inheritance. They met Qing Luo and her tribe waiting at the valley entrance, still relying on the four lords for protection.

• Sword Demon praised the inheritance and said it benefited his Dao, then Blade Fanatic and Iron Hammer awoke.
• Ye Lin decided the group had spent enough time there, and the four left the inheritance site.
• Ye Lin and the others crossed Sword Cry Valley and entered the ancient path.
• Qing Luo and her tribespeople waited anxiously at the valley entrance, fearing the four had been lost inside.
• Qing Luo greeted the four and explained that her tribe still depended on their protection to leave the ancient path.

Ye Lin and his companions followed the ancient road toward an ancient cultivator’s cave dwelling, studying the murals along the way. After half a month, they discovered an ancient city sealed beneath a vast crystal plain and an inverted pyramid at its center, which sent Qing Luo searching urgently through an old book.

• Ye Lin decided to visit the ancient cultivator’s cave dwelling because it lay along their route.
• Ye Lin and his companions traveled along the ancient road and encountered murals that revealed a powerful sword intent.
• After half a month, Blade Fanatic warned the group that something lay ahead.
• Ye Lin led the group through a mountain pass to a crystal plain containing an ancient city frozen beneath its surface.
• Qing Luo saw the inverted pyramid at the plain’s center and frantically searched an ancient book.

Qing Luo identified the inverted pyramid as the legendary Reverse Time Golden Tower, built by temporal travelers to preserve civilization, and Ye Lin’s group decided to investigate it. A trio from the Time Temple arrived and claimed the tower as their treasure, but Ye Lin challenged their claim, angering the red-haired woman.

• Qing Luo compared the ancient book with the inverted pyramid and recognized it as the Reverse Time Golden Tower.
• Qing Luo explained that temporal travelers had built the tower to freeze time and preserve civilization before leaving it behind.
• Ye Lin, Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Qing Luo decided to enter the tower and look around.
• Three Quasi-Saint cultivators from the Time Temple emerged and demanded to know how to open the golden tower.
• Ye Lin questioned why the Time Temple members could not open a treasure they claimed as their own, and the red-haired woman grew angry.

Ye Lin confronted three arrogant Time Temple cultivators and revealed his mastery of the law of time. He wounded their leader, but they joined forces to unleash a time-reversal technique against him.

• A taciturn Time Temple cultivator drew a blade that cut through space, while Iron Hammer offered to fight the three intruders.
• Ye Lin stepped forward with a rusty sword, and the Time Temple cultivators mocked his weapon and his group.
• Ye Lin thrust his sword and froze the three cultivators in time, but their leader broke free enough to evade the blow and was aged into ash by the wound.
• The red-haired woman and the young man escaped the restraint, recognized Ye Lin as a quasi-Saint, and surrounded him with their leader.
• The three Time Temple cultivators synchronized their laws of time and summoned an hourglass to cast “Time Reversal, Return to Void.”

Ye Lin shattered three Quasi-Saint cultivators’ combined time technique with his sword and killed them as they tried to escape. He sheathed his sword after cutting through their bodies, Primordial Spirits, and true souls.

• The three cultivators used a combined secret art of the Time Temple to rewind the target area by ten breaths.
• Ye Lin reversed the flow of the laws of time with a sword strike, shattering their temporal domain and forcing them to retreat while injured.
• Ye Lin explained that his sword did not control time but severed whatever he believed it could cut apart.
• The middle-aged man crushed a talisman to teleport the three away, but Ye Lin struck again and severed all three at the waist, destroying their Primordial Spirits and true souls.

Ye Lin defeated three powerful enemies in his first battle after reaching the Quasi-Saint realm, impressing Qing Luo and her clansmen. After Blade Fanatic found a diagram pointing to a suspected Innate Spirit Treasure on the seventh level of the Reverse Time Golden Tower, Ye Lin decided to investigate it.

• Ye Lin killed the three enemies in less than ten breaths, leaving Qing Luo and her clansmen stunned.
• Sword Demon said Ye Lin's Sword Dao now rivaled his own, while Ye Lin modestly acknowledged Sword Demon's greater understanding.
• Blade Fanatic searched the enemies' storage treasures and found Identity Tokens, time-related materials, and a diagram of the Time Tower.
• Blade Fanatic revealed that the tower had seven levels and that its top level held a suspected Innate Spirit Treasure called the Time Hourglass.
• Ye Lin studied the diagram and decided to enter the Reverse Time Golden Tower to seek the treasure.

Ye Lin and the other three entered the Inverted Golden Tower and crossed a corridor filled with time traps. They found a Time Crystal, which Ye Lin gave up, and Blade Fanatic claimed it before the group moved toward the next level.

• Ye Lin entered the gate of light, and Sword Demon and the other two followed, while Qing Luo could not approach because the chaotic flow of time made her ill.
• Ye Lin and the others crossed a corridor showing images of history and avoided its time traps without difficulty.
• At the corridor’s end, Ye Lin identified a crystal containing the origin of time and learned it could improve comprehension of time laws.
• Ye Lin decided the Time Crystal was useless to him and left it to the others before heading toward the spiral staircase.
• After competing for the crystal, Blade Fanatic took it, saying he could sell it because he needed money.

Ye Lin and his companions crossed the Time-Space Maze with Blade Fanatic guiding them, then moved on to the Temporal Visions stage. Ye Lin ignored the Time-Space Array Diagram and inspected the next challenge before proceeding.

• Blade Fanatic led Ye Lin and the others through more than a thousand shifting rooms to the maze's center.
• Ye Lin passed up the Time-Space Array Diagram, which ultimately went to Sword Demon.
• Ye Lin learned from the blueprint that the Temporal Visions stage created copies of intruders that attacked with part of their strength.
• Ye Lin watched the stage rather than entering immediately because he wanted to verify the blueprint for himself.

Ye Lin and his companions cleared the time mirror trial, and Ye Lin passed up its Time Rune reward to keep his focus on the Innate Spirit Treasure. He then easily overcame the fourth floor’s inner-demon trial and found a bottle of Tears of Time.

• Ye Lin used his sword to disrupt time around each mirror image, destroying them as he advanced through the trial.
• Ye Lin reached the Time Rune reward but gave it up, leaving the companions to divide it; Iron Hammer took it with Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic’s agreement.
• Ye Lin left the fourth floor after easily breaking through its inner-demon trial.
• Ye Lin found that the fourth floor’s reward was a bottle of Tears of Time, a sacred medicine for healing.

Ye Lin reached the fifth level of the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm, where a Future Projection showed him worshipped as a powerful Venerable before an unseen force sent him back. He regained his composure, passed up the Seed of Foresight, and continued onward.

• Ye Lin entered the fifth level and saw a future vision of himself atop a sword mountain, worshipped by countless cultivators and powerful experts.
• An enormous, emotionless eye declared that Ye Lin did not belong there and sent him back to the platform.
• Ye Lin steadied his Dao Heart and decided to focus on the path before him rather than the future projection.
• Ye Lin learned that the Seed of Foresight could reveal the next two hours, but passed it by because he wanted an innate spiritual treasure more.
• Ye Lin reached the next level.

Ye Lin entered the sixth floor’s trial and found himself in a seemingly endless battlefield where countless races fought without anyone dying. After a month of searching for a way out, he remained trapped with no clue how to escape.

• Ye Lin entered the sixth floor and was transported to a vast battlefield where races fought in a chaotic melee.
• Ye Lin observed the battle and realized that the combatants could not die and did not seem able to see him.
• Ye Lin tried to learn from the cultivators’ fighting, but found their techniques disorderly and inferior to his own.
• Ye Lin searched the battlefield for an exit and discovered that his Sword Qi passed through the fighters without affecting them.
• More cultivators joined the endless battle, and after a month Ye Lin still had no way out.

After wandering for a month in a white space, Ye Lin found a passage leading to the lowest level of the Inverted Golden Tower, where the connate spirit treasure Hourglass of Time awaited. His attempt to seize it cost him an arm, which he severed and regrew, leaving him wary of the treasure.

• Ye Lin stopped wandering and meditated until the battlefield around him disappeared and a passage appeared.
• Ye Lin found a saber with a blade condensed from time, examined it, and returned it to its place.
• Ye Lin entered the tower’s lowest level and saw the Hourglass of Time surrounded by violent currents of time.
• Ye Lin used his Sword Dao to suppress the currents and reached for the Hourglass of Time.
• The Hourglass of Time rapidly withered Ye Lin’s arm, so he severed it and grew a new one.