Recaps

Ye Lin and Ye Gucheng reached the Myriad Phenomena Mystic Realm, where Ye Lin learned that the treasure Ye Gucheng sought was held by a ruthless opponent. The two paid the entrance fee and prepared to enter.

• Ye Lin reflected on how far his swordsmanship fell short of Ye Gucheng's, and Ye Gucheng said Ye Lin was too weak to fight him until he reached peak Earth Immortal.
• Ye Gucheng told Ye Lin that the Myriad Phenomena Mystic Realm lay within Myriad Phenomena City, and Ye Lin said he had come to seek its opportunities.
• Ye Gucheng warned Ye Lin that he could easily die inside the Mystic Realm.
• Ye Lin and Ye Gucheng paid ten thousand low-grade immortal stones each to the two Heavenly Immortal emissaries at the entrance.
• The frail emissary recognized Ye Gucheng as the abandoned infant from Hidden Sword Mountain and warned him that the object he sought was held by a ruthless character.

Ye Lin entered the Myriad Phenomena Mystic Realm after the fat old man recognized him as Zhuge Yun’s true disciple and urged him to stay safe. He parted ways with Ye Gucheng and followed the panel’s prompts to the fifth pavilion, where he searched the remains of an old True Immortal faction’s Scripture Depository.

• The fat old man recognized Ye Lin as Zhuge Yun’s true disciple and told him to pass along greetings to his master.
• The fat old man warned that Bloodslaughter Tower should not harm Ye Lin, whom he called Zhuge old man’s final hope.
• Inside the mystic realm, Ye Gucheng told Ye Lin that he was more useful alive than dead, then left to seek the bloodstained aura.
• Ye Lin followed the panel’s prompts, hoping to reach Ye Gucheng’s opportunity first.
• Ye Lin arrived at the fifth pavilion and climbed to its eighth floor, finding scattered cultivation books and few signs that anything valuable remained.

Ye Lin destroyed the fifth pavilion while searching for an Immortal Grade cultivation art and uncovered a mysterious purple jade pendant. A veiled woman confronted him about damaging the secret realm, but Ye Lin defended his actions.

• Ye Lin searched the fifth pavilion with his divine sense, then destroyed its contents when he found nothing.
• Ye Lin demolished the entire pavilion and found a purple jade pendant that resisted his divine sense.
• Ye Lin stored the pendant in his Spatial Ring to study it later.
• A veiled woman in azure clouds confronted Ye Lin for destroying items preserved for future visitors.
• Ye Lin argued that the pavilion held no valuable items and that its destruction made little difference.

Ye Lin confronted Gu Ruyan, who demanded to see what he had taken from the pavilion and attacked him with qin music. Ye Lin revealed his Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and shattered her musical attacks, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Ruyan questioned Ye Lin about what he had taken from the pavilion and introduced herself after testing him with a streak of Sword Qi.
• Gu Ruyan played a qin melody that filled the area with artistic conceptions and formations, then blasted Ye Lin backward with a shockwave.
• Ye Lin pretended to leave, but Gu Ruyan summoned three Immortal Qi giants to surround him and again demanded to see what he had taken.
• Ye Lin drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and crushed the weapons formed from Gu Ruyan's qin music with a slash of Sword Qi.

Ye Lin and Gu Ru Yan fought to a standstill until a wounded Ye Gucheng arrived, fleeing a furious Heavenly Immortal. Ye Lin and Gu Ru Yan joined Ye Gucheng’s escape, with the Heavenly Immortal still pursuing them.

• Ye Lin and Gu Ru Yan exchanged more than ten thousand attacks, neither gaining the upper hand.
• As Ye Lin prepared to use his domain, a brilliant sword light approached with a furious Heavenly Immortal chasing it.
• Gu Ru Yan fled, but Ye Gucheng reached Ye Lin, grabbed him, and carried him away on his Long Sword.
• Gu Ru Yan used crimson silks to catch up and climb onto the Long Sword as Ye Lin passed her.
• Ye Lin asked Ye Gucheng what he had done, and Ye Gucheng said he had reclaimed his father's relic and asked Ye Lin to help him escape.

Ye Lin escaped a furious Heavenly Immortal with the wounded Ye Gucheng and Gu Ruyan by using a teleportation treasure, but the pursuer waited at the secret realm’s exit. In a cave, Ye Lin sought a way to heal Ye Gucheng and warned Gu Ruyan that their escape depended on him surviving.

• Ye Gucheng collapsed from his injuries, and Ye Lin took control of the Flying Sword while Gu Ruyan supported him.
• Ye Lin used a teleportation treasure to make the three of them disappear, and the Heavenly Immortal decided to wait for them at the exit.
• Ye Lin and Gu Ruyan reached a cave, where Ye Lin examined Ye Gucheng’s severe injuries and asked Gu Ruyan for a healing treasure.
• Gu Ruyan questioned why Ye Lin would not provide the healing treasure himself, and Ye Lin warned that without Ye Gucheng they might be trapped in the secret realm.

Ye Lin used Gu Ruyan's Tranquil Heart Sacred Lotus to heal Ye Gucheng, while Gu Ruyan grew increasingly frustrated during their stay in the cave. After three months, Ye Gucheng finally woke.

• Gu Ruyan lent Ye Lin her Tranquil Heart Sacred Lotus so he could treat Ye Gucheng's injuries.
• Ye Lin spent three days refining the lotus, healing most of Ye Gucheng's internal injuries, though Ye Gucheng remained unconscious.
• Gu Ruyan told Ye Lin she belonged to the Zither Sound Sect and could not contact its elders from the secret realm.
• Ye Lin restored his Immortal Qi as the three remained in the cave for three months, and Gu Ruyan worried about her unfinished mission.
• Ye Gucheng coughed and slowly opened his eyes.

Ye Gucheng offered his life to hold off the Heavenly Immortal pursuing them, but Gu Ruyan stopped him because he still owed her a Tranquil Heart Sacred Lotus. Ye Lin ended their argument and told them to follow him, leaving their escape plan unresolved.

• Ye Gucheng apologized to Ye Lin and Gu Ruyan for involving them in his troubles.
• Ye Lin warned that the Heavenly Immortal might be waiting at the secret realm's exit.
• Ye Gucheng said he could only delay the Heavenly Immortal by risking his life, and offered to stay behind.
• Gu Ruyan stopped Ye Gucheng and reminded him that he owed her a Tranquil Heart Sacred Lotus.
• Ye Gucheng offered Gu Ruyan his Jade Blood Sword as payment, but she refused it.
• Ye Lin told Ye Gucheng and Gu Ruyan to stop arguing and follow him.

Ye Lin led Gu Ruyan and Ye Gucheng out of the secret realm, where Butcher was waiting to reclaim his treasure. Mo Fan agreed to help them but demanded that Butcher swear a Great Dao oath to let all three leave safely.

• Ye Lin led Gu Ruyan and Ye Gucheng out of the secret realm despite their uncertainty about his plan.
• Butcher confronted the three and demanded the return of his treasure, promising them a dignified end.
• Ye Lin asked the fat and thin old men for help and invoked his master Zhuge Yun's name.
• Mo Fan recognized Ye Lin as the son of an old friend and offered to help, but Butcher said only Ye Lin could leave.
• Ye Lin pleaded for his friends, and Mo Fan demanded that Butcher swear a Great Dao oath not to harm the three and let them go.

Mo Fan forced Butcher to swear a Great Dao oath after Butcher threatened Ye Lin, protecting Ye Lin from further attacks by him. Ye Lin and his companions left the Fourth Celestial Domain while Mo Fan and the other gatekeeper returned to dozing at the gate.

• Mo Fan demanded that Butcher swear a Great Dao oath or face being kept from leaving, while Butcher bristled at the threat.
• The skinny old man ordered Butcher to leave, and Butcher swore the oath before departing in disgrace.
• Mo Fan warned Ye Lin that Butcher could still obstruct his escape from the Fourth Celestial Domain, though he could no longer attack him personally.
• Ye Lin thanked Mo Fan and said he could handle any danger short of a Heavenly Immortal's intervention; Mo Fan assured him no one would dare attack once he left the domain.
• Ye Lin, Ye Gucheng, and Gu Ruyan departed as the gathered spectators speculated about their origins and the gatekeepers' support.

Ye Lin, Gu Ruyan, and Ye Gucheng left the Fourth Celestial Domain aboard Ye Lin’s top-grade immortal-tier warboat. As they headed toward the starry sky, Ye Lin warned that an old foe might attack them, while Gu Ruyan learned the warboat’s defensive formation cost ten thousand low-grade immortal stones per second.

• Ye Lin offered to take Gu Ruyan and Ye Gucheng out of the Fourth Celestial Domain, and Ye Gucheng agreed to travel with them.
• Ye Lin summoned a top-grade immortal-tier warboat, and Gu Ruyan speculated that he was the illegitimate son of a powerful expert.
• The three boarded the warboat and set off toward the starry sky as Gu Ruyan explained why she acted cold and aloof around outsiders.
• Ye Lin warned that the old man who had fought Ye Gucheng might attack them on their way out.
• Gu Ruyan pointed out that the warboat’s defensive formation could protect them, and Ye Lin told her it cost ten thousand low-grade immortal stones per second.

Ye Lin, Gu Ruyan, and Ye Gucheng traveled aboard the Stellar Warboat, where Ye Lin discovered its valuable wine. Their journey was interrupted when five peak Earth Immortals trapped the warboat behind a barrier, leaving them facing an overwhelming threat as Gu Ruyan awaited her master.

• Ye Lin praised the Stellar Warboat while Gu Ruyan pointed out how quickly its travel and formations consumed Immortal Stones.
• Ye Lin found fine wine in the cabin and learned from Gu Ruyan that the Primordial Immortal Brew was worth ten thousand low-grade Immortal Stones per tael.
• Several voices outside announced their intentions to seize the warboat, and an attack jolted the cabin and brought it to a stop.
• Gu Ruyan said she had notified her master and went outside with Ye Lin, while Ye Gucheng struggled to stabilize his Sword Qi.
• Ye Lin, Gu Ruyan, and Ye Gucheng saw five black-clad peak Earth Immortals surrounding the warboat, which an enormous barrier had halted.

Ye Lin and Gu Ruyan helped the injured Ye Gucheng confront five peak Earth Immortal assassins. Ye Lin drew three of them away and trapped them in his domain, while Ye Gucheng and Gu Ruyan faced the other two.

• Ye Gucheng stepped forward to hold off the five black-clad men, who attacked him together.
• Gu Ruyan used her zither to shield Ye Gucheng, and Ye Lin joined the fight to hold back three attackers.
• Ye Lin drew the three black-clad men away from the Stellar Warboat and told Ye Gucheng to defeat the remaining two quickly.
• Gu Ruyan’s zither music strengthened Ye Lin and disrupted the attackers’ souls.
• Ye Lin opened his domain around the three men, but recognized that their combined strength could still break it.

Ye Lin fought three black-clad assassins inside his domain, using its power and the Laws of Time against them. The assassins spread Blood Baleful aura through the domain, weakening his control as they revealed their technique for countering domains.

• A black-clad man attacked Ye Lin from behind, but Ye Lin suppressed two attackers with his domain while the third searched for its weakness.
• Ye Lin struck the assassins with Sword Qi and used Time Reversal to erode their cultivation, but the effect was slow and drained his immortal qi.
• The three assassins used Blood God Kill, spreading Blood Baleful aura through Ye Lin's domain.
• Ye Lin discovered that the aura was contaminating his domain and disrupting his control over it.
• The assassins revealed that the five brothers had developed the technique to counter domains and warned Ye Lin that every power had a weakness.

Ye Lin and Ye Gucheng fought off the black-clad attackers aboard the Stellar Warboat, but Ye Gucheng was badly injured and could no longer help. Ye Lin unleashed his strongest sword strike against the surviving attackers, who answered by spreading into countless figures across the deck.

• Ye Lin dispelled his contaminated domain and retreated as the three surviving black-clad men pursued him.
• Ye Gucheng used his zither to drive the attackers back, giving Ye Lin time to board the Stellar Warboat, where Ye Gucheng had already killed two of them.
• Ye Gucheng told Ye Lin that his injuries and exhaustion would prevent him from fighting further, while the surviving men mourned their slain brothers and prepared to attack.
• Ye Lin poured his Immortal Qi into the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword as Gu Ruyan played her zither to shake the attackers' souls.
• Ye Lin used Sword Eight, Eight-Direction Sword Assault, but the surviving black-clad men multiplied into countless figures and closed in as his Sword Qi destroyed many of them.

Ye Lin used One Breath Becomes Three Purities to protect Gu Ruyan from three black-clad attackers, who recognized the art and fled. Gu Ruyan explained that the art was an incomplete trap unless Ye Lin found all ten fragments, and warned him to conceal it from others who might cultivate it.

• Ye Lin summoned Wu Wang and Xiaoyao to defend Gu Ruyan when three black-clad men appeared behind her.
• Delusion stopped the attackers briefly, and Xiaoyao drove them back with his sword.
• One of the black-clad men recognized One Breath Becomes Three Purities, then the three attackers retreated and vanished.
• Ye Lin recalled Delusion and Xiaoyao and asked Gu Ruyan why people reacted with shock to his cultivation method.
• Gu Ruyan explained that Ye Lin needed all ten fragments to complete the art and reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and warned that he could not abandon it once cultivated.
• Gu Ruyan cautioned Ye Lin to keep the art secret because other cultivators might target him.

Ye Lin learned that his incomplete One Breath Becomes Three Purities cultivation art could prevent him from reaching the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm unless he found the other volumes. He remained confident that his trump card would let him overcome the restriction and search for them.

• Ye Lin realized that he might never reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm without finding the other incomplete volumes of One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Gu Ruyan comforted Ye Lin and explained that cultivators of the art were caught in a deadly struggle in which only one could advance.
• Ye Lin reasoned that his ability to rise by one major realm would let him reach the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and seek out the missing volumes.
• Gu Ruyan and Ye Gucheng reminded Ye Lin that the art was extraordinarily powerful and rare, and Ye Gucheng called it an opportunity.
• Ye Lin told them he was not easily discouraged.

Ye Lin and Gu Ruyan discussed whether their enemies would pursue them as the Stellar Warboat neared the exit of the Fourth Celestial Domain. Gu Ruyan learned that Butcher and another Celestial Immortal had intercepted her family elders, leaving their escape route blocked.

• Ye Lin warned Gu Ruyan that the defeated Celestial Immortal might retaliate by calling on his friends.
• Ye Lin explained that the Fourth Celestial Domain was a haven for criminals and that hostile forces watched its borders.
• Ye Lin checked the star chart and estimated that the Stellar Warboat would leave the Fourth Celestial Domain in about five minutes.
• Gu Ruyan received word that Butcher and an unfamiliar Celestial Immortal had stopped her family elders.
• Gu Ruyan realized that she and Ye Lin might have to pass directly under the two Celestial Immortals' watch to escape.

Butcher confronted the Zither Sound Sect’s Zither Demon at the Fourth Celestial Domain’s border, refusing to let her take her Saintess back. He arranged for his friend to attack the three youths while he held off Zither Demon.

• The arriving group reached the border and saw Butcher and a mysterious old man facing Zither Demon amid the destructive auras of Celestial Immortals.
• Zither Demon asked Butcher to let her take her sect’s Saintess home, but Butcher threatened her and refused.
• Zither Demon warned that killing the Saintess would make the Zither Sound Sect retaliate, while Butcher claimed its Celestial Immortals could not safely enter the Fourth Celestial Domain.
• Zither Demon held back because she was an early-stage Celestial Immortal facing two mid-stage opponents and could not fight them both.
• Butcher told his friend to kill the three youths and take their top-grade Immortal-tier warship while he kept Zither Demon occupied.

Ye Lin called on his backing from the Firmament Sacred Land when Butcher and an old Heavenly Immortal threatened him and his companions. Tian Cang appeared, recognized Ye Lin’s token, and crushed the old man, while Butcher recognized him in terror.

• Gu Ruyan feared that she, Ye Lin, and Ye Gucheng could not escape after their elders were held back, while Zither Demon warned the old man not to touch the Zither Sound Sect’s Saintess.
• Ye Gucheng apologized for dragging the others into danger, but Ye Lin said he had backing and showed the Identity Token bearing Zhuge’s name.
• Ye Lin called to the seniors of the Firmament Sacred Land for help, and a middle-aged man appeared beside him to inspect the token.
• The middle-aged man confirmed the token was genuine and said Ye Lin was qualified to be Zhuge Yun’s direct disciple.
• Butcher recognized the middle-aged man as Tian Cang, who casually crushed Butcher’s Heavenly Immortal companion into a cloud of blood mist.

Tian Cang drove off the Butcher after Ye Lin revealed his Identity Token, then left after protecting him. Gu Ruyan and Ye Gucheng learned that Ye Lin was Zhuge Yun’s direct disciple, a revelation that highlighted Zhuge Yun’s importance to the Firmament Sacred Land.

• The Butcher tried to retreat after recognizing Tian Cang, but Tian Cang attacked him and the Butcher escaped with a Void-Escaping Talisman.
• Ye Lin thanked Tian Cang, who then departed to meet an old friend for a game of chess.
• Ye Lin realized the sacred lands had stationed Celestial Immortal experts to guard against desperadoes leaving the Fourth Celestial Domain.
• Gu Ruyan was shocked to learn that Ye Lin was Elder Zhuge’s direct disciple, while Ye Gucheng recognized the significance of Zhuge Yun’s reputation.
• Ye Gucheng reflected that Zhuge Yun’s potential rise to True Immortality could make the Firmament Sacred Land dominant in the Purple Cloud Star System.

After the conflict, Ye Lin and Ye Gucheng parted ways, while the Zither Demon took Gu Ruyan away. The Zither Demon revealed that she was seeking a powerful ally because a great calamity was approaching the Purple Cloud Star System.

• The Zither Demon thanked Ye Lin for helping and left with Gu Ruyan.
• Ye Gucheng thanked Ye Lin, promised to repay him, and flew away.
• Ye Lin set course for the Firmament Sacred Land aboard the Stellar Warboat.
• Gu Ruyan asked why the Zither Demon treated Ye Lin warmly despite being cold to everyone else.
• The Zither Demon explained that Zhuge Yun represented a future True Immortal and that she wanted a backer for the Zither Sound Sect before the coming calamity.
• The Zither Demon told Gu Ruyan that the three great sacred lands had already begun preparing for the calamity in secret.

After returning to Firmament Sacred Land, Ye Lin went to Zhuge Yun, who began a seclusion treatment to strengthen his body with the blood qi of slain great demons. Ye Lin was trapped inside the hut as the blood qi poured into him.

• The Zither Demon warned Gu Ruyan that a great calamity was unavoidable and told her to enter seclusion until she comprehended a domain.
• Ye Lin arrived at Firmament Sacred Land after more than a year and hurried to the small island to meet Zhuge Yun.
• Zhuge Yun praised Ye Lin for completing his mission and led him to a rune-covered thatched hut.
• Zhuge Yun explained that he would temper Ye Lin with fierce-beast blood qi, potentially making his body comparable to a mid-stage Earth Immortal's.
• Zhuge Yun summoned corpses of Heavenly Immortal great demons and activated the Blood Spirit Array, sending scarlet blood qi into Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin lost control of his body as the blood qi entered him, turning his skin red.

Ye Lin endured Zhuge Yun’s blood-energy tempering while the elders watched, hoping the process would strengthen Ye Lin and help Zhuge Yun break through to the True Immortal Realm. The chapter ended with a warning that a great calamity was approaching from the Three-Eyed Star System and the Three-Eyed Sacred Clan.

• Ye Lin circulated the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, merging it with the blood energy to strengthen his body as his flesh and bones endured the transformation.
• Zhuge Yun crushed precious spiritual herbs and sent their essence into the hut to aid Ye Lin’s tempering.
• The Firmament Sacred Land’s elders gathered to observe, noting that Zhuge Yun had staked his hopes of reaching the True Immortal Realm on Ye Lin’s success.
• An elder warned the others that the Sacred Lord’s deduction traced the approaching calamity to their neighbors.
• The elders identified the threat as the Three-Eyed Star System and the Three-Eyed Sacred Clan.

Zhuge Yun reflected on his hopes for Ye Lin and the Demon-Sealing Land as Ye Lin endured a month of cultivation. Ye Lin began fusing his three Dao Rules, and Zhuge Yun resolved to protect him.

• The Three-Eyed Sacred Clan’s looming threat and the Fifth Venerable’s impending breakthrough prompted powerful figures to leave and prepare.
• Zhuge Yun listened to the discussion and acknowledged that he had invested his hopes and resources in Ye Lin for the sake of the Demon-Sealing Land and a woman he hoped to bring back.
• A month passed while Ye Lin cultivated inside the thatched cottage, transforming his Unrivaled Sacred Body and growing strong enough to challenge peak-stage Earth Immortals.
• Ye Lin decided to begin secluded cultivation and fuse the Rule of Destruction, the Rule of Time, and the Great River Sword Dao Rule.
• Zhuge Yun recognized Ye Lin’s dangerous undertaking and vowed to protect his Dao.