Recaps

A young girl explained Tianyong City's ranks and forces, while its oppressed residents revealed their contacts and resources to Ye Lin and Shen Junxue. The old man warned that resistance could not succeed without experts capable of standing against the city's powerful upper echelons.

• A young girl described Tianyong City's Bronze Armor, Silver Armor, and Gold Armor ranks, along with its Immortal Realm upper echelons and rumored Grand Unity Mysterious Immortals.
• Several residents offered Ye Lin their contacts, passwords, and knowledge of Tianyong City's treasury and information stores.
• Ye Lin and Shen Junxue were stunned that so many people in Tianyong City appeared willing to help them.
• The old man warned Ye Lin that the upper echelons had crushed two previous resistance wars and could only be challenged by powerful experts.

Ye Lin learned that most cultivators who entered Water Moon Grotto-Heaven were suppressed and forced into labor by Tianyong City. He decided to raid the city for its information about the grotto-heaven and Calamity-Transcending Stones, and the group prepared to move in twelve hours.

• Ye Lin asked where the many cultivators who descended into Water Moon Grotto-Heaven had gone.
• A cultivator explained that few reached the Mirror Moon Continent or Tianyong City, where newcomers were suppressed, robbed, imprisoned, and eventually made to work for the city.
• Ye Lin chose to target Tianyong City's accumulated information about Water Moon Grotto-Heaven and its Calamity-Transcending Stones, with fighting as a secondary concern.
• The group agreed to rest and plan for twelve hours before acting, and a cultivator promised to lead Ye Lin to the information treasury using its password.

Ye Lin prepared to use the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar’s divinity against Tianyong City as allies assembled for an assault. After twenty shichen, the operation was ready, and the group planned to infiltrate the city through an underground passage and signal the others to attack.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the chain contained a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal’s divinity and Soul-Suppressing Crystal, making it powerful enough to suppress supreme artifacts.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar offered Ye Lin its divinity for half a shichen at a time and asked him to help it devour Tianyong City to recover.
• Ye Lin waited while the gathered figures prepared their plan, and twenty shichen passed as Tianyong City sent soldiers to patrol the surrounding area.
• A young man reported that thirty-six thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four cultivators were ready to participate in the operation.
• The group planned for three people to escort Ye Lin through an underground passage to the intelligence and Calamity-Transcending Stone, after which Ye Lin would signal the others to attack Tianyong City.

Ye Lin equipped the people helping him infiltrate Tianyong City with weapons and finalized their coordinated plan to steal the item and escape through an underground passage. As the group took their positions, Shen Junxue stayed behind to support Ye Lin while he prepared to enter the city.

• The young man warned Ye Lin and Shen Junxue that the Soul-Suppressing Lock could still restrain them, and Ye Lin noticed the group lacked proper weapons.
• Ye Lin bought a large variety of Earth Grade Spirit Artifacts and let everyone choose a weapon.
• Ye Lin sent the group to their assigned positions around and inside Tianyong City to draw attention and prepare the assault.
• The young man gave Ye Lin blue and red beads to signal when the attack should begin and when the group should withdraw.
• Ye Lin prepared to infiltrate the city with three companions, while Shen Junxue stayed behind to support him and told him she would wait.

Ye Lin entered Tianyong City through a vast network of hidden tunnels dug by Shu Liusun. They reached the main city, but Shu Liusun refused to dig farther because immortal-realm powerhouses guarded its treasury and information repository.

• Ye Lin left to infiltrate Tianyong City despite the danger posed by its many powerful immortals.
• Shu Liusun opened a concealed tunnel and explained its maze-like routes and Moonblade Rabbit bone walls, which shielded it from most immortal perception.
• Shu Liusun led Ye Lin and two others through the tunnels for several hours until they reached Tianyong City's main city.
• Shu Liusun stopped at the edge of the guarded area, leaving Ye Lin to proceed toward the information repository on his own.

Ye Lin led Tang Sen and Cang Yue into a heavily guarded palace to search for the Calamity-Transcending Stone and information about escaping. The three reached the third-floor vault, where Cang Yue opened the gate to the Hellhound’s chamber.

• Ye Lin left the tunnel with Tang Sen and Cang Yue and spotted a palace guarded by silver-armored soldiers.
• Ye Lin avoided using his divine sense, removed the two golden-armored guards, and led his companions into the palace.
• Cang Yue asked to visit the third floor for the Calamity-Transcending Stone, and Ye Lin agreed.
• Tang Sen explained that Cang Yue cared for the Hellhound and that he could handle the formations protecting the treasure vault.
• Cang Yue opened the iron gate to the Hellhound’s chamber, and Ye Lin and Tang Sen followed her inside.

Ye Lin, Cang Yue, and Tang Sen entered the fiery treasury grounds, where Cang Yue kept the Hellhound of Three Heads calm while Tang Sen began opening the treasury gate. Two elderly men confronted Ye Lin and urged him to leave, revealing that they recognized his cultivation as True Immortal.

• Cang Yue fed the Hellhound of Three Heads, a beast near the Heavenly Immortal realm, and explained that it had been captured from Blazing Fire Prairie.
• Cang Yue told Ye Lin and Tang Sen that they could proceed to the treasury gate, while warning that delay increased the risk of discovery.
• Tang Sen began forming seals to open the blazing treasury gate as Ye Lin stayed nearby.
• The Hellhound of Three Heads rose and roared when two elderly men entered the grounds.
• The two old men identified Ye Lin as a True Immortal and offered to let him leave, saying they hoped newcomers like him would succeed.

Ye Lin fought two elderly men who controlled Tianyong City and questioned why they guarded the Calamity-Transcending Stone. The elders transported him to a strange sea where he lost contact with his sword and Spatial Ring, leaving him to face their unknown technique.

• Ye Lin summoned the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and severed an arm of the red-robed elder, then struck him with a punch.
• Ye Lin questioned the elders about their control of Tianyong City and their monopoly on the Calamity-Transcending Stone.
• The red-robed elder claimed no one could leave the Water Moon Grotto-Heaven and offered to make Ye Lin Tianyong City's next City Lord.
• Ye Lin moved to search for answers, but the two elders tapped their canes and transported him to a vast sea.
• Ye Lin found that he could no longer sense the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword or his Spatial Ring as an ancient voice warned him not to underestimate any opponent.

Ye Lin fought two old men inside a consciousness realm, using his Supreme Art, Great Sun Descends, to break their water barrier and injure them. He realized their consciousnesses had merged and concluded that he needed a Supreme Art that could target the Primordial Spirit.

• The two old men unleashed the sea's fury, draining Ye Lin's power as he struggled to withstand the waves.
• Ye Lin used Great Sun Descends to evaporate the seawater and smash through the old men's protective barrier, leaving them wounded.
• The old men declared that they could still kill Ye Lin despite their weakened state.
• Ye Lin realized that one consciousness controlled both old men and that they had drawn him into a consciousness realm to attack his Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin concluded that he urgently needed a Supreme Art that targeted the Primordial Spirit.

Ye Lin fought two old men inside their shared consciousness, where they summoned a seawater beast to attack him. He answered with Great Sun Overlooks the Abyss, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Ye Lin realized the two old men had drawn him into a consciousness they controlled, but they were weaker than him even after merging their minds.
• The old men summoned Kuang Feng and condensed the seawater and hurricanes into a horned, winged beast called Sacred Dragon's Gaze.
• Ye Lin unleashed Great Sun Overlooks the Abyss, combining his immortal power, intent, and Primordial Spirit into a true great sun.
• The seawater beast gathered hurricane power and star-like spheres of water as Ye Lin sent the great sun crashing toward it.

Ye Lin defeated the two old men and joined Tang Sen and Cang Yue at the opened treasure vault, where they discovered how Calamity-Transcending Stones were made. The old man at the altar explained that the stones consumed lives and relied on dwindling bone powder from a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.

• Ye Lin destroyed the two old men's consciousness bodies, killing them, then incinerated their corpses.
• Tang Sen opened the treasure vault, and Cang Yue and Ye Lin saw piles of corpses and Water Moon Sacred Beast heads beside the altars.
• The group saw blood processed into ordinary Calamity-Transcending Stones and blood mixed with bone powder turned into higher-grade stones.
• The old man explained that each lowest-grade stone represented one life and that the remaining Primordial Unity Golden Immortal bone powder was running out.

Ye Lin and his companions took the Calamity-Transcending Stones from the treasury and climbed to the palace’s top floor to investigate what lay beyond its iron gate. Tang Sen opened the gate, and a streak of light shone from within, leaving them on the threshold of the unknown.

• The old man told Ye Lin to take whatever he wanted and said everything he sought was on the top floor.
• Tang Sen and Cang Yue gathered the Calamity-Transcending Stones while Ye Lin stayed behind, lost in thought.
• Ye Lin, Tang Sen, Cang Yue, and the Hell Three-Headed Hound climbed to the palace’s eighty-sixth floor.
• Tang Sen examined the iron gate and used hand seals to weaken its formation.
• The iron gate opened, and light shone from inside; Tang Sen admitted he did not know what was beyond it.

Ye Lin, Tang Sen, and Cang Yue emerged from the Water Moon Mystic Realm into the Divine Kingdom’s territory, where their suppressed powers returned. They learned that the mystic realm had been refined into a training ground for the Divine Kingdom’s prodigies.

• Ye Lin opened the great doors and entered a vast mountain range as his True Immortal strength returned.
• Tang Sen’s cultivation surged to the Tribulation Transcendence realm, while Cang Yue collapsed and realized they had been deceived for tens of millions of years.
• A Golden Spear-wielding man appeared and called them rebels from the Water Moon Mystic Realm.
• The man explained that they were in the Divine Kingdom’s territory and suggested its guards had aided the rebellion.
• Tang Sen condemned the Divine Kingdom for using people as training fodder and warned that powerful factions might retaliate.
• The Golden Spear-wielding man sneered, settled on the grass, and offered to chat with them.

Ye Lin learned that Tianyong City's Immortal Realm experts were standing aside while a young man with a peak True Immortal aura confronted him. Ye Lin fled the enemy headquarters with Tang Sen and Cang Yue, while the other captives escaped through the gate and Shen Junxue searched for him.

• The young man explained that Primordial Unity Golden Immortals would not interfere and challenged Ye Lin to fight.
• Ye Lin realized Tianyong City's Immortal Realm experts were no longer suppressing the captives and decided to escape.
• When the young man attacked, Ye Lin threw Tang Sen and Cang Yue through the iron gate, then fled.
• The young man pursued Ye Lin as countless captives poured through the gate and scattered in every direction.
• Shen Junxue searched for Ye Lin but found no trace of him and left the dangerous area.

Five Golden Immortals discussed the commotion and hoped the intruders would defeat them so they could leave their prison. Ye Lin learned that the land was sealed, stopped fleeing, and prepared to fight the young man who held the key to escape.

• An elderly Golden Immortal dismissed concerns about the intruders and said they could not escape the dense Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Dao laws suppressing the area.
• Ye Lin fled for hundreds of stellar miles while the young man pursued him, then realized restrictions had sealed the land.
• Ye Lin asked how to leave, and the young man revealed that his Jade Talisman was the key and challenged Ye Lin to kill him for it.
• Ye Lin accepted the challenge as the young man put away the Jade Talisman and unleashed his aura with his spear.

Ye Lin fought Lu Changfeng, whose powerful spear techniques and golden Divine Dragon initially forced him back. Ye Lin’s Sword Nine shattered the dragon and pierced Lu Changfeng, but Lu Changfeng’s chest began healing as he prepared to continue.

• Lu Changfeng introduced himself and challenged Ye Lin to fight.
• Lu Changfeng struck Ye Lin with his Stacked Waves Spear Technique, sending him flying backward.
• Lu Changfeng summoned a golden Divine Dragon, and Ye Lin countered with Sword Nine.
• Ye Lin’s sword phenomena suppressed and shattered the Divine Dragon.
• Ye Lin pierced Lu Changfeng’s chest with a Yellow Spring strike, but Lu Changfeng’s wound rapidly healed.

Ye Lin used formations to trap Lu Changfeng and absorb his blood qi, turning the fight against the powerful spear-wielding opponent in his favor. Lu Changfeng realized the danger and began forming hand seals to counterattack.

• Lu Changfeng unleashed the third layer of the Stacked Waves Spear Technique, and Ye Lin recognized his formidable combat strength.
• Ye Lin retreated while casting talismans, then activated the Soul-Locking Grand Formation around Lu Changfeng.
• Lu Changfeng's spear strike failed to break the formation as Ye Lin drew power from heaven and earth to strengthen himself.
• Ye Lin activated the Blood Refinement Grand Formation, which began draining Lu Changfeng's blood qi and strengthening itself.
• Lu Changfeng released his spear, made it float before him, and began rapidly forming hand seals.

Ye Lin and Lu Changfeng exchanged Supreme Law attacks that devastated the surrounding land and left both badly injured. Lu Changfeng struggled to understand how a mid-stage True Immortal had pushed him to the brink.

• Lu Changfeng unleashed Azure Dragon Chant and formed a golden dragon around his spear.
• Ye Lin answered with Great Sun, Overlooking the Abyss, his strongest current technique.
• The golden dragon and blazing sun collided, shattering space and destroying the earth around them.
• Lu Changfeng crashed into the ruined ground, while Ye Lin fell and suffered severe bodily and Primordial Spirit damage.
• Lu Changfeng knelt, bleeding, and questioned how Ye Lin could have defeated him so badly.

Ye Lin defeated Lu Changfeng, who explained that the Divine Kingdom’s Heaven-Inspecting Mirror monitored its vast territory and offered to help Ye Lin leave. A golden warship arrived with three officials, and Lu Changfeng challenged the supervisory officer who demanded an explanation.

• Ye Lin stood over the defeated Lu Changfeng and asked him to hand over what he wanted.
• Lu Changfeng warned Ye Lin that the Divine Kingdom controlled the surrounding territory and used the Heaven-Inspecting Mirror to monitor everything.
• Lu Changfeng offered to send Ye Lin out safely, retrieved his Golden Spear, and noticed someone approaching.
• A golden warship arrived, and two women and a man descended before Ye Lin and Lu Changfeng.
• The leading supervisory officer demanded to know why Lu Changfeng had not reported the incident, and Lu Changfeng challenged his authority to be there.

Lu Changfeng drove off an Imperial Inspector who challenged his authority and then offered to take Ye Lin out of the Water Moon Mystic Realm. Their departure was interrupted when armored soldiers appeared through a shattered section of the sky.

• An Imperial Inspector accused Lu Changfeng of sheltering an anomaly from the Water Moon Mystic Realm and threatened to report him.
• Lu Changfeng cited his powerful relatives, and the Inspector backed down and left with the two women accompanying him.
• Lu Changfeng reflected that someone in the imperial capital had begun to challenge him and considered returning there.
• Ye Lin remarked on Lu Changfeng’s formidable background, and Lu Changfeng offered to take him out of the realm.
• The sky shattered, and rows of armored soldiers marched toward Lu Changfeng and Ye Lin.

Lu Changfeng brought Ye Lin from the Water Moon Mystic Realm to the Divine Kingdom’s imperial capital and promised to help him obtain an identity. They entered the bustling city, where powerful beings of many races gathered, while an unknown figure followed them through the portal.

• Lu Changfeng ordered three Qilin Legion squads to seal off the Water Moon Mystic Realm and stop anyone from escaping.
• Lu Changfeng used a Jade Talisman to open a portal and led Ye Lin through it, while a figure slipped in just before it closed.
• Lu Changfeng took Ye Lin to the imperial capital by teleportation array and warned him not to wander without an identity.
• Lu Changfeng said he wanted to befriend Ye Lin and led him through the city gates into the golden capital.
• Ye Lin saw residents from many races whose cultivation ranged from Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal to True Immortal.

Lu Changfeng brought Ye Lin to a golden hall, where Qin An mocked him and attacked him while he was injured. Ye Lin intervened and sent Qin An flying, then challenged him to fight.

• Lu Changfeng led Ye Lin through narrow alleys and into a golden hall.
• Qin An mocked Lu Changfeng’s injuries and ordered his Earth Immortal guards to throw Ye Lin out.
• Lu Changfeng killed the approaching guards with one strike and confronted Qin An.
• Qin An pressured the injured Lu Changfeng and made him bend under his strength.
• Ye Lin grabbed Qin An’s arm, slapped him flying, and challenged him to exchange moves.

Ye Lin examined Qin An’s fate panel and learned that Qin An would find the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder in the ruins of the Immortal World. He defended the injured Lu Changfeng by taunting Qin An, leaving the two facing off.

• Qin An confronted the heavily injured Lu Changfeng and threatened Ye Lin when Ye Lin protected him.
• Ye Lin viewed Qin An’s panel and learned about his background, abilities, fate, and future discovery of the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder.
• Ye Lin recognized Qin An’s future treasure as a valuable opportunity and mocked him for bullying an injured man.
• Qin An demanded to know who Ye Lin was as Ye Lin continued insulting his character and the Divine Kingdom’s prodigies.

Ye Lin confronted Qin An over his attempt to challenge the injured Lu, and Qin An backed down after sensing Ye Lin’s strength. Qin Ziyan apologized for her brother and invited Ye Lin and Lu to a gathering hosted by the Qin family three days later.

• Ye Lin restrained Qin An’s pointing finger and offered to face him himself while Lu recovered.
• Qin An sensed Ye Lin’s dense Blood Baleful aura and withdrew rather than fight.
• Qin Ziyan arrived, rebuked Qin An, and introduced herself to Ye Lin.
• Qin Ziyan apologized for Qin An’s behavior and invited Ye Lin and Lu to the Qin family gathering in three days.

Ye Lin accepted Qin Ziyan’s invitations and received a temporary identity token from Lu Changfeng, then asked to stay in the Divine Kingdom. Lu Changfeng brought him to the Lu Family residence, where he planned to visit his father.

• Qin Ziyan gave Ye Lin two invitations and left, while Lu Changfeng warned him that she was known as the Imperial Capital Witch.
• Lu Changfeng gave Ye Lin a temporary identity token that allowed him to remain in the kingdom for one thousand years.
• Ye Lin said he wanted to stay, and Lu Changfeng invited him to live with the Lu Family after mistaking his interest in Qin Ziyan for romantic intentions.
• Lu Changfeng led Ye Lin to the Lu Family’s self-contained residence and flew ahead to visit his father.