Chapter Summaries

After Yang Xiu survived his trial, Ye Lin escorted him away from the Dao Heaven Sect’s grand hall, where disciples and his senior sisters reacted to his release. Ye Lin then revealed that he had been ordered by the Sect Master to kill Yang Xiu, but Yang Xiu’s Primordial Spirit resisted his attack and remained unharmed.

• The Sect Master and elders left after Yang Xiu’s trial assembly ended, and disciples crowded around to discuss his survival.
• Hong Yanran and Bai Ziran left after Hong Yanran told Yang Xiu that he had disappointed her, and Ye Lin flew away with him.
• Yang Xiu asked Ye Lin to take care of his senior sisters, then noticed that Ye Lin was not heading toward the Nine Nether Thunder Domain.
• Ye Lin attacked Yang Xiu, crushed his skull, and said the Sect Master had ordered him to kill him.
• Ye Lin bound Yang Xiu’s Primordial Spirit with golden chains, but a burst of thunder sent Yang Xiu flying and his spirit remained unharmed.

Ye Lin unleashed his full sword art against Yang Xiu, who was close to breaking free of Dao Lin’s seal. Just as Ye Lin’s attack seemed certain to kill Yang Xiu, a terrifying presence emerged through shattered space and destroyed the strike.

• Ye Lin saw Yang Xiu’s aura surge and the purple chains of Dao Lin’s seal begin to crack.
• Ye Lin summoned eight sword phenomena and sent them crashing toward Yang Xiu.
• Yang Xiu realized Ye Lin had concealed his strength and suspected he had been plotting against him since their first meeting.
• A presence burst through the space behind Yang Xiu, shattered Ye Lin’s sword phenomena, and cracked the space before him.

Ye Lin survived Yang Xiu’s attack with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar’s protection and witnessed the power of an unknown figure before a sword gleam restored space. Inspired by what he saw, he understood the Ninth Sword and killed Yang Xiu, then collapsed from exhaustion.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar shielded Ye Lin from a devastating shockwave, but he crashed to the ground as a jade-white finger pressed toward him.
• Dao Lintian and other cultivators felt terror at the finger’s overwhelming power as an indifferent voice made it crumble before it reached Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin saw a veiled figure standing amid radiant universes, but another voice and a dazzling sword gleam healed space and dispelled the terror.
• Ye Lin realized the Ninth Sword gathered the first eight swords into one and named his strike Sword Nine—Heaven-Sundering.
• Ye Lin slashed at Yang Xiu, who was breaking the True Immortal seal, and Yang Xiu crumbled away before he could see the attack.
• After Yang Xiu died, Ye Lin fell toward the ground, exhausted and wanting to sleep.

After Ye Lin’s power erupts, he remains enclosed in a golden sphere while Bai Ziran guards him from the other disciples. The chapter ends with Li Qing arriving and saying the incident has stirred countless forces across the Central Region.

• Three days after Ye Lin’s power devastated the area, Bai Ziran and the disciples approached the golden sphere surrounding him.
• Bai Ziran recognized Ye Lin’s aura inside the sphere and ordered the disciples to keep away, declaring the area forbidden.
• The disciples withdrew, and Bai Ziran sat down beside the sphere to guard Ye Lin.
• Li Qing arrived in a radiant glow, and Bai Ziran asked why he had come.
• Li Qing said the incident had alarmed the Central Region and that, as the Dao Heaven Sect’s next head, he had come to investigate.

Bai Ziran confronted Li Qing as he approached the golden sphere surrounding Elder Ye, claiming he wanted to inspect it for the Dao Heaven Sect’s safety. Li Qing tried to seize the sphere’s power to advance his cultivation, but it struck him down and left him badly injured, forcing him to retreat.

• Bai Ziran faced Li Qing and warned him that Elder Ye was undergoing a critical stage and that interfering would offend an elder.
• Li Qing overpowered Bai Ziran with a wave of his hand and approached the golden sphere, intending to absorb its power and reach the True Immortal realm.
• Li Qing touched the sphere, which hurled him away and heavily injured his Primordial Spirit.
• Bai Ziran taunted Li Qing and told him to leave, and Li Qing departed to recover.

After a hundred years of guarding Ye Lin as he slept inside the golden sphere, Bai Ziran watched him awaken with an unfathomable presence. Ye Lin repaid her with a Supreme Artifact fragment, then sensed that the Sect Master wanted to speak with him.

• Bai Ziran guarded Ye Lin's golden sphere for a hundred years as its aura grew stronger and powerful figures were driven away.
• The golden sphere cracked and shattered, and Ye Lin emerged from within.
• Ye Lin thanked Bai Ziran for guarding him and summoned a blood-red robe to cover himself.
• Ye Lin gave Bai Ziran a fragment of a Supreme Artifact as payment, and she accepted it.
• Ye Lin sensed that the Sect Master had something to tell him and invited Bai Ziran to go with him.

After reviewing Ye Lin’s newly acquired Fate Traits, he realized he had gained a powerful harvest, including Words Become Law, which he understood as a gift from the Great Dao. He regretted that Yang Xiu had died before using it and noted that this world offered no way to plunder luck.

• Ye Lin examined his panel and saw his cultivation, immense luck, and many Fate Traits.
• Ye Lin lamented that he could not plunder luck in this world.
• Ye Lin reflected that Yang Xiu had died before using Words Become Law.
• Ye Lin understood Words Become Law as a power limited by his immortal power and how long he could survive.

Ye Lin met with Dao Lintian and asked for a Broken Sword from the sect treasury, which he recognized as the Heaven-Slaying Sword. After receiving it, Ye Lin gave Dao Lintian a bottle of Myriad Things Mother-Child Liquid to repay the immense karma tied to the Dao artifact.

• Dao Lintian welcomed Ye Lin back to Dao Heaven Sect and told him he could stay or leave as he wished.
• Ye Lin asked Dao Lintian for a Broken Sword from the sect treasury.
• Dao Lintian recalled finding the Broken Sword in Azure Sky Prefecture and handed it to Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin recognized the Broken Sword as the Heaven-Slaying Sword and stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin gave Dao Lintian a bottle of Myriad Things Mother-Child Liquid to repay the karma connected to the Heaven-Slaying Sword.

Ye Lin left the Dao Heaven Sect and learned from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar why Yang Xiu’s future Zenith Heaven body had tried to kill him. The jar revealed that Ye Lin was an anomaly whose fate was not bound by the Dao’s predetermined rules.

• Ye Lin gave Dao Lintian a jade bottle, and Dao Lintian left after examining it.
• Ye Lin told Bai Ziran he was leaving the Dao Heaven Sect, then departed without looking back as she watched him go.
• Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar about the phantom and voice that appeared when he killed Yang Xiu.
• The jar explained that Yang Xiu was destined to become a Daluo Golden Immortal and that his future Zenith Heaven body had crossed time and space to attack Ye Lin.
• The jar told Ye Lin that he was an anomaly outside the Dao’s predetermined rules, and that his presence disrupted the order of the world.

Ye Lin learned from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar that he was a variable outside destiny, and that a Daluo Golden Immortal had marked him as a future enemy. The Jar could not explain Ye Lin’s future self, and Ye Lin turned his attention to the badly damaged Jar.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that Ye Lin’s arrival had changed the world’s predetermined fate and made him a variable beyond destiny.
• The Jar revealed that the Daluo Golden Immortal Ye Lin had encountered was only a thought from that being’s future Zenith Heaven form, and that the being remembered Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin accepted that he might face the Daluo Golden Immortal someday but set aside worries about a realm he had yet to reach.
• Ye Lin asked how he could have a future self if he was outside destiny, and the Jar admitted it did not know.
• Ye Lin thanked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar for protecting him and asked how it was holding up.

Ye Lin recovered from a Great Luo’s strike and sought Dao blood essence to restore the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar. He reunited with Li Unrivaled, who complained about Qin An’s relentless pursuit, but Ye Lin refused to help kill Qin An because of the karmic consequences.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin it needed a great deal of Dao blood essence, and Ye Lin agreed to obtain it.
• Ye Lin found Li Unrivaled and learned that he had reached the True Immortal realm while Li Unrivaled remained a Heavenly Immortal.
• Li Unrivaled said Qin An had hunted him for a century, though he could now fight Qin An evenly.
• Ye Lin warned Li Unrivaled that many prodigies were converging and urged him to reach the True Immortal realm.
• Li Unrivaled asked Ye Lin to help take down Qin An, but Ye Lin refused because intervening could bind him to dangerous karma.

Qin An found Li Unrivaled and urged her to return with him, warning that her identity had been exposed and a True Immortal was pursuing her. Ye Lin recognized Qin An’s demonic fate and future plans as Li Unrivaled told him to leave.

• Qin An arrived and told Li Unrivaled that a True Immortal was heading to Yang Province and that only he could protect her.
• Qin An froze when he saw Ye Lin, recalling the warning he had received to avoid him.
• Ye Lin examined Qin An’s panel and remembered that his Ultimate Demon Sovereign fate trait promised he would become a Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Li Unrivaled snapped at Qin An and told him to leave her alone.

Qin An threatened Ye Lin over his grudge with Li Unrivaled, but Ye Lin warned Qin An off and he left. After learning Tang Qingru had died, Ye Lin chose to remain in Cang Province to pursue the cultivation opportunities there, while Li Unrivaled followed him.

• Qin An told Ye Lin to stay out of his dispute with Li Unrivaled and hinted he would use his backing against him.
• Ye Lin warned Qin An not to target Li Unrivaled, and Qin An left after sensing Ye Lin's True Immortal aura.
• Li Unrivaled told Ye Lin that Tang Qingru, who had accompanied them, was dead, and Ye Lin showed little concern.
• Ye Lin reflected that Cang Province would sacrifice hundreds of millions of living beings in three days and that he needed their blood qi.
• Ye Lin decided to stay in the village to pursue its cultivation opportunities, and Li Unrivaled followed him.

Ye Lin and Li Unrivaled entered Azure Province, where Demon Beasts fought and preyed on one another. Ye Lin killed a golden-winged tiger to feed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, then set out to find Qin An.

• Li Unrivaled recognized Azure Province as Demon Beast territory and followed Ye Lin there.
• Ye Lin reached Azure Province in one day and saw Demon Beasts fighting and killing across the region.
• A golden-winged tiger asked Ye Lin why he had come, and Ye Lin said he was sightseeing.
• Ye Lin erased the tiger’s consciousness and absorbed its Blood Baleful aura into the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar.
• Ye Lin decided to find Qin An.

Ye Lin traveled through Azure Province with Li Wushuang to track down Qin An, intending to interfere with his plans rather than kill him. They found Qin An inside a canyon.

• Ye Lin decided that killing Demon Race members individually was too slow and that mass slaughter would attract powerful experts, so he planned to take advantage of Qin An's sacrifices.
• Ye Lin asked Li Wushuang to locate Qin An, and she explained that she had secretly placed a tracking trick on him.
• Li Wushuang formed a paper bird that came alive and flew off, leading the two toward Qin An.
• Li Wushuang asked whether Ye Lin meant to help her kill Qin An, but Ye Lin said he only wanted to make things miserable for him.
• Ye Lin and Li Wushuang followed the bird and found Qin An in a canyon.

Ye Lin and Li Unrivaled watched Qin An fill a gorge with corpses as he prepared a ritual to reach the True Immortal realm. When Qin An activated a formation around the gorge, they recognized it as the Sacred Void Grand Formation.

• Ye Lin decided that killing a formation-path prodigy could make him one too, and imagined gaining other prodigies’ abilities as well.
• Li Unrivaled told Ye Lin that Qin An was likely using the Devil Race’s Great Devouring Art to absorb the blood and vital energy of living beings and advance to the True Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin promised to help Li Unrivaled reach the True Immortal realm, and she thanked him while worrying that she owed him too many favors.
• After two more days, Qin An watched three Human Race corpses—each from a Half-Step True Immortal—being thrown into the corpse-filled gorge.
• Qin An formed hand seals and spread devilish qi and glowing runes across the gorge, activating the Sacred Void Grand Formation, which Li Unrivaled and Ye Lin recognized.

Ye Lin interrupted Qin An’s attempt to reach the True Immortal realm and used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to absorb the blood essence from the Sacred Void Grand Formation. Qin An fled, planning to return and kill Ye Lin after advancing.

• Qin An gathered the blood essence from the gorge’s corpses to prepare to enter the True Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin appeared before Qin An and sent him flying with a single word.
• Ye Lin placed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar in the formation and absorbed its blood essence.
• Qin An left rather than fight Ye Lin, intending to reach the True Immortal realm and take revenge.

Ye Lin and Li No-shuang left the canyon after the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar absorbed the corpses and repaired part of itself. At Yang Province’s border, they waited for a suitable target to help the jar recover and for Li No-shuang to advance to the True Immortal realm, and on the fourth day she spotted someone.

• Ye Lin told Li No-shuang he had anticipated Qin An’s actions through intuition, while the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar slowly repaired itself as the corpses withered and the grand array stopped.
• The jar said the absorbed energy had restored only a fraction of its strength and that it needed to hunt True Immortals to heal; Ye Lin promised to share what he obtained.
• Ye Lin and Li No-shuang traveled to Yang Province’s border to find suitable targets, and Ye Lin began sensing his new True Immortal power as Li No-shuang kept watch.
• After three quiet days, Li No-shuang woke Ye Lin on the fourth day and led him toward someone she had spotted.

Li Unrivaled confronted Li Ao in Yang Province and defeated him, while Ye Lin watched. Li Ao accepted her victory and asked her to protect his clan from calamity.

• Li Unrivaled told Ye Lin she had tracked down Li Ao, a skilled fugitive, and brought Ye Lin to his thatched hut.
• Li Ao revealed himself, admitted he had noticed Li Unrivaled, and asked Ye Lin not to interfere so he could fight her.
• Ye Lin stayed out of the battle and worried that Qin An might seek out Li Unrivaled before she reached the True Immortal realm.
• Li Unrivaled defeated Li Ao, who accepted the result and asked her to look after his clansmen after she left.

After Li Unrivaled killed Li Ao, she began her breakthrough while Ye Lin studied his new True Immortal power and assessed his weaknesses. Five years passed without Li Unrivaled moving, and Ye Lin expected Qin An's breakthrough to take a long time as well.

• Li Unrivaled crushed Li Ao into powder with a thrust of her spear and began breaking through inside a sphere of golden light.
• Ye Lin waited nearby and practiced controlling his True Immortal power while reviewing his past gains.
• Ye Lin identified his lack of Primordial Spirit protection, immortal-tier martial techniques, speed, and combat experience against peerless geniuses as weaknesses.
• Ye Lin resolved to catch up to the heirs of the Immortal Dao Lineages and become invincible among cultivators of the same realm.
• Five years passed without Li Unrivaled moving, and Ye Lin believed Qin An was still undergoing his breakthrough.