Chapter Summaries

After cultivating the Heavenly Heart Art, Ye Lin discovered that he had gained the Fate Trait Heavenly Heart Is My Heart and reflected on how far he had risen through his own efforts. He remained in the mid-stage True Immortal realm, still short of the late stage.

• Ye Lin examined his panel and was astonished that the Heavenly Heart Art had granted him a Fate Trait.
• Ye Lin realized that the art had deepened his understanding of its power.
• Ye Lin noted that despite mastering four supreme arts, he was still some distance from the late stage of the True Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin compared his self-made path from a small world with the privileged upbringing of great-clan prodigies and took pride in surpassing most cultivators.

Ye Lin emerged from seclusion to find Luo Yao gone and the star where he had cultivated collapsing behind him. He discovered he was in the Demon Domain, far from the Divine Star Domain, amid a military standoff, and White Wind asked whether he had come from there.

• Ye Lin searched for Luo Yao but could not find her, then left the star.
• The star collapsed into fragments after Ye Lin departed.
• Ye Lin emerged into a starry sky filled with warships and soldiers, and White Wind stopped him from leaving until the battle ended.
• Ye Lin asked whether the fleet was at war with the Divine Kingdom, and White Wind explained that they were in the distant Demon Domain.
• Ye Lin realized that his ten thousand years of seclusion had left him in an unfamiliar star domain, and White Wind asked if he came from the Divine Star Domain.

Ye Lin learned from White Wind that he had ended up in the Demon Domain, where the Demon Spirit Race was besieged by the Crimson Spirit Race. Luo Yao revealed that she and Great River had brought him there after powerful experts discovered him during his seclusion, and Ye Lin learned they could not leave while the area remained surrounded.

• White Wind told Ye Lin that he came from the Divine Kingdom and explained that his Demon Spirit legion had been surrounded by the Crimson Spirit Race for a hundred years.
• White Wind asked Ye Lin to remain until reinforcements arrived and the legion could break through the encirclement, then left to command his army.
• Qingling spoke to Ye Lin as Luo Yao appeared and explained that she had gone out because she was bored.
• Luo Yao told Ye Lin that powerful experts had discovered him during his seclusion, so she had Great River drive them away and carry them to this star.
• Ye Lin thanked Luo Yao and realized that Great River had immense power, but warned her that they could not leave while the area was surrounded.

Ye Lin watched the Demon Spirit Race begin battling the encircling Crimson Spirit Race in the Starry Sky. He saw White Wind and three True Immortal elders face the enemy as the Demon Spirit Race’s space was gradually compressed.

• Luo Yao told Ye Lin that Great River would not take him away, and Ye Lin comforted her.
• The Demon Spirit Race soldiers received orders and began fighting the Crimson Spirit Race with their warships’ cannons.
• Ye Lin walked toward the battlefront and saw the Crimson Spirit Race’s warships encircling the Demon Spirit Race and advancing under artillery fire.
• White Wind stood facing the enemy with three gray-robed elders, and their True Immortal auras spread across the Starry Sky.

Ye Lin witnessed White Wind and the Demon Spirit Race face the Bone King’s forces after a century of exhausting warfare. As the Bone King raised a demonic dragon battle formation, its pressure trapped Ye Lin and overwhelmed the soldiers, and White Wind ordered his own army formation to rise.

• The Bone King urged White Wind to surrender, arguing that the Demon Spirit Race had abandoned him and that his exhausted legion would be destroyed within ten days.
• White Wind refused to kneel, while three gray-robed elders stood ready to die beside him.
• The Bone King revealed his skeletal form and called for his army’s battle formation to rise.
• The opposing warships formed black qi around a five-clawed demonic dragon whose pressure sealed the void and debilitated Ye Lin and the soldiers.
• White Wind ordered his army formation to rise in response.

Ye Lin watched White Wind and Bone King lead their armies into battle, with their soldiers’ formations manifesting as a White Tiger and a demonic dragon. The Demon Spirit Race began to retreat under the Crimson Spirit Race’s assault, and five mid-stage True Immortals joined the attack against them.

• White Wind and Bone King summoned military souls from their armies, forming a White Tiger and a five-clawed demonic dragon, then clashed atop them.
• Ye Lin recognized that the military souls drew their strength from their soldiers and realized he could not match them.
• Bone King ordered the Crimson Spirit Race army to advance, and White Wind sent the Demon Spirit Race soldiers charging from their warships.
• The two armies collided as Heavenly Immortals fought above them and the White Tiger weakened while the Demon Spirit Race retreated.
• Five mid-stage True Immortals appeared and attacked the Demon Spirit Race army.

The Demon Spirit Race's formation lost ground against the Crimson Spirit Race, leaving its elders suppressed and White Wind's strength fading. White Wind was sent flying by Bone King as the battle turned against his side.

• The Geng Metal White Tiger weakened as the Crimson Spirit Race's peerless demonic dragon gained the advantage.
• Three Demon Spirit Race elders entered the enemy formation and were overwhelmed by its suppressive force as they fought five Crimson Spirit Race experts.
• A Crimson Spirit Race expert tore off a Demon Spirit Race elder's arm and mocked him by eating it, driving the elder into a furious attack.
• White Wind lost focus while watching the elders and Bone King struck him through several stars.
• Bone King advanced on the weakened White Wind, whose power faded as his army's formation lost ground.

Ye Lin intervened as the Crimson Spirit Race’s five True Immortal experts cornered the three Demon Spirit Race elders, then entered their military formation and unleashed his power against them. The five recognized him as a formidable Human Race prodigy and prepared to join forces against him.

• Ye Lin saw the three Demon Spirit Race elders in danger and decided to act before the Crimson Spirit Race could defeat them.
• Ye Lin used Great Sun Descends to send the five Crimson Spirit Race experts flying and severely wound them.
• Ye Lin stepped into the military formation, where its suppressive force reduced his strength by ten percent, and the three elders thanked him.
• Ye Lin cast Great Sun Overlooks the Abyss and sent a great sun crashing down on the five experts.
• One of the five called Ye Lin an unparalleled Human Race prodigy and urged the others to join forces.

Ye Lin defeated five True Immortals and decided to use the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to devour the billions of cultivators fighting below. He enlarged the jar over the battlefield and began a blood sacrifice, shocking the three old men who had been watching him.

• Ye Lin shattered the black shadow and killed the five True Immortals with a single move.
• Ye Lin realized the sealed battlefield made escape difficult and decided to use the fighting armies as an opportunity.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to let it devour the billions of living beings and promised to absorb the karmic backlash.
• Ye Lin sent the jar over the battlefield, where it expanded to cover the entire area and filled the air with killing intent.
• Ye Lin formed hand seals and began a blood sacrifice and soul refinement, leaving the three old men stunned.

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to sacrifice Crimson Spirit Race soldiers, breaking their morale and weakening their Dragon formation. As the Demon Spirit Race counterattacked, the jar offered Ye Lin a technique.

• Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to drain the Crimson Spirit Race soldiers’ vital essence while protecting the Demon Spirit Race soldiers.
• Ye Lin unleashed a vast Blood Baleful mist that made Crimson Spirit Race soldiers vanish, horrifying the three Demon Spirit Race elders.
• Crimson Spirit Race soldiers fled in panic, and their Dragon formation weakened as the battlefield collapsed.
• The Demon Spirit Race soldiers charged the fleeing enemy as Ye Lin was freed from the fading formation.
• Ye Lin sent bloody beams from the jar to kill the retreating Crimson Spirit Race soldiers, and the jar offered to pass him a technique.

Ye Lin used the Blood Refinement Grand Formation to slaughter countless beings and empower the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, then stopped to avoid the deadly karmic consequences. White Wind defended Ye Lin against the Ancient King, who accused the Demon Spirit Race of using a forbidden blood sacrifice.

• Ye Lin activated the Blood Refinement Grand Formation and sacrificed more than half of the countless beings within its reach.
• Ye Lin recalled the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar after its power fed him several thousand years’ worth of cultivation, wary of the killing intent and karma.
• The Ancient King accused White Wind of colluding with the Human Race and using a blood sacrifice formation.
• White Wind defended Ye Lin, arguing that the Demon Spirit Race faced destruction and that even the Asura Clan and God Clan had used blood sacrifices.
• The Bone King fell silent rather than condemn the powerful Asura Clan and God Clan.

Ye Lin helped turn the battle in the Demon Spirit Race’s favor, and White Wind killed Bone King after trapping him on a chessboard. White Wind thanked Ye Lin for saving the Demon Spirit Race, while Ye Lin said he had also acted to protect himself.

• Bone King turned to leave, but White Wind blocked his path and trapped him inside an enormous chessboard.
• White Wind weakened Bone King with the chessboard and fought him with his spear.
• Ye Lin suppressed the Killing Intent within his body as the Demon Spirit Race soldiers watched him with awe and the three True Immortals regarded him with fear.
• White Wind shattered Bone King with a spear strike and crushed his Primordial Spirit, killing him.
• White Wind thanked Ye Lin for saving the Demon Spirit Race, and Ye Lin explained that he had acted to protect himself as well.

Ye Lin accepted White Wind’s communication Jade Talisman and agreed to travel with him to the Central Domain, hoping to test himself against its prodigies. White Wind explained the continent’s history, unusual gravity, and Prodigy Tower ranking system as they prepared to depart.

• White Wind gave Ye Lin a communication Jade Talisman and invited him to visit the Central Domain.
• Ye Lin agreed to travel with White Wind using the Demon Spirit Race’s teleportation array.
• White Wind organized the army and invited Ye Lin aboard its largest warship.
• White Wind told Ye Lin that the Central Domain was a vast continent formed by the experts of the Demon Domain’s myriad races.
• White Wind explained that the Prodigy Tower rewarded ranked prodigies and allowed challengers to fight anyone on its rankings.

Ye Lin traveled with White Wind to the Demon Spirit Galaxy Cluster and chose to continue on to the Central Domain. White Wind led him toward the large teleportation array, where Ye Lin was stunned by the sight of silvery-white lights crisscrossing the Starry Sky.

• White Wind told Ye Lin the journey to the Demon Spirit Galaxy Cluster would take at least three months, and Ye Lin meditated aboard the warship to purge the murderous aura within him.
• After three months, White Wind woke Ye Lin and explained that they had reached the Demon Spirit Race's territory in the Thirty-Second Heaven Domain.
• Ye Lin declined to explore the Demon Spirit Race's territory and chose to set off for the Central Domain.
• White Wind led Ye Lin through the Starry Sky toward the large teleportation array, and Ye Lin was shocked by the dense web of silvery-white lights ahead.

White Wind prepared to send Ye Lin to the Central Domain and warned him about its deadly challenges, contempt for Human Race prodigies, and powerful factions. He gave Ye Lin a token and map to the Demon Spirit Race outpost, then considered his debt to Ye Lin repaid.

• White Wind explained that activating the Demon Spirit Race's grand teleportation formation consumed an enormous amount of immortal stones.
• White Wind warned Ye Lin that challenges in the Central Domain were battles to the death and urged him to avoid accepting them without confidence.
• White Wind cautioned Ye Lin about the low status of Human Race prodigies and the dangers of provoking Central Domain factions.
• White Wind gave Ye Lin a token and map that could secure shelter at the Demon Spirit Race's outpost.
• White Wind bowed to Ye Lin and considered his life-saving debt repaid.

White Wind sent Ye Lin through a formation to the Central Domain, where Ye Lin adapted to its dense Immortal Qi and immense gravity. As other races watched him, Chang Feng challenged him, leaving Ye Lin facing his first test in the Central Domain.

• White Wind activated the formation and sent Ye Lin away, predicting he would shake up the Central Domain.
• Ye Lin endured the painful journey through the void and arrived on a platform surrounded by strange creatures.
• The creatures remarked on Ye Lin's youth and Human Race heritage as he sensed the Central Domain's abundant Immortal Qi.
• Ye Lin adapted to the hundredfold gravity with little difficulty, surprising the onlookers.
• Chang Feng stepped onto the platform and challenged Ye Lin, while the crowd gathered to watch.

Ye Lin, using the title Blood Baleful, arrived in a new area and easily defeated Chang Feng after Chang Feng challenged him. Two ranked geniuses approached Ye Lin and asked about his cultivation realm, leaving him wary and displeased.

• Ye Lin adapted to the local gravity and dismissed Chang Feng, an Earth Immortal at the peak stage, as unworthy of fighting him.
• Chang Feng challenged Ye Lin, who flicked a finger and sent him flying beyond the horizon.
• The onlookers reacted to Chang Feng's defeat, and Ye Lin left the platform to wonder where he had been teleported.
• Eastern Deity and Dark Night introduced themselves as Genius Ranking holders and asked Ye Lin's name.
• Ye Lin gave his title as Blood Baleful and warned Eastern Deity and Dark Night that asking about his realm was impolite.

Ye Lin met Eastern Deity and Dark Night, who invited him to join their team in the Ten Thousand Beast Garden for a chance to win a slot to enter the Sky Realm. He considered the offer as he weighed the information about the dangerous contest.

• Eastern Deity and Dark Night clarified that they had a business proposal and revealed their True Immortal auras.
• Ye Lin agreed to speak with them and followed them to a private room in a teahouse.
• Eastern Deity explained that the Ten Thousand Beast Garden would open in three days and that teams could compete there for a Sky Realm slot.
• Eastern Deity invited Ye Lin to join his and Dark Night's team, believing Ye Lin was a powerful True Immortal.
• Ye Lin considered the Ten Thousand Beast Garden, the prize, and the risks of the contest.

Ye Lin agreed to join Eastern Deity for the Ten Thousand Beast Garden after learning that its winners could enter the Sky Realm, where the Demon Domain’s geniuses trained. He learned about the Central Domain’s layout and the Genius Ranking, and the chapter left him preparing to understand the region he had just entered.

• Ye Lin asked Eastern Deity whether the Ten Thousand Beast Garden had strength restrictions and agreed to join after hearing that only an age limit applied.
• Eastern Deity explained that the Sky Realm let geniuses fight one another without dying permanently and offered rewards based on ranking.
• Ye Lin decided to pursue a top-ten ranking so he could ask the Demon Domain’s major powers to search for the fragmented volume of One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Ye Lin asked Eastern Deity to explain the Central Domain and the Genius Ranking.
• Eastern Deity explained that the Central Domain had five regions and that only those ranked in the top one hundred thousand could enter Central Continent.

Eastern Deity explained the Genius Ranking and its rules to Ye Lin, including how cultivators earned and improved their ranks through the Prodigy Tower. The tower suppressed every entrant to the Earth Immortal realm, and Ye Lin learned that speed through its trials determined a genius’s standing.

• Eastern Deity told Ye Lin that newcomers entering Central Continent ranked in the top hundred thousand could receive a mysterious gift.
• Eastern Deity explained that the Genius Ranking listed cultivators under a hundred thousand years old and could be earned through challenges or the Prodigy Tower.
• Ye Lin asked whether True Immortals could gain rank by challenging Earth Immortals, and Eastern Deity said the ranking would expose and shame them.
• Ye Lin asked how cultivators with lower cultivation could rise through the rankings, and Eastern Deity explained that faster Prodigy Tower clears let challengers replace ranked geniuses.
• Eastern Deity told Ye Lin that the Prodigy Tower suppressed every entrant to the Earth Immortal realm.