Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin entered the Northern Continent battlefield and fought the Stowaways, determined to wipe out the force before turning against the other three. Four figures confronted him, accusing him of causing the Demon Domain’s prodigies to die and demanding that he stop and submit to execution.

• Ye Lin watched the battlefield as hulking men slaughtered their way through the fighting.
• The Stowaways spotted Ye Lin and charged him, believing his death would complete their mission.
• Ye Lin drew the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and drove back four attackers with a sword strike.
• Ye Lin entered the battle, intending to eliminate the Northern Continent force quickly after discovering its numbers nearly matched his own.
• Four figures surrounded Ye Lin and blamed him for the decline in the Demon Domain’s strength, demanding that he stop fighting and submit to execution.

Ye Lin confronted four Golden Immortal faction members who blamed him for resisting their attempt to seize the great era’s opportunities. He unleashed his Blood Baleful energy and attacked the golden Buddha, who trapped him with a string of prayer beads.

• The four opponents rebuked Ye Lin, who argued that they had tried to take opportunities belonging to the present era’s prodigies.
• Ye Lin traced the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, drawing out its power and making the four opponents tremble.
• Ye Lin declared that all things required balance, released Blood Baleful energy, and charged at the golden Buddha.
• The golden Buddha summoned twelve prayer beads and used them to bind Ye Lin in a shroud of golden light.

Ye Lin fought the four strongest Stowaways from the Northern Continent, breaking the golden Buddha’s defenses and overwhelming his opponents with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art. He singled out the little bald man again and countered his Buddha Kingdom in the Palm with Great Sun Overlooks the Abyss.

• Ye Lin shattered the golden Buddha’s immortal prayer beads and escaped the golden barrier unharmed.
• The young man with the green fan dispersed Ye Lin’s sword strike, but Ye Lin summoned a Thunder Sea that weakened the group.
• Ye Lin gathered the lightning into his sword and split the golden Buddha in half, destroying the little bald man’s Dharma form.
• Ye Lin rushed the little bald man, who used Buddha Kingdom in the Palm to crush the space before him.
• Ye Lin summoned a radiant great sun in his palm and used Great Sun Overlooks the Abyss to counter the attack.

Ye Lin killed the little bald monk and challenged the three remaining prodigies while his allies gained the upper hand below. He gathered lightning into the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and prepared to unleash Thunder Convergence.

• Ye Lin shattered the little bald monk’s golden defenses and killed him, then crushed his Primordial Spirit.
• The three remaining prodigies discussed whether to fight Ye Lin, shaken by how easily he had defeated their companion.
• Ye Lin saw Dugu Feng, Poison Venerable, and the hulking men overpowering their opponents on the battlefield below.
• Ye Lin invoked Thunder Convergence, channeling lightning into the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.

Ye Lin fought three opponents while combining the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art with the Great Sun Supreme Art. As he used the battle to comprehend the Great Dao of Balance, his opponents realized he was gaining enlightenment and launched a desperate attack.

• Ye Lin fused the great sun and thunder into a sword strike against his enemies.
• As Ye Lin's attacks grew stronger, he began to comprehend the Great Dao of Balance in the midst of battle.
• The young man with the green fan realized Ye Lin had entered an epiphany during the fight.
• The bare-handed young man angrily charged Ye Lin and managed to tie him down.
• The woman among the attackers saw an opening and urged the others to strike.

Ye Lin fought Wang Tianyi, Liu Feng, and Bing Ruoxin while sensing the Great Dao of Balance in his powers. He overwhelmed his opponents with lightning and Great Sun attacks, leaving Bing Ruoxin wondering how he had so much immortal power.

• Ye Lin recognized a subtle balance between his lightning and Great Sun powers and called for the three opponents to attack again.
• Ye Lin unleashed repeated Sword Qi, badly injuring Wang Tianyi and revealing that he had not been fighting at full strength.
• Liu Feng attacked Ye Lin with astral wind while another technique froze the space around him, but Ye Lin shattered both attacks with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art.
• Ye Lin sent two Great Suns after Wang Tianyi and Liu Feng, forcing them to retreat as space collapsed around them.
• Ye Lin summoned another Great Sun behind himself, and Bing Ruoxin questioned how he could keep using Supreme Arts without running out of immortal power.

Ye Lin overwhelmed Bing Ruoxin and realized that balance had always existed within his body. He unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, leaving Liu Feng and the others trapped beneath a lightning-filled sky.

• Ye Lin’s Great Sun destroyed Bing Ruoxin’s Ice Sparrow and sent her flying as she spat blood.
• Ye Lin recognized that the different powers within his body had always coexisted in balance.
• Ye Lin invoked the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, filling the firmament with a Thunder Sea.
• Ye Lin’s sword strike imprisoned the three below, and Liu Feng recognized the aura of a heavenly tribulation.

Ye Lin used heavenly tribulation power to defeat Bing Ruoxin, Liu Feng, and Wang Tianyi after forcing himself into a corner. The lightning faded, leaving Ye Lin unharmed and unimpressed by his opponents.

• Wang Tianyi and Liu Feng were shocked that Ye Lin could wield heavenly tribulation as he summoned Judgment.
• Ye Lin's lightning attacks overwhelmed the three opponents, and Bing Ruoxin was reduced to ash.
• Liu Feng and Wang Tianyi joined forces to raise a barrier against the lightning.
• Ye Lin gathered the lightning into a massive Sword Qi with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art and killed Liu Feng and Wang Tianyi.
• The Thunder Sea faded, and Ye Lin put away the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, saying his opponents were nothing special.

After Ye Lin’s army won a costly battle, Dongfang Xiyue reported that three enemy teams had stopped behind them, claiming to have found Ye Lin. Ye Lin realized they had mistaken his identical double for him and redirected the army to investigate.

• Ye Lin ordered Dongfang Xiyue to give proper burials to the fallen after she reported that 130 peak True Immortal and 213 late-stage True Immortal prodigies had died.
• Dongfang Xiyue told Ye Lin that the eastern, western, and southern teams had surrounded someone they identified as Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin recalled the person in the eastern Demon Domain who looked exactly like him and concluded that the teams had found his double.
• Ye Lin redirected his army toward the reported location, while his soldiers celebrated their victory and anticipated another battle.

[Ye Lin] and three thousand followers were surrounded by three Stowaways forces in a Northern Continent canyon, and their enemies demanded that he surrender. As [Ye Lin] prepared to resist, a streak of light suddenly entered the canyon.

• A bloody vanguard argued over who should lead the next battle and reported that Li Erleng had lost an arm after falling into a ditch.
• Three enormous Stowaways forces encircled [Ye Lin] and his three thousand followers in a canyon.
• The surrounding forces accused [Ye Lin] of being an impostor and demanded that he kneel, threatening his followers if he refused.
• [Ye Lin] weighed his chances of fighting or escaping, then showed killing intent at the demand to surrender.
• A streak of light suddenly shot into the canyon as [Ye Lin] began to resist.

A scout reported that Ye Lin had destroyed Wang Tianyi’s forces and was advancing on the Stowaways, only for everyone to discover Ye Lin was already in the canyon. The scout was left bewildered by the three thousand white-robed figures accompanying him.

• The scout told the Stowaway leader that Ye Lin had annihilated Wang Tianyi’s thirty thousand True Immortal cultivators and was approaching with tens of thousands more.
• The scout advised the Stowaways to withdraw after seeing the strength of Ye Lin’s forces.
• The Stowaway leader pointed out Ye Lin in the center of the canyon, shocking the scout.
• The scout noticed three thousand white-robed figures behind Ye Lin and wondered where they had come from.

A second Ye Lin claimed that the Ye Lin they had seen was an impostor and urged the Demon Domain’s great powers to help kill him. Li Xiaocheng questioned the informant Li Er after learning he had seen Ye Lin kill Wang Tianyi and the others, leaving the group troubled by the possibility that two Ye Lins existed.

• [Ye Lin] claimed that another Ye Lin had impersonated him, started the war, and deceived the Demon Domain’s great powers.
• [Ye Lin] asked the gathered powers to help him kill the impostor, while secretly planning to eliminate them afterward.
• The gathered powers rejected [Ye Lin]’s claim, pointing out that they had seen Ye Lin kill Lu Cang and that Golden Immortals could not be fooled so easily.
• Li Xiaocheng questioned Li Er about when he had witnessed Ye Lin kill Wang Tianyi and the others.
• Li Er said he had seen the killings about half an hour earlier, and Li Xiaocheng wondered how two Ye Lins could exist.

Ye Lin claimed that he had killed Lu Cang and that an impostor had taken his place while he was unconscious. Li Xiaocheng and the assembled cultivators were left facing two apparently genuine Ye Lins, with no clear way to determine which one was real.

• Li Xiaocheng questioned Li Er again, and Li Er insisted he had seen the impostor and said Ye Lin was on his way.
• Li Xiaocheng rewarded Li Er with ten Supreme Immortal Stones, and Li Er planned to earn more before fleeing the dangerous place.
• Ye Lin challenged the crowd to reconsider which of the two men was genuine and said that believing the other man made him the impostor.
• Li Xiaocheng asked Ye Lin who had slain Lu Cang, and Ye Lin said he had used the remaining power of the heavenly tribulation to kill him.
• Ye Lin explained that someone had impersonated him while he was unconscious and that he had come to expose the impostor.
• Li Xiaocheng struggled to decide between the two Ye Lins, who both seemed to possess overwhelming strength and follow the path of invincibility.

[Ye Lin] persuaded Li Xiaocheng and nearly a hundred thousand cultivators to help him kill the impostor Ye Lin, promising under a Heavenly Dao oath to leave the Demon Domain afterward. He secretly planned to exploit the oath’s vague timing, gain Dugu Feng and the others’ support, and eliminate his allies once the impostor was dead; meanwhile, the group went out to meet Ye Lin.

• [Ye Lin] offered to help Li Xiaocheng get rid of the impostor in exchange for being allowed to leave the Demon Domain.
• Li Xiaocheng demanded proof, and [Ye Lin] swore a Heavenly Dao oath to withdraw from the Demon Domain after the impostor was killed.
• Li Xiaocheng accepted the oath and believed the cultivators could take control of the great world once [Ye Lin] left.
• [Ye Lin] privately reasoned that he could delay his departure without breaking the oath, then kill his allies after winning Dugu Feng and the others’ support.
• Li Er warned Li Xiaocheng that Ye Lin was nearly there, and Li Xiaocheng led the cultivators out of the canyon to face him.

Ye Lin and his allies confronted a vast force of True Immortal cultivators led by Li Xiaocheng, who had come to capture the person they believed was impersonating Ye Lin. The real Ye Lin faced an identical double who accused him of being the fake, leaving both sides unable to tell which one was genuine.

• Ye Lin, Dongfang Xiyue, and Dugu Feng waited outside the gorge as more than a hundred thousand True Immortal cultivators approached.
• Li Xiaocheng recognized Ye Lin and saw that he looked exactly like the [Ye Lin] standing behind him.
• The blood-red-robed [Ye Lin] accused Ye Lin of taking his place and causing chaos in the Central Domain.
• Dongfang Xiyue, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable could not distinguish between the two, while Ye Lin denied being an impostor.

Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar about the impostor who shared his identity and learned that their Destiny lines had split from one origin. He suspected a Golden Immortal in the Demon Domain had arranged the scheme, and the Jar advised him that killing the other Ye Lin would resolve the immediate problem.

• Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to explain the impostor's connection to him.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said their Destiny lines shared an origin but had split, leaving both Ye Lin and the other Ye Lin with incomplete Destinies.
• The Jar explained that someone fated to die might have survived, or a powerful figure might have tampered with Ye Lin's Destiny so one could inherit the other's possessions by killing him.
• Ye Lin concluded that a Golden Immortal in the Demon Domain was likely behind the scheme and meant to use the impostor to seize control of the Demon Domain.

Ye Lin rejected [Ye Lin]’s accusation that he was an impostor and sent Li Xiaoyao to fight him. Li Xiaoyao caught [Ye Lin]’s punch, destroyed his arm, and pierced his chest, leaving [Ye Lin] badly wounded.

• [Ye Lin] accused Ye Lin of being an impostor and claimed he would kill him.
• Dongfang Xiyue remained certain that the Ye Lin beside her was genuine because she had cared for him after Lu Cang’s death.
• Ye Lin challenged [Ye Lin]’s strength and told Li Xiaoyao to kill him.
• Li Xiaoyao agreed and confronted [Ye Lin], while [Ye Lin] dismissed the challenge as part of Ye Lin’s act.
• [Ye Lin] attacked first, but Li Xiaoyao caught his punch, shattered one of his arms, and punched a hole through his chest.
• [Ye Lin] broke free and retreated after realizing he had underestimated Li Xiaoyao.

Ye Lin exposed the man impersonating him by challenging him to face Li Xiaoyao, but the impostor’s copied Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor could not overcome Li Xiaoyao’s strength. The impostor launched the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art as dark clouds and lightning filled the sky.

• Ye Lin mocked the impostor and said he would only speak with him after he defeated Li Xiaoyao.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable concluded that the man was not the real Ye Lin.
• The impostor drew a replica of the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and fought Li Xiaoyao.
• Li Xiaoyao held his ground against the sword with his fists and punched the impostor backward.
• The impostor unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, summoning dark clouds and powerful lightning.

Li Xiaoyao shattered [Ye Lin]’s Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art with a punch, but [Ye Lin] trapped him with the Lock of Void. Li Xiaocheng questioned whether the pitch-black chains radiating purple evil aura could truly be a luck secret art.

• [Ye Lin] used the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, but Li Xiaoyao dispersed its lightning with one punch.
• Li Xiaoyao charged at [Ye Lin], who shattered the void and bound him with black chains using the Lock of Void.
• Li Xiaoyao struggled but could not break free, and [Ye Lin] explained that the technique burned luck.
• Li Xiaocheng questioned the chains’ nature because their black color and purple evil aura did not resemble pure luck.

Ye Lin discovered that Li Xiaoyao’s suppressed, darker personality was beginning to awaken, so he calmed Li Xiaoyao and freed him from black chains. He then confronted [Ye Lin], trapping the impostor in golden chains, but the impostor attempted to break free with his own Lock of Void.

• Li Xiaocheng questioned Ye Lin’s strange luck, but Ye Lin’s glare made him doubt his suspicions.
• Ye Lin noticed Li Xiaoyao’s eyes turning crimson and learned that his violent personality was awakening.
• Ye Lin calmed Li Xiaoyao, who had lost his memory of what happened, and broke the black chains binding him.
• Ye Lin summoned the golden Lock of Void and bound [Ye Lin], challenging him to escape.
• [Ye Lin] summoned blackish-purple chains to attack the golden chains with his own Lock of Void.