Chapter Summaries

The Qilin Clan Chief wagered the clan’s future on Ye Lin, prompting the elders to protest that he was risking their inheritance. The Qilin Clan’s Old Ancestor approved the decision, silencing the opposition and leaving the Clan Chief to reprimand the elders.

• The Qilin Clan Chief explained why he trusted Ye Lin and chose to risk the clan for a chance to seize the Western Demon Domain’s territory.
• The elders accused the Clan Chief of gambling away the Qilin Clan’s future and threatened to appeal to the Old Ancestor.
• The Old Ancestor appeared through his voice and declared that the decision was settled.
• The elders fell silent, and the Clan Chief scolded them for speaking up only until the Old Ancestor intervened.

Ye Lin received the Qilin Clan’s Identity Token and learned about the clan’s forces and territory as he prepared to oppose Li Changsheng in the Western Demon Domain. Wang Feng showed him the three main battlefields, leaving Ye Lin ready to act.

• The clan chief entrusted Ye Lin with the Qilin Clan’s Identity Token and its resources, experts, and connections.
• Ye Lin accepted the token and resolved to rely on the Qilin Clan against Li Changsheng and Buddhism, warning against bringing other Golden Immortal forces into the conflict.
• Wang Feng told Ye Lin that the Qilin Clan had eight branches, twenty-four known half-step Golden Immortal experts, and territory spanning half the Western Demon Domain.
• Wang Feng identified the Cloudy Great Galaxy, the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy, and the Victoryfall Great Galaxy as the main battlefields and showed Ye Lin their locations on a star map.

Ye Lin learned that Buddhism was taking three great star systems from the Qilin Clan because Li Changsheng’s prodigies had repeatedly defeated its own. He decided to visit the frontline to test their strength, while Li Xiaoyao eagerly anticipated the battles ahead.

• Wang Feng told Ye Lin that Buddhism was invading the Qilin Clan’s territory and that more than ten Qilin Clan prodigies had died fighting Li Changsheng’s forces.
• Ye Lin realized that the Qilin Clan lacked top-tier prodigies and ordered Wang Feng to gather experts and Qilin Clan prodigies for a trip to the frontline.
• After Wang Feng left, Li Xiaoyao said he could not wait to fight, but Ye Lin told him to be patient and considered asking the Shu Mountain Sword Sect for reinforcements if needed.
• Shangguan Wanyu asked Li Xiaoyao how large a great star system was, and he explained its place in the hierarchy of worlds, star systems, and galaxy clusters.

Li Xiaoyao explained how the strength of worlds and civilizations compared across the Starry Sky, leaving Shangguan Wanyu and the others stunned by the scale of it. He judged Fantasy Continent weak by comparison, with Chen Fan its only notable expert.

• Li Xiaoyao described the vast scale of the Starry Sky and the Qilin Clan's territory, shocking Shangguan Wanyu, Bao Xiaotou, and Wang Tian.
• Li Xiaoyao explained that the Anlan Great World's strength rivaled an ordinary major galaxy despite its smaller territory.
• Shangguan Wanyu asked how Fantasy Continent compared, and Li Xiaoyao said its strength barely matched a galaxy with Chen Fan included.
• Shangguan Wanyu grew disappointed when she realized Fantasy Continent's strongest expert was only barely worth Li Xiaoyao's attention.

Ye Lin had the Qilin Clan assemble an army to test the waters in the three great star systems. He met Wang Chen, who would serve as his deputy, and took command of the assembled forces.

• Wang Feng reported that each of the eight major branches had sent ten peak Flawless Taiyi prodigies, one thousand Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals, and one million True Immortals.
• Ye Lin approved the forces and said they would be used to test the waters rather than launch a serious campaign.
• Ye Lin led the others into the Starry Sky, where they saw more than a thousand warships carrying the Qilin Clan's army.
• Shangguan Wanyu hid behind Ye Lin because the army's killing aura overwhelmed her.
• Wang Chen introduced himself as the army's commander, and Wang Tian explained that Ye Lin held command authority while Wang Chen would act as his deputy.

Ye Lin set out with a Qilin Clan fleet to reinforce the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy, learning how the clan used spatial nodes to move its forces quickly. The story leaves off as it introduces the Buddhist cultivators who had entered Qilin Clan territory a year earlier.

• Wang Feng explained that only the Clan Chief's Token could command the Qilin Clan's forces to wage war.
• Ye Lin and his companions boarded the warships with Wang Chen and departed for the front line.
• Wang Chen said the fleet would reach the front line in about half an hour by traveling through spatial nodes established by a Qilin Clan ancestor.
• The narration revealed that Buddhist monks had begun appearing in the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy a year earlier, disrupting the region's former stability under Qilin Clan rule.

Buddhism rapidly spread across the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy and went to war with the Qilin Clan, whose forces were driven back by a wave of unfamiliar prodigies. The Qilin Clan discovered that the fighters were followers of Li Changsheng, leaving it to face a much stronger Buddhist force.

• Buddhist monks spread their faith across the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy until believers made up half its population.
• Buddhism took control of half the galaxy, prompting the Qilin Clan to declare war.
• Buddhist fighters, including many unfamiliar prodigies, pushed the Qilin Clan back in battle.
• The Qilin Clan investigated and learned that the prodigies were followers of Li Changsheng, Buddhism's representative since he killed Buddha Son Qingming ten years earlier.
• The Qilin Clan recognized that Li Changsheng and his followers had tipped the balance of prodigious combat strength against it.

The Qilin Clan continued to suffer devastating losses as Buddhism advanced through the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy, leaving commander Lu Changsheng unable to find anyone who could stop its prodigies. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng asking who could face Ye Yang, Jingkong, and Chewu.

• The Qilin Clan lost more than a hundred prodigies to Li Changsheng’s forces and refused to bow to Buddhism despite the cost.
• Lu Changsheng, the Qilin Clan’s frontline commander, watched the army retreat as Buddhism seized most of the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy and threatened two neighboring galaxies.
• A young man reported that the Buddhist army was approaching under Ye Yang, Jingkong, and Chewu.
• Lu Changsheng smashed a table after learning the three had killed thirteen Qilin Clan prodigies and at least thirty local prodigies in a month.
• Lu Changsheng asked who could go out and stop the three Buddhist leaders.

Ye Yang challenged the Qilin Clan’s prodigies after killing three of them, but none dared to face him. He demanded that the clan either send fighters out or leave the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy, threatening a full-scale Buddhist invasion.

• Lu Longevity learned that no Qilin Clan prodigy had volunteered to accept Ye Yang’s challenge and angrily berated them.
• Lu Longevity put on his hat and went to see the standoff with his attendant.
• Ye Yang taunted the Qilin Clan across the Starry Sky, calling its prodigies cowards and its legacy diminished.
• The Qilin Clan’s prodigies burned with anger but feared that Ye Yang would kill them as he had three of their peers.
• Ye Yang threatened to lead the Buddhists in a full-scale invasion unless the Qilin Clan sent someone to fight or withdrew from the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy.

The Qilin Clan’s prodigies grew furious at Ye Yang’s provocation, but Lu Changsheng refused to send them into a battle that could cost their lives. With no reinforcements arriving, he decided to face Ye Yang himself, leaving his subordinates desperately trying to stop him.

• The Qilin Clan’s young prodigies cursed Ye Yang but feared that yielding the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy would invite rebellion from the forces under the clan’s rule.
• Lu Changsheng berated the prodigies while concealing his concern for their safety, believing he could not sacrifice the battlefield to protect his juniors.
• Lu Changsheng went to the front of the warship and, after noting that no reinforcements had arrived for a month, declared that he would fight Ye Yang himself.
• The Qilin Clan’s prodigies urgently pleaded with Lu Changsheng not to enter the battlefield because the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy depended on him.

Qin Chuan volunteered to fight Ye Yang on behalf of the Qilin Clan despite having only a thirty percent chance of victory. Lu Changsheng granted permission and promised him great rewards if he won, while Qin Chuan headed to the battlefield and Ye Yang prepared to meet him.

• Lu Changsheng rejected the idea of the commander entering the champion duel and asked what alternative remained.
• Qin Chuan, a personal disciple of the Liuli Domain Lord, volunteered to fight Ye Yang and stated that he had a thirty percent chance of victory.
• Lu Changsheng warned Qin Chuan of the danger and offered him a chance to withdraw, but Qin Chuan insisted on fighting for the Qilin Clan.
• Lu Changsheng promised Qin Chuan the status and privileges of a Qilin Clan prodigy if he won, and said the Liuli Domain would become a subordinate territory if Qin Chuan died.
• Qin Chuan left the warship for the battlefield, and Ye Yang perked up as the Qilin Clan finally sent out a fighter.

Qin Chuan of the Qilin Clan challenged Ye Yang of the Buddhists, but Ye Yang overwhelmed him and left him gravely injured. As Ye Yang moved to kill Qin Chuan, a gigantic thunder-filled hammer suddenly hurtled toward him.

• Qin Chuan and Ye Yang exchanged salutes as their armies roared and their auras clashed.
• Qin Chuan attacked with twin swords, but Ye Yang summoned a Great Sun and suppressed him.
• Qin Chuan tore apart the Great Sun, only for Ye Yang to strike him with a palm that bent his swords and shattered his meridians.
• Ye Yang approached the grievously wounded Qin Chuan and prepared to kill him.
• A gigantic hammer filled with thunder flew toward Ye Yang from the distant starry sky.

Li Xiaoyao intervened in Ye Yang’s battle and crippled him with one hammer strike, prompting the Buddhist faction to condemn the Qilin Clan for breaking the one-on-one rules. Reinforcements arrived, and Lu Changsheng greeted Wang Chen as he introduced Ye Lin as the Young Master.

• Ye Yang tried to stop Li Xiaoyao’s thunderous hammer but was struck down and left badly injured.
• Jingkong and Chewu arrived, caught Ye Yang, and accused the Qilin Clan of interfering in a one-on-one battle.
• Several thousand Qilin Clan warships arrived and sealed off the battlefield.
• Li Xiaoyao admitted that he had broken the rules and challenged Jingkong and Chewu to fight him together.
• Lu Changsheng greeted Wang Chen, who introduced him to Ye Lin as the frontline commander of the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy.

Ye Lin took command of the Qilin Clan forces and watched Li Xiaoyao battle two Buddhist opponents. Li Xiaoyao shattered their defenses and manifestations with his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers, leaving the Qilin Clan soldiers cheering as Ye Lin watched impassively.

• Lu Changsheng recognized the Qilin Clan Chief's Identity Token on Ye Lin and accepted his order to take over.
• Ye Lin learned that Buddhism had conquered eighty percent of the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy's territory in a year, then went to the front of the warship.
• Li Xiaoyao attacked Jingkong and Chewu after they refused to strike first, breaking their golden barrier with his twin hammers.
• Jingkong and Chewu summoned their Buddhist manifestations, but Li Xiaoyao smashed them apart while continuing his assault.
• The Qilin Clan soldiers cheered as Li Xiaoyao overwhelmed the two Buddhists, while Ye Lin watched without emotion.

Li Xiaoyao killed the Buddhist commanders and led the Qilin Clan army in a counterattack, turning the battle into a rout. As he destroyed Buddhist warships, Ye Lin wondered how the Qilin Clan had lost so much territory in only a year.

• Ye Lin ordered the Qilin Clan army to advance and reclaim its territory after Li Xiaoyao defeated the Buddhist prodigies.
• The Qilin Clan soldiers rallied behind Li Xiaoyao, who charged toward the Buddhist fleet and ordered the army to attack.
• The Buddhist warships retreated after their three commanders died, leaving the army without leadership.
• Li Xiaoyao shattered a star-sized warship with his Thunder Hammer and killed the Buddhist cultivators aboard it.
• Ye Lin watched the one-sided slaughter and questioned how the Qilin Clan had lost eighty percent of a great galaxy's territory in a year.

The Qilin Clan launched a swift counterattack that drove the Buddhist forces into retreat, while Ye Yang fled after nearly being killed by one of Ye Lin’s followers. He reached safety and contacted Li Changsheng, but had not yet explained what he had encountered.

• Ye Lin ordered the Qilin Clan warships to advance, and their forces pursued the fleeing Buddhist cultivators as loyal allies joined the counterattack.
• Ye Yang fled in a badly wounded state after nearly dying to a young cultivator who had once followed Ye Lin.
• Ye Yang decided to warn Li Changsheng that Ye Lin had appeared and escaped for three days before stopping in an unfamiliar galaxy.
• Ye Yang activated a Jade Talisman and appeared before Li Changsheng, who asked how he had been wounded.
• Ye Yang began to deny that the Qilin Clan had deployed its hidden foundations, and Li Changsheng pressed him to explain what had happened.

Ye Yang told Li Changsheng that Li Xiaoyao had crippled him, revealing that Ye Lin’s companion had become astonishingly powerful. Li Changsheng decided to confront Ye Lin and began concentrating Buddhist forces in the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy.

• Ye Yang told Li Changsheng that he had encountered Ye Lin and been beaten by Li Xiaoyao, who traveled with him.
• Li Changsheng learned that Li Xiaoyao had overwhelmed Ye Yang despite Ye Yang’s formidable strength.
• Li Changsheng reflected on Ye Lin’s rise and declared that he would not let him escape again.
• Li Changsheng summoned a monk and ordered Buddhist forces from other galaxies transferred to the Heaven-Overturning Great Galaxy.

Ye Lin faced Buddhism’s assembled main force, whose young spokesman proposed settling the conflict through contests between prodigies, with prosperous star systems at stake. Lu Changsheng warned that the terms would badly disadvantage the Qilin Clan, and Ye Lin left the proposal unanswered for the moment.

• Ye Lin and Lu Changsheng encountered Buddhism’s vast army after reclaiming half the territory.
• A young man proposed that each side send three hundred prodigies, with each contest’s loser surrendering the star system represented by its fighter.
• Ye Lin suspected Li Changsheng had arranged the challenge because the Qilin Clan lacked enough capable fighters.
• Lu Changsheng urged Ye Lin to refuse, explaining that losing would cost the Qilin Clan vital prosperous star systems.
• Ye Lin said he would consider the proposal, and a Qilin Clan youth shouted for the opposing side to leave.

Li Changsheng explained why he planned to draw Ye Lin and his former subordinates into a public contest rather than kill Ye Lin immediately. He set out to use the confrontation to seize the Qilin Clan’s territory and establish himself as the Demon Domain’s unquestioned ruler.

• A young man reported that the forces Li Changsheng had approached would consider helping him.
• Li Changsheng ordered the young man to contact his loyal forces in the Eastern Demon Domain and draw the Demon Domain’s attention to the conflict.
• Li Changsheng told the young man that defeating Ye Lin in public would let him strip away Ye Lin’s fortune and kill his subordinates, while avoiding chaos from new rivals.
• Li Changsheng reflected that Ye Lin had to die, but only after Ye Lin summoned his former subordinates and the Demon Domain witnessed his defeat.
• Li Changsheng planned to use the contest to seize Qilin Clan territory, kill Ye Lin publicly, and discourage anyone else from challenging him.

Ye Lin struggled to counter Li Changsheng’s plan to pressure him and the Qilin Clan, while searching for a powerful ally independent of the Golden Immortal factions. Wang Chen revealed that the Qilin Clan had Fate Qilins capable of forcing even half-step Golden Immortals to retreat, giving Ye Lin a possible way to break the deadlock.

• Li Changsheng expected Ye Lin to accept his demand, believing pride and concern for his reputation would leave him no choice.
• Ye Lin considered Li Changsheng’s powerful subordinates and concluded he needed support from a force independent of the Golden Immortal factions and the Demon Domain.
• Wang Chen told Ye Lin that the Clan Chief had offered assistance at the level of the Qilin Clan’s foundations.
• Wang Chen explained that each Qilin Clan branch had a Fate Qilin, and that all eight could unleash strength that made even half-step Golden Immortals retreat.
• Ye Lin was shocked by the Fate Qilins’ power and realized their full-strength eruption could give Li Changsheng a serious problem.