Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin struggled to answer Li Changsheng’s challenge until Poison Venerable offered to bring Forbidden Void fighters to the Western Demon Domain. Poison Venerable assigned Li Dazhuang to gather three hundred strong combatants for a battle against Buddhism.

• Ye Lin and Wang Chen realized that using foundation-level fighters risked damaging the fortunes of the factions behind them, while Wang Tian and Bao Xiaotou admitted they were not skilled in combat.
• Ye Lin contacted Poison Venerable through the glowing Jade Talisman and explained Li Changsheng’s plan.
• Poison Venerable agreed to bring Forbidden Void fighters to help Ye Lin.
• Poison Venerable ordered Li Dazhuang to find three hundred formidable fighters within an hour for a battle against Buddhism.
• Li Dazhuang headed off, interpreting the task as a life-or-death fight to attack Buddhism and expand territory.

Li Dazhuang announced that only three hundred people could follow the young master to fight Buddhism and expand their territory, and the battle-crazed residents of Forbidden Void fought over the places. Li Dazhuang claimed one slot for himself and eagerly watched the others compete for the chance to leave.

• After Li Dazhuang relayed the news, the residents of Forbidden Void eagerly clamored to join the expedition.
• The crowd protested when they learned there were only three hundred slots.
• Li Dazhuang said he was taking one slot, leaving two hundred and ninety-nine for the others.
• The hulking men argued and fought, each trying to prove he was strong enough to join.
• Li Dazhuang watched happily, excited to leave Forbidden Void and fight without holding back.

Poison Venerable told the old man and Mo Cang that he would not pursue power in the Northern Demon Domain and would instead go to the Western Demon Domain to help Ye Lin. Mo Cang warned him that loyalty to Ye Lin could cost him his future, but Poison Venerable remained resolved.

• The old man urged Poison Venerable to reconsider becoming Lord of the Northern Demon Domain, offering Forbidden Void’s support.
• Poison Venerable said he had decided against the position because he did not want to fight Ye Lin in the future.
• Mo Cang warned Poison Venerable not to sacrifice his future for brotherly loyalty and reminded him of Forbidden Void’s strength.
• Mo Cang described how Ye Lin might one day choose a powerful ally over Poison Venerable, leaving Poison Venerable’s future uncertain.

Poison Venerable chose to entrust his hopes to Ye Lin, and Mo Cang warned him of the risks before agreeing to support his decision. After Poison Venerable left, Mo Cang learned that his master was enduring the lingering power of the Human Emperor’s strike, though the old man insisted he would survive until his heir matured.

• Poison Venerable told Mo Cang that he believed Ye Lin would not betray him.
• Mo Cang warned Poison Venerable that the Forbidden Void’s future rested on his choices and their consequences.
• Mo Cang pledged the Forbidden Void’s support, and Poison Venerable bowed to his master before departing.
• Mo Cang expressed concern that the old man’s condition was worsening under the Human Emperor’s lingering power.
• The old man said a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal could not be easily killed and claimed he would live until Poison Venerable had grown.
• The old man told Mo Cang that the Forbidden Void had changed with the passage of time.

The old man warned Mo Cang that Forbidden Void might turn against his disciples if he were gone, while Poison Venerable gathered three hundred Heavenly Demons and led them toward the Western Demon Domain. The demons left behind grumbled about losing their chance to join him.

• The old man told Mo Cang he had sensed trouble within Forbidden Void and feared no one would protect his disciples if he left.
• Mo Cang knelt and pleaded that his loyalty was true, and the old man reassured him before ordering him to stand.
• Li Dazhuang reported that three hundred people were ready, and Poison Venerable led the group toward the Western Demon Domain.
• The remaining Great Demons complained that their rivals had hidden their strength and tricks to win places in the group.
• One Great Demon urged the others to wait, saying Young Master was going out more often and their turn would come.

Li Changsheng escalated pressure on Ye Lin, hoping to force him into seeking aid or abandoning the Western Demon Domain. At the Qilin Clan camp, Ye Lin’s allies reported that the Buddhist Sect had resumed challenges and advanced its army, leaving the clan at a disadvantage.

• Li Changsheng learned that Ye Lin had not contacted the Shu Mountain Sword Sect or the Dugu Clan and ordered more challenges against Li Xiaoyao.
• Li Changsheng ordered his army to advance ten thousand star miles, intending to force Ye Lin to seek help, fight him, or leave the Western Demon Domain.
• Li Changsheng considered Ye Lin’s possible options, including recalling his former subordinates, but doubted they could match Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao’s cultivation.
• A Qilin Clan general told Ye Lin at a warship meeting that the Buddhist Sect had resumed issuing challenges and advanced its army ten thousand star miles.
• The Qilin Clan members acknowledged their worsening position but did not blame Ye Lin, believing their clan lacked the fortune and geniuses it had enjoyed in earlier eras.

Ye Lin restrained Li Xiaoyao from answering the Buddhist Sect’s provocations, recognizing that Li Changsheng was trying to exploit their limited forces and the shortened battlefield. After seven days of challenges and paid insults, the Buddhist camp still did not advance further.

• Li Xiaoyao wanted to attack the Buddhist Sect after its people provoked the Qilin Clan, but Ye Lin told him to hold position while waiting for Poison Venerable.
• Ye Lin explained that Li Changsheng had brought the camps closer so Buddhist fighters could retreat easily and wear Li Xiaoyao down with repeated opponents.
• Li Xiaoyao accepted Ye Lin’s reasoning and did not go out to fight.
• For seven days, the Buddhist Sect sent challengers and hired cultivators to insult the Qilin Clan camp, while the Qilin Clan ignored them.
• The Buddhist Sect did not advance beyond its initial position despite its provocations.

Li Changsheng wondered why Ye Lin remained calm under pressure and why the Qilin Clan continued to support him. The chapter revealed that the Qilin Clan secretly monitored Ye Lin’s orders while allowing the stalemate to continue, since his victories served its interests.

• Li Changsheng paced in the hall and questioned what Ye Lin was relying on as the two armies remained thirty thousand star miles apart.
• Li Changsheng realized that his hired people had cursed Ye Lin for seven days without prompting the Qilin Clan to intervene or remove Ye Lin’s authority.
• The Qilin Clan continued to back Ye Lin because he had won the first battle and maintained a stalemate with the Buddhist Sect.
• The Qilin Clan’s designated personnel reported Ye Lin’s orders to the clan’s leaders, who approved them before they were carried out.
• Ye Lin understood that the Qilin Clan kept real power in its own hands, but he accepted the arrangement because both sides had achieved their goals.

Ye Lin received Poison Venerable and three hundred powerful Heavenly Demons after waiting nine days, just as Li Changsheng prepared to launch an all-out war against the Qilin Clan. The Heavenly Demons arrived aboard a warship and were told to stay in line, though Li Dazhuang immediately wondered aloud whether they could steal it.

• Li Changsheng declared that the Buddhist Sect would begin an all-out war if Ye Lin made no move by the end of the day.
• Poison Venerable arrived with three hundred Heavenly Demons at the peak of the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin welcomed Poison Venerable and explained that the fighting had not started despite the Buddhist Sect's seven days of provocations.
• Poison Venerable warned the Heavenly Demons not to fight or wander off, and they nodded in fear.
• Li Dazhuang admired the warship and wondered whether they could steal it, frightening the nearby Qilin Clan prodigies.

Li Dazhuang and the Heavenly Demons tried to behave properly among their Qilin Clan allies, then learned that a vast Buddhist Sect fleet was approaching. The Heavenly Demons eagerly prepared for battle, while a Qilin soldier discovered one of them had damaged his armor with a casual pat.

• A Heavenly Demon scolded Li Dazhuang for acting like a bandit and reminded him that the Qilin Clan were allies.
• The Heavenly Demons tried to smile politely at the Qilin Clan prodigies, who kept their distance from the imposing newcomers.
• A Heavenly Demon pointed out the distant Buddhist Sect warships, and a Qilin Clan soldier explained what they were seeing.
• The Heavenly Demon rejoiced at the prospect of fighting the Buddhist Sect and left to tell the others.
• The Qilin Clan soldier found a handprint dented into his armor after the Heavenly Demon patted his shoulder and began checking for injuries.

Ye Lin and Poison Venerable prepared for Li Changsheng’s expected attack, with Poison Venerable confident that his forces would win a battle of generals. Li Changsheng then formally declared war on the Qilin Clan and ordered his army to advance into the Heaven-Equaling Great Galaxy.

• Ye Lin told Poison Venerable that Li Changsheng was close to launching a large-scale war.
• Poison Venerable said his three hundred Heavenly Demons could defeat Li Changsheng’s forces in a battle of generals.
• Ye Lin accepted Poison Venerable’s offer and prepared to let the Heavenly Demons fight.
• A day passed, and Li Changsheng announced that the Buddhist Sect would formally go to war with the Qilin Clan.
• Li Changsheng ordered his generals to drive the Qilin Clan forces out of the Heaven-Equaling Great Galaxy.

Poison Venerable agreed to confront Li Changsheng, and Ye Lin accepted the Buddhist Sect’s contest of generals as a way to settle the conflict. The chapter ended with both camps hearing Ye Lin’s agreement, as the contest was about to begin.

• Poison Venerable decided to test his strength against Li Changsheng, and Ye Lin agreed to face him.
• A Buddhist Sect prodigy called on the Qilin Clan to send out Li Changsheng after nine days of challenges.
• Ye Lin demanded that Li Changsheng appear, and Li Changsheng arrived and pretended the conflict was a misunderstanding.
• Ye Lin asked Li Changsheng to withdraw his troops, but Li Changsheng claimed he could not decide on his own.
• Ye Lin praised Li Changsheng’s battle formation contest and agreed to begin the contest of generals.

Ye Lin agreed to Li Changsheng’s proposed champion duel, surprising Poison Venerable. Poison Venerable explained that the wager over prosperous great star systems was a trap meant to ruin Ye Lin’s standing and drive him out of the Western Demon Domain if he lost.

• Li Changsheng announced that the champion duel would begin in half an hour and that each side would send one powerhouse, with a prosperous great star system supposedly at stake.
• Li Changsheng left to investigate why Ye Lin had suddenly agreed to the demand.
• Poison Venerable was stunned that Ye Lin had accepted such a large wager without telling him beforehand.
• Ye Lin explained that the territorial wager was only a joke and that the real issue was winning people’s support.
• Poison Venerable explained that Li Changsheng aimed to use repeated losses to damage Ye Lin’s reputation, alienate his followers, and force him out of the Western Demon Domain.
• Poison Venerable called Li Changsheng sinister after laying out the trap.

Ye Lin dismissed the Stowaways as a minor threat and prepared to reclaim what he had lost, while the Southern Demon Domain remained divided by their infighting. Li Changsheng demanded to know what advantage Ye Lin was hiding, but his silent subordinates could offer no explanation.

• Ye Lin told Poison Venerable that Li Changsheng had always been sinister and reflected that he was now strong enough to reclaim what he had lost.
• Ye Lin dismissed the Stowaways as no threat, unaware that their infighting had kept the Southern Demon Domain in chaos for five thousand years.
• Li Changsheng returned to the main hall and demanded that his subordinates explain the source of Ye Lin's confidence.
• Li Changsheng grew furious when no one could explain Ye Lin's hidden trump card.

Li Changsheng arranged alternating bouts between his forces and the Buddhist Sect to test Ye Lin's side, assigning the first match to the Buddhist Sect prodigy who had suggested fighting. Zifan stepped onto the battlefield, and someone from Ye Lin's side volunteered to fight him.

• A Buddhist Sect prodigy suggested exchanging bouts with Ye Lin to discover what he was relying on.
• Li Changsheng ordered the prodigy to fight first and arranged for the two camps to alternate matches.
• The Buddhist Sect prodigy realized his fellow disciples would not help him and accepted his dangerous assignment with regret.
• Zifan introduced himself on the battlefield as Buddhist Sect's first fighter, surrounded by golden light and Buddhist chants.
• Someone from Ye Lin's side volunteered to beat Zifan.

The Heavenly Demons argued over who would fight first against the Buddhist Sect, eager to unleash their suppressed bloodlust. Ye Lin ended the dispute by choosing Li Xiaoyao, who stepped forward to face the first opponent.

• The Heavenly Demons bickered over who should take the first battle, each claiming they could defeat the enemy.
• Zifan mistook the Qilin Clan’s delay for weakness and grew confident that they could not produce a capable fighter.
• Ye Lin and the Qilin Clan prodigies watched in disbelief as the Heavenly Demons nearly fought among themselves.
• Poison Venerable ordered the Heavenly Demons to be quiet after their attempt to maintain a mysterious, aloof image fell apart.
• Ye Lin chose Li Xiaoyao for the first round, and Li Xiaoyao stepped out to face the opponent.

Li Xiaoyao entered the first battle against Zifan to reveal the Buddhist Sect prodigies’ fighting methods to the Heavenly Demons. Zifan summoned a colossal Buddha manifestation and shielded himself as Li Xiaoyao’s lightning-charged hammer struck toward him.

• Ye Lin sent Li Xiaoyao to fight first so the Heavenly Demons could observe the Buddhist Sect prodigies’ techniques.
• Li Xiaoyao and Zifan announced the Greater Galaxies they represented before the match.
• Zifan summoned a star-sized golden Buddha manifestation and prepared for Li Xiaoyao’s attack.
• Li Xiaoyao hurled his Thunder Hammer at Zifan, filling the Starry Sky with lightning.
• Zifan joined his palms and covered himself and the Buddha manifestation in golden light.

Li Xiaoyao broke through Zifan’s golden defenses and pressed his attack, but Zifan used Buddhist laws and a Buddha Bead to suppress him and tried to convert him. Li Xiaoyao resisted with thunder and the Law of Strength as Ye Lin watched in surprise.

• Li Xiaoyao shattered Zifan’s golden barrier with his Thunder Hammer and struck with the First Form of the Three Heaven-Opening Forms.
• Zifan blocked Li Xiaoyao’s giant axe with the golden hands of his Buddha manifestation.
• Li Xiaoyao closed in on Zifan and swung his hammer, but Zifan’s golden light slowed and suppressed him.
• Zifan used Buddhist laws to push Li Xiaoyao away and sent his enlarged Buddha Bead down to suppress him.
• Zifan chanted Buddhist invocations and urged Li Xiaoyao to join the Buddhist Sect, while Li Xiaoyao resisted with thunder and the Law of Strength.

Li Xiaoyao fought Zifan while the Heavenly Demons watched from the warship and critiqued his technique. Ye Lin inspected Poison Venerable’s panel, then Li Xiaoyao grew enraged as Zifan’s Buddhist chanting began to affect him.

• Poison Venerable told the Heavenly Demons to watch Li Xiaoyao’s fight and learn from it, but they started criticizing Li Xiaoyao instead.
• Ye Lin inspected Poison Venerable’s panel and discovered that he was a late Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal with a dangerous fate and two unusual physiques.
• Li Xiaoyao grew impatient with Zifan’s talk and attacked him with his hammer, but the Brahma Pearl above Zifan resisted the blow.
• Zifan explained that the Brahma Pearl was a lower-grade Boundless artifact and continued chanting that Li Xiaoyao was fated with the Buddhist Sect.
• Li Xiaoyao’s eyes turned crimson, and the lightning in his body gained a blood-red trace as his killing intent grew.

Li Xiaoyao’s Blood Baleful aura surged, letting him overwhelm and kill Zifan after shattering Zifan’s life-bound Buddha Bead. As his crimson power faded, Li Xiaoyao looked toward someone within the Buddhist Sect, leaving them wondering whether he had seen them.

• Li Xiaoyao’s eyes turned blood-red as his Blood Baleful aura intensified, and he declared that Zifan would die.
• Li Xiaoyao shattered Zifan’s Buddha Bead with one blow, causing Zifan to suffer backlash and spit blood.
• Li Xiaoyao struck Zifan repeatedly, then hurled his twin hammers and blasted him into the Endless Abyss.
• Li Xiaoyao killed the weakened Zifan by smashing his head and destroying his Primordial Spirit with lightning.
• Li Xiaoyao put away his hammers and looked toward the Buddhist Sect warship, then glanced at someone within the sect as his crimson power faded.