Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin's group learned that Li Changsheng's people came from the Longevity Immortal Clan and discussed the forces gathering in the Heaven-Equaling Great Galaxy. Shangguan Wanyu reported that she and the Qilin Clan had taken control of the galaxy as Demon Domain experts arrived.

• Bao Xiaotou told Ye Lin that his formations had revealed Li Changsheng's crew identifying themselves as members of the Longevity Immortal Clan.
• Bao Xiaotou reported that only a dozen or so of Li Changsheng's original crew remained and seemed dissatisfied with him.
• Ye Lin said there was no need to turn the crew against Li Changsheng because he already had enough powerful allies.
• Shangguan Wanyu reported that she had led the Qilin Clan's seniors in taking control of the Heaven-Equaling Great Galaxy.
• Shangguan Wanyu said Demon Domain experts were gathering in the galaxy and that she had begun counting the living beings from other regions there.

Feng Yu of the Longevity Immortal Clan challenged Poison Venerable, the Young Lord of the Forbidden Void, to a fight. Li Dazhuang took Poison Venerable’s place and opened the battle with a powerful slash that bent Feng Yu’s spear.

• Feng Yu called out Poison Venerable and challenged him to exchange moves.
• Poison Venerable’s three hundred Heavenly Demons gathered behind him, and Li Dazhuang volunteered to fight Feng Yu.
• Poison Venerable approved Li Dazhuang’s request, and Li Dazhuang went to meet Feng Yu on the battlefield.
• Feng Yu raised his spear to block Li Dazhuang’s law-wrapped slash, but the spear began to bend.

Li Dazhuang killed Feng Yu with three slashes, shocking both the opposing camp and Ye Lin. Li Changsheng and the Longevity Immortal Clan mourned their kinsman and called for a chance to avenge him.

• Li Dazhuang struck Feng Yu with his first slash, sending him flying and injuring him.
• Feng Yu summoned the Thunder Sacred Dragon, but Li Dazhuang split it and struck Feng Yu down with his second slash.
• Li Dazhuang killed Feng Yu with his third slash, crushed his Primordial Spirit, and brought his head back to Poison Venerable.
• Ye Lin marveled at Li Dazhuang's strength while Li Changsheng and the Longevity Immortal Clan stared in shock at Feng Yu's death.
• Longevity Immortal Clan members demanded to fight next and avenge Feng Yu, as Wei Hong looked to Li Changsheng with concern.

Wei Hong realized Li Changsheng had misled the Longevity Immortal Clan about the Forbidden Void prodigies’ strength after another clan member was killed. Li Changsheng insisted he had not intended to deceive his clansmen, but his standing with them was at risk.

• Li Changsheng reassured Wei Hong that not every Forbidden Void prodigy was as powerful as Li Dazhuang.
• Wei Hong sent another Longevity Immortal Clan prodigy to avenge Feng Yu, but the young man was killed after several dozen breaths.
• Wei Hong grabbed Li Changsheng by the collar and accused him of getting the Buddhist Sect prodigies and his former subordinates killed.
• Li Changsheng denied deliberately tricking his clansmen and pleaded that he had not expected the deaths, fearing he would lose his clan’s support.

After two Longevity Immortal Clan prodigies died, Wei Hong decided to fight Forbidden Void himself while Li Changsheng watched anxiously. A towering, chain-covered Heavenly Demon stepped forward to face Wei Hong, drawing wariness from the other demons.

• Wei Hong released Li Changsheng after hearing his explanation, but told him to answer for the deaths of the two clan brothers.
• Li Changsheng agreed, and Wei Hong asked what they should do after losing two fighters in quick succession.
• Wei Hong decided to fight personally, following the clan chief’s order to help Li Changsheng win.
• Li Changsheng watched Wei Hong approach the battle and thought of Ye Lin, Forbidden Void, and the Forbidden Void Young Master.
• A three-zhang Heavenly Demon covered in black chains stepped forward to fight Wei Hong, and Poison Venerable urged him to be careful.

Wei Hong faced Man Cang of Forbidden Void on the battlefield, and the spectators recognized the clash as a confrontation between two great forces. Wei Hong charged into Man Cang’s attack and struck with his Heart Sword, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Man Cang declared his identity as a member of Forbidden Void, and Wei Hong identified himself as part of the Longevity Immortal Clan.
• The hidden spectators discussed the two forces’ power and their ties to Li Changsheng and Ye Lin.
• Wei Hong attacked with streams of Sword Qi, but Man Cang shattered them with his chains and swung the chains at him.
• Wei Hong assessed Man Cang’s strength and charged toward him instead of retreating.
• Wei Hong used Heart Sword, Heart-Shattering, sending invisible Sword Qi into Man Cang’s brow.

Wei Hong tried to exploit Man Cang’s weak Primordial Spirit, but his Heart Sword only stunned Man Cang briefly, and the Forbidden Void disciple trapped him with chains. Wei Hong escaped as a streak of sword light, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Poison Venerable recognized that Wei Hong planned to attack Man Cang’s Primordial Spirit and dismissed the danger.
• Wei Hong struck Man Cang with his Heart Sword, but it only stunned him for an instant.
• Man Cang bound Wei Hong with chains and explained that his Primordial Spirit was still strong enough to control his powerful body.
• Man Cang tightened the chains, crushing Wei Hong’s bones, but Wei Hong transformed into sword light and escaped.

Wei Hong attacked Man Cang with sword techniques aimed at his Primordial Spirit, believing he had found the Forbidden Void Heavenly Demon’s weakness. Man Cang revealed that he had only been pretending to be affected and blasted Wei Hong away.

• Man Cang was astonished when Wei Hong escaped his chains, then attacked him again.
• Wei Hong formed a river of sword qi to stop Man Cang’s chains and advanced with his Long Sword.
• Wei Hong used invisible sword qi to attack Man Cang’s Primordial Spirit, then moved close to strike.
• Man Cang revealed that Wei Hong had fallen for a trick, knocked away his Long Sword, and shattered both his arms with a punch.
• Wei Hong was sent flying and wondered how Man Cang had resisted his Primordial Spirit attacks, while Man Cang called him an idiot.

After Wei Hong surrendered, Man Cang refused to spare him, and Wei Hong fled when the warships’ powerful auras blocked Man Cang’s pursuit. Ye Lin ordered an attack, leaving the forces advancing to reclaim the Heaven-Equaling Great Galaxy and invade Buddhist Sect territory.

• Wei Hong realized Man Cang’s attacks could kill him and offered to surrender.
• Man Cang rejected Wei Hong’s surrender and declared that he had to die.
• Wei Hong summoned his Long Sword and tried to flee, but the warships’ auras stopped him from advancing.
• Ye Lin ordered the troops to attack, and the Heavenly Demons charged toward the Buddhist Sect’s warships.
• Man Cang resumed pursuing Wei Hong after hearing his allies join the battle.
• Ye Lin ordered Wang Chen to prepare a map of Buddhist Sect territory for the planned invasion.

Ye Lin planned to pressure the Buddhist Sect by attacking its prosperous star systems and force it to submit, then called Li Changsheng out to settle their feud. Li Changsheng appeared on the shattered battlefield and acknowledged that Forbidden Void’s support had turned the tide.

• Ye Lin decided to target the Buddhist Sect’s prosperous star systems, believing it would avoid a full Golden Immortal war while making him ruler of the Western Demon Domain in name.
• Ye Lin told Poison Venerable he was confident and left to face Li Changsheng.
• Ye Lin challenged Li Changsheng to fight openly as Heavenly Demons and the Longevity Immortal Clan battled among the wreckage of warships.
• Li Changsheng came before Ye Lin and lamented that Forbidden Void’s support had changed the outcome, saying he might have killed Ye Lin five thousand years earlier.

Ye Lin and Li Changsheng prepared to settle their five-thousand-year feud in a battle to the death, while Li Changsheng remained confident that he could kill Ye Lin despite the Forbidden Void’s support. The chapter ended as Li Changsheng drew Azure Frost, the sword known as the Genius Tombstone.

• An observer wondered why the Forbidden Void Young Lord and the Forbidden Void’s elite geniuses had come so far to help Ye Lin, but kept his doubts to himself out of fear of the Lord of the Forbidden Void.
• Ye Lin reminded Li Changsheng that they had been enemies since the events of five thousand years ago and challenged him to decide their lives and deaths on the battlefield.
• Li Changsheng summoned his sword, Azure Frost, and claimed that every genius who had seen it drawn had died.
• Ye Lin appraised Azure Frost and noticed its jade-green blade, sword-law power, and traces of Blood Baleful energy and resentment.

Ye Lin faced Li Changsheng in the Western Demon Domain, wielding the Time Measuring Ruler instead of his damaged Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor. As the battle drew the attention of powerful observers, Xu Changsheng decided not to send Ye Lin a sword, leaving him to handle the fight himself.

• Ye Lin realized he needed to repair and upgrade the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor after seeing Li Changsheng wield the Boundless artifact Azure Frost.
• Ye Lin summoned the Time Measuring Ruler, and Li Changsheng mocked him for fighting without a proper sword.
• Li Changsheng charged with Azure Frost, and Ye Lin met him with the ruler and his Sword Qi.
• Xu Changsheng watched the battle and judged that the ruler could not unleash sword arts' full power.
• Kuanglan offered to deliver Ye Lin a Boundless-grade sword, but Xu Changsheng refused, saying Ye Lin could handle the trouble himself.

Ye Lin fought Li Changsheng, using the Time Measuring Ruler and sword arts to withstand the stronger swordsman’s attacks. After Li Changsheng trapped him in an illusion and struck again, Ye Lin countered with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art.

• Li Changsheng unleashed a powerful sword strike, and Ye Lin shattered its Sword Qi with the Time Measuring Ruler before answering with Sword Nine, Heaven-Sundering.
• Li Changsheng evaded Ye Lin’s strike and declared that his superior cultivation meant Ye Lin could not defeat him.
• Li Changsheng bombarded Ye Lin with Sword Qi, then appeared behind him and attacked with Azure Frost.
• Li Changsheng used the Twelve Swords of Gods and Ghosts, Godslayer, transforming the battlefield into an illusion that Ye Lin broke with Primordial Spirit Sword Qi.
• Li Changsheng thrust Azure Frost toward Ye Lin’s face, and Ye Lin covered the Time Measuring Ruler in lightning to perform Thunder Break.

Ye Lin countered Li Changsheng’s illusions with thunder and the laws of time, while Li Changsheng held back to draw out Ye Lin’s Invincible Technique. The chapter ended as Li Changsheng prepared to attack at full strength.

• Li Changsheng praised Ye Lin’s swift reactions after Ye Lin escaped his first illusion and forced him back with thunder.
• Li Changsheng used Ghostslayer to create another illusion, but Ye Lin shattered it with the laws of time and struck one of the three Li Changsheng with thunder.
• Li Changsheng realized Ye Lin was extremely troublesome and revealed that he had been waiting to see Ye Lin’s Invincible Technique.
• Ye Lin mistook Li Changsheng’s three figures for One Breath Becomes Three Purities before recognizing them as an ordinary transformation technique.
• After Ye Lin challenged him, Li Changsheng decided to stop holding back and force Ye Lin to use his Invincible Technique.

Ye Lin and Li Changsheng began fighting in earnest after both revealed that they had been concealing their strength, and their battle settled into a stalemate. The spectators reconsidered Ye Lin’s reputation and debated which prodigy would win.

• Ye Lin realized that Li Changsheng had been hiding his strength and decided to unleash his own.
• Li Changsheng used Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, Nine Heavens Thunder Break, and Ye Lin met his lightning Sword Qi with his own attacks.
• Li Changsheng effortlessly countered Ye Lin as they fought to a stalemate despite Ye Lin being a minor realm below him.
• Spectators admired Li Changsheng’s swordsmanship, while others argued that Ye Lin’s performance proved he was stronger.
• The watching prodigies revised their opinions of Ye Lin and wondered who would win.

The Buddhas watched Ye Lin battle Li Changsheng and expected Li Changsheng to win because he had a higher cultivation realm and a firmer foundation. Guangyun predicted that Ye Lin would prevail and warned the Buddhist Sect to prepare for the powerful factions who would support him.

• The Buddhas judged that Li Changsheng had the advantage over Ye Lin and discussed choosing a side.
• The Buddha at the top worried that Li Changsheng would punish the Buddhist Sect for withdrawing its past support.
• Guangyun argued that the battle’s outcome was uncertain and wagered that Ye Lin would win.
• Guangyun warned that Ye Lin could lead the Qilin Clan and allied Golden Immortal factions against the Buddhist Sect.
• Guangyun left, and the Buddhas fell silent.

The Buddhist Sect’s leaders debated Guangyun’s prediction that Ye Lin could win against Li Changsheng and decided to prepare a gift in case he did. Xu Changsheng watched the battle anxiously, knowing Ye Lin’s victory or defeat would determine the Shu Mountain Sword Sect’s fortunes.

• The Buddhas dismissed Guangyun’s prediction at first, but the Buddha in the highest seat urged them to prepare for either outcome.
• The Buddhas agreed to prepare a substantial gift for Ye Lin in case he achieved a great victory.
• Xu Changsheng wondered what Ye Lin was hiding as he watched him face the stronger Li Changsheng without panic.
• Xu Changsheng considered how Ye Lin’s defeat could leave the Shu Mountain Sword Sect vulnerable, while his victory could make it the Demon Domain’s foremost faction.

Ye Lin wore Li Changsheng down with his endless immortal power, then revealed his trump card and trapped him in the Hand of Heaven. Li Changsheng faced death as Ye Lin invoked the humiliation he had suffered five thousand years earlier.

• Ye Lin and Li Changsheng fought in a prolonged stalemate as their immortal power dwindled.
• Li Changsheng weakened while Ye Lin remained at ease, and Ye Lin mocked him for failing to win.
• Ye Lin used the Hand of Heaven to seal the space and trap Li Changsheng in a golden palm.
• Li Changsheng begged Ye Lin to release him as the palm crushed his body and stopped him from using immortal power.
• Ye Lin recalled the humiliation from five thousand years earlier and told Li Changsheng he would grant his wish for death.

Ye Lin killed Li Changsheng despite his warning that his father was a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. The Demon Domain trembled as that powerful elder’s pressure descended, leaving its Golden Immortals overwhelmed.

• Li Changsheng told Ye Lin that killing him would bring calamity upon the Demon Domain because his father was a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• The watching prodigies realized Li Changsheng’s father might belong to the Longevity Immortal Clan in the Star River Cosmos and feared Ye Lin’s decision.
• Ye Lin burned his destiny value, crushed Li Changsheng’s Primordial Spirit, and killed him.
• Ye Lin waited on the battlefield for the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal to seek revenge.
• A supreme pressure descended over the Demon Domain, and its Golden Immortals were overcome by sorrow and fear.

A Primordial Unity Golden Immortal descended into the Demon Domain after Ye Lin killed his son, alarming the domain’s Golden Immortals. Ye Lin greeted the newcomer respectfully, while Forbidden Void suggested the man’s true purpose went beyond revenge.

• Xu Changsheng realized the dispute between the juniors had escalated and prepared to greet the descending Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Forbidden Void told Mo Cang that the newcomer had known about the fight all along and doubted he had come simply to avenge his son.
• The Demon Domain’s Golden Immortals gathered outside the domain and felt overwhelmed by the middle-aged man’s presence.
• The middle-aged man vanished from the assembled Golden Immortals and appeared before Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin bowed and asked the middle-aged man how he should address him.