Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin's army reached its destination after seven Golden Immortal factions reinforced it, and Ye Lin considered the hidden motives behind their support. He chose the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan as the first target and laid out a plan to push toward its Ancestral Land.

• Dugu Feng reported that the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, the Dugu Clan, the Milky Way Sword Sect, the Formless Sect, the Great Peace Holy Sect, the Heaven and Earth Sacred Sect, and the Heavenly Sparrow Clan had each sent reinforcements.
• Ye Lin suspected Elder Xu had arranged help from several factions and accepted the troops rather than insult their supporters.
• Ye Lin examined a star map and identified the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan as the nearest target in the Northern Demon Domain.
• Ye Lin proposed attacking the clan's central galaxy clusters and using them as stepping stones to advance into its Ancestral Land, taking advantage of its aging Golden Immortal ancestor.

Ye Lin ordered the allied forces to set out and destroy the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan's Ancestral Land, while the Heavenly Demons followed aboard the fleet's smaller ships. On the largest warship, Li Xiaoyao revealed that two people from powerful factions in the Star River Cosmos had approached him with promises of a fast path to the Golden Immortal realm.

• Ye Lin decided the forces should target the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan's Ancestral Land and ordered them to depart without delay.
• The allied factions provided warships for the Heavenly Demons, who were moved by what they saw as the outsiders' kindness.
• The army's ships set out with crowded smaller vessels carrying Heavenly Demons behind them.
• Ye Lin questioned Li Xiaoyao about his strange behavior, drawing the attention of those nearby.
• Li Xiaoyao said two people from major powers in the Star River Cosmos had offered him a promising future and rapid advancement to the Golden Immortal realm.

Li Xiaoyao told Ye Lin he had refused an invitation from visitors, and Dugu Feng explained that prodigies from the Star River Cosmos recruited people from smaller starfields to use as cannon fodder. Ye Lin accepted that the wider world would be harsh, while wondering how the visitors identified people from small starfields.

• Ye Lin asked Li Xiaoyao whether he had agreed to the visitors’ proposal, and Li Xiaoyao said he had distrusted them and refused.
• Ye Lin and Dugu Feng concluded that the visitors likely came from the Star River Cosmos.
• Dugu Feng explained that great-power prodigies recruited talent from small starfields, then used them to scout dangerous places and serve as sacrifices.
• Dugu Feng warned that small-starfield arrivals were treated as cannon fodder in the Star River Cosmos, even if they refused to join the recruiters.
• Ye Lin said the harsh environment would make things more challenging, but wondered how the visitors could tell who came from a small starfield.

Ye Lin’s fleet traveled unopposed into the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s heartland. During the journey, Shangguan Wanyu broke through to True Immortal, leaving Wang Tian and Bao Xiaotou’s group stronger.

• Ye Lin’s warship entered the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s territory and sailed toward its Ancestral Land without being challenged.
• The fleet traveled for a month, reaching the clan’s heartland while Wang Tian wondered why no one had tried to stop them.
• Shangguan Wanyu emerged with a powerful aura and announced that she had broken through to True Immortal.
• Wang Tian congratulated Shangguan Wanyu, and he and Bao Xiaotou were pleased that their small group had grown stronger.

Shangguan Wanyu enjoyed praise from the powerful cultivators aboard Ye Lin’s fleet as they entered the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s territory. Ye Lin ordered an attack, and the Heavenly Demons surged toward the enemy fleet.

• Shangguan Wanyu received congratulations and advice from the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals, while Wang Tian was surprised to see them flattering a True Immortal.
• The fleet stopped before a vast formation of warships bearing the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s emblem.
• The clan’s forces warned the fleet to withdraw from their territory.
• Ye Lin appeared at the front of the warship and ordered his army to kill.
• The Heavenly Demons heard the order, charged past the warships, and formed a dense black-purple torrent at the front.

The Heavenly Demons launched a fierce assault on the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan, whose elite defenders were overwhelmed as the fighting continued. The clan’s vanguard broke and fled, while the enemy’s warships and their occupants had yet to join the battle.

• The Heavenly Demons charged the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan before its defenders had finished preparing.
• The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan commander ordered his elites to hold the line, and the two sides clashed.
• Ye Lin ordered the warships to advance as the Heavenly Demons pushed back the clan’s resistance.
• Shangguan Wanyu watched from a warship and realized that her True Immortal strength was insignificant on the battlefield.
• The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan elites saw Heavenly Demons break through to Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal during the battle and began to panic.
• The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s vanguard collapsed and fled, even though the enemy warship crews had not yet entered the fight.

Ye Lin’s army drove the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan forces back as Xuan Tian ordered a counterattack and went to seek the clan’s Ancestor. As subordinate factions began asking to join Ye Lin, he accepted them and told them to march with his army.

• The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan army retreated, and the Heavenly Demons pursued and slaughtered its forces.
• Xuan Tian raged at Ye Lin’s advance and learned that the Asura Clan and other Golden Immortal factions were watching for signs of weakness.
• Xuan Tian ordered his forces to encircle Ye Lin and went to find the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s Ancestor.
• Baili Jing and Lu Chen requested an audience with Ye Lin on behalf of their subordinate sacred lands.
• Ye Lin told the gathered factions to bring their experts and march into battle alongside his army.

Ye Lin led his army toward the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s Ancestral Land as subordinate factions defected to join him, believing the clan’s Golden Immortal ancestor was near death. Ye Lin explained that their support was a gamble, while Dugu Feng asked whether the ancestor was still alive.

• Ye Lin’s army advanced toward the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s Ancestral Land, and visiting faction leaders brought their elders to join him.
• Subordinate factions chose to defect after years of unrest and rumors that the clan’s ancestor was nearing the end of his life.
• Dugu Feng said the growing number of allies made the campaign seem easier than he had expected.
• Ye Lin explained that the factions were gambling on his victory and would lose their inheritances if he failed.
• Dugu Feng asked Ye Lin whether the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s ancestor was still alive.

Ye Lin explained why he believed a Golden Immortal of the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan had spent a hundred thousand years plotting: he planned to leave the Demon Domain for a long time and wanted to secure his clan’s power before going. Dugu Feng and the others listened as Ye Lin ruled out other motives.

• Ye Lin said the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan figure had used a hundred thousand years to tighten control and prepare to crush potential challengers.
• Dugu Feng asked why the figure wanted to leave the Demon Domain and what could justify such a long scheme.
• Ye Lin argued that the figure would not start a war among Golden Immortals or invade beyond the domain, leaving departure from the Demon Domain as the likely reason.
• Ye Lin concluded that the figure wanted to strengthen the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan enough to endure his long absence without rivals challenging it.

Ye Lin explained how his appearance had ruined the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan ancestor’s long-term plan and why the ancestor might already know about them. The group anticipated confronting him as they continued slaughtering his descendants in the Ancestral Land.

• Ye Lin said his appearance had shattered the ancestor’s hundred-thousand-year scheme and that the outcome was already decided.
• The Shu Mountain Sword Sect sword cultivator praised Ye Lin’s analysis, and Dugu Feng eagerly imagined the ancestor’s reaction to finding them in the Ancestral Land.
• Ye Lin warned Dugu Feng that the ancestor might already know about them because he could have planted informants among his descendants.
• Yun Xiyue laughed at Dugu Feng, and Ye Lin wondered how his once imposing companion had become so different.

Xuan Tian told the old ancestor that Ye Lin was approaching with an alliance of six Golden Immortal factions, but the old man ordered the defenses withdrawn so he could draw out greater threats. He revealed that Xuan Tian had murdered his brothers and colluded with outsiders, leaving Xuan Tian to prove his worth or face the old ancestor’s judgment.

• Xuan Tian reported that Ye Lin and six Golden Immortal factions were heading for the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s Ancestral Land.
• The old ancestor ordered Xuan Tian to withdraw the troops and gather the clan’s armies and powerful figures at the Ancestral Land.
• The old ancestor explained that he wanted to lure out bigger fish and discover what the other old powers intended.
• The old ancestor accused Xuan Tian of killing his brothers and colluding with outsiders, and demanded that he prove his worth or be punished.
• Xuan Tian fled, and the old ancestor lamented that he had once planned to make him his heir and send his brothers to the main clan.

Ye Lin realized the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan was drawing him toward its Ancestral Land and hurried his advancing army toward the trap. As his forces drew near, a middle-aged man warned his son that the conflict was a game between Golden Immortals in which lesser forces would be the ones to die.

• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng that the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan's ancestor was luring them into a trap at the Ancestral Land.
• Ye Lin ordered the army to double its speed, and the warships began consuming over a hundred million Supreme Immortal Stones per second.
• Forces within the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan's territory joined Ye Lin, while others stayed behind.
• A youth asked his father whether they should go to the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan's Ancestral Land, now five hundred galaxy clusters away.
• The middle-aged man said Golden Immortals were using armies and lesser forces as chess pieces in their conflict.

A young man gained his father’s support to follow Ye Lin, believing Ye Lin could overturn the powers controlling them. Over the next month, Ye Lin gathered more than half of the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s affiliated forces, and his group reached the clan’s Ancestral Land with almost no resistance.

• A young man told his father he wanted to become a pawn capable of threatening the powerful and said he believed Ye Lin could succeed.
• The middle-aged man supported his son’s choice and promised to take him away from the star domain if he lost.
• Over the next month, countless affiliated forces pledged themselves to Ye Lin, giving him more than half of the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s affiliated forces.
• Dugu Feng saw the clan’s prosperous Ancestral Land and wondered why their journey had been so smooth, since every force they encountered had pledged allegiance and none had resisted.

Ye Lin urged the coalition to attack the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan despite Dugu Feng’s concerns about a trap. After a warning claimed the clan’s ancestor was still alive, the allied leaders argued over whether to believe it and decided they could not safely turn back.

• Dugu Feng noted that the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s waiting forces looked confident, suggesting they had a powerful backup.
• Ye Lin ordered the coalition to charge, dismissing the threat of a formation or another army.
• A voice warned the coalition that the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s ancestor was alive and offered them a chance to retreat.
• The coalition leaders panicked at the warning, but some argued that it was a bluff meant to shake their resolve.
• Other leaders urged the factions to continue, pointing out that they had already challenged the clan and that six Golden Immortal factions backed the coalition.

The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s messenger threatened Ye Lin’s coalition on behalf of the clan’s ancestor, but Ye Lin dismissed the threat and ordered Li Xiaoyao to kill him. Li Xiaoyao returned with the messenger’s head, revealing the strength of his first battle at the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal Extremity.

• The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s messenger threatened the Golden Immortal lords and gave them three breaths to withdraw.
• Ye Lin ordered Li Xiaoyao to kill the messenger.
• Li Xiaoyao killed the messenger in an instant and carried his head back to Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin told Li Xiaoyao to throw away the head and noted his newfound combat strength.

Li Xiaoyao’s overwhelming strength was revealed as Ye Lin led the allied forces and Heavenly Demons into a decisive assault on the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s ancestral land. The two sides clashed, and the clan mounted fiercer resistance than before.

• Li Xiaoyao’s profile showed that his strength had let him kill a peak Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal before the expert could react.
• Ye Lin ordered the entire army to attack and took the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor into battle.
• Poison Venerable, Dugu Feng, Yun Xiyue, and experts from other Golden Immortal factions followed Ye Lin into the fight.
• Ye Lin called for the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s ancestral land to be razed as the warships and Heavenly Demons charged.
• The Heavenly Demons rushed into battle seeking kills and breakthroughs, and the two sides clashed against the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s stronger resistance.

Ye Lin’s forces broke into the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s Ancestral Land, where the clan’s full strength halted the Heavenly Demons and forced the allied armies into battle. Ye Lin confronted a spear-wielding genius who had been confined to suppress the clan’s providence, recognizing that killing him could yield a great share of it.

• The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s experts stopped the Heavenly Demons’ advance inside their Ancestral Land.
• The allied Golden Immortal factions and Ye Lin’s other allies joined the fighting.
• Ye Lin charged into the enemy ranks with Li Xiaoyao, Poison Venerable, and other experts behind him.
• A spear-wielding young man confronted Ye Lin and revealed that he had been kept within the clan to suppress its providence.
• Ye Lin realized that the young man’s providence could be seized through his Invincible Art and prepared to fight him.

Ye Lin attacked Mysterious Underworld, who countered with his spear as they exchanged powerful sword and spear techniques. Mysterious Underworld then revealed that he could wield the power of fortune, and Ye Lin acknowledged the surprise.

• Ye Lin opened the fight with Sword Nine, Heaven-Sundering, but Mysterious Underworld shattered the Sword Qi and thrust his spear at him.
• Ye Lin used his sword to wear down the spear’s attack, then unleashed Thunder Strike to trap Mysterious Underworld with thunder and law power.
• Mysterious Underworld met Ye Lin’s attack with his spear and used Sage Descends to the Mortal Realm, manifesting a golden dharma image.
• Ye Lin recognized fortune in Mysterious Underworld’s power, and Mysterious Underworld explained that he could wield fortune too.

Ye Lin and Xuan Ming began a true battle to the death after Ye Lin revealed his mastery of fate and summoned the Great Sun. Xuan Ming shattered Ye Lin’s attacks with his spear, but Ye Lin’s full strength remained unclear as their clash continued.

• Ye Lin enveloped the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor in fate stronger than Xuan Ming’s, making Xuan Ming realize Ye Lin was the greater expert in fate.
• Ye Lin summoned the Great Sun and warned Xuan Ming that their fight would end with one of them dead.
• Xuan Ming charged Ye Lin with sharper spear techniques, and Ye Lin’s Great Sun grew and descended upon Xuan Ming’s dharma manifestation.
• Xuan Ming shattered the Great Sun with his spear, and Ye Lin answered with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, filling the Starry Sky with lightning.
• Xuan Ming unleashed Spear Saint, Clear Slaughter, as spear shadows scattered Ye Lin’s lightning across the Starry Sky.

As the Heavenly Demons tore through the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s forces, the clan’s ancestor waited for the other Golden Immortals to intervene. After half an hour without a response and mounting losses among his people, he decided to act himself.

• The Heavenly Demons split the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan army apart and fought through its defenders, who refused to retreat.
• The Profound Origin Scorpion Clan experts struggled to hold their ground as their casualties threatened the clan’s foundations.
• Xuan Tian asked the old man by the fishpond whether he should intervene after watching the battle on a light screen.
• The old man said the other Golden Immortals had failed to reveal their stance despite his warning and three-breath deadline.
• The old man left the fishpond, deciding to act after waiting half an hour without any Golden Immortal appearing.