Chapter Summaries

Bao Xiaotou destroyed the Heart-Devouring Demon and refused Wen Xin’s offer to join her. Wen Xin offered to escort Ye Lin’s group to the Mist Map Star Region, and they were left deciding whether to trust her.

• Bao Xiaotou erased the Heart-Devouring Demon and shattered the formation around them.
• Bao Xiaotou declined Wen Xin’s invitation to follow her, saying he had his own path.
• Ye Lin confirmed that his group was heading to the Mist Map Star Region after checking that no one was missing.
• Wen Xin warned that powerful cultivators waited outside the Mist Map Star Region to prey on young prodigies, and offered to escort Ye Lin’s group.
• Wen Xin entered the void with the five women and waited for Ye Lin’s group to follow.

Wen Xin led Ye Lin and his group through a void rift to the center of the Mist Map Star Region and explained the trials ahead. With the teleportation array opening in three months and only thirty thousand places available, the group was left to prepare for a deadly competition among millions of prodigies.

• Ye Lin and his companions followed Wen Xin through a void rift, which sealed behind them once Shangguan Wanyu entered.
• Wen Xin brought the group to the prosperous center of the Mist Map Star Region and explained that its teleportation array led to the third-layer region.
• Wen Xin described the Star River Cosmos’s layers and warned that reaching the Central Star Domain required surviving repeated contests and attaining at least Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Wen Xin explained that the array would activate in three months and carry only thirty thousand prodigies, while millions would compete for those places.
• Wen Xin invited Bao Xiaotou to seek her out if he failed to secure a place, then she and the five women departed after warning Ye Lin’s group to be careful.

Ye Lin and his companions prepared to enter the selection for the teleportation array, where only thirty thousand slots were available and the competition was fierce. They set out to test themselves against the star domains’ geniuses, eager to regain confidence after their encounter with the Heart-Devouring Demon.

• Bao Xiaotou wondered whether Wen Xin was attracted to him, while Dugu Feng corrected him that she wanted his formation skills.
• Ye Lin explained the intense competition for the limited teleportation slots and urged everyone to get to work.
• Dugu Feng, Li Xiaoyao, and Poison Venerable each vowed to face the competitors and prove themselves after their humiliating encounter with the Heart-Devouring Demon.
• Ye Lin accepted that he might lose now, believing he could build up his strength and kill his rivals later.
• An unidentified voice interrupted them, calling them trash and telling them to get lost.

Li Xiaoyao fought two spear-wielding attendants after they ordered Ye Lin's group off the road, killing one and frightening the other. Xue Feng, the young master of the Snow Mountain Sword Sect, then tried to make peace, but Li Xiaoyao walked toward him with his hammers in hand.

• Xue Feng's attendants demanded that Ye Lin's group move aside, and Li Xiaoyao challenged them both.
• The two attendants attacked Li Xiaoyao, who knocked one aside and killed the other with his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers.
• The surviving attendant stood frozen in fear after witnessing Li Xiaoyao's brutal attack.
• Xue Feng introduced himself as the young master of the Snow Mountain Sword Sect and suggested they call the incident even.
• Li Xiaoyao ignored Xue Feng's conciliatory words and walked toward him carrying his hammers.

Ye Lin ordered Li Xiaoyao to attack Xue Feng despite Xue Feng’s threats about the Snow Mountain Sword Sect and his father, Xue Zhongjian. Xue Feng blocked an attack with Sword Qi, then fled using a Jade Talisman and vowed revenge.

• Xue Feng invoked his status as the Snow Mountain Sword Sect’s young master and offered Li Xiaoyao friendship, but Li Xiaoyao asked Ye Lin what to do.
• Ye Lin ordered Li Xiaoyao to kill Xue Feng, dismissing the sect’s backing.
• Xue Feng threatened that the group would not leave the Mist Map Star Region alive if they attacked him.
• Li Xiaoyao swung his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers at Xue Feng’s carriage, and Xue Feng countered with his Flowing Cloud Break Sword Qi.
• Xue Feng crushed a Jade Talisman and vanished into the Starry Sky, threatening the group with the Snow Mountain Sword Sect’s wrath.

Li Xiaoyao killed the young man who had begged for his life, and Ye Lin led his group toward the Central Land. Their journey stopped when a mass of native powerhouses blocked the way, apparently preparing to announce something important.

• Li Xiaoyao ignored the young man’s pleas and smashed him to death with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers.
• Ye Lin told his group to leave and reflected that Golden Immortals would avoid attacking him because the cost would be too high.
• Ye Lin and his companions traveled through the star system toward the Central Land among groups of prodigies and their followers.
• Other travelers stared at Ye Lin’s unusual group, especially Shangguan Wanyu, Luo Yao, and the young or low-ranked companions.
• Ye Lin’s group reached a crowd of native Mist Map Star Region powerhouses, and Ye Lin told Dugu Feng to wait for their announcement while watching a distant figure who shone like the sun.

Ye Lin waited with Dugu Feng, Poison Venerable, and Shangguan Wanyu among millions of prodigies gathered in the Mist Map Star Region for a chance to reach the Third Region. A Golden Immortal dismissed the escorts and began explaining the selection, revealing that only thirty thousand people could pass through the teleportation array.

• Dugu Feng wondered whether the gathered prodigies would have to fight for the thirty thousand available spots, while Ye Lin privately found his behavior increasingly foolish.
• Shangguan Wanyu trained among the crowd, and Ye Lin reflected on her Fate Traits, which could help locate treasures and evade danger in secret realms.
• Ye Lin considered how Shangguan Wanyu’s abilities could complement his panel’s guidance toward opportunities.
• A Golden Immortal welcomed the gathered prodigies and ordered their Golden Immortal escorts to leave.
• The Golden Immortal announced that the teleportation array opened once every ten thousand years and could carry only thirty thousand people to the Third Region.

Ye Lin and the other contestants entered a deadly competition in which they had to kill savage beasts and each other to earn points and qualify for the teleportation array. Ye Lin found himself with Li Xiaoyao and the others in a ruined temple, surrounded by damaged Buddhist statues.

• An old man announced that only the top thirty thousand contestants who earned points by killing creatures could use the teleportation array, and that killing other contestants would steal their points.
• The contestants stayed despite the rules, and the old man gave each person a wooden token before beginning the slaughter.
• Ye Lin received a token marked with the number one and was transported to the competition grounds.
• Ye Lin opened his eyes in a ruined wooden temple and saw Li Xiaoyao and the others standing behind him.
• Ye Lin surveyed three damaged golden Buddhist statues, one of which had lost its eyeballs.

Ye Lin and the other prodigies left a ruined temple to hunt savage beasts in a sealed, dangerous forest, where their powers and perception were suppressed. After Bao Xiaotou vanished without anyone noticing, the group realized someone was manipulating them.

• Dugu Feng identified their location as a ruined temple, and Ye Lin led the group outside to inspect the area.
• A golden ranking board appeared, while Poison Venerable discovered that dense Golden Immortal power prevented flight and suppressed their strength.
• Ye Lin led the group into the forest to search for savage beasts and other monsters.
• After the prodigies entered the woods, the ruined temple's shattered Buddha statue began glowing red, unnoticed by the group.
• Dugu Feng sensed that someone was missing, and Ye Lin and the others realized Bao Xiaotou had disappeared.

Ye Lin set the mountaintop ablaze and exposed a monster that had been impersonating Wang Tianyi. Li Xiaoyao killed it, leaving the group safe from the hidden threat.

• Ye Lin unleashed lightning fire that engulfed the forest and mountaintop.
• Ye Lin ordered Li Xiaoyao to attack Wang Tianyi, despite Wang Tianyi's protests.
• Li Xiaoyao struck Wang Tianyi into a boulder, revealing that he was a monster in disguise.
• The monster vanished from Li Xiaoyao's sight, but Li Xiaoyao used lightning to force it back into view.
• Li Xiaoyao struck the monster with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and killed it.

Ye Lin and Dugu Feng’s group searched a monster lair after realizing Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian had been replaced, while Bao Xiaotou was taken to a separate formation contest. The chapter left Bao Xiaotou with three months to build an Illusion Formation and earn one of the limited advancement slots.

• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng he could not say where the real Wang Tian and Bao Xiaotou had gone, and the group agreed to use a code phrase against infiltrating monsters.
• The group split up to search the lair, while Shangguan Wanyu carried Luo Yao behind Ye Lin.
• Bao Xiaotou found himself in a strange place and met an old man who said his formation talent qualified him for a separate contest.
• The old man gave Bao Xiaotou three months to build an Illusion Formation, with only one thousand slots available to hundreds of thousands of formation prodigies.

Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian prepared to claim first place in their respective trials, while Ye Lin and his companions fought through a monster-filled lair. After clearing the surrounding area, Ye Lin saw he was still ranked beyond ten thousand, unaware that the trial only had twenty thousand qualifying slots.

• Bao Xiaotou received formation materials and resolved to claim true first place rather than merely enter the top thousand.
• Wang Tian received medicinal treasures and a Supreme-tier pill furnace, then decided to refine Nine-Pattern Clear Mind Pills.
• Ye Lin, Shangguan Wanyu, Luo Yao, and Li Xiaoyao fought the swift monsters in their lair while their strength was suppressed.
• After fighting for a day and night, Ye Lin and his companions killed every monster within ten thousand li.
• Ye Lin checked the ranking board and saw he was ranked somewhere past ten thousand, then stayed alert.
• The trial secretly limited advancement to the top twenty thousand, eliminating contestants who aimed only to make the top thirty thousand.

Ye Lin and his companions left the ruined temple and discussed the risks of the ranking trial, aiming for a high placement rather than merely entering the top thirty thousand. They suspected Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian had separate competitions, which could reduce the number of available slots, and continued searching for opponents.

• Ye Lin planned to have Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao claim points by delivering the final blows against weakened prodigies, while keeping Luo Yao from unleashing her overwhelming Great River.
• Ye Lin and his companions left the area, and the Buddha statue in the ruined temple exploded after they departed.
• Ye Lin complained about the enormous trial world as the group searched for savage beasts and monsters without encountering anyone.
• Dugu Feng suggested Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian had separate competitions because their talents lay in formations and alchemy rather than combat.
• Poison Venerable warned that the ranking list might have fewer than thirty thousand places, and Ye Lin urged the group to aim for the top ten thousand or higher.
• Li Xiaoyao remained confused by the discussion of rankings, while Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao nodded as though they understood.

Xue Feng spotted Ye Lin and his companions in the forest and ordered his followers to attack them so he could avenge his earlier humiliation. His companions dismissed his warning about Li Xiaoyao as the fifteen followers leaped from the cliff toward the group below.

• Young men from the Mist Map Star Region mocked Xue Feng for being frightened off by a prodigy from a minor star region.
• Xue Feng recognized Ye Lin and his group moving through the forest below the cliff.
• Xue Feng ordered the fifteen followers to cripple the group and bring them up to him.
• Xue Feng urged the others to join the fight, but his three companions mocked his caution and promised to handle the group themselves.
• The fifteen followers jumped from the cliff and shot toward Ye Lin and his companions.

Ye Lin and his companions were ambushed by fifteen trained fighters, and Ye Lin faced four of them. His attacks with the Time Measuring Ruler were countered by chains that absorbed even law energy, leaving him retreating from an iron net.

• Ye Lin noticed an approaching threat and told Shangguan Wanyu to hide with Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin, Li Xiaoyao, Poison Venerable, and Dugu Feng split up to fight the fifteen attackers.
• Ye Lin slowed and froze four opponents with the Time Measuring Ruler, then struck them with thunderous Sword Qi.
• The four fighters used purple chains to absorb the ruler's lightning and interwove their chains into an iron net.
• Ye Lin drew the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and retreated as the attackers drove the iron net toward him.

Ye Lin and his companions struggled against the Godbinding Sect followers’ God-Suppressing Lock, which drained their strength and blunted their attacks. Xue Feng regained his confidence and joined the fight, declaring that Ye Lin’s group would die in the Mist Map Star Region.

• Ye Lin used Thunderfall and a sword strike to break free of the iron net’s immediate pressure and create distance from the four attackers.
• Li Xiaoyao, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable also found their strength and coordination hampered by the iron net.
• Three Godbinding Sect followers encouraged Xue Feng, claiming their God-Suppressing Lock had subdued Ye Lin’s group.
• Xue Feng regained his confidence and followed his three companions to watch the battle from a tall tree.
• Xue Feng recognized Ye Lin and declared that he and his companions would be buried in the Mist Map Star Region.

Ye Lin broke free of the chains that had trapped him and turned them against Xue Feng and his companions. As Li Xiaoyao grabbed an incoming chain to challenge its strength, the fight continued.

• Xue Feng mocked Ye Lin as his followers tightened an iron net around him.
• Ye Lin used his physical strength to break free, fling the four followers away, and strike Xue Feng with the chains.
• Ye Lin discovered that the ownerless chains absorbed immortal power, Sword Qi, and even the power of laws, and he used them to knock down the four men again.
• Li Xiaoyao released the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and grabbed an incoming chain with both hands.

Ye Lin turned the God-Suppressing Locks against the Godbinding Sect’s fighters and learned that Xue Feng was the son of Xue Zhongjian. He ignored Xue Feng’s threat and killed him, leaving the conflict with the Snow Mountain Sword Sect unresolved.

• Ye Lin and the other three used the God-Suppressing Locks as weapons, exploiting their own body cultivation.
• Xue Feng crawled from the crater and threatened Ye Lin with his father, Xue Zhongjian.
• Ye Lin dismissed Xue Feng as a spoiled heir and decided to kill him.
• Ye Lin struck Xue Feng with the chain until his body was split apart and his Primordial Spirit shattered.

After Ye Lin killed Xue Feng, Xue Zhongjian refused to avenge his son and warned his eldest son against letting family matters provoke wider resentment. He silenced the experts mocking him, asserting his authority across the Starry Sky.

• Experts taunted Xue Zhongjian as a screen showed Ye Lin killing Xue Feng.
• Xue Zhongjian said Xue Feng had brought his death upon himself by seeking trouble.
• Xue Zhongjian refused his eldest son’s offer to avenge Xue Feng and warned him against provoking the small star regions and their Golden Immortals.
• Xue Zhongjian’s eldest son accepted his father’s decision and stood silently behind him.
• Xue Zhongjian challenged the experts criticizing him from the shadows to come debate the Dao, and the Starry Sky fell silent.

After Ye Lin killed Xue Feng, he sent Li Xiaoyao and the others after the three fleeing young men. He searched Xue Feng’s Spatial Ring and found little of value before discovering a collection of books that darkened his expression.

• Ye Lin ordered Li Xiaoyao and the others to stop the three young men from escaping, while he stayed behind.
• Ye Lin reflected that Xue Feng had brought about his own death by returning to provoke him.
• Ye Lin broke the restrictions on Xue Feng’s Spatial Ring and took its supreme-grade Sovereign-level sword, immortal stones, and other valuables.
• Ye Lin found a large number of books in the Spatial Ring and opened one to see a drawing of a scantily clad woman, making his expression darken.