Chapter Summaries

After completing his mission, Ye Lin questioned the bronze-armored soldiers about their investigation of the anomaly. He gave them three days to search properly, warning that he would hold them accountable if an anomaly appeared.

• Ye Lin summoned the bronze-armored soldiers and asked whether they had found any trace of the anomaly.
• One soldier reported that they had found nothing, while the group concealed that they had focused on skimming profit instead of investigating.
• Ye Lin warned the hundred soldiers that he could dispose of them if an anomaly erupted and the Heavenly Court held him responsible.
• The soldiers offered to search again after realizing the danger they faced.
• Ye Lin gave them three days for a final search.

Ye Lin used the search for an anomaly to secure permission to remain in the area for fifty years, intending to wait for the Human Emperor’s counterattack against Heavenly Court. He sent his soldiers to investigate the Southern Wasteland and left them with orders to kill anyone who obstructed them.

• Ye Lin’s bronze-armored soldiers dispersed to search for signs of an anomaly while he pretended to meditate for hidden observers.
• Three days later, most of the soldiers reported finding nothing, but one young soldier said many places in the Southern Wasteland seemed unusual.
• Ye Lin contacted Heavenly Court through his mission Identity Token and obtained permission to investigate for fifty years.
• Ye Lin ordered the soldiers to search the Southern Wasteland inch by inch and kill anyone who obstructed them.

Ye Lin spent fifty years in the Southern Wasteland while his bronze-armored soldiers searched for strange entities, gradually narrowing their investigation to the Heavenly Origin Sect. With only three days left, a soldier began another report to Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin sent a hundred bronze-armored soldiers to search the Southern Wasteland and chose to explore the created scenario himself.
• After ten years, a soldier reported that the search had found no traces, though the soldiers had ruled out more than half the Southern Wasteland.
• Over the next decades, Ye Lin's soldiers narrowed the search first to five factions, then three, and finally to the Heavenly Origin Sect.
• With three days remaining, Ye Lin sat up as a bronze-armored soldier began another report.

Ye Lin arrived at the Heavenly Origin Sect to hunt an aberration but learned the Heavenly Court had ordered him to return within three days. He left the soldiers to follow the court’s policy of killing anyone who might be an aberration, and they slaughtered the sect’s people.

• Ye Lin followed a messenger to the Heavenly Origin Sect, where bronze-armored soldiers had sealed off the area and were searching for an aberration.
• A soldier reported that the suspected aberration was believed to be inside the sect, whose master and more than three million residents had been confined.
• Ye Lin asked the Heavenly Court for another fifty years but received a stern order to return within three days.
• Ye Lin told the soldiers there was no time to investigate everyone and invoked the policy of killing rather than letting an aberration escape.
• The bronze-armored soldiers charged into the palace complex and killed the sect’s people while Ye Lin watched impassively.

Ye Lin completed the Heavenly Origin Sect mission and returned to the Heavenly Court, but learned that the reward belonged to Lin Yun, who had originally accepted it. Lin Yun apologized and offered to host a feast, while Ye Lin watched him with a half-smile.

• Ye Lin used his teleportation Identity Token to return to the Heavenly Court after the bronze-armored soldiers finished the mission.
• Ye Lin handed the mission token, teleportation token, and purple gourd containing Xu Feng to the little fatty, who confirmed the mission was complete.
• The little fatty told Ye Lin that the reward belonged to Lin Yun because Lin Yun had accepted the mission.
• Ye Lin left disappointed and decided not to let Lin Yun's scheme go unanswered.
• Lin Yun approached Ye Lin, apologized repeatedly, and offered to host a feast before standing with his arms spread and eyes closed.

Ye Lin slapped Lin Yun after Lin Yun had him complete a mission and then offered no reward. When Lin Yun tried to attack, a Heavenly Court general intervened, heard Ye Lin’s account, and sent Lin Yun to the heavenly prison for a hundred years.

• Ye Lin repeatedly slapped Lin Yun after reminding him that Lin Yun had asked to be hit.
• Lin Yun drew a spear and attacked Ye Lin, but a terrifying pressure pinned him to the ground.
• A golden-armored general arrived and demanded to know what had happened.
• Ye Lin told the general that Lin Yun had made him complete a mission and kept the reward, then threatened to kill him after being slapped.
• The general condemned Lin Yun for abusing Ye Lin and ordered him to serve a hundred years in the heavenly prison.

Ye Lin returned to his residence after a gold-armored warrior intervened on his behalf and drove Lin Yun away. He reflected on the Heavenly Court’s immense power and the remaining nine hundred and fifty years of his trial.

• Lin Yun left after Ye Lin’s protector cursed him, and Ye Lin thanked the middle-aged man for his help.
• The middle-aged man told Ye Lin to work hard and departed.
• Ye Lin returned to his independent manor in the residential district for silver-armored warriors.
• Ye Lin reviewed the Heavenly Court’s hierarchy and powerful cultivators, then wondered how the Human Emperor had overthrown it.
• Ye Lin noted that he needed to survive another nine hundred and fifty years to complete the trial.

Ye Lin cultivated in the Black Tortoise Secret Realm, where a thousand years passed for every day outside, while rumors spread that the Human Race had produced a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. The news was confirmed, forcing the Heavenly Court to reconsider its suppression of the Human Race and accept its claim to an Ancestral Land.

• Ye Lin learned that a thousand years in the trial grounds equaled one day in the outside world and began cultivating.
• The Heavenly Court investigated rising turmoil across the Star River Cosmos while Ye Lin cultivated undisturbed for fifty years.
• Rumors spread through the Heavenly Court that the Human Race had produced a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, but most experts dismissed them.
• After another fifty years, the Human Race's Primordial Unity Golden Immortal was confirmed, and the Heavenly Court grew wary.
• The Human Race's Primordial Unity Golden Immortal claimed territory from the Heavenly Court as the Human Race's Ancestral Land, and the Heavenly Court's great powers tacitly accepted it.

Ye Lin was pulled from cultivation as the Heavenly Court prepared for war against the Human Emperor and the Human Race. After receiving orders to lead an army into world 12308, he arrived to find his troops assembled, leaving him on the verge of entering the campaign.

• A gold-armored soldier ordered the forces to assemble, and Ye Lin suspected the conflict with the Human Emperor was escalating into war.
• The gold-armored soldier announced that the Heavenly Court was declaring war on the Human Race and ordered the extermination of its people and their allies.
• Ye Lin received a transmission token designating world 12308 as his mission.
• Ye Lin arrived at his assembly point, where ten thousand bronze-armored soldiers and one hundred million iron-armored soldiers awaited him.

Ye Lin led Heavenly Court soldiers through a teleportation passage to a new world, planning to delay choosing a side in the war. He left Lin Yun behind and ordered his troops to gather information and establish a camp.

• Ye Lin decided to lead the soldiers while waiting for the war to weaken the Heavenly Court before joining the Human Race.
• Lin Yun threatened to supervise Ye Lin, and Ye Lin noticed that Lin Yun's teleportation token was numbered 12309.
• Ye Lin entered the teleportation passage and arrived in an unfamiliar world surrounded by soldiers.
• Ye Lin sent several bronze-armored soldiers and hundreds of iron-armored soldiers to gather information while the remaining troops set up camp.
• When a young bronze-armored soldier asked whether they would attack immediately, Ye Lin said they were Heavenly Court soldiers, not bandits.

Ye Lin persuaded his soldiers to avoid rushing into battle against the Human Race and instead wait for more information. The troops accepted his leadership and remained in place under his watch.

• Ye Lin warned that the Human Race must have preparations for counterattacking the Heavenly Court and urged the soldiers to value their lives over glory.
• The young soldier who had questioned Ye Lin apologized and pledged to follow his lead, and the others did the same.
• Ye Lin told the soldiers that their small force could delay while larger armies were deployed and that superiors would overlook their inaction.
• Ye Lin ordered the soldiers to rest nearby and told them not to leave his sight.

Ye Lin kept the Heavenly Court soldiers camped and out of danger while they awaited news, intending to survive the thousand-year trial rather than fight the Human Race. After scouts reported the Human Race’s formidable strength and territorial gains, Ye Lin requested reinforcements, leaving the soldiers’ next move dependent on aid from above.

• Ye Lin warned the Heavenly Court soldiers not to underestimate the living beings of the world, then rested while planning to stall for time.
• Ye Lin led the soldiers to set up camp and wait for news from the front lines, and they remained patient for three months.
• The bronze-armored scouts returned with several hundred iron-armored soldiers and reported that the Human Race had at least five Golden Immortals and controlled a quarter of the world.
• Ye Lin questioned how the Human Race had gained so many experts and concluded that the soldiers could not handle the threat alone.
• Ye Lin ordered a soldier to request reinforcements from above.

Ye Lin ordered his soldiers to disguise themselves as ordinary cultivators and secretly obstruct the Human Race while keeping themselves safe. Elsewhere, Lin Yun’s forces suffered heavy losses against unexpectedly powerful Human experts and called for retreat.

• Ye Lin learned that the Heavenly Court would send no reinforcements and decided to use the situation to stall.
• Ye Lin ordered his soldiers to scatter, secretly hinder the Human Race’s unification, and prioritize staying alive.
• Ye Lin removed the soldiers’ armor so they could blend in as ordinary cultivators, then resumed wandering and slacking off.
• Lin Yun heard reports that more than half his men were dead or wounded and that they could no longer hold back the Human Race.
• Lin Yun’s soldiers urged him to retreat as they faced the Human Race’s unexpectedly powerful experts.

Lin Yun’s forces were defeated by the Human Race, leaving him with only a few surviving soldiers and nowhere safe to retreat. He headed for Ye Lin’s world to seek troops, while Ye Lin continued stalling the Human Race’s takeover.

• Lin Yun ordered his Heavenly Court celestial soldiers to retreat after they could no longer resist the Human Race.
• The surviving soldiers blamed Lin Yun for their losses, while he realized they could neither return to the Heavenly Court nor fight their way back alone.
• Lin Yun spotted the world where Ye Lin was stationed and led his troops there, intending to borrow soldiers and assess Ye Lin’s situation.
• Ye Lin lounged in his chair and delayed events while his people obstructed the Human Race from taking control of the world.

Ye Lin watched as Lin Yun arrived in the Black Tortoise Secret Realm with his battered troops, then relied on the Human Race experts there to attack them. Lin Yun found his escape blocked by a fourth-level Golden Immortal, leaving him trapped and bewildered.

• Ye Lin recognized Lin Yun among the arrivals and smiled, expecting someone else to deal with him.
• Lin Yun ordered his exhausted troops to explore the quiet world and regroup.
• Human Race experts emerged from all sides and charged at Lin Yun’s troops, who urged him to retreat.
• Lin Yun tried to leave but sensed a fourth-level Golden Immortal watching him from the clouds.

Ye Lin watched Lin Yun die after five Human Race experts overwhelmed him, then discussed why he could not return to the Human Race despite their counterattack. He stayed with the Heavenly Court, reasoning that his survival harmed its prestige while his defection would invite retaliation and damage the Human Race.

• Lin Yun faced a middle-aged man but lost his resolve when four more fighters surrounded him.
• The five attackers killed Lin Yun and destroyed the remnants of his forces while Ye Lin watched.
• The five Human Race experts greeted Ye Lin and invited him to return to the Human Race during its counterattack.
• Ye Lin refused to defect, explaining that his current position weakened the Heavenly Court without provoking its full retaliation against him or the Human Race.
• The five experts considered Ye Lin's reasoning and agreed that his return could prompt the Heavenly Court to target him and harm the Human Race's standing.

Ye Lin persuaded the Human Race leaders to let him remain neutral and stay where he was, while the Human Race’s rise to power sent shockwaves across the Star River Cosmos. He planned to wait until the Heavenly Court contacted him before leaving.

• Ye Lin explained that joining the Human Race before the conflict was settled would put his life at risk, and the old man accepted his reasoning.
• The old man asked about the people Ye Lin had brought, but Ye Lin denied bringing anyone, and the five visitors let the matter drop.
• The five leaders assured Ye Lin that the Heavenly Court would not dare harm him while he remained there, then departed.
• Ye Lin decided to stall until the Heavenly Court contacted him and reflected that the trial was not difficult.
• Races across the Star River Cosmos learned that the Human Race had produced a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, and those that had harmed the Human Race began erasing evidence.

The Human Race launched a massive counterattack against the Heavenly Court, alarming the races that had once persecuted them and drawing the attention of powerful observers. As the conflict threatened to inspire wider rebellion, another hundred years passed, leaving Ye Lin seven hundred years until his mission was complete.

• Countless races feared the Human Race's retaliation after seeing it send out many Golden Immortal experts against the Heavenly Court.
• Powerful figures watched as the Human Race risked all its foundations in a battle that could determine whether it survived.
• Observers explained that the Heavenly Court's dozen or more Primordial Unity Golden Immortals relied on keeping other powerful figures divided or uninvolved.
• An old man smiled at a confused young man in an unfamiliar stretch of starry sky.
• Another hundred years passed, leaving Ye Lin seven hundred years before his mission was complete.

After cultivating for a hundred years in the fabricated trial world, Ye Lin was accused by his golden-armored superior of betraying the Heavenly Court. He persuaded the general that he had neither defected nor deserted, and the general said reinforcements would come to rescue him.

• Ye Lin received a summons from his superior after a hundred years of cultivation without progress.
• The golden-armored general accused Ye Lin of concealing the deaths of his soldiers and Lin Yun, and suspected he had joined the Human Race.
• Ye Lin explained that powerful Human Race experts had killed his subordinates after the Heavenly Court refused to send reinforcements, and said he was now under house arrest.
• Ye Lin argued that he had not harmed the Heavenly Court's prestige, betrayed it, or deserted, and asked the general to investigate.
• The general ordered Ye Lin to remain under house arrest and promised to bring reinforcements and rescue him personally.

After another hundred years, an old powerhouse brought Ye Lin news that the Human Race had seized half of Heavenly Court’s territory and was preparing a second all-out assault. Pressed to choose a side, Ye Lin declared that he would rebel against Heavenly Court and join the Human Race.

• Ye Lin continued resting and was pleased that the golden-armored warrior had not come to rescue him, taking it as a sign that Heavenly Court was overwhelmed.
• A hundred years passed, leaving six hundred years until Ye Lin completed his trial mission.
• The old man told Ye Lin that the Human Emperor had led the Human Race to seize half of Heavenly Court’s territory and gather eight Primordial Unity Golden Immortal powerhouses.
• The old man said the Human Race was launching a second assault on Heavenly Court and demanded that Ye Lin choose a side.
• Ye Lin said he would rebel against Heavenly Court and join the Human Race in conquering it.