Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin killed Blood Demon Child with the Three-Legged Golden Crow and the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword. As the battle continued, Heaven Sword Sect disciples were being overwhelmed, and the gathering’s prodigies fled.

• Ye Lin combined the nine great suns into a Three-Legged Golden Crow phantom, terrifying the demons nearby.
• Blood Demon Child panicked and tried to flee, but Ye Lin sent the Golden Crow after him and blasted him with Purgatory Ice Flame.
• Ye Lin drove the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword into Blood Demon Child, and the sword drained his blood before his body burned to ashes.
• Ye Lin watched as the fight continued and Heaven Sword Sect disciples dwindled while the demons grew more numerous.
• The prodigies who had attended the gathering fled after realizing the demons vastly outnumbered the Heaven Sword Sect.

As demon-monsters overwhelmed the battlefield, Ye Lin doubted the mission could be completed and the young cultivators considered fleeing to save themselves. Mo Cang told Jian Changfeng how Yun Xuan’s arrogance had left the Heavenly Sword Sect and Crimson Wasteland exposed, and the chapter left Yun Xuan’s death as a consequence of his fatal flaw.

• Ye Lin watched the demon-monsters multiply and doubted he could survive the battle.
• The young cultivators weighed escaping rather than risking their lives for the Heavenly Sword Sect or Crimson Wasteland.
• Mo Cang told the bloodied Jian Changfeng that Yun Xuan had once defeated him by half a move.
• Mo Cang explained that Yun Xuan had known of the Demon King's plan but trusted his own strength to keep the Heavenly Sword Sect safe.
• Mo Cang laughed at Yun Xuan's death, while Jian Changfeng reflected that Yun Xuan's extreme arrogance had been his fatal weakness.

Mo Cang demanded that Jian Changfeng surrender the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Soul-Suppressing Stone, claiming the Demon-Monster Realm had collected eleven others and planned to break the seal between the realms. Jian Changfeng refused to believe him, and Mo Cang ordered him out of the way, saying he would take the stone from the Sect Master himself.

• Mo Cang offered to withdraw his troops if Jian Changfeng handed over the Soul-Suppressing Stone.
• Jian Changfeng realized Mo Cang’s target was the seal between the Demon-Monster Realm and the Earth God Realm, and questioned his claim that eleven stones had already been gathered.
• Mo Cang warned that the Demon-Monster Realm would attack again and that the Heavenly Sword Sect might have to suppress the passage itself.
• Jian Changfeng refused to surrender the stone and told Mo Cang to obtain it from the Sect Master.
• Mo Cang told Jian Changfeng to get out of his way, claiming he could take the Soul-Suppressing Stone from the Sect Master.

Mo Cang entered the Heavenly Sword Sect after Jian Changfeng let him pass, while Jian Changfeng turned back to fight the demons. As Ye Lin picked off weaker opponents and three sixth-level Golden Immortal demons surrounded Jian Changfeng, the battle continued with the sect suffering heavy losses.

• Jian Changfeng let Mo Cang enter the Heavenly Sword Sect, where a beam of light took Mo Cang away for a meeting with the Sect Master.
• Jian Changfeng raised his sword and went to slaughter demons as the Heavenly Sword Sect suffered severe losses.
• Ye Lin used the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword to kill weaker demons and discovered their blood could be used for Sword Nurturing.
• Three sixth-level Golden Immortal demons joined forces to attack Jian Changfeng, who managed to hold them off.

Mo Cang left the Heavenly Sword Sect with its Soul-Suppressing Pearl, confirming that the Sect Master had agreed to hand it over and allow the Demon-Monster Realm to invade. Jian Changfeng, enraged that the sect’s disciples had died despite the outcome being known, entered the sect to confront the Sect Master.

• Mo Cang respectfully took his leave from the old man, who lamented the Heavenly Dao’s plans and the slaughter spreading through the Star River Cosmos.
• Jian Changfeng saw Mo Cang emerge unharmed with the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Soul-Suppressing Pearl and realized the Sect Master knew the demon-monsters’ goal.
• Mo Cang taunted Jian Changfeng, promised to return after the seal was lifted, and left as the demon-monster army withdrew.
• Jian Changfeng questioned why the Sect Master had let him lead the disciples into a battle whose outcome was already known, then entered the Heavenly Sword Sect to confront him.

After the Demon-Monsters withdrew, Ye Lin and his companions left the battlefield, while the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples struggled with the losses and the meaning of their sacrifices. Jian Changfeng confronted the sect master, who began explaining why he had chosen him as Holy Son.

• Zhang Wusheng and Li Xiaoyao wondered why the Demon-Monsters had retreated after fighting, and Ye Lin pointed out that the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples were grieving and confused.
• San Zang warned that greater turmoil was coming, and Wang Xiaoyun said he expected to reach the sixth layer of the Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin and his companions left to test the Enlightenment Sacred Lotus.
• Jian Changfeng told the white-robed elder that thirteen Golden Immortal disciples and many others had died, and asked why the sect master had sent them to face the Demon-Monsters despite knowing the outcome.
• The elder asked Jian Changfeng why he had insisted on making him Holy Son after Yun Xuan fell, then praised his clear Sword Heart and good nature.

The Heavenly Sword Sect's master told Jian Changfeng that the sect had been deceived about the demons and that resisting the Heavenly Dao would bring ruin. As Jian Changfeng prepared to carry out the master's orders, Ao Guang contacted Ye Lin through a Jade Talisman.

• The Heavenly Sword Sect's master explained that the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands had concealed the demons' purpose and that the Heavenly Dao's plans could not be opposed.
• The master ordered Jian Changfeng to comfort the disciples, spread the news throughout the Crimson Wasteland, and recruit people seeking shelter.
• The master vowed to reclaim the Heavenly Sword Sect's losses and said he had delivered the Enlightenment Sacred Lotus to the one fated for it.
• Ye Lin stopped on his way to seclusion when Ao Guang appeared on his Jade Talisman and greeted him.

Ao Guang invited Ye Lin to the East Sea after discovering the Ninefold Heaven Ruins, which might contain primordial secrets and treasures. Ye Lin and the others were tempted but grew suspicious of Ao Guang’s motives.

• Ye Lin threatened to crush the Jade Talisman unless Ao Guang revealed why he had contacted him.
• Ao Guang said he had discovered the Ninefold Heaven Ruins and invited Ye Lin to come to the East Sea.
• Ao Guang explained that the ruins came from fragments of the primordial Heavenly Dao and might hold treasures from before heaven and earth opened.
• Ye Lin and the others were tempted by the possible rewards, but Ye Lin questioned why Ao Guang would share such a discovery with them.
• The others began to suspect Ao Guang might be luring them into a trap.

Ye Lin accepted Ao Guang’s invitation to visit the East Sea and investigate a place that even the East Sea Dragon Clan could not open. He and his companions set out across the sea, where the chapter left them approaching the territory of the East Sea Dragon Clan.

• Ao Guang told Ye Lin that he could not open the mysterious place but believed Ye Lin could, and invited him to the East Sea.
• Ye Lin agreed to go, judging that the potential reward was worth the risk.
• Ye Lin let his companions choose whether to come, and Zhang Wusheng, Wang Xiaoyun, and the others agreed to join him.
• Ye Lin and his group traveled toward the East Sea, a forbidden region guarded by the East Sea Dragon Clan.

Ye Lin met Ao Guang in the East Sea and followed him to a floating island, where the East Sea Dragon Clan had gathered around an unopenable object. The Dragon Clan had failed to move it even with the Dragon King's power, and Ao Guang brought Ye Lin there to try.

• Ao Guang calmed the sea beasts and welcomed Ye Lin and his companions, while Ye Lin demanded to know what Ao Guang was plotting.
• Ao Guang insisted Ye Lin follow him and promised to see him back safely if they could not open the object.
• Ye Lin sensed powerful sea-race members surrounding them as they traveled through the Dragon Clan's secured territory.
• Ao Guang led the group to a floating island surrounded by powerful figures who greeted him as Second Young Master.
• A Dragon Clan member reported that no one, not even the Dragon King, had managed to move the object forged from special materials.

Ye Lin and the others examined a mysterious gate on an island and tried to open it, but their attempts failed. Ao Guang continued to watch Ye Lin, believing he might be the only one who could succeed.

• Ao Guang let Ye Lin and the others approach the gate and promised that whoever opened it could keep anything found inside.
• Ye Lin recognized the aura around the gate as the aura of the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Xiaoyao struck the gate with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers, but its rebounding force drove him back.
• Ao Guang told Li Xiaoyao that brute force could not open the gate, and Li Xiaoyao accused him of withholding that information.
• Wang Xiaoyun suspected the green gemstone was the key and dripped golden blood onto it, but nothing happened.

Ye Lin and Wang Xiaoyun’s blood failed to open the gate, so Ye Lin tried Luo Yao’s blood at the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar’s suggestion. Luo Yao’s blood cracked the green gemstone, but the chapter ended before revealing what happened next.

• Ye Lin’s blood turned the gemstone gold and sent a pillar of light into the sky, but the gate did not move.
• Ye Lin wondered how to open the gate after Ao Guang confirmed that brute force would not work.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar suggested trying Luo Yao’s blood, and Ye Lin asked Luo Yao for a drop.
• Luo Yao gave Ye Lin her sky-blue blood, which made him sense a terrifying threat.
• Ye Lin placed Luo Yao’s blood on the gemstone, and cracks spread across its surface.

Luo Yao’s blood shattered the gemstone sealing the Ninefold Heaven Ruins, and Ye Lin opened the gate. Ao Guang ordered the entrance tested with sea beasts before anyone went inside.

• Luo Yao’s drop of blood shattered the green gemstone, allowing Ye Lin to push open the gate to the Ninefold Heaven Ruins.
• The Dragon clan members and Ao Guang marveled at Luo Yao’s power, and Ao Guang ordered a guard to find chicken legs for her in a mortal world.
• Ao Guang ordered the Dragon clan to enter the ruins and seal off news of their discovery across the East Sea.
• Ye Lin stopped Ao Guang from following him through the gate first, so Ao Guang had several sea beasts thrown inside to test for danger.
• The sea beasts’ auras weakened after they entered the ruins, then gradually returned to normal.

Ye Lin and the others entered the River of Time, where the immense flow rapidly drained their lifespans. As they continued onward, most of the group found ways to protect themselves, while Ye Lin remained exposed.

• Ye Lin sensed the sea beast’s aura had returned to normal and led the group inside, followed by Ao Guang and several Dragon Clan experts.
• Ye Lin entered a voidlike space and felt his lifespan draining rapidly; Wang Xiaoyun recognized it as the River of Time, and San Zang warned that they could not remain there long.
• Ye Lin continued forward and tried to contact the Time Gu, but it could not interfere with time on this level.
• As the group’s lifespans drained, Wang Xiaoyun and San Zang raised protective barriers, Bao Xiaotou used Formation Disks to shield Wang Tian and Li Xiaoyao, and Ao Guang’s group used their own methods.
• Shangguan Wanyu remained unaffected while carrying curious Luo Yao, and Gu Qingzhi used a glowing zither to protect herself, leaving Ye Lin still exposed to the River of Time.

Ye Lin used Words Become Law to protect himself from the Time Road’s erosion, then reached a black island where the erosion stopped. At a Stone Stele, Gu Qingzhi read that treasures hidden along the Time Road could guide their owners to deeper levels.

• Ye Lin declared himself eternal with Words Become Law, restoring the lifespan he had lost and resisting time’s power.
• Ye Lin and the others continued along the Time Road until he spotted a black island and led the group onto it.
• The group explored the island, and Ao Guang found that its ground could not be moved or damaged by his strength.
• Gu Qingzhi identified the place they had traversed as the Time Road by reading ancient divine characters on a Stone Stele.
• Gu Qingzhi explained that treasures hidden on the boundless Time Road could lead their owners to deeper levels.

Gu Qingzhi revealed that no one could leave the Path of Time by retracing their steps, forcing the group to continue deeper into the secret realm. Ye Lin discovered that Li Xiaoyao and Ao Guang each had a powerful opportunity waiting ahead, including a supreme-grade treasure and a River of Time Fragment.

• Gu Qingzhi warned that the only way out was to find a fated treasure that could carry them away or onward to another layer of space.
• A Dragon prodigy tested the path behind them, and his finger withered to powder within three breaths.
• The Dragon prodigy reported to Ao Guang that time flowed more slowly ahead but accelerated fatally for anyone who tried to retreat.
• Ye Lin examined Li Xiaoyao's status and learned that he would obtain the Heaven and Earth Punishment Book on the Path of Time.
• Ye Lin checked Ao Guang's status and discovered that he would find a River of Time Fragment in the Ninefold Heaven Ruins.

Ye Lin, Ao Guang, Li Xiaoyao, and the others continued along the only path through the imitation River of Time. San Zang discovered a pearl that let him leave for another layer of space, leaving the group to follow after him.

• Ye Lin told Ao Guang and Li Xiaoyao that they had no choice but to keep moving forward, while privately coveting Ao Guang’s fragment of the River of Time.
• Ao Guang learned that his clan’s experts were coming, led by the eldest young master, and followed Ye Lin with the other Dragon clan prodigies.
• The group traveled upstream along the imitation River of Time, which the Golden Immortals recognized was not the true River of Time.
• San Zang found a jade-white pearl beneath his foot and picked it up, triggering a burst of light and a flood of information.
• San Zang told everyone the pearl could take him to another layer of space, then vanished in a flash of white light.

Ye Lin watched everyone leave the river of time after finding their opportunities, while his own never appeared. Alone and losing lifespan, he faced the possibility of dying there but dared not retreat because of the warnings in his mind.

• Zhang Wusheng and Wang Xiaoyun resented San Zang's luck, while Bao Xiaotou searched for treasure with his Formation Disk.
• Ye Lin used Words Become Law to resist the river's rapid lifespan drain as he followed Li Xiaoyao.
• Gu Qingzhi found a streak of light and left for the next destination, prompting others to depart as well.
• After half an hour, Li Xiaoyao found a full moon in the river and left Ye Lin behind, saying he would wait on the next level.
• Ye Lin remained alone as his laws drained away, unable to retreat despite fearing he would die before finding his opportunity.

Ye Lin found no opportunity in the strange realm and prepared to destroy it with the Human Emperor Sword, but a figure formed from time laws appeared and called him the Human Emperor. The figure restored Ye Lin’s lost lifespan and asked why he had returned after more than a dozen immeasurable kalpas while still a fifth-layer Golden Immortal.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin that using the Human Emperor Sword to destroy the realm might save him but would cost him the sword.
• Ye Lin checked his panel and saw that his fate still foretold his eventual death, despite his immense fortune and many fate traits.
• Xinyou ate a bright red fruit, turned translucent, and vanished after Ye Lin told him to go ahead.
• Ye Lin decided he might destroy the realm because he could find no opportunity and his lifespan was draining faster.
• The time laws gathered into a half-real figure, which restored Ye Lin’s lost lifespan and addressed him as the Human Emperor.
• The figure asked Ye Lin why he had returned after more than a dozen immeasurable kalpas and was still only at the fifth layer of the Golden Immortal realm.

Ye Lin encountered a powerful figure who mistook him for the Ancient Human Emperor, then obtained a Pure Saint Lotus and entered the next level. He arrived on a continent saturated with violent laws and recognized whoever had been causing trouble.

• Ye Lin denied being the Human Emperor and asked the powerful figure to help him leave.
• The figure sensed the Human Emperor Sword and Ye Lin’s matching Fate Rank, but accepted his explanation and vanished without taking him away.
• A Pure Saint Lotus drifted to Ye Lin, and he caught it, gaining the choice to leave or proceed to the next level.
• Ye Lin chose the next level and appeared on a continent filled with intertwined, violent laws.
• Ye Lin realized that the person before him had been making trouble all along.