Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin killed an elderly Golden Immortal the Liu Family sent to appease him, then unleashed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus across the Liu Family Star Domain. The lotus began consuming the eastern region, destroying worlds, star systems, and countless Liu Family experts.

• An elderly man asked Ye Lin to stop, but Ye Lin saw through his shallow cultivation and recognized that he was not part of the Liu Family’s true foundation.
• Ye Lin attacked the old man with the Emperor Sword and cut him in two.
• Angered that the Liu Family kept trying to brush him off, Ye Lin formed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and sent it into the void.
• The lotus bloomed in the starry sky, destroying worlds, stars, and countless Liu Family experts as it spread through the eastern region of the Liu Family Star Domain.

Ye Lin confronted the Liu Family’s experts and, after they refused to take his demand for an explanation seriously, attacked them with the Emperor Sword. The battle erupted in the Starry Sky, where Ye Lin’s strength shocked the Liu Family fighters.

• A middle-aged Liu Family leader told Ye Lin to leave, promising to let the matter go, but Ye Lin demanded an explanation.
• The leader blamed Ye Lin for killing Liu Family members, and Ye Lin decided to stop holding back.
• Ye Lin summoned the Emperor Sword and unleashed his Destruction Sword Dao Law, shocking the experts with his overwhelming aura.
• Ye Lin slashed at the group, and the ninth-level Golden Immortal experts attacked together to subdue him.
• Ye Lin used Void Overlapping Shadows as Sword Qi and powerful laws clashed across the Starry Sky.

Ye Lin killed the Liu Family head with one sword strike that slew his past self, then faced the enraged Liu Family experts. He struck them with the Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger, sending an old man flying as the battle continued.

• Ye Lin confronted the middle-aged man and identified him as the Liu Family head.
• The Liu Family head summoned a bell and attacked, but Ye Lin used his sword to slay the man's past self across time.
• Ye Lin stored the bell in his Spatial Ring after the Liu Family head dissolved into the void.
• The Liu Family experts demanded revenge and threatened to activate the Blood Refining Grand Array.
• Ye Lin unleashed the Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger, and an old man who tried to block it was sent flying while bleeding.

Ye Lin discovered that his Chaos Sword Body had greatly strengthened his Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger, but he was soon trapped in a formation that drained his vital essence. Surrounded by Blood Beasts and unable to find the formation’s core, he tried to push toward its boundary as his enemies mocked his chances of escape.

• Ye Lin tested his Chaos Sword Body and found that his Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger consumed far less power and had become more than ten times stronger.
• A powerful formation trapped Ye Lin, drained his vital essence, and concealed its core across a vast area.
• Ye Lin’s unseen enemies revealed that they intended to keep him trapped and claim his secrets, then sent Blood Beasts to attack.
• Ye Lin destroyed the attacking Blood Beasts with the Emperor Sword and realized that each time he fought, his vital essence drained faster.
• Ye Lin pushed in one direction, hoping to find the formation’s boundary, while his enemies claimed that even a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal would not escape.

Ye Lin became trapped in a powerful Liu Family formation that drained his strength and sent waves of beasts and attacks against him. Unable to find the formation’s core or a way out, he contacted Bao Xiaotou for help, who eagerly mistook the call for an invitation to loot treasure.

• Ye Lin realized that the formation kept him walking in place while draining his vital essence, so he and his three avatars fought off the attackers as he searched for a solution.
• Several dozen ninth-level Golden Immortal Liu Family experts activated the Killing Formation to avenge their fallen patriarch and trap Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin searched for the formation core and eye but could find no direction forward.
• Ye Lin contacted Bao Xiaotou with a Jade Talisman, and Bao Xiaotou answered by asking whether Ye Lin had wiped out the Eight Ancient Clans and was calling them to loot treasures.

Ye Lin was trapped in a grand formation that drained his vital essence, and Bao Xiaotou explained that it could only be broken from outside or by exploiting an opening from one of its controllers. As the attackers continued their assault, Ye Lin’s avatars vanished and his life appeared to fade away.

• Ye Lin asked Bao Xiaotou how to escape the formation, explaining that he could not find its core and that his vital essence was draining.
• Bao Xiaotou said the formation’s interior was filled with illusions and that each controller served as a formation core, so an opening from any one of them could break it.
• The cultivators controlling the formation noticed Ye Lin weakening and decided to keep attacking until he died.
• Ye Lin’s resistance dwindled under the killing arts, and his three avatars dissipated.
• Ye Lin lay wounded in the Starry Sky as his final trace of life faded, with the Emperor Sword floating beside him.

The Liu Family recovered Ye Lin’s apparently lifeless body and brought him to their hall, eager to uncover the secrets behind his power. As they prepared to search his consciousness, the story left Ye Lin in their hands.

• An old man observed Ye Lin and ordered the experts to retrieve him after mistaking his feigned death for the real thing.
• Two Liu Family experts confirmed that Ye Lin seemed dead, placed the Emperor Sword on his chest, and carried him away.
• The experts brought Ye Lin to the Liu Family hall, where the gathered elders celebrated his apparent death and hoped to learn how to reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• The Liu Family elders discovered lingering chaos qi in Ye Lin’s meridians and grew excited about his unusual constitution.
• Three old men placed their hands on Ye Lin’s forehead to search his sea of consciousness for his memories.

The three old men entered Ye Lin’s sea of consciousness to search for traces of his memories, but discovered too late that he had faked his death. Ye Lin trapped them and attacked with Sword Qi, leaving them struggling to escape as their figures grew fainter.

• The three old men were astonished by the vastness of Ye Lin’s sea of consciousness and followed the remaining Primordial Spirit power toward his memories.
• The old men sensed Primordial Spirit power everywhere but could not locate it, and one suspected Ye Lin had used the Wang Family’s Sacred King Visualization Diagram.
• Chains appeared in the void and bound the three old men, revealing that Ye Lin had faked his death.
• Ye Lin gathered his scattered Primordial Spirit power into a figure and told the trapped old men they were too late.
• Ye Lin sent Sword Qi across his sea of consciousness, striking the old men as they struggled against the chains and their figures faded.

Ye Lin revealed that he had feigned death, using his rapid recovery and a technique that concealed the state of his Primordial Spirit to survive the Liu Family’s formation. After killing three of its ancestors inside his sea of consciousness, he faced the family’s remaining experts in the ancestral hall and prepared to fight them.

• Ye Lin killed the three peak ninth-layer Golden Immortals who had entered his sea of consciousness.
• His injuries and Primordial Spirit recovered, exposing his feigned death and causing the surrounding experts to retreat.
• Ye Lin opened his eyes, confirmed that the three ancestors were dead, and threatened the Liu Family’s other members.
• He attacked with Void Overlapping Shadows as the gathered experts suppressed him with their powers of law.
• Ye Lin counted thirty-six ninth-layer Golden Immortals among the Liu Family’s forces and launched another strike with Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

Ye Lin remained locked in battle with twenty-nine ninth-layer Golden Immortal cultivators from the Liu Family, who proposed peace talks when they could not defeat him. He rejected their offer, recalling the Liu Family’s attempts to kill him and insisting that their fear was not a reason for him to make peace.

• Ye Lin and the Liu Family elders fought to a stalemate as the elders suppressed him with their combined strength.
• The Liu Family experts proposed compensation and peace, warning that further losses could leave their family vulnerable to the other Ancient Clans.
• Ye Lin rejected the offer and said he could still do something to them.
• Ye Lin recalled that the Eight Ancient Clans had tried to kill him, then the Liu Family had activated its formation against him after he came seeking an explanation.

Ye Lin rejected the Liu Family’s belated peace talks and unleashed his full fury against its elders. He broke through their formation and continued killing them, leaving the Liu Family’s fate unresolved.

• Ye Lin summoned the Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger, wounding and scattering the five elders closest to him.
• Ye Lin struck the strongest elder with Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and the karmic fire engulfed him.
• Ye Lin accused the Eight Ancient Clans of repeatedly trying to kill him and seeking his secrets, then challenged their arrogance.
• Ye Lin killed an elder with Void Overlapping Shadows, erasing both his past and present selves.
• With the elders’ formation broken, Ye Lin advanced and slaughtered them one by one.

Ye Lin slaughtered the Liu Family’s remaining experts and destroyed their ancestral land, annihilating one of the Eight Ancient Clans. Seated among the ruins, he reflected on how close their formation had come to killing him and wondered why they had refused to give him an explanation.

• Ye Lin cut down the Liu Family experts who tried to stop him, then killed the fleeing elders with the Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger.
• Ye Lin drove the Emperor Sword into the ground, unleashing a shockwave that swept across the Liu Family Ancestral Land.
• The shockwave reduced the Liu Family’s territory to ruins and left no living creatures behind.
• Ye Lin sat beside the shattered great hall and reflected on the Liu Family’s deep foundations and how narrowly he had survived their formation.
• Ye Lin wondered why the Liu Family could not have lowered their heads and given him an explanation.

After Ye Lin destroyed the Liu Family’s Ancestral Land, the Second Region’s powerhouses confirmed the ancient clan’s fall and feared Ye Lin’s strength. The other ancient clans set aside their arrogance and prepared lavish gifts to appease him.

• News that Ye Lin had annihilated the Liu Family spread through the Second Region, and the remaining seven ancient clans confirmed it.
• A Buddha surveyed the ruined Liu Family territory, declared his grudge with Ye Lin settled, and departed.
• Powerhouses witnessed the destruction firsthand as Liu Family survivors fled their star domain.
• The Zhao Family patriarch and his advisers decided he would visit Ye Lin with lavish gifts and show sincerity.
• The other ancient clans likewise prepared to lower their heads before Ye Lin.

After destroying the Liu Family, Ye Lin was recognized by the Seven Ancient Clans and the gathered experts as Venerable Ye, the greatest prodigy of the Second Region. He ordered the clans to unite and wipe out the three remaining great clans, leaving his authority supreme across the region.

• The patriarchs of the Seven Ancient Clans arrived at the Liu Family’s ruins and bowed to Ye Lin, acknowledging him as Venerable Ye.
• The watching experts also lowered their heads to Ye Lin and praised his unprecedented feats.
• Xinyou appeared on Ye Lin’s shoulder as he ordered the Seven Ancient Clans to gather the Second Region’s strength and destroy the three remaining great clans.
• The Seven Ancient Clans accepted Ye Lin’s decree, confirming his supreme status in the Second Region.

After the Liu family's experts were killed, Ye Lin let the seven ancient clans leave and ordered the gathered factions to wipe out every remaining Liu family member in the star domain. He granted them the Liu family's spoils, and factions and rogue cultivators rushed in to claim territory.

• Ye Lin dismissed the seven ancient clan leaders, who left admiring his restraint.
• Ye Lin asked the gathered experts to kill every remaining member of the Liu family in the star domain, offering them all the spoils.
• The experts agreed to Ye Lin's order and departed to carry it out.
• Faction leaders arrived with their disciples and elders after hearing Ye Lin had allowed them to plunder the Liu family domain.
• The factions and rogue cultivators divided up territory and began hunting down the Liu family members there.

Ye Lin’s destruction of the Liu Family left its territory open to looting, while the Seven Ancient Clans began planning a counterattack against the three great clans to preserve their standing. The chapter left the clans worried that Ye Lin could unite the Second Region’s factions against them.

• Rogue Cultivators and Demonic Cultivators swarmed the Liu Family Star Domain, looting its resources and killing anyone surnamed Liu.
• Many cultivators changed their surnames to avoid being mistaken for Liu Family members.
• The Seven Ancient Clans summoned experts and began planning a counterattack against the three great clans.
• The Seven Ancient Clans feared Ye Lin could unite the Second Region’s major factions and turn them against the ancient clans.

Ye Lin found the Liu Family’s underground treasure vault, broke through its defenses, and took everything inside. He entered a secret chamber filled with treasures far more valuable than those outside and realized how immense the ancient clan’s foundation was.

• Ye Lin stomped through the ruins to reveal the underground palace and shattered its light curtain with eighty-one strikes from the Emperor Sword.
• Ye Lin entered the palace and swept its treasures into his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin used the Emperor Sword to destroy a massive door leading to a secret chamber.
• Ye Lin broke the chamber’s protective barriers and examined the lower Dao-grade Tian Yuan Three Swords.
• Ye Lin discovered more than a hundred pieces of Divine Gold and Limitless Artifacts and gained a deeper understanding of the Liu Family’s foundation.

Ye Lin searched the Liu Family’s treasures and found a Dao Pill that replenished his Chaos Power and accelerated its circulation. He continued through the collection and discovered three jars of fine wine.

• Ye Lin regretted not asking the other ancient clans for more treasures, then stored the items he found in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin discovered a nine-pattern Dao Pill in a jade box and swallowed it.
• Ye Lin found that the pill accelerated his Chaos Power’s circulation, then used up a Chaos Source stone while testing its effects.
• Ye Lin reached the end of the collection and found three jars of fine wine, opening one to release its aroma.

Ye Lin emptied the Liu Family’s secret chamber, taking its many treasures to equip his companions. He found no alchemy furnace for Wang Tian and left planning to give him the rare herbs in his Spatial Ring instead.

• Ye Lin admired the wine, formation disk, weapons, musical instrument, and other treasures, choosing items for Liu Bai, Bao Xiaotou, Xiaoyao, Gu Qingzhi, Shangguan Wanyu, Poison Venerable, and Dugu Feng.
• Ye Lin collected every treasure in the secret chamber and marveled at the wealth of the ancient clan.
• Ye Lin noticed that the chamber held no alchemy furnace and worried that Wang Tian would be left out.
• Ye Lin concluded that the Liu Family had no furnace to offer and decided to give Wang Tian precious and rare herbs instead.

After confirming that his Luck had risen dramatically following the Liu Family’s destruction, Ye Lin encountered an ancient cultivator who identified himself as one of the Human Ancestor Hall’s three ancestors. The Human Emperor Sword verified the old man’s identity, and he recognized that Ye Lin had been acknowledged by the Human Emperor.

• Ye Lin checked his panel and found that his Luck had increased by a million after the Liu Family’s destruction.
• Ye Lin stopped when a golden-robed old man appeared before him without warning, and he prepared to defend himself.
• The old man said he was one of the three ancestors of the Human Ancestor Hall, and Ye Lin used the Human Emperor Sword to confirm his claim.
• The old man asked to examine the Human Emperor Sword, then reminisced about its past and returned it to Ye Lin.
• The old man told the Human Emperor Sword to aid its new master and concluded that Ye Lin had been acknowledged by the Human Emperor.