Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin declared that he would carve a path to the Central Star Domain and surpass the Human Emperor, refusing to seek anyone’s approval. The old man warned him of the dangers facing the Human Race and promised to protect him from the shadows.

• After giving Ye Lin the Human Emperor Sword, the old man asked how he planned to walk the road ahead.
• Ye Lin vowed to fight his way to the Central Star Domain and surpass the Human Emperor, undeterred by enemies or danger.
• The old man said he would judge Ye Lin by whether he could earn his approval or praise, but Ye Lin said he cared only about following his own convictions.
• The old man revealed that hidden powers opposed the Human Race’s rise and that former allies had betrayed them.
• The old man promised to protect Ye Lin from the shadows, and Ye Lin accepted his offer.

Ye Lin returned after escaping the formation and distributed the treasures he had brought back to his companions. The seven ancient clans’ fleet then appeared in the starry sky, and Ye Lin suspected they had deliberately made their presence known to him.

• Ye Lin left after the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal senior vanished, confident that no Primordial Unity Golden Immortal could harm him and vowing to settle accounts with his earlier attacker once he reached that realm.
• Ye Lin returned to Bao Xiaotou and the others, said he had used another method rather than breaking the formation, and distributed the treasures he had prepared.
• Ye Lin gave Wang Tian rare herbs, handed Luo Yao a lower-grade Boundless-level object, and watched Li Xiaoyao test his new hammers while Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable examined their weapons.
• Warships bearing the flags of the seven ancient clans passed through the starry sky, and Ye Lin wondered whether they had come to make sure he saw them.

Ye Lin went to inspect the second secret realm, where the three great clans’ prodigies confronted him over his attempt to claim it. The realm finished forming with a golden pillar above its vortex, and Ye Lin summoned the Emperor Sword after three figures demanded that he leave.

• Ye Lin led his companions toward the second secret realm as the seven ancient clans advanced on the territory of the three great clans.
• Ye Lin entered the secret realm’s site and warned the three great clans’ prodigies not to provoke him, causing their hostile gazes to withdraw.
• Ye Lin watched the realm take shape and suspected it might be the Black Tortoise Secret Realm when a tortoise shell emerged from its vortex.
• Ye Lin stepped toward the realm, but three figures blocked him and demanded that he leave.
• Ye Lin summoned the Emperor Sword in response to their warning.

Ye Lin used the Emperor Sword’s overwhelming aura to drive back the three great clans’ experts, then killed their three prodigies with one strike of the Karmic Fire Red Lotus. Li Rushuang explained that his strength came from his Chaos Sword Body and began describing the vast Chaos Sea.

• Ye Lin advanced with the Emperor Sword, and his aura forced the three great clans’ experts and their three prodigies to retreat.
• The three prodigies threatened Ye Lin as they fled, so he struck them with the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and reduced them to dust.
• Li Xiaoyao watched in shock as Ye Lin killed the three eighth-layer Golden Immortals with one sword strike.
• Li Rushuang told Li Xiaoyao that Ye Lin’s power came from his Chaos Sword Body, one of the ten great Chaos sword bodies.
• Li Rushuang explained that the Star River Cosmos was only a bubble within the boundless Chaos Sea.

Li Rushuang explained to Li Xiaoyao that the Chaos Sea contained powers far beyond the Star River Cosmos and that strength had no ultimate limit. She left him with the lesson that even Ye Lin could face stronger opponents and that cultivators had to keep advancing.

• Li Rushuang told Li Xiaoyao that only Daluo Golden Immortals could travel freely through the Chaos Sea and that Ye Lin's Chaos Sword Body ranked first among ten renowned sword bodies.
• Li Xiaoyao wondered how one cultivation realm could contain such vast differences in strength.
• Li Rushuang explained that there was no strongest within a realm, only cultivators who were stronger than others.
• Li Rushuang recounted how a Daluo Golden Immortal who left the Star River Cosmos was killed with one slap by a Chaos Sea descendant of the same realm.
• Li Rushuang urged Li Xiaoyao to hold to his original purpose and keep cultivating, since stronger beings could still surpass Ye Lin.

Ye Lin and the others entered a secret realm that looked like an apocalyptic sea of fire, and Ye Lin doubted it held any treasures. Poison Venerable, desperate for an opportunity to restore his life, remained troubled as the group pressed on.

• Ye Lin entered the golden light, followed by the others, while Li Rushuang told Li Xiaoyao he could gain the Primordial Supreme Body after leaving the Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin entered the secret realm and found a landscape of volcanoes, flowing magma, and falling meteors.
• Bao Xiaotou and the others reacted with shock to the realm's hellish appearance, while Ye Lin continued forward despite doubting it contained anything valuable.
• Poison Venerable worried that he was falling behind the others and desperately needed an opportunity to live again.

Ye Lin recognized that the Lava Heart was Poison Venerable’s destined opportunity and let him pursue it while the others explored the secret realm. Ye Lin tried to temper his Chaos Sword Body in a volcano’s lava, but it had no effect, so he cultivated there and looked ahead to the Central Star Domain for treasures he could use.

• Poison Venerable left the group to investigate on his own, and Ye Lin saw from his panel that he would find the Lava Heart and gain a major breakthrough.
• Ye Lin realized the Lava Heart was meant for Poison Venerable and headed alone to a distant volcano.
• Ye Lin jumped into the lava to temper his body, but his Chaos Sword Body remained unaffected.
• The others scattered to explore the secret realm while Ye Lin stayed in the lava to cultivate, anticipating the Central Star Domain.

After three days of finding nothing but lava, Bao Xiaotou and the others returned to Ye Lin, who knew the secret realm’s sole opportunity had been reserved for Poison Venerable. Poison Venerable emerged as a seventh-layer Golden Immortal, and Ye Lin proposed leaving for the First Region instead of seeking another secret realm.

• Bao Xiaotou gave up searching after three days of finding only lava, and the group returned to Ye Lin.
• Poison Venerable broke through to the seventh layer of the Golden Immortal realm and approached the others.
• Dugu Feng reacted angrily to Poison Venerable’s breakthrough, and the two nearly fought before Ye Lin stopped them.
• Ye Lin asked whether the group wanted to enter the next secret realm or go straight to the First Region.

Ye Lin decided to leave the Second Region with his companions and travel to the First Region. Before setting out, he checked Gu Qingzhi’s fate and arranged to use the Wang Family’s teleportation array.

• Ye Lin and his companions agreed to enter the First Region and left the secret realm for the Starry Sky.
• Ye Lin examined Gu Qingzhi’s panel and saw that her fate still warned she would die young despite her powerful vitality and good fortune.
• Ye Lin chose to travel by teleportation array rather than make the long journey alone.
• Ye Lin contacted Wang Sheng, who offered the Wang Family’s teleportation array and asked him to come over.

Ye Lin led his companions to the Wang Family, prompting powerful figures to assume he intended to destroy it and divide its spoils. Wang Sheng knew Ye Lin only wanted to use the family’s teleportation array to reach the First Region, but the chapter ended as he greeted Ye Lin at the family’s border.

• Ye Lin’s procession toward the Wang Family sparked rumors that he planned to wipe it out, drawing countless onlookers hoping for a share of the spoils.
• A young man warned Wang Sheng that Ye Lin was coming to attack the family, but Wang Sheng explained that Ye Lin wanted to use its teleportation array to travel to the First Region.
• Wang Sheng prepared the complicated array while the young man remained unconvinced and left in alarm.
• An hour later, Ye Lin arrived at the Wang Family with his companions and a huge crowd trailing behind him.
• The young man feared the Wang Family was doomed when he saw Ye Lin’s entourage, and Wang Sheng appeared to greet Ye Lin with a smile.

Ye Lin prepared to travel to Peace Mystery Continent in the First Region, where heavenly prodigies were waiting to ambush him. Wang Sheng warned him to be cautious, and Ye Lin entered the teleportation array as it activated.

• Wang Sheng told Ye Lin that the Wang Family's teleportation array led to Peace Mystery Continent and warned him to be careful.
• Onlookers realized Ye Lin was visiting the Wang Family rather than attacking it, and many left after concluding that rumors of trouble had been false.
• Wang Sheng explained that prodigies on Peace Mystery Continent knew Ye Lin was coming and were waiting to ambush him.
• Ye Lin asked how the news had spread, and Wang Sheng explained that Ye Lin's fame made people follow his every move.
• Bao Xiaotou confirmed the array was a teleportation formation as Ye Lin stepped inside and the array masters activated it, sending the group away.

After Ye Lin and his group arrived in the First Region, powerful cultivators mocked them and challenged him. Ye Lin welcomed the chance to begin killing his enemies there.

• Wang Sheng watched Ye Lin and his group leave and believed the seven ancient clans could finally relax.
• Cultivators gathered around the teleportation array, mocked Ye Lin, and argued about his strength and the Hundred Heroes Ranking.
• Ye Lin and his companions emerged onto a platform surrounded by a vast crowd whose gazes made them feel like prey.
• A Holy Son of Xuanyuan Mountain greeted Ye Lin mockingly and challenged him, offering to suppress his cultivation to the seventh level of the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Ye Lin smiled at the crowd and decided to begin his slaughter in the First Region.

Ye Lin faced the First Region’s prodigies, who had gathered to challenge him for fame, and killed a ninth-layer Golden Immortal with two sword strikes. When the others fell silent, he unleashed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and ordered his companions to leave no one alive.

• The prodigies mocked Ye Lin and demanded to fight him, but he invited them all to attack together while holding the Emperor Sword.
• Ye Lin killed the young man from Xuanyuan Mountain, a ninth-layer Golden Immortal, with two sword strikes, destroying his Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin asked the remaining prodigies whether they would fight together or one at a time, then said he would attack since they would not act.
• Ye Lin formed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and sent it toward the prodigies with a swing of the Emperor Sword.
• Ye Lin told his companions to show the First Region their strength and leave no one alive.

Ye Lin and his companions slaughtered the prodigies who had gathered to watch and challenge him. Li Rushuang drained fleeing victims for their vital essence, and the battlefield was left strewn with corpses.

• Li Xiaoyao, Dugu Feng, Bao Xiaotou, Wang Tianyi, and Xinyou charged into the crowd and began killing while Shangguan Wanyu stayed with Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin unleashed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and taunted the fleeing prodigies as they begged him to spare them.
• Li Rushuang intercepted the fleeing prodigies and drained their vital essence, turning their bodies to dust.
• Ye Lin cut down the remaining crowd with Sword Qi and used Void Spy Shadow to kill them indiscriminately.

After Ye Lin and his companions slaughtered the prodigies who had provoked them, the great forces of the Anxuan Great World launched a massive search for the culprit. A month later, the group rested in a tavern, where Bao Xiaotou complained about the poor wine and the world’s lockdown.

• Ye Lin sheathed the Emperor Sword and led his companions away from the battlefield, where every cultivator who had provoked them or watched had been killed.
• A passerby found the mountain of corpses and recognized the dead as top prodigies from the Anxuan Great World.
• The major forces retrieved their prodigies’ bodies, grew furious, and sent countless experts to search the world for the murderer.
• One month later, Bao Xiaotou complained in a tavern that the wine had no flavor, and the old man blamed disrupted supply routes caused by the investigation.
• Ye Lin gazed toward the sky with a faint smile while Bao Xiaotou told the old man that the Anxuan Great World’s lockdown had made it no fun.

Ye Lin met Guan Qingsi, a mysterious woman who knew about his past in the Xuanhuang Great World and Purple Cloud Star System. She revealed that Liu Bai had told her to seek Ye Lin if she ever encountered trouble.

• Ye Lin left the table to visit the person responsible for the seal.
• Guan Qingsi appeared outside the tavern and asked Ye Lin to invite her in.
• Guan Qingsi identified Ye Lin’s origins as the Xuanhuang Great World and the Purple Cloud Star System, surprising him.
• Guan Qingsi explained that she learned about Ye Lin from his friend Liu Bai, who had told her to seek Ye Lin if she encountered trouble.

Guan Qingsi tracked down Ye Lin using a Jade Talisman and asked him for help, claiming Liu Bai had abandoned her while she was pregnant with his child. Ye Lin learned the talismans enabled Liu Bai to track his location, and the chapter ended with Guan Qingsi appealing to him to protect her and Liu Bai’s child.

• Guan Qingsi explained that Liu Bai had told her Ye Lin would help her, and that she had come to him because she was in trouble.
• Guan Qingsi showed Ye Lin a Jade Talisman, and Ye Lin realized the identical talisman Liu Bai had given him allowed Liu Bai to track his location.
• Ye Lin questioned whether helping Guan Qingsi would benefit him, then discovered she was pregnant.
• Guan Qingsi told Ye Lin the child was Liu Bai’s and said Liu Bai had abandoned her.
• Guan Qingsi asked Ye Lin whether he could leave her and Liu Bai’s child to suffer without helping them.

Guan Qingsi asked Ye Lin to protect her position as Saintess of the Ice Snow Sacred Sect for three months so she could obtain the rest of her cultivation technique, and Ye Lin agreed to help. After they left, Dugu Feng and the others decided to stir up trouble, while one of them went to test newly learned pills.

• Guan Qingsi explained that the sect planned to strip her of her Saintess position and abort her child, and asked Ye Lin to help her keep the position for three months.
• Guan Qingsi revealed that the second half of her cultivation technique was held by a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal ancestor of the Ice Snow Sacred Clan, so Ye Lin could not simply seize it.
• Guan Qingsi offered to hold a fake wedding and name Ye Lin the child's father, but Ye Lin chose to help her secure the Saintess position instead.
• Guan Qingsi grabbed Ye Lin and hurried with him toward the Ice Snow Sacred Sect before news could reach the Central Galaxy.
• Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian discussed Ye Lin's departure, and Dugu Feng urged the others to find something to do.
• The others decided to stir up trouble across the Anxuan Great World, while one of them went to test newly learned pills.

Ye Lin accompanied Guan Qingsi to the Ice Snow Sacred Sect, where she needed his help to protect her position as Saintess and obtain the rest of a cultivation technique. The sect’s people were likely to confront Ye Lin over the death of their Holy Son.

• After Ye Lin’s group left, the proprietor recognized Ye Lin as the wanted culprit and contacted the City Lord.
• Guan Qingsi told Ye Lin that she needed to keep her Saintess position to obtain the remaining half of her cultivation technique and avoid punishment.
• Ye Lin questioned whether Liu Bai was truly the father of Guan Qingsi’s child, and she told him to catch Liu Bai to learn the truth.
• Ye Lin followed Guan Qingsi through a fierce snowstorm to the Ice Snow Sacred Sect, a tranquil range of ice palaces beyond the storm.
• Guan Qingsi warned Ye Lin that the sect would challenge him because he had killed its Holy Son and urged him to intimidate its elders.

Guan Qingsi returned to the Ice Snow Sacred Sect with Ye Lin, where the sect’s leaders confronted them over her pregnancy and Ye Lin’s past actions. Guan Qingsi told the Sect Master she had brought Ye Lin to support her as she faced the sect alone while the child’s father remained missing.

• Guan Qingsi entered the Ice Snow Sacred Sect with Ye Lin, prompting disciples to gossip about her pregnancy and the absent child’s father.
• A furious voice summoned Guan Qingsi to the council hall, and she pulled Ye Lin along with her.
• The Sect Master recognized Ye Lin as the man who had killed the Ice Snow Sacred Sect’s Holy Son and questioned why Guan Qingsi had brought him.
• Guan Qingsi explained that Ye Lin was a friend of the child’s father, not the father himself.
• Guan Qingsi told the Sect Master she had brought Ye Lin to back her up because she felt isolated and exhausted in the sect while the child’s father was missing.