Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin killed Lü Fengxian after the rogue cultivator challenged him to gain fame, then invited others to fight while warning he would show no mercy to unserious challengers. The Vermilion Bird Clan repaired the Arena and carried away Lü Fengxian’s corpse as the crowd speculated about Ye Lin’s true cultivation.

• Lü Fengxian asked Ye Lin for a fair fight and mercy if he lost, hoping to become famous without dying.
• Ye Lin dismissed Lü Fengxian as a clown and struck him with a single strand of Sword Qi.
• Lü Fengxian’s halberd shattered, and he died after crashing onto the Arena with a fatal wound.
• Ye Lin invited others to challenge him and warned that he would not spare those who were merely clowns.
• The Vermilion Bird Clan powerhouses repaired the Arena and carried Lü Fengxian’s body away as the crowd speculated that Ye Lin was a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.

Ye Lin faced twenty top ninth-layer Golden Immortal prodigies from the Divine Beast Clan, but only the foremost prodigies of the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan stepped forward to fight him. They chose to face him as a pair to protect their clan’s dignity if they lost.

• Vermilion Bird Clan experts grumbled over Lü Fengxian’s corpse and the damage to the Arena.
• Ye Lin spotted two enormous carriages approaching through the starry sky.
• Twenty ninth-layer Golden Immortal prodigies from the Divine Beast Clan emerged and greeted Ye Lin.
• The leading prodigies of the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan volunteered to face Ye Lin together.
• The young man explained that a loss by just the two of them would be less damaging to the Divine Beast Clan’s prestige than a defeat of all twenty.

Ye Lin fought Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin, the foremost prodigies of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, in a two-on-one battle. After testing their coordination, Ye Lin unleashed powerful techniques that destroyed the Arena and left both opponents struggling under his suppressive force.

• Ye Lin introduced himself, drew the Emperor Sword, and charged Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin.
• Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin coordinated their attacks and avoided confronting Ye Lin directly, while spectators debated the likely winner and the Vermilion Bird Clan resented being treated as a backdrop.
• Ye Lin declared that he had had enough fun and unleashed Void Overlapping Shadows, reducing the Arena to ruins.
• Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin retreated and used their Primordial Spirits to pull Sword Qi out from the layers of space-time.
• Ye Lin invoked the Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger, whose immense pressure slowed Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin as it descended.

Ye Lin defeated Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin with two powerful attacks, then spared their lives and left the ruined arena. The spectators hailed him as a future peer of the Ancient Human Emperor as the injured prodigies were rescued.

• Ye Lin struck Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin with the Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger and Karmic Fire Red Lotus, destroying the arena and leaving them badly wounded.
• Ye Lin extinguished the karmic fire, spared Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin, and walked away toward the Sword Venerable.
• Long Wuqi thanked Ye Lin before collapsing, while Xu Shuxin also fell among the rubble and Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan prodigies rushed to rescue them.
• The spectators praised Ye Lin's victory and predicted that he would usher in a new era before they departed.

After Ye Lin spent eight years conquering the ancient era, Sword Venerable took him to the primordial era to test his limits. Ye Lin arrived in its most chaotic period with the challenge of making his name known across the Star River Cosmos.

• Sword Venerable praised Ye Lin's strength and said he could become an invincible Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Ye Lin agreed to enter the primordial era after Sword Venerable described its powerful prodigies.
• Sword Venerable led Ye Lin upstream along the River of Time for half an hour and brought him to the primordial era.
• Sword Venerable warned Ye Lin that he was in the most chaotic period and that he would neither save nor avenge him if he died.
• Sword Venerable set Ye Lin the task of making his name known throughout the Star River Cosmos, while Primordial Unity Golden Immortal experts were forbidden to attack him.

Ye Lin entered the primordial era and was pulled into a Human Race campaign against the Demon Race in Great World No. 351. As his new companions charged into battle, he stayed above the continent, intrigued by their innate confidence.

• Three cultivators summoned Ye Lin to help suppress a Demon Race rebellion in Great World No. 351.
• Yun Caidie asked Ye Lin about his cultivation, and he identified himself as a Golden Immortal.
• A demon attacked the group as they arrived, but the young man destroyed its blade light and charged into battle.
• Yun Caidie and the other woman told Ye Lin to slaughter the demons and joined the fight.
• Ye Lin remained above the continent and reflected on the confidence of the primordial-era Human Race.

Ye Lin learned that the Human Race and the myriad races were locked in a brutal conflict after the Human Emperor left the Star River Cosmos. As he welcomed the chaos, a powerful bear supreme prodigy appeared and attacked the Human Race cultivators.

• Ye Lin seized an intelligent Demon Beast and absorbed its memories to learn about the conflict across the Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin learned that the Divine Beast Clan had rebelled, prompting the other races to rise against the Human Race.
• Ye Lin cut down a Demon Race Golden Immortal who charged at him.
• A gigantic bear supreme prodigy attacked Human Race cultivators, and a Human Race expert identified it as a ninth-layer Golden Immortal.
• The bear roared that the Human Race had no place there and charged at the cultivators.

Ye Lin killed a ninth-level Golden Immortal Demon Race prodigy with two fingers after the Human Race cultivators fled. The survivors were astonished to learn he was a Rogue Cultivator, leaving Ye Lin wondering why the term surprised them.

• The Human Race cultivators fled when they realized the giant bear was a top-tier prodigy and urged one another to abandon the world.
• The giant bear challenged Ye Lin, but Ye Lin's Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger shattered its arm and sent it crashing into the ground.
• Ye Lin used a second finger to pierce the giant bear's chest and destroy its Primordial Spirit.
• Several young men approached Ye Lin and asked where he came from after witnessing him kill the bear.
• Ye Lin called himself a Rogue Cultivator, and the young men reacted with astonishment, prompting him to wonder whether Rogue Cultivators were special in the primordial era.

Ye Lin learned that the Ten Thousand Races Arena was the liveliest place in the Star River Cosmos and set out for it to continue the Sword Venerable's trial. The chapter explained how the arena became a gathering place for powerful fighters, factions, and merchants.

• A young man told Ye Lin that the Ancestral Hall had established academies to distribute cultivation methods to the Human Race.
• Ye Lin asked for the liveliest place nearby, and the youths directed him to the Ten Thousand Races Arena.
• The young man gave Ye Lin a star map before the youths left to continue suppressing the world.
• Ye Lin learned the arena's location from the scroll and vanished into the starry sky.
• The chapter described how the arena, founded by the Ancient Human Emperor as a place to settle grudges, grew into a hub for betting, commerce, and recruitment.

After traveling for three months, Ye Lin reached the Ten Thousand Races Arena and learned how its ranked challengers earned rewards and status. He paid to register and arrived at the Certification Hall with his guide, Wang Fugui.

• Ye Lin reached the vast Ten Thousand Races Arena and noticed its many inhabitants wearing badges of different colors.
• Wang Fugui approached Ye Lin and explained the seven challenger ranks, their benefits, and the certification fee.
• Ye Lin paid Wang Fugui one hundred Supreme Immortal Stones and asked him to lead the way to certification.
• Wang Fugui introduced himself to Ye Lin as they walked to the Certification Hall and explained that challengers could earn generous rewards by winning matches.

Ye Lin obtained challenger status at the arena after Wang Fugui guided him through registration. When Ye Lin revealed he was a ninth-layer Golden Immortal, Wang Fugui panicked and agreed to arrange everything properly.

• Wang Fugui led Ye Lin into the crowded hall to register as a challenger.
• Wang Fugui paid the registration fee, and Ye Lin gave his name and identified himself as Human Race.
• The registrar issued Ye Lin a white badge, and Wang Fugui explained that he needed three consecutive wins to advance from Level One.
• Wang Fugui asked Ye Lin about his cultivation, and Ye Lin revealed he was a ninth-layer Golden Immortal.
• Ye Lin warned Wang Fugui to arrange his matches properly, frightening Wang Fugui into repeatedly agreeing.

Ye Lin visited a points chamber to grind levels because his ninth-layer Golden Immortal cultivation left him without suitable challengers. He quickly advanced to Level Two by destroying the chamber’s puppets, and the test continued.

• Wang Fugui realized Ye Lin could not be matched with an opponent and took him to a hall where powerful experts could grind levels.
• A middle-aged man recorded Ye Lin’s cultivation and agreed to take him as far as Level Five.
• The middle-aged man led Ye Lin and Wang Fugui to a secret chamber and set a five-breath challenge against a ninth-layer Golden Immortal puppet.
• Ye Lin destroyed the first puppet with a sword strike, earning Level Two.
• Ye Lin pulverized the next three puppets as soon as they appeared.

Ye Lin advanced from Level One to Level Five by swiftly defeating the arena’s puppets. After learning how he could qualify for the Supreme Holy Palace, he asked the middle-aged man to take him to the arena.

• Ye Lin defeated five puppets and then eighteen ninth-layer Golden Immortal puppets, earning a golden Level Five badge.
• Wang Fugui was stunned by Ye Lin’s rapid promotion and learned that each attempt to challenge the puppets cost one thousand Supreme Immortal Stones.
• The middle-aged man explained that Ye Lin could advance by winning consecutive matches or killing higher-level challengers, and that Level Seven challengers could enter the Supreme Holy Palace.
• The middle-aged man described the Supreme Holy Palace as a place for the arena’s top prodigies, whose names and races would spread throughout the Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin asked the middle-aged man to take him to the arena.

Ye Lin asked Wang Fugui to arrange a challenge against a Level Seven expert, and Wang Fugui used his connections until Sister Qingqing agreed to help. The chapter left them heading to the arena to meet her.

• Wang Fugui showed Ye Lin lists of True Immortal and Golden Immortal challengers, but Ye Lin asked for a Level Seven expert.
• Wang Fugui warned that arranging a Level Seven match was difficult, but Ye Lin told him to leave if he could not seize the opportunity.
• Wang Fugui contacted his connections, but none of them could arrange a Level Seven challenger.
• Wang Fugui called Sister Qingqing, who asked Ye Lin's cultivation level and told Wang Fugui to bring him to the arena.

Wang Fugui brought Ye Lin to meet Liu Qingqing, who had arranged a match against a renowned Level Seven powerhouse five shichen later. After Liu Qingqing offered Wang Fugui a twenty percent share and a loan for betting, he decided to wager his fortune on Ye Lin.

• Wang Fugui led Ye Lin through the Ten Thousand Races Arena to meet Liu Qingqing.
• Liu Qingqing told Ye Lin that his opponent had been arranged and that the battle would take place five shichen later.
• Wang Fugui asked Liu Qingqing for half the profits, but she negotiated him down to twenty percent.
• Liu Qingqing offered Wang Fugui a three-million-Supreme-Immortal-Stone loan to bet on Ye Lin against the Level Seven powerhouse.
• Wang Fugui decided to bet his entire fortune on Ye Lin.

Wang Fugui bet four million Supreme Immortal Stones on Ye Lin winning his challenge, while Ye Lin waited for the fight to begin. Ye Lin faced the cloaked challenger and agreed that neither would surrender, leaving the match set to end in victory and death.

• Wang Fugui wagered four million Supreme Immortal Stones on Ye Lin, risking everything on the newcomer’s victory.
• Liu Qingqing brought Ye Lin to a hall to wait, and he spent five hours regulating his breath while Wang Fugui stood guard.
• Liu Qingqing told Ye Lin that fighters could kill each other unless one admitted defeat, and that attacking after a surrender would cost the attacker their challenger status.
• Ye Lin entered the arena and saw a black-cloaked figure appear before him.
• The challenger questioned why a level-five fighter would face a level-seven fighter, and Ye Lin replied that the challenger was about to die.
• Ye Lin and the challenger agreed that neither would surrender and that the fight would decide both victory and life or death.

Ye Lin faced Shadow Venerable in a life-or-death arena match while spectators overwhelmingly bet on the more experienced level-seven powerhouse. As Shadow Venerable vanished at the start of the battle, Wang Fugui anxiously hoped Ye Lin would win after wagering on him.

• Spectators watched Ye Lin and Shadow Venerable prepare for a life-or-death match from a protected viewing hall.
• The crowd discussed the odds and mostly bet on Shadow Venerable, who had won every challenge since becoming a level-seven powerhouse.
• Wang Fugui prayed for Ye Lin to win, while Liu Qingqing watched coldly and expected Wang Fugui to lose his money.
• Ye Lin quietly faced Shadow Venerable as a voice announced that the match could begin.
• Shadow Venerable grinned at Ye Lin and gradually vanished into the air.

Ye Lin defeated Shadow Venerable in the plaza, killing him even after he surrendered. He left unimpressed and looked forward to fighting the stronger beings of the primordial and Chaos eras.

• Shadow Venerable used laws to hide and interfere with Ye Lin, but Ye Lin forced him out and pinned him to a wall with a sword strike.
• Shadow Venerable tried to outrun Ye Lin, but Ye Lin struck him with Sword Qi and nearly cut him in half.
• Shadow Venerable used Shadow Escape, but Ye Lin's Sword Qi severed him at the waist.
• Shadow Venerable surrendered, but Ye Lin killed him and ground his Primordial Spirit to death.
• Ye Lin left the plaza, thinking about fighting the Human Emperor and the monsters of the Chaos era.

Ye Lin effortlessly defeated Shadow Venerable, leaving the spectators stunned and many ruined by their losing bets. After Wang Fugui celebrated his winnings, Ye Lin asked whether his victory qualified him to enter the Holy Palace.

• The spectators cursed Shadow Venerable after he was instantly killed, lamenting the fortunes they had wagered on him.
• Wang Fugui realized his four-million-Supreme-Immortal-Stone bet on Ye Lin had won twenty-fourfold and quietly slipped away.
• Liu Qingqing left after realizing her ten-million-Supreme-Immortal-Stone wager had been lost.
• Wang Fugui praised Ye Lin and promised to give him half his winnings, but Ye Lin told him to keep the money.
• Ye Lin asked whether defeating Shadow Venerable made him eligible to enter the Holy Palace.

Liu Qingqing took over from Wang Fugui and led Ye Lin toward the Supreme Holy Palace, leaving Wang Fugui furious at losing his client. A fat man emerged from the shadows and called Wang Fugui stupid after hearing what happened.

• Liu Qingqing paid Wang Fugui, had two burly men throw him out of the arena, and offered to lead Ye Lin to the Supreme Holy Palace.
• Ye Lin accepted Liu Qingqing’s offer, and she led him away as Wang Fugui left in disgrace.
• Wang Fugui cursed Liu Qingqing in a secluded corner over taking his client.
• A fat man appeared and offered to help Wang Fugui get revenge, but after hearing the story, he called Wang Fugui stupid.
• Wang Fugui demanded an explanation and threatened to fight the fat man.