Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin slaughtered three dragons with his Sword Qi and reached the Dragon Clan, where its assembled forces surrounded him. He faced the clan’s overwhelming lineup with confidence, while keeping his Realm Advancement Opportunity unused for a later breakthrough.

• Ye Lin repeatedly struck the three dragons with Sword Qi, killing them as he continued onward.
• Ye Lin checked his panel and considered using his Realm Advancement Opportunity, but decided to save it for a later realm.
• Ye Lin arrived before a vast gathering of Dragon Clan experts, who accused him of acting lawlessly and surrounded him.
• Ye Lin summoned the Emperor Sword and challenged the Dragon Clan to force him to reveal his full strength.

Ye Lin faced a full-scale assault by the Dragon Clan as its old Dragon King ordered his death, fearing his potential to become another Ancient Human Emperor. The Third Ancestor offered to send the Human Race to rescue him, but the Sword Venerable stopped him and told him to wait.

• The Dragon Clan experts charged at Ye Lin, while the old Dragon King backed the attack to avenge his son and eliminate a growing threat.
• The Primordial Unity Golden Immortal experts watching from the mysterious space realized Ye Lin was becoming stronger and expected the Dragon Clan to kill him.
• The Third Ancestor offered to send the Human Race to save Ye Lin, whom he now saw as the race’s hope.
• The Sword Venerable placed a hand on the Third Ancestor’s shoulder and told him to watch patiently, so the Third Ancestor sat back down.

Ye Lin continued fighting alone against the Dragon Clan, overwhelming its members with his sword techniques despite growing tired. After an hour of slaughter, he was still standing, while the Dragon King had yet to act.

• Ye Lin fought at the center of the Dragon Clan’s encirclement as onlookers debated whether he could survive.
• Ye Lin grew sore and exhausted while watching for powerful Dragon Clan experts lurking in the shadows.
• Ye Lin used Void Overlapping Shadows and Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger to kill and injure more Dragon Clan members.
• After an hour, Ye Lin was still fighting, astonishing the powerful figures watching from afar.

Ye Lin endured a month of fighting alone against the Dragon Clan, leaving its experts too terrified to approach even as he reached his limit. Distant onlookers debated whether to kill him themselves if the Dragon Clan would not act.

• Ye Lin fought the Dragon Clan for a month, killing countless experts and dealing the race a crippling blow.
• Exhausted and kneeling at the center of the Starry Sky, Ye Lin remained surrounded, but no dragon dared attack him.
• A five-clawed golden dragon urged the others to kill Ye Lin, but they refused to charge to their deaths.
• Ye Lin dispersed the blood covering him and challenged the dragons to approach as onlookers recorded the scene.
• Experts watching from afar estimated that the Dragon Clan could now defeat Ye Lin, then resolved to kill him themselves if the dragons did not.

Ye Lin faced the Dragon Clan after fighting them alone for a month, and their warriors hesitated to attack despite the five-clawed golden dragon’s orders. Li Tian, calling himself the God of Slaughter, challenged Ye Lin but was unable to get past his defenses.

• The five-clawed golden dragon urged the Dragon Clan to kill Ye Lin, but none of the dragons dared to charge first.
• Ye Lin reflected that the fight against the Dragon Clan had pushed him close to his limits.
• Li Tian appeared, introduced himself as the God of Slaughter, and vowed to kill Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin mocked Li Tian for waiting a month before emerging, then met his charge with the Emperor Sword.
• Li Tian attacked repeatedly, but Ye Lin defended against every strike without counterattacking.

Ye Lin stalled Li Tian’s attacks while recovering his strength, provoking the Madman into fighting alone as the Dragon Clan watched. The dragons stayed back, leaving Ye Lin to continue defending himself while preparing to escape the encirclement.

• Distant spectators recognized that Ye Lin was using Li Tian’s anger to buy time and recover his strength.
• Ye Lin mocked Li Tian and urged the watching dragons to attack, while continuing to fend off Li Tian’s strikes.
• Li Tian ordered the dragons not to interfere and vowed to torture Ye Lin, then attacked with greater fury.
• The Dragon Clan stayed out of the fight, and some dragons who understood Ye Lin’s tactic remained silent to avoid blame.
• Li Tian’s increasingly frenzied attacks failed to break through Ye Lin’s airtight defense, and the rebounding force left him in pain.

Ye Lin effortlessly defended against Li Tian while stalling for time to recover, despite the five-clawed golden dragon urging the Dragon Clan to attack. Li Tian transformed into a colossal black dragon and vowed to kill Ye Lin within three moves.

• Ye Lin deflected Li Tian's attacks and shattered his incarnations without showing signs of strain.
• The five-clawed golden dragon recognized that Ye Lin was stalling and ordered the Dragon Clan to charge, but they stayed back.
• Li Tian told the dragons not to interfere and repeatedly attacked Ye Lin, who knocked him away and taunted him.
• Li Tian transformed into a million-zhang black dragon and declared that he would kill Ye Lin within three moves.

Ye Lin confronted the Dragon Clan after recovering to full strength, and a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal intervened to end the conflict. With the Dragon Clan ordered into seclusion, Ye Lin left to face the Phoenix Clan.

• A middle-aged Primordial Unity Golden Immortal arrived and told Ye Lin to leave the Dragon Clan in peace.
• Ye Lin demanded the lives of the five-clawed golden dragon and Li Tian, and the middle-aged man agreed.
• The middle-aged man killed the five-clawed golden dragon for wasting the Dragon Clan’s foundation and erased Li Tian’s Primordial Spirit for supporting the plan.
• The middle-aged man ordered the Dragon Clan to retreat from the world, then departed with its members.
• Ye Lin put away the Emperor Sword and headed toward the Phoenix Clan.

Ye Lin headed for the Phoenix Clan after confronting the Dragon Clan, drawing a crowd of spectators. Ao Tian and Ye Xinyi challenged him to a decisive battle, but he quickly outmaneuvered and struck them down, leaving them shocked at his speed.

• Cultivators followed Ye Lin as he walked toward the Phoenix Clan, wondering whether he would challenge them too.
• Ao Tian and Ye Xinyi met Ye Lin in the Starry Sky and announced that they would represent the Phoenix Clan in a battle to decide victory and defeat.
• Ao Tian and Ye Xinyi attacked Ye Lin from opposite sides, but he vanished and sent them flying with a single sword strike.
• Ye Lin struck again, forcing Ao Tian and Ye Xinyi to join forces to shatter his sword light.
• Ye Lin appeared behind Ao Tian and Ye Xinyi, startling Ye Xinyi with his speed.

Ye Lin defeated two pursuers and spoke with the Sword Venerable, who warned that powerful Primordial Unity Golden Immortals wanted him dead. Ye Lin offered to repay the Sword Venerable if he protected him until he achieved Great Luo, but the Sword Venerable doubted that he could reach that realm.

• Ye Lin overwhelmed two attackers with Sword Qi, then spared their lives after they surrendered.
• The Sword Venerable warned Ye Lin that many Primordial Unity Golden Immortals wanted to kill him and that even he might not be able to protect him.
• Ye Lin told the Sword Venerable he would do one thing for him after achieving Great Luo if the Sword Venerable continued protecting him.
• The Sword Venerable questioned Ye Lin's confidence and recalled reaching the end of the Emperor Road before refusing to take the Great Luo Dao Fruit.

Ye Lin secured the Sword Venerable’s support by wagering on his future as a Great Luo, and the Sword Venerable agreed to take him to the ancient era. He sent Ye Lin toward the time of the Ancient Human Emperor’s rise and warned him that rival races might hunt him there.

• Ye Lin asked the Sword Venerable to bet on his becoming a Great Luo, offering a favor if he lost and seeking protection from other Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
• The Sword Venerable accepted the bet and said Ye Lin would owe him one favor if he won, or two if a fight broke out.
• The Sword Venerable brought Ye Lin to the River of Time and explained that he would send him to the era when the Ancient Human Emperor became a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal.
• The Sword Venerable warned Ye Lin that ancient cultivation differed from the current system and that the Human Emperor could reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm in a single stride.
• The Sword Venerable cautioned Ye Lin that other races might unite to hunt him, then opened a fissure in the River of Time.

Ye Lin entered the ancient era and found himself in the ruins of a starry battlefield, where even ordinary monsters were formidable. After defeating a group of them, he accepted a ride aboard a Human Race warship headed for the Cloud Sea Star Region.

• The Sword Venerable sent Ye Lin into the river of time and left.
• Ye Lin arrived in the Star River Cosmos, found a ruined battlefield, and realized the ancient era was filled with powerful chaos aura.
• A group of ravenous monsters attacked Ye Lin, and he destroyed them with Sword Qi.
• An old man aboard a warship offered Ye Lin passage to the Cloud Sea Star Region, and Ye Lin accepted.
• Ye Lin boarded the warship and saw that most of its passengers were True Immortals with profound auras.

Ye Lin boarded a human commercial warship and learned from Lin Yun'er that the Cloud Sea Star Region belonged to the Rakshasa Clan, not humanity. Realizing the Human Emperor had not yet risen, Ye Lin considered seeking him out as a child and beating him up.

• The old man tested Ye Lin with a Compass, confirmed he was human, and invited him aboard the commercial warship.
• The old man showed Ye Lin a star chart and said the ship was headed for the Cloud Sea Star Region.
• Lin Yun'er told Ye Lin that the Cloud Sea Star Region belonged to the Rakshasa Clan and that humans had no territory.
• Ye Lin realized the Human Emperor had not yet risen and wondered what to do in this era.
• Ye Lin decided he might find the Human Emperor as a child and beat him up first.

Ye Lin and Lin Yun'er traveled toward the Cloud Sea Star Region, where a Human Race prodigy had caused a stir, and Ye Lin wondered if the prodigy was the Human Emperor. Their war vessel was intercepted by the Nether Race, which announced war against the Rakshasa Clan and seized the convoy's goods.

• Ye Lin asked how long the war vessel would take to reach the Cloud Sea Star Region, and Lin Yun'er said it would arrive in about three days.
• Ye Lin learned from Lin Yun'er that the Human Race was oppressed by the myriad races, while hidden experts tried to protect promising humans when they could.
• Ye Lin spotted the Cloud Sea Star Region, and the war vessel was surrounded by Nether Race creatures demanding an inspection.
• The convoy's middle-aged leader showed a Rakshasa Clan pass token and secretly gave the Nether Race leader a Spatial Ring.
• The Nether Race leader crushed the middle-aged man's head, declared that the Rakshasa Clan had gone to war with the Nether Race, and ordered the convoy to surrender its goods and die.

Ye Lin rescued a Human Race warship from Nether Race attackers and then crossed the stars to reach the Cloud Sea Star Region. There, he watched the Nether Race and the Rakshasa Clan battle as a young man appeared beside him and spoke of wiping out the lower-tier races.

• The Human Race experts aboard a warship begged the Nether Race attackers for mercy, then prepared to fight when their pleas were rejected.
• Ye Lin killed the attacking Nether Race experts with Sword Qi and told the warship's survivors to take care of themselves.
• Ye Lin crossed the Starry Sky and arrived at the Cloud Sea Star Region, where he saw the Nether Race and the Rakshasa Clan locked in battle.
• A young man appeared beside Ye Lin, complained about the fighting, and said he would one day wipe out the lower-tier races.

Ye Lin met Li Jinhuang, a Human Race prodigy who planned to unite Human Race forces and overthrow the Rakshasa Clan in the Cloud Sea Star Region. Li Jinhuang brought Ye Lin to a ruined star, where Ye Lin saw countless Human Race members wandering across its barren land.

• Ye Lin tried to inspect Li Jinhuang’s panel but learned that Li Jinhuang was a projection from myriad worlds and spacetime.
• Li Jinhuang introduced himself and urged Ye Lin to join him in uniting Human Race forces against the Rakshasa Clan.
• Ye Lin recognized Li Jinhuang as the prodigy Lin Yun'er had mentioned and let him lead the way.
• Li Jinhuang brought Ye Lin to a ruined star devoid of Spiritual Qi, Immortal Qi, and Chaos Qi.
• Ye Lin saw countless ragged Human Race members wandering across the barren land with vacant eyes.

Li Jinhuang showed Ye Lin the desperate conditions of the Human Race on a star monitored by the Rakshasa Clan and explained why he had not helped its people. After Ye Lin provided them with spiritual dew, Li Jinhuang made clear that Ye Lin would now bear responsibility for protecting them.

• Li Jinhuang led Ye Lin through a settlement of starving, thirsty humans and described the Human Race's plight across the Cloud Sea Star Region.
• Li Jinhuang stopped Ye Lin from summoning rain, warning that attracting the Rakshasa Clan's attention would endanger the people.
• Ye Lin produced jars of spiritual dew, which the humans eagerly drank.
• Ye Lin questioned why Li Jinhuang had not obtained water, and Li Jinhuang explained that giving the people hope could bring the Rakshasa Clan down on them.
• Li Jinhuang pointed out that Ye Lin's gift made him responsible for protecting the humans and urged him to shoulder the burden as a member of the Human Race.

Ye Lin accepted Li Jinhuang's challenge and restored the ruined world, giving the Human Race land, water, animals, and spiritual energy. After agreeing to fight the Rakshasa Clan, he followed Li Jinhuang to meet three senior elders, who questioned Li Jinhuang about the changes.

• Ye Lin decided to play along with Li Jinhuang and used his power to remake the star into a lush world filled with rivers, animals, and spiritual energy.
• The Human Race rejoiced, drank from the rivers, hunted animals, and absorbed the spiritual energy.
• Ye Lin agreed to kill the Rakshasa Clan when it came to cause trouble.
• Li Jinhuang led Ye Lin to three senior elders in the mountains.
• The elders questioned Li Jinhuang about the changes, and he denied responsibility and blamed Ye Lin.

Ye Lin faced the Rakshasa Clan’s attack after helping the humans reopen the path of cultivation, while Li Jinhuang rushed into battle against their forces. The three elders questioned Ye Lin about his origins, but he claimed he was a Rogue Cultivator who had only recently emerged from seclusion.

• The three elders questioned Ye Lin about the danger he had brought upon the humans, and he said he would bear the consequences of his actions.
• The Rakshasa Clan arrived and ordered the humans exterminated, so Ye Lin tossed Li Jinhuang into the sky to confront them.
• The Rakshasa Clan mistook Li Jinhuang for an attacker and struck at him, but he drew his sword and slaughtered their cultivators.
• The three elders asked Ye Lin where he came from, and he claimed he was a Rogue Cultivator who had recently emerged from seclusion.
• The elders chose not to press Ye Lin for the truth about his origins.

Li Jinhuang decided to teach the Human Race cultivation so they could fight the Rakshasa Clan, while Ye Lin faced the Rakshasa forces surrounding their star. Ye Lin effortlessly slaughtered the attacking Rakshasa experts with Sword Qi.

• Li Jinhuang complained that Ye Lin had ambushed him, and Ye Lin praised his strength.
• Li Jinhuang told the elders he would open the immortal path for the Human Race and lead them against the Rakshasa Clan.
• Rakshasa Clan experts surrounded the star and ordered the Human Race killed after the elders refused to comply.
• Ye Lin rose into the Starry Sky to confront the Rakshasa forces as Li Jinhuang watched.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword Qi that pulverized the charging Rakshasa experts, including cultivators at the peak of the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm.