Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin watched over Xinyou as powerful energy gathered around him, possibly signaling a breakthrough, while factions across Long River Prefecture hurried to the Wang Family wedding. On the way there, Tang Feng clashed with his fellow Supreme Sword Sect disciples, and one senior sister intervened.

• Ye Lin sensed powerful energy around Xinyou and stopped to watch as Xinyou flew away and became enclosed in a glowing white cocoon.
• Ye Lin and Ye Xin sealed off the surrounding void while Ye Lin guarded Xinyou and waited to see whether he would break through.
• Notable figures from across Long River Prefecture set out for the Wang Family wedding, including Tang Feng and three fellow Supreme Sword Sect disciples.
• Tang Feng complained about the group's pace, and a senior sister defended their hurry because Xinxin was her close friend and the Wang Family had invited their sect first.
• Liu insulted Tang Feng, who fired back; Liu drew his sword, and a senior sister stepped in to stop the fight.

Ye Lin watched as Xinyou neared a breakthrough to Daluo Golden Immortal and reunited with Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue. The encounter turned tense when Liu Zifang and Ji Xue revealed their greed for Xinyou, while Ye Lin kept Ye Xin hidden nearby.

• Ye Lin recognized the surging energy as a sign that Xinyou was about to break through to Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Tang Feng brought Lin Ruxue over to greet Ye Lin and identified Xinyou as Ye Lin's beast pet.
• Liu Zifang and Ji Xue admired Xinyou's bloodline and said they intended to capture and tame it.
• Tang Feng introduced Liu Zifang and Ji Xue as members of the Supreme Sword Sect, and Ye Lin considered ordering the hidden Ye Xin to act if they attacked.

Xinyou faced a five-hour lightning tribulation as he advanced toward the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. The final bolt struck and destroyed his body, leaving the outcome of his Tribulation Transcendence uncertain.

• Tang Feng told Ye Lin he would help stop Liu Zifang if Liu tried to attack Xinyou.
• As Xinyou neared the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, heavenly thunder gathered and he transformed into a colossal white beast.
• Xinyou endured five hours of increasingly powerful lightning while Tang Feng and Liu Zifang watched his tribulation.
• Ye Lin realized the tribulation clouds had nearly exhausted their energy and believed Xinyou could withstand the final strike.
• The violet-red final bolt hit Xinyou, and his fleshly body completely collapsed.

Xinyou completed its breakthrough to the Early Daluo Golden Immortal realm, easing Ye Lin’s worries. Liu Zifang tried to claim Xinyou, but Ye Lin refused to sell it, and the group left without a fight.

• Xinyou recovered from the tribulation and became an Early Daluo Golden Immortal, while its status panel revealed a destiny ending in a fatal battle with a Saint Realm expert.
• Liu Zifang approached Xinyou and offered his Supreme Sword Sect status and resources to persuade it to follow him.
• Xinyou ignored Liu Zifang and returned to Ye Lin, who explained that it was his companion.
• After learning Ye Lin was a Rogue Cultivator, Liu Zifang offered to buy Xinyou, and Ye Lin named a price of one billion Origin Chamber of Commerce trading points.
• Ye Lin warned Liu Zifang not to try to seize Xinyou by force and walked away; Liu Zifang held back, and Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue followed Ye Lin.

Ye Lin joined Tang Feng's group on the way to the Wang Family's eldest daughter's wedding, while Liu Zifang explained why he had held back from confronting Ye Lin. Liu Zifang planned to use the wedding to show Ye Lin his status and negotiate a deal afterward.

• Ye Lin told Tang Feng he was headed to the Wang Family wedding, and Tang Feng invited him to travel with their group.
• Tang Feng, Ye Lin, and Lin Ruxue continued toward the Wang Family together.
• Ji Xue questioned why Liu Zifang had not seized Ye Lin's item, and Liu Zifang explained the risks of provoking a powerful Rogue Cultivator or Tang Feng.
• Liu Zifang said he had learned from past beatings and was arrogant but not stupid.
• Liu Zifang decided to show Ye Lin his status at the wedding before negotiating a deal with him.

Ye Lin and his companions stopped in Waterside City on their way to the Wang Family wedding, while Liu Zifang and Ji Xue continued following them. As rumors spread that the wedding would draw Long River Prefecture’s renowned experts, Ye Lin observed the tangled affections among the four people around him.

• Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue said they would reach the Wang Family in three days and expected the wedding to be lively.
• Ye Lin, Tang Feng, and Lin Ruxue entered Waterside City, while Ye Xin secretly followed from the void.
• Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue discussed Xinxin’s wedding, which the Wang Family and Zhao Family were hosting together.
• Liu Zifang and Ji Xue joined them, and Ye Lin noticed Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue were attracted to each other, as were Liu Zifang to Lin Ruxue and Ji Xue to Liu Zifang.
• Travelers at the restaurant said the Wang Family wedding would welcome visitors and attract renowned experts and curious Rogue Cultivators.

Liu Zifang and the Supreme Sword Sect group traveled to the Wang Family’s ancestral land for the wedding of the Wang and Zhao Families. They arrived safely, and Lin Ruxue worried about how the alliance might reshape Long River Prefecture.

• Liu Zifang led the group toward the Wang Family, and Ye Lin traveled with them to avoid trouble on the road.
• After three days, the group reached the Wang Family’s floating island, where the ancestral land’s imposing entrance impressed them.
• Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue discussed the Wang Family’s strength and the consequences of its marriage alliance with the Zhao Family.
• Tang Feng urged the group to enter, saying they could adapt or leave if Long River Prefecture’s balance of power changed.

Ye Lin and the Supreme Sword Sect delegation arrived at the Wang Family for the Eldest Young Lady’s wedding. Liu Zifang tried to separate Ye Lin from the group, but the Wang Family’s Great Elder appeared and warmly greeted someone as a brother.

• Ye Lin absorbed the rich energy on the Wang Family’s island, while Liu Zifang and Tang Feng remarked on its grand formations.
• Liu Zifang presented the Supreme Sword Sect’s invitation and claimed Ye Lin was not one of them.
• The Wang Family’s attendant asked Ye Lin whether he had an invitation, and Ye Lin began to retrieve his own.
• Liu Zifang recognized the approaching Great Elder, Wang Mingyang, and assumed he had come to welcome him.
• Liu Zifang saluted Wang Mingyang, who laughed and greeted him as a brother.

Ye Lin arrived at the Wang Family with Wang Mingyang, who welcomed him warmly and took him to meet the Family Head. The chapter left Tang Feng puzzled and Liu Zifang alarmed as they realized Ye Lin had powerful connections and a peak Daluo Golden Immortal guard.

• Wang Mingyang ignored Liu Zifang and greeted Ye Lin, then asked why Luo Yao had not come along.
• Ye Lin explained that Luo Yao was with the Spirit King and summoned Ye Xin to his side.
• Wang Mingyang escorted Ye Lin into the Wang Family, while Tang Feng wondered how Ye Lin knew the Great Elder and Liu Zifang regretted misjudging him.
• Wang Mingyang asked about Ye Xin, and Ye Lin said the Spirit King had given him a guard to protect him.
• Wang Mingyang envied Ye Lin's ties to the Spirit King and reflected on the power of the beings in the secret realm.

Ye Lin met the Wang Family patriarch and was welcomed as a guest ahead of the patriarch’s daughter’s wedding. He settled into a prepared residence and watched the family grow busier as the wedding approached.

• Wang Mingyang brought Ye Lin to meet the Wang Family patriarch, who welcomed him and invited him to stay for the twelve days before the wedding.
• Wang Mingyang showed Ye Lin to a pavilion prepared for him and left to attend to wedding preparations.
• Ye Lin explored the pavilion, then rested and cultivated lightly because he did not feel safe enough to meditate deeply.
• Over the next few days, Ye Lin noticed the Wang Family growing livelier, refused two women Wang Mingyang sent him, and remained uninterested in women.

Ye Lin attended the Wang Family wedding and was escorted to a seat among the quasi-saints. The other guests questioned the unusual placement of a Daluo Golden Immortal, but stayed silent as the ceremony approached.

• Ye Lin left cultivation and followed a young man to the wedding venue.
• Wang Ruoxin greeted Ye Lin and guided him through a crowd of Daluo Golden Immortals, saints, and quasi-saints.
• Wang Ruoxin seated Ye Lin in the quasi-saint viewing area near the edge of the platform.
• The quasi-saints wondered why the Wang Family had seated a Daluo Golden Immortal among them, but did not ask.

Ye Lin attended the wedding between the Wang and Zhao families, where the Wang Family Patriarch publicly introduced him as an honored guest and won him the favor of Long River Prefecture’s leading figures. As the ceremony began, Ye Lin wondered where he was supposed to present the Spirit King’s gift.

• The Wang Family Patriarch arrived with a refined-looking man and praised the union between the Wang and Zhao families.
• The Wang Family Patriarch approached Ye Lin, thanked him for attending, and introduced him to the Quasi-Saints as an honored guest of the Wang Family.
• The Quasi-Saints praised Ye Lin and invited him to visit their sects and factions.
• The Wang Family Patriarch called everyone to take their seats and announced that the wedding would begin.
• Ye Lin sat down and wondered where he should present the Spirit King’s gift.

Ye Lin watched as Wang Xinru and her groom arrived at the wedding ceremony, while the Wang Family served lavish food to the guests. As the officiant began the ceremony, one figure stood out as not fitting the cheerful scene.

• Ye Lin set aside his wedding gift and decided to watch the ceremony.
• Wang Xinru descended among falling red petals, and the cultivators admired her beauty.
• A young man rode in on a heavenly horse and walked toward Wang Xinru along the red carpet.
• Wang Family attendants served precious food and wine, and the guests began eating.
• Wang Xinru and her groom met as the master of ceremonies began the wedding, while one figure seemed out of place.

A woman and her daughter interrupted Zhao Jinchao’s wedding and accused him of abandoning them after a night together ten years earlier. The Zhao Family head promised to compensate them if the claim was true and threatened to settle matters if it was false.

• A muddy woman arrived at the wedding with a little girl and demanded that Zhao Jinchao answer for abandoning her and their daughter.
• Zhao Jinchao denied knowing the woman and accused her of slandering him.
• The woman said she had carried and raised his child alone after he disappeared ten years earlier.
• The Zhao Family head intervened, promising compensation and recognition for the girl if the accusation was true, and consequences for the woman if it was false.

The Zhao Family head revealed the woman’s past, exposing how a black-robed man recruited her to disrupt the Zhao and Wang Families’ wedding and secretly plant a girl made from Zhao Jinchao’s blood. The chapter ended with the scheme laid bare before those watching.

• The Zhao Family head placed his palm on the woman’s head and revealed her life in a vision.
• The vision showed the black-robed man offering the woman resources and an escape talisman in exchange for disrupting the Zhao and Wang Families’ wedding.
• After hesitating, the woman accepted the offer and agreed to let the black-robed man alter her memories and place a restriction on her Primordial Spirit.
• The black-robed man used a drop of Zhao Jinchao’s blood to create a girl who had Zhao Family blood but almost no cultivation talent.

After Soul Search exposed the accusation as false, the Zhao Family head punished the woman who made it and reassured Wang Xinru that the child would not disrupt her marriage to Jin Chao. The wedding continued, but the Zhao Family head suspected the Supreme Sword Sect of arranging the deception and demanded an explanation from Qingzhi.

• The Zhao Family head learned the woman’s accusation was false, and the onlookers realized she had slandered the Zhao Family and Wang Family.
• The woman tried to escape with a talisman, but it failed; the Zhao Family head sentenced her to ten thousand years in Thunder Prison before execution, and his people sealed her cultivation and took her away.
• The Zhao Family head took the little girl into his care and promised Wang Xinru that she would not interfere with Xinru’s life with Jin Chao.
• Wang Xinru accepted the explanation, and the Zhao Family head announced that the wedding would continue.
• The Zhao Family head suspected the Supreme Sword Sect had caused the trouble and demanded an explanation from Qingzhi.

At the wedding, the Zhao Family head accused the Supreme Sword Sect of plotting against the Zhao and Wang Families, but a middle-aged man reasoned that the sect had no need to use such a clumsy scheme. Ye Lin watched the families begin investigating the real culprit, then enjoyed the wedding festivities with Wang Ruoxin.

• The middle-aged man argued that the Supreme Sword Sect would have killed Zhao Jinchao directly rather than resorting to a flawed scheme, and the Zhao Family head apologized.
• The Zhao Family and the Wang Family began searching for whoever had slandered them in public.
• Ye Lin watched the dispute and wondered why the culprit had let the truth come out, but gave up trying to understand their motives.
• Thirty beautiful women played zithers in the air as the guests watched the wedding and enjoyed the food.
• Wang Ruoxin massaged Ye Lin's shoulders while he relaxed and watched the festivities.

After Wang Mingyang’s wedding, Ye Lin left the Wang Family and headed back toward Divine Capital City with Ye Xin. On the way, he spotted a large group from the Chaos Ancient Clan gathered below.

• Ye Lin gave Wang Mingyang the Spatial Ring containing gifts from the Spirit King and himself.
• Ye Lin declined Wang Mingyang’s invitation to stay and vanished from the wedding venue.
• Ye Lin set off with Ye Xin toward Divine Capital City, planning to deliver the captured living beings to the Spirit King and resume cultivating.
• Ye Lin sensed powerful auras below and recognized the gathered figures as members of the Chaos Ancient Clan.

Ye Lin spotted Chu Qinxin leading members of the Chaos Ancient Clan and suspected she had been possessed or replaced. He followed them into the Death Desert and entered the hidden passage beneath its sands, where an endless staircase descended into darkness.

• Ye Lin concealed his aura and recognized Chu Qinxin among the Chaos Ancient Clan, puzzled by her apparent position as their leader.
• Chu Qinxin and the Chaos Ancient Clan hurried away, and Ye Lin followed them into the increasingly barren Death Desert.
• Ye Lin saw Chu Qinxin lead the group beneath the desert sands, where they vanished from sight.
• After waiting, Ye Lin opened a hidden entrance and entered it with Ye Xin, then sealed the entrance behind them.
• Ye Lin found a long flight of steps descending into the depths.

Ye Lin, Ye Xin, and Xinyou secretly advanced through a narrow passage and killed two early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal guards without making a sound. Ye Lin led the group deeper inside, eager to discover what the Chaos Ancient Clan was guarding.

• Ye Lin had Ye Xin lead the way through the narrow passage while all three concealed their auras and footsteps.
• After half an hour, Ye Xin spotted two early-stage Daluo Golden Immortals guarding a widening passage.
• Ye Lin assigned Ye Xin to attack the guard on the left and joined Xinyou against the guard on the right.
• Ye Xin crushed one guard's Primordial Spirit, while Ye Lin and Xinyou killed the other and Xinyou devoured his Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin disposed of the bodies and led Ye Xin deeper inside to investigate what the guards were protecting.