Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin confronted Li Ming, a member of the Chaos Ancient Clan who had secretly entered the area, after Li Ming demanded to know what lay behind a wall. The chapter ended with Li Ming attacking Ye Lin while his two attendants fought Ye Xin.

• Ye Lin asked Luo Yao if the children had bullied her, and she said they had only refused to play with her.
• Li Ming questioned Ye Lin about what lay behind the wall and revealed that he belonged to the Chaos Ancient Clan.
• Ye Lin refused to answer Li Ming and warned him to investigate the wall himself or wait until he died.
• Li Ming tried to approach Luo Yao, but Ye Lin drove him back with a sword strike.
• Li Ming sent his two attendants to attack Ye Xin and charged at Ye Lin.

Ye Lin escaped Li Ming’s attack with Luo Yao and Ye Xin, then headed toward Sunset Prefecture as the Chaos Ancient Clan’s invasion left Long River Prefecture collapsing. He realized that leaving the Origin Continent would require a long detour through two prefectures.

• Ye Lin dodged Li Ming and fled with Luo Yao while Ye Xin broke free and followed; Li Ming found the valley empty and departed with his attendants.
• Ye Lin carried Luo Yao toward Sunset Prefecture, reasoning that Long River Prefecture could no longer be saved and that other Chaos Ancient Clan members might be nearby.
• Ye Lin noted that Sunset Prefecture was larger and more prosperous than Long River Prefecture, but his map gave no details about its regions.
• Ye Lin saw many cultivators fleeing toward Sunset Prefecture, confirming that Long River Prefecture had largely fallen.
• Ye Lin concluded that escaping the Origin Continent would require detouring through two prefectures because Heavenly March Prefecture was occupied by the Chaos Ancient Clan.

Ye Lin learned from Wang Mingyang that Heaven Province had been abandoned and that he needed to flee through Sunset Prefecture and the Nether Sea to reach Fire Province. As Chaos Ancient Clan forces pursued the refugees, Xinyou transformed into a colossal white beast and carried Ye Lin, Luo Yao, and Ye Xin swiftly onward.

• Wang Mingyang warned Ye Lin to keep fleeing and reach Fire Province, saying Heaven Province had been abandoned by the Xuanyuan Sacred Court.
• Ye Lin saw crowds fleeing and Chaos Ancient Clan members below, and wondered how Long River Prefecture had fallen so quickly.
• Chaos Ancient Clan experts attacked from both sides, but Ye Lin kept running to avoid being caught in battle.
• Xinyou transformed into a colossal white beast, and Ye Lin carried Luo Yao onto its back while Ye Xin stood behind them.
• Xinyou accelerated into a white rainbow and carried them beyond the horizon.

Ye Lin discovered that Xinyou had awakened a divine ability that let him travel through space, helping them reach Sunset Prefecture before exhaustion forced him to rest. After Luo Yao found an underwater cave, Ye Lin sent Ye Xin ahead to scout it, and they emerged beyond a mountain range with no apparent opportunity.

• Ye Lin inspected Xinyou’s traits and learned that Beastform Rainbow let him become part of space and travel through it.
• Xinyou carried Ye Lin and the others into Sunset Prefecture in half an hour, then fell asleep from the ability’s heavy consumption.
• Ye Lin decided he needed maps of Sunset Prefecture and the Nether Sea before continuing toward the sea.
• Luo Yao found an underwater cave, and Ye Lin sent Ye Xin inside to scout ahead while he followed with Luo Yao.
• Ye Xin found an exit after half an hour of walking, and Ye Lin realized they had passed through a mountain range and found no fortuitous opportunity.

Ye Lin emerged into Tian Yuan Sacred Land with Luo Yao and was accused by Zhang Ling'er, its Saintess, of sneaking into her bathing pool to peep. When he tried to show her the cave he had used to enter, it was nowhere to be found, leaving Zhang Ling'er convinced he had made up the story.

• Ye Lin brought Luo Yao to the surface and found Zhang Ling'er bathing in the pool.
• Zhang Ling'er accused Ye Lin of peeping and questioned how he had entered Tian Yuan Sacred Land.
• Ye Lin insisted that he and his companions had arrived by chance through a cave beneath the pool.
• Zhang Ling'er followed Ye Lin underwater, but he found only intact ground where the cave had been.
• Zhang Ling'er mocked Ye Lin for claiming there had been a cave.

Zhang Ling'er questioned Ye Lin after finding no trace of the cave he and his companions had used to enter her underwater residence. Luo Yao confirmed that she had found and emerged from the cave, but no one could explain why it had disappeared.

• Ye Lin searched and stomped the solid ground, unable to find the cave or any hidden mechanism.
• Zhang Ling'er explained that she had built the place from materials that no one below the Quasi-Saint realm could damage and invited Ye Lin and his companions to her residence.
• Ye Lin carried Luo Yao out of the water and pondered the vanished cave as Ye Xin shared his confusion.
• At Zhang Ling'er's residence, Luo Yao introduced herself and said Ye Lin was her brother, not her father.
• Luo Yao told Zhang Ling'er that she had found the cave and that she and the others had come through it, though she did not know why it had vanished.

Ye Lin discovered that Zhang Ling'er was the reincarnation of the Dao Lord of Fate, a being destined to transcend, and was shaken by the power hidden within her. Zhang Ling'er questioned Ye Lin and Ye Xin about their arrival, then learned that Long River Prefecture had fallen to the Chaos Ancient Clan.

• Ye Lin examined Zhang Ling'er's status and saw that she was a reincarnated Dao Lord of Fate with formidable sealed abilities and a destiny of eternal transcendence.
• Ye Lin realized Zhang Ling'er could become an overwhelming power and decided not to offend her.
• Zhang Ling'er accused Ye Lin of staring at her, and he denied peeping.
• Zhang Ling'er asked where Ye Lin and Ye Xin had come from, and Ye Lin said they had traveled from Long River Prefecture through a cave after the Chaos Ancient Clan occupied it.
• Zhang Ling'er grew irritated at hearing about the cave and was surprised to learn that Long River Prefecture had fallen without her receiving any news.

Ye Lin got a map of Sunset Prefecture from Zhang Ling'er, then she demanded that he take her away from Tian Yuan Sacred Land. Ye Lin and Ye Xin fled without her, leaving Zhang Ling'er furious and in pursuit.

• Ye Lin asked Zhang Ling'er for maps of Sunset Prefecture and the Nether Sea, and she gave him a map of Sunset Prefecture.
• Zhang Ling'er threatened to accuse Ye Lin of defiling her if he left without taking her along.
• Zhang Ling'er explained that the ancestor and Sacred Lord had kept her confined to the sacred land, and she wanted to see the outside world.
• Zhang Ling'er discovered that Ye Lin, Ye Xin, and Luo Yao had already escaped, and she rushed out after them.
• Ye Lin and Ye Xin sped through the sacred land after fleeing while Zhang Ling'er had let her guard down.

Ye Lin and Ye Xin escaped the Holy Land with Zhang Ling'er, who had secretly protected them from its formations. The chapter ended with Ye Lin trying to convince Zhang Ling'er to stop following them in an unfamiliar canyon.

• Ye Lin removed the restrictions silencing a couple and forced the woman to tell him how to reach the Holy Land's main gate.
• Ye Lin and Ye Xin followed her directions, nearly getting discovered several times along the way.
• At the main gate, Zhang Ling'er revealed that she had shielded them from the formations and demanded to leave with them.
• Ye Lin agreed, and Zhang Ling'er followed him and Ye Xin out of the Holy Land.
• A middle-aged man appeared at the gate, realized Zhang Ling'er had escaped, and blamed Destiny for her departure.
• In an unfamiliar canyon, Ye Lin urged Zhang Ling'er to explore the world on her own instead of continuing to follow them.

Ye Lin studied Zhang Ling'er's map and decided to cross Sunset Prefecture to reach the Nether Sea, a journey he expected to take half a year. Zhang Ling'er caught up with the group and insisted on joining them.

• Zhang Ling'er complained that Ye Lin was leaving her behind, but he told her to stop following him and left with Ye Xin.
• Ye Lin checked Zhang Ling'er's map and realized that reaching the Nether Sea required crossing the vast Sunset Prefecture from Tian Yuan Sacred Land.
• Ye Lin decided that the group would cross Sunset Prefecture, while Xinyou remained asleep and Luo Yao agreed.
• Zhang Ling'er caught up with Ye Lin, Ye Xin, and Luo Yao, revealed that she knew their plan, and asked when they would set off.

Ye Lin, Ye Xin, and Zhang Ling'er traveled west as Ye Lin explained why he was fleeing Heaven Province. Zhang Ling'er concluded the province might fall to the Chaos Ancient Clan but decided not to return to warn the Sacred Lord or the ancestors.

• Ye Lin gave up trying to stop Zhang Ling'er from following him and left with her and Ye Xin, traveling west.
• Zhang Ling'er asked why Ye Lin was hurrying, and he said Heaven Province might fall and he needed to reach somewhere else.
• Ye Lin told Zhang Ling'er that the Chaos Ancient Clan had nearly conquered Long River Prefecture and appeared to be targeting Sunset Prefecture next.
• Zhang Ling'er weighed the lack of intervention from powerful figures and major forces, then judged there was a high chance Heaven Province would fall.
• Zhang Ling'er worried about the Sacred Lord and the ancestors but decided not to return or contact them, trusting that they could escape if needed.

After running for three days and nights, Ye Lin and his companions stopped to rest in a strange, silent city. They checked into an empty inn, and Ye Lin settled into a room while remaining alert to the city outside.

• Zhang Ling'er said the group needed to rest, and Ye Lin agreed.
• The group entered an enormous city where the inhabitants looked numb and moved through the silent streets.
• Ye Lin took Zhang Ling'er and Ye Xin to an empty inn and paid for two rooms.
• The expressionless innkeeper gave Ye Lin two numbered plaques without speaking.
• Ye Lin gave Zhang Ling'er a plaque, took Ye Xin and Luo Yao to their room, and sat by the window to watch outside.

Luo Yao fell asleep and arrived in a golden temple in another layer of space, where she visited her aunt. She told her aunt that she was happy with Brother Ye Lin and that no one had bullied her.

• Ye Lin rested after looking down at the street, while Luo Yao went to bed and fell asleep.
• Luo Yao arrived before a golden temple, where two divine generals greeted her warmly and let her enter.
• The divine generals remarked that Luo Yao had met someone good outside and did not want to come home.
• Luo Yao entered the temple hall and went to her aunt behind the gauzy curtains.
• Luo Yao's aunt asked whether anyone had bullied her, and Luo Yao said she was happy following Brother Ye Lin.

Luo Yao visited her aunt, who teased her about Ye Lin and learned that Luo Yao was running away with him. Her aunt encouraged her to enjoy her youth, saying she would eventually experience a life like hers.

• Luo Yao's aunt teased her by asking whether she preferred her aunt or Brother Ye Lin.
• Luo Yao said she had come because she missed her aunt.
• Luo Yao told her aunt she had been running away with Brother Ye Lin, and her aunt realized the situation through a quick calculation.
• Luo Yao asked whether her aunt was bored staying in the hall, and her aunt said she had experienced everything and no longer felt boredom.
• Luo Yao's aunt told her to enjoy herself while she still had time, saying she might become like her aunt in the future.

Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er noticed that the people in Approaching the Abyss City seemed like puppets. When night fell beneath a blood moon, the city changed, and a hotel worker warned them to remain in their rooms during the ritual.

• Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er compared the expressionless pedestrians to puppets.
• Ye Lin decided to rest and continue their journey later, while Zhang Ling'er returned to her room to recuperate.
• Night fell, the sky and land turned blood-red, and the city's people gained glowing red eyes and began racing through the streets.
• Ye Lin saw a transparent barrier sealing the sky and watched the disturbance with interest.
• A middle-aged hotel worker told Ye Lin that the city was holding a grand ritual, warned them not to leave their rooms, and said they could depart safely the next day.

Ye Lin ignored Zhang Ling'er’s invitation to investigate the strange altar and waited out the night in the inn. At dawn, he left with Luo Yao and Ye Xin, relieved that Zhang Ling'er had not returned and believing he had shaken her off.

• Ye Lin saw the red-eyed figures gathering around an altar but decided to stay in his room until morning.
• Zhang Ling'er urged Ye Lin to go investigate, then left alone when he refused.
• The howls and blood moon disappeared as night ended, and Ye Lin recovered while Xinyou fully healed.
• Ye Lin left the inn with Luo Yao and Ye Xin after finding Zhang Ling'er's room empty.
• Ye Lin continued along their planned route, glad that Zhang Ling'er was gone.

Ye Lin brought Luo Yao to Tushan City, one of Sunset Prefecture's ten great Holy Cities, and explored its vast, bustling streets. The chapter ended when Ye Lin accidentally stepped on a small white creature that asked him to move his foot.

• Ye Lin decided to visit Tushan City and brought Luo Yao down to explore.
• Ye Lin was stunned by the city's immense scale and imposing dragon-shaped gate.
• Ye Lin entered the city and saw its unusual buildings and many strange inhabitants.
• Ye Lin set Luo Yao down, and she happily ran around ahead of him.
• Ye Lin stepped on a white furry creature, which asked him to lift his foot.

Ye Lin lost track of Luo Yao while searching through a crowded street, and Luo Yao stopped to watch a man sell mysterious Divine Jars. The crowd began questioning the seller’s claims.

• Ye Lin apologized after accidentally kicking a tiny Daluo Golden Immortal, then continued through the street.
• Ye Lin lost sight of Luo Yao and searched for her without using his divine sense.
• Luo Yao watched a middle-aged man claim his Divine Jars could contain anything from worthless trash to treasures.
• A young man with Innate Dual Pupils questioned whether the seller had put the contents in the jars himself.
• Another figure challenged the seller’s claim that the crowd would believe him.

A vendor tried to sell supposedly mysterious divine jars, but the crowd doubted his claims and walked away. Luo Yao volunteered to buy ten jars, and the vendor led her to choose them.

• A middle-aged vendor defended his divine jars as treasures from a secret realm, but skeptical buyers mocked him and refused to purchase them.
• The vendor repeatedly lowered his price as the crowd left, lamenting that his usual scam never worked on Origin Continent.
• Luo Yao announced that she wanted to buy divine jars, and the vendor hurried over to her.
• Luo Yao said she wanted ten jars, and the vendor invited her to pick them from his stall.

Luo Yao bought a golden divine jar from a middle-aged man and smashed it open, drawing mockery from the watching cultivators when it yielded only a tiny bead. She liked the bead and continued smashing jars while the man watched with delight.

• Nearby cultivators condemned the middle-aged man for selling a divine jar to Luo Yao, but he insisted she had agreed to the transaction.
• Luo Yao chose a golden jar and smashed it with the hammer the middle-aged man gave her.
• The jar yielded a dark blue bead containing a galaxy, which the cultivators dismissed as worthless.
• Luo Yao liked the bead and continued smashing the jars as the middle-aged man smiled.