Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin and his companions traveled through the Nether Sea, where immense pressure and powerful sea creatures made the journey dangerous. When they encountered a colossal living creature blocking their path, Ye Lin chose to go around it and avoid trouble.

• Zhang Ling'er estimated that crossing the Nether Sea would take three or four months, and Ye Lin said that fit within his deadline to leave Heaven Province.
• Ye Lin traveled hundreds of millions of zhang beneath the surface and realized the Nether Sea's pressure was beyond what even a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal could withstand.
• Ye Xin spotted a wall-like object ahead, and Zhang Ling'er judged that it was a colossal living creature.
• Ye Lin told the others to go around the creature so they could keep a low profile.

Ye Lin and his group crossed the Nether Sea, where a colossal creature questioned them about Silent Ridge's disappearance before letting them pass. They followed a turtle to the Dragon Palace's Third Young Master's wedding, hoping to find a map.

• A giant creature asked Ye Lin whether the land dwellers were responsible for Silent Ridge's disappearance, and Ye Lin denied it.
• The creature closed its eyes and let Ye Lin's group continue through the Nether Sea.
• Ye Lin traveled onward without a map and encountered increasing numbers of sea clan beings heading to a gathering.
• A giant turtle invited Ye Lin and his companions to the Dragon Palace's Third Young Master's wedding.
• Ye Lin followed the turtle, hoping the gathering might help him find a map of the Nether Sea.

At a wedding in the Nether Sea, Ye Lin learned from Ao Ping why mainland creatures were forbidden from entering the territory of the Nether Dragon Clan. Ao Ping’s story left Ye Lin aware that traveling into that territory could put him in danger.

• Ao Ping introduced himself to Ye Lin and asked why he had come to the Nether Sea.
• Ao Ping explained that ten thousand years earlier, the Nether Dragon Clan’s princess had fallen in love with a mainland young master and escaped her father’s attempts to bring her home.
• The princess discovered that her husband already had four female companions, and the Nameless Sword Sect suppressed her and drained her True Dragon Bloodline as part of its leader’s scheme.
• The Nether Dragon Clan destroyed the Nameless Sword Sect, but its chief could not save his daughter and was later stopped from taking revenge on all of Sunset Prefecture.
• Ao Ping told Ye Lin that the Nether Dragon Clan barred mainland creatures from the Nether Sea and warned him that its territory was dangerous.

Ye Lin asked Ao Ping for a map of the Nether Sea and learned that he was in Torch Dragon Clan territory. He paid Ao Ping one million jin of Great Luo Divine Source for the map, which revealed the Nether Sea’s layout to him.

• Ye Lin asked Ao Ping for a map, and Ao Ping teased him by asking whether he wanted to know whose territory they were in.
• Ye Lin suspected the area belonged to the Nether Dragon Clan and gripped the Cosmos Seal, but Ao Ping revealed that he had only been joking and that he was a descendant of the Torch Dragon Clan.
• Ao Ping offered to sell Ye Lin a Nether Sea map for one million jin of Great Luo Divine Source.
• Ye Lin paid Ao Ping, who handed him a scroll and identified their location as the Torch Dragon Divine Domain.
• Ye Lin opened the advanced map, and its information appeared in his mind as a miniature Nether Sea.

Ye Lin acquired a detailed map from Ao Ping and left the makeshift wedding to continue his journey toward Yun Province. Ao Ping suspected Ye Lin was an outsider with valuable treasures and ordered his people to kill him and bring back his possessions.

• Ao Ping gave Ye Lin a map of the Nether Sea, and Ye Lin saw that he would have to cross the Nether Dragon Clan's territory to reach Yun Province.
• Ye Lin asked who Ao Ping was, but Ao Ping laughed and turned his attention to the wedding ceremony.
• After watching the simple wedding, Ye Lin left with Zhang Ling'er and Ye Xin, taking most of the food to save for Luo Yao.
• Ao Ping sent a clan expert to gather powerful members and intercept Ye Lin, ordering them to kill him and bring back his possessions.
• Ye Lin set off with the detailed map, which marked the terrain, factions, experts, and dangerous locations.

Ye Lin and his companions were ambushed underwater by three Torch Dragon Clan experts after he realized Ao Ping had likely targeted his wealth. The battle began with Ye Lin facing the peak Daluo Golden Immortal Ao San, whose first punch shattered Ye Lin’s sword attack.

• Ye Lin sensed killing intent and found Zhang Ling'er already armed and ready for a fight.
• Ye Lin recalled Ao Ping’s suspicious interest in the million jin of Great Luo Divine Source and activated the Origin Eye Technique.
• Three black-scaled figures emerged, swiftly surrounding Ye Lin and his companions.
• The attackers struck, and Ye Lin, Zhang Ling'er, and Ye Xin each engaged an opponent while Luo Yao watched.
• Ye Lin recognized Ao San as a peak Daluo Golden Immortal, and Ao San’s punch blasted apart Ye Lin’s Sword Qi.

Ye Lin, Luo Yao, and Zhang Ling'er fled from Ao Yi and his pursuers after realizing the seabed put them at a severe disadvantage. Ye Lin refused to use the Cosmos Seal before a true crisis and redirected the group toward the Falling Dragon Grotto, hoping the pursuers would fear following them there.

• Ao Yi attacked Ye Lin, who grabbed Luo Yao and fled while ordering Ye Xin to run; Zhang Ling'er escaped alongside them.
• Ao Yi cursed at the fugitives and ordered his companions to chase them.
• Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er exchanged praise as they fled, and Zhang Ling'er suggested using the Cosmos Seal against their pursuers.
• Ye Lin refused to use the Cosmos Seal unless they faced a life-or-death crisis.
• Ye Lin consulted the map Ao Ping had given him, spotted the Falling Dragon Grotto, and changed course toward it.

Ye Lin entered Falling Dragon Grotto, trusting the map’s warning that its vengeful spirits killed only Dragon Clan members. Ao Yi and his two companions stopped pursuing him rather than risk entering the forbidden place.

• The map explained that a seventh-layer Quasi-Saint True Dragon had died in Falling Dragon Grotto and that its vengeful spirit targeted the Dragon Clan.
• Ye Lin entered Falling Dragon Grotto with his group, prepared to use the Cosmos Seal if the spirit attacked.
• Ye Lin felt the grotto’s terrifying yin energy and cautiously led his group deeper inside.
• Ao Yi and his two companions realized Ye Lin had entered Falling Dragon Grotto and refused to follow him.
• Ao Yi and the others turned back, choosing to face their young master’s scolding rather than enter the forbidden place.

Ye Lin, Zhang Ling'er, and Luo Yao braved the freezing, pitch-black waters of the Nether Sea and were attacked by Dragon Souls. Ye Lin realized the map described only one Dragon Soul, leaving him to suspect that the creatures swarming them had another origin.

• Ye Lin used the Nine Nether Prison Flame to warm himself, Zhang Ling'er, and Ye Xin as the group traveled deeper into the Nether Sea.
• Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er found that dense yin energy blocked their sight and divine sense, while Luo Yao remained comfortable in the water.
• Dragon roars surrounded the group, and Zhang Ling'er drew her saber as Ye Lin readied Azure Frost and the Heaven-Shaking Bell.
• Ye Lin destroyed a grotesque Dragon Soul with one sword strike and wondered why the map mentioned only one Dragon Soul.
• More Dragon Souls charged at the group, and Ye Lin began to suspect they were not the Dragon Soul named on the map.

Ye Lin discovered that Zhang Ling'er was destined to find an evil dragon's Dragon Ball and used the Cosmos Seal to collect the Dragon Souls in the Falling Dragon Grotto. After the Seal absorbed a terrifying quasi-Saint Dragon Soul, Ye Lin survived and continued toward the grotto's deeper opportunity.

• Ye Lin realized the Dragon Souls were the remnants of Dragon Clan experts who had died in the Falling Dragon Grotto, including three quasi-Saints.
• Ye Lin saw Zhang Ling'er's opportunity to find and refine an evil dragon's Dragon Ball, which could raise her to the quasi-Saint realm, and decided to take it for himself.
• Ye Lin used the Cosmos Seal to absorb the Dragon Souls, including three exceptionally powerful ones, for the Spirit King.
• A gigantic Dragon Soul threatened to kill Ye Lin, but the Cosmos Seal swiftly suppressed and absorbed it.
• After the Dragon Soul disappeared, Ye Lin recovered from its overwhelming life-force suppression.

Ye Lin found the evil dragon’s corpse in the Falling Dragon Grotto and took the Dragon Ball, which he expected would help him reach the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm. He left to find somewhere safe to refine it and ran into Zhang Ling'er outside.

• Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er recovered from the seventh-layer Quasi-Saint’s terrifying suppression as the Dragon Soul’s removal caused the grotto’s yin energy to recede.
• Ye Lin continued deeper into the Falling Dragon Grotto, with Zhang Ling'er following him.
• Ye Lin found the immense corpse of the evil dragon and searched its head for the Dragon Ball.
• Ye Lin retrieved the glowing Dragon Ball and stored it in his Spatial Ring, deciding not to refine it in the grotto.
• Ye Lin left to seek a safe place to refine the Dragon Ball and saw Zhang Ling'er approaching.

Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er left Falling Dragon Grotto after the Dragon Soul vanished, while the grotto's yin energy dispersed and drew experts from many races. As they gathered outside, one clan's sole Quasi-Saint ancestor entered the grotto to search for its inheritance, leaving his clansmen fearing for their race's future.

• Ye Lin told Zhang Ling'er that he had found a Dragon Ball whose essence had mostly leaked away.
• Ye Lin led Zhang Ling'er and the others out of Falling Dragon Grotto before Dragon Clan experts arrived to investigate.
• After they left, the grotto's yin energy began to disperse, alarming the races stationed nearby.
• Experts from various races rushed to Falling Dragon Grotto and summoned their clans' powerhouses.
• An old man mocked the gathered experts' hesitation and entered the grotto, despite his young clansmen's attempts to stop their clan's sole Quasi-Saint ancestor.

Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er hurried through the vast Nether Sea, worried that the Chaos Ancient Clan would seal Heaven Province's borders within a year. They encountered an enormous bridge absent from Ye Lin's map, and Zhang Ling'er stepped onto it while Ye Lin considered whether it had appeared suddenly.

• Ye Lin estimated that crossing the Nether Sea would take a year, and Zhang Ling'er questioned why he was concerned.
• Ye Lin explained that the Chaos Ancient Clan was expected to seal Heaven Province's borders within a year, potentially trapping them there.
• Zhang Ling'er urged Ye Lin to keep moving and trust that a solution would appear along the way.
• Ye Lin spotted a massive bridge stretching into the Nether Sea that was not shown on his map.
• Zhang Ling'er stepped onto the bridge to investigate, while Ye Lin stayed behind and considered why it was missing from the map.

Ye Lin was drawn into mysterious runes on the bridge and found himself alone in a boundless starry space. He could not contact the Spirit King or return to the secret realm, leaving him to face an unknown place on his own.

• Ye Lin followed Zhang Ling'er deeper onto the bridge and became absorbed in the mysterious runes carved into its wall.
• As Ye Lin walked, the seawater receded and the bridge vanished, while he failed to notice what was happening.
• Ye Lin suddenly came to his senses in a starry space, with Luo Yao, Ye Xin, and Zhang Ling'er gone and his connection to Ye Xin severed.
• Ye Lin tried to use his Identity Token to contact the Spirit King and enter the secret realm, but it did not work.

Ye Lin explored the vast, ruined space beyond the enormous bridge and suspected it was a low-level secret realm. He remained concerned about getting out before Heaven Province was sealed off, but trusted that Luo Yao could take him to Yun Province if necessary.

• Ye Lin put away the Identity Token and reasoned that the enormous bridge had transported him into an independent space or secret realm.
• Ye Lin decided to explore despite worrying that he might be trapped when the Chaos Ancient Clan sealed off Heaven Province, and kept the Cosmos Seal ready in case of danger.
• Ye Lin examined a vast star-filled expanse with a huge empty void and found that his divine sense could not locate its boundaries.
• Ye Lin saw only ruins as he moved through space that shattered beneath his steps, concluding that the realm was fragile and likely low-level.
• Ye Lin grew desperate to leave after finding no way out among the ruins.

Ye Lin crossed a black hole unharmed and erased it with his power, then found a mysterious Bronze Immortal Hall floating in the Starry Sky. He entered the hall and discovered familiar runes on its walls, but their meaning remained unknown.

• Ye Lin entered a massive black hole and walked through its crushing forces without being harmed.
• Ye Lin made the black hole disappear with a single strike of his hand.
• Ye Lin spotted a Bronze Immortal Hall in the void and traveled to it.
• Ye Lin examined a statue outside the hall and found it unusually hard and out of place.
• Ye Lin climbed the bronze steps with the Cosmos Seal in hand and recognized on the walls the same runes he had seen on a bridge.

Ye Lin forced open the bronze Immortal Hall’s massive doors and entered its vast interior. He reached the center and surveyed the sixty seats, matching statues, and supreme throne.

• Ye Lin realized the enormous bridge had brought him to the bronze Immortal Hall.
• Ye Lin used all his strength to open a narrow gap in the giant doors and squeezed inside.
• Ye Lin walked along the red carpet through the hall, passing jeweled bronze chairs and lifelike statues.
• Ye Lin reached the center and counted five red carpets, sixty seats, and sixty statues, with a supreme throne behind him.

Ye Lin began refining the Dragon Balls’ origin essence inside the Bronze Immortal Hall, hoping to reach the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. As he focused on the breakthrough, the statues and furnishings around him began to stir and glow.

• Ye Lin searched the Bronze Immortal Hall but found no obvious lucky opportunity beyond its mysterious, imposing statues.
• He decided the hall was safe enough to refine the Dragon Balls and sat down with the Cosmos Seal in his palm.
• The Dragon Balls’ origin essence surged through Ye Lin’s body, making it glow as powerful laws reverberated through the hall.
• The statues began trembling and shining, while the chairs along the red carpet stirred, but Ye Lin remained unaware as he continued refining the essence.

Ye Lin absorbed the Dragon Balls' remaining origin essence and broke through to the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. When he sat on the hall's throne, he was flooded with fragmented memories that nearly shattered his Primordial Spirit, so he fled from it.

• Ye Lin refined the Dragon Balls' origin essence for a month, strengthening his Chaos Sword Body and Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin absorbed the Dragon Balls' final trace of power and broke through to the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin checked his cultivation and status, then looked around the unchanged hall and prepared to leave.
• Ye Lin cautiously approached the throne and sat down, whereupon disjointed memories of a powerful expert flooded his mind.
• Ye Lin forced himself away from the throne before the memories could shatter his Primordial Spirit.

Ye Lin escaped the Bronze Immortal Hall after resisting memories that threatened to possess him, then returned to the Nether Sea with his cultivation advanced to the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm. He found Zhang Ling'er and Luo Yao waiting, but their account of his disappearance left him uncertain whether the giant bridge and the hall had been real.

• Ye Lin left the Bronze Immortal Hall and sealed its doors, while a voice inside said that the time had not yet come.
• Ye Lin entered a vortex that returned him to the Nether Sea, and the vortex vanished behind him.
• Ye Lin discovered that his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Zhang Ling'er said Ye Lin had walked away as if possessed and then vanished while she and Luo Yao searched for him.
• Ye Lin struggled to recall the unfamiliar memories because they caused pain in his Primordial Spirit, then told Zhang Ling'er he might have encountered an inner demon.