Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin entered Taiheng’s hut and helped him suppress an inner demon with a medicinal pill and spiritual qi. After Taiheng recovered, Ye Lin confronted him about his obsession and revealed that he had come for the Five Lives Stone, leaving Taiheng threatening to attack.

• Ye Lin found Taiheng on the verge of qi deviation and fed him a medicinal pill, then used his spiritual qi to stabilize him.
• Taiheng recovered and thanked Ye Lin for saving him from his inner demon.
• Ye Lin warned Taiheng that his obsession would prevent him from advancing further and asked what had happened in the past.
• Taiheng became angry and ordered Ye Lin to leave, refusing to discuss the matter.
• Ye Lin said he had come for the Five Lives Stone, and Taiheng gathered spiritual qi in his hand and demanded an explanation.

Ye Lin persuaded Taiheng to set aside his anger by sharing his extraordinary rise and arguing that obsession could become a driving force. Taiheng agreed to tell Ye Lin about his predicament, while Taichu left Nameless Mountain and Taiheng asked Ye Lin for another pill.

• Taichu prepared to intervene as Taiheng confronted Ye Lin in the thatched hut.
• Ye Lin recounted his rapid rise in cultivation and urged Taiheng to turn his obsession into motivation, possibly to bring someone back to life.
• Taiheng withdrew his aura and agreed to tell Ye Lin about his predicament.
• Taiheng expelled Taichu from the small world, and Taichu left Nameless Mountain after deciding Ye Lin was no longer in danger.
• Taiheng asked Ye Lin for another pill.

Ye Lin gave Taiheng a second Clear Mind Pill, allowing Taiheng to revisit the memories behind his inner demon and bring Ye Lin along as an observer. Taiheng’s memories began at the Lotus Sacred Land, where his younger self had arrived with his master.

• Ye Lin gave Taiheng another Clear Mind Pill so he could safely recount his painful past.
• Taiheng recalled visiting the Lotus Sacred Land with his master while he was an early Golden Core cultivator.
• Taiheng drew Ye Lin into his memories, where Ye Lin watched the younger Taiheng and his elderly master approach the sacred land.
• Taiheng’s master looked toward Ye Lin and smiled mysteriously, though Ye Lin believed the memory should not have been able to see him.
• Ye Lin followed the pair into the vast Lotus Sacred Land and saw a great pool filled with blooming lotuses.

Ye Lin followed Taiheng through a memory of Lotus Sacred Land, where the old man and a beautiful woman noticed him and sent him on. He watched young Taiheng spar with Xiyue, then saw Taiheng hurry back toward the grand hall.

• The old man and the woman noticed Ye Lin in Taiheng's memory and told him to leave because he could not take part in what came next.
• Ye Lin followed Taiheng to a mountain where Xiyue was waiting with a spear.
• Taiheng and Xiyue sparred for half an hour without deciding a victor.
• Taiheng bade Xiyue farewell and hurried back toward the grand hall as she called after him.

Taiheng and Xiyue grew close while sparring and exploring together, but Taiheng’s master confined him to the mountain gate until he reached Spirit Transformation. After Xiyue returned injured and asked whether Taiheng liked her, he could no longer focus on cultivation.

• Taiheng and Xiyue spent decades sparring, traveling together, and becoming an admired couple.
• Taiheng’s master ordered him to remain inside the mountain gate until he broke through to Spirit Transformation, and Taiheng agreed.
• Xiyue visited Taiheng regularly to share stories from outside while he endured his secluded cultivation.
• Xiyue arrived pale and injured, said she had killed the bandits who attacked her, and asked Taiheng whether he liked her.
• Taiheng was stunned by Xiyue’s question and became unable to settle into meditation.

Taiheng waited for Xiyue as she grew distant and powerful, then continued cultivating after she stopped visiting. He reached the Spirit Transformation realm and set out to find her, spotting someone below.

• Xiyue returned to Taiheng, held him quietly, and left without speaking.
• A month later, Xiyue asked whether Taiheng had loved her, then consummated their marriage with him before leaving again.
• Taiheng questioned what had happened during his seclusion, but Xiyue told him to obey his master and departed.
• After Xiyue stopped returning, Taiheng cultivated without rest until he entered the Spirit Transformation realm and overcame his tribulation lightning.
• Taiheng declared he would find Xiyue and flew toward someone he spotted on the ground.

Taiheng learned from Wang Du that a hundred years had passed while he was away and that Xiyue had died after giving birth to his daughter, who was sealed in Ancient Divine Source. Enraged and unstable, Taiheng stormed into a grand hall.

• Taiheng discovered that Wang Du's cultivation had surpassed what he could perceive and asked how long he had been gone.
• Wang Du told Taiheng that a hundred years had passed, the Lotus Sacred Land's Sacred Lord had died, and Xiyue had become the new Sacred Lord.
• Wang Du explained that the Supreme Sacred Land's heir abducted and married Xiyue, then tried to kill her when she became pregnant.
• Wang Du said Xiyue died after giving birth to a girl, and his master rescued the child and sealed her in Ancient Divine Source to preserve her life.
• Taiheng left in a violent, unstable state, reached a grand hall, blasted open its doors, and entered.

Taiheng confronted his master about the lies surrounding his cultivation and learned that Xiyue had borne him a daughter. After reading Xiyue’s farewell letter and learning his daughter was sealed in the Primordial Divine Source, Taiheng left in anger, breaking his bond with his master.

• Taiheng demanded that his master explain the deception and reveal what had happened to his daughter with Xiyue.
• Taiheng’s master gave him Xiyue’s letter, in which she told him she had borne their daughter and that she could not stay with him.
• Taiheng read Xiyue’s farewell, learned Feng had offered to visit him in her place, and watched the letter crumble to dust.
• Taiheng’s master said the daughter had been caught in a battle at the Supreme Sacred Land and needed to remain sealed in the Primordial Divine Source for ten million years.
• Taiheng rejected his master’s explanation, roared at him, and left, severing their bond as master and disciple.

Ye Lin helped Taiheng recognize that his memories of being imprisoned by his master had unanswered questions, and urged him to confront the old man. Taiheng met his master in the Nameless Mountain Treasure Vault, where the old man began explaining what had happened.

• Ye Lin realized the old man in Taiheng’s memory was his martial granduncle, who had never met Taiheng before he vanished.
• After the memory space collapsed, Ye Lin told Taiheng that the circumstances of his imprisonment seemed suspicious and urged him to ask his master for the truth.
• Taiheng agreed to confront his master after Ye Lin invoked his authority as Sect Master of Nameless Mountain.
• Taiheng went to the Nameless Mountain Treasure Vault and steadied his trembling master with spiritual energy.
• Taiheng asked what had happened back then, and his master admitted that he had been at fault.

An old man revealed that he had taken Taiheng’s certain-death tribulation onto himself through a Heaven-Deceiving Grand Formation, but the Heavenly Dao discovered the deception and punished him for ten million years. He explained why he had kept the truth from Taiheng and said he was ready to die, while Taiheng tried to heal him.

• The old man told Taiheng that a divination had foretold his death when he broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, so he had transferred the Heavenly Dao tribulation onto himself.
• The old man explained that the Heavenly Dao discovered his deception and that its punishment had left him unable to intervene when Xiyue was taken; his senior brother had managed to save only Taiheng’s child.
• Taiheng demanded to know why the old man had never told him, and the old man said he had been too close to death and later had no chance to speak with him.
• The old man said the Heavenly Dao punished him once every month and that, after ten million years of torment, he was ready to die.
• Taiheng offered to heal the old man, but the old man said only a Half-Immortal could lift the Heavenly Dao’s curse.

Taiheng reconciled with his long-lost master and helped him leave the underground place as the old man's life neared its end. The old man and Taiheng gave Ye Lin the sword case and Five Lives Stone, leaving Ye Lin with another precious treasure and a promise to fulfill.

• Taiheng apologized to his master, who comforted him and said the past should remain in the past.
• Taiheng helped the old man walk out of the underground place as his aura of decay grew stronger.
• The old man thanked Ye Lin and gave him an enigmatic sword case.
• Taiheng gave Ye Lin the Five Lives Stone and reminded him of his promise.
• Taichu explained that the sword case was a Heaven Grade Low Tier weapon with six swords and intact weapon spirits, and that it could link and upgrade swords.
• Ye Lin was stunned by the sword case's power and its valuable weapons.

Ye Lin learned that the sword casket could let one mind control nine swords and help them advance, then discovered its artifact spirit would not recognize him without a fight. He brought Chaos Sword Casket to the plaza to spar, drawing the attention of nearby disciples.

• Ye Lin asked Taichu why someone in Taiheng's memory space had seen him, and Taichu told him to reach Dao Integration before he could understand.
• Taichu reminded Ye Lin that he would attack the Shadow Clan the next day and then departed.
• Ye Lin returned to his residence, where Chaos Sword Casket refused to open and demanded that he defeat it to earn its recognition.
• Chaos Sword Casket promised to limit its strength to the Spirit Transformation realm, and Ye Lin carried it to the plaza for their fight.
• Ye Lin slammed Chaos Sword Casket onto the plaza stones, and nearby disciples gathered to watch.

Ye Lin tested himself against the Chaos Sword Casket and its five Earth Grade High Tier spirit swords, using Evil Slayer to deflect their attacks. He overpowered the swords’ pressure and asked whether the sparring had gone far enough.

• The Chaos Sword Casket launched a fiery-red Long Sword at Ye Lin, and he dodged its attack before knocking it back with Evil Slayer.
• The casket sent an emerald-green Long Sword after Ye Lin, who used Life and Death Three Swords, Yin-Yang Reversal to turn both swords against it.
• The two sword spirits spoke to Ye Lin, revealing that they were women, while the Chaos Sword Casket sent out three more swords to surround him.
• Ye Lin comforted Evil Slayer when the five swords’ pressure dimmed its light, then released his aura and suppressed their pressure.
• Ye Lin told the Chaos Sword Casket that the uncontrolled swords were no match for him and asked if the test had gone far enough.

The Chaos Sword Casket revealed its Heaven Grade half-immortal artifact, a golden sword and its sacred phantom, and challenged Ye Lin to withstand one strike before accepting him as master. Ye Lin gathered all his strength and unleashed Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament, as the phantom’s sword radiance built toward its attack.

• The Chaos Sword Casket summoned a golden long sword and a powerful phantom after taking offense at Ye Lin’s confidence.
• The phantom’s aura suppressed Evil Slayer and declared that Ye Lin had to endure one strike to qualify as its master.
• Ye Lin called on Evil Slayer to fight despite the overwhelming difference in their power.
• The phantom formed a sword radiance that repeatedly shattered and reformed, forcing the nearby disciples to flee.
• Ye Lin poured his spiritual energy into Evil Slayer and cast Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament.

Ye Lin tested the Chaos Sword Casket’s power and earned the artifact spirit’s acknowledgment. He learned the identities and abilities of its six swords, while the casket still needed two more swords to unlock Nine Swords as One.

• Ye Lin’s sword clash shook Nameless Mountain, but its guardians contained the shockwave, and the Chaos Sword Casket acknowledged him as its wielder.
• Ye Lin merged a drop of essence blood into the Chaos Sword Casket and learned the names and abilities of Azure Frost, Fire Dance, Like the Wind, Clear Awareness, Jade Ruyi, and Godslayer.
• Ye Lin learned that Evil Slayer was the casket’s seventh sword and that two more approved swords were needed to use Nine Swords as One.
• Ye Lin hung the Chaos Sword Casket around his neck and let Taiyuan use the World-Suppressing Pagoda.

Ye Lin reviewed Nameless Mountain’s plan for war against the Shadow Clan after learning that the enemy had massed troops along Tianhe Prefecture’s border. The chapter ended with Ye Lin asking whether other races might intervene, and the True Lords reporting that the Shadow Clan had little chance of receiving help.

• Ye Lin went to the Sect Master Hall to hear the True Lords’ plan for the war against the Shadow Clan.
• A True Lord reported that the Shadow Clan had gathered one hundred billion troops and three Dao Integration True Lords along Tianhe Prefecture’s border.
• The True Lords proposed attacking along three routes and sending two forces to encircle the Shadow Clan army from behind.
• Ye Lin approved the plan in principle and asked whether other races were involved.
• The True Lords said most races were occupied by their own conflicts and could not aid the Shadow Clan.

Ye Lin appointed five True Lords as marshals for Nameless Mountain’s campaign against the Shadow Clan and announced that he would personally oversee the battle. He planned to use the expedition as a chance to reach the Elf Race and obtain Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow before advancing beyond the stage required to refine his second avatar.

• Ye Lin learned that the reclusive Backing Clan had few members and that its promise of a Golden Core-stage clansman was valuable.
• A subordinate reported that eight True Lords were stationed at the border, including five from Nameless Mountain who had moved to Tianhe Prefecture.
• Ye Lin appointed the five True Lords as temporary Great Marshals, each commanding an army of one hundred billion.
• Ye Lin ordered the troops to begin mobilizing and said he would personally head to the border the next day.
• Ye Lin planned to seek Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow from the nearby Elf Race so he could refine his second avatar before reaching Dao Integration.

Ye Lin joined the Human Race’s war council at the Tianhe Prefecture border as the armies prepared to fight the Shadow Clan. The council planned a surprise assault, but True Lords guarding the Shadow Clan made infiltration difficult.

• Feng Lingshuang warned Ye Lin that the desperate Shadow Clan might try to assassinate him, but Ye Lin insisted on going to the battlefield.
• Ye Lin and his companions traveled through a spatial rift to the Human Race’s headquarters at the Tianhe Prefecture border.
• Ye Lin took the highest seat in the hall and listened as the True Lords outlined their battle plan.
• A True Lord proposed sending assassins into Shadow Clan territory to kill its commanders before the Human Race army advanced.
• The council questioned how assassins could evade the Shadow Clan’s True Lords, and the proposer revealed that he had equipped them with a skyful of God Stones.

Ye Lin and the Human Race True Lords agreed to send one hundred thousand Spirit Transformation True Persons on a suicide mission to assassinate the Shadow Clan commanders that night. Before they could begin, the Shadow Clan heir appeared at the border and challenged Ye Lin, prompting Zhuge to warn that it was likely a trap.

• The True Lords approved the plan to use the Sky-Filling God Stone and launch an attack after the assassination threw the Shadow Clan into chaos.
• A Nascent Soul Realm officer reported that the Shadow Clan heir was waiting beyond the border and demanding to challenge Ye Lin.
• Zhuge warned Ye Lin that the challenge was probably a scheme and that the heir might have an underhanded trick prepared.

Ye Lin decided to face the Shadow Clan successor’s challenge despite the danger, accepting a protective Sword Talisman before setting out for the border. As the armies gathered, the Shadow Clan successor taunted the Human Race while its forces tried to overwhelm them with their momentum.

• Ye Lin reasoned that refusing the challenge would damage morale and his authority as the new Sect Master, so he decided to go.
• Zhuge gave Ye Lin a Sword Talisman that could block a fatal strike, and Ye Lin headed to the border escorted by three True Lords.
• The Human Race’s three enormous armies began a long detour to encircle the Shadow Clan forces from both flanks.
• At the border, the Shadow Clan successor mocked Ye Lin and the Human Race for following a young Sect Master.
• The Shadow Clan troops roared behind their successor, pressing the Human Race army with their overwhelming momentum.