Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin arrived at the First Competition Zone and received the identity number One Hundred Eighty-Two ahead of the selection matches. He settled into his private space and began resting while sensing the pervasive laws of space.

• Ye Lin reached the First Competition Zone, where a woman assigned him the number One Hundred Eighty-Two and explained that the selection matches would begin in three days.
• Ye Lin found the small house marked One Hundred Eighty-Two and used his Identity Token to enter through its jade door.
• Ye Lin emerged on a secluded island surrounded by waterfalls, mist, and a sea of clouds beneath a setting sun.
• Ye Lin relaxed in a wooden reclining chair and sensed the laws of space throughout the competition grounds.

After recovering for two days, Ye Lin chose the uninterrupted nine-match format for the selection competition. He reached Arena 318 and faced Wang Xue in his first match.

• Ye Lin woke after two days and learned the selection competition offered either nine consecutive matches or matches held once every two days.
• Ye Lin chose to fight nine consecutive matches and followed the woman in white gauze to the plaza.
• The woman assigned Ye Lin to Arena 318, named Wang Xue as his opponent, and explained the surrender rules.
• Ye Lin and Wang Xue climbed onto opposite sides of the Arena to begin their match.

Ye Lin defeated Wang Xue in the first battle of the Shenluo Conference by evading his attacks and holding a sword to his throat. After the referee declared him the winner, Ye Lin chose to continue fighting.

• A barrier enclosed Ye Lin and Wang Xue on the Arena as they prepared to fight.
• Wang Xue attacked with his blade, but Ye Lin dodged every strike with his speed.
• Ye Lin appeared behind Wang Xue and placed Azure Frost against his throat, then withdrew the sword and spared him.
• The referee announced Ye Lin as the winner, and Wang Xue accepted his defeat.
• The maid asked Ye Lin whether he would continue, and Ye Lin agreed.

Ye Lin fought a second opponent at the Shenluo Conference, a cold woman who used ice and concealment to attack him. He forced her out of the void and broke free from her ice restraints, then prepared to strike as the fight continued.

• Ye Lin defeated an opponent whose reckless attacks exposed his weaknesses.
• Ye Lin entered his second battle and faced a cold woman who spread ice across the Arena stage.
• The woman vanished into the void and attacked Ye Lin with ice crystals, but he shattered them.
• Ye Lin realized the ice fragments were part of a trap and forced the woman out of hiding with his aura.
• The woman bound Ye Lin’s legs with linked ice blocks, but he shattered the ice and called out, "Slash!"

Ye Lin defeated an ice-wielding woman by flooding the arena with Nine Nether Prison Flame, then faced Wei Cheng, a being made of pure consciousness who could vanish from his senses. Wei Cheng’s attacks kept Ye Lin on the defensive, and the chapter ended with Ye Lin searching for a way to turn the fight around.

• Ye Lin realized the woman used drifting ice laws to vanish, then burned them away with Nine Nether Prison Flame.
• The woman admitted defeat, and Ye Lin called for his next opponent.
• Wei Cheng entered the arena, introduced himself, and threatened to end Ye Lin’s winning streak.
• Wei Cheng vanished from Ye Lin’s divine sense and attacked from unexpected directions, forcing Ye Lin to dodge and counter.
• Ye Lin realized he could neither see nor touch Wei Cheng and decided he could not keep defending himself.

Ye Lin used the Origin Eye Technique to expose Wei Cheng’s invisible approach and took control of their arena fight. Wei Cheng admitted defeat just before Ye Lin’s sword reached his forehead.

• Ye Lin activated the Origin Eye Technique and saw Wei Cheng crawling toward him while hiding his body and aura.
• Ye Lin attacked with Sword Qi, severing Wei Cheng’s arm and revealing that Wei Cheng was invisible.
• Wei Cheng tried to evade Ye Lin’s attacks, but Ye Lin warned him to admit defeat or die.
• Wei Cheng shattered Ye Lin’s Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger with a punch, but the impact sent him into the arena barrier.
• Ye Lin’s sword stopped a foot from Wei Cheng’s forehead, and Wei Cheng admitted defeat.

Ye Lin continued his Shenluo Conference matches, reaching eight consecutive victories with little difficulty. With no opponent available for his ninth match, he left the arena and was told to return the next day.

• Ye Lin drove Wei Cheng from the arena, then faced a blood-soaked opponent who said one of them had to die; Ye Lin chose not to fight, and the man conceded and left.
• Ye Lin asked the maid whether the concession counted as a victory, and she confirmed that he had won four matches in a row.
• Ye Lin defeated his fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth opponents, earning eight consecutive victories in five hours.
• The maid told Ye Lin that no opponent was available for his ninth match until the next day, so he put away Azure Frost and left the arena.

Ye Lin learned why Kuang Feng, the Old Devil, sought opponents willing to fight him to the death. After Nangong Xuanyi warned him against accepting, Ye Lin decided the risk was not worth it.

• Nangong Xuanyi and Xuanyuan Liefeng invited Ye Lin to a waterfall after his match.
• Ye Lin spotted Kuang Feng meditating beneath the waterfall and asked about him.
• Nangong Xuanyi explained that Kuang Feng sacrificed all 13,408 members of his clan to gain Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation and later killed his enemies.
• Nangong Xuanyi said Kuang Feng sought death through fights but asked opponents for their consent, and even Quasi-Saints refused to face him.
• Nangong Xuanyi warned Ye Lin not to fight Kuang Feng, and Ye Lin agreed it was not worth the risk.

Ye Lin learned from Nangong Xuanyi that Chu Jingming was an undefeated Daluo Golden Immortal prodigy who had come to the competition to temper his Dao Heart. Nangong Xuanyi warned Ye Lin to surrender if he faced Chu Jingming, leaving Ye Lin to consider the overwhelming threat to his chance at first place.

• Ye Lin asked Nangong Xuanyi who Chu Jingming was and learned that he was known as the preordained champion.
• Nangong Xuanyi said Chu Jingming had killed Daluo Golden Immortals upon entering that realm and had suppressed his cultivation for three thousand years to temper his Dao Heart.
• Nangong Xuanyi explained that Chu Jingming was among thousands of candidates for the Eastern Region's Top Hundred, a selection of the most formidable Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Nangong Xuanyi told Ye Lin that he should surrender if he encountered Chu Jingming in the finals.

Ye Lin heard warnings from Nangong Xuanyi and Xuanyuan Liefeng about the formidable Chu Jingming, whom he might face in the finals. He then spoke with the suffering figure in the waterfall, refused the man’s request for a deadly duel, and left.

• Nangong Xuanyi warned Ye Lin that Chu Jingming was dangerous and advised him to surrender if he could not win.
• Xuanyuan Liefeng told Ye Lin not to look into Chu Jingming’s eyes before leaving.
• Ye Lin asked the figure in the waterfall why he did not seek death in Heaven Province, which the Chaos Ancient Clan had occupied.
• The figure said he had tried to leave Cloud Province and exhausted every method he knew, then asked Ye Lin to kill him.
• Ye Lin refused to fight the suicidal man and left.

Ye Lin faced the vicious Blood Demon in the Shenluo Conference arena, where the demonic cultivator had already killed or crippled nearly all his previous opponents. Ye Lin blasted Blood Demon into the barrier and charged in with his sword, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The maid warned Ye Lin that Blood Demon, a peak Daluo Golden Immortal, had killed seven previous opponents and crippled another.
• Ye Lin met Blood Demon in the arena, ignored his taunts and offer to surrender, and drew Azure Frost.
• Blood Demon grabbed Azure Frost and tried to tear out Ye Lin’s heart with a clawed strike.
• Ye Lin punched Blood Demon into the barrier, then vanished and rushed at him with Long Sword aimed straight ahead.

Ye Lin battled the Blood Demon, whose speed and flexible body let him evade most of Ye Lin’s attacks. Ye Lin burned and pinned him with the Nine Nether Prison Flame and Azure Frost, but the Blood Demon refused to surrender and vanished into the void again.

• The Blood Demon dodged Ye Lin’s strikes and attacked his kidneys, but Ye Lin’s forceful sword strike sent him flying.
• The Blood Demon taunted Ye Lin and appeared behind him, only to be engulfed by the Nine Nether Prison Flame.
• Ye Lin hurled Azure Frost into the Blood Demon, pinning him to the barrier as the flames continued to burn him.
• The Blood Demon pulled Azure Frost from his chest and rejected Ye Lin’s offer to surrender, saying he would kill him before the flames could.
• The Blood Demon vanished into the void, and Ye Lin declared that he would kill him.

Ye Lin defeated the Blood Demon to secure his ninth consecutive victory and a place in the finals, then spent a month asleep in his private space. When he woke, Sheng Mingyue arrived to escort him to the finals, and he questioned why she had not introduced herself sooner.

• Ye Lin used his Origin Eye Technique, Sword Qi, and Great Void Ashen Extinction Finger to pin down and kill the Blood Demon.
• Ye Lin received an Identity Token after winning his ninth consecutive match and qualified for the finals.
• Ye Lin returned to his private space and chose to rest rather than attend lectures because he did not consider the place safe.
• Ye Lin slept through the month before the finals and woke to find the maid waiting for him.
• Sheng Mingyue introduced herself and said she had come to take Ye Lin to the finals, and Ye Lin asked why she had withheld her name.

Ye Lin followed Sheng Mingyue to the Shenluo Conference finals arena and took his seat among the forty contestants. Zhang Ling'er told him she had wagered on him taking first place, leaving Ye Lin silent as the finals gathered beneath the watchful eyes of the Quasi-Saints.

• Ye Lin challenged Sheng Mingyue about his earlier failure to introduce himself, and Sheng Mingyue brushed off the question before leading him away.
• Sheng Mingyue guided Ye Lin through the crowded plaza toward the finals arena, where Ye Lin saw the black-token contestants who had advanced from the elimination rounds.
• Ye Lin climbed the Heavenly Ladder and saw the enormous fighting platform surrounded by spectator seats.
• Sheng Mingyue showed Ye Lin his seat among the forty finalists, and Ye Lin sat down to watch the contestants and spectators take their places.
• Ye Lin noticed the Quasi-Saints gathered on a floating island overhead, including Zhang Ling'er, who told him she had bet on his taking first place.

The Shenluo Conference began, with the first-place prize offering Bloodthirst Essence or a third-turn Golden Core and a chance to receive Chu Jingming’s guidance. Ye Lin learned that Xuanyuan Liefeng sought revenge on Chu Jingming, while the first match between Liu Xin and Ru Xue was about to begin.

• Nangong Xuanyi asked Ye Lin to go easy on him if they met, and Ye Lin agreed.
• The green-robed elder welcomed the forty challengers, explained the rules and rewards, and introduced Chu Jingming as Cloud Province’s top young prodigy.
• Chu Jingming looked over the contestants and dismissed them as a rabble, provoking their anger but drawing no open challenge.
• Ye Lin asked Nangong Xuanyi about Xuanyuan Liefeng and learned that Chu Jingming had killed Liefeng’s Dao companion.
• The hosts called Liu Xin and Ru Xue to the platform, where Ru Xue dismissed Liu Xin’s chances of making her use a divine ability.

Ru Xue defeated Liu Xin in the first Shenluo Conference final match. Nangong Xuanyi then prepared to face Ye Xin, who surprised him by entering the Arena empty-handed and claiming he had no spirit treasure.

• Liu Xin charged at Ru Xue after taking offense, and they fought across the Arena for half an hour.
• Ru Xue defeated Liu Xin without using a divine ability, and the old man announced her victory.
• The old man announced Nangong Xuanyi versus Ye Xin as the second match, surprising Ye Lin, who had not realized Ye Xin had reached the finals.
• Nangong Xuanyi asked Ye Xin to show mercy and went to the Arena with his Moon-Slaying Twin Blades.
• Nangong Xuanyi offered Ye Xin the chance to take out a weapon, but Ye Xin said he had none.

Ye Xin fought Nangong Xuanyi in the Arena after Ye Lin lent him Azure Frost. Nangong Xuanyi’s elusive technique overwhelmed Ye Xin, leaving him barely on the Arena’s edge.

• Ye Xin refused to yield, and Nangong Xuanyi charged at him with a blade in each hand.
• Ye Lin threw Azure Frost to Ye Xin, who took it and began fighting Nangong Xuanyi.
• Nangong Xuanyi used blade energy and the Heavenly Gang Step to evade Ye Xin and repeatedly slash him from behind.
• Ye Lin activated the Origin Eye Technique and saw that Nangong Xuanyi’s afterimages concealed his real position behind Ye Xin.
• Nangong Xuanyi sent Ye Xin sliding toward the Arena’s edge, where Ye Xin stopped himself by driving Azure Frost into the floor.

Ye Xin was overwhelmed by Nangong Xuanyi’s attacks and the spell arts he could not counter. Ye Lin ordered him to concede before a lethal strike, and Nangong Xuanyi won the battle.

• Ye Lin watched Ye Xin struggle to keep up with Nangong Xuanyi and recognized that Ye Xin lacked spell arts.
• Nangong Xuanyi used Tide of the Sea, Heaven and Earth Tide—sever to trap Ye Xin beneath a phantom blade.
• Ye Lin told Ye Xin to concede before the blade could kill him.
• Ye Xin conceded, and Nangong Xuanyi withdrew his attack and thanked him for yielding.
• Ye Xin returned to his seat as Azure Frost returned to Ye Lin, and Nangong Xuanyi was declared the winner.

Ye Lin faced Chen Changsheng in the Shenluo Conference and found himself trapped in a lethal black-and-white world created by Chen Changsheng’s technique. As heaven and earth closed in around him, Ye Lin began preparing Azure Frost to break free.

• Xuanyuan Liefeng overwhelmed his opponent with relentless attacks until the opponent conceded to avoid serious injury or death.
• After three more battles, Ye Lin was called to fight Chen Changsheng and met him on the Arena.
• Chen Changsheng transformed the Arena into a Taiji Diagram and unleashed his Yin Yang Reversal technique.
• Ye Lin’s Sword Qi failed to affect the black-and-white world, and he realized its merging halves concealed deadly killing intent.
• As the halves closed in, Ye Lin summoned Azure Frost and began forming seals to make his sword break through.

Ye Lin used the Origin Eye Technique to find Chen Changsheng, who had merged with the Arena and was waiting to ambush him. Ye Lin left Chen Changsheng injured and exposed, then challenged his accusation of dishonesty.

• Ye Lin found Chen Changsheng hidden within the Arena by activating the Origin Eye Technique.
• Ye Lin pretended not to notice Chen Changsheng and waited for him to approach.
• Chen Changsheng moved in to attack, but Ye Lin struck first with the Great Void Ashen Extinction Finger.
• Chen Changsheng was blasted out of concealment and fell to one knee, bleeding.
• Chen Changsheng called Ye Lin despicable, and Ye Lin retorted that Chen Changsheng had been planning an ambush himself.