Chapter Summaries

Chu Jingming offered Ye Lin the choice of kneeling for a hundred years or dying, but Ye Lin rejected the offer and charged at him. As Chu Jingming unleashed his overwhelming aura, Ye Lin realized the vast gap between their strengths.

• Chu Jingming said Ye Lin’s flames could not kill him and offered to spare his life if he knelt for a hundred years.
• Ye Lin stood up, summoned the Long Sword back to his hand, and declared that he would kill Chu Jingming.
• Chu Jingming unleashed his full aura, overwhelming the experts watching around the arena.
• Ye Lin faced Chu Jingming’s aura and understood that they were not fighting on the same level.

Chu Jingming killed Ye Lin after Ye Lin forced him into an unprecedentedly difficult fight, though Zhang Ling'er sensed that Ye Lin might not be completely dead. As a cultivator approached to claim Ye Lin’s body, the corpse gave off an extreme sense of danger.

• Chu Jingming punched through Ye Lin’s defenses and chest, then pierced his mind with Sword Qi, apparently killing him.
• Zhang Ling'er watched Ye Lin’s body and sensed that a remnant of his will remained.
• Nangong Xuanyi and the other cultivators mourned Ye Lin, recognizing that he had pushed Chu Jingming farther than anyone before him.
• A powerful cultivator approached to collect Ye Lin’s body and fulfill his promise, but sensed a hair-raising danger before reaching it.

After losing to Chu Jingming, Ye Lin sat in despair, convinced he could not rise again. Ye Xiu challenged his defeatist thinking and reminded him that fate was unfair, but he still had to find ways to overcome what he lacked.

• Ye Lin sat beneath the blue tree, saying he had met an opponent he could not defeat and had lost the will to keep moving forward.
• Ye Xiu emerged from the lake, told Ye Lin that no opponent was truly unbeatable, and offered him wine.
• Ye Lin accepted the wine and drank, hoping to forget his exhaustion and fall asleep.
• Ye Xiu told Ye Lin that he had defeated himself by refusing to accept his loss, and urged him to make up for whatever he lacked.
• Ye Lin questioned how his exceptional talent fit Ye Xiu’s claims, and Ye Xiu replied that talent and luck came from fate, which was inherently unfair.

Ye Xiu confronted Ye Lin about his fear of an opponent and his resentment over the world’s unfairness. Ye Lin realized he might truly be afraid, while Ye Xiu urged him to face that fear and fight back.

• Ye Xiu told Ye Lin that birth, talent, and luck mattered less than a person’s own resolve, and said Ye Lin had been defeated by himself.
• Ye Lin questioned whether he was afraid, repeatedly insisting that he could not be.
• Ye Xiu said Ye Lin’s concern about fairness showed that he was avoiding the self buried in his heart.
• Ye Lin smashed his empty wine jar, and Ye Xiu used the shattered jar to tell him to stop running from his fear and strike back.
• Ye Lin kept his head lowered and concluded that he truly was afraid.

Ye Xiu encouraged Ye Lin to stop treating Chu Jingming as an unbeatable opponent and keep fighting while he was still alive. Ye Lin rose again, and his aura surged as he broke through to the peak of Daluo Golden Immortal, stunning the watching cultivators and Chu Jingming.

• Ye Lin admitted to Ye Xiu that he was afraid and could not defeat Chu Jingming.
• Ye Xiu urged Ye Lin to keep trying to kill Chu Jingming, and Ye Lin resolved to fight until he died.
• The cultivator who had approached Ye Lin's corpse recoiled as it began emitting terrifying auras and floating into the air.
• Ye Lin's injuries healed as dark clouds and divine lightning filled the sky, and his aura rose to the peak of Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Azure Frost and the Godslayer Sword flew to Ye Lin as golden lightning and streams of sword qi surrounded him.
• Chu Jingming turned back from the edge of the arena, puzzled by Ye Lin's apparent return to life.

Ye Lin returned to life with a terrifying aura and overwhelmed Chu Jingming in their fight on the Arena. Chu Jingming survived Ye Lin’s sword strike but was left bleeding and unable to understand Ye Lin’s sudden strength.

• Ye Lin appeared with Azure Frost in hand, and Chu Jingming charged at him, intending to kill him again.
• Ye Lin opened his eyes and unleashed an aura that sent Chu Jingming flying and made him vomit blood.
• Chu Jingming summoned an ancient sword and launched his strongest sword strike at Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin casually slashed with golden lightning, sending Chu Jingming crashing onto the Arena and leaving him wounded.
• Chu Jingming clutched his sword and repeatedly questioned how Ye Lin had become so strong after dying.

Ye Lin gained the upper hand against Chu Jingming, prompting the quasi-Sage elders to try to stop the fight and protect both prodigies. Zhang Ling'er blocked them, refusing to let them interfere.

• Ru Xue and the watching powers saw Chu Jingming battered and hoped Ye Lin would finish him.
• The quasi-Sage elders feared the consequences if Chu Jingming died and agreed to end the battle while awarding first place to Ye Lin.
• As the elders began to announce their decision, Zhang Ling'er threatened them and blocked their way.
• Zhang Ling'er demanded that the quasi-Sages sit down and drove her sword into the ground before them.

Ye Lin defeated Chu Jingming with a single Heaven-Opening Sword strike, reaching the peak of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. He thanked Ye Xiu for helping him break through and stood newly confident after his victory.

• Chu Jingming rejected Ye Lin’s demand to kneel and unleashed his Tyrannical True Intent sword strike.
• Ye Lin answered with Heaven-Opening, splitting the arena, mountains, rivers, and clouds with a vast sword slash that killed Chu Jingming.
• The onlookers stared in shock at the immense ravine and the power Ye Lin had displayed.
• Ye Lin realized he had reached the peak of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and thanked Ye Xiu for helping him.
• Ye Lin felt his confidence return, certain he could kill another Chu Jingming with one slash.

After Ye Lin killed Chu Jingming, Zhang Ling'er defied the Quasi-Saint experts who blamed her and threatened her. Ye Lin regained his confidence and repaired his Dao heart, while the Quasi-Saints left to report Chu Jingming’s death to the powerful person behind him.

• Ye Lin cut down Chu Jingming with a single sword, erasing all trace of him.
• The Quasi-Saint experts cursed Zhang Ling'er and warned her that Chu Jingming’s death would bring the wrath of the person backing him.
• Zhang Ling'er rejected their blame, mocked their cowardice, and told them that person could come find her.
• Zhang Ling'er picked up Luo Yao and Little Dot and left.
• Ye Lin admitted that Chu Jingming had made him afraid, then regained his confidence and restored his Dao heart after winning.

After Ye Lin killed Chu Jingming with one sword, Cloud Province’s Daluo Golden Immortals celebrated their freedom to pursue the Quasi-Saint realm. Nangong Xuanyi explained the Holy Palace’s role and urged Ye Lin to challenge the Eastern Region’s top hundred before leaving with Little Dot, while Ye Lin told Zhang Ling'er that he had attained enlightenment.

• Ye Lin killed Chu Jingming, and the Daluo Golden Immortals celebrated because Chu Jingming’s death freed them from their oath barring them from becoming Quasi-Saints.
• Nangong Xuanyi explained that the cultivators had been bound by Chu Jingming’s challenge for over a thousand years and advised Ye Lin to aim for the Eastern Region’s top hundred and the Holy Palace’s support.
• Nangong Xuanyi described the Holy Palace’s role in training talents against the Chaos Ancient Clan and said it could help Ye Lin qualify to become a Saint.
• Nangong Xuanyi took Little Dot from Zhang Ling'er and departed.
• Zhang Ling'er questioned Ye Lin’s sudden strength, and Ye Lin said he had attained enlightenment; Zhang Ling'er accepted the explanation.

Ye Lin claimed the Bloodthirst Essence he had won as the Shenluo Conference’s first-place prize and verified that it was genuine. After Daluo Golden Immortal experts greeted him, the conference ended abruptly because Chu Jingming had been killed.

• Ye Lin stopped the elderly referee and demanded his Bloodthirst Essence prize.
• The referee handed Ye Lin a bottle of crimson sand, and Ye Lin had several shops verify that it was genuine.
• The referee left, and Daluo Golden Immortal experts, including Tang Long, approached Ye Lin to greet him.
• Ye Lin saw off the experts, and the Shenluo Conference ended without a closing ceremony.

Ye Lin returned to the secret realm after obtaining the Bloodthirst Essence and reported his arena experiences to Spirit King. Spirit King recognized that Ye Lin had changed and called the events surrounding Ye Xiu a heaven-sent opportunity.

• Ye Lin agreed to split Zhang Ling’er's betting winnings with her before going into seclusion.
• Ye Lin opened a teleportation passage and traveled with Ye Xin to the secret realm.
• Spirit King's attendant led Ye Lin to the White King Palace, where Spirit King remarked on Ye Lin's newfound confidence.
• Ye Lin recounted the arena events and his encounter with Ye Xiu to Spirit King.
• Spirit King declared that Ye Lin's experience had been a heaven-sent opportunity.

Ye Lin gave the Spirit King the Bloodthirst Essence needed to break the seal and return to the Origin Continent. The Spirit King prepared to summon the clan elders and descend near Ye Lin’s arrival point, while Ye Lin stayed to watch the seal break.

• The Spirit King told Ye Lin that, with the help of the powerful figure in his memories, he could likely attain Sainthood.
• Ye Lin reflected that his true goal was to reach the Primordial Continent, beyond the Bitter Sea.
• Ye Lin gave the Spirit King the Bloodthirst Essence he had obtained at the arena match.
• The Spirit King asked Ye Lin to find a place on the Origin Continent where the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan could descend.
• Ye Lin chose an uninhabited area within a million li of where he had arrived, and the Spirit King went to summon the clan elders to break the seal.
• Ye Lin left to witness the seal being broken.

Spirit King and eight others used the Cosmos Seal and a vast formation to merge the secret realm with the Origin Continent. After the merge, Spirit King told Ye Lin that the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan would claim the new territory but could not return to the Central Region.

• Spirit King activated the formation with the Cosmos Seal, and it expanded across the entire secret realm.
• Spirit King commanded heaven and earth to separate, then broke the surrounding space with the formation.
• Ye Lin realized the secret realm was merging with the Origin Continent as its mountains and forests became familiar.
• Nine booms sounded, the formation vanished, and the merged world stabilized behind a transparent curtain of light.
• Spirit King told Ye Lin the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan would make the territory its own and regretted that they could not return to the Central Region.

Ye Lin left the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s secret realm and emerged in the Eastern Region of the Origin Continent. He found a crowd gathered outside the veiled continent, where Tang Long approached him and asked what lay within.

• The Spirit King told Ye Lin they were in Cloud Province in the Eastern Region, gave him an Identity Token, and said the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan could help him if needed.
• The Spirit King left to rest, while Ye Lin wandered through the secret realm and received courteous greetings from the clan’s experts.
• Ye Lin passed through the light curtain and emerged outside an unfamiliar continent that remained hidden from view.
• Countless figures gathered near the light curtain, and Tang Long recognized Ye Lin and approached him.
• Tang Long asked Ye Lin whether he knew what was inside the veiled place.

Ye Lin warned Tang Long and the other cultivators that the barrier hid danger rather than an opportunity, then left with Ye Xin. After six cultivators ignored the warning and were dragged inside by scarlet tongues, Ye Lin contacted Zhang Ling'er to decide where to go next.

• Ye Lin told Tang Long and the gathered cultivators that great danger lay beyond the light barrier and urged them to leave.
• Tang Long trusted Ye Lin and departed, prompting most of the cultivators to follow.
• Six cultivators chose to investigate the barrier, but scarlet tongues seized them and dragged them inside.
• Creatures behind the barrier ate the six cultivators and hoped more food would arrive.
• Ye Lin returned Ye Xin to their original spot and contacted Zhang Ling'er to discuss where to go next.

Ye Lin met Uncle Blade, a Holy Palace Executor who revealed that Chu Jingming had been his nominal disciple but said he did not blame Ye Lin for killing him. Uncle Blade offered to take Ye Lin as his personal disciple and have him compete for a place among the Eastern Region's top hundred, leaving Ye Lin asking what the position would offer.

• Zhang Ling'er approached Ye Lin and asked whether his injuries had healed.
• A powerful black-robed man appeared, and Zhang Ling'er treated him as a formidable enemy while Ye Lin prepared to call for help.
• The man introduced himself as Uncle Blade, one of the Holy Palace's thirty-two Executors, and revealed that Chu Jingming had been his nominal disciple.
• Uncle Blade said he did not blame Ye Lin for killing Chu Jingming and praised Ye Lin's talent and character.
• Uncle Blade offered to make Ye Lin his personal disciple and have him contend for a place among the Eastern Region's top hundred.
• Ye Lin asked what benefits came with becoming one of the Eastern Region's top hundred.

Ye Lin weighed the value of becoming a powerful middle-aged man's personal disciple against the support and knowledge he already had. After hearing that the Eastern Region's Top Hundred offered benefits beyond fame and required Holy Palace backing, he decided that accepting the man's offer did not seem like a bad choice.

• Ye Lin considered whether he needed a master, since the Spirit King supported him and the Origin Chamber of Commerce answered his questions.
• The middle-aged man asked what drew cultivators to the Eastern Region's Top Hundred beyond its reputation.
• The man explained that competing for a place required Holy Palace backing and offered to take Ye Lin as his fourth personal disciple.
• The middle-aged man promised to protect Ye Lin, take him to his training grounds, and introduce him to his three senior disciples if he accepted.
• Ye Lin thought over the unknown benefits of the ranking and decided becoming the man's disciple did not seem like a bad thing.

Ye Lin accepted Heavenly Blade Sage as his master after deciding the benefits outweighed any possible risks. Heavenly Blade Sage brought Ye Lin and his companions to Meteor Island, where he planned to formally announce Ye Lin as his fourth personal disciple.

• Ye Lin ruled out body possession and other schemes, then bowed to Heavenly Blade Sage and accepted him as his master.
• Heavenly Blade Sage introduced himself and named Ye Lin his fourth personal disciple.
• Ye Lin introduced Zhang Ling'er, Luo Yao, and Ye Xin, and said he had no attachments in the place.
• Heavenly Blade Sage told Ye Lin about his other disciples, including a third senior sister ranked twenty-third among the Eastern Region's top hundred.
• Heavenly Blade Sage brought Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er to Meteor Island and led them toward the main hall for Ye Lin's formal introduction.

The Heavenly Blade Sage brought Ye Lin and his companions to Meteor Island’s main hall to confer Ye Lin’s title as his fourth personal disciple. Before they arrived, a breathtaking woman appeared on a river of white petals, leaving Ye Lin captivated by her beauty.

• The Heavenly Blade Sage showed Ye Lin the kneeling servants and said Ye Lin could command them.
• The Heavenly Blade Sage led Ye Lin and the others up to the main hall and announced that he would confer Ye Lin’s title as his fourth personal disciple.
• Ye Lin noticed a strange fragrance and saw white petals forming a river in the sky.
• A beautiful woman appeared atop a skateboard on the river of petals, and Ye Lin marveled at her extraordinary beauty.