Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin followed Yun Qiyue across a lake to the Drunken Flower Pavilion, struggling against the increasing pressure beneath the water. Inside, Yun Qiyue showed him the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree and explained its connection to Drunken Flower Brew and the worlds of the Boundary Sea.

• Yun Qiyue walked across the lake toward the Drunken Flower Pavilion while Ye Lin watched other cultivators struggle to cross.
• Ye Lin stepped onto the water and found each step grew heavier, but he pushed through and caught up with Yun Qiyue.
• Yun Qiyue led Ye Lin through the pavilion gates into a vast wonderland of floating islands, singing flowers, and nine moons.
• Yun Qiyue identified the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree and explained that Drunken Flower Brew was made from its branches and leaves.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that the tree reflected scenes from countless worlds within the Boundary Sea as they explored the pavilion.

Yun Qiyue showed Ye Lin the extraordinary Drunken Flower Pavilion, where the three thousand laws had no effect and the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree stood as a prized treasure. She led him to collect Drunken Flower Brew, and they joined a long queue as Ye Lin anticipated tasting the wine.

• Yun Qiyue explained that the pavilion contained three thousand worlds and was cut off from the three thousand laws.
• Ye Lin recognized the Myriad Manifestations Liuli Tree as a remarkable treasure, and Yun Qiyue warned him it was dangerous.
• Yun Qiyue invited Ye Lin to collect Drunken Flower Brew, which she had long wanted to taste.
• Ye Lin discovered that thought alone let him travel far faster in the pavilion and that karma could not reach inside it.
• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue joined a queue at the wine-collection platform, where the Drunken Flower Brew’s fragrance made Ye Lin eager to try it.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue tasted the Drunken Flower Brew at the Drunken Flower Pavilion and planned to ask their Master for more after they returned. They then headed to the Dharma Comprehension Hall to seek ancient secret arts.

• Yun Qiyue and Ye Lin waited in line and each received one cup of Drunken Flower Brew.
• Ye Lin drank the wine and felt its rich flavor and powerful energy flow through his meridians.
• Yun Qiyue praised the wine, and she and Ye Lin agreed to ask their Master for more after returning.
• Yun Qiyue led Ye Lin toward the Dharma Comprehension Hall to witness the ancient secret arts.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue traveled through Origin Holy City toward the Dharma Comprehension Hall, where ancient secret arts were kept. On the way, Yun Qiyue pointed out people ranked in the Eastern Region Top Hundred and warned Ye Lin about their reputations, ending by urging him to beat a woman if he encountered her.

• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue headed for the Dharma Comprehension Hall, discussing its powerful secret arts and the resources required to enter.
• Yun Qiyue pointed out a blue-robed young man ranked eighty-third in the Eastern Region Top Hundred and claimed he had 130,000 lovers.
• Yun Qiyue described a bare-chested man ranked fifty-third as uninterested in women and devoted to relationships.
• Yun Qiyue pointed out another woman and told Ye Lin to beat her hard, even to death, promising to take responsibility for any consequences.

Ye Lin met Yun Wan'er, Yun Qiyue's little sister, and watched the two women greet each other warmly despite Yun Qiyue's private claim that they were mortal enemies. Yun Wan'er offered to find Ye Lin a Dao companion, but Yun Qiyue prompted him to reject the offer, and he insisted he was focused on the Great Dao.

• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that she had an irreconcilable life-and-death grudge with the approaching Yun Wan'er and promised to do anything if he killed her.
• Yun Qiyue and Yun Wan'er greeted each other affectionately and introduced Ye Lin to Yun Wan'er as Yun Qiyue's Junior Brother.
• Yun Wan'er asked whether Ye Lin had a Dao companion and handed him a booklet of eligible women she could introduce.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin to say he was not interested in women, and he returned the booklet while declaring that he was focused on the Great Dao.

Yun Wan'er offered Ye Lin a booklet about Dao companions, but Yun Qiyue destroyed it and led him to the Dharma Comprehension Hall. Curious about the sisters’ history, Ye Lin asked Lin Feng about their grudge, and Lin Feng began explaining Yun Wan'er's cultivation path.

• Yun Wan'er gave Ye Lin a booklet and offered to arrange a Dao companion for him before joining Yun Qiyue for a drink.
• Yun Qiyue tore up the booklet when Ye Lin opened it, then took him to the Dharma Comprehension Hall.
• Ye Lin stopped Lin Feng and asked him about Yun Qiyue and Yun Wan'er’s history.
• Lin Feng said the sisters had been exceptionally close ten thousand years earlier, until an incident changed their relationship.
• Lin Feng explained that Yun Wan'er cultivated the Marriage Law, which benefited her by helping others form romantic connections.

Ye Lin learned from Lin Feng that Yun Wan'er had once publicly arranged a husband-selection contest for Yun Qiyue, worsening their relationship. He then followed Yun Qiyue into the Dharma Comprehension Hall, where she explained how to access its secret arts.

• Lin Feng told Ye Lin that Yun Wan'er had gathered tens of thousands of male cultivators and announced a martial contest to choose a husband for Yun Qiyue.
• Lin Feng warned Ye Lin that Yun Wan'er's matchmaking had brought disaster to every couple and advised him to refuse her.
• Lin Feng took his leave, and Ye Lin headed to the Dharma Comprehension Hall, where Yun Qiyue was waiting for him.
• Yun Qiyue explained that visitors could read the stone steles outside the small rooms and pay resources to enter and comprehend the secret arts.

Ye Lin examined the secret arts with Yun Qiyue but rejected them because using them caused severe injuries or death. He left Yun Qiyue to study them while he waited outside.

• Ye Lin read the stele describing Reverse Reincarnation and learned that casting it risked severe karmic backlash or death.
• Ye Lin examined Great Silence Without Void and other secret arts, finding that each carried dangerous drawbacks.
• Yun Qiyue asked Ye Lin which secret art interested him, and he said he did not want to comprehend any of them.
• Yun Qiyue explained that secret arts were costly trump cards that could offer a chance of survival when someone was cornered.
• Ye Lin remained unconvinced, told Yun Qiyue to continue comprehending the secret arts, and left to wait outside.

Ye Lin dismissed secret techniques as unnecessary and explored Origin Holy City while waiting for the process to begin for his challenge to the Eastern Region Top Hundred. The chapter ended as he arrived at a massive residence and someone called out to him.

• Yun Qiyue praised Ye Lin and told him to explore the holy city before leaving the Dharma Comprehension Hall.
• Yun Qiyue reflected that Ye Lin's refusal of secret techniques came from absolute confidence, a confidence she had lost ten thousand years earlier.
• Ye Lin left the hall and explored Origin Holy City, wondering when he would receive his first opponent.
• Ye Lin recalled that the great figures backing each side had to exchange challenge letters and wagers before he could challenge for a ranking and his opponent's resources.
• Ye Lin arrived at a massive residence, where someone called out, "Young Master Ye Lin?"

Ye Lin wandered through Origin Holy City after learning that Wang Laosan, the Spirit King’s gatekeeper, was a Quasi-Saint visiting with the Spirit King. After three days of exploring, he worried that Yun Qiyue might spend years in Dharma Comprehension Hall and leave him waiting.

• Ye Lin met Wang Laosan outside a residence and learned that the Spirit King had accompanied the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s ancestor to meet an old acquaintance in Origin Holy City.
• Ye Lin declined Wang Laosan’s offer to announce his arrival and continued exploring the city.
• Ye Lin spent three days wandering Origin Holy City, finding little of interest beyond Drunken Flower Pavilion and Dharma Comprehension Hall.
• Ye Lin sat beneath a tree and wondered whether Yun Qiyue might remain in Dharma Comprehension Hall for years, leaving him with nothing to do while he waited.

Ye Lin suppressed his cultivation at the peak of Daluo Golden Immortal and spent ten years in Origin Holy City comprehending Ye Xiu's sword strike. He reunited with Yun Qiyue after she contacted him, but his comprehension had made no progress, and he decided to keep saving Luck Value for a connate supreme treasure.

• Ye Lin chose to suppress his realm to remain eligible for the Eastern Region Top Hundred and secluded himself in an unrestricted room in Origin Holy City to comprehend Ye Xiu's sword strike.
• Over ten years, Origin Holy City grew crowded as cultivators from major factions and Rogue Cultivators arrived to explore the ancient city and enjoy its Drunken Flower Brew.
• Yun Qiyue searched for Ye Lin at the Dharma Comprehension Hall and contacted him with her Jade Talisman.
• Ye Lin told Yun Qiyue he had not left and agreed to meet her, while admitting he had learned the sword strike's form but not its spirit.
• Ye Lin checked his Luck Value and resolved to save a hundred trillion so he could buy a connate supreme treasure.

Ye Lin returned to the Dharma Comprehension Hall and found that Yun Qiyue had emerged from seclusion after grasping part of a secret art. She took him to Origin Holy City's auction, which was about to begin, and they arrived at the solemn manor.

• Ye Lin told several cultivators they could enter a nearby building, and Origin Holy City guards later dragged them out and expelled them for breaking the rules.
• Ye Lin returned to the Dharma Comprehension Hall and found Yun Qiyue waiting outside after ten years of comprehension.
• Yun Qiyue said she had grasped only the superficial aspects of the secret art and that fully comprehending it would take at least ten thousand years.
• Yun Qiyue explained that Origin Holy City held an auction after each opening, where it offered rare cultivation resources.
• Ye Lin followed Yun Qiyue to the solemn manor, the familiar venue where the auction was to be held.

Yun Qiyue brought Ye Lin into an exclusive auction residence in Origin Holy City and showed him their private viewing room. As the auction had not yet begun, they relaxed in a cultivation-enhancing hot spring while waiting.

• Yun Qiyue used her Identity Token to gain entry to the residence with Ye Lin.
• Yun Qiyue led Ye Lin through a garden and into a pavilion that transported them to a private auction room.
• Ye Lin inspected the auction platform and noticed that restrictions obscured the other viewing rooms.
• Yun Qiyue invited Ye Lin to soak in the room’s hot spring, explaining that its water benefited cultivation.
• Ye Lin joined Yun Qiyue in the spring, and they relaxed while waiting for the auction to begin.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue watched the Origin Holy City auction begin after spending a month relaxing in a hot spring. As bidding started for a Blood Pearl, Yun Qiyue explained its rare effects on the Primordial Spirit.

• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue spent a month resting in the hot spring before opening their eyes as the auction began.
• An elderly Quasi-Saint introduced the auction rules, including bidding with transaction points or resources.
• The elderly man presented a Blood Pearl containing the essence blood of a Formless Soul-Devouring Beast and set its starting price at one million transaction points.
• Bidders quickly raised the price, while Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that the Blood Pearl could nourish, repair, and reshape the Primordial Spirit.

Ye Lin watched the auction for a rare blood pearl that could affect the Primordial Spirit, but stopped bidding when its price reached thirty million trading points. The auction moved on to a golden sword, which Yun Qiyue offered to buy for him before Ye Lin explained that he already had weapons.

• Yun Qiyue explained that Formless Soul-Devouring Beasts had been slaughtered to extinction and that even the Origin Chamber of Commerce lacked their essence blood.
• Ye Lin considered bidding on the blood pearl but gave up when the price reached thirty million trading points.
• The blood pearl sold for fifty-four million trading points, stunning Yun Qiyue.
• The auctioneer introduced a golden Postnatal Supreme Treasure sword containing a thread of Sword Qi from a Quasi-Saint sword cultivator.
• Yun Qiyue offered to buy the sword for Ye Lin, but he declined because he already had the Godslayer Sword and Azure Frost.

At the auction, a mysterious bidder bought a sword for seventy-four million transaction points before the auctioneer presented an Enlightenment Fruit that could greatly enhance Wuxing for a month. Ye Lin wanted it to help him comprehend a powerful sword strike, but the bids climbed to ninety million as the venue fell silent.

• A mysterious person bought the sword for seventy-four million transaction points, and Ye Lin thought about selling the Godslayer Sword and Azure Frost.
• The auctioneer introduced the Enlightenment Fruit and explained that it could amplify Wuxing for a month, even for a ninth-level Quasi-Saint.
• Ye Lin became eager to buy the fruit, hoping it would help him fully comprehend the sword strike he had been studying.
• Bidders drove the Enlightenment Fruit's price past seventy million transaction points.
• Someone bid ninety million transaction points, and the venue fell silent as the bidders reconsidered.

Bidding for the Enlightenment Fruit slowed as Ye Lin weighed whether it was worth spending a hundred million trading points. Just as the auctioneer declared the item sold, a bid of one hundred million interrupted him.

• Bidders raised the price to ninety-two million trading points, and the auctioneer later called for offers above ninety-nine million.
• Ye Lin tapped the ground and weighed the risks of spending a hundred million trading points on the Enlightenment Fruit.
• The auctioneer counted down while no one bid, then urged the audience to make a final offer.
• As the auctioneer began declaring the Enlightenment Fruit sold, someone bid one hundred million trading points.

Ye Lin spent his entire fortune of one hundred million trading points to win the Enlightenment Fruit at auction. After completing the transaction, he told Yun Qiyue he had other plans for the fruit and hoped it would help him succeed.

• Ye Lin bid one hundred million trading points for the Enlightenment Fruit, surprising Yun Qiyue with the size of his fortune.
• Yun Qiyue joked that Ye Lin should have told her earlier so she could borrow money from him.
• A young attendant brought the Enlightenment Fruit to Ye Lin and explained that its effect depended on the user's potential.
• Ye Lin paid for the fruit, leaving himself penniless, and Yun Qiyue asked whether he planned to use it to reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Ye Lin denied that was his goal and said he had other plans for the Enlightenment Fruit.

After buying the Enlightenment Fruit, Ye Lin used it at the auction to analyze the sword strike that had killed Chu Jingming while Yun Qiyue guarded him. As Ye Lin remained absorbed in his breakthrough, the auction continued and the Nine-Revolution Liuli Lamp came up for bidding.

• Yun Qiyue offered to protect Ye Lin while he used the Enlightenment Fruit, and he accepted.
• Ye Lin swallowed the fruit and began studying the sword strike he had used to kill Chu Jingming.
• The fruit sharpened Ye Lin's comprehension, and he immersed himself in analyzing the strike's sword posture, Sword Qi, and trace of divinity.
• Yun Qiyue watched Ye Lin and wondered what he was comprehending while the auction continued.
• The auctioneer announced the Nine-Revolution Liuli Lamp, and Yun Qiyue's attention immediately sharpened.

Yun Qiyue competed fiercely for the Nine-Revolution Liuli Lamp at the Origin Holy City auction. The price reached eighty million transaction points, and she remained determined to win it.

• The auctioneer began bidding for the Nine-Revolution Liuli Lamp at one million transaction points.
• Bids climbed to fifty million transaction points, well below the auction house's expected minimum price of eighty million.
• Yun Qiyue entered the bidding at fifty-one million without disturbing Ye Lin.
• Other bidders resumed competing with Yun Qiyue, pushing the price higher as she repeatedly raised her offer.
• After a rival bid seventy-five million, Yun Qiyue bid eighty million to keep pursuing the lamp.