Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan challenged Gale, the arrogant Shadow Clan descendant, to defend Nameless Mountain's Sect Master and the Human Race's standing. Gale dismissed Lu Xuan's powerful attack and began gathering a deadly purple-black sphere, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Xuan ignored his sister's warning and flew to challenge Gale.
• Gale scorned Lu Xuan and said he wanted to fight the Human Race's common ruler, not an insignificant nobody.
• Lu Xuan unleashed the Blade God Art, Thunder Shakes the World, summoning a gigantic blade phantom and a storm of lightning.
• Gale called Lu Xuan's display decent but inadequate, then gathered the surrounding spiritual energy into a purple-black sphere at his fingertip.

Gale defeated Lu Xuan with a single attack and prepared to kill him for the debt owed by the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm. A woman shielded the fallen Lu Xuan, while the Human Race cultivators could only watch as Gale’s attack descended.

• Lu Xuan unleashed a powerful saber strike, but Gale shattered it with a sphere of energy sent from his fingertip.
• The sphere shattered Lu Xuan’s Mysterious Grade High Tier saber and blasted him into the ground, leaving him gravely injured.
• Gale mocked Lu Xuan and gathered energy to finish him, invoking the debt from the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm.
• A woman rushed to shield Lu Xuan with a golden barrier, though she knew she could not withstand Gale’s attack.
• The Human Race cultivators shouted for Gale to stop, but they were too far away to intervene in time.

Ye Lin arrived in time to shield the woman from Gale’s attack and took over the confrontation. After Gale recognized him as the Human Race’s co-lord, Ye Lin dismissed his next attack with a casual slap, leaving the Human Race cultivators hopeful but cautious.

• Ye Lin blocked Gale’s energy sphere with the Chaos Sword Casket and checked that the woman was unharmed.
• Ye Lin told the woman and the man to take down their opponent while he faced Gale in the air.
• Gale recognized Ye Lin as the Human Race’s co-lord and became serious, though he then mocked Ye Lin’s appearance.
• Gale launched another energy sphere at Ye Lin, who scattered it with a single slap and told Gale not to waste his time.
• The Human Race cultivators celebrated Ye Lin’s strength, while some cautioned that Gale was still a formidable prodigy.

Ye Lin recognized that Gale’s upcoming discovery of Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow suited his needs, then watched as the Shadow Clan successor attacked him with overwhelming force. The chapter ended with Gale’s enormous Tongtian Finger descending while Ye Lin remained calm.

• Ye Lin read Gale’s profile and learned he would find Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow in the Elf Race’s territory five days later.
• Gale dismissed Ye Lin as barely worthy of attention and unleashed an aura that crushed the ground around him.
• Gale used Tongtian Finger, summoning a colossal purple-black finger from the clouds to suppress Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin calmly watched the attack descend without changing his expression.

Ye Lin blocked Gale’s probing strike with the Chaos Sword Casket, then attacked him with the Jade Ruyi’s sword formation. Gale held off the endless sword qi with a barrier but realized it was draining his irreplaceable life force.

• Ye Lin used the Chaos Sword Casket to pierce and dispel Gale’s enormous finger.
• Gale examined his bleeding finger and was surprised that Ye Lin had blocked his probing attack.
• Ye Lin summoned the six divine swords and unleashed the Jade Ruyi’s Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles.
• Gale raised a purple-black barrier to withstand the thousands of swords, but the Jade Ruyi’s formation began consuming his life force.
• Gale realized the weapon replenished its formation by draining him while Ye Lin spent no spiritual energy.

Ye Lin and Gale tested each other’s strength in their first clash, and Gale’s Shadow Clan supporters mistakenly believed their heir had the advantage. The five True Lords judged that Ye Lin had won the exchange without using his strength, while Gale had already expended thirty percent of his power.

• Gale struck Ye Lin with Tongtian Palm, crushing the Sword Qi River.
• Ye Lin used Life and Death Three Swords to send three Long Swords around Gale’s palm and toward Gale.
• Gale shattered two Long Swords with a punch, and Jade Ruyi returned to the Chaos Sword Casket.
• Human Race cultivators feared Ye Lin was outmatched, while the five True Lords recognized that Ye Lin had won the probing exchange.
• Shadow Clan members praised Gale and mocked the Human Race, believing their heir held the edge.

Ye Lin and Gale fought to reveal the true gap between their strength, with Gale wielding a black spear and Ye Lin answering with Evil Slayer. Their battle continued as Spirit Transformation realm cultivators watched in awe.

• Gale realized Ye Lin had suppressed him while using only a fraction of his strength, and his confidence was shaken.
• Gale summoned a black spear and challenged Ye Lin to show the full extent of their difference.
• Ye Lin summoned Evil Slayer, and its artifact spirit appeared before he charged at Gale.
• Ye Lin and Gale exchanged more than a hundred blows in seconds, their killing intent overwhelming the watching cultivators.

Gale summoned the power of the Shadow Clan’s ancient demon ancestor to overwhelm Ye Lin. As the violet-black dragon appeared, the Human Race forces retreated, and Gale gave Ye Lin ten breaths to prepare.

• Gale invoked his blood, flesh, and soul to call on the Shadow Clan’s ancestor for aid.
• Violet-black energy spread across the battlefield, and the Human Race’s Spirit Transformation True Persons ordered the troops to retreat a thousand miles.
• A vast violet-black dragon emerged from the vortex with Gale standing at its center.
• Gale claimed the dragon carried one ten-thousandth of his ancestor’s power and gave Ye Lin ten breaths to prepare.

Ye Lin defeated Gale in a clash of their strongest attacks, piercing his chest with the Destruction Sword Dao Rule. Gale rejected the Identity Token meant to kill Ye Lin and died with his pride intact.

• Ye Lin answered Gale's challenge by using his Sixth Sword, Enemy Slayer, and merging with Evil Slayer.
• Gale dismissed Ye Lin's attack and charged him with his spear and black dragon.
• Ye Lin's sword pierced Gale's chest and destroyed the black dragon, leaving Gale mortally wounded.
• Gale examined the Identity Token his clan had given him to kill Ye Lin, then tossed it aside.
• Gale praised Ye Lin, fell to the ground, and died.

Ye Lin defeated and killed the Shadow Clan’s successor, Gale, and the human army advanced as the Shadow Clan retreated. Afterward, Ye Lin learned that a covert operation in the Shadow Clan camp had succeeded and was ready to begin.

• Ye Lin ordered Gale to be given a proper burial, while the human army advanced and the demoralized Shadow Clan forces retreated.
• Tens of thousands of human figures had secretly entered the Shadow Clan camp while everyone watched Ye Lin’s battle with Gale.
• The True Lords praised Ye Lin, who called Gale a worthy opponent and gave Gale’s black Identity Token to Zhuge for safekeeping.
• Ye Lin asked whether the plan had succeeded, and his allies reported that their people had found their targets and could act on his command.

Ye Lin prepared to launch the Human Race’s plan to destroy the Shadow Clan army, while the Shadow Clan struggled to secure aid. The Demon Race failed to answer because the Jade Emperor’s campaign against the Asura Clan had left him facing the limits of his present power.

• Ye Lin learned from Zhuge that the other two Human Race armies would arrive in one hour and ordered preparations for battle.
• The Shadow Clan reorganized its army and sent reinforcements to the front despite having few troops left.
• The Shadow Clan repeatedly appealed to the Demon Race for help but received no response.
• The Jade Emperor took control of the Demon Race and attacked the Asura Clan to seize the Eastern Continent’s fate.
• The Jade Emperor realized that, despite his former status, he was now only a Spirit Transformation True Person.

Ye Lin prepared the Human Race’s armies to attack the Shadow Clan while the Demon Race remained tied down in its decades-long war with the Asura Clan. He ordered a force under Xuan Tian to block the Shadow Clan’s rear and timed an assassination attempt to coincide with the start of battle.

• The Demon Race ignored the Shadow Clan’s calls for aid because it was struggling against the Asura Clan and feared opening another front against the Human Race.
• Zhuge reported to Ye Lin that the other two armies had reached their assigned positions.
• Ye Lin ordered the armies to attack the Shadow Clan from both flanks and sent five hundred million troops under Xuan Tian to block the Shadow Clan army’s rear.
• Xuan Tian accepted Ye Lin’s order and vanished to carry it out.
• Ye Lin ordered the infiltrated fellow Daoists to assassinate the Shadow Clan’s leaders at the instant the armies clashed.

Ye Lin’s plan threw the Shadow Clan army into chaos, and the Human Race quickly overwhelmed its hundred-billion-strong force. The remaining Shadow Clan True Lord fled, while the Human Race True Lords stayed to watch the battle and anticipated a possible future fight in Shadow Clan territory.

• At Ye Lin’s command, Human Race forces attacked the Shadow Clan from both flanks and head-on, disrupting its formations as their commanders died.
• The Shadow Clan army’s morale collapsed, and its cultivators fled toward a formation prepared by five hundred million Human Race troops.
• The Shadow Clan Dao Integration True Lord realized the battle was lost and escaped after facing two Human Race True Lords.
• The Human Race True Lords chose not to pursue him, saying their objective was to keep the hundred billion Shadow Clan troops there.
• The two Human Race True Lords watched the battle and suggested their next encounter with the young Sect Master might be in the Shadow Clan heartland.

After the Shadow Clan True Lords fled, the Human Race defeated and surrounded the remaining army, capturing more than thirty billion soldiers. Ye Lin ordered every prisoner killed, and the chapter ended with the massacre’s killing intent spreading across the region while Human Race fate blocked the Heavenly Dao’s punishment.

• The Shadow Clan True Lords fled, sealing the Human Race’s victory as the remaining Shadow Clan army lost its will to fight.
• The Human Race encircled the fleeing troops, and more than thirty billion Shadow Clan cultivators surrendered.
• Zhuge asked Ye Lin how to deal with the prisoners, and Ye Lin ordered them all killed.
• The Human Race slaughtered the prisoners, creating killing intent that spread across ten million li.
• The Heavenly Dao punished the Human Race for the slaughter, but its fate blocked the punishment.

Ye Lin ordered the Human Race army to invade Shadow Clan territory, and its swift victory shocked the Eastern Continent’s races. The Elf Queen watched over her realm with worry, leaving her reason for concern unclear.

• Ye Lin ordered the Human Race army to advance deep into Shadow Clan territory and warned other races not to interfere.
• The Human Race army crossed into Shadow Clan lands with little resistance as Shadow Clan cultivators fled or were crushed.
• The Eastern Continent’s races learned of the Shadow Clan’s defeat and sent the Human Race generous resources to seek friendly relations.
• A mysterious figure dismissed those who underestimated the Human Race, then concealed his immortal palace in the void.
• The Elf Queen rose from her throne and gazed over the forest of the Elf Race with worry.

The Elf Queen worried that the Shadow Clan would invade the Elf Race if the Human Race drove them from their territory, so she set out to visit the Human Race. Meanwhile, the Jade Emperor, now the Myriad Demon Palace Master, saw his plan to conquer the Eastern Continent stalled by the conflict between the Demon Race and the Asura Clan.

• The Elf Queen feared the Shadow Clan would turn against the Elf Race, whose borders were already being watched by Shadow Clan scouts.
• The Elf Queen left her clan in the care of a subordinate and departed to visit the Human Race.
• The Jade Emperor reviewed the Eastern Continent map and heard that the Demon Race and the Asura Clan were locked in a stalemate.
• The Jade Emperor reflected that his plan to seize the Asura Clan and conquer the Eastern Continent had stalled, and that he had to rely on the Demon Race.

The Jade Emperor learned that the Human Race was rapidly growing stronger while the Demon Race fought the Asura Clan, and he ordered Torch Dragon to seize the keys to the Heavenly Palace’s seal. He planned to open the palace and recover his ancient trump cards, while wondering whether his old friends had awakened.

• The Jade Emperor realized the Human Race could become an overwhelming threat if the Demon Race was weakened fighting the Asura Clan.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Torch Dragon to take three thousand elite guards and seize the keys to the Heavenly Palace’s seal from the various races.
• Torch Dragon warned that he could not take the keys from the Human Race or the Asura Clan, so the Jade Emperor told him to target the races he could handle.
• The Jade Emperor decided to open the Heavenly Palace and retrieve the trump cards he had left there in ancient times.
• The Jade Emperor wondered whether his old friends, including the woman who called herself the Queen Mother, had secretly awakened and were rebuilding their strength.

The Elf Queen came to Ye Lin seeking a guarantee for the Elf Race, whose territory was threatened by the Human Race’s war against the Shadow Clan. Ye Lin agreed to help on three conditions, leaving the queen waiting to hear them.

• The Elf Queen arrived at the great hall and asked Ye Lin for help protecting the Elf Race.
• The Elf Queen explained that the Elf Race’s territory lay less than ten million li from the Shadow Clan’s heartland.
• Ye Lin considered the Elf Race’s decline and the cost of continuing to support the alliance.
• Ye Lin agreed to help the Elf Race on three conditions, and the Elf Queen asked what they were.

Ye Lin offered the Elf Queen Human protection in exchange for stationing troops in Elf territory, Elf soldiers joining the war, and an annual payment of resources. When the Elf Queen rejected the demands, Ye Lin warned that the Human Race would attack the Shadow Clan in three days, potentially driving its forces toward the Elf Race.

• Ye Lin demanded that the Human Race be allowed to station troops in Elf territory.
• Ye Lin demanded that the Elf Race provide soldiers to fight alongside the Human Race against foreign races.
• Ye Lin demanded an annual payment of resources equal to ten percent of the Elf Race's holdings.
• The Elf Queen rejected the demands, saying they would make the Elf Race a permanent vassal of the Human Race.
• Ye Lin announced that the Human Race would attack the Shadow Clan in three days with ten True Lords and one Heavenly Lord, and warned that the Shadow Clan might flee into Elf territory.

Ye Lin pushed the Elf Race Queen to support the Human Race’s campaign to destroy the Shadow Clan, while the Shadow Clan’s leaders faced the growing threat and questioned their future. The Human Race prepared to strike in three days, and the Shadow Clan began considering what remained of its path.

• Ye Lin told the Elf Race Queen that the Human Race would destroy the Shadow Clan and gave her two days to answer, warning that the Shadow Clan might flee into Elf Race territory.
• Zhuge praised Ye Lin for leaving the Elf Race with no safe choice, and Ye Lin ordered his forces to prepare for war in three days.
• The Human Race’s leaders and troops eagerly accepted Ye Lin’s order to make the Eastern Continent tremble.
• The Shadow Clan’s leader asked nine figures in a dark hall where their clan’s road lay as they reported the Human Race’s advance, reinforcements, and newly appearing powerful auras.