Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin entered the Arena and agreed to face challengers from the Vermilion Bird Clan. Yang Tian attacked in his true form, but Ye Lin countered with the Great Sun Nether Flame, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Ye Lin stepped into the Arena, and Lei Chong invited the Vermilion Bird Clan's experts to challenge him.
• Yang Tian, who had won an earlier match, volunteered to face Ye Lin.
• Yang Tian transformed into his true Vermilion Bird form and dove at Ye Lin with burning flames.
• Ye Lin raised his hand and summoned a gray flame, which made Yang Tian's flames tremble and filled him with a sense of danger.
• Yang Tian pressed on with his attack, and Ye Lin spread the gray flames upward to meet him.

Ye Lin defeated Yang Tian by engulfing his Vermilion Bird True Fire with the Nine Nether Prison Flame, then invited another Vermilion Bird Clan cultivator to spar. After the venue fell silent, someone stepped forward to accept.

• Ye Lin's gray flames swallowed Yang Tian's Vermilion Bird True Fire and spread across his wings.
• Ye Lin declared Yang Tian defeated and dispersed the flames after Yang Tian yielded.
• Yang Tian thanked Ye Lin for sparing his life, bowed, and left the Arena.
• The Vermilion Bird Clan's younger generation watched in disbelief, while Lei Chong recognized Ye Lin's flame as the Great Sun Nether Flame.
• Ye Lin invited another cultivator to spar, and someone responded, "I'll do it."

Qin Hao stepped forward to face Ye Lin, hoping to regain some standing after losing to Yang Tian, but Ye Lin defeated him with a single strike. The Vermilion Bird Clan’s cultivators accepted the outcome as expected.

• Qin Hao volunteered to fight Ye Lin after Yang Tian’s defeat, while the Vermilion Bird Clan’s young members doubted him.
• Qin Hao greeted Ye Lin and launched his strongest move, the Vermilion Bird Rending Sky Strike.
• Ye Lin formed a gray-flame blade and split Qin Hao’s attack with one slash, sending him flying and disrupting his power.
• Qin Hao admitted defeat and realized he had lost even more face.

Ye Lin challenged Vermilion Bird Clan young clan chief Lei Chong after defeating the clan’s other fighters. Lei Chong’s fire techniques failed to break Ye Lin’s defense, so he called upon the Vermilion Bird’s true soul as the battle continued.

• Ye Lin challenged Lei Chong to a friendly exchange, and Lei Chong accepted despite his clan members’ poor showing.
• Lei Chong entered the arena, creating a sea of flaming lotuses with his Seven-Step Lotus Prison technique.
• Ye Lin summoned a gray-flame barrier, which withered Lei Chong’s flaming lotuses and erased their Dao runes.
• Lei Chong spat out his vital blood and called upon the Vermilion Bird’s true soul, summoning a giant phantom from the flames.

Ye Lin defeated Lei Chong, the Vermilion Bird Clan’s young clan leader, with a single use of the Great Sun Nether Flame. After realizing Ye Lin cultivated the Sword Dao and had not even needed to use it, Lei Chong was left in despair.

• The Vermilion Bird Clan’s onlookers doubted that Lei Chong could stand against Ye Lin, and Chi Lian worried about the younger generation’s lack of fighting spirit.
• Lei Chong summoned the Vermilion Bird phantom, whose bloodline power stirred the golden flames in the Sun Pool and pressured Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin condensed his flames into a gray fire pearl, which bloomed into lotuses and crumbled the Vermilion Bird phantom.
• Ye Lin caught the staggering Lei Chong and declared his victory after defeating him in one move.
• Lei Chong asked whether Ye Lin cultivated the Sword Dao, and Ye Lin nodded, causing Lei Chong to realize Ye Lin had beaten him without using his sword arts.

Ye Lin effortlessly defeated the Vermilion Bird Clan’s young cultivators, leaving them demoralized, then departed with Chi Lian. He chose the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race as his next destination and learned that the Sword Demon considered them unusual.

• Ye Lin asked the Vermilion Bird Clan’s young cultivators to spar, but none dared challenge him after he had defeated Yang Tian, Qin Hao, and Lei Chong in one move each.
• Ye Lin ended the sparring, thanked Chi Lian, and left the Arena with his two companions.
• Chi Lian watched Ye Lin depart and worried that the Vermilion Bird Clan lacked a talent like him, while their Ninth Heaven Quasi-Saint ancestor had not appeared in ages.
• Ye Lin crossed the Vermilion Bird Clan off his booklet and selected the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race from the remaining names.
• The Sword Demon called the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race unusual, prompting Ye Lin to ask what made them so.

Ye Lin traveled with Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic to Spirit-Gaze City, home of the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race, curious about their ability to assess cultivators. The group entered the city without resistance, and Ye Lin faced the spiritual perception field that analyzed anyone who entered.

• Sword Demon warned Ye Lin that the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race was arrogant and could make things difficult, while Blade Fanatic dismissed their claims of predicting the past and future.
• Ye Lin said he wanted to meet the race, and Sword Demon transported him and Blade Fanatic to their territory.
• Ye Lin saw Spirit-Gaze City, a vast city built from spirit crystals beneath a spotless silver-white sky.
• Sword Demon explained that the city's spiritual perception field analyzed cultivators and secretly labeled them based on their physique, cultivation, and emotions.
• Ye Lin entered Spirit-Gaze City with Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic, encountering no guards or other obstruction.

Ye Lin entered the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race’s city and met Ling Xi, who had been sent to receive him. Ling Xi’s arrogance deepened Ye Lin’s contempt for the race, and Ye Lin followed him toward the Stargazing Platform while planning to make them lose their pride.

• Ye Lin sensed an unseen force upon entering the city and observed the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race’s seven towers and cold, contemptuous clansmen.
• Ling Xi introduced himself as the patriarch’s representative and greeted Ye Lin, Sword Demon, and Blade Fanatic with only a slight nod.
• Ling Xi said the Stargazing Platform was ready and told Ye Lin to follow, while implying the race valued substance over reputation.
• Ye Lin hid his anger and followed Ling Xi, who dismissed him as an insignificant figure and believed the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race would claim the Eastern Region Top Hundred spot and Cloud Heaven Secret Realm quota.

Ye Lin met Ling Jian and the younger generation of the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race at the Starwatching Platform, where he proposed exchanging insights on the Dao. Ling Jian left the matter to the younger cultivators, and Ye Lin prepared to face them.

• Ye Lin saw that the Starwatching Platform was made from an enormous piece of Obsidian Spirit Crystal and privately considered its value.
• Ye Lin observed the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race’s younger generation, whose members were all at the peak of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, but could not gauge their strength.
• Ling Jian arrived, greeted Ye Lin with formal courtesy, and invited him to sit.
• Ye Lin told Ling Jian that he had come on his master's arrangements to exchange insights on the Dao with the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race.
• Ling Jian declined to interfere and returned to his seat, leaving the younger generation to handle the exchange.

Ye Lin faced the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race members who questioned his reputation and challenged him to let them inspect his foundation. He agreed on the condition that they endure his aura pressure, and the test began.

• The young Heavenly Eye Spirit Race members whispered that Ye Lin was arrogant and had a shallow foundation while Clan Chief Ling Jian and the elders watched without intervening.
• A member of the race asked Ye Lin to stand still and accept the Spirit Eye Divine Light from ten members so they could inspect his foundation.
• Ye Lin released his Daluo Golden Immortal aura, forcing more than a dozen members to stagger back.
• Ye Lin agreed to be examined if the group endured his aura pressure for the same amount of time.
• The Heavenly Eye Spirit Race member accepted, and Ye Lin began increasing the pressure of his aura step by step.

Ye Lin unleashed his full aura against Ling Xiao and the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race, overwhelming them with his power. When they used their True Spirit Eyes to inspect him, the vision of destruction they encountered struck them down, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Ling Xiao ordered his group to attack Ye Lin together.
• Ye Lin released his peak Daluo Golden Immortal aura, making Ling Xiao spit blood and forcing the others to retreat.
• Ling Xiao and more than a dozen others opened their True Spirit Eyes to expose Ye Lin's secrets.
• The True Spirit Eyes perceived a terrifying vision of collapsing worlds instead of Ye Lin, and Ling Xiao collapsed after spitting blood again.
• The other members of the group suffered backlash from their spirit eyes and saw horrifying visions of ruin and death.

More than a dozen young Heavenly Eye Spirit Race cultivators suffered horrific backlash after trying to glimpse Ye Lin’s past and future, crippling themselves without him making a move. Ling Jian concluded that Ye Lin’s karma or future was beyond their ability to examine, then suppressed the backlash and protected the injured disciples.

• The Heavenly Eye Spirit Race youths screamed and writhed as their cultivation and minds were damaged after looking into Ye Lin’s past and future.
• Ling Jian rose in disbelief when he realized the youths had crippled themselves before attacking Ye Lin.
• Ling Jian suspected Ye Lin bore immense karma or had a future too extraordinary for the youths to examine.
• The elders recognized Ye Lin’s terrifying aura, sword-path pressure, and control of power.
• Ling Jian resisted the urge to examine Ye Lin himself, then used his quasi-Saint pressure to soothe the youths and protect them.

Ye Lin defeated Ling Xiao and the other Heavenly Eye Spirit Race disciples without making a move, then left after mocking the clan’s innate divine ability. Ling Jian concluded that Ye Lin had immense future potential and warned his people not to provoke him.

• Ye Lin saw Ling Xiao and the other disciples cripple themselves, then withdrew his pressure when he realized they were not pretending.
• Ling Jian apologized to Ye Lin on behalf of his disciples, shocking the conscious members of the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race.
• Ye Lin mocked the clan’s performance and innate divine ability, then left with Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic.
• Ling Jian and an elder discussed Ye Lin’s terrifying potential, and Ling Jian said the clan could not afford to provoke him.

The Sect Master learned that Ye Lin had defeated the White Tiger Clan and Vermilion Bird Clan and was likely about to defeat the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race, leaving his sect’s younger generation frightened. He ordered a meeting with the other four major forces to plan how to confront Ye Lin, and the young man agreed that they should not let the opportunity pass.

• The young man reported that Ye Lin had reached the Heavenly Eye Spirit Race, which had probably fallen.
• The Sect Master scolded the young man for losing confidence before Ye Lin had even arrived.
• The Sect Master reasoned that the sect’s frightened younger generation would likely lose before the fight began.
• The Sect Master ordered the young man to contact the other four major forces and arrange a meeting.
• The young man questioned what a meeting could accomplish, but the Sect Master urged him not to let the opportunity slip away.

Ji Yang proposed that the five factions work together to wear Ye Lin down in an Arena so they could defeat him without directly offending him or the Saber Saint. The four others were left to consider his plan.

• A young man regained his confidence and left to notify his faction after his Sect Master encouraged him to pursue a chance to enter the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm.
• Ji Yang summoned four other figures to a void space.
• Ji Yang proposed that they set up an Arena and have weaker disciples exhaust Ye Lin before sending in their own fighters.
• Ji Yang argued that Ye Lin would feel pressured to accept the challenge, where killing was forbidden and his defeat would be inevitable.

Ji Yang persuaded the faction leaders to wear Ye Lin down through a gauntlet battle before the main event. They agreed to gather their Daluo Golden Immortal cultivators for the fight, hoping sheer numbers would eventually exhaust him.

• A woman mocked Ji Yang for his despicable plan, but he defended it by saying everyone had done questionable things to reach their current positions.
• A serpent-bodied young man supported using repeated fights to tire Ye Lin, while Fang Yuan worried about the damage to their reputations.
• Ji Yang argued that the potential rewards outweighed any criticism, and Fang Yuan reconsidered and agreed.
• The other three leaders also agreed to the plan.
• Fang Yuan proposed gathering every Daluo Golden Immortal in their sects and having them fight Ye Lin in an arena until he could no longer hold on.

Ye Lin learned that the five remaining factions had joined forces to build an arena at the Heaven Severance Sect and invited him there. He arrived with Sword Demon to find the factions’ leaders, elders, and disciples gathered around the arena, all watching him.

• Ye Lin received a report that the five factions had built an arena at the Heaven Severance Sect and wanted him to come.
• Ye Lin decided to visit the sect with Sword Demon to see what the factions intended.
• Sword Demon brought Ye Lin to the Heaven Severance Sect, where a huge arena of five-colored mystic iron floated before its main peak.
• Ye Lin recognized the banners of the Heaven Severance Sect, Blazing Flame Valley, Mysterious Ice Palace, Myriad Beasts Mountain, and Demon Baleful Sect.
• Nearly a hundred viewing platforms filled with the five factions’ elders and disciples surrounded the arena, and their many wary and hostile gazes turned toward Ye Lin.

The five major factions gathered on a stamina-draining Arena and arranged a gauntlet battle for Ye Lin. Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic recognized the open scheme but could only watch as Ye Lin faced the challenge himself.

• Blade Fanatic noticed that the Arena increased stamina consumption several times over, and Ye Lin realized the factions had planned a vicious trap.
• Ji Yang welcomed Sword Demon, Blade Fanatic, and Ye Lin, then explained that he had gathered everyone to save Ye Lin time and let the younger disciples witness powerful fighters.
• Ji Yang led Ye Lin to the center of the Arena while Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic stayed at its edge to protect him without interfering.
• Blade Fanatic and Sword Demon agreed that the gauntlet battle was an open scheme, and that Ye Lin would have to rely on his own strength to overcome it.

Ji Yang arranged a sparring match between Ye Lin and the younger generation of the five factions, while a formation secretly drained Ye Lin’s stamina. Ye Lin faced Meng Zhang, who attacked with his strongest sword technique, but Ye Lin knocked him unconscious with a single finger.

• Ji Yang invited Ye Lin to instruct the younger generation of the five factions and set rules forbidding killing.
• Ji Yang left the Arena, and Ye Lin noticed that the formation was draining his stamina.
• Ji Yang sent Meng Zhang, a direct disciple of the Heaven Severance Sect Master, to challenge Ye Lin.
• Meng Zhang unleashed the Divine Luo Sword Art, Sword of Heaven, and Ye Lin pointed a finger at him, making him lose consciousness.

Ye Lin effortlessly defeated the disciples sent against him as the five factions tried to wear him down. He confronted Ji Yang and demanded that the Heaven Severance Sect submit, leaving Ji Yang shaken by the threat and the Quasi-Saint pressure behind Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin shattered Meng Zhang's Sword Qi and pierced his forehead, then defeated successive Heaven Severance Sect disciples with ease.
• Ji Yang sent disciples forward without giving Ye Lin time to rest, while the leaders of the other factions approved of the plan to exhaust him.
• After the Heaven Severance Sect's cannon-fodder disciples were defeated, Ye Lin called up its three remaining elite disciples.
• Ye Lin told Ji Yang that he had come under his master's order to make the Heaven Severance Sect submit and threatened to have a nearby Great Blade Association branch massacre the sect.
• Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic released their Quasi-Saint Third Heaven pressure, and Ji Yang realized he had gone too far.