Chapter Summaries

Mo Yuan faced eight dynasty rulers seeking Venerable Mo Xing’s help against the Great Frost Dynasty and its powerful newcomer. Mo Xing agreed to lead them to suppress the enemy the following day.

• A dynasty ruler warned Mo Yuan that the Great Frost Dynasty threatened the Southern Region and demanded to see Venerable Mo Xing.
• The rulers cited the Blood Demon Saint’s death and threatened to submit to the Great Frost Dynasty if Mo Xing refused to act.
• Mo Yuan decided to report the matter to his grandfather.
• Venerable Mo Xing summoned the rulers and said he already knew of the threat.
• Venerable Mo Xing told the rulers to prepare to accompany him the next day to suppress the enemy and erase the Great Frost Dynasty from the Southern Region.

Ye Lin learned that Venerable Mo Xing, a legendary expert of the Southern Region, had ordered the ruler of the Great Frost Dynasty to commit suicide or face destruction. Ye Lin decided to head directly to the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty and kill Venerable Mo Xing.

• A messenger delivered Venerable Mo Xing’s ultimatum to the Great Frost Dynasty.
• Han Che explained that Venerable Mo Xing had been a third-level Quasi-Saint ten thousand years earlier and had lived in the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty.
• Wang Dali and Blood Pupil feared Venerable Mo Xing, but Ye Lin dismissed the threat.
• Ye Lin ordered the army to go straight to the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty and kill Venerable Mo Xing.

Ye Lin's army advanced toward the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty, while Mo Xing prepared to face him. The chapter ended with Mo Xing waiting confidently for Ye Lin to arrive.

• Han Che ordered the army to change course and head for the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty.
• Blood Pupil regretted surrendering and worried that Ye Lin might lose to Mo Xing.
• A messenger told Mo Xing that Ye Lin's army was approaching and would arrive in about a day.
• Mo Xing recalled his past battles and declared that he would wait for Ye Lin at the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty.

Ye Lin’s army reached the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty’s imperial capital without opposition, where Venerable Mo Xing waited as armies and twelve dynasty rulers gathered to confront them. Blood Pupil feared that he and Wang Dali would not survive the coming battle.

• Ye Lin’s army traveled for a day and night before arriving at the Heaven-Equaling Dynasty.
• The army advanced unchecked toward the imperial capital, making Wang Dali and Blood Pupil more wary of Venerable Mo Xing’s confidence.
• Ye Lin’s army reached the imperial capital, where an old man sat with tea at the top of its tallest building.
• More than a dozen explosions sounded as vast armies filled the Void around the capital.
• Twelve dynasty rulers appeared and insulted Wang Dali and Blood Pupil for defecting to the south.
• Blood Pupil recognized the danger posed by the twelve rulers and feared he and Wang Dali would die even if Ye Lin defeated Mo Xing.

Blood Pupil regretted being left out of the rulers’ plan to notify Venerable Mo Xing, while Wang Dali remained committed to Ye Lin. When Mo Xing questioned Ye Lin’s identity and confidence, Ye Lin dismissed him as weak, and Wang Dali stepped in to defend his Imperial Lord.

• Blood Pupil silently resented the twelve figures for arranging to notify Venerable Mo Xing without telling him and wondered whether he should change sides.
• Wang Dali accepted the risks of backing Ye Lin and decided he would flee only if he could not win a fight.
• The white-haired Mo Xing asked Ye Lin where he came from, noting that he had never heard of such a young expert.
• Ye Lin called Mo Xing pathetically weak and asked what justified his arrogance.
• A ruler from an imperial dynasty rebuked Ye Lin, and Wang Dali immediately defended his Imperial Lord.

Wang Dali challenged Wei Xun to a duel to prove his worth to Ye Lin, and the two fought inside a barrier raised by Venerable Mo Xing. The battle remained close, but Ye Lin judged that Wang Dali would win unless Wei Xun had a powerful trump card.

• Wei Xun insulted Wang Dali as a traitor, and Wang Dali challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Wei Xun accepted the duel, while Ye Lin and Venerable Mo Xing watched without interfering.
• Wang Dali charged Wei Xun, and they clashed with a broadsword and a spear.
• Venerable Mo Xing enclosed the duel in a barrier to protect his imperial capital from their destructive power.
• Wang Dali and Wei Xun fought to a near-even match, though Ye Lin believed Wang Dali had the advantage and would win unless Wei Xun revealed a trump card.

Wang Dali defeated Wei Xun in a brutal duel, and Ye Lin rewarded him with pills that healed his injuries and promised to raise his cultivation. As Wang Dali began recovering aboard the warship, Blood Pupil was astonished by the pills’ power.

• Ye Lin and Venerable Mo Xing prepared for the difficult battle they expected to face after watching the duel.
• Wang Dali killed Wei Xun with his final slash, overcoming his opponent through greater combat experience and cunning.
• Wang Dali returned to Ye Lin’s warship badly injured, and Ye Lin praised him and gave him a healing pill and a cultivation-raising pill.
• Wang Dali swallowed the Healing Pill and began recovering rapidly as his wounds closed and his aura rose.
• Blood Pupil watched Wang Dali’s recovery in shock, amazed by the pills’ extraordinary effects.

Blood Pupil considered attacking for a share of Ye Lin’s pill reward but decided against risking his life. Chu Lang then challenged him to a duel over their humiliating encounter ten thousand years earlier, and Blood Pupil accepted.

• Blood Pupil envied the pills Ye Lin had bestowed on Wang Dali, but after weighing the risks, he decided to keep his head down and develop quietly.
• Chu Lang stepped forward and challenged Blood Pupil to a fight to the death, insisting that no one else interfere.
• Blood Pupil recognized Chu Lang and accused him of having once knelt and begged for his life.
• Chu Lang recalled how Blood Pupil had humiliated him ten thousand years earlier and vowed to make him pay.
• Blood Pupil accepted the duel and declared that he would kill Chu Lang again.

Wang Dali recovered from his injuries with the pill and watched Chu Lang overwhelm Blood Pupil in their duel. Chu Lang revealed that he had spent ten thousand years studying their earlier battle, while Blood Pupil struggled to understand how his opponent could anticipate his moves.

• Wang Dali found that the pill had healed his severe injuries in less than half an hour.
• Wang Dali watched Blood Pupil fight Chu Lang and judged that Blood Pupil had made no progress in ten thousand years.
• Chu Lang gained the upper hand, taunting Blood Pupil and breaking his attacks as the fight continued.
• Blood Pupil spat blood and wondered how Chu Lang had become so powerful and seemed to predict his moves.
• Chu Lang said he had reviewed every detail of their battle every day for ten thousand years.
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Chu Lang killed Blood Pupil to erase a ten-thousand-year humiliation, then broke through to the second level of the Quasi-Saint Realm. He challenged Ye Lin, while the dynasty lords hoped Ye Lin would kill him so they could seize his dynasty.

• Chu Lang said he had spent ten thousand years seeking revenge and lamented that Blood Pupil had not grown stronger.
• Chu Lang killed Blood Pupil, and Ye Lin chose not to intervene.
• With his inner demon dispelled, Chu Lang broke through to the second level of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Chu Lang challenged Ye Lin to come down from the warship and fight him.
• The dynasty lords stayed silent and privately hoped Chu Lang would die so they could take over his dynasty.

Ye Lin killed Chu Lang with a single sword strike, shocking the rulers of the imperial dynasties and Wang Dali. Venerable Mo Xing sensed the danger and demanded to know who Ye Lin was and where he came from.

• Wang Dali charged toward Chu Lang after hearing him bark like a dog.
• Ye Lin's sword light struck Chu Lang between the brows and killed him instantly.
• The dynasty rulers watched in shock, unable to understand how Chu Lang had died so quickly.
• Wang Dali backed away and sat down, realizing he had underestimated Ye Lin's strength.
• Venerable Mo Xing narrowed his eyes at Ye Lin and asked who he was and where he came from.

Ye Lin ended his patience with the gathered rulers and prepared to fight Venerable Mo Xing after killing Chu Lang. Mo Xing unleashed his formidable third-level Quasi-Saint aura, while Ye Lin remained calm and unreadable.

• Ye Lin rose and declared that his patience had run out, preparing to end the confrontation.
• Venerable Mo Xing stood to fight Ye Lin, believing himself invincible below the fourth level of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• The imperial dynasty rulers moved away from the two fighters and decided they would surrender to whoever won.
• Venerable Mo Xing released his domineering third-level Quasi-Saint aura, frightening the rulers watching from a distance.
• Ye Lin stood silently in the Void without revealing any aura, leaving the rulers uncertain of his strength.

Su Tao learned that Ye Lin had confronted Venerable Mo Xing and hurried south to support him, fearing Ye Lin’s death would ruin his plans. Five dynasty lords blocked Su Tao at the Black River, forcing him to face them before he could continue.

• Su Tao learned that Ye Lin was confronting Venerable Mo Xing and abandoned his plans to rush south.
• Su Tao left orders for his subordinates not to act rashly while he was gone.
• Five dynasty lords intercepted Su Tao at the Black River and taunted him for trying to reach the south.
• Su Tao demanded that the five lords move aside, but they challenged him to fight all five at once.

Su Tao fought the five rulers of the imperial dynasties above the Black River after they provoked him, revealing that he had reached the second level of the Quasi-Saint Realm. He overwhelmed their alliance but remained distracted by another battle in the south.

• The five rulers mocked Su Tao and challenged him together, warning him not to support the fight in the south.
• Su Tao summoned lightning and attacked the five rulers, vowing that none of them would escape.
• Su Tao suppressed the five rulers, who realized he had reached the second level of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• The rulers urged one another to hold Su Tao back until their target in the south died, while Su Tao said he would kill them if he had no other matters to attend to.

An old man foresaw that Su Tao would unify the Southern Region and become the next ruler, despite the unexpected intervention of a visitor from beyond the heavens. He told his grandson their family should wait for the visitor to approach and agree to whatever he asked.

• A young man reported the Southern Region's turmoil to the old man, including the mysterious powerhouse fighting Venerable Mo Xing and Su Tao fighting five opponents at Black River.
• The old man revealed that the mysterious powerhouse came from beyond the heavens and followed a Great Dao far beyond the cultivators' own.
• The old man said Su Tao would unify the Southern Region, Venerable Mo Xing would die, and the visitor would eventually leave.
• The old man recalled his divination from ten thousand years earlier, which had foretold Su Tao's rise to power.
• The old man instructed the young man to wait for the visitor to come to their family and agree to whatever he requested.

Ye Lin killed Venerable Mo Xing with a palm strike and faced the ten dynasty lords who had surrendered. He condemned them for waiting until the last moment to submit and declared that they would die.

• Venerable Mo Xing realized Ye Lin was far stronger than he had expected and was unable to resist his attack.
• Ye Lin killed Venerable Mo Xing with a palm strike.
• The ten dynasty lords knelt and begged Ye Lin to spare their lives.
• Wang Dali celebrated his decision to side with Ye Lin and anticipated gaining status as an imperial dynasty’s consecrated offering.
• Ye Lin told the lords he would have spared them if they had surrendered earlier, then said they should still die.

Ye Lin killed Venerable Mo Xing and ten dynasty rulers, deciding the battle for the Southern Region. Su Tao realized the region was effectively theirs and said he could secure the remaining dynasties within ten days.

• Ye Lin ignored the rulers’ pleas and killed all ten of them.
• Su Tao arrived, saw the aftermath, and learned from Ye Lin that Venerable Mo Xing was dead.
• Su Tao realized Ye Lin’s victories had put the Southern Region within their grasp.
• Su Tao said he could settle the remaining dynasties in ten days, and Ye Lin gave him that time to finish quickly.

After defeating the southern rulers, Ye Lin waited for Su Tao to deliver the connate spirit treasure. Su Tao traveled north to seek Venerable Black Tortoise’s approval to claim the throne, but learned that the Venerable was in seclusion and Saint Zhu Xiao would speak for him.

• Su Tao promised Ye Lin that he would settle everything within ten days and personally present the connate spirit treasure.
• Ye Lin remained with his motionless army while the defeated imperial forces stayed frozen in fear.
• Su Tao hurried north, intending to secure Venerable Black Tortoise’s support and then return to avenge his humiliation.
• Su Tao reached the golden mountain range and called out to Venerable Black Tortoise.
• Saint Zhu Xiao emerged from the Void and told Su Tao that his grandfather was in seclusion, but that he could make decisions on his behalf.
• Su Tao recognized Saint Zhu Xiao and greeted him courteously.

Su Tao secured Venerable Black Tortoise’s recognition as the next lord of the Imperial Dynasty and offered Zhu Xiao the position of First Prime Minister. Su Tao left after making the offer, while Zhu Xiao remained behind.

• Su Tao told Zhu Xiao that he sought Venerable Black Tortoise’s recognition after the southern campaign had settled the realm.
• Su Tao presented a prepared scroll asking Venerable Black Tortoise to recognize him as the Imperial Dynasty’s next lord.
• Zhu Xiao stamped Venerable Black Tortoise’s great seal onto the scroll, fulfilling Su Tao’s request.
• Su Tao thanked Zhu Xiao and offered him the position of First Prime Minister if he would assist him.
• Su Tao departed without waiting for Zhu Xiao’s answer.

Su Tao gathered the Southern Region’s imperial kingdoms’ providence to prepare for the Great Frost Dynasty’s imperial enthronement, while Zhu Xiao weighed Su Tao’s offer to become First Prime Minister. The enthronement was set for nine days later, and the kingdoms began submitting.

• Zhu Xiao considered whether to accept Su Tao’s offer, weighing the allure of becoming First Prime Minister against the loss of freedom and the fate his grandfather had faced.
• Su Tao ordered his subordinates to summon the imperial kingdoms to his enthronement in nine days and demand their Imperial Jade Seals and Supreme Purity Mystic Bell fragments.
• Su Tao planned to use the Great Frost Dynasty’s Imperial Jade Seal to suppress the gathered providence and keep the connate Supreme Purity Mystic Bell available to give away.
• Great Frost Dynasty envoys traveled across the Southern Region, and the imperial kingdom rulers surrendered when they saw the grand seal on the golden scroll.
• The Great Frost Dynasty’s people worked together to build the enthronement platform.