Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin named his new technique Eight-Direction Sword Assault and decided he should step down as Sect Master of Nameless Mountain now that he had achieved his purpose. He checked Ye Buqu's progress and found the young disciple advancing along the body-tempering path.

• Ye Lin named the technique Sword Eight, or Eight-Direction Sword Assault, and planned to use it to suppress opponents before fighting them.
• Ye Lin considered how he would fare against Lin Ping and concluded that he still needed to grow stronger, even with his trump cards.
• Ye Lin decided to relinquish the position of Sect Master of Nameless Mountain because he could not shoulder the responsibility of guiding the Human Race.
• Ye Lin visited Ye Buqu and saw him shatter a person-sized boulder with one punch.
• Ye Lin assessed Ye Buqu's strength and judged his body-tempering progress satisfactory despite his Qi Refining Level 5 cultivation.

Ye Lin tested Ye Buqu’s strength and gave him a new medicinal-bath prescription, but Ye Buqu revealed that he had stopped using the baths because Nameless Mountain disciples mocked and bullied him. The chapter left Ye Lin hearing how his disciple had been driven into isolation and deprived of the herbs he was meant to receive.

• Ye Buqu greeted Ye Lin, who tested his punches and praised his physical strength.
• Ye Lin gave Ye Buqu a new prescription for medicinal baths, but Ye Buqu hesitated and said he no longer needed them.
• Ye Buqu explained that gathering herbs for his baths had burdened the disciples responsible for collecting them, while his cultivation still lagged behind the newer disciples.
• Nameless Mountain disciples began ridiculing Ye Buqu, resenting his status as the Sect Master's disciple despite his low cultivation.
• The disciples mocked Ye Buqu whenever he left his residence and withheld the herbs meant for him, leaving him afraid to go outside.

Ye Lin took Ye Buqu to the Nameless Mountain treasure vault after learning that his disciple had been mistreated. At the vault, Lin Zheng admitted to withholding disciples’ resources, including Ye Buqu’s, leaving Ye Lin to decide how to deal with him.

• Ye Lin heard Ye Buqu’s account and took him to the treasure vault to investigate.
• Disciples followed Ye Lin and Ye Buqu, hoping the Sect Master would confront the vault staff over their unfair distribution of resources.
• Ye Lin entered the vault hall and confronted Lin Zheng, who had dismissed him without recognizing him.
• Lin Zheng realized Ye Lin was the Sect Master, knelt before him, and confessed to withholding the disciples’ resources and Ye Buqu’s share.

Ye Lin confronted Lin Zheng over his treatment of Ye Buqu and made clear that Ye Buqu was his disciple. After Lin Zheng was ordered to leave Nameless Mountain with his backer, Ye Lin reminded Ye Buqu to trust him when trouble arose.

• Lin Zheng begged Ye Lin for forgiveness and admitted that someone had been backing him.
• Ye Lin declared that Ye Buqu was his disciple and ordered Lin Zheng to leave Nameless Mountain with the person backing him.
• Lin Zheng survived the confrontation, then resolved to make those who had led the matter pay before he left.
• The watching disciples cheered because Lin Zheng had often deducted their resources.
• Ye Buqu thanked Ye Lin, who told him to bring any trouble to his master instead of hiding it.

Mo Wuji reunited with Ye Lin, who assigned him to protect Ye Buqu. Ye Lin then summoned the sect members to present their chosen successor for the Nameless Mountain Sect Master position.

• Mo Wuji found Ye Lin after searching around Nameless Mountain and was asked to become Ye Buqu's protector.
• Mo Wuji examined Ye Buqu's aptitude and was shocked by how poor it seemed, but agreed to protect him.
• Ye Lin explained that Ye Buqu needed protection when he went out to gain experience, then left Mo Wuji to get acquainted with him.
• Ye Lin summoned the sect members to the Sect Master Hall and demanded that they present their chosen successor.

Ye Lin examined Li Xian’s panel and saw that Li Xian was destined to become the Sect Master of Nameless Mountain. Taichu arrived and urged Ye Lin to agree, leaving Ye Lin convinced he had no choice.

• Li Xian entered the main hall and respectfully greeted Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin read Li Xian’s panel, which showed his exceptional sword talent and destiny to become Sect Master of Nameless Mountain.
• Ye Lin wondered whether Li Xian could refuse that future, while the assembled powers waited for his decision.
• Taichu entered the hall and asked why Ye Lin was still considering such an outstanding junior.
• Ye Lin concluded that he had to agree to Li Xian becoming Sect Master.

Taichu asked Ye Lin to publicly support Li Yixian's bid to become Nameless Mountain's next Sect Master. Ye Lin agreed to have Li Yixian assessed first, and Li Yixian stepped forward to face him.

• Taichu praised Li Yixian and asked Ye Lin to make his support clear to quiet opposition to an outsider becoming Sect Master.
• Ye Lin questioned whether Li Yixian was reliable, then compared him with his own disciple Taiyuan, whom Taichu acknowledged was even more outstanding.
• Taichu warned Ye Lin not to violate Nameless Mountain's rule against a Sect Master choosing someone connected to him as successor.
• Ye Lin assured Taichu he had only been joking and said Li Yixian should be assessed before he could be considered.
• Ye Lin beckoned Li Yixian forward, and Li Yixian stepped up and bowed.

Ye Lin confirmed that Li Yixian was not possessed or a demon, then agreed to hold Nameless Mountain’s Sect Master succession ceremony the next day. As Taichu asked him to help secure Li Yixian’s new position, Ye Lin asked Taichu to look after his second disciple, Ye Buqu, after he left.

• Ye Lin examined Li Yixian and found no sign that he was possessed, a Demonic Cultivator, or a Great Demon.
• Ye Lin announced that Li Yixian would become Nameless Mountain’s Sect Master at a ceremony the next day and warned him not to harm the Human Race.
• Li Yixian bowed and promised to accept responsibility, while continuing to regard Ye Lin as his senior.
• Taichu explained that Nameless Mountain’s experts opposed Li Yixian’s appointment and asked Ye Lin to help pave the way for him.
• Ye Lin agreed to help and asked Taichu to look after Ye Buqu after he left.

Ye Lin asked Taichu to protect Ye Buqu and announced that he planned to wander the world after leaving Nameless Mountain. Back at his residence, Ye Lin realized he had no trusted people to rely on and sent a streak of light away.

• Taichu questioned why Ye Buqu needed protection, and Ye Lin offered to help him in return for watching over his disciple.
• Ye Lin told Taichu that he planned to wander the world and seek answers about the path beyond the Mahayana Realm.
• Taichu agreed to keep an eye on Ye Buqu, and Ye Lin departed Nameless Mountain.
• Ye Lin returned to his residence and realized that he had no one he could trust or rely on.
• Ye Lin flicked a finger and sent a streak of light flying into the distance.

Ye Lin assigned Mo Wuji to punish the people on his list and prepared to hand over the Sect Master position to Li Yixian so he could focus on cultivation. He traveled to Black Sand Prefecture to investigate the severed finger behind Li Yixian's breakthrough and found Outer Realm Heavenly Demons guarding the formation to Central Continent, still awaiting reinforcements.

• Ye Lin gave Mo Wuji a list of people to beat or kill if they refused to submit.
• Ye Lin planned to hand three things to Li Yixian and relinquish his position as Sect Master of Nameless Mountain.
• Ye Lin traveled to Black Sand Prefecture to investigate the severed finger that had helped Li Yixian advance from peak Spirit Transformation to early Dao Integration.
• Ye Lin arrived at the teleportation formation linking Eastern Continent to Central Continent, where three Outer Realm Heavenly Demons guarded it.
• An Outer Realm Heavenly Demon asked about delayed reinforcements, and the central figure said they would arrive after trouble in Central Continent was suppressed.

Ye Lin examined the immense, heavily guarded teleportation array and sensed the terrifying demonic qi surrounding it. The Outer Realm Heavenly Demons decided to keep a suspicious subordinate alive so they could discover who was directing him.

• An Outer Realm Heavenly Demon urged his lord to seize the prefecture before reinforcements arrived, but the lord refused to abandon his orders to guard the teleportation array.
• The far-right figure asked why they would not kill the suspicious subordinate, and the imposing figure said they would keep him alive to expose whoever was behind him.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demons trusted the array’s protective treasure to keep them safe inside, but knew they would be vulnerable if they left it.
• Ye Lin arrived above the enormous teleportation array, sensed its powerful barrier and dreadful demonic qi, and wondered whether Li Yixian’s severed finger had come from outside it.

Ye Lin searched for the half-finger near the teleportation array and realized it was likely inside, so he followed demonic soldiers to a hidden entrance in its barrier. He learned that the demons had delayed their attack on the Eastern Continent because forces in the Central Continent had united and were killing their experts.

• Ye Lin searched around the teleportation array's wall but found no sign of the half-finger outside it.
• Ye Lin concluded the half-finger was inside the array and wondered how Li Yixian had crossed its protective barrier.
• Ye Lin followed demonic soldiers after their shift and found a gap in the barrier that allowed them to enter.
• Demonic soldiers complained about their month-long shifts and lack of reinforcements.
• A demonic soldier said the Central Continent's forces had united and were killing members of their race, prompting His Majesty to send experts there instead of attacking the Eastern Continent.

Ye Lin captured three Heavenly Demons and forced them to explain the Heavenly Demon Great World and its invasion of Xuanhuang. He learned that the invasion began after a spatial tunnel appeared and the Heavenly Demon Emperor secretly explored Central Continent for a hundred years.

• Ye Lin pulled three Heavenly Demons into the endless void after overhearing them discuss returning home.
• Ye Lin threatened the three with a display of spatial power, and they agreed to answer his questions.
• One Heavenly Demon explained that the Heavenly Demon Empire ruled the nine-continent Heavenly Demon Great World under an Emperor and Empress.
• Ye Lin asked about the world's strongest expert and how the Heavenly Demons had found Xuanhuang Great World.
• A Heavenly Demon said a massive earthquake had opened a spatial tunnel, after which the Emperor sent explorers through it and secretly prepared the invasion for a hundred years.

A Heavenly Demon explained how the Empire conquered most of Central Continent and described the power struggle between Emperor and the Empress over whether to purge the remaining forces or attack the Endless Sea. Ye Lin learned that this conflict had stalled the Empire’s plans in Eastern Continent, where events would depend on which leader prevailed.

• The Heavenly Demon recounted how the Empire invaded Central Continent and eventually occupied nearly all of it.
• Ye Lin asked about Central Continent’s current situation and learned that its remaining factions had launched repeated counteroffensives.
• The Heavenly Demon explained that Emperor wanted to attack the sea beasts of the Endless Sea, while the Empress wanted to eliminate Central Continent’s remaining forces first.
• The Heavenly Demon said the leaders’ power struggle had left the Empire inactive in Eastern Continent and that their victory would determine its next campaign.

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to imitate an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon’s aura and infiltrated their territory. There, he discovered Ye Hong sneaking toward a grand hall to retrieve a treasure.

• Ye Lin absorbed the flesh, blood, and vital essence of three beings, gaining an aura identical to an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon.
• Ye Lin entered the formation through the breach without being detected and made his way deeper into the demons’ territory.
• Ye Lin spotted Ye Hong, who had reached the early Spirit Transformation Realm and climbed over a wall into the enemy base.
• Ye Lin drained three demonic soldiers guarding the wall and followed Ye Hong while remaining concealed.
• Ye Hong asked the voice in his ring where to find the object, and his master directed him toward the grandest hall at the back.
• A transparent panel appeared before Ye Lin as he watched Ye Hong from behind.

Ye Hong's fate profile identified him as an Early Spirit Transformation Realm scavenger and an Innate Child of the Plane destined to become the plane's strongest being and ascend to the Immortal World. It revealed his extraordinary abilities, two upcoming treasure opportunities, and a magical ring housing a deceased mighty being.

• Ye Hong's fate profile identified him as a human scavenger with Gold fate rank and a destiny of ascending to the Immortal World.
• Ye Hong's listed opportunities pointed to a Transcendence Sacred Fruit beneath a seat in a nearby great hall and Mystical Yellow Qi in an underground passage beneath a formation.
• Ye Hong's fate traits granted him extraordinary fortune, mastery of talismans, powerful physiques, unparalleled comprehension, and immunity to soul attacks and illusions.
• Ye Hong's Miracle Ring housed an old man who had been a mighty being before his death and could offer benefits if Ye Hong gained his favor.

Ye Lin sabotaged Ye Hong and drove him from the demonic stronghold while he headed for the great hall to claim Ye Hong's opportunities. Ye Hong was captured by an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, who suspected another human was nearby.

• Ye Lin killed the demonic soldiers patrolling near Ye Hong and exposed Ye Hong to the surrounding forces.
• Ye Hong fled after the demonic soldiers surrounded him, while Ye Lin casually made his way toward the great hall.
• Ye Hong's old grandpa told him the culprit was likely a Tribulation Transcendence Realm expert or stronger who had only exposed him.
• An Outer Realm Heavenly Demon struck Ye Hong down and ordered the demonic soldiers to encircle him.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demon questioned Ye Hong and asked whether another human was nearby.
• The chapter ended with an author notice announcing an ad-free VIP membership feature.

Zhu Wu discovered that another Human Race member was hiding in the teleportation formation and ordered his soldiers to search for both intruders. Ye Hong hid inside the formation while Ye Lin uncovered a wooden box concealed beneath a seat in a great hall.

• Zhu Wu attacked Ye Hong, who escaped with a powerful teleportation talisman but remained trapped inside the formation.
• Zhu Wu sealed the entrances and exits and offered a set of Mysterious Grade High Tier martial arts techniques to the first soldier to find the intruders.
• Ye Hong hid behind grass and, following his master's advice, planned to head toward the center of the formation.
• Ye Lin dealt with the guards in a great hall, destroyed a large seat, and melted a black slab beneath it.
• Ye Lin revealed a wooden box and sensed that the black slab had concealed the aura of the Transcendence Sacred Fruit.

Ye Lin found the Transcendence Sacred Fruit, but Shadowless stole it and escaped after setting off explosives. Ye Lin learned Shadowless’s identity and fate, then left to claim Ye Hong’s second opportunity before pursuing the thief.

• Ye Lin opened a box and found the Transcendence Sacred Fruit, intending to bring it back for Ye Buqu.
• Shadowless stole the fruit and escaped after throwing three black spheres that shook the hall with explosions.
• Ye Lin examined Shadowless’s panel and learned that the Shadow Clan young chief was a powerful assassin seeking the Spatial Sacred Stone.
• Ye Lin decided to claim Ye Hong’s second opportunity before hunting down Shadowless, then vanished.

Ye Lin searched the teleportation array’s center for hidden treasures while Ye Hong rushed there after losing the Transcendence Sacred Fruit. The chapter ended with Ye Lin uncovering an ancient restriction beneath the ground.

• Zhu Wu sensed a trace of aura above the main hall, threatened the intruders, and left.
• Shadowless took the Transcendence Sacred Fruit and headed for the formation’s center to inspect its core.
• Ye Hong realized that someone had taken the fruit and suspected the intruder had learned about the hidden opportunities from one of his master’s ancient friends.
• Ye Hong hurried toward the center, fearing the intruder might take the second treasure as well.
• Ye Lin concealed his aura, calculated the second treasure’s location, and struck the ground to reveal an ancient restriction.