Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin tortured Elder Li until he revealed that Wang Gang had ordered the attack, then killed Elder Li and discovered a blood-sacrifice altar in Green Mountain City. After destroying it, Ye Lin set out for Heavenly Water City to pursue Wang Gang and prepare for the Evil Demon Mo Yi.

• Ye Lin used a mental technique to torment Elder Li, who confessed that Wang Gang was behind the assassination attempt, and Ye Lin killed him.
• Ye Lin saw Wang Gang fleeing Green Mountain City, but Wang Gang escaped before Ye Lin could catch him; a panel revealed his Heavenly Water City opportunity involving the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.
• Ye Lin defeated several black-robed Evil Cultivators and found an altar fed by the corpses of Green Mountain City's residents.
• Ye Lin destroyed the altar, sensed the distant gaze of the Evil Demon Mo Yi, and buried the corpses before flying toward Heavenly Water City.
• Wang Gang escaped and resolved to seek stronger support from the Li Family so he could kill Ye Lin before the Holy Son selection.

Ye Lin attended the Dawn Auction House’s auction in Heavenly Water City, where Wang Gang spotted him and considered calling for help. Ye Lin bid on a half-stalk of Sky-Piercing Bamboo after Little Red showed an intense desire for it, but another bidder raised the price.

• Ye Lin entered Heavenly Water City and learned that the Dawn Auction House was holding an auction.
• Ye Lin showed his Azure Cloud Sect identity token to gain entry, while Wang Gang recognized him from a private booth and left to seek help.
• Pin Ru began the auction and sold a Mysterious Grade Low Tier Long Sword for five Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Pin Ru presented a half-stalk of Sky-Piercing Bamboo, and the crowd dismissed it as useless.
• Little Red showed Ye Lin that it wanted the bamboo, so Ye Lin bid two Low-Tier Spirit Stones.
• An unnamed bidder offered three Low-Tier Spirit Stones, claiming the bamboo would make a flute for his daughter.

Ye Lin won a battered scroll at the Dawn Auction House and discovered through his panel that Wang Gang’s opportunity involved a treasure hidden in the Tiger King’s stomach. He traveled to Tiger Mountain to claim it and arrived at the mountain where the Tiger King lived.

• Ye Lin bid for a half-piece of bamboo and watched a Mysterious Grade Low Tier martial art sell to the Holy King Sect for fifty-one Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• After the auction seemed to end, Ye Lin and Wang Gang competed for a battered scroll until Ye Lin won it for three Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Lin’s panel revealed that Wang Gang would find a Heaven-Reaching Talisman inside the Tiger King on Tiger Mountain, and Ye Lin resolved to take the opportunity for himself.
• Ye Lin collected the bamboo and scroll from Pin Ru, then left Heavenly Water City and used his master’s map to travel to Tiger Mountain.
• Ye Lin confirmed that he had reached Tiger Mountain and prepared to hunt its Foundation Establishment Late Stage Tiger King.

Ye Lin went to Tiger Mountain seeking the Tiger King and killed it, then sold its and a tigress’s corpses to Tang Xue and Zhao Shixian. After taking the Demon Cores and payment, he examined Zhao Shixian’s panel.

• Ye Lin spotted Tang Xue and Zhao Shixian attacking a wounded tiger and recognized Tang Xue’s opportunity to find a medicinal herb at the Tiger Den.
• The Tiger King appeared, and Ye Lin ambushed and killed it with his sword before killing the wounded tigress and finding a blue talisman in the Tiger King’s belly.
• Tang Xue and Zhao Shixian returned and recognized Ye Lin, who agreed to sell them both tiger corpses for three hundred and ten Low-Tier Spirit Stones while keeping the Demon Cores.
• Ye Lin accepted Zhao Shixian’s Storage Bag and quietly brought up his panel.

Ye Lin found the Millennium Spirit Mushroom in the Tiger King's lair and hurried to Sun-Moon City to stop the Evil Cultivators from slaughtering its residents. There, he reunited with Hu Hansan and confronted the black-robed cultivators occupying the city center.

• Ye Lin discovered Zhao Shixian's deceitful nature and learned that Zhao's opportunity was a Millennium Spirit Mushroom in the Tiger King's lair.
• Ye Lin entered Tiger Den, collected a Mysterious Grade Low Tier medicinal herb and the Millennium Spirit Mushroom, then set out for Sun-Moon City.
• Ye Lin reunited with Hu Hansan, who explained that Giant Hammer Sect had been guarding the eastern district and protecting Sun-Moon City.
• Ye Lin learned that three Foundation Establishment Late Stage experts led the Evil Cultivators in the city and went with Hu Hansan to their base.
• A black-robed cultivator challenged Hu Hansan and Ye Lin as they entered the city center, asking why Giant Hammer Sect had left its district.

Ye Lin helped the Giant Hammer Sect disciples defeat the Evil Cultivators occupying Sun-Moon City and placed the city under their jurisdiction. He then departed for Xuanyong City, while Hu Hansan decided to report Ye Lin’s promise to his master.

• Ye Lin killed a black-robed Evil Cultivator who threatened him, and Hu Hansan joined the fight against the attackers.
• Eight Giant Hammer Sect disciples arrived to help Hu Hansan hold off the Evil Cultivators as reinforcements gathered around Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin killed three Foundation Establishment Late Stage Evil Cultivators with his punches, then used his Flying Sword to slaughter dozens of Qi Refining Evil Cultivators and named the sword Evil Slayer.
• Ye Lin declared Sun-Moon City under the Giant Hammer Sect’s jurisdiction and flew off toward Xuanyong City.
• Hu Hansan told the disciples to guard Sun-Moon City while he returned to report to their master.

Ye Lin arrived in Xuanyong City to confront the entrenched Evil Cultivators and learned that Wang Gang and Ren Dong were plotting to ambush him on his way back to the Azure Cloud Sect. After seeing a panel reveal the ambush and its likely outcome, Ye Lin reached the Evil Cultivators’ position and ordered his disciples to block the exits.

• Ye Lin arrived in Xuanyong City, where an Azure Cloud Sect disciple reported the Evil Cultivators’ numbers and led him into the city.
• Wang Gang persuaded Ren Dong to join a plan to recruit Foundation Establishment Peak elders and ambush Ye Lin as he returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Ye Lin sensed that two people were watching him and learned that Ren Dong and Wang Gang had been in the city.
• Ye Lin checked his panel and discovered the planned ambush, including that he would kill two elders while Wang Gang escaped using a Golden Core life-saving method.
• Ye Lin reached the Evil Cultivators’ position, saw that only seven Qi Refining Level 9 disciples accompanied him, and ordered them to hold the exits.

Ye Lin and the Azure Cloud Sect disciples attacked Evil Cultivators performing a human sacrifice in Xuanyong City. He destroyed the Evil Demon Altar, then killed Wang Wu and took his black staff as the remaining Evil Cultivators fought back.

• Ye Lin ordered the Azure Cloud Sect disciples to seal the exits and killed Qi Refining Evil Cultivators with Evil Slayer.
• Ye Lin used the Sword Controlling Technique to kill one of five Foundation Establishment Early Stage Evil Cultivators, then crushed the other four with Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest.
• Ye Lin found bound civilians being drained beneath the Evil Demon Altar and destroyed it with Evil Slayer, interrupting the sacrifice.
• Wang Wu attacked Ye Lin with a black staff, while three Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Evil Cultivators joined the fight.
• Ye Lin defeated Wang Wu with Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest and Seven Kill Fist, then took Wang Wu's black staff.

Ye Lin defeated the Evil Cultivators in Xuanyong City and learned that the Long Family had rebelled against the Azure Cloud Sect. On his way back, he was ambushed by Jian Bo and Li Tianming, whom he killed after overcoming their attacks.

• Ye Lin used Evil Slayer to kill the three fleeing Evil Cultivators and ordered the Azure Cloud Sect disciples to put Xuanyong City under the Shaoyang Sect's jurisdiction.
• A disciple reported that the Long Family had rebelled and begun attacking Azure Cloud Sect cities, so Ye Lin sent the others back while he followed later.
• Ye Lin stopped in a gorge and confronted Jian Bo of the Heavenly Sword Sect and Li Tianming of the Li Family, who attacked him together.
• Ye Lin fought off their techniques, severed Li Tianming's left arm, and struck Jian Bo with a mental attack that left him writhing and screaming.
• Li Tianming offered Ye Lin his possessions and pleaded that they end the fight, but Ye Lin ran Evil Slayer through his chest.

Ye Lin killed Ren Dong after Wang Gang abandoned him, then returned to Azure Cloud Sect and collected his mission rewards. Wang Gang fled and decided to join the Evil Demons, while Ye Lin met Chu Xue, who offered him an opportunity before the Dragon-Tiger Contest.

• Wang Gang pushed Ren Dong out of hiding and escaped, leaving Ren Dong to plead with Ye Lin for mercy.
• Ye Lin used Evil Slayer to kill Ren Dong despite the Jade Talisman’s explosion, then resolved to kill Wang Gang within a month.
• Wang Gang feared the consequences of Ren Dong’s death and chose to join the Evil Demons, blaming Ye Lin for his troubles.
• Ye Lin returned to Azure Cloud Sect, collected thirty Mid-grade Spirit Stones from Sun Xiao for completing three seventh-grade missions, and went to Lone Peak.
• Chu Xue praised Ye Lin’s cultivation and confidence in the upcoming Dragon-Tiger Contest, then invited him to an opportunity she had prepared.

Chu Xue tempered Ye Lin beneath a waterfall and rebuilt his meridians with medicinal herbs, greatly strengthening his body. Ye Lin returned to his lodgings, where he discovered that Little Red had reached the Golden Core Realm and learned more about her destiny.

• Chu Xue took Ye Lin to a waterfall and challenged him to endure its force for half an hour without using spiritual energy.
• Chu Xue used five Mysterious Grade medicinal herbs and shattered Ye Lin's meridians so their medicinal power could repair them as he endured the waterfall.
• After an hour, Ye Lin's strength erupted and blasted apart the waterfall, and Chu Xue tested his newly tempered body before telling him to prepare for the Dragon-Tiger Struggle.
• Ye Lin returned to his lodgings and discovered that Little Red had broken through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Ye Lin gave Little Red a half-bamboo stalk, and a panel revealed her Phoenix Clan bloodline, abilities, and destined fate.

Ye Lin released Little Red to roam and cultivate within ten thousand li, then focused on preparing for the Dragon-Tiger Struggle. More than a month later, he joined the Azure Cloud Sect's gathering, where the Sect Master began announcing the sect's new era of strength and reliance on its younger generation.

• Ye Lin examined Little Red's extraordinary Fate Rank and decided that keeping her in the Beast Taming Bag was limiting her growth.
• Little Red gave Ye Lin her Life-Bound True Feather, which could keep them in contact across any distance, and flew off to explore within ten thousand li.
• Chu Xue watched Little Red depart, while Ye Lin began cultivating with the Star Art and hoped she would soon reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Over a month passed as the Li Family searched for Wang Gang and Ye Lin advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, just short of a breakthrough.
• The Nine Great Inner Sect Elders emerged at Foundation Establishment Peak Stage, and Ye Lin arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect gathering, where the Sect Master spoke about the sect's future and its younger generation.

The sect began its Holy Son assessment, and Ye Lin won the influence trial despite Li Miaoling's greater number of supporting sects. After Li Miaoling defeated Shi Jian in the strength trial's first match, she faced Ye Lin, whose opening move put her at an aura disadvantage.

• The Sect Master opened the Holy Son assessment, and Chu Xue announced its start as a golden arena rose from the plaza.
• The Law Enforcement Elder declared Ye Lin the winner of the influence trial because Pill Valley and the Giant Hammer Sect together outweighed Li Miaoling's support from seven sects.
• Ye Lin drew a bye, while Li Miaoling and Shi Jian drew lots to fight first.
• Li Miaoling defeated Shi Jian and advanced to face Ye Lin after recovering for half an hour.
• Ye Lin opened their match with Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest, and Li Miaoling countered with Ice Sword, strike.

Ye Lin defeated Li Miaoling after comprehending intent during their duel, winning the second match and drawing the Azure Cloud Sect’s amazement. The Law Enforcement Elder announced that Ye Lin would face the Trial of the Dao Heart in three hours, while Little Red sensed a phoenix cry from afar.

• Ye Lin shattered Li Miaoling’s Ice-Sealing Sword attack and knocked her into the Arena railing, but she insisted on using one final move.
• Li Miaoling summoned the Ice Crystal Phoenix and charged Ye Lin, who unleashed his full Foundation Establishment Late Stage aura.
• Ye Lin swung Evil Slayer without a martial technique and comprehended intent, breaking Li Miaoling’s sword and sending her crashing to the ground.
• The Law Enforcement Elder declared Ye Lin the winner and announced his Trial of the Dao Heart would begin in three hours.
• Little Red woke after sensing what seemed to be a mother phoenix’s cry, chirped, and fell asleep again beside a golden tree stripped of its fruit.

Ye Lin passed the Trial of the Dao Heart and was named Holy Son of the Azure Cloud Sect. After learning that demons and rival factions threatened the sect, he prepared to discuss a response at a meeting the next day.

• Ye Lin resisted illusions of familiar women, used the Mystic Light Pagoda to clear his mind, and passed the Stone Stele’s trial.
• Chu Xue named Ye Lin Holy Son after the Nine Great Elders raised no objections, and the sect’s disciples and elders bowed to him.
• Chu Xue ordered the nine Inner Sect elders to attend a meeting the next morning, and Ye Lin warned them about the Evil Demons and factions threatening the sect.
• The elders agreed to follow Ye Lin’s lead and confront the threats, then dispersed as Chu Xue asked him what had happened during the trial.

Ye Lin proposed a gradual plan for the Azure Cloud Sect to subdue the major powers by taking control of their resource suppliers, and Chu Xue approved it for the next sect meeting. After reviewing his cultivation prospects and seeing his Fate Rank had improved to incomplete Green, Ye Lin headed to the meeting the following day.

• Ye Lin told Chu Xue that the Azure Cloud Sect should bring the major powers to heel by controlling their cultivation resources, while avoiding an open Golden Core war.
• Ye Lin proposed starting with the Holy King Sect by bringing its smaller subordinate powers under Azure Cloud Sect control, and Chu Xue approved presenting the plan at the sect meeting.
• Back in his quarters, Ye Lin considered how to reach Foundation Establishment Peak Stage and how he might find the Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi needed to form a Seven-Colored Golden Core.
• Ye Lin checked his Life Panel and found that his Fate Rank had risen to incomplete Green, with a destiny of eventually being killed by the Evil Demons.
• The next day, Ye Lin set out for the Inner Sect Main Hall to attend the sect meeting.

Ye Lin persuaded the Azure Cloud Sect elders to seize the Burning Heaven Mine from the Holy King Sect while bringing its subordinate factions under their control. After three days of cultivation, Ye Lin reached Foundation Establishment Peak Stage and set out for the Holy King Sect.

• Ye Lin presented his plan to the Nine Great Elders, who agreed to subjugate factions under the Azure Cloud Sect's jurisdiction.
• The Ninth Elder revealed that the Holy King Sect depended on the Burning Heaven Mine, and the Great Elder explained the history of the mine and its upcoming transfer.
• Ye Lin assigned the Ninth Elder to subjugate the Holy King Sect's smaller factions and chose to lead the Great Elder to seize the mine.
• The Great Elder told Ye Lin that the Azure Cloud Sect was due to take over the mine in three days, and they agreed to set out then.
• Ye Lin used Spirit Stones and natural treasures to reach Foundation Establishment Peak Stage, with thirty times the spiritual energy of an ordinary cultivator at that stage.
• Ye Lin left his lodgings and set out for the Holy King Sect, eager to face its prodigies.

Ye Lin and the Great Elder went to the Holy King Sect to demand the return of the Burning Heaven Mine, but Sect Master Chu Xiao resisted. Ye Lin then faced Chu Yun’s challenge over the mine, with the terms still to be settled.

• Ye Lin and the Great Elder led ten Azure Cloud Sect disciples to the Holy King Sect to reclaim the Burning Heaven Mine.
• Feng Shao welcomed the party and introduced them to Sect Master Chu Xiao and Chu Yun.
• Ye Lin demanded that the Holy King Sect withdraw from the mine by the next day, but Chu Xiao claimed they needed time to search for a missing disciple.
• When Chu Xiao refused to hand over the mine immediately, Ye Lin demanded that the Holy King Sect withdraw at once.
• Chu Yun challenged Ye Lin to a fight and proposed that victory would decide whether the mine was handed over or kept for another month.

Ye Lin accepted Chu Yun’s challenge after demanding Chu Yun’s jade pendant as an added wager, then defeated Chu Yun by wielding the power of Sword Intent. The Azure Cloud Sect’s Holy Son revealed a level of strength that shocked the Holy King Sect, while Chu Yun lost the pendant left by her mother.

• Ye Lin agreed to fight Chu Yun only if Chu Yun wagered his mother’s jade pendant along with three hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• When Chu Yun refused the added condition, Ye Lin threatened to have the Holy King Sect’s disciples removed from the Burning Heaven Mine, so Chu Yun accepted the duel.
• Feng Shao revealed that Chu Yun had reached the Great Completion stage of the Blade Realm, while the Great Elder believed Ye Lin had reached the Intent stage.
• Chu Yun attacked Ye Lin with Divine Lion Slash, but Ye Lin used the force of heaven and earth through Evil Slayer to break Chu Yun’s saber and send him flying from the Arena.
• Chu Xiao recognized that Ye Lin could use Sword Intent, and Feng Shao was left stunned by Ye Lin’s strength.

Ye Lin defeated Chu Yun in a duel and claimed the Burning Heaven Mine for the Azure Cloud Sect, while Chu Xiao secretly sought help from an Evil Demon to advance his cultivation. After the Azure Cloud Sect slaughtered the mine’s guards, its disciples discovered a mysterious ore deep underground.

• Chu Xiao handed Ye Lin the jade pendant he had promised, then carried the injured Chu Yun away for treatment.
• The Holy King Sect Grand Elder learned that Ye Lin had comprehended an Intent and decided to seek the Azure Cloud Sect’s protection for his sect.
• Chu Xiao ignored the Grand Elder’s warning and abducted two Foundation Establishment disciples, intending to use the Evil Demon’s secret art to break through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Ye Lin arrived at the Burning Heaven Mine and ordered his disciples to kill the Holy King Sect guards after their deadline to leave had passed.
• An Azure Cloud Sect disciple reported finding mysterious ore deep in the mine, and Ye Lin went to inspect it with the Grand Elder.