Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin entered death seclusion to prepare for the Earth Immortal Realm, while Old Garden concealed the surrounding mountains and guided the others. Ten years later, Ye Lin had reached a bottleneck in comprehending domain power, despite advancing his Destruction Sword Dao Rule to Mahayana.

• Ye Lin entered the cave alone for death seclusion, and Old Garden concealed the surrounding mountain ranges.
• Old Garden guided the younger generation and helped the old man break through to the Second Tribulation Loose Immortal Realm, then refused his request to become his master.
• Ten years passed as Old Garden nurtured the young man to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm and the other youths reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ye Lin recovered to his peak and spent years reviewing his insights before attempting to comprehend domain power.
• Ye Lin advanced his Destruction Sword Dao Rule to Mahayana but remained unable to grasp a domain or find anyone who had fully comprehended one.

Ye Lin swallowed the Ascension Pill to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm, unleashing a tremendous disturbance that drew Outer Realm Heavenly Demons toward him. Old Garden and the old man prepared to defend him while he underwent the breakthrough.

• Ye Lin decided to seek knowledge of domains from the transcendent factions after reaching the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Ye Lin took the Ascension Pill from his Spatial Ring and swallowed it.
• The pill’s power surged through Ye Lin as he circulated the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, strengthening his aura and filling the surrounding area with roaring sounds.
• The commotion alarmed nearby powerhouses, and streams of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons gathered near Ye Lin.
• Old Garden stood guard over Ye Lin with a spear, and the old man joined him, ready to fight the approaching demons.

Old Garden held off the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons while an old man struggled to protect Ye Lin during his breakthrough. As the old man faced defeat, reinforcements from several human sects arrived to help.

• Old Garden confronted the encircling Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and judged that he could hold back their three Three-Tribulation Loose Immortals.
• Old Garden dragged four Two-Tribulation Loose Immortals into battle and left the old man to face another Two-Tribulation Loose Immortal and the remaining demons.
• The old man fought to keep the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons away from Ye Lin's cave, but he was wounded and driven back.
• Chen An, Chen Wei, Jiang Rou, Jiang Ziwei, Liu Qi, and Li Shengli arrived to lend the old man their aid.

Human reinforcements joined the battle against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, and one demon escaped to call for help. The old man leading the defense urged the newcomers to wait for someone in a distant cave to finish breaking through.

• Human heirs, elders, descendants, and Rogue Cultivators charged into battle to aid the old man.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demon feared the powerful old man watching him and sent a streak of black light to summon reinforcements.
• The old man admitted he had failed to stop the demon from calling for help.
• A newly arrived old man asked why the battle had begun, and the first old man told him to wait for someone in the cave to break through.
• Both old men sensed a vast aura awakening and transforming inside the cave.

Chenyangzi arrived to reinforce the Human Race and prepared to face the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, who feared Chenyangzi could kill him. The demon warned that his reinforcements were coming, while the remaining demons fled and the Human Race cultivators held their position.

• Chenyangzi told the severely wounded Tianjizi to withdraw and leave the battle to him.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demon sensed that Chenyangzi could kill him and watched anxiously as he approached.
• Chenyangzi challenged the demon, while the Human Race reinforcements defeated most of the surrounding demons and the survivors fled.
• The cultivators did not pursue the fleeing demons because they had no authorization to advance.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demon backed away and warned Chenyangzi that reinforcements would arrive soon.

Chenyangzi and Tianjizi held their ground as Ye Lin cultivated inside a cave, hoping he would break through before reinforcements arrived. The reinforcements appeared in overwhelming numbers, led by three Three-Tribulation Loose Immortals, and a vast black-purple net descended over the battlefield.

• Chenyangzi considered retreating, but Tianjizi refused to leave Ye Lin behind.
• Chenyangzi stayed to keep the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon from acting while Ye Lin continued cultivating inside the cave.
• The trapped Outer Realm Heavenly Demon wondered why its reinforcements had not arrived, then saw a vast army fill the sky.
• Chenyangzi recognized the three leaders as powerful Three-Tribulation Loose Immortals and realized he could not stop them all.
• A huge black-purple net spread across heaven and earth, its corners reaching the east, south, west, and north.

A vast net trapped Chenyangzi and the others as three Outer Realm Heavenly Demon generals arrived to reinforce their forces. The generals prepared to attack, leaving the group’s hopes dependent on a distant Human Race expert.

• A blackish-purple net covered the mountain range, and Chenyangzi recognized it as a trap that no one could escape.
• The reporting Outer Realm Heavenly Demon questioned the three generals, then revealed that his father was Elder Wushi of the Holy Demon Sect.
• The center general explained that he had brought troops after suppressing a counterattack, and the reporting demon thanked him while privately doubting his motives.
• The left general assessed the defenders as an abundant haul, and Chenyangzi's expression turned grim.

Old Garden arrived injured to help Tianjizi, Chenyangzi, and the surrounded cultivators, but three Third Tribulation Loose Immortal-level Outer Realm Heavenly Demons moved to kill him. A powerful aura erupted from the cave and stopped the generals just before they clashed, leaving the source of the aura unknown.

• Tianjizi and Chenyangzi realized their supposed senior was only a Third Tribulation Loose Immortal and despaired as the enemy army prepared to attack.
• Old Garden appeared, wounded after defeating several Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, and Tianjizi and Chenyangzi greeted him.
• Three generals ordered an attack and charged at Old Garden together, forcing him to ready himself for battle.
• A crisp sound and overwhelming spiritual energy ripple came from the cave, making the three generals halt in shock.

Ye Lin broke through to the Earth Immortal realm and faced a lightning tribulation that puzzled the onlookers. After nine bolts struck him, he remained standing firm in midair.

• Ye Lin emerged from the cave in a beam of golden light as his breakthrough shook the surrounding sky and ground.
• Ye Lin wondered whether the Xuanhuang Great World would expel him after his breakthrough.
• Chenyangzi and Tianjizi were puzzled when a lightning tribulation appeared despite the Loose Immortal method concealing practitioners from the Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Lin let the lightning strike him, enduring nine increasingly powerful bolts without moving.

Ye Lin’s immense lightning tribulation drew the attention of cultivators and factions across the Central Continent, and a middle-aged man recognized it as an Immortal Ascension Tribulation. The chapter left Ye Lin still undergoing tribulation as Outer Realm Heavenly Demons gathered, while the old man believed they would not dare attack if Ye Lin succeeded.

• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demons watched Ye Lin endure powerful lightning bolts, and three generals considered retreating and called for reinforcements.
• An old man and a middle-aged man observed the tribulation from a luxurious palace and wondered what kind it was.
• The middle-aged man realized Ye Lin was undergoing an Immortal Ascension Tribulation to enter the Immortal Realm in a single leap.
• Powerful Outer Realm Heavenly Demons gathered from across the Central Continent, preparing to kill Ye Lin if he completed the tribulation.
• The old man said the demons would not dare attack if Ye Lin succeeded, then recalled Hong Batian guarding the passage between the two realms and the transcendent factions’ counterattack.

Ye Lin endured a powerful lightning tribulation while cultivators and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons watched without daring to interfere. As the tribulation continued into its fourth day, a young man appeared and recognized Ye Lin as his fated enemy.

• The old man realized that immortality could be reached without the Ascension Gate and ordered the leaders of the other transcendent factions to meet with him.
• Ye Lin sat calmly in the sky as thunder dragons unleashed a lightning tribulation that began tempering his body.
• For three days, the lightning grew stronger while the surrounding cultivators and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons stayed still.
• On the fourth day, Human Race cultivators voiced confidence in Ye Lin, and they glared at the demons without either side daring to attack.
• A young man emerged from the void, recognized Ye Lin's Unrivaled Sacred Body, and identified him as his fated enemy.

Ye Lin faced Qin Wudao during his lightning tribulation, and the two acknowledged that they were destined to fight but not yet on equal terms. As Qin Wudao prepared to leave, Ye Lin offered him a chance to follow him and become an immortal.

• Qin Wudao arrived too late to challenge Ye Lin before his tribulation and realized he could not withstand the lightning.
• Ye Lin sensed Qin Wudao and offered him three attacks, promising not to step back, but Qin Wudao refused to fight while Ye Lin was undergoing tribulation.
• Qin Wudao declared that he would catch up to Ye Lin within five years and fight him fairly, then turned to return to his sect.
• Ye Lin stopped Qin Wudao, praised his talent, and offered to guarantee his immortality if he followed and worked for him.

Ye Lin invited Qin Wudao to wait for him and promised a future duel, hoping to nurture the prodigy as an ally. As Ye Lin faced a devastating lightning tribulation, Qin Wudao realized how far beyond him Ye Lin had become.

• Ye Lin challenged Qin Wudao to a future fight, offering to accept Qin's obedience if Qin lost.
• Qin Wudao rejected Ye Lin's demand and insisted he would become immortal when the Ascension Gate appeared.
• Ye Lin told Qin Wudao to stay or leave as he wished, then reflected that Qin could become a powerful companion.
• After enduring three days of lightning, Ye Lin faced a thunder dragon comparable to an early Earth Immortal's full-force strike.
• Ye Lin attacked the thunder dragon with Saint-Falling Fist, while Chenyangzi warned everyone to keep their eyes closed.
• Qin Wudao closed his eyes and wondered whether this was the strength of the immortal realm.

Ye Lin endured the final lightning tribulation, using the Phoenix mark to summon a fiery-red Phoenix that clashed with the lightning Phoenix. After the tribulation ended, he received Immortal Qi and began refining the lightning within his body, then transformed some Immortal Qi into dark clouds.

• A lightning Qilin passed through Ye Lin and filled his body with tribulation lightning, consuming his spiritual energy.
• A lightning Phoenix appeared with the final bolt and charged Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin summoned the fiery-red Phoenix from his forehead mark, and the two Phoenixes collided.
• The fiery-red Phoenix vanished, the remaining lightning struck Ye Lin, and he sat cross-legged as the dark clouds receded.
• A ball of Immortal Qi descended into Ye Lin, who absorbed it to restore himself and refine the lightning.
• Ye Lin tossed out a handful of Immortal Qi, which transformed into dark clouds in the sky.

Ye Lin stabilized his cultivation at the early Earth Immortal Realm and shared Immortal Qi rain with the cultivators who had protected his Dao. Meanwhile, his mysterious third avatar took a major step forward while fishing at the edge of the Endless Sea, leaving Ye Lin wary of its growing power.

• Ye Lin summoned Immortal Qi rain, and the nearby cultivators refined it to heal their injuries and hidden wounds.
• Ye Lin finished refining the remaining Immortal Qi and stabilized his cultivation at the early Earth Immortal Realm.
• Ye Lin realized the world had acknowledged him and would tolerate his actions unless he went too far.
• At the edge of the Endless Sea, Ye Lin's third avatar released a terrifying aura that sent towering waves surging across the sea.
• The old man smiled and said he had taken that step, while Ye Lin sensed he would lose if he fought the avatar.

Xiaoyao reached the early Earth Immortal realm and destroyed the sea beast clan, while another young man remained stuck at half-step Earth Immortal. In Central Continent, Ye Lin effortlessly erased the invading Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, leaving the Human Race ready to emerge from hiding.

• Xiaoyao reached the early Earth Immortal realm and wiped out the sea beast clan with a single sword strike.
• A young man lamented that his damaged body and half-step Earth Immortal cultivation still fell short, then vanished to keep searching for materials.
• Ye Lin restored himself to peak condition and erased the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, including a Four-Tribulation Loose Immortal, with a casual sweep.
• The Human Race cultivators celebrated Ye Lin's victory and declared that their time to counterattack had arrived.

Ye Lin thanked the cultivators who had protected him, then offered Qin Wudao a chance to become an immortal if he agreed to follow him. Qin Wudao accepted, and Ye Lin departed with Old Garden, leaving the cultivators in a protected refuge.

• Ye Lin thanked the cultivators and created a barrier around a ten-thousand-li area where they could safely settle.
• Ye Lin offered Qin Wudao a way to become an immortal and gave him three breaths to decide whether to follow him.
• Qin Wudao agreed to Ye Lin's offer.
• Ye Lin told the others to stay or do as they wished, then left with Old Garden.

Ye Lin and Old Garden arrived at a transcendent faction under siege by Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. Ye Lin destroyed the demons across the battlefield, though two Fourth Tribulation Loose Immortals escaped, and Qin Wudao steadied his resolve to become an immortal and defeat Ye Lin.

• Qin Wudao questioned how his challenge to Ye Lin had turned him into Ye Lin's little brother, then resolved to protect his Invincible Heart and defeat Ye Lin after becoming an immortal.
• Ye Lin brought Old Garden to a transcendent faction where Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were fighting its cultivators.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demons mocked Ye Lin for appearing alone, while those watching from the sky discussed the invasion and their plans for Central Continent.
• Ye Lin waved his hand and reduced the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons across the battlefield to ash.
• Two Fourth Tribulation Loose Immortals escaped Ye Lin's attack, while the others, including dozens of Third Tribulation Loose Immortals, were destroyed.

Ye Lin visited the transcendent faction and shared Peach Blossom Brew with a Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal. The old man then confronted him about whether his claims regarding the Ascension Gate were true.

• Ye Lin entered the transcendent faction after the old man invited him to talk, while Old Garden began healing nearby.
• Ye Lin met the Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal in a peach grove and drank the old man’s treasured Peach Blossom Brew.
• The old man asked Ye Lin what had brought him there, and Ye Lin challenged him to speak plainly.
• The old man’s manner turned solemn as he asked whether Ye Lin’s words about the Ascension Gate were true.

Ye Lin explained his plan to unite the five continents against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, then offered a way for Nine-Tribulation Loose Immortals to enter the Immortal Realm. The old man questioned whether Ye Lin could truly bypass the Ascension Gate.

• Ye Lin argued that, as an Earth Immortal, he had no reason to deceive the old man and could not be stopped by the gathered seniors.
• The old man withdrew his aura and asked Ye Lin to explain his plan.
• Ye Lin proposed that the transcendent factions attack the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons while the five continents united to drive them back.
• The old man warned that the Heavenly Demon Great World contained beings who surpassed Loose Immortals and stood shoulder to shoulder with Immortals.
• Ye Lin claimed he could bypass the Ascension Gate and let Nine-Tribulation Loose Immortals enter the Immortal Realm.
• The old man set down his bowl and challenged Ye Lin to prove that he had discovered a method they had failed to find for tens of millions of years.