Chapter Summaries

Wu Wang and Xiaoyao battered Li Cang, with Wu Wang using time reversal to strip away one hundred thousand years of his lifespan. Li Cang rose despite his injuries and threatened to kill Wu Wang and claim his time-path insights, while Wu Wang relied on Xiaoyao’s support to keep holding him back.

• Xiaoyao’s thunderbolt sword blades knocked the spear from Li Cang’s hand and blasted him into a crater.
• Wu Wang used Time Shun Reversal to age Li Cang and remove one hundred thousand years from his lifespan.
• Xiaoyao struck Li Cang with the Thunder of the Nine Heavens, worsening his injuries.
• Li Cang forced himself to his feet, praised his opponents, and threatened to devour Wu Wang’s soul for his time-path insights.
• Wu Wang mocked Li Cang and recognized that his own move had cost him considerable strength, though Xiaoyao remained beside him.

Li Cang fought Wu Wang and Xiaoyao without using the Imperial Dynasty’s fortune, while three elders discussed the weakening fortune of the Heavenly Demon Great World and Li Cang’s long-term plan. The central elder revealed that Li Cang aimed to become a god and that the elders planned to sacrifice and renew the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty.

• Li Cang summoned his spear and resumed fighting Wu Wang and Xiaoyao without drawing on fortune to suppress them.
• One of the three elders warned that the Xuanhuang Great World’s conquest was draining the Heavenly Demon Great World’s fortune and weakening the Imperial Dynasty’s power.
• The central elder said Li Cang had long feared an existence in the Xuanhuang Great World and planned to become a god without relying on the world.
• The central elder said the elders would let the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty be washed in blood so it could be rebuilt and regain its glory.

Li Cang planned to use the Xuanhuang Great World's attacks to weaken the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty's ancient races before rebuilding the dynasty after reaching the God Realm. Elsewhere, Ye Lin and Qiang Wu fought fiercely, with Qiang Wu vowing to kill Ye Lin.

• Li Cang regarded the Xuanhuang Great World as a minor threat and saw its strength as a tool for weakening the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty's ancient races.
• Li Cang planned to reach the God Realm, subdue the forbidden beings, and rebuild the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty.
• Ye Lin and Qiang Wu continued their battle, both badly wounded.
• Qiang Wu blamed Ye Lin for repeatedly interrupting his recovery and said that Ye Lin had to die.

Ye Lin pursued the badly wounded Qiang Wu and severed his wings after Wu Wang stopped time, but Qiang Wu escaped into a black mountain veiled in mist. Ye Lin hovered outside, uncertain whether to follow him inside.

• Ye Lin chased Qiang Wu while Li Cang abandoned him and left to seek other taboo beings.
• Wu Wang used Time Stop to immobilize Qiang Wu, then Ye Lin brought Wu Wang and Xiaoyao back into his dantian.
• Ye Lin severed Qiang Wu's wings, and Qiang Wu plunged into a black mountain shrouded in mist.
• Ye Lin hovered outside the mountain with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, unable to sense Qiang Wu inside.

Ye Lin entered a mist-shrouded area after the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told him a weakened but dangerous being was buried there, along with the little fellow he had been chasing. Guided by the jar, Ye Lin continued toward the mountain range after killing three attackers, each only as strong as a Golden Core cultivator.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that devouring a weakened being's flesh and blood could be a fortuitous opportunity.
• Ye Lin entered the area, where black mist and a formation blocked his divine sense.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar gave Ye Lin directions to a mountain range where the buried being and the little fellow were located.
• Three black, purple-marked figures charged at Ye Lin, and he killed them with a flick of his finger.
• Ye Lin judged the attackers to be only as strong as Golden Core cultivators and continued onward.

Ye Lin attacked the wounded Qiang Wu inside the vast space hidden within the mountain range. After breaking through Qiang Wu’s divine ability and knocking him down, Ye Lin charged in with a second punch.

• Ye Lin reached the mountain range where Qiang Wu lay recovering from severe sword wounds.
• Qiang Wu dodged Ye Lin’s sword strike, which split the mountain range in two, and confronted him.
• Ye Lin activated the Unrivaled Sacred Body and attacked Qiang Wu with the Saint-Falling Fist.
• Qiang Wu fired his innate black-violet beam, but Ye Lin blocked it and punched Qiang Wu in the head.
• Ye Lin pursued the fallen Qiang Wu with the second punch of the Saint-Falling Fist, All Things Fall Silent.

Ye Lin killed Qiang Wu, a congenital sacred being, and gained 2.46 million Luck Value, bringing his total to 7.5 million. He reflected that congenital sacred beings were valuable targets, though difficult to kill.

• Ye Lin struck Qiang Wu with a devastating punch that carved out a vast crater but left him barely alive.
• Ye Lin pierced Qiang Wu’s brow with sword light and destroyed his sea of consciousness, killing him.
• Ye Lin checked his status and saw that his Luck Value had risen to 7.5 million.
• Ye Lin considered hunting more congenital sacred beings in the starry reaches, despite how hard they were to kill.

Ye Lin disturbed an ancient Demon King in a coffin, and the awakened being summoned a massive army of ghostly creatures. The Demon King recognized Ye Lin as an innate divine being and declared that he wanted to devour his fresh flesh and blood.

• The coffin cracked open as the ground and barrier trembled, and a withered hand reached out.
• The ancient figure rose from the coffin and asked Ye Lin what era it was, while Ye Lin decided to kill him for the opportunity promised by the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar.
• The figure awakened at least a hundred million ghostly soldiers from the ruined ground.
• The Demon King rose from the coffin, declared that he would reclaim the Heavenly Demon Great World, and targeted Ye Lin as delicious prey.

Ye Lin clashed with the newly awakened Blood Wither Great Emperor, who tried to steal Qiang Wu’s corpse for sustenance. Blood Wither fled while his creatures attacked, but they reassembled after Ye Lin cut them down.

• Blood Wither Great Emperor tried to draw Qiang Wu’s corpse into his coffin, but Ye Lin stopped him with a sword strike and stored the body in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin declared that he wanted to kill Blood Wither, who named himself and sent nearby creatures to attack while fleeing on his coffin.
• Ye Lin cut down the attacking creatures with sword light, leaving their bodies scattered across the ground.
• The creatures’ severed limbs drew together and reassembled, standing before Ye Lin as if they had never been destroyed.

Ye Lin learned that Blood Wither Great Emperor possessed a trace of undying substance and decided to claim it. After Blood Wither Great Emperor rejected his attack and demanded his flesh and blood, the two prepared to fight.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that undying substance could make a person immortal and indestructible, though Blood Wither Great Emperor possessed only enough to strengthen part of a body.
• Ye Lin resolved to obtain the undying substance and tracked Blood Wither Great Emperor to where he was absorbing the blood of three Supreme Saint experts.
• Ye Lin attacked Blood Wither Great Emperor with a golden palm, but Blood Wither Great Emperor shattered it and discarded the three dried corpses.
• Blood Wither Great Emperor said he had wanted Ye Lin to join him, then clawed toward Ye Lin's head to take his flesh and blood.

Ye Lin killed Blood Wither Great Emperor and absorbed the Undying Matter from his bones. After refining it, Ye Lin fused it into his head, while the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar stood guard.

• Ye Lin summoned a nine-sword formation, but Blood Wither Great Emperor shattered its sword light with demonic shadows.
• Ye Lin used Reminiscence to freeze Blood Wither Great Emperor, then split his body with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• At the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar's urging, Ye Lin extracted the Undying Matter from Blood Wither Great Emperor's bones as the Great Emperor watched and died.
• Ye Lin refined the Undying Matter while the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar guarded him.
• Ye Lin told the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar that he had fused the Undying Matter into his head.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin that immortal stones were scarce and valuable in the Star River, prompting him to check the system shop’s exchange rates. As Black Mountain emerged from its mist and its walking corpses fell, the narrator wondered whether the taboo existence within had appeared or died.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that his Emperor-level divine ability could sell for a few hundred mid-grade immortal stones in the Star River.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained the Star River’s scarcity of resources and the value of immortal stones, shocking Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin checked the system panel shop and learned the Luck Value exchange rates for each grade of immortal stone.
• Ye Lin considered how many Sons of Luck he might need to defeat to afford a large supply of immortal stones.
• The black mist over Black Mountain dispersed, revealing Blood Withered Mountain, and its walking corpses collapsed as a voice wondered whether the taboo existence had emerged or fallen.

Ye Lin learned that the Heavenly Demon Great World had ten forbidden places and set out with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to search them for undying matter. They reached Thorn Forest, where Ye Lin entered the dangerous, mist-covered swamp to find what lay inside.

• Ye Lin captured an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and demanded to know what the forbidden places were.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demon drew a map of the ten forbidden places, and Ye Lin released him.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to search the forbidden places for undying matter to strengthen his body.
• Ye Lin identified Thorn Forest on the map and descended into its black-mist-covered swamps.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin to go ahead while it helped determine the direction.

Ye Lin followed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to a huge black flower at the center of a thorny area, where a bewitching figure tried to seduce him. He resisted her charms by sealing his senses, leaving the encounter unresolved.

• Ye Lin followed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar's directions and cut down the Magic Beasts they encountered.
• Ye Lin found a closed black flower surrounded by violet thorns, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned him that its mist could make people lose themselves.
• Ye Lin blocked the violet mist with golden light as the black flower opened and revealed a woman lying inside.
• The woman approached Ye Lin and tried to seduce him, but he sealed his senses to resist her.

Ye Lin confronted the Rose Queen, who tried to charm him and recruit him to her side. After rejecting her, he read Li Rose’s status panel and discovered that anger could trigger a brief transformation into a Great Emperor, leaving him wary of fighting her.

• The Rose Queen told Ye Lin she had waited for him for a million years and tried to seduce him.
• Ye Lin seized her wrist, threw her onto the flower platform, and drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• The Rose Queen revealed her identity as Li Rose and offered to make Ye Lin her assistant and help him conquer the world and the Star River.
• Ye Lin checked Li Rose’s status panel and learned that Ultimate Ascension could restore her Great Emperor cultivation for five minutes, after which she would die.
• Ye Lin realized Li Rose could be too dangerous to fight directly and decided he would need to plan carefully.

Ye Lin left Li Rose’s forbidden land and pondered the powerful beings and hidden secrets of the Heavenly Demon Great World as he traveled to another forbidden land. He entered a decaying mountain range, where a force immediately pressed him to the ground.

• Li Rose teased Ye Lin and offered to keep him safe if he stayed by her side, but he refused and tried to leave.
• Li Rose briefly surrounded Ye Lin with moving thorns, then withdrew them and let him go.
• Ye Lin left and wondered whether the forbidden creatures were Great Emperors and why the Heavenly Demon Great World contained such powerful beings.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar agreed that the world held a great secret, while Ye Lin worried that his mid-stage Earth Immortal cultivation was too weak.
• Ye Lin reached a forbidden land in a decaying mountain range, heard agonized dragon roars from its black-qi-filled canyon, and was forced to the ground upon entering.

Ye Lin entered a forbidden land, where he found a dragon skeleton and encountered Huang Ran, a dying peak Heavenly Immortal who had awakened to seek the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the grass allowed its user to reincarnate ten times and keep the memories of every life.

• Ye Lin felt a powerful draconic aura suppress him to the ground and discovered the skeleton of a true dragon.
• Ye Lin saw Huang Ran seated on a throne and learned that the Great Emperor was near death from injuries sustained fighting a Dragon expert.
• Huang Ran confronted Ye Lin for trespassing and asked whether he had come for the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that refining the grass granted ten reincarnations, with memories preserved after awakening.

Ye Lin learned that the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass let him experience reincarnation as a spectator, with an Immortal-grade herb returning him once he reached the Heavenly Immortal realm. Huang Ran revealed the grass and challenged Ye Lin to fight for it.

• Ye Lin wondered whether reincarnating into a powerful existence could change who he was, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained how the grass worked.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said an Immortal-grade Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass would end the reincarnation when Ye Lin reached the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Huang Ran rose from his throne, angry that Ye Lin had shown him no respect, and challenged him to fight for everything in the forbidden zone.
• Huang Ran produced a low-grade Immortal-tier Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass and said it was enough.

Ye Lin fought Huang Ran, whose injuries had left him near death, while Huang Ran gave him the power to overcome the forbidden zone's suppression. Outside the forbidden ground, Li Rose reflected on the coming deaths of her fellow lords and feared that she would be hunted next.

• Huang Ran granted Ye Lin the power of the forbidden zone so they could fight without the dragon aura suppressing his flight.
• Ye Lin and Huang Ran clashed in a fierce, evenly matched sword battle that shattered the mountain ranges around them.
• Ye Lin recognized that Huang Ran's severe injuries had weakened him despite his formidable experience and strength.
• Li Rose worried that Huang Ran would die and recalled that the lords of the forbidden zones had once sacrificed themselves to protect the world.
• Li Rose suspected Ye Lin sought the immortal substance within their bodies and feared she would be hunted after Blood Wither and Huang Ran.

Ye Lin defeated Huang Ran in the forbidden zone and collected his immortal substances and the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass. After refining the substances into his right arm, Ye Lin found they had only strengthened half of it.

• Li Rose decided not to intervene in Huang Ran and Ye Lin's fight, choosing to spend her remaining lifespan looking at the world they had saved.
• Ye Lin relentlessly attacked Huang Ran until Huang Ran could no longer resist and his armor crumbled from age.
• Huang Ran gave Ye Lin the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass, then died and dissolved into immortal substances that Ye Lin gathered.
• Ye Lin entered a cave in the forbidden zone, set a restriction, and began cultivating in seclusion.
• Ye Lin refined the immortal substances into his right arm, but found they had strengthened only half of it.