Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin swallowed the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass and entered a nine-life reincarnation, leaving his body guarded by Xiaoyao and Wu Wang. In his first life, he became an eighteen-year-old martial Grandmaster, avenged his parents, and died almost immediately after mistaking a cultivation world for a martial arts world.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin to keep his true heart and awaken when called a year later.
• Ye Lin swallowed the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass, and his soul left his motionless body.
• Xiaoyao and Wu Wang appeared to guard Ye Lin’s body while his soul entered reincarnation.
• Ye Lin was reborn in a village, trained under a mysterious man, and reached the Grandmaster Realm by age eighteen.
• Ye Lin avenged his parents by destroying the bandits who had killed them, then set out into the martial world.
• Ye Lin reached a battle in the Void Dynasty and was killed by Sword Qi before realizing he had entered a cultivation world.

Ye Lin’s second through ninth reincarnations brought him power but no breakthrough, and his tenth life began in a mountain village. At eighteen, he and his childhood sweetheart Mo Zhu were the only villagers with cultivation aptitude, leaving Danyangzi troubled by White Cloud Temple’s one-disciple-per-elder rule.

• Ye Lin became a prince, reached the Heavenly Human Realm at eighteen, and led his dynasty to conquer half the world before succeeding its ruler.
• Ye Lin ruled the world, cultivated for thousands of years, and died without reaching the final breakthrough.
• Ye Lin passed through nine more lifetimes, then began his tenth reincarnation after three months had elapsed outside.
• Ye Lin grew up in a mountain village alongside his childhood sweetheart, Mo Zhu, and they went together to meet an immortal recruiting disciples.
• Danyangzi of White Cloud Temple tested ten villagers and found cultivation aptitude only in Ye Lin and Mo Zhu.
• Danyangzi hesitated because White Cloud Temple allowed each elder to take only one disciple.

You gave up the chance to cultivate with Mo Zhu so you could stay home and wait for her, but after losing an arm while hunting, you became Mo Cang’s disciple and secretly practiced demonic arts. Your cultivation rose quickly as you continued waiting for Mo Zhu’s return.

• You sent Mo Zhu away to pursue cultivation and promised to wait for her at home.
• You went into the mountains to hunt for food, where a tiger tore off your arm.
• Mo Cang saved you with a medicinal pill and offered to make you his disciple.
• You accepted Mo Cang as your master and began cultivating demonic arts at night while working in the fields by day.
• You hid the truth of your injury from your parents and stayed in the village, waiting for Mo Zhu.

After Mo Cang left to seek a breakthrough, you stayed in the village, where your parents died after rejecting treatment because you practiced demonic arts. When Mo Zhu returned with a young man, she looked at you with cold unfamiliarity.

• You cultivated under Mo Cang for six years, reaching the peak of the Golden Core realm while waiting for Mo Zhu.
• Mo Cang left to seek his Dao and gave you the Holy Demon Sect's Sect Master token.
• Your parents died after refusing your offer to treat them, and you wept alone on a snowy mountain.
• Mo Zhu returned to the village with a young man, who urged her to hurry, while she looked at you coldly.

After Mo Zhu rejected him and left, he became the Sect Master of the Holy Demon Sect and rose into a notorious demonic powerhouse. During his seclusion, he learned that the Saintess of the Saintess Sect was to marry the Holy Son of the Union Radiance Sect.

• Mo Zhu told him she had found a Dao companion and severed her mortal attachment to him.
• He activated Mo Cang's Identity Token, went to the Holy Demon Sect, and became its Sect Master.
• At thirty, he reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, destroyed White Cloud Temple, and killed Danyangzi.
• He slaughtered everyone in his birth village and led the Holy Demon Sect in campaigns against other factions.
• At one hundred, he entered the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and began seclusion.
• He learned that the Saintess of the Saintess Sect was to marry the Holy Son of the Union Radiance Sect, whose sect practiced harvesting yin to replenish yang.

You led the Holy Demon Sect in an assault on the Union Radiance Sect while its Sect Master was away, but its supposedly dead Mahayana elder nearly killed you. At the brink of death, you broke through to Mahayana, slew the elder, and set out to kill the Union Radiance Sect's Sect Master.

• You awakened the Holy Demon Sect's dying Mahayana Grand Elder and led the sect's experts to ambush the Union Radiance Sect while its Sect Master left to receive a bride.
• You waited until the Sect Master was far away, then led the Holy Demon Sect in breaking the sect's protective array and slaughtering its members.
• You were beaten nearly to death by a Union Radiance Sect Mahayana elder who was believed to have died a century earlier.
• You recalled your moments with Mo Zhu, broke through to Mahayana at the threshold of death, and killed the elder.
• You led the Holy Demon Sect in killing the remaining Union Radiance Sect members, then went alone to pursue its Sect Master.

Ye Lin relived Mo Zhu’s tragic fate in the cycle of reincarnation and learned that she had left him to protect him from the Union Radiance Sect. As the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar awakened him after the agreed year, Ye Lin remained surrounded by demonic qi and at risk of losing himself.

• The Union Radiance Sect Master revealed that Mo Zhu had left Ye Lin to keep him from being implicated after the Union Radiance Sect claimed her as the Holy Son’s future wife.
• The Union Radiance Sect’s Holy Son threw Mo Zhu toward the ground, and the Holy Demon Sect Grand Elder attacked her to free Ye Lin from love.
• Ye Lin rushed to protect Mo Zhu, but an inexplicable force pulled him away as she was killed by the attack.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar woke Ye Lin, warning him not to lose himself in the cycle of reincarnation after their year-long agreement had ended.

Ye Lin awakened from the Nine Nether Soul-Transforming Grass’s cycle of reincarnation with valuable cultivation experience and techniques. After absorbing Qiang Wu’s corpse, he left the forbidden zone and was surprised to find a vast crowd gathered outside.

• Ye Lin opened his eyes after experiencing reincarnation and gained cultivation experience, combat methods, and a cultivation technique from his final life.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin not to force a breakthrough and then fell asleep after exhausting itself.
• Ye Lin absorbed the blood-and-flesh essence from Qiang Wu’s corpse and shared some with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar.
• Ye Lin left the cave to head for the next forbidden zone and found a vast sea of people outside.

Ye Lin learned that Xuanhuang Great World’s forces had seized nearly half of the Heavenly Demon Great World, while Nameless Mountain’s disciples still regarded him as their Sect Master. He continued through the occupied territory and arrived at the forbidden River of Rebirth.

• Three Nameless Mountain disciples reported that the invasion had taken nearly half of the Heavenly Demon Great World and that their advance was limited by logistics.
• Ye Lin told the disciples to reserve any immortal stones they found for him, and they agreed.
• A disciple explained that he called Ye Lin Sect Master to see whether Ye Lin still cared about Nameless Mountain, while his companions feared he had dared to test Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin saw that Xuanhuang Great World’s forces had established strongholds across the conquered territory, with nearly one-third of it belonging to the Dawn Alliance.
• Ye Lin reached the forbidden land known as the River of Rebirth.

Ye Lin visited the River of Rebirth, where Changqing warned him about its dangers. A mysterious old boatman appeared and said his master had invited Ye Lin, leaving the invitation unexplained.

• Changqing greeted Ye Lin and explained that the River of Rebirth had killed three Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lords.
• Ye Lin walked to the riverbank to inspect the river, with Changqing following him.
• A shabby boat carrying an elderly man with an oil lamp drifted toward Ye Lin without capsizing.
• The elderly boatman told Ye Lin that his master invited him.

Ye Lin crossed the River of Rebirth to meet the Lord of the Forbidden Land, who had waited a year for him to end his existence. After learning the man was bound to the land and could not die on his own, Ye Lin began tearing at his divine soul.

• Ye Lin boarded the old man's boat alone, leaving Changqing behind, and learned the boat could shield its passengers from the river's souls and laws.
• The old man ferried Ye Lin to a mountain and introduced him to his master, the Lord of the Forbidden Land.
• The Lord told Ye Lin he had waited a year for someone to grant him release and said he was already dead in spirit.
• The Lord explained that he could not die while bound to the land, so Ye Lin placed a hand on his head and began tearing at his divine soul.

Ye Lin decided to destroy the forbidden land after the River of Rebirth attacked him in defense of the middle-aged man connected to it. He unleashed a devastating golden palm, leaving the forbidden land shattered as cultivators across the Xuanhuang Great World watched in fear.

• The River of Rebirth sent towering waves and the screams of countless wronged souls toward Ye Lin, but he destroyed them with a golden strike.
• Ye Lin concluded that the River of Rebirth was connected to the middle-aged man and resolved to wipe out the forbidden land.
• Cultivators and an Immortal Realm powerhouse observed Ye Lin gathering power above the million-li forbidden land, and the watcher recognized him.
• Ye Lin spoke a word charged with the power of fully realized laws, stunning cultivators across ten million li.
• Ye Lin sent down a gigantic golden palm wrapped in destruction laws, shattering the forbidden land and reducing the surrounding ground to ruins.

Ye Lin destroyed the forbidden land and freed the middle-aged man, then left treasures among the ruins for the cultivators. The cultivators rushed to claim his gifts after he vanished.

• Cultivators fled as shockwaves from Ye Lin’s attack devastated the forbidden land and the surrounding ten thousand li.
• Ye Lin told the middle-aged man to die, and the man dispersed into sand as Ye Lin gathered his undying matter.
• Ye Lin scattered treasures into the ruins and told the distant cultivators they could have them before vanishing.
• Cultivators who heard Ye Lin rushed into the ruins and celebrated their finds, including Top-Tier Spirit Stones and a Heaven Grade longsword.

Ye Lin accepted an invitation from the Xuanyuan Empress to discuss a deal and was transported to her realm. He arrived in a world of black ash and flame, where the Empress spoke to him from beside a black peach tree.

• Ye Lin prepared to visit another forbidden zone, but three black-robed demigods appeared and invited him to meet their master.
• Ye Lin learned that their master was the Empress of the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty and agreed to hear her offer.
• One of the figures opened a black gateway, and Ye Lin followed the three figures through it.
• Ye Lin arrived in an unfamiliar realm where he could not sense the Heavenly Dao.
• The Xuanyuan Empress spoke to Ye Lin without turning from the black peach tree, and he asked if she was the Empress.

Li Qingya revealed her true name and identity as the Xuanyuan Imperial Empress, and Ye Lin discovered her remarkable fate and a coming opportunity involving a supreme artifact. She invited him to discuss an important matter, leaving him wary of being drawn into the conflict between her and the Xuanyuan Emperor.

• Li Qingya mocked herself and dismissed the black peach tree before revealing that her true name was Li Qingya.
• Ye Lin read Li Qingya's panel and learned of her identities, abilities, fate, and a future chance to find a fragment of the Extinction Spear.
• Ye Lin was astonished that the Heavenly Demon Great World contained a fragment of a supreme artifact.
• Li Qingya brushed aside Ye Lin's questions about her human identity and said she had invited him to discuss an important matter.
• Ye Lin became wary as he considered the danger of getting caught between Li Qingya and the Xuanyuan Emperor.

Li Qingya asked Ye Lin to retrieve something from the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty’s capital, explaining that its formation would suppress beings from the Heavenly Demon Great World but not him. Ye Lin agreed in exchange for a Supreme Artifact fragment, then asked Li Qingya to answer some questions first.

• Li Qingya told Ye Lin she wanted him to bring something out of the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty’s capital.
• Ye Lin objected that entering the capital would put him in danger, and Li Qingya promised to hold Li Cang back.
• Li Qingya explained that the capital’s formation targeted beings from the Heavenly Demon Great World and that Ye Lin’s unpredictable whereabouts made him the best choice.
• Li Qingya offered Ye Lin a Supreme Artifact fragment as payment.
• Ye Lin accepted the deal on the condition that Li Qingya answer several questions.

Li Qingya explained to Ye Lin how the Human Race lost the Xuanyuan Great World to the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and survived in the Extinction World. She hoped to use Ye Lin’s strength to destroy the Heavenly Demon race, and the chapter left him wondering about her powerful ancestor.

• Ye Lin challenged Li Qingya about the secrets behind her Human Race heritage, and she briefly fixed him with killing intent.
• Li Qingya recounted how the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons invaded the Xuanyuan Great World and slaughtered nearly all its native inhabitants.
• She explained that the Human Race fled to the Extinction World and later married into the Heavenly Demon Emperors’ line to preserve their people.
• Li Qingya revealed that the Human Race’s ancestors were nearing the end of their lives and that she hoped to use Ye Lin’s strength to wipe out the Heavenly Demon race.
• Ye Lin absorbed her account and wondered about the ancestor whose power the Heavenly Demons feared.

Li Qingya recruited Ye Lin to retrieve the All-Things Bell from beneath the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty’s Dragon Throne, where Li Cang had suppressed it. Three days later, Ye Lin waited outside the dynasty with Delusion and Xiaoyao, then sensed something near the boundary between the Xuanhuang Great World and the Xuanyuan Great World.

• Li Qingya showed Ye Lin the All-Things Bell and explained that it was the ancestor’s bonded Supreme Artifact, suppressed beneath the Dragon Throne by Li Cang.
• Li Qingya gave Ye Lin a Sword Talisman that could break the miniature formation around the bell and asked him to retrieve it during their single chance to act.
• Ye Lin agreed to the plan, and Li Qingya said her people would meet him outside the imperial capital in three days.
• Ye Lin spent three days considering how to proceed, then secretly hid outside the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty with Delusion and Xiaoyao.
• Ye Lin sensed something behind him near the meeting point of the Xuanhuang Great World and the Xuanyuan Great World.

As the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty confronted the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, Ye Lin infiltrated the capital to steal the All-Things Bell. Li Cang recognized him and summoned the dynasty’s Demigod experts, leaving Ye Lin to proceed alone.

• An elder descended into the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty’s capital to settle the ancient grudge against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, and an old man in a straw rain hat joined him against Li Cang.
• Ye Lin slipped into the capital while the powerful figures clashed above it.
• Li Cang noticed Ye Lin and raised his black jade seal to attack, but the white-robed elder disrupted him.
• Li Cang revealed that Ye Lin was attempting to steal the All-Things Bell while the capital’s grand formation was being renovated.
• Dozens of Demigods emerged to defend the capital, and the elders left the mission to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin raced toward the imperial hall while forty-six demigod powerhouses converged on the capital, and his allies were held back. Cornered by eight pursuers, he summoned his third avatar, Lin Xian, to face them.

• Ye Lin released Wu Wang and Xiaoyao to draw away pursuers, but eight demigod powerhouses continued to track him.
• Ye Lin abandoned his attempt to contact Qin Wudao and charged toward the great hall while Li Cang fought two Heavenly Immortal powerhouses overhead.
• Eight demigod powerhouses emerged around the hall and suppressed Ye Lin, who had no reinforcements available.
• Ye Lin summoned Lin Xian, his third avatar, and ordered him to hold off the eight demigods.
• Lin Xian accepted the fight, confident that his past ordeals had prepared him to face the danger.