Chapter Summaries

After Liu Bai was recognized as the heir to a Golden Immortal inheritance, the surrounding factions sought to befriend him, while Ye Lin struggled with the killing impulse the trial had left behind. Gu Tianxing led the three holy lands away to protect Liu Bai, and the other factions departed to spread the news.

• Liu Bai praised Ye Lin for grasping the power of a domain, while Ye Lin restrained himself from drawing his sword against him.
• Beings from many races and factions discussed Liu Bai’s future and ordered investigations so they could make his acquaintance.
• Gu Tianxing decided the group should withdraw because Liu Bai had attracted attention and might face danger.
• The three holy lands’ warships departed together, and the remaining factions left to report that Liu Bai had obtained a Golden Immortal opportunity.

Demon Subduer welcomed the three Sacred Lands’ warships back from the Kunlun Secret Realm and escorted their disciples home. He then dismissed the other Firmament Sacred Land disciples and kept Liu Bai, Yuexi, Heavenly Star, and Ye Lin behind.

• Demon Subduer waited outside the Kunlun Secret Realm and saw three Sacred Lands’ warships emerge together.
• The disciples aboard the vessels saluted Demon Subduer, while Liu Bai remained standing because bowing would have brought disaster upon the Holy Lord.
• Demon Subduer drew the three warships into his body and returned with them to the Firmament Sacred Land.
• Demon Subduer sent the disciples of the other two Sacred Lands on their way home.
• Demon Subduer dismissed the other Firmament Sacred Land disciples and ordered Liu Bai, Yuexi, Heavenly Star, and Ye Lin to remain.

Demon Subduer learned that Liu Bai had obtained a Golden Immortal inheritance and made him his personal disciple, promising him access to the Firmament Sacred Land’s resources and protection. He then offered another disciple a choice of three elders as a master.

• Gu Tianxing reported that Liu Bai had obtained a Golden Immortal inheritance in the Kunlun Secret Realm, prompting Demon Subduer to recognize the Firmament Sacred Land’s future prospects.
• Demon Subduer made Liu Bai his personal disciple, granted him free access to the sacred land’s resources, and promised to find him a Dao Protector.
• Demon Subduer advised Liu Bai to remain within the Purple Cloud Star System until he reached the True Immortal realm.
• Demon Subduer praised another disciple’s developing domain and offered a choice between Elder Zhuge, Elder Clear Heart, and Elder Brahma Heaven as a master.

Ye Lin chose Elder Zhuge as his prospective master after Yuexi advised him, but Demon Subduer warned that Zhuge might refuse and gave him only an Identity Token to seek an opportunity. Yuexi was ordered to take Ye Lin to Zhuge and then enter seclusion for a hundred years.

• Demon Subduer concluded that Ye Lin and Yuexi had futures too lofty for even a True Immortal to perceive.
• Ye Lin considered the benefits of becoming the disciple of a peak Heavenly Immortal.
• Yuexi advised Ye Lin to rule out Emotionless Elder and Brahma Elder and choose Elder Zhuge.
• Ye Lin chose Elder Zhuge, and Demon Subduer gave him an Identity Token while warning that Zhuge was lazy and might not accept him.
• Demon Subduer told Yuexi to take Ye Lin to Zhuge and enter seclusion for a hundred years afterward.

Demon Subduer worried about protecting Liu Bai and his Golden Immortal inheritance as news of it spread. Meanwhile, the Three-Eyed Sacred Clan debated launching a war and learned that the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land demanded their Sacred Eye before it would oppose the Firmament Sacred Land.

• Demon Subduer judged Yuexi’s conduct as unfit for a Saintess and dismissed the others.
• Demon Subduer resolved to protect Liu Bai’s path to the Golden Immortal realm, even at the cost of his sacred land, as long as Taiyi Mystic Immortals did not interfere.
• The Three-Eyed general heard his True Immortal elders urge him to declare war and kill the Golden Immortal inheritor before the clan was threatened.
• The Three-Eyed general asked whether the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land would help, and learned it demanded the Three-Eyed Sacred Clan’s Sacred Eye.

The Three-Eyed Sacred Clan agreed to pay a bribed member of the Sacred Lands to secretly introduce Devouring Beasts into the Purple Cloud Star System. The Three-Eyed general ordered Elder Void to blockade the system and spread panic, intending to invade once its defenses and inhabitants were weakened.

• A Three-Eyed clan member reported that the old fellow demanded resources worth ten million low-grade immortal stones to cooperate.
• The Three-Eyed general agreed to pay, vowing to make the old fellow repay the cost later.
• The general ordered Elder Void to kill anyone entering or leaving the Purple Cloud Star System and to try to draw out a True Immortal.
• The general explained that Devouring Beasts could multiply rapidly and devastate the system, while its grand formation weakened invaders and detected powerful intruders.
• The Three-Eyed general told his followers they would move into the Purple Cloud Star System once it descended into chaos, and they praised him.

Ye Lin reached Elder Zhuge's floating island after learning that his appointment as a disciple was still uncertain. Zhuge Yun warned that he could only take Ye Lin as a nominal disciple and offered little instruction, but Ye Lin accepted, leaving Zhuge Yun as his master.

• Yuexi brought Ye Lin to Elder Zhuge's residence and said that whether he became Zhuge Yun's disciple was up to him.
• Ye Lin found Zhuge Yun brewing tea over a fire and asked if he was Elder Zhuge.
• Ye Lin presented the Holy Lord's Identity Token and explained that he had been ordered to take Zhuge Yun as his master.
• Zhuge Yun warned Ye Lin that he would be only a nominal disciple and would have to comprehend cultivation for himself.
• Ye Lin accepted Zhuge Yun as his master.

Zhuge Yun gave Ye Lin a powerful palm technique as a gift before sending him to cultivate. Ye Lin began working to perfect his domain and discovered that a cultivation method he had learned in an illusion could be used in reality.

• Zhuge Yun welcomed Ye Lin as his disciple and told him to choose a cave dwelling and seek advice when needed.
• Zhuge Yun gave Ye Lin the Eight Desolations Palm, and Ye Lin stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin left Zhuge Yun to focus on perfecting his domain, then opened a small world on the island for cultivation.
• Ye Lin recalled the method he had obtained on the second floor of the Heaven-Reaching Tower and discovered that he could cultivate it in reality.

Ye Lin cultivated a heaven-defying technique until he perfected his domain, spending fifteen years in seclusion on the floating island. He decided to seek experience and a breakthrough, while worrying about how to replenish his depleted resources.

• Ye Lin began cultivating a technique that harmonized his body with heaven and earth, and his small world filled with destructive intent.
• Zhuge Yun dispersed the destructive aura damaging his floating island and left to tend to it.
• After fifteen years in seclusion, Ye Lin emerged with his domain perfected and stronger than those of ordinary cultivators.
• Ye Lin reflected on the time-consuming work of fusing ten thousand Daos and spent five years comprehending the Eight Desolations Palm.
• Ye Lin decided to seek experience and an opportunity for a breakthrough because he had run low on resources.

Ye Lin inspected his panel and discovered that his Luck Value could only be gained by killing people specially marked by it. Zhuge Yun praised Ye Lin’s powerful domain and perseverance while hoeing a patch of colorful flowers.

• Ye Lin checked his panel and saw that his Fate Rank had risen to Gold, while his Luck Value had stalled and his destiny still ended in a sudden sword strike.
• The panel warned Ye Lin that killing people indiscriminately would not earn Luck Value; he had to kill people it specially marked.
• Ye Lin lamented how difficult Luck Value had become to obtain and reflected that enough of it could make him a Da Luo.
• Zhuge Yun told Ye Lin that his domain surpassed his own and that cultivating with two primary rules would make Ye Lin’s path far harder than an ordinary cultivator’s.
• Zhuge Yun praised Ye Lin’s perseverance as he hoed the ground among vivid flowers.

After leaving Zhuge Yun, Ye Lin sought out a mission to obtain cultivation resources and chose to investigate unrest on Yao Luo Star. He headed there, also planning to buy the osmanthus cakes his master had requested.

• Zhuge Yun warned Ye Lin that he would receive no cultivation resources from him and asked Ye Lin to bring back osmanthus cakes from Yao Luo Star.
• Ye Lin left Zhuge Yun's floating island and went to the Mission Pavilion to look for work.
• Ye Lin selected a high-difficulty mission to investigate Yao Luo Star's apparent defiance of Firmament Sacred Land and restore its control if needed.
• Ye Lin judged that he could handle the planet's eight peak Earth Immortal experts so long as they did not unite, and set out for Yao Luo Star.

Ye Lin accepted Liu Huang’s Mysterious Pill in exchange for agreeing to look into the Liu Family’s danger on Yao Luo Star. He prepared to head to the star, leaving Liu Huang hopeful that Ye Lin’s status could protect his family from the Sun Moon Divine Cult.

• Ye Lin decided he could profit from the mission to investigate Yao Luo Star and felt confident about facing its threats.
• Liu Huang approached Ye Lin and explained that the Sun Moon Divine Cult had taken an interest in his family.
• Liu Huang offered Ye Lin a low-grade Immortal-tier Mysterious Pill and asked him to keep the Liu Family safe.
• Ye Lin accepted the pill and agreed to look into the Liu Family’s situation if it was convenient.

Ye Lin traveled to Yao Luo Star aboard the costly Stellar Warboat and discovered that an elderly man had been waiting for him. The elder’s arrival left Ye Lin questioning how his native factions had learned of his visit.

• Ye Lin left the Firmament Sacred Land after recognizing Liu Huang’s promising golden Fate Rank.
• Ye Lin activated the Stellar Warboat, loaded it with immortal stones, and used Yuexi’s star map to reach Yao Luo Star in seconds.
• The Stellar Warboat consumed three thousand lower-grade immortal stones during the trip, leaving Ye Lin worried about the expense.
• Ye Lin sensed someone following him as he stepped onto Yao Luo Star, and an elderly man in black emerged from the void.
• Ye Lin challenged the early Earth Immortal elder about how he learned of Ye Lin’s arrival and accused his native factions of planting informants in the Firmament Sacred Land.

Ye Lin arrived at Yao Luo Star and met Lin Mo, the Mountain Lord of Formless Mountain, who offered to help him investigate unrest on the planet. Lin Mo said the rebels were not among Yao Luo Star’s eight great powers, leaving their identity unknown.

• An old man from Formless Mountain recognized Ye Lin and invited him to meet the Mountain Lord.
• The old man led Ye Lin through a shattered passage to Formless Mountain, which changed shape according to Ye Lin’s perceptions.
• Lin Mo greeted Ye Lin, who suspected the Mountain Lord was unusually powerful and asked for help with his mission.
• Lin Mo said someone on Yao Luo Star was plotting rebellion, but none of the eight great powers were involved.

Ye Lin learned from Lin Mo that a True Demon buried in eight fragments beneath Yao Luo Star was showing signs of revival and had incited a rebel force. He ordered Lin Mo to summon the leaders of the other seven great powers, while suspecting the mission had been designed for true disciples and their masters.

• Ye Lin asked Lin Mo who could threaten Yao Luo Star despite the eight great powers.
• Lin Mo explained that a peak Heavenly Immortal True Demon had once ravaged the Purple Cloud Star System before the previous Sacred Lord split it into eight pieces and sealed them beneath Yao Luo Star.
• Lin Mo said the True Demon was stirring again and had incited rebels whose powerful physiques and bloodlust had overwhelmed the cultivators sent against them.
• Lin Mo explained that all eight peak Earth Immortals had to act together to suppress the fragments, but distrust among the eight great powers had stalled their cooperation.
• Ye Lin told Lin Mo to invite the other seven powers' leaders for a discussion and suspected the mission was intended for true disciples, with their masters responsible if they failed.

Ye Lin learned that the true demon had corrupted at least half of Yao Luo Star’s factions, while Lin Mo explained that Firmament Sacred Land had lost control of many peripheral factions. More than a dozen powerful cultivators arrived, and Ye Lin and Lin Mo went to welcome them.

• Lin Mo doubted the other seven great factions would answer his summons because the factions distrusted one another and competed to reach a higher realm.
• Ye Lin told Lin Mo to warn the factions that worse forces would come if they refused to appear, and Lin Mo sent an old man to deliver the message.
• Lin Mo told Ye Lin that the true demon had influenced at least half of Yao Luo Star’s factions and that demonic qi had already caused widespread danger.
• Lin Mo explained that Firmament Sacred Land had neglected its peripheral factions, weakening its influence and its access to information.
• Lin Mo sensed more than a dozen powerful auras approaching, and Ye Lin agreed to welcome the arrivals.

Ye Lin met with Yao Luo Star’s leaders and used his status as a Firmament Sacred Land True Disciple to secure their cooperation. They agreed to suppress the true demon’s body at the Sealed Land, while Lin Mo remained at Ye Lin’s side.

• Ye Lin let Formless Mountain’s protective formation dissipate, confident that the leaders would not dare attack while he was there.
• More than a dozen powerful Yao Luo Star leaders arrived and apologized to Ye Lin for not welcoming him sooner.
• Ye Lin told the leaders he expected them to understand his plan and asked them to help him.
• A middle-aged leader agreed to lead his disciples to the Sealed Land and suppress the true demon’s body, and the others nodded.
• The leaders agreed because they feared retaliation from the Firmament Sacred Land, whose True Immortal ancestor had once destroyed a rebellious force.

Ye Lin gave Yao Luo Star’s faction leaders ten days to uncover how the True Demon’s seal had been compromised, while using the investigation as leverage over the peripheral factions. He began drawing Lin Mo into his camp, and Lin Mo agreed to leave Elder Li with Ye Lin as he went to get busy.

• Ye Lin ordered the faction leaders to reveal the truth behind the True Demon’s seal within ten days and warned that he would hold them responsible if they failed.
• The faction leaders understood Ye Lin’s threat and suspected Lin Mo was the reason the True Disciple had come to Yao Luo Star.
• After the leaders left, Lin Mo complained that they would now see him as a threat.
• Ye Lin promised to protect Lin Mo and urged him to start making moves, signaling that he wanted Lin Mo as an ally.
• Lin Mo left Elder Li to accompany Ye Lin and went to get busy.

Ye Lin learned where Liu Huang’s family lived and headed there with Elder Li, while the Liu Family faced an attack by two powerful enemies. Liu Huang’s grandfather refused to surrender, but his foes dismissed the protection his grandson’s status as an Outer Sect disciple might offer.

• Ye Lin asked Elder Li about Liu Huang’s Liu Family and told him to lead the way.
• Two powerful attackers threatened to wipe out the Liu Family unless Old Liu opened the city gates.
• Old Liu refused to surrender and warned the attackers that his grandson Liu Huang was an Outer Sect disciple of the Firmament Sacred Land.
• The attackers dismissed Liu Huang’s status, noting that he had only been there a few years and was merely at the Dao Integration stage.
• Old Liu sat in his residence with his descendants, including the exceptionally talented Liu Huang, whom he had sent to the Firmament Sacred Land.

The Liu Family faced destruction after two peak Mahayana cultivators targeted their immortal mine and Heaven-Viewing Mirror. Old Master Liu ordered his descendants to escape through an ancestral teleportation array while he stayed behind to hold off their enemies.

• Old Master Liu recalled how Liu Huang entered the Firmament Sacred Land and how the Liu Family's discovery of an immortal mine drew powerful enemies.
• Liu Neng suggested handing over the mine, but Old Master Liu said the enemies also wanted the Heaven-Viewing Mirror and would not leave the family in peace.
• Liu Neng revealed that he had written to Liu Huang but received no reply, and Old Master Liu rebuked him for distracting Liu Huang from advancing in the Firmament Sacred Land.
• Old Master Liu ordered his descendants to flee through the teleportation array, conceal their identities, and live in anonymity while he stayed behind.