Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin found seven Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds inside a cave on Poison Bee Mountain and learned they could strengthen his body when combined with other treasures. He discovered that he needed a Three Immortals Flower and left the Scripture Depository asking Xuan Hu about it.

• Ye Lin entered a cave on Poison Bee Mountain, endured the Lotus Platform's shockwaves, and collected its seven Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds.
• The Lotus Platform flew away, and Ye Lin left the mountain for the Scripture Depository to identify the seeds.
• Ye Lin read a treasure guide and learned that combining the seeds with a Seven-Colored Fruit and a Three Immortals Flower could greatly temper his body.
• Ye Lin found Xuan Hu in the Scripture Depository and asked whether he knew of the Three Immortals Flower.
• Xuan Hu confirmed that the Three Immortals Flower was a top-notch body-tempering treasure and warned Ye Lin that it would be difficult to find.

Ye Lin traveled to Ice-Breaking Cliff to obtain the Three Immortals Flower and began climbing its cultivation-sealing slope. A deadly storm engulfed him, and as he climbed through it, mysterious energy began emerging inside his body.

• Xuan Hu told Ye Lin that Three Immortals Flowers grew at the top of Ice-Breaking Cliff and gave him a map to its location.
• Ye Lin reached the cliff, saw the flowers at its summit, and realized he had to climb using only his physical strength because the area sealed cultivation.
• Ye Lin grabbed the first ice pillar, began climbing, and quickly outpaced the other disciples.
• A powerful storm swept down the slope, and Ye Lin was caught in its freezing winds as he clung to an ice pillar.
• Ye Lin climbed upward through the storm despite his worsening wounds, then felt warmth and noticed mysterious energy emerging inside him.

Ye Lin climbed Ice-Breaking Cliff, refused Wang Wu’s demand for two Three Immortals Flowers, and claimed all three at the summit. He learned that Wang Wu’s opportunity was a Breath-Concealing Pill that could hide Little Red’s divine beast bloodline, but other disciples immediately pressed him to give up two flowers.

• Ye Lin passed through the storm belt and continued toward the summit as Wang Wu watched from beneath an icicle.
• Wang Wu introduced himself as the Seventh Group’s leader and demanded that Ye Lin leave him two Three Immortals Flowers, but Ye Lin refused and continued climbing.
• Ye Lin saw Wang Wu’s status panel and learned about the Breath-Concealing Pill hidden in Crocodile Valley, which could conceal Little Red’s bloodline.
• Ye Lin reached the summit, picked all three Three Immortals Flowers, and jumped safely back to the ground.
• Wang Wu vowed to kill Ye Lin after escaping Ice-Breaking Cliff, while a disciple offered Ye Lin a hundred Low-Tier Spirit Stones for two flowers.

Ye Lin auctioned two Three Immortals Flowers, traded a Long Sword for a Seven-Colored Fruit, and chose a mission to kill the Crocodile King. Qi Mengmeng warned him that the Crocodile Valley mission was too dangerous for his current strength.

• Ye Lin auctioned one Three Immortals Flower for a hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones and another for a Mysterious Grade High Tier Long Sword.
• Ye Lin traded the Long Sword to Qi Mengmeng at the Mission Pavilion for a Seven-Colored Fruit.
• Ye Lin read the Crocodile Valley mission to kill the Golden Core peak Crocodile King and decided to take it.
• Qi Mengmeng told Ye Lin that the mission could cost him his life at his current strength.

Ye Lin traveled to Lava Mountain and tempered his body in its magma with the Seven-Colored Fruit, Three Immortals Flower, and Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds. After three days, he emerged with physical strength at the middle Golden Core stage and prepared to continue toward Crocodile Valley.

• Ye Lin reassured Qi Mengmeng that he would pursue the Crocodile King mission and planned to bring back its Demon Core.
• Ye Lin studied Xuan Hu's map, found Lava Mountain near Crocodile Valley, and flew there to temper his body before completing the mission.
• Ye Lin swallowed the Seven-Colored Fruit, Three Immortals Flower, and Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds, then plunged into the magma and circulated the Star Art through three days of agony.
• The magma engulfing Ye Lin dried up and burst apart, leaving him unharmed and with physical strength at the middle Golden Core stage.
• Ye Lin dressed and realized that his combined physical strength and cultivation could let him contend with peak Golden Core cultivators.

Ye Lin went to Crocodile Valley to obtain the Breath-Concealing Pill and fought through the Crocodile King's guards. He countered the Crocodile King's near-Nascent Soul attack with One Sword of Death, but the chapter ended as their attacks collided.

• Ye Lin flew to Crocodile Valley, spotted the Breath-Concealing Pill's hiding place behind the Crocodile King, and challenged the crocodiles.
• Ye Lin killed more than a dozen Foundation Establishment crocodiles and five Golden Core mid-stage crocodiles with his sword techniques.
• Ye Lin fought three Golden Core late-stage crocodiles, pierced one through the head, and battered another until it fell into the river.
• The Crocodile King charged a deep-blue beam whose power neared the Nascent Soul Realm and fired it at Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin used One Sword of Death to send black sword light against the Crocodile King's beam, and the attacks collided.

Ye Lin summoned Little Red to kill the fleeing Crocodile King, then fed her a Breath-Concealing Pill to hide her divine beast bloodline. When Xuan Hu arrived, Little Red attacked him after he mistook her for an ordinary Big Fire Turkey, and Ye Lin called her back.

• The Crocodile King fled after clashing with Ye Lin, but Little Red emerged from the Beast Taming Bag and killed it with a fireball.
• Little Red devoured the smaller crocodiles while Ye Lin broke open the boulder and retrieved the Breath-Concealing Pill.
• Ye Lin fed Little Red the pill, suppressing her divine beast aura before a Spirit Transformation True Person could discover her.
• Ye Lin learned that Little Red could not speak because divine beasts developed more slowly and would gain speech upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Xuan Hu arrived to check on Ye Lin, and Little Red attacked him after he called her a Big Fire Turkey; Ye Lin stopped her before she could seriously harm him.

Ye Lin returned from Crocodile Valley after completing his mission, and Xuan Hu explained the upcoming Outer Sect examination and warned him not to bring Little Red. Ye Lin submitted the Crocodile King's hide and Demon Core at the Mission Pavilion, where Qi Mengmeng prepared his reward.

• Xuan Hu admired Little Red's strength, and Ye Lin let the cub fly freely around the Outer Sect.
• Xuan Hu told Ye Lin that the Outer Sect examination was approaching and described its three-day trial in an isolated space filled with traps and Demon Beasts.
• Xuan Hu warned Ye Lin not to bring Little Red to the examination and left to attend to his missions.
• Ye Lin took the Crocodile King's hide and Demon Core to the Mission Pavilion to submit his mission.
• Qi Mengmeng was surprised that Ye Lin had survived Crocodile Valley and completed the mission, then went to get his reward.

Ye Lin received a Blood Explosion Pill and Beauty-Preserving Pills, then spent half a month stabilizing his cultivation before being summoned to the Outer Sect examination. At the examination site, he learned that Li Xiaoyao’s opportunities could provide the materials he needed to forge a clone, while the disciples were warned that anyone who failed would be sent away from Nameless Mountain.

• Qi Mengmeng gave Ye Lin twenty Mid-grade Spirit Stones and a Blood Explosion Pill for the upcoming examination, and Meng Yiran later delivered him ten Beauty-Preserving Pills.
• Ye Lin spent half a month regulating his unstable aura before a Nascent Soul Realm disciple summoned him to the Outer Sect examination.
• At the examination site on a Desolate Mountain, Ye Lin met Li Xiaoyao, who said his master had sent him despite his status as a Spirit Transformation True Person’s disciple.
• Ye Lin viewed Li Xiaoyao’s panel and learned of opportunities involving a Nascent Soul Realm Demon Beast and three Mysterious-Grade Middle Tier spirit plants, which could supply materials for his clone.
• A figure on a cloud cushion announced that only disciples who passed the examination could remain at Nameless Mountain, while those who failed would be sent back.

Ye Lin entered the Outer Sect test at Nameless Mountain and battled Zhao Liu on a chain above the Endless Abyss. Zhao Liu had been hired by Wang Wu to drive Ye Lin away, and their fight was still underway.

• The True Person opened a gate to an independent space and sent the disciples into a three-day trial.
• Ye Lin entered the space, where flight was suppressed and the disciples had to cross chains over an abyss amid increasing pressure and slicing winds.
• As the chains narrowed, some disciples fell into the abyss, while others shoved rivals off the chains.
• Zhao Liu confronted Ye Lin, revealed that Wang Wu had asked him to drive Ye Lin off Nameless Mountain, and challenged him with a spear.
• Ye Lin read Zhao Liu's panel and discovered his Invincible Heart and powerful fate traits, then drew Evil Slayer to fight him.
• Ye Lin and Zhao Liu exchanged more than a hundred blows as the other disciples moved away from their battle.

Ye Lin defeated Zhao Liu in their fight on the iron chain, but Zhao Liu swallowed a pill, reached the peak of the Golden Core stage, and fled. Ye Lin reached the next trial, where cultivation and physical strength were suppressed in a desert; he found relief in Meng Yiran's Wutong Brew, drawing the thirsty disciples' attention.

• Zhao Liu's spear techniques shattered Ye Lin's sword, but Ye Lin countered with Sword Intent and knocked Zhao Liu off the chain.
• Zhao Liu swallowed a pill to raise his cultivation to the Golden Core peak, forced Ye Lin back, and escaped along the chain.
• Ye Lin chose not to pursue Zhao Liu, crossed the first stage, and saw that five disciples had failed to arrive.
• Ye Lin and the other disciples entered a desert trial that suppressed their cultivation and physical strength, leaving them thirsty and exhausted.
• Ye Lin drank Meng Yiran's Wutong Brew, recovered his energy, and attracted the attention of nearby disciples.

Ye Lin traded Wutong Brew for valuable treasures from thirsty disciples during the desert trial, then reached an oasis where his cultivation returned. Li Xiaoyao told him that only five candidates would pass and proposed they join forces for the final battle.

• Ye Lin persuaded the thirsty disciples to trade Mystic Grade Mid-Tier treasures for cups of Wutong Brew, collecting enough treasures to advance his clone refinement.
• After the brew ran out, Ye Lin pushed through the exhausting sandstorm alone until he found an oasis.
• Ye Lin stepped into the oasis, recovered his cultivation and energy, and flew onward with other candidates.
• Li Xiaoyao caught up with Ye Lin and said only five people would pass the trial after a final battle.
• Li Xiaoyao proposed teaming up and warned Ye Lin that three mysterious candidates were at least as strong as Zhao Liu.

Ye Lin agreed to help Li Xiaoyao with the Outer Sect assessment, then entered a canyon filled with Golden Core Demonic Beasts and discovered a hidden cavern. There, he accepted Hei Xie’s offer to escort a Little White Snake, the Great Elder of the Myriad Demon Palace’s direct child, in exchange for precious resources and a future reward.

• Ye Lin agreed to meet Li Xiaoyao at the assessment’s final stage and help him defeat Zhao Liu.
• Ye Lin entered the canyon ahead of the other disciples and killed Demonic Beasts, collecting their corpses and Demon Cores.
• Ye Lin found a cave marked with mysterious images and entered a cavern packed with black pythons.
• Hei Xie offered Ye Lin resources to spare the Little White Snake and take her to the Myriad Demon Palace, where she would be rewarded.
• Ye Lin accepted the deal, took the offered resources, and received the Little White Snake from Hei Xie.

Ye Lin took Bai Ling, the Great Elder of the Myriad Demon Palace’s young relative, from Hei Xie and continued through the canyon trial. At the canyon’s end, three mid-Golden Core Demon Beasts demanded that he hand over Bai Ling, while Hei Xie’s fate was revealed.

• Hei Xie explained how he had hidden Bai Ling from Nameless Mountain’s disciples and asked Ye Lin to honor his promise to protect her.
• Ye Lin put Bai Ling into his Storage Bag and left; Hei Xie sent the pythons after him to keep Demon Beasts from attacking.
• Ye Lin celebrated the treasures he had gained and hurried toward the trial’s end, unaware that the pythons were protecting him from afar.
• Ye Lin reached the exit and saw Hei Xie’s half-body in a tiger-like Demon Beast’s mouth.
• An elephant-like Demon Beast demanded that Ye Lin hand over Bai Ling in exchange for passage and completion of the Outer Sect test.

Ye Lin defeated three Demon Beasts that tried to seize Bai Ling, then reached the final trial on the White Jade Disk, where only five disciples could become Outer Sect disciples of Nameless Mountain. As the trial began, Li Xiaoyao gave Ye Lin a mysterious treasure to help Li Qingyu pass, and Ye Lin agreed without making any promises.

• Ye Lin used his sword intent to send the three Demon Beasts crashing into the mountainside, forcing them to flee.
• Ye Lin reached the White Jade Disk and waited while the surviving disciples gathered; only nineteen of the original group remained.
• A seven-colored cloud formed a path to the disk as the gorge collapsed, and Ye Lin led the disciples onto the final trial ground.
• Li Xiaoyao introduced Li Qingyu to Ye Lin and privately asked him to help her pass the trial.
• Li Xiaoyao gave Ye Lin a mysterious treasure, and Ye Lin agreed to help Li Qingyu but said he could not guarantee her success.

Ye Lin fought off challengers on the White Jade Disk after a voice announced that only five people could remain within half an hour. He badly wounded Xie Yun, and Xie Dong charged at him in fury.

• Ye Lin discovered that the box contained a fragment of an Earth Grade weapon, and the White Jade Disk announced that only five people could remain after half an hour.
• Zhao Liu proposed that he and Ye Lin deal with the others, then provoked a burly man into fighting so he could recover from his hidden injury.
• A cleaver-wielding cultivator attacked Ye Lin, but Li Xiaoyao and Li Qingyu intercepted him.
• Xie Dong and Xie Yun approached Ye Lin, and Ye Lin used the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique and a sword formation to disrupt their attacks.
• Ye Lin struck Xie Yun with a sword attack, seriously injuring her, and Xie Dong charged at him to avenge her.

Ye Lin defeated Xie Dong, then watched Zhao Liu fight the three Nangong sisters, whose Heart-Linked Body let them coordinate perfectly. When Zhao Liu offered Ye Lin five Mysterious Grade High Tier treasures and eight Mysterious Grade Middle Tier treasures to save him, Ye Lin accepted and joined the battle, leaving Zhao Liu and his companions fighting the sisters.

• Ye Lin used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin to send Xie Dong crashing into the edge of the White Jade Disk, making the other disciples keep their distance.
• After ten minutes, only seven people remained; Ye Lin identified the veiled Nangong Liuli, Nangong Yu, and Nangong Lan as sisters with a Heart-Linked Body.
• The Nangong sisters attacked Zhao Liu and overwhelmed him, while Ye Lin watched and declined Zhao Liu's first offer of a Mysterious Grade High Tier treasure.
• Zhao Liu offered five Mysterious Grade High Tier treasures and eight Mysterious Grade Middle Tier treasures, and Ye Lin agreed to intervene.
• Ye Lin, Li Xiaoyao, and Li Qingyu joined the battle, each taking on one sister alongside Zhao Liu; Ye Lin told Nangong Liuli he might change sides if she offered more.

Ye Lin and his companions passed the assessment and became official Outer Sect disciples of Nameless Mountain. After the initiation ceremony, Ye Lin set out to pursue two opportunities before refining his clone.

• Zhao Liu defeated Nangong Lan, then handed Ye Lin a Storage Bag containing the treasures he owed him.
• Nangong Liuli threatened Ye Lin and jumped into the Abyss to join her eliminated sisters.
• The Spirit Transformation True Person announced that Ye Lin, Li Xiaoyao, Li Qingyu, and Zhao Liu had passed the assessment and become Outer Sect disciples.
• At the Heavenly Palace, the four received Life Lamps and permanent Identity Tokens, and learned they had to earn a thousand points each year to remain in the sect.
• Zhao Liu left, and Li Xiaoyao and Li Qingyu departed together after bidding Ye Lin farewell.
• Ye Lin decided to secure two opportunities before refining his clone to increase his combat strength.

Ye Lin found the body of a Nascent Soul Realm grand cultivator at Wild Ox Mountain and began refining it into a clone. After splitting his soul and enduring severe spiritual pain, he prepared to expel the body's original soul, but the dangerous process was still underway.

• Ye Lin used Xuan Hu's map to reach Wild Ox Mountain and found a hidden cave containing a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator's body.
• Ye Lin searched the man's Storage Bag, then chose the secluded cave as the place to refine his clone.
• Ye Lin used treasures and hand seals to transform the body until it resembled him.
• Ye Lin split his soul in two and followed One Breath Becomes Three Purities through the resulting agony.
• Ye Lin swallowed his remaining Spirit Fruits to regain some clarity before attempting to expel the body's original soul.

Ye Lin completed the refinement of a clone using the body of a Nascent Soul Realm expert and named it Number Two. He set out to claim Li Xiaoyao’s opportunity, planning to recover afterward and obtain two Illusion Pearls.

• Ye Lin erased the lingering soul in the Nascent Soul Realm expert’s body, then transferred half of his own soul into it and used vital essence from three Golden Core Demon Beast corpses to awaken it.
• Ye Lin inscribed all eighteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight incantations into the clone, matching its aura to his own.
• The clone opened its eyes, addressed Ye Lin as its main body, and received the name Number Two.
• Ye Lin shrank Number Two and had it recuperate inside his body beside his dantian.
• Ye Lin left to claim Li Xiaoyao’s opportunity, intending to exchange for two Illusion Pearls afterward and spend six months recovering from splitting his soul.