Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin used One Breath Becomes Three Purities to protect Gu Ruyan from three black-clad attackers, who recognized the art and fled. Gu Ruyan explained that the art was an incomplete trap unless Ye Lin found all ten fragments, and warned him to conceal it from others who might cultivate it.

• Ye Lin summoned Wu Wang and Xiaoyao to defend Gu Ruyan when three black-clad men appeared behind her.
• Delusion stopped the attackers briefly, and Xiaoyao drove them back with his sword.
• One of the black-clad men recognized One Breath Becomes Three Purities, then the three attackers retreated and vanished.
• Ye Lin recalled Delusion and Xiaoyao and asked Gu Ruyan why people reacted with shock to his cultivation method.
• Gu Ruyan explained that Ye Lin needed all ten fragments to complete the art and reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and warned that he could not abandon it once cultivated.
• Gu Ruyan cautioned Ye Lin to keep the art secret because other cultivators might target him.

Ye Lin learned that his incomplete One Breath Becomes Three Purities cultivation art could prevent him from reaching the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm unless he found the other volumes. He remained confident that his trump card would let him overcome the restriction and search for them.

• Ye Lin realized that he might never reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm without finding the other incomplete volumes of One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Gu Ruyan comforted Ye Lin and explained that cultivators of the art were caught in a deadly struggle in which only one could advance.
• Ye Lin reasoned that his ability to rise by one major realm would let him reach the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and seek out the missing volumes.
• Gu Ruyan and Ye Gucheng reminded Ye Lin that the art was extraordinarily powerful and rare, and Ye Gucheng called it an opportunity.
• Ye Lin told them he was not easily discouraged.

Ye Lin and Gu Ruyan discussed whether their enemies would pursue them as the Stellar Warboat neared the exit of the Fourth Celestial Domain. Gu Ruyan learned that Butcher and another Celestial Immortal had intercepted her family elders, leaving their escape route blocked.

• Ye Lin warned Gu Ruyan that the defeated Celestial Immortal might retaliate by calling on his friends.
• Ye Lin explained that the Fourth Celestial Domain was a haven for criminals and that hostile forces watched its borders.
• Ye Lin checked the star chart and estimated that the Stellar Warboat would leave the Fourth Celestial Domain in about five minutes.
• Gu Ruyan received word that Butcher and an unfamiliar Celestial Immortal had stopped her family elders.
• Gu Ruyan realized that she and Ye Lin might have to pass directly under the two Celestial Immortals' watch to escape.

Butcher confronted the Zither Sound Sect’s Zither Demon at the Fourth Celestial Domain’s border, refusing to let her take her Saintess back. He arranged for his friend to attack the three youths while he held off Zither Demon.

• The arriving group reached the border and saw Butcher and a mysterious old man facing Zither Demon amid the destructive auras of Celestial Immortals.
• Zither Demon asked Butcher to let her take her sect’s Saintess home, but Butcher threatened her and refused.
• Zither Demon warned that killing the Saintess would make the Zither Sound Sect retaliate, while Butcher claimed its Celestial Immortals could not safely enter the Fourth Celestial Domain.
• Zither Demon held back because she was an early-stage Celestial Immortal facing two mid-stage opponents and could not fight them both.
• Butcher told his friend to kill the three youths and take their top-grade Immortal-tier warship while he kept Zither Demon occupied.

Ye Lin called on his backing from the Firmament Sacred Land when Butcher and an old Heavenly Immortal threatened him and his companions. Tian Cang appeared, recognized Ye Lin’s token, and crushed the old man, while Butcher recognized him in terror.

• Gu Ruyan feared that she, Ye Lin, and Ye Gucheng could not escape after their elders were held back, while Zither Demon warned the old man not to touch the Zither Sound Sect’s Saintess.
• Ye Gucheng apologized for dragging the others into danger, but Ye Lin said he had backing and showed the Identity Token bearing Zhuge’s name.
• Ye Lin called to the seniors of the Firmament Sacred Land for help, and a middle-aged man appeared beside him to inspect the token.
• The middle-aged man confirmed the token was genuine and said Ye Lin was qualified to be Zhuge Yun’s direct disciple.
• Butcher recognized the middle-aged man as Tian Cang, who casually crushed Butcher’s Heavenly Immortal companion into a cloud of blood mist.

Tian Cang drove off the Butcher after Ye Lin revealed his Identity Token, then left after protecting him. Gu Ruyan and Ye Gucheng learned that Ye Lin was Zhuge Yun’s direct disciple, a revelation that highlighted Zhuge Yun’s importance to the Firmament Sacred Land.

• The Butcher tried to retreat after recognizing Tian Cang, but Tian Cang attacked him and the Butcher escaped with a Void-Escaping Talisman.
• Ye Lin thanked Tian Cang, who then departed to meet an old friend for a game of chess.
• Ye Lin realized the sacred lands had stationed Celestial Immortal experts to guard against desperadoes leaving the Fourth Celestial Domain.
• Gu Ruyan was shocked to learn that Ye Lin was Elder Zhuge’s direct disciple, while Ye Gucheng recognized the significance of Zhuge Yun’s reputation.
• Ye Gucheng reflected that Zhuge Yun’s potential rise to True Immortality could make the Firmament Sacred Land dominant in the Purple Cloud Star System.

After the conflict, Ye Lin and Ye Gucheng parted ways, while the Zither Demon took Gu Ruyan away. The Zither Demon revealed that she was seeking a powerful ally because a great calamity was approaching the Purple Cloud Star System.

• The Zither Demon thanked Ye Lin for helping and left with Gu Ruyan.
• Ye Gucheng thanked Ye Lin, promised to repay him, and flew away.
• Ye Lin set course for the Firmament Sacred Land aboard the Stellar Warboat.
• Gu Ruyan asked why the Zither Demon treated Ye Lin warmly despite being cold to everyone else.
• The Zither Demon explained that Zhuge Yun represented a future True Immortal and that she wanted a backer for the Zither Sound Sect before the coming calamity.
• The Zither Demon told Gu Ruyan that the three great sacred lands had already begun preparing for the calamity in secret.

After returning to Firmament Sacred Land, Ye Lin went to Zhuge Yun, who began a seclusion treatment to strengthen his body with the blood qi of slain great demons. Ye Lin was trapped inside the hut as the blood qi poured into him.

• The Zither Demon warned Gu Ruyan that a great calamity was unavoidable and told her to enter seclusion until she comprehended a domain.
• Ye Lin arrived at Firmament Sacred Land after more than a year and hurried to the small island to meet Zhuge Yun.
• Zhuge Yun praised Ye Lin for completing his mission and led him to a rune-covered thatched hut.
• Zhuge Yun explained that he would temper Ye Lin with fierce-beast blood qi, potentially making his body comparable to a mid-stage Earth Immortal's.
• Zhuge Yun summoned corpses of Heavenly Immortal great demons and activated the Blood Spirit Array, sending scarlet blood qi into Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin lost control of his body as the blood qi entered him, turning his skin red.

Ye Lin endured Zhuge Yun’s blood-energy tempering while the elders watched, hoping the process would strengthen Ye Lin and help Zhuge Yun break through to the True Immortal Realm. The chapter ended with a warning that a great calamity was approaching from the Three-Eyed Star System and the Three-Eyed Sacred Clan.

• Ye Lin circulated the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, merging it with the blood energy to strengthen his body as his flesh and bones endured the transformation.
• Zhuge Yun crushed precious spiritual herbs and sent their essence into the hut to aid Ye Lin’s tempering.
• The Firmament Sacred Land’s elders gathered to observe, noting that Zhuge Yun had staked his hopes of reaching the True Immortal Realm on Ye Lin’s success.
• An elder warned the others that the Sacred Lord’s deduction traced the approaching calamity to their neighbors.
• The elders identified the threat as the Three-Eyed Star System and the Three-Eyed Sacred Clan.

Zhuge Yun reflected on his hopes for Ye Lin and the Demon-Sealing Land as Ye Lin endured a month of cultivation. Ye Lin began fusing his three Dao Rules, and Zhuge Yun resolved to protect him.

• The Three-Eyed Sacred Clan’s looming threat and the Fifth Venerable’s impending breakthrough prompted powerful figures to leave and prepare.
• Zhuge Yun listened to the discussion and acknowledged that he had invested his hopes and resources in Ye Lin for the sake of the Demon-Sealing Land and a woman he hoped to bring back.
• A month passed while Ye Lin cultivated inside the thatched cottage, transforming his Unrivaled Sacred Body and growing strong enough to challenge peak-stage Earth Immortals.
• Ye Lin decided to begin secluded cultivation and fuse the Rule of Destruction, the Rule of Time, and the Great River Sword Dao Rule.
• Zhuge Yun recognized Ye Lin’s dangerous undertaking and vowed to protect his Dao.

Ye Lin spent two years in seclusion, using rare treasures and Zhuge Yun’s resources to fuse his three Origin Dao Laws. He emerged with a blood-red Long Sword that embodied both his Origin Dao Law and his domain.

• Ye Lin consumed four Dao Comprehension Fruits over a year, remaining in an enlightened state as Zhuge Yun supplied herbs and other resources.
• Zhuge Yun summoned countless mid-grade immortal stones to feed the energy flowing into Ye Lin’s thatched hut.
• Ye Lin’s body changed during his seclusion: his bones turned red, his skin grew white, and his silver hair returned to black.
• After another year, Ye Lin opened his eyes and declared that his three Origin Dao Laws had merged into one.
• Ye Lin saw a blood-red Long Sword with a gemstone containing the power of time floating behind him, and judged that it could slay a late-stage Earth Immortal.

Ye Lin condensed his domain into a sword and broke through to the late Earth Immortal realm after two years of seclusion. His status panel revealed that his Unrivaled Sacred Body had evolved into the powerful Unrivaled Blood God Body.

• Ye Lin refined his entire domain into a sword that could threaten even peak Earth Immortals.
• Ye Lin used fifty thousand low-grade immortal stones to break through to the late Earth Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin checked his panel and saw his cultivation and luck value had increased, while his destiny still ended in a fatal encounter at the Central Star Domain.
• Ye Lin discovered that his Unrivaled Sacred Body had evolved into the Unrivaled Blood God Body and learned about the ranks of physiques.

After transforming his Sacred Body into a divine body, Ye Lin emerged from seclusion and triggered a Great Dao lightning tribulation. He discovered that the tribulation targeted his Origin Dao Law, leaving its survival—and his own condition—uncertain.

• Ye Lin recognized that his sword heart had cleared and his physique had become a divine body, then decided to leave seclusion.
• Thunder and tribulation clouds shook the Sacred Land, startling disciples and elders who wondered what had drawn the Great Dao’s attention.
• Ye Lin realized the tribulation had locked onto him and stepped into the air to face it.
• Ye Lin saw purple lightning gathering and determined that the tribulation targeted his Origin Dao Law rather than his Blood God Body.
• Ye Lin refrained from intervening, knowing the law could shatter and injure him if it failed, but might let him seize a thread of tribulation power if it succeeded.

Ye Lin watched his crimson long-sword domain undergo the Great Dao’s lightning tribulation, enduring the backlash as the sword cracked under the blows. The tribulation continued to batter the damaged source domain, leaving Ye Lin gravely injured.

• Ye Lin kept his distance as violet lightning struck the crimson long sword, which drove away the first bolts with its bloody glow.
• More than a dozen bolts struck the sword, forming a tiny fissure and making Ye Lin’s qi and blood churn.
• An old man in the deepest reaches of Firmament Sacred Land watched the domain undergo Tribulation Transcendence.
• Ye Lin realized the Great Dao was carving his newly born domain and poured Immortal Qi into the sword to sustain it.
• After half an hour of lightning, cracks covered the sword, while Ye Lin grew pale and bled from the mouth as his source domain suffered grave damage.

Ye Lin sent the last of his immortal power to the blood-colored long sword as it faced the Great Dao lightning tribulation. The Three-Nine Heavenly Lightning struck for five minutes, leaving the sword’s fate unseen and Ye Lin badly weakened.

• Ye Lin poured his remaining immortal power into the blood-colored long sword and left its survival to its own fortune.
• The disciples watched the gathering thunderclouds and wondered what the blood-colored long sword was.
• A disciple identified the approaching tribulation as the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, which could destroy even powerful artifacts.
• A massive purple bolt struck the blood-colored long sword and engulfed it in lightning.
• Ye Lin spat blood as his cultivation realm wavered, while the lightning continued to strike the sword for five minutes.

Ye Lin’s blood-colored long sword shattered under the Great Dao’s lightning tribulation, and his cultivation kept falling as he lay on the verge of becoming mortal. Zhuge Yun and Liu Bai watched, while Liu Bai hoped Ye Lin would understand how to stand anew after destruction.

• A bolt of tribulation lightning shattered Ye Lin’s blood-colored long sword, and Ye Lin’s cultivation fell from the mid-stage to the early stage of the Earth Immortal Realm.
• A disciple explained that a formed domain required compressing it into an object and that surviving the Great Dao’s lightning tribulation would bring its blessing.
• Zhuge Yun watched Ye Lin and said his art of deduction had predicted Ye Lin would take this path.
• Liu Bai watched Ye Lin cough up blood and hoped he would comprehend the meaning of standing anew after destruction.

Ye Lin lost all his cultivation and appeared to die after the heavenly tribulation overwhelmed him. Just as Zhuge Yun watched his still-active soul, Ye Lin suddenly understood something and erupted with power.

• Ye Lin's cultivation fell from the Immortal Realm to nothing, his body aged, and he accepted his apparent death beneath the unending tribulation.
• Disciples who found Ye Lin debated saving him, then left him alone after one said his heart was already dead.
• Zhuge Yun observed that Ye Lin's body was dead but his soul remained unusually active.
• Ye Lin opened his eyes, laughed that he understood, and rose as a powerful aura erupted from him.

After overcoming the final strike of the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, Ye Lin received the Dao Fusion Art from the Great Dao and decided to cultivate it. He left the chapter with the crimson Long Sword returned to his dantian.

• Ye Lin restored his cultivation to the Late Earth Immortal realm and reassembled the crimson Long Sword from its fragments.
• Ye Lin hurled the sword at the thunderclouds and used it to clash with and shatter the final tribulation lightning.
• A divine light entered Ye Lin's mind and revealed the Dao Fusion Art in his sea of consciousness.
• Ye Lin learned that the art could fuse the world's myriad Daos and resolved to cultivate it.

Ye Lin emerged from the Great Dao heavenly tribulation and met Liu Bai, who checked him for hidden injuries and warned him to keep his body free of wounds. They went to Liu Bai’s cave abode, where Ye Lin offered him a jar of wine.

• Zhuge Yun praised Ye Lin for surviving the tribulation, told him Liu Bai had watched, and departed.
• Liu Bai congratulated Ye Lin and checked his body for hidden injuries, warning him that overlooked wounds could become fatal Dao injuries.
• Liu Bai invited Ye Lin into his pocket-world cave abode and urged him to treat their reunion less formally.
• Ye Lin took out a jar of wine for Liu Bai, whose eyes lit up at the sight.

Ye Lin stabilized his cultivation during ten years of seclusion, then joined Liu Bai and Apocalypse to travel secretly toward a Taiyi Mystic Immortal ruin. The three set out after confirming that no one else had discovered the site.

• Ye Lin agreed with Liu Bai to meet in ten years before leaving to stabilize his cultivation in seclusion.
• Ten years later, Ye Lin emerged, bid Zhuge Yun farewell with Liu Bai, and left the island.
• Liu Bai led Ye Lin through the starry sky in secret after saying Apocalypse had contacted him.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai reached Apocalypse's silver-white warship, and Apocalypse confirmed that no one had followed them.
• Apocalypse said the Taiyi Mystic Immortal ruin remained undiscovered and prepared to depart with Ye Lin and Liu Bai.