Arc 102Blood Baleful Enters the Central Domain

Ye Lin escaped the battlefield with White Wind’s help, reached the Central Domain, and quickly rose through the Prodigy Tower rankings. After obtaining Shen Qingxue’s essence blood, he joined Eastern Deity and Dark Night for the Ten Thousand Beast Garden contest.

  • Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to sacrifice Crimson Spirit Race soldiers, helping the Demon Spirit Race defeat its enemies, and White Wind killed Bone King after trapping him in a chessboard.
  • White Wind guided Ye Lin toward the Central Domain and gave him a token and map for shelter at the Demon Spirit Race’s outpost.
  • After arriving in the Central Domain, Ye Lin defeated Chang Feng with a flick of his finger and met the Genius Ranking holders Eastern Deity and Dark Night.
  • Ye Lin joined Eastern Deity and Dark Night’s team for the Ten Thousand Beast Garden and learned about the Genius Ranking and the Prodigy Tower.
  • Ye Lin cleared the Prodigy Tower’s first ten floors in half an hour, earned a perfect evaluation, and reached 13,452nd place on the Genius Ranking.
  • Eastern Deity took Ye Lin and Dark Night to a hidden venue, where Ye Lin saw Shen Qingxue and learned she would soon discover a treasure vault requiring her essence blood.
  • Ye Lin followed Shen Qingxue and took a drop of her essence blood, prompting her to vow revenge.
  • Ye Lin agreed to join Eastern Deity and Dark Night at the Ten Thousand Beast Garden, where the three encountered a wary Eastern Deity’s attention on a short, ugly man in a green cloak.
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Ch. 2529Blood Sacrifice of Hundreds of Billions of Living Beings

Ye Lin defeated five True Immortals and decided to use the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to devour the billions of cultivators fighting below. He enlarged the jar over the battlefield and began a blood sacrifice, shocking the three old men who had been watching him.

  • Ye Lin shattered the black shadow and killed the five True Immortals with a single move.
  • Ye Lin realized the sealed battlefield made escape difficult and decided to use the fighting armies as an opportunity.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to let it devour the billions of living beings and promised to absorb the karmic backlash.
  • Ye Lin sent the jar over the battlefield, where it expanded to cover the entire area and filled the air with killing intent.
  • Ye Lin formed hand seals and began a blood sacrifice and soul refinement, leaving the three old men stunned.

Ch. 2530Blood Refinement Grand Formation

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to sacrifice Crimson Spirit Race soldiers, breaking their morale and weakening their Dragon formation. As the Demon Spirit Race counterattacked, the jar offered Ye Lin a technique.

  • Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to drain the Crimson Spirit Race soldiers’ vital essence while protecting the Demon Spirit Race soldiers.
  • Ye Lin unleashed a vast Blood Baleful mist that made Crimson Spirit Race soldiers vanish, horrifying the three Demon Spirit Race elders.
  • Crimson Spirit Race soldiers fled in panic, and their Dragon formation weakened as the battlefield collapsed.
  • The Demon Spirit Race soldiers charged the fleeing enemy as Ye Lin was freed from the fading formation.
  • Ye Lin sent bloody beams from the jar to kill the retreating Crimson Spirit Race soldiers, and the jar offered to pass him a technique.

Ch. 2531The Demon Lord

Ye Lin used the Blood Refinement Grand Formation to slaughter countless beings and empower the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, then stopped to avoid the deadly karmic consequences. White Wind defended Ye Lin against the Ancient King, who accused the Demon Spirit Race of using a forbidden blood sacrifice.

  • Ye Lin activated the Blood Refinement Grand Formation and sacrificed more than half of the countless beings within its reach.
  • Ye Lin recalled the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar after its power fed him several thousand years’ worth of cultivation, wary of the killing intent and karma.
  • The Ancient King accused White Wind of colluding with the Human Race and using a blood sacrifice formation.
  • White Wind defended Ye Lin, arguing that the Demon Spirit Race faced destruction and that even the Asura Clan and God Clan had used blood sacrifices.
  • The Bone King fell silent rather than condemn the powerful Asura Clan and God Clan.

Ch. 2532The Bone King Dies

Ye Lin helped turn the battle in the Demon Spirit Race’s favor, and White Wind killed Bone King after trapping him on a chessboard. White Wind thanked Ye Lin for saving the Demon Spirit Race, while Ye Lin said he had also acted to protect himself.

  • Bone King turned to leave, but White Wind blocked his path and trapped him inside an enormous chessboard.
  • White Wind weakened Bone King with the chessboard and fought him with his spear.
  • Ye Lin suppressed the Killing Intent within his body as the Demon Spirit Race soldiers watched him with awe and the three True Immortals regarded him with fear.
  • White Wind shattered Bone King with a spear strike and crushed his Primordial Spirit, killing him.
  • White Wind thanked Ye Lin for saving the Demon Spirit Race, and Ye Lin explained that he had acted to protect himself as well.

Ch. 2533The Central Domain

Ye Lin accepted White Wind’s communication Jade Talisman and agreed to travel with him to the Central Domain, hoping to test himself against its prodigies. White Wind explained the continent’s history, unusual gravity, and Prodigy Tower ranking system as they prepared to depart.

  • White Wind gave Ye Lin a communication Jade Talisman and invited him to visit the Central Domain.
  • Ye Lin agreed to travel with White Wind using the Demon Spirit Race’s teleportation array.
  • White Wind organized the army and invited Ye Lin aboard its largest warship.
  • White Wind told Ye Lin that the Central Domain was a vast continent formed by the experts of the Demon Domain’s myriad races.
  • White Wind explained that the Prodigy Tower rewarded ranked prodigies and allowed challengers to fight anyone on its rankings.

Ch. 2534Arriving at the Demon Spirit Galaxy

Ye Lin traveled with White Wind to the Demon Spirit Galaxy Cluster and chose to continue on to the Central Domain. White Wind led him toward the large teleportation array, where Ye Lin was stunned by the sight of silvery-white lights crisscrossing the Starry Sky.

  • White Wind told Ye Lin the journey to the Demon Spirit Galaxy Cluster would take at least three months, and Ye Lin meditated aboard the warship to purge the murderous aura within him.
  • After three months, White Wind woke Ye Lin and explained that they had reached the Demon Spirit Race's territory in the Thirty-Second Heaven Domain.
  • Ye Lin declined to explore the Demon Spirit Race's territory and chose to set off for the Central Domain.
  • White Wind led Ye Lin through the Starry Sky toward the large teleportation array, and Ye Lin was shocked by the dense web of silvery-white lights ahead.

Ch. 2535Journey to the Central Domain

White Wind prepared to send Ye Lin to the Central Domain and warned him about its deadly challenges, contempt for Human Race prodigies, and powerful factions. He gave Ye Lin a token and map to the Demon Spirit Race outpost, then considered his debt to Ye Lin repaid.

  • White Wind explained that activating the Demon Spirit Race's grand teleportation formation consumed an enormous amount of immortal stones.
  • White Wind warned Ye Lin that challenges in the Central Domain were battles to the death and urged him to avoid accepting them without confidence.
  • White Wind cautioned Ye Lin about the low status of Human Race prodigies and the dangers of provoking Central Domain factions.
  • White Wind gave Ye Lin a token and map that could secure shelter at the Demon Spirit Race's outpost.
  • White Wind bowed to Ye Lin and considered his life-saving debt repaid.

Ch. 2536Reaching the Central Domain

White Wind sent Ye Lin through a formation to the Central Domain, where Ye Lin adapted to its dense Immortal Qi and immense gravity. As other races watched him, Chang Feng challenged him, leaving Ye Lin facing his first test in the Central Domain.

  • White Wind activated the formation and sent Ye Lin away, predicting he would shake up the Central Domain.
  • Ye Lin endured the painful journey through the void and arrived on a platform surrounded by strange creatures.
  • The creatures remarked on Ye Lin's youth and Human Race heritage as he sensed the Central Domain's abundant Immortal Qi.
  • Ye Lin adapted to the hundredfold gravity with little difficulty, surprising the onlookers.
  • Chang Feng stepped onto the platform and challenged Ye Lin, while the crowd gathered to watch.

Ch. 2537Blood Baleful

Ye Lin, using the title Blood Baleful, arrived in a new area and easily defeated Chang Feng after Chang Feng challenged him. Two ranked geniuses approached Ye Lin and asked about his cultivation realm, leaving him wary and displeased.

  • Ye Lin adapted to the local gravity and dismissed Chang Feng, an Earth Immortal at the peak stage, as unworthy of fighting him.
  • Chang Feng challenged Ye Lin, who flicked a finger and sent him flying beyond the horizon.
  • The onlookers reacted to Chang Feng's defeat, and Ye Lin left the platform to wonder where he had been teleported.
  • Eastern Deity and Dark Night introduced themselves as Genius Ranking holders and asked Ye Lin's name.
  • Ye Lin gave his title as Blood Baleful and warned Eastern Deity and Dark Night that asking about his realm was impolite.

Ch. 2538Ten Thousand Beast Garden

Ye Lin met Eastern Deity and Dark Night, who invited him to join their team in the Ten Thousand Beast Garden for a chance to win a slot to enter the Sky Realm. He considered the offer as he weighed the information about the dangerous contest.

  • Eastern Deity and Dark Night clarified that they had a business proposal and revealed their True Immortal auras.
  • Ye Lin agreed to speak with them and followed them to a private room in a teahouse.
  • Eastern Deity explained that the Ten Thousand Beast Garden would open in three days and that teams could compete there for a Sky Realm slot.
  • Eastern Deity invited Ye Lin to join his and Dark Night's team, believing Ye Lin was a powerful True Immortal.
  • Ye Lin considered the Ten Thousand Beast Garden, the prize, and the risks of the contest.

Ch. 2539The Eastern Deity's Heartwarming Explanation

Ye Lin agreed to join Eastern Deity for the Ten Thousand Beast Garden after learning that its winners could enter the Sky Realm, where the Demon Domain’s geniuses trained. He learned about the Central Domain’s layout and the Genius Ranking, and the chapter left him preparing to understand the region he had just entered.

  • Ye Lin asked Eastern Deity whether the Ten Thousand Beast Garden had strength restrictions and agreed to join after hearing that only an age limit applied.
  • Eastern Deity explained that the Sky Realm let geniuses fight one another without dying permanently and offered rewards based on ranking.
  • Ye Lin decided to pursue a top-ten ranking so he could ask the Demon Domain’s major powers to search for the fragmented volume of One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
  • Ye Lin asked Eastern Deity to explain the Central Domain and the Genius Ranking.
  • Eastern Deity explained that the Central Domain had five regions and that only those ranked in the top one hundred thousand could enter Central Continent.

Ch. 2540Genius Ranking

Eastern Deity explained the Genius Ranking and its rules to Ye Lin, including how cultivators earned and improved their ranks through the Prodigy Tower. The tower suppressed every entrant to the Earth Immortal realm, and Ye Lin learned that speed through its trials determined a genius’s standing.

  • Eastern Deity told Ye Lin that newcomers entering Central Continent ranked in the top hundred thousand could receive a mysterious gift.
  • Eastern Deity explained that the Genius Ranking listed cultivators under a hundred thousand years old and could be earned through challenges or the Prodigy Tower.
  • Ye Lin asked whether True Immortals could gain rank by challenging Earth Immortals, and Eastern Deity said the ranking would expose and shame them.
  • Ye Lin asked how cultivators with lower cultivation could rise through the rankings, and Eastern Deity explained that faster Prodigy Tower clears let challengers replace ranked geniuses.
  • Eastern Deity told Ye Lin that the Prodigy Tower suppressed every entrant to the Earth Immortal realm.

Ch. 2541Prodigy Tower

Eastern Deity explained how the Prodigy Tower ranked geniuses by their tower-clearing records, and Ye Lin agreed to visit it before the Ten Thousand Beast Garden opened. Eastern Deity led Ye Lin and Dark Night out through a window after angering the teahouse owner.

  • Eastern Deity explained that cultivators had their cultivation suppressed to the Earth Immortal realm in the Prodigy Tower, where their rankings depended on tower-clearing times.
  • Eastern Deity said the top hundred Genius Ranking positions had remained unchanged for over a thousand years, stirring Ye Lin's desire to challenge those geniuses.
  • Eastern Deity asked whether Ye Lin wanted to explore or visit the Prodigy Tower, and Ye Lin agreed to see what ranking he could earn.
  • Eastern Deity knocked Dark Night's teacup away and kicked open the teahouse door, prompting an angry roar from downstairs.
  • Eastern Deity dragged Ye Lin and Dark Night to a window and climbed out, while Dark Night explained that the teahouse belonged to the owner's older sister.

Ch. 2542Storming the Prodigy Tower

Ye Lin arrived at the Prodigy Tower after watching Sword Venerable fail to clear the thirty-eighth floor. With his cultivation suppressed to the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, Ye Lin began the first-floor trial and moved to attack three Blood Baleful Beasts.

  • Eastern Deity introduced the Prodigy Tower to Ye Lin while Sword Venerable challenged its thirty-eighth floor on the display screen.
  • Dark Night explained that Sword Venerable was an early True Immortal who had failed to clear the thirty-eighth floor for decades.
  • A massive beast killed Sword Venerable in the trial, and he emerged from the tower as Ye Lin entered.
  • The tower announced Ye Lin’s first trial: defeat three peak Earth Immortal Realm Blood Baleful Beasts, with a faster time earning a higher ranking.
  • Ye Lin found his cultivation suppressed and his Spatial Ring unusable, then vanished and reappeared before the three beasts.

Ch. 2543Entering the Prodigy Tower 2

Ye Lin swiftly cleared the early stages of the Prodigy Tower, but the eighth stage’s three peak Earth Immortal dragons offered his first real challenge. He unleashed a sea of thunder against them as he pressed toward the first ten stages and the Genius Ranking.

  • Ye Lin crushed three blood-red figures and was told to face ten peak Earth Immortals in the second stage.
  • Eastern Deity and Dark Night speculated about how long Ye Lin would take to clear the first ten stages.
  • Ye Lin reached the eighth stage and faced three peak Earth Immortal giant dragons with Dragon bloodline.
  • Ye Lin hurled one dragon into the ground and blasted another away with Blazing Sun, Descend into the Abyss.
  • Ye Lin trapped the dragons in a sea of thunder and turned the lightning into swords to attack them.

Ch. 2544Dragon Boat Festival Greetings

Ye Lin faced the ninth trial, which required him to kill ten thousand early Earth Immortal Snow Wolves within half an hour. He tested his newly obtained Sovereign Arts and wiped out the wolves, leaving the trial’s outcome unstated.

  • Ye Lin entered the ninth trial and faced ten thousand Snow Wolves as his Dao Body continuously replenished his immortal power.
  • Ye Lin summoned a Thunder Sea and used lightning infused with sword Dao intent to destroy the charging wolves.
  • Ye Lin used the Heavenly Heart Art to kill Snow Wolves without leaving wounds on their bodies.
  • Ye Lin targeted the largest Snow Wolf with the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, killing it instantly.
  • Ye Lin experimented with his three supreme-grade Sovereign Arts until he saw all the Snow Wolves lying dead on the ground.

Ch. 2545Dragon Boat Festival Greetings 2

Ye Lin faced the Dragon Emperor’s projection on the tenth floor and gained the upper hand with a series of powerful attacks. As the projection countered with the Rising Dragon Fist, Ye Lin brought down a destructive barrage of lightning.

  • The tenth floor began, and Ye Lin learned he had to kill the Dragon Emperor’s projection.
  • The Dragon Emperor attacked with a punch, but Ye Lin used Time Stop to evade and strike him with a phantom sun.
  • Ye Lin used the Heavenly Heart Art and Heavenly Heart Sword Technique to shatter the Dragon Emperor’s heart.
  • Ye Lin unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art as the Dragon Emperor countered with the Rising Dragon Fist.

Ch. 2546Dragon Boat Festival Greetings 3

Ye Lin defeated the Dragon Emperor projection in the tower trial and earned a perfect evaluation, placing 13,452nd on the Genius Ranking. He received three reward choices and had to decide which to take.

  • Ye Lin used the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art to destroy the Dragon Emperor projection.
  • The trial announced that Ye Lin had earned a perfect evaluation after half an hour and updated his Genius Ranking position to 13,452nd.
  • Ye Lin welcomed the many geniuses ranked ahead of him as motivation and learned that the eleventh floor would open to him in three months.
  • Ye Lin was offered a choice between a five-pattern Spirit Nourishing Pill, a fragmentary map to a Grand Unity Mysterious Immortal's inheritance, and an emerald-green finest immortal-grade sword.

Ch. 2547Dragon Boat Festival Greetings 4

Ye Lin chose a pill as his Prodigy Tower reward and emerged to find his sudden rise on the Genius Ranking had drawn attention across the Central Domain. He concealed his identity by claiming he had failed the tenth floor and left Eastern Deity and Dark Night impressed.

  • Ye Lin chose the pill over the map fragments and immortal-grade supreme Long Sword, then left the tower because he had to wait three months before challenging it again.
  • The Central Domain erupted in discussion after Ye Lin, a newcomer, rose into the ten-thousand-plus ranks on the Genius Ranking.
  • A crowd and representatives from major factions gathered outside the Prodigy Tower in the Northern Continent's three cities to meet Ye Lin.
  • Eastern Deity and Dark Night hurried to ask Ye Lin how his challenge had gone.
  • Ye Lin claimed he had been stuck on the tenth floor, and Eastern Deity said he had not misjudged him.

Ch. 2548Dragon Boat Festival Greetings 5

Eastern Deity praised Ye Lin for reaching the tenth floor of the Prodigy Tower and took him and Dark Night to a hidden underground venue to relax before their trip to the Ten Thousand Beast Garden. They arrived at the entrance, where Eastern Deity paid the guards to arrange things for Ye Lin.

  • Eastern Deity told Ye Lin that his own first attempt at the Prodigy Tower had ended on the seventh floor, and praised Ye Lin for reaching the tenth floor immediately.
  • Eastern Deity led Ye Lin and Dark Night through a maze of alleys to a hidden door and brought them down a staircase underground.
  • Eastern Deity introduced Ye Lin as his friend to two peak Earth Immortal guards at a massive iron gate.
  • Eastern Deity gave one of the guards a Storage Bag and asked him to arrange things for Ye Lin, who was visiting for the first time.

Ch. 2549Dragon Boat Festival Greetings 6

Eastern Deity brought Ye Lin and Dark Night into a lavish venue and arranged companions for them. Charm Snow promised to personally see to Ye Lin, leaving them waiting for the arrangements.

  • Two burly guards respectfully opened the iron doors after Eastern Deity invoked his connection to a powerful friend.
  • Eastern Deity led Ye Lin and Dark Night into the crowded venue and took them to a sofa at its center.
  • Charm Snow approached Eastern Deity, who asked her to arrange the best companions for his friends.
  • Ye Lin introduced himself as Blood Baleful and removed his mask, impressing Charm Snow with his appearance.
  • Eastern Deity chose Little Beauty, Dark Night agreed to Little Red, and Charm Snow said she would personally arrange things for Ye Lin.

Ch. 2550Qian Fan

Ye Lin accompanied Eastern Deity to a place of entertainment, where he was introduced to Qian Fan and watched a dance performance. He left after finding the spectacle uninteresting, and noticed a figure passing by as he departed.

  • Charm Snow returned with three women and introduced Qian Fan as Ye Lin’s companion.
  • Eastern Deity urged Ye Lin to relax and invited Qian Fan to sit beside him.
  • Eastern Deity watched as more than a dozen young women performed a dance.
  • Ye Lin told Eastern Deity he had no interest in the performance and rose to leave.
  • As Ye Lin was about to leave, he saw a figure walk past him.

Ch. 2551Shen Qingxue

Ye Lin discovered that Shen Qingxue would find a Blood Shifting Monkey Clan treasure vault containing a brew that could permanently enhance comprehension, and he considered how to obtain her essence blood to open it. Eastern Deity warned him about the dangers of pursuing the patriarch’s daughter, unaware Ye Lin was interested only in the treasure.

  • Ye Lin read Shen Qingxue’s profile and learned about the treasure vault and Blood Shifting Brew she would discover in three days.
  • Ye Lin returned to his seat and wondered how to obtain Shen Qingxue’s essence blood, which was needed to open the vault.
  • Eastern Deity noticed Ye Lin watching Shen Qingxue and warned him that courting her would antagonize the powerful Blood Shifting Monkey Clan.
  • Ye Lin listened to Eastern Deity’s warning and realized that Eastern Deity had mistaken his interest in the treasure for romantic interest in Shen Qingxue.

Ch. 2552Overbearing Ye Lin

Ye Lin followed Shen Qingxue in disguise and forcibly took a drop of her essence blood. He vanished before she could respond, leaving her furious and humiliated.

  • After the performances ended, Ye Lin put on a mask and followed Shen Qingxue, while Eastern Deity and Dark Night trailed after him.
  • Ye Lin blocked Shen Qingxue in a corridor and pinned her against the wall, making her believe he wanted her body.
  • Ye Lin extracted a drop of Shen Qingxue's essence blood and told her he was borrowing it.
  • Ye Lin disappeared, and Shen Qingxue cursed him for humiliating her just to take her blood.

Ch. 2553Shen Qingxue's Indignation

After obtaining Shen Qingxue’s vital blood, Ye Lin left the city with Eastern Deity and Dark Night to attend the opening of the Ten Thousand Beast Garden. They reached the gathering site, where Eastern Deity recognized a dangerous competitor, leaving the group facing an uncertain contest.

  • Shen Qingxue angrily vowed revenge, while Eastern Deity and Dark Night withdrew after confirming Ye Lin had not forced himself on her.
  • Ye Lin obtained Shen Qingxue’s vital blood and left the place, then agreed to go with Eastern Deity and Dark Night to the Ten Thousand Beast Garden.
  • Eastern Deity explained that they aimed to reach the top ten and earn the qualification to enter the Sky Realm.
  • The three arrived at a flatland crowded with prodigies, and Eastern Deity reacted warily to a short, ugly man in a green cloak.
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