Recaps

Jian Unrivaled revealed that Divine Mountain had been a sheath for his enormous divine sword, which he had finally drawn. Cultivators recalled his defeat in the Thousand Cities Alliance and his retreat to Dragonhead City, while powerful figures in distant lands sensed the sword’s Sword Intent and set out to investigate.

• A barefoot young man in monk’s robes sensed the demonic qi and stepped forward, dispelling it with golden light.
• A woman fishing in a small boat sensed the powerful Sword Intent, calmed the raging sea, and vanished to investigate.
• Jian Unrivaled stood above Dragonhead City with a million-zhang sword as Divine Mountain disappeared, revealing it had served as the sword’s sheath.
• Cultivators recognized Jian Unrivaled’s drawn sword as the weapon he had nurtured for more than ten thousand years.
• A cultivator recounted how Jian Unrivaled had once defeated more than ten thousand prodigies, been beaten by a pair of iron fists in the Thousand Cities Alliance, and withdrawn to Dragonhead City.

Jian Unrivaled revealed that he was the white-robed swordsman of legend and challenged Ye Lin to draw his sword. Ye Lin took up the damaged Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, and Jian Unrivaled unleashed his full Sword Intent as the onlookers watched in fear.

• Everyone realized that Jian Unrivaled was the white-robed swordsman who had emerged with the divine sword.
• Jian Unrivaled summoned the Sun Moon Sacred Sword and invited Ye Lin to draw his weapon.
• Ye Lin revealed the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, and Jian Unrivaled noticed that it was badly damaged.
• The sword’s aged voice urged Ye Lin to wield it, and Ye Lin accepted Jian Unrivaled’s challenge.
• Jian Unrivaled merged his Sword Intent with his sword and reached his peak state, leaving the onlookers terrified.

Ye Lin and Jian Unrivaled fought an escalating duel, each relying on his Invincible Heart and powerful sword techniques. Ye Lin summoned heavenly lightning with the Nine Heavens Mystic Thunder Sword Art, and the chapter ended as the lightning gathered on the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, causing it pain.

• The spectators doubted Ye Lin could withstand Jian Unrivaled's overwhelming power, while Poison Venerable watched anxiously from an inn.
• Ye Lin resolved that he could not lose to Jian Unrivaled if he hoped to challenge the greater prodigies beyond the Northern Continent.
• Ye Lin and Jian Unrivaled exchanged over a thousand blows as their Long Swords collided.
• Jian Unrivaled unleashed Heaven and Earth Sword Intent, pressing down on Ye Lin with the momentum of the world.
• Ye Lin cast the Nine Heavens Mystic Thunder Sword Art, darkening the sky and drawing ten thousand bolts of lightning onto the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.

Ye Lin and Jian Unrivaled unleashed devastating sword techniques against each other above Dragonhead City, leaving everyone below terrified. As their powers collided and darkness swallowed the sky, the outcome of their battle remained uncertain.

• Ye Lin restored the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and struck with a thunderous slash that sent Sword Qi across the sky.
• The people in Dragonhead City, including a peak True Immortal cultivator, cowered beneath the battle while Jian Unrivaled's junior sister prayed for his victory.
• Jian Unrivaled, battered but brimming with Sword Intent, announced A Single Sword Chills Nineteen Provinces and swung his Long Sword at Blood Baleful.
• Ye Lin answered with nine sword techniques, summoning countless Sword Dao phenomena that gathered into a sword capable of cleaving all things.
• The two swords collided, darkening the sky and terrifying everyone below, while Poison Venerable laughed at his own claim to be a prodigy.

After his hard-fought battle with Jian Unrivaled, Ye Lin left him alive and reflected on the Dao Body’s power and the stronger opponents ahead. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said the Hundred Cities Alliance’s fortune would pass to Ye Lin and pointed him toward the Thousand Cities Alliance.

• Ye Lin and Jian Unrivaled ended their battle in the clouds, exchanged brief words, and departed.
• Jian Unrivaled spat up blood and wondered whether even his full strength had been insufficient to defeat Ye Lin.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar asked why Ye Lin had spared Jian Unrivaled, and Ye Lin explained that killing him would bring trouble and that he had powerful ties.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said the Hundred Cities Alliance’s fortune would be grafted onto Ye Lin and named the Thousand Cities Alliance as his next target.
• Ye Lin realized his Dao Body could transform away powers that restrained it, then reached Dragonhead City and considered the formidable opponents still ahead.

After his battle with Jian Unrivaled, Ye Lin returned to Dragonhead City and discussed the Path of Invincibility with Poison Venerable. Poison Venerable offered to help Ye Lin despite the deadly risks, and Ye Lin warned him that failure would leave them both without a way to survive.

• Ye Lin entered Dragonhead City as the prodigies watched him with respect after witnessing his battle with Jian Unrivaled.
• Jian Unrivaled admitted defeat and walked into the mountains, while the girl followed and tried to comfort him.
• Ye Lin went to the inn, where Poison Venerable said he still fell far short of Ye Lin.
• Poison Venerable recognized that Ye Lin was walking the Path of Invincibility and said he would lend him a hand.
• Ye Lin warned Poison Venerable that the path was difficult and that failure would leave them both with no way to survive.

After Ye Lin defeated Jian Unrivaled, his victory stirred the Hundred Cities Alliance and brought him a surge of fortune. As powerful forces began seeking him out, Poison Venerable pledged to follow Ye Lin on the Path of Invincibility.

• Poison Venerable accepted the risks of following Ye Lin on the Path of Invincibility, and Ye Lin agreed.
• News of Jian Unrivaled's defeat by Blood Baleful spread, sending prodigies back to their clans and drawing others toward Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin sensed the Hundred Cities Alliance's fortune gathering around him and noticed his Fortune had risen to 5,000.
• Chen Feng, Void, and Chen Yang arrived and requested an audience with Ye Lin, intending to back him with their forces.

Ye Lin considered how an invincible one’s rise would threaten the Star River Cosmos’s established factions, then began gathering smaller factions to support his Path of Invincibility. The Forbidden Sect offered its full backing and presented him with a gift from its Sect Master.

• Ye Lin recognized that the small factions arriving early could pledge allegiance before he rose to prominence.
• Ye Lin invited the visitors inside, intending to expand the Hundred Cities Alliance and Thousand Cities Alliance as he advanced toward the central region.
• Three young men entered and greeted Ye Lin as Fellow Daoist Blood Baleful, with Poison Venerable present.
• A representative of the Forbidden Sect pledged the sect’s strength to help Ye Lin secure a place in the great age and opened a wooden box containing a gift from its Sect Master.

Chen Feng and Chen Yang presented Ye Lin with powerful treasures and pledged their factions' support after his victory over Jian Unrivaled. The Forbidden Sect and Boundless Sacred Land had committed their resources to him as he prepared for what came next.

• Chen Feng showed Ye Lin an immortal-tier top-grade Seven-Pattern Spirit-Breaking Pill and said the Forbidden Sect's people and resources would be at his disposal.
• Chen Feng gave Ye Lin the pill and said he would remain by his side.
• Chen Yang offered Ye Lin an immortal-tier high-grade Heart-Protecting Mirror that could block one fatal strike below the Taiyi Profound Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin accepted the mirror and thanked Chen Yang, recognizing that the factions were seriously backing him.

After defeating Jian Unrivaled, Ye Lin prepared to leave the Hundred Cities Alliance for the Thousand Cities Alliance. Chen Yang, Chen Feng, and Void warned him that the Eight Suns and their powerful backing forces controlled the Thousand Cities Alliance, leaving him to face far greater opposition.

• Void admitted that Mount Chang had prepared no gift, but pledged that its people would follow Ye Lin’s commands.
• Chen Yang asked whether Ye Lin would head to the Thousand Cities Alliance, and Ye Lin confirmed it was his next destination.
• Chen Feng offered to go ahead with the others and clear obstacles for Ye Lin.
• Void explained that the Thousand Cities Alliance was ruled by eight powerful prodigies, the Eight Suns, and that Invincible Iron Fist had once shattered Jian Unrivaled’s Dao heart.
• Void warned that the Eight Suns and their forces might unite against Ye Lin, since the Central Domain had few rules to restrain them.

Ye Lin learned that the Divine Mountain’s Grand Elder had already gone to Sacred King City, and Void and two other cultivators left to prepare the way for him. Poison Venerable reported that ancient races and forbidden lands were emerging across the Starry Sky, while the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin to grow stronger before facing those dangers; Ye Lin and Poison Venerable agreed to head to the Thousand Cities Alliance in one month.

• Void told Ye Lin that the Divine Mountain’s Great Elder had led disciples to Sacred King City, and Void and two other cultivators departed to clear obstacles for him.
• Poison Venerable reported that hidden prodigies, ancient forbidden lands, the Forbidden Ancient Clan, and the Undying Undead Race had emerged across the Starry Sky.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin that entering ancient forbidden lands before reaching the Taiyi Mystic Immortal realm would mean certain death.
• Ye Lin agreed with Poison Venerable to head to the Thousand Cities Alliance after one month.

Ye Lin tried to refine the Sacred God Holy Blood in his dantian, but it resisted and drained all the immortal power in his body before beginning to consume his life essence. He challenged it with his remaining spirit stones and Million-Year Spirit Milk, only to find that it absorbed the incoming immortal qi first.

• Ye Lin examined the Sacred God Holy Blood and tried unsuccessfully to refine it with his immortal power.
• Ye Lin used the Phoenix Desire Heaven Technique to suppress the sacred blood, but it absorbed his immortal power and drained his reserves dry.
• The sacred blood began drawing on Ye Lin’s life essence, and he decided to test how much it could consume.
• Ye Lin took out Million-Year Spirit Milk and his last ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, but the sacred blood absorbed the incoming immortal qi before he could convert it.

Ye Lin’s sacred blood absorbed his remaining Immortal Qi, merged into his dantian, and triggered a transformation that left him unconscious. While he was out, his dantian became a vast Star River Cosmos and his aura grew immensely powerful.

• Ye Lin discovered that the sacred blood had consumed all ten thousand mid-grade immortal stones and had grown more powerful.
• The sacred blood suddenly moved toward Ye Lin’s dantian, absorbed his remaining Immortal Qi, and merged into it.
• Ye Lin’s dantian began transforming, and unbearable pain made him collapse unconscious.
• Ye Lin’s dantian shattered into Void, then became a Starry Sky that expanded into a Star River Cosmos as his aura grew stronger.

After being unconscious for over a month, Ye Lin woke to find that the Sacred Blood had transformed his dantian into a still Star River Cosmos and greatly strengthened him. He left the inn’s secret chamber, having realized that the agreed one-month period had passed.

• Ye Lin woke after a month unconscious and found that his dantian had become a starry sky.
• Ye Lin discovered that his immortal power was inexhaustible, naturally golden, and far stronger than before.
• Ye Lin concluded that the Sacred Blood had nearly doubled his combat strength and decided not to investigate the changes further.
• Ye Lin realized that more than a month had passed and left the secret chamber.

Ye Lin left seclusion and set out with Poison Venerable for the Thousand Cities Alliance. In Sacred King City, mysterious powerful young cultivators had seized territory from factions outside Eight Yang’s influence, and Ye Lin’s expected arrival drew attention.

• Ye Lin met Poison Venerable after leaving seclusion, and Poison Venerable sensed how much stronger he had become.
• Ye Lin and Poison Venerable set out for the Thousand Cities Alliance.
• Talented young cultivators gathered in Sacred King City, expecting the mysterious prodigy who had defeated Jian Unrivaled to arrive.
• A month earlier, powerful newcomers had entered Sacred King City and begun suppressing and absorbing the smaller factions.
• The newcomers inflicted heavy losses on factions outside Eight Yang’s sphere, while older powerhouses were barred from interfering.

Sacred King City descended into widespread fighting as factions sent True Immortal prodigies to reclaim territory after learning Jian Unrivaled had been defeated. Ye Lin and Poison Venerable continued their leisurely journey toward the city, unaware of the upheaval, as a group of cultivators rushed past them in alarm.

• The Thousand Cities Alliance factions sent prodigies to Sacred King City after connecting its turmoil to Jian Unrivaled's defeat.
• Countless True Immortal cultivators fought over territory, while Eight Suns remained untouched and made no response.
• Chen Feng, Chen Yang, Void, and Xia Yu built fearsome reputations by killing their way through the city's conflicts.
• Ye Lin and Poison Venerable traveled leisurely toward Sacred King City without knowing what was happening there.
• A dozen True Immortal cultivators raced past them, and Poison Venerable wondered what had happened in Sacred King City.

Ye Lin and Poison Venerable hurried toward Sacred King City, where Ye Lin planned to test his strength against the Eight Suns. They reached the immense city gates, and Ye Lin stood before the city’s overwhelming scale and defenses.

• Poison Venerable sensed an absolute suppressive force from Ye Lin’s golden immortal power and wondered how it had changed so much in a month.
• Ye Lin hurried toward Sacred King City, intending to test himself against the Eight Suns despite their late-stage True Immortal cultivation.
• After traveling for a day, Ye Lin and Poison Venerable arrived at Sacred King City.
• Ye Lin gaped at the towering gates and vast walls, while a metal Flood Dragon coiled above the entrance.

Ye Lin arrived at Sacred King City and learned that four major sects had joined forces to seize much of the city and welcome him as the First Sequence. As he entered the city with Poison Venerable, Xia Yu fought five women who challenged the Divine Mountain.

• Sacred King City's gates opened, and its inhabitants knelt as Chen Feng, Chen Yang, Void, and Xia Yu greeted Ye Lin as the First Sequence.
• Chen Yang explained that the four sects had taken control of nearly all the city's territory outside Eight Yang's domain to support Ye Lin.
• Five women confronted Xia Yu over the deaths of three True Immortal prodigies from their sect, and Xia Yu led Divine Mountain disciples into battle against them.
• Ye Lin judged that Xia Yu had the advantage, then followed Chen Yang and the others into Sacred King City with Poison Venerable.

Ye Lin and his allies entered Sacred King City, hoping his challenge to one of the Eight Suns would secure their faction’s future. Ghost Shaman Venerable confronted Ye Lin over the losses caused by his recent slaughter, leaving Ye Lin to answer for the damage.

• Ye Lin’s allies reflected that their fortunes depended on whether he could defeat one of the Eight Suns and establish himself in Sacred King City.
• Ye Lin led his group along the white-jade road through Sacred King City.
• Ye Lin sensed a presence ahead and saw a black pillar of light appear in the road.
• Chen Yang identified the figure as Ghost Shaman Venerable, one of the Eight Suns.
• Ghost Shaman Venerable blamed Ye Lin for the losses the shops had suffered during his month of slaughter and demanded an accounting.

Ye Lin confronted Ghost Shaman Venerable in Sacred King City and passed his test, earning the right to stay temporarily. He then arrived at the tavern Chen Yang had secured as their base.

• Ye Lin told Ghost Shaman Venerable to come take his reason himself and continued forward.
• Ghost Shaman Venerable filled the street with darkness and evil ghosts, but Ye Lin drove them away with light from his palm.
• Ghost Shaman Venerable left after testing Ye Lin and judged him qualified to remain in Sacred King City temporarily.
• Chen Yang showed Ye Lin the enormous tavern they had seized as their base.

Ye Lin entered Sacred King City, where his followers had arranged an inn and gathered information for him. After his men chased away members of Heaven Mountain, Chen Feng began explaining the city’s major forces.

• Ye Lin told his followers to call him Young Master and asked what they had learned.
• Ye Lin noticed four hostile men watching him, and Void sent disciples to deal with them.
• Ye Lin watched the men flee as more than a dozen True Immortal disciples pursued them.
• Void explained that the inn had been taken from Heaven Mountain, a local force whose members hid in the shadows.
• Chen Feng said Sacred King City had nine major forces, including the Eight Suns and the mysterious Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

Chen Feng explained how challengers had to defeat one of Eight Suns’ True Immortal puppets before they could challenge them, and Ye Lin decided to try. Their plans were interrupted when a disciple reported that a woman outside wished to see Young Master.

• Chen Feng told Ye Lin that challengers had to defeat a puppet at the Heaven-Facing Road within the time it took an incense stick to burn before challenging Eight Suns.
• Ye Lin asked Poison Venerable to join him in testing a puppet, and Poison Venerable agreed.
• A disciple entered and told Void that a woman outside wished to see Young Master.

Shui Linglong visited Ye Lin and asked him to act three days later, but he demanded to know her true purpose. She revealed that the Thousand Cities Alliance and its five Hundred Cities Alliances united countless True Immortal factions across the Star Rivers.

• A young man asked Ye Lin whether Shui Linglong could enter, and Ye Lin allowed her in.
• Shui Linglong approached Ye Lin, praised his defeat of Jian Unrivaled, and sat down before him.
• Shui Linglong said she had come to discuss the Eight Suns and asked Ye Lin to take action three days later.
• Ye Lin refused to accept her request without an explanation and warned her with a dangerous aura.
• Shui Linglong said the Thousand Cities Alliance controlled five Hundred Cities Alliances representing countless True Immortal factions across the Star Rivers.

Shui Linglong proposed that Ye Lin help her group kill one of the Eight Suns and seize the fortune of the Thousand Cities Alliance by taking over the factions behind him. Ye Lin agreed with her reasoning, but the plan still depended on whether they could defeat an Eight Sun.

• Shui Linglong explained that Eight Suns had stayed away from the Ten Thousand Cities Alliance to gather its fortune as the great era approached.
• Shui Linglong said her group had spent ten thousand years preparing to kill an Eight Sun and had originally planned to work with Jian Unrivaled before he lost to Ye Lin.
• The people around Ye Lin were stunned by Shui Linglong's proposal, while she argued that the factions behind an Eight Sun might accept a stronger leader rather than risk everything to avenge him.
• Ye Lin approved of Shui Linglong's reasoning but questioned whether they could actually kill one of the Eight Suns.

Ye Lin agreed to delay his actions for three days in exchange for one hundred thousand mid-grade immortal stones from Shui Linglong. He stayed in the inn’s secret chamber while Sacred King City remained outwardly calm and tensions simmered beneath the surface.

• Shui Linglong told Ye Lin that a prepared location would prevent their targets from escaping, but warned that he needed strength comparable to Eight Suns to kill them.
• Ye Lin demanded a benefit for waiting three days, and Shui Linglong left him one hundred thousand mid-grade immortal stones before setting fireworks as the signal.
• Ye Lin gave Poison Venerable half the immortal stones and refused Void’s offer to have Mount Chang send him more.
• Ye Lin stayed in the inn’s secret chamber for three days while Sacred King City appeared calm on the surface.