Recaps

Ye Lin joined a meeting where Bai Mei revealed the Demon Race’s overwhelming numbers and their own lack of reinforcements. The group faced the coming battle at the third line of defense with a vast force disparity, while Jian Wushuang urged them not to lose hope.

• Ye Lin met Bai Mei and learned from her panel that she would find a rare healing herb in a cave he had recently searched.
• Jian Wushuang told the group that the Demon Race would reach the third line of defense in three days.
• Bai Mei reported that the Demon Race had 830,000 Nascent Soul Demon Beasts among its forces, many gathered to avenge three Golden Core Demon Beasts Ye Lin had killed.
• Bai Mei revealed that the Human Race had far fewer fighters and would receive no aid from other prefectures, Nameless Mountain, or the people above.
• Wuxin despaired at the disparity, but Jian Wushuang pointed to their formations, Energy Gathering Cannons, and other defenses as ways they could still fight.

Ye Lin organized the Loose Cultivator Faction’s defenses after realizing the higher-ups expected the Demon Beasts to serve as cannon fodder, then prepared for the final assault. When the horde arrived, the Human Race’s fortifications inflicted heavy losses, but the formation giant fell and a charge of powerful rhinoceros-like Demon Beasts threatened the defenders.

• Jian Wushuang ordered Ye Lin and Wuxin to command their own forces and devise tactics against the approaching Demon Beasts.
• Ye Lin realized the higher-ups expected the final wave to be cannon fodder from the Myriad Demon Palace, then organized killing formations, an assassination squad, and rotating fighter teams.
• Ye Lin rejected Bai Mei’s invitation and waited three days for the Demon Beast horde to arrive.
• The Human Race assembled its cultivators and unleashed formation attacks and energy cannons, killing over a hundred thousand Demon Beasts before any human cultivator fell.
• Xu Qing told Ye Lin that their smaller formations were ready as the giant formation construct began to crack under the Demon Race’s attacks.
• The formation masters abandoned the collapsing giant, and several hundred rhinoceros-like Nascent Soul Realm Demon Beasts charged toward the fortifications.

Ye Lin and the Loose Cultivator Faction used a deadly pit trap to destroy hundreds of thousands of demon beasts before the defenders charged into battle. As Ye Lin fought the horde, five Nascent Soul Late Stage Venerables targeted him.

• Xu Qing activated the Loose Cultivator Faction’s prepared formations, causing the advancing demon beasts to collapse into a vast pit filled with spears, poisoned arrows, and lethal smoke and light.
• The trap killed hundreds of thousands of demon beasts, impressing the watching cultivators, but the defenders ran out of resources for their formations and Energy Gathering Cannons.
• Jian Wushuang ordered the cultivators to charge, and the Nascent Soul vanguard met the demon beasts while his sword cultivators attacked the creatures filling the sky.
• The Three Great Legions and Ye Lin’s Rogue Cultivators joined the battle, and Ye Lin killed several hundred Golden Core demon beasts with one sword strike.
• Five Nascent Soul Late Stage Venerables confronted Ye Lin and called on their followers to kill him, and Ye Lin prepared to face them.

Ye Lin lured Kuang Feng and four other powerful Demon Beasts away from the battlefield and defeated them with his clone and sword techniques. He returned to find the Human Race losing ground and the exhausted alchemists collapsing under relentless pill production.

• Ye Lin led Kuang Feng and the other four Demon Beasts to a canyon, where he summoned Number Two to fight alongside him.
• Ye Lin killed Ao Tian after shattering the phantom behind him, while Number Two crushed one Demon Beast and fought another.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword Two, killed Kuang Feng and Lie Yan, and recalled Number Two to recover in his dantian.
• Ye Lin returned to the battlefield and saw the Human Race steadily losing ground to the Demon Beast horde.
• A cultivator demanded that the alchemists finish refining thirty thousand Spirit Gathering Pills and thirty thousand Blood Recovery Pills, and they collapsed from exhaustion.

Ye Lin witnessed the Human Race retreat after suffering heavy losses in a battle against the Demon Beasts, while Jian Wushuang explained that the conflict had exposed the race’s weakness. As the beasts closed in, a Spirit Transformation cultivator destroyed them all, leaving Ye Lin awed by the cultivator’s power.

• Jian Wushuang ordered the Human Race to abandon the third defensive line and led the survivors to a nearby mountain.
• Jian Wushuang told Ye Lin that the battle had killed eighty thousand Nascent Soul cultivators and five hundred and sixty thousand Golden Core cultivators, and that the Human Race faced a future war against the Demon Race.
• Jian Wushuang explained that the Central Continent had been out of contact for millions of years and that the other continents could not easily send aid across the Boundless Sea.
• As the Demon Beasts approached the mountain, an unseen Spirit Transformation cultivator struck them with a giant palm, killing millions and leaving their Demon Cores behind.
• Jian Wushuang told the survivors to collect the Demon Cores, while Ye Lin declined because absorbing them could damage his foundations.

After the battle, Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain to claim his promotion and rewards. Qi Mengmeng confirmed he was now an Inner Sect disciple and explained the points assessment he would face.

• Jian Wushuang dismissed the Rogue Cultivators after they collected the Demon Cores, while Ye Lin, Jian Wushuang, and Wuxin prepared to depart.
• Bai Mei implied she and Ye Lin were involved, and Jian Wushuang promised to scold Ye Lin for leaving her behind.
• Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain and found Qi Mengmeng teasing him in the Mission Pavilion.
• Qi Mengmeng confirmed Ye Lin's promotion to Inner Sect disciple and listed his battle rewards: points, Spirit Stones, metal, and Nascent Soul Pills.
• Qi Mengmeng told Ye Lin to upgrade his Identity Token and warned that Inner Sect disciples had to earn more than a hundred thousand points every five years.

Ye Lin received his rewards and went to upgrade his Identity Token so he could enter the Inner Sect. Li Yun introduced him to the Inner Sect’s factional rivalry and tried to recruit him for the Third Sequence, Xiao Feng, before explaining the Ten Sequences’ privileges.

• Qi Mengmeng gave Ye Lin his rewards, and he returned the special Storage Bag for keeping Demon Beasts.
• Ye Lin went to the hall to upgrade his Identity Token and encountered Li Yun, an Inner Sect disciple who had been waiting for him.
• Li Yun warned Ye Lin that Inner Sect disciples faced fierce competition and pressure to join one of the Ten Sequences.
• Li Yun said he followed the Third Sequence, Xiao Feng, and invited Ye Lin to join their faction.
• Li Yun explained that a disciple could challenge a Sequence for their position and that the Ten Sequences received extra resources, mission priority, and an annual chance to bathe in the Heavenly Pool.

Ye Lin rejected Li Yun’s offer to join a group, chose to pursue the Ten Sequences on his own, and prepared to enter the Inner Sect. He reunited with Xuan Hu and went with him to the Mission Hall, where they found Sha Wudao begging Meng Yiran for Wutong Brew.

• Li Yun explained the Heavenly Pool’s benefits and urged Ye Lin to join a group, but Ye Lin decided to go alone.
• Ye Lin received a golden Nameless Mountain Identity Token and said he would enter the Inner Sect after gathering everything he needed.
• Ye Lin found five Blood Soul Fruits on the Blood Soul Tree, plucked two, and placed them beside Emerald Bamboo.
• Xuan Hu reunited with Ye Lin and invited him to the Mission Hall for Wutong Brew, and Ye Lin agreed to go with him.
• At the White Jade Platform, Ye Lin and Xuan Hu found Sha Wudao clinging to Meng Yiran’s leg and begging her for a jar of Wutong Brew.

Ye Lin reunited with Meng Yiran, Sha Wudao, and Xuan Hu in the Outer Sect before choosing to enter the Inner Sect. After arriving, he met a young man who offered to show him to his residence and explain the basics.

• Meng Yiran gave Ye Lin a jar of Wutong Brew, and the four of them sat together and talked.
• Ye Lin explained the Inner Sect’s dangers and said he would pursue his own path and aim to become one of the Ten Sequences.
• After drinking together, Ye Lin slept for three days, then used his Identity Token to enter the Inner Sect.
• Ye Lin arrived in the Inner Sect and was greeted by a young man who said he would take him to his residence and explain the basics.

Ye Lin settled into his Inner Sect residence and brought Evil Slayer to the Artifact Refining Pavilion to be upgraded into an Earth Grade Spirit Artifact. He chose to have the sword reforged from scratch, and the Spirit Transformation True Person began the lengthy refining process.

• A young man showed Ye Lin his Inner Sect residence and explained the five-year requirement to accumulate one hundred thousand points.
• Ye Lin inspected his residence, found the Artifact Refining Pavilion through his Identity Token, and headed there with Evil Slayer and his materials.
• An old man at the pavilion assessed Evil Slayer and offered to upgrade it directly for ten thousand points or melt it down and reforge it for twenty thousand.
• Ye Lin chose to reforge Evil Slayer, and the old man confirmed that Ye Lin had enough points and transferred twenty thousand to himself.
• The old man shattered Evil Slayer, melted it with Ye Lin's materials, and began combining the metals in the furnace.

The old man forged Evil Slayer into an Earth Grade Spirit Artifact, and Ye Lin bonded with it using his blood. On his way back, Ye Lin was confronted by Zhou Qingyun, who tried to recruit him into the Ninth Sequence, and Ye Lin proposed a bet.

• The old man forged Evil Slayer by forming its Sword Embryo, infusing it with Soul Power, and inscribing Array Formulas.
• The old man gave Evil Slayer to Ye Lin, who bonded with the sword using a drop of his vital blood.
• Evil Slayer responded to Ye Lin's thoughts and transformed into six Sword Pellets that coiled around his wrist.
• Zhou Qingyun and two companions stopped Ye Lin and demanded that he join the Ninth Sequence.
• Ye Lin examined Zhou Qingyun's panel and offered to make a bet.

Ye Lin challenged Zhou Qingyun to a duel for his jade pendant and cultivated until he reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. At the combat arena, their fight began as onlookers debated Ye Lin’s reputation.

• Ye Lin bet that Zhou Qingyun would give him his jade pendant if Ye Lin won their fight, while Zhou Qingyun agreed to make Ye Lin obey him if he won.
• Ye Lin cultivated for three days and broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Ye Lin arrived at the combat arena, where Zhou Qingyun and a crowd of Inner Sect disciples were waiting.
• After the barrier sealed the arena, Zhou Qingyun told Ye Lin to draw his sword, but Ye Lin said Zhou Qingyun was not worthy.
• Zhou Qingyun charged with his spear, and Ye Lin retreated and struck back with three streams of Sword Qi, which Zhou Qingyun blocked.
• Watching disciples argued over whether Ye Lin’s battlefield feats were exaggerated.

Ye Lin defeated Zhou Qingyun in the Duel Arena and learned that Ren Feiyang, Wang Teng’s strategist under the Ninth Sequence, had manipulated him. Ye Lin’s victory drew the attention of the Ten Sequences as the contest for Nameless Mountain’s next Sect Master approached.

• Demon Concubine taunted a burly man, who left after she mocked his losses and reliance on his brother.
• Ye Lin overwhelmed Zhou Qingyun with his sword intent and knocked him down when he refused to admit defeat.
• Ye Lin took Zhou Qingyun’s jade pendant and learned that Ren Feiyang had sent him to attack Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin released Zhou Qingyun and warned him not to confront Ren Feiyang, then left the arena.
• Ye Lin’s victory spread through the Inner Sect and attracted the Ten Sequences’ attention as they prepared to contend for the Sect Master’s seat.

Ren Feiyang realized Ye Lin might have uncovered his plot and ordered a disciple to watch him, while Ye Lin worried about protecting Little Red during his imminent Spirit Transformation breakthrough. After half a month of cultivation, Ye Lin went to the Lecture Platform for the monthly lecture, where the disciples were already gathered and the powerful expert had yet to appear.

• Ren Feiyang learned that Ye Lin and Zhou Qingyun had spoken and suspected his scheme had been exposed, so he ordered a disciple to keep watch on Ye Lin without being discovered.
• Little Red told Ye Lin that he would need to break through to Spirit Transformation within five months, and that the heavenly tribulation could expose his divine beast bloodline.
• Ye Lin considered asking Nameless Mountain to protect Little Red and keeping Jian Wushuang, Wuxin, and his Spirit Transformation experts as a last resort, but settled on preparing as events unfolded.
• Ye Lin cultivated for half a month, then went to the Lecture Platform for the monthly lecture and found Inner Sect disciples gathered before the powerful expert arrived.

Ye Lin attended True Person Jian Xu’s three-day Sword Dao lecture and entered a prolonged state of sudden enlightenment. He left with his Sword Intent close to great mastery, while Demon Concubine wondered whether he could measure up to the Ten Sequences.

• Demon Concubine explained that the Ten Sequences had cultivated so deeply that ordinary True Person lectures were useless to them, and Ye Lin dismissed the idea that they could never be surpassed.
• True Person Jian Xu began his Sword Dao lecture, and Ye Lin’s Jade Talisman glimmered as he entered sudden enlightenment.
• Ye Lin’s Sword Intent grew so powerful that the nearby disciples moved away, while Jian Xu advanced his lecture to the Sword Dao Rule.
• On the third day, a black greatsword formed behind Ye Lin as his Sword Intent evolved, and Jian Xu ended the lecture when Ye Lin opened his eyes.
• Ye Lin regretted that his enlightenment had been cut short, noticed his Jade Talisman had broken, and returned to his lodgings to consolidate his gains.
• Demon Concubine watched Ye Lin leave and considered whether he might be able to match the Ten Sequences.

Ye Lin received Chu Xue’s plea for help and raced toward Cloud Peak Mountain, where she was defending Xiao Li, a little girl with a feared Demon Body, from Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. As one cultivator raised a palm to strike Chu Xue, an unseen arrival threatened to destroy him and his lineage.

• Ye Lin failed to break through to the Sword Dao Rule, then sensed Chu Xue’s Life-Bound True Feather activate and heard her call for help.
• Little Red located Chu Xue at Cloud Peak Mountain in Tianhe Prefecture, and Ye Lin rushed there on her back while Wuxin followed their trail.
• At Cloud Peak Mountain, Chu Xue and Xiao Li faced Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who intended to kill the girl because she had a Demon Body and destroy the Tianyan Sect.
• Chu Xue urged Xiao Li to flee and stood in the cultivators’ way, despite being gravely wounded and outmatched.
• As a cultivator struck at Chu Xue, a voice threatened to wipe out him and his lineage if he brought his palm down.

Ye Lin arrived to save Chu Xue, and Little Red destroyed the thirty-four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators attacking her. Xiao Yin recognized Little Red as the lost young lord of the Snow Wolf Clan and began recounting the Divine Beasts’ ancient war against the Immortal World.

• Ye Lin reached Chu Xue on Little Red’s back and caught her as she warned him that thirty-four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were too strong to face.
• Ye Lin ordered Little Red to attack, and Little Red wiped out all thirty-four cultivators with a single Phoenix Fire strike.
• Xiao Li arrived with the silver giant wolf, Xiao Yin, and introduced it to Ye Lin and Chu Xue.
• Xiao Yin recognized Little Red, knelt before it, and identified himself as Yinchuan, young clan leader of the Mobei Snow Wolf Clan.
• Yinchuan explained that Little Red was the lost young lord, the son of the Phoenix Clan’s lord who had led the Divine Beasts in a war against the Immortal World.
• Yinchuan said the Heavenly Gate was ultimately shattered and many Divine Beast clans crossed into the Immortal World.

Yinchuan explained that Little Red was the Phoenix Clan leader’s premature son, whom the Snow Wolf Clan had searched for over countless millions of years. Little Red agreed to go with Yinchuan to the Snow Wolf Clan and planned to leave after reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm, while Ye Lin suspected the clan had ulterior motives and hoped to benefit from its resources.

• Yinchuan told Little Red about his Phoenix Clan origins and invited him to return to the Snow Wolf Clan, which held half the sway in the Myriad Demon Palace.
• Little Red initially refused, but Ye Lin suggested he go to the clan to cultivate while making clear the choice was his.
• Ye Lin inspected Yinchuan’s panel and learned Yinchuan was fated to die after being besieged in the Central Continent.
• Little Red privately agreed with Ye Lin to go, break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and bring back half the Snow Wolf Clan’s resources.
• Little Red told Yinchuan he would go with him but leave once he reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, and Yinchuan happily accepted.

Yinchuan took Little Red back toward the Snow Wolf Clan, while Xiao Li chose to stay with Chu Xue and received a Jade Talisman. Ye Lin discovered Xiao Li’s extraordinary potential, and he and Chu Xue set out for the Tianyan Sect as Wuxin summoned reinforcements.

• Yinchuan departed with Little Red after giving Xiao Li a Jade Talisman and promising to return for her.
• Chu Xue continued healing and struggled to process what she had learned about Ye Lin and the world’s powerful beings.
• Wuxin appeared before Ye Lin, and Ye Lin examined Xiao Li’s panel, discovering her red Fate Rank, Forbidden Demon Body, and reincarnated Empress status.
• Chu Xue decided to return to the Tianyan Sect, fearing it had been attacked while its people defended her.
• Ye Lin promised to destroy those who hunted Chu Xue and threatened the Tianyan Sect, while Wuxin summoned reinforcements.

Ye Lin, Chu Xue, Yuan Li, and Wuxin arrived at Tianyan Sect and found its mountain gate in ruins. Inside, White Eyebrow and the surviving disciples faced five Nascent Soul Peak cultivators and a coalition bent on destroying the sect; as the attackers’ forces closed in, Tianyan Sect’s defenders were left gravely wounded and unable to fight back.

• Ye Lin and Wuxin followed Chu Xue and Yuan Li into Tianyan Sect, where they found the gate in ruins.
• White Eyebrow confronted five Nascent Soul Peak cultivators, who accused Tianyan Sect of sheltering a Demon Body and offered to spare three disciples.
• White Eyebrow’s disciples refused to flee, though he allowed three who pleaded to leave the sect.
• White Eyebrow attacked the five cultivators while his disciples trapped one of them in an array, but he was knocked down and the array was shattered.
• A Nascent Soul cultivator ordered the coalition’s hidden forces to kill the remaining Tianyan Sect disciples, who were too injured to resist.

Wuxin arrived at the Tianyan Sect and confronted the fifteen Nascent Soul Peak cultivators who had come to kill Chu Xue. Ye Lin effortlessly destroyed them all, leaving the sect safe for the moment.

• Wuxin appeared at the Tianyan Sect, and his Buddhist light killed countless disciples from the other sects.
• Chu Xue reunited with White Eyebrow and introduced Wuxin as Buddha Mountain's Buddha Son and Ye Lin as her disciple's disciple from Nameless Mountain.
• Wuxin told the five Nascent Soul Peak cultivators that he had come to bury them, and they summoned ten more cultivators.
• Wuxin admitted he could not handle all fifteen cultivators and asked Ye Lin to act.
• Ye Lin formed a Long Sword from six Sword Pellets and killed all fifteen Nascent Soul Peak cultivators with Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament.

Ye Lin rescued Chu Xue and Xiao Li, then used Wuxin’s authority to retaliate against the sects behind the attack. Chu Xue chose to remain in Tianyan Sect, and Ye Lin prepared to explore its Back Mountain.

• The disciples watched Ye Lin kill fifteen Nascent Soul Peak cultivators, and Wuxin ordered the Eighteen Arhats to destroy the participating sects and leave no survivors.
• Chu Xue chose to stay in Tianyan Sect, and Ye Lin respected her decision while promising to help protect Xiao Li, whose Forbidden Demon Body could attract powerful enemies.
• Ye Lin gave Chu Xue resources to help her reach the Nascent Soul Realm and offered to help White Eyebrow break through from the peak of the Golden Core Realm.
• Ye Lin asked White Eyebrow for permission to visit Tianyan Sect’s Back Mountain, and White Eyebrow agreed.
• The Eighteen Arhats returned and reported to Wuxin that they had killed everyone who knew about the incident.

Ye Lin collected an Earth Grade Enlightenment Tea Tree seed and left Tianyan Sect after warning Chu Xue to protect Xiao Li’s identity. As Ye Lin and Wuxin departed, a massive disturbance revealed the nearby cave abode of an ancient Dao Integration Talisman Lord, and they headed toward it.

• Ye Lin found the Enlightenment Tea Tree seed beneath a spring and learned that it needed Post-Heaven Breath Soil to grow.
• Three disciples who had secretly stayed nearby regretted abandoning Tianyan Sect when they realized it was destined to rise.
• Ye Lin told Chu Xue he had to leave, warned her to keep Xiao Li’s identity secret, and departed with Wuxin.
• Rosy light, purple qi, and Dao hymns appeared in the distance as powerful cultivators rushed toward their source.
• Wuxin recalled rumors of an ancient Dao Integration Talisman Lord’s cave abode and invited Ye Lin to investigate it.

Ye Lin arrived at a Dao Integration True Lord’s cave abode as cultivators gathered to enter its small world. After Spirit Transformation True Person Black Mountain Elder was barred from entering because the realm was unstable, the guardians limited entry to Nascent Soul cultivators and drove away the Rogue Cultivators.

• Ye Lin and his companion reached the cave abode, where the merging small world opened as an enormous light gate.
• A cultivator entered first, and others followed when the gate appeared safe.
• Black Mountain Elder arrived, prompting cultivators to identify him as a notorious but powerful fugitive.
• Three Spirit Transformation True Persons warned Black Mountain Elder that the unstable realm could collapse if someone of his cultivation entered.
• The three men restricted entry to a thousand Nascent Soul cultivators and ordered the Rogue Cultivators to leave, threatening to kill anyone who stayed.

Ye Lin and Wuxin entered the Dao Integration Talisman Lord’s abode and discovered that its miniature world and inhabitants were all created from talismans. They agreed to follow the Talisman Being Su Qi to meet the Great Emperor he served.

• After Black Mountain Elder left, Ye Lin and Wuxin passed through the light gate into the Talisman Lord’s abode.
• Ye Lin realized the seemingly real landscape and its creatures were made from talismans, and demonstrated this by making a yellow cow vanish.
• Su Qi, a golden-armored Talisman Being at the Nascent Soul Peak, confronted Ye Lin and Wuxin and demanded to know their purpose.
• Ye Lin stopped Wuxin from attacking and persuaded him to accompany Su Qi to meet the Great Emperor.
• Su Qi said other cultivators had already been subdued and led the two onward.