Arc 145Seclusion and the Western Search

After leaving the secret realm, Ye Lin and his companions settled into a five-thousand-year seclusion in the Western Demon Domain, while Li Changsheng searched for Ye Lin and sought help from the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan. A thousand years later, Shangguan Wanyu reached Earth Immortal, and Poison Venerable led a force toward the clan to obtain demon crystals.

  • Ye Lin and his companions traded goods for vast stores of Heavenly Crystal Stones and law fragments, while Li Xiaoyao made money selling ferocious beast carcasses.
  • Goshawk, Rising Sun, and other tribal chiefs bought Ye Lin’s wares, including Blood Pills that permanently increased their strength at the cost of their potential, then prepared to fight for dominance.
  • After the secret realm expelled them, Ye Lin and his companions returned to the starry sky and discovered they were in the Western Demon Domain.
  • Ye Lin established a hidden cultivation base and set a five-thousand-year goal, while Shangguan Wanyu abandoned her former cultivation and began anew with the Hundred Charms Heavenly Art.
  • Bao Xiaotou survived a six-nine heavenly tribulation, reached Flawless Taiyi, and returned to seclusion as Ye Lin continued refining law fragments.
  • Li Changsheng searched for Ye Lin, enlisted Qing Feng’s help, and visited Xuan Tian, who recounted Ye Lin’s killing of his brothers and escape from an ambush.
  • Li Changsheng asked Xuan Tian to set aside his feud with Ye Lin for the Demon Domain’s sake, then turned toward the Western Demon Domain to continue the search.
  • After a thousand years, Shangguan Wanyu reached the initial stage of Earth Immortal, while Poison Venerable led thousands of men toward the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan to obtain demon crystals.
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Ch. 3604Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 21

Wang Tian, Ye Lin, and Bao Xiaotou traded pills for Law Fragments from a tribe in the secret realm, earning a huge haul. After a day of selling to successive groups of guests, they counted their gains and looked ahead to more tribes and more Law Fragments.

  • Bao Xiaotou celebrated receiving thirty-four thousand Law Fragments from the first tribe, while Ye Lin secretly stored ninety-three thousand in his Spatial Ring.
  • Ye Lin considered using enough Law Fragments to break through to the late stage of the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm and counterattack the Demon Domain.
  • Wang Tian explained that his inexhaustible supply of low-grade pills let him keep selling at virtually no cost.
  • Ye Lin welcomed several dozen approaching figures as more precious guests, then wondered where the secret realm was located.
  • After a full day of trading, Ye Lin and the others saw off their final guests, and Wang Tian said his junk alone had earned three hundred and forty thousand Law Fragments.

Ch. 3605Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 22

After the group made a fortune selling treasures and formations, Li Xiaoyao grew desperate to earn money too. He left with a Spatial Ring to collect ferocious beast corpses, while Wang Tian wondered where he had gone.

  • Wang Tian admired his earnings and looked forward to entering seclusion, while Ye Lin regretted that he had nearly run out of things to sell.
  • Ye Lin noted that Shangguan Wanyu, Bao Xiaotou, and Wang Tian had earned different amounts, with Bao Xiaotou selling formations carved onto stones.
  • Li Xiaoyao grew anxious as he watched everyone else make money and searched for something of his own to sell.
  • Li Xiaoyao spotted the Heaven-Devouring Python's corpse and decided to collect ferocious beast corpses for sale.
  • Li Xiaoyao asked Ye Lin for a Spatial Ring, received a top-grade immortal-tier one, and headed into the night with his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers.
  • Wang Tian asked where Li Xiaoyao had gone, and Ye Lin explained that he could not stand watching them make money.

Ch. 3606Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 23

Goshawk and Rising Sun prepared their tribes for a night raid to seize the finest Heavenly Crystal Stones and strengthen their people. Rising Sun led his warriors out, with Dongfang nervous about taking part in the slaughter.

  • Goshawk ordered thirty armed warriors to target the finest Heavenly Crystal Stones and recruit people from other tribes, while sparing the old, weak, sick, and disabled.
  • Goshawk's warriors vowed to die for their tribe and followed him out.
  • Rising Sun ordered fifty hunting-team warriors to seize the finest Heavenly Crystal Stones and women, and kill all the men.
  • Rising Sun took up his great hammer and led his warriors out, while Dongfang gripped his Sun-Shooting Bow nervously.
  • Hang Dali reassured Dongfang that their tribe had to strike now or risk being killed by other tribes.

Ch. 3607Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 24

Ye Lin’s allies used the strength and weapons he had provided to raid tribes that had not traded with him, killing their people and taking advantage of the new balance of power. The slaughter continued through the night as Hang Dali, Dongfang, and Goshawk attacked separate targets.

  • Hang Dali told Dongfang that alliances between tribes depended on strength and survival, easing Dongfang’s concerns.
  • Tribes that had traded with Ye Lin avoided fighting one another and instead targeted uninformed tribes with stores of Heavenly Crystal Stones.
  • Hang Dali killed a man who questioned the attack, then moved on to the next household.
  • Dongfang used his Sun-Shooting Bow to kill three men from a tree before changing positions.
  • Goshawk relished the power of his Heaven-Shaking Hammer and ordered his men to kill the old, weak, sick, crippled, and able-bodied men, while sparing the women.

Ch. 3608Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 25

Ye Lin reflected on the overwhelming strength that had let him and thirty tribal warriors destroy three tribes without casualties. At the trading grounds, he sold Goshawk supplies and revealed a Blood Pill, leaving Goshawk eager to obtain its power.

  • Ye Lin noted that his thirty warriors had slaughtered three tribes without losing anyone.
  • Tribal chiefs arrived at the trading grounds with bloodstained bodies and little black boxes.
  • Goshawk gave Ye Lin ten boxes containing five hundred thousand top-grade Heavenly Crystal Stones and asked for a plan.
  • Ye Lin recommended a defensive Formation Disk, Healing Pills, and antidote pills for Goshawk's tribe.
  • Ye Lin showed Goshawk a Blood Pill that could permanently increase his strength tenfold while consuming all his potential.
  • Goshawk stared at the Blood Pill and struggled to contain his desire for it.

Ch. 3609Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Journey 26

Ye Lin sold Blood Pills to Goshawk and the other tribal chieftains, persuading them to spend their tribes’ wealth despite the pills’ permanent side effect. Rising Sun initially refused but bought the last pill after Ye Lin told him the others had purchased theirs.

  • Goshawk hesitated over buying a Blood Pill that would prevent him from ever growing stronger, but took one after Ye Lin said there were ten available.
  • Goshawk paid Ye Lin for the goods and left with his tribe without explaining the transaction to its members.
  • Ye Lin used the same pitch to sell Blood Pills to several other tribal chieftains, selling all ten pills Wang Tianyi had refined.
  • Rising Sun gave Ye Lin a Spatial Ring containing eight hundred thousand top-grade Heavenly Crystal Stones and initially refused a Blood Pill on the grounds that the wealth belonged to his tribe.
  • Ye Lin told Rising Sun that Goshawk and the other eight chieftains had each bought a pill, and Rising Sun took the last one.

Ch. 3610Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 27

Li Xiaoyao sold a mountain of ferocious beast carcasses to the tribal chieftains in exchange for tens of thousands of law fragments. Ye Lin counted the profits and planned to use the fragments to strengthen himself and nurture Li Xiaoyao.

  • Li Xiaoyao offered ferocious beast carcasses to the departing tribal chieftains, and Rising Sun persuaded them to inspect the goods.
  • Li Xiaoyao revealed a mountain of carcasses, prompting the chieftains to buy them and pay with tens of thousands of law fragments.
  • Li Xiaoyao stored the fragments and happily counted them as the chieftains departed on their heavenly horses.
  • Bao Xiaotou resolved to reach Flawless Taiyi before refining the fragments.
  • Ye Lin noted that his Spatial Ring held more than two million law fragments and planned to save the remaining million for Li Xiaoyao.

Ch. 3611Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Journey 28

Goshawk and the other tribal chiefs suffered through the Blood Pill’s painful effects, then discovered that their abilities had increased tenfold. Empowered, Goshawk and Rising Sun prepared to attack the tribes that had traded with them, with Rising Sun aiming to found a nation.

  • Goshawk swallowed Ye Lin’s Blood Pill and endured half a shichen of agony as it transformed his body.
  • The other tribal chiefs who had bought Blood Pills suffered the same painful transformation.
  • Goshawk tested his new strength by smashing the ground, then ordered the Desolate Tribe to prepare for war so he could reclaim the stones he had spent.
  • Rising Sun adapted to his enhanced power and ordered the Eastern Rising Tribe to attack the tribes that had traded with them.
  • Rising Sun set his sights on becoming the ruler of a nation.

Ch. 3612Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 29

On the final day of trading, Ye Lin let the tribal chiefs exchange their Heavenly Crystal Stones for the remaining treasures. Goshawk and Rising Sun arrived together seeking stronger items, but Ye Lin said he had nothing better to sell.

  • As the third day dawned, the tribal chiefs came to the trading site before the envoys departed.
  • Ye Lin told the chiefs to leave their Heavenly Crystal Stones and choose treasures, then let them take a few extra items as a bonus.
  • Goshawk and Rising Sun arrived together, their former alliance strained by their rivalry for dominance.
  • Goshawk and Rising Sun asked Ye Lin whether he had anything stronger to sell.
  • Ye Lin refused, saying he would not sell the truly good items and that they could take what remained or leave it.

Ch. 3613Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 30

Ye Lin split the treasures between Rising Sun and Goshawk before the Heavenly Dao expelled him and the others from the secret realm. He rewarded Hang Dali and his companions with a Sovereign Artifact, but Rising Sun took it for himself and led the five back to the tribe.

  • Rising Sun and Goshawk divided the treasures, thanked Ye Lin, and departed in opposite directions, knowing they would become mortal enemies.
  • As the Heavenly Dao began driving them out, Ye Lin gathered the law fragments and prepared to leave.
  • Hang Dali and four companions arrived to claim the reward Ye Lin had promised them.
  • Ye Lin sent Hang Dali a Sovereign Artifact disk and vanished with the others.
  • Rising Sun appeared, took the disk from the five men, and led them back to the tribe.

Ch. 3614Path of Invincibility - Secret Realm Expedition 31

Chen Fan sent Ye Lin and the others out of the secret realm after they demanded the promised reward, and they emerged safely into the starry sky. Ye Lin discovered that they had been transported from the Northern Demon Domain to the distant Western Demon Domain.

  • Chen Fan acknowledged that the group had amassed an unexpectedly large number of law fragments and agreed to send them away as promised.
  • Ye Lin insisted that Chen Fan honor their deal, while Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian watched warily and Li Xiaoyao prepared to fight.
  • Chen Fan sent Ye Lin, Bao Xiaotou, Wang Tian, Li Xiaoyao, and Shangguan Wanyu into the starry sky, where the group celebrated their escape.
  • Shangguan Wanyu looked around the dark starry sky and found it unlike the beautiful night sky she had imagined.
  • Ye Lin used a Formation Disk to locate their position, and it revealed that they were in the Western Demon Domain rather than the Northern Demon Domain.

Ch. 3615Path of Invincibility - Collective Seclusion

Ye Lin decided that his group would enter seclusion for five thousand years to refine their Law Fragments and consolidate their gains. Shangguan Wanyu was shocked by the duration, and Ye Lin reassured her that she would soon consider it too short.

  • Ye Lin put away the Formation Disk and proposed that everyone settle down and enter seclusion.
  • Wang Tianyi, Bao Xiaotou, Shangguan Wanyu, and Li Xiaoyao agreed to Ye Lin's plan.
  • Ye Lin announced that their seclusion would last five thousand years, startling Shangguan Wanyu.
  • Ye Lin explained that the Fantasy Continent's cultivation methods and experts lagged far behind those of the Anlan Great World.
  • Ye Lin told Shangguan Wanyu that five thousand years would soon seem far too little.

Ch. 3616Path of Invincibility - Seclusion 2

Ye Lin chose a star for the group’s seclusion and tasked Bao Xiaotou with preparing its defenses. Bao Xiaotou completed a formation that concealed the entire star from the Starry Sky.

  • Ye Lin dismissed the Fantasy Continent’s Saint Illusion experts as having short lifespans and led the group to a star.
  • Ye Lin told Bao Xiaotou to set up a formation, and Bao Xiaotou accepted the task.
  • Ye Lin reviewed Bao Xiaotou’s profile and decided that everyone following him had to reach Flawless Taiyi.
  • Bao Xiaotou spent three days setting up the formation, which made the enormous star disappear from the Starry Sky.

Ch. 3617Path of Invincibility - Seclusion 3

Bao Xiaotou set up layers of formations before hiding in a cave to enter seclusion, while Ye Lin guided Shangguan Wanyu through abandoning her old cultivation and starting over with a powerful new technique. He gave her the Supreme Boundless-grade Hundred Charms Heavenly Art and resources, then left her to begin her new path.

  • Bao Xiaotou set up eighteen concealed formations, eighteen Illusion Formations, and eighteen Killing Formations before entering a cave to begin seclusion.
  • Ye Lin told Shangguan Wanyu to disperse her cultivation, and she decisively abandoned the strength she had spent decades building.
  • Ye Lin obtained the Supreme Boundless-grade Hundred Charms Heavenly Art from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and passed it to Shangguan Wanyu.
  • Ye Lin gave Shangguan Wanyu early-stage resources and said he would provide immortal-realm resources after she reached the Mahayana stage.
  • Ye Lin left Shangguan Wanyu to cultivate, setting her a five-thousand-year goal of reaching the Earth Immortal realm.

Ch. 3618Path of Invincibility - Bao Xiaotou's Tribulation Transcendence

Ye Lin prepared to refine law fragments while Bao Xiaotou spent a century cultivating and then began his heavenly tribulation. Bao Xiaotou activated 108 defensive formations against the first lightning strike, but 23 Formation Disks were destroyed immediately.

  • Ye Lin gathered the law fragments, intending to use them to advance his cultivation to the late Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal stage.
  • After a hundred years, Bao Xiaotou left the star alone to undergo tribulation in the Star River Cosmos.
  • Bao Xiaotou saw that his tribulation was a six-nine heavenly tribulation and eagerly anticipated reaching Flawless Taiyi.
  • Bao Xiaotou arranged 108 defensive formations around himself, wary that the tribulation came from beyond the Anlan Great World’s Heavenly Dao.
  • Bao Xiaotou activated all 108 formations as a massive bolt of lightning struck, and 23 Formation Disks shattered.

Ch. 3619Path of Invincibility - Panic

Bao Xiaotou used up his Formation Disks and golden Compass to withstand eight bolts of the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, hoping to become Flawless Taiyi. With his defenses exhausted, he faced the final bolt, uneasy that the lightning was preparing a devastating strike.

  • Bao Xiaotou’s Formation Disks were destroyed by the first five bolts of lightning, so he summoned his golden Compass to shield himself.
  • The golden Compass endured the next bolt but developed a crack, and Bao Xiaotou resolved to survive the four remaining strikes.
  • Bao Xiaotou used the golden Compass to withstand two more bolts, then watched it shatter under the eighth.
  • Bao Xiaotou found that his canvas bag held no remaining trump cards and prepared to face the final lightning bolt head-on.

Ch. 3620The Path of Invincibility - Tribulation Transcendence Successful, Flawless Taiyi

Bao Xiaotou endured his final tribulation bolt and received the Heavenly Dao's reward, entering the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm as a Flawless Taiyi. Ye Lin noted Bao Xiaotou's progress and judged Shangguan Wanyu's talent to be lacking.

  • Bao Xiaotou withstood the final tribulation lightning by summoning his Formation Disk.
  • The Heavenly Dao rewarded Bao Xiaotou, and he absorbed its bestowal until his True Immortal body transformed into a body of laws.
  • Bao Xiaotou entered Flawless Taiyi and left to stabilize his cultivation through closed-door cultivation.
  • Ye Lin sensed Bao Xiaotou's breakthrough and estimated he might advance again within five thousand years.
  • Ye Lin sensed Shangguan Wanyu had reached the peak of Dao Integration in a hundred years and judged her talent inferior to Wang Tian and the others.

Ch. 3621Path of Invincibility - Ant Progress

Ye Lin struggled to advance his cultivation despite refining tens of thousands of law fragment shards. Meanwhile, Li Changsheng searched the Northern Demon Domain for Ye Lin and sought the Asura Clan’s help, leaving to investigate the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan.

  • Ye Lin reflected that refining thirty thousand law fragment shards in a hundred years had barely advanced his cultivation.
  • Li Changsheng searched the Northern Demon Domain for Ye Lin but found no trace of him.
  • Li Changsheng decided to enlist helpers because the Demon Domain was too vast to search alone.
  • Li Changsheng visited Qing Feng at the Asura Clan and asked to use its teleportation array.
  • Qing Feng suggested Li Changsheng investigate the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan and asked him to pass on a challenge to Ye Lin.

Ch. 3622Path of Invincibility - What a Pity, What a Pity

Li Changsheng learned that Ye Lin had ties to the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan and decided to seek out its new leader, Xuan Tian. Qing Feng hesitated because the clan was in turmoil and the Asura Clan viewed it as a rival, but agreed to arrange a meeting.

  • Qing Feng told Li Changsheng that the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan's eldest and third young masters were dead, and that Ye Lin had helped Xuan Tian remove them.
  • Qing Feng explained that the clan was declining and under pressure, while the Asura Clan stood to benefit if it fell.
  • Li Changsheng asked Qing Feng to introduce him to Xuan Tian so he could find out where Ye Lin was.
  • Qing Feng worried that visiting the rival clan would anger his own elders, but agreed to help and went to gather a few people.

Ch. 3623Path of Invincibility - I Am Enough

Qing Feng accompanied Li Changsheng to the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s heartland to meet Xuan Tian. Li Changsheng insisted he was enough, and Qing Feng obtained two passes before they continued onward.

  • Qing Feng prepared to gather people, but Li Changsheng told him that he alone was enough.
  • Qing Feng took Li Changsheng to a pavilion where visitors had to obtain passes to enter the clan’s heartland.
  • Qing Feng demanded two passes from the pavilion’s gatekeepers and threatened to tear the building down if they delayed.
  • A gatekeeper returned with two Identity Tokens, and Qing Feng gave the two young men Blood Refining Pills as a reward.

Ch. 3624Path of Invincibility - Supreme Truth

Li Changsheng and Qing Feng visited Xuan Tian to ask about Ye Lin’s whereabouts. Xuan Tian claimed he had lost track of Ye Lin after an attempted ambush failed, leaving Li Changsheng still searching for him.

  • Qing Feng gave Li Changsheng an Identity Token and led him through the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s territory to its inner region.
  • Qing Feng contacted Xuan Tian, who appeared and greeted Li Changsheng respectfully.
  • Li Changsheng asked whether Xuan Tian had seen Ye Lin, and Xuan Tian brought him and Qing Feng to a residence.
  • Xuan Tian claimed Ye Lin had killed his eldest and third brothers and escaped an ambush using the Xuanyuan Sword to mobilize the Human Race’s fortune.
  • Li Changsheng pressed Xuan Tian for the last place he had seen Ye Lin, concerned Ye Lin would become too powerful if he was not found soon.

Ch. 3625Path of Invincibility - The Pillar-Bearing Man

Li Changsheng asked Xuan Tian to use the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s teleportation array to help him find Ye Lin, whom he wanted to recruit to lead the Demon Domain against the Stowaways. Xuan Tian agreed to set up the teleportation array, and Li Changsheng began considering where to travel next.

  • Li Changsheng asked Xuan Tian to borrow the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan’s teleportation array because he could not locate Ye Lin.
  • Li Changsheng explained that he wanted Ye Lin to help the Demon Domain resist the Stowaways and shoulder responsibility in the unfolding great era.
  • Xuan Tian objected that he and Ye Lin had a life-and-death enmity.
  • Li Changsheng bowed, apologized on Ye Lin’s behalf, and asked Xuan Tian to set aside the feud for the Demon Domain’s sake.
  • Xuan Tian agreed to help and offered to arrange the teleportation array, while Li Changsheng pondered his next destination.

Ch. 3626Path of Invincibility - A Wonderful Fate

Li Changsheng deduced that Ye Lin was in the Western Demon Domain and arranged to go there, while Qing Feng realized that Li intended to kill him. Qing Feng also headed west to make arrangements as the conflict over the Demon Domain’s providence drew closer.

  • Li Changsheng told Xuan Tian that the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan could help in the Western Demon Domain and sent him to make arrangements.
  • Qing Feng privately warned Li Changsheng that Ye Lin hated the baldies of the west and might not be there, but Li said he had his own considerations.
  • After Qing Feng left, Li Changsheng reasoned that the Western Demon Domain was the most likely place for Ye Lin to hide.
  • Qing Feng concluded that Li Changsheng was going west to kill Ye Lin and turned to make arrangements of his own.
  • Qing Feng reflected that Ye Lin’s share of the Demon Domain’s providence meant he could not simply hide from the struggle of the great era.

Ch. 3627Path of Invincibility - Shangguan Wanyu Steps into the Immortal Realm

After a thousand years in seclusion, Shangguan Wanyu reached the initial stage of Earth Immortal and sought cultivation resources from Ye Lin. Elsewhere, in a dark ruined world, a brutal fight between rune-covered men continued as Third rose to face his opponent.

  • A thousand years passed while Ye Lin remained in seclusion, and Shangguan Wanyu successfully advanced to the initial stage of Earth Immortal.
  • Shangguan Wanyu realized she needed cultivation resources and went to find Ye Lin.
  • In a mysterious, desolate world, a wounded burly man mocked the huge fighter called Third, while the crowd jeered and urged Third to get up.
  • Third rose with a savage look as the surrounding men shouted encouragement for him to attack his opponent.

Ch. 3628Path of Invincibility - Young Master Poison Venerable

Poison Venerable led thousands of burly men out of the Forbidden Void toward the Northern Demon Domain to obtain demon crystals from the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan. The clan remained unaware of their approach as its members fought among themselves.

  • Eldest Brother stopped his fight with Third when Poison Venerable appeared and ordered the group to come out into the world.
  • Poison Venerable announced that they would visit the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan to obtain demon crystals for body tempering.
  • Thousands of burly men joined Poison Venerable as the group traveled through the Starry Sky toward the Northern Demon Domain.
  • Poison Venerable led the group onward while the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan continued fighting within its territory.
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