Recaps

Little Dot sat beside the Stone Stele to try to comprehend sword arts, and his growing aura astonished the village. The chapter left the villagers watching as the number of sword arts he comprehended continued to rise.

• The Old Village Chief invited Little Dot to sit beside the Stone Stele and try to comprehend sword arts.
• Two Sword Gods discussed the restless Demon Beasts and trusted the Stone Stele to protect the village.
• Little Dot’s aura rose, and the villagers believed he might become another Sword God.
• Two Sword Gods counted fifteen little swords around Little Dot, and the number kept increasing.

Little Dot’s rapid comprehension of the Stone Stele’s sword techniques astonished the Old Village Chief, while Ye Lin and Toutian arrived at the village seeking the stele. They were admitted after Toutian said they had come looking for food.

• Little Dot comprehended hundreds of sword techniques from the Stone Stele, and the Old Village Chief imagined the strength he might gain.
• Ye Lin sensed that the Stone Stele’s Sword Intent was spilling out and wondered who was comprehending its techniques.
• A village man with a Long Sword stopped Ye Lin and Toutian and demanded to know where they had come from.
• Toutian claimed they were travelers looking for food, and the man let the two Human Race visitors enter the village.

Ye Lin saw Little Dot's extraordinary status panel and decided the gifted child should become his disciple. As Toutian wondered why he could not read Little Dot, a swordsman named Shen Shang questioned how Ye Lin and Toutian had entered the village.

• Ye Lin reached the village center and spotted Little Dot beside the Stone Stele, surrounded by swirling small swords.
• Ye Lin read Little Dot's panel, learning that he had a Red Fate Rank, exceptional sword-related traits, and the potential to comprehend the Elegant Sword technique.
• Ye Lin decided that Little Dot was too promising to be overlooked and wanted to take him as his disciple.
• Toutian found that he could not read Little Dot's fortune and muttered that the child was strange.
• Shen Shang approached Ye Lin and Toutian, questioned Wu Ya about bringing them in, and asked how many sword techniques Little Dot had comprehended.

Ye Lin and Toutian reached a village and demanded its Stone Stele, which the villagers regarded as the God Stone that protected them. As the villagers resisted, Ye Lin incapacitated Shen Shang and Wu Ya while approaching Little Dot.

• Shen Shang accused Ye Lin and Toutian of possibly being Demon Beasts in disguise and demanded to know their origins.
• Ye Lin disabled Shen Shang's sword with a touch, convincing Shen Shang that he was outmatched.
• Ye Lin said he had come for the village's Stone Stele, and the villagers refused to surrender the God Stone.
• Toutian warned Ye Lin that they had little time and urged him to take the Stone Stele and leave.
• Ye Lin stepped toward Little Dot, and when Shen Shang and Wu Ya charged at him, he made them kneel with a single word.

Ye Lin waited as Little Dot completed a mysterious transformation, then asked to take him as his disciple. Little Dot accepted, and Ye Lin said he would take the boy away to train him.

• The village chief pleaded with Ye Lin to spare Little Dot during the boy's transformation, and Ye Lin promised not to hurt him.
• After three hours, Little Dot opened his eyes and excitedly told the village chief that he had seen a beautiful golden Long Sword.
• Ye Lin offered to teach Little Dot cultivation and promised he could become far stronger than the Sword God.
• Little Dot agreed to become Ye Lin's personal disciple.
• Ye Lin told the village chief he would take Little Dot to a sacred place of the Human Race, leaving the village chief dismayed.

Ye Lin persuaded the Old Village Chief to let him take Little Dot to the Human Race Holy Land and become his disciple. Little Dot agreed after Ye Lin promised he could return to his friends once he had learned to cultivate, while Ye Lin examined the village’s Stone Stele.

• The Old Village Chief agreed to let Ye Lin take Little Dot, trusting the Stone Stele’s failure to react as proof that Ye Lin was human.
• Little Dot protested that he did not want to leave the Old Village Chief, the village, or his friends Da Hua and Er Niu.
• Ye Lin told Little Dot that cultivation would let him reunite with his friends and teach them to cultivate.
• Little Dot agreed to go with Ye Lin after saying goodbye to Da Hua and Er Niu.
• Ye Lin took out the Jade Talisman and examined the Stone Stele, puzzled by its ability to attack Demon Beasts and its high cultivation level.

Ye Lin learned that the Stone Stele's Heaven Grade sword technique had gained intelligence and had protected the village, then comprehended its Sword Slash of the Yellow Springs. Before leaving with Little Dot and Toutian, he gave the villagers cultivation techniques and martial skills to help them and their Sword Gods.

• Ye Lin discovered that the villagers' worship had given the intelligent sword technique enough incense power to grow strong and protect the village.
• Ye Lin comprehended the Sword Slash of the Yellow Springs, which drew on the Yellow Springs Nine Netherworlds, and left the technique to keep guarding the village.
• Ye Lin gave the village chief Mystic-Grade techniques and martial skills, explaining that the Ten Great Sword Gods lacked proper cultivation methods and that one was close to going berserk.
• The village chief realized Ye Lin was right about the Sword God who had gone berserk and accepted the books for him.
• Ye Lin told the village chief the gifts were for Little Dot, then picked up Little Dot and left the village with Toutian.

Ye Lin left the village with Little Dot and Toutian after promising the villagers a chance to learn cultivation. On the way back, a Fire-Red Giant Bird appeared and excitedly greeted Ye Lin as its boss.

• The village chief and villagers thanked Ye Lin as he departed, and Little Dot asked why he had not brought Da Hua and Er Niu along.
• Ye Lin explained that he was not strong enough to protect everyone from Demon Beasts, and Little Dot vowed to bring his friends to live with them once he became powerful.
• Toutian asked whether Little Dot had great talent, and Ye Lin said the child had limitless potential before asking Toutian to check for more Stone Steles.
• Toutian reported that all remaining Stone Steles were in Human Race territory, then questioned Ye Lin about the steles and Jade Talisman.
• Ye Lin continued flying with Little Dot, and a Fire-Red Giant Bird appeared and eagerly called him boss.

Ye Lin reunited with Little Red, who had become a Spirit Transformation Demon Venerable and the Snow Wolf Clan’s young master, and the two flew with Toutian toward Human Territory. Little Red revealed that the Myriad Demon Palace’s Young Palace Master made him feel threatened, while Ye Lin suspected the Jade Emperor had possessed him.

• Ye Lin greeted Little Red and climbed onto his back, then invited Toutian to join them.
• Ye Lin told Little Red they were heading to Human Territory, and Little Red flew off at tremendous speed.
• Little Red explained that he was now the Snow Wolf Clan’s young master, giving him powerful backing in the Myriad Demon Palace.
• Little Red said the Myriad Demon Palace’s Young Palace Master felt dangerous despite being at the same cultivation realm as him.
• Ye Lin introduced Toutian as his new disciple and suspected the Young Palace Master had been possessed by the Jade Emperor.
• An unidentified Demon Venerable called out for them to stop.

Little Red confronted Mad Python, a True Lord of the Demon Race, who demanded the three humans on his back be taken in for questioning over unrest in the Dark Forest. Little Red warned him that taking them would mean their deaths and offered an alliance, leaving Mad Python tempted by the prospect of raising his clan’s standing.

• Little Red stopped before Mad Python, who asked where he was going.
• Mad Python demanded that Little Red leave the three humans with him for questioning about the Dark Forest unrest.
• Little Red warned Mad Python that the humans would likely be killed and threatened consequences for his clan if he blocked the way.
• Little Red offered Mad Python an alliance, saying he would become the future Young Palace Master of Myriad Demon Palace.
• Mad Python weighed the offer against his clan’s weak position in Myriad Demon Palace.

Ye Lin returned to the Human Race's border with Little Red and Toutian, where Taichu and Taiheng waited with a mysterious man. The man took the Jade Purification Bottle and gave Ye Lin a Jade Talisman in exchange.

• Mad Python bowed to Little Red and let him go, then crushed the three Demon Venerables who had accompanied him.
• Little Red asked Ye Lin about the upheaval in the Dark Forest, and Ye Lin admitted he had caused it.
• Little Red flew Ye Lin and Toutian to the Human Race's border, where Taichu, Taiheng, and a mysterious man awaited them.
• Taichu welcomed Ye Lin back and asked where his master was, and Ye Lin showed him the Jade Purification Bottle containing the grandmaster and the others.
• The mysterious man took the Jade Purification Bottle and gave Ye Lin a Jade Talisman in return.

Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain with Little Dot and Toutian after receiving a Jade Talisman in exchange for the Jade Purification Bottle. He prepared to enter seclusion, while Toutian agreed to help him find the other Stone Steles when he emerged.

• The mysterious man transported Ye Lin and the others to Nameless Mountain in an instant, then left to reconstruct his master's body.
• Taichu offered to take Little Dot as his disciple and make him a Sword Immortal, but Little Dot stayed with Ye Lin.
• Taichu gave Little Dot an Identity Token and made him an Inner Sect disciple whose residence was next to Ye Lin's.
• Ye Lin realized that Taichu, Taiheng, and the mysterious man gave him considerable influence within Nameless Mountain.
• Ye Lin told Toutian he was entering seclusion for up to several decades, and Toutian agreed to take him to find the other Stone Steles afterward.

Ye Lin gave Little Dot techniques, cultivation insights, and an Identity Token before entering seclusion to refine his cultivation. Little Dot quickly mastered the materials and sought guidance from Taichu, who remained astonished by the boy’s talent and mysterious technique.

• Ye Lin gave Little Dot the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, martial arts materials, and instructions, then asked Little Red to watch over him during his decades of seclusion.
• Ye Lin gave Little Dot Little Ling and his Identity Token before entering his cultivation chamber to address shortcomings in his cultivation.
• Little Dot studied the techniques and insights day and night, grasping even Mysterious Grade and Earth Grade techniques after one look.
• Little Dot and Little Red visited the Back Mountain whenever he had questions, where a middle-aged man named Taichu explained them.
• Taichu watched over Little Dot because he feared Ye Lin might mislead him, but he could not identify the powerful technique Little Dot was practicing.

Over ten years of Ye Lin’s seclusion, Little Dot grew into a fourteen-year-old Golden Core cultivator and became popular among Nameless Mountain’s Inner Sect disciples. As Little Dot and Little Red waited for Ye Lin to emerge, Little Red tried to persuade him to leave the mountain, despite Ye Lin’s warning.

• Little Dot and Taichu met more often as the years passed, while Ye Lin remained unaware of time in deep seclusion.
• Ten years passed, and Little Dot grew into a six-foot-tall young man whose cultivation reached the early Golden Core Realm at fourteen.
• The Inner Sect disciples were shocked by Little Dot’s cultivation speed and assumed he was a powerful expert’s offspring.
• Little Dot asked Little Red how much longer Ye Lin would remain in seclusion, and Little Red said ten years was brief for a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Little Red urged Little Dot to leave Nameless Mountain for a look around, but Little Dot recalled that Ye Lin and the old grandpa on the Back Mountain had forbidden them to leave.

After twenty years on Nameless Mountain, Little Red and Little Dot returned from a secret trip to find Ye Lin still in seclusion. Meanwhile, the Demon Race’s war against the Asura Clan had plunged the Eastern Continent into widespread conflict.

• Little Red persuaded Little Dot to use Ye Lin's Identity Token to open Nameless Mountain’s barrier, and they secretly went outside.
• Ten years later, Little Red and Little Dot returned to Nameless Mountain and watched the place where Ye Lin was in seclusion.
• Little Dot’s cultivation reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and his Sword Intent grew stronger, while Little Red reached the middle stage of Spirit Transformation.
• The Demon Race openly declared war on the Asura Clan and fought with elite forces along their border for ten years.
• The Asura Clan lost control of half the prefecture, and other races began declaring war on their own old enemies.

After twenty years of seclusion, Ye Lin broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm and prepared to face his first thunder tribulation. His emergence above Nameless Mountain drew the attention of its cultivators, who wondered whether one of the Ten Sequences had advanced.

• The Eastern Continent remained in chaos as clans fought, while Human Territory, the Shadow Clan's lands, and the Backing Clan's lands stayed relatively peaceful.
• Ye Lin completed twenty years of cultivation, repaired the flaws from his earlier breakthroughs, and entered the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Lin sensed the thunder tribulation gathering outside Nameless Mountain and decided to face it with Evil Slayer in hand.
• Ye Lin flew above Nameless Mountain's Sect Protection Array as cultivators looked up and wondered whether someone from the Ten Sequences had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Ye Lin underwent the Spirit Transformation tribulation while Inner Sect disciples watched and learned his identity. He endured the first two bolts, but the third shattered his Nascent Soul.

• Inner Sect disciples speculated about who was undergoing tribulation until a young man identified him as Senior Brother Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin waited as the tribulation clouds gathered and prepared to face the three bolts required for Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Lin split the first bolt with his sword and endured its force as it struck his body.
• Ye Lin divided the second bolt into five segments and withstood them as they entered his organs and meridians.
• Ye Lin let the third bolt strike his head, and it immediately shattered the Nascent Soul in his dantian.

Ye Lin survived the tribulation and entered Spirit Transformation Realm, discovering the immense power of his divine sense. Taichu warned him to use that power cautiously.

• Ye Lin's shattered Nascent Soul repaired his body, while the tribulation lightning illuminated his sea of consciousness and strengthened his soul.
• After the three bolts of lightning passed, Ye Lin entered Spirit Transformation Realm and sensed everything within a hundred thousand miles.
• Ye Lin tested his divine sense and realized he could kill lower-realm cultivators within its range with a thought.
• Taichu appeared before Ye Lin, praised his progress, and warned him that careless use of divine sense could offend powerful cultivators.

Taichu told Ye Lin to build prestige as the first step toward becoming one of Nameless Mountain’s Ten Sequences and eventually its Sect Master. Ye Lin chose to earn recognition by leading a campaign against the Mysterious Yin Sect, with fifty Nascent Soul Realm disciples placed under his command.

• Taichu explained that Ye Lin needed to build prestige among Nameless Mountain’s disciples before he could become one of the Ten Sequences.
• Taichu offered either a ten-year appointment as Sect Master or a chance to earn genuine acceptance, and Ye Lin chose to build his reputation.
• Taichu said he would restrain the Mysterious Yin Sect’s Grand Elder while Ye Lin led Nameless Mountain’s disciples to wipe out the sect.
• Taichu warned Ye Lin that he must serve the Human Race if he became Sect Master, and Ye Lin accepted the responsibility.
• Taichu assigned fifty Nascent Soul Realm disciples to Ye Lin and told him to begin.

Taichu gave Ye Lin command of fifty Nascent Soul disciples and three hundred Golden Core disciples to confront the Mysterious Yin Sect. As Ye Lin gathered his forces at Nameless Mountain, Ren Feiyang realized he could no longer afford to oppose him.

• Taichu assigned fifty Nascent Soul disciples and three hundred Golden Core disciples to Ye Lin and sent him to deal with the Mysterious Yin Sect's three Spirit Transformation True Persons.
• Fifty Nascent Soul disciples assembled on Nameless Mountain's Inner Sect plaza, where other disciples learned they could form an array capable of briefly resisting a Spirit Transformation True Person.
• Three hundred Golden Core cultivators joined the formation, and Ye Lin arrived as the assembled disciples bowed to him.
• Ren Feiyang watched Ye Lin take command and recognized that Ye Lin had grown beyond his ability to scheme against.
• Ren Feiyang hoped Ye Lin had forgotten their past conflict and would spare him.

Ye Lin led Nameless Mountain’s disciples to destroy the Mysterious Yin Sect after learning of its slaughter of mortals and minor sects in Tianhe Prefecture. Their departure thrilled the disciples, while Taichu’s plan aimed to make Ye Lin famous and pave the way for him to become Sect Master.

• Ren Feiyang watched Ye Lin briefly, sighed, and left, unaware that Ye Lin had forgotten their earlier encounter.
• Ye Lin told Nameless Mountain’s disciples that the Mysterious Yin Sect was attacking Tianhe Prefecture and asked them to join him in destroying it.
• The disciples agreed, boarded Ye Lin’s Azure Dragon Flying Boat, and set out for the Mysterious Yin Sect.
• The watching disciples celebrated Nameless Mountain’s show of force and hoped Ye Lin would destroy the sect.
• Taichu’s plan relied on the victory boosting Ye Lin’s reputation across the Human Territory and legitimizing his rise to Sect Master.

Ye Lin arrived at the Mysterious Yin Sect with Nameless Mountain’s forces to confront the sect for its years of slaughter and plunder. As the sect’s frightened disciples faced him, Great Elder Xuanyin appeared and urged them not to fear, hinting that the sect had powerful backing.

• The Mysterious Yin Sect’s followers had spent ten years killing and plundering, driving everyone from the surrounding lands while no cultivators intervened.
• The sect’s disciples grew terrified after learning Nameless Mountain planned to destroy them, though their Sect Master kept them from fleeing.
• Ye Lin arrived aboard a Flying Boat and called for the Sect Master to come out and meet him.
• Great Elder Xuanyin appeared and mocked the disciples for fearing Ye Lin’s force, saying they could flee if they could not win and that they had backing.
• The disciples relaxed when they recognized Xuanyin, the Mysterious Yin Sect’s Great Elder.

Elder Xuanyin ordered the Mysterious Yin Sect’s disciples to kill Ye Lin, claiming the sect had a trump card and had already made arrangements with its Sect Master. Outside the sect, Ye Lin prepared to surround it and break through its protective array if no one came out.

• A Mysterious Yin Sect disciple warned Elder Xuanyin that killing Nameless Mountain’s leader could provoke retaliation.
• Elder Xuanyin told the disciples to kill Ye Lin without hesitation, saying the Sect Master and he had arranged everything and possessed a trump card.
• The Mysterious Yin Sect’s disciples armed themselves and headed for the exit as Elder Xuanyin vanished.
• Ye Lin waited outside the Mysterious Yin Sect with his disciples, but nobody came out.
• Ye Lin ordered his forces to seal off the sect and prepare to break through its Sect Protection Array after ten minutes.

Ye Lin led Nameless Mountain disciples in surrounding the Mysterious Yin Sect, then confronted its leader Lietian and two other Spirit Transformation cultivators. The three attacked with a divine ability, forcing Ye Lin to retreat as the battle began.

• Ye Lin ordered the disciples to surround the Mysterious Yin Sect with a Bagua Formation Diagram.
• Mysterious Yin Sect disciples rushed out and taunted Ye Lin, who waved them away into ash.
• Lietian and two black-robed Spirit Transformation cultivators passed through the formation and confronted Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin summoned his Sword Pellet and attacked Lietian, but the three men shattered his sword light and struck back.
• The three Mysterious Yin Sect cultivators unleashed the Great Heavenly Demon Palm, and Ye Lin retreated from the divine ability.

Ye Lin’s Sword One clashed evenly with Lietian’s divine ability, and their battle devastated the surrounding land. Lietian recognized Ye Lin’s strength and called on two companions to help kill him quickly.

• The chapter explained that divine abilities were rare techniques tied to the laws of the world, with innate abilities generally surpassing acquired ones.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament, against Lietian’s enormous demonic palm.
• The sword beam and palm shattered together, and their shock waves destroyed the surrounding terrain and a distant mountain.
• Ye Lin was surprised that his strike had only matched Lietian’s divine ability, while Lietian was shocked that a newly advanced Spirit Transformation cultivator could withstand it.
• Lietian told two companions to help him kill Ye Lin quickly before the battle dragged on.