Recaps

Ye Lin discovered that the resurrection pill had restored Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable at the cost of their memories, while also greatly increasing their potential. The two left without recognizing their friends, and Li Xiaoyao sought help through a Jade Talisman.

• Ye Lin told Li Xiaoyao that the pill had cost Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable their memories, and saw that their destinies now reached the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable advanced to the Golden Immortal realm, then asked who the others were.
• Wang Tian checked the ancient scroll and learned that the pill made all past events fade like smoke.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable left, while Ye Lin said their amnesia could still be fixed.
• Li Xiaoyao contacted an elder through a Jade Talisman, and the elder scolded Wang Tian for failing to read the pill formula carefully.

Ye Lin reassured Li Xiaoyao and Wang Tian that Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable might recover their memories if they reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. Li Xiaoyao and Wang Tian accepted that their friends were only temporarily gone and reaffirmed their trust in Ye Lin and their group.

• Ye Lin explained that Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable would regain their memories if they reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, though otherwise the group might lose them.
• Li Xiaoyao asked whether the two had any hope of reaching that realm, and Ye Lin assured him that they could do it.
• Ye Lin told Li Xiaoyao and Wang Tian to regard their friends as temporarily lost and said they would reunite one day.
• Li Xiaoyao and Wang Tian regained their spirits and expressed trust in Ye Lin and their group's friendship.

Wang Tian learned that Bao Xiaotou had gone into seclusion to pursue the Golden Immortal realm, then agreed to help Still Sea Temple’s abbot after Ye Lin explained the temple’s predicament. Ye Lin and Wang Tian set out to visit the temple, while Li Xiaoyao stayed behind to watch over the others in seclusion.

• Li Xiaoyao told Wang Tian that Bao Xiaotou had gone into seclusion and vowed not to emerge until he became a Golden Immortal.
• Ye Lin told Wang Tian that Still Sea Temple’s abbot needed help and invited him to come along.
• Wang Tian agreed to help, hoping to test his new Golden Immortal strength and earn a generous reward from the wealthy temple.
• Ye Lin asked Li Xiaoyao to stay behind and guard Bao Xiaotou and the others while he and Wang Tian traveled to Still Sea Temple.

At Still Sea Temple, Jingxin faced furious monks after giving Heavenly Dragon Water to Blood Baleful in hopes of saving his unconscious master. He defended his choice by warning that the temple’s enemies would kill them once the abbot fell.

• Ye Lin left with Wang Tian and headed toward Still Sea Temple.
• The monks of Still Sea Temple berated Jingxin for giving away their Heavenly Dragon Water, demanding that he recover it or repay its value.
• Jingxin said he trusted Benefactor Blood Baleful to honor their agreement and stayed silent as the monks cursed him.
• Jingxin argued that the temple’s past wrongdoing had made it a target and that they needed to save his unconscious master before their enemies attacked.
• Senior Brother Clear Heart remained furious but did not dare attack Jingxin while the abbot was still alive.

Jingxin confronted Clear Heart and the monks of Still Sea Temple over the temple’s supreme treasure and their plans for its future. He accused them of preparing to flee when Origin Continent opened in three months, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Clear Heart condemned Jingxin for giving Still Sea Temple’s supreme treasure to someone else and insisted he would face Origin Continent’s great powers if necessary.
• Jingxin warned Clear Heart that the great powers would target him once the old abbot fell, while Clear Heart privately planned to escape when Origin Continent opened.
• The monks sided with Clear Heart and urged Jingxin to apologize and offer compensation.
• Jingxin suspected the monks were trying to seize the remaining treasures he controlled.
• Jingxin asked the assembly whether they had already planned to flee Origin Continent when it opened in three months.

Jingxin accused the monks of exploiting Still Sea Temple and coveting the treasures Grand Dharma Master Wu Tian left him. He warned that he held the method to activate the Eighteen Arhats Grand Formation, while the monks denied his accusations and demanded an explanation.

• Jingxin argued that he was old and experienced enough to see the monks’ true motives.
• Jingxin accused the monks of taking Still Sea Temple’s wealth and ruining its reputation while his master bore the blame.
• Jingxin revealed that he held the method for activating the Eighteen Arhats Grand Formation and warned the monks not to pressure him.
• The monks reacted with shock as Jingxin’s accusations exposed what they had done after the old abbot fell.
• The monks denied coveting Jingxin’s possessions, claimed they had protected Still Sea Temple and suppressed the endless sea clans, and demanded he explain himself.

Jingxin confronted the monks demanding Dharma Master Wu Tian’s legacy and threatened to use the Eighteen Arhats Grand Formation. The monks used the sea race’s threat to pressure him into handing over everything Wu Tian had left behind.

• Jingxin dismissed the monks’ accusations and said he only wanted to win hope for his master.
• Jingxin threatened to activate the Eighteen Arhats Grand Formation unless the monks dispersed.
• The monks recognized the golden talisman Jingxin held as the key to the formation and resented that the old abbot had entrusted it to him.
• The monks warned that using the formation against them would leave the old abbot vulnerable to the sea race.
• The monks demanded that Jingxin hand over everything Dharma Master Wu Tian had left behind, promising to leave afterward.

Jingxin confronted the Still Sea Temple monks who demanded the item Wu Tian had left with him, and they threatened him when he refused. As Clear Heart attacked, Jingxin held back from activating the grand formation to protect his master, while Jingwu and Jingsha joined his side.

• The monks told Jingxin they wanted only Wu Tian's item and urged him to surrender it while keeping his place as chief disciple.
• Jingxin clenched the talisman and warned that he would kill anyone who came closer.
• The monks challenged Jingxin to activate the Eighteen Arhats Grand Formation and doubted he could use it against them.
• Clear Heart attacked Jingxin, hoping to seize the item and escape before the old abbot could react.
• Jingxin refrained from activating the formation because it could bring the Sea Clan experts down on Still Sea Temple and endanger his master.
• Jingwu and Jingsha stood beside Jingxin as he denounced Clear Heart.

The ailing Abbot of Still Sea Temple intervened when Clear Heart attacked Jingxin and his fellow disciples, then condemned the senior monks for their schemes and violence. He declared Jingxin his chosen successor and warned the monks that he would personally punish anyone who defied him.

• Clear Heart tried to attack the three martial brothers, but a golden light sent him flying out of the hall and left him vomiting blood.
• The Abbot emerged from the side hall, and the monks bowed as he took his seat beneath the golden Buddha statue.
• Jingxin and the other two knelt beside the Abbot, while the senior monks insisted that the confrontation had been a misunderstanding and blamed Jingxin for being deceived.
• The Abbot condemned the monks for attacking their junior brother and revealed that he had long known about their schemes.
• The Abbot affirmed Jingxin as the next Abbot and dared anyone who opposed him to fight.

The abbot’s injuries worsened after he intervened to save his three disciples, leaving him unable to keep the monks under control. The monks closed in and demanded that he retire to the side hall and hand Still Sea Temple over to them.

• The abbot ordered the monks to leave, but they knew his injuries left him unable to deal with them.
• The abbot coughed up blood, and his condition deteriorated as the monks turned back toward him.
• The monks approached while pretending to offer medicine and help the abbot rest.
• The abbot grew angrier and worsened his injuries as he tried to repel them.
• The monks demanded that the abbot retire to the side hall and surrender Still Sea Temple, then ordered two people to escort him.

The dying abbot faced the monks he had once rescued and raised, who now threatened him to seize something from Still Sea Temple. He appointed Jingxin as the next abbot and advanced to confront his former disciples, determined to end the danger even if it cost him his life.

• The leading monks mocked the wounded abbot and urged him to die quietly, believing he could no longer fight back.
• The abbot grieved that the people he had nurtured had become cruel and blamed himself for saving them.
• Jingxin defended his master, gripped a talisman, and threatened to activate the Eighteen Arhats Grand Formation.
• The monks called Jingxin their beloved junior brother and demanded that he hand over the thing they sought.
• The abbot told Jingxin and the others to stand down, named Jingxin the new abbot, and walked toward the monks with his wooden fish, vowing to cleanse the temple.

The Still Sea Temple abbot burned his remaining vital essence to regain his peak strength and stop the monks who had betrayed him. As they begged for mercy, he accused them of fearing death rather than regretting their deeds.

• The abbot declared that he would keep the monks there to prevent them from harming the world.
• The monks panicked and tried to flee when they realized the abbot was burning his vital essence to reclaim his prime strength.
• The abbot unleashed his aura and immobilized the monks who had not escaped.
• The monks begged the abbot to spare them, recalling how he had taken them in and helped them.
• The abbot condemned them for abusing Still Sea Temple’s reputation and betraying him, saying they regretted only that they were about to die.

The abbot used his restored strength to kill the monks who had betrayed him, then collapsed after exhausting his life force. Ye Lin and Wang Tian arrived too late to save him, but Wang Tian offered a pill that could awaken him briefly for a final farewell.

• The abbot unleashed his Buddhist power and scattered the souls and bodies of the monks, including Clear Heart and the Golden Immortal cultivators.
• The abbot said the monks’ fates and deaths were consequences of his own sins, then collapsed as Jingxin and two junior brothers caught him.
• Ye Lin and Wang Tian arrived at the hall, and Jingxin asked Wang Tian to save the abbot.
• Wang Tian examined the abbot and found that his Primordial Spirit had withered, his origin was exhausted, and his dantian was shattered.
• Wang Tian offered a pill that would let the abbot awaken for a hundred breaths so Jingxin and the others could say farewell.

The old abbot gave Jingxin and his fellow disciples his final instructions before dying, while Ye Lin and Wang Tian paid their respects. Elsewhere in the Starry Sky, a monk reflected that he had been unable to change the disciples’ fate and wished one of them a safe journey.

• Wang Tian gave the old abbot a medicinal pill, and the abbot awoke to speak with Jingxin, Jingwu, and Jingsha.
• The old abbot explained why he had taught Jingxin more and asked his disciples to forgive him.
• The old abbot told his disciples to leave Still Sea Temple, see the world, avoid evil, and accept that destiny could not be changed.
• The old abbot died, and Jingxin, Jingwu, and Jingsha wept as Ye Lin and Wang Tian paid their respects.
• A monk in an unfamiliar Starry Sky regretted that he could not save a disciple from their fate and wished them a safe journey.

After the old abbot died, the sea race’s supreme experts let go of their grudges against Still Sea Temple. Jingxin and his brothers withdrew the temple from Origin Continent, leaving its future behind.

• Jingxin and his two brothers placed the old abbot’s body outside the main hall and asked the sea race’s experts to spare Still Sea Temple’s monks.
• The sea race’s experts accepted the old abbot’s final sacrifice and departed without pursuing their grudges against the younger monks.
• The old abbot’s body turned into golden dust as Jingxin and his brothers watched in grief.
• Jingxin thanked Ye Lin for keeping his promise, and Wang Tian refused payment for the pill that let the brothers bid their master farewell.
• Jingxin and his brothers withdrew Still Sea Temple from Origin Continent and left to handle its remaining affairs.

After the sea clans took up Still Sea Temple’s banner, Ye Lin and Wang Tianyi discussed why he had not extorted them and how he viewed Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable’s departure. Ye Lin explained that they would leave the Origin Continent for Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land in three months, where the prodigies of the Third Region would fight for the path to the Second Region.

• Wang Tianyi sighed after Jingxin and the other disciples left, and Ye Lin asked why he had not extorted them.
• Wang Tianyi said their master was dead and planned to leave the Origin Continent for Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land in three months.
• Wang Tianyi asked Ye Lin whether he regretted Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable leaving without their memories.
• Ye Lin said he did not dwell on the past and believed everyone had their own fate.
• Ye Lin explained that Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land gathered the Third Region’s prodigies and was the only path to the Second Region.
• Wang Tianyi said fighting was not his specialty, while Ye Lin looked forward to the battles ahead.

Still Sea Temple was razed, ending its conflict with the sea race, while Jingxin and the other two departed to wander the world. After three months of cultivation, Bao Xiaotou reached the Golden Immortal realm and Shangguan Wanyu reached the peak of True Immortal, and Bao Xiaotou wondered where everyone else was.

• Jingxin and the other two dismissed Still Sea Temple’s monks, razed the temple, and left a statue of Grand Mage Wu Tian among the ruins.
• The sea race let go of its grudge against Still Sea Temple and respected Wu Tian’s statue, bringing the conflict to an end.
• Over the next three months, heavenly geniuses from major factions emerged and their powerful backers spread news of them.
• Bao Xiaotou left his secret chamber after reaching the Golden Immortal realm and reflected that he had outgrown his ambitions in the An Ran Great World.
• Shangguan Wanyu came out behind Bao Xiaotou at the peak of the True Immortal realm, determined to pursue Flawless Taiyi.
• Bao Xiaotou asked why he was the only one there and where the others had gone.

Bao Xiaotou reached the Golden Immortal realm but learned that Wang Tianyi had surpassed him three months earlier. As the Origin Great World prepared to open, Ye Lin's group planned to leave Origin Continent after Li Xiaoyao repaid his debt, while Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng had already departed on their own.

• Bao Xiaotou arrived at the Golden Immortal realm and was disappointed that Wang Tianyi was absent to witness his breakthrough.
• Li Xiaoyao told Bao Xiaotou that Wang Tianyi had entered the Golden Immortal realm three months earlier, and Wang Tianyi confirmed it when he arrived with Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin said the Origin Great World would fully open the next day, allowing them to leave, and Bao Xiaotou learned that Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng had left after losing their memories.
• Li Xiaoyao said he needed to repay the five million Supreme Immortal Stones he owed the old man at Medicine King Valley, and Ye Lin agreed to go with him.

Ye Lin and the others traveled to Medicine King Valley on their way to Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land, where Li Xiaoyao discovered that the valley had vanished. A Jade Talisman revealed that the old man had accepted Li Xiaoyao as his disciple before leaving to seek his master's wife.

• Cultivators of the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty watched the First Prince depart for Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land and prayed for his success.
• Ye Lin and the others left the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty and traveled toward Medicine King Valley, passing many native geniuses heading out from Origin Continent.
• Li Xiaoyao arrived at the barren site of Medicine King Valley and wondered where its gate had gone.
• Bao Xiaotou found a Jade Talisman and handed it to Li Xiaoyao, who activated it.
• The old man’s message told Li Xiaoyao he had accepted him as a disciple, urged him to seek tempering at Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land, and said he was leaving to find his master's wife.
• Ye Lin remarked that Li Xiaoyao had gained a master during his trip to Medicine King Valley.

Ye Lin, Wang Tian, Li Xiaoyao, and the others set out for Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land after discussing Li Xiaoyao’s refusal to become the old Valley Master of Medicine King Valley’s disciple. They passed through the Heavenly Dao’s gate and left Origin Continent, with Li Xiaoyao eager to fight powerful geniuses.

• Li Xiaoyao said he had refused the old Valley Master’s offer to become his disciple because they were both Golden Immortals.
• Ye Lin told the group that their true battlefield was Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land, and they agreed to go there.
• Li Xiaoyao looked forward to fighting the monstrous geniuses there.
• Ye Lin and the others traveled to the golden gate established by the Heavenly Dao and waited their turn to pass through.
• After inspection, the group left Origin Continent, and one of them remarked that the continent had declined since ancient times.

Ye Lin and the others left the Origin Continent and followed the Golden Immortal prodigies into the starry sky toward the Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land. The chapter leaves them advancing into a cosmos where the Heavenly Dao guided the great era and every cultivator had to either press forward or be eliminated.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar recalled how the Origin Continent had once flourished but had since lost its resources, treasures, and secret realms.
• Under the Heavenly Dao's inspection, Ye Lin, Wang Tian, and their group left the Origin Continent and entered the starry sky.
• Ye Lin observed the continent's sun and moon and sensed the immense Heavenly Dao and living-being karma protecting them.
• Ye Lin told his group to follow the main force of Golden Immortal prodigies toward the Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land.
• The prodigies hurried onward without provoking one another, as the Heavenly Dao's great era demanded that cultivators advance or be eliminated.

Ye Lin and the gathered Golden Immortal prodigies reached the Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land, where its guardian explained the trials for earning entry to the Second Region. The prodigies were about to enter the Desolate Land, with only one hundred thousand places available on the Path of Life.

• Ye Lin traveled with the main group for thirty hours and saw the divided continent and its narrow bridge.
• The gathered prodigies watched the bloodstained guardian, whom they believed had suppressed a great terror for ten million years.
• The guardian explained that killing Heavenly Demons in the Desolate Land earned points, and ten thousand points qualified someone for the Path of Life and a ticket to the Second Region.
• The guardian forbade the prodigies from killing one another in the Desolate Land but allowed it on the Path of Life, and revealed that twenty or thirty thousand points could secure places for others.
• The guardian told the prodigies to enter the Desolate Land, warning that only one hundred thousand slots were available.

As Ye Lin led his group into the deadlands to earn places in the Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land’s second region, Luo Yao offered to use her Great River to take them straight to the Central Star Domain. Her claim stunned Ye Lin and the others as they continued toward the deadlands.

• The figure on the bridge announced that the Heaven-Hiding Sacred Land would close after three hundred days and warned that powers exceeding the third level of the Golden Immortal Realm would be punished.
• The continent opened into the deadlands, and countless heavenly prodigies surged inside to compete for one of the hundred thousand places on the path of life.
• Ye Lin told his group to focus on hunting Heavenly Demons and set off with Shangguan Wanyu, Luo Yao, Li Xiaoyao, and the others.
• Luo Yao offered to have Great River take them directly to the Central Star Domain, leaving Ye Lin and the others dumbfounded.

Ye Lin and the others rejected Luo Yao’s offer to take them to the Central Star Domain, realizing they needed to grow stronger through trials first. After they entered a forbidden land filled with powerful Heavenly Demons, they confronted the scale of the challenge ahead.

• Ye Lin explained to Luo Yao that the group was too weak to survive in the Central Star Domain and needed to advance step by step.
• Li Xiaoyao and the others reconsidered their temptation to go straight to the Central Star Domain and resolved to temper themselves on the way there.
• Ye Lin and the others arrived at a forbidden land that appeared to be the ruins of an ancient power.
• The group discovered that the forbidden land was crowded with second- and third-level Golden Immortal Heavenly Demons, making their task of killing ten thousand in three hundred days seem nearly impossible.

A Golden Immortal Heavenly Demon summoned reinforcements, forcing the prodigies to flee as hunters became prey. Ye Lin led his group away while a guardian watched the panicked contestants with disdain.

• A golden-robed prodigy attacked a three-zhang Heavenly Demon with a white great seal, but the demon roared and disappeared.
• A prodigy realized the Heavenly Demon's roar was a signal, and Golden Immortal Heavenly Demons charged toward the crowd from all directions.
• The prodigies scattered to escape, and Ye Lin led the people behind him into a desperate run.
• A fleeing prodigy questioned whether anyone could pass the trial, since most Heavenly Demons were at the second or third level of the Golden Immortal Realm.
• The guardian watching the trial sneered at the prodigies and called their generation inferior.