Recaps

Ye Lin used Shangguan Wanyu’s panel to locate three Desolate Mountains containing Water Spring Crystals and split the group up to search them. He entered the central mountain’s cave with Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao, warning them to stay behind him if they encountered Water Spring Worms.

• Ye Lin checked Shangguan Wanyu’s panel and found its directions to three Desolate Mountains with many Water Spring Crystals.
• Ye Lin led the group to the mountains and decided they should split up to search quickly.
• Ye Lin and Shangguan Wanyu headed for the central mountain, Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian went right, and Li Xiaoyao went left.
• Ye Lin opened a cave in the central mountain and led Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao inside.
• Ye Lin warned Shangguan Wanyu to stay behind him if they encountered Water Spring Worms.

Ye Lin discovered that Water Spring Worms were attracted to the green light emitted by Water Spring Crystals, not to the crystals themselves. He lured the worms away from the hollow in Desolate Mountain so Shangguan Wanyu could collect the crystals, then drew in most of the worms across the Water Spring Secret Realm.

• Ye Lin and Shangguan Wanyu entered a hollow in Desolate Mountain filled with Water Spring Crystals and Water Spring Worms.
• Ye Lin tested a sphere of green light and saw the worms swarm toward it.
• Ye Lin told Shangguan Wanyu to gather the crystals while he lured the worms outside with several green lights.
• Shangguan Wanyu began collecting the crystals as Ye Lin left the mountain to draw the worms away.
• Ye Lin attracted most of the Water Spring Worms in the Water Spring Secret Realm, and they gathered around his green light without biting him.

After the Water Spring Worm uprising seemed to end, Xu Feng eagerly prepared to search for Water Spring Crystals, only for the worms to return and force him and his companions back into a cave. Xu Feng dismissed his companions’ fears that they had betrayed him, but remained puzzled by the worms’ unexpected return.

• A lookout told Xu Feng that the Water Spring Worm uprising was over, and Xu Feng led his two companions out to find Water Spring Crystals.
• Xu Feng spotted a huge swarm of Water Spring Worms returning and kicked his companions into the cave before rushing in himself.
• Xu Feng sealed the cave entrance with a barrier as the worms gathered nearby.
• Xu Feng accused his companions of trying to kill him, but they pleaded that they had believed the uprising had ended.
• Xu Feng accepted that his companions were not plotting against him and wondered why the worms had returned after their month-long uprising ended.

Xu Feng realized the Water Spring Worms were rushing toward something in the distance rather than attacking nearby creatures. He left the cave to investigate, while the two young men stayed behind.

• Xu Feng suspected the Water Spring Worms’ second riot had a cause and approached the cave entrance to investigate.
• He removed the barrier and discovered the worms ignored him, streaming past toward a common destination.
• Xu Feng stepped outside and watched the worms flow around him without attacking.
• He told the two young men to stay in the cave and set off to find what was attracting the worms.

Xu Feng ventured into the mass of Water Spring Worms to find what was attracting them, confident that his secret treasure would protect him. Ye Lin realized that his green radiance had drawn countless more Water Spring Worms than he expected, leaving him surrounded.

• Xu Feng decided to investigate what was attracting the Water Spring Worms despite the warnings of the two young men in the cave.
• Xu Feng assured them that his secret treasure could protect him and ordered them to remain behind.
• Xu Feng saw Water Spring Worms covering Desolate Mountain and converging on one place, then continued toward them as they detoured around him.
• Ye Lin looked upon the countless Water Spring Worms drawn by his green radiance and realized he had attracted the worms outside the cave as well.

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to devour the Water Spring Worms, which the jar identified as Immortal Spirit Worms, and learned that it had fully recovered. The jar offered to acknowledge Ye Lin as its master and asked him for a drop of blood essence.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to activate it so it could devour the gathered Water Spring Worms.
• Ye Lin poured immortal fortune into the jar, and its red light scattered the worms’ formation before its suction pulled them inside.
• Xu Feng watched from behind a rock, stunned by Blood Baleful’s power and afraid of being discovered.
• After devouring the worms, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar declared that it had fully recovered and asked whether Ye Lin would accept it as his master.
• Ye Lin agreed, and the jar asked him to produce a drop of blood essence.

Ye Lin gave the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar a drop of essence blood, forming a connection that made it his master and secured its full support in his pursuit of transcendence. As Ye Lin prepared to leave, Xu Feng emerged and confronted him about wiping out the Water Spring Worms.

• Ye Lin offered the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar a drop of essence blood and formed a faint connection with it.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar pledged to aid Ye Lin, risking its soul in one last gamble for transcendence.
• Ye Lin learned that the jar was a low-grade Dao artifact he could use against enemies, unlike the Xuanyuan Sword, which was bound to the Human Race's destiny in this Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin sensed someone hiding nearby and called them out.
• Xu Feng emerged in a Dragon robe and praised Ye Lin for clearing out all the Water Spring Worms.

Ye Lin’s Blood Baleful aura grew so terrifying that Xu Feng hurried away, while Ye Lin returned to the cave to check the harvest. Inside, Bao Xiaotou trapped Water Spring Worms in a layered formation as Wang Tian gathered Water Spring Crystals.

• Ye Lin asked Xu Feng why he had been watching him, and Xu Feng claimed he was only passing by.
• Xu Feng left in fear, suspecting Ye Lin’s change came from the blood-red jar and hoping he would not lose himself.
• Ye Lin entered the cave and saw Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao collecting Water Spring Crystals.
• Bao Xiaotou trapped the Water Spring Worms in thirty-two layers of formations, and Wang Tian entered to gather the crystals.

Li Xiaoyao forced his way through Water Spring Worms with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and the Law of Strength, while Ye Lin received the crystals gathered by Shangguan Wanyu. Ye Lin left with Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao to collect more Water Spring Crystals and pursue higher Golden Immortal cultivation.

• Li Xiaoyao used the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and the Law of Strength to smash back the Water Spring Worms and collect Water Spring Crystals.
• Shangguan Wanyu gave Ye Lin a Spatial Ring containing more than twice the crystals they had obtained previously.
• Ye Lin offered Shangguan Wanyu twenty percent of the crystals, but she declined and told him to keep them so he could grow stronger and protect her.
• Ye Lin left with Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao to gather more Water Spring Crystals within their limited time.

Ye Lin and his companions learned that they had about ten months left in the Water Spring Secret Realm and decided to continue searching for Water Spring Crystals. As Shangguan Wanyu led the way, she realized she had a special talent for avoiding dangers and finding treasures in secret realms and tombs.

• Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian emerged from the secret realm area, excited by what they had gained, and Li Xiaoyao followed with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and an unsteady aura.
• Bao Xiaotou said he had heard the Water Spring Secret Realm allowed visitors to stay for one year.
• Ye Lin decided the group should keep searching for Water Spring Crystals, and they followed Shangguan Wanyu as before.
• Shangguan Wanyu recalled how she had repeatedly found treasures and avoided danger in powerful experts' secret realms on the Fantasy Continent.
• Shangguan Wanyu understood that she had a talent for navigating secret realms and tombs, and she accepted Ye Lin's reasons for bringing her along.

Shangguan Wanyu reflected on why Ye Lin had kept her with him and concluded that he valued something she possessed. As Ye Lin’s group searched, Jian Changfeng confronted them about Jiang Chenfeng’s death and identified them as the people Jiang Chenfeng had described.

• Shangguan Wanyu realized Ye Lin kept her because he saw value in her, not because he was attracted to her.
• Jian Changfeng stopped Ye Lin’s group from searching and asked whether they knew Jiang Chenfeng.
• Ye Lin recognized the name and suspected Jian Changfeng had come seeking revenge.
• Jian Changfeng said Jiang Chenfeng had died after a strange flame destroyed his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Jian Changfeng repeated Jiang Chenfeng’s description of the person who stole his Water Spring Crystal and accused Ye Lin’s group of matching it.

Jian Changfeng confronted Ye Lin and his group, demanding that they return the Water Spring Crystals, and fought Li Xiaoyao when they refused. Li Xiaoyao's attacks continued to clash with Jian Changfeng's massive sword as the battle grew more intense.

• Jian Changfeng demanded that Ye Lin's group leave behind the Water Spring Crystals and threatened them when they refused.
• Li Xiaoyao charged Jian Changfeng with his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers while Ye Lin watched to assess his strength.
• Jian Changfeng blocked Li Xiaoyao's full-force Thunder Hammer strike, and the barren mountain beneath him collapsed.
• Li Xiaoyao continued swinging both hammers as Jian Changfeng blocked each attack without dodging.
• Li Xiaoyao grew excited and his battle intent rose as their clashes continued.

Li Xiaoyao fought Jian Changfeng while weakened from his earlier battle with the Water Spring Worms, and Jian Changfeng overwhelmed him with a powerful sword technique. The greatsword raced toward Li Xiaoyao as he closed his eyes, unable to dodge.

• Ye Lin watched the fight from afar and decided not to intervene.
• Jian Changfeng recognized Li Xiaoyao's strength but said his higher realm gave him the advantage.
• Li Xiaoyao summoned the first form of the Three Heaven-Opening Forms and sent a giant axe phantom at Jian Changfeng.
• Jian Changfeng shattered the axe phantom with Primordial Sword Venerable's Primordial Slash and sent his greatsword toward Li Xiaoyao.
• Li Xiaoyao, exhausted from fighting the Water Spring Worms earlier, admitted defeat was imminent and closed his eyes as the sword approached.

Ye Lin stepped in after Li Xiaoyao was defeated and fought Jian Changfeng over the Water Spring Crystal. The duel escalated as Jian Changfeng shattered Ye Lin’s sword strike, leaving Ye Lin to halt time as Jian Changfeng’s fatal blow descended.

• Ye Lin blocked Jian Changfeng’s massive sword and told the exhausted Li Xiaoyao to withdraw.
• Jian Changfeng demanded the Water Spring Crystal and challenged Ye Lin, who summoned the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.
• Ye Lin and Jian Changfeng clashed in the sky while Wang Tian and Bao Xiaotou watched anxiously.
• Ye Lin used Sword Nine, Heaven-Sundering, but Jian Changfeng smashed its Sword Qi and raised his sword for a killing blow.
• Ye Lin used the Law of Time, sending ripples toward Jian Changfeng.

Ye Lin used the Time Law to escape Jian Changfeng’s sword strike, then attacked him with the Three-Legged Golden Crow and Sword Qi. As Jian Changfeng tried to counter, Ye Lin prepared the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art with Beginningless True Flame.

• Jian Changfeng’s strike missed when Ye Lin used the Time Law to halt him briefly and open the distance.
• Ye Lin summoned the Nine Suns Across the Sky, which merged into a Three-Legged Golden Crow and charged at Jian Changfeng.
• Jian Changfeng recognized the flame that had killed Jiang Chenfeng and retreated rather than face it head-on.
• Ye Lin sent Sword Qi at Jian Changfeng, sealing off his routes of escape.
• Jian Changfeng used the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art to swing his lightning-wreathed greatsword at the Golden Crow.
• Ye Lin gathered lightning and Beginningless True Flame for another attack.

Ye Lin used the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and Beginningless True Flame to keep Jian Changfeng on the defensive, then drew him into abandoning his giant sword. When Jian Changfeng charged in to attack, Ye Lin summoned three figures to restrain him.

• Ye Lin sent a thunderous dragon carrying the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and white flames at Jian Changfeng.
• Jian Changfeng threw his giant sword to counter the attack and charged at Ye Lin with a punch.
• Ye Lin used One Breath Becomes Three Purities to summon three identical figures around Jian Changfeng.
• Lin Xian and Xiaoyao grabbed Jian Changfeng from both sides and pinned him as his fist neared Ye Lin.

Ye Lin and his clones cornered Jian Changfeng and revealed that they had mastered One Breath Becomes Three Purities, which Jian Changfeng believed no Golden Immortal could achieve. As Xiaoyao blocked Jian Changfeng’s giant sword, Ye Lin, Wu Wang, and Lin Xian launched their attacks.

• Wu Wang’s punch struck Jian Changfeng, who redirected its force to break free from the clones’ restraint.
• Ye Lin sent his three clones to surround Jian Changfeng, who recognized their technique as One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Jian Changfeng questioned how Ye Lin had reached the Golden Immortal realm and retreated while calling his giant sword back to him.
• Xiaoyao blocked the giant sword to cut off one of Jian Changfeng’s sources of power.
• Ye Lin used Grass Character Sword Art, while Wu Wang used Time Stop and Lin Xian joined the assault.

Lin Xian used the Law of Destiny to weaken Jian Changfeng, and Ye Lin, Lin Xian, and Wu Wang cornered him after he tried to flee. Jian Changfeng begged for his life, but the chapter ended before they answered.

• Lin Xian used the Law of Destiny to drain Jian Changfeng's vitality and then struck him with Sword Qi.
• Jian Changfeng questioned how Lin Xian could wield the taboo Law of Destiny, and Lin Xian dismissed his concerns.
• Lin Xian attacked again with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, but Jian Changfeng blocked the Sword Qi and fled.
• Ye Lin explained that Jian Changfeng had to be stopped because he had witnessed Ye Lin's One Breath Becomes Three Purities at major completion.
• Lin Xian and Wu Wang blocked Jian Changfeng's escape, and Jian Changfeng begged Ye Lin to spare him.

Ye Lin and his two avatars defeated Jian Changfeng after he refused to surrender. Ye Lin killed Jian Changfeng with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, leaving him utterly dead.

• Jian Changfeng vowed to drag Ye Lin down with him, and Ye Lin ordered the three of them to attack.
• Jian Changfeng focused his attacks on Ye Lin, hoping to kill him and make his avatars disappear, but Ye Lin matched him.
• Ye Lin struck Jian Changfeng with Rising Dragon Fist, and Lin Xian and Wu Wang followed up, leaving Jian Changfeng gravely wounded.
• Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to drain Jian Changfeng's vital essence and destroy his Primordial Spirit despite his pleas for mercy.

Ye Lin killed Jian Changfeng and explained why One Breath Becomes Three Purities made its clones so powerful and difficult to destroy. After absorbing his clones’ cultivation insights, Ye Lin left the area with Bao Xiaotou and the others to avoid attracting trouble.

• Ye Lin explained that One Breath Becomes Three Purities created independent clones whose cultivation and law comprehension advanced alongside his own, and whose memories could be inherited by replacement clones.
• Ye Lin killed Jian Changfeng, destroyed his corpse, and recalled his clones to continue cultivating and sharing their insights with him.
• Bao Xiaotou and the others approached Ye Lin after the fight and remarked on Jian Changfeng’s strength.
• Ye Lin warned that other prodigies might resort to robbery because they could not find Water Spring Crystals, and led the group away to avoid further trouble.

Ye Lin took Jian Changfeng’s greatsword and left with his companions. Elsewhere in the Water Spring Secret Realm, frustrated geniuses who had searched for three months without finding any Water Spring Crystals began hunting and robbing one another.

• Ye Lin stored Jian Changfeng’s greatsword in his Spatial Ring and led his companions away.
• Xu Feng complained that he and his companions had searched for three months without finding a Water Spring Crystal, then ordered them to keep searching.
• Geniuses across the Water Spring Secret Realm came up empty-handed and began considering robbery instead of searching.
• Groups of geniuses started ambushing others, hoping to seize Water Spring Crystals or other resources.

Ye Lin used Shangguan Wanyu’s special Fate Traits to locate Water Spring Crystals throughout the secret realm while the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar absorbed Water Spring Worms. With three days left before the realm closed, his group had amassed plentiful crystals as other prodigies fought over scarce finds.

• Ye Lin examined Shangguan Wanyu’s panel and followed its directions to a mountain rich in Water Spring Crystals.
• Ye Lin’s group collected the crystals and had the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar absorb the Water Spring Worms, strengthening Ye Lin’s foundation.
• Ye Lin used Shangguan Wanyu’s abilities to find crystal deposits across the secret realm and build up the group’s supply.
• Three days before the secret realm closed, prodigies continued to fight whenever they met, demanding Water Spring Crystals as the price of survival.

With only three days left in the Water Spring Secret Realm, Xu Feng and his companions had found just three small Water Spring Crystals and decided to rob other cultivators. Across the realm, desperate searchers also discovered how scarce the crystals were and blamed the major powers for having already stripped the place.

• Xu Feng, furious after a year yielded only three palm-sized Water Spring Crystals, decided to rob whoever they encountered before leaving the realm.
• Two young men agreed to join Xu Feng, since their single crystals would not satisfy their fathers or make returning home safe.
• Xu Feng led the two men out of their cave to hunt for people to rob.
• Cultivators across the Water Spring Secret Realm grew desperate after digging through many mountains without finding crystals.
• The searchers accused the major powers of the third region of giving them a realm that had already been cleared out.

Ye Lin and his companions hid in a cave while prodigies fought over Water Spring Crystals in the Water Spring Secret Realm. On the final day, Ye Lin disguised himself as an injured fighter and left with the crowd as the realm closed.

• Ye Lin told Bao Xiaotou and the others to stay inside while fighting raged outside, and Bao Xiaotou eagerly planned to cultivate with his Water Spring Crystals.
• As the final day arrived, Ye Lin and Bao Xiaotou joined the battered prodigies waiting at the exit, with Ye Lin using fake wounds to avoid attracting attention.
• Several hundred well-dressed prodigies calmly left the secret realm, and the injured fighters followed with sinister grins.
• Ye Lin blended into the crowd and returned to the Starry Sky before the Water Spring Secret Realm closed half an hour later.
• Someone claimed that the fighters had no Water Spring Crystals and that all of them were carried by the well-dressed prodigies.

After escaping the chaos outside the Water Spring Secret Realm, Ye Lin led his group to a safe star to cultivate for the next five hundred years. He realized the Third Region’s trials were designed to eliminate prodigies in stages before the passage to the Second Region opened.

• The youths who ran from the crowd were accused of having something to hide, and prodigies attacked them in a chaotic battle across the Starry Sky.
• Ye Lin led Li Xiaoyao and the others away, using their injuries to avoid suspicion.
• After traveling for a day, Ye Lin’s group stopped on a star, and Bao Xiaotou praised Ye Lin for getting them out safely.
• Ye Lin explained that the Third Region’s great powers were using successive trials to narrow the candidates, and told the group to cultivate in seclusion for five hundred years.
• The group agreed that their chosen star was a good place to stay.