Recaps

Ye Lin persuaded the woman in Mystic Yellow Prefecture to respond, then learned from Toutian that she had looked into his future. Ye Lin and Toutian set out to persuade the next place before heading to the central region of Black Sand Prefecture.

• The woman smiled at Ye Lin, agreed to believe him, and said Mystic Yellow Prefecture would respond accordingly.
• Ye Lin thanked the woman, then left with Toutian and Little Red.
• Toutian told Ye Lin that the woman had looked into his future and explained the dangers of peering into the future of someone destined for great power.
• Ye Lin asked Toutian what his future held, but Toutian refused to tell him because revealing it could alter the future and bring deadly karma.
• Ye Lin set off with Toutian to persuade the next place and then head for the central region of Black Sand Prefecture.

Wuxin was attacked by three reclusive powers who blamed him for disgracing them, but he escaped with a teleportation talisman and raced toward Buddha Mountain. As the attackers pursued him, the chapter described ancient forces emerging across the Five Prefectures amid Nameless Mountain’s renewed rise.

• Three reclusive powers accused Wuxin of shaming them and attacked him.
• Wuxin crushed a Jade Talisman and teleported away as the three attackers split up to pursue him.
• Wuxin raced toward Buddha Mountain while the chapter recounted how ancient forces had reemerged across the Five Prefectures.
• Jian Unrivaled was cited as an example of Tianhe Prefecture’s prodigies being defeated by the young masters of ancient powers.
• The chapter described Human Race factions turning against one another as Nameless Mountain sought to impose its might again.

Ye Lin and Toutian arrived at Central City, where the five major powers and several Ten Sequences members held sway. After entering the chaotic city, they drew attention to Little Red, and a man from Dawn Auction House asked Ye Lin to sell her.

• Toutian told Ye Lin that flying was forbidden in Central City and that one of its five major powers remained outside the control of the Ten Sequences.
• Ye Lin put away the Flying Boat and entered Central City with Toutian.
• Ye Lin and Toutian saw the city's impoverished mortals and lavishly dressed cultivators as they walked its streets.
• A young man from Dawn Auction House approached Ye Lin and offered to buy Little Red.

Ye Lin questioned a young man about Central City and Nameless Mountain’s Ten Sequences, then let him take Little Red with a Beast-Control Ring. The young man believed he had gained control of Little Red and left pleased.

• Ye Lin offered Little Red to the young man in exchange for answers to five questions.
• The young man said the Ten Sequences were among Central City’s four great powers but refused to reveal their exact locations.
• The young man named Spirit Hidden Temple as Central City’s fifth great power and described its location.
• The young man said he did not know where the Spirit Transformation Realm evil demons were hiding.
• Ye Lin handed Little Red to the young man, who placed a Beast-Control Ring around Little Red’s neck and prepared to leave.

Ye Lin and Toutian traveled toward Spirit Hidden Temple, while Little Red escaped after killing the young man who had bought her. That night, they encountered a mysterious woman in black dancing beneath the moon, whose sword strike killed a Nascent Soul cultivator.

• The young man left Central City with Little Red, but she killed him, shattered the golden ring around her neck, and flew back toward the city.
• Ye Lin and Toutian continued toward Spirit Hidden Temple through Central City, where flight and space travel were restricted.
• After night fell, Ye Lin and Toutian noticed a strange scent and saw a woman in black standing atop a building as black petals drifted around her.
• Ye Lin wondered why the woman looked familiar while nearby cultivators praised her beauty.
• A cultivator rushed toward the woman, and she killed him with one sword strike, stunning the onlookers.

Li Miaoling revealed herself to Ye Lin and confronted him over his attempt to have her killed. She warned that she wanted to play a large game of chess with him and brought up his search for sword-intent stone steles.

• Ye Lin left Toutian and pursued a black-clad figure across the rooftops of Central City.
• The figure revealed herself as Li Miaoling, whom Ye Lin had believed dead.
• Li Miaoling accused Ye Lin of arranging her death, and he admitted he had accepted a reward he could not refuse.
• Li Miaoling said she was currently no match for Ye Lin but wanted to play a large game of chess with him.
• Li Miaoling reminded Ye Lin that he was collecting stone steles filled with Sword Intent.

Li Miaoling challenged Ye Lin to a deadly game of chess, naming the Tianyan Sect as her first piece. After discovering that Jian Unrivaled and Wuxin were both in trouble, Ye Lin sent three Spirit Transformation True Persons to protect the sect.

• Li Miaoling revealed that she had obtained the Stone Stele and challenged Ye Lin to a game in which he and his allies would die if he lost.
• Li Miaoling vanished, leaving Ye Lin to suspect that someone was manipulating her and that Li Miaoyin's memories now belonged to her.
• Ye Lin contacted Jian Unrivaled, but found him drunk and unresponsive.
• Ye Lin contacted Wuxin, who said he was being hunted before the call abruptly ended.
• Ye Lin sent three Spirit Transformation True Persons to protect the Tianyan Sect.

Ye Lin brought Toutian to Spirit Hidden Temple to ask for help with the matter he had come to settle. The temple’s elder said Spirit Hidden Temple had survived by staying out of worldly affairs.

• Ye Lin decided to handle his pressing matters before investigating what had happened to Jian Unrivaled.
• Ye Lin woke Toutian and told him to cultivate at Nameless Mountain after they finished their current business.
• Ye Lin and Toutian reached the dilapidated Spirit Hidden Temple and found its interior orderly and its disciples sweeping the paths.
• An elderly Daoist welcomed Ye Lin and asked what he sought, and Ye Lin introduced himself as a Nameless Mountain Inner Sect disciple.
• The elder said Spirit Hidden Temple had always kept out of worldly affairs since its founding.

Ye Lin tried to persuade Spirit Hidden Temple to join Nameless Mountain in uniting the Human Race against the Eastern Continent's threats, but the temple's elder refused. Ye Lin gave the temple three breaths to reconsider as war spread across the continent.

• Spirit Hidden Temple's elder told Ye Lin that the temple would not concern itself with worldly affairs and gestured for him to leave.
• Ye Lin argued that the Human Race faced a vast calamity and that Spirit Hidden Temple had a responsibility to help defend it.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had come under orders from his master, Taichu of Nameless Mountain, and warned that someone else would come if the temple refused.
• Ye Lin accused Spirit Hidden Temple of abandoning the Human Race and threatened it with three breaths to reconsider.
• Ye Lin reflected that the Demon Race had driven the Asura Clan back, the Shadow Clan was harassing Human Race borders, and war had engulfed the other races.

Ye Lin and Toutian met the Spirit Hidden Temple’s Patriarch, who explained why Nameless Mountain’s campaign to unite the Human Race faced serious difficulties. He began recounting the ancient conflicts that followed Heavenly Palace’s collapse.

• Ye Lin demanded the Spirit Hidden Temple submit to Nameless Mountain, and the Temple’s Patriarch summoned him and Toutian.
• The Patriarch received Ye Lin and Toutian in a thatched hut and asked Ye Lin whether he understood Nameless Mountain’s situation.
• The Patriarch explained that Heavenly Palace’s collapse and the death of the Human Race’s Half-Immortal led to widespread conflict among the races.
• The Patriarch said five Human Race factions fought for dominance, plunging the Human Race into endless internal strife.

The old man explained how Nameless Mountain rose to dominate the Human Race and warned Ye Lin that its returning rivals had drawn him into their conflict. Ye Lin argued that neutrality would doom Spirit Hidden Temple, leaving the old man weighing the temple’s survival.

• The old man recounted Nameless Mountain’s victories, its expansion into five prefectures, and the return of the four transcendent powers.
• Ye Lin realized Li Miaoling was a pawn of Nameless Mountain’s rivals and that he had become Nameless Mountain’s pawn.
• Ye Lin asked what the old man wanted from him and argued that, as a Nameless Mountain disciple, he should support it.
• The old man asked whether Spirit Hidden Temple would be destroyed if Nameless Mountain lost.
• Ye Lin warned that neutral powers rarely survived struggles for power and that refusing to choose a side could make Spirit Hidden Temple the first target.
• The old man laughed and said he had to consider the burden of protecting Spirit Hidden Temple’s inheritance.

Ye Lin urged Spirit Hidden Temple’s Grand Elder to trust Nameless Mountain and join its effort to protect the human race, but the elder doubted his guarantee. As Ye Lin left, the elder asked what Spirit Hidden Temple could gain, leaving the possibility of a deal open.

• Ye Lin assured Spirit Hidden Temple’s Grand Elder that Nameless Mountain would remain the leader of the Five Prefectures, but the elder said Ye Lin lacked the strength to guarantee it.
• Ye Lin grew impatient and warned that Nameless Mountain would suppress those who refused to submit, while Toutian privately trusted Ye Lin’s promise.
• Ye Lin asked the elder to gamble on Nameless Mountain’s success and said the human race’s future depended on it.
• When the elder remained silent, Ye Lin bowed and left Spirit Hidden Temple with Toutian.
• As Ye Lin and Toutian were about to leave, the elder asked Ye Lin what Spirit Hidden Temple could gain.

Ye Lin waited in Central City as Spirit Hidden Temple and the other major powers purged Evil Demons across Black Sand Prefecture. After a month, he learned that Wang Teng and two others were plotting against him, but he worried that killing members of the Ten Sequences could threaten his future rise within Nameless Mountain.

• Ye Lin left Spirit Hidden Temple with Toutian after its elder agreed to consolidate the temple's forces and purge Evil Demons.
• Ye Lin and Toutian waited in an inn while Central City descended into chaos and the major powers began purging Evil Demons and other enemies across Black Sand Prefecture.
• A month later, Toutian told Ye Lin that Wang Teng and two others were in a canyon plotting to kill him.
• Ye Lin decided to confront the three but worried that secretly killing members of the Ten Sequences could damage his reputation and ambitions within Nameless Mountain.

Ye Lin summoned Zhao Huaian, Zhao Huaiping, and Leng Ning and asked them to help him secretly kill Wang Teng, Li Qingxuan, and Wang Shengtian. He explained that the three had plotted against him, and the group was left weighing his proposal.

• Ye Lin contacted Zhao Huaian, Zhao Huaiping, and Leng Ning with Jade Talismans and invited them to meet.
• The three arrived, and Ye Lin sealed the room before revealing his plan to kill Wang Teng, Li Qingxuan, and Wang Shengtian.
• Zhao Huaian asked Ye Lin why he wanted them dead, and Ye Lin recounted their plots and attempts to assassinate him.
• Ye Lin said he needed their strength to make the killings go unnoticed and argued that their combined forces could deter an investigation.

Ye Lin pressed Zhao Ping'an and the other two Ten Sequences to help assassinate three rivals, warning that he intended to become Sect Master and would have the power to suppress them if they opposed him. They asked how he planned to carry it out, and he demanded the use of their hidden forces, leaving them weighing the risks.

• Ye Lin warned the three that their factions would abandon them if they lost the future struggle for Sect Master, and that he would suppress them if he won.
• The three hesitated because assassinating members of the Ten Sequences could bring an investigation from Nameless Mountain's Ancestral Land.
• Zhao Ping'an asked Ye Lin how they would carry out the assassinations.
• Ye Lin said the four of them could not act directly and demanded the hidden forces the three had cultivated during their time among the Ten Sequences.
• The three considered using their forces, which included Spirit Transformation True Persons, but hesitated over the scale of the commitment.

Ye Lin pressured Zhao Ping'an, Zhao Huaiping, and Zhao Huaian into helping him kill three of Nameless Mountain's Ten Sequences. They agreed to join the ambush in Black Sand Prefecture, and Ye Lin proposed gathering enough Spirit Transformation cultivators to kill the targets instantly.

• Zhao Ping'an said the three needed time to consider Ye Lin's proposal, fearing the consequences of killing their fellow disciples.
• Ye Lin gave them three minutes to agree or said he would find someone else.
• Zhao Huaiping agreed to help, and Zhao Huaian soon agreed as well.
• Ye Lin revealed that the three targets were in Black Sand Prefecture and said he knew their exact location.
• Zhao Huaian noted that the targets had to be killed before they could resist, flee, or send word.
• Ye Lin proposed that the three gather ten Spirit Transformation cultivators to join him and his companions in the ambush.

Ye Lin and the three Ten Sequences arranged a force of twenty Spirit Transformation-level fighters to ensure their plan to kill three people succeeded. They set off on Little Red with Toutian guiding the way using the Heaven-Peering Compass.

• Ye Lin decided to contribute his own strength rather than involve Taichu's forces.
• Zhao Huaiping and the other two contacted allies and gathered sixteen Spirit Transformation True Persons.
• Ye Lin, Toutian, Zhao Huaiping, and the other two prepared to leave after confirming their forces were assembled.
• Toutian used the Heaven-Peering Compass, and Ye Lin summoned Little Red.
• Little Red enlarged, and the group climbed onto her back to set off.

Ye Lin and his allies arrived at a canyon in Black Sand Prefecture and began surrounding it with a Heaven-Shrouding Grand Formation. Inside, Wang Teng pressured Li Qingxuan and Wang Tian to gather their forces against Ye Lin, while the formation went unnoticed.

• Little Red flew Ye Lin and Toutian to the canyon in Black Sand Prefecture.
• More than a dozen Spirit Transformation True Persons arrived, and Zhao Huaian, Zhao Huaiping, and Leng Ning organized them to set up the Heaven-Shrouding Grand Formation.
• Wang Teng told Li Qingxuan and Wang Tian that Ye Lin would seek revenge and urged them to follow his command.
• Li Qingxuan and Wang Tian considered cooperating with Wang Teng because they feared Ye Lin and had no safer alternative.
• Wang Teng demanded that Li Qingxuan and Wang Tian mobilize all their power and stop holding back.

Wang Teng tried to recruit Li Qingxuan and Wang Shengtian to ambush Ye Lin, but the two turned on him instead. Ye Lin and his companions watched from above as the fight intensified, waiting for the three to wear themselves out.

• Wang Teng told Li Qingxuan and Wang Shengtian that they needed to find and kill Ye Lin before the situation grew more chaotic.
• Wang Shengtian and Li Qingxuan attacked Wang Teng, who defended himself with his saber and demanded to know why they were trying to kill him.
• Wang Shengtian sealed off the surrounding space as he and Li Qingxuan continued their assault on Wang Teng.
• Zhao Huaiping asked Ye Lin whether they should attack, but Ye Lin decided to wait until the three had exhausted themselves.
• Wang Teng, Li Qingxuan, and Wang Shengtian fought fiercely in the gorge, each trying to kill the others.

Ye Lin revealed that he had watched Wang Teng, Li Qingxuan, and Wang Shengtian fight inside a trapped gorge. He demanded that Li Qingxuan kill the two men beside him within three breaths to earn forgiveness.

• Wang Teng realized Li Qingxuan and Wang Shengtian were trying to kill him to gain Ye Lin's forgiveness and fled from them.
• A golden barrier sealed the gorge, stopping Wang Teng's escape and convincing him that his pursuers had prepared an array.
• Wang Teng, Li Qingxuan, and Wang Shengtian discovered Ye Lin, Zhao Ping'an, and more than a dozen Spirit Transformation True Persons watching from outside the barrier.
• Li Qingxuan blamed Wang Teng and distanced himself from him, while Wang Shengtian looked on with disdain.
• Ye Lin told Li Qingxuan to kill the two men beside him within three breaths if he wanted forgiveness.

Ye Lin sent Little Red into the one-way canyon to kill Wang Teng, and Little Red overwhelmed him with powerful attacks. Ye Lin refused Zhao Huaian’s offer to help, leaving Little Red to fight the trapped opponents.

• Ye Lin ordered Little Red to enter the canyon and kill Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng complained that Ye Lin had sent a pet beast, then attacked Little Red with Overlord Slash.
• Little Red tore apart Wang Teng’s blade light and blasted him into the ground with a crimson beam.
• Wang Shengtian urged Li Qingxuan to help Wang Teng, and Li Qingxuan charged toward Little Red.
• Zhao Huaian offered to intervene, but Ye Lin declined and let Little Red continue fighting.
• Little Red suppressed Wang Teng, Wang Shengtian, and Li Qingxuan until they could barely resist.

Little Red overwhelmed Wang Teng, Wang Shengtian, and Li Qingxuan with his Phoenix True Form. Wang Teng tried to escape, but Ye Lin dragged him back, leaving him in Leng Ning’s hands.

• Little Red unleashed Phoenix True Form and struck Wang Teng down before sending Wang Shengtian and Li Qingxuan flying.
• Wang Teng, wounded and unable to fight, crushed a Jade Talisman to escape through a black hole.
• Wang Teng threatened Ye Lin as he fled, but Ye Lin used golden chains to pull him back.
• Leng Ning held a sword to Wang Teng’s neck and said it was time for him to repay what he had done.

Leng Ning and the others killed Wang Teng and his two companions, then concealed the evidence and prepared to give an account when questioned. Ye Lin and Toutian flew toward Tianhe Prefecture to investigate Jian Unrivaled, while Divine Sword City faced a demand to surrender.

• Leng Ning cut Wang Teng apart and burned his soul to ashes, while Little Red tore his two companions to pieces.
• Zhao Huaiping used a treasure bottle to hide the traces of what had happened in the canyon.
• Leng Ning warned that the deaths would be discovered within three days and that they would be summoned for questioning.
• Ye Lin and Toutian rode Little Red toward Tianhe Prefecture to find out what had happened to Jian Unrivaled.
• An enemy gave an old man in Divine Sword City the choice of surrendering the city or being killed until it submitted.

A young man in a golden sedan chair demanded Divine Sword City submit, but Jian Xu refused and faced execution by Elder Meng. Divine Sword City’s Martial Ancestor appeared to defend it, revealing himself as the legendary Sword Venerable.

• Jian Xu rejected the young man's demand, declaring that Divine Sword City obeyed only Nameless Mountain.
• The young man ordered Elder Meng to kill Jian Xu and the others after negotiations failed.
• Jian Xu realized Elder Meng was a True Lord as the elder reached for him.
• An enraged voice rang out from Divine Sword City, and its Martial Ancestor appeared beside Jian Xu.
• The young man recognized the Martial Ancestor as Sword Venerable, the famed sword cultivator from a hundred thousand years ago.

Sword Venerable confronted an old Dao Integration True Lord who opposed Nameless Mountain, but his hidden injuries left him weakened after their clash. As the old man prepared to kill him, Sword Venerable summoned Wooden Fish from Divine Sword City.

• Sword Venerable rejected the old man's claims that Nameless Mountain was weak and accused him of betraying the Human Race.
• The old man and Sword Venerable faced off, and Sword Venerable coughed blood after losing their clash.
• Jian Xu rushed to support Sword Venerable as the old man wondered who had injured him.
• Sword Venerable suppressed his injuries and called for Wooden Fish, prompting a wooden sword to fly from Divine Sword City.