Recaps

Ye Lin activated his True King Sacred Body, Purgatory Ice Flame, and Words Become Law to fight Mo Long and Mo Xuan, then launched a devastating sword attack at Mo Long. Mo Long countered with a punch as Ye Lin's strike threatened to split the sea.

• Mo Long mocked Ye Lin while Mo Xuan prepared to fight alongside him.
• Ye Lin activated his True King Sacred Body and Purgatory Ice Flame, then used Words Become Law to strengthen himself.
• Ye Lin struck at Mo Xuan with Thunder Break Thousand Jun, vanished with Near Yet Far, and slashed Mo Long across the back.
• Ye Lin pursued Mo Long and unleashed Grass Extinction, splitting the deep sea and destroying countless sea clans in its path.
• Mo Long reacted to Ye Lin's attack with Demonic Chaos of the Nine Heavens and threw a punch.

Ye Lin killed Mo Long with three sword strikes, forcing Mo Xuan to flee, then joined the wounded Zhang Wusheng and the others aboard the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle. As demons and monsters closed in, Ye Lin opened the Eye of Heavenly Punishment before the shuttle sealed itself behind a veil of mist.

• Ye Lin shattered Mo Long's punch, cut off his arm, and killed him with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art and Purgatory Ice Flame.
• Mo Xuan saw Mo Long die and fled without hesitation.
• Know-All called for everyone to board the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle, and Zhang Wusheng and the others climbed aboard despite their injuries.
• Ye Lin used Near Yet Far to reach the shuttle and abandoned his attempt to kill Mo Xuan.
• As demons and monsters rushed toward the shuttle, Ye Lin opened the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and entered; the hatch shut and mist covered the shuttle.

Ye Lin’s Eye of Heavenly Punishment stopped the demon army long enough for the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle to escape and killed a sixth-level Golden Immortal demon. The demons entered the Crimson Wasteland while Ye Lin and his companions dealt with the aftermath of their battle.

• The demons and monsters froze when they sensed the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, allowing the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle to escape.
• The Eye of Heavenly Punishment killed a sixth-level Golden Immortal demon and destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• The demons demanded an investigation into Ye Lin, but followed the Demon Marshal’s order to enter the Crimson Wasteland and seize the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands.
• Ye Lin’s companions treated their grievous injuries with help from Wang Tian, while Ye Lin recovered apart from feeling weak.
• Ye Lin blamed Know-All for taking far longer than the promised few dozen breaths.

Know-All returned the one million Law Source Stones to Zhang Wusheng after the group accused him of misleading them into danger. He then revealed that the Demon-Monster Realm planned to forge a ferocious artifact from countless wronged souls and use it to invade the Immortal God Realm, leaving Ye Lin to learn the full aim of their scheme.

• Zhang Wusheng accused Know-All of causing their injuries with bad intelligence and demanded their money back.
• Know-All admitted the group had saved him and returned the one million Law Source Stones.
• Know-All said the Demon-Monster Realm was massacring the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands to gather wronged souls for a ferocious artifact.
• Know-All explained that the artifact would help the Demon-Monster Realm invade the Immortal God Realm and steal the Heavenly Dao's authority.
• Know-All told Ye Lin that the plan would let someone in the Demon-Monster Realm become a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.

Know-All explained that the Demon-Monster Realm planned to seize the Immortal God Realm’s Heavenly Dao and use it to create a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. He warned Ye Lin that the plan could wipe out the Immortal God Realm and Earth God Realm before their realm gate opened, leaving Ye Lin and his companions in danger too.

• Know-All told Ye Lin that the Demon-Monster Realm aimed to seize the Immortal God Realm’s Heavenly Dao and nurture a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Know-All said the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had reported the scheme and that the Immortal God Realm and Earth God Realm would send experts to suppress the Demon-Monster Realm once the realm gate opened.
• Know-All explained that the Demon-Monster Realm had acted quickly and that victory remained uncertain while the realm gate was closed.
• Know-All warned Ye Lin that the demons intended to complete their plan before the realm gate opened and would kill every living being in the Immortal God Realm and Earth God Realm.

Know-All explained that the Demon-Monster Realm attacked while the Immortal God Realm was distracted hunting prisoners who had escaped from a destroyed prison, and Ye Lin realized his group had broken the prison. As the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle suddenly stopped, Ye Lin looked ahead at Know-All’s signal.

• Ye Lin agreed that the Demon-Monster Realm could not escape the coming crisis because the Realm Gate would bring Starry Sky forces into the Immortal God Realm.
• Know-All told Ye Lin that unknown people had destroyed a prison holding powerful criminals, and the Immortal God Realm was hunting the escapees.
• Ye Lin realized that he and his companions were the people who had broken open the prison and worried that the Immortal God Realm would trace them.
• The Cloud-Piercing Shuttle stopped in midair, and Ye Lin looked ahead at Know-All’s signal.

Know-All and Ye Lin encountered six prodigies from the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect, who asked about the Crimson Wasteland and tried to take the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle. Know-All revealed his status as the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master's personal disciple, making them back down.

• Know-All recognized the approaching group as prodigies of the Four Continents and left the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle with Ye Lin to meet them.
• A woman from the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect questioned Know-All about the Crimson Wasteland, and he confirmed that he had just escaped from it.
• The woman asked to borrow the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle, and the other members of her group moved toward it.
• Know-All warned them that he was the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master's personal disciple and displayed his Identity Token.
• The Yin-Yang Sacred Sect group stopped and the woman politely withdrew.

Know-All and Ye Lin escaped the Crimson Wasteland aboard the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle and discussed the danger posed by the Demon-Monster Realm and the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect's highway robbers. They reached Western Qin Phoenix Province, where Know-All gave Ye Lin a map and warned him to avoid anyone surnamed Qin before they parted.

• Know-All left the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect members behind, and Ye Lin followed him onto the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle.
• Know-All explained that the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect was robbing refugees fleeing the fallen Crimson Wasteland and had even tried to target his shuttle.
• Ye Lin watched the shuttle cross the ocean toward the Four Continents as Know-All condemned the Earth God Realm's infighting.
• Know-All gave Ye Lin a map and warned him not to make enemies with anyone surnamed Qin in Western Qin Phoenix Province.
• Know-All dropped Ye Lin off in Western Qin Phoenix Province, completing their transaction.

Ye Lin learned that Western Qin Phoenix Province was Great Qin territory and that provoking anyone surnamed Qin could mean provoking the imperial dynasty. He led Gu Qingzhi and the others toward a border city, where two soldiers stopped them.

• After Know-All departed, Ye Lin studied the map and learned that Western Qin Phoenix Province belonged to the powerful Great Qin imperial dynasty.
• Ye Lin gave the map to Gu Qingzhi, then led the group toward a nearby city at the province's edge.
• After half an hour, Ye Lin and the others reached a border city used by Great Qin to monitor arrivals and departures.
• Two peak Earth Immortal soldiers appeared before the group and demanded to know who they were.

Ye Lin and his companions sought refuge in Western Qin Phoenix Province after demons and devils occupied the Crimson Wasteland. They registered with Great Qin soldiers, received Identity Tokens, and were allowed to enter under the warning not to harm mortals.

• Ye Lin told two Great Qin soldiers that his group had fled the occupied Crimson Wasteland and sought refuge.
• A soldier required the group to register their identities, cultivation, origins, and reasons for entering the province.
• Ye Lin listed himself as a Golden Immortal from a remote region, and the rest of the group followed his example despite their resentment.
• The soldiers gave each person an Identity Token and explained that it was required throughout Great Qin territory.
• The soldiers let the group enter and warned them that Great Qin would not interfere in cultivator wars, but they must not harm mortals.

Ye Lin and his companions entered the Great Qin Empire and saw the strength and discipline of its Human Race army. After passing its border city, they reached Western Qin Phoenix Province, where the Immortal Qi and laws of heaven and earth were far richer than in the Crimson Wasteland.

• Two Great Qin soldiers warned Ye Lin that the empire protected mortals but would not interfere in disputes between cultivators, then opened the city gates for him and his companions.
• Ye Lin entered the border city and saw its military camps, orderly patrols, and Human Race soldiers.
• Xu Feng judged that the Great Qin Empire was far stronger and more disciplined than the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty.
• Ye Lin and the others passed through the border city and entered Western Qin Phoenix Province.
• Ye Lin observed that the province had much denser Immortal Qi and clearer laws than the Crimson Wasteland, making cultivation far faster.

Ye Lin saved the wounded Qin Unrivaled from three pursuers and discovered that the Third Prince had been poisoned and suffered catastrophic injuries. Qin Unrivaled remained unconscious as Ye Lin confirmed his identity from a token bearing the Great Qin Empire’s national fate.

• Qin Unrivaled fled from three black-clad pursuers and collapsed after asking Ye Lin to save him.
• The three pursuers demanded that Ye Lin hand Qin Unrivaled over, but Ye Lin’s Bloodthirsty Demon Sword killed them and absorbed their blood.
• Ye Lin examined Qin Unrivaled and realized his cultivation had been reduced by poison and severe injuries.
• Ye Lin found a token bearing the Qin character and recognized it as proof that Qin Unrivaled was the Third Prince of the Great Qin Empire.

Ye Lin’s group rescued the poisoned Qin Unrivaled, the Third Prince of the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty, hoping to gain his favor. As Wang Tian treated him in a secluded cave, the Protector tracked their trail and set off after them.

• Ye Lin decided to save Qin Unrivaled, and his companions agreed before carrying him away.
• The Protector arrived at the site of three dead attackers, warned his men against disobeying orders, and sent them to search for the Third Prince.
• The Protector used a mirror and a drop of blood to trace Ye Lin’s group, then pursued them alone.
• Wang Tian gave Qin Unrivaled an Antidote Pill in a secluded cave as the poison continued to spread.

Wang Tian treated Qin Unrivaled, removing the poison and beginning to restore his origin, dantian, and meridians while San Zang fought off an attacker. After the fight, Qin Unrivaled woke, and Ye Lin decided they needed to leave before more enemies arrived.

• Wang Tian fed Qin Unrivaled several pills and used immortal power to begin healing his damaged body.
• San Zang went outside alone to confront an approaching enemy while Ye Lin guarded the group with his divine sense.
• San Zang fought a black-clad man for more than a hundred breaths and killed him.
• Ye Lin realized the area had been exposed and planned to move everyone to a new location.
• Qin Unrivaled woke and relaxed when he saw Ye Lin and the others.

Qin Unrivaled woke after Wang Tian healed his poison and stabilized his severe injuries, then vowed to repay the group and destroy the White Lotus Sect. Ye Lin led the group away from the exposed cave, while the surviving pursuers decided to report back and continue hunting Qin Unrivaled.

• Qin Unrivaled thanked his rescuers and promised to reward them once he returned to the imperial capital.
• Zhang Wusheng warned Qin Unrivaled that the hideout had been exposed and urged him to leave before his pursuers arrived.
• Qin Unrivaled discovered that his poison was gone, and Wang Tian warned him not to use his cultivation for ten years or strain his damaged Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin led the group out of the cave, and Qin Unrivaled followed behind them into the forest.
• The black-clothed pursuers found their dead comrades, blamed their deceased Protector, and decided to report the failure and keep pursuing Qin Unrivaled.

Qin Unrivaled asked Xu Feng and the others to escort him to the imperial capital, promising each a treasure from the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty treasury. Ye Lin was tempted but asked how Qin Unrivaled could guarantee the reward.

• Qin Unrivaled explained that his communication Jade Talismans had stopped working and that he could not safely reach the imperial capital alone.
• Qin Unrivaled offered everyone one item from the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty treasury in return for escorting him.
• Xu Feng challenged Qin Unrivaled's authority to make that promise, and Qin Unrivaled listed his powerful family connections in the dynasty.
• Xu Feng fell silent after realizing Qin Unrivaled's backing made him a likely heir to the throne.
• Ye Lin asked Qin Unrivaled how he would guarantee the promised treasury rewards.

Qin Unrivaled gave Ye Lin his life soul and persuaded Ye Lin’s group to escort him through the remaining checkpoints to the imperial capital. As they traveled, Qin Unrivaled asked whether the group came from outside Western Qin Phoenix Province.

• Qin Unrivaled handed Ye Lin his life soul as proof that he would keep his promise, and Ye Lin agreed to help him.
• Ye Lin’s companions agreed to escort Qin Unrivaled in hopes of claiming the treasure vault he had promised.
• Qin Unrivaled warned the group that members of the White Lotus Sect might be waiting at the checkpoints along their route to the imperial capital.
• Ye Lin’s group carried the powerless Qin Unrivaled onward at great speed through the mountain ranges.
• Qin Unrivaled asked Ye Lin’s group whether they were from a remote region, and Zhang Wusheng questioned how he could know that.

The Fifth Prince ordered the White Lotus Cult and his shadow guards to kill the Third Prince before he reached the imperial capital, while investigating the person who had rescued him. Unaware of the plot, Ye Lin and his companions bypassed Dragon Hunt City and crossed the second checkpoint through Desolate Mountain.

• The Fifth Prince gave the White Lotus Cult one month to kill the Third Prince and threatened to destroy the cult if it failed.
• The Fifth Prince ordered the masked man to find the Third Prince's rescuer and warned that captured outsiders would be killed and remote star domains attacked.
• Ye Lin's group arrived at the second checkpoint, where Qin Unrivaled warned them that White Lotus Sect members watched Dragon Hunt City.
• Qin Unrivaled led the group around Dragon Hunt City and through Desolate Mountain, where they evaded the patrols and crossed the checkpoint.

Ye Lin and his companions crossed the Desolate Plains by Flying Boat, but Qin Unrivaled’s pursuers soon surrounded them. Among the attackers were members of the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect, and they demanded that the Third Prince surrender.

• Ye Lin asked Qin Unrivaled for directions, and Qin explained that they had to cross the Desolate Plains to reach the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.
• Ye Lin took out a Flying Boat and led the group across the plain, while a man in black spotted them and reported their location with a Jade Talisman.
• Qin Unrivaled worried that they might be discovered during the three-day crossing, and Ye Lin and Zhang Wusheng sensed danger approaching.
• Figures in black and black-and-white robes appeared around the Flying Boat, and Qin Unrivaled recognized members of the Yin-Yang Sacred Sect.
• The attackers mocked Qin Unrivaled as the Third Prince and ordered him to surrender and accept execution.

Qin Unrivaled demanded to know who had ordered his death as White Lotus Sect and Yin-Yang Sacred Sect attackers closed in. Ye Lin and his companions met the assault, and the chapter left the White Lotus Sect shocked by the strength of their opponents.

• Qin Unrivaled angrily demanded that the attackers reveal their mastermind, but the black-clad figures chose to attack instead.
• Ye Lin drew the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and hoped its battle against the Golden Immortals would strengthen it.
• Zhang Wusheng and Li Xiaoyao charged into battle while Ye Lin advanced toward the strongest black-and-white-clad figures.
• Gu Qingzhi and Shangguan Wanyu stayed beside Qin Unrivaled to protect him during the fighting.
• The White Lotus Sect fighters discovered that Ye Lin's group consisted of exceptionally powerful fifth-layer Golden Immortals.

Ye Lin confronted four fifth-level Golden Immortal assassins sent by the White Lotus Sect and swiftly killed them. He absorbed their blood with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and put away the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor without needing to use it.

• Ye Lin challenged the four Golden Immortal cultivators to spar, but his overwhelming aura made them retreat in fear.
• Ye Lin sent the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword after one assassin, draining his blood and Primordial Spirit power.
• The other three assassins fled and cursed the White Lotus Sect for giving them bad information about Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin summoned thunder to seal off their escape, then killed the three with Sword Qi.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Sword absorbed the three corpses’ blood and returned to Ye Lin, who put away the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.

Ye Lin and his companions defeated the thirty-eight Golden Immortal assassins and continued escorting Qin Unrivaled toward the Imperial Capital. Meanwhile, the White Lotus Sect locked down Qin Unrivaled’s location and began assembling an encirclement.

• Zhang Wusheng and the others killed all thirty-eight Golden Immortal attackers in less than a hundred breaths.
• Qin Unrivaled praised his rescuers and considered recruiting them as retainers once they reached the Imperial Capital.
• Ye Lin warned Qin Unrivaled that stronger assassins would come and urged the group to hurry.
• Qin Unrivaled promised the group rewards, including treasure from his vault and an additional generous gift.
• Ye Lin accelerated the Flying Boat toward the distance as White Lotus Sect experts converged to encircle Qin Unrivaled.

Ye Lin agreed to visit the Ten Thousand Sword Sect and wait for its young sword master’s mountain-descending ceremony before continuing to the Imperial Capital. As the group prepared to follow the sect’s disciples, Qin Unrivaled concealed his identity with a golden mask.

• Qin Unrivaled told Ye Lin that the forbidden lands beside the Ten Thousand Sword Sect were too dangerous to cross and that detouring would add considerable time.
• Ye Lin told two Ten Thousand Sword Sect disciples that his group was traveling from the Crimson Wasteland to the Imperial Capital.
• The disciples explained that the sect was holding its young sword master’s mountain-descending ceremony and invited Ye Lin’s group to wait for it to end.
• Ye Lin decided that attending the ceremony was safer and quicker than taking a detour, despite suspecting the disciples’ friendliness.
• Qin Unrivaled put on a golden mask and changed his aura before the group followed the disciples.

Ye Lin and his companions entered Ten Thousand Sword Sect territory, where Qin Unrivaled began to suspect that his imperial younger brother had arranged his poisoning and pursuit. At the sect’s Young Sword Master’s Mountain Descent Ceremony, a greedy attendant demanded a bribe, and Qin Unrivaled handed him a valuable Yin-Yang jade pendant.

• Two Ten Thousand Sword Sect disciples warned Ye Lin and his companions that the Fifth Prince was hunting cultivators from remote regions.
• Qin Unrivaled suspected that his imperial younger brother was behind his poisoning and pursuit.
• Ye Lin and his companions arrived at a plaza filled with Ten Thousand Sword Sect cultivators.
• The two disciples left the group with a potbellied attendant who offered them seats at the Young Sword Master’s Mountain Descent Ceremony in exchange for a bribe.
• Qin Unrivaled gave the attendant a top-grade Yin-Yang jade pendant, which the attendant eagerly accepted.

Yun Feiyan and her companions entered the Ten Thousand Sword Sect for its mountain-descending ceremony, where Ye Lin realized the White Lotus Cult had tracked them down. The three cultists singled out Qin Unrivaled, calling him the Fifth Imperial Brother as they approached.

• The fat man recorded Yun Feiyan's gift of a Yin-Yang Jade Pendant and let the group into the plaza.
• Qin Unrivaled offered to cover the group's expenses on their journey to the Imperial Capital.
• Ye Lin and his companions chose a remote seating area, but Qin Unrivaled noticed three powerful black-clad figures entering the plaza.
• Ye Lin recognized the figures as White Lotus Cult members and realized the group had been exposed.
• Zhang Wusheng assured Qin Unrivaled that the three could be defeated if none had reached the seventh level of Golden Immortal.
• The three figures approached Qin Unrivaled and called him the Fifth Imperial Brother, making his fury rise.