Recaps

Ye Lin traveled to Black Wind Mountain to learn why the Golden Immortal Black Mountain Old Monster had provoked him and to ensure Yue Qingyi was safe. After entering the mountain and dispersing its demonic qi, he encountered a seductive woman who asked why he had come.

• Ye Lin learned that Black Mountain Old Monster was a feared Golden Immortal who had survived an assault by powerful cultivators.
• Ye Lin traveled day and night for a day and a night before reaching Black Wind Mountain.
• Ye Lin entered the mountain, stomped away the demonic qi, and worried that Yue Qingyi could not survive there without protection.
• A scantily dressed woman approached Ye Lin and asked what had brought him to Black Wind Mountain.

Ye Lin reached Black Mountain Old Monster’s cavern and found Yue Qingyi unharmed. Black Mountain Old Monster offered him a blood-red bead coveted by Xinyou in exchange for taking her away from Black Wind Mountain.

• A succubus tried to entice Ye Lin, but he refused and sensed Black Mountain Old Monster’s location.
• Ye Lin climbed to the cavern and found Yue Qingyi safe beside Black Mountain Old Monster.
• Black Mountain Old Monster explained that restrictions had kept her trapped since a battle a hundred thousand years earlier and asked Ye Lin to take her away.
• Black Mountain Old Monster offered Ye Lin a blood-red bead containing extreme evil, and Xinyou stared at it with longing.

Ye Lin learned that Black Mountain Old Monster offered Xinyou a blood-red pearl if he could break the restriction trapping her on Black Wind Mountain, while Yue Qingyi had only two days to live. He discovered the barrier and attacked it with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, but its fate remained uncertain.

• Black Mountain Old Monster revealed that the pearl could help Xinyou and asked Ye Lin to free her from the restriction around Black Wind Mountain.
• Black Mountain Old Monster warned Ye Lin that Yue Qingyi would die in two days if he failed to break the restriction.
• Ye Lin discovered that a black barrier surrounded Black Wind Mountain but did not affect him.
• Ye Lin summoned the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and struck the barrier, making the mountain shake and sending ripples through the restriction.

Ye Lin, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, and Xinyou failed to break a restriction jointly laid by powerful Golden Immortals. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said Ye Lin would need to use the Human Emperor Sword, leaving Ye Lin weighing the risk to the Human Race’s fortune.

• Ye Lin and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar attacked the restriction, but their combined strength could not break it.
• Xinyou transformed into a gigantic white beast and blasted the barrier with a pillar of light, but it remained intact.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that only the Human Emperor Sword could shatter the restriction at his current strength.
• Ye Lin touched the golden bracelet containing the Human Emperor Sword and hesitated because using it could affect the Human Race’s fortune.

Ye Lin used the Hand of Heaven to strike Black Wind Mountain’s black barrier, spending luck points at an enormous rate as cracks spread across it. The barrier began to break apart, but Ye Lin’s luck continued to drain rapidly.

• Ye Lin summoned the Hand of Heaven, and a gigantic golden palm appeared above Black Wind Mountain, dispersing its demonic clouds.
• The golden palm’s pressure drove nearby beings to flee and terrified the succubi hiding inside Black Wind Mountain, who blamed Black Mountain Old Monster for the trouble.
• Ye Lin pressed the golden palm onto the black barrier, making the succubi cry out in pain as a crack appeared and spread.
• Ye Lin watched the barrier fracture while his luck points drained by ten million per breath.
• Ye Lin increased the palm’s force, raising the cost to twenty million luck points per breath as cracks multiplied and the barrier began to break apart.

Ye Lin shattered the restriction on Black Wind Mountain, freeing the trapped succubi and the Black Mountain Old Monster. As powerful forces converged on the mountain, the Black Mountain Old Monster fled and left Ye Lin the Blood-Colored Bead, while he headed back to find Yue Qingyi.

• Powerful experts and forces across the Immortal God Realm sensed the restriction being tampered with and sent people toward Black Wind Mountain.
• Ye Lin spent fifty million fortune points to break the black barrier and destroy the restriction.
• The succubi realized they could leave Black Wind Mountain and fled in every direction.
• The Black Mountain Old Monster praised Ye Lin, warned him that auras were converging on the mountain, and flew away.
• The Blood-Colored Bead drifted to Ye Lin, who immediately headed for the cave to find Yue Qingyi.

Ye Lin rescued Yue Qingyi from Black Wind Mountain after breaking its restriction, spending 300 million luck points and fleeing before powerful experts arrived. At a cliff, he reassured Yue Qingyi that if she survived the next ten years, she could transform her fate, while he remained determined to protect her.

• Ye Lin found Yue Qingyi under Black Mountain Old Monster's control, freed her, and swiftly left Black Wind Mountain with her.
• Powerful figures arrived at Black Wind Mountain after Ye Lin broke the restriction, but the mountain's creatures had already fled.
• Yue Qingyi asked Ye Lin if she was useless and had dragged him down, while he brooded over the 300 million luck points he had spent breaking the restriction.
• Ye Lin told Yue Qingyi that staying alive for ten years was her foremost task and promised she would soar like a phoenix if she believed in herself.

Ye Lin persuaded Yue Qingyi to keep living and traveled with her into the forest, while her family worried about her fragile condition. The Third Patriarch defended his decision, saying Ye Lin had brought Yue Qingyi happiness and that she deserved to enjoy her remaining time.

• Ye Lin told Yue Qingyi they could help each other and urged her to keep working toward the future, and she promised to do so.
• Yue Qingyi fell asleep, and Ye Lin stood watch at the cliff for a day and night.
• Ye Lin gave Yue Qingyi two fruits, then led her away from the cliff as they set off to wander without a destination.
• A middle-aged man confronted the Third Patriarch over Yue Qingyi leaving with Ye Lin.
• The Third Patriarch said he had arranged the trip so Yue Qingyi could be happy, noting that she had smiled since Ye Lin arrived.

Yue Qingyi’s family accepted that they could not save her and decided to let her spend her remaining time freely. Ye Lin accompanied her to a radiant ocean, where she happily explored the shore.

• Yue Qingyi’s Third Grandfather admitted that the family’s efforts to control her had caused her pain and decided to let her go with a smile.
• Yue Qingyi’s father stood alone, grieving that even his power as a ninth-level Golden Immortal could not save his daughter from the Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Lin accompanied Yue Qingyi to a shimmering, multicolored ocean.
• Yue Qingyi ran along the beach in delight, while Ye Lin watched and noticed her mood and condition seemed to improve.

After a year of protecting Yue Qingyi, Ye Lin had reduced her death tribulation to 55% and believed he could eliminate it soon. When he detected Heavenly Star Pavilion assassins in the city, he left his avatar Wu Wang beside Yue Qingyi and went to confront them.

• Ye Lin told Yue Qingyi that she had survived the first year and encouraged her to keep living through the remaining nine years.
• Ye Lin noted that Yue Qingyi’s death tribulation had fallen to 55% and her body was gradually recovering.
• Ye Lin recalled that he had killed the Heavenly Star Pavilion’s young master after they both bid on a supreme treasure, leading the pavilion to pursue them.
• Yue Qingyi went shopping with Ming Shu and her other friends while Ye Lin secretly watched over her with his divine sense.
• After Yue Qingyi returned and fell asleep, Ye Lin sensed Heavenly Star Pavilion members in the city, left his avatar Wu Wang to guard her, and vanished to find them.

Ye Lin killed more than twenty Heavenly Star Pavilion cultivators who had come to find him, then realized the pavilion would keep pursuing Yue Qingyi unless he dealt with it directly. A black-robed stranger appeared and challenged Ye Lin over fighting in the city.

• More than twenty black-clad cultivators searched for Ye Lin, and their leader urged them to attack while quietly retreating.
• Ye Lin swept out Sword Qi and killed all the cultivators in an instant.
• Ye Lin concluded the dead men were only an advance party and that he needed to deal with the Heavenly Star Pavilion to keep Yue Qingyi safe.
• A black-robed young man formed from black petals and questioned Ye Lin for fighting in a city under his jurisdiction.
• Ye Lin explained that the cultivators had come to assassinate him, leaving the newcomer staring in disbelief at the corpses.

Ye Lin agreed to help Liu Feng destroy the Heavenly Star Pavilion after learning that its destruction was necessary to avert Yue Qingyi’s impending calamity. The group prepared to attack that night, and Ye Lin’s overwhelming pressure stunned Liu Feng’s four arriving allies.

• A newcomer identified Ye Lin as the cultivator who killed the Heavenly Star Pavilion’s young master and warned that the pavilion’s experts would come after him.
• Liu Feng proposed that Ye Lin join him in wiping out the Heavenly Star Pavilion, and Ye Lin agreed after checking Yue Qingyi’s unchanged Destiny.
• Ye Lin learned that Yue Qingyi would die tomorrow and agreed with Liu Feng to attack the Heavenly Star Pavilion that night.
• Liu Feng summoned three men and one woman, and Ye Lin released his pressure before they could speak, frightening them.

Ye Lin followed Liu Feng and the others to the Heavenly Star Pavilion, where they attacked its protective barrier. Ye Lin summoned a vast mass of lightning and formed a colossal lightning Sword Qi, leaving the pavilion’s fate unresolved.

• Ye Lin judged Liu Feng and the four others weak, and they fell silent under the pressure he gave off.
• Liu Feng led Ye Lin and the others across the mountains to the Heavenly Star Pavilion while Ye Lin’s avatar stayed behind to guard Yue Qingyi.
• Liu Feng pointed out the Heavenly Star Pavilion’s grounds and identified it as a second-rate force protected by a powerful array.
• At Ye Lin’s direction, Liu Feng and the others attacked the pavilion, but its Sect Protection Array blocked every strike.
• Ye Lin raised his hand and summoned lightning across the skies, forming a Sword Qi a million zhang long.

Ye Lin unleashed a thunderous Sword Qi against Heavenly Star Pavilion after revealing that its Pavilion Master had been hunting for him. The sect’s protective array shattered, and the attack crashed into the grounds as lightning ravaged the pavilion.

• Heavenly Star Pavilion’s Pavilion Master appeared and pleaded with Ye Lin to stop, claiming the sect had not offended him.
• Ye Lin reminded the Pavilion Master that he had been hunting for Ye Lin, then sent the fully charged Sword Qi crashing down.
• The Pavilion Master rallied the elders and disciples to defend the Sect Protection Array against Ye Lin’s attack.
• Ye Lin used the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art to rain lightning on the array until it shattered, leaving the Pavilion Master, elders, and disciples injured.
• Ye Lin’s Sword Qi struck Heavenly Star Pavilion, and lightning spread wildly across its grounds.

Ye Lin watched Liu Feng and the others massacre Heavenly Star Pavilion while waiting for its hidden expert to appear. When an old man finally confronted him and claimed Ye Lin was at fault, Ye Lin recounted the pavilion’s attempt to rob and kill him and rejected its offer to back down.

• Ye Lin ordered Liu Feng and the others to leave no one alive in Heavenly Star Pavilion, then watched from above as they began the massacre.
• Liu Feng celebrated his return and told the pavilion’s disciples how he had spent ten thousand years seeking revenge for his Dao companion’s death.
• Ye Lin warned the hidden expert that the pavilion’s disciples would all die if he continued to hide.
• An old man appeared before Ye Lin and asked him to stop, claiming Ye Lin had been at fault and offering to let the matter go.
• Ye Lin explained that Heavenly Star Pavilion’s young pavilion master had tried to rob and kill him after losing an auction, and accused the old man of greed.

Ye Lin confronted the old man from Heavenly Star Pavilion and rejected his attempt to end their conflict. Their battle began beneath storm clouds, and Ye Lin struck the old man with lightning sword techniques.

• The old man asked Ye Lin to let the matter pass, claiming Heavenly Star Pavilion had already paid a heavy price.
• Ye Lin refused and said he intended to kill the old man, then summoned the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.
• Ye Lin declared Heavenly Star Pavilion's destruction inevitable and attacked with Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, Thunder Break.
• The old man shattered Ye Lin's first strike with a punch and charged, but Ye Lin retreated and trapped him with Thunder Prison.
• Ye Lin hit the old man with another Thunder Break, blasting him away as distant cultivators watched the clash from afar.

Ye Lin faced Sui Xingyuan, who restored his youthful appearance and fought with the blade hidden in the mountain. Ye Lin unleashed a storm of thunder dragons and descended to attack, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Sui Xingyuan broke free of the boulder and summoned a great blade from the shattered mountain.
• Sui Xingyuan regained his youthful form and declared that Ye Lin would have to defeat him before destroying Heavenly Star Pavilion.
• Sui Xingyuan charged Ye Lin and shattered the lightning from Ye Lin’s Thunderfall attack with his blade.
• Ye Lin unleashed thunder dragons with Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art and descended toward Sui Xingyuan in a killing slash.

Ye Lin defeated and killed Sui Xingyuan, then destroyed Heavenly Star Pavilion and wiped out those hiding in its ruins. The region was left barren and lifeless.

• Ye Lin struck down Sui Xingyuan, a sixth-layer Golden Immortal, and watched him die.
• Ye Lin found a little girl and used his power to split open the land around her before leaving.
• Cultivators emerged from underground and fled the ruins, while one child vowed to avenge their mother.
• Lightning pursued the hidden cultivators for half an hour, leaving Heavenly Star Pavilion and the surrounding region scorched and lifeless.

After the Heavenly Star Pavilion was annihilated, nearby cultivators fled the scene, terrified of its unknown attacker. The next morning, Yue Qingyi ate pastries with Ye Lin, who told her that Lin Yunlu remained asleep inside the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell; Yue Qingyi asked how she could be helped.

• Nearby cultivators arrived after the lightning vanished and found the Heavenly Star Pavilion destroyed, with its ancestor dead.
• The cultivators feared the person responsible and hurried away.
• Yue Qingyi woke, found Ye Lin beside a table of pastries, and asked whether he had slept.
• Ye Lin showed Yue Qingyi the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell and explained that Lin Yunlu had been asleep inside it for a long time.
• Yue Qingyi felt sorry for Lin Yunlu and asked if there was a way to help her.

Ye Lin discovered that Yue Qingyi was destined to die during an outing at Moonfall Gorge and decided to accompany her to prevent the calamity. He met Yue Qingyi’s friends and their Dao companions, whose hidden greed made him wary.

• Ye Lin studied Yue Qingyi’s panel and learned she would be killed after entering a secret realm with her friends and their Dao companions.
• Yue Qingyi invited Ye Lin to Moonfall Gorge, and he agreed to go with her.
• Ye Lin accompanied Yue Qingyi to meet Lin Mingshu, Cloud, and the two women’s True Immortal Dao companions.
• Ye Lin sensed greed in the two men’s eyes and questioned their interest in Earth Immortals.
• Lin Mingshu teased Yue Qingyi by asking if Ye Lin was her Dao companion, and Yue Qingyi denied it.

Yue Qingyi and her companions traveled from the city into the wilderness to visit Moonfall Gorge, while Ye Lin watched the two men accompanying them with suspicion. The men introduced themselves to Ye Lin, leaving their intentions unclear.

• Cloud ended the argument and led Yue Qingyi, her friends, and Ye Lin toward the waterfall at Moonfall Gorge.
• Ye Lin reflected that Yue Qingyi faced fewer dangers when she stayed in one place and planned to keep traveling with her until her death tribulations were gone.
• The group left the city and entered the wilderness, where Ye Lin noticed that Yue Qingyi's two male companions seemed suspicious.
• Yue Qingyi's friends explained how moonlight between the mountain ranges gave Moonfall Gorge its name.
• Bai Yuefeng and Yun Feixue introduced themselves to Ye Lin as members of the Dragon Hunting Gang and Sand Sea Gang, then asked where he was from.

Ye Lin refused to reveal his identity to two greedy True Immortals and led the way to the waterfall with Yue Qingyi. The men quietly discussed testing him, while Ye Lin overheard them and kept silent.

• Ye Lin explained that factions in the Immortal God Realm were ranked by strength and told the two men he was a Rogue Cultivator with no need to share his name.
• Ye Lin warned the men to leave and held back from killing them to preserve his relationship with Yue Qingyi and pursue the opportunity tied to her death tribulation.
• Yue Qingyi exclaimed at the sight of the great waterfall.
• The two men whispered that Ye Lin might be concealing his aura and decided to test him rather than provoke him outright.
• Ye Lin heard their conversation and joined Yue Qingyi beside the hundred-zhang waterfall.

As Yue Qingyi admired a magnificent waterfall, Ye Lin reflected on how the Star River Cosmos had fallen from a virtuous cycle into decline. He realized that the Heavenly Dao used great ages to nurture new powerhouses who could overthrow ancient experts and restore its origin.

• Yue Qingyi marveled at the waterfall while Ye Lin and the others watched.
• Ye Lin considered how powerful cultivators controlled resources and prevented those with talent from rising.
• Ye Lin concluded that cultivators who only plundered weakened the Heavenly Dao and drove the Star River Cosmos toward the Age of Dharma's End.
• Ye Lin understood that the Heavenly Dao launched great ages as a gamble, nurturing a new generation to defeat ancient experts and replenish its origin.

Ye Lin’s group was pulled into a small secret realm, where Yue Qingyi and the others found themselves on an endless grassland. Yun Feixue and another man arrived and reassured the women that they would protect them.

• Ye Lin watched as space folded and the group vanished into the small secret realm, keeping his divine sense fixed on Yue Qingyi.
• Yue Qingyi and the other women found themselves in the middle of an endless grassland and realized they had entered a secret realm.
• Lin Mingshu and the other women complained that they cared more about staying safe than finding opportunities or resources.
• Cloud spotted Yun Feixue and another man approaching and waved to them.
• Yun Feixue helped the women up and promised to protect them, calming Cloud.

Yun Feixue and Bai Yuefeng stopped pretending to protect the three women and revealed that they intended to assault them. As they threatened Yue Qingyi, Ye Lin appeared to be nearby, but his response was left unresolved.

• Yun Feixue and Bai Yuefeng led the group across the seemingly endless grassland while privately concluding that Ye Lin had been teleported elsewhere.
• Yun Feixue and Bai Yuefeng turned on Lin Mingshu, Yue Qingyi, and the third woman, admitting they had feigned affection for years to exploit their physiques.
• Yun Feixue and Bai Yuefeng used their pressure to immobilize the women and threatened to assault them.
• Yue Qingyi warned the men that Ye Lin was nearby, but Yun Feixue mocked her and placed his hand on her neck.
• Ye Lin spoke from nearby, asking if he was the person they had been looking for.