Recaps

The Sword Venerable prepared to hold off an old Dao Integration True Lord while Jian Xu led the others toward Nameless Mountain. Ye Lin arrived and invoked the authority of Nameless Mountain and his master Taichu to interrupt the confrontation.

• The Sword Venerable told Jian Xu to take the others to Nameless Mountain, then faced the old man alone with Wooden Fish.
• The old man mocked the Sword Venerable and claimed he could kill him in one move.
• Ye Lin arrived with Little Red and challenged the two Dao Integration True Lords for fighting in Human Territory.
• Ye Lin introduced himself as Taichu's disciple, making the old man wary.

Ye Lin confronted the man in the sedan to protect Divine Sword City, and the man challenged him to withstand three swords. The first sword, wrapped in a golden dragon phantom, charged toward Ye Lin as he watched calmly.

• Ye Lin argued that he had to defend Divine Sword City as a disciple of Nameless Mountain, and Elder Mo threatened to kill him.
• The man in the sedan stopped Elder Mo, revealed himself, and challenged Ye Lin to take three swords or be destroyed along with his allies.
• The man shattered two swords against Ye Lin to test him, then promised to leave if Ye Lin survived three of his strikes.
• Ye Lin sent Little Red and Toutian away before facing the first sword, which flew at him wrapped in a golden dragon phantom.

Ye Lin faced the young man’s sword trials, effortlessly receiving the first two strikes and earning his recognition. As the young man unleashed a Vermilion Bird sword art, Ye Lin prepared to counter it, while Jian Xu realized that Ye Lin’s strength might now surpass his own.

• Ye Lin used Evil Slayer to deflect the young man’s golden sword strike.
• Ye Lin wore down the young man’s cyan sword with successive waves of sword radiance and knocked it away.
• The young man praised Ye Lin, then announced that he would use a serious third sword.
• The young man released a fiery-red sword that formed a Vermilion Bird and charged at Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin invoked Sword Two, One Sword Opens Mountains and Seas, while Jian Xu watched in grave astonishment at Ye Lin’s growth.

Ye Lin defeated Wen Tian’s Vermilion Bird attack, and Wen Tian agreed to leave Divine Sword City. When Wen Tian tried to depart after taking three of Ye Lin’s swords, Ye Lin challenged him with a strike of his own, forming a black sword from the Yellow Springs.

• Ye Lin used spiritual-energy petals to defeat Wen Tian’s Vermilion Bird and prove himself worthy of learning Wen Tian’s name.
• Wen Tian introduced himself, honored his promise not to touch Divine Sword City, and prepared to leave with Elder Mo.
• Ye Lin stopped Wen Tian and demanded that he take three of his swords in return for the three Wen Tian had taken.
• Ye Lin opened First Turn, then invoked Sword Three, Sword Slash of the Yellow Springs, and shaped the river’s black water into a sword.

Ye Lin’s sword strike injured Wen Tian and forced him to retreat, after which Ye Lin went to visit Jian Unrivaled and try to guide him through his troubles. The chapter left Jian Unrivaled’s recovery uncertain as Jian Xu hoped Ye Lin could reach him.

• Ye Lin unleashed his strongest sword strike against Wen Tian’s sedan chair, and Sword Venerable blocked the resulting shockwave.
• Wen Tian admitted that Ye Lin had injured him and vowed to kill him the next time they met before disappearing into the void.
• Sword Venerable and Jian Xu thanked Ye Lin for helping them and asked him to speak with Jian Unrivaled.
• Ye Lin headed to Jian Unrivaled’s residence while Toutian and Little Red slipped into Divine Sword City.
• Jian Xu hoped Ye Lin could help Jian Unrivaled recover, and Sword Venerable left to stabilize his hidden injuries.

Ye Lin found Jian Unrivaled drunk and despondent, dragged him to a waterfall, and forced him to explain what had happened. After hearing how Jian had sought revenge for the woman he loved and lost, Ye Lin berated him for giving up on himself and challenged him to improve.

• Ye Lin found Jian Unrivaled lying drunk among wine jars and carried him to a waterfall, where the shock of the water woke him.
• Jian Unrivaled grew despondent when he saw Ye Lin, who demanded that he stand and explain what had happened.
• Jian Unrivaled told Ye Lin how he had sought revenge for the woman he loved, lost to his opponent, and been mocked.
• Ye Lin struck Jian Unrivaled and called him a coward for giving up after losing.
• Ye Lin told Jian Unrivaled that he had lost because he looked down on himself and should work to catch up in cultivation and comprehension.

Ye Lin confronted Jian Unrivaled about his despair and urged him to take up his swords again. Jian Unrivaled finally stood and attacked Ye Lin, who effortlessly crushed his first strike and provoked him to fight harder.

• Ye Lin struck Jian Unrivaled into the riverbed and challenged him for giving up after Wen Tian crippled him.
• Ye Lin summoned Jian Unrivaled's two longswords and urged him to rise and wield them.
• After Ye Lin repeatedly slapped him, Jian Unrivaled stood, seized the swords, and unleashed a sword strike.
• Ye Lin crushed Jian Unrivaled's attack and taunted him about the woman who had died, prompting Jian Unrivaled to launch increasingly powerful attacks.
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Ye Lin demonstrated his Destruction Sword Dao Rule to Jian Unrivaled, drawing every sword in and around Divine Sword City toward him so its disciples and elders could study his Sword Dao. The chapter left Divine Sword City surrounded by Rogue Cultivators who had come to demand the return of their swords.

• Ye Lin crushed Jian Unrivaled's sword light and challenged him to see what a sword truly was.
• Ye Lin summoned his Destruction Sword Dao Rule and taught that rules were both shackles and limits, prompting Divine Sword City's disciples and elders to sit and comprehend it.
• Ye Lin made swords across Divine Sword City rise into the sky, and Sword Venerable sent Wooden Fish through space toward the gathering.
• Long Swords belonging to Rogue Cultivators and small factions within ten thousand miles of Nameless Mountain flew toward Divine Sword City.
• Disciples and Rogue Cultivators headed to Divine Sword City, some hoping to learn from Ye Lin's Sword Dao and others demanding their swords back.

Ye Lin used the gathered swords and Sword Dao Rules to help Jian Unrivaled recover his confidence and comprehend the Sword Dao, while Rogue Cultivators demanded that Divine Sword City explain the disappearance of their swords. The chapter ended with the city promising to return the borrowed swords and compensate for any damage.

• Ye Lin summoned Evil Slayer and filled the area around him with Sword Dao Rules, drawing Divine Sword City's disciples to practice and comprehend.
• Ye Lin urged Jian Unrivaled to study the swords and regain his former strength, and Jian Unrivaled sat down to comprehend.
• Rogue Cultivators gathered outside Divine Sword City and demanded an explanation for their missing treasured swords.
• Two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from Divine Sword City said the swords had only been borrowed and promised to return them intact or pay compensation.

Ye Lin left Divine Sword City for Nameless Mountain after the sect summoned him, while news spread that Nameless Mountain's third sequence had been assassinated. The chapter leaves Nameless Mountain gathered in its Inner Sect plaza, with its remaining seven sequences present.

• A Nascent Soul Realm Rogue Cultivator and a crowd of Rogue Cultivators waited outside Divine Sword City after the city confiscated their long swords.
• Nameless Mountain issued a summons throughout Tianhe Prefecture, ordering Ye Lin to return within three hours.
• Ye Lin wished Jian Unrivaled well, released the swords back to their owners, and tore open space to leave for Nameless Mountain.
• Ye Lin told Toutian and Little Red to stay safe as he departed.
• News that Nameless Mountain's third sequence had been assassinated spread across the human Five Prefectures and beyond, prompting the sect to recall its disciples, sequences, and absent elders.
• Nameless Mountain's members gathered in the Inner Sect plaza, where the remaining seven great sequences sat before the elders.

At Nameless Mountain’s gathering, Taichu placed Ye Lin beside the Seven Sequences, openly signaling that he wanted his disciple to fill a vacant Sequence position. A True Lord accused the gathered disciples of assassinating three Sequences and demanded that the culprits step forward, but Ye Lin, Zhao Huaian, Zhao Huaiping, and Leng Ning remained calm.

• Taichu moved Ye Lin from the personal disciples’ area to a seat beside the Seven Sequences.
• A True Lord angrily accused Taichu of trying to nominate Ye Lin while a fellow Sequence disciple’s death was still fresh.
• The True Lord told the gathered disciples that three of Nameless Mountain’s Ten Sequences had been assassinated and warned the culprits to confess.
• The True Lord’s gaze paused on Ye Lin, Zhao Huaian, Zhao Huaiping, and Leng Ning, but the four did not react.
• The True Lord gave the four three breaths to step forward and confess.

The Ancestral Land ordered Nameless Mountain to choose a new Sect Master within a year, forcing the competition to begin. Taichu announced a three-month voting stage, and Ye Lin realized his brief time at the sect left him at a disadvantage.

• A terrifying aura from the Ancestral Land demanded that Nameless Mountain unite and appoint its next Sect Master within a year.
• Xiaoyao protested that he could not investigate his disciple’s death, but the Ancestral Land dismissed his objections and Xiaoyao left with the other True Lords.
• Taichu announced two vacancies among the Ten Sequences, but no disciple dared step forward.
• Taichu explained that the Sect Master assessment would begin with three months of voting by Nameless Mountain disciples and elders.
• Ye Lin exchanged looks with the seven people before him and worried that his short time at Nameless Mountain had already put him behind.

After leaving a gathering where he had little hope of winning the first round of voting, Ye Lin returned to his residence and was approached by three faction leaders seeking his protection. They pledged their followers’ votes to him, giving him a powerful new base as the Sect Master contest approached.

• Ye Lin returned to his residence and let Ren Feiyang and two other visitors inside.
• Ren Feiyang knelt and offered the support of one hundred thousand followers in exchange for Ye Lin sparing him.
• Wang Xuan knelt and pledged thirty thousand Outer Sect disciples, one thousand three hundred Inner Sect disciples, and two elders.
• A follower of Li Qingxuan also knelt and offered thirty thousand Outer Sect disciples, one thousand five hundred Inner Sect disciples, and two elders.
• The three men sought Ye Lin’s favor because they had joined a plot to assassinate him and feared their factions would suffer if he became Sect Master.

Ye Lin accepted the support of three former Sequences in the Nameless Mountain sect master election, then studied his panel and questioned the fate it displayed. His destiny still said he would die fighting sea beasts on the way to the Southern Continent, though he did not know that his existence as a variable had made the panel’s predictions unreliable.

• Ye Lin agreed to the three former Sequences’ support and told them to put the past behind them.
• The three men kowtowed to Ye Lin and left, relieved and smiling.
• Ye Lin checked his panel and saw that he had a Purple Fate Rank but no recent opportunity.
• Ye Lin learned that, as a variable, he was no longer bound to the future laid out for others and did not need the panel to reveal his opportunities.
• Ye Lin frowned at his predicted death in the Boundless Sea and wondered what the word “irreversible” meant.

As votes surged around Nameless Mountain, Taiyuan asked Ye Lin whether cultivation required ruthlessness or affection, confessing that he loved a girl whose family was powerful and who was about to marry. Ye Lin told him to follow his heart and gave him two treasures to help him go after her, leaving Taiyuan ready to act alone.

• Eight pillars appeared in Nameless Mountain's plaza, and the vote counts and pillars rose rapidly as the eight major sequences competed.
• Taiyuan, now at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, visited Ye Lin and repeatedly sighed before asking whether cultivation meant ruthlessness or affection.
• Taiyuan admitted that he had fallen for a girl from a powerful family who was about to marry.
• Ye Lin urged Taiyuan to follow his heart and pursue the girl, even if he had to take her away from her marriage.
• Ye Lin gave Taiyuan the Sword Pellets and the World-Suppressing Giant Tower, then sent him to act on his own.

Ye Lin returned to his residence on Nameless Mountain, where he would be confined for a year, while the Sacred Blade Sect prepared for An Yuan’s wedding to the Five Elements Sacred Land’s Holy Son. Her father, Old An, worried that she loved someone else and wanted to call off the century-old betrothal, but the sect master insisted they honor it.

• Ye Lin watched Taiyuan leave, returned to his residence, and began regulating his breathing under the restriction that he could not leave Nameless Mountain for a year.
• The Sacred Blade Sect decorated its mountain headquarters for An Yuan’s wedding as the sect’s elders gathered in a great hall.
• Old An asked the sect master to call off An Yuan’s wedding because she had told him she loved someone else.
• The sect master argued that breaking the century-old agreement with the Five Elements Sacred Land over an unidentified man would damage the sect’s ties with them.
• Old An reflected that An Yuan had changed after returning from an outing, though he did not know who she loved or whether her story was true.

An Yuan remembered the white-clad youth who had rescued her and wondered whether he would come, though she knew nothing about his identity. Elsewhere, a lavish procession of flying boats and Thunder Rhino-drawn sedan chairs traveled through the clouds, with a smiling young man aboard the central vessel.

• An Yuan asked Ranran whether the man she remembered would come, and Ranran asked who he was.
• An Yuan recalled how the white-clad youth rescued her from black-clad cultivators and a Spirit Transformation True Person, then stayed with her in a desolate mountain for five days before leaving.
• An Yuan decided he had probably forgotten her and hid her tears from Ranran.
• A hundred flying boats and red sedan chairs pulled by Thunder Rhinos traveled through the dark clouds.
• A smiling young man watched the scenery from the central flying boat while another young man controlled the Thunder Rhinos.

Shen Xing traveled to the Sacred Blade Sect to marry An Yuan, whose Xuanyin Physique he intended to exploit to advance his cultivation. He arrived with an imposing Five Elements Sacred Land wedding procession and entered the sect’s main hall with Mystic Blade.

• Shen Xing’s companions explained that marrying An Yuan could push him into the Spirit Transformation Realm, and Shen Xing celebrated the benefits he expected from her Xuanyin Physique.
• Shen Xing arrived at the Sacred Blade Sect, where True Person Mystic Blade welcomed him.
• Mystic Blade and Shen Xing exchanged courteous greetings and headed toward the main hall as the Five Elements Sacred Land’s procession descended and guarded the area.
• Shen Xing entered the main hall and paid his respects to the four figures seated above, while three Spirit Transformation True Persons from the Five Elements Sacred Land sat below.

Shen Xing brought lavish betrothal gifts from the Five Elements Sacred Land to the Sacred Blade Sect and met An Yuan for the first time at their wedding ceremony. As the ceremony was about to begin, an unexpected visitor arrived at the sect.

• Shen Xing presented the Sacred Blade Sect with treasures, pills, and talismans as betrothal gifts, stunning the elders.
• The Sacred Blade Sect master accepted the gifts and ordered An Yuan to be brought in.
• An Yuan appeared in her red wedding robe, and Shen Xing was captivated by her beauty.
• Shen Xing agreed to hold the ceremony immediately, hoping to make An Yuan his Dao companion.
• An unseen visitor asked whether they had reached the Sacred Blade Sect.

Taiyuan arrived at the Sacred Blade Sect during An Yuan’s wedding and demanded that she come away with him. An Yuan recognized him, but a Five Elements Sacred Land elder interrupted before she could answer.

• Taiyuan appeared above the Sacred Blade Sect and asked for An Yuan, threatening to take her by force if she did not come with him.
• Sacred Blade Sect disciples and the Five Elements Sacred Land wedding party surrounded Taiyuan and prepared to attack him.
• An Yuan appeared in her wedding robes, recognized Taiyuan, and grew tearful as she looked at him.
• Taiyuan told An Yuan that he liked her and asked whether she would come with him.
• A Five Elements Sacred Land elder interrupted An Yuan and rebuked Taiyuan for disrupting the Holy Son’s wedding.

Taiyuan disrupted An Yuan's wedding to Shen Xing and fought off the Nascent Soul cultivators sent against him. An Yuan grew worried that the Spirit Transformation True Persons would intervene, and she walked away as the battle continued.

• Shen Xing questioned An Yuan about Taiyuan, and An Yuan said they had only crossed paths once.
• An Yuan urged Taiyuan to leave, but Taiyuan declared that he would claim her and drew his sword.
• The Sacred Blade Sect's sect master ordered the disciples to attack Taiyuan, and the Five Elements Sacred Land's disciples joined them.
• Taiyuan killed the Nascent Soul cultivators who charged him, while An Yuan worried that the Spirit Transformation True Persons would take him down.
• An Yuan walked away as Shen Xing watched her, and the onlookers noted Taiyuan's powerful killing intent and strength.

Taiyuan continued defeating the Five Elements Sacred Land’s disciples until Shen Xing attacked, hoping to exploit Taiyuan’s apparent exhaustion. Taiyuan revealed his true strength with a devastating sword technique, leaving Shen Xing terrified as the attack closed in.

• An Yuan begged her father, An Ye, to save Taiyuan, and An Ye agreed to intervene if necessary.
• Taiyuan defeated three Nascent Soul Realm disciples with his final sword strike, leaving the cliffs strewn with fallen fighters.
• Shen Xing judged that Taiyuan was exhausted and attacked him with a five-elements palm strike to win prestige and impress An Yuan.
• Taiyuan dismissed Shen Xing’s attack and unleashed Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate, cleave.
• Shen Xing realized Taiyuan had concealed his strength and feared he could not withstand the sword light.

Taiyuan defeated Shen Xing, but an elder of the Five Elements Sacred Land attacked him in anger. The World-Suppressing Pagoda protected Taiyuan from the blow, leaving him alive as An Ye prepared to intervene.

• Taiyuan struck Shen Xing down, leaving him badly injured in a ravine.
• The disciples of the Five Elements Sacred Land refused to accept Shen Xing's defeat.
• An enraged elder attacked Taiyuan with a golden hand seal, despite An Ye's attempt to stop it.
• The blow shattered a mountain peak, but the World-Suppressing Pagoda shielded Taiyuan and carried him back into the air.

Taiyuan faced three Spirit Transformation True Persons from the Five Elements Sacred Land who coveted his World-Suppressing Pagoda. After An Ye failed to dissuade them, Taiyuan prepared to fight, summoning Evil Slayer.

• The Five Elements Sacred Land’s three True Persons recognized the World-Suppressing Pagoda as a high-grade spiritual treasure and agreed to seize it.
• An Ye warned the three that Taiyuan’s strength and treasure suggested a powerful background, but they refused to back down.
• Taiyuan told An Ye to stand aside and declared that none of the three would escape.
• The three True Persons unleashed their killing intent, and Taiyuan summoned six Sword Pellets to form the blackish-purple longsword Evil Slayer.

Taiyuan used Evil Slayer to kill three True Persons from the Sacred Blade Sect and declared that he would marry An Yuan regardless of her father's consent. After killing Shen Xing and asking An Yuan to marry him, Taiyuan faced her questions about his identity.

• Evil Slayer killed three early-stage Spirit Transformation True Persons after Taiyuan ordered it to attack them.
• Taiyuan recalled Evil Slayer, hung the World-Suppressing Pagoda around his neck, and told An Ye he would take An Yuan whether or not An Ye agreed.
• Taiyuan killed Shen Xing as Shen Xing tried to sneak away, then went to An Yuan and announced his intention to marry her.
• An Yuan asked Taiyuan who he was and where he came from, while five Sacred Blade Sect elders gathered nearby, curious about his identity.