Recaps

Taiyuan revealed that he came from Nameless Mountain and was welcomed by the Sacred Blade Sect, while Ye Lin watched the rising vote tally. A crisis then erupted on Nameless Mountain, where an elder from the Ancestral Land called for forces to suppress a rebellion and prevent civil war among the Human Race.

• Taiyuan told An Yuan and the Sacred Blade Sect that he came from Nameless Mountain, and the sect’s master invited him into the main hall to discuss their remaining plans.
• Ye Lin watched the vote tally from his quarters as competing pillars of light continued to rise.
• Hundreds of Flying Boats appeared over Nameless Mountain as a murderous aura swept across it, and a furious roar sounded from its depths.
• Ye Lin and Ren Feiyang went to the plaza, where they found an elder from the Ancestral Land addressing the gathered disciples.
• The elder ordered one Spirit Transformation disciple, a thousand Nascent Soul Realm disciples, and three thousand Golden Core disciples to suppress the rebellion, with Dao Integration Realm True Lords also joining the effort.

Nameless Mountain mobilized its disciples to crack down on unrest across the Five Prefectures, sending Ye Lin and his force toward Tianhe Prefecture. The operation began as factions across the Human Race reacted to Nameless Mountain’s show of force.

• An old man ordered Spirit Transformation Realm disciples to open a passage for Outer Sect disciples and organize teams aboard Flying Boats.
• Nameless Mountain gathered tens of millions of disciples and warned that unrest would be met with three warnings before everyone involved was killed.
• Ye Lin learned that Nameless Mountain was launching a crackdown and ordered his Flying Boat to set out for Tianhe Prefecture.
• Nameless Mountain deactivated its Sect Protection Array, and its Flying Boats fanned out toward the Five Prefectures.
• Two old men in Tianhe Prefecture discussed Nameless Mountain’s response, and one decided to wait for its summons, saying the people who had angered it were in the wrong.

Ye Lin led Nameless Mountain disciples to punish forces that had turned against it, ordering the slaughter of the Saint Heaven Sect. As the massacre continued, someone challenged Nameless Mountain to face the sect’s defenders.

• Several forces issued orders to recall their disciples, welcome Nameless Mountain, and acknowledge it as their superior.
• Ye Lin ordered his disciples to kill everyone in two sects who ignored his warning to stop fighting.
• After reaching a force marked red in Nameless Mountain’s intelligence report, Ye Lin ordered his disciples to seal it off and attack.
• Nameless Mountain’s disciples slaughtered the Saint Heaven Sect’s inhabitants, sparing no one as Ye Lin walked through its gates.
• Someone shouted that Nameless Mountain would not find the Saint Heaven Sect undefended.

Ye Lin led the slaughter of the Saint Heaven Sect and ordered his disciples to leave no survivors. Afterward, he warned the disciples of Nameless Mountain against showing mercy as the group prepared to continue its campaign.

• Ye Lin cut down a towering figure that appeared to challenge him, splitting it and the mountaintop in half.
• A disciple reported that all 130,000 people of the Saint Heaven Sect had been killed, and Ye Lin ordered him to check for survivors.
• Ye Lin saw that the disciple had spared fifteen young children, but the disciple killed them with a single sword strike.
• Ye Lin gathered the disciples on the Flying Boat and warned that anyone who let enemies escape out of mercy would be punished.

Ye Lin received a distress signal from three Nameless Mountain Flying Boats and hurried to their aid. He arrived to find the boats surrounded and their disciples losing ground, while three elders faced ten Spirit Transformation True Persons.

• Ye Lin warned the disciples traveling with him that rebellion would bring severe consequences and told the female disciples he would show no distinction between men and women.
• Xiao Chen reported that three Nameless Mountain Flying Boats, thirty thousand li away, were trapped and had sent a distress signal.
• Ye Lin ordered the Flying Boat to turn toward the trapped boats and told Xiao Chen to stay by his side.
• Ye Lin arrived at the Tongtian River and saw the three Flying Boats surrounded by hostile cultivators.
• The battle left the Nameless Mountain disciples at a disadvantage as three elders faced ten Spirit Transformation True Persons.

Ye Lin arrived as Nameless Mountain’s disciples were being overwhelmed by a vast rebel force and faced the ten Spirit Transformation True Persons leading the ambush. He launched an attack, telling three elders to each take one opponent while he fought the remaining seven.

• The ten True Persons mocked Nameless Mountain and watched as its disciples fell into the bloodied river.
• Ye Lin sent his disciples into the battle to support Nameless Mountain’s forces.
• Ye Lin rose from his Flying Boat, greeted the three elders, and faced the ten True Persons.
• Ye Lin told the elders to fight one True Person each and charged the others.
• One True Person rushed at Ye Lin with his spear, and the three elders joined the fight.

Ye Lin shattered a Spirit Transformation True Person’s spear with one punch, then faced the man and six other True Persons together. He trapped them with golden chains and killed one with his tiger technique, leaving the remaining six afraid for their lives.

• Ye Lin punched through a Spirit Transformation True Person’s spearhead and rushed in to attack him again.
• The spear-wielder called the other six True Persons to join him against Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin summoned golden chains of law that resisted the seven True Persons’ attacks and began closing around them.
• Ye Lin summoned a giant tiger that swallowed one True Person, killing him.
• The remaining six True Persons felt fear as they faced Ye Lin.

Ye Lin and the other Nameless Mountain True Persons defeated the rebel army, with Ye Lin killing the last two True Persons. As they learned that a Dao Integration True Lord had fallen on the distant battlefield, the chapter left them wondering who had died.

• Ye Lin killed the last two True Persons, completing the defeat of the rebel forces on his battlefield.
• The battles on the other three battlefields ended, and Nameless Mountain's True Persons looked over the rout below.
• The rebels fled in chaos, but Ye Lin and the other fighters ensured that none escaped.
• Three True Persons thanked Ye Lin and saluted him after the battle.
• Blood rain fell from the heavens, signaling that a Dao Integration True Lord had died.
• One of the True Persons wondered who had fallen, since the True Lords were fighting at a mysterious place.

After the death of a Dao Integration True Lord, Ye Lin agreed to travel with three True Persons for safety while worrying about Taichu. On the journey, he reunited with Li Xiaoyao, who had reached Nascent Soul Peak, and welcomed him warmly despite the distance between their cultivation levels.

• Ye Lin worried that Taichu might have fallen and said they needed to act quickly.
• Two True Persons proposed that they travel together, and Ye Lin agreed.
• Xuan Yong, Xuan Ce, and Duobao introduced themselves to Ye Lin, and the four Flying Boats formed up to travel together.
• Li Xiaoyao recognized Ye Lin, greeted him joyfully, and spoke of hearing stories about him over the years.
• Ye Lin congratulated Li Xiaoyao on his growth and treated him as warmly as before.

Ye Lin examined Li Xiaoyao’s fate and learned that he would find a powerful body-tempering pill while attacking the Mountain-Moving Sect. After Xiao Chen reported distress calls near the Mountain-Backed Sect, Ye Lin ordered the group to head there, leaving him curious about what had drawn the reclusive force into action.

• Li Xiaoyao greeted Xuan Ce and the other two True Persons, who warmly returned his greeting.
• Ye Lin examined Li Xiaoyao’s fate and learned of his future pill discovery in the Mountain-Moving Sect’s treasure vault.
• Xiao Chen reported that several Flying Boats had sent distress calls from the area of the Mountain-Backed Sect.
• Xiao Chen explained that the reclusive Mountain-Backed Sect was a powerful force overseen by a Dao Integration True Lord, who had since left.
• Ye Lin ordered Xiao Chen to prepare the group to travel to the Mountain-Backed Sect.

Wang Ye’s master urged him to choose a side as Nameless Mountain moved to subdue the Five Prefectures, but Wang Ye stayed lazily in his hut. After divining that it was an unfavorable day to go out, he was overruled and ordered to seek out Ye Lin.

• Wang Ye’s master scolded him for remaining idle while the human race was in turmoil.
• Wang Ye’s master told him to choose one of Nameless Mountain’s gifted youths to follow and help preserve their Daoist sect’s inheritance.
• Wang Ye asked whether his master was certain Nameless Mountain would win, but his master insisted the sect’s accumulated strength would prevail.
• Wang Ye calculated the day’s prospects and claimed it was unfavorable for him to go out.
• Wang Ye’s master overturned his reclining chair and ordered him to find Ye Lin.

Ye Lin and his group joined thirteen teams gathered to attack the Mountain-Backed Sect, whose powerful protection array had delayed their assault. After waiting several hours for more reinforcements, the True Persons decided to attack together.

• An old man ordered Wang Ye to become Ye Lin's subordinate, and Wang Ye left to assess Ye Lin for himself.
• Ye Lin arrived at the Mountain-Backed Sect with three True Persons and joined nine others above the sect.
• The True Persons explained that the sect had thirteen True Persons but its protection array would require twenty Spirit Transformation True Persons to break by force.
• After several hours passed without any more Flying Boats arriving, the gathered True Persons agreed to attack the Mountain-Backed Sect together.

Ye Lin and the assembled forces bombarded the Mountain-Backed Sect's Sect Protection Array for half an hour, but could not break it and nearly exhausted their spiritual energy. Ye Lin called on Jian Unrivaled, Wuxin, and the Emperor of the Glazed Dynasty to bring their forces to help, and they agreed to come.

• Ye Lin and tens of thousands of cultivators attacked the Mountain-Backed Sect's Sect Protection Array, but it only rippled under their blows.
• After half an hour, the attackers stopped as their spiritual energy ran low and the array remained intact.
• A True Person suggested asking other forces in Tianhe Prefecture for help, but another dismissed the idea because the great forces were watching from the sidelines and the small ones were too weak.
• Ye Lin activated three Jade Talismans and summoned Jian Unrivaled, Wuxin, and the Emperor of the Glazed Dynasty.
• Ye Lin asked the three to bring their forces to the Mountain-Backed Sect, and the Emperor of the Glazed Dynasty agreed to come immediately.

Ye Lin and Nameless Mountain gained promises of support from the Glazed Dynasty Emperor, Jian Unrivaled, and Wuxin, but a coalition of rebel forces suddenly surrounded them outside the Mountain-Backed Sect. Nameless Mountain faced overwhelming odds as the assembled True Persons prepared for battle.

• Jian Unrivaled and Wuxin agreed to do what they could to help Ye Lin, while the Glazed Dynasty Emperor had already committed his support.
• The other True Persons were astonished that Ye Lin had secured backing from a Dao Integration True Lord.
• A coalition emerged from shattered space, and the Mountain-Backed Sect’s protection array vanished as its forces joined the encirclement.
• The Mountain-Backed Sect revealed that it had been stalling for reinforcements, and Nameless Mountain discovered that many other forces had rebelled.
• The coalition surrounded Nameless Mountain with around thirty True Persons, including eight peak Spirit Transformation cultivators, while Ye Lin’s side had only one peak Spirit Transformation True Person.

The Nameless Mountain disciples fought off the rebel forces as the battle between the True Persons threatened to begin. Buddha Mountain and Divine Sword City arrived as reinforcements, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• A storm broke out, and Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm rebels attacked the Nameless Mountain disciples.
• Xiao Chen rallied the Nameless Mountain disciples and charged into battle, fighting eight Nascent Soul Realm rebels without falling behind.
• The True Persons on both sides prepared to fight after seeing the disciples clash.
• Buddha Mountain arrived with five True Persons and a host of disciples, including Wuxin beside a Spirit Transformation Buddha.
• Divine Sword City announced its arrival as reinforcements.

The Glazed Dynasty’s Four Great Legions arrived to support Ye Lin, evening the forces surrounding him and turning the battle in his allies’ favor. The legions joined the fighting while Jian Unrivaled and Wuxin stood beside Ye Lin.

• Jian Xu arrived with Divine Sword City’s forces, adding to the Spirit Transformation cultivators gathered against Ye Lin.
• The Glazed Dynasty’s steel Flying Boat arrived with its Four Great Legions and Four Great Divine Generals.
• Ye Lin identified himself, and the four generals pledged to follow his instructions on behalf of the Emperor.
• The generals sent the Four Great Legions to aid Nameless Mountain’s disciples while they prepared to face enemies of their own realm.
• Divine Sword City and Buddha Mountain joined the battle, shifting it into evenly matched fights and turning the tide in their allies’ favor.
• Jian Unrivaled and Wuxin came to Ye Lin’s side.

Ye Lin led the gathered forces into battle and drew three peak Spirit Transformation Realm True Persons away to face them himself. The battle spread across the field as the armies clashed, while Ye Lin’s three opponents surrounded him and launched their attack.

• Ye Lin told Jian Unrivaled that his former enemy had reached the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm and advised him to reach the same level before seeking revenge.
• Ye Lin ordered the gathered fighters to attack, and Jian Unrivaled and Wuxin each drew two opponents away.
• Ye Lin led three peak Spirit Transformation Realm True Persons to a distant battlefield, while Jian Xu and the other veteran True Persons moved away to settle their grudges.
• The Glazed Dynasty legions, Divine Sword City disciples, Buddha Mountain monks, and Nameless Mountain disciples fought the Nascent Soul Realm rebel army.
• Ye Lin taunted the three True Persons on a mountaintop, and they surrounded him and attacked.

Ye Lin fought three peak Spirit Transformation True Persons, overpowering them with his body and trapping them in a sphere of golden chains. As the chains began to crack under their attacks, he prepared three powerful sword techniques to finish the fight.

• Ye Lin shattered the True Persons’ energy attacks and pursued them as they flew into the sky.
• Ye Lin used Demonic Shadow Vanishing Trail to strike one True Person with Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest, then repelled the other two attacks.
• The True Person wielding a Great Hammer struck Ye Lin and sent him flying, but Ye Lin steadied himself without injury.
• Ye Lin vanished and formed a sphere of golden chains around all three True Persons, trapping them as they tried to break free.
• Ye Lin summoned his Long Sword and prepared three sword techniques while Sword Dao Rule gathered around him.

Ye Lin battered three Spirit Transformation True Persons, but Li Miaoling appeared and revealed that he had captured Chu Xue. Li Miaoling offered to release Ye Lin’s master if Ye Lin played along, leaving Ye Lin facing a choice while Chu Xue remained in danger.

• Ye Lin’s sword lights wounded the three True Persons and collapsed the mountain around them.
• Ye Lin charged the injured True Persons and sent one flying with a slash.
• Li Miaoling emerged from a shattered void and confronted Ye Lin with an early Spirit Transformation aura.
• Li Miaoling showed Ye Lin an image of Chu Xue held beneath a saber and offered to release her if Ye Lin behaved.

Li Miaoling forced Ye Lin to endure one attack from each of three Spirit Transformation True Persons in exchange for releasing Chu Xue. Ye Lin accepted, and the first True Person’s Xuanyuan Divine Sword struck him with enough force to shatter a mountain.

• Li Miaoling ordered Ye Lin to take one attack from each of the three True Persons and then accompany her, promising to release Chu Xue and leave her alone.
• Ye Lin accepted because he had no way to bargain and believed this was his only chance to save Chu Xue.
• The first True Person summoned a phantom of the Xuanyuan Divine Sword and launched it at Ye Lin.
• The sword shattered Ye Lin’s golden barrier, pierced his chest, and blasted him through a mountain, causing the mountain and the surrounding ground to explode.

Ye Lin survived two ultimate attacks from peak Spirit Transformation True Persons but was left gravely wounded, while Li Miaoling watched and prepared to see him killed. The final True Person stepped forward to deliver the last strike.

• A True Person laughed, believing his magma attack had killed Ye Lin, but Li Miaoling ordered him aside.
• Ye Lin rose from beneath the earth, bloodied and severely injured, astonishing the remaining True Persons.
• Ye Lin swallowed a pill as another True Person unleashed hundreds of green arrows that pierced his body and brought him to his knees.
• Li Miaoling smiled at Ye Lin's near-defeat and waited for the final True Person to strike.
• The last True Person stepped forward with a cruel smile, preparing to deliver the fatal blow.

Li Miaoling took Ye Lin’s apparently lifeless body to the Demon Beast-filled outskirts of Tianhe Prefecture and abandoned it in a forest. Nearby, a young woman and two men walked through the woods as evening approached.

• A True Person struck Ye Lin with a golden disk, and the three True Persons declared him dead.
• Li Miaoling told Ye Lin she would make Chu Xue feel guilty, then carried his body away.
• After flying for three hours, Li Miaoling abandoned Ye Lin in a mountain forest on the edge of Tianhe Prefecture.
• A young woman in a grass skirt walked through the forest with two spear-carrying men, and one urged them to return before nightfall.

Pillar, Naya, and Stone found a severely wounded man in the forest and decided to bring him back to their city. Naya fed the unconscious man a bright red fruit as they hurried toward the city wall.

• Naya persuaded Pillar to continue searching the forest for herbs to treat their father's illness and injuries.
• Pillar approached a bloodied corpse cautiously and discovered that the man still had a faint heartbeat.
• Naya urged Pillar to rescue the man, and Stone agreed that they should not leave a fellow Human Race member to die.
• Pillar ordered Stone to carry the injured man while he led the way with his spear.
• Naya put a bright red fruit into the man's mouth, and the trio reached a stone city wall before nightfall.

Naya and her companions returned to the village with the badly injured Ye Lin, whom they had found in the forest. Naya insisted that Ye Lin stay at her home so she could treat him, leaving Pillar frustrated as Stone carried him there.

• Pillar called for the village gate to be opened, and he, Naya, and Stone entered as villagers welcomed them back.
• Naya told the villagers they had found the injured Ye Lin in the forest and brought him back to save him.
• When villagers questioned where Ye Lin could stay, Naya said he would live with her because she was the village's only healer.
• Pillar objected that an unknown man should not live with his unmarried sister, but Naya insisted she needed to care for Ye Lin.
• Naya ordered Stone to carry Ye Lin to her home, and Stone agreed to obey her.
• Pillar watched them leave and angrily struck his spear against the ground.

Naya cared for the badly wounded Ye Lin after Stone brought him to her, discovering that he remained alive despite his terrible injuries. She was left shocked by the extent of his wounds and his faint heartbeat.

• Naya gave Stone three medicinal herbs for his severely injured mother, and he accepted them before hurrying home.
• Naya soaked a piece of soft tree bark in hot water and cleaned the blood from Ye Lin's face.
• Naya noticed Ye Lin's silver-white hair and struggled with the bloodstains on his clothes.
• Naya removed Ye Lin's clothes and was shocked to find his body covered in wounds, including a gaping hole in his chest.
• Naya found that Ye Lin's heart still beat faintly despite his lack of breath, then spent three hours cleaning his wounds.