Arc 225The Black Tortoise Breakout

Ye Lin destroyed two Killing Formation hubs and the teleportation array’s key, then fought his way out as the Demon Race tried to purge the Black Tortoise Star Domain. He returned to help Li Jinhuang face White Wind, leaving the brothers confronting their next enemy together.

  • Ye Lin killed Wen Tianheng, learned that Sky Garden housed a Killing Formation hub, and destroyed the Southern District hub before the Demon Race could stop him.
  • Ye Lin found and destroyed the Eastern District hub, then defeated Fang Lang and took the key that disabled the large-scale teleportation array.
  • The Demon Race sealed the Black Tortoise Star Domain and ordered a purge, but Ye Lin and other fighters broke through the blockade and escaped.
  • When Yu Ruomin failed to join them, Yu Ruoxi went back to search for her, and Li Jinhuang and Ye Lin followed.
  • Ye Lin found Li Jinhuang protecting Yu Ruomin and Yu Ruoxi while fighting the Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies, then joined the battle.
  • White Wind attacked the exhausted Li Jinhuang and ordered his forces to kill Ye Lin when he arrived.
  • Ye Lin destroyed both Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies and challenged White Wind as the Demon Race retreated in alarm.
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Ch. 5604Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 180

Ye Lin entered a flower garden prepared for a commander's daughter's wedding, intending to capture the commander and force information from him. He warned a curious middle-aged man to stop questioning him as the wedding approached.

  • Ye Lin arrived at the garden, where guests admired rare flowers tended by a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal flower maid.
  • The flower maid welcomed the guests and directed them to lodging ahead of the wedding in two days.
  • Ye Lin ignored the flowers and continued toward the garden, focused on capturing the commander and extracting information.
  • A middle-aged man approached Ye Lin, asked about his origins, and praised his boldness for coming there as a human.
  • Ye Lin glared at the man and threatened to kill him if he said another word of nonsense.

Ch. 5605Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 181

Ye Lin arrived at a strange settlement and asked a local woman where to find the commander, who belonged to the Ancient Royal Clan. The woman warned him that the commander wanted to destroy the Human Race, then gave him the location and urged him not to disrupt a plan a hundred years in the making.

  • A middle-aged man trembled after Ye Lin's glance made him feel death was near.
  • Ye Lin entered a settlement of buildings among towering trees and asked a beautiful woman to find him a house.
  • After she showed him a secluded residence, Ye Lin asked whether the commander would attend his daughter's wedding and where he was.
  • The woman questioned Ye Lin's intentions and warned him that visiting the commander would be dangerous.
  • Ye Lin pressured the woman to share what she knew, and she gave him a slip of paper containing the commander's location.
  • The woman asked Ye Lin not to ruin the Human Race's plan, and Ye Lin told her not to worry.

Ch. 5606Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 182

Wen Tianheng discussed his daughter’s wedding and his campaign to eradicate the Human Race before Ye Lin confronted him. Ye Lin’s incarnations swiftly eliminated Wen Tianheng’s surrounding Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal experts, leaving the two men face-to-face.

  • Wen Tianheng reassured his daughter that he would wait until after her wedding before pursuing his plan to root out the Human Race.
  • Wen Tianheng reflected on how difficult the Human Race was to exterminate and called Ye Lin out of the night.
  • Wen Tianheng surrounded Ye Lin with Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal experts and demanded that he kneel.
  • Ye Lin sent out three incarnations, which eliminated all the surrounding experts and returned to him.
  • Wen Tianheng showed no fear and called the display interesting.

Ch. 5607Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 183

Ye Lin lured Wen Tianheng away from the sky garden to a quiet stretch of Starry Sky so they could fight without interference. Wen Tianheng followed, confident that Ye Lin had led himself to his own grave.

  • Ye Lin vanished into the night after telling Wen Tianheng to go die, and Wen Tianheng transformed his arms into claws to search for him.
  • Wen Tianheng forced Ye Lin out of the void and chased him through the Starry Sky, while Ye Lin kept dodging.
  • Wen Tianheng realized Ye Lin was trying to lure him somewhere isolated, then agreed to follow him.
  • Wen Tianheng secretly sent a streak of light away as he followed Ye Lin from the sky garden.
  • After half an hour, Ye Lin stopped in a quiet place with no powerful experts nearby, and Wen Tianheng prepared to attack.

Ch. 5608Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 184

Ye Lin overpowered Wen Tianheng in the starry sky and demanded information about the formation hub and the person holding the key to destroying the large-scale teleportation formation. Wen Tianheng recognized him as a member of the War God Team and tried to stall for reinforcements.

  • Ye Lin summoned the Emperor Sword and confronted Wen Tianheng in the starry sky.
  • Ye Lin and Wen Tianheng clashed, and Ye Lin gradually turned the fight around and suppressed him.
  • Ye Lin struck Wen Tianheng with Sword Qi, sending him flying and leaving him at Ye Lin's mercy.
  • Ye Lin asked Wen Tianheng where the formation hub was and who held the key to destroying the large-scale teleportation formation.
  • Wen Tianheng identified Ye Lin as a member of the War God Team, warned him that the mission was like seeking death, and stalled for reinforcements.

Ch. 5609Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 185

Ye Lin killed Wen Tianheng and absorbed his memories, learning that the Sky Garden concealed a core hub of the Black Tortoise Star Domain’s Killing Formations. He headed for its hidden passage as Demon Race experts sealed off the garden and began searching for intruders.

  • Ye Lin dismissed Wen Tianheng’s attempt to stall, killed him, and absorbed the fragments of his Primordial Spirit to search his memories.
  • Ye Lin learned that the Southern District Chief’s location remained unknown, but discovered that the Sky Garden was a core hub of the Killing Formations.
  • Ye Lin returned to the Sky Garden and planned to reach its core area through a hidden passage described in Wen Tianheng’s memories.
  • Demon Race experts sealed off the Sky Garden, barred anyone from leaving, and began searching every visitor while Ye Lin concealed himself in the void.

Ch. 5610Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 186

A group of Human Race powerhouses tried to break into a core hub beneath a remote mountain but were surrounded by the Demon Race before they could finish. They abandoned the mission and prepared to fight their way out.

  • A fat man struggled to open the gate while his companions urged him to hurry and said Commander Wen was dead.
  • The group noticed countless demons converging through the forest and realized they had been surrounded.
  • The Human Race powerhouses decided to fight their way out, hoping the commander's death had left them a chance to escape.
  • The fat man cursed the gate, gathered his tools, and left with the others to fight.

Ch. 5611Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 187

Human Race fighters attacked the Demon Race in Sky Garden, only to discover the passage had been bait and the garden's core hub was hidden beneath its surface. Surrounded by more than a hundred Demon Race powerhouses, they faced defeat while the woman in purple wondered how Ye Lin was doing.

  • The young man led the Human Race fighters in a charge against the Demon Race, and the battle destroyed the mountain scenery around them.
  • The fighting revealed Sky Garden's smooth, black shell, which protected its core hub beneath the false mountains and flowers.
  • More Demon Race fighters arrived until over a hundred Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals surrounded the remaining Human Race fighters.
  • The Human Race fighters realized the passage had been bait and that the Demon Race had anticipated their plan.
  • The young man accepted his defeat without fear, while the woman in purple thought about Ye Lin.

Ch. 5612Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 188

Ye Lin reached a Demon Race stronghold and opened a sealed gate to enter a hidden space containing a mysterious five-colored orb. He gathered immense Sword Qi behind him as he faced the orb.

  • The Demon Race experts killed the group of Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals and prepared to leave.
  • Ye Lin arrived, summoned three incarnations to fight the Demon Race experts, and walked toward the massive black gate.
  • Ye Lin used spell formulas from his memories to open the gate and stepped through the vortex.
  • Ye Lin found a radiant five-colored orb and began gathering powerful Sword Qi as the power of Chaos evaporated from his body.

Ch. 5613Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 189

Ye Lin repeatedly struck the southern district’s Killing Formation hub until he shattered it, throwing the Black Tortoise Star Domain’s Demon Race into chaos. He waited to ensure the hub would not recover, then left.

  • Ye Lin’s first sword strike cracked the ball of light but failed to break it.
  • Demon Race experts discovered that the southern district’s core hub had been attacked and learned that Commander Wen Tianheng had fallen.
  • Demon Race forces rushed toward Sky Garden to protect the hub.
  • Ye Lin struck the ball of light twice more, shattering the southern district’s Killing Formation hub.
  • Ye Lin waited to confirm the hub would not recover, then left.

Ch. 5614Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 190

After the Southern District’s core hub was destroyed, the Demon Race mobilized across the Black Tortoise Star Domain to find the culprit. The Eastern District’s hub was then destroyed as well, leaving the Demon Race desperate to conceal the loss and capture whoever was responsible.

  • Demon Race experts rushed toward Sky Garden and killed countless innocent beings while searching for the culprit behind the Southern District’s destruction.
  • A Demon Race expert warned the district chief that the remaining core hubs needed protection because the culprit might be targeting the three great Killing Formations.
  • The sphere representing the Eastern District’s core hub shattered, revealing that the hub had also been destroyed and the formations had stopped functioning.
  • The district chief ordered a lockdown of the Black Tortoise Star Domain, demanded that the culprit be found at any cost, and forbade anyone from reporting the destruction to the Heavenly Court.

Ch. 5615Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 191

Li Jinhuang discovered that someone had destroyed a core hub before him and set out to find the district chief and destroy the teleportation array key. Meanwhile, the Demon Race sealed off the Black Tortoise Star Domain and began killing anyone suspected of involvement, leaving Ye Lin as the sole survivor from Sky Garden.

  • Li Jinhuang realized his little brother had destroyed a core hub first and decided to beat him to the next objective.
  • Yu Ruoxi learned that the southern and eastern district core hubs had been destroyed and chose to leave the work to the stronger fighters.
  • The Demon Race searched the Black Tortoise Star Domain and executed anyone who aroused suspicion.
  • Ye Lin knew that everyone who had gone to Sky Garden had been killed by Demon Race powerhouses except him.
  • The Demon Race sealed the Black Tortoise Star Domain, forcing its other inhabitants to submit to the investigation.

Ch. 5616Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 192

Ye Lin confronted the mysterious chief of the southern district and demanded the key to the large-scale teleportation formation. The chief revealed the key and challenged Ye Lin to a fight, with both their lives at stake.

  • The old man warned Ye Lin that the demons might kill everyone in the Black Tortoise Star Domain after two core hubs were destroyed.
  • Ye Lin threatened the old man with the Emperor Sword and demanded the teleportation formation key.
  • Ye Lin identified the old man as the southern district chief and said his instincts had led him to the truth.
  • The old man revealed the key and challenged Ye Lin to fight for it and their lives.

Ch. 5617Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 193

Ye Lin battled Fang Lang, who transformed from a shriveled old man into a graceful young gentleman and attacked with twin blades and countless copies. Ye Lin struck back and sent Fang Lang flying through the Starry Sky, but Fang Lang vanished from sight and continued his assault from an unknown location.

  • Fang Lang revealed his youthful form and challenged Ye Lin to battle.
  • Ye Lin shattered the ground with a sword strike, and Fang Lang split into countless figures to attack him.
  • Ye Lin erased Fang Lang's copies with another sword strike, but Fang Lang appeared behind him and slashed at his back.
  • Fang Lang's blade passed through Ye Lin, and the clash's aftershock shattered the continent beneath them.
  • Ye Lin struck Fang Lang from behind and followed with Sword Qi that destroyed densely packed stars.
  • Fang Lang declared that he was not weak, disappeared from Ye Lin's divine sense, and thunderous explosions sounded throughout the Starry Sky.

Ch. 5618Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 194

Ye Lin and Fang Lang fought across the starry sky, destroying countless star systems with their clashes. Ye Lin froze Fang Lang’s Abyss-Sinking Blade Sea with his Sword Domain and unleashed its laws against him.

  • Fang Lang charged Ye Lin with twin blades, but Ye Lin met his attack with the Emperor Sword and golden Sword Qi.
  • Ye Lin and Fang Lang traded repeated blows, and Fang Lang realized his opponent was a powerful Human Race cultivator he had never encountered before.
  • Fang Lang unleashed Abyss-Sinking Blade Sea, summoning hundreds of millions of law blades against Ye Lin.
  • Ye Lin opened his Sword Domain, froze the blade sea, and sent the domain’s laws crushing down on Fang Lang.
  • Fang Lang declared that he was no pushover either.

Ch. 5619Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 195

Ye Lin defeated Fang Lang and destroyed the core hub and key, completing his mission. He left before the Demon Race forces arrived, and they discovered the district chief was dead and the large-scale teleportation array had stopped working.

  • Fang Lang unleashed his Worldbreaker, One Slash, while Ye Lin met it with a slash of his own.
  • After a hundred breaths of explosions destroyed the surrounding star systems, Fang Lang vanished and Ye Lin remained unharmed.
  • Ye Lin destroyed a bead, causing the starry sky to tremble, then sensed Demon Race experts rushing toward him.
  • Ye Lin judged the mission complete and vanished after destroying the core hub and key.
  • The Demon Race experts arrived to find the district chief dead, the key gone, and the large-scale teleportation array disabled; they feared the Heavenly Court would hold them accountable.

Ch. 5620Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 196

After the teleportation formation keys were destroyed, the Demon Race realized the Heavenly Court would learn of its failures and moved to report the crisis. The middle-aged leader ordered a purge across the Black Tortoise Star Domain, demanding that everyone except their own officials be killed.

  • Demon Race experts regretted concealing the destruction of the core hub and the death of the district chief, and rushed to send news to the Heavenly Court.
  • The middle-aged leader listed the Demon Race's escalating losses and asked the silent experts whether they would confess or wait to die.
  • The middle-aged leader ordered the Demon Race to kill everyone in the Black Tortoise Star Domain except its own personnel in office.
  • The middle-aged leader warned the experts that he would punish them himself if even one person escaped, and sent them out to carry out the purge.

Ch. 5621Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 197

After helping cripple the Demon Race’s teleportation network and formations, Li Jinhuang ordered the group to flee the Black Tortoise Star Domain before the enraged Demon Race retaliated. Ye Lin reached the domain’s heavily guarded outskirts, where Li Jinhuang warned him that he had to break through before the Demon Race trapped them.

  • Li Jinhuang crushed a transparent bead, noting that two keys were gone, the teleportation formation was half-crippled, and their mission was complete.
  • Li Jinhuang messaged the others to flee, then left; Ye Lin and Yu Ruoxi also departed, while Yu Ruomin privately resented feeling like a mere backdrop.
  • Ye Lin reached the outskirts of the Black Tortoise Star Domain and found a dense Demon Race defensive line.
  • Li Jinhuang warned Ye Lin through a Jade Talisman to charge out immediately because Heavenly Court reinforcements were coming and the group risked being trapped.

Ch. 5622Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 198

Ye Lin fought through the Demon Race blockade at the Black Tortoise Star Domain after learning that the Heavenly Court had sent powerful figures. Other trapped experts joined him, and the chapter ended with survivors pouring through the breach into the Starry Sky.

  • Ye Lin decided to escape rather than wait for the approaching Heavenly Court figures and drew the Emperor Sword to break through the encirclement.
  • The Demon Race defenders attacked Ye Lin under orders to prevent anyone from leaving the Black Tortoise Star Domain.
  • Ye Lin cut down countless Demon Race fighters, but their reinforcements pinned him in place.
  • Experts from many races charged from behind Ye Lin and fought alongside him after learning that the Demon Race planned to purge the Star Domain’s living beings.
  • Ye Lin carved a bloody path through the blockade, and the other experts followed through the breach as the leading Demon Race expert gave up in despair.

Ch. 5623Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 199

Ye Lin, Li Jinhuang, and Yu Ruoxi waited for Yu Ruomin to escape the Black Tortoise Star Domain, but she failed to appear. Yu Ruoxi went to search for her sister, while Li Jinhuang warned Ye Lin not to risk entering the star domain if Yu Ruomin was trapped inside.

  • Li Jinhuang teased Ye Lin about being unusually quick, and Yu Ruoxi arrived and praised their speed.
  • After waiting half an hour with no sign of Yu Ruomin, Yu Ruoxi tried to contact her using a communication Jade Talisman, but it remained silent.
  • Another hour passed, and Li Jinhuang concluded that something had likely happened to Yu Ruomin.
  • Yu Ruoxi left to search for her sister, and Li Jinhuang followed with Ye Lin.
  • Li Jinhuang told Ye Lin they could save Yu Ruomin if she was at the border, but should not enter the Black Tortoise Star Domain if she was inside it.
  • Ye Lin wondered why Li Jinhuang had patted him on the shoulder, suspecting Li Jinhuang thought he might recklessly sacrifice himself.

Ch. 5624Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 200

Ye Lin reached the Black Tortoise Star Domain and secretly watched Li Jinhuang fight off a Demon Race siege while protecting two women. As Li Jinhuang searched for Ye Lin and found no sign of him, two brothers appeared to challenge him.

  • Ye Lin reflected on his plan to lead the Human Race and wondered whether Li Jinhuang was the Human Emperor.
  • Ye Lin arrived near the Black Tortoise Star Domain and saw Li Jinhuang fighting the Demon Race while protecting two women.
  • Ye Lin concealed himself and watched, hoping to discover the limits of Li Jinhuang's strength.
  • Li Jinhuang searched for Ye Lin, then complained that his little brother had not come to help.
  • The Demon Race surrounded Li Jinhuang and the two women, and two brothers stepped forward to confront him.

Ch. 5625Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 2

Li Jinhuang fought the Ancient Royal Clan’s two Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies while Yu Ruomin and Yu Ruoxi watched, hoping Ye Lin would arrive. Ye Lin appeared and advanced toward the Demon Race army as Li Jinhuang noticed him and prepared to keep fighting.

  • Li Jinhuang asked the two Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies to let Yu Ruomin and Yu Ruoxi leave, but they refused and attacked him.
  • Yu Ruoxi recognized the brothers’ shared mind and strength, while Yu Ruomin blamed herself for putting the others in danger.
  • Ye Lin watched the battle, sensed a powerful presence hidden among the Demon Race army, and summoned the Emperor Sword.
  • Li Jinhuang taunted the brothers and challenged them to continue fighting him two against one.
  • Ye Lin walked toward the Demon Race experts, and Li Jinhuang spotted his blood-red figure in the distance.

Ch. 5626Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 202

Li Jinhuang fought the Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies at full strength while Ye Lin waited among the Demon Race for a powerful hidden figure to appear. White Wind emerged and confronted Li Jinhuang, who refused to surrender and prepared to face him.

  • Li Jinhuang charged the Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies with Ye Lin backing him, driving them back through the starry sky.
  • The Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies struck Li Jinhuang and sent him flying, but he recovered as the Demon Race noticed his exhaustion.
  • White Wind emerged from the Demon Race and praised Li Jinhuang before demanding that he seal his cultivation and accept death.
  • Li Jinhuang told White Wind he did not believe he would die by his hand and raised his sword against him.
  • White Wind stopped the Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies from intervening and said he would fight Li Jinhuang himself.

Ch. 5627Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 203

White Wind overwhelmed Li Jinhuang, who was weakened from an earlier fight, and moved in to kill him. Li Jinhuang called for help, and Ye Lin arrived as the Demon Race prepared to face him.

  • White Wind transformed his hands into twin blades and attacked Li Jinhuang in the starry sky.
  • White Wind repeatedly struck Li Jinhuang, worsening his wounds and forcing him to spit blood.
  • Two women helped Li Jinhuang stand as he complained that his earlier losses of strength had left him at a disadvantage.
  • Li Jinhuang called out to his little brother for help, and White Wind turned toward the approaching Ye Lin.
  • Ye Lin arrived holding a golden sword, and White Wind ordered the Demon Race experts to kill him.

Ch. 5628Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 204

Ye Lin effortlessly destroyed White Wind’s Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies, shocking the Demon Race experts and making them believe he surpassed Li Jinhuang. White Wind questioned how the Human Race had produced another such prodigy as Ye Lin challenged him to a fight.

  • White Wind sent the Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies to test Ye Lin, suspecting he was a Human Race prodigy rivaling Li Jinhuang.
  • Ye Lin used two sword attacks to defeat and destroy both Yin-Yang Heaven-Treading Bodies.
  • The watching Demon Race experts retreated and wondered whether Ye Lin was even stronger than Li Jinhuang.
  • Ye Lin challenged White Wind, who looked between Ye Lin and Li Jinhuang in confusion.
  • Li Jinhuang claimed he had only used too much strength, and Ye Lin told him not to slander him.
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