Arc 226The Drifting Boat Race

Ye Lin defeated White Wind, studied the Chaos Divine Turtle’s shell, and entered the Heavenly Court, where Du Shuangshuang enlisted him for a drifting boat competition. The pair advanced through the race by defeating rivals and collecting magical beads, while Ye Lin began marking powerful contestants for future revenge.

  • Ye Lin used Returning Ruins Draw to split White Wind’s Wind Prison and banish him into Chaos, then scattered the Demon Race experts before leaving with Li Jinhuang and the others.
  • Ye Lin studied the Chaos Divine Turtle’s shell and comprehended the Origin Eye Technique, then bestowed the Origin Divine Body and a cultivation method on the newborn Wang Xinyi.
  • Ye Lin arrived at Du Shuangshuang’s residence in the Heavenly Court, and she gave him an Identity Token and ordered him to win the drifting boat race.
  • Du Shuangshuang partnered with Ye Lin for the race, where he threw his spear through Wang Wu after Du Shuangshuang told him to beat him up.
  • Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang launched their raft into the Great River, and Ye Lin knocked four rivals into the water while Du Shuangshuang steered.
  • Ye Lin caught a box at a waterfall, and Du Shuangshuang used its freezing bead to trap a rival pair before they continued through the course.
  • Ye Lin defeated three ambushers, crossed a reef on foot, and knocked the final attacker into the river as Du Shuangshuang guided their raft clear.
  • Ye Lin collected boxes containing beads that created Dao Fire and summoned an underwater behemoth, and Du Shuangshuang claimed both while Du Ruxin and Ji Feng appeared in a self-moving boat.
Chapters 5629–5653 Vol. 57 Read

Ch. 5629Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 205

Ye Lin fought White Wind, who had come to punish the culprit behind the damage to the Black Tortoise Star Domain. After Ye Lin demonstrated his sword power, White Wind took him seriously and ordered the Demon Race experts to watch Li Jinhuang and the others.

  • Li Jinhuang protested that his earlier poor condition had kept him from defeating White Wind.
  • White Wind dismissed the feud and charged at Ye Lin with his twin blades.
  • Ye Lin evaded White Wind with the Starshift Instant Prison Sword and felt close to reaching its second level.
  • Ye Lin summoned the Emperor Sword and unleashed a powerful strike that blasted White Wind away, but White Wind remained unharmed and praised him.
  • White Wind recognized that Ye Lin was at least as strong as Li Jinhuang and charged at him again while ordering the Demon Race experts to watch Li Jinhuang and the others.

Ch. 5630Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 206

Ye Lin fought White Wind, whose extreme speed and concealment made him impossible to track. Ye Lin opened his Sword Domain to force him out, and White Wind was sent flying backward.

  • White Wind vanished into the Starry Sky, concealing himself with his speed and control over space and other forces.
  • Ye Lin cut through White Wind's hidden wind blades and used the Starshift Instant Prison Sword to evade his attacks.
  • Unable to locate White Wind, Ye Lin released a ring of Sword Intent that erased the wind blades around him.
  • Ye Lin opened his Sword Domain and unleashed Sword Qi condensed from the laws of the Sword Dao.
  • The Sword Domain shook the Starry Sky and forced White Wind to fly backward into view.

Ch. 5631Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 207

Ye Lin faced White Wind, who unleashed his Inconstant Wind Prison and forced Ye Lin to cut a path through the deadly storm. As Ye Lin tried to escape, White Wind sprung a trap and swept him into a silver-white storm.

  • White Wind recognized the depth of Ye Lin’s Sword Domain and declared him stronger than Li Jinhuang.
  • White Wind unleashed his Inconstant Wind Prison, filling the Starry Sky with law-infused wind blades and hiding himself within the attacks.
  • Ye Lin’s Sword Domain began to shrink under the relentless assault, so he used One Sword Breaks Chaos to cut open the wind prison.
  • Ye Lin rushed through the passage to escape the prison, but White Wind revealed that he had been waiting for him.
  • Silver-white storms surged from every direction and swept Ye Lin away.

Ch. 5632Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 208

Li Jinhuang and Yu Ruoxi watched Ye Lin remain trapped in White Wind’s storm while discussing how difficult it would be to kill the Chaos-aptitude prodigy. As the Demon Race experts stayed back, Li Jinhuang began to fear Ye Lin was dead, but Yu Ruoxi insisted her idol could not die.

  • Li Jinhuang said Ye Lin had underestimated White Wind and been caught by his cunning Wind Prison.
  • Yu Ruoxi asked whether Ye Lin could defeat White Wind, and Li Jinhuang said victory might be possible but killing him was nearly impossible.
  • Yu Ruoxi teased Li Jinhuang for becoming a backdrop, while the watching Demon Race experts resented the group’s relaxed attitude but dared not attack.
  • When Ye Lin failed to emerge from the storm, Li Jinhuang feared he had died and blamed himself, but Yu Ruoxi rejected the thought.

Ch. 5633Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 209

Ye Lin fought White Wind inside the Wind Prison, using his Karmic Fire Red Lotus to blast apart much of the domain and escape its range. White Wind remained confident that he was invincible even outside the prison, leaving their battle unresolved.

  • White Wind waited as Ye Lin survived inside the Wind Prison and taunted him to come out.
  • Ye Lin emerged protected by crimson flames, and he and White Wind clashed repeatedly until their shockwaves destabilized the Wind Prison.
  • Ye Lin formed a Karmic Fire Red Lotus and launched it at White Wind.
  • White Wind recognized the Karmic Fire and hid beneath the Wind Prison as the lotus exploded, destroying half the domain.
  • Ye Lin escaped beyond the Wind Prison while White Wind faced him with twin blades and claimed he was invincible even outside it.

Ch. 5634Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 210

Ye Lin used the Emperor Sword to banish White Wind and drove back the Demon Race experts, allowing Li Jinhuang and the two women to escape. He left the Starry Sky, while three powerful figures arrived and set out to search for White Wind.

  • Ye Lin charged the Emperor Sword with chaotic power and used Returning Ruins Draw to unleash a terrifying aura.
  • Ye Lin revealed that he had secretly prepared the Wind Prison, then split it open and banished White Wind into the Abyss.
  • Ye Lin struck the Demon Race experts with Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger, killing the weaker ones and scattering the rest.
  • Li Jinhuang grabbed the two women and fled through the Starry Sky while Ye Lin departed, saying he would return to the Primordial Era.
  • Three powerful figures arrived, recognized the spatial fluctuations from Ye Lin's sword, and went to search for White Wind.

Ch. 5635Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 211

After banishing White Wind into Chaos, Ye Lin learned that Chaos-aptitude prodigies were extremely rare and realized he belonged among the strongest of them. The group parted ways, and Ye Lin went alone to a life-bearing star to study Li Jinhuang’s tortoise shell.

  • Li Jinhuang asked whether White Wind was dead, and Ye Lin explained that he had only banished him into Chaos.
  • Ye Lin asked how many Chaos-aptitude prodigies existed, and Li Jinhuang said there were only a little over a hundred across the Star River Cosmos.
  • Li Jinhuang reassured Ye Lin that few Chaos-aptitude prodigies could match him, while Ye Lin recognized his own aptitude was among the very highest tier.
  • Li Jinhuang suggested they separate because they were wanted criminals, and Yu Ruoxi and Yu Ruomin said goodbye and thanked Ye Lin.
  • Ye Lin left alone and entered a life-bearing star to study the tortoise shell Li Jinhuang had given him.

Ch. 5636Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 212

Ye Lin studied the golden tortoise shell while the awakened Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar learned that he had reached the ninth level of Golden Immortal cultivation in a Primordial Era spacetime projection. The jar recognized the shell as coming from a Chaos Divine Turtle and asked whether Ye Lin planned to comprehend one of the Ten Methods of Opening Heaven from it.

  • Ye Lin examined the golden tortoise shell and pondered its mysterious patterns and runes.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar awakened, noticed Ye Lin's cultivation and the surrounding chaos currents, and asked where he had ended up.
  • Ye Lin told the jar that he was in a spacetime projection of the Primordial Era, brought there by someone who crossed the river of time.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar inferred that a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal had created the projection and praised Ye Lin for knowing such a powerful cultivator.
  • Ye Lin reflected that he had relied chiefly on his own efforts rather than the jar, the panel, or other external aids.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar identified the shell as coming from a Chaos Divine Turtle and asked if Ye Lin sought to comprehend one of the Ten Methods of Opening Heaven.

Ch. 5637Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 213

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that the turtle shell came from the Chaos Divine Turtle and bore the ten primordial Heaven-Opening Methods. Ye Lin focused on the shell, revealed its golden runes, and began comprehending them, leaving the jar astonished by his aptitude.

  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the Chaos Divine Turtle’s shell contained the ten Heaven-Opening Methods from which all cultivation methods in the Star River Cosmos derived.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to focus on the turtle shell while it hovered above him.
  • Ye Lin poured his mind into the shell, causing golden light and mysterious ancient runes to appear.
  • Ye Lin began comprehending the runes’ intent despite not understanding their characters.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar wondered whether Ye Lin had truly comprehended one of the Heaven-Opening Methods.

Ch. 5638Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 214

While Ye Lin sat in meditation, Wang Dazhuang and his pregnant wife found shelter from a snowstorm in the warm, grass-covered space around him. After Wang Dazhuang delivered their baby, the newborn's cry was followed by an unbelievable scene.

  • Ye Lin remained motionless as the seasons passed, while snow melted and grass grew within three zhang of him.
  • Wang Dazhuang and his wife stumbled through the storm, mistook Ye Lin for an immortal, and asked him for shelter.
  • The couple entered the warm space around Ye Lin and waited quietly for the storm to pass.
  • Wang Dazhuang's wife went into labor, and he delivered the baby while trying not to disturb Ye Lin.
  • The newborn cried loudly, and an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Ch. 5639Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 215

Ye Lin comprehended the Origin Eye Technique from a turtle shell, restoring life to the frozen land. He granted Wang Dazhuang’s newborn daughter the Origin Divine Body and a cultivation technique, named her Wang Xinyi, and departed.

  • Ye Lin opened his eyes after comprehending the Origin Eye Technique, and the frozen mountains and river returned to life.
  • Ye Lin approached Wang Dazhuang and the newborn, who grabbed his finger and smiled.
  • Ye Lin bestowed the Origin Divine Body on the infant and placed a cultivation technique in her mind to appear when she turned eighteen.
  • Ye Lin named the infant Wang Xinyi and vanished into the heavens, leaving multicolored lotuses blooming in his wake.

Ch. 5640Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 216

After leaving a newborn girl with a cultivation method and name, Ye Lin used the Origin Eye Technique to travel through space and appeared in the Heavenly Court. He escaped the Ninth Princess’s guards, but landed somewhere unexpected and was confronted by a woman.

  • Wang Dazhuang and his wife thanked Ye Lin for bestowing a cultivation method and name on their daughter.
  • Ye Lin questioned the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar about the Origin Eye Technique, and the jar concealed how little help it had actually provided.
  • Ye Lin used spatial power and arrived at the Ninth Princess’s residence in the Heavenly Court.
  • The guards identified Ye Lin as an intruder and began searching for him after he vanished.
  • Ye Lin reappeared in an unknown place, where a woman called him a pervert.

Ch. 5641Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 217

Ye Lin accidentally appeared in Du Shuangshuang’s residence while using the Origin Eye Technique to traverse space. The Ninth Princess tried to recruit him as her companion for ten years, but he refused and left despite her warning.

  • Ye Lin appeared in the residence of Du Shuangshuang, the Heavenly Court’s Ninth Princess, after his spatial traversal went awry.
  • Du Shuangshuang dismissed her guards and asked Ye Lin who he was and where he came from.
  • Ye Lin said he had arrived after dreaming, and Du Shuangshuang warned him that her residence was protected by powerful experts and a formation capable of trapping Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
  • Du Shuangshuang ordered Ye Lin to stay by her side for ten years and obey her, promising to protect him throughout the Heavenly Court.
  • Ye Lin rejected Du Shuangshuang’s offer and headed for the door as she warned she could have him captured and exposed.

Ch. 5642Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 218

Ye Lin accepted Du Shuangshuang’s task to win the Heavenly Court’s drifting boat race and received an Identity Token that let him move freely. He contacted Li Jinhuang to ask how to escape, but Li urged him to stay inside as the Human Race’s informant.

  • Du Shuangshuang told Ye Lin to secure first place in the Heavenly Court’s drifting boat race three days later and gave him an Identity Token.
  • Ye Lin left Du Shuangshuang’s residence and contacted Li Jinhuang with a Jade Talisman.
  • Ye Lin told Li Jinhuang that he had infiltrated the Heavenly Court and asked how to get out.
  • Li Jinhuang praised Ye Lin and urged him to remain inside, gather information, and map the Heavenly Court’s strength and teleportation formations.
  • Li Jinhuang ended the connection, leaving Ye Lin with a faint ache in his teeth.

Ch. 5643Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 219

The Sword Venerable forcibly created a thread of romantic fate for Ye Lin, arguing that experiencing love would help him overcome future trials. The Third Ancestor accepted the reasoning and watched Ye Lin continue wandering on the light screen.

  • The Sword Venerable told the Third Ancestor that Ye Lin’s thread of romantic fate was too unstable to control.
  • The Sword Venerable replaced it with a powerful red thread and entwined the two threads of fate.
  • The Sword Venerable argued that Ye Lin should experience love in advance so it would not overcome him later.
  • The Third Ancestor agreed that experiencing life’s fundamental troubles could aid cultivation.
  • After the Sword Venerable left, the Third Ancestor watched Ye Lin wandering on the light screen.

Ch. 5644Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 220

Ye Lin joined Du Shuangshuang for a drifting competition after reviewing his newly enhanced powers from the Origin Eye Technique. They set off with Du Shuangshuang’s spear, and she explained the competition’s rules before they reached the river.

  • Du Shuangshuang interrupted Ye Lin’s cultivation and urged him to join the drifting competition.
  • Ye Lin reviewed his cultivation status and the four killing moves of the Origin Eye Technique, judging that he could likely be invincible in the ancient era.
  • Du Shuangshuang obtained her top-grade Dao Artifact spear and handed it to Ye Lin to carry.
  • A soldier watched Ye Lin leave and wondered why his back looked familiar.
  • Du Shuangshuang explained that contestants would pair up, seal their cultivation, drift on wooden boats, and compete for supplies along the Great River.

Ch. 5645Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 221

Du Shuangshuang explained the Heavenly Court competition rules to Ye Lin and confronted Wang Wu, who tried to recruit her as his partner. Ye Lin impaled Wang Wu with his spear, and Du Shuangshuang left boasting about her gold-medal thug.

  • Du Shuangshuang told Ye Lin that fighting was allowed in the competition as long as contestants did not use cultivation.
  • Wang Wu approached Du Shuangshuang and urged her to partner with him, dismissing Ye Lin as a guard.
  • Du Shuangshuang told Ye Lin to beat Wang Wu up.
  • Ye Lin threw his spear through Wang Wu's chest and pinned him to the ground.
  • Du Shuangshuang taunted Wang Wu, then walked ahead as Ye Lin pulled out the spear and followed her.

Ch. 5646Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 222

Du Shuangshuang arrived at a gathering of Heavenly Court figures and confronted the companions who had apparently promised to partner with her. She introduced Ye Lin as her guard and ace enforcer, but a military dispatcher questioned which Heavenly Court branch he came from.

  • Du Shuangshuang confronted a young man and a woman for choosing other partners instead of teaming up with her.
  • Du Shuangshuang's acquaintances noticed Ye Lin carrying her Dragon Scale Spear and asked her to introduce him.
  • Du Shuangshuang called Ye Lin her guard and ace enforcer, claiming he would defeat everyone in the competition.
  • A military dispatcher approached Ye Lin and demanded to know where he came from and which Heavenly Court branch he belonged to.

Ch. 5647Path of Invincibility - Secluded Cultivation 223

Du Shuangshuang protected Ye Lin from a suspicious woman, and Ye Lin vowed to kill her someday. At the Heavenly Court’s drifting competition, Du Shuangshuang explained the prize and proposed that she and Ye Lin compete with avatars while their real bodies stayed together.

  • Du Shuangshuang claimed Ye Lin was under her protection when the woman challenged his presence in the Heavenly Court.
  • The woman warned Ye Lin to behave, and Ye Lin swore that he would kill her one day.
  • An old man announced the drifting competition’s rules, including the ban on cultivation and the first-place prize of three hundred years viewing the Wordless Heavenly Book.
  • Du Shuangshuang told Ye Lin that the Wordless Heavenly Book supposedly contained records and techniques from the Chaos era, though few could comprehend them.
  • Du Shuangshuang suggested they compete using avatars and keep their real bodies together so they could beat up anyone they disliked.

Ch. 5648Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 224

Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang joined a river-rafting competition using mortal avatars, and Ye Lin learned that Du Shuangshuang had been confined during past contests for attacking other contestants. The competition began with the pair aboard a bamboo raft, Du Shuangshuang eager to fight and Ye Lin set to steer.

  • An old man placed Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang inside a barrier and asked them to create mortal competition avatars.
  • The old man explained to Ye Lin that Du Shuangshuang had previously roamed competitions with her Dragon Scale Spear and picked fights, so she was now confined during contests.
  • Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang followed the contestants to a platform above a raging river, where they were assigned a bamboo raft and poles.
  • Du Shuangshuang threatened to beat the other contestants while Ye Lin took the rear of their raft to control its direction.
  • The old man announced the start of the competition, and the bamboo rafts plunged downward.

Ch. 5649Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 225

Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang raced across the river on a bamboo raft, where Du Shuangshuang challenged other contestants seeking the Wordless Heavenly Book. When four men with grudges against her surrounded them, she put Ye Lin in front of her and prepared to steer the raft herself.

  • Ye Lin controlled the raft as Du Shuangshuang excitedly urged it to go faster.
  • Du Shuangshuang caught up to a pair of contestants and challenged them to eliminate themselves or face her.
  • Three more contestants joined the fight and attacked Du Shuangshuang, each revealing a past grudge against her.
  • Du Shuangshuang retreated behind Ye Lin and ordered him to defeat the four men while she took control of the raft's direction.
  • Ye Lin calmly faced the four men as they prepared to attack.

Ch. 5650Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 226

Ye Lin defeated four challengers on the bamboo raft, while Du Shuangshuang urged him onward as they approached a waterfall with limited items. The remaining contestants raced toward the waterfall, where Du Shuangshuang prepared to compete for an item.

  • Ye Lin used his staff to defeat four Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals and knock them into the river.
  • The other rafts fled, and Du Shuangshuang cheered Ye Lin before nearly unbalancing their raft with a jump.
  • Du Shuangshuang warned Ye Lin that a huge waterfall and items awaited ahead, and Ye Lin noticed many contestants had already been eliminated.
  • Du Shuangshuang prepared to seize an item at the waterfall and taunted a young man who had spotted her.
  • The young man's companion accelerated their raft toward the waterfall, and the other contestants sped up to claim the limited items.

Ch. 5651Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 227

Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang found a time-freezing bead while navigating a waterfall, and Du Shuangshuang used it to trap a young man and the woman with him. They continued toward the next stages, while Ye Lin memorized the faces of the powerful competitors for his future kill list.

  • Ye Lin caught a box as the bamboo raft plunged down a waterfall, and he and Du Shuangshuang steadied the raft after it hit the water.
  • Du Shuangshuang read that the box held a bead that could freeze one target for over a hundred breaths, then claimed the bead for herself.
  • A young man drifted over and offered Du Shuangshuang an item as an apology, but she threw the bead at him and froze him, the woman behind him, and their raft.
  • Du Shuangshuang celebrated trapping the pair and urged Ye Lin onward through the remaining three stages.
  • Ye Lin steered the raft while memorizing the powerful competitors’ faces for his future kill list.

Ch. 5652Path of Invincibility - Closed-Door Cultivation 228

Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang navigated a dangerous stretch of river, where four previously defeated contestants ambushed them. Ye Lin defeated the attackers, and the raft made it past the reefs.

  • Du Shuangshuang warned Ye Lin that the raft was approaching a dangerous checkpoint filled with rocks.
  • Ye Lin steered the raft through the raging current and around the reefs.
  • Four men who had previously been knocked into the river ambushed Du Shuangshuang and revealed that eliminated players could keep participating without cultivation.
  • Ye Lin pulled Du Shuangshuang behind him and quickly defeated three attackers.
  • Ye Lin crossed the reefs on foot and struck the final attacker into the river.
  • Du Shuangshuang guided the raft clear of the reefs and praised Ye Lin as her gold-medal enforcer.

Ch. 5653Path of Invincibility - Seclusion Cultivation 229

Ye Lin and Du Shuangshuang collected two one-use items while leading the river race and expected an easy win. Their confidence faltered when Du Ruxin and Ji Feng approached in a boat that moved on its own.

  • Du Shuangshuang paddled while Ye Lin watched the river and conserved his strength.
  • Ye Lin collected two boxes containing beads that could create a wall of Dao Fire and summon an underwater behemoth.
  • Du Shuangshuang took both beads and declared that first place was secured.
  • Du Ruxin and Ji Feng appeared in a self-moving boat, prompting Du Shuangshuang to envy their good fortune.
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