Recaps

Ye Lin checked his panel after three days of slaughter and found his Luck had risen to three trillion, though his Destiny remained unchanged. Tang Feng arrived with his master and senior sister, bringing Luo Yao and Xinyou, and learned that Ye Lin had already escaped Heavenly Capital City.

• Ye Lin reviewed his panel and saw that his Luck had reached three trillion and his Fate Rank had become Origin (Incomplete).
• Ye Lin resolved to spend his Luck advancing his cultivation and vowed to kill Chu Qinxin if they met again.
• Three figures carrying Saint's might approached Ye Lin in the dead city, and he prepared to flee.
• Ye Lin recognized Tang Feng, Tang Feng's master, and his senior sister, who had brought Luo Yao and Xinyou with them.
• Tang Feng explained that he had asked his master to rescue Ye Lin, and Ye Lin told them Heavenly Capital City had already vanished.

Ye Lin explained that the released qilin sacred beast had killed the people in Heavenly Capital City and defeated its three quasi-Saints before leaving. After Tang Feng invited Ye Lin to join the Supreme Sword Sect, Ye Lin asked what Tang Feng knew about Chu Qinxin.

• Tang Feng found Heavenly Capital City filled with corpses and questioned Ye Lin about what had happened.
• Ye Lin said he had released the qilin sacred beast, which killed the city's inhabitants and then departed after defeating three quasi-Saints.
• Tang Feng's master handed Luo Yao back to Ye Lin, then left with the other woman and invited Ye Lin to become a peak master of the Supreme Sword Sect.
• Tang Feng urged Ye Lin to join the Supreme Sword Sect, but Ye Lin considered the Chaos Ancient Clan's invasion and the uncertain future.
• Ye Lin asked Tang Feng about Chu Qinxin, and Tang Feng described her as quiet, reserved, and usually alone.

Ye Lin declined Tang Feng’s invitation to join the Supreme Sword Sect and chose to wander with Luo Yao instead. After Tang Feng gave him a map of Long River Prefecture and left, Ye Lin set off and asked Luo Yao where they should go first.

• Tang Feng failed to answer Ye Lin’s questions about Chu Qinxin and invited him to join the Supreme Sword Sect.
• Ye Lin thanked Tang Feng for rescuing him but said he preferred to wander rather than join a sect.
• Tang Feng respected Ye Lin’s choice, gave him a map of Long River Prefecture, and departed.
• Ye Lin held Luo Yao and traveled through the void while examining the map and considering the powerful factions and exotic beasts of the Origin Continent.
• Ye Lin asked Luo Yao where they should go first.

Ye Lin and Luo Yao traveled to Divine Capital City, where Luo Yao delighted in the bustling streets and shops. Ye Lin entered a teahouse to gather information about the unfamiliar city.

• Luo Yao chose Divine Capital City from the map, and Ye Lin carried her there.
• Ye Lin saw exotic beasts and cosmic beings across the Origin Continent as he traveled.
• Ye Lin and Luo Yao entered Divine Capital City and explored its crowded streets and shops.
• Ye Lin observed that the city's inhabitants were mostly at lower cultivation realms and found no Dao Fruit Da Luo.
• Ye Lin entered a teahouse to gather information.

Ye Lin questioned Wang Ming in a teahouse about recent events in Divine Capital City and learned that evil spirits had surged in the Evil Spirit Abyss. Wang Ming explained the abyss’s dangers and valuable Evil Spirit Crystals, while the City Lord and experts remained missing after entering to suppress the spirits.

• Ye Lin took Luo Yao to a teahouse and ordered the best dishes and desserts.
• Ye Lin asked Wang Ming about recent events and gave him an immortal plant in exchange for information.
• Wang Ming described a wounded Daluo Golden Immortal taken in by the City Lord and a dispute between the four great families over a mineral vein.
• Wang Ming said evil spirits had appeared in the Evil Spirit Abyss, where the City Lord and experts from the four great families had gone to suppress them without sending definite news.
• Ye Lin asked what the Evil Spirit Abyss was, and Wang Ming explained that its evil spirits attacked cultivators’ Primordial Spirits and drained their essence, while its scarce Evil Spirit Crystals strengthened Primordial Spirits.

Ye Lin became interested in the Evil Spirit Crystal while dining at a teahouse, where Zhao Yuyan arrived with a formidable twin-sworded woman. Zhao Yuyan announced she was looking for two powerful guards, leaving Ye Lin curious about the pair.

• Ye Lin let Wang Ming leave with the immortal plant and decided he wanted to obtain an Evil Spirit Crystal to test it.
• Luo Yao and Xinyou finished the food, while Xinyou settled on Ye Lin’s shoulder and Luo Yao rested contentedly.
• Zhao Yuyan entered the teahouse with a twin-sworded woman whose cultivation Ye Lin identified as mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Zhao Yuyan told the teahouse owner she had come to find two guards, seeking the highest cultivation and greatest strength possible.

Zhao Yuyan recruited guards in a teahouse for a dangerous mission, promising a generous reward and offering a blood contract. Ye Lin volunteered and claimed to be at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Zhao Yuyan offered to have servants look after Luo Yao before Ye Lin asked whether she wanted to go.

• Zhao Yuyan warned the teahouse patrons that her mission was extremely dangerous and asked who would join her.
• A middle-aged man asked about the reward, then volunteered after Zhao Yuyan promised generous payment and a blood contract.
• Ye Lin volunteered, claimed to be at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and showed Zhao Yuyan a trace of his aura.
• Zhao Yuyan worried about Luo Yao joining the dangerous mission and offered to have Zhao Family servants look after her in Divine Capital City.
• Ye Lin asked Luo Yao whether she wanted to go.

Ye Lin left Luo Yao in Divine Capital City with attendants and Xinyou while he accompanied Zhao Yuyan to investigate a newly emerged secret realm. Zhao Yuyan revealed that their destination was the Dome Realm, which only she knew how to open.

• Luo Yao chose to stay in Divine Capital City and asked Xinyou to keep her company, so Ye Lin handed Xinyou to her.
• Zhao Yuyan introduced two attendants to care for Luo Yao, then left the teahouse with Ye Lin and Qingtian.
• Zhao Yuyan warned the people in the teahouse not to spread news of her visit, threatening that they would die if they did.
• Ye Lin noticed that Ling Qing'er was disguising her mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation as Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• After they left Divine Capital City, Zhao Yuyan introduced herself and Ling Qing'er, then told Ye Lin and Qingtian that their destination was the newly emerged Dome Realm, which only she could open.

Zhao Yuyan recruited Ye Lin, Qingtian, and Ling Qing'er to explore the Dome Secret Realm, whose treasures could include Great Luo Dao Fruits and a single-Dao Heavenly Dao. Qingtian explained the realm’s value, and Ye Lin realized Ling Qing'er had concealed her cultivation to pursue it; he hoped its Dao would be the Sword Dao.

• Zhao Yuyan said she trusted only Ye Lin and the others, offered to split the secret realm’s profits, and led them toward it.
• Qingtian excitedly explained that Origin Continent secret realms contained unfamiliar universes, potentially including Great Luo Dao Fruits and treasures tied to a single Great Dao.
• Ye Lin understood why Ling Qing'er had concealed her cultivation and joined Zhao Yuyan’s household.
• Ye Lin hoped the secret realm’s Heavenly Dao would be the Sword Dao.

Ye Lin accompanied Zhao Yuyan and the others into a hidden cave, where Zhao opened a passage through a mysterious vortex. When no one volunteered to enter first, Ye Lin kicked Qingtian through the opening, and Zhao Yuyan praised him.

• Zhao Yuyan led Ye Lin, Qingtian, and Ling Qing'er through a narrow cave to a colorful vortex.
• Zhao Yuyan used hand seals and incantations to reverse the vortex and break open a black passage.
• Zhao Yuyan asked who would enter first, but Ye Lin and the others hesitated.
• Ye Lin kicked Qingtian into the passage, and Zhao Yuyan praised Ye Lin.
• Zhao Yuyan took out a Compass-like object and began spinning it in her palm.

Ye Lin entered the strange secret realm after Zhao Yuyan and Ling Qing'er, where he found Zhao Yuyan and Qingtian dead and learned that Ling Qing'er had killed them. He explored the silent, lifeless world, found its plants rich in life force but no cultivation resources, and continued searching for what treasures it might hold.

• Zhao Yuyan entered the cave, followed by Ling Qing'er, and Ye Lin sent in a clone before entering himself.
• Ye Lin found Zhao Yuyan and Qingtian dead in a valley, while Ling Qing'er proposed they explore separate halves of the secret realm.
• Ling Qing'er left without fighting Ye Lin, and he waited until she was gone before continuing onward.
• Ye Lin noticed the world had plants and mountains but no living creatures, and he wondered if its laws were related to the Great Dao of Life.
• Ye Lin broke a plant and found its sap rich in life force, but he sensed there were no cultivation resources and questioned what treasures the realm could contain.

Ye Lin uncovered an underground river of extraordinarily dense life force beneath the land and discovered that its elf-like inhabitants contained immense vitality. He realized the creatures represented a tremendous opportunity, though he had not yet determined their use.

• Ye Lin sensed that the life force grew richer beneath the ground and collapsed the land around him to reach its source.
• Ye Lin broke through the underground and found a vast river of pure green liquid, whose life force began to be absorbed by his body.
• Ye Lin observed the elf-like creatures covering the river and found that one could not speak and had no physical body, Primordial Spirit, or intelligence.
• Ye Lin crushed one creature into a small green sphere and discovered that its life force rivaled that of a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.

Ye Lin cultivated in the seemingly inexhaustible grotto, using the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to absorb its river and living creatures. As his Law of the Sword comprehension and Primordial Spirit grew, his aura surged toward a breakthrough.

• Ye Lin swallowed a small sphere of life force and summoned the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar.
• Ye Lin absorbed the tiny sprites and river into the jar, drawing the abundant life force into his body.
• Ye Lin cultivated while his three avatars patrolled and guarded against danger.
• Ye Lin refined the life force and strengthened his Primordial Spirit while improving his understanding of the Law of the Sword.
• Rumbling sounds rose from Ye Lin's body as his aura grew increasingly powerful.

Ye Lin used the river’s immense vitality to break through to the mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm. After discovering that the river water and green sprites lost their power inside his Spatial Ring, he headed upstream to find their source.

• Ye Lin broke through to the mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm and found that his strength had increased by at least thirty percent.
• Ye Lin checked his status and noted that he had reached the new realm in a little over three thousand years.
• Ye Lin tried to store the river water and green sprites in his Spatial Ring, but their vitality vanished and the sprites disappeared inside it.
• Ye Lin suspected the river’s source was causing the water’s effects and headed upstream to investigate.

Ye Lin discovered the Tree of Life at the heart of the secret realm and tried to take it, but Ling Qing'er attacked him and demanded half. The two faced off over ownership of the tree, with Ye Lin accusing her of breaking their agreement and sneaking up on him.

• Ye Lin followed the river to an underground hollow and found the enormous roots of a giant tree that had turned the water green.
• Ye Lin punched through a root, saw emerald liquid spill into the river, and decided to uproot the tree and take it.
• Ling Qing'er slashed at Ye Lin with Sword Qi, and he retreated before drawing Azure Frost and the Godslayer Sword.
• Ling Qing'er identified the tree as the Tree of Life that sustained the secret realm and demanded that they split it equally.
• Ye Lin challenged Ling Qing'er, accusing her of violating their agreement and launching a sneak attack.

Ye Lin attacked Ling Qing'er after her sneak attack, and the two Daluo Golden Immortals fought fiercely in the underground space. Ye Lin used his eye technique to briefly stop time and wound her, but Ling Qing'er recognized the threat and remained ready to continue.

• Ye Lin rejected Ling Qing'er's challenge to settle the matter peacefully and declared that one of them would die.
• Ye Lin charged Ling Qing'er and attacked with his twin swords and Grand Void Space-Rending Sword.
• Ling Qing'er shattered Ye Lin's Sword Qi and met him in a direct clash that shook the underground space.
• Ye Lin used his Origin Eye Technique to stop time briefly and struck Ling Qing'er, sending her flying with a wound across her chest.
• Ling Qing'er identified Ye Lin's eyes as the source of the time-stopping technique and judged him stronger than she had expected.

Ye Lin and Ling Qing'er harvested the giant tree from underground and aboveground, respectively. Ye Lin realized the tree’s immense life force must come from a nearby treasure and began searching for it.

• Ling Qing'er left Ye Lin underground and headed to the surface to fight in the open skies.
• Ye Lin cut off the giant tree’s roots and stored them in his Spatial Ring, preserving their life force.
• Ling Qing'er attacked the tree’s trunk and stored its severed branches in her Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin wondered how the tree had gained so much life force and concluded that a nearby treasure must have caused its growth.
• Ye Lin began searching the area for the treasure he believed was the true prize.

Ye Lin and Ling Qing'er both concluded that a supreme treasure lay beneath the giant tree, but each worried the other would claim it. Ye Lin dug deeper as the life force underground grew stronger, leaving him convinced he was close to finding it.

• Ye Lin sent out countless incarnations to search and dig underground for the treasure he believed had nurtured the giant tree.
• Ling Qing'er guessed Ye Lin was already searching below and considered how she could claim the treasure without risking a fight.
• Ye Lin's digging uncovered soil with denser life force, which he used as a clue to dig farther down.
• The life force grew stronger as Ye Lin dug, and he accelerated his excavation amid thunderous collapses.

Ling Qing'er returned to the underground space to stop Ye Lin from claiming the treasure she had pursued for so long. She found his deep pit and descended cautiously, convinced that he had dug toward something valuable.

• Ling Qing'er decided she would fight Ye Lin if necessary rather than let him take the treasure.
• She returned to the underground space and found it vast and empty, with Ye Lin nowhere in sight.
• Ling Qing'er searched the ruins and discovered a bottomless pit, which she suspected Ye Lin had entered.
• After considering whether the pit might be a trap, Ling Qing'er descended slowly, staying ready to attack.
• As she descended, she sensed increasingly dense vitality in the soil and became more certain Ye Lin had found something valuable.

Ling Qing'er followed the tunnels beneath the ground, testing them until she found the one that led to an unfamiliar world. She arrived just as someone presented her to the Spirit King as a tribute.

• Ling Qing'er discovered that the underground earth was impossibly sturdy and bent her postnatal spirit treasure sword when she tried to stab it.
• Ling Qing'er returned to the surface and saw countless identical holes, which she suspected had been dug by the fellow she was following.
• Ling Qing'er sent incarnations into the holes and found that every passage but one ended in a dead end.
• Ling Qing'er jumped into the last unexplored hole and saw a glimmer of light below.
• Ling Qing'er emerged in an unfamiliar world as someone told the Spirit King, “she's the tribute I brought you.”

Ye Lin tricked Ling Qing'er into becoming a tribute for a green toad, which attacked her while he watched. The chapter then revealed that earlier, Ye Lin had failed to dig through the exceptionally hard ground, even with the Godslayer Sword.

• Ling Qing'er sensed the immense power of life in her new surroundings and recognized Ye Lin beside a giant green toad.
• The toad praised Ye Lin for bringing Ling Qing'er as a tribute and charged at her, promising Ye Lin a reward.
• Ling Qing'er realized Ye Lin had deceived her and drew her swords to fight the toad.
• Ye Lin watched as the toad overwhelmed Ling Qing'er, while the toad claimed it could defeat her without help.
• Earlier, Ye Lin failed to break through the hard ground with his attacks or the Godslayer Sword, then tried digging in different directions and sent out countless avatars.

Ye Lin discovered a hidden world overflowing with life force, where the Spirit King threatened to eat him. Ye Lin promised the Spirit King that Ling Qing'er would be his tribute, and she arrived just as they finished their bargain.

• Ye Lin dug through the earth and broke into a strange world filled with dense life force.
• The Spirit King confronted Ye Lin and demanded that he choose between being swallowed alive or killed and eaten.
• Ye Lin promised to offer Ling Qing'er, who had the same cultivation as him, in exchange for his life.
• Ye Lin and the Spirit King struck up a friendly conversation and agreed to call each other brothers.
• Ling Qing'er arrived, confused, as Ye Lin presented her to the Spirit King as his tribute.

Ye Lin watched as the Spirit King defeated and devoured Ling Qing'er, then took her weapons and Spatial Ring. The Spirit King invited Ye Lin to his kingdom, and Ye Lin accepted while remaining wary.

• Ye Lin watched Ling Qing'er battle the Spirit King and believed her defeat was inevitable.
• The Spirit King struck Ling Qing'er down, and Ye Lin praised him.
• The Spirit King swallowed the grievously wounded Ling Qing'er and sent her two swords and Spatial Ring to Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin found only tree trunks and leaves in the Spatial Ring, then thanked the Spirit King.
• The Spirit King invited Ye Lin to his kingdom and offered him treasures, and Ye Lin agreed while staying guarded.

Ye Lin remained wary of the Spirit King and questioned him about the world beneath the surface. The Spirit King explained that his people had fled a world-ending crisis and led Ye Lin to see the kingdom he had built.

• Ye Lin worried the Spirit King might eat him and resolved to leave after gathering treasures.
• Ye Lin asked the Spirit King whether he had ever visited the surface.
• The Spirit King said the surface had become barren after a world-ending crisis, so his people had brought their world seed underground to survive.
• Ye Lin observed the underground world's vast terrain and creatures as he traveled with the Spirit King.
• The Spirit King brought Ye Lin to his kingdom, where endless aerial pavilions stood amid clouds and vitality-filled rivers.

The Spirit King showed Ye Lin its strange kingdom and the White King Palace, which it had built to honor the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s legendary White King. Ye Lin recognized the Everlasting Stone above the throne as a powerful treasure, and the Spirit King explained that it could heal even quasi-saint injuries.

• The Spirit King led Ye Lin through its kingdom, where its unusual subjects watched him curiously.
• The Spirit King explained that its grandfather had escaped the world-ending calamity with part of the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan, and that it had built the White King Palace to honor the fallen White King.
• The Spirit King brought Ye Lin inside the palace and sat on its white throne beneath a radiant diamond-shaped stone.
• Ye Lin praised the stone, and the Spirit King identified it as the Everlasting Stone, capable of healing most injuries, including wounds suffered by quasi-saint experts.