Recaps

Ye Lin refused Wang Mingyang’s offer to cooperate and warned him to stop following him. He entered the secret realm to deliver five years’ worth of living beings to the Spirit King and told him the Wang Family had taken an interest in him.

• Ye Lin rejected Wang Mingyang’s proposal and warned him not to follow again.
• Wang Mingyang left, vowing to deal with Ye Lin, and Ye Xin departed after confirming Wang Mingyang was gone.
• Ye Lin entered the secret realm and reached the underground space sealed by the Spirit King’s restriction.
• Ye Lin handed the Spirit King the living beings he had gathered over five years.
• Ye Lin told the Spirit King that the Wang Family, led by a quasi-saint expert, had approached him about cooperation.

Ye Lin agreed to bring Wang Mingyang to the Spirit King, who wanted to negotiate transactions through Ye Lin and promised him ten percent of their value. The Spirit King then took Ye Lin to the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s grand gathering and explained that its underground home was overcrowded, though its inhabitants refused to move to the surface.

• The Spirit King asked Ye Lin to bring Wang Mingyang to him and promised to route any deals through Ye Lin, giving him ten percent of their value.
• Ye Lin agreed, recognizing that Wang Mingyang might cause him trouble after their earlier disagreement.
• The Spirit King invited Ye Lin to the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s once-in-a-million-years grand gathering.
• The Spirit King led Ye Lin through a bustling city where its residents and former vassal races greeted him respectfully.
• The Spirit King explained that the underground population had grown too large, but its inhabitants did not want to move to the surface.

Ye Lin questioned how the underground realm’s creation energy and resources remained inexhaustible, and the Spirit King led him to reveal their source. Ye Lin saw the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s World Seed and recognized it as the origin of the Great Dao of Creation.

• Ye Lin wondered how the underground realm could sustain such abundant resources despite its vast population of powerful beings.
• The Spirit King praised Ye Lin for asking the crucial question and offered to show him the source of the realm’s abundance.
• The Spirit King led Ye Lin away from the city, where Ye Lin sensed numerous Zenith Heaven auras and several powerful Quasi-Saints.
• The Spirit King revealed the glowing World Seed, the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s absolute treasure and source of the realm’s resources.
• Ye Lin recognized the World Seed as the origin of the Great Dao of Creation.

The Spirit King explained that the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan survived through its World Seed, which sustained the secret realm with abundant resources. He told Ye Lin that strict rules and the clan’s control had prevented any major wars, then took him to the White King Palace for a drink.

• The Spirit King said the clan’s ancestor had brought back and refined the World Seed, making it the clan’s supreme treasure and the reason it had endured.
• He explained that other long-lasting secret realms also relied on treasures to sustain themselves and their inhabitants.
• Ye Lin doubted the Spirit King’s claim that no wars had ever occurred in the underground realm.
• The Spirit King said abundant resources, a ban on fighting, and the clan’s authority had prevented major wars, though minor disputes still happened.
• The Spirit King pulled Ye Lin toward the White King Palace to have a drink.

The Spirit King brought Ye Lin to the White King Palace to introduce him to the gathered clan members and ease his doubts. Ye Lin accepted five Succubus Race maids and tasted the wine, only to find it terrible.

• The Spirit King led Ye Lin into the crowded White King Palace, where the gathered toads bowed to him.
• The Spirit King introduced Ye Lin as his human little brother and asked the clan members to take Human Race forms.
• Ye Lin sat beside the Spirit King on a seat just below the throne.
• Five Succubus Race maids approached and began attending to Ye Lin at the Spirit King's invitation.
• Ye Lin accepted a cup of wine, tasted it, and found it disgusting.

Ye Lin offered the Spirit King a jar of Immortal Peach Wine after the Spirit King served him the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s treasured wine. The Spirit King loved it and kept the jar for himself, leaving the other powerhouses eyeing Ye Lin for more.

• The Spirit King asked Ye Lin why he looked unhappy after serving him the clan’s treasured wine.
• Ye Lin gave the Spirit King a jar of Immortal Peach Wine to taste.
• The Spirit King opened the jar, savored a sip, and declared the wine far better than their Immortal Brew.
• The Spirit King put the jar away and refused to share it with the gathered powerhouses.
• The Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan powerhouses turned their gazes toward Ye Lin.

Ye Lin shared Immortal Peach Wine with the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan experts, who praised it and asked to trade for more. He told the Spirit King he had little wine left and would not sell it, while the Spirit King grew annoyed at the guests’ insults toward Immortal Brew.

• The Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan experts asked Ye Lin to trade them more Immortal Peach Wine.
• Ye Lin gave each expert a jar, despite having only a few thousand jars left.
• The Spirit King asked whether Ye Lin would sell the wine, and Ye Lin explained that he had little stock and intended to keep it.
• The experts praised Immortal Peach Wine and compared Immortal Brew unfavorably to horse piss.
• The Spirit King silently fumed as the wine’s fragrance spread through White King Palace.

After the banquet, Ye Lin left Spirit King's secret realm to return to Divine Capital City and check on Luo Yao. Spirit King concluded that Ye Lin had passed his test with the succubi, while Ye Lin remained puzzled about what Spirit King had intended.

• Spirit King urged Ye Lin to stay, but Ye Lin said he had to leave to protect his younger sister from Elder Wang.
• Spirit King promised to protect Ye Lin's sister and threatened to destroy the Wang Family if Elder Wang harmed her.
• After Ye Lin left, Spirit King said he trusted his little brother and stopped testing him with the succubi.
• Ye Lin realized Spirit King had secretly watched him while the succubi stirred only a trace of desire that he suppressed.
• Ye Lin headed for Divine Capital City, worried that Wang Mingyang might have harmed Luo Yao.

Ye Lin returned to Divine Capital City and learned that Sun Sheng had protected Luo Yao from Wang Mingyang. Wang Mingyang appeared and claimed he had only wanted to take Luo Yao as his disciple, leaving Ye Lin to judge his explanation.

• Ye Lin and Ye Xin arrived in Divine Capital City, and Ye Lin found Luo Yao sleeping in the City Lord Mansion.
• Sun Sheng told Ye Lin that he had brought Luo Yao to the mansion after stopping Wang Mingyang from harming her, and Ye Lin thanked him.
• Ye Lin asked where Wang Mingyang was, and Wang Mingyang appeared before Sun Sheng could answer.
• Wang Mingyang said he had wanted to take Luo Yao as his disciple because of her unusual constitution and denied being the kind of person who harmed children.

Ye Lin proposed cooperating with Wang Mingyang over the secret realm, which Wang Mingyang had long coveted. The chapter ended before Ye Lin revealed the terms, as Wang Mingyang insisted on visiting the realm and speaking with its inhabitants.

• Wang Mingyang denied intending to harm Ye Lin’s younger sister, and Ye Lin mocked his integrity.
• Ye Lin invited Wang Mingyang to discuss a deal, and Wang Mingyang agreed to hear him out.
• Sun Sheng stayed behind with Luo Yao and observed that Xinyou had an extraordinary origin.
• Ye Lin met Wang Mingyang on a distant mountain and confirmed that his proposal concerned the secret realm.
• Wang Mingyang demanded to visit the secret realm and speak with the beings inside before agreeing to cooperate.

Ye Lin offered to take Wang Mingyang to meet the secret realm’s denizens and negotiate directly, but Wang Mingyang suspected a trap and left. After consulting the Wang Family Head, Wang Mingyang was told to approach Ye Lin again because the family needed a powerful backer amid impending chaos on the Origin Continent.

• Ye Lin offered to guide Wang Mingyang to meet the secret realm’s denizens and let them negotiate directly.
• Wang Mingyang suspected Ye Lin had made a secret arrangement, refused the offer, and vanished.
• Ye Lin wondered why Wang Mingyang had pursued him before but left as soon as he agreed.
• Wang Mingyang contacted the Wang Family Head with a Jade Talisman and recounted his dealings with Ye Lin.
• The Wang Family Head told Wang Mingyang to approach Ye Lin again and pursue cooperation if the secret realm’s denizens did not demand too much.

Wang Mingyang visited Ye Lin to apologize and discuss cooperation after his family head told him Ye Lin posed no danger. Ye Lin accepted the apology and welcomed him into the side hall.

• Wang Mingyang decided to visit Ye Lin the next day and sorted valuable items to prepare as benefits for a possible partnership.
• Ye Lin spent the night at the City Lord Mansion while Luo Yao slept.
• Wang Mingyang arrived at the City Lord Mansion and asked Ye Lin to let bygones be bygones.
• Ye Lin teased Wang Mingyang, then accepted his apology and invited him inside.
• Sun Sheng watched the two enter and wondered what was going on between them.

Wang Mingyang apologized to Ye Lin and confirmed that the Wang Family would cooperate with him in negotiating with the secret realm beings, offering him gifts and a share of future transactions. He also gave Ye Lin an Origin Chamber of Commerce transaction card and asked if they could leave for the secret realm the next day.

• Sun Sheng left Ye Lin and Wang Mingyang alone to talk.
• Wang Mingyang apologized for doubting Ye Lin and said the Wang Family had agreed to cooperate with him.
• Wang Mingyang gave Ye Lin a Spatial Ring as payment for guiding the Wang Family and as an apology gift.
• Wang Mingyang explained that the Origin Chamber of Commerce spanned Origin Continent and gave Ye Lin a transaction card containing thirty thousand points, along with a map to the nearest exchange location.
• Wang Mingyang asked Ye Lin if they could set out for the secret realm the next day and explained that the card was inscribed with Saint Path runes.

Wang Mingyang gave Ye Lin a card for the Origin Chamber of Commerce and explained its features before taking Luo Yao out to play. Ye Lin entered the card’s space, inspected his profile, and became trapped in the endless Void until a figure appeared before him.

• Wang Mingyang explained that the card contained a space where people could communicate with experts and access paid teachings, then left Ye Lin to examine it.
• Wang Mingyang took Luo Yao out to play, and Xinyou leaped onto his shoulder.
• Ye Lin bonded with the card using his blood and entered its space, where he viewed his cultivation profile, abilities, and recorded destiny.
• Ye Lin explored the endless Void but could not find a way out.
• A figure gradually appeared before Ye Lin.

Ye Lin registered his identity in the Origin Chamber of Commerce’s alternate-dimensional space and explored its city of shops. He found that his thirty thousand transaction points could not buy anything, then noticed a pavilion just as he was about to leave.

• A young man registered Ye Lin and activated his permissions in the alternate-dimensional space.
• Ye Lin entered the Scripture Depository and saw that its cultivation methods cost at least one million transaction points.
• Ye Lin toured the city’s shops and found that he could not afford their wares with his thirty thousand points.
• Ye Lin reached the end of the city, considered topping up his points later, and spotted a pavilion as he prepared to leave.

Ye Lin purchased the first lesson of the Daluo Golden Immortal Sword Dao Cultivation Course and listened as a sword-wielding woman taught him on a snowy cliff. After the lesson ended, he returned to the lecture hall, where he could choose whether to buy the next lesson.

• Ye Lin entered the lecture hall and found the Daluo Golden Immortal Sword Dao Cultivation Course lessons, each priced at five thousand transaction points.
• Ye Lin purchased Lesson One and was transported to a snowy cliff, where a beautiful woman warned him that he could view the lesson only once.
• Ye Lin sat down and comprehended the Sword Dao as the woman lectured and demonstrated sword techniques.
• The woman finished teaching Lesson One, told Ye Lin he could purchase Lesson Two, and vanished.
• Ye Lin returned to the small room.

Ye Lin discovered that the Sword Dao lessons were taught by an expert whose courses reached the Eighth Heaven of the Quasi-Saint realm, and he bought five more lessons to deepen his understanding. After completing them, he learned how many Daluo Golden Immortal courses were available and which ones he needed for his cultivation stage.

• Ye Lin realized that the Sword Dao courses came from a likely Ninth Heaven Quasi-Saint expert and saw the price of the first lesson rise from five thousand to one million trade points.
• Ye Lin spent twenty-five thousand trade points to buy five lessons at once.
• The instructor combined the five lessons, and Ye Lin listened and struggled to comprehend the increasingly rapid lecture as snow melted before reaching him.
• The lecture ended, and the instructor explained how many of the 13,432 Daluo Golden Immortal courses cultivators at different stages needed to hear.

Ye Lin left the mysterious lessons after spending his transaction points and resolved to earn enough to continue studying. Back in his room, he discovered that only one shichen had passed and planned to top up his points after finalizing his cooperation with Wang Mingyang.

• The woman warned Ye Lin not to watch lessons beyond his cultivation level and disappeared with the surrounding scene.
• Ye Lin calculated that the remaining lessons would cost nearly thirty million transaction points and decided to earn more.
• Ye Lin saw the name Snow Domain Saint, Bing Ruoxin, and committed it to memory.
• Ye Lin returned to his room and realized that only one shichen had passed because time flowed differently in the two spaces.
• Ye Lin put Wang Mingyang's golden card into his Spatial Ring and planned to visit the Origin Chamber of Commerce for more transaction points after finalizing their cooperation.

After reviewing the lecture, Ye Lin set out with Wang Mingyang to visit a secret realm, bringing Luo Yao and Xinyou along. On the way, he asked Wang Mingyang how valuable transaction points were and learned that a postnatal spirit treasure could be exchanged for roughly one and a half to two million points.

• Ye Lin finished reviewing the lecture and left the house, where Wang Mingyang, Luo Yao, and Xinyou were waiting.
• Ye Lin thanked Wang Mingyang for showing him the item that had introduced him to the Origin Chamber of Commerce.
• Ye Lin agreed to visit the secret realm with Wang Mingyang and brought Luo Yao and Xinyou along.
• Ye Lin asked Wang Mingyang about transaction point exchange rates as they traveled.
• Wang Mingyang explained that a postnatal spirit treasure cost at least three million in the Origin Chamber of Commerce but exchanged for roughly one and a half to two million transaction points.

Ye Lin learned that acquiring enough transaction points to buy a ninth-heaven Quasi-Saint's course would be difficult. Wang Mingyang explained that long courses were costly and dangerously addictive, leaving Ye Lin already hooked on lessons and likely headed toward a cycle of earning points to keep studying.

• Ye Lin realized that even selling his three most valuable treasures might not earn the transaction points he needed.
• Wang Mingyang asked what Ye Lin wanted to buy, and Ye Lin admitted he was short of the points required for a ninth-heaven Quasi-Saint's course.
• Wang Mingyang fell silent after hearing Ye Lin wanted a course, wary that Ye Lin might ask to borrow money.
• Wang Mingyang recalled that courses began at over ten thousand classes and could leave cultivators bankrupt and dependent on lessons.
• Wang Mingyang concluded that Ye Lin had already become hooked and would likely labor to earn points for more courses.

Ye Lin brought Wang Mingyang into the secret realm to meet the Spirit King, where Wang Mingyang was stunned by the power of creation and intimidated by the Daluo Golden Immortals guarding the underground space. After the guards let them pass, Ye Lin headed for White King Palace with Wang Mingyang close behind.

• Ye Lin opened the secret realm entrance and led Wang Mingyang inside.
• Ye Lin took Wang Mingyang underground, where he was astonished by the dense, terrifying power of creation.
• A group of Daluo Golden Immortals appeared and surrounded Ye Lin and Wang Mingyang.
• Ye Lin explained that Wang Mingyang was his friend and had come to meet the Spirit King, and the guards warned Wang Mingyang not to wander in the second space.
• Ye Lin headed toward White King Palace while Wang Mingyang nervously followed close behind.

Ye Lin brought Wang Mingyang to White King Palace, where they encountered numerous Daluo Golden Immortals and quasi-Saints. The Spirit King warmly welcomed Luo Yao and took her to the throne while Ye Lin was shown to a seat.

• Ye Lin and Wang Mingyang arrived at White King Palace, where Daluo Golden Immortals watched them under a powerful holy might.
• Ye Lin entered the palace and saw the Spirit King seated on his throne beside two quasi-Saint elders.
• The Spirit King asked whether Luo Yao was Ye Lin's younger sister, then took her into his arms and doted on her.
• A young man directed Ye Lin to a luxurious chair, and the Spirit King ordered his attendants to prepare the finest food.

The Spirit King tried to persuade Luo Yao to stay with him, but she insisted on remaining with Ye Lin. After enduring the overwhelming presence of the secret realm's experts, Wang Mingyang submitted to the Spirit King and began discussing the Wang Family's proposed cooperation.

• The Spirit King offered to make Luo Yao his little sister and promised to care for her, but Luo Yao said she wanted to stay with Brother Ye Lin.
• Wang Mingyang, surrounded by powerful Daluo Golden Immortals and intimidated by the two elders, grew increasingly frightened while Ye Lin did not help him.
• Wang Mingyang concluded the secret realm beings were trying to assert dominance and saluted the Spirit King on behalf of the Wang Family.
• The Spirit King welcomed Wang Mingyang, gave him a seat, and asked what cooperation the Wang Family proposed.

The Spirit King made Wang Mingyang’s cooperation with the secret realm contingent on Ye Lin’s approval of every transaction. Wang Mingyang agreed, leaving Ye Lin with a role in the Wang Family’s future dealings.

• Ye Lin realized the Spirit King had used the earlier encirclement and negotiations to pressure Wang Mingyang into accepting less favorable terms.
• After the cooperation terms were settled, the Spirit King required Wang Mingyang to obtain Ye Lin’s approval before every transaction.
• Wang Mingyang was surprised by the condition but agreed, saying he and Ye Lin got along well.
• Wang Mingyang considered that he could offer Ye Lin benefits, but resolved to execute him if Ye Lin deliberately obstructed the Wang Family.

Wang Mingyang and the Spirit King finalized their cooperation, giving the Wang Family a path to dominate Long River Prefecture. As Ye Lin prepared to leave for the Origin Chamber of Commerce, the Spirit King asked him to trade the resources in a Spatial Ring for Xuan Yang Jinyi Iron.

• The Spirit King and Wang Mingyang agreed to cooperate, while Ye Lin was allowed to continue overseeing the Wang Family.
• The Spirit King invited Wang Mingyang and Ye Lin to stay and enjoy his hospitality, but Ye Lin said he had to visit the Origin Chamber of Commerce.
• Ye Lin explained transaction points to the Spirit King, who became interested in the Saint-built chamber of commerce.
• The Spirit King handed Ye Lin a Spatial Ring and asked him to exchange its resources for as much Xuan Yang Jinyi Iron as possible.