Recaps

Xinyou completed its breakthrough to the Early Daluo Golden Immortal realm, easing Ye Lin’s worries. Liu Zifang tried to claim Xinyou, but Ye Lin refused to sell it, and the group left without a fight.

• Xinyou recovered from the tribulation and became an Early Daluo Golden Immortal, while its status panel revealed a destiny ending in a fatal battle with a Saint Realm expert.
• Liu Zifang approached Xinyou and offered his Supreme Sword Sect status and resources to persuade it to follow him.
• Xinyou ignored Liu Zifang and returned to Ye Lin, who explained that it was his companion.
• After learning Ye Lin was a Rogue Cultivator, Liu Zifang offered to buy Xinyou, and Ye Lin named a price of one billion Origin Chamber of Commerce trading points.
• Ye Lin warned Liu Zifang not to try to seize Xinyou by force and walked away; Liu Zifang held back, and Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue followed Ye Lin.

Ye Lin joined Tang Feng's group on the way to the Wang Family's eldest daughter's wedding, while Liu Zifang explained why he had held back from confronting Ye Lin. Liu Zifang planned to use the wedding to show Ye Lin his status and negotiate a deal afterward.

• Ye Lin told Tang Feng he was headed to the Wang Family wedding, and Tang Feng invited him to travel with their group.
• Tang Feng, Ye Lin, and Lin Ruxue continued toward the Wang Family together.
• Ji Xue questioned why Liu Zifang had not seized Ye Lin's item, and Liu Zifang explained the risks of provoking a powerful Rogue Cultivator or Tang Feng.
• Liu Zifang said he had learned from past beatings and was arrogant but not stupid.
• Liu Zifang decided to show Ye Lin his status at the wedding before negotiating a deal with him.

Ye Lin and his companions stopped in Waterside City on their way to the Wang Family wedding, while Liu Zifang and Ji Xue continued following them. As rumors spread that the wedding would draw Long River Prefecture’s renowned experts, Ye Lin observed the tangled affections among the four people around him.

• Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue said they would reach the Wang Family in three days and expected the wedding to be lively.
• Ye Lin, Tang Feng, and Lin Ruxue entered Waterside City, while Ye Xin secretly followed from the void.
• Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue discussed Xinxin’s wedding, which the Wang Family and Zhao Family were hosting together.
• Liu Zifang and Ji Xue joined them, and Ye Lin noticed Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue were attracted to each other, as were Liu Zifang to Lin Ruxue and Ji Xue to Liu Zifang.
• Travelers at the restaurant said the Wang Family wedding would welcome visitors and attract renowned experts and curious Rogue Cultivators.

Liu Zifang and the Supreme Sword Sect group traveled to the Wang Family’s ancestral land for the wedding of the Wang and Zhao Families. They arrived safely, and Lin Ruxue worried about how the alliance might reshape Long River Prefecture.

• Liu Zifang led the group toward the Wang Family, and Ye Lin traveled with them to avoid trouble on the road.
• After three days, the group reached the Wang Family’s floating island, where the ancestral land’s imposing entrance impressed them.
• Tang Feng and Lin Ruxue discussed the Wang Family’s strength and the consequences of its marriage alliance with the Zhao Family.
• Tang Feng urged the group to enter, saying they could adapt or leave if Long River Prefecture’s balance of power changed.

Ye Lin and the Supreme Sword Sect delegation arrived at the Wang Family for the Eldest Young Lady’s wedding. Liu Zifang tried to separate Ye Lin from the group, but the Wang Family’s Great Elder appeared and warmly greeted someone as a brother.

• Ye Lin absorbed the rich energy on the Wang Family’s island, while Liu Zifang and Tang Feng remarked on its grand formations.
• Liu Zifang presented the Supreme Sword Sect’s invitation and claimed Ye Lin was not one of them.
• The Wang Family’s attendant asked Ye Lin whether he had an invitation, and Ye Lin began to retrieve his own.
• Liu Zifang recognized the approaching Great Elder, Wang Mingyang, and assumed he had come to welcome him.
• Liu Zifang saluted Wang Mingyang, who laughed and greeted him as a brother.

Ye Lin arrived at the Wang Family with Wang Mingyang, who welcomed him warmly and took him to meet the Family Head. The chapter left Tang Feng puzzled and Liu Zifang alarmed as they realized Ye Lin had powerful connections and a peak Daluo Golden Immortal guard.

• Wang Mingyang ignored Liu Zifang and greeted Ye Lin, then asked why Luo Yao had not come along.
• Ye Lin explained that Luo Yao was with the Spirit King and summoned Ye Xin to his side.
• Wang Mingyang escorted Ye Lin into the Wang Family, while Tang Feng wondered how Ye Lin knew the Great Elder and Liu Zifang regretted misjudging him.
• Wang Mingyang asked about Ye Xin, and Ye Lin said the Spirit King had given him a guard to protect him.
• Wang Mingyang envied Ye Lin's ties to the Spirit King and reflected on the power of the beings in the secret realm.

Ye Lin met the Wang Family patriarch and was welcomed as a guest ahead of the patriarch’s daughter’s wedding. He settled into a prepared residence and watched the family grow busier as the wedding approached.

• Wang Mingyang brought Ye Lin to meet the Wang Family patriarch, who welcomed him and invited him to stay for the twelve days before the wedding.
• Wang Mingyang showed Ye Lin to a pavilion prepared for him and left to attend to wedding preparations.
• Ye Lin explored the pavilion, then rested and cultivated lightly because he did not feel safe enough to meditate deeply.
• Over the next few days, Ye Lin noticed the Wang Family growing livelier, refused two women Wang Mingyang sent him, and remained uninterested in women.

Ye Lin attended the Wang Family wedding and was escorted to a seat among the quasi-saints. The other guests questioned the unusual placement of a Daluo Golden Immortal, but stayed silent as the ceremony approached.

• Ye Lin left cultivation and followed a young man to the wedding venue.
• Wang Ruoxin greeted Ye Lin and guided him through a crowd of Daluo Golden Immortals, saints, and quasi-saints.
• Wang Ruoxin seated Ye Lin in the quasi-saint viewing area near the edge of the platform.
• The quasi-saints wondered why the Wang Family had seated a Daluo Golden Immortal among them, but did not ask.

Ye Lin attended the wedding between the Wang and Zhao families, where the Wang Family Patriarch publicly introduced him as an honored guest and won him the favor of Long River Prefecture’s leading figures. As the ceremony began, Ye Lin wondered where he was supposed to present the Spirit King’s gift.

• The Wang Family Patriarch arrived with a refined-looking man and praised the union between the Wang and Zhao families.
• The Wang Family Patriarch approached Ye Lin, thanked him for attending, and introduced him to the Quasi-Saints as an honored guest of the Wang Family.
• The Quasi-Saints praised Ye Lin and invited him to visit their sects and factions.
• The Wang Family Patriarch called everyone to take their seats and announced that the wedding would begin.
• Ye Lin sat down and wondered where he should present the Spirit King’s gift.

Ye Lin watched as Wang Xinru and her groom arrived at the wedding ceremony, while the Wang Family served lavish food to the guests. As the officiant began the ceremony, one figure stood out as not fitting the cheerful scene.

• Ye Lin set aside his wedding gift and decided to watch the ceremony.
• Wang Xinru descended among falling red petals, and the cultivators admired her beauty.
• A young man rode in on a heavenly horse and walked toward Wang Xinru along the red carpet.
• Wang Family attendants served precious food and wine, and the guests began eating.
• Wang Xinru and her groom met as the master of ceremonies began the wedding, while one figure seemed out of place.

A woman and her daughter interrupted Zhao Jinchao’s wedding and accused him of abandoning them after a night together ten years earlier. The Zhao Family head promised to compensate them if the claim was true and threatened to settle matters if it was false.

• A muddy woman arrived at the wedding with a little girl and demanded that Zhao Jinchao answer for abandoning her and their daughter.
• Zhao Jinchao denied knowing the woman and accused her of slandering him.
• The woman said she had carried and raised his child alone after he disappeared ten years earlier.
• The Zhao Family head intervened, promising compensation and recognition for the girl if the accusation was true, and consequences for the woman if it was false.

The Zhao Family head revealed the woman’s past, exposing how a black-robed man recruited her to disrupt the Zhao and Wang Families’ wedding and secretly plant a girl made from Zhao Jinchao’s blood. The chapter ended with the scheme laid bare before those watching.

• The Zhao Family head placed his palm on the woman’s head and revealed her life in a vision.
• The vision showed the black-robed man offering the woman resources and an escape talisman in exchange for disrupting the Zhao and Wang Families’ wedding.
• After hesitating, the woman accepted the offer and agreed to let the black-robed man alter her memories and place a restriction on her Primordial Spirit.
• The black-robed man used a drop of Zhao Jinchao’s blood to create a girl who had Zhao Family blood but almost no cultivation talent.

After Soul Search exposed the accusation as false, the Zhao Family head punished the woman who made it and reassured Wang Xinru that the child would not disrupt her marriage to Jin Chao. The wedding continued, but the Zhao Family head suspected the Supreme Sword Sect of arranging the deception and demanded an explanation from Qingzhi.

• The Zhao Family head learned the woman’s accusation was false, and the onlookers realized she had slandered the Zhao Family and Wang Family.
• The woman tried to escape with a talisman, but it failed; the Zhao Family head sentenced her to ten thousand years in Thunder Prison before execution, and his people sealed her cultivation and took her away.
• The Zhao Family head took the little girl into his care and promised Wang Xinru that she would not interfere with Xinru’s life with Jin Chao.
• Wang Xinru accepted the explanation, and the Zhao Family head announced that the wedding would continue.
• The Zhao Family head suspected the Supreme Sword Sect had caused the trouble and demanded an explanation from Qingzhi.

At the wedding, the Zhao Family head accused the Supreme Sword Sect of plotting against the Zhao and Wang Families, but a middle-aged man reasoned that the sect had no need to use such a clumsy scheme. Ye Lin watched the families begin investigating the real culprit, then enjoyed the wedding festivities with Wang Ruoxin.

• The middle-aged man argued that the Supreme Sword Sect would have killed Zhao Jinchao directly rather than resorting to a flawed scheme, and the Zhao Family head apologized.
• The Zhao Family and the Wang Family began searching for whoever had slandered them in public.
• Ye Lin watched the dispute and wondered why the culprit had let the truth come out, but gave up trying to understand their motives.
• Thirty beautiful women played zithers in the air as the guests watched the wedding and enjoyed the food.
• Wang Ruoxin massaged Ye Lin's shoulders while he relaxed and watched the festivities.

After Wang Mingyang’s wedding, Ye Lin left the Wang Family and headed back toward Divine Capital City with Ye Xin. On the way, he spotted a large group from the Chaos Ancient Clan gathered below.

• Ye Lin gave Wang Mingyang the Spatial Ring containing gifts from the Spirit King and himself.
• Ye Lin declined Wang Mingyang’s invitation to stay and vanished from the wedding venue.
• Ye Lin set off with Ye Xin toward Divine Capital City, planning to deliver the captured living beings to the Spirit King and resume cultivating.
• Ye Lin sensed powerful auras below and recognized the gathered figures as members of the Chaos Ancient Clan.

Ye Lin spotted Chu Qinxin leading members of the Chaos Ancient Clan and suspected she had been possessed or replaced. He followed them into the Death Desert and entered the hidden passage beneath its sands, where an endless staircase descended into darkness.

• Ye Lin concealed his aura and recognized Chu Qinxin among the Chaos Ancient Clan, puzzled by her apparent position as their leader.
• Chu Qinxin and the Chaos Ancient Clan hurried away, and Ye Lin followed them into the increasingly barren Death Desert.
• Ye Lin saw Chu Qinxin lead the group beneath the desert sands, where they vanished from sight.
• After waiting, Ye Lin opened a hidden entrance and entered it with Ye Xin, then sealed the entrance behind them.
• Ye Lin found a long flight of steps descending into the depths.

Ye Lin, Ye Xin, and Xinyou secretly advanced through a narrow passage and killed two early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal guards without making a sound. Ye Lin led the group deeper inside, eager to discover what the Chaos Ancient Clan was guarding.

• Ye Lin had Ye Xin lead the way through the narrow passage while all three concealed their auras and footsteps.
• After half an hour, Ye Xin spotted two early-stage Daluo Golden Immortals guarding a widening passage.
• Ye Lin assigned Ye Xin to attack the guard on the left and joined Xinyou against the guard on the right.
• Ye Xin crushed one guard's Primordial Spirit, while Ye Lin and Xinyou killed the other and Xinyou devoured his Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin disposed of the bodies and led Ye Xin deeper inside to investigate what the guards were protecting.

Ye Lin discovered the Chaos Ancient Clan was infiltrating Long River Prefecture and replacing its inhabitants, then hurried to investigate Divine Capital City. He alerted Wang Mingyang and left for the city, while a Saint arrived in the Death Desert.

• Ye Lin watched Chu Qinxin address a hidden gathering of Chaos Ancient Clan members in the Death Desert.
• Chu Qinxin said the clan had replaced more than three hundred forces and cities and planned to replace the Xuanyin Sect next.
• Ye Lin realized the woman was not Chu Qinxin and decided to investigate what the clan had done to Divine Capital City.
• Ye Lin contacted Wang Mingyang, reported the clan's plans, and asked him to come to the Death Desert.
• Ye Lin headed for Divine Capital City, and a stern-faced middle-aged man arrived in the Death Desert with Saint's might.

Ye Lin returned to Divine Capital City, found no visible changes, and met Sun Sheng to collect the beings the city and the Four Great Families had captured. After taking them, Ye Lin offered to show Sun Sheng what he needed them for.

• Ye Lin inspected Divine Capital City and the City Lord Mansion but found nothing amiss.
• Sun Sheng greeted Ye Lin and led him to the canyon where the captured beings were held.
• Sun Sheng reported that they had captured three Law Great Luos, twelve Dao Fruit Great Luos, and countless beings below the Great Luo realm.
• Ye Lin inspected the array, noticed the three Law Great Luos were at the early Daluo Golden Immortal stage, and gathered the captives into his palm.
• Ye Lin asked whether Sun Sheng wanted to know why he needed the beings, then agreed to show him.

Ye Lin led Sun Sheng to a hidden secret realm, claiming it held a great opportunity while privately intending to have the Spirit King inspect him. Sun Sheng entered the vortex despite his fear, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Sun Sheng believed Ye Lin’s offer and agreed to follow him to see the place for himself.
• Ye Lin suspected that Divine Capital City’s inhabitants had been tampered with and planned to have the Spirit King examine Sun Sheng.
• Sun Sheng followed Ye Lin to an enormous gorge, excited by the prospect of an opportunity but afraid Ye Lin might treat him as merchandise.
• Ye Lin opened a vortex in the gorge and invited Sun Sheng to enter, offering him the chance to leave instead.
• Sun Sheng feared Ye Lin would target him if he left, so he plunged into the vortex just before it vanished.

Sun Sheng entered Ye Lin’s secret realm and grew ambitious after sensing its abundant life force and power of creation. As Ye Lin led him through the realm, Sun Sheng discovered it was populated and dangerous, and his excitement gave way to fear and numbness before the White King Palace.

• Sun Sheng entered an unfamiliar secret realm and suspected Ye Lin’s treasures had come from there.
• Sun Sheng considered killing Ye Lin to claim the secret realm, but decided to follow him and learn more before acting.
• Sun Sheng sensed the dense power of creation underground and imagined the realm could help him become a Quasi-Saint.
• Ye Lin led Sun Sheng across the populated secret realm, where danger turned Sun Sheng’s excitement into wariness and fear.
• Sun Sheng became numb when he saw the towering White King Palace.

Ye Lin brought Sun Sheng to White King Palace so Spirit King could investigate what was unusual about him. A Quasi-Saint discovered and removed a Companion God-Devouring Insect planted by the Chaos Ancient Clan, leaving Sun Sheng alive and the insect’s continued existence unexplained.

• Spirit King welcomed Ye Lin and asked why Sun Sheng had come with him.
• Ye Lin explained that Sun Sheng was the city lord of Divine Capital City and asked Spirit King to examine him.
• Spirit King restrained Sun Sheng and searched him but found nothing unusual.
• A kindly old Quasi-Saint appeared and pulled a Companion God-Devouring Insect from Sun Sheng’s forehead.
• Sun Sheng regained control of his body, thanked the old man, and heard Spirit King wonder how the supposedly exterminated insects still existed.

The Spirit King explained that the Companion God-Devouring Insects were secretly bred by the Chaos Ancient Clan and could control victims while evading detection. He revealed that his parents had died to the insects, and the chapter ended with him suspecting the clan was plotting against the Origin Continent again.

• The Spirit King and the old man discussed the return of the Companion God-Devouring Insects and left Sun Sheng kneeling nearby.
• The old man urged the Spirit King to plan for his clan’s future, then smiled at Ye Lin and vanished.
• The Spirit King told Ye Lin that the insects could invade minds, evade detection, and control victims on command.
• The Spirit King revealed that his parents had been infected and killed by the insects.
• The Spirit King recalled how the sages had once killed the Chaos Ancient Clan’s three Saints and Worm Mother, then suspected the clan was plotting against the Origin Continent again.

The Spirit King explained that Companion God-Devouring Insects could only be removed by powerful Quasi-Saints or Saints before they assimilated their hosts’ Primordial Spirits, and revealed the danger facing Divine Capital City. He gave Ye Lin the Heavenly Mirror to detect parasitized beings and warned him to seek help immediately if he suspected infection.

• The Spirit King told Ye Lin that only a mighty expert above the third level of the Quasi-Saint Realm could remove a Companion God-Devouring Insect before it received an order, while a king insect required a ninth-level Quasi-Saint or a Saint.
• The Spirit King explained that an uncommanded insect would eventually assimilate its host’s Primordial Spirit, and Ye Lin realized that every living being in Divine Capital City might be doomed.
• Sun Sheng collapsed in fear as the Spirit King told Ye Lin to bring him the other parasitized beings around Sun Sheng.
• Ye Lin handed the living beings he had gathered to the Spirit King and recalled Chu Qinxin’s claim that half of Long River Prefecture had been parasitized.
• The Spirit King gave Ye Lin the Heavenly Mirror, which could detect parasitized people, and told him to come for help if he suspected he had been infected.

Ye Lin left with Luo Yao after the Spirit King warned him to watch for the Companion God-Devouring Insect. Sun Sheng tried to become the Spirit King's follower, but the Spirit King rejected him and ordered him to leave.

• The Spirit King told Ye Lin to take Luo Yao away, then recounted how her mischief with the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan's children had frightened him.
• Luo Yao insisted she was well-behaved, and Ye Lin believed her before saying goodbye to the Spirit King.
• The Spirit King warned Ye Lin to use the Heavenly Mirror to check for the Companion God-Devouring Insect and return immediately if he was parasitized.
• After Ye Lin left, Sun Sheng begged to follow the Spirit King and claimed he could serve even better than Ye Lin.
• The Spirit King called Sun Sheng unqualified, ordered him to get lost, and walked toward the White King Palace.