Recaps

Ye Lin agreed to give up Ancestral Land support for the Eastern Continent for ten years in exchange for borrowing a supreme time-related treasure for one month. With Xuan Du’s backing, he accepted the terms and promised to uphold them.

• The old man offered Ye Lin the treasure on the condition that Nameless Mountain receive no Ancestral Land support for ten years.
• Ye Lin hesitated over the consequences for the Eastern Continent, but Xuan Du urged him privately to agree.
• Ye Lin accepted the condition, and the old man reminded him that he could seek aid only if the Eastern Continent faced extermination.
• The old man said he would fetch the treasure and required Ye Lin to return it after one month.

The old man revealed the Primordial Pearl to Ye Lin and explained its power to manipulate time, along with the deadly lifespan cost of using it to travel through time. He offered Ye Lin access to its inner space, where time could flow up to a thousand times faster, leaving Ye Lin with time to pursue his needs there.

• The old man summoned the seven-colored Primordial Pearl from a shattered void and identified it as a Human Race supreme treasure.
• The old man told Ye Lin that the Primordial Pearl could alter time, potentially revive the dead, and carry its holder into the past or future.
• The old man explained that Dao Integration True Lords could observe the River of Time but risked severe backlash when viewing someone with great destiny.
• The old man warned Ye Lin that traveling through time with the Primordial Pearl consumed lifespan so rapidly that even a Mahayana half-immortal would die before half a day passed.
• The old man explained that the Pearl's inner space could accelerate time by up to one thousand to one and offered Ye Lin thirty thousand days inside for one month outside.

Ye Lin used the Primordial Pearl to cultivate in a vast secluded space, seeking to comprehend the Destruction Sword Dao Rule and advance his cultivation. As thunderclouds gathered over Nameless Mountain, a towering figure beneath them announced that he had waited a million years for this day.

• The old man gave the Primordial Pearl to Xuan Du after Ye Lin completed the transaction and passed the elders' test.
• Xuan Du took Ye Lin to his residence and activated the Primordial Pearl, sending him into a vast grassland for cultivation.
• Ye Lin meditated on the Destruction Sword Dao Rule and took medicinal pills while relying on his Divine Comprehension Fate Trait to gain insight.
• Thunderclouds and destructive lightning spread across the skies above Nameless Mountain, terrifying the living beings beneath them.
• A towering figure stood calmly beneath the lightning and said he had waited a million years for this day.

Taichu successfully broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage while Ye Lin continued strengthening his foundation inside the Primordial Pearl. As the Human Race celebrated its new Heavenly Lord, the Shadow Clan and other races launched a sudden assault across all Five Prefectures.

• Taichu left Nameless Mountain to undergo his tribulation, and three figures followed to protect his Dao.
• Ye Lin continued comprehending his cultivation methods and laws inside the Primordial Pearl as Tai Du watched over him.
• After half a month, Taichu successfully reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage, and Tai Du ordered him to return and stabilize his cultivation.
• A young man reported that the Shadow Clan had invaded Tianhe Prefecture, advanced ten thousand miles, and destroyed thirty-two factions.
• The True Lord set out to confront the Shadow Clan while the surrounding races launched attacks on all Five Prefectures of the Human Race.

After emerging from seclusion, Ye Lin returned to the Sect Master Hall as Nameless Mountain faced a growing crisis from the Shadow Clan’s invasion. He had greatly strengthened his cultivation and mastered Sword Seven, and Nameless Mountain’s leaders gathered to meet him.

• Nameless Mountain’s True Lords organized resistance across the Human Race’s Five Prefectures and temporarily stabilized the battlefield against the Shadow Clan’s probing attack.
• After a month in the Primordial Pearl, Ye Lin emerged and thanked Tai Du for his help.
• Ye Lin had strengthened his foundation, reached the Third Revolution of the Nine Revolutions Divine Art, and comprehended Sword Seven: One Sword Sweeps Nine Provinces.
• Ye Lin headed to the Sect Master Hall, where Nameless Mountain’s other powerholders gathered after sensing his return.

Ye Lin learned that five races had invaded the Human Race’s Five Prefectures and that the Human Race had lost a million kilometers of territory. Zhuge and Feng Lingshuang presented Ye Lin with detailed intelligence on the prefectures and the newly assembled five divine armies, leaving him to review Nameless Mountain’s high-level combatants.

• A True Lord reported that the Shadow Clan, Black King Clan, Ban Dog Clan, Heaven-Blasting Clan, and Celestial God Clan had invaded the Five Prefectures, taking a million kilometers of territory in one month.
• The True Lord said the Human Race had stabilized the front into a stalemate, while the five races sent reinforcements and spies from dozens of other races were captured.
• Zhuge gave Ye Lin records of the Human Race’s major forces and the rosters for the five divine armies, with Feng Lingshuang standing beside him.
• Ye Lin reviewed the detailed records, including the five armies’ 100,000 members each and their commanders, then opened a book listing Nameless Mountain’s Spirit Transformation Realm combatants and Dao Integration Realm True Lords.

Ye Lin ordered Nameless Mountain and the factions of the Five Prefectures to mobilize for war, aiming to expand Human Race territory while the Demon Race and Asura Clan were occupied fighting each other. As the armies gathered, Shadow Clan leaders discussed how the Human Race's plans threatened their effort to keep it tied down.

• Ye Lin assigned Zhuge to train the Five Divine Armies and ordered the factions of the Five Prefectures to mobilize thirty percent of their combat strength.
• Ye Lin planned to exploit the war between the Demon Race and the Asura Clan to expand Human Race territory and build its strength.
• Ye Lin dispatched fifty percent of Nameless Mountain's combat strength and deployed forces throughout the Five Prefectures.
• The factions of the Five Prefectures sent out their forces after learning of Nameless Mountain's plan.
• At the Tianhe Prefecture border, a Shadow Clan elder asked four clan leaders about the Human Race's mobilization, and one leader said the Human Race intended to seize the opportunity to grow stronger.

The Shadow Clan debated how to respond to the Human Race’s preparations, fearing the consequences of a direct conflict. The Ban Dog Clan, Heaven-Blasting Clan, Black King Clan, and Celestial God Clan withdrew from the alliance, and the Shadow Clan’s True Lords reacted with fury.

• A Shadow Clan True Lord argued that the Human Race was too powerful to confront and recommended waiting rather than recruiting other races as cannon fodder.
• The Shadow Clan True Lords recalled that they had joined the Demon Race’s plan to hold back the Human Race until the Demon Race dealt with the Asura Clan.
• The Ban Dog Clan, Heaven-Blasting Clan, Black King Clan, and Celestial God Clan each announced their withdrawal and began retreating their troops.
• Five Shadow Clan Nascent Soul Realm cultivators reported the withdrawals, and a killing aura crushed them into bloody mist.
• A Shadow Clan True Lord accused the four clans of offending the Human Race and warned that retreating would not spare them from future retaliation.

The Shadow Clan’s True Lords debated how to respond after the Human Race’s mobilization frightened their allies and the Demon Race failed to offer support. They ordered their army to leave Human Race territory and guard its borders, hoping to draw neighboring races into an alliance if the Human Race expanded.

• The Shadow Clan’s allies withdrew their troops and sent envoys to seek the Human Race’s forgiveness after realizing the Demon Race would not protect them.
• A Shadow Clan True Lord raged at the allies’ retreat, while another asked how the clan should respond to the Human Race’s strength.
• A True Lord proposed withdrawing from Human Race territory and waiting for neighboring races to fear the Human Race’s expansion and join an alliance.
• The other True Lords agreed, and the Shadow Clan ordered its army of over a hundred billion to withdraw and guard the Human Race’s borders.

Ye Lin rejected the True Lords’ belief that the five great races’ withdrawal had ended the crisis and argued that the Human Race must seize the turmoil in Eastern Continent to fight for its future. The hall fell silent as the True Lords faced the prospect of a full racial war.

• The disciples reported that the five great races had withdrawn their armies, and the True Lords praised Ye Lin’s show of force.
• Ye Lin accused the True Lords of growing complacent and said he had not acted merely to intimidate the other races.
• The True Lords urged Ye Lin to avoid Eastern Continent’s conflict and let the Demon Race and Asura Clan exhaust themselves.
• Ye Lin argued that the victorious race would eventually threaten the Human Race and that the Shadow Clan’s alliance had been meant to hold them back.
• Ye Lin warned that the Human Race would face all of Eastern Continent if it waited, leaving the True Lords silent before the prospect of a racial war.

Ye Lin pushed through a vote to launch a war against the other races, deciding to begin by attacking the Shadow Clan. Several True Lords left to complain to the Ancestral Land, while the chapter explained the strategic value of the Shadow Clan’s Glittering Gold.

• A True Lord argued that the Ancestral Land should approve Ye Lin’s plan, but Ye Lin called for a vote among those present.
• Twenty-seven of the sixty True Lords raised their hands to support the attack, and Ye Lin counted his own ten votes to win, thirty-seven to thirty-three.
• Ye Lin ordered the forces of the Human Race’s Five Prefectures to gather in Tianhe Prefecture and named the Shadow Clan as the first target.
• Ye Lin adjourned the meeting for three days so the True Lords could prepare concrete war plans, then left with Feng Lingshuang.
• Several True Lords went to the Back Mountain to ask the Ancestral Land to curb Ye Lin’s authority.
• The chapter explained that the Shadow Clan controlled two prefectures and had abundant Glittering Gold, a precious metal used to forge powerful weapons.

Ye Lin moved against the Shadow Clan to seize its Glittering Gold and warn the Human Race’s enemies. Five Dao Integration True Lords tried to appeal to the Ancestral Land, but Xuan Du barred their way and forced them to retreat.

• The Shadow Clan’s Glittering Gold had helped it become a major Eastern Continent power under the Demon Race’s protection, and Ye Lin sought to take control of the resource.
• Five Dao Integration True Lords decided to complain to the Ancestral Land about Ye Lin’s authority and actions.
• At the entrance to the Ancestral Land, the five met Xuan Du, who told them the road was impassable and the Ancestral Land could not open for ten years.
• Xuan Du summoned World-Destroying Divine Thunder and overwhelmed the five True Lords with his Heavenly Lord aura.
• The five bowed to Xuan Du and fled without looking back.

Ye Lin checked his panel after becoming the common ruler of the Eastern Continent’s Human Race and found that its fortune had granted him an extraordinarily powerful temporary blessing. His predicted death in the Southern Continent remained unchanged, leaving him puzzled about why he would still go there.

• Tai Du sneered as the five left in disgrace, then closed his eyes to rest, satisfied that he had stopped them from entering the Ancestral Land.
• Ye Lin returned to his residence and prepared to cultivate a clone, then checked how the Human Race’s fortune had changed his panel.
• Ye Lin saw that his true Fate Rank remained Purple while the Human Race’s fortune added a temporary Red rank and the Fortune’s Favor trait.
• Ye Lin read that Fortune’s Favor gave him a ninety-nine percent chance of success, then wondered why his predicted death in the Boundless Sea had not changed.

Ye Lin considered who might drive his future self to seek revenge despite certain death, narrowing the possibilities to Taichu or someone he had yet to meet. He then tried to prepare a second incarnation but lacked all five essential materials.

• Ye Lin reasoned that the person behind his future revenge was either Taichu or someone he had not met yet.
• Ye Lin stopped trying to predict the future and decided to face whoever might make him risk his life.
• Ye Lin gathered treasures to construct a second incarnation using the art formulas in One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Ye Lin realized he lacked the Three Lives Flower, Five Lives Stone, Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Crystal, ancient Dragon sinew, and Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Marrow required for the incarnation.

Ye Lin entered the Nameless Mountain Treasure Vault to search for treasures he needed while Nameless Mountain prepared for war against the Shadow Clan. He found a golden treasure box but had not yet revealed what it contained.

• Ye Lin decided to search the vault for useful treasures as Nameless Mountain's forces prepared to march on Tianhe Prefecture.
• Ye Lin reached the vault and spoke with its elderly guardian, who allowed him to requisition four treasures.
• Ye Lin used his Sect Master Identity Token to open the formation and enter the vault.
• Ye Lin searched through the vault, passed several Earth Grade treasures, and found a golden box with three lines of golden text before it.

Ye Lin found the ancient Flood Dragon sinew and Three Lives Flower he needed to create his second clone. He planned to use the flower to sever the clone’s emotions and desires while keeping his own so he could continue pursuing freedom.

• Ye Lin took the ancient Tribulation Transcendence Flood Dragon sinew to use for his clone’s meridians.
• Ye Lin found the Three Lives Flower and took it from its treasure box.
• Ye Lin planned for his second clone to consume the flower and sever its seven emotions and six desires.
• Ye Lin rejected severing his own emotions because he cultivated for freedom and ease.

Ye Lin continued taking treasures from Nameless Mountain’s vault, insisting that his authority as Sect Master let him decide what to take. Taichu kept the protesting guardian at bay while Ye Lin removed half of the mountain’s enormous Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal, leaving the old man heartbroken.

• Ye Lin decided to keep exploring the vault despite the guardian’s four-item limit, declaring that Nameless Mountain’s treasures fell under his jurisdiction as Sect Master.
• Taichu defended Ye Lin and warned the guardian not to interfere, while the guardian accused Taichu, Tai Du, and their brothers of trying to monopolize Nameless Mountain.
• The guardian recalled that Taiheng was nearing a breakthrough after entering seclusion following Taichu’s advancement to Tribulation Transcendence.
• Ye Lin found Nameless Mountain’s colossal Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal and took half of it, leaving the guardian clutching his chest in anguish.

Ye Lin took half of Nameless Mountain’s Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal while gathering materials to refine a second clone, but he still lacked the Five Lives Stone and Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow. He left the treasure vault suspecting his Martial Granduncle might know where to find them.

• The old man cursed Ye Lin for taking half of Nameless Mountain’s Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal.
• Ye Lin realized he still needed the Five Lives Stone and Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow to refine his second clone and resolved to seek them elsewhere.
• Ye Lin met Taichu at the vault entrance and learned that the old man was his Martial Granduncle.
• The old man angrily ordered Taichu and Ye Lin to leave, and Ye Lin wondered whether the old man knew where the missing treasures were.

Ye Lin asked his Martial Granduncle about the Essence Marrow of Heaven and Earth and the Five Lives Stone, learning that both would be extremely difficult to obtain. As Ye Lin and Taichu left, the chapter revealed that the old man’s role as guardian of the Nameless Mountain Treasure Vault stemmed from his connection to the death of Taiheng’s beloved.

• Ye Lin asked the old man about the Essence Marrow of Heaven and Earth and the Five Lives Stone.
• The old man explained that Taiheng kept the Five Lives Stone as the last memento of the woman he loved.
• The old man said the Essence Marrow of Heaven and Earth flowed beneath the Elf Race’s Tree of Life and sustained it.
• Ye Lin thanked the old man, then left with Taichu.
• Taichu reflected that the old man had helped cause Taiheng’s beloved’s death and had consequently guarded the treasure vault for several million years.

Taichu brought Ye Lin to Taiheng’s secluded space so Ye Lin could ask for the Five Lives Stone, despite the danger of reopening Taiheng’s deepest trauma. The chapter ended as Ye Lin approached the hut, with Taichu prepared to intervene if Taiheng lost control.

• Taichu and Ye Lin entered Taiheng’s secluded grassland, where a lone thatched hut stood.
• Taichu explained that Taiheng’s past was a forbidden subject and warned that raising it could make him lose control.
• Taichu offered other treasures with properties like the Five Lives Stone, but Ye Lin insisted he needed the actual stone for his cultivation technique.
• Ye Lin walked toward Taiheng’s hut while Taichu stayed back, ready to act if Taiheng became violent.
• Taichu reflected that Taiheng’s inner demon had kept him trapped at the peak of the Dao Integration stage for a million years.

Ye Lin entered Taiheng’s hut and helped him suppress an inner demon with a medicinal pill and spiritual qi. After Taiheng recovered, Ye Lin confronted him about his obsession and revealed that he had come for the Five Lives Stone, leaving Taiheng threatening to attack.

• Ye Lin found Taiheng on the verge of qi deviation and fed him a medicinal pill, then used his spiritual qi to stabilize him.
• Taiheng recovered and thanked Ye Lin for saving him from his inner demon.
• Ye Lin warned Taiheng that his obsession would prevent him from advancing further and asked what had happened in the past.
• Taiheng became angry and ordered Ye Lin to leave, refusing to discuss the matter.
• Ye Lin said he had come for the Five Lives Stone, and Taiheng gathered spiritual qi in his hand and demanded an explanation.

Ye Lin persuaded Taiheng to set aside his anger by sharing his extraordinary rise and arguing that obsession could become a driving force. Taiheng agreed to tell Ye Lin about his predicament, while Taichu left Nameless Mountain and Taiheng asked Ye Lin for another pill.

• Taichu prepared to intervene as Taiheng confronted Ye Lin in the thatched hut.
• Ye Lin recounted his rapid rise in cultivation and urged Taiheng to turn his obsession into motivation, possibly to bring someone back to life.
• Taiheng withdrew his aura and agreed to tell Ye Lin about his predicament.
• Taiheng expelled Taichu from the small world, and Taichu left Nameless Mountain after deciding Ye Lin was no longer in danger.
• Taiheng asked Ye Lin for another pill.

Ye Lin gave Taiheng a second Clear Mind Pill, allowing Taiheng to revisit the memories behind his inner demon and bring Ye Lin along as an observer. Taiheng’s memories began at the Lotus Sacred Land, where his younger self had arrived with his master.

• Ye Lin gave Taiheng another Clear Mind Pill so he could safely recount his painful past.
• Taiheng recalled visiting the Lotus Sacred Land with his master while he was an early Golden Core cultivator.
• Taiheng drew Ye Lin into his memories, where Ye Lin watched the younger Taiheng and his elderly master approach the sacred land.
• Taiheng’s master looked toward Ye Lin and smiled mysteriously, though Ye Lin believed the memory should not have been able to see him.
• Ye Lin followed the pair into the vast Lotus Sacred Land and saw a great pool filled with blooming lotuses.

Ye Lin followed Taiheng through a memory of Lotus Sacred Land, where the old man and a beautiful woman noticed him and sent him on. He watched young Taiheng spar with Xiyue, then saw Taiheng hurry back toward the grand hall.

• The old man and the woman noticed Ye Lin in Taiheng's memory and told him to leave because he could not take part in what came next.
• Ye Lin followed Taiheng to a mountain where Xiyue was waiting with a spear.
• Taiheng and Xiyue sparred for half an hour without deciding a victor.
• Taiheng bade Xiyue farewell and hurried back toward the grand hall as she called after him.

Taiheng and Xiyue grew close while sparring and exploring together, but Taiheng’s master confined him to the mountain gate until he reached Spirit Transformation. After Xiyue returned injured and asked whether Taiheng liked her, he could no longer focus on cultivation.

• Taiheng and Xiyue spent decades sparring, traveling together, and becoming an admired couple.
• Taiheng’s master ordered him to remain inside the mountain gate until he broke through to Spirit Transformation, and Taiheng agreed.
• Xiyue visited Taiheng regularly to share stories from outside while he endured his secluded cultivation.
• Xiyue arrived pale and injured, said she had killed the bandits who attacked her, and asked Taiheng whether he liked her.
• Taiheng was stunned by Xiyue’s question and became unable to settle into meditation.