Recaps

Ye Lin prepared to launch the Human Race’s plan to destroy the Shadow Clan army, while the Shadow Clan struggled to secure aid. The Demon Race failed to answer because the Jade Emperor’s campaign against the Asura Clan had left him facing the limits of his present power.

• Ye Lin learned from Zhuge that the other two Human Race armies would arrive in one hour and ordered preparations for battle.
• The Shadow Clan reorganized its army and sent reinforcements to the front despite having few troops left.
• The Shadow Clan repeatedly appealed to the Demon Race for help but received no response.
• The Jade Emperor took control of the Demon Race and attacked the Asura Clan to seize the Eastern Continent’s fate.
• The Jade Emperor realized that, despite his former status, he was now only a Spirit Transformation True Person.

Ye Lin prepared the Human Race’s armies to attack the Shadow Clan while the Demon Race remained tied down in its decades-long war with the Asura Clan. He ordered a force under Xuan Tian to block the Shadow Clan’s rear and timed an assassination attempt to coincide with the start of battle.

• The Demon Race ignored the Shadow Clan’s calls for aid because it was struggling against the Asura Clan and feared opening another front against the Human Race.
• Zhuge reported to Ye Lin that the other two armies had reached their assigned positions.
• Ye Lin ordered the armies to attack the Shadow Clan from both flanks and sent five hundred million troops under Xuan Tian to block the Shadow Clan army’s rear.
• Xuan Tian accepted Ye Lin’s order and vanished to carry it out.
• Ye Lin ordered the infiltrated fellow Daoists to assassinate the Shadow Clan’s leaders at the instant the armies clashed.

Ye Lin’s plan threw the Shadow Clan army into chaos, and the Human Race quickly overwhelmed its hundred-billion-strong force. The remaining Shadow Clan True Lord fled, while the Human Race True Lords stayed to watch the battle and anticipated a possible future fight in Shadow Clan territory.

• At Ye Lin’s command, Human Race forces attacked the Shadow Clan from both flanks and head-on, disrupting its formations as their commanders died.
• The Shadow Clan army’s morale collapsed, and its cultivators fled toward a formation prepared by five hundred million Human Race troops.
• The Shadow Clan Dao Integration True Lord realized the battle was lost and escaped after facing two Human Race True Lords.
• The Human Race True Lords chose not to pursue him, saying their objective was to keep the hundred billion Shadow Clan troops there.
• The two Human Race True Lords watched the battle and suggested their next encounter with the young Sect Master might be in the Shadow Clan heartland.

After the Shadow Clan True Lords fled, the Human Race defeated and surrounded the remaining army, capturing more than thirty billion soldiers. Ye Lin ordered every prisoner killed, and the chapter ended with the massacre’s killing intent spreading across the region while Human Race fate blocked the Heavenly Dao’s punishment.

• The Shadow Clan True Lords fled, sealing the Human Race’s victory as the remaining Shadow Clan army lost its will to fight.
• The Human Race encircled the fleeing troops, and more than thirty billion Shadow Clan cultivators surrendered.
• Zhuge asked Ye Lin how to deal with the prisoners, and Ye Lin ordered them all killed.
• The Human Race slaughtered the prisoners, creating killing intent that spread across ten million li.
• The Heavenly Dao punished the Human Race for the slaughter, but its fate blocked the punishment.

Ye Lin ordered the Human Race army to invade Shadow Clan territory, and its swift victory shocked the Eastern Continent’s races. The Elf Queen watched over her realm with worry, leaving her reason for concern unclear.

• Ye Lin ordered the Human Race army to advance deep into Shadow Clan territory and warned other races not to interfere.
• The Human Race army crossed into Shadow Clan lands with little resistance as Shadow Clan cultivators fled or were crushed.
• The Eastern Continent’s races learned of the Shadow Clan’s defeat and sent the Human Race generous resources to seek friendly relations.
• A mysterious figure dismissed those who underestimated the Human Race, then concealed his immortal palace in the void.
• The Elf Queen rose from her throne and gazed over the forest of the Elf Race with worry.

The Elf Queen worried that the Shadow Clan would invade the Elf Race if the Human Race drove them from their territory, so she set out to visit the Human Race. Meanwhile, the Jade Emperor, now the Myriad Demon Palace Master, saw his plan to conquer the Eastern Continent stalled by the conflict between the Demon Race and the Asura Clan.

• The Elf Queen feared the Shadow Clan would turn against the Elf Race, whose borders were already being watched by Shadow Clan scouts.
• The Elf Queen left her clan in the care of a subordinate and departed to visit the Human Race.
• The Jade Emperor reviewed the Eastern Continent map and heard that the Demon Race and the Asura Clan were locked in a stalemate.
• The Jade Emperor reflected that his plan to seize the Asura Clan and conquer the Eastern Continent had stalled, and that he had to rely on the Demon Race.

The Jade Emperor learned that the Human Race was rapidly growing stronger while the Demon Race fought the Asura Clan, and he ordered Torch Dragon to seize the keys to the Heavenly Palace’s seal. He planned to open the palace and recover his ancient trump cards, while wondering whether his old friends had awakened.

• The Jade Emperor realized the Human Race could become an overwhelming threat if the Demon Race was weakened fighting the Asura Clan.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Torch Dragon to take three thousand elite guards and seize the keys to the Heavenly Palace’s seal from the various races.
• Torch Dragon warned that he could not take the keys from the Human Race or the Asura Clan, so the Jade Emperor told him to target the races he could handle.
• The Jade Emperor decided to open the Heavenly Palace and retrieve the trump cards he had left there in ancient times.
• The Jade Emperor wondered whether his old friends, including the woman who called herself the Queen Mother, had secretly awakened and were rebuilding their strength.

The Elf Queen came to Ye Lin seeking a guarantee for the Elf Race, whose territory was threatened by the Human Race’s war against the Shadow Clan. Ye Lin agreed to help on three conditions, leaving the queen waiting to hear them.

• The Elf Queen arrived at the great hall and asked Ye Lin for help protecting the Elf Race.
• The Elf Queen explained that the Elf Race’s territory lay less than ten million li from the Shadow Clan’s heartland.
• Ye Lin considered the Elf Race’s decline and the cost of continuing to support the alliance.
• Ye Lin agreed to help the Elf Race on three conditions, and the Elf Queen asked what they were.

Ye Lin offered the Elf Queen Human protection in exchange for stationing troops in Elf territory, Elf soldiers joining the war, and an annual payment of resources. When the Elf Queen rejected the demands, Ye Lin warned that the Human Race would attack the Shadow Clan in three days, potentially driving its forces toward the Elf Race.

• Ye Lin demanded that the Human Race be allowed to station troops in Elf territory.
• Ye Lin demanded that the Elf Race provide soldiers to fight alongside the Human Race against foreign races.
• Ye Lin demanded an annual payment of resources equal to ten percent of the Elf Race's holdings.
• The Elf Queen rejected the demands, saying they would make the Elf Race a permanent vassal of the Human Race.
• Ye Lin announced that the Human Race would attack the Shadow Clan in three days with ten True Lords and one Heavenly Lord, and warned that the Shadow Clan might flee into Elf territory.

Ye Lin pushed the Elf Race Queen to support the Human Race’s campaign to destroy the Shadow Clan, while the Shadow Clan’s leaders faced the growing threat and questioned their future. The Human Race prepared to strike in three days, and the Shadow Clan began considering what remained of its path.

• Ye Lin told the Elf Race Queen that the Human Race would destroy the Shadow Clan and gave her two days to answer, warning that the Shadow Clan might flee into Elf Race territory.
• Zhuge praised Ye Lin for leaving the Elf Race with no safe choice, and Ye Lin ordered his forces to prepare for war in three days.
• The Human Race’s leaders and troops eagerly accepted Ye Lin’s order to make the Eastern Continent tremble.
• The Shadow Clan’s leader asked nine figures in a dark hall where their clan’s road lay as they reported the Human Race’s advance, reinforcements, and newly appearing powerful auras.

The Shadow Clan's leaders argued over whether to abandon their territory as the Human Race prepared to attack. Their Heavenly Lord ordered the Fireseed Plan activated, sending up to ten thousand young people to the Demon Race for protection.

• Shadow Clan True Lords argued over fleeing to the Demon Race or defending their ancestral territory against the Human Race.
• The Shadow Clan's Heavenly Lord ended the dispute and ruled that the clan would activate the Fireseed Plan.
• The Heavenly Lord limited the plan to ten thousand people below the Spirit Transformation realm, with each True Lord given one hundred places.
• The Heavenly Lord planned to negotiate with the Demon Race to send the fireseeds to its territory.

The Jade Emperor realized that he had underestimated the Human and Asura races after the Shadow Clan quickly fell to the Human counterattack. Ye Lin entered a canyon in Elf territory to seek the Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow, while Wang Ye arrived too late once again in his exhausting search for Ye Lin.

• The Jade Emperor regretted attacking the Asura Clan without investigating and recognized that the Shadow Clan had failed to restrain the Human Race.
• Ye Lin reached a vast canyon in Elf territory and plunged inside to search for the Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow.
• Wang Ye crawled to the canyon’s edge after failing to find Ye Lin at Nameless Mountain, the Sect Master Hall, and the mountain plaza.
• Wang Ye recounted how a young man, a fat man, and a Fire-Red Giant Bird had pursued him while he searched for Ye Lin.
• Wang Ye gave up and headed for his sect, where his master slapped him away before he could enter.

Wang Ye finally caught up with Ye Lin, only to be confronted by Taiyuan, who had pursued him for half a month. The chapter ended with Wang Ye learning that Taiyuan was Ye Lin's disciple, revealing that they were on the same side.

• Wang Ye reached the border after fleeing a youth for five days, but learned Ye Lin had vanished again.
• Wang Ye used a secret art to find Ye Lin's next destination and waited there for three days until he spotted him.
• Wang Ye prepared to enter the gorge, but Taiyuan confronted him and demanded to know why he had followed Ye Lin.
• Wang Ye complained that Taiyuan had chased him for half a month over a minor insult.
• Taiyuan threatened Wang Ye for secretly following his master, and Wang Ye was astonished to learn that Ye Lin was Taiyuan's master.

Ye Lin found the Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow in a cave beneath the canyon and discovered it had overflowed from a root of the Tree of Life. After collecting it, he left to prepare to refine his avatar and pursue a breakthrough to Dao Integration.

• Wang Ye asked Taiyuan why he had been hunting him, and Taiyuan agreed to wait for his master before deciding whether to trust him.
• Toutian complained that his origin had recovered only thirty percent despite the resources he had gained while traveling with Taiyuan.
• Ye Lin entered a cave at the bottom of the canyon and found a pool of Heaven and Earth Spirit Marrow.
• Ye Lin collected the Spirit Marrow and discovered that it had overflowed from a root of the Tree of Life, which spread throughout the Life Forest.
• Ye Lin left the canyon, intending to refine his avatar before attempting to break through to Dao Integration.

Ye Lin checked Taiyuan’s cultivation and ordered him to gain practical combat experience on the battlefield. The chapter ended with Taiyuan preparing to follow the army in three days.

• Ye Lin landed and noted that Wang Ye was only an early Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Ye Lin praised Taiyuan’s rapid progress to the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm and reviewed his fate and traits.
• Taiyuan greeted Ye Lin and bowed to his master.
• Ye Lin told Taiyuan to follow the army to the battlefield in three days to gain life-and-death combat experience.

Taiyuan agreed to Ye Lin’s plans and revealed that Wang Ye had been following him, prompting Wang Ye to explain that he was the Dao Sect’s successor sent to serve Ye Lin. Ye Lin accepted Wang Ye as a follower, and Taiyuan then began to raise the matter he had come to discuss.

• Taiyuan agreed to Ye Lin and said he wanted to experience a genuine battle.
• Taiyuan told Ye Lin that Wang Ye had secretly been following him, and Wang Ye nervously faced Ye Lin’s intimidating gaze.
• Wang Ye introduced himself as the Dao Sect’s successor and explained that his master had ordered him to follow Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin accepted Wang Ye as his follower, recognizing that the Dao Sect’s support could become a powerful force at his personal command.
• Taiyuan told Ye Lin that he had another matter to ask about.

Ye Lin agreed to bring Taiyuan’s childhood clansmen out of Demon Race territory in three days. He then warned Little Red that his dangerous tribulation was approaching as he neared the Dao Integration stage.

• Taiyuan reminded Ye Lin of his promise to rescue the Human Race villagers who had been his childhood companions.
• Ye Lin promised to bring Taiyuan’s clansmen out of Demon Race territory in three days and urged Taiyuan to stay safe on the battlefield.
• Little Red told Ye Lin that Taiyuan’s luck had brought him many Spirit Fruits and heavenly treasures, leaving him close to the Dao Integration stage.
• Ye Lin warned Little Red to stop running around because his tribulation was near, and Little Red acknowledged the danger of his Divine Beast Clan’s trial.

Ye Lin prepared to exterminate the Shadow Clan while keeping watch on the danger posed by the Evil Demon in Black Sand Prefecture. As the Human Race assembled its armies and completed a formation that strengthened them, the Eastern Continent fell quiet ahead of the decisive battle.

• Ye Lin left Toutian in charge of watching Black Sand Prefecture, while Little Red departed to make preparations for his Tribulation Transcendence.
• Ye Lin returned to the main hall and began planning the war against the Shadow Clan.
• The Human Race armies surrounded the Shadow Clan territory as reinforcements and Dao Integration True Lords arrived.
• The Human Race completed a grand formation covering the Shadow Clan territory that increased its armies' strength by thirty percent.
• After three days, most races halted their wars, leaving the Eastern Continent calm while the Demon Race and Asura Clan continued fighting.

Ye Lin led the Human Race’s preparations for an all-out war to exterminate the Shadow Clan, assigning Taichu to confront the clan’s dying Heavenly Lord. He ordered the armies to kill any Shadow Clan members who fled into Elf Race territory and to attack the Elves if they intervened.

• Ye Lin ended his seclusion and joined Taichu and the ten True Lords in the main hall as the war began.
• Ye Lin declared that the Human Race would exterminate the Shadow Clan and warned the True Lords that defeat was unacceptable.
• Ye Lin showed the leaders the Shadow Clan’s territory surrounded by Human Race forces and assigned Taichu to fight its Heavenly Lord.
• Ye Lin asked Zhuge whether the Elf Race would join the war, and Zhuge reported that it had made no move.
• Ye Lin ordered the armies to kill Shadow Clan fugitives in Elf Race territory and to kill the Elves if they interfered.

Ye Lin launched the Human Race’s assault on the Shadow Clan while Taichu headed for its heartland to face its ancestor. The battle was interrupted when a colossal floating island appeared in the sky, and Song Zhong, an elder of the Red Refining Clan, approached Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin ordered the ten True Lords to set out, and Taichu flew toward the Shadow Clan’s heartland.
• Ye Lin and the others joined the army’s assault as the Shadow Clan fought back fiercely, unable to flee.
• Taiyuan fought ten peak Nascent Soul Realm Shadow Clan geniuses at once and gained the upper hand.
• A rift tore open the sky, and a vast island emerged behind a jade-green barrier that blocked Ye Lin’s divine sense.
• Song Zhong introduced himself to Ye Lin as an elder of the Red Refining Clan and said he bore no ill intent, while Zhuge stayed on guard.

Ye Lin learned that the floating island had been preserved in a spatial rift since the Primordial Era. When its ancient buildings were revealed, Song Zhong and the gathered Dao Integration True Lords called for reinforcements to compete for what they contained.

• Song Zhong explained to Ye Lin that the island had likely been drawn into a spatial rift during the Primordial Era and preserved there without time passing.
• The mist around the island dispersed, revealing strange golden buildings bearing unfamiliar symbols.
• Song Zhong recognized the structures as buildings from the Primordial Era, and Zhuge confirmed their contents could be immensely valuable.
• Song Zhong summoned reinforcements, while dozens of Dao Integration True Lords from various races gathered and began calling for more people.

Ye Lin rejected the other races’ demands to divide the ancient floating island and proposed that each race send five Spirit Transformation cultivators to compete for entry. The negotiations stalled when two Demon Race figures arrived with the master of the Myriad Demon Palace, whom Ye Lin recognized as the Jade Emperor.

• True Lords from the major races demanded a share of the ancient structure on Human Race territory as more races gathered at the island.
• Ye Lin refused to divide the island equally and proposed that each major race send five Spirit Transformation cultivators to compete fairly.
• The gathered races objected because Ye Lin was invincible in the Spirit Transformation realm and they feared provoking the Human Race.
• Ye Lin declared that his proposal was the greatest concession and told the races to leave if they disagreed.
• Two fiery-red Demon Race figures emerged from shattered space with the master of the Myriad Demon Palace, and Ye Lin mocked him by asking whether to call him Palace Master or Jade Emperor.

Ye Lin recognized the Myriad Demon Palace Master as the Jade Emperor, and the Jade Emperor confirmed that he knew Ye Lin had discovered his identity. Ye Lin’s panel revealed the Jade Emperor’s fate and a valuable cultivation opportunity, leaving Ye Lin eager to obtain the technique.

• The Jade Emperor laughed and asked Ye Lin what he should call him if not Palace Master.
• The other great clans’ True Lords were confused when Ye Lin called the Myriad Demon Palace Master the Jade Emperor.
• The Asura Clan’s delegation arrived and asked Ye Lin to explain the Jade Emperor’s identity.
• Ye Lin read the Jade Emperor’s panel, which revealed his immense fate, his future, and the Nine Revolutions Profound Art waiting on Myriad Blessings Island.
• Ye Lin decided that he would gladly take the powerful cultivation technique.

Ye Lin and the other leaders agreed that each race would send five Spirit Transformation True Persons to explore the floating island. After Xilia, the Asura Clan's leader, asked about the Jade Emperor, Ye Lin revealed something that made Xilia take the matter seriously.

• The Jade Emperor and the other leaders accepted Ye Lin's proposal for each race to send five Spirit Transformation True Persons to the floating island.
• The True Lords began contacting their clans as the other races prepared to compete for the primordial relic.
• Xilia introduced himself to Ye Lin and asked what he had meant by mentioning the Jade Emperor.
• Ye Lin accepted a ring containing thirty-two cubic meters of spatial ore and whispered an explanation to Xilia.
• Xilia's expression changed, and he left to consult the two Asura Clan Dao Integration True Lords.

The Jade Emperor and the other gathered powers confronted an ancient island protected by a green barrier, which Ye Lin asked them to break. After the barrier shattered, a dense wave of Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi poured out, and the True Lords began absorbing it.

• The chapter explained that spaces inside Spatial Rings could endure indefinitely, unlike cultivators’ abodes, and outlined the vast spans of time separating the ancient ages.
• The Jade Emperor told Ye Lin to arrange the group’s next steps, and Ye Lin asked the gathered powers to break the island’s green barrier.
• Ninety-eight Dao Integration True Lords attacked the barrier together, cracking it with their strikes and shattering it after three rounds.
• An exceptionally dense wave of Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi spread from the island, and the gathered True Lords sat in the air to absorb it.