Recaps

Ye Lin fought Yuan Zhou and Bone Slayer through a darkness that erased all perception, relying on his swordsmanship to locate and strike his enemies. He severed Bone Slayer’s leg-spikes one by one, leaving Bone Slayer stunned and afraid.

• Yuan Zhou and Bone Slayer acknowledged Ye Lin’s strength, but Yuan Zhou unleashed a storm of black beams that engulfed the battlefield in darkness.
• Ye Lin closed his eyes and relied on his sword rather than sight to defend himself.
• Bone Slayer attacked Ye Lin from multiple directions with his leg-spikes, but Ye Lin severed them with successive sword strikes.
• Bone Slayer cried out in disbelief, and Ye Lin continued fighting without answering.

Ye Lin defeated Bone Slayer in the darkness, but Yuan Zhou pulled him back and the three Imperial Clan members prepared to continue fighting. Yuan Zhou launched black mist that rotted the Void as it slithered toward Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin used his sword to predict Bone Slayer's movements, cut down his legs, and pierce his chest as Bone Slayer tried to flee.
• Yuan Zhou dragged the wounded Bone Slayer back and insisted that the Imperial Clan did not flee from battle.
• The darkness receded, revealing Ye Lin unharmed, Bone Slayer regenerating, and Cockroach weakened; Yuan Zhou acknowledged Ye Lin's formidable swordsmanship but threatened to wear him down with the others.
• Ye Lin challenged Yuan Zhou to try, and Yuan Zhou sent streams of black mist toward him that caused the Void to rot.

Ye Lin faced Yuan Zhou’s Law of Decay, which eroded his sword attacks and the space around him, but revealed his Sword Dao law and pierced Yuan Zhou’s head with Sword Qi. Yuan Zhou survived and recovered slowly as Bone Slayer and Cockroach prepared to use their full strength against Ye Lin.

• Yuan Zhou’s black mist decayed Ye Lin’s sword light and corroded a spatial rift, while Yuan Zhou claimed his law could corrode the Great Dao.
• The black mist swallowed Ye Lin, but silver-white light erupted from his body and forced it back.
• Ye Lin pierced Yuan Zhou’s head with Sword Qi, leaving a wound that healed slowly because his Sword Intent hindered regeneration.
• Yuan Zhou recognized Ye Lin as a serious threat and exchanged glances with Bone Slayer and Cockroach.
• Bone Slayer and Cockroach recovered from their injuries, and the three decided to unleash their full strength to kill Ye Lin.

Yuan Zhou, Bone Slayer, and Cockroach revealed their true forms and unleashed their full power against Ye Lin. Ye Lin put away the Godslayer Sword and summoned the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell, declaring that he would finish them off as the three Imperial Clan experts attacked.

• Yuan Zhou transformed into a gigantic head surrounded by countless eyes and writhing tentacles.
• Bone Slayer regrew and enlarged his twelve legs as dark-red light poured from cracks across his body.
• Cockroach became a flat disc whose fuzz twisted the Void while his floating eyes formed a web of colored rays.
• Ye Lin calmly faced the three first-level Quasi-Saint experts as their auras shook the Boundary Sea.
• Ye Lin put away the Godslayer Sword, summoned the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell, and said he would end the fight.
• Yuan Zhou ordered an attack, and the three figures moved against Ye Lin.

Ye Lin revealed the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell as an Innate Spirit Treasure, prompting Yuan Zhou and the other Imperial Clan powerhouses to intensify their transformations. Yuan Zhou launched his attack by firing black beams into his own body, forming a sphere of power around himself.

• Ye Lin held the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell, whose runes stirred in response to his aura.
• Yuan Zhou recognized the bell as an Innate Spirit Treasure and declared that Ye Lin would die.
• Bone Slayer completed his transformation, with magma pouring from his body and a black hole forming in his mouth.
• Cockroach transformed into a vast disc and created a force field and array from twelve colored beams.
• Yuan Zhou fired black beams into his own body, swelling larger and forming a huge black sphere around himself.

Ye Lin used the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell to destroy Yuan Zhou’s attack and overwhelm his true body with its chimes. Yuan Zhou was left shattering under the bell’s power as Bone Slayer and Cockroach watched in alarm.

• Yuan Zhou launched his full-force Decaying Heaven Burial attack, sending a black sphere toward Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin enlarged the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell and rang it, freezing the Boundary Sea and cracking the black sphere.
• Yuan Zhou protested that Ye Lin’s innate spirit treasure could not be so powerful as the bell’s second chime shattered the sphere.
• The bell chime struck Yuan Zhou’s exposed body, cracking him and bursting his eyes as he tried to flee.
• Bone Slayer and Cockroach watched Yuan Zhou’s suffering with alarm.

Ye Lin used the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell to unleash a golden formation that crushed Bone Slayer, Cockroach, and the already dying Yuan Zhou. As the three were defeated, Yuan Zhou accused Ye Lin of holding back and recognized the bell as a connate spirit treasure.

• Bone Slayer armored himself with dark-red magma and charged Ye Lin as Cockroach and the wounded Yuan Zhou joined him in a triangular attack.
• Ye Lin inverted the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell and filled it with holy power, summoning a golden formation over the battlefield.
• The formation's crushing force stopped Bone Slayer and shattered his armor while Cockroach's beams vanished and all twelve of his eyes burst.
• Yuan Zhou, close to death, said Ye Lin had never used his full strength and identified the bell as a connate spirit treasure.
• Ye Lin pressed down on the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell.

Ye Lin annihilated Bone Slayer, Cockroach, and Yuan Zhou with the golden magic array and the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell. As the Boundary Sea settled, an enraged voice from the Imperial Clan demanded his death.

• Ye Lin’s golden magic array crushed Bone Slayer and erased his body and soul.
• The array flattened Cockroach into powder and annihilated his body and soul.
• Yuan Zhou warned Ye Lin that the Imperial Clan would seek revenge, and Ye Lin said he would wait for them.
• Ye Lin used the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell to shatter Yuan Zhou and extinguish his last trace of consciousness.
• The battlefield returned to quiet, then an Imperial Clan voice condemned Ye Lin and shouted for him to die.

Ye Lin faced a deadly attack from the depths of the Boundary Sea after defeating three Imperial Clan disciples, but a white-robed man intervened and warned the Chaos Ancient Clan against killing him. The attacker withdrew, leaving Ye Lin safe for the moment as the man praised his strength.

• A colossal palm burst from the Boundary Sea, and Ye Lin realized he could neither withstand the attack nor escape.
• A white-robed man shattered the palm and challenged the Chaos Ancient Clan for bullying Ye Lin.
• The being in the Boundary Sea insisted Ye Lin had to die, but the white-robed man warned that killing him would bring ruin upon the clan because of Ye Lin's ties to the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan.
• The being withdrew after threatening that others would kill Ye Lin, and the white-robed man mocked its retreat.
• The white-robed man praised Ye Lin for defeating three Imperial Clan disciples, and Ye Lin thanked him respectfully.

Ye Lin learned that the man in white recognized the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s protective aura placed on him by the Spirit King. The man left after examining Ye Lin’s Supreme Purity Mystic Bell, and Ye Lin reflected on the Spirit King’s protection and possible reasons for supporting him.

• The man in white praised Ye Lin’s strength and manners, then asked to examine the Supreme Purity Mystic Bell.
• Ye Lin handed over the bell, and the man in white inspected it before returning it and preparing to leave.
• Ye Lin asked how the man knew about his relationship with the Spirit King.
• The man in white explained that Ye Lin carried the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s protective aura, which warned powerful experts not to harm him.
• The man in white urged Ye Lin to maintain his relationship with the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan and vanished.
• Ye Lin realized the Spirit King had placed the aura on him and guessed that the Spirit King was investing in his potential.

Ye Lin killed Yuan Zhou and two other members of the Imperial Clan, drawing Long Xiu’s anger and a warning about the clans’ vengeance. He rejected Hua Feiyi’s proposal as both sides returned from battle, while the threat against him remained.

• Long Xiu confronted Ye Lin over Yuan Zhou’s death, but Ye Lin warned that he would kill him if he came closer.
• Long Aotian defended Ye Lin and challenged Long Xiu’s claim that the fight had only been for fun.
• Hua Feiyi praised Ye Lin and again asked him to become her Dao companion, but Ye Lin rejected her.
• The Chaos Ancient Clan and Eastern Region cultivators returned with injuries, and neither side had lost anyone else.
• An observer warned Ye Lin that the Imperial Clans would seek revenge for the deaths of Yuan Zhou and the other two.

After Ye Lin defeated three Chaos Ancient Clan cultivators, Long Xiu could only swallow his anger while Long Aotian and Yun Qiyue acknowledged Ye Lin’s strength. Ye Lin then asked the gathered cultivators to begin exploring the ruins.

• Long Xiu glared at Ye Lin and threatened him, but he backed down because he was no match for Ye Lin.
• Long Aotian praised Ye Lin and said Stone’s assessment had been inaccurate, while Ye Lin replied that reality mattered more than a reference.
• Yun Qiyue congratulated Ye Lin for defeating three Chaos Ancient Clan members with Imperial Clan bloodlines, and Ye Lin modestly called it luck.
• Long Xiu grew furious at Ye Lin’s remark but restrained himself because attacking would get him killed.
• Ye Lin asked the surrounding cultivators whether they could begin exploring the ruins, and they agreed.

Ye Lin and the Eastern Region’s young powerhouses advanced toward the ruins as the Chaos Ancient Clan panicked and made way for him. On the strange, mirrorlike ground before the ruins, Ye Lin saw his reflection’s eyes move independently and look back at him.

• Long Aotian led Ye Lin, Yun Qiyue, Hua Feiyi, Shi Potian, and dozens of Eastern Region powerhouses toward the ruins.
• The Chaos Ancient Clan members retreated in fear of Ye Lin, who had recently killed three experts with Imperial Clan bloodlines.
• Long Aotian remarked on the impression Ye Lin had made, while Yun Qiyue praised him, Hua Feiyi admired him, and Shi Potian claimed he had also killed Chaos Ancient Clan members.
• The group crossed the passage the Chaos Ancient Clan had opened and reached a stretch of strange, smooth black ground before the ruins.
• Ye Lin noticed that his reflection’s eyes moved independently and stared at him.

Long Aotian, Ye Lin, and the other powerhouses entered the mysterious ruins through a vast, breathing rift that Ye Lin suspected was a wound in a colossal creature. After walking through its dark interior for an unknown span of time, they saw ghostly blue light ahead.

• Long Aotian warned everyone that the ruins were unknown and that each person would be responsible for their own survival inside.
• Long Aotian entered the rift first, followed by Ye Lin, Yun Qiyue, Hua Feiyi, Shi Potian, and the Eastern Region powerhouses.
• The Chaos Ancient Clan hesitated, then followed the others into the ruins to pursue its opportunities.
• Ye Lin felt the warm, pulsing floor and walls and realized the rift might be a wound leading into a colossal creature's body.
• After walking through the darkness for an unknown length of time, the group saw ghostly blue light ahead.

Long Aotian and Ye Lin reached the end of the fissure and discovered a vast independent world sealed within the ruins. Ye Lin surveyed its floating islands, strange buildings, glowing rivers, and ancient statues, while the world’s boundaries remained unseen.

• Long Aotian stood motionless at the end of the fissure as Ye Lin came up beside him.
• Ye Lin looked beyond the fissure and saw an immense void filled with floating objects and glowing rivers.
• Ye Lin examined vast floating islands covered in unfamiliar buildings, including spires, rune-carved spheres, and bridges made of light.
• Ye Lin saw colossal humanoid statues whose cracked surfaces still radiated the weight of time.

Ye Lin and the others discovered the Dao Sect, a gateway said to let visitors touch the origin of the Great Dao. As Shi Potian prepared to enter, Hua Feiyi and Long Aotian urged caution, and Long Aotian asked Ye Lin for his opinion.

• Ye Lin saw a vast golden palace built atop an inverted mountain, with its gates open and the words “Dao Sect” carved into them.
• The stone doors tried to pull Ye Lin’s consciousness toward them, but he steadied himself and resisted.
• Yun Qiyue explained that the ruins were left by the Great Dao and could offer a chance to touch its origin.
• Shi Potian moved to enter, but Hua Feiyi stopped him and warned that rushing in could be deadly.
• Long Aotian agreed with Hua Feiyi and asked Ye Lin what he thought.

Ye Lin and the others reached the Dao Sect and found its enormous stone gate sealed by a mysterious condition. When Ye Lin touched the character Dao, his Sword Dao laws stirred and golden light enveloped him, leaving the gate’s response unresolved.

• Ye Lin urged Long Aotian’s group to enter the Dao Sect together rather than turn back or split up, and Long Aotian agreed.
• As the group crossed a transparent path through the void, Ye Lin met the gaze of a colossal whale-like creature and experienced visions from its ancient memories.
• Long Aotian tried and failed to push open the Dao Sect’s stone gate, while Yun Qiyue noticed runes and a faint membrane along its seam.
• Hua Feiyi wondered if the gate required the Chaos Ancient Clan’s bloodline, but Long Aotian argued that the clan would already have entered if that were the key.
• Ye Lin touched the character Dao on the gate, awakening the Sword Dao laws in his body and causing golden light to spread over him.

Ye Lin entered the ruin after its gate opened for him and a voice welcomed the Successor of the Sword Dao Master. Inside, he received the nine-form Primeval Sword Art, while the others followed him into the darkness.

• The stone gate opened at Ye Lin's touch, and a voice welcomed him as the Successor of the Sword Dao Master.
• Long Aotian and the others questioned Ye Lin's background, but he ignored them and stepped into the darkness.
• The group followed Ye Lin, while the Chaos Ancient Clan watched from afar and did not approach.
• Points of light surrounded Ye Lin, and one revealed that the ruin would pass the Primeval Sword Art to him.
• The light merged into Ye Lin's palm and sent him the art's nine forms, from Primeval Heaven-Opening to Primeval Return to Ruin.

Ye Lin received the Primeval Sword Art and the divine ability Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, then emerged in a vast hall as everyone watched him with envy and greed. He wondered why he had been named the successor of the Sword Dao Master.

• Ye Lin absorbed the nine forms of the Primeval Sword Art and watched a blurred figure demonstrate each technique.
• He received Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin and witnessed ten thousand sword-path phantoms unleash overwhelming power.
• The motes of light faded, revealing Ye Lin in a gemstone-lit hall whose walls depicted both techniques.
• Everyone stared at Ye Lin with envy, jealousy, greed, and hatred as he questioned why he was called the successor of the Sword Dao Master.

Ye Lin learned that the ruin contained the Sword Dao Master’s inheritance but remained confused about its origins and his connection to Ye Xiu. Long Xiu blocked the exit with the Chaos Ancient Clan and demanded Ye Lin hand over what he had obtained, threatening the group with death.

• Ye Lin wondered whether seeing Ye Xiu’s memories had somehow made him the Sword Dao Master, but concluded possession by such an existence was unlikely.
• Long Aotian noticed Ye Lin spacing out and asked whether something was wrong.
• A cultivator asked Ye Lin about the ruin’s origins, and Ye Lin admitted he did not know what had happened.
• Long Xiu and the Chaos Ancient Clan sealed the exit and demanded Ye Lin share the inheritance he had received.
• Long Aotian confronted Long Xiu, who threatened to kill the group if Ye Lin refused to hand it over.

Ye Lin faced a request from Helian Guhong, a powerful member of the Chaos Ancient Clan’s Sacred Clan, to hand over the relic’s techniques. The chapter ended with Helian Guhong making clear that he would not leave empty-handed.

• Long Aotian and the cultivators stood with Ye Lin and warned the Chaos Ancient Clan experts not to seize Ye Lin’s opportunity by force.
• Helian Guhong entered, and the Chaos Ancient Clan experts bowed to him.
• Yun Qiyue explained to Ye Lin that Helian belonged to one of the Chaos Ancient Clan’s three Sacred Clans and warned him to be careful.
• Helian Guhong asked Ye Lin to show him the relic’s techniques, offering to speak somewhere secluded and promising not to treat Ye Lin unfairly.
• Ye Lin pointed out that the techniques, carved on the walls, were already visible to everyone.
• Helian Guhong told Ye Lin that he could not return empty-handed.

Ye Lin rejected Helian Guhong’s demand and followed him out of the ruin to face him in the Boundary Sea. As Helian Guhong unleashed his power and offered one final chance, Ye Lin summoned the Godslayer Sword.

• Helian Guhong threatened to kill Ye Lin outside the ruin after failing to obtain what he wanted.
• Ye Lin told his companions not to worry, then slapped Long Xiu and pinned him to a wall with Sword Qi.
• Long Xiu broke free and blamed Ye Lin for causing trouble, while Long Aotian and other cultivators headed out to watch the battle.
• Ye Lin met Helian Guhong in the Boundary Sea and asked whether any clans stood above the Sacred Clan.
• Helian Guhong released a terrifying aura and offered Ye Lin one last chance, but Ye Lin summoned the Godslayer Sword.

Ye Lin faced Helian Guhong in the Boundary Sea and countered both his speed and the illusions summoned by his feather fan. Helian Guhong recognized Ye Lin’s abilities and took the fight more seriously.

• Helian Guhong mocked Ye Lin’s swordsmanship before vanishing at extreme speed to attack him.
• Ye Lin sensed Helian Guhong’s approach and struck his feather fan with the Godslayer Sword, damaging it slightly.
• Helian Guhong summoned mountains and rivers from his fan to test Ye Lin’s ability to distinguish illusions from reality.
• Ye Lin closed his eyes and struck a rune on the fan, shattering the conjured landscape.
• Helian Guhong asked how Ye Lin saw through the runes, and Ye Lin criticized how shallowly they had been carved.

Ye Lin and Helian Guhong continued their fight in the Boundary Sea, with Ye Lin's profound swordsmanship holding off Helian Guhong's attacks until Helian unleashed the full power of his feather fan. Helian's increased speed cut Ye Lin, and he vanished to attack again.

• Helian Guhong attacked Ye Lin at close range with his feather fan, but Ye Lin's sword blocked each strike.
• Helian Guhong recognized that Ye Lin's swordsmanship had reached the level of the Dao and retreated to reassess him.
• Helian Guhong transformed the landscapes on his fan into countless weapons and attacked at twice his previous speed.
• Ye Lin narrowly dodged a long light blade, but it cut his robe and left a shallow bloody mark on his abdomen.
• Helian Guhong smiled, vanished, and prepared to attack again.

Ye Lin struggled to defend against Helian Guhong’s overwhelming speed in the Boundary Sea, but identified his true body and launched a counterattack. Their close-range battle left Helian Guhong under pressure from Ye Lin’s unpredictable sword moves and Sword Intent.

• Helian Guhong’s afterimages attacked Ye Lin from every direction, and several strikes wounded him.
• Ye Lin sensed Helian Guhong’s true body and struck him with Sword Qi, forcing him out of his afterimage state.
• Ye Lin attacked at extreme speed and engaged Helian Guhong in a close-quarters clash between sword and feather fan.
• Ye Lin’s unpredictable sword moves disrupted Helian Guhong’s aura with his Sword Intent.