Recaps

Wang Feng unleashed the Eight Directions Well, summoning eight swift demons that wounded Ye Lin and proved difficult to kill. As onlookers gathered, Ye Lin searched for a way to break the technique while struggling to evade their attacks.

• Wang Feng ordered the demons from the Eight Directions Well to attack Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin knocked aside one demon’s claw, but another slashed three wounds across his back.
• Wang Feng maintained the technique from a vulnerable position, leaving one demon to protect him.
• Spectators gathered in the distance and discussed Wang Feng, Wang Li, and the battle.
• Ye Lin realized the demons reappeared from the wells after being killed and continued dodging their attacks while searching for a weakness.

Ye Lin fought off the demons summoned by Wang Feng’s Eight Directions Well and realized that killing Wang Feng could break the technique. He began advancing toward Wang Feng, who sent a demon to stop him and revealed that the technique had once been called the Nine Directions Well.

• Ye Lin destroyed the demons attacking him with single punches, but more kept emerging from the well.
• Watching experts explained that killing Wang Feng was the way to break the Eight Directions Well, though reaching him was difficult.
• Ye Lin realized Wang Feng was the key and began moving toward him while evading attacks from the void.
• Wang Feng ordered an Eight Directions Demon to stop Ye Lin and said the technique had once been called the Nine Directions Well.

Wang Feng prepared to open the ninth well of his Nine Directions Well technique, revealing an aura powerful enough to drive away most onlookers. Ye Lin sensed the danger and decided he had to stop Wang Feng while still fighting off attacks in the void.

• Wang Feng recalled how he had renamed Nine Directions Well after he could cultivate only eight wells, and realized he had finally gained insight into the ninth.
• Wang Feng formed hand seals to attempt opening the ninth well, and his growing aura forced most onlookers to flee.
• The second-tier prodigy and the remaining third-tier prodigies watched Wang Feng with grave expressions and doubted they could defeat him.
• Ye Lin lost focus while watching Wang Feng and took another wound from a blade attack in the void.
• Ye Lin decided he had to interrupt Wang Feng or die, drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, and prepared to attack.

Ye Lin tried to reach Wang Feng, but the Eight Directions Well’s second form made him unable to harm its phantoms. The watching geniuses recognized Ye Lin’s sword as the Bloodthirsty Devil Lord’s weapon, then nervously looked toward the young man at the front.

• Ye Lin cut through the Eight Directions Demons and attacked Wang Feng, but a demon sacrificed itself to block his sword strike.
• Wang Feng summoned the Eight Directions Phantoms, and one phantom’s attack sent Ye Lin flying and left a black handprint on his chest.
• The watching geniuses explained that the phantoms could not be harmed and believed Ye Lin was doomed.
• A genius recognized Ye Lin’s sword as the Bloodthirsty Devil Lord’s Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, and the others glanced uneasily at the young man at the front.

Wang Feng unleashed the Ninth Well against Ye Lin, who struggled to defend himself with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword. As Wang Feng forced the well to open, Ye Lin was wounded and driven back, while a young man watching from afar resolved to kill him and claim the sword.

• A prodigy realized Ye Lin might have inherited the Bloodthirsty Devil Lord's legacy, and the young man at the front silenced him and declared Ye Lin would die.
• The young man decided Ye Lin had to be killed before he could negotiate with Wang Feng for the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• Ye Lin, already covered in wounds, struggled to break through Wang Feng's attacks while the sword refused to absorb its master's blood.
• Wang Feng opened a black well that struck Ye Lin's soul with pain and left him exposed to more attacks.
• Wang Feng roared for the Ninth Well to open as his blood vessels burst and the well grew increasingly solid.

Wang Feng opened the Ninth Well and summoned a terrifying humanoid demon that attacked Ye Lin. With the area sealed and more demons behind it, Ye Lin was trapped in what appeared to be a certain-death situation.

• Wang Feng summoned the Ninth Well, whose aura frightened several prodigies into fleeing.
• A gigantic three-eyed demon emerged from the well, carrying blades in place of hands.
• The demon struck Ye Lin so quickly and forcefully that he flew into a tree and fell to the ground.
• Wang Feng laughed as eight Eight Directions Demons and eight Eight Directions Ghosts appeared behind the demon.
• Ye Lin searched for an escape or a way to break the deadlock, but Wang Feng said the opened Ninth Well made escape impossible.

Ye Lin discovered that his Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art could absorb the Eight Directions Demons summoned by Wang Feng. After absorbing one, he gained powerful energy and turned to attack the demon horde, while the onlookers struggled to identify his technique.

• Wang Feng mocked Ye Lin as the Ninth Well's demons surrounded him, and nearby prodigies marveled at Wang Feng's power.
• Ye Lin put away the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and rushed toward the demons, deciding to test whether he could absorb them.
• Ye Lin placed his hand on an Eight Directions Demon and absorbed it, causing it to vanish without being revived by the well.
• Ye Lin sensed that the demon's power surpassed even immortal qi and had slightly advanced his cultivation.
• Ye Lin fixed his gaze on the remaining demons and vanished toward them, while the prodigies speculated about his cultivation art.

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to absorb Wang Feng’s Eight Directions Demons and Phantoms, breaking the Eight Directions Well and severely injuring Wang Feng. With only the strongest demon left, Wang Feng tried to command it to attack, but it stood motionless.

• Ye Lin absorbed the Eight Directions Demons one by one, leaving Wang Feng injured by the backlash.
• Wang Feng panicked when he realized Ye Lin could absorb the Eight Directions Phantoms too.
• Ye Lin dodged the central demon and pursued the Phantoms, intending to save the largest demon for last and use it to reach mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence.
• Ye Lin absorbed all the Eight Directions Phantoms within seconds, further injuring Wang Feng.
• Wang Feng ordered his strongest remaining demon to kill Ye Lin, but it did not move.

Ye Lin absorbed the demon summoned by Wang Feng, using the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to advance to the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence. The Bloodthirsty Demon Sword urged him to kill a young man connected to its master’s attackers, and Ye Lin sealed the space to stop the watching prodigies from fleeing.

• Wang Feng's summoned demon swallowed him whole, killing him, then attacked Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to drain the demon until it vanished, advancing to the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Sword's spirit told Ye Lin that a young man nearby was descended from one of the people who had besieged its master, and Ye Lin promised to kill him.
• The third-echelon prodigies recognized Ye Lin's art and tried to flee, but Ye Lin sealed the space and blocked their escape.
• The young man at the front smiled and called Ye Lin a successor of the Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord.

Ye Lin faced Liu Zhi and five prodigies, then revealed that the Sword Dao—not the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art—was his main path. He badly wounded Song Qing with a single sword strike, while Liu Zhi watched from a distance.

• Ye Lin asked Liu Zhi to let him deal with the five prodigies first, and Liu Zhi stepped aside, hoping Ye Lin would exhaust himself.
• The five prodigies charged Ye Lin together, but he summoned Sword Qi across the surrounding land.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament, at Song Qing.
• Song Qing barely blocked the attack, suffered an injured arm, and realized Ye Lin cultivated the Sword Dao as his main path.

Ye Lin defeated five attackers who trapped him in the Heaven and Earth Grand Formation and unleashed a combined assault. After killing them, he learned that their companion was Chen Dong, an Inner Sect disciple of Demon-Swaying Sacred Land.

• A young man trapped Ye Lin in the Heaven and Earth Grand Formation and attacked him with a Heaven Grade Low Tier flame, but Ye Lin's Phoenix Fire shielded him.
• The young man called on four others to attack Ye Lin together.
• Ye Lin unleashed his Seventh Sword, One Sword Sweeps Nine Provinces, shattering their combined attack and severely injuring all five.
• Ye Lin killed the five attackers with a sword strike after they were left unable to resist.
• Chen Dong introduced himself as an Inner Sect disciple of Demon-Swaying Sacred Land and said Ye Lin had earned the right to know his name.

Ye Lin fought Chen Dong after defeating five opponents, relying on the Unrivaled Sacred Body despite having little spiritual energy left. Chen Dong launched a powerful spear attack, and Ye Lin gathered Phoenix Fire to meet it head-on.

• Chen Dong summoned his Golden Spear and demanded that Ye Lin reveal his identity.
• Ye Lin put away the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and provoked Chen Dong by saying he was not worthy of knowing his identity.
• Ye Lin blocked Chen Dong's spear with his fist, revealing the strength of his Unrivaled Sacred Body.
• Ye Lin and Chen Dong exchanged more than a hundred blows without either gaining an advantage.
• Chen Dong unleashed a domineering spear strike infused with Spear Dao laws, and Ye Lin invoked Phoenix Fire to clash with it.

Ye Lin and Chen Dong continued their battle as their clash tore open a growing spatial rift that threatened to swallow the secret realm. As other prodigies approached, both fighters summoned powerful manifestations for a final decisive strike, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Ye Lin shattered Chen Dong's spear attack, while the impact destabilized the secret realm and opened a massive spatial rift.
• Chen Dong coughed up blood and weakened, while Ye Lin's shattered arm rapidly healed.
• Ye Lin rushed to kill Chen Dong before nearby prodigies arrived, and the two resumed their fierce fight.
• Chen Dong summoned a five-clawed golden dragon, then challenged Ye Lin to settle the fight with one final blow.
• Ye Lin summoned a fiery phoenix to face Chen Dong's dragon, and Chen Dong declared that Ye Lin would die in their final clash.

Ye Lin defeated Chen Dong after recognizing that Chen Dong had held back a sword-based trump card. The chapter ended with Ye Lin placing his palm on Chen Dong's head to kill him.

• Chen Dong attacked Ye Lin with his spear, but Ye Lin struck its tip with his fist and sent Chen Dong crashing into a vast crater.
• Chen Dong struggled to understand why he had lost, and Ye Lin said his arrogance had led him to hold back.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had sensed Chen Dong's hidden sword technique through its Sword Intent and explained that using it might have injured or killed him.
• Chen Dong realized his mistake too late as Ye Lin placed his palm on his head.

After Ye Lin left Chen Dong’s corpse, three young men discovered it and concluded that a cultivator of the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art had killed him. They found the badly wounded Wang Li and asked her to identify the cultivator.

• Ye Lin clapped his hands, glanced into the distance, and silently vanished from the scene.
• Three young men arrived and recognized the desiccated corpse as Senior Brother Chen Dong.
• One of the young men identified the method as the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art and warned that its cultivator could kill them instantly.
• The three young men spotted the bloodied, weak Wang Li near the golden main hall and rushed to her.
• The young men asked Junior Sister Wang Li who was cultivating the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art.

Qin Mo reached Wang Li as she was dying, but she died before revealing who had attacked her. After learning that witnesses to the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art were being killed, Qin Mo joined his two junior brothers to travel together and watch for danger.

• Qin Mo arrived while Wang Li was dying and urgently asked her to name the murderer.
• Wang Li died before finishing her answer, and Qin Mo found that her soul had vanished from her sea of consciousness.
• Qin Mo cursed Wang Li for wasting time, while his two junior brothers watched in silence.
• One junior brother warned Qin Mo that cultivators of the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art could not be detected unless they exposed themselves.
• Qin Mo agreed to stay alert and asked to travel with his two junior brothers, who accepted.

Ye Lin refined the chaotic power inside him while cultivating in a palace. Ye Hong ignored his ring-bound master's warning and entered, only to be struck by Ye Lin's terrifying aura and flee.

• Ye Lin circulated the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to refine the rampaging power he had devoured.
• Ye Hong asked the old man in his ring about the palace, and the old man warned that a Tribulation Transcendence expert was cultivating inside.
• Ye Hong insisted on pursuing the opportunity despite the old man's warning and pushed open the palace doors.
• Ye Lin's blood-soaked baleful aura struck Ye Hong, and the light from his ring carried him away.

Ye Lin discovered that Ye Hong was a golden-ranked Child of the Plane with immense fortune and several powerful opportunities awaiting him. After Ye Lin’s killing intent nearly overwhelmed Ye Hong, Ye Hong’s ring-bound teacher fell silent and then warned him that he needed to sleep.

• Ye Lin inspected Ye Hong’s panel and learned that Ye Hong was destined to become the plane’s strongest being.
• Ye Lin read about Ye Hong’s upcoming opportunities, including the Hand of Heaven beneath the spirit tablet in the palace where Ye Lin stood.
• Ye Lin decided he had no reason to become Ye Hong’s enemy and noted that the Child of the Plane’s Wearied by All Things trait could make suppression strengthen him.
• Ye Lin considered claiming the Hand of Heaven, while his killing intent nearly suppressed Ye Hong to death.
• Ye Hong called to his teacher in the ring until the old man answered that he had exhausted himself and would be unable to help for a while.

Ye Lin absorbed the Jade Talisman’s memories and mastered an immortal-tier martial skill that could only be used once before draining all his spiritual energy. He headed to the Tongtian giant tree to seek soul protection, while Ye Hong was left to fend for himself as his teacher slept.

• Ye Hong worried that he would be trapped in the secret realm while his teacher recovered, then set off in a direction on his own.
• Ye Lin spent three days absorbing the Jade Talisman’s memories, and a thunderclap accompanied the completion of his comprehension.
• Ye Lin recognized that the immortal-tier martial skill could serve as a trump card but would exhaust all his spiritual energy after one use.
• Ye Lin decided to nourish the Tongtian giant tree’s seed with his soul to gain immunity to soul attacks, leaving the demon’s remnant soul for the Child of the Plane.
• Ye Lin arrived at the Tongtian giant tree and wondered whether he could absorb its immense life force.

Ye Lin found the hidden hollow beneath the Tongtian Giant Tree and discovered its seed, while the tree’s roots blocked his approach. He learned the tree possessed intelligence and began questioning it, leaving the reason for its awakening unresolved.

• Ye Lin used his divine sense to find Ye Hong near the hidden tree hollow and snapped his fingers to send him ten thousand li away.
• Ye Hong arrived in distant mountains and mistakenly believed a restriction had teleported him.
• Ye Lin entered the hollow and found the Tongtian Giant Tree’s seed floating above a pool of green liquid.
• The Giant Tree’s roots formed a barrier to stop Ye Lin, and a voice warned him to leave.
• Ye Lin asked the intelligent tree what had caused it to develop intelligence.

Ye Lin persuaded the Tongtian giant tree to reveal its origins by offering it Spirit Fruits and High-Tier Spirit Stones. The tree explained that it was a mutated Ancient Immortal Plant trapped in a secret realm and pointed out the descendant it had nurtured.

• Ye Lin offered the Tongtian giant tree Spirit Fruits and High-Tier Spirit Stones to encourage it to talk.
• The Tongtian giant tree revealed that it was a mutated Ancient Immortal Plant that had gained sentience inside a secret realm.
• The tree explained that it had feared endless solitude and used half its absorbed power to nurture offspring.
• The Tongtian giant tree told Ye Lin that its descendant was the being before them.

The towering giant tree explained that it had sacrificed its lifespan to raise its descendant and was waiting for someone to take the seed out of the secret realm. Ye Lin offered to do so, but the tree remained conflicted about trusting him.

• The towering giant tree said it had little time left after nurturing its descendant and wanted the seed taken out of the secret realm.
• The tree explained that loneliness had driven it to sleep most of each day, and Ye Lin's visit had used up its waking time.
• The towering giant tree thanked Ye Lin for the food and started to leave.
• Ye Lin called after the tree and offered to take its descendant out, arguing that he was the destined person.
• Ye Lin offered to swear an oath under the Heavenly Dao, but the towering giant tree hesitated, torn between trust and fear that no one else would come.

Ye Lin persuaded the sky-piercing giant tree to let him take its descendant, promising to help the descendant grow and eventually set him free. The tree asked Ye Lin to tell the descendant about it so the descendant might one day resurrect it, and then prepared to enter slumber.

• Ye Lin urged the sky-piercing giant tree to accept his offer before the secret realm opened.
• The tree agreed to let Ye Lin take its descendant after Ye Lin promised not to harm it and to free it when he no longer needed it or it gained spiritual intelligence.
• The tree asked Ye Lin to tell the descendant about its existence, hoping it might someday become powerful enough to bring it back from the river of time.
• Ye Lin agreed, while clarifying that the descendant's later actions would not be his responsibility.
• The sky-piercing giant tree told Ye Lin he could take the descendant and said it would enter slumber before bidding the world farewell.

Ye Lin left the Tongtian Giant Tree with its seed and secluded himself to nourish it with his divine soul. Meanwhile, Jian Unrivaled waited on a mountain for someone who had promised to test swords with him.

• The Tongtian Giant Tree gave Ye Lin its seed, and Ye Lin bowed before leaving its heart.
• Ye Lin entered a cave and began cultivating in seclusion, intending to place the seed in his sea of consciousness.
• Jian Unrivaled stood blindfolded atop a mountain in Tianhe Prefecture, waiting for three days and nights for someone who had promised to test swords with him.
• A little boy thanked Jian Unrivaled for giving his mother medicine and offered to help teach the absent swordsman a lesson.

Jian Unrivaled waited five days at Cliffbreak Mountain for his sword-testing appointment with Gu Jiu. Gu Jiu’s disciple arrived with his sword and revealed that Gu Jiu had been ambushed and died, leaving Jian Unrivaled shaken.

• Jian Unrivaled sent the little boy home as sunset fell on the fourth day of his wait for Gu Jiu.
• Jian Unrivaled recalled his years of friendship and sword practice with Gu Jiu, then absorbed strands of moonlight while meditating through the night.
• On the fifth morning, Jian Unrivaled decided to leave because Gu Jiu had not kept their appointment.
• A girl carrying a sword climbed to the mountaintop and told Jian Unrivaled she was Gu Jiu’s disciple.
• The girl explained that villains had ambushed Gu Jiu and that he had sent her to fulfill their appointment before he died.
• Jian Unrivaled reeled at the news and wondered what kind of villain could have defeated Gu Jiu, a True Lord in the early stage of Dao Integration.