Recaps

Jian Unrivaled learned that Gu Jiu had been murdered by Nan Jiuyin and took Gu Xiaoqi to the Nine Yin Sect to seek revenge. They arrived at the sect’s mountain range.

• Gu Xiaoqi told Jian Unrivaled that Nan Jiuyin had ambushed and killed Gu Jiu with the help of two other Dao Integration True Lords.
• Jian Unrivaled ordered Gu Xiaoqi to take him to the Nine Yin Sect, but she refused because she feared he would die there.
• Jian Unrivaled grabbed Gu Xiaoqi and forced her to guide him through the void, threatening to break her leg if she spoke again.
• Jian Unrivaled asked the girl’s name and learned that she was Gu Xiaoqi.
• Gu Xiaoqi told Jian Unrivaled they had arrived, and he looked down at the Nine Yin Sect’s mountain range and floating islands.

Jian Unrivaled brought Gu Xiaoqi to the Nine Yin Sect to avenge his friend Gu Jiu. He severed Nan Jiuyin’s arm with a single sword strike, and Nan Jiuyin angrily accused him of going too far.

• Jian Unrivaled ordered Gu Xiaoqi to call Nan Jiuyin out at the Nine Yin Sect gate.
• Gu Xiaoqi shouted that Nan Jiuyin had killed her master, Gu Jiu, through poison schemes.
• Nan Jiuyin appeared and sensed that Jian Unrivaled was far stronger than him.
• Nan Jiuyin tried to negotiate, citing the Nine Yin Sect’s Supreme Elder and offering to settle the matter peacefully.
• Jian Unrivaled ignored Nan Jiuyin’s words and severed one of his arms with a sword strike.
• Nan Jiuyin grew furious and accused Jian Unrivaled of attacking before he was prepared.

Jian Unrivaled confronted Nan Jiuyin, who summoned two mid-stage Dao Integration brothers to kill him. Jian Unrivaled revealed overwhelming strength and launched a sword attack, leaving the brothers calling on Nan Jiuyin to help them block it.

• Jian Unrivaled told Nan Jiuyin that he had refused his chance to act and could not blame anyone else.
• Nan Jiuyin summoned two brothers and offered them his bonded supreme treasure if they killed Jian Unrivaled.
• The two mid-stage Dao Integration brothers attacked Jian Unrivaled, but he used his restored Long Sword to repel them with a shockwave.
• Jian Unrivaled unleashed a powerful streak of Sword Intent at the brothers, who urged Nan Jiuyin to join them and block it.

Jian Unrivaled revealed his Sword Heart and killed Nan Jiuyin and the two brothers who had tried to flee. He judged his strength still insufficient because he wanted to catch up to Ye Lin and surpass him.

• Jian Unrivaled manifested his Sword Heart, shocking Nan Jiuyin and the two brothers.
• The two brothers abandoned the job and tried to leave, but Jian Unrivaled warned them they were too late.
• Jian Unrivaled unleashed three sword lights that killed Nan Jiuyin and the two brothers.
• Jian Unrivaled put away the Broken Sword and said his strength was still not enough as he pursued the goal of surpassing Ye Lin.

Ye Lin finished nurturing the Tongtian giant tree seed in his sea of consciousness and learned that a Holy Crystal had appeared in the secret realm. Since the treasure was exactly what he needed, he flew west to claim it, where powerful geniuses were already searching the plain.

• Jian Unrivaled left after telling Gu Xiaoqi that he had avenged her master, and Gu Xiaoqi fled the Nine Yin Sect.
• Ye Lin completed the three-day process of planting the Tongtian giant tree seed in his sea of consciousness, gaining a barrier against Soul Power attacks.
• Wang Wu announced that Li Sheng and three Tribulation Transcendence geniuses had stolen his Holy Crystal, injured him, and killed three of his junior sisters.
• Geniuses across the secret realm flew west to capture Li Sheng and claim the Holy Crystal.
• Ye Lin headed for the far west to obtain the Holy Crystal, where experts were searching a vast plain.

Li Sheng hid underground after Wang Wu exposed his role in the attempt to seize the Holy Crystal, while heavenly geniuses searched the plain for him. Li Sheng promised his three accomplices protection after they escaped, as the searchers began to suspect he was concealed beneath the ground.

• Li Sheng raged in a cave ten thousand meters beneath the plain and realized he could not safely emerge.
• Li Sheng's three accomplices demanded to know how he would handle the danger they faced after helping him seize the Holy Crystal.
• Li Sheng promised to report the Holy Crystal to his sect and protect the three men once they left the secret realm.
• Several Tribulation Transcendence heavenly geniuses searched the plain, questioned Wang Wu's information, and suspected Li Sheng was hiding underground.

The gathered prodigies recruited Xue Qi of the Mountain-Backed Sect to find someone, but he refused their payment as insufficient. Ye Lin then stepped forward and offered a Heaven Grade medicinal pill.

• A prodigy asked whether the Mountain-Backed Sect had arrived, and Xue Qi stepped out and demanded that the group pay him for his help.
• The prodigies pooled their treasures, and the young man handed them to Xue Qi.
• Xue Qi inspected the payment and refused, saying it would not cover the cost of finding someone.
• Ye Lin walked into the crowd and offered Xue Qi a Heaven Grade medicinal pill.

Ye Lin paid Xue Qi a Heaven Grade Low Tier Blood Baleful Pill to locate Li Sheng beneath the ground. Xue Qi completed his search technique, sending a yellow shockwave across the surface and deep underground, but the chapter ended before he found Li Sheng.

• Xue Qi accepted Ye Lin's pill as payment for one move, while the surrounding geniuses thanked Ye Lin and privately mocked his generosity.
• Ye Lin assessed the nearby geniuses as weak and believed the Holy Crystal was already his.
• Xue Qi warned the group that he would not be responsible if Li Sheng was not beneath the ground, and they agreed to his terms.
• Xue Qi arranged ninety-nine stones around a yellow flag, chanted, and sent a yellow shockwave racing toward the horizon and underground.
• Xue Qi collected the stones and flag after the shockwave spread, without revealing whether it had located Li Sheng.

The prodigies found Li Sheng ten thousand meters underground and demanded the Holy Crystal, forcing his companions into a fight. Li Sheng escaped while the others pursued him, leaving Ye Lin and Xue Qi behind as the battle continued.

• Xue Qi located Li Sheng beneath a cave, and a prodigy lifted the mountain above him out of the ground.
• The prodigies demanded that Li Sheng surrender the Holy Crystal, but Li Sheng and his three companions chose to fight rather than lose Saint Heaven Sect’s protection.
• The three companions attacked the eight Tribulation Transcendence prodigies, and a fierce battle broke out in the sky.
• Li Sheng fled while the prodigies were fighting, and the others broke off to chase him.
• Xue Qi stayed beside Ye Lin and asked why he was not pursuing Li Sheng for the Holy Crystal.

Ye Lin explained that he planned to wait until the other contenders fought over the Holy Crystal before moving in. Xue Qi described the ranks of transcendent factions and prodigies, including the supreme faction disciple who might influence the coming battle.

• Ye Lin told Xue Qi that the crowded hunt for the Holy Crystal would likely erupt into a battle, so he intended to wait until the contenders were weakened.
• Xue Qi warned that powerful factions might reach an agreement and said a disciple from a supreme faction was among the prodigies in the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Ye Lin asked Xue Qi to explain the hierarchy of transcendent factions, and Xue Qi described their four tiers from third-rate to supreme.
• Xue Qi explained the four prodigy echelons, placing Ye Lin between the second and third and describing the supreme physiques held by first-echelon prodigies.

Xue Qi tested Ye Lin’s abilities with a device made by eight Emperor-level figures, which classified him as a second-echelon prodigy. Ye Lin learned that first-echelon prodigies possessed one of the ten strongest primordial physiques, then confirmed that a Unrivaled Sacred Body existed among the transcendent factions.

• Xue Qi explained that a disc could measure a prodigy’s attributes and determine their echelon.
• Ye Lin placed a drop of golden blood on the disc, and it classified him as Second Echelon.
• Xue Qi said Ye Lin was far from the first echelon because he lacked one of the ten strongest primordial physiques.
• Ye Lin asked whether the transcendent factions had a Unrivaled Sacred Body, and Xue Qi confirmed that one existed as a first-echelon prodigy.

Ye Lin learned that the Unrivaled Sacred Body could fight Mahayana half-immortals while still at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, and Xue Qi warned him about the powerful prodigies who would emerge in fifteen years. After Xue Qi left, Ye Lin donned a blood-red mask and flew toward the battle as its explosions faded.

• Xue Qi described the Unrivaled Sacred Body as the undisputed strongest of the first echelon and warned Ye Lin that one punch could kill him.
• Xue Qi befriended Ye Lin, exchanged communication Jade Talismans with him, and warned that first-echelon prodigies would emerge in fifteen years.
• Ye Lin inspected Xue Qi's panel and saw that his fate ended with his death at the hands of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
• As the distant battle quieted, Ye Lin put on a blood-red mask that transformed his robes and aura.
• Ye Lin flew toward the battle, preparing to make his move.

Ye Lin seized the Holy Crystal from Zhao Gang after the prodigies had fought over it, then killed Zhao Gang with the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art. He left the Primordial Secret Realm’s battered prodigies behind, pleased with his effortless prize.

• Zhao Gang defeated the other prodigies and claimed the Holy Crystal, boasting that none of them could challenge him.
• Ye Lin appeared behind Zhao Gang and took the Holy Crystal from his hand.
• Zhao Gang demanded the Holy Crystal back, but Ye Lin drained his blood qi and vital essence, leaving a dried corpse.
• A prodigy recognized the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, and Ye Lin spared the others before departing.
• The prodigies left in anger and humiliation as Ye Lin celebrated obtaining the Holy Crystal without a fight.

Ye Lin prepared to leave the Primordial Secret Realm after collecting many Holy Crystals and deciding to temper his rapidly increased cultivation in seclusion. At the exit, he found Ye Hong in the grasp of a Dao Integration expert who was demanding to know where Ye Hong found his treasures.

• Ye Lin examined his Holy Crystals, decided his gains were substantial, and planned to enter seclusion to stabilize his cultivation after leaving the realm.
• The secret realm's exit appeared, and Ye Lin removed his mask before heading toward it as the other cultivators rushed to leave.
• At the exit, Ye Lin saw a Dao Integration expert confronting Ye Hong and demanding his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Hong silently called for his master, knowing the remnant soul sealed in his jar could not match a peak Dao Integration True Lord.
• The expert lifted Ye Hong by the neck, examined his treasures, and asked where he had found them.

Ye Lin rescued Ye Hong from Chen Mo, killed Chen Mo, and returned Ye Hong’s Spatial Ring. Ye Hong escaped the secret realm while Ye Lin emerged to greetings from the gathered mighty figures.

• Chen Mo took Ye Hong’s Spatial Ring and threatened him while Ye Hong’s master remained unresponsive.
• Ye Lin appeared, wounded Chen Mo, and demanded that he return Ye Hong’s Spatial Ring.
• Chen Mo attacked Ye Lin, who killed him and took the Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin returned the Spatial Ring to Ye Hong and urged him to leave before stronger people arrived.
• Ye Hong escaped through the crowd, and the gathered mighty figures recognized Ye Lin as their Alliance Leader.

Ye Lin examined Ye Hong’s status panel and discovered that Ye Hong was a Golden Core cultivator with extraordinary fortune, numerous rare traits, and the destiny to become the plane’s strongest being. The panel revealed two future opportunities waiting for Ye Hong in Tianhe Prefecture.

• A transparent panel appeared before Ye Lin and identified Ye Hong as a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator with Gold Fate Rank.
• The panel described Ye Hong’s destiny to become the plane’s strongest being and eventually ascend to the Immortal World.
• The panel revealed that Ye Hong would find the Cloud-Turning Hand martial skill inside a Nascent Soul Late Stage demon beast in the Hengduan Mountains.
• The panel revealed that Ye Hong would discover the Mysterious Yellow Sacred Flame while searching for Spirit Fire in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
• The panel detailed Ye Hong’s many powerful fate traits, including his Miracle Ring, Supreme Talisman Body, Myriad Dao Sacred Body, and Immunity Sacred Body.

Ye Lin spared Ye Hong and returned to Nameless Mountain to enter a long seclusion, while Wuxin faced the woman who continued pursuing him. The chapter left Wuxin insisting that their relationship could never work because he was a monk.

• Ye Lin decided to let Ye Hong keep his opportunities, asked his people to watch for news of Meteorite Stones and Yin-Yang Spirit Stones, and left a trace of his aura on Ye Hong.
• Ye Hong escaped the powerful figures outside the Primordial Secret Realm, credited an unknown senior with saving his life, and left to attend to important matters.
• Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain and announced that he would enter seclusion for at least ten years to consolidate his cultivation.
• A woman in a snow-white dress found Wuxin on a barren mountain, and he told her that he would never marry or go near women because he was a monk.

Wuxin recalled how a sermon in the Starry Empire had led him to rescue Ji Ruxue, the emperor’s youngest daughter, who had followed him ever since. Ji Ruxue insisted they would marry, but Wuxin rejected her advances and continued on his way with her trailing behind.

• A month earlier, Wuxin traveled to the Starry Empire to hear a Tribulation Transcendence-stage Buddha preach, and the sermon greatly advanced his cultivation.
• After the sermon, Wuxin rescued Ji Ruxue from three Buddhist cultivators, and she began following him wherever he went.
• Wuxin learned that Ji Ruxue was the Starry Empire emperor’s beloved youngest daughter and that imperial experts had been tracking him for her.
• Ji Ruxue clung to Wuxin and insisted he had to marry her, while he resisted temptation by chanting Buddhist scriptures.
• Wuxin rejected Ji Ruxue’s suggestion that he follow the Joyous Buddha’s example and walked away, while she followed and complained that he was a blockhead.

Wuxin entered a ruined temple during his dangerous cultivation trial, hoping to temper his Buddhist heart without being distracted by Ji Ruxue. Ji Ruxue refused to leave, and an old monk warned that her presence would ruin Wuxin’s undertaking.

• Wuxin headed to a ruined temple in the rain as he continued tempering his heart in the mortal world.
• Ji Ruxue followed Wuxin into the temple despite being frightened by its strange occupants.
• Wuxin sat down to meditate while Ji Ruxue clung to his arm.
• The old monk praised Wuxin’s Buddhist cultivation and warned that Ji Ruxue would ruin his great undertaking.
• Wuxin told the old monk to leave his affairs alone, and Ji Ruxue challenged the monk to mind his own business.

An old monk and an old crone fought while the old Daoist tried to control a demon child, who became fixated on Wuxin and Ji Ruxue. The demon child approached them, leaving Ji Ruxue terrified as the old Daoist ordered him away.

• The old crone revealed that her Yin-Yang Divine Gu would kill the old monk that night, and the monk struck her with the Buddhist Heart-Piercing Art.
• The big-headed child threatened to eat the old monk and old crone for their Dao Fruits, and the old Daoist scolded him for his demonic aura.
• The big-headed child noticed Wuxin and Ji Ruxue and approached them, saying he wanted to eat them because they smelled so good.
• Ji Ruxue clutched Wuxin's arm in terror as the old Daoist ordered the big-headed child to come back or face heavenly lightning.

Wuxin unleashed Buddhist radiance against the big-headed baby after it tried to bite him, forcing the old Daoist to shield the demon child. Wuxin agreed to spare it if the old Daoist could withstand one move from him.

• The big-headed baby threatened the old Daoist, then tried to bite Ji Ruxue before Wuxin asked it to give her face.
• The big-headed baby tried to bite Wuxin, who opened his eyes and released golden Buddhist light that began destroying its skin.
• The big-headed baby begged the old Daoist for help, and the old Daoist raised a barrier to block Wuxin's light.
• Wuxin told the old Daoist he would let the matter go if the old Daoist could withstand one move from him.

Wuxin revealed his overwhelming strength when the old Daoist and demon child threatened him, forcing them and the other temple occupants to flee. He told Ji Ruxue that the ruined temple had never existed, leaving her asking how he knew.

• Wuxin used Buddha Kingdom in the Palm against the old Daoist, who escaped with the demon child using a talisman.
• Wuxin's strike left a huge palm print in the temple floor, and the old crone and old monk fled.
• Ji Ruxue clung to Wuxin and asked why the others had run away.
• Wuxin explained that the temple and its occupants had appeared to target them, then told Ji Ruxue the ruined temple had never existed.

Wuxin tried to convince Ji Ruxue to leave him and return to the Starry Empire, but she insisted on staying by his side. After they spent the night sheltering from the rain in the forest, Wuxin woke her, and she asked where they were going next.

• Wuxin dispelled the illusion of the ruined temple and warned Ji Ruxue that following him would bring dangers she might not survive.
• Ji Ruxue refused to leave Wuxin, saying that life without him was dull.
• Ji Ruxue fell asleep holding Wuxin's arm while the rain veered around them and Wuxin recited a calming mantra.
• Wuxin considered leaving Ji Ruxue behind but decided against it, fearing the Starry Empire would blame him if anything happened to her.
• The next morning, Wuxin woke Ji Ruxue, and she asked where they were going that day.

Ten years after setting out west with Wuxin, Ye Yun had grown into a powerful young woman and spent five years waiting for her missing master. Nangong Xin offered her a slot in a secret realm at Cloud Decision Mountain, giving her a chance to explore while leaving his motives unwelcome to her.

• Wuxin told Ji Ruxue to head west, and she followed him.
• Ten years later, Ye Yun waited atop a building in the Southern Continent, missing her master, who had disappeared five years earlier.
• Nangong Xin arrived and told Ye Yun that a secret realm containing ancient ruins had appeared at Cloud Decision Mountain.
• Nangong Xin said the five great sects controlled the realm and that he had obtained one of their ten slots for Ye Yun.
• Nangong Xin asked Ye Yun how she would thank him, while Ye Yun remained annoyed by him.

Ye Yun traveled with Nangong Xin to a ruin sealed by the five great sects, while explaining that she had suppressed her cultivation as she waited for her master to return. The pair arrived at the barrier-covered valley and planned to find Nangong Xin’s master.

• Ye Yun accepted Nangong Xin’s offer and traveled with him on his Long Sword.
• Nangong Xin asked whether Ye Yun’s master had returned, and Ye Yun said she still believed he would come back.
• Nangong Xin questioned why Ye Yun had remained at Foundation Establishment Peak Stage, and Ye Yun explained that her master had told her to wait for him before breaking through to Golden Core Realm.
• Nangong Xin brought Ye Yun to a valley containing a ruin sealed by the five great sects and said they would find his master.