Arc 51Hunting the Demon Fates

Ye Lin recovered the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument, learned that the Ascension Gate was a trap, and tried to unite the Central Continent with the other continents against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. When negotiations stalled, he began hunting the demons’ fortunate fighters and infiltrated a secret realm under Xuan Ao’s identity, where he killed He Lin and Li Ao before He Weilan confronted him.

  • Xue Ming and his two disciples uncovered the Dao Advent Sect’s ruins, but the Demonic Sect found them and attacked before Ye Lin, Hong Batian, and Old Garden arrived.
  • Hong Batian broke through the formations and Ye Lin took a life-force bead, then Xue Ming found the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument in a hidden chamber and Old Garden seized it.
  • Hong Batian used the instrument to see an imminent demon attack, and Ye Lin revealed the surrounding army before Old Garden destroyed it and Xue Ming renounced his place as the Dao Advent Sect’s inheritor.
  • After traveling to Central Continent, Ye Lin and his companions entered the Human Race refuge, where Ye Lin showed its elders evidence that the Ascension Gate would bring the world’s destruction and proposed uniting the continents.
  • The elders refused to risk opening the passages without proof of Ye Lin’s authority, so Ye Lin left to approach the transcendent factions while Hong Batian and Old Garden searched for them.
  • Ye Lin hunted Outer Realm Heavenly Demons to raise his Luck Value, then infiltrated a secret realm by draining Leo and taking Xuan Ao’s identity.
  • Ye Lin killed He Lin and Li Ao, gaining Fate Value and taking a bracelet from a treasure box, while Li Ao’s junior brother tracked him and He Weilan arrived seeking revenge.
  • He Weilan challenged Ye Lin, and five figures arrived, including an imposing young man who looked kindly at Xuan Ao.
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Ch. 1252Xue Ming's Helplessness

Xue Ming and his two remaining disciples reached the Dao Advent Sect ruins to seek the sect's supreme treasure, which he believed lay beneath three ancient formations. Their search exposed their aura, and the pursuing Demonic Sect attacked them.

  • Xue Ming told his two disciples that the sect's supreme treasure was buried beneath the ruins and protected by formations laid by the patriarch.
  • Xue Ming reflected that his five disciples had followed him for forty years, though only two remained with him after the others fled.
  • The Demonic Sect, unable to find them, smashed the surrounding mountains until he sensed their location.
  • Xue Ming and his disciples reached the ruins and leaked their aura while dismantling the formation.
  • The Demonic Sect found the three of them and immediately launched an attack.

Ch. 1253Don't Understand

Ye Lin and his companions discovered treasures hidden beneath a mountain and arrived at Xue Ming’s formation site after Demonic Sect defeated him. They examined Xue Ming’s formation books, but none of them could understand them.

  • Xue Ming attacked Demonic Sect while his two disciples tried to decipher his formation books and break the formation.
  • Ye Lin learned that three humans and an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon were nearby, then sensed three formations hiding treasures beneath a mountain.
  • Ye Lin, Hong Batian, and Old Garden went to investigate, leaving the roasted tiger meat behind until Old Garden carried it after them.
  • Demonic Sect defeated Xue Ming, who found his disciples still unable to understand the books and prepared to die.
  • Ye Lin and his companions appeared beside Xue Ming’s disciples and examined the formation books, but Hong Batian and Old Garden admitted they could not understand them.

Ch. 1254Breaking the Formation

Ye Lin, Hong Batian, and Old Garden bypassed the formations and entered a hidden hall, where Ye Lin found a bead filled with immense life force. Xue Ming arrived and revealed that the chamber lay within the ruins of the Dao Advent Sect.

  • Ye Lin and Hong Batian prepared to break through the formations while Old Garden put away his roasted meat.
  • Hong Batian blasted a hole through the ground, then shattered the formations below with his aura.
  • Ye Lin opened the hall’s doors and found a green bead containing life force comparable to that of a Mahayana-stage Half-Immortal.
  • Ye Lin stored the bead in his Spatial Ring, disappointing Hong Batian, who had wanted it.
  • Xue Ming arrived with his two female disciples, bowed to the three seniors, and identified the place as the Dao Advent Sect’s ruins.

Ch. 1255It's Over, I Think I've Encountered Bandits

Ye Lin, Hong Batian, and Old Garden followed Xue Ming into a hidden chamber in the Dao Advent Sect, where Xue Ming found the sect’s Heaven-Monitoring Instrument. Old Garden immediately took the Compass and demanded to know how it worked, leaving Xue Ming stunned.

  • Ye Lin asked Xue Ming about the secret chamber and the hidden item inside it.
  • Xue Ming found that the essence bead meant to mislead intruders was missing, then used a blueprint to reveal a mechanism in the wall.
  • Xue Ming opened a second chamber behind a gold-like wall that blocked divine sense, and Hong Batian examined its unusual material.
  • Ye Lin and the others entered the small, unfinished chamber, where Xue Ming found the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument and celebrated.
  • Old Garden snatched the Compass from Xue Ming and demanded that he explain how to use it.

Ch. 1256Good Stuff, It's Mine

Xue Ming explained that the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument could glimpse ten minutes into the future, but Hong Batian tested it and Ye Lin took it. As Outer Realm Heavenly Demons surrounded the group and aimed three cannons at them, Old Garden charged to fight despite his injuries.

  • Xue Ming told Old Garden that the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument was a treasure that could foresee the future.
  • Hong Batian activated the instrument and saw an explosion and a swarm of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons in the future ten minutes ahead.
  • Hong Batian passed the instrument to Ye Lin, who put it in his Spatial Ring as the ruins began to shake.
  • Ye Lin destroyed the great hall and the mountain above the group with a punch, revealing the surrounding Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and their cannons.
  • Old Garden charged the demon forces, and the armored general ordered his troops to kill him.

Ch. 1257Today, I Draw the Line with the Dao Advent Sect

Old Garden wiped out the million-strong Outer Realm Heavenly Demon army, and Ye Lin decided to head for the Central Continent’s central region. After the others departed, Xue Ming renounced his inheritance and severed his ties to the ruined Dao Advent Sect.

  • Old Garden destroyed the demon army with two slaps, leaving the general stunned and terrified.
  • Ye Lin heard the dying general mention the central region and chose it as their next destination.
  • Ye Lin, Old Garden, and their companion flew toward the central region.
  • Xue Ming knelt before the ruins of the Dao Advent Sect and mourned handing over the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument.
  • Xue Ming renounced his status as the Dao Advent Sect’s sole inheritor and declared himself a Rogue Cultivator.

Ch. 1258Update Complete

After three months of travel, Ye Lin, Hong Batian, and Old Garden reached a seemingly primitive settlement in Central Continent and discovered it concealed a powerful formation. As Hong Batian proposed negotiating with the humans hidden below, Ye Lin was stunned by the completed update to his panel, which had added a shop and a missions category.

  • Ye Lin, Hong Batian, and Old Garden traveled for three months across Central Continent, surviving numerous dangers on the way.
  • The three reached a settlement of crude huts and people wearing animal hides, which shocked Ye Lin and Hong Batian.
  • Ye Lin installed the completed panel update and watched its progress bar load.
  • Hong Batian used his divine sense to discover that the settlement was bait concealing a powerful formation beneath the ground.
  • Hong Batian suggested that they negotiate with the humans hiding below Central Continent.
  • Ye Lin saw that his updated panel now had a shop filled with costly treasures and a missions category containing one mission.

Ch. 1259Luck Value

Ye Lin discovered that seizing opportunities had earned him 580,000 Fortune Points and learned about a mission to lead the Profound Yellow World in conquering the Heavenly Demon Great World. He found an Immortal Ascension Pill that could take him into the Earth Immortal realm, then examined Hong Batian’s fortune and powerful Phoenix Clan traits.

  • Ye Lin checked the shop and found that he had 580,000 Fortune Points, enough to buy several divine items.
  • Ye Lin read the main mission to defeat the Heavenly Demons and occupy the Heavenly Demon Great World, with a reward of advancing one major realm.
  • Ye Lin learned that he could gain Fortune Points by seizing opportunities or killing others, though the panel warned against killing the fortunate.
  • Ye Lin found an Immortal Ascension Pill for 1,000,000 Fortune Points that could take a peak Mahayana cultivator directly to the Earth Immortal realm.
  • Ye Lin examined Hong Batian and saw that he had 780,000 Fortune Points, a rare Phoenix bloodline, and powerful fortune-protecting traits.

Ch. 1260True Appearance

Ye Lin learned that Hong Batian was the young master of the Phoenix Clan and heard that the Profound Yellow World needed to unite its continents to resist the Heavenly Demon Great World. Ye Lin's group reached the Human Race's fortified refuge, where an elderly man welcomed them and invited them inside.

  • Ye Lin saw Hong Batian's immense Fate value and learned he was the young master of the Phoenix Clan.
  • Ye Lin heard that cultivators from the four other great continents needed access to Central Continent to strengthen the fight against the Heavenly Demon Great World.
  • Ye Lin led Old Garden and Hong Batian toward the Human Race refuge, where Zhao Gang challenged them and demanded they leave.
  • An elderly man arrived, overruled Zhao Gang, and welcomed Ye Lin's group into the refuge.

Ch. 1261Blazing Radiance

Ye Lin and his companions passed the Central Continent’s identity test and entered a hidden world, where they met a powerful old man. The chapter left them facing the old man as Hong Batian judged him to be at least an Eight Tribulations Loose Immortal.

  • Ye Lin told Old Li that the three had come from the Eastern Continent to seek hope for the Human Race and the Profound Yellow World.
  • Old Li led Ye Lin and his companions to a cave containing an array that exposed Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, then left them to proceed alone.
  • Ye Lin, Hong Batian, and their companion passed through the cave and emerged into a small world filled with birds and shifting scenery.
  • Hong Batian released crimson flames to halt the changing scene, but a voice asked him not to resist, and the scenery resumed shifting.
  • The scene settled on a thatched cottage, where a white-haired old man invited the three guests to tea.
  • Hong Batian told Ye Lin that the old man was at least an Eight Tribulations Loose Immortal.

Ch. 1262A Glimmer of Hope

Ye Lin told the old man that he had come to offer the Profound Yellow World a sliver of hope, while the old man explained how the Heavenly Demon Great World was devastating the Human Race. Ye Lin decided to reveal the truth about the Ascension Gate and make the old man understand that he was the world’s only hope.

  • Ye Lin told the old man he had come to offer the world a sliver of hope, but the old man said the Human Race could not defeat an entire Great World.
  • The old man showed Ye Lin light screens of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons slaughtering humans, breeding them, and gathering armies to advance on the Eastern Continent.
  • The old man said everyone was waiting for the Ascension Gate, which he believed was their only chance to become immortals and fight back.
  • Ye Lin pitied the old man because the Ascension Gate was actually a higher-level slaughterhouse that would signal the Profound Yellow World's end.
  • Ye Lin decided to send the old man information about the Ascension Gate and show him that Ye Lin was their only hope.

Ch. 1263Immortal

Ye Lin told an Eight-Tribulation Loose Immortal about the Ascension Gate and the danger facing the Profound Yellow World, but the old man doubted his claims. Hong Batian demonstrated that he was a true immortal, giving the old man reason to believe them.

  • Ye Lin transmitted information about the Ascension Gate to the old man, who questioned where it came from and doubted its truth.
  • Ye Lin insisted the information was true and said he had prepared proof.
  • Hong Batian released his aura, leaving the old man unable to determine his cultivation.
  • Hong Batian produced a ball of Immortal Qi, convincing the old man that he was an immortal.

Ch. 1264How to Become an Immortal

Ye Lin asked three powerful cultivators to help open the passages from Central Continent to the other four continents so he could prepare to turn Loose Immortals into immortals. They warned that opening the passages would also let the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons’ main army spread beyond Central Continent.

  • Ye Lin told the old man that he could help those near the threshold enter the immortal realm, and Hong Batian vouched for him.
  • The old man left to consult his friends while Hong Batian studied the surrounding rule power and Ye Lin considered how powerful a Loose Immortal might become after ascending.
  • Old Garden departed, and a spatial ripple brought Ye Lin and Hong Batian before three white-bearded old men.
  • The old man in the middle asked Ye Lin how they could cooperate, and Ye Lin requested that they open the passages between Central Continent and the other four continents and buy him time.
  • The old man warned that opening the passages would allow the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons’ main forces to enter the four continents.

Ch. 1265Angry Rebuttal

Ye Lin urged the elders to reopen the passages between the five continents before the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons overwhelmed the Eastern Continent, but they doubted his warnings. He claimed absolute authority in the Central Continent as proof, leaving the elders to decide whether to trust him.

  • Ye Lin argued that the Central Continent had fallen because of its arrogance and that the four remaining continents needed to unite against the invasion.
  • An old man rejected Ye Lin's proposal, warning that reopening the passages would give the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons footholds across the other continents.
  • The central elder silenced the argument and told Ye Lin the elders could not risk the Xuanhuang Great World on his word alone.
  • Ye Lin declared that he had absolute authority in the Central Continent and asked whether that was enough to convince them.

Ch. 1266Saving the World

Ye Lin tried to persuade the old man to unite the continents against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, but the old man demanded that he first seize authority over the Southern, Western, and Northern Continents. Ye Lin told him to share the proposal with the other races while he negotiated with the transcendent factions, leaving the Central Continent’s response unresolved.

  • The old man doubted Ye Lin’s claim that he could command the Eastern Continent and said one continent’s authority would not be enough to unite the world.
  • The old man warned that divided races might fight one another instead of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and demanded that Ye Lin gain authority over three more continents.
  • Ye Lin argued that the Central Continent’s weakened forces needed his help and warned that the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons would eventually destroy or enslave its people.
  • Ye Lin asked the old man to pass his proposal to the other races and said he would negotiate with the transcendent factions before returning for an answer.
  • Ye Lin said he could leave the world if necessary and insisted that he was offering the Central Continent hope rather than begging for its support.

Ch. 1267Selfish Desire

Ye Lin reconsidered how difficult it would be to unite the five continents after hearing the white-bearded elder challenge the black-bearded elder. He left with Hong Batian, privately weighing whether to abandon the world and focus on helping himself and his close companions become immortals.

  • The black-bearded elder dismissed Ye Lin’s claim that Ascension Gate was a trap and doubted that Ye Lin’s companion was an immortal.
  • The white-bearded elder argued that no one knew what happened to those who entered Ascension Gate, then criticized the black-bearded elder for lacking the courage to resist.
  • The white-bearded elder ordered the black-bearded elder to enter seclusion at the Mass Graveyard for three years, and the black-bearded elder left in anger.
  • Hong Batian asked Ye Lin where they were going, while Ye Lin reflected on the difficulty of uniting the five continents and the selfishness of cultivators.
  • Ye Lin considered abandoning the world’s fate, gathering resources to help his loved ones and disciples become immortals, and leaving ahead of everyone else.

Ch. 1268Hunting the Son of Destiny

Ye Lin split from Hong Batian and Old Garden to search for fortune-rich targets among the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. He spotted a troop heading toward the Human Race gathering place and discovered his panel now displayed fortune value.

  • Ye Lin sent Hong Batian and Old Garden to search for transcendent factions and learn about the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
  • Hong Batian and Old Garden departed, each pursuing his own goals, while Ye Lin set out to hunt the Heavenly Demons' Children of Fortune.
  • Ye Lin tried to make his panel display only fortune value, but it did not respond.
  • Ye Lin spotted a group of Outer Realm Heavenly Demon soldiers advancing toward the central region.
  • Ye Lin inspected one soldier and saw the name Zhang San and a fortune value of fifteen on his panel.

Ch. 1269I Am The Protagonist?

Ye Lin killed a horde of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and checked his panel, which warned that a powerful demon elder would kill him in the Central Continent. He decided to hunt high-luck demons there and disappeared into the distance.

  • Ye Lin summoned countless spiritual-energy swords and killed the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, whose strongest fighters were only at Nascent Soul Early Stage.
  • Ye Lin checked his panel and saw that his Luck Value had risen to 583,600, while his Destiny still foretold his death at the hands of an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon elder in the Central Continent.
  • Ye Lin reflected on his dangerous fate and wondered whether he was the protagonist, then abandoned the thought.
  • Ye Lin headed for the Central Continent to hunt Outer Realm Heavenly Demons with immense luck.

Ch. 1270The Secret Realm Appears

Ye Lin approached a radiant secret realm in the Eastern Continent, where Outer Realm Heavenly Demons gathered to claim its treasures. After killing a Dao Integration realm demon, he disguised himself as it and prepared to enter the realm unnoticed.

  • Ye Lin saw the secret realm’s light draw hundreds of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons toward the mountain range and decided to investigate.
  • Ye Lin concealed himself in the void as the demons gathered around the cave and entered it.
  • Ye Lin dragged a Dao Integration realm demon into the void, where the demon angrily denounced him as a Human Race remnant.
  • Ye Lin drained the demon into a dried corpse, then transformed his appearance and aura to match it.

Ch. 1271The Five Realms of the Immortal Path

Ye Lin learned the five known realms of the Immortal Dao from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, including the terrifying power called Zenith Heaven that lay beyond them. Newly motivated to pursue greater strength, he set out for the secret realm.

  • Ye Lin admired the power of the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar appeared and praised its master.
  • Ye Lin asked about the realms of immortals, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar described the five realms from Earth Immortal to Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said its master had reached the fifth realm and had glimpsed a higher power called Zenith Heaven.
  • Ye Lin wondered whether Zenith Heaven was the Daluo Golden Immortal realm from his previous life and yearned to attain that power.
  • Ye Lin said he was satisfied with the explanation and headed with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar toward the secret realm.

Ch. 1272A Peculiar Secret Realm

Ye Lin entered a bizarre secret realm where he discovered that the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon Xuan Ao’s acquaintance Leo could expose his disguise. After absorbing Leo’s memories and assuming Xuan Ao’s identity, Ye Lin began hunting the other demons and headed toward Leo’s promised treasure.

  • Ye Lin entered the secret realm with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and found a strange world with forests above and below him, where an identical version of himself appeared.
  • Leo recognized that Ye Lin was not the real Xuan Ao and pressed a dagger to his throat.
  • Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to drain Leo, then absorbed his memories and took on Xuan Ao’s identity.
  • Ye Lin and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar began hunting the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons throughout the secret realm.
  • Ye Lin headed toward the miraculous spring described in Leo’s recent opportunity, where a treasure box held a beautiful bracelet.

Ch. 1273Strange Secret Realm 2

Li Ao confronted He Lin after infiltrating his followers for over three hundred years, seeking revenge for He Lin’s slaughter of his family and clan. He Lin easily wounded Li Ao with a single strike and taunted him as he prepared to kill him.

  • Li Ao revealed that he had waited five hundred years to avenge his younger sister, family, and clansmen, whom He Lin had killed when Li Ao was six.
  • He Lin summoned a spear and mocked Li Ao, claiming he had never been the useless playboy Li Ao assumed him to be.
  • Li Ao attacked He Lin with a saber, unleashing five hundred years of anger and resentment.
  • He Lin dodged Li Ao’s slash and struck him in the abdomen with his spear, leaving Li Ao bleeding and kneeling.
  • He Lin taunted the wounded Li Ao and said that killing him would be easy.

Ch. 1274Strange Secret Realm 3

Ye Lin disguised as Xuan Ao killed He Lin and gained Fate Value from him, while Li Ao lay defeated nearby. The chapter ended with Ye Lin recognizing Li Ao as a minor Son of Fate worth one hundred thousand Fate Value.

  • Li Ao burned his lifespan and potential to attack He Lin, but He Lin overwhelmed him and left him kneeling.
  • Xuan Ao appeared beside He Lin, who dismissed him and prepared to finish Li Ao.
  • Ye Lin, disguised as Xuan Ao, pierced He Lin's chest and drained away his life and divine soul.
  • He Lin died, and Ye Lin gained thirty thousand Fate Value before identifying Li Ao as a minor Son of Fate worth one hundred thousand Fate Value.

Ch. 1275Strange Secret Realm 4

Ye Lin killed the dying Li Ao, collected a silver bracelet from a treasure box, and left. Elsewhere, Li Ao’s junior brother found his corpse and began a blood ritual to hunt down his killer.

  • Li Ao asked Ye Lin to kill him and leave his corpse intact, and Ye Lin pierced his head, destroying his divine soul.
  • Ye Lin took the multicolored spring’s treasure box and found an exquisite silver bracelet inside, then stored it in his Spatial Ring.
  • An Outer Realm Heavenly Demon sensed Li Ao’s death and used a blood rune to track him.
  • Li Ao’s junior brother found his corpse and invoked the Blood Sacrifice Great Art, forming a massive pattern on the ground.

Ch. 1276A Peculiar Secret Realm 5

After discovering Li Ao's death, He Weilan confronted Xuan Ao and was shocked by his strength. Their fight was about to begin when five people arrived, including an imposing young man who greeted Xuan Ao warmly.

  • He Weilan found Li Ao's dried corpse, identified Xuan Ao as the killer, and pursued him to avenge his junior brother.
  • Ye Lin sensed He Weilan approaching and stopped his attack with a punch, forcing He Weilan back several steps.
  • He Weilan questioned how Xuan Ao had killed Li Ao and challenged him to explain himself or pay with his life.
  • Ye Lin refused to explain and told He Weilan to attack, so He Weilan roared and prepared to fight.
  • Five figures arrived, and the imposing young man among them looked at Xuan Ao with kindness.
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