Arc 72Ye Lin’s Myriad Demon Trial

Ye Lin defeated challengers at the sacred lands’ gathering, shared his Dao, and accepted Zhuge Yun’s trial to help the Human Race rise in the Myriad Demon Great World. He reached the Holy Mountain and met Elder Wang, while the Human Race’s destiny faced collapse within three hundred years.

  • Li Feng trapped Ye Lin in a Nine-Level Sword Formation, but Ye Lin escaped and defeated him in close combat, earning Li Feng’s concession.
  • Ye Lin defeated Li Piaoran and other challengers, then revealed his Time, Destruction, and Great River Sword Dao domain to overcome Lin Feng and win thirteen consecutive matches.
  • After watching the disciples preach, Ye Lin expounded the Dao of Time for thirty days and gained insight into the difficulties of pursuing multiple paths.
  • Ye Lin returned to Firmament Sacred Land, cultivated for ten years, and accepted Zhuge Yun’s trial to help the Human Race rise and make the sacred land master of the Myriad Demon Great World.
  • Ye Lin traveled to the Myriad Demon Great World, entered through its barrier, killed an attacking beastman, and saved an old man and his granddaughter from another beastman.
  • The old man explained that beastmen dominated humanity through grafting cultivation, while the Human Race had only a few powerful fighters, and Ye Lin learned that the Martial King guarded the Holy Mountain.
  • Ye Lin sensed that the Human Race’s destiny would collapse within three hundred years, reached the Holy City, and called for the Martial King despite the city’s ban on flying.
  • Zhao Zhen challenged Ye Lin, but Elder Wang summoned him to the distant mountains, and Ye Lin appeared beside Elder Wang, who introduced himself by that name.
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Ch. 1778Heavenly Pride Exchange Meet 21

Li Feng used sword attacks and a concealed formation to trap Ye Lin in the Nine-Level Sword Formation. As a giant sword of Rules descended on Ye Lin, the peak Earth Immortal geniuses judged him to be in grave danger.

  • Li Feng drew his swords and attacked Ye Lin while keeping his distance from Ye Lin’s powerful physique.
  • Ye Lin shattered Li Feng’s Sword Qi, but Li Feng’s attacks disrupted Ye Lin’s control of the surrounding force of heaven and earth.
  • Li Feng revealed that he had secretly arranged the Nine-Level Sword Formation around Ye Lin.
  • The formation bound Ye Lin and conjured a giant sword of Rules that Li Feng sent crashing toward him.

Ch. 1779Heavenly Talents Exchange, Part 22

Ye Lin broke free of Li Feng’s Nine-Level Sword Formation and forced the battle into close combat. Li Feng’s swords clashed with Ye Lin’s bare fists, and he was alarmed by the strength of Ye Lin’s physique.

  • Ye Lin escaped the formation’s chains and avoided the giant sword’s strike by attacking one of Li Feng’s clones.
  • Ye Lin destroyed more clones as Li Feng realized that the formation’s attack had failed and he had lost the initiative.
  • The watching talents judged that Li Feng’s overconfidence had put him in danger against Ye Lin’s Wushuang Sacred Body.
  • Li Feng used Void-Treading Step to appear behind Ye Lin and attacked with both swords.
  • Ye Lin fought Li Feng blow for blow with his bare body, startling Li Feng by matching his superior Heaven Grade swords.

Ch. 1780Heavenly Pride Exchange Meet 23

Ye Lin defeated Li Feng in the arena, proving his superiority in close combat, and the match ended with Jiang Tian inviting others to challenge him.

  • Ye Lin overwhelmed Li Feng with punches, leaving Li Feng's arms numb and bleeding as spectators compared the Unrivaled Sacred Body with the Heavenly Demon True Body and recalled Huang Xuan Taiyi Supreme.
  • Li Feng conceded, sheathed his swords, and bowed to Ye Lin rather than use his lethal trump card in the sparring match.
  • Ye Lin returned Li Feng's bow, and Li Feng invited him to visit the Azure Cloud Sacred Land.
  • Ye Lin reflected that Li Feng could not match him without mastering a domain and believed he would master one in time.
  • Jiang Tian declared Ye Lin the winner and asked whether anyone else wanted to challenge him.

Ch. 1781Heavenly Pride Exchange Meet 24

Ye Lin defeated a series of challengers at the exchange meet, though he appeared exhausted and concealed how convincingly he controlled the fights. The chapter ended as Lin Feng, a domain-realm saber expert, challenged him, leaving the crowd expecting Ye Lin to lose.

  • Jian Nan and Wilderness praised Ye Lin's victory, while Wilderness assumed Ye Lin had not mastered domain power.
  • Li Piaoran challenged Ye Lin, exchanged a hundred blows with him, and conceded defeat.
  • Other disciples challenged Ye Lin and all lost, while his convincing displays made spectators believe he was struggling.
  • Lin Feng of the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land challenged Ye Lin, and Ye Lin sensed that he was dangerous.
  • The prodigies mocked the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land and bet on Lin Feng, leaving Jiang Tian frustrated.

Ch. 1782Heavenly Pride Exchange Meet 25

Ye Lin arranged a large bet on himself through Jian Nan, and Wilderness joined in despite doubting his chances. As Lin Feng drew his blade and released overwhelming killing intent, the fight was about to begin.

  • Ye Lin secretly asked Jian Nan to bet ten thousand low-grade immortal stones on him, and Jian Nan agreed.
  • Jian Nan urged Wilderness to join his bet, and Wilderness eventually decided to trust him.
  • Jian Nan wagered twenty thousand low-grade immortal stones on Ye Lin, and Wilderness added fifty thousand of his own.
  • Lin Feng drew his two-meter blade and faced Ye Lin with the terrifying killing intent his aura naturally exuded.

Ch. 1783Heavenly Pride Exchange Meet 26

Ye Lin fought Lin Feng in the Arena, matching the battle-hardened disciple’s lethal saber attacks despite not having mastered a domain. The fight continued as observers warned that Lin Feng’s domain would likely decide the outcome.

  • Lin Feng warned Ye Lin that his killing intent was near solidifying after his recent battles on the galaxy’s frontier.
  • Ye Lin brought out Bai Ling, which had recovered to peak condition and possessed power comparable to a mid-grade immortal artifact.
  • Lin Feng and Ye Lin clashed over a thousand times in seconds, shaking the specially constructed Arena without damaging it.
  • Watching disciples praised Ye Lin for deflecting Lin Feng’s killing moves but predicted he would lose if Lin Feng unfolded his domain.

Ch. 1784Heavenly Pride Exchange Meet 27

Lin Feng activated his Blood God Body during his spar with Ye Lin and lost control, forcing Ye Lin onto the defensive. Lin Feng trapped Ye Lin inside his blood domain and prepared a deadly saber attack.

  • Lin Feng activated his Blood God Body after probing Ye Lin's abilities, and Ye Lin answered by surrounding himself and Bai Ling with Phoenix Fire.
  • Lin Feng's blood mist empowered him, and he charged Ye Lin with enough force to shake the Arena.
  • The Earth Immortal geniuses warned one another to be ready to restrain Lin Feng, who had lost control and could no longer distinguish friend from foe.
  • Lin Feng relentlessly attacked while Ye Lin retreated and defended himself.
  • Lin Feng spread a blood-red domain across the Arena and summoned a blood-dripping saber as he commanded Ye Lin to die.

Ch. 1785Prodigy Exchange Meet 28

Ye Lin revealed his own domain and three primary Dao Rules, turning the fight against Lin Feng in his favor. The watching geniuses concluded that Lin Feng could no longer match him.

  • Lin Feng's domain suppressed Ye Lin as a blood-red blade formed to strike him.
  • Ye Lin opened his own domain at the last moment, forcing Lin Feng's domain back.
  • The geniuses saw that Ye Lin's domain contained the Time Dao Rule, the Destruction Dao Rule, and the Great River Sword Dao Rule.
  • The onlookers remarked that Ye Lin's three paths would make his future cultivation much harder.
  • The geniuses judged that Ye Lin had taken control of the battle and Lin Feng was no longer his match.

Ch. 1786Heavenly Pride Exchange Meet 29

Ye Lin revealed his mastery of temporal power and used it alongside his other Dao Principles to overpower Lin Feng. Lin Feng remained trapped under Ye Lin’s suppression as the spectators watched in astonishment.

  • The watching geniuses realized Ye Lin had concealed his true strength and that their bets had played into his plan.
  • Ye Lin stopped time to halt Lin Feng’s blood-red longsword, then used Eight-Direction Sword Assault to suppress Lin Feng’s domain.
  • Ye Lin reversed time around Lin Feng and formed a tornado of blood-red petals with One Sword Opens Mountains and Seas.
  • Lin Feng struggled to break Ye Lin’s temporal restraint, but Ye Lin suppressed him with the power of his three primary Dao Principles.
  • Ye Lin’s petal storm descended on Lin Feng while the surrounding disciples marveled at Ye Lin’s strength.

Ch. 1787Preaching 1

Ye Lin defeated Lin Feng after their Domains clashed, then withdrew from the Arena rather than face late-stage Earth Immortals. He collected his winnings and congratulations, while the other prodigies wondered how much of his strength he had yet to reveal.

  • Ye Lin shattered Lin Feng's Domain and knocked him unconscious, taking care to leave him with nonfatal injuries.
  • Jiang Tian declared Ye Lin the winner, and Ye Lin declined to keep defending the Arena against late-stage Earth Immortals.
  • Wilderness congratulated Ye Lin on thirteen straight victories and celebrated the fortune he had won betting on him.
  • Jian Nan gave Ye Lin ninety thousand low-grade immortal stones in winnings, and Ye Lin thanked him.
  • A site notice announced that a bookshelf grouping feature had been added.

Ch. 1788Preaching the Dao 2

After the arena battles ended, Jiang Tian opened the Dao-preaching portion of the gathering and laid out its rules. A Firmament Sacred Land disciple began sharing his combat experience on the Lotus Arena as Ye Lin listened closely.

  • Ye Lin watched the late- and peak-stage Earth Immortal battles and refined his understanding.
  • Jiang Tian announced that the fighting was over and invited the disciples to share genuine cultivation, Dao, or combat experience.
  • The Arena broke apart and formed a Lotus Arena above rows of meditation cushions.
  • Jiang Tian said the preaching would proceed in reverse order and called on Firmament Sacred Land first.
  • A middle-stage Earth Immortal disciple of Firmament Sacred Land ascended the Lotus Arena and shared his combat experience, which Ye Lin listened to carefully.

Ch. 1789Preaching 3

Heavenly Immortal elders secretly watched the juniors’ preaching because it could give them insights into the Dao. After one disciple finished preaching and accepted the listeners’ bows, Jiang Tian invited someone from the Firmament Sacred Land to speak next and looked to Jian Nan.

  • The elders of the three sacred lands watched the juniors’ preaching, recalling that one elder had once broken through after listening to it.
  • The disciple preached for three shichen, then accepted the disciples’ respectful bows and returned to his meditation cushion.
  • Jiang Tian asked who from the Firmament Sacred Land would preach next and looked to Jian Nan, eager to hear his discourse.

Ch. 1790Preaching 4

Jian Nan preached his Dao for five hours, impressing the listeners and helping Ye Lin recognize that his Sword Dao conflicted with the full potential of his Unrivaled Sacred Body. Ye Lin was left considering whether to abandon one path or cultivate both.

  • Jian Nan began preaching about his Dao, his domain, and the path he planned to follow, creating phenomena across heaven and earth.
  • The Heavenly Immortals praised Jian Nan’s talent and discussed the looming conflict with the Demon Den before returning their attention to the sermon.
  • Jian Nan preached for five hours, and Ye Lin gained considerable insight from his explanation of the Dao.
  • Ye Lin realized that his focus on the Sword Dao kept him from fully developing the Unrivaled Sacred Body and its Saint-Falling Fist.
  • Ye Lin considered abandoning one path or continuing to cultivate both.

Ch. 1791Preaching 5

Ye Lin reflected on how scattered his cultivation had been before stepping forward to expound the Dao of Time. His discourse lasted thirty days, leaving only the leading figures of the three Sacred Lands able to keep listening.

  • Ye Lin realized that pursuing several paths had cost him far more effort than following one focused path.
  • Jiang Tian invited the remaining Firmament Sacred Land disciples to speak, and they took turns discussing the Dao for three days and nights, helping several listeners break through.
  • Ye Lin stepped onto the lotus cushion and began expounding the Dao of Time, slowing the flow of time around the listeners.
  • Ye Lin's discourse grew increasingly profound, and some disciples could no longer follow; Jian Nan sat listening as his aura fluctuated unstably.
  • After thirty days, only the leading figures of the three Sacred Lands remained able to listen, though even they struggled to understand Ye Lin's Dao.

Ch. 1792Preaching 6

After finishing a month of preaching, Ye Lin reflected on his growing mastery of the Dao of Time and learned how far ahead his cultivation was compared with the average Immortal Realm cultivator. He remained just short of reaching the late stage of Earth Immortal, and the chapter left him confident rather than discouraged.

  • Ye Lin finished preaching, accepted the audience's salute, and left the lotus arena.
  • Jian Nan noticed Ye Lin's fluctuating aura and asked if he was about to break through; Ye Lin said he was still about a hundred years away from the late stage of Earth Immortal.
  • Jian Nan told Ye Lin the average ages at which cultivators across the Star River Cosmos reached each Earth Immortal stage.
  • Ye Lin was astonished by the age gap, then understood it in light of the vast population and the balance governing life and cultivation.
  • Ye Lin thanked Jian Nan and said his heart was not fragile.

Ch. 1793Preaching 7

Ye Lin reflected on his Dao after a year-long lecture and returned toward Firmament Sacred Land with Jian Nan. Jian Nan warned him that Elder Zhuge would give him a trial in ten years, which would determine whether he could remain an elder’s disciple.

  • Heavenly Immortal experts discussed how Ye Lin’s Destruction, Time, and Great River Daos were interconnected and speculated about his future Sword Dao.
  • Ye Lin pondered his Daos during the lecture but found he could not yet grasp Fate as an origin law.
  • The year-long Dao lecture ended, and Ye Lin and Jian Nan set out for Firmament Sacred Land on a Flying Boat.
  • Ye Lin welcomed people who came to befriend him along the way and received many gifts.
  • Jian Nan explained that Ye Lin would face Elder Zhuge’s trial in ten years and could be demoted or expelled if he failed.

Ch. 1794Return to the Holy Land

Ye Lin returned to the Firmament Sacred Land and began cultivating in seclusion to advance before the ten-year deadline. His status showed that he remained a mid-stage Earth Immortal with over fifty million Luck Value and a one-time opportunity to advance an entire major realm.

  • Jian Nan explained that the Firmament Sacred Land used trials and rewards to keep its disciples progressing, since only three hundred people were admitted every thousand years.
  • After traveling for a year, Ye Lin and Jian Nan arrived at the Firmament Sacred Land and said farewell.
  • Ye Lin returned to his cave abode on the island and began cultivating, aiming to advance toward the late Earth Immortal stage within ten years.
  • Ye Lin reviewed his status, including his powerful traits, his predicted death after entering the Central Star Domain, and his unused realm advancement opportunity.
  • Ye Lin noted that his Luck Value was easy to spend but said he still had his ultimate trump card.

Ch. 1795Return to the Holy Land 2

After ten years of seclusion, Ye Lin emerged and received a trial from Zhuge Yun: he had to restore the Human Race in the Myriad Demon Great World and bring the realm under Firmament Sacred Land's control. He set out with a World-Breaking Talisman, needing to return within three hundred years, before the Demon-Sealing Land appeared.

  • Ye Lin ended his ten-year seclusion, having come close to advancing his Earth Immortal cultivation.
  • Zhuge Yun gave Ye Lin a World-Breaking Talisman and tasked him with helping the fallen Human Race rise and making Firmament Sacred Land master of the Myriad Demon Great World.
  • Zhuge Yun told Ye Lin to return within three hundred years, before the Demon-Sealing Land opened.
  • Ye Lin accepted the trial and left, with Zhuge Yun promising to teach him everything if he succeeded.

Ch. 1796Trial

Ye Lin collected the long-awaited Body-Tempering Pill, said farewell to Liu Bai, and traveled to the Myriad Demon Great World for his next mission. He reached the remote world in Area 152 of the Third Heavenly Domain after more than a year of travel.

  • Ye Lin received a low-grade Immortal-tier Body-Tempering Pill that a disciple had spent several years refining.
  • Ye Lin gave Liu Bai three jars of wine, and Liu Bai reminded him that only seventy-odd years remained before their appointment at the Primordial Unity Mysterious Immortal ruins.
  • Ye Lin inspected Liu Bai's panel and learned that Liu Bai had reached the peak of the Earth Immortal realm and would later gain the Eternal Firmament Art.
  • Ye Lin took his Stellar Warboat to Area 152 in the Third Heavenly Domain, where the Myriad Demon Great World was located.
  • Ye Lin followed his star map for more than a year and found the Myriad Demon Great World.

Ch. 1797Goodbye Liu Bai

Ye Lin entered the Myriad Demon Great World and discovered that many of its inhabitants grafted Demon Beast parts onto their bodies. After killing one who attacked him, he realized they used secret arts to borrow the beasts’ strength, though their path risked consuming them with the beasts’ will.

  • Ye Lin used a Realm-Breaking Talisman to break through the Myriad Demon Great World’s barrier and enter before the Heavenly Dao repaired it.
  • Ye Lin entered a city and saw people with grafted Demon Beast parts, while ordinary humans hid in fear.
  • A young man with tiger claws insulted Ye Lin and attacked him.
  • Ye Lin dodged the attack, killed the young man, and continued through the city.
  • Ye Lin concluded that the grafting method borrowed Demon Beast traits but could eventually turn its practitioners into slaughtering monsters.

Ch. 1798The Ugly Myriad Demon Great World

Ye Lin rescued an old man and his granddaughter from a tiger-headed humanoid, then asked the old man to explain the world and the city. The old man sat down to begin answering him.

  • Ye Lin saw a tiger-headed humanoid threaten an old man and his fourteen-year-old granddaughter.
  • Ye Lin lifted the creature into the air and made it vanish, saving the pair.
  • The old man thanked Ye Lin and invited him into their poor home.
  • Ye Lin asked the old man for basic information about the world, its cultivation system, and the city.
  • Ye Lin told the hesitant old man to sit, and the old man did so.

Ch. 1799Myriad Demon Great World

Ye Lin explained the history of the Myriad Demon Great World, where a blood moon empowered mutated creatures and led to the Human Race’s long struggle against the Demon Race. He revealed that the beastmen ruled the city and treated humans as food and experimental subjects.

  • Ye Lin said a blood moon had transformed the world a million years earlier, causing living beings other than humans to mutate into powerful Demon Beasts.
  • Ye Lin explained that the Prophet created martial arts and helped humans establish a city, but the Demon Race later killed him and plunged humanity back into darkness.
  • Ye Lin said the Human Race survived through the efforts of generations of prodigies while remaining disadvantaged against the Demon Race.
  • Ye Lin described how only the Human Race, Demon Race, and beastmen remained, and said the beastmen experimented on humans in their city, where humans were considered food.

Ch. 1800Myriad Demon Great World 2

Ye Lin learned how the Demon Beasts had conquered the world and how the Human Race survived through the Heavenly Dao’s support. After giving food and water to the old man, he set off to find the Human Race’s Martial King on the Holy Mountain.

  • The old man explained that beastmen had developed grafting cultivation, while the Human Race had only three Heavenly Human Realm experts and one Martial King against the Demon Beasts’ many Martial Kings.
  • Ye Lin realized the Human Race had been spared extinction by the Heavenly Dao and considered helping it rise to gain the world’s favor.
  • Ye Lin filled the old man’s house with food and replenished his water jar, then asked where the Human Race’s Martial King was.
  • The old man said the Martial King guarded the Holy Mountain at the edge of Human Race territory.
  • Ye Lin vanished toward the Holy Mountain, leaving the old man astonished by his abilities.

Ch. 1801Myriad Demon Great World 3

Ye Lin found the Human Race's destiny weakening around the Martial King and traveled to the Holy City to confront him. He called the Martial King out while the city's people feared the Third Arbiter would punish him.

  • Ye Lin used golden light to locate the Human Race's destiny and saw that its pillar would collapse in less than three hundred years.
  • Ye Lin identified the Martial King as the Human Race's gatherer of destiny and concluded that the Human Race had only three hundred years left.
  • Ye Lin arrived at the Holy City, where most of the Human Race's top fighters had gathered and the Martial King guarded their legacy.
  • Ye Lin defied the city's ban on flying and drew alarmed attention from the people below.
  • Ye Lin called for the Martial King to come out and meet him, while the people expected the Third Arbiter to intervene.

Ch. 1802Myriad Demon Great World 4

Ye Lin confronted Zhao Zhen in the Holy City, dismissing the Heavenly Human Realm expert’s display of power before accepting Elder Wang’s invitation. The chapter ended with Ye Lin and Elder Wang seated together over tea.

  • Ye Lin charged the unidentified visitor with four crimes and ordered him to serve a hundred years on the front lines.
  • Zhao Zhen summoned his White Tiger martial soul and unleashed his aura against Ye Lin, who remained unmoved.
  • Elder Wang called out from a barrier in the distant mountains and invited Ye Lin to join him for tea.
  • Ye Lin appeared beside Elder Wang in an instant, prompting Zhao Zhen to bow toward the mountain and return to his residence.
  • Ye Lin introduced himself, and Elder Wang said he had forgotten his name and could be called Elder Wang.
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