Recaps

Ye Lin accompanied Xia Wuju to the Mistveil Sect aboard the Highland Snow Eagle, White Cang, whose astonishing speed brought them there in half a day. They arrived over a poisonous mountain range, where Great Elder Bi Yi welcomed the Third Prince.

• Xia Hongwei asked his people to investigate Ye Lin and determine which faction he came from and what he wanted.
• The next morning, Ye Lin met Xia Wuju at the city gate and set off with him for the Mistveil Sect.
• Xia Wuju introduced White Cang, the Highland Snow Eagle gifted to him by his father, and Ye Lin confirmed that it could fly faster than a peak Earth Immortal cultivator.
• Xia Wuju urged White Cang to fly faster, and the eagle carried them through the clouds at tremendous speed.
• After half a day, White Cang stopped above a poisonous mountain range, where Great Elder Bi Yi welcomed Xia Wuju.

Xia Wuju arrived at Mistveil Sect with Ye Lin and demanded that Chu Yunxiao be brought to him, threatening to destroy the sect if Chu remained missing. Ye Lin questioned Bi Yi’s supposed Heavenly Immortal cultivation and wondered why the elder seemed so weak.

• White Cang landed on the platform, and Ye Lin and Xia Wuju dismounted.
• Xia Wuju demanded Chu Yunxiao, but Bi Yi explained that Chu had left for training.
• Xia Wuju used a Profound Immortal’s pressure on Bi Yi and gave Mistveil Sect one day to produce Chu, threatening to wipe out the sect.
• Xia Wuju ordered Bi Yi to find Chu and walked into the sect with Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin asked about Bi Yi’s cultivation and doubted that he was truly a Heavenly Immortal.

Ye Lin asked Xia Wuju whether an Earth Immortal could defeat a Celestial Immortal across realms, and Xia Wuju explained that such victories were only rumored and had happened against an already gravely injured opponent. After they reached the Mistveil Sect and Xia Wuju threatened to destroy it if it failed to find someone by the next day, Xu Yan arrived and he rejected her over her behavior after Chu Yunxiao defeated him.

• Ye Lin questioned Xia Wuju about whether Earth Immortals could defeat Celestial Immortals across realms, and Xia Wuju described a rare victory against a gravely injured Celestial Immortal.
• Ye Lin concluded that the Celestial Immortals in this cosmos were still within the Earth Immortal realm by his standards.
• Xia Wuju said he and Ye Lin would wait at the Mistveil Sect for news the next day and threatened to destroy the sect if it failed to find the person they sought.
• Xu Yan arrived and greeted Xia Wuju, but he told her to keep her distance.
• Xia Wuju accused Xu Yan of watching coldly and secretly applauding when Chu Yunxiao defeated him.

Xia Wuju confronted Chu Yunxiao at the Mistveil Sect and challenged him, while Ye Lin discovered Chu Yunxiao’s extraordinary fortune and a dire fate awaiting him. The chapter ended as Chu Yunxiao’s clones attacked and Xia Wuju began to counter with the power of heaven and earth.

• Xu Yan pleaded with Xia Wuju, but Chu Yunxiao shoved him away and helped her up.
• Xia Wuju ordered his men to seize the Mistveil Sect and called for the Great Xia Dynasty to mobilize its troops before challenging Chu Yunxiao.
• Ye Lin examined Chu Yunxiao’s panel and learned of his immense fortune, his future encounter with an old Celestial Immortal, and his eventual death after glimpsing a terror in the River of Time.
• Chu Yunxiao and Xia Wuju faced off on a platform before Mistveil Sect disciples and elders.
• Chu Yunxiao summoned three clones and sent them to attack Xia Wuju, who stepped forward and invoked the power of heaven and earth.

Xia Wuju suppressed Chu Yunxiao’s clones and overwhelmed him with his strength and the power of the Great Xia Dynasty’s national fortune. As Xia Wuju charged at Chu Yunxiao again, the decisive battle remained unresolved.

• Xia Wuju suppressed Chu Yunxiao’s three clones and charged at him.
• Chu Yunxiao attacked with Dragon-Tiger Fist, but Xia Wuju met it with Rising Dragon Fist and drove him back.
• Xia Wuju immobilized Chu Yunxiao with domain force as the three clones broke free and attacked.
• Xia Wuju invoked heaven and earth and the Great Xia Dynasty’s national fortune, then shattered a bolt of lightning.
• Xia Wuju turned and charged at Chu Yunxiao again.

Xia Wuju overwhelmed Chu Yunxiao, who fled the arena, while Ye Lin left Mistveil Sect and headed to Mystic Heaven Sacred Valley to await him. There, an elderly man near the end of his lifespan noticed Ye Lin and called him out.

• Xia Wuju drew on the Great Xia Dynasty's national fortune and forced Chu Yunxiao to flee the arena.
• Xia Wuju offered an official post to whoever caught Chu Yunxiao, and several figures pursued him.
• Ye Lin left Mistveil Sect and traveled toward Mystic Heaven Sacred Valley, following his panel's map.
• Ye Lin reached the valley and waited for Chu Yunxiao, expecting to exploit the Child of Fortune's opportunities.
• An elderly man hidden in the distant void sensed Ye Lin and invited him to come sit with him.

Ye Lin waited in Mystic Heaven Sacred Valley for Chu Yunxiao, while an old man wondered about his purpose. When Chu Yunxiao arrived, wounded and fleeing the Great Xia Dynasty, Ye Lin went to meet him.

• Ye Lin told the old man he was waiting for someone, and the old man warned him that Mystic Heaven Sacred Valley was a desolate place.
• Ye Lin and the old man waited in silence for three days.
• Ye Lin sensed that the person he was waiting for had arrived.
• Chu Yunxiao limped into the valley, cursing Xia Wuju and the Great Xia Dynasty and planning to seek a cure for the Mistveil Sect's Annihilation Powder at Medicine King Valley.
• Ye Lin told the old man the newcomer had arrived, then appeared beside Chu Yunxiao.

Ye Lin confronted Chu Yunxiao and demanded the One Breath Becomes Three Purities technique, threatening to become his greatest trouble if he refused. Chu Yunxiao agreed to hand it over only if Ye Lin promised that no one else would learn it, and warned that a forced soul search would destroy both the technique and his soul.

• Ye Lin stopped Chu Yunxiao and demanded that he hand over One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Chu Yunxiao asked how Ye Lin knew about the technique and grew wary of him.
• Ye Lin threatened to make himself Chu Yunxiao’s greatest trouble if Chu Yunxiao refused.
• Chu Yunxiao agreed to give Ye Lin the technique if Ye Lin promised that only the two of them would possess it.
• Chu Yunxiao warned Ye Lin that the technique was sealed in his mind and would vanish along with his soul if Ye Lin tried to search him.

Ye Lin acquired and studied Chu Yunxiao’s portion of One Breath Becomes Three Purities, learning how its three corpses could help cultivate the Great Dao. He checked his panel to see whether his remarkable luck had changed his Fate Rank.

• Chu Yunxiao asked Ye Lin to swear not to reveal the technique or make things difficult for him again, and Ye Lin swore upon his Dao Heart.
• Chu Yunxiao handed over the technique, and Ye Lin confirmed it was genuine before letting him leave.
• Ye Lin learned that the technique divided emotions and desires among three corpses, which could later merge to perfect the self and prove the Dao.
• Ye Lin reflected that he had found four portions of the technique through extraordinary luck and opened his panel to check his Fate Rank.

Ye Lin examined his panel and was pleased with his Fortune Dao fate rank and powerful traits, but his destiny troubled him: three Primordial Unity Golden Immortals would eventually defeat and suppress him for billions upon billions of immeasurable calamity cycles. He reflected on the vastness of that span of time and his own limited cultivation before setting the thought aside.

• Ye Lin reviewed his panel, which listed his late-stage Earth Immortal cultivation, Fortune Dao fate rank, traits, and a one-time opportunity to advance one major realm.
• Ye Lin learned that his destiny ended with three Primordial Unity Golden Immortals jointly suppressing him after he reached their realm.
• Ye Lin considered how long billions upon billions of immeasurable calamity cycles would last, comparing them with epochs and calamity cycles.
• Ye Lin concluded that the timescale exceeded his understanding as an Earth Immortal and stopped thinking about it.

Ye Lin read Chu Yunxiao’s panel and learned that Chu’s next opportunity involved finding an injured Skyward Sect Saintess who would become his Dao companion and cure his poison. Ye Lin decided to take the opportunity for himself and left, leaving the old man relieved that his presence had vanished.

• Ye Lin opened Chu Yunxiao’s panel and saw his fate, fortune traits, and upcoming opportunity.
• Ye Lin learned that Chu Yunxiao would find an injured woman in a mountain cave, treat her, and later marry her after she cured his poisoning.
• Ye Lin noted that the panel supplied the cave’s map and information about the woman’s faction, Skyward Sect.
• Ye Lin decided that Chu Yunxiao would not claim the opportunity and left.
• The old man sensed Ye Lin’s aura disappear and breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Lin returned to the Mistveil Sect and found it engulfed in battle, then waited with Xia Wuju for Xia Wuju's imperial father to finish fighting the Grand Elder. As dawn came and the battle ripples faded, the fight was nearing its conclusion.

• Ye Lin left the old man after warning him that he would die that day unless he offered something good.
• Ye Lin headed for the Mistveil Sect, planning to borrow Xia Wuju's White Cang and then save the injured Ye Lingxi.
• Ye Lin arrived at the Mistveil Sect at night and found it burning, with corpses everywhere and a powerful battle raging in the clouds.
• Xia Wuju found Ye Lin and asked him to wait until his imperial father finished fighting the Mistveil Sect's Grand Elder.
• The battle continued through the night, and its ripples began to subside at sunrise.

After the Holy Emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, Xia Jiang, defeated the Mistveil Sect, he met Ye Lin and recognized that Ye Lin came from another world. Ye Lin admitted he had no way home, and Xia Jiang advised him to accept his Destiny as the story left his return uncertain.

• Xia Jiang descended from the sky carrying the Mistveil Sect Grand Elder's head and ordered the sect razed.
• Xia Wuju greeted his father, Xia Jiang, and introduced Ye Lin as his friend.
• Xia Jiang welcomed Ye Lin and asked whether he was from another land.
• Xia Jiang explained that Ye Lin's fortune did not belong to this world, revealing that he had come from elsewhere.
• Ye Lin admitted he had arrived by accident and could not return home, and Xia Jiang urged him to take one step at a time and trust Destiny.

Ye Lin accepted a mysterious piece of golden wood from Xia Jiang and confirmed to Xia Wuju that he had come from beyond the heavens. After White Cang brought them to the Great Xia Imperial Capital, Ye Lin found Ye Lingxi and said they should leave.

• Xia Jiang gave Ye Lin a radiant piece of golden wood after thanking him for teaching Xia Wuju, then vanished.
• Ye Lin examined the golden wood but could not identify it, though he sensed it was remarkable.
• Xia Wuju asked Ye Lin about the world beyond the heavens, and Ye Lin said he could see it after becoming strong enough to shatter the void.
• Xia Wuju accepted Ye Lin's answer and went to sit and think.
• White Cang brought Ye Lin to the Great Xia Imperial Capital, where Ye Lin found Ye Lingxi and said they should leave.

Ye Lin escorted the gravely poisoned Ye Lingxi away from the Great Xia Dynasty after learning that her younger sister was about to inherit Medicine King Valley. He told Ye Lingxi that he was taking her to someone who could cure the Annihilation Powder, leaving her surprised and hopeful as they flew onward.

• Ye Lin carried Ye Lingxi away on the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword after Xia Hongwei and the others bid her farewell.
• Ye Lingxi asked why Ye Lin was still helping her now that she had no value to him.
• Ye Lingxi explained that her younger sister was about to become Medicine King Valley's Valley Master and that she feared returning there.
• Ye Lin said he was not taking Ye Lingxi to Medicine King Valley and promised that someone else could easily cure her Annihilation Powder.
• Ye Lin flew onward with Ye Lingxi as his Sword Qi drove nearby Demon Beasts away.

Hong Batian arrived at the Phoenix clan’s palace as the Grand Elder’s cherished third son and confronted his older brother Feng Yu. He insulted and shoved Feng Yu aside before entering the hall.

• A crimson carriage drawn by a True Immortal Realm One-Horned Sacred Venerable carried Hong Batian through the palace complex.
• Onlookers explained that Hong Batian was the Grand Elder’s long-lost third son, now doted on and granted anything he wanted.
• Hong Batian arrived at the grand hall with an old attendant and encountered Feng Yu, who mocked him.
• Hong Batian called Feng Yu a useless dog, shoved him aside, and walked into the hall.

Feng Yu complained about Hong Batian’s arrogance, while his Dao Protector silently compared their wasted and impressive cultivation progress. Hong Batian met his father, who asked him to treat his elder brother more politely and recalled the guilt he had carried after abandoning Hong Batian as a child.

• Feng Yu cursed Hong Batian for insulting him, while his Dao Protector privately judged Feng Yu’s talent and cultivation to have gone to waste.
• Hong Batian restrained his swagger in the great hall, sat down, and ate an immortal fruit before asking his father why he had summoned him.
• Hong Batian’s father gently asked him to be more polite to Feng Yu, his elder brother.
• Hong Batian’s father remembered leaving him behind to draw enemy fire and believing him dead until he was eventually found alive with his divine soul and personal imprint sealed.

Hong Batian reunited with his parents, who indulged him and defended his chosen name. His mother arranged for him to meet the Ancient Imperial Clan patriarch’s young princess, and Hong Batian agreed to go but wondered how to refuse if he was dissatisfied.

• Hong Batian complained to his father about how someone had treated him, and his father tried to calm him and suggested he change his name.
• Hong Batian proudly defended the name Hong Batian, and his mother appeared and threatened anyone who mocked it.
• Hong Batian’s mother welcomed him warmly and said she had arranged for him to meet the Ancient Imperial Clan patriarch’s young princess the next day.
• Hong Batian agreed to go, then asked his mother how he should refuse if he was dissatisfied.

Hong Batian prepared to confront the Ancient Royal Clan with the Phoenix Clan’s backing and traveled to their home at Ancient Holy Mountain. He arrived to find no one waiting to welcome him.

• Madam Mei urged Hong Batian to reject the Ancient Royal Clan publicly and called them homeless dogs.
• After Hong Batian left, Madam Mei told the middle-aged man that she would move against the Ancient Royal Clan if they refused the Phoenix Clan’s offer.
• Hong Batian traveled in a Phoenix Clan chariot pulled by a one-horned Sacred Venerable, while cultivators and factions made way for it.
• After three days, Hong Batian reached the Ancient Holy Mountain and wondered why no one had come out to welcome him.

Hong Batian confronted the Ancient Holy Mountain over its failure to welcome him, then entered its vast inner world with Wan Cang. Wan Cang led him toward the Clan Chief while the story explained the Ancient Royal Clan’s origins.

• Hong Batian accused the Ancient Holy Mountain of slighting him and the Phoenix Clan, and Wan Cang apologized for the late welcome.
• Hong Batian severed one of Wan Cang’s arms, then said he would forgive the offense and asked to tour the Ancient Holy Mountain.
• Wan Cang escorted Hong Batian into the world formed from ten compressed galaxy clusters and offered to take him to the Clan Chief.
• Hong Batian called Wan Cang “Little Cang,” and Wan Cang concealed his anger as he led him past stars and powerful experts.
• The narration explained that the Ancient Royal Clan arose from survivors of a destroyed ancient force and later absorbed many subordinate races.

Hong Batian arrived at Void Palace to meet the ancient imperial clan’s chief, who had already summoned Liu Yue. The chief praised Hong Batian’s potential and served him Enlightenment Tea, while Wan Cang left in anger after escorting him.

• Hong Batian, Wan Cang, and an old man reached Void Palace, where its gates opened with a terrifying aura.
• After Hong Batian entered the palace, Wan Cang grew resentful at being treated like a servant and departed.
• Hong Batian bowed to the clan chief, then sat as the chief said he had notified Liu Yue.
• The clan chief praised Hong Batian’s talent and predicted he might one day explore the secret of Transcendence.
• Hong Batian drank the Enlightenment Tea, and his empty cup refilled before he could set it down.

Hong Batian met Liu Yue, the woman chosen by the elder as his future wife, and was immediately captivated by her. The chapter ended with him introducing himself and asking her to call him Batian.

• The narration described the Human Race's survival through the rise and fall of countless races and the rumors that it was connected to the Great Dao.
• Hong Batian watched a figure approach Void Palace's gates and became mesmerized when she appeared as Liu Yue.
• Liu Yue greeted the elder, who introduced her to Hong Batian as the husband he had chosen for her.
• Liu Yue politely asked Hong Batian his name, and he introduced himself as Hong Batian before inviting her to call him Batian.
• The elder covered his face in embarrassment over Hong Batian's chosen name.

Hong Batian and Liu Yue were left alone in Liu Yue Wilderness, where Cang Yun appeared and declared his love for her. Hong Batian identified himself as Liu Yue’s formally betrothed fiancé, setting himself against Cang Yun.

• Liu Yue and Hong Batian were transported to Liu Yue Wilderness, while an elder vanished into the shadows to protect Hong Batian.
• Liu Yue told Hong Batian that she had been born in the quiet, desolate wilderness.
• Cang Yun arrived amid a rain of flower petals and presented Liu Yue with a flower he had gathered from across ninety-nine great stars.
• Liu Yue told Cang Yun she saw him only as her best friend and reminded him that she was engaged.
• Cang Yun noticed Hong Batian and asked who he was, and Hong Batian declared that he was Liu Yue’s fiancé in a marriage arranged by their parents.

Hong Batian and Cang Yun argued over Liu Yue, each claiming a closer bond with her, before Cang Yun challenged Hong Batian to a fight. Cang Yun boasted of his cultivation and prodigious rise, while Hong Batian reflected that his own Phoenix bloodline had never awakened and that he had been denied the cultivation and resources of his clan.

• Cang Yun demanded to know whether Liu Yue was truly Hong Batian's fiancée, and Liu Yue eventually confirmed it with a nod.
• Cang Yun called Hong Batian an outsider and urged him to leave Liu Yue, while Hong Batian defended their marriage contract and warned Cang Yun to keep his distance.
• Cang Yun summoned a blue-green spear and challenged Hong Batian, believing his childhood bond with Liu Yue could outlast Hong Batian's claim.
• Cang Yun described his rapid cultivation and standing as the Ancient Royal Clan's second greatest prodigy, then asked what Hong Batian had to match him.
• Hong Batian acknowledged Cang Yun's talent but thought he could have reached Celestial Immortal cultivation before one hundred if his Phoenix bloodline had awakened and he had grown up with the clan's support.

Hong Batian and Cang Yun fought while holding back to protect the important star where Liu Yue came each year. The battle escalated when Cang Yun unleashed the first transformation of the Mystic Dragon Seven Transformations against Hong Batian.

• The narration described how ancient inheritances and concentrated resources let the Star River Cosmos's top factions maintain their overwhelming advantage.
• Cang Yun taunted Hong Batian and thrust his spear toward Hong Batian's brow, but Hong Batian deflected it and struck Cang Yun's chest with the Mysterious Underworld Hand.
• Cang Yun charged again, and Hong Batian countered with the Phantom Seven Hands as both men restrained their strength to avoid damaging the star.
• Hong Batian briefly thought of Taiyuan during the fight, angering Cang Yun, who attacked with the Mystic Dragon Seven Transformations, First Transformation—Earth Dragon Upheaval.