Recaps

Ye Lin followed Mu Changfeng to Starry Tower’s Battle Arena to watch matches and train the young people traveling with him. They entered the arena’s service hall, where a middle-aged man recognized Mu Changfeng but reacted with surprise at Ye Lin and his group.

• Mu Changfeng asked Ye Lin where he wanted to go, and Ye Lin chose the Battle Arena on the four-hundredth floor.
• Mu Changfeng explained that Starry Tower had appeared from nowhere and was jointly managed by the Starry Tower Alliance.
• Ye Lin and his companions arrived at the Battle Arena and watched fighters battle across its many arenas.
• Mu Changfeng led Ye Lin and the others to the service hall to buy rooms for watching matches.
• A middle-aged man greeted Mu Changfeng in the hall, then froze when he noticed Ye Lin and his group.

Ye Lin and the Human Race cultivators were targeted by Wang Dafu and Mu Changfeng, who tried to charge them an exorbitant price for a viewing room in Starry Tower. Miss Liu intervened and exposed their scam, leaving Mu Changfeng cowed.

• Mu Changfeng asked Wang Dafu to arrange a private room for Ye Lin and the Human Race cultivators.
• Wang Dafu offered Ye Lin the top viewing room on the four-hundredth floor for three hundred mid-grade immortal stones per hour, and Mu Changfeng backed him up.
• Ye Lin recognized the pair were trying to fleece them, and one of the cultivators angrily called out the outrageous price.
• Wang Dafu claimed the room normally cost five hundred mid-grade immortal stones per hour and said the other rooms were full.
• Miss Liu arrived, revealed the spot was worth at most ten mid-grade immortal stones per hour, and threatened Mu Changfeng, who did not dare argue.

Ye Lin and his companions rented a luxurious private room at Starry Tower, where Liu Yun guided them and explained the arena fights below. Ye Lin secretly planned to seize Starry Tower when he left.

• Miss Liu forced Wang Dafu to rent Ye Lin and his companions a room for ten mid-grade Immortal Stones, and warned Mu Changfeng and Wang Dafu not to cheat them again.
• Liu Yun introduced herself to Ye Lin and said her father managed Starry Tower, so she would guide them and keep others from swindling them.
• Liu Yun led the group to a spacious private room with transparent walls, beds, wine, and food from various races.
• Liu Yun explained that the arenas below hosted fights that guests could watch or bet on.

Ye Lin learned how to bet at Starry Tower and watched the crowd choose sides in an upcoming Arena match. He considered betting on the fighters but had not yet placed a wager.

• Ye Lin sent his companions off to enjoy themselves, while Zhuge Yunyu stayed by his side.
• Ye Lin asked Liu Yun how to place bets, and she explained the betting screen and warned him about debts and collateral.
• Liu Yun told Ye Lin that Arena fighters could earn escalating rewards for consecutive wins, but losing meant death.
• A group of young people debated betting on a timid mid-stage Spirit Transformation fighter or his stronger opponent, who stood ready in the Arena.

Ye Lin bet on the frail Human Race fighter against the heavily favored Purple-Armored Race contestant, and Zhuge Yunyu and Liu Yun followed with smaller wagers. The Human Race fighter won in a sudden reversal, leaving Zhuge Yunyu with a fortune and Liu Yun lamenting her missed chance to bet more.

• Ye Lin bet one hundred thousand low-grade immortal stones on the frail Human Race fighter, while Zhuge Yunyu wagered ten thousand and Liu Yun wagered one thousand.
• The betting ended as the Human Race fighter began losing badly to the Purple-Armored Race contestant and lost an arm.
• At the moment the Purple-Armored Race fighter was about to deliver the killing blow, divine light erupted from the Human Race fighter and killed his opponent.
• Liu Yun lamented that she had not followed Ye Lin's larger bet, while Zhuge Yunyu celebrated her winnings of seven million low-grade immortal stones.

Ye Lin joined Liu Yun and the disciples to watch a battle between two Heavenly Immortals at the Battle Arena’s highest floor. They arrived at a platform where powerful foes settled grudges in fights to the death.

• Ye Lin watched people lament their lost bets and told Liu Yun he had won enough for now.
• Liu Yun told Ye Lin that two Heavenly Immortals would soon fight at the Battle Arena’s top floor and offered to take him there.
• Ye Lin invited the disciples to join him, and Liu Yun used a jade token to teleport them to the arena.
• Liu Yun explained that the arena’s platform hosted life-and-death duels between enemies who chose to settle their grudges there.

Liu Yun explained the feud between the Ice Sparrow Race and the Earth Spirit Race, whose survival depended on an Arena match between their Heavenly Immortals. The match began as Li Mu faced the Ice Sparrow fighter Tian Xuan, and the chapter ended with Tian Xuan taunting Li Mu about the fate of his people.

• Liu Yun told Ye Lin that the Ice Sparrow Race was powerful while the Earth Spirit Race was small and vulnerable.
• Liu Yun explained that the Arena match followed the assassination of the Earth Spirit Heavenly Immortal's child and his challenge to the Ice Sparrow Heavenly Immortal.
• A voice announced that both sides could enter the Arena, and Tian Xuan and Li Mu appeared at opposite ends.
• Liu Yun identified Tian Xuan as a powerful Ice Sparrow and Li Mu as the Earth Spirit Race's only Heavenly Immortal.
• Tian Xuan mocked Li Mu for challenging him while gravely wounded and warned that the Earth Spirit Race might be erased if Li Mu died.

Li Mu prepared to fight Tian Xuan in a life-and-death match to avenge his son, whom Tian Xuan had killed. As the Starry Tower opened betting before the match, Liu Yun explained the process to Ye Lin, and a Walker arrived to take the group’s bets.

• Tian Xuan mocked Li Mu and revealed that he had taunted Li Mu’s son before killing him.
• Li Mu held back his fury as the Starry Tower announced that the match would begin in three minutes and would concern only the two contestants’ personal grievances.
• Liu Yun explained to Ye Lin that the Starry Tower’s Walkers were collecting bets on the match.
• A Walker arrived before Ye Lin and extended glowing betting plaques toward the group.

Ye Lin bet on Li Mu to defeat Tian Xuan, despite Li Mu being badly injured, and Liu Yun followed his lead. As the battle began, the Earth Spirit Race cheered for Li Mu while the Ice Sparrow Race mocked them.

• Liu Yun assessed the representatives' chances and watched to see which side Ye Lin would bet on.
• Ye Lin bet on Li Mu, saying the old man was formidable and Tian Xuan was all show; his companions followed, and Liu Yun staked her entire fortune on Li Mu.
• The Traveler withdrew its tentacles after the betting ended, and the battle began three minutes later.
• The Earth Spirit Race cheered for Li Mu while the Ice Sparrow Race mocked them and spoke of enslaving them.
• Li Mu faced Tian Xuan in the Arena, and Tian Xuan vowed to kill him and establish his authority.

Li Mu fought Tian Xuan in the Arena, but his old injuries appeared to relapse and left him near defeat. As Tian Xuan advanced and threatened the Earth Spirit Race, its members desperately begged Li Mu to surrender.

• Li Mu raised his cane and activated the Formation of Heaven and Earth around Tian Xuan.
• Tian Xuan wielded an icy Long Sword and attacked, while Li Mu’s weakened strikes failed to threaten him.
• Tian Xuan grew confident and pressed his attack as Li Mu’s expression twisted in pain.
• Li Mu retreated to the corner, spat blood, and collapsed to one knee as his aura weakened.
• Tian Xuan taunted Li Mu and threatened to slaughter the Earth Spirit Race after killing him.
• The Earth Spirit Race members in the stands cried out for Li Mu to surrender.

Li Mu turned the fight around just as Tian Xuan was about to kill him, then killed Tian Xuan with a sudden counterattack and formation. The crowd reacted in shock, while the Heavenly Immortal experts recognized that Li Mu had used his hidden injuries to lull Tian Xuan into lowering his guard.

• Tian Xuan prepared to kill Li Mu, while Liu Yun cried over the fifty thousand low-grade immortal stones she had bet.
• Li Mu grabbed Tian Xuan’s sword, struck him in the chest with his cane, and activated the Heaven and Earth Killing Formation, All Things Fall Silent.
• Tian Xuan begged to concede, but Li Mu continued the attack until Tian Xuan died.
• The audience erupted in confusion, and a Heavenly Immortal expert praised Li Mu’s counterattack after realizing he had deliberately used his hidden injuries to deceive Tian Xuan.

Li Mu defeated Tian Xuan but suffered a severe relapse of his old injuries, leaving him barely able to stand. The Ice Sparrow Race's Third Clan Elder then challenged him and threatened to destroy the Earth Spirit Race if he refused, while a brawny Earth Spirit Race member prepared to fight in his place.

• Li Mu's old wounds flared after his battle with Tian Xuan, and Earth Spirit Race members rushed onto the stage to treat him with precious treasures.
• The arena declared Li Mu the victor, while spectators lamented their lost bets and Liu Yun celebrated with Ye Lin over their winnings.
• The Ice Sparrow Race's Third Clan Elder challenged Li Mu to an arena match and offered to spare the Earth Spirit Race's inheritance if he accepted.
• The Third Clan Elder threatened to wipe out the Earth Spirit Race in three days if Li Mu refused, and a brawny man offered to fight in his place.

Li Mu faced the Ice Sparrow Race's Third Clan Elder in the Arena and sent his clansmen away to preserve the Earth Spirit Race. Seeing a chance to gain the race as an ally, Ye Lin sent Qin Feiyu to kill the Third Clan Elder with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.

• Li Mu ordered the Earth Spirit Race clansmen to flee and gave his Spatial Ring to one of them before confronting the Third Clan Elder.
• The Third Clan Elder entered the Arena, promising to avenge his junior brother and protect the Earth Spirit Race for ten million years.
• Ye Lin told Qin Feiyu that the Earth Spirit Race could support the Human Race and gave him the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• Qin Feiyu accepted the sword and hurried toward the Arena to kill the Third Clan Elder.
• Zhuge Yunyu asked whether Ye Lin planned to subdue the Earth Spirit Race, and Ye Lin confirmed that he wanted them as allies.

Ye Lin urged Zhuge Yunyu not to fear the Ice Sparrow Race and to accept the Earth Spirit Race as an ally, and she agreed. Qin Feiyu entered the life-and-death arena with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, surprising the gathered experts.

• Ye Lin told Zhuge Yunyu that strength could come from allies and challenged her fear of provoking the Ice Sparrow Race.
• Zhuge Yunyu thanked Ye Lin on behalf of the Human Race and agreed that accepting the Earth Spirit Race would benefit them.
• Liu Yun doubted that Ye Lin could kill a late-stage Heavenly Immortal with a single sword.
• Qin Feiyu strode onto the arena carrying the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, and the gathered experts questioned why a Human Race member had come.

Qin Feiyu offered the wounded Li Mu a chance for the Earth Spirit Race to submit to the Human Race, promising help with its crisis. Li Mu agreed, but the Ice Sparrow Race’s Third Elder attacked Qin Feiyu, and Li Mu intervened to protect him.

• Qin Feiyu told Li Mu that the Human Race could shoulder the Earth Spirit Race’s crisis if it submitted to them.
• Li Mu doubted Qin Feiyu’s claim but agreed to the proposal as an elder of the Earth Spirit Race.
• The Ice Sparrow Race’s Third Elder interrupted them and struck at Qin Feiyu with a palm attack.
• Li Mu shielded Qin Feiyu and shattered the attack with his cane, though the blow forced him back.
• Qin Feiyu angrily accused the Third Elder of using a sneak attack.

Qin Feiyu used the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword to kill the Ice Sparrow Race's Third Elder, revealing to Li Mu that the weapon carried the aura of a True Immortal. After Qin Feiyu invited Li Mu to meet an elder of his Household, Li Mu agreed and followed him from the Arena.

• The Third Elder attacked Qin Feiyu, who drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and struck him down with one blow.
• Qin Feiyu realized he had killed a Heavenly Immortal and credited the sword's power to Senior.
• Li Mu sensed a True Immortal's aura from Qin Feiyu's strike and understood that the Earth Spirit Race might be saved by the backing of a True Immortal.
• Qin Feiyu asked Li Mu to meet an elder of his Household, and Li Mu agreed.
• Qin Feiyu led Li Mu toward the spectator stands as the Earth Spirit Race clan elder and his men followed.

Ye Lin defeated the Ice Sparrow Race’s threat and accepted the Earth Spirit Race’s submission as Human Race vassals. He gave Li Mu the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword to protect the Earth Spirit Race as it relocated to Human Race territory.

• The Ice Sparrow Race’s disciples were stunned by the Third Elder’s death, and their leader told them to contact their clan and wait in place.
• Qin Feiyu returned the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword to Ye Lin, who thanked him for his service.
• Li Mu greeted Ye Lin and agreed to lead the entire Earth Spirit Race to become vassals of the Human Race.
• Ye Lin gave Li Mu the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, imbued with his aura, and ordered the Earth Spirit Race to relocate to Human Race territory.

Li Mu offered Ye Lin his race’s map, which was said to contain the secret of a Supreme Law, in exchange for protection and favor for the Earth Spirit Race. After Li Mu left with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, Ye Lin planned to return to Human Territory and investigate the map.

• Li Mu told Ye Lin that the Earth Spirit Race had fought the Ice Sparrow Race for tens of millions of years over a map said to reveal a Supreme Law.
• Li Mu offered to bring the map to Human Territory and present it to Ye Lin, hoping to end the danger facing his race.
• Ye Lin agreed to investigate the map and promised not to treat the Earth Spirit Race poorly if it truly contained a Supreme Law.
• Li Mu thanked Ye Lin, left with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, and hoped the Ice Sparrow Race would give him a chance to use it.

Ye Lin confronted Gu Zhan Tian over the Battle Arena rules and demonstrated his strength before leaving with Liu Yun and Zhuge Yunyu. They arrived at the trading area to browse its stalls and merchants.

• Gu Zhan Tian appeared above the Battle Arena and demanded an explanation from Ye Lin for allowing his disciple to kill contestants.
• Ye Lin answered with a sword gesture that cut off a lock of Gu Zhan Tian's hair, then left the arena.
• Liu Yun asked Ye Lin about his strength, but he told her to lead the way to the trading area.
• Liu Yun brought Ye Lin and Zhuge Yunyu to the trading area and explained the difference between its treasure stalls and merchant buildings.

Ye Lin and his companions visited the merchant district, where Liu Yun introduced them to Wang Fugui, the branch manager of Know-It-All Trading House. Zhuge Yunyu began looking through his catalogue while Ye Lin stood lost in thought.

• Ye Lin dismissed the suspicious weapons being sold on the tower floors and followed Liu Yun toward the merchants.
• Liu Yun led Ye Lin and the others into a tall building in the merchant district.
• Wang Fugui greeted Liu Yun, who told him she had brought a big deal.
• Wang Fugui introduced himself to Ye Lin and offered Zhuge Yunyu a catalogue of cultivation resources.
• Zhuge Yunyu thanked Wang Fugui and began browsing the catalogue while Ye Lin remained silent.

Zhuge Yunyu began buying scarce cultivation resources in enormous quantities with the Human Race’s accumulated wealth. Meanwhile, Ye Lin met a scarred young man who offered a battered jade bottle in exchange for help killing the powerful bounty hunter Langtao Tian.

• Zhuge Yunyu ordered ten thousand each of several scarce resources, and Wang Fugui eagerly recorded the purchases.
• Liu Yun was shocked by the Human Race’s wealth as Zhuge Yunyu and the prodigies prepared to spend their accumulated resources.
• Ye Lin, who had already vanished from the others’ view, spotted a battered jade bottle in a secluded corner of the trading floor.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that the bottle might be a Heaven Source Bottle, so Ye Lin asked its owner how much he wanted for it.
• The scarred young man said he would give Ye Lin the bottle if Ye Lin helped him kill Langtao Tian, a peak Heavenly Immortal bounty hunter.

Ye Lin agreed to help a ruined young man lure Langtao Tian, a peak Heavenly Immortal, to Starry Tower in exchange for the Heaven Source Bottle. After the young man gave him the bottle and left, Ye Lin learned that it could strengthen bloodlines, but doubted it would benefit him as a member of the Human Race.

• Ye Lin offered to deal with Langtao Tian if the young man led him to Starry Tower.
• The young man doubted Ye Lin could kill Langtao Tian, but Ye Lin promised to give him the bottle after killing his enemy.
• The young man agreed, handed Ye Lin the bottle, and received a Jade Talisman to contact him.
• The young man left to lure Langtao Tian while Ye Lin examined the Heaven Source Bottle.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the bottle produced a drop of liquid every thousand years that could purify bloodlines and awaken ancient ones.
• Ye Lin worried the bottle would be useless to him because he belonged to the Human Race.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that humans descended from the powerful Ancient Ancestor and carried a faint trace of his bloodline. Ye Lin accepted that the Heaven Source Bottle might strengthen his body, even if he could not awaken the bloodline.

• Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar what bloodline the Human Race possessed.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the Ancient Ancestor was born in the universe’s chaotic ancient era and possessed a body powerful enough to dominate other races.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said the Ancient Ancestor left the Star River Cosmos after it stabilized and that humans were his descendants.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said the Heaven Source Bottle might help Ye Lin purify his faint bloodline, though awakening it was uncertain.
• Ye Lin accepted the Heaven Source Bottle as an unexpected gain and noted that his physical cultivation lagged behind his True Immortal cultivation.

Zhuge Yunyu completed a major resource transaction with Wang Fugui, securing supplies and a Realm Breaking Pill for the Human Race. As her group prepared to leave, Ye Lin refused the resources she offered him.

• Wang Fugui handed Zhuge Yunyu the purchased goods and accepted the Human Race's Immortal Stones without counting them.
• Wang Fugui gifted Zhuge Yunyu a low-grade Immortal-rank, five-pattern Realm Breaking Pill that could raise an Earthly Immortal's chance of breaking through by thirty percent.
• Zhuge Yunyu and her group thanked Wang Fugui and left the shop with the resources they had bought.
• Zhuge Yunyu approached Ye Lin to offer him resources, but he said they were useless to him and refused them.

Ye Lin visited the Starry Tower’s slave trading area with Liu Yun and considered letting the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar devour the imprisoned beings to regain strength. As his companions explored the cages, Ye Lin remained uninterested and Liu Yun asked why he was not joining them.

• Ye Lin told Liu Yun he wanted to see the slave trading area before leaving the Starry Tower.
• Liu Yun activated a teleportation formation and brought the group to the dark slave market, where beings from many races were held in cages.
• Liu Yun explained that slaves from across the major races could be bought there, including beings at the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin scanned the market with his divine sense and dismissed most of its prisoners as too weak to interest him.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to let it feast on the slaves to recover some of its strength, and Ye Lin felt no pity for them.
• Liu Yun noticed Ye Lin standing apart while his companions examined the cages and asked why he was not joining them.