Arc 95The Water Moon Grotto-Heaven

Ye Lin rescued Li Yixian, avenged Yu Ye, and repaid Li Mu by destroying the Ice Sparrow Race before being trapped with Shen Junxue in Water Moon Grotto-Heaven. There, they joined the Mirror Moon Three Heroes and set out for Tianyong City as their Calamity-Transcending Stones ran low.

  • Ye Lin freed Li Yixian from Starry Tower, killed Wan Wudi, and later used his Sword Qi to kill Langtao Tian after Langtao Tian murdered Yu Ye.
  • Ye Lin returned to Human Race territory, received Li Mu’s visualization diagram, and spent five thousand years learning the Nine Yang Supreme Law.
  • Ye Lin destroyed the Ice Sparrow Race’s ancestral world at Li Mu’s request, then encountered Shen Junxue and defeated Wu Qi and his companion.
  • A mysterious hand pulled Ye Lin and Shen Junxue into Water Moon Grotto-Heaven, where their cultivation was suppressed and they struggled to find a way out.
  • Ye Lin and Shen Junxue crossed a sea of Water Moon Sacred Beasts and reached a forest, where they met Jade Ruyi, Niu Hanshan, and Jade Rose.
  • Ye Lin and Niu Hanshan agreed to fight after escaping, and Jade Ruyi gave Ye Lin and Shen Junxue Calamity-Transcending Stones before guiding them toward Tianyong City.
  • When Jade Scorpions blocked the route to Tianyong City, Niu Hanshan gave Ye Lin the One Breath Becomes Three Purities scroll and charged the swarm with Jade Rose and Jade Ruyi.
Chapters 2354–2378 Vol. 24 Read

Ch. 2354Familiar Stranger

Ye Lin assessed Starry Tower’s strength and secretly scouted its floors, then discovered Li Yixian imprisoned in an iron cage on the eighty-sixth floor. Li Yixian’s fate showed that a demonic woman would buy and torture him to death in three days.

  • Liu Yun warned Ye Lin that Starry Tower was protected by peak Heavenly Immortals and might have ties to True Immortal forces.
  • Ye Lin checked his cultivation and concluded he could contend with True Immortals, but told Liu Yun he was not ready to cause trouble.
  • Ye Lin dismissed Liu Yun’s worries and wandered through Starry Tower while covertly scouting it.
  • On the eighty-sixth floor, Ye Lin found Li Yixian imprisoned in an iron cage and examined his cultivation and fate.

Ch. 2355The Irritable Li Yixian

Ye Lin found Li Yixian imprisoned and abused in a slave cage, then bought him from the Snakefolk merchant. After Li Yixian attacked him, Ye Lin revealed himself, and Li Yixian recognized him as the Sect Master.

  • Ye Lin recognized Li Yixian as his former junior brother and Taichu's disciple in the Nameless Mountain.
  • A Snakefolk merchant tried to sell Li Yixian, but Li Yixian shouted that he was no slave and was knocked unconscious.
  • Ye Lin suppressed the merchant, paid one hundred low-grade immortal stones for Li Yixian, and tore open the cage.
  • Li Yixian woke and attacked Ye Lin, but Ye Lin stopped him with one finger and told him to look closely.
  • Li Yixian recognized Ye Lin as the Sect Master.

Ch. 2356Unlucky

Ye Lin freed Li Yixian, who explained how a Starry Sky storm had stranded him in an unfamiliar region and led to his capture by the Snakefolk. Ye Lin reunited him with the other humans and left Starry Tower, hinting that he might meet Liu Yun again soon.

  • Li Yixian recognized Ye Lin as the former Sect Master of Nameless Mountain and recalled his past achievements.
  • Ye Lin restored Li Yixian’s sealed cultivation, and Li Yixian thanked him.
  • Li Yixian told Ye Lin that he had survived a Starry Sky storm after entering the Star River Cosmos, only to be captured by the Snakefolk.
  • Ye Lin offered to get Li Yixian out, then gathered him with the other humans and left Starry Tower.
  • Liu Yun tried to persuade Ye Lin to stay, but he declined and said they might meet again soon.

Ch. 2357Easily Slain

Ye Lin refused Wan Wudi's accusation that he had stolen a Serpentfolk slave and destroyed the attack launched against him. He killed Wan Wudi with a gesture, and other figures arrived to confront him.

  • Zhuge Yunyu asked the little blue man to return the group's warship, but Wan Wudi and his followers arrived and accused Ye Lin of stealing a Serpentfolk slave.
  • Ye Lin said the slave had been obtained through a fair trade, and Wan Wudi declared he would punish him under Starry Tower's rules.
  • Wan Wudi attacked Ye Lin with a giant python phantom, but Ye Lin shattered it with a single word.
  • Ye Lin reached out and turned Wan Wudi into a mist of blood.
  • Several figures arrived and reprimanded Ye Lin for going too far.

Ch. 2358Yu Ye's Urgency

Ye Lin left Starry Tower after its experts yielded to him, then waited aboard his warship for Yu Ye. Yu Ye raced toward the tower with Langtao Tian in pursuit, hoping Ye Lin had kept his promise.

  • Starry Tower's experts let Ye Lin's warship pass after recognizing him as a True Immortal.
  • Zhuge Yunyu asked Ye Lin to speed up, but he waited for the young man who had traded with him.
  • Yu Ye fled through the starry sky with Langtao Tian's stolen Divine Movement Talisman, pursued by the old man.
  • Yu Ye hurried toward Starry Tower, while Langtao Tian feared the experts waiting there would surround him.

Ch. 2359Fulfilling the Promise, Regret

Yu Ye brought Langtao Tian to Starry Tower but was killed before he could activate his Jade Talisman, and Ye Lin killed Langtao Tian from afar. Afterward, Ye Lin received a letter from Taichu's master, read it, and told Li Yixian he understood its contents.

  • Yu Ye reached the vicinity of Starry Tower and called out to a senior while channeling immortal power into his Jade Talisman.
  • Langtao Tian pierced Yu Ye's chest and severed his legs, then took the golden runes that emerged from them as Yu Ye died and became a white fox.
  • A golden character appeared above Langtao Tian, and Ye Lin's Sword Qi killed him and shattered the surrounding stars.
  • Ye Lin declared his transaction with Yu Ye over and ordered Zhuge Yunyu to travel at full speed.
  • Li Yixian gave Ye Lin a letter from Taichu's master, and Ye Lin read it before sending Li Yixian away.

Ch. 2360Great Sun Spanning the Sky

Ye Lin returned to the Human Race’s territory and examined the Earth Spirit Race’s Great Sun Spanning the Sky visualization diagram. Inside its painted world, a mysterious figure offered to impart the method to him, leaving Ye Lin to discover how much he could comprehend.

  • Ye Lin and the others arrived safely in Human Race territory, where people gathered to welcome their warship.
  • Cang Zhong told Ye Lin that the Earth Spirit Race clansmen had been settled and that Li Mu was waiting in the main hall.
  • Li Mu returned the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and gave Ye Lin the visualization diagram.
  • Ye Lin saw a vision of a figure wielding a great sun and battling countless powerful experts across the Starry Sky.
  • A majestic voice told Ye Lin he was fated to enter the World in the Painting and offered to impart the method to him.

Ch. 2361Five Thousand Years of Seclusion, Nine Yang Supreme Law

Ye Lin spent five thousand years comprehending the painting and learned the Nine Yang Supreme Law, a mid-grade Supreme Law. After awakening, he discovered the painting had crumbled and manifested the law’s first great sun.

  • Ye Lin became immersed in a vision of a rising sun as the grand hall sealed around him.
  • Cang Zhong and Li Mu left Ye Lin in seclusion, and Cang Zhong checked on the hall every hundred years.
  • The Human Race grew to six Heavenly Immortal experts and made the hall a heavily guarded forbidden ground.
  • The Nine Yang Star Lord appeared in Ye Lin’s vision, named himself, and said they might meet again.
  • Ye Lin returned to his senses, learned the name and levels of the Nine Yang Supreme Law, and realized five thousand years had passed.

Ch. 2362Li Mu's Request

Ye Lin emerged from seclusion and agreed to help Li Mu punish the Ice Sparrow Race for its persecution of the Earth Spirit Race. After bidding farewell to the gathered Human Race powers, Ye Lin left with Lin Yunlu, and the story shifted to a glacier-covered continent inhabited by snow-white birds.

  • Ye Lin confirmed that Li Mu’s supreme art was genuine and asked how he could repay the favor.
  • Li Mu asked Ye Lin to strike the Ice Sparrow Race, which had hunted Earth Spirit Race prodigies and confined the race to its home stars.
  • Ye Lin summoned the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell, and Lin Yunlu appeared, saying she had enjoyed five thousand years of play.
  • Six Heavenly Immortals arrived as Ye Lin prepared to leave; Ye Lin told them to grow stronger and departed through the void.
  • The gathered powers bowed as Ye Lin left, and the story moved to a glacier-covered continent surrounded by revolving stars and snow-white birds.

Ch. 2363Overturn and Annihilate

Ye Lin attacked the Ice Sparrow Race's ancestral land with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and began refining its entire world. The chapter left the Ice Sparrow Race facing destruction as explosions erupted across the continent.

  • Ye Lin arrived at the Ice Sparrow Race's territory and ignored the guard's demand that he leave.
  • Ye Lin unleashed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, which expanded above the clan's ancestral land.
  • Ye Lin used the jar's Blood Baleful qi to cover the continent and began refining it.
  • An Ice Sparrow Race powerhouse begged Ye Lin to spare the clan and offered its treasures, but Ye Lin continued.
  • Screams and explosions spread across the continent as the Ice Sparrow Race's world was destroyed.

Ch. 2364The Ice Sparrow Race, Annihilated

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to annihilate the Ice Sparrow Race and its world, then rejected the jar’s offer to help him grow stronger by devouring more living beings. He left with the jar on his shoulder, while it remained convinced he would eventually embrace its path.

  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar drained the Ice Sparrow Race and destroyed its world, leaving only shattered fragments in the Starry Sky.
  • The Ice Sparrow Race experts watched in shock as their people and birthplace vanished.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar praised the destruction and offered to help Ye Lin reach the Taiyi Mystic Immortal realm by devouring more.
  • Ye Lin carried the jar away but rejected shortcuts that would compromise his nature and cultivation.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar silently expected Ye Lin to become a second Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord someday.

Ch. 2365Shen Junxue

Ye Lin encountered Shen Yunxue while passing a battle in the Starry Sky, then was attacked by Wu Qi, a late-stage True Immortal from the Divine Dynasty. Ye Lin fought back and revealed enough strength to surprise Wu Qi, but their battle remained unresolved.

  • Ye Lin headed toward the center of the Immortal Abandoned Land and tried to detour around a battle between two factions.
  • Shen Yunxue appeared before Ye Lin and was surprised that he could see her despite her bracelet.
  • Ye Lin viewed Shen Yunxue's panel and learned about her background, fate, and future opportunity.
  • Wu Qi arrived, accused Ye Lin of belonging to the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, and attacked when Ye Lin tried to leave.
  • Ye Lin shattered Wu Qi's attack, seized him, and smashed him into a star before Wu Qi broke free and recognized Ye Lin's cultivation.

Ch. 2366Puzzled

Ye Lin fought Wu Qi, a Divine Dynasty martial general who had attacked him, and easily defeated him. Wu Qi’s companion then intervened and demanded that Ye Lin stop.

  • Wu Qi attacked Ye Lin after discovering that he was a mid-stage True Immortal, despite his companion urging him to leave.
  • Wu Qi charged Ye Lin with his spear while Shen Junxue watched from a distance.
  • Ye Lin redirected Wu Qi’s spear with a finger and slapped him into the starry sky, where he smashed through several stars.
  • Ye Lin gathered Blood Baleful Qi as he prepared to continue, but Wu Qi’s companion stepped in and ordered him to stay his hand.

Ch. 2367Arrogant

Ye Lin crippled Wu Qi with his Great Sun Descends technique after the Divine Dynasty cultivators challenged him. The surviving young man threatened retaliation from the Divine Dynasty, while Wu Qi floated badly wounded in the Starry Sky.

  • Ye Lin slapped the young man, badly injuring him for daring to order Ye Lin around.
  • Wu Qi attacked Ye Lin with Heavenly Spear, but Ye Lin shattered the spear with Great Sun Descends and struck Wu Qi down.
  • Ye Lin detonated the great sun, destroying stars across tens of thousands of star miles and leaving Wu Qi gravely injured.
  • The young man warned Ye Lin that harming Wu Qi would enrage the Divine Dynasty and bring consequences for the Immortal Abandoned Land.

Ch. 2368Water Moon Grotto-Heaven

Ye Lin killed the Divine Dynasty cultivators, then he and Shen Junxue were pulled into Water Moon Grotto-Heaven by a strange Milky Way. They learned that escaping required discovering the grotto-heaven’s true secret, which no one had ever found.

  • Ye Lin destroyed the young man’s Primordial Spirit and obliterated Wu Qi, then dismissed Shen Junxue’s warning about the Divine Dynasty’s God.
  • Shen Junxue followed Ye Lin as a Milky Way appeared in the Starry Sky and began drawing cultivators away.
  • A snow-white hand seized Ye Lin, and he and Shen Junxue vanished into Water Moon Grotto-Heaven.
  • Ye Lin recalled that the grotto-heaven was the inner space of a spear thrown during a battle between two Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
  • Shen Junxue despaired at being trapped, while Ye Lin considered the requirement to find the grotto-heaven’s true secret.

Ch. 2369In the Darkness, There is Destiny

Ye Lin and Shen Junxue were trapped in the Water Moon Grotto-Heaven, where their powers were suppressed and escape seemed impossible. As Ye Lin searched for a way out, Shen Junxue’s parents discussed her disappearance and the role of Destiny in her calamity.

  • Shen Junxue confronted Ye Lin for making her risk getting trapped while saving him, but he focused on finding a way out.
  • Shen Junxue explained that the grotto-heaven had no laws or Immortal Qi, suppressed their cultivation, and brought Water Moon Sacred Beasts, leaving them likely to die there.
  • Ye Lin examined the island and its surroundings, insisting there had to be a way out while Shen Junxue lost hope.
  • Shen Junxue’s mother told her husband that she had lost contact with Xue'er.
  • Shen Junxue’s father said her calamity was tied to Destiny and could not be avoided, but might become a fortunate opportunity for her.

Ch. 2370A Year Passes in a Hurry

After a year trapped in Water Moon Grotto-Heaven, Ye Lin had perfected the first level of the Great Sun Supreme Art while Shen Junxue despaired over their lack of escape. When a Water Moon Sacred Beast attacked, Ye Lin drove it off, and the two considered how to survive and break their stalemate.

  • Shen Junxue lamented that she and Ye Lin had spent a year trapped without finding a way out.
  • Ye Lin ended his meditation, pleased that he had perfected the first level of the Great Sun Supreme Art, and felt guilty that Shen Junxue had been trapped while saving him.
  • A Water Moon Sacred Beast leaped from the sea and lunged at Ye Lin, who struck it back into the water.
  • Shen Junxue warned Ye Lin that more Water Moon Sacred Beasts, possibly even True Immortals, might be beneath the sea.
  • Ye Lin reasoned that rules kept the beasts from attacking the island and said they needed to find a way to escape rather than wait for death.
  • Shen Junxue accepted Ye Lin's reasoning and turned her attention to breaking their stalemate.

Ch. 2371Water Moon Sacred Beast

Ye Lin and Shen Junxue crossed the sea toward a distant continent while fighting Water Moon Sacred Beasts. They discovered that the beasts feared Shen Junxue’s flames, giving them a way forward.

  • Several Water Moon Sacred Beasts attacked Ye Lin and Shen Junxue, and Ye Lin knocked them back into the water.
  • Shen Junxue used her powers to blast several beasts apart, then complained that the sea was suppressing her strength.
  • Ye Lin spotted a distant continent and pulled Shen Junxue across the waves toward it.
  • Ye Lin killed a Water Moon Sacred Beast that attacked from below and told Shen Junxue to continue while he guarded their rear.
  • Shen Junxue activated Blazing Sun Incinerates Heaven, driving the beasts away, and Ye Lin realized they were afraid of fire.

Ch. 2372A Close Call

Ye Lin rescued Shen Junxue from a mid-stage True Immortal Water Moon Sacred Beast, but the beast’s strength overwhelmed him as his power was suppressed. They landed in an eerie forest, where Ye Lin wondered what was wrong with the place.

  • A mid-stage True Immortal Water Moon Sacred Beast emerged behind Ye Lin, and Shen Junxue reached solid ground.
  • Shen Junxue attacked the beast with two golden flame dragons, but it bit them apart and charged at her.
  • Ye Lin pulled Shen Junxue behind him and struck the beast with the Great Sun Emergence, but the phantom shattered and the beast knocked him away.
  • The Water Moon Sacred Beast roared and disappeared into the sea, while Ye Lin coughed up blood and noted that his suppression was worsening.
  • Shen Junxue thanked Ye Lin as they found themselves in a strange forest of nearly identical trees beneath eerie moonlight.

Ch. 2373Mirror Moon Three Heroes

Ye Lin and Shen Junxue traveled through the dangerous Water Moon Grotto-Heaven, where Ye Lin killed a Long-haired Demon Ape that attacked them. Three strangers calling themselves the Mirror Moon Three Heroes approached and recognized that the pair had only just entered the grotto-heaven.

  • Ye Lin pulled Shen Junxue aside to evade a flash of white light, and they discussed finding the spear's artifact spirit as a possible way out.
  • Ye Lin sensed another attack, then used a blazing sun of power to pin the white creature to the ground and kill it.
  • Shen Junxue approached the creature's corpse, and a cool-voiced woman identified it as a Water Moon Sacred Beast called a Long-haired Demon Ape.
  • Three figures approached, and Shen Junxue warily moved back toward Ye Lin.
  • The petite girl introduced them as the Mirror Moon Three Heroes and asked whether Ye Lin and Shen Junxue had just entered the Water Moon Grotto-Heaven.

Ch. 2374A Heavy Atmosphere

Shen Junxue and Ye Lin met Jade Ruyi, Niu Hanshan, and Jade Rose, who had been trapped in the place for tens of millions of years. The encounter turned tense when Ye Lin and Niu Hanshan recognized that they both cultivated One Breath Becomes Three Purities and prepared to fight.

  • Shen Junxue introduced herself and Ye Lin to Jade Ruyi, who introduced Niu Hanshan and Jade Rose.
  • Jade Ruyi said the three had been trapped there for tens of millions of years and invited Shen Junxue and Ye Lin to come with them.
  • Niu Hanshan recognized that Ye Lin cultivated One Breath Becomes Three Purities, and Ye Lin confirmed it.
  • Niu Hanshan planted his great saber in the ground as killing intent filled the air, while Jade Ruyi and Jade Rose moved beside him and Shen Junxue stood with Ye Lin.

Ch. 2375Regret

Ye Lin and Niu Hanshan prepared to fight over their fragmentary scrolls of One Breath Becomes Three Purities, but Niu Hanshan could not recover his strength after tens of millions of years of suppression. They agreed to settle their rivalry after escaping the place where they were trapped.

  • Ye Lin asked whether Niu Hanshan possessed a fragmentary scroll, and Niu Hanshan confirmed that he did.
  • Ye Lin and Shen Junxue prepared to fight, but Niu Hanshan's aura faded as he admitted he could not regain his former strength.
  • Ye Lin put away the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and said he would not waste his strength fighting there.
  • Niu Hanshan said he had been trapped for tens of millions of years and doubted they could escape.
  • Ye Lin asked Niu Hanshan to promise they would fight after leaving, and Niu Hanshan agreed, saying he would reincarnate and cultivate again if he lost.

Ch. 2376Cruel

Ye Lin and Shen Junxue joined Niu Hanshan’s group, and Jade Ruyi explained how Calamity-Transcending Stones eased the Water Moon Grotto-Heaven’s crushing suppression. She revealed that a powerful group monopolized the stones, leaving the long-trapped cultivators impoverished and struggling to survive.

  • Ye Lin accepted Niu Hanshan’s invitation to travel together, and Shen Junxue welcomed the arrangement.
  • Jade Ruyi gave Ye Lin and Shen Junxue low-grade Calamity-Transcending Stones, which eased the suppression and restored some of Ye Lin’s strength.
  • Ye Lin learned that higher-grade stones could reduce the suppression further, but a powerful group controlled access to them.
  • Jade Ruyi explained that she and her companions had traded away their resources and Spatial Rings for stones after spending tens of millions of years in the grotto-heaven.
  • Jade Ruyi said that True Immortals without Calamity-Transcending Stones would be crushed after one million years.

Ch. 2377Jade Scorpion

Jade Ruyi and Niu Hanshan guided Ye Lin and Shen Junxue across Mirror Moon Land toward Tianyong City, warning them about its dangers and telling them to conceal that they were newcomers. Their journey halted when Jade Rose discovered a group of powerful Jade Scorpions ahead.

  • Jade Ruyi explained that Mirror Moon Land could shift into countless forms and that the Long-haired Demon Ape that attacked Ye Lin was a relatively weak Earth Immortal.
  • Jade Ruyi said the group was heading to Tianyong City to trade Water Moon Sacred Beast heads for Calamity-Transcending Stones, and warned that nighttime brought deadly beasts.
  • Niu Hanshan warned Ye Lin and Shen Junxue to hide their identities as newcomers, so they put on masks to conceal their auras.
  • Ye Lin asked why Water Moon Sacred Beast heads were valuable, and Niu Hanshan said they were important materials for refining Calamity-Transcending Stones.
  • Jade Rose detected movement, went ahead to investigate, and returned to report that a group of enormous, powerful Jade Scorpions was blocking their way.

Ch. 2378Niu Hanshan's Relief

With the only route to Tianyong City blocked by a deadly Jade Scorpion swarm, the group had to choose between fighting through and dying on the way around. Niu Hanshan gave Ye Lin the One Breath Becomes Three Purities scroll and charged ahead, while Jade Rose and Jade Ruyi prepared to follow.

  • Jade Ruyi explained that the Jade Scorpions blocked the only route to Tianyong City and that the group had less than three days before their Calamity-Transcending Stones ran out.
  • Jade Rose decided to carve a path through the swarm, and Jade Ruyi followed her.
  • Niu Hanshan gave Ye Lin the One Breath Becomes Three Purities scroll, pointed out that Tianyong City lay fifty star li ahead, and charged at the Jade Scorpions.
  • Ye Lin examined the scroll while Shen Junxue hesitated to risk her life alongside people she had just met.
  • Jade Rose and Jade Ruyi surveyed the tens of thousands of Jade Scorpions and planned to have Niu Hanshan lead the charge while they cleared the flanks.
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