Vol. 52Ye Lin’s Sword and the Three Sects

Ye Lin reforged his cultivation, defeated powerful enemies, and restored the Star Phantom God Realm before claiming the Hundred Heroes Ranking. He later became involved in the struggle against the Three Sects, which was poised to escalate as prisoners escaped and powerful allies joined the resistance.

  • Ye Lin abandoned his cultivation and rebuilt his foundations around the Chaos Sword Dao, then killed Ao Xuan after discovering that the West Sea Dragon Clan had captured Gu Qingzhi and Li Xiaoyao.
  • Ye Lin fought through the Dragon Clan at Ao Xuan’s wedding, killed him, and freed Li Xiaoyao from the underground palace.
  • Ye Lin entered the besieged Star Phantom God Realm alone and killed the demonic beasts threatening it.
  • Ye Lin returned to the realm’s main hall, ordered its experts to prepare a counterattack, and summoned the remaining survivors.
  • Ye Lin defeated the Hundred Heroes Ranking’s strongest opponents and placed his name in every position from first to hundredth.
  • After thirty years of cultivation, Ye Lin met Wang Sheng, who asked him to lead the Second Region’s young geniuses in reclaiming three secret realms.
  • Ye Lin helped the Eight Ancient Clans attack the three great clans, then left to investigate the capture of Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable.
  • Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable escaped the Heavenly Sword Sect, while the Heavenly Demon Patriarch, Snow Emperor Ningshang, and Weldblade Patriarch joined Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi’s resistance.
Chapters 5104–5203 Read from Ch. 5104

Arc 205Reforging the Sword Dao

Ye Lin abandoned his cultivation and let Black Emperor rebuild his body and foundations around a Chaos Sword Dao, then mastered three sword arts. After returning to find Gu Qingzhi and Li Xiaoyao captured by the West Sea Dragon Clan, Ye Lin killed Ao Xuan at his wedding ceremony.

  • Black Emperor led Ye Lin and his companions through a hidden passage from the Demon-Monster Realm to the Earth God Realm, where Ye Lin created a concealed small world.
  • Ye Lin agreed to disperse his cultivation and begin again, surrendering all his power while retaining his Golden Immortal body and Primordial Spirit.
  • Black Emperor taught Ye Lin the Grand Void Return to Ruins Sword Canon, and Wang Tian refined Ye Lin a Chaos Sword Body in the Nine Provinces Cauldron.
  • Ye Lin absorbed Chaos Qi and restored his cultivation to Golden Immortal Level Seven, then spent a thousand years mastering three sword arts.
  • Ye Lin returned from his secluded training and learned that Gu Qingzhi and Li Xiaoyao had been captured by the West Sea Dragon Clan, while Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao had disappeared.
  • Ye Lin went with Ao Guang to the West Sea Dragon Palace and objected when Ao Xuan announced his marriage to Gu Qingzhi.
  • Ye Lin defeated Ao Ye and fought off the Dragon Clan experts before confronting Ao Xuan, who transformed into a colossal dragon.
  • Ye Lin cut off Ao Xuan’s tail, burned him with the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and killed him with Void Overlapping Shadows.
Chapters 5104–512825 summaries Read

Arc 206The Star Phantom God Realm

Ye Lin destroyed the West Sea Dragon Clan, reunited with Li Xiaoyao, and entered the Starry Sky to pursue the Hundred Heroes Ranking. After accepting the Heavenly Dao’s mission, he went alone to the Star Phantom God Realm and killed the monsters ravaging it, leaving its survivors preparing to counterattack.

  • Ye Lin killed Ao Xuan and the five West Sea Dragon Clan elders, then freed Li Xiaoyao from the underground palace before leaving the Immortal God Realm.
  • Ye Lin visited the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, reunited with Shangguan Wanyu and Luo Yao, and left for the Starry Sky when its passage opened.
  • Qin Unrivaled led Ye Lin’s group to the Thousand Stars Region, where Li Xiaoyao and Qin Unrivaled killed the young lord of Mystic Sword Manor and his companions after their Flying Boat attacked.
  • Ye Lin entered the Heavenly Hall, accepted a mission to kill five ninth-level Golden Immortal monsters threatening the Star Phantom God Realm, and left alone to carry it out.
  • Ye Lin entered the besieged Star Phantom God Realm and learned that five former God Emperors had become Demonic Beasts after failing to break the Heavenly Dao’s seal.
  • At Heaven's Summit, Yuan Chu and the wounded middle-aged God Emperor resisted the monsters, while the old man sacrificed himself to injure the four who remained after the God Emperor killed one and ended his own life.
  • Ye Lin arrived at the plateau, killed one monster with a sword strike, and burned the other three with Karmic Fire Red Lotus.
  • Ye Lin returned to the main hall, ordered the experts to prepare a counterattack, and summoned the realm’s remaining living beings to gather.
Chapters 5129–515325 summaries Read

Arc 207Ye Lin Tops the Ranking

After restoring the Star Phantom God Realm, Ye Lin challenged the Hundred Heroes Ranking and defeated its strongest projections, placing his name in every position. Thirty years later, as three hostile factions ravaged the Second Region, Wang Sheng asked him to lead the young geniuses in reclaiming three secret realms.

  • Ye Lin led his forces to reclaim the Star Phantom God Realm, then left its survivors protected behind the seal and traveled to the Heavenly Hall.
  • After killing the Mystic Sword Manor swordsmen who attacked him, Ye Lin submitted his mission scroll and climbed the Heavenly Ladder in 748 breaths.
  • Ye Lin passed the trial of temptation, then overcame a vision of a life with Li Yuerou and their son before awakening and completing the second trial.
  • Ye Lin defeated Mad Blade in one strike and rapidly climbed the Hundred Heroes Ranking, then killed Baili Changfeng with Karmic Fire Red Lotus.
  • Ye Lin defeated Butcher and Qian Xue, overcame the ranking’s remaining opponents, and placed his name in every position from first to hundredth.
  • Ye Lin left the ranking platform as prodigies across the Second Region sought him, while secret realms, devils, aberrations, and the Devouring Spirit Race threw the region into chaos.
  • After cultivating on a snowy mountain for thirty years, Ye Lin met Wang Sheng, who asked him to lead the Second Region’s geniuses against the three factions occupying the secret realms.
Chapters 5154–517825 summaries Read

Arc 208The Three Sects’ Downfall

Ye Lin helped the Eight Ancient Clans strike the three great clans, then left to investigate the hunt for Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable. As Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi rallied opposition in the Beginningless Great World, the prisoners escaped and three ninth-layer experts arrived to join the fight against the Three Sects.

  • Ye Lin rejected Wang Sheng’s appeal, then accepted the Sacred King Visualization Diagram and agreed to help the Eight Ancient Clans after three years of cultivation.
  • Ye Lin led the Eight Ancient Clans’ fighters against the three great clans, slaughtered their geniuses, and refused to enter the other secret realms after fulfilling his agreement.
  • Li Xiaoyao told Ye Lin that Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable had been captured, so Ye Lin set out for the Beginningless Great World while Wang Tianyi and Bao Xiaotou hunted the Three Great Sects’ disciples.
  • Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi confronted the sects at Immortal Moon Mountain, but a wounded ninth-level Golden Immortal escaped with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable as they exposed the sects’ decline.
  • Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi urged the Beginningless Great World’s cultivators to resist the Three Great Sects, while Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable sawed through their rune-covered chains and escaped from the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Back Mountain.
  • The Heavenly Sword Sect searched for the escaped prisoners as the Punishment Assembly began and the other two sects demanded answers.
  • The Heavenly Demon Patriarch, Snow Emperor Ningshang, and Weldblade Patriarch joined Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi, and Li Xiaoyao proposed charging straight at the Three Great Sects.
Chapters 5179–520325 summaries Read
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