Vol. 55Ye Lin’s Ancient-Era Rise

Sword Venerable trained Ye Lin and sent him into the ancient and primordial eras, where Ye Lin challenged the races and rose through the Ten Thousand Races Arena. After entering the Supreme Holy Palace and killing Shadow Venerable, Ye Lin faced Shadow Venerable’s elder brother, Dark Night Venerable.

  • Hong Batian brought Ye Lin to Pang Yong’s banquet, where Ye Lin met Xing Yun and learned of the dangers facing the Human Race.
  • Ye Lin began Sword Venerable’s grueling training, cutting away his Law of Destruction and enduring a meteor trial after ten thousand years of study.
  • Sword Venerable sent Ye Lin into a branch of the ancient era to make his name across the Central Star Domain.
  • Ye Lin killed all ten of the Asura Clan’s foundation-level prodigies and headed with Shangguan Qingyi to challenge the Witch Clan.
  • Ye Lin defeated the Witch Clan’s prodigies and exposed the Demon Race’s exploitation of humans before challenging the Vermilion Bird Clan.
  • Ye Lin forced back the Vermilion Bird Clan’s remaining six prodigies as they attacked him with Vermilion Bird True Fire.
  • Ye Lin defeated Divine Beast Clan prodigies, rose rapidly through the Ten Thousand Races Arena, and killed Shadow Venerable after he surrendered.
  • Ye Lin entered the Supreme Holy Palace, challenged Dark Night Venerable, and clashed with his nine dragons using Sever.
Chapters 5404–5503 Read from Ch. 5404

Arc 217The Sword Venerable’s Trial

Ye Lin attended Pang Yong’s banquet, killed Leng Yifan, and declined to join Dongfang Ling’s suspicious secret-realm expedition before visiting the Void Clan’s Ancestral Land. There, Sky Vault Venerable entrusted him to Sword Venerable for training, while upheaval spread through the Star River Cosmos and Ye Lin began a grueling trial by fire.

  • Hong Batian brought Ye Lin and Liu Bai to Pang Yong’s banquet, where Ye Lin met Xing Yun and learned about the rivalries among the races and the dangers facing the Human Race.
  • Ye Lin killed a Liu Family survivor and then Leng Yifan after Leng Yifan refused to back down, drawing the prodigies’ attention and prompting warnings about retaliation from powerful clans.
  • Dongfang Ling announced a secret realm with only fifty slots, but Ye Lin suspected a trap and refused to go.
  • Xing Yun brought Ye Lin to the Void Clan’s Ancestral Land beyond the Star River Cosmos, where Sky Vault Venerable tested Ye Lin’s character and showed him scenes from his past in the River of Time.
  • Sky Vault Venerable asked Sword Venerable to train Ye Lin, and Sword Venerable gave him a Sword Stele to study for ten thousand years.
  • Ye Lin cut away his Law of Destruction and began his sword cultivation anew, inspiring violence across the Star River Cosmos as rogue cultivators and major forces clashed.
  • After ten thousand years of study, Ye Lin reached Golden Immortal Level Nine, and Sword Venerable began tempering his will in a sea of fire with an increasingly difficult meteor trial.
Chapters 5404–542825 summaries Read

Arc 218Ye Lin’s Ancient-Era Challenge

Sword Venerable trained Ye Lin and sent him into the ancient era to make his name among the Central Star Domain’s prodigies. After killing all ten of the Asura Clan’s foundation-level prodigies, Ye Lin headed to the Witch Clan to face its champions.

  • Ye Lin survived Sword Venerable’s meteor trial by applying his Sword Dao laws, then passed a second test by naming and unleashing his sword strike Vicissitudes.
  • After eight thousand years of Sword Dao instruction, Ye Lin followed Sword Venerable through the River of Time into a branch of the ancient era, where he was tasked with making his name across the Central Star Domain.
  • Ye Lin joined the Human Race’s heritage-level prodigies and declared he would challenge the strongest opponents, then left with Shangguan Qingyi for the Asura Clan.
  • Shangguan Qingyi revealed that Wang Chaozong had killed her younger sister and asked Ye Lin to help kill him, while explaining the Chaos Secret Realm and its importance to the races.
  • Ye Lin defeated Wang Chaozong and slaughtered the Asura Clan fighters who challenged him, then killed all nine foundation-level prodigies who confronted him.
  • Shangguan Qingyi crushed Wang Chaozong’s Primordial Spirit, while news spread that Ye Lin had killed all ten of the Asura Clan’s foundation-level prodigies.
  • Ye Lin found that making a name for himself in the ancient era did not increase his luck, and told Shangguan Qingyi he would clear away his opponents and claim the Chaos Secret Realm for her.
  • Ye Lin and Shangguan Qingyi reached the Witch Clan’s Ancestor Witch Hall, where Ye Lin walked toward its ten foundation-level prodigies as Sword Qi lotuses formed beneath his steps.
Chapters 5429–545325 summaries Read

Arc 219Ye Lin’s Starry Challenges

Ye Lin defeated the Witch Clan prodigies, exposed the Demon Race’s exploitation of humans, and challenged the Demon Race and Vermilion Bird Clan. He reached the Vermilion Bird arena and was still fighting the clan’s six remaining prodigies.

  • Ye Lin defeated the Witch Clan’s ten prodigies, killing two and driving the rest into despair before leaving with Shangguan Qingyi.
  • Ye Lin chose to challenge the Demon Race, where Yuan Qingqing tried to win his favor and then plotted against him with two Dragon Race men.
  • Shangguan Qingyi helped enslaved humans rebel against the Demon Race, while Ye Lin killed the Dragon Race attackers and pursued Yuan Qingqing to the Green Hills Fox Race, where he killed her and three half-step Taiyi women.
  • Ye Lin destroyed Demon Race worlds to draw out a worthy opponent, then spared Wang Sheng after their brief fight.
  • Ye Lin chose to challenge the Vermilion Bird Clan before the Divine Beast Clan, and the Vermilion Bird Clan prepared a public arena for the battle.
  • The Vermilion Bird Clan’s ten prodigies faced Ye Lin together, but he forced two to concede and crippled two more.
  • The remaining six transformed into Vermilion Birds and attacked with Vermilion Bird True Fire, but Ye Lin’s Purgatory Ice Flame-infused sword strike forced them back before they launched another torrent of fire.
Chapters 5454–547825 summaries Read

Arc 220Ye Lin Enters the Holy Palace

Ye Lin entered the primordial era and made his name by defeating Divine Beast Clan prodigies and rising rapidly through the Ten Thousand Races Arena. After killing Shadow Venerable and entering the Supreme Holy Palace, he confronted Shadow Venerable’s elder brother, Dark Night Venerable.

  • Ye Lin defeated the Vermilion Bird Clan prodigies, killed Lü Fengxian, and defeated Long Wuqi and Xu Shuxin before agreeing to enter the primordial era with Sword Venerable.
  • Sword Venerable brought Ye Lin to the primordial era and tasked him with making his name known, while forbidding Primordial Unity Golden Immortal experts from attacking him.
  • Ye Lin learned that the Divine Beast Clan’s rebellion had sparked a wider conflict, then killed a gigantic bear prodigy and headed for the Ten Thousand Races Arena.
  • Wang Fugui helped Ye Lin register as a challenger, and Ye Lin quickly rose to Level Five by destroying ninth-layer Golden Immortal puppets.
  • Liu Qingqing arranged a Level Seven match between Ye Lin and Shadow Venerable, while Wang Fugui wagered four million Supreme Immortal Stones on Ye Lin.
  • Ye Lin defeated Shadow Venerable and killed him even after he surrendered, then declined Wang Fugui’s offer to share his winnings.
  • Liu Qingqing brought Ye Lin into the Supreme Holy Palace, where he saw his statue and learned that Dark Night Venerable was Shadow Venerable’s elder brother.
  • Ye Lin cut apart Dark Night Venerable’s demonic dragon, challenged him, and clashed with his nine dragons using the Sword Qi technique Sever.
Chapters 5479–550325 summaries Read
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