Recaps

Ye Lin overcame his fear, killed Chu Jingming, and gained the confidence to pursue greater cultivation. He became Heavenly Blade Sage’s fourth disciple and took on three Holy Palace missions to qualify for the Eastern Region’s top hundred.

• Ye Lin admitted his fear of Chu Jingming, resolved to keep fighting, and returned to the arena with his injuries healed and his strength at the peak of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin killed Chu Jingming with Heaven-Opening, restored his confidence, and received the Bloodthirst Essence prize as the Shenluo Conference ended.
• Ye Lin gave the Bloodthirst Essence to Spirit King, who merged the Heaven-Devouring Toad Clan’s secret realm with the Origin Continent in Cloud Province.
• Ye Lin warned cultivators away from the dangerous barrier hiding the clan’s new territory, then met Uncle Blade, who revealed he was Heavenly Blade Sage and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Ye Lin accepted Heavenly Blade Sage as his master and was formally named his fourth personal disciple on Meteor Island, where he met his Third Senior Sister Yun Qiyue.
• Yun Qiyue explained the rewards and requirements for joining the Eastern Region’s top hundred, and Ye Lin chose to pursue its resources and trading points.
• Ye Lin traveled with Yun Qiyue to the Holy Palace branch on Blazing Fire Continent and drew three missions: investigate a missing envoy, capture Wang Yongxin, and win first place at the Dao Assembly in Water Province.

Ye Lin investigated the Holy Palace envoy’s death, won first place at the Dao Gathering, and tracked down Wang Yongxin in the Boundary Sea. After capturing him, Ye Lin uncovered a plot to divert his teleportation to dangerous Heaven Province and demanded to deal with the array operator who had helped Wang Yongxin.

• Ye Lin investigated the Liu Family over the Holy Palace envoy’s death, but learned that the Holy Palace had searched them repeatedly without finding evidence.
• Ye Lin went to Xuanyuan City to seek help from its City Lord, Yun Qiyue’s old friend.
• After a year of comprehending the Seventy-Two Transformations, Ye Lin defeated Wang Tiezhu and Bai Ze, then won first place at the Dao Gathering and gave up the reward.
• Ye Lin traveled to the Boundary Sea, tracked Wang Yongxin across the cosmic darkness, and defeated him after ten years of pursuit.
• Ye Lin captured Wang Yongxin’s Primordial Spirit and began returning to the Holy Palace, but discovered that an array operator had altered his teleportation destination to Heaven Province.
• The Holy Palace branch’s middle-aged official confirmed that the operator had plotted with Wang Yongxin to get Ye Lin killed and promised severe punishment.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had captured Wang Yongxin and asked to deal with the culprit himself.

Ye Lin completed his Holy Palace mission and went with Yun Qiyue to Origin Holy City, where he studied the Eastern Region’s ranked cultivators and explored its ancient secrets. At the city auction, he spent his entire fortune on an Enlightenment Fruit, intending to use it for a purpose he kept to himself.

• Ye Lin forced Wang Gao to hand over the cultivator who had framed him, then traveled to the Blazing Fire Continent and submitted his completed Holy Palace mission.
• After receiving his candidate Identity Token, Ye Lin asked Yun Qiyue about challenging the Eastern Region Top Hundred, and she gave him rankings to study before taking him to Origin Holy City.
• Ye Lin explored Drunken Flower Pavilion with Yun Qiyue, drank Drunken Flower Brew, and met Yun Wan'er, whose matchmaking history had ruined many couples and driven a wedge between her and Yun Qiyue.
• At the Dharma Comprehension Hall, Ye Lin rejected the dangerous secret arts, then spent over ten years in seclusion trying to understand Ye Xiu’s sword strike while Yun Qiyue studied a secret art.
• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue entered Origin Holy City’s auction, where Ye Lin watched rare items sell for enormous sums and became determined to buy an Enlightenment Fruit.
• Ye Lin bid one hundred million transaction points for the Enlightenment Fruit, paid with his entire fortune, and told Yun Qiyue he had plans for it beyond reaching the Quasi-Saint realm.

Ye Lin discovered Yun Qiyue’s origins, then challenged Baili Tusu for a place in the Eastern Region Top Hundred. After their duel began, Ye Lin gained the upper hand, but Baili Tusu feigned death and Ye Lin prepared another strike.

• Ye Lin used the Enlightenment Fruit to study his sword strike while Yun Qiyue bid for and won the Nine-Revolution Liuli Lamp.
• Yun Qiyue led Ye Lin outside Origin Holy City to confront Mo Yun, and Ye Lin killed his twelve peak Daluo Golden Immortal guards while Yun Qiyue defeated Mo Yun.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that Mo Yun was Yun Shen, her former disciple, and used the Nine-Revolution Liuli Lamp to learn that she was the last member of the Shadow Blade Clan, whose people had been massacred.
• The Heavenly Blade Sage agreed to arrange Ye Lin’s challenge to Baili Tusu for a place in the Eastern Region Top Hundred, and the duel drew crowds and major powers to Meteor Island.
• Ye Lin and Baili Tusu exchanged attacks in the Arena, with Baili Tusu drawing on the power of his crimson sword while Ye Lin fought without drawing a weapon.
• Ye Lin caught Baili Tusu’s sword and struck him with five streams of Sword Qi, but the Eastern Region Top Hundred realized Baili Tusu was feigning death, and Ye Lin gathered Sword Qi for another attack.