Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin reached Crescent Moon Mountain to obtain the dying Nascent Soul Realm Demon Beast’s vital essence and swallowed a Blood Explosion Pill to fight it. After a fierce battle weakened them both, Ye Lin unleashed a final tiger technique, leaving the Demon Beast’s fate unresolved.

• Ye Lin used a map to find Crescent Moon Mountain, where Li Xiaoyao’s opportunity and the Demon Beast’s flesh and blood awaited.
• The Demon Beast warned Ye Lin away, but Ye Lin swallowed a Blood Explosion Pill and charged into its cave.
• Ye Lin’s sword attacks broke the Demon Beast’s three horns, while the enraged beast shook the mountain and unleashed its spiritual energy.
• The Demon Beast’s Savage Bull Charge shattered Ye Lin’s phantom sword, but the clash left it kneeling and badly weakened.
• Ye Lin gathered his remaining spiritual energy and summoned a thousand-meter phantom tiger for one final strike.

After recovering from the backlash of killing a Nascent Soul Realm Demon Beast, Ye Lin sought points for the Outer Sect assessment and accepted a high-stakes mission to place in the top three at Divine Sword City's Prefecture Grand Competition. He left with a map, knowing he had to succeed or be expelled from Nameless Mountain.

• Ye Lin killed the exhausted Demon Beast, harvested its valuable parts, and returned to his residence with three Mysterious Grade Middle Tier spirit plants.
• Ye Lin spent eight months recovering, used up his reserves, and saw his cultivation stabilize as his clone became more lifelike.
• Ye Lin went to the Mission Pavilion to find a mission that could quickly earn him enough points for the annual assessment.
• Qi Mengmeng offered Ye Lin a mission to compete as a Nameless Mountain Outer Sect disciple in Divine Sword City's Prefecture Grand Competition, with three thousand points for placing in the top three and expulsion as the penalty for failure.
• After confirming that only Golden Core disciples could compete, Ye Lin accepted the mission and took a map from Qi Mengmeng.

Ye Lin left Nameless Mountain and traveled to a city near Divine Sword City for the Prefecture Grand Competition. After seeing the Moonlight Fairy, he was pulled into a confrontation when a young woman asked him to protect her from five men.

• Ye Lin learned to leave Nameless Mountain with his sect token and teleported outside the sect.
• Ye Lin flew for half a month and reached a bustling city near Divine Sword City, where cultivators had gathered for the competition.
• Ye Lin heard that the Moonlight Fairy and other renowned talents had arrived, then saw the Moonlight Fairy appear beneath the full moon.
• A young woman with a huge sword grabbed Ye Lin's arm and begged him to save her from five men pursuing her.

Ye Lin defeated four Golden Core cultivators who were threatening Li Youwei, then agreed to help her in exchange for two Illusion Pearls at an auction. The next morning, Li Youwei came to his inn room and asked his name, which he still had not told her.

• Li Youwei clung to Ye Lin and asked him to save her from four burly men, but he initially told her to let go because they were strangers.
• When the men attacked, Ye Lin defeated all four early Golden Core cultivators with palm strikes and walked to an inn.
• Li Youwei followed Ye Lin and offered him two Jade Talismans for an auction where two Illusion Pearls would be sold, asking him to agree to an unspecified favor in return.
• Ye Lin accepted, then rented a room and cultivated through the night.
• The next morning, Li Youwei visited Ye Lin and asked him to tell her his name.

Ye Lin accepted Li Youwei’s offer to lend him the Spirit Stones needed to enter the auction in exchange for agreeing to a request. She brought him to Dawn Auction House, where they entered a private room as the auction began.

• Li Youwei offered Ye Lin a thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones if he agreed to another request, and Ye Lin accepted.
• Ye Lin revealed his Golden Core aura to test Li Youwei, then withdrew it and asked her to take him to the auction.
• Li Youwei led Ye Lin to the towering auction house, where Li Xuanyuan announced the auction’s opening.
• Li Youwei presented her invitation and proof of wealth, allowing her and Ye Lin to enter the auction house.
• Li Youwei led Ye Lin to a secluded private room overlooking the auction hall and looked down at the crowd.

Ye Lin attended an auction with Li Youwei and bought two Illusion Pearls for three hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones, intending to use them to imitate his eyes. Li Youwei fell asleep while waiting for the final item, leaving Ye Lin wondering about her background.

• Ye Lin watched Tianhe Prefecture's renowned young cultivators arrive and recognized them as powerful rivals for the upcoming competition.
• Elder Mountain God opened the auction, and a young man bought the Dragon Tongue Sword for ninety Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Lin bid three hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones for two Illusion Pearls, winning them after the room fell silent.
• A red-dressed woman delivered the Illusion Pearls, and Ye Lin realized her entrance had used an illusion technique.
• Ye Lin explained that he needed the pearls to imitate his eyes, while Li Youwei said she was waiting for a final auction item.
• Li Youwei fell asleep beside Ye Lin, who wondered what kind of background she had.

At the auction, Ye Lin watched the Mystic Yellow Pagoda sell for a fortune before the much-coveted Little Green Snake was revealed. Li Youwei had come for the snake, but she stayed silent as the bidding climbed, leaving Ye Lin wondering why she did not bid.

• Elder Mountain God presented the Mystic Yellow Pagoda, and bidders drove its price to 130 High-Tier Spirit Stones.
• Elder Mountain God unveiled a young Green Snake with thirty percent of the Azure Dragon bloodline, prompting bidders to gather resources.
• Ye Lin dismissed the Little Green Snake as inferior to his Little Red, then woke Li Youwei and pointed out the auction lot she wanted.
• Elder Mountain God set the snake's starting bid at 100 High-Tier Spirit Stones and required bids in High-Tier Spirit Stones or heavenly treasures.
• Bidders quickly raised the price, while Li Youwei watched in silence and Ye Lin asked why she was not bidding.

Li Youwei won the Little Green Snake at the auction, and Ye Lin borrowed spirit stones from her to buy Glittering Gold for his weapon. The auction ended with Ye Lin owing Li Youwei a drop of divine beast blood, and the guests were free to remain in the tower for three hours.

• Bidding for the Little Green Snake soared to 1,500 High-Tier Spirit Stones, and Li Youwei won it from the No. 3 Private Room.
• Deep in Nameless Mountain, Little Red began the crucial inheritance of her bloodline.
• Ye Lin asked Li Youwei to lend him 100 High-Tier Spirit Stones, promising her a drop of divine beast blood in return.
• Li Youwei lent Ye Lin the stones, and he used 20 High-Tier Spirit Stones to buy the Earth Grade Low Tier Glittering Gold.
• Elder Mountain God ended the auction and announced that the tower would close in three hours, and Ye Lin collected the Glittering Gold.

Ye Lin and Li Youwei left the auction house to investigate a rumored Mysterious Grade High Tier Fig Fruit, which could strengthen the soul. At the mountaintop, Ye Lin held his ground against the monk Wuxin, who then welcomed him into the group guarding the eight fruits.

• Ye Lin and Li Youwei waited for the crowd outside the auction house to leave, then headed back out after Li Youwei persuaded him to seek a Fig Fruit.
• Ye Lin and Li Youwei flew to a mountaintop, where they found eight jade-white Fig Fruits guarded by three Golden Core Peak Stage cultivators.
• Wuxin told Ye Lin and Li Youwei to leave, then used his aura to pressure Li Youwei until Ye Lin stepped in and dispelled it.
• Ye Lin and Wuxin tested each other's strength, and Wuxin backed down, introduced himself, and made room for Ye Lin among the guards.
• Li Youwei angrily threatened to have her older sister punish Wuxin, while Ye Lin told her to let the matter go.

As the eight Fig Fruits ripened, Ye Lin and Wuxin joined forces to defeat the fat man and claim the remaining fruits. Wuxin then invited Ye Lin to walk with him to the city, prompting Ye Lin to reflect on cultivating his state of mind.

• The Fig Fruits ripened, and Kuang Zhantian killed a cultivator who challenged the group’s claim to them; Ye Lin stopped the others from slaughtering the remaining cultivators.
• Ye Lin and his companions each took a Fig Fruit, and the fat man proposed that the strongest claim the three left on the tree.
• Wuxin challenged Ye Lin while Kuang Zhantian fought the fat man, and Ye Lin sent Li Youwei away from the battle.
• After the fat man knocked Kuang Zhantian down, Ye Lin and Wuxin redirected their attacks together and blasted the fat man into a collapsing mountain.
• Ye Lin took two more Fig Fruits for Li Youwei, and Wuxin invited him to walk to the city like an ordinary person; Ye Lin agreed and considered how cultivation could also temper the heart.

Ye Lin reached Divine Sword City with Wuxin and Li Youwei, then completed his lifelike clone and advanced to the late Golden Core stage. When Divine Sword City unveiled its Sword Qi, Ye Lin began comprehending it and entered a strange, lifeless world.

• Wuxin told Ye Lin and Li Youwei that Divine Sword City’s grand event would award first place a chance to study the Sword Scripture, a fragment of a Heaven Grade martial art.
• Wuxin parted ways with Ye Lin and Li Youwei, and Li Youwei gave Ye Lin two Fig Fruits before leaving to cultivate in seclusion.
• Ye Lin carved the Illusion Pearls into lifelike eyes, fused them with his blood, and tested the completed clone by sending it around the city undetected.
• After a month and a half of cultivation, Ye Lin reached the late Golden Core stage as Divine Sword City opened its event.
• Divine Sword City released Sword Qi from a gigantic Long Sword, and Ye Lin comprehended it with his Divine Comprehension Fate Trait until he found himself in a lifeless world.

Ye Lin entered enlightenment in a desolate world and comprehended his own Destruction Sword Intent, reaching the third level of Sword Intent. After thanking the cultivators who protected him, he headed for the newly opened Divine Sword City with his combat strength greatly increased.

• Ye Lin entered a mysterious, desolate world and formed a black Long Sword as he comprehended the path of destruction.
• The surrounding cultivators realized Ye Lin was in enlightenment and gathered around to protect him.
• Ye Lin shattered the illusory world with a sword strike and fully comprehended Destruction Sword Intent, reaching the third level of Sword Intent.
• Ye Lin thanked the cultivators who had protected him, and they left for Divine Sword City.
• Ye Lin walked toward Divine Sword City, where its imposing sight left him awestruck.

Ye Lin entered Divine Sword City and attended its Grand Competition, where the city lord announced the prizes and the rules. Before the competition began, Li Youwei found Ye Lin and introduced her older sister, Li Youran, the Moonlight Fairy.

• Ye Lin followed the crowd into Divine Sword City and took a seat in the packed plaza.
• City lord Jian Xu welcomed the cultivators and announced rewards including a promise from Divine Sword City, an Earth Grade Long Sword, and five hours with the Sword Scripture for first place.
• After Jian Xu left, vice city lord Lv Xuan explained the Battle Arena rules and opened the Grand Competition.
• Li Youwei found Ye Lin and sat beside him with her older sister, Li Youran.
• Li Youwei introduced Li Youran as the Moonlight Fairy, and Ye Lin praised her beauty.

Ye Lin watched the first day of the Divine Sword City gathering with Li Youran and Li Youwei, then joined them at a feast reserved for Tianhe Prefecture’s most powerful factions. Li Youran tested whether Ye Lin had influential backing, but his Nameless Mountain token secured him entry and revealed his standing.

• Li Youran thanked Ye Lin for saving Li Youwei, and Ye Lin said he had come for a task but had grown interested in the Sword Scripture.
• Ye Lin and the two sisters watched the arena battles until Lv Xuan ended the day's matches and invited everyone to a feast.
• Li Youran led Li Youwei and Ye Lin toward the summit, intending to judge Ye Lin by whether he could enter and to demand repayment if he could not.
• Ye Lin presented his Outer Sect disciple token from Nameless Mountain, and the guard respectfully admitted him.

Ye Lin attended Divine Sword City's gathering with Li Youran, Li Youwei, and Wuxin, who revealed that the competition's Sword Scripture prize was tied to the formidable Jian Wushuang. Ye Lin remained eager to test himself, while Wuxin's growing interest made him awkwardly put some distance between them.

• Li Youran welcomed Ye Lin and Li Youwei to the feast and was relieved to learn Ye Lin was a disciple of a great power.
• Wuxin greeted Ye Lin, and Li Youwei asked Li Youran to beat him up for bullying her earlier.
• Wuxin explained that Divine Sword City's competition centered on Jian Wushuang, a Golden Core peak prodigy who had comprehended Heaven and Earth Sword Intent and could challenge Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Ye Lin said he would learn whether he could win through fighting, and Wuxin admitted he could not match Jian Wushuang's feat of driving back a Nascent Soul Realm Demon Beast with one strike.
• Wuxin said he was intrigued by Ye Lin, who felt uneasy under the monk's gaze and moved away, claiming he was hot.

Ye Lin met Xue Sheng, the Third Prince of the Glazed Imperial Dynasty, and later encountered Jian Wushuang at Divine Sword City’s gathering. Jian Wushuang challenged Wuxin to a fight in three days, then welcomed the assembled guests.

• Ye Lin and Wuxin ate Demon Beast meat while Wuxin explained that Xue Sheng was a prince who cultivated through fortune.
• Xue Sheng introduced himself to Ye Lin, but Ye Lin brushed him off and returned to eating.
• Jian Wushuang arrived, and Ye Lin sensed a fatal threat from the Golden Core Realm sword cultivator.
• Ye Lin introduced himself as an Outer Sect disciple of Nameless Mountain, and Jian Wushuang proposed that they spar someday.
• Li Youwei asked Jian Wushuang to avenge her against Wuxin, so Jian Wushuang challenged Wuxin to fight in three days.
• Jian Wushuang welcomed everyone to Divine Sword City’s gathering and invited them to eat and drink.

At Divine Sword City’s gathering, Ye Lin assessed Jian Wushuang’s strength and learned of his extraordinary sword inheritance opportunity. The next day, Xue Sheng challenged Ye Lin publicly, and Ye Lin became interested in answering him.

• Ye Lin examined Jian Wushuang’s panel and discovered that he would soon gain a Spirit Transformation Realm sword cultivator’s inheritance.
• Wuxin worried about facing Jian Wushuang again, while Ye Lin estimated he had a forty percent chance of defeating him.
• The gathering ended, and Ye Lin and Wuxin shared a room; Wuxin’s Buddhist light failed to affect Ye Lin.
• The next morning, Lv Xuan announced a new Arena where cultivators could freely challenge others.
• Xue Sheng, Third Prince of the Glazed Imperial Dynasty, challenged Ye Lin, an Outer Sect disciple of Nameless Mountain, and Ye Lin became interested.

Ye Lin defeated Xue Sheng in their wagered spar, destroying his Luck Golden Dragon and claiming the Divine Iron. The Emperor of the Glazed Imperial Dynasty, Xue Dao, appeared in the sky as Xue Sheng lay unconscious.

• Xue Sheng wagered Earth Grade Low-tier Divine Iron on a friendly spar against Ye Lin.
• Xue Sheng summoned his Luck Golden Dragon, but Ye Lin's Sword Qi forced it back.
• Xue Sheng sent the dragon charging again, and Ye Lin used a black Long Sword to cleave it in two, leaving Xue Sheng injured.
• Ye Lin took the Divine Iron and told Xue Sheng he had not drawn his sword because Xue Sheng was unworthy; Xue Sheng passed out.
• A golden face formed in the sky, and the disciples recognized it as Xue Dao, the Emperor of the Glazed Imperial Dynasty.

After defeating Xue Sheng, Ye Lin accepted Xue Dao’s invitation and considered how to improve his fighting skills. While walking with Wuxin, he spotted a group of young men threatening someone over a Water Spirit Bead, and Wuxin realized Ye Lin was interested in it.

• Lv Xuan protected Ye Lin from Xue Dao, who instead praised Ye Lin, invited him to visit the Glazed Imperial Dynasty, and took the unconscious Xue Sheng away to repair his severed Luck Golden Dragon.
• Ye Lin thanked Lv Xuan, then spoke with Wuxin and Li Youwei; he advised Li Youwei to study swordsmanship for herself rather than expect him to teach her.
• After observing sword cultivators for another day, Ye Lin recognized that he needed a technique to restrain fleeing opponents and planned to spend his competition points on one.
• Wuxin invited Ye Lin for a walk, and they secretly approached a fight where three young men were threatening a weaker cultivator over a treasure.
• Wuxin identified the treasure as an Earth Grade Low Tier Spirit Treasure called the Water Spirit Bead, and Ye Lin nodded when Wuxin guessed he wanted it.

Ye Lin and Wuxin retrieved the Water Spirit Bead and returned to watch Divine Sword City's Grand Competition. On the final day, Xuanmiao challenged the gathered sword cultivators and fought Kuang Sheng, while Ye Lin observed that hardness could break softness.

• Ye Lin and Wuxin ambushed three mid-stage Golden Core cultivators, and Ye Lin took the Water Spirit Bead.
• Ye Lin decided to wait until he returned to Nameless Mountain before refining the bead, then he and Wuxin attended the Grand Competition over the following days.
• Xuanmiao entered the Arena seeking a sword cultivator who could help him attain enlightenment through battle and overcome his fear of Jian Wushuang.
• Kuang Sheng challenged Xuanmiao, and the two began fighting with contrasting sword styles.
• Ye Lin remarked that hardness could break softness as Kuang Sheng suppressed Xuanmiao, drawing the attention of the young men nearby.