Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin learned Little Red’s Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, rebuilt his cultivation to Golden Core Peak, and lost a spar against Little Red, who had reached Nascent Soul Realm. Ye Lin then traveled to the Tianhe Prefecture border with Beixuan Prefecture, where he found the Demon Beast forces gathered and one beast singled him out as prey.

• Little Red taught Ye Lin the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, and Ye Lin discarded his cultivation before rising again to Golden Core Peak.
• Ye Lin and Little Red sparred, but Little Red defeated Ye Lin in fewer than three moves.
• Ye Lin put Little Red in the Beast Taming Bag and left the Nameless Mountain region, heading for the Beixuan Prefecture border.
• After five days, Ye Lin reached a city built to defend against Demon Beasts and saw the bloodied plain and the gathered forces beyond it.
• A distinguished Demon Beast noticed Ye Lin’s aura and declared that it wanted to devour him.

Ye Lin followed Su Wen’s opportunity to Feng Mountain, where he claimed the Hunyuan Pill and prepared to temper his body. After Little Red killed two men who tried to reclaim it, Ye Lin flew to the mountain’s summit to survey the battlefield and the five cities defending Tianhe Prefecture.

• Ye Lin inspected Su Wen’s fate and learned that Su Wen would die in three days, then warned him to treasure the days he had left.
• Ye Lin brought Little Red out of the Beast Taming Bag and headed to Feng Mountain to find Su Wen’s Hunyuan Pill.
• Ye Lin found the pill hidden in a cave and took it, then confronted two men who claimed they had hidden it there.
• Little Red burned the two men to ash after they threatened to kill Ye Lin and eat him.
• Ye Lin flew to the summit of Feng Mountain to view the battlefield and the five cities controlled by Tianhe Prefecture’s top powers.

Ye Lin watched the Demon Race repeatedly attack and withdraw while he waited for its geniuses to appear, suspecting the invasion had a hidden purpose. After five days, the Human Race was badly weakened and Rogue Cultivators began fleeing.

• Ye Lin tempered his body for three days while Little Red guarded Feng Mountain, then stopped when the battle began.
• Ye Lin and Little Red watched the Human Race and Demon Beasts clash, but Ye Lin kept Little Red from joining the battlefield.
• The Demon Beasts withdrew after a day of fighting, and Ye Lin wondered why they were not trying to seize the five great cities.
• Ye Lin waited for Demon Race geniuses to arrive and focused on growing stronger rather than investigating the invasion's purpose.
• The Demon Beasts attacked and withdrew each day, inflicting heavier losses on the Human Race until many Rogue Cultivators began fleeing.

Ye Lin watched the Human Race’s defenders face a massive Demon Beast attack after the great powers began abandoning the Five Great Cities. He joined the battle to harvest Demon Cores and revealed overwhelming strength, leaving a wounded cultivator wondering if he was a heavenly god.

• The Demon Race’s low-bloodline beasts attacked Human territory to weaken the Human Race’s younger generation and reduce their own population.
• Three powerful Demon Beasts rallied the horde to seize the Five Great Cities, while cultivators fled and a few thousand defenders remained to hold the line.
• Ye Lin decided to enter the fight for the Demon Cores after seeing cultivators and even Nascent Soul Realm experts retreat.
• Three young prodigies urged the defenders to fight, and the outnumbered cultivators charged the horde despite heavy losses.
• As a giant eagle attacked a wounded young man, Ye Lin killed dozens of Golden Core Demon Beasts with a single sword slash.

Ye Lin massacred Demon Beasts at the first line of defense, collected their Demon Cores, and strengthened his body before heading for the Human Race’s second line of defense. He arrived behind its massive wall and found a fortified region where Human cultivators were gathering to resist the Demon Race.

• Ye Lin used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin to kill thousands of Demon Beasts, gathered their corpses, and fled before the Demon Race’s elites could find him.
• After Ye Lin left, the furious Demon Beasts destroyed the Five Great Cities in minutes.
• Ye Lin released Little Red, who scouted the second line of defense while Ye Lin absorbed the Demon Cores and raised his body to the mid Golden Core Realm.
• Little Red reported a long wall guarded by Human cultivators and powerful auras, so Ye Lin flew with him toward the defenses.
• Ye Lin reached the hundred-meter-tall wall, passed through after the guards recognized him as Human, and saw magnificent cities beyond it.

Ye Lin stole Zhao Qiankun’s Sword Dao Killing Formation opportunity and learned its basics before meeting Wuxin again. After checking Wuxin’s panel, Ye Lin wondered whether the monk’s ability to see through falsehoods could reveal his secrets.

• Ye Lin spotted Zhao Qiankun’s panel and learned he would find the Sword Dao Killing Formation at Song Mountain.
• Ye Lin found the manual in a cabin on Song Mountain, memorized it, and used an Enlightenment Pill to master the formation’s basics.
• Ye Lin left Song Mountain as Zhao Qiankun and the other formation cultivators headed there to set up defenses against the Demon Beast horde.
• Ye Lin met Wuxin in the city again and read his panel, learning about his future opportunity to find an Earth Vein Essence at Fengtai Mountain.
• Ye Lin noticed Wuxin’s Piercing Through Falsehood trait and wondered whether the monk could see through him.

Ye Lin discussed Tianhe Prefecture’s defenses and grim odds against the Demon Race with Wuxin, then learned about the Human Race’s Energy Gathering Cannons. Wuxin brought Ye Lin to meet three Spirit Transformation Realm True Persons, who asked for his help in exchange for a generous reward.

• Wuxin told Ye Lin that Jian Wushuang and the others were at Tianhe Prefecture’s last line of defense, and warned him to fight hard against the incoming Demon Race.
• Ye Lin said the Human Race’s chances of winning were probably less than one in ten, but he would fight as long as he could and flee if he faced defeat.
• Wuxin explained that the Energy Gathering Cannon could unleash powerful Golden Core-level attacks and keep firing as long as it had enough Spirit Stones.
• Little Red greeted Wuxin and drew his attention when she called him a shiny head.
• Wuxin led Ye Lin to three Spirit Transformation Realm True Persons, who asked him to help them and offered a generous reward.

Ye Lin accepted a request to lead Human Race cultivators against the Demon Race in exchange for three promises from Spirit Transformation True Persons. A day later, he and Wuxin joined the defenders as the Demon Beast vanguard approached the city.

• The three Spirit Transformation True Persons asked Ye Lin to take the field against the coming Demon Race invasion and promised him one favor each, and Ye Lin agreed.
• The central old man gave Ye Lin three Jade Talismans that could summon any of the three True Persons within Tianhe Prefecture.
• Wuxin envied Ye Lin’s promises and resolved to become his sidekick, while he and Ye Lin jokingly argued over who would support the other in battle.
• A day later, Ye Lin and Wuxin went to the city wall as Flying Boats delivered Golden Core cultivators from across Tianhe Prefecture.
• The Demon Beast vanguard approached through a massive cloud of dust, and a middle-aged commander ordered the defenders to activate the formation and prepare the cannons.

Ye Lin and Wuxin watched as Golden Core Realm disciples activated a vast formation against the Demon Beast horde. The formation killed more than a hundred thousand beasts before collapsing, leaving the cultivators injured and the defenders facing the advancing enemy.

• Ye Lin watched Nascent Soul Realm disciples hand Spirit Stones to Golden Core Realm disciples, who prepared to operate the formations while the Demon Race approached.
• Wuxin admitted he felt uneasy at the sight of the horde, and Ye Lin teased him for being scared.
• A Formation Dao cultivator ordered the trapping formation raised, capturing more than a hundred thousand Demon Beasts, then activated layers of the Killing Formation.
• The Demon Beasts outside the formation charged its barrier until it shattered, destroying the three surrounding mountains and knocking hundreds of Formation Dao cultivators unconscious.
• Wuxin told Ye Lin that setting up the formation had cost two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and Ye Lin reflected on the immense cost of war.

Ye Lin and Wuxin joined the defense against the Demon Beast horde after the four imperial divine armies withdrew. When three powerful Demon Race beasts challenged Ye Lin, he claimed he could kill them with one sword strike, leaving the battlefield silent.

• The four divine armies formed war souls and killed more than a hundred thousand Demon Beasts before their spiritual energy ran low and they retreated.
• Cultivators from the various powers entered the battle as Wuxin told Ye Lin it was their turn to deploy.
• Ye Lin announced himself as Tianhe Prefecture's number-one prodigy, boosting the cultivators' confidence as they charged the horde.
• Three colossal Demon Race beasts arrived and challenged Ye Lin while the fighting below faltered.
• Ye Lin said he could kill the three beasts with one sword strike, and the entire battlefield fell silent.

Ye Lin killed three giant Demon Beasts and helped drive the horde from the battlefield, but he warned Wuxin that the retreat was not a true victory and a much larger invasion might follow. He then disappeared to claim Wuxin’s opportunity.

• Ye Lin killed the Black Bear with one sword strike, then killed the two fleeing giant Demon Beasts and stored all three corpses.
• Inspired by Ye Lin’s power, the cultivators attacked the remaining Demon Beasts until the horde retreated.
• Wuxin thanked Ye Lin and called the retreat a victory, but Ye Lin pointed out the ongoing troop buildup and warned that the enemy’s numbers could reach tens or hundreds of millions.
• Ye Lin told Wuxin to prepare for a prolonged battle and predicted that Demon Race prodigies might seek revenge for the three giant beasts.
• Ye Lin disappeared to claim Wuxin’s opportunity, reasoning that strength was necessary to survive.

Ye Lin flattened Fengtai Mountain, absorbed its Earth Vein Essence and other treasures, and advanced his physical cultivation to the late Golden Core stage. He returned to the city walls with Wuxin, where they learned that a million Demon Beasts had assembled and Tianhe Prefecture was in disarray.

• Ye Lin flattened Fengtai Mountain and absorbed its Earth Vein Essence and collected treasures, breaking through to the late Golden Core stage in physical cultivation.
• Wuxin congratulated Ye Lin and reported that over a million Golden Core Demon Beasts and dozens of Nascent Soul Demon Beasts had gathered along Tianhe Prefecture's border.
• Ye Lin and Wuxin returned to the city walls and found the defenders demoralized by the approaching Demon Beast force.
• Wuxin told Ye Lin that many factions had fled Tianhe Prefecture and that Demonic Cultivators and Evil Cultivators had killed tens of thousands of Golden Core disciples by ambushing Flying Boats.
• Ye Lin asked Wuxin what the factions were doing about the Demonic Cultivators and Evil Cultivators.

Ye Lin learned that Tianhe Prefecture's conflict with Demonic Cultivators could threaten the region, while Wuxin worried about proving himself in the fight against the Demon Race. Their conversation was interrupted when Li Shengli demanded repayment of a debt Ye Lin had already settled, and Wuxin challenged his claim.

• Wuxin told Ye Lin that Demonic Cultivators and descendants of an Ancient Great Demon made the conflict too dangerous for Tianhe Prefecture's major factions to escalate.
• Ye Lin said the crisis had not reached a point of no return and turned the conversation to the coming Demon Beast attacks.
• Wuxin admitted he needed to kill a hundred thousand Golden Core Realm Demon Beasts to keep his position as Buddha Son, though he had killed only 5,563.
• Li Shengli demanded Spirit Stones and divine beast essence blood from Ye Lin on behalf of Li Youwei, but Ye Lin refused to pay him and told him to bring his sister.
• Li Shengli used his Nascent Soul Realm pressure against Ye Lin, and Wuxin intervened, saying the debt had already been repaid by Jian Wushuang.

Li Shengli threatened Ye Lin for Spirit Stones, but Lin Yu intervened and drove him away. After reading Li Shengli’s panel, Ye Lin planned to obtain a Foundation Solidifying Pill and kill him, then thanked Lin Yu for his help.

• Li Shengli demanded two thousand High-Tier Spirit Stones or Ye Lin’s Spatial Ring, while threatening Wuxin and Ye Lin.
• Li Shengli’s aura forced Ye Lin to one knee, but a distant shout sent Li Shengli flying off the city wall.
• Lin Yu arrived, berated Li Shengli, and Li Shengli fled after threatening Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin read Li Shengli’s panel and learned he would find a Foundation Solidifying Pill in half a month and be executed five months later for his debt.
• Ye Lin decided to take the pill, reach the Nascent Soul Realm, and ambush Li Shengli, then thanked Lin Yu and learned his name.

After leaving the battlefield, Ye Lin traveled to Xuan Prefecture to obtain the Immortal Slaying Sect's Foundation Solidifying Pill. He suppressed Sect Master Zhang Zhidao, who refused to hand over the sect's ancient treasure.

• Lin Yu warned Ye Lin that the Demon Race's next full-scale attack would come in a month, then departed, and Wuxin left to continue healing.
• Ye Lin decided not to use Little Red against Li Shengli, fearing that attention from powerful cultivators would expose Little Red.
• Ye Lin flew toward the Immortal Slaying Sect in Xuan Prefecture while Wuxin resolved to work harder in case Ye Lin reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• After three days and nights, Ye Lin arrived at the sect and asked Sect Master Zhang Zhidao for its Foundation Solidifying Pill.
• Zhang Zhidao drew his saber and refused to surrender the pill, but Ye Lin suppressed him with a trace of his aura.

Ye Lin took the Immortal Slaying Sect’s Foundation Solidifying Pill and used it to push his body and cultivation to the Golden Core peak. He began the dangerous breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, shattered his Nine-Colored Golden Core, and watched a tiny figure resembling himself begin to form.

• Ye Lin persuaded Zhang Zhidao to hand over the Foundation Solidifying Pill, and Zhang Zhidao went to give Ye Lin’s life-extending pills to the dying Grand Elder.
• Ye Lin swallowed the Foundation Solidifying Pill and spent three days cultivating until his body reached the Golden Core peak.
• Ye Lin prepared his Spirit Stones and began the Nascent Soul breakthrough by forcing spiritual energy against his exceptionally hard Golden Core.
• Ye Lin used his Phoenix Fire and Destruction Sword Intent to crack and shatter the Golden Core, enduring pain and exhaustion as it began to reassemble.
• Ye Lin’s Dao Platform broke down, and a tiny figure resembling him appeared in his dantian.

Ye Lin passed the Heavenly Dao Trial, received a rare Heavenly Dao Blessing, and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm. After checking his status panel, he learned that Li Shengli would arrive in three days and warned Zhang Zhidao that someone would come to destroy the Immortal Slaying Sect.

• Purple-black wisps tested Ye Lin's Nascent Soul, but receded as his solid foundations helped him pass the Heavenly Dao Trial.
• The Heavenly Dao Blessing raised all three of Ye Lin's remaining Spirit Roots to Mid-Tier and strengthened his body and soul.
• Ye Lin completed his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, and the pressure of his new power drove every living creature within a thousand li to the ground.
• Ye Lin's status panel revealed that Li Shengli would arrive in three days and that the Myriad Demon Palace Great Elder would eventually kill him if he returned Bai Ling, so Ye Lin decided to delay that journey until he reached the Dao Integration Realm.
• Zhang Zhidao congratulated Ye Lin, who warned him that someone would come to the Immortal Slaying Sect in three days to wipe it out.

Ye Lin wagered with Zhang Zhidao that an attacker would come to destroy the Immortal Slaying Sect in three days, offering to help its Grand Elder reach the Nascent Soul Realm if he was wrong. Three days later, Li Shengli arrived and threatened to slaughter the sect, confirming Ye Lin’s prediction.

• Ye Lin explained to Zhang Zhidao that fortune-tellers could alter destiny and had been destroyed by the Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Lin proposed a wager: if an attacker came in three days, Zhang Zhidao would let him choose a treasure from the sect treasury; if not, Ye Lin would help the Grand Elder reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Zhang Zhidao accepted the wager after Ye Lin assured him he would not stage the attack.
• Ye Lin and Zhang Zhidao waited together for three days in the sect’s training square.
• Li Shengli arrived, demanded that the sect master meet him, and threatened to slaughter the sect if no one appeared within three breaths.

Ye Lin confronted Li Shengli after he threatened Zhang Zhidao and demanded the sect’s resources. Ye Lin overpowered and maimed Li Shengli, but True Person Hongyan arrived to protect his grandson, and Ye Lin insisted that Li Shengli would die.

• Li Shengli pressured Zhang Zhidao with his Nascent Soul Realm aura and demanded the sect hand over its resources within half an hour.
• Ye Lin forced Li Shengli out of the sky and into a crater, then severed one arm and one leg with Destruction Sword Intent.
• Li Shengli activated a Jade Talisman, summoning True Person Hongyan, who offered Ye Lin a Mysterious Grade High Tier treasure in exchange for sparing Li Shengli.
• Ye Lin refused to spare Li Shengli, and True Person Hongyan challenged him while declaring he would not dare kill a disciple of Nameless Mountain.

Ye Lin forced True Person Hongyan to abandon Li Shengli, then killed Li Shengli and demanded the Immortal Slaying Sect’s true treasure vault. He found five sealed boxes and tried to take them all, but Zhang Zhidao warned him that the vault’s formation could trap him.

• Ye Lin showed True Person Hongyan three Jade Talismans and threatened the Li Family, forcing Hongyan to leave.
• Li Shengli begged for his life, but Ye Lin killed him with a streak of sword light.
• Ye Lin followed Zhang Zhidao to the Immortal Slaying Sect’s treasure vault and pressured him into revealing its hidden entrance.
• Zhang Zhidao opened a sealed cave containing five wooden boxes and offered Ye Lin one item as agreed.
• Ye Lin demanded all five boxes, and Zhang Zhidao warned that the Founding Patriarch’s formation could trap him.