Chapter Summaries

After recovering from the strange, Ye Lin and the others departed aboard the Flawless, while a black-robed figure erased the strange star and feared its return signaled a new calamity. On the journey home, Qin Huang remembered those who had insulted Qin Ziyan, and Ye Lin discussed his strength with Lu Changfeng.

• Ye Lin gave merit to the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, and the others recovered from their injuries and gained a little cultivation.
• Qin Ziyan led everyone aboard the Flawless and set course for home.
• A black-robed figure appeared after the Flawless left, lamented the strange's return, and made the strange star disappear.
• Qin Huang memorized the faces of the heavenly geniuses who had insulted Qin Ziyan.
• Lu Changfeng asked Ye Lin if he had grown stronger, and Ye Lin asked him to compare their strength.

Ye Lin parted ways with his companions after their journey, then reflected on the loneliness of pursuing the Dao. As he sat alone on the river, a stranger approached him and asked whether he was from the imperial capital.

• Zhang Yiran and his sister left Flawless, while Zhao Ling'er invited Ye Lin to visit the Zhao Family.
• Qin Huang left without returning home, and Lu Unrivaled strode away across the waves after telling Lu Changfeng the time was not yet right.
• Lu Changfeng invited Ye Lin to return with him, but Ye Lin declined, and Lu Changfeng left alone.
• Qin Ziyan offered to compensate Ye Lin for the strange entities he had slain, but his bracelet crumbled to powder before she could take it, and Ye Lin departed.
• Ye Lin sat alone atop the river and listened as the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar spoke about the loneliness of seeking the Dao.
• A stranger asked Ye Lin whether he was alone and whether he came from the imperial capital.

Ye Lin encountered Luo Yao, a mysterious spirit of the Long River whose cultivation the panel could not identify. After learning they both had no family, Luo Yao asked Ye Lin to become her friend.

• Luo Yao crossed the river with fish following her, and Ye Lin saw a panel identifying her as the Spirit of the Long River with Transcendence fate rank.
• Ye Lin questioned Luo Yao, who introduced herself and asked his name; he cautiously told her he was Ye Lin.
• Luo Yao cheered when Ye Lin said he was alone, then asked him to become her friend.
• Luo Yao told Ye Lin that she had always been lonely and that, besides her aunt, he was the first person she had found who could see her.

Ye Lin and Luo Yao spent a month together before a fragment of the Primordial Immortal World descended over the Divine Kingdom. Ye Lin flew toward the fragment, and Luo Yao used the river to follow him.

• Luo Yao declared Ye Lin her friend and sat beside him while he meditated.
• A month later, cracks opened in the sky, revealing an Immortal World fragment.
• An imperial-robed man tore open the rift, drew the continent into the sky, and let the young people enter it.
• Ye Lin put on a scarlet mask and flew toward the continent.
• Luo Yao asked the Great River for help, and its waters carried her after Ye Lin.

Ye Lin met Luo Yao on the Immortal World fragment, then followed Qin An to learn where she would find the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art. He discovered that no one but him could see Luo Yao and set off with her toward the Buried Sword Mountain Range.

• Luo Yao confronted Ye Lin for leaving without her, and he warned her that the place was dangerous before vanishing and telling her to keep up.
• Luo Yao called on the Great River to pursue Ye Lin, who followed a golden streak to Qin An among ruined buildings.
• Ye Lin read Qin An’s panel and learned that she would find the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art in a tomb at the Buried Sword Mountain Range three months later.
• Luo Yao appeared beside Qin An, who could neither see her nor notice when she passed through her.
• Ye Lin realized that only he and Auntie could see Luo Yao, then grabbed her and flew toward the Buried Sword Mountain Range.

Ye Lin and Luo Yao entered Buried Sword Mountain, where powerful Sword Qi attacked them. Luo Yao summoned a mysterious river that destroyed the Sword Qi, leaving Ye Lin wondering about her abilities.

• Ye Lin followed the panel's instructions to Buried Sword Mountain and was cut by a strand of Sword Qi.
• Ye Lin used the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell to protect himself and Luo Yao as they traveled through the Sword Qi storm.
• Luo Yao said she hated the Sword Qi and called for her river friend.
• A great river tore through space and shattered all the Sword Qi before disappearing.
• Ye Lin recalled Luo Yao's panel description, then put away the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell.

Ye Lin used Words Become Law to bring himself and Luo Yao into the tomb chamber, losing most of his immortal power in the process. Inside, they found murals showing a meteorite’s grayish-white mist corrupting people and sparking a war between monsters and cultivators.

• Ye Lin used Words Become Law to teleport himself and Luo Yao into the tomb chamber.
• Ye Lin realized the teleport had consumed ninety percent of his immortal power and inferred that a trap or formation obstructed entry.
• Ye Lin examined the vast, dark chamber and its murals.
• The murals showed people practicing a dance, then cultivators flying in alarm toward a sinkhole containing a meteorite.
• The murals showed the meteorite’s mist corrupting people into red-eyed monsters, followed by a war between the monsters and the cultivators.

Ye Lin pieced together the twelve murals’ account of a meteorite corrupting life, a world’s destruction, and a powerhouse’s final battle against the monsters. He wondered how the Immortal World related to the Star River Cosmos as Luo Yao explored the ruins.

• Ye Lin interpreted the murals as showing a meteorite corrupting living beings and turning them into monsters.
• The monsters overwhelmed the cultivators, shattered the world, and left a lone powerhouse to fight them for over a hundred million years.
• The powerhouse fell in a void, but the monsters could not damage his body.
• Ye Lin wondered whether the meteorite and monsters were connected to the meteorite and strange entities of the Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin considered the relationship between the Immortal World and the Star River Cosmos while Luo Yao wandered through the ruins.

Ye Lin tried and failed to open the Bronze Coffin until the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar identified it as Nine Heavens Profound Gold and struck it open. The coffin’s powerful burst sent Ye Lin flying, while Luo Yao remained unharmed and seemed unaware of what had happened.

• Ye Lin pushed and struck the Bronze Coffin but could not move it, then noticed a seam around its top.
• Luo Yao admired the coffin’s patterns and tried unsuccessfully to push it open.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the coffin was made of Nine Heavens Profound Gold and was suppressed by a trace of an ultimate powerhouse’s qi.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar struck the coffin with a flash of blood-red light, and the coffin slowly opened.
• The released aura blasted Ye Lin away, while Luo Yao remained by the coffin and asked what was wrong.

Ye Lin activated the Jade Talisman beside the mysterious woman’s coffin and collapsed as her memories pulled him into a strange inner space. There, he met the woman herself, who said she had been waiting for someone to inherit her legacy.

• Ye Lin examined the woman in the coffin and hesitated to activate the Jade Talisman, fearing it might contain a remnant of her consciousness.
• Ye Lin pressed the Jade Talisman to his forehead, absorbed its memories, and collapsed, frightening Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin awoke in a silent space with a deep-blue lake and a towering tree, where he saw the woman from the coffin.
• The woman approached Ye Lin and explained that, despite disliking having her grave disturbed, she had wanted someone to come and become her successor.
• Ye Lin cautiously greeted the woman, who told him not to be afraid because she knew what he was thinking.

Liu Yingshu offered Ye Lin her inheritance, promising an easy path to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm but warning that he could never advance beyond it. Ye Lin refused, choosing to pursue a higher summit of the Great Dao.

• Liu Yingshu examined Ye Lin, sensed the Blood Baleful aura on him, and accepted his explanation that he had killed to survive.
• Liu Yingshu revealed that she was a remnant soul seeking a successor and asked Ye Lin to inherit her Dao.
• Liu Yingshu promised Ye Lin her arts and said he could reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm within a hundred thousand years, but that it would be his limit.
• Ye Lin promptly refused because he wanted to reach beyond the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Liu Yingshu noted Ye Lin’s robust aura and Dao Body, then continued speaking while Ye Lin listened closely.

Liu Yingshu offered Ye Lin three top-grade Supreme Arts and began teaching him the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art. She summoned a vision of galaxies and gathering lightning to demonstrate the art, leaving Ye Lin facing the first test of his comprehension.

• Liu Yingshu told Ye Lin he had to cultivate three arts: the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, the Heavenly Heart Art, and the Heavenly Heart Sword Art.
• Liu Yingshu explained that she had created the three top-grade Supreme Arts after reaching the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and asked Ye Lin to carry them forward.
• Ye Lin accepted the inheritance and promised to make Liu Yingshu's arts flourish.
• Liu Yingshu transmitted the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art to Ye Lin and warned him that its extreme yang power could injure him if he cultivated it carelessly.
• Liu Yingshu summoned thunderclouds above a field of galaxies and prepared to strike with a sword so Ye Lin could test his comprehension.

Liu Yingshu demonstrated her Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, allowing Ye Lin to quickly grasp its fundamentals. She interrupted his meditation to teach him the Heavenly Heart Art before her remnant soul dissipated.

• Liu Yingshu showed Ye Lin a thunderous sword strike and explained that her Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art could lead its practitioner to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin immersed himself in the Sword Dao rhythms from Liu Yingshu's demonstration and began to gather violet lightning around his body.
• Liu Yingshu approved of Ye Lin's rapid progress, recognizing that witnessing her sword strike had helped him enter the art's gate.
• Liu Yingshu pulled Ye Lin out of his meditation and prepared to teach him the Heavenly Heart Art because her remnant soul had little time left.

Ye Lin continued comprehending the Heavenly Heart Art while Luo Yao waited anxiously beside him. A hundred years passed without Ye Lin waking, and Luo Yao remained in the tomb chamber, guarding him and studying its murals.

• Ye Lin listened as the Venerable explained the Heavenly Heart Art and immersed himself in comprehending it.
• After fifty years with no sign of Ye Lin waking, Luo Yao called on Great River to help him, but it returned without disturbing him.
• Luo Yao waited another fifty years, unwilling to leave Ye Lin alone.
• After a hundred years, Luo Yao paced around the tomb chamber and studied the murals while Ye Lin remained asleep.

After Liu Yingshu passed her Supreme Methods to Ye Lin and vanished, Ye Lin awakened in the tomb chamber to learn that he had been unconscious for 112 years. He was moved to learn that Luo Yao had waited beside him all that time, and the chapter left them reunited as friends.

• Liu Yingshu urged Ye Lin to spread her Supreme Methods, especially the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, then vanished.
• The vision shattered, and Ye Lin awakened in the tomb chamber.
• Luo Yao told Ye Lin that he had been unconscious for 112 years.
• Luo Yao explained that she had waited for him and had even called Great River to try to wake him.
• Ye Lin was touched that Luo Yao had waited so long for her friend.

Ye Lin paid his respects to Liu Yingshu before leaving the tomb and taking Luo Yao to the desolate star Desolation. He gathered treasures from the star and prepared to enter a long seclusion, promising Luo Yao that they would spend a hundred years together when he returned.

• Ye Lin closed Liu Yingshu's Bronze Coffin, bowed, and promised to fulfill the task entrusted to him.
• Ye Lin took Luo Yao from the tomb to Desolation, where he absorbed immortal stones and collected treasures that made the star vanish.
• Ye Lin told Luo Yao he had to enter seclusion to cultivate the three supreme-grade Supreme Arts.
• Luo Yao grew lonely at the thought of Ye Lin's long absence, so Ye Lin promised to play with her for a hundred years after his seclusion.
• Luo Yao and Ye Lin sealed their promise with a pinky swear.

Ye Lin transformed a barren star into a flourishing home, then entered secluded cultivation and comprehended three supreme-grade Supreme Arts over ten thousand years. He emerged exhausted and surprised by how much time had passed.

• Ye Lin reshaped the great star, creating a grand palace, rivers, mountains, and a sea of flowers for Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin began cultivating in the palace as his Dao Body manifested signs of its affinity with the Dao.
• Luo Yao wandered through the flowers and complained about how much everyone loved secluded cultivation.
• Ten thousand years passed while Ye Lin cultivated, and a sea of powerful lightning appeared behind him.
• Ye Lin reached the introductory stage in three supreme-grade Supreme Arts, exhausted his Primordial Spirit, and realized his session had lasted ten thousand years.

After cultivating the Heavenly Heart Art, Ye Lin discovered that he had gained the Fate Trait Heavenly Heart Is My Heart and reflected on how far he had risen through his own efforts. He remained in the mid-stage True Immortal realm, still short of the late stage.

• Ye Lin examined his panel and was astonished that the Heavenly Heart Art had granted him a Fate Trait.
• Ye Lin realized that the art had deepened his understanding of its power.
• Ye Lin noted that despite mastering four supreme arts, he was still some distance from the late stage of the True Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin compared his self-made path from a small world with the privileged upbringing of great-clan prodigies and took pride in surpassing most cultivators.

Ye Lin emerged from seclusion to find Luo Yao gone and the star where he had cultivated collapsing behind him. He discovered he was in the Demon Domain, far from the Divine Star Domain, amid a military standoff, and White Wind asked whether he had come from there.

• Ye Lin searched for Luo Yao but could not find her, then left the star.
• The star collapsed into fragments after Ye Lin departed.
• Ye Lin emerged into a starry sky filled with warships and soldiers, and White Wind stopped him from leaving until the battle ended.
• Ye Lin asked whether the fleet was at war with the Divine Kingdom, and White Wind explained that they were in the distant Demon Domain.
• Ye Lin realized that his ten thousand years of seclusion had left him in an unfamiliar star domain, and White Wind asked if he came from the Divine Star Domain.

Ye Lin learned from White Wind that he had ended up in the Demon Domain, where the Demon Spirit Race was besieged by the Crimson Spirit Race. Luo Yao revealed that she and Great River had brought him there after powerful experts discovered him during his seclusion, and Ye Lin learned they could not leave while the area remained surrounded.

• White Wind told Ye Lin that he came from the Divine Kingdom and explained that his Demon Spirit legion had been surrounded by the Crimson Spirit Race for a hundred years.
• White Wind asked Ye Lin to remain until reinforcements arrived and the legion could break through the encirclement, then left to command his army.
• Qingling spoke to Ye Lin as Luo Yao appeared and explained that she had gone out because she was bored.
• Luo Yao told Ye Lin that powerful experts had discovered him during his seclusion, so she had Great River drive them away and carry them to this star.
• Ye Lin thanked Luo Yao and realized that Great River had immense power, but warned her that they could not leave while the area was surrounded.