Chapter Summaries

Ethereal recounted how her childhood suffering led her to leave the Human Race, while the Human Race expanded its foothold in the Ten Thousand Cities Alliance. A century later, Ye Lin emerged from seclusion and summoned the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, suggesting Blood Baleful had returned.

• Ethereal explained that her master rescued her as she was dying and brought her to the Starry Sky, where she became a disciple of the Shadow Kill Pavilion.
• Ethereal told Void that she was happy to see him rise with Blood Baleful, then faded away and severed her ties with the Human Race.
• Over the next hundred years, the Human Race took control of the Ten Thousand Cities Alliance, and oppressed Human Race prodigies gathered there for refuge.
• Ye Lin emerged from a century of seclusion as a late-stage True Immortal, with his cultivation stabilized and his providence at its peak.
• Ye Lin summoned the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, causing sword cultivators across the Ten Thousand Cities Alliance to feel their swords tremble.

After his cultivation and luck surged, Ye Lin learned from Ye Feng that the Void Burial would open in ten years and that he qualified to lead Human Race prodigies inside. Ye Feng invited him to select ten companions and compete with the Southern, Eastern, and Western Continents for the treasures and inheritances within.

• Ye Lin reviewed his improved Fate Rank and greatly increased luck.
• Chen Changfeng announced that Ye Feng had come to see Ye Lin, and Ye Lin welcomed him for tea.
• Ye Feng told Ye Lin that the Void Burial would open in ten years and described it as a treasury of treasures, secret arts, and expert inheritances.
• Ye Feng explained that Ye Lin could lead ten Human Race prodigies into the Void Burial to compete against the Southern, Eastern, and Western Continents.

Ye Feng explained Void Burial and warned Ye Lin that it was a deadly contest where the Human Race needed to choose its strongest talents. Ye Lin arranged preparations and offered one of the Fox Race a slot, leaving Chen Changfeng excited despite the danger.

• Ye Feng told Ye Lin that the four continents would send ten chosen talents each to Heaven Earth City before Void Burial opened in ten years, while Central Continent did not participate because its geniuses would dominate.
• Ye Lin thanked Ye Feng and resolved to visit Central Continent after building his foundation.
• Ye Feng warned Ye Lin that Void Burial was a meat grinder and urged him to select only the strongest Human Race geniuses before departing.
• Ye Lin told Chen Changfeng to inform the others to prepare, and Chen Changfeng hurried to report the matter to the Human Race.
• Ye Lin asked whether the Fox Race had sent geniuses into Void Burial, then offered the Fox Race a slot and warned Chen Changfeng not to let greed or luck outweigh strength.

Ye Lin gave the fox clan a place in the Void Burial and then began comprehending the Law of Karma with the Karma Pearl. News of the opportunity reached the Human Race Alliance, where leaders argued over who should enter and assist Blood Baleful.

• Chen Changfeng excitedly thanked Ye Lin for granting the fox clan a place in the Void Burial, and Ye Lin sent him to prepare.
• Ye Lin decided not to send disciples from the four sects that had followed him, judging the danger too great, and planned to compensate them another way.
• Ye Lin crushed the Karma Pearl in a secret chamber and began comprehending the Law of Karma.
• Chen Changfeng told Void about the Void Burial, and Void informed Wan Feng, who rushed to tell his master.
• The Human Race Alliance convened, and an old red-haired man proposed sending his disciple Lu Feng to aid Blood Baleful.
• A middle-aged man accused the red-haired man of abandoning Blood Baleful a hundred years earlier and now seeking a share of the benefits.

Wan Dang confronted the elders who had refused to help Blood Baleful but now sought to send their disciples to share in the rewards. The elders then called for Blood Baleful’s slot for a member of the Fox Race to be intercepted and given to one of their own.

• The red-haired elder Wang defended his earlier inaction and offered to send his personal disciple to help Blood Baleful.
• The white-browed elder, who had previously opposed aiding Blood Baleful, also offered to send disciples, prompting Wan Dang to glare at him with murderous intent.
• Other faction leaders joined in, each proposing that their disciples be sent to gain experience and help Blood Baleful.
• The elders criticized Blood Baleful for giving a slot to the Fox Race and argued that it should be intercepted for one of their own.

Wan Dang and several faction leaders objected as Human Race elders tried to claim Blood Baleful’s Void Burial slots and condemned his decision to give one to the Fox Race. Dongfang Shence ordered the factions to send their candidates, leaving the final selection to Blood Baleful.

• Human Race elders argued that Blood Baleful’s slot should go to their own disciples, while Wan Dang recalled the Fox Race’s loyalty and the factions’ past misconduct.
• Wan Dang and the faction leaders behind him grew furious as the elders accused Blood Baleful of acting recklessly and demanded a share of his ten slots.
• Dongfang Shence told the factions to send suitable disciples and let Blood Baleful choose, prompting the claimants to praise him and mock Wan Dang.
• Wan Dang noticed Dongfang Shence’s faint smile and stopped speaking as the Alliance Leader repeated that candidates could be sent over the coming years.

Dongfang Shence gave Wan Dang a list of nine Human Race prodigies to take to Blood Baleful, then Ye Lin emerged from ten years of seclusion after inscribing the Law of Karma. Ye Lin set out for the agreed meeting the next day, wondering where Poison Venerable had gone.

• After the faction leaders left, Wan Dang remained in the hall, troubled by the Human Race's uncertain future.
• Dongfang Shence returned and gave Wan Dang a list of nine prodigies, including Wan Feng, to deliver to Blood Baleful.
• Dongfang Shence said the younger generation should handle the younger generation's affairs, and Wan Dang left with the list.
• Ten years later, Ye Lin inscribed the Law of Karma after comprehending it in seclusion.
• Ye Lin left seclusion and headed out for the meeting scheduled for the following day, unable to contact Poison Venerable.

Ye Lin received the Human Race's list and met Chen Meng, the Fox Race's seemingly harmless forbidden prodigy, whom the Fox Race had sent to claim its spot. As Chen Changfeng led Ye Lin to the pavilion where the Human Race members waited, Mengmeng resolved not to let Ye Lin underestimate her, while the Fox Race elders anxiously gathered in their main hall.

• Chen Changfeng delivered the Human Race's list to Ye Lin and introduced Chen Meng as the Fox Race's forbidden prodigy with a Heavenly Fox bloodline.
• Ye Lin accepted the Fox Race's choice to send Mengmeng and asked Chen Changfeng whether the Human Race members had arrived.
• Chen Changfeng told Ye Lin that the Human Race members were waiting in the pavilion and led him there.
• Mengmeng watched Ye Lin leave and decided she would not let him underestimate her.
• The Fox Race elders gathered anxiously in the main hall before an old woman leaning on a cane.

The Fox Race Ancestor insisted that Meng Meng venture into the Central Land, trusting Ye Lin to protect the Fox Race’s future. Ye Lin then met the nine Human Race prodigies who would accompany him into the Void Burial.

• The Fox Race elders warned the Ancestor that Meng Meng was innocent and might be in danger, but she rebuked them and refused to reconsider.
• The Ancestor said Meng Meng needed to face trials beyond the clan and declared that she trusted Ye Lin, a human, to help secure the Fox Race’s future.
• After the elders left, the Ancestor worried that the Fox Race would be vulnerable without a powerful guardian, especially as her life neared its end.
• Ye Lin examined the five men and four women sent by the Human Race as prodigies to accompany him into the Void Burial.

Ye Lin met the nine Human Race prodigies and accepted Mo Yun’s challenge. He swiftly struck Mo Yun before he could react, leaving the others to grasp the difference in their abilities.

• Wan Feng, Xiaoyaozi, Ice Heart, Mo Yun, Zhao Zilong, Liu Qin, Shuang Han, Pan Wu, and Wan Jiang rose and greeted Ye Lin.
• Mo Yun told Ye Lin he was unconvinced about following his orders and asked to fight him.
• Wan Feng reprimanded Mo Yun, but Ye Lin accepted the challenge.
• Ye Lin appeared in front of Mo Yun and pressed a palm to his chest before Mo Yun could react.
• Ye Lin withdrew his hand and criticized Mo Yun’s slow reaction, while Liu Qin realized she had not seen Ye Lin move.

Ye Lin accepted Mo Yun’s defeat and prepared to leave with the gathered prodigies, but Chen Changfeng told him that more people were waiting outside. Ye Lin came face to face with a crowd angered by Blood Baleful’s three-day delay, and one youth questioned whether he was Blood Baleful.

• Mo Yun bowed to Ye Lin and accepted his defeat, while the other prodigies recognized Ye Lin’s overwhelming strength.
• Meng Meng volunteered to join Ye Lin, and Ye Lin agreed before preparing to set out with the group.
• Chen Changfeng quietly told Ye Lin that people were waiting outside, so Ye Lin led the group out to meet them.
• The assembled young men and women complained about waiting three days for Blood Baleful, while the Ice and Snow Holy Land’s Saintess stood among them.
• Ye Lin appeared with the ten great prodigies and Chen Changfeng, and a youth at the front asked if he was Blood Baleful.

Ye Lin confronted the young cultivators who had waited three days to accompany him into the Void Burial, and made them earn the privilege by defeating Mo Yun. The group hesitated to challenge Mo Yun, leaving him frustrated.

• Ye Lin revealed himself as Blood Baleful and severed the arm of the young Holy Lord of the Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land after the young man pointed at him and boasted of his identity.
• The young cultivators said they had gathered to enter the Void Burial with Ye Lin and help him.
• Ye Lin summoned Mo Yun and declared that anyone who defeated him would earn the right to accompany Ye Lin into the Void Burial, warning that challenges could be fatal.
• Mo Yun challenged the assembled cultivators and said he would show no restraint, but none of them dared to step forward.
• Mo Yun grew angry as the cultivators continued to stand still without challenging him.

Ye Lin ordered the nine prodigies with him to kill the gathered human prodigies inside the inn, explaining that the Human Race Alliance Leader had already chosen his candidates and that the rest were a danger to humanity. As the slaughter continued, the inn filled with blood, and someone remarked that Ye Lin was even more ruthless than the Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord.

• Ye Lin ordered the gathered prodigies to attack together and declared that anyone who escaped the inn could live.
• Mo Yun surrounded the inn with demonic qi, while Wan Feng and the other eight prodigies joined the attack; Meng Meng watched from where she stood.
• Chen Changfeng asked Ye Lin why he was ordering humans to kill one another, and Ye Lin explained that the Alliance Leader had already selected his candidates and that the remaining prodigies might defect in a war between races.
• The nine prodigies overwhelmed the gathered group, while Ye Lin calmly drank tea and ignored their pleas and curses.
• Blood covered the inn floor, and an observer told Ye Lin he was even more ruthless than the Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord had been.

Ye Lin led his followers to destroy the Holy Mountain, which had been built from the bones of Human Race ancestors. He crushed the mountain into ruins and lifted the remains into his palm as a crowd of Human Race prodigies watched and supported him.

• Mo Yun reported that Ye Lin's forces had killed all fifty opponents at the inn within half an hour.
• Ye Lin ordered the site cleaned up and set out with his ten followers.
• Ye Lin arrived at the former Holy Mountain and collapsed it with a downward press of his hand.
• Human Race prodigies gathered and praised Ye Lin for destroying the mountain.
• Ye Lin lifted the Holy Mountain's ruins into his palm.

Ye Lin established Sword Mountain as a new Holy Mountain for the Human Race, filling it with swords that held the inheritances of great human powers. He placed the four sects in charge of protecting it as human prodigies rushed in to seek swords and inheritances.

• Ye Lin buried the ruins of the old Holy Mountain and raised a new mountain range beyond the Ten Thousand Cities Alliance.
• Ye Lin filled the mountain with Long Swords and named it Sword Mountain, allowing any human prodigy to ascend and take a divine sword that recognized them.
• Ye Lin appointed Chen Feng, Void, Chen Yang, and Xia Yu to oversee Sword Mountain and ordered that anyone who damaged it be executed.
• The four leaders pledged to protect Sword Mountain, and human prodigies entered to seek swords and inheritances while the four sects' disciples maintained order.
• The ten people behind Ye Lin marveled at the vast number of swords and powerful sword-path dao charms, leaving Wan Feng eager to enter.

Ye Lin and the other Human Race prodigies departed for Heaven Earth City to attend the conference and claim supremacy. As they arrived at the bustling city, thirty-eight peerless prodigies had already manifested their Dao auras, and more were still on the way for the events surrounding the legendary Void Burial.

• Ye Lin decided it was time to leave for Heaven Earth City with the ten people behind him.
• Chen Changfeng stayed behind, and Ye Lin told him to wait for their triumphant return.
• Ye Lin and the others boarded Chen Changfeng's cloud vessel and departed as Human Race prodigies watched.
• Heaven Earth City filled with prodigies arriving for the conference, while its powerful gate guards admitted only those with prodigy-level strength.
• Thirty-eight peerless prodigies manifested Dao auras in Heaven Earth City as others continued traveling there, drawn by the legendary Void Burial.

Sword Heart, a peerless prodigy of the Heaven and Earth Sword Sect, arrived at Heaven Earth City for the Void Burial. His sword Dao Rhythm filled the city as he entered, and another powerful aura appeared behind him.

• A gate guard asked the azure-robed Sword Heart where he came from, and Sword Heart identified himself as belonging to the Heaven and Earth Sword Sect.
• The guard checked his records, recognized Sword Heart as a foundation-level prodigy of the Sword Clan, and respectfully let him enter.
• Sword Heart flew into Heaven Earth City as a streak of sword light.
• Ten thousand swords rang out, and Sword Heart released his Dao Rhythm across the city.
• Another incomparably powerful aura appeared behind the gate guard.

Ye Feng and the Great Shang Sacred Dynasty arrived at Heaven Earth City, where his power drew awe from the surrounding prodigies. A ragged youth who blamed Ye Feng for stealing his Supreme Divine Bone vowed to reclaim it in the Void Burial, while Ye Feng entered the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

• The gate guards welcomed Ye Feng and the Great Shang Sacred Dynasty into Heaven Earth City after recognizing their black banner.
• The surrounding prodigies discussed Ye Feng’s overwhelming aura and feared his strength.
• A ragged youth watched Ye Feng with hatred, accused him of stealing his Supreme Divine Bone, and vowed to reclaim it in the Void Burial.
• Ye Feng’s imperial Dao resonance appeared above Heaven Earth City, impressing the Northern Continent’s prodigies.
• Ye Feng reached the fifth floor of the Heaven-Reaching Tower, where only peerless prodigies could set foot.

Ye Feng arrived at the Heaven-Reaching Tower’s fifth floor and confirmed that a Human Race prodigy had nearly killed Yan Batian. The prodigy was expected to attend, leaving the gathered supreme prodigies curious and reconsidering their view of the Human Race.

• Ye Feng entered the hall with ten Great Shang Sacred Dynasty prodigies and took the last vacant seat.
• Sword Heart greeted Ye Feng and asked about the Human Race prodigy who had nearly slain Yan Batian.
• Ye Feng confirmed the report and said the Human Race prodigy would come to the gathering.
• Sword Heart expressed interest in meeting the prodigy, while the other supreme prodigies considered changing their attitude toward the Human Race.

Ye Lin's group arrived at Heaven Earth City as prodigies discussed the Human Race's new supreme prodigy and the coming Void Burial. At the gates, Ye Lin identified himself as Blood Baleful, but the guard could not find that name in his booklet of supreme prodigies.

• Wan Feng warned the group that strength ruled in Heaven Earth City and explained its importance to the Void Burial.
• Prods from across the Northern Continent noticed the Human-filled cloud vessel and discussed Ye Lin's rise and the Human Race's arrival.
• Ye Lin's group reached Heaven Earth City's gates, where a guard checked whether a supreme prodigy was aboard.
• Ye Lin stepped forward and introduced himself as Blood Baleful of the Human Race.
• The guard searched his booklet of supreme prodigies but could not find Blood Baleful's name.