Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin explored the Flood Dragon King's Dragon Palace and discovered that the Flood Dragon King had used a True Dragon's remains to mutate. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar revealed that the True Dragon's Dragon Balls were inside its head, while Purple Cloud and the other women fought to hold the Flood Dragon King in their Zhu Xian Formation.

• Purple Cloud and the other two women formed the Zhu Xian Formation to stop the Flood Dragon King from escaping.
• The Flood Dragon King battered the formation, but its Sword Qi wounded him as the three women resisted his attacks.
• Ye Lin entered the Flood Dragon King's Dragon Palace and found the enormous skeleton of a True Dragon.
• Ye Lin realized the Flood Dragon King had likely relied on the True Dragon's remains to reach its current strength.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar guided Ye Lin to the True Dragon's head and told him that its Taiyi Mysterious Immortal Dragon Balls were inside.

Ye Lin discovered that the Xuanyuan Sword could cut through the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal dragon head and retrieved the True Dragon’s Dragon Ball. He was advised to keep the life-force-rich treasure until he reached the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm, when it could help him survive the Heavenly Dao’s lightning tribulation.

• Ye Lin’s Sword Qi and the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor failed to break the dragon head’s defenses.
• Ye Lin used the Xuanyuan Sword to slice open the dragon head and found a fist-sized Dragon Ball inside.
• Ye Lin sensed the Dragon Ball’s immense life force and marveled at the difference between the True Dragon’s power and his own.
• Ye Lin was advised to save the Dragon Ball until he reached the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm, where it could improve his chances of surviving the lightning tribulation.

Ye Lin took the Dragon Balls from the True Dragon corpse and tested Dugu Feng’s loyalty. After Dugu Feng showed no greed, Ye Lin gave him his initial trust and prepared to leave.

• Dugu Feng admired the True Dragon corpse, and Ye Lin revealed that the Flood Dragon King had gained its power from it.
• Dugu Feng recognized the Dragon Balls’ power and realized they could help the Flood Dragon King become a Divine Dragon.
• Dugu Feng showed no desire to take the Dragon Balls, and Ye Lin stored them in his Spatial Ring after deciding Dugu Feng had passed his test.
• Ye Lin concluded that nothing else in the area was worth taking and set off with Dugu Feng.

Zi Yun and the others defeated the Flood Dragon King and discovered an ancient dragon skeleton that may have fueled his power. Though Zi Yun and Zi Xin noticed the lingering vitality in the Flood Dragon King's head, Zi Yun chose to leave with Ye Lin and Dugu Feng for Purple Cloud Holy City.

• Zi Yun, Zi Xin, and Zi Lan finished killing the Flood Dragon King, and Zi Yun claimed his Dragon Ball.
• Zi Yun examined an enormous dragon skeleton and suspected it had driven the Flood Dragon King into a frenzy and strengthened him.
• Ye Lin and Dugu Feng prepared to take the sisters to Purple Cloud Holy City.
• Zi Yun noticed the vitality remaining in the Flood Dragon King's head, but told the others it was time to leave.
• Zi Xin drew Zi Yun's attention to the dragon head, but Zi Yun patted her and said they should go home; Ye Lin noticed their exchange and said nothing.

Ye Lin and Dugu Feng traveled with Ziyun to Purple Cloud Holy City, the seat of Purple Sky Heavenly Palace. Ziyun showed them the city and explained its defenses, leaving them before its immense walls and floating palace island.

• Ziyun told Ye Lin and Dugu Feng about Purple Cloud Holy City's history and role as a trading and gathering place.
• Ye Lin said he was eager to see the city, and Ziyun teased him as they continued their journey.
• Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Ziyun arrived at the enormous Purple Cloud Holy City, which had towering walls but no city gates.
• Ziyun explained that the floating island above the city housed Purple Sky Heavenly Palace and that the surrounding platforms were disciples' and elders' cave abodes.
• Ziyun said an array covering the city was centered on Purple Sky Heavenly Palace and could hold off even a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal for some time.

Ye Lin and Dugu Feng arrived at Purple Cloud Holy City, where Ziyun confronted Wang Xiao'er, a former sword immortal now living with amnesia and diminished cultivation. Ye Lin sensed that Wang Xiao'er had great fortune and a chance to rise again, echoing what Ziyun's master had foretold.

• Ye Lin flew over Purple Cloud Holy City with Dugu Feng and was warned by Wang Xiao'er that outsiders could not fly there.
• Ziyun appeared, and Wang Xiao'er trembled with fear before making an excuse and fleeing.
• Ziyun told Ye Lin that Wang Xiao'er had once been an unparalleled sword immortal but lost his memories and cultivation after a crushing defeat.
• Ye Lin said Wang Xiao'er had immense fortune and a great opportunity ahead of him.
• Ziyun said her master had predicted that Wang Xiao'er would someday return to the Ninth Heaven in overwhelming strength.

Ye Lin and Dugu Feng visited Purple Sky Heavenly Palace, where Sect Master Yun Feng welcomed them and invited them to his private courtyard. Yun Feng began serving them treasured tea as his disciples watched his unusual friendliness.

• Yun Feng appeared before Ye Lin and greeted him as a fellow Daoist.
• Purple Cloud, Zi Xin, and Zi Lan greeted Yun Feng, while Ye Lin paid his respects to the Sect Master.
• Yun Feng recalled that he and Gudu Mo had lived in the same era, prompting a brief shadow of sadness in Dugu Feng.
• Yun Feng invited Ye Lin and Dugu Feng to visit Purple Sky Heavenly Palace, and they accepted.
• Yun Feng brought the group to his quiet courtyard and offered them Heaven Mountain Snow Plum Tea, which he had guarded for ten thousand years.

Yun Feng told Ye Lin and Dugu Feng about Dragon Island, which would open in three years and offer the Dao rhythms of three thousand Great Daos to eligible geniuses. Ye Lin resolved to pursue the chance to perfect his domain, and Yun Feng presented a list of ranked geniuses and their locations as a route to rising through the rankings.

• Yun Feng served Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and the three women rare tea that brought Ye Lin sudden clarity.
• Yun Feng explained that Dugu Feng ranked 998th on the Genius Ranking and Ye Lin ranked beyond ten thousand.
• Yun Feng said Dragon Island would open in three years, admit 300 eligible geniuses, and hold the Dao rhythms of three thousand Great Daos.
• Ye Lin decided to compete for access to Dragon Island so he could advance his domain toward perfection.
• Yun Feng said killing was a convenient way to improve their rankings and showed them a scroll listing top-500 True Immortal geniuses and their locations.

Yun Feng gave Ye Lin and Dugu Feng scrolls listing targets they could kill to climb the Genius Ranking, and offered to escort them to Dragon Island in three years. As Central Continent prepared to become a slaughterhouse, he told Purple Cloud and the other women to remain in the sect and cultivate.

• Yun Feng told Ye Lin and Dugu Feng that killing ranked cultivators was the way to rise quickly, then offered to take them to Dragon Island and protect them in three years.
• Yun Feng explained that Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals would be confined for three years, leaving Central Continent open to a deadly struggle among True Immortals.
• Ye Lin took a scroll and opened it, revealing names, identities, races, and locations of potential targets.
• Yun Feng warned Purple Cloud and the other women not to leave the sect, saying they lacked the strength to enter the coming conflict.
• Yun Feng spoke about fortune, destiny, and cultivation before departing, and Purple Cloud left the courtyard with her two younger sisters.

Ye Lin and Dugu Feng parted ways after agreeing to meet again in three years, while Ye Lin prepared to test himself against the Central Continent’s prodigies. As Dragon Island’s opening approached, the Central Continent’s Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals entered seclusion, leaving the prodigies to compete for its opportunities.

• Dugu Feng realized that the blood-red lightning had strengthened his body, but he planned to return to the Void Sea only after reaching the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin and Dugu Feng agreed to meet again in three years and went their separate ways.
• Ye Lin resolved to find out how capable the Central Continent’s prodigies were.
• An old man watched the prodigies fight across the Central Continent and wondered what would become of those blessed with great fortune.
• Cultivators learned that the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals had entered seclusion ahead of Dragon Island’s opening, and many prodigies set out to seek its opportunities.

Ye Lin ambushed and killed Xuanming to test his strength in the Central Continent. Xuanming’s name vanished from the Genius Ranking and was replaced by Ye Lin’s.

• Ye Lin found Xuanming standing over the headless corpse of a True Immortal and revealed that he had come to kill him.
• Ye Lin trapped Xuanming in an array and attacked before Xuanming could escape.
• Xuanming used his curved blades to shatter space and flee into the broken void, but Ye Lin emerged with Xuanming’s corpse.
• Ye Lin concluded that geniuses ranked outside the top three thousand posed no challenge to him.
• Xuanming’s name disappeared from the Genius Ranking, and Ye Lin’s name took its place.

Ye Lin searched the Third Domain for prodigies ranked in the top four hundred but found that they had all disappeared from the locations marked on the scroll. With only three years until Dragon Island opened, he worried they would stay hidden until then.

• Chu Ling confronted Li Ao and said she had come to kill him for betraying Xue'er.
• Chu Ling and Li Ao summoned their powers and fought, shattering the void and splitting the earth.
• Ye Lin watched the battle and identified Chu Ling and Li Ao by their rankings.
• Ye Lin reflected that the nine top-four-hundred prodigies in the Third Domain had left their marked locations and were hiding.
• Ye Lin worried that the hidden prodigies would avoid him until Dragon Island opened in three years.

Ye Lin met Liu Feng of the Heavenward Sword Sect while watching two powerful cultivators battle, and Liu Feng showed him a Dragon Blood Crystal as part of a dangerous plan targeting Demon Race geniuses. Ye Lin questioned whether Liu Feng could handle the consequences, leaving the scheme’s details and outcome unresolved.

• Ye Lin watched a fierce battle and told Liu Feng that observing the fighters was beneficial to him.
• Liu Feng introduced himself as the Heavenward Sword Sect cultivator ranked four hundred and thirty-sixth on the Genius Ranking, and Ye Lin gave his name.
• Liu Feng offered Ye Lin a lead and revealed a Dragon Blood Crystal that could attract Demon Race cultivators seeking to purify their bloodlines.
• Liu Feng explained that thirteen Demon Race geniuses ranked in the top four hundred were in the neighboring Fourth Domain, and Ye Lin questioned whether Liu Feng’s plan might spiral out of control.

Liu Feng tried to recruit Ye Lin for a scheme to lure powerful Demon Race prodigies by publicizing a bloodline-purifying treasure, but Ye Lin declined and continued west. On a forest path, four Blood Demon Sect members confronted him and demanded their Sacred Blood Scythe, which Ye Lin claimed he had thrown away.

• Liu Feng explained that a bloodline-purifying treasure could lure hidden Demon Race prodigies and invited Ye Lin to join his plan.
• Ye Lin refused to help Liu Feng and left, while Liu Feng wondered where he had heard Ye Lin's name before.
• Ye Lin traveled west through a forest and called out to those following him.
• Four black-robed Blood Demon Sect members surrounded Ye Lin and demanded the Sacred Blood Scythe.
• Ye Lin calmly told the Blood Demon Sect members that he had thrown the Sacred Blood Scythe away.

Ye Lin confronted the Blood Demon Sect’s Four Heavenly Kings after revealing that he had thrown away their Sacred Blood Scythe, a lower-grade Boundless Artifact. They trapped him in the Blood Baleful Grand Formation, but he immediately shattered its chains with a single strike.

• Ye Lin confirmed that he had thrown away the Sacred Blood Scythe and did not know where it had landed.
• The four black-robed Blood Demon Sect disciples became enraged and vowed to kill Ye Lin.
• The Four Heavenly Kings trapped Ye Lin inside the Blood Baleful Grand Formation and explained that they had been trained to oppose Purple Cloud and her sisters.
• Ye Lin struck down with his right hand and shattered the formation’s chains into dust.

Ye Lin effortlessly shattered the Four Heavenly Kings' formation and pursued the fleeing black-robed men with Sword Qi. Two escaped men were killed from afar, while the two who remained begged Ye Lin for their lives and claimed they had acted under orders.

• Ye Lin broke the black-robed men's chain formation with a single move, sending the Four Heavenly Kings crashing into the ground and shattering the mountains behind them.
• Two black-robed men fled while Ye Lin formed and launched two enormous swords of Sword Qi after them.
• The Sword Qi struck down both fleeing men, reducing the area around each to ruins.
• The two black-robed men left with Ye Lin trembled and begged him not to kill them, saying they had acted under someone else's orders.

Ye Lin killed one of the Blood Demon Sect cultivators who had tracked him and learned from Su Yun that the sect had discovered he possessed the Sacred Blood Scythe. He threatened to kill Su Yun next unless he had more useful information.

• Ye Lin asked the two black-robed men who had ordered them to kill him, then crushed one man's head and destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• Su Yun identified himself and revealed that the Blood Demon Sect Master, the Blood Demon Heavenly Son, had ordered the search for the Sacred Blood Scythe.
• Su Yun explained that the sect had traced the scythe to Ye Lin and sent disciples across the Central Continent to find him.
• Ye Lin asked Su Yun if he had any other useful news as a devouring force gathered in his hand.

Ye Lin interrogated Su Yun, who revealed that a group of cultivators planned to break the seal on the Blood Pool in the Tenth Domain. The Blood Pool’s accumulated Blood Baleful aura was deadly to ordinary True Immortals but a rare opportunity for demonic cultivators.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar absorbed the corpses of those Ye Lin had killed, while the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor remained quiet.
• Su Yun pleaded for his life and offered Ye Lin information about the Blood Pool.
• Ye Lin demanded details, and Su Yun explained that the Tenth Domain’s Rogue Cultivators had to dispose of their victims in dried-up wells connected to the Blood Pool.
• Su Yun said Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals had established the rule and guarded the Blood Pool, but they were now confined and unable to act.
• Su Yun revealed that a group planned to exploit the opening and break the Blood Pool’s seal, seeking its vast stores of Blood Baleful aura.

Ye Lin learned that Demonic Cultivators planned to attack the blood pool in the Tenth Domain, drawing the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor to seek its accumulated blood baleful aura. He took Su Yun along and set out for the Tenth Domain, revealing that he could tear through space and travel across Central Continent.

• Su Yun told Ye Lin that Demonic Cultivators planned to open the blood pool in the Tenth Domain and absorb its blood baleful aura while Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal was confined.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to go, and the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor trembled as Ye Lin decided the blood pool was an opportunity for himself too.
• Ye Lin kicked Su Yun to his feet and ordered him to lead the way to the Tenth Domain.
• Su Yun explained that the journey would take ten days at full speed, while the attack was planned for five days later.
• Ye Lin grabbed Su Yun and tore open space to travel, leaving Su Yun stunned that a peak True Immortal could traverse space in Central Continent.

Ye Lin carried Su Yun through the subspace to the Ninth Domain and demanded directions to the Blood Pool. Su Yun led the way toward the Tenth Domain, abandoning thoughts of escape after Ye Lin warned him that he could still kill him despite his exhaustion.

• Ye Lin carried Su Yun through the subspace, crossing three domains in a short time while astral gales failed to affect him.
• Ye Lin asked Su Yun to point the way, and Su Yun guided him to the Ninth Domain.
• Su Yun explained that the Blood Pool lay at the center of the Tenth Domain, about ten hours away at full speed.
• Ye Lin ordered Su Yun to lead them slowly, and Su Yun watched for an opportunity to act.
• Ye Lin warned Su Yun that he could kill him even while depleted, so Su Yun continued leading without resisting.