Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin agreed to arrange breakthroughs for those with perfected domains because the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal battlefield could no longer hold against the stowaways. Poison Venerable’s count revealed that only five prodigies were ready, leaving Ye Lin facing a difficult plan.

• Yun Feng warned Ye Lin that the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal battlefield was near collapse and gave him at most three months.
• Ye Lin agreed to arrange breakthroughs for those whose domains had reached perfection, despite the strain their departure would put on the defense.
• Ye Lin told Poison Venerable to count the qualified prodigies across the four continents and plan their breakthroughs.
• Poison Venerable returned an hour later with the count, and Ye Lin found that only five prodigies had perfected domains.

Ye Lin decided to abandon the Four Continents and withdraw to the Central Continent to preserve his remaining forces. A Shu Mountain Sword Sect expert then offered two ways to help him, including calling upon the Xuanyuan Sword to bring the Human Ancestor Hall into the conflict.

• Poison Venerable asked Ye Lin whether they should summon five newly advanced Primordial Unity Mystic Immortals to the Central Continent for breakthroughs.
• Ye Lin chose to abandon the Four Continents and withdraw to the Central Continent, judging the Northern Continent impossible to defend.
• A middle-aged sword-bearing man appeared before Ye Lin and revealed that the Shu Mountain Sword Sect had assigned him to protect Ye Lin.
• The man offered full support from the Shu Mountain Sword Sect’s younger generation or urged Ye Lin to call upon the Xuanyuan Sword so the sect could contact the Human Ancestor Hall.

Ye Lin learned that the Shu Mountain Sword Sect had secretly supported him and assigned Kuanglan as his Dao Protector, but he declined their offer to intervene. With Kuanglan guarding him from higher-realm threats and smugglers on their way, Ye Lin prepared to withdraw to Central Continent with Poison Venerable.

• Kuanglan revealed that the Shu Mountain Sword Sect had been backing Ye Lin and appointed him as his Dao Protector.
• Ye Lin refused to seek help from the Shu Mountain Sword Sect or the Human Ancestor Hall, fearing their involvement would provoke the other top factions.
• Kuanglan said the Shu Mountain Sword Sect's smugglers in Central Domain would come find Ye Lin and promised to protect him from higher-realm cultivators.
• Kuanglan vanished into the void to guard Ye Lin from the shadows.
• Ye Lin told Poison Venerable they would withdraw to Central Continent and promised that he would keep him alive.

Ye Lin led the remaining cultivators from Northern Continent to Central Continent to defend the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal battlefield and protect five fellow cultivators as they advanced. They arrived at Purple Sky City, where they planned to gather their allies.

• Ye Lin told the gathered cultivators that the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal battlefield was on the verge of collapse and called on them to retreat to Central Continent.
• Ye Lin led the group across the Endless Sea, leaving Northern Continent behind as its prodigies fled or remained to fight.
• The group found Central Continent empty of ordinary inhabitants and most faction members, with only ancient prodigies and defenders remaining.
• Ye Lin ordered everyone to assemble at Purple Sky City, and Poison Venerable coordinated the others’ arrival.
• Ye Lin’s group reached the largely deserted Purple Sky City, where a few inhabitants stayed under Yun Feng’s lingering protection.

Ye Lin arrived in Purple Sky City with his group and learned that twenty-seven prodigies had died fighting the stowaways. He and the others vowed to avenge their fallen comrades, leaving the hall united in anger.

• Wang Xiao'er tried to stop Ye Lin's group from flying over Purple Sky City, but Purple Cloud dragged him away by the ear.
• Ye Lin led the prodigies into the city and asked Poison Venerable when the others would arrive.
• Poison Venerable reported that twenty-seven prodigies had fallen across the continents.
• Ye Lin crushed the list of the dead and vowed to repay their lives by killing the stowaways.
• The prodigies in the hall swore to avenge their comrades and slaughter their enemies.

Ye Lin gathered the prodigies to plan a final effort and prepare four of them to break through into the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm. Feng Xi resisted Ye Lin’s warning about his condition, but Sui Xin calmed him, and Ye Lin assigned them Sacred Cloud Mountain as their breakthrough site.

• Ye Lin addressed the gathered leaders and promised to hold back Lu Cang after someone questioned who could stop him.
• Five perfected-domain prodigies, including Sui Xin and Feng Xi, stepped forward to prepare for breakthroughs and asked not to be disturbed.
• Ye Lin told Feng Xi to recover before attempting a breakthrough, prompting Feng Xi to erupt in anger over the losses suffered by his team.
• Sui Xin calmed Feng Xi with a hand on his shoulder and a Buddhist invocation.
• Ye Lin announced that Sacred Cloud Mountain outside Purple Sky City would be the breakthrough site.

Ye Lin organized defenses around the four breakthroughs at Sacred Cloud Mountain and reassured Feng Xi after his earlier outburst. As the group prepared to lure the smugglers into a trap, Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable set out to ready their own methods.

• Ye Lin arranged for the four cultivators to attempt their breakthroughs at Sacred Cloud Mountain while the others prepared to protect them and confront the smugglers.
• Sui Xin and the other three assured Ye Lin that they were confident and went to prepare for their breakthroughs.
• After everyone dispersed, Feng Xi apologized to Ye Lin, who comforted him and urged him to steady himself.
• Dugu Feng left to prepare a weapon given to him by the old man for use against the smugglers.
• Poison Venerable said he would test insights from the Myriad Poison Dao Art on the smugglers.

Ye Lin reassured Dongfang Xiyue that he had a way to face Lu Cang, then spent a month waiting for an opportunity in Purple Sky City. There, he noticed a mysterious purple aura binding Wang Xiao'er's Primordial Spirit, but concealed what he had seen as Wang Xiao'er spoke of becoming an unparalleled sword immortal.

• Feng Xi said goodbye to Ye Lin and left, leaving Ye Lin and Dongfang Xiyue alone in the great hall.
• Dongfang Xiyue questioned whether Ye Lin could face Lu Cang, and Ye Lin assured her that he had a way.
• Over the next month, Ye Lin wandered around Purple Sky City while waiting for his fortune to bring him an opportunity.
• Wang Xiao'er approached Ye Lin and asked what he was searching for.
• Ye Lin used a golden light to see a noble purple aura imprisoning Wang Xiao'er's Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin praised Wang Xiao'er's potential as a sword immortal, and Wang Xiao'er said the Sect Master had told him the same.

Wang Xiao'er spotted an approaching enemy force and raised the alarm, bringing the prodigies of Purple Sky City to the walls. After Dugu Feng wiped out the harmless monster birds and snakes, a strange man appeared among their corpses, and a spear-wielding young man dived toward him.

• Ye Lin encouraged Wang Xiao'er to pursue becoming a peerless Sword Immortal, then left him practicing alone on the city wall.
• Wang Xiao'er saw countless black shapes in the sky and shouted that the city was under attack.
• Ye Lin and the prodigies in Purple Sky City responded, and the newcomers saw monster birds and blood-red snakes approaching the walls.
• Dugu Feng destroyed the birds and snakes with Sword Qi and noticed that the attack seemed suspiciously harmless.
• A strange man approached the wall, mourning the dead creatures, and a young man with a spear leaped down to attack him.

Witch Walker attacked a young man and ate his heart before Thunder Venerable arrived to confront him. As Thunder Venerable gained the upper hand, Dugu Feng searched the plain for the other enemies he suspected were nearby.

• Witch Walker caught the young man's spear, pierced his chest, and tore out his heart.
• Witch Walker ate the young man's heart and identified Thunder Venerable, who had arrived in a flash of lightning.
• Thunder Venerable told the young man to leave and challenged Witch Walker to battle.
• Thunder Venerable used lightning to overpower Witch Walker across the plain.
• Dugu Feng searched the distant ground, suspecting others had come with Witch Walker.

Dugu Feng and his allies pursued the Witchwalker, only to be lured into a trap outside Purple Sky City and outnumbered by the stowaways. Meanwhile, Ye Lin confronted Lu Cang with his own force, and their past clash stunned both sides as Lu Cang vowed to kill him.

• Dugu Feng realized the Witchwalker was stalling for time and led most of his group away from Purple Sky City.
• More than a dozen stowaways revealed themselves and ambushed Dugu Feng's six, who were forced to fight while heavily outnumbered.
• Ye Lin led more than a hundred people to confront Lu Cang and taunted him about having spared his life before.
• Ye Lin's allies and the stowaways reacted with surprise when he revealed his past fight with Lu Cang.
• Lu Cang denied Ye Lin's claim and vowed to kill him.

Ye Lin inspected Lu Cang's panel and discovered that Lu Cang had perfected his True Dragon bloodline, making him more powerful than before. Although Ye Lin recognized the danger, he believed his own changes had been greater, leaving their coming fight unresolved.

• Ye Lin questioned Lu Cang's confidence and examined his status panel.
• Ye Lin learned that Lu Cang now had a complete True Dragon bloodline and a set of extraordinary combat traits.
• Ye Lin judged Lu Cang's power overwhelming, noting that even his three avatars might be unable to defeat him.
• Ye Lin smiled and concluded that his own improvements surpassed Lu Cang's.

Ye Lin used the luck-based techniques taught by Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to prepare for his confrontation with Lu Cang, confident that his immense luck gave him the advantage. Lu Cang, newly empowered by a one-hundred-percent Divine Dragon bloodline, challenged Ye Lin, and both resolved to kill the other.

• Ye Lin reviewed the steep luck costs of his secret arts and saw that he still possessed more than 1.1 billion luck points.
• Lu Cang revealed that he had taken Dragon Blood Crystal from Liu Feng and raised his bloodline purity to one hundred percent.
• Lu Cang believed his enhanced bloodline would let him defeat Ye Lin even if Ye Lin used One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Ye Lin decided he had to kill Lu Cang before the Divine Dragon Clan could recognize him as a threat.
• Lu Cang taunted Ye Lin and his companions, while the stowaway behind him silently endured his boasting.

Lu Cang led two hundred smugglers in an assault on Sacred Cloud Mountain to interrupt four prodigies’ breakthroughs, while Ye Lin and the others fought to keep them away. Lu Cang revealed his True Dragon form to face Ye Lin, whose victory would decide whether the attack succeeded.

• A young man pointed out that four figures on Sacred Cloud Mountain had begun breaking through, and Lu Cang ordered the smugglers to target them.
• Ye Lin rallied the present-world prodigies to protect the four, and both sides engaged in battles around the mountain.
• Poison Venerable dragged three smugglers into a one-against-three fight as the other prodigies took on their own opponents.
• The prodigies held the smugglers back from Sacred Cloud Mountain while Ye Lin and Lu Cang faced each other in the sky.
• Lu Cang said he had no time to play and transformed into a thousand-zhang golden five-clawed dragon.

Ye Lin used his power of fortune to bind Lu Cang, whose overwhelming strength had shattered Ye Lin’s phantom great sun. Lu Cang remained trapped despite struggling and burning the chains, while Ye Lin watched his fortune rapidly drain.

• Lu Cang transformed into his five-clawed golden dragon form and attacked Ye Lin with his tail.
• Ye Lin hurled his phantom great sun at Lu Cang, but Lu Cang shattered it with a single strike.
• Lu Cang taunted Ye Lin for not releasing his three clones and claimed Ye Lin could not match Zhang Zifan without them.
• Ye Lin summoned golden chains made from the power of fortune and bound Lu Cang.
• Lu Cang struggled and unleashed golden flames, but the chains held as Ye Lin's fortune value plummeted.

Ye Lin used Hand of Heaven to crush Lu Cang beneath a golden hand, draining fortune points at an enormous rate. Lu Cang was badly injured and feared for his life, but he remained alive and vowed to kill Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin activated Hand of Heaven as the cost of maintaining Lock of Void rose from over a hundred thousand to two hundred thousand fortune points per second.
• A vast golden hand appeared above Purple Sky City and seized Lu Cang, shocking the prodigies fighting below.
• Ye Lin ordered the hand to suppress Lu Cang, weakening him and breaking his golden scales as blood poured from his body.
• Lu Cang realized he might die, grew more intent on killing Ye Lin, and remained alive as Ye Lin prepared to suppress him again.

Lu Cang forced a breakthrough to the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm after Ye Lin’s Hand of Heaven nearly killed him, then began facing his lightning tribulation. Ye Lin considered attacking again but held back, leaving Lu Cang to endure the tribulation while the battles below continued.

• Lu Cang burned his blood, immortal power, Primordial Spirit power, and lifespan to break through to the Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm.
• Lu Cang shattered Ye Lin’s Hand of Heaven, transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang golden Dragon, and vowed to kill Ye Lin after surviving the lightning tribulation.
• Ye Lin realized he had spent thirteen million destiny points without killing Lu Cang and watched the tribulation gather above him.
• Ye Lin considered using the Hand of Heaven again but decided against interfering because the tribulation could pull him into it.
• The smugglers continued fighting below as Lu Cang focused on surviving his lightning tribulation.

Wounded Lu Cang attempted to transcend his tribulation, but he drew the dreaded Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation. As the thunder gathered overhead, Lu Cang feared the Heavenly Dao had singled him out, while Ye Lin watched to see whether he would survive.

• Lu Cang, already severely wounded by the Hand of Heaven, tried to transcend his tribulation despite Ye Lin knowing his odds of survival were poor.
• The lightning tribulation delayed its descent, then sounded nine thunderclaps, revealing that Lu Cang had drawn the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.
• The stowaways recognized the tribulation and urged one another to keep fighting the present-world prodigies.
• Ye Lin considered the rarity and lethality of the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and watched Lu Cang beneath it.
• Lu Cang trembled with fear and suspected the Heavenly Dao had tampered with his tribulation to kill him.

Lu Cang faced the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, surviving its first two bolts with the help of pills that strengthened his body and Primordial Spirit. As the tribulation began gathering even greater power, Ye Lin wondered about Lu Cang’s background.

• Lu Cang resolved to risk everything and compared his potential achievement to that of the Ancient Human Emperor.
• The first bolt of purple divine lightning overwhelmed Lu Cang’s dragon breath and left him blackened and near death.
• Lu Cang swallowed numerous pills to restore his life force, but the Heavenly Dao immediately sent down the second bolt.
• The second bolt ravaged Lu Cang while the pills’ medicinal power clashed with the lightning, strengthening his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Cang taunted the Heavenly Dao as his aura grew stronger, and Ye Lin reacted with surprise when the tribulation began brewing more powerful bolts.

Lu Cang’s Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation destroyed his body and scattered his dragon soul, leaving only a tiny, cracked Primordial Spirit. As the final bolt gathered, Lu Cang faced imminent death while Ye Lin waited with the Xuanyuan Sword in reserve.

• Ye Lin considered using the Xuanyuan Sword to draw on Human Race providence if Lu Cang survived, but held back because of the karmic consequences.
• The lightning tribulation struck Lu Cang with successive bolts, destroying his physical body and severely cracking his Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Cang regretted pursuing perfect bloodline purity and feared he could not endure the remaining bolts.
• Another bolt scattered Lu Cang’s dragon soul, leaving only his dying Primordial Spirit beneath the gathering final strike.