Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin, Shangguan Xihe, and the other prodigies gathered at the Jade Emperor Divine Palace, waiting for its barrier to break so they could enter. After the palace opened and the races rushed inside, Ye Lin took Shangguan Xihe to a building marked by his panel and offered her a choice between staying with him or searching alone.

• Ye Lin led Jian Wushuang and Shangguan Xihe to the island, where the prodigies discovered the Jade Emperor Divine Palace behind an azure barrier.
• The prodigies recovered their strength while the palace descended, and their attacks failed to break the barrier.
• The barrier cracked and shattered, releasing dense Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi as the prodigies of every race charged into the palace.
• Zhao Huaian led the Human Race cultivators inside, while Ye Lin took Shangguan Xihe and headed for the third building marked on his panel.
• Jian Wushuang complained that Ye Lin had left him behind and chose to search alone.
• Ye Lin shut the building's door and told Shangguan Xihe she could either search for opportunities alone or stay with him under his protection, as long as she followed his instructions without asking questions.

Ye Lin acquired and bound the World-Suppressing Pagoda, then left the palace with Shangguan Xihe as the Heavenly Palace Ruins descended into violent competition over treasures. They encountered an Asura Clan prodigy chasing a Demon Race prodigy, while the Human Race and Shadow Clan were also locked in open conflict.

• Ye Lin chose to have Shangguan Xihe follow him and opened the chest with the displayed incantation.
• Ye Lin obtained the World-Suppressing Pagoda and learned that his current cultivation allowed him to activate its first four levels.
• Ye Lin bound the pagoda with his blood and shrank it into a pendant around his neck.
• Ye Lin and Shangguan Xihe left the building and entered streets filled with bloodshed and races fighting over treasures.
• An Asura Clan prodigy chased a Demon Race prodigy overhead as the Human Race and Shadow Clan continued their feud.

Ye Lin and the Human Race joined forces with the Asura Clan to attack the Shadow Clan and Demon Race, turning the Jade Emperor Divine Palace into a full-scale battle. The Human Race defeated the Shadow Clan, while the Asura Clan and Demon Race remained locked in a stalemate.

• Ye Lin and Shangguan Xihe reached the Jade Emperor's Master Bedroom, where the races hesitated to enter and Zhao Huaian asked whether the Human Race should give up.
• Ye Lin and the Human Race cultivators refused to yield, and Ye Lin silently signaled Ming Yi to begin the attack.
• The Asura Clan charged the Demon Race as Ye Lin led the Human Race against Dark Night and the Shadow Clan, prompting the other races to join the fighting.
• Ye Lin wounded Dark Night and drove him away, then helped the Human Race rout the Shadow Clan, killing thirteen elites and seriously wounding twenty-eight.
• The Asura Clan and Demon Race continued fighting to a stalemate as the Jade Emperor Divine Palace's buildings were reduced to ruins.

The Human Race waited while the Asura Clan and Demon Race fought over access to the Jade Emperor's Master Bedroom, then faced the victorious but weakened Demon Race. As Zhao Huaiping challenged them for the chamber, the struggle over its treasures remained unresolved.

• Zhao Huaian ordered the Human Race to recover and wait rather than join the battle, despite Ming Yi urging them to help the Asura Clan and the White Elephant threatening them.
• Zhao Huaian told Ye Lin and Jian Wushuang that the Heavenly Dao was close to awakening and that the coming Great Age could bring a century of war across Eastern Continent and beyond.
• The Asura Clan retreated after being driven back, while the victorious Demon Race realized the Human Race remained at full strength.
• The Young Palace Master of Myriad Demon Palace demanded that the Human Race leave and promised the Demon Race would not trouble them for a hundred years.
• Zhao Huaiping rejected the demand and declared that the Human Race would claim the Jade Emperor's Master Bedroom.

After the Demon Race and other factions withdrew, Ye Lin led the Human Race into the Jade Emperor’s Master Bedroom. His restless Phoenix Fire guided him to a hidden passage, and he entered the independent space behind it.

• The Young Palace Master of Myriad Demon Palace threatened Zhao Huaiping before leading the Demon Race away, and the other races followed.
• Ye Lin invited the Human Race cultivators into the Jade Emperor’s Master Bedroom while Shangguan Xihe stayed outside.
• The cultivators discovered high-grade spirit stones scattered across the room, but Ye Lin passed them and followed his restless Phoenix Fire toward a small room.
• Ye Lin found the Phoenix Fire was drawn to something behind a wall, then opened a hidden passage by twisting a vase.
• Ye Lin entered the pitch-black passage and discovered it led to an independent space.

Ye Lin entered the Jade Emperor's seclusion chamber and swallowed a powerful Demon Core at the Phoenix Fire's urging. After the Phoenix Fire saved him and began absorbing the core's essence, Ye Lin ran out of Spirit Stones and turned to Little Ling for more spiritual energy.

• Ye Lin found a Demon Core in a wooden box and realized the Phoenix Fire wanted him to swallow it.
• Ye Lin swallowed the Demon Core, whose surging spiritual energy shattered his meridians and nearly burst his body apart.
• The Phoenix Fire unleashed its power, suppressed the Demon Core, and drained Ye Lin's spiritual energy to keep absorbing the core's essence.
• Ye Lin used all his Spirit Stones to supply the Phoenix Fire, which developed the intelligence to speak and promised him a boon.
• Ye Lin remembered Little Ling and prepared to use it to provide more spiritual energy.

Ye Lin absorbed the Demon Core’s energy while Little Ling and the Phoenix Fire helped stabilize and transform him. He reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, became one with the Phoenix Fire, and discovered a new opportunity waiting nearby.

• Little Ling supplied spiritual energy as Ye Lin crushed the exploding Demon Core and used its energy to repair his meridians.
• The Phoenix Fire reached Heaven Grade Low Tier and poured its power through Ye Lin’s body, transforming him while leaving itself nearly exhausted.
• Ye Lin emerged from deep cultivation at the Nascent Soul Late Stage and found that he could wield the Phoenix Fire’s power freely, tripling its boost to his strength.
• Ye Lin replenished the listless Phoenix Fire, then checked his panel and learned that Supreme Above and Below lay behind the bottles and jars at his back.

Ye Lin gained the Fire God Physique, claimed the Jade Emperor’s treasures, and mastered the first turn of a powerful martial skill in the Heavenly Palace Ruins. He hurried toward the exit before the ruins sealed, while Phoenix Fire recovered and regretted nearly killing himself reconstructing Ye Lin’s physique.

• Ye Lin checked his status, saw that Phoenix Fire had given him the Fire God Physique, and collected the Jade Emperor’s bottles and jars.
• Ye Lin found a Jade Talisman and learned a nine-turn martial skill that multiplied combat power but caused severe weakness after use.
• Ye Lin cultivated for ten days and mastered the first turn, doubling his combat power when activated.
• Realizing it was the day the Heavenly Palace Ruins would close, Ye Lin gathered the remaining treasures and left the Jade Emperor’s emptied chamber.
• Ye Lin flew toward the exit as Phoenix Fire awoke and admitted that forcibly reconstructing Ye Lin’s physique had nearly killed him.

Ye Lin learned that Little Fire had absorbed a weakened Mahayana Phoenix Demon Core, advanced to Heaven Grade Low Tier, and given him the Fire God Physique. As the deadline to leave the Heavenly Palace approached, Ye Lin had still not arrived at the exit, leaving the Human Race anxious and its rivals convinced he might be dead.

• Ye Lin reprimanded Phoenix Fire for having him absorb the Mahayana Phoenix Demon Core without explaining the risks, and Phoenix Fire promised to consult him next time.
• Ye Lin named the now-intelligent Phoenix Fire Little Fire and learned that the Demon Core's fire essence had advanced it and granted him the Fire God Physique.
• Little Fire explained that Ye Lin's low cultivation limited how much of its power he could use, though their newfound synergy let them unleash more together.
• The young prodigies gathered at the exit as the Heavenly Palace seal's scheduled release drew near, with only ten minutes afterward to escape.
• Zhao Huaian worried that Ye Lin had not arrived, while Dark Night and Bai Jin mocked his absence and speculated that he had died inside.
• Zhao Huaian asked Shangguan Xihe whether she had managed to contact Ye Lin.

Ye Lin returned as the seal opened, killed Dark Night, and was protected from retaliation by Taiheng. After Shangguan Xihe handed over the promised green liquid, the human survivors prepared to leave the ruins, and Taiheng praised Ye Lin for standing up to the Shadow Clan.

• Shangguan Xihe and Zhao Huaian worried when Ye Lin did not return, but the seal opened and the Heavenly Gate appeared.
• Dark Night mocked the waiting humans, and Ye Lin suddenly struck him with a sword and sent him through the Heavenly Gate.
• Ye Lin followed through the gate, activated First Turn, and killed Dark Night, though a Shadow Clan True Lord's roar weakened his attack.
• The Shadow Clan True Lord tried to pressure Ye Lin, but Taiheng intervened and made him back down rather than risk a war with the Human Race.
• Shangguan Xihe gave Ye Lin the promised half-bucket of green liquid, and Zhao Huaian reported three human deaths and eight injuries.
• Taiheng praised Ye Lin for killing Dark Night without fear and told him that the Human Race's elders would support its prodigies.

Ye Lin suspected that the Young Palace Master of Myriad Demon Palace had received the Jade Emperor’s inheritance because the ancient ruler had reincarnated. Taiheng reached the same frightening conclusion after hearing the survivors’ account and hurried the group back.

• Ye Lin told Jian Wushuang that he had obtained the Jade Emperor’s inheritance, but Jian Wushuang said the Young Palace Master of Myriad Demon Palace had received it and killed three Asura Clan prodigies.
• Ye Lin wondered whether the Jade Emperor had reincarnated as the Young Palace Master and feared that Eastern Continent could face a devastating war.
• The Flying Boat reached the Demon Race border, where the surviving prodigies reunited with their factions and three Spirit Transformation True Persons mourned their dead.
• Taiheng told the eleven returning prodigies that Nameless Mountain would not demand their opportunities and urged them to serve the Human Race.
• Zhao Huaian recounted what had happened in the ruins, and Taiheng grew alarmed upon hearing about the Young Palace Master before speeding up the Flying Boat.
• The Ten Sequences and the others realized that the Jade Emperor might have reincarnated, while Ye Lin already suspected the same.

Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain, gave Taichu the Night-Shining Pearl, and became his direct disciple while keeping Chu Xue as his first master. After Taichu warned him that the Eastern Continent was nearing chaos and told him about Ten Thousand Beast City, Ye Lin decided to investigate its mysterious stone stele before sorting through the treasures he had taken from the Jade Emperor.

• Ye Lin returned to his residence and handed Taichu the Night-Shining Pearl, which Taichu confirmed was the item he sought.
• Taichu offered to make Ye Lin his only direct disciple, and Ye Lin explained that Chu Xue was already his master; Taichu approved of his loyalty and accepted him as a disciple.
• Taichu gave Ye Lin cultivation insights, a Jade Talisman, and an Earth Grade Low Tier Spatial Ring, then urged him to visit Ten Thousand Beast City and prepare for chaos in the Eastern Continent.
• Ye Lin suspected the mysterious stone stele in Ten Thousand Beast City might contain one of the Nine Swords and decided to go there.
• Ye Lin identified several precious treasures he had taken from the Jade Emperor's secluded cultivation site, including Moonlight Grass, a Heavenly Spirit Flower, Bone-Mending Paste, and a Spirit Transformation Pill.

Ye Lin sorted through the Jade Emperor’s treasures, studied Taichu’s insights, and realized that his impatient cultivation had left his foundation unstable. At the Pawn Shop on Nameless Mountain, he unexpectedly found Li Xiaoyao working there to temper his state of mind.

• Ye Lin sorted his treasures, set aside the True Interpretation of Alchemy and True Interpretation of Artifact Refining, and decided to visit the Pawn Shop to exchange valuables for points.
• Ye Lin studied Taichu’s insights and recognized that he had neglected his foundation by rushing through cultivation, so he planned to enter seclusion after reaching Ten Thousand Beast City.
• Ye Lin took his treasures to the Pawn Shop, intending to earn enough points to buy a Flying Boat before heading to Ten Thousand Beast City and seeking the Sun True Fire.
• Ye Lin entered the shabby Pawn Shop and discovered that Li Xiaoyao was its attendant.
• Li Xiaoyao told Ye Lin that his master had sent him to work at the Pawn Shop for three months to temper his impatient state of mind.

Ye Lin visited the pawn shop where Li Xiaoyao worked to exchange treasures for points so he could buy a Flying Boat. After Li Xiaoyao valued the treasures from the Heavenly Palace Ruins at 1,380,000 points and transferred them, Ye Lin checked that the points had arrived.

• Li Xiaoyao asked why Ye Lin had come, and Ye Lin said he wanted points to buy a Flying Boat.
• Li Xiaoyao explained that even the cheapest Flying Boat cost at least 300,000 points and that ordinary Inner Sect disciples could not buy one.
• Ye Lin laid out his treasures, and Li Xiaoyao inspected them before asking whether Ye Lin had raided an ancient powerhouse's tomb.
• Li Xiaoyao valued the treasures at 1,380,000 points, and Ye Lin said they came from the Heavenly Palace Ruins in Demon Race territory.
• Ye Lin agreed to the pawn shop's terms, and Li Xiaoyao transferred the points to Ye Lin's Identity Token.
• Ye Lin checked his Identity Token and confirmed the points had arrived.

Ye Lin bought a dragon-shaped flying boat from Li Xiaoyao and tested its controls after Li Xiaoyao opened the hidden underground hangar. As Ye Lin departed, he checked Li Xiaoyao’s fate panel and saw that he would eventually die in the Boundless Sea.

• Li Xiaoyao led Ye Lin through a concealed passage to an underground hangar filled with flying boats.
• Li Xiaoyao recommended an Azure Dragon-shaped boat and sold it to Ye Lin for 900,000 points.
• Li Xiaoyao opened the hangar’s formations, gave Ye Lin the control orb, and explained the boat’s capabilities.
• Ye Lin loaded the boat with Spirit Stones, activated its formations, and took off.
• Ye Lin inspected Li Xiaoyao’s panel and saw his predicted death in the Boundless Sea before flying away.

Ye Lin traveled toward Ten Thousand Beast City in Tianxu Prefecture and encountered hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a deadly swarm of Blood Insects. He used the World-Suppressing Pagoda to absorb the swarm, then recalled the artifact as the people and Hundred Battles Spear Sect disciples watched.

• Ye Lin piloted his Azure Dragon Flying Boat from Nameless Mountain toward Tianxu Prefecture.
• Ye Lin spotted a huge group of fleeing people and a black tide of Blood Insects pursuing them.
• The Hundred Battles Spear Sect disciples abandoned their effort to hold back the insects and fled, leaving the people exposed.
• Ye Lin recognized the black tide as Blood Insects and brought out the World-Suppressing Pagoda to absorb them.
• Ye Lin drained most of his spiritual energy while the pagoda swallowed the swarm, then recalled it as the people and sect disciples looked on.

After the World-Suppressing Pagoda restored Ye Lin’s spiritual energy and strengthened him by refining the Blood Insects he had killed, he learned of their origin and headed for the Blood Daoist’s sealed hideout. He entered the black-mist-shrouded village with Lu Daosheng, hoping to find the Insect Queen and the missing Blood Baleful Flag.

• Ye Lin met Lu Daosheng and four disciples from the Hundred Battles Spear Sect, who thanked him for killing the Blood Insects.
• Lu Daosheng explained that the Blood Daoist’s Insect Queen had produced the Blood Insects, which escaped after someone broke the seal on the Daoist’s hideout.
• The World-Suppressing Pagoda fed Ye Lin mysterious power after refining the Blood Insects, restoring his spiritual energy and slightly improving his body and cultivation.
• Ye Lin asked Lu Daosheng to guide him to the Sealed Land, and Lu Daosheng’s fellow disciples left to report the outbreak to their sect.
• Ye Lin and Lu Daosheng reached the village, where over a hundred thousand Foundation Establishment-level Blood Insects remained; Ye Lin reasoned that the Insect Queen and the missing Blood Baleful Flag were likely there.

Ye Lin and Lu Daosheng entered the village to find the Insect Queen, with Ye Lin using his status panel to anticipate a hidden chamber and Lu Daosheng’s plans to claim the Blood Baleful Flag. They reached the chamber, where the Insect Queen sent a swarm of Blood Insects against Ye Lin’s barrier, but the Queen herself remained hidden.

• Ye Lin used the World-Suppressing Pagoda to absorb swarms of Blood Insects before deciding to search for the Insect Queen.
• Lu Daosheng agreed to accompany Ye Lin, and Ye Lin learned from Lu Daosheng’s status panel that he intended to take the Blood Baleful Flag for himself.
• Ye Lin led Lu Daosheng into the village under a golden barrier and followed the status panel’s directions to the grandest building.
• Ye Lin found the seemingly empty small room, and the Blood Insects flattened its walls and battered his barrier without harming them.

Ye Lin and Lu Daosheng uncovered the hidden insect lair and encountered Spirit-Devouring Insects that absorbed spiritual attacks and grew stronger. They took shelter inside the World-Suppressing Pagoda as Lu Daosheng warned that the insects could bring back an ancient catastrophe unless they found the Insect Queen.

• Lu Daosheng found and removed a talisman hidden in the ground, causing the earth to collapse and drop him and Ye Lin into a vast hollow filled with Blood Insects.
• Ye Lin and Lu Daosheng advanced through the hollow beneath Ye Lin's golden barrier while the Blood Insects swarmed around them.
• Several Spirit-Devouring Insects appeared, bit through Ye Lin's barrier, and absorbed his sword attacks, growing larger and stronger.
• Ye Lin summoned the World-Suppressing Pagoda to protect himself and Lu Daosheng from the insects.
• Lu Daosheng explained that Spirit-Devouring Insects could absorb spiritual energy and reproduce rapidly, and that Blood Daoist had tried to revive them a thousand years earlier.

Ye Lin learned that Spirit-Devouring Insects could become a catastrophic threat, but he killed the three Nascent Soul Realm insects with his physical strength and pushed deeper into the insect-filled area with Lu Daosheng. The Blood Insect tide grew denser as the two advanced.

• Lu Daosheng warned Ye Lin that Spirit-Devouring Insects could absorb spiritual attacks, reproduce rapidly, and threaten the entire Eastern Continent.
• Lu Daosheng explained that body cultivators or attacks powerful enough to exceed an insect's absorption limit could kill Spirit-Devouring Insects, then urged Ye Lin to flee.
• Ye Lin left the World-Suppressing Pagoda and killed three Nascent Soul Realm Spirit-Devouring Insects with physical punches.
• Ye Lin endured the Blood Insects' bites, killed tens of thousands of them, put away the pagoda, and led Lu Daosheng onward.
• Lu Daosheng apologized and marveled at Ye Lin's strength as the Blood Insect tide thickened around them.