Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin returned to the Human Race's border with Little Red and Toutian, where Taichu and Taiheng waited with a mysterious man. The man took the Jade Purification Bottle and gave Ye Lin a Jade Talisman in exchange.

• Mad Python bowed to Little Red and let him go, then crushed the three Demon Venerables who had accompanied him.
• Little Red asked Ye Lin about the upheaval in the Dark Forest, and Ye Lin admitted he had caused it.
• Little Red flew Ye Lin and Toutian to the Human Race's border, where Taichu, Taiheng, and a mysterious man awaited them.
• Taichu welcomed Ye Lin back and asked where his master was, and Ye Lin showed him the Jade Purification Bottle containing the grandmaster and the others.
• The mysterious man took the Jade Purification Bottle and gave Ye Lin a Jade Talisman in return.

Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain with Little Dot and Toutian after receiving a Jade Talisman in exchange for the Jade Purification Bottle. He prepared to enter seclusion, while Toutian agreed to help him find the other Stone Steles when he emerged.

• The mysterious man transported Ye Lin and the others to Nameless Mountain in an instant, then left to reconstruct his master's body.
• Taichu offered to take Little Dot as his disciple and make him a Sword Immortal, but Little Dot stayed with Ye Lin.
• Taichu gave Little Dot an Identity Token and made him an Inner Sect disciple whose residence was next to Ye Lin's.
• Ye Lin realized that Taichu, Taiheng, and the mysterious man gave him considerable influence within Nameless Mountain.
• Ye Lin told Toutian he was entering seclusion for up to several decades, and Toutian agreed to take him to find the other Stone Steles afterward.

Ye Lin gave Little Dot techniques, cultivation insights, and an Identity Token before entering seclusion to refine his cultivation. Little Dot quickly mastered the materials and sought guidance from Taichu, who remained astonished by the boy’s talent and mysterious technique.

• Ye Lin gave Little Dot the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique, martial arts materials, and instructions, then asked Little Red to watch over him during his decades of seclusion.
• Ye Lin gave Little Dot Little Ling and his Identity Token before entering his cultivation chamber to address shortcomings in his cultivation.
• Little Dot studied the techniques and insights day and night, grasping even Mysterious Grade and Earth Grade techniques after one look.
• Little Dot and Little Red visited the Back Mountain whenever he had questions, where a middle-aged man named Taichu explained them.
• Taichu watched over Little Dot because he feared Ye Lin might mislead him, but he could not identify the powerful technique Little Dot was practicing.

Over ten years of Ye Lin’s seclusion, Little Dot grew into a fourteen-year-old Golden Core cultivator and became popular among Nameless Mountain’s Inner Sect disciples. As Little Dot and Little Red waited for Ye Lin to emerge, Little Red tried to persuade him to leave the mountain, despite Ye Lin’s warning.

• Little Dot and Taichu met more often as the years passed, while Ye Lin remained unaware of time in deep seclusion.
• Ten years passed, and Little Dot grew into a six-foot-tall young man whose cultivation reached the early Golden Core Realm at fourteen.
• The Inner Sect disciples were shocked by Little Dot’s cultivation speed and assumed he was a powerful expert’s offspring.
• Little Dot asked Little Red how much longer Ye Lin would remain in seclusion, and Little Red said ten years was brief for a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Little Red urged Little Dot to leave Nameless Mountain for a look around, but Little Dot recalled that Ye Lin and the old grandpa on the Back Mountain had forbidden them to leave.

After twenty years on Nameless Mountain, Little Red and Little Dot returned from a secret trip to find Ye Lin still in seclusion. Meanwhile, the Demon Race’s war against the Asura Clan had plunged the Eastern Continent into widespread conflict.

• Little Red persuaded Little Dot to use Ye Lin's Identity Token to open Nameless Mountain’s barrier, and they secretly went outside.
• Ten years later, Little Red and Little Dot returned to Nameless Mountain and watched the place where Ye Lin was in seclusion.
• Little Dot’s cultivation reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and his Sword Intent grew stronger, while Little Red reached the middle stage of Spirit Transformation.
• The Demon Race openly declared war on the Asura Clan and fought with elite forces along their border for ten years.
• The Asura Clan lost control of half the prefecture, and other races began declaring war on their own old enemies.

After twenty years of seclusion, Ye Lin broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm and prepared to face his first thunder tribulation. His emergence above Nameless Mountain drew the attention of its cultivators, who wondered whether one of the Ten Sequences had advanced.

• The Eastern Continent remained in chaos as clans fought, while Human Territory, the Shadow Clan's lands, and the Backing Clan's lands stayed relatively peaceful.
• Ye Lin completed twenty years of cultivation, repaired the flaws from his earlier breakthroughs, and entered the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Lin sensed the thunder tribulation gathering outside Nameless Mountain and decided to face it with Evil Slayer in hand.
• Ye Lin flew above Nameless Mountain's Sect Protection Array as cultivators looked up and wondered whether someone from the Ten Sequences had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Ye Lin underwent the Spirit Transformation tribulation while Inner Sect disciples watched and learned his identity. He endured the first two bolts, but the third shattered his Nascent Soul.

• Inner Sect disciples speculated about who was undergoing tribulation until a young man identified him as Senior Brother Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin waited as the tribulation clouds gathered and prepared to face the three bolts required for Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Lin split the first bolt with his sword and endured its force as it struck his body.
• Ye Lin divided the second bolt into five segments and withstood them as they entered his organs and meridians.
• Ye Lin let the third bolt strike his head, and it immediately shattered the Nascent Soul in his dantian.

Ye Lin survived the tribulation and entered Spirit Transformation Realm, discovering the immense power of his divine sense. Taichu warned him to use that power cautiously.

• Ye Lin's shattered Nascent Soul repaired his body, while the tribulation lightning illuminated his sea of consciousness and strengthened his soul.
• After the three bolts of lightning passed, Ye Lin entered Spirit Transformation Realm and sensed everything within a hundred thousand miles.
• Ye Lin tested his divine sense and realized he could kill lower-realm cultivators within its range with a thought.
• Taichu appeared before Ye Lin, praised his progress, and warned him that careless use of divine sense could offend powerful cultivators.

Taichu told Ye Lin to build prestige as the first step toward becoming one of Nameless Mountain’s Ten Sequences and eventually its Sect Master. Ye Lin chose to earn recognition by leading a campaign against the Mysterious Yin Sect, with fifty Nascent Soul Realm disciples placed under his command.

• Taichu explained that Ye Lin needed to build prestige among Nameless Mountain’s disciples before he could become one of the Ten Sequences.
• Taichu offered either a ten-year appointment as Sect Master or a chance to earn genuine acceptance, and Ye Lin chose to build his reputation.
• Taichu said he would restrain the Mysterious Yin Sect’s Grand Elder while Ye Lin led Nameless Mountain’s disciples to wipe out the sect.
• Taichu warned Ye Lin that he must serve the Human Race if he became Sect Master, and Ye Lin accepted the responsibility.
• Taichu assigned fifty Nascent Soul Realm disciples to Ye Lin and told him to begin.

Taichu gave Ye Lin command of fifty Nascent Soul disciples and three hundred Golden Core disciples to confront the Mysterious Yin Sect. As Ye Lin gathered his forces at Nameless Mountain, Ren Feiyang realized he could no longer afford to oppose him.

• Taichu assigned fifty Nascent Soul disciples and three hundred Golden Core disciples to Ye Lin and sent him to deal with the Mysterious Yin Sect's three Spirit Transformation True Persons.
• Fifty Nascent Soul disciples assembled on Nameless Mountain's Inner Sect plaza, where other disciples learned they could form an array capable of briefly resisting a Spirit Transformation True Person.
• Three hundred Golden Core cultivators joined the formation, and Ye Lin arrived as the assembled disciples bowed to him.
• Ren Feiyang watched Ye Lin take command and recognized that Ye Lin had grown beyond his ability to scheme against.
• Ren Feiyang hoped Ye Lin had forgotten their past conflict and would spare him.

Ye Lin led Nameless Mountain’s disciples to destroy the Mysterious Yin Sect after learning of its slaughter of mortals and minor sects in Tianhe Prefecture. Their departure thrilled the disciples, while Taichu’s plan aimed to make Ye Lin famous and pave the way for him to become Sect Master.

• Ren Feiyang watched Ye Lin briefly, sighed, and left, unaware that Ye Lin had forgotten their earlier encounter.
• Ye Lin told Nameless Mountain’s disciples that the Mysterious Yin Sect was attacking Tianhe Prefecture and asked them to join him in destroying it.
• The disciples agreed, boarded Ye Lin’s Azure Dragon Flying Boat, and set out for the Mysterious Yin Sect.
• The watching disciples celebrated Nameless Mountain’s show of force and hoped Ye Lin would destroy the sect.
• Taichu’s plan relied on the victory boosting Ye Lin’s reputation across the Human Territory and legitimizing his rise to Sect Master.

Ye Lin arrived at the Mysterious Yin Sect with Nameless Mountain’s forces to confront the sect for its years of slaughter and plunder. As the sect’s frightened disciples faced him, Great Elder Xuanyin appeared and urged them not to fear, hinting that the sect had powerful backing.

• The Mysterious Yin Sect’s followers had spent ten years killing and plundering, driving everyone from the surrounding lands while no cultivators intervened.
• The sect’s disciples grew terrified after learning Nameless Mountain planned to destroy them, though their Sect Master kept them from fleeing.
• Ye Lin arrived aboard a Flying Boat and called for the Sect Master to come out and meet him.
• Great Elder Xuanyin appeared and mocked the disciples for fearing Ye Lin’s force, saying they could flee if they could not win and that they had backing.
• The disciples relaxed when they recognized Xuanyin, the Mysterious Yin Sect’s Great Elder.

Elder Xuanyin ordered the Mysterious Yin Sect’s disciples to kill Ye Lin, claiming the sect had a trump card and had already made arrangements with its Sect Master. Outside the sect, Ye Lin prepared to surround it and break through its protective array if no one came out.

• A Mysterious Yin Sect disciple warned Elder Xuanyin that killing Nameless Mountain’s leader could provoke retaliation.
• Elder Xuanyin told the disciples to kill Ye Lin without hesitation, saying the Sect Master and he had arranged everything and possessed a trump card.
• The Mysterious Yin Sect’s disciples armed themselves and headed for the exit as Elder Xuanyin vanished.
• Ye Lin waited outside the Mysterious Yin Sect with his disciples, but nobody came out.
• Ye Lin ordered his forces to seal off the sect and prepare to break through its Sect Protection Array after ten minutes.

Ye Lin led Nameless Mountain disciples in surrounding the Mysterious Yin Sect, then confronted its leader Lietian and two other Spirit Transformation cultivators. The three attacked with a divine ability, forcing Ye Lin to retreat as the battle began.

• Ye Lin ordered the disciples to surround the Mysterious Yin Sect with a Bagua Formation Diagram.
• Mysterious Yin Sect disciples rushed out and taunted Ye Lin, who waved them away into ash.
• Lietian and two black-robed Spirit Transformation cultivators passed through the formation and confronted Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin summoned his Sword Pellet and attacked Lietian, but the three men shattered his sword light and struck back.
• The three Mysterious Yin Sect cultivators unleashed the Great Heavenly Demon Palm, and Ye Lin retreated from the divine ability.

Ye Lin’s Sword One clashed evenly with Lietian’s divine ability, and their battle devastated the surrounding land. Lietian recognized Ye Lin’s strength and called on two companions to help kill him quickly.

• The chapter explained that divine abilities were rare techniques tied to the laws of the world, with innate abilities generally surpassing acquired ones.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament, against Lietian’s enormous demonic palm.
• The sword beam and palm shattered together, and their shock waves destroyed the surrounding terrain and a distant mountain.
• Ye Lin was surprised that his strike had only matched Lietian’s divine ability, while Lietian was shocked that a newly advanced Spirit Transformation cultivator could withstand it.
• Lietian told two companions to help him kill Ye Lin quickly before the battle dragged on.

Ye Lin unleashed his full strength against Lietian and the two men who joined him, devastating the land with a clash of immense attacks. As the destruction settled, Lietian coughed and accused Ye Lin of being a peak Spirit Transformation Realm old monster.

• Lietian called on the two men behind him to join the fight, and the three summoned enormous demonic palms.
• Ye Lin activated First Turn and covered himself in Phoenix Fire before striking with two sword techniques.
• Ye Lin sent two giant phoenixes and sword beams against the three demonic palms, spreading his Sword Dao Rule across a hundred-mile area.
• The attacks collided and shook the land for ten thousand miles, opening cracks that spewed crimson magma.
• Exhausted after his strongest attack, Ye Lin waited to see its result as Lietian coughed and questioned his cultivation.

Ye Lin defeated the three demonic powerhouses with a single sword strike, leaving them injured and convinced that Nameless Mountain had concealed his true age and strength. The three glared at him and accused him of pretending to be a newly advanced Spirit Transformation disciple, while Ye Lin smiled at their mistaken assumptions.

• Lietian, Xuanyin, and the black-robed man emerged from the smoke with serious injuries after Ye Lin shattered their combined attack.
• The black-robed man struggled to heal a gaping chest wound because Ye Lin's sword dao rules blocked his recovery.
• The three demonic powerhouses decided Ye Lin must be an experienced Spirit Transformation cultivator at the peak, not a recent breakthrough as Nameless Mountain had claimed.
• Lietian, Xuanyin, and the black-robed man accused Ye Lin and Nameless Mountain of deceiving them.
• Ye Lin understood their accusation and smiled at their vivid imaginations.

Lietian and his two exhausted companions fled as Ye Lin prepared to destroy the Mysterious Yin Sect. After Ye Lin shattered its protective array, his disciples stormed the sect, but two hidden Spirit Transformation cultivators remained unaccounted for.

• Lietian and his two companions abandoned the Mysterious Yin Sect disciples and fled, while Ye Lin let them go.
• Ye Lin ordered the disciples around the sect to retreat, then shattered the Sect Protection Array with a sword strike.
• Ye Lin commanded his disciples to kill everyone in the Mysterious Yin Sect and sat in midair, waiting for two hidden Spirit Transformation cultivators to reveal themselves.
• After half an hour of fighting, the disciples killed everyone they could find, and one disciple reported their progress to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin killed the last two Spirit Transformation cultivators defending the Mysterious Yin Sect, then destroyed the sect after his disciples confirmed there were no survivors. Observers recognized Nameless Mountain’s intervention as the beginning of a reckoning for the forces that had ignored its authority.

• Ye Lin ordered his disciples to search the Mysterious Yin Sect and leave no one alive.
• Two elderly Spirit Transformation cultivators emerged and attacked Ye Lin, who killed them with a single sword strike.
• A Golden Core disciple reported that no one had survived in the sect.
• Ye Lin and his disciples boarded the Flying Boat, and Ye Lin destroyed the Mysterious Yin Sect with his sword.
• Several observers appeared after the Flying Boat departed and concluded that Nameless Mountain had begun settling accounts with other forces.

After returning to Nameless Mountain, Ye Lin began comprehending a sword technique from the Stone Stele and Jade Talisman. Meanwhile, Little Dot and Little Red traveled toward the Ascension Platform, believing Ye Lin would remain in seclusion for many years.

• Ye Lin arrived at Nameless Mountain, where the disciples gathered to admire him after hearing he had destroyed the Mysterious Yin Sect.
• Ye Lin returned to his quarters and used the Jade Talisman with the Stone Stele to receive a sword technique's information.
• Ye Lin sat down to comprehend the technique, relying on his strengthened soul to endure its immense information.
• Little Dot asked Little Red whether they should return before Ye Lin left seclusion, and Little Red said Ye Lin would need decades to reach Spirit Transformation.
• Little Red sped toward the bustling Ascension Platform in Ascension Prefecture with Little Dot riding along.