Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin and his companions searched the underground passages for the presence he sensed and found four injured women in a cavern. Gu Qianlan introduced herself and her sisters as the groups came face to face.

• Dugu Feng told Ye Lin that the artificially created world was unlikely to contain treasure, and Ye Lin said he was searching for whatever watched him from the shadows.
• Ye Lin sensed four unfamiliar auras ahead, including one that was fading, and led the others toward them cautiously.
• A voice challenged the group as they approached a hollow, where they found four women, one of them severely wounded.
• Gu Qianlan asked Gu Qingqing to lower her sword and introduced herself and her sisters as Gu Qingqing, Gu Shuiyun, and Gu Weiyang.

Ye Lin and his companions met the injured Gu Qianlan and learned that she and her sisters had encountered a nest of Bloodthirst Demons underground. The group stayed hidden from both the demons below and the barbaric beast army above, while Dugu Feng questioned how Gu Qianlan’s group had found the nest.

• Ye Lin introduced himself and explained that he and his friends had entered the underground cave to hide from the barbaric beast army.
• Gu Qianlan said that Bloodthirst Demons had wounded her and described how she and her sisters had advanced into their nest, where they faced countless demons and three peak Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal Heart-Devouring Demons.
• Gu Qianlan explained that she had been injured while covering her sisters’ retreat and that no pills could stop the wound from worsening.
• Dugu Feng worried about the demons’ strength and wondered whether they were connected to the Heart-Devouring Demon the group had encountered in the Starry Sky.
• Dugu Feng asked Gu Qianlan whether her group had really entered the demons’ nest by chance.

Ye Lin realized Gu Qianlan and her companions had concealed the real reason they entered the Bloodthirst Demon's lair: they had found an Azure Dragon Crystal. Gu Qianlan offered to reveal its location in exchange for heartblood to heal her injuries, but Ye Lin remained suspicious.

• Ye Lin questioned Gu Qianlan's story, prompting Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng to grow wary of the four women.
• Gu Qianlan admitted they had discovered an Azure Dragon Crystal, and Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable recognized its value.
• Ye Lin demanded to know where the crystal was, while Gu Qianlan offered its location in exchange for several drops of the Heart-Devouring Demon's heartblood.
• Gu Qianlan's companions drew their swords as the two groups faced off, and Ye Lin warned he would return to kill them if the crystal was not there.

Ye Lin set out with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable to find the Heart-Devouring Demon and verify whether the Azure Dragon Crystal was real. He left Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu with Gu Qianlan’s group, trusting that the two could protect themselves.

• Gu Qianlan directed Ye Lin to the Heart-Devouring Demon’s lair and warned that the demon had nearly defeated her group, urging him to leave Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu behind.
• Ye Lin secretly told Luo Yao to summon her Great River friend or kill the others if they showed hostile intent, then left her and Shangguan Wanyu with Gu Qianlan’s group.
• Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable headed down the passage toward the demon’s lair.
• Dugu Feng worried that Gu Qianlan’s group might endanger Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu, but Ye Lin said neither woman was ordinary and joked that he might be the unnecessary one.

Ye Lin split from Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable at the fork, taking the right-hand cave that Gu Qianlan had identified as the correct route. He reached an overlook above a chamber full of black monsters and spotted the three Heart-Devouring Demons that had wounded Gu Qianlan.

• Ye Lin told Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable to take the left path while he explored the right cave.
• Dugu Feng entered the left cave, and Poison Venerable followed him as Ye Lin went alone into the right cave.
• Ye Lin found slime and a fishy liquid in the cave, concluded it was the Bloodthirst Demon's saliva, and confirmed he was on the correct path.
• Ye Lin reached a high ledge overlooking a vast chamber filled with black monsters and saw three enormous Heart-Devouring Demons with red crystals in their chests.

Ye Lin recognized the Heart-Devouring Demons and found three Azure Dragon Crystals beneath them. He unleashed the Beginningless True Flame to kill the creatures, then escaped as their efforts to flee caused the underground space to collapse.

• Ye Lin recognized the Heart-Devouring Demons as creatures from beyond the domain and spotted three large Azure Dragon Crystals beneath them.
• Ye Lin searched his Spatial Ring for a way to attack safely but found nothing useful, so he chose to use the Beginningless True Flame.
• Ye Lin hurled a massive fireball into the underground space and used the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell to block the demons' escape.
• The Bloodthirst Demons struck the bell and smashed the surrounding walls as the flames spread, collapsing parts of the underground space.
• Ye Lin put away the bell and dodged falling boulders while the Beginningless True Flame continued to consume the space.

Ye Lin fought three Heart-Devouring Demons while trying to reach the Azure Dragon Crystal during the collapsing battle between savage beasts and Bloodthirst Demons. Four women arrived at the lump of flesh and revealed that they had deceived everyone to obtain the crystal.

• Ye Lin ignored the fleeing Bloodthirst Demons and dug toward the Azure Dragon Crystal, finding three Heart-Devouring Demons guarding a lump of flesh.
• Ye Lin sent Beginningless True Flame toward the lump, but the Heart-Devouring Demons shielded it and exposed his position.
• Poison Venerable warned Ye Lin that the four women had been pretending and that their target was his side.
• Ye Lin fought off the three Heart-Devouring Demons with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and his Sword Qi.
• The four women reached the lump of flesh and thanked Ye Lin for helping them obtain the Azure Dragon Crystal.

Ye Lin chased Gu Qianlan and her three sisters after they stole the Azure Dragon Crystals, but Luo Yao intervened with a devastating Great River technique and brought them down. The four women lay defeated before Ye Lin, while witnesses and Gu Qingqing struggled to understand Luo Yao’s power.

• Gu Qianlan and her three sisters destroyed the flesh mass, took the three Azure Dragon Crystals, and escaped while the Heart-Devouring Demons attacked Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin pursued the four women, and Gu Qianlan admitted that their names had been real before they vanished.
• Ye Lin called for the Great River, which shattered space, struck down Gu Qianlan and her sisters, and reduced the three Heart-Devouring Demons to dust.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable reacted to the Great River’s power as Shangguan Wanyu approached carrying Luo Yao.
• Gu Qingqing declared that Luo Yao could not be a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal, while Ye Lin confronted the defeated women.

Ye Lin killed Gu Qianlan and the three women with her after they surrendered, then divided the Azure Dragon Crystals among his companions and kept the remaining two. He planned to use the crystals to begin cultivating the first layer of the True King Sacred Body.

• Gu Qianlan placed three Azure Dragon Crystals at Ye Lin's feet and closed her eyes as the four women gave up resisting.
• Ye Lin killed Gu Qianlan and the other three women with sword Qi, annihilating their Primordial Spirits.
• Ye Lin gave one Azure Dragon Crystal to Dugu Feng, while Poison Venerable and Shangguan Wanyu declined them.
• Luo Yao told Ye Lin she did not want a crystal and offered him her share, so Ye Lin kept the remaining two.
• Ye Lin put the crystals in his Spatial Ring and considered the other materials needed to cultivate the True King Sacred Body.

After leaving the collapsed underground ruins, Ye Lin’s group rested in a cave, where they discussed their rankings and the restrictions on their strength. As Ye Lin began to speak, a kindly-looking elderly man formed from laws and appeared before them.

• Ye Lin reflected on the strengths of his companions and worried that he was the group’s only freeloader.
• Ye Lin led the group away from the ruins before savage beasts could reach them, and they found a cave to rest in.
• Ye Lin noted that his points had raised him to ninth place, while Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable ranked outside the top three hundred.
• Dugu Feng complained about being unable to use his full strength, while Shangguan Wanyu entertained Luo Yao.
• A mass of laws gathered before Ye Lin’s group and formed into a kindly-looking elderly man with a Golden Immortal aura.

The old man came to take Luo Yao away, but Ye Lin negotiated for him to take Shangguan Wanyu as well. Luo Yao agreed to leave after Ye Lin reassured her, and the old man departed with both girls.

• The old man praised Ye Lin and revealed that he had come to take Luo Yao away and give her a slot.
• Ye Lin asked the old man to take Shangguan Wanyu too, warning that her secrets might cause trouble if left alone.
• The old man agreed to Ye Lin’s request and warned him to watch his safety.
• The old man tempted Luo Yao with delicious food, and she looked to Ye Lin for permission before agreeing to go.
• Ye Lin asked the old man to take good care of Luo Yao and Miss Shangguan.

With their rankings secure and more than two months remaining before the teleportation array opened, Ye Lin and Dugu Feng decided to lie low rather than risk fighting the Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts or other prodigies. The chapter left them preparing to wait out the remaining time in hiding.

• The old man took Luo Yao and Shangguan Wanyu away, and Ye Lin's smile faded after they left.
• Dugu Feng counted two months and eight days until the game ended and the teleportation array opened.
• Dugu Feng noted that the Golden List had stopped changing at the top while contestants near the bottom continued competing fiercely.
• Dugu Feng proposed resting because their points were enough and the four Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beasts made venturing out dangerous.
• Ye Lin agreed to hide, reasoning that higher rankings brought no reward and other prodigies might have life-saving items.
• Dugu Feng had collected the Spatial Rings from the four women Ye Lin had killed, since Ye Lin had forgotten to search their bodies.

Old Wang worried that the prodigies were hiding instead of cooperating, so he searched for a reward that would motivate them to hunt savage beasts. He proposed using a Holy Spring as a prize, hoping to prepare them for the slaughterhouse of the third region.

• Old Wang watched the prodigies hide or flee and complained that the competition was no fun.
• Old Wang realized the leading prodigies had no reason to risk their positions for more points.
• Old Wang rejected offering a top-grade Supreme Artifact or a Limitless Artifact because the prodigies were already wealthy and the items were too precious.
• The Golden Immortal experts remained silent as Old Wang considered how to encourage the prodigies to unite.
• Old Wang proposed that the experts pool their resources and offer his Holy Spring as a reward.

An old man wagered precious resources on the remote lands' young cultivators, hoping one would become a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal and help their region rise. Other Golden Immortals joined his effort, and Luo Yao added three giant chicken legs as her contribution.

• The old man decided to stake his treasure on the young cultivators despite the risk that they might never enter the Central Star Domain.
• He explained that prejudice and poverty had isolated the remote lands and weakened its cultivators.
• A Golden Immortal offered four Dao Seeds, while others contributed Enlightenment Cushions, Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, and forging promises.
• Other Golden Immortals from the Mist Map Star Region also offered resources to show their support.
• Luo Yao announced that she would contribute three giant chicken legs, and the old man laughed and praised her.

An aged voice announced valuable rewards for the prodigies who ranked highly, including Dao Seeds tied to four Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beasts. Ye Lin and the other contestants abandoned their plans to lie low and prepared to pursue the prizes.

• An aged voice declared that each of the four Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beasts represented a Dao Seed that could help its bearer lay the foundation for the Dao.
• The voice announced rewards for the top-ranked contestants, including Enlightenment Cushions, Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Liquid, Immortal Artifact Master services, and Holy Spring water.
• Prodigies who had planned to lie low became eager to compete and set out in pursuit of the Dao Seeds.
• Ye Lin, hiding in a mountain cave, felt stirred by the rewards and especially wanted the Enlightenment Cushion.

Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable set out as the rankings began shifting and fellow prodigies became a new danger. The announcement of Luo Yao’s first-place reward—three big chicken drumsticks—left the competitors convinced the food hid a rare treasure.

• Ye Lin prepared to leave, but Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable criticized him for talking about lying flat and urged him to pursue cultivation.
• Poison Venerable noticed the rankings changing and warned that the competitors had become a danger alongside the beasts and monsters.
• Dugu Feng rushed into the forest, and Ye Lin and Poison Venerable followed him.
• The aged voice announced that Luo Yao would give three big chicken drumsticks to the first-place finisher.
• The prodigies speculated that the drumsticks were a disguised medicinal treasure and vowed to claim them.

Ye Lin, Dugu Feng, and Poison Venerable spotted a Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beast that drew the prodigies into a battle. Ye Lin saw that the first group had coordinated their attack and held back, leaving the others to face the danger.

• Dugu Feng found a Half-Step Golden Immortal realm savage beast surrounded by Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal realm beasts.
• Ye Lin noticed numerous prodigies watching the savage beast, whose death would yield a Dao Seed and one million points.
• The first group of prodigies attacked together and called for others to join them against the savage beast.
• Dugu Feng prepared to charge in, but Ye Lin stopped him and warned that the coordinated group was trapping the others.
• Poison Venerable agreed that the first attackers had been too coordinated, and the three chose to wait and watch.

Ye Lin watched as the prodigies trapped in battle with the Half-Step Golden Immortal savage beast realized the first batch had schemed to make them take the brunt of its attacks. The second batch turned on the first, leaving the battlefield in chaos.

• Dugu Feng held back in the grass after noticing that no one else was advancing.
• The savage beast overwhelmed the second batch of prodigies, seriously injuring several and preventing the trapped fighters from escaping.
• Ye Lin realized the first batch had positioned the later arrivals as the savage beast’s main targets while they waited to exploit an opening.
• The second batch abandoned their attack on the savage beast and charged at the first batch to take revenge.
• The first batch called for retreat as the furious second batch pursued them.

Ye Lin and two companions joined the battle against the savage beast after the first group of prodigies fled, and the other onlookers followed. The fighters organized an assault on the beast and revealed their true forms to draw its attention, while others sought its purple crystal weakness.

• The first group of prodigies fled after their scheme was exposed, leaving those targeted by the savage beast trapped under its pressure.
• Ye Lin told his two companions it was time to act, and they rushed to help the besieged prodigies, who explained that the purple crystal in the beast’s abdomen was its source of power.
• More prodigies joined the fight, easing the pressure as they combined their strength against the savage beast.
• An experienced prodigy organized the fighters into groups to draw the beast’s attention, harass it from the sides, deal with nearby herds, and attack its abdomen.
• The body-refining prodigies drawing the beast’s attention transformed into enormous beasts, including an ape wreathed in blue flames, a Flood Dragon, a five-clawed golden dragon, and a winged Tiger.

Ye Lin, Poison Venerable, and Dugu Feng entered the savage beast’s abdomen to attack the purple crystal that powered it. Dugu Feng found a way to cut through its tough tentacles, and the savage beast howled in pain.

• The prodigies revealed their true forms and attacked the savage beast, but they could not inflict substantial damage.
• Ye Lin led Poison Venerable and Dugu Feng into the savage beast’s abdomen to reach its power source.
• Ye Lin asked whether they could break the purple crystal’s tentacles, which had resisted even a Limitless Artifact.
• Dugu Feng used Yin-Yang Severance to form enormous scissors from his black and white swords and cut through the tentacles.
• The savage beast roared in pain as Dugu Feng continued cutting.