Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin woke when the caravan stopped and found another caravan trying to join their ranks. He killed its spokesman and walked toward the other caravan, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The caravan members hurried onward and kept close to Ye Lin after witnessing his earlier fight with the Desert Loners.
• After three hours, the caravan stopped in front of another group hauling goods.
• White Wind argued with the other caravan's spokesman, who insisted that traveling together would make both groups safer.
• Ye Lin took a Long Sword from a nearby young man and warned the spokesman to move or die.
• When the spokesman dismissed Ye Lin's threat, Ye Lin cut his throat and walked toward the other caravan.

Ye Lin killed the apparent merchant caravan's leader and another man, then drove the rest away and exposed them as highway robbers lying in wait. The group took the robbers' camels and resumed crossing the desert, with White Lotus estimating they had three days left at their current pace.

• Ye Lin threatened the supposed merchants and killed two men when they refused to leave.
• The survivors fled, and Ye Lin explained that the lack of tracks showed the caravan had been waiting for them.
• White Wind uncovered a large stone beneath the goods and realized the group had been highway robbers.
• White Wind ordered the group to take the camels and continue across the desert.
• Ye Lin asked White Lotus how long the crossing would take, and she estimated three days at their current pace.

Ye Lin traveled with the caravan through the desert and spoke with Wang Hu, who wanted to learn martial arts. After hearing about Wang Hu’s devotion to his mother, Ye Lin agreed to teach him a few moves, and Wang Hu began walking strangely.

• Ye Lin rode a camel and watched the surroundings, focused on surviving the trial and leaving the desert.
• Wang Hu asked Ye Lin to teach him martial arts, but Ye Lin said his strength came from quick reactions.
• Wang Hu told Ye Lin that his mother had renamed him from Chen An and explained how he planned to care for her when he returned home.
• Ye Lin agreed to teach Wang Hu a few moves to help him protect himself.
• Wang Hu began walking with an extremely strange gait after Ye Lin’s lesson.

Ye Lin taught Wang Hu the Heavenly Star Step as the caravan crossed the desert, and Wang Hu practiced despite the strain. At night, Ye Lin stayed awake by the campfire, expecting something major to happen, while White Lotus spoke with him before going to sleep.

• Ye Lin taught Wang Hu the Heavenly Star Step and said it would make him a minor expert by the time they left the desert.
• Wang Hu persisted with the strange footwork and said he planned to beat Liu Dazhuang once he learned martial arts.
• The caravan stopped for the night, and Ye Lin stayed awake because he sensed something major would happen.
• White Wind asked why Ye Lin was not sleeping, then settled down to rest after Ye Lin declined.
• White Lotus told Ye Lin she was no longer afraid of him, spoke with him by the fire, and left when she grew sleepy.
• Wang Hu offered to keep Ye Lin company.

Ye Lin spoke with Wang Hu by the campfire, encouraging him to keep practicing the footwork and hinting that powerful figures existed beyond ordinary people’s knowledge. Wang Hu learned that these people outranked even the emperor, and Ye Lin said he might encounter them as he grew stronger.

• Wang Hu told Ye Lin that practicing the footwork made him feel energetic and mentally sharper.
• Ye Lin encouraged Wang Hu to keep training so he could teach his enemies a lesson after returning home.
• Wang Hu asked who had forced Ye Lin to risk his life crossing the desert, and Ye Lin suggested that extraordinary beings and hidden powers existed among humans.
• Wang Hu wondered why he had never heard of such powerful people, and Ye Lin compared their secrecy to the emperor’s private affairs.
• Ye Lin said those figures had higher status than the emperor and that Wang Hu would meet them once he became stronger.

Ye Lin sensed danger at the camp and prepared for an approaching wolf pack. As more than a hundred giant wolves attacked, he charged into them alone while the others began to rally behind him.

• Ye Lin sensed danger, took Wang Hu’s saber, and ordered him to hide inside the tent.
• A sentry warned the camp that a huge wolf pack was approaching, and White Wind and the others armed themselves.
• A giant wolf lunged at Ye Lin, who dodged and killed it with a slash to the throat.
• Ye Lin charged into the pack of more than a hundred giant wolves, stunning the others.
• The people at the camp called out for everyone to help Brother Blood Baleful fight the wolves.

Ye Lin and the caravan fought off the giant wolf pack, but the battle left Ye Lin too exhausted to defend himself. Wang Hu died protecting him, leaving Ye Lin beside his fallen companion.

• White Wind ordered the caravan to fight alongside Ye Lin and keep him alive.
• Ye Lin killed the last giant wolf but collapsed from exhaustion and could not lift his sword.
• Three giant wolves approached the helpless Ye Lin, and Wang Hu stepped in to protect him.
• Wang Hu fought the wolves until one bit his neck, and White Wind killed the attacking wolf.
• Ye Lin reached Wang Hu as he died, and Wang Hu said he wanted to become a master.

Ye Lin led the caravan through three grueling days in the desert after Wang Hu died protecting him, and reached the oasis to complete the second trial. The trial voice rewarded him with the Starry Formula and agreed to fulfill Wang Hu’s wish before the third trial began.

• Wang Hu died saving Ye Lin from the wolves, and Ye Lin buried him before ordering the caravan to travel through the night.
• White Lotus tried to comfort Ye Lin, but he explained that he was pushing onward because a sandstorm was coming.
• Ye Lin led the exhausted caravan across the desert for three days without rest, and they encountered no further danger.
• The caravan reached an oasis, where Ye Lin completed the second trial and received the lower-grade Boundless Art, Starry Formula.
• The trial voice restored Ye Lin’s third-layer Golden Immortal strength and agreed to fulfill Wang Hu’s wish.

Ye Lin completed the second trial and received the Starry Formula before entering a new challenge as a Heavenly Court soldier. He was ordered to survive for one thousand years, and the chapter ended when a fellow soldier approached him about a new mission.

• Ye Lin watched an image of Wang Hu returning home, building a house for his mother, marrying, and raising two children.
• Ye Lin received the Starry Formula, a Primordial Spirit cultivation method, and waited for the third trial to begin.
• The trial announced that Ye Lin could earn the Severed Meridian Yang-Force Book by surviving one thousand years in the Heavenly Court.
• Ye Lin found himself guarding the Heavenly Gate as an obscure soldier, retaining his third-layer Golden Immortal strength.
• A silver-armored soldier called Ye Lin over to report a new mission, and Ye Lin asked what it was.

Ye Lin received a mission to kill a Human Race prodigy, a task Lin Yun intended to use to force him into betraying his own people. Ye Lin recognized the trap and left for the mission, determined to survive while he weighed his choices.

• Lin Yun told Ye Lin to destroy the prodigy's physical body and bring back his Primordial Spirit for punishment.
• Lin Yun taunted Ye Lin about whether he would protect a fellow Human Race member and hoped the mission would sever Ye Lin's ties with the Human Race.
• Ye Lin took the mission token and left, realizing that killing the prodigy would leave him rejected by both the Human Race and the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Yun watched Ye Lin go and wondered how he would choose.
• Ye Lin entered a palace filled with powerful Heavenly Soldiers, most of whom were at the third layer of the Golden Immortal Realm.

Ye Lin accepted a Heavenly Court mission to eliminate a Human Race prodigy and a suspected strange entity in World Number Thirty-Eight, then traveled there with more than a hundred bronze-armored Heavenly Soldiers. The prodigy, Feng'er, had killed the local Heavenly Court guardian, and the elders urged him to flee before the court's hunters arrived.

• Ye Lin collected a teleportation token for World Number Thirty-Eight and learned he was also tasked with eliminating a suspected strange entity.
• Ye Lin summoned more than a hundred Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal Heavenly Soldiers and led them through a teleportation formation to World Number Thirty-Eight.
• The chapter revealed that Feng'er had defeated local Golden Immortal experts and killed the Heavenly Court guardian.
• Human Race elders warned Feng'er that the Heavenly Court would send hunters within three days and urged him to escape.

Xu Feng rejected the clan elder’s pleas to flee and vowed to protect the Human Race from the Heavenly Court. When Heavenly Court forces arrived to capture him, he led the young fighters outside to confront Ye Lin, whom he condemned as a traitor.

• Xu Feng refused to abandon the clan and declared war on the Heavenly Court, telling the elder to leave instead.
• A Heavenly Court messenger demanded that Xu Feng come out and face capture for killing one of its guardians.
• Xu Feng took his great halberd and led the young men out to fight the Heavenly Court’s forces.
• Xu Feng mocked Ye Lin as a disgrace to the Human Race, while the youths behind him glared at Ye Lin in anger.

Ye Lin confronted Xu Feng, a Human Race prodigy who accused him of betraying humanity by joining the Heavenly Court. Their battle began in the hall, where Xu Feng broke Ye Lin’s attacks but was ultimately sent crashing to the floor.

• Ye Lin’s betrayal of the Human Race was recalled as he faced Xu Feng, who called himself humanity’s hope and challenged him.
• Xu Feng charged at Ye Lin with his great halberd while the watching clan elders lamented that the two Human Race prodigies had become enemies.
• Ye Lin struck Xu Feng with a net of laws, but Xu Feng shattered it and thrust his halberd at Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin unleashed the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art, and Xu Feng met the attack with his halberd.
• The clash sent Xu Feng flying into the hall floor.

Ye Lin confronted Xu Feng and revealed that he had reached the third layer of the Golden Immortal Realm, while Xu Feng had been badly injured. The clan elders pleaded for Xu Feng’s life, but Xu Feng refused to back down and accused Ye Lin of betraying the Human Race.

• Xu Feng recognized that Ye Lin had advanced from the first to the third layer of the Golden Immortal Realm in five thousand years.
• Ye Lin ordered his hundred soldiers to search each area for strange entities and kill them or report back if they could not handle them.
• The soldiers left, and the gathered people feared Ye Lin after seeing him defeat Xu Feng with one move.
• The clan elders pleaded with Ye Lin to spare Xu Feng, but Xu Feng stood up with his halberd and insisted he could still fight.
• Ye Lin mocked Xu Feng’s claim to be the Human Race’s hope, and Xu Feng declared that he would lead the Human Race against the otherworld and accused Ye Lin of serving the Heavenly Court and the myriad races.

Ye Lin confronted Xu Feng for recklessly endangering the Human Race and defended his own record as a member of the Heavenly Court. He left Xu Feng speechless and saw the confrontation as a chance to change how the Human Race viewed him before the Human Emperor infiltrated the Heavenly Court.

• Xu Feng shouted that he was the hope of the Human Race, and Ye Lin mocked his confidence and immaturity.
• Ye Lin warned Xu Feng that attacking him could lead to his death and trigger the Heavenly Court to slaughter the Human Race in that world.
• Ye Lin challenged Xu Feng to name a single innocent clansman he had harmed and accused Xu Feng of being the true traitor.
• Xu Feng turned pale and could not come up with a reply.
• Ye Lin decided to use the confrontation to reverse his reputation among the Human Race.

Ye Lin rebuked Xu Feng for endangering the Human Race, and Xu Feng realized his arrogance had put his people at risk. Ye Lin offered to spare the remaining Human Race cultivators if Xu Feng destroyed his body and went to the Heavenly Court to receive punishment.

• Ye Lin told Xu Feng that his reckless accusations could bring disaster upon the Human Race.
• Xu Feng recognized his mistake and regretted letting his victories make him arrogant.
• The clan elders saw hope that Xu Feng could still help save the Human Race.
• Ye Lin offered to spare the other Human Race members if Xu Feng destroyed his fleshly body and followed him to the Heavenly Court.
• Xu Feng's followers vowed to die with him, but he accepted blame and told them not to resent Ye Lin.

Ye Lin explained that he had joined the Heavenly Court to survive and protect the Human Race, and the elders acknowledged they had misjudged him. He left with Xu Feng's Primordial Spirit after urging the Human Race to hide, expecting his reputation to be restored.

• Xu Feng admitted he had been wrong about Ye Lin and walked toward him to accept punishment.
• Ye Lin captured Xu Feng's Primordial Spirit in a purple gourd, killing his body, while the elders apologized for misunderstanding Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin warned the elders that he could not guarantee other Heavenly Court guardians would spare them and urged the Human Race to go into hiding.
• Ye Lin departed with Xu Feng's Primordial Spirit to hand in his mission, believing news of his actions would restore his standing among the Human Race.

After completing his mission, Ye Lin questioned the bronze-armored soldiers about their investigation of the anomaly. He gave them three days to search properly, warning that he would hold them accountable if an anomaly appeared.

• Ye Lin summoned the bronze-armored soldiers and asked whether they had found any trace of the anomaly.
• One soldier reported that they had found nothing, while the group concealed that they had focused on skimming profit instead of investigating.
• Ye Lin warned the hundred soldiers that he could dispose of them if an anomaly erupted and the Heavenly Court held him responsible.
• The soldiers offered to search again after realizing the danger they faced.
• Ye Lin gave them three days for a final search.

Ye Lin used the search for an anomaly to secure permission to remain in the area for fifty years, intending to wait for the Human Emperor’s counterattack against Heavenly Court. He sent his soldiers to investigate the Southern Wasteland and left them with orders to kill anyone who obstructed them.

• Ye Lin’s bronze-armored soldiers dispersed to search for signs of an anomaly while he pretended to meditate for hidden observers.
• Three days later, most of the soldiers reported finding nothing, but one young soldier said many places in the Southern Wasteland seemed unusual.
• Ye Lin contacted Heavenly Court through his mission Identity Token and obtained permission to investigate for fifty years.
• Ye Lin ordered the soldiers to search the Southern Wasteland inch by inch and kill anyone who obstructed them.

Ye Lin spent fifty years in the Southern Wasteland while his bronze-armored soldiers searched for strange entities, gradually narrowing their investigation to the Heavenly Origin Sect. With only three days left, a soldier began another report to Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin sent a hundred bronze-armored soldiers to search the Southern Wasteland and chose to explore the created scenario himself.
• After ten years, a soldier reported that the search had found no traces, though the soldiers had ruled out more than half the Southern Wasteland.
• Over the next decades, Ye Lin's soldiers narrowed the search first to five factions, then three, and finally to the Heavenly Origin Sect.
• With three days remaining, Ye Lin sat up as a bronze-armored soldier began another report.