Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin left the Ancient God Sect and headed for the dangerous Abyss after learning about it from Toutian. On the way, he tried to communicate with the Sun-Shooting Bow’s artifact spirit and finally met its tiny, timid form.

• Ye Lin departed the Ancient God Sect with Toutian and Little Red, while Su Bai wondered if Ye Lin had noticed something about his ring.
• Ye Lin told Toutian to find the Abyss, and Toutian explained that cultivators had vanished or died there despite a True Lord’s investigation.
• Ye Lin gave Toutian control of the Flying Boat and began communicating with the Divine Bow’s spirit.
• The Sun-Shooting Bow shone with golden light, and Ye Lin encountered its tiny artifact spirit.

Ye Lin received an Earth Grade High Tier archery technique from the artifact spirit and tested the Sun-Shooting Bow’s power. He bound the bow to himself and planned to use a Great Demon remnant soul in the Abyss to help Evil Slayer develop a true spirit.

• The artifact spirit passed Ye Lin information about a four-arrow archery technique, then returned him to Toutian and the sleeping Little Red.
• Ye Lin learned about the technique’s Tracking, Ten Thousand Arrows Fired Simultaneously, Cloud Shuttle, and Sun-Shooting arrows.
• Ye Lin fired Tracking and annihilated a distant ten-thousand-meter-tall mountain.
• Ye Lin infused a drop of golden blood into the Sun-Shooting Bow and formed a connection with it.
• Ye Lin planned to honor Evil Slayer with a Great Demon remnant soul when he reached the Abyss.

Ye Lin descended into the enormous Abyss to search for the Great Demon's remnant soul. He reached its bottom and discovered that the deadly purple-black fog was made of countless tiny bugs, but the cause of Spirit Transformation cultivators’ deaths remained unknown.

• Ye Lin arrived at the sinkhole with Toutian and Little Red, then went down alone to investigate.
• Ye Lin descended through the bottomless Abyss as the purple-black energy eroded his protective divine light and blocked his spiritual sense.
• Ye Lin used the Sun-Shooting Bow to form a fiery Phoenix that illuminated the depths, and he followed it downward.
• Ye Lin reached the bottom after half an hour and discovered that the purple-black fog consisted of countless tiny bugs that could devour Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in minutes.
• Ye Lin suspected the Great Demon's remnant soul was behind the deaths and resolved to find it to uncover the truth.

Ye Lin uncovered the hidden cave and confronted the black figure that emerged from a strange box. He attacked the remnant soul with Phoenix Fire, prompting it to curse him as the flames engulfed it.

• Ye Lin realized the cave had been concealed by the remnant soul and threatened to attack if it did not reveal itself.
• Ye Lin fired the Sun-Shooting Bow at the wall, revealing a vast chamber with a raised platform and a black box.
• Ye Lin climbed the stairs despite the voice warning him to stop, and the black box released a towering horned figure.
• Ye Lin deduced that the figure was only a remnant soul and could not kill him, then confronted it at close range.
• Ye Lin declared that he wanted the remnant soul and engulfed it in Phoenix Fire, drawing an angry curse from the figure.

Ye Lin refined the black figure into Soul Power and fed it to Evil Slayer to strengthen the sword’s artifact spirit. He began the dangerous process of erasing the Evil Demon’s memories, leaving the weapon’s future uncertain.

• The black figure attacked Ye Lin with streaks of black-purple light, but Ye Lin’s golden barrier blocked them as he continued refining the black mist.
• The black figure lamented that he had once ruled the ancient era and blamed his treasure’s recent malfunction for his defeat.
• After five minutes, Ye Lin reduced the black figure to pure Soul Power and put it into Evil Slayer despite its pleas.
• Evil Slayer’s weak artifact spirit greedily devoured the Soul Power.
• Ye Lin focused on erasing the Evil Demon’s memories so its consciousness could not devour the artifact spirit.

Ye Lin erased the Evil Demon's remnant soul's memories and helped Evil Slayer evolve into a demonic sword with a spirit that called him Master. He left the cavern with Toutian and flew toward their next destination, while a young man sat surrounded by Sword Intent in Divine Sword City.

• Ye Lin carefully erased the Evil Demon's remnant soul's memories instead of using Soul Search.
• Evil Slayer absorbed the remnant soul and evolved, gaining black-purple patterns, mist, and a spirit that resembled an Evil Demon.
• Evil Slayer's spirit called Ye Lin Master, and Ye Lin accepted the weapon's new demonic form.
• Ye Lin left the underground cavern, met Toutian aboard the Flying Boat, and set off toward the next place.
• A vast crowd gathered in a square in Divine Sword City as a young man sat surrounded by strands of Sword Intent.

Jian Wushuang tried to comprehend the Sword Dao Rule amid the pressure of five gigantic swords, but the attempt left him injured and despairing. The elders worried over his condition and debated whether to seek help, while Jian Wushuang returned to his residence alone.

• Jian Wushuang sat beneath the Sword Intent of five gigantic swords and attempted to comprehend the Sword Dao Rule.
• Jian Wushuang spat blood, lost control of the Sword Intent, and cried out at the heavens.
• The elders urged Jian Wushuang to rest, but he insisted he was fine and walked back to his residence.
• The elders discussed asking Ye Lin of Nameless Mountain for help, then considered appealing to Grandmaster before rejecting direct action against those responsible.

Jian Unrivaled’s grief over Xi Yan’s death and his failed revenge had left him a broken man. The chapter recounted how their love began, how Xi Yan was killed while he pursued a breakthrough, and how Jian Unrivaled was defeated by the hidden-world faction’s young master.

• Ten years earlier, Jian Unrivaled met Xi Yan while seeking a breakthrough and spent two years winning her love.
• Jian Unrivaled left Xi Yan behind to explore the tomb of an ancient Spirit Transformation True Person and pursue the Sword Dao Rule.
• While Jian Unrivaled was away, Xi Yan went searching for an opportunity and was taken and tortured by the young master of a hidden-world faction.
• After leaving the secret realm, Jian Unrivaled found Xi Yan dead and buried her himself.
• Jian Unrivaled challenged the hidden-world faction’s young master, but he was defeated, had his legs broken, and was forced to kneel at the faction’s entrance.
• After returning to Divine Sword City, Jian Unrivaled became despondent and blamed himself for failing to avenge Xi Yan.

Ye Lin arrived at Mystic Yellow Prefecture, a hidden all-women faction, and was welcomed into its beautiful secret realm. As he and Toutian were led toward its largest palace, female disciples watched them from the clouds.

• Jian Unrivaled brooded over his defeat and his inability to avenge his former girlfriend, while his unstable cultivation threatened to regress.
• Ye Lin reached Mystic Yellow Prefecture and announced that he had come to visit on behalf of Nameless Mountain.
• A sword-carrying woman emerged from the gate and said that her Martial Ancestor had invited Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin put away his Flying Boat and entered the faction’s secret realm with Little Red, Toutian, and the woman.
• The woman led Ye Lin and Toutian toward the largest palace as female disciples secretly watched them.

Ye Lin and Toutian met the Martial Ancestor of Mystic Yellow Prefecture, where Ye Lin claimed he could guarantee the prefecture's survival and was the only person she could trust. After testing him with her overwhelming pressure, the Martial Ancestor fixed a terrifying gaze on Ye Lin.

• A woman led Ye Lin and Toutian to the palace and left them to meet the Martial Ancestor alone.
• The Martial Ancestor asked what benefit Ye Lin's arrival would bring to Mystic Yellow Prefecture.
• Ye Lin guaranteed that the prefecture would continue to exist and said he was the only one she could trust.
• The Martial Ancestor unleashed her aura, crushing Ye Lin and Toutian until Ye Lin knelt and Toutian complained.
• The Martial Ancestor dismissed Toutian's complaint, then stared at Ye Lin with a vortex in her eyes that seemed to pull at his soul.

Ye Lin persuaded the woman in Mystic Yellow Prefecture to respond, then learned from Toutian that she had looked into his future. Ye Lin and Toutian set out to persuade the next place before heading to the central region of Black Sand Prefecture.

• The woman smiled at Ye Lin, agreed to believe him, and said Mystic Yellow Prefecture would respond accordingly.
• Ye Lin thanked the woman, then left with Toutian and Little Red.
• Toutian told Ye Lin that the woman had looked into his future and explained the dangers of peering into the future of someone destined for great power.
• Ye Lin asked Toutian what his future held, but Toutian refused to tell him because revealing it could alter the future and bring deadly karma.
• Ye Lin set off with Toutian to persuade the next place and then head for the central region of Black Sand Prefecture.

Wuxin was attacked by three reclusive powers who blamed him for disgracing them, but he escaped with a teleportation talisman and raced toward Buddha Mountain. As the attackers pursued him, the chapter described ancient forces emerging across the Five Prefectures amid Nameless Mountain’s renewed rise.

• Three reclusive powers accused Wuxin of shaming them and attacked him.
• Wuxin crushed a Jade Talisman and teleported away as the three attackers split up to pursue him.
• Wuxin raced toward Buddha Mountain while the chapter recounted how ancient forces had reemerged across the Five Prefectures.
• Jian Unrivaled was cited as an example of Tianhe Prefecture’s prodigies being defeated by the young masters of ancient powers.
• The chapter described Human Race factions turning against one another as Nameless Mountain sought to impose its might again.

Ye Lin and Toutian arrived at Central City, where the five major powers and several Ten Sequences members held sway. After entering the chaotic city, they drew attention to Little Red, and a man from Dawn Auction House asked Ye Lin to sell her.

• Toutian told Ye Lin that flying was forbidden in Central City and that one of its five major powers remained outside the control of the Ten Sequences.
• Ye Lin put away the Flying Boat and entered Central City with Toutian.
• Ye Lin and Toutian saw the city's impoverished mortals and lavishly dressed cultivators as they walked its streets.
• A young man from Dawn Auction House approached Ye Lin and offered to buy Little Red.

Ye Lin questioned a young man about Central City and Nameless Mountain’s Ten Sequences, then let him take Little Red with a Beast-Control Ring. The young man believed he had gained control of Little Red and left pleased.

• Ye Lin offered Little Red to the young man in exchange for answers to five questions.
• The young man said the Ten Sequences were among Central City’s four great powers but refused to reveal their exact locations.
• The young man named Spirit Hidden Temple as Central City’s fifth great power and described its location.
• The young man said he did not know where the Spirit Transformation Realm evil demons were hiding.
• Ye Lin handed Little Red to the young man, who placed a Beast-Control Ring around Little Red’s neck and prepared to leave.

Ye Lin and Toutian traveled toward Spirit Hidden Temple, while Little Red escaped after killing the young man who had bought her. That night, they encountered a mysterious woman in black dancing beneath the moon, whose sword strike killed a Nascent Soul cultivator.

• The young man left Central City with Little Red, but she killed him, shattered the golden ring around her neck, and flew back toward the city.
• Ye Lin and Toutian continued toward Spirit Hidden Temple through Central City, where flight and space travel were restricted.
• After night fell, Ye Lin and Toutian noticed a strange scent and saw a woman in black standing atop a building as black petals drifted around her.
• Ye Lin wondered why the woman looked familiar while nearby cultivators praised her beauty.
• A cultivator rushed toward the woman, and she killed him with one sword strike, stunning the onlookers.

Li Miaoling revealed herself to Ye Lin and confronted him over his attempt to have her killed. She warned that she wanted to play a large game of chess with him and brought up his search for sword-intent stone steles.

• Ye Lin left Toutian and pursued a black-clad figure across the rooftops of Central City.
• The figure revealed herself as Li Miaoling, whom Ye Lin had believed dead.
• Li Miaoling accused Ye Lin of arranging her death, and he admitted he had accepted a reward he could not refuse.
• Li Miaoling said she was currently no match for Ye Lin but wanted to play a large game of chess with him.
• Li Miaoling reminded Ye Lin that he was collecting stone steles filled with Sword Intent.

Li Miaoling challenged Ye Lin to a deadly game of chess, naming the Tianyan Sect as her first piece. After discovering that Jian Unrivaled and Wuxin were both in trouble, Ye Lin sent three Spirit Transformation True Persons to protect the sect.

• Li Miaoling revealed that she had obtained the Stone Stele and challenged Ye Lin to a game in which he and his allies would die if he lost.
• Li Miaoling vanished, leaving Ye Lin to suspect that someone was manipulating her and that Li Miaoyin's memories now belonged to her.
• Ye Lin contacted Jian Unrivaled, but found him drunk and unresponsive.
• Ye Lin contacted Wuxin, who said he was being hunted before the call abruptly ended.
• Ye Lin sent three Spirit Transformation True Persons to protect the Tianyan Sect.

Ye Lin brought Toutian to Spirit Hidden Temple to ask for help with the matter he had come to settle. The temple’s elder said Spirit Hidden Temple had survived by staying out of worldly affairs.

• Ye Lin decided to handle his pressing matters before investigating what had happened to Jian Unrivaled.
• Ye Lin woke Toutian and told him to cultivate at Nameless Mountain after they finished their current business.
• Ye Lin and Toutian reached the dilapidated Spirit Hidden Temple and found its interior orderly and its disciples sweeping the paths.
• An elderly Daoist welcomed Ye Lin and asked what he sought, and Ye Lin introduced himself as a Nameless Mountain Inner Sect disciple.
• The elder said Spirit Hidden Temple had always kept out of worldly affairs since its founding.

Ye Lin tried to persuade Spirit Hidden Temple to join Nameless Mountain in uniting the Human Race against the Eastern Continent's threats, but the temple's elder refused. Ye Lin gave the temple three breaths to reconsider as war spread across the continent.

• Spirit Hidden Temple's elder told Ye Lin that the temple would not concern itself with worldly affairs and gestured for him to leave.
• Ye Lin argued that the Human Race faced a vast calamity and that Spirit Hidden Temple had a responsibility to help defend it.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had come under orders from his master, Taichu of Nameless Mountain, and warned that someone else would come if the temple refused.
• Ye Lin accused Spirit Hidden Temple of abandoning the Human Race and threatened it with three breaths to reconsider.
• Ye Lin reflected that the Demon Race had driven the Asura Clan back, the Shadow Clan was harassing Human Race borders, and war had engulfed the other races.

Ye Lin and Toutian met the Spirit Hidden Temple’s Patriarch, who explained why Nameless Mountain’s campaign to unite the Human Race faced serious difficulties. He began recounting the ancient conflicts that followed Heavenly Palace’s collapse.

• Ye Lin demanded the Spirit Hidden Temple submit to Nameless Mountain, and the Temple’s Patriarch summoned him and Toutian.
• The Patriarch received Ye Lin and Toutian in a thatched hut and asked Ye Lin whether he understood Nameless Mountain’s situation.
• The Patriarch explained that Heavenly Palace’s collapse and the death of the Human Race’s Half-Immortal led to widespread conflict among the races.
• The Patriarch said five Human Race factions fought for dominance, plunging the Human Race into endless internal strife.