Chapter Summaries

After Han Bingruo’s death, the Life-and-Death Gu binding her to Yun Xuan caused his strength to drain away. While Yun Xuan headed onward, other wasteland prodigies mocked his weakened state and followed to watch what happened next.

• The chapter recounted how Han Bingruo killed Yun Xuan’s younger sister and how Han Bingshang bound their lives with a Life-and-Death Gu to prevent Yun Xuan from taking revenge.
• After Han Bingruo died, Yun Xuan rapidly lost strength because of the Life-and-Death Gu.
• Prodded by their jealousy of Yun Xuan, the other wasteland prodigies speculated that outsiders had killed Han Bingruo and ridiculed Yun Xuan’s condition.
• The prodigies noted that sea folk had entered the area, then chose to guard their own people and follow Yun Xuan to watch what happened.

Ye Lin absorbed a wisp of Sword Dao law in the secret realm before Yun Xuan confronted him, blaming him for Han Bingruo’s death. Yun Xuan attacked, while other Great Wasteland prodigies watched and hoped Ye Lin would inherit Yun Xuan’s Sword Dao destiny.

• Ye Lin caught a wisp of Sword Dao law and absorbed its knowledge, deepening his understanding of the Sword Dao.
• Ye Lin continued searching the secret realm as other figures sought laws suited to them.
• Yun Xuan arrived with other prodigies and accused Ye Lin of killing Han Bingruo because he sensed her aura on him.
• Yun Xuan charged at Ye Lin, declaring that anyone carrying Han Bingruo’s aura must die.
• Several Great Wasteland prodigies discussed how Yun Xuan’s death could pass his Sword Dao destiny to Ye Lin and ultimately benefit them.

Ye Lin confronted the weakened Yun Xuan and used his Purgatory Ice Flame and thunder sword techniques to overwhelm him. Yun Xuan was left unable to resist as the Life-Death Gu’s backlash crippled him.

• Ye Lin mocked Yun Xuan’s weakened state and welcomed the chance to kill him for his destiny fortune.
• Yun Xuan attacked Ye Lin with Yellow Springs, but Ye Lin’s Thunder Break shattered the earth-yellow Sword Qi.
• Ye Lin ignited the Purgatory Ice Flame, and Yun Xuan recognized it as the Nine Nether Frost Qi that had killed Han Bingruo.
• Ye Lin’s Thunder Convergence struck Yun Xuan and sent him flying as the flames burned his flesh.
• Ye Lin pursued the wounded Yun Xuan with repeated sword strikes until the Life-Death Gu’s backlash left Yun Xuan half-crippled and unable to fight back.

Ye Lin killed Yun Xuan after Han Bingruo’s death triggered the Life-Death Gu and left Yun Xuan severely weakened. The watching prodigies recognized Ye Lin’s growing reputation, while Ye Lin anticipated trouble once news of the killing spread.

• Ye Lin slew Yun Xuan and destroyed his Primordial Spirit after the Life-Death Gu backlash weakened him.
• The watching prodigies were stunned that Yun Xuan had died and discussed how Ye Lin had gained a foothold in the Second Region.
• One prodigy concluded that Ye Lin had planned the chain of events to weaken Yun Xuan and benefit from his death.
• The gathered geniuses dispersed to explore the secret realm’s second layer, wary of challenging Ye Lin.
• Xu Feng praised Ye Lin for killing Yun Xuan, and Ye Lin remarked that his newfound fame would bring trouble.

After killing Yun Xuan, Ye Lin discovered his luck had risen and his Sword Dao comprehension had improved. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that he had inherited Yun Xuan’s Sword Dao luck, and Ye Lin concluded that the great age was accelerating his cultivation.

• Xu Feng congratulated Ye Lin for killing Yun Xuan, then left to attend to other matters.
• Ye Lin checked his status and found his luck had increased from seventeen billion to twenty billion.
• Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar why his comprehension had improved, and it explained that he had inherited Yun Xuan’s Sword Dao luck.
• Ye Lin tested whether his understanding of other laws had improved, but realized that laws did not exist where he was.
• Ye Lin reflected that he was nearing the sixth level of Golden Immortal and that cultivation advanced quickly in the great age.

Ye Lin explored the Void while the sea races entered and launched an attack on the land prodigies. The Four Seas kings challenged the other Great Wastelands’ representatives and demanded that Yun Xuan appear.

• Ye Lin continued exploring the area, and Second Region prodigies hurried out of his way because they feared him after he killed Yun Xuan.
• The sea races entered the land of Void, and their four young kings ordered an assault to reclaim their honor and prepare for a possible invasion of the land.
• Sea race prodigies attacked the land-dwellers, who fought back as the two sides began a widespread battle.
• Representatives from the other Great Wastelands charged at the Four Seas kings, who dismissed them and called for Yun Xuan and the Snow Maiden.

Dantai Xingchen confronted Ao Ping while the Snow Wasteland woman and three kings began fighting. Ye Lin overwhelmed and killed Mad Shark, leaving the other battles unresolved.

• The Snow Wasteland woman challenged the Four Seas kings, and three of them attacked her.
• Ao Ping recognized Dantai Xingchen and taunted him about fleeing his elder brother in the Eastern Wasteland.
• Dantai Xingchen warned Ao Ping that he would leave his life there, while Ao Ping declared he would kill him and trade his corpse to his brother.
• Mad Shark identified Ye Lin as a warrior from the Third Region and attacked him.
• Ye Lin forced Mad Shark back with rapid sword strikes and killed him with the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art and Nine Luminaries Across the Sky.

Ye Lin killed a sea race prodigy and was approached by Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea's second son, to retrieve the Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus in exchange for the Supreme Boundless Sword Art. Ye Lin was left considering the offer and the Jade Talisman Ao Guang gave him.

• Ye Lin killed a fourth-layer Golden Immortal who had provoked him, and the other sea race prodigies fled.
• Ao Guang approached Ye Lin and offered to exchange the Supreme Boundless Sword Art for help obtaining the Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus from the Crimson Wasteland.
• Ye Lin asked why Ao Guang had chosen him, and Ao Guang said Ye Lin's identity made him suitable before leaving.
• Ao Guang gave Ye Lin a Jade Talisman containing an opening portion of the sword art and invited him to make contact if he changed his mind.
• Ye Lin considered the tempting offer and reflected that he could not safely enter a heavenly tribulation to comprehend the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Sword Art.

Ye Lin sent Xinyou to fight the Dragon clan king while he continued searching the secret realm for laws. Xinyou faced the king as Ye Lin followed a familiar aura toward a new opportunity.

• Ye Lin decided to postpone studying the Grass-Character Sword Art and avoid wasting time fighting other prodigies.
• The Dragon clan king challenged Ye Lin after his aura sent nearby prodigies flying, but Ye Lin called Xinyou to fight in his place.
• Xinyou appeared as a Golden Immortal Layer Four sacred beast, and Ye Lin left to search for laws.
• The Dragon clan king charged at Ye Lin, but Xinyou bit his arm and drew him into a fight.
• Ye Lin spotted a familiar aura and chased after it while Xinyou confronted the Dragon clan king.

Ye Lin absorbed a wisp of the Sword Law and set out to gather more, while the Dragon King fought Xinyou and Ao Ping tried to recruit Dantai Xingchen. The chapter ended with Ao Ping offering Dantai Xingchen resources and help against his elder brother.

• Ye Lin pressed a wisp of law to his brow, absorbed its sword knowledge, and left to explore for more.
• The Dragon King discovered that Xinyou’s bloodline suppressed his strength and challenged the creature to a fight.
• Xinyou howled at the Dragon King and continued battling him despite his greater cultivation.
• Ao Ping praised Dantai Xingchen’s strength and offered him status, resources, and support against his elder brother.

Ao Ping tried to recruit Dantai Xingchen by offering to help him return to the Eastern Wasteland and destroy the Dantai Family. Dantai Xingchen asked what Ao Ping wanted in return, and Ao Ping demanded his life soul and lifelong service.

• Ao Ping revealed that the Dantai Family had conspired to take Dantai Xingchen's Supreme Bone and had spread rumors to ruin his reputation.
• Ao Ping promised Dantai Xingchen status, resources, and help avenging his mother and destroying the Dantai Family if he joined the Four Seas.
• Ao Ping warned that the Dantai Family would hunt Dantai Xingchen down once he left the secret realm and argued that he needed an influential ally.
• Dantai Xingchen asked Ao Ping what conditions he required.
• Ao Ping demanded Dantai Xingchen's life soul and service, hoping to make the Innate Supreme his future trump card.

Ao Ping made Dantai Xingchen surrender his life soul in exchange for revenge and power, then ordered him to kill the land geniuses in the secret realm. Dantai Xingchen advanced to carry out the order while Ao Ping looked forward to using him as a loyal subordinate.

• Ao Ping promised to help Dantai Xingchen take revenge and bring the Dantai Family under his control.
• Dantai Xingchen handed his life soul to Ao Ping, placing his life in Ao Ping’s hands.
• Ao Ping promised to nurture Dantai Xingchen with the East Sea Dragon Clan’s resources and help him surpass his elder brother.
• Ao Ping ordered Dantai Xingchen to kill every land genius in the secret realm.
• Dantai Xingchen carried his blade forward, and Ao Ping watched with satisfaction.

Ye Lin continued collecting and absorbing laws while resolving to make the Sword Dao his sole path. As he pressed on through the secret realm, he remained unaware that sea race prodigies were slaughtering land-dwelling prodigies around him.

• Ye Lin counted the thirty-two strands of law he had collected and reflected that he would eventually abandon his other laws to focus only on the Sword Dao.
• Ye Lin considered how exceptional geniuses might create laws of their own, though none had appeared in the Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin absorbed another strand of law but still felt far from reaching the sixth level of the Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin continued moving through the secret realm to gather more laws while there was still time.
• Sea race prodigies killed land-dwelling prodigies in an escalating slaughter, unbeknownst to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin realized the land prodigies were being wiped out and gathered his allies to find a way out before the sea race overwhelmed them. Gu Qingzhi’s group also prepared to leave, while Shangguan Wanyu reflected on Luo Yao’s hidden power.

• Ye Lin noticed land prodigies were dying rapidly and warned Li Xiaoyao and the others that they needed to escape before the sea race turned on them.
• Li Xiaoyao, Bao Xiaotou, and Wang Tian gathered with Ye Lin after defending themselves together against sea race prodigies.
• Gu Qingzhi told San Zang and the others to leave the secret realm, and they agreed that surviving mattered more than claiming its remaining treasures.
• Gu Qingzhi told Shangguan Wanyu to stay close as Shangguan carried Luo Yao and recalled how Luo Yao had defeated two fifth-layer Golden Immortal sea race prodigies.

Ye Lin considered Luo Yao his younger sister and had never used her strength for his own gain. Meanwhile, Ao Ping celebrated the land geniuses’ losses, while Ao Feng became determined to capture the seemingly immortal Xinyou.

• The narration explained that Ye Lin saw Luo Yao as his younger sister and had refused to exploit her power, despite her offer to help him advance.
• Ao Ping watched the land geniuses fall and planned to use their losses to attack Crimson Wasteland, then expand his power across the Earth God Realm.
• Ao Feng demanded to know why Xinyou could not be killed, but Xinyou only howled before vanishing.
• Ao Feng concluded that Xinyou had an extraordinary bloodline and an immortal body, and decided to wait by the tree stump to capture and study him.

Ye Lin and his group tried to leave the secret realm after the land geniuses had been decimated, but the sea race surrounded them. Facing the four great kings and dozens of powerful sea race geniuses, they realized they could not break out.

• Xinyou landed on Ye Lin’s shoulder as Ye Lin urged the group to leave before they were trapped.
• San Zang led Ye Lin’s group toward the secret realm’s exit, but sea race geniuses spotted them and blocked their way.
• Ao Ping arrived with the other three great kings while the sea race geniuses gathered behind them.
• Zhang Wusheng suggested fighting their way out, but Wang Xiaoyun warned that the sea race’s strength made escape impossible.

Ao Guang stopped Ao Ping and the three other sea kings from killing Xu Feng and his companions, insisting that he would guarantee their lives. The three kings withdrew, but the King of the West Sea warned Ao Guang not to challenge him again.

• Xu Feng wondered what to do after their previous method failed.
• Ao Ping ordered his forces to kill Xu Feng and the others.
• Ao Guang arrived and demanded that Ao Ping let them go, offering to guarantee their lives.
• Ao Ping reprimanded Ao Guang and refused, but Ao Guang challenged him and the other three kings to interfere.
• The three kings decided to leave, and the King of the West Sea threatened Ao Guang before departing.

After the other sea race powers departed, Ao Guang asked Ye Lin to help him obtain the Seven-Colored Lotus, but Ye Lin withheld any promise because he knew too little about the task. Ye Lin suspected Ao Guang’s request was more complicated than he had admitted, and planned to study the sword art before speaking with him again.

• The sea race experts dispersed after the three great kings left, leaving Ao Ping and Ao Guang behind.
• Ao Ping confronted Ao Guang about his plan and urged him to stop pursuing the Seven-Colored Lotus to restore a dead woman’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ao Guang asked Ye Lin to help him with his matter, and Ye Lin thanked him without agreeing to cooperate.
• Ye Lin prepared to leave and study the sword art Ao Guang had given him before discussing the request further.
• Ye Lin doubted Ao Guang’s claim that his sea race identity kept him from going on land, and suspected the lotus was either difficult to locate or tied to an undisclosed complication.

Ye Lin and the survivors left the Nine Heavens Mystic Realm, which now belonged to the sea clan, and set out to return to the Crimson Wasteland. As they reflected on their easy journey, Wang Xiaoyun reminded Zhang Wusheng that far greater challenges still lay ahead.

• Ye Lin led the survivors out of the secret realm and accepted that the Nine Heavens Mystic Realm belonged to the sea clan, though he vowed to return if he grew strong enough.
• The group left the island and headed toward the Crimson Wasteland, while Xu Feng said Yun Xuan's death left no younger Crimson Wasteland expert able to stop them.
• Zhang Wusheng wondered why their journey through the Second Region had been so smooth.
• Wang Xiaoyun reminded Zhang Wusheng that they had only reached a beginner's village and asked whether he could defeat Yun Xuan at his peak.
• Zhang Wusheng admitted he was no match for Yun Xuan and reconsidered the stronger opponents they might face beyond the Four Seas.

Ye Lin and his companions traveled over the sea, reflecting on how vulnerable they still were despite their progress. They reached the Crimson Wasteland as the chapter ended.

• Wang Xiaoyun reminded Zhang Wusheng that their journey had been dangerous and that they had only gained a foothold in the most basic newbie village.
• Zhang Wusheng recovered from his earlier blow, and Wang Xiaoyun judged that he had a strong mentality.
• Ye Lin and his companions traveled across the sea while the ordinary sea race cultivators below avoided confronting them.
• The narration described four groups of cultivators navigating the great era and placed Ye Lin and his companions among its trendsetting successors.
• Ye Lin and his companions arrived at the Crimson Wasteland.