Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin and the others entered the Great Qin Imperial Capital to escape the approaching demons and monsters, where he reunited with Qin Unrivaled. The city was soon surrounded, and hostile figures in the sky challenged Great Qin to come out.

• Ye Lin thanked Qin Unrivaled and led the others into the Imperial Capital as the demons and monsters approached.
• The city-protecting formation began to reappear, while the capital’s imprisoned powerhouses kept fleeing cultivators away.
• Qin Unrivaled noticed Ye Lin was badly injured and asked who had wounded him.
• Ye Lin said the Heavenly Dao had left his injuries, but Qin Unrivaled took this as a joke.
• A mocking voice called for Great Qin cultivators to come out, and Qin Unrivaled looked up to see the capital surrounded by demons and monsters.

Demons and devils taunted the prodigies inside the Great Qin Imperial Capital, luring several into leaving its protection to fight. Ye Lin stopped Li Xiaoyao from joining them and accepted Qin Unrivaled’s invitation to his residence.

• Demons and devils mocked the Imperial Capital’s prodigies, hoping to provoke them into leaving the city.
• A prodigy asked Qin Unrivaled for permission to fight, and Qin Unrivaled let him go if he was not afraid of dying.
• The prodigy left the Imperial Capital to face the demons and devils, who continued taunting the crowd into joining him.
• Several angry prodigies left the city to fight, while Qin Unrivaled watched and called them fools.
• Ye Lin agreed to visit Qin Unrivaled’s residence, having restrained Li Xiaoyao from following the departing fighters.

Ye Lin met with Qin Unrivaled, who urged him to join the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty in resisting the Demon-Monster Realm until the passage to the Starry Sky opened. Ye Lin distrusted Qin Unrivaled and refused to commit, leaving their alliance unresolved.

• Qin Unrivaled thanked Ye Lin for escorting him safely, but Ye Lin called their arrangement a fair deal.
• Qin Unrivaled said the passage to the Starry Sky would open in three thousand years and asked Ye Lin to help resist the Demon-Monster Realm.
• Ye Lin questioned the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty's strength, and Qin Unrivaled claimed the forces would counterattack in thirty years.
• Qin Unrivaled invited Ye Lin to fight alongside him and later travel to the Starry Sky together, saying he sincerely wanted to be friends.
• Ye Lin said he was a wanderer and did not trust Qin Unrivaled, leaving his offer unanswered.

After Qin Unrivaled warned Ye Lin that the Three Realms would descend into chaos in thirty years, Ye Lin decided to use the time to recover and raise his cultivation. He began secluded cultivation in the Imperial Capital, taking three sacred healing pills from Wang Tian to heal his injuries.

• Qin Unrivaled offered Ye Lin a safe place to stay and left after failing to get the answer he wanted.
• Ye Lin noted that Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi had reached the sixth level of the Golden Immortal realm, while Wang Tian and the others had reached the fourth level.
• Ye Lin resolved to cultivate for thirty years and aimed to reach the seventh level of the Golden Immortal realm before the coming chaos.
• Ye Lin entered a secluded chamber after telling the others they could move about freely.
• Wang Tian gave Ye Lin three sacred healing pills, which Ye Lin swallowed to recover his injuries as he began cultivating.

After five years of healing, Ye Lin began comprehending the Destruction Sword Dao Law with help from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and the Human Emperor’s insights. As the Imperial Capital remained surrounded and the provinces fell to the Demon-Monster Realm, those who knew the truth stayed calm because the real calamity had not yet begun.

• Ye Lin recovered from his injuries with Wang Tian’s sacred healing pills and worried that he had only twenty-five years to reach the seventh layer of Golden Immortal.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar offered to teach Ye Lin the Dao of Slaughter and the Dao of Blood, and Ye Lin combined its teachings with the Human Emperor’s insights to advance his Destruction Sword Dao Law.
• Xinyou listened to the Dao sounds while Ye Lin cultivated, and Li Xiaoyao and the others toured the Imperial Capital as they consolidated their recent breakthroughs.
• Demons and monsters surrounded the Imperial Capital, and Western Qin Phoenix Province had fallen, with the other provinces facing the same fate.
• Cultivators despaired as the disaster spread, while the people in power stayed relaxed because they knew the true calamity had not yet begun.

After twenty years of studying laws with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, Ye Lin had nearly comprehended one-tenth of the Destruction Sword Dao Law and was ready to advance to the seventh level of the Golden Immortal Realm. He began absorbing the Earth Vein Essence stored in a black stone, despite its violent power cracking his body.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar finished explaining the laws Ye Lin could use and left the rest of his progress to him.
• Ye Lin realized his comprehension of the Destruction Sword Dao Law was close to one-tenth, qualifying him to reach the seventh level of the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Ye Lin decided to use the Earth Vein Essence in the black stone to build the cultivation foundation needed for his breakthrough.
• Ye Lin absorbed a massive surge of Earth Vein Essence, and cracks appeared across his Golden Immortal body.
• Ye Lin dismissed the cracks as a minor problem and continued absorbing the essence.

Ye Lin absorbed Earth Vein Essence for years and broke through to the Golden Immortal Seventh Layer, gaining a foundation strong enough to face future dangers. After reviewing his status, he decided to stir up trouble to increase his luck before venturing into the Central Star Domain.

• Ye Lin refined Earth Vein Essence for years as his body, meridians, and Primordial Spirit transformed and gained traces of divinity.
• After more than twenty years in seclusion, Ye Lin broke through to the Golden Immortal Seventh Layer, cracking the secret chamber with his aura.
• Ye Lin examined his cultivation status and noticed that his luck had been increasing too slowly.
• Ye Lin decided to cause trouble to raise his luck, then left the damaged secret chamber without accepting responsibility for it.

Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar about Luo Yao's origins, but it warned that her race was too powerful to discuss safely. Ye Lin accepted that he would learn more when he was ready and left Luo Yao's background unknown.

• Ye Lin left the secret chamber and watched Luo Yao play in the courtyard with two other girls.
• Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to explain Luo Yao's origins.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said Luo Yao came from a race so powerful that even thinking of them could draw their attention and endanger the Star River Cosmos.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to keep Luo Yao close and said she would become his greatest backing after he left the Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin accepted the warning and did not ask further about Luo Yao's origins.

Ye Lin emerged from seclusion at Golden Immortal Level Seven just as the passage to the Immortal God Realm was set to open and a great battle approached. As the Four Seas Dragon Clans advanced on Western Qin Phoenix Province, Qin Unrivaled realized they were joining forces with the Demon-Monster Realm to attack the Four Continents.

• Qin Unrivaled greeted Ye Lin and told him the passage would fully open in three days, when the great battle would begin.
• Ye Lin embraced Luo Yao and saw demonic qi shroud the Imperial Capital as Qin Unrivaled vowed to kill the demons there.
• Qin Unrivaled explained that he had become the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty’s temporary ruler but planned to leave for the Starry Sky once the passage opened.
• A soldier reported that the Four Great Dragon Clans had sent troops toward Western Qin Phoenix Province.
• Qin Unrivaled realized the Four Seas Dragon Clans and sea clans would join the Demon-Monster Realm to attack the Four Continents while the Demon-Monster Realm faced the Immortal God Realm.

Ye Lin reflected on the Demon-Monster Realm’s long-planned scheme to divide the Immortal God Realm, then set aside the looming crisis to spend time with Luo Yao. After he served her a feast, two little heads appeared outside the main hall, staring at the food.

• Qin Unrivaled apologized to Ye Lin and hurried away to decide how Western Qin Phoenix Province should respond to the Seven Seas and Demon-Monster Realm.
• Ye Lin realized the Demon-Monster Realm had crippled the Eight Wastelands to clear the way for the Four Seas Dragon Clan, but decided the crisis was not yet his responsibility.
• Ye Lin carried Luo Yao into the main hall and conjured a table filled with delicacies for her.
• Luo Yao thanked Brother Ye Lin, then rushed to the feast and ate happily.
• Ye Lin sensed someone outside the main hall and turned to see two little heads watching the food.

Ye Lin left the palace residence and walked through the bustling Great Qin Imperial Capital, where powerful experts gathered to face the demons and monsters. He ran into Know-All, who questioned how Ye Lin had entered the city, while Ye Lin wondered the same about Know-All.

• Ye Lin invited two little girls to eat with the others, then left the main hall alone.
• Ye Lin walked through the palace complex and into the capital’s crowded streets, observing the powerful figures gathered there.
• Know-All appeared before Ye Lin and asked why the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty had let someone from a remote region enter.
• Ye Lin asked how Know-All, a mere Heavenly Immortal, had managed to enter the capital.

Ye Lin mocked Know-All’s claims about being the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s successor and continued onward. Know-All tried to divine Ye Lin’s future but found nothing, then followed him, convinced he might learn more once his cultivation improved.

• Know-All boasted that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s backing and connections made his low cultivation unimportant.
• Ye Lin called Know-All a useless profiteer and left him too angry to respond.
• Know-All secretly used a divination tool to calculate Ye Lin’s future but found that Ye Lin had none.
• Know-All assumed that a treasure or powerful expert had hidden Ye Lin’s heavenly secrets, then followed him.

Ye Lin explored a bustling marketplace in the Imperial Capital, where sellers offered slaves, dubious treasures, and even themselves. He realized most of the goods were fake and found nothing there that held his interest.

• Ye Lin entered the marketplace and saw a frightened cat-ear tribe girl being offered for sale in an iron cage.
• Ye Lin passed stalls selling supposed treasures and medicinal herbs, including a Heavenly Immortal woman selling herself.
• Ye Lin observed that most vendors were low-cultivation locals trying to profit from wealthy visitors, while nearby Golden Immortal cultivators watched without buying.
• Ye Lin found that he could quickly understand the principles behind the marketplace's novel trinkets, so they soon lost their appeal.

Ye Lin bought a transparent bead from a stall, but another Golden Immortal challenged the sale and drove up the price. The bidding left the stall owner stunned when the bead reached one hundred thousand Supreme Immortal Stones.

• Ye Lin bought a transparent bead from a young stall owner for one Supreme Immortal stone.
• Another young man offered ten Supreme Immortal Stones for the bead, arguing that Ye Lin's purchase was not complete.
• Ye Lin raised his offer to ten thousand Supreme Immortal Stones, giving the stall owner a chance to sell it to him.
• The two young men kept raising their bids until the bead reached one hundred thousand Supreme Immortal Stones.
• The stall owner stared in disbelief at the enormous price.

Ye Lin outbid a provocative young man for a transparent bead, driving the price to ten million Supreme Immortal Stones before revealing he had no intention of buying it. The young man was left holding the bead, unable to pay, and threatened Ye Lin as the crowd mocked him.

• A young man challenged Ye Lin to keep bidding for a transparent bead, and Ye Lin raised the offer to one million Supreme Immortal Stones.
• The young man and Ye Lin traded escalating bids, with the young man finally shouting ten million Supreme Immortal Stones.
• Ye Lin tossed the bead to the young man and said he could not pay that much, leaving the young man stuck with the purchase.
• The crowd urged the young man to pay the seller and mocked him for bidding beyond his means.
• The young man threatened Ye Lin and warned him to watch himself.

Ye Lin acquired a rare bead containing stone essence qi and gave it to Xinyou, then returned to his residence, where Know-All tried to recruit him to gather Heavenly Dao merit. Ye Lin rejected the offer and went inside.

• Ye Lin paid the shop owner for an upper-grade immortal sword and gave him ten thousand Supreme Immortal Stones before leaving with the bead.
• Ye Lin recognized that the bead contained rare stone essence qi and gave it to Xinyou, who swallowed it.
• Know-All waited at Ye Lin’s residence and offered to fund him in exchange for help gathering Heavenly Dao merit.
• Ye Lin refused Know-All’s proposal, shook him off, and walked into the main hall.

Ye Lin refused Know-All’s offer to trade an Enlightenment Stone for his cooperation, insisting on testing the treasure first. He then learned from Qin Unrivaled that the Four Seas Dragon Clan had joined the conflict, leaving the Immortal God Realm to face the Demon-Monster Realm alone as the passage’s full opening approached.

• Know-All offered Ye Lin an Enlightenment Stone in exchange for cooperation, but Ye Lin demanded one to test before agreeing.
• Know-All refused to hand over a stone, and Ye Lin walked away, ending their negotiations.
• Ye Lin found Qin Unrivaled in the main hall, where Qin Unrivaled explained that the Four Seas Dragon Clan had landed in Western Qin Phoenix Province.
• Qin Unrivaled said the other continents were targeting the three seas, leaving the Immortal God Realm to face the Demon-Monster Realm alone.
• Ye Lin thought of Ao Guang and wondered what state the Immortal God Realm was in with two days remaining before its passage fully opened.

As the passage opened, Qin Unrivaled rallied the Immortal God Realm’s forces to face the Demon-Monster Realm and reclaim lost territory. The city formation came down, and Qin Unrivaled gave the command to charge.

• Qin Unrivaled cursed the sea folk for betraying the alliance and leaving the Immortal God Realm and Earth God Realm to face a stalemate against the Demon-Monster Realm.
• The two days passed, and cultivators across the Imperial Capital and Western Qin Phoenix Province prepared for the passage to open.
• Qin Unrivaled warned the assembled prodigies that the demons and monsters sought to devour the Heavenly Dao, then called on them to fight for their families and survival.
• The city-protecting grand formation dissipated as demons and monsters gathered to attack.
• Qin Unrivaled swung his sword and ordered the factions to kill the invaders and reclaim their lost territory.

The Earth God Realm and Immortal God Realm joined forces against the Demon-Monster Realm, while Ye Lin considered whether to enter the battle. Know-All offered Ye Lin a genuine Martial Dao Stone and proposed cooperation.

• Cultivators from the Immortal God Realm and Earth God Realm charged into battle against the Demon-Monsters as Qin Unrivaled headed for the heavens.
• Gu Qingzhi urged Ye Lin to join the fight, and Ye Lin examined her fate panel and realized that staying by his side changed people's destinies.
• Know-All brought Ye Lin a thumb-sized Martial Dao Stone and explained that other cultivators had tried to seize it when he sought their cooperation.
• Ye Lin said he trusted the stone was genuine and asked Know-All how they would cooperate.

Ye Lin agreed to collect merit by slaying demons in exchange for Enlightenment Stones from Know-All. After the group took their merit-collecting gourds, Shangguan Wanyu agreed to let Know-All look after Luo Yao while she fought.

• Know-All offered Ye Lin one Enlightenment Stone for each mark filled on a merit-collecting gourd, with forty stones promised for filling it.
• Ye Lin asked how many demons would earn one mark, but Know-All admitted he had not tested the device; Ye Lin accepted a gourd and left.
• Li Xiaoyao and the others each asked for a gourd, and Know-All gave one to each of them.
• Know-All offered to care for Luo Yao during the demon-fighting, and Shangguan Wanyu agreed to hand her over.