Chapter Summaries

The eight ancient clans recruited Ye Lin to confront the Devouring Spirit Race in the Second Region, and he made sure their force included more than the small group first presented to him. After reaching the enemy’s position, Ye Lin learned that the race devoured spirits and could leave its victims unable to think.

• The eight ancient clans searched the Second Region for Ye Lin and asked him to join their operation.
• Ye Lin questioned why only twenty-four people had gathered, and Wang Sheng told him more fighters were waiting in ambush.
• Ye Lin led the group to their destination in half an hour and saw three enormous objects of Chaos surrounded by the Devouring Spirit Race.
• Wang Sheng explained that the Devouring Spirit Race drained cultivators’ spirits until they became muddled and helpless.

Ye Lin and Wang Sheng gathered their forces to face the Devouring Spirit Race, the Devil Race, and the Aberrations, but their side was vastly outnumbered. The chapter explained that the wider Second Region had ignored the threat because the revival remained limited and most powers cared more about preserving their strength and pursuing profit.

• The Devouring Spirit Race gathered in the distance, with Devil Race powerhouses among them.
• Wang Sheng told Ye Lin that their forces had assembled, and Ye Lin saw over a thousand figures behind him.
• Wang Sheng explained that Rogue Cultivators and major powers had mostly stayed away because they feared the three races and did not want to risk their strength.
• Ye Lin learned that the opposing forces already numbered over ten thousand and continued to grow.
• The chapter reflected that only a crisis threatening a large part of the Second Region could unite its races, unlike the Human Emperor's era when the Human Race faced extermination.

Ye Lin ordered the eight ancient clans’ thousand-plus fighters to attack the three great clans and reclaim three secret realms, but they refused to move. The enemy prodigies mocked the display, and Ye Lin threatened to kill his own people unless they advanced.

• Wang Sheng told Ye Lin that the eight ancient clans intended to seize three secret realms from the three great clans and that the fighters could be sacrificed.
• Ye Lin ordered the fighters to attack, but none of them moved because they feared being the first to die.
• Wang Sheng shouted at the fighters to obey Ye Lin, but they continued waiting for Ye Lin to lead the charge.
• The three great clans’ prodigies mocked the eight ancient clans’ forces for putting on a show instead of attacking.
• Ye Lin gave the fighters three breaths to advance, warning that he would kill them if they refused.

Ye Lin led the Eight Ancient Clans’ cannon fodder into battle against the Three Great Clans, then overwhelmed the enemy with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor. Wang Sheng watched in shock as Ye Lin’s power far exceeded what he had expected.

• Ye Lin ordered the cannon fodder to charge, and Wang Sheng questioned his reckless plan.
• Ye Lin joked that Wang Sheng might be cannon fodder too, leaving Wang Sheng shaken as he entered the battlefield.
• Ye Lin slaughtered the Three Great Clans’ geniuses with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor, inspiring the Eight Ancient Clans’ fighters to fight harder.
• Ye Lin swiftly wiped out the enemy forces near the secret realm, while Wang Sheng froze in disbelief at his strength.

Elderly experts debated Ye Lin’s extraordinary constitution and the Human Race’s calm fortune, then argued over whether to leave him alone or capture him. They ended without reaching agreement, while one elder remained convinced Ye Lin’s constitution came from beyond the Star River Cosmos.

• The elders watched Ye Lin fight the prodigies of the three great races and questioned how the Human Race could have produced such a powerful figure without its fortune reviving.
• The presiding elder silenced the argument and asked how they should deal with Ye Lin.
• Some elders urged them to leave Ye Lin alone, while another insisted that capturing him might help him reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• An elder warned that Ye Lin was too strong to capture and might already be protected by the Human Race Ancestral Hall.
• The elder who wanted to capture Ye Lin maintained that Ye Lin’s constitution did not belong to the Star River Cosmos.

The Eight Ancient Clans’ ninth-layer Golden Immortals agreed to capture Ye Lin and study his physique in hopes of reaching the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. Meanwhile, Ye Lin wiped out the three great clans’ geniuses near a secret realm, leaving Wang Sheng stunned.

• An elder asked how certain the claim about Ye Lin’s physique was, and another elder insisted it could reveal the secret of becoming a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal within a few years.
• The ninth-layer Golden Immortals agreed to capture Ye Lin and delay the Human Race Ancestral Hall’s questions while they studied him.
• The elders planned to ambush Ye Lin outside one of the three great secret realms and agreed that one elder would handle the three great clans.
• The supreme experts left to prepare their operation against Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin wiped out the geniuses of the three great clans near the secret realm, and Wang Sheng watched in shock.

Ye Lin refused to continue fighting in the other secret realms after deciding the Eight Ancient Clans had taken advantage of him. When Li Xiaoyao reported that Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable were in danger, Ye Lin chose to go see what was happening.

• Ye Lin told Wang Sheng that he had fulfilled their agreement and would not enter the other two large secret realms.
• Ye Lin accused the Eight Ancient Clans of making him do most of the fighting, and Wang Sheng could not refute him.
• Li Xiaoyao contacted Ye Lin through a Jade Talisman and reported that Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable were being hunted by people with an enormous background.
• Ye Lin recalled Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable’s past injuries and their possible futures as Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Ye Lin asked Li Xiaoyao where he was and decided to go investigate.

Ye Lin learned that help was needed in the Beginningless Great World and left with Wang Sheng’s star chart. Meanwhile, Li Xiaoyao and his companions planned to distract three sects and buy time before Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable’s execution.

• Ye Lin took Wang Sheng’s star chart and hurried toward the Beginningless Great World, while Wang Sheng went to seek reinforcements and ordered the prodigies to guard the secret realm.
• Li Xiaoyao told his companions that Ye Lin would take at least a year to arrive, although Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable were due to be executed in a month.
• Wang Tianyi proposed that he and Bao Xiaotou hunt the three sects’ disciples while Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi distracted the sects.
• Li Xiaoyao approved the plan, and Wang Tianyi warned Gu Qingzhi and Li Xiaoyao to retreat immediately if they faced danger.

Bao Xiaotou secretly killed cultivators while traveling through the Beginningless Great World, where two sixth-level Golden Immortals awaited execution for stealing the Three Great Sects’ treasures. The chapter ended with a massive cauldron crushing a young man and triggering the collapse of the surrounding mountains.

• The Three Great Sects decided to execute the two captured cultivators on Immortal Moon Mountain in one month, drawing crowds from across the Beginningless Great World.
• Bao Xiaotou overheard two cultivators discussing a trapped Moon Spirit Rabbit and made them vanish before they could react.
• A young man chased a Treasure-Seeking Mouse after tracking it for five years.
• A massive cauldron fell from the sky and crushed the young man, causing the surrounding mountains to collapse as Law aura spread.

A Heavenly Sword Sect elder confronted disciples after thirty-two members of the sect were killed in three days, then ordered them to investigate before the higher-ups learned of it. He feared the killings would expose the three weakened major sects and further destroy their standing in the Beginningless Great World.

• A middle-aged Heavenly Sword Sect elder demanded an explanation for the deaths of thirty-two disciples in three days.
• A young disciple speculated that the other two major sects were responsible, but the elder said disciples from those sects had also been hunted.
• The elder ordered the young men to investigate and keep the killings from reaching the sect’s higher-ups.
• The elder worried that the three sects’ stolen treasures and fallen ancestral powerhouses had left them too weak to withstand the consequences if their weakness became known.
• The elder wondered who was plotting against the Heavenly Sword Sect and left the plaza.

As the three sects’ losses stirred hopes of rebellion across the Beginningless Great World, a ninth-level Golden Immortal prepared to execute two alleged thieves at Immortal Moon Mountain. An unknown speaker interrupted him with an audacious insult, leaving the execution unresolved.

• The three sects suffered heavy losses, including the unexplained deaths of their dispatched elders, and their restraint prompted factions across the Beginningless Great World to investigate.
• Powerful figures gathered at Immortal Moon Mountain to witness the execution of two young men accused of stealing the three sects’ supreme treasure.
• A dying ninth-level Golden Immortal announced that he would behead the prisoners and raised his hand to strike.
• An unseen speaker mocked the old man, provoking a shocked reaction from the onlookers.

Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi confronted the old man who had captured their two friends, and Li Xiaoyao admitted responsibility for the deaths of the three sects’ disciples. The old man attacked them before the gathered powerhouses, leaving the fate of the three sects’ fortune to their battle.

• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi approached the old man, who asked whether they were allied with the two captured friends.
• Li Xiaoyao admitted they had killed the three sects’ disciples and demanded that the old man release their friends and leave.
• The old man attacked Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi, declaring that they would not be spared.
• Li Xiaoyao countered with his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and the ultimate Law of Strength while Gu Qingzhi played a zither filled with killing intent.
• The assembled powerhouses watched and discussed how the outcome could decide the three sects’ future fortune.

Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi fought off a ninth-layer Golden Immortal from the Heavenly Sword Sect, but the old man escaped with Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable. They left the onlookers questioning the sect’s strength as Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi declared its foundation was declining.

• Li Xiaoyao shattered the old man’s attacks and mocked him as the old man summoned lightning.
• A zither melody distracted the old man, and a hidden blade cut off half of his arm.
• The old man struck Li Xiaoyao away, seized Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, and fled.
• Li Xiaoyao rejoined Gu Qingzhi, admitted he was slightly injured, and lamented that the old man escaped.
• Gu Qingzhi and Li Xiaoyao told the onlookers that the Heavenly Sword Sect had declined and its foundation was nearly exhausted.

Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi exposed the Three Great Sects as long-standing oppressors and used their freedom to rally the Beginningless Great World against them. At a meeting of the sects, a humiliated ninth-layer Golden Immortal refused to handle the matter any longer.

• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi uncovered that the Three Great Sects had plundered and oppressed the Beginningless Great World for millions of years.
• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi publicly roamed the world to show that the Three Great Sects could no longer control them and to buy time for Dugu Feng and the Poison Venerable.
• An old ninth-layer Golden Immortal asked the gathered cultivators where Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi had come from and how they could challenge stronger opponents.
• The cultivators silently judged the old man for retreating in disgrace after losing to Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi.
• The old man told the others to handle the matter themselves, saying he had little lifespan left and would no longer involve himself.

The three sects planned to restore their prestige by executing two prisoners and destroying two races in three days. Meanwhile, Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable regained their memories while imprisoned and realized they needed to escape.

• A middle-aged man proposed that the three sects execute two prisoners and wipe out two races in three days to reassert their power.
• The sect leaders agreed and ordered preparations, including a trap for the two mysterious Golden Immortal Level Seven experts.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable awoke in a dark underground space as sealed memories returned to them.
• Poison Venerable suspected that Li Xiaoyao had rescued them, but Dugu Feng dismissed the idea that Li Xiaoyao could challenge a Golden Immortal Level Nine expert.
• Poison Venerable recognized that their immediate task was to escape, but the rune-covered chains binding them would not break.

Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable remained imprisoned by the three sects, but Dugu Feng used a hidden knife to cut through their chains while they pretended to be dazed. They hoped to escape before their execution in three days.

• Poison Venerable realized that ancient divine runes made their chains impossible to break by ordinary means.
• Dugu Feng used a small knife from his Spatial Ring to saw through his chain, shocking Poison Venerable.
• When two sect members came to check on them, Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable pretended to remain dazed and heard that they would be executed in three days.
• The visiting Senior Brother and Junior Sister left the prisoners unattended while they were intimate.
• Dugu Feng broke the chain around his right wrist and continued cutting as Poison Venerable kept watch.

Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi tried to persuade the races’ experts that the three sects had grown weak and could be overthrown. The experts remained unconvinced, so Li Xiaoyao warned them to watch for the three sects attacking selected races before he and Gu Qingzhi left.

• Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi told the gathered experts that the three sects had lost their power and urged them to seize the chance to act.
• When an expert suggested the three sects might be deliberately showing weakness, Li Xiaoyao argued that they were buying time and trying to preserve their authority.
• Li Xiaoyao predicted the three sects would soon kill several races to intimidate the others and establish their authority.
• Li Xiaoyao warned the experts that the three sects might flee with the world’s resources if they waited too long, then departed.
• Gu Qingzhi looked pityingly at the experts and left after Li Xiaoyao.

Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable escaped their captors, only to discover they were trapped in the Heavenly Sword Sect's Back Mountain beneath a powerful formation. They concealed their auras and fled through the mountains while their guards realized they were gone.

• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable slipped away while the two people guarding them were distracted.
• Dugu Feng identified their location as the Heavenly Sword Sect's Back Mountain, where a powerful formation made escape difficult.
• Dugu Feng urged Poison Venerable to keep moving, and the two set off through the mountains.
• Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable concealed their auras with their treasures as they fled to avoid detection.
• The young man and rosy-cheeked young woman discovered the broken chains and realized their prisoners had escaped.

The Heavenly Sword Sect searched Back Mountain for Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable but could not find them before the Punishment Assembly began. With representatives and the other two sects demanding answers, the sect’s leaders faced the prospect of being blamed for the prisoners’ disappearance.

• A young man and a woman searched Back Mountain for Dugu Feng and Poison Venerable, fearing punishment if they could not find them.
• After three hours of searching, the young man decided to report the prisoners’ disappearance rather than risk a worse fate.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect mobilized and searched all of Back Mountain but still found no trace of the prisoners.
• The Punishment Assembly began as powerful experts waited and the other two sects pressed the Heavenly Sword Sect for answers.
• A subordinate asked the Sect Master what to do as the assembled guests awaited an explanation.

Li Xiaoyao urged the gathered cultivators to overthrow the Three Sects, but they hesitated because the Three Sects had Golden Immortal ninth-layer experts. Three more ninth-layer cultivators arrived and agreed to join the attack, only to learn that Li Xiaoyao’s entire plan was to charge straight in.

• A cultivator questioned how they could fight the Three Sects without a Golden Immortal ninth-layer expert on their side, making Li Xiaoyao hesitate.
• The Heavenly Demon Patriarch, Snow Emperor Ningshang, and Weldblade Patriarch arrived and offered to help attack the Three Sects.
• The powerful cultivators grew eager to fight after seeing the three ninth-layer experts join them.
• The man in the center asked Li Xiaoyao and Gu Qingzhi for their plan, having assumed they were Starry Sky prodigies with powerful backing.
• Li Xiaoyao said they should charge straight in, leaving the three newcomers dumbfounded.