Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin asserted control over the Ice Snow Sacred Sect, warning its powerhouses that he would stay as a guest for three months and would kill anyone who challenged him. After everyone fell silent, one powerhouse slowly stood up.

• Ye Lin confronted a woman from the Ice Snow Sacred Clan and smashed a chair against her, then mocked her for being exiled and warned her not to provoke him again.
• Guan Qingsi tried to stop Ye Lin from approaching the Holy Master, but he lifted the Holy Master from her seat and moved her aside.
• Ye Lin took the highest seat and announced he would stay at the Ice Snow Sacred Sect for three months, threatening a slaughter if anyone objected.
• The gathered powerhouses stayed silent under Ye Lin's pressure, and Ye Lin declared they would cooperate peacefully during his stay.
• Ye Lin released his pressure and Destruction Sword Dao Law, then watched as one powerhouse slowly stood up.

Ye Lin secured the Ice Snow Sacred Sect members’ agreement, then the Sacred Lord invited him to her room that night to discuss something. After Guan Qingsi teased him about the invitation, Ye Lin set off to explore the sect with a map.

• Ye Lin saw the gathered figures stand in agreement with his proposal and dismissed them.
• Guan Qingsi praised Ye Lin and jokingly proposed that he become her partner and raise her child, but Ye Lin sternly refused.
• The Sacred Lord offered to yield her position as Sect Master and invited Ye Lin to her room that night to discuss something.
• Guan Qingsi warned Ye Lin that the Sacred Lord’s Dao companion had died thirty thousand years earlier, and Ye Lin told her to focus on her duties as Saintess.
• Ye Lin asked Guan Qingsi where the Sacred Lord’s room was, took a map, and wandered through the Ice Snow Sacred Sect.

Ye Lin visited the Sacred Lord, Yun Ziyan, who showed him her late husband's Sword Talisman and asked him to help comprehend its sword intent. She proposed a cooperation in which Ye Lin would share what he learned, leaving the terms of their arrangement open.

• Ye Lin followed a map to the Sacred Lord's quiet courtyard and entered a hall where Yun Ziyan was bathing.
• Yun Ziyan teased Ye Lin about entering her boudoir, but he ignored her advances and asked why she had summoned him.
• Yun Ziyan revealed a Sword Talisman left by her husband that contained a natal Sword Dao pointing directly to Taiyi.
• Yun Ziyan said she had studied the sword intent for over ten thousand years without understanding it and asked Ye Lin to help.
• Yun Ziyan asked Ye Lin to call her by name and proposed that he share whatever he comprehended from the talisman.

Ye Lin took Yun Ziyan’s Sword Talisman and entered its sword-dao trial, where a giant sword demanded that he define what a sword was. He answered by describing the sword as a weapon, a path, and a vessel for the Dao.

• Ye Lin agreed to Yun Ziyan’s request, then snatched the box and left when she asked him to put her at ease.
• Ye Lin opened the box on a mountain peak and pressed the Sword Talisman to his forehead to seek a breakthrough in sword dao.
• Ye Lin entered a mysterious space and realized the Sword Talisman had drawn him into a dangerous test of sword-dao understanding.
• Ye Lin answered the giant sword’s question by explaining that the sword was both a weapon and a path, reflecting the Dao.

Ye Lin absorbed the Sword Dao true intent hidden in a colossal sword and began comprehending it. Half a month later, experts from the Anxuan Great World arrived at the Ice Snow Sacred Sect demanding that Yun Ziyan hand him over, and she offered to lead them to Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin accepted the Sword Dao true intent from the sword and refused to be drawn into the question of what the Dao was.
• The sword shattered, and Ye Lin sat in seclusion as Sword Dao laws and Sword Qi spread across the area.
• After half a month, figures emerged from a rupture in the sky above the Ice Snow Sacred Sect.
• Yun Ziyan confronted the experts, who accused her of harboring Ye Lin and demanded she hand him over.
• Yun Ziyan offered to take the experts to Ye Lin.

Yun Ziyan brought a group of experts to confront Ye Lin, who learned they had come to punish him for killing their sects’ Holy Sons. Ye Lin destroyed an elder’s massive palm attack, but the elder countered his Sword Qi with a bell and challenged him to fight.

• Yun Ziyan led the gathered experts to Ye Lin and announced that they had come to make trouble for him.
• Ye Lin realized the elders had exposed him and resolved to kill them as they demanded his execution.
• An old expert summoned a vast palm meant to strike Ye Lin and the Ice Snow Sacred Sect.
• Ye Lin shattered the palm with Sword Qi and attacked the old man.
• The old man used a bell to break Ye Lin’s Sword Qi and claimed Ye Lin was no match for him.

Ye Lin defeated the old man and shattered his Limitless Artifact, terrifying the assembled experts. The survivors abandoned their aggressive stance and praised Ye Lin for killing their sect’s Holy Sons.

• Ye Lin struck the old man through the great bell and sent him flying.
• Ye Lin killed the old man with a sword strike that sealed the surrounding space.
• Ye Lin shattered the great bell with three punches, revealing it to be a Limitless Artifact.
• The assembled experts feared Ye Lin and realized he could kill them with a single punch.
• One expert claimed his sect’s Holy Son had been troublesome, and the others joined in praising Ye Lin for killing their Holy Sons.

Ye Lin trapped the powerful figures who had tried to leave and attacked them with his newly comprehended Sword Dao. As his Sword Qi overwhelmed them, they accepted that they were facing death.

• The powerful figures thanked Ye Lin and began to retreat, but Ye Lin said he preferred their earlier arrogant faces.
• Ye Lin drove the Emperor Sword into the ground, binding the figures with Sword Dao laws and telling them to stay and witness his newly comprehended Sword Dao.
• Ye Lin released Sword Qi formed from pure Sword Dao intent and the Destruction Sword Dao Law, without using any sword techniques.
• The figures attacked together but found they could neither block nor evade the bizarre Sword Qi, which pierced their bodies.
• The wounded figures marveled at Ye Lin's Sword Dao and laughed as they accepted their fate.

Ye Lin demonstrated that his eighth-level Golden Immortal strength could overwhelm even ninth-level Golden Immortals from the First Region, but chose not to rush into the Central Star Domain. He then confronted Yun Ziyan about the Sword Talisman and sought something in return for the Sword Dao intent he had comprehended.

• Ye Lin bid farewell as the figures around him shattered, having defeated ninth-level Golden Immortals with ease.
• Ye Lin decided to focus on cultivation, the First Region's Genius Ranking, destiny, and opportunities before heading to the Central Star Domain.
• Yun Ziyan flirted with Ye Lin and offered him a night together, but he refused and asked whether her Sword Talisman had a hidden trap.
• Yun Ziyan eagerly asked Ye Lin what he had discovered in the Sword Talisman after realizing he had comprehended the Sword Dao's true intent.
• Ye Lin said he would not share the Sword Dao intent for free, and Yun Ziyan protested that the Sword Talisman belonged to her.

Ye Lin pressured Yun Ziyan into giving him a Heavenly God Fruit, then returned the memories he had taken from her. He killed the Ice Snow Sacred Sect elders who had betrayed him and continued cultivating, still far from the sword-law comprehension he needed to reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Ye Lin walked away until Yun Ziyan caught up and asked what he wanted in exchange for her things.
• Yun Ziyan gave Ye Lin a Heavenly God Fruit, and he restored her memories by touching her forehead.
• Ye Lin asked whether Yun Ziyan wanted him to spare the elders, and she told him to do whatever he wanted.
• Ye Lin visited the Ice Snow Sacred Sect elders who had leaked information and killed them.
• Yun Ziyan resolved to reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm without destiny, while Ye Lin returned to sword Dao cultivation with fifteen percent comprehension of the Destruction Sword Dao Law.

After three months, Ye Lin completed his training and prepared to leave the Anxuan Great World, while Guan Qingsi obtained the second half of her cultivation technique and asked to go with him. After Ye Lin refused and departed, Guan Qingsi contacted Liu Bai, who said Ye Lin might be the powerhouse destined to turn the tide in the Star River Cosmos’s coming crisis.

• Ye Lin destroyed a distant snow-capped mountain with a flick of his finger after three months of training.
• Guan Qingsi told Ye Lin she had obtained the second half of her cultivation technique and was finally free.
• Ye Lin refused Guan Qingsi’s request to accompany him and vanished to leave the Anxuan Great World.
• Guan Qingsi used a Jade Talisman to contact Liu Bai and told him Ye Lin seemed much stronger than he was.
• Liu Bai said Ye Lin was likely the powerhouse destined to turn the tide as the Star River Cosmos faced a possible final crisis.

Ye Lin forced the Heavenly Dao to open a passage out of the Anxuan Great World and entered the Starry Sky of the First Region. He encountered a warship crewed by human-headed, snake-bodied creatures and asked where to find the Hundred Heroes Ranking.

• Ye Lin threatened to slaughter everyone in the Anxuan Great World, and the Heavenly Dao opened a crack in its barrier.
• Ye Lin left the Anxuan Great World and reflected on the First Region’s superior cultivation conditions and the few remote-region prodigies who survived to reach it.
• Ye Lin noticed a bright point approaching through the Starry Sky and waited to meet it.
• A warship carrying human-headed, snake-bodied creatures approached, and its middle-aged man asked Ye Lin to make way.
• Ye Lin appeared before the middle-aged man and asked where the Hundred Heroes Ranking was.

Ye Lin obtained a star map and discovered that the Hundred Heroes Ranking lay across the First Region, so he traveled toward a teleportation array instead of making the journey on foot. He reached Red Cloud City in disguise, ready to teleport to the star domain where the ranking was located.

• Ye Lin received a star map from a middle-aged man and paid him three Supreme Immortal Stones.
• Ye Lin saw that reaching the Hundred Heroes Ranking on foot would take thirty years, then decided to use a teleportation array.
• Ye Lin messaged Wang Tian, Li Xiaoyao, and Gu Qingzhi that he was setting off alone.
• Ye Lin crossed several thousand star domains and arrived at Red Cloud City in the Red Cloud Star Domain.
• Ye Lin put on a mask before entering the city to avoid being recognized and causing trouble.

Ye Lin entered Red Cloud City, an ancient city forged by three Primordial Unity Golden Immortals and inhabited by powerful beings of many sizes. After hearing that a family scandal was drawing a crowd, he was approached by a young man who asked whether he was new to the city.

• Ye Lin arrived at Red Cloud City and learned of its ancient origins and lasting protection from powerful experts.
• Ye Lin entered the enormous city and walked through the void to avoid being dwarfed by its giant inhabitants.
• Ye Lin overheard passersby discussing Old man Wang's granddaughter, who had secretly kept three men despite being Dao companions with the young master of the Liu Family.
• A young man approached Ye Lin and asked whether he was visiting Red Cloud City for the first time.

Ye Lin met Xuan Mingzi in Red Cloud City and agreed to go with him to see the commotion on the city's west side. As they walked, Xuan Mingzi explained that the city's enormous buildings were made for the Titan Clan, whose members had remained after helping defend the city from the Aberrations.

• Xuan Mingzi guessed that Ye Lin was new to the area and introduced himself.
• Ye Lin gave his real name, and Xuan Mingzi warned him that many geniuses wanted to challenge the famous Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin agreed to accompany Xuan Mingzi to the west side of Red Cloud City.
• Xuan Mingzi explained that the Titan Clan had stayed in the city after the war against the Aberrations.
• Xuan Mingzi pointed out a Titan, which turned to grin at him before continuing on its way.

Xuan Mingzi told Ye Lin about the Titan Clan’s protection under the Ancient Human Emperor’s edict and warned him against challenging the Hundred Heroes Ranking. Ye Lin remained determined to go to the Holy Tribulation Star Domain and chose to pay fifty million Supreme Immortal Stones for the teleportation array rather than travel for thirty years.

• Xuan Mingzi explained that the Ancient Human Emperor’s edict protected the Titan Clan from attacks and still deterred the myriad races.
• Ye Lin told Xuan Mingzi that he had come to Red Cloud City to use its teleportation array to reach the Holy Tribulation Star Domain.
• Xuan Mingzi recognized that Ye Lin intended to challenge the Hundred Heroes Ranking and warned him that it was beyond people like them.
• Xuan Mingzi explained that activating the teleportation array cost fifty million Supreme Immortal Stones, and Ye Lin decided to pay rather than spend thirty years traveling.

Ye Lin and Xuan Mingzi watched a public dispute in Red Cloud City as a young man accused Elder Wang’s granddaughter of infidelity and demanded his gifts back. Elder Wang agreed to return everything and dissolve the marriage, accepting that the scandal had ruined his reputation.

• Ye Lin arrived at a crowd gathered around a young man berating a woman, and Xuan Mingzi led him to a good viewing spot.
• The woman pleaded for another chance, but the young man rejected her and demanded the return of the three million Supreme Immortal Stones and other treasures he had given her.
• Elder Wang, sitting in the courtyard, lamented the damage his granddaughter had caused to his reputation.
• Elder Wang promised to return everything and agreed to dissolve the marriage, prompting the young man to soften his tone.
• The onlookers praised Elder Wang’s reasonableness and lamented that his granddaughter had ruined his good name.

After the crowd dispersed from the dispute over the woman’s supposed Dao partnership, Ye Lin agreed to join Xuan Mingzi at an auction. They reached a towering trading house built for the Titan Clan and entered its immense inner hall.

• The young man left after Elder Wang intervened, and the onlookers dispersed, leaving the confused woman behind.
• Xuan Mingzi criticized the woman and explained that she and the young man had never sworn a Dao oath before the Heavenly Dao.
• Xuan Mingzi invited Ye Lin to the auction, and Ye Lin agreed to go with him.
• Ye Lin and Xuan Mingzi flew through the void toward the trading house as other cultivators headed there too.
• Xuan Mingzi explained that the trading house had built its headquarters to accommodate the Titan Clan, and the pair entered its vast inner hall.

Ye Lin and Xuan Mingzi secured a private room at the auction venue, where Xuan Mingzi wondered if Ye Lin was the legendary prodigy himself. They arrived at their room ahead of the auction, which was set to begin the next day.

• Xuan Mingzi led Ye Lin to the upper floors, where guests without invitations could choose seats or pay for a private room.
• Ye Lin paid three hundred Supreme Immortal Stones for a private room, despite Xuan Mingzi’s objections.
• Ye Lin said he had more money than he could spend, prompting Xuan Mingzi to ask whether he was Ye Lin, the living legend.
• A staff member led Ye Lin and Xuan Mingzi to their private room and explained that the auction would begin the next day.

Ye Lin and Xuan Mingzi entered a private room at the venue, where Xuan Mingzi soaked in a body-tempering pool with Xiao Qing while Ye Lin drank tea and watched the hall below. Ye Lin spotted Yue Qingyi walking through the void and wondered why she had come there.

• Xiao Qing introduced herself and guided Ye Lin and Xuan Mingzi into a private room with a misty pool and a view of the hall below.
• Xuan Mingzi entered the pool and discovered that its water could temper his body, then invited Ye Lin to join him.
• Xuan Mingzi invited Xiao Qing to soak with him, and she accepted.
• Ye Lin declined to enter the pool and quietly drank tea by the window.
• Ye Lin saw Yue Qingyi walking through the void below and wondered why she had come there.