Chapter Summaries

A bloodied messenger warned the village that Demon Beasts had surrounded it, and panic erupted as villagers fled toward the Back Mountain. Naya instead headed for the village wall to face the beasts, with Ye Lin following behind her.

• A dying burly man reported that Demon Beasts had surrounded the village.
• The Old Village Chief urged everyone to flee through the Back Mountain as the square descended into chaos.
• Naya returned home, changed into a grass skirt, took her spear, and walked toward the village wall.
• Ye Lin sensed more than a thousand Demon Beasts, including a Golden Core-stage commander, and followed Naya as beasts began attacking villagers.
• The Old Village Chief led the six children Ye Lin had taught toward the Back Mountain.

Naya reached the village wall and found her brother Pillar mortally wounded after the Demon Beasts’ attack. Ye Lin sensed Li Miaoling nearby, pursued her into the sky, and examined her cultivation, destiny, and traits.

• Naya killed a charging Demon Beast with her spear and pushed its corpse off herself.
• Naya reached the destroyed wall and found Pillar lying bloodied at the village entrance.
• Naya held Pillar as he apologized for being unable to protect her, and she begged him not to die.
• Ye Lin sensed Li Miaoling’s familiar aura, vanished, and appeared high in the sky to search for her.
• Ye Lin saw Li Miaoling’s figure briefly and read the information displayed about her fate, identity, and abilities.

As Pillar lay dying, Stone held off the Demon Beasts so Naya could escape. Stone was soon overwhelmed, and Naya charged toward the beasts with a spear, believing Ye Lin had fled.

• Ye Lin watched someone disappear and realized his panel revealed the future actions of people he caught.
• Pillar urged Naya to flee, then pushed her away as his wounds continued to bleed.
• Stone arrived covered in wounds and stood between Naya and the Demon Beasts.
• The Demon Beasts overwhelmed Stone, but he grabbed one by the leg and kept urging Naya to run.
• Naya wept over Pillar's death and Stone's impending death, then took a spear and charged at the beasts.

Ye Lin saved Naya from the Demon Beasts and revived Stone, but he could not restore her brother Pillar, whose soul had dispersed. Realizing his feelings for Naya were gratitude rather than love, Ye Lin asked her to come with him.

• Stone held a Demon Beast back as Naya approached it with her spear.
• A Demon Beast leaped at Naya, but Ye Lin struck it with lightning and killed all the Demon Beasts.
• Ye Lin healed and revived Stone, who had just died protecting Naya.
• Naya begged Ye Lin to save Pillar, but Ye Lin explained that Pillar's soul had dispersed and could not be restored.
• Ye Lin recognized that he felt gratitude rather than love for Naya and asked her to come with him.

Ye Lin accepted Naya’s decision to stay, gave her a protective necklace, and left. He then found the Mountain-Moving Daoist’s hidden collection and began inspecting its Spatial Ring.

• Naya refused to leave with Ye Lin, choosing to remain in her village with Stone.
• Ye Lin gave Naya a life-saving necklace, then tore open space and departed.
• Naya wiped away a tear and carried Pillar’s corpse with Stone toward the Back Mountain.
• Ye Lin found the mountain a hundred li from Buddha Mountain and broke into its sealed center.
• Ye Lin gathered the spiritual herbs, took the transparent Spatial Ring, and easily broke its restriction to inspect it.

Ye Lin waited at Buddha Mountain and used ten days of cultivation to approach the peak of the Spirit Transformation realm. When Li Miaoling arrived seeking Sarira, Ye Lin ambushed him, leaving Li Miaoling injured and stunned that Ye Lin was alive.

• Ye Lin examined the Spatial Ring of a Spirit Transformation True Person, took its useful items, and began cultivating for ten days.
• Li Miaoling flew toward Buddha Mountain, hoping to obtain three Sarira to strengthen his Demon Body and anticipating Ye Lin's death.
• Li Miaoling sensed something drawing him toward a mountain and descended to investigate.
• Ye Lin launched a thousand-meter sword light from the mountain, forcing Li Miaoling to use a secret technique and injure his meridians to escape.
• Ye Lin emerged from the mountain and approached Li Miaoling, who stared at him in disbelief that he was still alive.

Ye Lin confronted Li Miaoling, who was shocked to find him alive after believing she had killed him. He trapped her in a sword formation and prepared to kill her, but she tried to save herself by revealing she knew where a Stone Stele was.

• Li Miaoling was stunned to see Ye Lin alive and wondered how he had survived after his divine soul had dispersed.
• Ye Lin taunted Li Miaoling for waiting ten days, and she admitted she had thought he was dead before attempting to leave.
• Ye Lin activated the Five Direction Sword Formation, trapping Li Miaoling and driving her back toward him.
• Ye Lin gathered his power and prepared to kill Li Miaoling while she was too weak to resist.
• Li Miaoling offered to reveal the whereabouts of a Stone Stele, warning that Ye Lin would never obtain it if he killed her.

Ye Lin killed Li Miaoling and searched her soul, learning that the Stone Stele he needed was in the Demon Sea. He set his sights on the remote realm, where the Stone Stele was due to be auctioned in a little over ten days.

• Ye Lin struck Li Miaoling through the chest with his sword, overpowering her with his higher cultivation.
• Ye Lin seized Li Miaoling's soul as she begged him to spare her.
• Ye Lin used Soul Search to torment Li Miaoling and erase her soul.
• Ye Lin learned from Li Miaoling's memories that the Stone Stele was in an auction house in the Demon Sea.
• Ye Lin discovered that the Demon Sea lay on an island at the Eastern Continent's border and required a pass to enter.

Ye Lin sent his mid-stage Spirit Transformation clone toward the border of the Eastern Continent to investigate the Demon Sea while returning to Nameless Mountain himself. He found the mountain quiet and its disciples gathered as if mourning, then summoned Ren Feiyang to his residence.

• Ye Lin created a clone and asked it to travel toward the Demon Sea in his place.
• The clone left for the Eastern Continent's border, keeping a low profile as it crossed other races' territories.
• Ye Lin inspected Li Miaoling's Spatial Ring and found only useless items.
• Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain and saw white-clad disciples gathered as if mourning someone.
• Ye Lin summoned Ren Feiyang, who was already waiting outside his residence.

Ren Feiyang reported to Ye Lin on Nameless Mountain’s campaign to unify the Five Prefectures, the Human Race’s encirclement by five enemy clans, and the coming battle to choose a new Sect Master. Ye Lin saw the prefectures’ unification as good news but knew Nameless Mountain would remain divided until a new leader took office.

• Ye Lin summoned Ren Feiyang and asked him to report the important recent developments.
• Ren Feiyang said Nameless Mountain had subdued four Human Race prefectures and was close to crushing the remaining resistance in Black Sand Prefecture.
• Ren Feiyang reported that the Shadow Clan and four other clans had massed troops along the Human Race’s borders, leaving the race surrounded and facing a possible invasion.
• Ren Feiyang said the Ancestral Land would choose a new Sect Master through battle within a month, and that a Nameless Mountain True Lord had died during the campaign against the rebel army.
• Ye Lin considered the reports and concluded that the Human Race’s internal unity was improving, but Nameless Mountain would remain divided until its new Sect Master was chosen.

Ye Lin learned that Nameless Mountain would hold its Sect Master competition after the mourning period, while his clone reached the Black Sea seeking a Red Spider Lily. The chapter left him at the Black Sea’s entrance, deciding whether to pay the steep price for entry.

• Ren Feiyang told Ye Lin that a True Lord had died at Nameless Mountain and that the Sect Master competition would begin after fifteen days of mourning.
• Ye Lin went to the secret chamber and waited, confident that no one in the Spirit Transformation realm could rival him.
• Ten days later, Ye Lin sensed that his clone had reached the Black Sea and shifted his consciousness to its entrance.
• A black-robed elder stopped Ye Lin at the gate and asked for an entry pass or invitation.
• Ye Lin explained that he sought a Red Spider Lily to treat an injured elder and asked to buy an entry pass.
• The elder told Ye Lin that a pass cost one thousand Top-Tier Spirit Stones and allowed a ten-day stay.

Ye Lin paid for a ten-day pass and entered the Black Sea, where he witnessed its brutal trade in living beings and human organs. He ignored the enslaved Humans who hoped he would rescue them and continued onward alone.

• Ye Lin paid the two old men a thousand Top-Tier Spirit Stones and received an Identity Token valid for ten days.
• The old men activated the teleportation array, and Ye Lin entered the Black Sea through the light curtain.
• Ye Lin arrived on a vast island surrounded by dangerous black water and found strange creatures selling bizarre goods.
• Ye Lin watched a seller tear out a Human's heart and kill them in front of the other captives.
• The enslaved Humans looked to Ye Lin for rescue, but he passed them by, judging them to be burdens.

Ye Lin entered the Black Sea and made his way to the auction house from Li Miaoling’s memories, where the stone stele was located. The tower’s attendants approached him to ask what he needed.

• Ye Lin ignored two mocking Demon Race members and headed toward the auction house.
• The chapter explained that the Black Sea protected those with entry passes or invitations and brutally punished anyone who violated its rules.
• Ye Lin reached the black auction-house tower and entered without hesitation.
• Two smiling creatures approached Ye Lin and asked what he needed.

Ye Lin arrived at an auction house, received a room and the item catalogue, and found the stone stele he needed listed among the auction items. The catalogue’s grand finale was an Earth Grade High Tier Spirit Fire called Dao Fire, which Ye Lin hoped his Phoenix Fire could devour to grow stronger.

• Ye Lin checked in for the auction, which was scheduled to begin the next day, and asked for a catalogue of its items.
• Xiao Lin escorted Ye Lin to a room and explained how to call for service.
• A Human Race woman delivered the catalogue and prepared tea for Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin spotted the stone stele he needed as the fourth auction item.
• Ye Lin saw that the grand finale was Dao Fire and realized his Phoenix Fire might advance by devouring it.

Ye Lin prepared to bid for Phoenix Fire and the Stone Stele, then learned that Survival Points—not resources—were the currency required for the Black Sea auction. He reached the exchange chamber and was surprised by how valuable Survival Points were.

• Ye Lin decided to secure Phoenix Fire and the Stone Stele at the auction.
• Ye Lin woke the next day to find a crowd of creatures heading to the building’s ninth floor for the auction.
• The human woman told Ye Lin that the auction used Survival Points, which also determined how long someone could survive in the Black Sea.
• Ye Lin followed the woman to a secret chamber, where a black-robed man explained the exchange rates for Spirit Stones and treasures.
• Ye Lin was surprised by the value of Survival Points in the Black Sea.

Ye Lin exchanged the Mountain-Moving Daoist’s collection and other unwanted treasures for Survival Points at the Black Sea, drawing the guards’ astonishment with the enormous transaction. He received a black card loaded with 3.5 million Survival Points, including a bonus from the manager and a waiver of his room fee.

• Ye Lin considered the Black Sea’s immense daily income and resolved to return once his cultivation was stronger.
• Ye Lin handed the black-robed man the Mountain-Moving Daoist’s Spatial Ring to appraise, and its contents were valued at 1.32 million Survival Points.
• Ye Lin added his other unwanted treasures, which were valued at 3.42 million Survival Points.
• The black-robed man collected the treasures and returned after ten minutes with a black card containing 3.5 million Survival Points, an extra eighty thousand from the manager, and confirmation that Ye Lin’s room fee had been waived.

Ye Lin accepted Xiao Lan as his guide and used a black card to gain entry to the Black Sea’s top auction house. Xiao Lan led him inside, where he was assigned the Number One Heavenly private room.

• Ye Lin accepted the black card and took Xiao Lan with him, thanking the manager for the favor.
• Xiao Lan introduced herself as Lan Xinru and told Ye Lin to call her Xiao Lan.
• Ye Lin presented the black card at the auction entrance, and the two Nascent Soul cultivators let him in without checking it.
• An attendant directed Xiao Lan to take Ye Lin to the Number One Heavenly private room.
• Xiao Lan led Ye Lin into the circular auction hall, where the lowest seats were reserved for attendees with barely enough Survival Points.

Ye Lin entered the Black Sea auction’s Heaven No. 1 private room, drawing envy and suspicion from the creatures below. Xiao Lan explained that his Black Card marked him as exceptionally wealthy and entitled him to protection and discounts.

• A golden staircase extended from Heaven No. 1, and Ye Lin climbed it with Xiao Lan to take his seat.
• Creatures in the auction marveled that a Human Race cultivator had qualified for the room, while some considered robbing him.
• Other creatures warned that the Black Sea protected Black Card holders and that Ye Lin might have powerful elders waiting outside, causing the would-be robbers to abandon their plans.
• Ye Lin asked Xiao Lan why he had been admitted without an inspection, and Xiao Lan explained the Black Card’s wealth requirement, protections, and twenty percent discount.
• Ye Lin reflected on the Black Sea’s wealthy visitors and its ability to satisfy even the most depraved desires.

Ye Lin settled into the luxurious Heaven No. 1 private room and watched the auction begin. The first lot was a set of silver needles said to contain a legendary divine physician’s inheritance, and bidding was about to start.

• Ye Lin entered Heaven No. 1 private room and admired its extravagant amenities.
• Ye Lin soaked in a medicinal pool while Xiao Lan served him Spirit Fruit and tea.
• Huo Ling'er opened the auction and introduced herself as its host.
• Huo Ling'er presented three Earth Grade Mid Tier silver needles that reportedly belonged to a divine physician and contained his inheritance.

Ye Lin watched the auction as bidders competed for a physician’s inheritance and a Rebirth Fruit, neither of which he wanted. The third item, a True Lord’s former weapon, drew wary looks from the crowd.

• Bidders drove the price of the silver needles and physician’s inheritance to 150,000 Survival Points before the auction ended the sale.
• Huo Ling'er presented an Earth Grade Low Tier Rebirth Fruit that could restore lost memories, and the bidding grew fierce.
• Divine Calculator True Person won the Rebirth Fruit for 320,000 Survival Points.
• The auction introduced an Earth Grade Low Tier longsaber that had belonged to a True Lord, and attendees avoided bidding for fear of attracting the dead True Lord’s race.