Chapter Summaries

After twelve thousand years of seclusion, Ye Lin joined Li Jinhuang at the front line for the Human Race’s final assault on the Heavenly Court. Ye Lin and Li Jinhuang struck the Heavenly Court’s gates together, fighting side by side one last time.

• Ye Lin ended his seclusion and crossed the Star River Cosmos to the front line, where the Human Race had risen to supremacy.
• Ye Lin reunited with Li Jinhuang, who told him the Human Race’s battle against the Heavenly Court would be its final one.
• Li Jinhuang called Ye Lin a friend from the future and led the Human Race’s troops toward the Heavenly Court.
• Ye Lin and Li Jinhuang attacked the Heavenly Court’s gates together.

Ye Lin and Li Jinhuang broke through the Heavenly Court’s weakened grand formation and led the allied armies inside. Ye Lin revealed that the Heavenly Court’s remaining forces had gathered in the north for a final battle, and the armies advanced toward them.

• Ye Lin struck the formation with the Emperor Sword, spreading cracks across its surface.
• Li Jinhuang punched through the damaged formation and led Ye Lin and the allied armies into the Heavenly Court.
• Ye Lin recalled two avatars and explained that the Heavenly Court’s remaining forces had assembled for a desperate final fight.
• Li Jinhuang ordered the armies north, following Ye Lin’s directions.
• Ye Lin reflected that Li Jinhuang fell short of the Ancient Human Emperor he had imagined, then dismissed the thought.

Li Jinhuang and the allied armies surrounded the Heavenly Court’s remaining forces, while the Heavenly Court Emperor prepared to lead his troops into a final battle. As the armies faced off, Li Jinhuang looked to Ye Lin after noticing the power of the enemy’s five Dao artifacts, especially the purple-gold gourd.

• The Heavenly Court Emperor confronted Li Jinhuang, blaming the Divine Beast Clan’s betrayal for the Heavenly Court’s defeat.
• The Human Race and allied armies surrounded the Heavenly Court’s remnants and waited for Li Jinhuang’s command.
• Ye Lin joined Li Jinhuang, and the Heavenly Court Emperor recognized that Primordial Unity Golden Immortals were confined by the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Court Emperor invoked the fate of all races, raised his sword, and ordered his soldiers to follow him into battle.
• Li Jinhuang summoned a golden sword, judged it against the enemy’s Dao artifacts, and turned to look at Ye Lin.

Li Jinhuang received the Human Emperor Sword from Ye Lin and fought the Heavenly Emperor, whose superior Dao artifacts gradually gave him the advantage. The Heavenly Emperor remained smug as Li Jinhuang was driven back, while the Human Race watched without losing faith.

• Li Jinhuang asked Ye Lin for a weapon, and Ye Lin handed him the Human Emperor Sword.
• The Dao artifacts seized by the Human Race failed to rise, while the Heavenly Emperor's finest artifacts shielded him from Li Jinhuang's attack.
• Li Jinhuang charged the Heavenly Emperor with the Human Emperor Sword, but the Heavenly Emperor's Dao artifacts disrupted him and pushed him onto the defensive.
• The Heavenly Emperor mocked Li Jinhuang as the Heavenly Court cheered, while the Human Race remained indignant rather than discouraged.

Ye Lin supplied Li Jinhuang with Dao artifacts, allowing him to turn the fight against the Heavenly Emperor, then took command of the Human Race army and attacked the Heavenly Court forces. As the armies clashed, Ye Lin faced four figures and invited them to fight.

• Li Jinhuang was forced back by the Heavenly Emperor, whose Dao artifacts gave him an advantage.
• Ye Lin gave Li Jinhuang the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and then the Emperor Sword, letting Li Jinhuang match and then suppress the Heavenly Emperor.
• Li Jinhuang left the armies under Ye Lin's command and fought the Heavenly Emperor beyond the heavens.
• Ye Lin attacked the Heavenly Court army, and the Human Race and allied armies charged into an all-out battle.
• Ye Lin stood before four figures and told them to go have some fun.

Ye Lin confronted the Heavenly Court’s four remaining Chaos-aptitude geniuses as its defeat became inevitable. After sending his weapons to Li Jinhuang, he prepared to fight the four with his body and three incarnations, beginning by summoning a sword formed from pure Sword Dao laws.

• The four Heavenly Court geniuses accepted Ye Lin’s challenge, and they knew the Heavenly Court’s defeat was already set.
• Ye Lin created three incarnations and faced the four in the depths of the Starry Sky, noting that Li Jinhuang had taken all his weapons.
• Ye Lin dismissed the four’s confidence in their weapons and charged the young man who had mocked him first.
• Ye Lin used “Command the sword with the heart” to form a pure white sword from Sword Dao laws.

Ye Lin fought Li Sheng in the starry sky and discovered a new power tied to the state of mind. He outpaced Li Sheng and pierced his brow, leaving his opponent stunned.

• Ye Lin struck Li Sheng with Origin Holy Light, and Li Sheng blocked the beam with his great bell but was sent flying and injured.
• Ye Lin appeared behind Li Sheng and pierced his chest before vanishing from the great bell's counterattack.
• Ye Lin realized his speed came from a new insight into the power of the heart and repeatedly flickered around Li Sheng.
• Ye Lin attacked Li Sheng with Sword Qi from hiding, and Li Sheng smashed aside a later volley with his great bell.
• Ye Lin appeared behind Li Sheng and pierced his brow with a streak of sword light, leaving Li Sheng unable to believe what had happened.

Ye Lin discovered a mysterious ability that let him move through the Starry Sky without leaving a trace, then killed the remaining three Chaos-grade prodigies. Li Jinhuang defeated and killed the Heavenly Emperor, but postponed taking revenge on the Divine Beast Clan, while Ye Lin resolved to keep a low profile.

• Ye Lin discovered that he could vanish and traverse the Starry Sky without leaving any trace.
• Li Jinhuang ordered the defeated Heavenly Emperor to rise and fight, but the Heavenly Emperor admitted defeat and blamed the Divine Beast Clan's defection for weakening the Heavenly Court.
• Li Jinhuang killed the Heavenly Emperor and shattered his Primordial Spirit, then vowed to wage war on the Divine Beast Clan after becoming a Venerable.
• Li Jinhuang decided not to attack the Divine Beast Clan yet, wary that its confined Primordial Unity Golden Immortals might intervene if he threatened their people.
• Ye Lin shattered the other three figures and reflected that his own strength, rather than the Chaos Sword Body, had made him powerful.
• Ye Lin reminded himself to stay humble and keep a low profile.

After the Human Race defeated the Heavenly Court, Li Jinhuang planned a new order for the ten thousand races and decided to turn the Heavenly Court into the Ten Thousand Races Arena. He then asked Ye Lin to resume their unfinished battle.

• The Human Race celebrated its victory after slaying the last Heavenly Court powerhouse.
• Ye Lin and Li Jinhuang watched the celebrations, and Li Jinhuang returned the Emperor Sword, Human Emperor Sword, and Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar to Ye Lin.
• Li Jinhuang said he wanted to let the ten thousand races settle personal and racial grievances without enslaving them.
• Ye Lin suggested the name Ten Thousand Races Arena, and Li Jinhuang renamed the Heavenly Court accordingly.
• Li Jinhuang told Ye Lin that he wanted to continue their unfinished battle.

Ye Lin fought Li Jinhuang across time and space, helping him break through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, though Li Jinhuang’s projection suppressed Ye Lin before they could settle their duel. The Sword Venerable then told Ye Lin he could not take him to the Chaos era, and prepared to return him through the river of time.

• Ye Lin agreed to help Li Jinhuang use their battle as pressure to break through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Three hundred years later, Li Jinhuang broke through, saw through Ye Lin’s origins, and used his new power to suppress him.
• Li Jinhuang’s projection told Ye Lin that his true body might still be alive and challenged him to settle their score in the future.
• Ye Lin met the Sword Venerable, who said he could not safely take him to the Chaos era because of its primordial Heavenly Dao imprints.
• Ye Lin accepted that the journey had ended, and the Sword Venerable opened the river of time to take him back.

Ye Lin returned to the present age and found its cultivation environment barren compared with the Primordial Era. After his communication Jade Talisman led him to Wang Tian and the others in the Central Star Domain, he reunited with them and held Luo Yao.

• The Sword Venerable sent Ye Lin to explore the Star River Cosmos and returned to closed-door cultivation.
• Ye Lin judged the present age's cultivation environment to be poor and thought he could sweep through the cosmos if no Primordial Unity Golden Immortal intervened.
• Ye Lin sensed the communication Jade Talisman's glow and followed it to the Central Star Domain.
• Ye Lin found Wang Tian, Bao Xiaotou, Shangguan Wanyu, and Luo Yao, who was in Shangguan Wanyu's arms.
• Wang Tian asked how Ye Lin had found them, and Ye Lin showed him the glowing Jade Talisman.
• Ye Lin embraced Luo Yao, while Bao Xiaotou remarked that Ye Lin seemed close to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Ye Lin reunited with his companions and found them all at the ninth layer of Golden Immortal. He assessed Li Xiaoyao as one of the strongest people in the current world, then noticed two companions were missing.

• Ye Lin checked Bao Xiaotou, Wang Tian, and Shangguan Wanyu and found that each had reached the ninth layer of Golden Immortal.
• Li Xiaoyao approached Ye Lin, and Ye Lin read his profile and judged him likely to be the strongest among the group.
• Li Xiaoyao remarked that Ye Lin had grown stronger, and Ye Lin replied that Li Xiaoyao had as well.
• Ye Lin reflected that his companions had reached their current positions through their own efforts, with his help bringing them there.
• Ye Lin noticed that two people were missing and asked where they were.

Ye Lin urged his old friends to pursue the Human Race’s Ten Great Foundations and become Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, while deciding to wait for the Chaos Secret Realm and focus on the Emperor Road. He parted ways with the group, keeping Luo Yao with him as the others set out to make their mark.

• Ye Lin told the group to compete for a place among the Human Race’s Ten Great Foundations to qualify for the Chaos Secret Realm.
• Li Xiaoyao showed interest in the goal, while Bao Xiaotou and Wang Tian accepted that they were unlikely to qualify and vowed to become Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
• Ye Lin told the group to go out and make their mark, but kept Luo Yao with him after Shangguan Wanyu agreed to leave her behind.
• Ye Lin reflected that his old friends could no longer keep pace with him and resolved to await the Chaos Secret Realm before pursuing the Emperor Road.

Ye Lin was challenged by Li Hongying, a ninth-layer Golden Immortal seeking to test the Venerable Ye’s strength. He killed her with a splash of tea and calmly poured himself another cup.

• Luo Yao and Lin Yunlu raced across the sea on their True Dragons while Ye Lin drank tea in the sky.
• Li Hongying found Ye Lin and revealed that he had driven her younger brother to his death thirty thousand years earlier.
• Li Hongying challenged Ye Lin and attacked with her spear after he warned her to reconsider.
• Ye Lin turned the tea from his cup into Sword Qi that pierced Li Hongying and destroyed her Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin set down his cup and poured himself more tea, leaving Li Hongying’s spear embedded in the seabed.

Ye Lin met with Hong Batian, who teased him about his ruthlessness and asked how his strength compared with ancient Divine Beast Clan prodigies. Hong Batian said the Star River Cosmos’s prominent young prodigies had stopped pursuing advancement to prepare for the Chaos Secret Realm.

• Hong Batian appeared before Ye Lin and teased him for killing his clansmen without mercy.
• Hong Batian said Ye Lin seemed dangerous enough to kill him, and Ye Lin replied that it would take two sword strikes.
• Hong Batian asked what rank he would hold among ancient-era Divine Beast Clan experts, but Ye Lin suggested he ask his Primordial Unity Golden Immortal father.
• Hong Batian said his father had warned him that imitating Ye Lin would get him beaten to death, and he jokingly threatened to send thirty million experts after Ye Lin.
• Hong Batian explained that the Star River Cosmos’s prominent young prodigies were preparing for the Chaos Secret Realm, while a few others were still struggling to advance.

Liu Bai warned Ye Lin that several Primordial Unity Golden Immortals had put him on their wanted list and might attack when he tried to break through to their realm. Ye Lin took the threat seriously and learned that the Human Race’s three ancestors were already addressing it.

• Hong Batian asked Ye Lin whether the two little girls were his children, then left to enter seclusion before the Chaos Secret Realm.
• Liu Bai appeared and explained that his history with the Phoenix Clan made it inappropriate for him to meet Hong Batian.
• Liu Bai told Ye Lin that several Primordial Unity Golden Immortals had targeted him and advised him to arrange protection for his future breakthrough and gather more allies.
• Ye Lin grew solemn at the warning that his enemies might strike during his breakthrough, and Liu Bai said the Human Race’s three ancestors had already received the news.

After leaving Liu Bai, Ye Lin traveled through the Star River Cosmos with Lin Yunlu and Luo Yao, where he discovered signs of an approaching catastrophe. He realized the Heavenly Dao was withering and the current age might bring upheavals capable of overturning the cosmos’s cultivation system.

• Ye Lin kept Liu Bai’s three golden communication Jade Talismans, which could summon three Primordial Unity Golden Immortals to protect him.
• Ye Lin left with Lin Yunlu and Luo Yao, while a golden dragon in the sea sighed with relief after the three ancestors departed.
• As Ye Lin traveled through the Star River Cosmos, he sensed that the laws of heaven and earth and the power of the Heavenly Dao were weakening irreversibly.
• Ye Lin saw Aberrations, evil creatures, the Devil Race, and the Blood Clan appearing openly in the Central Star Domain and slaughtering across it.
• Ye Lin connected the worsening cultivation environment and growing tribulation aura to rumors that the current fourth great age was the age of ending, when upheavals might overturn the cultivation system.

Ye Lin visited the Human Ancestor Hall to learn why the Star River Cosmos was changing and learned that a catastrophe was approaching. The Human Race's First Ancestor warned that the calamity would engulf the cosmos and that even Primordial Unity Golden Immortals could not escape it.

• Ye Lin went to the Human Ancestor Hall with Lin Yunlu and Luo Yao to ask the Human Race's ancestors about the changes in the Star River Cosmos.
• Ye Lin entered the hall and sensed that it held the vast providence of the Human Race.
• The First Ancestor told Ye Lin that the legend of this being the Star River Cosmos's final era was true and that the Heavenly Dao was withering.
• The First Ancestor said demons had overrun the Third Region and remote lands, while the Second Region and First Region were also suffering.
• Ye Lin asked how to resolve the calamity, and the First Ancestor said it had no solution and would threaten even Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.

Ye Lin learned from the Human Race's First Ancestor that a great calamity threatened even Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, then left to prepare for the Chaos Secret Realm. As he wandered the Starry Sky with Luo Yao and Lin Yunlu, he saw the cosmos rapidly collapsing and found himself unable to explain the growing number of corpses.

• The Human Race's First Ancestor told Ye Lin to focus on preparing for the Chaos Secret Realm and said the calamity would not spiral out of control, though even Primordial Unity Golden Immortals could not escape it.
• Ye Lin thanked the First Ancestor and left, while Luo Yao waved goodbye to the three ancestors and followed him.
• The three ancestors discussed Luo Yao's and Ye Lin's hidden origins and worried about how many beings would survive the calamity.
• Ye Lin wandered through the Starry Sky with Luo Yao and Lin Yunlu as worlds withered, resources dwindled, and corpses accumulated.
• Lin Yunlu asked Ye Lin why there were more and more corpses, and Ye Lin said he did not know.

Ye Lin traveled through ruined starfields with Lin Yunlu and Luo Yao, finding no living creatures except monsters, before reaching the Human Emperor Domain. He arrived as the Devil Race attacked the world and turned their attention toward him.

• Ye Lin destroyed shadows that attacked him in the darkness and continued onward with Lin Yunlu and Luo Yao.
• Ye Lin saw that the starfields were filled with ruins and corpses, with no living creatures besides monsters hiding in the dark.
• Ye Lin followed distant explosions to the Human Emperor Domain, where the world's Heavenly Dao barrier protected its inhabitants from the Devil Race.
• The Devil Race noticed Ye Lin and charged at him, while Lin Yunlu hid behind him and Luo Yao waved at the monsters, making her wrist bells ring.