Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin returned to Stone Village and visited its ancestral hall, where he found the spirit tablet of Naya, the woman he had left behind. He traced her life through time and saw that she had kept his necklace, become village chief, and lived alone until her death.

• The Martial King asked Ye Lin about his origins, and Ye Lin said he had once lived in Stone Village but had left long ago.
• The Martial King explained that Stone Village had been rebuilt repeatedly but always returned to its original layout.
• The Martial King brought Ye Lin to the ancestral hall and showed him the village chiefs' spirit tablets.
• Ye Lin found Naya's tablet and recognized the blue-bead necklace he had given her.
• Ye Lin followed the river of time and saw Naya keep his necklace, become village chief, and die without ever marrying.

Ye Lin left Stone Village after accepting that Naya’s past could not be changed, then gathered Heavenly Dao origins from ruined worlds and visited the Lord of the Forbidden Void. The Lord was surprised by Ye Lin’s progress, while Ye Lin marveled that the old man was still alive.

• Ye Lin let the river of time dissipate and departed Stone Village with Luo Yao and Lin Yunlu.
• The Martial King watched the three vanish, then found an old book and wondered whether Ye Lin was the man Naya had yearned for.
• Ye Lin collected the Heavenly Dao origins of dozens of ruined small worlds and sent them to the Xuanhuang Great World.
• Ye Lin arrived in the Forbidden Void and mocked the Lord of the Forbidden Void for surviving.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Void sent away his sword-bearing attendant and told Ye Lin that he had exceeded expectations.

Ye Lin offered the old man a Reincarnation Flower, but the old man refused and asked Ye Lin to protect his subordinates after his death. Ye Lin agreed, took the Source of the Forbidden Void and carried the entire Forbidden Void away, leaving the old man to die in peace.

• The old man told Ye Lin he had only a few decades to a hundred years left and refused Ye Lin's offer to reincarnate.
• The old man asked Ye Lin to find a safe place for his subordinates, and Ye Lin promised to take them to the Human Territory.
• The old man gave Ye Lin the Source of the Forbidden Void and relaxed after his concerns were settled.
• Ye Lin took the entire Forbidden Void in his hand and left through the Starry Sky.
• The old man wondered why none of his enemies had come for revenge, unaware that Ye Lin's three great avatars had nearly wiped them out.

Ye Lin traveled through the devastated Star River Cosmos and saw the Heavenly Dao’s calamity wiping out most living beings, while he chose not to interfere. In the Human Emperor Domain, the Human Race’s strongest forces had assembled in a sanctuary that the Aberrations dared not approach.

• Ye Lin entered the Third Region, saw the ruin caused by the Heavenly Dao’s great reshuffling, and decided not to intervene.
• Ye Lin crossed the Second Region and Central Star Domain, observing Aberrations and Evil Cultivators slaughtering living beings while some cultivators hid and struggled to survive.
• Ye Lin discovered that the evil forces avoided people and factions connected to Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
• Ye Lin arrived in the Human Emperor Domain and found the Human Race’s top powers gathered in a safe sanctuary that Aberrations would not approach.

Ye Lin placed Forbidden Void alongside humanity and forbade the two sides from killing one another. After an initial battle and several thousand years of uneasy coexistence, Forbidden Void had merged peacefully with the Human Territory, and its Golden Immortals had begun forming ties with humanity.

• Ye Lin left Forbidden Void in humanity's territory and ordered both races to coexist, trade, and refrain from killing one another.
• Human and Forbidden Void powerhouses immediately fought, drawing in more humans, but Ye Lin's prohibition prevented any deaths.
• After three days and nights, both sides stopped fighting and gradually integrated through repeated, nonlethal clashes.
• Several thousand years later, Forbidden Void had merged with humanity, and its Golden Immortals had established ties with human Golden Immortals.

After waking from a nap thousands of years long, Ye Lin discovered that no one else had advanced to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and found that the Heavenly Dao had allowed a grave threat to persist. He entered the River of Time to intervene, joined by the Sword Venerable and Sky Vault, and arrived in a world crowded with Aberration creatures and nine Primordial Unity Golden Immortal evil beings.

• Ye Lin woke after several thousand years and noted that more than ten thousand years remained before the Emperor Road opened.
• Ye Lin used his divine sense to survey the Star River Cosmos and accused the Heavenly Dao of allowing something intolerable to happen.
• Ye Lin sent Xinyou to find Luo Yao, then entered the River of Time to intervene.
• The Sword Venerable and Sky Vault decided to accompany Ye Lin and set out to destroy the threat.
• Ye Lin stood in a gloomy world filled with Aberration creatures, demons, devils, ghosts, monsters, and nine Primordial Unity Golden Immortal evil beings.

Ye Lin confronted the Aberrations and monsters that the Heavenly Dao had freed to replace the living beings of the Star River Cosmos. He revealed the Heavenly Dao’s purge plan and stood ready to kill them.

• A monster appeared before Ye Lin and asked why he had come, while other creatures gathered around him.
• Ye Lin drew the Emperor Sword and declared that he had come to kill them.
• The Aberrations urged Ye Lin to leave and wait for the Emperor Road, claiming they had not harmed his interests.
• Ye Lin recognized that the Heavenly Dao had released the sealed Aberrations and monsters to rule the Star River Cosmos.
• The Heavenly Dao had begun its plan after Ye Lin’s killing of Primordial Unity Golden Immortals weakened their ranks, while it helped Ye Lin enter the Primordial Unity realm in return for his settling accounts with them.

Ye Lin confronted the Aberrations after discovering Heavenly Dao’s plan to let them prey on the Star River Cosmos, and refused their demands that he leave. Sword Venerable and Sky Vault arrived with reinforcements, leaving the Aberrations facing a group of seven Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.

• Ye Lin discovered Heavenly Dao’s plan and decided to stop the Aberrations from turning the Star River Cosmos into their playground.
• The Aberrations tried to persuade Ye Lin to leave, promising not to harm his friends, but he vowed to kill them all.
• The Aberrations threatened Ye Lin and claimed Heavenly Dao had permitted their plan to flourish.
• Sword Venerable and Sky Vault arrived with three Primordial Unity Golden Immortals of the Phoenix Clan and two of the Dragon Clan.
• The Aberrations were startled that Heavenly Dao had allowed the seven reinforcements to come.

Ye Lin and the Sword Venerable led the Primordial Unity Golden Immortals into battle against the Aberrations, and the Heavenly Dao watched without taking sides. The fighting left the Star River Cosmos in chaos, while Ye Lin’s actions gave its remaining sentient beings a chance to survive.

• The Primordial Unity Golden Immortals arrived and condemned the Aberrations surrounding Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin raised the Emperor Sword and attacked a peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, while the newcomers launched their own attacks.
• Ye Lin dragged an Aberration into the river of time, and the great melee erupted among the Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
• The battle shattered the river of time and disrupted the laws of heaven and earth, frightening powerful cultivators across the Star River Cosmos.
• The Heavenly Dao watched without helping either side, recognizing that Ye Lin’s intervention had likely prevented the Aberrations from destroying the remaining sentient beings.

Ye Lin overwhelmed the Aberration in the River of Time, then used acquired-grade techniques and revealed his Chaos Sword Body. The Aberration recognized the techniques as impossible for the Star River Cosmos and demanded to know who Ye Lin’s master was.

• The Aberration complained that Ye Lin was far stronger than it had expected as he continued to suppress it.
• Ye Lin mocked the Aberration and attacked it with Sword Qi, which vanished before it could cause substantial harm.
• Ye Lin used the Grand Void Ashen Extinction Finger and Karmic Fire Red Lotus, astonishing the Aberration with their acquired-grade power.
• The Aberration used black mist to destroy both attacks but remained wary of Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin revealed his Chaos Sword Body, and the Aberration cursed in shock and demanded to know who his master was.

Ye Lin used his Chaos Sword Body and sword techniques to pursue a powerful Aberration, but its superior cultivation let it evade his attacks. He trapped it in a sword formation and tried to sever its karma, but the Aberration remained unharmed.

• The Aberration offered to tell Ye Lin about the Boundary Sea if he spared it, but Ye Lin rejected the offer and kept attacking.
• The Aberration fled instead of fighting Ye Lin head-on, confident that its speed and cultivation would keep it safe.
• Ye Lin formed a sword formation around the Aberration and struck it with lightning Sword Qi, but it felt no pain.
• Ye Lin used Karma Severance to target the Aberration's thread of Destiny, but the Aberration claimed it had no such thread and laughed off the attack.

Ye Lin and his allies used specially crafted God-Binding Ropes to pull the Aberrations out of the River of Time and restrain it. Ye Lin attacked with sword techniques and flames, then stabbed its head with the Emperor Sword as its consciousness and life force faded.

• The Aberrations escaped into the River of Time, but Ye Lin revealed that he had prepared a trap with several allies.
• The allies used golden God-Binding Ropes to drag the Aberrations out of the River of Time and bind it.
• Ye Lin slashed the Aberrations with the Emperor Sword and burned it with Karmic Fire Red Lotus while his allies held it fast.
• As the Aberrations weakened and begged for its life, Ye Lin imbued his sword with Purgatory Ice Flame and plunged it into the Aberrations' head.
• The Aberrations struggled as its consciousness scattered and its life force faded.

Ye Lin and the surrounding figures used the God-Binding Curse and God-Slaying Curse to weaken the peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Aberrations, then Ye Lin struck it with the Emperor Sword. After ten years, the Aberrations vanished into ash, ending a threat that had lasted more than ten thousand epochs.

• The figures activated the God-Binding Curse and then the God-Slaying Curse against the Aberrations.
• Ye Lin pulled the Emperor Sword from the Aberrations and drove it back into its body, unleashing Sword Qi.
• With Ye Lin occupying the peak Aberrations, the other fighters suppressed and killed their opponents on the remaining battlefields.
• After ten years, the Aberrations screamed once more and disappeared into ash.
• Ye Lin thanked the figures, who said killing the Aberrations had been their duty and that they could finally end the threat.

After killing the powerful Aberration, Ye Lin destroyed its hidden world and eradicated the Aberrations across the battlefields. He left the remaining Starry Sky Aberrations to perish after the Heavenly Dao calamity passed.

• The other figures departed after helping Ye Lin kill the Aberration, completing their mission.
• Ye Lin returned to the Aberration stronghold and shattered its hidden world, destroying the Aberrations within.
• Ye Lin used his divine sense to suppress and eliminate Aberrations and monsters on the other battlefields.
• Ye Lin chose to protect the Human Race and the Star River Cosmos rather than let the Aberrations rule it.

After eradicating the Aberrations, Ye Lin found the Central Star Domain’s Hundred Heroes Ranking and entered its challenge, hoping to claim first place. He began by facing the last-ranked guardian, whose strength surprised him.

• Ye Lin watched the Aberrations vanish into ash, then left and found the Hundred Heroes Ranking, where Sword Venerable stood fifth and the Ancient Human Emperor ranked first.
• Ye Lin decided to challenge the ranking and entered it, starting a contest without Heavenly Dao missions.
• An old man greeted Ye Lin and revealed himself as the last-ranked guardian who had stopped many challengers.
• Ye Lin attacked with a casual Sword Qi strike, but the old man raised a hand and shattered it before retreating.

Ye Lin defeated an old man with a swift sword strike and began climbing the Central Star Domain’s Hundred Heroes Ranking, targeting those who had once obstructed his Tribulation Transcendence. The Primordial Unity Golden Immortals watched in disbelief as he rapidly advanced to ninetieth place.

• Ye Lin shattered the old man’s Karmic Fire Barrier, vanished, and killed him with a sword strike.
• Ye Lin entered the next stage, and his name took the final spot on the Central Star Domain’s Hundred Heroes Ranking.
• Primordial Unity Golden Immortals discussed how far Ye Lin might climb and whether he could reach first place.
• Ye Lin climbed to ninety-eighth place and then, an hour later, reached ninetieth place, astonishing the watching immortals.

Ye Lin fought his way up the Hundred Heroes Ranking, but after reaching twenty-second place, he recognized that his cultivation was still insufficient to defeat the strongest opponents. He left the ranking to recover and prepare for what came next.

• Ye Lin's increasingly difficult battles forced him to use the Emperor Sword and gradually unleash his full power as he climbed the ranking.
• After a thousand years of fighting, Ye Lin reached twenty-third place and gained combat experience and a deeper understanding of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal power.
• Ye Lin fought the peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal in twenty-second place, who praised his strength and compared his bearing to the Ancient Human Emperor.
• Ye Lin realized he was at the end of his strength and left the Hundred Heroes Ranking to regulate his breathing in the Starry Sky.
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After reaching twenty-first place on the Hundred Heroes Ranking, Ye Lin rested for a year and then entered the ranking again to continue his climb. The Primordial Unity Golden Immortals watched as he faced a refined man in an ink-black robe, who acknowledged Ye Lin’s achievement.

• The Primordial Unity Golden Immortals praised Ye Lin for reaching twenty-first place despite his early-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Ye Lin rested in the Starry Sky for a year, then rose and entered the Hundred Heroes Ranking again.
• The spectators debated whether Ye Lin could challenge the highest ranks, comparing him with the Ancient Human Emperor and the Sword Venerable.
• A refined middle-aged man in an ink-black robe greeted Ye Lin and remarked that he had managed to reach him.

Ye Lin faced Xuan Su, the Chess Sage, who drew him into a chessboard and attacked him with beasts formed from black pieces. Ye Lin unleashed the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, clearing the black pieces and filling their spaces with white ones.

• Ye Lin recognized Xuan Su as the ancient Chess Sage, who had died attempting to reach the Great Luo realm.
• Xuan Su summoned a chessboard and pulled Ye Lin into it, challenging him to a game.
• A black chess piece transformed into a Taotie, and Ye Lin killed it with the Emperor Sword.
• More black pieces turned into beasts and surrounded Ye Lin, while he searched for a way to escape the chessboard.
• Ye Lin used the Karmic Fire Red Lotus to destroy the beasts and black pieces, and white pieces appeared in their place.

Ye Lin broke Xuan Su’s chess formation and passed his trial, then prepared to face the twentieth-ranked Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned him about its former master’s fearsome power, leaving Ye Lin to meet the next challenge with caution.

• Ye Lin shattered Xuan Su’s chessboard formation before its momentum could fully build.
• Xuan Su conceded, praised Ye Lin, and confirmed that he had passed the trial.
• Ye Lin learned that his next opponent was the Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord, who had once nearly slaughtered half the Star River Cosmos.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar teased Ye Lin and offered to ask its former master to go easy on him.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar acknowledged that the Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord had been exceptionally powerful.