Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin purchased the first lesson of the Daluo Golden Immortal Sword Dao Cultivation Course and listened as a sword-wielding woman taught him on a snowy cliff. After the lesson ended, he returned to the lecture hall, where he could choose whether to buy the next lesson.

• Ye Lin entered the lecture hall and found the Daluo Golden Immortal Sword Dao Cultivation Course lessons, each priced at five thousand transaction points.
• Ye Lin purchased Lesson One and was transported to a snowy cliff, where a beautiful woman warned him that he could view the lesson only once.
• Ye Lin sat down and comprehended the Sword Dao as the woman lectured and demonstrated sword techniques.
• The woman finished teaching Lesson One, told Ye Lin he could purchase Lesson Two, and vanished.
• Ye Lin returned to the small room.

Ye Lin discovered that the Sword Dao lessons were taught by an expert whose courses reached the Eighth Heaven of the Quasi-Saint realm, and he bought five more lessons to deepen his understanding. After completing them, he learned how many Daluo Golden Immortal courses were available and which ones he needed for his cultivation stage.

• Ye Lin realized that the Sword Dao courses came from a likely Ninth Heaven Quasi-Saint expert and saw the price of the first lesson rise from five thousand to one million trade points.
• Ye Lin spent twenty-five thousand trade points to buy five lessons at once.
• The instructor combined the five lessons, and Ye Lin listened and struggled to comprehend the increasingly rapid lecture as snow melted before reaching him.
• The lecture ended, and the instructor explained how many of the 13,432 Daluo Golden Immortal courses cultivators at different stages needed to hear.

Ye Lin left the mysterious lessons after spending his transaction points and resolved to earn enough to continue studying. Back in his room, he discovered that only one shichen had passed and planned to top up his points after finalizing his cooperation with Wang Mingyang.

• The woman warned Ye Lin not to watch lessons beyond his cultivation level and disappeared with the surrounding scene.
• Ye Lin calculated that the remaining lessons would cost nearly thirty million transaction points and decided to earn more.
• Ye Lin saw the name Snow Domain Saint, Bing Ruoxin, and committed it to memory.
• Ye Lin returned to his room and realized that only one shichen had passed because time flowed differently in the two spaces.
• Ye Lin put Wang Mingyang's golden card into his Spatial Ring and planned to visit the Origin Chamber of Commerce for more transaction points after finalizing their cooperation.

After reviewing the lecture, Ye Lin set out with Wang Mingyang to visit a secret realm, bringing Luo Yao and Xinyou along. On the way, he asked Wang Mingyang how valuable transaction points were and learned that a postnatal spirit treasure could be exchanged for roughly one and a half to two million points.

• Ye Lin finished reviewing the lecture and left the house, where Wang Mingyang, Luo Yao, and Xinyou were waiting.
• Ye Lin thanked Wang Mingyang for showing him the item that had introduced him to the Origin Chamber of Commerce.
• Ye Lin agreed to visit the secret realm with Wang Mingyang and brought Luo Yao and Xinyou along.
• Ye Lin asked Wang Mingyang about transaction point exchange rates as they traveled.
• Wang Mingyang explained that a postnatal spirit treasure cost at least three million in the Origin Chamber of Commerce but exchanged for roughly one and a half to two million transaction points.

Ye Lin learned that acquiring enough transaction points to buy a ninth-heaven Quasi-Saint's course would be difficult. Wang Mingyang explained that long courses were costly and dangerously addictive, leaving Ye Lin already hooked on lessons and likely headed toward a cycle of earning points to keep studying.

• Ye Lin realized that even selling his three most valuable treasures might not earn the transaction points he needed.
• Wang Mingyang asked what Ye Lin wanted to buy, and Ye Lin admitted he was short of the points required for a ninth-heaven Quasi-Saint's course.
• Wang Mingyang fell silent after hearing Ye Lin wanted a course, wary that Ye Lin might ask to borrow money.
• Wang Mingyang recalled that courses began at over ten thousand classes and could leave cultivators bankrupt and dependent on lessons.
• Wang Mingyang concluded that Ye Lin had already become hooked and would likely labor to earn points for more courses.

Ye Lin brought Wang Mingyang into the secret realm to meet the Spirit King, where Wang Mingyang was stunned by the power of creation and intimidated by the Daluo Golden Immortals guarding the underground space. After the guards let them pass, Ye Lin headed for White King Palace with Wang Mingyang close behind.

• Ye Lin opened the secret realm entrance and led Wang Mingyang inside.
• Ye Lin took Wang Mingyang underground, where he was astonished by the dense, terrifying power of creation.
• A group of Daluo Golden Immortals appeared and surrounded Ye Lin and Wang Mingyang.
• Ye Lin explained that Wang Mingyang was his friend and had come to meet the Spirit King, and the guards warned Wang Mingyang not to wander in the second space.
• Ye Lin headed toward White King Palace while Wang Mingyang nervously followed close behind.

Ye Lin brought Wang Mingyang to White King Palace, where they encountered numerous Daluo Golden Immortals and quasi-Saints. The Spirit King warmly welcomed Luo Yao and took her to the throne while Ye Lin was shown to a seat.

• Ye Lin and Wang Mingyang arrived at White King Palace, where Daluo Golden Immortals watched them under a powerful holy might.
• Ye Lin entered the palace and saw the Spirit King seated on his throne beside two quasi-Saint elders.
• The Spirit King asked whether Luo Yao was Ye Lin's younger sister, then took her into his arms and doted on her.
• A young man directed Ye Lin to a luxurious chair, and the Spirit King ordered his attendants to prepare the finest food.

The Spirit King tried to persuade Luo Yao to stay with him, but she insisted on remaining with Ye Lin. After enduring the overwhelming presence of the secret realm's experts, Wang Mingyang submitted to the Spirit King and began discussing the Wang Family's proposed cooperation.

• The Spirit King offered to make Luo Yao his little sister and promised to care for her, but Luo Yao said she wanted to stay with Brother Ye Lin.
• Wang Mingyang, surrounded by powerful Daluo Golden Immortals and intimidated by the two elders, grew increasingly frightened while Ye Lin did not help him.
• Wang Mingyang concluded the secret realm beings were trying to assert dominance and saluted the Spirit King on behalf of the Wang Family.
• The Spirit King welcomed Wang Mingyang, gave him a seat, and asked what cooperation the Wang Family proposed.

The Spirit King made Wang Mingyang’s cooperation with the secret realm contingent on Ye Lin’s approval of every transaction. Wang Mingyang agreed, leaving Ye Lin with a role in the Wang Family’s future dealings.

• Ye Lin realized the Spirit King had used the earlier encirclement and negotiations to pressure Wang Mingyang into accepting less favorable terms.
• After the cooperation terms were settled, the Spirit King required Wang Mingyang to obtain Ye Lin’s approval before every transaction.
• Wang Mingyang was surprised by the condition but agreed, saying he and Ye Lin got along well.
• Wang Mingyang considered that he could offer Ye Lin benefits, but resolved to execute him if Ye Lin deliberately obstructed the Wang Family.

Wang Mingyang and the Spirit King finalized their cooperation, giving the Wang Family a path to dominate Long River Prefecture. As Ye Lin prepared to leave for the Origin Chamber of Commerce, the Spirit King asked him to trade the resources in a Spatial Ring for Xuan Yang Jinyi Iron.

• The Spirit King and Wang Mingyang agreed to cooperate, while Ye Lin was allowed to continue overseeing the Wang Family.
• The Spirit King invited Wang Mingyang and Ye Lin to stay and enjoy his hospitality, but Ye Lin said he had to visit the Origin Chamber of Commerce.
• Ye Lin explained transaction points to the Spirit King, who became interested in the Saint-built chamber of commerce.
• The Spirit King handed Ye Lin a Spatial Ring and asked him to exchange its resources for as much Xuan Yang Jinyi Iron as possible.

Ye Lin left Luo Yao with Spirit King after she chose to stay and enjoy the food. As he departed the secret realm, Ye Lin began to doubt why Spirit King treated him so well when he seemed to have no value to offer.

• Spirit King stopped Ye Lin from taking Luo Yao and offered to keep her company.
• Ye Lin asked Luo Yao whether she wanted to stay, and she chose to wait there for him.
• Ye Lin accepted Luo Yao's choice, promised to return for her, and left her in Spirit King's care.
• Spirit King happily watched over Luo Yao while Wang Mingyang reflected on Ye Lin's fondness for classes.
• After leaving the secret realm, Ye Lin wondered why Spirit King valued him despite having nothing left to use.

Ye Lin traveled across Origin Continent toward the only Origin Chamber of Commerce branch in Long River Prefecture, stopping to recover after ten days. When a bloodied woman asked him for help, he refused and ordered her to leave.

• Ye Lin left for the distant Origin Chamber of Commerce branch, suppressing Demon Beasts with his Daluo Golden Immortal pressure as he traveled.
• Ye Lin estimated the journey would take a month and continued accelerating across the great prefecture.
• After ten days of nonstop travel, Ye Lin descended into a canyon and entered a cave to recover his chaotic power.
• Thunderous fighting outside the cave drew Ye Lin out, where he saw three figures attacking a young man.
• A bloodied woman appeared behind Ye Lin and begged for help, but he told her to leave within three breaths or he would kill her.

Ye Lin forced Chunxin to surrender her Spatial Ring before leaving the cave and intervening in the battle against her senior brother. He effortlessly struck down one attacker, while the other two faced him.

• Chunxin begged Ye Lin to rescue her senior brother, but Ye Lin threatened to kill her when she failed to leave after three breaths.
• Chunxin offered her possessions, and Ye Lin took her Spatial Ring, discovering it held vast resources and rare medicines given to her by her master for the Origin Chamber of Commerce.
• Ye Lin emerged from the cave and saw three attackers about to kill Chunxin's badly wounded senior brother, a disciple of Sword True Person from the Supreme Sword Sect.
• Ye Lin stopped the attackers' strikes and appeared before them; when one demanded to know who he was, Ye Lin sent him crashing into a wall with a glance.

After recovering in a cave, Ye Lin left Chunxin and her injured senior brother a ten-thousand-year spiritual medicine and continued toward his destination in Long River Prefecture. His journey was halted by an immense transparent barrier that he could not move.

• Ye Lin killed three Dao Fruit Great Luos with a glance and brought their half-dead captive back to the cave, where Chunxin reunited with her senior brother.
• Ye Lin crushed the three attackers' Spatial Rings, found nothing useful, and recuperated while Chunxin treated her senior brother.
• After three days, Ye Lin left Chunxin a ten-thousand-year spiritual medicine and set off toward his destination.
• Ye Lin traveled across Long River Prefecture until he encountered a transparent barrier stretching endlessly across his path.
• Ye Lin pressed his hand against the barrier and found it immovable.

Ye Lin encountered an impassable barrier on the route to the Origin Chamber of Commerce and learned it had been erected by a quasi-saint to contain an Evil Demon. He discovered the barrier could not be bypassed nearby, leaving his journey blocked.

• Ye Lin found that a powerful barrier blocked the route shown on his map and left to find out why.
• Ye Lin entered a nearby city and met an old man known as Know-It-All in an alley.
• Ye Lin paid Know-It-All to learn that a quasi-saint had erected the barrier ten years earlier to contain an Evil Demon threatening Long River Prefecture.
• Ye Lin asked about reaching the Origin Chamber of Commerce and learned the barrier stretched tens of thousands of Pengcheng in either direction.
• Ye Lin learned that no one knew when the barrier would disappear and realized his route was blocked.

Ye Lin followed directions to the entrance of the barrier surrounding a vortex, where cultivators paid a million Supreme Immortal Stones to enter. He received an Identity Token and learned it was needed to distinguish cultivators from demons inside, leaving him poised to enter the dangerous region.

• Ye Lin paid an old man for directions and learned the entrance lay at the end of the main road, with entry costing one million Supreme Immortal Stones.
• Ye Lin followed the road and wondered whether a Quasi-Saint was using the barrier to collect money, then dismissed the idea.
• Ye Lin reached the vortex and saw powerful cultivators queuing to enter, including Daluo Golden Immortals seeking a chance to advance.
• Ye Lin reflected on how the Dao had no end and how even Daluo Golden Immortals were ants to Quasi-Saints.
• Ye Lin paid for entry and received an Identity Token, which he was warned to keep safe because demons inside could disguise themselves as ordinary beings.

Ye Lin entered the region wearing an Identity Token and stayed alert for Evil Demons. He left the area after killing several beings who lacked tokens and whose panels he could not see.

• Ye Lin crossed the barrier and traveled quickly through the seemingly ordinary landscape, wary of Evil Demons.
• A young man without an Identity Token ran after Ye Lin and claimed he had lost it.
• Ye Lin saw that he could not view the young man's panel and killed him with Azure Frost.
• Ye Lin continued onward and killed the other Evil Demons he encountered, who were mostly weak cultivators.

Ye Lin discovered that nightfall unleashed Evil Demons and followed a Daluo Golden Immortal woman to a protected city. He made it inside just before the darkness overtook the outside, where the woman questioned why he had been wandering without knowing the rules.

• Ye Lin realized the Evil Demons he had encountered were likely only the weaker ones and suspected a greater threat remained.
• As the sky darkened, a woman called out to Ye Lin and urged him to follow her to a safe zone.
• Ye Lin followed the woman as chilling roars arose from the darkness and terrifying creatures closed in around them.
• The woman led Ye Lin down to a city protected by a barrier, and his Identity Token allowed him to pass through it.
• Inside, an old man teased them for arriving just in time, and the woman asked Ye Lin why he had been outside without knowing the rules.

Ye Lin learned that Evil Crystals could be exchanged for trading points at the Origin Chamber of Commerce and decided to search for them before continuing his journey. He planned to explore the surrounding area after dawn, when the wilderness was safer.

• A woman warned Ye Lin that daytime and nighttime each lasted thirty shichen and that Evil Demons grew much stronger after dark.
• Ye Lin asked what Evil Crystals were, surprising the woman and the powerful figures nearby.
• The woman explained that the Origin Chamber of Commerce paid a thousand trading points for each Evil Crystal and said they could be found in canyons, ruins, or by questioning Evil Demons.
• The woman gave Ye Lin an Evil Crystal, and he stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin decided to explore for Evil Crystals after dawn and postpone his trip to the Origin Chamber of Commerce if the search proved worthwhile.

Ye Lin and the cultivators endured mind-rattling howls from beyond the city’s light barrier. After a Daluo Golden Immortal returned bloodied from the darkness, the newcomers learned that it blocked the six senses and stayed inside until morning.

• Ye Lin and the cultivators struggled to withstand howls that disrupted meditation and agitated their minds.
• A Daluo Golden Immortal charged beyond the light barrier, unable to endure the noise.
• The cultivator returned bloodied and warned that the darkness blocked the six senses and made it impossible to find direction.
• The restless newcomers settled down inside the city, while Daluo Golden Immortals suppressed Primordial Unity Golden Immortals whose minds were unraveling.
• Ye Lin closed his eyes and remained unmoved by the continuing howls.