Chapter Summaries

After daylight returned, Ye Lin left the safe zone to investigate the strange light and search the ruins for Evil Crystals. He found an empty, devastated city and left without learning what had happened there.

• Daylight arrived after thirty hours, and the Evil Demons vanished.
• A middle-aged man said thirty-two Primordial Unity Golden Immortals had died during the night.
• Ye Lin suspected the daylight came from a magic artifact that restrained the darkness and wondered what the quasi-sages were plotting.
• Ye Lin left the safe zone to search for Evil Crystals in ruined faction sites.
• Ye Lin explored a ruined city but found no corpses, Evil Demons, or Evil Crystals.

Ye Lin discovered an enormous hollow beneath the ruins, where Evil Demons guarded a pit filled with Evil Crystals. He slaughtered the demons surrounding him and prepared to move on after destroying their three Daluo Golden Immortal leaders.

• Ye Lin sensed something wrong with the ground and stomped until the ruins collapsed, revealing a hollow beneath them.
• Countless Evil Demons surrounded Ye Lin, and he spotted a pit filled with black Evil Crystals.
• Ye Lin used his twin swords to kill the surrounding Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Evil Demons.
• Ye Lin faced the three Daluo Golden Immortal Evil Demons and erased them with the Grand Void Space-Rending Sword.

After defeating the Evil Demons, Ye Lin collected 634 foul-smelling Evil Crystals from the sinkhole but doubted whether they were genuine. He returned to the safe zone to have them identified before continuing his search.

• Ye Lin wondered why the Evil Demons had fought to the death despite being able to communicate and recognize danger.
• Ye Lin uncovered a dense trove of Evil Crystals, but their unbearable stench made him question whether they were real.
• Ye Lin stored the 634 crystals in a separate Spatial Ring and calculated they might be worth 6,340,000 trading points.
• Ye Lin decided to return to the safe zone to identify the crystals before exploring further.
• Ye Lin reached the safe zone, found only a handful of seriously injured survivors, and approached an old man.

Ye Lin learned that Evil Demon blood could remove the stench from an Evil Crystal, then set out to hunt Evil Demons and search for ruins. After an hour without finding any, he discovered a cloud-hidden mountain that opened onto a vast continent.

• Ye Lin showed the wounded old man an Evil Crystal, and the old man confirmed its identity and explained that Evil Demon blood would remove its stench.
• Ye Lin thanked the old man, put away the Evil Crystal, and left the safe zone to begin hunting.
• Ye Lin examined the Evil Crystal he had received from a woman but could not determine its purpose or sense any energy from it.
• Ye Lin searched the land for an hour without finding ruins, then spotted a mysterious mountain concealed by clouds.
• Ye Lin flew through the clouds and found a vast continent filled with mist-shrouded mountain peaks.

Ye Lin searched the continent for the Evil Demons whose auras had vanished, hoping to use their blood to cleanse his Evil Crystal. He traced them to a cave and sent in a clone, which recognized the familiar stench of Evil Crystals.

• Ye Lin entered the continent and found that the dozens of unfamiliar auras he had sensed earlier had disappeared.
• Ye Lin searched the area and decided to capture Evil Demons to wash away the stench on his Evil Crystal.
• Ye Lin tracked the vanished auras to a cave and sent a clone inside while he stayed outside.
• Ye Lin's clone smelled Evil Crystals in the cave and realized there were likely many of them.

Ye Lin found Chunxin tied up by Evil Demons deep underground and rescued her. Chunxin explained that she had come to exchange her dead senior brother’s belongings for transaction points, fearing her strict master’s punishment if she returned without them.

• Ye Lin discovered Evil Demons gathered around a bound woman in an underground chamber filled with Evil Crystals.
• Ye Lin recognized the captive as Chunxin and killed the surrounding Evil Demons, including their Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Ye Lin freed Chunxin and asked why she had come to such a dangerous place.
• Chunxin said her senior brother had died and she had brought his belongings to the Myriad Heavens Pawnshop for transaction points.
• Chunxin told Ye Lin she feared her master would beat her if she returned without the transaction points.

Ye Lin finished cleansing the Evil Crystals and refused Chunxin’s request to travel with him, but she followed him as he searched for more. After hours without finding ruins, Ye Lin reached a safe zone just before nightfall.

• Ye Lin processed the remaining Evil Crystals, gaining another three hundred or so.
• Chunxin asked Ye Lin to take her with him, but he refused and left.
• Chunxin followed Ye Lin while he searched for ruins and Evil Crystals.
• After traveling for ten hours without finding unlooted ruins, Ye Lin headed toward mountains and valleys.
• With nightfall approaching, Ye Lin found a safe zone and entered a room.

Ye Lin waited in the safe zone as Chunxin entered from the darkness beneath an umbrella that protected her from both the darkness and the Evil Demons. After a cultivator’s attack failed to harm her, Chunxin revealed she was the personal disciple of a Supreme Sword Sect Grand Elder, and the gathered cultivators backed off.

• Ye Lin meditated in his room while the familiar screams continued outside.
• Chunxin crossed the darkness beneath a radiant umbrella, which kept the Evil Demons from approaching her.
• Cultivators in the safe zone recognized the umbrella’s power and prepared to seize it when Chunxin arrived.
• A Daluo Golden Immortal attacked Chunxin as she entered the safe zone, but the umbrella blocked the strike without harm.
• Chunxin identified herself as the personal disciple of the Sage of Delusion Breaking, and the cultivators abandoned their plans to take her umbrella.

Chunxin searched the safe zone for Ye Lin while he waited out the night and set off toward the Origin Chamber of Commerce. On the way, Ye Lin spotted Evil Demons searching a mountain range and suspected they were looking for Evil Crystals, but another cultivator challenged his claim to the area.

• Chunxin searched the safe zone for two hours without finding Ye Lin, then waited for daylight.
• Ye Lin left the safe zone alone and traveled toward the Origin Chamber of Commerce while looking for ruins.
• Ye Lin spotted countless Evil Demons exploring a mountain range and wondered whether they were searching for Evil Crystals.
• The Evil Demons vanished into the mountains, and Ye Lin prepared to investigate with Azure Frost.
• A cultivator blocked Ye Lin with a flying sword and told him to leave because he had claimed the place first.

Ye Lin sent a clone into a mountain cave and discovered Evil Demons turning black qi into Evil Crystals. As he watched them work, a woman spoke to him from nearby.

• A woman in white confronted Ye Lin, then entered the mountain range ahead of him.
• Ye Lin waited, entered a cave briefly, and sent in a clone carrying Azure Frost in case the woman was lying in ambush.
• The clone followed the stench deeper into the cave and reached a clearing filled with black qi and Evil Demons.
• Ye Lin saw the Evil Demons compress black qi into crystals identical to Evil Crystals and wondered why cultivators hunted them for the same crystals the Origin Chamber of Commerce bought.
• A cool voice told Ye Lin not to move if he needed Evil Crystals.

Ye Lin learned from Bai Xue that Evil Demons sealed mutated earthly spiritual energy into Evil Crystals while absorbing its evil aura. As the two watched the demons work, more than twenty Daluo Golden Immortals entered the mountain range, and Ye Lin told Bai Xue that his true body had seen them.

• Ye Lin met Bai Xue and learned that Evil Demons formed Evil Crystals by sealing mutated earthly spiritual energy.
• Bai Xue explained that the demons absorbed the evil aura in the mutated energy, leaving pure earthly spiritual energy inside the crystals.
• Ye Lin and Bai Xue hid nearby and watched the Evil Demons transform more crystals without interrupting them.
• Ye Lin's true body saw powerful experts approaching and chose not to attack because they were too strong.
• The experts rushed into the mountain range, and Ye Lin's avatar told Bai Xue that more than twenty Daluo Golden Immortals had arrived.

Ye Lin and Bai Xue stole the converted Evil Crystals before a crowd of cultivators could reach the cave, then escaped while the newcomers clashed with the enraged Evil Demons. Ye Lin counted his haul in a canyon as Bai Xue wondered whether the Ye Lin beside her was his true body or a clone.

• Ye Lin revealed his clone and persuaded Bai Xue to take the converted Evil Crystals instead of trying to stop the approaching cultivators.
• Ye Lin and Bai Xue swept up the Evil Crystals and fled, with Ye Lin capturing two Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Evil Demons as they left.
• Dozens of cultivators entered the cave, found no Evil Crystals, and were attacked by the Evil Demons, including more than a dozen Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• Ye Lin killed two Evil Demons in a distant canyon and used their blood to baptize the crystals, counting a haul of 233.
• Bai Xue watched Ye Lin and questioned whether he was a clone, while Ye Lin warned that she would lose her crystals if she did not leave.

Ye Lin traveled toward the Origin Chamber of Commerce but found no safe zones before nightfall, so he hid deep inside a mountain range under the Heaven-Shaking Bell. An Evil Demon discovered him anyway, forcing Ye Lin to flee at full speed as he tried to survive the night.

• Bai Xue sneered at Ye Lin and left after he glanced at her indifferently.
• Ye Lin headed for the Origin Chamber of Commerce but found no Evil Demons, ruins, or safe zones along the way.
• With night approaching, Ye Lin dug into a mountain range, sealed his path, and used the Heaven-Shaking Bell to conceal his aura.
• Ye Lin heard an Evil Demon approaching and felt the mountain range tremble despite his concealment.
• Ye Lin realized the Evil Demon had found him, escaped the mountain, and fled at top speed, determined to keep running for thirty hours.

Ye Lin evaded the Evil Demons by burrowing deep underground and staying on the move beneath the Heaven-Shaking Bell until daylight returned. He surfaced safely in an unfamiliar part of Long River Prefecture and set out to find a landmark so he could locate himself on the map.

• Ye Lin changed direction, reached the ground, and dug deep underground to escape the pursuing Evil Demons.
• Ye Lin slowed down and moved through the darkness, reasoning that the Evil Demons were not everywhere and could not harm him through the Heaven-Shaking Bell.
• Ye Lin remained underground for thirty shichen, avoiding or blocking the attacks of the few Evil Demons he encountered.
• When daylight returned, Ye Lin surfaced and discovered he was in an unfamiliar location.
• Ye Lin consulted a map of Long River Prefecture, found no recognizable landmarks, and continued onward to search for one.

Ye Lin and Bai Xue reached the looted ruins of the Ghost God Sect while traveling toward the Origin Chamber of Commerce, where they argued over whether Bai Xue had been following him. A hostile group then surrounded them, accusing them of leading Evil Demons to attack and demanding their Evil Crystals and belongings.

• Ye Lin checked his map at the ruins of the Ghost God Sect and confirmed he was heading toward the Origin Chamber of Commerce.
• Bai Xue appeared and accused Ye Lin of following her, while Ye Lin denied it and mocked her.
• A group emerged from the void and accused Ye Lin of scheming against them and causing them to be attacked by Evil Demons.
• The group's leader said they had tracked Ye Lin and Bai Xue by their auras and demanded their Evil Crystals and everything else they carried.

Bai Xue escaped the experts who had surrounded her, leaving Ye Lin to face them alone. Wary of being caught outside a safe zone after nightfall, Ye Lin broke through the group and fled, leaving their leader furious.

• The middle-aged man threatened Bai Xue and Ye Lin, demanding that they hand over their goods.
• Bai Xue transformed into feathers and vanished before the surrounding experts could stop her.
• Ye Lin judged that fighting thirteen early-stage Daluo Golden Immortals might leave him too weak to survive the coming night.
• Ye Lin used the Starshift Instant Prison Sword to escape the experts' sealed encirclement.
• The middle-aged man's group watched Ye Lin disappear and wondered what to do next.

Ye Lin escaped the Daluo Golden Immortals who pursued him, while their leader planned to ambush travelers at the Origin Chamber of Commerce. Ye Lin continued searching for a safe zone, with Bai Xue following him toward the same destination.

• The middle-aged man ordered his followers to chase Ye Lin and Bai Xue, but they quickly lost sight of Ye Lin.
• The middle-aged man guessed they were heading to the Origin Chamber of Commerce and proposed ambushing visitors there to rob them.
• The group set off for the Origin Chamber of Commerce to wait for targets.
• Ye Lin searched for a safe zone, and Bai Xue caught up with him, saying she was also going to the Origin Chamber of Commerce.
• Ye Lin told Bai Xue to do as she pleased and continued on alone.

Ye Lin traveled with Bai Xue toward the Origin Chamber of Commerce, and she explained how lanterns protected people from the night. When darkness fell, Ye Lin used his great bell and traveled underground to evade Evil Demons, leaving Bai Xue puzzled by how he navigated without his senses.

• Ye Lin and Bai Xue headed for the Origin Chamber of Commerce, and Bai Xue told him there were no more safe zones ahead.
• Bai Xue showed Ye Lin a lantern and explained that it protected its bearer from the night, while Ye Lin said Evil Demons could not harm him even with his six senses sealed.
• When night fell, Bai Xue hung her lantern at her waist and watched Ye Lin move underground beneath a great bell.
• Bai Xue was surrounded by Evil Demons while she watched Ye Lin, then hurried onward as they traveled above and below ground.
• Bai Xue wondered how Ye Lin could navigate with his senses sealed, unaware that he had memorized the map and planned his route before nightfall.

Ye Lin traveled through the darkness toward the Origin Chamber of Commerce while trying to understand its strange law power, and Bai Xue secretly followed him underground. After a month on the road, he finally neared the chamber of commerce, hoping to exchange his goods for transaction points.

• Ye Lin traveled a hundred thousand zhang underground, avoiding obstacles while Bai Xue struggled against the Evil Demons.
• Bai Xue followed directly behind Ye Lin underground, using him to avoid fighting the Evil Demons herself.
• After thirty shichen, Ye Lin emerged at daybreak and admitted he still could not understand the darkness's formidable law power.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had noticed Bai Xue following him, and she answered with a cold snort.
• Ye Lin estimated that he would reach the Origin Chamber of Commerce in about two shichen and considered how many transaction points his goods might bring.

Ye Lin arrived at the Origin Chamber of Commerce to exchange for transaction points and was guided into its transaction district. He reached a plain-looking exchange house, where a middle-aged man asked how many points he wanted.

• Ye Lin confirmed that the enormous floating palace was the Origin Chamber of Commerce and sensed that the ring around its center contained a formation.
• Puppet No. 318 greeted Ye Lin and offered to guide him after he said he wanted to exchange for transaction points.
• Ye Lin followed No. 318 through the Chamber, where he saw crowded districts and numerous powerful cultivators accompanied by service puppets.
• No. 318 brought Ye Lin into an ordinary-looking transaction house, where a middle-aged man asked how many transaction points he wanted to exchange for.