Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin witnessed Ye Xiu lose his Dao Heart after Yun'er dissolved into the void, leaving him to spend his days mourning at her grave. A spirit of the earth vein emerged to complain about Ye Xiu's constant wailing, but Ye Xiu dismissed him and went back to sleep.

• Ye Xiu watched Yun'er dissolve into the void and unleashed devastating power as he roared in grief.
• Ye Xiu later sat beside Yun'er's gravestone, drank wine, and said he would stay with her forever.
• Ye Lin observed the scene and concluded that the tribulation of love had ruined Ye Xiu, a ninth-level Quasi-Saint.
• A spirit of the earth vein emerged from beneath the earth and scolded Ye Xiu for disturbing his sleep.
• Ye Xiu told the spirit to stop meddling, then closed his eyes again.

Ye Xiu mourned Yun’er, convinced that the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth would not allow her to exist, while an old man urged him to grow strong enough to defy it. After the old man left, Ye Lin realized that he had noticed him and suspected he was a powerful expert.

• The old man questioned why Ye Xiu, a ninth-layer Quasi-Saint, could not save Yun’er.
• Ye Xiu said the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth rejected Yun’er’s existence and that even Saints could not help her.
• The old man urged Ye Xiu to keep cultivating until he could stand against the Great Dao, then told him to stop mourning there if he would not listen.
• The old man walked away with his cane and gave Ye Lin a glance as he vanished.
• Ye Lin concluded that the old man had seen him and was likely a heaven-reaching expert.

Ye Xiu regained his Dao Heart and resolved to become stronger, then fought across the Origin Continent to temper his invincible heart. He became the target of a continent-wide hunt, while the Saints watched without intervening.

• Ye Xiu restored his Dao Heart and set becoming stronger as his goal.
• Ye Xiu fought powerful figures as he reclaimed his former strength.
• Over ten thousand years, Ye Xiu challenged ninth-level Quasi-Saints, killing those who refused to submit and forcing those who yielded to abandon their Saint paths.
• Powerful figures across the Origin Continent joined forces to hunt Ye Xiu.
• Seventh-level Quasi-Saints and above attacked Ye Xiu wherever they found him, while the Saints did nothing to stop them.

After surviving a three-thousand-year manhunt, Ye Xiu had become a feared Sword Dao God of Slaughter, and no one on the Origin Continent dared challenge him. He stood just one step from the Saint realm but could not figure out how to make the breakthrough.

• The powerhouses refrained from interfering with Ye Xiu’s fate, wary of the karma they might incur.
• Ye Xiu roamed the Origin Continent with his sword and wine, killing the powerhouses who pursued him.
• The manhunt continued for three thousand years until the survivors stopped trying to hunt Ye Xiu down.
• Ye Lin witnessed Ye Xiu’s long path of killing and saw his terrifying killing intent grow strong enough to shatter a Daluo Golden Immortal’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Xiu reached the brink of the Saint realm but felt lost because he did not know how to take the final step.

Ye Xiu became a saint after venturing alone into the Boundary Sea, then returned to the Origin Continent and left again after realizing why its other saints had avoided him. Ye Lin learned that Ye Xiu had reached the Saint Realm at just two hundred thousand years old as more scenes of Ye Xiu’s past appeared.

• Ye Xiu failed to meet any of the saints on the Origin Continent, so he gave up searching and entered the depths of the Boundary Sea alone.
• Ye Lin saw a later scene in which Ye Xiu had become a saint and returned to the Origin Continent with overwhelming power.
• Ye Xiu sensed other saints hidden on the Origin Continent and understood why they had not guided him, then departed forever.
• Ye Lin heard that Ye Xiu had entered the Saint Realm at two hundred thousand years old and was stunned by his cultivation speed and recovered Dao Heart.
• More scenes of Ye Xiu’s past appeared before Ye Lin.

Ye Lin watched Ye Xiu leave the Boundary Sea and wander through a strange realm before arriving at the Primordial Continent, which Ye Lin recognized as the place where his destiny said he would die. The chapter ended with Ye Xiu wondering whether the Primordial Continent could grant him the power to revive Yun'er.

• Ye Xiu left the Boundary Sea and explored an unfamiliar realm whose powerful spatial barriers suggested that beings beyond Sainthood existed.
• After wandering for over a hundred years without finding anyone, Ye Xiu became frustrated when the landscape seemed unchanged no matter how far he traveled.
• Ye Xiu appeared in a white palace, where cultivators welcomed him to the Primordial Continent, calling it the pinnacle of the Dao.
• Ye Lin recognized the Primordial Continent from his destiny, which said he would eventually die there at the hands of a mysterious powerhouse.
• Ye Xiu wondered whether the Primordial Continent could let him reach the supreme position and revive Yun'er.

Ye Xiu learned the cultivation hierarchy of the Primordial Continent, where Dao Masters governed the Three Thousand Great Daos and stood above Saints. He realized the road ahead was immense, while the man below explained that only three thousand Dao Masters could exist and their positions were rarely relinquished.

• The man below told Ye Xiu that the Primordial Continent was the origin of all things and the myriad laws of the Dao.
• The man below explained that Origin was the Saint realm, followed above by Origin Limitless, Dao Inquiry, and Dao Master, with Saints like ants before those higher realms.
• Ye Lin assessed the hierarchy and mapped out the path from quasi-Saint through Origin, Origin Limitless, and Dao Inquiry to Dao Master.
• Ye Xiu acknowledged that Saints were not the end and that his road ahead remained long.
• The man below reassured Ye Xiu that Saints stood at the summit for most cultivators and explained that only three thousand Dao Masters could exist, with a position opening only if its holder died or relinquished it.

Ye Xiu asked whether he could become a Dao Lord and learned that the Primordial Continent had fixed numbers of Hunyuan Wuji, Seekers of Dao, and Dao Lords. He was told he could only compete for a Hunyuan Wuji position if one became vacant, and the experts urged him to learn the Primordial Continent’s rules.

• Ye Xiu asked the gathered experts whether he was qualified to become a Dao Lord so he could bring Yun'er back to life.
• The experts told Ye Xiu that he could not become a Dao Lord, a Seeker of Dao, or even Hunyuan Wuji.
• Ye Xiu rejected their explanation that other Saints matched his talent and demanded to know why he could not reach Hunyuan Wuji.
• A cultivator explained that the Primordial Continent had fixed totals of three thousand Dao Lords, ten thousand Seekers of Dao, and eighteen thousand Hunyuan Wuji.
• The cultivator said Ye Xiu could contend for a Hunyuan Wuji position only if one became vacant, and urged him to learn the Primordial Continent’s rules.

Ye Xiu traveled through the Primordial Continent and found that even the strongest cultivators had abandoned conflict and ambition. Their resignation challenged his goals of becoming a Dao Master and reviving Yun'er, leaving him dumbfounded by their indifference to disputes and anger.

• Ye Xiu left the main hall and cursed the limits placed on cultivation and the lack of hope for reviving Yun'er.
• Ye Lin watched the scene and set aside his irritation, recognizing that he was not yet strong enough to worry about such matters.
• Ye Xiu traveled across the Primordial Continent and found Saints, Hunyuan Wuji, and Dao-Seeking cultivators running shops and stalls in a peaceful society.
• Ye Xiu grew numb to the cultivators' belief that one should follow circumstance and began to feel his Dao heart waver.
• Ye Xiu watched a Dao Inquiry realm expert accept a Saint's insults and slap without anger, then heard him dismiss disputes, anger, and killing.

Ye Xiu despaired after learning that advancement in the Primordial Continent was constrained by the fixed number of powerful beings, and he considered sacrificing himself to the Dao rather than enduring an endless wait. As Ye Xiu’s Dao heart began to crack, Ye Lin nearly fell into the same despair but steadied himself.

• Ye Xiu questioned whether he could advance any further after learning that all eighteen thousand Hun Yuan Wuji positions were occupied and that reaching the Dao Master realm could take immeasurable time.
• Ye Xiu wondered whether he should keep cultivating to revive Yun'er, fearing that he would forget her before he became a Dao Master.
• Ye Xiu decided that sacrificing himself to the Dao might be better than continuing to live, and the laws around him began to collapse as his Dao heart cracked.
• Ye Lin was affected by Ye Xiu’s despair and nearly considered giving up on cultivation himself.
• Ye Lin regulated his emotions, steadied his Dao heart, and opened his eyes with lingering fear.

Ye Lin witnessed a memory of Ye Xiu facing countless powerful enemies who demanded he cripple his cultivation, and watched Ye Xiu choose to fight instead. The clash overwhelmed Ye Lin, leaving him unable to observe the battle.

• Ye Lin saw a scene of Ye Xiu surrounded by countless figures, though the memory skipped how Ye Xiu had reached that moment.
• The figures demanded that Ye Xiu cripple his cultivation and warned that defeat would mean his true spirit was trapped in the Bitter Sea, reliving the same day forever.
• Ye Xiu accepted the consequences, drew his Long Sword, and charged at the attackers.
• A terrifying explosion and flashes of light overwhelmed Ye Lin, who sealed off his six senses because he could not watch the battle.

Ye Lin watched Ye Xiu’s memories reveal that the Bronze Immortal Hall was a primordial treasure and that Ye Xiu planned to gather sixty Divine Lords. The next scene showed Ye Xiu demanding that an injured Hunyuan Wuji powerhouse submit, but the man refused.

• Ye Lin returned to a memory of Ye Xiu cultivating in an empty Bronze Immortal Hall and recognized it as the hall he had visited.
• Ye Xiu called the Bronze Immortal Hall a primordial treasure above the Great Dao and said it would help him become a Dao Master.
• Ye Xiu calculated that the hall needed sixty Divine Lords, but finding Hunyuan Wuji experts would be difficult because he was only at the Hunyuan level.
• Ye Lin watched the memory shift to Ye Xiu confronting an injured middle-aged man and offering to spare him if he joined the sixty Divine Lords.
• The middle-aged man rejected Ye Xiu’s demand to submit.

Ye Lin watched memories of Ye Xiu coercing the Sixty Divine Lords into serving him and assembling them in the Bronze Immortal Hall. The scene ended with Ye Xiu dismissing the promised Dao Inquiry realm as a lie.

• Ye Xiu threatened to disgrace the middle-aged man and his relatives until the man agreed to follow him as Divine Lord Shanglin.
• Ye Lin watched several dozen scenes of Ye Xiu subduing Divine Lords and realized they were the sixty statues in the Bronze Immortal Hall.
• Ye Xiu welcomed the Sixty Divine Lords and ordered them to serve him in exchange for access to the hall’s wonders.
• A Divine Lord asked whether Ye Xiu’s promise that they could enter the Dao Inquiry realm still stood, and Ye Xiu called the realm a lie.

Ye Lin watched the remaining visions of Ye Xiu, including one in which Ye Xiu comprehended a sword technique that Ye Lin could not understand or remember. In the final vision, Ye Xiu stood on the verge of becoming a Dao Lord and set out to speak with the current Sword Dao Lord.

• Ye Lin realized that watching the images to their ends would free him from their influence, though he worried about the risks of learning too much.
• Ye Lin watched Ye Xiu practice swordsmanship in a canyon, but he could neither understand nor memorize his movements.
• Ye Xiu laughed after comprehending a sword technique, and the image shattered before Ye Lin could learn what it was.
• Ye Lin saw Ye Xiu standing among the Great Daos with three familiar figures behind him.
• One of Ye Xiu's disciples urged him to kill the current Sword Dao Lord, but Ye Xiu dismissed the idea as too difficult and went to speak with the Dao Lord instead.

Ye Xiu, now the Sword Dao Master, asked Old Man Creation to find Liu Yun'er and learned she had been created from one of the old man's thoughts. After reuniting with her, Ye Xiu carried her away, determined never to let her leave his side.

• Ye Lin watched a new scene reveal that Ye Xiu had become the Sword Dao Master and commanded the Great Dao of the Sword.
• Ye Xiu asked Old Man Creation to find Liu Yun'er and gave him her sachet as a token.
• Old Man Creation recognized Liu Yun'er as someone created by one of his thoughts and summoned her behind Ye Xiu.
• Ye Xiu embraced Liu Yun'er, who seemed to have lost some memories, and promised never to let her leave his side.
• Ye Xiu thanked Old Man Creation and carried Liu Yun'er away.

Ye Lin watched a vision of Ye Xiu enjoying time with Liu Yun'er and their child before seeing Ye Xiu’s three disciples discuss taking the Bronze Immortal Hall. The vision ended before Ye Lin could hear how their conversation concluded.

• An old man sensed Ye Lin after Ye Xiu left, but the scene shattered before Ye Lin could speak to him.
• Ye Lin watched Ye Xiu share an affectionate moment with Liu Yun'er and their child.
• The vision shifted to Ye Xiu’s three disciples discussing how the Bronze Immortal Hall had helped their master become a Dao Master.
• One disciple proposed kidnapping Liu Yun'er to force Ye Xiu to hand over the hall, but the other two refused to betray their master.
• The scene ended while the disciples’ conversation was still continuing.

Ye Lin finished reviewing Ye Xiu’s memories and spent a month cultivating until they no longer affected him. He then went to the White King Palace to thank Spirit King and say farewell, ready to leave the secret realm.

• Ye Lin reflected on Ye Xiu’s unknown fate after his three disciples betrayed him, then set those distant concerns aside.
• Ye Lin meditated and cultivated for a month, confirming that Ye Xiu’s memories no longer affected him or returned.
• Ye Lin realized thirty years had passed inside the secret realm and headed to the White King Palace to leave.
• Spirit King greeted Ye Lin during a routine meeting, and Ye Lin thanked him for his guidance and announced his departure.

Ye Lin left the secret realm after two years and learned that turmoil in Buddha Prefecture had spread across Yun Province, where Quasi-Saints were unable to intervene. He asked Wang Mingyang if he could join the force suppressing the intruders from Sunset Prefecture.

• Ye Lin accepted the Spirit King’s Spatial Ring and used the Identity Token to return from the secret realm.
• Ye Lin calculated that two years had passed, then left the room and met Wang Mingyang among the departing monks.
• Wang Mingyang explained that beings from Sunset Prefecture were destabilizing Buddha Prefecture and that Yun Province’s Quasi-Saints were divided over the crisis.
• Wang Mingyang said the Chaos Ancient Clan had sealed off Heaven Province while Yun Province struggled to respond.
• Ye Lin considered profiting from the turmoil and asked Wang Mingyang whether he could join the suppression force.

Ye Lin joined the forces suppressing the Heaven Province refugees, hoping to profit from the chaos, while Wang Mingyang decided to send his clan members to join as well. Ye Lin received an Identity Token and prepared to head out with the suppression team.

• Ye Lin offered to join the suppression forces, and Wang Mingyang questioned his willingness to turn against cultivators from Heaven Province.
• Ye Lin argued that province did not matter and that he had no old acquaintances to worry about, then went to register.
• Wang Mingyang reconsidered Ye Lin’s plan and ordered the Third Elder to send the clan’s younger members to join the suppression teams.
• Ye Lin reached the group preparing to suppress the rebellion and received an Identity Token from the man distributing them.

Ye Lin joined the Suppression Squad with Wang Mingyang as his guarantor and received an Identity Token and instructions for handling people without one. When his Jade Talisman led him to a mist-shrouded mountain range, someone called out to him from below.

• Ye Lin named Wang Mingyang as his guarantor, and the middle-aged man approved his registration after verifying that the Wang Family's Great Elder backed him.
• The middle-aged man gave Ye Lin an Identity Token and explained how to identify, arrest, and request help with people outside without tokens.
• Ye Lin bound the token with his blood and set off, hoping to profit by capturing people who resisted him.
• Ye Lin found the land below sparsely populated until his Jade Talisman glowed and guided him toward a source of distress.
• Ye Lin reached a mountain range covered in mist that blocked divine sense and prevented flight, where an unknown fellow cultivator urged him to get down quietly.