Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin joined Wang Zheng, Liu Su, Zhao Xing, and Zhao Wu to deal with refugees hiding in Dark Cloud Mountain. As they debated whether to wait for reinforcements, Wang Zheng urged an immediate attack and asked Ye Lin for his opinion.

• Ye Lin met four young men who had requested aid and learned that refugees who had slaughtered a city were hiding in Dark Cloud Mountain.
• Wang Zheng, Liu Su, Zhao Xing, Zhao Wu, and Ye Lin introduced themselves as Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Wang Zheng explained that mist inside Dark Cloud Mountain restricted sight and divine sense, and warned the group to proceed cautiously.
• Liu Su proposed waiting for reinforcements, but Wang Zheng argued that the refugees might flee if they delayed.
• Zhao Xing and Zhao Wu agreed with Wang Zheng, who asked Ye Lin what he thought.

Ye Lin, Wang Zheng, the Zhao Xing brothers, and Liu Su entered Dark Cloud Mountain to hunt the fugitives hiding there. Inside the dense fog, Ye Lin followed his instincts and cautiously approached three Daluo Golden Immortals whose conversation revealed they were being pursued.

• Ye Lin and Wang Zheng entered Dark Cloud Mountain, and the Zhao Xing brothers followed them.
• Liu Su hesitated, then entered the mountain after greed overcame his fear.
• Wang Zheng disappeared into the dense fog while Ye Lin searched onward with Azure Frost.
• Ye Lin heard three Daluo Golden Immortals discussing their flight from the Buddha Prefecture and approached them with his weapons ready.

Ye Lin ambushed three peak Daluo Golden Immortals at Dark Cloud Mountain and fought two of them while the third tried to subdue the Heaven-Shaking Bell. Wang Zheng heard the battle begin and set off to join the fight.

• Ye Lin realized he had left Ye Xin behind in the punishment room and approached the three figures alone.
• Ye Lin sent the Heaven-Shaking Bell to seal the space and attacked the three with his twin swords.
• Two peak Daluo Golden Immortals engaged Ye Lin while the third tried to subdue the Heaven-Shaking Bell.
• Ye Lin fought the two attackers evenly and learned that all three opponents were peak Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Wang Zheng noticed the battle and decided to go lend a hand.

Ye Lin fought three peak Daluo Golden Immortals on Dark Cloud Mountain and used a space-rending sword technique to force them to retreat. One attacker warned that they would kill him the next time they met.

• Ye Lin repeatedly overwhelmed two peak Daluo Golden Immortals, while the middle-aged man trying to seize the Heaven-Shaking Bell failed to control it.
• The two men joined a third attacker and launched a three-sided assault against Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin evaded their combined strikes and used Grand Void Space-Rending Sword, Banishment, to tear open space and threaten all three.
• As the attackers fled, Ye Lin pursued them with another sword strike, but one man shattered the Sword Qi with a punch.
• One of the middle-aged men told Ye Lin they would leave for now and kill him when they met again.

Ye Lin realized that Liu Su had lured him into a trap, where five other cultivators surrounded him. Facing overwhelming odds, Ye Lin assessed the danger but remained calm.

• Three middle-aged men tried to flee from Ye Lin, but a strange laugh from the mist made them stop.
• Liu Su, Zhao Xing, and Zhao Wu emerged, and the three middle-aged men recognized them.
• Liu Su revealed that he had planned the trap with Zhao Xing and Zhao Wu to kill Ye Lin.
• Zhao Xing and Zhao Wu appeared behind Ye Lin, blocking his escape with their speed and restrictions.
• Ye Lin counted three peak, two late-stage, and one mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortals and judged that fighting them would leave him badly injured.

Wang Zheng entered the misty battlefield and offered to fight the three peak Daluo Golden Immortals while Ye Lin handled Liu Su’s companions. Liu Su then used a Compass to trap Ye Lin in a blood-colored realm and sent the Zhao Xing brothers after him.

• Wang Zheng emerged from the mist and confronted Liu Su, accusing him of hiding a dark heart.
• Wang Zheng offered to take on the three peak Daluo Golden Immortals and told Ye Lin to deal with the other three.
• Ye Lin attacked the Zhao Xing brothers, but his Sword Qi passed through afterimages as they vanished.
• Liu Su revealed a violet-gold Compass and opened the Realm of Nothingness, transforming the surroundings into a blood-colored landscape.
• Liu Su sent the Zhao Xing brothers speeding toward Ye Lin inside the new realm.

Liu Su captured Ye Lin with spatial chains and attacked him, but three powerful clones appeared to defend him and overwhelm the Zhao Xing brothers. Ye Lin remained trapped and was being crushed by the chains as Liu Su became greedy for his cloning technique.

• Liu Su used his Compass and spatial chains to bind Ye Lin and block his escape.
• Liu Su summoned weapons to attack Ye Lin, but three figures identical to him appeared and shattered the assault.
• Liu Su ordered the Zhao Xing brothers to fight the three figures, who quickly overpowered them.
• Ye Lin struggled against the chains until they tightened, cutting his flesh and cracking his bones.
• Liu Su watched the fight and coveted Ye Lin's cloning technique.

Liu Su trapped Ye Lin and demanded his clone technique in exchange for his freedom, but Ye Lin and Delusion used the Laws of Time to seize Liu Su’s Everlasting Formation Disk. Liu Su warned that the treasure had already acknowledged him as its master and demanded its return.

• Liu Su appeared before the struggling Ye Lin and offered to release him if he taught him his clone technique.
• Ye Lin asked about the Compass, and Liu Su revealed it was the top-grade postnatal supreme treasure called the Everlasting Formation Disk.
• Ye Lin and Delusion used the Laws of Time to slow Liu Su, allowing Delusion to take the Compass.
• Liu Su claimed the treasure could not be deciphered because it had acknowledged him as its master, then demanded that Ye Lin return it.

Ye Lin used his time-law technique to turn the tables on Liu Su and tortured him for information. Liu Su finally began to bargain for his release, but Ye Lin had not agreed to let him go.

• Ye Lin revealed that his time-law method could affect Liu Su, while the Zhao Xing brothers lay half-dead in the distance.
• Xiaoyao seized Liu Su as Ye Lin threatened to kill him unless he spoke.
• Ye Lin had Xiaoyao cut off Liu Su's arms and legs, then threatened to strike his Primordial Spirit.
• Liu Su interrupted Ye Lin and offered to share some information if Ye Lin first let him go.
• Ye Lin dismissed Liu Su's demand and prepared to continue the interrogation.

Ye Lin forced Liu Su to reveal how to claim the Compass in exchange for a quick death. Liu Su surrendered before Ye Lin finished counting down, leaving the Compass’s transfer still to be carried out.

• Liu Su demanded the Compass before releasing Ye Lin, but Ye Lin refused and threatened to sever Liu Su’s Primordial Spirit.
• Liu Su released Ye Lin from his chains after Ye Lin began his countdown.
• Ye Lin took the Compass, dismissed his clones, and demanded that Liu Su dismiss the pocket dimension.
• Liu Su refused, so Ye Lin destroyed two figures and threatened him with Sword Qi.
• Ye Lin offered Liu Su a painful death or a quick one in exchange for instructions on removing the Compass’s divine-sense imprint and making it acknowledge Ye Lin as its master.
• Liu Su agreed to talk before Ye Lin finished counting down.

Ye Lin returned to Dark Cloud Mountain with Liu Su and pressed him to reveal the Everlasting Formation Disk’s powers. Liu Su disclosed that the disk could create an independent space, then claimed its greater secret could only be learned from its artifact spirit, leaving Ye Lin to decide whether to seek its recognition.

• Liu Su told Ye Lin that the Everlasting Formation Disk had an artifact spirit and would obey him only after recognizing him as its master.
• Ye Lin questioned why the disk had been so docile and threatened Liu Su when he would not explain its functions.
• Ye Lin destroyed Liu Su’s reconstructed body and prepared to kill his remaining Primordial Spirit.
• Liu Su revealed that the disk could create an independent space in which Ye Lin would be the sole ruler.
• As Ye Lin struck at him again, Liu Su claimed the disk held another great secret known only to its artifact spirit.

Ye Lin destroyed Liu Su’s Primordial Spirit and kept the Everlasting Formation Disk because he suspected its artifact spirit was dangerous. He then watched Wang Zheng finish his fight, and Wang Zheng collected the dead man’s Spatial Ring.

• Ye Lin suspected Liu Su had been using the Everlasting Formation Disk to scheme against him, so he shattered Liu Su’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ye Lin decided not to recognize ownership of the disk and put it away until Zhang Ling'er could examine its artifact spirit.
• Ye Lin went to help Wang Zheng, who was fighting a middle-aged man after killing two of the man’s companions.
• Wang Zheng killed the middle-aged man with repeated saber strikes and took his Spatial Ring.
• Wang Zheng put away his saber and judged the three peak-stage Daluo Golden Immortals to have been decent opponents, but no more.

After finishing their battles at Dark Cloud Mountain, Ye Lin and Wang Zheng left to drink together. They visited a deep underground tavern, where Ye Lin tried its potent wine brewed with a quasi-saint's corpse.

• Wang Zheng instantly healed his injuries and asked Ye Lin whether he had finished his fight.
• Ye Lin said his opponents had been weaker than Wang Zheng's, and Wang Zheng acknowledged Ye Lin's greater strength.
• Wang Zheng invited Ye Lin to find a place to drink, and the two left Dark Cloud Mountain together.
• Wang Zheng brought Ye Lin to an underground tavern known for its strong wine, which included a quasi-saint's corpse among its ingredients.
• Ye Lin took a gulp of the wine, felt its burning strength fade into exhilaration, and said it was not bad.

Ye Lin drank with Wang Zheng, who explained how he escaped from Heaven Province and obtained an Identity Token that let him move through Buddha Prefecture. Wang Zheng passed out from the wine, while Ye Lin sobered himself up and stayed alert in the unfamiliar place.

• Wang Zheng told Ye Lin that the unusual wine could intoxicate even a Daluo Golden Immortal and that he often drank it to numb himself.
• Wang Zheng revealed that he came from Heaven Province and said his closest friend had sacrificed himself to help him escape an ambush and reach Buddha Prefecture.
• Wang Zheng explained that a woman had given him an Identity Token, allowing him to travel openly through Buddha Prefecture and carry out his deeds without guilt.
• Wang Zheng drank until he collapsed unconscious, while Ye Lin began to feel the wine's effects.
• Ye Lin sat cross-legged and dispelled the wine fumes instead of getting drunk in an unfamiliar place.
• Ye Lin abruptly opened his eyes as time passed.

Ye Lin and the other cultivators were surrounded in a tavern by attackers from Heaven Province, despite the tavern’s reputation as a safe place. Ye Lin woke Wang Zheng and searched for a chance to escape as the attackers prepared to strike.

• Ye Lin and the other cultivators noticed armed figures emerging from the passages and surrounding the tavern.
• The attackers mocked the drinkers and dismissed their warning that the tavern belonged to Star Saint.
• Ye Lin held Azure Frost to Wang Zheng’s neck and woke him before the attackers could catch him unaware.
• Wang Zheng realized they were surrounded and cursed the people who had promised the tavern was safe.
• One of the attackers ordered the group to attack.

Ye Lin and the drunken Wang Zheng fled through a chaotic battle inside the territory of a quasi-Saint, avoiding the fighting and searching for a way out. They entered a deep cave to get away from danger, though Ye Lin was also lightheaded from drinking.

• Ye Lin warned Wang Zheng, who was preparing to fight, to flee while he was too drunk to fight effectively.
• Ye Lin and Wang Zheng slipped through the battle, and Ye Lin killed a young man who tried to call out to them.
• Ye Lin spotted an opening and led Wang Zheng into a cave.
• Ye Lin continued deeper into the cave, hoping to find a place to recover until Wang Zheng sobered up.

Ye Lin and Wang Zheng hid in a tavern room after surviving a riot, and Ye Lin recovered while keeping watch. Star Saint arrived and asked them to explain what had happened during the riot.

• Ye Lin sealed the tunnel entrance and began recovering while Wang Zheng remained unconscious.
• After three days, Ye Lin had recovered, but Wang Zheng was still unconscious.
• Star Saint and two others broke through Ye Lin's barrier and entered the room.
• Ye Lin recognized Star Saint, who revealed the tavern belonged to him and asked what had happened during the riot.
• Star Saint woke Wang Zheng, and Wang Zheng respectfully greeted him.

Star Saint asked Ye Lin and Wang Zheng to recover an important item stolen from his tavern during the attack three days earlier. Ye Lin agreed, having memorized the attackers’ faces and auras.

• Wang Zheng knelt before Star Saint and blamed people from Heaven Province for attacking the tavern and driving them away.
• Star Saint lamented the damage to his tavern’s reputation and asked Wang Zheng to get up.
• Star Saint explained that the attackers had stolen an important item and offered Ye Lin and Wang Zheng a generous reward for recovering it.
• Wang Zheng realized he had been too drunk to remember the attackers and looked to Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin nodded, confident that his Daluo Golden Immortal Primordial Spirit had preserved the attackers’ faces and auras.

Wang Zheng and Ye Lin accepted Star Saint’s request to search for a phantom while concealing their real intentions. They set off to hunt Heaven Province cultivators in Yun Province, where Quasi-Saints were forbidden to intervene.

• Wang Zheng agreed to look for the phantom and left with Ye Lin after promising to bring it to Star Saint if they found it.
• Star Saint’s attendant asked why he had not killed the pair, and Star Saint said he would protect his reputation by posting a notice about the tavern incident.
• Wang Zheng admitted to Ye Lin that they would only pretend to search for the phantom while hunting the people who had humiliated him three days earlier.
• Wang Zheng warned Ye Lin to stay alert because cultivators from both provinces were hunting one another while Quasi-Saints held back.
• Wang Zheng led Ye Lin toward a place where he expected to find Heaven Province cultivators.

Wang Zheng and Ye Lin traveled through the wilderness to avoid detection but were spotted by three peak Daluo Golden Immortals. They split up to fight, and Ye Lin attacked the Vermilion Bird as she unleashed her divine flames.

• Wang Zheng and Ye Lin concealed their auras while traveling on foot through the wilderness.
• A giant bear, a White Tiger, and a Vermilion Bird appeared on a distant mountaintop, and Wang Zheng said they were now the prey.
• Wang Zheng charged the giant bear and White Tiger while Ye Lin went after the Vermilion Bird.
• The Vermilion Bird engulfed the mountain range in flames and shattered Ye Lin's first Sword Qi attack.
• Ye Lin vanished into the fire and reappeared near the Vermilion Bird, striking again as she cried out and the flames erupted.