Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin spent a century immersed in Bing Ruoxin’s Dao teachings while in seclusion. At Meteor Island, Heavenly Blade Sage discussed an attack on the Great Blade Association with Yun Qiyue, then turned his attention to Luo Yao.

• Ye Lin listened intently to Bing Ruoxin’s lessons as one hundred years passed.
• Heavenly Blade Sage read a report about the Great Blade Association’s disciples being slaughtered and angrily questioned Yun Qiyue about the attack.
• Yun Qiyue said there were no traces of a Quasi-Saint intervening, though one had apparently been lured away, and advised against sending a Quasi-Saint in retaliation.
• Heavenly Blade Sage asked where Ye Lin was, and Yun Qiyue said he had been in seclusion for exactly one hundred years.
• Luo Yao entered the hall, and Heavenly Blade Sage scooped her into his arms.

After the Great Blade Association’s branches in Phoenix Prefecture were attacked and its disciples massacred, Yun Qiyue brought Ye Lin to carry out Heavenly Blade Sage’s order for bloody retaliation. The chapter ended with them preparing to kill everyone connected to the attack, even if that meant massacring all of Phoenix Prefecture.

• Heavenly Blade Sage praised Ye Lin’s devotion to Luo Yao and ordered her to help deal with the attackers, leaving none alive.
• Heavenly Blade Sage took Luo Yao out to play while Yun Qiyue went to Ye Lin’s residence.
• Ye Lin emerged from seclusion and followed Yun Qiyue as she told him that four Great Blade Association branches had been looted and their disciples massacred.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that they already knew who was responsible and that Heavenly Blade Sage had ordered them to kill everyone connected to the attack, even if they had to massacre all of Phoenix Prefecture.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue mobilized the Great Blade Association to launch a sweeping operation against everyone connected to the attack in Phoenix Prefecture. The operation began as they led separate forces of Daluo Golden Immortals through teleportation arrays toward the prefecture.

• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that they could not use Quasi-Saints and ordered him to show no mercy to anyone connected to the matter.
• Yun Qiyue and Ye Lin arrived at a Great Blade Association branch, where a Quasi-Saint received them.
• Yun Qiyue ordered the branch to gather personnel, prepare teleportation arrays, seal Phoenix Prefecture, and summon nearby Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Yun Qiyue warned Ye Lin to kill anyone he suspected rather than let a culprit escape.
• After an hour, Yun Qiyue divided the gathered Daluo Golden Immortals into two groups and led one group into a teleportation array.
• Ye Lin led the other group into a teleportation array after Yun Qiyue departed.

Ye Lin led the Great Blade Association’s experts to the Shadow Kill Pavilion branch in Heaven-Equaling Commandery, intending to retaliate for its attack. The chapter left him ordering his men to kill everyone inside, while the Holy Palace faced pressure to prevent the feud between the two Sages from escalating.

• Ye Lin arrived in Phoenix Prefecture with several hundred peak Daluo Golden Immortal experts and studied Yun Qiyue’s scroll about the Shadow Kill Pavilion.
• Ye Lin learned that the Shadow Kill Pavilion was backed by the eighth-level Quasi-Sage Shadow Ghost Sage, who had a deep feud with the Heavenly Blade Sage.
• Ye Lin led the Great Blade Association’s forces toward the Shadow Kill Pavilion branch in Heaven-Equaling Commandery as factions across the Origin Continent investigated their mobilization.
• Experts reported the Sage feud to the Holy Palace, which would not allow the two to fight while the Chaos Ancient Clan was invading.
• Ye Lin identified the Shadow Kill Pavilion branch and ordered his men to kill everyone inside.

Ye Lin led the Great Blade Association in a devastating assault on a Shadow Kill Pavilion city, where the two groups’ disciples fought while their Quasi-Sages held back. The city was left in ruins, and the grudge between the two forces continued to deepen.

• Ye Lin’s disciples sealed off the Shadow Kill Pavilion city with formations and launched a massive attack.
• Hundreds of Great Blade Association Daluo Golden Immortals razed the city, killing or wounding its inhabitants, including cultivators who had come to trade.
• Shadow Kill Pavilion disciples emerged from the ruins and battled the Great Blade Association’s forces, but Ye Lin watched without intervening because his side outnumbered them.
• Two Quasi-Sages confronted one another in the Void, exchanged insults, and refrained from fighting to avoid escalating the conflict.

Experts discussed the escalating feud between Shadowkill and Heavenly Blade Sage and urged them to settle it without letting it grow worse. Heavenly Blade Sage refused to reconcile, while the white-haired elder considered taking Luo Yao as his disciple, but Heavenly Blade Sage said neither of them could teach her.

• The red-haired man and Bing Ruoxin discussed Shadowkill and Heavenly Blade Sage’s feud, their near-perfected Dao Rhymes, and the need for their strength against the Chaos Ancient Clan.
• The white-haired elder urged Heavenly Blade Sage to settle the grudge, but Heavenly Blade Sage insisted Shadowkill had started the latest trouble.
• The white-haired elder warned Heavenly Blade Sage that the Venerable might confine him until he reached the Ninth Heaven of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Heavenly Blade Sage refused to visit Shadowkill’s residence, saying he would fight him only after reaching the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• The white-haired elder asked to take Luo Yao as his disciple, but Heavenly Blade Sage said neither of them could teach her.

Ye Lin and the Great Blade Association destroyed a Shadow Kill Pavilion branch, but found no treasures because they had apparently been moved beforehand. Ye Lin set out for the next location, determined to investigate nearby forces and kill any that had been involved.

• Ye Lin ordered his disciples to search the ruined branch after they killed everyone there.
• Ye Lin and the disciples found no treasures, Spatial Rings, or other belongings among the ruins or the dead.
• A disciple suggested Shadow Kill Pavilion had moved its treasures in anticipation of the Great Blade Association's retaliation but left its people behind to avoid appearing afraid.
• Ye Lin reflected that Daluo Golden Immortals were expendable pieces in the schemes of powerful figures and resolved to grow stronger.
• Ye Lin ordered the group to visit nearby major forces and exterminate any that had participated, then led the disciples toward the next location.

Ye Lin led Great Blade Association disciples to the Heaven Sect to investigate reports that it had joined the Shadow Kill Pavilion in attacking their people. A Heaven Sect disciple confirmed they had destroyed a Great Blade Association branch and taken its treasures, leaving Ye Lin and his followers stunned.

• Ye Lin surrounded the Heaven Sect with Great Blade Association disciples and entered to investigate the reports against it.
• Ye Lin noticed the sect’s residents acted as though the visitors were not there and told his followers not to attack indiscriminately.
• Ye Lin asked a young Heaven Sect disciple whether anything significant had happened recently.
• The young disciple said the sect had celebrated Junior Sister Qingxuan’s birthday by working with the Shadow Kill Pavilion to destroy a Great Blade Association branch and seize treasures.
• Ye Lin and the disciples behind him were speechless at the young man’s admission.

Ye Lin and the disciples entered Heaven Sect and followed its disciples to a crowded plaza for Junior Sister Qingxuan’s birthday celebration. Ye Lin decided to observe the gathering before acting, believing he could capture the Heaven Sect disciples all at once.

• A young man told Ye Lin he was leaving to congratulate Junior Sister Qingxuan, leaving Ye Lin and his disciples bewildered by his remarks.
• A disciple urged Ye Lin to act against Heaven Sect, but Ye Lin chose to investigate the birthday celebration first.
• Ye Lin and his disciples followed the hurried crowd toward the celebration as Ye Lin wondered whether Qingxuan protected the sect.
• The group reached a packed plaza, where Ye Lin learned the gathered cultivators were Heaven Sect disciples and saw a chance to catch them all at once.

Ye Lin learned that thousands of cultivators had come to celebrate Qingxuan’s birthday and ordered that everyone be allowed into the Heaven Sect, intending to keep them from leaving. After Ding Shuheng welcomed the crowd, the cultivators called for Qingxuan to appear.

• A disciple told Ye Lin that at least a thousand cultivators had arrived to congratulate Qingxuan.
• Ye Lin ordered his people to admit everyone and summon nearby disciples, intending to detain the visitors.
• Thousands of cultivators gathered in and above the plaza while Ye Lin watched from a chair.
• Three hours later, Ding Shuheng welcomed the crowd on behalf of Qingxuan.
• The cultivators interrupted Ding Shuheng and demanded that Qingxuan come out.

Ye Lin and his five disciples watched Qingxuan’s birthday celebration as cultivators showered her with gifts. Ye Lin planned to seize the treasures after the gift-giving ended, and the ceremony was still dragging on when the chapter ended.

• Ding Shuheng welcomed Qingxuan, whose arrival and greeting drew loud cheers from the crowd.
• Ding Shuheng announced the gift-giving segment, and cultivators presented Qingxuan with valuable treasures.
• Ye Lin told his disciples to wait until the ceremony ended, then seize every treasure Ding Shuheng received.
• Ding Shuheng accepted the gifts while Qingxuan thanked the donors, and the lengthy ceremony continued.

Ye Lin and the Great Blade Association interrupted the Dao Heaven Sect’s celebration to condemn the sect for colluding with the Dark Shadow Pavilion and destroying an association branch. Ye Lin then declared that everyone present would be executed, leaving the gathered cultivators pleading and protesting under the association’s encirclement.

• Ding Shuheng ended the treasure-gifting ceremony, announced the celebration, and promised a toast from Qingxuan to the top ten donors.
• Ye Lin ordered his five disciples to summon reinforcements and seal off the venue.
• Ye Lin appeared above the gathering with several thousand Great Blade Association cultivators and accused the Dao Heaven Sect of colluding with the Dark Shadow Pavilion.
• Ye Lin pronounced judgment that the Dao Heaven Sect would be annihilated and all cultivators present executed.
• The gathered cultivators protested their innocence and begged Ye Lin to let them leave.

Ye Lin ordered the Great Blade Association cultivators to slaughter Heaven Sect’s people after deciding their sect’s quasi-saints would not intervene. Ding Shuheng confronted Ye Lin and offered compensation, but the massacre continued.

• Ye Lin dismissed the cultivators’ threats, marked them, and ordered that they all be killed.
• The Great Blade Association’s Daluo Golden Immortals attacked, and a chaotic, one-sided slaughter began.
• Ding Shuheng watched Heaven Sect’s disciples die and repeatedly shouted for the fighting to stop, but no one listened.
• Ding Shuheng confronted Ye Lin, insisting Heaven Sect had only provided Dark Shadow Pavilion with information and offering compensation if Ye Lin called off the attack.

Ye Lin killed Ding Shuheng and seized the Spatial Ring from Qingxuan, then killed her as she tried to leave. He realized Qingxuan was an external incarnation and suspected her true body was a quasi-saint who had used the Heaven Sect to gather treasures.

• Ye Lin attacked Ding Shuheng with Sword Qi, shattered his shield, and killed him.
• Ye Lin took the Spatial Ring from Qingxuan after she handed it over without resistance.
• Ye Lin let Qingxuan leave, then struck her in the chest and killed her.
• Ye Lin identified Qingxuan as an external incarnation and wondered if her true body had used the Heaven Sect to swindle treasures.

Ye Lin confirmed that the man he had dealt with was only an incarnation and collected the resources he had swindled. As the battle reached a stalemate, Ye Lin intervened with a rain of Sword Qi, leaving a second wave poised to strike.

• Ye Lin confirmed the man was an incarnation and put away the Spatial Ring filled with cultivation resources.
• The battle between the two sides stalled as the cultivators joined together to resist, while members of the Great Blade Association begged for their lives.
• Ye Lin appeared above the battlefield and unleashed countless streams of Sword Qi, severely wounding or killing many cultivators.
• The survivors looked up at Ye Lin in fear, then saw another wave of Sword Qi forming in the heavens.

Ye Lin turned the battle against the Daluo Golden Immortal cultivators by unleashing waves of Sword Qi and thunder, then helped the Great Blade Association overwhelm them. The slaughter continued as the earth absorbed the blood of the fallen.

• Ye Lin struck the enemy cultivators with another barrage of Sword Qi, leaving the wounded vulnerable to the Great Blade Association.
• The enemy cultivators lost their will to fight and fled, but Ye Lin pursued them with a third wave of Sword Qi.
• The cultivators rallied and charged Ye Lin, hoping to capture him and use him as a hostage.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword Qi and thunder, stopping their attacks before they could reach him and knocking many from the sky.
• The Great Blade Association joined Ye Lin in a one-sided massacre, while the ground absorbed the blood of the fallen Daluo Golden Immortals.

After wiping out their enemies, Ye Lin and his disciples collected the resources and set out to target the Love Sect. Across Phoenix Prefecture, the Great Blade Association continued its indiscriminate slaughter, leaving the local forces and Rogue Cultivators in hiding.

• The battle ended after three shichen, leaving the ground covered in blood and corpses that the earth would eventually absorb.
• A disciple gave Ye Lin a Spatial Ring of resources, and Ye Lin ordered him to distribute them among the disciples.
• Ye Lin consulted a scroll of suspicious targets, chose the Love Sect as the next one, and led his disciples onward.
• The Great Blade Association sealed off Phoenix Prefecture and killed Rogue Cultivators and nearby sects or clans without giving them a chance to explain.
• The major forces shut their mountain gates and Rogue Cultivators hid in remote places as the Great Blade Association blamed them for standing by during its branch's destruction.

Quasi-Saint experts watched their forces die under the gaze of a stronger presence, while one who intervened was instantly killed. Ye Lin and the Great Blade Association then confronted Lin Qingxue, the Love Sect’s Sect Master, over the destruction of their Phoenix Prefecture branch.

• Quasi-Saint experts watched helplessly as their disciples and loved ones were slaughtered, fearing the giant eye in the void.
• A Quasi-Saint who attacked was struck by divine lightning, which destroyed his body and erased his true spirit.
• Ye Lin and his disciples arrived at the Love Sect and found its grounds filled with women soliciting customers.
• Lin Qingxue greeted the group and identified herself as the Love Sect’s current Sect Master.
• A disciple of the Great Blade Association accused the Love Sect of helping destroy the association’s Phoenix Prefecture branch, and Lin Qingxue denied its involvement.

Ye Lin confronted Lin Qingxue and the Love Sect over their alleged involvement in a dispute, threatening to destroy the sect. Lin Qingxue admitted they had interfered and offered compensation, while Ye Lin left the amount up to her.

• Ye Lin asked Lin Qingxue what the Love Sect did, and she described its dual-cultivation business and invited him to participate.
• Ye Lin declared that the Great Blade Association’s investigation implicated the Love Sect and threatened to wipe it out.
• Lin Qingxue denied the accusation, but Ye Lin pressured her by insisting the Association’s investigation was more credible.
• Lin Qingxue admitted that the Love Sect had interfered and offered to compensate the Great Blade Association.
• Ye Lin told Lin Qingxue to decide the compensation herself, while his disciples acted as though they had not heard the offer.

Ye Lin demanded the Love Sect’s treasures, and Lin Qingxue handed over its remaining wealth. After Ye Lin left, his disciples refused to honor the payment and attacked, citing Lin Qingxue’s role in destroying a Great Blade Association branch.

• Ye Lin threatened Lin Qingxue with Sword Qi and gave her a hundred breaths to settle matters.
• Lin Qingxue returned with a Spatial Ring containing the Love Sect’s treasures, worth over a hundred million transaction points.
• Ye Lin accepted the ring and departed, leaving his disciples behind.
• A disciple claimed that none of them had seen Lin Qingxue pay Ye Lin and said they would take action.
• Lin Qingxue protested that the Love Sect had nothing left and that she had already paid, but the disciple ordered his brothers to attack her.