Chapter Summaries

After the Heaven Severance Sect was destroyed, Ye Lin imposed a death-match rule on the Arena and demanded that the four remaining factions send fighters. The leaders prepared to sacrifice a few people rather than risk provoking him further.

• Sword Demon explained that a true powerhouse could kill through karma without acting personally.
• Ye Lin dismissed Ji Yang’s death and invited the four remaining factions to continue the Arena event.
• Ye Lin announced that each Arena fight would be to the death, with only one survivor allowed to leave.
• When no one volunteered, Ye Lin threatened the factions with the same fate as the Heaven Severance Sect unless they sent fighters.
• The four faction leaders agreed to send a few expendable fighters for Ye Lin to kill.

Ye Lin finished resolving the dispute over the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm slots, then returned to his master, the Heavenly Blade Sage. With three hundred years until the secret realm opened, the Sage sent Ye Lin to visit the Sacred Heaven Dynasty, a place he had never heard of.

• Ye Lin silenced the Arena crowd, left with the Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic, and the Blade Fanatic shattered the Arena as they departed.
• The four major factions fled, abandoning their hopes for the coveted slots after surviving Ye Lin's wrath.
• Back on Meteor Island, the Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic said goodbye to Ye Lin and vanished.
• Ye Lin reported to the Heavenly Blade Sage that he had destroyed the Heaven Severance Sect, and the Sage approved of how he handled the dispute.
• The Heavenly Blade Sage told Ye Lin that the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm would open in three hundred years and asked him to visit the Sacred Heaven Dynasty.

Heavenly Blade Sage sent Ye Lin to the Sacred Heaven Dynasty to support the Third Princess and help her become Emperor. Ye Lin arrived directly in the Imperial Capital, where the bustling streets and their powerful residents surprised him.

• Heavenly Blade Sage explained the Sacred Heaven Dynasty’s succession crisis and tasked Ye Lin with placing the Third Princess on the throne.
• Heavenly Blade Sage opened a space vortex that would take Ye Lin directly to the dynasty’s Imperial Capital.
• Ye Lin asked about Luo Yao and learned that one of Heavenly Blade Sage’s friends had taken her out for fun.
• Ye Lin stepped through the vortex and emerged on a lively, gold-paved avenue lined with vendors and crowds.
• Ye Lin noticed that the bustling crowd included cultivators ranging from True Immortals to Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.

Ye Lin met the Great Blade Association’s leaders and learned how the Sacred Heaven Dynasty reached the Origin Continent and used its providence to let True Immortals survive there. He revealed that Lord Saber Saint had sent him to support the Third Princess’s ascension, exciting Teng Yi.

• Meng Zhao escorted Ye Lin to a restaurant, where Hua Shuang, Tang Yu, and Teng Yi greeted him.
• Teng Yi explained that the Sacred Heaven Dynasty’s founder unified a universe, created a fortune-dynasty cultivation method, and brought the dynasty to the Origin Continent.
• Teng Yi said the dynasty’s providence allowed True Immortals to survive and cultivate within its territory.
• Teng Yi revealed that the founding Emperor had left after settling the dynasty and had never returned.
• Ye Lin said Lord Saber Saint wanted him to support the Third Princess’s ascension, and Teng Yi reacted with excitement.

Ye Lin learned that the Sacred Heaven Dynasty's current Emperor had spent hundreds of thousands of years suppressing the First Emperor's followers and the Third Princess. He vowed that the Third Princess would become Emperor, though he recognized the struggle would be difficult, and set out to meet her.

• Tang Yu explained that Teng Yi was excited because the Third Princess descended from the First Emperor.
• Hua Shuang told Ye Lin that the current Emperor had weakened the First Emperor's influence, suppressed his old subordinates, and threatened the Third Princess.
• Ye Lin realized the Third Princess had little support in court and that helping her claim the throne would be difficult.
• Teng Yi promised to assist Ye Lin with anything he asked, fearing the Third Princess would lose her last chance.
• Ye Lin declared that the Third Princess would become Emperor and asked to be taken to meet her.

Ye Lin went with Teng Yi and Tang Yu to meet the Third Princess, while the Great Blade Association’s forces waited nearby. At the princess’s residence, imperial guards blocked their way under the Emperor’s orders, leaving the group surrounded and unable to enter.

• Ye Lin agreed to meet the Third Princess and let Tang Yu accompany him into the palace.
• Hua Shuang and Teng Yi offered the Great Blade Association’s and War God Hall’s forces to Ye Lin, but Teng Yi admitted they had not rebelled because they could not defeat the Emperor.
• Teng Yi led Ye Lin and Tang Yu by carriage to the Third Princess’s residence.
• A black-clad guard barred Teng Yi from entering, citing the Emperor’s order that the Third Princess was unwell and could receive no visitors.
• Dozens of hidden figures appeared and surrounded Ye Lin, Tang Yu, and Teng Yi, creating a stalemate at the gate.

Ye Lin and Teng Yi forced their way toward the Third Princess, who had been placed under house arrest by the Emperor’s order. After Tang Yu killed the guards blocking their path, Teng Yi led them to her manor, where more attendants tried to stop them.

• Teng Yi invoked Ye Lin’s status as the Heavenly Blade Sage’s fourth personal disciple and the Fourth Young Master of the Great Blade Association, but the guards refused to let them see the Third Princess.
• Ye Lin warned the guards to move aside, then ordered Tang Yu to kill them when they stood firm.
• Ye Lin mocked Teng Yi’s lack of standing in the Sacred Heaven Dynasty and told him to lead the way inside.
• Teng Yi led Ye Lin and Tang Yu through a garden to the Third Princess’s manor, where he ordered two maids to leave and cursed the Emperor’s order.

Teng Yi discovered that the Third Princess had disappeared, and Ye Lin ordered the Imperial Capital sealed while he went to confront the Sacred Heaven Dynasty's Emperor. The city was locked down as Ye Lin and Tang Yu advanced toward the Emperor's residence.

• Teng Yi struck down two maidservants and searched the Third Princess's room, but could not find her.
• Teng Yi told Ye Lin that the Third Princess was gone, and Ye Lin ordered the Imperial Capital sealed.
• Ye Lin asked Tang Yu to accompany him to meet the Emperor and threatened to destroy the dynasty's upper ranks if the Third Princess had been harmed.
• Teng Yi mobilized War God Hall and the city defense army, while Tang Yu alerted the Great Blade Association and reclusive experts gathered in the city.
• Ye Lin and Tang Yu proceeded toward the Emperor's residence, followed by armored soldiers who did not dare stop them.

Ye Lin met the ailing Emperor Fang Jing to demand the Third Princess, whom his Master had named. Fang Jing tried to win Ye Lin’s support for his eldest son, Fang Yuan, but Ye Lin insisted that the princess be handed over and warned Fang Jing to consider his descendants.

• Tang Yu introduced Ye Lin as the Fourth Young Master of the Great Blade Association and brought him before Emperor Fang Jing.
• Ye Lin noticed Fang Jing’s grave illness and demanded the Third Princess, while Fang Jing assured him that she was safe.
• Fang Jing introduced his eldest son, Fang Yuan, and asked Ye Lin what he thought of him.
• Fang Jing offered Ye Lin a generous gift and the Sacred Heaven Dynasty’s allegiance if he would acknowledge Fang Yuan.
• Ye Lin refused to be diverted from his request, explaining that his Master had personally named the Third Princess, and urged Fang Jing to consider his descendants.

Ye Lin demanded that Fang Jing release Fang Li and let the Third Princess take the throne, threatening to destroy the Sacred Heaven Dynasty's imperial family if he refused. Fang Jing accepted that he could no longer resist the Blade Saint's decision, leaving Fang Yuan frightened about what would happen after his father's death.

• Ye Lin told Fang Yuan that he would not ask the Blade Saint for help unless Fang Jing gave him a greater benefit.
• Ye Lin demanded to see the Third Princess by the next day and threatened the imperial family, while promising to spare Fang Yuan's eldest son after she took the throne.
• Tang Yu warned Fang Jing that Yun Qiyue would have been even less merciful, then left with Ye Lin.
• Fang Jing told Fang Yuan to release Fang Li and said no one could defy the Blade Saint's decision.
• Fang Jing said he had held the Blade Saint's realm for over a hundred thousand years and that it was time to return it.

Fang Yuan defied Fang Jing’s order to release Fang Li and decided to kill her so the Fourth Young Master would have to support his claim to the throne. He began to act on that plan in the secret room where Fang Li remained imprisoned.

• Fang Jing ordered Fang Yuan to release Fang Li and promised to ask the Fourth Young Master for a life-preserving talisman for him.
• After leaving the great hall, Fang Yuan resolved to kill Fang Li and send her corpse to the Fourth Young Master, forcing him to support Fang Yuan’s bid for the throne.
• Fang Yuan ordered his guards to stop anyone from entering his sleeping quarters, then went into a secret room where Fang Li was chained.
• Fang Yuan told Fang Li that the Fourth Young Master had come to ask for her and that Fang Jing had ordered her release.
• Fang Yuan told Fang Li he planned to kill her so that he would be the Fourth Young Master’s only choice for emperor.

Fang Yuan tried to kill the bound Fang Li so he could claim the Sacred Heaven Dynasty's throne, refusing to believe her warnings about the Great Blade Association. The Emperor's personal guard stopped him and ordered Fang Li released, leaving Fang Yuan to depart in defeat.

• Fang Li warned Fang Yuan that killing her would bring ruin upon him, his family, and the Sacred Heaven Dynasty.
• Fang Yuan rejected her warnings and said he would kill her to secure his claim to the Emperor's throne.
• Fang Yuan pressed his Long Sword to Fang Li's neck and cut her skin as she lay bound and unable to resist.
• The Emperor's personal guard seized the Long Sword and ordered Fang Yuan to release Miss Fang Li.
• Fang Yuan realized his father had anticipated his plan, sneered at Fang Li, and left in defeat.

Ye Lin backed Fang Li’s bid for the throne and ordered her to ascend as Emperor the next day. Fang Li left to prepare for the coronation, while Ye Lin and his companions made plans to attend.

• Fang Li pledged that the Sacred Heaven Dynasty would follow Ye Lin and asked him to help her take the Emperor’s throne.
• Fang Li vowed to purge the court, restore her grandfather’s former subordinates, and reclaim the dynasty he founded.
• Ye Lin gave Fang Li a communication Jade Talisman and told her to prepare to ascend the throne tomorrow.
• Fang Li accepted Ye Lin’s decision and left to make preparations for her coronation.
• Tang Yu questioned whether the plan was too fast, but Ye Lin said the reigning Emperor would have to retire and ordered preparations for the coronation ceremony.

Fang Li’s enthronement ceremony began as old veterans celebrated the Sacred Heaven Dynasty’s return to its rightful ruler while current officials feared her arrival. At the ceremony’s start, Fang Yuan urged his father to act against the enthronement.

• Powerful figures gathered in the Imperial Capital for Fang Li’s enthronement, while officials who had suppressed the old veterans worried they could neither flee nor escape punishment.
• Old veterans watched Fang Li on the high platform and celebrated the return of the dynasty to its rightful owner.
• Fang Yuan complained to his father that the ceremony was proceeding while the reigning Emperor was still alive and had not abdicated.
• Fang Yuan asked his father whether they should do something about the enthronement.

Fang Jing urged Fang Yuan to leave the Sacred Heaven Dynasty for the Western Region before Fang Li could consolidate her rule. Fang Li completed her coronation and took control of the dynasty, while Fang Jing stayed alive to protect his son until his departure.

• Fang Jing told Fang Yuan to leave for the Western Region and make a life beyond Fang Li's reach.
• Fang Yuan refused at first, but Fang Jing ordered him to leave the next day.
• Fang Yuan left his father's hall, vowing to remember Fang Li and Ye Lin.
• Fang Jing remained alone and held on to life until his son could be safe.
• Fang Li completed her coronation as ministers bowed to her as the new Emperor.
• Fang Li looked to Ye Lin with gratitude, recognizing his role in her victory.

After Fang Li became Emperor of the Sacred Heaven Dynasty, Ye Lin accepted her gift and departed. Fang Li then learned that Fang Yuan had escaped the dynasty, but an unknown pressure crushed the two shadows she sent to retrieve him.

• Ye Lin accepted a Spatial Ring from Fang Li, told her to handle the remaining matters, and left to cultivate before the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm.
• Fang Li went to see Fang Jing and thanked him for sparing her life.
• Fang Li asked where her cousin Fang Yuan had gone, and Fang Jing said he had sent him beyond the Eastern Region and asked her to spare him.
• Fang Li ordered two shadows to chase Fang Yuan and bring him back.
• A terrifying pressure filled the hall and crushed the two shadows into mangled flesh.

Fang Li confronted Fang Jing, who demanded that she spare his son and let him go free. After Fang Li agreed to keep his son under watch, Fang Jing spent his final day with her nearby and died in meditation.

• Fang Jing pressured Fang Li to spare his only son and grant him freedom.
• Fang Li agreed not to kill Fang Jing’s son but insisted he remain under her constant watch.
• Fang Li warned Fang Jing that killing her would bring the Fourth Young Master’s wrath upon his son.
• Fang Jing asked Fang Li to stay with him for one day, and she granted his request.
• Fang Jing recalled his life and died in meditation; Fang Li wished him a peaceful journey.

After three hundred years of seclusion, Ye Lin prepared to enter the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm with Yun Qiyue. He learned that the Heavenly Blade Sage was imprisoned, and Yun Qiyue began explaining why.

• Ye Lin emerged from three hundred years of cultivation as the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm’s opening approached.
• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue met the Heavenly Blade Sage’s disciples in the main hall and left without attending the young man’s planned speech.
• Ye Lin asked Yun Qiyue where their master was, and she told him the Heavenly Blade Sage had gone to prison.
• Yun Qiyue said the confinement was related to the Dark Shadow Pavilion.

Ye Lin learned that his Master was trapped in seclusion until he reached the Ninth Heaven of the Quasi-Saint Realm, then prepared to travel to the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm with Yun Qiyue. The Spirit King sent a powerful bodyguard to meet Ye Lin on Meteor Island, and the chapter ended with the man pledging to protect him.

• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that his Master and a Dark Shadow Pavilion elder had been forced into seclusion and could not leave until they reached the Ninth Heaven of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Yun Qiyue brought three elderly Dao Protectors, while Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic joined Ye Lin for the trip to the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm.
• The Spirit King contacted Ye Lin and said he had sent a man to Meteor Island to protect him.
• Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue's group left Meteor Island and encountered the Spirit King's ten-foot-tall bodyguard, who vowed to protect Ye Lin and obey his orders.

Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue traveled with Iron Hammer, whose immense power unsettled the other experts. They arrived at the gathering place for the secret realm, where everyone waited for the Yin-Yang Sect before its opening.

• Ye Lin learned that the huge man was named Iron Hammer and told him to stay by his side.
• Iron Hammer followed Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue while the Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic judged him too powerful for them to defeat, even together.
• Yun Qiyue asked where Ye Lin had found Iron Hammer, and Ye Lin said he belonged to a friend.
• A Quasi-Saint changed the scenery around them, and Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue arrived at a crowded gathering of powerful experts, including five gold-trimmed white-robed figures.
• The assembled experts said the Yin-Yang Sect had not yet arrived and argued over how long they had been waiting for the secret realm to open.