Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin inspected Shi Ba’s panel and learned that the Backing Clan prodigy would discover a secret history in the second room and comprehend the Heaven-Supporting Finger. When Xilia asked how to divide the six rooms among them, Ye Lin demanded three after sensing a pull from the sixth door, provoking the Jade Emperor and Shi Ba.

• Ye Lin read Shi Ba’s panel and saw that the Backing Clan prodigy’s opportunity lay in the second secret room.
• Shi Ba thanked Ye Lin for saving a Backing Clan prodigy in the Heavenly Palace Ruins and expressed goodwill toward him.
• Xilia asked how the four of them should divide the six wooden doors.
• Ye Lin sensed something drawing him toward the sixth door and claimed three rooms for himself.
• The Jade Emperor’s aura surged after Ye Lin insisted he was serious, while Xilia narrowed his eyes and Shi Ba stiffened.

Ye Lin took control of the second and fifth secret chambers, angering the Jade Emperor, who vowed to kill him. Inside, Ye Lin found an ancient tome he could not move and memorized the primordial characters describing the Nine Revolutions Profound Art.

• Ye Lin assigned the Jade Emperor the remaining chambers and warned him not to steal anything from the second chamber.
• Xilia and Shi Ba accepted Ye Lin’s claim and entered their own chambers, while the Jade Emperor entered the fourth and vowed to kill Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin found a golden ancient tome in the second chamber but could not move it, so he stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin entered the fifth chamber and recognized its wall inscriptions as the Nine Revolutions Profound Art written in primordial characters.
• Ye Lin memorized every inscription with his divine sense, though he could not read the characters.

Ye Lin entered the sixth secret chamber and found a blood-red sword whose power showed him the scene of its former master’s final battle. After the vision ended, the former master appeared before Ye Lin as a blood-colored figure.

• Ye Lin destroyed the writing on the walls and entered the sixth secret chamber.
• Ye Lin saw the blood-red sword and nearly lost control of his mind from its power.
• Ye Lin gripped the sword and witnessed its former master defeat three black figures before a young man with a spear killed him.
• The sword flew away after its master died, and the vision ended with the space around Ye Lin shattering into a boundless sea.
• A blood-colored figure identical to the sword’s former master appeared before Ye Lin.

Ye Lin learned that the sword spirit wanted him to destroy the Dao lineage of the man who killed its master, an ancient force still hidden in the Eastern Continent. The sword spirit warned that a golden age was approaching and that true horrors and the lineage were beginning to awaken.

• The sword spirit told Ye Lin that his master had slain three ancient demons in the Primordial Era before a wounded human killed him.
• The sword spirit offered to acknowledge Ye Lin as its master if he agreed to destroy the killer's surviving Dao lineage.
• Ye Lin questioned whether the killer and his lineage could still exist, and the sword spirit said the lineage remained in the Eastern Continent.
• Ye Lin denied knowing of any such lineage, but the sword spirit warned that the coming golden age would awaken hidden forces and great horrors.

The sword spirit explained to Ye Lin that powerful Loose Immortals had survived across the ages, waiting for the golden age and the return of the gate to immortality. Ye Lin realized that Mahayana was not the end and that Nameless Mountain could not withstand the ancient powers when they emerged.

• The sword spirit told Ye Lin that prodigies from earlier eras had extended their lives and that many had survived into the present age.
• The sword spirit explained that the Divine Beast Clan had shattered the gate of ascension, preventing Mahayana Half-Immortals from ascending.
• The sword spirit described the nine tribulations of Loose Immortals, whose power and lifespans surpassed those of Mahayana Half-Immortals.
• The sword spirit said that Loose Immortals had sealed themselves away and passed down their lineages while waiting for the golden age and the return of the gate to immortality.
• Ye Lin's worldview was overturned, and he realized that Nameless Mountain could not withstand the ancient powers when they awakened.

Ye Lin accepted the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword’s request for revenge and completed its master-recognition ritual. He learned the sword absorbed blood to provide him with energy, formed a karmic bond with it, and took up the task of destroying its former master’s enemy lineage.

• Ye Lin welcomed the coming great era and its awakened prodigies as worthy opponents, convincing the sword spirit that he had the courage to pursue revenge.
• Ye Lin vowed to destroy the lineage that had killed the sword spirit’s former master.
• The sword spirit sent Ye Lin’s consciousness out of the sword Dao space, and Ye Lin dripped his blood onto the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword to recognize it as his master.
• Ye Lin learned the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword was a top-grade Heaven Grade artifact that absorbed blood and converted it into pure energy for its master.
• Ye Lin picked up the sword, accepted its blood-absorbing trait, and formed a karmic bond tied to fulfilling his promise of revenge.

Ye Lin confronted the Jade Emperor after leaving the secret chamber and secured an agreement to have Taiyuan's clansmen delivered to Nameless Mountain. He spared the Jade Emperor because the Human Race still needed him to contain the Asura Clan and preserve time to develop.

• Ye Lin placed the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword in the Chaos Sword Casket, then left the secret chamber.
• The Jade Emperor threatened Ye Lin with a future battle and departed through a light gate.
• Ye Lin followed the Jade Emperor and asked him to hand over Taiyuan's clansmen.
• When the Jade Emperor threatened to refuse, Ye Lin pressured him with a spiritual-energy sword after pointing out that he could not use his strength.
• The Jade Emperor agreed to deliver the people to Nameless Mountain in three days, and Ye Lin let him leave.

Ye Lin was ambushed on the island by five members of the Shadow Clan, who tried to bind him with Soul-Binding Locks. He overpowered them and left them badly wounded.

• Ye Lin left after watching the Jade Emperor depart and heard battles breaking out across the island.
• Five Shadow Clan members surrounded Ye Lin and demanded that he spare their clan in exchange for his freedom.
• The five attacked with Soul-Binding Locks and sealed the surrounding area, but Ye Lin shattered the seal and seized the chains.
• Ye Lin struck one Shadow Clan member through the chest with a palm.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament, shattering the five members' attacks and sending them crashing to the ground.

Ye Lin killed five peak Spirit Transformation prodigies and was approached by Xilia, who proposed an alliance against the Demon Race and the Jade Emperor. Ye Lin showed little interest in the offer, leaving Xilia’s proposal unanswered.

• Ye Lin killed the five peak Spirit Transformation prodigies with a single palm strike.
• Xilia emerged from the forest and praised Ye Lin’s strength.
• Ye Lin told Xilia he would have attacked if he had sensed hostility.
• Xilia proposed that the Human Race and the Asura Clan ally against the Demon Race, then share the Eastern Continent.
• Ye Lin considered Xilia’s offer with a teasing smile but had no intention of forming an alliance.

Ye Lin refused Xilia's proposal for an alliance between the Human Race and the Asura Clan, choosing to focus on conquering the Shadow Clan and strengthening his own forces. Xilia suspected Ye Lin was hiding a larger plan as Ye Lin headed toward the island's deepest point.

• Ye Lin rejected Xilia's alliance proposal and decided to stop expanding after conquering the Shadow Clan.
• Xilia questioned Ye Lin's refusal, warning that the Human Race would face the Demon Race if the Asura Clan fell.
• Ye Lin told Xilia to trust the Asura Clan's strength and left to explore the island's heart.
• Xilia wondered what Ye Lin knew or planned and suspected he was using the conflict to strengthen the Human Race.

Ye Lin reached a waterfall surrounded by precious Pre-Heaven Spirit Stones and tried to claim them all for himself. He threatened the gathered prodigies, and Xilia arrived with four Asura Clan prodigies to confront him.

• Ye Lin saw the vast supply of Pre-Heaven Spirit Stones and charged toward the waterfall, prompting the other prodigies to follow.
• Ye Lin blocked the path with the Chaos Sword Casket and declared that no one else could pass.
• Ye Lin threatened the gathered prodigies with death and summoned five longswords and the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• A Demon Race prodigy and an Asura Clan prodigy condemned Ye Lin, while the other races watched in silence.
• Xilia arrived with four Asura Clan prodigies and demanded that Ye Lin step aside.

Ye Lin killed a Celestial God Clan prodigy with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and gained blood-baleful energy from the absorbed blood. He charged into battle against thirty-two peak Spirit Transformation prodigies, leaving off as he clashed with Xilia.

• Ye Lin killed a Celestial God Clan prodigy before he could react, and the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword absorbed the prodigy's blood.
• Ye Lin sensed that the absorbed blood had granted him a powerful supply of blood-baleful energy that could grow stronger with each kill.
• Xilia questioned Ye Lin about the demon sword and urged him to retreat, but Ye Lin refused and unleashed his blood-baleful energy.
• Ye Lin sent five Long Swords toward the crowd and charged at Xilia, intending to fight all thirty-two prodigies alone.
• Xilia summoned two blood-red Sickles and blocked Ye Lin's sword, and their weapons collided with a thunderous shock wave.

Ye Lin fought Xilia while his clone used Godslayer to suppress the thirty-one other prodigies. The prodigies recognized the sword’s power and prepared to overwhelm the clone before Ye Lin’s spiritual energy ran out.

• Xilia struggled against Ye Lin’s overwhelming momentum after they clashed more than a hundred times.
• Xilia unleashed his blood-red aura, vanished behind Ye Lin, and sent him flying with a slash before continuing their fight in the sky.
• Ye Lin’s clone appeared beside the Chaos Sword Casket and summoned Godslayer against the thirty-one prodigies.
• Godslayer’s suppression reduced the prodigies’ combat strength by thirty percent.
• The prodigies reasoned that Ye Lin could not sustain the Heaven Grade Sacred Artifact and moved to suppress the clone.

Ye Lin drove Xilia and the other geniuses away, then agreed to let his independent-minded clone explore the world. After the clone departed, Ye Lin collected the Innate Spirit Stones and continued onward.

• The geniuses rushed to suppress Godslayer, and Ye Lin's clone used it and five Long Swords to hold them off.
• Ye Lin overwhelmed Xilia in battle, forcing him to flee beyond the horizon.
• The four Asura Clan geniuses retreated after Xilia fled, and the geniuses of the other races left soon after.
• Ye Lin's clone asked to explore the world, and Ye Lin agreed.
• The clone departed, and Ye Lin stored the Chaos Sword Casket and the Innate Spirit Stones before walking forward.

Ye Lin reflected on how cultivation had made him increasingly indifferent and resolved to reconnect with mortal life before losing his humanity. Elsewhere on Myriad Blessings Island, three Human Race prodigies fought to protect their junior sister from nine attackers.

• Ye Lin realized that becoming Sect Master of Nameless Mountain had made him colder and feared turning into a machine devoted only to cultivation.
• Ye Lin remembered why he had sought strength in the Azure Cloud Sect and decided to experience the warmth and bustle of the mortal world again.
• Nine peak Spirit Transformation prodigies surrounded three Human Race men and their junior sister, mocking them because they could not challenge Ye Lin.
• One of the men told the junior sister to stay behind them, then led his two companions in blocking the attackers as she watched anxiously.

Ye Lin intervened when nine foreign-race prodigies overwhelmed three of his disciples, sending the attackers fleeing. He ordered the injured disciples and their junior sister to leave the island, then went to a cave to sort through his gains.

• Two of Ye Lin's disciples held off nine foreign-race prodigies while another tried to escort their junior sister to safety.
• The junior sister questioned why Ye Lin was not leading them, revealing her inexperience with the world.
• Ye Lin appeared and ordered the nine prodigies to leave, and they fled without fighting him.
• The three injured disciples bowed to Ye Lin, who ordered them and their junior sister to return from the island.
• Ye Lin watched them leave, then entered a cave to sort through his gains.

After leaving Myriad Blessings Island, Ye Lin ordered the Human Race to retain the Shadow Clan’s surviving prisoners as laborers and settle its conquered territory. He returned toward Nameless Mountain, where Zhuge anticipated a purge of the officials who had defied Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin left Myriad Blessings Island, having decided to return and refine a clone after comprehending the Nine Revolutions Profound Art further.
• Zhuge reported that the Shadow Clan had been defeated, its ancestor taken to Nameless Mountain, and more than ten billion prisoners remained.
• Ye Lin ordered the prisoners kept as laborers and declared that the Shadow Clan’s territory belonged to the Human Race.
• Ye Lin ordered three True Lords to guard the territory for three days, then directed the others to return without drawing attention.
• Zhuge opened a spatial rift for Ye Lin and himself to return, anticipating that Ye Lin would purge Nameless Mountain’s corrupt and disobedient officials.

Ye Lin entered seclusion at Nameless Mountain, where others mistook his absence for fear and began grabbing territory formerly held by the Shadow Clan. He comprehended the first two turns of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art and swallowed a pill to awaken the Unrivaled Sacred Body, leaving his body growing stronger as its golden chains shattered.

• Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain and announced that he was entering seclusion, prompting some people to assume he was afraid.
• Certain people grew bolder and reached into the Shadow Clan's former territory to claim a share of its lands.
• Ye Lin mastered the ancient script and comprehended the first two turns of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, but could not understand the later turns.
• Ye Lin took a pill from his Spatial Ring to awaken the Unrivaled Sacred Body.
• Eighty-one golden chains appeared across Ye Lin's body and shattered one after another, strengthening his fleshly body and origin power.

Ye Lin used the Sacred Body Pill and the Nine Revolutions Profound Art to break free of his Heavenly Dao shackles and awaken his Unrivaled Sacred Body. As he struggled with the final chain, the Heavenly Dao sent tribulation lightning toward him, but Nameless Mountain's Sect Protection Array blocked it.

• Ye Lin shattered eight of his nine golden chains, causing his body and eyes to turn gold as his origin surged.
• Dark clouds and powerful lightning gathered over Nameless Mountain, forcing its disciples to hide indoors.
• Ye Lin could not break the final chain as the Sacred Body Pill's medicinal effects neared exhaustion.
• A bolt of tribulation lightning struck toward Ye Lin's residence, but Nameless Mountain's Sect Protection Array stopped it.
• The Heavenly Dao roared in anger after its lightning failed to breach the array.

Ye Lin endured the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation lightning to break the final chain restraining him and complete the First Turn of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art. He awakened the Unrivaled Sacred Body, leaving the Heavenly Dao unable to stop him.

• Ye Lin went to the Ninth Heaven and let tribulation lightning strike him, using it to weaken the final golden chain on his body.
• As stronger lightning battered Ye Lin, cracks spread across his body until he neared collapse, while Taichu watched anxiously from Nameless Mountain.
• The final chain shattered, and golden light burst from Ye Lin, scattering the dark clouds.
• Ye Lin punched the sky clear and declared the First Turn of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art complete and the Unrivaled Sacred Body awakened.