Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin negotiated with Xuanwei over the Cosmic Light Hourglass, but mistrust on both sides stalled the exchange. Ye Lin and his companions demanded safeguards before handing it over, leaving the tense transaction unresolved.

• Xuanwei offered Ye Lin a half-step innate treasure along with three promised items, Holy Land information, and four teleportation Identity Tokens in exchange for the Cosmic Light Hourglass.
• Ye Lin began to retreat and demanded that Xuanwei provide everything first and let his group retreat ten thousand miles before receiving the hourglass.
• Wuqu Star Lord rejected Ye Lin's condition, and Xuanwei said it was too outrageous to accept.
• Ye Lin accused Xuanwei's group of planning to rob him, while Iron Hammer and Blade Fanatic questioned the Holy Land information and warned that the Jade Talisman might contain a trick.
• Ye Lin's companions recognized that Xuanwei's group wanted the Cosmic Light Hourglass more than the Holy Land information, restoring their leverage in the negotiation.

Ye Lin negotiated an exchange with Xuanwei’s group, trading information about the Sacred Land for the Cosmic Light Hourglass. After the Sword Demon inspected the information, Ye Lin led his companions away and left the hourglass behind.

• Ye Lin proposed that Xuanwei’s group hand over the information while the other side watched them leave without attacking for ten breaths.
• Xuanwei agreed and sent the treasures to Ye Lin, while the Sword Demon took the Jade Talisman and examined its contents.
• The Sword Demon found the information detailed and coherent, though he could not be sure it was genuine.
• Ye Lin accepted the information and warned Xuanwei to keep his people, including those in hiding, from moving.
• Ye Lin and the others retreated millions of miles away, and Ye Lin left the Cosmic Light Hourglass behind.

Ye Lin handed the Cosmic Light Hourglass to Xuanwei’s group and escaped with Sword Demon and the others. After confirming they were safe, the group prepared to hear what Ye Lin had learned from the Jade Talisman.

• Ye Lin left the Cosmic Light Hourglass behind and vanished with Sword Demon and the other two.
• Wuqu Star Lord urged Xuanwei to pursue them, but Xuanwei chose to avoid a fight and leave with the item.
• Wuqu Star Lord and the other experts departed after Xuanwei refused to pursue the group.
• Ye Lin led his companions at full speed for an hour before stopping somewhere unfamiliar.
• Sword Demon revealed that the Jade Talisman had crumbled after he absorbed its information, and Ye Lin began to explain what he had learned.

Sword Demon explained that the Identity Tokens could take them to the Three Thousand Sacred Lands, whose locations were marked on a map, but he knew nothing about their inheritances. The group debated whether the tokens were safe, and Ye Lin used his first, vanishing before Sword Demon tried to contact him.

• Sword Demon told Ye Lin, Blade Fanatic, and Iron Hammer that the Sacred Lands held Great Dao inheritances and that the information included a map to their locations.
• Ye Lin suggested they use the Identity Tokens to go to the Ninth Heaven, but Blade Fanatic warned that the strangers who gave them the tokens might have tampered with them.
• Ye Lin decided to test his token first and poured Holy Power into it.
• The token emitted blinding light and transported Ye Lin away, leaving no trace of him.
• Sword Demon took out a Jade Talisman and tried to contact Ye Lin after losing track of his aura.

Ye Lin found himself in a star-filled void where he could not contact Sword Demon and the others. After they joined him, the group prepared to search for a suitable Sacred Land, and Sword Demon drew a map to guide them.

• Ye Lin found no danger in the void but could not reach Sword Demon and the others with his Jade Talisman.
• Sword Demon, Iron Hammer, and Blade Fanatic also failed to contact Ye Lin, so Iron Hammer used his Identity Token to go up and check on him.
• Sword Demon and Blade Fanatic followed Iron Hammer by activating their Identity Tokens and appeared beside Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin proposed that the three thousand stars were the Three Thousand Sacred Lands and asked how they could find one suited to them.
• Sword Demon recalled a map and traced it into the air before the group.

Ye Lin and the others identified their corresponding Holy Lands in the starry sky above the Nine Heavens and tried to fly to them. After three hours without getting any closer, Ye Lin realized that flying alone could not reach the Sword Dao Holy Land.

• Ye Lin compared Sword Demon's star map with the sky and found the Sword Dao Holy Land, while Iron Hammer and Blade Fanatic searched for their own Holy Lands.
• Sword Demon finished drawing a miniature map of the starry sky, and Blade Fanatic found the Blade Dao Holy Land.
• Ye Lin and the others wondered how to reach the Holy Lands, then decided to fly straight upward.
• Ye Lin flew toward the Sword Dao Holy Land for three hours but saw no change in the distance and concluded that flying could not get him there.

Ye Lin and Sword Demon failed to reach the Sword Dao Holy Land by flying and met Void, who offered to show them how to qualify for entry in exchange for payment. After tasting Ye Lin’s Zenith Heaven Divine Source, Void demanded twice as much before he would take them there.

• Ye Lin and Sword Demon realized that an unseen barrier kept them from approaching the Holy Land, no matter how far they flew.
• Void appeared and explained that outsiders needed qualifications to reach the Holy Land, which they could test at a place he would show them.
• Void offered to guide Ye Lin and Sword Demon in exchange for something from the outside world.
• Ye Lin gave Void ten thousand jin of Zenith Heaven Divine Source to test his appetite.
• Void tasted the Divine Source, called it acceptable, and demanded twice as much to lead them onward.

Ye Lin paid Void ten times his original offer to guide him, Iron Hammer, and Blade Fanatic through the Nine Heavens toward the sacred land. Void explained the three layers of space and warned that they were about to enter a deadly killing formation.

• Ye Lin increased his offer to ten times the original amount, and Void agreed to guide him.
• Ye Lin contacted Iron Hammer and Blade Fanatic, and the two arrived to join him.
• Void led the group through the featureless outer void, insisting they follow his footsteps exactly.
• Void explained that the Nine Heavens had an outer layer of formations, a second layer of testing grounds, and a third layer containing the sacred land and its Great Dao inheritance.
• Void warned the group that the next path crossed a dangerous killing formation where one wrong step could prove fatal.

Ye Lin and his companions followed Void through a hidden spatial entrance into a realm of reception platforms for the holy lands. Void explained how Ye Lin could seek a holy land’s acknowledgment, while a group left behind began searching for the entrance.

• Ye Lin and his companions followed Void’s glittering footprints until Void stepped through a spatial ripple, and they entered the hidden space after him.
• Several people appeared where Ye Lin’s group had vanished and realized they had entered another layer of space, likely on the way to the Holy Land.
• Third Brother suggested searching for the entrance, and Boss agreed to have the group look for it together.
• Void showed Ye Lin and his companions the suspended reception platforms and explained that they needed to comprehend a holy land’s reception stele to seek its acknowledgment.
• Void told Ye Lin that a reception stele would build a rainbow bridge if the holy land acknowledged him within ten years, and that he could return if none did.

Ye Lin and Sword Demon searched the Cloud Heaven Secret Realm for a Great Dao inheritance and found the Sword Dao stone stele. They stood before it, unsure how to make it acknowledge them.

• Void left after telling Ye Lin he would return in ten years and offering him a chance to leave or explore.
• Ye Lin, Sword Demon, Iron Hammer, and Blade Fanatic split up to search the three thousand Dao platforms.
• Ye Lin wondered whether the Sacred Land could grant a true Great Dao inheritance.
• Ye Lin and Sword Demon found the Sword Dao platform and sensed a terrifying danger within its stone stele.
• Ye Lin and Sword Demon could not figure out how to make the Sword Dao stone stele respond to them.

Ye Lin presented his complete understanding of the Sword Dao to the Stone Stele, hoping to earn a response from the sacred land. The Sword Demon followed his example, and both continued their silent exchange with the stele as time passed.

• Ye Lin decided to reveal his talent to the Stone Stele rather than keep waiting in silence.
• Ye Lin sensed the sword scars on the stele and began presenting his Sword Dao gradually through his divine sense.
• Ye Lin unfolded his understanding of sword principles, including Cloud Pierce, Great Ruins Space-Rending Sword, Void Overlapping Shadows, Starshift Instant Prison Sword, and Returning Ruins Draw.
• The Sword Demon closed his eyes and imitated Ye Lin by displaying what he possessed.
• Ye Lin continued presenting his insights to the Stone Stele in a slow exchange, while time passed unnoticed.

Ye Lin’s newly deduced sword principle earned the Sword Dao Holy Land’s recognition, and a rainbow bridge carried him there. He arrived in a boundless world formed from swords and Sword Intent.

• Ye Lin combined Chaos Sword Dao with pure Sword Dao to deduce a new sword principle, and the Sword Stele recognized him.
• The Sword Stele formed a silvery-white rainbow bridge leading to the Sword Dao Holy Land.
• Ye Lin left the motionless Sword Demon behind and crossed the bridge, absorbing sword mysteries during the journey.
• Ye Lin arrived in the Sword Dao Holy Land and saw a wilderness stretching to the horizon, formed from countless Long Swords thrust into the ground.

Ye Lin reached the Sword Source holy land, where guardian Cangfeng offered him a Sword Dao inheritance or a broken sword containing an expert’s insights. The chapter ended before Ye Lin chose.

• Ye Lin entered a holy land filled with swords, Sword Qi streams, and Sword Intent, and saw its towering Sword Source peak.
• Ye Lin approached the Sword Source stele and encountered a gray-robed old man meditating beneath it.
• The old man, Cangfeng, recognized Ye Lin’s Chaos Sword Body and explained that the stele had guided him there.
• Cangfeng offered Ye Lin either a Sword Dao inheritance or any broken sword from the holy land.

Ye Lin chose the Sword Dao legacy over the Broken Sword and agreed to undergo its three dangerous stages. Cangfeng outlined the trials and their risks, then accepted Ye Lin’s resolute decision to proceed.

• Ye Lin weighed the Broken Sword against the Great Dao legacy and chose the legacy.
• Cangfeng explained the three stages: tempering the body in the Sword Graveyard Forest, answering nine questions on the Sword Testing Platform, and slaying voids in the Void-Slaying Illusory Realm.
• Cangfeng warned Ye Lin that failure in any stage could mean death, the collapse of his Dao Heart, or being trapped in the Void forever.
• Ye Lin accepted the risks without hesitation and bowed to Cangfeng.
• Cangfeng nodded at Ye Lin’s resolve, recalling that none of the previous candidates had retreated from the legacy.

Ye Lin entered Sword Graveyard Forest to attempt the Ten Thousand Swords Tempering the Body trial, where countless Sword Intents attacked his Chaos Sword Body and Sword Heart. He realized he had to absorb and subdue the Sword Intents rather than merely resist them, or die.

• Cangfeng opened a passage into the sacred land and warned Ye Lin that conquering ten thousand swords would complete the trial, with no chance to turn back after entering.
• Ye Lin stepped into Sword Graveyard Forest, where countless ancient swords radiated different forms of Sword Intent.
• After Ye Lin took three steps, the Sword Intent storm surged toward him and pierced through his protective sword aura.
• Ye Lin activated his Chaos Sword Body and analyzed the many Sword Intents as they seared his body, sword essence, and Sword Heart seed.
• Ye Lin realized he had to guide, absorb, and transform the Sword Intents until they submitted to him, or the storm would destroy him.

Ye Lin endured and absorbed the Sword Intent storm in the Sword Graveyard, transforming his Chaos Sword Body and deepening his understanding of the sword. After completing the first trial, he found himself in a forest where every direction looked the same.

• Ye Lin guided strands of Sword Intent into his body and refined them despite the wounds they caused.
• As he endured the storm, Ye Lin's Chaos Sword Body grew tougher and acquired silver-white Sword Intent, while his Sword Heart seed sprouted a new branch.
• Ye Lin's understanding of the sword deepened as he grasped it as an expression of will, wisdom, and art.
• A sword cry sounded within Ye Lin, and his radiance pushed back the storm as his wounds healed and the first tempering was completed.
• Ye Lin rose unharmed by the storm, passed the first trial, and found the surrounding scenery indistinguishable in every direction.

Ye Lin reached the second level of the Sword Graveyard trial and began the Sword Soul Heart Inquiry beneath a projection of the Holy Land's sword Dao origin. He answered its questions about the nature of the sword and was left pondering how to balance purity with learning from many strengths.

• Ye Lin saw a stone platform appear and followed it to a white platform floating in the Void.
• Ye Lin sat beneath the sword tower projection and announced that he had passed Ten Thousand Swords Tempering the Body and come for Sword Soul Heart Inquiry.
• The Sword Soul's will asked Ye Lin what he regarded the sword as, and Ye Lin answered that the sword's nature depended on the wielder's heart.
• The Sword Soul's will asked how Ye Lin would balance purity and focus with drawing broadly from other strengths, and Ye Lin began to ponder his answer.

Ye Lin answered questions about sword purity and the place of affection on his path, then struggled to define the sword path’s endpoint. The chapter left him considering how even the greatest cultivators in one realm could be insignificant in a larger world.

• Ye Lin explained that sword purity meant unwavering faith in the sword while learning from many schools and integrating their principles.
• Ye Lin said he would cherish family bonds and affection unless they truly obstructed his Dao, in which case he would cut away the obstruction rather than his capacity for warmth.
• The phantom asked whether the sword path had an endpoint and what gave endless striving meaning, leaving Ye Lin silent.
• Ye Lin reflected that cultivators who reached the summit of one world could still be ordinary in the Star River Cosmos or the Origin Continent.

Ye Lin reflected on the meaning of cultivation and solidified his Dao heart, deciding to seek both the Dao and his heart while cherishing the journey. He answered the phantom’s questions about teaching the Sword Dao and facing death, leaving his philosophy grounded in fate and giving everything his all.

• Ye Lin questioned whether cultivation had meaning when even powerful cultivators could remain ants, then realized he had overlooked the scenery along his path.
• Ye Lin declared that he would use his sword to practice the Dao in his heart and value the process of seeking over strength alone.
• The phantom asked how Ye Lin would pass on his Sword Dao, and Ye Lin said he would follow his own ideas, perhaps guided by fate or a whim.
• Ye Lin thought of his disciples Taiyuan and Ye Buqu and recalled that he had chosen them for different reasons.
• The phantom asked what Ye Lin would do if his Dao vanished the next day, and Ye Lin said he would enjoy the scenery, drink wine, and give everything he had.

In the Origin Continent’s Cloud Heaven Secret Realm, Ye Lin answered the final questions of a sword-dao trial and strengthened his Dao Heart. After the nine questions ended, he waited to learn whether he had passed.

• Ye Lin said cultivators should learn from past sword cultivators while forging a sword dao of their own.
• Ye Lin declared he had no regrets about choosing the sword dao and would pursue it to the end.
• Ye Lin said his sword rang for truth, himself, the Dao, and the sword in his hand.
• The nine questions ended, and Ye Lin sat calmly as he awaited the trial’s result.