Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin, the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s previously unknown Deputy Marshal, accepted Wuchen’s challenge after Nie Zhao warned him of the monk’s strength. Wuchen began a display of profound Buddhist power that nearly subdued the soldiers watching, leaving the duel poised to begin.

• Ye Lin stepped forward to play with Wuchen, and Nie Zhao warned him that the monk’s Buddhist cultivation was formidable.
• Nie Zhao introduced Ye Lin as the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s Deputy Marshal, surprising Wuchen, who could not sense Ye Lin’s strength.
• Wuchen and Ye Lin exchanged courtesies over who would strike first, and Wuchen took the Arena.
• Wuchen filled half the Arena with pure Buddhist light, golden lotuses, and visions of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats.
• Wuchen’s invocation nearly dissolved the Heavenward soldiers’ will to fight until a Quasi-Saint expert jolted them back to their senses.
• Liu Zheng watched Wuchen from the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty’s platform with a grave expression.

Ye Lin faced Wuchen in the Arena after Wuchen tried to persuade him to abandon killing and embrace Buddhist teachings. As Ye Lin revealed a faint sword light containing the pure Law of the Sword, Wuchen sensed true death in it.

• Liu Zheng recognized that Wuchen’s Buddhist Dharma had reached a realm where all things were Buddha and admitted he would not have been confident of beating him at his peak.
• Wuchen offered to expound the scriptures for Ye Lin and dissolve his karmic sins, but Ye Lin said he wanted only to kill Wuchen.
• Wuchen accepted Ye Lin’s challenge and invited him to attack.
• Ye Lin raised two fingers like a sword, making the laws of heaven and earth tremble.
• A faint sword light appeared at Ye Lin’s fingertips, and Wuchen sensed the absolute Law of the Sword and the threat of true death.

Wuchen summoned his strongest Buddhist defense against Ye Lin, hoping to survive a single sword strike. Ye Lin’s slow, unavoidable sword light touched the Buddha phantom and began to shatter it.

• Wuchen realized Ye Lin’s cultivation surpassed his and prepared to face the attack.
• Wuchen condensed his Buddha-light into a gigantic phantom and formed the Immovable Fundamental Seal to defend himself.
• Ye Lin casually sent a sword light toward Wuchen, which Wuchen found impossible to evade.
• Wuchen poured all his power into the Buddha phantom as Ye Lin’s sword light descended.
• The sword light touched the phantom, and a crack spread through it.

Ye Lin defeated Wuchen with a single faint sword light, shattering his phantom Buddha and leaving him badly injured. Wuchen admitted defeat and bowed to Ye Lin, while the spectators realized how far Ye Lin’s swordsmanship surpassed their expectations.

• Wuchen’s phantom Buddha cracked apart and exploded after Ye Lin’s sword light passed through it.
• The blast sent Wuchen flying across the arena, where he landed bloodied and unable to continue.
• Nie Zhao and Liu Zheng watched in shock, with Liu Zheng recognizing that Ye Lin’s sword laws surpassed his understanding.
• Wuchen struggled to his feet, addressed Ye Lin as a senior, and admitted that he was utterly convinced by Ye Lin’s swordsmanship.
• Ye Lin withdrew his hand, dispersed the sword light, and told Wuchen that he was too courteous.

Ye Lin defeated Wuchen with one sword and told him he was a Quasi-Saint First Heaven from the Origin Continent. His claim stunned Wuchen and the spectators, while Nie Zhao realized Ye Lin had been telling the truth.

• Ye Lin praised Wuchen's Buddhist teachings but said he had been born in the wrong place and left the Origin Continent unexplained.
• Wuchen admitted defeat and asked Ye Lin what realm he had reached.
• Ye Lin said he was a Quasi-Saint First Heaven, leaving Wuchen, Liu Zheng, and the vice marshal shocked.
• Nie Zhao congratulated Ye Lin for misleading Wuchen, but Ye Lin insisted he had told the truth.
• Nie Zhao froze and said he would not be able to sleep that night.

Ye Lin used his overwhelming strength to secure first place for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty and let the other dynasties compete for the remaining ranks. He then sat out the coming battles because of his agreement with Su Cheng, leaving Nie Zhao to handle the Great Frost Dynasty.

• Ye Lin told Wuchen and Liu Zheng that the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty should take first place and challenged their forces to fight for the remaining positions.
• Wuchen agreed, and Liu Zheng followed, unwilling to risk angering Ye Lin while he was injured.
• Ye Lin sat down and told Nie Zhao he would not directly fight the Great Frost Dynasty because of his agreement with Su Cheng.
• Nie Zhao accepted and said he would personally deal with the Great Frost Dynasty.

The court learned that Ye Lin had become the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s Deputy Marshal, prompting Su Tao to consider what that meant for the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty. After the arena results put the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty first, Nie Zhao proposed a joint campaign against the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty one month later.

• A minister reported that Ye Lin was serving as the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty’s Deputy Marshal and had defeated Wuchen with one sword strike.
• Su Tao wondered whether Ye Lin would help the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty destroy the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty, then resolved to spare him if they met in battle.
• The Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty overturned its disadvantage and defeated the Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty, leaving the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty first, the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty second, and the Tranquil Heart Imperial Dynasty last.
• The three imperial dynasties accepted a division of the Southern Region that gave the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty three-fifths, with the other two dynasties receiving one-fifth each.
• Nie Zhao proposed that the three dynasties jointly raise their armies against the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty one month later.

After the contest, Ye Lin explored the Southern Region and contemplated the world’s Great Daos while the three grand marshals recovered and prepared to attack the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty. In a mysterious space, Su Cheng and two others watched Ye Lin’s reflection and discussed his strength and the secret he might carry.

• Ye Lin wandered the Southern Region after completing his mission and reflected on how the Great Daos differed from those of the Origin Continent.
• Over the next month, the three grand marshals recovered from their injuries, reorganized their armies, and set their sights on the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty.
• Ye Lin chose not to intervene in the coming battle, believing he had already secured enough benefits for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty and that he should honor his own judgment.
• In a mysterious space, a stern-faced middle-aged man asked Su Cheng about Ye Lin after seeing his reflection in a mirror.
• Su Cheng praised Ye Lin for defeating Wuchen with one sword and said the victory had helped secure a favorable outcome for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty.
• A bald man in white monk’s robes said Ye Lin came from beyond this world and speculated that his secret might let them advance further.

Su Cheng rejected Tranquil Heart’s plan to capture Ye Lin, warning that they could provoke someone even more powerful. The emperors considered uniting their dynasties to enter the Central Region, but their rivalry over who would lead left that hope out of reach.

• Su Cheng told Tranquil Heart that attacking Ye Lin could bring retaliation from someone behind him.
• Tranquil Heart asked whether they would remain trapped in their world forever and urged the emperors to seek a way out.
• Su Cheng proposed that the four Imperial Dynasties unite and enter the Central Region instead of targeting Ye Lin.
• Tranquil Heart asked who would lead the alliance, and Su Cheng claimed leadership for the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty.
• The Emperor of the Myriad Demon Imperial Dynasty laughed, recognizing that none of the rulers would agree to become another’s subject.
• Su Cheng warned Tranquil Heart not to provoke Ye Lin and risk drawing an enemy they could not defeat.

Jingxin proposed that the three imperial dynasties invade the Central Region, but Su Cheng argued that they would be destroyed before gaining anything. As the army surrounded the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty and demanded Su Tao’s surrender, Su Tao rose to confront the three marshals.

• Jingxin suggested that the three great imperial dynasties unite and seize territory from the collapsing Holy Dynasty in the Central Region.
• Su Cheng rejected the plan, and Jingxin and the other two lamented that they were trapped and unable to advance their cultivation.
• The armies surrounded the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty, whose national fortune shield appeared to protect it.
• Nie Zhao demanded that Su Tao take his own life to spare the dynasty’s people, threatening to destroy the capital if he refused.
• Su Tao called the three marshals dogs, then rose into the air as a terrifying pressure swept across the Eight Wastelands.

Su Tao revealed a terrifying golden aura filled with countless struggling faces, shocking the three marshals. Nie Zhao, Liu Zheng, and Wuchen joined forces to attack him, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Su Tao rose into the void, surrounded by brilliant golden light containing countless imprisoned faces.
• Liu Zheng and Wuchen recoiled at the aura, which filled them with fear and suppressed Wuchen’s Buddhist arts.
• Nie Zhao dismissed the display as a bluff and urged the marshals to attack Su Tao together.
• Nie Zhao, Liu Zheng, and Wuchen charged Su Tao and struck simultaneously with a star-like punch, a black dragon-shaped punch, and a golden swastika seal.

Su Tao effortlessly overwhelmed the attacks of three third-level quasi-Saints and killed Liu Zheng, Nie Zhao, and Wuchen. After the three opponents perished, the chapter ended with a site notice about a new bookshelf grouping feature.

• Su Tao's golden light swallowed the full-force attacks from Liu Zheng, Nie Zhao, and Wuchen.
• Su Tao pierced Liu Zheng's brow with golden light, killing him.
• Su Tao's attack tracked Nie Zhao and pierced his heart, killing him.
• Wuchen summoned a Buddha phantom for protection, but Su Tao's golden light pierced it and killed him.
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Su Tao annihilated the three imperial dynasties’ marshals, then began draining the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty of its people’s lives and cultivation and its accumulated fortune. The slaughter continued across the dynasty as its inhabitants and even powerful Quasi-Saints proved unable to resist.

• Su Tao killed the three third-heaven Quasi-Saints who marshaled the imperial dynasties in three breaths.
• Su Tao turned his attention to the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty and commanded the draining to begin.
• Golden light spread across the dynasty, freezing its inhabitants and threading into them to drain their vitality, cultivation, and souls.
• Cities and immortal sects were emptied, while cultivators and powerful figures died despite trying to flee, fight, or self-destruct.
• A first-heaven Quasi-Saint attacked Su Tao but was overwhelmed by the golden threads and drained to death.
• The golden threads spread throughout the dynasty and began extracting its national, popular, and Dao fortune.

Su Tao devoured the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty’s life force and cultivation, advancing to Level Six Quasi-Saint. He defied the Heavenly Dao’s punishment and punched open the firmament before the breach healed.

• Su Tao used a forbidden art to drain the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty’s people and absorb their power, advancing through Level Five to Level Six Quasi-Saint.
• The entire dynasty became a silent wasteland, while old monsters across the Southern Region sensed Su Tao’s immense, evil aura.
• The Heavenly Dao sent violet-black lightning to destroy Su Tao, but he scattered it with a wave and endured the rest unharmed.
• Su Tao mocked the Heavenly Dao and punched through the tribulation clouds, opening a breach in the firmament that quickly healed.
• The old monsters watching the battle were left horrified by Su Tao’s power.

Su Tao unleashed golden threads upon the fleeing armies of the three great imperial dynasties, draining their soldiers and Quasi-Saints of their vitality, cultivation, and souls. The slaughter continued as the remaining troops scattered in panic.

• Su Tao turned his gaze on the several billion soldiers and declared that it was their turn.
• Su Tao sent countless golden threads surging toward the armies, prompting their generals and soldiers to flee.
• The golden threads caught the soldiers and drained them until they withered and died.
• A first-level Quasi-Saint tried to escape but was drained by the threads and fell as a desiccated corpse.
• A second-level Quasi-Saint attempted to fight the threads, but they drained him too, leaving no third-level Quasi-Saints among the armies.

Su Tao used golden threads to drain the lives and power of the armies of the three great imperial dynasties, growing stronger as tens of billions perished. The soldiers could neither escape nor fight back, and even their self-destruction fed Su Tao.

• A second-layer Quasi-Saint of the Demon Race transformed into a colossal beast, but Su Tao's golden threads drained him into a dried corpse.
• The golden threads devoured millions of soldiers with every breath, leaving mountains of corpses as the armies fell into despair.
• Some soldiers begged for death, while others chose to self-destruct rather than be drained alive.
• Su Tao's golden threads absorbed the energy from the explosions and fed it back to him, strengthening his aura.
• Su Tao watched coldly as the golden light around him grew brighter and filled with the struggling faces of the dead and dying.

Su Tao annihilated the invading armies and revealed to Ye Lin that he had founded his Imperial Dynasty to prepare for this moment and obtain strength through a secret technique. The two shared wine above the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty as Su Tao began to explain the technique.

• Su Tao consumed the soldiers of the three great imperial dynasties, leaving billions dead and the land covered in corpses and blood.
• Su Tao said the slaughter was not enough and turned his attention toward the remaining living beings in the three great imperial dynasties.
• Su Tao asked Ye Lin whether he could now defeat him in one move, and Ye Lin accepted his challenge.
• Su Tao and Ye Lin sat atop the tallest building in the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty and drank wine while looking over the devastation.
• Su Tao told Ye Lin that he had founded the Imperial Dynasty for this moment and had obtained a secret technique that could make him infinitely stronger.

Su Tao told Ye Lin how he rose from an abused illegitimate son to founding the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty, all while hiding a secret art that let him grow stronger through sacrifice. He planned to sacrifice the three great Imperial Dynasties and the Central Region to attain sainthood, and if he failed, he would confront the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty before dying.

• Su Tao explained that his secret art let him sacrifice life, cultivation, soul, fortune, or national fortune to increase his power.
• Su Tao recounted fleeing the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty, surviving in the Southern Region, and founding the Great Frost Dynasty.
• Su Tao said he had waited tens of thousands of years to establish an Imperial Dynasty and credited Ye Lin with helping him do it in a year.
• Su Tao told Ye Lin he would not harm him and would let him travel freely, but intended to target the three great Imperial Dynasties and the Central Region.
• Ye Lin realized Su Tao had treated the Innate Spirit Treasure as a mere tool, then asked what would happen if Su Tao failed.
• Su Tao said he would die if he failed, but would first confront the Heavenward Imperial Dynasty and demand to know why his father had tortured him and killed his mother.

After witnessing Su Tao destroy the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty and break the sky with a punch, the three Imperial Emperors plotted to seize his secret and kill him. Ye Lin warned Su Tao that they were coming, but Su Tao welcomed the chance to face them together.

• The three Imperial Emperors realized Su Tao’s power could help them escape their world and raise their cultivation.
• Su Cheng, Jingxin, and Yi Han agreed to join forces against Su Tao and retrieve their Imperial Dynasties’ foundations before attacking.
• Jingxin and Yi Han vanished to gather their forces, while Su Cheng left and chose to ignore Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin told Su Tao that Su Cheng had warned him to leave and that the Emperors wanted Su Tao’s secrets.
• Su Tao said he would rather have the Emperors come together than hunt them down one by one.

Su Tao faced the forces of the three Imperial Dynasties and offered them the evil art they had come to seize, proposing that they leave peacefully. The three Emperors hesitated over whether to accept as Su Tao warned that attacking him could bring unexpected consequences.

• Su Tao assured Ye Lin that he could defeat the approaching enemies and told her to flee if he lost.
• Su Cheng arrived with two other leaders and a vast force, including twelve fourth-level and over a hundred third-level Quasi-Saints.
• Su Cheng accused Su Tao of sacrificing the Great Frost Imperial Dynasty and the Southern Region and claimed the Heavenly Dao had sent them to bring him to justice.
• Su Tao explained that the evil art had raised his cultivation and offered to hand it over in exchange for a peaceful parting.
• The three Emperors considered accepting the book, wary that fighting Su Tao could cost them one of their own.