Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin absorbed Dijiang’s immortal liquid and broke through to the middle stage of Dao Integration, leaving Dijiang devastated. Ye Lin offered Dijiang the position of guardian divine beast of the Human Race as compensation.

• Dijiang lamented that Ye Lin had taken all the immortal liquid he had spent millions of years gathering.
• After three days, Ye Lin absorbed the immortal liquid, broke through to the middle stage of Dao Integration, and strengthened his Unrivaled Sacred Body.
• Ye Lin’s breakthrough shook the cave, so he grabbed Dijiang and left before it collapsed.
• Dijiang wailed for the return of his immortal liquid, and Ye Lin offered him the title of guardian divine beast of the Human Race.

Ye Lin revealed that he was the co-lord of the Human Race and offered Dijiang the chance to enjoy the race’s fortune. After seeing the Kongtong Seal, Dijiang believed him and eagerly asked to follow him.

• Dijiang protested that following Ye Lin could not compensate for the immortal liquid he had lost.
• Ye Lin told Dijiang that he could grant him the Human Race’s fortune as its co-lord.
• Dijiang questioned Ye Lin’s authority until Ye Lin showed him the Kongtong Seal.
• Dijiang sensed the fortune in the seal, believed Ye Lin, and begged to follow him.

Ye Lin discovered that Dijiang had built an astonishingly deep foundation by suppressing his cultivation for countless millions of years. A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon demanded Dijiang, hoping to devour him, but Dijiang insulted the dragon from Ye Lin’s shoulder.

• Ye Lin examined Dijiang and found his foundation surpassed that of any other living creature he had seen in the Spirit Transformation realm.
• Ye Lin realized Dijiang had suppressed his cultivation for countless millions of years to accumulate immortal fluid and strengthen his foundation.
• A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon appeared and demanded that Ye Lin hand over Dijiang in exchange for his life.
• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon eyed Dijiang as a chance to raise its bloodline by devouring the ancient ferocious beast.
• Dijiang called the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon a little loach and boasted of his ancient supremacy.

Ye Lin recognized Ao Lie’s future opportunity and fought him after Ao Lie demanded that he hand over Dijiang. Their physical clash continued, leaving Ao Lie shocked that Ye Lin’s body could match his own.

• Ye Lin read Ao Lie’s panel and decided to seize the opportunity he would find on Penglai Island.
• Ao Lie attacked Ye Lin after Ye Lin refused to hand over Dijiang.
• Ye Lin tossed Dijiang aside and met Ao Lie’s dragon claw with a punch.
• Ye Lin and Ao Lie exchanged hundreds of blows in a fierce fight.
• Ao Lie cursed as he realized he could not overpower Ye Lin’s physique.

Ye Lin defeated Ao Lie and continued into Penglai Immortal Island, where he found the old fisherman. After Ye Lin challenged the old man's claim that they had no fate, the old man accepted that a connection might exist and made the lake and island vanish from others' sight.

• Ye Lin physically overwhelmed Ao Lie, who admitted defeat and left after vowing to kill Ye Lin if they met again.
• Ye Lin called the Dijiang to his shoulder and flew toward the center of Penglai Immortal Island to find the old fisherman.
• Ye Lin reached a mist-covered lake, sat beside the old man, and began fishing without bait or a line.
• The old man told Ye Lin that there was no fate between them, and Ye Lin argued that finding him meant they must be connected.
• The old man conceded that an unseen thread of fate might link them and made the lake and Penglai Immortal Island disappear from others' view.

Ye Lin struggled to understand why the old man caught fish while he caught none, until the old man explained that the fish saw his hook as a chance to escape their confined world. Ye Lin connected the lesson to the gate to the Immortal World, but the old man destroyed his basket and fishing rod before Ye Lin could finish speaking.

• Ye Lin tried to catch fish for three days while the old man filled his basket.
• The old man told Ye Lin that he fished for all living beings, who saw the hook as their chance to escape the lake and change their fate.
• Ye Lin realized the fish resembled people trapped in a world, and that the gate to the Immortal World might be like the old man's fishing rod.
• As Ye Lin began to explain his conclusion, the old man shattered his basket and fishing rod, then looked up at the sky.

Ye Lin woke after half a month unconscious and recalled meeting a mysterious old man who gave him a brocade pouch and promised to help him in a future crisis. He wondered about the old man’s plans and the Immortal Gate, but set aside questions he could not answer.

• The old man gave Ye Lin a brocade pouch, destroyed every fish in the lake with a gesture, and sent him back.
• Ye Lin woke in a desolate mountain with Dijiang beside him and learned he had been unconscious for half a month.
• Ye Lin checked that he still had the brocade pouch and realized his encounter with the old man had not been a dream.
• Ye Lin considered the old man’s power, the Immortal Gate, and his own role in the old man’s plans, then decided the pouch could serve as a trump card.

Ye Lin discovered that the Demon Beasts of Penglai Immortal Island had been hunting the outside cultivators, sparking a vast battle between them and the myriad races. After Shi Ba told him that Chu Yuan and a Backing Clan expert had died, Shi Ba left to join the fighting, while Ye Lin remained to absorb the news.

• Two peak Dao Integration Demon Beasts flew overhead as Ye Lin wondered what they were searching for.
• Ye Lin saw cultivators of the myriad races charge into battle against the Penglai Island Demon Beasts.
• Shi Ba of the Backing Clan found Ye Lin and urged him to join the fight.
• Shi Ba explained that the Demon Beasts had killed dozens of mighty experts, including one from his clan and Chu Yuan of the Human Race.
• Shi Ba vanished in a rage to return to battle, determined to kill the Demon Beasts.

Ye Lin joined the battle on Penglai Immortal Island and helped Ao Lie fight off the Demon Beasts, cutting off one of the Three-Headed Dragon King's heads. The battle turned more dangerous when several hundred Dao Integration realm Demon Beasts appeared on the horizon.

• Ye Lin left Dijiang behind, and Dijiang decided to stop suppressing his cultivation and break through to the Dao Integration realm.
• Ye Lin reached the battlefield and drew one peak Dao Integration realm Demon Beast away from Ao Lie, who had been fighting three opponents alone.
• Ye Lin used Like the Wind from the Chaos Sword Casket to suppress the Demon Beast before him.
• The Three-Headed Dragon King attacked Ye Lin with Dragon King Wave, but Ye Lin countered with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and cut off one of his heads.
• Several hundred Dao Integration realm Demon Beasts appeared on the distant horizon, shocking Ye Lin.

After Penglai Island’s Dao Integration Demon Beasts overwhelmed the battlefield, Ye Lin and the others fled and hid. Dijiang explained that a speaking stone on an altar controlled the beasts, leaving Ye Lin to wonder why the master wanted the outsiders dead.

• Ao Lie urged Ye Lin to flee when they saw the vast Demon Beast force, and the myriad races scattered from the battlefield.
• A voice ordered the beasts to search Penglai Island and kill the intruders to gather essence and blood for the master's revival.
• Ye Lin and Dijiang hid in a cave while Dao Integration Demon Beasts searched overhead.
• Dijiang told Ye Lin that a speaking stone on an altar at Penglai Island's easternmost edge commanded the Demon Beasts.
• Ye Lin considered the stone's influence and wondered why it was targeting the outsiders.

Ye Lin suspected that the Demon Beasts were hunting the outsiders to harvest their blood essence and break the seal of a powerful being imprisoned beneath an altar. He warned the surviving True Lords that they might be trapped on Penglai Island until it reopened in half a month, but the group remained uncertain whether to risk confronting Stone and the altar.

• Ye Lin reasoned that the sealed being needed the outsiders' blood essence to break free, and that the Demon Beasts were carrying out its plan.
• Ye Lin noted that Penglai Island would not reappear for another half a month, leaving the trapped outsiders vulnerable if the seal broke first.
• Ye Lin contacted the surviving True Lords and discovered that only sixty-three remained of the more than one hundred who entered.
• Ye Lin explained his suspicions and said they should destroy the altar or reinforce the seal before the being escaped.
• A True Lord pointed out that the Demon Beasts obeyed Stone and questioned whether they should intervene when nothing might happen during the remaining half month.

Ye Lin and the True Lords learned that Penglai Island's altar hid primeval treasures guarded by three half-step Heavenly Lords, while the island's incomplete laws prevented anyone from advancing further. The group decided to investigate the altar despite the danger.

• A True Lord said the group could stay hidden for the next half month, making it difficult for their enemy to find them or break the seal.
• The True Lords asked Ye Lin why Penglai Island had no Heavenly Lords and why the primeval beast beside him had not advanced beyond Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Lin suggested that the island's greatest treasures lay beneath the altar and asked the Jade Emperor to confirm it.
• The Jade Emperor revealed that the altar held primeval treasures and said one had helped him achieve great things in ancient times.
• The Jade Emperor warned that three half-step Heavenly Lords guarded the altar, and that Penglai Island's incomplete laws prevented anyone from breaking through.
• The True Lords agreed to visit the altar because they had gained nothing from their time on the island.

The True Lords agreed to raid the altar on Penglai Island for its treasures, and Ye Lin organized the expedition. Two members of the Deep Sea Royal Clan, Di Yuan and Tian Yuan, volunteered to help hold back the Half-Step Heavenly Lords, leaving the group to decide the remaining roles.

• The True Lords complained that Demon Beasts had kept them from finding treasures on Penglai Island, and Ye Lin pointed to Dijiang as his only discovery.
• The True Lords agreed to attack the altar, divide the work, and distribute the treasures according to merit.
• Ye Lin volunteered to hold off one Half-Step Heavenly Lord-level existence.
• Di Yuan introduced himself as a member of the Deep Sea Royal Clan and volunteered to take on another Half-Step Heavenly Lord.
• Tian Yuan revealed that he belonged to the same clan as Di Yuan, and Ye Lin began assigning the remaining True Lords to fight the Demon Beasts or search for treasures.

Di Yuan assigned Ye Lin, Tian Yuan, himself, and three weaker members to confront the altar’s defenders and gather its treasures, warning everyone against betrayal or greed. Ye Lin assembled the group and had Dijiang lead them toward the altar as their movements were detected.

• Di Yuan assigned himself, Tian Yuan, and Ye Lin to fight the three half-step Heavenly Lord-level experts, while three weaker members would gather the treasures and the rest would resist the Demon Beasts.
• Di Yuan warned the group not to betray one another or steal the treasures.
• Ye Lin asked Dijiang to guide them to the altar, and Dijiang agreed after Ye Lin reassured him.
• Several dozen allies gathered outside the cave, and Ye Lin sensed more powerful auras approaching.
• Di Yuan took command, and the group flew toward the altar.

Ye Lin and his allies reached the black altar, where three powerful Dao Integration True Lords guarded a floating black stone. As Di Yuan and Tian Yuan engaged two of them, Ao Lie and two others found the entrance beneath the altar and slipped inside, drawing the remaining guardian’s attention.

• Dijiang told Ye Lin that they were nearly at their destination as the Demon Beasts continued pursuing them.
• Ye Lin and the others arrived at the vast black altar and saw three figures seated around a floating black stone.
• Di Yuan ordered the others to hold off the pursuing True Lords while the planned group advanced toward the altar.
• Di Yuan and Tian Yuan charged two of the three guardians but were quickly forced onto the defensive.
• Ao Lie led two companions to the entrance beneath the altar and slipped inside with the Jade Emperor's guidance.
• The remaining guardian noticed their entry and warned them that they could not run amok there.

Ye Lin fought Song Xiu to protect Ao Lie and the others, but Song Xiu’s power overwhelmed him despite the Unrivaled Sacred Body. As Ye Lin struggled to withstand another attack, one of his companions decided to seek help from the Phoenix descendant.

• Song Xiu attacked Ao Lie and the other two with a black palm seal, but Ye Lin stepped in and shattered it with a punch.
• Song Xiu struck Ye Lin with the Holy Emperor Fist, and Ye Lin’s full-strength counterattack failed to stop him.
• Song Xiu recognized Ye Lin’s Unrivaled Sacred Body and said Ye Lin would have been his match at the same cultivation realm.
• Ye Lin dodged Song Xiu’s attack with Demon Shadow No Trace, then used Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest, but Song Xiu shattered the tiger phantom and sent him flying.
• One of Ye Lin’s companions feared Ye Lin would die and decided to find the Phoenix descendant for reinforcements.

Ye Lin struggled against Song Xiu, so he unleashed his strongest trump cards, including the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, to fight him to a temporary draw. Song Xiu launched a devastating spear attack, leaving Ye Lin in mortal danger.

• Dijiang left to find Little Red after taking a trace of Ye Lin's aura as proof.
• Song Xiu continued overpowering Ye Lin while Di Yuan and Tian Yuan were badly wounded by their own opponents.
• Ye Lin activated the Second Turn and Phoenix Fire, then summoned the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• Song Xiu recognized the sword, overcame his fear, and grew greedy for it before summoning his blackish-purple spear.
• Ye Lin and Song Xiu exchanged hundreds of blows and briefly fought evenly, but Song Xiu unleashed Heaven-Piercing toward him.

Ye Lin used Reminiscence to make Song Xiu vanish, then fled with the badly injured Tian Yuan as Chen An pursued them. Ye Lin could not use the technique again for a month and wondered why it had erased Song Xiu instead of merely stirring his memories and inner demons.

• Tian Yuan collapsed at Ye Lin's feet after Song Xiu shattered his dantian and broke his body.
• As Song Xiu charged, Ye Lin used Reminiscence, and Song Xiu vanished completely.
• Chen An rushed toward Ye Lin in fury after discovering Song Xiu had disappeared.
• Tian Yuan urged Ye Lin to use Reminiscence on Chen An, but Ye Lin explained that the technique consumed his spirit and could only be used once a month.
• Ye Lin and Tian Yuan retreated while Chen An pursued them, and Ye Lin questioned why Reminiscence had made Song Xiu vanish.

Ye Lin realized that Reminiscence had exposed Song Xiu as someone who had died long ago and been recreated, causing him to vanish. As the battle on Penglai Island grew desperate, Ye Lin understood how the island and altar concealed their inhabitants from the Heavenly Dao, while he, Tian Yuan, and Di Yuan neared defeat.

• Ye Lin concluded that Reminiscence had stirred Song Xiu's sealed memories and erased the recreated man who had died long ago.
• Chen An attacked as the battle outside left the True Lords grievously wounded and the Demon Beasts still charging.
• Ye Lin realized that Penglai Island and the altar both lay beyond the Heavenly Dao's scrutiny, trapping those who left the island to die.
• Tian Yuan urged Ye Lin to use Reminiscence again, while Di Yuan admitted he could not defeat his opponent.
• The man fighting Di Yuan heard that Chen An had killed Song Xiu and expressed disbelief that a mid-stage Dao Integration cultivator could do so.

Little Red arrived just as Chen An was about to kill Ye Lin and the others, breaking the demonic palm and helping them escape through a spatial rift. Little Red stayed behind to face Chen An and tore off his arm, leaving the battle between them unresolved.

• Ao Lie emerged from the underground palace with his two younger brothers after obtaining its treasures, then joined Ye Lin and the others as they were surrounded by Demon Beasts and two Half-Step Heavenly Lord experts.
• Chen An summoned a demonic palm and struck at the exhausted group, declaring that killing them would allow his Master to revive.
• Little Red shattered Chen An's attack, opened a spatial rift, and sent Dijiang to Ye Lin before Ye Lin led the others, including Di Yuan and Tian Yuan, to safety.
• Little Red stopped Chen An from pursuing the escaping group by tearing off his arm, then declared that Half-Step Heavenly Lords were no match for him.