Chapter Summaries

The transcendent factions secured enough slots for their prodigies to enter the secret realm, and Ye Lin joined the others despite drawing a moment of recognition from the middle-aged man. Inside, he found a majestic world resembling a peaceful oil painting, but newcomers soon streaked chaotically through the sky and frightened the heavenly horses.

• The transcendent factions piled up treasures to obtain enough slots for four hundred entrants, and the middle-aged man allowed their prodigies to enter.
• The middle-aged man told the other factions that their prodigies could enter too, but warned those with low cultivation to stay out.
• Ye Lin entered the secret realm among the streams of light, and the middle-aged man briefly wondered where he had seen him before.
• Ye Lin looked upon the secret realm’s misty palaces, enormous World Tree, rivers, grasslands, and winged heavenly horses.
• Streams of light crashed wildly through the sky, startling the heavenly horses and making them cry out in distress.

Ye Lin found and claimed the mysterious stone that had been Nangong Yanran’s opportunity, then encountered her wearing a robe of the Yin-Yang Divine Sect. Their reunion ended with Ye Lin questioning why she was also associated with the Wuji Dao Sect.

• Ye Lin searched the thirty-second palace to the east and found a box hidden beneath a cabinet’s false panel.
• Ye Lin took the multicolored stone from the box and stored it in his Spatial Ring to examine later.
• Ye Lin encountered Nangong Yanran at the palace entrance and teased her about her unusual robe.
• Nangong Yanran said the robe belonged to disciples of the Yin-Yang Divine Sect.
• Ye Lin asked why Nangong Yanran was also from the Wuji Dao Sect, making her wonder how he knew her identity.

Ye Lin learned that Nangong Yanran could wear the robes of both the Wuji Dao Sect and the Yin-Yang Divine Sect, and considered using her to obtain Yin-Yang Spirit Stones. He then spotted members of the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land and set out as the God of Slaughter to attack them.

• Nangong Yanran told Ye Lin that her mother had married an Inner Sect elder of the Yin-Yang Divine Sect, allowing her to wear robes from either sect.
• Ye Lin considered using Nangong Yanran to obtain Yin-Yang Spirit Stones, then left without telling her more about himself.
• Ye Lin vanished after giving Nangong Yanran his name, and she left the palace when its strange pull on her faded.
• Ye Lin spotted five people from the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land on a heavenly bridge, including three Dao Integration cultivators and two early-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• Ye Lin put on a mask, transformed into the God of Slaughter, and rushed toward the five people.

Wang Feng led the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land group toward a palace atop a colossal tree, but an unseen attacker began abducting them one by one. The chapter ended with a blood-red hand reaching from the void to seize the last Dao Integration True Lord.

• Wang Feng and four fellow disciples headed toward the palace on the giant tree.
• Wang Feng discovered that Guang Ye had vanished and warned the others to watch one another.
• One of Wang Feng's junior sisters disappeared before Shangguan Xue's eyes.
• Wang Feng called on the hidden attacker to reveal themselves and offered to clear up any misunderstanding.
• A blood-red palm emerged from the void and seized the head of the remaining Dao Integration True Lord.

Ye Lin attacked Wang Feng and Wang Li, disciples of the Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land, after killing their companions. As Wang Li lay crippled, Wang Feng summoned the Eight Directions Well to fight back.

• Ye Lin crushed one of Wang Feng’s junior brothers with a blood-red palm and drained another into a dried corpse.
• Wang Feng unleashed attacks into the void, and Ye Lin emerged and declared that he would kill Wang Feng as well.
• Wang Feng’s wind blades failed to harm Ye Lin, and Ye Lin shattered Wang Li’s arm when she struck him.
• Wang Feng and Wang Li attacked together, while others sensed the fighting and headed toward it.
• Ye Lin landed a full-force punch on Wang Li, shattering her meridians, leg bones, and dantian.
• Wang Feng summoned eight black-purple wells and called for demons and devils to rise.

Wang Feng unleashed the Eight Directions Well, summoning eight swift demons that wounded Ye Lin and proved difficult to kill. As onlookers gathered, Ye Lin searched for a way to break the technique while struggling to evade their attacks.

• Wang Feng ordered the demons from the Eight Directions Well to attack Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin knocked aside one demon’s claw, but another slashed three wounds across his back.
• Wang Feng maintained the technique from a vulnerable position, leaving one demon to protect him.
• Spectators gathered in the distance and discussed Wang Feng, Wang Li, and the battle.
• Ye Lin realized the demons reappeared from the wells after being killed and continued dodging their attacks while searching for a weakness.

Ye Lin fought off the demons summoned by Wang Feng’s Eight Directions Well and realized that killing Wang Feng could break the technique. He began advancing toward Wang Feng, who sent a demon to stop him and revealed that the technique had once been called the Nine Directions Well.

• Ye Lin destroyed the demons attacking him with single punches, but more kept emerging from the well.
• Watching experts explained that killing Wang Feng was the way to break the Eight Directions Well, though reaching him was difficult.
• Ye Lin realized Wang Feng was the key and began moving toward him while evading attacks from the void.
• Wang Feng ordered an Eight Directions Demon to stop Ye Lin and said the technique had once been called the Nine Directions Well.

Wang Feng prepared to open the ninth well of his Nine Directions Well technique, revealing an aura powerful enough to drive away most onlookers. Ye Lin sensed the danger and decided he had to stop Wang Feng while still fighting off attacks in the void.

• Wang Feng recalled how he had renamed Nine Directions Well after he could cultivate only eight wells, and realized he had finally gained insight into the ninth.
• Wang Feng formed hand seals to attempt opening the ninth well, and his growing aura forced most onlookers to flee.
• The second-tier prodigy and the remaining third-tier prodigies watched Wang Feng with grave expressions and doubted they could defeat him.
• Ye Lin lost focus while watching Wang Feng and took another wound from a blade attack in the void.
• Ye Lin decided he had to interrupt Wang Feng or die, drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, and prepared to attack.

Ye Lin tried to reach Wang Feng, but the Eight Directions Well’s second form made him unable to harm its phantoms. The watching geniuses recognized Ye Lin’s sword as the Bloodthirsty Devil Lord’s weapon, then nervously looked toward the young man at the front.

• Ye Lin cut through the Eight Directions Demons and attacked Wang Feng, but a demon sacrificed itself to block his sword strike.
• Wang Feng summoned the Eight Directions Phantoms, and one phantom’s attack sent Ye Lin flying and left a black handprint on his chest.
• The watching geniuses explained that the phantoms could not be harmed and believed Ye Lin was doomed.
• A genius recognized Ye Lin’s sword as the Bloodthirsty Devil Lord’s Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, and the others glanced uneasily at the young man at the front.

Wang Feng unleashed the Ninth Well against Ye Lin, who struggled to defend himself with the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword. As Wang Feng forced the well to open, Ye Lin was wounded and driven back, while a young man watching from afar resolved to kill him and claim the sword.

• A prodigy realized Ye Lin might have inherited the Bloodthirsty Devil Lord's legacy, and the young man at the front silenced him and declared Ye Lin would die.
• The young man decided Ye Lin had to be killed before he could negotiate with Wang Feng for the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• Ye Lin, already covered in wounds, struggled to break through Wang Feng's attacks while the sword refused to absorb its master's blood.
• Wang Feng opened a black well that struck Ye Lin's soul with pain and left him exposed to more attacks.
• Wang Feng roared for the Ninth Well to open as his blood vessels burst and the well grew increasingly solid.

Wang Feng opened the Ninth Well and summoned a terrifying humanoid demon that attacked Ye Lin. With the area sealed and more demons behind it, Ye Lin was trapped in what appeared to be a certain-death situation.

• Wang Feng summoned the Ninth Well, whose aura frightened several prodigies into fleeing.
• A gigantic three-eyed demon emerged from the well, carrying blades in place of hands.
• The demon struck Ye Lin so quickly and forcefully that he flew into a tree and fell to the ground.
• Wang Feng laughed as eight Eight Directions Demons and eight Eight Directions Ghosts appeared behind the demon.
• Ye Lin searched for an escape or a way to break the deadlock, but Wang Feng said the opened Ninth Well made escape impossible.

Ye Lin discovered that his Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art could absorb the Eight Directions Demons summoned by Wang Feng. After absorbing one, he gained powerful energy and turned to attack the demon horde, while the onlookers struggled to identify his technique.

• Wang Feng mocked Ye Lin as the Ninth Well's demons surrounded him, and nearby prodigies marveled at Wang Feng's power.
• Ye Lin put away the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and rushed toward the demons, deciding to test whether he could absorb them.
• Ye Lin placed his hand on an Eight Directions Demon and absorbed it, causing it to vanish without being revived by the well.
• Ye Lin sensed that the demon's power surpassed even immortal qi and had slightly advanced his cultivation.
• Ye Lin fixed his gaze on the remaining demons and vanished toward them, while the prodigies speculated about his cultivation art.

Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to absorb Wang Feng’s Eight Directions Demons and Phantoms, breaking the Eight Directions Well and severely injuring Wang Feng. With only the strongest demon left, Wang Feng tried to command it to attack, but it stood motionless.

• Ye Lin absorbed the Eight Directions Demons one by one, leaving Wang Feng injured by the backlash.
• Wang Feng panicked when he realized Ye Lin could absorb the Eight Directions Phantoms too.
• Ye Lin dodged the central demon and pursued the Phantoms, intending to save the largest demon for last and use it to reach mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence.
• Ye Lin absorbed all the Eight Directions Phantoms within seconds, further injuring Wang Feng.
• Wang Feng ordered his strongest remaining demon to kill Ye Lin, but it did not move.

Ye Lin absorbed the demon summoned by Wang Feng, using the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to advance to the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence. The Bloodthirsty Demon Sword urged him to kill a young man connected to its master’s attackers, and Ye Lin sealed the space to stop the watching prodigies from fleeing.

• Wang Feng's summoned demon swallowed him whole, killing him, then attacked Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin used the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to drain the demon until it vanished, advancing to the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Sword's spirit told Ye Lin that a young man nearby was descended from one of the people who had besieged its master, and Ye Lin promised to kill him.
• The third-echelon prodigies recognized Ye Lin's art and tried to flee, but Ye Lin sealed the space and blocked their escape.
• The young man at the front smiled and called Ye Lin a successor of the Heaven-Devouring Devil Lord.

Ye Lin faced Liu Zhi and five prodigies, then revealed that the Sword Dao—not the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art—was his main path. He badly wounded Song Qing with a single sword strike, while Liu Zhi watched from a distance.

• Ye Lin asked Liu Zhi to let him deal with the five prodigies first, and Liu Zhi stepped aside, hoping Ye Lin would exhaust himself.
• The five prodigies charged Ye Lin together, but he summoned Sword Qi across the surrounding land.
• Ye Lin unleashed Sword One, Sword Piercing the Firmament, at Song Qing.
• Song Qing barely blocked the attack, suffered an injured arm, and realized Ye Lin cultivated the Sword Dao as his main path.

Ye Lin defeated five attackers who trapped him in the Heaven and Earth Grand Formation and unleashed a combined assault. After killing them, he learned that their companion was Chen Dong, an Inner Sect disciple of Demon-Swaying Sacred Land.

• A young man trapped Ye Lin in the Heaven and Earth Grand Formation and attacked him with a Heaven Grade Low Tier flame, but Ye Lin's Phoenix Fire shielded him.
• The young man called on four others to attack Ye Lin together.
• Ye Lin unleashed his Seventh Sword, One Sword Sweeps Nine Provinces, shattering their combined attack and severely injuring all five.
• Ye Lin killed the five attackers with a sword strike after they were left unable to resist.
• Chen Dong introduced himself as an Inner Sect disciple of Demon-Swaying Sacred Land and said Ye Lin had earned the right to know his name.

Ye Lin fought Chen Dong after defeating five opponents, relying on the Unrivaled Sacred Body despite having little spiritual energy left. Chen Dong launched a powerful spear attack, and Ye Lin gathered Phoenix Fire to meet it head-on.

• Chen Dong summoned his Golden Spear and demanded that Ye Lin reveal his identity.
• Ye Lin put away the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and provoked Chen Dong by saying he was not worthy of knowing his identity.
• Ye Lin blocked Chen Dong's spear with his fist, revealing the strength of his Unrivaled Sacred Body.
• Ye Lin and Chen Dong exchanged more than a hundred blows without either gaining an advantage.
• Chen Dong unleashed a domineering spear strike infused with Spear Dao laws, and Ye Lin invoked Phoenix Fire to clash with it.

Ye Lin and Chen Dong continued their battle as their clash tore open a growing spatial rift that threatened to swallow the secret realm. As other prodigies approached, both fighters summoned powerful manifestations for a final decisive strike, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Ye Lin shattered Chen Dong's spear attack, while the impact destabilized the secret realm and opened a massive spatial rift.
• Chen Dong coughed up blood and weakened, while Ye Lin's shattered arm rapidly healed.
• Ye Lin rushed to kill Chen Dong before nearby prodigies arrived, and the two resumed their fierce fight.
• Chen Dong summoned a five-clawed golden dragon, then challenged Ye Lin to settle the fight with one final blow.
• Ye Lin summoned a fiery phoenix to face Chen Dong's dragon, and Chen Dong declared that Ye Lin would die in their final clash.

Ye Lin defeated Chen Dong after recognizing that Chen Dong had held back a sword-based trump card. The chapter ended with Ye Lin placing his palm on Chen Dong's head to kill him.

• Chen Dong attacked Ye Lin with his spear, but Ye Lin struck its tip with his fist and sent Chen Dong crashing into a vast crater.
• Chen Dong struggled to understand why he had lost, and Ye Lin said his arrogance had led him to hold back.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had sensed Chen Dong's hidden sword technique through its Sword Intent and explained that using it might have injured or killed him.
• Chen Dong realized his mistake too late as Ye Lin placed his palm on his head.

After Ye Lin left Chen Dong’s corpse, three young men discovered it and concluded that a cultivator of the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art had killed him. They found the badly wounded Wang Li and asked her to identify the cultivator.

• Ye Lin clapped his hands, glanced into the distance, and silently vanished from the scene.
• Three young men arrived and recognized the desiccated corpse as Senior Brother Chen Dong.
• One of the young men identified the method as the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art and warned that its cultivator could kill them instantly.
• The three young men spotted the bloodied, weak Wang Li near the golden main hall and rushed to her.
• The young men asked Junior Sister Wang Li who was cultivating the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art.