Chapter Summaries

Qin Mo reached Wang Li as she was dying, but she died before revealing who had attacked her. After learning that witnesses to the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art were being killed, Qin Mo joined his two junior brothers to travel together and watch for danger.

• Qin Mo arrived while Wang Li was dying and urgently asked her to name the murderer.
• Wang Li died before finishing her answer, and Qin Mo found that her soul had vanished from her sea of consciousness.
• Qin Mo cursed Wang Li for wasting time, while his two junior brothers watched in silence.
• One junior brother warned Qin Mo that cultivators of the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art could not be detected unless they exposed themselves.
• Qin Mo agreed to stay alert and asked to travel with his two junior brothers, who accepted.

Ye Lin refined the chaotic power inside him while cultivating in a palace. Ye Hong ignored his ring-bound master's warning and entered, only to be struck by Ye Lin's terrifying aura and flee.

• Ye Lin circulated the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to refine the rampaging power he had devoured.
• Ye Hong asked the old man in his ring about the palace, and the old man warned that a Tribulation Transcendence expert was cultivating inside.
• Ye Hong insisted on pursuing the opportunity despite the old man's warning and pushed open the palace doors.
• Ye Lin's blood-soaked baleful aura struck Ye Hong, and the light from his ring carried him away.

Ye Lin discovered that Ye Hong was a golden-ranked Child of the Plane with immense fortune and several powerful opportunities awaiting him. After Ye Lin’s killing intent nearly overwhelmed Ye Hong, Ye Hong’s ring-bound teacher fell silent and then warned him that he needed to sleep.

• Ye Lin inspected Ye Hong’s panel and learned that Ye Hong was destined to become the plane’s strongest being.
• Ye Lin read about Ye Hong’s upcoming opportunities, including the Hand of Heaven beneath the spirit tablet in the palace where Ye Lin stood.
• Ye Lin decided he had no reason to become Ye Hong’s enemy and noted that the Child of the Plane’s Wearied by All Things trait could make suppression strengthen him.
• Ye Lin considered claiming the Hand of Heaven, while his killing intent nearly suppressed Ye Hong to death.
• Ye Hong called to his teacher in the ring until the old man answered that he had exhausted himself and would be unable to help for a while.

Ye Lin absorbed the Jade Talisman’s memories and mastered an immortal-tier martial skill that could only be used once before draining all his spiritual energy. He headed to the Tongtian giant tree to seek soul protection, while Ye Hong was left to fend for himself as his teacher slept.

• Ye Hong worried that he would be trapped in the secret realm while his teacher recovered, then set off in a direction on his own.
• Ye Lin spent three days absorbing the Jade Talisman’s memories, and a thunderclap accompanied the completion of his comprehension.
• Ye Lin recognized that the immortal-tier martial skill could serve as a trump card but would exhaust all his spiritual energy after one use.
• Ye Lin decided to nourish the Tongtian giant tree’s seed with his soul to gain immunity to soul attacks, leaving the demon’s remnant soul for the Child of the Plane.
• Ye Lin arrived at the Tongtian giant tree and wondered whether he could absorb its immense life force.

Ye Lin found the hidden hollow beneath the Tongtian Giant Tree and discovered its seed, while the tree’s roots blocked his approach. He learned the tree possessed intelligence and began questioning it, leaving the reason for its awakening unresolved.

• Ye Lin used his divine sense to find Ye Hong near the hidden tree hollow and snapped his fingers to send him ten thousand li away.
• Ye Hong arrived in distant mountains and mistakenly believed a restriction had teleported him.
• Ye Lin entered the hollow and found the Tongtian Giant Tree’s seed floating above a pool of green liquid.
• The Giant Tree’s roots formed a barrier to stop Ye Lin, and a voice warned him to leave.
• Ye Lin asked the intelligent tree what had caused it to develop intelligence.

Ye Lin persuaded the Tongtian giant tree to reveal its origins by offering it Spirit Fruits and High-Tier Spirit Stones. The tree explained that it was a mutated Ancient Immortal Plant trapped in a secret realm and pointed out the descendant it had nurtured.

• Ye Lin offered the Tongtian giant tree Spirit Fruits and High-Tier Spirit Stones to encourage it to talk.
• The Tongtian giant tree revealed that it was a mutated Ancient Immortal Plant that had gained sentience inside a secret realm.
• The tree explained that it had feared endless solitude and used half its absorbed power to nurture offspring.
• The Tongtian giant tree told Ye Lin that its descendant was the being before them.

The towering giant tree explained that it had sacrificed its lifespan to raise its descendant and was waiting for someone to take the seed out of the secret realm. Ye Lin offered to do so, but the tree remained conflicted about trusting him.

• The towering giant tree said it had little time left after nurturing its descendant and wanted the seed taken out of the secret realm.
• The tree explained that loneliness had driven it to sleep most of each day, and Ye Lin's visit had used up its waking time.
• The towering giant tree thanked Ye Lin for the food and started to leave.
• Ye Lin called after the tree and offered to take its descendant out, arguing that he was the destined person.
• Ye Lin offered to swear an oath under the Heavenly Dao, but the towering giant tree hesitated, torn between trust and fear that no one else would come.

Ye Lin persuaded the sky-piercing giant tree to let him take its descendant, promising to help the descendant grow and eventually set him free. The tree asked Ye Lin to tell the descendant about it so the descendant might one day resurrect it, and then prepared to enter slumber.

• Ye Lin urged the sky-piercing giant tree to accept his offer before the secret realm opened.
• The tree agreed to let Ye Lin take its descendant after Ye Lin promised not to harm it and to free it when he no longer needed it or it gained spiritual intelligence.
• The tree asked Ye Lin to tell the descendant about its existence, hoping it might someday become powerful enough to bring it back from the river of time.
• Ye Lin agreed, while clarifying that the descendant's later actions would not be his responsibility.
• The sky-piercing giant tree told Ye Lin he could take the descendant and said it would enter slumber before bidding the world farewell.

Ye Lin left the Tongtian Giant Tree with its seed and secluded himself to nourish it with his divine soul. Meanwhile, Jian Unrivaled waited on a mountain for someone who had promised to test swords with him.

• The Tongtian Giant Tree gave Ye Lin its seed, and Ye Lin bowed before leaving its heart.
• Ye Lin entered a cave and began cultivating in seclusion, intending to place the seed in his sea of consciousness.
• Jian Unrivaled stood blindfolded atop a mountain in Tianhe Prefecture, waiting for three days and nights for someone who had promised to test swords with him.
• A little boy thanked Jian Unrivaled for giving his mother medicine and offered to help teach the absent swordsman a lesson.

Jian Unrivaled waited five days at Cliffbreak Mountain for his sword-testing appointment with Gu Jiu. Gu Jiu’s disciple arrived with his sword and revealed that Gu Jiu had been ambushed and died, leaving Jian Unrivaled shaken.

• Jian Unrivaled sent the little boy home as sunset fell on the fourth day of his wait for Gu Jiu.
• Jian Unrivaled recalled his years of friendship and sword practice with Gu Jiu, then absorbed strands of moonlight while meditating through the night.
• On the fifth morning, Jian Unrivaled decided to leave because Gu Jiu had not kept their appointment.
• A girl carrying a sword climbed to the mountaintop and told Jian Unrivaled she was Gu Jiu’s disciple.
• The girl explained that villains had ambushed Gu Jiu and that he had sent her to fulfill their appointment before he died.
• Jian Unrivaled reeled at the news and wondered what kind of villain could have defeated Gu Jiu, a True Lord in the early stage of Dao Integration.

Jian Unrivaled learned that Gu Jiu had been murdered by Nan Jiuyin and took Gu Xiaoqi to the Nine Yin Sect to seek revenge. They arrived at the sect’s mountain range.

• Gu Xiaoqi told Jian Unrivaled that Nan Jiuyin had ambushed and killed Gu Jiu with the help of two other Dao Integration True Lords.
• Jian Unrivaled ordered Gu Xiaoqi to take him to the Nine Yin Sect, but she refused because she feared he would die there.
• Jian Unrivaled grabbed Gu Xiaoqi and forced her to guide him through the void, threatening to break her leg if she spoke again.
• Jian Unrivaled asked the girl’s name and learned that she was Gu Xiaoqi.
• Gu Xiaoqi told Jian Unrivaled they had arrived, and he looked down at the Nine Yin Sect’s mountain range and floating islands.

Jian Unrivaled brought Gu Xiaoqi to the Nine Yin Sect to avenge his friend Gu Jiu. He severed Nan Jiuyin’s arm with a single sword strike, and Nan Jiuyin angrily accused him of going too far.

• Jian Unrivaled ordered Gu Xiaoqi to call Nan Jiuyin out at the Nine Yin Sect gate.
• Gu Xiaoqi shouted that Nan Jiuyin had killed her master, Gu Jiu, through poison schemes.
• Nan Jiuyin appeared and sensed that Jian Unrivaled was far stronger than him.
• Nan Jiuyin tried to negotiate, citing the Nine Yin Sect’s Supreme Elder and offering to settle the matter peacefully.
• Jian Unrivaled ignored Nan Jiuyin’s words and severed one of his arms with a sword strike.
• Nan Jiuyin grew furious and accused Jian Unrivaled of attacking before he was prepared.

Jian Unrivaled confronted Nan Jiuyin, who summoned two mid-stage Dao Integration brothers to kill him. Jian Unrivaled revealed overwhelming strength and launched a sword attack, leaving the brothers calling on Nan Jiuyin to help them block it.

• Jian Unrivaled told Nan Jiuyin that he had refused his chance to act and could not blame anyone else.
• Nan Jiuyin summoned two brothers and offered them his bonded supreme treasure if they killed Jian Unrivaled.
• The two mid-stage Dao Integration brothers attacked Jian Unrivaled, but he used his restored Long Sword to repel them with a shockwave.
• Jian Unrivaled unleashed a powerful streak of Sword Intent at the brothers, who urged Nan Jiuyin to join them and block it.

Jian Unrivaled revealed his Sword Heart and killed Nan Jiuyin and the two brothers who had tried to flee. He judged his strength still insufficient because he wanted to catch up to Ye Lin and surpass him.

• Jian Unrivaled manifested his Sword Heart, shocking Nan Jiuyin and the two brothers.
• The two brothers abandoned the job and tried to leave, but Jian Unrivaled warned them they were too late.
• Jian Unrivaled unleashed three sword lights that killed Nan Jiuyin and the two brothers.
• Jian Unrivaled put away the Broken Sword and said his strength was still not enough as he pursued the goal of surpassing Ye Lin.

Ye Lin finished nurturing the Tongtian giant tree seed in his sea of consciousness and learned that a Holy Crystal had appeared in the secret realm. Since the treasure was exactly what he needed, he flew west to claim it, where powerful geniuses were already searching the plain.

• Jian Unrivaled left after telling Gu Xiaoqi that he had avenged her master, and Gu Xiaoqi fled the Nine Yin Sect.
• Ye Lin completed the three-day process of planting the Tongtian giant tree seed in his sea of consciousness, gaining a barrier against Soul Power attacks.
• Wang Wu announced that Li Sheng and three Tribulation Transcendence geniuses had stolen his Holy Crystal, injured him, and killed three of his junior sisters.
• Geniuses across the secret realm flew west to capture Li Sheng and claim the Holy Crystal.
• Ye Lin headed for the far west to obtain the Holy Crystal, where experts were searching a vast plain.

Li Sheng hid underground after Wang Wu exposed his role in the attempt to seize the Holy Crystal, while heavenly geniuses searched the plain for him. Li Sheng promised his three accomplices protection after they escaped, as the searchers began to suspect he was concealed beneath the ground.

• Li Sheng raged in a cave ten thousand meters beneath the plain and realized he could not safely emerge.
• Li Sheng's three accomplices demanded to know how he would handle the danger they faced after helping him seize the Holy Crystal.
• Li Sheng promised to report the Holy Crystal to his sect and protect the three men once they left the secret realm.
• Several Tribulation Transcendence heavenly geniuses searched the plain, questioned Wang Wu's information, and suspected Li Sheng was hiding underground.

The gathered prodigies recruited Xue Qi of the Mountain-Backed Sect to find someone, but he refused their payment as insufficient. Ye Lin then stepped forward and offered a Heaven Grade medicinal pill.

• A prodigy asked whether the Mountain-Backed Sect had arrived, and Xue Qi stepped out and demanded that the group pay him for his help.
• The prodigies pooled their treasures, and the young man handed them to Xue Qi.
• Xue Qi inspected the payment and refused, saying it would not cover the cost of finding someone.
• Ye Lin walked into the crowd and offered Xue Qi a Heaven Grade medicinal pill.

Ye Lin paid Xue Qi a Heaven Grade Low Tier Blood Baleful Pill to locate Li Sheng beneath the ground. Xue Qi completed his search technique, sending a yellow shockwave across the surface and deep underground, but the chapter ended before he found Li Sheng.

• Xue Qi accepted Ye Lin's pill as payment for one move, while the surrounding geniuses thanked Ye Lin and privately mocked his generosity.
• Ye Lin assessed the nearby geniuses as weak and believed the Holy Crystal was already his.
• Xue Qi warned the group that he would not be responsible if Li Sheng was not beneath the ground, and they agreed to his terms.
• Xue Qi arranged ninety-nine stones around a yellow flag, chanted, and sent a yellow shockwave racing toward the horizon and underground.
• Xue Qi collected the stones and flag after the shockwave spread, without revealing whether it had located Li Sheng.

The prodigies found Li Sheng ten thousand meters underground and demanded the Holy Crystal, forcing his companions into a fight. Li Sheng escaped while the others pursued him, leaving Ye Lin and Xue Qi behind as the battle continued.

• Xue Qi located Li Sheng beneath a cave, and a prodigy lifted the mountain above him out of the ground.
• The prodigies demanded that Li Sheng surrender the Holy Crystal, but Li Sheng and his three companions chose to fight rather than lose Saint Heaven Sect’s protection.
• The three companions attacked the eight Tribulation Transcendence prodigies, and a fierce battle broke out in the sky.
• Li Sheng fled while the prodigies were fighting, and the others broke off to chase him.
• Xue Qi stayed beside Ye Lin and asked why he was not pursuing Li Sheng for the Holy Crystal.

Ye Lin explained that he planned to wait until the other contenders fought over the Holy Crystal before moving in. Xue Qi described the ranks of transcendent factions and prodigies, including the supreme faction disciple who might influence the coming battle.

• Ye Lin told Xue Qi that the crowded hunt for the Holy Crystal would likely erupt into a battle, so he intended to wait until the contenders were weakened.
• Xue Qi warned that powerful factions might reach an agreement and said a disciple from a supreme faction was among the prodigies in the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Ye Lin asked Xue Qi to explain the hierarchy of transcendent factions, and Xue Qi described their four tiers from third-rate to supreme.
• Xue Qi explained the four prodigy echelons, placing Ye Lin between the second and third and describing the supreme physiques held by first-echelon prodigies.