Chapter Summaries

Xue Qi tested Ye Lin’s abilities with a device made by eight Emperor-level figures, which classified him as a second-echelon prodigy. Ye Lin learned that first-echelon prodigies possessed one of the ten strongest primordial physiques, then confirmed that a Unrivaled Sacred Body existed among the transcendent factions.

• Xue Qi explained that a disc could measure a prodigy’s attributes and determine their echelon.
• Ye Lin placed a drop of golden blood on the disc, and it classified him as Second Echelon.
• Xue Qi said Ye Lin was far from the first echelon because he lacked one of the ten strongest primordial physiques.
• Ye Lin asked whether the transcendent factions had a Unrivaled Sacred Body, and Xue Qi confirmed that one existed as a first-echelon prodigy.

Ye Lin learned that the Unrivaled Sacred Body could fight Mahayana half-immortals while still at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, and Xue Qi warned him about the powerful prodigies who would emerge in fifteen years. After Xue Qi left, Ye Lin donned a blood-red mask and flew toward the battle as its explosions faded.

• Xue Qi described the Unrivaled Sacred Body as the undisputed strongest of the first echelon and warned Ye Lin that one punch could kill him.
• Xue Qi befriended Ye Lin, exchanged communication Jade Talismans with him, and warned that first-echelon prodigies would emerge in fifteen years.
• Ye Lin inspected Xue Qi's panel and saw that his fate ended with his death at the hands of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
• As the distant battle quieted, Ye Lin put on a blood-red mask that transformed his robes and aura.
• Ye Lin flew toward the battle, preparing to make his move.

Ye Lin seized the Holy Crystal from Zhao Gang after the prodigies had fought over it, then killed Zhao Gang with the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art. He left the Primordial Secret Realm’s battered prodigies behind, pleased with his effortless prize.

• Zhao Gang defeated the other prodigies and claimed the Holy Crystal, boasting that none of them could challenge him.
• Ye Lin appeared behind Zhao Gang and took the Holy Crystal from his hand.
• Zhao Gang demanded the Holy Crystal back, but Ye Lin drained his blood qi and vital essence, leaving a dried corpse.
• A prodigy recognized the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, and Ye Lin spared the others before departing.
• The prodigies left in anger and humiliation as Ye Lin celebrated obtaining the Holy Crystal without a fight.

Ye Lin prepared to leave the Primordial Secret Realm after collecting many Holy Crystals and deciding to temper his rapidly increased cultivation in seclusion. At the exit, he found Ye Hong in the grasp of a Dao Integration expert who was demanding to know where Ye Hong found his treasures.

• Ye Lin examined his Holy Crystals, decided his gains were substantial, and planned to enter seclusion to stabilize his cultivation after leaving the realm.
• The secret realm's exit appeared, and Ye Lin removed his mask before heading toward it as the other cultivators rushed to leave.
• At the exit, Ye Lin saw a Dao Integration expert confronting Ye Hong and demanding his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Hong silently called for his master, knowing the remnant soul sealed in his jar could not match a peak Dao Integration True Lord.
• The expert lifted Ye Hong by the neck, examined his treasures, and asked where he had found them.

Ye Lin rescued Ye Hong from Chen Mo, killed Chen Mo, and returned Ye Hong’s Spatial Ring. Ye Hong escaped the secret realm while Ye Lin emerged to greetings from the gathered mighty figures.

• Chen Mo took Ye Hong’s Spatial Ring and threatened him while Ye Hong’s master remained unresponsive.
• Ye Lin appeared, wounded Chen Mo, and demanded that he return Ye Hong’s Spatial Ring.
• Chen Mo attacked Ye Lin, who killed him and took the Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin returned the Spatial Ring to Ye Hong and urged him to leave before stronger people arrived.
• Ye Hong escaped through the crowd, and the gathered mighty figures recognized Ye Lin as their Alliance Leader.

Ye Lin spared Ye Hong and returned to Nameless Mountain to enter a long seclusion, while Wuxin faced the woman who continued pursuing him. The chapter left Wuxin insisting that their relationship could never work because he was a monk.

• Ye Lin decided to let Ye Hong keep his opportunities, asked his people to watch for news of Meteorite Stones and Yin-Yang Spirit Stones, and left a trace of his aura on Ye Hong.
• Ye Hong escaped the powerful figures outside the Primordial Secret Realm, credited an unknown senior with saving his life, and left to attend to important matters.
• Ye Lin returned to Nameless Mountain and announced that he would enter seclusion for at least ten years to consolidate his cultivation.
• A woman in a snow-white dress found Wuxin on a barren mountain, and he told her that he would never marry or go near women because he was a monk.

Wuxin recalled how a sermon in the Starry Empire had led him to rescue Ji Ruxue, the emperor’s youngest daughter, who had followed him ever since. Ji Ruxue insisted they would marry, but Wuxin rejected her advances and continued on his way with her trailing behind.

• A month earlier, Wuxin traveled to the Starry Empire to hear a Tribulation Transcendence-stage Buddha preach, and the sermon greatly advanced his cultivation.
• After the sermon, Wuxin rescued Ji Ruxue from three Buddhist cultivators, and she began following him wherever he went.
• Wuxin learned that Ji Ruxue was the Starry Empire emperor’s beloved youngest daughter and that imperial experts had been tracking him for her.
• Ji Ruxue clung to Wuxin and insisted he had to marry her, while he resisted temptation by chanting Buddhist scriptures.
• Wuxin rejected Ji Ruxue’s suggestion that he follow the Joyous Buddha’s example and walked away, while she followed and complained that he was a blockhead.

Wuxin entered a ruined temple during his dangerous cultivation trial, hoping to temper his Buddhist heart without being distracted by Ji Ruxue. Ji Ruxue refused to leave, and an old monk warned that her presence would ruin Wuxin’s undertaking.

• Wuxin headed to a ruined temple in the rain as he continued tempering his heart in the mortal world.
• Ji Ruxue followed Wuxin into the temple despite being frightened by its strange occupants.
• Wuxin sat down to meditate while Ji Ruxue clung to his arm.
• The old monk praised Wuxin’s Buddhist cultivation and warned that Ji Ruxue would ruin his great undertaking.
• Wuxin told the old monk to leave his affairs alone, and Ji Ruxue challenged the monk to mind his own business.

An old monk and an old crone fought while the old Daoist tried to control a demon child, who became fixated on Wuxin and Ji Ruxue. The demon child approached them, leaving Ji Ruxue terrified as the old Daoist ordered him away.

• The old crone revealed that her Yin-Yang Divine Gu would kill the old monk that night, and the monk struck her with the Buddhist Heart-Piercing Art.
• The big-headed child threatened to eat the old monk and old crone for their Dao Fruits, and the old Daoist scolded him for his demonic aura.
• The big-headed child noticed Wuxin and Ji Ruxue and approached them, saying he wanted to eat them because they smelled so good.
• Ji Ruxue clutched Wuxin's arm in terror as the old Daoist ordered the big-headed child to come back or face heavenly lightning.

Wuxin revealed his overwhelming strength when the old Daoist and demon child threatened him, forcing them and the other temple occupants to flee. He told Ji Ruxue that the ruined temple had never existed, leaving her asking how he knew.

• Wuxin used Buddha Kingdom in the Palm against the old Daoist, who escaped with the demon child using a talisman.
• Wuxin's strike left a huge palm print in the temple floor, and the old crone and old monk fled.
• Ji Ruxue clung to Wuxin and asked why the others had run away.
• Wuxin explained that the temple and its occupants had appeared to target them, then told Ji Ruxue the ruined temple had never existed.

Wuxin tried to convince Ji Ruxue to leave him and return to the Starry Empire, but she insisted on staying by his side. After they spent the night sheltering from the rain in the forest, Wuxin woke her, and she asked where they were going next.

• Wuxin dispelled the illusion of the ruined temple and warned Ji Ruxue that following him would bring dangers she might not survive.
• Ji Ruxue refused to leave Wuxin, saying that life without him was dull.
• Ji Ruxue fell asleep holding Wuxin's arm while the rain veered around them and Wuxin recited a calming mantra.
• Wuxin considered leaving Ji Ruxue behind but decided against it, fearing the Starry Empire would blame him if anything happened to her.
• The next morning, Wuxin woke Ji Ruxue, and she asked where they were going that day.

Ten years after setting out west with Wuxin, Ye Yun had grown into a powerful young woman and spent five years waiting for her missing master. Nangong Xin offered her a slot in a secret realm at Cloud Decision Mountain, giving her a chance to explore while leaving his motives unwelcome to her.

• Wuxin told Ji Ruxue to head west, and she followed him.
• Ten years later, Ye Yun waited atop a building in the Southern Continent, missing her master, who had disappeared five years earlier.
• Nangong Xin arrived and told Ye Yun that a secret realm containing ancient ruins had appeared at Cloud Decision Mountain.
• Nangong Xin said the five great sects controlled the realm and that he had obtained one of their ten slots for Ye Yun.
• Nangong Xin asked Ye Yun how she would thank him, while Ye Yun remained annoyed by him.

Ye Yun traveled with Nangong Xin to a ruin sealed by the five great sects, while explaining that she had suppressed her cultivation as she waited for her master to return. The pair arrived at the barrier-covered valley and planned to find Nangong Xin’s master.

• Ye Yun accepted Nangong Xin’s offer and traveled with him on his Long Sword.
• Nangong Xin asked whether Ye Yun’s master had returned, and Ye Yun said she still believed he would come back.
• Nangong Xin questioned why Ye Yun had remained at Foundation Establishment Peak Stage, and Ye Yun explained that her master had told her to wait for him before breaking through to Golden Core Realm.
• Nangong Xin brought Ye Yun to a valley containing a ruin sealed by the five great sects and said they would find his master.

Ye Yun accompanied Nangong Xin to the camp outside a secret realm, where he introduced her to his master. The chapter ended as Ye Yun entered the master’s tent.

• Nangong Xin led Ye Yun through the guarded area toward one of the five great powers’ camps.
• The young cultivators in the camp greeted Nangong Xin and teased Ye Yun about their relationship.
• Nangong Xin explained that his master had agreed to give Ye Yun a secret-realm slot but wanted to meet her first.
• Ye Yun followed Nangong Xin to his master’s tent and went inside.

Ye Yun met Nangong Xin’s master, Miaoyuan, who explained how difficult it had been to secure Ye Yun a secret-realm entry spot. Ye Yun gave up the spot and left the tent, while Nangong Xin challenged his master over how she had treated her.

• Ye Yun entered Miaoyuan’s tent and sat as Miaoyuan painted and Nangong Xin tried to make her welcome.
• Miaoyuan scolded Nangong Xin for securing a secret-realm spot for Ye Yun, explaining that the five great sects had few places and many disciples competing for them.
• Ye Yun apologized to Miaoyuan, relinquished her spot, and left the tent with her spear.
• Nangong Xin protested that Miaoyuan had insulted Ye Yun, whom he called special and his future Dao companion.

Nangong Xin’s attempt to explain Miaoyuan’s words to Ye Yun ended in an embarrassing collision and a chase. Ye Yun pursued him with her flaming spear, while the disciples and elders watched them go.

• Nangong Xin angrily accused Miaoyuan of ruining his pursuit of Ye Yun and hurried after Ye Yun to explain.
• Miaoyuan realized her attempt to make Ye Yun feel indebted had not worked and left, recalling how she had once been tricked in the same way.
• Nangong Xin caught Ye Yun and pulled her around, causing her to fall onto him as they lay face to face.
• Three disciples passed by and teased Nangong Xin and Ye Yun, making Ye Yun blush and accuse Nangong Xin of being shameless.
• Ye Yun summoned her spear, wrapped it in flames, and chased Nangong Xin as he dodged her attacks and fled on his sword.
• The disciples and elders of the Five Great Sects watched Nangong Xin and Ye Yun with smiles.

Ye Yun and Nangong Xin discovered a horde of Demonic Beasts advancing toward the Five Great Sects and tried to warn their masters. Surrounded on a mountain peak, they fought back as the creatures attacked.

• Ye Yun chased Nangong Xin to a mountain peak, where he pointed out strange creatures moving along the path below.
• Nangong Xin recognized the creatures as Demonic Beasts and realized they were heading for the Five Great Sects.
• Ye Yun and Nangong Xin decided to return and sound the alarm, but the Demonic Beasts surrounded them on the peak.
• Ye Yun sent a flare into the sky and fought the attacking Demonic Beasts with her spear.

Ye Yun and Nangong Xin were overwhelmed by a horde of Demonic Beasts, and Ye Yun fled after sending Nangong Xin to seek help. Five sects mobilized their disciples and Nascent Soul Realm experts to meet the approaching horde, but the battle was only beginning.

• Nangong Xin urged Ye Yun to escape while he held off the Demonic Beasts, but Ye Yun struck him away and faced the horde alone.
• As her spiritual energy ran low, Ye Yun launched herself from the mountain with her spear and fled, drawing the Demonic Beasts after her.
• Nangong Xin flew off to get help while orders summoned disciples from five sects to resist the invasion.
• Five Nascent Soul Realm experts illuminated the battlefield, and the gathered disciples attacked the advancing Demonic Beasts.

Nangong Xin and the cultivators discovered that a hidden horde of Demonic Beasts was attacking, and he hurried to check on Ye Yun. After she was poisoned, Ye Yun healed herself with a pill, leaving Nangong Xin embarrassed by his useless medicine.

• Nangong Xin urged Miaoyuan to save Ye Yun, who had held back countless Demonic Beasts, while the cultivators discussed the approaching sect reinforcements and powerful beasts in the horde.
• Nangong Xin spotted Ye Yun and ran to her as she sat on the ground with a wound on her arm.
• Nangong Xin applied healing powder from a jade bottle, but black qi rose from Ye Yun's wound and her arm began turning black.
• Ye Yun swallowed a pill that removed the poison and healed her wound, and Nangong Xin silently put his jade bottle away.

Ye Yun learned how the sealed Great Demon’s leaked aura created the Demonic Beasts. As Nascent Soul Realm Demonic Beasts confronted the five great sects over a secret realm, a sword cultivator guessed that the realm contained the Great Demon’s body.

• Ye Yun thanked Nangong Xin after recovering and asked what the creatures were.
• Nangong Xin explained that three great powers had divided and sealed a Great Demon’s body, but its leaking demonic aura transformed nearby living beings into Demonic Beasts.
• Eight strange figures appeared above the demonic aura, and Nangong Xin recognized the distant enemies as Nascent Soul Realm Demonic Beasts.
• A leading Demonic Beast told the five Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to leave the secret realm or be killed, claiming the beasts wanted something inside.
• A middle-aged sword cultivator guessed that the secret realm was a seal containing the Great Demon’s body.