Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin defeated Filth-Transmuting Venerable by striking through its body and took the Demon Star Stone that had transformed the former princess. His strength earned Sanzang and Li Jingling’s respect, and Sanzang offered to trade for the stone.

• Ye Lin used a secret technique to raise his strength to Half-Step Earth Immortal and unleashed its Third Turn despite the strain on his body.
• Ye Lin punched through Filth-Transmuting Venerable, whose body collapsed and shrank into a humanoid form.
• Ye Lin took the Demon Star Stone and recognized it as the object that had transformed the former princess.
• Sanzang and Li Jingling acknowledged Ye Lin’s strength and welcomed him into their group.
• Sanzang said the Demon Star Stone would be useful to him and offered to trade for it.

Sanzang warned Ye Lin that the intelligent Demon Star Stone would corrupt him and offered to take it in exchange for a Tranquility Pearl. Ye Lin recognized that the pearl could temporarily protect him from the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, but considered it a poor trade because it was single-use.

• Sanzang explained that the Demon Star Stone could erode Ye Lin's divine soul, corrupt him, and cause disaster if it escaped the secret realm.
• Ye Lin acknowledged the danger but asked Sanzang what he would offer in exchange for the stone.
• Sanzang said Ye Lin lacked a divine-soul cultivation technique and needed a calming method to guard against his demonic art.
• Sanzang offered Ye Lin a single-use Tranquility Pearl that could cleanse harmful influences from his divine soul.
• Ye Lin thought the pearl would help with the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art but was not valuable enough to justify the trade.

Ye Lin traded a Demon Star Stone for two Tranquility Pearls and received a clue to five Blood Explosion Pills from the princess's phantom, though he decided the pills were not worth pursuing. Sanzang urged Ye Lin to leave for the Star River and warned him that a True Immortal-strength Devourer had occupied his world and was about to awaken.

• Ye Lin accepted two Tranquility Pearls from Sanzang in exchange for his Demon Star Stone.
• Ye Lin placed a silver bracelet on the dead princess, and her phantom appeared to thank him and reveal the location of five Blood Explosion Pills.
• Ye Lin dismissed the pills as unnecessary because his own techniques could boost his combat strength, while his meridians still suffered from the strain of using them.
• Sanzang told Ye Lin to leave the world and gave him something to use to contact them in the Star River.
• Sanzang warned Ye Lin that a True Immortal-strength Devourer had occupied his world and was close to awakening.

Sanzang warned Ye Lin that the Devourer was draining the world's origin and that the world would near its end when it awakened. After Sanzang and Li Jingling left, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained the standing of their factions in the Star River and offered to guide Ye Lin there, but it could not teach him divine-soul techniques.

• Sanzang warned Ye Lin that the Devourer had nearly devoured the world's origin and said the world's fate depended on him.
• Sanzang gave Ye Lin an Identity Token for contacting them after he entered the Star River, then left with Li Jingling.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that the Dao Sect and Beggars' Gang were major powers in the Star River.
• Ye Lin asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar for divine-soul techniques, but it said it knew none and offered to guide him in the Star River.

Ye Lin learned that the Demon Star Stones were far more valuable than the Tranquility Pearl, but accepted the exchange and vowed to surpass the great powers of the Star River. With the secret realm destroyed, he prepared to check how many destiny points he had gained from killing its geniuses.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that Demon Star Stones were rare treasures worth far more than the Tranquility Pearl.
• Ye Lin accepted that he lacked the standing to bargain with the Star River geniuses and was satisfied with what he had obtained.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that Daoism, not the Dao Sect, had stopped its master and described Daoism as a great power with ancient roots.
• Ye Lin vowed that the Dao Sect and Daoism would one day submit to him, reminding the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar of its former master.
• Ye Lin looked over the ruined secret realm and prepared to check the destiny points he had gained by killing the geniuses.

Ye Lin escaped the collapsing secret realm with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar just before it vanished into a spatial storm. He emerged alone and found himself surrounded by countless Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.

• The secret realm began to collapse, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar anxiously searched for an exit.
• Ye Lin spotted the exit, grabbed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, and rushed through just before the realm collapsed.
• Ye Lin emerged safely and reflected that he had not kept his promise to Xuan Wu, since no one else had escaped.
• Countless Outer Realm Heavenly Demons surrounded Ye Lin, who awkwardly realized he had reverted to his true form.

Ye Lin fled a pursuing group of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons while suffering from meridian damage, but a sudden spatial fluctuation transported him away. The pursuers suspected a Human Race mighty figure had rescued him, while Ye Lin found himself facing an old man.

• Ye Lin fled from thirty-eight Tribulation Transcendence cultivators and ten Mahayana cultivators who had pursued him after he killed the princess.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar warned Ye Lin that more Mahayana cultivators had joined the chase and that continued flight might attract a Loose Immortal.
• Ye Lin searched for a place to hide, confident he could call Hong Batian if necessary.
• A terrifying spatial fluctuation appeared before Ye Lin, and he vanished from his pursuers’ divine senses.
• The Outer Realm Heavenly Demons suspected a Human Race mighty figure had rescued Ye Lin, and some left to report to the general.
• Ye Lin found himself staring wide-eyed at an old man.

Ye Lin woke in a hidden mountain cave after an old man rescued him from the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. When a stronger enemy approached, the old man told Ye Lin to lead the rescued cultivators away while he stayed behind to cover their retreat.

• Ye Lin thanked the old man for saving him and said he resembled an old acquaintance.
• The old man explained that he had rescued the young cultivators meditating in the cave, all of whom had tragic pasts.
• The old man decided the group had to leave because rescuing Ye Lin had exposed his identity and the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were returning with reinforcements.
• The old man sensed a powerful enemy approaching and told Ye Lin to take the cultivators away while he covered their retreat.

Ye Lin agreed to escort the old man’s group of young cultivators to safety while the old man stayed behind to confront an approaching Outer Realm Heavenly Demon. Ye Lin and the youths escaped through a spatial rift, leaving the old man facing a foe who had finally caught up to him.

• Ye Lin learned that Hong Batian and Old Garden were being held back by powerful enemies and agreed to help the old man’s group escape.
• The old man told the young cultivators he would stay behind and cover their retreat, despite their pleas for him to come along.
• Ye Lin opened a spatial rift and entered it, followed by the reluctant youths.
• An Outer Realm Heavenly Demon arrived and identified the old man as a One-Tribulation Loose Immortal.

Ye Lin carried the young cultivators through a spatial rift while three Mahayana pursuers followed, and he promised to protect them. Meanwhile, the old man fought an arrogant Outer Realm Heavenly Demon who hoped to capture him and the young cultivators.

• After the last young man entered the spatial rift, an enemy attack pierced the underground cavern and tried to destroy the rift, but the old man blocked it.
• Ye Lin carried dozens of young cultivators through the rift on an enormous sword, warning them that Outer Realm Heavenly Demons surrounded them and pursuers were behind them.
• Ye Lin promised to protect the cultivators, who thanked him and resumed cultivating on the sword.
• On the battlefield, a bloodied old man faced an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon who boasted that he would capture the old man and eat the young cultivators.

Ye Lin hid with the cultivators in a mountain cave and recovered from severe injuries while using valuable resources. After recovering to sixty percent, he asked the group to contact the old man, unaware they had been waiting for his permission.

• The old man declared that he had not been defeated and released an immense aura as the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon watched without concern.
• Ye Lin found a cave in the mountains, concealed the group’s auras with a formation, and began cultivating while two young men guarded the entrance.
• The cultivators eyed Ye Lin’s treasures until the lone Nascent Soul Realm young man warned them not to covet his belongings.
• Ye Lin spent a day absorbing resources and recovered to sixty percent, though his meridians, body, and origin remained badly damaged.
• Ye Lin asked a woman to activate a Jade Talisman and contact the old man, not realizing the cultivators had waited for his permission.

Ye Lin confronted the remaining Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, Cang Shang, after learning that two of the three powerful auras had disappeared. He struck first with his Saint-Falling Fist, and Cang Shang realized the attack threatened his life.

• Two young men told Ye Lin that only one of the three powerful auras remained and that Grandpa was hurrying over.
• Ye Lin told the cultivators to stay in the cave and went out to kill the remaining enemy.
• Cang Shang emerged from a spatial rift and locked his divine sense onto Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin read Cang Shang's panel, which showed he was an early Mahayana Realm expert with 64,000 Luck Value.
• Cang Shang attacked, hoping to devour Ye Lin and advance his cultivation, but Ye Lin unleashed his Saint-Falling Fist.
• Cang Shang sensed the threat of death from Ye Lin's punch but could not withdraw after committing eighty percent of his strength.

Ye Lin defeated and killed Cang Shang after crippling him and stopping his escape. When a powerful figure appeared to protect Cang Shang's soul and demanded that Ye Lin release him, Ye Lin kept hold of the soul and ignored the threats.

• Cang Shang tried to flee after Ye Lin crippled his arm, but Ye Lin bound him with golden chains and dragged him back.
• Cang Shang begged for mercy and threatened that his father would retaliate, but Ye Lin crushed his head.
• Cang Shang's soul emerged under the protection of a black-light restriction, and his father's face appeared in the sky demanding that Ye Lin let him go.
• Ye Lin grabbed Cang Shang's soul and tightened his grip as the figure threatened him, then weakened his tone and offered to spare Ye Lin in the future.

Ye Lin destroyed Cang Shang’s divine soul, but Cang Shang’s incarnation attacked him with power at the Loose Immortal level. The elderly man intervened to save Ye Lin, then asked where the children were.

• Ye Lin rejected Cang Shang’s threats and shattered Cang Shang’s divine soul.
• Cang Shang’s incarnation secretly gathered power and sent a lightning attack at Ye Lin.
• The elderly man stepped out of the void and scattered the lightning with his spear.
• Cang Shang’s exhausted incarnation vanished after threatening Ye Lin and the others.
• Ye Lin thanked the elderly man, who waved off his thanks and asked where the children were.

Ye Lin brought the injured old man and the protected children to a cave, then gave the old man his mature Heavenly Ice Sacred Lotus to speed his recovery. The old man began healing and asked Ye Lin to guard him for three days while Ye Lin prepared to recover himself.

• Ye Lin brought the old man into the cave, where the old man checked that none of the children were missing.
• The old man sat down, spat out black blood, and began healing his serious injuries by absorbing spiritual energy.
• Ye Lin offered the old man his priceless Heavenly Ice Sacred Lotus, explaining that the old man had saved his life.
• The old man accepted the lotus and said it would let him return to his peak in three days.
• Ye Lin agreed to protect the old man and went to the cave entrance to restore himself.

Ye Lin and the others faced a terrifying expert who tracked them down after they killed the young master. Hong Batian arrived, but the old man recognized their pursuer as a Third Tribulation Loose Immortal and realized he could not protect Ye Lin for long.

• Ye Lin delayed his breakthrough so he could restore himself to his peak and avoid leaving hidden troubles.
• Two days passed as the cultivators patrolled while the two great powers continued cultivating.
• A terrifying aura descended, and Ye Lin contacted Hong Batian, who confirmed that he had arrived.
• A cold voice accused the group of publicly killing the young master and locked its divine sense onto Ye Lin and the old man.
• The old man recognized the pursuer as a Third Tribulation Loose Immortal and concluded that he could not delay the expert long enough for Ye Lin to escape.

Ye Lin faced Chu Xun, a Three-Tribulation Loose Immortal, after leaving the cave where an old man and several children were hiding. Old Garden suddenly appeared and killed Chu Xun, ending the threat before the old man could react.

• Ye Lin refused the old man's offer to hide him and walked out of the cave to face the danger.
• Chu Xun attacked Ye Lin with a devastating black hand, and the old man rushed forward to protect him.
• Old Garden emerged from the void and crushed Chu Xun's head before the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon could escape.
• Old Garden stepped over to Ye Lin after killing Chu Xun, leaving the old man stunned by how quickly the crisis ended.

Ye Lin learned that Hong Batian had become trapped while trying to destroy the passage between the Heavenly Demon Great World and the Xuanhuang Great World. Old Garden reported that five transcendent factions were surrounded by Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, leaving a major conflict poised to erupt once the worlds’ laws changed.

• Ye Lin asked Old Garden where Hong Batian was, and Old Garden explained that three Eight-Tribulation Loose Immortals had trapped him near the connection between the two worlds.
• An old man asked about Old Garden, and Ye Lin introduced him before steering the conversation toward the transcendent factions.
• Old Garden said he and Hong Batian had found five transcendent factions, all surrounded by Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, including Four-Tribulation Loose Immortals.
• Old Garden explained that the worlds’ strongest experts could not intervene because of Heavenly Dao lightning and the unstable spatial passage.
• Old Garden said Hong Batian had charged into the connection to destroy the spatial passage but had failed and been held up there.

Ye Lin realized that Hong Batian had been unable to destroy the passageway and that the human factions needed someone to rally them against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. He resolved to keep persuading the hidden experts because he wanted the panel’s reward of an unconditional increase by one major realm.

• Ye Lin concluded that Hong Batian could not easily destroy the passageway created by the Heavenly Demon Great World’s Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Lin reasoned that the transcendent factions were besieged and needed someone to summon the hidden human experts into action.
• Ye Lin judged that cooperation could ease Central Continent’s crisis but could not yet drive back the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
• Ye Lin decided to keep persuading the factions because he wanted to claim the panel’s major-realm advancement reward.

Ye Lin entered death seclusion to prepare for the Earth Immortal Realm, while Old Garden concealed the surrounding mountains and guided the others. Ten years later, Ye Lin had reached a bottleneck in comprehending domain power, despite advancing his Destruction Sword Dao Rule to Mahayana.

• Ye Lin entered the cave alone for death seclusion, and Old Garden concealed the surrounding mountain ranges.
• Old Garden guided the younger generation and helped the old man break through to the Second Tribulation Loose Immortal Realm, then refused his request to become his master.
• Ten years passed as Old Garden nurtured the young man to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm and the other youths reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ye Lin recovered to his peak and spent years reviewing his insights before attempting to comprehend domain power.
• Ye Lin advanced his Destruction Sword Dao Rule to Mahayana but remained unable to grasp a domain or find anyone who had fully comprehended one.