Chapter Summaries

After the tribulations ended, the world's will offered merit for killing Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, enticing the newly ascended Immortal Realm experts. A mysterious voice summoned them to Penglai Island, and Ye Lin recognized it as belonging to a senior he had met before and went to meet him.

• A transcendent faction faced destruction after all its foundational experts died in their tribulations, while the energy released by the fallen experts gave the Xuanhuang Great World some respite.
• The world's will sent peak experts a message promising merit for killing Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, and the newly ascended Immortal Realm experts welcomed the reward.
• A mysterious voice invited supreme experts from across the world to gather on Penglai Island in three years, leaving the newly ascended immortals wondering who could command such authority.
• Ye Lin recognized the voice as belonging to the mysterious expert from Penglai Immortal Island and crushed his jade token to contact him.
• A spatial passage opened before Ye Lin, and he stepped through toward Penglai Immortal Island.

Ye Lin confronted the old man on Penglai Island and realized the old man had watched his progress while pursuing their shared goal. The old man sent him back to Central Continent, and Ye Lin resolved to visit Penglai Island in three years to learn what he was planning.

• Ye Lin sat beside the lake and asked the old man whether he had treated him as a chess piece.
• The old man denied exploiting Ye Lin and said they had acted freely toward the same goal.
• Ye Lin questioned how the old man knew Ascension Gate was a trap and where he had gained Immortal Realm cultivation, but the old man refused to reveal his methods.
• The old man said he would resolve the Heavenly Demon Great World and transported Ye Lin back to Central Continent.
• Ye Lin suspected the old man was a Heavenly Immortal and decided to go to Penglai Island in three years.

After three peaceful years, Penglai Immortal Island emerged and drew nearly all the Immortal Realm experts in the Xuanhuang Great World. Ye Lin, having spent all his merit to raise only his Metal Spirit Root to supreme grade, headed to the island as the experts entered its Heavenly Palace to seek the mysterious Senior.

• For three years, Ye Lin remained motionless as no Outer Realm Heavenly Demons appeared in the Central Continent.
• Penglai Immortal Island emerged, and nearly all of the 108 Immortal Realm experts traveled there and entered it.
• Ye Lin used all his merit to raise his Metal Spirit Root to supreme grade, leaving his other four Spirit Roots at High-Tier.
• Ye Lin sensed activity in the Endless Deep Sea and headed toward Penglai Immortal Island.
• A grand Heavenly Palace appeared above the island, and the Immortal Realm experts entered to find Immortal Qi and meet the Senior.
• Qin Wudao searched the crowd for Ye Lin but did not find him.

Heavenfall gathered 108 Immortal Realm experts to discuss striking back at the Heavenly Demon Great World. Though they doubted they could match its strength, Heavenfall promised to cover their backs as his long-laid plan moved forward.

• Heavenfall convened 108 Immortal Realm experts in the palace and explained that the Heavenly Demon Great World had invaded Xuanhuang for a million years.
• A golden-armored leader and a white-robed elder warned that the enemy had more and stronger Immortal Realm experts than Xuanhuang.
• Heavenfall dismissed their concerns and said he had his own method.
• Heavenfall told the experts to fight their own battles against the Heavenly Demon Great World while he covered their backs.

Ye Lin joined Heavenfall in the highest seat as Heavenfall ordered the Xuanhuang Great World's immortal experts to prepare to clear out the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons in half a year. After Heavenfall revealed a killing intent that made them fear for their lives, no one dared object, and the gathering ended with the experts departing to make arrangements.

• Ye Lin arrived and sat beside Heavenfall, sharing the highest seat with him.
• Heavenfall set the campaign against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons for half a year later and warned the gathered figures not to refuse or shirk their duties.
• Heavenfall's killing intent made the immortal experts realize he was a major realm above them.
• Heavenfall promised to let the experts travel the Star River freely after they completed their assigned tasks.
• No one objected, and the immortal experts bowed to Heavenfall before leaving to prepare.

After Ye Lin defeated Qin Wudao, Heavenfall revealed the ancient origins of One Breath Becomes Three Purities and explained that Ye Lin possessed only one of its three fragmented scrolls. The other two were believed to be in the Heavenly Demon Great World and the Star River, leading Heavenfall to say that their goals were the same.

• Qin Wudao glared at Ye Lin before leaving, and Ye Lin followed the crowd out after everyone else had gone.
• Heavenfall stopped Ye Lin, shut the hall doors, and asked whether he cultivated One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Ye Lin admitted that he cultivated the technique, and Heavenfall recounted how the Grand Supreme True Person split it into three fragments before falling to four true immortals.
• Ye Lin learned that his scroll was only one fragment and asked where the other two could be found.
• Heavenfall said one fragment was likely in the Heavenly Demon Great World and the other had fallen into the Star River, then told Ye Lin their goals were the same.

Ye Lin learned that even the three volumes of One Breath Becomes Three Purities were incomplete, while Heavenfall left him to decide whether to visit the Heavenly Demon Great World. Six months later, Xuanhuang Great World launched its forces through the fortified passage toward Central Continent’s enemy world, with three Immortal Realm experts leading the way.

• Heavenfall told Ye Lin that the true One Breath Becomes Three Purities belonged to a peerless expert in the Star River and remained incomplete even after its three volumes were gathered.
• Heavenfall declared his karma with Ye Lin settled and departed, then reappeared after Ye Lin left and laughed at him.
• Xuanhuang Great World mobilized its experts, armies, formation masters, and alchemists in preparation for a war between two worlds.
• After six months, three Immortal Realm experts entered the reinforced spatial passage first to check for enemy ambushes.
• Xuanhuang Great World sent its armies and specialized cannons through the passage, including weapons capable of killing Spirit Transformation and Dao Integration experts.

Three Immortal Realm experts entered the Heavenly Demon Great World with an invading army, and Cang Yun killed three Saint Realm scouts who mistook them for an easy target. The arrival of a far more powerful aura left Cang Yun facing an unknown threat.

• The three Immortal Realm experts entered the Heavenly Demon Great World and praised that their strength had not been suppressed.
• The invading troops swept through the area, killing every living being they encountered.
• Cang Yun confronted three black-robed Half-Immortals, who warned the Xuanhuang Great World experts to retreat.
• Cang Yun crushed the three men into blood mist after discovering they were Saint Realm experts.
• A terrifying aura struck through space, and Cang Yun caught its aftershock but was forced back three steps.

Cang Yun and two other Immortal Realm experts encountered Devil Abyss, an ancient Devil Ancestor who proved vastly stronger than them. Devil Abyss sent Cang Yun flying with one palm, leaving the other two afraid to attack.

• Cang Yun challenged an elderly newcomer who identified himself as Devil Abyss, the ancient Devil Ancestor.
• Devil Abyss sealed the space around Cang Yun and blocked his spear strike with his bare palm.
• Devil Abyss struck Cang Yun and sent him crashing through dozens of mountain ranges.
• The other two Immortal Realm experts hesitated, realizing they might have underestimated the Heavenly Demon Great World.

Devil Abyss confronted two Most Sacred Realm experts, then fought Cang Yun when he returned to challenge him. Cang Yun was wounded by Devil Abyss’s counterattack as the battle continued.

• Devil Abyss mocked the two Most Sacred Realm experts and prepared to attack while they debated whether to fight or retreat.
• Cang Yun returned wrapped in a five-clawed golden Dragon and told the two experts to protect the army below.
• Devil Abyss sent successive waves at Cang Yun, who shattered them with his spear.
• Devil Abyss used Heaven and Earth Reversal to gather Cang Yun’s attacks into his sleeve and send them back as a black Dragon.
• Cang Yun met the black Dragon with his golden Dragon, but the explosion forced him to retreat and spit blood.

Cang Yun and two old men joined forces to trap Devil Abyss and unleash their strongest attacks, but Devil Abyss survived and emerged from the shattered void. The chapter ended with him advancing toward the three of them.

• Devil Abyss halted his retreat after clashing with Cang Yun, who realized the old man was far stronger than he was.
• Cang Yun and the two old men trapped Devil Abyss in a shattered pocket of space.
• Cang Yun unleashed Hidden Dragon in the Abyss and then Flying Dragon in the Heavens, sending a nine-clawed golden dragon into the void.
• The resulting explosion shattered space across a radius of ten thousand miles, leaving deadly spatial rifts drifting around them.
• Devil Abyss emerged with tattered clothes, coughing but still steady on his feet, and walked toward the three men.

Devil Fury arrived to aid Devil Abyss and attacked Cang Yun and his two companions. He crippled Cang Yun and badly wounded the other two, who responded by activating their Heaven and Earth Grand Formation and Heaven and Earth Domain.

• A middle-aged man named Devil Fury appeared and mocked Devil Abyss before drawing his two broadswords.
• Devil Fury struck Cang Yun, blasting apart his arms and sending him crashing into a vast crater.
• Cang Yun’s two companions tried to flee, but Devil Fury blocked the spatial passage with his swords.
• The pair attacked Devil Fury, who blasted apart half of each of their bodies with a punch.
• Devil Fury activated his Heavenly Demon True Body as the two companions opened their Heaven and Earth Grand Formation and Heaven and Earth Domain.

Mo Nu fought two old men in the Nine Nether Land, where one unleashed a Heaven-Opening Axe technique that injured him despite his peak Most Sacred Realm cultivation. Devil Abyss urged Mo Nu to join forces and suggested they investigate the Xuanyuan Empire after the battle.

• One old man used laws to create a territory and summoned a giant to wield the Heaven-Opening Axe against Mo Nu.
• The Heaven-Opening Axe illuminated the Nine Nether Land and reduced countless ghosts to ash.
• Mo Nu countered with the Heavenly Demon Rage Hammer, and the clash shattered space and laws before both attacks faded.
• The old man who used the axe coughed up blood and suffered severe injuries, while Mo Nu's Heavenly Demon True Body shattered.
• Devil Abyss joined the fight and proposed attacking together, then visiting the Xuanyuan Empire to question that Emperor about recent events.

Devil Fury battered two early-stage Saints and was about to kill them when Ye Lin arrived and stopped his attack. Ye Lin then used golden law chains to bind Devil Fury as Devil Abyss retreated.

• Devil Fury blasted the two Saints into a crater and prepared to finish them off.
• The two Saints waited for the fatal blow, then opened their eyes to find Ye Lin standing between them and the demons.
• Ye Lin calmly challenged Devil Fury and Devil Abyss for attacking the Xuanhuang Great World.
• Ye Lin summoned golden chains embodying the laws and wrapped them around Devil Fury.
• Devil Fury failed to break free, while Devil Abyss hurriedly retreated.

Ye Lin captured and killed Devil Fury after Devil Abyss abandoned him, then considered the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty and the incomplete volume of One Breath Becomes Three Purities that Heavenfall had said was there. He absorbed Heavenfall's blood essence and resolved to go to the Imperial Dynasty despite sensing danger there.

• Ye Lin bound Devil Fury with chains, while Devil Abyss fled from the fight and escaped Ye Lin's pursuit.
• Devil Fury offered to kill Devil Abyss in exchange for his freedom, but Ye Lin refused and killed him with a single finger.
• Ye Lin reflected on how the Heavenly Demon Great World's energy made Supreme Saints weaker than Immortals of comparable realms.
• Ye Lin sensed danger from the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty but decided to go there to find the incomplete volume of One Breath Becomes Three Purities.
• Ye Lin absorbed all the blood essence from Heavenfall's corpse, leaving it a dried husk.

Ye Lin entered the void in Devil Fury’s appearance to infiltrate the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty. Elsewhere, Old Garden mistook Li Qingqing for a woman from his past, then learned she was gathering herbs to treat her father.

• Ye Lin thanked the rescued men and sent them toward the Xuanhuang Great World before transforming into Devil Fury’s appearance.
• Old Garden saw Li Qingqing and, overwhelmed by memories, reached to touch her face.
• Li Qingqing slapped Old Garden’s hand away and warned him not to act presumptuously on Li Family territory.
• Old Garden apologized and learned that Li Qingqing was gathering medicinal herbs for her injured father.
• Old Garden offered to carry Li Qingqing’s basket, seeing her herbs as ordinary weeds.

Li Qingqing tried to escape Old Garden, who followed her all the way to the Li Residence. After claiming he was visiting a family restaurant nearby, Old Garden entered a Dawn Auction House branch as Li Qingqing watched to see what would happen.

• Li Qingqing backed away from Old Garden and tried to leave, but he followed her like a bodyguard.
• Li Qingqing demanded that Old Garden stop following her, but he insisted they were going the same way.
• Li Qingqing ran through the bushes toward the city, yet Old Garden calmly kept pace behind her.
• At the Li Residence, Old Garden claimed he had come to visit a nearby restaurant owned by his family and walked toward it.
• Li Qingqing recognized the restaurant as a costly Dawn Auction House branch and watched as a smiling, pot-bellied man approached Old Garden.

Old Garden visited a prestigious restaurant in the Herb Capital and questioned its manager, Sun Shang, about the Li residence across the street. Sun Shang explained the city’s three great families and revealed that the Li Family was a powerful martial family led by a Heavenly Human realm expert.

• Sun Shang politely led Old Garden to a private room after recognizing his extraordinary status.
• Old Garden asked why mortals were dining at a restaurant rumored to serve only cultivators, and Sun Shang explained that anyone who could afford it was welcome.
• Old Garden asked Sun Shang about the Li residence across the way.
• Sun Shang described the Li, Wang, and Song Families, explaining that the Wang and Song Families controlled the region’s medicinal herbs while the Li Family handled escort work and transport.
• Sun Shang said the Li Family head had reached the Heavenly Human realm and was renowned among mortal powers within ten thousand li.

Sun Shang explained why martial arts existed alongside cultivation and recounted how the Li Family head had been gravely injured while hunting a Demon Beast. He began introducing Li Qingqing, the Li Family head’s beautiful second daughter, but left his explanation unfinished.

• Sun Shang told Old Garden that the Li Family head had found a Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Core, been badly injured by a Demon Beast, and been told he had only three months to live.
• Sun Shang explained that martial arts had emerged as a path for people without Spirit Roots who still wanted strength.
• Old Garden asked Sun Shang to introduce Li Qingqing, and Sun Shang described her as kind, gentle, and admired throughout the Herb Capital.
• Sun Shang lowered his head and began to explain that Li Qingqing’s peerless beauty had stirred the hearts of many men.

Old Garden became fixated on Li Qingqing and hinted at a plan after learning that her family’s protection could disappear. Meanwhile, Ye Lin infiltrated the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty’s capital as Devil Fury to search for One Breath Becomes Three Purities, where he encountered Devil Fury’s old friend Li Yuanba.

• Sun Shang warned Old Garden that Li Qingqing would be in danger if the Li Family ceased to exist.
• Old Garden sent Sun Shang away and smiled as he thought of something fun involving Li Qingqing.
• Ye Lin entered the Xuanyuan Imperial Dynasty’s thriving capital in Devil Fury’s guise and searched for the cultivation technique.
• Li Yuanba recognized Ye Lin as Devil Fury, and Ye Lin recalled their long-estranged friendship.
• Li Yuanba told Ye Lin that he had entered the Supreme Saint Realm after finding a senior Supreme Saint’s tomb and inheriting its teachings.