Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin refined the Holy Spring in a cave, spending ten years in cultivation while Liu Bai waited outside and struggled to understand why Ye Lin left no imprint on the river of time. Liu Bai expected news within three days, even as danger closed around Sky Cloud Star.

• Ye Lin entered a cave, swallowed three jars of Holy Spring, and used the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique to refine it.
• Ten years passed while Ye Lin cultivated, leaving Liu Bai unable to find his imprint on the river of time or calculate his fate.
• Yuexi urged Liu Bai to leave, but Liu Bai insisted that fate bound him to Ye Lin and that Ye Lin would not leave before their connection was exhausted.
• Liu Bai said he expected news in three days and warned that outsiders were planning to destroy Sky Cloud Star, potentially trapping its inhabitants.
• Liu Bai relaxed with his wine while Yuexi reminded him that he still owed her Star Brew.

After ten years of secluded cultivation, Ye Lin had advanced the Nine Lives Tower to Lesser Success and gained soul strength comparable to a peak Earth Immortal, though his cultivation remained at the middle stage. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar advised him to focus on insight and let his cultivation settle, noting that he had exhausted his supplies.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar praised Ye Lin’s improved soul strength and the power of the Nine Lives Tower.
• Ye Lin reflected that the Nine Lives Tower could protect his soul and kill peak Earth Immortal cultivators, even though his cultivation would not advance beyond the middle stage.
• Ye Lin checked his status and saw that his destiny still ended with his death in the Golden Immortal Battlefield Ruins.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin not to rush his cultivation because his insights were lacking and his foundation needed to settle.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar pointed out that Ye Lin had spent all his immortal stones and used up his other treasures during ten years of cultivation.

Ye Lin reflected on his lack of guidance after the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar advised him to find a master. After ten years of cultivation, he accidentally unleashed an aura that devastated the surrounding region and wondered whether Liu Bai had left.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that he needed a capable master to guide his cultivation and correct his mistakes.
• Ye Lin considered how he had explored cultivation on his own and agreed to think about finding a master.
• Ye Lin rose and accidentally released an aura that destroyed the mountain ranges within a million li and killed countless beings.
• Ye Lin recalled that ten years had passed and wondered whether Liu Bai had already left.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar reminded Ye Lin to hunt a hundred peak Earth Immortal creatures for it to absorb.

Ye Lin completed the initial cultivation of the Nine Lives Tower and reunited with Liu Bai, who had agreed to join the Firmament Sacred Land. Yuexi invited both of them to enter as Inner Sect disciples, offering resources and the possibility of a True Immortal’s guidance.

• Ye Lin spent most of the Holy Spring and more than ten thousand low-grade immortal stones to cultivate the Nine Lives Tower’s phantom to minor accomplishment.
• Liu Bai sensed Ye Lin’s arrival and demonstrated a sword strike infused with an imitation of Ye Lin’s Rule of Destruction.
• Ye Lin greeted Liu Bai after removing his mask and changing his aura, and Liu Bai said he had agreed to join the Firmament Sacred Land as an Inner Sect disciple.
• Yuexi introduced herself as the Firmament Sacred Land’s Saintess and invited Ye Lin and Liu Bai to join, describing the disciples’ monthly resources and chance to receive a True Immortal’s guidance.

Ye Lin agreed to follow Liu Bai to the Firmament Sacred Land, where he hoped to find a master and cultivation resources. After learning that Sky Cloud Star was under blockade because of the Black Turtle Clan, Ye Lin said he had a way to resolve the problem.

• Ye Lin laughed and agreed to go wherever Liu Bai went, hoping to gain opportunities and find a master in the Firmament Sacred Land.
• Yuexi said the Sacred Land had sent experts to negotiate with the Black Turtle Clan so they could leave Sky Cloud Star.
• Yuexi explained that the Black Turtle Clan had blockaded Sky Cloud Star after its forces abused a hatchling and a True Immortal took it away.
• Ye Lin recognized the incident and told Yuexi and Liu Bai to follow him because he had a way to deal with it.

Ye Lin brought Yuexi and Liu Bai to the Black Turtle Clan, where a Celestial Immortal initially threatened them. The token given to Ye Lin by the Black Turtle hatchling he had saved identified him as the hatchling’s savior, and the clan agreed to escort them safely away.

• Yuexi doubted Ye Lin’s claim that he had a way to deal with the Black Turtle Clan, but Liu Bai trusted him and agreed to go along.
• Ye Lin led Yuexi and Liu Bai into the starry void, where they saw three enormous Black Turtles and many others gathered around them.
• A Celestial Immortal Black Turtle declared that entry to Sky Cloud Star was permitted but departure was forbidden, and its killing intent left Ye Lin feeling powerless.
• Ye Lin showed the token he had received from the rescued Black Turtle hatchling.
• The Black Turtle recognized the token, apologized to Ye Lin, and said the clan would escort them away safely; it also told him to keep the token for future protection.

Ye Lin received a favor from the Black Turtle Clan and learned from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar about Liu Bai’s tragic past with a woman from the clan. Yuexi took Ye Lin and Liu Bai aboard her Cloud-Piercing Shuttle, which was headed for the Firmament Sacred Land.

• The Black Turtle granted Ye Lin a favor, and Ye Lin thanked it before leaving safely with Yuexi and Liu Bai.
• Liu Bai showed a fleeting sadness, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar told Ye Lin that Liu Bai had once killed his Dao companion from the Black Turtle Clan.
• Yuexi said the journey to the Firmament Sacred Land would take a hundred years without a True Immortal escort, then brought out her Cloud-Piercing Shuttle.
• Yuexi led Ye Lin and Liu Bai aboard the shuttle and said it would reach the sacred land within three days.
• Liu Bai told Ye Lin that the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle cost at least one hundred thousand low-grade immortal stones.

Yuexi brought Ye Lin and Liu Bai to the Firmament Sacred Land, a vast world created by the Firmament Patriarch and protected by a formidable sun, moon, and star formation. She introduced them to her master, whose gaze left Ye Lin feeling as though all his secrets had been exposed.

• Yuexi explained that the Firmament Sacred Land had been formed from fifty thousand stars and described the powers of its sun, moon, and protective formation.
• The Cloud-Piercing Shuttle entered the Sacred Land, where a powerful divine sense swept over Ye Lin.
• Yuexi led Ye Lin and Liu Bai to a floating mountain peak, where her master was brewing tea beside a thatched cottage.
• Yuexi greeted her master, and he asked who the two young men accompanying her were.
• Ye Lin realized that Yuexi's master could see through him and was powerful enough to kill him with a glance.

Yuexi secured Inner Sect disciple status for Ye Lin and Liu Bai, but the Holy Lord made them prove they could withstand a month of opposition before they qualified for places in the Kunlun Secret Realm. After Yuexi left them to collect their resources, Liu Bai reminded Ye Lin that he still owed him a ton of wine.

• Yuexi asked the Holy Lord to make Ye Lin and Liu Bai Inner Sect disciples, and he agreed while warning they would face dissatisfaction.
• The Holy Lord offered each of them a place in the Kunlun Secret Realm if they endured the coming month.
• Yuexi explained how Inner Sect disciples earned and spent points, gave Ye Lin and Liu Bai their Identity Tokens, and left them to manage on their own.
• Ye Lin wondered where they should collect their resources, while Liu Bai asked him to repay the ton of wine he owed.

Ye Lin and Liu Bai discussed the costly wine in Liu Bai’s gourd before asking Bai Jianxin to guide them to the resource hall. They reached the manor and entered its inner space, where an old man asked to see their Identity Tokens.

• Ye Lin pushed Liu Bai’s wine gourd back and promised he might buy a hundred tons of wine once he had money.
• Ye Lin asked to taste Liu Bai’s wine, but Liu Bai said the fated time had not yet come and walked ahead.
• Bai Jianxin offered to guide Ye Lin and Liu Bai to collect their resources for three points.
• Bai Jianxin flew Ye Lin and Liu Bai to a nearby manor, where they entered an inner space and found a white-bearded old man.
• The old man spoke into Ye Lin’s mind and told him to take out his Identity Token.

Ye Lin and Liu Bai received their Inner Sect resources and clothes, surprising Bai Jianxin when they appeared outside. Bai Jianxin realized they had become Inner Sect disciples despite the Sacred Land’s exceptionally demanding entrance trials.

• An old man inspected Ye Lin and Liu Bai’s Identity Tokens and gave each a Spatial Ring with monthly resources and one hundred starting points.
• The old man returned their Identity Tokens, gave them Inner Sect clothes, and sent them outside.
• Bai Jianxin began to greet Ye Lin and Liu Bai, then stopped when he saw their Inner Sect clothes.
• Bai Jianxin was astonished that Ye Lin and Liu Bai were Inner Sect disciples, whose entry trials required defeating ten same-realm puppets, passing five trials of the heart, and creating a martial technique within an hour.

Ye Lin and Liu Bai learned that the Firmament Sacred Land had announced a challenge to its new Inner Sect disciples, prompting powerful Outer Sect members to hunt them. After three days of pursuit, Ye Lin hid in a cave while complaining that Liu Bai kept directing trouble toward him.

• Bai Jianxin refused Ye Lin’s offer of three points and fled after realizing Ye Lin and Liu Bai were Inner Sect disciples.
• Ye Lin proposed cultivating in seclusion before visiting the Kunlun Secret Realm in a month.
• The Sacred Lord announced that anyone who defeated Ye Lin or Liu Bai could become an Inner Sect disciple, and powerful auras gathered around them.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai vanished, but a gray-robed elder used a Compass to locate them and set off in pursuit with two companions.
• After three days and nights of pursuit, Ye Lin hid in a cave and complained that Liu Bai kept diverting disaster toward him.

Liu Bai repeatedly drew pursuers to Ye Lin, claiming he was training him, then left as another group arrived. Ye Lin confronted the disciples, while a powerful old man demanded his Inner Sect disciple Identity Token and offered to fight him for it.

• Liu Bai teased Ye Lin, said he was training him, and left before the pursuers arrived.
• Ye Lin summoned the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword and prepared to face the approaching disciples.
• A late Earth Immortal old man asked the disciples to let him challenge Ye Lin alone for the Inner Sect status.
• Ye Lin emerged and asked which disciple would fight first.
• The old man demanded Ye Lin's Inner Sect disciple Identity Token and offered to let him leave if he handed it over.

Ye Lin confronted an old Earth Immortal who had barred his way and revealed overwhelming killing intent and sword power. Their clash devastated the surroundings, and the old man shattered Ye Lin’s golden chains as the fight continued.

• The old man offered Ye Lin the first strike, confident he could defeat the younger cultivator.
• Ye Lin unleashed a torrent of Blood Baleful Qi and warned that he would break the old man’s arm.
• Ye Lin summoned countless black Sword Qi strands, shaking the land and driving the watching disciples into terror.
• The old man ordered the disciples away and attacked Ye Lin with the Demon-Subduing Palm.
• Ye Lin’s sword collided with the golden palm, sending him flying as golden chains wound toward the old man.
• The old man pressed down on the void and shattered Ye Lin’s golden chains.

Ye Lin fought an ancient relic who used clones and powerful palm strikes, while Ye Lin combined his sword techniques with the Destruction Rule. The old man then unleashed a domain that dispersed Ye Lin’s Sword Qi, leaving Ye Lin stunned by its power.

• Ye Lin used Time Stop and Sword Qi to injure the old man, who recognized Ye Lin’s Destruction and Time Rules.
• Ye Lin tried fusing the Destruction Rule with the Great River Sword Dao Rule, but the old man concealed himself among Myriad Demon Seed clones.
• The old man struck Ye Lin with a Demon-Subduing Palm, and Ye Lin used sword petals to block it before counterattacking with a giant Sword Qi blade.
• The old man opened his domain, enveloped Ye Lin in a black-and-white space, and dispersed Ye Lin’s Sword Qi.

Ye Lin faced an old man whose Yin-Yang Domain suppressed his cultivation, and the old man offered to answer his questions in exchange for a favor. Ye Lin learned what a domain was but rejected the offer to inherit the old man's, choosing to pursue the Great Luo instead.

• The old man suppressed Ye Lin inside his Yin-Yang Domain and offered to concede and protect him from trouble if Ye Lin asked his questions.
• The old man explained that he owed Ye Lin a favor and wanted to repay it.
• Ye Lin asked what a domain was, and the old man described it as a world where its master reigned supreme.
• The old man offered to teach Ye Lin his domain, warning that accepting it would end Ye Lin's future.
• Ye Lin rejected the offer and remained intent on reaching the Great Luo and becoming the strongest being in the Star River cosmos.

Ye Lin defeated Lin Feng, who had comprehended the power of a domain, and reflected on Lin Feng’s warning about the path of cultivation. After Liu Bai revealed he had used Ye Lin to deal with Lin Feng and teased him about cultivating too many things, Ye Lin left to enter seclusion and consider what domain he might develop.

• Lin Feng conceded defeat to Ye Lin, revealed his name, and left after reflecting on how his talent had faded in the Star River.
• Several cultivators watched Lin Feng return to his residence and realized he had understood the situation from the beginning.
• Liu Bai praised Ye Lin for defeating Lin Feng despite his domain, and Ye Lin questioned why Liu Bai had brought them together.
• Liu Bai admitted he had used Ye Lin to reduce trouble and asked whether he had secured any resources for his wine.
• Ye Lin left to enter seclusion and ponder Lin Feng’s warning, while Liu Bai wondered what domain Ye Lin would develop from cultivating the three great rules.

Ye Lin continued struggling to understand the nature of domain power as he and Liu Bai attended a gathering of the Firmament Sacred Land’s Inner Sect disciples. The Sacred Lord announced the opening of the Kunlun Secret Realm and reserved two of its limited entry slots for Ye Lin and Liu Bai, leaving the disciples to choose the remaining entrants.

• Ye Lin spent a month pondering Lin Feng’s words but still could not tell whether he had understood them.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai headed to the council hall after the Sacred Land summoned all Inner Sect disciples.
• Ye Lin questioned the nature of domain power, but the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and Liu Bai both told him he had to figure it out himself.
• The Sacred Lord announced that one hundred people could enter the Kunlun Secret Realm and asked the disciples to decide who would take the available slots.
• The Sacred Lord reserved two slots for Ye Lin and Liu Bai and asked the other disciples to support them inside the realm.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai waited while the disciples discussed their choices for an hour.

The Holy Lord brought the Firmament Sacred Land disciples into the Kunlun Secret Realm and explained its rules and purpose. After the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar revealed that the realm connected factions across the cosmos, Ye Lin asked about the difference between Golden Immortals and Primordial Unity Golden Immortals and was told to focus on growing stronger.

• A black-robed young man gave the Holy Lord a list, and the Holy Lord led the hundred disciples, including Yuexi, into the secret realm.
• The Holy Lord explained that the disciples had ten years to explore, had to plant seeds for the treasures they took, and must not harm fellow disciples or trust outsiders.
• Ye Lin wondered why the Kunlun Secret Realm was not exclusive to the Firmament Sacred Land and had not seen other factions' cultivators.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that a Golden Immortal had created the realm to connect major factions across the cosmos.
• Ye Lin asked about the difference between Golden Immortals and Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar said the latter comprehended laws and urged Ye Lin to focus on becoming stronger.

Ye Lin entered the Kunlun Secret Realm with Liu Bai and used his panel to inspect Liu Bai’s opportunities before choosing one he might be able to claim himself. He reached a cave containing a powerful peak Earth Immortal Heavenly Demon and prepared to attack it with the Nine Lives Tower.

• The Sacred Lord sent Ye Lin and Liu Bai into the Kunlun Secret Realm and instructed them to stay with the main group.
• A black-robed youth organized the disciples, assigned three Earth Immortals to guard the area, and told everyone to explore within a hundred li.
• Liu Bai explained the realm’s dense Immortal Qi and unusual time flow, then left to explore.
• Ye Lin viewed Liu Bai’s panel and learned about several opportunities, including a cave with a peak Earth Immortal Heavenly Demon and a ten-million-year Physique-Forging Grass.
• Ye Lin chose to pursue the cave opportunity, reached its entrance, sensed the demon’s overwhelming aura, and summoned the Nine Lives Tower.