Chapter Summaries

Tongtian restrained his anger over his son's death and chose to undermine the three Sacred Lands rather than risk a direct war. In the Kunlun Secret Realm, Ye Lin reflected on the betrayals and ruthless struggles he had witnessed, leaving Liu Bai unconvinced by his view that people simply lived according to their own stances.

• Tongtian's followers discussed how peace could weaken a civilization and agreed to fracture the shared interests of the three Sacred Lands from within.
• Tongtian, grieving his only son's death, rejected a reckless war and ordered a plan to make the Purple Cloud Star System's factions collapse against one another.
• After two days in the Kunlun Secret Realm, Ye Lin witnessed disciples betray allies and fight over scarce opportunities.
• Liu Bai asked Ye Lin what he thought of the cruelty, and Ye Lin said people lived for themselves and that right and wrong depended on their differing stances.
• Liu Bai said he did not know about Ye Lin's thoughts.

As the Heaven-Reaching Tower’s opening approached, Apocalypse gave the factions a final deadline to settle their quotas, prompting the fighting to erupt again. Gu Tianxing and the three great holy lands then faced the arrival of the notorious Evil Spirit Race and Ghost Shark Race, who preyed on humans.

• Apocalypse warned the factions that they had two hours to allocate their quotas or he and the other experts would intervene.
• Gu Tianxing tightened his grip on his spear as the factions resumed killing over access to the Golden Immortal inheritance.
• The Evil Spirit Race and Ghost Shark Race arrived before the three great holy lands’ warships, with around two hundred fighters between them.
• Gu Tianxing identified the two races, and the holy land disciples grew uneasy as he faced the threat.

The three holy lands faced a force of Ghost Shark Race and Evil Spirit Race fighters, whose cruel reputations and unusual abilities made them dangerous opponents. The two races disembarked from their Flying Boats and prepared to attack the Human Race forces.

• The chapter described how the Evil Spirit Race and Ghost Shark Race raised their young through deadly trials and hunted other factions relentlessly.
• A Human Race Golden Immortal had once killed eighteen True Immortals from the two races by using karma and the River of Time, then abandoned his plan to exterminate them.
• Members of the three holy lands discussed the enemy's reputation and strength, with some expressing fear and others confidence in their numbers.
• The Ghost Shark Race and Evil Spirit Race fighters left their Flying Boats and called for a feast on the Human Race.

The Sacred Lands’ disciples clashed with the Evil Spirit Race and Ghost Shark Race, while Gu Tianxing’s group faced the two enemy prodigies. Ye Lin and Liu Bai watched from the sidelines as the battle continued.

• Ye Lin prepared to use the Supreme Artifact fragment if anyone threatened him.
• The Sacred Lands’ disciples and their enemies began fighting while Gu Tianxing and two companions confronted the Evil Spirit Race and Ghost Shark Race prodigies.
• The Evil Spirit Race prodigy played a zither to strengthen the Ghost Shark Race prodigy, who charged Gu Tianxing’s group.
• Gu Tianxing and his companions battled the two prodigies, with the fight appearing evenly matched.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai sat together in a corner watching, while the other disciples tacitly let them stay out of the fight.

Apocalypse noticed Ye Lin and Liu Bai and invited them to meet him. After introductions, he told Liu Bai that he sensed he was not as simple as he appeared.

• Apocalypse watched Ye Lin and Liu Bai relaxing below and decided to invite them over.
• Apocalypse's attendant approached Ye Lin and Liu Bai with the invitation.
• Ye Lin agreed to go meet Apocalypse, while Liu Bai remained calm.
• Apocalypse stood to greet them and introduced himself, and Ye Lin and Liu Bai gave their names.
• Apocalypse told Liu Bai that his intuition suggested Liu Bai was not as simple as he appeared.

Apocalypse offered Ye Lin and Liu Bai resources in exchange for becoming his followers, then proposed investing in them as friends instead. Ye Lin hesitated over the favor attached to the offer, while Liu Bai returned his ring, leaving Ye Lin's decision unresolved.

• Apocalypse asked Ye Lin and Liu Bai to become his followers, but Ye Lin immediately refused.
• Apocalypse offered them identical Spatial Rings of resources in exchange for a future favor to the Awakened Dragon Clan.
• Ye Lin examined the resources and questioned the price, recognizing that the favor could be costly.
• Liu Bai returned his Spatial Ring to Apocalypse, judging the offer insufficient for one favor.

Apocalypse told Ye Lin and Liu Bai about the dangerous ruins of Mo Yuan, a Supreme Unity Mystic Immortal, and proposed that they explore them together. Ye Lin was tempted by the rumored treasures but questioned why Apocalypse had chosen them, leaving the proposal unresolved.

• Ye Lin and Liu Bai refused Apocalypse’s offered Spatial Rings, and he invited them to hear about a place he wanted to explore.
• Apocalypse required Ye Lin and Liu Bai to swear Great Dao oaths before he revealed the secret.
• Apocalypse explained that Mo Yuan’s ruins were filled with strange presences limited to Earth Immortal strength by the aura inside.
• Apocalypse offered to explore the ruins with Ye Lin and Liu Bai and divide three treasures among them, reserving the Time Tower for himself.
• Ye Lin grew interested in the fragmentary volume of One Breath Becomes Three Purities but asked Apocalypse why he had approached them instead of someone else.

Ye Lin and Liu Bai agreed to join Apocalypse in exploring the ruins a hundred years later, hoping to obtain the incomplete volume of One Breath Becomes Three Purities. Apocalypse then ordered an assault on the remaining war vessels, and fighting resumed while the three great holy lands were spared.

• Apocalypse told Ye Lin and Liu Bai that the ruins would be safest to enter in a hundred years, when the ominous auras weakened.
• Liu Bai agreed to join the expedition, and Ye Lin accepted after deciding he had reason to trust Apocalypse.
• Apocalypse gave Ye Lin and Liu Bai Jade Talismans and said he would find them at the Purple Cloud Star System in a hundred years.
• Apocalypse declared that thirteen war vessels remained and ordered the Awakened Dragon Clan disciples to attack.
• The other nine factions guarded by Grand Luo Golden Immortals joined the battle, while the Awakened Dragon Clan disciples avoided the three great holy lands and protected their Flying Boats.

Ye Lin entered the Heaven-Reaching Tower, where death in its trials would destroy his true body, and discovered that Liu Bai was destined to claim a Golden Immortal inheritance. The first trial began with Ye Lin facing three mid-stage Earth Immortal puppets, and they attacked before he could respond.

• The Heaven-Reaching Tower opened after more than a thousand Earth Immortal cultivators died in the battle, while none of the ten Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal factions' disciples were killed.
• Apocalypse announced that the entrants had ten years to clear the tower's trials, and Ye Lin and Liu Bai headed inside.
• Liu Bai warned Ye Lin that death inside the tower would kill his true body, and both of them entered after Ye Lin accepted the danger.
• Ye Lin read Liu Bai's panel and learned that Liu Bai would obtain a Golden Immortal inheritance, though its attempt to possess him would be overcome.
• The first-floor trial required Ye Lin to defeat three mid-stage Earth Immortal puppets, and he drew the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword as they attacked.

Ye Lin fought three mid-stage Earth Immortal puppets whose flawless coordination repeatedly interrupted his attacks. He damaged two puppets with powerful sword techniques, but the remaining pair kept pressing him as the chapter ended.

• Ye Lin exchanged thousands of blows with the three puppets, struggling against their coordinated attacks.
• Ye Lin used One Sword Opens Mountains and Seas to send all three puppets flying.
• Ye Lin followed with Saint-Falling Fist and punched through one puppet's chest.
• Ye Lin used Enemy Slayer to destroy another puppet's arm, but a puppet kicked him backward after catching his Bloodthirsty Demon Sword.
• Ye Lin summoned a phoenix formed from Phoenix Fire as the two remaining puppets continued their assault.

Ye Lin cleared the first floor of the trial and claimed ten mid-stage Earth Immortal puppets. On the second floor, he easily passed the test of lust, but the trial of rage began by showing him his former friends and masters being massacred.

• Ye Lin used upper-tier Heaven Grade Phoenix Fire and Sword Qi to cripple the three mid-stage Earth Immortal puppets.
• A booming voice declared the first floor cleared and awarded Ye Lin ten mid-stage Earth Immortal puppets, which he stored in his Spatial Ring.
• Ye Lin used ten top-grade Immortal Stones to cultivate while waiting for the second floor to open.
• The second-floor trial began with tests of lust, rage, love, and fear, and Ye Lin dismissed the tempting beauties without difficulty.
• The scene changed to the trial of rage, where Ye Lin saw his former friends and masters being massacred.

Ye Lin experienced trials that forced him to watch his former companions and Dao companion die without reacting, then emerged from the Heaven-Reaching Tower with a top-grade Immortal-tier Flame Spear and missing memories. As his companions treated a Ghost Shark Race prodigy as an ally, Ye Lin suspected he was trapped in an illusion and decided to check his panel.

• Ye Lin watched blood-red puppets slaughter his former friends and masters during the trial called Wind and Frost, remaining unmoved.
• Ye Lin watched his Dao companion die during the trial called Love without showing any emotion.
• Ye Lin found himself outside the Heaven-Reaching Tower with Yuexi and Liu Bai, who said he had cleared the tower and obtained a top-grade Immortal-tier Flame Spear.
• Ye Lin checked his Spatial Ring and found unfamiliar items, including a crimson spear, but could not remember anything that had happened in the tower.
• Ye Lin saw Gu Tianxing exchange friendly words with the Ghost Shark Race's strongest prodigy, whom Ye Lin remembered as having been killed before entering the tower.
• Ye Lin concluded that he might be inside an illusion and decided to check his panel.

Ye Lin discovered that Liu Bai’s extraordinary status and abilities were real after seeing his panel, then told him he planned to perfect his domain. Liu Bai said he would take missions to earn money for wine, leaving Ye Lin awkwardly aware that he owed him wine.

• Ye Lin saw Liu Bai’s panel, which revealed his immense luck, rare traits, and future path to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin realized the panel confirmed that the events around him were real, not an illusion.
• Liu Bai asked Ye Lin what he planned to do after they returned to the Sacred Land.
• Ye Lin said he intended to observe the laws governing all things and perfect his domain.
• Liu Bai complained that he was out of wine and would take missions to earn immortal stones, while hinting that Ye Lin had not repaid his wine debt.

The Firmament Sacred Land celebrated Liu Bai's return with a Golden Immortal inheritance and named him Holy Son. Ye Lin began settling in at the sacred land, where Yuexi reminded him of their promise to travel to Fire Cloud Star for her mission.

• The Holy Lord welcomed the warship back and learned that all one hundred disciples had survived and Liu Bai had obtained a Golden Immortal inheritance.
• The Holy Lord returned everyone to the Firmament Sacred Land, named Liu Bai Holy Son, and assigned a Heavenly Immortal elder to protect him.
• Ye Lin began carving out his cave abode at the sacred land.
• Yuexi visited Ye Lin and reminded him that he had agreed to help her complete a mission on Fire Cloud Star.
• Ye Lin agreed to go with Yuexi, despite not remembering their earlier agreement.

Yuexi gave Ye Lin a birthday gift and took him to Fire Cloud Star to complete a mission and fulfill an old promise. They arrived at the planet, where Yuexi explained that she needed Ye Lin’s help to kill three peak Earth Immortal-level Blazing Beasts.

• Yuexi gave Ye Lin a birthday gift, and he agreed to accompany her on her mission.
• Yuexi told Ye Lin that Liu Bai was undergoing the inheritance required of a Holy Son.
• Ye Lin and Yuexi traveled to Fire Cloud Star and saw members of the Fire Cloud Clan, an affiliate of Firmament Sacred Land.
• Yuexi explained that the mission was to kill three peak Earth Immortal-level Blazing Beasts and asked Ye Lin to assist her.

Yuexi explained the danger of the Blazing Fire Beasts’ heartfire, and Ye Lin learned that a double-horned beast carried a pearl that could reveal disguises. When they found three beasts, Yuexi planned to fight two while Ye Lin held off the third.

• Yuexi warned Ye Lin that the Blazing Fire Beasts’ heartfire fed on emotions and could threaten even Heavenly Immortals.
• Ye Lin read Yuexi’s panel and learned about the True-False Pearl inside a double-horned Blazing Fire Beast, then resolved to claim it.
• Yuexi and Ye Lin traveled to the beasts’ territory and found three enormous Blazing Fire Beasts, including one with two horns.
• Yuexi told Ye Lin to hold off one beast while she fought the other two.

Ye Lin drew the double-horned Blazing Fire Beast away from Yuexi while she trapped the other two in her Divine Sword Domain. He found a way to evade its charge, but its heartfire penetrated his chest, and the beast prepared another attack.

• Ye Lin offered to hold off the double-horned Blazing Fire Beast while Yuexi dealt with the other two.
• Yuexi opened her Divine Sword Domain and trapped two Blazing Fire Beasts, leaving Ye Lin to face the double-horned one.
• Ye Lin shattered the space around him to escape the beast's charge, which destroyed distant mountain ranges.
• The Blazing Fire Beast shot heartfire into Ye Lin's chest, burning his internal organs and heart.
• The Blazing Fire Beast stomped toward the void as Ye Lin faced its next move.

Ye Lin defeated the Blazing Beast and took the True-False Pearl. An old man called him the savior, gave him a bronze mirror that could reveal the world's true face, and was interrupted before he could finish warning Ye Lin not to trust anyone.

• Ye Lin resisted the Blazing Beast's heartfire and divine-soul attacks, then used his clones and Sword Qi to exploit its eyes and kill it.
• Ye Lin cut open the Blazing Beast and retrieved the violet True-False Pearl.
• A ragged old man approached Ye Lin, called him the savior, and handed him a scratched bronze mirror that could reveal the truth of the world.
• The old man began warning Ye Lin not to trust anyone, but a woman shouted about traitors and sent Sword Qi toward him.

Ye Lin hid the bronze mirror after Yuexi killed an old man who had tried to speak with him, and learned that the man belonged to a dangerous race from the Strange Forbidden Zone. After completing their mission, Ye Lin asked to remain on Fire Cloud Star to refine his domain, leaving Yuexi to decide whether to return without him.

• Yuexi killed the old man before he could finish speaking, and Ye Lin concealed the bronze mirror in his Spatial Ring.
• Yuexi told Ye Lin that the old man's kind were traitors from the Strange Forbidden Zone who preyed on cultivators and were skilled at bewitching hearts.
• Ye Lin chose not to question Yuexi further and accepted her praise for killing the peak Earth Immortal Fiery Beast.
• Yuexi gave Ye Lin a Heaven-Mending Pill, then prepared to return after their mission was complete.
• Ye Lin asked to stay on Fire Cloud Star for a few days to use its Great Dao of Fire to refine his domain, and Yuexi hesitated.

After Yuexi left, Ye Lin discovered that the bronze mirror let him see a horrifying truth beneath the pleasant world around him. Seeking answers from Liu Bai, he hurried to the Fire Cloud Kingdom’s capital.

• Ye Lin opened Yuexi’s gift and was about to refine the pill when the damaged bronze mirror flew into his sea of consciousness.
• Ye Lin used the mirror’s power and saw a desolate world of bones and maggots, while the fragrant pill appeared to be a ball of maggots.
• Ye Lin stopped using the mirror, put the pill away, and decided to find Liu Bai, believing the reincarnated Primordial Unity Golden Immortal might know what was happening.
• Ye Lin borrowed the mirror’s power several times on his journey and saw that the living creatures around him were covered in rotten flesh and maggots.
• Ye Lin reached the bustling capital of the Fire Cloud Kingdom after asking locals for directions.