Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin, Liu Bai, and Apocalypse left the ruins with their gains, but found a vast force of cultivators and warships waiting outside. A three-headed monster approached and told Ye Lin to leave after crediting him with finding something in the ruins.

• The Demon King Gu vanished back into the tomb, and Liu Bai warned that they could not be captured or contained.
• Ye Lin gave the Time Tower to Apocalypse and the supreme technique to Liu Bai.
• The trio left the ruins and used Apocalypse's Identity Token to open a star gate.
• Outside, Ye Lin, Liu Bai, and Apocalypse found countless cultivators and warships waiting in the starry river.
• A three-headed monster approached and told Ye Lin to scram, saying he had rendered great service by finding something in the ruins.

Apocalypse, Ye Lin, and their companion were confronted by Strength King and his army, who suspected they possessed three supreme treasures from Wang Dong’s ruin. Strength King’s forces closed in, leaving a fight imminent.

• Strength King mocked Apocalypse for coming to the desolate region, while Ye Lin prepared to flee after judging the enemy force too powerful to face head-on.
• Apocalypse insulted Strength King and ordered him to get out of the way.
• Strength King deduced that Apocalypse had found Wang Dong’s ruin and asked whether the three supreme treasures were in their hands.
• Apocalypse refused to confirm or surrender the treasures as Strength King’s army began surrounding the group.
• Apocalypse demanded that Strength King summon the three-headed figure behind him, and Strength King coldly dismissed his status.

Strength King revealed that the Three-Headed Royal Clan had turned against the Awakened Dragon Clan and threatened Apocalypse, who insisted he had a trump card. Strength King then claimed he had borrowed a supreme treasure capable of suppressing Apocalypse’s methods.

• Strength King told Apocalypse that his father was in seclusion, the clan’s elders were unavailable, and help could not arrive for three days.
• Strength King explained that the Three-Headed Royal Clan had concealed its rebellion while the Awakened Dragon Clan was too preoccupied to respond.
• Strength King gave Apocalypse one minute to surrender three supreme treasures or face capture and torture.
• Apocalypse mocked Strength King and claimed he had brought trump cards to protect himself.
• Strength King revealed that he had borrowed a supreme treasure from the Three-Headed Royal Clan to suppress Apocalypse’s methods.

Ye Lin and Liu Bai helped Apocalypse escape after Ye Lin wounded Strength King with a Supreme Artifact fragment. Strength King ordered his forces to pursue them as the three fled into the starry sky.

• Apocalypse secretly told Ye Lin and Liu Bai to escape while he held Strength King off, trusting that his father would sense his death.
• Ye Lin attacked Strength King with a Supreme Artifact fragment and severed his right arm.
• Liu Bai used Heaven and Earth Absolute Intent to drive back the surrounding Earth Immortal experts and carried Apocalypse away.
• Ye Lin followed Apocalypse and Liu Bai into the starry sky as they escaped the encirclement.
• Strength King ordered his forces to chase the fugitives and tighten the net around their route.

Apocalypse, Ye Lin, and Liu Bai fled as Strength King’s forces closed in around them. With thousands of Earth Immortals pursuing them, Apocalypse asked Liu Bai to seek help from the Firmament Sacred Land.

• Strength King smiled, confident that Ye Lin posed no threat despite possessing a Sovereign Artifact.
• A vast force of warships formed a tightening ring around the fugitives in the starry sky.
• Apocalypse cursed Strength King while Ye Lin warned that their pursuers could track their auras and had nearly surrounded them.
• Apocalypse proposed fighting through the encirclement, but Ye Lin argued that thousands of Earth Immortals could overwhelm them.
• Apocalypse asked Liu Bai to contact the Firmament Sacred Land for help, and Liu Bai agreed to try despite doubting the Sacred Lord would intervene.

Apocalypse, Ye Lin, and Liu Bai found themselves cut off in sealed space while powerful factions hunted them, so they counted their trump cards. When three peak Earth Immortals caught up with them, Liu Bai struck first and killed one of the pursuers.

• Liu Bai confirmed that the sealed starry sky prevented them from contacting anyone outside.
• Apocalypse and Liu Bai assessed their trump cards, while Ye Lin revealed a fragment of a Supreme Artifact and Apocalypse showed a Jade Talisman containing an incarnation of his father.
• Three peak Earth Immortal experts found the group and demanded that Apocalypse come with them.
• Apocalypse produced a golden holy book, Ye Lin gripped the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, and Liu Bai appeared behind the pursuers unnoticed.
• Liu Bai placed his palm on one man's head and crushed it, leaving the headless corpse floating away.

Liu Bai, Ye Lin, and Apocalypse fled the pursuing cultivators after Liu Bai effortlessly killed three peak Earth Immortals. With a vast force closing in, Apocalypse feared for his life while the other two appeared unconcerned.

• Liu Bai killed the two remaining pursuers with a single blow each, stunning Apocalypse and Ye Lin.
• Liu Bai warned Apocalypse that even his strength could not overcome a hundred Earth Immortals working together, then led Ye Lin and Apocalypse away.
• Apocalypse reflected on how Liu Bai and Ye Lin outclassed him, despite his former confidence in his own abilities.
• The three stopped on a star among towering stone pillars as Apocalypse paced anxiously and learned they would be surrounded within three hours.
• Apocalypse noticed that Liu Bai and Ye Lin seemed entirely unconcerned about the danger closing in.

Apocalypse, Liu Bai, and Ye Lin faced the danger of being caught up in a conflict between Grand Unity Mysterious Immortals, but Liu Bai and Ye Lin refused to risk their lives for Apocalypse’s opportunity. After they left, Apocalypse complained that he had planned to use a supreme treasure to save them.

• Apocalypse berated Liu Bai and Ye Lin for showing no urgency, and they said their pursuers were only after him.
• Apocalypse accused them of abandoning him and declared that they would part ways.
• After Apocalypse vanished, Liu Bai explained that they had forced him to leave so they could avoid the deadly karma of a Grand Unity Mysterious Immortal conflict.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai decided to leave to protect themselves and those behind them, then vanished.
• Apocalypse lamented that Liu Bai and Ye Lin had left despite his plan to use a supreme treasure to take them away.

Apocalypse escaped with a single-use Formation Disk while Ye Lin and Liu Bai prepared to leave the star using a spatial gemstone. The Strength King ordered his followers to destroy the star to force them out.

• Apocalypse used a Formation Disk to teleport away from beneath the boulder.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai realized neither had a plan, then combined their immortal qi with Ye Lin’s spatial gemstone to open a wormhole and disappear.
• The Strength King concluded that Ye Lin, Liu Bai, and Apocalypse were hiding on the star and ordered his men to destroy it.
• The Strength King’s subordinate questioned whether the attack might kill them, but the Strength King dismissed the concern and sent him to carry out the order.

Apocalypse escaped Strength King's attack but remained confused about why Ye Lin and Liu Bai had betrayed him. Ye Lin and Liu Bai escaped the searchers aboard Ye Lin's Stellar Warboat, and Ye Lin demanded that Liu Bai cover the travel costs.

• Strength King ordered his subordinates to search the star system for Apocalypse after realizing he had escaped.
• Apocalypse fled aboard a Flying Boat and wondered why Ye Lin and Liu Bai had turned against him.
• Ye Lin and Liu Bai spotted three Dao Integration cultivators pursuing them, and Ye Lin erased them before launching the Stellar Warboat.
• Liu Bai praised Ye Lin's warboat, and Ye Lin demanded that Liu Bai pay the hundreds of thousands of immortal stones the journey would cost.

Ye Lin and Liu Bai discussed Ye Lin’s need to settle his cultivation and the dangers of the Demon-Sealing Land, which Ye Lin planned to visit for his master’s task. Liu Bai explained that the sealed land was lethal even to experienced disciples, leaving Ye Lin warned to proceed with extreme caution.

• Liu Bai gave Ye Lin a bag containing five hundred thousand low-grade immortal stones to settle a karmic debt.
• Ye Lin said he planned to digest his recent gains, complete his master’s task in the Demon-Sealing Land, and then enter secluded cultivation.
• Liu Bai told Ye Lin that his state of mind had changed and urged him to cultivate patiently over time.
• Ye Lin asked Liu Bai what he knew about the Demon-Sealing Land.
• Liu Bai explained that the land held many demons, rare yin-based materials, and sealed Demon Venerables, and that at least half of the Earth Immortal disciples died during each opening.

Liu Bai explained the Demon-Sealing Land’s purpose and warned Ye Lin about its dangers before preparing to leave for Heavenly Immortal Realm. Zhuge Yun told Ye Lin the land would emerge in a hundred years and promised to protect him if he fulfilled Zhuge Yun’s wish, leaving Ye Lin determined to obtain the Flower of the Other Shore.

• Liu Bai explained that the three great sacred lands maintained the seal on the Demon-Sealing Land while gathering resources and suppressing its Earthly Immortal-level Great Demons.
• Liu Bai warned Ye Lin to be careful when entering the Demon-Sealing Land and said he would prepare to enter Heavenly Immortal Realm after returning.
• Three days later, Ye Lin arrived on the island, where Zhuge Yun told him the Demon-Sealing Land would emerge in a hundred years and asked him to watch the house.
• Zhuge Yun promised to protect Ye Lin until he became a True Immortal if Ye Lin helped fulfill his wish, then vanished.
• Ye Lin vowed to obtain the Flower of the Other Shore for Zhuge Yun and began cultivating in seclusion.

Taiyuan traveled alone after leaving the Xuanhuang Great World and reflected on his estrangement from his daughter, Taiqing. In a city on a remote planet, he accepted a job offer from Liu Bing to help retrieve a Bloodflesh Spirit Mushroom, hiding his true cultivation and name.

• Taiyuan recalled leaving his wife and daughter behind to pursue cultivation across the Star River.
• Taiyuan regretted teaching Taiqing the Supreme Emotion-Severing Art because she now treated him like a stranger.
• Liu Bing approached Taiyuan and asked about his cultivation level.
• Taiyuan claimed to be at the late Golden Core stage and introduced himself as Li Chungang.
• Liu Bing offered Taiyuan ten thousand Low-Tier Spirit Stones to help her team collect a Bloodflesh Spirit Mushroom in the Great Wasteland.

Taiyuan agreed to join Liu Bing’s expedition for ten thousand Low-Tier Spirit Stones and met the other members of her group. Despite Wang Gou and Liu Ru Yan objecting to his low cultivation, Elder Mo ordered everyone to depart to help the injured Li Family head.

• Taiyuan accepted Liu Bing’s offer to join the expedition for ten thousand Low-Tier Spirit Stones.
• Liu Bing brought Taiyuan to meet Elder Mo, Xue Gang, Wang Gou, and Liu Ru Yan.
• Wang Gou and Liu Ru Yan criticized Liu Bing for recruiting Taiyuan, who was only at Golden Core Late Stage.
• Elder Mo ended the argument, accepted Taiyuan as a companion, and ordered the group to depart because the Li Family head’s injuries could not wait.

Taiyuan followed Liu Bing, Elder Mo, and the others into the dangerous Great Wasteland, where Liu Bing tried to protect him despite his carefree manner. As the group traveled through the forest, Liu Bing explained how Wang Gou and his companion had joined her sect.

• Elder Mo silenced the two men, and Liu Bing reassured Taiyuan that she would protect him.
• Elder Mo opened a spatial passage and led the group into the Great Wasteland, with Xue Gang, the two men, Taiyuan, and Liu Bing following.
• Elder Mo warned them that powerful Demon Beasts made spatial techniques unusable and told them to stay close and quiet.
• Taiyuan asked Liu Bing why she had a strained relationship with the two men, while she kept him behind her and watched for danger.
• Liu Bing explained that she was the Sect Master's personal disciple and had helped Wang Gou and his companion enter the Inner Sect.

Liu Bing explained how her childhood bond with Wang Gou led her to repeatedly sacrifice her resources and status for him. Taiyuan discovered that Liu Bing had mistaken another boy’s care during her recovery for Wang Gou’s, but she still believed she owed Wang Gou a life debt.

• Liu Bing recounted how she and Wang Gou left their village together, though he became an Outer Sect disciple while she became the Sect Master's personal disciple.
• Liu Bing defended Wang Gou from bullies and gave him half her resources, and Wang Gou used her name to commit misdeeds in the Outer Sect.
• Liu Bing said she had persuaded her master to admit Wang Gou and Liu Ru Yan to the Inner Sect, after which Wang Gou took half her resources for Liu Ru Yan.
• Taiyuan followed Liu Bing's timeline and saw that an unknown boy had cared for her after she fell from a cliff, but Wang Gou arrived just as she woke and received credit for the care.
• Liu Bing insisted she owed Wang Gou for saving her life and that what she gave him was nothing by comparison.

Taiyuan rewrote Liu Bing’s childhood memory so she believed he had saved her, then secretly severed her karmic connection to her former benefactor and gave that man a major cultivation breakthrough. As the group encountered two Nascent Soul Early Stage Demon Beasts, Wang Gou ordered Liu Bing to fight, but Taiyuan stopped her.

• Taiyuan replaced Liu Bing’s memory of her benefactor with himself and granted the original benefactor a breakthrough to the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Taiyuan severed the karmic thread between Liu Bing and her former benefactor, then returned his attention to Liu Bing.
• Liu Bing said she owed Wang Gou her life and would keep repaying him, while Taiyuan asked her to imagine if someone else had saved her.
• Elder Mo warned the group about two Nascent Soul Early Stage Demon Beasts and said he could not fight without drawing a nearby Spirit Transformation Realm Demon Beast.
• Wang Gou ordered Liu Bing to deal with the beasts, and Taiyuan grabbed her arm and told her not to go.

Liu Bing killed two pig-headed Demon Beasts, and Elder Mo’s group stopped in the Great Wasteland for the night. Taiyuan summoned a manor for everyone to rest in, surprising the others.

• Liu Bing used her Ice Sword Art to kill two pig-headed Demon Beasts, and Elder Mo praised her.
• Wang Gou and Ru Yan criticized Liu Bing for not thinking for herself, while Taiyuan reflected on how they took advantage of her.
• Liu Bing asked Taiyuan whether he thought her fighting was impressive, and he noticed she felt unusually at ease around him.
• Elder Mo decided the group would rest until the next night because Demon Beasts hunted after dark.
• Taiyuan summoned a radiant manor and led Liu Bing toward it, prompting someone to question whether he was insane.

Taiyuan invited Liu Bing, Elder Mo, and Xue Gang into his treasured residence, then refused Wang Gou’s attempt to buy it. Wang Gou threatened to force his way inside, while Ru Yan privately looked down on him and envied Liu Bing’s devotion.

• Liu Bing warned Taiyuan not to reveal his precious residence to outsiders, and Taiyuan invited her, Elder Mo, and Xue Gang inside.
• Wang Gang and Ru Yan admired the residence, and Wang Gou offered Taiyuan one hundred Low-Tier Spirit Stones for it.
• Taiyuan slapped away Wang Gou’s pouch, told him to leave, and shut the gates after Liu Bing entered.
• Wang Gou promised Ru Yan he would get the residence for her, while Ru Yan privately dismissed him as useful trash and envied Liu Bing’s love for Wang Gou.
• Wang Gou pounded on the gates, demanded that they open, and threatened to kill Li Chungang if he forced his way in.

Taiyuan shared wine with Elder Mo and Xue Gang while hinting that a powerful figure backed him. Outside the pocket cave abode, Liu Bing stood up to Wang Gou, refusing to hand over control and defending Taiyuan.

• Liu Bing went outside to confront the increasingly abusive Wang Gou.
• Taiyuan offered wine to Elder Mo and Xue Gang, and Xue Gang eagerly drank it.
• Elder Mo questioned Taiyuan about displaying his precious pocket cave abode, and Taiyuan implied he had someone powerful backing him.
• Wang Gou demanded that Liu Bing let him enter and hand over control of the pocket cave abode.
• Liu Bing refused, saying the abode belonged to Taiyuan and she would protect him.
• Liu Bing rebuked Wang Gou for insulting Taiyuan and warned him to watch his words.