Chapter Summaries

Hu Lu bought Li Si out of a brothel and brought him to Lin Ye, who recognized him as a suitable disciple. Li Si remained unsure why he had been chosen as Lin Ye began asking about his background.

• Hu Lu paid the brothel madam a thousand taels of silver for Li Si, while the Third Master of the Li Household celebrated the boy’s supposed misfortune.
• Hu Lu reassured the frightened Li Si that he was taking him to meet his master, then transformed into a golden eagle and carried him to the Black-Yellow Sect.
• Dongfang Rou noticed the Devil Jade glowing and realized Hu Lu had found another disciple for Lin Ye; Hu Lu told Li Si to hide that he had been a brothel attendant.
• Lin Ye received a system notification that Li Si met the requirements for a Devil Dao disciple and rewarded Hu Lu for bringing him.
• Lin Ye said he was interested in taking Li Si as his disciple and asked him about himself, while Li Si protested that his aptitude was terrible.

Lin Ye discovered that Li Si had a Reverse Calamity Devil Physique, which made harmful resources and techniques beneficial to him. He gave Li Si the Reverse Devouring Cultivation Method and poisonous resources, and Li Si quickly began to grow stronger.

• Li Si told Lin Ye that pills and ordinary martial arts slowed his cultivation and injured him.
• Lin Ye used a physique detection talisman and identified Li Si's Reverse Calamity Devil Physique.
• Li Si ate an Illusion Mushroom and found that it strengthened his mind and increased his cultivation speed.
• Lin Ye selected and modified the Hundred-Bite Devouring Devil Cultivation Method into the Reverse Devouring Cultivation Method for Li Si.
• Li Si returned to study the method and consume poisonous resources, mastering the technique easily as his cultivation and physique improved rapidly.

Li Si’s unusual cultivation transformed martial arts that weakened him into methods that strengthened his body, soul, and recovery, while Lin Ye gained tenfold feedback. After Li Si reached the Innate Realm and gained near-immortality through the Heavenly Demon Body Disintegration Technique, Lin Ye took Bai Shi, now in his seventh life, to the High Antiquity ruins.

• Li Si used the Blood Escape Technique to rapidly increase his Qi and Blood, though his speed fell, and Lin Ye gave him the Soul Burning Technique to strengthen his soul and mind.
• When Li Si reached entry level in the Soul Burning Technique, Lin Ye received tenfold feedback and improved his own soul.
• Li Si advanced through the True Qi Realm and reached the Innate Realm after consuming poison pills and poisonous mist.
• Li Si cultivated the Heavenly Demon Body Disintegration Technique, discovering that his wounds healed instantly and that he could repeatedly use it to survive fatal attacks.
• Lin Ye rejected using the Eastern Mountain Imperial Dynasty’s access to the High Antiquity ruins for Bai Shi, fearing its oath and the danger of revealing any discovered secret method.
• Bai Shi entered his seventh life, and Lin Ye took him to the High Antiquity ruins without the guarding King Conferment Realm expert noticing them.

Bai Shi burned most of his lifespan to comprehend the Great Void Technique in the High Antiquity ruins, then escaped with Lin Ye. Lin Ye learned the technique and rewarded Bai Shi, while the Supreme Yin Sect decided not to investigate their intrusion.

• Lin Ye used a Space-Breaking Talisman to send Bai Shi into the High Antiquity ruins, where Bai Shi concealed himself and began comprehending the stele with the Years Devil Cultivation Method.
• After burning nearly all his lifespan, Bai Shi comprehended the Great Void Technique and contacted Lin Ye before leaving the ruins.
• Lin Ye received one hundred million Devil Dao Points when Bai Shi completed the mission, then rescued him from the Supreme Yin Sect's King Conferment Realm expert.
• Liu Yun heard about Bai Shi's escape and ordered the Supreme Yin Sect to drop the matter and strengthen the ruins' guard.
• Back in Wangdong City, Bai Shi taught Lin Ye the Great Void Technique, and Lin Ye rewarded him with cultivation resources.
• At the Black-Yellow Sect, Li Si reached the Grandmaster realm and advanced his Heavenly Demon Body Disintegration Technique to minor mastery.

Lin Ye helped Li Si cultivate a stronger escape technique while gaining mastery of the Great Void Technique and the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Selfless Saber through his disciples. Bai Shi failed twice to break through to the Golden Core Realm and went to ask Lin Ye for advice.

• Lin Ye gave Li Si the Blood River Escape Technique, and Li Si reached its introductory stage in two days, rapidly increasing his Qi and Blood, stamina, and cultivation.
• Bai Shi reached the introductory stage of the Great Void Technique, and the system’s tenfold feedback raised Lin Ye’s mastery to minor accomplishment.
• Lin Ye used the Great Void Technique to cross ten thousand li in a single step.
• Ye Chen advanced the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Selfless Saber to major accomplishment, and Lin Ye’s tenfold feedback brought it to perfection.
• Bai Shi reached the peak of the Martial Saint Realm Ninth Layer but failed to break through to the Golden Core Realm in both his eighth and ninth lives, then went to find Lin Ye for help.

Lin Ye gave Bai Shi the Nine-Lifetime Samsara Devil Seal and the Samsara Saber to help him overcome his poor aptitude and eventually form a high-quality Golden Core. Bai Shi completed the seal’s first lifetime and began mastering the saber, while Lin Ye gained a stronger version through feedback and Li Si advanced as well.

• After Bai Shi failed to break through to the Golden Core Realm, Lin Ye searched the system shop for a way to improve his aptitude and foundation.
• Lin Ye exchanged for the Nine-Lifetime Samsara Devil Seal and the Samsara Saber, deciding that Bai Shi’s successive lifetimes made him suited to cultivate both.
• Lin Ye gave Bai Shi the two saint arts, and Bai Shi began cultivating the devil seal alongside the Great Void Technique and the Samsara Saber.
• When Bai Shi’s ninth life ended, the devil seal absorbed his True Qi and formed its first seal; he then recovered to the peak of the Martial Saint Realm.
• Bai Shi reached the beginner stage in the Samsara Saber, and tenfold feedback raised Lin Ye’s mastery to minor accomplishment, letting him kill an ordinary Saint Realm expert with one strike.
• Li Si broke through to the Great Grandmaster Realm and cultivated the Heavenly Demon Body Disintegration Technique to major accomplishment.

Lin Ye learned that the Four Symbols Sect was auctioning entry tokens to the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment, where Golden Core geniuses could compete for the phoenix inheritance and providence. Li Xuanyin explained the Four Symbols Sect’s plan to promote its top disciple, and Liu Yun agreed to send Supreme Yin Sect disciples into the realm.

• Lin Ye received tenfold feedback after Li Si mastered the Heavenly Demon Body Disintegration Technique, bringing Lin Ye’s technique to perfection.
• The Four Symbols Sect announced an auction in Eastern Mountain City, and Lin Ye initially saw little reason to attend.
• The Four Symbols Sect revealed that it would auction tokens to the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment, where entrants could compete for a place on the Phoenix Ancient Ranking and claim the phoenix inheritance.
• Li Xuanyin told Liu Yun that the Four Symbols Sect was using the contest to raise its top Golden Core disciple’s providence while a powerful figure fought taboo existences beyond the Profound Heaven Realm.
• Liu Yun agreed to send Supreme Yin Sect disciples into the fragment but to keep its strongest Golden Core disciples out of danger.
• Lin Ye learned about the tokens, and the news triggered a system task.

Lin Ye brought Ye Chen, Yang Yang, and Chu He to Eastern Mountain City to bid for tokens to the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment. At the Four Symbols Sect auction, Ye Chen and Tantai Yao recognized each other, and Tantai Yao resolved to confront him after the auction as the entry-token bidding began.

• Lin Ye sold resources from the Divine Paper Sect for Spirit Stones and traveled to Eastern Mountain City with Ye Chen, Yang Yang, and Chu He.
• At the auction, Lin Ye noticed Ye Chen react to a woman, and Ye Chen told him he knew her but that it was unimportant.
• Tantai Yao recognized Ye Chen and, after speaking with her senior, suspected that he had used her to cultivate his Dao of Ruthlessness.
• The Four Symbols Sect auction began, and Lin Ye watched without bidding on the early lots.
• Auctioneer Zhang Qian put ten Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment entry tokens up for auction with a starting bid of two million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Lin Ye won ten tokens for the Phoenix Ancient Realm, then watched the auction’s featured items draw intense bidding. A King Conferment Realm cultivator bought the Bright Moon Visualization Method, and the auction moved on to a Phoenix Nirvana Pill that Lin Ye chose not to bid on.

• Lin Ye won ten Phoenix Ancient Realm tokens for seven million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while later batches sold for higher prices and the final ten reached eleven million.
• Zhang Qian announced that the Four Symbols Sect would distribute some tokens for free and auction more in other territories.
• Zhang Qian presented the Bright Moon Visualization Method, and prominent cultivators drove its price up to 28,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Tantai Yao discussed the method with the Saint Realm old woman, who said it was not among the very best visualization methods.
• Zhang Qian introduced a Phoenix Nirvana Pill that could extend Golden Body Realm cultivators’ lives and heal severe injuries.
• Lin Ye declined to bid on the pill because his system shop offered other ways to heal and extend lifespan.

After the auction ended, Ye Chen fought Tantai Yao when she confronted him about abandoning her, but Lin Ye intervened before he could seriously injure her. Lin Ye apologized with a Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment token, and Tantai Yao accepted it while warning that their dispute was not over.

• The Realm-Breaking Pill sold for around 70,000 high-grade Spirit Stones, and Lin Ye left the auction house with Ye Chen and the others.
• Lin Ye noticed Tantai Yao following them and told Ye Chen, who said he did not care because he had severed his emotions and desires.
• Outside Eastern Mountain City, Tantai Yao confronted Ye Chen, and he admitted he had approached her to cultivate a Great Divine Ability Technique.
• Tantai Yao attacked Ye Chen, but he overpowered her with his major-accomplishment saber technique and shattered her sword.
• Lin Ye stopped Ye Chen from striking Tantai Yao again and gave her a Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment token as an apology.
• Tantai Yao accepted the token and left, saying the matter was not over.

After returning to the Black-Yellow Sect, Lin Ye prepared his disciples for the Phoenix Ancient Realm by teaching them powerful body-refining and concealment techniques. Their training rapidly strengthened both the disciples and Lin Ye, while he decided which of them would be allowed to enter the realm.

• Lin Ye led Ye Chen and his other disciples back to the Black-Yellow Sect using the Great Void Technique.
• Lin Ye chose the Devil Dragon Body Refining Technique and bought Devil Dragon blood to help his disciples cultivate it.
• Lin Ye had Bai Shi cultivate the Heavenly Devil Formless Technique, and Bai Shi's progress gave Lin Ye tenfold feedback that raised the technique to minor mastery.
• Lin Ye taught both techniques to his disciples and supplied them with Devil Dragon blood, pills, and Spirit Stones, accelerating their growth and his own.
• Lin Ye decided that Li Si, Bai Shi, and Sun Hou would not enter the Phoenix Ancient Realm, while his other disciples would go.

After a year of cultivation, Lin Ye brought his disciples to the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment to compete for places on the Phoenix Ancient Ranking. The fragment was about to open, and the entrants were told to present their tokens.

• Bai Shi and Lin Ye's other disciples made major progress, while Lin Ye reached the absolute peak of the King Conferment Realm Ninth Layer and strengthened his physique and techniques.
• Lin Ye promised a saint technique and a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure to whoever claimed first place on the Phoenix Ancient Ranking, then warned his disciples not to kill one another.
• Lin Ye took his disciples aboard a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure flying boat and traveled to the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment in the Supreme Profound Empire.
• Lin Ye noticed Tantai Yao approach Ye Chen, but Ye Chen ignored her, so she left; Lin Ye wondered how they might meet after Ye Chen perfected his saber technique.
• A Saint Realm figure from the Four Symbols Sect arrived and announced that the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment was about to open, ordering everyone to take out their tokens.

Lin Ye’s disciples entered the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment as Great Emperor Xuanyang’s death threw the Profound Heaven Realm into turmoil. Lin Ye returned to the Black-Yellow Sect, while Chu He began hunting Primordial Descendants inside the fragment.

• Lin Ye warned his disciples to prioritize survival, and they used their tokens to enter the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment.
• Li Xuanyin and Liu Yun learned that Great Emperor Xuanyang had fallen, leaving the emperor’s position vacant and raising hopes of a succession struggle.
• Nalan Yu and powerful cultivators across the Profound Heaven Realm considered their chances of becoming Great Emperors as the realm’s stability weakened.
• Lin Ye heard the news from King Conferment Realm experts, then returned to the Black-Yellow Sect, leaving his disciples in the fragment.
• Chu He killed a powerful phoenix-blooded giant bird and set out to gather resources and pursue the Phoenix Ancient Ranking, while Yang Yang used Primordial Descendants to cultivate.

Yang Yang and Ye Chen fought and killed their way through the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment, while Ye Chen used real battles to improve his saber technique. Han Bing followed a deadly bloody mist to the remains of an ancient phoenix and found small fragments he could use to strengthen his cultivation.

• Yang Yang devoured ancient descendants and spirit treasures as he fought, while Dongfang Rou, Nalan Xi, and Han Bing battled in their own ways.
• Ye Chen killed two peak Golden Core True Persons who tried to ambush him, then returned to fighting ancient descendants to improve his Seven Emotions and Six Desires Selfless Saber.
• The Four Symbols Sect gathered around Bai Luo, confident that his powerful cultivation and techniques made him the leading contender for first place on the Phoenix Ancient Ranking.
• Han Bing absorbed the bloody mist's essence, reaching the Golden Core Ninth Layer Peak before using his Corpse King Indestructible Body and Extreme Dao Corpse Armor Technique to go deeper.
• Han Bing discovered the remains of a Great Saint Realm ancient phoenix and spotted small fragments that could help improve his Extreme Dao Corpse Armor Technique.

Han Bing advanced his Extreme Dao Corpse Armor Technique, while Ye Si’s journey through a poisonous valley led him to the Golden Core Realm and triggered a transformation in Lin Ye’s Golden Core. Lin Ye then decided to teach Ye Si the True Devil Sacrifice Technique after first giving him a method to extend his lifespan.

• Han Bing refined an immemorial phoenix bone fragment, advancing his Extreme Dao Corpse Armor Technique to major accomplishment and triggering Lin Ye’s feedback that brought it to perfection.
• Lin Ye sent Ye Si out to gain experience, and Ye Si cultivated in a poisonous valley until he reached the peak of the Martial Saint Realm and discovered a spatial rift leading to a dangerous river.
• Ye Si reported the rift to Lin Ye, who warned him to stay away; Ye Si continued cultivating on the valley’s outskirts before returning to the Black-Yellow Sect.
• Ye Si formed an Eighth-Transformation Golden Core and survived his lightning tribulation, causing Lin Ye’s Golden Core to transform into a Heavenly Dao Golden Core.
• Lin Ye chose the harmful True Devil Sacrifice Technique for Ye Si and called him over, planning to teach him the Years Devil Cultivation Method first to increase his lifespan.

Lin Ye gave Li Si the Years Devil Cultivation Method and the True Devil Sacrifice Technique, and Li Si used them to extend his lifespan and draw on the True Devil of Longevity’s power. The True Devil redirected the drain to another Devil Race member, while Lin Ye gained feedback and wondered how his disciples were faring in the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment.

• Lin Ye gave Li Si the Years Devil Cultivation Method and warned him to greatly increase his lifespan before practicing the True Devil Sacrifice Technique.
• Li Si mastered the Years Devil Cultivation Method, increasing his lifespan to about two thousand years, and Lin Ye received tenfold feedback that advanced his reverse-modified method to minor mastery.
• After studying the True Devil Sacrifice Technique, Li Si burned lifespan to draw power from the True Devil of Longevity and greatly increased his strength.
• The True Devil of Longevity traced the power drain to the Profound Heaven Realm, severed the connection, then redirected future draws to a powerful Devil Race member.
• Li Si noticed the drawn power had weakened but continued using the technique, and the True Devil of Longevity returned to sleep.
• Lin Ye received tenfold feedback that advanced his True Devil Sacrifice Technique to minor mastery and wondered how his disciples were doing in the Phoenix Ancient Realm Fragment.

Ye Chen perfected the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Selfless Saber and regretted attacking Tantai Yao, while Han Bing perfected the Extreme Dao Corpse Armor Technique. The Phoenix Ancient Ranking appeared as the trial’s opening drew near.

• Ye Chen cultivated the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Selfless Saber to perfection, gaining control over his emotions and resistance to emotion-based techniques and illusions.
• Ye Chen regretted slashing Tantai Yao and began searching for her, asking his junior brothers and sisters to report any sign of her.
• Tantai Yao fought archaic descendants while the Saint Realm old granny warned her to avoid the Four Symbols Sect’s genius and focus on resources and the Phoenix Ancient Ranking.
• Han Bing perfected the Extreme Dao Corpse Armor Technique in three months, and Lin Ye received tenfold feedback that improved his own understanding of the technique.
• The Ancient Phoenix Stele projected the Phoenix Ancient Ranking, and Han Bing looked up at it.

The Phoenix Ancient Ranking took shape as Lin Ye’s disciples climbed its ranks, while Bai Luo held first place with the Four Symbols Sect’s support. Bai Luo attacked Tantai Yao, but Ye Chen arrived and struck him down in their opening exchange.

• The Phoenix Ancient Ranking listed Bai Luo first, Ye Chen second, and several of Lin Ye’s disciples among its thirty-six names, while Han Bing failed to qualify.
• Tantai Yao ranked twenty-ninth, and Bai Luo’s supporters helped him maintain first place as Lin Ye’s disciples fought their way up the ranking.
• After Tantai Yao defeated Jiang Yu, Bai Luo tracked her down and attacked her with his greater-mastery Phoenix Fire and White Tiger Claw techniques.
• Tantai Yao was badly injured and considered activating her Quasi-Emperor Bloodline, but the Saint Realm old granny warned her against the risks.
• Ye Chen arrived, saw Tantai Yao’s injuries, and attacked Bai Luo with his perfect-mastery Seven Emotions and Six Desires Selfless Saber, destroying Bai Luo’s White Tiger Claw and blasting him away.

Ye Chen defeated Bai Luo and took first place on the Phoenix Ancient Ranking, then apologized to Tantai Yao and claimed his master had sealed his memories. Tantai Yao believed him for the time being, while Bai Luo, still injured, encountered someone after escaping.

• Bai Luo used White Tiger True Body to fight Ye Chen, but Ye Chen shattered his transformed body and destroyed many of his Spirit Treasures.
• Bai Luo escaped, conceding defeat, and Ye Chen rose to first place on the Phoenix Ancient Ranking.
• Han Bing and the other Black-Yellow Sect disciples celebrated Ye Chen's new rank, while Four Symbols Sect disciples doubted Bai Luo had truly lost.
• Bai Luo hid his defeat from most of his fellow disciples and told them he had found a fortuitous opportunity and would stop hunting immemorial remnants.
• Ye Chen stopped Tantai Yao from fleeing, apologized, and claimed his master had sealed his memories to make him practice the Dao of Ruthlessness.
• Tantai Yao tentatively believed Ye Chen despite the Saint Realm old granny's warnings, and the escaped Bai Luo encountered another person.

Chu He and Han Bing defeated Bai Luo in separate encounters, causing the Four Symbols Sect disciple’s ranking to fall as he suspected they were all from the Supreme Profound Sect. After escaping Han Bing, Bai Luo was left severely depleted, while Han Bing’s ranking rose.

• Bai Luo attacked Chu He, but Chu He overwhelmed him and forced him to escape with a treasure, dropping Bai Luo to fifth place as Chu He rose to fourth.
• The Four Symbols Sect disciples realized Bai Luo had been defeated repeatedly when he refused to answer their questions, and his ranking fell to seventh during his recovery.
• After recovering most of his strength, Bai Luo resumed hunting and encountered Han Bing, whom he attacked after judging his offense to be weak.
• Bai Luo could not break through Han Bing’s defenses and rapid healing without exhausting his Core Qi and stamina, and Han Bing eventually pummeled him.
• Bai Luo used a secret technique to escape Han Bing, and Han Bing’s ranking rose after the battle.