Chapter Summaries

Li Yun found the Wordless Heavenly Book after it appeared in the Northern Huang Region, where cultivators had gathered and fought over it. With Humanity Dao promising him a Saint Seat and Laozi warning that other Saints were moving, Li Yun urged the Great Spiritual Power Users to enter the gorge and compete for the book.

• A pillar of light revealed the Wordless Heavenly Book, drawing cultivators from across the region and sparking a battle that wounded Fuxi and other powerful beings.
• Humanity Dao offered Li Yun a Saint Seat if he brought back the book, while Laozi told him that other Saints had begun moving and that his master would hold them back.
• Li Yun warned Kong Xuan not to get involved, and Kong Xuan agreed to stay out of the conflict.
• Li Yun entered the battle zone and told the Great Spiritual Power Users to stop fighting outside and compete for the book, promising to reward whoever handed it to him.
• The Great Spiritual Power Users accepted Li Yun's proposal, and the slaughter outside the gorge subsided.

Li Yun and the others sealed the Gorge’s entrance before descending to the Wordless Heavenly Book. They found it protected by a force that repelled even Quasi-Saint experts, leaving everyone looking to Li Yun for a way to reach it.

• Li Yun and the others joined forces to seal the Gorge’s entrance, trapping the other cultivators outside.
• The group descended to the bottom of the Gorge and found the Wordless Heavenly Book floating amid a milky-white glow and golden patterns.
• A Quasi-Saint Late Stage cultivator tried to grab the book, but its force repelled him and left him injured.
• A Quasi-Saint Perfection cultivator also failed to reach the book and was sent flying.
• The cultivators turned to Li Yun, believing he might overcome the force protecting the Wordless Heavenly Book.

Fuxi, Li Yun, and the surrounding cultivators failed to take the Wordless Heavenly Book because it resisted every attempt. After everyone had tried, Li Yun stepped forward to make another attempt.

• Fuxi tried to grab the Wordless Heavenly Book, but an invisible force blocked him.
• Fuxi attacked the book with his Magical Power, and Li Yun kicked him away before he could damage it.
• Li Yun tried to take the Wordless Heavenly Book, but its light stopped him from removing it.
• Li Yun invited the other cultivators to try, and they were all repelled or sent flying.
• After nearly an hour of failed attempts, Li Yun walked toward the book and said he would take his turn.

Li Yun used the power of Humanity Dao’s Fortune and the Emperor’s aura to make the Wordless Heavenly Book accept him. After Fuxi was severely injured trying to seize it, Li Shen claimed the book was destined for him and drew it into Li Yun’s sea of consciousness.

• Li Yun said he would try once more to take the Wordless Heavenly Book, and the gathered cultivators agreed to watch.
• Li Yun infused the Wordless Heavenly Book with Humanity Dao’s Fortune Power and the aura of an Emperor, causing it to stop resisting and move toward him.
• Fuxi charged at Li Yun to seize the Wordless Heavenly Book, but its silver character “Break!” struck him and left him severely wounded.
• Li Yun reached out and took the Wordless Heavenly Book, which began to send its power into his body.
• Li Shen sensed his connection to the Wordless Heavenly Book and drew it into Li Yun’s sea of consciousness, surprising Li Yun.

Li Yun let Li Shen keep the Wordless Heavenly Book after Li Shen revealed he could wield part of its power. Fuxi then accused Li Yun of taking the Human Book and demanded it back, leaving the cultivators to watch as Li Yun challenged him to fight.

• Li Shen told Li Yun he could wield part of the Wordless Heavenly Book's power and began comprehending it after Li Yun let him keep it for now.
• The cultivators gave up hope of taking the book and began to leave, but Fuxi rose and accused Li Yun of claiming the Human Book despite already being promised a Saint Seat by Humanity Dao.
• Li Yun suspected Nuwa had told Fuxi the book's identity, but denied it was the Human Book and refused to hand it over.
• Fuxi threatened Li Yun unless he surrendered the book, while the other cultivators watched without taking sides.
• Li Yun summoned the Great Emperor Sword and invited Fuxi to fight.

Li Yun revealed that he had reached Quasi-Saint Middle Stage and overwhelmed Fuxi in their battle. After Li Yun’s sword strike cracked the Fuxi Zither and continued toward him, Fuxi cried out for his little sister to save him.

• Fuxi attacked Li Yun with the Fuxi Zither, but Li Yun’s Ultimate Emperor Seal blocked the sonic assault.
• Fuxi realized Li Yun was stronger than Quasi-Saint Early Stage, and Li Yun disclosed that he had reached Quasi-Saint Middle Stage.
• Li Yun released his aura, shocking the gathered cultivators and causing many to abandon the contest.
• Fuxi attacked again with the Fuxi Zither, and Li Yun answered with One Sword Divides Yin and Yang.
• Li Yun’s sword strike cracked the Fuxi Zither and kept advancing toward Fuxi, who cried out for his little sister to save him.

Li Yun confronted Fuxi after Nuwa’s Red Embroidered Ball shielded him from Li Yun’s attack. Li Yun exposed the artifact as a limited safeguard rather than Nuwa’s direct intervention, then revealed an Eye of Heaven and Earth that wielded Humanity Dao and Earthly Dao power, leaving Fuxi and the onlookers stunned.

• Nuwa’s Red Embroidered Ball wrapped around Fuxi and blocked Li Yun’s Heaven-Opening Sword Qi, while the resulting shockwaves scattered the cultivators.
• Li Yun realized the Red Embroidered Ball had likely been given to Fuxi beforehand and that Nuwa had not personally intervened.
• Fuxi used the artifact’s power to threaten Li Yun and demand the Human Book, but Li Yun declared that he had seen through the bluff.
• Fuxi realized the Red Embroidered Ball’s Saint power was limited and that it could not guarantee victory over Li Yun.
• Li Yun displayed his Eye of Heaven and Earth, whose Humanity Dao and Earthly Dao power shocked Fuxi and the surrounding cultivators.

Li Yun exhausted the power Saint Nuwa had left in Fuxi’s Red Embroidered Ball and defeated Fuxi with Heaven-Opening Sword Qi. Fuxi was left gravely wounded and could only stare in disbelief at Li Yun’s overwhelming strength.

• Fuxi refused to give up the Human Book and attacked Li Yun with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Li Yun clashed with Fuxi’s attack, and the power Saint Nuwa had left in the Red Embroidered Ball steadily weakened.
• Cultivators inside the area fled as Li Yun and Fuxi fought, while Kong Xuan sensed Li Yun’s aura outside the barrier.
• Li Yun exhausted Nuwa’s remaining power in the Red Embroidered Ball and wounded Fuxi with Heaven-Opening Sword Qi.
• Fuxi crashed to the ground with half his body destroyed and could not believe Li Yun had reached such strength.

Li Yun defeated Fuxi and left with the Wordless Heavenly Book, racing to return to Human Race territory before the other Daos could stop him. After the cultivators departed, Luomo approached Fuxi and offered him a path to Half-Saint cultivation and a chance to become a Devilish Dao Saint if he submitted to the Demonic Path.

• Fuxi admitted defeat and acknowledged Li Yun's strength.
• Li Yun hurried away with the Wordless Heavenly Book, while the other cultivators chose to withdraw rather than challenge him.
• A cloaked stranger approached the weakened Fuxi and said he had an important matter to discuss.
• The stranger revealed that he was Luomo, heir to the Demonic Path and descendant of Luohu.
• Luomo offered Fuxi Demonic Path origin qi, Half-Saint cultivation, and the future opportunity to attain Devilish Dao Sainthood in exchange for submitting to him.

Luomo persuaded Fuxi to help him track Di Jun and find a chance to reclaim the God-Slaying Spear, in exchange for Demonic Path origin and the promise of a Demonic Path Saint Seat. Fuxi agreed and was left with Luomo’s token and Jade Talisman, ready to watch for Di Jun while avoiding Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

• Fuxi questioned whether Luomo’s promises were real and worried that joining the Demonic Path would bring the Three Dao’s suppression.
• Luomo argued that Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao would not accept Fuxi because he was Nuwa’s elder brother, leaving the Demonic Path as his only option.
• Fuxi asked what Luomo wanted in return, and Luomo gave him a token and tasked him with monitoring Di Jun to find a chance to take the God-Slaying Spear.
• Luomo explained that the spear was tied to his father’s relic and would help him claim the Demonic Path Saint Seat, while Fuxi could eventually become a Devilish Dao Saint.
• Fuxi agreed to the task but warned Luomo not to break his promises, and Luomo gave him a Jade Talisman before leaving.

Li Yun left with the Wordless Heavenly Book as Kong Xuan returned to the Interception Sect, but Hongjun offered the last strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi to whoever captured the book. Cultivators rushed to seize it, and a Quasi-Saint Perfection expert blocked Li Yun and demanded he surrender it.

• Fuxi decided to pursue the chance to become a Saint and left with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Li Yun reunited with Kong Xuan, who chose to return to the Interception Sect and await Sect Master Tongtian.
• Li Yun and Kong Xuan parted, and Li Yun continued toward the Human Race alone.
• Hongjun commanded the Primordial World's cultivators to seize the Wordless Heavenly Book, promising the last strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi as a reward.
• A Quasi-Saint Perfection cultivator confronted Li Yun and demanded that he hand over the Wordless Heavenly Book.

Li Yun killed a Quasi-Saint Perfection Cultivator with one strike and took his sword, frightening many of the cultivators gathered for the Wordless Heavenly Book. As weaker cultivators fled and others approached, they claimed they wanted to escort Li Yun back to the Human Race.

• Li Yun drew the Great Emperor Sword and killed the attacking Quasi-Saint Perfection Cultivator with one strike.
• The surrounding cultivators were shocked by Li Yun's power and grew afraid to challenge him.
• Li Yun collected the dead cultivator's High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure longsword.
• Weaker Quasi-Saint cultivators withdrew, while some of the remaining cultivators still approached Li Yun.
• A cultivator offered to escort Li Yun back to the Human Race, and others joined the offer.

Li Yun accepted a group of powerful cultivators as his guards after they swore Dao Heart oaths, strengthening his forces amid the struggle for Hongmeng Purple Qi. When several cultivators who had tried to deceive him fled, his new guards captured them, and Li Yun ordered them destroyed.

• Li Yun questioned why the cultivators wanted to become his guards despite the chance to pursue Hongmeng Purple Qi, and they explained that joining Humanity Dao offered their best prospects.
• Li Yun agreed to accept them as guards if they swore Dao Heart oaths, and most of the cultivators present promptly took the oaths.
• Several Quasi-Saint cultivators who had not intended to join tried to flee, but Li Yun's newly sworn guards surrounded and captured them.
• Li Yun ordered the captured cultivators destroyed, and several Quasi-Saints attacked them with their Lingbao.

Li Yun’s guards defeated the cultivators who tried to seize the Human Book, and Li Yun led his growing force toward Humanity Dao’s territory. Meanwhile, Di Jun refused to let the Demon Race join Hongjun’s bounty scheme and planned to use the crisis to advance toward sainthood.

• Li Yun’s guards killed the resisting cultivators and delivered their Innate Spirit Treasures to him, but he let them keep the spoils.
• Li Yun ordered his followers to return to the human race, and their strength deterred most would-be attackers along the way.
• Watching Li Yun’s group depart, the remaining cultivators worried that they could no longer seize the Human Book from him.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi asked Di Jun whether the Demon Race should pursue Hongjun’s bounty on Li Yun and the chance to obtain Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Di Jun forbade the Demon Race from getting involved, citing Li Yun’s strength and protection and the danger of provoking the Witch Clan.
• Di Jun told Eastern Emperor Taiyi that the crisis might help him secure sainthood by making the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun anxious.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun decided not to interfere in the struggle over the Human Book, while Xuanming instructed the Witch Clan to stay out of it. She then told Dijiang that the Witch Clan needed to secure three kings in the Earthly Dao, and he agreed to choose candidates carefully.

• Di Jun told Eastern Emperor Taiyi that they should watch from the sidelines and that others would bear the consequences of any confrontation.
• Xuanming warned the Ancestor Witches not to interfere in the dispute over the Human Book and ordered Zhujiuyin to keep the Witch Clan from acting against Li Yun.
• Zhujiuyin and the other Ancestor Witches left to carry out Xuanming's order, while Zhurong vowed to punish anyone who harmed Li Yun.
• Xuanming consulted the Earthly Dao and told Dijiang that the Witch Clan and Asura Race would benefit by selecting kings.
• Xuanming explained that the Witch Clan needed three of the five Earthly Dao kings to preserve its authority, and Dijiang agreed to select three promising candidates.

Dijiang and Xuanming agreed to make Xing Tian one of the Witch Clan’s kings and choose two more through combat. As Li Yun’s party advanced, the Saints spotted the Dragon Clan led by Eastern Duke’s possessed body, but Nuwa and the others stopped Laozi from intervening and left Li Yun to face them.

• Xuanming proposed Xing Tian as a king and suggested that Great Witches compete for the other two positions, with the winners earning the clan’s recognition and Earthly Dao blessings.
• Dijiang agreed to the plan and told Xuanming to begin selecting candidates.
• Laozi showed the Saints a mirror projection of Li Yun leading his guards through the Primordial World, and the group remained focused on watching him.
• Zhunti noticed a powerful force approaching Li Yun, and the Saints saw the Dragon Clan gathering ahead of his party.
• Laozi recognized Eastern Duke’s possessed body at the head of the Dragon Clan and prepared to attack.
• Nuwa warned Laozi that the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor could punish the Saints if he intervened, so Laozi held back and left Li Yun to handle the threat.

Li Yun and his guards encountered the Dragon Clan force led by Eastern Duke, who revealed Half-Saint-level power and challenged Li Yun. As the guards attacked the Dragon Clan members, the Dragon Clan activated the Ten Thousand Dragons Grand Formation to defend themselves.

• Laozi's warning silenced Nuwa, while Li Yun halted his party after sensing an enemy ahead.
• Li Yun's group encountered Eastern Duke and the Dragon Clan, and a Quasi-Saint guard demanded that they move aside.
• Eastern Duke blasted the guard backward with his overwhelming aura, revealing himself as a Half-Saint.
• Li Yun ordered the injured guard to stand down and sent his guards to attack the other Dragon Clan members.
• A Dragon Clan Quasi-Saint called for the Ten Thousand Dragons Grand Formation, which formed around the clan and strengthened its cultivators.

Li Yun's guards shattered the Ten Thousand Dragons Grand Formation and slaughtered Eastern Duke's fleeing Dragon Clan subordinates. Eastern Duke demanded the Human Book, but Li Yun refused and met him in battle, leaving their fight to devastate the surrounding area.

• Li Yun's guards broke the Ten Thousand Dragons Grand Formation, killing many Dragon Clan cultivators and driving the rest to flee.
• Li Yun taunted Eastern Duke over his losses while deciding not to reveal that Eastern Duke was a reincarnated body possessed by someone else.
• Eastern Duke demanded the Human Book and threatened Li Yun, who refused and challenged him to take it by force.
• Li Yun summoned the Profound Yellow Axe, and Eastern Duke charged with his spear.
• Li Yun and Eastern Duke clashed in midair, shattering space and forcing the guards to retreat from the battle.

Li Yun and Eastern Duke fought at near Half-Saint strength, but Eastern Duke gained a powerful boost by summoning a Heavenly Dao tentacle. Li Yun answered by opening the Twenty-Four Heavens, raising his cultivation to Ultimate Quasi-Saint and matching Eastern Duke’s power.

• The guards expected Eastern Duke to lose to Li Yun and feared the consequences of his attack on someone protected by Humanity Dao and Laozi.
• Li Yun and Eastern Duke’s battle intensified until their power approached the limit of a Half-Saint.
• Eastern Duke was shaken to learn that Li Yun’s Attain Dao through Strength let him rival Eastern Duke despite his Quasi-Saint Late Stage cultivation.
• Eastern Duke summoned a phantom Heavenly Dao tentacle, greatly increasing his strength.
• Li Yun opened the Twenty-Four Heavens and rose to Ultimate Quasi-Saint, matching Eastern Duke’s power.

Li Yun activated the Twenty-Four Heavens and gained power on par with Eastern Duke, then fought him as their clash tore open a spatial black hole. The battle’s aura shook the Primordial World, leaving cultivators in awe and Fuxi stunned by Li Yun’s strength.

• Li Yun’s aura rose to match and even surpass Eastern Duke’s, astonishing the guards who cheered for him.
• Li Yun realized the Twenty-Four Heavens had grown stronger after he fused the Sea Calming Divine Pearls into them.
• Eastern Duke refused to accept Li Yun’s strength and attacked him with his long spear, while Li Yun met him with the Profound Yellow Axe.
• Li Yun and Eastern Duke clashed inside a spatial black hole as their battle shattered the surrounding space.
• Cultivators across the Primordial World sensed the fight and feared Li Yun’s power, while Fuxi wondered who could be fighting him.