Chapter Summaries

Li Yang defeated Li Meng and Li Yi after Li Wan came to find him in the valley, surprised by how strong he had become. He returned home after realizing he had spent several days cultivating, where someone knocked on his door and called his name.

• Li Wan arrived with Li Meng and Li Yi and demanded to know why Li Yang had not returned home.
• Li Yang refused to answer to the three and dodged their attacks before defeating Li Yi and Li Meng with his Rock Crushing Fist.
• Li Wan said they had come because an old servant feared something had happened to Li Yang, then left with the two defeated young men.
• Li Yang realized he had spent several days cultivating in the valley and decided to return home.
• Li Yang reached his stone house, sat down, and heard someone knock and call out to him.

Li Yang returned to the Li Family after advancing his cultivation and received support from Uncle Li. After creating Spiritual Martial Artist and Soul Martial Artist cultivation methods, he headed into the rear mountain to cultivate before the Initial Test.

• Uncle Li praised Li Yang's progress, promised to report it to the Lineage, and brought him energy-rich Magical Beast Meat to test his claimed Martial Disciple Fourth Heaven cultivation.
• Li Yang ate the supplied food, then spent more than ten days at home creating Spiritual Martial Artist and Soul Martial Artist cultivation methods.
• When early winter arrived, Li Yang told Uncle Li where he planned to go in the rear mountain and set out to find a new cultivation spot.
• Li Yang entered a frost-covered valley, chose a place to sit, and began cultivating as he noticed the area's abundant spiritual energy.

Li Yang tested his newly created Spirit Martial Artist Cultivation Method against the Rock Crushing Fist and compared Martial Spiritual Energy, Warrior Battle Qi, and vital blood. As he began cautiously cultivating Soul Power, Li Chenyu and four companions hunted animals in the forest and discussed Li Yang’s unexpected strength ahead of the Coming-of-Age Test.

• Li Yang used Martial Spiritual Energy with the Rock Crushing Fist to shatter a boulder, confirming that his cultivation method worked.
• Li Yang compared the effects of Martial Spiritual Energy, Warrior Battle Qi, and vital blood, finding that each produced a different result.
• Li Yang began cautiously cultivating Soul Power from the Muddy Pill Palace.
• Li Chenyu led Li Hao, Li Ming, Li Zhangfeng, and Li Zhaoyang through the forest, where Li Ming killed a rabbit and Li Zhangfeng shot a squirrel.
• Li Hao praised Li Chenyu’s chances in the Coming-of-Age Test, but Li Chenyu acknowledged that Li Yang might have surpassed him after a fortuitous encounter.

Li Yang’s victory over Li Meng and Li Yi spread through the Li family, drawing the attention of Li Chenyu and his companions. When they tried to claim the valley where Li Yang was cultivating, he refused to leave and defeated their four followers, prompting Li Chenyu to attack.

• Li Meng and Li Yi’s defeat by Li Yang became known throughout the younger generation of the Li family.
• Li Chenyu, secretly at Martial Disciple Fifth Heaven, led Li Hao, Li Ming, Li Zhangfeng, and Li Zhaoyang into a scenic valley and claimed it for their group.
• Li Yang, who had been cultivating in the valley, refused to leave when Li Zhaoyang demanded that he make room for them.
• Li Ming, Li Zhangfeng, Li Zhaoyang, and Li Hao charged Li Yang, but he knocked all four down with swift strikes.
• Enraged that Li Yang had beaten his followers, Li Chenyu charged at him.

Li Yang defeated Li Chenyu, advanced his Martial Soul Power to Martial Disciple Third Heaven, and decided to explore the Magical Beast Mountain Range for treasures and cultivation experience. He entered the range with an iron spear and was immediately noticed by adventurers who called him a greenhorn.

• Li Yang defeated Li Chenyu with one Rock Crushing Fist strike, shattering all three of Li Chenyu's Yellow Grade High-Tier Martial Skills and injuring his right arm.
• After half a month of cultivation, Li Yang advanced his Martial Soul Power to Martial Disciple Third Heaven and mastered all four Paths of Transcendence.
• Li Yang decided to visit the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search for treasures, meet cultivators, and verify his Cultivation Techniques.
• Li Yang told Uncle Li of his plan and revealed that he had reached Martial Disciple Sixth Heaven, persuading Uncle Li to let him leave.
• Li Yang entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range with an iron spear, where two adventurers noticed him and called him a greenhorn.

Li Yang discovered a hidden secret realm with unusually dense spiritual power and raised his cultivation while exploring its dangerous forest. He found a Medicine Garden filled with rare Magic Potions and a fountain that could enhance strength, then wondered whether the wooden house belonged to a powerful expert.

• The Wolf Pack Gang marked Li Yang with Scent-Fixing Powder and discussed watching newcomers until they found valuable treasures to steal.
• The gang followed a young adventurer, killed him, and took his Three-Hundred-Year Spiritual Medicine.
• A month later, Li Yang found a hidden passage into a secret realm and realized its entrance used a concealment formation and a Spirit Sealing Grand Array.
• Li Yang explored the dangerous forest, reached Martial Disciple Sixth Heaven, and then raised the cultivation of his four Transcendent Paths to Martial Disciple Eighth Heaven.
• Li Yang found a Medicine Garden full of rare Magic Potions and discovered that its fountain water could enhance strength.
• Li Yang noticed a wooden house shimmering with magical light and wondered whether a powerful expert had lived there.

Li Yang cultivated in the Medicine Garden, reached Martial Artist Fifth Heaven, and discovered and perfected two techniques in the wooden cabin. After learning that the Wolf Pack Gang had plotted against him, he confronted and killed all seven bandits.

• Li Yang cultivated for a month in the Medicine Garden and raised all four paths to Martial Apprentice Tenth Heaven.
• Li Yang entered the wooden cabin, looted its treasures, and learned the Nine Revolutions True Technique and Nine Overlapping Waves Strength.
• Li Yang used his Soul Transformation Third Heaven cultivation to perfect both techniques and trained in the Magic Forest for a year, reaching Martial Artist Fifth Heaven.
• Li Yang sold his possessions in Lingyao City, heard news of the Wolf Pack Gang, and went into the Magic Forest to confront them.
• Li Yang fought the seven bandits from the Wolf Pack Gang and killed them all.

Li Yang returned to the Li Family after wiping out the Wolf Pack Gang and sought more techniques from the Scripture Repository. At the elders’ request, he revealed that he had reached Martial Artist Ninth Heaven, leaving them stunned, then asked to choose additional techniques and martial skills.

• Li Yang killed the Wolf Pack Gang members who ambushed him, collected their spoils, and discovered that the Treasure Seeking Rat had died with its master.
• Li Yang traded unneeded medicinal herbs in Lingyao City and returned to the Li Family estate as news of the gang’s destruction spread without identifying him.
• The chapter recounted the Li Family’s Initial Test, which Li Yang had missed; the patriarch had arranged for him to be tested separately when he returned.
• A Clan Elder told Li Yang that the patriarch wanted to learn his current cultivation, and Li Yang revealed his Martial Artist Ninth Heaven realm.
• Li Yang said he had gained opportunities in the Magic Forest and asked to choose more Martial Cultivation Techniques and martial skills.

Li Yang entered the Li family's Scripture Repository after learning that the clan head had lifted its restrictions for him because of his remarkable cultivation progress. He browsed the Huang-tier manuals, while the guard hurried to report that Li Yang had reached the perfection stage of the Martial Artist realm.

• The repository elder told Li Yang that he could freely study any Huang-tier technique in the clan.
• Li Yang revealed his Blood Martial Artist cultivation and entered the Scripture Repository.
• The elder recognized that Li Yang had reached the perfection stage of the Martial Artist realm and rushed to inform the clan head.
• Li Yang examined the repository's manuals, including basic fist, sword, palm, and leg arts, as well as an introductory internal cultivation manual.

Li Yang studied the Scripture Repository’s Yellow-grade manuals, corrected flaws in his cultivation, and reached nine hundred and ninety thousand jin of Giant Strength while remaining a Martial Apprentice Tenth Heaven Blood Martial Artist. He then attended Lingyao City’s Martial Path Auction, where valuable treasures sold for enormous sums, and the chapter ended after the auction concluded.

• Li Yang read every upper-, middle-, and lower-grade Yellow-grade manual in the Scripture Repository and deepened his understanding of the Qi and Blood Martial Path.
• Li Yang adjusted his cultivation in the rear mountain, corrected deficiencies, and increased his strength to nine hundred and ninety thousand jin of Giant Strength without changing his realm.
• Li Yang heard about the Martial Path Auction in Lingyao City, gathered his savings, and hurried to attend.
• The auctioneer sold treasures including the Spirit Wind Palm Technique, the Frost Blade, the Martial Path Inheritance Painting, the Spirit Source Stone, and the Dragon Scale Battle Armor to competing bidders.
• The auction ended, the guests departed, and Li Yang’s next actions remained unknown.

At the auction, Li Yang secretly copied the Zhao Family’s Spirit Wind Palm Technique with his Martial Soul Power and watched major treasures sell for enormous sums. On his way home, he defeated three Zhao Family martial artists who ambushed him in the street, leaving Zhao Gang severely injured.

• Li Yang used Martial Soul Power to absorb the contents of the Spirit Wind Palm Technique as the Zhao Family acquired it at auction.
• The Martial Path Inheritance Painting sold for two hundred thousand gold coins, and a Spirit Source Stone sold for three hundred thousand before its buyer hurried away through a secret passage.
• Zhao Gang and two Zhao Family martial artists confronted Li Yang on the street, blaming the Li Family for taking resources.
• Li Yang defeated the swordsman with a single punch, then knocked down the second attacker while fighting Zhao Gang and the others.
• Li Yang overwhelmed Zhao Gang and left him severely injured before calmly walking away as the crowd watched in awe.

After Li Yang defeated three Zhao Family disciples, the Zhao patriarch ordered an investigation and prepared an all-out attack on the Li Family. Meanwhile, Li Changwu learned that Li Yang had reached the Martial Artist Tenth Heaven and went to meet him as Li Yang continued cultivating in the rear mountain.

• The Zhao Family patriarch ordered his men to investigate Li Yang and attack the Li Family, including sending assassins if an opportunity arose.
• Li Family miners spent the day working at the newly seized mine while the patriarch inspected their living conditions and defenses.
• The Scripture Repository elder told Li Changwu that Li Yang had reached at least the Martial Artist Tenth Heaven and had gravely wounded three Zhao Family disciples.
• Li Changwu asked the elder to take him to Li Yang immediately.
• Li Yang continued refining his Qi and Blood Martial Path in the rear mountain and paid little attention to the Zhao Family conflict.

Li Yang advanced his Qi and Blood Martial Path, received two Mysterious Grade techniques and resources from the Li Family Head, then went to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to cultivate. Zhao Family assassins ambushed him at the Spiritual Cliff Waterfall, but he killed them all and declared that the Zhao Family would die as well.

• Li Yang cultivated in the valley until he reached the limit of his current realm, then absorbed the vitality of the surrounding vegetation to restore and strengthen himself.
• The Li Family Head brought Li Yang the Sun Flame Fist, the Flood Dragon Tiger Technique, and cultivation resources, while Li Yang shared cultivation insights that the family head passed on to the Core Disciples.
• Li Yang left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found a secluded Spiritual Cliff Waterfall, where he trained in both Mysterious Grade techniques and increased his strength.
• Dozens of Zhao Family assassins surrounded Li Yang at night and attacked him at the waterfall.
• Li Yang fought through the assassins, killed their leader, and threatened the Zhao Family.

The Zhao Family attacked the Li Family, but the Li Family held its ground until Zhao Wuhen ordered a retreat. At Spirit Peak Waterfall, Li Yang broke through to Martial Master First Level and headed back to the Li Family after suspecting the Zhao Family might be preparing for another fight.

• Zhao Wuhen led the Zhao Family's martial artists in an attack on the Li Family, whose defenders fought back under Li Changwu's command.
• Li Changfeng and Zhao Lingyun clashed, while Li Changwu and Zhao Wuhen joined the battle and fought each other.
• As rain fell and the Li Family gained the upper hand, Zhao Wuhen ordered his martial artists to retreat.
• Li Yang trained beneath Spirit Peak Waterfall, mastered the Sun Flame Fist and Flood Dragon Tiger Technique to an advanced level, and broke through to Martial Master First Level.
• Li Yang suspected the Zhao Family might be seeking a fight after losing resources, so he set out to return to the Li Family.

Li Yang headed toward the Zhao Family's territory to check whether it was already in conflict with the Li Family, using his Spirit Eye Divine Ability to inspect its defenses and martial masters. He discovered the Zhao Family had ten Martial Masters, while the Li Family had twelve, leaving the families' confrontation unresolved.

• Li Yang decided to help the Li Family if it was in danger and set off toward the family.
• Li Yang changed course to observe the Zhao Family's stronghold before going to the front lines.
• Li Yang used his Spirit Eye Divine Ability from a nearby peak to inspect the Zhao Family's territory and its defensive arrays.
• Li Yang identified the Zhao Family's ten Martial Masters and noted the distinctive powers they cultivated.
• Li Yang recalled that the Li Family had twelve Martial Masters, giving it a numerical advantage over the Zhao Family.

Li Yang discovered that the Li Family had attacked the Zhao Family and rushed from Lingyun Peak to join the battle. After killing two Zhao Family elders and forcing their guest elders to retreat, he helped the Li Family defeat the Zhao Family and seize control of its territory.

• Li Yang used his eye technique from Lingyun Peak to survey the Zhao Family, saw Li Changwu leading an attack, and hurried toward the battlefield.
• The Zhao and Li Family martial artists clashed, and the Zhao Family's three guest elders arrived to give Zhao's forces the advantage.
• Li Yang entered the battle and killed two Zhao Family elders with a single sword strike, turning the tide in the Li Family's favor.
• Li Yang wounded the black-robed guest elder and pressured the other guest elders, forcing the Zhao Family forces to retreat.
• The Li Family killed six Zhao Family elders, Li Changwu killed Zhao Yongwu, and the remaining elders were wounded or surrendered as the Li Family occupied the Zhao Family's territory.

After the Li Family destroyed the Zhao Family, rumors spread across Lingyao City that the victorious clan had been weakened, prompting other families to consider taking the Zhao Family’s resources. Li Changwu warned Li Yang that holding those resources against the other families would be the real test of victory.

• News that the Li Family had destroyed the Zhao Family spread through Lingyao City, and rival families speculated that the Li Family’s martial masters were too injured to fight again.
• The Zhao Family’s compound descended into disorder as its clansmen argued over surrender, alliances, and rebuilding while servants fled and outsiders looted or spied.
• Li Family martial artists entered the Zhao Family territory, killed the resisting clansmen, drove the women back inside, and took control of the compound.
• Li Family fighters took pills and recovered after the battle while others guarded the captives.
• Li Changwu praised Li Yang for helping win the battle and cautioned that the other families would try to seize the Zhao Family’s resources while the Li Family was weakened.

After the three great families attacked the Li Family to seize its resources, Li Yang joined the battle and killed their leaders, turning the fight in the Li Family’s favor. The allied forces broke and fled as the Li Family launched a counterattack.

• Li Yang agreed to hide until the battle grew fierce, then strike unexpectedly, and Li Changwu arranged the Li Family’s defenses.
• Chen Meng, Qian Kun, and Sun Lie led five thousand Martial Masters to the Li Family’s territory and demanded its resources.
• Li Changwu refused to submit, and the three families attacked; Sun Lie wounded him while the Li Family struggled against the larger force.
• Li Yang charged into the enemy ranks, cut down many Martial Masters, and slew Chen Meng, Qian Kun, and Sun Lie.
• Li Yang’s intervention rallied the Li Family, whose members counterattacked as the allied forces fled.

Li Yang and Li Changwu led the Li Family to defeat the fleeing forces of three enemy families, then raided the Zhao Family estate for its treasures. While exploring a deserted residential area, Li Yang entered a room and found the frightened Zhang Shi.

• Li Yang and Li Changwu pursued the retreating enemies, and the Li Family defeated them in a narrow valley, crushing the three families’ vital forces.
• Li Yang collected weapons and resources from the battlefield while Li Changwu ordered the Li Family to search the Zhao Family estate.
• The Li Family martial artists searched the estate and found treasure, medicinal herbs, and a valuable martial arts manual.
• Li Yang wandered into a deserted residential area and entered a grand estate alone.
• Li Yang followed a woman’s aura into a bedroom, where he saw Zhang Shi frightened, disheveled, and with one shoulder exposed.

After the Li Family seized the Zhao Family’s resources, Li Yang studied its martial techniques and cultivated with the spoils he received. Three months later, news arrived that interrupted his seclusion, but the chapter did not reveal what it was.

• Li Yang took a young married woman as spoils of war while the Li Family divided up the Zhao Family’s resources.
• Seven days later, Li Yang entered the Zhao Family’s Scripture Repository and studied its collection of Yellow Grade techniques.
• Li Yang trained at the Zhao Family’s grounds, now used by the Li Family, and continued strengthening his martial foundation with techniques from both families.
• Li Yang stayed in seclusion for three months as the Li Family’s growing strength drew attention across Lingyao City.
• News arrived that made Li Yang stop cultivating, though its contents were not disclosed.