Chapter Summaries

After a year of secluded cultivation, Li Yang broke through to the Martial Commander realm, then left Limitless Sect for Lingyao City after sensing that something might have happened to the Li Family. In the city, the Cao Family had grown powerful and oppressive, leaving the Li Family under mounting pressure.

• Li Yang advanced to the Martial General realm and spent another year cultivating in seclusion.
• Li Yang broke through to the Martial Commander realm and continued cultivating for a little over a month.
• Li Yang sensed a possible crisis for the Li Family, reported it to a sect elder, and secretly left for Lingyao City under escort.
• The Cao Family moved into Lingyao City with a peak Martial Commander patriarch and became notorious for abusing its power.
• Cao Hui harassed women and assaulted a vegetable seller, while Cao Ming extorted merchants and had a cloth shop looted.
• The Cao Family increasingly seized the Li Family's resources, leaving the family in severe difficulties.

The Cao Family seized the Li Family’s businesses and attacked its Mysterious Iron Mine, where Li Zhong, Li Yi, and the other defenders were nearly defeated. Li Yang arrived from the sect just as Cao Meng was about to finish off Li Yi, and confronted the Cao Family in fury.

• Cao Ba led the Cao Family in taking the Li Family’s commercial street and other industries, defeating Li Changwu and driving the Li Family into retreat.
• Cao Meng demanded the Mysterious Iron Mine from the Li Family, and Li Zhong refused to surrender it.
• Cao Meng’s forces overwhelmed the mine’s defenders, and Li Yi stepped in to protect Li Zhong before fighting Cao Meng.
• Li Yi and the remaining Li Family martial artists were badly wounded and pushed to the brink of defeat.
• Li Yang arrived at the mine and roared at the Cao Family for bullying the Li Family.

Li Yang returned to the Mysterious Iron Mine, killed the Cao Family martial artists who had attacked his people, and learned that the Cao Family had also oppressed the Li Family while he was away. He confronted the Cao Family at its stronghold and killed its two Martial Sect warriors, leaving the family’s fate unresolved.

• Li Yang slaughtered the Cao Family martial artists at the Mysterious Iron Mine, including their leader, then treated the wounded Li Family Disciples.
• Li Yang returned to the Li Family, where Patriarch Li Changwu and the elders told him how the Cao Family had harassed and injured their clan.
• Li Yang declared that the Li Family would no longer endure the Cao Family’s oppression and flew toward the Cao Family’s clan grounds, followed by Li Family members.
• Li Yang challenged the Cao Family’s Martial Sect warriors, then fought their axe-wielding and sword-wielding fighters together.
• Li Yang killed the lean Martial Sect warrior with his treasured sword, then struck down the tall warrior with a blow to the neck.

After Li Yang killed the Cao Family’s two Martial Master powerhouses, Lingyao City reevaluated his strength while the Cao Family fell into panic and disorder. Li Yang then attacked the family’s elite forces, and the chapter ended as the Cao Family patriarch confronted him with a battle axe.

• News that Li Yang had slain the Cao Family’s two Martial Master powerhouses spread through Lingyao City, shocking its factions and inspiring its younger martial artists.
• The Cao Family’s elders, members, and merchants struggled with panic, shrinking business, internal disputes, and plans to find allies and restore the family’s strength.
• Li Yang appeared inside the Cao Family before its elite forces could leave and began cutting through them with his sword and martial skills.
• The Cao Family patriarch charged Li Yang with a battle axe, and their weapons collided with a shockwave that sent nearby warriors flying.

Li Yang killed the Cao Family patriarch and crushed the remaining resistance, leaving the Cao Family defeated and its resources in Li Family hands. After returning to the Li Family's ancestral grounds, he left the new holdings to Li Changwu while the family celebrated its victory and began using the wealth, land, and martial inheritance.

• Li Yang killed the Cao Family patriarch, then defeated the martial artists who tried to defend the compound.
• Li Yang ordered the surviving Cao Family members to surrender and sent the Li Family to take control of the Cao Family's properties, farmland, and martial resources.
• Li Yang handed the Cao Family's inheritance over to Li Changwu and returned with the Li Family to its ancestral grounds.
• The Li Family welcomed Li Yang's group and celebrated its acquisition of the Cao Family's wealth, land, manuals, weapons, and training facilities.

After Li Yang returned, he restored the resources and strength of the Li family, which rose from its suppressed state to become a powerful force in Lingyao City. Once the family produced three Martial Ancestor-level experts, Li Yang felt able to leave.

• Li Chenyu, Li Wanheng, and the other Li family clansmen endured scarce resources, untreated injuries, stalled cultivation, and the loss of the family’s industries during its suppression.
• Li Yang returned and brought resources that helped the Li family treat its injured, advance its cultivation, rebuild its businesses, and strengthen its defenses.
• Li Yang stayed to oversee the family’s recovery and helped guide its clansmen, including imparting the Spirit Martial Artist cultivation legacy.
• The Li family expanded its commerce, alliances, training, exploration, and defenses, becoming a major force in Lingyao City.
• After the Li family produced three Martial Ancestor-level experts, Li Yang was satisfied that it had become worth protecting and felt ready to leave.

Li Yang returned to the Limitless Sect and studied the Cao Family cultivation methods, using them to refine his spiritual force and merge it with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. He reached most of the ultimate limit set by the world's rules, while his martial soul still seemed close to condensing.

• Li Yang returned to his residence in the Limitless Sect after resolving the Cao Family's affairs, feeling that his Soul Martial Artist cultivation had advanced and his Dharma Form was near condensing.
• Li Yang reported to the Sect Master and the elders, then devoted himself to studying the Cao Family cultivation methods.
• Li Yang adjusted his power according to the methods, gradually condensing his spiritual force into purer, brighter clusters.
• Li Yang practiced emptying his mind until he sensed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, then struggled to fuse it with his own spiritual force.
• Li Yang completed an initial fusion, strengthening and opening his meridians, and said he had reached most of the ultimate limit set by the world's rules.

Li Yang perfected his martial foundation and broke through to the first layer of Martial Commander, then received a message about the Battlefield of All Races and entered it through an ancient Teleportation Array. The chapter left him arriving at a devastated battlefield filled with the ruins and remains of warriors from many races.

• Li Yang realized his martial origin had reached the limit of what others in the same realm could match and decided to raise his realm.
• Li Yang cultivated in a secluded valley and broke through the eighth and ninth layers before reaching the first layer of Martial Commander.
• Li Yang spent the night consolidating his breakthrough, then returned to the Limitless Sect seeking greater support in sect resources.
• Li Yang received information from the Sect Master about the Battlefield of All Races and entered its ancient Teleportation Array under the elders' watch.
• Li Yang arrived at the Battlefield of All Races, where he saw a ruined landscape, fallen warriors of many races, and a collapsed ancient castle.

Li Yang entered the Battlefield of All Races to cultivate the Limitless Dharma Seal and encountered the Winged Race prodigy Feng Yu. Their battle escalated as Feng Yu attacked with his speed and wind blades, and Li Yang unleashed a massive seal strike.

• Li Yang arrived at the Battlefield of All Races and sought an opponent to test himself.
• Li Yang recognized the Winged Race prodigy Feng Yu, who challenged him and declared he would win.
• Li Yang attacked Feng Yu with the Limitless Dharma Seal, but Feng Yu dodged and retaliated with a wind blade.
• Feng Yu flew around Li Yang and sent wind blades at him from every direction, while Li Yang blocked and countered them with seals.
• Li Yang leaped into the sky and brought down an enormous Limitless Dharma Seal toward Feng Yu.

Li Yang defeated Feng Yu by breaking his Five-Colored Shield and forcing the formation to teleport him away. He then encountered a Silver Armor Race prodigy, and their fierce battle continued with both combatants wounded.

• Li Yang used a forbidden art to break Feng Yu’s shield, wounded him, and pressed the Limitless Seal Technique to his throat before the formation teleported Feng Yu away.
• After recovering, Li Yang encountered a Silver Armor Race prodigy wielding a massive silver axe.
• The Silver Armor prodigy attacked, but Li Yang dodged and countered with the Limitless Seal Technique, which the prodigy’s scales deflected.
• Li Yang changed tactics and struck from above, clashing with the prodigy’s raised axe and leaving both of them injured.
• Li Yang and the Silver Armor prodigy charged at each other again, trading increasingly fierce attacks until both were covered in wounds.

After defeating the Silver Armor Race genius, Li Yang withdrew to a secluded valley to refine his Limitless Seal Technique and cultivate. His training improved his defenses and attacks, and he began breaking through to the second layer of the Martial Ancestor realm.

• Li Yang overwhelmed the Silver Armor Race genius's Silver Moon Axe Technique with a burst of Limitless Divine Power and sent him crashing into the ground, after which the array teleported him away.
• Li Yang decided to cultivate in seclusion, found a secluded valley, carved out a cave, and reinforced it with Martial Path Arrays.
• Li Yang reviewed his battles and identified flaws in the speed and power of his Limitless Seal Technique.
• Li Yang practiced and improved his defensive seal technique, then condensed his Limitless Divine Power more effectively to strengthen his offensive seal technique.
• Li Yang recognized that cultivating the Limitless Seal Technique had advanced his Limitless Divine Power and began charging at the bottleneck of the second layer of the Martial Ancestor realm.

Li Yang broke through to the fifth layer of the Martial Ancestor realm, then fought the Three-Eyed Race prodigy Yaoguang. He defeated Yaoguang with his Limitless Chaos Seal, leaving Yaoguang wounded in a crater and his spear dimmed nearby.

• Li Yang reached the fifth layer of the Martial Ancestor realm, and the force of his breakthrough devastated the valley before he gradually calmed it.
• Yaoguang appeared and introduced himself as a Three-Eyed Race prodigy, then attacked Li Yang with the Star Splendor Spear.
• Li Yang blocked Yaoguang’s spear and Golden Eye of Delusion Breaking with the Limitless Seal Technique, then clashed with his Holy Sun Judgment.
• Li Yang and Yaoguang exchanged powerful attacks, and Li Yang found an opening in Yaoguang’s offense.
• Li Yang struck Yaoguang with the Limitless Chaos Seal, sending him into a crater and knocking the Star Splendor Spear from his hand.

After defeating the Three-Eyed Race prodigy, Li Yang fought and subdued a powerful ancient beast, absorbing it into his Dantian World to strengthen his true body's world. As he prepared to rest, he spotted another ancient beast—a saber beast—flying toward him.

• The Sky-Rending Flame Kirin sensed the battle between Li Yang and the Three-Eyed Race prodigy, awakened, and charged toward the fighting.
• After the Three-Eyed Race prodigy retreated, Li Yang felt stronger and gained a clearer understanding of the Limitless Seal Technique, but a huge ancient beast rushed at him before he could recover.
• Li Yang fought the ancient beast with the Limitless Dharma Seal, golden bindings, and lightning, then struck its mind with a seal until its strength and consciousness faltered.
• Li Yang absorbed the qilin-like ancient beast into his Dantian World, intending to strengthen and stabilize the foundation of his true body's world.
• As Li Yang turned to rest, he noticed a saber beast flying through the air toward him.

Li Yang captured the Blade Beast with the Limitless Dharma Seal and recovered before encountering a Crag Shield Beast. He charged at the defensive ancient beast, intending to capture it as well.

• Li Yuan used a Martial Path Pellet and the Limitless Dharma Seal to battle the Blade Beast, blocking its flames and binding it with golden chains.
• Li Yang summoned lightning to weaken the Blade Beast, then struck its forehead with the golden seal and captured it in his Inner Dantian World.
• Li Yang recovered for a day, then sensed a powerful aura approaching and recognized the newcomer as a Crag Shield Beast.
• Li Yang charged at the Crag Shield Beast after learning about its formidable defensive abilities.

Li Yang subdued Plate Rock Shield Head after breaking its defense and striking its weak point, then recovered and studied the Blade Beast and Evasion Beast in the Dantian World. He began combining their techniques, developing a way to strengthen his defense with the energy produced by his attacks.

• Li Yang exhausted himself breaking Plate Rock Shield Head’s shield, then found a lighter scale beneath its neck and struck it before sealing the beast.
• Li Yang collapsed after subduing Plate Rock Shield Head, recovered on the battlefield, and entered the Dantian World.
• Li Yang studied the Blade Beast’s attack rhythm and spatial confinement, gradually learning to form blade lights of his own.
• Li Yang studied the Evasion Beast’s adaptive energy barrier and used rhythmic energy flow to create a rudimentary defense.
• Li Yang combined attack and defense in a battle simulation, using his blade-light attack and the enemy’s counterattack to reinforce his energy barrier.

After assimilating the power of the Blade Shield Ancient Beast, Li Yuan sensed the Sharp Horn Tribe prodigy Starfall approaching. Li Yang and Starfall then launched into a fierce exchange, with Starfall’s sword attacks pressing toward Li Yang.

• Li Yuan finished assimilating the Blade Shield Ancient Beast’s power in the valley.
• Li Yuan spotted a sharp-horned figure approaching and recognized him as Starfall of the Sharp Horn Tribe.
• Li Yang charged at Starfall, who met him with a swift sword strike and a wave of Sword Qi.
• Li Yang deflected Starfall’s first attack with his palm, and Starfall followed by surrounding him with a net of sword energy.

Li Yang defeated Starfall in the Heavenly Talent Battlefield and claimed an Ice Soul Snow Lotus. He then found and brought a Spirit Void Sacred Tree Sapling into his Inner Dantian World, deciding to seek treasures as well as opponents.

• Starfall attacked Li Yang with successive sword strikes and a meteor-like final assault, but Li Yang endured and defeated him with the Blade Beast Divine Ability.
• The formation teleported Starfall away, and Li Yang collected the Ice Soul Snow Lotus and an ice silkworm.
• Li Yang entered a naturally formed formation and discovered a Spirit Void Sacred Tree Sapling bearing three Spiritual Fruits.
• Li Yang drew the Spirit Void Sacred Tree into his Inner Dantian World and continued onward, resolving to search for treasures as well as fight opponents.

After winning a battle, Li Yang discovered the Body Forging Cliff and learned of its dangerous cultivation technique and the Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast that could help practitioners train. He headed toward the hidden cave where the beast lived, intending to see it before beginning cultivation.

• Li Yang triggered a formation after a battle and arrived at the Body Forging Cliff, where he spent a day and night studying its technique.
• Li Yang read the stele and learned that cultivating the Body Forging Divine Technique required Spirit Liquid, painful training, and careful recovery from injuries.
• Li Yang discovered the stele's account of the Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast, which could guide and protect worthy cultivators in exchange for a connection to their life force.
• Li Yang decided to seek out the beast and began crossing the valley toward the hidden cave.

Li Yang discovered a Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast in a hidden cave and learned body-forging techniques from it, growing stronger through their training. After befriending the beast and earning its trust, he completed a soul contract with it and took it into his Dantian World.

• Li Yang found the Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast in a secluded cave and learned that it could speak and understood body forging.
• The Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast taught Li Yang how to temper his body by dispersing impacts and using the Spirit Illusion Realm’s spiritual energy and a spirit spring.
• Li Yang trained with the beast until his strength improved and their friendship deepened.
• Li Yang gradually won the Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast’s trust with companionship, food, and shared battles against other ancient beasts.
• Li Yang used a Contract Array to form a soul contract with the Spirit Rock Body Forging Beast and brought it into his Dantian World.

Li Yang spent years cultivating the Body Forging Divine Technique at Body Forging Cliff, pushing his physical body to its short-term limit. He then defeated a Blue Scale Tail Tribe member who used the Forbidden Transformation Technique, though the wider conflict remained unresolved.

• Li Yang returned to Body Forging Cliff, comprehended its runes, and strengthened his body through prolonged cultivation.
• After years of training, Li Yang encountered a Blue Scale Tail Tribe member and evaded his opening punch while crippling his wrist with a precise strike.
• The Blue Scale Tail Tribe member summoned a blue energy vortex, but Li Yang broke through it with a golden barrier.
• The Blue Scale Tail Tribe member used the Forbidden Transformation Technique, and Li Yang answered with his Void Shattering Fist.
• Li Yang exploited his opponent's reduced flexibility, evaded his attacks, and landed a final punch that made the Blue Scale Tail Tribe member vanish.