Vol. 23Li Yun’s Rise

Li Yun advanced his cultivation, escaped plots, and took control of the Water-Fire Stronghold before subduing the Crouching Dragon Mountains’ Dragon Soul. After forming Heaven’s Will, he refused the Redfire Martial King’s offer to surrender the Dragon Soul and received three days to reconsider.

  • Li Yun returned to Blue Star, advanced into the Innate Aperture Refining Realm, and earned recognition and resources from the True Martial Platform.
  • Li Yun prepared to return to the Purple Moon Continent after sharing cultivation techniques and warning Blue Star’s leaders about the Primordial Demon Lord.
  • Li Yun escaped a Demon People trap, took control of Yun Huan and Cloud Immortal Residence, and returned to find Xiuhe abducted.
  • Li Yun defeated the Zhang Family Head and his hired assassins, then freed Xiuhe.
  • Li Yun killed the Water-Fire Demon Lords, took over their stronghold, and united neighboring factions under his command while cultivating Imperial-Grade True Qi.
  • Li Yun defeated Seven Kill Stronghold’s fighters and accepted He Pingtian’s challenge to a fight to the death.
  • Li Yun perfected Saint-Grade True Qi, subdued the Crouching Dragon Mountains’ Dragon Soul, and formed Heaven’s Will.
  • Li Yun refused the Redfire Martial King’s offer to surrender Dragon Soul and accepted three days to reconsider.
Chapters 2203–2302 Read from ch. 2203

Arc 89The Innate Breakthrough

Li Yun returned from the Beast-Grazing Land with a warning about the Primordial Demon Lord, then shared Purple Moon Continent techniques with Blue Star’s leaders and advanced into the Innate Aperture Refining Realm. After passing the True Martial Platform’s corruption test and receiving resources and recognition, he prepared to return to the Purple Moon Continent.

  • Li Yun found Sun Yifei and two injured companions in the Beast-Grazing Land, supplied them with food and techniques, and warned them to alert Blue Star about the Primordial Demon Lord’s threat.
  • Li Yun returned to Blue Star through Demon Cave No. 19, reassured Qiao Tai and Qiao Meng that he had not been corrupted, and urged them to seek allies in the Purple Moon Continent.
  • Qiao Tai reported Li Yun’s discoveries to Zhao Gongnian, while Li Yun studied the Extinct Blade Sect’s manuals and more than four hundred Purple Moon Continent cultivation techniques.
  • Li Yun entered seclusion, created his own Aperture Refining technique, and formed 720 Innate Yin-Yang Apertures with King Grade True Qi.
  • Li Yun passed the True Martial Platform’s Detection Gate test and agreed to let it copy nearly two thousand Purple Moon Continent texts in exchange for cultivation resources.
  • Li Yun proposed developing a technique to conceal or imitate a person’s aura before Blue Star sent martial artists into the Beast-Grazing Land, and the True Martial Platform postponed its plan until he was ready.
  • Liu Yunshi awarded Li Yun First-Class Merit, eight chests of cultivation resources, and access to the Cangnan Headquarters Martial Armory, while Li Yun shared Spiritual Imprints to teach the Purple Moon Continent’s language.
  • Li Yun cultivated nearly eighty apertures, perfected two martial arts, and resolved to travel back through the Beast-Grazing Land as two figures appeared on the mountain path near the Qiao Family Residence.
Chapters 2203–2227 Summaries Read

Arc 90The Fairy Sect and the Zhang Family

Li Yun escaped a Demon People trap, uncovered Cloud Immortal Residence’s Fairy Sect schemes, and turned the sect’s power against its leaders. After returning to find Xiuhe abducted, he confronted the Zhang Family and rescued her from the Zhang Family Head.

  • Li Yun killed Zhang Qi and his companion, met Ye Chen, and decided Ye Chen would likely deal with Wang Lifeng himself.
  • Li Yun reunited with Qiao Meng, then entered the Beast-Grazing Land and gathered hundreds of thousands of Myriad Wonders Points before a Spirit Condensation Realm expert trapped him behind a Thunder Barrier.
  • Li Yun escaped through the barrier, learned more about the spreading Weird Demon invasion, and returned to Western Mountain Commandery, where Xiuhe discovered he had King Grade True Qi.
  • Li Yun accepted Cao Wenxuan’s invitation to Cloud Immortal Residence, infiltrated it under the name Lin Zishan, and discovered its leaders used drugs and the Fairy Descent Scripture to recruit believers for the Fairy Sect.
  • Li Yun mastered the Fairy Descent Scripture, defeated Yun Huan’s phantom, and took control of her before gathering the residence’s cultivation resources and returning home.
  • Li Yun found Xiuhe missing and a letter luring him to Zhao Village, captured and killed Zhang Wu, and confronted the Zhang Family Head and the assassins hired to guard the village.
  • Li Yun defeated the attackers and freed Xiuhe after the Zhang Family Head tried to force him to kneel, and Xiuhe stood safely behind him.
Chapters 2228–2252 Summaries Read

Arc 91Rise of the Water-Fire Stronghold

Li Yun killed the Water-Fire Demon Lords, took over their stronghold, and united neighboring factions under his command while cultivating Imperial-Grade True Qi. After defeating Seven Kill Stronghold’s fighters, he accepted a duel with the Martial Dao Grandmaster He Pingtian.

  • Li Yun killed the Fire Devil Lord with Yun Huan’s help, then killed the Zhang Family Head and took Xiuhe to Cloud Immortal Residence.
  • Li Yun and Yun Huan killed the Water Demon Lord and discovered the Water-Fire Wonderland, where Li Yun cultivated for a month before concealing his improved True Qi.
  • After emerging from the Wonderland, Li Yun subdued the four Deputy Chieftains, revealed that he had killed the Water-Fire Demon Lords, and became the stronghold’s new chief.
  • Li Yun defeated Zhang Zhen and four Spirit Transformation Realm experts, then accepted their strongholds’ allegiance and ordered them to merge under his command.
  • With techniques gathered by Zhang Zhen, Li Yun transformed his cultivation and achieved Imperial-Grade True Qi before demonstrating an imperial domain infused with Great Emperor Will.
  • Li Yun caught nine Seven Kill Stronghold fighters during an attack and had them bound, then summoned Huang Yiqi’s forces to ransom the captives.
  • Li Yun gravely wounded Huang Yiqi and more than three hundred fighters, prompting Huang Yiqi to call on He Pingtian, a Martial Dao Grandmaster.
  • He Pingtian challenged Li Yun to a fight to the death, and Li Yun accepted as Lin Zishan before taking Huang Yiqi’s saber as his weapon.
Chapters 2253–2277 Summaries Read

Arc 92The Dragon Soul and Heaven’s Will

Li Yun perfected Saint-Grade True Qi, subdued the Crouching Dragon Mountains’ Dragon Soul, and made Eastern Splendor Stronghold a force that drew powerful challengers. After forming Heaven’s Will, he refused the Redfire Martial King’s offer to surrender Dragon Soul and accepted a three-day deadline to reconsider.

  • He Pingtian conceded to Li Yun after recognizing his Imperial-Grade True Qi, and Li Yun took Huang Yiqi’s Heaven-Slaying blade in exchange for sparing him.
  • Li Yun perfected the Mystic Heaven Aperture Refining Art and fused it with his Five Elements art, creating Saint-Grade True Qi and a Sacred Will that could repel attacks.
  • Li Yun subdued the Crouching Dragon Mountains’ Dragon Soul, named it Mountain Soul, and drew the attention of powerful leaders across the region.
  • Blood Wolf Ancestor, Poison Granny, and One-Eyed Maniac challenged Li Yun, but Li Yun killed Blood Wolf Ancestor and made the other two submit.
  • Old Man Mu tried to claim Dragon Soul and then recruited allies to pressure Li Yun, while Li Yun secretly left the stronghold to investigate the beast outbreak at Cloud Sun City.
  • Li Yun hunted Weird Beasts, found and emptied the Murong Lineage’s underground Martial Armory, then returned to study its Spirit Transformation techniques.
  • Li Yun formed the Martial Intent he named Heaven’s Will, and Murong Lie began searching for him after discovering the Murong Lineage’s treasures were gone.
  • The Redfire Martial King offered Li Yun a marquisate, a fief, and marriage to the Ninth Princess in exchange for Dragon Soul, but Li Yun refused and accepted his three-day deadline.
Chapters 2278–2302 Summaries Read
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