Vol. 24The Hundredth Step

Li Yun fought his way through the Grandmaster Duel, Divine Domain, and the powers controlling the Purple Moon Continent, eventually reaching the hundredth step of the Martial Dao Ladder. He returned to Blue Star, prepared the Yellow Martial Sect for his departure, and announced plans to connect the two worlds.

  • Li Yun returned to Blue Star, dealt with the attack on Qiao Meng, and destroyed the Wang Family after sparing Meng Qingshan at Qiao Meng’s request.
  • Li Yun agreed to the Grandmaster Duel and defeated Zhao Tieshan with one slash in the Cangnan selection.
  • Li Yun uncovered the Divine Domain’s role in murders meant to frame him and defeated several Martial Kings.
  • Li Yun resisted demands for the Dragon Soul, rescued Gu Yin, and learned Yan Xuanyu had ordered Gu Yin to make him surrender it within a month.
  • Li Yun established Crouching Dragon City, helped Xing San inherit the Wine Saint’s legacy, and joined the True Martial Platform in striking Divine Domain.
  • Li Yun learned of the Supreme Mountain Showdown and returned to Crouching Dragon City as Yan Tianji and eight Yan Martial Emperors arrived to kill him.
  • Li Yun defeated Imperial Court Mountain and the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s forces, took control of the Through-Ancient Transmission Gate, and reached the hundredth step.
  • Li Yun returned to Blue Star, prepared the Yellow Martial Sect for his departure, helped Xiao Dingtian reach the Martial Deity Realm, and announced plans to connect the worlds.
Chapters 2303–2402 Read from ch. 2303

Arc 93The Grandmaster Duel Begins

Li Yun warned the Black and White Dynasty about the Beast-Grazing Land, returned to Blue Star, and dealt with the men who had attacked Qiao Meng. After agreeing to compete in the Grandmaster Duel, he reached the Provincial Capital and began the selection by defeating Zhao Tieshan with one slash.

  • Li Yun bargained with Zhao Zhen, revealed the Beast-Grazing Land’s threat to both worlds, and arranged for the Black and White Dynasty to pursue an alliance with Blue Star.
  • Li Yun returned through the Demon Cave, killed the Demon People Leader after resisting the Devil Master’s Will, and went back to Blue Star to find Qiao Meng unconscious.
  • Li Yun healed Qiao Meng and learned that Meng Qingshan had ordered the ambush, then spared Meng Qingshan at Qiao Meng’s request and destroyed the Wang Family after Wang Lifeng’s role was exposed.
  • Li Yun defeated Yan Shan and warned the True Martial Platform not to threaten his people, then agreed to compete in the Grandmaster Duel.
  • Li Yun left Sand City for the Provincial Capital, where Zhou Yunhe told him the True Martial Platform would publicly expose the Wang Family’s crimes and treat Li Yun’s actions as law enforcement.
  • Li Yun watched the Cangnan selection matches and assessed the other Grandmasters before facing Zhao Tieshan.
  • Li Yun knocked Zhao Tieshan off the platform with one slash, and Zhao admitted defeat.
Chapters 2303–2327 Summaries Read

Arc 94The Dragon Soul Pursuit

Li Yun was framed for a string of murders, uncovered the Divine Domain’s role, and grew powerful enough to defeat multiple Martial Kings. In the Purple Moon Continent, he resisted demands for the Dragon Soul and rescued Gu Yin, whose promise to visit him set up a clash over Yan Xuanyu’s order.

  • Zhou Yunhe investigated Yan Shan’s murder as Grandmasters accused Li Yun, then ordered him watched while the killings continued and Li Qingyan gave Zhou three days to solve the case.
  • Li Yun exchanged techniques with Zhou Yunhe, discovered a plot to frame him, and exposed Du Qingfeng, who confessed he had been threatened before dying from poison.
  • Three masked Martial Kings confronted Li Yun, and he killed one with a slash that leveled the courtyard while the other two fled.
  • Li Qingyan identified the attackers as Divine Domain agents, and Li Yun later killed three more agents before their bodies revealed a connection to the Eastern Cang Chen Family.
  • Li Yun skipped the Grandmaster selection, traveled to the Purple Moon Continent, and strengthened his Heaven’s Will by capturing the will of heaven and earth on its Martial Dao Ladder.
  • Li Yun rejected the Redfire Martial King’s demand for the Dragon Soul, then fought Cangjiu and four other Martial Kings, suppressing them with his Heaven’s Will.
  • Li Yun rescued the wounded Gu Yin from three pursuing Demon People and later learned Gu Yin was master of the Attendant Hall.
  • Gu Yin ordered Tianjiu, Hu, and Baili to leave Li Yun alone, but Yan Xuanyu rejected his advice to build goodwill and ordered Gu Yin to make Li Yun surrender the Dragon Soul within a month.
Chapters 2328–2352 Summaries Read

Arc 95The Heavenly Ladder and Supreme Mountain

Li Yun established Crouching Dragon City, helped Xing San inherit the Wine Saint’s legacy, and used his growing strength to strike at Divine Domain across Blue Star. After learning of a Supreme Mountain showdown a year away, he returned to Crouching Dragon City as Yan Tianji and eight other Yan Martial Emperors arrived to kill him.

  • Li Yun killed Wei Wuji after Wei attacked Gu Yin, then declared Eastern Splendor Stronghold the new Crouching Dragon City and appointed Gu Yin its deputy city lord.
  • Li Yun helped Xing San awaken his talent through wine, and Xing San entered the Xing Lineage’s inheritance ground to receive the Wine Saint’s legacy.
  • Li Yun learned of the Heavenly Gate from the inheritance, returned to Crouching Dragon City, and left to hunt Demon People for Myriad Wonders Points.
  • Li Yun defeated eleven Divine Domain Martial Kings at the Qiao Family Old Residence, then went to the True Martial Platform headquarters and shared intelligence about the organization.
  • Li Yun and the True Martial Platform attacked Divine Domain’s Tianlang Mountain branch, killed the Greedy Wolf Divine General, and exposed the organization’s affiliated forces across China.
  • Li Yun learned that an unrestricted Supreme Mountain Showdown would be held in a year and said he would confront the King of All Gods if he appeared.
  • After reaching the fifty-ninth step of the Martial Dao Ladder and earning more than three hundred million Myriad Wonders Points, Li Yun returned to Crouching Dragon City.
  • Yan Tianji and eight Yan Martial Emperors arrived above Crouching Dragon City, and Yan Tianji demanded that Lin Zishan come out and die.
Chapters 2353–2377 Summaries Read

Arc 96The Hundredth Step

Li Yun defied Imperial Court Mountain, became the strongest figure on the Purple Moon Continent, and severed its connection to the Through-Ancient Dynasty. After reaching the hundredth step, he returned to Blue Star, prepared the Yellow Martial Sect for his departure, and helped Xiao Dingtian break through before announcing plans to connect the worlds.

  • Li Yun shattered the Great Yan Martial Emperors’ formation, but Imperial Court Mountain intervened and ordered him to beg forgiveness, so he refused and later killed the attackers who gathered against Crouching Dragon City.
  • Li Yun reached the Martial Deity Realm, went to Imperial Court Mountain, defeated its twelve Martial Emperors, and fought its Martial Deity to a three-day stalemate before withdrawing.
  • Gu Hengtong revealed Imperial Court Mountain’s ties to the Through-Ancient Dynasty, while Ling Qingyue warned Li Yun that the dynasty could summon powerful reinforcements through its Portal.
  • Li Yun broke through to the Martial God Realm just before the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s Martial God and eight Martial Deities arrived, then killed Gu Hengtong and the eight Martial Deities.
  • Li Yun defeated the Gilded Martial Deity by using the Purple Moon Continent’s rules against him, took control of the Through-Ancient Transmission Gate, and reached the hundredth step of the Martial Dao Ladder.
  • Li Yun returned to Blue Star, restored Yuan Buhui’s health, revealed his identity and impending departure to the Yellow Martial Sect, and left the sect treasures and guidance.
  • Li Yun helped Xiao Dingtian reach the Martial Deity Realm at Jade Capital Headquarters, then told the True Martial Platform leaders he had mastered the Portal and planned to connect Blue Star with the Purple Moon Continent.
Chapters 2378–2402 Summaries Read
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