Recaps

After destroying the Imperial Clan and the forces hunting him, Li Yun reached the Evergreen Ancient Domain and joined Man Yue Palace. He exposed Black Heaven devotees, entered the Dark Abyss to kill prisoners, and advanced to Mid-Stage Saint Sect before Man Yue promised him greater support.

• Li Yun killed the Imperial Clan Saint Emperors, then ambushed Tiger-Fighting Star and a Blood God Cult group before escaping into Deep Space.
• Li Yun cultivated into the Saint Sect Realm and arrived in the Evergreen Ancient Domain, where he entered Azure Sky City and later settled in Great Sun City.
• Green Paulownia and Purple Mountain invited Li Yun to become a retainer of Saint Venerable Man Yue, and Li Yun joined Man Yue Palace as a Third-Class Guest.
• Yu Huafeng discovered a Black Heaven Scripture in Man Yue City, and Li Yun created the Black Heaven Tracing Technique to identify devotees.
• Saint Venerable Man Yue sent Li Yun into the Dark Abyss, where he learned Evil Defilement Power turned people into Evil Spirits and killed thirteen Black Heaven prisoners in a Sealed Valley.
• Li Yun improved the tracing technique and gave it to Man Yue, who discovered hidden devotees and left to deal with them.
• Li Yun cultivated to Mid-Stage Saint Sect, and Man Yue promised him Second-Class Guest rank upon reaching Saint Venerable Realm and ordered techniques and resources delivered to his courtyard.

Li Yun created the Blood God Tracing Technique, earned Man Yue’s reward, and reached the Saint Venerable Realm. After learning Ye Chen was heading to the Evergreen Ancient Domain, Li Yun secretly attacked Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult forces, setting off a confrontation at the Star Formation.

• Saint Venerable Man Yue asked Li Yun to devise a Blood God tracing technique after the Black Heaven Tracing Technique exposed hidden devotees and led to Saint Venerable Gu Yi’s arrest.
• Li Yun survived an assassination attempt by bounty hunters Chi Feng and Gu Yuan, then moved into Chaos Heaven Cave with Blood God Cult captives and materials to develop the new technique.
• Li Yun uncovered the captives’ connection to Great Black Heaven’s altar, killed them, and completed the Blood God Tracing Technique while cultivating to the Saint Sect Perfection Realm.
• Li Yun used Blood God Cult Dao Fruits to advance to the Saint Venerable Realm, completed the tracing technique, and received a Half-Emperor Cultivation Technique from Man Yue.
• Ye Si revealed his connection to Ye Chen and told Li Yun that Ye Chen was on his way to the Evergreen Ancient Domain, while Man Yue used Li Yun’s technique to capture 1,372 Blood God Cultists.
• Li Yun secretly traveled toward the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain, found Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult forces plotting an attack, and killed their Saint Sect troops on a Desolate Star.
• The surviving Saint Venerables blamed the Evergreen Ancient Domain and attacked its Star Formation, while Yu Huafeng suspected Li Yun but found him pretending to cultivate in Clearwind Courtyard.

Li Yun entered the war between the Evergreen Ancient Domain and the Crimson Flame forces, only to be cast into the Endless Dark Abyss with the Azure Nightmare Imperial Army. There he broke the seal on his cultivation, grew stronger with Saint Chu Emperor, and reached the Saint Emperor Realm, but his Emperor Scripture remained incomplete.

• Li Yun cultivated in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, reunited with Ye Chen, and learned of Saint Emperor Qingwen’s disappearance before the Evergreen Ancient Domain declared war.
• Li Yun joined the Azure Nightmare Imperial Army’s attack on the Whitefire Star Domain, revealed his strength, and fought its forces as the Azure Nightmare Saint Emperor held off the Redflame Saint Emperor.
• A Great Black Heaven Saint Emperor trapped Li Yun and the army in the Endless Dark Abyss, where Li Yun awoke with his Saint Power sealed.
• Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to identify and reverse the Darkness Devouring Dao Seal, restoring his cultivation and helping Saint Chu Emperor resist the darkness.
• Li Yun and Saint Chu Emperor hid their recovery from two Great Black Heaven Saint Emperors, then used their knowledge of the seal to cultivate in the abyss.
• Li Yun mastered Saint Venerable and Half-Emperor techniques, grew his Emperor Nature to ninety-nine zhang, and studied the Gate of Myriad Wonders when he could not advance further.
• Li Yun endured the Gate’s torrent of Great Dao Information, formed the incomplete Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture, and reached the Saint Emperor Realm as his Emperor Nature drove back the darkness.

Li Yun used the Endless Dark Abyss to strengthen his Emperor Scripture, hunt Great Black Heaven forces, and learn of a planned attack on Minglun Mountain. After delivering a warning, he returned to the Abyss and freed 335 trapped Saint Emperors, then resumed cultivating as seven Supreme Sages began searching for him.

• Li Yun hunted Great Black Heaven patrols in the Endless Dark Abyss, freed Huang Yan, and discovered that the Gate of Myriad Wonders could absorb the Abyss’s Darkness Profundity.
• After Li Yun’s attacks drew the attention of the Great Black Heaven Holy Son, Chen Qingshi took credit for the killings and escaped the Abyss, giving Li Yun time to cultivate.
• Li Yun completed the Forty-First Level of the Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture and used the Darkness Profundity to develop the Forty-Second Level.
• Li Yun learned that the Seventh Holy Son of Black Heaven and Miao Yue planned to attack Minglun Mountain, then warned Saint Emperor Yun Zheng and confirmed the threat to Chen Qingshi.
• Before returning to the Abyss, Li Yun killed Redflame Saint Emperor and other allies who were plotting to destroy the Evergreen Ancient Domain.
• Li Yun rescued 335 Saint Emperors from the Endless Dark Abyss and opened a hidden route through which they escaped, with Saint Chu Emperor giving him his Emperor Scripture.
• Li Yun resumed cultivating on a remote island, but after six months he sensed seven Supreme Sages nearby and teleported away before they searched the island.