Chapter Summaries

Li Yun escaped the Primordial Land through the Gate of Myriad Wonders, only to lose his Ancestral Realm cultivation under the outside world's laws. After the gate accepted him as its master, he discovered that he had returned to Blue Star, the world he had lived in before crossing over.

• A golden arrow struck the Golden-Winged Eagle, making it drop the Gate of Myriad Wonders into a water-filled pit with Li Yun inside.
• Li Yun spent three months outside studying the Gate of Myriad Wonders and gained basic control over it as nearly a century passed in the Primordial Land.
• Li Yun stepped out of the gate and was suppressed from the Ancestral Realm to mortality by the outside world's laws.
• Li Yun made the Gate of Myriad Wonders accept him as its master, and it shrank into a gate-shaped mark on his chest.
• Li Yun sensed information about the world and techniques from the Azure Dragon War Academy and Blood God Cult, then realized he was back on Blue Star.

Li Yun realized that the world outside the Gate of Myriad Wonders was Blue Star, eight centuries after he had left, and resolved to hide his identity while starting cultivation anew. As he studied the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique, the Gate of Myriad Wonders reacted and produced a mysterious Light Curtain in his mind.

• Li Yun learned that Blue Star's Spirit Energy Revival had transformed it into a cultivation world over the eight hundred years since his transmigration.
• He decided to conceal his past and avoid using the name Li Yun because the Azure Dragon War Academy might have heard of him.
• Li Yun studied the Azure Dragon War Academy's and Blood God Cult's Martial Dao methods and chose the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique over the Blood Refinement Art.
• When Li Yun began studying the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique, the mark of the Gate of Myriad Wonders trembled and a Light Curtain appeared in his mind.

Li Yun discovered the Gate of Myriad Wonders had restored its system and used Myriad Wonders Points to master the Azure Dragon Breathing Art before beginning real cultivation on Blue Star. After retreating from a black wolf, he found the Gate's inner world had shrunk to a small, empty space, with the Primordial Land and Boundary Sea gone.

• Li Yun examined the restored system and learned the Gate of Myriad Wonders generated Myriad Wonders Points by absorbing spiritual energy and hidden mysteries.
• Li Yun spent his points to raise the Azure Dragon Breathing Art to the Proficiency Realm, then cultivated until he neared the First Layer of Body Tempering.
• Li Yun spent the night inside the Gate of Myriad Wonders after realizing the Mountain Forest was dangerous, and woke hungry the next morning.
• Li Yun found a black wolf waiting outside the Gate and decided to retreat into the Primordial Land.
• Li Yun discovered the Primordial Land and Boundary Sea had vanished, replaced by a small, empty inner space filled with white mist.

After escaping Black Wolf, Li Yun found a safe valley and used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to advance the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique, reaching the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering in four days. With 103 All Wonders Points accumulated, he prepared to push the technique beyond its limits.

• Li Yun left the Gate of Myriad Wonders and fled in the opposite direction from Black Wolf, eventually finding clear water and peaches in the Little Valley.
• Li Yun discovered that the Gate of Myriad Wonders had generated 18 All Wonders Points and spent 11 to advance the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique to the Perfection Realm.
• Li Yun cultivated beside the stream for three hours and broke through to the First Layer of Body Tempering.
• Li Yun learned that advancing the perfected Azure Dragon Breathing Technique beyond its limits required 100 All Wonders Points.
• Li Yun cultivated for four days and reached the Body Tempering Fourth Layer as the Gate of Myriad Wonders accumulated 103 All Wonders Points.
• Li Yun paused his cultivation and decided to push the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique into Limit Breaking.

Li Yun used All Wonders points to Limit Break the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique, gaining the Azure Dragon Dharma Aspect and rapidly reaching the Body Tempering Ninth Level. After mastering three Azure Dragon combat skills, he left the Valley to find a way out of the Mountain Forest and encountered the Black Wolf again.

• Li Yun spent 100 All Wonders points on the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique and gained the Azure Dragon Dharma Aspect.
• Li Yun used his new talent to cultivate rapidly, reaching the Body Tempering Ninth Level in about a week.
• Li Yun discovered eighty-one hidden Innate Apertures and decided to strengthen his foundation before entering the Aperture Refining Realm.
• Li Yun spent 63 All Wonders points to bring Azure Dragon Fist, Azure Dragon Step, and Azure Dragon Kick to the Perfection Realm.
• Li Yun gathered peaches, left the Valley to search for an exit from the Mountain Forest, and saw the Black Wolf again.

Li Yun emerged from Mountain Forest after killing Black Wolves and reached Zhao Family Village, where he concealed his identity and was welcomed by Zhao Sanshan. He learned that the villagers practiced martial arts to defend themselves and were wary of a Demon Beast leopard in the forest.

• Li Yun killed a Black Wolf and fought off more wolves as he traveled through Mountain Forest.
• After two days, Li Yun left the forest and met Zhao Sanshan and Zhao Hailin near Zhao Family Village.
• Li Yun introduced himself as Li Fenghua, claimed he had lost his phone, and said he had reached Body Tempering Fifth Layer.
• Zhao Sanshan accepted Li Yun as a guest and brought him into Zhao Family Village.
• Li Yun noticed that many villagers practiced martial arts, and Zhao Sanshan warned him about a leopard that had become a Demon Beast.

Li Yun learned that a Demon Beast leopard had been spotted near the forest, then visited Zhao Sanshan’s home and noticed flaws in his sons’ martial arts training. After stopping Zhao Sanshan from striking the boys, Li Yun picked up a saber to demonstrate how they should train.

• Zhao Sanshan told Li Yun that a Demon Beast leopard had appeared in the nearby forest, and that Xiantian Town lacked the people to organize a timely hunting party.
• Li Yun followed Zhao Sanshan home and saw Zhao Yunsheng and his younger brother practicing martial arts in the courtyard.
• Zhao Sanshan introduced Li Yun as a Body Tempering Fifth Layer Martial Artist and urged his sons to learn from him, prompting the brothers to challenge him to demonstrate his skills.
• Zhao Sanshan grew angry at his sons’ remarks and tried to strike Zhao Yunsheng, but Li Yun caught his arm and stopped him.
• Li Yun explained that Martial Artists should follow the wisdom embodied in established techniques, pointed out flaws in the brothers’ training, and picked up a saber to demonstrate.

Li Yun demonstrated the Zhao family’s [Mountain-Cleaving Saber] and [Three Suns Stance] at Perfection Realm, astonishing Zhao Sanshan and his sons. He invented a story to explain how he learned the arts, then taught the Zhao family as night fell and was welcomed as an extraordinary guest.

• Li Yun used All Wonders points to raise [Mountain-Cleaving Saber] and [Three Suns Stance] to the Perfection Realm.
• Li Yun demonstrated both arts, leaving Zhao Yunhe, Zhao Yunsheng, and Zhao Sanshan stunned by his mastery.
• Zhao Sanshan asked how Li Yun had learned the Zhao family’s arts, and Li Yun claimed a wandering beggar had taught them to him.
• Zhao Sanshan asked Li Yun to instruct his sons, and Li Yun demonstrated [Mountain-Cleaving Saber] three more times while the family watched.
• Zhao Sanshan stopped the lesson after dark and prepared a lavish dinner, while he and his sons treated Li Yun like a Celestial Being.

After breaking through the Three Suns Stance's limit and gaining the Yang Fire talent, Li Yun cultivated through the night and realized he could temper his body beyond the ninth level. At dawn, Zhao Hailin reported that the ancestral hall's caretaker had died, possibly killed by a Yin Ghost, and Li Yun joined the others to investigate.

• Li Yun broke the Three Suns Stance's limit with All Wonders points and gained the offensive Yang Fire talent.
• Li Yun cultivated overnight with the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique and realized he could keep tempering his body beyond the Body Tempering Ninth Level.
• Zhao Sanshan found Li Yun cultivating at dawn and tried to make his sons sleep less, but Li Yun persuaded him to allow them rest.
• Zhao Hailin arrived and reported that Old Uncle Lin, the ancestral hall caretaker, had died without visible injuries and might have been killed by a Yin Ghost.
• Li Yun, Zhao Sanshan, Zhao Yunsheng, and Zhao Yunhe hurried to the ancestral hall, while Zhao Sanshan told Zhao Hailin to mind his manners about Li Yun.

Li Yun accompanied Zhao Sanshan to the Zhao Family Village ancestral hall, where they found Zhao Laolin’s desiccated corpse and villagers feared a Yin Ghost had killed him. After sensing a hidden watcher, Li Yun boasted that he would guard the hall that night and destroy the ghost if it appeared.

• Zhao Sanshan brought Li Yun into the ancestral hall after introducing him to Village Chief Zhao Henian.
• Li Yun examined Zhao Laolin’s corpse, whose blue, withered appearance resembled the victims described in clan records as killed by Yin Ghosts.
• Zhao Henian explained that Xiantian Town had delayed sending help because its hunting team had not returned from pursuing a leopard demon beast.
• Zhao Sanshan asked Li Yun whether a Yin Ghost had killed Zhao Laolin, while Li Yun sensed a hostile watcher nearby.
• Li Yun declared that he would stand guard that night and force the Yin Ghost to reveal itself, provoking the watcher’s greed and anger.

Li Yun waited in Zhao Family Village’s ancestral hall with Zhao Sanshan and twenty young fighters for the Yin Ghost to appear. At midnight, Li Yun revealed that he had anticipated the attack and struck Uncle Lin’s corpse, which sprang up to fight him.

• Zhao Henian selected twenty young men, including Zhao Sanshan, to guard the ancestral hall with Li Yun.
• Li Yun explained that the Yin Ghost was a mindless remnant that fed on living people, reassuring Zhao Sanshan that he could handle it.
• Zhao Henian brought Li Yun and the guards a meal, and the group waited as night fell without incident.
• At midnight, Li Yun said the Yin Ghost would come because the gathered fighters’ vital energy would attract it.
• Li Yun attacked Uncle Lin’s covered corpse with a yang-charged fist, and the corpse burst up to meet his blow with clawed hands.

Li Yun defeated Uncle Lin, who had become a Baleful Corpse, and used Yang Fire to treat Zhao Sanshan’s wounds. He explained how the survivors could purge the Baleful Corpse Qi as Zhao Henian and a crowd arrived at the ancestral hall.

• Uncle Lin revealed himself as a Baleful Corpse and attacked Zhao Sanshan, wounding him with poisonous claws.
• Li Yun drove Uncle Lin back with his Azure Dragon techniques and Yang Fire, then burned him to cinders.
• Li Yun treated Zhao Sanshan’s wounds with Yang Fire and explained that Uncle Lin had transformed himself through an evil Martial Dao.
• Li Yun warned Zhao Sanshan and the other young men about the Baleful Corpse Qi and told them to practice the Three Suns Stance to build Yang Fire.
• Zhao Henian led a large group into the ancestral hall.

Li Yun defeated Zhao Laolin’s Baleful Corpse and returned to Zhao Sanshan’s house, where he waited for whoever had been watching him. At dawn, Zhao Jiufeng attacked Li Yun and was wounded, revealing that he too had cultivated the sinister art.

• Zhao Henian learned that Zhao Laolin had cultivated a Baleful Corpse and thanked Li Yun for saving Zhao Family Village.
• Li Yun declined to celebrate and returned with the injured Zhao Sanshan and others to Zhao Sanshan’s house to rest.
• At daybreak, Zhao Jiufeng sneaked into Li Yun’s room and tried to kill him with a black, clawed hand.
• Li Yun, who had expected an attack, struck Zhao Jiufeng with his saber and severed half his arm.
• Zhao Sanshan and his sons recognized Zhao Jiufeng, and Zhao Sanshan demanded to know why he had cultivated the Baleful Corpse art.

Li Yun destroyed the Yin Ghost possessing Zhao Jiufeng and learned from its memories that an ancient tomb beneath Zhao Family Village might contain a grave danger. Keeping the discovery secret, he decided to leave once he had recovered, but emerged to find the village chief and elders gathered to thank him.

• Zhao Jiufeng revealed himself as the Yin Ghost and attacked Li Yun, who swallowed the ghost with his Azure Dragon Dharma Aspect.
• Li Yun told Zhao Sanshan that the real Zhao Jiufeng had died and that the Yin Ghost had used Zhao Laolin to cultivate a Baleful Corpse.
• Li Yun learned from Wang Genxuan's memories that a tomb beneath the ancestral hall held nine Stone Coffins, one of which might soon release something dangerous.
• Li Yun hid what he knew from Zhao Sanshan, resolved to leave Zhao Family Village after resting, and used the Azure Dragon Breathing Technique to recover.
• Zhao Henian gathered village elders and skilled fighters in Zhao Sanshan's courtyard, and they thanked Li Yun when he came out.

Li Yun left Zhao Family Village for Xiantian Town with Zhao Sanshan, hoping to escape without drawing suspicion. While drinking in a tavern, he learned that a mysterious incident at the village’s ancestral hall three years earlier led Zhao Henian to restrict villagers’ movements and forbid discussion of what happened.

• Li Yun decided to leave Zhao Family Village and claimed he wanted Zhao Sanshan to guide him to Xiantian Town.
• Zhao Henian let them go and gave Zhao Sanshan money to treat Li Yun to food.
• Li Yun and Zhao Sanshan reached Xiantian Town and spent the evening drinking at the Evening Breeze tavern.
• Li Yun teased Zhao Sanshan about the singer and used their conversation to ask why Zhao Family Village had become so isolated.
• Zhao Sanshan revealed that three years earlier a fight and a death had occurred at the ancestral hall, after which Zhao Henian forbade villagers from discussing the night or leaving freely.

Li Yun persuaded Zhao Sanshan to take him out in Xiantian Town, hoping to leave the village's secrets behind. Zhao Sanshan brought him to a brothel, where Li Yun was led to a vacant room after the proprietor questioned him about his background.

• Li Yun grew suspicious that Zhao Family Village had been watching him and decided he needed to leave.
• Li Yun persuaded Zhao Sanshan to show him around town, and Zhao Sanshan agreed on the condition that Li Yun stay with him.
• Zhao Sanshan led Li Yun through back alleys to a brothel and paid Zhang Laosan for their visit.
• Zhang Laosan questioned Li Yun about his background before sending someone to lead him to a room with an unlit lantern.

Li Yun entered Bailixiang looking for a way out, but Mengmeng quickly saw that he was not there for pleasure and offered to help him. The chapter ended with Li Yun deciding to trust her, though he was baffled that she felt safe around him because he was handsome.

• Mengmeng welcomed Li Yun into her room after the man who brought him left.
• Li Yun realized the room had no exit besides its door and questioned Mengmeng about Bailixiang's powerful boss.
• Mengmeng grew suspicious of Li Yun but concluded he was neither an official nor a customer seeking fun.
• Mengmeng offered to help Li Yun because his touch made her feel safe, and he decided to take the gamble.

Li Yun escaped Bailixiang with Mengmeng through a hidden tunnel beneath the ancient estate. After two years of waiting, Mengmeng reached the mountainside north of Xiantian Town, while Li Yun was left wondering where he could go.

• Li Yun told Mengmeng he wanted to leave Xiantian Town, and she invited him to escape with her.
• Mengmeng revealed a hidden tunnel beneath the bathroom and explained that she had spent a year preparing its entrance.
• Li Yun and Mengmeng ran through the tunnel, and Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to record her footwork.
• Mengmeng opened the chained iron hatch, and the two escaped onto a mountainside north of Xiantian Town.
• Mengmeng asked Li Yun where he would go next, and he wondered whether his home still existed after eight hundred years.

Li Yun agreed to travel with Mengmeng to Sand City and seek a recommendation to the lawful Yellow Martial Sect, while she offered to help him obtain replacement identity documents. After they escaped Bailixiang through a hidden tunnel, Zhang Laosan discovered they were gone and confronted Zhao Sanshan.

• Mengmeng invited Li Yun to Sand City and offered to recommend him to Yellow Martial Sect, which she said was registered with the authorities and protected the city from a Demon Cave.
• Li Yun agreed to go with Mengmeng, told her he had no identity documents, and gave his name as Li Fenghua and his age as twenty-five.
• Li Yun and Mengmeng hurried away through a tunnel beneath Mengmeng's room after realizing Bailixiang might soon notice their escape.
• Zhang Laosan's men discovered Mengmeng and Li Yun were missing, and Zhang Laosan followed the tunnel to its exit north of Xiantian Town.
• Zhang Laosan accused Zhao Sanshan of setting him up and had his men beat him, but then realized Li Fenghua had likely been caught up in Mengmeng's escape by chance.
• Zhang Laosan placated Zhao Sanshan and decided to keep the incident quiet while leaving the search for Li Fenghua to luck.

After returning to Sand City, Qiao Meng reunited with her father, Qiao Tai, and asked him to recommend Li Fenghua to the Yellow Martial Sect. When Qiao Tai met Li Yun, he was stunned to discover Li Yun had reached the legendary Body Tempering Tenth Level.

• Qiao Meng told Qiao Tai about her ordeal at Bailixiang and warned him that a hidden power backed it, while resolving to cultivate and take revenge herself.
• Qiao Meng asked Qiao Tai to recommend Li Fenghua to the Yellow Martial Sect, insisting she trusted his talent and character.
• Qiao Tai agreed to meet Li Fenghua before deciding whether to recommend him.
• Two days later, Qiao Meng brought Qiao Tai to Li Yun's hotel room, where Qiao Tai sensed Li Yun's extraordinary aura.
• Qiao Tai recognized that Li Yun had reached the legendary Body Tempering Tenth Level, leaving Qiao Meng stunned.