Chapter Summaries

Li Yun ambushed and slaughtered a Demon People squad in the Mountain Forest, then defeated its leader and absorbed the dead with the Gate of Myriad Wonders. His cultivation advanced significantly, bringing him closer to the Body Tempering Thirteenth Layer.

• Li Yun watched two Demon People squads split up, then silently followed one to keep the other from returning to help.
• Li Yun ambushed the squad and killed seven Demon People with a swift attack.
• Li Yun killed four more Demon People, leaving only the Body Tempering Twelfth Level leader to fight him.
• Li Yun traded blade attacks evenly with the leader, then used Azure Dragon Dharma Aspect to stun him and finished him with his blade and Yang Fire.
• Li Yun drained the leader and his eleven subordinates through the Gate of Myriad Wonders, gaining enough essence to greatly advance his cultivation.

Li Yun ambushed the Demon People who arrived to investigate the slaughter, but their leader Qu Huo revealed a dangerous ability to conjure black Demon Flame from his fists. Li Yun kept Qu Huo at bay with his blade, realizing the flames could kill him if they touched him.

• Qu Huo arrived with five subordinates and ordered them to search for Li Yun, while Li Yun sensed no other Demon People nearby.
• Li Yun emerged from concealment, killed the approaching Demon People, and cut down four more before only Qu Huo remained.
• Qu Huo claimed his men had been bait and charged Li Yun with Demon Shadow Heavenly Wind and iron-hard fists.
• Qu Huo unleashed black flames from his fists, and the flames ignited a nearby tree when Li Yun dodged.
• Li Yun recognized the danger of Qu Huo's Demon Flame and kept slashing to prevent him from closing in.

Li Yun exploited Qu Huo’s Demon Flame timing and defeated him with the Earth Burrowing Technique and Azure Dragon Dharma Aspect. After devouring the Demon People’s corpses, Li Yun discovered that he had acquired the one-star supreme-grade special technique Demon Flame Fist.

• Li Yun realized Qu Huo needed time to gather power before unleashing Demon Flame and renewed his assault.
• Qu Huo revealed that his apparent weakness had been a trap, but Li Yun burrowed underground to evade the flames.
• Li Yun emerged behind Qu Huo, stunned him with the Azure Dragon Dharma Aspect, and killed him with Blade Light.
• Li Yun devoured the nearby Demon People’s corpses with the Gate of Myriad Wonders and recovered his strength.
• Li Yun saw Demon Flame Fist listed on his System Panel as a one-star supreme-grade special technique.

After killing Qu Huo, Li Yun spent his Myriad Wonders Points to master Demon-Extinguishing Blade and Demon Flame Fist, then searched the Mountain Forest for the rescued Blue Star Human Race members. He found Sun Yifei and six companions under attack by Black Wolf Weird Beasts and swiftly wiped out the pack.

• Li Yun discovered his Myriad Wonders Points had risen to 1,500 after he killed the Demon People.
• Li Yun spent his points to bring Demon-Extinguishing Blade and Demon Flame Fist to the Perfection Realm.
• Li Yun condensed a Fire Seed with his Yang Fire talent and learned to unleash Demonfire through Demon Flame Fist.
• Li Yun entered the Mountain Forest to find the six missing Demon People and the Blue Star Human Race members he had rescued.
• Li Yun found Sun Yifei and six companions fleeing dozens of Black Wolf Weird Beasts.
• Li Yun killed the entire pack in a few minutes while Sun Yifei and the others watched in amazement.

Li Yun reunited with Sun Yifei and six others in the Beast-Grazing Land and learned how they had ended up there. He proposed that they escape to Blue Star through a newly formed Demon Cave, leaving them with a plan to pursue.

• Sun Yifei explained that Yu Feng and four others had split from his group, supposedly to support Li Yun, though they never appeared.
• Sun Yifei told Li Yun that he and the others had entered Demon Caves in their home cities and been transported to the Beast-Grazing Land.
• Sun Yifei and the others thanked Li Yun for saving them, then admitted they saw no way to return to Blue Star through the Demon Demons guarding existing passages.
• Li Yun said spatial convergence would likely create new Demon Caves and proposed entering one before the Weird Demons could block it.
• Sun Yifei and the others accepted that finding a newly formed Demon Cave should be their first priority.

Li Yun taught Sun Yifei and the others [Demon Shadow Heavenly Wind] before leaving to search the Beast-Grazing Land for another Demon Cave. After taking refuge inside the expanded Gate of Myriad Wonders, he was astonished when the Ginseng King presented him with a Spirit Stone.

• Li Yun taught Sun Yifei and the others [Demon Shadow Heavenly Wind] and guided them until they reached the Entry Realm.
• Sun Yifei and the others taught Li Yun eleven Body Tempering Realm Martial Arts, and he agreed to meet them again in three months.
• Li Yun searched the Mountain Forest for Yu Feng, the others, and Qu Huo's surviving Demon People, but found no trace of them.
• Li Yun traveled through the Beast-Grazing Land for more than ten days, relying on unpleasant wild fruit to survive.
• Li Yun entered the Gate of Myriad Wonders and discovered that its inner space had expanded to eighty meters on each side, with abundant Spirit Qi and grass.
• The Ginseng King gave Li Yun a warm, jade-white stone, and Li Yun recognized it as a Spirit Stone.

Li Yun found Spirit Stones forming an underground Spirit Vein in the Gate of Myriad Wonders and used them to break through to the Body Tempering Thirteenth Layer. After demon people attacked the Gate, he slaughtered all but their leader, Shi Gan, and began draining their corpses.

• Li Yun followed the Ginseng King underground and discovered Spirit Stones forming an embryonic Spirit Vein, taking just over twenty stones.
• Li Yun cultivated with the Spirit Stones and broke through to the Body Tempering Thirteenth Layer, sensing 240 hidden Innate Apertures.
• Li Yun spent two days practicing Martial Arts inside the Gate of Myriad Wonders before sensing an attack on the Gate.
• Demon People Leader Shi Gan and his group gathered outside the Gate, and Shi Gan's axe bounced off without damaging it.
• Li Yun burst from the Gate and killed all but Shi Gan, then drained the corpses while Shi Gan recognized him as a member of the Blue Star Human Race.

Li Yun interrogated Shi Gan and learned that the Primordial Demon Lord had created the Beast-Grazing Land to turn worshipping races into Demon People and resisting races into Weird Beasts. After killing Shi Gan, Li Yun was left fearing for Blue Star and wondering whether its Spirit Energy Revival was a response to the approaching invasion.

• Li Yun threatened to devour Shi Gan, who begged for mercy and explained that Demon People raised Weird Beasts in service to the Devil Master.
• Shi Gan identified the Devil Master as the Primordial Demon Lord and revealed that races which refused to worship him were transformed into Weird Beasts.
• Shi Gan warned that the Beast-Grazing Land was merging with Blue Star and that humanity would become Demon People or Weird Beasts depending on whether it worshipped the Primordial Demon Lord.
• Li Yun demanded to know how to stop the invasion, but Shi Gan mocked him and insisted the Primordial Demon Lord could not be resisted.
• Li Yun snapped Shi Gan's neck and drained his body with the Gate of Myriad Wonders, then wondered whether Blue Star's Spirit Energy Revival was its attempt to defend itself.

Li Yun discovered that Demon Soul made Demon People mistake him for one of their own, allowing him to infiltrate their ranks. He joined Zong Yan and Zong Shen’s squad to investigate a strange ripple that might mark a Newborn Demon Cave.

• Li Yun continued searching for a Newborn Demon Cave and concluded that Blue Star’s merging with the Beast-Grazing Land could not be stopped.
• Li Yun sensed a brief ripple near a mountain and encountered a squad of Demon People before he could escape.
• Zong Yan mistook Li Yun for a fellow Demon People and politely asked whether he had come to investigate the ripple.
• Li Yun realized Demon Soul gave him an aura that fooled Demon People, then introduced himself as Er Ba and concealed his identity.
• Li Yun met Zong Shen, evaded the brothers’ invitation to formally join their squad, and agreed to investigate the ripple with them.

Li Yun lured Zong Yan and Zong Shen away from the other Demon People, then revealed his true intentions and killed them. He slaughtered their remaining followers and stood victorious near the newly formed passage.

• Li Yun followed the Demon People into a dense forest, where he sensed a newly formed passage and heard the Zong brothers invite him to join their team.
• Li Yun drew Zong Yan and Zong Shen aside, and Zong Yan explained that their father, Zong Wansha of the Boyan Tribe, planned to found a new tribe.
• Li Yun feigned gratitude, then struck both brothers with Demon Flame Fist, killing them with his fists and Demonfire.
• The brothers' followers charged at Li Yun, who met them with Demon Blade Annihilation and killed all twenty or thirty in less than two minutes.

Li Yun escaped the Beast-Grazing Land through a newly formed passage, expecting to reach Blue Star but instead arriving on Purple Moon Star. He realized the continent was also threatened by the Beast-Grazing Land and chose to meet the martial artists who found him.

• Li Yun followed a spatial pulse to a gateway in the Beast-Grazing Land, left without being able to contact Sun Yifei and the others, and crossed into a new Demon Cave.
• Li Yun spent two days searching the Demon Cave for its exit, found a forming vortex, and passed through it.
• The Gate of Myriad Wonders informed Li Yun that he had arrived on Purple Moon Star rather than Blue Star.
• Li Yun concluded that the Beast-Grazing Land was also beginning to overlap with Purple Moon Star and could bring disaster to its inhabitants.
• Li Yun decided to stay when a group of martial artists approached, and they wondered if the nearby Demon Cave entrance was an ancient Secret Realm.

Li Yun killed the Five Heroes of Green Mountain after they threatened him, then entered Green Mountain City to eat and learn about the local power structure. After discovering the five had possessed thirteen valuable techniques from their powerful families, he left the city to study them and strengthen his foundation.

• The Five Heroes of Green Mountain demanded that Li Yun hand over anything he had found, and he killed all five with a single saber strike.
• Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to drain the Five Heroes’ essence, took their money, and entered Green Mountain City.
• Li Yun ate at a restaurant and overheard that the Five Heroes were young members of the city’s five great families who had bullied and preyed on its people.
• Li Yun studied the techniques he had obtained and discovered that thirteen were high-quality, including eight One-Star Supreme Grade arts and five core Body Tempering techniques.
• Li Yun decided to study the techniques and learn more about the Purple Moon Continent’s Martial Dao, then left Green Mountain City.

Li Yun used Myriad Wonders Points to perfect the Five Heroes of Green Mountain’s foundational techniques, which combined to form the One-Star Transcendent Five Elements Creation Heavenly Art. After practicing the art, he broke through to the Fourteenth Layer of Body Tempering.

• Li Yun spent 800 Myriad Wonders Points to perfect and Limit Break the five foundational techniques, gaining five elemental talents.
• Li Yun discovered that the five techniques came from the Five Elements Creation Heavenly Art, a One-Star Transcendent technique on the System Panel.
• Li Yun spent 200 Myriad Wonders Points to raise the Five Elements Creation Heavenly Art to the Proficient Realm and absorbed its profound knowledge for three hours.
• Li Yun circulated the art, drawing in Spirit Qi divided into the five elements and tempering his entire body.
• Li Yun erupted in five-colored light and realized he had broken through to the Fourteenth Layer of Body Tempering.

After reaching the Fourteenth Layer of Body Tempering, Li Yun encountered Chen Wen and Chen Wu being pursued by men enforcing the five Lineages’ curfew. When one pursuer threatened him for questioning their authority, Li Yun seized him and struck back.

• Li Yun broke through to the Fourteenth Layer of Body Tempering and sensed two hundred and eighty Innate Apertures.
• On his way down the mountain, Li Yun recognized Chen Wen and Chen Wu, who were fleeing a group of men in martial attire.
• The pursuers subdued the wounded brothers and accused them of being suspects in the deaths of five young masters.
• When Li Yun questioned the pursuers’ treatment of the brothers, one man threatened him and claimed the five Lineages ruled Green Mountain City.
• Li Yun grabbed the man’s wrist, told him he had put himself on the path to death, and kicked him in the chest.

Li Yun killed the men pursuing the Chen Brothers and traveled with them toward Crane Mountain. He learned that the Five Great Families had discovered the Demon Cave and fought the Weird Beasts, while the killer of the Five Heroes of Green Mountain remained unidentified.

• Li Yun killed the fitted-clothes men who attacked him after he kicked one of them away.
• The Chen Brothers urged Li Yun to flee, and he agreed to accompany them to Crane Mountain.
• The Chen Brothers explained that the Five Great Families were hunting people who had held grudges against the Five Heroes of Green Mountain, whose bodies had been found after Li Yun left the city.
• The brothers revealed that the Five Great Families had fought a faction in a Valley west of Green Mountain City, where terrifying beasts appeared and people shouted that the skies were changing.
• Li Yun realized the Demon Cave had been discovered and that Weird Beasts from the Beast-Grazing Land had likely fought the Five Great Families, then continued toward Crane Mountain with the brothers.

Li Yun and the Chen Brothers reached Crane Mountain and were welcomed into Li Feihe’s Flying Crane Stronghold, where Li Feihe warned the brothers to stay alive rather than rush into revenge against the Five Great Families. Li Yun’s praise encouraged Li Feihe to boast about uniting Crane Mountain, but their feast was interrupted by an intruder and armed arrivals.

• Li Yun followed the Chen Brothers to Crane Mountain and learned that their relative Li Feihe led a thirty-seven- or thirty-eight-man bandit stronghold.
• Li Feihe welcomed the Chen Brothers and Li Yun with a feast, then advised the Chen Brothers to put their feud with the Five Great Families aside and wait for a chance to take revenge.
• The Chen Brothers thanked Li Feihe and asked to join Flying Crane Stronghold, while Li Yun praised Li Feihe’s clear thinking.
• Li Yun praised Li Feihe’s ambition, prompting Li Feihe to promise his men riches and rewards if Flying Crane Stronghold became Crane Mountain’s greatest stronghold.
• A figure flew into the hall, and several newcomers entered, demanding to know who had claimed they could unite Crane Mountain.

Bai Guiyang confronted Li Feihe at the Flying Crane Stronghold and attacked him for boasting about uniting Crane Mountain. Li Yun struck Bai Guiyang with a chopstick and stepped forward as Bai Guiyang’s men charged him.

• Bai Guiyang arrived at Li Feihe’s feast and accused him of daring to unite Crane Mountain.
• Li Feihe apologized and defended Li Yun, but Bai Guiyang kicked him and threatened to kill him unless the Chen brothers knelt and bowed.
• Li Feihe explained that Bai Guiyang’s stronger Guiyang Stronghold had long targeted the Flying Crane Stronghold, then tried to reason with him.
• Li Yun pierced Bai Guiyang’s palm with a chopstick and mocked him after Bai Guiyang threatened the Flying Crane Stronghold.
• Bai Guiyang’s men rushed at Li Yun while Li Feihe tried to intervene, but the Chen brothers held him back.

Li Yun killed Bai Guiyang and his men, then accepted a role at the Flying Crane Stronghold while keeping Li Feihe as its public chief. He left the stronghold with loose ends to handle that night.

• Li Yun killed Bai Guiyang’s Houtian Realm fighters with a single slash.
• Li Yun killed Bai Guiyang with a punch after rejecting his apology.
• Li Feihe and the stronghold’s men, including the Chen Brothers, knelt and asked Li Yun to become their chief.
• Li Yun agreed to serve as a Guest Elder while Li Feihe remained the public chief, and said he would handle Bai Guiyang’s loose ends that night.

Li Yun led Li Feihe and their men in a night assault on Guiyang Stronghold, taking advantage of its careless guards and drunken fighters. He overwhelmed the stronghold’s defenders, and the chapter ended with Bai Guiyang’s severed heads thrown into the hall before Tian Qing.

• Li Yun and Li Feihe led more than twenty men from Flying Crane Stronghold toward Guiyang Stronghold after dark.
• Li Yun knocked out Guiyang Stronghold’s inattentive sentries, and Li Feihe’s men tied them up before the group slipped inside.
• Li Yun knocked out the gate guards, entered the main hall, and defeated the drunken men inside with his bare hands.
• Tian Qing arrived with armed martial artists and ordered them to surround Li Yun, but Li Yun defeated them all.
• Tian Qing confronted Li Yun, then Bai Guiyang’s and his trusted men’s heads were thrown into the hall, leaving Tian Qing pale with shock.

After taking Guiyang Stronghold, Li Yun accepted Tian Qing and the other leaders’ submission and ordered both strongholds to obey his rules and keep a low profile. Flying Crane Stronghold and Guiyang Stronghold remained separate as Li Yun planned their next steps.

• Tian Qing bowed to Li Yun and offered to serve him, prompting Guiyang Stronghold’s leaders to consider following.
• Li Yun agreed to take in Guiyang Stronghold’s men but reprimanded them for their lack of vigilance and demanded they change.
• Tian Qing, Li Feihe, and the leaders of both strongholds promised to obey Li Yun’s rules.
• Li Yun dismissed everyone except Tian Qing and Li Feihe, ordering them to keep their men disciplined and avoid attracting attention.
• Li Yun decided the two strongholds would remain separate and continue operating as before while they kept a low profile.