Chapter Summaries

Li Yun emptied the Extinct Blade Sect’s Martial Armory into the Myriad Wonders World, then searched the chamber for another hidden opportunity but found nothing. After emerging far from Crane Mountain, he stopped in White Crane Town to eat and noticed an imposing caravan bearing the Zhuang Lineage’s banners.

• Li Yun decided he needed to hunt Weird Demons in the Beast-Grazing Land to gather Myriad Wonders Points faster.
• Li Yun moved all eighteen bookshelves and nearly two thousand Martial Dao books from the Martial Armory into the Myriad Wonders World.
• Li Yun searched the emptied chamber for another hidden opportunity, grew weary, and left to rest before returning another day.
• Li Yun followed the Underground River to a wooded hill over fifty li from Crane Mountain, then went to White Crane Town for food.
• Li Yun noticed a large caravan flying Zhuang Lineage banners, and the stall owner warned him not to draw its attention.

Li Yun learned that the Zhuang Lineage terrorized White Crane Town and took buns from a stall owner without paying, so he compensated the owner and set out for Crossblade Manor to seek repayment and investigate its possible connection to the Extinct Blade Sect. He reached White Ox Mountain and sensed that the Scarlet Sun Blade God’s fiery aura had turned it into a dangerous domain.

• Zhang Wukun, a Xiantian Martial Artist leading the Zhuang Lineage caravan, took three baskets of buns without paying, and the stall owner told Li Yun how the lineage intimidated local sellers.
• Li Yun left the owner five taels of silver and chose not to confront Zhang Wukun, reasoning that doing so could expose the stall owner to further retaliation.
• Li Yun asked around and learned that the Zhuang Lineage controlled White Ox Mountain’s Crossblade Manor and was feared for its power and its former master, Zhuang Yongdao, the Scarlet Sun Blade God.
• Li Yun arrived at White Ox Mountain and sensed the fierce, lingering fiery aura that made the mountain dangerous for ordinary people and Acquired Realm Martial Artists.

Li Yun infiltrated White Ox Mountain after Zhuang Haitian and his guards mocked him, discovering that the mountain’s powerful fire formation was a source of nourishment for his Five Elements Sovereign talent. The chapter left Zhuang Haitian ordering two guards to find Li Yun and force him up the mountain so the fire could burn his face.

• Zhuang Haitian stopped beside Li Yun, mocked his appearance, and challenged him to climb White Ox Mountain for a chance to feed the manor’s horses.
• Li Yun silently judged Crossblade Manor and pretended to leave before doubling back under the cover of his Five Elements Sovereign talent.
• Li Yun discovered that a rare Fire Vein sustained the mountain’s deadly formation and began absorbing its Fire Essence as he climbed.
• Li Yun reached the summit and found Zhuang Haitian waiting with his four guards, wondering whether the pretty boy had dared to climb.
• Zhuang Haitian revealed his hatred of pretty boys and ordered two guards to find Li Yun and force him into the mountain’s fire.

Li Yun explored Crossblade Manor and discovered that Crossblade Pavilion was too heavily guarded to infiltrate without drawing its experts away. While searching the rear residence for clues, he overheard that Zhuang Haiwen had vanished and that his mother suspected rival branches of the Zhuang Lineage; she ordered Xiuhe to find him within three days.

• Li Yun overheard Zhuang Haitian's cruel remarks but chose not to confront him yet.
• Li Yun learned that Crossblade Pavilion held the manor's weapons, martial arts manuals, and resources, and that powerful experts and an array Seal guarded it.
• Li Yun concluded that he would need to create a major upheaval to draw the pavilion's guards away, then retreated to avoid revealing his presence.
• Li Yun overheard Xiuhe tell the Second Madam that Zhuang Haiwen had followed a trail toward the outskirts of Crane Mountain and disappeared.
• The Second Madam suspected the third, fourth, and fifth branches had harmed Zhuang Haiwen and ordered Xiuhe to find him, alive or dead, within three days.

Li Yun overheard Bi Xiuxin's orders for Xiuhe to secretly find Zhuang Haiwen, then followed Xiuhe down White Ox Mountain. He discovered Third Madam Huang Fuyu's men were also tailing her, and their pursuit led them to Crane Mountain, where a sudden Sword Light killed one man and wounded the other.

• Li Yun learned that Bi Xiuxin concealed a formidable Sword Intent and fled the garden when she sensed someone nearby.
• Bi Xiuxin ordered Xiuhe to find Zhuang Haiwen within three days and keep the search secret.
• Li Yun followed Xiuhe down White Ox Mountain, then began trailing two men who worked for Huang Fuyu.
• Xiuhe skirted White Crane Town and entered Crane Mountain, while Huang Fuyu's men speculated she might be meeting Zhuang Haiwen.
• A swift Sword Light struck the two men in Crane Mountain's woods, killing one and wounding the other.

Xiuhe killed Zhang Ergou and confronted Li Yun, who had secretly followed her from White Ox Mountain. Their fierce battle left her drained and pressed back, until Li Yun used his abilities to trap her among the trees.

• Xiuhe ambushed and killed Zhang Ergou after killing his companion, then struck at the hidden follower behind her.
• Li Yun revealed himself, and Xiuhe recognized that he had followed her from White Ox Mountain on Second Madam Bi Xiuxin’s suspicion.
• Li Yun attacked Xiuhe with successive saber strikes, forcing her to use her True Qi to defend herself.
• Xiuhe unleashed the Winter Sword Art, but Li Yun’s Blade Intent gradually overwhelmed her as her True Qi dwindled.
• Li Yun withdrew his saber and caused the ground and trees to bind Xiuhe tightly.

Li Yun captured Xiuhe and forced her to reveal what she knew about the Extinct Blade Sect's Martial Armory. She disclosed that the armory held a mysterious treasure called the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll, which had led to the sect's destruction.

• Li Yun restrained Xiuhe with branches and threatened her while asking about the Extinct Blade Sect's Martial Armory.
• Li Yun told Xiuhe that he had killed Zhuang Haiwen and urged her to help him in exchange for her freedom.
• After struggling with her loyalty to Bi Xiuxin, Xiuhe agreed to tell Li Yun what she knew.
• Xiuhe explained that Crossblade Manor had searched for the armory for generations and that Zhuang Haiwen had found a clue placing it on Crane Mountain.
• Xiuhe revealed that the armory contained the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll, a treasure linked to the Extinct Blade Sect's destruction.

Xiuhe revealed the secret of the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll, and Li Yun decided to keep her alive by offering to share the Extinct Blade Sect's Martial Armory if she became his maidservant. The chapter ended with Li Yun claiming he had already taken the Martial Armory's cultivation techniques and martial arts.

• Xiuhe feared that Li Yun would kill her to keep the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll secret, but Li Yun released her instead.
• Li Yun asked Xiuhe whether she wanted the Extinct Blade Sect's Martial Armory, and she admitted that she did.
• Li Yun held Xiuhe by the waist and offered to share the Martial Armory with her if she became his maidservant.
• Xiuhe challenged Li Yun to explain how he could share the Martial Armory when its entrance and three keys were guarded.
• Li Yun claimed he had already cleared out the Martial Armory's cultivation techniques and martial arts.

Li Yun showed Xiuhe the Extinct Blade Sect’s Martial Armory, accepted her as his maid, and learned that she had already stolen the Secret Keys for Bi Xiuxin’s plan. He arranged for Guiyang Stronghold and Flying Crane Stronghold to leave Crane Mountain for Western Mountain Commandery, then went to Blood Tiger Stronghold to bring its people with him.

• Li Yun revealed eighteen shelves of Martial Arts books from the Extinct Blade Sect’s Martial Armory, and Xiuhe excitedly recognized the genuine techniques, including ones for the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Xiuhe formally greeted Li Yun as her young master, then explained that Bi Xiuxin had ordered her to steal the Secret Keys from Blood Tiger Stronghold and Ancient Sun Stronghold.
• Li Yun told Xiuhe he had already emptied the Martial Armory and would take her far from Crane Mountain after obtaining the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll, which he expected to get within three days.
• Li Yun went to Guiyang Stronghold and summoned Li Feihe, then ordered Xiuhe to lead the people of Guiyang Stronghold and Flying Crane Stronghold west to Western Mountain Commandery.
• Li Yun headed to Blood Tiger Stronghold, intending to take its people away from Crane Mountain as well.

Li Yun told Wang Chaoshan that Crossblade Manor’s Second Madam planned to seize the Extinct Blade Sect Armory and control the Crane Mountain Blade Sect, so Blood Tiger Stronghold had to leave Crane Mountain. He arranged for Wang Chaoshan to lead his people to Western Mountain Commandery while he went to empty the armory and pursue the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll.

• Li Yun told Wang Chaoshan that the Crane Mountain Blade Sect could not be established because Crossblade Manor sought the Extinct Blade Sect Armory and had arranged for Bai Tou Weng to take control.
• Wang Chaoshan asked Li Yun to pressure Crossblade Manor’s Second Madam, but Li Yun said his supposed lineage would not intervene.
• Li Yun told Wang Chaoshan to secretly move Blood Tiger Stronghold to Western Mountain Commandery and retreat to the Crouching Dragon Mountains if necessary.
• Li Yun warned Wang Chaoshan about the person Xiuhe had bribed in Blood Tiger Stronghold.
• Li Yun left Blood Tiger Stronghold under cover of night, planning to empty the Extinct Blade Sect Armory and obtain the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll.

Li Yun discovered that the Innate Yin-Yang Scroll was hidden in a pool beneath the Extinct Blade Sect Armory and entered it to absorb its Spirit Qi. After the Gate of Myriad Wonders deciphered the scroll’s remaining Yin-Yang True Intent, he comprehended the Yin-Yang Eyes and saw the scroll at the pool’s bottom.

• Li Yun searched the Extinct Blade Sect Armory, then found a pool outside the armory whose water shifted from cold on the left to hot on the right.
• Li Yun realized the pool embodied yin and yang and stepped into it, where he absorbed Spirit Qi and refined Five Elements Essence to temper his body.
• Li Yun spent an unknown number of days immersed in cultivation as the Gate of Myriad Wonders sent profound information into his mind.
• Li Yun emerged from his trance with a black left eye and a white right eye, having comprehended the Yin-Yang Eyes.
• Li Yun used the Yin-Yang Eyes to see the decayed Innate Yin-Yang Scroll at the bottom of the pool and understood that the Gate of Myriad Wonders had deciphered its remaining True Intent.

Li Yun absorbed the Yin-Yang energy, transformed his 360 Innate Apertures into 720 Yin-Yang Apertures, and escaped the underground cave. Matron Xu and her allies entered the Martial Armory, where they found something that made them roar in fury.

• Li Yun drew the Yin-Yang energy into his body, and the Yin-Yang and Five Elements energies split his 360 Innate Apertures into 720 Yin-Yang Apertures.
• Li Yun activated the Yin-Yang Eyes, sensed approaching footsteps, and escaped by burrowing through the cave ceiling.
• Bai Tou Weng, Gu Yang, Matron Xu, and the Crossblade Manor Martial Artists reached the cave and found the Martial Armory's stone door.
• Bai Tou Weng and Gu Yang opened the door, then Matron Xu led her people inside.
• An enraged roar erupted from the Martial Armory less than two seconds after Matron Xu entered.

Li Yun escaped west after emptying the Extinct Blade Sect Armory, while Nanny Xu discovered it was already bare and feared the Second Madam’s reaction. The Third Madam and Fourth Madam arrived with Crossblade Manor experts and accused Nanny Xu, Yuan Wu, and the Second Madam of treason.

• Li Yun traveled west beyond Crane Mountain and stopped at a town to eat and drink.
• Nanny Xu took Gu Yang and Bai Tou Weng captive, but they denied emptying the armory and blamed Wang Chaoshan.
• Nanny Xu recalled seizing the Secret Keys and opening the armory, only to find it completely empty.
• Nanny Xu asked Yuan Wu for advice, but he refused to take responsibility for her failure.
• The Third Madam and Fourth Madam arrived with Crossblade Manor experts and accused Nanny Xu, Yuan Wu, and the Second Madam of secretly plotting to steal from the armory.

Li Yun arrived in Western Mountain Commandery and learned that Crossblade Manor had blamed Blood Tiger Wang Chaoshan for stealing the Extinct Blade Sect Armory, drawing Martial Artists from across the region. He reunited with Xiuhe, who revealed that Wang had taken the others to the Crouching Dragon Mountains while she stayed behind to meet Li Yun under a fabricated elopement story.

• Li Yun discovered that rumors of the stolen Extinct Blade Sect Armory had brought many Martial Artists to Western Mountain Commandery and falsely implicated Blood Tiger Wang Chaoshan.
• Li Yun reasoned that Wang Chaoshan would lead his people into the Crouching Dragon Mountains and set out to find them.
• Xiuhe, disguised as an ordinary young woman, found Li Yun and led him to the house where she was staying.
• Xiuhe introduced Li Yun to Fifth Uncle and Fifth Aunt as her cousin Lin Zishan, and Li Yun thanked them with a ten-tael gold ingot.
• Xiuhe explained that Wang Chaoshan had taken the people from Flying Crane Stronghold and Guiyang Stronghold to the Crouching Dragon Mountains, while she stayed behind to meet Li Yun.
• Xiuhe admitted she had told Fifth Uncle and Fifth Aunt that she had run away from an arranged marriage to elope with her sweetheart, her cousin.

Li Yun and Xiuhe settled in Western City while waiting for Wang Chaoshan’s group to establish themselves in the Crouching Dragon Mountains. A Residence Management Office official named Cao Wenxuan demanded a bribe, and Li Yun paid him while giving a false name and origin.

• Li Yun learned that Wang Chaoshan would send someone to find Xiuhe after settling in the Crouching Dragon Mountains.
• Li Yun and Xiuhe left Fifth Uncle and Fifth Aunt’s home, bought a four-courtyard residence in Western City, and moved in.
• Cao Wenxuan arrived with several martial artists and questioned Li Yun about failing to register the residence.
• Li Yun offered Cao Wenxuan one hundred taels of gold and claimed that he and his cousin had eloped.
• Cao Wenxuan pocketed the gold, agreed to cover for Li Yun, and required him to register under the name Lin Zishan from Seal Mountain City.

Li Yun established Lin Zishan and Liu Hongyan as their identities in Western Mountain Commandery, then studied Innate Realm techniques and decided to create one that suited his Yin-Yang Five Elements physique. Low on Myriad Wonders Points, he felt the urge to hunt Weird Demons again, but went to speak with Xiuhe after she stocked their new base.

• Cao Wenxuan left after Li Yun claimed he had eloped with his cousin, and Li Yun told Xiuhe to stick to their cover identities.
• Li Yun sent Xiuhe to buy supplies so they could use the residence as a base in Western Mountain Commandery.
• Li Yun studied Innate Realm cultivation techniques and found their narrow elemental focuses incompatible with the balanced True Qi he wanted.
• Li Yun decided to gather more core Xiantian techniques, master them with the Gate of Myriad Wonders, and eventually create his own cultivation technique.
• Li Yun checked his 982 Myriad Wonders Points, grew frustrated at their slow accumulation, and felt the urge to kill Weird Demons stir again.
• Xiuhe had supplies delivered to the residence, and Li Yun went out to talk with her.

Li Yun arrived in Green Mountain City and discovered that the City Lord's Mansion was forcing young Acquired Realm Martial Artists into the Demon Cave to fight Weird Demons. After being seized and brought to a group of prisoners, he calmly demanded an explanation of what awaited them.

• Li Yun asked Old Zhang why Green Mountain City had become desolate, and Old Zhang warned him that young people were being sent to the Demon Cave or fleeing the city.
• The City Lord's Mansion's men seized Li Yun and said they were taking him to the Demon Cave with a group of Acquired Realm Martial Artists.
• Li Yun was brought to an estate where guards held more than twenty young martial artists and Xiantian Martial Artists ordered the group to depart that night.
• A fat martial artist blamed Li Yun for hastening their departure, but a tall guard knocked him aside and defended the order as service to Green Mountain City and the Great Yan Kingdom.
• Li Yun asked the tall guard to explain what the Demon Cave was, leaving the guard astonished by his calmness.

Li Yun learned that a Demon Cave outside Green Mountain City threatened the kingdom and that Acquired Realm Martial Artists were being sent inside to fight. He agreed to enter, while guard Xue Chang'an promised to join him within half a month.

• Xue Chang'an explained that the Demon Cave barred experts above the Acquired Realm and that Green Mountain City was sending Acquired Realm Martial Artists inside to stop the Weird Demons.
• The gathered martial artists protested that those sent into the cave had not returned, but Xue Chang'an said some survivors had advanced to the Innate Realm and that families of the fallen would receive compensation.
• Li Yun calmly asked when they would leave, impressing Xue Chang'an with his willingness to fight.
• Xue Chang'an promised to enter the Demon Cave within half a month and fight alongside Li Yun.
• Li Yun introduced himself as Li Yun, Yun as in the clouds that roam everywhere, and Xue Chang'an said he would remember him.

Li Yun led thirty Acquired Realm Martial Artists into the Demon Cave, remaining calm despite the presence of four Spirit Transformation Realm experts outside. Inside, he planned to reach the Beast-Grazing Land and test whether he could return to Blue Star, but the other twenty-nine newcomers surrounded him, apparently seeking to call him to account.

• Li Yun eased the Acquired Realm Martial Artists’ fears at a farewell feast, and the group soon set out from Green Mountain City for the Demon Cave.
• At the entrance, four Spirit Transformation Realm experts watched as the group was registered and sent inside, with Li Yun stepping through first.
• Xue Chang'an’s Second Uncle praised Li Yun’s composure and advised Xue Chang'an to spend time with him if they both survived.
• Li Yun recognized the wilderness inside as a Level-One Demon Cave and headed toward the Beast-Grazing Land to seek Myriad Wonders Points and a route back to Blue Star.
• The other twenty-nine Acquired Realm Martial Artists entered and surrounded Li Yun, appearing ready to confront him.

Li Yun punished twenty-nine Acquired Realm Martial Artists who attacked him, then wiped out a pack of Weird Beasts and two Demon People. He left the surviving fighters stunned by his overwhelming strength and delighted by the Myriad Wonders Points he gained.

• Twenty-nine Acquired Realm Martial Artists charged Li Yun, blaming him for their early entry into the Demon Cave.
• Li Yun knocked all twenty-nine fighters down with a single punch each and walked away as they cursed him.
• Li Yun found a dozen or so Acquired Realm Martial Artists struggling against more than a hundred Weird Beasts and charged into the fight.
• Li Yun slaughtered the Weird Beasts, gaining more than three hundred Myriad Wonders Points as the fighters watched in shock.
• Li Yun caught and killed the two fleeing Demon People with his blade, leaving the surviving Martial Artists frozen in disbelief.