Chapter Summaries

Li Yun endured the Flame-Burning Pill while secretly neutralizing a hidden drug, then pretended to pass out to avoid revealing that he had detected the Cloud Immortal Residence’s scheme. Shao Bi ordered two women to carry him up the mountain for the Immortal Scripture’s blessing, but Steward Cao arrived as they moved him.

• Li Yun swallowed the Flame-Burning Pill and secretly suppressed its pain and desire-inducing effects with his abilities.
• Li Yun discovered and destroyed the Soul-Loss Drug concealed in the pill while pretending to endure its effects.
• Shao Bi watched Li Yun endure the test and believed the drug would make him a devoted believer.
• Li Yun feigned collapse and unconsciousness after a hundred breaths, then stayed still when a woman pricked his eyelid with a silver needle.
• Shao Bi ordered two women to carry Li Yun up the mountain for the Immortal Scripture’s blessing, and Cao Wenxuan entered the room.

Cao Wenxuan and Old Madam Wang learned that Lin Zishan had endured the Flame-Burning Pill for a hundred breaths, and Old Madam Wang began baptizing him with the Fairy Descent Scripture. Li Yun secretly resisted, discovered the scripture’s connection to a powerful invading fairy immortal, and perfected it himself, leaving an apparition of the immortal around him as Old Madam Wang stared in shock.

• Shao Bi told Cao Wenxuan that Lin Zishan had endured the Flame-Burning Pill for a hundred breaths before passing out, and Cao Wenxuan decided to have Cloud Immortal Maiden examine him after the baptism.
• Two women carried Li Yun, whom they believed to be Lin Zishan, to Old Madam Wang, who began reciting the Fairy Descent Scripture to baptize him.
• Li Yun broke the scripture’s forming image of the Graceful Immortal Maiden with his Yin-Yang Five Elements True Qi and sealed his body against outside influence.
• The Gate of Myriad Wonders revealed that the Fairy Descent Scripture could help the Silk-Robed Fairy Immortal seize the wills of living beings on the Purple Moon Continent.
• Li Yun used Myriad Wonders Points to advance the Fairy Descent Scripture to Perfection, causing an illusory fairy immortal to appear around him and leaving Old Madam Wang stunned.

Li Yun used the vision from his perfected Fairy Descent Scripture to convince Wang Wei that he was the descended Fairy Immortal and learned the Cloud Immortal Residence's secrets. After discovering the scripture was only a fragment of a lost Immortal Scripture, he sensed an approaching presence and pretended to be unconscious again.

• Li Yun sat in the hall and questioned Wang Wei after she mistook him for the Fairy Immortal.
• Wang Wei explained that Yun Huan had established the Cloud Immortal Residence as a Fairy Sect stronghold and used drugs and the Fairy Descent Scripture to recruit believers and gather resources.
• Wang Wei told Li Yun that the Fairy Sect was an ancient, repeatedly destroyed sect devoted to bringing about the Fairy Immortal's descent.
• Li Yun learned that the scripture he had cultivated was a damaged reconstruction, while the original had been a powerful Immortal Scripture that could connect with the Fairy Immortal's divine consciousness.
• Li Yun sensed a distant presence, withdrew his vision, lay back down, and gave Wang Wei instructions.

Yun Huan confirmed that Li Yun possessed a ninth-rank Female Immortal Divine Aspect and carried him away, intending to drain its Dao Essence to advance her cultivation. She brought him to her private underground chamber, unaware that he had awakened and was observing her.

• Wang Wei told Yun Huan that she had drawn a ninth-rank Female Immortal Divine Aspect from Li Yun after cleansing him with the Immortal Scripture.
• Yun Huan confirmed the aspect, praised Wang Wei, ordered her to reward Cao Wenxuan, and commanded her to keep the discovery secret.
• Yun Huan planned to absorb Li Yun's Dao Essence to become a Martial Dao Grandmaster, accepting that he would die as a sacrifice.
• Yun Huan carried Li Yun to her hidden basement, laid him on a bed, and entered the hot spring while he secretly watched her.

Yun Huan tried to sacrifice Li Yun to absorb his ninth-grade fairy immortal divine aspect, but he used her advanced Fairy Descent Scripture against her. Li Yun’s perfected phantom overwhelmed hers, and Yun Huan suffered a backlash.

• Yun Huan restrained Li Yun and said she needed to sacrifice him to advance to Martial Dao Grandmaster.
• Yun Huan recited an advanced version of the Fairy Descent Scripture, which Li Yun captured with the Gate of Myriad Wonders and mastered to the Perfection Realm.
• Yun Huan summoned her fairy immortal phantom and sent it into Li Yun’s mind to devour his phantom.
• Li Yun’s more powerful phantom fairy immortal crushed Yun Huan’s phantom, triggering a piercing scream from Yun Huan.

Li Yun took control of Yun Huan and used Cloud Immortal Residence’s resources to raise his True Qi cultivation before returning to Western Mountain Commandery. He found Xiuhe missing and discovered a message demanding that Lin Zishan come to Zhao Village if he wanted his woman to live.

• Yun Huan obeyed Li Yun completely after the backlash of her cultivation left her under his control.
• Li Yun gathered Cloud Immortal Residence’s Spirit Medicines, planted some in the Myriad Wonders World, and raised his cultivation from nearly eighty apertures to a hundred and twenty.
• Yun Huan explained that Cao Wenxuan was a disguised inspection deacon and a kept man of an elder at the Fairy Sect’s headquarters.
• Li Yun decided to conceal what he knew about Cao Wenxuan and left Cloud Immortal Residence with cultivation resources, Cultivation Techniques, and Martial Arts.
• Li Yun returned to his residence and found signs of a fight, Xiuhe gone, and a letter ordering Lin Zishan to come to Zhao Village to save his woman.

Li Yun discovered that the Zhang Residence had abducted a woman and lured him to Zhao Village, where they had set an ambush. After killing their watcher, he raced to the village and walked into their trap.

• Li Yun noticed Zhang Wu watching his residence and used his superior True Qi to immobilize and capture him.
• Zhang Wu revealed that the captive was being held at Zhao Village and threatened that she would die if Li Yun arrived after dawn.
• Li Yun killed Zhang Wu, crossed the south city gate, and raced west to Zhao Village.
• Li Yun found the village dark and silent, sensed hidden watchers and killing intent, and strolled inside.

The Zhang Family Head lured Li Yun to Zhao Village to avenge Zhang Yingjun and surrounded him with armed men and hired experts. Li Yun challenged the father’s account of his son’s death and demanded to know where Xiuhe was.

• The Zhang Family Head recalled how Zhang Yingjun had ignored his warnings, gone to Cloud Mountain Residence, and been killed after trying to take his anger out on Li Yun.
• The Zhang Family Head hired experts to abduct Xiuhe and left a letter luring Li Yun to Zhao Village, which belonged to the Zhang Family.
• Li Yun entered Zhao Village, where the Zhang Family Head and dozens of armed men emerged to surround him while four other experts watched from nearby rooftops.
• The Zhang Family Head accused Li Yun of cruelly killing Zhang Yingjun, and Li Yun replied that Zhang Yingjun had ordered his guards to kill him first.
• Li Yun refused to keep arguing and demanded that the Zhang Family Head reveal where Xiuhe was.

Li Yun defeated the Zhang Family’s archers and slaughtered the Martial Artists sent against him, forcing the Zhang Family Head to flee. Four Silver-Ranked Assassins from the Wind and Rain Forest joined the fight, but Li Yun burned the female assassin to ashes, leaving the other three recoiling in fear.

• The Zhang Family Head ordered his archers to shoot Li Yun, but Li Yun dodged the arrows and sent them flying back, killing the archers.
• The Zhang Family Head commanded the Martial Artists to surround Li Yun and escaped into an alley while Li Yun cut down his attackers with his saber.
• Three men and a woman revealed themselves as Silver-Ranked Assassins hired by the Zhang Family Head and attacked Li Yun together.
• The female assassin’s whip coiled around Li Yun, but eerie flames traveled along it and engulfed her.
• The other three assassins retreated to the rooftops and watched in terror as the woman burned to ashes.

Li Yun defeated the Silver-Ranked Assassin with a devastating blade strike, then faced the Zhang Family Head, who held Xiuhe hostage. When the Zhang Family Head tried to cut her, Li Yun used a hidden force to throw him and the nearby attackers into the air, freed Xiuhe, and left her standing safely behind him.

• Li Yun struck down the saber-wielding Silver-Ranked Assassin and destroyed the house beneath him with a powerful blade of light.
• The Zhang Family Head appeared with Xiuhe bound and threatened to kill her unless Li Yun knelt.
• Li Yun mocked the Zhang Family Head and claimed his blade was not sharp enough to hurt Xiuhe.
• A Silver-Ranked Assassin urged the Zhang Family Head to cut Xiuhe, and he raised his saber to sever her arm.
• Li Yun tapped the ground, sending a force beneath the Zhang Family Head that launched him and the nearby attackers into the air.
• Li Yun freed Xiuhe, who smiled and stood behind him.

Li Yun exposed the Spirit Transformation Realm expert backing the Zhang Family and learned that he was the Fire Devil Lord of the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold. The Fire Devil Lord offered to spare Li Yun if he joined the stronghold, but Li Yun refused to submit.

• Li Yun called out the hidden Spirit Transformation Realm expert, who appeared above Zhao Village and revealed himself as the Fire Devil Lord.
• The Zhang Family Head offered to place his entire family under the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold if the Fire Devil Lord killed Li Yun.
• The Fire Devil Lord asked Li Yun to reveal how he controlled fire and Earth Power and offered him a place in the stronghold instead.
• The Fire Devil Lord dismissed the Zhang Family Head’s objections and threatened to destroy the family if it opposed him.
• Li Yun laughed at the Fire Devil Lord’s betrayal of the Zhang Family and said he would never bow to anyone.

The Fire Devil Lord attacked Li Yun after Li Yun refused to serve him, but Li Yun’s mysterious power shattered the first Blazing Fire Palm. The Fire Devil Lord prepared a stronger attack to seize Li Yun’s method, until a strange laugh made his Divine Soul tremble.

• Li Yun refused the Fire Devil Lord’s offer, so the Fire Devil Lord attacked him and Xiuhe with a Blazing Fire Palm.
• An unknown force broke apart the palm before it could harm Li Yun or Xiuhe, stunning the Fire Devil Lord and the Zhang Family Head’s group.
• The Fire Devil Lord conjured a larger, more powerful flaming palm, drawing the attention of Martial Artists across the Southern Suburbs.
• The Fire Devil Lord resolved to kill Li Yun and take his method of drawing on the power of heaven and earth for himself.
• A soft, lilting laugh reached the Fire Devil Lord, unsettling his mind and making his Divine Soul tremble.

Yun Huan appeared and helped Li Yun defeat the Fire Devil Lord, who had attacked him. After Yun Huan struck the fleeing Fire Devil Lord down, Li Yun killed him with a saber slash, leaving the Zhang Family Head, the assassins, and everyone in Zhao Village terrified.

• Yun Huan appeared in the sky and destroyed the Fire Devil Lord’s Blazing Fire Palm with a radiant Lotus strike.
• The Fire Devil Lord tried to seize Li Yun, but Li Yun used the Fairy Descent Scripture to stun him and cut his chest with the Divine Wind Saber Art.
• The Fire Devil Lord fled, but Yun Huan intercepted him and struck him into a deep pit.
• Li Yun slashed into the pit and killed the Fire Devil Lord, shocking the Zhang Family Head, the Silver-Ranked Assassins, and the people of Zhao Village.
• Yun Huan descended before Li Yun as the village fell silent.

Li Yun killed the Zhang Family Head and everyone involved in the ambush, then brought Xiuhe to the Cloud Immortal Residence for safety. After Yun Huan proposed eliminating the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold before its surviving chief could retaliate, Li Yun agreed to attack that night and use the stronghold as a base for his friends.

• Li Yun killed the Zhang Family Head and the remaining assassins after the Zhang Family Head admitted he would seek revenge again if given the chance.
• Li Yun took Xiuhe to the Cloud Immortal Residence with Yun Huan because the ambush would make it difficult for Xiuhe to remain in Western Mountain Commandery.
• Li Yun ordered Yun Huan to investigate the Zhang Family's affairs and bring its holdings under their control.
• Yun Huan explained that the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold's Water Demon Lord might seek revenge for his brother, the dead Fire Devil Lord.
• Li Yun agreed to attack the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold in the Crouching Dragon Mountains that night and make it a base for his friends.

Li Yun and Yun Huan infiltrated the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold to kill the Water Demon Lord, who was secretly cultivating in a hidden chamber. As Li Yun searched for him, the Water Demon Lord sensed impending danger and decided to leave his chamber to find out what had happened.

• Li Yun and Yun Huan traveled overnight to the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold and found its people celebrating without knowing the Fire Demon Lord had died.
• Li Yun seized a stronghold martial artist’s soul and learned that the Water Demon Lord was likely cultivating in his Meditation Chamber.
• Li Yun and Yun Huan found no trace of the Water Demon Lord’s aura at his residence, so Li Yun went inside to investigate while Yun Huan waited outside.
• The Water Demon Lord felt an ominous premonition in his hidden Meditation Chamber and wondered whether something had happened to his elder brother in Western Mountain Commandery.
• The Water Demon Lord decided to leave his chamber and investigate the source of his unease.

Li Yun and Yun Huan ambushed the Water Demon Lord in his underground Meditation Chamber and killed him. The Water Demon Lord learned that Li Yun had come for revenge because his brother, the Fire Devil Lord, had backed the Zhang Family.

• The Water Demon Lord sensed danger and narrowly dodged a Blade Light that struck upward from beneath the floor.
• A second Blade Light burst from the table, so the Water Demon Lord fled toward the passage exit without touching the ground.
• A barefoot woman appeared in a flash of White Light and struck the Water Demon Lord back into the Meditation Chamber.
• Li Yun rose from the ground, revealed that the Water Demon Lord was targeted because the Fire Devil Lord had tried to kill him for the Zhang Family, and Yun Huan killed the Water Demon Lord with one palm strike.

After defeating the Water-Fire Demon Lords, Li Yun and Yun Huan discovered a hidden Water-Fire Wonderland beneath the Meditation Chamber. Li Yun recognized its potential to advance his cultivation, though he worried that focusing too heavily on water and fire could disrupt the balance of his Five Elements.

• Li Yun and Yun Huan searched the Meditation Chamber but found only ordinary herbs and Pills.
• Li Yun found a jade-green key on the Water Demon Lord's corpse, and Yun Huan spotted the hole it fit into.
• Li Yun used the key to raise the Ice Jade Platform and open a hidden passage beneath it.
• Li Yun and Yun Huan followed the underground tunnel to a Limestone Cave containing a pool divided between blue water and bubbling crimson water.
• Li Yun realized the Water-Fire Demon Lords had cultivated their water and fire paths in the Wonderland, and he weighed its benefits against the danger of upsetting his Five Elements balance.

Li Yun stayed in the Water-Fire Wonderland to cultivate, reaching 240 apertures and transforming his King-Grade True Qi into Emperor-Grade True Qi. He kept the achievement secret and continued cultivating, aware that revealing it could attract Imperial Court Mountain's attention and bring danger.

• Li Yun and Yun Huan searched the Water-Fire Wonderland and found two chambers filled with hidden resources and treasures.
• Li Yun decided to remain in the Wonderland to cultivate, while Yun Huan left after two days to handle affairs at Cloud Immortal Residence and the Fairy Sect headquarters.
• Over the next month, Li Yun raised his cultivation to 240 apertures, and his King-Grade True Qi became Emperor-Grade True Qi.
• Li Yun realized that Emperor-Grade True Qi might make Imperial Court Mountain seek him out, since it was rumored to be the requirement for becoming Martial Deity Pan Shan's personal disciple.
• Li Yun decided to conceal his achievement because he was an outsider and planned to keep cultivating toward the Perfection Realm of 720 apertures.

A rumor that the Fire Demon Lord had been killed reached the Water-Fire Devil Stronghold, and the four Deputy Chieftains began to fear that both chieftains were missing. Si Huo found the Meditation Chamber empty, then saw a Hidden Door rise from the Ice Jade Platform.

• A subordinate returned to the stronghold and reported that the Blood Saber Stronghold and Five Tigers Stronghold were gathering forces to attack, while rumors claimed the Fire Demon Lord had been killed in Zhao Village.
• Si Huo questioned the subordinate, who said he had confirmed the story in Western Mountain Commandery and found signs of a fierce battle in Zhao Village.
• Si Huo went to the Water Demon Lord's residence and found it dusty and quiet, suggesting neither chieftain had been there for a long time.
• Si Huo entered the underground Meditation Chamber and found it empty, then wondered whether the Water Demon Lord had left to avenge the Fire Demon Lord.
• A rumble sounded, and a Hidden Door rose from the Ice Jade Platform, leaving Si Huo stunned and worried about being punished for entering without permission.

Li Yun revealed himself in the Water-Fire Devil Lord’s Meditation Chamber after secretly cultivating in the stronghold for three months. When the four Deputy Chieftains attacked him together, his multicolored protective light effortlessly repelled them and sent them crashing into the walls.

• Si Huo entered the chamber and attacked Li Yun, but Li Yun brushed aside his strike and sent him flying into a wall.
• Li Yun identified Si Huo and revealed that he knew the other Deputy Chieftains, Zhui Long, Xu Fan, and Yu Guang.
• Zhui Long, Xu Fan, and Yu Guang arrived, and Li Yun admitted that he had hidden in the stronghold for three months and taken its food and drink.
• The four Deputy Chieftains attacked Li Yun together while he casually drank wine.
• Li Yun’s multicolored light shield dissolved their attacks and hurled all four Deputy Chieftains into the stone walls.