Chapter Summaries

After uncovering the Eastern Cang Chen Family’s ties to the Divine Domain, Li Yun spent three days consolidating his strength. He declined the Grandmaster Duel and decided to enter the Martial King Pact instead, while planning a trip to the Purple Moon Continent.

• Li Yun led Jiang Wusheng and Li Qingyan to the battlefield, where they recovered the remains of two Martial Kings linked to the Eastern Cang Chen Family.
• Jiang Wusheng concluded that the Divine Domain had deeply infiltrated the Eastern Cang Chen Family, then hurried back to the True Martial Platform with the bodies.
• Li Yun spent three days meditating in Zhou Yunhe’s courtyard and integrating the strands of heaven-and-earth will he had absorbed.
• Zhou Yunhe told Li Yun that the Grandmaster selection would resume in three days and raised concerns that Li Yun’s strength would make the contest unfair.
• Li Yun said he would skip the Grandmaster Duel and enter the Martial King Pact, planning to visit the Purple Moon Continent and return in time for it.

Li Yun announced that he would skip the Grandmaster selection and seek a place in the Martial King Pact, then left the True Martial Platform for the Purple Moon Continent. The True Martial Platform approved putting him through internal matches, while the Divine Domain ordered its experts to prepare to capture him when he returned.

• Li Yun asked Zhou Yunhe to submit his application for the Martial King Pact and allowed news of his departure for the Purple Moon Continent to spread.
• Li Yun left the True Martial Platform with Zhao Gongnian, and the news that he was skipping the Grandmaster selection quickly spread among the Grandmasters.
• Wu Huang argued that Li Fenghua had earned a chance to compete, and the elders agreed he would have to qualify through internal matches for China's five Martial King Pact positions.
• The Greedy Wolf Divine General learned of Li Fenghua's plans and ordered the Divine Domain to watch Sand City and capture him when he returned from the Purple Moon Continent.

Li Yun returned to Purple Moon after visiting Qiao Meng and receiving the Yellow Martial Sect’s heirloom token from Yuan Buhui. After harvesting Weird Beasts and Demon People for Myriad Wonders Points, he entered Purple Moon and began climbing its Heavenly Ladder.

• Li Yun returned quietly to Qiao Meng, told her about the Cangnan Headquarters battle and the Martial King Pact, then guided her, Qiao Tai, and others in cultivation for two days.
• Yuan Buhui summoned Li Yun, gave him the Yellow Martial Sect’s inherited token, and asked him to protect the sect; Li Yun promised to look for something that might help the old Sect Master.
• Li Yun left Sand City alone and slaughtered Weird Beasts and twenty-seven Martial King-level Demon People in the Beast-Grazing Land, gathering 13,000,000 Myriad Wonders Points.
• Li Yun entered the Purple Moon Continent near Green Mountain City and began climbing its Heavenly Ladder.

Li Yun strengthened his Heaven’s Will by capturing the Purple Moon Continent’s will of heaven and earth, then encountered the Redfire Martial King, who demanded the Dragon Soul in exchange for his safety and rewards.

• Li Yun climbed to the nineteenth step of the Purple Moon Continent’s Martial Dao Ladder before the pressure forced him to stop.
• He returned to the first step and used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to capture wisps of the will of heaven and earth, spending two million Myriad Wonders Points each day.
• After five days and five hundred captured wisps, Li Yun’s Heaven’s Will transformed, and he believed he could climb beyond the twentieth step.
• The Redfire Martial King arrived in the valley with two Grandmasters, who moved behind Li Yun to block his escape.
• The Redfire Martial King recognized Li Yun as Lin Zishan and demanded that he hand over the Dragon Soul, repeating his earlier offer.

Li Yun rejected the Redfire Martial King’s offer and defeated him with one punch, proving he could leave without the Dragon Soul’s protection. Martial King Cangjiu learned of Li Yun and rushed to confront him, while Li Yun sensed the five approaching fighters and prepared to meet them.

• Li Yun refused to trade the Dragon Soul for the Great Yan Dynasty’s goodwill, and the Redfire Martial King attacked him with the Redfire Heaven-Burning Palm.
• Li Yun shattered the attack with one punch and sent the Redfire Martial King crashing into a cliff, then let him leave with his two Grandmasters.
• The Redfire Martial King met Martial King Cangjiu and four other Martial Kings while fleeing, and his Grandmasters told Cangjiu that Li Yun had injured him.
• Cangjiu dismissed the Redfire Martial King’s warning about Li Yun’s strength, learned where Li Yun was, and led his men toward him.
• Li Yun sensed five powerful auras approaching and prepared to face them.

Li Yun fought Martial King Cangjiu and four other Martial Kings to temper the wills he had absorbed and strengthen his Heaven's Will. He awakened a new, purer blade strike and left Cangjiu's group badly injured, though the battle had worn him down.

• Martial King Cangjiu and four Martial Kings arrived in the Valley, and Li Yun chose to face them instead of fleeing.
• Li Yun's Heaven's Will suppressed the attackers' wills, allowing him to wound one Martial King with a blade strike.
• As the five coordinated their attacks, Li Yun realized their pressure was helping him tame the absorbed wills and used the fight to grow stronger.
• Martial King Cangjiu unleashed his Vulture-Splitting Heaven Claw—Killing Blow, and Li Yun answered with a pure slash bearing Heaven's Will.
• The clash wounded Cangjiu and left the other four Martial Kings battered, while Li Yun remained standing with torn clothes and a strained breath.

Li Yun defeated Martial King Cangjiu and developed the Heaven's Will Blade, prompting the Attendant Hall's Grand Attendants to investigate him. He honed the blade in the Beast-Grazing Land, but after slaying the thirty-seventh Demon People's Martial King, he sensed an inexplicable dread.

• Li Yun broke Martial King Cangjiu's attack, and Cangjiu led the defeated Martial Kings away from Green Mountain City.
• Martial King Cangjiu told Martial King Tianjiu and the other Grand Attendants that Li Yun's will had suppressed his own and made him feel compelled to submit.
• Martial King Tianjiu, Brother Hu, and Brother Baili decided to visit Green Mountain City and see Li Yun for themselves.
• Li Yun returned to the Beast-Grazing Land and fought Weird Beasts and Demon People's Martial Kings to refine his Heaven's Will Blade and accumulate Myriad Wonders Points.
• After Li Yun slew his thirty-seventh Demon People's Martial King, he sheathed his blade and felt a sudden dread.

Li Yun rescued a badly wounded Martial King from three Martial Emperor Level Demon People by hiding him inside the Myriad Wonders World. After enduring their search of the settlement and waiting for their lingering surveillance to disappear, Li Yun entered the Myriad Wonders World to check on the man.

• Li Yun sensed danger, concealed his aura, and hid in a Stone House as a wounded Martial King fled toward a settlement with three Martial Emperor Level Demon People in pursuit.
• The Martial King collapsed near the settlement, and Li Yun chose to risk rescuing him rather than leave him to die.
• Li Yun seized the unconscious Martial King and pulled him into the Myriad Wonders World without the Demon People noticing.
• The three Demon People searched the settlement for two hours, then left while keeping a faint will behind to watch it.
• After twelve hours, Li Yun felt the lingering will disperse and entered the Myriad Wonders World to check on the rescued man.

Li Yun rescued Gu Yin, master of the Great Yan Dynasty's Attendant Hall, from the Beast-Grazing Land and escorted him out. When Martial King Tianjiu and two senior attendants tried to force Li Yun to hand over the Dragon Soul, Gu Yin drove them away and promised to visit Li Yun within a month to explain the dispute.

• Li Yun treated the unconscious Gu Yin, who awoke and introduced himself as the Attendant Hall's master.
• Li Yun gave Gu Yin the name Lin Zishan and led him out of the Beast-Grazing Land.
• Martial King Tianjiu, Hu, and Baili confronted Li Yun outside Green Mountain City and demanded the Dragon Soul.
• Gu Yin revealed that Li Yun had saved his life and ordered the three attendants to leave, overpowering them with his will.
• Gu Yin promised Li Yun an explanation and said he would visit him in the Crouching Dragon Mountains within a month.

Gu Yin reported Lin Zishan’s deeds and the Dragon Soul’s allegiance to Yan Xuanyu, urging the king to befriend him rather than seize the treasure. Yan Xuanyu instead ordered Gu Yin to secure the Dragon Soul within a month, while Gu Yin secretly decided not to pressure Lin Zishan.

• Gu Yin learned the full story of Lin Zishan controlling the Dragon Soul and warned the three Grand Attendants not to provoke him.
• Gu Yin visited Yan Xuanyu and recounted the dangers of the Beast-Grazing Land and Lin Zishan’s rescue of him.
• Gu Yin praised Lin Zishan’s potential and advised Yan Xuanyu to build goodwill with him.
• Yan Xuanyu rejected Gu Yin’s advice and ordered him to make Lin Zishan surrender the Dragon Soul within a month.
• Gu Yin agreed to visit Crouching Dragon Mountain but privately resolved not to persuade Lin Zishan to surrender the Dragon Soul.

Yan Xuanyu ordered a eunuch to watch Gu Yin and kill him and Lin Zishan if they defied him, while Li Yun trained at Eastern Splendor Stronghold and advanced into the Martial Emperor realm. After climbing to the thirty-fifth step of the Heavenly Ladder, Li Yun welcomed Gu Yin, who arrived at Crouching Dragon Mountains as promised.

• Yan Xuanyu ordered an elderly eunuch to monitor Gu Yin and kill him and Lin Zishan if they disobeyed or colluded.
• Li Yun returned to Eastern Splendor Stronghold, where the Dragon Soul told him the stronghold was safe and that it had scared away groups from Great Yan.
• Li Yun told He Pingtian and the others about defeating Martial King Cangjiu, then began training with his Myriad Wonders Points.
• Li Yun climbed to the thirty-first step of the Heavenly Ladder, underwent a Heaven-and-Earth Baptism, and entered the Martial Emperor realm.
• Li Yun continued training until he reached the thirty-fifth step, then sensed a powerful Martial Emperor approaching.
• Gu Yin arrived at Crouching Dragon Mountains after a month, and Li Yun invited him to share food and wine.

Li Yun explained to Gu Yin why he would not surrender the Dragon Soul and invited him to stay and help build Crouching Dragon City. Before Gu Yin could decide, Eunuch Wei arrived with Yan Xuanyu’s order to kill them both.

• Gu Yin confessed that King Yan’s suspicions had left him disillusioned with the Great Yan Dynasty, and Li Yun listened without interrupting.
• Li Yun said the Dragon Soul was his companion and urged Gu Yin to remain in Crouching Dragon Mountains to help oversee Crouching Dragon City.
• Gu Yin said he still needed to return to the Great Yan Dynasty and explain his departure.
• The Dragon Soul sensed an approaching presence, and Eunuch Wei arrived, accusing Gu Yin of betrayal and Lin Zishan of treason.
• Eunuch Wei revealed Yan Xuanyu’s order to execute both men, and Gu Yin stepped in front of Li Yun.

Li Yun defeated and killed Wei Wuji, a powerful Great Yan Martial Emperor, with the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade. Afterward, Li Yun prepared to pursue his plans to unite the Crouching Dragon Mountains and establish Crouching Dragon City.

• Wei Wuji wounded Gu Yin with one palm and demanded that Li Yun hand over the Dragon Soul.
• Li Yun drew the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade and drove Wei Wuji into retreat with three slashes.
• Li Yun pursued Wei Wuji and killed him with the seventh Heaven's Will Blade slash, extinguishing his Martial Emperor Will.
• Gu Yin realized Li Yun's earlier rescue of him from the Demon People Martial Emperors had not been mere luck.

Li Yun founded Crouching Dragon City after killing Wei Wuji and brought the Crouching Dragon Mountains under his rule. After returning from the Beast-Grazing Land, he met Zhao Zhen, who warned him about the Great Yan Dynasty and brought news about the Fairy Sect and Imperial Court Mountain.

• After Li Yun killed Wei Wuji, dozens of stronghold chiefs submitted to Eastern Splendor Stronghold.
• Li Yun declared Eastern Splendor Stronghold the new Crouching Dragon City and claimed the surrounding three thousand miles.
• He Pingtian, Poison Granny, the One-Eyed Maniac, and the strongholds began building the city while Li Yun secretly entered the Beast-Grazing Land.
• Yan Xuanyu learned that Wei Wuji had died but ordered no retaliation against Li Yun.
• Zhao Zhen arrived to warn Li Yun that the Great Yan Dynasty was waiting for a chance to kill him.
• After Li Yun returned with nearly eighty million Myriad Wonders Points, Zhao Zhen offered news about the Fairy Sect and Imperial Court Mountain, and Li Yun called Gu Yin to hear it.

Zhao Zhen reported his research into ancient powers and revealed that the obscure Xing Lineage had once produced a Martial Saint. Li Yun decided to investigate the lineage after Crouching Dragon City’s affairs had settled, while remaining prepared for the Great Yan Dynasty’s retaliation.

• Gu Yin joined Li Yun and Zhao Zhen, and Li Yun said Gu Yin would oversee Crouching Dragon City while he was away.
• Zhao Zhen described the ancient histories of the Fairy Sect, Imperial Court Mountain, Sword Pavilion, Heavenly Mechanism Tower, and Ten Thousand Beasts Manor.
• Zhao Zhen revealed that ancient texts said the Xing Lineage had produced a renowned Martial Saint who disappeared, after which the lineage declined.
• Zhao Zhen said the Xing Lineage now lived in Bluestone Town and appeared genuinely weak, though it might be hiding a secret connected to the Martial Saint.
• Li Yun thanked Zhao Zhen and postponed investigating the Xing Lineage until Crouching Dragon City had settled down.
• Zhao Zhen warned Li Yun that Yan Xuanyu and the Great Yan Dynasty might retaliate for Wei Wuji’s death, and Li Yun said he was ready for them.

Li Yun explained his origins and alliance with the Black and White Dynasty to Gu Yin, then appointed him deputy city lord before traveling alone to investigate the Xing Lineage. He arrived at Bluestone Town and found the Xing Residence.

• Li Yun told Gu Yin that he came from Blue Star and that he sought to unite it with the Purple Moon Continent against the Beast-Grazing Land and the Primordial Demon Lord.
• Gu Yin accepted Li Yun’s origins and pledged to help oppose the threat to both worlds.
• Li Yun appointed Gu Yin deputy city lord of Crouching Dragon City, giving him authority over the city while Li Yun was away.
• Li Yun cultivated for several days, strengthening Heaven’s Will, then left alone for Bluestone Town.
• Li Yun reached Bluestone Town and identified the imposing Xing Residence as the home of the Xing Lineage.

Li Yun met Xing San, the Xing Lineage's third young master, while waiting near the family estate and learned that Xing San had been cast out. After helping the drunken young man home, Li Yun shared the wine Xing San had buried, while Xing San lamented that he was trapped in town and longed for freedom.

• Li Yun watched the Xing Lineage estate from a tavern and met Xing San, who joined him for wine.
• The waiter mocked Xing San as a poor, disgraced young master of the Xing Lineage.
• Li Yun learned that the Xing Lineage had thrown Xing San out and helped him to his hut outside town.
• Xing San dug up wine he had buried three years earlier and shared it with Li Yun.
• As they drank, Xing San said he envied Li Yun's freedom and hated being stuck in town.

Li Yun learned that Xing San’s lineage had no Martial Saint, only an ancestor called the Wine Saint whose writings had led Xing San into alcoholism. After reading the old book, Li Yun left the sleeping Xing San and arranged to send him every drop of wine from a shop in Bluestone Town.

• Xing San bitterly blamed his lineage’s supposed Martial Saint for ruining generations and said the ancestor had called himself the Wine Saint.
• Xing San admitted that following the ancestor’s writings had made him dependent on alcohol and damaged his Martial Dao.
• Xing San gave Li Yun the old book, and Li Yun found it was mostly reflections on wine with a final warning about the path to sainthood.
• Xing San explained that his father had cast him out after discovering his drinking, then fell asleep at the table.
• Li Yun left the book beside Xing San and ordered a wine shop in Bluestone Town to send all its wine to Xing San’s hut.

Li Yun and Xing San spent their days drinking wine outside Bluestone Town until Xing San unexpectedly opened all his Innate Apertures and ascended the Martial Dao Ladder. The chapter ended with Xing San standing on its third step, realizing he had become a Martial Dao Grandmaster while drunk.

• Li Yun and Xing San drank the wine delivered by the Drunken Immortal Inn until they passed out.
• Xing Yuanshan learned that Xing San was drinking with an outsider and chose to leave the two men alone.
• The townspeople grew accustomed to the pair drinking day after day, while Xing San and Li Yun remained constantly drunk.
• Xing San woke to Spirit Qi surging into his body and opening his Innate Apertures.
• Xing San stepped onto the Martial Dao Ladder and reached its third step, becoming a Martial Dao Grandmaster.

Xing San became a Grandmaster after Li Yun guided him to understand the Wine Saint’s secret text through wine. Learning that the Beast-Grazing Land threatened the Purple Moon Continent, Xing San hurried back to the Xing Lineage to seek the key to a hidden place connected to their ancestor.

• Xing San returned from the Heavenly Ladder as a Grandmaster and realized Li Yun had not been drunk.
• Li Yun revealed that he was Lin Zishan, lord of the Crouching Dragon Mountains, and explained why he had helped Xing San understand wine.
• Li Yun told Xing San that he was seeking information from the Xing Lineage’s Martial Saint that could help oppose the Beast-Grazing Land.
• Xing San offered to take Li Yun to a hidden place connected to the Wine Saint, whose key was held by Xing San’s father.
• Li Yun let Xing San return first to persuade his father, and Xing San hurried to the Xing Lineage estate.