Chapter Summaries

Xing San returned to the Xing Residence as a Grandmaster and fought his way through the lineage to confront his father, Xing Yuanshan. He overwhelmed Xing Yuanshan with his wine-infused will, leaving his father to realize Xing San had entered the Dao through wine.

• Xing San struck down the guards who tried to bar him from the Xing Residence and forced his way inside.
• Xing San defeated the servants, guards, and branch members who tried to stop him, revealing himself as a Grandmaster to Xing Yuanlin and the elders.
• Xing Yuanshan ordered the clan members aside, and Xing San confronted his father over being neglected, called worthless, and driven from home.
• Xing San and Xing Yuanshan exchanged palm strikes, and Xing San's wine-infused will made Xing Yuanshan's thoughts and True Qi grow unsteady.
• Xing San drove Xing Yuanshan back until he could barely stand, then called him a disgrace to their ancestor, the Wine Saint.
• Xing Yuanshan recognized the wine-laden will and asked whether Xing San had entered the Dao through wine.

Xing San obtained the Xing Lineage's Secret Key after telling Xing Yuanshan that Lin Zishan had helped him enter the Dao through wine to seek clues about the Beast-Grazing Land. He refused the Family Head position and led Li Yun to the Xing Lineage's hidden ancestral land, where they opened the way to the Wine Saint's Inheritance Ground.

• Xing Yuanshan dismissed the clansmen and questioned Xing San about his breakthrough, learning that Lin Zishan had helped him enter the Dao through wine.
• Xing San explained that Lin Zishan sought clues in the Xing Lineage's inheritance to fight the Beast-Grazing Land and the Primordial Demon Lord.
• Xing Yuanshan gave Xing San the Secret Key and offered him the Family Head position, but Xing San refused and left with the key.
• Xing San reunited with Li Yun outside Bluestone Town, showed him the Secret Key, and said he wanted to see the world.
• Xing San led Li Yun to the Xing Lineage's ancestral land, used the Jade Token to open a hidden passage, and pushed open the stone door to the Inheritance Ground.

Li Yun and Xing San discovered the Wine Saint Zi Huan’s inheritance and learned that the Heavenly Gate led beyond the Purple Moon Continent. Xing San inherited the Drunken Dream Heart Sutra, while Li Yun left with a possible path toward confronting the Primordial Demon Lord.

• Li Yun and Xing San entered the inheritance ground and read Zi Huan’s account of ascending to Martial Saint and departing through the Heavenly Gate.
• Li Yun and Xing San discovered that Zi Huan had left behind a method of the heart and a pool of wine that could reveal the Dao, though drinking it could be fatal to those who failed to comprehend it.
• Xing San drank from the pool and encountered Zi Huan, who recognized him as a descendant who understood wine.
• Xing San awakened with the Drunken Dream Heart Sutra but told Li Yun the inheritance held no means to fight the Beast-Grazing Land.
• Li Yun said he had found what he came for and resolved to pursue the Heavenly Gate beyond the hundred steps of the Heavenly Ladder.

Li Yun returned to Crouching Dragon City, welcomed a surge of new recruits, and told Gu Yin about the Heavenly Gate and the Great Yan Dynasty’s suspicious silence. He then left for the Beast-Grazing Land to earn Myriad Wonders Points.

• Li Yun urged Xing San to stay in the Inheritance Ground and cultivate the Wine Saint’s legacy, then left him to begin seclusion.
• Li Yun returned to Crouching Dragon City and learned from the Dragon Soul that many Martial Kings and rogue cultivators had arrived after hearing he defeated Wei Wuji.
• Gu Yin told Li Yun that the newcomers sought his guidance and protection, and Li Yun agreed to discuss the Martial Dao with them later.
• Li Yun told Gu Yin about the Wine Saint, the Heavenly Ladder, and the Heavenly Gate leading to another world, inspiring Gu Yin to pursue higher realms.
• Gu Yin warned Li Yun that Yan Xuanyu’s silence suggested the Great Yan Dynasty was preparing a major move, but Li Yun said he might reach the Martial Deity Domain before it struck.
• Li Yun entered seclusion briefly, then left Crouching Dragon Mountains for the Beast-Grazing Land to seek Myriad Wonders Points.

Li Yun slaughtered Martial Emperor Level Demon People in the Beast-Grazing Land, absorbed a fragment of the Devil Master's Will, and returned to Blue Star. He climbed to the forty-fourth step of the Martial Dao Ladder before leaving the valley in concealment.

• Li Yun entered the Beast-Grazing Land and spent a month hunting Martial Emperor Level Demon People for Myriad Wonders Points.
• After Li Yun killed the fourteenth demon, the Devil Master's Will surged from its corpse, but Li Yun's Heaven's Will resisted and ground it down.
• The Gate of Myriad Wonders absorbed the Devil Master's Will fragment and gave Li Yun ninety million Myriad Wonders Points.
• Li Yun returned to Blue Star and climbed the Martial Dao Ladder from the twenty-sixth step to the forty-fourth, reaching roughly middle-stage Martial Emperor strength.
• Li Yun decided to keep his strength hidden and vanished among the mountains.

Li Yun returned to Sand City and lured eleven Divine Domain Martial Kings into the Qiao Family Old Residence, where he overwhelmed and captured them with his Heaven's Will. He learned the location and strength of Divine Domain's China branch, then killed the eleven captives and set his sights on the organization.

• Li Yun sensed eleven Divine Domain Martial Kings surrounding the Qiao Family Old Residence and told Qiao Meng to stay quiet.
• Li Yun drew the eleven Martial Kings into the courtyard, where their leader demanded that he surrender and come with them.
• Li Yun revealed his Heaven's Will and defeated all eleven Martial Kings in fewer than three breaths.
• Li Yun used his Heaven's Will to control the captives and learned that Greedy Wolf Divine General led Divine Domain's China branch from a mountain in Hengbei with more than a hundred Martial Kings under his command.
• Li Yun destroyed the eleven Martial Kings and declared Divine Domain's China branch finished.

After Li Yun destroyed eleven Divine Domain Martial Kings, he told Qiao Meng and Qiao Tai about the Martial Dao Ladder and revealed that he had reached the Martial Emperor realm. He left for the True Martial Platform’s Jade Capital Headquarters to take the Martial King Pact internal test and seek help against the Divine Domain Organization.

• Li Yun told Qiao Tai and Qiao Meng that he had killed all eleven Divine Domain Martial Kings in three breaths and had reached the Martial Emperor realm.
• Li Yun explained the Martial Dao Ladder, the Heavenly Gate, and the higher world beyond it, giving Qiao Meng hope against the Primordial Demon Lord.
• Qiao Tai gave Li Yun Zhou Yunhe’s letter summoning him to the Jade Capital Headquarters for the Martial King Pact internal test.
• Li Yun decided to seek the headquarters’ cooperation against the Divine Domain Organization and left after promising Qiao Meng he would return.
• Li Yun flew thousands of miles and arrived near the True Martial Platform’s Jade Capital Headquarters.

Li Yun arrived at the True Martial Platform’s Jade Capital Headquarters to join the Martial King Pact’s internal trial. When the assembled competitors tried to test him with their Martial King Wills, he devoured them effortlessly and challenged them to prove they were worthy of competing.

• Li Yun introduced himself at the headquarters gates as Li Fenghua, and the guards hurried to report his arrival.
• Jiang Wusheng welcomed Li Yun and introduced several Peak Martial King elders before escorting him to the reception hall.
• Li Yun entered the hall and faced Xiong Batian and the other Martial King Pact competitors, who questioned his reputation.
• Xiong Batian and the other Martial Kings unleashed their wills together to test Li Yun, but his Heaven’s Will swallowed them without resistance.
• Li Yun dismissed their display and told the competitors to go home if they could not do better.

Li Yun revealed that he had killed eleven Divine Domain Organization Martial Kings and obtained information about their branch in China, prompting Wu Huang to rush the evidence to the True Martial Platform’s leaders. The chapter ended with Jiang Wusheng escorting Li Yun to his quarters while the Platform prepared to verify the Jade Slip.

• The Martial Kings left the reception hall after Li Yun’s display of strength, and Wu Huang warned that they would treat him as their greatest rival.
• Li Yun told Wu Huang that he had been attacked by eleven Divine Domain Organization Martial Kings in Sand City and had killed them all.
• Li Yun said he had broken the attackers’ Seals and extracted memory fragments revealing the organization’s Chinese branch and members.
• Li Yun handed Wu Huang a Jade Slip containing the memory fragments and urged him to act before the organization moved its branch.
• Wu Huang took the Jade Slip to meet the Platform Master, and Jiang Wusheng escorted Li Yun to his quarters.

Li Yun cultivated at the True Martial Platform headquarters while Xiao Dingtian verified the intelligence about Divine Domain and agreed that the organization should be eliminated. Li Yun proposed coordinating a broader purge of its affiliated forces, then revealed he had reached the Martial Emperor realm.

• Jiang Wusheng escorted Li Yun to a quiet residence, where Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to cultivate Heaven's Will.
• Wu Huang brought Xiao Dingtian the Jade Slip containing Li Fenghua's extracted memories, and Xiao Dingtian confirmed the intelligence was genuine.
• Xiao Dingtian decided to move against Divine Domain and summoned Li Fenghua to discuss his plans.
• Li Yun urged the True Martial Platform to attack Divine Domain's affiliated forces while he went to Tianlang Mountain to destroy its branch.
• Li Yun revealed his Martial Emperor aura, surprising Xiao Dingtian and leaving Wu Huang struggling to breathe.

Li Yun accepted a Special-Grade Inspector position from Xiao Dingtian and agreed to share Purple Moon Continent cultivation insights with the True Martial Platform. Xiao Dingtian sent Shen Qingyun and Shen Qingyi to join Li Yun on the mission to strike the Divine Domain Organization at Tianlang Mountain.

• Xiao Dingtian asked Li Yun to share cultivation insights from the Purple Moon Continent, and Li Yun agreed to compile techniques suitable for Blue Star Martial Artists.
• Xiao Dingtian offered Li Yun a Deputy Platform Master position, but Li Yun declined and accepted an independent Special-Grade Inspector appointment instead.
• Xiao Dingtian gave Li Yun an inspector's token that let him mobilize True Martial Platform branches and personnel across the country.
• Xiao Dingtian summoned Shen Qingyun and Shen Qingyi, two Martial Emperor Deputy Platform Masters, to accompany Li Yun to Hengbei.
• Xiao Dingtian explained the Divine Domain Organization mission and asked the group to strike its branch at Tianlang Mountain with Thunderous Might.

Li Yun left Jade Capital with Shen Qingyun and Shen Qingyi to destroy Divine Domain’s hidden branch beneath Tianlang Mountain. He killed the Greedy Wolf Divine General and left the surviving Martial Kings at his mercy, intending to use them to uncover the organization’s other forces in China.

• At the Martial King closed trial, Wu Huang announced that Li Fenghua had received a special exemption and direct qualification for the Martial King Pact.
• Li Yun traveled north with Shen Qingyun and Shen Qingyi, assigning them to seal off Tianlang Mountain while he infiltrated the branch.
• Li Yun entered the underground palace through the mountain wall and used Heaven’s Will and his blade to kill the branch’s Martial Kings as he fought toward its deepest chamber.
• The Greedy Wolf Divine General and more than twenty Martial Kings attacked Li Yun, but his Heaven’s Will weakened their attacks and he killed the Greedy Wolf Divine General.
• Li Yun spared the surviving Martial Kings, planning to break the Seals on them and use them to locate Divine Domain’s subsidiary forces in China.

Li Yun destroyed the Divine Domain branch at Tianlang Mountain and uncovered its extensive network across China. The True Martial Platform launched a nationwide purge, while Li Yun learned he could not enter the Martial King Pact because he had already become a Martial Emperor.

• Li Yun killed the Greedy Wolf Divine General and forced the captured Martial Kings to reveal Divine Domain's strongholds and allies across China.
• Shen Qingyun and Shen Qingyi verified the prisoners' information and sent the completed list to True Martial Platform headquarters.
• Xiao Dingtian ordered branches across China to purge Divine Domain's affiliated forces, and they dismantled its network in a single night.
• Li Yun told Shen Qingyun and Shen Qingyi he wanted to return to the trial for the Martial King Pact.
• Shen Qingyun explained that Li Yun could not enter the Martial King Pact as a Martial Emperor, but could compete at Supreme Mountain instead.

After the True Martial Platform destroyed the Divine Domain branch on Tianlang Mountain, Shen Qingyun explained the Supreme Mountain Showdown, a competition planned for a year later to rank Blue Star’s ten strongest fighters. Li Yun welcomed the chance to face the Divine Domain’s King of All Gods and chose to return to Sand City, leaving Shen Qingyun to report his plans.

• Shen Qingyun and Shen Qingyi told Li Yun that factions had proposed an unrestricted Supreme Mountain Showdown atop Blue Star’s highest peak, with the ten strongest fighters to be named in the Supreme Rankings.
• Shen Qingyun warned Li Yun that the proposal might conceal a scheme and said the Divine Domain, especially the King of All Gods, could become involved.
• Li Yun said he wanted to confront the King of All Gods and promised the enemy would not escape if he appeared at the showdown.
• Shen Qingyun invited Li Yun to return to the True Martial Platform and discuss the competition with the Platform Master, but Li Yun chose to go back to Sand City.
• After emerging from the underground palace, Li Yun looked toward the highest peak and said he was looking forward to the showdown in a year.

Li Yun returned to the Purple Moon Continent after gathering enough Myriad Wonders Points to approach the Martial Deity threshold, only to find nine powerful Martial Emperors from the Great Yan Royal Clan waiting at Crouching Dragon City. Yan Tianji demanded that Lin Zishan come out and die, leaving Li Yun and the city facing an overwhelming threat.

• Li Yun spent two months reaching the fifty-ninth step of the Martial Dao Ladder, then entered the Beast-Grazing Land and gained more than three hundred million Myriad Wonders Points by killing Demon People.
• Li Yun returned to Crouching Dragon City, where the Dragon Soul greeted him before sensing the danger approaching from Great Yan's capital.
• Nine black-robed Martial Emperors arrived over Crouching Dragon City, their heat and pressure terrifying the Dragon Soul, Gu Yin, the city's experts, and its residents.
• Gu Yin recognized Yan Tianji and the eight Yan Martial Emperors accompanying him, and warned Li Yun to flee if he could not defeat them.
• Yan Tianji fixed his gaze on Li Yun's courtyard and demanded that Lin Zishan come out and die.

Li Yun faced Yan Tianji and eight other Martial Emperors as the Great Yan Dynasty demanded the Dragon Soul and threatened Crouching Dragon City. When they unleashed Nine Suns Across the Sky, Li Yun protected the city and drew the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade, preparing to test his Heaven's Will against the dynasty's legacy.

• Li Yun climbed to the summit of Crouching Dragon Mountain and used Heaven's Will to shield Crouching Dragon City from the nine Martial Emperors' pressure.
• Yan Tianji demanded the Dragon Soul and ordered Li Yun to seal his Martial Dao or face the destruction of Crouching Dragon City.
• The nine Martial Emperors unleashed Nine Suns Across the Sky, filling the Crouching Dragon Mountains with blinding light and scorching heat.
• Gu Yin sent Li Yun an explanation of the Yan Royal Clan's Nine Suns Across the Sky legacy while Li Yun strained to protect the city.
• Yan Tianji offered Li Yun one final chance to surrender, but Li Yun summoned the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade and declared he would fight.

Li Yun broke the Nine Suns Across the Sky formation and gravely wounded Yan Tianji and the other eight Martial Emperors. As he prepared to finish them, twelve Martial Emperors from Imperial Court Mountain arrived with a Martial Deity’s decree ordering both sides to stop fighting.

• Yan Tianji and eight Martial Emperors joined their Great Sun True Qi to unleash Nine Suns Across the Sky against Li Yun.
• Li Yun fought the nine Martial Emperors in a fierce stalemate, enduring their attacks as his True Qi and Heaven’s Will dwindled.
• Yan Tianji and the others burned blood essence to strengthen their formation, but Li Yun struck its core and shattered the Great Sun Will.
• The backlash gravely wounded all nine Martial Emperors, and Li Yun raised his blade to kill them.
• Twelve Martial Emperors from Imperial Court Mountain intervened with a Martial Deity’s decree, ordering both sides to cease fighting.

Li Yun tried to kill the nine Great Yan Martial Emperors after defeating them, but Imperial Court Mountain intervened with a Martial Deity’s decree and forced him to stop. The elder ordered Li Yun to beg forgiveness at Imperial Court Mountain within three days, and Li Yun secretly vowed to kill the Martial Deity instead.

• Li Yun prepared to finish off Yan Tianji and the other eight Great Yan Martial Emperors, but twelve Martial Emperors from Imperial Court Mountain arrived with a decree ordering both sides to cease fighting.
• Li Yun rejected the decree and charged at Yan Tianji, but Imperial Court Mountain’s combined attack blocked his blade and wounded him further.
• Li Yun recognized that defying the Martial Deity’s decree could cost him his life and his subordinates’ lives, so he stopped fighting while remaining furious.
• Imperial Court Mountain’s people helped the nine Great Yan Martial Emperors up and escorted them away as Yan Tianji looked smugly at Li Yun.
• The leading elder ordered Li Yun to come to Imperial Court Mountain within three days carrying thorns to beg forgiveness, and Li Yun vowed to cut off the Martial Deity’s head when he went there.

As Imperial Court Mountain manipulated public opinion and threatened Crouching Dragon Mountain, Gu Yin warned Li Yun that it planned to subjugate the continent and eliminate him. Li Yun refused to submit and vowed to take the Martial Deity's head.

• News spread across the Purple Moon Continent claiming Imperial Court Mountain had rescued the nine Great Yan Martial Emperors and ordered Li Yun to beg forgiveness within three days.
• Dynasties and sects praised Imperial Court Mountain, while public opinion branded Li Yun a threat to peace.
• Gu Yin told Li Yun that Imperial Court Mountain had staged its intervention to establish authority, bring Great Yan under its control, and remove Li Yun as an obstacle.
• Gu Yin warned that Imperial Court Mountain would kill Li Yun if he obeyed and use his refusal as a pretext to attack Crouching Dragon City.
• Li Yun said he would not go to Imperial Court Mountain and vowed to take the Martial Deity's head.

Li Yun ignored Imperial Court Mountain’s deadline to confess and continued cultivating in Crouching Dragon City. Imperial Court Mountain then declared the city demonic, drawing a host of Martial Emperors and other fighters to attack; Li Yun rose to meet them with his Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade.

• Li Yun ordered Gu Yin to reinforce Crouching Dragon City and promised to face anyone Imperial Court Mountain sent, then resumed cultivating.
• Li Yun ignored the three-day deadline to confess, while Imperial Court Mountain waited for him to defy its edict.
• Imperial Court Mountain issued a new edict branding Crouching Dragon City a Demon City and Li Yun a Demon Path Fiend.
• Martial Emperors and other experts flocked to Crouching Dragon City, seeking to kill Li Yun and win Imperial Court Mountain’s favor.
• Li Yun seized his Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade and flew out to confront the gathered attackers.