Chapter Summaries

Li Yun answered Imperial Court Mountain’s ultimatum by slaughtering the forces besieging Crouching Dragon City, killing seven Martial Emperors with one slash. Imperial Court Mountain issued a new threat, but Li Yun returned to cultivating on the Martial Dao Ladder, where he drew close to the Martial Deity threshold.

• At Imperial Court Mountain, Yelü Martial Emperor and the other Martial Emperors expected Li Yun to submit to the Martial Deity’s edict, while allied factions promised to besiege Crouching Dragon City.
• As Martial Artists surrounded Crouching Dragon City and taunted Li Yun, he appeared with the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade and struck them with Heaven's Will Blade.
• Li Yun killed seven Martial Emperors and countless other attackers in a single slash, leaving the rest dead or fleeing while he remained unharmed.
• After receiving news of Li Yun’s victory, Yelü Martial Emperor smashed a Jade Stone pillar and ordered a new edict giving Li Yun one month to surrender or face the destruction of Crouching Dragon Mountain.
• Li Yun returned to climbing the Martial Dao Ladder and capturing the will of heaven and earth with Myriad Wonders Points, reaching the fifty-ninth step and nearing the Martial Deity threshold.

After Imperial Court Mountain gave Li Yun a month to beg forgiveness, he used the deadline to cultivate in the Beast-Grazing Land and ascend the Martial Dao Ladder. He reached the seventieth step as a Martial Deity and prepared to visit Imperial Court Mountain—not to submit, but to strike back.

• Envoys from kingdoms and sects urged Gu Yin to persuade Li Yun to beg forgiveness, while Gu Yin humored them and rejected their motives.
• Li Yun quietly left Crouching Dragon Mountain and spent ten days killing Ferocious Beasts in the Beast-Grazing Land, gaining five hundred million Myriad Wonders Points.
• Li Yun returned to Crouching Dragon City and used his points to climb from the fifty-ninth to the sixty-eighth step of the Martial Dao Ladder, becoming a Martial Deity.
• Li Yun spent his remaining points to reach the seventieth step, with three days left before Imperial Court Mountain’s deadline.
• Li Yun decided to go to Imperial Court Mountain to strike back rather than beg forgiveness.

Li Yun traveled alone to Imperial Court Mountain, where everyone assumed he had come to plead guilty. He rejected the mountain’s authority and split its gate with a slash, revealing that he had come to declare war.

• With three days remaining before Imperial Court Mountain’s deadline, people across the continent expected Li Yun to submit and began anticipating the division of Crouching Dragon City’s resources.
• Li Yun left Crouching Dragon Mountain alone and headed for Imperial Court Mountain, while watchers and the mountain’s Martial Emperors mistakenly believed he was coming to plead guilty.
• At Imperial Court Mountain’s gate, two guards ordered Li Yun to surrender his blade and climb the mountain on foot.
• Li Yun drew the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade, unleashed Martial Deity power, and slashed Imperial Court Mountain’s Black Iron gate.
• Li Yun asked what crime he had committed and what right Imperial Court Mountain had to judge him, leaving the guards and the twelve Martial Emperors shocked as they realized he had come to declare war.

Lin Zishan cleaved Imperial Court Mountain’s gate and faced its twelve Martial Emperors, who attacked him with the Twelve Emperor Luminaries Array. He shattered the array and defeated them with one slash, just as an ancient will awakened deep within the mountain.

• Lin Zishan destroyed Imperial Court Mountain’s gate after its guards refused to yield and the mountain sheltered the Yan Clan’s Martial Emperor.
• Yelu led the twelve Martial Emperors in forming the Twelve Emperor Luminaries Array and launched a vast starlight assault on Lin Zishan.
• Lin Zishan raised the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade and broke the array with Heaven’s Will One Slash.
• Lin Zishan’s blade energy snapped the twelve Martial Emperors’ meridians and sent them crashing to the ground.
• Onlookers stared in shock as an ancient will awakened deep within Imperial Court Mountain.

Li Yun defeated Imperial Court Mountain’s twelve Martial Emperors with one slash, prompting the mountain’s hidden Martial Deity to awaken and challenge him. Li Yun stopped the Martial Deity’s first strike and fought back as their battle intensified.

• Li Yun cut down the twelve Martial Emperors and shattered the Emperor Luminaries God-Slaying Array.
• Imperial Court Mountain’s Martial Deity awakened and appeared as a golden-robed phantom above the mountain.
• The Martial Deity declared that Li Yun would die for offending Imperial Court Mountain, and the onlookers learned that Li Yun was also a Martial Deity.
• Li Yun mocked the phantom and stopped its golden palm strike with a slash of the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade.
• The Martial Deity sent countless palm strikes at Li Yun, who met them with his blade as the battle reached a fever pitch.

Li Yun fought the Martial Deity of Imperial Court Mountain to a draw after refusing to submit, then withdrew when both sensed powerful watchers waiting for them to weaken. His victory spread Lin Zishan’s name across the Purple Moon Continent, and Crouching Dragon Mountain became a new sacred land as crowds gathered to serve him.

• Li Yun met the Imperial Court Mountain Martial Deity’s full-power attacks head-on despite being ten steps lower on the Martial Dao Ladder.
• The two deities fought for three days and nights, destroying much of Imperial Court Mountain without either gaining the advantage.
• Li Yun and the Martial Deity sensed hidden experts watching from across the continent and agreed that continuing the battle risked giving them an opening.
• Li Yun sheathed the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade and left, and the Martial Deity withdrew his Emperor Might without pursuing him.
• News of the draw spread across the Purple Moon Continent, establishing Crouching Dragon Mountain as a second sacred land and drawing crowds seeking Lin Zishan’s protection and guidance.
• Li Yun watched the gathered crowds from Crouching Dragon Mountain and regarded its new status as only another step on his Martial Dao path.

After Lin Zishan’s draw with Gu Hengtong, Crouching Dragon Mountain rose to fame while Imperial Court Mountain’s prestige collapsed. Gu Hengtong revealed that Imperial Court Mountain served the Through-Ancient Dynasty and requested reinforcements, which would take at least two months to arrive.

• Martial Artists crowded Crouching Dragon Mountain, while Gu Hengtong brooded over his defeat and feared Lin Zishan and the hidden Ancient Powers.
• Gu Hengtong entered Imperial Court Mountain’s Forbidden Land and activated the Through-Ancient Transmission Gate, revealing that the Through-Ancient Dynasty had used Imperial Court Mountain to control the Purple Moon Continent.
• Gu Hengtong asked the dynasty’s Transmission Herald to send experts to deal with Lin Zishan and the threat to the dynasty’s interests.
• The Transmission Herald reprimanded Gu Hengtong, promised to pass on his request, and warned that reinforcements would take at least two months to arrive.
• Gu Hengtong accepted that he would face punishment, but resolved to keep control of the Purple Moon Continent until help came.

After Gu Hengtong sealed Imperial Court Mountain and Li Yun continued cultivating at Crouching Dragon Mountain, Ling Qingyue, Cult Leader of the Fairy Sect, came to warn him that the Through-Ancient Dynasty would send reinforcements. She urged Li Yun to join forces with her to destroy Imperial Court Mountain’s transmission gate before those forces arrived.

• Gu Hengtong ordered Imperial Court Mountain sealed off and forbade its disciples from leaving, contacting outsiders, or provoking Crouching Dragon Mountain.
• Li Yun harvested more Myriad Wonders Points at the Beast-Grazing Land and continued cultivating, unconcerned by Imperial Court Mountain’s retreat.
• Ling Qingyue arrived at Crouching Dragon Mountain and identified herself as the Fairy Sect’s Cult Leader seeking an audience with Mountain Lord Lin.
• Li Yun recognized Ling Qingyue as one of the observers from his battle with Gu Hengtong and allowed her to approach.
• Ling Qingyue revealed that Imperial Court Mountain served the Through-Ancient Dynasty and guarded a transmission gate that could summon help from the Hengwu Domain.
• Ling Qingyue warned that the dynasty’s experts might already be on their way and asked Li Yun to help destroy Imperial Court Mountain and its gate.

Ling Qingyue revealed the Hengwu Domain and the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s power to Li Yun, then asked him to help destroy their transmission gate. Li Yun refused to commit, and Ling Qingyue returned to the Fairy Sect elders, who decided to wait for him to attack Imperial Court Mountain.

• Li Yun questioned Ling Qingyue about the Hengwu Domain and learned that the Through-Ancient Dynasty was a middling power there, far stronger than Purple Moon Continent.
• Li Yun hinted that he knew of the Fairy Sect’s Silk-Robed Fairy Immortal, then asked for time to consider Ling Qingyue’s proposal.
• Ling Qingyue realized Li Yun was stalling, left Crouching Dragon Mountain, and went to meet three Martial Deity elders in a hidden Primordial Secret Realm.
• Ling Qingyue told the elders that Li Yun would not cooperate and argued that they should not try to capture him because Gu Hengtong could ambush them.
• Ling Qingyue and the elders agreed to wait, expecting Li Yun to attack Imperial Court Mountain before the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s reinforcements arrived.

After two months of waiting, Li Yun broke into the Martial God Realm and reached the ninety-third step of the Martial Dao Ladder. As he sensed the Purple Moon Continent's World Will resisting something, the Portal at Imperial Court Mountain erupted with golden light and overwhelming pressure.

• Gu Hengtong sealed and guarded Imperial Court Mountain's Portal while he waited anxiously for reinforcements from the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
• Ling Qingyue and three reclusive Martial Deities debated Li Yun's inaction and decided to wait two more days before trying to provoke him.
• Li Yun used Myriad Wonders Points and the will of heaven and earth to strengthen his Heaven's Will and step from the ninetieth rung of the Martial Dao Ladder into the Martial God Realm.
• Li Yun exhausted his remaining Myriad Wonders Points and reached the ninety-third step, while no one else realized he had broken through.
• Li Yun sensed the Purple Moon Continent's World Will resisting something, and the bronze Portal in Imperial Court Mountain suddenly blazed with golden light and released a vast pressure.

The Through-Ancient Dynasty’s reinforcements arrived at Imperial Court Mountain with one Martial God and eight Martial Deities, then a Peak Martial Deity killed three hidden Martial Deities as Ling Qingyue escaped into the Beast-Grazing Land. Watching from Crouching Dragon Mountain, Li Yun prepared to confront the dynasty’s forces.

• The Through-Ancient Dynasty’s Martial God arrived with eight Martial Deities and ordered Gu Hengtong to report to the Punishment Division for failing to stop Lin Zishan.
• Gu Hengtong told the Martial God that Lin Zishan was on Crouching Dragon Mountain, while Ling Qingyue and three reclusive Martial Deities panicked at the reinforcements’ arrival.
• Ling Qingyue led the others toward the Beast-Grazing Land, but a Peak Martial Deity sensed them and attacked with a thousand-mile saber strike.
• The saber strike killed three reclusive Martial Deities, while Ling Qingyue survived by using the Fairy Sect’s life-saving Secret Art and fled into the Beast-Grazing Land.
• The Peak Martial Deity stopped at the Beast-Grazing Land’s misty entrance, and Li Yun watched from Crouching Dragon Mountain before deciding to meet the Through-Ancient Dynasty.

Li Yun killed Gu Hengtong with a single blade, then revealed Martial God-level strength by slaying the eight Martial Deities who attacked him. He turned his attention to the Martial God in the Gilded Imperial Robe and challenged him to withstand his blade.

• Li Yun met the Martial God in the Gilded Imperial Robe's distant gaze, and the collision of their wills sent shockwaves across the Purple Moon Continent.
• Gu Hengtong flew from Imperial Court Mountain to capture Li Yun, but Li Yun killed him from a thousand miles away with a blade arc formed by Heaven's Will.
• The eight black-armored Martial Deities rushed at Li Yun to avenge Gu Hengtong and defend the Through-Ancient Dynasty's authority.
• Li Yun drew the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade, evaded their combined attacks, and slew all eight Martial Deities with one strike.
• The Martial God in the Gilded Imperial Robe recognized Li Yun's Martial God-level strength, and Li Yun challenged him to face his blade of Heaven's Will.

Li Yun fought the Gilded Martial Deity of the Through-Ancient Dynasty in a battle that devastated the Purple Moon Continent. After thousands of exchanges, Li Yun sensed his opponent weakening and stepped onto the summit of Imperial Court Mountain to decide the fight.

• The Gilded Martial Deity acknowledged Li Yun's strength but vowed to kill him for slaying the dynasty's Martial Deities and Guardian Envoy.
• The Gilded Martial Deity launched a powerful fist strike, and Li Yun met it with the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade before being driven back.
• The Gilded Martial Deity attacked with a vast golden Battle Blade, while Li Yun used his Heaven's Will Martial Dao and nimble footwork to evade and counter.
• Li Yun and the Gilded Martial Deity fought for thousands of exchanges, their clashes ravaging the Purple Moon Continent without either gaining the upper hand.
• The Gilded Martial Deity grew depleted as the power of heaven and earth began to reject him, and Li Yun stepped onto the summit of Imperial Court Mountain.

Li Yun revealed that his Heaven's Will could replace part of the Purple Moon Continent's World Will, allowing him to suppress the Gilded Martial Deity with the continent's power. He killed the Gilded Martial Deity, but the World Will then expelled Li Yun's Heaven's Will and left him pale.

• Li Yun used his Heaven's Will to replace part of the Purple Moon Continent's World Will and restore order across the continent.
• The Gilded Martial Deity realized the continent's power was suppressing him and tried to flee toward the Through-Ancient Transmission Gate.
• Li Yun stopped the Gilded Martial Deity from reaching Imperial Court Mountain by using the continent's rules to pin him in place.
• Li Yun struck the Gilded Martial Deity with the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade, shattering his Martial God will and killing him.
• The Purple Moon Continent's World Will expelled Li Yun's Heaven's Will, leaving him pale as heaven and earth absorbed the fallen Martial God's power.

After slaying a Martial God and the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s forces, Li Yun refined his Heaven’s Will and severed the dynasty’s control over its transmission gate. He began cultivating in Imperial Court Mountain’s Forbidden Land, aiming to reach the hundredth step of the Martial Dao Ladder.

• Li Yun survived the strain of replacing part of the Purple Moon Continent’s World Will and realized his Heaven’s Will had reached a new level.
• News of Li Yun’s victory spread across the Purple Moon Continent, where people hailed him as the Purple Moon Saint Lord.
• Li Yun entered Imperial Court Mountain’s Forbidden Land and examined the Through-Ancient Transmission Gate.
• Gu Xiaojin threatened Li Yun through the gate, but Li Yun mocked him and used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to analyze it.
• Li Yun seized control of the Through-Ancient Transmission Gate and severed its connection to the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
• Li Yun began integrating the meanings of heaven and earth he had captured, seeking to reach the hundredth step of the Martial Dao Ladder and become an Ultimate Martial God.

After reaching the hundredth step of the Martial Dao Ladder, Li Yun discovered that the Purple Moon Continent’s fortune and faith could perfect his Heaven’s Will. He absorbed the power, grew stronger, and returned to the Crouching Dragon Mountains.

• Li Yun reached the Martial Dao Ladder’s hundredth step and attained the peak of the Martial God Realm, but could not reach the Heavenly Gate.
• Li Yun left the Forbidden Land and found a golden cloud of fortune and faith gathered above Imperial Court Mountain.
• Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to learn that the Through-Ancient Dynasty had intended to channel the continent’s fortune and faith to the Hengwu Domain.
• Li Yun absorbed the golden cloud for five days, strengthening and refining his Heaven’s Will and increasing his power by at least thirty percent.
• Li Yun departed Imperial Court Mountain and returned to the Crouching Dragon Mountains.

Li Yun brought twelve Martial Emperors from the Purple Moon Continent to Blue Star and sent them out to observe the world and gather information. He renewed Yuan Buhui’s life, returned the Yellow Martial Sect’s legacy token, and revealed his true name and past before departing for the Hengwu Domain.

• Li Yun arrived at the Qiao Family Residence with Gu Yin and eleven other Martial Emperors, whose strength on Blue Star matched that of Martial Deities.
• Li Yun introduced the newcomers to Blue Star’s leaders and sent them out in disguise to explore and monitor its Martial Dao.
• Li Yun gave Yuan Buhui a Demon Moon Violet Lotus and used his Martial God power to restore Yuan Buhui’s health and vitality.
• Li Yun returned the Yellow Martial Sect’s legacy token and told Yuan Buhui and Zhao Gongnian that he had reached the hundredth step and might soon leave for the Hengwu Domain.
• Li Yun revealed that his real name was Li Yun, and that he had once been an ordinary working man named Li Fenghua before entering a Secret Realm eight hundred years earlier.

Li Yun revealed his identity to Yuan Buhui and Zhao Gongnian, then gave the Yellow Martial Sect a trove of Purple Moon Continent treasures before preparing for the Supreme Mountain Showdown. After helping Qiao Tai, Qiao Meng, Xu Ruhai, Zhang Shenshu, and the others reach the Martial King realm, he arrived at the True Martial Platform's Jade Capital Headquarters and surprised Xiao Dingtian.

• Li Yun told Yuan Buhui and Zhao Gongnian the truth about his identity and his Ultimate Martial God realm, and they accepted that he would leave the Yellow Martial Sect.
• Li Yun gave the Yellow Martial Sect three Storage Rings filled with manuals, Spirit Medicine, weapons, and other treasures, and instructed its leaders on their use.
• Li Yun spent three months guiding Qiao Tai, Qiao Meng, Xu Ruhai, Zhang Shenshu, and the others until they reached the Martial King realm.
• With just over two months remaining before the Supreme Mountain Showdown, Li Yun traveled unseen to the True Martial Platform's Jade Capital Headquarters.
• Xiao Dingtian was attempting to reach the sixty-first rung of the Martial Dao Ladder when Li Yun appeared, startling him into asking what Li Fenghua was doing there.

Li Yun returned to Jade Capital Headquarters and revealed that he had become a Martial Deity. He helped Xiao Dingtian overcome his bottleneck, and the chapter ended with the gathered Martial Emperors noticing Li Yun standing unaffected by Xiao Dingtian’s power.

• Li Yun returned to Jade Capital Headquarters ahead of the Supreme Mountain Showdown, and Xiao Dingtian asked whether he had grown stronger.
• Li Yun confirmed that he had broken through and told Xiao Dingtian that his state of mind, not his foundations, had blocked his progress.
• Li Yun explained that reaching the Martial Deity Realm required a commanding will rather than fighting heaven and earth.
• Li Yun released a wisp of his Heaven's Will, helping Xiao Dingtian grasp the insight and break through to the Martial Deity Realm.
• Xiao Dingtian climbed to the sixty-sixth step of the Martial Dao Ladder, and his aura drew more than a dozen Martial Emperors to the Main Hall.
• The gathered Martial Emperors marveled at Xiao Dingtian's breakthrough and saw Li Yun remain unmoved by his Martial Deity aura.

After Xiao Dingtian entered the Martial Deity Realm, he credited Li Yun with guiding his breakthrough, and Li Yun offered to teach the True Martial Platform’s Martial Emperors. Li Yun revealed plans to connect Blue Star and the Purple Moon Continent through a Portal under the Platform’s leadership, then stunned everyone by saying he was one step from becoming a Martial Saint and might leave for the Hengwu Domain after the Supreme Mountain Showdown.

• More than a dozen True Martial Platform Martial Emperors entered the hall and congratulated Xiao Dingtian on becoming a Martial Deity.
• Xiao Dingtian thanked Li Yun for clearing his doubts and guiding him to his breakthrough, shocking the gathered Martial Emperors.
• Li Yun offered to give a Martial Dao talk at the True Martial Platform before the Supreme Mountain Showdown.
• Li Yun explained that he had mastered the Through-Ancient Transmission Gate and intended to build a Portal connecting Blue Star with the Purple Moon Continent, with the True Martial Platform in charge.
• Li Yun told the stunned gathering that he was not a Martial Deity but had climbed a hundred steps of the Martial Dao Ladder and was nearing the Martial Saint realm.