Chapter Summaries

Li Yun reunited with Zhang Ruohan in the forest, warned himself about Yang Yundu, and gave Zhang Ruohan precious cultivation treasures. When eerie bell chimes made her lose control, she attacked Li Yun as he tried to stop her.

• Li Yun startled Zhang Ruohan with an embrace, then reunited with her and heard that Yang Yundu had killed dozens of people in the forest.
• Li Yun told Zhang Ruohan about his recent trials and gave her a Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed and a leaf that enhanced comprehension, saying he would also help Zhang Chu.
• Bell chimes from the western forest made the Innate True Qi in Li Yun and Zhang Ruohan’s bodies grow restless.
• Zhang Ruohan’s eyes turned red, and she rushed toward the bells as if controlled.
• Li Yun grabbed Zhang Ruohan, but she roared and struck at his chest with her palm.

Li Yun and Zhao Ziyue tried to stop the bell-controlled Martial Artists from flooding into an ancient temple, where a bloody slaughter had begun. Li Yun used the Sorrowful Wind Swordplay to make the charging Martial Artists collapse or faint, but someone inside the temple renewed the bell’s attack.

• Li Yun knocked Zhang Ruohan unconscious, but she remained deranged after waking, so he left her with Heipi and Xiao Qing and returned to investigate the bell.
• Li Yun found deranged Martial Artists streaming into an ancient temple, where roars and the stench of blood signaled a slaughter.
• Zhao Ziyue struggled to stop the deranged Ye Tianxie from entering the temple, and Li Yun knocked him unconscious.
• Zhao Ziyue urged Li Yun to save the Martial Artists to protect Mysterious Moon Kingdom’s Martial Dao legacy, and Li Yun agreed to intervene.
• Li Yun used his Sword Dao Domains and Sorrowful Wind Swordplay to suppress the charging Martial Artists, causing many to faint and halting their rush.
• An enraged voice from inside the temple condemned Li Yun for ruining its plans, and the bell rang again, more urgently than before.

Li Yun resisted the Ancient Temple’s demonic bell with his spiritual power while the battle accelerated the Wuwei Sutra’s loading. The rescued martial artists swore loyalty to him, and the Wuwei Sutra reached 77% as he prepared to continue wearing down the bell.

• Li Yun blocked the Ancient Temple’s bell tolls with a barrier of spiritual power, and the System began loading Demonic Contamination and Zen Bell Qi Refining.
• Zhao Ziyue and the being inside the temple were shocked to discover that Li Yun’s spiritual cultivation had reached the Core Condensation Realm.
• The awakened martial artists fled or watched as Li Yun continued resisting the bell, while fewer than a hundred swore never to become his enemy.
• Li Yun restored his spiritual power with Heavenly Heart Lotus Seeds as the Wuwei Sutra’s loading advanced to 77%.

Li Yun endured the ancient temple’s bell chimes by consuming Heavenly Heart Lotus Seeds while secretly waiting for his martial arts to finish loading. After the Wuwei Sutra reached completion, he opened a Mind Dao Palace within his heart and saw the mysterious Old Daoist emerge from it.

• The middle-aged monk watched Li Yun recover with Heavenly Heart Lotus Seeds and fumed that he could not leave the Zen Temple to attack him.
• Zhao Ziyue and Ye Tianxie watched Li Yun consume more seeds, while Ye Tianxie complained that Zhao had given Li Yun resources she had not given him.
• Li Yun swallowed a third Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed as his martial arts approached completion on the System Panel.
• The Wuwei Sutra finished loading, and Li Yun spent ten billion Cognition Points to upgrade it.
• Li Yun discovered the Wuwei Dao Palace inside his heart, realized its doors were opening, and saw the mysterious Old Daoist walk out smiling.

Li Yun forged his Mind Dao Palace and learned from Wuchen that he had become a Dao Child of the Wuwei Dao Palace, whose members could communicate and trade through their mind palaces. After Li Yun explained his predicament at Cloud Dragon Zen Temple, Wuchen revealed that the damaged treasure concealed an Earth-grade Divine Ability.

• Wuchen appeared in Li Yun's Mind Dao Palace and explained that Li Yun had become a Dao Child, with Wuchen as his guide and Senior Brother.
• Wuchen told Li Yun that Dao Children could communicate and trade through their Mind Dao Palaces, but warned him to hide his identity and location.
• Li Yun told Wuchen that he was inside Cloud Dragon Zen Temple and needed help dealing with an Old Devil.
• Wuchen explained that Cloud Dragon Zen Temple was a damaged ancient treasure that had once suppressed a great Demon, but still contained an Earth-grade Divine Ability.

Li Yun learned that the Zen Temple’s bell was connected to a demonic presence and received the Soul Cleansing Curse from Old Daoist Wuchen. He used the perfected art to destroy the Middle-aged Demonic Monk, then seized the Ancient Sky Zen Bell before anyone else could enter.

• Old Daoist Wuchen identified the demon’s power as Demonic Contamination and taught Li Yun the Soul Cleansing Curse, a Buddhist Secret Art.
• Li Yun used five billion Martial Cognition Points to raise the Soul Cleansing Curse to the Perfection Realm.
• Li Yun cast the Soul Cleansing Curse at the Zen Temple, shattering the demonic bell waves and overwhelming the Middle-aged Demonic Monk.
• The Middle-aged Demonic Monk screamed and fell silent as Li Yun’s curse extinguished him.
• Li Yun rushed into the Zen Temple and secretly stored the Bronze Ancient Bell in his Heavenly Origin Ring.

After surviving the Zen Temple, Li Yun learned new martial arts and sought Old Daoist Wuchen’s help to improve his Innate True Qi. Old Daoist Wuchen agreed to trade him cultivation techniques but asked what Li Yun would offer in return.

• Li Yun received Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from grateful Martial Artists, then stayed behind with Zhao Ziyue and Ye Tianxie to cultivate.
• Li Yun used Cognition Points to master Demonic Contamination and Zen Sound Qi Refining, then fused the latter into the Primal Chaos Art, though his Innate True Qi still fell short of Super First Grade.
• Li Yun entered the Mind Dao Palace and summoned Old Daoist Wuchen, telling him that he had mastered the Soul Cleansing Curse and obtained the Ancient Sky Zen Bell.
• Li Yun asked Old Daoist Wuchen to trade him Mortal Transformation Realm or Spirit Cocoon Realm Innate Cultivation Techniques.
• Old Daoist Wuchen agreed to provide a whole pile of techniques and asked Li Yun what he would offer in exchange.

Li Yun offered Old Daoist Wuchen a Divine Ability to trade, but Wuchen refused and explained the trust between guides and Dao Children, while warning him about Zhentian Palace. Wuchen taught Li Yun ten powerful Innate Cultivation Techniques, which Li Yun later perfected and prepared to fuse.

• Li Yun offered to trade Myriad Miles of Ice Seal, but Old Daoist Wuchen warned him not to reveal Divine Abilities and refused the trade.
• Old Daoist Wuchen explained that guides and those they guide should trust and support each other, recalling how his own guide sacrificed himself to protect him.
• Old Daoist Wuchen warned Li Yun to hide his identity and avoid Zhentian Palace, whose perfected Wuwei Sutra could let its practitioners locate and kill Dao Children.
• Old Daoist Wuchen imparted ten Innate Cultivation Techniques to Li Yun before they logged off.
• Li Yun realized he had missed the chance to ask Wuchen about the Old Demon Hag in White Emperor City, then used points to perfect the ten techniques and confirmed they were top-tier Mortal Shedding Realm methods.

Li Yun transformed his Innate True Qi into Super First Grade True Qi and raised his cultivation before searching Shun Forest with Zhao Ziyue and Ye Tianxie for Yang Yundu. After finding no trace of Yang Yundu, the group reunited with Zhang Ruohan and continued through the forest together.

• Li Yun fused Old Daoist Wuchen’s ten Innate Techniques into the Primal Chaos Art, then used Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to reach the Mortal Shedding Realm Fourth Layer with Super First Grade True Qi and improve his body refinement.
• Li Yun searched the eastern part of Shun Forest with Zhao Ziyue and Ye Tianxie, but they found no trace of Yang Yundu.
• Li Yun brought out Zhang Ruohan after purging her Demonic Contamination, and introduced her to Zhao Ziyue and Ye Tianxie.
• Zhao Ziyue and Zhang Ruohan walked ahead together, leaving Li Yun and Ye Tianxie to trade teasing remarks.
• Li Yun pinned Ye Tianxie beneath his Sword Dao Domain until Ye Tianxie apologized, then released him and gave him a Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed and a leaf.

Li Yun gave Ye Tianxie, Zhang Ruohan, and Zhao Ziyue rare treasures that improved their cultivation and comprehension, then guided them onward to the fourth trial. The group arrived at the foot of the Ascending Cloud Path, where other martial artists struggled up its stone steps.

• Ye Tianxie eagerly swallowed a Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed and a comprehension-enhancing leaf, while Li Yun gave Zhang Ruohan and Zhao Ziyue treasures too.
• Li Yun guarded the three as they absorbed the treasures and studied the Five Elements Array; Zhao Ziyue awakened first and said the leaf had increased her comprehension by about seven percent.
• Ye Tianxie and Zhang Ruohan awakened with their mental cultivation raised to the Spirit Condensation Realm, and Ye Tianxie boasted that he could challenge Li Yun before fleeing when Li Yun drew his sword.
• The four left the forest through the Zen Temple and stone gate, then reached the foot of a mountain where a tablet marked the next trial as the Ascending Cloud Path.

Li Yun surveyed the Ascending Cloud Path, where geniuses and veteran experts competed to climb, and watched Ye Tianxie charge ahead and provoke nearby Martial Artists. Li Yun then led Zhao Ziyue and Zhang Ruohan toward the path.

• Li Yun saw that the Ascending Cloud Path gathered experts and geniuses from across the prefectures, with Yang Yundu leading near the top and Ye Li among the second echelon.
• Ye Tianxie rushed straight to the two-hundredth step but staggered backward under the path's pressure.
• When several Martial Artists called Ye Tianxie a greenhorn, he knocked them off their steps with a slash of black Blade Light.
• One of the Martial Artists recognized Ye Tianxie as the Evil Blade Supreme's disciple, and the surrounding onlookers backed down.
• Li Yun led Zhao Ziyue and Zhang Ruohan toward the Ascending Cloud Path, where waiting Martial Artists noticed them and some came forward to greet him.

Li Yun and Zhao Ziyue exposed a Night Emperor subordinate’s attempt to stir up trouble, and Ye Tianxie used the ensuing confrontation to beat seven of the Night Emperor’s Mortal Transformation Realm Martial Artists off the Ascending Cloud Path. Ye Li confronted Ye Tianxie over the attack.

• Li Yun greeted the Martial Artists gathered at the Ascending Cloud Path, and Zhao Ziyue seized a Night Emperor subordinate who had tried to provoke him with flattering words.
• Zhao Ziyue ordered the man to apologize to Li Yun, and the surrounding Martial Artists condemned him before he hurried onto the stone steps.
• After Li Yun glanced toward him, Ye Tianxie blocked the subordinate’s way and accused him of deliberately crashing into him, then slashed him down the steps.
• Ye Tianxie fought the Night Emperor’s reinforcements and drove seven Mortal Transformation Realm Martial Artists down the stone steps, leaving them bloodied.
• Ye Li angrily accused Ye Tianxie of using his status to make an enemy of the Night Emperor lineage.

Ye Tianxie taunted Ye Li on the Ascending Cloud Path until Ye Li accepted a fight, while Li Yun, Zhao Ziyue, and Zhang Ruohan began climbing. Li Yun sensed a hidden mystery in the path: the first to reach its summit would receive a top-tier Profound Grade treasure and a rare spiritual-energy baptism.

• Ye Tianxie threatened Ye Li and strode up the Ascending Cloud Path, refusing to let their quarrel go unresolved.
• Ye Li tried to enlist Li Yun and Zhao Ziyue, but Li Yun refused to interfere and Ye Tianxie mocked Ye Li until he agreed to fight.
• Ye Tianxie rushed toward Ye Li, and several Mortal Transformation Realm martial artists under Night Emperor charged at him to block his advance.
• Ye Tianxie drew his blade to face Night Emperor's men as Li Yun, Zhao Ziyue, and Zhang Ruohan stepped onto the path and began climbing.
• Li Yun sensed an enigmatic fluctuation and realized that the first person to reach the summit would receive a top-tier Profound Grade Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure and a rare spiritual-energy baptism.

Li Yun raced up the Ascending Cloud Path after learning that its first-place reward included a top-tier Profound Grade treasure and a Spirit Qi baptism. He left his companions behind, quickly caught up with the leading warriors, and confronted Night Emperor’s men after Ye Li fell down the steps.

• Li Yun, Zhao Ziyue, and Zhang Ruohan learned about the reward for reaching the summit, and Zhao urged Li Yun to go ahead without them.
• Li Yun climbed rapidly, passed struggling warriors, and advised Gao Xingchen and the other Celestial Martial Sect disciples to use the path’s pressure to temper their Innate Spirit Qi.
• Li Yun caught up with Ye Tianxie and then continued past the six-hundredth step, drawing the attention of Yang Yundu and the other leaders.
• Ye Li sneered as Li Yun passed, but Li Yun’s aura buffeted him and sent him tumbling down forty or fifty steps.
• Ye Li cursed Li Yun, prompting Night Emperor’s Mortal Transformation Realm warriors to move against him, and Li Yun answered by throwing a punch.

Li Yun overwhelmed the Martial Artists on the Ascending Cloud Path, defeating thirteen top geniuses who challenged him together. As the others reeled from his strength, Yang Yundu used the distraction to climb close to the nine hundredth step.

• Li Yun blasted away the Night Emperor's Mortal Transformation Realm Martial Artists with a single Primordial World-Shaking Fist.
• Ning Bukong attacked Li Yun on the seven hundredth step, and Bai Xianhe joined him, but Li Yun held off both with his fist and Black Tiger Battle Tactic.
• Yuan Kun and other challengers joined the fight until thirteen top geniuses surrounded Li Yun.
• Li Yun defeated all thirteen geniuses in thirteen consecutive moves, shocking the Martial Artists on the Ascending Cloud Path.
• Yang Yundu avoided the battle and climbed close to the nine hundredth step while the others fought Li Yun.

Xie Yu'an, alarmed by Li Yun's strength, persuaded Yang Yundu to join him in trying to kill Li Yun by promising to introduce him to a Heavenly Human Supreme. The two prepared to act, unaware that Li Yun had heard their secret conversation through his Wind Listener ability.

• Xie Yu'an recognized that Li Yun's strength made their earlier plan to hunt him a dangerous mistake and feared Li Yun would kill him.
• Xie Yu'an asked Yang Yundu to cooperate in killing Li Yun, but Yang Yundu objected that Chen Jiuxu would retaliate.
• Xie Yu'an promised to introduce Yang Yundu to the Heavenly Human Supreme Green Smoke Guest, and Yang Yundu agreed to help kill Li Yun.
• Yang Yundu's hatred of Li Yun deepened as he recalled how Li Yun had ruined his chance to make a name for himself at the Spring Welcome Tea Party.
• Li Yun overheard Xie Yu'an and Yang Yundu's entire conversation with his Wind Listener ability.

Li Yun discovered Xie Yu'an and Yang Yundu were plotting against him, then used Demonic Contamination to manipulate Xie Yu'an into avoiding Li Yun and trying to kill Xie Yu'an. He climbed to the top of the Ascending Cloud Path ahead of Yang Yundu, who continued climbing behind him.

• Li Yun decided he would kill Xie Yu'an elsewhere to avoid provoking powerful enemies and endangering the Celestial Martial Sect.
• Li Yun used Demonic Contamination on Xie Yu'an, overcame a spirit-protecting treasure, and implanted a command to avoid Li Yun and find a chance to kill Xie Yu'an.
• Xie Yu'an avoided Li Yun, leading Yang Yundu to believe Xie Yu'an had only been trying to provoke him into attacking Li Yun.
• Yang Yundu abandoned the idea of fighting Li Yun and continued climbing the Ascending Cloud Path.
• Li Yun greeted Yang Yundu on the upper steps, then raced ahead and reached the thousandth step first.

Li Yun reached the summit first, claimed a rooted Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma, and underwent a Spirit Qi baptism that raised him to Mortal Shedding Twelfth Layer. He entered the passage to the next trial, while Yang Yundu remained furious over his success.

• Li Yun reached the summit first and taunted Yang Yundu before entering the ancient temple.
• The temple awarded Li Yun a rooted Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma, which he transplanted into the Heavenly Origin Ring and discovered could regrow there.
• A Spirit Qi storm began Li Yun’s baptism, strengthening his body and rapidly raising his cultivation.
• Li Yun’s cultivation reached Mortal Shedding Twelfth Layer, and his Willow Wood Spirit Body advanced.
• A door to the next trial appeared, and Li Yun walked through it.

Li Yun entered a stone chamber where he had to master Bright Fist within three days to escape Demonic Qi, but his natural talent let him reach Perfection in about two hours. He left a message on the wall and entered a second, harder trial, while Yang Yundu arrived behind him and found the first chamber already passed.

• Li Yun appeared in a stone chamber filled with the bones of past challengers and learned he had three days to master Bright Fist to Great Success or face deadly Demonic Qi.
• Li Yun comprehended Bright Fist in fifteen minutes and practiced until he reached Perfection in about two hours.
• Li Yun carved a message on the wall proclaiming his success, then passed through the opened stone door into a second chamber requiring mastery of Demon Subduing Sword to Perfection.
• Yang Yundu reached the summit, entered the temple after its rewards had vanished, and appeared in the Bright Fist chamber.
• Yang Yundu read Li Yun's message and, stunned that Li Yun had already passed the trial, questioned how he could have done it.

Yang Yundu, Xie Yu'an, Ye Tianxie, and Zhao Ziyue struggled to master the Bright Fist trial, where failure within three days meant death. As they began cultivating, a golden-robed youth arrived at the Ascending Cloud Path and scorned the Mysterious Moon Kingdom's geniuses.

• Yang Yundu failed to find a shortcut to the Bright Fist and spent hours reaching Initial Completion, then grew more confident as his cultivation improved.
• Xie Yu'an arrived, argued with Yang Yundu over their proposed alliance, and attacked him before Yang Yundu countered with the World-Saving Fist and badly injured him.
• Xie Yu'an realized he had attacked Yang Yundu without reason, while Yang Yundu explained that Li Yun had already completed the trial and left.
• Zhao Ziyue, Ye Tianxie, and Bi Yusheng arrived, learned they had to master the Bright Fist within three days to survive, and began studying it.
• Four Mortal Transformation Realm martial artists escorted an arrogant golden-robed youth to the Ascending Cloud Path, where he insulted the Mysterious Moon Kingdom's geniuses.