Chapter Summaries

Li Yun ambushed Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult on Dal Star, killing over a hundred Saint Kings and taking their Dao Fruits before escaping. He reached the Strange Abyss Star Domain with more than ten trillion Myriad Wonders Points, while the four Saint Emperors blamed the Golden Eagle Emperor.

• Li Yun appeared above Dal Star and trapped the planet in a Peerless Blade Prison.
• Li Yun killed over a hundred of the two factions’ Saint Kings and seized their Dao Fruits as the four Saint Emperors charged out.
• Li Yun escaped through the Gate of Myriad Wonders before the four Saint Emperors could hit him.
• The four Saint Emperors searched the Starry Sky, returned to Dal Star, and accused the Golden Eagle Emperor of betraying them.
• Li Yun arrived at an uninhabited planet in the Strange Abyss Star Domain and saw that his Myriad Wonders Points had exceeded ten trillion.

The Golden Eagle Emperor rushed to Dal Star after Li Yun’s devastating attack and feared the Golden Eagle Dynasty would be blamed. He denied colluding with Li Yun and promised Saint Emperor Black Origin to mobilize his forces to hunt him down.

• News of Li Yun’s slaughter on Dal Star shocked the Golden Eagle Emperor, who decided to go there and contact Li Yun through the captive Bai Cang and Bai Yang.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor and his party spent ten days traveling to the Grand Way Star Domain, but Li Yun did not respond to their messages.
• On Dal Star, the Golden Eagle Emperor saw the devastation Li Yun had left behind and abandoned thoughts of reclaiming the Saint Emperor Saint Arts or killing him.
• Saint Emperor Black Origin accused the Golden Eagle Emperor of helping Li Yun attack Dal Star and threatened to destroy the Golden Eagle Dynasty.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor denied involvement and promised to use the dynasty’s forces to hunt Li Yun.

Saint Emperor Black Origin forced the Golden Eagle Dynasty to search for Li Yun, while Li Yun hid in the Through-Ancient Dynasty and cultivated for forty days. After reaching the thirty-first level of the Heavenly Emperor Sacred Dao Scripture and Late Saint Emperor cultivation, Li Yun returned to the Grand Way Star Domain to pursue a Saint Emperor Saint Art.

• Saint Emperor Black Origin made the Golden Eagle Emperor promise that the Golden Eagle Dynasty would search for Li Yun, threatening to hold it responsible if they failed.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor ordered the Domain Lords across the Golden Eagle Dynasty to search for Li Yun while keeping the planned transaction with him secret.
• Li Yun cultivated in hiding in the Strange Abyss Star Domain for forty days, advancing the Heavenly Emperor Sacred Dao Scripture from the thirtieth level to the thirty-first.
• Li Yun reached Late Saint Emperor and considered the value of a Saint Emperor Dao Fruit, but decided not to provoke Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult further.
• Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to return to the Grand Way Star Domain, intending to obtain the Saint Emperor Saint Art.

Li Yun met the Golden Eagle Emperor and Saint Emperor White Mountain on a deserted planet to exchange Saint Emperor Bai Cang and Saint Emperor Bai Yang for four Saint Emperor Saint Arts. After completing the exchange, Li Yun offered to discuss another deal, leaving the Golden Eagle Emperor to decide whether to hear him out.

• The Golden Eagle Emperor and Saint Emperor White Mountain waited more than ten days past the appointed time and worried that Li Yun would not come.
• Li Yun suddenly appeared before them without being detected, startling both Saint Emperors.
• Li Yun brought the sleeping Bai Cang and Bai Yang out of the Myriad Wonders World and handed them over.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor gave Li Yun four Jade Slips containing the Saint Emperor Saint Arts, and Li Yun stored them in the Myriad Wonders World for the All Wonders System to record.
• After the Golden Eagle Emperor said they were square and asked to leave with Bai Cang and Bai Yang, Li Yun agreed and proposed another deal.

Li Yun asked the Golden Eagle Emperor and Saint Emperor White Mountain for intelligence on Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult, but the Golden Eagle Emperor refused to risk his dynasty. After Li Yun left, the emperor decided to offer the Golden Eagle Dynasty's allegiance to Saint Emperor Black Origin in exchange for protection and a Saint Sect-level Saint Art.

• Li Yun asked the Golden Eagle Emperor to help gather intelligence on Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult, but the emperor refused, fearing reprisals against the Golden Eagle Dynasty.
• Li Yun left the emperor a Message Talisman that could pinpoint his location and teleported away.
• Saint Emperor White Mountain questioned why the Golden Eagle Emperor had refused to help Li Yun, and the emperor explained that the dynasty could be destroyed if the cults learned it had aided him.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor revealed that he intended to offer the Golden Eagle Dynasty's allegiance to Saint Emperor Black Origin.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor privately planned to trade the dynasty's submission for a Saint Sect-level Saint Art so he could become a Saint Sect powerhouse.

Li Yun returned to Domain Lord Star and revealed to He Tiangang that he had become a Saint Emperor, then repaid He Tiangang with a complete Saint Emperor Saint Art. He Tiangang warned that the Through-Ancient Dynasty had joined forces with White Emperor City and laid a trap for Li Yun, who realized the dynasty meant to use him to gain influence.

• Li Yun quietly returned to Domain Lord Star and found He Tiangang struggling to break through to the Saint Emperor Realm.
• Li Yun appeared in He Tiangang’s sealed meditation chamber and revealed that he had become a Saint Emperor.
• Li Yun gave He Tiangang the Great Wilderness Imperial Ultimate Art, a complete Saint Emperor Saint Art, in return for his past help.
• He Tiangang warned Li Yun that the Through-Ancient Dynasty had become subordinate to White Emperor City and that they were waiting to trap him.
• Li Yun realized the dynasty planned to use him as a stepping stone to greater status and dismissed the threat with a cold smile.

Li Yun secretly entered the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s Imperial Capital and assessed its defenses and the strength of its rulers and White Emperor City’s forces. As he considered attacking White Emperor Manor to seize Saint Emperor Saint Arts, a dozen Saint Emperors from Black Heaven arrived.

• Li Yun thanked He Tiangang, declined his invitation to drink, and left the Domain Lord Star unnoticed.
• After three months, Li Yun reached the Imperial Capital disguised as an ordinary Lord Sage and heard that Seventh Prince Gu Dian had become an Inner Sect Disciple in White Emperor City.
• Li Yun investigated the Imperial Capital and found that its palace held fourteen Saint Emperors while White Emperor Manor housed seven, none of whom had reached Peak Saint Emperor.
• Li Yun considered capturing White Emperor City’s Saint Emperors to obtain Saint Emperor Saint Arts.
• A dozen familiar Saint Emperors from Black Heaven appeared in the sky above the Imperial Capital.

More than thirty Saint Emperors gathered at White Emperor Manor, alarming the Imperial Capital until the palace announced they had come for Saint Emperor Ruiyun’s birthday. Li Yun used the celebration as an opportunity to enter the manor disguised as a Rogue Cultivator and took a seat inside.

• Li Yun saw Saint Emperors from Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult arrive at White Emperor Manor and held back from attacking.
• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven led fourteen Imperial Clan Saint Emperors to the manor, prompting rumors of an impending crisis.
• The palace revealed that the gathering was for Saint Emperor Ruiyun’s nine-thousandth birthday and that Imperial Capital Saint Kings could attend with gifts.
• The Imperial Capital’s Saint Kings rushed to obtain presents after learning Ruiyun was the youngest son of Saint Emperor Yitian, a deputy city lord of White Emperor City.
• Li Yun posed as a Saint King Rogue Cultivator, presented a treasure at the gate, and entered the manor.
• Li Yun found a seat in a corner while the birthday guest and the other Saint Emperors had yet to appear.

Li Yun attended Saint Emperor Ruiyun’s birthday celebration in disguise and quietly observed the guests. After discovering several powerful figures secretly watching the Main Hall, he decided to wait and see whether they would act against Ruiyun.

• Li Yun disguised himself as an ordinary Rogue Cultivator Saint King and listened as guests discussed their hopes of winning Saint Emperor Ruiyun’s favor.
• Li Yun sent a strand of Divine Consciousness toward the Main Hall, then withdrew it when he sensed other hidden experts approaching.
• Li Yun noticed at least six suspicious guests whose concealed auras and attention toward the Main Hall marked them as powerful outsiders.
• Li Yun suspected the hidden figures were targeting Saint Emperor Ruiyun and chose not to expose them, hoping their actions would create an opportunity for him.

At Saint Emperor Ruiyun’s birthday banquet, twelve Saint Emperors from the White Emperor City Punishment Hall appeared to arrest him for colluding with Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult. Ruiyun denied the charges and called on his allies to attack, leaving Saint Emperor Seal Heaven undecided as the battle began.

• Saint Emperor Ruiyun emerged at White Emperor Manor and toasted the assembled guests at his birthday banquet.
• A voice accused Ruiyun of colluding with Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult, and twelve Punishment Hall Saint Emperors revealed themselves among the guests.
• Xuancang presented a Gilt Token and declared that the Punishment Hall had come by the Saint Emperor’s decree to arrest Ruiyun.
• Ruiyun denied the accusations, called the Punishment Hall officers impostors, and asked Saint Emperor Seal Heaven and his allies to help seize them.
• Saint Emperors from Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult attacked Xuancang and the other Punishment Hall officers while Saint Emperor Seal Heaven hesitated.

Saint Emperor Seal Heaven joined Saint Emperor Ruiyun’s attack on the Punishment Hall, leaving Xuancang and his allies outnumbered. Li Yun then struck from the banquet, killed seven enemy Saint Emperors, and pinned Ruiyun beneath his foot as the battle fell silent.

• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven chose to obey Ruiyun and led the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s Saint Emperors into the fight against Xuancang and the Punishment Hall.
• More than thirty Saint Emperors encircled the twelve Punishment Hall fighters, and Xuancang’s side was driven back with one Saint Emperor wounded.
• Li Yun drew the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade and unleashed the Peerless Blade Prison, killing three Saint Emperors from Great Black Heaven, three from the Blood God Cult, and one from the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
• Li Yun collected the seven Saint Emperor Dao Fruits, then condensed the Blade Prison and pinned the wounded Saint Emperor Ruiyun beneath his foot.
• A subordinate of Ruiyun charged Li Yun, but Li Yun’s blade light stopped him before he could get close.

Li Yun seized Saint Emperor Ruiyun and robbed him during the battle at White Emperor Manor, then demanded the Through-Ancient Dynasty's Saint Emperor Saint Arts as ransom. After collecting all four, Li Yun turned his attention to Xuancang.

• Li Yun stopped Ruiyun's subordinate with a slash and announced that he was robbing everyone at White Emperor Manor.
• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven tried to protect Saint Emperor Ruiyun by threatening Li Yun with Saint Emperor Yitian's retaliation, but Li Yun injured Ruiyun and took his Storage Ring.
• Li Yun found several Saint Emperor Saint Arts in Ruiyun's Storage Ring, then demanded all four of the Through-Ancient Dynasty's Saint Emperor Saint Arts in exchange for Ruiyun's life.
• Li Yun knocked Ruiyun unconscious when he kept cursing, and Saint Emperor Seal Heaven handed over the four Saint Emperor Saint Arts.
• After confirming that he now possessed sixteen Saint Emperor Saint Arts, Li Yun looked toward Xuancang.

Li Yun used Saint Emperor Ruiyun and Saint Emperor Xuanyue's Relics to negotiate with Saint Emperor Xuancang, offering to help him take Ruiyun back in exchange for Saint Emperor Saint Arts. After revealing his identity and reaching a deal, Li Yun threatened Ruiyun's life to force his enemies to let Xuancang approach.

• Li Yun demanded four Saint Emperor Saint Arts from Saint Emperor Xuancang for Saint Emperor Ruiyun, then raised his price when the others protested.
• Li Yun offered Saint Emperor Xuanyue's Relics along with Ruiyun, explaining that Xuanyue had uncovered collusion between White Emperor City and Great Black Heaven.
• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven recognized Li Yun and accused him of finding Saint Emperor Xuanyue's remains and returning to the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
• Li Yun revealed his true appearance and offered Ruiyun, Xuanyue's Relics, and his help holding off their enemies for six Saint Emperor Saint Arts.
• Saint Emperor Xuancang agreed to the deal and produced five Jade Slips, which Li Yun accepted.
• When Saint Emperor Seal Heaven and the others tried to stop Xuancang, Li Yun grabbed Ruiyun by the throat and threatened to kill him, forcing them to open a path.

Li Yun secured the five Saint Emperor Saint Arts from Saint Emperor Xuancang and helped Xuancang’s subordinates escape before handing over Saint Emperor Ruiyun. As Xuancang fled with Ruiyun, Li Yun trapped Saint Emperor Seal Heaven and twenty-seven other Saint Emperors in a Blade Prison, standing alone in their way.

• Saint Emperor Xuancang gave Li Yun five complete Saint Emperor Saint Arts, bringing Li Yun’s collection to twenty-one.
• Li Yun warned Xuancang to send his subordinates away, then cut off one of Saint Emperor Ruiyun’s arms to force the surrounding Saint Emperors to let them pass.
• Xuancang’s eleven Punishment Hall subordinates escaped, and Li Yun waited until they were safe before handing Ruiyun to Xuancang.
• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven and the others attacked Xuancang as he fled with Ruiyun, but Li Yun formed a Blade Prison around all twenty-eight pursuers.
• Xuancang thanked Li Yun and disappeared into the distance with Ruiyun while Seal Heaven and the others prepared to attack Li Yun.

Li Yun endured a prolonged assault by twenty-eight Saint Emperors until the arrival of a Saint Sect expert created an opening. He killed thirteen exhausted Saint Emperors, collected their Dao Fruits, and escaped into the Myriad Wonders World, taunting his enemies to thank the newcomer.

• Twenty-eight Saint Emperors attacked Li Yun, with Saint Emperor Seal Heaven leading the assault using the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s national destiny.
• Li Yun fought alone for hours, but the attackers gradually compressed his Blade Prison and weakened his Heaven's Will Blade Aura.
• A Saint Sect expert’s approach briefly distracted the three Peak Saint Emperors, and Li Yun exploited their lapse to break through their formation.
• Li Yun unleashed his Blade Prison on the depleted Mid-Saint Emperors and Early Saint Emperors, killing thirteen with one stroke.
• Li Yun gathered the thirteen Saint Emperor Dao Fruits, teleported into the Myriad Wonders World, and mocked his pursuers for the Saint Sect expert’s accidental help.

Ling Yan returned to the ruined Imperial Capital after Li Yun escaped and learned that Xuancang had taken Saint Emperor Ruiyun to White Emperor City. After Ling Yan failed to intercept them, Saint Emperor Yitian gave him three months to capture Li Yun or die.

• Li Yun escaped after killing thirteen of the twenty-eight Saint Emperors who had surrounded him.
• Ling Yan arrived at the Imperial Capital and learned that Xuancang had taken Saint Emperor Ruiyun to the Punishment Hall.
• Ling Yan raced across several Star Domains but learned that Ruiyun had already been imprisoned in White Emperor City awaiting trial.
• Saint Emperor Yitian sent Ling Yan a message ordering him to bring Li Yun before him within three months or face death.
• Ling Yan vowed to kill Li Yun.

Saint Sect Ling Yan ordered a massive manhunt for Li Yun after Saint Emperor Yitian gave him three months to capture him. Li Yun’s reputation spread across two dynasties, while the Golden Eagle Emperor feared his secret deal with Li Yun would be exposed.

• Ling Yan returned to the Imperial Capital after failing to find Li Yun and summoned the surviving Saint Emperors.
• Ling Yan told the assembled leaders that Saint Emperor Ruiyun was imprisoned and warned that they would all die if they failed to deliver Li Yun within three months.
• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven explained that Li Yun had vanished using a strange Translocation Technique, and Ling Yan ordered a lockdown of the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
• Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult promised to send two Saint Sects and a hundred Saint Emperors, and Ling Yan expanded the lockdown to the Golden Eagle Dynasty.
• News of Li Yun’s attack on the birthday banquet and his battle against the Saint Emperors spread through both dynasties.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor, newly pledged to Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult, panicked that his private deal with Li Yun might be discovered.

The Golden Eagle Emperor ordered his clan to conceal its dealings with Li Yun while Li Yun cultivated in hiding and advanced into the Late Saint Emperor realm. His cultivation was interrupted when Yun Zhonghe and a group of Starry Sky Bandits arrived to hunt him, prompting Li Yun to open his eyes.

• The Golden Eagle Emperor warned his Saint Emperors to keep their deal with Li Yun secret and confined Bai Cang and Bai Yang.
• Li Yun spent more than a month cultivating on an uninhabited planet, reaching the thirty-first level of the Heavenly Emperor Sacred Dao Scripture and the Late Saint Emperor realm.
• Li Yun continued cultivating because he expected Saint Emperor Yitian, Great Black Heaven, and the Blood God Cult to send powerful pursuers after him.
• Yun Zhonghe led Starry Sky Bandits to Li Yun's planet and shouted for him to come out so they could take him to Great Black Heaven.
• Li Yun opened his eyes as Yun Zhonghe's calls rang across the planet.

Li Yun encountered Yun Zhonghe and his Starry Sky Bandits on the isolated planet, learned that Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult had sealed off the Through-Ancient Dynasty and Golden Eagle Dynasty, then killed the bandits and fled. The Black Abyss Saint Sect Master arrived moments later, confirmed Li Yun had been there, and realized he had missed him.

• Li Yun appeared before Yun Zhonghe and his Starry Sky Bandits, who dropped to their knees and begged for mercy.
• Yun Zhonghe explained that Great Black Heaven had forced the bandits to search for Li Yun, and Li Yun learned that Saint Sect experts had sealed off the Through-Ancient Dynasty and Golden Eagle Dynasty.
• Li Yun decided to kill the bandits, then used his Heaven's Will Blade Aura to erase them and their Flying Boats.
• Sensing danger, Li Yun summoned the Gate of Myriad Wonders and teleported away from the planet.
• The Black Abyss Saint Sect Master arrived in the Desolate Star Star Domain, found traces of Li Yun, and lamented that he had arrived too late.

The three great factions intensified their hunt for Li Yun across the Golden Eagle Dynasty, but he evaded them by retreating to the Through-Ancient Dynasty. After nearly twenty days of cultivation, he emerged and decided to strike the Through-Ancient Dynasty's Imperial Capital again.

• The Black Abyss Saint Sect Master found traces of Li Yun on a desolate planet and summoned experts from White Emperor City, Great Black Heaven, and the Blood God Cult.
• Thirteen Saint Sect experts agreed to increase the pressure on Li Yun, mobilizing nearly two hundred Saint Emperors and forcing Starry Sky Bandits to join the hunt.
• Li Yun evaded near-discovery several times by using the Gate of Myriad Wonders and realized the bandits were bait intended to expose his location.
• Li Yun escaped the Golden Eagle Dynasty and resumed seclusion on an uninhabited planet in the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
• After nearly twenty days, Li Yun exhausted most of his Myriad Wonders Points and advanced the [Heavenly Emperor Sacred Dao Scripture] to 30% of the thirty-first level.
• Li Yun emerged from seclusion and decided to target the Through-Ancient Dynasty's Imperial Capital again.