Chapter Summaries

Saint Emperor Seal Heaven and the surviving Through-Ancient Imperial Clan Saint Emperors discussed Li Yun’s losses and the reports that three powers were hunting him in the Golden Eagle Dynasty. Li Yun suddenly appeared above the royal garden and trapped them in a greatly strengthened Peerless Blade Prison.

• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven told the other Saint Emperors that Li Yun had been traced to the Golden Eagle Dynasty, where three major powers were hunting him.
• The Saint Emperors expressed relief that Li Yun might soon be killed and wondered how he had become powerful enough to withstand dozens of them.
• The Imperial Clan Saint Emperors argued over whether Li Yun had derived a Saint Emperor Saint Art from Saint King Cultivation Techniques or found an opportunity in the Saint Emperor Ruins.
• Li Yun silently appeared above the royal garden and unleashed the Peerless Blade Prison on the gathering.
• Saint Emperor Seal Heaven recognized Li Yun’s attack, but the strengthened Blade Prison bound the Saint Emperors before they could defend themselves.

Li Yun annihilated the Through-Ancient Dynasty’s Imperial Clan and then lured the three powers’ Saint Sect experts away from the Golden Eagle Dynasty. While they rushed to investigate, he slaughtered thirty-seven Saint Emperors on Tiger-Fighting Star, leaving the Golden Eagle Dynasty in fear.

• Li Yun killed the six remaining Imperial Clan Saint Emperors and Saint Emperor Seal Heaven, then took their Dao Fruits.
• Li Yun teleported to the Golden Eagle Dynasty and hid, waiting for news of his attack to reach the three powers.
• The three powers’ Saint Sect experts rushed toward the Through-Ancient Dynasty after hearing that its Imperial Clan had fallen.
• Li Yun attacked Tiger-Fighting Star and killed all thirty-seven Saint Emperors stationed there.
• Saint Sect Ling Yan, Black Abyss Saint Sect Master, and the other experts returned to find the slaughter complete, and the Golden Eagle Dynasty fell silent.

After Li Yun wiped out thirty-seven Saint Emperors at Tiger-Fighting Star, the Saint Sects admitted their blockade and pursuit strategy had failed. They decided to regroup their forces and seek a Saint Venerable’s help, while Saint Sect Ling Yan still faced Saint Emperor Yitian’s deadline to capture Li Yun.

• Li Yun’s Blade Intent lingered over Tiger-Fighting Star after he killed all thirty-seven Saint Emperors and took their Dao Fruits.
• The Saint Sects realized Li Yun had crossed their blockade and suspected his attack on the Through-Ancient Dynasty had been bait.
• The Black Abyss Saint Sect Master argued that they should gather their scattered forces at one outpost to prevent further surprise attacks.
• Saint Sect Ling Yan protested that regrouping would let Li Yun escape, but Saint Sect Black Cang pointed out that the blockade had not stopped him before.
• The Black Abyss Saint Sect Master proposed petitioning their superiors to send a Saint Venerable after Li Yun, and Saint Sect Ling Yan questioned whether it would work.

The Black Abyss Saint Sect Master convinced Saint Sect Ling Yan and the other Saint Sects to gather 367 rare materials so a Great Black Heaven Saint Venerable could summon the Dark Heavenly Lord’s will and locate Li Yun. Li Yun realized that Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult’s apparent retreat was likely a prelude to a greater retaliation, though he hesitated to leave the dynasties behind.

• The Black Abyss Saint Sect Master explained that a Saint Venerable could summon the Dark Heavenly Lord’s will to search the Through-Ancient and Golden Eagle Dynasties, and Saint Sect Ling Yan agreed to pay whatever it took to catch Li Yun.
• The Saint Sects divided up a list of 367 rare materials and left to gather them together.
• Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult withdrew their outposts toward the Golden Eagle Dynasty’s Imperial Capital, prompting rumors that Li Yun’s slaughter of 37 Saint Emperors had frightened them into retreating.
• Li Yun, hiding near the Golden Eagle Dynasty and cultivating with his Myriad Wonders Points, heard the rumors and suspected the two forces were preparing a more terrifying retaliation.
• Li Yun sensed he could not stay in either dynasty much longer, but wondered whether leaving would be a shame.

Li Yun investigated Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult’s movements, then decided to make one last attack before fleeing. After destroying a Blood God Cult group, he escaped toward Deep Space beyond the Golden Eagle Dynasty.

• Li Yun scouted the migrating groups for several days, then contacted the Golden Eagle Emperor to ask about the Saint Sect experts’ plans.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor told Li Yun that the experts had ordered the groups to gather at the Imperial Capital and were forcing the dynasty to search for rare materials.
• Li Yun decided to strike once more and spent the next ten days looking for a suitable target.
• Li Yun ambushed a Blood God Cult group from Northern Origin Star and killed its ten Saint Emperors and two hundred Saint Kings.
• Li Yun collected their Dao Fruits, teleported to the Golden Eagle Dynasty’s border, and fled into Deep Space.

Li Yun cultivated from the Saint Emperor Realm to the Saint Sect Realm while traveling through Deep Space, then discovered an immense star system radiating powerful vitality. He realized the place was extraordinary, but had yet to learn what it was.

• Li Yun spent three months on alert after leaving the Golden Eagle Dynasty, then used his more than seventy-four trillion Myriad Wonders Points to resume cultivating.
• Li Yun perfected the Thirty-Second Level of the [Heavenly Emperor Sacred Dao Scripture] and cultivated the Saint Emperor Saint Arts he had acquired.
• The Gate of Myriad Wonders derived the [Great Sect Sacred Heaven Art], and Li Yun advanced into the Saint Sect Realm.
• Li Yun spent more than half a year stabilizing his cultivation on the Hengwu Domain Martial Dao Ladder's 504th step.
• Li Yun traveled alone through Deep Space for another three months and encountered a central star surrounded by more than a thousand Martial Dao Stars.
• Li Yun recognized that the vast, interconnected star system was no ordinary place.

Li Yun reached the Evergreen Ancient Domain and received an invitation to witness its Domain Lord’s impending advancement to Saint Emperor. After passing through a star gate, he arrived at Azure Sky City and entered with his attendance token.

• Li Yun approached the ring of Martial Dao Stars and met Green Paulownia and Purple Mountain, two Blue Robe Saint Sect patrol guards.
• Green Paulownia told Li Yun that Heavenly Wood Saint Venerable was about to advance to Saint Emperor and gave him a token to explore the domain.
• Li Yun promised to obey the Evergreen Ancient Domain’s rules and traveled through the star gate into the domain.
• Li Yun arrived near Azure Sky City, marveled at the many powerful experts there, and presented his token to the guards.
• The Azure Sky City guards bowed to Li Yun and allowed him to enter.

Li Yun explored Azure Sky City and discovered that the Star Chart did not show the Golden Eagle Dynasty or the Through-Ancient Dynasty. Two Saint Emperors explained that Spatial Turbulence had likely diverted his Flying Boat during his seclusion, leaving Li Yun pleased to be far from his old enemies.

• Li Yun entered Azure Sky City and was impressed by its many Saint Emperors and orderly streets.
• Li Yun sold materials, bought a Star Chart, and learned that Azure Sky City stood on Azure Sky Star, one of the Evergreen Ancient Domain’s auxiliary stars.
• Li Yun searched the Star Chart and found no mention of the Golden Eagle Dynasty or the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
• Li Yun asked two Saint Emperors about the missing dynasties, and they said the chart was accurate and suggested something had happened during his journey.
• Li Yun recalled entering seclusion aboard his Flying Boat, and the Saint Emperors concluded that Spatial Turbulence had diverted him.
• Li Yun accepted the explanation, felt fortunate that the detour had taken him far from his former enemies, and offered to buy the Saint Emperors drinks.

Li Yun learned about the Evergreen Ancient Domain, explored its satellite stars, and gathered Dao Resonance to build up Myriad Wonders Points. He settled in Great Sun City on the Imperial Star to cultivate, but two familiar Saint Sects arrived at his courtyard gate.

• Li Yun learned from Hong He and Yun Yan about the Azure Emperor Great House, the upcoming ceremony, and its date ten years away.
• Li Yun traveled across the satellite stars for two years, gathering Dao Resonance and generating Myriad Wonders Points through the Gate of Myriad Wonders.
• Li Yun grew bored of traveling and went to the Imperial Star, where he rented a courtyard in Great Sun City with thirty-two trillion Myriad Wonders Points saved.
• Li Yun prepared to cultivate the Great Sect Sacred Heaven Art, but a knock at his gate interrupted him.
• Li Yun opened the gate and found Azure Paulownia Saint Sect and Purple Mountain Saint Sect, who had given him his invitation token.

Li Yun hosted Green Paulownia and Purple Mountain, who revealed that the Ninth Princess wanted him to join the Man Yue Palace as a retainer. Surprised by the invitation and the extent of her attention to him, Li Yun asked for time to consider.

• Li Yun welcomed Green Paulownia and Purple Mountain to his rented courtyard and told them about his travels through the Evergreen Ancient Domain.
• Li Yun suggested they drink together, and the three shared food and wine before he asked why they had come.
• Green Paulownia and Purple Mountain explained that Saint Venerable Man Yue, the Ninth Princess, had sent them to invite Li Yun to become her retainer.
• Green Paulownia said the Ninth Princess had learned of Li Yun after her subordinates reported his arrival and had watched newcomers across more than twelve hundred satellite stars.
• Li Yun said he understood but had only come to the Evergreen Ancient Domain to rest, so he asked for time to consider joining the Man Yue Palace.

Green Paulownia revealed that Saint Venerable Man Yue was a leading candidate to become the next Domain Lord, prompting Li Yun to weigh the risks of becoming her retainer. After two months of cultivation, Green Paulownia returned to ask for Li Yun’s decision, leaving him still under pressure to answer.

• Green Paulownia explained that the current Domain Lord would step down after advancing to Saint Emperor and said Saint Venerable Man Yue had the best chance to succeed him.
• Li Yun realized the invitation to become Man Yue’s retainer was connected to the Domain Lord succession and worried about the rivalries and Man Yue’s intentions.
• After Green Paulownia and Purple Mountain left, Li Yun resumed Ten-Thousandfold-Speed Cultivation and spent two months raising the Great Sect Sacred Heaven Art to level thirty-three, with eleven percent progress.
• Green Paulownia returned alone, asked whether Li Yun had decided, and said he needed to report back to Saint Venerable Man Yue.

Li Yun met Steward Yu Huafeng at Man Yue Palace after learning that Ninth Princess Man Yue was in seclusion. Yu Huafeng offered him a Third-Class Guest position and explained its benefits, leaving Li Yun to consider joining.

• Green Paulownia brought Li Yun to Man Yue City to meet Steward Yu Huafeng, who was managing Man Yue Palace while Ninth Princess Man Yue was in seclusion.
• Yu Huafeng confirmed that Li Yun came from the Golden Eagle Dynasty and had investigated his conflicts with Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult.
• Yu Huafeng assured Li Yun that those enemies, including White Emperor City, would not dare seize him if he joined Man Yue Palace.
• Li Yun asked what he would gain by becoming a guest, and Yu Huafeng explained that a Third-Class Guest received a Saint Venerable Saint Art, a courtyard, and freedom to come and go.
• Yu Huafeng added that Third-Class Guests could cultivate in the Primordial Chaos Cave every hundred years and might receive help reaching the Saint Emperor realm after three thousand years of service.

Li Yun joined Man Yue Palace as a Third-Class Guest after Yu Huafeng explained its generous benefits, then spent two months cultivating in Clearwind Courtyard. He emerged from seclusion and visited Yu Huafeng with wine, prompting the chief steward to ask what he really wanted.

• Yu Huafeng explained the benefits of becoming a Third-Class Guest and said a First-Class Guest could enter Chaos Heaven Cave's depths to study an Emperor Scripture.
• Li Yun agreed to join Man Yue Palace, completed the registration formalities, and received a Saint Venerable Saint Art and the residence Clearwind Courtyard.
• Li Yun spent two months in seclusion, raising his Great Sect Sacred Heaven Art to level thirty-three with 21% progress while saving Myriad Wonders Points for emergencies.
• Li Yun visited Yu Huafeng with two flasks of wine to thank him for his help, and Yu Huafeng teased him before asking what he wanted.

Li Yun visited Yu Huafeng to ask about cultivating in Chaos Heaven Cave, but their conversation was interrupted when a Black Heaven Scripture was found in Man Yue City. Yu Huafeng ordered a secret lockdown and citywide search, while Li Yun returned to Clearwind Courtyard aware that the discovery could make him a suspect.

• Yu Huafeng told Li Yun that Chaos Heaven Cave could not be opened until the Ninth Princess emerged from seclusion, at least three months later.
• A black-armored guard brought Yu Huafeng a Black Heaven Scripture discovered in an empty house in Man Yue City, and Li Yun recognized it as a text that corrupted readers into believers of the Dark Heavenly Lord.
• Yu Huafeng realized Great Black Heaven had infiltrated Man Yue City and that the discovery could damage the Ninth Princess's claim to succeed the Domain Lord.
• Yu Huafeng ordered the news concealed, Man Yue City quietly sealed so no one could leave, and every suspected Black Heaven believer found and executed within three days.
• Li Yun suggested that Great Black Heaven might have help from someone inside the Evergreen Ancient Domain, and Yu Huafeng dismissed him until the Ninth Princess left seclusion.
• Li Yun returned to Clearwind Courtyard, worried that his past encounters with Great Black Heaven would make Yu Huafeng suspect him.

Li Yun used the Black Heaven Scripture to create a technique that could locate hidden Black Heaven Devotees in Man Yue City. After Yu Huafeng took the technique to organize a purge, Li Yun detected hundreds of devotees scattered throughout the city.

• Liu Chun and Shen He stayed in Clearwind Courtyard for several days, ostensibly to discuss Martial Dao while watching Li Yun.
• Yu Huafeng visited Li Yun and asked him to help find the Black Heaven heretics after Man Yue Palace’s investigation failed.
• Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to unravel the Black Heaven Scripture and created the Black Heaven Tracing Technique.
• Li Yun gave the technique to Yu Huafeng, who left with Liu Chun and Shen He to put it into use.
• Li Yun tested the technique and detected hundreds of Black Heaven Devotees in Man Yue City.

Yu Huafeng arrested more than three hundred Black Heaven Devotees in Man Yue City, but none were powerful enough to clear Li Yun’s name. Li Yun suspected the tracing technique could not detect every follower, so Yu Huafeng took him to seek the Ninth Princess’s permission to release a captured Saint Venerable.

• Yu Huafeng used the Black Heaven Tracing Technique to arrest over three hundred Black Heaven Devotees in Man Yue City, but the strongest was only a Heavenly Sage.
• A guard suggested Li Yun might have deliberately handed over only minor followers, but Yu Huafeng dismissed the idea and returned to Clearwind Courtyard to question him.
• Li Yun realized the arrests made him look more suspicious and considered whether the tracing technique was too weak to find followers linked to other copies of the Black Heaven Scripture.
• Yu Huafeng said he could not obtain another scripture copy but could ask the Ninth Princess to release a Black Heaven Saint Venerable she had subdued.
• Yu Huafeng told Li Yun to accompany him to the palace and meet the Ninth Princess, despite her ongoing seclusion.

Yu Huafeng brought Li Yun into Man Yue Palace, where Saint Venerable Man Yue questioned him about his ability to expose hidden Black Heaven Devotees. After Li Yun bowed as a Guest rather than a subordinate, Man Yue asked whether he believed he was not her subordinate.

• Yu Huafeng led Li Yun into Man Yue Palace and warned him not to look around or stray from his side.
• Li Yun sensed dozens of powerful watchers and followed Yu Huafeng quietly through the estate.
• Yu Huafeng kowtowed to Saint Venerable Man Yue and reported that Great Black Heaven's agents had infiltrated Man Yue City.
• Yu Huafeng explained that Li Yun could expose deeply hidden Darkness Followers if given more Black Heaven Scriptures or an important Black Heaven Devotee.
• Li Yun bowed to Man Yue as a Guest, and she asked whether he believed he was not her subordinate.

Li Yun refused to kneel before Saint Venerable Man Yue, explaining that doing so would damage his Martial Dao, and she accepted his reasoning by ending the kneeling custom for her guests. He then asked for help tracing Black Heaven Devotees, and Man Yue directed him to the Dark Abyss, where he was authorized to kill them.

• Saint Venerable Man Yue asked Li Yun why he had not knelt, and he said he would leave rather than compromise his Martial Dao by kneeling.
• Man Yue praised Li Yun’s resolve, told Yu Huafeng to stand, and abolished the requirement for her guests to kneel.
• Li Yun explained that his Black Heaven Tracing Technique had uncovered over three hundred devotees but needed stronger sources to find them all.
• Man Yue said she had no remaining copies of the Black Heaven Scripture but could direct Li Yun to Black Heaven prisoners in the Dark Abyss.
• Li Yun asked if he could kill the imprisoned devotees, and Man Yue gave him permission, calling it a merit if he killed them all.

Li Yun was ordered by Saint Venerable Man Yue to enter the Dark Abyss and capture a prisoner, while Yu Huafeng warned him that the mission was nearly certain death. Man Yue revealed she wanted to test Li Yun’s hidden potential, and Li Yun entered the Dark Abyss through the stone tower.

• Saint Venerable Man Yue ordered Yu Huafeng to take Li Yun to the Dark Abyss and explain its dangers.
• Yu Huafeng warned Li Yun that entering the Dark Abyss at his Saint Sect Realm cultivation carried nine chances of death and one of survival.
• Elder Nan and Elder Ying told Saint Venerable Man Yue that Li Yun seemed unusually calm and confident, and she said she wanted to test whether he could escape the Dark Abyss.
• Yu Huafeng brought Li Yun to the guarded stone tower, but Li Yun refused to ask Man Yue to reconsider and chose to enter.
• The guards opened the tower doors, and Li Yun stepped inside as suffocating darkness engulfed his vision and Divine Consciousness.

Li Yun entered the Dark Abyss’s First Layer and found its Evil Defilement Power far more dangerous than the tower’s. As the Gate of Myriad Wonders analyzed the corruption, he searched the apparently empty layer for the imprisoned Sinful Criminals.

• Li Yun approached the Imperial Seal Gate and used the Ninth Princess’s permission to open a passage into the Dark Abyss.
• The Evil Defilement Power immediately began corroding Li Yun, so he opened the Gate of Myriad Wonders to analyze it.
• Li Yun explored the First Layer for nearly two hours but found no Sinful Criminals.
• Li Yun wondered whether the prisoners had all died from the corruption and continued searching.