Chapter Summaries

Li Yun cultivated fourteen more Saint Sect techniques in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm and felt close to breaking through to the Saint Venerable Realm. While exploring for the hidden Emperor Scripture, he killed two cultivators who were spying on him for Saint Venerable Gu Yi and took their Dao Fruits.

• Yu Huafeng left to gather more Saint Venerable Dao Fruits for Li Yun, who used his new Dao Fruit to gain Myriad Wonders Points and cultivate for fourteen days.
• Li Yun perfected fourteen Saint Sect Cultivation Techniques, bringing his total to twenty-three and leaving him four or five techniques short of his expected breakthrough.
• Li Yun explored the deeper Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, hoping to find and record its hidden Emperor Scripture.
• Li Yun discovered two Mid-Stage Saint Sect cultivators watching him and subdued them with a single attack.
• The two cultivators revealed they served Saint Venerable Gu Yi and threatened Li Yun, so he killed them and sent their Dao Fruits into the Gate of Myriad Wonders.

Li Yun searched Chaos Heaven Cave for the Emperor Scripture but instead discovered five hidden Blood God Cult followers. After Yu Huafeng brought him seven Saint Sect Dao Fruits, Li Yun gained enough Myriad Wonders Points to begin his final push toward the Saint Venerable Realm.

• Li Yun erased the traces of his earlier fight and searched Chaos Heaven Cave for the Emperor Scripture, but found no sign of it.
• Li Yun sensed a faint Blood God Cult aura in a Valley and used the Blood God Tracing Technique to locate two followers, then discovered three more after searching for two hours.
• Li Yun chose not to confront the five followers or reveal his tracking technique, and later teleported back to the Valley when Yu Huafeng arrived.
• Yu Huafeng presented seven Blood God Cult Saint Sect Dao Fruits, and Li Yun told him he would complete the Blood God Tracing Technique within four months.
• Li Yun transferred the Dao Fruits into the Gate of Myriad Wonders, gained seventy trillion points, and activated hundred-thousandfold acceleration to pursue the Saint Venerable Realm.

Li Yun perfected the Heavenly Venerable Descends Scripture, broke through to the Saint Venerable Realm, and stabilized his new cultivation on the Martial Dao Ladder. When Yu Huafeng arrived to ask about the Blood God Tracing Technique, Li Yun revealed that he had completed it, and they prepared to report to the Ninth Princess.

• Li Yun combined his accumulated Saint Sect Cultivation Techniques and the intent of heaven and earth to create the Heavenly Venerable Descends Scripture.
• Li Yun reached the Saint Venerable Realm and suppressed the phenomena of his breakthrough to avoid attracting attention.
• Li Yun climbed to the 617th step of the Martial Dao Ladder and spent three months absorbing its intent to stabilize his cultivation.
• Yu Huafeng returned to the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, anxious for news of Li Yun's progress on the Blood God Tracing Technique.
• Li Yun gave Yu Huafeng the completed Blood God Tracing Technique, and Yu Huafeng urged him to report to the Ninth Princess immediately.

Li Yun completed the Blood God Tracing Technique and presented it to Man Yue, who rewarded him with a Half-Emperor Cultivation Technique and promised to grant a list of reasonable requests. After returning to Clearwind Courtyard, Li Yun was visited by Ye Si.

• Yu Huafeng hurried Li Yun from Chaos Heaven Cave to Man Yue, who inspected and approved the completed Blood God Tracing Technique.
• Man Yue praised Li Yun's work and gave him a Half-Emperor Cultivation Technique, promising to help him if he reached the Perfection Realm and showed potential to become a Saint Emperor.
• Man Yue offered to grant Li Yun a list of reasonable rewards, and Li Yun left with Yu Huafeng to return to Clearwind Courtyard.
• Yu Huafeng went to arrange food and drinks while Li Yun examined the Half-Emperor Cultivation Technique.
• Ye Si knocked at the courtyard gate and asked to visit Li Yun, leaving him suspicious of the timing.

Li Yun suspected Ye Si had ulterior motives but found no sign that he served Great Black Heaven or the Blood God Cult. Ye Si explained his unusual interest by asking whether Li Yun remembered Ye Chen, leaving Li Yun shocked to learn that Ye Chen had spoken of him.

• Li Yun used the Black Heaven and Blood God tracing techniques on Ye Si but detected no connection to either group.
• Yu Huafeng returned with food and wine, questioned Ye Si’s sudden arrival, and joined him and Li Yun for drinks.
• Li Yun bluntly asked Ye Si why he was so unusually eager to befriend him.
• Ye Si asked Li Yun whether he still remembered Ye Chen, startling Li Yun and prompting him to explain that Ye Chen was an old friend he had met again on Silver Fox Star.

Ye Si revealed that he had served as an Eastern Estate guard and explained Ye Chen’s past as its former Young Master, including his reincarnation and return. He confirmed that Ye Chen had spoken highly of Li Yun, then recounted how people drove him out of the Eastern Estate for befriending Ye Chen.

• Ye Si apologized to Yu Huafeng for hiding his background and revealed that he had been a guard of the Eastern Estate.
• Ye Si told Li Yun and Yu Huafeng that Ye Chen had once been the Eastern Estate’s Young Master, a Dao Sage who was framed, reincarnated, and returned to the estate five or six years earlier.
• Ye Si explained that he met Ye Chen while both were struggling at the Eastern Estate, and that Ye Chen regarded Li Yun as his only friend and the greatest genius he had ever known.
• Li Yun denied having reached the Saint Venerable Realm and asked Ye Si why he had left the Eastern Estate.
• Ye Si said that people who opposed Ye Chen drove him out, and that he later joined Man Yue Palace and approached Li Yun to verify his identity.

After Ye Si revealed that Ye Chen was heading to the Evergreen Ancient Domain, Saint Venerable Man Yue purged 1,372 Blood God Cultists, raising her reputation and drawing attention to Li Yun. When Yu Huafeng mentioned enemy strongholds in the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain, Li Yun became eager to go after them for Myriad Wonders Points.

• Yu Huafeng ended the gathering to report Ye Si's connection to the Eastern Estate to the Ninth Princess, while reminding Li Yun to prepare his list.
• Ye Si told Li Yun that Ye Chen had left the Eastern Estate and was on his way to the Evergreen Ancient Domain, hoping to see Li Yun before meeting anyone else.
• Saint Venerable Man Yue used the Blood God Tracing Technique to capture 1,372 Blood God Cultists across the Evergreen Ancient Domain and sent them to the Dark Abyss.
• As Saint Venerable Man Yue's reputation rose, Li Yun stayed secluded in Clearwind Courtyard to avoid attention.
• Yu Huafeng told Li Yun that the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain sheltered strongholds of Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult, and Li Yun asked him for details.

Li Yun concealed his plans from Yu Huafeng while preparing to travel to the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain and attack the Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult outposts for Myriad Wonders Points. After setting out, he encountered two flying boats bearing the factions’ flags.

• Yu Huafeng warned Li Yun that the outposts were guarded by Saint Emperors, Saint Venerables, and over a thousand Saint Sect experts.
• Li Yun pretended to cultivate in seclusion at Clearwind Courtyard while Yu Huafeng checked on him twice.
• After Yu Huafeng left, Li Yun activated the Gate of Myriad Wonders and traveled beyond the Evergreen Ancient Domain.
• Li Yun used a Starry Sky Map to set his course for the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain, then boarded the Small Flying Boat.
• Two days into the journey, Li Yun encountered a black Great Black Heaven flying boat and a blood-red Blood God Cult flying boat.

Li Yun followed Flying Boats from Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult to a Desolate Star near the Evergreen Ancient Domain and learned they planned revenge. He ambushed the nearly hundred Saint Sect experts left behind, unleashing his Heavenly Venerable Descends Scripture as they cried out in horror.

• Li Yun concealed himself, followed the two Flying Boats, and watched them land on a Desolate Star near the Evergreen Ancient Domain.
• Several Saint Venerables left the Desolate Star to gather intelligence, leaving nearly a hundred Saint Sect experts behind.
• Li Yun overheard the experts plotting to attack the Evergreen Ancient Domain and target anyone who came to witness its ceremony.
• Li Yun confirmed no Saint Venerables remained nearby, then appeared above the experts and unleashed Heavenly Venerable Descends with his Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade.
• Li Yun’s Blade Intent tore through half the Desolate Star as the Saint Sect experts fell into disarray and cried out in horror.

Li Yun annihilated nearly a hundred Saint Sect cultivators and destroyed most of Desolate Star, prompting their Saint Venerables to accuse the Evergreen Ancient Domain and attack its Star Formation. As Saint Venerable Man Yue went to confront them, Yu Huafeng suspected Li Yun but found him calmly cultivating in Clearwind Courtyard.

• Li Yun unleashed a storm of Blade Intent that killed the Saint Sect cultivators and reduced Desolate Star to less than a third of its former size, then collected their Dao Fruits.
• The Saint Venerables discovered their followers' deaths, blamed the Evergreen Ancient Domain, and attacked its Star Formation while demanding answers.
• Saint Emperor Qingwen questioned Saint Venerable Man Yue, who denied killing the cultivators and agreed to go investigate the attackers.
• Yu Huafeng suspected Li Yun was responsible and hurried to Clearwind Courtyard, but found him quietly cultivating and began to doubt his suspicion.

Li Yun hid his role in the massacre of Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult’s Saint Sects while calculating how to use his reward to advance his cultivation. Outside the Evergreen Ancient Domain, Saint Venerable Man Yue drove off the two cults’ furious representatives, but they threatened to return with their Saint Emperors.

• Yu Huafeng suspected something was wrong with Li Yun but left without disturbing his seclusion, and Li Yun concluded that Yu Huafeng would find no proof against him.
• Li Yun counted the 980 trillion Myriad Wonders Points he had earned by killing ninety-eight Saint Sects and considered secretly entering Chaos Heaven Cave to cultivate.
• Saint Venerables from Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult demanded an explanation from the Evergreen Ancient Domain for the massacre of their subordinates.
• Saint Venerable Man Yue confronted the accusers, denied the Evergreen Ancient Domain’s involvement, and demanded evidence while threatening to throw them into the Dark Abyss.
• The Saint Venerables left in anger, warning Man Yue that the Saint Emperors of Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult would come.

Saint Venerable Man Yue and Saint Emperor Qingwen considered who had slaughtered nearly a hundred Saint Sect subordinates of Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult, and whether the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain had arranged the attack. Qingwen decided to visit the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain and confront its leaders, leaving Man Yue behind to reflect on his lesson about preventing threats.

• Saint Venerable Man Yue returned to Man Yue Palace after Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult's Saint Venerables departed.
• Man Yue told Saint Emperor Qingwen that the attackers might have killed the Saint Sect subordinates to provoke a war, possibly at the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain's instigation.
• Qingwen said the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain might be involved but could not rule out an accident or coincidence.
• Qingwen warned that Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult would retaliate and said he would go to the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain to meet Saint Emperor Redbeard, Blood Maitreya, and its Saint Emperor.
• Man Yue objected that the journey was too dangerous, but Qingwen vanished without hesitation and left her thinking over his advice.

Saint Venerable Man Yue invited Li Yun to drink and questioned him about his friendship with Ye Chen, the Young Master of the Eastern Estate. Li Yun offered to introduce them when Ye Chen arrived, then tried to leave for seclusion, but Man Yue reminded him to complete her list of requested rewards.

• Saint Venerable Man Yue invited Li Yun to the Pavilion for a private drink.
• Man Yue asked Li Yun about Ye Chen, and Li Yun explained how they had met.
• Li Yun offered to introduce Man Yue to Ye Chen if Ye Chen visited the Evergreen Ancient Domain, and Man Yue eagerly agreed.
• Li Yun said he wanted to return to Clearwind Courtyard and study the Half-Emperor Cultivation Technique.
• Man Yue insisted that Li Yun fill out the list of rewards she had given him.

Li Yun persuaded Saint Venerable Man Yue to grant him Saint Venerable Cultivation Techniques and another entry into the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm. He began cultivating there at two-hundred-thousandfold speed and reached the Mid Saint Venerable stage, then resolved to spend the rest of his Myriad Wonders Points and continue advancing.

• Li Yun requested Saint Venerable Cultivation Techniques and permission to enter the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm again, and Saint Venerable Man Yue agreed.
• Saint Venerable Man Yue selected thirty Saint Venerable Cultivation Techniques for Li Yun and personally sent him back into the Secret Realm.
• Li Yun returned to his former valley and activated the Myriad Wonders System to cultivate at two-hundred-thousandfold speed.
• After a month and spending 216 trillion Myriad Wonders Points, Li Yun perfected the thirty-seventh level of the [Heavenly Venerable Descends Scripture] and advanced to the thirty-eighth level, reaching the Mid Saint Venerable stage.
• Li Yun decided to spend his remaining Myriad Wonders Points and keep cultivating.

Li Yun left seclusion to attend a banquet at Man Yue Palace and reunited with Ye Chen, the Young Master of the Eastern Estate. The celebration was drawing to a close when an elderly chief steward brought Saint Venerable Man Yue alarming news, leaving her visibly shaken.

• Yu Huafeng summoned Li Yun from the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm to attend a banquet for Ye Chen.
• Li Yun learned Ye Chen had arrived hours earlier and had been meeting with Saint Venerable Man Yue and Ye Si.
• Li Yun met Ye Chen in the garden and noticed how much his bearing and concealed aura had changed.
• Ye Chen and Li Yun embraced and joked about losing contact after they parted on Silver Fox Star.
• Saint Venerable Man Yue hosted a grand banquet in the Eastern Hall and introduced Ye Chen as its honored guest.
• An elderly chief steward whispered news to Saint Venerable Man Yue, whose expression changed and whose body swayed.

Saint Venerable Man Yue abruptly ended the banquet after an unexpected matter arose, and Ye Chen returned with Li Yun to Clearwind Courtyard. Ye Chen revealed why he had left the Eastern Estate and asked Li Yun to help him take revenge, then explained that reaching the Supreme Sage Realm required every Dao Sage to forge a path of their own.

• Saint Venerable Man Yue ended the banquet after she received unexpected news, and Ye Chen declined her offer of accommodation to return to Clearwind Courtyard with Li Yun and Ye Si.
• Ye Chen relaxed at Clearwind Courtyard and spoke privately with Li Yun after Ye Si left to fetch food and wine.
• Ye Chen said he had been ambushed and framed, had lost his place as Young Master of the Eastern Estate, and had left because he was hemmed in there.
• Li Yun promised to help Ye Chen take revenge, and Ye Chen said he had faith that Li Yun would one day become a Supreme Sage.
• Ye Chen explained that entering the Supreme Sage Realm required each Dao Sage to forge a unique path and challenge the ultimate limit of the Hengwu Domain.

Ye Chen explained that Martial Artists had to establish their nature, form a personal Dao, and walk it to reach beyond the Martial Dao summit. He revealed his resolve to enter the Dark Chaos for Other Shore Heaven, while lamenting that an ambush in his previous life had stopped him before he could become a Supreme Sage.

• Ye Chen told Li Yun that reaching the Saint Venerable Realm required establishing Emperor Nature and forming a personal Dao rather than simply advancing through cultivation realms.
• Li Yun wondered whether Ye Chen’s explanation resembled the Heaven’s Will he had been shaping, but kept the thought to himself.
• Ye Chen explained that crossing the Dark Chaos to reach Other Shore Heaven required a Dao powerful enough to resist its destructive force, and that no one was known to have succeeded.
• Ye Chen said ancient Supreme Sages feared entering the Dark Chaos, which was why becoming a Martial Dao Supreme Sage was called both a beginning and an end.
• Li Yun accepted that such fear was understandable, but Ye Chen declared he would enter the Dark Chaos even if it destroyed him.
• Ye Chen recalled that an ambush in his previous life had stopped him before he could walk his Dao, and he condemned those who feared others might dare to enter the Dark Chaos.

Ye Chen told Li Yun about a hidden Supreme Sage's Tomb and proposed that they explore it after both reached the Dao Sage realm. Their plans were interrupted by news that Saint Emperor Qingwen had disappeared during negotiations in the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain, raising the threat of war.

• Ye Chen explained that he had discovered a Supreme Sage's Tomb in his previous life and asked Li Yun to join him in exploring it once they were both strong enough.
• Li Yun agreed to prepare for the expedition, while Ye Chen said he had investigated the tomb and believed it was unlikely to be a trap.
• Yu Huafeng rushed into Clearwind Courtyard and told Li Yun that Saint Emperor Qingwen had vanished after traveling to the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain to negotiate.
• Yu Huafeng said Saint Emperor Qingwen's soul light was still present and that two Saint Emperors had left the Ancestral Land to investigate, with war possible if foul play was confirmed.
• Li Yun told Ye Chen that, as a guest retainer of Man Yue Palace, he might be drawn into the conflict and needed to prepare.

With Saint Emperor Qingwen missing and war looming, Li Yun secluded himself in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, where he advanced to Late Saint Venerable and manifested a powerful Emperor-like Heaven’s Will. He returned to Clearwind Courtyard and discovered it had remained undisturbed, but nine urgent war-bell tolls rang out before he could learn what had happened.

• News of Saint Emperor Qingwen’s disappearance spread across the Evergreen Ancient Domain, leaving its people fearful of war.
• Saint Venerable Man Yue focused on the crisis, while Ye Chen stayed with Ye Si and Li Yun sealed Clearwind Courtyard before entering seclusion.
• Li Yun cultivated in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm until he reached the Late Saint Venerable stage and the Heavenly Venerable Descends Scripture’s thirty-ninth level.
• Li Yun climbed the Hengwu Domain’s Martial Dao Ladder to the 679th step after his Heaven’s Will manifested as an emperor-like figure, leading him to suspect that the scripture awakened Emperor Nature.
• Li Yun returned to Clearwind Courtyard, found his warning seals intact, and heard nine urgent tolls from the war bell as he reached for his Message Talisman.

After the Evergreen Ancient Domain declared war on the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty over Saint Emperor Qingwen’s death, Li Yun received orders to join the campaign. He knocked out Ye Chen and left him in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm so he could recover instead of entering the war.

• Nine peals of the War Bell announced that the Evergreen Ancient Domain had begun a war, and a declaration accused the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty, Great Black Heaven, and the Blood God Cult of killing Saint Emperor Qingwen and ambushing investigators.
• Ye Chen offered to fight beside Li Yun, who insisted he should stay behind and recover his cultivation.
• Saint Venerable Man Yue ordered Li Yun and Ye Si to lead squads in the Azure Nightmare Imperial Army, which would depart in three days under Azure Nightmare Saint Emperor.
• Li Yun punched Ye Chen unconscious, then used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to take him to the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm.
• Li Yun left Ye Chen on an uninhabited island with a jade talisman explaining the secret realm’s thousandfold-speed cultivation and departed.