Chapter Summaries

The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven learned that Chen Qingshi had rescued every Saint Emperor prisoner from the Endless Dark Abyss and ordered an immediate assault on Minglun Mountain. Meanwhile, Li Yun returned to the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, where Ye Chen discovered that he had become a Saint Emperor.

• The seven Black Heaven Supreme Sages found that all the Saint Emperor prisoners in the Endless Dark Abyss had vanished and suspected Chen Qingshi had rescued them.
• The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven received the news, and Miao Yue warned that Chen Qingshi might have discovered their plans.
• The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven ordered an immediate raid on Minglun Mountain, sending forty Supreme Sages and thousands of other fighters to attack.
• Li Yun appeared in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, where Ye Chen attacked him before recognizing him.
• Li Yun casually dispersed Ye Chen's strike, and Ye Chen realized Li Yun had advanced to Saint Emperor.

Li Yun appeared in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm as a Saint Emperor, stunning Ye Chen and Saint Emperor Qing Xi. After reuniting with Azure Nightmare Saint Emperor and facing the Azure Emperor Great House's suspicions about his escape from the Endless Dark Abyss, Li Yun sensed the arrival of a Dao Sage.

• Saint Emperor Qing Xi detected Ye Chen's powerful punch and rushed to the disturbance, where he found Ye Chen facing Li Yun, whose aura revealed his Saint Emperor strength.
• Saint Emperor Qing Xi secretly alerted the other Saint Emperors, while Li Yun explained that he had sent Ye Chen to the secret realm to recover his cultivation.
• More than a dozen Saint Emperors and Saint Venerable Man Yue arrived, and Li Yun recognized Azure Nightmare Saint Emperor among them.
• Li Yun asked Azure Nightmare Saint Emperor what had happened at the Whitefire Star Domain, and Azure Nightmare Saint Emperor explained the ambush and apologized for failing to save him.
• The Azure Emperor Great House's Saint Emperors questioned how Li Yun had escaped Great Black Heaven's Endless Dark Abyss and watched him with suspicion.
• An immense, ethereal pressure spread through the secret realm, and Li Yun recognized the presence as a Dao Sage.

Ancient Emperor Changqing manifested his Azure Sky Ancient Tree Dao Sage Path in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, but Li Yun struck it with his blade and escaped its dominion. Changqing then revealed that he knew Li Yun had destroyed Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult forces in the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain.

• Ancient Emperor Changqing's Azure Sky Ancient Tree Dao Sage Path filled the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm, alarming Li Yun, Ye Chen, and the Azure Emperor Great House's Saint Emperors.
• Ye Chen prepared to use his Void-Breaking Dao-Destroying Lamp as Changqing's Dao Sage Path threatened them.
• Li Yun unleashed a blade strike that cracked the Azure Sky Ancient Tree and analyzed the fissure, then took Ye Chen beyond the tree's dominion.
• Changqing appeared, dispersed the Azure Sky Ancient Tree, and praised Li Yun's blade for destroying forces and Saint Emperors in the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain.

Li Yun recounted how he escaped the Endless Dark Abyss and rescued the trapped Saint Emperors, then asked Ancient Emperor Changqing for permission to cultivate in Chaos Heaven Cave. He proposed that the Evergreen Ancient Domain use Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult’s distraction to gather intelligence and destroy the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty.

• Li Yun bowed to Ancient Emperor Changqing, who welcomed him, and the Azure Emperor Great House’s Saint Emperors greeted their ancestor.
• Li Yun explained how he had thwarted the attack on Minglun Mountain, escaped the Endless Dark Abyss, and rescued the imprisoned Saint Emperors.
• Li Yun asked to cultivate in Chaos Heaven Cave, and Ancient Emperor Changqing offered to open the seal on its core.
• Li Yun said he wanted to return to Dark Abyss Holy City to try to rescue imprisoned Dao Sages and Supreme Sages, earning Ancient Emperor Changqing’s praise.
• Li Yun proposed that the Evergreen Ancient Domain gather intelligence on the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty and join him in destroying it while its allies were occupied; Ancient Emperor Changqing and the Saint Emperors welcomed the plan.

Li Yun cultivated in the core of the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm and raised his Emperor Nature to 199 zhang, where he encountered another apparent limit. Ancient Emperor Changqing revealed that Saint Emperors in ancient times could reach 999 zhang and urged Li Yun to strengthen his Emperor Nature before establishing his Dao.

• The Saint Emperors of the Evergreen Ancient Domain agreed that they needed thorough preparations before attacking the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty.
• Ancient Emperor Changqing opened the core of the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm for Li Yun, who began cultivating there with the Myriad Wonders System.
• After ten days, Li Yun completed the Forty-Second Level of his Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture and raised his Emperor Nature from 188 zhang to 199 zhang.
• Li Yun asked Ancient Emperor Changqing why 199 zhang felt like a limit, and Changqing explained that ancient Saint Emperors could reach 999 zhang of Emperor Nature.
• Ancient Emperor Changqing advised Li Yun to keep strengthening his Emperor Nature before establishing his Dao, and Li Yun promised to try reaching the ancient heights.

After receiving the Ancient Emperor Changqing’s insights, Li Yun realized his powerful Emperor Nature could suppress and absorb other Emperor Scriptures. He fed more than 180 scriptures into the Gate of Myriad Wonders, whose collisions eventually produced the forty-third page of the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture].

• The Ancient Emperor Changqing shared his insights on Emperor Nature and left Li Yun to contemplate them.
• After half a month, Li Yun understood that a sufficiently powerful Emperor Nature could suppress and absorb the profundities of other Emperor Scriptures.
• Li Yun cast more than 180 Emperor Scriptures into the Gate of Myriad Wonders to fuse them into the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture].
• The Emperor Natures clashed violently inside the Gate of Myriad Wonders, which contained the conflict and forced them to coexist and merge.
• After two months, the collisions subsided and a forty-third page appeared in the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture].

Li Yun completed the Forty-Third Level of the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture] after the Gate of Myriad Wonders consumed sixty thousand trillion Myriad Wonders Points to fuse more than 180 Emperor Scriptures. After two months of cultivation, he broke past the 199-zhang limit and raised his Emperor Nature to 213 zhang, shocking everyone in the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm and Ancient Emperor Changqing.

• Li Yun watched the Gate of Myriad Wonders fuse more than 180 Emperor Scriptures into the Forty-Third Level of the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture].
• Li Yun discovered that the fusion had consumed sixty thousand trillion Myriad Wonders Points and accepted the loss because the new level could help him break his Emperor Nature's limit.
• Li Yun began cultivating the Forty-Third Level at a speed of seven hundred thousandfold and reached 1% progress after two months.
• Li Yun's Emperor Nature surged from 199 zhang to 213 zhang, and he released his Emperor Might across the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm.
• Ancient Emperor Changqing arrived and was stunned that Li Yun had broken the limit in only four months.

After four months of Seclusion, Li Yun raised his Emperor Nature to 213 zhang, but learned that Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult had suffered a devastating ambush in West Mountain and were retaliating across the Hengwu Domain. The chapter leaves Li Yun and the Ancient Emperor Changqing concerned that the conflict could spread to the Evergreen Ancient Domain and disrupt Li Yun’s plans.

• The Ancient Emperor Changqing praised Li Yun for increasing his Emperor Nature from 199 zhang to 213 zhang in four months.
• The Ancient Emperor Changqing told Li Yun that West Mountain had ambushed Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult at Minglun Mountain, killing eight Supreme Sages and nearly a thousand Dao Sages and Saint Emperors.
• The Ancient Emperor Changqing explained that the Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven and Miao Yue escaped the encirclement, and Li Yun suspected West Mountain had let them go deliberately.
• The Ancient Emperor Changqing said Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult had declared West Mountain their enemy and vowed to destroy it within ten years.
• The Ancient Emperor Changqing warned Li Yun that the groups were attacking West Mountain’s branches and allies, and might target the Evergreen Ancient Domain, threatening Li Yun’s plans for the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty.

Li Yun returned to the Endless Dark Abyss to investigate its upheavals and learn more about Dark Abyss Holy City. After meeting two Blood God Cult Saint Emperors, he discovered that the city’s forbidden area held powerful sages in seclusion and imprisoned others captured across the Hengwu Domain.

• Li Yun agreed to remain in seclusion for a while to ease the Ancient Emperor Changqing’s concerns, then secretly returned to the Endless Dark Abyss.
• Li Yun evaded the stronger patrols and approached the dark forest near Dark Abyss Holy City, but sensed that entering the city would be extremely dangerous.
• Li Yun encountered two Blood God Cult Saint Emperors who had escaped an ambush at Minglun Mountain and pretended he had also suffered while left behind.
• Li Yun invited the two Saint Emperors to drink in a secluded valley and exchanged information with them.
• Li Yun learned that Dark Abyss Holy City’s forbidden area had an eastern section for Dao Sages and Supreme Sages to seclude themselves and a western prison for captured sages.

Li Yun followed two Blood God Cult Saint Emperors into Dark Abyss Holy City, then hid while its forces went out to attack one of West Mountain’s affiliated forces. After returning to the city, he slipped past patrols and approached the Forbidden Land, where more than two hundred captive Dao Sages and Supreme Sages were held.

• Li Yun learned that the Forbidden Land had no guards because its concentrated Power of Darkness could overwhelm even an outside Supreme Sage.
• A Supreme Sage ordered all Saint Emperors outside Dark Abyss Holy City to return, and Li Yun went with two Blood God Cult Saint Emperors to avoid suspicion.
• Li Yun entered the city without resistance, then teleported away from a dark alley and waited concealed in the Endless Dark Abyss.
• Saint Emperors, Dao Sages, and Supreme Sages departed from the city to attack an unknown target, leaving its defenses reduced.
• Li Yun teleported back into the city, evaded its patrols, and made his way toward the Forbidden Land.

Li Yun approached the Forbidden Land, evaded Supreme Sage Tian Mu’s search, and seized his chance to enter. The darkness welcomed him as he declared himself its true Overlord.

• Li Yun saw that the Forbidden Land held imprisoned Dao Sages and Supreme Sages and planned to rescue them, but retreated when he sensed danger.
• Supreme Sage Tian Mu felt an unexplained alarm, searched the eastern Forbidden Land, and joined another Supreme Sage to inspect the sealed prison gate.
• The two Supreme Sages found nothing amiss and left to warn the Seven Holy Sons about a possible threat outside the Forbidden Land.
• Li Yun reappeared after they left and slipped into the Forbidden Land.
• The Power of Darkness surrounded Li Yun without harming him, and he declared himself the true Overlord of Darkness.

Li Yun copied the nine seals on the western prison gate before fleeing, while the Seventh Holy Son of Black Heaven inspected the prison and found four newly risen Supreme Sages and at least a hundred Dao Sages. More than half a month later, the Forbidden Land had gone quiet, and Li Yun appeared again.

• Li Yun found the western prison gate, used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to copy its nine seals, and teleported away when he sensed three Supreme Sages approaching.
• Three Great Black Heaven Supreme Sages searched the prison entrance but found no sign of an intruder, then met Supreme Sage Tian Mu, Supreme Sage He You, and the Seventh Holy Son of Black Heaven.
• The Seventh Holy Son of Black Heaven opened the prison and led the five Supreme Sages through a three-hour inspection, discovering four newly risen Supreme Sages and at least a hundred Dao Sages.
• The Seventh Holy Son of Black Heaven dismissed the Supreme Sages and left, while Supreme Sage Tian Mu warned that the forces sent against West Mountain's affiliates might be in trouble.
• More than half a month passed with the Forbidden Land quiet, and then Li Yun appeared again.

Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to bypass the Great Prison’s seals and entered the Forbidden Land’s vast prison, where he found hundreds of Dao Sages on its first layer alone. He began freeing the prisoners by teaching them the reversal Secret Art, and promised to rescue them all.

• After half a month of analyzing the gate’s seals, Li Yun opened a gap and slipped into the Great Prison without triggering its warnings.
• Li Yun discovered more than five hundred imprisoned Dao Sages on the first layer and realized the Forbidden Land held far more prisoners than he had expected.
• Li Yun chose to free every prisoner and started with those closest to becoming Darkness Followers.
• Li Yun broke open a cell, awakened a Dao Sage, and taught him the Secret Art of Darkness-Eroding Dao Restriction Reversal.
• The Dao Sage suppressed his Darkness Devouring Dao Seal, and Li Yun told him to stay quiet and help prepare for their escape.

Li Yun rescued the Dao Sages imprisoned on the Great Prison’s First Layer and led them to free the captives on the Second Layer. He then entered the Third Layer, where a hundred Supreme Sages were held.

• Li Yun used the Reversal Secret Art to restore the first Dao Sages and continued rescuing captives in critical condition.
• The first rescued Dao Sage quieted the next captive and helped explain Li Yun’s actions to those he freed.
• After more than three hundred Dao Sages recovered, Li Yun told them to help rescue the others, and they freed everyone on the First Layer.
• Li Yun led the rescued Dao Sages to the Second Layer, where they began freeing more than three hundred captives nearing the Supreme Sage realm.
• Li Yun proceeded to the Third Layer and found a hundred imprisoned Supreme Sages amid even denser Power of Darkness.

Li Yun entered the third layer of the Seventh Holy Son’s forbidden prison and found over a hundred imprisoned Supreme Sages, then used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to study their seals. Meanwhile, the Seventh Holy Son sensed trouble but was interrupted by the sudden arrival of his Third Senior.

• Li Yun found more than a hundred Supreme Sages imprisoned in cages and told them he had already freed the Saint Emperors in the Endless Dark Abyss.
• Li Yun examined the cages’ seals with the Gate of Myriad Wonders as the freed Dao Sages from the upper prison layers arrived and gave the captives hope.
• The Seventh Holy Son grew uneasy and considered summoning Supreme Sage Tian Mu and launching another search of the Endless Dark Abyss.
• A black-robed young nobleman entered the Seventh Holy Son’s palace with four Supreme Sage guards, and the Seventh Holy Son angrily called him Third Senior.

Third Holy Son and his allies confronted Seventh Holy Son over his failures in the Dark Abyss and demanded that he seek their mother's forgiveness. Their quarrel was interrupted by an order to capture an infiltrating Holy Son of Bright Light Temple, leaving Seventh Holy Son alone and furious.

• Third Holy Son accused Seventh Holy Son of failing to protect the Dark Abyss and mishandling the failed attack on Minglun Mountain.
• Second Holy Son, Fourth Holy Maiden, and Fifth Holy Maiden arrived and joined Third Holy Son in demanding that Seventh Holy Son return to headquarters and beg their mother for forgiveness.
• Seventh Holy Son threatened to summon his guards and fight the others.
• Black-gold messages delivered Great Black Heaven's order to set aside their dispute and capture a Holy Son of Bright Light Temple who had infiltrated Hengwu Domain.
• Third Holy Son and the others left to pursue the intruder, while Seventh Holy Son remained behind, livid.

The Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult abandoned their assault on the Southern Continent and Southern Ridge dynasties after learning that a Bright Light Temple Holy Son had infiltrated Hengwu Domain. They mobilized their forces to find him, leaving the dynasties under siege but alive for now.

• Supreme Sage Heimu ordered the Great Black Heaven forces to retreat from the two dynasties after receiving an urgent order from the Seventh Holy Son.
• Supreme Sage Xue Hong confronted Heimu, who explained that a Bright Light Temple Holy Son had secretly entered Hengwu Domain and that the Great Black Heaven had ordered every Holy Son and Holy Maiden to search for him.
• Xue Hong received an order from Holy Maiden Miao Yue to suspend retaliation against West Mountain and help find the Bright Light Temple Holy Son.
• Heimu and Xue Hong agreed to cooperate and mobilized their forces to search for the Holy Son.
• The Great Black Heaven's Second Holy Son, Third Holy Son, and other leaders sent out experts across the domain to find him.

The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven waited in his palace, convinced the Bright Light Temple Holy Son would come to assassinate him. Meanwhile, Li Yun led the freed prisoners to the Forbidden Prison’s ninth level, where they discovered three extraordinary Supreme Sages.

• The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven grew increasingly uneasy as his forces searched the Hengwu Domain without finding the Bright Light Temple Holy Son.
• He decided the Holy Son was coming to assassinate him, then ordered food and wine and waited alone in his palace.
• Li Yun led 276 Supreme Sages and 893 Dao Sages down to the Forbidden Prison’s ninth level, where only three Supreme Sages were imprisoned.
• The freed prisoners recognized the three as Jinghong, Tianbu, and Taichong, and Jiuguang and Yufu knelt to greet them as ancestors of the Nine Wonders Clan.

Jiuguang and Yufu reunited with three ancient Nine Wonders Clan ancestors imprisoned in the ninth tower, while Li Yun discovered that their cells were connected to Great Black Heaven Headquarters. After studying the hidden Seals for three days, Li Yun gave the ancestors a way to reverse the restrictions, and they regained their cultivation and freedom.

• Jiuguang and Yufu told their ancestors how the Nine Wonders Clan had been destroyed and how Great Black Heaven had captured them.
• A Supreme Sage explained to Li Yun that the Nine Wonders Clan had once been a powerful clan whose founders could survive for years in Dark Chaos.
• Li Yun stopped Jiuguang and Yufu from freeing the ancestors, warning that their cells contained hidden Seals connected to Great Black Heaven Headquarters.
• Supreme Sage Tianbu confirmed the danger, and Li Yun promised to find a flaw in the Seals while the ancestors questioned Jiuguang, Yufu, and the other Supreme Sages about the clan’s history.
• After three days of study, Li Yun sent the ancestors the Seal flaws and the method for the Darkness-Eroding Dao Restriction Reversal.
• The three ancestors reversed the restrictions, recovered their cultivation, and escaped their cells.

After Li Yun freed the imprisoned Dao Sages and Supreme Sages, they repaid him with more than six thousand Emperor Scriptures. He then opened a doorway out of the Forbidden Prison, leaving the captives on the verge of escape.

• The Dao Sages and Supreme Sages thanked Li Yun for freeing them, and Supreme Sage Tianbu urged him to ask for a reward.
• Li Yun requested Emperor Scriptures, and the three Nine Wonders Clan ancestors gave him the scriptures they carried.
• Supreme Sage Tianbu explained the Immemorial Limit-Breaking Path after Li Yun allowed him to reveal it.
• More than eight hundred Dao Sages and over two hundred Supreme Sages gave Li Yun their Emperor Scriptures, bringing his total to over six thousand.
• Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to open a back door out of the Forbidden Prison in half a month, and the prisoners rejoiced at their coming freedom.