Chapter Summaries

Hua Jinxiu provoked the Mysterious Moon Kingdom Martial Artists and effortlessly defeated dozens of them with his Martial Domain. As Ning Bufan prepared to challenge him, five or six other groups arrived, and a blue-clad youth mocked Hua Jinxiu and the Mysterious Moon Kingdom fighters.

• Hua Jinxiu seized a Mysterious Moon Kingdom Martial Artist by the throat, insulted him, and hurled him away, leaving him severely injured.
• Dozens of Mysterious Moon Kingdom Martial Artists surrounded Hua Jinxiu, then attacked after he challenged them to do so.
• Hua Jinxiu swept the attackers away with Blue Ripples from his Martial Domain, killing three and injuring many others.
• Ning Bufan told Bai Xianhe he would test Hua Jinxiu, and Bai Xianhe agreed to join if needed.
• Five or six groups arrived, and a blue-clad youth mocked Hua Jinxiu and taunted the Mysterious Moon Kingdom Martial Artists.

Wantu Kingdom’s Hua Jinxiu challenged Mysterious Moon Kingdom’s prodigies on the Ascending Cloud Path and defeated Ning Bufan. Bai Xianhe, Yuan Kun, and ten other prodigies drove Hua off the path, provoking the Wantu Kingdom experts.

• Ye Cangmang challenged Hua Jinxiu, but a white-dressed woman reprimanded them both and they meekly backed down.
• Lei Qianjun announced that he had come to test Mysterious Moon Kingdom’s prodigies, and Ning Bufan stepped forward to fight him.
• Hua Jinxiu rushed up the Ascending Cloud Path and confronted Ning Bufan, who said Young Lord of Dongyang had already reached the summit.
• Hua Jinxiu dismissed Ning Bufan and tried to pass him, but Ning attacked with his White Warblade.
• Hua Jinxiu knocked Ning Bufan off the path with a sweeping sleeve strike.
• Bai Xianhe, Yuan Kun, and ten other prodigies joined forces, overpowered Hua Jinxiu, and blasted him off the path, enraging the Wantu Kingdom experts.

Ye Cangmang, Lei Qianjun, Hua Jinxiu, and the Long-Haired Man swept the Mysterious Moon Kingdom Martial Artists from the Ascending Cloud Path, killing Wang Yu and forcing the remaining geniuses off it. After the Long-Haired Man reached the summit, Ye Li approached two Wantu Kingdom women and pleaded for mercy, directing them toward Li Yun, who had already left.

• Ye Cangmang, Lei Qianjun, Hua Jinxiu, and the Long-Haired Man charged up the Ascending Cloud Path, knocking down and killing Mysterious Moon Kingdom Martial Artists.
• The Long-Haired Man intercepted Wang Yu's desperate attack on Hua Jinxiu and killed Wang Yu with a palm strike.
• Bai Xianhe and six other Mysterious Moon Kingdom geniuses burned their Life Origin, and the remaining geniuses joined them in a reckless assault.
• The Long-Haired Man unleashed his full strength and swept all eleven Mysterious Moon Kingdom geniuses from the path before ascending to its summit.
• Ye Li approached two Wantu Kingdom women, identified himself as the nephew of the Heavenly Human Supreme Night Emperor, and told them Li Yun had left the summit the day before.

Ye Li ingratiated himself with Princess Bailing after being scolded for apologizing to the Wantu Kingdom martial artists. Meanwhile, Yang Yundu grew jealous of Zhao Ziyue and Ye Tianxie’s cultivation progress and was tempted by a voice in his mind, leaving his spiritual energy tainted with demonic intent.

• Mysterious Moon Kingdom martial artists condemned Ye Li for bowing and apologizing, but he silenced them and offered to guide Princess Bailing around Eastern Cloud Prefecture.
• Princess Bailing accepted Ye Li’s offer and asked him about the Young Lord of Dongyang, whom Ye Li disparaged as a lowborn sect disciple.
• In the stone chamber, Yang Yundu observed that Zhao Ziyue and Ye Tianxie were progressing faster than he was at cultivating the Bright Fist.
• An eerie voice urged Yang Yundu to merge with it and awaken his Special Physique, but he refused and said he would only acknowledge it as his master.
• Yang Yundu noticed that the others had paid no attention to him, while black mist thickened in his mind and his spiritual energy gathered with a trace of demonic intent.

Ye Li joined Princess Bailing and Wantu Kingdom’s prodigies in a stone chamber where they encountered Zhao Ziyue and her companions. After Ye Li introduced the Wantu delegation and ingratiated himself with Princess Bailing, Ye Tianxie attacked him, but Ye Cangmang intervened and challenged Ye Tianxie’s manners.

• Ye Li used Princess Bailing’s help to follow Wantu Kingdom’s six prodigies to the summit and decided to seek their favor instead of pursuing Zhao Ziyue.
• Princess Bailing recognized Zhao Ziyue and saw their meeting as a chance to undermine the Ninth Princess as part of Wantu Kingdom’s plan to weaken Mysterious Moon Kingdom.
• Zhao Ziyue’s group demanded to know who the newcomers were, and Princess Bailing let Ye Li answer for her.
• Ye Li introduced Princess Bailing and the Wantu prodigies as honored guests, fawning over them in front of Zhao Ziyue and her companions.
• Ye Tianxie cursed Ye Li and tried to slap him, but Ye Cangmang blocked the attack and rebuked Ye Tianxie.

Ye Tianxie and Hua Jinxiu clashed with the Wantu Kingdom prodigies inside the stone chamber, but Zhao Ziyue urged everyone to focus on escaping. After Ye Tianxie pointed to Li Yun’s inscription about leaving in two hours, Hua Jinxiu bet he could escape in an hour and a half, with both men staking public apologies on the outcome.

• Ye Tianxie drew the Heavenly Evil Saber after Ye Cangmang insulted him, but Zhao Ziyue stopped him and reminded him that they had limited time to escape.
• Ye Tianxie threatened Ye Li and learned from him that Wantu Kingdom’s prodigies had defeated the challengers on the Ascending Cloud Path.
• Hua Jinxiu disparaged Li Yun, and Ye Tianxie pointed out Li Yun’s inscription saying he had left the chamber in two hours.
• Zhao Ziyue and Princess Bailing agreed that both sides would avoid fighting until they escaped, then arrange a public contest in the Imperial City.
• Hua Jinxiu bet Ye Tianxie that he could leave the chamber within an hour and a half, promising to kneel, apologize, and call him father three times if he failed.

The cultivators struggled to reach Great Success in the Bright Fist trial, while Hua Jinxiu tried to back out of his wager with Ye Tianxie. Yang Yundu passed the chamber after a little over a day, leaving the Wantu Kingdom prodigies convinced that Li Yun must have found a hidden mechanism.

• Hua Jinxiu comprehended the Bright Fist after an hour but doubted he could reach Great Success within three days.
• Ye Tianxie taunted Hua Jinxiu over their wager, and Hua Jinxiu denied he had meant it before Zhao Ziyue stopped their argument.
• A stone door opened, and Yang Yundu entered the next chamber after completing the trial.
• Hua Jinxiu rushed after Yang Yundu but a Barrier hurled him back and sealed the door.
• The Wantu Kingdom prodigies heard Yang Yundu had passed in a little over a day and concluded Li Yun must have found a hidden mechanism.

Yang Yundu began training the Demon Subduing Sword in the second stone chamber, believing he could catch up to Li Yun with the demonic voice’s guidance. Meanwhile, Li Yun reached the sixth stone chamber and faced a trial requiring him to master the Immovable Wisdom King Seal and form a Martial Domain within three days.

• Yang Yundu learned that he had to cultivate the Demon Subduing Sword to Perfection within three days and lamented that Li Yun had already left the chamber.
• Yang Yundu shouted that he would catch up to Li Yun, then began training with guidance from the demonic voice.
• Li Yun passed the first five stone chambers in just over a day, mastering each required Martial Arts technique to Perfection without using Cognition Points.
• Li Yun learned that the sixth chamber required him to cultivate the defensive Immovable Wisdom King Seal to Perfection and use it to unfold a Martial Domain within three days.
• Li Yun accepted the seemingly impossible trial and wondered whether a seventh stone chamber awaited him.

Li Yun cultivated the Immovable Wisdom King Seal in the Sixth Stone Chamber while the other prodigies advanced through the trials. After Ye Li was abandoned in the First Stone Chamber, a mysterious voice persuaded him to merge with it, and Bai Xianhe, Ning Bufan, and Yuan Kun arrived with a respected White-Robed Little Monk.

• Li Yun began studying and cultivating the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, choosing to test his limits without adding points.
• Princess Bailing and the other Wantu Kingdom Prodigies, along with Zhao Ziyue, Ye Tianxie, and Bi Yusheng, completed the First Stone Chamber trial and entered the next chamber, leaving Xie Yu'an and Ye Li behind.
• Ye Li cursed Princess Bailing and the others for abandoning him, and a blood-red gleam and black light appeared in his eyes.
• A mysterious voice urged Ye Li to merge with it, promising him great power, and Ye Li agreed before falling still.
• Bai Xianhe, Ning Bufan, and Yuan Kun entered the First Stone Chamber with a White-Robed Little Monk whom they treated with evident respect.

Xu Ming completed the first stone chamber’s Bright Fist trial in two hours and joined the others in the second chamber, leaving the gathered prodigies stunned when he revealed he had mastered the technique to perfection. Xie Yu'an reconsidered Li Yun’s inscription as proof of extraordinary talent, while the group struggled to comprehend Xu Ming’s achievement.

• Ye Li opened the first stone chamber’s exit after two hours, and Xu Ming followed him out shortly afterward.
• Xie Yu'an was shocked that Xu Ming had completed the trial so quickly and began to believe Li Yun’s claim that he had done the same.
• Ning Bufan and the other prodigies told Xie Yu'an that Xu Ming of Yunlai Temple had healed them and helped them return to the Ascending Cloud Path.
• Xu Ming arrived in the second stone chamber, where the Wantu Kingdom Prodigy, Zhao Ziyue, Ye Tianxie, Bi Yusheng, and Ye Li questioned how he had passed the trial.
• Xu Ming said he had perfected the Bright Fist in two hours, leaving everyone in disbelief.

Xu Ming killed Hua Jinxiu after he attacked, then warned the remaining Wantu Kingdom prodigies not to provoke him. He thanked Ye Tianxie for his warning and accepted his praise as a kind-hearted person.

• Hua Jinxiu attacked Xu Ming, but Xu Ming shattered his Martial Domain with the Jade Buddha Palm.
• Xu Ming killed Hua Jinxiu with another palm strike, leaving everyone in the stone chamber horrified.
• Xu Ming explained that his master had ordered him to kill anyone who attacked him, and warned the remaining Wantu Kingdom prodigies not to strike.
• Ye Tianxie laughed, then panicked when Xu Ming approached him, but Xu Ming bowed and thanked him for warning him.
• Ye Tianxie called Xu Ming kind-hearted, and Xu Ming happily agreed that he would remain kind-hearted.

Xu Ming used his Myriad Forms Same Source Mind Secret Technique to help Ye Tianxie, Zhao Ziyue, and Bi Yusheng advance rapidly through the stone chambers. They reached the Sixth Stone Chamber just before Li Yun’s three-day deadline, where Li Yun sensed Xu Ming’s extraordinary nature and gained ten million Martial Cognition Points.

• Xu Ming invited Ye Tianxie, Zhao Ziyue, and Bi Yusheng to comprehend Martial Arts in sync with him through his Mind Secret Technique.
• After two hours of shared cultivation, the four perfected the Demon Subduing Sword and entered the third stone chamber.
• Ye Cangmang questioned Ye Li about Xu Ming, then berated him for reaching Great Success in Bright Fist through sudden enlightenment.
• Xu Ming led Zhao Ziyue, Ye Tianxie, and Bi Yusheng through the stone chambers until they reached the Sixth Stone Chamber in seven hours.
• Li Yun was shocked to see the four arrive and sensed Xu Ming’s extraordinary charm; the system awarded him ten million Martial Cognition Points for observing Xu Ming’s Innate Buddha Bone and Sacred Buddha Heart.

Li Yun met Zhao Ziyue’s group and Little Monk Xu Ming in the Sixth Stone Chamber, then cultivated the Immovable Wisdom King Seal into a Martial Domain and passed the chamber’s trial. Before Li Yun left, Xu Ming advised him to cultivate more Buddhist Sect Martial Arts and develop his Wisdom King Phantasm into a Wisdom King Dharma Form.

• Li Yun approached Zhao Ziyue’s group, and Zhao introduced him to Little Monk Xu Ming, who had helped them advance through the stone chambers.
• Ye Tianxie joked about fearing Xu Ming’s palm, and Xu Ming said he would not strike Ye Tianxie unless Ye hit him first.
• Li Yun cultivated the Immovable Wisdom King Seal into a Martial Domain, summoned a Wisdom King Phantasm, and opened the stone door.
• Xu Ming praised Li Yun’s talent, and the two exchanged compliments while Zhao Ziyue, Ye Tianxie, and Bi Yusheng watched.
• As Li Yun prepared to leave, Xu Ming encouraged him to cultivate more Buddhist Sect Martial Arts and merge their true intent into the Wisdom King Phantasm.

Li Yun learned that the Immovable Wisdom King Seal might lead to a Wisdom King Dharma Form, then entered the Seventh Stone Chamber to contemplate its mural. He struggled to manifest a Wisdom King Phantasm while Zhao Ziyue, Ye Tianxie, and Bi Yusheng learned that lacking karmic affinity might keep them from advancing.

• Little Monk Xu Ming told Li Yun that a Wisdom King Dharma Form depended on karmic affinity, and Li Yun thanked him before entering the Seventh Stone Chamber.
• Li Yun saw the Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Form Diagram, gained Martial Dao Cognition Points, and obtained the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture through the system.
• Li Yun discovered that he had three days to contemplate the mural and manifest a Wisdom King Phantasm, but his attempts produced no result.
• In the Sixth Stone Chamber, Zhao Ziyue, Ye Tianxie, and Bi Yusheng lagged behind Little Monk Xu Ming in cultivating the Immovable Wisdom King Seal.
• Little Monk Xu Ming explained that karmic affinity was needed to cultivate a Martial Domain and condense a Wisdom King Phantasm, leaving the three with little chance of reaching the Seventh Stone Chamber.

Li Yun discovered that he could gain Buddha nature by merging Buddhist martial true intents into the Wisdom King Phantasm, allowing him to cultivate the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture. After advancing the scripture, his spiritual power greatly strengthened and his Spiritual Sense briefly connected with a distant existence before an unknown force severed the link.

• Li Yun found that the system had loaded the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture but would not let him add points because he lacked Buddha nature.
• Li Yun elevated Bright Fist into true intent and merged it into the Wisdom King Phantasm, which became more solid and could perform the technique.
• Li Yun merged the true intents of the Demon Subduing Sword, Great Demon Suppressing Hand, Bodhi Sword, and Prajna Divine Fist into the phantasm, removing the scripture's Buddha-nature restriction.
• Li Yun spent one billion Cognition Points to enter the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture, condensing his spirit and tripling his spiritual power.
• Li Yun raised the scripture to Initial Completion, causing his Spiritual Sense to surge and briefly connect with a distant existence before an overwhelming force severed the connection.

After passing the Seventh Stone Chamber, Li Yun arrived at Cloud Dragon Zen Temple and witnessed its Buddha suppress the Sin Demon, gaining the Purifying World Demon Subduing Seal. Little Monk Xu Ming explained that he had come to reclaim the temple, and Li Yun agreed to let him take it.

• Li Yun completed the Seventh Stone Chamber trial and emerged onto a mountain plaza before Cloud Dragon Zen Temple.
• A Sin Demon roared from the temple, but a giant Buddha appeared and struck it with the Purifying World Demon Subduing Seal.
• The Buddha's smile earned Li Yun 300 million Martial Cognition Points per second for ten seconds, and the Earth-grade Purifying World Demon Subduing Seal began loading in his system.
• Little Monk Xu Ming arrived and told Li Yun that Zhao and the other two remained safe in the Sixth Stone Chamber.
• Xu Ming explained that the Sin Demon had been suppressed in Cloud Dragon Zen Temple and that his master had sent him to reclaim the temple and suppress it again.
• Li Yun willingly let Xu Ming take Cloud Dragon Zen Temple, and Xu Ming praised his broad-mindedness.

Li Yun learned from Little Monk Xu Ming that the Ancient Celestial Continent had been sealed off by the Four Great Evil Spirits and cut off from the Sacred Heaven Realm. Xu Ming revealed that the Four Great Evil Spirits targeted the continent because Tiangu Supreme, a genius from there, had once slaughtered billions of their troops.

• Li Yun asked Little Monk Xu Ming about the connection he had sensed after contemplating the Immovable Wisdom King Diagram.
• Little Monk Xu Ming reacted with fury when Li Yun said the connection had been severed, blaming the Seal Heaven Lock Earth Power and vowing to destroy the Dark Mountains and Rivers.
• After Li Yun promised to keep the secret, Little Monk Xu Ming explained that the Four Great Evil Spirits had used the Four Ancient Sacred Treasures to seal the Ancient Celestial Continent three thousand years earlier.
• Little Monk Xu Ming told Li Yun that the Ancient Celestial Continent was a yellow-grade world created from a fragment of the Sacred Heaven Realm, which had also left behind the legacies that became its Eight Great Sacred Lands.
• Little Monk Xu Ming revealed that Tiangu Supreme had risen from the Ancient Celestial Continent a million years earlier and killed tens of billions of Evil Spirit troops, making the continent a target for their vengeance.

Little Monk Xu Ming revealed that the Four Great Evil Spirits had sealed the Ancient Celestial Continent and held its inhabitants hostage to pressure the Tiangu Supreme. He asked Li Yun to reconnect with the Immovable Wisdom King, and Li Yun agreed to try while planning to consult Old Daoist Wuchen.

• Little Monk Xu Ming explained how the Eight Great Sacred Lands had weakened in their centuries-long war with the Four Great Evil Spirits, who had sealed the continent with the Four Ancient Sacred Treasures.
• Li Yun realized the continent’s people were effectively hostages and learned that the Sacred Heaven Realm might be able to help if he established a stable connection with the Immovable Wisdom King.
• Little Monk Xu Ming revealed that he was a disciple of Shenkong, head of Yunlai Temple’s Demon Subduing Hall, and explained the Immovable Wisdom King’s place among the Ten Thousand Buddha Kingdom’s Eight Great Wisdom Kings.
• Li Yun doubted that reconnecting with the Immovable Wisdom King would bring reinforcements, suspected the Sacred Heaven Realm had reasons for its inaction, and decided to seek Old Daoist Wuchen’s opinion.
• Li Yun promised to try to contact the Immovable Wisdom King again, and Little Monk Xu Ming gave him a Dharma Conch, Buddhist martial arts manuals, and three Mystic Epiphyllums.

Li Yun learned that Little Monk Xu Ming had tried to influence him with Heavenly Buddha Zen Sound, then watched Xu Ming reclaim Cloud Dragon Zen Temple for Yunlai Temple. Back at Celestial Martial Sect, Li Yun revealed Yunlai Temple’s status as a Sacred Land and warned Chen Jiuxu that Wuwei Dao Palace existed but had been driven into hiding.

• The system alerted Li Yun that Little Monk Xu Ming was using Heavenly Buddha Zen Sound, so Li Yun guarded against him and avoided rushing to contact the Immovable Wisdom King.
• Xu Ming entered Cloud Dragon Zen Temple, and the temple cast everyone out before Xu Ming appeared above Pingding Mountain carrying it.
• Several Heavenly Human Supremes attacked Xu Ming’s auspicious clouds, were mysteriously injured, and fled; Li Yun stopped Chen Jiuxu from joining them.
• Chen Jiuxu took Li Yun back to Celestial Martial Sect and asked what had happened inside Cloud Dragon Zen Temple.
• Li Yun told Chen Jiuxu that Xu Ming belonged to Yunlai Temple and explained that it was one of the Eight Great Sacred Lands governing the western Ancient Celestial Continent.
• Li Yun warned Chen Jiuxu that Wuwei Dao Palace existed in the east but had gone into hiding after its Dao Field was shattered ten thousand years earlier.

Li Yun told Chen Jiuxu about the crisis facing the Ancient Celestial Continent and the power he had gained, leaving the Sect Master shaken. Later, Li Yun contacted Ding Baisheng, whose astonishment at Li Yun’s Super First Grade Innate True Qi led him to set out for Eastern Cloud Prefecture.

• Li Yun recounted his experiences at Cloud Dragon Zen Temple and the threat Little Monk Xu Ming had described, while concealing that he had become a Dao Child of Wuwei Dao Palace.
• Chen Jiuxu struggled to absorb Li Yun’s revelations, then told him to keep the information and his strength secret from everyone else.
• Li Yun returned to Nameless Cottage and summoned Old Daoist Wuchen through the Mind Dao Palace.
• Ding Baisheng was shocked to learn that Li Yun had cultivated Super First Grade Innate True Qi using the ten Innate cultivation techniques he had given him.
• Ding Baisheng recognized Li Yun’s potential and immediately set off for Eastern Cloud Prefecture.