Chapter Summaries

Li Yun tried to use the Gate of Myriad Wonders to help the Divine Tree, whose Divine Soul was trapped by a mysterious force, but his spiritual realm was too weak to control it. He gambled on touching the tree directly, and the force within it invaded his mindscape and began cracking his Spirit Pill.

• Li Yun realized the Divine Tree's Divine Soul might still be present but trapped, and decided he had to try to help it.
• Li Yun attempted to move the Gate of Myriad Wonders with his spiritual power, but the strain nearly cracked his Spirit Pill, so he stopped and healed it with the Immovable Wisdom King Scripture.
• Li Yun considered drawing out the Gate of Myriad Wonders' power without controlling it, but, unable to find another method, chose to touch the Divine Tree directly.
• Li Yun placed both hands on the Divine Tree's trunk, and a mysterious force pinned his hands there and sent a frigid surge into his mindscape.
• A towering black wave of demonic intent struck Li Yun's Spirit Pill and caused cracks to form, bringing him excruciating pain.

Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders and the Classic of Virtue to resist a terrifying demon shadow attacking his Spirit Pill. The Gate devoured the black aura and drove the demon from the Divine Tree, which awakened in brilliant azure light.

• The Gate of Myriad Wonders froze the black waves invading Li Yun's mind and began devouring them.
• A Giant Demon Shadow broke free of the Gate's suppression and attacked it, so Li Yun recited the Classic of Virtue to strengthen the Gate with Dao Resonance.
• The demon shadow struck at Li Yun's Spirit Pill, but the Gate enveloped it and absorbed the blow while Li Yun kept reciting.
• The Divine Tree released azure light that forced black aura from its trunk and fed it into the Gate of Myriad Wonders.
• The demon shadow fled from Li Yun's mind and threatened to return, while the Divine Tree radiated azure light and spread its relief throughout Wanqing Mountain.

The Divine Tree awakened at Wanqing Mountain, restoring the Treant Tribe and destroying the remaining Devil Race warriors. As Li Yun received a Heavenly Blessing, he awakened the legendary supreme Innate Divine Ability, the King of Fire.

• The Divine Tree's awakening released azure light that healed the Treant Tribe and golden Thunderbolts that killed the remaining Devil Race warriors.
• Chief Yu Rong led Ding Baisheng and the Treant Tribe experts to the Ancestral Tree Plain, where they saw golden radiance flowing from the Divine Tree into Li Yun.
• The golden light tempered Li Yun's body, and golden flames enveloped him without causing harm.
• Ding Baisheng recognized Li Yun's transformation as the legendary supreme Innate Divine Ability, the King of Fire.

After awakening the King of Fire in a Heavenly Blessing, Li Yun discovered that his cultivation, aptitude, and abilities had grown enormously. The Divine Tree blessed the Treant Tribe and Ding Baisheng before concealing itself, and it left Li Yun with a parting invitation to seek an opportunity at Flame Mountain.

• Ding Baisheng recognized Li Yun as the future Flame Commandery Prince and kept silent to protect his King of Fire ability from the Evil Spirits.
• Li Yun examined his status and realized the Heavenly Blessing had made him a Child of Destiny, awakened his Fire Spirit Body, and let him sense Spirit Fires nearby.
• The Divine Tree blessed the Treant Tribe and Ding Baisheng, strengthening their life force and cultivation.
• The Divine Tree faded from Wanqing Mountain and told Li Yun to seek his luck at Flame Mountain before bidding him farewell.

After awakening the Divine Tree, Li Yun won the Treant Tribe’s gratitude and gathered a vast store of treasures before leaving Wanqing Mountain with Ding Baisheng and Huang Zhengqi’s group. They discovered that the Treant Tribe’s territory had become hidden behind a strange, disorienting mist.

• Li Yun told the Treant Tribe that his Willow Transformation had let him communicate with the Divine Tree and help it awaken, and the tribe accepted his story.
• Chief Yu Rong welcomed Li Yun and Ding Baisheng as honored guests and allowed Li Yun to gather as many treasures as he wanted.
• Over half a month, Li Yun increased the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the Heavenly Origin Ring from four thousand plants to seventeen thousand and took the hidden Spirit Fire.
• Ding Baisheng stayed with Li Yun among the Treant Tribe for nearly a month, then left with him after receiving the Divine Tree’s blessing.
• Li Yun took Huang Zhengqi and his group with him when the Treant Tribe handed them over, and Chief Yu Rong escorted everyone thirty li beyond Wanqing Mountain.
• Li Yun and Ding Baisheng saw that mist and a mystical power of bewilderment now concealed the Treant Tribe’s territory.

Li Yun received free passage through Wanqing Mountain from Chief Yu Rong and repaid the Treant Tribe with cultivation techniques. After Huang Fufeng reunited with Huang Zhengqi’s group, he urged Huang Zhengqi to befriend Li Yun, but Huang Zhengqi remained resentful and refused.

• Chief Yu Rong gave Li Yun a Wooden Token that let him pass through the Lost Maze Barrier and promised the Treant Tribe would help him.
• Li Yun gave Chief Yu Rong the Myriad Treasures Divine Body and the first ten chapters of the Classic of Virtue, explaining its role in helping the Divine Tree defeat the Devil Race.
• Ding Baisheng led Li Yun and Huang Zhengqi’s group toward Wanqing Mountain’s outskirts, where Huang Fufeng met them and gave Li Yun two Yellow Grade treasures.
• Huang Fufeng praised Li Yun and suggested that Ding Baisheng bring him to visit, but Ding Baisheng soon left with Li Yun.
• After hearing how Huang Zhengqi’s group had nearly destroyed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root, Huang Fufeng scolded them and urged Huang Zhengqi to befriend Li Yun.
• Huang Zhengqi agreed outwardly but privately dismissed the idea because he still resented Li Yun.

Li Yun and Ding Baisheng encountered Wu Nanfeng’s group outside Wanqing Mountain, where Wu Nanfeng demanded a spar. After Jiang Bielie tried to pressure them by invoking Nine Yang City, Li Yun accepted the challenge and provoked Wu Nanfeng into attacking.

• Li Yun and Ding Baisheng left Wanqing Mountain and talked about their gains and future plans.
• Jiang Bielie and Wu Nanfeng’s group arrived, and Wu Nanfeng challenged Li Yun to exchange moves.
• Ding Baisheng refused to let them spar, but Jiang Bielie pressed him and invoked Wu Qiuse’s status as Nine Yang City Lord.
• Li Yun stepped forward, insulted Wu Nanfeng, and offered to knock him down with one slap.
• Enraged, Wu Nanfeng attacked Li Yun with a punch without activating his Battle Soul.

Li Yun slapped Wu Nanfeng aside after Wu Nanfeng attacked him, then faced down Jiang Bielie when Jiang identified him as a Soaring Heaven Realm expert. Jiang withdrew with Wu Nanfeng after Ding Baisheng challenged Wu Qiuse to come to Jinhe City, leaving the group to await the Nine Yang City lord’s response.

• Wu Nanfeng attacked Li Yun with a perfected fist technique, but Li Yun slapped him flying and mocked him.
• Enraged, Wu Nanfeng summoned his Mountain Suppressing Peak Battle Soul, but Jiang Bielie stopped him and recognized Li Yun as a Soaring Heaven Realm expert.
• Li Yun accused Jiang Bielie and Wu Nanfeng of waiting outside Wanqing Mountain to seize something from him and warned them to leave.
• Jiang Bielie threatened to report Li Yun to Wu Qiuse, but Ding Baisheng told him to send Wu Qiuse to Jinhe City if he wanted to seek justice.
• Jiang Bielie left with Wu Nanfeng and the others, while Ding Baisheng advised Li Yun to wait for Wu Qiuse to investigate before making a move.

After returning to Jinhe City, Li Yun shared the Myriad Treasures Divine Body with Ding Baisheng, and both began cultivating it. Meanwhile, Wu Qiuse learned what had happened in Wanqing Mountain and sent Jiang Bielie to investigate Li Yun and Ding Baisheng in Jinhe City.

• Li Yun showed Ding Baisheng the Heaven Grade Myriad Treasures Divine Body and explained its low entry threshold but immense demands for reaching perfection.
• Ding Baisheng hesitated over the resources and time required, then agreed to cultivate the Divine Ability as a pastime.
• Li Yun and Ding Baisheng returned to their rooms and began cultivating with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Jiang Bielie and Wu Nanfeng returned to Nine Yang City and reported the encounter to Wu Qiuse.
• Wu Qiuse worried that Li Yun and Ding Baisheng might have powerful backing, then ordered Jiang Bielie to investigate their identities and origins in Jinhe City.

Jiang Bielie learned from Wang Yuanzong that no one in Jinhe City knew of the two people he was seeking and realized he may have been misled. To give Wu Qiuse an explanation, he went to the Heaven and Earth Tower’s Nine Yang City branch to buy intelligence and find them.

• Wang Yuanzong searched Jinhe City for the two people but found no one who had heard of them.
• Wang Yuanzong suggested Jiang Bielie had been deceived and advised him to buy intelligence from the Heaven and Earth Tower.
• Jiang Bielie decided he could not return to Wu Qiuse without answers and hurried to the Heaven and Earth Tower in Nine Yang City.
• Gu Santong received Jiang Bielie, who said he had come on the City Lord’s orders to purchase intelligence and find two people.

Jiang Bielie sought information from Gu Santong at Heaven and Earth Tower about Ding Baisheng and Li Yun. Gu Santong priced their location at nine top-grade Earth Grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures after a discount, and Jiang Bielie decided to buy it.

• Jiang Bielie described Ding Baisheng and Li Yun to Gu Santong and asked Heaven and Earth Tower to find them.
• Gu Santong returned with a scroll and said he had obtained detailed information, including the two men's current location.
• Gu Santong rated the information Earth Grade First Tier and quoted a price of ten top-grade Earth Grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, discounted to nine because of City Lord Wu.
• Jiang Bielie suspected Gu Santong was gouging him but asked whether the price could be reduced further.
• Gu Santong warned that the information might be reclassified as Heaven Grade and required a confidentiality agreement, so Jiang Bielie decided to purchase it.

Jiang Bielie bought Heaven and Earth Tower’s first-tier Earth Grade information about Li Yun and Ding Baisheng for nine top-grade Earth Grade treasures, then brought the sealed scroll to Wu Qiuse. After reading it, Wu Qiuse was stunned by the note that Li Yun might be connected to the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root and had gained an opportunity in Wanqing Mountain.

• Jiang Bielie paid Gu Santong nine top-grade Earth Grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and signed an agreement to buy the information.
• Jiang Bielie delivered the sealed scroll to Wu Qiuse, who recognized it as expensive Earth Grade information and questioned why Jiang Bielie had bought it.
• Jiang Bielie explained how he had sought information on Li Yun and Ding Baisheng, and Wu Qiuse agreed to reimburse him for the nine treasures and give him one extra.
• Wu Qiuse broke the scroll’s Sealing Restriction and read detailed records of Li Yun’s and Ding Baisheng’s lives and actions.
• Wu Qiuse was shocked by Heaven and Earth Tower’s note that Li Yun might be connected to the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root and had gained a great opportunity in Wanqing Mountain.

Wu Qiuse learned that Li Yun might be connected to a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root and decided to visit Jinhe City with Wu Nanfeng to apologize and seek friendship. As Li Yun’s power grew dramatically, Wu Qiuse arrived and signaled to Ding Baisheng that he had not come as an enemy.

• Wu Qiuse read the report linking Li Yun to a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root and planned to visit Ding Baisheng and Li Yun with Wu Nanfeng to offer an apology.
• After more than ten days of cultivation, Li Yun refined seven Spirit Fires, greatly strengthened his physique, and advanced his Heavenly Spirit Energy toward Second Grade.
• Ding Baisheng sensed Li Yun’s growing strength and judged that he could contend with an ordinary Heavenly Human Supreme.
• Ding Baisheng sensed a Dao Seed Realm expert approaching Jinhe City and suspected Wu Qiuse had come to confront them.
• Li Yun and Ding Baisheng prepared to meet Wu Qiuse, and Ding Baisheng released his aura to answer the newcomer.
• Wu Qiuse released his own aura in response, signaling that he had not come to make an enemy of Ding Baisheng.

Wu Qiuse brought Wu Nanfeng to Li Yun’s residence to apologize for the conflict at Wanqing Mountain. Li Yun accepted the apology and invited Wu Qiuse and his companions inside for tea, leaving Wu Qiuse impressed by his talent and composure.

• Wu Qiuse arrived at Ding Baisheng’s door with Jiang Bielie and Wu Nanfeng, intending to apologize and make peace.
• Li Yun opened the door, and Wu Qiuse was astonished by the young man’s profound aura and exceptional talent.
• Wu Qiuse explained that Wu Nanfeng had been at fault and ordered him to apologize to Li Yun.
• Wu Nanfeng bowed and apologized, offering to fulfill any demands Li Yun might have.
• Li Yun accepted the apology, called the matter settled, and invited Wu Qiuse, Wu Nanfeng, and Jiang Bielie inside for tea.
• Wu Qiuse accepted Li Yun’s invitation and grew more impressed by him.

Wu Qiuse and Ding Baisheng set aside the threat of conflict and spoke amicably, while Li Yun learned that the Heaven and Earth Tower had sold Wu Qiuse information about his past. After hearing warnings about the organization’s reach and the mysterious disappearances of those who opposed it, Li Yun secretly asked Wu Qiuse to show him the information.

• Wu Qiuse greeted Ding Baisheng respectfully, and the two Dao Seed Realm experts quickly settled into a harmonious conversation.
• Li Yun asked Wu Qiuse how he had learned that Li Yun came from Mysterious Moon Kingdom, and Jiang Bielie explained that Wu Qiuse had bought the information from the Heaven and Earth Tower.
• Li Yun angrily complained that the Heaven and Earth Tower had sold his information for nine top-grade Earth Grade treasures without giving him any.
• Ding Baisheng and Wu Qiuse warned Li Yun that the Heaven and Earth Tower was powerful and that even Dao Embryo Realm experts who retaliated against it had mysteriously vanished.
• Li Yun secretly used Wind Listener to check for watchers, heard nothing suspicious, and then asked Wu Qiuse to show him the information he had purchased.

Li Yun read the Heaven and Earth Tower’s detailed report on his life and discussed Wu Qiuse’s possible request for help with Ding Baisheng. While Li Yun continued cultivating, Wan Xianggao decided to draw him out by leading his enemies to him.

• Wu Qiuse secretly gave Li Yun the Heaven and Earth Tower’s information scroll along with three top-grade Earth Grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Li Yun examined the scroll and was alarmed by how much the Heaven and Earth Tower knew about his life and his possible connection to the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root.
• Ding Baisheng advised Li Yun to speak openly with Wu Qiuse, who might need his help and could offer valuable resources in return.
• Li Yun chose to keep cultivating before contacting Wu Qiuse, while the Heaven and Earth Tower continued monitoring him and Ding Baisheng.
• Gu Santong told Wan Xianggao that Divine Blade Manor had come seeking revenge on Li Yun and that Yang Yundu was also searching for him.
• Wan Xianggao ordered his people to lead the pursuers to Li Yun so he would be forced to act.

Song Gongming hosted Feitian City’s powerful figures as he sought to enlist them in his plans after Song Wujie was crippled and the Wantu King failed to capture Li Yun. He hinted that this gathering might be his last, leaving his guests poised to hear his grievance.

• Song Gongming warmly thanked Feitian City’s leaders for caring for Divine Blade Manor’s people over the past twenty years, while planning to win them over for his scheme.
• Song Gongming reflected that Divine Blade Manor had established a foothold in the Cracked Heaven Imperial Dynasty to deter the Wantu Kingdom Royal Clan, and that the strategy had softened the clan’s treatment of them.
• After Song Wujie’s Divine Blade Battle Soul was pierced in Mysterious Moon Kingdom, Song Gongming wanted to retaliate, but the Wantu King warned him that a conflict could bring the Cracked Heaven Imperial Dynasty’s wrath.
• The Wantu King promised to capture Li Yun, but Song Gongming received repeated reports that Li Yun had disappeared after arriving in the Cracked Heaven Imperial Dynasty.
• Song Gongming traveled to Feitian City to find Li Yun, investigate whether the tournament had been a plot against Divine Blade Manor, and recruit the city’s powers to his cause.
• Song Gongming changed the subject and told his guests that this might be the last time he ever drank and feasted with them.

Song Gongming dramatized his grief over Song Wujie's ruined Battle Soul to persuade Feitian City’s leaders to help find Li Yun. Just as they agreed, a messenger reported that Li Yun was hiding in Jinhe City, leaving the gathering stunned.

• Song Gongming claimed that Li Yun had destroyed Song Wujie's future and pleaded for help finding him.
• Wang Zhong vowed to find and kill Li Yun, while the guests agreed to use their channels to search for him.
• A blue-clad middle-aged man rushed in and announced that he had news about Li Yun.
• The messenger said an old friend had identified Li Yun in Jinhe City and knew he lived in seclusion, occasionally visiting a tavern.

Song Gongming gathered Qin Jue and more than ten Feitian City experts to accompany him to Jinhe City and deal with Li Yun. As they headed there, Yang Yundu and Xu Yourong also arrived in the city, with Yang Yundu planning a way to kill Li Yun without confronting him directly.

• A Feitian City expert identified Jinhe City as a small town under Nine Yang City's jurisdiction and dismissed the risk of going there.
• More than ten experts volunteered to accompany Song Gongming, and Dao Seed Realm powerhouse Qin Jue offered to go because he knew Nine Yang City Lord Wu Qiuse.
• The Feitian City group ended the banquet and set out for Jinhe City.
• Yang Yundu and Princess Mingguang Xu Yourong entered Jinhe City and discussed the strength of the Cracked Heaven Imperial Dynasty.
• Yang Yundu told Xu Yourong he had located Li Yun's residence and would find a way to kill him without approaching Li Yun himself.

Yang Yundu and Princess Mingguang Xu Yourong plotted to kill Li Yun by exploiting Wu Qiuse, then traveled to Nine Yang City. There, Yang Yundu approached Wu Nanfeng, who was drinking his sorrows away.

• Xu Yourong recalled her hatred of Li Yun, while Yang Yundu said he planned to use Wu Qiuse's weakness to have Li Yun killed.
• Yang Yundu promised Xu Yourong they would rule the Ancient Celestial Continent together, and they left Jinhe City after locating Li Yun's residence.
• Li Yun sensed a familiar scent but found nothing with Wind Listener, then continued cultivating and planned to speak with Wu Qiuse before leaving Jinhe City.
• The next day, Yang Yundu and Xu Yourong arrived in Nine Yang City and entered a restaurant private room.
• Yang Yundu found Wu Nanfeng drinking and asked why he was drowning his sorrows.