Chapter Summaries

Li Yun used Moon Rising Over the Sea to put the treasury guards to sleep and emptied Swordfish’s treasury, leaving a message claiming Swallow Li San had taken the treasure. Wang Mu and Li Heshan woke to find the treasury bare and realized they would have to answer to Swordfish.

• Wang Mu and his companion discussed whether Swallow Li San would dare approach after Swordfish left, while Wang Mu secretly considered killing him to claim the treasury.
• Li Yun cast Moon Rising Over the Sea, causing Wang Mu and Li Heshan to fall unconscious in an illusion.
• Li Yun took everything from the treasury, left a message signed by Swallow Li San, and escaped.
• Swordfish’s subordinates found the empty treasury and woke Wang Mu and Li Heshan from their dream.
• Wang Mu realized the treasury had been robbed and let out a miserable howl.

Swallow Li San robbed the treasure vaults of Swordfish and Huashan, leaving their branch leaders to realize that someone was targeting Heaven and Earth Tower. Unable to find the thief, the four leaders reported the robberies to Headquarters, while Li Yun watched them.

• Swordfish found his branch's treasure vault empty and learned that Wang Mu and Li Heshan had been trapped in a dream and left with damaged spirits.
• Swordfish received a message that Huashan's vault had also been robbed in the same way, with Swallow Li San claiming responsibility.
• Shopkeeper Mo, Yun Lou, Swordfish, and Huashan discussed the robberies and concluded that an unknown thief was deliberately targeting their branches.
• The four branch leaders sent a report to Heaven and Earth Tower Headquarters in Chitian City and waited for a response.
• Li Yun watched the four leaders after they sent their report.

Li Yun learned that the Heaven and Earth Tower had asked its Headquarters for help, then handed the Cloud Cliff Saintess the seized message Scrolls and cultivated with the branches’ stolen resources. After a day, his cultivation and physique advanced, and he began considering which Divine Ability to use when entering the Dharma Form Realm.

• Li Yun told the Cloud Cliff Saintess that the four Heaven and Earth Tower branches had sought help, and she estimated that an Origin Dao Realm expert might arrive in at least three days.
• Li Yun gave the Cloud Cliff Saintess the message Scrolls stolen from the four branches so she could examine them.
• Li Yun refined the branches’ treasures in the Meditation Chamber, advancing his cultivation and body to the Heavenly Human Second Layer and initially completing his Myriad Treasures Divine Body.
• Li Yun considered which of his many Divine Abilities to choose for his future Dharma Form Realm breakthrough, then decided to check what news the Cloud Cliff Saintess had found.

Li Yun learned about the Holy Son Baptism and prepared to search the Heaven and Earth Tower’s message Scrolls for clues about its mysterious power. Meanwhile, after hearing that four White Emperor City branches had been robbed, Earth Lord Diming sent chief steward Tang Chuan to investigate.

• The Cloud Cliff Saintess told Li Yun that the Holy Son Baptism could increase a Heavenly Human’s Dharma Power and that he would have half an hour to absorb its mysterious power alongside Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess.
• Li Yun learned that Bai Tianhuang had not yet agreed to open the White Emperor Inner City ahead of schedule, then joined the Cloud Cliff Saintess in searching message Scrolls for clues.
• Earth Lord Diming received Shopkeeper Mo’s urgent report about the four robbed branches and angrily denounced the branch overseers.
• Tang Chuan examined the report, considered possible culprits, and agreed to travel to White Emperor City to investigate Swallow Li San.
• Earth Lord Diming gave Tang Chuan his token and authorized him to make decisions about the matter.

On the day of the Holy Son Baptism, Li Yun faced Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess’s contempt and the White Emperor Family’s refusal to let him enter the White Emperor Inner City. As the ceremony began, Bai Tianhuang barred Li Yun from climbing the temple steps because he lacked White Emperor blood.

• Crowds and prominent families gathered at the White Emperor Temple to witness the once-in-a-century Holy Son Baptism.
• Yuanheng Holy Son mocked Li Yun, but Li Yun challenged him and Yunyi Saintess to fight; Yuanheng refused to risk being defeated in public.
• Bai Tianhuang offered incense to Ancestor White Emperor and ignored Li Yun while sending Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess to sit before the temple.
• Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess climbed the temple steps and sat by the entrance, while Li Yun followed them.
• Bai Tianhuang stopped Li Yun and ordered him to sit ten zhang from the temple doors because he lacked the White Emperor bloodline.

During the Holy Son Baptism, Li Yun ignored Bai Tianhuang’s attempt to humiliate him and discovered that the White Emperor Temple’s power affected him differently from Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess. The baptism awakened his Destiny Return to Origin ability, and he realized it was transforming his destiny as well as his cultivation.

• Bai Tianhuang kept Li Yun from sitting on the temple steps, but Li Yun calmly sat in the plaza and refused to be provoked.
• Bai Tianhuang used a secret art to open the White Emperor Temple, sending streams of radiant power toward Yuanheng Holy Son, Yunyi Saintess, and Li Yun.
• The spectators sat down to comprehend the temple’s power, while the system awarded Li Yun one billion Martial Cognition Points and awakened Destiny Return to Origin.
• Li Yun’s eyes changed, allowing him to see the hidden golden destiny power within the White Light and understand the nature of the baptism.
• The temple’s power passed through Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess, but Li Yun absorbed its essence and destiny power, realizing the baptism was elevating his destiny.

During the Holy Son Baptism, Li Yun advanced to the Heavenly Human Fourth Layer and became a Marquis-level Child of Destiny. After Bai Tianhuang tried to delay his entry into the White Emperor Inner City for a year, the city gate appeared and opened by itself.

• Li Yun absorbed the baptism’s power and advanced both his cultivation and physical body from the Heavenly Human Second Layer to the Fourth Layer.
• As he absorbed destiny power, Li Yun’s System Panel ranked him as a Marquis-level Child of Destiny with the potential to become a Heaven and Earth Marquis.
• The Holy Son Baptism ended, and Bai Tianhuang announced that the White Emperor Inner City entrance would remain closed for a year while Li Yun went to Tiandu Imperial City.
• Li Yun agreed to leave and return before the inner city opened, while Bai Tianhuang sneered at him.
• A beam of White Light struck the square, and the White Emperor Inner City gate appeared and opened on its own.

The White Emperor Inner City opened on its own and pulled Li Yun, the Yuanheng Holy Son, and the Yunyi Saintess inside, while Bai Tianhuang discovered he could no longer control the White Emperor Temple or inner city. He claimed that a White Emperor descendant had earned the ancestor’s favor, leaving the people of White Emperor City to fear the White Emperor Family’s growing power.

• The White Emperor Inner City opened without Bai Tianhuang’s command, and the Cloud Cliff Saintess said the White Emperor Temple’s rules had activated after the Holy Son Baptism.
• Bai Tianhuang tried to close the entrance, but his Hand Seals failed, and a force pulled Li Yun, the Yuanheng Holy Son, and the Yunyi Saintess inside before the gates shut.
• Bai Tianhuang failed to reopen the White Emperor Temple and realized that an overwhelming power had stripped him of control over it and the inner city.
• Bai Tianhuang hid his alarm and claimed that one of the White Emperor descendants had communed with the ancestor’s will and received its favor.
• The onlookers congratulated the White Emperor Family while worrying that its increased power might threaten the Liehuang Imperial Clan and other families.

After the Holy Son Baptism drew Li Yun, Yuanheng Holy Son, and Yunyi Saintess into the empty White Emperor Inner City, Li Yun searched the western streets for the mysterious ancient tree described by Cloud Cliff Saintess. Night fell without him finding it, and the city remained silent and unexplained.

• Li Yun walked through the deserted inner city with Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess, who feared him and turned away at a crossroads.
• Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess searched an empty inn and discussed the unusual change in the city and the dangers of exploring with Li Yun nearby.
• Li Yun recalled Cloud Cliff Saintess's account of finding a moving ancient tree that vanished after giving her a branch.
• Li Yun searched westward and used Wind Listener, but detected no living creatures or useful clues.
• Night fell over the White Emperor Inner City beneath a bright moon as Li Yun continued without finding the ancient tree.

Li Yun discovered that the full moon over White Emperor Inner City differed from the crescent outside, but trying to fly closer triggered the city’s rules and summoned the Eye of Rules. The encounter activated his system and began loading the Eyes of Heaven and Earth Divine Ability, and he cautiously rose into the air again after the Eye disappeared.

• Li Yun noticed the moon over White Emperor Inner City was full despite the crescent he had seen outside, then flew upward to investigate it.
• A powerful Seal knocked Li Yun back, and a voice warned that flight was forbidden; the Eye of Rules marked him after he violated the taboo.
• Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess mocked Li Yun and considered provoking him into another violation, but decided to search for their own opportunities instead.
• The Eye of Rules appeared above Li Yun, triggering his system, earning him Martial Cognition Points, and unlocking the Eyes of Heaven and Earth Divine Ability.
• The Eye of Rules vanished after watching Li Yun for about ten minutes, while the new Divine Ability reached 27% loaded.
• Li Yun decided not to wait for the Divine Ability to finish loading and cautiously rose into the air again.

Li Yun lay just below the White Emperor Inner City’s hundred-meter flight limit, drinking wine while using the Eye of Rules to accelerate the loading of his Eyes of Heaven and Earth. Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess found him and debated why he was doing it before Yunyi spotted a gateway opening in the sky and demons entering the city.

• Li Yun slowly rose to just below the hundred-meter limit, drew the Eye of Rules’ attention, and reclined in midair while drinking wine.
• Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess came within three hundred meters of Li Yun and saw him beneath the Eye of Rules.
• Yuanheng Holy Son claimed Li Yun was provoking the Eye of Rules out of arrogance and fear, then said they should get rid of him.
• Yunyi Saintess turned away from Li Yun and saw a gateway in the distant sky as figures radiating demonic aura poured into White Emperor Inner City.

Li Yun sensed the Demon Race entering White Emperor Inner City but stayed behind to finish loading his Eyes of Heaven and Earth Divine Ability. The Ghost Domain’s agents also infiltrated the city, where they focused on finding the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root hidden by the Primordial White Emperor.

• Li Yun saw Demon Race figures descend through a gateway into White Emperor Inner City and chose to keep waiting for his Divine Ability to finish loading.
• Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess spotted the Demon Race gateway and hurried to investigate, leaving Li Yun behind.
• Ghost Domain agents emerged from a vortex in an alley and saw the Demon Race gateway had opened too.
• Ghost Slayer noticed Li Yun and the Eye of Rules, but Lord Gui Teng stopped him from approaching and warned him not to risk exposing their infiltration.
• Lord Gui Teng told the ghosts that their priority was finding the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root hidden by the Primordial White Emperor.

The Four Great Evil Spirits smuggled nearly a thousand powerful fighters into White Emperor Inner City, while Li Yun vanished just before his Divine Ability Eyes of Heaven and Earth finished loading. Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess hid underground as Ghost Teng discovered Ghost Slayer had lost track of Li Yun.

• Gui Teng ordered Ghost Slayer to watch Li Yun while he returned to the alley to oversee the Ghost Domain's arrival.
• The Devils and otherworldly sprites entered White Emperor Inner City, completing the Four Great Evil Spirits' infiltration as Li Yun sensed their arrival with Wind Listener.
• Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess encountered members of the Four Great Evil Spirits, fled into an underground chamber, and tried to contact the White Emperor Family.
• Li Yun disappeared from Ghost Slayer's sight, and the Eye of Rules dissipated shortly afterward.
• Ghost Slayer searched for Li Yun and shouted in frustration, prompting Gui Teng to rush out and berate him for losing watch of his target.

Li Yun evaded Lord Gui Teng and learned that the Four Great Evil Spirits were searching the White Emperor Inner City for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root. He chose to let them compete while he studied his newly acquired Eyes of Heaven and Earth, a Heaven Grade Top Divine Ability.

• Lord Gui Teng failed to find Li Yun and led the Ghost Race east toward the White Emperor Inner City.
• Li Yun remained concealed nearby with Shadow Shroud and overheard the Four Great Evil Spirits discussing their hunt for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root.
• Li Yun decided not to follow the Ghost Race yet and slipped into a nearby building to study the Eyes of Heaven and Earth.
• Li Yun discovered that the Eyes of Heaven and Earth was Heaven Grade Top and that Mountain River Seal, Sigh of the Dead, and Purifying World Demon Subduing Seal had finished loading at Earth Grade High.

Li Yun raised Eyes of Heaven and Earth to the Minor Accomplishment Realm and used it to see through White Emperor Inner City’s layered arrays and seals. He discovered that the Four Great Evil Spirits had set up Altars to draw in their power from outside and break through the city’s Seals.

• Li Yun spent Martial Cognition Points to raise Eyes of Heaven and Earth, learning that its cultivation depended on the nine foundational Array Daos.
• Because all nine of Li Yun’s foundational Array Daos had reached Minor Accomplishment, he raised Eyes of Heaven and Earth to Minor Accomplishment as well.
• Li Yun examined White Emperor Inner City with the Divine Ability and saw it as a sealed Cave Heaven filled with countless overlapping arrays, rules, and Seals.
• After seven days in White Emperor Inner City, Li Yun saw that the Four Great Evil Spirits had gathered in the east and built an Altar in each of their areas.
• Li Yun realized the Four Great Evil Spirits were using their Altars as nodes to draw their power into White Emperor Inner City and forcibly break through its Seals.

Li Yun used the Mountain River Seal to ambush the Four Great Evil Spirits and damage the four Altars before they could activate them. He escaped unseen, while the Four Commanders suspected the strange person their Ghost Race had encountered and agreed to search for him.

• Li Yun recognized that the Four Great Evil Spirits planned to use their Altars to draw in distant power and attack the White Emperor Inner City's weaknesses.
• Li Yun raised the Mountain River Seal to the Minor Accomplishment Realm and struck all four Altars at once.
• The Four Great Evil Spirits' commanders shattered the Mountain River Seal, but its impact damaged a corner of each Altar and delayed their activation.
• Li Yun hid under the Shadow Shroud, recovered from the Divine Ability's drain, and slipped out of the enemy encirclement.
• The Four Commanders suspected the strange person their Ghost Race had encountered and called for the Four Great Evil Spirits to cooperate in finding him.

The Four Great Evil Spirits abandoned repairing their Altar and searched for Li Yun, but instead captured Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess. Gui Teng killed Yuanheng and pressured Yunyi into helping them find Li Yun, then promised to make her the next Ruo Saint, leaving Yunyi shocked by his claim about Bai Youruo.

• The Four Great Evil Spirits sent nearly a thousand subordinates to search for Li Yun while their commanders guarded the ruined Altar.
• The Four Great Evil Spirits found Yuanheng Holy Son and Yunyi Saintess after the pair changed hiding places several times.
• Yuanheng Holy Son suspected that the Four Great Evil Spirits had spies inside the White Emperor Family, and Gui Teng burned him to death.
• Gui Teng offered Yunyi resources and cultivation techniques if she helped capture Li Yun, and Yunyi asked whether Bai Youruo was one of their people.

Li Yun watched Gui Teng release Yunyi Saintess as bait, saw through the Four Great Evil Spirits’ plan, and avoided revealing himself. He decided to improve Void first, aiming to break through his mental realm while postponing the costly advancement of his Array Dao abilities.

• Gui Teng claimed Bai Youruo served the Four Great Evil Spirits and released Yunyi Saintess so she could lure Li Yun out.
• Gui Teng told the other commanders that he had used Yunyi Saintess as bait, and they agreed to watch her closely.
• Li Yun dismissed Gui Teng’s claim about Bai Youruo, recognized the trap, and moved elsewhere to continue cultivating.
• Li Yun calculated that advancing his nine foundational Array Dao disciplines and the Eyes of Heaven and Earth would cost 600 trillion Cognition Points and risk leaving him vulnerable while he processed the knowledge.
• Li Yun chose to spend 100 trillion Cognition Points to improve Void and began the advancement.

Li Yun’s mental realm reached Three Flowers Gathering at the Peak, and the Gate of Myriad Wonders absorbed his expanding shadow and fused slightly with his divine soul, forming a small world under his control. He then advanced the nine basic Array Dao disciplines to proficiency and absorbed their knowledge with unprecedented ease.

• Li Yun spent 100 trillion Cognition Points and drew mysterious energy into his shadow, where the Three Flowers of Heaven, Earth, and Man appeared.
• The shadow expanded, and Li Yun’s mental realm advanced to Three Flowers Gathering at the Peak, granting him powerful self-will.
• The Gate of Myriad Wonders swallowed the shadow and transformed it into a small world about a hundred meters across, while Li Yun’s divine soul began to merge with the gate.
• Li Yun checked his panel, confirmed his mental advancement, and raised the nine basic Array Dao disciplines to the Proficiency Realm.
• The Array Dao knowledge flowed into the Gate of Myriad Wonders, where Li Yun absorbed it completely in about an hour.

Li Yun perfected three Earth Grade High Divine Abilities and advanced the Eyes of Heaven and Earth to Proficiency, causing his learned Martial Dao arts to gather and link within the Gate of Myriad Wonders. After discovering flaws in the White Emperor Inner City, he chose to stay and pursue a fortune, sending a Message Talisman through a loophole in the city’s rules.

• Li Yun spent points to bring Mountain River Seal, Sigh of the Dead, and Purifying World Demon Subduing Seal to perfection.
• Li Yun advanced the Eyes of Heaven and Earth to Proficiency, linking the mysteries of the nine basic Array Dao arts in his vision.
• An eye appeared within the Gate of Myriad Wonders, where stars formed from every cultivation method, martial art, and Divine Ability Li Yun had learned.
• Li Yun realized the gathered arts could offer new possibilities for his future Dharma Aspect and resolved to push his Heavenly Human Realm to its utmost limit.
• Li Yun saw that the Four Great Evil Spirits were watching the Cloud Cliff Saintess and that the Yunyi Saintess was waiting for him, but he decided not to leave the White Emperor Inner City.
• Li Yun activated one of the Cloud Cliff Saintess’s Message Talismans, which passed out of the White Emperor Inner City through a loophole in its rules.