Chapter Summaries

Li Yun and the Cloud Cliff Saintess emerged from White Emperor Inner City and found the White Emperor Family still watching the plaza. Li Yun revealed that the White Emperor’s true core legacy was hidden in White Emperor Temple, led her inside, and was stunned by what he found.

• Li Yun and the Cloud Cliff Saintess appeared near White Emperor Temple Plaza, where White Emperor Family experts had been watching for their return.
• The Cloud Cliff Saintess wanted to confront the suspected traitors, but Li Yun urged her to seek the White Emperor’s true core legacy in White Emperor Temple.
• Li Yun explained that White Emperor Inner City and White Emperor’s Palace had concealed the legacy hidden in the temple.
• Li Yun used the Eyes of Heaven and Earth to find a flaw in White Emperor Temple’s rules and opened a spatial rift at its rear.
• Li Yun and the Cloud Cliff Saintess entered White Emperor Temple unnoticed, and Li Yun cried out in surprise at its interior.

Li Yun opened a hidden Portal in the White Emperor Temple with the Azure Lotus’s help and traveled with her and the Cloud Cliff Saintess to the Inheritance Ground. There, he discovered a towering Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root and eagerly went to inspect it.

• Li Yun realized the White Emperor Temple concealed a powerful Inner World that he could not penetrate with his current Eyes of Heaven and Earth.
• Li Yun released the Azure Lotus, who used her blood essence to activate the altar and open a Portal to the Inheritance Ground.
• Li Yun told the Cloud Cliff Saintess that the Azure Lotus had been arranged by the White Emperor, then led both women through the Portal.
• Li Yun and the others arrived in a vast Wilderness beneath an azure sky and saw a golden mountain nearly a million zhang tall.
• Li Yun identified the mountain as a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root, noticed his Martial Cognition Points increasing and the Great Creation Technique loading faster, and hurried toward it.

Li Yun resonated with the Divine Mountain’s power and climbed its golden stairway toward the summit, while Azure Lotus and the Cloud Cliff Saintess were left behind. A mysterious elder introduced himself as the Mountain Guardian and revealed that Bai Youruo was a descendant of his White Emperor Family; she asked whether the White Emperor had ordered him to guard the mountain.

• Li Yun’s identities flared with golden light as he approached the Divine Mountain, which trembled and formed a golden stairway at his feet.
• Li Yun climbed toward the summit, while Azure Lotus and the Cloud Cliff Saintess could not withstand the mountain’s pressure and lost sight of him.
• A hunchbacked elder appeared at the mountain’s foot and approached the frightened Azure Lotus and Cloud Cliff Saintess.
• The elder recognized the Cloud Cliff Saintess as Bai Youruo, a descendant of his White Emperor Family, and said he was now a Mountain Guardian.
• Bai Youruo respectfully greeted the elder as an ancestor and asked whether the White Emperor had ordered him to guard the Divine Mountain.

The Hunchbacked Elder brought Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus to Tiangu King Mountain and gave them a chance to open their Destiny Apertures by absorbing its fortune. At the summit, Li Yun found the Primordial White Emperor’s cenotaph, and his Destiny Return to Origin ability began drawing in fortune as his system loaded the Great Creation Technique faster.

• Cloud Cliff Saintess told the Hunchbacked Elder that the White Emperor Family had declined and been infiltrated by the Four Great Evil Spirits, angering him.
• The Hunchbacked Elder led Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus to Tiangu King Mountain and explained that they could try to open their Destiny Apertures and become Children of Destiny.
• Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus sat against the mountain wall and tried to sense fortune, but its cold, sharp aura frightened them.
• Li Yun discovered the Primordial White Emperor’s cenotaph at the mountain’s peak, and the system began loading cultivation arts and techniques.
• Li Yun sat before the cenotaph, triggering Destiny Return to Origin and drawing fortune into his body, which accelerated the loading of the Great Creation Technique.

After exhausting the White Emperor’s inheritance, Li Yun surveyed its enormous collection of Martial Dao arts and reaffirmed his goal of building a complete Martial Treasury. The Great Creation Technique then finished loading, and its System label identified it as an Immortal Art, leaving Li Yun stunned.

• Li Yun waited for the Great Creation Technique to finish loading while the White Emperor’s Coffin yielded no more Peerless Arts.
• Li Yun inspected the White Emperor’s inheritance and found the Great Annihilation Sword Art, a vast system of Heaven Grade Divine Abilities, and thousands of other arts.
• Li Yun concluded that collecting and perfecting a broad range of Martial Dao arts was the right path to strengthening his foundation and Dharma Aspect.
• Li Yun imagined gathering the lineages of the Eight Emperors and the Tiangu Supreme, then wielding an Immortal Art against the Evil Spirits.
• The System Panel showed that the Great Creation Technique had finished loading and bore the label of an Immortal Art, which Li Yun confirmed after calming himself and checking again.

Li Yun confirmed that the Great Creation Technique was an Immortal Art that could create a Destiny River, allowing him to gather destiny without provoking heavenly punishment. He lacked the Martial Cognition Points needed to begin cultivating it, so he planned to wait about a month.

• Li Yun spent three days comprehending the Great Creation Technique and confirmed it was a genuine Immortal Art.
• Li Yun learned that destiny came from beyond the worlds and that taking too much from a world could trigger a deadly Heaven and Earth Judgment.
• Li Yun discovered that the Great Creation Technique could create a Destiny River within him, letting him draw destiny from the Void and carry it across worlds.
• Li Yun realized that secretly draining others' destiny could kill them, but decided against it because it might harm the Ancient Celestial Continent and his friends.
• Li Yun found that creating the Destiny River required 90,000 trillion Martial Cognition Points, far more than the 30,000 trillion he had, and decided to wait about a month.

Li Yun spent a month upgrading the White Emperor's Orthodoxy before using 90 trillion Martial Cognition Points to cultivate the Great Creation Technique and open his Destiny River. As he resonated with Tiangu King Mountain, he discovered its own Destiny River was damaged and leaking away its remaining destiny.

• Li Yun saved 93 trillion Cognition Points and upgraded more than thirty thousand Cultivation Techniques and Peerless Arts.
• Li Yun used 90 trillion Martial Cognition Points to raise the Great Creation Technique to the beginner level and opened his Destiny River, drawing his Marquis-level destiny inside it.
• The Mountain Guardian mistook Li Yun's vanished destiny for a sign that he had died, while the Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus still showed no signs of opening their Destiny Apertures.
• Li Yun discovered that his Destiny River drew in small amounts of destiny and formed a resonance with Tiangu King Mountain.
• Li Yun's consciousness entered Tiangu King Mountain and found its Destiny River patched with numerous loopholes, with less than half its destiny remaining.

Li Yun learned that a Demon Race expert had damaged Tiangu King Mountain's Destiny River, leading to the Primordial White Emperor and Sparrow Emperor vanishing into the Space-Time Turbulence. Using the Great Creation Technique, Li Yun repaired the river and received another Heavenly Blessing from the World Will.

• Li Yun received ancient memories revealing that a Demon Race expert damaged Tiangu King Mountain's Destiny River and that the Primordial White Emperor and Sparrow Emperor disappeared after fighting him.
• Li Yun used the Great Creation Technique and discovered he could repair the damaged Destiny River, though it rapidly drained his Dharma Power.
• Li Yun repeatedly replenished his Dharma Power with treasures from the Heavenly Origin Ring and continued repairing the river for about twenty days.
• Li Yun restored Tiangu King Mountain's Destiny River, and the mountain trembled with joy as its fortune was saved.
• The World Will answered Li Yun's deed with auspicious clouds, multicolored light, and a powerful Heavenly Blessing.

After repairing Tiangu King Mountain’s Destiny River, Li Yun used the Heavenly Blessing to reach the peak of the Twelfth Layer of the Heavenly Human Realm and raise his Dharma Power to Sixth Grade Mana. He awakened the King of Gold and then discovered that Tiangu King Mountain had made him its Lord.

• Li Yun absorbed the Heavenly Blessing, reached the Twelfth Layer of the Heavenly Human Realm, and increased his Dharma Power to Sixth Grade Mana.
• Unable to advance his cultivation further, Li Yun used the remaining Heavenly Blessing to temper his body with the Myriad Treasures Divine Body.
• After three days, Li Yun awakened the King of Gold, adding it to his King of Fire and King of Lightning talents.
• The Heavenly Blessing ended, and a majestic golden throne appeared at Tiangu King Mountain’s summit.
• Li Yun sat on the throne and learned that he was the Lord of Tiangu King Mountain and could control the mountain.

Li Yun became the Lord of Tiangu King Mountain, leaving Bai Fantian furious that the mountain had chosen him instead of the White Emperor. At the summit, Bai Fantian challenged Li Yun’s right to claim the position.

• The hunchbacked Mountain Guardian realized Li Yun had become the Lord of Tiangu King Mountain and recalled how the White Emperor had failed to earn the mountain’s recognition despite fighting to protect it.
• Tiangu King Mountain brought the hunchbacked Mountain Guardian, Azure Lotus, and the Cloud Cliff Saintess to its summit, where they found Li Yun on the throne.
• Azure Lotus congratulated Li Yun, knelt before him, and began massaging his shoulders after he told her to rise.
• Bai Fantian accused Azure Lotus of betraying the White Emperor, but she explained that the White Emperor had instructed her to follow whoever helped her pass the Transformation Tribulation.
• Li Yun asked Bai Fantian whether he resented him for becoming the mountain’s lord, and Bai Fantian admitted it, demanding to know what gave Li Yun the right to succeed where the White Emperor had failed.

Li Yun explained to Bai Fantian why White Emperor’s devotion to Tiangu King Mountain had not made him its lord, comparing it to unreciprocated love and effort spent on the wrong path. He concluded that White Emperor had failed to link his own fortune with Tiangu King Mountain’s fortune.

• Li Yun challenged Bai Fantian’s belief that White Emperor’s years of effort should have earned him Tiangu King Mountain.
• Li Yun told Bai Fantian that he had encountered the Heavenly Ancient Evergreen Tree but had not become its master.
• Li Yun recounted how his friend’s devotion to a woman failed because she regarded him only as a friend, while another man entered her heart.
• Li Yun compared White Emperor’s efforts to his friend’s and said that communicating with Tiangu King Mountain without merging with it was meaningless.
• Li Yun told Bai Fantian that White Emperor had taken the wrong path because he failed to link his fortune with Tiangu King Mountain’s fortune.

Li Yun explained that Bai Fantian could not become the Lord of Tiangu King Mountain because he lacked a connection to destiny, and warned that leaving would leave him only three years to live. Bai Fantian then learned that the Primordial White Emperor might still be alive in another space-time, and chose to remain as a Mountain Guardian while waiting for his return.

• Li Yun told Bai Fantian that destiny was necessary to control Tiangu King Mountain and gain the World Will's recognition.
• Bai Fantian asked Li Yun to remove his Mountain Guardian status so he could spend his remaining years restoring order in the White Emperor Family.
• Li Yun warned Bai Fantian that lifting the mountain's restraints would cause his remnant soul to vanish within three years.
• The Cloud Cliff Saintess urged Bai Fantian to stay, but Bai Fantian insisted he wanted to return to his descendants.
• Li Yun challenged Bai Fantian's assumption that the Primordial White Emperor was dead and revealed that he sensed the White Emperor in another space-time.
• Bai Fantian changed his mind and agreed to remain as a Mountain Guardian while waiting for the White Emperor's return, then offered to hand Li Yun something the White Emperor and the Sparrow Emperor had left behind.

Li Yun secured Bai Fantian as Tiangu King Mountain’s Mountain Guardian and received the Sparrow Emperor’s complete legacy, which he planned to deliver to the Que Family. He then used the mountain’s fortune to empower the Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus.

• Li Yun reflected on Bai Fantian’s Integration Realm power and planned to move the Celestial Martial Sect to Tiangu King Mountain.
• Li Yun asked Bai Fantian what the White Emperor and Sparrow Emperor had left behind, and Bai Fantian presented the Sparrow Emperor’s Vermilion Bird Statue.
• Li Yun confirmed that the statue contained the Sparrow Emperor’s Legacy and said he would take it to the Que Family in the south.
• Bai Fantian handed over the statue, accepted Li Yun as Mountain Lord, and agreed to serve as Mountain Guardian.
• Li Yun summoned the Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus, then poured Tiangu King Mountain’s fortune into them.

Li Yun used Tiangu King Mountain’s destiny to open the Destiny Apertures of Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus, making them Children of Destiny. Afterward, he spoke with Bai Fantian to learn more about the Ancient Celestial Continent and left satisfied with the elder’s guidance.

• Li Yun drew on Tiangu King Mountain’s destiny to help Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus open their Destiny Apertures, while Bai Fantian recognized the significance of his act.
• After three days, Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus opened their apertures and became Children of Destiny, delighting Bai Fantian and improving their ability to comprehend heaven and earth.
• Li Yun realized the process had consumed nearly another tenth of Tiangu King Mountain’s remaining destiny and decided not to spend it casually again.
• Li Yun told Cloud Cliff Saintess and Azure Lotus to study the White Emperor’s Coffin for its core legacy, then asked Bai Fantian to share his knowledge of the Ancient Celestial Continent.
• After talking with Bai Fantian, Li Yun felt satisfied and remarked that an elder at home was like a treasure.

After three months, Yunyi Saintess emerged from the White Emperor Inner City, but Li Yun did not, and the entrance vanished. At the White Emperor Family’s Main Residence, Bai Tianhuang pressed Yunyi to reveal what had happened inside.

• White Emperor City’s families gathered as word spread that Yuanheng Holy Son had died inside the White Emperor Inner City.
• Yunyi Saintess emerged looking exhausted, though her cultivation had barely changed.
• The inner city entrance closed and disappeared before Li Yun came out, leaving everyone to wonder whether he was trapped or dead.
• Yunyi told Bai Tianhuang that Yuanheng had violated a taboo and died under the Inner City Rule, and said she had not seen Li Yun after they separated.
• At the Main Residence Hall, Yunyi noticed that Ruo Saint was absent, then Bai Tianhuang accused her of concealing the truth and demanded an account of the inner city’s changes.

Yunyi Saintess told Bai Tianhuang and the White Emperor Family elders that the Four Great Evil Spirits had infiltrated White Emperor Inner City and killed Yuanheng, while concealing what she knew about Li Yun. Her account left Bai Tianhuang questioning Li Yun’s whereabouts and the circumstances of the Evil Spirits’ disappearance.

• Yunyi Saintess suspected Bai Tianhuang was more interested in learning how the Four Great Evil Spirits died than in discovering the truth about Yuanheng.
• Yunyi Saintess knelt before Bai Tianhuang and said she had withheld the truth to avoid causing panic in White Emperor City.
• Yunyi Saintess revealed that powerful Evil Spirits had infiltrated White Emperor Inner City and that the Ghost Clan Commander had killed Yuanheng, who had not violated a taboo.
• Bai Tianhuang asked why Yunyi had survived and where Li Yun was, and the elders demanded to know how the Evil Spirits had entered the city.
• Yunyi Saintess claimed she had last seen Li Yun when she and Yuanheng split from him, then said the Evil Spirits killed Yuanheng, fought among themselves, and rushed toward a spatial rift before disappearing.

Bai Tianhuang accused Bai Youruo and the Yunyi Saintess of colluding with the Four Great Evil Spirits after learning that Bai Youruo had entered the White Emperor Inner City. The Yunyi Saintess argued that Bai Tianhuang was the traitor, but his allies turned the accusation back on her, leaving her unable to reconcile their claims with what she had witnessed.

• Bai Tianhuang noticed Bai Youruo was missing and pressured the Yunyi Saintess about whether she had entered the White Emperor Inner City.
• The Yunyi Saintess accidentally revealed that Bai Youruo had gone into the inner city, and Bai Tianhuang accused her and Bai Youruo of betraying the White Emperor Family.
• The Yunyi Saintess denied the accusation and claimed Bai Tianhuang had colluded with the Four Great Evil Spirits.
• Bai Tianhuang dismissed her argument, while Bai Ruiguang insisted Bai Youruo's disappearance proved she was guilty and demanded that Yunyi explain what she had done.
• The Yunyi Saintess recalled seeing Bai Youruo fight and kill the Evil Spirits, but she was left wondering whether Bai Tianhuang and Bai Ruiguang had betrayed the family.

Yunyi Saintess recounted Bai Youruo’s battle against the Evil Spirits in the White Emperor Inner City, but Bai Tianhuang used the gaps in her account to accuse Bai Youruo of plotting to steal the White Emperor’s Legacy. As the clan elders demanded Bai Youruo be captured, a golden mountain crashed into the garden outside the council hall.

• Bai Qianye urged Yunyi Saintess to tell the clan elders what she had witnessed in the inner city.
• Yunyi Saintess described how Bai Youruo had fought and killed the nearly thousand Evil Spirits, but left out Li Yun’s final help against their leaders.
• Bai Tianhuang argued that Bai Youruo might have colluded with the Evil Spirits and used their deaths to hide her attempt to steal the White Emperor’s Legacy.
• The clan elders joined Bai Tianhuang in demanding that Bai Youruo be found and captured, leaving Yunyi Saintess unsettled.
• A gleaming golden mountain dozens of meters tall fell into the garden outside the council hall and shook the ground.

Li Yun crashed a golden mountain into the White Emperor Family’s residence and overwhelmed its cultivators, exposing power that astonished the family elders. As they prepared to confront him, two figures appeared on the mountain and one scolded him for humiliating the family.

• Li Yun arrived atop a golden mountain that crashed into the White Emperor Family’s residence, then mocked the elders gathered in the Council Hall.
• A Dharma Form Realm expert attacked Li Yun, but Li Yun’s will slammed him into the ground and knocked him unconscious.
• Several Dharma Form Realm cultivators and a Dao Seed Realm cultivator attacked Li Yun, who used the Mad Dragon Dancing Sword to defeat them with ease.
• The White Emperor Family elders rushed out to confront Li Yun, but two figures appeared on the mountain and one asked whether he had finished humiliating the family.

Bai Youruo confronted the White Emperor Family and accused Bai Ruiguang and the other leaders of secretly serving the Four Great Evil Spirits and poisoning clan members. After exposing their coercion and demonstrating her strength, she declared that she had come to eliminate the traitors.

• Bai Ruiguang accused Bai Youruo of colluding with the Four Great Evil Spirits and stealing the White Emperor's Legacy.
• Bai Youruo denied betraying the family and challenged Bai Ruiguang's accusations, revealing that he had poisoned and threatened clan members with Heavenly Injury Poison.
• A clan elder confirmed Bai Ruiguang had used the poison to force members to obey him, and Bai Youruo killed Bai Ruiguang when he attacked the elder.
• Bai Tianhuang and Bai Qianye ordered the White Emperor Great Houses to seize Bai Youruo, but she announced that she had come to destroy the hidden traitors and invoked an invitation to Brahma Ancestor.