Chapter Summaries

Li Yun made the Emerald Little Snake acknowledge him as its master, named her Xiao Qing, and learned that a hidden stone gate lay beneath the pool. As he prepared to leave without opening it, the gate opened by itself and revealed a water-blocking barrier.

• Li Yun used two drops of his blood to make the Emerald Little Snake acknowledge him as its master.
• The newly named Xiao Qing and Heipi fought until Li Yun ordered them to stop and scolded them into behaving as family.
• Li Yun learned from Xiao Qing that a stone gate was hidden at the bottom of the pool, though she knew nothing about the Valley's previous owner.
• Li Yun dove nearly a hundred meters to inspect the ancient stone gate, but found no way to open it or break through.
• As Li Yun turned to leave, the stone gate opened by itself and revealed a light barrier that kept the pool water out.
• The system awarded Li Yun one Cognition Point for observing the Water-Blocking Barrier.

Li Yun entered a submerged stone chamber and found a living woman inside a Stone Coffin, whose Heaven-and-Earth Resonance yielded eight million Cognition Points per second. She nearly struck him, but recognized him as someone favored by an old fellow and demanded to know where he had gone.

• Li Yun led Heipi and Xiao Qing through the Water-Blocking Barrier and found a stone chamber with a Stone Coffin at its center.
• Li Yun saw a young woman breathing inside the coffin and realized she was alive.
• The woman opened her eyes, shattered the crystal Coffin Lid with a touch, and emanated powerful Heaven-and-Earth Resonance.
• The woman immobilized Li Yun, Heipi, and Xiao Qing, then stopped her finger just before touching Li Yun's brow.
• The woman called Li Yun someone favored by an old fellow and asked where the old fellow had gone.
• Li Yun guessed that the woman meant the Old Daoist and prepared to bluff an answer.

Li Yun bluffed the Mysterious Woman by reciting a passage from the Classic of Virtue, which earned him a huge number of Martial Cognition Points and convinced her the scripture came from a Dao Venerable. She revealed she had secluded herself for eight hundred years and rewarded Li Yun with a Heavenly Heart Lotus Seedling and a token for White Emperor City.

• Li Yun claimed the Old Daoist had exchanged Dao scriptures with him and said he had learned half a scripture from a beggar.
• Li Yun recited the opening of the Classic of Virtue, gaining Martial Cognition Points as the Mysterious Woman became enthralled by its words.
• The Mysterious Woman concluded the beggar had been a Dao Venerable and that Li Yun's encounter had helped him awaken a Spirit Root and attract the Old Daoist's attention.
• The Mysterious Woman said she had not returned to White Emperor City in eight hundred years and decided to go back there.
• The Mysterious Woman gave Li Yun a Heavenly Heart Lotus Seedling to plant on a Spirit Vein and a token promising another opportunity in White Emperor City.

After surviving an encounter with the Mysterious Woman, Li Yun cultivated in the Stone Coffin and advanced to the Thirteenth Layer of Strength Refining. He then prepared to spend his Cognition Points on the Black Tiger Battle Tactic, hoping to grow strong enough to face the Meng Po Society.

• The Mysterious Woman left Li Yun a Heavenly Heart Lotus Seedling and a White Jade Token marked with the character “Bai,” but did not tell him where White Emperor City was.
• Li Yun stored both treasures in his Heavenly Origin Ring and decided to ask Chen Jiuxu about them when he returned to the sect.
• Li Yun reflected on the danger of fooling the Old Demon Hag and resolved to cultivate steadily rather than act recklessly.
• Li Yun cultivated inside the Stone Coffin and advanced three layers, reaching the Thirteenth Layer of Strength Refining with Super First Grade Internal Force.
• Li Yun returned to the forest, checked his System Panel, and decided to spend his Cognition Points raising the Black Tiger Battle Tactic.
• Li Yun selected Mountain Breaking Palm and ordered the System to add points.

Li Yun fused eight more top-grade Force Refining Realm martial arts into the Black Tiger Battle Tactic, but his cultivation could no longer support further improvements. While waiting for Zhang Ruohan, he clashed with six young martial artists who demanded his roasted meat and threatened him.

• Li Yun raised the Black Tiger Battle Tactic to 36% completion by fusing thirteen martial arts into it, then stopped when his cultivation could not sustain another fusion.
• Li Yun hunted wild goats and leopards with Heipi and Xiao Qing, roasted the meat, and waited for Zhang Ruohan.
• Three men and three women followed the smell of Li Yun's cooking, and a woman in black tried to take a roasted goat after tossing him a purse of money.
• Li Yun challenged the group's assumption that he had to sell them his food, and the young man in yellow insisted that he sell two goats.
• The woman in black mocked Li Yun's strength and threatened him unless he sold and portioned out two goats for the group.

Li Yun refused to sell his goats to Princess Mingguang, Xu Yourong, and challenged her attempt to have him punished. Her guard Huang Yanfeng attacked, but Li Yun dodged his first strike, and Huang launched a full-strength assault.

• Xu Yourong ordered Huang Yanfeng to cripple Li Yun after he refused to sell her the goats.
• Li Yun dismissed Xu Yourong’s royal status and mocked her for relying on her parents’ protection.
• Huang Yanfeng attacked with Fantian Palm, but Li Yun easily evaded his first strike.
• Xu Yourong berated Huang Yanfeng for failing to defeat Li Yun, so he attacked again with his full strength.
• The other companions praised Huang Yanfeng’s renewed assault and predicted that he would soon overwhelm Li Yun.

Li Yun overwhelmed Huang Yanfeng and Xu Yourong after unleashing the Black Tiger Battle Tactic, then threatened to kill the princess as she offered to reveal why she had come to Green Peak Mountain. A sudden Sword Light pierced the spot where Li Yun had been standing, interrupting her confession.

• Li Yun used the Black Tiger Battle Tactic to stun Huang Yanfeng, Xu Yourong, and her companions, then knocked Huang Yanfeng to the ground.
• Li Yun taunted Xu Yourong and slapped her, then beheaded Huang Yanfeng when the others objected.
• Li Yun moved to kill Xu Yourong, who begged for her life and began explaining her secret reason for coming to Green Peak Mountain.
• A sudden Sword Light pierced the ground where Li Yun had just stood, and he dodged it at the last moment.

Li Yun narrowly escaped Cao Wantong’s sword attack, but Xu Yourong’s rescue turned the confrontation against him until Gu Xiaoxian arrived with reinforcements from the Celestial Martial Sect. After Li Yun killed four of Xu Yourong’s companions, he challenged Cao Wantong to apologize, threatening to bring the Sect Master.

• Cao Wantong appeared, rescued Xu Yourong, and prepared to kill Li Yun for insulting her.
• Gu Xiaoxian arrived with Zhang Ruohan, Zhang Cong, and other disciples, then confronted Cao Wantong over attacking a Lingyun Pavilion disciple.
• Cao Wantong proposed ending the dispute and taking Xu Yourong away, but Li Yun suddenly killed the two men and two women who had been taunting him.
• Li Yun demanded that Cao Wantong apologize for insulting him and threatening his life, threatening to summon the Sect Master if he refused.

Li Yun forced Cao Wantong to apologize for attacking him and insulting the Celestial Martial Sect, with Gu Xiaoxian backing his threats. Cao Wantong left with Xu Yourong after handing over a Sky Tiger Thorn Fruit, while Li Yun and Cao Wantong both secretly resolved to deal with each other in the future.

• Gu Xiaoxian let Li Yun berate Cao Wantong, then defended Li Yun by calling him a wronged child.
• Li Yun threatened to bring the Sect Master to Anle Marquis Manor and demanded Cao Wantong apologize before leaving.
• Gu Xiaoxian warned that the Sect Master favored Li Yun and might take revenge, frightening Cao Wantong and Xu Yourong.
• Xu Yourong urged Cao Wantong to apologize, and Cao Wantong gave Li Yun a Sky Tiger Thorn Fruit to settle the matter.
• Li Yun accepted the gift and agreed to end the dispute, while he and Cao Wantong privately vowed to destroy each other later.
• Cao Wantong left with Xu Yourong, and Gu Xiaoxian praised Li Yun before warning him not to act that way again.

Li Yun learned that the Heavenly Mandate Cult had been spotted at Green Peak Mountain, where the Four Great Sects were gathering to search for its stronghold and reclaim the Heavenly Mansion Golden Plaque. Gu Xiaoxian tried to send Li Yun back to safety, but Li Yun refused, so Gu Xiaoxian challenged him to last ten moves against an Inner Sect Disciple before he could stay.

• Zhang Ruohan explained that Gu Xiaoxian had come to protect Li Yun after learning the Meng Po Society was targeting him.
• Gu Xiaoxian told Li Yun that the Heavenly Mandate Cult had been suspected of appearing at Green Peak Mountain, prompting the Four Great Sects to search for it.
• Gu Xiaoxian urged Li Yun to return to the sect and offered to have Inner Sect elders escort him, but Li Yun refused to leave.
• Gu Xiaoxian challenged Li Yun to last ten moves against an Inner Sect Disciple to prove he could stay.
• Li Yun accepted the challenge and selected an honest-looking young Inner Sect Disciple as his opponent.

Li Yun challenged the Inner Sect Disciple Wang Yuechun to prove himself, but Wang Yuechun’s deceptive movement technique and Innate strength put him under pressure. Li Yun unleashed a fierce counterattack that stunned the onlookers, leaving the spar still raging.

• Li Yun chose Wang Yuechun for a spar, and Gu Xiaoxian ordered Wang Yuechun to accept.
• Li Yun opened with Jade Breaking Fist, but Wang Yuechun used Mystic Wind Thousand Illusions to evade and strike from behind.
• Li Yun dodged Wang Yuechun’s palm with his own phantom footwork and declared he had survived the first of ten moves.
• Wang Yuechun filled the area with illusions, but Li Yun summoned a Black Tiger Phantom that dispelled them and revealed Wang Yuechun’s true position.
• Li Yun struck Wang Yuechun with Mountain Breaking Palm, then followed with more than twenty attacks that forced Wang Yuechun to defend with an Innate True Qi shield.

Li Yun overwhelmed Wang Yuechun in a spar, revealing a powerful Battle Technique and earning the Inner Sect Disciples’ respect. Gu Xiaoxian then confronted Li Yun about staying at the Heavenly Mandate Cult, and Li Yun admitted he hoped to find a technique beyond the Reverse Fate Art as danger gathered.

• Li Yun used his Battle Technique to pin down Wang Yuechun, stunning the watching Inner Sect Disciples and Gu Xiaoxian.
• Gu Xiaoxian stopped the fight and told Li Yun he could stay; Li Yun and Wang Yuechun exchanged polite words after the spar.
• The Inner Sect Disciples warmed to Li Yun after seeing his modest behavior toward his own people.
• Gu Xiaoxian privately guessed Li Yun wanted to remain because the Reverse Fate Art had reached Perfection Realm and he sought further benefits from the Heavenly Mandate Cult.
• Li Yun agreed and asked Gu Xiaoxian to look for a higher-level technique, and Gu Xiaoxian warned him to be careful as danger lay ahead.

Li Yun asked Gu Xiaoxian about the mysterious Old Daoist and Mysterious Woman, and Gu Xiaoxian explained that they were likely powerful figures from the Cracked Heaven Imperial Dynasty. The revelation left Li Yun shaken by how far the Nine Heavens Reaching Realms surpassed his understanding, and he resolved to cultivate harder.

• Li Yun called Gu Xiaoxian back and told him about the Old Daoist, Zhang Ruohan’s missing memory, and the Mysterious Woman from White Emperor City.
• Gu Xiaoxian said he had never heard of them but believed they were supreme powers above the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Gu Xiaoxian explained that the Heavenly Human Realm was only the first of the Nine Heavens Reaching Realms and that immortality lay beyond them.
• Gu Xiaoxian described the Cracked Heaven Imperial Dynasty as the overlord of the Cracked Heaven Domain and suspected the mysterious figures came from there.
• Li Yun realized how close he had come to provoking the Mysterious Woman and resolved to cultivate harder.

A masked branch master planned to draw the Four Great Sects into conflict by exposing a rare treasure, while Li Yun saw through Wu Yuetian’s public apology as an attempt to morally pressure him. The chapter left Li Yun avoiding the trap by ending the conversation and asking Zhang Ruohan for sword instruction.

• The Silver-masked Man ordered his subordinate to expose the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma’s aura and hide while the Four Great Sects fought over it.
• Li Yun met Wu Yuetian at the campfire, and Wu Yuetian apologized for his younger brother Wu Yuekong’s past attack.
• Li Yun realized Wu Yuetian had chosen to apologize publicly in front of Gu Xiaoxian and the other disciples to pressure him into forgiving Wu Yuekong.
• Li Yun gave a noncommittal reply, then asked Zhang Ruohan to help him practice sword art.

Li Yun took Zhang Ruohan to a hidden valley so he could cultivate in seclusion and prepare to break through to the True Qi Realm. Before he could begin, the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma emerged north of Green Peak Mountain and drew countless martial artists toward it.

• Li Yun left the woods with Zhang Ruohan after Wu Yuetian tried to pressure him, and Gu Xiaoxian chose not to intervene.
• Li Yun took Zhang Ruohan to the hidden valley and secret chamber, where he told her about the Mysterious Woman and his plan to cultivate toward a breakthrough.
• Zhang Ruohan agreed to stand guard while Li Yun prepared to cultivate, but he instead pulled her into his arms.
• A brilliant nine-leaf ganoderma appeared in the sky north of Green Peak Mountain, and martial artists rushed toward the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma.

Gu Xiaoxian suspected the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma’s appearance was a Heavenly Mandate Cult trap, but the persistent phenomenon made him doubt his theory and hurry north with the Inner Sect Disciples. The chapter ended as three powerful martial artists began fighting over the treasure.

• Gu Xiaoxian reasoned that the Heavenly Mandate Cult might have staged the Ganoderma’s appearance to provoke conflict and distract the gathered powers.
• Gu Xiaoxian gathered the Inner Sect Disciples and led them north, warning them not to act greedily or join a fight beyond their strength.
• As the Ganoderma’s signs grew stronger, Gu Xiaoxian doubted they were fake and urged the group to reach Gong Yunque.
• Yellow Blade, Meng Jue, and Zhu Hengkong appeared in the northern sky and began a fierce battle over the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma.

Gu Xiaoxian and Gong Yunque prepared to compete for the nearly mature Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma, while Pei Tianming secretly watched from the shadows. At dawn, the White-Headed Golden Eagle stole the treasure and fled injured, sending the Soaring Heaven Realm experts in pursuit.

• Gu Xiaoxian and Gong Yunque recognized the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma and agreed to withdraw their disciples before trying to seize it.
• The remaining Soaring Heaven Realm Martial Artists waited through the night as Pei Tianming watched them from the shadows and claimed the treasure would return to him.
• At dawn, the White-Headed Golden Eagle swooped into the Valley and tore the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma from the ground.
• Several experts struck the eagle as it escaped with the treasure, and the gathered Martial Artists chased after it across Green Peak Mountain.

Li Yun perfected his Internal Force, fused eighteen True Qi cultivation methods into the Primal Chaos Art, and prepared to attempt his breakthrough. After Zhang Ruohan reported suspicious activity around the valley, Li Yun decided to send Heipi and Xiao Qing to scout.

• Li Yun reached the peak of the Fourteenth Layer of Lianli and concluded that his Internal Force was perfected.
• Li Yun used Martial Cognition Points to perfect eighteen True Qi martial skills and fuse them into the Primal Chaos Art.
• After a day of meditation, Li Yun finished comprehending the improved cultivation method and prepared to test what grade of True Qi he could form.
• Zhang Ruohan told Li Yun she had sensed tension outside and spotted traces of martial artists near the valley.
• Li Yun suspected the Heavenly Mandate Cult might be nearby and decided to send Heipi and Xiao Qing to investigate.

Li Yun cultivated in the Stone Coffin and transformed his Internal Force into first-grade Hunyuan True Qi, reaching the Third Level of True Qi. Zhang Ruohan compared his rapid progress with her own limitations, and the two prepared to leave the stone chamber to see what was happening outside.

• Li Yun stayed in the stone chamber and cultivated the new Primal Chaos Art, drawing dense Spirit Qi from beneath the Stone Coffin.
• Li Yun transformed his Internal Force directly into first-grade True Qi, an unprecedented achievement in the Celestial Martial Sect’s history.
• Zhang Ruohan returned to the chamber, sensed Li Yun’s pure True Qi, and worried that her own weaker cultivation would leave her unable to keep up with him.
• Li Yun completed his transformation and reached the Third Level of True Qi, then judged that he could defeat Wang Yuechun with ease.
• Li Yun embraced Zhang Ruohan, and she told him to eat before they went outside to investigate.

Li Yun and Zhang Ruohan discovered that their hidden chamber connected to the Heavenly Mandate Cult’s underground palace beneath Green Peak Mountain. After interrogating two cult followers, Li Yun learned the palace was ancient and may conceal a secret, leaving him determined to investigate further.

• Li Yun and Zhang Ruohan ambushed two Heavenly Mandate Cult followers who entered their stone chamber.
• Li Yun questioned Wang Dong and learned the palace belonged to the cult’s Green Peak Mountain branch, led by Pei Tianming, and that the Nine-Leaf Immortal Ganoderma had been used to distract the mountain’s competing factions.
• Li Yun verified Wang Dong’s account by questioning Li Ya, then learned how to operate the stone doors and sealed the adjoining chambers.
• Li Yun suspected the cult had withdrawn to protect a secret in the palace, and Wang Dong explained that the enormous, centuries-old structure predated the cult’s arrival.
• Li Yun offered Wang Dong a chance to live after hearing his explanation.