Chapter Summaries

Wu Yun advanced through the Seed Selection, defeating Lu Kui and Hu Wu before overcoming Huangpu Ying’s shadow techniques with his physical strength and Mental Energy. He left Huangpu Ying defeated and taunted him about his relationship with Ling Qingzhu.

• Wu Yun entered the first-round hall and faced Lu Kui and Hu Wu, the two generals of Mountain Yue Sect.
• Wu Yun defeated the pair with his physical strength and the Great Desolation Prisoner Finger, then invited them to follow him.
• In the next hall, Wu Yun exposed Huangpu Ying’s shadow illusions and discovered his real attack.
• Wu Yun devoured Huangpu Ying’s attack and energy, revealing that he was a Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Huangpu Ying asked about Wu Yun’s relationship with Ling Qingzhu, and Wu Yun called them close friends.

Wu Yun killed Wang Zhong in the Seed Selection and repelled Wang Lei, revealing that he had become a Heavenly Symbol Master. After the selection ended, Wang Lei and Qin Chuan fled rather than face Wu Yun, who pursued them with Lin Dong and declared that he would destroy the Wang and Qin families.

• Wu Yun crushed Wang Zhong with Heavy Prison Peak and took the Blood Demon Asura Spear, then used the peak and his Mental Power to suppress Wang Lei.
• Mo Jingtian stopped the confrontation, announced Wu Yun, Lin Dong, Mo Ling, Du Yun, and Man Shan as the five Seed Selection winners, and ordered the factions to settle their disputes outside the Imperial City.
• Wu Yun told the gathered factions that he would settle his grudges with the Wang and Qin families, then left the city with Lin Dong and the others.
• Wang Lei and Qin Chuan fled when Wu Yun arrived outside the city, and Qin Chuan abandoned Wang Lei while Lin Dong pursued him with the Blood Spirit Puppet.
• Wu Yun chased Wang Lei on Bai Yun, summoned the Great Desolation Ancient Tablet and Xiao Yan, and inscribed an Ancestral Lightning Symbol on the Thunder Spirit Heavenly Blade.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong killed Wang Lei and Qin Chuan, then Wu Yun took charge of the Great Yan Dynasty’s young geniuses and proposed bringing them all to the Ancient Battlefield for the Hundred Dynasties War. The remaining fifty-eight candidates swore to follow him as the Great Yan Alliance, preparing to set out together.

• Wu Yun killed Wang Lei with a single Heavenly Thunder slash, while Lin Dong used the Great Desolation Prisoner Finger to kill Qin Chuan.
• Wu Yun assigned Lin Fan and Fu Yidao to seize the Wang and Qin families’ treasuries, and he let Lin Dong keep Qin Chuan’s Nirvana Pills.
• Wu Yun proposed taking all fifty-eight remaining Seed Selection participants to the Ancient Battlefield, and Mo Jingtian and the faction leaders agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Mo Ling proposed forming the Great Yan Alliance and naming Wu Yun its Chief, and the young geniuses—including Huangpu Ying—swore allegiance.
• Wu Yun declared that the group would advance and retreat together as brothers, and the sixty young fighters prepared to pursue opportunities in the Hundred Dynasties War.

Qing Tan left with her mysterious master, Bo Xuan, to cultivate and become strong enough to stand beside Wu Yun and Lin Dong. Before entering the Ancient Battlefield for the Hundred Dynasties War, Wu Yun opened the Sacred Spirit Pond, where he and Lin Dong discovered an Ancient Sky Alligator skeleton and brought it into the Ancient Tablet Space.

• Qing Tan accepted Bo Xuan's offer to train with him, leaving a letter behind for Wu Yun and Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong brought Qing Tan's family to Wu Yun, who reassured them that her powerful master would keep her safe and that they would meet again.
• Mo Jingtian entrusted Wu Yun with six more Imperial Family youths, and Wu Yun led the five Seed Selection winners to the Sacred Spirit Pond.
• Wu Yun broke open the altar's formation and entered the Sacred Spirit Pond with Lin Dong and the other chosen youths.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong absorbed the pond's energy, then dived down and found the skeleton of an Ancient Sky Alligator.
• Wu Yun opened a Gate of Space, and Chi Xin carried the Ancient Sky Alligator skeleton into the Ancient Tablet Space.

Wu Yun planted the World Tree in the Ancient Tablet Space, used his gains to strengthen his allies and prepare for the Hundred Dynasties War, and finally entered the Ancient Battlefield. He arrived alone and opened a Gate of Space for his companions to join him.

• Wu Yun revealed that he had taken the Ancient Sky Alligator skeleton from beneath the Sacred Spirit Pond, then set up a Yuan Gathering Array to restore the pond as a resource.
• Wu Yun planted the World Tree in the Ancient Tablet Space, where it absorbed demonic qi leaking from the Ninth King Hall’s seal and revived the Golden Egg.
• Wu Yun and his companions refined the Ancient Sky Alligator Bone Puppet, and he helped the young geniuses obtain Good Fortune Level Martial Arts.
• Wu Yun received a check-in mission for Yang City and traveled to Sacred War Peak to depart for the Ancient Battlefield.
• Wu Yun entered the transmission formation, arrived in the Ancient Battlefield, and opened a Gate of Space for his companions.

Wu Yun led the Great Yan Dynasty’s group to a gathering point controlled by the Sacred Light Dynasty, whose members demanded tolls and threatened newcomers. After Lin Dong killed Xia Huang and Li Sheng, Wu Yun’s forces wiped out the Sacred Light Dynasty’s alliance and took control of the city, leaving its residents waiting to hear his terms.

• Wu Yun organized the Great Yan Dynasty’s newcomers into squads and led them toward a gathering point before nightfall.
• The group found the Sacred Light Dynasty charging newcomers ten Nirvana Pills each to enter the city and threatening those who objected.
• Wu Yun ordered Lin Dong to challenge the Sacred Light Dynasty, and Lin Dong destroyed their banner and killed Xia Huang with one strike.
• Lin Dong defeated Li Sheng’s Good Fortune-level martial art and killed him with the Spirit Wheel Mirror’s Spirit Devouring Light.
• Wu Yun ordered Mo Ling and the squads to attack, and they wiped out the Sacred Light Dynasty and its allies before looting their treasures.
• The Great Yan Dynasty took control of the city, while its residents waited to learn whether they could remain there.

Wu Yun distributed the Sacred Light Dynasty’s spoils among his team and arranged for everyone to study the Sacred Elephant Collapsing Heaven Strike. He discovered that Jiang Xue possessed the Sweet Dew Physique, then used her help to break through to the Good Fortune Stage overnight.

• Mo Ling reported the team’s spoils and information about the Sacred Light Dynasty’s forces, and Wu Yun ordered him to distribute the gains and investigate further.
• Wu Yun identified the Sacred Elephant Collapsing Heaven Strike’s Mental Imprint as belonging to the Sacred Light Dynasty’s formidable senior brother, then let the team study the martial art.
• Mo Ling distributed Nirvana Pills and the martial arts manual, rallying the team to cultivate and grow stronger.
• Mu Qianqian asked Wu Yun for help advancing her Mental Power, and Wu Yun taught her the Devouring Rune while Jiang Xue waited to discuss her own cultivation.
• Wu Yun discovered that Jiang Xue’s dormant Sweet Dew Physique rapidly restored her power and advised her to use it for support and sustained combat.
• Wu Yun asked Jiang Xue to help him break through, and he reached the Good Fortune Stage by morning.

Wu Yun trained Jiang Xue and helped the Great Yan Dynasty cultivate the Sacred Elephant Collapsing Heaven Strike before organizing the city’s defense against a massive beast tide. The tide became a slaughter led by Wu Yun and Bai Yun, leaving the defenders with a huge harvest of Demonic Cores.

• Wu Yun taught Jiang Xue the Supreme Purity Sky Roaming Steps to help her protect herself in battle.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong explained the Sacred Elephant Collapsing Heaven Strike to the Great Yan Dynasty, helping many of them learn the martial art.
• Mo Ling reported that a large beast tide was approaching, and Wu Yun sent the city’s people to defend the walls.
• Wu Yun rallied the defenders, arranged their positions, and used Heavy Prison Peak to crush the charging Demon Beasts.
• Bai Yun transformed into a White Tiger and unleashed powerful area attacks while the Great Yan Dynasty fought with the Sacred Elephant Collapsing Heaven Strike.
• Wu Yun’s forces turned the defense into a hunt, killing countless Demon Beasts and gathering their Demonic Cores.

Wu Yun led the Great Yan Dynasty through a Beast Tide, then learned that a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill in Yang City might restore Little Mink’s physical body. Before the group set out, Little Mink offered the Minor Nirvana Golden Body technique to strengthen their fighters, and Wu Yun began cultivating it.

• Jiang Xue fought the Beast Tide with the Thousand Layer Azure Wave Palm until a peak Good Fortune Stage Earth Demon Scorpion charged at her, and Wu Yun killed it with the Heavy Prison Peak and Eight Desolations Emperor Hand.
• The leader’s death caused the Demon Beasts to retreat, and Wu Yun ordered the Great Yan Dynasty to collect their corpses and Demonic Cores before he fed Xiao Yan and strengthened the Heaven Crocodile Bone Puppet with their Essence Blood.
• Mo Ling reported that Jin Mu and other Sacred Light Dynasty experts were in Yang City competing for an Ancient Key, which could lead to a secret treasure containing the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill.
• Little Mink told Wu Yun and Lin Dong that the pill could restore its physical body, and Wu Yun decided the Great Yan Dynasty would travel to Yang City to seize it.
• Little Mink offered the Minor Nirvana Golden Body technique to raise the strength of the Great Yan Dynasty’s fighters, and Wu Yun began cultivating it with Nirvana Pills as his Overlord Blood soothed the burning Nirvana Qi.

Wu Yun taught the Great Yan Dynasty’s followers the Minor Nirvana Golden Body after they joined the Great Desolation Sect, then led them to Yang City. There, Mo Ling confronted Jin Mu, who had tracked him down, and prepared to test his new strength against the Half-step Nirvana Stage expert.

• Wu Yun gave the Great Yan Dynasty’s followers the Minor Nirvana Golden Body method and enough Nirvana Pills to cultivate it after they joined the Great Desolation Sect.
• After everyone mastered the technique, Mo Ling and the others defeated three Sacred Light Dynasty experts who came seeking Li Sheng’s killer.
• Wu Yun led the group toward Yang City, where most of them advanced in cultivation along the way.
• In Yang City’s Trading Ground, Wu Yun, Lin Dong, and Mo Ling bought treasures and martial arts to build up the Great Desolation Sect’s resources.
• Jin Mu confronted Mo Ling and revealed that he had tracked him through a lingering mental fluctuation; Wu Yun urged Mo Ling to fight him and test his Minor Nirvana Golden Body.

Wu Yun killed Jin Mu and Hai Sha at the Yang City Trading Ground, then used a sign-in reward, the Heavenly Bottle, to accelerate the World Tree's growth. After Mo Tie of the Iron Dynasty offered to follow the Great Yan Dynasty, he revealed that the Ancient Key and a Heavenly Talisman Ancient Tree lay in Thunder Rock Valley, where the forces of Yang City would gather in five days.

• Mo Ling fought Jin Mu and used the Minor Nirvana Golden Body to withstand his attacks, while Wu Yun cut off Hai Sha's arm when he intervened.
• Wu Yun killed Jin Mu and Hai Sha, then gave their Cosmic Bags to Mo Ling and told him to save Jin Mu's iron staff for Wu Ci.
• Wu Yun signed in at Yang City and received the Heavenly Bottle, which he used to nourish the World Tree with Green Liquid.
• Mo Tie asked the Great Yan Dynasty for protection and told Wu Yun that the Ancient Key and a Heavenly Talisman Ancient Tree were in Thunder Rock Valley.
• Mo Tie warned Wu Yun about Ling Zhi of the Soaring Cloud Dynasty and said Yang City's forces would enter the Thunder Rock Mountain Range together in five days.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong absorbed hundreds of thousands of Nirvana Pills to break through to the Half-step Nirvana Stage, with Lin Dong completing his Minor Nirvana Golden Body and Wu Yun absorbing one million pills. They then left for the Thunder Rock Mountain Range with the Great Yan Dynasty group, joined by Mo Tie and Tang Xuan’s followers.

• Wu Yun and Lin Dong began their Half-step Nirvana breakthroughs in separate formations, while Chi Xin monitored their absorption of Nirvana Pills.
• Lin Dong reached his limit after absorbing five hundred thousand pills and completed his Minor Nirvana Golden Body.
• Wu Yun continued absorbing pills as purple light from his Overlord Blood appeared, eventually completing his breakthrough after absorbing one million Nirvana Pills.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong left the underground palace to travel to the Thunder Rock Mountain Range.
• Outside Yang City, Mo Tie introduced Wu Yun to Tang Xuan, who asked to travel with him and the Great Yan Dynasty group.

Wu Yun and Lin Dong fought through the Beast Tide in the Thunder Rock Mountain Range, protecting their group and helping nearby dynasties survive. After the battle, Wu Yun revealed his Heaven Crocodile Bone Puppet, prompting Liu Yuan and Ling Zhi to approach him and build a relationship.

• Wu Yun’s group camped in the Thunder Rock Mountain Range as night fell, and the Beast Tide attacked the gathered dynasties.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong charged into the horde, killing powerful Demon Beasts and easing the pressure on the surrounding groups.
• Wu Yun spotted a hidden group from an Advanced Dynasty that included a Nirvana Stage expert, but he and Lin Dong returned to fighting instead of confronting them.
• Wu Yun, Lin Dong, and Er Hu killed more than six thousand Demon Beasts before the Beast Tide scattered.
• Wu Yun used his Heaven Crocodile Bone Puppet to absorb the beasts’ Essence Blood, and Liu Yuan and Ling Zhi approached him to thank him and curry favor.

Wu Yun led the Yang City forces to Thunder Rock Valley, where Advanced Dynasty cultivators tried to bar their way. Lin Dong defeated Hua Yun and then fought Hua Yun and Wu Mo together, while Wu Yun sensed even stronger forces watching from the shadows.

• Liu Yuan, Ling Zhi, and the other survivors thanked Wu Yun and gathered around the Great Yan Dynasty’s camp, and Ling Zhi clarified that he had no ties to Hai Sha’s grudge.
• Wu Yun offered to lead the Yang City forces into Thunder Rock Valley, warning that they could pursue their own opportunities once inside.
• Hua Yun blocked the Yang City forces at the valley entrance, but Lin Dong overpowered him and forced him to ask for mercy.
• Wu Mo arrived and disparaged the lower-level dynasties, so Lin Dong challenged him and Hua Yun to fight together.
• Lin Dong fought both Nirvana Stage cultivators without falling behind, while Wu Yun sensed more powerful opponents and hidden observers nearby.

Wu Yun led the Great Yan Dynasty through Thunder Rock Valley, found and sealed the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree, and defeated a Demonic Rock Dynasty expert who tried to steal it. After the group reached the main hall and learned the apparent Ancient Key was a trap, Wu Yun confronted the Demonic Rock Dynasty men who had caught up with them.

• Lin Dong defeated Hua Yun and Wu Mo, and Wu Yun led the Great Yan Dynasty into Thunder Rock Valley.
• Wu Yun guided his group through the lightning barrier and split up with Lin Dong and Mo Ling to search the ancient stone hall.
• Wu Yun found and sealed the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree, then cut off both arms of a black-clothed man who tried to take it.
• Wu Yun reunited with Lin Dong and the others, and they found a glowing key-like object in the main hall.
• Little Mink determined that the glowing object was a trap rather than the Ancient Key as Liu Yuan, Ling Zhi, and five Demonic Rock Dynasty men arrived.
• The armless man identified Wu Yun to Senior Brother Mu, and Wu Yun attacked the five Demonic Rock Dynasty men.

Wu Yun defeated Chen Mu’s group, survived the stone-statue trap in Thunder Rock Valley, and found the true Ancient Key. Inside its space, he obtained the Fallen Heart Flame through a system check-in before leaving to rejoin Lin Dong and the others.

• Wu Yun crushed four members of Chen Mu’s group, subdued Chen Mu, and agreed to hold him for ransom from the Demonic Rock Dynasty.
• A woman in red tried to snatch the false Ancient Key, triggering the hall’s stone statues and trapping everyone inside.
• Wu Yun summoned the Heaven Crocodile Bone Puppet to hold off the statues, then found and broke the central statue that controlled them.
• The true Ancient Key appeared and transported Wu Yun to its inner space, where he found the key resting in the hands of a skeleton.
• Wu Yun claimed the Ancient Key and checked in at Thunder Rock Valley, receiving the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Wu Yun left the key space to rejoin Lin Dong and the others, while the woman in red waited outside.

Wu Yun refined the Fallen Heart Flame, used it to accelerate cultivation for the Great Yan Dynasty group, and harvested the Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree’s Tree Pattern Rune. As he absorbed the rune in the Ancient Key space, the stone hall owner’s remains attacked his mind, but Wu Yun revealed he had been waiting for the intruder.

• Wu Yun obtained Mu Hongling’s warning that four Ancient Keys were needed to open the Ancient Secret Treasure, then stayed in Thunder Rock Valley while Mo Tie and the others left.
• Wu Yun refined the Fallen Heart Flame and divided it among cultivation zones, helping the group temper their bodies and cultivation while he guided them through the dangerous flames.
• Mu Qianqian lost control of the Heart Flame, so Wu Yun took her into a stone room to calm it; afterward, she broke through to the Good Fortune Stage.
• Wu Yun planted the spiritual herbs and Heavenly Talisman Spirit Tree beside the World Tree, used Green Liquid to restore the tree, and removed its Tree Pattern Rune.
• Wu Yun absorbed the Tree Pattern Rune in the Ancient Key space, and the stone hall owner’s remains burst apart as a strange gray force entered Wu Yun’s mind.
• The strange presence tried to seize Wu Yun’s body, but his Chaos Symbol Embryo resisted it, and Wu Yun said he had been waiting for it.

Wu Yun destroyed the lingering mental imprint in his Niwan Palace, survived the Wind-Thunder Tribulation, and helped Lin Dong advance to Heavenly Symbol Master. The two consumed one hundred million Nirvana Pills each to break through toward the Nirvana Stage and left Thunder Rock Valley for the Ancient Secret Treasure, with the system directing Wu Yun to check in at the Ancient Hall.

• Wu Yun annihilated the gray gleam in his Niwan Palace and absorbed its mental power and memories.
• Wu Yun triggered and endured the Wind-Thunder Tribulation, using its lightning to strengthen his Chaos Symbol Embryo and condense his Mental Power.
• Wu Yun gave Lin Dong a mature Tree Pattern Rune, which helped Lin Dong advance to Heavenly Symbol Master.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong entered the underground palace and absorbed one hundred million Nirvana Pills each as they broke through toward the Nirvana Stage and strengthened their physiques.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong left the Ancient Tablet Space, led the Great Yan Dynasty people out of Thunder Rock Valley, and Wu Yun received the Ancient Hall as his next check-in location.

Wu Yun attacked Demonic Rock City after learning the Demonic Rock Dynasty had captured Mo Tie, Tang Xuan, and others to force him out. He nearly wiped out the dynasty, while its First Senior Brother, Shi Kun, remained away fighting over the final Ancient Key.

• Shi Xuan and the Demonic Rock Dynasty’s experts assumed the Great Yan Dynasty was hiding in Thunder Rock Valley until a messenger warned them Wu Yun had arrived.
• Wu Yun crushed the stone hall with Heavy Prison Peak and explained that he had rescued Mo Tie and Tang Xuan after learning they had been taken hostage.
• Shi Xuan and the Demonic Rock Dynasty’s formation attacked Wu Yun, but Wu Yun shattered their combined strike and defeated Shi Xuan with the Great Desolation Prisoner Finger and Wind Thunder Palm.
• Wu Yun crushed nearly a hundred Demonic Rock Dynasty experts beneath Heavy Prison Peak, leaving Shi Kun as the dynasty’s remaining senior fighter.
• Mo Tie and Tang Xuan thanked Wu Yun, and Lin Dong arrived to find the battle already over as Wu Yun told him to clean up the battlefield.

Wu Yun and the Great Yan Dynasty recovered from their victory over the Demonic Rock Dynasty and prepared to travel to the Ancient Land. In the Ancient Tablet Space, Bai Yun underwent Nirvana, took human form, and revealed that she had modeled her appearance on the women Wu Yun liked; the chapter ended with Wu Yun reassuring her that she had done nothing wrong.

• Wu Yun ordered the Great Yan Dynasty to rest in Demonic Rock City, distribute the spoils, and prepare to leave for the Ancient Land in three days.
• Mo Ling reported that Shi Kun was competing for the final Ancient Key and that the journey to the Ancient Hall would take about ten days.
• Wu Yun and Lin Dong helped Bai Yun use Nirvana Pills and medicinal herbs to begin her breakthrough in the Ancient Tablet Space.
• Bai Yun's White Tiger Bloodline erupted, triggering a Nirvana Tribulation that Wu Yun supported with twenty million Nirvana Pills.
• After a day of cultivation, Bai Yun took human form and told Wu Yun she had chosen her appearance by observing the women he liked.
• Wu Yun covered Bai Yun with a robe, then reassured her that she had done nothing wrong when she worried he disliked her transformation.