Chapter Summaries

Yun Ye and his companions deployed their armaments and went outside East King City to fight the disaster beasts. After discovering that destroying them strengthened him and advanced his Body Law, Yun Ye wondered what had happened during the two centuries he had been away.

• Li Jianbing, Li Xiaoxian, You Guanglin, and Shui Wuge deployed their armaments, and Shui Wuge explained that Yun Ye's Saint Armament would grow stronger with use.
• Yun Ye and the others stepped beyond East King City's wall, where Shui Wuge explained that the Demon Disaster turned humans and demons into disaster beasts and that Captain Zhen Jing was badly injured by one.
• Yun Ye leaped from the wall and used Repulsion to pulverize the surrounding zombies.
• Yun Ye used Metal Manipulation to impale more zombies, then absorbed the resulting power to advance his Body Law.
• Yun Ye sensed Tomorrow's direction and wondered what had happened over the past two hundred years.

Dipper Pole Martial Venerable and the other Venerables triggered the Great Destruction of the Universe to kill Yun Ye, forcing Purple Snow Heart to begin performing Open Heaven and Split Earth. Yun Ye then exposed the Open Heaven Axe as fake and restored the world, leaving Purple Snow Heart’s half-formed grotto-heaven and the five Venerables swallowed by her Purple Snow Kirin.

• Dipper Pole Martial Venerable and the four Venerables burned their Authorities and used the Open Heaven Axe to unleash the Great Destruction of the Universe.
• Purple Snow Heart decided to gamble on Open Heaven and Split Earth, then began forming her Purple Snow Grotto-heaven Law.
• Dipper Pole Martial Venerable launched another axe strike to disrupt Purple Snow Heart’s work.
• Yun Ye declared that one Open Heaven Axe was fake, and the axe disintegrated as the world and Investiture of the Gods World returned to their original forms.
• Purple Snow Heart stopped her half-completed Open Heaven and Split Earth, then summoned the Purple Snow Kirin, which swallowed half her world and the five Venerables before vanishing.

After revealing his mastery of healing arts, Yun Ye inspired the Xiang clan to back his rise and prepare a Wen Yun Grand Ceremony. He cultivated a powerful body law while the clan prepared a hundred-thousand-year-old Sun Wheel Fruit as the contest prize.

• Yun Ye told Xiang Dong that the selection could begin, and she declared her confidence that he could enter the Dharma Realm and become famous at the Wen Yun Grand Ceremony.
• Xiang Xiang, Xiang Yan, and Xiang Qingrou chose to follow Yun Ye after the selection.
• The Xiang clan secured permission to hold the Wen Yun Grand Ceremony by offering a hundred-thousand-year-old Sun Wheel Fruit as its prize.
• Yun Ye began cultivating the Life Soul Hundred Refinements Body Law with Sun Wheel Fruits and other spirit medicines.
• Yun Ye perfected the body law in three and a half months, transforming his physical strength and toughness.

Yun Ye built a microscope and experimented with spiritual qi to improve his eyesight so he could observe spiritual matter. He finally saw a thin, threadlike mist connected to cells, confirming that spiritual matter could be viewed directly in the material world.

• Yun Ye completed a crude microscope capable of six-hundredfold magnification and carried it back to his room.
• Yun Ye observed ordinary oral cells and cells gathered with Life Energy but found no clear spiritual structures.
• Yun Ye tried directing attribute-less spiritual qi into his fingernail and discovered it could temporarily strengthen and sharpen it at the cost of pain and Life Energy.
• Yun Ye injected a small amount of spiritual qi into his eyes, creating a hazy sensation that suggested his vision had changed.
• Yun Ye examined cells infused with Life Energy through the microscope and saw a thin mist flowing through them in threads.

Yun Ye completed the tenth revolution of his Infinite Circle Heavenly Stems Ten Laws after ten years of cultivation, despite the scarcity of resources in East King City. He remained trapped by the Black Tide and concluded that leaving the region would provoke the East King.

• Yun Ye assessed the power of his laws and realized that, despite his strength, he still needed the Evil Spirit God’s power to contend with Profound Realm cultivators.
• Yun Ye tried to find a way through the Black Tide but found that his clones, puppets, and spatial abilities could not escape it, while forcefully breaking through risked alerting the East King.
• Yun Ye examined Shui Zhenjing’s memories and confirmed that Tomorrow Country had been destroyed by a Venerable Decree from the Immortal Dynasty.
• Yun Ye used the Evil Spirit God to suppress his Nine Revolutions void and began constructing the tenth revolution, Wood Yang.
• Yun Ye completed the tenth revolution after ten years, slowed by the lack of spiritual energy and cultivation resources in East King City.

Yun Ye mastered the basics of a spirit technique and demonstrated the lethal power of his flames. He chose to join the Black Armor Army, received a home in White Stone Town and military gear, and returned to cultivation while awaiting recruitment at year’s end.

• Yun Ye used his flames to melt an iron dagger instantly, then wrote with the flames when Ma Zhi arrived to summon him to Shen An.
• Yun Ye told Shen An he would join the Black Armor Army, and Shen An gave him a martial robe, an identity plate, and the deed to a property in White Stone Town.
• Shen An explained that Yun Ye would report at the end of the year and be taken to the Red Mountain Spirit Land, where fire- and earth-root cultivators could advance quickly.
• Yun Ye examined the spirit-tool robe and identity plate, then resumed practicing his spirit technique and recovering his spiritual power.

Yun Ye worried that he could not find Xiao Yue or identify the child who had taken Zhang Xiaozhuang’s place, while realizing that money was the fastest way to improve his cultivation. He recruited Wang Yao to help sell a valuable product, leaving them poised to earn money without approaching White Stone Town’s Aristocratic Clans.

• Li Zhenhu and his classmates lamented their slow cultivation, while Yun Ye ate the day’s White Jade Dumplings after completing Foundation Establishment.
• Yun Ye reflected on his failure to find Xiao Yue and Zhang Xiaozhuang, and resolved to focus on cultivation so he could reach them.
• Wang Yao worried that he might not awaken his spirit root before the age limit and be sent away from Prominent Learning Hall.
• Yun Ye offered to work with Wang Yao to make money, and Wang Yao agreed after hearing the risks.
• Yun Ye gave Wang Yao a sample from a clay jar, and Wang Yao recognized its value but agreed that selling it to the Aristocratic Clans would be dangerous.

Yun Ye spent a year studying literacy, cultivating Life Energy, and practicing Tiger Fist while learning about the world beyond White Stone Town. In class, Yu Yu explained the five stages of the Qi Nurturing Technique and sent Zhou Xian to the Awakening Hall after he neared Minor Accomplishment.

• Yun Ye studied literacy diligently, read Detailed Records of Travels in Three Provinces, and continued cultivating and practicing Tiger Fist throughout the year.
• Yun Ye befriended Wang Yao, who questioned why he kept reading the travel book instead of studying material useful for exams and combat.
• Yu Yu explained the five Qi Nurturing Technique stages: Initiation, Foundation-Building, Minor Accomplishment, Great Success, and Perfection.
• Yu Yu asked the students to show whether they had reached late Foundation-Building, and Zhou Xian was the only one to raise his hand.
• Yu Yu praised Zhou Xian and ordered him to report to the Awakening Hall to awaken his spirit root.

Yun Ye and Liu Jingyu investigated the demon troubling Green Jujube Village, identified it as an Undead Three-Life Cat, and Yun Ye tracked it into the rear mountain. He struck the demon with a flaming sword, but its tough body stopped his attack.

• Yun Ye and Liu Jingyu arrived at Green Jujube Village, where Shi Qing welcomed them and asked them to investigate the demon.
• Fu Gui described a white, three-tailed cat with golden pupils, and Yun Ye identified it as an Undead Three-Life Cat.
• Liu Jingyu told Yun Ye to handle the demon alone, and he followed its traces into the rear mountain.
• Yun Ye found the Undead Three-Life Cat feeding on a deer's corpse and pursued it with Heart Flame, countering its spirit attacks.
• Yun Ye drew his flaming sword and struck the Undead Three-Life Cat, but the blade penetrated only three inches before its body stopped it.

Yun Ye explored the ruined main hall and discovered that the Moon Disc was the Moon Reflection Treasure Ring, the secret realm’s core. After claiming it through blood recognition, he became the Moon Reflection Heavenly Gate’s current master and was returned to the stone stele as the heavenly palace collapsed.

• Yun Ye used the Divide Authority Dao sword to withstand the ancient Sword Qi and searched the main hall, but found its treasures and inheritance destroyed.
• Yun Ye reached the Spirit Pool and spotted a ring at its center, where the spiritual liquid had vanished.
• Yun Ye recognized the ring as the Moon Disc and accidentally claimed the Moon Reflection Treasure Ring by dripping his blood onto it.
• The treasure ring’s former master’s message named Yun Ye the current master of the Moon Reflection Heavenly Gate and urged him to pursue the Dao.
• Yun Ye made the ring shrink into a hair tie, then let the white mist carry him back to the stone stele as the heavenly palace collapsed.

Yun Ye and three other newcomers joined Yu Wen’s squad of the Black Armor Army and traveled to its base on Red Mountain. After learning that newcomers had to prove themselves against veterans to stay, Yun Ye was left facing an uncertain place in the squad.

• Zhu Zhaohong warned Yun Ye that the Black Armor Army had only fifty places and that weaker members could be demoted.
• Yu Wen, captain of the third squad, escorted Yun Ye, Zhu Zhaohong, and two others out of White Stone Town toward Red Mountain.
• Zhu Zhaohong burned three attacking dead stiffs to ash near the ruins of a village Yun Ye recognized as the one beside Red Mountain that Wang Yao had mentioned.
• The four arrived at the Black Armor Army’s base, where Zhu Zhaohong and the others claimed the three rooms with the densest spiritual energy before Yun Ye chose a second-rate room.
• Yu Wen explained that the squad had two vacancies and warned that newcomers might have to defeat veterans to remain in the Black Armor Army.

After killing Chao Zizhong, Yun Ye drew the attention of Chao Shanhe, the Chao Family Old Ancestor, who rushed to seize his Secret Realm treasure. As Chao Shanhe attacked, Yun Ye activated the Dao Artifact’s Reversal Form Liberation, gaining a surge of fortune and talent for his fight against White Stone Town.

• Yun Ye finished interrogating Chao Zizhong, gathered his knowledge and resources, and killed him with the White Bone Blood Sword.
• Chao Shanhe sensed Chao Zizhong’s death, traced the information left by his life token, and learned of Yun Ye’s Secret Realm treasure.
• Chao Shanhe appeared above White Stone Town, accused the Zhu and Liu families, and received a quarter of an hour to act from Ji Chongtian.
• Yun Ye realized that killing Chao Zizhong had made him the focal point of White Stone Town’s Great Calamity, while Tomorrow identified a new Reversal Form Liberation.
• Chao Shanhe crossed a thousand li and attacked Yun Ye with a giant hand; Yun Ye activated the black lightning imprint and entered Reversal Form Liberation.

After two months of cultivation and other responsibilities, Yun Ye entered the practical rankings to avoid expulsion from the Awakening Hall and a delay in joining the Black Armor Army. He faced Huang Xueying, who had been sent to suppress him, and their battle began with Huang Xueying revealing his minor-mastery Wood Barrier.

• Yun Ye doubled his Spirit Root extraction speed and spent two months cultivating while supporting his family and expanding his business.
• Yun Ye realized he had to fight in the practical rankings or lose his Awakening Hall status and have his Black Armor Army reserve qualification frozen.
• Yun Ye applied for a match at Number Six Martial Arts Arena, and Shen An approved Huang Xueying as his opponent.
• Wang Yao learned Huang Xueying was Huang Yupeng's cousin and worried that Yun Ye's two months of cultivation would not be enough to defeat him.
• Yun Ye activated Spirit Root Revival and Feather Coat Spirit Law, then charged at Huang Xueying, who met him with his minor-mastery Wood Barrier.

Yun Ye taught the Tomorrow Society how to use Ultimate Spirituality, demonstrating extreme forms of flame and explaining how to adapt the five elements. The group began practicing and planning combat systems, then celebrated in Tomorrow Village, whose Illusion Array concealed the village and its cooking smoke.

• Yun Ye explained how spiritual power could simulate the five elements and demonstrated Sky Fire, Undying Flame, and Air Flame.
• Tian Jing attempted to create Undying Flame, but his unstable flames repeatedly exploded; Yun Ye told him that practice would help him master it.
• Tong Huoyang tried applying Ultimate Spirituality and discussed combining Extreme Spirit Water with spirit tools, while Yun Ye advised her to build her combat system around Air Flame.
• Yun Ye guided the group through a full day of practice, and Yang Shu called everyone to stop and eat.
• Chai Xin celebrated the chance to eat chickens and ducks as the Tomorrow Village prepared a feast.
• Yun Ye’s Illusion Array concealed Tomorrow Village from outsiders and absorbed the smoke rising from the cooking.

Yun Ye investigated how the Water Spirit Root created supercooled water that resisted freezing, then set out to test his theory about combining Earth and Water into the Ice attribute. Meanwhile, the Great Calamity Tribulation began beyond White Stone Town, and Tian Jing fled toward the town with his siblings after his wounded mother stayed behind to draw away the demons.

• Yun Ye reasoned that spiritual power in Water Spirit Root water erased ice crystals, while Earth could provide freezing nuclei and help control the resulting Ice attribute.
• The Great Calamity Tribulation began beyond White Stone Town, and the Dao Domain vanished as its suppressing rule became ineffective.
• Dead zombies and living zombies spread through villages, turning the night into a deadly panic.
• A wounded woman fleeing with Tian Jing and her two younger children admitted she could go no farther and urged them to reach White Stone Town.
• Tian Jing took his siblings and ran toward White Stone Town as their mother went in another direction to draw the demons away.

Yun Ye created a leveling rule for the Tomorrow Sword by making demon hunting a widely approved duty, then strengthened his physique and comprehension before beginning another reincarnation. Resolved to keep pursuing the Tomorrow Society’s ideals across as many lives as necessary, he entered reincarnation.

• Yun Ye used Area Echoes to establish a rule letting the Tomorrow Sword’s holder gain strength by killing demons, creating a limited leveling system.
• Yun Ye spent his remaining talent enhancements on physique and comprehension, while leaving his destiny unchanged to avoid waiting for an Aristocratic Clan reincarnation.
• Yun Ye reflected on the hardships of his previous life and concluded that the world’s underlying injustices had to be changed to prevent similar suffering in future lives.
• Yun Ye recognized that Reincarnation Land had cleared away his accumulated negative emotions and renewed his creativity and energy.
• Yun Ye vowed to pursue his ideals across many lives, and reincarnation began.

Yun Ye passed the aptitude test and was selected to enter White Stone Town, where he was ordered to report to the Prominent Learning Hall within two days. He followed Liu Quan to town carrying his family’s savings.

• Yun Ye saw Zhang Xiaozhuang pass with a Rank C spiritual root and realized that Rank C was likely the minimum requirement.
• Liu Quan selected Yun Ye from the ninth group after the Treasure Mirror’s azure light tested him.
• Liu Quan disqualified the remaining children and told Yun Ye and the other successful candidate to report to the Prominent Learning Hall within two days.
• Shu Zhu gave Yun Ye a bundle of the family’s saved coins and urged him to catch up with Liu Quan before the opportunity was lost.
• Yun Ye followed Liu Quan and the soldiers to White Stone Town and saw its tall white-stone walls for the first time.

Yun Ye defeated Lei Zhenyu in the Twelfth Level trial, but the Final Trial began collapsing before their fight could start. He entered the Second Trial and watched a vision of his former life end with his rebirth into an impoverished peasant family.

• Yun Ye defeated Lei Zhenyu with Fire Law Profound Meaning, then faced Lei Zhenyu with all his talents unlocked as the Final Trial began to shatter.
• The ancient projection of Lei Zhenyu vanished, warning Yun Ye that he had come at the wrong time and been born at the wrong time.
• The Moon Reflection Heavenly Gate announced that Yang Shi had passed the First Trial and sent Yun Ye into the Second Trial, Inquiring Heart of Sincerity.
• Yun Ye watched a vision of his former life, from childhood through university, as he withdrew into games and entertainment and struggled to change reality.
• The vision ended with the young man falling asleep and waking as a baby in an impoverished peasant serf's home.

Yun Ye searched the ruined villages for survivors, then entered Ming Bamboo Village to hunt an evolved zombie and reclaim Nether Flame. After his White Bone Blood Sword gained the Corrupt Corpse Blood divine power, a rotten humanoid appeared among the bamboo.

• Yun Ye found no survivors in Banner Grass Village and killed a Living Zombie that wielded metal-element divine power.
• Yun Ye forged the zombie’s fangs into the White Bone Blood Sword and discovered that it could draw Life Force from zombies.
• Yun Ye searched several villages without finding anyone and decided to focus on killing demons to protect people and gain experience.
• Yun Ye entered Ming Bamboo Village after Tomorrow warned him that an evolved Living Zombie might be there.
• Yun Ye slaughtered the village’s zombies, and the White Bone Blood Sword gained the Corrupt Corpse Blood divine power.
• Yun Ye realized Corrupt Corpse Blood was an incomplete Double Attribute Divine Power, then saw a rotten humanoid appear near a ming bamboo.

Yun Ye used Fire Law Profound Meaning—Disorder to devastate Ji Xuan, but Ji Yan intervened with a Dao Artifact before Yun Ye could finish him off. As Ji Yan unfolded the artifact’s rules against Yun Ye, the onlookers recognized the scale of Yun Ye’s strength and Wang Yao became convinced that Yang Shi was a true hero.

• Ji Xuan fused his five star rings and launched a powerful punch, but Yun Ye entered Mysteries Mode and used Fire Law Profound Meaning—Disorder to destabilize Ji Xuan’s spiritual power.
• Yun Ye struck Ji Xuan with a self-destructive attack that destroyed half his head, then tried to finish him with a sharp palm strike.
• Ji Yan blocked Yun Ye’s finishing blow with a Bronze Cauldron, rescued Ji Xuan, and prepared to kill Yun Ye by unfolding the Dao Artifact’s rules.
• The witnesses were shocked that a mortal-realm cultivator had nearly killed a Dharma Realm great cultivator, while the Captains recognized the Bronze Cauldron as a Dao Artifact.
• Wang Yao watched Yun Ye and concluded that Yang Shi was a true hero who had acted on his ideals.