Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun entered the Purple Extreme Sect’s Outer Disciple Grand Competition hoping to impress his grandfather, but he lost his first-round match to the stronger Tie Shan. After his grandfather encouraged him, Ye Yun vowed to make the top ten next year, while the competition continued without him.

• Ye Yun faced Tie Shan in the first round and refused to forfeit despite the gap in their cultivation.
• Tie Shan overwhelmed Ye Yun with his Jade-Shattering Fist and won the match.
• Ye Yun apologized to his grandfather, Ye Feng, who comforted him and urged him to try again.
• Ye Yun promised Ye Feng that he would enter the top ten next year.
• The first round ended, with five hundred disciples advancing to the next day’s elimination matches.

After seeing his grandfather off, Ye Yun collapsed from a sudden headache and slept through the next day. He woke with sharper senses but unchanged cultivation, then went with Wang Chen to eat after learning Wang Chen had lost his match.

• Ye Yun escorted his grandfather to the mountain gate, promised to work toward entering the inner sect, and watched him leave.
• Ye Yun returned to his residence, suffered an intense headache, and fainted on the floor overnight.
• Ye Yun woke the next morning feeling dizzy, washed up, and went back to sleep through the day.
• Ye Yun awoke with unusually sharp eyesight and hearing, though his cultivation and strength remained nearly unchanged.
• Wang Chen told Ye Yun he had lost his match, and Ye Yun encouraged him before they headed to the dining hall together.

Ye Yun went to the Cultivation Manual Pavilion to choose a martial art and discovered that he could see how compatible each technique was with him. He realized the ability likely came from the acupoint opened when he was struck three days earlier, and continued searching for a highly compatible martial art.

• Ye Yun visited the Cultivation Manual Pavilion after advancing in cultivation and received permission from the elder to choose one martial art.
• Ye Yun searched the first floor and rejected more than thirty manuals because they did not feel suitable.
• Ye Yun saw a compatibility rating of three points for Fierce Tiger Fist, which he had already cultivated, and then confirmed that other manuals also displayed ratings.
• Ye Yun connected his new ability to the acupoint opened when he was struck on the back of the head three days earlier.
• Ye Yun continued searching the manuals, hoping to find one with high compatibility.

Ye Yun searched the Cultivation Manual Pavilion for a martial art suited to him and discovered that Layered Waves Fist had a compatibility score of eleven. He chose the manual and hurried to the back mountain of Sunrise Peak to begin cultivating it.

• Ye Yun searched through hundreds of manuals, finding several with compatibility scores of six and one with a score of seven.
• Ye Yun discovered that Yin Baleful Fist had a compatibility score of ten and realized it could greatly speed his cultivation.
• Ye Yun finished inspecting the manuals, then found a fallen booklet for Layered Waves Fist and saw that its compatibility score was eleven.
• Ye Yun tested his ability on other manuals, confirmed its readings were unchanged, and decided to take a chance on Layered Waves Fist.
• Ye Yun obtained the manual from the elder, ate several bowls of rice at the dining hall, and rushed toward the back mountain of Sunrise Peak.

Ye Yun discarded his Fierce Tiger Fist cultivation and practiced Layered Waves Fist through the night, making rapid progress. He opened ten apertures and fell asleep after returning to the sect.

• Ye Yun dispersed his Fierce Tiger Fist internal energy, dropping to the Body Tempering Initial Stage and closing twenty previously opened apertures.
• Ye Yun began practicing Layered Waves Fist and quickly cultivated its internal energy, opening two apertures in half an hour.
• Ye Yun vowed to defeat Tie Shan and enter the inner sect as he continued practicing through the night.
• By sunrise, Ye Yun had brought Layered Waves Fist to the beginner level and opened ten apertures.
• Ye Yun returned to the sect, ate breakfast, and fell asleep from exhaustion.

Ye Yun defeated Ironwood after Ironwood tried to force him to admit he was trash, then went to the rear mountain to restore his cultivation. Ironwood persuaded Tie Shan to avenge him, though Tie Shan said he had to leave the sect first.

• Ironwood confronted Ye Yun and demanded that he admit he was trash, but Ye Yun refused and accepted his challenge.
• Ye Yun used Layered Waves Fist to overwhelm Ironwood and knock him unconscious in front of the watching disciples.
• Ye Yun thanked Tian Gang for speaking up for him, and Tian Gang warned that Tie Shan might seek revenge.
• Ye Yun went to the dining hall and then headed to the rear mountain to try to reach the Body Tempering Intermediate Stage.
• Ironwood begged Tie Shan to cripple Ye Yun, and Tie Shan agreed to help after returning from an important trip outside the sect.

After two months of cultivation, Ye Yun broke through to High-Stage Body Tempering and traveled to the Blackwater Mountains to improve his combat skills. He defeated a Shadow Leopard and left the battlefield before other demonic beasts could arrive.

• Ye Yun opened his seventy-third acupoint, reaching High-Stage Body Tempering after mastering Layered Waves Fist.
• Ye Yun decided to seek practical combat experience by fighting demonic beasts in the Blackwater Mountains.
• Ye Yun prepared supplies, left the Purple Extreme Sect, and traveled to the mountains, killing several ordinary beasts and low-grade demonic beasts along the way.
• Ye Yun encountered a high-grade first-grade Shadow Leopard and fought it using his speed and fist techniques.
• Ye Yun killed the Shadow Leopard, took its corpse, and quickly left in case other demonic beasts were drawn to the fight.

Ye Yun trained in the Blackwater Mountains for half a month, improving his combat skills, then discovered an Essence Fruit guarded by a Fiery Sun Tiger. The chapter left him injured and facing the possibility that he would have to abandon the fruit.

• Ye Yun absorbed a Monster Crystal Core from the Shadow Leopard and opened two acupoints.
• Ye Yun spent half a month hunting monster beasts in the Blackwater Mountains and refined his fighting style.
• Ye Yun spotted a low-grade Level Two Essence Fruit near a Bloodthirsty Boar and a Fiery Sun Tiger.
• Ye Yun attacked the Fiery Sun Tiger, but its tough hide and powerful counterattack left him badly injured.
• Ye Yun wondered whether he had no choice but to give up the Essence Fruit.

Ye Yun comprehended Dark Force while fighting the Fiery Sun Tiger, then used it to kill the beast and an old man who tried to take the Essence Fruit. After collecting the fruit and the beast’s materials, Ye Yun hurried back toward the cave with the old man’s black pouch.

• Ye Yun endured the Fiery Sun Tiger’s attacks until he grasped how to use Dark Force, then killed it with a punch that shattered its brain.
• An ugly old man emerged from the grass and demanded that Ye Yun leave the Essence Fruit behind.
• Ye Yun pretended to retreat, then used Dark Force in a surprise kick that shattered the old man’s heart, though the old man’s punch knocked Ye Yun unconscious.
• Ye Yun awoke hours later, collected the Fiery Sun Tiger’s materials and the Essence Fruit, and found a black pouch on the old man’s body.
• Ye Yun gathered his belongings and hurried toward the cave before other demonic beasts entered the area.

After recovering from his fight with the Fiery Sun Tiger, Ye Yun examined the old man's Storage Bag and discovered weapons, pills, martial arts manuals, and a Treasure Map. He stored his beast materials and began healing his injuries before learning his new techniques.

• Ye Yun woke, tended his wounds, and assessed the demonic beast materials he had gathered.
• Ye Yun opened the old man's Storage Bag with his inner qi and found banknotes, pills, manuals, a longsword, and other items inside.
• Ye Yun identified the longsword as the high-grade treasure weapon Shadow Sword and found that Profound Yin Twelve Swords had a compatibility rating of nine points.
• Ye Yun discovered a Treasure Map of the Blackwater Mountains and deduced that the old man had obtained the Storage Bag while pursuing its treasure.
• Ye Yun stored his demonic beast materials and the Essence Fruit, then chose Treading Snow Without Trace and Profound Yin Twelve Swords to cultivate.
• Ye Yun swallowed a Revitalizing Pill and used his inner qi to refine its medicinal power and heal his injuries.

After two months of training and fighting Monster Beasts, Ye Yun used a Wind Wolf pack to improve his movement technique, then decided to return and prepare for his breakthrough into the Qi Refining Realm. He left his cave at dawn and headed for Azure Sun Town to sell his accumulated materials and buy an Aperture-Opening Pill.

• Ye Yun, who had opened his ninety-sixth acupoint, faced a pack of more than thirty Wind Wolves and used their attacks to train Treading Snow Without Trace.
• Ye Yun advanced Treading Snow Without Trace to minor mastery, killed the Wind Wolf King, and defeated the rest of the pack with the Profound Yin Twelve Swords.
• Ye Yun collected the Wind Wolf pelts and found a Monster Crystal Core in the Wind Wolf King's skull.
• Ye Yun thought of his grandfather and resolved to leave, planning to sell his Monster Beast materials in Azure Sun Town and buy an Aperture-Opening Pill.
• At dawn, Ye Yun packed up, left the cave where he had lived for two months, and hurried toward Azure Sun Town.

Ye Yun sold demon beast materials in Azure Sun Town and bought pills before setting out for the Purple Extreme Sect. After killing three bandits who ambushed him, he reached the sect’s mountain gate and headed toward a nearby village instead of going straight up the mountain.

• Ye Yun disguised himself and sold demon beast materials at three shops in Azure Sun Town, buying five Meridian-Punching Pills and one Aperture-Opening Pill.
• Ye Yun left town the next morning and was ambushed by One-Eyed Dragon and two martial artists demanding his silver notes.
• Ye Yun killed all three attackers with punches powered by Dark Force and took more than three thousand taels from their bodies.
• Ye Yun reached the area near the Purple Extreme Sect at dusk but walked toward a nearby village rather than going up the mountain.

Ye Yun returned to his village to visit his grandfather, then went back to the Purple Extreme Sect and resumed cultivating. After Tie Shan returned having reached the Qi Refining Realm, he challenged Ye Yun to meet him on the Life-and-Death Platform in three days.

• Ye Yun visited his grandfather, shared a bowl of noodles with him, and heard his warning to be cautious of others.
• Ye Yun returned to the Purple Extreme Sect, watched Wang Chen practice Wild Bull Fist, and learned that Tie Shan had not yet sought him out.
• After more than half a month of cultivation, Ye Yun heard that Tie Shan had reached the Qi Refining Realm and applied for the inner sect disciple assessment.
• Tie Shan and Ironwood confronted Ye Yun in the dining hall, and Tie Shan challenged him to meet on the Life-and-Death Platform in three days.

Ye Yun accepted Tie Shan’s life-and-death challenge and defeated him by breaking through his Stonewall Art with a powerful fist. Tie Shan died on the platform, leaving Ye Yun and the spectators stunned.

• Ye Yun continued cultivating after Tie Shan challenged him, while sect disciples placed bets on whether he would accept.
• Ye Yun arrived at the Life-and-Death Platform and accepted the challenge before the Seventh Elder.
• Tie Shan attacked Ye Yun, but his Stonewall Art withstood Ye Yun’s sword strikes.
• Ye Yun put aside his sword and struck Tie Shan’s chest with a fist that pierced his defense and shattered his heart.
• Ironwood mistook Tie Shan’s collapse for a joke and urged him to end the fight, angering Tie Shan into death.

After defeating Tie Shan, Ye Yun opened his final acupoint and broke through to the Qi Refining Realm. He headed to Great Sun Peak to take the assessment for promotion to the inner sect, joining a line of waiting disciples.

• The Seventh Elder declared Ye Yun the winner, while Ironwood clutched Tie Shan's corpse and refused to accept the result.
• A few days later, Wang Chen told Ye Yun that Ironwood had gone mad.
• Ye Yun opened his one hundred and seventh acupoint, then used an Aperture-Opening Pill five days later to break through his final acupoint and enter the Qi Refining Realm.
• Ye Yun discovered that his inner qi had become true qi and tested his martial arts, whose power had greatly increased.
• Ye Yun went to Great Sun Peak to take the inner sect disciple assessment and found more than ten disciples waiting ahead of him.

Ye Yun took the inner sect disciple assessment and passed its strength, speed, and combat trials. He became an inner sect disciple after killing a White Jade Rhino with one punch.

• Ye Yun registered for the assessment and learned that the first trial required carrying a forty-thousand-jin cauldron ten steps.
• Ye Yun lifted and carried the cauldron, passing the first trial as thirteen of the nineteen candidates advanced.
• He Yue passed the speed trial by retrieving a flag across a lake in two minutes and ten seconds.
• Ye Yun completed the lake course in two minutes and three seconds, passing the second trial.
• Ye Yun entered the room with a White Jade Rhino and killed it with one punch, passing the final trial.
• The assessment elder congratulated Ye Yun on becoming an inner sect disciple and hoped he would reach the Inner Sect Top 100 Ranking.

Ye Yun passed the inner sect assessment alongside He Yue and Ling Chen, received his identity token, and chose a secluded cave dwelling on Great Sun Peak. After registering, he returned to Sunrise Peak to bid Wang Chen farewell and set off for his new home.

• The assessment elder praised Ye Yun, then announced that Ye Yun, He Yue, and Ling Chen were the only candidates to pass the assessment.
• Ling Chen introduced himself as the heir to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and explained the Hundred Strong Ranking, prompting Ye Yun to aspire to challenge it.
• The assessment elder gave the three new inner sect disciples their identity tokens and told them to choose cave dwellings on Great Sun Peak.
• Ling Chen chose a dwelling halfway up Great Sun Peak, He Yue chose one near a bamboo grove, and Ye Yun selected a secluded valley despite a senior brother warning him about its freezing cold spring.
• Ye Yun returned to Sunrise Peak, told Wang Chen he had passed the assessment, and packed his belongings before heading to his new residence.

Ye Yun settled into his new dwelling at Great Sun Peak, explored its dangerous Cold Spring, and set his sights on making the Hundred Strong Ranking. After reaching the Cultivation Manual Pavilion as a newly promoted inner disciple, he went upstairs to choose three mid-grade martial arts manuals.

• Ye Yun moved into a bamboo pavilion by a cold valley and found that refining the Cold Spring’s chill slightly improved his true qi cultivation.
• Ye Yun studied the Qi Refining Realm’s meridian cultivation and chose making the Hundred Strong Ranking as his short-term goal.
• After summer passed, Ye Yun ate at the Great Sun Peak dining hall and went to the Cultivation Manual Pavilion to select three mid-grade martial arts manuals.
• The pavilion elder recognized Ye Yun, explained how the manuals and selection mechanisms worked, and allowed him to enter the second floor.
• Ye Yun passed the envious outer disciples and began choosing martial arts on the second floor.

Ye Yun searched the second floor of the Cultivation Manual Pavilion for techniques compatible with him and chose Ice Profound Force and Nine Yin Cold Claw. After finding the Sunflower Formula’s shocking requirement, he continued to the secret art area, where he examined Burning Blood Art.

• Ye Yun entered the second floor of the Cultivation Manual Pavilion and used his special ability to assess the compatibility of cultivation techniques.
• Ye Yun found the eleven-point Sunflower Formula, learned that it required castration, and continued searching in alarm.
• Ye Yun chose Ice Profound Force, which had thirteen points of compatibility, and took its booklet from the cabinet.
• Ye Yun searched the martial skill area and chose Nine Yin Cold Claw, which could complement Ice Profound Force.
• Ye Yun went to the secret art area and read about Burning Blood Art, which could double his speed at the cost of blood and a temporary drop in cultivation.

Ye Yun selected Ice Profound Force, the Void Meditation Formula, and the Nine Yin Cold Claw, then began cultivating Ice Profound Force despite the elder's warning. He successfully reached its beginner stage and planned to test whether cultivating beside the cold spring would help him improve.

• Ye Yun chose the Void Meditation Formula after discovering its high compatibility, then brought his three selections to the elder for registration.
• The elder warned Ye Yun that Ice Profound Force was dangerously difficult and the Void Meditation Formula was useless, but Ye Yun refused to exchange Ice Profound Force.
• The elder explained that the Sunflower Formula had been stolen from the imperial palace and that a eunuch had used it to kill five True Essence Realm martial artists before dying without mastering it.
• Ye Yun returned to his residence and cultivated Ice Profound Force, enduring its intense chill until he formed a vortex in his dantian and reached the beginner stage.
• Ye Yun realized his high compatibility had helped him succeed on his first attempt and considered cultivating beside the cold spring to improve faster.