Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun paid Liu Haizhu to take him to Giant Whale Island, where he planned to search for a secret realm while avoiding revealing his true purpose. During the voyage, he gained insight into the sea that raised his Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art to the twenty-first wave, and the chapter ended as he reached the enormous island and heard the legend that it had formed from a whale demon beast’s corpse.

• Liu Haizhu warned Ye Yun that the demon beasts on Giant Whale Island were unusually aggressive during mating season, but Ye Yun said he would only explore the outskirts and paid twenty taels of gold for passage.
• While standing on the boat, Ye Yun gained insight from the sea and raised his Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art to the twenty-first wave.
• After failing to find other passengers, Liu Haizhu set sail from Sea-Calming City with Ye Yun aboard.
• Ye Yun cultivated during the voyage, which took more than four hours, before Liu Haizhu alerted him that they had reached Giant Whale Island.
• Liu Haizhu told Ye Yun that the island was said to have formed from the corpse of a whale demon beast, and Ye Yun wondered how powerful the creature must have been.

Ye Yun reached Giant Whale Island and began the dangerous trek toward the core region, where Elder Li had said a secret realm was located. After nightfall, a pack of Gale Sea Demon Wolves surrounded him, leaving his next move uncertain.

• Liu Haizhu brought Ye Yun to Giant Whale Island and arranged to return for him in a month, worried because the island’s demon beasts were especially aggressive during mating season.
• Ye Yun thanked Liu Haizhu, went ashore, and entered the island’s forest while Liu Haizhu sailed back toward Sea-Calming City.
• Ye Yun traveled for several hours through increasingly dangerous territory, where second-rank demon beasts often lived in packs.
• At night, Ye Yun estimated that reaching the island’s core region would take six or seven days and wondered how Elder Li had survived his own journey there.
• A pack of Gale Sea Demon Wolves surrounded Ye Yun at his camp, and he recognized the dangerous second-rank beasts from a warning he had heard in Sea-Calming City.

Ye Yun fought off a pack of Gale Sea Demon Wolves and located the hidden Wolf King directing their attacks. After killing the Wolf King, he drove the remaining wolves to flee and survived the battle.

• Ye Yun dodged the wolves’ first attack and killed them while using his speed and tough body to withstand the pack’s assaults.
• As the fight wore him down, Ye Yun decided he had to kill the Wolf King to end the battle.
• Ye Yun noticed the wolves glancing toward one direction and spotted the Wolf King’s snowy white fur in a tree.
• Ye Yun knocked the Wolf King from the tree, killed it with punches and a kick, and stood over its corpse.
• The remaining Gale Sea Demon Wolves howled mournfully and scattered into the forest, leaving Ye Yun to assess the aftermath.

After recovering from a battle with Gale Sea Demon Wolves, Ye Yun traveled to Giant Whale Island’s core region in search of Elder Li’s towering tree. He found a likely match, but a Black-Armored Flood Dragon burst from a nearby pond, leaving Ye Yun to weigh the danger against the possibility that the secret realm was inside the tree hollow.

• Ye Yun cleaned up the battlefield, rested in a cave, and accidentally slept through the night before continuing his journey.
• After reaching Giant Whale Island’s core region, Ye Yun spent three days searching for Elder Li’s towering tree and survived more than ten battles with demon beasts.
• Ye Yun found a massive withered tree with a hollow near its roots and suspected it was the tree Elder Li had described.
• A Black-Armored Flood Dragon burst from the pond and confronted Ye Yun, who realized he could not match its strength.
• Ye Yun considered leaving but hesitated because the secret realm might be inside the tree hollow, and he sensed the dragon might be bluffing.

Ye Yun fought the wounded Black-Armored Flood Dragon, exploiting its abdominal injury to wear it down. When the dragon used the nearby pool to launch water attacks, Ye Yun recognized its technique as the Water Manipulation Art.

• Ye Yun spotted the Black-Armored Flood Dragon's festering abdominal wound and decided to risk fighting it for the possible secret realm and the value of its body.
• The Black-Armored Flood Dragon swept its tail at Ye Yun, who dodged and struck its head, only to find its defense as hard as an upper-grade Spirit Weapon.
• Ye Yun avoided the dragon's attacks and kicked its wound, discovering that the injury was its weakness.
• Ye Yun repeatedly targeted the wound, gradually exhausting the Black-Armored Flood Dragon and worsening its injuries.
• The Black-Armored Flood Dragon plunged into the pool and charged Ye Yun with a column of water, then fired fist-sized water bullets at him.
• Ye Yun barely dodged the water attack and recognized the Black-Armored Flood Dragon's technique as the Water Manipulation Art.

Ye Yun survived the Black-Armored Flood Dragon’s final attacks and killed it by bombarding it from a safe distance. After recovering and claiming the creature’s valuable remains, he explored its underwater lair and was stunned by what he found.

• Ye Yun endured the Black-Armored Flood Dragon’s Water Manipulation Art, then realized it still had a deadly last strike and kept his distance.
• Ye Yun replenished his strength and attacked the exhausted Black-Armored Flood Dragon with long-range punches until it died.
• Ye Yun recovered for more than three hours, searched the Black-Armored Flood Dragon’s corpse for a Monster Crystal Core, and found none.
• Ye Yun dissected the Black-Armored Flood Dragon and stored its valuable materials in his Storage Bag.
• Ye Yun swam to the bottom of the pool and froze in astonishment when he saw what was inside the lair.

Ye Yun plundered the Black-Armored Flood Dragon's lair, finding a huge Superior Water Attribute Spirit Stone, then discovered the pale-blue light curtain leading to Elder Li's secret realm. He chose to rest overnight before entering the secret realm.

• Ye Yun collected hundreds of valuable stones from the Black-Armored Flood Dragon's lair.
• Ye Yun found a five-zhang Superior Water Attribute Spirit Stone, smashed it apart, and stored every fragment.
• Ye Yun left the lair, then swam out of the pool and confirmed the valley remained undisturbed.
• Ye Yun found the pale-blue light curtain in the tree hollow and recognized it as the entrance to Elder Li's secret realm.
• Ye Yun gathered wood, lit a fire, and roasted Black-Armored Flood Dragon meat so he could recover before entering the secret realm.

Ye Yun entered the secret realm and endured a seemingly endless trial in a fog-shrouded landscape of ruins. After following a road to a beam of white light, he emerged into a beautiful world and was congratulated by the realm's master for passing the first trial.

• Ye Yun recovered from his battle injuries, entered the pale-blue light screen, and appeared among the secret realm's ruins.
• Ye Yun searched ruined buildings for clues but found nothing and continued along a road obscured by fog.
• Ye Yun endured the seemingly endless journey by treating the road as a test of his martial-path faith.
• Ye Yun found a beam of white light and stepped through it into a world of beautiful scenery, birdsong, and blooming flowers.
• A floating figure addressed Ye Yun and congratulated him on passing the first trial.

Ye Yun chose the Ice Heart Pill, which permanently increased comprehension by ten percent, over a Spirit-Grade movement technique. He accepted Bing Qianyue’s second trial and was left with one year to cultivate a martial art to its third level or remain trapped forever.

• Bing Qianyue offered Ye Yun a choice among an Ice Heart Pill, the Ice Dance Nine Heavens movement technique, and a treasured saber, then explained the items’ properties.
• Ye Yun chose the Ice Heart Pill, reasoning that increased comprehension would benefit him more than a single martial art.
• Bing Qianyue offered to send Ye Yun out or let him attempt the second trial, warning that Ye Yun could not leave until he completed it.
• Ye Yun decided to undergo the trial despite the risk and his desire to obtain the Ice Jade Divine Art’s subsequent cultivation method.
• Bing Qianyue gave Ye Yun a martial arts manual and set a one-year deadline for cultivating the art to the third level, warning that failure would leave him trapped for life.

Ye Yun discovered that his second trial required him to cultivate the Ice Jade Divine Art to the third level within a year, and he felt confident he could succeed after taking the Ice Heart Pill. After resting and practicing his martial arts, he swallowed the pill and fell into a deep sleep as its medicinal power entered his mind.

• Ye Yun found that the second trial required him to reach the third level of the Ice Jade Divine Art within a year, and he realized his existing progress and the Ice Heart Pill gave him a strong chance of passing.
• Ye Yun explored the silent forest and lakeside, then went to sleep from exhaustion.
• After waking the next day, Ye Yun practiced the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art and raised the Layered Waves Fist to the level of a high-grade martial art.
• Ye Yun roasted and ate Black-Armored Flood Dragon meat, feeling its heat slightly improve his physical strength.
• Ye Yun swallowed the Ice Heart Pill and circulated the Ice Jade Divine Art to refine it, but its medicinal power rushed into his mind and made him fall asleep.

After taking the Ice Heart Pill, Ye Yun entered his Soul Sea in a dream and absorbed its seven-colored medicinal power, strengthening his soul. He woke beside the dying campfire still wondering about a faint point of light he had seen at the head of his soul.

• Ye Yun realized the strange, bodiless space was his Soul Sea and the passing seven-colored lights were the Ice Heart Pill's medicinal power.
• Ye Yun absorbed the streams of light, making his soul ten percent stronger before the Soul Sea became cold and silent.
• Ye Yun felt a force pulling his consciousness from his soul and noticed a faintly glowing point of light at its head.
• Ye Yun woke beside the nearly extinguished campfire and wondered what the point of light had been.

Ye Yun realized that his special ability was connected to a point of light in his soul and could grow stronger as his soul improved. After more than three months of diligent cultivation, he finally grasped the key to advancing the Ice Jade Divine Art to its third layer.

• Ye Yun guessed that the point of light in his soul was the mysterious acupoint that had given him his special ability, and resolved to pursue martial arts to uncover its secrets.
• Ye Yun reread the Ice Jade Divine Art manual and found that its compatibility score had risen from twenty to twenty-three as his comprehension improved.
• Ye Yun concluded that strengthening his soul, especially by evolving his physique into a Spirit Body, could further enhance his special ability.
• Ye Yun cultivated in the secret realm, practicing martial arts in the morning, comprehending the Ice Jade Divine Art in the afternoon, and cultivating with Spirit Stones at night.
• After more than three months, Ye Yun sensed a breakthrough opportunity and, while circulating the Ice Jade Divine Art, grasped the key to its third layer.

Ye Yun passed Bing Qianyue’s second trial after breaking through to the third layer of the Ice Jade Divine Art and demonstrating its power. Bing Qianyue offered him a choice of three treasures, and Ye Yun weighed their benefits.

• Ye Yun broke through to the third layer of the Ice Jade Divine Art, strengthening and condensing his True Essence.
• Ye Yun struck the lake with a punch, sending up towering waves and freezing its center within a radius of over a hundred meters.
• Ye Yun called for Bing Qianyue to inspect his progress, and Bing Qianyue praised him as the second person he had seen cultivate the art so quickly.
• Bing Qianyue offered Ye Yun one of three rewards: the Crystal Vermilion Fruit, the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art, or the Vast Sea Armor.
• Ye Yun considered the treasures and recognized that consuming the Crystal Vermilion Fruit could raise him to the Perfected True Essence Realm.

Ye Yun chose the Crystal Vermilion Fruit as his second-round reward and accepted Bing Qianyue’s deadly third test for a chance to obtain the Ice Jade Divine Art’s subsequent cultivation method. With time to prepare, he planned to focus on improving his martial arts realm and Force Realm.

• Ye Yun asked Bing Qianyue to trade his reward choice for the Ice Jade Divine Art’s subsequent cultivation method, but Bing Qianyue refused and offered it as a reward for passing the third test.
• Ye Yun considered the Crystal Vermilion Fruit, Vast Sea Armor, and Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art before Bing Qianyue warned that his current strength made passing the third test nearly impossible.
• Ye Yun chose the Crystal Vermilion Fruit, and Bing Qianyue sent it to him while the other two treasures disappeared.
• Bing Qianyue warned Ye Yun that attempting the third test could end in either success or death, and Ye Yun resolutely chose to challenge it.
• Bing Qianyue gave Ye Yun the remaining time before the one-year deadline to prepare, and Ye Yun began planning to improve his martial arts realm and Force Realm.

Ye Yun consumed the Crystal Vermilion Fruit and broke through to the Perfected True Essence Realm, then spent two months mastering the Ice Swallow Sky-Stepping Art and learning to fly. After discovering flight quickly drained his True Essence, he recovered with Spirit Stones and set his next goal: improving the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art.

• Ye Yun planned to reach the Perfected True Essence Realm, perfect the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art and Ice Swallow Sky-Stepping Art, and advance his Ice Force.
• Ye Yun refined the Crystal Vermilion Fruit's spiritual energy and broke through from the Late True Essence Realm to the Perfected True Essence Realm.
• Ye Yun continued circulating the Ice Jade Divine Art to stabilize his newly increased True Essence, then spent the next two months cultivating the Ice Swallow Sky-Stepping Art.
• Ye Yun broke through to the Perfection Realm in the Ice Swallow Sky-Stepping Art and flew through the air, but found that flying exhausted his True Essence within minutes.
• Ye Yun absorbed spiritual energy from two Spirit Stones to recover and decided to focus next on raising the power of the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art.

After more than six months of training in the secret realm, Ye Yun had greatly increased his strength and prepared to begin the third trial, while Liu Haizhu and Ye Yun’s friends remained unaware of his whereabouts. Ling Chen reassured He Yue that Ye Yun was likely safe, though he had received no news of him for over a year.

• Liu Haizhu waited at Giant Whale Island for Ye Yun, then returned to Sea-Calming City after another fruitless search.
• Ye Yun returned to the lakeside and practiced the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art, freezing the lake with his attacks.
• Ye Yun reflected on reaching Perfection in the Ice Swallow Sky-Stepping Art, raising his fist force to thirty layers, and advancing his Ice Force to Minor Achievement.
• Ye Yun discarded Frostheart because his strength had outgrown the Quasi-Spirit Weapon and thought of his friends and grandfather before the third trial.
• He Yue asked Ling Chen about Ye Yun’s disappearance, and Ling Chen explained that Ye Yun had traded materials from powerful demonic beasts in Clear River Commandery City more than a year earlier.

He Yue learned that Ye Yun had grown strong enough to contend with Perfected True Essence Realm martial artists, while Ling Chen reflected on how Ye Yun’s gifts had aided his own advancement. In the secret realm, Ye Yun chose to face the third trial, and Bing Qianyue summoned the Sea-Change Pagoda.

• Ling Chen told He Yue that Ye Yun had been comparable to a Late True Essence Realm martial artist a year earlier and could now likely hold his own against a Perfected True Essence Realm martial artist.
• Ling Chen recalled reaching the Middle True Essence Realm with the cultivation resources and Monster Crystal Cores Ye Yun had sent him.
• Ye Yun recovered his strength in the secret realm and decided to begin the third trial.
• Bing Qianyue warned Ye Yun that his chances of passing were exceedingly slim and offered to send him out, but Ye Yun firmly refused to withdraw.
• Bing Qianyue opened the third trial, summoning a small pagoda that absorbed spiritual energy and grew into the towering Sea-Change Pagoda.

Ye Yun entered the Sea-Change Pagoda to begin the third trial, knowing that the time it took could determine whether he reached the True Dragon Society. Inside, he faced a herd of hundreds of Black-Armored Savage Bulls and fought them head-on, with the battle still underway.

• Ye Yun asked Bing Qianyue how long the third trial might take, then urged her to begin when he learned it could last as long as a year or even his lifetime.
• Bing Qianyue sent Ye Yun into the Sea-Change Pagoda, where he found himself on a vast grassland.
• Bing Qianyue announced that Ye Yun had to kill every Black-Armored Savage Bull in the first round or die to the herd.
• Ye Yun charged the approaching herd with his Heavy Mountain Armor defenses activated and destroyed several bulls with icy-blue punches.
• Ye Yun plunged into the herd and slaughtered the Black-Armored Savage Bulls, but their collisions battered him and churned his blood and qi.

Ye Yun fought the Black-Armored Savage Bull herd and finally found its king, but the king gathered the herd beneath a yellow radiance. When the radiance faded, only one enormous Black-Armored Savage Bull remained, facing Ye Yun.

• Ye Yun battled the pain-insensitive herd for nearly twenty minutes, killing hundreds while his injuries, stamina, and True Essence worsened.
• Ye Yun spotted the Black-Armored Savage Bull King by its black-jade horns and charged toward it.
• The king called the herd together to shield it, forcing Ye Yun to stop and reconsider his approach.
• The king released a pale yellow radiance that drew in earth-attributed spiritual energy, and Ye Yun's attacks failed to break through it.
• After the radiance faded, the herd had disappeared and a lone Black-Armored Savage Bull glared at Ye Yun.

Ye Yun struggled to survive the Black-Armored Savage Bull’s relentless attacks and realized he could not defeat it through physical force. Recalling his fusion of Fist Force and Ice Force, he created Ice Origin Force and sent it at the beast, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• The Black-Armored Savage Bull charged Ye Yun, and his strike against its body rebounded painfully without harming it.
• Ye Yun used his True Essence and Heavy Mountain Armor to endure another charge, then flew out of the bull’s reach as it circled beneath him.
• Ye Yun activated the Iceheart Formula to calm himself while his remaining True Essence dwindled.
• Ye Yun recalled fusing Fist Force and Ice Force during the Great Dynasty Tournament and decided to try the method again.
• Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm, fused the two energies into Ice Origin Force, and formed a three-meter sphere.
• Ye Yun transformed the Ice Origin Force into a Black-Armored Flood Dragon and sent it charging at the Black-Armored Savage Bull.