Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun defeated Ling Chen in the True Dragon Society finals, won the championship, and returned to the Purple Extreme Sect’s residence to recover. He was told to meet Sect Master Murong after resting, and he reflected on how narrowly he had escaped defeat.

• An explosion destroyed the arena, and Ye Yun emerged from the crater badly injured while Ling Chen lay unconscious, revealing Ye Yun as the victor.
• Wood Protector rescued Ling Chen, thanked Ye Yun for sparing his life, and sent disciples to carry Ling Chen away.
• Luo Heng announced Ye Yun as the True Dragon Society champion and told him to meet an important person and receive his reward after washing up.
• Ye Yun returned to the Purple Extreme Sect’s group, received congratulations, and reassured everyone that his injuries were not serious.
• The First Elder relayed that Sect Master Murong said Ye Yun could meet him after resting, and Ye Yun later bathed and recalled how the Selfless Realm had helped him find a flaw in Ling Chen’s martial art.

Ye Yun met Lu Qingyu, the emissary who would escort him to the True Dragon Continent, and learned how immense that continent was. The revelation left Ye Yun eager to travel there, while Lu Qingyu warned that its vastness could be a cage for ordinary martial artists.

• Ye Yun visited Murong Kuangshi and met Lu Qingyu, who praised Ye Yun's talent and clear-headedness after watching his match.
• Lu Qingyu introduced himself as the emissary escorting Ye Yun to the True Dragon Continent and explained that many geniuses from the Shattered Lands failed there.
• Lu Qingyu sent Murong Kuangshi away so he could privately explain the True Dragon Continent to Ye Yun.
• Lu Qingyu revealed that countless Shattered Lands together were only as large as one of the True Dragon Continent's five domains.
• Ye Yun was stunned by the continent's scale and developed an intense longing to go there, while Lu Qingyu reflected that its vastness could limit ordinary martial artists.

Lu Qingyu explained the Path of Heavenly Prodigies to Ye Yun, including its trials, selection process, and the relative strength of the Land of Seven Kingdoms. Ye Yun learned what awaited him on the True Dragon Continent and resolved to prepare for the competition.

• Lu Qingyu told Ye Yun that the top hundred contestants in the Path of Heavenly Prodigies would be accepted by major sects, while most eliminated contestants would be left to fend for themselves.
• Lu Qingyu estimated that fewer than fifty thousand geniuses would participate and said they would wait about a month after arriving before entering an Ancient Secret Realm for a year of survival and exploration.
• Lu Qingyu explained that a thousand contestants would earn finals tokens and advance to the final round, where the top hundred would be selected.
• Ye Yun said he was eager to compete alongside the geniuses and asked how the Land of Seven Kingdoms ranked among the Shattered Lands.
• Lu Qingyu said the Land of Seven Kingdoms ranked in the lower-middle and warned Ye Yun to be cautious around martial artists from the five strongest Shattered Lands: Black Tortoise Island, Red Flood Dragon Island, White Tiger Island, Flying Phoenix Island, and Ferocious Kun Island.

Lu Qingyu gave Ye Yun his first-place rewards from the True Dragon Society and said they would leave for the True Dragon Continent after he handled his affairs in about three months. Ye Yun learned he was the first person from the Purple Extreme Sect to earn a place there, while the Great Elder privately worried Ye Yun might resent him over an undisclosed matter.

• Lu Qingyu gave Ye Yun a Storage Bag containing spirit stones and a Spirit Source Pill, explaining that the great imperial dynasties had invested in Ye Yun because of his potential.
• Lu Qingyu said Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen could return to their sects while he finished his business, which would take roughly three months.
• Ye Yun went to the Great Elder's courtyard and told Murong Kuangshi that Lu Qingyu wanted to speak with him, so Murong Kuangshi hurried away.
• The Great Elder told Ye Yun that he was the only member of the nearly three-hundred-year-old Purple Extreme Sect to earn a place on the journey to the True Dragon Continent.
• The Great Elder sent Ye Yun to rest before their return to the sect the next morning, then wondered whether Ye Yun would resent him for keeping something from him.

Ye Yun wondered why the Grand Elder had looked guilty, then inspected his Spirit Source Pill and decided to exchange his unused treasures for Spirit Stones before traveling to the True Dragon Continent. He asked Ling Chen to sell the contents of three Storage Bags, and Ling Chen agreed to handle it after being startled by their value.

• Ye Yun noticed a trace of guilt in the Grand Elder's eyes and resolved to ask Elder Li about it after returning to the sect.
• Ye Yun examined his low-quality Spirit Source Pill and decided to exchange unneeded treasures for Spirit Stones before leaving for the True Dragon Continent.
• Ye Yun visited Ling Chen near midnight and apologized for waking him.
• Ye Yun sorted through his belongings and found three Storage Bags of miscellaneous treasures worth about three hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Yun asked Ling Chen to sell the treasures through the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and Ling Chen agreed after asking whether Ye Yun had looted a lineage or sect.

Ye Yun returned to the Purple Extreme Sect after the True Dragon Society and arranged for He Yue to look after Wang Chen. Before leaving to handle personal matters, he visited his grandfather’s grave and said farewell before setting out for the True Dragon Continent.

• Ye Yun reflected that his cultivation had slowed after reaching the Core Elixir Realm and resolved to pursue his long-held plan to improve it.
• Ye Yun and the other disciples returned to the Purple Extreme Sect, while Murong Kuangshi and most other Core Elixir Realm martial artists stayed on Hidden Dragon Island.
• On the journey home, Ye Yun asked He Yue to look after Wang Chen while he was away, and she agreed.
• As the Puppet Mechanism Ship neared the Purple Extreme Sect, Ye Yun told He Yue he had personal matters to handle and leaped off to go alone.
• Ye Yun visited his grandfather’s overgrown grave, kowtowed, and said he was leaving to pursue martial arts in a distant world.

Ye Yun returned to Purple Extreme Sect, caught up with Wang Chen, and resumed cultivation while waiting for the monthly eruption of Cold Spring. He finally subdued the Frost-Ice Soul and Earthheart Flame and emerged from the spring exhausted but triumphant.

• Ye Yun visited Wang Chen and learned about the sect and the disciples’ reverence for his former outer-sect courtyard.
• Ye Yun cleaned his old residence and settled back into life at Purple Extreme Sect.
• On the full moon night, Ye Yun waited for Cold Spring to erupt, then descended to its bottom.
• Ye Yun seized the Frost-Ice Soul and Earthheart Flame and suppressed their powers as his True Essence rapidly drained.
• After an hour, Ye Yun successfully subdued both treasures, stored them in special containers, and struggled back to the surface.
• Ye Yun rested beside Cold Spring and laughed with joy.

Ye Yun used the Frost-Ice Soul and Jade Marrow Fluid to transform his physique, encountering the Sea of Laws and comprehending its ice-attributed Dao resonance. He returned to his body after successfully becoming a Taiyin Spirit Body.

• Ye Yun swallowed the Jade Marrow Fluid and Frost-Ice Soul, then circulated the Ice Jade Divine Art as their powers transformed his body.
• Ye Yun's consciousness entered the Sea of Laws, where he recognized the danger of being assimilated into the Dao.
• Ye Yun chose to focus on the ice-attributed Dao resonance and rapidly comprehended its mysteries.
• Ye Yun's consciousness returned to his body, where he discovered the transformation had succeeded and that he had become a Taiyin Spirit Body.

Ye Yun’s physique transformed into a Taiyin Spirit Body, advancing his cultivation to the Third-Turn Core Elixir Realm and greatly improving his cultivation speed and comprehension. After two months of training and spending time with Ling Chen and He Yue, he was summoned to Purple Extreme Peak, where he found an exhausted Murong Kuangshi.

• Ye Yun discovered that his Spirit Body had become a Taiyin Spirit Body, granting him enhanced strength under moonlight and a chance to comprehend the Lunar Yin Dao.
• Ye Yun found that his cultivation had risen to the Third-Turn Core Elixir Realm, his cultivation speed had tripled, and his comprehension had nearly quintupled.
• Ye Yun tested his new abilities by practicing fist arts in a nearby valley, drawing in heaven-and-earth power and ice-attributed spiritual qi.
• Over the next two months, Ye Yun cultivated and spent time with Ling Chen and He Yue as he awaited Lu Qingyu and the upcoming Path of Heavenly Prodigies.
• Sect Master Murong summoned Ye Yun to Purple Extreme Peak, where Ye Yun met Murong Kuangshi, who looked exhausted.

Ye Yun learned that Murong Kuangshi’s old enemy, Lin Meng of the Blood Fiend Sect, might threaten him after he reached the True Dragon Continent, but he remained determined to go. Murong Kuangshi also revealed that he had been injured while helping Lord Emissary wipe out the Blood God Sect’s remaining forces.

• Murong Kuangshi told Ye Yun that Lord Emissary would soon take him to the True Dragon Continent.
• Murong Kuangshi warned Ye Yun that Lin Meng, a Spirit Sea Realm deacon of the Blood Fiend Sect, had vowed to hunt Purple Extreme Sect disciples and advised him not to join that sect.
• Ye Yun accepted the warning calmly and asked Murong Kuangshi for details about Lin Meng.
• Ye Yun noticed Murong Kuangshi’s exhaustion, and Murong Kuangshi explained that Lord Emissary had led Core Elixir Realm martial artists to destroy the Blood God Sect’s hidden base, where Murong Kuangshi was injured.

After confirming the Blood God Sect had been destroyed, Ye Yun prepared for his departure to the True Dragon Continent and reviewed his cultivation and supplies. Three days later, he boarded Lu Qingyu’s flying ship with Li Qinglian, bound for the Great Snow Mountain Temple to pick up Ling Chen before crossing the dangerous Endless Ocean.

• Murong Kuangshi told Ye Yun that the Blood God Sect’s Spirit Sea Realm ancestor had been injured and near the end of his lifespan, which was why he had remained hidden.
• Ye Yun returned to his residence, resolved to consolidate his cultivation and focus on improving his martial techniques, and inventoried his Spirit Stones and supplies.
• Three days later, Ye Yun and Li Qinglian boarded Lu Qingyu’s white jade flying ship as it departed the Purple Extreme Sect.
• Lu Qingyu warned Ye Yun and Li Qinglian to stay below deck during the journey, explaining that the Endless Ocean was extremely dangerous.
• Li Qinglian avoided discussing his troubled mood with Ye Yun and went to rest, while Ye Yun headed to the cabins.

Ye Yun continued comprehending Ice Force aboard the White Jade Flying Ship and, aided by moonlight and his Taiyin Spirit Body, reached the Perfection Realm. He then set his sights on perfecting Fist Force and, if time allowed, comprehending Sword Force before reaching the True Dragon Continent.

• Ye Yun settled into an empty cabin and used the Tranquil Spirit Grass Mat to comprehend Ice Force, finding that his Spirit Body drew its Dao rhythms closer.
• The White Jade Flying Ship stopped at the Great Snow Mountain Temple to bring Ling Chen aboard before continuing toward the Endless Ocean.
• Ye Yun practiced Ice Force daily, sought guidance from Lu Qingyu, and occasionally discussed the martial path with Li Qinglian.
• Under the moonlight, Ye Yun's Taiyin Spirit Body doubled his comprehension speed as he neared the Perfection Realm.
• Ye Yun broke through to the Perfection Realm, froze his room, and formed an ice dragon to test his stronger Ice Force.
• Ye Yun decided to work toward perfecting Fist Force and possibly comprehending Sword Force during the remaining journey.

Ye Yun and his companions witnessed a powerful Yin-Yang Kunfish blocking the White Jade Flying Ship as it prepared to undergo a tribulation. Lu Qingyu warned them about the mind-bewitching Nightmare in the Endless Ocean and explained that talented beings faced deadly tribulations when advancing.

• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen went onto the deck after the White Jade Flying Ship shook and saw a colossal Yin-Yang Kunfish leap from the sea.
• Li Qinglian identified the creature as a descendant of the Nine Nether Kunpeng, a demon beast with Yin-Yang Force and the power to contend with its legendary ancestor.
• Lu Qingyu ordered the three to the control room, rebuked them for going onto the deck, and explained that Nightmare could bewilder people into jumping into the ocean.
• Lu Qingyu said the Fifth-Tier Yin-Yang Kunfish blocked their route and that the ship had to retreat until it finished passing its tribulation.
• Lu Qingyu explained that the kunfish had to endure a tribulation whenever it advanced in rank, and that exceptionally talented humans also faced deadly Thunder Tribulations when breaking through major realms.

Ye Yun watched the Yin-Yang Kunfish endure its Thunder Tribulation and learned that he would face one when he reached the Spirit Sea Realm. After its gray radiance swallowed the silver lightning, the Kunfish summoned its Yin-Yang Limitless Diagram against a crimson bolt, but the diagram shattered and the lightning tore a massive hole through its body.

• Lu Qingyu told Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen to observe the Yin-Yang Kunfish's tribulation, then left the control room.
• The Yin-Yang Kunfish absorbed wave after wave of silver lightning with its gray radiance, shocking Ye Yun and the others.
• The silver lightning converged into a crimson bolt whose power made Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen sense a world-destroying threat.
• Li Qinglian identified the Kunfish's Yin-Yang Limitless Diagram and explained its three innate divine abilities.
• The crimson bolt shattered the Yin-Yang Limitless Diagram and blasted a massive hole through the Yin-Yang Kunfish's body.

The Yin-Yang Kunfish survived its Thunder Tribulation but was attacked by a Deep-Sea Demon Squid and a Sea-Covering Giant Turtle. Lu Qingyu gave Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen control of the White Jade Flying Ship and sent them away from the coming battle, while he flew toward it himself.

• The Deep-Sea Demon Squid and Sea-Covering Giant Turtle attacked the injured Yin-Yang Kunfish as it began recovering from the Thunder Tribulation.
• Ling Chen identified the attackers, and Ye Yun recalled that the Deep-Sea Demon Squid was a violent fifth-grade predator while the Sea-Covering Giant Turtle was usually gentle.
• Lu Qingyu gave Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen control authority over the White Jade Flying Ship and ordered them to escape while he headed toward the battlefield.
• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen agreed to follow Lu Qingyu's orders, and Ye Yun piloted the ship away from the battle zone.

Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen escaped to a safe distance from the battle between three demonic beasts and took turns recovering and keeping watch. Lu Qingyu returned gravely wounded and urgently ordered them to hide while he controlled the White Jade Flying Ship, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen took turns controlling the White Jade Flying Ship until they were more than a hundred li from the battlefield.
• Ye Yun stayed on watch while Li Qinglian and Ling Chen went to recover, and he worried that Lu Qingyu had remained behind to exploit the battle between the three demonic beasts.
• After watching through the night and hearing roars and seeing strange lights, Ye Yun spotted Lu Qingyu returning from the battlefield in a badly wounded state.
• Lu Qingyu ordered Ye Yun to tell Li Qinglian and Ling Chen to remain in their cabins and keep away from the deck and control room.
• After Ye Yun left, Lu Qingyu spat blood, reflected on his mistake, and began controlling the White Jade Flying Ship.

Ye Yun discovered that a powerful Sixth-Level Yin-Yang Kunfish was pursuing the White Jade Flying Ship, forcing Lu Qingyu to flee with the passengers aboard. After Lu Qingyu announced they had escaped and were changing course toward the True Dragon Continent, he summoned Ye Yun to the control room.

• Ye Yun saw a Sixth-Level Yin-Yang Kunfish emerge from the sea and chase the White Jade Flying Ship.
• Ye Yun told Li Qinglian and Ling Chen about the pursuit and warned them to prepare to flee.
• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen returned to their rooms and waited anxiously while Lu Qingyu piloted the ship away.
• Lu Qingyu told them they had escaped the Yin-Yang Kunfish and were heading toward the True Dragon Continent, but ordered them to remain in their rooms.
• Lu Qingyu summoned Ye Yun alone to the control room, leaving Ye Yun wondering what he wanted to discuss.

Ye Yun met with the gravely injured Lu Qingyu, who asked him to protect his daughter, Lu Hongyi, from the deadly Nine-Yin Severed Meridian Physique. Lu Qingyu revealed that he believed Ye Yun could become the person who saves her, though the chapter ended before Ye Yun responded to this revelation.

• Ye Yun found Lu Qingyu badly wounded and offered him a healing pill, which Lu Qingyu refused.
• Lu Qingyu explained that poison from the Deep-Sea Demon Squid and the use of a martial secret art had left him unlikely to survive, and asked Ye Yun to look after his daughter, Lu Hongyi.
• Lu Qingyu told Ye Yun that Lu Hongyi was an inner disciple of the Heavenly Maiden Pavilion and would die from the Yin Qi in her body if it was not resolved before she turned thirty-five.
• Lu Qingyu revealed that Lu Hongyi had the Nine-Yin Severed Meridian Physique and said he believed Ye Yun was her final hope.
• Lu Qingyu said he had found a method requiring a Life-and-Death Realm martial artist who cultivated a yin-cold attribute to cleanse Lu Hongyi’s bones and marrow.

Ye Yun hesitated to promise he could save Lu Hongyi, but he agreed and swore to resolve her Nine-Yin Severed Meridian Physique if he reached the Life-and-Death Realm in time. Lu Qingyu revealed a Yin-Yang Kunfish egg and explained that the Origin Fusion Method could fuse its origin with Ye Yun’s, though the method required several conditions.

• Ye Yun doubted he could reach the Life-and-Death Realm soon enough to save Lu Hongyi, while Lu Qingyu claimed a secret method could give him a thirty percent chance within twenty years.
• After struggling with the decision, Ye Yun swore upon his martial heart to do everything in his power to resolve Lu Hongyi’s physique if he broke through before her yin energy erupted.
• Lu Qingyu showed Ye Yun a colossal black-and-white egg, which Ye Yun recognized as a Yin-Yang Kunfish egg.
• Lu Qingyu explained that the Origin Fusion Method could fuse the origins of a human and a living being, boosting their strengths and weakening their flaws.
• Lu Qingyu said fusing with the Yin-Yang Kunfish’s origin could increase Ye Yun’s potential and cultivation speed, then warned that the method required several conditions.

Ye Yun learned the requirements for the Origin Fusion Method and discovered that Dao Yan the Great Emperor created it. Lu Qingyu recounted Dao Yan’s rise and disappearance, leaving Ye Yun astonished.

• Lu Qingyu explained that the Origin Fusion Method required a user under thirty with Spirit Sea Realm cultivation, a compatible creature, and a ten-thousand-year medicinal king.
• Ye Yun judged that he could meet the age, cultivation, and compatibility requirements by fusing with the Yin-Yang Kunfish, and resolved to pursue the method.
• Lu Qingyu revealed that Dao Yan the Great Emperor, a Creation Realm martial artist, had created the Origin Fusion Method in one of his cave abodes.
• Lu Qingyu described Dao Yan’s rapid rise from an unremarkable martial artist to a Peerless Great Emperor and his later disappearance.
• Ye Yun listened to Lu Qingyu’s account and was left in shock.