Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun asked Lu Qingyu about the True Dragon Continent and Soul Sense, learning that the continent had no living Creation Realm martial artists and that its major powers concealed Soul Sense to control the Shattered Lands. Lu Qingyu warned Ye Yun to keep the secret to himself, revealing that the powers offered a way to resolve dangers caused by breaking through to the Core Elixir Realm without Soul Sense.

• Ye Yun concluded that Dao Yan the Great Emperor may have risen rapidly by cultivating the Origin Fusion Method and asked Lu Qingyu about the True Dragon Continent's strongest martial artists.
• Lu Qingyu said there were no Creation Realm martial artists alive on the True Dragon Continent and named the five Life-and-Death Realm kings who ruled its domains.
• Ye Yun asked Lu Qingyu about Soul Sense and explained that he had learned of it from a remnant soul in a sect's inheritance secret realm.
• Lu Qingyu warned Ye Yun not to reveal Soul Sense, explaining that the True Dragon Continent's major powers concealed it to control the Shattered Lands and offered a remedy for dangers from entering the Core Elixir Realm without knowing about it.

Ye Yun learned how martial artists from the Shattered Lands were exploited and resolved to become powerful enough to overturn the unjust rules. Before Lu Qingyu died, he entrusted Ye Yun with helping his daughter and told him that the Path of Heavenly Prodigies might yield the Ten-Thousand-Year Medicine King needed for the Origin Fusion Method.

• Lu Qingyu explained that powerful forces exploited martial artists from the Shattered Lands, and Ye Yun resolved to change that once he gained overwhelming strength.
• Ye Yun promised Lu Qingyu that he would help his daughter, Lu Hongyi, resolve her Nine-Yin Severed Meridian Physique after reaching the Life-and-Death Realm.
• Lu Qingyu asked Ye Yun to conceal his impending death from Lu Hongyi, and Ye Yun agreed.
• Lu Qingyu told Ye Yun that the Ancient Secret Realm in the Path of Heavenly Prodigies might contain the Ten-Thousand-Year Medicine King required to cultivate the Origin Fusion Method.
• Lu Qingyu gave Ye Yun a Beast-Taming Bag for the Yin-Yang Kunfish egg and said they would reach the edge of the True Dragon Continent in about a month.

Ye Yun studied the dangerous Origin Fusion Method and continued cultivating as the White Jade Flying Ship approached the True Dragon Continent. Lu Qingyu summoned Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen, then died after explaining that another Emissary would guide them the rest of the way.

• Ye Yun read the Origin Fusion Method manual and discovered its warning against being assimilated by the Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Yun stored the manual and cultivated the Ice Jade Divine Art, determined to prepare for origin fusion.
• After a month of cultivation, Ye Yun reached the peak of the Third-Turn Core Elixir Realm.
• Lu Qingyu summoned Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen to the control room and said the ship was still several hundred li from the True Dragon Continent.
• Lu Qingyu told them to wait for a new Emissary, then died as Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen watched.

After Lu Qingyu died from the Deep-Sea Demon Squid’s poison, Ye Yun and his companions waited for the replacement Emissary. Leng Wuya arrived, learned of Lu Qingyu’s death, and ordered them to follow his ship to the True Dragon Continent while protecting Lu Qingyu’s remains.

• Ye Yun told Li Qinglian and Ling Chen that Lu Qingyu had been poisoned and proposed that they take turns keeping watch while they waited for a new Emissary.
• About five hours later, a larger black flying ship arrived, and its leader, Leng Wuya, identified himself as the Emissary sent to receive them.
• Ye Yun told Leng Wuya that Lu Qingyu had died, prompting Leng Wuya to rush to the control room and see his friend’s corpse.
• Leng Wuya demanded a full account, and Ye Yun recounted the events leading to Lu Qingyu’s death.
• Leng Wuya said he would investigate further after they reached the True Dragon Continent and ordered the three to follow his ship and protect Lu Qingyu’s remains.

Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen followed Leng Wuya toward the True Dragon Continent, where Leng Wuya mourned Lu Qingyu and decided to hide his death from Lu Hongyi. After nearly three months of travel, they saw the continent’s coast and felt its spiritual energy grow stronger.

• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen agreed to follow Leng Wuya’s ship and take turns piloting their own vessel.
• Leng Wuya grieved for Lu Qingyu, recognized that a Deep-Sea Demon Squid’s poison had killed him, and chose not to tell Lu Hongyi yet.
• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen traveled for three days through waters dotted with inhabited islands, concluding that the True Dragon Continent was near.
• Ling Chen spotted the coastline of the True Dragon Continent, and Ye Yun sensed the surrounding spiritual energy growing more than twice as dense.

Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen reached the True Dragon Continent and were awed by its coastline and spiritual energy. Leng Wuya apologized for taking his grief over Lu Qingyu’s death out on them, and they accepted.

• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen saw the True Dragon Continent and urged Ling Chen to speed up the White Jade Flying Ship.
• Leng Wuya accelerated his black flying ship after noticing the White Jade Flying Ship follow faster.
• The group arrived at a huge dock on the True Dragon Continent, where Ye Yun marveled at the ships and surroundings.
• Leng Wuya apologized for his earlier behavior, explaining that grief over Lu Qingyu’s death had caused him to vent his anger on them.
• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen accepted Leng Wuya’s apology, while he hoped to avoid alienating the genius who had controlled their flying ship.

After arriving in Windspirit City, Ye Yun and his companions learned the rules for staying there while awaiting the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial. Ye Yun chose to cultivate rather than explore, leaving Li Qinglian and Ling Chen discouraged by how quickly his martial understanding was advancing.

• Leng Wuya introduced Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen to the geniuses Wang Yao, Li Jianghe, and Zhao Lingshan, then warned them not to cause trouble in Windspirit City.
• Leng Wuya led the six into Windspirit City and left with Lu Qingyu's corpse to bury him.
• Li Qinglian invited Ye Yun to explore the city, but Ye Yun declined so he could try to advance his Fist Force.
• Li Qinglian and Ling Chen abandoned their sightseeing plans and returned to cultivate, while Li Qinglian resolved not to fall too far behind Ye Yun.

Ye Yun entered a wondrous state that accelerated his comprehension of Fist Force and Sword Force, making major breakthroughs before the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial. He identified the state as Martial Dao Heavenly Heart and considered how to enter it again.

• Ye Yun cultivated on a Tranquil Spirit Grass Mat and used the figures in his mind to practice fist arts and sword arts simultaneously.
• Ye Yun's Fist Force reached the Perfection Realm, and he used his new insights to raise the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art to forty layers of fist power.
• Ye Yun's Sword Force reached the Initiation Realm, allowing him to begin cultivating the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art.
• Ye Yun recalled a text describing Martial Dao Heavenly Heart as a state that greatly accelerated comprehension of martial arts.

Ye Yun assessed his cultivation and martial arts goals before heading out alone in Windspirit City to find a sword for training the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art. He entered Myriad Treasures Pavilion and asked to see its finest treasured swords.

• Ye Yun concluded that he had reached a Martial Dao Heart Prototype and reviewed his cultivation, martial arts, and preparation for the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial.
• Ye Yun focused his plans on advancing the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Movement Art, beginning the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art, and comprehending Sword Force.
• Ye Yun cultivated through the night, circulating the Ice Jade Divine Art and slowly advancing his cultivation.
• Ye Yun left Li Qinglian and Ling Chen at the inn and toured Windspirit City, where he purchased several natural treasures.
• Ye Yun entered Myriad Treasures Pavilion and requested a treasured sword; a maidservant left to bring out the shop's finest swords.

Ye Yun examined four fine swords at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion while seeking a weapon suited to the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art. He chose the ice-enhancing Black Obsidian Sword and learned it cost one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Ye Yun waited in a private room as the maid brought out four swords for him to inspect.
• The maid showed Ye Yun the fire-attribute Green Sun Sword, which did not suit his ice-attribute sword art.
• Ye Yun considered the sharp, purple-glowing Purple Star Sword as a possible choice if the other swords proved unsuitable.
• The maid introduced the blood-absorbing Crimson Blood Sword, but Ye Yun rejected it because its attribute did not fit his sword art.
• The maid revealed the Black Radiance Sword, whose ice-attribute enhancement made Ye Yun decide to buy it as the Black Obsidian Sword.
• The maid quoted the Black Obsidian Sword's price as one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Ye Yun negotiated a discount at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion by agreeing to buy cultivation pills along with the Black Obsidian Sword. He bought twenty Fury Origin Pills and left with the sword, while the pavilion invited him to a grand auction in three months.

• Ye Yun bargained with the attendant for a discount on the Black Obsidian Sword by promising to buy pills as well.
• The attendant offered a thirty percent discount for purchases totaling two million Low-Grade Spirit Stones and invited Ye Yun to the pavilion's auction in three months.
• Ye Yun chose twenty Fury Origin Pills after hearing about three pills suited to Core Elixir Realm cultivators.
• Ye Yun paid for his purchases and later examined the Black Obsidian Sword, marveling at its powerful cold.

Ye Yun refined a Fury Origin Pill and discovered his strong physique let him take another after only three days. After three months of cultivation, he broke through to the Fourth-Turn Core Elixir Realm and advanced his Ice Jade Divine Art to the fourth layer, astonishing Li Qinglian and Ling Chen.

• Ye Yun swallowed a Fury Origin Pill and endured its violent medicinal power while refining it with the Ice Jade Divine Art.
• Ye Yun concluded that his tempered body weakened the pill’s side effects, allowing him to take another after three days instead of half a month.
• Over the next three months, Ye Yun cultivated outside Windspirit City and improved his Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art and Movement Art.
• Ye Yun used a Fury Origin Pill to seize a breakthrough opportunity, reaching the Fourth-Turn Core Elixir Realm as his Ice Jade Divine Art advanced to the fourth layer.
• Li Qinglian and Ling Chen hurried to Ye Yun’s room after sensing a freezing aura, then reacted with disbelief when he told them he had broken through.

Ye Yun learned that the upcoming Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial would include rivals far stronger than those he had faced before. He went to the Four Seas Auction House while Li Qinglian and Ling Chen stayed behind to cultivate, and the chapter ended as he began looking over the auction catalog.

• Ye Yun met Leng Wuya, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen, and Leng Wuya announced that the Flying Dragon Boat would arrive the next day to take them to the Ancient Secret Realm.
• Leng Wuya warned the three that some trial participants had reached the Eighth-Turn Core Elixir Realm and might advance to the Spirit Sea Realm inside the secret realm.
• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen thanked Leng Wuya, then Li Qinglian and Ling Chen reflected on how limited their previous view of the martial world had been.
• Ye Yun invited Li Qinglian and Ling Chen to an auction, but both declined so they could focus on cultivation.
• Ye Yun entered the Four Seas Auction House with his invitation and was shown to a second-floor private room, where a maid pointed out the auction catalog.

Ye Yun attended the Four Seas Auction House auction to buy a fourth-grade superior Vitality Pill for the upcoming Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial. After watching many lots sell without bidding, he focused on the Vitality Pill as the auction began for it.

• Ye Yun found a fourth-grade superior Vitality Pill in the catalog and decided it could help him recover if he was injured during the trial.
• Lian Xin opened the auction and introduced the Earthsplitter Spear, which sold to an old man in a green robe for 1.2 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Yun watched the auction without bidding on the early lots.
• Lian Xin presented the Vitality Pill as the sixty-seventh lot, and an arrogant bidder in a second-floor private room opened at 1.5 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Ye Yun won the Vitality Pill for 3.5 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones and verified that it was genuine. As the auction reached its finale, he saw the Heavenly River Fist manual and felt that the water-attributed technique was highly compatible with him.

• Ye Yun bid 3.5 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the Vitality Pill, driving away the remaining bidders and winning the auction.
• A maid brought Ye Yun the pill, which he inspected before paying the agreed price.
• Ye Yun stored the Vitality Pill and watched as the auction’s final ordinary item sold and the finale began.
• Lian Xin revealed the Heavenly River Fist manual as the first finale item.
• Ye Yun recognized the fist technique as potentially water-attributed and at least Spirit-Grade, and decided he wanted it.

At the auction, the Heavenly River Fist drew fierce competition after Lian Xin revealed its connection to the ancient Heavenly Dipper Sect and its former sect-defending art. Ye Yun decided to bid, but Li Wentao raised the price to ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones and invoked the Li Family’s influence.

• Lian Xin explained that the Heavenly River Fist was a Spirit-Grade High-Rank art linked to the Heavenly Dipper Sect and the Tianhe Falling Sun Fist.
• Bidders drove the price up to eight million three hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, led by a woman in private room number five.
• Li Wentao realized the manual might lead to an Earth-Grade Martial Art and ordered a maidservant to exchange lineage assets for Spirit Stones.
• Ye Yun decided to pursue the manual despite its price, valuing the fist technique even if it revealed no further secret.
• Li Wentao bid ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones and asked the crowd to yield the manual to the Li Family.

Ye Yun outbid Li Wentao for the Heavenly River Fist after deciding he could seek the Sect Alliance’s support against the Li Family. He acquired the manual and learned that his compatibility with the high-grade Spirit-rank fist art was nine points, while a hidden secret remained behind it.

• Li Wentao bid ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the Heavenly River Fist and revealed that he was the Li Family’s Third Young Master.
• Ye Yun hesitated to challenge Li Wentao, then decided he could join the Sect Alliance and bid eleven million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lian Xin declared Ye Yun the winner, and Li Wentao threatened to make him pay.
• Ye Yun paid for and received the Heavenly River Fist manual, then learned its grade, potential, and his nine-point compatibility with it.

Ye Yun studied the Heavenly River Fist manual and learned that its incomplete Fist Intent was connected to the lost Tianhe Falling Sun Fist, but he set the matter aside to focus on the upcoming trial. As he and his companions gathered to board the Flying Dragon Boat, Wang Yao revealed that the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial would take place in the True Martial Secret Realm.

• Ye Yun studied the Heavenly River Fist manual, drew insights for improving his Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art, and put the manual away to focus on the trial.
• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen met Leng Wuya and followed him to the Flying Dragon Boat outside Windspirit City.
• Wang Yao reunited with Ye Yun and his companions and said he had learned which secret realm would host the trial.
• Ye Yun gave Wang Yao a Storage Bag in exchange for information about the True Martial Secret Realm.
• Wang Yao explained that the True Martial King had created the realm three thousand years earlier to choose a successor, and that it admitted Core Elixir Realm martial artists under thirty when it opened every three hundred years.

Ye Yun learned that the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial would take place in the True Martial Secret Realm and discovered that a Bronze Token he had found might be connected to it. After cultivating during the journey, he reached Brightmoon Pool with tens of thousands of competitors as a moonlight vortex opened above the lake.

• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen suspected that Wang Yao had withheld information about the True Martial Secret Realm.
• Gongsun Po introduced himself as an outer elder of the Eastern Emperor Sect and led the fighters aboard the Flying Dragon Boat.
• Ye Yun remembered the Bronze Token engraved with "True Martial" and suspected it was linked to the secret realm.
• Ye Yun cultivated for half a month aboard the boat to improve his strength before the trial.
• Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen arrived at Brightmoon Pool and saw at least fifty thousand competitors gathered there.
• A silver-white vortex formed above Brightmoon Pool, and an aged voice urged everyone to enter.

Ye Yun entered the True Martial Secret Realm and learned that killing Illusion Beasts to collect True Martial Hearts was necessary both for the trial ranking and for accessing the True Martial King's inheritance. After defeating his first beast, he chose to gather more hearts before deciding whether to challenge the True Martial Tower, and suspected his Bronze Token might have a special purpose.

• Ye Yun and the other martial artists entered the True Martial Secret Realm after being warned they had to remain for a full year.
• Ye Yun learned that Illusion Beasts carried True Martial Hearts, which could be used to challenge the True Martial Tower and obtain the True Martial King's inheritance.
• Ye Yun realized that pursuing the inheritance and securing a high trial ranking could conflict, so he continued through the realm while postponing his decision.
• A tiger-shaped Illusion Beast attacked Ye Yun, who studied its unusual body before destroying it with a powerful punch.
• Ye Yun collected the beast's seven-colored heart, sensed unknown energy within it, and stored it separately.
• Ye Yun decided to gather more True Martial Hearts before testing whether his Bronze Token had a special purpose, then headed toward another Illusion Beast.