Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun activated the Bronze Token in the True Martial Secret Realm and learned it could refine Origin Power from True Martial Hearts to accelerate cultivation. The token’s full power would let him control the realm only after he passed all ninety-nine floors of the True Martial Tower.

• After two months in the True Martial Secret Realm, Ye Yun had collected over five thousand True Martial Hearts and advanced to the late Fourth-Turn Core Elixir Realm.
• Ye Yun worried that stronger martial artists would seize True Martial Hearts in the final battle, so he decided to use the Bronze Token to speed up his cultivation.
• Ye Yun took out the Bronze Token, which absorbed energy from the realm and nearly a thousand True Martial Hearts before sending streams of light into his glabella and dantian.
• Ye Yun learned that the True Martial King had forged the Bronze Token and that passing all ninety-nine floors of the True Martial Tower would grant its holder control of the secret realm.
• Ye Yun discovered that the Bronze Token could refine Origin Power from True Martial Hearts, allowing him to cultivate with energy more potent than spiritual energy.

Ye Yun used the Bronze Token to transform Origin Power and accelerate his cultivation, then decided to focus on collecting True Martial Hearts for the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial. After nearly five days of cultivating, he broke through to the Fifth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm.

• Ye Yun learned that the Bronze Token could transform Origin Power and help him cultivate while perceiving the dao rhythms of heaven and earth.
• Ye Yun cultivated with the Bronze Token overnight, improving his Ice Force comprehension and gaining insight into the dao rhythm of water.
• Ye Yun decided to postpone challenging the True Martial Tower and gather True Martial Hearts to achieve a strong result in the trial.
• Ye Yun cultivated for nearly five days with transformed Origin Power, then broke through from the Fourth-Turn Core Elixir Realm to the Fifth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm.

Five months after entering the True Martial Secret Realm, Ye Yun had advanced to the Eighth-Turn Core Elixir Realm and greatly improved his martial arts while hunting Illusion Beasts. Seeking to reach the Ninth Revolution before the final battle, he chose to challenge a powerful Dragon Illusion Beast King.

• Ye Yun defeated a glass-colored elephant-shaped Illusion Beast and collected its True Martial Heart.
• Ye Yun reflected on his progress, including his advances in cultivation, movement, swordsmanship, fist art, and Ice Jade Divine Art.
• Ye Yun decided to face an Illusion Beast King to test himself against Spirit Sea Realm strength and break through his bottleneck.
• Ye Yun found a Dragon Illusion Beast King sleeping in a secluded valley and sensed that it was among the three strongest in the realm.
• Ye Yun chose to challenge the Dragon Illusion Beast King.

Ye Yun fought the Dragon Illusion Beast King, using his speed to wear down the much stronger beast while suffering serious injuries and losing True Essence. He led it back to the valley, climbed its highest peak, and raised the Black Radiance Sword to begin his chosen attack.

• Ye Yun ambushed the sleeping Dragon Illusion Beast King with a punch, waking it and drawing its furious counterattack.
• Ye Yun dodged the beast's claw but was struck by its tail, sent crashing through trees and left injured.
• Ye Yun used his speed to evade attacks and land repeated blows, gradually injuring and tiring the Dragon Illusion Beast King while his own injuries and dwindling True Essence worsened.
• Ye Yun decided on a method to kill the beast and ran toward the valley with it in pursuit.
• Ye Yun climbed the valley's highest peak, summoned the Black Radiance Sword, and slashed down at the Dragon Illusion Beast King.

Ye Yun killed the Dragon Illusion Beast King with a strike that surpassed his limits, then recovered and used the battle’s lessons to clarify his path forward. Ten days later, he broke through to the Ninth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm, leaving only the Spirit Sea Realm ahead.

• Ye Yun combined his powers into an ice-blue sword strike that killed the Dragon Illusion Beast King and carved a vast pit into the valley.
• Ye Yun awoke injured, claimed the giant True Martial Heart, and used a Vitality Pill to heal most of his wounds.
• Ye Yun assessed the gap between his strength and the Spirit Sea Realm, while the battle loosened his cultivation bottleneck.
• After ten days of recovery, Ye Yun cultivated in a hidden valley and absorbed energy converted by the Bronze Token.
• Ye Yun broke through to the Ninth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm, reaching its highest level.

Ye Yun entered the True Martial Secret Realm's core region, where he rapidly gathered True Martial Hearts by defeating hostile teams and cultivating. At midnight, six black-clad archers ambushed him, and he met their powerful flaming arrow with a sword strike.

• Li Qinglian and Ling Chen recovered in a cave after Zhou Wu's group ambushed them, stole Ling Chen's Storage Bag, and forced them to flee with serious injuries.
• Ye Yun entered the core region and defeated martial artists who tried to steal his True Martial Hearts.
• Ye Yun killed four teams totaling seventeen martial artists and collected roughly three thousand True Martial Hearts.
• Ye Yun cultivated beside his campfire until six black-clad figures attacked him with arrows.
• Ye Yun dodged the barrage and swung the Black Obsidian Sword at a flaming arrow fired from the young-master-like attacker's crimson crossbow.

Ye Yun fought Li Yu and his four subordinates, then used his newly created Shadowless sword move to pierce Li Yu’s chest. The chapter ended with A-Da, A-Er, and the others arriving just as Li Yu was struck.

• Ye Yun killed A-San during the confusion caused by his clash with Li Yu’s flaming arrow.
• Li Yu ordered A-Da, A-Er, and two other men to surround Ye Yun while he prepared to attack from a distance.
• Ye Yun dodged the subordinates’ attacks, blocked Li Yu’s flaming arrows, and charged toward him.
• Li Yu put away his crossbow and fought Ye Yun with an ink-jade saber, then tried to negotiate when Ye Yun gained the advantage.
• Ye Yun used his Shadowless sword move to pierce Li Yu’s chest as A-Da, A-Er, and the others arrived.

Ye Yun defeated Li Yu and learned that Li Yu belonged to the influential Radiant Sun Alliance. Although Ye Yun agreed to hear the group’s explanation and discuss compensation, he still intended to kill them.

• Ye Yun held Li Yu at swordpoint after piercing his chest and demanded to know why he had attacked.
• A-Da offered True Martial Hearts to spare Li Yu, and Ye Yun demanded compensation before asking what the Radiant Sun Alliance was.
• Li Yu threatened Ye Yun with the Alliance’s power, so Ye Yun knocked him unconscious with the flat of his sword.
• A-Da explained the Radiant Sun Alliance’s origins and influence after Ye Yun forced the group to answer.
• Ye Yun decided he would not let the attackers go and asked A-Da to discuss compensation.

Ye Yun learned that Ling Chen's Storage Bag had passed through Zhou Wu's hands after two martial artists escaped his pursuit, and that the leading prodigies had gathered at the True Martial Tower to determine the trial rankings. After killing A-Da and his companions and dealing with Li Yu, Ye Yun faced a choice between searching for Ling Chen and Li Qinglian or heading to the tower.

• Ye Yun recognized Ling Chen's Storage Bag among A-Da's belongings and learned that Zhou Wu's servants had pursued two martial artists who escaped.
• A-Da told Ye Yun that Zhou Wu and the other prodigies were likely at the True Martial Tower, where they would compete for the trial rankings using True Martial Hearts as stakes.
• Ye Yun killed A-Er and the other two men, then caught and killed A-Da as he fled.
• Ye Yun returned to deal with Li Yu, cleaned up the battlefield, and settled in a concealed tree hollow.
• Ye Yun debated whether to search for Ling Chen and Li Qinglian or go to the True Martial Tower first.

Ye Yun searched for Ling Chen and Li Qinglian after hearing they had been driven into the Profound Yin Ravine. He found them bloodied and trapped by the Giant Python Phantom Beast King, and prepared to attack it.

• Ye Yun chose to search for Ling Chen and Li Qinglian before challenging the True Martial Tower, hoping to perfect his Selfless Realm soon.
• After half a month of searching, Ye Yun learned that a group of warriors had driven Ling Chen and Li Qinglian into the Profound Yin Ravine.
• Ye Yun killed the seven or eight warriors waiting at the ravine entrance and entered the deadly cold depths.
• Ye Yun followed a roar to the ravine's depths and found Ling Chen and Li Qinglian cornered by the Giant Python Phantom Beast King.
• Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm and gathered the ravine's energy into the Black Obsidian Sword as he prepared to attack the beast.

Ye Yun fought the Giant Python Phantom Beast King while Ling Chen and Li Qinglian watched in disbelief at his strength. As Ye Yun’s aura weakened, he struck the beast’s vital point with his Shadowless sword move and defeated it, leaving behind a gigantic True Martial Heart.

• Ling Chen and Li Qinglian warned Ye Yun to flee when the Giant Python Phantom Beast King charged him.
• Ye Yun battled the beast, wounding it and matching its power with techniques that raised him to Spirit Sea Realm strength.
• Ling Chen and Li Qinglian realized Ye Yun could rival a Spirit Sea Realm martial artist and worried as his aura began to weaken.
• Ye Yun dodged the beast’s attack and unleashed more than ten Sword Qis at its vital point with Shadowless.
• The Giant Python Phantom Beast King vanished in a streak of light, leaving a gigantic True Martial Heart behind.

Ye Yun recovered after defeating the Giant Python Phantom Beast King and helped Li Qinglian and Ling Chen leave the dangerous core region. He then broke through to the Perfection Realm of the Selfless Realm, preparing to head for the True Martial Tower.

• Ye Yun collapsed after defeating the Giant Python Phantom Beast King, and Li Qinglian and Ling Chen helped him recover from the secret art’s aftereffects.
• Li Qinglian and Ling Chen thanked Ye Yun for saving them and pledged to repay him, while Ye Yun urged them to help one another as fellow martial artists from the Shattered Lands.
• Three days later, Ye Yun sent Li Qinglian and Ling Chen to the secret realm’s middle region to hunt weaker Illusion Beasts and improve their trial results.
• Ye Yun used Origin Power and his insights into the Dao rhythms of heaven and earth to attack the bottleneck in his Selfless Realm.
• Ye Yun shattered the bottleneck and advanced his Selfless Realm from Major Accomplishment to Perfection.

Ye Yun perfected the Selfless Realm, gaining the Seamless Limit and enough strength to face Spirit Sea Realm opponents without fear. He arrived at the True Martial Tower, where he learned that four Spirit Sea Realm martial artists dominated the contest and that the others had to stake five thousand True Martial Hearts.

• Ye Yun comprehended the perfected Selfless Realm’s Seamless Limit, which let him control its enhancement and greatly reduced its consumption.
• At the True Martial Tower, Ouyang He, Situ Lanlan, Shangguan Wuxiu, and Meng Fan waited for Xuanyuan Wudi before beginning the contest.
• Ye Yun traveled for three days to reach the True Martial Tower and sensed four Spirit Sea Realm martial artists among the gathered crowd.
• Ye Yun calmly released his Ninth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm aura, causing the gathered martial artists to lose interest in him.
• Jin Yuanbao told Ye Yun that the four Spirit Sea Realm martial artists had the advantage and that the others had to stake five thousand True Martial Hearts.

Ye Yun learned that Ninth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm martial artists had to stake five thousand True Martial Hearts because the powerful lineages backing four prodigies controlled the rules. Xuanyuan Wudi, the famed strongest prodigy from Ferocious Kun Island, arrived and entered the True Martial Tower, followed by the four other prodigies; Ye Yun then entered as well.

• Jin Yuanbao told Ye Yun that Ninth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm martial artists had to stake five thousand True Martial Hearts for the Spirit Sea Realm martial artists.
• Jin Yuanbao explained that Meng Fan, Situ Lanlan, Ouyang He, and Shangguan Wuxiu were backed by powerful lineages from four of the strongest Shattered Lands.
• When Ye Yun asked about Ferocious Kun Island, Jin Yuanbao warned him not to speak of it, but Xuanyuan Wudi suddenly appeared.
• Xuanyuan Wudi entered the True Martial Tower without acknowledging Situ Lanlan, and Shangguan Wuxiu, Ouyang He, Meng Fan, and Situ Lanlan followed.
• Jin Yuanbao revealed that Xuanyuan Wudi was Ferocious Kun Island's prodigy and the trial's publicly acknowledged strongest heavenly prodigy.
• Ye Yun thanked Jin Yuanbao and entered the True Martial Tower.

Ye Yun entered the True Martial Tower and showed the True Martial Spirit his Bronze Token, which she identified as the True Martial Token and accepted him as an inheritor. He began the harder inheritor challenge and arrived in an arena, where an arrogant voice prepared to face him.

• Ye Yun entered the True Martial Tower, surprising Jin Yuanbao and the watching martial artists.
• Ye Yun paid ten thousand True Martial Hearts and asked the woman in white her name; she identified herself as the True Martial Spirit.
• Ye Yun showed the True Martial Spirit his Bronze Token, and she recognized it as the True Martial Token and declared him an inheritor.
• The True Martial Spirit explained that his challenge would be fifty percent harder but would reward him with a treasure for every two floors he cleared.
• Ye Yun accepted the challenge, passed through the seven-colored gate, and arrived atop an arena surrounded by clouds.
• An arrogant voice from a floating stretch of land said it would take its time playing with Ye Yun to avoid being bored for centuries.

Ye Yun fought Bloodman Butcher in the True Martial Tower trial and learned from the slave’s refined combat style as their battle intensified. After gaining considerable experience, Ye Yun began considering ending the fight, but the chapter left the duel unresolved.

• Bloodman Butcher taunted Ye Yun and attacked first, striking with his Exploding Fist.
• Ye Yun dodged and countered with the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art, matching Bloodman Butcher’s strength despite his lower cultivation.
• Ye Yun and Bloodman Butcher exchanged fierce attacks, and Ye Yun studied and began incorporating Bloodman Butcher’s combat techniques.
• Bloodman Butcher realized Ye Yun’s fighting strength was rising and decided to injure him before the challenges ahead.
• Bloodman Butcher launched a reckless assault, forcing Ye Yun to focus entirely on the fight as he prepared to bring it to an end.

Ye Yun defeated Bloodman Butcher in the first trial and developed a Force Realm technique he named Heaven-and-Earth Prison. After recovering, he pondered whether to pursue deeper mastery of the Force Realm or follow established martial paths, then faced a red-clad woman as the second trial began.

• Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm and killed Bloodman Butcher with Ten Thousand Layered Waves.
• Ye Yun used the trial's recovery period to restore his strength and refine his new technique, Heaven-and-Earth Prison, which suppressed enemies with the Heaven-and-Earth Grand Momentum.
• Ye Yun considered whether to pursue the Force Realm to its ultimate depth or follow the martial realms pioneered by others, but set the choice aside.
• The second trial began as Ye Yun's arena rose, and a red-clad woman arrived and eyed him hungrily.
• Ye Yun received the rules for the second trial: he had to defeat or kill the red-clad woman to advance.

Ye Yun used Heaven-and-Earth Prison to defeat the woman in red and received Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rock Marrow as a reward. After clearing two more levels, he faced Ning Mang on the fifth level, where the challenge was to withstand Ning Mang’s attacks for a quarter of an hour.

• Ye Yun restrained the woman in red with Heaven-and-Earth Prison and killed her with a punch.
• Ye Yun claimed and swallowed a drop of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rock Marrow, restoring his True Essence and slightly improving it.
• Ye Yun cleared the third and fourth levels, receiving two more drops of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rock Marrow on the fourth level.
• Ye Yun considered how difficult the next challenge might be and began the fifth-level challenge.
• Ning Mang descended onto the arena, and the True Martial Spirit told Ye Yun he had to withstand Ning Mang’s attacks for a quarter of an hour.

Ye Yun learned from Ning Mang that the True Martial King's inheritance remained unclaimed because the King had died attempting to break through to the Creation Realm. Ning Mang then tested Ye Yun's strength, recognized his Ice Jade Divine Art, and demanded to see how well he had inherited Ice Venerable's techniques.

• Ye Yun asked Ning Mang about inheritors, and Ning Mang said he had last encountered one more than six hundred years earlier.
• Ning Mang explained that the True Martial King had been on the verge of reaching the Creation Realm, had died from the backlash of his failed breakthrough, and had imprisoned former opponents throughout the True Martial Tower to help select an inheritor.
• Ning Mang described the Creation Realm as the realm beyond life, death, and reincarnation, and said it granted true immortality.
• Ning Mang suppressed his strength to the Ninth Revolution of the Core Elixir Realm and attacked Ye Yun, whose Heaven-and-Earth Grand Momentum could not restrain Ning Mang's Intent Realm.
• Ye Yun infused the gathered Heaven-and-Earth Grand Momentum into his attack and blocked Ning Mang's punch, but the rebounding force sent him flying dozens of meters.
• Ning Mang recognized the Ice Jade Divine Art in Ye Yun's body, learned that Ye Yun had received Master Bing Qianyue's inheritance, and attacked again to test his mastery.

Ye Yun overcame his fear of Ning Mang and fought him head-on, then unleashed a rudimentary form of Man-Sword Unity after being knocked back. He trapped Ning Mang with Heaven-and-Earth Grand Momentum as his enormous icy-blue sword began its attack.

• Ye Yun's icy-blue Sword Qi failed to break through Ning Mang's Vajra Shield, and Ning Mang challenged him to stop evading.
• Ye Yun recognized and cast off his fear, then charged Ning Mang with Ten Thousand Layered Waves and shattered the golden barrier.
• Ning Mang's counterattack struck Ye Yun in the abdomen and sent him flying, then continued pressing the assault.
• Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm under a fivefold enhancement and transformed with the Black Radiance Sword into an enormous icy-blue sword.
• Ye Yun attacked with the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art, drawing in ice-attributed spiritual energy and binding Ning Mang with Heaven-and-Earth Grand Momentum.