Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun questioned Zhou Wu about the Radiant Sun Alliance and learned that its leader, Meng Tianji, was a Nirvana Realm martial artist and the alliance concealed immense strength. Zhou Wu began explaining the alliance’s secrecy and special mission as Ye Yun asked about the five overlord-level forces.

• Ye Yun doubted Zhou Wu’s claim that Meng Tianji was a Nirvana Realm martial artist, so Zhou Wu explained that his father, Zhou Fuhai, was a vice leader who had told him about Meng Tianji.
• Zhou Wu described the Radiant Sun Alliance’s leaders, elders, and disciples, revealing its considerable strength, and swore upon his martial heart that his account was true.
• Ye Yun asked why the alliance remained little known, and Zhou Wu said its disciples were ordered to hide their strength and that everything would be revealed on Blood Moon Day.
• Zhou Wu revealed that Meng Tianji had secretly ordered him to pass the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial and enter the Desolate Sect.
• Ye Yun asked about the five overlord-level forces, then realized that the Radiant Sun Alliance was composed entirely of martial artists from the Shattered Lands.

Ye Yun questioned Zhou Wu about the East Ancient Domain, the Asura Devil Race, and the Radiant Sun Alliance, then took Zhou Wu’s Storage Bags and left the valley with Jin Yuanbao. Word spread through the True Martial Secret Realm that Ye Yun had secured the trial’s championship.

• Zhou Wu explained that the Great Xia Celestial Dynasty suppressed the Asura Devil Race at the Demon Abyss and that the Alchemist Alliance rarely recruited disciples because few met its aptitude requirements.
• Ye Yun let Zhou Wu leave after demanding all five of his Storage Bags, intending to keep him useful for learning the Radiant Sun Alliance’s secrets.
• Ye Yun found more than sixty thousand True Martial Hearts and substantial Spirit Stones and valuables in Zhou Wu’s Storage Bags.
• Ye Yun helped Jin Yuanbao leave the valley, while news of Ye Yun’s likely championship spread among the surviving martial artists.

Ye Yun and Jin Yuanbao discussed their plans after the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial, and Jin explained why he had hoped to join the Desolate Sect. Ye Yun learned that the sect’s lost treasure was the Sea-Change Pagoda, the same little tower he had obtained from Bing Qianyue.

• Ye Yun reassured the recovering Jin Yuanbao that he did not blame him for the trouble with the Radiant Sun Alliance, and Jin pledged lifelong friendship in return.
• Jin Yuanbao said he had once aimed to join the Desolate Sect but now hoped to gather enough True Martial Hearts to enter one of the Eight Great Sects.
• Ye Yun asked why Jin preferred the Desolate Sect over the Sword God Sect and Blade Saint Sect, and Jin explained that the Desolate Sect had once been the East Ancient Domain’s strongest power.
• Jin Yuanbao revealed that the Desolate Sect declined after losing its sect-defending treasure, the Sea-Change Pagoda.
• Ye Yun recognized the Sea-Change Pagoda as the little tower he had obtained from Bing Qianyue.

After learning that the Sea-Change Pagoda could accelerate time tenfold, Ye Yun decided to join the Desolate Sect in hopes of finding a way to control it. At dawn, he left Jin Yuanbao a Storage Bag and departed toward the True Martial Secret Realm.

• Ye Yun asked Jin Yuanbao about the Sea-Change Pagoda and learned that it contained its own space and made one day inside equal ten days outside.
• Ye Yun hid the fact that the Sea-Change Pagoda was in his dantian and resolved to keep it secret until he could protect it.
• Ye Yun reconsidered joining the Sword God Sect and chose the Desolate Sect because it might know how to control the pagoda.
• After a night of cultivation, Ye Yun left a Storage Bag beside the sleeping Jin Yuanbao and set off, promising they would meet again outside the True Martial Secret Realm.

Ye Yun gave Jin Yuanbao ten thousand True Martial Hearts, then spent the final month of the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial tempering his foundation and comprehending new martial realms. He awakened Lunar Force and suspected it was stirring a hidden power within his body.

• Ye Yun left Jin Yuanbao a Storage Bag containing ten thousand True Martial Hearts, and Jin Yuanbao vowed to repay his kindness.
• With three days left in the trial, Ye Yun continued meditating atop True Martial Mountain instead of hunting Illusion Beasts.
• Ye Yun resisted the secret realm's growing repulsive force and restored his martial foundation through a month of quiet cultivation.
• Ye Yun advanced his Fist Force and Ice Force from the Perfection Realm to the Half-Step Intent Realm.
• While observing the sun and moon, Ye Yun comprehended Lunar Force and sensed that it was awakening a hidden Lunar Power within him.

Ye Yun learned that Lunar Power could greatly nourish his soul and increase his spiritual power, strengthening his resolve to master it. The Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial ended with only a few hundred survivors, including Ye Yun, Li Qinglian, and Ling Chen, who thanked Ye Yun for helping them pass.

• Ye Yun realized Lunar Power had increased his spiritual power by at least fifty percent and focused on comprehending Lunar Force further.
• Three days later, a seven-colored light swept through the True Martial Secret Realm and transported every surviving martial artist outside.
• The True Martial Spirit hoped Xuanyuan Wudi or Ye Yun would pass the True Martial Tower's trial and inherit the True Martial King's legacy.
• Xuanyuan Wudi appeared outside the secret realm with his cultivation advanced to the Peak Early Spirit Sea Realm.
• Several hundred survivors emerged from the secret realm, and an aged voice told them the trial results would be tallied in half an hour.
• Li Qinglian and Ling Chen congratulated Ye Yun, and Ling Chen thanked him for helping them pass the trial.

Ye Yun prepared to claim the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial championship, while Li Qinglian and Ling Chen declined his offer of True Martial Hearts. After Xuanyuan Wudi gave him the remaining stakes, Ye Yun submitted his trial score, and Bai Wuya began announcing the final rankings.

• Ye Yun told Li Qinglian and Ling Chen they could seek his help at the Desolate Sect, but they refused his offer of six thousand True Martial Hearts each.
• Xuanyuan Wudi gave Ye Yun one hundred thousand True Martial Hearts, including his own share, and said he would challenge Ye Yun again in the Central Heavenly Domain.
• Ye Yun handed over all but ten thousand of his True Martial Hearts, submitting a score of one hundred and seventy-five thousand six hundred.
• Bai Wuya of the Sword God Sect displayed the final rankings of the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial.

Ye Yun topped the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial, narrowly beating Meng Yulong, who had gathered True Martial Hearts through the help of Radiant Sun Alliance martial artists. Bai Wuya announced the generous tiered rewards and personally handed Ye Yun his champion’s rewards, leaving Ye Yun to receive them.

• The golden light screen ranked Ye Yun first with 173,150 True Martial Hearts and Meng Yulong second with 129,500.
• Ye Yun suspected Meng Yulong was connected to Radiant Sun Alliance leader Meng Tianji, while Meng Yulong resented Ye Yun for taking the championship he had planned to win.
• Bai Wuya announced the rewards for each ranking tier, including sect admission opportunities, spirit stones, pills, and martial art inheritances.
• Bai Wuya personally gave Ye Yun a Storage Bag containing his double champion’s rewards and asked him to check the contents.

Ye Yun weighed invitations from the major sects and decided to join the Desolate Sect because of its powerful foundations and its connection to the Sea-Change Pagoda. He arrived at the Desolate Sect’s encampment to give them his answer.

• Bai Wuya invited Ye Yun to join the Sword God Sect, but Ye Yun politely asked for time to consider his choice.
• Over the next three days, the Blade Saint Sect, the Desolate Sect, and the Eight Great Sects offered Ye Yun generous terms, including the Grand Void Sect’s promise of resources and true-disciple status.
• Ye Yun chose the Desolate Sect, hoping to find the Sea-Change Pagoda’s control method and earn the sect’s support by matching the Three Heroes and Five Elites.
• Ye Yun ended his cultivation early and went to the Desolate Sect’s encampment, where the person in charge of the trial stepped forward to greet him.

Ye Yun joined the Desolate Sect as an inner disciple and learned about its history, hierarchy, and immense strength from Fu Shanshan. After the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial ended, he and the other new recruits departed for the Desolate Sect aboard Dongfang He's flying vessel.

• Ye Yun asked Dongfang He to join the Desolate Sect, and Dongfang He accepted him as an inner disciple.
• Fu Shanshan welcomed Ye Yun and introduced him to Leng Lie and Zhang Qi, fellow inner disciples.
• Fu Shanshan explained the Desolate Sect's long history, membership, ranks, and powerful leaders.
• The trial ended, and Li Qinglian, Ling Chen, Jin Yuanbao, Meng Fan, and Qian Duoduo departed with their new sects or representatives.
• Dongfang He summoned a bronze flying vessel, and Ye Yun and the other Desolate Sect recruits boarded it for the journey to the sect.

After joining the Desolate Sect, Ye Yun cultivated in its Ice Bamboo Grove and assessed the gap between his strength and that of the sect’s inner disciples. With fewer than a thousand Sect Points left, he decided to seek a trade with another disciple to obtain more.

• Ye Yun finished cultivating in the Ice Bamboo Grove and reflected on the Desolate Sect’s superior cultivation conditions.
• Ye Yun set a goal to become the number one inner sect disciple within three years, beginning by breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Ye Yun checked his identity token and found that he had spent nearly all the ten thousand Sect Points awarded for winning the Path of Heavenly Prodigies trial.
• Ye Yun considered missions, trading, and hunting Wasteland Beasts as ways to obtain Sect Points, but ruled out missions and hunting for now.
• Ye Yun changed direction to look for an inner sect disciple willing to trade Sect Points.

Ye Yun visited Fu Shanshan to exchange two Martial Arts Vouchers for Sect Points because he had nearly exhausted his supply cultivating in the Attribute Cultivation Grounds. He left with the vouchers exchanged, while Fu Shanshan suspected his arrival would bring great changes to the Desolate Sect.

• Ye Yun visited Fu Shanshan and explained that he needed more Sect Points.
• Fu Shanshan offered to lend Ye Yun ten thousand Sect Points, but he clarified that he wanted to exchange two Martial Arts Vouchers instead.
• Fu Shanshan worried Ye Yun was sacrificing martial arts opportunities for cultivation points, but he assured her he had considered the decision carefully.
• Fu Shanshan explained that each voucher could be exchanged for about two hundred thousand Sect Points, and Ye Yun insisted on exchanging both.
• Half an hour later, Ye Yun left Fu Shanshan's residence with the Sect Points, while Fu Shanshan anticipated that his arrival might transform the Desolate Sect.

Over more than half a year at the Desolate Sect, Ye Yun steadily improved his martial arts and cultivation while continuing to train in the Ice Bamboo Grove. Though he had not yet reached the Spirit Sea Realm, he had cleared the hidden dangers from his earlier breakthroughs and entered the grove for another night of cultivation.

• Ye Yun planned to temper his True Essence until he could combine it with the Soul Sense in his Elixir Core and break through to the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Over six months, Ye Yun raised the Ice Jade Divine Art to the eighth level, strengthened his Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art to one hundred layers of fist force, and advanced his movement art and sword art to the Major Accomplishment Realm.
• Ye Yun improved his Fist Force, Ice Force, Sword Force, and Lunar Force through daily practice, consolidating his strength and becoming better prepared to face Xuanyuan Wudi again.
• Ye Yun continued cultivating at night in the Ice Bamboo Grove, where his Taiyin Spirit Body and the dense ice-attribute spiritual energy helped his cultivation advance and eliminated the hidden dangers from his consecutive breakthroughs.
• Ye Yun greeted Elder Wu, explained that diligence could help him catch up with True Dragon Continent natives, and entered the Ice Bamboo Grove to cultivate.

Ye Yun used the Ice Bamboo Grove to break through from the Elixir Core Realm to the Spirit Sea Realm. As his body and dantian transformed, other cultivators and Elder Wu noticed the enormous phenomenon, while his breakthrough was still underway.

• Ye Yun entered Area 88 of Zone A in the Ice Bamboo Grove and began cultivating after six months of preparation.
• Ye Yun gathered ice-attribute spiritual energy, expanded his Elixir Core, and repeatedly struck it with his mental power and Soul Sense.
• Ye Yun shattered his Elixir Core and used his mental power to hold its fragments together as a vast spiritual-energy vortex formed over Area 88.
• Ice-attribute spiritual energy transformed Ye Yun's body and merged with the core fragments, filling his dantian with spiritual power as it began turning into a Spirit Sea.
• A sturdy young man in Area 58 and a graceful woman in Area 21 noticed Ye Yun's breakthrough, and Elder Wu recognized that the phenomenon came from Ye Yun's area.

Ye Yun broke through to the Spirit Sea Realm, setting a Desolate Sect record and earning a Sect Points reward. After Elder Wu told him about the upcoming Hunting Tournament, Ye Yun headed home, already planning how to collect as many Wasteland Cores as possible.

• Ye Yun completed his breakthrough into the Spirit Sea Realm and found that his strength had increased dramatically.
• Ye Yun told Elder Wu that his breakthrough had caused the earlier phenomenon, and Elder Wu praised him for advancing faster than any previous warrior from the Shattered Lands.
• Elder Wu awarded Ye Yun a thousand Sect Points for breaking the sect record for the fastest breakthrough into the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Elder Wu explained that the Hunting Tournament would begin in three months and let participants earn double Sect Points for Wasteland Cores.
• Ye Yun left for his residence, determined to join the tournament and considering how to kill more Wasteland Beasts during its month-long run.

After breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm, Ye Yun planned to enter the Hunting Tournament to earn Sect Points and later seek Bing Qianyue’s true inheritance in the Ice Abyss. He visited the Scripture Repository to choose two Profound-Grade Low-Rank Martial Arts, and began searching for an offensive fist technique.

• Ye Yun decided to join the upcoming Hunting Tournament because he needed more Sect Points to sustain his cultivation.
• Ye Yun planned to focus on mastering martial arts and his martial path realm, then seek Bing Qianyue’s true inheritance after the tournament.
• Ye Yun went to Grand Void Peak to claim the two Profound-Grade Low-Rank Martial Arts allowed to newly advanced Spirit Sea Realm inner disciples.
• Elder He verified Ye Yun’s cultivation and gave him one hour to choose his martial arts on the Scripture Repository’s third floor.
• Ye Yun entered the Profound-Grade Low-Rank Martial Arts section and headed for the offensive techniques, intending to select a fist technique and a movement technique.

Ye Yun discovered that his evolved special ability could judge compatibility from martial arts introductions and selected the Profound-Grade Low-Rank Heavenly Frost Fist. He found no movement art that satisfied him before his time ran out, so he took the Mayfly Movement Art and left.

• Ye Yun realized his special ability could assess martial arts compatibility from their introductions and linked the change to his transformation into a Taiyin Spirit Body.
• Ye Yun examined manuals on several bookshelves and found that Heavenly Frost Fist had the highest compatibility at sixteen points.
• Ye Yun used his identity token to remove the light curtain and took the Heavenly Frost Fist manual.
• Ye Yun searched the movement arts section but found no art he particularly wanted before his two-hour limit expired.
• Ye Yun took the Mayfly Movement Art and headed downstairs, noting its long-distance speed differed from the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Movement Art's combat evasion.

Ye Yun cultivated the Profound-Grade Low-Rank Heavenly Frost Fist, rapidly mastering its moves and developing its Heavenfrost Cold Qi and weather-controlling power. As the Hunting Tournament approached, he declined Meng Fan’s invitation to team up, choosing to compete alone.

• Ye Yun read the Heavenly Frost Fist manual and realized that perfecting it could help him enter the Ice Intent Realm.
• Ye Yun practiced the fist in the Ice Bamboo Grove and mastered its moves in less than two hours.
• Ye Yun cultivated the Heavenly Frost Fist with spiritual energy, producing Heavenfrost Cold Qi and creating an icy domain that strengthened his martial arts.
• More than half a month passed, and the Desolate Sect grew busy as the Hunting Tournament approached.
• Meng Fan invited Ye Yun to form a team for the tournament, but Ye Yun declined because he preferred acting alone.

Ye Yun put off Meng Fan’s and Fu Shanshan’s invitations to join their Hunting Tournament teams, while continuing to train for the event. He improved his Heavenly Frost Fist and Mayfly Movement Art and learned to combine them.

• Meng Fan urged Ye Yun to join a team of martial artists from the Shattered Lands, but Ye Yun said he would decide when the Hunting Tournament began.
• Fu Shanshan invited Ye Yun to hunt Wasteland Beasts with her group, and Ye Yun again asked for time to consider.
• Ye Yun went to the Ice Bamboo Grove to train, having advanced the Heavenly Frost Fist to the peak of the Minor Achievement Realm.
• Ye Yun combined the Heavenly Frost Fist with the Mayfly Movement Art, which he had also trained to the Minor Achievement Realm.

Ye Yun advanced the Heavenly Frost Fist to the Major Accomplishment Realm, greatly expanding its cold qi and weather-controlling range before the Hunting Tournament. At the tournament’s entrance, he refused Fu Shanshan’s invitation to join her team and met the true disciple Dongfang Yu.

• Ye Yun recovered his spiritual power in the Ice Bamboo Grove and resumed training with the Heavenly Frost Fist.
• Ye Yun broke through to the Major Accomplishment Realm, extending his Heavenfrost Cold Qi to three feet and his weather influence to three li.
• Ye Yun spent five days preparing, then arrived at the Wasteland Plains as the Hunting Tournament began.
• Fu Shanshan invited Ye Yun to join her team, but he declined because he preferred to hunt alone.
• Fu Shanshan introduced Dongfang Yu, a powerful Desolate Sect true disciple and nephew of Elder Dongfang He, to Ye Yun.