Chapter Summaries

Ye Yun joined the Desolate Sect's Hunting Tournament despite Dongfang Yu's hostility and entered the Wasteland Plains to hunt Wasteland Beasts. He set his sights on placing in the top ten and attacked his first beast, a Spider Desolate Beast.

• Ye Yun declined Fu Shanshan's invitation to team up after Dongfang Yu warned and insulted him.
• Zhao Qianshan announced that contestants would be ranked by the number of Wasteland Cores they collected and that the top ten would receive an extra reward.
• Ye Yun entered the Wasteland Plains and headed southeast toward the outer region.
• Ye Yun found a Spider Desolate Beast feeding and lunged at it with his Black Obsidian Sword.

Ye Yun killed a Spider Desolate Beast and entered the dangerous Desolate Forest to hunt for Wasteland Cores and Sect Points. After half a month of fighting, he had gathered a hundred cores and survived several near-death encounters.

• Ye Yun trapped a Spider Desolate Beast with the Heaven-and-Earth Prison, killed it with a sword thrust, and took its Wasteland Core and valuable flesh.
• Ye Yun headed for the Desolate Forest despite sensing danger, hoping to collect more Wasteland Cores and earn Sect Points.
• After half a month in the forest, Ye Yun fought and killed a nearly Intermediate-rank Fierce Tiger Desolate Beast using Heavenfrost Cold Qi and Heavenly Frost Fist.
• Ye Yun retreated to a hidden cave and celebrated gathering a hundred Wasteland Cores, though he had nearly died several times to obtain them.

After collecting a hundred Wasteland Cores, Ye Yun decided to rob Hunting Tournament participants rather than venture deeper into the Desolate Forest. Disguised in a crow mask, he robbed three Desolate Sect disciples and left with their Wasteland Cores and possessions.

• Ye Yun weighed hunting deeper in the Desolate Forest against robbing other participants, then chose to rob them for their Wasteland Cores.
• Ye Yun watched Li Yang, Qian Shan, and Wang Yong kill a deer-type Wasteland Beast, then trapped and knocked them unconscious.
• Ye Yun collected the beast's Wasteland Core and valuables, took the three disciples' Storage Bags, and left after waking Li Yang.
• Li Yang, Qian Shan, and Wang Yong discovered they had been robbed, but could only report that the thief wore a crow mask.
• Ye Yun counted his haul of thirty-one Wasteland Cores, Spirit Stones, and other valuables, and concluded that robbery was the fastest way to obtain Wasteland Cores.

After robbing dozens of tournament participants, Ye Yun counted more than four hundred Wasteland Cores and decided to stop raiding. He followed a group led by Fang He and Dongfang Yu into the forest’s core, where they planned to kill an Intermediate Desolate Beast guarding several Desolation Flowers.

• Ye Yun counted the loot from his raids, including more than four hundred Wasteland Cores, and resolved to wait for the tournament to end.
• Ye Yun spotted Fu Shanshan among a group heading deeper into the Desolate Forest and secretly followed them.
• Ye Yun watched from a tree as Dongfang Yu questioned Fang He about the Desolation Flowers in a valley.
• Fang He explained that an Intermediate Desolate Beast guarded the flowers, and Dongfang Yu agreed to help kill it in exchange for half the flowers.

Ye Yun secretly followed Dongfang Yu and Fang He to a valley containing Desolation Flowers, which he needed to strengthen his body before entering the Ice Abyss. While they fought a Crocodile Dragon Desolate Beast, he slipped into its cave, collected ten flowers, and escaped.

• Ye Yun overheard Dongfang Yu and Fang He discuss the Desolation Flowers and decided to seize them for the journey to the Ice Abyss.
• Dongfang Yu and Fang He arranged an ambush, with Fang He luring a Crocodile Dragon Desolate Beast from its cave.
• Dongfang Yu and the others attacked the beast while Ye Yun concealed his aura and entered the valley from the opposite side.
• Ye Yun crossed a lava river to an island where twelve Desolation Flowers grew, but the island's markings rapidly drained his vital energy.
• Ye Yun picked ten flowers, left two behind, and escaped the cave and valley while the others were still fighting the beast.

After discovering that the mysterious patterns had permanently consumed some of his vitality and blood, Ye Yun swallowed a Desolation Flower and endured its violent energy. The flower transformed his flesh, bones, and marrow, restored his lost vitality and blood, and left him stronger as he prepared for his journey to the Ice Abyss.

• Ye Yun hid in a tree hollow and discovered that pills could not restore the vitality and blood consumed by the mysterious patterns.
• Ye Yun reasoned that the island’s formation might affect humans and other species but not Wasteland Beasts, then decided he was too weak to investigate further.
• Ye Yun swallowed a Desolation Flower, whose energy tore through his body and began tempering his flesh, bones, and bone marrow.
• After the tempering, Ye Yun washed off the gray impurities and found that his body was more than twice as strong and his lost vitality and blood had been restored.
• Ye Yun considered taking his nine remaining Desolation Flowers and felt grateful to Dongfang Yu and Fang He for helping him find them.

Ye Yun finished refining seven Desolation Flowers and emerged from the cave with a greatly strengthened body, then hunted once more before the Hunting Tournament ended. The surviving disciples registered their Wasteland Cores, while Zhao Qianshan entered the Wasteland Plains after announcing the tournament’s conclusion.

• Ye Yun refined his seventh Desolation Flower, strengthening his body until it could contend with a Lesser Wasteland Beast and briefly resist an Intermediate Desolate Beast with his cultivation.
• Ye Yun left the cave with four hundred and seventy-two Wasteland Cores and charged back into the Desolate Forest to hunt before the tournament ended.
• Zhao Qianshan watched the surviving disciples return and reflected on the tournament’s purposes of reducing Wasteland Beasts and tempering the sect’s disciples.
• Ye Yun returned after a final bout of slaughter and noticed that Dongfang Yu’s group was missing Zhang Qi.
• Zhao Qianshan declared the Hunting Tournament over, sent the disciples to register their Wasteland Cores with Steward Zhang, and then entered the Wasteland Plains.

Ye Yun registered a record-breaking 524 Wasteland Cores and learned that Zhang Qi had died when two Intermediate Crocodile Dragon Desolate Beasts attacked Dongfang Yu’s group. After Dongfang Yu warned him to watch his words, Ye Yun chose him as a target to challenge; the chapter ended with Zhao Qianshan announcing a Spirit Transformation Pool cultivation period as the top ten’s extra reward.

• Ye Yun registered 524 Wasteland Cores, surpassing the Desolate Sect’s previous Hunting Tournament record of 491.
• Fu Shanshan told Ye Yun that Zhang Qi and four others had died after a second Intermediate Crocodile Dragon Desolate Beast returned and attacked their group.
• Ye Yun comforted Fu Shanshan, and Dongfang Yu rebuked him before warning him not to offend people in the Desolate Sect.
• Ye Yun decided to challenge Dongfang Yu, while Fu Shanshan hurried after him.
• Zhao Qianshan announced that the Hunting Tournament’s top ten would receive cultivation time in the Spirit Transformation Pool.

Zhao Qianshan announced that the Hunting Tournament’s top ten would earn time in the Spirit Transformation Pool and that everyone else would lose their inner disciple benefits and access to the Attribute Cultivation Grounds for a year. Ye Yun won first place, and the story left him heading back to the Desolate Sect while the other disciples reacted to his victory.

• Zhao Qianshan revealed the Spirit Transformation Pool reward and punished disciples who failed to place in the top ten because of the tournament’s heavy losses.
• Zhao Qianshan announced the rankings, placing Li Yue tenth, Dongfang Yu ninth, Meng Fan eighth, Fang He third, Sun Yan second, and Ye Yun first.
• Zhao Qianshan directed the ten winners to report to Clear Spirit Peak in three days before flying toward the sect's mountain gate.
• Dongfang Yu resented Ye Yun, Fu Shanshan felt embarrassed, and Meng Fan worried that catching up to Ye Yun had become harder.
• Ye Yun accepted his first-place result and walked toward the Desolate Sect's mountain gate.

Ye Yun entered another Epiphany while experimenting with combining physical strength and spiritual power, allowing him to create a stronger version of the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art. Afterward, he practiced the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art and sensed that his Lunar Force was beginning to improve.

• Ye Yun reflected on his battles with Wasteland Beasts and sought a way to combine his physical strength with spiritual power.
• Ye Yun practiced his fist arts using only physical strength and entered an Epiphany as he worked on the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art.
• Ye Yun created a new version of the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art that layered Dark Force transformed from physical strength with fist force.
• Ye Yun estimated that his improved fist art could rival a Perfection Realm Spirit-Grade Ultimate Martial Art or a Minor Achievement Realm Profound-Grade Low-Rank Martial Art.
• Ye Yun practiced the Ice Dance Nine Heavens Sword Art and Ice Dance Nine Heavens Movement Art, sensing his Lunar Force slowly improve.

After reflecting on the hostility he faced, Ye Yun resolved to cultivate in the Spirit Transformation Pool before challenging Dongfang Yu for a core disciple position and eventually seeking his master's inheritance in the Ice Abyss. He arrived at the pool with the other selected disciples and was told to begin cultivating.

• Ye Yun decided that he would leave the Desolate Sect for the Ice Abyss after cultivating in the Spirit Transformation Pool, and planned to challenge Dongfang Yu and reach the top one hundred core disciples.
• Over three days, Ye Yun cultivated and refined another Desolation Flower, sensing that his body was nearing a major transformation.
• Ye Yun arrived at Clear Spirit Peak, where the other disciples treated him with hostility and Meng Fan chose to stand with Fang He.
• Zhao Qianshan led the fifty selected disciples through the peak's restrictions to the Spirit Transformation Pool.
• Zhao Qianshan explained the cultivation rules and signaled the disciples to enter the pool.

Ye Yun cultivated in the core region of the Spirit Transformation Pool and broke through the Ice Jade Divine Art to its ninth layer. He began striving to advance his Ice Force into the Ice Intent Realm, but a sudden pain interrupted his special state and halted his attempt.

• Ye Yun endured the pressure and entered the core region of the Spirit Transformation Pool, where he cultivated using the Ice Jade Divine Art.
• Over half a month, Ye Yun advanced his cultivation and deepened his understanding of the art while Yu Qing also cultivated in the core region.
• A vortex of energy gathered around Ye Yun and disrupted Yu Qing’s cultivation; Yu Qing left for the inner region and vowed to settle the score after leaving the pool.
• Ye Yun broke through to the Ice Jade Divine Art’s ninth layer, comprehended the secret of the Ice Domain, and began attempting to reach the Ice Intent Realm.
• A sudden stabbing pain forced Ye Yun out of his special state and interrupted his attempt to break through to the Ice Intent Realm.

Ye Yun emerged from a month of cultivation in the Spirit Transformation Pool having consolidated his Mid-Stage Spirit Sea Realm breakthrough, and Zhao Qianshan warned him not to underestimate the true disciples he planned to challenge. At the foot of Clear Spirit Peak, Yu Qing confronted Ye Yun over the disturbance caused by Ye Yun’s breakthrough, and Ye Yun apologized.

• Ye Yun realized the stabbing pain during his breakthrough had come from reaching the Mid-Stage Spirit Sea Realm and spent another half month consolidating his cultivation.
• Ye Yun left the Spirit Transformation Pool and told Zhao Qianshan he planned to challenge for a true disciple position.
• Zhao Qianshan warned Ye Yun not to underestimate any true disciple or conceal his strength during a challenge.
• Ye Yun considered the true disciples’ ranking tiers as he descended Clear Spirit Peak.
• Yu Qing, ranked one hundred and twentieth, confronted Ye Yun about disrupting his cultivation half a month earlier, and Ye Yun apologized.

After rejecting Yu Qing’s offer to settle their dispute with an apology or Spirit Stones, Ye Yun agreed to fight him at Clear Void Peak in three days. He then went to register a challenge against Dongfang Yu, a true disciple ranked 355th.

• Yu Qing rejected Ye Yun’s apology and offer of Spirit Stones, demanding a public duel instead.
• Yu Qing proposed that Ye Yun apologize publicly if he lost their fight at Clear Void Peak, and Ye Yun accepted the match for three days later.
• Ye Yun went to Clear Void Peak and learned that its arenas were used for disputes and challenges between inner sect disciples.
• Ye Yun asked Huang Wei to register a challenge against Dongfang Yu, and she expressed disbelief that he intended to challenge a true disciple.
• After Ye Yun left, Huang Wei wondered where she had heard his name before.

Ye Yun ignored Dongfang Yu’s threats and went to Clear Void Peak to fight him, despite the sect’s doubts about his challenge. He trapped Dongfang Yu with the Heaven-and-Earth Prison and defeated him with one punch; the chapter ended with an author’s note explaining that family surgery would delay updates.

• Dongfang Yu learned that Ye Yun had challenged him and vowed to make Ye Yun pay.
• Ye Yun ignored Dongfang Yu’s message and continued cultivating in the Ice Bamboo Grove.
• Fu Shanshan urged Ye Yun to apologize, but he revealed that he had reached the Mid-Stage Spirit Sea Realm and refused to back down.
• Ye Yun and Dongfang Yu met on Arena Twenty-One at Clear Void Peak, where their match began.
• Ye Yun trapped Dongfang Yu with the Heaven-and-Earth Prison and struck him in the chest, sending him flying and spitting blood.
• The author said their parents needed surgery and explained that future updates might be irregular.

Ye Yun defeated Dongfang Yu and registered as a true disciple of the Desolate Sect, learning about the generous benefits that came with the rank. He then arranged to challenge Yu Qing, ranked 120th, the next day.

• Ye Yun defeated Dongfang Yu with one punch, shocking the spectators and changing their view of warriors from the Shattered Lands.
• The deacon declared Ye Yun the victor and said he would take Dongfang Yu's place as a true disciple; Dongfang Yu watched Ye Yun leave with resentment.
• Ye Yun met Huang Wei, who updated his identity token and explained the benefits of true disciples, including free access to Attribute Cultivation Grounds, yearly Heavenly Spirit Pills, and the right to post missions.
• Ye Yun asked Huang Wei to register a challenge against Yu Qing, ranked 120th, for the next day, then left the palace.

Ye Yun challenged Yu Qing at Clear Void Peak and overwhelmed him with the Heaven-and-Earth Prison. When Yu Qing activated the Divine Movement Formula, Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm and struck him off the arena, leaving Yu Qing badly injured.

• Ye Yun set aside thoughts of Heavenly Spirit Pills and planned to finish the true disciple challenges before going to the Ice Abyss.
• Ye Yun arrived at Clear Void Peak, where more than a hundred inner disciples had gathered to watch his fight with Yu Qing.
• Yu Qing provoked Ye Yun and attacked with a crimson saber aura, but Ye Yun dodged it and trapped him with the Heaven-and-Earth Prison.
• Yu Qing used his Minor Achievement Realm Flame Intent to resist Ye Yun's confinement, but Ye Yun continued to suppress him throughout their battle.
• Yu Qing activated the Divine Movement Formula to triple his speed, and Ye Yun entered the Selfless Realm with its fivefold enhancement.
• Ye Yun punched Yu Qing in the chest, sending him off the arena and crashing him into the ground.

After defeating Yu Qing, Ye Yun stocked up on pills and Spirit Stones before setting out from the Desolate Sect toward the Ice Abyss. Several hundred li from the sect, three death warriors ambushed him, but he killed them and continued on his journey.

• Ye Yun defeated Yu Qing, and the deacon announced him as the winner.
• Ye Yun exchanged Sect Points at the Treasure Pavilion for pills and Spirit Stones, then packed his belongings and accepted several missions.
• Ye Yun left the Desolate Sect and chose to travel slowly toward the Ice Abyss rather than pay the high cost of using Teleportation Jade Platforms.
• Three black-robed death warriors ambushed Ye Yun several hundred li from the Desolate Sect.
• Ye Yun restrained the three with his Ice Domain and Heaven-and-Earth Prison, killed them with the Ten-Thousand Waves Fist Art, and continued toward the Ice Abyss.

After surviving repeated assassination attempts, Ye Yun reached Ancient Cloud City and learned that its upcoming auction would offer a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng. He resolved to obtain it for the Origin Fusion Method and prepared his Spirit Stones for the bidding.

• Ye Yun suspected someone in the Desolate Sect had arranged the ambush and decided to settle accounts with his enemies after returning from the Ice Abyss.
• Ye Yun endured nine attacks from death warriors and professional assassins on his way to Ancient Cloud City, suffering serious injuries.
• Ye Yun entered Ancient Cloud City, checked into the End of the World Inn, and read a booklet describing the auction’s treasures.
• Ye Yun discovered that the auction’s first finale item was a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng and vowed to obtain it for the Origin Fusion Method.
• Ye Yun counted his Spirit Stones and judged that his reserves should be enough to compete for the ginseng.

Ye Yun sold unwanted treasures through five merchant associations to raise Spirit Stones for the auction, then planned to use the True Martial Tower to attempt the dangerous Origin Fusion Method. He arrived at the Cloud-Ascending Tower, entered a private room with a Treasure Pavilion invitation, and watched Zhong Lingyu open the auction.

• Ye Yun sold his treasures through five merchant associations, gaining more than ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Yun resolved to attempt the Origin Fusion Method despite its risks and decided to cultivate it inside the True Martial Tower.
• Ye Yun used an invitation from the Treasure Pavilion to skip the lines and enter private room number thirty-six at the Cloud-Ascending Tower.
• Ye Yun surveyed the crowded auction venue and estimated that at least three thousand martial artists had gathered.
• Zhong Lingyu introduced herself and officially opened the auction, calling for the first item.