Chapter Summaries

Shi Qingyun reviewed his preparation for cultivation and the circumstances that had left him in the Martial King Manor while his older brother, Shi Qingfeng, went with their grandfather to the Second Ancestral Land. He remained in the manor, where trouble was about to arrive at his door.

• Shi Qingyun reflected on learning the world's language and runes, and on how his improved comprehension and physical aptitude had helped him prepare for cultivation.
• Shi Qingyun recalled that he had begun tempering his body and developed a fist technique by adapting Taiji boxing to the world.
• Shi Qingyun remembered fainting after witnessing the battle over Shi Hao's Supreme Bone because he could not understand or speak the local language.
• Shi Qingyun's grandfather mistook his silent, vacant state for an injury and left him in the Martial King Manor for treatment.
• Shi Qingyun's grandfather took Shi Qingfeng to the Second Ancestral Land, leaving Shi Qingyun behind to protect him from the dangerous journey.

Shi Qingyun, who had been living under the protection of the Martial King Manor, realized that Shi Yi's branch was targeting him to seize his cultivation resources. After accepting Shi Long's challenge, he headed to the Dao Demonstration Platform, suspecting someone had orchestrated the bullying to weaken his branch.

• Shi Qingyun recalled being caught in a battle as a child and later being raised in the Martial King Manor under the protection of elders who favored Shi Hao's branch.
• A group of children led by Shi Long gathered outside Shi Qingyun's gate, taunted him, and tried to provoke him into a fight so they could take his cultivation resources.
• Shi Qingyun came out and accepted Shi Long's invitation to spar, warning that Shi Long should not blame him if he got hurt.
• Shi Long reached to drag Shi Qingyun to the Dao Demonstration Platform, but Shi Qingyun sidestepped him and set off ahead.
• As the others followed, Shi Qingyun suspected that someone had arranged the bullying as a way to weaken the opposing branch.

Shi Qingyun fought Shi Long in the Dao Demonstration Arena and repeatedly dodged and countered his attacks. After Shi Long swallowed something that gave him a burst of strength and speed, Shi Qingyun blocked his killing blow with a blood-colored membrane and began using a Dao technique as Shi Long attacked again.

• Shi Qingyun and Shi Long began their fight under the supervision of a white-haired elder, and Shi Qingyun dodged Shi Long’s opening punches before kicking him back.
• Shi Long grew furious, attacked faster, and was sent flying when Shi Qingyun answered his challenge with a flying knee strike.
• Shi Long swallowed something, released black aura, and rose with greatly increased strength and speed.
• Shi Long struck at Shi Qingyun with murderous intent, but Shi Qingyun’s blood-colored membrane blocked the attack before shattering.
• Shi Long launched another punch as Shi Qingyun formed a Dao Diagram, caught his fist, and began a technique by pulling it toward his waist.

Shi Qingyun recovered quickly after defeating Shi Long and began refining his strength while political factions within the Martial King Manor reacted to the fight. He remained cautious of retaliation, learned that Shi Long’s father had failed to cut his resources, and continued considering leaving the manor.

• Shi Qingyun defeated Shi Long, exhausted his blood-qi, and recovered overnight as Yin-Yang qi entered his body while he slept.
• Shi Qingyun practiced his punches the next morning, sensed his strength had reached about five thousand catties, and resolved to watch for Shi Long’s retaliation.
• A white-haired elder ordered a black-clad messenger to warn the other elders not to interfere with the emerging genius in the Martial King Manor.
• Shi Long’s father and mother discussed the defeat, and his father explained that retaliation could provoke powerful figures who already opposed Shi Long’s methods.
• Shi Qingyun spent several days studying runes and tempering his body, befriended Shi Feier, and learned that the Martial King had stopped Shi Long’s father from cutting his cultivation resources.
• Shi Qingyun reflected on the manor’s power struggles and continued considering leaving because he felt constrained there.

Shi Qingyun joined the Martial King Manor’s baptism, hoping to absorb enough divine essence to break through into the Blood Moving Realm. After entering his cauldron, he absorbed its medicinal essence as comfort gave way to intense pain.

• Shi Qingyun prepared for the baptism and headed to the plaza with other children, reflecting on his parents’ deaths and his solitary life.
• Shi Qingyun saw the dense divine essence in the cauldrons and recalled that Shi Feier had already completed her baptism and reached thirty thousand jin of strength.
• A white-robed middle-aged man arrived, extinguished the cauldron flames, activated their runes, and organized the children.
• Shi Qingyun examined the ancient cauldron assigned to him, then followed the instructions to remove his clothes and jump inside.
• Shi Qingyun’s body greedily absorbed the medicinal essence, and he felt his bones and meridians begin to shatter and rebuild as pain replaced comfort.

Shi Qingyun completed a prolonged medicinal baptism after the white-robed middle-aged man supplied him with a concentrated golden dragon of divine essence, and he awoke transformed with greatly enhanced strength. He dressed in clothes the man lent him, but the chapter ended before he could learn more about his new abilities.

• Shi Qingyun broke through to the Blood Moving Realm as his bones and body endured a painful transformation inside the great cauldron.
• The white-robed middle-aged man gathered leftover medicinal liquid from the other cauldrons and sent its condensed divine essence into Shi Qingyun's cauldron to sustain the transformation.
• Shi Qingyun shed impurities, blood, and bone fragments as his body continued transforming through the night.
• Shi Qingyun emerged from a dark cocoon taller and stronger, then leapt from the cauldron and discovered his old clothes no longer fit.
• The middle-aged man gave Shi Qingyun a set of white clothes, and Shi Qingyun thanked him and put them on.

After his baptism, Shi Qingyun tested his new strength and practiced until he grasped the meaning of yin and yang. Shi Yi learned of a possible rival in the Martial King Manor and was ordered to lead its younger generation into the Qilin Cave.

• Shi Qingyun returned home and tested his strength, finding that he could wield thirty thousand jin with one arm.
• Shi Qingyun practiced boxing and developed the meaning of yin and yang, whose yin-yang qi corroded the ground.
• Shi Yi meditated with his ten Cave Heavens and studied the runes in a precious bone fragment, hoping to unlock his Supreme Bone technique.
• A black-robed figure told Shi Yi that a genius had endured the clan baptism for a day and night and might receive the Martial King Manor's full support.
• The black-robed figure reported that the Qilin Cave was about to open, and Shi Yi had been ordered to lead the Martial King Manor's younger generation there.

Shi Qingyun chose a Heavenly Roc Talisman Bone containing a trace of Kunpeng’s bloodline from the Merit-Storage Pavilion, hoping to gain a precious technique suited to his Yin-Yang understanding. As he prepared to study it in his courtyard, a dark figure appeared behind him and triggered his sense of danger.

• Shi Yi gave a precious bone to the man in black after hearing news about the Qilin Cave, then used his dual pupils to study the mountains and declared that the world would learn the name of the dual-pupiled one.
• Shi Qingyun emerged from his Yin-Yang cultivation and decided to seek combat experience and learn a precious technique.
• Shi Qingyun went to the Merit-Storage Pavilion and searched its collection for a technique suited to his abilities.
• Shi Qingyun recognized a Heavenly Roc Talisman Bone containing Kunpeng’s bloodline and chose it as his precious technique.
• The pavilion’s elder let Shi Qingyun take the worn bone without registering it, warning through his thoughts that few people had comprehended it and it might withstand only one more attempt.
• As Shi Qingyun was about to begin studying the bone, a dark figure appeared behind him, and he froze under the warning of imminent danger.

Shi Qingyun met the secluded elder who had secretly protected him and learned that Martial King Manor’s internal rivalries made his talent dangerous. The elder warned him about the upcoming Qilin Cave expedition, where Shi Yi would lead the young disciples.

• A mysterious figure summoned Shi Qingyun to meet the ancestor at the Concealment Palace.
• Shi Qingyun met a white-haired elder who explained his friendship with Shi Qingyun’s grandfather and how he had protected Shi Qingyun from the shadows.
• The elder told Shi Qingyun that his talent had drawn covetous attention and that conflict within Martial King Manor had kept him from raising Shi Qingyun openly.
• The elder revealed that Martial King Manor would explore the Qilin Cave, with Shi Yi leading its young disciples.
• The elder explained that the Qilin Cave was said to be the burial place of an ancient Ten Fiend, deep within the dangerous Ten Thousand Mountains.

Shi Qingyun learned that he had been selected for the expedition to Qilin Cave and received protective treasures from Fourth Grandfather. After preparing for the journey, he boarded Martial King Manor’s Giant Bird with the other young people, including Shi Yi, and they set off toward the Ten Thousand Mountains.

• Fourth Grandfather warned Shi Qingyun that someone might be plotting against him and gave him a jade pendant containing a powerful attack, a protective robe, and an unusual fan.
• Shi Qingyun examined the treasures at home, wore the jade pendant and robe, and began practicing with the heavy fan.
• Shi Qingyun packed his belongings for the journey to Qilin Cave and joined the elders and young cultivators waiting in the square.
• Martial King Manor’s Giant Bird arrived, carrying Shi Yi, whose double pupils and imposing manner impressed the gathered cultivators.
• A force from the Giant Bird lifted Shi Qingyun and the others onto its back, and it flew toward the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Shi Qingyun and the Martial King Manor’s juniors entered the Qilin Cave after the factions opened a spatial fissure, while Shi Yi sensed the qilin’s image within. Outside, tensions between the factions escalated until the Martial King appeared and the other elders yielded.

• Shi Yan identified Yu Tian as a Rain Clan prodigy who had joined the expedition, and Shi Qingyun realized Yu Tian might have been brought to deal with Shi Long.
• The factions attacked a rock wall in the Ten Thousand Mountains, opening a dangerous spatial fissure that revealed a vision of a sacred qilin to Shi Qingyun.
• Shi Yi used his double pupils to observe the fissure, and a guardian replenished his energy before the juniors entered the Qilin Cave for its ten-day opening.
• After the fissure closed, the Primordial Divine Mountain pressured the Martial King Manor, while Demon Spirit Lake intervened to support the Manor.
• The sword-bearing man called out the hidden Martial King, who appeared and received respectful greetings from the gathered elders.

Shi Qingyun searched the secret realm for the Qilin Blood Pool and discovered two members of the Azure Luan Tribe guarding a precious pool. He ambushed them, killed both, and stood poised to claim the pool.

• Shi Qingyun gathered spirit herbs while searching the secret realm and noticed a barren valley amid the greenery.
• He hid near the valley and overheard two Azure Luan Tribe youths discussing a precious pool for the Blood Moving Realm.
• Shi Qingyun attacked the youths by surprise, striking Qing Xing with the Moon Seal.
• The surviving youth unleashed his Lifeless Flying Wings technique and clashed with Shi Qingyun’s Sun and Moon Seal.
• Shi Qingyun appeared behind the surviving youth and killed him with a black fan.

After defeating two Azure Luan clansmen, Shi Qingyun found a map to treasure pools and absorbed the first pool’s blood essence, sensing that his constitution was beginning to transform. He collected treasure liquid from pools across the secret realm and, as he hurried toward the next disturbance, heard fighting nearby.

• Shi Qingyun searched the corpses of the two Azure Luan clansmen and found a beast-hide map marking treasure locations.
• Shi Qingyun entered an underground blood pool and absorbed all its crimson liquid, gaining strength and sensing changes in his constitution.
• Shi Qingyun used a looted storage bag to collect the treasure liquid from another pool and continued searching for more.
• Shi Qingyun gathered treasure liquid from numerous pools over several days without encountering anyone else.
• Shi Qingyun heard sounds of fighting while traveling and approached to investigate.

Shi Qingyun ambushed and defeated a group of Primordial Divine Mountain pursuers, then learned they were hunting Shi Yi after he seized a treasure. After leaving the Martial King Manor disciples, Shi Qingyun headed toward the Death Swamp to search for more resources and improve his strength.

• Shi Qingyun attacked the Primordial Divine Mountain group pursuing Martial King Manor members, lured them away, and killed several with his speed and Sun and Moon Seals.
• Shi Qingyun defeated the remaining pursuers, took a storage pouch from the Azure Luan youth, and returned to the Martial King Manor disciples.
• A Martial King Manor disciple told Shi Qingyun that Shi Yi had seized a treasure after fighting Cave Heaven Realm cultivators, but had been injured and was now being hunted.
• Shi Qingyun left the disciples, checked his map, and set off for the Death Swamp using his Eight Directions Step.

Shi Qingyun entered a deadly underground cavern to reach a pool of life essence, but the cavern drained his vitality and his supplies could only barely keep him alive. He plunged into the corrosive death mist and continued toward the blood pool despite his worsening injuries.

• Shi Qingyun followed the hidden route through the Death Swamp and broke open a hill to descend into the cavern.
• As Shi Qingyun approached the center, colorful mist clouded his senses while the cavern drained the divine radiance from his blood and qi.
• Shi Qingyun used a protective barrier and precious medicines to slow the loss, but the energy extraction began consuming his life source as well.
• Shi Qingyun swallowed blood-red liquid from his storage pouch to replace the life essence being drained, enduring intense pain as he pressed onward.
• Shi Qingyun reached the gray-black death mist surrounding the blood pool and stepped inside, where it corroded his robe and body as he kept advancing.

Shi Qingyun absorbed the Blood Pool’s essence inside a five-colored cocoon and reached the Blood Moving Realm’s limit, then tried to break his bodily shackles and advance further. As his attempt failed and energy ran wild inside him, the yin-yang qi awakened and drew that energy into a newly formed vortex in his dantian.

• Shi Qingyun fell into the Blood Pool, where life source qi and vital essence healed his injuries and drew him into a five-colored cocoon.
• Shi Qingyun regained consciousness inside the cocoon and absorbed the surrounding essence, developing golden runes across his body as damaged blood and bone fragments were expelled.
• Shi Qingyun reached the Blood Moving Realm’s limit of one hundred thousand jin and began trying to break its chains of order so he could advance toward the Cave Heaven Realm.
• Shi Qingyun’s repeated attacks cracked the chains briefly, but they repaired themselves and his absorbed energy began rampaging through his body.
• Shi Qingyun stopped suppressing the energy and found yin-yang qi intertwined through his bones and flesh, drawing the energy into a rotating black-and-white vortex in his dantian.

Shi Qingyun completed his transformation into a self-created Yin-Yang Dao Body and broke the Dao Derivation Chains, then began cultivating toward the Cave Heaven Realm. The chapter ended as essence from heaven and earth gathered around him and entered his body.

• Shi Qingyun absorbed the life energy and death energy together, enduring severe pain as yin and yang spread through his body and soul.
• Shi Qingyun used yin-yang true intent to shatter the Dao Derivation Chains and gained a sense of completeness as they merged into him.
• Shi Qingyun completed his transformation, gained strength of 129,600 jin in one arm, and declared that he had created a Yin-Yang Dao Body.
• The Taiji Dao Diagram absorbed nearby Yin-Yang Laws, merged into Shi Qingyun, and left a seal on his forehead before vanishing.
• Shi Qingyun decided to leave the Blood Moving Realm and enter the Cave Heaven Realm, drawing essence from heaven and earth into his body.

Shi Qingyun completed his transformation into a yin-yang Dao body, opened two paired cave heavens, and escaped the underground world beneath the Death Swamp. After emerging into sunlight, he spotted Feather Clan members battling a powerful swamp beast.

• Shi Qingyun examined his paired cave heavens and the Dao diagram that helped him comprehend the laws of yin and yang.
• Shi Qingyun refined his storage pouch, stored his treasures in his cave heavens, and used his abilities to return to the surface.
• Shi Qingyun emerged from the Death Swamp and noticed a fierce battle nearby.
• Shi Qingyun saw Feather Clan members trapped by an octopus-like vicious beast while a crowned youth cursed at them and directed their attacks.

Shi Qingyun watched the Nine-Handed Yin Beast slaughter Yin Tianzong’s group in the Death Swamp, then refused to rescue the two survivors when they fled toward him. When they tried to drag him into the fight, he revealed his two cave heavens and prepared to act.

• The Nine-Handed Yin Beast strengthened its attacks, impaled the fleeing group, and drained their blood and vitality through its tentacles.
• Shi Qingyun sensed that Yin Tianzong and another Cave Heaven Realm cultivator had survived and evaded the beast’s attacks.
• Yin Tianzong and the other cultivator fled toward Shi Qingyun and begged him to save them, offering rewards and favors.
• Shi Qingyun moved away, but the pair burned their blood essence and charged toward him to draw him into the fight.
• Shi Qingyun manifested two black-and-white cave heavens as Yin Tianzong and his companion realized he was a young Cave Heaven Realm cultivator.

Shi Qingyun killed Yin Tianzong, his companion, and the Nine-Handed Yin Beast with a powerful rune technique, then discovered that his yin energy resonated with the Death Swamp. After reflecting on his path of yin and yang, he left the swamp and set out toward a dangerous location marked by two pairs of blood-red wings, where he suspected Shi Yi and the Primordial Divine Mountain would also go.

• Yin Tianzong burned his blood essence and charged toward Shi Qingyun, who formed a rune ring from his lunar cave heaven and trapped Yin Tianzong, his companion, and the pursuing Nine-Handed Yin Beast in freezing energy.
• Shi Qingyun swept his sleeve and reduced all three enemies to dust, then recovered the runes and restored his pitch-black cave heaven.
• Shi Qingyun found that his yin energy resonated with the Death Swamp’s chilling death energy, and the resulting black threads merged into him as he walked away.
• Shi Qingyun considered the power of his rune-based techniques and resolved to study them while pursuing the Dao of yin and yang.
• Shi Qingyun left the Death Swamp and chose to investigate the dangerous location marked by two pairs of blood-red wings, expecting Shi Yi and the Primordial Divine Mountain to head there too.