Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi learned that the Black Mountain secret realm would soon open and sought information about its dangers, entry requirements, and Martial Saint Pill materials. As Martial Artists gathered at Twelfth Tong Pass, he considered how to secure a Black Mountain Token and use the secret realm’s resources to build his power.

• Gu Tianxue reminded Lin Yi of Qin Jian’s agreement to obtain materials for Martial Saint Pills, while she privately suspected that he had changed.
• Lin Yi received a letter from Tong Pass Prefecture announcing that the Nangong Family would not pursue Nangong Ling’s death and that the Black Mountain secret realm was nearing its opening.
• Wei Wuya told Lin Yi that Black Mountain was dangerous, produced the materials for Martial Saint Pills, and required a rare Black Mountain Token for half-step Martial Saints to enter.
• Three days later, Lin Yi reviewed Qin Jian’s memories as Martial Artists began gathering at Twelfth Tong Pass, then collected Source Stones until he had six thousand.
• Lin Yi planned to obtain Martial Saint Pill materials, cultivate Three-star Martial Artists to search for a Black Mountain Token, and eventually use pill refining to influence half-step Martial Saints.

Lin Yi prepared Gu He and Ren Hei Xiong to search for the Black Mountain Token, then dealt with Gu Tianxue’s growing suspicion that he was not Qin Jian. The chapter ended with Warriors gathering in Tong Pass Inner City after rumors spread that a secret realm offering a chance to reach Martial Saint was about to open.

• Lin Yi watched Gu He use the Martial Treasure Seed’s power to fight Ren Hei Xiong to a standstill and decided the pair could seek the Black Mountain Token together.
• Lin Yi returned to the Garrison Mansion’s secret chamber to review his failed Martial Saint breakthrough and refine his Fusion Martial Saint Method.
• Gu Tianxue questioned Lin Yi about his perfected Battle Halberd Technique and the Martial Saint breakthrough phenomenon, becoming certain that he was an impostor.
• Gu Tianxue reminded Lin Yi of their agreement before leaving, and Lin Yi suspected she intended to use him for her own purposes.
• Warriors gathered in Tong Pass Inner City after hearing that a secret realm opening once every sixty years could offer a chance to break through to Martial Saint.

Lin Yi punished Zhen Nantian for assaulting an innkeeper and defying Tong Pass law, then used the incident to deter other visiting warriors from abusing the city’s people. Later, Gu Tianxue told Lin Yi that her people had found the Black Mountain secret realm.

• Zhen Nantian beat an elderly innkeeper after demanding ten rooms, and Yan Hua arrived with city guards to arrest him and his men.
• Lin Yi ordered Zhen Nantian and his guards hung at the Inner City gate as a warning, and slapped Zhen Nantian when he insulted him.
• Tai Shangxun objected to Lin Yi’s punishment, but Lin Yi challenged his loyalty to Tong Pass and Tai Shangxun left.
• After Zhen Nantian and his guards were displayed at the gate, bullying incidents in Tong Pass became rare and Lin Yi had more time for his own work.
• Gu Tianxue barged into Lin Yi’s secret chamber while he was tempering materials and told him her people had found the Black Mountain secret realm.

Lin Yi negotiated with Gu Tianxue over the Black Mountain secret realm, then organized Tong Pass’s response and prepared to leave for the secret realm. He reached the Outer Domain with supplies and horses, where Tian Wu Ying and Wu Qiu presented him with a Blood-Red Spirit Horse.

• Gu Tianxue confronted Lin Yi about his false identity as Qin Jian and offered to keep it secret if he helped her obtain what she wanted from the secret realm.
• Lin Yi arranged for Martial Artists to leave Tong Pass through the four City Lords’ secret passages, requiring them to register, and assigned Yan Qiang and the City Lords to guard the city.
• Lin Yi led City Guard Captains through Nangong Ling’s secret passage into the Outer Domain, where Wu Di and the other local Martial Artists had prepared supplies and horses.
• Tian Wu Ying and Wu Qiu brought Lin Yi the Blood-Red Spirit Horse they had been instructed to present to the Garrison Commander.

Lin Yi set out for the Black Mountain secret realm with Gu Tianxue and more than thirty City Guard Captains, using Qin Jian’s identity while teasing Gu Tianxue during the ride. They raced into the West Mountain Southern Domain, and Lin Yi secretly cut off a lock of Gu Tianxue’s hair.

• Lin Yi accepted the Blood-Red Spirit Horse from Tian Wu Ying and Wu Qiu, helping secure the Wu You Merchant Guild’s position.
• Lin Yi prepared supplies and a route to the secret realm, then led Wang Sheng and the City Guard Captains out of Tong Pass.
• Gu Tianxue confronted Lin Yi for leaving without telling her, and he lifted her onto his horse and presented them as an affectionate couple to the guards.
• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue rode ahead while the guards followed, and he repeatedly held her in place as the horse raced through the West Mountain Southern Domain.
• Gu Tianxue refused to explain why she wanted to enter the secret realm until they arrived, and Lin Yi secretly cut off a lock of her hair.

Lin Yi traveled with Gu Tianxue toward the Black Mountain secret realm, revealing his powerful talents and using the Tong Pass Treasure to subdue a four-star Monster King that blocked their path. They reached the entrance, where Martial Saint City experts had already gathered to compete for the secret realm’s opportunities.

• Lin Yi discovered that Gu Tianxue possessed two Golden Talents and two Purple Talents, then traveled with her and the Tong Pass force through the West Mountain Southern Domain.
• Lin Yi flattened a mountain ridge with the Tong Pass Treasure, subdued the four-star Black Flame Tiger, and branded it rather than killing it.
• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue reached the barren valley entrance after their escorts’ horses died, and they spotted the shattered Space Passages leading into the secret realm.
• More than thirty experts, including half-step Martial Saints and two Martial Saints, had gathered at the entrance, and they debated whether Lin Yi’s Tong Pass Treasure made him a threat.

Lin Yi arrived at the Black Mountain secret realm entrance with Gu Tianxue, surveyed the gathered factions, and prepared a cautious search for the Black Mountain Token. He sent two teams led by Ren Hei Xiong and Gu He into separate entrances while warning them to prioritize survival.

• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue reached the Gu Family camp, where Gu Yan reported that the first group of Three-star Warriors had been inside the secret realm for more than half a day without returning.
• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue kept up their husband-and-wife act in public, but she discovered that he had drawn two smiling pig faces on her shoulder and became furious.
• Lin Yi surveyed the gathered factions, learned that thirty-four people from eleven factions were present, and noticed that Qian Cheng was hostile while watching Gu Tianxue.
• Lin Yi spoke with Tai Shangxun about cooperating to search for the Black Mountain Token, then decided not to send all his City Guard Captains into the perilous secret realm.
• Lin Yi brought Ren Hei Xiong and Gu He out of the Spirit Vine World, had them select City Guard Captains, and formed two teams to enter separate secret realm entrances.
• Ren Hei Xiong and Gu He led their teams into the secret realm after Lin Yi told them to prioritize their lives and not force the search for the Black Mountain Token.

Lin Yi prepared for the Black Mountain secret realm while a Ghost Spirit unleashed a freezing storm across the canyon. He found and suppressed the hidden Ghost Spirit, leaving the other factions to witness his discovery.

• Lin Yi sent only ten people into the secret realm and assured Gu Tianxue that he would leave her a Black Mountain Token.
• As night fell, a Ghost Spirit brought fierce winds and heavy snow to the canyon, forcing Gu Tianxue and the factions to seek shelter.
• Lin Yi warmed Gu Tianxue with his True Qi, then distributed spare tents to the other factions as the cold worsened.
• Lin Yi used his Strange Stone to locate the Ghost Spirit and suppressed it with the Golden Tong Pass Phantom and Spatial Lockdown.
• The half-step Martial Saints searching the canyon saw Lin Yi holding the Tong Pass over the trapped Ghost Spirit.

Lin Yi killed the Soul-Devouring Snow Child and used Tong Pass to suppress Huang Wangquan, making the other half-step Martial Saints fear his strength. Back in the tent, he learned that Gu He had likely killed Tai Shang Family elites with the sword technique Lin Yi had taught him, while Gu Tianxue failed to uncover Lin Yi’s identity.

• Lin Yi secretly burned the Soul-Devouring Snow Child with Blazing Flame Fire and obtained its Eerie Spirit Core.
• Lin Yi accused Huang Wangquan of harboring ulterior motives and trapped him inside Tong Pass for seven days, warning the other half-step Martial Saints not to challenge him.
• News of Lin Yi’s power spread through the secret realm, and Gu Yan told him that Tai Shang Family Three-star Warriors had been found dead with wounds matching the Sky-Pulling Sun-Chasing Sword.
• Lin Yi concluded that Gu He had likely killed the Tai Shang Family squad and learned that Tai Shangxun might lose his chance to obtain the Black Mountain Jade.
• Gu Tianxue tried to coax Lin Yi into revealing his true face, but he rejected her attempt, and she left the tent angrily.

Gu He and Ren Hei Xiong’s teams entered the depths of the Black Mountain secret realm in search of Black Mountain Tokens, while Lin Yi waited at the entrance and questioned Gu Tianxue over a hot pot meal. Their guarded exchange left Lin Yi suspecting that the secret realm concealed an important inheritance or treasure connected to Gu Xianhe.

• Gu He showed Ren Hei Xiong the Black Mountain Token he had seized from the Tai Shang Family, and the two teams decided to search deeper into Black Mountain after dawn.
• Lin Yi watched new teams arrive, warned visitors that he had suppressed Huang Wangquan, and saw a Four-star Warrior die trying to force entry without a Black Mountain Token.
• Gu Tianxue joined Lin Yi for hot pot, and the two traded evasive questions about their identities, talents, and reasons for seeking the Black Mountain secret realm.
• Gu Tianxue refused to answer what else the secret realm contained, and Lin Yi concluded it likely held an important inheritance or treasure left by Gu Xianhe.

Lin Yi learned that a second Boundary Stone had landed in North America, then returned to the Black Mountain secret realm as the Li Family arrived. The chapter ended with Lin Yi facing pressure to intervene in a dispute over a Black Mountain Token between Myriad Sword Manor and the Tai Shang Family.

• Elder Chen told Lin Yi that a second Boundary Stone had landed in North America and that the Official wanted him to investigate Boundary Stones in the Ancient Domain.
• Lin Yi returned to the gorge, where he used the Tong Pass Treasure to stop Three-star Martial Artists from fighting over space.
• Huo Weili arrived with her brother Nan Li and another Li Family member aboard a Four-star Fire Phoenix, and Nan Li entered the secret realm.
• A Myriad Sword Manor team brought out a Black Mountain Token, and Tai Shangxun sent the White-clad Sword Attendant to seize it while accusing Myriad Sword Manor of killing a Tai Shang Family team.
• Zhuge Jiujian appealed to Lin Yi for help, and the gathered Warriors watched to see which side he would support.

Lin Yi intervened in the dispute between Myriad Sword Manor and Tai Shangxun over the Black Mountain Token, then faced Lu Shenjian after the Tai Shang Family sword attendant attacked him. Lin Yi blocked Lu Shenjian’s Galaxy Sunset Swordplay with the Tong Pass Treasure, but Lu Shenjian’s time-slowing assassination technique bypassed the city phantom and pierced Lin Yi’s Protective Gang Qi.

• Lin Yi stepped forward and urged Tai Shangxun and Zhuge Jiujian to settle their dispute peacefully, arguing that the Black Mountain Token belonged to whoever brought it out of the secret realm.
• Lin Yi told Tai Shangxun to withdraw his White-clad Sword Attendant and postpone any accusations against Myriad Sword Manor until the secret realm ended.
• The White-clad Sword Attendant revealed himself as Lu Shenjian and attacked Lin Yi with the Galaxy Sunset Swordplay after Lin Yi insulted him.
• Lin Yi summoned the Tong Pass Treasure and blocked Lu Shenjian’s silver sword-qi attack with the golden city phantom.
• Lu Shenjian used the Moonlit Swift Killing Swordplay to slow the surrounding reactions, bypass Tong Pass, and stab Lin Yi through his Protective Gang Qi.

Lin Yi defeated Lu Shenjian after blocking his Silver Moon Sword Technique and captured him, then offered to ransom him to Tai Shangxun. After returning to his tent, he learned that Gu Tianxue had guessed he was pursuing all three ascension methods and that her Gu Family ancestors had attempted the same.

• Lin Yi deflected Lu Shenjian's sword strike, broke his Protective Gang Qi, seized him, and took the Silver Moon Sword.
• Spirit Wood Sage identified Lu Shenjian's attack as the Silver Moon Sword Technique, while the onlookers wondered how Qin Jian had subdued him so quickly.
• Lin Yi suppressed Lu Shenjian in the Tong Pass Treasure and offered Tai Shangxun the chance to ransom him; Tai Shangxun considered the offer with the White-Clad Sword Attendant.
• Zhuge Jiujian and Kui Ba Shijian thanked Lin Yi for helping protect the Black Mountain Jade, and Lin Yi advised them to trade it away if they could not defend it.
• Gu Tianxue told Lin Yi she had deduced he was following all three ascension methods and revealed that her Gu Family ancestors had attempted the same.

Lin Yi gained valuable Three-Ladder Fusion Method insights from Gu Tianxue, bringing him closer to a Martial Saint breakthrough. Outside the secret realm, Nan Li returned injured and revealed that someone had stolen the Black Mountain Jade he found.

• Gu Tianxue shared several family insights with Lin Yi, and he identified a damaged account by a Gu Family ancestor as useful guidance for fusing the Three-Ladder Method.
• Gu Tianxue wrote out the ancestor’s Martial Saint-related insights, and Lin Yi promised her a favor in the secret realm.
• Three-star Warriors fled the secret realm, reporting that Ghost Spirits had trapped and tormented them near Black Mountain’s core.
• Onlookers worried that few Black Mountain Jades would be found and discussed obtaining Martial Saint Pill ingredients by other means.
• Nan Li emerged injured and told Huo Weili that someone had taken the Black Mountain Jade he found, enraging Dongshan Li.

Lin Yi’s people returned from the Black Mountain secret realm with six Black Mountain Tokens, while Huo Weili confronted Ren Hei Xiong over his attack on her brother. Lin Yi rescued Ren Hei Xiong from her natal Li Fire, leaving Huo Weili shocked by his power.

• Dongshan Li and Huo Weili learned that a hammer-wielding man had injured Nan Li, and they began looking for him among those returning from the secret realm.
• Lin Yi protected returning cultivators from being robbed, while the explorers reported that Black Mountain Tokens and valuable ingredients could only be found deep in the dangerous core region.
• Ren Hei Xiong tracked down three Qian Family members who had plundered and beaten his men, killed them, and later reunited with Gu He after each had gathered three Black Mountain Tokens.
• Huo Weili attacked Ren Hei Xiong as he emerged from the secret realm, recognizing him as the man who had injured Nan Li and taken his Black Mountain Token.
• Lin Yi appeared before Huo Weili could kill Ren Hei Xiong and absorbed her natal Li Fire, shocking her.

Lin Yi punished the Li Family for Huo Weili’s attack, protected Ren Hei Xiong, and used his six Black Mountain Tokens to attract wealthy buyers. The chapter ended with Dongshan Li offering valuable treasures in exchange for a token.

• Lin Yi absorbed Huo Weili’s natal Li Fire, then fined the Li Family one thousand Source Stones for her attack in the secret realm.
• Tai Shangxun recognized Ren Hei Xiong and sent for his Third Great-Uncle, intending to kill Lin Yi once he had enough support.
• Lin Yi reprimanded Ren Hei Xiong for attacking Nan Li over a Black Mountain Token, gave him medicine, and promised to handle the Li Family himself.
• Lin Yi spread word that he had six Black Mountain Tokens, received gifts and more than a thousand Source Stones from visitors, and gave one token to Gu Tianxue.
• Dongshan Li and Huo Weili brought two valuable items to trade for a Black Mountain Token, including a Fire Heart Stone, which Lin Yi judged insufficient in value.

Lin Yi traded Black Mountain Tokens for Source Stones and other treasures, reserving two for the Li siblings in exchange for their promise to find Talent Stones. Spirit Wood Sage offered Lin Yi a Talent Stone and asked him to protect Gu Tianxue in the Black Mountain secret realm, then revealed that he knew Newborns were bound by the World Will and urged Lin Yi to accept a mission.

• Lin Yi rejected the Li siblings’ Fire Heart Stone and Martial Saint Pill inheritance as insufficient payment, but reserved two Black Mountain Tokens when they promised to find a Talent Stone and left their items as a deposit.
• Lin Yi made the Li siblings sign a Handprint Contract, then sold a Black Mountain Token to three half-step Martial Saints who pooled ten thousand Source Stones.
• Spirit Wood Sage visited Lin Yi and offered him a Talent Stone, explaining that he wanted Lin Yi to protect Gu Tianxue if the secret realm changed abnormally.
• Spirit Wood Sage told Lin Yi that the Black Mountain secret realm held Gu Xianhe’s inheritance and that an unqualified Gu Family member had once triggered a disaster there.
• Spirit Wood Sage told Lin Yi he knew Newborns were bound by the World Will and asked why Lin Yi would not accept the mission.

Lin Yi learned that the Spirit Wood Sage was Gu Tianle, a Gu Family elder who wanted him to protect Gu Tianxue in the Black Mountain secret realm. Seven days after the entrance appeared, it opened into a massive rift revealing Black Magnetic Mountain, and the gathered warriors watched as Lin Yi and the other token holders prepared to enter.

• The Spirit Wood Sage exposed Lin Yi as a Descender and guessed that he was the Dragon Kingdom’s Lin Yi, then explained that his Descender disciple had told him about Lin Yi.
• The Spirit Wood Sage revealed that he was Gu Tianle, Gu Tianxue’s ancestor, and asked Lin Yi to protect her inside the secret realm; Lin Yi accepted the quest.
• Gu Tianle told Lin Yi that the secret realm held Black Magnetic Mountain, a Third-grade Martial God Artifact, along with Spirit Plants left by Gu Xianhe, and asked him to bring Gu Tianxue out safely.
• Seven days after the entrance appeared, the scattered entrances merged into a vast Space Rift that revealed Black Mountain to the gathered warriors.
• Half-step Martial Saints lamented that they could not enter the secret realm and speculated about how Town Guardian Qin had obtained most of the Black Mountain Tokens.

As the Black Mountain secret realm opened, Lin Yi forced his way inside with Gu Tianxue despite the entrance rejecting her, while the Tai Shang Family sent Void Sword Son after Qin Jian. Inside, Saint Shanhe attacked Gu Yan, but Void Sword Son drove him off and demanded to know where Qin Jian was.

• Half-step Martial Saints presented Lin Yi with gifts, and Zhuge Jiujian, Chen Mu'er, the Li Siblings, and Saint Shanhe entered the secret realm ahead of him.
• Lin Yi discovered that the secret realm now allowed only one person per Black Mountain Jade and used the Tong Pass Treasure to carry Gu Tianxue through the entrance.
• Void Sword Son and the White-Clad Sword Attendant entered the secret realm to pursue Qin Jian, while Tai Shangxun stayed behind and Spirit Wood Sage went to seek a way to warn Lin Yi.
• Gu Yan landed alone in the secret realm and found Saint Shanhe transformed by the Blood Refining Demonic Art.
• Void Sword Son intervened before Saint Shanhe could kill Gu Yan, drove him away, and questioned Gu Yan about Qin Jian's whereabouts.

Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue crossed a Void fissure into the Black Mountain secret realm, where a pair of mysterious eyes tried to examine Lin Yi’s memories. They reached the foot of Black Mountain, but Lin Yi refused to carry Gu Tianxue farther unless she could offer him three Golden External Techniques from the Gu Family.

• Lin Yi protected Gu Tianxue as they crossed the Void fissure and entered the secret realm, then used his Spiritual Power to dispel the memory imprint left by a pair of eyes watching them.
• Gu Tianxue saw Lin Yi manifest his antler and recognized him as a Sequence Bearer, so Lin Yi placed dormant True Qi in her meridians to keep her from talking carelessly.
• Lin Yi rode Zou Wu with Gu Tianxue toward Black Mountain while other entrants explored the secret realm and the Tai Shang Family’s swordsmen searched for Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue reached Black Mountain’s foothills, where the Gravity Curse and Bone-Eroding Black Wind made travel difficult and stopped Zou Wu from moving quickly.
• Lin Yi tried to leave Gu Tianxue behind for her safety, but she insisted on going with him and offered to ride on his back.
• Lin Yi demanded three Golden External Techniques from the Gu Family in exchange for carrying Gu Tianxue farther into Black Mountain.