Chapter Summaries

Qi Yun’s breakthrough was disrupted when the Southern Yin crown prince’s deduction traced him to Yellow Li Island. The crown prince’s projection emerged in Qi Yun’s cave abode, where their rival Supreme domains clashed as Qi Yun remained vulnerable mid-breakthrough.

• Wealth Connects to the Divine warned Qi Yun to steady his Dao heart and explained that his Supreme Dao Foundation’s breakthrough naturally drew tribulations.
• Qi Yun used Great Luo Edict to update Ink Flood Dragon, giving it the ability to follow causality and retaliate against the caster who was deducing him.
• Ink Flood Dragon struck the director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau through the causal connection, injuring his Divine Soul before the Southern Yin crown prince captured it with Imperial Dao Prison Suppression.
• The crown prince used the connection to pull a projection through a portal into Qi Yun’s cave abode on Yellow Li Island, where their Supreme manifestations collided.
• The crown prince recognized that Qi Yun was breaking through, declared his intent to test him, and prepared an Imperial Supreme Creation finger strike as the island shook.

Qi Yun fought off the Crown Prince of Southern Yin’s projection while protecting his breakthrough, then used the Dragon Martial Army to create an opening and reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. After the projection vanished, Qi Yun traced the remaining Supreme Qi and prepared to pursue his enemy.

• The Crown Prince of Southern Yin attacked Qi Yun with a severing palm strike and an imperial treatise, but Qi Yun defended himself with the Northern Defense Grand Formation, the Tribulation-Avoiding Incantation, and Li Fire Sword Intent.
• Cai Kun urged Qi Yun to use the Innate Treasure Coin, and Qi Yun summoned the Dragon Martial Army and formed a Dragon Martial Pagoda Grand Formation to clash with the Crown Prince’s Mountain and River Suppression Seal.
• While the two forces were locked in a stalemate, Qi Yun used the Crown Prince’s Supreme Qi and imperial will to complete his breakthrough, stabilizing his hundred-zhang Domain Heaven at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• The Crown Prince of Southern Yin’s projection withdrew, warning Qi Yun that their conflict had only begun.
• Qi Yun seized a trace of the Crown Prince’s remaining Supreme Qi, traced its karmic source, and set out to pursue him.

After reaching the middle stage, Qi Yun tracked the Southern Yin crown prince to his true body and fought him with his newly perfected Great Luo Myriad Laws Domain Heaven. Qi Yun escaped the crown prince’s overwhelming national power by reviving through a Law Technique imprint, and he left with a stolen fragment of the prince’s Dao of Creation.

• Qi Yun used karmic threads to break through space and reach the Southern Yin crown prince in the Eastern Palace.
• The crown prince attacked with Dao of Creation and Imperial Supreme—Overshadows the World, while Qi Yun countered with Wield Myriad Laws and Great Luo Myriad Laws Domain Heaven.
• The crown prince summoned the dynasty’s fortune to bind Qi Yun and crush him beneath the Imperial Supreme seal.
• Qi Yun revived at his cave abode on Yellow Li Island using Myriad Laws Incarnation, a Divine Ability he had newly comprehended.
• Qi Yun revealed that Seize Profound Meaning had let him steal a fragment of the crown prince’s Dao of Creation, then departed after declaring their conflict would continue.

The Southern Yin crown prince found Yellow Li Island empty and destroyed it, while Qi Yun encountered Buddhist cultivators trying to convert Situ Huaji. Situ Huaji offered Qi Yun a share of a High Antiquity legacy, then revealed that it was called Heavenly Court.

• The Southern Yin crown prince found no trace of Qi Yun on Yellow Li Island, erased the island, and vowed to meet Qi Yun again.
• Qi Yun spotted Buddhist cultivators using a great formation to suppress Situ Huaji, whom he recognized from Yellow Springs Market.
• Qi Yun decided to leave Situ Huaji to his fate, but Situ Huaji sent a mask to ask for help and promised a share of a hidden legacy.
• Qi Yun questioned why Situ Huaji had crossed the ocean to seek the legacy, as the formation continued to wear down Situ Huaji’s true body.
• Situ Huaji revealed that the legacy was called Heavenly Court.

Qi Yun appeared above the Buddhist formation suppressing Situ Huaji and revealed the presence of a Great True Person, forcing Arhat Fuyun to release him. After Qi Yun asked Situ Huaji to honor his promise, Situ recognized him as the Qi Refining cultivator who had freed him decades earlier and concluded that he was a reincarnated True Lord.

• Qi Yun agreed to help the painted face, then crossed the sea in a single stride and appeared above the formation restraining Situ Huaji.
• Qi Yun revealed his supreme dao foundation aura, and Arhat Fuyun recognized him as a Great True Person.
• Qi Yun asked Arhat Fuyun to release Situ Huaji, and Fuyun reluctantly ordered the formation withdrawn before fleeing with his disciples.
• Situ Huaji recovered from the suppression, and Qi Yun reminded him that it was time to keep his promise.
• Situ Huaji remembered Qi Yun freeing him beneath the Yellow Springs Market decades earlier and declared that Qi Yun was a True Lord reincarnated.

Qi Yun used soul searching to uncover that Situ Huaji had bound a fragmentary key to the Heavenly Court treasure trove to his Divine Soul, then agreed to let him guide the way. Nine months later, Qi Yun opened the sea-eye gateway and entered the treasure trove, leaving the story at its threshold.

• Qi Yun suppressed Situ Huaji and searched his memories for information about the Heavenly Court treasure trove.
• Qi Yun discovered that Situ Huaji had sewn the incomplete treasure key into the origin of his Divine Soul and promised him a share if he guided the way.
• Qi Yun and Situ Huaji traveled to the Eastern Sea's Yiwei Sea Eye, where Situ Huaji explained how the gateway could be opened during a brief tidal balance.
• Nine months later, Qi Yun placed Situ Huaji in an independent space as the sea and stars reached their appointed alignment.
• Situ Huaji activated the talisman key, and Qi Yun entered the newly opened gateway to the Heavenly Court treasure trove.

Qi Yun and Situ Huaji reached the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace, where Qi Yun cautiously surveyed the ancient complex with paper cranes. After the cranes found a damaged side hall and three unopened brocade boxes, Qi Yun entered to inspect them in person, with Situ Huaji following.

• Qi Yun and Situ Huaji emerged above a sea of clouds and saw the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace, a vast complex that had once served the Heavenly Court as a center for talisman research.
• Qi Yun sent more than ten thousand paper cranes into the palace to map it, while Cai Kun warned him that powerful dormant traces of a True Lord remained there.
• Qi Yun's paper cranes found a damaged southeastern side hall containing scattered, mostly empty brocade boxes and three intact ones, and detected no obvious danger.
• Qi Yun flew into the side hall, and the injured Situ Huaji followed him inside as they approached the three unopened boxes.

Qi Yun escaped the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace after a Dao Abomination attacked him, forcing him to abandon the three brocade boxes he had found. Outside the palace, Situ Huaji revealed that he had secretly taken all three boxes during their escape.

• Qi Yun divined that the heavenly palace and its brocade boxes were cut off from cause and effect, then dodged a sudden attack after Cai Shen warned him.
• Cai Shen identified the attacker as a Dao Abomination formed from a True Lord's remnant thought and warned that its touch would erase anything from existence.
• Qi Yun used a formation to distract the Dao Abomination and fled through the palace portal while the creature remained behind.
• Situ Huaji opened the portal with his key, and Qi Yun and Situ Huaji escaped the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace.
• Situ Huaji revealed that he had taken the three brocade boxes from the palace during their escape.

Qi Yun recruited Situ Huaji and opened the three brocade boxes from the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace on a remote island. After giving Situ Huaji a crystalline finger believed to belong to an Innate God or Devil, Qi Yun opened a second box and released a hostile black mist that attacked them.

• Qi Yun invited Situ Huaji to join the Holy Sect, and Situ Huaji accepted and handed over the three brocade boxes.
• Qi Yun and Situ Huaji traveled to a remote island, where Qi Yun opened the indigo box and found a crystalline finger filled with primordial power.
• Qi Yun gave the finger to Situ Huaji to strengthen his ferocious demon battle physique.
• Qi Yun removed the seal from the ebony box, and a malicious black mist burst out, threatening to eat him.
• Situ Huaji sprang in front of the black mist and shouted at it.

Qi Yun subdued a Divine Puppet sealed in a brocade box and learned that a True Lord’s restriction prevented it from revealing the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace’s secrets. He recruited the puppet, then opened the final box and discovered an object that stirred the Supreme Mystery Register.

• Qi Yun froze and blasted apart the black fog, forcing the cyan-robed Divine Puppet to surrender.
• Qi Yun examined the jade crystal chain and recognized the Wu Nuo Method and the Divine Puppet’s Puppet Heart.
• The Divine Puppet revealed a True Lord’s [Forbidden] Incantation prevented it from disclosing the Heavenly Palace’s secrets.
• Qi Yun invited the Divine Puppet to follow him, and it agreed.
• Qi Yun opened the final dark gold brocade box, whose contents stirred the Supreme Mystery Register, and began to identify it as Divine Firmament-.

Qi Yun tried to refine the half Divine Firmament Thunder Talisman, a genuine source of pure Thunder Method, despite the danger of provoking Heaven’s Will. As Heaven’s Will manifested and nearly crushed him, he tore through the talisman’s lightning barrier and seized it, determined to refine it.

• Qi Yun recognized the half Divine Firmament Thunder Talisman as a rare, genuine source of pure Thunder Method and weighed the danger of refining it.
• Qi Yun resolved to risk Heaven’s Will rather than let fear weaken his Dao heart, then grabbed the talisman.
• Qi Yun used his Law Power and Wield Myriad Laws Divine Ability to suppress the talisman, enduring its searing thunder intent.
• Heaven’s Will manifested as a vast illusory talisman pattern above the stone mountain and pressed down on Qi Yun.
• The pressure cracked the Northern Defense Grand Formation and injured Qi Yun, but he tore apart the talisman’s lightning barrier and gripped it, declaring that he would refine it.

Qi Yun survived Heaven’s Will’s attempt to erase him by using the Law Technique Panel to seize the authority of the Divine Firmament Thunder Talisman, then returned to the Wuji Sacred Sect as Black Mountain True Person moved to take control of his holdings. The chapter ended with Qi Yun interrupting Black Mountain’s decision in the Great Void Hall.

• The Law Technique Panel completed its major update, replacing Supreme Mystery Register with Heaven-Reaching Register as Heaven’s Will tried to separate Qi Yun from the world.
• The panel severed the karma linking Qi Yun to Heaven’s authority, causing the enormous talisman’s pressure to withdraw and the world to return to normal.
• Qi Yun formed a golden thunder talisman and recognized that the Thunder Method had become entirely his.
• Black Mountain True Person suppressed True Person Qianxin and several other True Persons while arranging to temporarily reclaim Qi Yun’s holdings and assign Green Mountain Dao Academy to a newly advanced True Person.
• Qi Yun entered the Great Void Hall and interrupted Black Mountain True Person, who identified him by name.

Qi Yun confronted Black Mountain True Person in the Great Void Hall and resisted his Dao Position, revealing that he had advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Qi Yun then manifested the Thunder Method, and Black Mountain True Person unleashed the full might of a peak Great True Person as the hall became a battleground poised for confrontation.

• Qi Yun calmly challenged Black Mountain True Person over his threat to dispose of Qi Yun's cultivation ground.
• Black Mountain True Person pressed Qi Yun with his Dao Position, but Qi Yun stood firm and the clash formed pale-gray lines in the air.
• True Person Qianxin realized Qi Yun had likely reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and Black Mountain True Person rose to suppress him with his cultivation.
• Thunderclouds gathered over the Holy Sect, and a bolt of blazing white lightning struck as Qi Yun stood amid its sparks, leading the True Persons to identify his power as the Thunder Method.
• The True Persons retreated to the sides of the hall while Black Mountain True Person's demonic mountains became solid and his full peak Great True Person presence spread across the hall.

Black Mountain True Person’s Ten Thousand Mountains Devil Heaven Realm clashed with Qi Yun’s Great Luo Myriad Laws Domain and thunder formation, leaving Qi Yun at a disadvantage. Qi Yun used Wield Myriad Laws to wound Black Mountain True Person, who vanished with murderous intent and now truly intended to kill him.

• Black Mountain True Person expanded his Ten Thousand Mountains Devil Heaven Realm and sent its devil mountains crashing toward Qi Yun.
• Qi Yun summoned the Great Luo Myriad Laws Domain and formed the Great Luo Myriad Laws Divine Firmament Thunder Command True Supreme Formation to withstand the assault.
• Black Mountain True Person crossed the clash of domains and struck at Qi Yun, who revealed Wield Myriad Laws and briefly halted the devil mountains.
• Qi Yun used the opening to cut Black Mountain True Person’s cheek with a concentrated bolt of thunder, drawing dark golden blood.
• Black Mountain True Person healed the wound, vanished from his peak, and locked his murderous intent onto Qi Yun.

Bai Yuntian appeared just before Black Mountain True Person's seal could destroy Qi Yun and dispersed it with a casual gesture. He forced Black Mountain to apologize to Qi Yun, ending the confrontation with the hall restored to normal.

• Black Mountain True Person sent the Ten Thousand Mountains Ruins of Return Seal down toward Qi Yun, threatening to destroy his Dao Foundation and true spirit.
• Bai Yuntian appeared and effortlessly dispersed the seal, then reminded Black Mountain that they had not met in many years.
• The Holy Sect True Persons recognized Bai Yuntian and bowed to him, while Qi Yun calmly accepted his reprimand.
• Bai Yuntian told Black Mountain to apologize, and Black Mountain initially mistook the demand as an order for Qi Yun to apologize.
• Bai Yuntian released overwhelming pressure, forcing Black Mountain to admit he had acted rashly and apologize to Martial Nephew Qi.
• Bai Yuntian withdrew his pressure and asked Qi Yun whether he was satisfied.

Qi Yun demanded compensation from Black Mountain True Person, and Bai Yuntian seized True Person Ling and delivered him to Qi Yun before issuing the True Lord’s decree that the conflict must end. Back at his temple, Qi Yun met the man who had once brought him Law Techniques and revealed his hundred-year transformation, leaving True Person Ling stunned and suspicious.

• Qi Yun asked Black Mountain True Person to give him an unusual demon bird as compensation, while Bai Yuntian silenced Black Mountain True Person.
• Bai Yuntian traced True Person Ling through the void, seized him, and handed him to Qi Yun.
• Bai Yuntian delivered the True Lord’s decree ending the dispute and warning that anyone who prolonged it would be severely punished.
• Qi Yun returned to his Green Mountain Daoist Temple with True Person Ling and used a Spirit-Calming Talisman to steady his Divine Soul.
• True Person Ling recognized Qi Yun from the outer sect trial and was shocked by his cultivation, while Qi Yun remarked that he seemed forgetful.

Qi Yun repaid Xuan Ling for an old kindness by freeing him from Black Mountain, and Xuan Ling chose to join the Green Mountain Dao Academy and seek revenge with Qi Yun’s help. Several days later, a mysterious force transported Qi Yun from his temple to a strange woodland, where he met a True Lord.

• Qi Yun told Xuan Ling that their past karma was settled and invited him to decide his own future.
• Xuan Ling asked Qi Yun to take him in, vowing to follow him and avenge his family against Black Mountain.
• Qi Yun accepted Xuan Ling into the Green Mountain Dao Academy and told him to recover his cultivation while he made other arrangements.
• Several days later, a rainbow light carried Qi Yun from his quiet room to a secluded woodland filled with exceptionally pure Spiritual Qi.
• Qi Yun found a powerful, bare-chested man seated on a jade platform and bowed to him as the True Lord.

Desolate Halberd True Lord summoned Qi Yun, revealed that he knew Qi Yun had explored the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace, and tasked him with retrieving a [Fruition Status] from another realm. The chapter ended with the True Lord promising Qi Yun a [Golden Core] if he returned safely with it.

• Desolate Halberd True Lord recognized Qi Yun's visit to the Upper Mysterious Heavenly Palace and assured him that exploring the ruins did not violate the Holy Sect's rules.
• Desolate Halberd True Lord showed Qi Yun [Six Realms Heaven], a metal block that could cross between realms, and asked him to retrieve a [Fruition Status].
• Desolate Halberd True Lord explained that he had taken two [Fruition Statuses] from that realm, brought one back, and left the other behind because he had to leave in a hurry.
• Qi Yun asked why a senior Great True Person could not retrieve the [Fruition Status], and Desolate Halberd True Lord explained that their cultivation would cause them to be suppressed in that realm.
• Desolate Halberd True Lord told Qi Yun that Foundation Establishment Middle Stage was the highest cultivation level that could safely enter the realm and promised him a [Golden Core] for returning with the [Fruition Status].

Qi Yun accepted Desolate Halberd True Lord’s request to travel beyond their realm in exchange for a Golden Core and received a high-ranking Great Void Jade Tally. Meanwhile, True Person Heisha plotted against Qi Yun, but an unnamed True Person arrived at his mountain gate demanding repayment for Soul-Cleansing Elixir.

• Cai Shen explained that the Golden Core would greatly strengthen Qi Yun’s foundation for the Dharma Body samadhi, and Qi Yun agreed to undertake the journey.
• Desolate Halberd True Lord gave Qi Yun a purplish-gold Great Void Jade Tally granting him broad privileges throughout the sect.
• Qi Yun returned to the Green Mountain Daoist Temple with the tally and resolved to make the journey beyond their realm.
• True Person Heisha learned that Qi Yun had advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, fought Black Mountain, and received Lord Bai’s protection, and he blamed Qi Yun for his nephew Yue Rong’s death.
• A disciple reported that a mysterious True Person had come to see Heisha and demanded repayment for several jars of Soul-Cleansing Elixir.

Qi Yun confronted True Person Heisha at Black Baleful Intent Edge and demanded the Three Yin Meng God Diagram, using a Purple-Gold Great Void Tally to compel his cooperation. He then produced a long list of additional items he wanted requisitioned.

• True Person Heisha considered fighting Qi Yun but decided to avoid risking defeat and damaging the Black Mountain Lineage's prestige.
• True Person Heisha tried to refuse Qi Yun by claiming he was in secluded cultivation, but Qi Yun appeared inside the hall and challenged his excuse.
• True Person Heisha offered fifty jars of superior-grade Soul-Cleansing Elixir, but Qi Yun stopped Song'er and asked to borrow the Three Yin Meng God Diagram.
• True Person Heisha summoned his Ten Thousand Caves Absolute Baleful Intent Domain Heaven, but Qi Yun revealed a Purple-Gold Great Void Tally bestowed by a True Lord.
• True Person Heisha agreed to fetch the diagram, and Qi Yun handed him a long list of additional items to requisition.