Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan returned from War Zone 450 to Star River Martial Academy after receiving Commander Huo Yan’s highest-clearance pass and promising to help Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey if they needed him. Wen Yuan and Lin Xuanqing discovered that Chen Fan had formed exactly 8,888 drops of Life-and-Death Dao Blood, leaving them stunned as he called his progress insignificant.

• Huo Yan gave Chen Fan War Zone 450’s highest-clearance pass and welcomed him to return anytime.
• Chen Fan promised Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey that he would help if they faced trouble, then left through the Teleportation Array.
• Huo Yan urged Lei Kun and his comrades not to let Chen Fan down, and the three resolved to move forward with determination.
• Chen Fan returned to Star River Martial Academy and met Wen Yuan, who had been anxiously waiting for him.
• Wen Yuan probed Chen Fan with his divine sense and was shocked by the vast galaxy of Life-and-Death Dao Blood within him.
• Lin Xuanqing saw that Chen Fan had exactly 8,888 drops of flawless Life-and-Death Dao Blood, while Chen Fan described his progress as insignificant.

Lin Xuanqing prepared Chen Fan for the Academy Grand Competition, confident that he would prove the Life School’s critics wrong. After seven days of quiet wandering, Chen Fan entered the Undying Realm battlefield alone, while a rival mocked Lin Xuanqing and challenged the Life School to place in the top five.

• Lin Xuanqing told Chen Fan to rest for seven days before the competition, and Wen Yuan reassured him that he need not reveal his full strength.
• Chen Fan wandered barefoot through the Life School, letting the eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight drops of Life-and-Death Dao Blood flow into harmony.
• The competition bell rang across the Tianshu Star System, and students from the ten great schools gathered at the arena in the void.
• The Vice Dean opened three spatial gates and ordered the competitors to enter their respective realm battlefields.
• Chen Fan walked alone toward the gate leading to the Undying Realm battlefield as the Chief Instructors watched Lin Xuanqing.
• A voice from the Ancient Martial Arts School mocked Lin Xuanqing and said the Life School should send Chen Fan to them if it failed to make the top five.

Lin Xuanqing and Old Freak Wang wagered their schools’ honor on the Academy Grand Competition, with Chen Fan’s transfer caught in the terms. Chen Fan entered the Undying Realm battlefield, the Lost Divine Domain, and began wandering its dangerous forest without hiding his presence.

• Lin Xuanqing challenged Old Freak Wang to admit that ancient martial arts was inferior to the Way of Life if the Ancient Martial Arts School failed to win first place in any of the Three Realms.
• Old Freak Wang accepted and bet that Lin Xuanqing would stop interfering with Chen Fan’s transfer if the Ancient Martial Arts School won all three realms.
• The spectators turned their attention to the Undying Realm competition as Chen Fan entered the battlefield through the spatial gate.
• The battlefield announced that it would shrink toward the Central Divine Mountain and that contestants would earn points by surviving and defeating opponents or ferocious beasts.
• Chen Fan surveyed the ancient forest and strolled through it openly, while an instructor watching the projection worried that veteran disciples would eliminate him early.

Huo Ling challenged Chen Fan in the Lost Divine Domain, but Chen Fan effortlessly extinguished his fire attacks and killed him. Chen Fan received 1,800 points and continued through the forest.

• Old Freak Wang criticized Chen Fan, while Lin Xuanqing watched with anticipation.
• Huo Ling confronted Chen Fan and attacked him with a sea of Undying Divine Fire.
• Chen Fan extinguished the flames with a finger and asked Huo Ling whether he wanted to continue.
• Huo Ling used his source essence blood to summon a powerful Fire Qilin.
• Chen Fan destroyed the Fire Qilin with a speck of crimson-gold light, and the backlash killed Huo Ling.
• Chen Fan received 1,800 points and continued walking through the forest.

The spectators and instructors realized Chen Fan had defeated Huo Ling by erasing the vitality in her Divine Fire, and Lin Xuanqing reveled in their reaction. Inside the Lost Divine Domain, Chen Fan found a powerful Sword Intent that finally stirred his interest, and he headed toward its source.

• The instructors recognized that Chen Fan had used Dao principles to extinguish Huo Ling's flames, and they marveled at the power of the Life School's Dao.
• The Chief Instructors regretted that Chen Fan had chosen the Life School, while Lin Xuanqing laughed triumphantly at their changed opinions.
• Old Freak Wang dismissed Chen Fan's victory as a trick and questioned whether he could survive the competition, but Lin Xuanqing told him to wait and see.
• Chen Fan continued through the Lost Divine Domain, where beasts fled from him and poisonous mist parted in his path.
• Chen Fan sensed a sharp, pure Sword Intent from a mist-shrouded peak, and his Life-and-Death Dao Blood resonated with anticipation.

Chen Fan faced Jian Wuchen atop a solitary peak in the Lost Divine Domain, where Jian Wuchen’s first sword strike dissolved against Chen Fan’s fist. Jian Wuchen unleashed his Sword World, and Chen Fan opened his Life-and-Death Domain as the Sword Qi storm poured into it.

• Chen Fan approached the peak, where the viewing stands identified his opponent as Jian Wuchen, a renowned sword prodigy.
• Jian Wuchen drew his sword and sent a strike capable of severing laws toward Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan stopped the sword light with his fist, astonishing the students and Chief Instructors.
• Jian Wuchen praised Chen Fan and unleashed his Sword World, summoning a storm of Sword Qi from the peak and its surroundings.
• Chen Fan opened his Life-and-Death Domain, and Jian Wuchen’s Sword Qi storm poured into it.

Chen Fan defeated Jian Wuchen by overwhelming his sword with his Dao of life and death, while the Divine Domain competition entered its second phase and began forcing survivors toward Myriad Beast Valley. As Chen Fan wandered through the shrinking domain, he found Life School disciples surrounded by Ancient Martial Arts School fighters.

• Chen Fan neutralized Jian Wuchen's Sword Qi and subdued his divine sword, prompting Jian Wuchen to admit defeat and acknowledge him.
• The Divine Domain announced that its second phase had begun and began gathering survivors at Myriad Beast Valley as the map shrank.
• Jian Wuchen praised Chen Fan's Dao, then departed for Myriad Beast Valley while the Nine Great Schools' instructors argued over Chen Fan's talent.
• Chen Fan strolled through the domain, contemplating life and death, until he sensed a fight near a decaying swamp.
• Chen Fan discovered Life School disciples trapped by more than ten Ancient Martial Arts School disciples led by a burly Mid-Stage Sixth Grade Undying Realm fighter.

Chen Fan rescued the surrounded Life School disciples by neutralizing the Ancient Martial Arts School attackers with his Dao Rhythm. Afterward, his fellow disciples warned him that three factions had formed an alliance to hunt him before the final battle at Myriad Beast Valley.

• The Life School Senior Fellow Apprentice urged Chen Fan to flee the trap, but Chen Fan entered the clearing and said he would stand with his school.
• The Ancient Martial Arts School leader sent several sixth-grade disciples to attack Chen Fan, but his Dao Rhythm drained their vitality and left them unable to fight.
• Chen Fan walked past the fallen attackers and told the rescued Life School disciples to go to Myriad Beast Valley.
• In the spectators' stands, Lin Xuanqing mocked Old Freak Wang after his disciples were defeated, while Old Freak Wang insisted Zhao Xingkong could still win the title.
• A Life School disciple told Chen Fan that the Elemental Faction, Formation Faction, and Machinery Faction had formed a Hunting Alliance to eliminate him before the final battle.
• The Life School Senior Fellow Apprentices offered to cover Chen Fan's retreat and urged him to hide.

Yan Zhan’s Hunting Alliance surrounded Chen Fan and demanded that he surrender, but Chen Fan asked if they had come to give him points. The alliance attacked, and Chen Fan effortlessly dissolved its formation and split its elemental assault before tapping the charging Mecha’s fist with one finger.

• Yan Zhan and more than ten Hunting Alliance members emerged from the forest and encircled Chen Fan and the Life School senior fellow apprentices.
• Yan Zhan offered Chen Fan the choice of crushing his token or being forced out, but Chen Fan asked whether they had come to give him points.
• Yan Zhan ordered the alliance to attack, and its Formation, Elemental, and Machinery Faction members launched a coordinated assault.
• Chen Fan told the Life School senior fellow apprentices to step back, then his Dao Rhythm dissolved the formation and diverted the Ice-Fire Tornado around him.
• As the Combat Mecha swung its enormous fist at Chen Fan, he raised one finger and tapped it.

Chen Fan effortlessly dismantled the Hunting Alliance and sent its members collapsing, surging to first place on the leaderboard. As he headed to Myriad Beast Valley with his stunned schoolmates, the Chief Instructors praised Lin Xuanqing and offered Chen Fan access to their schools’ resources.

• Chen Fan destroyed the alliance’s mech with a touch, then used a grasping motion to drain or destabilize the members’ power and render the entire Hunting Alliance unable to fight.
• Chen Fan’s Student Badge points rose to 28,800, vaulting him far ahead of Zhao Xingkong and everyone else.
• Chen Fan told his Senior Fellow Apprentices they could continue to Myriad Beast Valley, and they followed him in awed silence.
• The Chief Instructors abandoned their mockery of the Life School and offered Chen Fan their schools’ resources, while Lin Xuanqing looked toward the trembling Old Freak Wang.

Zhao Xingkong noticed Chen Fan’s overwhelming lead in the Lost Divine Domain competition and raced to Myriad Beast Valley to challenge him. The two met as equals and exchanged a single powerful punch that sent them both flying.

• Old Freak Wang insisted Zhao Xingkong could still defeat Chen Fan and prove the strength of Ancient Martial Arts.
• Zhao Xingkong saw Chen Fan far ahead on the points leaderboard and hurried toward Myriad Beast Valley.
• Zhao Xingkong arrived before Chen Fan, and the other contestants cleared the area for their fight.
• Zhao Xingkong and Chen Fan recognized each other’s strength and agreed to fight with their full Martial Dao power.
• Zhao Xingkong and Chen Fan’s fists collided, sending both fighters flying hundreds of meters backward.

Chen Fan and Zhao Xingkong fought an even-handed physical battle until Zhao Xingkong revealed the Primordial Dragon Elephant Body and unleashed his Primordial Dragon Fist. Chen Fan answered with his Life-and-Death Wheel, and their techniques remained locked in a clash as the chapter ended.

• Chen Fan and Zhao Xingkong traded more than a hundred fierce blows without either gaining the advantage.
• Zhao Xingkong awakened the legendary Primordial Dragon Elephant Body and formed its phantom behind him.
• Zhao Xingkong struck with the Primordial Dragon Fist, shattering space as it charged toward Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan saluted Zhao Xingkong and sent his Life-and-Death Wheel to meet the punch.
• The Life-and-Death Wheel absorbed and ground down the fist's force as the Primordial Dragon Elephant phantom pressed on.

Chen Fan defeated Zhao Xingkong by reversing the Life-and-Death Wheel and turning Zhao Xingkong’s power against him, then was named champion of the Undying Realm Competition. The Vice Dean confirmed the outcome of the Betting Agreement, and Old Freak Wang apologized to Chen Fan and invited him to join the Ancient Martial Arts School.

• Chen Fan reversed the Life-and-Death Wheel, annihilated Zhao Xingkong’s primordial dragon elephant, and defeated him.
• Chen Fan steadied Zhao Xingkong and offered him a life-restoring pill; Zhao Xingkong accepted defeat and praised Chen Fan’s more complete Dao.
• The Vice Dean declared the Undying Realm Competition over, honored Zhao Xingkong, and named Chen Fan of the Life School champion.
• The Vice Dean affirmed that the academy would witness the Betting Agreement’s outcome, and Lin Xuanqing celebrated while Old Freak Wang conceded.
• Old Freak Wang apologized to Chen Fan and said the Ancient Martial Arts School remained open to him because of his Martial Dao.

After Chen Fan won first place in the Undying Realm and Wen Yuan placed third in the Immortal Realm, the Life School received widespread respect. The Academy Committee named Chen Fan a Star River Level Student and awarded him a chance to enter the Origin Ancient Realm, while instructors from other schools gathered to congratulate and recruit him.

• Wen Yuan took third place in the Immortal Realm competition, and a New Martial Arts School genius won first place in the Golden Body Realm.
• Chen Fan's victory spread across the Academy, and the other schools' Chief Instructors congratulated Lin Xuanqing and invited Chen Fan to visit their schools.
• The Academy Committee granted Chen Fan Star River Level Student status and a chance to enter the Origin Ancient Realm.
• Lin Xuanqing explained that the Origin Ancient Realm was the Academy's supreme secret realm and that it had been opened early for Chen Fan.
• As the contestants were teleported away, Old Freak Wang and other Chief Instructors approached Lin Xuanqing and Chen Fan with congratulations and offers.

After his victory over Zhao Xingkong, Chen Fan’s Life-and-Death Dao Blood naturally grew to nine thousand drops. Lin Xuanqing brought him and Wen Yuan to the gate of the Origin Ancient Realm, where Chen Fan met the other nine Star River Level students.

• Chen Fan returned to the Life School and received his disciples’ adulation after winning the grand competition.
• Lin Xuanqing told Chen Fan that he would take him to the Origin Ancient Realm in three days and warned him to prepare carefully.
• Chen Fan reflected on his contest with Zhao Xingkong, and his Life-and-Death Dao Blood reached nine thousand drops during three days of quiet recovery.
• Lin Xuanqing brought Chen Fan and Wen Yuan to the Origin Ancient Realm’s gate and asked Wen Yuan to look after Chen Fan.
• The other nine Star River Level students arrived with their Chief Instructors and studied Chen Fan, while the sword-bearing youth acknowledged him with a nod.

Chen Fan and the other nine Prodigies entered the Origin Ancient Realm to cultivate for one month. As Chen Fan activated the Life-and-Death Furnace, his energy vortex steadily expanded and began drawing Origin energy away from the other eight Star River Level Students.

• The Vice Dean opened the gate to the Origin Ancient Realm and sent the ten Prodigies inside for a month of cultivation.
• Wen Yuan explained that the realm was a fragment left from the universe’s beginning and encouraged Chen Fan to absorb as much Origin energy as he could.
• Wen Yuan and the other eight Star River Level Students dispersed to cultivate, and Chen Fan sat nearby to activate the Life-and-Death Furnace.
• Chen Fan’s initially modest energy vortex expanded silently as the Life-and-Death Furnace reached full force.
• Wen Yuan and the other Prodigies noticed their absorption slowing and turned toward Chen Fan as his vortex redirected the surrounding energy.

Chen Fan absorbed the Origin Ancient Realm’s energy and began breaking through from the Sixth Grade Undying Realm toward the Seventh Grade Immortal Realm. Wen Yuan realized Chen Fan intended to forge the entire realm into his first Immortal Dao Mark.

• Chen Fan’s enormous energy vortex drew in Origin Power and law fragments, stunning the nine Star River Level Prodigies.
• Chen Fan’s Life-and-Death Dao Blood transformed as an aura of the Immortal Realm’s threshold emerged from him.
• Remembering Lin Xuanqing’s and Wen Yuan’s teachings, Chen Fan decided to forge a Dao Mark using the Origin Ancient Realm and released the Life-and-Death Furnace in his Dantian.
• Chen Fan’s vortex erupted into a raging storm, forcing the nine Prodigies to retreat a hundred li.
• Wen Yuan told the others that Chen Fan was using the entire Origin Ancient Realm as a blank to forge his first Immortal Dao Mark.

Chen Fan refined the Origin Ancient Realm into a World Seal and broke through to the Seventh Grade Immortal Realm, leaving the realm drained of its origin power. The nine Prodigies ended their trial early, while the Vice Dean and faction instructors waited outside, expecting the other students to benefit from the realm.

• Chen Fan formed a World Seal from the Origin Ancient Realm and refined it into a Dao Mark in his Dantian, reaching the Seventh Grade Immortal Realm.
• The Origin Ancient Realm lost most of its origin power and law fragments after Chen Fan absorbed them into his Dao Mark.
• Chen Fan wondered why his nine Senior Fellow Apprentices had stopped cultivating and commented that the origin qi seemed thinner.
• The nine Prodigies silently agreed to end their trial and left the Origin Ancient Realm using their Student Badges.
• Outside the ancient gate, the Vice Dean remarked that opening the realm early for Chen Fan would give the other youngsters a chance to improve.

Chen Fan emerged from the Origin Ancient Realm after draining it of its origin energy and fragments of law, leaving the instructors and his fellow students stunned. The Vice Dean responded with delight, praising Chen Fan as the future of the Human Federation.

• The nine Star River Level Students other than Chen Fan returned early, pale and silent, leaving the instructors alarmed.
• Lin Xuanqing asked Wen Yuan what had happened and where Chen Fan was, but Wen Yuan could only offer a bitter smile.
• Chen Fan emerged from the realm, and the Vice Dean and instructors used their divine senses to discover that its origin energy and fragments of law had vanished.
• Chen Fan asked whether he had accidentally absorbed a little too much, prompting the stunned elders to struggle to contain their anger.
• The Vice Dean laughed and praised Chen Fan as the Qilin Prodigy whom the White Emperor had declared the future of the Human Federation.

After Chen Fan emerged from the Origin Ancient Realm, the Vice Dean appointed him to represent Star River Martial Academy in both contests at the Four Academies Competition. Chen Fan accepted and planned to prepare his junior students, while Lin Xuanqing urged him to spend three months integrating his new Dao mark before showing the other academies the Way of Life.

• The Vice Dean declared that Chen Fan was worth more than ten Origin Ancient Realms, earning Lin Xuanqing respect from the other Chief Instructors.
• The Vice Dean explained the Four Academies Competition and named Chen Fan Star River Martial Academy's representative in both the Freshmen Competition and the Academy Grand Competition.
• The instructors noted that Chen Fan's Seventh Grade Immortal Realm strength far exceeded the usual level of freshmen competitors.
• Chen Fan accepted the assignment and asked to train his junior brothers and sisters so they could compete as a team.
• The Vice Dean told Chen Fan not to rush into another breakthrough and to spend the next three months integrating his Dao mark.
• Old Freak Wang and the New Martial Arts School's Chief Instructor offered Chen Fan encouragement and Sword Dao insights before Lin Xuanqing urged him to show the Way of Life at the competition.