Recaps

Xiao Han faced Feng Wuying in the quarterfinals and overcame the Zero Class genius’s extreme speed by blending into the arena’s shadows. He defeated Feng Wuying with a Shadow Avatar ambush and Lotus in Motion, advancing in the tournament.

• Feng Wuying activated his SS-rank wind martial soul and attacked Xiao Han with rapid movements and sweeping wind blades.
• Xiao Han used his Eternal Night King martial soul to blend into the shadows and evade Feng Wuying’s attacks.
• Feng Wuying struggled to track Xiao Han, and his attack rhythm faltered as he tried to anticipate his movements.
• Xiao Han summoned a Shadow Avatar behind Feng Wuying, which struck him with the Annihilation Divine Fist.
• Xiao Han followed up with Lotus in Motion, pierced Feng Wuying’s defenses, and sent him out of the arena.
• The referee declared Xiao Han the winner.

After defeating Feng Wuying, Xiao Han faced Shi Potian in the quarterfinals and struggled to break through the heavily armored fighter’s earth-powered defenses. The battle remained unresolved as Shi Potian’s attacks and the energy draining from Xiao Han left him searching for an opening.

• Xiao Han’s Shadow Avatar and shadow-based movement stunned the spectators after he defeated Feng Wuying.
• The quarterfinal draw matched Xiao Han against Shi Potian, a top Core Sequence fighter with an SS-rank Heart of Mount Tai Martial Soul.
• Shi Potian transformed into a rock giant and used Earth Binding to slow Xiao Han before attacking with Mount Tai Collapse.
• Xiao Han dodged Shi Potian’s attacks and struck him with Annihilation Divine Fist, but Shi Potian’s rocky armor quickly repaired itself.
• Xiao Han’s Green Lotus Sword Qi barely marked Shi Potian, whose earth-powered defense resisted Xiao Han’s attempts to find an opening.

Xiao Han awakened the Chaos Green Lotus’s purifying domain and used it to break Shi Potian’s rock armor, defeating him and advancing to the Academy Grand Competition semifinals. After the crowd celebrated his victory, Xiao Han returned to his cultivation room to recover.

• Xiao Han spread the Chaos Green Lotus’s cyan domain, weakening Shi Potian’s connection to the earth and eroding his rock armor.
• Xiao Han combined the Annihilation Divine Fist, shadow power, and the lotus’s purifying force to crack and shatter Shi Potian’s armor.
• Xiao Han pressed his attack and struck Shi Potian’s unarmored neck, leaving him unconscious as his rocky form crumbled back to human form.
• The referee declared Xiao Han the winner, and the crowd acclaimed him as he advanced to the semifinals.
• Xiao Han declined Instructor Lin Qingxia’s invitation and the others’ greetings, then returned to his private cultivation room.

After defeating Shi Potian, Xiao Han learned that his semifinal opponent, Long Aotian, possessed an overwhelming SSS-rank Purgatory Demon Dragon Martial Soul. To gain a chance at victory, Xiao Han accepted the God-Level Choice System’s deadly challenge to temper himself with lightning at Thunder Punishment Cliff.

• Xiao Han recovered from his battle with Shi Potian and studied Long Aotian’s profile and battle recordings.
• Xiao Han assessed Long Aotian’s superior cultivation and destructive Martial Soul, and doubted his current abilities would be enough.
• The God-Level Choice System offered Xiao Han a cautious training option or a dangerous trip to Thunder Punishment Cliff for powerful rewards.
• Xiao Han chose to brave the lightning challenge, which could awaken both Martial Souls beyond SSS+ and grant him a Temporary Thunder Tyrant Body.
• The system started a 24-hour countdown, and Xiao Han rose with fierce fighting spirit to prepare for the journey.

Xiao Han abandoned his attempt to climb Thunder Punishment Cliff and followed the system’s guidance into the No. 7 Small Secret Realm to claim a Dark Night Star Soul Crystal. After fighting through increasingly powerful beasts, he reached the valley where the Netherworld Demon Spider guarded the cave.

• Xiao Han set out for Thunder Punishment Cliff to strengthen himself, but the system redirected him to the No. 7 Small Secret Realm and assigned him to retrieve a Dark Night Star Soul Crystal from the Netherworld Demon Spider.
• Xiao Han entered the secret realm and killed six Bone-Corroding Poison Lizards using his martial souls, sword qi, fists, and Shadow Avatar.
• Xiao Han fought his way through stronger beasts, sustaining serious wounds but pressing deeper into the secret realm.
• Xiao Han reached a vast valley and found the Netherworld Demon Spider guarding a cave entrance beneath its web.

Xiao Han provoked the Netherworld Demon Spider to steal the Dark Night Star Soul Crystal, escaped its deadly pursuit, and received upgraded system rewards after completing his mission. As he healed from his injuries and poison, he prepared to use the new temporary powers against Long Aotian in the semifinals.

• Xiao Han shouted at the Netherworld Demon Spider, seized the Dark Night Star Soul Crystal, and fled through its webs and poisonous mist.
• Xiao Han escaped the secret realm badly wounded and poisoned, and the system awarded him a Chaos Realm-Breaking Pill and temporary Dragon Soul Intimidation Immunity.
• After Xiao Han returned to his courtyard, the system reclaimed those rewards and replaced them with temporary Martial Soul Origin Awakening and a perfection epiphany for one mastered art or skill.
• Xiao Han resolved to recover and plan how to use his new rewards against Long Aotian in the semifinals.
• Xiao Han used the Chaos Green Lotus to heal his wounds and purge the spider poison while the Eternal Night King helped him clear his mind and restore his strength.

Xiao Han faced Long Aotian in the Imperial Capital Academy tournament semifinals and activated Martial Soul Origin Awakening to counter Long Aotian’s overwhelming attack. His transformed twin Martial Souls dispelled the Purgatory Domain, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Han recovered from his injuries and prepared to use Martial Soul Origin Awakening at the critical moment.
• Long Aotian entered the arena to roaring cheers and displayed his Martial Master Realm Eighth Level Peak aura.
• Xiao Han faced Long Aotian in the first semifinal match, and the referee started the fight.
• Long Aotian unleashed his Purgatory Demon Dragon Martial Soul, Purgatory Domain, and Purgatory Dragon Breath against Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han activated Martial Soul Origin Awakening, transforming his Chaos Green Lotus and Eternal Night King Martial Souls.
• Xiao Han’s power dispersed the Purgatory Domain and weakened Long Aotian’s demon dragon phantom.

Xiao Han awakened his Martial Soul Origins, raising the Chaos Green Lotus and Eternal Night Monarch beyond measurable ranks and breaking Long Aotian’s Purgatory Domain. He overpowered Long Aotian with the Annihilation Divine Fist and destroyed his spiritual power core, leaving Long Aotian gravely injured and unable to resist.

• Xiao Han’s awakened power shattered Long Aotian’s Purgatory Domain and suppressed his Purgatory Demon Dragon Martial Soul.
• Long Aotian summoned pitch-black flame chains and ordered his demon dragon to kill Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han used the system to bring the Annihilation Divine Fist to complete mastery and evaded Long Aotian’s attack with his movement technique.
• Xiao Han struck Long Aotian with his first fist, breaking his claw and caving in his chest.
• Xiao Han landed a second fist on Long Aotian’s dantian, destroying his spiritual power core and eroding his meridians.

Xiao Han defeated Long Aotian in two punches to advance to the Academy Grand Competition final, then collapsed from the strain of his temporary power. As hidden forces began investigating him, Lin Qingxia warned him that his victory had made him a target.

• Xiao Han knocked Long Aotian off the platform with two punches, leaving him unconscious, and the referee declared Xiao Han the winner of the semifinal.
• The arena erupted in celebration while faction leaders and instructors reacted with shock; Lin Qingxia worried that Xiao Han's revealed power would attract greedy attention.
• Xiao Han refused to speak with most people, returned to his private courtyard, and collapsed from exhaustion after learning the system had replenished his awakening and epiphany rewards for the final.
• Xiao Han began recovering and trying to preserve the sensations of his power while academy leaders ordered an investigation and sent encrypted orders to bring him under control.
• Lin Qingxia visited Xiao Han and warned that his victory had made him the focus of many watchers in the shadows.

Lin Qingxia warned Xiao Han that his final opponent, Ye Wuchen, wielded a Void Body and mental and spatial techniques that could neutralize most attacks. On the eve of the final, Xiao Han prepared himself and reflected on the trials and abilities that had brought him this far, as the Imperial Capital awaited the match.

• Lin Qingxia told Xiao Han that Ye Wuchen was the hidden chief of Zero Class, a Martial Master Realm Ninth Level fighter with an SS+ rank Void Body and powerful mental techniques.
• Lin Qingxia explained that Ye Wuchen’s Void Body might have weaknesses if Xiao Han could exploit its shifts or use power beyond Ye Wuchen’s understanding.
• Xiao Han resolved to spend the next three days preparing with the Shadow Void Scripture and A Step to the Ends of the Earth, determined to challenge Ye Wuchen’s void.
• The approaching final stirred excitement across the Imperial Capital, while Xiao Han quietly meditated in his cultivation room on the risks, choices, and techniques behind his rise.
• Xiao Han’s communication jade talisman vibrated as he continued preparing on the eve of the final.

Xiao Han prepared to face Ye Wuchen in the Imperial Capital Academy competition final, relying on his two SSS+ Martial Souls and mastery of shadow and space. As the battle began, he countered Ye Wuchen’s Void Exile with his combined Chaos Eternal Night Domain.

• Xiao Han received messages of support from Su Linglong, Xia Yubing, and Instructor Lin Qingxia before resolving to give the final everything he had.
• Xiao Han planned to use his Martial Souls, techniques, and system rewards against Ye Wuchen, and hoped the battle would help him break through to the Martial Master Realm Fourth Level.
• Ye Wuchen entered the arena and revealed his Martial Master Realm Eighth Level Peak cultivation, SSS-rank Martial Soul, and Void Body.
• Xiao Han revealed his peak Third Level cultivation and two SSS+ Martial Souls, the Chaos Green Lotus and Eternal Night Monarch.
• Ye Wuchen opened with Void Exile, but Xiao Han activated his dual domains and used the Chaos Eternal Night Domain to hold back the spatial attack.

Xiao Han defeated Ye Wuchen in the Imperial Capital Academy Grand Competition final by burning his life essence and striking with his Shadow Avatar. After being declared champion, he received the academy’s rewards, including access to the Star Pavilion’s third floor, time in the Chaos Pool, and one million contribution points.

• Xiao Han and Ye Wuchen fought across the arena as Xiao Han’s attacks disrupted Ye Wuchen’s Void Body and illusions.
• Ye Wuchen unleashed Void Annihilation, and Xiao Han burned thirty percent of his life essence before attacking alongside his Shadow Avatar.
• Xiao Han’s twin Annihilation Divine Fists overwhelmed Ye Wuchen, leaving him unable to fight and winning Xiao Han the final.
• The referee declared Xiao Han the winner, and the crowd celebrated by lifting him into the air.
• The Imperial Capital Academy president awarded Xiao Han a championship badge and a scroll listing his rewards.
• Lin Qingxia, Qin Zhen, Su Linglong, and Xia Yubing watched Xiao Han’s victory with pride, admiration, and excitement.

After winning the Academy Grand Competition, Xiao Han collected his rewards and began recovering, while his victory made him famous across the Dragon Nation Federation. The chapter ended with major powers crowding the Imperial Capital Academy to recruit him.

• Luo Bing and Shi Lei congratulated Xiao Han, and Xiao Han gave reporters vague answers about his Martial Souls and abilities.
• Xiao Han returned to his courtyard, reviewed his championship rewards, and swallowed the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill to heal his injuries.
• Xiao Han circulated the Creation-Heaven-Penetrating Art and the Shadow Void Scripture as he absorbed the pill and looked forward to entering the Chaos Pool.
• News of Xiao Han's twin SSS+ Martial Souls and championship spread across the Federation, making him a celebrated and coveted figure.
• Representatives of the Jiangnan Wang Family, the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the Federation Military Department arrived at the Imperial Capital Academy to recruit Xiao Han.

After warning Xiao Han that powerful factions’ offers came with strings attached, Lin Qingxia watched him prepare to enter the academy’s Chaos Pool and heal his injuries. Xiao Han sensed a watcher on the way, then entered the pool, where both his Martial Souls began absorbing its chaos energy.

• A wealthy middle-aged man offered Xiao Han his daughter in marriage along with a spirit vein and Federation coins, but Xiao Han politely refused.
• Lin Qingxia warned Xiao Han that accepting a faction’s support could cost him his independence, and Xiao Han said he understood.
• Xiao Han spent his tournament reward on cultivation supplies to prepare his Martial Souls for evolution and to recover from his battle with Ye Wuchen.
• Xiao Han told Lin Qingxia, Su Linglong, and the others he would enter the Chaos Pool, then traveled alone toward the academy’s forbidden grounds.
• Xiao Han sensed an aura watching him along the path and suspected that someone might try to interfere with his journey.
• Inside the Chaos Pool, the Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul absorbed chaos energy while the Eternal Night King Martial Soul converted it into shadow essence and spatial power.

Xiao Han cultivated in the Chaos Pool for a month, merging and strengthening his Twin Martial Soul while recovering from his injuries and breaking through to the peak of the Martial Master Realm Fourth Level. He left the pool and entered the Star Pavilion’s third floor to seek cultivation arts and techniques that could turn his new power into combat strength.

• Xiao Han used the Creation-Heaven-Penetrating Art and Shadow Void Scripture to absorb the Chaos Pool’s energy, refine his body and soul, and heal his injuries.
• The Chaos Green Lotus and Eternal Night Monarch began merging, deepening Xiao Han’s control over their powers and enhancing his martial techniques.
• After a month of cultivation, Xiao Han broke through to the peak of the Martial Master Realm Fourth Level.
• Xiao Han left the Chaos Pool confident he could defeat Ye Wuchen and any new challengers.
• Xiao Han went to the Star Pavilion, used his grand competition reward to reach its third floor, and felt its ancient aura sweep over him as he entered.

Xiao Han searched the Star Pavilion’s third floor and redeemed advanced inheritances for the Annihilation Divine Fist and Shadow Void Scripture. Back in his courtyard, he began studying them as the monthly Core Sequence assessment approached with attention focused on him.

• Xiao Han found a beast-hide scroll containing the next three moves of the Annihilation Divine Fist.
• Xiao Han discovered the Shadow King Chapter fragment sealed in a black crystal and learned it required 800,000 contribution points to redeem.
• Xiao Han spent 1.3 million contribution points to obtain both inheritances from the Star Pavilion’s old attendant.
• Xiao Han studied the moves Break Army, Split Star, and Return to the Ruins, deepening his understanding of annihilation.
• Xiao Han absorbed power and knowledge from the Shadow King Chapter, stirring his Martial Master Realm bottleneck and transforming his control over shadow and space.
• The Imperial Capital Academy prepared for its monthly Core Sequence assessment, with students watching Xiao Han after his victories in the Academy Grand Competition.

Xiao Han dominated the Core Sequence monthly assessment, defeating Shi Lei with one punch before overwhelming Luo Bing’s ice techniques. His sword qi pierced Luo Bing’s defenses, leaving the outcome of their match unresolved.

• Xiao Han entered the monthly assessment with his cultivation at Martial Master Realm Fourth Level Peak, and the first matchup paired him with Shi Lei.
• Xiao Han evaded Shi Lei’s attacks and defeated him with one punch that penetrated his Titan Body and inflicted severe internal injuries.
• Luo Bing challenged Xiao Han and unleashed her Extreme Ice Spirit Fox Martial Soul and ice domain.
• Xiao Han used A Step to the Ends of the Earth to evade Luo Bing’s ice blades, then struck with Green Lotus Sword Song: Lotus in Motion.
• Xiao Han’s cyan sword qi shattered Luo Bing’s ice barriers and spirit fox projection before passing through her final spiritual protection.

Xiao Han dominated the Core Sequence monthly assessment and claimed first place before Lin Qingxia offered him a dangerous off-campus mission in an unstable minor secret realm. Intrigued by its connection to a chaotic alternate space and possible ancient ruins, he accepted and prepared to face the wider world.

• Xiao Han defeated Luo Bing and every later opponent, including Fifth-, Sixth-, and Seventh-Level Martial Masters, without losing a point.
• Instructor Qin Zhen announced Xiao Han as the undisputed first-place member of the Core Sequence.
• Lin Qingxia summoned Xiao Han to her courtyard and proposed an off-campus mission to an unstable minor secret realm connected to a chaotic alternate space.
• Lin Qingxia warned Xiao Han that the realm held unfamiliar beasts and possible rare treasures, and might be linked to ancient ruins or forces from beyond the domain.
• Xiao Han accepted the mission, and Lin Qingxia cautioned him that the dangers beyond the academy were far greater than he could imagine.

Xiao Han left the Imperial Capital Academy for a secret realm in the wilderness after Lin Qingxia equipped him with powerful talismans and a token. Inside, he discovered that the realm’s corrosive energy nourished his Eternal Night King Martial Soul, then confronted a beast as he began exploring.

• Lin Qingxia gave Xiao Han three Martial King Realm jade talismans and a bronze token that could reveal his location, and warned him about the dangers outside the academy.
• Xiao Han left the Imperial Capital Academy and traveled alone through the wilderness toward the secret realm Lin Qingxia had mentioned.
• Xiao Han used the bronze token to protect himself and entered the realm through a black spatial fissure.
• Xiao Han found that the realm’s chaotic, corrosive energy was devoured by his Eternal Night King Martial Soul and transformed into power that nourished it.
• A Second Level of the Martial Master Realm exotic beast attacked Xiao Han, who met its strike with his Annihilation Divine Fist.

Xiao Han fought through the secret realm, killed a wounded Seventh Level Peak giant lizard, and followed his Eternal Night King Martial Soul toward a dense purple mist. As he neared it, human Martial Artists ambushed him from three directions, and he deflected their attacks.

• Xiao Han battled increasingly powerful strange beasts and collected their crystal cores, refining his control of his Martial Souls.
• Xiao Han hid while a Seventh Level Peak giant lizard killed a monstrous bird, then used his twin Domains and Annihilation Divine Fist to kill the wounded lizard.
• Xiao Han collected crystal cores from both beasts and sensed his Eternal Night King Martial Soul urging him toward the secret realm's deeper purple mist.
• Xiao Han avoided roaming beasts and spatial rifts as he approached the mist, then was ambushed by human Martial Artists attacking from three directions.
• Xiao Han dodged a wind blade, countered a short spear with Green Lotus Sword Qi, and caught a poisoned short arrow in his right hand.

Xiao Han was ambushed by five masked Martial Masters who tried to take him to their master, but he fought back with his twin SSS+ Martial Souls and powerful techniques. He killed one attacker and wounded their leader, while the remaining assassins still faced him in battle.

• Five masked assassins surrounded Xiao Han and said their master wanted him brought back as a guest.
• The assassins attacked Xiao Han, who unleashed his twin SSS+ Martial Souls and evaded their coordinated assault.
• Xiao Han disarmed one assassin with Green Lotus Sword Qi, then killed an axe-wielding assassin with the Annihilation Divine Fist.
• The leader and two remaining assassins formed a combined attack, but Xiao Han used his Martial Souls to create an opening.
• Xiao Han struck with Lotus in Motion Nine Heavens, breaking through the leader's saber qi and inflicting deep wounds on him.

Xiao Han defeated the ambushers, but the scar-faced leader rose again under a Soul-Devouring Blood Curse and unleashed a desperate attack. Xiao Han narrowly dodged the strike after gaining new insight into spatial movement, leaving the two facing off with the leader’s cursed power destabilizing.

• Xiao Han killed the scar-faced leader after the man tried to self-destruct, then found no clues to the mastermind among the assassins’ belongings.
• The scar-faced man revived with black-and-purple markings and revealed that his Soul-Devouring Blood Curse was burning his life and soul for greater power.
• The scar-faced man formed the Blood Fiend Berserk Dragon Domain and attacked Xiao Han with his Blood Dragon Soul-Devouring Slash.
• Under the attack’s pressure, Xiao Han grasped spatial nodes and used a sudden displacement to evade the strike, which carved a deep fissure in the ground.
• Xiao Han mocked the scar-faced man as the cursed energy destabilized, and the two remained poised for the next exchange.

Xiao Han survived the scar-faced assassin’s killing strike by making a punishing long-distance spatial jump, then killed him with a combined martial technique. Injured and nearly drained, Xiao Han continued following the Eternal Night King Martial Soul’s guidance as he recovered and sensed his breakthrough approaching.

• Xiao Han used A Step to the Ends of the Earth to evade Scarface’s attack, though the spatial jump left him seriously injured.
• Xiao Han created a Shadow Avatar to distract Scarface, then struck him with the Chaos Annihilation Green Lotus Eternal Night Strike.
• The gray beam destroyed Scarface, his saber, and everything nearby, while Xiao Han suffered severe exhaustion and spat blood.
• Xiao Han swallowed pills and made more spatial jumps, following the Eternal Night King Martial Soul’s guidance instead of returning or seeking an exit.
• Xiao Han reflected that the battle had deepened his understanding of his techniques, condensed his spiritual power, and loosened the bottleneck at Martial Master Realm Fourth Level Peak.

Xiao Han fought through a dangerous spatial region to reach an ancient altar guarded by three powerful exotic beasts. After defeating them, he touched the dark crystal and received deeper chapters of the Shadow Void Scripture and new memories about the origin of the Eternal Night King Martial Soul.

• Xiao Han reached an altar at the center of the spatial chaos and discovered a dark, diamond-shaped crystal tied to the Eternal Night King Martial Soul.
• Xiao Han lured the Netherworld Earthfire Lizard into attacking an unstable energy crystal, then killed the Void Midge Shadow with one punch.
• Xiao Han used a Shadow Avatar and a newly formed Green Lotus Sword Finger to injure the Soul-Devouring Shadow Nightmare, then destroyed it with the Annihilation Divine Fist.
• Xiao Han fought and killed the remaining Netherworld Earthfire Lizard, then collected all three exotic beast crystal cores.
• Xiao Han touched the altar’s dark crystal and received further chapters of the Shadow Void Scripture and ancient memories about the Eternal Night King Martial Soul.

Xiao Han absorbed the dark crystal's energy, broke through to the Fifth Level of the Martial Master Realm, and strengthened his Martial Souls and techniques. After collecting the treasures around the altar and cleaning up his traces, he used A Step to the Ends of the Earth to leave the secret realm's core area.

• The dark crystal vanished into Xiao Han's brow, sending its energy and fragments of information surging into him as his Martial Souls absorbed the power.
• Xiao Han broke through to the Fifth Level of the Martial Master Realm and gained stronger control over the Shadow Void Scripture, his spatial technique, and his Martial Souls.
• Xiao Han collected dark-attribute spiritual materials and spatially charged stones scattered around the altar.
• Xiao Han cleaned up the traces he had left and mocked Mentor Lin for the gift he had returned doubled.
• Xiao Han activated A Step to the Ends of the Earth at full power and vanished from the spot.