Chapter Summaries

Ji Mumu told Ji Shao about her mysterious golden-bird ability, and Ji Shao decided to take her to Instructor Yu for testing. Meanwhile, Shi Nie considered challenging Li Chen, who learned the Academy Tournament was only about fifteen days away.

• Ji Mumu told Ji Shao that she had grown up in the Ruined City with Uncle Kui Xing and described dreaming of a giant bird wreathed in golden flames.
• Ji Mumu demonstrated her ability, filling the café with golden flames and a powerful aura that made Ji Shao recognize its extraordinary strength.
• Ji Shao urged Ji Mumu to keep the ability secret and said she would take her to Instructor Yu for another test.
• Shi Nie learned that Qi Hong had challenged Li Chen and said he would challenge the winner or Li Chen, depending on the result.
• Su Xian told Li Chen that the Academy Tournament was expected in about fifteen days.
• Jianping approached Su Xian and asked why his wife Ji Shao had not come.

The cult master ordered First Seat to lead an attack on Canghai Pass and watched Li Chen, whom he identified as the Child of Destiny. At the Battle Institute, Li Chen set a test for Ji Mumu to join the Academy Tournament team: she had to withstand ten exchanges with Jianping.

• The cult master punished the seats who failed their last mission by taking five years of their lifespans and ordered First Seat to make Canghai Pass fall.
• The cult master saw Li Chen in visions and wondered whether someone from the Godless Cult had also followed them through reincarnation.
• Li Chen, Jianping, and Su Xian went to the Battle Institute to handle their challenges and watch the matches.
• Ji Shao confronted Su Xian after overhearing him call her a fire barrel, then introduced her sister Ji Mumu to Li Chen.
• Li Chen said Ji Mumu could join their Academy Tournament team if she could last ten exchanges against Jianping.

Ji Shao revealed that Ji Mumu had an unranked S-rank ability, and Li Chen disclosed that his own ability was also S-rank. As Jianping went to fight, Qi Hong prepared to challenge Li Chen, confident he would take the top spot.

• Ji Shao said Ji Mumu had an unranked S-rank ability and suggested the group examine it in the Secret Realm after the challenges.
• Su Xian explained that his A-rank ability, Magic Eternity, gave him a magic book filled with spells.
• Li Chen revealed that his ability was S-rank Vector Manipulation, surprising Ji Shao and Su Xian, who realized his B-rank classification had concealed his strength.
• Ji Shao said the concealed abilities could give their team an advantage in the Academy Tournament, while Li Chen decided to keep his other methods secret.
• Jianping went onstage for his challenge, and Ji Shao stopped Su Xian from asking Ji Mumu to demonstrate her ability again.
• Qi Hong dismissed warnings about Li Chen and vowed to defeat him and claim the academy's number one spot.

Li Chen fought Qi Hong in a challenge match at the Battle Institute, easily withstanding Qi Hong’s High-Frequency Vibration attack and overwhelming him with nine energy blades. The fight continued as Qi Hong unleashed a new use of his ability to strengthen himself.

• Qi Hong bet all his Study Points on himself before facing Li Chen, while Ji Mumu told Ji Shao that she and Qi Hong had grown up together in Ruined City.
• Li Chen and Qi Hong entered the arena, and Li Chen summoned nine blades that shattered the simulated battlefield.
• Qi Hong used High-Frequency Vibration to strike at Li Chen, but Li Chen blocked the attack with Vector Manipulation and remained unharmed.
• Li Chen’s blades wounded Qi Hong as he tried to defend himself with his great halberd.
• Qi Hong released a powerful vibration that shattered the blades and declared that he would use High-Frequency Vibration to strengthen himself.

Li Chen revealed the Demon Blade Vermilion and used its Shared Body ability in his decisive clash with Qi Hong. After Li Chen won, Qi Hong acknowledged his strength and vowed to claim his ranking throne one day.

• Qi Hong charged Li Chen with his vibrating halberd, but an invisible barrier stopped his attack.
• Li Chen drew the Demon Blade Vermilion from forbidden substance, shocking Qi Hong with its Eerie Monster aura.
• Qi Hong gathered the vibrations into his halberd and launched his final attack, Heavenly Eclipse.
• Li Chen activated Shared Body and met Qi Hong's halberd with Vermilion, winning the fight.
• Qi Hong stood, acknowledged Li Chen, and vowed to take his throne in the rankings one day.

After defeating Qi Hong, Li Chen reflected on the limits of his Vector Manipulation and learned he might be Canglan Academy’s only individual tournament entrant. The group headed to see Ji Mumu’s ability, where they met Su Zhe, who had advanced to the Withered Sea Realm.

• Li Chen told Jianping that only someone with the King's Power could store the Demon Blade inside their hand, disappointing Jianping’s hope of using the same method for his sword.
• Qi Hong recognized the gap between himself and Li Chen, resolved to cultivate, and admitted that his pride had been shattered by the fight.
• Su Xian and Ji Shao explained that the team competition came before the individual competition and that Li Chen might represent Canglan alone in the individual event.
• Jianping said he would not enter the individual competition because he was focused on the Path of the Kings, leaving Li Chen worried about carrying Canglan’s reputation by himself.
• Su Zhe appeared after entering the Withered Sea Realm and excitedly brought up the Academy Tournament with Li Chen.

The group entered the Fire Door of the Secret Realm to test Ji Mumu's flame ability. After she launched a powerful golden arrow that used up much of her energy, Li Chen assessed her condition as she prepared to keep fighting.

• Su Zhe explained that his ability had advanced to A-rank Devour and demonstrated it by absorbing a small tree and digesting it into energy.
• The group reached the Secret Realm, chose the Fire Door, and entered its flame-filled landscape.
• Ji Mumu summoned golden flames and a giant golden bird, then floated into the air as Li Chen stepped in to test her ability.
• Ji Mumu fired a fast, powerful flaming arrow at Li Chen, but his invisible barrier blocked it without harming him.
• Li Chen observed that the attack had consumed more than half of Ji Mumu's energy, while she gathered flames again despite feeling pressure from him.

Li Chen tested Ji Mumu after her golden flames triggered a transformation and a rise to the Looking River Realm, then urged Ji Shao to help her control her power. Meanwhile, Yu Qingnian and Cang Lao discussed the Academy Tournament and the uncertain fate of the previous class returning from practical training.

• Su Xian and Ji Shao watched Li Chen battle Ji Mumu and discussed how his ability countered energy-producing beings.
• Ji Mumu was engulfed by golden flames and advanced to a higher realm, emerging with a changed appearance and a golden-flame dress.
• Ji Mumu attacked Li Chen with flame arrows and a flaming sword, but Li Chen stopped her attacks and called off the test.
• Li Chen approved Ji Mumu for the Academy Tournament and told Ji Shao to teach her to control her flames; Ji Mumu burned Su Zhe in the face after his remark about her appearance.
• Yu Qingnian told Cang Lao he had persuaded the younger students to enter the Academy Tournament, and Cang Lao wondered how many students from the previous class would return safely.

As the Academy Tournament approached, Li Chen trained in the Darkness Door and met Mu Hen, heir to the Xia Kingdom’s gravekeeper family. Mu Hen asked him to feed dark energy to his growth-type Precept Stele, but the amount it required left Li Chen stunned.

• Jianping entered seclusion to pursue the Withered Sea Realm, while the others trained for the Academy Tournament.
• Li Chen practiced in the Darkness Door, summoning more than a hundred dark-energy blades as he struggled to break through his limits.
• Mu Hen entered the Darkness Door, introduced himself to Li Chen, and asked him to help draw dark energy into his ability.
• Mu Hen revealed his Precept Stele and explained that it needed dark energy rather than his body needing it.
• Mu Hen said the Precept Stele required about half the energy in the Darkness Door, and Li Chen realized he could not control such a vast amount.

Li Chen invited Mu Hen to join his Academy Tournament team, and Mu Hen chose to bring the Tomb-Keeper Clan out of hiding. Li Chen began feeding dark energy into Mu Hen’s Precept Stele, but they stopped after Mu Hen absorbed enough for the day.

• Li Chen learned that Mu Hen had reached the Withered Sea Realm and invited him to join his Academy Tournament team.
• Mu Hen reflected on his family’s sacrifices and decided the Tomb-Keeper Clan should step into the light.
• Mu Hen accepted Li Chen’s invitation and asked him to fill the Precept Stele with dark energy.
• Li Chen drew dark energy into the Precept Stele, which transferred the energy to Mu Hen.
• Li Chen stopped when Mu Hen said the stele had absorbed enough for the day and he needed time to digest the energy.

Li Chen discussed how he and his teammates might reach the Withered Sea Realm, then received a challenge from someone who wanted to wager on the Academy Tournament spots. He rejected the premise and demanded to know what the challenger was putting at stake.

• Su Zhe and Mu Hen explained that eating Eerie Monster meat and receiving energy feedback from the ring stele had helped them reach the Withered Sea Realm.
• Li Chen reflected on his expanding spiritual power and the doors in his Throne Space, which he believed might open as his realm advanced.
• Li Chen and Mu Hen went to the Darkness Door while the team continued its usual cultivation.
• An unknown caller challenged Li Chen to a match and proposed wagering the Academy Tournament spots, claiming the winner should take the spot.
• Li Chen questioned why the team should risk its spots and asked what stake the challenger would offer.

Li Chen accepted a challenge against his Academy Tournament team for a thirty-million cash bet, and the group prepared to face the mysterious opponents the next day. After they discussed the challenge and its risks, Su Zhe arrived with news that Canglan had publicly announced the match.

• Li Chen refused to stake the team's Academy Tournament spots but accepted the challenge after the other side offered thirty million in cash.
• Li Chen and Mu Hen left the Darkness Door and gathered the rest of the team to explain that the challenge concerned all their tournament members.
• Su Xian agreed that refusing could damage their reputation, while Ji Mumu boasted that she could defeat the challengers and Ji Shao scolded her.
• Li Chen suspected the challengers had been waiting for the right moment to target the team.
• Su Zhe rushed over and told Li Chen that Canglan's big screen had announced their match against a mysterious team and its thirty-million stakes.

Li Chen’s team prepared for a challenge match at the Battle Institute after learning that Shi Nie had arranged it, while Shi Nie secretly obtained a Forbidden Object to stop them from entering the Academy Tournament. As the match was about to begin, Jianping arrived in the preparation area.

• Li Chen’s team agreed to treat the challenge match as practice and planned to meet at the Battle Institute the next day.
• Yu Qingnian supported his students by placing a bet on them as spectators filled the Battle Institute.
• Ji Shao told Li Chen’s team that Shi Nie had an A-rank ability called Constant Blood and that his teammates all had B-rank abilities.
• Shi Nie obtained three strange beads as a Forbidden Object and told Pan An he would take responsibility if anyone got hurt.
• Shi Nie revealed that he wanted to keep Li Chen’s team out of the Academy Tournament for his brother’s sake.
• Jianping arrived in the preparation area, and Su Zhe teased him about joining the match.

Li Chen and his teammates faced Shi Nie’s team in a heavily attended challenge match for a thirty-million wager and Academy Tournament qualification. Shi Nie stirred up the crowd against the Special Class, but Li Chen challenged the protesters to prove their claims in a fight, and Shi Nie prepared to use a Forbidden Object.

• Li Chen, Jianping, Su Zhe, and the others left the preparation area and faced cheers from the stands, while Su Zhe was startled by an enthusiastic admirer.
• Shi Nie introduced himself as the challenger and argued that his team should take the Special Class’s Academy Tournament place if they won.
• Students in the stands began protesting that the Special Class had received unfair advantages, and Li Chen recognized that Shi Nie had encouraged the outcry.
• Li Chen challenged the protesters to come down and fight him, calling them cowardly if they would not risk proving their claims.
• Jianping’s killing intent rose as he watched Shi Nie’s team, and Shi Nie told Pan An to throw the Forbidden Object when he gave the signal.

Li Chen's team fought Shi Nie's team after Su Xian transformed the arena into a lava field, splitting the battle into individual matchups. Shi Nie ambushed Li Chen, but Li Chen's powerful body and repulsive force stopped the attack and sent Shi Nie flying.

• Jianping charged Shi Nie's team and began dueling their golden-haired swordswoman.
• Su Xian and Ji Shao unleashed Lava Hell and Flame Burst, changing the arena into a lava field and separating the fighters.
• Shi Nie gave Pan An the Forbidden Object and ordered his team to restrain Li Chen while he went to attack him.
• Mu Hen revealed his Withered Sea Realm power and summoned two Tomb People to fight Pan An and two other opponents.
• Ji Shao left Su Xian's side as Jianping gained the advantage over his opponent, while Li Chen waited for Shi Nie.
• Shi Nie stabbed Li Chen with a blade of condensed blood, but Li Chen unleashed a repulsive force that sent him flying.

Jianping defeated the blonde swordswoman and left her questioning the gap between their swordsmanship. Su Zhe cornered a girl guarding the opposing team’s support, while Su Xian sealed them inside a small rocky pit and cut off her escape.

• Jianping broke the blonde woman’s sword and defeated her, then hurried toward the other fights as she struggled to accept her loss.
• Su Zhe found the opposing team’s support but was struck by a girl wearing a red headband who stepped in to defend him.
• The girl insulted Su Zhe, and he drew his hammer and moved to attack her and reach the support behind her.
• Su Zhe struck the ground, releasing magma and forming a pit around himself and the girl.
• Su Xian raised the surrounding ground and cast a barrier over the pit, leaving the girl trapped with Su Zhe.

Su Zhe defeated Shi Nie’s teammate after surviving her powerful Haymaker, while Li Chen faced Shi Nie’s blood-based attacks. Shi Nie swallowed a Three Lives Pearl to gain power, beginning to distort into an Eerie Monster as he planned to force the remaining pearls into Li Chen.

• Su Zhe used his black holes to withstand the girl’s attacks and draw her in, but she charged a golden Haymaker and struck him into a crater.
• The exhausted girl collapsed, and Su Zhe climbed out with only a sore waist, revealing he had been prepared for her attack.
• The crowd recognized Li Chen’s team as overwhelmingly strong, and Li Chen remarked that Su Zhe had improved.
• Shi Nie sent blood weapons at Li Chen, but a powerful force stopped them and turned them into blood.
• Shi Nie swallowed a Three Lives Pearl to boost his power, and his body began to swell and distort as he prepared to attack Li Chen.

Li Chen stopped Shi Nie’s mutation during their challenge match and discovered that his King's Power could take and return another person’s ability. The Three Lives Pearl’s side effects overwhelmed Shi Nie, who fell as his ability returned and his transformation was halted.

• Li Chen sensed Forbidden Substance in the blood mist and dispersed it, revealing Shi Nie’s mutation as Yu Qingnian and Faluo watched.
• Shi Nie attacked Li Chen in a crazed state, and Li Chen summoned a black umbrella and unleashed blades of Forbidden Substance.
• Li Chen vanished before Shi Nie could reach him and plunged his hand into Shi Nie’s chest, absorbing his blood-controlling ability.
• Li Chen returned the ability to Shi Nie, then Shi Nie fell as the Three Lives Pearl’s side effects overwhelmed him.

After defeating Shi Nie, Li Chen discovered that King's Power could copy and retain other people’s abilities, a secret he resolved to keep hidden. That night, his team celebrated their victory, while Li Chen reflected on why he had chosen Canglan and the dangerous answers he still needed to find.

• Li Chen realized King's Power had copied Shi Nie’s blood-control ability and could replenish it, then withdrew Ink and decided to conceal the power.
• Shi Nie’s defeat prompted his remaining teammates to surrender, and the referee declared Li Chen’s team the winner.
• Qi Hong saw Ji Mumu with Li Chen’s team, accepted that they had grown apart, and left the stands.
• Li Chen’s team celebrated their prize money and gathered around campfires, where Ji Mumu asked why Li Chen did not take Su Xian’s top position.
• Ji Shao asked why Li Chen had come to Canglan, and Li Chen said he had wanted a peaceful life while privately recognizing he needed to grow stronger and uncover the secrets surrounding him.

Li Chen struggled with the isolation and fear caused by his blood-control ability as he traveled with Canglan’s team to the Academy Tournament, where he was the only one from his group in the individual competition. In the Imperial Capital, Elder Gu revealed that the Godless Cult and God-Binding Cult were preparing to move against Canghai Pass and that a Half God Realm monster had emerged from the Black Mist.

• Li Chen sensed that he could control the others’ bodies through blood and feared his secrets would endanger the peaceful life he had found.
• Three days before the Academy Tournament, Li Chen learned he was the only member of his group entering the individual competition, while the others would compete as a team.
• Faluo drove Li Chen and the team toward Canghai City and warned him that people could die at the tournament, urging him to return safely.
• Elder Gu told Yu Qingnian that the Godless Cult and God-Binding Cult were preparing to attack Canghai Pass and explained that a Half God Realm monster had appeared in the Black Mist.
• Elder Gu said the Human Race had to face the coming age of chaos, while Yu Qingnian remained troubled that he could not go to Canghai Pass.