Chapter Summaries

After winning all six practical combat rankings, Li Xijun defeated Su Nianyi in a psychic spar and prepared to focus on completing Marrow Cleansing. Meanwhile, Martial Saint Dian and Eunuch Hua traveled toward Jinmen, each seeking to draw Li Xijun into a different sphere of influence.

• Li Xijun took first place in the sixth practical combat ranking and defeated Su Nianyi by combining Spirit Shock Gaze with a swift advance.
• Lisa brought Li Xijun the approved Enlightenment Spirit Tea and warned him to leave the precious treasure in her care.
• Li Xijun cleansed his brain marrow, improving his Marrow Cleansing progress and Spirit Level, then decided to enter seclusion for ten days before returning to Dasheng.
• Martial Saint Dian set out for Jinmen to recruit Li Xijun into the National Arts Grandmaster Association, while Eunuch Hua secretly investigated the young man for the Emperor.

Li Xijun completed Marrow Cleansing, then began cultivating the Black Tortoise Zhou Tian Blood Exchange Scripture in the Da Sheng World. When a disguised intruder attacked the Life-Slaying Martial Hall, Li Xijun defeated him with a single punch, and the man, Dian Lei, was shocked by Li Xijun’s strength.

• Li Xijun completed Marrow Cleansing, gained a spotless body and forty new teeth, and decided to begin Blood Exchange cultivation.
• Li Xijun returned to the Da Sheng World and told Meng Qifeng to manage the martial hall’s affairs and report anyone who provoked them.
• Li Xijun read the Black Tortoise Zhou Tian Blood Exchange Scripture and began refining his blood with lunar yin and solar yang, reaching one percent proficiency.
• Li Xijun’s spiritual scan detected a silent intruder at the Life-Slaying Martial Hall, and he confronted the disguised man on the Training Ground.
• The intruder, Dian Lei, attacked with a powerful dragon-claw strike, but Li Xijun’s punch crushed him into the ground.
• Dian Lei spat blood and demanded to know when Li Xijun’s Blood Exchange had reached completion.

Li Xijun defeated Dian Lei and Eunuch Hua, then agreed to join the National Arts Grandmaster Association after learning about its martial arts research and receiving a Blood Exchange secret method. Meanwhile, the Old Emperor told Li Boyan that Su Youli had chosen Li Xijun to receive her authority, but only after he completed Blood Exchange and condensed fist intent.

• Li Xijun attacked Dian Lei and Eunuch Hua, then recalled his Flying Sword after learning they had come to invite him into the National Arts Grandmaster Association.
• Dian Lei explained the Association’s research into Blood Exchange and Fist Intent, and Li Xijun agreed to join in exchange for access to its methods.
• Dian Lei gave Li Xijun the New Water-Fire Alchemy Mercury Blood Assistance Method, which used Sun Flare Stone and Moon Gem to accelerate Blood Exchange.
• Li Xijun memorized the method and planned to use sun- and moon-attribute treasures from the Main World to aid his cultivation.
• Eunuch Hua delivered a bronze mirror to Li Boyan, who spoke with the Old Emperor about Su Youli’s choice of Li Xijun and the plan to grant him authority after he completed Blood Exchange and condensed fist intent.
• The Old Emperor recalled the First Emperor’s power and warned that only authority could restrain it, while Li Boyan argued that Su Youli and Li Xijun might one day use their combined authority and power against the Western gods.

Li Xijun discussed strategy and his rapid cultivation with Li Boyan, who warned him about the dangers awaiting in Kyoto and revealed Su Youli’s future opportunity. Back in the Main World, Li Xijun used the Nine-Layered Demon Tower to earn credits, easily clearing its seventh floor and setting his sights on the higher floors.

• Li Xijun advised Li Boyan to fight rather than retreat, and Li Boyan was surprised to learn he had advanced to the Blood Exchange Realm.
• Li Boyan told Li Xijun that Su Youli’s opportunity could let him stand alongside the Seven Gods, and urged him to avoid Kyoto’s dangers while pursuing resources to complete Blood Exchange.
• Li Xijun visited Su Youli, then returned to the Main World and decided he could buy sun- and moon-aligned treasures with credits instead of risking a Kyoto mission.
• Li Xijun checked the Nine-Layered Demon Tower rankings, saw Ye Ningxue had reached the ninth floor, and decided to challenge the tower further.
• Li Xijun entered the seventh floor and killed all 50 Magma Giants in seconds with his Perfected Intricate martial techniques.

Li Xijun cleared the eighth floor of the Nine-Layered Demon Tower by defeating a troop of King Kong Apes and their War General, then arrived at Extraterrestrial Base No. 7 for the ninth-floor trial. There, he faced Thunder God Ganad, who demanded that he become his slave.

• Li Xijun entered the eighth-floor trial and was challenged to kill fifty King Kong Apes and their King Kong War General within thirty minutes.
• Li Xijun cut down the charging King Kong Apes, then evaded the War General’s chained spear-and-fist attack and killed him with his sword.
• Li Xijun passed the trial and received 14 credits before appearing at Extraterrestrial Base No. 7.
• The ninth-floor trial began, revealing a ruined base amid a battle between warriors of the Anajade Mythical World and the humans.
• Li Xijun recognized the approaching Thunder God Ganad, who ordered him to crawl and become his slave.

Li Xijun challenged Thunder God Ganad on the ninth floor of the Nine-Layered Demon Tower, then devoted himself to Blood Exchange until his physical body reached its limit. The chapter ended with him testing his newly perfected body and recording a punch force of 42.21 tons.

• Thunder God Ganad overwhelmed Li Xijun with his spiritual will and hammer intent, but Li Xijun studied the attack before being defeated on the ninth floor.
• Li Xijun took first place on the Joint School Rankings, surpassing Ye Ningxue, who renewed her efforts to challenge the ninth floor.
• Li Xijun exchanged credits for Starry Sky Sunstone and Ocean Spirit Moon Crystal and used their sun-and-moon essence to advance his Blood Exchange cultivation.
• After winter break and the start of the semester, Li Xijun refined away his final drop of old blood and felt his physical body reach perfection.
• Li Xijun performed the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist and struck the punch-force testing device, which displayed 42.21 tons.

After reaching life level 15, Li Xijun took a break from cultivation and visited Lisa to begin learning about high-grade cultivation methods. Lisa brought him to the Scripture Pavilion and helped him claim the Flame Sage’s foundational book on method creation.

• Li Xijun’s body resonated as he cultivated, raising his life level from 14.9 to 15.0 and completing his outer-body transformation.
• Li Xijun decided to visit Lisa’s pavilion, where he found Su Nianyi and Jiang Qiyue exhausted from martial arts training and still struggling to reach the intricate realm.
• Lisa led Li Xijun to the Scripture Pavilion and explained that he should first study the Flame Sage’s Detailed Explanation of Advanced Cultivation Methods.
• Li Xijun used a reading privilege to retrieve the book from its protective barrier.

Li Xijun studied how advanced cultivation methods were created and realized his unusually large number of manifested acupoints and meridians would make developing a suitable method difficult. After training with Lisa brought him closer to saber intent, she assigned him a special life-and-death trial in a Mythical World where God Race Warriors planned to hunt human geniuses.

• Li Xijun read the Flame Sage’s explanation of acupoints, meridians, and how martial artists created cultivation methods suited to their bodies.
• Li Xijun counted his manifested acupoints and meridians and found that he had opened half the theoretical major points and main meridians, along with unusually many minor points and branch meridians.
• Li Xijun learned that the Flame Sage’s Sun Corona Sky Patrol Sutra came from a miraculous flame he encountered in a Mythical World, and he considered whether Unifying the Heavens could lead him to a mature cultivation system.
• Lisa demonstrated her blazing sun-like saber intent to Li Xijun, who tried to understand it and thought about seeking fist-intent methods from the Da Sheng World.
• Lisa told Li Xijun that his upcoming practical exam would be a special, unprotected life-and-death trial in a Mythical World, where Anajad God Race Warriors planned to hunt human geniuses.

Li Xijun joined a life-and-death trial in the Dragon Blood Mythical World, where intelligent dragonmen and Anajad hunters threatened the human participants. After entering the world, he arrived in an abandoned town and spotted dragonmen watching him from a building.

• Lisa brought Li Xijun aboard an aircraft, where Ju Mengya and Jiang Shaotian warned him about the Dragon Blood World’s resources, dangerous dragonmen, and the Anajad God Race’s plans to target him.
• The aircraft landed at a massive frontline base, where Li Xijun reunited with Ye Ningxue and learned the trial would be fought without teachers or elders present.
• Professor Xu distributed armor, weapons, and supplies, then sent the students into the Mythical World through a spatial rift.
• Li Xijun appeared in an abandoned town and used a mental scan to survey its humanlike buildings and infer how Dragon Blood had changed its inhabitants.
• Several dragonmen watched Li Xijun from a vine-covered building, and he drew his sword to face them.

Li Xijun killed a group of dragonmen, collected valuable Dragon Blood treasures, and discovered a Hundred Spirits Blood Coagulation Pool in a cave. As he prepared to use the pool, a group of students approached and asked him to help their injured friend, and he welcomed them with suspiciously cheerful promises.

• Li Xijun baited the dragonmen into surrounding him, then killed them with the White Tiger Seven Kill Stance when their leader attacked.
• Li Xijun found two High-grade Dragon Blood Fruits and a Dragon Blood Stone in the dragonmen’s lair, swallowed the stone, and checked the world map on his wristband.
• Several days later, Li Xijun killed a powerful dragonman in a karst cave and discovered a Hundred Spirits Blood Coagulation Pool that could help raise his Life Level.
• Li Xijun buried the dragonmen’s corpses and prepared to secure the cave before a blond-haired man and a dark-green-haired woman asked him to help their injured school friend.
• Li Xijun agreed to help and promised to send them all off neatly, while the woman reached toward her waist.

Li Xijun killed three Anajad God Race warriors and learned that their leader, Friya, planned to lure human martial artists to Rong City for a treasure. He absorbed the Hundred Spirits Blood Coagulation Pool for half a month, breaking through Life Level 16 and continuing to grow stronger.

• Li Xijun ambushed and killed two Life Level 19 Anajad warriors, then pinned their dark green-haired companion and interrogated her.
• The captive revealed that Friya had ordered the God Race teams to hunt for thirty days before luring human martial artists to Rong City, where a supreme treasure was said to be maturing.
• The woman disclosed that Friya was Lord Thunder God Ganad's fiancée and had strength equivalent to Life Level 19.9, but her soul shattered before she could explain the power of Friya's third eye.
• Li Xijun collected five high-grade Dragon Blood Stones, concealed the bodies, and returned to his cave to absorb the blood pool and other Dragon Blood resources.
• After half a month of cultivation, the blood pool dried up, Li Xijun broke through Life Level 16, and his strength continued to rise.

Li Xijun increased his strength in the Mythical World and headed toward Rong City to compete for the Azure Dragon Heart. As the dragonmen prayed for the treasure to emerge before humans arrived, Friya secretly took control of the Dragon Blood Giant Tree and planned to use everyone as nourishment.

• At the base, Professor Xu explained that Great Xia and the Federation allowed Mortal Shedding Realm geniuses to face dangerous trials before investing further resources in them.
• Li Xijun awakened after his Five Hearts Facing Heaven realm reached Mastery 100% and his Life Level rose to 16.7.
• Li Xijun sensed a blood-red vortex forming above a ruined city near Rong City and learned that the Azure Dragon Heart was expected to condense there within three to five days.
• Martial artists from across the region raced toward Rong City, and Li Xijun joined them at an ordinary pace.
• The dragonmen prayed beneath the Dragon Blood Giant Tree for the Azure Dragon Heart to emerge before the human outsiders arrived.
• Friya linked her mind to the Dragon Blood Giant Tree and revealed that she intended to make everyone who entered become nourishment for her growth.

Li Xijun discovered Goddess Freya had sealed Rong City inside the Dragon Blood Giant Tree and was using the crisis to hunt humans and dragonmen. He rescued Ye Ningxue’s group and slaughtered the attacking Anajade God Race Warriors, leaving the newly arrived Nine Schools Alliance students stunned.

• Li Xijun saw Goddess Freya trap the humans, Anajade God Race, and dragonmen inside Rong City, then realized she was controlling the Dragon Blood Giant Tree through its vines.
• Li Xijun detected a siege against the Clear Spring Dawn Palace and Unnamed Exquisite Pavilion students and flew to help them.
• A God Race Warrior with Blood Sea blade intent wounded Ye Ningxue, but Li Xijun killed him with a single overwhelming strike.
• The Anajade God Race Warriors charged Li Xijun, and he used White Tiger Seven Kill Stance to kill them all.
• The arriving Nine Schools Alliance students saw the corpses and fell silent as Li Xijun sheathed his sword.

Li Xijun chose to delay advancing his sword technique until he could safely control its backlash, then rescued the university students from the Anajad God Race and planned to kill Friya. He secretly approached Friya at the Dragon Blood Ancient Tree and prepared to use the Eternal Life Finger against her.

• Li Xijun reached Master 100% in the Eternal Life Killing Sword · White Tiger Stance and decided to wait until he became a True Person before risking its transformation.
• After confirming every Anajad God Race attacker was dead, Li Xijun’s companions learned how quickly he had defeated them, and Ju Mengya and the other students thanked him.
• Li Xijun explained what he knew about Goddess Freya and told the group to recover together while he went to kill her.
• Friya sensed vitality flowing into the Azure Dragon Heart but did not detect Li Xijun, who approached the canopy under concealment.
• Li Xijun reinforced his finger with the Power of the People and invoked the Mystical Power Spell · Eternal Life Finger.

Li Xijun survived the Dragon Blood World trial after Goddess Freya was killed by a Vacuum Hometown attack, and he claimed the fully condensed Azure Dragon Heart. Back at the war base, he was celebrated by his classmates and received an invitation from Ju Mengya, while Lisa took him aside to check for hidden injuries.

• Goddess Freya sensed danger and withdrew her Psychic Power, but a Vacuum Hometown attack pierced her head and killed her before Li Xijun took the Azure Dragon Heart.
• The Dragon Blood Giant Tree receded, freeing Rong City, and Li Xijun left with the surviving martial artists as a Clear Wind carried away Freya's corpse.
• The students returned to the war base, where Professor Xu reported three deaths and awarded each survivor thirty extra credits.
• The next morning, Li Xijun received warm greetings from his classmates, and Ye Ningxue thanked him before promising to catch up to his strength.
• Ju Mengya invited Li Xijun to dinner, but Lisa scolded her and led him away to check for hidden injuries.

After Li Xijun used Tianchen Marrow Cleansing Dew to condense his Inner Embryo, he reached Life Level 17.2 and displayed strength far beyond an ordinary Mortal Shedding martial artist. Lisa then offered to teach him a suitable martial art and passed on her self-created Vermillion Bird Seal.

• Su Nianyi and Jiang Qiyue entered secluded chambers to cultivate with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, while Lisa guided Li Xijun through taking Tianchen Marrow Cleansing Dew.
• Li Xijun's bone marrow, spinal marrow, and brain marrow absorbed Spiritual Power smoothly, and after three days his Life Level rose to 17.2 and his Embryonic Breathing Realm reached 100%.
• Li Xijun tested his strength and struck the machine with a punch measuring 71.16 tons, astonishing Lisa.
• Lisa offered to teach Li Xijun a martial art suited to his acupoints and meridians, then transmitted her self-created Vermillion Bird Seal into his Sea of Consciousness.

Li Xijun mastered the Vermillion Bird Seal under Lisa’s close guidance and decided to enter Kyoto openly, confident in his strength. He pushed open Yongding Gate, revealing himself as a young Blood-Exchange Martial Saint, and news of his arrival reached the Old Emperor.

• Lisa guided Li Xijun through the Vermillion Bird Seal’s Spiritual Power circulation and helped him land his first strike.
• Li Xijun rapidly improved, reaching Proficient 5% and gaining a life-or-death strike against ordinary Intent Realm Martial Warriors.
• After recovering and cultivating, Li Xijun resolved to enter Kyoto openly and seek the secret method for condensing fist intent.
• Li Xijun pushed open Yongding Gate with one hand and entered Kyoto, prompting the crowd to recognize him as a Martial Saint.
• Eunuch Hua reported Li Xijun’s arrival to the Old Emperor, who sat upright upon learning that Li Xijun had reached the complete Martial Saint realm.

Li Xijun entered Kyoto as a teenage Martial Saint and learned from the National Arts Grandmaster Association how Drunken Immortal Wine could help him condense Fist Intent. He agreed to compete in the East-West Continent Number One Martial Arts Tournament in ten days, where Adam of the Church of the God of War had been ordered to kill him.

• Li Xijun pushed open Yongding Gate, shut it behind him, and walked into Kyoto, astonishing the city with his strength.
• Indith considered having Li Xijun assassinated, but her contact warned that Kyoto held powerful protectors and said the Church of the War would entrust the task to its God's Son.
• Adam's teacher ordered him to kill Li Xijun at the tournament as part of his advancement ritual, and Adam vowed to break the Eastern Continent's martial artists.
• Ao Jinshan welcomed Li Xijun to the National Arts Grandmaster Association and introduced him to its leaders, including Dugu Bo, who recognized that Li Xijun had reached the pinnacle of Martial Saint.
• Dugu Bo explained that Drunken Immortal Wine could help a Martial Saint awaken the resolve needed to condense Fist Intent and offered Li Xijun a chance to earn some by competing.
• Ao Jinshan explained that five fighters from each side would battle until one remained standing, and Li Xijun agreed to compete in ten days.

Li Xijun entered the Forbidden City for the Imperial Martial Arts Tournament alongside the Eastern and Western Continents’ representatives. The tense rivals took their places before the emperor, whose gaze remained fixed on Li Xijun as the tournament began.

• Li Xijun spent the ten days before the tournament exploring Kyoto and discussing martial arts, while the Church of the Night Goddess made no move against him.
• At the Forbidden City gates, Li Xijun greeted Fa Hong of Great Chan Temple and met the other Eastern representatives.
• The Western representatives arrived, and the blond Chosen youth showed Li Xijun unmistakable malice, which Li Xijun eagerly returned.
• Eunuch Hua summoned the ten representatives into the hall, where they faced the emperor and assembled officials.
• The Old Emperor watched Li Xijun enter, and their eyes met as the emperor was shaken inwardly.

At the Imperial Martial Arts Tournament, the Seven Gods Church’s contestants used a self-sacrificing curse to weaken the Eastern fighters, but Li Xijun’s faith power nullified it. Li Xijun then killed three Western Sequence 4 fighters in succession and challenged the War God’s Chosen.

• The Old Emperor sensed the immense, pure faith power surrounding Li Xijun and hoped it could help Dasheng overcome the Western gods.
• Sven Stewart sacrificed himself to curse the opposing five, but the Eternal Life Mother in Li Xijun’s Sea of Consciousness dissolved the curse while the others were weakened.
• Arthur Vincent attacked the injured Master Fa Hong with steam armor and left him gravely wounded, prompting Li Xijun to enter the arena.
• Li Xijun cleaved Arthur Vincent and his armor in two with one slash, then killed a Night Sequence practitioner with a light finger strike.
• Jim Andre fought for the God of War’s glory, but Li Xijun shattered his armor and body with one punch before challenging the War God’s Chosen.