Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan defeated Zhan Kuang in a brutal arena battle, then pretended to be badly injured to let them call it a draw. After taking a pill, he immediately challenged Qi Tianying, determined to test his limits.

• Zhan Kuang intensified his Whirlwind Hammer Technique, but Shi Yan countered with Flowing Fire Thousand Jin Fist and sent him crashing into the arena barrier.
• Wang Changfu told Shi Yan to cough up blood, so Shi Yan feigned injury and proposed ending the match in a draw.
• Zhan Kuang accepted the draw to preserve his society members' reputation, and the crowd applauded as Shi Yan became famous.
• Shi Yan took a pill, recovered his strength, and challenged Qi Tianying while the audience watched in disbelief.
• Qi Tianying questioned Shi Yan's confidence, and Shi Yan said he wanted to test his limits despite Qi Tianying's aerial advantage.

Shi Yan fought Qi Tianying in a prolonged aerial battle and forced him to use his ultimate move, then accepted a draw to preserve Qi Tianying’s reputation. After Xu Zhenxing left, Shi Yan used the crowd’s attention to promote the Sky Demon Club, but his growing fame also brought a crisis.

• Shi Yan challenged Qi Tianying immediately, and Qi Tianying took to the air and attacked with wind blades while Shi Yan answered with flames and his saber.
• For nearly an hour, Qi Tianying tried to wear Shi Yan down, but Shi Yan remained steady and taunted him about slowing down.
• Qi Tianying unleashed a rain of black feathers, and Shi Yan combined two kinds of flame to destroy them in a series of explosions.
• Both fighters landed injured, and Shi Yan offered to call the match a draw; Qi Tianying accepted and left.
• Shi Yan found that Xu Zhenxing had left, then addressed the crowd and invited students to join the Sky Demon Club.
• Zhan Kuang, Qi Tianying, and Xu Zhenxing resented Shi Yan’s rise, unaware that his growing momentum had also brought him a crisis.

The Shadow Emperor ordered his subordinates to secretly arrange Shi Yan’s death, while Shi Yan prepared to leave school with Zhang Yunya. After discovering that Zhang Yunya had been poisoned by an Indian-Vatican warrior, Shi Yan healed her and decided to investigate the underground Gladiator Arena before continuing their trip.

• The Shadow Emperor killed a subordinate and demanded a secret plan to assassinate Shi Yan, so his organization planned to exploit foreign martial artists and an incident as cover.
• Shi Yan gave Qi Ziyue a bottle of Level 8 Demon King Essence Blood and asked her to courier another bottle to Gu Feng.
• Zhang Yunya called Shi Yan from No. 13 Demon Slaying Road and told him to hurry because they needed to set out before their trail went cold.
• Shi Yan found Zhang Yunya bleeding and poisoned in her car, then used his healing fire to treat her and learned that an Indian-Vatican warrior had poisoned her at an underground Gladiator Arena in Shanghai.
• Shi Yan decided to delay their departure and enter the arena to find the warrior who had attacked Zhang Yunya.

Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya went to the shore to investigate the attack on Zhang Yunya, only to discover the incident had been engineered to lure Shi Yan into an assassin’s trap. Shi Yan confronted the assassin and revealed strength that surprised Zhang Yunya, then launched an attack as the chapter ended.

• Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya found the India-Vatican martial artist who had injured her dead on the shore, and Shi Yan sensed that a Seventh-Order Martial General had killed him.
• The corpse exploded, but Shi Yan used his Spiritual Power to stop its poisonous remains from reaching them.
• A man in black appeared and revealed that he had targeted Zhang Yunya to draw Shi Yan out on behalf of the Dark Prison Assassin Organization.
• The assassin trapped them in Dark Prison Space and weakened Zhang Yunya, but Shi Yan dispelled the pressure and suppressed her Blood Vitality.
• Shi Yan asked whether the space was connected to the assassin, then sent his Phantom Blood Saber plunging down with First Layer, Collapse.

Shi Yan destroyed the assassin Black Eight’s Dark Prison Space, killed him, and learned that his strength had badly depleted him. After Shi Yan informed his Third Senior Brother and began telling Zhang Yunya about his experiences, Gu Guangshou’s group learned that Black Eight had failed and began planning anew.

• Shi Yan shattered Black Eight’s Dark Prison Space with Eightfold Collapse, leaving the Seventh-Tier Warrior fatally wounded.
• Shi Yan killed Black Eight with a Flame Needle and earned 5,000 Martial Virtue Points for the cross-rank kill.
• Zhang Yunya supported Shi Yan when he faltered, then demanded to know how he had become so powerful.
• Shi Yan took Zhang Yunya in the sports car, informed his Third Senior Brother about the assassin, and began recounting his experiences as they drove away.
• Gu Guangshou learned that Black Eight had died during his unauthorized attempt to assassinate Shi Yan and berated the gathered conspirators.
• One of the men in Gu Guangshou’s underground chamber urged him to set aside his anger and make a new plan, promising that everyone would follow his lead.

Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya infiltrated a smuggler gathering site near Haizhou Base City, but Shi Yan learned that the Gu and Lu Families had arrived at Outpost Number One. He rushed to help Zhang Yunya, who had been trapped and badly wounded there.

• Shi Yan disguised himself as Zhang Yun and split from Zhang Yunya so they could attack the smugglers from separate directions.
• At a gathering place for outdoor warriors, Shi Yan killed a Fourth-Order attacker and drew the smugglers into the medical hall with a display of Demon Cores.
• Shi Yan used the Blazing Flame Divine Needle to kill the water-manipulating Sixth-Order smuggler and the others in the clinic, then forced the remaining leader to reveal that the Gu and Lu Families were at Base Number One.
• Shi Yan killed the leader and flew toward Base Number One after learning it was the outpost Zhang Yunya had entered.
• At Outpost Number One, Zhang Yunya was cornered and covered in blood after a group of major clients arrived unexpectedly.

Zhang Yunya was captured and poisoned at the smuggling ring’s fortified outpost, where Gu Guangshou and his allies waited to use her as bait for Shi Yan. She refused Kari’s offer to defect to White Eagle Country and unleashed a desperate attack to warn Shi Yan, leaving her body withering.

• Zhang Yunya realized the Gu Family and the Lu Family protected the smuggling ring, and learned that Crimson Blood Ant venom was ravaging her body.
• Gu Guangshou restrained Zhang Yunya and ordered a small dose of antidote to keep her alive until Shi Yan arrived.
• Kari released Zhang Yunya and offered to spare her if she joined White Eagle Country, angering Gu Guangshou.
• Zhang Yunya refused to abandon Huaxia and detonated her axe, blasting through the fortress to send a warning to Shi Yan.

Shi Yan reached Outpost Number One and saved Zhang Yunya, then confronted Gu Guangshou and two other Martial Generals amid the Crimson Blood Ant poison. As Shi Yan launched three Blazing Flame Divine Needles, Fang Ziwei learned from Bai Xuanling that Zhang Yunya would survive, while Bai warned that danger was spreading from the east.

• Fang Ziwei saw the bracelet bead linked to Zhang Yunya crack, but Bai Xuanling calculated that Zhang Yunya would escape danger and told Fang to organize a meeting.
• Bai Xuanling saw crimson light spreading from the east across his map and suspected Haizhou.
• Shi Yan reached Outpost Number One, caught the gravely wounded Zhang Yunya, and healed her with the Sacred Healing Fire.
• Zhang Yunya warned Shi Yan that three Martial Generals were there before she fell asleep on his back.
• Gu Guangshou avoided attacking Shi Yan and relied on the Crimson Blood Ant poison, but Shi Yan burned the poison and fired three Blazing Flame Divine Needles, declaring, “Destroy.”

Shi Yan survived the three-flame explosion, which annihilated Gu Guangshou, the other fighters, and much of the surrounding landscape. He discovered a Crimson Blood Ant nest, healed Zhang Yunya, and left the chapter with his Sacred Healing Fire upgraded into the SS-Class Fire of Life.

• Shi Yan's three fused Blazing Flame Divine Needles exploded, destroying his armor and severely injuring him while vaporizing the three Martial Generals and their followers.
• Shi Yan woke beside a vast crater and saw Crimson Blood Ants forming a sphere to shield themselves from the flames.
• Shi Yan used his flames to recover, confirmed Zhang Yunya was alive, and found that his Martial Virtue Points had risen to 123766.
• Shi Yan spent 100,000 Martial Virtue Points to evolve Sacred Healing Fire into the SS-Class Fire of Life.

Shi Yan awakened the Fire of Life, fully healed himself and Zhang Yunya, and used it to withstand the risks of absorbing another flame. He killed the Crimson Blood Ant Queen, absorbed the Blood Poison Fire, and began his second self-Collapse as investigators from Haizhou approached.

• Shi Yan awakened the Fire of Life, recovered completely, and advanced to the Early Sixth Order.
• Shi Yan used the Fire of Life to heal Zhang Yunya's wounds and hidden injuries, though she remained unconscious while her Spiritual Power recovered.
• Shi Yan attacked the Crimson Blood Ant swarm and killed the Crimson Blood Ant Queen, earning enough Martial Virtue Points to reach eighty thousand.
• Shi Yan drew out the Blood Poison Fire and used fifty thousand Martial Virtue Points to raise Eightfold Collapse to its second layer.
• Shi Yan began his second self-Collapse and absorbed the Blood Poison Fire as the Fire of Life repaired his body.
• Several figures from Haizhou flew toward Shi Yan's location.

After Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya survived the destruction of the Crimson Blood Ant stronghold, He Yong recruited Shi Yan to kill foreign infiltrators and promised him information about the people who attacked them. Shi Yan ambushed a White Eagle Country mercenary squad, upgraded Blood Poison Fire into Divine Decay Fire, and continued toward Magic Martial University while posing as wounded.

• He Yong found Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya beside the destroyed stronghold, ordered the site sealed, and arranged a crackdown on the remaining smugglers.
• He Yong asked Shi Yan to kill foreign mercenaries and infiltrators, and promised him intelligence about the attack on him and Zhang Yunya.
• A day later, Shi Yan carried the unconscious Zhang Yunya toward Magic Martial University and attracted a ten-person White Eagle Country mercenary squad by appearing to possess stolen goods.
• Shi Yan used Blood Poison Fire to weaken the mercenaries, then killed all ten with the Phantom Blood Saber.
• Shi Yan spent Martial Virtue Points to evolve Blood Poison Fire into S-Class Divine Decay Fire, increasing his Blood Vitality and Mental Power before leaving the bodies behind and acting injured.

At Magic Martial University, Li Tao and Ding Le discussed Shi Yan’s absence and the killings of foreign martial artists, while Huang Qizheng confirmed that Shi Yan was behind the attacks. Huang Qizheng warned that the Gods Martial Arts Hall might threaten Shi Yan and sent Lu Xingzhou and the others out on a mission that would serve as their final assessment.

• Li Tao and Ding Le talked about Shi Yan’s long absence and the news that more than four hundred foreign martial artists had been killed in Huaxia.
• Li Tao argued that Shi Yan was unlikely to be responsible because the victims had been killed with poisonous flames and their belongings were untouched.
• Li Tao and Ding Le decided to visit the Sky Demon Club rather than interrupt Shi Yan’s graduation project with Zhang Yunya.
• Huang Qizheng asked Lu Xingzhou to deduce Shi Yan’s next move from a map of the killings, and Lu Xingzhou predicted that Shi Yan was heading after the Gu and Lu Families.
• Huang Qizheng explained that the Gods Martial Arts Hall’s interference had likely caused Shi Yan to turn early and could put him in danger.
• Huang Qizheng told Lu Xingzhou to go out with the others for their semester’s final assessment and said he had already made arrangements.

Shi Yan reached Gu Family Fortress after killing another ambush party and used his accumulated Martial Virtue Points to advance Boundless Sea of Fire. He reached Mid Sixth Order and prepared to face the enemies gathered at the fortress while the mysterious watcher continued to observe him.

• Shi Yan killed six ambushers, including a Fifth Tier warrior, with Divine Decay Fire, then continued toward the Gu Family while carrying Zhang Yunya.
• Shi Yan traveled two days without another attack and suspected his pursuers had gathered at Gu Family Fortress to ambush him.
• Shi Yan approached the fortress, sensed the unseen watcher still observing him, and decided to spend his Martial Virtue Points to get stronger.
• Shi Yan spent 160,000 Martial Virtue Points to raise Boundless Sea of Fire to its sixth layer, increasing his Blood Vitality and Spirit and advancing to Mid Sixth Order.
• Shi Yan felt confident that his stronger flames would let him challenge an Early Seventh Tier Martial General without relying on Eightfold Collapse or Flame Explosion.

Shi Yan confronted the Gu and Lu Families at Gu Family Fortress, demanding that those who had colluded with Dongying Country step forward. The chapter ended as he moved to attack, after Lu Ting mocked him for being a student who fought at range.

• Shi Yan waited outside Gu Family Fortress, secured Zhang Yunya to his back, and gave the people inside five minutes to surrender.
• Gu Guangyuan and Lu Ting emerged with the Gu and Lu Families, assumed Shi Yan had a powerful expert backing him, and demanded that he call that person out.
• Shi Yan handed Gu Guangyuan and Lu Ting two lists of names, but Gu Guangshou destroyed the papers and the families refused to surrender.
• Shi Yan counted down and summoned an orange-red flame, while Lu Ting mocked him for attacking from a distance.
• Shi Yan moved as Lu Ting laughed, challenging the assumption that he was a fragile melee fighter.

Shi Yan overwhelmed Gu Guangyuan and Lu Ting at the castle gates, but the two pledged their families to Gods Martial Arts Hall and a powerful representative intervened. The chapter ended with Shi Yan facing the burly newcomer, whose identity he demanded.

• Shi Yan blasted Gu Guangyuan and Lu Ting back with three Blazing Flame Divine Needles, destroying the castle entrance.
• Gu Guangyuan and Lu Ting called on the Main God and pledged their families to Gods Martial Arts Hall before attacking Shi Yan.
• Shi Yan stopped their weapons with his Spiritual Power, and the two began suffering from poison as they tried to flee.
• Shi Yan restrained the poisoned pair with his Spiritual Power and prepared to kill them with another flame needle.
• A muscular man from Gods Martial Arts Hall appeared and asked Shi Yan to spare Gu Guangyuan and Lu Ting, prompting Shi Yan to ask who he was.

Shi Yan confronted Wen Ruichuan, a Martial King from the Gods Martial Arts Hall, who tried to force him to join by threatening and torturing him. Just as Wen Ruichuan increased the pressure, Zhu Lingxiang appeared and angrily challenged him.

• Wen Ruichuan introduced himself as one of the Twelve Master Gods and ordered Shi Yan to end his dispute with the Gu Family.
• Shi Yan tried to leave, but Wen Ruichuan restrained him and demanded he join the Gods Martial Arts Hall to atone for killing Bao Dabo.
• Wen Ruichuan offered to personally guide Shi Yan, but Shi Yan refused and accused him of bullying someone younger.
• Wen Ruichuan used his Spiritual Power to dislocate Shi Yan's bones, but Shi Yan endured the pain without giving in.
• A furious woman appeared beside Shi Yan, and Wen Ruichuan recognized her as Zhu Lingxiang.

Zhu Lingxiang arrived to protect Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya, driving Wen Ruichuan away after declaring war on the Gods Martial Arts Hall. She then confronted the Gu and Lu families as Lu Xingzhou, Qi Ziyue, and the Sky Demon Club arrived with the executed Lu Family traitors’ heads.

• Zhu Lingxiang arrived and confronted Wen Ruichuan over Zhang Yunya’s injuries, then attacked him with lightning.
• Zhu Lingxiang issued a blood-written declaration of total war against the Gods Martial Arts Hall, but Wen Ruichuan refused to accept it.
• Zhu Lingxiang attacked Wen Ruichuan, who shielded himself with a turtle shell and fled under a barrage of lightning.
• Gu Guangyuan and Lu Ting begged Zhu Lingxiang for mercy, and she accused them of acting only because she had arrived.
• Lu Xingzhou, Qi Ziyue, and twenty-eight other Sky Demon Club members arrived and announced that they had executed the Lu Family traitors.

Shi Yan and the Monster Suppression Bureau’s forces destroyed the Gu and Lu Families’ stronghold and killed their leaders after rescuing Zhang Yunya. Zhu Lingxiang explained that the country had tacitly approved the campaign, but warned that the Gods Martial Arts Hall had intervened and powerful figures might target Shi Yan.

• Lu Xingzhou presented official evidence and warrants against the Lu and Gu Families, and Lu Ting and Gu Guangyuan tried to flee before Shi Yan blasted them back.
• Zhu Lingxiang dispersed the leaders’ Spiritual Power attacks and killed Lu Ting and Gu Guangyuan with a white needle, while Shi Yan eliminated the other people on the wanted list.
• Lu Xingzhou let uninvolved residents leave, and Shi Yan burned down Gu Family Fortress with Sky Dragon Blazing Flame.
• Shi Yan untied the unconscious Zhang Yunya and asked Zhu Lingxiang why she and the others had come; Zhu Lingxiang said they had come for him and that international pressure had accelerated matters.
• Zhu Lingxiang told Shi Yan that the country tacitly approved his actions and that his campaign had eased pressure on the Monster Suppression Bureau, then warned that Gods Martial Arts Hall had stepped in and top experts might target him.

Shi Yan returned to Magic Martial University with Zhu Lingxiang and accepted punishment from Huang Qizheng for the mission that left Zhang Yunya unconscious. After Shi Yan endured twenty lashes, Huang Qizheng punished himself as well, leaving Shi Yan and Zhu Lingxiang stunned.

• Zhu Lingxiang gave Shi Yan the Space Rings taken from the defeated enemies and urged him to take care of Zhang Yunya.
• Zhu Lingxiang warned Shi Yan to apologize to Huang Qizheng and admit his mistakes before facing punishment.
• Shi Yan went to Huang Qizheng's office, admitted his failures, and offered to accept punishment.
• Zhu Lingxiang tried to take Shi Yan's punishment, but Shi Yan moved in front of her and took the first lash himself.
• Huang Qizheng struck Shi Yan twenty times, then gave himself two lashes for failing to supervise the mission.

Huang Qizheng whipped himself as Shi Yan’s final lesson, sending him to prepare for Lingnan Martial School and urging him to respect the martial path. Shi Yan visited the unconscious Zhang Yunya and discovered that his Fire of Life and Nie Lingshan’s Water of Life merged and drew them together, leaving them pressed against each other.

• Huang Qizheng took the blame and whipped himself, then told Shi Yan to prepare to report to Lingnan Martial School.
• Huang Qizheng explained to Zhu Lingxiang that Shi Yan had outgrown their teaching and needed to hold reverence for the martial path.
• Zhu Lingxiang told Huang Qizheng she might disappear for a while, then left him with concern about her relationship with Feng Xiaotian.
• Shi Yan visited Nie Lingshan and found Zhang Yunya still unconscious, while congratulating Nie Lingshan on becoming Liu Xiuyuan’s disciple.
• Nie Lingshan unexpectedly climbed onto Shi Yan, and their Water of Life and Fire of Life merged, intensifying their attraction.
• Shi Yan withdrew his flames, but Nie Lingshan had already pressed her body against him.