Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan demonstrated his growing strength, then received a personal request from Situ Yaoyang to stabilize Miss Mu after the next mission. The following day, Shi Yan and his companions prepared to face possible foreign martial artists as Situ Yaoyang’s group arrived by fighter jet.

• Shi Yan destroyed a massive tree with the wind from his Thrusting Punch, and Situ Yaoyang appeared to assess his power and recognize that he had reached the seventh revolution of the Nine Revolutions Vajra Art.
• Situ Yaoyang told Shi Yan to apply for talent certification and asked him to stabilize Miss Mu’s condition after the next mission, and Shi Yan agreed.
• After Situ Yaoyang left, Yuan Tai praised Shi Yan, told him to let Wei Ming serve as captain, and warned that foreign martial artists might join the coming battle.
• The next day, Shi Yan and the others waited under the scorching sun, expecting a difficult mission that could involve martial artists.
• Shi Yan spotted more than a dozen fighter jets, and Situ Yaoyang’s group arrived with the girl in black.

While the woman in black installed the silver pillar, foreign martial artists gathered at the border and confronted Huaxia’s defenders. Fei Er forced them toward the border, and Situ Yaoyang allowed those below the Seventh Tier to enter while secretly ordering Shi Yan to kill every intruder.

• Shi Yan prepared to report to Situ Yaoyang, who told him to protect his companions and wait for a summons.
• The silver pillar appeared, and the woman in black began embedding it as scattered demon beasts approached and were killed.
• More than a hundred foreign martial artists, including Lucas and several Martial Kings, gathered beyond the border and challenged Yuan Tai.
• Fei Er appeared and used his power to shove the foreign martial artists toward the border.
• Situ Yaoyang permitted those below the Seventh Tier to enter and privately ordered Shi Yan to kill every intruder who crossed.

Situ Yaoyang deterred Fei Er and Ruan Tianhe from entering Huaxia, but their lower-ranking warriors crossed the border to investigate. Shi Yan slaughtered the intruders and faced the remaining foreign experts as Fei Er withdrew in disgrace.

• Ruan Tianhe asked Situ Yaoyang to let him and Fei Er enter Huaxia to investigate Ruan Shujin's death, but Situ warned he would kill millions if they crossed the border.
• Ruan Tianhe sent warriors below Martial General level into Huaxia, where Shi Yan confronted more than seventy foreign entrants.
• Shi Yan killed most of the group with his saber and Southern Bright Blazing Fire, then slew the remaining Sixth Order Warriors with Blazing Flame Divine Needles.
• Shi Yan ordered Wei Ming and the others to collect the bodies while the foreign experts stayed beyond the border.
• Fei Er threatened Situ Yaoyang and left in disgrace.

After Shi Yan helped the military secure the Silver Giant Pillar, Situ Yaoyang revealed that Mu Yuqing’s spatial ability fragments were destroying her body and tasked Shi Yan with curing her. Shi Yan’s first attempt at Ability Cancellation nearly caused a deadly explosion, so Situ Yaoyang sent Mu Yuqing with him to recover and ordered Yuan Tai to teach Shi Yan the technique before another mission in a month.

• Yuan Tai praised Shi Yan for killing the intruders, and Shi Yan hoped his performance would earn him the Blood Refinement Divine Ape body-refinement method.
• The black-clad woman, Mu Yuqing, exhausted herself helping Situ Yaoyang and the others bury the Silver Giant Pillar, then collapsed as the pillar vanished.
• Shi Yan used the Fire of Life to stabilize Mu Yuqing, and Situ Yaoyang explained that her SS-Class spatial ability fragments kept growing back inside her body.
• Situ Yaoyang told Shi Yan to use Ability Cancellation to remove the fragments, but Shi Yan’s first attempt triggered an explosion that Situ Yaoyang transferred away.
• Situ Yaoyang entrusted Mu Yuqing to Shi Yan, ordered Yuan Tai to teach him Ability Cancellation, and said another mission would take place in a month.

Shi Yan and Bai Yuyao practiced Ability Cancellation while Mu Yuqing recovered under Yuan Tai’s supervision. When Mu Yuqing tried to leave, Yuan Tai persuaded her to stay for treatment, then shocked the group by revealing Shi Yan could kill a Sixth Order Warrior with his physical strength.

• Yuan Tai arranged for Bai Yuyao to practice Ability Cancellation with Shi Yan, and their first attempt injured both of them before Shi Yan healed them with his flames.
• Shi Yan and Bai Yuyao continued practicing until night, when Wei Ming returned and Mu Yuqing woke up.
• Mu Yuqing thanked Bai Yuyao for saving her, then learned Shi Yan had healed her and tried to leave despite her incomplete recovery.
• Yuan Tai warned Mu Yuqing that returning to the military camp would mean disobeying orders, persuading her to stay and cooperate with treatment.
• Yuan Tai advised the group to strengthen their bodies and revealed that Shi Yan could kill a Sixth Order Warrior with physical strength alone, stunning everyone.
• Mu Yuqing agreed to remain for treatment, while the others teased Shi Yan about his extraordinary strength.

Shi Yan spent weeks practicing Ability Cancellation with Bai Yuyao while Mu Yuqing recovered and joined Wei Ming’s group on missions. After Shi Yan mastered the technique, the group prepared to remove the spatial-ability fragments injuring Mu Yuqing.

• Shi Yan used his azure flames to nourish Mu Yuqing and help repair the damage to her foundation.
• Shi Yan and Bai Yuyao practiced Ability Cancellation, and Mu Yuqing mistakenly thought Shi Yan had badly injured Bai Yuyao before learning the wounds were part of their practice.
• Mu Yuqing learned that Shi Yan and Bai Yuyao were practicing to remove spatial-ability fragments from Bai Yuyao, and she resolved to repay them.
• Over the next four weeks, Mu Yuqing joined Wei Ming and the others on demon-clearing missions while Shi Yan and Bai Yuyao continued practicing.
• Shi Yan mastered Ability Cancellation, proving that his flames could cancel Bai Yuyao’s ice ability and Yuan Tai’s ability when Yuan Tai held back.
• Yuan Tai told Mu Yuqing to prepare as they began the procedure to remove the fragments of spatial ability that injured her.

Shi Yan removed the Spatial Ability Fragments from Mu Yuqing, curing her but weakening her body because the fragments had fused with it. After the group resumed the Pile Driving mission, Yuan Tai spotted a large Beast Tide approaching from beyond the border.

• Shi Yan carefully removed the Spatial Ability Fragments from Mu Yuqing overnight, and she thanked him before leaving through space.
• Shi Yan noticed that Mu Yuqing's black blood contained vitality and realized the fragments might have strengthened her body.
• Yuan Tai reported the concern to Situ Yaoyang, who arranged a medical examination and summoned Lingnan School for another Pile Driving mission.
• Situ Yaoyang told the group that the fragments had become part of Mu Yuqing's body, and Shi Yan recommended that she train her physical strength.
• As the mission resumed, Yuan Tai spotted a large Beast Tide approaching from Monkey Country.

Shi Yan took command of the ground battle against a B-class Beast Tide and used Divine Decay Fire to kill huge numbers of demonic beasts, earning a flood of Martial Virtue Points. When the injured soldiers needed help, he withdrew to heal them as three Seventh-Order Demonic Beasts leaped out to attack him.

• Yuan Tai detected a B-class large-scale Beast Tide advancing from Monkey Country, and Situ Yaoyang appointed Shi Yan supreme commander of the ground battle.
• Shi Yan ordered the soldiers to hold a thousand-meter zone behind the border and spread Divine Decay Fire across the battlefield.
• The Beast Tide's vanguard crossed the border and died in the poisonous fire, earning Shi Yan nearly a hundred thousand Martial Virtue Points.
• When the demonic beasts diverted around the fire, Shi Yan attacked with Blazing Flame Divine Needles and slaughtered more beasts for another ninety-eight thousand Martial Virtue Points.
• As the soldiers fell into bitter battles, Shi Yan retreated and used Fire of Life to heal them, but three Seventh-Order Demonic Beasts suddenly pounced on him.

Shi Yan endured the Seventh-Order Two-headed Iron-scaled Foxes’ mental and physical attacks, then unleashed Southern Bright Blazing Fire to kill them and devastate the Beast Tide. Yuan Tai and the fleeing Monster Kings turned the battle, and the demonic beasts retreated as Shi Yan collapsed from exhaustion.

• Three Seventh-Order Two-headed Iron-scaled Foxes hit Shi Yan with a mental attack and kicked him away, leaving him bleeding and with fractured bones.
• Shi Yan stood back up, ordered everyone to retreat, and resisted the foxes’ second mental attack.
• Shi Yan condensed six Southern Bright Blazing Fire needles and sent them at the foxes and into the Beast Tide.
• Three needles curved through the air and killed the foxes, while all six needles ignited devastating white flames across the demonic beast horde.
• Yuan Tai tore a giant bird apart, and the Monster Kings fled and ordered the Beast Tide to retreat.
• Shi Yan dropped to the ground, pale and gasping for breath.

After the Beast Tide receded, Shi Yan discussed his rewards with Yuan Tai and nearly 480,000 Martial Virtue Points. Yuan Tai promised him the Blood Refinement Divine Ape body-tempering method, Demon Emperor's Essence Blood, and specially made A-Class shoes, as the mission ended.

• Shi Yan ordered the military martial artists to return to their positions, and Yuan Tai praised him for his role in defeating the Beast Tide and killing the Level 8 Demon King.
• Shi Yan checked his status and saw that his Martial Virtue Points had risen to 479177, with several abilities and techniques showing plus signs.
• Yuan Tai offered Shi Yan a reward, and Shi Yan jokingly requested ten portions of Demon Emperor's Essence Blood, ten S-Class manuals, and ten sets of S-Class equipment.
• Shi Yan asked instead for the Blood Refinement Divine Ape body-tempering method, and Yuan Tai agreed while adding a portion of Demon Emperor's Essence Blood and specially made A-Class shoes.
• The Silver Giant Pillar vanished, the mission ended, and Mu Yuqing descended with Situ Yaoyang without having been injured.

Shi Yan received a merit citation and a Martial Arts technique after stopping the Beast Tide, while Situ Yaoyang revealed that killing demon beasts could increase spiritual energy and ordered preparations for a future conflict. Back at Lingnan Martial School, Shi Yan spent 320,000 Martial Virtue Points to advance Boundless Sea of Fire, triggering a powerful breakthrough that drew the school's experts and students to the Cultivation Building.

• Situ Yaoyang awarded Shi Yan a first-class personal merit citation and a Martial Arts technique, then explained to Yuan Tai that demon beasts' spiritual energy was being drawn toward the vanished Silver Giant Pillar.
• Situ Yaoyang told Yuan Tai to avoid killing demon beasts when possible, prepare the Formation Bases, and focus on finding new martial artists before a future large-scale conflict.
• Mu Yuqing said she might attend university once her missions ended, while Shi Yan and the others said goodbye before Yuan Tai ended the mountain-entry training.
• Shi Yan returned to Lingnan Martial School, met with Xiong Ba and the others, and entered the cultivation chamber to add 320,000 Martial Virtue Points to Boundless Sea of Fire.
• Shi Yan's four flames liquefied and formed a powerful suction force as he advanced to Martial General, drawing the school's experts and students to the Cultivation Building.
• Shi Yan blasted through a wall and shot into the sky, leaving the gathered experts and students stunned when they recognized him.

Shi Yan broke through to the Seventh Tier and became a Martial General, causing a powerful disturbance before Yuan Tai subdued it and ordered witnesses to keep the advancement secret. Yuan Tai recorded Shi Yan’s account of the breakthrough and then explained that demon beasts had become resources for Huaxia.

• Shi Yan’s Blood Vitality reached its 120,000-calorie limit, and his body compressed its energy before transforming into a Martial General.
• Shi Yan flew out of the cultivation building to prevent his breakthrough from damaging it, and the resulting gale sent teachers and students tumbling.
• Yuan Tai suppressed Shi Yan’s aura, ordered the witnesses to keep his advancement secret, and praised Shi Yan for controlling his aura immediately.
• Yuan Tai recorded Shi Yan’s account of his breakthrough and concluded that his breathing technique had helped him advance quickly.
• Yuan Tai told Shi Yan that, following General Situ’s instructions, he might need to kill fewer demon beasts because Huaxia now considered them resources.

Shi Yan learned that Huaxia was building the Peerless Grand Formation and resolved to study two new Martial Arts while restraining his demonic beast hunting. After seven days in the library, he emerged as Bai Yuyao was preparing to leave and Ye Xinghe challenged him to a spar.

• Shi Yan learned from Yuan Tai that Huaxia was installing Silver Giant Pillars along the national border to complete the Peerless Grand Formation, so he agreed to stop recklessly killing demonic beasts until it was finished.
• Shi Yan reviewed his gains, including reaching the Early Seventh Tier, and went to the library to learn the Martial Arts from Situ Yaoyang's and Yuan Tai's memory crystals.
• After seven days, Bai Yuyao waited outside the library to say goodbye to Shi Yan before returning to Jingwu with her schoolmates.
• Ye Xinghe arrived to take Bai Yuyao back and reminded her that he was the captain when she hesitated to leave without seeing Shi Yan.
• Shi Yan emerged and greeted Bai Yuyao and Ye Xinghe, then Ye Xinghe challenged him to a spar.

Shi Yan agreed to spar with Ye Xinghe at Lingnan Martial School after Bai Yuyao warned Ye Xinghe that he could be killed. At the Martial Practice Arena, Shi Yan effortlessly shattered Ye Xinghe’s simulated attacks with his bare hands and asked whether Ye had any other moves.

• Shi Yan recognized that Ye Xinghe had reached Mid Fifth Order, and Ye challenged him to spar.
• Bai Yuyao tried to stop Ye Xinghe, warning that Shi Yan might beat him to death, but Ye took offense and insisted on fighting.
• Shi Yan accepted the challenge and led Ye Xinghe to the Martial Practice Arena, where students gathered to watch.
• Ye Xinghe attacked with a Light Gun that simulated Zhang Yunya’s Giant Axe, but Shi Yan shattered it with a slap using only his physical strength.
• Ye Xinghe followed with a Light Gun attack simulating Qi Ziyue’s Moon Wheel, and Shi Yan shattered that with another slap before asking if Ye had any other moves.

Shi Yan defeated Ye Xinghe despite Ye Xinghe activating the Golden Main God's Combat Golden Body and unleashing a hidden Flying Dagger. After discovering that spectators now granted him more Martial Virtue Points, Shi Yan saw the National Academy Martial Arts Competition as a way to gain points quickly, while a Seventh-Tier member of the Gods Martial Arts Hall left with Ye Xinghe and threatened him.

• Ye Xinghe activated the Combat Golden Body and raised his strength to nearly the Sixth Order, but Shi Yan shattered his attacks with casual palm strikes.
• Provoked by Shi Yan, Ye Xinghe charged into a close-range fight and was beaten until Shi Yan kicked him flying.
• Ye Xinghe secretly launched a Flying Dagger enhanced by the Combat Golden Body, but Shi Yan destroyed it with a Thrusting Punch and knocked Ye Xinghe unconscious.
• Shi Yan gained 886 Martial Virtue Points for defeating Ye Xinghe and discovered that each spectator now contributed one point for promoting martial virtue.
• Shi Yan resolved to compete in the National Academy Martial Arts Competition for its large audiences, while a Seventh-Tier member of the Gods Martial Arts Hall carried Ye Xinghe away and threatened him.

After defeating Ye Xinghe, Shi Yan finished his handover at Lingnan Martial School and learned how Qi Ziyue, Zhang Yunya, Nie Lingshan, and his other friends had progressed. He left for Magic Martial University with Xiong Ba and the others, while his parting slap unexpectedly healed and strengthened Wei Ming.

• Shi Yan escorted Bai Yuyao to the school gates, where she hugged him before boarding Jingwu's coach.
• Shi Yan completed his handover with Yuan Tai and received his exchange student certificate, merit rewards, 250 million in cash, and the Demon Emperor's Essence Blood.
• Shi Yan called Nie Lingshan, who told him that Qi Ziyue was undergoing brutal training with her master and Qi Zhan, Zhang Yunya had awakened and joined the Monster Suppression Bureau, and Nie Lingshan had reached the Mid Fifth Order.
• Shi Yan learned that Lu Xingzhou had built the Sky Demon Club into Magic Martial University's largest club and that its S-Class members had reached the Fourth-Order Peak.
• Shi Yan met Xiong Ba, Yu Miaomiao, Fang Kun, and Tian Zhi at the gates and set off for Magic Martial University with them.
• Shi Yan slapped Wei Ming's shoulder goodbye, and azure flames spread through Wei Ming, healing his hidden injuries and strengthening his aura by thirty percent.

Shi Yan returned to Shanghai by train, learned of growing unrest and early awakenings in Huaxia, and used his Martial Virtue Points to cultivate the Fire God Domain to great accomplishment. A Dark Prison assassin named Black Six ambushed him, but Shi Yan shattered the assassin’s Dark Prison Space and left Black Six’s body collapsing.

• Shi Yan heard from Xiong Ba, Tian Zhi, and the others about Huaxia’s military buildup, rising tensions, and students awakening abilities at younger ages.
• Shi Yan spent Martial Virtue Points to raise the Fire God Domain to great accomplishment, gaining a powerful defensive field and detailed perception of his surroundings.
• As Shi Yan’s train neared Shanghai, Black Six trapped him in a Dark Prison Space while leaving Xiong Ba and the others unharmed.
• Shi Yan saw through Black Six’s illusions and blocked his attacks, then shattered the Dark Prison Space with a stomp.
• After the darkness vanished in overgrown ruins near Shanghai, Black Six’s body began collapsing as he demanded to know what Martial Art Shi Yan had used.

Shi Yan killed Black Six, a Dark Prison assassin, and learned from Liu Xiuyuan why Huaxia’s geniuses faced constant danger. After the Talent Center rated him Five Stars, he requested an S-Class movement technique and the Withered Wood Meets Spring Art as rewards.

• Shi Yan killed Black Six with a single move, destroyed his remains, and met Tang Tiancheng, who promised to uproot the Dark Prison Assassin Organization.
• Liu Xiuyuan explained that Dark Prison had returned to target Huaxia’s geniuses and led Shi Yan back to Magic Martial University.
• Three days later, Shi Yan prepared for a talent reassessment while healing Nie Lingshan with their combined powers.
• Talent Center Minister Wu Bowen and Zhao Hongying assessed Shi Yan, giving him a Five-Star overall rating.
• Wu Bowen offered to fulfill Shi Yan’s reward requests, and Shi Yan asked for an S-Class movement technique and the Withered Wood Meets Spring Art.

Shi Yan received S-Class rewards from Wu Bowen, including a body-tempering art for Zhang Yunya and Demon Emperor's Essence Blood. Meanwhile, Liu Xiuyuan agreed to join an operation against Dark Prison, and Huang Qizheng warned Shi Yan that Magic Martial University might face a bloody calamity; the chapter ended with Liu Xiuyuan and the other experts confronting Dark Prison's headquarters at sea.

• Shi Yan chose the Withered Wood Meets Spring Art for Zhang Yunya, then accepted Soaring Dragon Steps and Five-Colored Deer Emperor's Essence Blood from Wu Bowen.
• Wu Bowen urged Liu Xiuyuan to join the operation against Dark Prison, but Liu Xiuyuan refused until Huang Qizheng delivered Bai Xuanling's Brocade Pouch and revealed its instructions.
• Liu Xiuyuan agreed to join the operation, left Magic Martial University that night, and entrusted the school to Huang Qizheng.
• Huang Qizheng warned Shi Yan that Magic Martial University might suffer a bloody calamity and urged him to take others away, but Shi Yan chose to stay and prepare.
• Liu Xiuyuan, Tang Tiancheng, Wu Bowen, and dozens of other experts gathered at sea before the dilapidated ship that housed Dark Prison's headquarters.

Tang Tiancheng, Liu Xiuyuan, and Wu Bowen confronted Dark Prison and his assassins at sea. Dark Prison revealed his twisted path to power, and Liu Xiuyuan raised his sword as Dark Prison ordered his forces to attack.

• Tang Tiancheng explained that Dark Prison's ship concealed itself in another layer of space, then Dark Prison appeared on its deck.
• Huaxia's experts surrounded the ship, and nearly a hundred Dark Prison assassins appeared to face them.
• Dark Prison greeted Liu Xiuyuan and argued that they could have joined forces to become Martial Emperors, but Liu Xiuyuan condemned his method of absorbing souls.
• Tang Tiancheng and Wu Bowen learned that Dark Prison had implanted incompatible souls into his Martial General assassins, giving them versions of his spatial ability.
• Dark Prison mocked Liu Xiuyuan for failing to become a Martial Emperor, while Liu Xiuyuan's Sword Intent shattered the warped sea around them.
• Dark Prison admitted that he had gone mad and ordered his assassins to attack.