Chapter Summaries

Liu Xiuyuan realized Dark Prison had trapped him while the Guidance Cult attacked Magic Martial University, and he struggled to break free before the university was devastated. Remembering Bai Xuanling’s plan, he used Broken Sword to shatter the Dark Prison Space.

• Dark Prison and the Guidance Cult’s concealed experts attacked Tang Tiancheng, Wu Bowen, and the others, drawing the fighting away from the broken ship.
• Dark Prison trapped Liu Xiuyuan in the Dark Prison Space while the Guidance Cult’s remaining followers headed for Magic Martial University.
• Liu Xiuyuan attacked the space but struggled to break it, and Dark Prison urged him to surrender in exchange for a path to Martial Emperor.
• Liu Xiuyuan remembered that Bai Xuanling’s Brocade Pouch said Broken Sword could resolve the crisis, then split his sword radiance in two.
• The two sword radiances struck in opposite directions and shattered the Dark Prison Space, letting sunlight flood in.

Liu Xiuyuan broke through to become a Martial Emperor after realizing that his Sword Dao was the path beneath his feet, then killed Dark Prison and his fleeing allies. The news reached Bai Xuanling and Kyoto, where Wu Yanfeng wondered whether Tang Tiancheng had been the one to ascend.

• Liu Xiuyuan shattered Dark Prison Space and understood Bai Xuanling's lesson: he had to break before he could stand anew.
• Liu Xiuyuan's Martial Emperor Domain froze the surrounding area, revealing his breakthrough to Tang Tiancheng, Wu Bowen, and Dark Prison.
• Liu Xiuyuan declared himself the Sword Emperor and killed Dark Prison with Sword Intent.
• Liu Xiuyuan bound and killed Dark Prison's remaining forces, including the two Guidance Cult Martial Kings, then drew the wrecked ship above the sea.
• Bai Xuanling sensed Liu Xiuyuan's breakthrough and called senior officials to discuss the Acceleration Grand Array's core placement.
• Cheng Batian sensed a new Martial Emperor in the east, and Wu Yanfeng asked whether Tang Tiancheng had become one.

Liu Xiuyuan’s sudden breakthrough to Martial Emperor alarmed powerhouses across the world and strengthened Huaxia’s position. Meanwhile, Shi Yan and Magic Martial University faced a Guidance Cult assault, and Huang Qizheng ordered Shi Yan to escape as their barrier neared collapse.

• Cheng Batian identified Liu Xiuyuan as the new Martial Emperor and told Wu Yanfeng to prepare a congratulatory gift for Magic Martial University.
• Du Shouliang celebrated Liu Xiuyuan’s breakthrough, while Situ Yaoyang and foreign leaders assessed the shift in power.
• Ruan Tianhe sought reassurance from Fei Er, and the Alloy Emperor in Yellowstone Park wondered whether Po had caused the breakthrough.
• Several hundred Guidance Cult members attacked Magic Martial University, killing more than a dozen teachers and students before the survivors gathered beneath the Martial Practice Arena’s barrier.
• Huang Qizheng estimated that the barrier would soon fail and told Shi Yan to escape, while Shi Yan formed the Blazing Flame Divine Needle in his hand.
• After one minute passed, Huang Qizheng shouted for Shi Yan to go.

Shi Yan’s explosive attack devastated the Guidance Cult forces but threatened Magic Martial University’s teachers and students, while Dark Prison assassins abducted many of them. Principal Liu Xiuyuan arrived, extinguished the flames, rescued the captives, and killed the remaining enemies.

• The deans opened the barrier to evacuate Shi Yan, but he warned them to close it as his needles flew toward the gap.
• Shi Yan’s explosion killed most of the Guidance Cult invaders, shattered the barrier, and left flames threatening the people inside the arena.
• Shi Yan tried to control the flames, but Dark Prison assassins seized the opening and dragged a quarter of the teachers and students into Dark Prison Space.
• Huang Qizheng urged Shi Yan to attack even if it endangered the captives, and Shi Yan prepared to use Collapse before the flames suddenly vanished.
• Liu Xiuyuan arrived, killed the four Guidance Cult Martial Kings, restored the abducted teachers and students, and slew the Dark Prison assassins.

Liu Xiuyuan became a Martial Emperor after Magic Martial University was attacked, and the attack left eleven teachers and students dead. As Huaxia and the world reacted to the news, Qi Ziyue emerged from seclusion after reaching great accomplishment in the Moon Wheel Profound Meaning and advancing to Fifth Tier.

• Liu Xiuyuan descended after displaying Martial Emperor methods, mourned the eleven dead, and accepted responsibility for the attack on Magic Martial University.
• Shi Yan, Nie Lingshan, and other healers treated the wounded while Magic Martial University declared war on the Guidance Cult.
• News spread that the Dark Prison Assassin Organization had been wiped out and Liu Xiuyuan had become Huaxia's fifteenth Martial Emperor.
• Qi Zhan asked Wang Changfu whether they should bring Liu Xiuyuan gifts, and Wang Changfu suggested giving him two packets of tea.
• Qi Ziyue emerged from seclusion with the Moon Wheel Profound Meaning at great accomplishment and reached Fifth Tier, delighting Qi Zhan and Wang Changfu.

Shi Yan reviewed his combat strength and used Monster Emperor essence blood to cultivate the Blood Refinement Divine Ape. After reaching its Skin Realm and gaining ten thousand Blood Vitality, he prepared to consume more essence blood to pursue the Body Refining Eighth Realm.

• Shi Yan assessed his battle against Martial Kings and chose to strengthen the Blood Refinement Divine Ape because his other cultivation methods could not be upgraded.
• Shi Yan drank the Five-Colored Deer Emperor's essence blood and spent eighty thousand Martial Virtue Points to advance the Blood Refinement Divine Ape to the Skin Realm.
• Shi Yan used the Fire of Life to withstand the essence blood's power and stabilize the new realm, gaining ten thousand Blood Vitality and greatly strengthening his skin.
• Shi Yan decided the Skin Realm was not enough to reach the Body Refining Eighth Realm, so he picked up the Silver Arm Demon Emperor's essence blood.

Shi Yan advanced the Blood Refinement Divine Ape and evolved Divine Decay Fire into Heavenly Calamity Sacred Fire, triggering a terrifying manifestation that Liu Xiuyuan concealed. At the school gates, Liu Xiuyuan learned Wang Changfu had left to seek revenge and told Qi Ziyue that Shi Yan might be able to help him.

• Shi Yan swallowed three drops of the Silver Arm Ape Emperor's Essence Blood and spent Martial Virtue Points to advance the Blood Refinement Divine Ape to the Flesh Realm, raising his Blood Vitality by fifty thousand calories.
• Shi Yan used one hundred thousand Martial Virtue Points to evolve Divine Decay Fire into Heavenly Calamity Sacred Fire, whose manifestation showed disasters devastating the world.
• Liu Xiuyuan sensed Shi Yan's manifestation and obscured it with his Martial Emperor power.
• Qi Ziyue returned to Magic Martial University with Qi Zhan, and Liu Xiuyuan noticed she had been crying and asked where Wang Changfu was.
• Qi Zhan told Liu Xiuyuan that Wang Changfu had gone to seek revenge, and Qi Ziyue asked Liu Xiuyuan to bring her teacher back.
• Liu Xiuyuan said he could not intervene because he was a Martial Emperor, but told Qi Ziyue that Shi Yan could help Wang Changfu.

Shi Yan traveled to western Huaxia to help Wang Changfu avenge his disciples, whose deaths Wang Changfu suspected had involved human attackers rather than demonic beasts. After Shi Yan caught up with him, Wang Changfu ordered him to return, but Shi Yan demonstrated his strength and began to shake the dean’s resolve.

• Shi Yan left for western Huaxia after Liu Xiuyuan assigned him to assist Wang Changfu, while Qi Ziyue stayed at Magic Martial University to prepare for the September competition.
• Shi Yan recalled that Wang Changfu’s disciples had died near the Huaxia–India-Vatican Country border, and that Wang Changfu believed people had helped kill them.
• After two days of traveling, Shi Yan found Wang Changfu’s traces and bloodstains along the route, suggesting that Wang Changfu had already killed several people.
• When Wang Changfu’s aura vanished, Shi Yan called out, and Wang Changfu appeared with a Moon Wheel poised above him before recognizing him.
• Shi Yan explained that Liu Xiuyuan had sent him, but Wang Changfu cursed Liu and ordered Shi Yan to return to Magic Martial University.
• Shi Yan revealed his Martial General-level strength and withered the surrounding vegetation with his power, causing Wang Changfu to reconsider sending him away.

Shi Yan and Wang Changfu advanced into Huaxia's borderlands to investigate the organization behind the students' murders. After Shi Yan killed two India-Vatican Country guards and unleashed his Heavenly Calamity Sacred Fire on swarms of Mountain Leeches, an angry voice ordered him to stop.

• Shi Yan insisted on accompanying Wang Changfu, and Wang Changfu agreed on the condition that Shi Yan follow his arrangements.
• Shi Yan discovered that two Fifth Tier India-Vatican Country warriors were infested with Blood Pattern Leeches and killed them with the Heavenly Calamity Sacred Fire.
• Wang Changfu asked about Shi Yan's fire, and Shi Yan explained what it was before they continued onward.
• Shi Yan incinerated swarms of Mountain Leeches and gained Martial Virtue Points as Wang Changfu watched.
• An angry roar ordered Shi Yan to stop as he continued killing the Mountain Leeches.

Shi Yan and Wang Changfu confronted Adiya over the Mountain Leeches and the deaths of three Magic Martial University teachers. After Adiya attacked them and revealed a falsified border map, Wang Changfu killed him, and they continued onward.

• Wang Changfu and Shi Yan discovered that the Mountain Leeches had multiplied unnaturally and found Sixth Level Mountain Leeches inside Adiya.
• Adiya claimed the disputed territory belonged to India-Vatican Country and showed a map placing the Himalayas and much of Tibet Province within its borders.
• Wang Changfu demanded to know who had injured three Magic Martial University teachers four years earlier, but Adiya mocked him and activated a device on his fighter jet.
• Shi Yan destroyed Adiya’s fighter jet, then used the Moon Wheel Profound Meaning to sever Adiya’s body and prevent it from healing.
• Wang Changfu killed Adiya with dozens of Moon Wheels, also destroying the Mountain Leeches inside him, and told Shi Yan to keep moving forward.

Shi Yan and Wang Changfu traced the fire poison in the Mountain Leeches to a hidden enemy and lured out Vishnu, a Peak Martial King from India-Vatican Country. The chapter ended as Wang Changfu blocked Vishnu’s attack on Shi Yan and vowed to kill him.

• Shi Yan and Wang Changfu found Mountain Leech corpses containing concentrated fire poison and realized the leeches were being used to draw poison from martial artists.
• Wang Changfu stopped before their suspected destination and told Shi Yan to kill the Mountain Leeches, so Shi Yan used his Sacred Fire and blood to attract beasts while giving Wang Changfu the Fire of Life.
• Shi Yan killed the arriving Demonic Beasts and gained more than one hundred thousand Martial Virtue Points before a powerful aura scattered them.
• Vishnu emerged and revealed himself as a Peak Martial King from India-Vatican Country, recognizing Wang Changfu and demanding that he summon Liu Xiuyuan.
• Vishnu redirected his attack toward Shi Yan, but Wang Changfu blocked it with his Moon Wheel and declared that Vishnu would die there.

Wang Changfu confronted Vishnu over his invasion of Huaxia, his attempt to kill Shi Yan, and his disciple’s death as a sacrifice for Flame Flowers. As Wang Changfu and Vishnu fought, Shi Yan healed Wang Changfu with his Fire of Life, and Vishnu’s three Blood Lotuses lost control when they reached Shi Yan.

• Wang Changfu accused Vishnu of capturing people to nourish Flame Flowers and learned that his disciple had been consumed to fuel Vishnu’s cultivation.
• Vishnu attacked Wang Changfu with a Blood Lotus, but Wang Changfu countered with Moon Wheels and unleashed a more powerful assault.
• Shi Yan remained unharmed by the fighters’ clash, then used his Fire of Life to restore Wang Changfu’s vitality.
• Vishnu sent three Blood Lotuses toward Shi Yan, but the flames inside them came under Shi Yan’s control, shattering Vishnu’s defenses.

Shi Yan helped Wang Changfu defeat Vishnu, an Eighth Order Peak Martial King, by turning Vishnu’s flames against him and striking him with Collapse. After recovering from Vishnu’s blow, Shi Yan was granted permission to finish Vishnu himself.

• Shi Yan seized control of Vishnu’s Blood Lotuses and made them explode, humiliating Vishnu and forcing him back.
• Vishnu evaded Wang Changfu’s Moon Wheel and attacked Shi Yan, who caught the blow and used Collapse to fracture Vishnu’s body.
• Wang Changfu sliced Vishnu in half with his Moon Wheel and sent his lower body flying beyond reach.
• Shi Yan recovered with the Fire of Life and the Innate Water of Life, then flew back up to face Vishnu.
• Vishnu’s Mental Attack failed against Shi Yan, and Shi Yan asked Wang Changfu for permission to finish him.
• Shi Yan received 20,000 Martial Virtue Points for killing an Eighth Tier Martial Artist across tiers.

After Shi Yan killed Vishnu, he and Wang Changfu discovered the Guidance Cult’s hidden underground lair, where Wang Changfu learned his disciple was dead and unexpectedly began approaching a breakthrough. Shi Yan found an Earth Core Lotus Fire and prepared to use it to strengthen himself and advance Eightfold Collapse.

• Shi Yan killed Vishnu with the Blazing Flame Divine Needle, and Wang Changfu discovered the dead Peak Martial King wore an outdated Guidance Cult uniform.
• Wang Changfu and Shi Yan found a concealed entrance beneath a stream and entered the underground lair.
• They reached a magma pool and found scattered skeletons but no survivors; Wang Changfu realized his disciple had died and spat blood.
• Shi Yan sensed Wang Changfu was about to break through, helped him settle into meditation, and recognized that he was nearing the Eighth Order Peak Martial King realm.
• Shi Yan identified the floating flame as the Earth Core Lotus Fire and decided to use it to strengthen himself and advance Eightfold Collapse.

Shi Yan absorbed the Earth Core Lotus Fire and grew stronger while Wang Changfu neared the end of his cultivation. A gray-robed Guidance Cult elder appeared, recognized them, and attacked after Shi Yan refused to join the cult.

• Shi Yan used the Southern Bright Blazing Fire to suppress the Earth Core Lotus Fire, absorbed it, and survived the self-collapse that followed.
• Shi Yan’s Blood Vitality and Spiritual Power increased, and he gained the Earth Core Lotus Fire as his fifth flame.
• The magma cooled as the Earth Core Lotus Fire vanished, and Wang Changfu’s aura settled as his closed-door cultivation neared completion.
• A gray-robed Guidance Cult elder appeared and recognized Shi Yan and Wang Changfu, suspecting they had killed Vishnu and taken the flame.
• Shi Yan stood between the elder and Wang Changfu, refused the elder’s offer to make him the Guidance Cult’s Holy Son, and tried to buy Wang Changfu time.
• The gray-robed elder called Shi Yan stubborn and extended his hand to attack.

Shi Yan fought Mu Jinggan, a Peak Martial King and Guidance Cult elder, using his flames and Collapse technique until Wang Changfu completed his breakthrough and intervened. Wang Changfu revealed that Mu Jinggan had once been his instructor, while Mu Jinggan explained that resentment over his past mistreatment had led him to join the Guidance Cult.

• Mu Jinggan used his Spiritual Power to suppress Shi Yan, but Shi Yan unleashed Earth Core Lotus Fire and filled the cavern with flames, forcing Mu Jinggan to release his hold.
• Mu Jinggan trapped Shi Yan in spatial mirrors that drained his strength, but Shi Yan recovered with azure flame and shattered the mirrors with the Third Layer of Collapse.
• As Shi Yan neared unconsciousness and Mu Jinggan launched a space-forged sword at him, Wang Changfu appeared and severed Mu Jinggan's arm with a Moon Wheel.
• Wang Changfu revealed that Mu Jinggan had once been Magic Martial University's director of instruction and had later joined the Guidance Cult.
• Mu Jinggan described how ridicule and suppression had shaped his belief that people had to rely on themselves and stand above others, and said the Guidance Cult had given him room to pursue his ambitions.

Shi Yan and Wang Changfu killed Mu Jinggan after Shi Yan stopped his escape, and Shi Yan decided to return to Baiyun City after Mu Jinggan threatened his family. The chapter left Shi Yan rushing home and warning his uncle not to go anywhere isolated.

• Mu Jinggan revealed his belief that the strong should rule and threatened to kill Shi Yan’s relatives and Senior Sister.
• Shi Yan neutralized Mu Jinggan’s space ability with a white-flamed palm, allowing Wang Changfu to kill him and Shi Yan to destroy his head.
• Shi Yan told Wang Changfu he would return to his hometown, declined the spoils, and flew away.
• Shi Yan called Gu Guoping and learned that his uncle and aunt were at home, then warned them to avoid isolated places until he arrived.

Shi Yan visited his uncle Gu Guoping and aunt Zhang Shufen, then arranged upgraded protection for his family through Mo Changfeng. He returned to his own home and found its lock damaged, leaving him alarmed about who had entered.

• Shi Yan visited Gu Guoping and Zhang Shufen, whose home was crowded with gifts and clippings about his achievements.
• Shi Yan used his azure flame to heal Gu Guoping and Zhang Shufen’s accumulated ailments before leaving.
• Shi Yan met Mo Changfeng above Bigui Residential Area and paid forty million Huaxia currency to upgrade his relatives’ protection to an S-Class package.
• Shi Yan returned to his residence and found the lock split open; he spread his Spiritual Power inside and his expression changed.

Shi Yan reunited with Zhang Yunya, who moved into his home and confessed her feelings, and the two settled into life together in Baiyun City. They waited for members of the Guidance Cult to appear, but none came during the month that followed.

• Shi Yan found Zhang Yunya eating alone, and she rushed into his arms and kissed him.
• Shi Yan learned that Zhang Yunya had joined the Jiangnan Monster Suppression Bureau and had come to Baiyun City to rest and make his home hers.
• At Magic Martial University, Nie Lingshan asked Qi Ziyue to visit Shi Yan, but Qi Ziyue urged them to focus on cultivation and prepare for the September competition.
• Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya moved into his completed villa, where Zhang Yunya worried that she might become a burden to him.
• Shi Yan and Zhang Yunya enjoyed life together in Baiyun City while watching for the Guidance Cult, but no one appeared for a month.

Shi Yan reunited with Liu Wang at a high school classmates' gathering, where he helped Liu Wang advance to Third Order and confronted former classmates who tried to stage the event around Lu Jiaojiao. As Lu Jiaojiao arrived with foreign warriors waiting outside, Shi Yan demanded to see their identification and threatened to kill them if they could not provide it.

• Shi Yan learned his uncle and aunt had left for protected, closed-off work, then accepted Liu Wang's invitation to their high school reunion.
• Shi Yan touched Liu Wang and helped him recover from his injuries and advance from Second Order to Third Order, then gave him a Space Ring filled with cultivation resources.
• Qu Qian mocked Liu Wang and Shi Yan outside Caiyuan Hotel, but Shi Yan's status left Qu Qian without a reply.
• At the reunion, Liu Wang revealed his Third Order aura, shocking their classmates, while Lu Jiaojiao arrived with Tao Ping and drew the room's attention.
• Tao Ping asked Shi Yan and Liu Wang to move off the red carpet for Lu Jiaojiao, but Shi Yan refused and confronted her over their past conflict.
• Shi Yan pointed out the foreign warriors waiting outside and demanded their identification, threatening to kill them if they could not provide it.