Chapter Summaries

At a classmates’ reunion, Shi Yan challenged Lu Jiaojiao’s boasts about her White Eagle Country connections and the global rankings of Martial Emperors. A call from Principal Liu Xiuyuan then summoned Shi Yan back to school to prepare for a major operation at Zhennan Pass, where Huaxia planned a surprise for the world.

• Shi Yan accused Lu Jiaojiao’s foreign friends of entering illegally and carrying weapons, prompting her to bring four Sixth Order Great Grandmasters into the hall.
• Lu Jiaojiao showed the classmates a livestream of the Alloy Emperor’s birthday celebration and mocked Huaxia’s standing in the global Martial Emperor rankings.
• Shi Yan cited General Situ’s victory over the Bloody Emperor as evidence that the rankings were unreliable, and some classmates began questioning Lu Jiaojiao’s claims.
• Shi Yan left after Principal Liu Xiuyuan called, while Lu Jiaojiao and her supporters mocked him for supposedly running away.
• Liu Xiuyuan told Shi Yan that White Eagle Country was using the Alloy Emperor’s birthday as a warning and ordered him to return to school to prepare for a possible battle at Zhennan Pass.

Shi Yan returned to the class reunion and defended Liu Wang, knocking out Tao Ping and Qu Qian before confronting four White Eagle Country warriors over their entry documents. After one attacked him, Shi Yan used his Monster Suppression Bureau authorization to kill the Mid Sixth Order warrior on the spot, leaving everyone stunned.

• Liu Wang slapped Qu Qian for insulting Shi Yan and fought back when Qu Qian and Tao Ping attacked him.
• Shi Yan appeared and slapped Tao Ping and Qu Qian unconscious, then frightened Lu Jiaojiao into moving aside.
• Shi Yan demanded proof of legal entry from the four White Eagle Country warriors and showed Lu Jiaojiao his nationwide Monster Suppression Bureau authorization.
• A Mid Sixth Order White Eagle Country warrior attacked Shi Yan, who declared his authority to execute him and smashed him to pieces with one strike.

Shi Yan killed an Alloy Emperor subordinate who threatened him, then watched a livestream reveal Po confronting the world’s Martial Emperors. Po immobilized them, severed Alloy Emperor’s right hand, and disappeared, leaving a Flying Dagger behind.

• Shi Yan killed a Mid Sixth Order martial artist with one palm after the man and his companions threatened him.
• Lu Jiaojiao tried to use her charm ability on Shi Yan, suffered backlash, and accused him of having to answer for the killing.
• The White Eagle Country youths showed their legal entry documents, and Shi Yan checked them before withdrawing his killing intent.
• The livestream of Alloy Emperor’s birthday banquet froze as Po appeared, prompting more than ten Martial Emperors to take defensive positions.
• Po solidified the space around the Martial Emperors and struck with her Flying Dagger, severing Alloy Emperor’s right hand.
• Po vanished after telling Alloy Emperor to keep the severed arm for one year, leaving her Flying Dagger floating before him.

After Po defeated Alloy Emperor on a livestream, her identity as a Huaxia powerhouse became a worldwide sensation. In Baiyun City, Lu Jiaojiao broke down over the defeat and her own downfall, while Shi Yan faced the consequences of the banquet incident and left with his teacher.

• Po's defeat of Alloy Emperor and the fleeing Martial Emperors stunned viewers, and people began recognizing her as the powerful Huaxia expert Po.
• At Caiyuan Hotel, Lu Jiaojiao rejected the livestream as fake, attacked Tao Ping, and ranted that Huaxia could never defeat the demonic beasts.
• Shi Yan slapped Lu Jiaojiao when she offered to become his girlfriend and prepared to settle their past grievances.
• Qin Feng arrived, heard Liu Wang's account, and told Lu Jiaojiao that the Monster Suppression Bureau might detain her while Shi Yan would receive an award.
• Shi Yan escorted Qin Feng from the banquet hall as Lu Jiaojiao screamed inside, her face breaking out in pustules, her hair falling out, and her skin rotting.

Shi Yan healed Qin Feng, then perfected the S-Class Soaring Dragon Steps on his way back to Magic Martial University. At the university, Liu Xiuyuan told Wang Changfu that Shi Yan would join him on a mission to Zhennan Pass the next day.

• Shi Yan used the Fire of Life to restore Qin Feng's damaged body, raising Qin Feng's cultivation to Mid Fifth Order.
• Qin Feng advised Shi Yan to register with the Monster Suppression Bureau, but Shi Yan said He Yong would handle the aftermath.
• Shi Yan left in Zhang Yunya's sports car and spent Martial Virtue Points raising Soaring Dragon Steps to perfection, then tested it in the night sky.
• Liu Xiuyuan told Wang Changfu that he had been appointed acting principal and that Shi Yan would accompany him to Zhennan Pass the next day.
• Liu Xiuyuan asked Wang Changfu to tell Huang Qizheng about Shi Yan's return, and they discussed Huaxia's emerging generation of geniuses.

Shi Yan returned to Magic Martial University, learned that the Guidance Cult had gone into hiding, and was assigned to protect spatial ability users at Zhennan Pass before traveling to Japan to seek a blade. The chapter ended with six Huaxia Martial Emperors confronting Ruan Tianhe and the other foreign Martial Emperors at Zhennan Pass.

• Shi Yan told Huang Qizheng that he had found no trace of the Guidance Cult, and Huang explained that the cult was hiding while Huaxia’s Martial Emperors gathered strength.
• Huang Qizheng told Shi Yan to go to Japan after the Zhennan Pass operation and encouraged him to use Huaxia’s deterrence to demand the blade and target extremists or monsters.
• Liu Xiuyuan and Wang Changfu praised Shi Yan’s movement technique, and Liu assigned him to protect the spatial ability users operating the Central Formation Base at Zhennan Pass.
• Liu Xiuyuan said Shi Yan could burn monsters after the operation, and Shi Yan agreed to leave for Zhennan Pass immediately.
• At Zhennan Pass, six Huaxia Martial Emperors faced Ruan Tianhe and seven foreign Martial Emperors, who feared Po might appear after her display of the Flying Dagger.
• Ruan Tianhe asked Situ Yaoyang why Huaxia had gathered experts at the border and what it intended to do.

Situ Yaoyang led Huaxia’s punitive strike into Annan Country, where Huaxia’s Martial Emperors defeated their opponents and killed two of them. After ordering the second stage of the plan, Situ Yaoyang watched as seven black-robed figures opened a spatial black hole and began bringing a massive golden pillar through.

• Situ Yaoyang announced Huaxia’s punitive strike, crossed into Annan Country, and fought Ruan Tianhe and Fei Er while Huaxia’s other Martial Emperors engaged their opponents.
• Shi Yan watched the battles as Cheng Batian explained how Martial Emperors used Blood Vitality, spirit, and their domains in combat.
• After Du Shouliang killed his opponent, Ruan Tianhe and Fei Er retreated, and Cheng Batian killed another Martial Emperor as the remaining enemies fled.
• Situ Yaoyang ordered the second stage of the plan, and seven black-robed figures opened a spatial black hole behind Zhennan Pass.
• A massive golden pillar began emerging from the black hole.

Shi Yan helped the seven spatial ability users install the final Golden Giant Pillar, then comprehended Ninefold Collapse while the Martial Emperors contained a Space Collapse. With the Heaven-Shaking Grand Formation completed, a large Beast Tide gathered around Zhennan Pass.

• Shi Yan used his Fire of Life to stabilize the seven spatial ability users and speed up the Golden Giant Pillar’s emergence.
• Several leaders argued over recruiting Shi Yan until Liu Xueyan revealed that Po, the Hall Master of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, had already taken an interest in him.
• The spatial hole collapsed, and six Martial Emperors used their domains to contain the spreading destruction while Shi Yan entered an Epiphany.
• Shi Yan comprehended Ninefold Collapse, then used the Southern Bright Blazing Fire to clear the lingering spatial abilities and close the hole.
• Mu Yuqing and the other six users embedded the Golden Giant Pillar, completing the formation’s final installation, and were escorted away under top-secret protection.
• The completed Heaven-Shaking Grand Formation triggered a surge in spiritual energy and drew monsters toward the area, prompting a warning that an A-Class large-scale Beast Tide was coming.

Huaxia’s martial artists fought an A-Class beast tide while Shi Yan held back the largest wave with overwhelming attacks and supported the other fighters with healing flames. As twenty Seventh-Order Demonic Beasts gathered before him, Shi Yan challenged them to attack.

• Situ Yaoyang announced the approaching A-Class beast tide, and veterans rallied the martial artists by recalling the Defense Line Era.
• Hundreds of thousands of demonic beasts surged in from all directions, and Situ Yaoyang ordered the attack after the six Martial Emperors went to fight the Monster Emperors.
• Shi Yan stopped the largest wave of beasts alone, then unleashed Flame Detonation to wipe out the encircling creatures with white flames.
• Shi Yan’s green flames healed wounded martial artists, who returned to the fighting with renewed strength.
• Shi Yan saw twenty Seventh-Order Demonic Beasts gather in front of him and beckoned them to come closer.

Shi Yan slaughtered demonic beasts during the Beast Tide, but Cheng Batian and Liu Xiuyuan’s intervention ended the battle before he could earn more Martial Virtue Points. After the surviving beasts fled, Shi Yan reunited with Mu Yuqing and learned she had secretly joined the operation; the chapter ended with him preparing to leave Zhennan Pass for Dongying Country.

• Shi Yan killed twenty Seventh-Order demonic beasts with a Flame Explosion, then followed Wang Changfu’s order to support the defenders in the air.
• Shi Yan used Southern Bright Blazing Fire and his movement technique to burn through demonic birds, earning Martial Virtue Points before the Beast Tide stalled.
• Cheng Batian killed a Beast Emperor, and Liu Xiuyuan used Sword Domain to slaughter most of the remaining demonic beasts.
• Shi Yan mourned the loss of the corpses and their Martial Virtue Points, while nearby martial artists mistook his grief for tears of admiration.
• Mu Yuqing approached Shi Yan in her true appearance and revealed she had stayed to fight; after he tried to distance himself, she stomped on his foot and vanished.
• With the Beast Tide over, Shi Yan prepared to leave Zhennan Pass for Dongying Country.

Huaxia announced Second-Level Combat Readiness after crushing the Beast Tide and punishing Annan, leaving neighboring countries scrambling to appease it while Japan braced for Shi Yan’s arrival. As Shi Yan flew toward Japan to reclaim his saber, he reviewed his rewards and prepared to strengthen himself.

• Huaxia announced Second-Level Combat Readiness after killing two of Annan Country’s Martial Emperors, defeating the Beast Tide, and reporting other major developments.
• Siam, Myanpiao, and Java leaders discussed surrendering, paying tribute, or fleeing, while Annan Country descended into chaos.
• Japan’s Shadow Emperor, Heavenly Martial Emperor, and Demon Blade Emperor debated how to keep Shi Yan from entering Japan until White Eagle Country responded.
• Shi Yan flew toward Japan with Po’s Flying Dagger, Cheng Batian’s weapon insights, a Ye Family honorary elder token, and other rewards from Huaxia’s Martial Emperors.
• Shi Yan decided to improve his strength by spending his Martial Virtue Points.

Shi Yan used Martial Virtue Points to advance the Nine Revolutions Vajra Art and perfect the Fire God Domain, raising his strength and revealing the beginnings of a Martial Emperor Domain and a future Sea of Consciousness. After sensing the area around him, he detected a figure nearby and realized an enemy was present.

• Shi Yan spent 512,000 Martial Virtue Points to advance the Nine Revolutions Vajra Art to the Eighth Revolution, reaching the Mid-Seventh Tier and gaining the Vajra Shield.
• Shi Yan found that his Blood Vitality glow marked the Peak Seventh Realm, while his Spiritual Power had surpassed 10,000 Hz without forming a bottleneck.
• Shi Yan spent another 160,000 Martial Virtue Points to perfect the Fire God Domain and experienced the embryonic form of a Martial Emperor Domain.
• Shi Yan sensed a gray dot in his Mud Pill Palace that could absorb Spiritual Power and eventually break open to form a Sea of Consciousness.
• Shi Yan sensed spiritual energy within a hundred meters and fire elements within ten kilometers, then detected a figure and recognized an enemy.

Shi Yan confronted a masked Martial King who wanted to provoke Huaxia into attacking Japan by killing him. Shi Yan overcame the elder’s attacks, severed his arm, and then cut him in half before he could escape.

• Shi Yan detected the masked elder following him from Huaxia and challenged him over his intentions.
• The Masked Elder declared that Shi Yan’s death would enrage Huaxia and lead it to destroy Dongying Country, then attacked with ten thousand strands of Sword Qi.
• Shi Yan’s Fire God Domain weakened the elder’s Spiritual Power, and Shi Yan countered by turning the Sword Qi’s flames into blades that severed every strand.
• The Masked Elder attacked with Scorpion Tail, but Shi Yan caught his sword barehanded and severed his sword arm with the Phantom Blood Saber.
• The Masked Elder fled, but Shi Yan caught up and split him in two with Saber Aura before unleashing Third Layer Collapse.

Shi Yan killed a masked Martial King assassin and reported the attack to Huang Qizheng, then continued his flight toward Japan. Mu Yuqing unexpectedly appeared aboard his aircraft, apologized for her attitude, and left Shi Yan wondering what she wanted.

• Shi Yan used the Third Layer of Collapse to destroy the Masked Elder, then took his sword and Space Ring.
• Shi Yan called Huang Qizheng and described the assassin’s bluish birthmark and slender sword so Huang Qizheng could investigate.
• Shi Yan flew in his Disc-shaped Aircraft and was briefly locked onto by radar before Mu Yuqing appeared in a nearly identical aqua-blue aircraft.
• Mu Yuqing teleported into Shi Yan’s aircraft, asked him to register her iris, and gained access after Shi Yan instructed Number Three to register her.
• Shi Yan stopped the aircraft and challenged Mu Yuqing about approaching him, but she apologized for her behavior the previous day, confusing him.

Mu Yuqing thanked Shi Yan for killing Mu Jinggan and asked him to help her obtain the Void-Splitting Demon Whale King's core so she could become a Martial King. Shi Yan agreed to help but set strict conditions, and as they neared Dongying Country, masked fighters approached their aircraft.

• Mu Yuqing explained that Mu Jinggan's betrayal had ruined her family's standing and that his death had finally lifted the suspicion hanging over them.
• Mu Yuqing revealed that she wanted the Void-Splitting Demon Whale King's core as a catalyst to reach the Martial King realm, and that Wang Changfu had directed her to Shi Yan.
• Shi Yan agreed to help Mu Yuqing, telling her to stay out of Dongying Country, flee if he ordered her to, and accept that her mission would come after his own.
• Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing flew toward Dongying Country, where two Martial Kings and more than a dozen Martial Generals approached in masks.
• Shi Yan told Mu Yuqing to remain aboard the aircraft, then opened the hatch and flew out to confront the approaching fighters.

Shi Yan crossed the sea toward Japan, killing the forces sent to stop him and gaining Martial Virtue Points. After defeating two more groups of Martial Generals, he noticed something in the sea below.

• Mu Yuqing watched Shi Yan break free of two Martial Kings’ Spiritual Power suppression and kill them and twelve Martial Generals in seconds before returning to the aircraft.
• Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing continued toward Japan until missiles struck; she hid in a layer of space, while Shi Yan proceeded alone and challenged Dongying Country to stop him.
• Eight Peak Seventh Order warriors posing as Korean Country agents attacked Shi Yan, but his golden defense and afflictions weakened them, and he killed all eight.
• Ten armed Martial Generals claiming to be from various countries bombarded Shi Yan, but he evaded their first attack, resisted the second, and killed all ten.
• Shi Yan’s Martial Virtue Points rose to 258866, and he frowned as he looked down at the sea.

Shi Yan killed the Guidance Cult bishop Zou Yishan and the sea monsters sent to assassinate him, then traveled with Mu Yuqing through the spatial passage to confront the Japanese plotters. Yoshino Sakao and Kitada Ryosuke discussed targeting Li Tao, and Shi Yan appeared just as they spoke of making a move against his brother.

• Zou Yishan used a spatial barrier to send sea monsters against Shi Yan, but Shi Yan saw through the trap and confronted him.
• Shi Yan used the Third Layer of Collapse to destroy the sea monsters, Zou Yishan, and the spatial barriers, earning Martial Virtue Points.
• Shi Yan asked Mu Yuqing to take him through the exposed spatial coordinates, and she agreed to go with him.
• On an island, Yoshino Sakao and Kitada Ryosuke discussed the Corpse Pill and a plan to lure Li Tao to Japan.
• Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing emerged from the spatial passage, and Shi Yan asked Yoshino Sakao and Kitada Ryosuke if they intended to target his brother.

Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing defeated Yoshino Sakao and Kitada Ryosuke, and Shi Yan learned that they were refining a Corpse Pill from a Huaxia predecessor and intended to use Li Tao as a candidate. After killing both men, Shi Yan advanced to the Body Refining Eighth Realm and vowed to pursue everyone involved.

• Yoshino Sakao and Kitada Ryosuke tried to capture Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing after suspecting she had helped defeat Zou Yishan.
• Shi Yan used Collapse to cripple the two Martial Kings, then tortured Yoshino Sakao while demanding an explanation about Li Tao.
• Kitada Ryosuke revealed that Li Tao’s energy-storing ability made him a candidate for Corpse Pill refinement and that the destroyed pill had been made from a Huaxia predecessor.
• Shi Yan killed Yoshino Sakao and Kitada Ryosuke, then spent 320,000 Martial Virtue Points to advance the Blood Refinement Divine Ape and reach the Body Refining Eighth Realm.
• Shi Yan crushed Yoshino Sakao’s corpse and vowed to investigate and kill everyone involved in refining Corpse Pills.

Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing fled the Demon Blade Emperor after destroying Yoshino Sakao’s Corpse Pill, then escaped his pursuit through repeated spatial teleports. They accidentally landed in the territory of a Level Eight Peak demonic beast, and Shi Yan charged at its colossal tentacle while Mu Yuqing watched.

• Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing tried to gather the shattered Corpse Pill, but Shi Yan sensed the Demon Blade Emperor approaching and teleported them away.
• The Demon Blade Emperor arrived, discovered Yoshino Sakao and the Corpse Pill fragments, and vowed to kill the people responsible.
• Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing used an aircraft map to confirm they were over the Pacific Ocean, then Shi Yan sensed danger and had Mu Yuqing teleport them repeatedly.
• After seven teleports, Shi Yan used Green Fire of Life to restore Mu Yuqing, and they believed they had shaken off the Demon Blade Emperor.
• A Level Eight Peak demonic beast attacked with a massive tentacle, and Shi Yan sent Mu Yuqing higher into the air before charging at it.

Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing obtained a Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass seed after Shi Yan weakened and killed its octopus host, while the Demon Blade Emperor arrived too late to catch them. As the Shadow Emperor and Heavenly Martial Emperor shifted to a new plan and Huaxia learned Shi Yan was being hunted, the pair’s teleportation left them at the edge of the Eternal Rain Domain, home of the Sea Monster Emperor.

• Shi Yan severed a giant octopus demon’s tentacle, and Mu Yuqing recognized the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass growing on its head and explained that it was nearing nirvana.
• Shi Yan fed the grass his Fire of Life, restrained the octopus demon with his flames and Blood Vitality, and took its seed when it entered nirvana before killing its host.
• The Demon Blade Emperor reached the bloodied sea too late and cursed that he had missed Shi Yan again.
• The Shadow Emperor warned the Heavenly Martial Emperor that the Demon Blade Emperor’s unauthorized pursuit could endanger Dongying Country, and the Heavenly Martial Emperor ordered the second plan prepared.
• At Magic Martial University, Wang Changfu learned Shi Yan was being hunted by a Martial Emperor and contacted Liu Xiuyuan, while Huang Qizheng viewed the danger as a chance to weaken Dongying.
• Mu Yuqing and Shi Yan emerged from a teleportation near the Eternal Rain Domain, a sea Restricted Zone inhabited by the Sea Monster Emperor.