Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan survived the Shattered Mirror Space’s age-reversing rules, killed two Martial Generals, and fought his way through a trap on the Fourth Layer. After killing Xiao Jing Baoye and the men gathered with him, Shi Yan headed for another fragment space as the spectators watched in fear.

• Shi Yan discovered that the Shattered Mirror Space had turned him into his nine-year-old self, then used the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass to kill two white Martial Generals who attacked him.
• Shi Yan restored his body, escaped the shattered space, and walked through the heavy mist above the First Layer.
• On the Fourth Layer, Shi Yan encountered Xiao Jing Baoye and ten others, who had gathered to ambush him.
• Shi Yan used Flowing Fire Thousand Jin Fist to kill the ten men, then killed Xiao Jing Baoye by removing his heart.
• Shi Yan located the spatial node and left for the next fragment space while the spectators reacted with fear.

Shi Yan helped three allied Martial Generals survive a magma-filled space, then defeated Ice Bear King Petrov after he blocked the exit and challenged him. In a lush wind-blade space, Shi Yan discovered that the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass was drawn to the resilient grass, so he stayed to let it investigate.

• Shi Yan used Earth Vein Spirit Flame to calm the magma and created a safe zone for three Martial Generals who chose to wait there until the competition ended.
• Shi Yan encountered Petrov, the Ice Bear King, who blocked the spatial node and demanded a duel.
• Shi Yan turned Petrov’s ice bridge against him, caught his S-Class greatsword barehanded, and broke it with a punch.
• Petrov transformed and attacked with a giant snow bear, but Shi Yan’s Blood Colored Giant Ape overwhelmed him and smashed him into a mountain until he passed out.
• Shi Yan entered a lush space where wind blades could not harm the grass, then released the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass after it showed interest in the area.

Shi Yan helped the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass absorb the underground light spheres, raising it to late Seventh Level, then entered the misty space leading upward. He emerged amid signs of recent slaughter as the audience hoped he would confront the four factions controlling the competition.

• Shi Yan discovered that the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass shared one vast root system and was absorbing light spheres buried underground.
• The Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass advanced from late Sixth Level to Seventh Level, then absorbed the remaining spheres and stabilized at late Seventh Level.
• Shi Yan recalled the grass to his hand, struck a spatial node, and entered the next misty region, where he found freshly killed contestants.
• The audience learned Shi Yan had emerged and hoped he would challenge the four factions led by the Blast King, Blood Prince, Son of the Divine Monkey, and Water Spirit King.

Shi Yan reached the final gray mist zone and learned that the Blood Prince and Blast King’s factions had killed two people he had promised to protect. He warned the assembled contestants to flee before he began a killing spree, and most of Ryōmori Reiko’s group and the Son of the Divine Monkey escaped, leaving the others behind as his countdown ended.

• Shi Yan passed through two sixth-level fragment spaces and found signs of recent battles before reaching the gray mist zone, where four factions faced off.
• Ryōmori Reiko told Shi Yan that she had saved Pierce, but the Blood Prince and Blast King had killed the other two people Shi Yan rescued.
• Shi Yan learned that the three had been forcibly recruited by seeded contestants and caught in the factions’ battle; the Blood Prince and Blast King then tried to recruit him.
• Shi Yan announced that he would go on a killing spree and gave everyone ten seconds to retreat to the sixth-level spaces.
• Ryōmori Reiko and Pierce fled, followed by many others, and the Son of the Divine Monkey escaped just before Shi Yan finished counting down.

Shi Yan killed the Blood Prince and the Blast King after they mocked and attacked him, demonstrating his overwhelming speed and power. The audience outside the Shattered Mirror Space saw him break the deadlock, but the people he could have saved were already gone.

• Shi Yan appeared before the Blood Prince and stabbed him repeatedly, killing him as the people around them suffered horrific deaths.
• The Blast King fled through the gray mist, but Shi Yan repeatedly appeared in his path and said he wanted the world to know that anyone who touched someone he protected would die.
• The Blast King exploded the gray mist around them, but Shi Yan emerged unharmed and vaporized him with two colliding flames.
• The audience outside the Shattered Mirror Space collapsed back into their seats after realizing Shi Yan had broken the deadlock too late to save the people.

Shi Yan won the Global Elite Martial Arts Competition after killing more than a hundred contestants, leaving only thirty-one survivors. After declaring that all remaining Australian blessed-land slots would belong to Huaxia, he drew his blade and challenged the forces waiting in the shadows.

• Shadow Emperor recognized Shi Yan as the killer of the people found dead near Shanghai and raged at him.
• People around the world condemned or supported Shi Yan as news spread that the competition’s death rate had exceeded ninety percent.
• Shi Yan collected the contestants’ spoils, waited on the top level, and entered the central fragment space near the competition’s end.
• The results named Shi Yan first, Mu Yuqing second, no one third, Ryōmori Reiko fourth, and Pierce thirty-first.
• Shi Yan announced that all remaining Australian blessed-land slots would go to Huaxia, and Huaxia’s Martial Emperor approved.
• Shi Yan rose into the air, drew his blade, and challenged the hidden forces waiting for him.

Mu Yuqing revealed Martial Emperor Ming Shan and his forces, who had come to capture her, while Shi Yan faced their threat. She collected her competition reward and swallowed the Extreme Spirit Emperor Blood Pill to raise her strength as Ming Shan watched.

• Mu Yuqing dispelled the concealed space and revealed ten aircraft, two hundred martial artists, ten Martial Kings, and Martial Emperor Ming Shan.
• Long Zhenhua collected the rewards from Alex and withdrew with the competition staff as spectators fled the scene.
• Ming Shan demanded that Mu Yuqing come with him, dismissing Shi Yan as an insignificant opponent.
• Mu Yuqing asked Long Zhenhua for her reward, and he handed her the Extreme Spirit Emperor Blood Pill.
• Mu Yuqing swallowed the pill in front of Ming Shan.

Shi Yan revealed overwhelming physical, defensive, and spiritual strength against Martial Emperor Ming Shan, while Mu Yuqing used spatial power to remove Ming Shan’s allies. The chapter ended with Shi Yan’s six blazing needles exploding near Ming Shan.

• Shi Yan used the Blood Colored Giant Ape to force open Martial Emperor Ming Shan’s domain, shocking him with his immense physical strength.
• Martial Emperor Ming Shan strengthened his domain and attacked Shi Yan with transparent mountains, but Shi Yan summoned the Wrathful Vajra and repelled them.
• Martial Emperor Ming Shan’s Spiritual Power struck Shi Yan’s Perfected Spiritual Defense Field, then an unknown force began collapsing Ming Shan’s domain and body.
• Martial Emperor Ming Shan discovered that Mu Yuqing had vanished along with his people and aircraft through spatial fluctuations.
• Shi Yan charged Ming Shan, who formed a mountain to stop him, but six blazing needles struck nearby and exploded as Ming Shan screamed.

Shi Yan’s fused flames unleashed an explosion that killed Martial Emperor Ming Shan, wounded Mu Yuqing, and began collapsing the Shattered Mirror Space. After healing Mu Yuqing, Shi Yan joined her and Meng Xuan as they set out to kill the fleeing Shadow Emperor.

• Shi Yan’s Flame Fusion Explosion tore open spatial cracks, vaporized Martial Emperor Ming Shan, and shattered the Shadow Emperor’s defenses, forcing him to flee.
• The blast destroyed the Shattered Mirror Space and struck Mu Yuqing despite her spatial barriers, leaving her severely injured.
• Meng Xuan caught Mu Yuqing and healed her with a drop of emerald-green liquid, while noticing the Shattered Mirror Space was collapsing inward in an unfamiliar way.
• Shi Yan healed his own injuries, rushed to Mu Yuqing, and restored her with the Source of Life Fire.
• Meng Xuan told Mu Yuqing to help kill the Shadow Emperor, and the three vanished using Mu Yuqing’s Space Power.

Shi Yan confronted the fleeing Shadow Emperor and used Martial Virtue Points to raise his energy, then killed him with repeated uses of Fourth Layer Collapse. The chapter ended with Meng Xuan and Mu Yuqing supporting the exhausted Shi Yan as Meng Xuan reacted to his use of Eightfold Collapse.

• Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing appeared with Meng Xuan and blocked the Shadow Emperor's escape, but Meng Xuan and Mu Yuqing withdrew to let Shi Yan face him alone.
• Shi Yan spent one million Martial Virtue Points to increase his energy from 6.1 Chen to 7.1 Chen, restoring his strength.
• The Shadow Emperor fled when he sensed Shi Yan's increased power, and Shi Yan struck him with repeated Fourth Layer Collapse attacks.
• Shi Yan unleashed Collapse five times, shattered the Shadow Emperor's domain, and killed him.
• Meng Xuan and Mu Yuqing supported the dizzy Shi Yan, and Meng Xuan questioned his decision to cultivate Eightfold Collapse.

After Shi Yan killed the Shadow Emperor, Meng Xuan declared that Huaxia would claim all of Australia outside the countries’ Space Collapse ruins and rename the land South Jambudvipa. The declaration set the stage for a likely war between Huaxia and the other nations.

• Shi Yan killed the Shadow Emperor, stunning the fleeing crowd with his strength at Eighth Tier.
• Ryōmori Reiko felt pride and devotion toward Shi Yan after he praised her for her service as an informant.
• Meng Xuan and Mu Yuqing teased Shi Yan about Ryōmori Reiko before bringing the weakened Shi Yan down to meet Long Zhenhua.
• Long Zhenhua thanked Meng Xuan, Shi Yan, and Mu Yuqing for defending Huaxia’s younger generation.
• Meng Xuan ordered Long Zhenhua to announce that Huaxia claimed the rest of Australia and renamed it South Jambudvipa.

Meng Xuan explained that the fifth Spatial Collapse would herald a coming danger and reveal the location of a powerful Mysterious Stone. She had claimed Australia to secure the area where the stone would appear, but Shi Yan asked why its appearance would bring danger.

• Long Zhenhua left to act after Huaxia announced its claim over Australia, and the announcement shook the world.
• Meng Xuan told Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing that the Third Sequence had predicted danger after the fifth Spatial Collapse, which was occurring now.
• Meng Xuan explained that a meteorite had split into six streams of light, including the source of Spiritual Revival and five Mysterious Stones with extraordinary powers.
• Meng Xuan revealed that the fifth Mysterious Stone would appear within a thousand li of the Spatial Collapse within six months, explaining why she had taken Australia.
• Shi Yan understood the value of the stone and asked Meng Xuan why its appearance would bring danger.

Meng Xuan explained that the fifth Mysterious Stone would expose Blue Star to an unknown danger, then gave Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing ways to strengthen themselves. Shi Yan taught Mu Yuqing Ninefold Collapse, and after she successfully cultivated its first level, he raised Boundless Sea of Fire and reached Late Eighth Order.

• Meng Xuan told Shi Yan and Mu Yuqing that the Mysterious Stones had concealed Blue Star, and that the fifth stone’s appearance meant the protection had vanished.
• Meng Xuan ordered Mu Yuqing to reach Late Eighth Order within a month, gave her medicinal liquid, and gave Shi Yan medicine to strengthen his spirit.
• Shi Yan realized that Mu Yuqing and the others could use Ninefold Collapse to grow stronger, then taught Mu Yuqing the technique for two days.
• Mu Yuqing used Space Power to help collapse her body and successfully cultivated the First Level Collapse without Shi Yan’s Origin True Fire of Life.
• Shi Yan went outside and spent 1.28 million Martial Virtue Points on Boundless Sea of Fire, reaching Late Eighth Order and gaining 2 Chen of energy.

Shi Yan joined Meng Xuan and Huaxia’s other experts as a vast allied army confronted them at the border, while both sides held back and traded speeches. Huaxia was stalling to buy time for Tu Tian to complete a breakthrough, but the enemy army began to stir as the chapter ended.

• Shi Yan arrived at the Shattered Mirror Space and saw Huaxia’s small force facing an allied army of roughly a hundred thousand, including thirteen Martial Emperors.
• Fei Er demanded that Situ Yaoyang hand over Shi Yan, but Situ Yaoyang and Meng Xuan refused to respond.
• Meng Xuan urged the allied army to withdraw and warned that fighting would bring losses, while Fei Er and Ruan Tianhe rallied the troops against Huaxia.
• Shi Yan learned that Huaxia was pretending to have a trap in order to stall for Tu Tian, who was pursuing a breakthrough after gaining insight from the Mysterious Stone.
• As Shi Yan considered Tu Tian’s role in protecting Huaxia from the allied army’s strongest experts, he noticed the opposing troops beginning to stir.

The Green Rat Emperor arrived and declared that Huaxia had no other Martial Emperors in Australia, prompting the allied army to prepare to attack. Situ Yaoyang drew the enemy’s attention before Huaxia retreated, leaving Shi Yan, Meng Xuan, and Mu Yuqing to spring a frontal trap in the allied army.

• The Green Rat Emperor arrived with his green rats and announced that Huaxia’s other Martial Emperors were not in Australia.
• Situ Yaoyang challenged the Green Rat Emperor, then taunted him about Cheng Batian threatening his homeland.
• The Green Rat Emperor received word that Cheng Batian was in his homeland, while Situ Yaoyang challenged Fei Er and released his domain.
• More than ten allied Martial Emperors unleashed their domains and blasted Situ Yaoyang away.
• Situ Yaoyang told Huaxia’s forces to follow the plan, and Liu Xiuyuan and Bai Shengnan led them in retreat while Shi Yan, Meng Xuan, and Mu Yuqing stayed behind.
• The Green Rat Emperor noticed the three were missing as a crimson flame containing six colored needles appeared in the allied army and compressed inward.

Meng Xuan and Shi Yan unleashed a devastating Seven-Flame Explosion that decimated the allied forces in Australia, while Shi Yan’s healing flames restored Situ Yaoyang, Liu Xiuyuan, and Bai Shengnan. After Shi Yan killed two weakened enemy Martial Emperors with a surprise attack, Huaxia’s fighters clashed with the surviving Emperors, and the chapter ended as the Alloy Emperor appeared and attacked the place Mu Yuqing had teleported them from.

• Situ Yaoyang’s trap sent Meng Xuan and Shi Yan into the allied forces, where their seven-flame explosion killed nearly a hundred thousand troops and eight Martial Emperors.
• Mu Yuqing brought Meng Xuan, Shi Yan, and herself back to Huaxia’s camp, and Shi Yan used his Origin True Fire of Life to restore Situ Yaoyang, Liu Xiuyuan, and Bai Shengnan.
• Shi Yan used a weaker Flame Explosion to kill the two gravely injured Ninth Order Late-Stage Martial Emperors, earning two hundred thousand Martial Virtue Points.
• The Green Rat Emperor charged Shi Yan, but Meng Xuan and Bai Shengnan blasted his domain with an ice-and-fire attack while Liu Xiuyuan targeted his wounds.
• Situ Yaoyang confronted the surviving enemies as Mu Yuqing teleported the Huaxia fighters away, and the Alloy Emperor appeared and struck at their former location.

The Alloy Emperor arrived as Shi Yan and the others were preparing to escape, but Tu Mu appeared and stopped him from attacking Huaxia. Tu Mu warned that the Shattered Mirror Space would collapse in less than a month, and the two old rivals began a battle as the chapter ended.

• Mu Yuqing tried to teleport everyone away, but the Alloy Emperor shattered her condensed space and trapped them.
• Situ Yaoyang raised his domain to protect the others as the Alloy Emperor unleashed his overwhelming Blood Vitality.
• Tu Mu appeared, dispersed the Alloy Emperor’s pressure, and warned that the Shattered Mirror Space could collapse in less than a month.
• The Alloy Emperor refused to spare Huaxia, insisting he would face any future crisis himself, while Tu Mu moved the others away.
• The Alloy Emperor and Tu Mu faced off amid a sudden storm, and the Alloy Emperor attacked with his vast Blood Vitality.

Tu Mu used a formation to contain the Alloy Emperor, redirecting the emperor’s lightning attack back at him and surviving the backlash when the emperor merged his domains. The Alloy Emperor recovered and unleashed his full power, but Tu Mu’s runes re-formed around him, leaving him baffled and unable to release his aura.

• Shi Yan felt the immense gap between his Blood Vitality and the Alloy Emperor’s, but Tu Mu stepped forward and isolated the emperor’s Blood Qi Domain with silver lines.
• The Alloy Emperor struck the silver lines with more than a hundred Skyfall Fists, but Tu Mu created a third line and expanded the formation into countless runes.
• Situ Yaoyang recognized that Tu Mu had advanced beyond copying formations and could now create them freely.
• The Alloy Emperor sent blood-red lightning at Tu Mu, but the formation redirected it and blasted away a third of the emperor’s flesh.
• The Alloy Emperor regenerated, then merged his Blood Qi Domain with his Martial Emperor Domain and shattered the silver runes.
• Tu Mu reassembled the runes around the Alloy Emperor, suppressing his aura and leaving him asking what the formation was.

Tu Mu trapped Alloy Emperor in a void array and condemned White Eagle Country for obstructing Huaxia’s efforts against demon beasts. Alloy Emperor agreed to recognize Huaxia’s claim to Australia if a crisis arrived, and Tu Mu released him.

• Tu Mu’s array withstood Alloy Emperor’s attacks for fifteen minutes, while Green Rat Emperor and three others fled.
• Tu Mu admitted he could not kill Alloy Emperor but threatened to trap him for eight or ten years.
• Tu Mu told Alloy Emperor that Huaxia had taken Australia to prepare for danger and denounced other nations for refusing to unite against demon beasts.
• Alloy Emperor promised White Eagle Country would recognize Huaxia’s ownership of Australia and call on the world’s martial artists to unite if a crisis arrived.
• Tu Mu withdrew the array, and Alloy Emperor left without attacking him.

After the Australian incident, Shi Yan returned to Huaxia to prepare for the coming conflict and visit the people close to him. He reached the Jiangnan Monster Suppression Bureau to see Zhang Yunya, where he found a crowd causing trouble and a powerful figure confronting them.

• People speculated about the Australian incident after only the Alloy Emperor, Fei Er, the Green Rat Emperor, the Heavenly Martial Emperor, and Ruan Tianhe returned, and the world settled into an uneasy calm.
• Shi Yan returned to Magic Martial University and taught Qi Ziyue and Nie Lingshan the Ninefold Collapse before leaving three days later for Jiangnan Base City.
• Shi Yan reunited with Gu Feng at Jiangnan Martial School, healed some of his hidden injuries, and gave him a Space Ring filled with cultivation resources.
• Shi Yan met the Jiangnan Martial School's higher-ups, who promised to protect Gu Feng, then flew to the Jiangnan Monster Suppression Bureau to visit Zhang Yunya.
• Shi Yan found a crowd with banners shouting outside the bureau, and a graceful, powerful figure emerged and slammed a giant axe down before them.