Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan reunited with Zhang Yunya and learned that coordinated disturbances outside Monster Suppression Bureaus were being used as a smokescreen for a larger scheme. After helping Zhang Yunya master the First Level Collapse, Shi Yan received a call from Luo Hai about an operation.

• Zhang Yunya dispersed the people causing trouble outside the Jiangnan Monster Suppression Bureau and embraced Shi Yan.
• Zhang Yunya explained that people across Huaxia had been protesting compensation for requisitioned land and targeting Monster Suppression Bureaus.
• Luo Hai told Shi Yan that the disturbances were a smokescreen meant to distract the bureaus while the higher-ups lured out a bigger fish.
• Luo Hai sent Zhang Yunya on vacation, and Shi Yan took her away from the bureau.
• Shi Yan helped Zhang Yunya learn Ninefold Collapse and cultivate the First Level Collapse within three days.
• Luo Hai called Shi Yan with news of an operation.

Shi Yan learned that the Guidance Cult was founded by Po’s vanished First Envoy, who had stolen a drop of blood from a Mysterious Stone. He joined Liu Xueyan and Luo Hai on an operation to stop her from using the blood, arriving at the northern snowfield with the Extreme Martial Arts Hall’s other envoys and their allies.

• Liu Xueyan told Shi Yan that Po had wounded the Silver Moon Sky Wolf and struck a drop of blood from its Mysterious Stone.
• Liu Xueyan revealed that the First Envoy had disappeared with the blood and founded the Guidance Cult, whose target was now using it to grow stronger.
• Liu Xueyan said Shi Yan was the key to stopping the First Envoy, and he agreed to join the operation.
• Liu Xueyan, Luo Hai, and Shi Yan traveled to the northern snowfield where Po had taken in the First Envoy.
• Shi Yan met Wei Jianguo, Renia, and the other gathered helpers as the operation’s team assembled.

Shi Yan and the Extreme Martial Arts Hall’s envoys found Tao Shuangqin’s hidden Guidance Cult headquarters beneath the ice plains and confronted her. As both sides revealed powerful fighters and formations, Tao Shuangqin thanked them for bringing Shi Yan and summoned figures who made him furious.

• Liu Xueyan confronted Tao Shuangqin, and their argument revealed that Tao Shuangqin had betrayed the Extreme Martial Arts Hall over her desire for greater power and the Silver Moon Sky Wolf’s Mysterious Stone.
• Tao Shuangqin transported the group to an underground city housing more than a hundred thousand people and revealed her peak Martial Emperor realm and Eighth Realm Peak physique.
• Twenty-four Guidance Cult bishops and elders activated a formation that suppressed the intruders, while Tao Shuangqin revealed that she was guarding a drop of blood.
• Liu Xueyan countered with silver threads from Elder Tu, but Tao Shuangqin laughed and summoned more figures from the palace.
• Shi Yan recognized two of the newcomers and angrily accused the Guidance Cult of courting death.

Shi Yan refused to help Lu Jiaojiao absorb the mysterious blood and secretly used the Life Extinguishing Tribulation Fire to kill Guidance Cult followers while stalling Tao Shuangqin. After spending Martial Virtue Points to advance the Yan Shen Jue and gain Martial Emperor-level Spiritual Power, he prepared to end the operation and save his uncle and aunt.

• Tao Shuangqin revealed that Lu Jiaojiao was to absorb the mysterious blood and demanded Shi Yan help her in exchange for his uncle and aunt's release.
• Lu Jiaojiao declared her devotion to Tao Shuangqin, but Shi Yan fired twelve Blazing Flame Divine Needles at the buildings instead of helping her.
• The needles' hidden power killed many Guidance Cult followers, and Shi Yan pretended to yield when Tao Shuangqin threatened his uncle and aunt.
• Shi Yan used more than 2.5 million Martial Virtue Points to raise the Yan Shen Jue to its Ninth Layer, forming Martial Emperor-level Spiritual Power and reaching Eighth Order Peak.
• Shi Yan prepared to end the operation and free his uncle and aunt from Tao Shuangqin's control.

Shi Yan rescued Gu Guoping and Zhang Shufen, eliminated the Guidance Cult’s remaining formation keepers, and spent one million Martial Virtue Points to upgrade the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass into the Saint-Class Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass. After blocking Tao Shuangqin’s attempt to seize Lu Jiaojiao, he launched a powerful counterattack against her.

• Shi Yan used his Spiritual Power to disrupt Tao Shuangqin’s control, escaped with Gu Guoping and Zhang Shufen, and freed them from the red threads linking them to the Guidance Cult.
• Shi Yan left his relatives safe on the icy plain, returned to the lair, and let Lu Jiaojiao continue absorbing the Mysterious Blood while the Three Great Envoys held Tao Shuangqin in the Silver Thread Formation.
• Shi Yan killed the Guidance Cult’s twenty-four Martial King formation keepers, gained enough Martial Virtue Points, and upgraded the Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass into the Saint-Class Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass.
• Tao Shuangqin extended her cane through the Silver Thread Formation to strike Lu Jiaojiao, but Shi Yan intercepted it and endured the blow without serious injury.
• Shi Yan counterattacked Tao Shuangqin with three consecutive Collapses from the Lava Spirit Devouring Saber.

Shi Yan killed Tao Shuangqin, then used his life-repairing fire to keep Lu Jiaojiao alive while she absorbed the Mysterious Stone Blood before killing her and taking the blood’s energy. The Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass consumed that energy and Shi Yan’s blood to reach the Ninth Level, leaving Liu Xueyan and the others astonished at its resemblance to the Hall Master’s Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass.

• Liu Xueyan and the other envoys subdued Tao Shuangqin after Shi Yan’s Collapse force shattered her domain, and Tao Shuangqin surrendered and died after learning the Hall Master had never cared about her.
• Liu Xueyan gave Shi Yan Tao Shuangqin’s rings and cane, then left him with Lu Jiaojiao, whose body was being overwhelmed by the Mysterious Stone Blood.
• Shi Yan repeatedly healed Lu Jiaojiao as she absorbed the Mysterious Stone Blood, then pierced her heart with the Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass, which drained her energy and killed her.
• The Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass grew from Late Seventh Level to Level Eight Peak, then drank Shi Yan’s blood and absorbed spiritual energy until it reached the Ninth Level.
• The grass’s advancement strengthened Shi Yan to Eighth Order Peak and raised his power by 2.2 Chen, while Liu Xueyan and the other two arrived and recognized it as resembling the Hall Master’s Blood Pattern Geng Gold Grass.

Shi Yan returned with Gu Guoping and Zhang Shufen, then began organizing the Sky Demon Pavilion and summoned allies to join it. In Kyoto, Huaxia’s leaders gathered to make him a Sequence Talent, and Shi Yan accepted the news of his impending appointment with excitement.

• The Three Great Envoys saw Shi Yan’s Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass reach the Ninth Level and marveled at its power before leaving with Luo Hai and the others.
• Shi Yan learned that the Guidance Cult had abducted Gu Guoping and Zhang Shufen, brought them home, and began sending messages to recruit people for the Sky Demon Pavilion.
• Lu Xingzhou rallied Sky Demon Club members to apply for early graduation, while Qi Ziyue and Zhang Yunya prepared to join the pavilion.
• Shi Yan arranged for Gu Guoping and Zhang Shufen to stay at Magic Martial University, then traveled to Kyoto after Wu Bowen told him he could meet Li Yuqing there.
• Huaxia’s senior officials gathered at the Talent Center headquarters to approve Shi Yan as a Sequence Talent, and Wu Bowen announced that he would join the Sequence.

Shi Yan became a Huaxia Sequence and learned that Du Shouliang had survived but lost his Martial Emperor cultivation, prompting Du to hand over his ministry duties. Meanwhile, Qi Ziyue confronted Bai Yuyao in a snowy ruin and defeated her, then demanded to know why Bai Yuyao had been targeting her.

• Du Shouliang presented Shi Yan with his Sequence certificate, medal, and token, revealing that his shattered Spirit Core had left him at Seventh Tier.
• Du Shouliang asked Liu Xiuyuan to help hand over the Minister of Martial Arts Education position, and Liu turned to Wu Bowen about advancing to Martial Emperor.
• Shi Yan asked Wu Bowen to take him to the Northern Desert Region to see Li Yuqing.
• Qi Ziyue returned to Kyoto and followed a familiar aura to an abandoned Sino-Japanese Friendship Martial School, where she found Bai Yuyao waiting.
• Bai Yuyao attacked Qi Ziyue, and the two fought until Qi Ziyue shattered an ice wall and destroyed the school, forcing Bai Yuyao to admit defeat.
• Qi Ziyue asked Bai Yuyao why she had come looking for her and why she had been targeting her.

Bai Yuyao revealed that she was Bai Shengnan’s daughter and asked Qi Ziyue to help prevent her mother from confronting the Qi Family. Qi Ziyue brought Bai Yuyao to the family, where she privately spoke with Bai Shengnan and Ouyang Qiong, leaving the two women reconciled enough for Bai Shengnan to announce she would live in the Qi Family.

• Bai Yuyao called Qi Ziyue “Sister” and explained that only Qi Ziyue could break the deadlock surrounding the Qi Family.
• Bai Yuyao told Qi Ziyue that Bai Shengnan was her mother and wanted to reclaim what she had lost, while Bai Yuyao hoped Qi Ziyue could persuade Shi Yan to stop her.
• Qi Zhan learned that Ouyang Qiong was preparing to confront Bai Shengnan and hurried to the Qi Family’s discussion hall.
• Bai Shengnan arrived at the hall, but Qi Ziyue appeared with Bai Yuyao and asked Bai Shengnan and Ouyang Qiong to speak privately with her.
• After Qi Ziyue spoke with them in the side hall, Bai Shengnan announced that she planned to stay in the Qi Family long-term, and the Qi Family Ancestor ordered Qi Hong to build her a residence.

Qi Ziyue explained how she calmed Bai Shengnan and Ouyang Qiong by telling them Shi Yan had condensed a Spirit Core, then helped Bai Yuyao prepare for the Qi Family welcoming feast and her return to Jingwu. Meanwhile, Shi Yan visited Huaxia’s underground mecha factory and reunited with Li Yuqing, who agreed to take a few days away with him.

• Qi Ziyue told Bai Yuyao that Shi Yan’s Spirit Core had persuaded Bai Shengnan and Ouyang Qiong to reconcile, and that she had told Bai Shengnan her daughter lived with Shi Yan.
• Qi Ziyue took Bai Yuyao to the Qi Family welcoming feast and told her to apply for early graduation so she could join Sky Demon Pavilion with Third Uncle.
• Shi Yan and Wu Bowen arrived at a concealed underground factory, where Chief Engineer Qi Ming showed them Huaxia’s mecha production lines and explained how Combined Formations let even First-Order Warriors operate mecha.
• Shi Yan reunited with Li Yuqing at the factory, and they shared news of their recent experiences and discussed Sky Demon Pavilion.
• Li Yuqing said she could leave whenever she wanted, so Shi Yan planned to ask Qi Ming for a few days’ leave and give her something good.

Shi Yan returned to the villa with Li Yuqing, where Qi Ziyue introduced Bai Yuyao as a new member of their circle and the women began settling in together. A red alert summoned Shi Yan to help attack another Restricted Zone, and he flew to the Martial Arts Military Region Headquarters as Elder Tu prepared the operation.

• Shi Yan and Li Yuqing returned to the villa and found Zhang Yunya, Qi Ziyue, and Bai Yuyao waiting there.
• Zhang Yunya and Li Yuqing nearly fought until Qi Ziyue reconciled them, then presented Bai Yuyao to Shi Yan as a surprise.
• Qi Ziyue explained Bai Yuyao's story and the events at the Qi Family, and Shi Yan gave Li Yuqing and Bai Yuyao copies of Ninefold Collapse.
• Shi Yan's Sequence Token flashed red with an order to attack a Restricted Zone, so he left the villa and flew west to meet Elder Tu.
• At the Martial Arts Military Region Headquarters, Elder Tu discussed recurring Space Collapse locations with Situ Yaoyang and ordered the Mecha Corps deployed; Shi Yan arrived soon afterward.

Situ Yaoyang brought Shi Yan to Number One Secret Room before the attack on the Restricted Zone, where Tu Mu explained the three tiers of Domains. Tu Mu hoped Shi Yan could become the second person after Po to condense a Heavenly Domain.

• Situ Yaoyang gave Shi Yan medicine that temporarily boosted his Spiritual Power and led him to Number One Secret Room.
• Shi Yan entered the strange space and discovered that its apparent scenery, hidden treasures, and even Tu Mu's image were partly illusory.
• Tu Mu explained that Domains had three tiers: Pseudo-Domains, Martial Domains, and Heavenly Domains.
• Tu Mu identified Po as the only person who could currently condense a Heavenly Domain, and told Shi Yan he hoped he would become the second.

Shi Yan used the Mysterious Stone in hopes of comprehending a Heavenly Domain, but he gained no clear insight and said he relied on his own effort. Tu Mu decided Shi Yan’s fortune might guide his growth and promised to support him, leaving Shi Yan with a supply of Extreme Spirit Emperor Blood Pills arranged after the attack on the Restricted Zone.

• Tu Mu gave Shi Yan the Mysterious Stone and explained that it could help him comprehend a Heavenly Domain.
• The Mysterious Stone showed Shi Yan scenes from his life, including his apparent death in a collision and a vision of his Sea of Consciousness.
• Shi Yan emerged after two hours and told Tu Mu that he had gained nothing, though he had felt something he could not grasp.
• When Tu Mu asked how he had reached his current realm, Shi Yan answered that he relied on his own effort.
• Tu Mu resolved that Shi Yan might grow through good fortune rather than a domain and promised Huaxia would fulfill his requests.
• Shi Yan asked for as many Extreme Spirit Emperor Blood Pills as possible, and Tu Mu agreed to arrange them after the attack on the Restricted Zone.

After Huaxia’s leaders planned an attack on the Heavenly Mountain Forbidden Zone, they assigned Shi Yan to guard the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and handle any Beast Tide. Shi Yan revealed that he had condensed a Spirit Core, received Cheng Batian’s advice, and reached the Restricted Zone’s outskirts by nightfall.

• Shi Yan told Situ Yaoyang that he had failed to improve his aptitude with the Mysterious Stone, then joined the Martial Emperor experts’ meeting about attacking the Heavenly Mountain Forbidden Zone.
• Tu Mu assigned Shi Yan to guard the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains because he could counter a Beast Tide while the Monster Emperors remained inside their Restricted Zone.
• Shi Yan revealed his Spirit Core, convincing Tu Mu to let him go alone as long as he contacted the others if he faced a crisis.
• Cheng Batian advised Shi Yan to avoid his most destructive flames and rely on close combat against the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains’ Monster Emperors.
• Shi Yan disclosed that he had reached Eighth Realm Peak and considered earning Martial Virtue Points by fighting Monster Emperors before flying to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Shi Yan reached the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains Restricted Zone after nightfall.

Shi Yan guarded the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, killing two Monster Kings that challenged him while waiting for the signal to attack the Tianshan Mountains Restricted Zone. When the attack began, the Snow Leopard Emperor stirred the beasts, and the local Monster Emperors ordered them into a Beast Tide.

• Shi Yan arrived at the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and challenged its Monster Emperors, but they only sent threatening auras.
• Shi Yan killed an Eighth Level Nether-Eyed Sparrow and an Eighth Level Green Wind Wolf King when they attacked him.
• Shi Yan stayed at his post overnight instead of entering the Restricted Zone, then received the signal to attack the Tianshan Mountains Restricted Zone.
• The Snow Leopard Emperor roared and stirred the beasts, but they hesitated to obey an outsider's command.
• The two Monster Emperors of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains issued orders, and countless demonic beasts began the Beast Tide.

Shi Yan confronted the enormous Beast Tide pouring out of the Restricted Zone and used his flames to disrupt its advance. After the Monster Emperors adapted and sent stronger beasts forward, his hidden Life Extinguishing Tribulation Fire devastated the horde, drawing a powerful aura toward him.

• Shi Yan retreated ten kilometers and waited as the immense Beast Tide emerged from the Restricted Zone.
• Shi Yan slashed through the Demonic Birds with the Breath of the Blazing Dragon, setting thousands ablaze and scattering the beasts below.
• Shi Yan repeatedly sent flaming Saber Qis into the horde, while two Monster Emperors rallied the beasts and changed the vanguard to Fifth- and Sixth-Level demonic beasts.
• The stronger vanguard pushed the Beast Tide forward nearly five kilometers, but Shi Yan detonated the buried Life Extinguishing Tribulation Fire and killed or crippled beasts across its blast range.
• A powerful aura rose from the rear and charged straight toward Shi Yan.

Shi Yan used the Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass to overpower the Snow Leopard Emperor, whose strength and stealth could not save it. He struck the fleeing emperor with nine golden blades of grass, leaving its fate at the moment of impact.

• Shi Yan confronted the Snow Leopard Emperor, which attacked with its Demon Emperor Domain and claw blades, but his grass-wrapped punch shattered them without harming him.
• The Snow Leopard Emperor charged into close combat, and Shi Yan wounded its paw with a saber strike enhanced by the Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass.
• Shi Yan pursued the Snow Leopard Emperor with relentless Saber Qi, forcing it to summon the Beast Tide for help.
• The Snow Leopard Emperor vanished into falling snow, but Shi Yan melted the snow with his Fire God Domain and revealed its position.
• The Snow Leopard Emperor fled toward the Restricted Zone, and Shi Yan launched nine golden blades of grass that pierced its body.

Shi Yan killed the Snow Leopard Emperor and devastated the advancing demonic beasts with his Thirty-Six Paths of Flaming Wind Saber, gaining enough Martial Virtue Points to improve even maxed-out cultivation methods. After the Beast Tide retreated, he provoked the Monster Emperors, and an ape-like Monster Emperor emerged to attack him.

• Shi Yan stored the Snow Leopard Emperor’s corpse, then attacked the arriving demonic birds and ground forces with the Thirty-Six Paths of Flaming Wind Saber.
• Shi Yan’s Saber Qi tornado intensified and exploded, killing demonic beasts across more than ten kilometers while the Saint Pattern Sky Gold Grass protected him.
• Shi Yan’s Martial Virtue Points rose to over five million, revealing that he could now add points to cultivation methods he had already maxed out.
• The Monster Emperors halted the Beast Tide and withdrew nearly half of their army into the Restricted Zone, and Shi Yan chose not to pursue them.
• Shi Yan taunted the Monster Emperors, prompting an ape-like Monster Emperor to leap out with a gigantic tree and swing it at his head.

Shi Yan repeatedly defeated the Iron Arm Ape Emperor to earn Martial Virtue Points, then faced a coordinated ambush arranged by the Silver Arm Ape Emperor. He killed the Mountain Breaking Eagle Emperor and prepared to turn his attention back to the scheming ape.

• Shi Yan shrugged off the Iron Arm Ape Emperor’s explosive domain, wounded him, and cracked his heart, then defeated him again each time he returned after healing.
• After the Iron Arm Ape Emperor suffered three defeats, the Silver Arm Ape Emperor appeared and drew a poisoned line to distract Shi Yan while the Mountain Breaking Eagle Emperor attacked from above.
• Shi Yan resisted the Mountain Breaking Eagle Emperor’s piercing domain and mental attack, then used his calamity-inducing ability to make it flee in terror.
• Shi Yan struck the fleeing Mountain Breaking Eagle Emperor with a Blazing Flame Divine Needle, killed it, and gained 100,000 Martial Virtue Points.

Shi Yan survived a confrontation with the Blackwater Profound Snake after killing the Mountain Breaking Eagle Emperor, and learned that Huaxia had already won its assault on the Heavenly Mountain Forbidden Zone. After healing Cheng Batian and returning to Baiyun City, Shi Yan prepared to strengthen his body and found Bai Yuyao waiting at the villa.

• The Silver Arm Ape Emperor attacked Shi Yan, but the Blackwater Profound Snake’s Blood Vitality forced them both to the ground, and the snake ordered the ape to retreat before disappearing into the miasma.
• Shi Yan received word from his Sequence Token that Huaxia had eliminated the Heavenly Mountain Forbidden Zone’s high-end combat power.
• Cheng Batian arrived badly wounded, and Shi Yan healed him with the Origin True Fire of Life before recounting his fight with the Monster Emperors and encounter with the Blackwater Profound Snake.
• Cheng Batian told Shi Yan to return while he handled the area, and Shi Yan decided to focus on strengthening his physique before heading back to the Sky Demon Pavilion.
• Shi Yan returned to his villa in Baiyun City and found Bai Yuyao cultivating; she sensed his arrival and hurried out to meet him.