Chapter Summaries

During the journey to Mount Tai, Shi Yan raised his Blood Qi beyond the Third Order limit and completed a painful breakthrough to Fourth Order, astonishing Li Yuqing. He emerged far stronger, with his bones transformed and his power sufficient to crush a Level Four Silver Claw Rat.

• Shi Yan admired Li Yuqing’s company and used 8,000 Martial Virtue Points to advance Heavenly Fire Guidance to great accomplishment.
• Shi Yan spent Martial Virtue Points raising his Blood Qi past 999 to 1,024, while Li Yuqing stood guard in shock.
• Shi Yan broke through to Fourth Order after three days of bone-shattering pain, absorbing the essence of nearby plants and trees.
• Shi Yan awoke with his surroundings scorched and his body cleansed, while Li Yuqing marveled at his strength and endurance.
• Shi Yan checked his new Fourth Order Early Stage status and realized his transformed body could smash a Level Four Silver Claw Rat.

Shi Yan and Li Yuqing began their assault on Mount Tai, where Shi Yan proved his strength by killing a Fourth-Order Golden Bear and clearing Fan Cliff. The chapter ended with Li Yuqing unleashing her arsenal against the incoming demonic beasts while Shi Yan called for a chance to earn Martial Virtue Points.

• Li Yuqing admired Shi Yan's rapid advancement and joined him in heading to Mount Tai in her armor.
• Shi Yan encountered a Fourth-Order Golden Bear, crippled it with his strength, and killed it after it entered its berserk state.
• Shi Yan retrieved the Golden Bear's Demon Core and fed it to the Lava Spirit Devouring Saber before continuing toward Fan Cliff.
• Shi Yan cleared Fan Cliff of wasps, apes, and birds, reaching the top as Li Yuqing followed with her robots.
• Li Yuqing set up an array of weapons and used them to mow down incoming demonic beasts, prompting Shi Yan to ask her to leave some for him.

Shi Yan and Li Yuqing fought their way up Mount Tai, but their hunt drew a Sixth-Order Scorpion-tailed Saber-toothed Tiger and a Fifth-Order Ghost Shadow Leopard Cat down to Middle Heaven Gate. Shi Yan refused to take shelter and prepared to test himself against the leopard cat using his white flames.

• Li Yuqing explained that her Soul of Machinery ability was actually Soul Bestowal and said reaching the seventh rank could give her a chance to defeat Zhang Yunya.
• Shi Yan and Li Yuqing spent nearly an hour slaughtering demonic beasts at Fan Cliff, then continued their fight at Middle Heaven Gate.
• After about half an hour at Middle Heaven Gate, Shi Yan and Li Yuqing were exhausted, and the remaining demonic beasts began retreating.
• The Sixth-Order Scorpion-tailed Saber-toothed Tiger descended from South Heaven Gate with a Fifth-Order Ghost Shadow Leopard Cat.
• Li Yuqing formed a protective ring of robots and told Shi Yan to shelter inside, but he asked to fight the leopard cat and summoned white flames.

Shi Yan fought and killed a fifth-order Ghost Shadow Leopard Cat after learning firsthand how dangerous high-level demonic beasts were. He then hurried back toward Li Yuqing’s battle with a sixth-order demonic beast to observe and learn.

• Shi Yan faced the Ghost Shadow Leopard Cat, whose first attack pierced his armor and cut his neck.
• Shi Yan restored his strength and attacked, but the leopard cat evaded his strikes with ease.
• Shi Yan feigned exhaustion to lure the leopard cat into a trap, then burned it with the Southern Bright Blazing Fire and finished it with his saber.
• Shi Yan absorbed the leopard cat’s Demon Core and gained 1,000 Martial Virtue Points for killing above his level.
• As Li Yuqing’s battle intensified, Shi Yan ran back up the path to watch and gain experience fighting stronger demonic beasts.

Shi Yan watched Li Yuqing defeat a Sixth-Order Scorpion-tailed Saber-toothed Tiger and learned that compressing his flames into penetrating forms could help him fight massive beasts. After Li Yuqing rested, Shi Yan salvaged the tiger’s valuable parts and brought her its enormous Demon Core.

• Shi Yan arrived at Li Yuqing’s ruined battlefield and watched her seize the tiger’s tail and smash the beast into the ground dozens of times.
• Li Yuqing finished the weakened tiger with two Returning Blades, blasting holes through its heart and head.
• Shi Yan told Li Yuqing he had killed the Ghost Shadow Leopard Cat with flames, and she warned him about speed-type beasts and their threats.
• Li Yuqing advised Shi Yan to learn how to compress his flames into needles or blades to pierce the hearts and heads of large beasts.
• Shi Yan collected the tiger hide, bones, and Demon Core while Li Yuqing rested, then showed her the fist-sized core.

Li Yuqing gave Shi Yan the Sixth-Order Demon Core, joking that it was a dowry, and he used it to advance the Lava Spirit Devouring Saber to A-rank. The saber revealed a Demon Emperor’s soul, and after Li Yuqing taught him about Battle Qi, Shi Yan and Li Yuqing continued up the mountain to investigate why the Scorpion-tailed Saber-toothed Tiger had appeared early.

• Li Yuqing offered Shi Yan the Sixth-Order Demon Core and jokingly called it a dowry before telling him to keep it for the sake of their safety.
• Shi Yan fed the Demon Core to the Lava Spirit Devouring Saber, which released an Eight-Headed Serpent’s soul before drawing it back into the blade.
• Shi Yan picked up the transformed saber and discovered that it had become twice as heavy and had advanced to A-rank.
• Li Yuqing urged Shi Yan to try Battle Qi, and he formed a foot-long Saber Aura on his first attempt.
• Li Yuqing explained Battle Qi to Shi Yan, and the two set off up the mountain to look for the reason the Scorpion-tailed Saber-toothed Tiger had appeared early.

Shi Yan and Li Yuqing reached South Heaven Gate as two Sixth Order Peak demonic beasts began fighting for a chance to enter the Seventh Order realm, drawing every beast on Mount Tai into a deadly surge. Shi Yan perfected his movement technique with Martial Virtue Points just as the demonic beasts arrived, and he and Li Yuqing prepared to fight.

• Li Yuqing sensed danger and borrowed Shi Yan’s Lava Spirit Devouring Saber before they continued toward South Heaven Gate.
• Two roars revealed that two Sixth Order Peak demonic beasts were fighting, while demonic beasts from across Mount Tai charged toward them.
• Li Yuqing explained that the victor could advance to the Seventh Order realm and prepared weapons as Shi Yan checked his system panel.
• Shi Yan spent 20,000 Martial Virtue Points to perfect Eighteen Paths Fire Shadow and discovered he could move seamlessly through the environment.
• Li Yuqing recognized Shi Yan’s transformed movement technique, and they prepared to attack as the demonic beasts arrived.

Shi Yan and Li Yuqing fought through swarms of Demonic Beasts on Mount Tai, with Shi Yan using his mastered Eighteen Paths Fire Shadow movement technique to slaughter them in a State of Selflessness. As Fourth-Order Demonic Beasts grew more numerous, they retreated to Black Dragon Pool to recover, where Li Yuqing remarked on Shi Yan’s remarkable movement technique.

• Li Yuqing killed attacking Demonic Birds with invisible sound waves while Shi Yan prepared to face the ground-dwelling Demonic Beasts.
• Shi Yan used his Eighteen Paths Fire Shadow movement technique and Saber Aura to kill Demonic Beasts rapidly and gain Martial Virtue Points.
• Shi Yan entered a State of Selflessness, impressing Li Yuqing as he fought through the horde with growing ease.
• After more than an hour, Li Yuqing decided they should retreat as Fourth-Order Demonic Beasts increased in number, and Shi Yan emerged from his State of Selflessness.
• Li Yuqing and Shi Yan fought their way back to Black Dragon Pool, where Li Yuqing praised the artistry of Shi Yan’s movement technique.

Shi Yan and Li Yuqing were ambushed by six Dongying fighters, but Li Yuqing unleashed a mental attack that incapacitated them and Shi Yan killed three before helping her. As another sudden change struck, Shi Yan’s expression turned grave.

• Shi Yan helped Li Yuqing rest, and they discussed her plans to open a martial arts hall in Hangcheng Base City and the strength of Po.
• Six Dongying fighters, including two Late Sixth Order Warriors, surrounded Shi Yan and Li Yuqing and demanded they submit or die.
• Li Yuqing attacked first with her Returning Blades, then used a mental attack that killed two Fifth Order Warriors and incapacitated the other four.
• Shi Yan seized his Lava Spirit Devouring Saber, decapitated the four fallen fighters, and received system notifications confirming three kills.
• Shi Yan helped the bleeding Li Yuqing up, but another sudden change made him look alarmed.

After the Eight-Headed Serpent entered Li Yuqing, a mysterious woman crushed its lingering consciousness, allowing Li Yuqing to absorb its soul energy. Shi Yan discovered the enemies had provoked the demonic beasts, then waited beside Li Yuqing until the mountain’s beast roars stopped and danger arrived.

• The Eight-Headed Serpent escaped Shi Yan’s blade and entered Li Yuqing, while a mysterious woman in Shanghai noticed its damaged seal and crushed a wooden carving.
• Li Yuqing woke with snake-like pupils and begged Shi Yan to kill her before the serpent seized her body, but they sensed that the serpent had been crushed to death inside her mind.
• Li Yuqing began absorbing the serpent’s remaining soul energy, and Shi Yan guarded her, looted the six dead enemies, and burned their bodies and traces.
• Shi Yan realized the enemies had used beast-enhancing medicine to provoke the two demonic beasts, then rested beside Li Yuqing as she entered deep meditation.
• At night, the beast roars stopped, and less than half an hour later Shi Yan sensed that the danger he feared had arrived.

Shi Yan used Flame Explosion to kill three Fifth-Order Green Wind Wolves, but the blast drew a mountain-wide horde of demonic beasts. He fled with the unconscious Li Yuqing into a Silver Claw Rat nest, where he prepared to hold off the beasts in its tunnels.

• Shi Yan killed successive patrols of demonic beasts until three Fifth-Order Green Wind Wolves arrived.
• Shi Yan unleashed Flame Explosion, destroying the three wolves and blasting a vast crater into the ground.
• Shi Yan carried Li Yuqing down the mountain as the explosion roused the demonic beasts and their victorious mountaintop beast.
• Shi Yan followed fleeing Silver Claw Rats into their tunnels and hid from the pursuing beasts and Demonic Birds.
• Shi Yan slaughtered the rats in their nest, secured Li Yuqing, and sealed the entrances except for one.
• A huge swarm of demonic beasts surged into the tunnel, and Shi Yan prepared to fight them.

Shi Yan kept the Silver Claw Rats trapped in their underground passages while Li Yuqing remained unconscious, then she awoke under the influence of the fire of desire and the two became intimate. Li Yuqing revealed that absorbing the Eight-Headed Serpent’s soul energy had greatly strengthened her Spiritual Power and granted her rapid healing and eight chances to revive, and Shi Yan reassured her that she had not taken anything from him.

• Shi Yan blocked and collapsed tunnels in the Silver Claw Rats' underground world, buying himself and the unconscious Li Yuqing three days of rest after half a month of pursuit.
• Li Yuqing woke in a confused, overheated state and pounced on Shi Yan, unable to control the fire of desire within her.
• The next day, Shi Yan saw that suppressing Li Yuqing had earned him Martial Virtue Points, while she slept beside him after venting the fire of desire.
• Li Yuqing told Shi Yan that absorbing the Eight-Headed Serpent's soul energy had raised her Spiritual Power to an Eighth-Order Martial King's level and made advancement to Ninth-Order Martial Emperor seem attainable.
• Li Yuqing demonstrated her rapid healing and explained that she could revive up to eight times, then cried because she believed her gains had been stolen from Shi Yan.
• Shi Yan reassured Li Yuqing that her opportunity was not theft, and she responded with renewed affection.

Shi Yan and Li Yuqing admitted their feelings and made plans to accept Qi Ziyue as another partner. Shi Yan advanced Boundless Sea of Fire to its Fourth Layer, and the pair resumed their climb toward Mount Tai’s summit to face the recovered Seventh Level demon beast.

• Li Yuqing told Shi Yan she would get along with Qi Ziyue, while warning him that the Qi Family was powerful and he needed to grow stronger.
• Shi Yan spent forty thousand Martial Virtue Points to advance Boundless Sea of Fire to its Fourth Layer, forming a two-colored ability vortex and increasing his Blood Vitality and Spirit.
• Li Yuqing kissed Shi Yan and explained how his achievements had made her fall for him.
• Shi Yan and Li Yuqing left the passage, collected demon beast corpses, and continued toward Mount Tai’s summit with four days remaining before the Freshman Grand Competition.
• Li Yuqing sensed that the larger demon beast had reached the Seventh Level and fully recovered, while Shi Yan offered to fight the smaller one himself.

Shi Yan and Li Yuqing fought through an organized demonic beast army on Mount Tai, but a roar from the summit triggered a Beast Tide. Li Yuqing began assembling a giant mecha while Shi Yan protected her, and he unleashed another devastating explosion against the advancing beasts.

• Li Yuqing explained that the Level Seven Demonic Beast on the summit was using disciplined forces to wear them down as she and Shi Yan fought their way through the Fourth-Order-led army.
• Shi Yan destroyed most of a flock of Demonic Birds with Flame Explosion, killing two Level Five Demonic Birds and clearing a wide area.
• A roar from the summit summoned a Beast Tide from across Mount Tai, and Li Yuqing asked Shi Yan to protect her for ten minutes while she assembled a giant mecha.
• Shi Yan fought off the approaching beasts as Li Yuqing built the mecha, but a Fifth-Order ape demon pierced his thigh with a wooden spike.
• Shi Yan burned away the spike and unleashed another Flame Explosion, clearing hundreds of meters and killing numerous demonic beasts.

Shi Yan slaughtered the Beast Tide with his perfected Heavenly Fire Guidance until his body gave out, and Li Yuqing took over in her completed mecha. He woke to girls discussing their victory and realized he might be in the girls’ dormitory.

• Shi Yan spent Martial Virtue Points to perfect Heavenly Fire Guidance and controlled nearby flames to kill the charging demonic beasts.
• Shi Yan continued fighting with flames and Flame Explosion, but after a Sixth-Order Demonic Beast appeared, his body failed from overexertion.
• Li Yuqing caught Shi Yan as he collapsed and appeared in a completed, six-story-tall female-shaped mecha.
• Shi Yan woke in a comfortable place and heard girls praising Li Yuqing’s graduation project and Shi Yan’s role in defeating the Beast Tide.
• Shi Yan recognized Qi Ziyue’s voice and wondered whether he had woken up in the girls’ dormitory.

Shi Yan recovered from his injuries while traveling to Lingnan Martial School for the Freshman Grand Competition. He woke in a hotel after the opening ceremony had begun and headed to meet Li Tao before the matches started.

• Shi Yan heard Qi Ziyue care for him and learned he had been unconscious for three days and was still entered in the competition.
• Qi Ziyue confessed her feelings, revealed she had sent high-grade Body Tempering Medicine to Shi Yan's cousin in his name, and warned him about the SS-Class Jingwu student who had reached the fourth rank.
• Shi Yan woke fully recovered in a hotel room, where Number One played Li Tao's message explaining that the group had arrived at Lingnan Martial School.
• Shi Yan called Li Tao, confirmed he was fit to compete, and learned the matches would begin at two thirty.
• Shi Yan left the hotel to meet Li Tao and hear about the competition format and the others.

Shi Yan arrived at Lingnan Martial School and learned about the freshman tournament from Li Tao before heading to meet his teammates. At Building No. 1, he defeated Yangshan Martial School’s Ma Lou with one slap and revealed himself as Shi Yan, leaving the group stunned.

• Shi Yan met Li Tao, who explained the tournament’s Survival Match and combat events and named several schools to watch.
• Shi Yan read and answered messages, learning that Gu Feng had earned a place on Jiangnan Martial School’s team.
• At Building No. 1, students from Yangshan Martial School insulted Shi Yan and tried to stop him from entering.
• Shi Yan asked the Lingnan students if fighting was allowed, then knocked out Ma Lou with one slap.
• Shi Yan gave Zhang Shan his name and school, and Yangshan Martial School’s team realized they had provoked the famous Shi Yan.

Shi Yan returned safely to Lingnan Martial School, where Qi Ziyue welcomed him and Lu Xingzhou introduced the team and explained the national competition. The team faced a strategic choice for the Survival Match, with Lu Xingzhou warning that Lingnan Martial School was exceptionally strong at it.

• Qi Ziyue embraced Shi Yan after watching the battle footage and worrying over his injuries, then told him to keep moving forward.
• Shi Yan entered the training room and saw the school’s extensive facilities, including captive Third-Order Demonic Beasts and a well-used tactical sand table.
• Lu Xingzhou and the other competitors welcomed Shi Yan, and Lu Xingzhou introduced Cao Wuji, Chen Zhaodi, Jian Chen, and Nie Lingshan and described their abilities.
• Lu Xingzhou explained the Survival Match, Team Match, and individual match, then proposed conserving strength for the Team Match or going all out in the Survival Match.
• Shi Yan questioned why Lu Xingzhou was not captain and why the team seemed wary of the Survival Match, and Lu Xingzhou said Lingnan Martial School was too strong for them to surpass there.

Shi Yan and Magic Martial University entered the Survival Match in the Sixty Thousand Mountains despite learning that Lingnan Martial School had ten S-Class contestants. After meeting Ye Xinghe, Shi Yan recognized him as a dangerous Fourth-Order rival and prepared to strengthen himself further.

• Lu Xingzhou told Shi Yan that Lingnan Martial School had trained ten S-Class contestants in the mountains, but Shi Yan insisted that Magic Martial University should still compete for victory.
• More than ten thousand contestants were airdropped into the southeastern Sixty Thousand Mountains and began advancing into the forest.
• Shi Yan and Lu Xingzhou saw Tianfu Martial School's cautious team enter the forest, and its leaders showed apprehension when they recognized Shi Yan.
• Ye Xinghe met Shi Yan's gaze, invited him to reach the summit, and led Jingwu into the forest.
• Qi Ziyue warned Shi Yan that Ye Xinghe was dangerous, and Shi Yan checked his system panel while considering how to improve his strength.

Shi Yan upgraded his ability to S-Class, triggering a fiery dragon anomaly and greatly boosting his strength. He joined the main group, where Lingnan Martial School’s huge lead in the Survival Match became clear.

• Shi Yan spent 50,000 Martial Virtue Points to gain the S-Class ability Sky Dragon Blazing Flame, triggering a meteoric-fire anomaly in the sky.
• Qi Ziyue and the others noticed Shi Yan’s stronger aura, and Qi Ziyue hurried the group into the forest to keep his role in the anomaly hidden.
• Shi Yan’s upgrade raised him to Mid-Fourth Order, increased his Blood Vitality and Spiritual Power, and left him with 1,128 Martial Virtue Points.
• The group caught up with the main group, where other schools avoided Magic Martial University and Qi Ziyue was relieved that nobody linked the anomaly to Shi Yan.
• Meng Kaixuan showed the leaderboard, revealing that Lingnan Martial School had 1,000 points while second place had only just passed 100.