Chapter Summaries

Xu Kun fused the Poison Sovereign class, gained the forbidden poison skill Heaven and Earth Coeval, and advanced his Magic Warrior class into Demonheart War God. The new class traits and Skill Furnace skill offered him a way to improve his growth and address his shortage of skill slots.

• Yang Yao questioned Xu Kun about his strange behavior with Shen-bao, then let the matter drop while asking him to explain later.
• Xu Kun decided to fuse his final class change certificate before absorbing the dragon blood in his jade pendant.
• Xu Kun fused Poison Sovereign and gained the SSS-tier poison forbidden spell Heaven and Earth Coeval.
• Xu Kun's Magic Warrior advanced into its ultimate form, Demonheart War God, after he fused five SSS-tier classes.
• Xu Kun inspected Demonheart War God's new traits and discovered Skill Furnace, which could transform eligible skills into new ones.

Xu Kun used the Skill Furnace to fuse compatible skills, creating stronger abilities and freeing several skill slots. After producing new skills across multiple tiers, he continued with the remaining B-tier skills.

• Xu Kun fused Poison Swamp and Poison Source Conversion into Poisonous Devouring Swamp, then combined Flying Sand and Rolling Stones with Shadow Dash into Flying Sand Drifting Shadow.
• Xu Kun fused Bleeding with Paralysis Venom into Blood Poison and Rapid Attack with Trample into Trampling Strike.
• Xu Kun combined Flame Cut and Crippling Strike into the C-tier Flame Rend, then fused Greater Fireball Art and Water Arrow Technique into Arcane Art: Blazing Steam Gun.
• Xu Kun fused Charge and Earth-Rock Impact into the A-tier Earth Shattering Slash.
• Xu Kun combined Ice Burst and Heavy Snowfall into the B-tier area-control skill Icy Frost Descent.

Xu Kun fused several compatible skills, gaining new frost, four-element, fire, poison, and thunderfire abilities. After combining Flame Chain Slash with Thunderclap Sever, he ended with the new S-rank skill Thunderfire Triple Cleave.

• Xu Kun fused his B-rank skills and obtained Icy Frost Descent, freeing four B-rank skill slots.
• Xu Kun combined four elemental area attacks into the A-rank skill Arcane Art: Fourfold Demise, which offered area attacks and a powerful Extreme Death strike.
• Xu Kun fused Explosive Fireball with Blazing Impact to create Explosive Flame Fist, and fused Azure Sand Palm with Coiling Dragon Strike to create Azure Sand Coiling Dragon Claw.
• Xu Kun fused Flame Chain Slash with Thunderclap Sever and obtained the S-rank skill Thunderfire Triple Cleave.

Xu Kun fused his S-tier skills into powerful Secret Arts and merged several SS-tier skills to free up skill slots. After learning Corrosive Poison Erosion, he fused the Four Kill skills into Four Kill Method, an ordinary SS-tier skill that preserved all four skills independently.

• Yang Yao explained that Secret Arts were unusually powerful or strange skills, often formed through multi-element fusion.
• Xu Kun fused eight S-tier skills into Phoenix Song of the Four Seas, Magma Iceberg, Beacon Fire Barrage · Heartburn, and Sword Arises, Wind and Fire: Universe Stabilized, freeing four S-tier skill slots.
• Xu Kun fused Storm Feather Blade with Phoenix Flight to the Ninth Heaven, then combined their result with True Dragon's Breath to create Phoenix Wing Dragon Breath: Feather Kill and free two SS-tier skill slots.
• Xu Kun learned Corrosive Poison Erosion, which made the remaining Four Kill skills available for fusion.
• Xu Kun fused all four Four Kill skills into Four Kill Method, an ordinary SS-tier skill that let him use the four skills independently.

Xu Kun completed the Four Kill Convergence mission, gained the forbidden spell Nirvanic Killing Strike, and fused many of his skills while struggling with his full SSS-tier skill slots. He absorbed the Five Jiao Jade Pendant’s dragon blood, awakened his True Dragon Bloodline to 10%, and gained Severing Void before turning his attention to the Poison Dragon above.

• Xu Kun received Nirvanic Killing Strike after collecting Calamity Fire Annihilation, Extreme Ice Imprisonment, Profound Lightning Strike, and Corrosive Poison Erosion, but its seven-day elemental lockout made it a risky trump card.
• Xu Kun used the Skill Furnace to fuse skills into Celestial Fire Tri-Body, Divine Punishment Thunder Tribulation, Divine Power: Zhurong's Right Arm, and Calamity: Wind and Thunder, while Nirvanic Killing Strike occupied his newly freed SSS-tier slot.
• Xu Kun absorbed the pure dragon blood from the Five Jiao Jade Pendant, raising his True Dragon Bloodline awakening to 10% and increasing his attributes.
• Xu Kun comprehended the SSS-tier bloodline combat skill Severing Void, but its Dragon Source Power remained unavailable because his bloodline awakening was insufficient.
• Xu Kun looked at his status and turned his attention to the Poison Dragon waiting above.

Xu Kun and his companions reached the Poison Source Pool as Komodo unleashed a calamity and raised the Poison Source Grand Formation. Komodo explained his origins and plan to merge with Xu Kun, leaving them trapped above the deadly lake as the confrontation began.

• Xu Kun sensed Komodo waiting at the Poison Source Pool and led Yang Yao and the others toward the summit.
• Komodo drew all the poisonous gas into the pool, exposing the Poisonous Mistlands and inflicting massive poison damage on Xu Kun.
• The mountain split apart, and Xu Kun used the Dragon Binding Cord and his phoenix wings to save his companions as the Poison Source Pool flooded the terrain.
• Komodo raised the Poison Source Grand Formation, forcing Xu Kun down over the poisonous lake while Xu Kun's protections kept Yang Yao and the others safe.
• Komodo revealed that he had nurtured Golden Flood Dragon and the other flood dragons to gather poison elements and foster the Mang Gu Toad, then declared that he intended to merge with Xu Kun.

Xu Kun fought Komodo in the Poison Source Grand Formation while trying to rescue Yang Yao and the others from the lake. After discovering Komodo was burning his origin to enact a plan involving the Mang Gu Zhu Toad, Xu Kun realized the formation absorbed the power of those who died within it.

• Xu Kun struck Komodo with Trampling Strike and Coiling Dragon Bite, but Komodo appeared to take no damage and retaliated as the formation compressed the air.
• Komodo's attack and the lake's suction dragged Yang Yao and the other two into the depths, where the source poison formation drained their life.
• Xu Kun froze Komodo, split the lake with Divine Wind Howl and Resilient Grass in the Wind, and pulled the three out; Yang Yao warned him that the formation drained life.
• Xu Kun pinned Komodo to the formation's edge with the Judge's Soul-Reaping Brush, then summoned Soul Reaping Envoys and a Night Shade clone to hold him back.
• Xu Kun concluded that Komodo was burning his origin to reclaim the Mang Gu Zhu Toad and merge the Power of Calamity with Myriad Poisons Immunity.
• Komodo's poisonous gas corroded Xu Kun's clones and summoned allies, and Xu Kun saw their power flow into the depths of the lake before realizing what the formation was doing.

Xu Kun rescued Yang Yao and the others from Komodo’s Poison Source Grand Formation but stayed behind to fight Komodo, who planned to use the formation to remake himself. Xu Kun’s attacks failed to harm Komodo, while the Calamity Poison began corroding Xu Kun’s Mirage Dragon Body, leaving them locked in a race to see who would die first.

• Xu Kun used Heartburn to disorient Komodo, then broke through the formation’s barrier with Thunder Tribulation Divine Punishment and sent Yang Yao and the other two to safety.
• Xu Kun chose to remain inside the formation and confronted Komodo, correctly guessing that Komodo wanted to refine him, the Mang Gu Pearl Toad, and Komodo’s exhausted self into a new being.
• Xu Kun attacked Komodo with his sword and several skills, but Komodo remained unharmed despite the force of Xu Kun’s blows.
• Xu Kun transformed into his Mirage Dragon Body, and Komodo admired it before unleashing Calamity Poison to corrode him.
• Xu Kun counterattacked with Thunder Dragon’s Breath and Lightning Burst Feather Blades as the poison inflicted heavy damage, and Komodo drove the Calamity Poison harder to see who would die first.

Xu Kun endured Komodo’s Calamity Poison and let himself be swept to the lakebed, where he discovered the Poison Source Grand Formation was sustaining Komodo’s origin. He froze the sphere of light and severed its connection to the lake, leaving Komodo enraged as Xu Kun emerged with his information exposed.

• Komodo overwhelmed Xu Kun with Calamity Poison, exhausting his stamina and knocking him into the lake.
• Xu Kun used Wind’s Elegy to survive the lake’s crushing poison and allowed its currents to carry him toward the lakebed.
• Xu Kun discovered that the five flood dragons were manifestations of Komodo’s origin power and that a sphere of light at the formation’s center supplied poison throughout the lake.
• Xu Kun burned away the life-draining veins with Six Ding Divine Fire, then attacked the sphere with Heavenly Frost Fist when his fire could not reach it.
• Xu Kun froze the lakebed and sphere of light, temporarily severing the formation’s connection to the lake and stopping the poison’s flow.
• Xu Kun leaped from the lake with Komodo’s information revealed in the Myriad Races Bestiary as Komodo roared in fury.

Xu Kun fought Komodo, who had burned his origin to turn the marsh into a body with five hundred million health, while Komodo tried to break the ice sealing the Poison Source Grand Formation. Xu Kun’s attacks cut Komodo’s health nearly in half, and he unleashed Soul-Devouring Moon as Komodo’s control ended.

• Komodo explained that the marsh was his Calamity Body and that the Poison Source Grand Formation could restore his enormous health once it thawed.
• Xu Kun froze and stunned Komodo, then attacked with Shadowless, Azure Sand Coiling Dragon Claw, Bone-Melting Palm, and Blade Storm.
• Komodo tried to reach the lakebed and break the ice, but Xu Kun bound him with Dragon Binding Cord and struck him with equipment effects and poison skills.
• Xu Kun activated Calamity: Wind and Thunder and Day Concealment, landing twelve sword strikes per second and removing nearly half of Komodo’s health during the binding.
• As the Dragon Binding Cord’s effect ended, Komodo resolved to break the ice and outlast Xu Kun, who responded by activating Soul-Devouring Moon.

Xu Kun defeated Komodo just as the Poison Source Grand Formation broke free, but Komodo used his remaining origin power to unleash a poisonous cloud toward the City of Freedom. The cloud spread into a citywide drizzle that appeared harmless, leaving Xu Kun uneasy as he recovered from the battle.

• Xu Kun trapped Komodo with the Soul Moon Cage and finished him with the Wind-Thunder Yin-Yang Fish as the Poison Source Grand Formation broke free.
• Komodo, still barely alive, spent his remaining origin power to create a poisonous dragon and send its expanding dark cloud toward the City of Freedom.
• Xu Kun learned that Huang Rong and the others were away and that the cloud had already reached the city, while attacks against it only made it larger.
• Reports said the cloud covered the City of Freedom and brought ordinary-looking rain that caused no immediate harm, so Xu Kun ordered the faction leaders to report anything unusual.

After defeating Calamity Dragon Komodo, Xu Kun discovered his advanced class made leveling twice as hard, then examined the boss’s drops and learned two poison-element skills. The group finished dividing the loot, while the chapter ended as Xu Kun inspected his new SS-tier skill.

• Xu Kun and his companions discovered that his class advancement had doubled the experience required to level up, leaving the others three levels ahead.
• The group collected Komodo’s corpse and found that its Heart of Calamity could nurture poison-element creatures and break their bloodline limits.
• Xu Kun collected hundreds of SS- and SSS-Rank Spirit Stones, and Yang Yao and Sikong Ting accepted only ten SSS-Rank Spirit Stones each.
• Xu Kun learned an A-tier Peach Blossom Array trap skill and an SS-tier poison-element skill from Komodo’s drops.

Xu Kun learned the Lotus Steps trap skill and collected Komodo’s remaining drops, completing the five-piece Five Dragons divine artifact set. He put the equipment away and looked forward to reaching Rank 20, while Sikong Ting reminded him how much experience that would require.

• Xu Kun learned the Lotus Steps poison-trap skill after Yang Yao and Xu Kun discussed its battlefield potential.
• Komodo’s drops included four pieces of the Five Dragons set and two ominous short blades; Xu Kun picked up the four armor pieces first.
• Heavenly Blessing upgraded the four pieces into SS-tier divine artifacts, completing the Five Dragons set alongside the Golden Scale Dragon Armor.
• Yang Yao, Sikong Ting, and Shen-bao admired the completed set, and Xu Kun said Rank 20 was within reach.
• Xu Kun stepped forward and picked up Komodo’s final drop.

Xu Kun obtained the Demi-Supreme combination artifact Calamity but decided to reserve it for a worthy human War King, then revealed his quest to forge a National Luck Divine Artifact. When fighting broke out between City of Freedom and City of Glaciers trial participants, he set off with his companions aboard Komodo's summoned soul to intervene.

• Xu Kun discovered that Calamity and Misfortune combined into the Demi-Supreme artifact Calamity, which he planned to keep until he found a worthy human War King.
• Xu Kun told Yang Yao, Shen-bao, and Sikong Ting that gathering three divine swords had triggered a quest to fuse them into the National Luck Divine Artifact Great Shang Dust Shadow.
• Yang Yao received word that City of Freedom and City of Glaciers trial participants had started fighting at the Ice Wolf Fortress construction site.
• Xu Kun told Wan Lipeng to remain in City of Glaciers, summoned Komodo's soul, and prepared to head to the fortress.
• Xu Kun rode Komodo with Yang Yao and Shen-bao, while Sikong Ting was dragged behind them by a rope, and they flew toward City of Freedom.

Xu Kun discovered that Komodo's poison rain was provoking violent impulses across the City of Freedom and rushed to stop a confrontation between its residents and migrants from the City of Glaciers. Yang Yao warned that their own group might also be poisoned, and Xu Kun sat down to find a way to control his emotions.

• Xu Kun landed Komodo among arguing bullfolk and ratfolk, broke up their fight, and ordered them to stop causing trouble.
• Xu Kun and Yang Yao realized that trivial disputes were erupting throughout the city, while faint red glows appeared in their companions' eyes.
• Xu Kun identified Komodo's poison cloud as a mind-affecting catalyst and asked Wan Lipeng to gather ice- and wind-element trial takers to disperse it.
• Yang Yao reported that Yan Fuhai had burned more than a thousand people from the City of Glaciers, bringing a major battle near Ice Wolf Fortress.
• Yang Yao warned Xu Kun that their group might also be poisoned, and Xu Kun calmed himself and sat cross-legged atop Komodo to address the danger.

Yang Yao stopped the fighting between City of Freedom and the City of Glaciers trial takers while Xu Kun remained occupied with the stone compass. Guo Jing warned that the rain had poisoned everyone and caused the conflict, and Yang Yao ordered him to explain what Huang Yaoshi had discovered.

• Yang Yao and Sikong Ting arrived at Ice Wolf Fortress and found Yan Fuhai fighting City of Glaciers trial takers; Yang Yao reflected their ice attack with the Yuyao Disk and froze dozens of people.
• Yan Fuhai told Yang Yao that he had fought the outsiders for trying to take over their home, while Andrei demanded an explanation from Xu Kun and challenged Sikong Ting.
• Guo Jing arrived and stopped Andrei's attack, then said that Huang Yaoshi had identified the rain as the source of the conflict and claimed everyone had been poisoned.
• Yang Yao attacked Andrei when he refused to listen, then ordered both sides to stop fighting until Xu Kun finished and asked Guo Jing to explain Huang Yaoshi's discovery.

Yang Yao identified Komodo’s rain as a poison that magnified anger and could drive the City of Freedom and the City of Glaciers into conflict. Yun Cheng Wanlipeng dispersed the clouds, but Yang Yao’s attempt to cleanse the leaders failed to stop their hostility, and Komodo’s soul urged them to fight.

• Yang Yao deduced that the rain amplified violent emotions and warned that the growing dispute between the two cities could become an uncontrollable avalanche.
• After hearing the leaders’ accounts, Yang Yao recognized that the sides’ existing grievances made Komodo’s Barren Plague especially dangerous.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng led Feng Bo Ting and the flying trial takers to break up the dark clouds and stop the rain.
• Yang Yao used Jade Pool Water to cleanse the leaders, but Andrei and Yan Fuhai immediately resumed trading insults and challenging each other.
• Komodo’s soul descended and taunted everyone to keep fighting.

Xu Kun confronted Leonid and the City of Glaciers over their attempt to exploit tensions and seize influence in the City of Freedom, while the poisonous rain heightened hostility between the two sides. As Xu Kun began to address the rain, the displaced poisonous cloud exploded and knocked Yun Cheng Wanlipeng and the others from the sky.

• Xu Kun severed Andrei’s arm and warned the trial-goers that he would punish anyone who disrespected the City of Freedom’s rules.
• Leonid invoked his master Udyr and argued that the City of Glaciers’ trial-goers should not have to live under someone else’s roof, but Xu Kun accused him of seeking control of the City of Freedom.
• Xu Kun slapped Leonid and named Ou Yezi as his own master, leaving Leonid unable to challenge him and ultimately agreeing to station his people at Ice Wolf Fortress.
• Leonid demanded that Xu Kun resolve the poisonous rain, which had affected Yang Yao and others, while Guo Jing appeared unaffected because he lacked violent impulses and resentment.
• The poisonous cloud that Yun Cheng Wanlipeng and the others had pushed away exploded, and its poisonous dragon sent them crashing down; Nightshade told Xu Kun that people had been arranged to receive them.

Xu Kun absorbed the poison afflicting the trial takers across the City of Freedom, then flew away to contain its effects despite the danger to himself. As Leonid's group began recovering, the Ice Wolf Mountain Range avalanched and Ice Demon Wolves charged toward the new Ice Wolf Fortress.

• Shi Li reported that Komodo's final burst of power had injured many people and affected their bloodlines, while Wan Lipeng and Feng Bo Ting needed time to recover.
• Xu Kun warned Leonid and the other trial takers to preserve the peace, then used Myriad Poisons Body to draw the poison from the gathered crowd into himself.
• Xu Kun resisted the poison's violent influence with Six Ding Divine Fire and flew across the City of Freedom, absorbing poison from other berserk trial takers.
• Leonid accepted that his group should follow the Empress's orders and build Ice Wolf Fortress, while Andrei admitted they had been wrong to provoke Xu Kun.
• An avalanche swept down the Ice Wolf Mountain Range as Ice Demon Wolves and their riders charged toward the fortress, declaring that they would kill its builders.

The weakened defenders of the City of Freedom faced an invasion led by Huan Dan’s Barbarian soldiers and Yelü Hongji’s Khitan forces, while Leonid tried to prove he had not betrayed humanity. The chapter explained the Wolf Race’s origins and tribal divisions, ending with the revelation that their defining racial specialty was taming.

• Huan Dan arrived with the Wolf Race cavalry and told Leonid and Andrei to leave the rest to his forces, making Yang Yao suspect Leonid had colluded with them.
• Leonid denied betraying humanity and rallied the weakened trial-takers of the City of Glaciers to fight alongside the City of Freedom’s factions.
• Huan Dan revealed that his eighty thousand Barbarian soldiers were supporting the Khitan Eight Tribes, whose forces were led by Yelü Hongji.
• Yang Yao and his companions recognized Yelü Hongji as the man Xu Kun had spared, and Sikong Ting condemned his attack.
• The chapter described the Wolf Race’s history, its divisions and conflicts with humanity, and its origins in human-wolf descendants who overthrew the true wolves.
• The chapter revealed that the Wolf Race’s racial specialty was taming.