Chapter Summaries

The Southern Academy Alliance defeated the Northern Academy Alliance in a youth team match, then Chen An began his individual bout against Chi Lei of the Northern Legion. Chen An gained the advantage in their first exchange and pressed forward with a series of attacks.

• The Southern Academy Alliance defeated the Northern Academy Alliance after a half-hour youth team match.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na went to the individual match preparation area as the next team match began.
• Chen An took the stage to face Chi Lei, a level fifty-nine Soul King from the Northern Legion.
• Chen An and Chi Lei released their Beast Souls and charged at each other when the referee started the match.
• Chen An won their first clash of strength, and Chi Lei staggered back in pain.
• Chen An rushed forward and attacked Chi Lei relentlessly without using the Scythe of Death.

Chen An defeated Chi Lei in a close-combat match and then spotted a middle-aged man aiming a camera at him from the stands. The man fired a strengthened Soul-Reaping Yama Sticker at Chen An, who had prepared a defensive Soul Tool as the chapter ended.

• Chen An overwhelmed Chi Lei with superior strength and neutralized his cold attacks until Chi Lei unleashed his fifth Soul Skill.
• Chen An withstood the torrent of ice, and Chi Lei conceded defeat.
• Chen An left the stage to the audience's applause and sensed danger from the spectator stands.
• Chen An identified the eleventh person from the right in the seventh row of Section Sixteen as a threat and alerted a Sun Moon Royal Academy executive.
• The middle-aged man fired a strengthened Soul-Reaping Yama Sticker at Chen An, who relied on the executive and his activated defensive Soul Tool.

A second Tang Sect assassination attempt against Chen An failed, and the tournament continued under heightened security. As Gu Yue Na dominated her match, a young man from the Spirit Pagoda watched her as a possible rival for the Pagoda Master’s inheritance.

• A council member stopped the silver needles aimed at Chen An, while another seized the attacker.
• Xu Lin reassured the spectators, and Chen An arranged for the captive to be taken away for interrogation after the man refused to answer.
• Chen An warned Gu Yue Na about further assassins, then stayed near the stage to draw attention away from her.
• Gu Yue Na overwhelmed her Soul King opponent with elemental attacks and kept him from closing in.
• A young man in the Spirit Pagoda’s spectator area admired Gu Yue Na and considered her a potential rival for the Pagoda Master’s position.

Gu Yue Na defeated a Soul King, and Chen An questioned and killed a captured assailant before heading to the team competition. Sun Moon Royal Academy faced the Central Education Zone team, and the match began with Chen An standing out as the only student who released no Martial Soul or Soul Rings.

• Gu Yue Na overwhelmed her opponent with elemental attacks until he conceded, earning loud cheers from the audience.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na left the venue without being attacked, then Chen An used the Soul-Seizing Bell to question a restrained assailant and killed him after learning who had sent him.
• The person recording the interrogation prepared to spread the footage, while Chen An watched matches and waited for the team competition.
• Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and their Sun Moon Royal Academy teammates faced the Central Education Zone team, whose captain proposed that both sides avoid fighting too fiercely.
• The teams released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, but Chen An released neither, drawing attention and speculation from the audience.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na fought five opponents in a team battle, using their abilities and coordination to overcome their numerical disadvantage. After Chen An eliminated the opposing support Soul Master and Gu Yue Na forced an assault-type Soul King to withdraw, the pair gained the upper hand.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na charged forward under buffs from their two support Soul Masters as five opponents advanced to meet them.
• Chen An engaged an assault-type Soul Emperor and a Soul King while Gu Yue Na used her Silver Dragon Spear and elemental attacks to suppress two Soul Kings.
• When the opposing defense Soul Master moved to help Gu Yue Na, she called to Chen An, who used spatial movement to reach the support Soul Master and force him to leave the field.
• The opposing fighters surrounded Gu Yue Na, who retreated and used elemental attacks and spatial movement until Chen An joined her.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na coordinated against the five opponents, and Gu Yue Na wounded an assault-type Soul King before letting him withdraw, easing the pressure on them.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na advanced after their opponents withdrew, while the Tang Sect’s assassination attempts against Chen An continued to fail. Chen An stayed undefeated in his matches and led the forging competition, then noticed a security guard wearing a faint perfume as the Grand Competition moved toward its later rounds.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na won their team match after the Central Education Zone’s remaining competitors surrendered or were eliminated.
• A broadcast confession implicated the Tang Sect in an attempt to kill Chen An, and the Tang Sect admitted sending the attacker while denying it meant to disrupt the Grand Competition.
• The Tang Sect kept sending weak attackers with hidden weapons after Chen An, but he detected the attempts and survived each one.
• Chen An competed in team and individual matches and the forging competition, remaining undefeated and taking first place in all three forging rounds.
• After the third forging round, Chen An noticed a security guard wearing perfume in the contestants’ passageway, and the guard watched him leave with a quickened heartbeat.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na remained undefeated in their individual groups as spectators debated which of them would win if they faced each other.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na excelled in the Federation Grand Competition, while Zang Xin continued killing Abyss Creatures and advanced the Tang Sect’s plot to poison Chen An. The chapter ended as Chen An prepared to face championship favorite Qiangu Zhangting in the individual competition’s round of sixteen.

• Chen An broke Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua’s forging group-stage record, while Gu Yue Na topped her battle armor design group and both advanced to the knockouts.
• Zang Xin limited himself to killing ten Abyss Creatures each day and kept watching for news of Chen An’s assassination.
• A Tang Sect member told Zang Xin that Chen An had smelled Seven Day Fragrance four times, and Zang Xin ordered Tang Wenbin to activate the poison when they met.
• Zang Xin learned the Tang Sect had arranged for Tang Wenbin and Chen An to meet in the individual competition no earlier than the semifinals.
• Chen An drew Qiangu Zhangting in the round of sixteen, setting up a match between two championship favorites.

The youth division’s Round of Sixteen drew widespread attention, especially the coming match between Chen An and Qiangu Zhangting. As the competitors waited for the matches to begin, the chapter highlighted the powerful contestants and renewed interest in Tang Wenbin’s Clear Sky Hammer and the reclusive Clear Sky Sect.

• Chen An and Qiangu Zhangting told the media they expected to win their upcoming Round of Sixteen match.
• The packed stadium and contestants’ waiting area filled with anticipation for the youth division matches and Chen An’s clash with Qiangu Zhangting.
• Qiangu Zhangting dismissed his many admirers and focused his interest on Gu Yue Na, whom his grandfather hoped he would marry.
• The chapter introduced Chen Yi, a Sea God Legion contestant and grandson of Chen Xinjie, the former Federation Grand Competition champion.
• Tang Wenbin, a rank-67 Soul Emperor with the Clear Sky Hammer, drew attention to the Clear Sky Sect through his victories and renewed speculation about the sect’s strength.

The round of sixteen began, and Yu Tian defeated Pei Yunzhi by exhausting him with summoned Soul Beasts. Tang Wenbin then overwhelmed Yang Jingwen with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, leaving their match underway.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na joined Xu Lin's viewing box as the first match ended with the Southern Legion's Soul King advancing.
• Yu Tian summoned waves of Soul Beasts and wore down Pei Yunzhi until Pei Yunzhi conceded.
• Tang Wenbin faced Yang Jingwen, the Northern Legion's Everfrost Spear Soul Master, in the third match.
• Tang Wenbin used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to overpower Yang Jingwen's spear in their clashes.

Gu Yue Na faced Le Ziyuan, a descendant of the Yue Family who wielded the Twin-Winged Angel, in the fourth top-sixteen match. She kept him under sustained elemental bombardment, and the fight continued as his defenses began to wear down.

• Tang Wenbin defeated Yang Jingwen after Yang Jingwen endured serious injuries and conceded, advancing to the top eight.
• Gu Yue Na and Chen An went to her match with two directors accompanying them for protection.
• Le Ziyuan introduced himself as a direct descendant of the Yue Family and released his Twin-Winged Angel Martial Soul against Gu Yue Na.
• Le Ziyuan summoned an Angel Holy Sword and charged as Gu Yue Na attacked him with guided elemental projectiles.
• Gu Yue Na blocked Le Ziyuan's Angel Sword Radiance with a black barrier, then followed with chains, fireballs, and wind attacks that gradually wore him down.

Gu Yue Na defeated Le Ziyuan with the Silver Dragon Spear, and Chen An prepared to face Qiangu Zhangting in the day’s focal match. Several powerful figures secretly hoped Chen An would win so Tang Wenbin could trigger the Seven Day Fragrance poison during a later match.

• Le Ziyuan used his sixth Soul Skill to charge Gu Yue Na, but she met his Angel Holy Sword with the Silver Dragon Spear and shattered it.
• Le Ziyuan admitted defeat after the clash injured him, and Gu Yue Na left the stage to cheers from the audience.
• Chen An congratulated Gu Yue Na, while Qiangu Zhangting watched them together and resolved to test Chen An’s strength.
• The fifth, sixth, and seventh matches concluded, and spectators eagerly awaited Chen An’s match against Qiangu Zhangting.
• Yun Ming, Ya Li, Zang Xin, and other observers hoped Chen An would advance so Tang Wenbin could trigger his poison during a later bout.
• Chen An and Qiangu Zhangting stepped onto the stage and faced each other with fighting spirit.

Chen An and Qiangu Zhangting began a fierce weapon duel, with Qiangu’s Coiling Dragon Staff and Chen An’s Scythe of Death meeting blow for blow. Qiangu’s strength-enhancing Soul Skill shifted the contest, and Chen An relied on distance and speed before launching a counterattack; the match remained unresolved.

• Chen An and Qiangu Zhangting summoned their Martial Souls and rushed at each other when the referee started the match.
• The two exchanged more than a hundred weapon strikes without either gaining a decisive advantage.
• Qiangu Zhangting activated Heaven-Battling, increasing his strength and the weight of his Coiling Dragon Staff, forcing Chen An to change tactics.
• Chen An widened the distance and attacked with death blade auras, then struck from above as Qiangu met his scythe with the staff.
• Qiangu smashed his staff into the platform, but Chen An dodged and unleashed Death God Cross Slash.

Chen An transformed into the Death God Dragon to escape Qiangu Zhangting’s powerful staff attacks, and the two clashed with death energy and the Evil-Breaking Dragon’s righteous energy. The exchange continued with neither force clearly suppressing the other.

• Qiangu Zhangting used the Unbending Staff Technique to break Chen An’s deathly blade beams and drive him back with a powerful strike.
• As Qiangu Zhangting charged again, Chen An transformed into the Death God Dragon and flew high into the air.
• Qiangu Zhangting struck the ground with his Coiling Dragon Staff, sending righteous golden energy upward to meet Chen An’s Death Dragon Breath.
• The righteous energy purified some death energy, but both forces wore each other down without either gaining clear supremacy.

Chen An’s Death God Dragon overwhelmed Qiangu Zhangting with death energy despite the Evil-Breaking Dragon’s usual ability to suppress darkness. Qiangu Zhangting kept fighting, but the death energy weakened him, leaving Qiangu Dongfeng worried that his grandson would be gravely injured.

• Chen An’s Death God Dragon’s breath overcame the righteous energy from Qiangu Zhangting’s Coiling Dragon Staff, shocking Qiangu Zhangting and Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Qiangu Zhangting activated his winged one-word battle armor and attacked the Death God Dragon, but Chen An met him head-on and knocked him back.
• Qiangu Zhangting and Chen An exchanged dozens of blows as death energy seeped through the armor and corroded Qiangu Zhangting’s life force.
• Qiangu Zhangting unleashed the Unbending Staff Technique and continued fighting, while Chen An’s death energy increasingly weakened his body.
• The spectators saw a close fight, but powerful Soul Masters recognized that victory was shifting toward Chen An as Qiangu Zhangting’s attacks slowed.
• Qiangu Dongfeng began to panic as Qiangu Zhangting’s worsening condition threatened both the match and his grandson’s life.

Chen An’s Death God Dragon defeated Qiangu Zhangting after a prolonged, brutal fight, and Qiangu Dongfeng intervened to end the match before his grandson died. Chen An extracted the remaining Death Qi from Qiangu Zhangting, though the damage it had caused could not be undone.

• Qiangu Dongfeng hesitated to stop the match, fearing both for Qiangu Zhangting’s life and the mental scar defeat might leave him.
• Qiangu Zhangting endured the Death Dragon Breath and repeatedly attacked the Death God Dragon, but its speed and claws gradually wore him down.
• After nearly half an hour of fighting, the Death God Dragon slammed Qiangu Zhangting to the ground and pinned him beneath its claw.
• Chen An refrained from killing Qiangu Zhangting, aware that doing so would bring retaliation from the Spirit Pagoda and harm Gu Yue Na’s prospects there.
• Qiangu Dongfeng declared Qiangu Zhangting defeated and asked Chen An to remove the Death Qi from his body.
• Chen An used the Death God Dragon to draw out the Death Qi still inside Qiangu Zhangting.

Chen An defeated Qiangu Zhangting, but the quarterfinal draw matched him against another championship favorite, Yu Tian. With only a little over three days to recover from his injuries, Chen An faced a difficult path ahead.

• Qiangu Dongfeng conceded the match, and the referee declared Chen An the winner over Qiangu Zhangting.
• Qiangu Zhangting tried to attack Chen An after the match, but Qiangu Dongfeng intervened and took him away.
• Gu Yue Na supported the injured Chen An as he left the competition grounds safely.
• Staff drew the quarterfinal matchups, pairing Gu Yue Na with Yang Wenliang, Tang Wenbin with Du Bin, Chen Yi with Sima Ming, and Chen An with Yu Tian.
• Gu Yue Na worried that Chen An had little time to recover before his quarterfinal against Yu Tian.

Chen An recovered from his battle with Qiangu Zhangting and prepared to compete in the youth division forging event, while Qiangu Dongfeng learned that his grandson’s injuries had greatly shortened his lifespan. The chapter ended with Chen An safely reaching the competition, where spectators expected him to win the championship.

• Chen An told Gu Yue Na that his dragon form gave him an advantage against Yu Tian, then went with her to the infirmary and cafeteria.
• A healer told Qiangu Dongfeng that Qiangu Zhangting had necrotized flesh and organs and had lost much of his lifespan; Qiangu Dongfeng took him to Spirit Pagoda headquarters for better treatment.
• Chen An went to the forging competition despite his injuries, killed an assassin who attacked him on the way, and continued under the protection of two council members.
• Spectators welcomed Chen An to the youth division forging competition, where contestants forged metals for judges to score and select semifinalists.
• The audience and officials considered Chen An the likely champion because his group-stage performance had far surpassed the other contestants.

Chen An finished first in the forging contest with a score of 49.3, putting him in a strong position to advance as the top contestant. Afterward, he noticed a familiar fragrance on a security guard and left still wondering why it seemed strange.

• Chen An completed his forging first and earned a combined score of 49.3 from the five judges.
• Chen An left the competition grounds after exchanging a satisfied look with Zhen Hua.
• Chen An stopped a security guard and asked whether he wore perfume because the man carried a familiar scent.
• The guard explained that someone else might have worn his uniform before, and Chen An continued on without accusing him.
• Chen An asked Uncle Li and Uncle Ma whether they had smelled the fragrance, but they thought he might be overreacting because of the Tang Sect's assassination attempts.

Chen An learned that Sun Moon Royal Academy planned to pressure the Tang Sect through a renewed sanctions proposal, then watched Gu Yue Na advance to the top four of the battle armor design competition. Later, his cultivation became inexplicably difficult, so Gu Yue Na arranged for Bi Ji to examine him the next day.

• Chen An heard that Sun Moon Royal Academy intended to resubmit a proposal to sanction the Tang Sect and treat them as enemies.
• Director Ma told Chen An that security staff at the competition venues rotated regularly and described who provided security at each location.
• Chen An watched Gu Yue Na win the highest score and advance to the top four of the youth division battle armor design competition.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na celebrated her result with a meal before cultivating in their dormitory.
• Chen An stopped cultivating early after sensing something was wrong with his body, and Gu Yue Na suggested his injuries might be responsible.
• Gu Yue Na contacted Di Tian, who agreed to bring Bi Ji to examine Chen An the following day.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na met Bi Ji so she could investigate the abnormality in Chen An’s body. Her first examination found only battle-related disruption, but a closer scan revealed a harmful substance accumulating inside him.

• Di Tian brought Chen An and Gu Yue Na to meet Bi Ji, his wife and an Emerald Swan.
• Gu Yue Na asked Bi Ji to examine Chen An, and Bi Ji initially found only a minor disorder in his vital energy and blood from battle injuries.
• Chen An insisted that his body still felt abnormal, so Bi Ji performed a second, more thorough examination.
• Bi Ji detected a special substance accumulating in Chen An’s body, though he doubted it came from his carefully inspected food.