Chapter Summaries

Chen An and Gu Yue Na investigated the harmful substance found in Chen An’s body and suspected that a strange fragrance had introduced it. When Bi Ji could not remove the substance, Chen An brought out the Devouring Sky Cauldron to try drawing it out himself.

• Bi Ji examined Gu Yue Na and found no trace of the substance, ruling out their shared food as its likely source.
• Chen An recalled a strange fragrance and suspected it had carried the substance into his body; he and Gu Yue Na considered the Tang Sect responsible.
• Bi Ji tried to remove the substance but found it had fused with Chen An’s body and resisted her efforts.
• Bi Ji proposed using her true form, but Chen An asked to try his own method first.
• Chen An summoned the Devouring Sky Cauldron and explained that he would use it to devour the substance; Gu Yue Na warned him to stop if it harmed him.

Chen An used the Devouring Sky Cauldron to remove a hidden poison from his body, and Bi Ji confirmed that he was clear of it. After drawing out and refining the poison, he and Gu Yue Na considered using it against the Tang Sect or Shrek Academy.

• Chen An used the Devouring Sky Cauldron to draw the special substance out of his body, exhausting his Soul Power in the process.
• Bi Ji examined Chen An and confirmed that she could no longer sense the substance inside him.
• Chen An drew the extracted substance from the cauldron and identified it as a poison that likely needed specific conditions to activate.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na discussed using the refined poison against the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy to sow suspicion and conflict.
• Chen An said he had also considered framing Federation officials or the Spirit Pagoda's upper ranks, but did not think that plan would be reliable.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na investigated a Tang Sect poison and devised a plan to use it against Tang Sect or Shrek Academy members after they failed to find records identifying it. They then entered the youth division quarterfinals against the Western Legion, where Chen An opened the match with Death Dragon Breath and the opponents used prepared defenses.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na discussed how the poison might be used, but an attacker ambushed them outside the hotel and Di Tian killed him.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na searched Tang Sect records for a poison matching its covert, delayed, lethal effects and distinctive fragrance, but found no match.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na agreed to plan carefully how to use the poison against Tang Sect or Shrek Academy members.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na joined Sun Moon Royal Academy for its quarterfinal match against the Western Legion, whose lineup had two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings.
• The Western Legion team charged Chen An and Gu Yue Na, who received support enhancements before Chen An transformed into the Death God Dragon and unleashed Death Dragon Breath.
• The Western Legion fighters covered their mouths and noses with damp towels and shielded themselves with Soul Power to resist Chen An's death energy.

Sun Moon Royal Academy defeated the Western Legion team, and Gu Yue Na and Tang Wenbin advanced to the individual semifinals. Tang Wenbin set his sights on Chen An, intending to trigger the poison in his body if they met in the next round.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na overwhelmed the Western Legion team and led Sun Moon Royal Academy to victory and a place in the semifinals.
• Gu Yue Na defeated Yang Wenliang with flexible elemental attacks, becoming the first youth division competitor to reach the semifinals and its youngest semifinalist.
• Tang Wenbin defeated Du Bin after overpowering his Sky Shaker Axe with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Wenbin looked toward Chen An and planned to activate the Seven Day Fragrance poison in his body if they met.
• Chen An noticed Tang Wenbin's provocative gaze from the private box and smiled without responding.

Chen An faced Yu Tian in the final quarterfinal match, battling the soul beasts Yu Tian drew into existence. Chen An fought off the creatures but was surrounded by an endless stream, leaving the match unresolved as he risked being worn down.

• Chen Yi defeated Sima Ming to claim the third semifinal spot, leaving Chen An and Yu Tian to compete for the last place.
• Chen An and Yu Tian exchanged courteous words before the match, and Chen An remembered Xu Lang's warning to avoid seriously injuring Yu Tian.
• Chen An summoned the Scythe of Death and charged Yu Tian, who drew a powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Dragon Emperor to attack him.
• Chen An evaded the dragon emperor and destroyed several weaker drawn soul beasts as he tried to reach Yu Tian.
• Yu Tian continued drawing soul beasts to surround Chen An, who kept fighting until his arm grew nearly numb from the relentless assault.

Chen An defeated Yu Tian to reach the youth division individual competition’s top four, then advanced to the forging competition finals while confirming that the Tang Sect had been poisoning him. After extracting and refining the accumulated substance, he and Gu Yue Na decided to use the poison against Tang Sect personnel.

• Chen An transformed into the Death God Dragon, overcame Yu Tian’s drawn Soul Beasts, and forced Yu Tian to concede after more than twenty minutes.
• The top-four draw paired Chen An against Tang Wenbin and Gu Yue Na against Chen Yi in the semifinals four days later.
• Chen An advanced from the forging competition’s top-four round to the finals with the best score.
• Chen An asked Gu Yue Na to contact Di Tian, and Bi Ji confirmed that another trace of the suspected poison had entered his body through the distinctive fragrance.
• Chen An extracted the substance with the Devouring Sky Cauldron, and it fused with the earlier sample into a more dangerous form.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na decided to use the poison on Tang Sect personnel.

Chen An advanced to the individual competition semifinals against Tang Wenbin, a powerful Tang Sect fighter, while Sun Moon Royal Academy also reached the youth team finals. The chapter ended as Chen An and Tang Wenbin released their Martial Souls and prepared for a match expected to decide life and death.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na led Sun Moon Royal Academy's team to victory in the semifinals, setting up a final against the Central Legion six days later.
• The audience filled Sun Moon Royal Academy's Grand Stadium to watch the individual competition semifinal between Chen An and Tang Wenbin.
• The host introduced Tang Wenbin's Clear Sky Hammer and Chen An's victories over Qiangu Zhangting and Yu Tian.
• Chen An and Tang Wenbin faced each other onstage, each viewing the other as an enemy to defeat.
• Chen An manifested deathly energy and Gray Dragon Scales, while Tang Wenbin summoned his lightning-wreathed hammer and six Soul Rings.

Chen An faced Tang Wenbin in a grudge-match semifinal and chose to meet the Clear Sky Hammer with his Profound Gold Battle Hammer. Their fight began as a brutal contest of strength, while Qiangu Dongfeng watched and considered Chen An’s powerful weapon and the force behind him.

• Gu Yue Na prayed for Chen An to win as the referee started the semifinal match.
• Chen An summoned the Profound Gold Battle Hammer instead of his Scythe of Death, surprising the audience and drawing Tang Wenbin’s attention.
• Tang Wenbin and Chen An exchanged threats and declared that they would decide who lived or died.
• The two men clashed their hammers repeatedly, with Chen An taking one fewer step backward in their first collision.
• Qiangu Dongfeng judged the Profound Gold Battle Hammer to be an artifact-grade weapon and wondered about the power of Chen An and Gu Yue Na’s families.
• Qiangu Dongfeng planned to use Chen An against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect before seeking an explanation for Yiting.

Chen An shifted from the power of the Death God Dragon to a golden armored form, revealing an ability that made onlookers suspect he had Twin Martial Souls. His strength overwhelmed Tang Wenbin’s, reversing the advantage in their hammer duel.

• Tang Wenbin activated his first three Soul Skills and began overpowering Chen An in their hammer clashes.
• Chen An withdrew the Death God Dragon’s power, then covered himself in golden armor that spectators mistook for battle armor.
• Gu Yue Na recognized the armor as one of Chen An’s abilities, while Xu Lin and other observers suspected he had a second Martial Soul.
• Chen An met Tang Wenbin’s next Clear Sky Hammer strike and blasted him backward, taking control of the fight.

Chen An and Tang Wenbin fought a hammer duel as Tang Wenbin combined the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to build unstoppable momentum. Their clash left Tang Wenbin badly injured, while the worried spectators watched as the fight continued with Chen An beginning to lose his strength advantage.

• Chen An repeatedly disrupted Tang Wenbin’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer until Tang Wenbin used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade the interruptions.
• Tang Wenbin stacked the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer’s power, and Chen An chose to meet his attacks head-on.
• Tang Wenbin’s strength caught up with and then surpassed Chen An’s as the hammer strikes continued to build.
• The repeated collisions cracked and bloodied Tang Wenbin’s arms, shoulders, and chest, while Gu Yue Na and Xu Lin’s group worried about Chen An.
• Zang Xin watched from the Abyss Battlefield and worried that Tang Wenbin was risking severe injury instead of activating the Seven Day Fragrance inside Chen An.

Tang Wenbin pushed his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to increasingly dangerous levels while Chen An transformed into the Golden Armor War God Ape and let him continue attacking. As Tang Wenbin reached the seventieth strike, Zang Xin called for the match to be stopped before he died.

• Zang Xin worried about Tang Wenbin’s safety and the Tang Sect’s relationship with the Clear Sky Sect as he watched the livestream.
• Tang Wenbin’s fiftieth and fifty-first hammer strikes overwhelmed Chen An, who transformed into the Golden Armor War God Ape.
• Chen An knocked away Tang Wenbin’s attacks but allowed him to keep stacking the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer toward eighty-one strikes.
• Tang Wenbin reached the seventieth strike, and Zang Xin called the Tang Sect official at the venue to stop him before the accumulated force killed him.

Chen An and Tang Wenbin continued their match as a fight to the death despite Cui Shan’s attempt to stop it. Tang Wenbin unleashed the eighty-first strike of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer as Chen An gathered all his power for a decisive blow, leaving their collision about to determine the outcome.

• Cui Shan declared that Tang Wenbin had conceded, but Xu Lin blocked him from reaching the stage and argued that the fighters should decide the match themselves.
• Tang Wenbin refused to concede and secretly tried to activate the Seven Day Fragrance poison inside Chen An.
• Cui Shan withdrew after Xu Lin and the Sun Moon Royal Academy experts warned him off, and Zang Xin accepted that Tang Wenbin might die.
• Tang Wenbin reached the eighty-first strike of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and combined it with his sixth Soul Skill.
• Chen An used his Golden Armor War God Ape transformation and prepared his Innate Skill, One Hammer Decides, as the two launched their final blows.

Chen An defeated Tang Wenbin in a brutal hammer clash and revealed that the Seven Day Fragrance poison would not kill him. After Tang Wenbin died, Chen An survived the match but provoked Cui Shan, leaving their enmity unresolved.

• Chen An's Mystic Gold Heavy Hammer clashed with Tang Wenbin's Clear Sky Hammer, sending Tang Wenbin flying and leaving both fighters badly wounded.
• Tang Wenbin claimed the Seven Day Fragrance poison would kill Chen An within seven days, but Chen An revealed he had neutralized it.
• Chen An grabbed Tang Wenbin and smashed him into the ground in front of Cui Shan, killing him gruesomely.
• The referee declared Chen An the winner, and the crowd cheered as Gu Yue Na rushed to support him.
• Chen An told Gu Yue Na he would explain the Golden Armor War God Ape's power later, then taunted Cui Shan with a throat-slitting gesture.

Chen An killed Tang Wenbin in the Federation Grand Competition, provoking the Clear Sky Sect, while Gu Yue Na fought Chen Yi for the final place in the finals. The chapter ended with Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Zhan learning of his grandson’s death and losing control of his power.

• Chen An killed Tang Wenbin, then left the stage with Gu Yue Na as spectators reacted and Cui Shan questioned whether the Seven Day Fragrance toxin had taken effect.
• Cui Shan warned Xu Lin that Tang Wenbin was the Clear Sky Sect Master’s grandson and that the sect would seek revenge, then left the venue.
• Gu Yue Na fought Chen Yi and gradually gained the advantage because her water-element control suppressed his Vast Sea Martial Soul.
• Zang Xin contacted Tang Zhan to report that Chen An had killed Tang Wenbin in the Federation Grand Competition.
• Tang Zhan demanded confirmation, then erupted with energy when Zang Xin repeated the news, shaking the Clear Sky Sect’s hall.

After Tang Wenbin’s death, Tang Zhan and the Clear Sky Sect learned that Chen An might die from the Seven Day Fragrance poison within seven days, but a powerful protector made immediate revenge too dangerous. Tang Xian suggested asking the two patriarchs to help if the poison failed to kill Chen An.

• Zang Xin told Tang Zhan that Chen An had killed Tang Wenbin and claimed the Seven Day Fragrance poison would kill Chen An within seven days.
• Tang Zhan initially wanted to attack Chen An immediately, but Zang Xin warned him that Chen An had a protector as powerful as Yun Ming, so Tang Zhan agreed to wait seven days.
• Tang Zhan told Tang Xian and the Clear Sky Sect experts how Tang Wenbin died, and they agreed to postpone their revenge until the seven days had passed.
• Tang Xian suggested inviting the two patriarchs to deal with Chen An’s powerful protector if the poison did not kill him.

After Gu Yue Na defeated Chen Yi, she and Chen An recovered from their injuries and privately discussed his unusual powers. Chen An revealed that he was a soul beast able to absorb other bloodlines, leaving Gu Yue Na wondering whether his pursuit of a Devouring Attribute soul spirit was meant to give him a third bloodline.

• Tang Zhan rejected the suggestion to seek help from the two secluded Clear Sky Sect ancestors, choosing to wait and see how events developed.
• Gu Yue Na defeated Chen Yi and advanced to the youth division final, where she would face Chen An.
• Gu Yue Na and Chen An received treatment while Tang Sect members called for revenge against Chen An, but their superiors stopped them.
• After eating and returning to their room, Gu Yue Na questioned Chen An about his mechanized ape form and apparent Twin Martial Souls.
• Chen An explained that he was a soul beast without its own bloodline that could absorb and fuse with others, revealing that he had gained the powers of the Death God Dragon and Golden Armor War God Ape.
• Gu Yue Na connected Chen An's ability to his earlier interest in a Devouring Attribute soul spirit and asked whether he meant to gain a third bloodline.

Chen An revealed several of his Bloodlines to Gu Yue Na, especially his Three-Eyed Golden Lion Bloodline, which convinced her of his importance to the soul beast race. He explained the Bloodline’s origin and admitted that his earlier account of his true form had been incomplete, while keeping the Creation Holy Tree secret.

• Chen An told Gu Yue Na that he had four Bloodlines: the Death God Dragon, Golden Armor War God Ape, Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and a fourth Devouring-attribute Bloodline.
• Chen An revealed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Fate Eye, and Gu Yue Na realized his Bloodline could benefit the soul beast race.
• Chen An secretly decided to conceal the Creation Holy Tree and maintain his claim that he was a soul beast.
• Chen An claimed his Bloodline had transformed pure spiritual power into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Bloodline, and Gu Yue Na accepted that explanation as possible.
• Chen An told Gu Yue Na that he had once been a mass of energy before taking human form, and they argued over who had first called him a dragon.

Chen An agreed to take Gu Yue Na to Dragon Valley during the Spring Festival holiday, then brought her and Di Tian to Heaven Dou City to secretly release poison at a Tang Sect branch. The poison was meant to strike the Tang Sect hard without alerting those who might recognize it.

• Gu Yue Na asked to visit Chen An's world, and he agreed to take her to Dragon Valley during the Spring Festival holiday.
• Chen An revealed that Dragon Valley was connected to the Dragon God and held buried dragon clans and energy dragon souls.
• Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and Di Tian left the academy and used Di Tian's Space Channel to travel to Heaven Dou City.
• Chen An released a sealed cluster of poison from the Devouring Sky Cauldron and told Di Tian to carry it into the Tang Sect branch so it could spread naturally.

Di Tian secretly released Seven Day Fragrance at the Tang Sect branch headquarters in Heaven Dou City, while Chen An and Gu Yue Na returned to the academy and recovered. The next day, the poison began making disciples ill, prompting the branch hall to launch an emergency investigation.

• Di Tian infiltrated the Tang Sect branch headquarters in Heaven Dou City and released the poison before escaping with Chen An and Gu Yue Na.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na spent their day off resting and cultivating while wondering whether the poison had been discovered.
• Zang Xin believed Chen An was beginning to suffer from Seven Day Fragrance on its second day.
• Tang Sect disciples in Heaven Dou City fell ill, and medical staff could not identify the cause or treat them effectively.
• The branch hall's person in charge ordered examinations for all members and demanded an urgent investigation into the illness.

Nearly seventy percent of the Tang Sect personnel at the Heaven Dou City headquarters, including its hall master, fell ill from Seven Day Fragrance, an incurable poison. Hall Master Yang could not offer a cure, and the poisoned members turned on the Poison Hall as they searched for someone to blame.

• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect hall master contacted headquarters for help after widespread symptoms appeared among the sect’s personnel.
• Hall Master Yang of the Poison Hall examined the victims and identified the poison as Seven Day Fragrance.
• Hall Master Yang revealed that the poison had no known cure, leaving the victims with only seven days to live.
• The poisoned members panicked, begged Hall Master Yang for help, and began to suspect one another of poisoning them.
• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect hall master demanded that Hall Master Yang explain how the tightly guarded poison had been used against them.