Vol. 2The Competition and Secret Realm

Su Ye advanced his martial arts and alchemy, won the Four School Grand Competition, and survived a crisis in the Monster Subduing Tower. He recovered, forged a Spiritual Seed, and prepared for the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm and the Spring Outing Cup.

  • Su Ye improved his combat skills and alchemy, advanced his breathing technique with Li Aoxue, and earned Ye Tianlin’s approval to cultivate with Ye Xingli and receive a custom weapon.
  • Su Ye trained with Xu Yong’s soldiers, tempered twenty-nine Martial Bones, and mastered Level 1 Alchemy by refining Beauty Pills.
  • Su Ye comprehended Sword Qi and received the sword Return to the World from Ye Tianlin and Ye Wentian.
  • Su Ye defeated Lin Feiting with Sword Qi and his sea of blood, while Tan Bai secretly betrayed the military and Fang Yaoxian confronted Su Ye over Ye Xingli.
  • Su Ye won the alchemy contest and reached the Monster Subduing Tower’s forty-ninth floor ahead of the other competitors.
  • Yao Hong trapped 120 students on the tower’s Eighty-first Floor, and Su Ye confronted her black bear after stopping Ye Xingli from fighting.
  • Su Ye defeated Yao Hong’s Azure Turtle, saved 119 students, then recovered at Dongyong Camp and forged a Black-and-White Spiritual Seed.
  • Su Ye declared he would compete for first place in the Spring Outing Cup and astonished Zhang Tan by refining four Grade Two Peak pills into nearly perfect Third-grade Mid-tier pills.
Chapters 101–200 Read from ch. 101

Arc 5Preparing for the Grand Competition

Su Ye strengthened his martial arts and alchemy, trained with Xu Yong’s soldiers, and advanced his breathing technique through cultivation with Li Aoxue. After impressing Ye Tianlin with his skill and a glimpse of a Blood Sea, Su Ye earned permission to dual cultivate with Ye Xingli and a promise of a custom Origin Power Weapon.

  • Su Ye developed the Nine Limits Secret Art, improved his alchemy, and began sparring with Xu Yong, whose lessons exposed flaws in his combat skills.
  • Xu Yong explained Ye Xingli’s unstable demon blood and arranged for Su Ye to help her through dual cultivation in exchange for an Origin Power Weapon.
  • Su Ye cultivated with Li Aoxue, advanced his breathing technique, and helped her reach the sixth level of her method.
  • Su Ye mastered Level 1 Alchemy and began refining Beauty Pills, succeeding on his third attempt under Zhang Jing’s guidance.
  • Su Ye trained against veteran soldiers, broke through to twenty-one Martial Bones against Old Zhang, and later reached twenty-nine Martial Bones.
  • Su Ye advanced his breathing technique to the second extreme while cultivating with Li Aoxue, who agreed to stay in Shenyun City and train with him.
  • Ye Tianlin tested Su Ye, agreed to forge his weapon, and gave him and Ye Xingli jade pendants to support their dual cultivation.
  • Su Ye fought the Ye Family chief steward, displayed a Blood Sea vision through his sword, and gained Ye Tianlin’s approval to cultivate with Ye Xingli before the competition.
Chapters 101–125 Summaries Read

Arc 6The Four School Challenge

Su Ye advanced his swordsmanship and alchemy while the Lin Family tried to undermine him, then stunned Shenyun First High School by defeating Lin Feiting with Sword Qi and his sea of blood. As the Four School Grand Competition approached, Tan Bai secretly betrayed the military for a chance to advance, and Fang Yaoxian challenged Su Ye over Ye Xingli.

  • Su Ye met Yao Hong at the library, then comprehended Sword Qi through study and training with his incomplete Sea of Blood Scenery.
  • Ye Tianlin and Ye Wentian tested Su Ye with the Soul Sculpting Stone, concealed the full extent of his Spiritual Power, and forged him the sword Gui Shi, which Su Ye named Return to the World.
  • Su Ye displayed Sword Qi and refined Second-grade Pills, while he and Zhang Jing refused Head Steward Lin’s demand to surrender the Heavenly Pill Pavilion’s alchemy room.
  • Su Ye tempered more Martial Bones as Shenyun First High School began selecting its team, and Lin Qingyue revealed thirty-nine Martial Bones before Su Ye faced Lin Feiting.
  • Su Ye fought Lin Feiting with a blade of grass, Sword Qi, dual sword intents, and his sea of blood, forcing Lin Feiting to his knees before Principal Sun Rui stopped his renewed attack.
  • Sun Rui urged Su Ye to withdraw from the competition, but Su Ye demonstrated his foundation and refused, while Tan Bai announced the citywide event and secretly traded a military formation talisman for Heavenly Demon Rare Blood.
  • Fang Yaoxian confronted Su Ye about Ye Xingli and their matching pendants, but Su Ye dodged his punch and cut his school badge with Sword Qi.
Chapters 126–150 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Four School Grand Competition

Su Ye dominated the alchemy and martial arts competitions, winning the grand prize and revealing strength that stunned Shenyun City. The contest turned into a crisis when Yao Hong trapped the students in the Monster Subduing Tower and sent an overwhelming black bear against them, leaving Su Ye to face it.

  • Su Ye helped Ye Xingli advance her meditation method and control her demon blood, then prepared for the Four School Grand Competition.
  • Su Ye used the Four Symbols Inlaid Pill Method and Hundred Heavenly Crafts to refine a Third-grade Spirit Charging Pill, defeating Fang Yaoxian and winning the alchemy contest and the Level 7 Jingyun Alchemy Furnace.
  • Su Ye solved the incomplete formulas faster than the other contestants and secured first place, while Fang Yaoxian accepted his loss but vowed to keep pursuing Ye Xingli.
  • Su Ye raced through the Monster Subduing Tower, defeating Demon Beasts with one sword strike and reaching the forty-ninth floor ahead of every other competitor.
  • A million Demon Beasts led by Blood Butcher advanced on Shenyun City as Yao Hong revealed she was Po Jun’s Soul Separation and trapped all 120 students on the tower’s Eighty-first Floor.
  • Yao Hong unleashed an Eighty-one Bones Tempered black bear and forced the authorities to choose between saving the students and protecting civilians.
  • Ye Xingli prepared to fight using her demon blood, but Su Ye stopped her, revealed that he had tempered forty-nine Martial Bones, and went to confront the black bear.
Chapters 151–175 Summaries Read

Arc 8The Spring Outing Cup Challenge

After surviving the Monster Subduing Tower crisis, Su Ye recovered, forged a Spiritual Seed, and prepared to enter the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm and the Spring Outing Cup. He proved his rising mastery by refining four Grade Two Peak pills into nearly perfect Third-grade Mid-tier pills before Zhang Tan and the others.

  • Su Ye defeated Yao Hong’s Azure Turtle with the Seventh Limit, saved 119 students, and collapsed from his injuries as Wang Xun defended him against the Lin Family’s demands.
  • At Dongyong Camp, Su Ye recovered with Xu Yong’s help, forged his fiftieth Martial Bone, and condensed a Black-and-White Spiritual Seed despite warnings to rest.
  • Su Ye absorbed the Sea of Blood Water and learned that the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm would reopen in two months, then secured Xu Yong’s agreement to join the expedition.
  • After the Heavenly Pill Pavilion backed Chen Kai for the Spring Outing Cup, Su Ye arranged a separate sponsorship and declared that he would compete for first place.
  • Su Ye refined hundreds of pill batches, improved his alchemy, and tested his new Sea of Blood Submergence strike against Li Aoxue.
  • Su Ling and Lin Qingyue announced their Engagement Banquet, while Su Ling claimed Su Ye could not match him and Su Li demanded that Su Ye kneel and apologize before returning to the Su Family.
  • Zhang Tan tested Su Ye’s Spiritual Power and found it comparable to a Spirit Splitting Martial Artist’s, then invited him to demonstrate his alchemy.
  • Su Ye used Hundred Heavenly Crafts and the Four Symbols Inlaid Pill Method to refine four Grade Two Peak pills into nearly perfect Third-grade Mid-tier pills, leaving Zhang Tan and the others astonished and Fang Yaoxian enlightened.
Chapters 176–200 Summaries Read
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