Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo reached Skyfall Cliff, explored its city, and discovered that the mysterious ruler was a Star Herding Saint. At an inn on Frostwind Street, he unexpectedly came face-to-face with Xia Qingyu, the man whose photograph he had seen as his father.

• Ji Xinghuo tested the Dimensional Stomach's boulder attack, then traveled toward Skyfall Cliff on Azure Rainbow.
• Ji Xinghuo entered Skyfall Cliff by elevator and observed the Snow Ape Giants guarding the city and the palace of its hidden ruler.
• Ji Xinghuo found an inn on Frostwind Street, where a powerful man had just driven a Dan person away after a fight.
• Ji Xinghuo recognized the man at the bar as the person in the photograph he had seen on his twenty-second birthday, and Xia Qingyu introduced himself and asked Ji Xinghuo's name.

Ji Xinghuo met his biological father, Xia Qingyu, at Skyfall Cliff and discussed their relationship, his progress as an Advanced Esper, and his search for Gale Wind Beasts. Xia Qingyu told him about a looming war between the Blood Rage Tribe and the Skull Crusher Tribe, and asked whether Ji Xinghuo wanted Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals.

• Ji Xinghuo met Xia Qingyu, who sent away Aya Tu and invited Ji Xinghuo to drink with him.
• Xia Qingyu and Ji Xinghuo agreed that they owed each other nothing, and Xia Qingyu learned Ji Xinghuo had become an Advanced Esper and reached the Bloody Highlands alone.
• Xia Qingyu offered to show Ji Xinghuo around Skyfall Cliff, but warned him that Gale Wind Beasts were rare and difficult to find.
• Ji Xinghuo asked about large-scale tribal wars, and Xia Qingyu reported that the Blood Rage Tribe was recruiting mercenaries for a likely war against the Skull Crusher Tribe.
• Xia Qingyu explained the rival tribes' history and asked whether Ji Xinghuo was seeking Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals.

Ji Xinghuo learned that Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals could grant additional chances to fuse Ability Seeds, then moved into Xia Qingyu’s home at Skyfall Cliff. He was settling in when an enraged Highlander mistook him for Xia Qingyu and attacked.

• Xia Qingyu explained that Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals formed from mass deaths and warned that repeated use could turn someone into a Scarlet Emperor Follower.
• Ji Xinghuo and Xia Qingyu discussed their families, and Xia Qingyu apologized for not raising him.
• After drinking together, Xia Qingyu invited Ji Xinghuo to stay at his house near the Snow Ape Giant tribe.
• Ji Xinghuo cleaned the house and courtyard, then went out to learn the neighborhood and buy supplies.
• A powerful Highlander woman vaulted into the courtyard, mistook Ji Xinghuo for Xia Qingyu, and swung her axe at him.

Ji Xinghuo subdued Misha when she attacked Xia Qingyu, then learned their quarrel had been resolved and revealed his strength and Sky Ladder rank to Xia Qingyu. Seeking a way to join the Blood Rage Tribe’s war and obtain a Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystal, Ji Xinghuo asked Misha to take him there, and she agreed on the condition that she would get priority if they found a crystal.

• Misha attacked Xia Qingyu, but Ji Xinghuo disarmed and defeated her before Xia Qingyu revealed that Ji Xinghuo was his cousin.
• Misha chased Xia Qingyu from the courtyard, then returned with him that evening, apologized to Ji Xinghuo, and took back her axe.
• Xia Qingyu learned Ji Xinghuo was ranked forty-ninth on the Sky Ladder and had defeated Zhao Manying, then marveled at his strength.
• Ji Xinghuo asked Xia Qingyu how he could join the Blood Rage Tribe’s war and obtain a Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystal, and Xia Qingyu suggested asking Misha to take him.
• Misha agreed to take Ji Xinghuo to the Blood Rage Tribe but demanded priority if they obtained a Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystal.

Ji Xinghuo negotiated with Misha and Xia Qingyu to guide him into the Blood Rage Tribe, then traveled with them to enlist for its war against the Skull Crusher Tribe. At the recruitment compound, Blood Warrior He Yan announced the battle’s terms and ordered the applicants to prove their strength.

• Ji Xinghuo rejected Misha’s demand for first pick of a Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystal and used Azure Rainbow to deter her when she challenged him.
• Ji Xinghuo offered Misha an Aether Crystal and a share of spoils to guide him into the Blood Rage Tribe; Misha accepted, and Xia Qingyu joined for two Golden Dragon Coins.
• The next morning, Ji Xinghuo, Misha, and Xia Qingyu rode into the Highlanders’ district on Skyfall Cliff and reached the Blood Rage Tribe’s recruitment compound.
• Ji Xinghuo recognized the recruitment officer, He Yan, as a fifth-rank legendary Blood Warrior.
• He Yan said the Blood Rage Tribe’s war against the Skull Crusher Tribe would produce at least two hundred Blood Crystals, outlined the rewards and restrictions, and ordered the applicants to defeat his warriors.

Ji Xinghuo, Misha, and Xia Qingyu passed the Blood Rage Tribe’s combat test, and Ji Xinghuo gained He Yan’s respect by demonstrating his archery and claiming to be True Dragon People. On their way through Skyfall Cliff, Ji Xinghuo encountered a Star Herding Saint, who vanished after meeting his gaze and then spoke to him telepathically.

• He Yan killed a Dan person who questioned the test and forced the man’s teammates into a deadly fight against Highlander warriors.
• A mixed hunting team defeated its Highlander opponents and passed the test to fight alongside the Blood Rage Tribe.
• Ji Xinghuo, Misha, and Xia Qingyu defeated three Highlanders through coordinated fighting, with Ji Xinghuo disabling their ranged threats using precise arrows.
• Ji Xinghuo claimed that he and Xia Qingyu were True Dragon People, earning a friendlier reception from He Yan before the trio left.
• Misha confronted Xia Qingyu about lying about his origins as they rode toward his home.
• Ji Xinghuo recognized a strange-looking man at a roadside stall as a Star Herding Saint; after their eyes met, the man vanished and spoke into Ji Xinghuo’s mind about his secrets.

Ji Xinghuo met Void Spirit Traveler, a Star Herding Saint who revealed his interest in Ji Xinghuo’s future and offered friendship and fair trade. With a Skyfall Token, Ji Xinghuo went to meet Snow Ape Giant chieftain Cold Hill, where the chapter ended.

• Ji Xinghuo learned that Void Spirit Traveler was an Astral Traveler who had glimpsed Ji Xinghuo’s astonishing possible future.
• Void Spirit Traveler said he would not coerce Ji Xinghuo, and the two agreed to become friends.
• Void Spirit Traveler revealed that he was Lord of Heavenfall Cliff, described his trading post, and gave Ji Xinghuo a Skyfall Token to take to Cold Hill.
• After Void Spirit Traveler’s mental connection ended, Ji Xinghuo traveled to the Snow Ape Giant Tribe and presented the token to its patrol.
• Ji Xinghuo met Chieftain Cold Hill, a Rank Six Giant, and greeted him.

Ji Xinghuo reviewed Skyfall Cliff’s secret trading list and found a Magnetic Spirit Star Nucleus ideally suited to his advancement, but its price was far beyond his means. Cold Hill then offered him the special option of hiring Snow Ape Giants, and Ji Xinghuo asked what it would cost.

• Cold Hill registered Ji Xinghuo as Skyfall Cliff’s 487th honored guest and warned him to keep the Void Spirit Traveler and their trades secret.
• Ji Xinghuo read the trading list and became interested in a Magnetic Spirit Star Nucleus priced at three hundred Aether Crystals, though he had only two.
• Ji Xinghuo examined the expensive Ability Seeds, weapons, spacecraft, and rare treasures for sale, as well as the items the Void Spirit Traveler wanted to buy.
• Ji Xinghuo saw that Azure Sky Fruits could be exchanged for Aether Crystals and thought of Ren Mian, whom he had not seen for over a year.
• Cold Hill said the Snow Ape Giants could be hired as a special favor from the Void Spirit Traveler, and Ji Xinghuo asked about their price.

Ji Xinghuo joined a Blood Rage Tribe expedition bound for a bloody battle, but a Mist Hidden Dragon ambushed the marching force before they arrived. After the dragon killed hundreds, it turned its attack toward Ji Xinghuo, Xia Qingyu, and Misha.

• Ji Xinghuo rejected Cold Hill's costly offer to hire Snow Ape Giants and spent several days exploring Skyfall Cliff and cultivating.
• Xia Qingyu returned to the house while fleeing Aya Tu and her family, then told Ji Xinghuo that the Blood Rage Tribe was departing that day.
• Ji Xinghuo, Xia Qingyu, and Misha joined more than three thousand mercenaries and Blood Rage Tribe warriors marching toward the tribe's territory.
• Near dawn on the third day, Ji Xinghuo sensed danger, and He Yan ordered the expedition to spread out as a Mist Hidden Dragon appeared overhead.
• The Mist Hidden Dragon's first breath killed over two hundred people, then it pursued Ji Xinghuo, Xia Qingyu, and Misha as it prepared another attack.

Ji Xinghuo helped Xia Qingyu and Misha survive a Mist Hidden Dragon attack, then watched He Yan battle its Dragon Lord as the creature devastated the army. After the survivors resumed their march, Ji Xinghuo upgraded Rotating Magnetic Field and discovered he could sense and control metal.

• Ji Xinghuo interrupted the Mist Shadow Dragon’s breath attack with an Exploding Flame Arrow, then wounded its Dragon Lord with a Capacitor Arrow while escaping on Azure Rainbow.
• He Yan fought the Mist Shadow Dragon and its Dragon Lord but could not defeat them, and the dragon killed more than a thousand people before vanishing at dawn.
• He Yan gathered the survivors and continued toward the Blood Rage Tribe while Ji Xinghuo, Xia Qingyu, and Misha stayed with the mercenaries.
• Ji Xinghuo spent Spirit Source Energy to raise Rotating Magnetic Field to Level 4 and gained the ability to sense and control metal at short range.

Ji Xinghuo discovered that his upgraded Rotating Magnetic Field had granted him remote Metal Manipulation, which he planned to combine with electromagnetic force to launch javelins. After reaching the Blood Rage Tribe’s fortress with the surviving mercenaries, he went to a forge and ordered twenty javelins.

• Ji Xinghuo tested Metal Manipulation, found its range matched his Electrostatic Field, and realized he could charge and launch metal with electromagnetic force.
• Ji Xinghuo spent his remaining Spirit Source Energy on Electrostatic Field, expanding its range to about fifteen meters.
• Overseer Duo Tai arrived on a Radiant-level Blood Demon Bat, struck He Yan for his losses, and ordered the army to continue toward the tribe.
• Ji Xinghuo and the mercenaries reached the Blood Rage Fortress, where he observed the tribe’s defenses and spent the night in a military camp.
• Ji Xinghuo visited a forge, selected a heavy black metal javelin, and ordered a blacksmith to make twenty of that specification.

Ji Xinghuo met Dragon Warrior Huang Yanlan at Blood Rage Fortress, but their awkward introduction stirred up trouble with her teammates. When they confronted Ji Xinghuo and Xia Qingyu, he swiftly defeated them, leaving Huang Yanlan fascinated by him.

• Ji Xinghuo watched Huang Yanlan, a Dragon Warrior, spar with Martial Artist Ji Rong and recognized her dragon abilities.
• Huang Yanlan thanked Ji Xinghuo for saving people from Wu Yin Shengchen's dragon breath, then discovered his Dragon Blood Ability Seed and Saint Scale when she grabbed his hand.
• Huang Yanlan's teammates insulted Ji Xinghuo, and Xia Qingyu mocked them until the Shadow Dancer and Ji Rong confronted him in the tent.
• Ji Xinghuo used Flash Step and lightning to knock down the Shadow Dancer, Ji Rong, the Plant Witch's attack, and the Evil Wind Adept.
• Huang Yanlan's teammates noticed that she had watched Ji Xinghuo instead of joining the fight.

Ji Xinghuo and his companions joined He Yan’s army in a night assault on a Biao Clan settlement, where the Highlanders clashed with a stronger force of Blood-Eyed Biao Clan warriors. As the battle intensified, Ji Xinghuo’s precise archery cleared enemies around him and drove his Spirit Source Energy above 4,000 points.

• He Yan ended the tent dispute, and Huang Yanlan moved her team to another tent rather than challenge Ji Xinghuo.
• He Yan summoned Ji Xinghuo, Xia Qingyu, and Misha with five thousand Highlander warriors, then led them west to attack a Biao Clan settlement.
• The Highlander army reached the settlement and charged uphill against more than three thousand assembled Biao Clan warriors.
• The two armies collided, and elite Biao Clan fighters broke into the Highlander ranks while He Yan and other legendary warriors confronted them.
• Misha charged into the enemy formation, Xia Qingyu protected her from ambushers, and Ji Xinghuo fired arrows from Azure Rainbow.
• Ji Xinghuo killed Biao Clan warriors with repeated headshots, cleared the area around him, and accumulated more than 4,000 Spirit Source Energy in under two minutes.

Ji Xinghuo held a hillside position with the mercenaries and helped the Highlanders turn the battle against the Biao Clan. After he wounded a legendary Biao Clan warrior with a javelin, He Yan and the other Blood Warriors killed him, and Ji Xinghuo finished the battle with 33,540 Spirit Source Energy.

• Ji Xinghuo evaded a legendary Biao Clan warrior’s spear and killed several attackers while protecting Azure Rainbow, Xia Qingyu, and Misha.
• Ji Xinghuo stopped Xia Qingyu and Misha from joining a disastrous cavalry charge, then held high ground and supported the mercenaries with precise arrows.
• Huang Yanlan and her teammates joined Ji Xinghuo’s defense, and the mercenaries formed an arc-shaped line that pinned down the Biao Clan’s rear as the Highlanders gained the advantage.
• A legendary Biao Clan warrior sacrificed his blood to attack Ji Xinghuo, but Ji Xinghuo hurled an electrified Steel Javelin through his chest and fled on Azure Rainbow.
• He Yan and two other Highlander Blood Warriors killed the wounded legend, and the Highlanders slaughtered the remaining Biao Clan forces.
• Ji Xinghuo checked his Myriad Stellar Eye and found that he had gained 33,540 Spirit Source Energy.

After the Highlanders defeated the Biao Clan, Ji Xinghuo gained more than forty thousand Spirit Source Energy as Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals formed from the dead. He Yan rewarded Ji Xinghuo with the promise of three blood crystals for further service, and the army continued toward its next target while Ji Xinghuo considered how to spend his energy.

• The Highlanders sacrificed their wounded after the battle, and the deaths of more than five thousand followers caused Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals to form.
• He Yan gathered the blood crystals and sent Highlander warriors to burn the Biao Clan settlement, allowing its women and children to escape.
• Xia Qingyu explained that Scarlet Emperor followers preserved defeated clans so they could fight and die in future wars, while Ji Xinghuo considered disguising himself to collect Spirit Source Energy from more battles.
• After the army returned at dawn, He Yan praised Ji Xinghuo and promised to request three blood crystals for him if he performed well in later battles.
• He Yan led the remaining troops west toward another settlement, and Ji Xinghuo opened his interface to consider how to spend his 40,231 Spirit Source Energy.

Ji Xinghuo upgraded several abilities while marching with He Yan’s army, then watched the Blood Rage Tribe gather a hundred thousand warriors at Red River Giant Peak to confront the Skull Crusher Tribe. The armies faced each other across the river as Ji Xinghuo anticipated the coming battle and the Spirit Source Energy it might yield.

• Ji Xinghuo raised Electrostatic Field to Level 4, created a small ball of lightning, and upgraded Dimensional Stomach, Thunderclap Hand, Star Force, and Azure Rainbow’s abilities.
• The Biao Clan ambushed the Blood Rage Tribe, but He Yan’s forces defeated them and destroyed their abandoned settlement; Ji Xinghuo gained over 24,000 points of Spirit Source Energy.
• The Biao Clan harassed the army with raids and assassinations as it advanced, but eventually withdrew from its settlements and burned them before He Yan ordered a march toward Red River Giant Peak.
• He Yan joined other Blood Rage Tribe forces at the Red River, bringing their numbers to thirty thousand as they faced the Skull Crusher Tribe’s fortified center across the water.
• Gu Luoke’s army and the Sharp Tooth Tribe and Heart Eating Claw Tribe arrived, gathering one hundred thousand warriors on the riverbank while Ji Xinghuo sensed the camp and eagerly awaited the battle.

Ji Xinghuo warned Xia Qingyu and Misha that the Blood Rage Tribe might lose, then led them away from a dangerous part of the charge. A hidden Ruin-class Mountain Moving Beast emerged beneath the battlefield, slaughtered thousands of Highlanders, and caused Ji Xinghuo’s Spirit Source Energy to surge.

• Ji Xinghuo warned Xia Qingyu and Misha to stay close and be ready to retreat as the three tribes began their assault on the Skull Crusher Tribe.
• More than twenty Snow Ape Giants froze a wide stretch of the river, allowing the Highlander army to cross while Gu Luoke and the Blood Overseers attacked the defenders.
• A Mist Shadow Dragon appeared above the battlefield, and Blood Demon Bats rose to intercept it as the Highlanders and mercenaries charged the city wall.
• Ji Xinghuo guided Xia Qingyu and Misha along a diagonal route, avoiding the area where the ground suddenly collapsed and a Mountain Moving Beast emerged.
• The Mountain Moving Beast’s Trampling knocked down troops, and its Ground Spike attack impaled more than three thousand Highlanders, causing Ji Xinghuo’s Spirit Source Energy to rise by over ten thousand points.

Ji Xinghuo witnessed Nu Su An, wielding the Blood-Drinking Wrathful Flame Blood Soul Blade, devastate the battle and kill Gu Luoke, forcing the Blood Rage Tribe to collapse. After escaping across the Red River, Ji Xinghuo spotted the wounded He Yan fleeing with a hide bag and asked Xia Qingyu and Misha to join him in a dangerous pursuit.

• Gu Luoke ordered the Highlanders to retreat while he and two Blood Overseers held off the Mountain Moving Beast, but the Biao Clan counterattacked from the Skull Crusher Tribe.
• Nu Su An appeared above the Red River, used the Blood-Drinking Wrathful Flame Blood Soul Blade to shatter the ice and slaughter Highlanders, then killed Ba Qi Song with a single strike.
• Misha identified Nu Su An as the Flame Slaughterer, and Ji Xinghuo judged the Blood Rage Tribe's defeat inevitable as Nu Su An fought off its gathered powerhouses.
• Nu Su An killed Gu Luoke, and Ji Xinghuo escaped with Xia Qingyu and Misha by having Azure Rainbow swim underwater across the river.
• Ji Xinghuo sensed He Yan return to collect a hide bag near Gu Luoke's remains, then watched the injured Blood Warrior disguise himself and flee among the Highlanders.
• Ji Xinghuo told Xia Qingyu and Misha there was a chance to get rich overnight, but warned that pursuing He Yan would be dangerous.

Ji Xinghuo pursued the wounded Legend He Yan with Xia Qingyu and Misha to seize his Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals, while Huang Yanlan’s team also tracked him. He Yan slaughtered his companions and unleashed Ghostly Reflections against Huang Yanlan’s group, leaving her alone as he attacked her.

• Ji Xinghuo persuaded Misha and Xia Qingyu to help pursue He Yan for the Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals, and the three took fresh warhorses after killing hostile Highlanders.
• The Mist Shadow Dragon attacked fleeing Highlanders but failed to find He Yan, so Ji Xinghuo continued tracking him through the wilderness.
• Ji Xinghuo encountered Huang Yanlan and refused her offer to join forces, then followed both her team and He Yan.
• He Yan killed the Highlanders traveling with him and displayed dozens of Scarlet Emperor Blood Crystals to lure out his pursuers.
• He Yan summoned Ghostly Reflections that killed Huang Yanlan’s four teammates, then teleported behind Huang Yanlan and swung his flaming axe at her neck.

Huang Yanlan used a Dragon King Life Talisman to fight He Yan, but its energy dwindled as he battered her defenses. Ji Xinghuo armed Xia Qingyu and Misha with powerful weapons and medicine, then sent them toward the battle while he circled around under stealth.

• Huang Yanlan unleashed the Dragon King Life Talisman's power, but He Yan avoided her attacks and focused on outlasting the talisman's limited energy.
• Huang Yanlan struck He Yan with dragon breath, burning him, but the costly attack consumed much of her remaining power.
• Xia Qingyu explained the Dragon King Life Talisman's abilities to Ji Xinghuo, who decided it was time for them to intervene.
• Ji Xinghuo gave Misha the Skywrath Azureblood Spear and gave Xia Qingyu Demon Sound, along with combat-enhancing drugs for both of them.
• Xia Qingyu and Misha charged toward the fight while Ji Xinghuo activated his Stealth Ring and circled toward He Yan and Huang Yanlan.