Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong, Jenny Landy, and Davis fought the Dragon Girl, with Lin Dong burning his Star River to protect the others. As Lin Dong was pierced by the Dragon Bone Sword, news arrived that Ye Fan had eliminated the Fourth Juvenile Spring of the Sacred Ruin Civilization.

• Lin Dong burned his Star River and attacked the Dragon Girl to protect Davis and Jenny Landy.
• Lin Dong told Davis and Jenny Landy that the commander had ordered him to ensure their safety and urged them to preserve Human Civilization.
• Davis and Jenny Landy refused to abandon Lin Dong and joined the fight against the Dragon Girl.
• The Dragon Girl overwhelmed the three, and her Dragon Bone Sword pierced Lin Dong as he gripped the blade and flared with starlight.
• A figure in silver armor appeared after a hole opened in the Fourth Juvenile Spring's defensive layer, and reconnaissance drones reported that Ye Fan had eliminated it.

Ye Fan arrived after Lin Dong sacrificed himself to wound the Dragon Girl, then attacked her with his Silver Dragon Spear and space-based Star Art. The Dragon Girl recognized Ye Fan as the Space-attribute prodigy she had come to capture, and their battle began in earnest.

• At the War Base, the soldiers celebrated Ye Fan's destruction of the Fourth Juvenile Spring while Ai Hongjun mourned Lin Dong and worried about Ye Fan facing the Dragon Girl.
• Lin Dong detonated his Star River, but the Dragon Girl severed his hand and kicked him away as the blast devastated the surrounding area.
• Ye Fan arrived in his Supreme God Armor, apologized to Davis and Jenny Landy for coming too late, and learned that the Dragon Girl could rival Fido Coleman.
• The Dragon Girl survived Lin Dong's explosion with only a minor injury and cursed him for humiliating her.
• Ye Fan charged the Dragon Girl with Wind Thunder Skybreaker, and she transformed her Dragon Bone Sword into a whip to bind his spear.
• The Dragon Girl recognized Ye Fan's power and space attribute as he unleashed Void Rip Blade against her.

Ye Fan fought the Dragon Girl, whose skill and power initially challenged him, while the pressure drove his spear mastery and Law Germination higher. After she used the Dragon Bone Sword to trap him and launched Emperor Dragon Fist, Ye Fan escaped with Space Power and unleashed Spatial Nuclear Explosion.

• Ye Fan’s Void Rip Blades clashed with the Dragon Girl’s Dragon Bone Sword, pushing her back and impressing Jenny Landy and Davis.
• Ye Fan and the Dragon Girl fought at close range as his combat abilities and spear skills continued to improve under pressure.
• The Dragon Girl realized Ye Fan was growing stronger during their fight and unleashed Dragon Bone Bind and Emperor Dragon Fist.
• Ye Fan escaped the spatial cage with Dao Seed: Insect Motion—Space Jump and countered with Spatial Nuclear Explosion.

Ye Fan battled Dragon Girl, whose Dragon Bone Sword and Emperor Dragon Fist initially threatened to suppress him. Ye Fan trapped her in a compressed space and detonated his Spatial Nuclear Explosion, leaving Dragon Girl severely wounded and apparently defeated.

• Dragon Girl was shocked when Ye Fan escaped her Dragon Bone Bind and proved his mastery of space was far greater than she had expected.
• Dragon Girl attacked Ye Fan with Emperor Dragon Fist while space compressed around her and Purple Firmament Divine Thunder and True Sun Fire gathered inside the confined area.
• Ye Fan countered with Wind Thunder Meteor Star, and Davis and Jenny Landy praised his strength as the clash sent him flying several miles away.
• Ye Fan's sixth-order Spear Art and embryonic Spear Dao Laws each advanced from 28% to 30% Minor Mastery.
• Ye Fan unleashed Spatial Nuclear Explosion, and Dragon Girl was thrown from the blast with her Dragon Bone Sword dimmed, armor damaged, and aura greatly weakened.
• The warriors watching from the War Base recognized Ye Fan as the victor of the battle.

After reaching minor mastery in Martial Arts Mastery and Law Germination Conception, Ye Fan overwhelmed Dragon Girl and was hailed as the Human Race’s First Mountain Sea. Babarra rescued the wounded Dragon Girl by fleeing with her into an ancient ruin, and Ye Fan followed while promising to keep searching for Senior Brother Ke.

• Ai Hongjun’s intelligence officer presented Dragon Girl’s background, revealing that the Sacred Ruin Civilization had excavated her from the Dragon Transformation Nest and that she might be thousands of years old.
• Ai Hongjun judged that Ye Fan had reached sixth-stage minor mastery in Martial Arts Mastery and minor mastery in Law Germination Conception, naming him the Human Race’s First Mountain Sea.
• Ye Fan used the enhanced second form of the Seven Forms of God Slaying to badly wound Dragon Girl, who realized his mastery and Conception had advanced.
• Babarra emerged from hiding, grabbed the weakened Dragon Girl, and carried her underground toward a Mysterious Ancient Ruin.
• Ye Fan told Davis and Jenny Landy to return to the War Base for treatment, promised to search for Senior Brother Ke, and entered the underground cavern after the women.

Dragon Girl and Babarra explored the ancient ruin while Ye Fan pursued Ke Jingwu’s aura instead of chasing them. After learning of Ye Fan’s achievements, Long Qing summoned him to Ziwei Emperor Star, where a chance to open another star river might appear in a year.

• Dragon Girl recovered with Babarra’s help, heard her blame Ye Fan for destroying the Sacred Ruins’ spirit spring, and agreed that he was their enemy.
• Dragon Girl sensed something calling to her deeper in the ruin, so Babarra followed her despite wanting to lead her toward Ke Jingwu.
• Ye Fan detected Dragon Girl and Babarra’s auras but changed course after sensing Ke Jingwu nearby, resolving to find his senior brother first.
• At the war base, Ai Hongjun concluded that the ruin blocked their scans, while Davis hoped Ye Fan would find Ke Jingwu alive.
• Ma Yunteng reported Ye Fan’s victories to Long Qing, who praised him and said a star-river-opening opportunity might appear on Ziwei Emperor Star in a year.

Ye Fan entered the underground ancient ruin and headed toward the No. 9 Divine Shrine Hall, where Ke Jingwu was trapped inside a stone statue while two Polar Violent Bears attacked him. The Bear Emperor ordered the bears to kill Ye Fan, and he arrived at the hall just as they admired his armor.

• Ye Fan killed a native mutant beast and searched the ruin for Ke Jingwu while exploring its secrets.
• A subordinate reported that Human Race and Saint Ruin Civilization fighters had entered the ruin, and the Bear Emperor ordered Capricorn and Fanxi to kill Ye Fan and another human with a divine inheritance.
• Ke Jingwu recalled how he had reached the No. 9 Divine Shrine Hall through a stone talisman and become trapped in a statue while Capricorn and Fanxi attacked him.
• Capricorn and Fanxi stopped striking the statue after receiving the Bear Emperor's order to intercept Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan arrived at the hall, sensed Ke Jingwu inside the statue, and heard the bears express interest in his armor.

Ye Fan guarded Ke Jingwu while two Polar Violent Bear kings demanded his Supreme God Armor, but he fought back after their threats. He pierced Fanxi’s defensive barrier and paw, and his spear struck the bear king’s head.

• Ke Jingwu recognized Ye Fan’s silver dragon-patterned spear from inside the stone statue but could not warn him while receiving the inheritance.
• Ye Fan learned that Capricorn and Fanxi were powerful Bear Race experts and suspected the Emperor they served might be a Demigod.
• Ye Fan politely asked the bears to spare him and Ke Jingwu while he guarded his senior brother.
• Capricorn and Fanxi mistook Ye Fan’s courtesy for weakness and demanded his armor, threatening to kill him.
• Ye Fan activated his Glazed Golden Body and countered their ice attacks with his spear and True Sun Fire.
• Ye Fan pierced Fanxi’s paw and struck his head with the Wind Thunder Skybreaker spear technique.

Ye Fan killed Bear Kings Fanxi and Capricorn after they attacked him, then found two storage treasures on their corpses. He reunited with Ke Jingwu at the stone statue and urged him to accept its inheritance, while a distant messenger began reporting bad news to the Polar Bear Emperor.

• Ye Fan killed Fanxi with one spear strike, and Capricorn fled in fear.
• Capricorn claimed he was the Polar Bear Emperor's future son-in-law, but Ye Fan pursued him and pierced his tortoise-shell armor and body with the Wind Thunder Meteor Star technique.
• Capricorn raised ice spikes to defend himself, but Ye Fan killed him with another spear strike.
• Ye Fan discovered two storage treasures on the Bear Kings' corpses and received a system notification that his spear mastery and Spear Dao Law Germination had each increased by one percent.
• Ke Jingwu recognized Ye Fan and marveled at his strength, and Ye Fan told him to accept the inheritance while he stood guard.
• In a distant ancient hall, a figure prostrated before the Polar Bear Emperor and began reporting bad news.

After Capricorn Bear King and Fansi Bear King were killed by a human warrior, the Polar Bear Emperor ordered his forces to keep a low profile while the Beast Emperors sought divine blessings. Xiong Mei mourned Capricorn and set out for revenge, persuading Cold Ridge Beast King to help her kill the human genius.

• Withered Wood Beast King reported that Capricorn Bear King and Fansi Bear King’s soul lamps had gone out, and the Polar Bear Emperor watched images of their deaths.
• The Polar Bear Emperor recognized the human warrior’s strength and ordered his followers to avoid the enemy and bide their time.
• Withered Wood Beast King warned that Xiong Mei might seek revenge because Capricorn had been her beloved.
• Xiong Mei left her palace in grief and declared that she would avenge Capricorn.
• Cold Ridge Beast King tried to stop Xiong Mei, but agreed to gather helpers and plan to kill the human warrior.

Ye Fan cultivated his Psychic Power in the No. 9 Divine Shrine Hall while Ke Jingwu received the Great Snow Dragon Blade inheritance. Ke Jingwu emerged restored and ready to guard Ye Fan as Ye Fan’s Psychic Power began to transform, while Chi Lian joined the Dragon Girl in plotting against him.

• Ye Fan continued tempering his soul with the Void Spirit Refining Technique, seeking to break through Level 50 Psychic Power.
• Ke Jingwu comprehended the essence of the Great Snow Dragon Blade by experiencing the inheritance through a Blade Dao god’s body.
• Ke Jingwu emerged from the shattered stone statue with his injuries healed and his strength restored.
• Ke Jingwu recognized Ye Fan’s surging Mental Power and stood guard beside him as Ye Fan’s Psychic Power began to transform.
• In a distant Divine Shrine Hall, Chi Lian offered to join the Dragon Girl in making the human genius regret provoking her.

Dragon Girl and Chi Lian secretly schemed around one another while joining forces to target Ye Fan. After Ye Fan’s Psychic Power broke through to Level 48, he and Ke Jingwu agreed to explore the ruin together, while their enemies planned to lure him into a deadly formation.

• Dragon Girl played along with Chi Lian after receiving his help, while both concealed their own schemes and learned that the Cold Ridge Beast King was gathering allies against Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan’s Psychic Power rose from Level 47 to Level 48, and he realized that his strengthened Glazed Golden Body had helped fuel the breakthrough.
• Ke Jingwu congratulated Ye Fan, who recognized that his senior brother had inherited the Great Snow Dragon Saber; the two agreed to explore the Mysterious Ancient Ruin together.
• The Cold Ridge Beast King gathered Chi Lian, Dragon Girl, and other helpers to plan Ye Fan’s extermination.
• Dragon Girl suggested attacking Ye Fan’s soul, and the Cold Ridge Beast Emperor proposed luring him into the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation.

Cold Ridge Beast King, Scarlet Serpent King, and Rin Feng Beast King planned to use the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation to trap Ye Fan, forcing Babarra to lure him there. Ye Fan and Ke Jingwu recognized their pursuer as bait but decided to follow and turn the trap to their advantage.

• Scarlet Serpent King explained that the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation could imprison intruders and attack them with increasingly powerful spiritual pressure.
• Cold Ridge Beast King, Rin Feng Beast King, and Scarlet Serpent King decided they needed someone to lure Ye Fan into the formation, and chose Babarra.
• Dragon Girl told Babarra to go, while Scarlet Serpent King forced her to swallow a Ba Serpent Clan Spirit Pill before she left.
• Babarra accepted the task, resolved to take revenge on Ye Fan for killing her brothers.
• Ye Fan and Ke Jingwu pursued a concealed attacker, and Ke Jingwu realized the figure was deliberately leading them toward a trap.
• Ye Fan told Ke Jingwu he intended to follow the bait to learn the enemy's plans and gather information about the ruin.

The Cold Ridge Beast King and his allies lured Ye Fan, Ke Jingwu, and Babarra into the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation to kill them. As the formation unleashed spiritual attacks, Ye Fan received a System notification revealing that its patterns could let him take control of the pillars.

• The Cold Ridge Beast King ordered his allies to activate the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation when Ye Fan entered, while Chi Lian used Babarra’s poison and its antidote to force her cooperation.
• Babarra led Ye Fan and Ke Jingwu toward the formation, and Ke Jingwu pursued her inside despite Ye Fan sensing something was wrong.
• The Cold Ridge Beast King’s group activated the nine pillars, trapping Ye Fan, Ke Jingwu, and Babarra amid waves of spiritual attacks.
• Ke Jingwu realized they had been ambushed, while Ye Fan received a System notice that the pillars’ patterns could be comprehended and refined to take control of the formation.

Trapped in the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation, Ye Fan decided to study the Divine Pillars’ arcane runes and take control of them, while Ke Jingwu vowed to protect him. The exotic beasts intensified their attacks as Ye Fan began comprehending the runes.

• Babarra realized Dragon Girl would not help her and despaired as the formation’s Mental Power attacks trapped her.
• Ke Jingwu apologized to Ye Fan and promised to risk his life to get him out, but Ye Fan said he could endure the attacks and saw a chance to seize control of the pillars.
• Ye Fan sat cross-legged to comprehend the arcane runes, drawing mockery from Rin Feng Beast King and suspicion from Cold Ridge Beast King.
• Cold Ridge Beast King ordered Rin Feng Beast King and Chi Lian Beast King to attack while the Divine Pillars’ Mental Power attacks intensified.
• Ke Jingwu stood guard over Ye Fan and vowed that the beasts would have to step over his corpse to hurt him.

Ke Jingwu defended Ye Fan from the Beast Kings and their allies inside the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation while Ye Fan studied the pillars’ patterns. As Ye Fan began to grasp how the formation worked, the Cold Ridge Beast King panicked and moved to attack him directly.

• Ke Jingwu used his Great Snow Dragon Saber to block the Rin Feng Beast King’s icy breath, Chi Lian’s poisoned arrows, and Xiong Mei’s attacks while shielding Ye Fan.
• Princess Dragon Girl joined Chi Lian in attacking Ke Jingwu, while the Cold Ridge Beast King strengthened the formation’s Mental Power assault.
• Ye Fan resisted the mental ripples with his Psychic Power and Soul Suppressing Bell as he comprehended the mysterious patterns on the nine pillars.
• Ye Fan realized the beast race used the formation crudely and began forming a connection with its pillars through his growing understanding.
• The Cold Ridge Beast King noticed Ye Fan’s progress, ordered Rin Feng to control the formation, and prepared to attack Ye Fan himself.

The Cold Ridge Beast King joined the assault on Ke Jingwu, who continued to shield Ye Fan despite being badly wounded. As Ke Jingwu neared his limit, a mysterious fluctuation erupted from his body.

• The Cold Ridge Beast King suspected Ye Fan was beginning to master the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation and urged the Beast Kings to intensify their attacks.
• Cold Ridge moved to attack personally while Xiong Mei and the other Beast Kings kept fighting Ke Jingwu.
• Ke Jingwu used the Great Snow Dragon Blade to meet Cold Ridge’s attack, but the collision left him vomiting blood.
• The Scarlet Serpent King, Xiong Mei, and the Dragon Girl joined Cold Ridge in attacking Ke Jingwu, who refused to retreat from Ye Fan’s side.
• Cold Ridge repeatedly battered Ke Jingwu until he could barely endure, and a mysterious fluctuation suddenly erupted from Ke Jingwu’s body.

Ke Jingwu broke through to minor attainment in the blade Law Germination while fighting the Beast Kings, but his Star River ran dry and he was close to death. Just as the Cold Ridge Beast King prepared to finish him, the Rin Feng Beast King lost control of the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation, and its nine pillars began to rise.

• Ke Jingwu's blade Law Germination reached minor attainment, greatly strengthening his Great Snow Dragon Blade, but he struggled to restore the spiritual power he had spent.
• The Cold Ridge Beast King grew jealous of Ke Jingwu's breakthrough and joined Snake King Chi Lian, Dragon Girl, Xiong Mei, and the others in a full assault.
• Ke Jingwu's Star River ran dry, his body cracked under the attacks, and he feared he could no longer protect Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan regained awareness after his formation comprehension reached 90% and saw Ke Jingwu near death.
• The Cold Ridge Beast King moved to crush Ke Jingwu, but the Rin Feng Beast King announced that he could no longer activate the formation as dragon roars sounded from its nine pillars and they rose from the ground.

Ye Fan mastered the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation and used it to turn the battle against the Tianchi Realm Beast Kings. He killed the Rin Feng Beast King, while the remaining enemies were trapped in the formation.

• Ye Fan arrived in time to protect the severely wounded Ke Jingwu and urged him to recover.
• The Cold Ridge Beast King grabbed Xiong Mei and fled after recognizing Ye Fan's strength, despite Xiong Mei demanding that he fight.
• Ye Fan used the nine divine pillars to trap the Beast Kings and others who had attacked Ke Jingwu, unleashing a powerful mental assault.
• Ye Fan pursued the Rin Feng Beast King, tore through his icy winds, and killed him with the Wind Thunder Skybreaker technique.
• Ye Fan received a Cold Wind Crystal containing the Rin Feng Beast King's essence and capable of improving wind aptitude.

Ye Fan defeated and killed Snake King Chi Lian after the Beast King’s attacks failed against Ye Fan’s Supreme God Armor and powerful body. The battle ended with Ye Fan obtaining Chi Lian’s Venom Sac, while a disturbance began at the beast race’s core.

• Chi Lian fled from Ye Fan but was trapped by the Heaven-Imprisoning Pillar Formation’s mental assaults and turned to fight.
• Chi Lian transformed into a giant Ba Serpent, attacked Ye Fan with poisonous arrows, and tried to strangle him.
• Ye Fan’s Thunder Fire Wind spear art neutralized Chi Lian’s poison, and the Supreme God Armor shredded the serpent’s coils when they tightened around him.
• Ye Fan overwhelmed Chi Lian and pierced his head with the Wind Thunder Meteor Star, killing the Ba Serpent Clan crown prince despite his threats.
• Ye Fan received Chi Lian’s Venom Sac, as a disturbance arose at the beast race’s core.