Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu helped the army reclaim Island Town, where Tushen and Dongfang Yuan Hua fought before disappearing into the sea. After rescuing a trapped girl amid the devastation, Wang Yu witnessed the entire island begin to shake and split apart.

• Wang Yu killed a Blood Burning Fifth Turn enemy and looted Star Tickets worth over three thousand Shattered Star Coins.
• Dongfang Ye led the assault toward Island Town, where Tushen appeared and threatened to abduct him for his knowledge of the Dongfang Family's battle qi method.
• Dongfang Ye summoned Dongfang Yuan Hua, who fought Tushen in the sky before both plunged into the sea.
• Dongfang Ye broke open the town gate, and the army defeated the remaining Secret Deer Gang members and reclaimed Island Town.
• Wang Yu rescued a young girl trapped beneath a collapsed house after her older sister pleaded for help.
• A violent tremor shook Island Town, and the ground began splitting apart beneath Wang Yu.

A colossal flame-covered sea creature rose beneath Island 740, destroying the island and devastating the nearby forces. Wang Yu survived with two girls, reunited with Chen Wenlin, and later returned to Capital City as the three nations paused their fighting.

• Wang Yu and the others watched as Island 740 broke apart beneath a giant wave, while Dongfang Ye and Xu Mingzhi fled and Tushen pursued the wounded Dongfang Yuan Hua.
• A colossal creature's flaming tentacles wrapped around the island, and Wang Yu carried two girls to safety as the island vanished beneath the sea.
• Wang Yu found Chen Wenlin alive, handed the girls over to rescuers, and learned that fewer than a hundred of Chen Wenlin's more than two hundred elite soldiers had returned.
• The giant creature appeared on the Nanxi-Canaan battlefield, inflicting huge losses on both armies and forcing Canaan to retreat.
• Half a month later, Wang Yu and Chen Wenlin returned to Capital City while the three great nations temporarily halted their fighting.

Wang Yu reunited with Sun Chengshan, Song Hezheng, and Meng Lao Er, then taught Sun Chengshan the Blood Shadow Method. Over the next year, Meng Lao Er’s support helped Wang Yu reach the sixth Blood Transformation, and the Military Department promoted him to junior lieutenant officer.

• Wang Yu told Meng Lao Er and Sun Chengshan that his Blood Burning cultivation required vast resources, and Meng Lao Er pledged to support him in exchange for help protecting his family if needed.
• Wang Yu gave Meng Lao Er, Sun Chengshan, and Song Hezheng Heart Bamboo pieces so they could communicate with one another.
• Wang Yu taught Sun Chengshan the Blood Shadow Method, and Sun Chengshan began cultivating the Blood Burning Realm under his guidance.
• As wars resumed across the sea areas, Wang Yu completed his fifth and sixth Blood Transformations in Year 777, with Meng Lao Er funding his rapid cultivation.
• At an outpost on the border of the Torrent Sea Area, a man read the Military Department’s notice promoting Wang Yu to junior lieutenant officer.

Wang Yu received an officer’s rank and discussed his achievements, resources, and future with Liu Ziliang. After using Magic Elephant Meat to advance his training, he broke through his four basic methods into the eighth realm.

• Liu Ziliang congratulated Wang Yu on becoming an officer and praised his victory over a Canaan lieutenant.
• Liu Ziliang invited Wang Yu to join the Liu Family, but Wang Yu declined because he needed access to its Qi Circulation Method as well as resources.
• Wang Yu returned to his cabin beside Liu Ziliang’s and received the first hundred pounds of Magic Elephant Meat he had ordered.
• After five days of training with the meat, Wang Yu’s blade cut into a specially made blade post and he realized he had entered a new realm.

Wang Yu broke through to the eighth level of saber techniques, but found his cultivation too weak to unleash their full power. He traveled to a Night Sleep Gathering on an uninhabited island to sell spoils of war and encountered an old man fishing by the island’s sinkhole.

• Wang Yu advanced his saber techniques to the eighth level, though his mind and cultivation could not support the strongest strike.
• Wang Yu tested his improved saber power by splitting a sturdy saber post, then lamented how quickly his cultivation consumed expensive Magic Elephant Meat.
• Wang Yu left the border island by airship and headed to a Night Sleep Gathering to sell spoils of war.
• Wang Yu jumped from the airship onto the flooded island and used air currents to land safely and walk without getting wet.
• Wang Yu admired the island’s sinkhole and waterfalls, then noticed an elderly man fishing beside it.

Wang Yu attended the Night Sleep Gathering, where Qi Explosion Stones were displayed for sale and he recognized two visitors as Ximos soldiers. After collecting 515,000 Crystal Coins from earlier sales and consigning fresh spoils, he bought Qi Explosion Stones and left focused on funding his cultivation.

• Wang Yu passed an enigmatic old fisherman on his way to the Night Sleep Gathering without stopping to speak with him.
• Wang Yu saw that the gathering was displaying Qi Explosion Stones under heavy guard, and he recognized two visitors as Ximos soldiers.
• Wang Yu collected 515,000 Crystal Coins from the Night Sleep Organization for his previously sold spoils.
• Wang Yu handed over the new spoils from his trip for the organization to sell on his behalf.
• Wang Yu bought Qi Explosion Stones for emergencies and decided to reserve his remaining money for cultivation.

Wang Yu met Baihe, a leader of the Rebel Army, who invited him to join and challenged his prospects in the military, but Wang Yu refused to commit. Later, Nanxi allied with Ximos and invaded Canaan Empire territory, and Wang Yu prepared to join Nanxi’s counteroffensive.

• Wang Yu avoided the two Ximos soldiers and tried to find another place to board an airship, but Baihe tracked him down.
• Baihe revealed his identity as a Rebel Army leader and invited Wang Yu to join; Wang Yu agreed only when Baihe threatened to kill him, then refused to commit after Baihe said he would not force him.
• Baihe criticized the great families’ control over cultivation and said he wanted to overthrow them, then gave Wang Yu a piece of Heart Bamboo so he could contact him later.
• Wang Yu left by airship, suspected the Rebel Army had informants in the military and possibly ties to the Night Sleep organization, and resolved to focus on growing stronger rather than joining Baihe.
• After the remaining Magic Elephant Meat was nearly exhausted, Nanxi announced an alliance with Ximos, and the two powers invaded Canaan Empire territory.
• Liu Ziliang called Wang Yu to prepare for battle, and three days later Nanxi launched its counteroffensive.

Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang joined the Unified Armor Legion’s siege of Island Town, where they fought and killed a powerful Canaan general. As a sword aura descended from the walls to pursue them, Wang Yu used his saber to counter it.

• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang left their overlook and approached Island Town as the Unified Armor Legion attacked its defenses.
• Liu Ziliang fought a Canaan general who had leaped from the battlements, and Wang Yu joined the battle after the general proved too strong for Liu Ziliang alone.
• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang worked together to overpower the general, and Liu Ziliang cut off his arm before Wang Yu beheaded him.
• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang fled when they sensed a powerful enemy on the wall, but a sword aura chased them and killed more than ten soldiers.
• Wang Yu slowed his perception of the battle, forced his Basic Saber Techniques to the eighth level, and slashed at the incoming sword aura.

Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang fought the Canaan forces over several days, capturing a strategic bridgehead for the Armored Corps. Wang Yu survived a serious-looking wound, continued earning merit, and left with enough rewards to support his rapid cultivation.

• Wang Yu blocked a Senior Captain’s sword aura with a saber aura, took a shoulder wound, and recovered quickly because he was an Indestructible.
• Liu Ziliang realized Wang Yu had gained merit by drawing out the Senior Captain, while Wang Yu privately recognized that he had forced out saber aura at the cost of much of his Qi and Blood.
• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang returned to the battlefield and killed enemy officers together, but the Armored Corps withdrew at dusk without breaking the town gate.
• The Armored Corps fought for several more days until its deputy commander shattered the town gate, allowing the army to capture the bridgehead.
• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang earned substantial merit and loot, giving Wang Yu ample cultivation treasure meat for future training.

Wang Yu completed his seventh Blood Transformation as Nanxi and Ximos prepared to attack Canaan’s last stronghold. He and Liu Ziliang landed on Island No. 366, where the Dongfang Family’s imperial powerhouses rushed to answer a provocation from Canaan.

• Wang Yu completed his seventh Blood Transformation, entering the late stage of the Blood Burning Realm.
• Liu Ziliang told Wang Yu that Nanxi and Ximos had concluded negotiations and would launch their general offensive against Canaan the next day.
• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang joined the attack on Island No. 366, but Canaan’s Ship-Breaking Crossbows damaged their warship and forced them to cross the sea on foot.
• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang reached the island and heard a Canaan voice openly taunt the Dongfang Family.
• Dongfang Yuan Hua and other Dongfang Family Old Ancestors flew toward the island town, followed by Nanxi generals, while Liu Ziliang led Wang Yu toward a nearby mountain to watch from a distance.

Canaan’s leaders triggered a catastrophic explosion at the Magnetic Separation Gate, destroying their capital island and devastating both Nanxi and Ximos forces. After Canaan’s defeat and the division of its former territory, Wang Yu joined salvage work in the waters around the ruined island.

• Dongfang Yuan Hua and the Nanxi fighters discovered that Canaan’s leaders had escaped through the Magnetic Separation Gate, which had been rigged to explode.
• The gate erupted in a torrent of cosmic energy, destroying Canaan’s Capital City and island, while Qi Explosion Stones also blasted nearby fleets and injured Nanxi’s forces.
• Wang Yu rescued Liu Ziliang from the sea, and they saw that an Old Ancestor of the Dongfang Family had died in the disaster.
• Nanxi withdrew, and days later Nanxi and Ximos divided Canaan’s 102 former islands as Canaan’s captured civilians were enslaved or executed.
• Wang Yu worked aboard a salvage ship, kept unregistered finds for himself, and killed a water python before it could attack a crewman.

Wang Yu discovered a sea of Crystal Fragments beneath the ruins of Canaan and followed the energy to a hidden space. There, he found a faint blue streak of light that he believed was a Star Vein.

• Wang Yu salvaged a damaged Canaan Blood Burning manual and memorized the legible scripture for later study.
• Wang Yu sensed crystal-like energy beneath the sea, killed an attacking sea beast, and found the ruined main island of Canaan resting on an undersea mountain.
• Wang Yu discovered Crystal Fragments embedded around a glowing crater and suspected a Star Vein lay below.
• Wang Yu descended into the crater, passed through a strange distortion, and arrived in a dry, pressurized-free space filled with Crystal Fragments.
• Wang Yu spotted a faint blue streak of light producing the dense energy and identified it as a possible Star Vein.

Wang Yu discovered a Star Vein in an underwater chamber, but the Starry Sky Blade absorbed it and gained the ability to supply energy and nourish him. He left the chamber with the Crystal Fragments still unclaimed and returned to the salvage ship, concealing what he had found.

• Wang Yu caught a fleeing Star Vein, but the Starry Sky Blade drew it into the blade and absorbed its energy.
• Wang Yu found that the upgraded Starry Sky Blade nourished his body and spirit and supplied energy that increased his cultivation progress, especially when combined with Magic Elephant Meat.
• Wang Yu considered how to mine the chamber’s vast deposits of Crystal Fragments, but decided to leave and think over possible partners.
• Wang Yu returned to the salvage ship carrying a huge green sea python and told the approaching Military Department officer that he had been hunting prey.
• Wang Yu told Old Zhang not to register the sea python, then returned to the inner cabin to wash off the seawater.

Wang Yu benefited from the Starry Sky Blade while finishing salvage work, but Dongfang Ye discovered the Star Vein’s underwater location only after Wang Yu had already taken it. After returning to Capital City and reporting to the Military Department, Wang Yu focused on earning the Senior Captain rank so he could obtain the Qi Circulation Manual.

• Wang Yu continued cultivating with the Starry Sky Blade and kept the Star Vein’s location hidden as its energy faded.
• Dongfang Ye, Xu Mingzhi, and the chief scout dived to the sunken island, where Dongfang Ye confirmed the Star Vein had been there but found it gone.
• Dongfang Ye questioned the chief scout about who knew of the location and told Xu Mingzhi to investigate.
• Wang Yu received notice that the salvage mission was ending and returned to Capital City by airship.
• Wang Yu visited Sun Chengshan and Meng Lao Er, who had expanded their businesses in Capital City.
• Wang Yu returned to the Third Battalion garrison and considered pursuing Senior Captain rank to obtain the Qi Circulation Manual.

Wang Yu suppressed a riot-related escape attempt at No. 7 Temporary Control Camp, killed a wanted criminal, and drew the attention of Dongfang Ye and Xu Mingzhi, who suspected he had found a Star Vein. He realized the two had come without their elders and might be trying to claim the Star Vein themselves.

• Wang Yu tested the stronger saber qi he could unleash after absorbing a Star Vein, then accepted a mission to help contain unrest outside the city.
• Wang Yu arrived at No. 7 Temporary Control Camp and pursued people who had escaped during the riot.
• Wang Yu defeated Scarface, sent the ordinary escapees back, interrogated Scarface for a Blood Burning Scripture, and killed him.
• Dongfang Ye and Xu Mingzhi confronted Wang Yu, surprised by his rapid cultivation and asking whether he had gone underwater several days earlier.
• Wang Yu admitted he had gone underwater for a salvage mission and claimed he was hunting sea beasts, while suspecting the two wanted the Star Vein for themselves.

Wang Yu refused Dongfang Ye and Xu Mingzhi’s attempt to force him to take Interrogation Medicine, then lured them into a remote part of the Central Mountains and fought them. He revealed his Blood Shadow True Body to defeat Xu Mingzhi and continued battling Dongfang Ye, determined that neither man would escape.

• Wang Yu denied discovering anything near Sinking Island and refused to take Dongfang Ye’s Interrogation Medicine.
• When Xu Mingzhi attacked, Wang Yu led him and Dongfang Ye to a remote mountaintop in the Central Mountains.
• Wang Yu struck first with Mind Control Saber and exchanged powerful blows with Dongfang Ye, gradually suppressing him.
• Wang Yu formed his Blood Shadow True Body, which wounded Xu Mingzhi and prevented him from calling for help.
• The Blood Shadow True Body killed Xu Mingzhi after he pleaded for his life and invoked his uncle, Xu Changchun.

Wang Yu killed Xu Mingzhi and Dongfang Ye after Dongfang Ye unleashed a surge of power, then searched their bodies and tried to erase evidence. Baihe arrived after Wang Yu contacted him, and noticed the two corpses.

• Dongfang Ye erupted in golden flames after Xu Mingzhi died, but Wang Yu used eighth-level Basic Saber Techniques to kill him with saber qi.
• Wang Yu searched both corpses, finding large supplies of Blood Treasure Pills, Interrogation Medicine, and Star Tickets, but chose not to take their weapons or other equipment.
• Wang Yu worried that the Dongfang Imperial Family could track Dongfang Ye through his broken Heart Bamboo and sent a message on his own purple Heart Bamboo.
• Baihe arrived quickly and greeted Wang Yu, who wondered whether Baihe had come to collect the smuggled wanted criminals for the Rebel Army.
• Baihe shifted his gaze to Xu Mingzhi and Dongfang Ye's corpses lying in the grass.

Baihe took responsibility for Dongfang Ye’s death, allowing Wang Yu to return unnoticed while the Rebel Army’s escape and the Imperial Family’s response stirred trouble. After learning the Dongfang Family might use the incident to seize Liu Xinjian’s post, Wang Yu arranged supplies and entered secluded cultivation to strengthen himself.

• Baihe promised to make Dongfang Ye’s death his own doing, destroyed the bodies, and let Wang Yu leave before Dongfang Yuan Hua arrived to confront him.
• Over the next three days, Liu Xinjian calmed the camp and distributed supplies, while many wanted criminals escaped with the Rebel Army’s help.
• Liu Ziliang told Wang Yu that Dongfang Ye’s death had spread through the Imperial Capital and that the Dongfang and Xu families were demanding action against Liu Xinjian.
• Wang Yu learned the Dongfang Family might use the incident to replace Liu Xinjian with one of their own, and he urged Liu Ziliang to be cautious about criticizing the Imperial Family.
• Wang Yu gave Meng Lao Er several million in money to obtain nearly two thousand pounds of Blood Burning-grade precious material meat, then applied for secluded cultivation.
• Wang Yu planned to complete his eighth Blood Transformation, reach the Blood Burning Realm’s great completion, and seek the Qi Circulation Manual so he could better protect himself.

After three months, Liu Xinjian returned to Fragment Star No. 5 with Dongfang Liangji, who had been appointed Chief Envoy in his place. Meanwhile, Wang Yu joined Sun Chengshan aboard a cargo ship bound for the Black Obsidian Sea Area, where three approaching vessels appeared to confirm a confrontation with the Black Python Gang was imminent.

• Liu Xinjian arrived at the Magnetic Separation Gate with Dongfang Liangji, who announced that he would assume the post of Chief Envoy.
• Dongfang Liangji questioned Liu Xinjian's support for capable people outside the great families, and the city's factions began speculating about the change in authority.
• Sun Chengshan told Wang Yu that Meng Lao Er's cargo ship was heading to the Black Obsidian Sea Area and might face the Black Python Gang.
• Wang Yu revealed that he had completed his eighth Blood Transformation during seclusion and considered hunting magic elephants on a dangerous island to obtain precious meat.
• Three black ships rapidly approached the cargo ship, and Sun Chengshan recognized that trouble had arrived.

Wang Yu defeated the Black Python Gang when they ambushed a cargo ship, seized their valuables and Blood Burning Method, and arranged for the military to arrest them. After completing the delivery safely, he returned to Capital City, took a new mission, and headed for Fierce Beast Island.

• The Black Python Gang tried to surround the cargo ship, but Wang Yu deflected their arrows and wounded their mustached leader with a returned shot.
• Wang Yu boarded the raiders’ ship, defeated a reckless Blood Burning Realm fighter with his Blood Shadow Clone, and forced the gang to hand over its treasure and Blood Burning Method scriptures.
• Wang Yu contacted nearby military forces to arrest the Black Python Gang, then gave Sun Chengshan the antique artworks while keeping the money and Star Tickets.
• Wang Yu and the cargo crew completed their delivery and returned safely to Capital City, where Meng Lao Er planned to improve his support for Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu declined Meng Lao Er’s celebration, took a mission from the Military Department, and set out for Fierce Beast Island in the Black Obsidian Sea Area.