Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu, Liu Ziliang, and Senior Captain Wang Pantu traveled to Fierce Beast Island No. 404 to drive off magic elephants and rebuild a destroyed military outpost. After surveying the dangerous island, Wang Yu spotted the elephant herd and eagerly looked forward to hunting them.

• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang discussed Liu Ziliang's cultivation progress and his family's marriage plans aboard the airship.
• Wang Pantu praised Liu Ziliang and Wang Yu, while Liu Ziliang realized Wang Yu had reached the eighth revolution of Blood Burning.
• Wang Pantu identified Island No. 404 and warned that the mission could turn dangerous because powerful fierce beasts roamed the island.
• Wang Yu surveyed the island and spotted a herd of about thirty magic elephants on a plain.
• Liu Ziliang warned Wang Yu not to act recklessly around the powerful elephants, but Wang Yu secretly looked forward to their meat.

Wang Yu and the others were attacked by Moon Eclipse Eagles while arriving at Fierce Beast Island No. 404, forcing them to abandon their airship and scatter. The survivors regrouped at the ruined outpost, where Wang Yu arrived with a Golden Spotted Shadow Leopard; after eating its meat, he and Liu Ziliang made major cultivation gains and looked ahead to exploring the island.

• Moon Eclipse Eagles attacked the airship, and Wang Pantu, Wang Yu, Liu Ziliang, and the other officers jumped out as the craft was destroyed.
• Wang Yu hid in the forest and used his aura-concealment skills to evade the eagles before heading toward the outpost.
• Liu Ziliang escaped through the sea and reached the ruined outpost, where the surviving officers gradually gathered.
• Wang Yu arrived at night carrying a Golden Spotted Shadow Leopard, which the group recognized as a rare medicinal beast.
• Wang Yu and Liu Ziliang ate the leopard meat, then cultivated; Liu stabilized his Qi and Blood after the ninth transformation, while Wang Yu absorbed powerful medicinal energy.

Wang Yu hunted a Magic Elephant and used its meat essence to cultivate while the outpost was rebuilt. Over three months, the nearby herd dwindled until it vanished, and the officers suspected other fierce beasts had killed the elephants, while Liu Ziliang knew Wang Yu was responsible.

• Wang Yu lured a Magic Elephant away from its herd and killed it with repeated strikes from the Starry Sky Blade.
• Wang Yu took the Magic Elephant's valuable materials and meat essence, then escaped as other fierce beasts gathered around the corpse.
• Wang Yu continued hunting and cultivating, and the number of Magic Elephants near the lake steadily declined over three months.
• The officers noticed the herd had disappeared and speculated that powerful fierce beasts had wiped it out.
• Liu Ziliang realized that Wang Yu had been killing the Magic Elephants.

Wang Yu completed his ninth Blood Transformation after months of hunting and cultivating on Fierce Beast Island. Liu Ziliang left for the Imperial Capital, while Wang Yu remained at the outpost with Wang Pantu and considered the difficulty of obtaining a Qi Circulation Manual cultivation method.

• Wang Yu hunted fierce beasts and cultivated until his Qi and Blood neared the limit for his ninth Blood Transformation.
• Liu Ziliang decided to remain on the island with Wang Yu, and Wang Pantu also stayed behind after the other officers departed.
• Wang Yu shared a meal with Liu Ziliang, sensed his Blood Transformation opportunity, and learned that Liu Ziliang and Sister Weiwei would return to the Imperial Capital.
• Wang Yu completed his ninth Blood Transformation that night and reached the final stage of the Blood Burning Realm.
• Wang Yu reflected that the great clans controlled access to Qi Circulation Manual cultivation methods, making advancement difficult for commoners.
• Liu Ziliang left for the Imperial Capital the next morning, while Wang Yu and Wang Pantu remained at the island outpost.

Wang Yu found a valuable Golden Eagle Egg in a cliffside nest and received a message from Old Man Baihe, while Wang Pantu spent weeks searching for a chance to attack him. Wang Yu then invited Wang Pantu to hunt a Golden Spotted Shadow Leopard and left the outpost with him.

• Wang Yu rejected Wang Pantu's invitation to hunt and went into the forest to search a cliffside nest.
• Wang Yu found a Golden Eagle Egg, stored it in a preservation case, and received a message from Old Man Baihe.
• Wang Pantu failed for half a month to track Wang Yu and grew increasingly frustrated that he could not find an opening to strike.
• Wang Yu told Wang Pantu he planned to leave the next day, then invited him to try hunting the Golden Spotted Shadow Leopard.
• Wang Yu and Wang Pantu left the outpost together to search for the leopard.

Wang Yu survived Wang Pantu’s assassination attempt and defeated the Qi Circulation Realm expert, revealing that his strength and defenses far exceeded Wang Pantu’s expectations. He captured the weakened assassin, but Wang Pantu refused to answer questions, leaving Wang Yu without the intelligence or cultivation method he had hoped to obtain.

• Wang Pantu suddenly attacked Wang Yu in the forest and revealed that he had been ordered to kill him.
• Wang Yu matched Wang Pantu’s saber techniques and evaded his force qi, relying on his Blood Burning Realm perfection and four foundational methods trained to the eighth layer.
• Wang Pantu’s saber qi barrage failed to penetrate Wang Yu’s Indestructible Body, and he realized the wine and roast chicken had been poisoned with Qi Weakening Powder.
• Wang Yu stopped Wang Pantu from fleeing, pursued him through the air, severed both his legs with a saber strike, and captured him.
• Wang Yu questioned Wang Pantu in hiding, but Wang Pantu refused to speak, leaving Wang Yu unable to obtain useful intelligence or his Qi Circulation Manual.

Wang Yu learned that Wang Pantu had secretly colluded with Ximos and died after explaining his resentment toward the Imperial Family. Old Man Baihe warned Wang Yu that Ximos might try to assassinate him again and explained how the empire controlled access to Qi Circulation Methods, leaving Wang Yu determined to rely on his own strength.

• Old Man Baihe revealed that Wang Pantu had been a Nanxi citizen who colluded with Ximos to obtain a Qi Circulation Method and rise to Senior Captain.
• Wang Pantu condemned the Imperial Family for blocking his cultivation prospects and died from his wounds.
• Wang Yu told Baihe that he had used Qi Weakening Powder to defeat Wang Pantu, and Baihe praised his achievement.
• Baihe explained that Ximos had targeted Wang Yu because of his battlefield reputation and warned that the empire offered little protection on Fragment Star No. 5.
• Wang Yu asked how he could obtain a Qi Circulation Method, and Baihe explained that the Imperial Family used military merit and age requirements to control promising cultivators.

After Wang Yu confirmed that the military would not let him obtain the Qi Circulation Manual, Old Man Baihe visited him with Long Yinghao and offered to teach it in exchange for Wang Yu's help in a dangerous plan. Wang Yu was still weighing the risks, but the offer swayed him toward agreeing.

• Wang Yu reported Wang Pantu's assassination attempt and collusion with Ximos, and the military investigation confirmed Wang Pantu had been a Ximos agent for decades.
• Old Man Baihe met Liu Xinjian and Long Yinghao in Capital City, and Liu Xinjian agreed to proceed with their plan despite Baihe estimating its chance of success at only thirty percent.
• After researching the military's Qi Circulation Method, Wang Yu concluded that his age and lack of aristocratic connections made obtaining it through the military nearly impossible.
• Old Man Baihe and Long Yinghao visited Wang Yu at the Pioneer Garrison, where Baihe asked him to repay an old favor by helping with a dangerous plan.
• Wang Yu hesitated after hearing the risks, but Old Man Baihe offered to teach him the Qi Circulation Manual, and Wang Yu asked if the offer was genuine.

Wang Yu learned Old Man Baihe’s Origin Water Method at a waterfall and quickly sensed and absorbed water elements. After completing his first qi circulation, he entered the Qi Circulation Realm.

• Wang Yu agreed to help Old Man Baihe with the operation and asked to learn a Qi Circulation Method before it began.
• Old Man Baihe taught Wang Yu the Origin Water Method beside the waterfall, and Wang Yu memorized its scripture in half a day.
• Wang Yu sat beneath the waterfall and sensed the surrounding water elements, then began drawing them into his body.
• Old Man Baihe guided a strand of qi through Wang Yu’s body before letting him circulate it on his own.
• Wang Yu completed a qi circulation and released force qi from his fingertips, achieving the Qi Circulation Realm.

Wang Yu learned Old Man Baihe’s water-aligned Origin Water Method and cultivated beside a great waterfall to prepare for the coming operation. He mastered the method with extraordinary speed and successfully entered the Qi Circulation Realm.

• Wang Yu agreed to join Old Man Baihe’s faction and asked him to teach the Qi Circulation Method before the operation.
• Old Man Baihe brought Wang Yu to a waterfall and explained the Origin Water Method, which refined water-aligned elemental qi.
• Wang Yu memorized the method’s scripture in half a day and began sensing water elements beneath the waterfall.
• Wang Yu quickly drew water elements into his body, while Old Man Baihe guided his first strand of qi until Wang Yu could circulate it himself.
• Wang Yu released a stream of force qi with pale blue radiance, confirming that he had entered the Qi Circulation Realm.

Wang Yu accepted Old Man Baihe’s invitation to consider training at Dragon Refining Abyss and strengthened his cultivation before an impending operation in Capital City. He discovered Chen Wenlin had also joined the Rebel Army’s side, and the operation was set to begin that night.

• Old Man Baihe invited Wang Yu to train at Dragon Refining Abyss and told him about Blue Star’s Martial Arts Holy Land; Wang Yu postponed his decision until after the coming operation.
• Wang Yu cultivated beneath a waterfall on Dense Forest Peninsula, using the Starry Sky Blade’s pure water-element particles to strengthen his Qi.
• Wang Yu warned Meng Lao Er, Sun Chengshan, and Song Hezheng to suspend business and withdraw assets because unrest was coming to Capital City.
• Chen Wenlin asked Wang Yu to take an assignment to Island Town No. 811, but Wang Yu revealed he knew about the Rebel Army; Chen Wenlin realized they were on the same side.
• Three days later, Wang Yu read Old Man Baihe’s message on the Heart Bamboo: the operation would begin that night.

Baihe lured Dongfang Liangji and the city’s powerful figures away from Capital City while Long Yinghao attacked the Magnetic Separation Gate’s defenders. Wang Yu slipped into the gate building undetected to carry out his mission to destroy it.

• Baihe and his black-robed allies left Capital City for the Central Mountains as Dongfang Liangji pursued them and ordered the city’s defenses reinforced.
• Liu Xinjian and Long Yinghao agreed it was time for Long Yinghao to act, and Long Yinghao headed for the Magnetic Separation Gate.
• Long Yinghao overwhelmed the gate’s soldiers and Senior Captains before battling the Dongfang Family Old Ancestor who guarded the building.
• Wang Yu approached the gate building unseen while the battle drew its defenders’ attention, then silently slipped inside to destroy the Magnetic Separation Gate.

Wang Yu turned the Magnetic Separation Gate into a star disk and delivered it to Liu Xinjian while Old Man Baihe’s forces fought Dongfang Liangji in the Central Mountains. The rebellion began across Capital City, leaving Dongfang Liangji trapped in battle and Liu Xinjian surprised by Wang Yu’s return.

• Wang Yu used a primordial stone to revert the Magnetic Separation Gate and escaped with the star disk using his Blood Shadow Clone while Long Yinghao delayed Dongfang Wuyin.
• Old Man Baihe received Wang Yu’s message, declared the plan could begin, and confronted Dongfang Liangji in the Central Mountains.
• Old Man Baihe’s forces fought Dongfang Liangji, and reinforcements from Capital City and the Rebel Army joined the battle.
• Dongfang Liangji learned that the Magnetic Separation Gate had been taken and that Liu Xinjian had incited officials and military officers to rebel in Capital City.
• Wang Yu appeared in Liu Xinjian’s room with the Magnetic Separation Star Disk, startling him.

Wang Yu helped Liu Xinjian escape with the Magnetic Separation Star Disk, but Dongfang Hu and two Military Department captains intercepted them. Wang Yu killed Dongfang Hu in a fierce clash, while Liu Xinjian held off the captains.

• Liu Xinjian accepted the Magnetic Separation Star Disk from Wang Yu, and they fled when three pursuers broke into the room.
• Dongfang Hu intercepted Liu Xinjian and demanded that he return the disk, while Wang Yu chose to fight rather than abandon him.
• Wang Yu struck Dongfang Hu with a saber attack that nearly killed him, and Liu Xinjian engaged the two captains.
• Wang Yu exhausted his Primordial Water Qi, broke through Dongfang Hu's sword qi, and beheaded him.

Wang Yu and Liu Xinjian escaped the city with the Magnetic Separation Star Disk and fled to the coast, where Liu Xinjian summoned the Flame Sea Beast to protect them from Dongfang Wuyin. Dongfang Wuyin eventually left for the Central Mountains after Dongfang Liangji summoned him, leaving the two under the sea beast’s protection.

• Wang Yu killed Dongfang Hu, then joined Liu Xinjian in killing the two remaining Military Department captains before they escaped the city.
• Wang Yu and Liu Xinjian bypassed the Central Mountains and entered the Dense Forest Peninsula while they waited to learn how the battle involving Old Man Baihe was going.
• Dongfang Wuyin pursued Wang Yu and Liu Xinjian, so Liu Xinjian led them to the coast, where he blew a crimson whistle.
• The Flame Sea Beast emerged from the sea and attacked Dongfang Wuyin after Liu Xinjian pointed him out, shielding Wang Yu and Liu Xinjian from further pursuit.
• Dongfang Wuyin failed to get past the sea beast’s tentacles, then left for the Central Mountains after Dongfang Liangji summoned him.

Old Man Baihe’s forces defeated the great families on Fragment Star No. 5, capturing two of the Imperial Family’s Old Ancestors while Dongfang Wuyin escaped. As dawn broke, Baihe and Liu Xinjian prepared to secure their new order and face the threats still ahead.

• Old Man Baihe and the green-haired burly man overwhelmed the great families’ experts as their camp’s resistance collapsed.
• Dongfang Liangji, Dongfang Wuyin, and Dongfang Yuan Hua tried to flee, but a sea monster’s tentacles and Liu Xinjian’s commands drove them back onto the island.
• Wang Yu severed Dongfang Yuan Hua’s arm, and Long Yinghao arrived to kill him while Old Man Baihe captured Dongfang Liangji.
• Dongfang Wuyin consumed an object that turned his battle aura blood-red and escaped past the sea monster’s tentacles, leaving two Imperial Family Old Ancestors captured.
• Old Man Baihe told Liu Xinjian that they needed to prepare for Nanxi’s response, hunt down Dongfang Wuyin, and remove Ximos’s people from their ranks.

After Liu Xinjian restored order on Fragment Star No. 5, he rewarded Wang Yu with a generous supply of cultivation resources and promised to support him as long as his country endured. Wang Yu tested the materials and discovered they greatly accelerated his cultivation, but Old Man Baihe’s return interrupted his plans.

• Chen Wenlin and Luo Chu discussed the conflict and acknowledged that their family loyalties might divide them.
• Old Man Baihe, Liu Xinjian, and the others returned to the city and quickly subdued the aristocratic families, restoring calm.
• Liu Xinjian offered to sponsor Wang Yu’s cultivation in exchange for his continued goodwill and possible aid to the country.
• Wang Yu received valuable pills, Blue Heart Pure Leaves, and other resources worth more than five million Crystal Coins.
• Wang Yu tested the Blue Heart Pure Leaves and a High-grade Qi Gathering Pill, greatly increasing his cultivation speed while consuming the resources quickly.
• Wang Yu began to feel reluctant to leave the Military Department, but Old Man Baihe returned.

Old Man Baihe brought Wang Yu to Dragon Refining Abyss after Wang Yu left military life, while Chief Envoy Yucheng investigated the destruction of Ximos’s informants on Island 701. At the volcanic entrance, Old Man Baihe revealed a gigantic bone beneath the magma and suggested it might belong to a dragon.

• Old Man Baihe returned with the gravely injured Dongfang Wuyin, and the Dongfang Family’s three Old Ancestors and Imperial Family retainers remained imprisoned for questioning.
• Old Man Baihe invited Wang Yu to Dragon Refining Abyss, and Liu Xinjian approved Wang Yu’s departure and promised to send monthly cultivation resources.
• Wang Yu left the military and traveled with Old Man Baihe to an uninhabited island on Ximos’s border.
• Chief Envoy Yucheng learned that Ximos’s informants on Island 701 had all been exposed and criticized his intelligence officers for their lack of information.
• Old Man Baihe led Wang Yu into the volcanic crater and disturbed the magma, revealing a massive bone that he speculated might be a dragon bone.

Old Man Baihe brought Wang Yu through a bone passage beneath the magma to a hidden cave residence, where Wang Yu was introduced to Shouxu and the other disciples. The chapter ended with Wang Yu witnessing a disastrous marriage proposal and realizing the place was unlike what he had expected.

• Old Man Baihe opened a bone passage through the magma and explained that Xiaohong, the Deep-Sea Giant Creature, lived there with him.
• Old Man Baihe led Wang Yu through the passage into a human-built cave residence and introduced him to Shouxu as a new Junior Brother.
• Old Man Baihe left for Xin Jian, and Shouxu offered to show Wang Yu around the residence.
• Wang Yu saw a man propose to Duoduo, who slapped him and vanished before he landed.
• The man admitted that he was pursuing Duoduo because of sexual desire, leaving Wang Yu questioning whether he had come to the wrong place.

Shouxu showed Wang Yu around the cave abode and explained the Blood Pools, their tournament, and the dangers of the Illusion Wall Rock’s staircase. After Wang Yu quickly overcame the rock wall’s illusion, he decided to test the steps himself.

• Wang Yu met Senior Brother Bai Jinxiu, who asked whether Wang Yu had a pretty older sister to introduce to him.
• Shouxu showed Wang Yu the dining hall and martial training grounds, where Zhong Ye and Zhou San were sparring.
• Shouxu explained that Wang Yu’s early Qi Circulation cultivation made him unlikely to compete for a Blood Pool slot yet.
• Wang Yu faced blood-snake illusions from the Illusion Wall Rock but quickly calmed his mind and broke free.
• Shouxu explained how the Blood Pools tempered the mind and body, how disciples competed for their slots, and warned Wang Yu about the ninety-nine dangerous steps.
• Wang Yu said he wanted to try climbing the stone steps, and Shouxu agreed after telling him to turn back if he felt threatened.