Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ye confronted the students who had frightened Big Bear, defeated them and their guards, and took compensation from them. When a Six-Star instructor tried to detain him with a Barrier, Xuan Ye seized control of it, and the instructor agreed to speak with him.

• Big Bear crawled to Xuan Ye and complained that the students had frightened him.
• Xuan Ye demanded compensation from the students, then beat them and their guards when they challenged him and searched them for payment.
• A middle-aged instructor emerged from the woods and accused Xuan Ye of attacking the students, while secretly trapping the group inside his Barrier.
• Xuan Ye identified flaws in the Barrier and took control of it, revealing that he was also a Barrier Master.
• The instructor abandoned his accusations, recognized their shared specialty, and invited Xuan Ye to follow him so they could talk.

Xuan Ye forced Tuotuo to reveal that Sea Tribe members had targeted Lia because of her unusual Bloodline, though it remained unclear whether they had taken her from Dream Island. Suspecting Deliana knew more than she let on, Xuan Ye urged Andrew to question her.

• Tuotuo led Xuan Ye and the others to his hidden courtyard while inwardly panicking over Xuan Ye's control of his Barrier.
• Tuotuo told Andrew that Sea Tribe members had come ashore seeking Lia because her Bloodline was unusual.
• Tuotuo said Lia had resisted the Sea Tribe, who had avoided forcing her, but he believed they had eventually taken her away.
• Xuan Ye questioned Andrew about Deliana's reaction to Lia's disappearance and found her supposed grief and drinking unlike her usual character.
• Xuan Ye suggested that Lia might still be on Dream Island and proposed asking Deliana what she knew.

Xuan Ye reunited with Yama and Noku at Deliana’s tavern and asked her about her daughter, Lia. Deliana confirmed Lia was not in danger and took Xuan Ye to speak privately.

• The tavern’s diners complained that Deliana was not cooking, while the drunken Deliana ordered them to be quiet.
• Xuan Ye arrived, and Yama and Noku happily recognized their old companion.
• Noku noticed Xuan Ye’s strength, and Xuan Ye revealed he had reached Five Star rank.
• Xuan Ye asked Deliana whether she was hiding something about Lia and said he had promised the Lord Mayor to look after them.
• Deliana learned Xuan Ye had driven a demon from the Lord Mayor, then assured him Lia was safe and led him into the back room.

Xuan Ye learned that Deliana’s unusual bloodline had made the Sea Tribe seek her daughter Lia, and he set out to help the Rosen family despite the danger. At the bar, he found Andrew being pressured to surrender the Rosen family’s Foundation of the Formation, then learned that the man making the demand served Young Master Aide and wanted Xuan Ye’s Winged Equipment.

• Deliana explained that the Sea Tribe wanted to bring her daughter back as a Saintess and gave Xuan Ye a red-glowing bead that could help locate her.
• Deliana warned Xuan Ye that Sea Tribe men might ambush him because he was a boy who had grown close to Lia.
• Xuan Ye told Andrew to wait because he was too weak, and Andrew bowed and entrusted his family to him.
• A mustached gentleman pressed Andrew to hand over the Rosen family’s Foundation of the Formation and threatened him by asking about his sister.
• Xuan Ye recognized the man as a servant of Young Master Aide, and the man asked him to sell his Winged Equipment.

Xuan Ye rejected Mustache’s attempt to force him to sell, then searched the Trial Forest for Lia. He found three students who had last seen her and asked them to lead him to where she disappeared.

• Mustache tried to pressure Xuan Ye into selling, but Xuan Ye refused and ordered Big Bear to bite him as he turned to leave.
• Xuan Ye paid the fine and medical expenses, then headed toward the Trial Forest to search for people.
• Three students in Forest No. 4 discussed Lia’s disappearance while searching the forest, and one girl resented Lia’s strength and family background.
• Xuan Ye descended before the students and asked them to take him to the place where Lia had disappeared.
• Tuotuo sensed Xuan Ye’s familiar presence, shifted his attention away, and pretended not to notice him.

Xuan Ye interrogated Lia’s friends and learned that Dalt had arranged to lure her into No. 4 Trial Forest, where the Sea Tribe took her. After finding a Barrier near the shore, he alerted the Sea Tribe Priest that a powerful Dream Island expert had arrived.

• Xuan Ye used his Bloodline Power to make Lia’s friend reveal that Senior Dalt had told her to lure Lia out.
• Xuan Ye learned that Dalt was Mentor Pusang’s disciple and ordered the group to lead him to where Lia had been taken.
• Lia’s male friend apologized for his fiancée’s actions and led Xuan Ye and the two women to the site of the earlier fight in No. 4 Trial Forest.
• Xuan Ye followed the bead’s stronger signal and detected a Barrier near the shore.
• The Sea Tribe Priest sensed someone touching the Barrier and warned the Sea Race Warrior that a powerful expert from Dream Island had arrived.

Xuan Ye tracked a hidden Sea Tribe barrier to a sea cave and confronted a Sea Race Warrior over the abduction of a human woman. He recorded the encounter and captured the warrior, leaving the others stunned by his victory.

• Xuan Ye examined the Sea Tribe's barrier and entered its hidden seaside cave with the young man, his girlfriend, and their companion.
• A Sea Race Warrior emerged from the cave and ordered the humans to leave, but Xuan Ye challenged his authority and accused the Sea Tribe of abducting a human.
• Xuan Ye activated a Recording Crystal as the warrior tried to seize it and attacked him with a Sea Tribe restraint skill.
• Xuan Ye escaped the water bubble and bound the warrior with shadowy hands, capturing him while the nearby witnesses watched in shock.
• Xuan Ye warned the warrior that the recording showed who attacked first, and the warrior stopped cursing.

Xuan Ye confronted the Sea Tribe over its attempt to take the Saintess, claimed her as his goddaughter, and recorded the Sea Race Priest's threats. The priest attacked Xuan Ye and the two girls with enormous water sharks.

• Xuan Ye challenged the Sea Race Warrior for seizing the Saintess and said he was her godfather.
• The Sea Race Priest emerged from the cavern and tried to take the crystal from Xuan Ye with a Flowing Water Hand.
• Xuan Ye shattered the water hand, resisted the priest's pressure, and continued recording him.
• The Sea Race Priest threatened Xuan Ye, but Xuan Ye revealed he had recorded the threat on a second crystal.
• The enraged Sea Race Priest rose above the sea and sent enormous sharks made of water charging at Xuan Ye and the two girls.

Xuan Ye easily shattered the Sea Tribe Priest’s giant shark attack, then trapped him inside a powerful Compound Barrier. With the Priest facing death, Xuan Ye asked whether his family would seek revenge if he killed him, considering the evidence he had recorded.

• The Sea Tribe Priest sent three enormous Sea Water Sharks at Xuan Ye, but Xuan Ye destroyed them with a touch and criticized the Priest’s crude technique.
• Xuan Ye summoned six skeletal sharks and used them to attack the Priest, who shielded himself inside a sphere of seawater.
• The skeletal feathers entered the Priest’s watery defense and assembled into a Compound Barrier that trapped him and filled him with fear.
• Xuan Ye showed the trapped Priest a Recording Crystal and asked whether his family would come after him if he killed him.

Xuan Ye rescued Lia Sen from Sea Tribe captors and brought the captives back to Dream Island, where Pusang confronted him. Pusang insisted that Xuan Ye should have sacrificed Lia for peace between the races.

• Xuan Ye confirmed that the captive girl was Lia Sen, freed her from the water bubble, and she called him Godfather.
• Lia accepted Xuan Ye as her father in front of the students, then forgave the goddess who had lured her out while admitting their friendship might have changed.
• Xuan Ye dragged the two Sea Tribe captives through the Fourth Trial Forest, prompting Barrier Master Tuotuo to alert the academy.
• Pusang arrived in the City of Dreams, recognized the captives, and warned Xuan Ye that rescuing Lia had caused serious trouble.
• Xuan Ye challenged Pusang for suggesting Lia should have been left to the Sea Tribe, and Pusang argued that peace between the races mattered more than personal feelings.

Xuan Ye rejected Pusang’s attempt to pressure him into surrendering his token and apologizing to the Sea Tribe, while insisting that Dream Island should protect its people. Their confrontation was interrupted by Laimu, who recognized Xuan Ye from the Demon Forest.

• Pusang demanded Xuan Ye’s token and told him to kneel and apologize to the injured Sea Tribe members.
• Xuan Ye refused, challenged Pusang’s appeal to the greater good, and defended standing firm when others trespassed on Human territory.
• Pusang revealed his late Professional Rank strength and threatened to capture Xuan Ye, but a student said a Recording Crystal had captured the incident.
• Pusang tried to take custody of the recording, but Xuan Ye said he would deliver it and his token to the Island Lord himself.
• Laimu arrived to investigate the battle, and Pusang tried to take charge before Laimu recognized Xuan Ye from the Demon Forest.

Xuan Ye outmaneuvered Pusang over the Sea Tribe incident and gained Laimu’s help, then returned to Cat Cat Bar with Lia. At the bar, he found Blue-haired Aide’s family had sent a group to provoke Mad Wind, Andrew, Noku, and Yama.

• Xuan Ye and Laimu traded pointed remarks about the Sea Tribe, leaving Pusang unable to defend himself until he flew away, spitting blood.
• Laimu agreed to take the Sea Tribe captives, investigate Xuan Ye’s token ring, and use the recording as evidence after discovering one captive was Professional Rank.
• Lia teased Xuan Ye for pocket money and flirted by asking whether he was interested in her mother, until he mocked her resemblance to Deliana.
• Xuan Ye and Lia returned to Cat Cat Bar and found Mad Wind, Andrew, Noku, and Yama confronting three short figures who had come with a group of stern-looking men.

Aide and Mustache William sent the Weasel Trio to target Xuan Ye, but Xuan Ye captured and interrogated them, uncovering evidence of William’s involvement. After Lia and Deliana teased Xuan Ye about his relationship with the children, Andrew was left stunned.

• Aide demanded that Mustache William’s hired Weasel Trio kill Xuan Ye and uncover the secret behind his advancement.
• Xuan Ye tortured the Weasel Trio with chili water until the second brother agreed to talk, while their youngest brother watched in fear.
• Mad Wind recorded the brothers’ confession that Mustache William had hired them, and the eldest brother admitted they had secretly recorded their conversation with William.
• The Weasel Trio handed over their Recording Scroll as evidence of William’s involvement.
• Deliana teased Xuan Ye, and Lia mocked him about being called Dad by her children, leaving Andrew incredulous.

Xuan Ye helped Mao Mao Tavern secure evidence and a protection agreement, then headed to the Elemental Spire to meet the lord of the Hand of Elements. At the Library, he encountered Dalt and McLean before using the Firewall Ring to teleport to the Mage Tower.

• Xuan Ye proposed keeping evidence of the Sea Tribe's violations as leverage, and the Weasel Trio agreed to maintain order at Mao Mao Tavern under a protection contract.
• Laimu summoned Xuan Ye to the Elemental Spire, and Xuan Ye learned the Firewall Ring granted access through the Library's teleportation array.
• Dalt confronted Xuan Ye in the Library, but McLean appeared and revealed that Dalt was his nephew.
• McLean refused to intervene, and Xuan Ye warned Dalt that he would deal with him another time before teleporting to the Mage Tower.

Xuan Ye visited Kip Vico, the Great Sage, at the Elemental Spire and learned that Kip could see through his hidden Godslayer profession. Kip agreed to negotiate with the Sea Tribe, warned Xuan Ye about future attacks, and offered him ongoing guidance.

• Xuan Ye studied the spatial-folding teleportation method and was carried to the Elemental Spire by an Arcane Golem.
• Kip Vico welcomed Xuan Ye and identified him as a Godslayer despite his efforts to conceal his profession.
• Kip Vico agreed to negotiate with the Sea Tribe and warned that its agents might still attack Xuan Ye, while promising increased surveillance on Dream Island.
• Xuan Ye told Kip Vico about Shadow of Feralas, and Kip said he already knew about it and advised Xuan Ye not to get involved.
• Kip Vico offered to answer Xuan Ye's questions whenever he was free and let him visit through the teleportation array, and Xuan Ye accepted his guidance.

Xuan Ye learned why the Godslayer profession was powerful but nearly impossible to advance, then Aitiya’s breakthrough triggered his own final Inner Palace and Sixth Star Palace awakening. He acquired the Godslayer class and discovered his Bloodline had awakened the Eyes of Lawbreaking, while Kip Vico warned that the Moon God Contract had drawn the gods’ attention.

• Kip Vico explained that Godslayers gained immense power from the resonance between their Star Palaces and Inner Palaces, but that the resonance made reaching Professional Rank exceptionally difficult.
• Xuan Ye continued studying in the Library and preparing his final Qi and Blood Inner Palace core, determined to pursue the Godslayer path.
• Aitiya began breaking through to Professional Rank, and the Moon God Contract’s energy forced Xuan Ye’s Qi and Blood Inner Palace to begin condensing its core.
• Xuan Ye’s Star Palaces and Inner Palaces resonated violently, so Kip Vico pulled him from the Library and contained him in the Tower of Elements.
• Xuan Ye absorbed the moonlight, gained Professional Rank spiritual pressure, and awakened the Eyes of Lawbreaking, which let him view the past for up to five seconds.
• Xuan Ye acquired the Godslayer class and demonstrated greatly increased strength, while Kip Vico asked him to put on clothes.

After Xuan Ye received the Moon God Imprint Heart’s power, Kip Vico explained its limits and assigned him work as compensation for the books he had damaged. Xuan Ye became an intern class mentor on Dream Island, where he discovered he would be teaching an experimental all-female class.

• Xuan Ye asked Kip Vico whether the Moon God Imprint Heart could help him break through to Professional Rank, and Kip warned that the Moon God would not directly undo the Godslayer curse.
• Xuan Ye accepted that the contract could only assist him and that he would ultimately have to rely on himself.
• Kip Vico demanded compensation for the unique books Xuan Ye had damaged and appointed him an intern teacher on Dream Island.
• Kip Vico explained that teaching would help Xuan Ye systematize his scattered knowledge and prepare to reach Professional Rank.
• After completing his teacher registration, Xuan Ye learned he had been assigned as class mentor to an experimental all-female class, whose students immediately teased him.
• Kip Vico watched Xuan Ye’s embarrassed reaction and mused that he wanted to study the Eyes of Lawbreaking for years.

Xuan Ye reflected on the limitations of his newly strengthened Godslayer abilities, then went to the Academic Affairs Hall to choose courses. Mistaken for an auditing student, he followed a student who promised he could attend a full class after helping its mentor.

• Lia teased Xuan Ye about becoming the girls' class counselor, while Aitiya returned and said her business was not finished yet.
• Xuan Ye told Lia to supervise the class and considered how to improve his skills, autonomous nodes, and barrier materials after his Godslayer class change.
• Xuan Ye visited the Academic Affairs Hall and selected courses, including Analysis of the Professional Alchemist's Advancement Process.
• A student mistook Xuan Ye for an auditing student and invited him to help the class mentor in exchange for a place in the full course.

Xuan Ye and four auditors were brought to an herb garden to donate blood for cultivating Bloodlust Grass. When Xuan Ye refused, the other auditors turned against him because they feared having to provide his share.

• A formal student led Xuan Ye and four auditors to an herb garden, where Xuan Ye recognized the Bloodlust Grass and its cultivation methods.
• The student explained that the teacher needed the auditors' blood to grow middle-grade Bloodlust Grass for a potion class.
• Xuan Ye refused to donate blood, pointing out that the student had not explained the demand beforehand.
• The student protested that the teacher was waiting for the grass, while an adult Advanced Apprentice blamed Xuan Ye for making the others donate extra blood.

Xuan Ye challenged the apprentices’ demand that everyone contribute blood, then used force to collect plasma from the Advanced Apprentice and the student who had volunteered to donate. He left the student who had defended him with an offer of protection at Mao Mao Tavern.

• An Advanced Apprentice blamed Xuan Ye for refusing to provide blood, and other apprentices joined in while the silent student stayed out of the argument.
• Xuan Ye argued that the observers should not consider themselves less valuable than an enrolled student, prompting the student to volunteer his share.
• When the Advanced Apprentice berated the student, Xuan Ye silenced him with a coercive command and used Wind Blades to draw blood from both men.
• Xuan Ye spread the two men’s blood over the Bloodlust Grass, making the smaller supply more effective than the amount from five people.
• The oldest Advanced Apprentice realized Xuan Ye was a trainee teacher, and Xuan Ye told the student who had remained blood-free to seek him at Mao Mao Tavern if anyone troubled him.
• The enrolled student questioned Xuan Ye’s conduct but backed down and gathered herbs, noticing they seemed more effective than before.