Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ye and England watched Greenfield Knight Academy investigate the battle site, suspecting the traces had been staged to lure in the academy. Professor Duoyou discovered evidence of a clash between Masters, while Xuan Ye concluded that Northern Domain Marquisate had arranged the trap and began considering how England could expose it without being caught.

• Xuan Ye and England discussed Greenfield Knight Academy’s arrival and judged that the academy might be drawn into a trap by the staged battle traces.
• Xuan Ye returned beneath a tree and advised Abel that Dream Island offered better training than Greenfield Knight Academy.
• Professor Duoyou arrived at the crater and realized the traces came from a clash between two Master Rank powerhouses.
• Xuan Ye and his allies concluded that Northern Domain Marquisate had staged the battle to lure out Greenfield Knight Academy and test its response.
• Xuan Ye decided England might need to betray the academy’s plans while preserving his own position, making England shudder.

Xuan Ye lured Greenfield Knight Academy’s three deans into the open with the Blood-colored Sacred Spear, drawing Old Churchill and England into a confrontation over the relic. The deans remained trapped between the Shouxin Marquisate’s forces and rival attackers as England’s gray lamp drove off two Master-level experts.

• The Cormorant Fisherman learned that Greenfield Knight Academy’s three deans and the Shouxin Marquisate had begun moving, but chose to wait and see.
• Xuan Ye made the Crimson Spear appear and sent it streaking away, prompting the three Greenfield Knight Academy deans to intercept it with a silver net.
• Old Churchill confronted the deans, challenged their claim to the Sacred Spear, and threatened them with the Shouxin Marquisate’s scroll.
• Two shadowy experts attacked the Flame Knight Dean and the Earth Knight Dean, but England struck them with his gray oil lamp and forced them to retreat.
• England revealed himself beside Old Churchill, leaving the three deans wary of resisting the Shouxin Marquisate’s forces.

Earl English used the Sacred Relic’s appearance to draw out Toyas Silver, while the three deans of Greenfield Knight Academy yielded their claim to the treasure. Toyas attacked Earl English and confirmed his suspicion that Toyas was responsible for what happened ten years ago.

• The three deans of Greenfield Knight Academy agreed to let Earl English take the Sacred Relic in exchange for compensation.
• Two swords suddenly attacked Earl English, but a white radiance from his body stopped them and unleashed destructive spatial currents.
• Toyas Silver emerged from the forest, and Earl English calmly accused him of attacking.
• Toyas admitted he had suspected Earl English was prepared for his arrival and revealed that he knew the Sacred Relic’s power would be spent.
• Earl English confronted Toyas about the events of ten years ago, and Toyas’s reaction suggested the accusation was true.

Toyas Silver attacked England and overwhelmed him despite England's inherited item, while Old Churchill's spell failed to stop him. Xuan Ye rescued England from a fatal blow and revealed himself to Toyas Silver, bringing their old promise back into question.

• Toyas Silver said he had prepared for England's arrival and struck him hard enough to send him crashing through trees.
• Toyas Silver summoned his sword and continued attacking England, while Old Churchill used a fourth-tier Sphere of Nothingness spell to intervene.
• Toyas Silver opened a temporary passage to the Fire Elemental Plane and swallowed the nine spheres, setting the surrounding forest ablaze.
• Toyas Silver pursued England again, but enormous Hands of Earth dragged England underground just before Toyas Silver's sword could hit him.
• Xuan Ye emerged from the burning forest, removed his mask, and reminded Toyas Silver of the promise they had made ten years earlier.

Xuan Ye confronted Toyas Silver, a Royal Clan Grandmaster, and revealed that he had spent a month preparing a battlefield with the Sacred Spear. Toyas Silver became trapped in the space-sealing formation as Xuan Ye prepared to attack.

• Toyas Silver recognized Xuan Ye and decided to kill him, while checking that no other Grandmasters were waiting in ambush.
• Toyas Silver struck at Xuan Ye, but Xuan Ye stopped the attack with a Barrier.
• Xuan Ye summoned the Sacred Spear and revealed the elaborate battlefield he had prepared beneath the mountain.
• Toyas Silver tried to escape with a teleportation gem, but Xuan Ye's formation sealed space and left him surrounded by illusory copies.
• Xuan Ye explained that Toyas Silver's caution had given him time to activate the connected battlefields and build a trap capable of killing a Grandmaster.

Xuan Ye trapped Toias Silver in a massive Barrier and battered him with a barrage of Wind Blades, but Toias survived and escaped when the Northern Domain Marquisate's Clan Protection Barrier intervened. Xuan Ye then fired the remaining energy in his Barrier at the retreating airship, damaging it as it fled.

• Xuan Ye used restrictive and offensive formations to trap Toias Silver and strike him with a powerful Wind Blade.
• Toias Silver cut through a dense barrage of Wind Blades, suffering severe injuries but surviving.
• Xuan Ye began preparing a second attack, but the Northern Domain Marquisate's Clan Protection Barrier tore through his Barrier and lifted Toias toward an airship.
• Toias warned Xuan Ye that he would not get another opportunity, and Xuan Ye promised a personal visit from the Ronald Imperial Family.
• Xuan Ye unleashed the remaining energy in his Barrier at the airship, which escaped trailing thick smoke.

The Northern Lands Sword Marquis’s retreat spread across Ronald, while his public accusations turned Xuan Ye and the Shouxin Marquisate into targets of rumor. After reviewing the reports, Xuan Ye reflected on the battle’s costs and gains and realized his exposed methods would make future plans harder.

• The three deans of Greenfield Knight Academy and the surviving adventurers fled Riverside Town after witnessing the battle and the Sky Ship’s departure.
• News that the Northern Lands Sword Marquis had been forced back spread rapidly across Ronald and reached the Free Trade Alliance, prompting major factions to warn their forces away from the conflict.
• The Northern Domain Marquisate launched a public campaign claiming Xuan Ye was an Imperial Family descendant responsible for past crimes, and newspapers spread the accusations against him and the Shouxin Marquisate.
• Xuan Ye read the reports and regretted that his Recording Crystal had failed to capture evidence that could correct the story.
• Xuan Ye recognized that the Sword Marquis had revealed his Barrier Master abilities to the public, but he took comfort in his gains from battle and the ascension of his Fifth Star Palace.

Xuan Ye prepared to travel north and make Northern Domain Marquisate’s affiliated forces submit, while Toyas Silver dismissed the threat and focused on establishing a New King. Xuan Ye arrived at the Fluorescent Merchant Guild and forced its guild master to choose between signing a contract and facing his Fireball.

• Xuan Ye told Earl English to protect the survivors and announced that he would head north, while Yao Yao complained that he had left without her.
• News spread that the Ronald Imperial Family was visiting Northern Domain Marquisate, and Toyas Silver ordered his followers to continue campaigning to establish a New King.
• Toyas Silver dismissed concerns about Xuan Ye’s growth, judging him to be an outstanding Master-level expert who depended on Barrier techniques.
• Xuan Ye entered the Fluorescent Merchant Guild’s headquarters, where its guild master tried to welcome him while considering how to avoid a lasting commitment.
• Xuan Ye presented the guild master with a magical contract and a compressed Fireball, demanding that he sign.

Toyas Silver learned that Xuan Ye was steadily dismantling the Northern Domain Marquisate’s forces and using Magic Contracts to pull its affiliates away. At Giant Rock Fortress, Xuan Ye forced Huang Tao to sign a contract after demonstrating his overwhelming power, leaving Toyas Silver’s plan increasingly isolated.

• Toyas Silver heard that Xuan Ye was sweeping through the Marquisate’s territories and eliminating its forces, while Magic Contracts persuaded local groups to break away.
• Toyas Silver realized the contracts could deprive the Marquisate of support just as his larger plan was nearing execution.
• At Giant Rock Fortress, Huang Tao weighed the Marquisate’s order to resist Xuan Ye against the danger of confronting him.
• Xuan Ye arrived and demanded that Huang Tao sign a Magic Contract.
• When Huang Tao hesitated, Xuan Ye carved a passage through the family compound, fortress walls, and North County Mountains without killing anyone.
• Huang Tao signed the contract and bowed his head as Xuan Ye left.

Xuan Ye destroyed First Stronghold and its surrounding mountain peak with an improved Shadow Devour, then faced seven Master Rank experts from the Northern Domain Marquisate. He killed their Master Archmage with the team’s own Demon-Slaying Arrows and revealed that he had first trained as a Ranger.

• The Long-Haired Swordsman killed the Ninth Stronghold lord and ordered the remaining lords to stay and wait for Xuan Ye.
• Xuan Ye unleashed Shadow Devour, erasing First Stronghold, its occupants, the fleeing swordsman, and the mountain peak.
• Seven Master Rank experts confronted Xuan Ye, who opened his Sixth Star Palace and formed an aura barrier.
• The Master Archmage attacked Xuan Ye with three arrows and a combined fire-and-ice spell, but Xuan Ye used a Demon-Slaying Arrow to kill him.
• The Master Ranger questioned Xuan Ye’s Barrier Master identity, and Xuan Ye revealed that his first profession was Ranger.

Xuan Ye killed three of the seven Master Rank attackers and captured the Marquis's Wife, a hidden Master Rank Thief. After killing her and discovering that the Marquis had used her as bait, Xuan Ye faced the Marquis as golden flames rose around him.

• Arrow Delivery Boy warned the group, but Xuan Ye killed the Mage and then shot down the one-eyed man with a third arrow.
• Xuan Ye trapped the Marquis's Wife as she tried to stab him from behind, and the remaining attackers stopped short rather than risk hurting her.
• Xuan Ye recognized the Marquis's Wife, took her Magic Necklace, and killed her when he suspected she meant to harm him.
• Xuan Ye sent the Marquis's Wife's body over the cliff and revealed that the Marquis had hidden nearby, ready to exchange places with her.
• Xuan Ye's pupils turned blood-red and golden flames surged around him as he met the Marquis's gaze.

Xuan Ye fought Troyas Silver and his Masters, killing two before using a spatial strike and Karma to gravely wound the Marquis. Troyas escaped with a forbidden blood-and-flesh technique, while Xuan Ye, weakened, let the remaining survivors flee to spread news of the battle.

• Troyas Silver and his subordinates were shocked by Xuan Ye's strength, and Xuan Ye killed two Masters while evading the Marquis and his Treasure Tools.
• Troyas Silver used eight Fourth-Tier enhancement Scrolls to boost his speed and pursued Xuan Ye as they exchanged attacks across the sky.
• Xuan Ye appeared beside a deflected arrow and struck Troyas Silver, then used Karma to tear open the Marquis's right chest.
• Troyas Silver sacrificed his severed arm with a forbidden technique, creating a huge explosion and escaping as a blood-colored streak.
• Xuan Ye extinguished Deity Mode and, too weakened to pursue the survivors, let them flee to spread news of Troyas Silver's defeat.

After defeating the Northern Lands Sword Marquis, Xuan Ye used the victory to force Northern Domain factions to sign contracts and prepare to surrender their territories. In Wujin City, he found Patriarch Sharu being abused by a Marquisate official, and the chapter ended as Sharu reacted with relief to Xuan Ye’s arrival.

• Xuan Ye reflected that his surprise tactics had forced the Northern Lands Sword Marquis to retreat, but he would need to reach Master rank to face him fairly.
• News of Xuan Ye’s victory spread across the Ronald Continent, throwing the Northern Domain into panic after the Thirteen Forts of North Commandery were destroyed.
• After a week of recovery, Xuan Ye accepted the submission of Northern Domain factions and had them sign contracts relinquishing their territories.
• In Wujin City, Bucktooth Man slapped and kicked Patriarch Sharu while ordering him to hurry the merchant association’s evacuation.
• Xuan Ye appeared on the courtyard wall and greeted Patriarch Sharu, while Bucktooth Man mocked their reunion and Sharu showed unexpected relief.

Xuan Ye killed Sharu Kend and burned the Northern Domain Marquisate’s holdings as he swept through its territory, weakening its popular support and forcing its remaining forces to flee. He arrived outside Chen County, where Toyas Silver prepared to release the Marquisate’s sealed ancestors and kill him before he grew stronger.

• Xuan Ye killed Sharu Kend and burned the warehouse, erasing the Northern Domain Marquisate’s presence in the city.
• Xuan Ye attacked cities across the Northern Domain while the Shouxin Marquisate spread his Recording Crystal’s contents, and many of the Marquisate’s remaining forces fled.
• The Northern Domain Marquisate’s leaders learned Xuan Ye had reached Chen County and argued over how to stop him.
• Toyas Silver emerged from the rear hall and ordered the Marquisate to release its two ancestors, resolving to kill Xuan Ye.
• Xuan Ye watched the Marquisate from a hill outside Chen County as the wind began to stir.

The Northern Domain Marquisate prepared for Xuan Ye’s promised visit while observers in Chen County debated the Marquisate’s decline and the danger of his Grandmaster-level strength. Hidden nearby, Xuan Ye wrestled with his decision to use a technique against the king and watched a meteor shower begin.

• The Northern Domain Marquisate’s stewards discussed its losses and prepared for Xuan Ye, while the changed Marquis ordered them to make full preparations for war.
• Observers in Chen County speculated that Xuan Ye had achieved his goal and predicted the Northern Domain Marquisate’s decline.
• Xuan Ye lay on a hillside several dozen kilometers from the Marquisate and reflected on the king’s collusion with the Alien Race and his decision to use the technique against him.
• Xuan Ye clenched his fist as a streak of light appeared on the horizon, then invited Little Glutton to watch the meteor shower with him.

Xuan Ye unleashed a meteor barrage that devastated the Northern Domain Marquisate and shattered Chen County’s City-Protecting Barrier. He then summoned an immense asteroid and focused its gravity on Troyas Silver as it fell toward the Marquisate.

• Troyas Silver sensed the Star Realm’s upheaval and reinforced the Clan Protection Barrier while preparing the manor for impact.
• Poseidon confronted a sinner in the eastern waters, but a Priestess from the Free Trade Alliance intervened to honor an agreement.
• Observers in Chen County watched meteors devastate the surrounding region, and the city’s City-Protecting Barrier shattered under the shock wave.
• Xuan Ye shielded himself from the impact, then surveyed the damaged Northern Domain Marquisate and confronted Troyas Silver.
• Xuan Ye summoned an enormous meteor and used Gravity Lock to direct its gravitational force at Troyas Silver as it fell.

Xuan Ye used a falling meteor to destroy the Northern Domain Marquisate, but Toya Silver survived and was transformed by the Ancient Evil God's whispers. Toya attacked Xuan Ye, who was knocked back into the sky as their fight began.

• Xuan Ye's guided meteor struck the Northern Domain Marquisate, destroying the clan and its foundations despite its defenses.
• Xuan Ye sensed Toya Silver had survived the impact and recognized the Ancient Evil God's influence in his changing aura.
• Toya Silver accused Xuan Ye of ruining his chance to ascend to the Sacred Rank and attacked him with a strange tentacle.
• Xuan Ye blocked Toya's charge with the Sacred Spear, but the impact sent him flying backward through the sky.

Xuan Ye struggled against Toyas Silver and, with Aitiya buying him time, began his breakthrough to the Master Rank. The Autonomous Node became his vessel, and he achieved Master Rank as a Godslayer.

• Toyas Silver repeatedly attacked Xuan Ye, who used teleportation, an upgraded Barrier, and Deity Mode to survive and wound him with Gravity Collapse.
• Under the pressure of the fight, Xuan Ye touched the threshold of the Master Rank but needed uninterrupted time to complete his breakthrough.
• Aitiya arrived with her awakened Sacred Sword and held Toyas Silver back, despite the strain of her attacks.
• Xuan Ye chose his Autonomous Node as the vessel for his breakthrough, drank High-Quality Life Potions to sustain himself, and synchronized with the Node.
• Xuan Ye achieved the Master Rank as a Godslayer, and his Autonomous Core Nodes briefly turned blood-red as they became part of his body.

Xuan Ye and Aitiya defeated the corrupted Toyas Silver through coordinated attacks, with Aitiya’s awakened Sacred Sword delivering the fatal blow. As Toyas Silver was purified and lost consciousness, he lamented that he had lost and was not as good as Arthur Feng.

• Aitiya’s awakened Sacred Sword could not overcome Toyas Silver, but Xuan Ye caught his tail and revealed that he had reached Master Rank.
• Xuan Ye’s Soul Impact failed to affect Toyas Silver, so he used the Wings of Void and Spatial Shift to attack from multiple directions while Aitiya prepared to strike.
• Xuan Ye baited Toyas Silver with a feint, wounded him repeatedly, and reconstructed his attacks into a rune that trapped him behind four gates.
• Aitiya pierced Toyas Silver’s chest with the Sacred Sword, whose Holy Light purified the corruption and fatally wounded him.
• Toyas Silver murmured that he had lost and was not as good as Arthur Feng before losing consciousness.

Xuan Ye reunited with Aitiya after the Northern Domain Marquisate was destroyed, and the continent hailed him as its new Uncrowned King. He returned to ruined Yuhai City to honor those who had died defending it and vowed to protect the land.

• Xuan Ye descended beside Aitiya, welcomed her back, and saw the Lord of Hell's contract begin to drag her away.
• Aitiya returned to the Contract Space and stole the food-filled Spatial Bag from Xuan Ye.
• The destruction of the Northern Domain Marquisate became known across the continent, and people recognized Xuan Ye as a new overlord.
• Xuan Ye visited the ruins of Yuhai City, raised a spear bearing a bloodstained skull, and poured divine wine for the dead.
• Xuan Ye cast the skull into the sea and vowed to protect the land as Aitiya tossed a moldy pastry into the waves.