Chapter Summaries

Cheng Han killed Ying Qiang with three Silent Flying Spears and gained Illusion Magic by analyzing the creature. When Qu XiaoYing sought help against two powerful warriors, Cheng Han used his new ability to aid her from afar, leaving her to continue the fight.

• Cheng Han used Silent Flying Spears to kill Ying Qiang from over six hundred meters away, while the demon subjugation squad fled after mistaking the creature’s death illusion for a threat.
• The Black Cat retrieved Ying Qiang’s body, and Cheng Han analyzed it to improve his Body Forging Imprint and Secret Universe Imprint and gain Illusion Magic.
• Cheng Han tested Illusion Magic on the Black Cat, which used Hidden Power to dispel the illusions.
• Qu XiaoYing contacted Cheng Han through their Soul Link and warned him that two of Chou Jian’s trusted subordinates were coming for her squad.
• Cheng Han connected Illusion Magic to Qu XiaoYing’s soul trace, causing her two spears to multiply into twelve and wound the warriors blocking her escape.
• Qu XiaoYing thanked Cheng Han and resolved to serve him, but he rebuked her and told her to focus on the fight.

Cheng Han helped Qu XiaoYing defeat two squad leaders, uncovered her Arson ancestry, and ordered her to resume searching for Supernatural Creatures. He then arranged for two Warriors to publicly accuse Chou Jian and kill themselves, forcing the Profound Pavilion and Black Armor Army to investigate him.

• Cheng Han used Illusion Magic to help Qu XiaoYing overpower two squad leaders, then told her to spare them and continue searching for Supernatural Creatures.
• Qu XiaoYing swore an oath of service to Cheng Han, and his Historical Trace revealed her Arson ancestry and the Arrowhead Sword Spear wielded by her Valkyrie ancestors.
• Cheng Han told Qu XiaoYing to rest, gather her squad, and have an Arrowhead Sword Spear forged, while he returned toward Qinglin City with Sheriff after dark.
• Chen Hong and Zhao DeShan publicly accused Chou Jian of corruption, lechery, abduction, and insulting the Profound Pavilion before killing themselves in front of a crowd.
• Cheng Han burned a doll into Nether Ash and explained that the public accusations would force the Black Armor Army to investigate Chou Jian to answer for his insults against the Profound Pavilion.

Cheng Han let Qian Yiqing publicize his victory over Ying Qiang while the squad leader suicide incident prompted the Black Armor Army to detain Chou Jian. Using the Stone of Divine Soul, Cheng Han uncovered the fate of Valkyrie Valia and learned that her body, divine artifacts, and inheritance lay in the Eternal Land, also known as the God-Burial Ground.

• Qian Yiqing showed Ying Qiang's corpse to the residents and exaggerated the creature's fearsome reputation, indirectly boosting Cheng Han's standing.
• At dinner, Cheng Han pretended to be surprised as Qian Yiqing described the squad leader suicide incident and its escalation to the Pavilion.
• Chou Jian was escorted to Army Commander Gong ZhengHuan, placed under detention, and asked to report other acts of corruption.
• Cheng Han used Deduction on the Stone of Divine Soul and heard the Heretical God of Nether Soil mourn Valkyrie Valia, who had fought for the Yalson people and died in the Primordial Era.
• Cheng Han witnessed visions of Valia's power and burial, then concluded that her divine body, two divine artifacts, and complete inheritance were in the Eternal Land, the God-Burial Ground.

After learning the Valkyrie’s cultivation methods, Cheng Han chose Qian Qingqing to inherit a new Valkyrie path and gave her a Valkyrie Imprint. He took her to fight a Snow Aberration, where she killed it with one spear thrust, beginning her first battle.

• Cheng Han decided to guide Qian Qingqing toward becoming the next-generation Valkyrie rather than passing the inheritance to Qu XiaoYing.
• Cheng Han invited Qian Qingqing for a walk and taught her the story of Valia, then gave her a branch and imparted Valkyrie knowledge through the Secret Universe Imprint.
• Cheng Han spotted a Snow Aberration and carried Qian Qingqing through the air to where it faced two Spirit Mastiffs and several Patrol Officers.
• Cheng Han urged Qian Qingqing to attack the Snow Aberration, and the Valkyrie Imprint gave her the skill and instincts to pierce its shifting energy core with her branch.
• Qian Qingqing killed the Snow Aberration in one strike, leaving her and the watching Patrol Officers stunned.

Cheng Han explained Qian Qingqing’s new Valkyrie Imprint and used Snow Mud from the Snow Aberration to strengthen Sheriff and demonstrate a transformation trick. His casual display astonished Yu Xianglong and Cao Ruifeng, who said that anyone who touched upon an Anomaly’s essence would surely advance to Mystic Adept, leaving Cheng Han wondering what he had overlooked.

• The Spirit Mastiffs and Patrol Officers recognized Cheng Han after Qian Qingqing killed the Snow Aberration under the Valkyrie Imprint’s guidance, and Cheng Han took Snow Mud from its corpse before flying away with her.
• Cheng Han told Qian Qingqing that the Female Warrior Seal was a growing Seed that she needed to train, and she resolved to practice swinging her spear three thousand times each day.
• Cheng Han analyzed the Snow Mud, increasing the completeness of his Spirit Control Profound Imprint, then gave Sheriff the ability to control snow and create a fast-moving Snow Cat.
• Yu Xianglong and Cao Ruifeng visited the Qian Family residence, where Cheng Han demonstrated Snow Mud transforming into different creatures and explained how he had activated it.
• Yu Xianglong and Cao Ruifeng were astonished by Cheng Han’s technique and said that anyone who touched upon an Anomaly’s essence would surely advance to Mystic Adept, prompting Cheng Han to wonder what he did not know.

Cheng Han learned about the Black Armor Army’s Eight Great Spirit Refining Imprints while Qian Qingqing trained with a spear and Qu XiaoYing awakened ancestral power through an Arrowhead Sword Spear. Two days later, Tie Feng arrived to escort Cheng Han to Black Mountain Camp, where Cheng Han prepared to face the newcomers’ training with nothing but his fists.

• Yu Xianglong explained that touching an Anomaly’s essence indicated a high understanding of the Spiritual Domain and began telling Cheng Han about the Black Armor Army’s secret Spirit Refining Imprints.
• Qian Qingqing practiced spearwork with Qian Changyun, repeatedly striking the same spot until his wooden stick snapped, while she insisted she was weak and needed to train harder.
• Cheng Han considered concealing his abilities as he cultivated the Spirit Refining Imprints, then chose not to correct Qian Qingqing’s belief that she was weak.
• Qu XiaoYing learned that Chou Jian had been executed after the Black Armor Army’s investigation exposed his crimes, and she commissioned three Arrowhead Sword Spears.
• Qu XiaoYing felt ancestral power awaken through an Arrowhead Sword Spear, and Cheng Han told her to reclaim the Amazons’ power by swinging her spear and warned that people might approach her.
• Two days later, Tie Feng arrived to escort Cheng Han to Black Mountain Camp, and Cheng Han said he was bringing only his fists.

Tie Feng abandoned Cheng Han outside the city with a map and a surveillance artifact, but Cheng Han quickly recognized the device and used it to improve his Secret Universe Imprint. As Cheng Han sped through the snowy wilderness and stopped to enjoy roasted rabbit, the Black Armor Army monitors struggled to keep up and grew increasingly frustrated.

• Tie Feng told Cheng Han about the Black Mountain Camp reporting trial, gave him a Sheepskin Map and Spirit Profound Eye, then left him outside the city.
• Cheng Han identified the Spirit Profound Eye's surveillance functions and used it to raise his Secret Universe Imprint's Completeness to 72.24%.
• Little Beard and his monitoring team watched Cheng Han travel rapidly across the Snowy Plains and repeatedly lost ground while chasing him.
• Cheng Han stopped to roast a Cave Rabbit, while the exhausted monitors ate rations and complained that they wanted to give him a beating.

Cheng Han spent the evening sightseeing at Chang Geng Lake while his surveillance team struggled to follow him, then collected Qu XiaoYing’s tribute through Sheriff. After Cheng Han warned her of an approaching enemy, Qu XiaoYing used Valkyrie’s Roar and Valkyrie’s Throw to wound the hidden attacker, who then pleaded that he meant no harm.

• Little Beard’s surveillance team followed Cheng Han to Chang Geng Lake and found his message written across the frozen river.
• Cheng Han built an ice house on the lake while Little Beard and his team settled into the wilderness for the night.
• Qu XiaoYing told Cheng Han that Valkyrie’s Throw had helped her kill a Three-Claw Split Tridacna, and Cheng Han ordered her to present its Heart Blood Essence.
• Cheng Han sent Sheriff to retrieve the bottle, then warned Qu XiaoYing that a shadow was approaching and ordered Sheriff to monitor Mao Tai Winery.
• Qu XiaoYing prepared for the intruder, used Valkyrie’s Roar to strengthen herself, and threw a sword spear that struck and wounded the hidden attacker.
• The attacker changed his tone and told Qu XiaoYing that he bore her no ill will.

Cheng Han directed Qu XiaoYing to join the Destroyer Emissary as a mole, then headed out for food while the watchers endured the cold and watched his comfortable evening. The watchers spotted a Rank C Supernatural Creature approaching Cheng Han.

• Cheng Han carved a flat stone bed inside his ice hut and learned from Qu XiaoYing that an Apostle of the Destroyer Emissary had approached her.
• Cheng Han deduced that the Destroyer Emissary belonged to the Council of Fallen World and told Qu XiaoYing to demand benefits and join.
• Qu XiaoYing negotiated improved terms with Locat, also known as He Bi, accepted a disguised Silver Coin badge, and asked Cheng Han for further instructions.
• Cheng Han failed to trace the specially treated badge and decided to use Qu XiaoYing to infiltrate the Council of Fallen World's core.
• Cheng Han set out for Chang Geng Lake to get supper while the watchers complained about his comfort and spotted a Rank C Supernatural Creature heading toward him.

Cheng Han killed the Rank C creature Qi Bi with a trap made using Snow Mud, then analyzed its body and gained an Ice Element Profound Method Trait. Afterward, he asked the Black Armor Army to retrieve the valuable corpse, and Little Beard agreed to send someone.

• Little Beard warned Cheng Han through the Spirit Profound Eye to flee Chang Geng Lake, but Cheng Han stayed and prepared a trap beside his ice hut.
• Qi Bi attacked Cheng Han with repeated volleys of ice spikes, while Cheng Han dodged them and lured the creature toward shore.
• Cheng Han baited Qi Bi with seasoned fish concealing Snow Mud, then activated the Snow Mud after Qi Bi swallowed it, killing the creature from the inside.
• Cheng Han analyzed Qi Bi's corpse, gained proficiency and Spirit Value capacity, and acquired the Ice Element Profound Method Trait.
• Cheng Han asked the Black Armor Army to retrieve Qi Bi's corpse, and Little Beard agreed to send someone.

Cheng Han slept beside Qi Bi’s corpse, then impressed a Black Armor Army squad by revealing that he had comprehended the Ice Element Profound Method Trait overnight. As the Second Battle Group’s leaders considered how to manage their gifted newcomer, Cheng Han raced toward Chang Geng Lake on an ice skateboard, leaving his exhausted surveillance team struggling to keep up.

• Cheng Han made a pillow and bedding from Qi Bi’s remains, repaired the ice house, and slept while Little Beard’s team watched over him in the freezing cold.
• Little Beard’s team received orders to join a squad of Warriors led by Vice Commandant Mu Zhenghao, who would transport Qi Bi’s corpse and help secure the training area.
• Cheng Han used the Ice Element Profound Method Trait to form an ice sledge beneath Qi Bi’s corpse, astonishing Captain Ji Changqiu and the other Warriors.
• At Black Mountain Camp, the Second Battle Group’s Commandant discussed Cheng Han’s talent with Rongrong and decided to speak frankly with him about his role.
• Cheng Han practiced the Nine Elements Strengthening Body Technique, formed an ice skateboard, and sped toward Chang Geng Lake, forcing Mu Zhenghao and the surveillance team to chase after him.

Cheng Han crossed the misty first training point by anticipating and defeating its Howling Demon, then used a ghostly howl and a trade to pass Ke Zhang’s checkpoint. He left the area carrying a valuable vine section, pleased that the trial had become a journey of harvest.

• Cheng Han entered the fog and used his foresight and battle skills to destroy a Howling Demon before it could frighten him.
• Cheng Han analyzed the Howling Demon and added the Fear Warcry and Ghostly Wail techniques to his Body Forging Imprint.
• Cheng Han’s Ghostly Wail startled the monitoring staff, while Mu Zhenghao guessed that he was using echoes to navigate the fog.
• Cheng Han used Deduction to see Yu Xianglong get caught by Ke Zhang’s vine and flung out of the mist zone.
• Cheng Han howled at Ke Zhang, traded Snow Mud for a section of vine, and walked through the second checkpoint as Ke Zhang withdrew its other vines.

Cheng Han recognized that someone had tampered with the mist training and stayed near Ke Zhang rather than risk exposing his true strength. A Blood Butcher attacked, and Cheng Han and Ke Zhang fought back as his howl summoned a pack of Howling Demons.

• Cheng Han reviewed Yu Xianglong’s experience in the Supplicant trial and sensed danger near Ke Zhang’s territory.
• Cheng Han warned Hu Yinan and Mu Zhenghao that an enemy had tampered with the training, and he refused to leave the mist or let reinforcements enter.
• A Blood Butcher emerged, confirming Cheng Han’s suspicion, while the Monitoring Room requested reinforcements.
• Ke Zhang defended Cheng Han with its vines as Cheng Han used Fear Warcry and Ghostly Wail to disrupt the Blood Butcher.
• Cheng Han’s howl summoned a Howling Demon Pack, leaving Hu Yinan and Mu Zhenghao astonished.

Cheng Han and Ke Zhang coordinated their attacks against Blood Butcher while Sheriff hunted down and killed a hidden female Transcendent. Blood Butcher then collapsed during its counterattack, leaving the people in the Monitoring Room stunned and the cause unclear.

• Cheng Han used ice spears and the Howling Demon Pack to hinder Blood Butcher, helping Ke Zhang land a powerful vine-and-spear counterattack.
• Sheriff followed its master's directions to a Secret Passage, struck a hidden blonde-haired woman with the Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear, and killed her.
• Sheriff took an item from the woman's corpse and hid nearby to ambush any Heretical God Believers who came to investigate.
• Blood Butcher launched poisoned blood threads at Ke Zhang, while Cheng Han tried to block them with Ice Shields.
• Blood Butcher abruptly collapsed and dissolved into Black Water, and Ke Zhang protected Cheng Han from the resulting blood rain with a giant vine umbrella.

Cheng Han uncovered Bronia’s role in the attack, strengthened his imprints by analyzing supernatural relics, and was summoned to Black Mountain Camp after Mystic Adept Tang Wanqi ended his recruit training. Meanwhile, Qu XiaoYing’s squad captured a Gui Deer, and Cheng Han granted her plant-based runes that deepened her conviction that he was a divine agent.

• Cheng Han deduced that Bronia, an Executor of the Destroyer Emissary, had arranged the attack, then told Qu XiaoYing that the female Executor was dead and warned her not to risk exposing herself.
• Cheng Han analyzed Ke Zhang’s plant fragment and Blood Butcher’s Soul Splitting Blood Palace, improving his Spirit Control and Secret Universe imprints and learning to create Plant Servants and split off a strand of his soul.
• The Mystic Array shut down, and Tang Wanqi arrived, praised Cheng Han, ended his recruit training, and ordered him to report to Black Mountain Camp.
• Hu Yinan and Mu Zhenghao met Cheng Han and remarked that the powerful Tang Wanqi had personally come to rescue him.
• Qu XiaoYing helped her squad capture a Gui Deer and offered it to Cheng Han, who declined and bestowed Weapon and Entangling Runes for her to use in emergencies.

Cheng Han arrived at Black Mountain Camp, refused Army Master Gong ZhengHuan’s offer to become an Attendant Guard, and was appointed a Level Three Warrior. At his armor-bestowal demonstration, he crossed Blue Lake using a spectacular sequence of spear-assisted leaps that astonished the crowd.

• Mu Zhenghao guided Cheng Han into Black Fortress, where Cheng Han recognized the illusion hiding a stone bridge across Blue Lake.
• Gong ZhengHuan offered Cheng Han an Attendant Guard position, but Cheng Han refused because he wanted to fight Anomalies and Heretical God Believers.
• Gong ZhengHuan appointed Cheng Han a Level Three Warrior, granted him a generous salary and benefits, and personally helped him don his Black Armor.
• At the public armor demonstration, Cheng Han hurled six short spears and used the Horse Stealing Hidden Force technique to leap across Blue Lake in his armor.
• Gong ZhengHuan applauded Cheng Han’s performance, and the gathered crowd cheered his extraordinary display.

Cheng Han joined the Second Battle Group after Mu Qiushan promised him rewards for helping it win first place, then used Qu XiaoYing and the Black Cat in a staged mission to raise her standing in the Destroyer Emissary. Qu XiaoYing earned Ferocious Crow’s praise and trust, setting her up for the Black Armor Army’s next stage.

• Cheng Han accepted Mu Qiushan’s offer of secret medicines and a higher allowance in exchange for helping the Second Battle Group win first place, and secured a private residence.
• Chen XueAn and Ni ZiYu were moved from their shared residence to make room for Cheng Han, who later realized they were hostile toward him.
• Cheng Han told Qu XiaoYing to accept the Destroyer Emissary’s mission and stage a performance, then enlisted the Black Cat as the villain in his plan.
• Qu XiaoYing warned her companions about a supposed trap, destroyed it with a spear, and escaped while the Black Cat killed one of the group’s members.
• Ferocious Crow praised Qu XiaoYing, rewarded her, and became more trusting after she demonstrated her martial skill and claimed it came from an ancestral Sartre technique.

Cheng Han set out to cultivate the Hawkeye Imprint, but spent much of his time grilling, drinking tea, and entertaining himself at the stele. He eventually comprehended the imprint in thirty-nine hours, earning the Second Battle Group a total of 350 War Merit Points and resolving to farm even more.

• Cheng Han registered to cultivate the Hawkeye Imprint and analyzed the illusion power around Clear Imprint Tower, strengthening his Illusion Magic and raising his Spirit Value limit to 95.
• Cheng Han quickly entered visualization at the stele but realized the Hawkeye Imprint was a simplified form of a seal he already understood, so he deliberately slowed down and grilled food to avoid seeming impossibly talented.
• Chen XueAn grew increasingly irritated by Cheng Han's cooking and tea while the other warriors continued observing the stele.
• Cheng Han asked Mu Qiushan about rewards for breaking the Hawkeye Imprint record, then returned to the valley the next day with furniture and tea.
• After thirty-nine hours, Cheng Han comprehended the Hawkeye Imprint, and the Army Master Affairs Pavilion awarded the Second Battle Group 300 War Merit Points in addition to the 50-point imprint reward.

Cheng Han began training in Eagle Strike Nine Transformations and impressed Zheng Yong by hitting a target six hundred meters away on his first try. In Qinglin City, Black Cat carried Qian Qingqing’s banquet proposal to Cheng Han and received a lengthy plan to help the Second Battle Group farm points.

• Tie Feng took Cheng Han to meet Zheng Yong, who agreed to teach him Eagle Strike Nine Transformations in a training class.
• Zheng Yong demonstrated the nine techniques and explained the first form, Flying Oblique Strike.
• Cheng Han threw a short spear past the three-hundred-meter target and struck a target six hundred meters away, astonishing Zheng Yong and the trainees.
• Black Cat read Qian Qingqing’s letter proposing a banquet to promote supernatural ingredients and goods made from Supernatural Materials.
• Cheng Han sent back a plan to use the banquet to help the Second Battle Group farm points, and Black Cat worried about writing out his lengthy reply.

The Black Cat struggled to deliver Cheng Han’s message to Qian Qingqing, first with ant corpses and then with a secret writing technique. The next day, Qian Qingqing promoted the Qian family’s Appreciation Fair, and information about its C-Class materials began spreading through Bian Dongan and Nightingale Miss.

• The Black Cat used ants to write Cheng Han’s letter, and Qian Qingqing painstakingly pieced the scattered pages together before reading it.
• Cheng Han taught the Black Cat a secret technique that used Light Threads to write a quick letter on bark, which Qian Qingqing received.
• Qian Qingqing and Qian Yiqing invited Bian Du to the Appreciation Fair and gave him a brooch made from a C-Class Supernatural Creature.
• Bian Du rejected Bian Dongan’s request to attend and warned him not to pursue Qian Qingqing, whose boyfriend was already a Black Armor Army warrior.
• Bian Dongan told Nightingale Miss about the fair, and she passed information about its C-Class materials to a martial artist for money.
• The Black Cat listened from a rooftop and left after concluding that its news had spread and the big fish would soon take the bait.