Recaps

After killing the Demon Lord, Jiang Yan was questioned by the Police Department and swarmed by reporters before returning to his dormitory. He tried to locate his Spirit Platform and instead entered the familiar Divine Martial Space.

• Jiang Yan handed Lan Shuli over to Zhang Qianyue, and the Police Department questioned the students, academy leaders, and people connected to Professor Lan.
• News of the Demon Lord’s appearance at Silver Radiance Academy spread, and reporters crowded Jiang Yan as he left the Police Department.
• Jiang Yan told reporters that he had killed the Demon Lord, but they dismissed his claim until Cheng Wu confirmed it after Jiang Yan had disappeared.
• Jiang Yan escaped the matchmaking reporter and returned to the nearly deserted Silver Radiance Academy dormitory.
• Jiang Yan searched for Spirit Platform cultivation methods, tried to visualize his Spirit Platform, and found himself in the Divine Martial Space.

Jiang Yan failed to locate his Spirit Platform and went to Silver Radiance Academy’s Contemplation Room to try using a Contemplation Diagram. On the way, a student offered to pay for his viewing in exchange for details about how he killed Pei Qin.

• Jiang Yan briefly entered the Divine Martial Space while searching for his Spirit Platform, but could not reproduce the experience or find it there.
• Jiang Yan learned that Contemplation Diagrams could help focus the mind, but their online prices were beyond his means, so he headed to the academy’s Contemplation Room.
• Students recognized Jiang Yan as the martial artist who had slain the Demon Lord, while the arrest of Professor Lan brought renewed scrutiny to his book Human Martial Arts.
• A liberal arts student offered to cover Jiang Yan’s viewing fee in exchange for his account of killing Pei Qin, and Jiang Yan agreed, saying he had chopped Pei Qin a few times.
• When the student hesitated to pay, a shadow resembling him threatened to replace him, and he hurriedly agreed to cover the fee.
• Jiang Yan and the student reached the Contemplation Room, where the student advised him to choose a cheap diagram for his first attempt.

Jiang Yan used a Contemplation Room to observe a landscape diagram and cultivate his Spirit Platform, though he could only find half of it. After prolonged observation, his Spiritual Power surged and the Divine Martial Space appeared within his consciousness.

• Jiang Yan chose the Intermediate Contemplation Room and entered while a Doppelganger watched the liberal arts student outside.
• Jiang Yan immersed himself in the landscape diagram and quickly formed a Spirit Platform in his consciousness, but could not locate where it was.
• After an hour, Jiang Yan continued observing the diagram and finally saw that his Spirit Platform was only half complete.
• Jiang Yan kept cultivating and searching for the missing half as his Spirit Platform and Spiritual Power grew.
• Jiang Yan's Spiritual Power surged, and the Divine Martial Space appeared within his consciousness beneath half a blazing sun.

Jiang Yan discovered that half of his Spirit Platform was inside the Divine Martial Space and tried to move the other half there, but lacked the Spiritual Power to do so. After exhausting his points while cultivating, he learned he could claim generous rewards for helping kill Pei Qin and planned to collect them from Director Zhang Qianyue.

• Jiang Yan found half of his Spirit Platform in the Divine Martial Space and realized he could use its Spiritual Power.
• Jiang Yan moved the other half of his Spirit Platform about a millimeter, but could not locate the Divine Martial Space well enough to move it further.
• Jiang Yan spent nearly five hours contemplating the diagram, ran his points down to negative 2,500, and returned to the dormitory to cultivate.
• Sun He and Cheng Wu returned bruised from another fight and kept quiet so they would not disturb Jiang Yan.
• Jiang Yan called Director Zhang Qianyue and learned he could claim subsidies for helping kill Pei Qin, so he arranged to visit the bureau the next day.

Zhang Qianyue interrogated Lan Shuli, who revealed that Pei Qin had been human before evolving into a demon. After an unseen authority ordered Lan Shuli killed, Zhang crushed his earpiece and left the chamber, then went to meet the young man who had killed the Demon Lord.

• Zhang Qianyue questioned Lan Shuli about who had supported him, and Lan Shuli named the Heavenly Demon Cult before explaining he had wanted to keep Pei Qin for himself.
• Lan Shuli claimed Pei Qin had been human and that humans could evolve into demons, warning that powerful factions and the leaders listening through Zhang Qianyue's earpiece would eventually learn of it.
• Zhang Qianyue demanded to know why Lan Shuli had brought Pei Qin back, and Lan Shuli argued that Pei Qin could have become a demon in either world.
• A voice through the earpiece ordered Zhang Qianyue to kill Lan Shuli, and Zhang obeyed before crushing the device and leaving the interrogation room.
• A jailer told Zhang Qianyue that the young man who had killed the Demon Lord had come to claim his reward, and Zhang agreed to meet him.

After killing the Demon Lord, Jiang Yan collected a government reward and bought treasures to improve his Spiritual Power. As rumors turned him into a legendary hero, Heavenly Radiance Martial Hall announced that its young master would challenge him at Silver Radiance Academy.

• Zhang Qianyue offered Jiang Yan a merit citation and ten million Tian Yuan Coins for killing Pei Qin, and promised to apply for additional privileges.
• Jiang Yan spent five million Tian Yuan Coins on Green Jade Stones and a Blue Sky Pendant, then headed to Silver Radiance Academy.
• A paparazzo fabricated a sensational report portraying Jiang Yan as a youth who had opened all fifteen apertures, comprehended Martial Intent, and defeated the demon through overwhelming strength.
• As Jiang Yan cultivated in his dormitory, people argued online over whether he could really have killed a Demon Lord, and Heavenly Radiance Martial Hall announced a dojo challenge for the next day.
• The young master of Heavenly Radiance Martial Hall told his father he was confident he could defeat Jiang Yan, despite his father's warning not to underestimate the Demon Lord slayer.

Jiang Yan cultivated Spiritual Power through the night, rapidly expanding his Spirit Platform and learning how Tian Yuan Star’s Spirit Platform Realm worked. He went to face Ling Tian, whose Battle Intent offered Jiang Yan a chance to test his Heavenly Slaughter Battle Ruins Physique.

• Jiang Yan absorbed ten Green Jade Stones overnight, expanding his Spirit Platform to between the Cup and Pond realms and nearing a breakthrough to True Intent.
• Cheng Wu told Jiang Yan that someone was challenging him at the school gate, and Jiang Yan agreed to go test his Heavenly Slaughter Battle Ruins Physique.
• Ling Tian, the Young Master of Heavenly Radiance Martial Hall, boasted to reporters about opening Ten Apertures while his father watched and lamented the martial hall’s troubles.
• Jiang Yan and Cheng Wu arrived at the deserted Silver Radiance Academy gates, where reporters crowded around them.
• Ling Tian introduced himself to Jiang Yan and stared at him with Battle Intent, which Jiang Yan recognized with excitement.

Jiang Yan defeated a young challenger with ease, then refused a place at Wan Tao Academy in Heart Source City so he could enter the dangerous Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground to seek battle. Wan Tao Academy's representative reacted angrily and crossed Jiang Yan off the academy's list.

• Jiang Yan defeated the Young Master with one punch, leaving reporters stunned by the sudden fight.
• Zhang Qianyue told Jiang Yan that his additional reward for killing Pei Qin had been approved and offered him a place to study in Heart Source City.
• Jiang Yan refused the academy offer and asked Zhang Qianyue about dangerous Secret Realms where he could fight worthy opponents.
• Zhang Qianyue recommended the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, and Jiang Yan chose it over studying at Wan Tao Academy.
• A Wan Tao Academy representative learned that Jiang Yan had refused the invitation, crossed out his name, and wondered how he had killed the demon.

Jiang Yan left the failing Silver Radiance Academy and headed for the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, intent on testing his Heavenly Slaughter Battle Ruins Physique against its deadly Killing Intent. He reached the entrance with a Permanent Pass and, despite warnings about the dangers, entered the queue without a Protective Suit.

• Jiang Yan packed to leave Silver Radiance Academy and learned that Cheng Wu was returning to Thousand Chariot Plaza to inherit a small family shop.
• Cheng Wu warned Jiang Yan that the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground was dangerous, difficult to enter, and controlled by the Cheng family only as an agent in 1026 City District.
• Jiang Yan revealed that he had a Permanent Pass obtained by killing Pei Qin, then left the dormitory.
• Jiang Yan reached Thousand Chariot Plaza and found the entrance to the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, where entrants were being checked for passes.
• Jiang Yan refused to buy or wear a Protective Suit, while the people around him silently looked forward to watching him suffer from the Killing Intent.

Jiang Yan entered the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, where its Killing Intent and the Battle Intent of his attackers strengthened him. After cutting down several groups, he was struck in the chest by an unknown object.

• Jiang Yan showed his Permanent Pass at the entrance and entered the Hunting Ground without wearing a Protective Suit.
• Two men tried to seize Jiang Yan's pass, but he killed them, took their Space Rings, and gained a little Battle Intent.
• Jiang Yan flew through the Hunting Ground, absorbing Battle Intent as he killed a group of martial artists who attacked him.
• Jiang Yan discovered that the Hunting Ground's Killing Intent was stirring a desire to slaughter and wondered why so many martial artists had come there.
• An unknown object struck Jiang Yan in the chest and tore his shirt.

Jiang Yan defeated an Earth Fiend in the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, then learned about the Heroic Spirit Domain and its monopolizing occupant, Yuan Tianjiao. After hearing that Yuan Tianjiao was cultivating there, Jiang Yan became eager to visit the treasure ground.

• Jiang Yan burned, uprooted, and killed an Earth Fiend that had attacked him from underground.
• Two nearby martial artists discussed Jiang Yan's strength and planned to tell him about the Heroic Spirit Domain, hoping he would challenge Yuan Tianjiao.
• Yuan Tianjiao began cultivating in the Heroic Spirit Domain while his junior promised to guard the place.
• Two brothers approached Jiang Yan and explained that Yuan Tianjiao had taken over the Heroic Spirit Domain and barred others from sharing its Vengeful Spirit Intent.
• Jiang Yan sheathed his blade and asked the brothers to tell him everything they knew about the Heroic Spirit Domain.

Jiang Yan entered the Heroic Spirit Domain to challenge Yuan Tianjiao, killing Meng Xing and two brothers who tried to exploit the clash. Yuan Tianjiao emerged from seclusion and fought Jiang Yan with his Thousand Sound Pupils, Myriad Life Technique, leaving their battle underway.

• Jiang Yan forced two brothers to lead him to the Heroic Spirit Domain, where they later hid nearby to wait for him and Yuan Tianjiao to weaken each other.
• Jiang Yan entered the domain, gained Spiritual Power, and attacked Meng Xing, who called for Yuan Tianjiao’s help.
• Meng Xing unleashed Sword Holds the Sky, Falling Cry, but Jiang Yan’s Protective Gang Shield endured the attack, and Jiang Yan killed Meng Xing with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash.
• The two brothers fled after witnessing Meng Xing’s death, but Jiang Yan killed them with more thunder blades.
• Yuan Tianjiao emerged from seclusion, declared that Jiang Yan should die, and attacked with Martial Intent: Chaos True and Heavenly Meteor.
• Jiang Yan cleaved Yuan Tianjiao’s meteorite apart and descended with dozens of blades, while Yuan Tianjiao invoked Body Guard.

Jiang Yan killed Yuan Tianjiao and then absorbed the Heroic Spirit Domain’s Vengeful Spirit Intent to cultivate his Spiritual Power. His Spirit Platform reached the Pond Realm and continued expanding toward the Spring Realm.

• Jiang Yan used Yuan Tianjiao as a sparring partner, collected his Battle Intent, and defeated him with the Battle Ruin Imprint.
• Yuan Tianjiao died after Jiang Yan’s Blood Red Beam pierced his chest and then struck his head.
• Jiang Yan searched Yuan Tianjiao’s corpse, took his Space Ring, and headed to the center of the Heroic Spirit Domain.
• Jiang Yan absorbed the dense Vengeful Spirit Intent, increasing his Spiritual Power while his Spirit Platform endured pollution and gradually strengthened.
• Jiang Yan’s Spirit Platform reached the Pond Realm and continued expanding as he cultivated under the protection of his three Doppelgangers.

Jiang Yan broke through to the Spring Realm while refining Vengeful Spirit Intent, as his Doppelganger slaughtered the martial artists who gathered outside the Heroic Spirit Domain. After exhausting the domain's Vengeful Spirit Intent, Jiang Yan recalled the Doppelganger and left to seek another domain.

• Martial artists gathered outside Yuan Tianjiao's Valley and spread news of the Heroic Spirit Domain to draw others there.
• An archer shot at Jiang Yan's middle Doppelganger, and the arrow broke against it; a burly man then charged the Doppelganger and was instantly killed.
• Jiang Yan continued refining Vengeful Spirit Intent, increasing his absorption efficiency and resistance as his Spirit Platform transformed.
• Jiang Yan broke through to the Spring Realm and sensed that the Heroic Spirit Domain's Vengeful Spirit Intent had been exhausted.
• Jiang Yan saw his Doppelganger crushing the gathered martial artists, recalled it, and left to search for another Heroic Spirit Domain.

Jiang Yan left the valley where Yuan Tianjiao had been accused of slaughter and traveled through the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, discovering and eating energy-rich Fire Melting Crystals. After learning that the battlefield’s center held the best treasures, he flew there despite warnings about its danger.

• A crowd charged into the valley to confront Yuan Tianjiao, but found it empty except for two corpses and a drained Heroic Spirit Domain.
• Jiang Yan dodged an arrow, killed the two attackers, and found blood-red crystals among the rocky cliffs.
• Jiang Yan ate the Fire Melting Crystals, increasing his physique and fire resistance, then buried the corpses and continued on.
• Jiang Yan learned that the eastern edge held few treasures and that the center of the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground was dangerous but rich in treasured sites.
• Jiang Yan asked for directions and flew toward the center, ignoring the man’s warnings.

Xue Han's Wan Tao Academy garrison faced a late-night assault from Starfall Academy after Yuan Tianjiao failed to arrive as promised. As the battle escalated, Jiang Yan spotted the fighting and rushed toward it.

• Xue Han waited for Yuan Tianjiao's promised reinforcement while Starfall Academy pressed Wan Tao Academy to share the Heroic Spirit Domain.
• Starfall Academy attacked the garrison at night, and Xue Han refused its demands and ordered Wan Tao Academy to fight.
• Jiang Yan saw the distant battle and hurried toward the flames and surging Battle Intent.
• Xue Han unleashed Myriad Ashes Traceless Annihilation, but Starfall Academy's representative countered with Incinerating Ash Flames: Violent Smear.

Jiang Yan interrupted the battle between Wan Tao Academy and Starfall Academy, then attacked both sides after learning their camps held valuable cultivation sites. He defeated nearly all the fighters with one slash and asked the four remaining True Intent experts whether the Treasure Lands were now his.

• Xue Han and Zhao Yin's clash was interrupted when Jiang Yan blocked their attacks, and both sides mistook him for reinforcements before he denied being Yuan Tianjiao.
• Xue Han offered him free use of Wan Tao Academy's Heroic Spirit Domain, while Zhao Yin offered a month in Starfall Academy's Treasure Lands.
• Jiang Yan attacked Xue Han and Zhao Yin, enraging both factions, and unleashed his Heavenly Slaughter Battle Intent as more than a hundred martial artists charged him.
• Jiang Yan used Finality: Return to One to send the surrounding fighters flying, leaving only Xue Han, Zhao Yin, and two other True Intent experts standing.
• Jiang Yan asked whether the Treasure Lands now belonged to him.

Jiang Yan forced the surviving martial artists to submit after killing Zhao Yin, then announced a plan to let everyone access the Heroic Spirit Domain and other Treasure Lands. He proposed establishing a Duel Arena, leaving the crowd to consider his offer.

• Jiang Yan killed Zhao Yin when he refused to submit, frightening the crowd into begging for their lives.
• Two martial artists from Starfall Camp submitted, and Xue Han pleaded for mercy at the last moment before collapsing in despair.
• Jiang Yan broke the ice around Xue Han and teased her for making her submission seem more tragic than Yang Qing's.
• Yang Qing revealed that Jiang Yan was the Blue Star human who had defeated the Demon Lord, and the crowd recognized him.
• Jiang Yan offered everyone a way to enjoy the Heroic Spirit Domain for free and announced that he intended to establish a Duel Arena.

Jiang Yan planned to build a Duel Arena that would reward fighters with access to Treasure Lands and provide him with Battle Intent. As construction began, disillusioned martial artists threatened to leave, but Yang Qing announced that the Heroic Spirit Domain was open, leaving the crowd unsure whether to trust him.

• Jiang Yan explained his Duel Arena plan to Yang Qing and asked him to create a rank system, while Yang Qing warned that they lacked enough cultivation grounds and resources.
• Jiang Yan studied a map of the central region’s Treasure Lands and suggested that he would take resources from other forces, causing Yang Qing to collapse in alarm.
• Jiang Yan began construction of the Duel Arena using martial artists from the Wantao and Starfall bases, while workers complained that powerful geniuses had kept resources for themselves.
• Hu Dan and other martial artists voiced their grievances, threw down their shovels, and threatened to leave the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground.
• Yang Qing announced that the Heroic Spirit Domain was open, but most of the crowd suspected it was a trick until one person suggested they try it.

Jiang Yan opened the Heroic Spirit Domain to the martial artists for free, despite Xue Han’s warnings that they would exhaust it within a month. The crowd rushed inside, while Jiang Yan seemed pleased to learn the Domain could last that long.

• The martial artists were tempted by the offer of free access to the Heroic Spirit Domain, and Xue Han wondered why Jiang Yan had opened it to them.
• The crowd saw Jiang Yan guarding the entrance and assumed he had tricked them, but he stepped aside and invited them in.
• Jiang Yan assured the martial artists that he kept his promise, and an older man entered the Domain.
• The excited crowd rushed into the Heroic Spirit Domain, leaving Jiang Yan and Xue Han behind.
• Xue Han warned Jiang Yan that the visitors would drain the Domain within half a month to a month, but Jiang Yan celebrated that it could last a whole month.

Jiang Yan planned to establish a Duel Arena in the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground and persuaded Xue Han to recruit famous challengers from Wan Tao Academy. Yang Qing admitted he had planned to leave, but then asked Jiang Yan to help him rise to greatness.

• Jiang Yan asked Xue Han about Wan Tao Academy’s strongest fighter, Chang Yin, and learned that she had rejected him.
• Jiang Yan asked Xue Han to recruit strong fighters for a Duel Arena, and she agreed to invite challengers from Wan Tao Academy.
• Xue Han left for Wan Tao Academy, reflecting that Jiang Yan had spared her as part of his plan.
• Yang Qing offered to recruit people from Starfall Academy, but Jiang Yan dismissed the idea and told him he was free to leave.
• Yang Qing confessed that he had planned to abandon the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, then declared that he wanted Jiang Yan to carry him to greatness.

Jiang Yan explained his plan to build a Duel Arena and let martial artists earn Duel Coins by participating in duels, which they could exchange for time in Treasure Lands. He promised to seize more Treasure Lands himself, leaving the crowd eager for the arena to open.

• Yang Qing asked Jiang Yan what they would do next, and Jiang Yan said he would attack other bases alone while the people at their base helped operate the Duel Arena.
• Yang Qing escorted the martial artists out of the Heroic Spirit Domain after their free usage time ended, and Jiang Yan promised they could return another time.
• Yang Qing explained that martial artists could earn Duel Coins by reaching certain ranks in the Duel Arena and exchange them for Treasure Land usage time.
• When a girl questioned whether weaker martial artists could earn Duel Coins, Jiang Yan promised one coin for anyone who participated in more than three duels a day, regardless of wins or losses.
• After the crowd asked whether one Heroic Spirit Domain could support so many users, Jiang Yan said he would seize more Treasure Lands for everyone to use.

Jiang Yan rallied the martial artists at Starfall Outpost and used their support to expand his influence across the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground. After assigning ten newly subdued outposts to his followers and opening the Martial Arenas, he began collecting Battle Intent but decided the arenas needed to grow.

• The martial artists, moved by Jiang Yan’s words, volunteered to fight alongside him and built three Martial Arenas overnight, adding a fourth by daybreak.
• Jiang Yan told Yang Qing to arrange improvements to the arenas and called forward ten martial artists who had reached Half-step True Intent or the True Intent Realm.
• Jiang Yan assigned those ten martial artists to oversee Fengxiao, Mahong, Longteng, and seven other outposts he had already subdued.
• The Martial Arenas opened at noon, bringing together martial artists from twelve outposts, including nearly twenty True Intent Realm experts.
• Jiang Yan collected Battle Intent as the martial artists fought, condensed half a Battle Ruin Imprint’s worth of pure Battle Intent, and concluded that the arenas needed to expand.

After Jiang Yan seized the garrisons of numerous forces in the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground, Wan Tao Academy and other major powers prepared to respond. News of his victories spread across Tian Yuan Star, drawing more martial artists into the hunting ground.

• Xue Han told Fan Wei that Jiang Yan had taken Wan Tao Academy's garrison, and Fan Wei ordered her to lead all their students above the True Intent Realm to reclaim it.
• Fan Wei refused Xue Han's request to bring Chang Yin and warned her not to kill Jiang Yan, while Xue Han privately believed no one could kill him.
• Dragon Soaring Academy and other major forces learned that Jiang Yan had seized their garrisons and questioned how their fighters had been defeated.
• Jiang Yan's released messengers carried news of his victories across Tian Yuan Star, where the public challenged the forces to stop him.
• More martial artists entered the Hundred Prisons Hunting Ground to witness Jiang Yan's challenge to the major forces.

Jiang Yan’s Duel Arena drew huge crowds by offering Treasure Land access in exchange for three matches, while Wan Tao Academy and Dragon Soaring Academy promised to send geniuses to reclaim their bases. The arena thrived until a True Intent Martial Artist assaulted an attendant, and someone seized his wrist.

• Secret Realm operators profited from rising ticket sales as news spread that three daily duels earned an hour in a Treasure Land.
• Wan Tao Academy and Dragon Soaring Academy announced they would send true experts to defeat Jiang Yan and reclaim their bases.
• The Duel Arena filled with visitors, and martial artists exchanged Duel Coins for cultivation time after completing three matches.
• Jiang Yan absorbed the fighters’ Battle Intent, accumulating enough to condense two and a half Battle Ruin Imprints.
• A True Intent Martial Artist struck a female attendant and demanded an immediate match instead of waiting in line.
• An unknown figure seized the attacker’s wrist and suppressed his strength, challenging his arrogance.