Chapter Summaries

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.

Jiang Yan killed a disruptive martial artist at the Duel Arena, then faced a Wan Tao Academy group livestreaming a challenge to restore the academy’s reputation. He defeated Han Wu with his Void Blades and Chaos Void Domain, leaving the other challengers to carry the badly injured man away.

• Jiang Yan tore off a True Intent martial artist’s hand and killed him after the man caused trouble at the Duel Arena.
• Yang Qing told Jiang Yan that Xue Han and ten Wan Tao Academy martial artists had arrived to challenge him, and Jiang Yan went out to meet them.
• Han Wu began livestreaming the confrontation and challenged Jiang Yan to a one-on-one fight, while Jiang Yan told all ten martial artists to attack together.
• Han Wu used his Shattered Halberd Martial Intent, but Jiang Yan’s ten Void Blades broke his sword and pursued him.
• Jiang Yan trapped Han Wu in his Chaos Void Domain and struck him so hard that he was left near death.
• Jiang Yan ordered the Wan Tao Academy martial artists to take Han Wu for treatment, and they carried him away as the Bionic Dragonfly recorded the fight.

After Jiang Yan used the Chaos Void Domain, he realized it came from his unusual Hunxu Ancestral Qi rather than the Origin Domain Realm. Fan Wei recognized that distinction and, believing Wan Tao Academy could still recover its reputation, went to seek help.

• Jiang Yan realized his Chaos Void Domain was condensed from Hunxu Ancestral Qi, which could absorb many kinds of energy and had been able to form a domain since its birth.
• The other ten True Intent Martial Artists recoiled in fear, while Jiang Yan greeted the audience and the Bionic Dragonfly continued livestreaming.
• At Wan Tao Academy, Fan Wei blamed Han Wu for the defeat and feared Jiang Yan had reached the Origin Domain Realm.
• Fan Wei reconsidered the livestream and concluded Jiang Yan's Chaos Void Domain was strange Qi, not a true Origin Domain.
• Fan Wei decided the remaining nine fighters could not defeat Jiang Yan and hurried out to seek help.

Jiang Yan defeated Wan Tao Academy’s elite force and forced them into his Duel Arena, while denying that he had reached the Origin Domain Realm. At Wan Tao Academy, Chang Yin agreed to challenge Jiang Yan, confident that his Crimson Yan Mark would let him dominate.

• Jiang Yan asked the nine remaining challengers if they wanted to continue fighting, then refused to explain whether his technique was a domain.
• The nine tried to leave, but Jiang Yan stopped them and made them reach King Rank in his Duel Arena before they could go.
• Jiang Yan had Yang Qing take the nine away, then invited viewers to challenge him after reaching King Rank and ended the live stream.
• At Wan Tao Academy, Fan Wei showed Chang Yin the broadcast and asked him to defeat Jiang Yan.
• Chang Yin said he would completely dominate Jiang Yan, while Fan Wei reflected on the Crimson Yan Mark’s dangerous history and Chang Yin’s potential.

Jiang Yan absorbed Battle Intent and spiritual matter until he reached the Abyss Realm, then continued training against the four puppets controlled by Forgetting Path in the Combat Space. The puppets overwhelmed him, so he entered Custom Space and brought back the Sharp Ruler Tiger for another round of training.

• Prodigies from major factions challenged Jiang Yan in private after reaching King Rank, then announced their defeats to preserve their factions’ reputations.
• Jiang Yan explored the Falling Mark Abyss and Scarred Wind Cliff, where lingering resentment and impure spiritual matter strengthened his Spirit Platform until he achieved the Abyss Realm.
• Jiang Yan returned to his Cultivation Room and absorbed Battle Intent from the Duel Arena while his consciousness trained against Zhuang Zhuang, Shasha, Kaka, and Xiuxiu.
• Kaka ambushed Jiang Yan, Xiuxiu healed the puppets, and the four puppets’ coordinated attacks defeated him under Forgetting Path’s control.
• Jiang Yan entered Custom Space, released the Sharp Ruler Tiger, and attacked it with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash and Finality: Return to One.

Jiang Yan repeatedly challenged the dungeon, earned the Soldier's True Understanding trait, and finally defeated its four puppets. Forgetting Path began descending into the Combat Space, leaving Jiang Yan facing the final boss.

• Jiang Yan gained the Purple Trait Soldier's True Understanding after half a day of repeated dungeon attempts, and realized Four Leaf Clover could raise its trigger chance.
• Jiang Yan condensed his fourth Battle Ruin Imprint and used Pandora's Box to silence Xiuxiu, then killed him and revealed Kaka with an Imprint beam.
• Jiang Yan cut Kaka down with Finality: Return to One and attacked Zhuang Zhuang until the brute's movement exposed Shasha.
• Jiang Yan killed Shasha with Finality: Return to One, then battered Zhuang Zhuang until healing reduction let his attacks overwhelm the puppet's regeneration.
• Jiang Yan killed Zhuang Zhuang, and a spatial crack opened as Forgetting Path's pale hand reached into the Combat Space.

Jiang Yan fought Forgetting Path, whose body absorbed his attacks and grew stronger. After testing the puppet-like opponent’s abilities, Jiang Yan was killed by a defense-piercing punch and revived with nine chances remaining.

• Forgetting Path approached Jiang Yan in a clumsy, thread-controlled gait, and Jiang Yan’s first slash sank into him and was absorbed.
• Jiang Yan tested Forgetting Path’s movement by flying, then confirmed that his attacks passed through the enemy and appeared to nourish him.
• Forgetting Path’s punches grew faster after absorbing Jiang Yan’s attacks, so Jiang Yan stopped attacking and tested the damage of a punch.
• Forgetting Path’s punch ignored Jiang Yan’s defense, killed him, and Jiang Yan revived with nine dungeon revival chances left.

Jiang Yan left the Combat Space without solving how Forgetting Path absorbed his attacks, then returned to Scarred Wind Cliff to consider Martial Intent. As Chang Yin arrived to challenge him, Han Wu questioned whether anyone truly understood what fighting Jiang Yan meant.

• Jiang Yan gave up trying to harm Forgetting Path and returned to Scarred Wind Cliff, while the Heavenly Slaughter Battle Ruins neared a fourth imprint.
• The ten Wan Tao Academy students reached King Rank and prepared to leave, but Han Wu suggested Jiang Yan's strange domain might not be an Origin Domain.
• Chang Yin emerged from the Secret Realm exit and told the defeated students that the academy was disappointed in them.
• Chang Yin asked where Jiang Yan was, and one student led him away to find his challenger.
• Han Wu watched Chang Yin depart and asked the others, "Have you fought Jiang Yan?"

Chang Yin went to the Duel Arena to challenge Jiang Yan but was told he first had to reach King Rank. After waiting an hour, he learned that True Intent martial artists could skip the queue and confronted the staff member in fury.

• Han Wu and the other freed martial artists decided to return to the Duel Arena to watch Chang Yin challenge Jiang Yan.
• A staff member told Chang Yin he had to reach King Rank before he could challenge Jiang Yan, and Chang Yin agreed to reserve an arena.
• Chang Yin waited in line for an hour while the Wantao student who had accompanied him hid that True Intent martial artists could enter an arena immediately.
• When Chang Yin saw the staff member tell another True Intent martial artist to go straight onto an arena, he seized the staff member by the throat and accused him of toying with him.

Jiang Yan fought Chang Yin after Chang Yin attacked a staff member and threatened to destroy the Duel Arena. Jiang Yan blasted Chang Yin into the ruins, but Chang Yin’s Heavenly Shuo Defense System activated and protected him behind a barrier.

• Chang Yin lifted a staff member by the neck and taunted him until a faceless shadow struck Chang Yin from behind.
• Chang Yin attacked the shadow with a Crimson Yan net and a giant palm, but the shadow vanished before Jiang Yan destroyed the palm with four red beams.
• Jiang Yan charged Chang Yin, pierced his abdomen, and then defeated him in a clash that sent him crashing into the ground outside the Duel Arena.
• Jiang Yan unleashed the Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash on Chang Yin’s buried body, but a defensive barrier blocked his attacks as Chang Yin’s life force recovered.
• Wan Tao Academy members identified the barrier as the Heavenly Shuo Defense System, which protected Chang Yin for a full minute.

Han Wu explained that the Crimson Yan Mark seized Chang Yin’s consciousness and entered a berserk state when he neared death, and Chang Yin awakened its full power against Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan welcomed the increased challenge and battled him as Chang Yin’s body repeatedly regenerated, leaving the fifth Battle Ruin Imprint nearly complete.

• Han Wu explained that the Crimson Yan Mark could take over its owner and unleash far greater power at the brink of death, then began recording the fight.
• Chang Yin rose from the ruins as the Crimson Yan Mark awakened, transforming his appearance and filling him with destructive power.
• The onlookers retreated from Chang Yin’s roar, while Han Wu stayed close to record him despite being blasted away.
• Jiang Yan eagerly fought Chang Yin, absorbed his Battle Intent, and disabled the Instant Kill Entry to keep the battle going.
• Jiang Yan tore off Chang Yin’s arm, pierced his heart, and shattered his spine, but Chang Yin regenerated as Jiang Yan’s fifth Battle Ruin Imprint neared completion.