Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yan repeatedly battered Chang Yin to draw Battle Intent from his Crimson Yan Mark, condensing six Battle Ruin Imprints before the mark finally faded. After Chang Yin awoke and admitted he could not transform again, Jiang Yan realized that Chang Yin’s unwillingness to lose to him might reignite the mark.

• Jiang Yan beat Chang Yin for hours, using the Battle Intent from the Crimson Yan Mark to condense his fifth and sixth Battle Ruin Imprints.
• Han Wu filmed the fight while Jiang Yan continued attacking Chang Yin and the Crimson Yan Mark weakened.
• When the mark withdrew into Chang Yin’s chest, Jiang Yan slammed him into the ground, and Chang Yin regained consciousness.
• Jiang Yan asked Chang Yin to transform again, but Chang Yin said his negative emotions prevented him from doing so.
• Jiang Yan questioned Chang Yin about his regrets and learned that Chang Yin remained determined to defeat him someday.
• Jiang Yan recognized that Chang Yin’s unwillingness to lose to him might be enough to awaken the Crimson Yan Mark again.

Jiang Yan challenged Chang Yin to reach King Rank in the Duel Arena every day for a month, and Chang Yin returned to challenge him after an undefeated night. Meanwhile, Han Wu uploaded footage of Chang Yin’s loss and vowed to stop protecting Wan Tao Academy’s reputation; the chapter ends as Chang Yin prepares to fight his arena teammates before facing Jiang Yan.

• Jiang Yan pulled Chang Yin from the pit and offered him a daily chance to challenge him if he reached King Rank, and Chang Yin vowed to defeat him.
• Chang Yin fought through the night in the Duel Arena, awakened the Crimson Yan Mark, and reached King Rank.
• Han Wu returned to Wan Tao Academy and told Fan Wei that Chang Yin had stayed in Hundred Prisons voluntarily to keep challenging Jiang Yan.
• Han Wu uploaded the recording of Chang Yin’s battle with Jiang Yan and declared he would no longer spare Wan Tao Academy’s reputation.
• Chang Yin joined two other King Rank challengers on the arena platform, demanded they leave, and began confronting one when Jiang Yan allowed them to settle it among themselves.

Jiang Yan defeated Chang Yin in the Duel Arena, then pushed Forgetting Path to its limit in the Combat Space and uncovered a wooden box that transformed into a Chimeric Monster. The Chimeric Monster removed Jiang Yan’s brief silence effect, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Jiang Yan defeated Chang Yin with one blow, forcing him to wait until he could fight his way back to King Rank before challenging again.
• Jiang Yan tried different attacks against Forgetting Path, then unleashed Finality: Return to One and exposed a mysterious wooden box beneath its cloak and mask.
• Jiang Yan destroyed the wooden box with repeated blade attacks, died in the explosion, revived, and continued striking until a massive puppet appeared.
• Jiang Yan recognized the puppet as a Chimeric Monster resembling Zhuang Zhuang and noticed it had no red threads controlling it.
• Jiang Yan triggered Pandora’s Box to silence the Chimeric Monster, but its Purification Mechanism immediately removed the effect.

Jiang Yan entered secluded cultivation to comprehend Martial Intent and broke through to the True Intent Realm, manifesting the Azure Gold Battle Body and destroying the Duel Arena. Chang Yin accepted Jiang Yan’s challenge after reflecting on his words, but Jiang Yan left to deal with the arena’s destruction.

• Jiang Yan reflected on his battle-filled path and entered a half-enlightened state while contemplating Martial Intent.
• Jiang Yan’s breakthrough unleashed a storm that razed the Duel Arena, and an armored golden phantom merged with him.
• Jiang Yan identified the phantom as the Azure Gold Battle Body, a manifestation of his Martial Intent that strengthened him through battle.
• Chang Yin admitted that Jiang Yan had become far stronger and initially refused to fight him.
• Jiang Yan challenged Chang Yin’s reluctance to fight while weaker, prompting Chang Yin to accept the challenge.
• Jiang Yan said he had something more important to do and left to address the ruined Duel Arena.

Jiang Yan tried moving his Spirit Platform with his Abyss Realm Spiritual Power, then confronted and killed a Heavenly Demon Cult recruiter who sought to enlist him. As he wondered why the cult had approached him, a sinister voice rose from the abyss beneath Scarred Wind Cliff.

• Jiang Yan moved his Spirit Platform two meters, exhausting himself before he could determine whether he was moving it toward the Divine Martial Space.
• A man searching for Jiang Yan at Scarred Wind Cliff revealed that he represented the Heavenly Demon Cult, which he also called the Anti-Cult Faction, and tried to recruit him.
• Jiang Yan mocked the cult's claims and its Cult Master, then slit the recruit's throat and threw him into the abyss.
• Jiang Yan questioned the cult's motives after the dying man challenged him from below, while a gigantic gray-white longsword swayed above Scarred Wind Cliff.

Jiang Yan killed a man who transformed into a demon and suspected the Heavenly Demon Cult was hiding a major secret. In Peach Blossom Village, the cult’s Helm Master revealed plans to capture Jiang Yan and use him in the Modification Plan.

• The man at Scarred Wind Cliff transformed into a half-demon and attacked Jiang Yan, who killed him with the Instant Kill Law and several follow-up slashes.
• Jiang Yan considered the implications of the Heavenly Demon Cult’s power but decided the conflict was not his concern and continued moving the Spirit Platform.
• In a basement in Peach Blossom Village, Li Yuansheng questioned why the Heavenly Demon Cult wanted to recruit Jiang Yan, and the Helm Master said he meant to capture him for his body.
• The Helm Master explained that the Modification Plan needed high-quality martial artists and blamed Lan Shuli for keeping Pei Qin from the cult.
• The Helm Master said Jiang Yan’s ability to kill demons made him more valuable than one and planned to plant a demon seed in him to improve the plan’s chances of success.

Jiang Yan continued cultivating and fighting the Chimeric Monster in the Combat Space, while his growing fame drew crowds to the rebuilding Duel Arena. He learned that the monster had inherited and enhanced all the dolls’ abilities, but kept fighting as his Crimson Gold Battle Shadow strengthened.

• Jiang Yan returned to the partially rebuilt Duel Arena and resumed absorbing Battle Intent as his victory over Chang Yin spread and drew martial artists to watch him.
• Chang Yin repeatedly challenged Jiang Yan, treating each defeat as a chance to grow, and was told he could challenge Jiang Yan only once per day.
• Jiang Yan fought the Chimeric Monster in the Combat Space, using his Crimson Gold Battle Shadow to contend with it despite being repeatedly defeated.
• The Chimeric Monster vanished and struck Jiang Yan from behind, revealing that it had inherited and improved the dolls’ abilities, including Kaka’s invisibility and speed.
• Jiang Yan recognized the monster’s attack rhythm and saw that his Crimson Gold Battle Shadow had grown stronger, so he charged into battle again.

Jiang Yan continued training in Hundred Prisons while Wan Tao Academy worried about Chang Yin’s extended stay. After Zhang Sheng’s likely death, the Heavenly Demon Cult’s Cult Master ordered Jiang Yan captured alive, and the Helm Master prepared to ambush him at Qianye Plaza.

• Jiang Yan spent another week fighting Chimeric Monsters, challenging Chang Yin, and training his Spiritual Power, raising his Battle Ruin Imprints to eighteen.
• Fan Wei asked Han Wu to bring Chang Yin back from Hundred Prisons, but Han Wu said Chang Yin would return when the time was right.
• The Helm Master and his subordinate discussed Zhang Sheng’s likely death and decided to wait for Jiang Yan to leave War God’s territory before attacking him.
• Elder Liu delivered the Cult Master’s order to capture Jiang Yan alive and promised access to the Heavenly Demon Cult’s new research results if they succeeded.
• The Helm Master ordered Li Yuansheng to stir up trouble in the eastern district and guard the Secret Realm exit at Qianye Plaza, then said they would act personally when Jiang Yan emerged.
• Li Yuansheng argued that the cultists could capture Jiang Yan without the Helm Master, but the Helm Master slapped him and warned that failure could bring certain death.

As Hundred Prisons ran out of resources, Jiang Yan closed the Duel Arena despite the grief of its many beneficiaries. He left Yang Qing with the chance to reopen it someday and departed without explaining his true purpose to Xue Han.

• Jiang Yan told Yang Qing he would leave Hundred Prisons when the Duel Arena could no longer operate, refusing to reduce its resources or limit its martial artists.
• Four days later, as rumors spread that the Duel Arena was nearing bankruptcy, Jiang Yan made no changes, and ordinary martial artists praised him for keeping its benefits available.
• Two days later, the Duel Arena stopped accepting martial artists and closed as crowds gathered to mourn its end.
• Yang Qing begged Jiang Yan to keep the arena open and offered to seek support from his Lineage, but Jiang Yan told him he could take over and reopen it if he gained the ability.
• Xue Han asked Jiang Yan why he had established the Duel Arena, and he laughed but refused to reveal his specific reason.

Jiang Yan left the Duel Arena after condensing his twenty-fourth Battle Ruin Imprint, reached the Cave Heaven Realm at Scarred Wind Cliff, and departed Hundred Prisons. After reuniting with Cheng Wu, he learned that Tian Yuan Star’s political factions were deeply divided and entangled.

• Jiang Yan absorbed and purified the residual soul pollution at Scarred Wind Cliff, breaking through to the Cave Heaven Realm.
• Chang Yin asked Jiang Yan to fight him for insight into the Origin Domain Realm, but Jiang Yan defeated him and left him unconscious.
• Jiang Yan announced to reporters that the Duel Arena was closing because it had gone bankrupt, then exited the Secret Realm.
• Cheng Xuan eagerly approached Jiang Yan to build a connection, but Jiang Yan sent him away so he could speak privately with Cheng Wu.
• Jiang Yan researched Tian Yuan Star and learned about its old factional war, the formation of its high government, and the powerful interests behind its enduring factions.

Jiang Yan survived a Heavenly Demon Cult assassination and faced the Cult’s Helm Master, an Eighth Order Celestial Phenomenon, as more than ten thousand enemies surrounded him. He unleashed his Shadow Hunt ability and summoned an enormous Doppelganger army, causing his combat power to surge as the cultists prepared to attack.

• Jiang Yan killed the black-clad assassins who stormed his hotel and discovered that a barrier had cut off the area from outside detection.
• The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Helm Master arrived with more than ten thousand fighters and demanded that Jiang Yan surrender or die.
• The Helm Master attacked Jiang Yan, shattering ten of his twenty-four Battle Ruin Imprints and forcing him back a hundred meters.
• Jiang Yan summoned a hundred Battle Ruin Imprints and ten thousand Shadow Hunt Doppelgangers modeled on the surrounding cultists.
• The Helm Master recognized that Doppelgangers of himself had appeared and ordered his forces to kill Jiang Yan, whose growing Battle Intent produced ten more imprints.

Jiang Yan fought the Heavenly Demon Cult’s Helm Master and thousands of disciples, using his Battle Ruin Imprints, clones, and abilities to inflict heavy losses. The Helm Master activated a demonic seed, and Jiang Yan recognized that the cultists were connected to the Heavenly Demon Cult.

• The Helm Master attacked Jiang Yan with his blood domain, but Jiang Yan countered with Battle Ruin Imprints and Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash.
• Jiang Yan’s attacks injured and killed cultists as the Helm Master rallied them, while Li Yuansheng used Myriad Poison Domain against him.
• Jiang Yan summoned the Hunxu Ancestral Spirit and used his abilities to evade attacks and weaken the surrounding forces, reducing their numbers from ten thousand to fewer than seven thousand.
• Jiang Yan focused on battling the Helm Master, whose attacks broke through some of Jiang Yan’s defenses but were partly suppressed by the Crimson Gold Battle Shadow.
• The Helm Master activated a demonic seed, transforming his aura and appearance, and Jiang Yan recognized the Heavenly Demon Cult connection before attacking again.

Jiang Yan fought the Heavenly Demon Cult’s demonized elites at Yingniao Hotel while the breached barrier drew Zhang Qianyue and the Police Department to the scene. After Jiang Yan slaughtered the cultists and captured Li Yuansheng, he began interrogating the survivors, leaving Zhang Qianyue shaken by his brutality.

• The Helm Master demonized and charged Jiang Yan as Li Yuansheng led the cult’s elites in a desperate fight to the death.
• Zhang Qianyue sensed demonic qi in 1026 City District, mobilized the Police Department, and flew to Yingniao Hotel.
• Zhang Qianyue’s Lightning Control Incantation struck down the Helm Master, and he joined Jiang Yan against the remaining demonized cultists.
• Jiang Yan used his imprints and Chaos Void Domain to kill the demonized cultists while the Police Department surrounded the surviving members.
• Jiang Yan pinned Li Yuansheng beneath his foot and demanded to know why the cult had come to capture him, then began killing captives who refused to answer.
• Zhang Qianyue tried to take over the interrogation, but Jiang Yan’s blood-soaked glare made him fear for his life.

Jiang Yan returned to the Police Department after helping Zhang Qianyue capture the remaining Heavenly Demon Cultists, then learned why they had targeted him. Zhang Qianyue urged him to stay under police protection or apply for Tian Yuan Star citizenship, but Jiang Yan declined both suggestions.

• Zhang Qianyue arrived after Jiang Yan defeated the Heavenly Demon Cultists, then took the captured survivors and Jiang Yan back to the Police Department.
• Jiang Yan asked Zhang Qianyue about the Heavenly Demon Cult and learned that it used demon seeds in experiments to turn people into half-demons.
• Zhang Qianyue explained that the cult likely targeted Jiang Yan for his exceptional talent and lack of backing on Tian Yuan Star.
• Zhang Qianyue offered Jiang Yan a place at the Police Department and suggested he apply for Tian Yuan Star citizenship, but Jiang Yan declined.

Jiang Yan met Frost Martial God and Moyu, who offered him a chance to represent a new virtual game as a rising star from Tian Yuan Star. He learned the offer required him to compete against prodigies from other planets, and the chapter left him to decide whether to accept.

• Jiang Yan agreed to stay at the Police Department while he lay low and planned to return to Blue Star someday.
• A messenger arrived at midnight and invited Jiang Yan to meet the Frost Martial God immediately to discuss cooperation.
• Frost Martial God revealed that he had noticed Jiang Yan after his breakthrough to the True Intent Realm and had previously kept watch on him through Hundred Prisons.
• Moyu explained that Lightning Studio wanted Jiang Yan to promote its new virtual game as Tian Yuan Star's rising star.
• Moyu offered Jiang Yan support and future spokesperson opportunities if he competed publicly against prodigies from other planets and ranked near the top.

Jiang Yan reviewed Myriad Worlds Company’s short-term and long-term contracts and explored the company’s services with its intelligent assistant, Zhuozhuo. He favored the short-term deal, and the chapter ended with him discovering that powerful mechas could let their pilots fight far stronger opponents.

• Moyu offered Jiang Yan long-term and short-term cooperation contracts, and Jiang Yan read through their terms.
• Jiang Yan learned that the short-term contract offered substantial rewards for promotional work, tournament participation, and game testing, while the long-term contract imposed broader obligations for greater benefits.
• Moyu introduced Zhuozhuo, the company’s intelligent assistant, and offered it to Jiang Yan if he signed a contract.
• Jiang Yan used Zhuozhuo to learn that Cloud Core Coins had roughly the same value as Galactic Coins and to browse Myriad Worlds Company’s marketplaces.
• Zhuozhuo explained the ranks and capabilities of Armaments and mechas, including that a God-tier Mecha could fight a Tenth Order extraordinary individual.

After signing a short-term contract with the Myriad Worlds Game Company, Jiang Yan entered the beta test of “Riptide Scorched World” and discovered that the Divine Martial Space had brought his true body into the game. He began in a wasteland village where the punisher was a powerful boss, leaving Jiang Yan free to decide how to survive and what to do next.

• Moyu offered Jiang Yan a contract, and Jiang Yan chose a short-term one before Moyu departed in a projection.
• Frost explained that he had watched Jiang Yan's battle against the Heavenly Demon Cult and that Moyu recruited him after witnessing his counter-kill.
• Zhuozhu confirmed Jiang Yan's signing fee, and Jiang Yan returned to the Police Department and used his Game Pod to download “Riptide Scorched World.”
• Jiang Yan entered the game, where an automatic sequence showed him being whipped for hiding food, then the Divine Martial Space descended with his true body.
• Jiang Yan learned that the game recorded events without assigning quests, while other beta-test players discussed how the punisher was a peak seventh-rank transcendent and discouraged one another from attacking him immediately.

Jiang Yan entered the closed-beta game “Riptide Scorched World” and received a notice that his play would be livestreamed for a fee. While other players planned to obtain the Lava Crystal and defeat the executioner as a group, Jiang Yan proposed killing the executioner himself and stealing their prize, then teased an even stranger plan.

• Jiang Yan learned that escaping or killing the peak seventh-rank executioner was the way to leave the newbie village, and he preferred robbing the Divine Artifact over doing quests.
• Jiang Yan received a message that his gameplay would be livestreamed in ten minutes for 500 Star Core Coins, with revenue split evenly.
• A streamer explained the guide to other players: they would sneak to the Lava Cave, defeat the Lava Monarch for the Lava Crystal, and then use it against the executioner.
• Players invited Jiang Yan to join their crusade team, but he refused and decided the executioner seemed beatable.
• Jiang Yan told his viewers he would attack the executioner while the team fought the Lava Monarch, then steal their Lava Crystal when they returned.
• Jiang Yan argued that players should ignore guides and hinted that he might exploit the executioner's family ties; his viewers reacted with alarm and enthusiasm.

Jiang Yan used a Doppelganger to locate the Enforcer and discovered that the powerful man deeply valued his five wives, giving Jiang Yan a way to control him. After nightfall, Jiang Yan left the factory and entered the Enforcer’s camp while the Enforcer and his wives slept.

• Jiang Yan sent a Doppelganger through the factory, where it passed as a supervisor and showed viewers the enslaved workers and the wasteland outside.
• The Doppelganger found the Enforcer celebrating his capture of more slaves with his five wives, and Jiang Yan decided to use them as leverage.
• Jiang Yan watched as the players escaped the factory after nightfall, then quietly headed for the Enforcer’s camp.
• The Enforcer fell asleep after spending the night with his wives, and an uninvited Jiang Yan stepped into the tent.

Jiang Yan learned that the executioner was an Eighth-Order transcendent who feared Lava Crystals, then headed to the Lava Monarch’s cave to obtain one. After the Monarch trapped and overwhelmed a group of players, Jiang Yan accepted a Planetary Battleship gift from the game’s operators and charged in to fight it.

• Jiang Yan abducted the executioner’s wife, learned her husband was Eighth Order, and discovered that Lava Crystals weakened him.
• Jiang Yan decided to seek a Lava Crystal from the Lava Monarch because his Instant Kill Law was difficult to use against the executioner.
• The Lava Monarch defeated a group of players, sealed the cave entrance, and trapped them inside.
• Jiang Yan broke into the cave and saw the trapped players after the entrance collapsed.
• Jiang Yan asked the operations manager for a Planetary Battleship, received one worth 100 Star Core Coins, and charged at the Lava Monarch.