Chapter Summaries

Chen Min woke in a village and found a family being abused by a wealthy man’s people. After intervening and rediscovering his strength, he learned that Yin Zhe had appeared in Yunmeng City and set out to find him.

• Chen Min woke in a poor family’s home, ate their porridge, and tried to leave as a wealthy man pressured the family to surrender their daughter.
• Chen Min watched villagers rush to defend the family and asked the Red-Haired Youth to leave them alone, but the youth mocked him and the woman revealed she feared being tortured.
• Chen Min seized the Red-Haired Youth and killed him, then used his power to drag the Splendid-Clad Man through a collapsed courtyard wall and crush him.
• Chen Min’s strength surged to the late stage of the Unity Realm, though he remained troubled and felt he was missing something.
• Chen Jixuan told Chen Min that Yin Zhe had appeared in Yunmeng City, and Chen Min asked where he could find him.

An Yunnan reached Unity with 150 Extreme Stripes but received only a Sixth Order General Star, so he vowed to take the Qin Prefecture College Entrance Exam and prove Great Xia wrong. Chen Yan sensed Chen Min’s powerful will in Wasteland Market, then met Chen Xiyuan, whose domain concealed her from Chen Yuxu.

• An Yunnan emerged from training after reaching Unity and raising his Extreme Stripe count to 150.
• A messenger delivered Chancellor Xia’s words and a Sixth Order General Star, angering An Yunnan, who insisted he had broken through the Realm Limit.
• Steward Hu invited An Yunnan to join the Chen Family, but An Yunnan refused and chose to take the Qin Prefecture College Entrance Exam.
• Chen Yan sensed Chen Min in Wasteland Market and decided he would not let him awaken his Yan Realm unless his rebuilt convictions were sound.
• Chen Yan finished training, met Chen Xiyuan in the Living Room, and learned that her powerful domain had kept Chen Yuxu from noticing her.

Chen Xiyuan offered Chen Yan secret cultivation and protection from the Chen Clan Main Branch in exchange for helping her at the Five Clans Competition. While pretending to consider her offer, Chen Yan used her Azure Kite True Realm to rapidly grow his Intent fruits, and the chapter left him weighing her proposal against his ties to Shen Yiwei.

• Chen Xiyuan revealed her Azure Kite True Realm, and Chen Yan used the opportunity to comprehend her Spear Intent and ripen four [Intent] Character Fruits.
• Chen Xiyuan claimed the Main Branch had dealt with the Luo Chen Lineage for Chen Yan, and Chen Yan feigned gratitude while recognizing the political maneuver.
• Chen Xiyuan warned that Great Xia could not fully protect or trust Chen Yan, and he agreed that her assessment was true.
• Chen Xiyuan explained that she ranked fifteenth among the Chen Clan's Heavenly Prides and offered to cultivate Chen Yan secretly so he could help her at the Five Clans Competition.
• Chen Yan asked how helping Chen Xiyuan would affect Shen Yiwei, and Chen Xiyuan argued that Shen could barely protect himself after Lu Xunyang disappeared.

Chen Yan agreed to help Chen Xiyuan but insisted on staying in Great Xia until the Five Clans Competition. After Chen Xiyuan left him a Fist Intent Stone as an investment, Chen Yan sensed it contained sixth-grade malice intended to make him her puppet, and resolved to conceal that he had discovered her scheme.

• Chen Xiyuan saw Chen Yan’s Unity Realm Dharma Image and realized he had reached Unity Late Stage, then patiently waited as he comprehended five [Intent] Character Fruits.
• Chen Yan agreed to help Chen Xiyuan on the condition that he remain in Great Xia until the Five Clans Competition, and she accepted while offering him a seventh-grade Fist Intent Stone.
• Chen Xiyuan claimed the stone was an investment in Chen Yan’s potential and tried to tempt him with her family ties and personal interest before leaving.
• Chen Yan used the Yan Realm to detect sixth-grade malice hidden in the stone, which would gradually bewitch him into a puppet obedient to Chen Xiyuan.
• Chen Yan stored the stone without destroying its malice, wary that Chen Xiyuan might notice, and his killing intent toward her intensified.

Chen Yan advanced his Extreme Pierce Spear Intent and went to Xiaoyang City, where he appeared as Bing Yi at the Tianbang Boxing Tournament. As Luo Chen’s faction arrived and Chen Shuju challenged Bing Yi, Xia Hanzhou arranged for Sanjin to protect Chen Yan during the College Entrance Exam.

• Chen Xiyuan discussed her ruthless view of good and evil with He Youtong while Chen Yan trained and raised his Extreme Pierce Spear Intent to the fifth grade.
• Chen Yan went to Shen Yiwei and planned to draw attention away from him by having Bing Yi appear elsewhere.
• Chen Min learned that Bing Yi had appeared at the Tianbang Boxing Tournament in Xiaoyang City.
• Xia Hanzhou told Sanjin to protect Chen Yan during and after the College Entrance Exam, even at the cost of her own life.
• At the tournament, Old Chi confirmed that Luo Chen’s people had arrived, and Chen Yan asked whether he could kill them.
• Luo Chen’s faction arrived at the venue, and Chen Shuju publicly challenged Bing Yi.

Chen Yan watched the Tianbang Boxing Tournament in Xiaoyang City as Old Chi explained Chen Min’s history and Luo Chen’s plan to restore his confidence by eliminating Bing Yi. Chen Min rejected his clan’s demands, warned Bing Yi about a deadly trump card, and began to awaken a new conviction, leaving Chen Yan resolved to reshape the world alongside him.

• Chen Shuju challenged Bing Yi, but the Goat Deacon struck him down for breaking tournament rules and had staff carry him away.
• Old Chi told Chen Yan that Chen Changyuan had defeated Shen Yiwei and that Chen Min had followed a path of invincibility until losing to Bing Yi.
• Chen Xiyuan considered protecting and recruiting Bing Yi, while He Youtong warned that this would offend Chen Changyuan amid growing turmoil in Qin Prefecture.
• Chen Min’s Luo Chen relatives berated him and pressured him to kill Bing Yi, but Chen Min denounced them and left the viewing room.
• Chen Min warned an attendant to tell Bing Yi that Luo Chen had a trump card capable of killing him and that he should not fight that day.
• Chen Yan saw Chen Min’s will beginning to awaken and declared that his path was not lonely and that he would reshape the world.

Chen Yan fought his way through Jade Tier opponents as the people of Luo Chen plotted against him, then killed their infiltrator Evil Flame and began advancing toward a Perfect Golden Body. He challenged Luo Chen’s members to face him before his transformation was complete.

• Chen Qianqian subdued Chen Min and declared that Luo Chen would find a way to kill Bing Yi, while Chen Huang discussed confronting him.
• Bing Yi entered the tournament and defeated successive Jade Tier fighters, drawing an increasingly excited crowd.
• The host announced that Luo Chen members Explosive Tiger and Yu Qian had joined the lineup, revealing their plans to the audience and giving Bing Yi time to fight first.
• Evil Flame, secretly recruited by Luo Chen, agreed to a friendly spar, but Chen Yan sensed his killing intent and killed him with [Netherworld Loss] and Fifth-grade Spear Intent.
• Chen Xiyuan recognized Chen Yan’s spear talent and decided she wanted him to join her sect.
• Chen Yan opened [Submerged Abyss] and began advancing toward a Perfect Golden Body, then invited Luo Chen’s members to challenge him and promised them a meal the next morning.

Bing Yi fought in the Tianbang Boxing Tournament while forging a Perfect Golden Body, revealing that her advancement accelerated with each battle. The chapter ended with Mad Cat entering the Arena and Jiang Guo noticing that he was kneeling before Bing Yi.

• Bing Yi revealed that she was forging a Perfect Golden Body through battle, and Chen Qianqian questioned whether Luo Chen should continue trying to kill her.
• The Goat Deacon tried to dissuade Bing Yi, but she refused to stop; she then defeated Shen Huangfeng with a spear thrust and said her opponent was not enough.
• Chen Yan realized that fighting while advancing let her break her limits, and she hoped her opponents would put more pressure on her.
• Jade Tier fighters discussed Bing Yi's strength, while Zhang Lei focused on the upcoming College Entrance Exam and its top candidates.
• Mad Cat entered the Arena to fight Bing Yi, and Jiang Guo announced that he was kneeling there.

Chen Yan, posing as Bing Yi, continued his staged advancement through the Tianbang Boxing Tournament while rallying the crowd against Luo Chen. After Chen Huang took a Blood Breaking Pill and challenged him, Chen Yan killed him instantly and revealed that his apparent weakness had been a trick.

• Chen Yan defeated Kuang Mao and convinced spectators that Bing Yi was genuinely advancing toward a Perfect Golden Body.
• Chen Yan fought through successive opponents, and the crowd condemned Luo Chen after he framed Bing Yi’s battle as a stand against injustice.
• Chen Yan rested between fights and refused the Goat Deacon’s warning to withdraw, declaring that he was fighting on behalf of everyone oppressed by the unjust world.
• Chen Jixuan gave Chen Huang a Blood Breaking Pill, and Chen Qianqian urged him to kill Bing Yi and let the Aristocratic Alliance control the aftermath.
• Chen Huang challenged Bing Yi, but Chen Yan killed him with a single attack and said he had only been teasing him.

Chen Yan killed Chen Huang and revealed a Perfect Golden Body, but he remained dissatisfied and drew down the Five Golden Body Crossings. As the first crossing began to painfully temper his eyes, Chen Yan endured it while the spectators and fighters watched in shock.

• Chen Yan instantly killed Chen Huang, and the Secret Script recorded his combat power at 257,981 as he entered the Golden Body Realm with a Perfect Golden Body.
• Chen Yan called the Perfect Golden Body imperfect, while Goat Deacon and Old Chi discussed how his late start might have limited his potential to achieve Five Golden Body Crossings.
• The first crossing began with a Martial Sound that loosened people’s realms, and Goat Deacon ordered the Starry Sky Ceiling opened above Chen Yan.
• The crossing caused Chen Yan’s eyes to bleed and his vision to blur, but he endured the pain and mocked the Perfect Golden Body as rubbish.
• Zhang Lei, Kuang Mao, Chen Jixuan, and the others watched in disbelief, while Chen Min awoke and murmured about the Five Golden Body Crossings.

Shen Yiwei arrived outside Xiaoyang City with Yunmeng City's geniuses, where Zong Heng welcomed him and Zhang Ting confronted him over the missing Ancient God Beast. Their dispute escalated into accusations that Shen Yiwei had lost the Dream Ancient God Beast deliberately, while a pillar of light rose from the city.

• Chen Yan rode the Ice Dragon into the sky, testing his evolving body and the limits of his willpower.
• Zong Heng welcomed Shen Yiwei and his group of geniuses, but Shen Yiwei said he had come only for the College Entrance Exam.
• Zhang Ting arrived with Zhang Luobai and questioned Shen Yiwei about the missing Ancient God Beast and Bing Yi's role in the Gong Family's destruction.
• Zhang Ting argued that the missing beast was the Dream Ancient God Beast and accused Shen Yiwei of losing it through collusion with Bing Yi.
• A pillar of light rose from Xiaoyang City, and Zhang Ting ordered Zhang Luobai to investigate.
• Zhang Ting demanded that Shen Yiwei bring Bing Yi to him for questioning, and Zong Heng accused him of using Shen Yiwei to avoid angering the Tianbang Boxing Tournament.

Bing Yi endured the Golden Body Crossings, cleansing his organs and reaching the third crossing as the Luo Chen Lineage feared his growing strength. At the outskirts of Xiaoyang City, Shen Yiwei and Zhang Ting faced a rising confrontation, which stopped everyone when Zhang Luobai reported that Bing Yi had transcended the fifth crossing.

• Bing Yi passed the first Golden Body Crossing and began the second, drawing the attention of powerful figures and onlookers.
• Chen Min left the Luo Chen Lineage after declaring he would no longer be one of them.
• Bing Yi reached the third crossing, making the Luo Chen Lineage fear the danger he might pose as he grew stronger.
• Zhang Ting ordered Shen Yiwei taken to the Town Martial Division, but Zong Heng and other figures rallied against him, bringing the factions to the brink of battle.
• Shen Yiwei said he would not enter Xiaoyang City, while Zhang Luobai repeatedly tried to tell them about Bing Yi’s progress.
• Zhang Luobai finally announced that Bing Yi had transcended the fifth Golden Body Crossing, leaving everyone stunned.

Chen Yan used the Tianbang Boxing Tournament’s battle simulation to test his combined strength, reaching a combat power reading of 719,651. Meanwhile, Chen Xiyuan arranged to recruit Bing Yi and prepared He Youtong to seek the You Lan Secret Technique during the College Entrance Exam, with Chen Yan’s Malice Crystal influence as a potential aid.

• Chen Yan received 57,145 tournament points and activated a battle simulation, where his combat strength rose to 470,000 using Fifth-grade Spear Intent and [Void Breaker—Ice Dragon Waterfall].
• Chen Yan activated [Patrol Heaven] and combined his martial arts against the faceless opponent, eventually ending the fight with a combat power reading of 719,651.
• Chen Xiyuan confirmed to Steward Hu that she had taken Chen Yan under her wing, then asked for help recruiting Bing Yi as a guest retainer and possible Dao partner.
• Chen Xiyuan gave He Youtong a crystal containing blood that could sense You Lan and warned her that Yu Changsheng and Chen Changyuan would compete for the Four Blood Methods.
• Chen Xiyuan said Chen Yan had likely been affected by the Malice Crystal and taught He Youtong a secret art to strengthen its influence, hoping Chen Yan could help her during the College Entrance Exam.

Chen Yan discovered that the Five Golden Body Crossings had made his body perfectly compatible with the Qi and Blood Path, letting him cultivate at a terrifying speed despite his shortage of resources. He noticed Luo Chen and Chen Jixuan had found Chen Min, then checked maps of Xiaoyang City as Chen Min was captured and taken aboard a warship.

• Chen Yan examined his cultivation and found his Golden Body could be forged to thirty-three times the capacity of an ordinary martial artist.
• Chen Yan absorbed Blood Energy from ice crystals and Saint Breaking Fruits, rapidly forging three percent of his body and gaining a major boost in strength and the clarity-of-the-eyes divine ability.
• Chen Yan spotted Luo Chen and Chen Jixuan on Chen Min’s Meridian End and asked an electronic assistant to display maps of the area around Xiaoyang City.
• Chen Jixuan subdued Chen Min with steel needles and a Sleeping Potion, then carried him aboard the Luo Chen family’s Flying Warship.
• Chen Jixuan contacted Chen Changyuan, the Luo Chen Invincible Son, from the captain’s room.

Chen Min explained that he had lost faith in his old ambition and wanted to seek the Way of My Heart, but Chen Changyuan ordered him killed and planned to take over his body. As Chen Min struggled near death, Bing Yi appeared aboard the ship and confronted the Invincible Son on the screen.

• Chen Jixuan told Chen Changyuan that Bing Yi had killed Chen Huang and achieved five Golden Body Crossings.
• Chen Min described his former ambition to remake the world, then questioned whether a blade of grass or a forest was more precious as he sought the Way of My Heart.
• Chen Changyuan ordered Chen Jixuan to kill Chen Min and said he would possess Chen Min's body with a strand of Divine Soul.
• Chen Changyuan said he would wait until he reached the Creation Realm before dealing with Bing Yi, while Chen Min collapsed under the steel needles.
• Bing Yi appeared beside Chen Jixuan, seized him by the throat, and addressed Chen Changyuan on the screen, saying he was nervous to meet the Invincible Son.

Chen Yan, disguised as Bing Yi, confronted Luo Chen aboard a Flying Warship and killed Chen Jixuan after a fierce underwater battle. He then slaughtered the fleeing Luo Chen members, leaving Chen Qianqian terrified and alone before him.

• Chen Yan revealed himself to Chen Jixuan and spoke to Chen Changyuan on the warship’s screen, claiming to have a Ninth Order Master and provoking him.
• Chen Jixuan attacked Chen Yan, who countered with a punch as the battle sent Chen Min plunging into the lake and set the Flying Warship ablaze.
• Chen Qianqian joined Chen Jixuan against Chen Yan, but Chen Yan endured their attacks and revealed his Unity Realm Body Tempering Path.
• Chen Yan used Yan Realm and [Void Breaker—Icy Dragonfall] to pierce Chen Jixuan’s forehead and kill him.
• Chen Yan killed the fleeing members of Luo Chen’s group with Ice Spears, while Chen Qianqian watched in terror.

Chen Yan defeated Chen Qianqian and wiped out the Luo Chen survivors, then rescued Chen Min. As Chen Yan left, his words awakened Chen Min’s path to the Origin and drew a mysterious Will to him, making him the world’s third Willbearer.

• Chen Yan fought Chen Qianqian aboard the wrecked Warship, grew stronger during the battle, and advanced his Fist Intent to third grade before killing her.
• Chen Yan collected the corpses and Spatial Rings, then rescued Chen Min from the lake and removed the steel needles embedded in him.
• Chen Min asked why Chen Yan had fought so desperately to live, and Chen Yan said he had spoken offhandedly and forgotten the remark.
• Chen Min’s will shattered at the answer, but Chen Yan’s departing words about a luminous heart helped him take the third step and reach the Origin.
• A Broken Sword arrived for Chen Min, and an indescribable truth descended upon him as he became the world’s third Willbearer.

Chen Yan’s words awakened Chen Min as a Willbearer, allowing Chen Yan to experience Chen Min’s painful life and strengthening the Yan Realm. Chen Yan resolved to develop the Will Path and renew the world, though he still had no clear way to reach its second realm.

• Chen Min knelt to thank Bing Yi for changing his aspirations and saving his life, then left with the Broken Sword.
• Chen Yan’s Martial Dao Meridians stabilized as Chen Min awakened, and Chen Yan experienced the memories that shaped Chen Min’s will.
• Chen Yan’s Yan Realm increased its combat-strength amplification to four times, while the tips representing Shao Hengyang and others flickered or went dark.
• Chen Yan observed Zhuang Ang training relentlessly and noted that the Yan Realm’s existence had drawn attention from Xia Chiyi and Lu Xinyuan.
• Chen Yan reviewed the world’s Martial Dao paths and concluded that Will Martial Dao could renew the world, while the Chaos-colored Fruit on the Saint Breaking Tree neared half its full size.

Chen Changyuan seized Yu Changsheng’s body while Zhang Ting reconsidered Bing Yi’s role in the conflict with Luo Chen. Chen Yan purified and consumed a sinister medicine, greatly strengthening his Golden Body, then realized he might have missed Shen Yiwei’s meeting.

• Chen Changyuan learned that Chen Jixuan had not replied and decided to seize Yu Changsheng’s body rather than trust him to retrieve Nether Orchid alone.
• Zhang Ting learned that Luo Chen’s people had vanished and their Warship was destroyed, then ordered a discreet gesture of goodwill toward Bing Yi and suspected Luo Chen was behind the Dream Ancient God Beast’s release.
• Chen Yan found a malice-infused Qi and Blood Medicine among Chen Jixuan’s belongings, erased its malice with Yan Realm, and used it to cultivate.
• Shen Yiwei met Zong Heng and Sanjin aboard a Warship, where Sanjin revealed that she had never met her father before leaving the cabin.
• Chen Yan’s Golden Body Accumulation and Forging Degree reached eleven percent, and he estimated he could now defeat Chen Jixuan within ten moves before realizing he had forgotten something.

Chen Yan switched places with his Formation Puppet and traveled to meet Shen Yiwei, while the Chen Clan mistakenly concluded that Bing Yi and Chen Yan were separate people. On the Flying Warship, Chen Yan arrived among the New Dragon Guard prodigies, where Sanjin’s single-word replies had unnerved several of them.

• Chen Yan rejected the Qin Prefecture powers seeking to recruit Bing Yi and left Xiaoyang City through a secret passage to meet Shen Yiwei.
• At the Tianbang Boxing Tournament, Steward Hu learned that the Luo Chen people had been killed and suspected Bing Yi’s powerful backer was responsible; he told Chen Xiyuan to investigate Chen Yan’s body.
• Chen Yan reached a cave, took the General Star uniform from his Formation Puppet, and stored the puppet in his Spatial Ring.
• On the Flying Warship, Zhan Hun and Li Qingyuan tried speaking to Sanjin but became afraid when she answered only, “Th...”
• Shao Hengyang greeted Sanjin, but she ignored him and continued eating grapes.
• Chen Yan entered the lounge, and the New Dragon Guard prodigies welcomed him.