Chapter Summaries

Bing Tianxiao and Wen Qingxuan clashed briefly before agreeing to cooperate to enter the Wood God Palace ruins and face the Academy Alliance. Their teams were introduced, while Luo Li grew increasingly jealous of Wen Qingxuan’s closeness with Bing Tianxiao.

• Wen Qingxuan challenged Bing Tianxiao, and their teams began matching up against one another.
• Bing Tianxiao’s Profound Ice Dragon Roar overwhelmed Wen Qingxuan’s Heavenly Phoenix Shadow, ending their clash with her at a slight disadvantage.
• Wen Qingxuan explained that the ruins had six divine invitations and warned Bing Tianxiao about the powerful Academy Alliance and its blood-robed youth.
• Wen Qingxuan invoked Bing Tianxiao’s old debt from the Spirit Road, prompting him to agree to cooperate and embrace her, which made Luo Li visibly jealous.
• Bing Tianxiao introduced Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan, Mu Fengyang, and Wen Qingxuan’s teammates, including Le’er, Pin’er, Xiuling, and An Ya.

Bing Tianxiao’s group traveled toward the Wood God Palace ruins and stopped in Trading Town, where Xue Tiandu fled after recognizing the danger Bing Tianxiao posed. As the group continued through town, Bing Tianxiao pulled Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan into his arms, leaving both embarrassed and the others stunned.

• Wen Qingxuan shared what she knew about the Divine Posts, and Bing Tianxiao agreed to set out with her group.
• Bing Tianxiao’s group flew for five days toward the Wood God Palace ruins and stopped at Trading Town to rest and buy supplies.
• Luo Li spotted Xue Tiandu, but he recognized Bing Tianxiao’s threat and escaped with his followers.
• Bing Tianxiao entered the crowded town with Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan close beside him, drawing attention from the people on the street.
• Bing Tianxiao put an arm around Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan’s waists and walked on with them as they blushed and protested.

Bing Tianxiao led the group to Wood God Mountain, where a protective spiritual array kept them waiting as elite teams from across the continent gathered. Wen Qingxuan explained why she trusted Bing Tianxiao more than her former partner Wang Zhong, who then approached and invited her to work with him again.

• The group left the trading town and traveled to Wood God Mountain, where Bing Tianxiao detected a vast protective spiritual array and led everyone to wait on a nearby peak.
• Teams from the major academies and factions gathered at Wood God Mountain, including Xue Tiandu, Wang Zhong, Deng Tong, and Wu Yingying.
• Wen Qingxuan told Bing Tianxiao that she had worked with Wang Zhong before but considered him too scheming to trust.
• Wang Zhong led Sacred Spirit Academy's elites over, ignored Bing Tianxiao, and asked Wen Qingxuan to team up with him again.

Bing Tianxiao rejected Wang Zhong’s invitation on Wen Qingxuan’s behalf, then led their group into the Wood God Palace ruins after the six Wood God Tokens opened the guardian array. Using his powerful perception, he guided them toward Spirit Treasure Mountain, where they arrived at a peak filled with rare heavenly treasures.

• Wen Qingxuan refused Wang Zhong’s offer to join forces, and Bing Tianxiao bluntly reinforced her rejection until Wang Zhong led Sacred Spirit Academy away.
• Wen Qingxuan told Bing Tianxiao about the Four Seas Spirit Academy and the unusually intense Spirit Academy Competition.
• The six teams holding Wood God Tokens opened the guardian array, and Bing Tianxiao carried his companions into the ruins on an Ice Dragon.
• Inside the ruins, Bing Tianxiao asked whether Wen Qingxuan and the others wanted a particular inheritance; they had no specific target, so he chose Spirit Treasure Mountain.
• Bing Tianxiao sensed a dense gathering of spiritual energy and led the group to a peak covered in jade platforms and rare heavenly treasures.

Wen Qingxuan and the others discovered the abundant treasures on Spirit Treasure Mountain, but Bing Tianxiao warned them not to act rashly. Greedy challengers triggered the Wood God Palace’s trial, and most were defeated and imprisoned for half a year.

• Wen Qingxuan recognized the rare spiritual herbs on Spirit Treasure Mountain and saw that the treasures grew rarer toward its peak.
• Bing Tianxiao warned the others to be cautious, while keeping quiet about the mountain’s guardian trial and its penalty for losing.
• Wang Zhong tried to persuade Wu Yingying to join forces against Bing Tianxiao, but she refused and insulted him.
• Dozens of challengers rushed to seize spiritual herbs, triggering the guardian figure’s trial and its battle-puppet challenges.
• The challengers who chose rare herbs were defeated by powerful puppets, while a few who chose ordinary herbs won their prizes.

Bing Tianxiao ignored the lower treasures on Spirit Treasure Mountain and challenged the guardian protecting the Dragon Blood Cold Crystal at the summit. He defeated the Battle Puppet after a fierce half-hour battle, leaving himself injured but victorious.

• Bing Tianxiao told Luo Li, Wen Qingxuan, and the others to choose opponents they could handle, then flew straight to the mountain's peak.
• Bing Tianxiao stepped onto the summit and faced a Battle Puppet at the Second Spirit Soul Hardship level, which guarded the Dragon Blood Cold Crystal.
• Bing Tianxiao charged the Battle Puppet bare-handed and fought it without falling behind, drawing concern from Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan.
• Bing Tianxiao activated his Overlord Dragon Body and transformed into a half-dragon, half-human form, escalating the battle into the sky.
• After half an hour of fighting, Bing Tianxiao tore the Battle Puppet into fragments and stood victorious, his dragon scales cracked and bloodied.

Bing Tianxiao claimed the Dragon Blood Cold Crystal, then raided teams across Spirit Treasure Mountain and seized their Academy Token points. With the other top teams fleeing and Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy relieved to be his ally, he led the group toward Cangling Academy to seek Supreme Spirit Liquid.

• Bing Tianxiao destroyed the Spirit Soul Hardship Battle Puppet with his bare hands and took the Dragon Blood Cold Crystal.
• Xu Huang's group, Wen Qingxuan's teammates, Luo Li, Wen Qingxuan, Wang Zhong, and Wu Yingying chose trials at different levels of Spirit Treasure Mountain.
• Bing Tianxiao ambushed teams that had completed their trials, suppressed them, and looted the points from their Academy Tokens.
• Wang Zhong, Xue Tiandu, and Wu Yingying led their teams in retreat when they saw Bing Tianxiao raiding participants across the mountain.
• Bing Tianxiao noticed the Academy Alliance and Four Seas Spirit Academy were absent, then led his group toward Cangling Academy to find Supreme Spirit Liquid.

Bing Tianxiao entered Cangling Academy with Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li despite its spirit-sealing array, then fought the Academy Alliance guards using only his physical strength. After he overpowered Qin Feng, Mo Yu, and Liu Xiong, they activated Spirit-Protecting Jade Disks and unleashed their Divine Techniques.

• Bing Tianxiao explained that the spirit-sealing array suppressed spiritual energy, but Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li insisted on entering with him, so he gave them Wood God Guards.
• Bing Tianxiao charged through the Academy Alliance guards at Cangling Academy's entrance using only his physical strength.
• Qin Feng, Mo Yu, and Liu Xiong confronted Bing Tianxiao and boasted that the array and their numbers gave them the advantage.
• Bing Tianxiao struck the three leaders with his fists and forced them back, overwhelming their physical defenses.
• Qin Feng, Mo Yu, and Liu Xiong activated their Spirit-Protecting Jade Disks and launched their Divine Techniques at Bing Tianxiao.

Bing Tianxiao defeated Qin Feng, Mo Yu, and Liu Xiong, but Qin Feng awakened Cangling Academy’s powerful guardian Academy Spirit. Bing Tianxiao charged head-on at the Academy Spirit’s spiritual energy beam, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Bing Tianxiao shattered Qin Feng, Mo Yu, and Liu Xiong’s three Divine Techniques with a punch, then used Ice Crystal Destruction to pierce Mo Yu and Liu Xiong and sever Qin Feng’s arm.
• Mo Yu urged Qin Feng to use their trump card, and Qin Feng offered his essence blood to an ancient stone tablet.
• The Academy Spirit of Cangling Academy awakened at the peak of Third Spirit Soul Hardship, and Bing Tianxiao summoned the Dark Gold War Halberd to face it.
• The Academy Spirit struck at Bing Tianxiao, who met its giant palm with a halberd swing and forced it back.
• The Academy Spirit fired a powerful beam of spiritual energy, and Bing Tianxiao charged straight toward it with the Dark Gold War Halberd.

Bing Tianxiao defeated the Academy Spirit by enduring its attacks until its spiritual energy ran low, breaking the Spirit Restriction Array around Cangling Academy. He looted Qin Feng and his companions, then entered the academy’s central hall with Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan, where they found an ancient white jade altar instead of the expected jade bottles.

• Bing Tianxiao charged the Academy Spirit head-on and tore through its spiritual net with his Dark Gold War Halberd.
• Bing Tianxiao struck the Academy Spirit’s chest, but it healed by absorbing spiritual energy from Cangling Academy.
• Bing Tianxiao fought through mounting injuries until the Academy Spirit weakened, then pierced its chest and shattered it.
• The Spirit Restriction Array dissolved, and Bing Tianxiao took all the points from Qin Feng, Mo Yu, and Liu Xiong’s Academy Tokens.
• Bing Tianxiao, Luo Li, and Wen Qingxuan entered the central hall and found an ancient white jade altar.

Bing Tianxiao’s group claimed the Spirit Gathering Bowl from Cangling Academy and discovered the Academy Alliance had spread word of a vast store of Supreme Spirit Liquid. When rival teams tried to exploit the rumor, Bing Tianxiao confronted them with ten Ice Dragons.

• Bing Tianxiao took the Spirit Gathering Bowl, a treasure that continually refined spiritual energy into Supreme Spirit Liquid, from the altar in Cangling Academy.
• Bing Tianxiao, Luo Li, and Wen Qingxuan returned from the academy and reunited with Xu Huang and the others outside Thorn Forest.
• Xu Huang told them that the Academy Alliance had fled and spread a rumor that Cangling Academy contained tens of thousands of drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Bing Tianxiao challenged the teams hiding in the forest and promised to surrender his Supreme Spirit Liquid and first-place points if they defeated him.
• Bing Tianxiao summoned ten Ice Dragons, which charged into the fleeing teams and froze them amid their screams.

Bing Tianxiao and his companions reached the Wood God Palace, overcame the trials guarding its entrance, and found ten clusters of powerful treasures inside. He identified three Quasi-Divine Artifacts and sent Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan toward two of them as the treasure hunt began.

• Bing Tianxiao dismissed the hostile teams at the foot of Wood God Mountain and arrived with Luo Li and his companions as the major forces gathered.
• A bell opened the route up the mountain, and Bing Tianxiao, Wen Qingxuan, and Luo Li used their powers to pass its spiritual pressure.
• Bing Tianxiao charged through the Azure Wood Gang Thunder instead of waiting through the required trial.
• The group reached the Wood God Palace and spotted ten treasure-filled clusters above its azure pillars.
• Bing Tianxiao identified three Quasi-Divine Artifacts and directed Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan toward the third cluster from the left and the fifth from the right.

Bing Tianxiao, Luo Li, and Wen Qingxuan claimed three Quasi-Divine Artifacts, provoking Xue Tiandu and Wang Zhong to gather forces against them. As battle broke out in Azure Wood Plaza, Bing Tianxiao summoned eight Ice Dragons to face Wang Zhong’s three Wood God Guards.

• Bing Tianxiao took the Black Tortoise Seal while Luo Li obtained a Jade Ruler and Wen Qingxuan claimed a Wood Vine.
• Xue Tiandu urged the teams in Azure Wood Plaza to attack Bing Tianxiao and seize the artifacts, but Wu Yingying and Four Seas Spirit Academy withdrew.
• Wang Zhong summoned a Wood God Guard, and Xue Tiandu and Mo Yu activated tokens that called forth two more.
• Bing Tianxiao summoned eight Ice Dragons as Wen Qingxuan engaged Mo Yu and the Academy Alliance experts and Luo Li attacked Xue Tiandu.
• Bing Tianxiao faced Wang Zhong and the three Wood God Guards with his battle halberd as the battle began.

Bing Tianxiao, Luo Li, and Wen Qingxuan defeated their opponents in the hall with overwhelming force. After all three battles ended, the trio regrouped, with Wen Qingxuan claiming she had finished first.

• Bing Tianxiao destroyed Wang Zhong's three Wood God Guards and killed Wang Zhong.
• Luo Li pierced Xue Tiandu with the Luoshen Sword, killing him.
• Wen Qingxuan overwhelmed Mo Yu, Liu Xiong, and Qin Feng with her Phoenix flames and subdued all three.
• Wen Qingxuan joined Bing Tianxiao and Luo Li and said she had finished faster than they had.

Bing Tianxiao claimed the Wood God Palace’s treasures, then left the ruins with Luo Li and his team after Wen Qingxuan embraced him and departed. His victory changed the Spirit Academy Competition, and he withdrew to a remote valley to prepare for the Spirit Soul Hardship threshold.

• Bing Tianxiao intimidated the surviving teams after killing Wang Zhong and destroying the three Wood God Guards, and the other contestants abandoned their claims to the Quasi-Divine Artifacts.
• Bing Tianxiao, Luo Li, and Wen Qingxuan left the Wood God Palace ruins with the artifacts they had claimed.
• Wen Qingxuan thanked Bing Tianxiao, hugged him, and left with the Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy team, while Luo Li watched her with a faintly resentful gaze.
• Bing Tianxiao and Luo Li departed with their team in a different direction.
• Bing Tianxiao’s victory spread across the battlefield, and he went into seclusion in a remote valley to prepare for Spirit Soul Hardship.

While the Spirit Academy Competition’s leading teams fought for the rankings, Bing Tianxiao broke through Spirit Soul Hardship in seclusion. After Luo Li told him that Xiao Huang had trapped Wen Qingxuan to lure him out, Bing Tianxiao headed to confront Xiao Huang.

• Wen Qingxuan seized second place, while Ji Xuan and Wu Ling took third and fourth; Shen Cangsheng and Mu Chen rose to ninth.
• Bing Tianxiao gathered his spiritual energy and successfully passed Spirit Soul Hardship, emerging with greatly increased strength.
• Luo Li told Bing Tianxiao that Xiao Huang had trapped Wen Qingxuan in a spiritual array and restrained her companions as bait.
• Bing Tianxiao set out with Luo Li and their team to confront Xiao Huang.

Bing Tianxiao arrived at Xiao Huang’s Heaven-Trapping Spirit-Locking Array, where Wen Qingxuan and her companions were trapped. Xiao Huang demanded the item Bing Tianxiao had taken from the Wood God Palace ruins and insisted his array could stop him, setting up a confrontation.

• Teams gathered outside the spiritual array and debated Xiao Huang’s capture of Wen Qingxuan and the strength of his trap.
• Bing Tianxiao arrived with Luo Li and the others, and onlookers sensed that he had reached the first level of Spirit Soul Hardship.
• Bing Tianxiao found Wen Qingxuan wounded and fighting spiritual puppets while Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy members were bound; he told her to retreat.
• Xiao Huang emerged and demanded the item Bing Tianxiao had taken from the Wood God Palace ruins.
• Bing Tianxiao mocked Xiao Huang’s confidence, while Xiao Huang claimed his Heaven-Trapping Spirit-Locking Array could withstand even a Second Spirit Soul Hardship expert.

Bing Tianxiao shattered Xiao Huang’s spirit array and defeated him, freeing Wen Qingxuan and the members of Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy. The watching teams lowered their heads as Bing Tianxiao turned his attention toward them.

• Bing Tianxiao shattered Xiao Huang’s Heaven-Trapping Spirit-Locking Array with one punch, sending Xiao Huang crashing to the ground.
• Xiao Huang used the Blood Sacrifice Technique, but Bing Tianxiao struck him into a mountain wall and left him gravely injured.
• Bing Tianxiao gave Wen Qingxuan a healing pill and freed the bound members of Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy.
• Bing Tianxiao looked toward the watching teams, and they all lowered their heads rather than meet his gaze.

Xiao Huang revealed that he had been a pawn in Ji Xuan’s scheme to exhaust Bing Tianxiao, and Ji Xuan arrived with a powerful alliance to attack him. Bing Tianxiao insisted he still had plenty of strength and challenged them all, prompting Mo Xiu to step forward.

• Xiao Huang told Bing Tianxiao that someone else had orchestrated the trap against Wen Qingxuan and Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy.
• Ji Xuan arrived with the Crusade Alliance, including several teams ranked among the top sixteen, and admitted he had used Xiao Huang to wear Bing Tianxiao down.
• Wen Qingxuan condemned Ji Xuan for his tactics, but he declared that winning mattered more than how he achieved it.
• Ji Xuan ordered the alliance to form a battle array and attack Bing Tianxiao.
• Bing Tianxiao revealed that his strength remained formidable, summoned his battle halberd, and challenged the alliance to attack him together.
• Mo Xiu accepted Bing Tianxiao’s challenge and prepared to fight.

Bing Tianxiao effortlessly defeated three of Ji Xuan’s top-ranked subordinates, demonstrating that Xiao Huang’s spiritual array had barely weakened him. He challenged Ji Xuan to fight him directly, while Ji Xuan warned that his true killing moves had yet to begin.

• Mo Xiu attacked Bing Tianxiao with his battle-axe, but Bing caught it, struck him with it, and sent him crashing into the forest.
• Qiu Ning tried to stab Bing Tianxiao from behind with poisoned blades, but Bing crushed his wrist and kicked him into a mountain wall.
• Liu San used an ancient Darkness Binding talisman, but Bing broke free and punched him away.
• Bing Tianxiao taunted Ji Xuan after defeating all three challengers, and Ji Xuan revealed that they had only been tests.
• Bing Tianxiao pointed his war halberd at Ji Xuan and demanded that the number one of Sacred Spirit Academy face him.