Chapter Summaries

Su Yuan completed the Jieyue Pearl’s transformation, unlocked the Sect-Suppressing Treasure system, and learned how to spend Yuan Sect’s fortune to increase luck. He claimed the Level 3 Demonic Art: Finger Beast and discovered its powers of spirit-beast communication, enlightenment, and enslavement.

• Su Yuan finished preparing the Secret Realm of Severing Heaven, causing the four Heaven and Earth Secret Realms to merge into a crimson moon that fused with the Jieyue Pearl.
• The Sect System revealed the Jieyue Pearl’s refinement and fortune capacity, and Su Yuan found he could spend Yuan Sect’s fortune to raise Daily Fortune.
• Su Yuan set a limit of 300 fortune points for his own use and decided to reserve the ability mainly for himself and the Vice Cult Leader.
• Su Yuan claimed Demonic Art: Finger Beast and learned that it could establish a mental connection with a spirit beast and tame it.
• Su Yuan unlocked Finger Beast’s Level 2 Enlightenment effect and Level 3 Enslavement effect, which could forcibly raise a suitable beast’s enslavement level to 60%.

Su Yuan entered the Joint Monthly Exam, excelled in the written test, and qualified for the heavyweight martial bracket without revealing his strongest abilities. He boosted his fortune to eighty points to secure an easy draw, but the first match paired him with formidable second-year Zhuo Lixin.

• Su Yuan, Chi Lean, and Qi Hanyua took the written exam; Su Yuan and Chi Lean tied for first, while Qi Hanyua finished near the bottom.
• The advisor explained the martial test’s weight classes, and Su Yuan, Chi Lean, and Qi Hanyua all qualified as heavyweights in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm.
• Su Yuan killed 271 prairie wolves without using his major techniques and finished tenth among the examinees.
• At the martial arts hall, Su Yuan added fifty fortune points to his own and Chen Nuoyi’s panels before drawing the first match number.
• Su Yuan drew number one and discovered he would face Zhuo Lixin, a powerful second-year prodigy with experience of the Spirit Transmutation Inheritance.

Su Yuan faced Zhuo Lixin, a righteous investigator determined to stop him from gaining the Evil Slaying Department's Spirit Transmutation Inheritance. As their match began, Su Yuan activated Finger Body: Warm-Up, preparing to unleash the fatigue and pain he had stored.

• Taihua Tianji worried that Su Yuan might use his demonic techniques against Zhuo Lixin and ruin his chances of becoming Deputy Director.
• Zhuo Lixin confronted Su Yuan, condemned his past misdeeds, and vowed to defeat him before he could gain more Hidden Points.
• Su Yuan warned Zhuo Lixin to surrender, but she refused and declared that justice would triumph over evil.
• The referee started the match, and Su Yuan acted first by activating Finger Body: Warm-Up to release his stored fatigue and pain.

Su Yuan fought Zhuo Lixin, whose rigorous resistance training let her withstand his demonic techniques and hypnosis. He overwhelmed her with Heavenly Sha and put a sword to her neck, but Zhuo Lixin still refused to yield.

• Zhuo Lixin shook off Su Yuan's negative statuses with her Righteous Qi Sword Technique and dodged his attacks while charging him.
• Su Yuan heightened Zhuo Lixin's bodily sensitivity and fired nine Hypnosis Sword Qi, but she blocked them with her sword barrier.
• Zhuo Lixin explained that she had trained daily to resist bodily sensitivity adjustments, aphrodisiacs, hypnosis, and brainwashing, then inhaled Su Yuan's hypnotic mist without effect.
• Su Yuan summoned the Crimson Origin Sword and used Heavenly Sha to pin Zhuo Lixin in place before striking her down.
• Su Yuan's blow knocked Zhuo Lixin's Natal Sword away and forced her to one knee, and she refused to yield when he held his sword to her neck.

Su Yuan defeated Zhuo Lixin in the ring by extracting her abilities with Finger Spirit · Human Pill, including her secret gold-ranked Succubus Sacred Body. After winning, he promised to keep her secret if she surrendered, then summoned her to meet him in a grove that night to extract the physique for himself.

• Su Yuan asked the referee how to end the fight, then taunted Zhuo Lixin when she refused to surrender.
• Su Yuan used Finger Spirit · Human Pill to extract Zhuo Lixin’s Righteous Qi Sword Technique and Clear Sword Heart, weakening her each time.
• Su Yuan found and removed Zhuo Lixin’s hidden gold-ranked Succubus Sacred Body, terrifying her with the prospect of her secret being exposed.
• Su Yuan put away the Human Pill and demanded that Zhuo Lixin praise him and surrender in exchange for his silence.
• Zhuo Lixin called Su Yuan a good person and conceded, and the referee declared Su Yuan the winner.
• Su Yuan told Zhuo Lixin to meet him in the grove behind the boys’ dorm at three that night, saying he wanted to extract her physique for himself.

Su Yuan secured Zhuo Lixin’s cooperation after defeating her, then watched the Joint Monthly Exam’s top six take shape. The next draw matched him with Pan Yunqing, who angrily confronted him over how he had treated Zhuo Lixin.

• Zhuo Lixin accepted Su Yuan’s demand and left the platform, while Su Yuan planned to use their secret trade to supply Succubus Pills to Primordial Beginning Media’s performers.
• The crowd reacted in shock to Su Yuan’s treatment of Zhuo Lixin, and Taihua Tianji hoped the next draw would give Su Yuan an easier opponent.
• The remaining candidates won one-sided matches, and the top six were set as Su Yuan, Chou Tianze, Chi Lean, Qi Hanyua, Pan Yunqing, and Zhu Danxia.
• Su Yuan drew number one in the next lottery, and Pan Yunqing drew the other number one, setting up their match.
• Pan Yunqing confronted Su Yuan for humiliating Zhuo Lixin and told him he should have gone easier on her.

Su Yuan provoked Pan Yunqing during their match and used a twisted Righteous Qi Sword Technique to break his blazing attack. After enraging Pan Yunqing enough to lower his intelligence, Su Yuan successfully activated Subjugation against him.

• Pan Yunqing offered to forfeit if Su Yuan promised to leave Zhuo Lixin alone, but Zhuo Lixin rejected his interference and said she would seek out Su Yuan herself.
• Su Yuan taunted Pan Yunqing until he abandoned the idea of forfeiting and vowed to defeat Su Yuan in the arena.
• Pan Yunqing attacked with the Haori Sword Technique, and Su Yuan countered with a mutated Righteous Qi Sword Technique that drew on demonic energy to split Pan Yunqing's blazing sun.
• Su Yuan revealed that he had used the sword techniques to anger Pan Yunqing, then activated Finger Beast—Subjugation after reasoning that Pan Yunqing's intelligence had fallen below his own.
• Su Yuan's spiritual power surged as he confirmed that Subjugation had successfully activated on Pan Yunqing.

Su Yuan used Finger Beast: Enslavement on Pan Yunqing, who surrendered and became devoted to him, then Qi Hanyua defeated Zhu Danxia to reach the top three. Chi Lean faced Chou Tianze, whose Spirit Transmutation Inheritance revealed a blood-red sword that drained his Essence Blood, leaving Su Yuan questioning why the Evil Slaying Department’s core inheritance looked demonic.

• Su Yuan’s enslavement ability reached 60% on Pan Yunqing, who conceded and began treating Su Yuan as his master.
• Pan Yunqing defended Su Yuan against Zhuo Lixin and urged her to obey him, while Su Yuan sent Pan Yunqing away.
• Su Yuan warned Qi Hanyua to win against Zhu Danxia, and she adapted to her opponent before defeating her with a sword strike and advancing to the top three.
• Chou Tianze and Chi Lean faced each other, and Chi Lean opened with a powerful attack from the Juexin Demonic Sword.
• Chou Tianze revealed his Spirit Transmutation Inheritance as a blood-red sword flower that repelled Chi Lean’s strike and drained his Essence Blood.
• Su Yuan recognized the inheritance as demonic and asked Pan Yunqing and Zhuo Lixin whether it really belonged to the Evil Slaying Department.

Su Yuan learned that the highest Spirit Transmutation Inheritances were all Devilish Dao methods, possibly spread by a mysterious being who may have caused the Immortal Tribulation. Meanwhile, Chou Tianze defeated Chi Lean with a Blood Sword wound that could not be healed, leaving the battle decided by Chi Lean’s concession.

• Zhuo Lixin told Su Yuan that all Thirty-Six Ancient Human Spirit Transmutations were demonic, and that the higher the inheritance, the more likely it was to follow the Devilish Dao.
• Zhuo Lixin explained that a mysterious existence above Spirit Transformation may have spread demonic inheritances and initiated the Immortal Tribulation.
• Su Yuan joked that if everyone practiced the Devilish Dao, they would become the righteous ones, making Zhuo Lixin worry that his reasoning could corrupt her.
• Chou Tianze used the Blood Sword to cut through Chi Lean’s defenses and wound his arm with a strike that prevented healing.
• Chi Lean began losing blood rapidly and conceded to Chou Tianze before the wound could drain him dry.

After Pan Yunqing won the Loser Bracket, Su Yuan saved his technique-upgrade reward and drew Chou Tianze for the Winner Bracket fight. As the eagerly awaited showdown began, Su Yuan prepared a full array of buffs and weapons, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Pan Yunqing defeated Chi Lean after Chi Lean narrowly beat Zhuo Lixin, taking first place in the Loser Bracket.
• Su Yuan earned a milestone reward for defeating Chi Lean through his subordinate, then chose to save the technique upgrade for the Spirit Transmutation Inheritance.
• Su Yuan and Chou Tianze drew the same Winner Bracket match, while Qi Hanyua received a bye and then lost easily to Pan Yunqing.
• Yang Hao True Lord and Taihua Tianji discussed whether Su Yuan could counter Chou Tianze's Blood Corrupting Sword as the crowd anticipated their fight.
• Before the referee started the match, Su Yuan swallowed a Boundless Dao Seed Pill, activated the Jieyue Pearl, and drew the Xuanji Demonic Sword alongside Chiyuan.

Su Yuan fought Chou Tianze in the tournament, where Chou Tianze’s Blood Corrupting Sword threatened to overwhelm him and Xuan Ji Sword briefly resisted her master. Su Yuan revealed the Jieyue Pearl’s blood sea and corpse mountain powers, restoring himself and empowering Xuan Ji Sword as she renewed her devotion to him.

• Su Yuan opened the match with a powerful sword strike, but Chou Tianze used his Tianze Sword Domain to make his defenses regenerate like water.
• Su Yuan used Xuan Ji Sword to twist a hole in Chou Tianze’s defenses, forcing Chou Tianze to unleash the Blood Corrupting Sword.
• Xuan Ji Sword begged Su Yuan to let her become Chou Tianze’s Sword Slave, but Su Yuan suppressed her feelings and made her block Chou Tianze’s torrent of Blood Corrupting Sword Qi.
• Xuan Ji Sword resisted at a crucial moment, allowing two strands of Sword Qi to wound Su Yuan and make him bleed heavily as Chou Tianze offered to buy the sword.
• Su Yuan activated the Jieyue Pearl’s Boundless Dao Seed Blood Sea and Corpse Mountain effects, restoring himself and increasing his power and Xuan Ji Sword’s strength.
• Xuan Ji Sword declared that Su Yuan was stronger than Chou Tianze and professed her renewed love for him.

Su Yuan pressed Chou Tianze with the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha sword technique, while Chiyuan drained away the Essence Blood Chou Tianze tried to steal. As Chou Tianze prepared to turn the fight around with the Blood Corrupting Sword, Su Yuan trapped him in the Secret Realm of Severing Heaven and stripped away his spiritual power.

• Su Yuan charged Chou Tianze with Chiyuan and Xuan Ji Sword, using the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha to crush him while the Blood Corrupting Sword Qi drained Su Yuan’s Essence Blood.
• Chou Tianze tried to draw Su Yuan’s spilled Essence Blood to replenish himself, but Su Yuan ordered Chiyuan to consume it all.
• Chou Tianze thrust his Blood Sword at Su Yuan, and Xuan Ji Sword blocked the blow as the two fighters reached a stalemate.
• Chou Tianze activated the Blood Corrupting Sword again and began forming a flower-bud phantom to blast Su Yuan away.
• Su Yuan summoned the Secret Realm of Severing Heaven, enclosed Chou Tianze, and nullified his spiritual power, causing the flower bud to vanish.

Su Yuan defeated Chou Tianze in the Evil Slaying Department exam and secured first place, then hurried to the Sword Dao Department to see Chen Nuoyi's final match. He arrived as Chen Nuoyi awaited her rematch against Mu Shouzhen.

• Su Yuan used his techniques to disrupt Chou Tianze's spiritual power and knocked him out of the ring, winning their battle.
• The referee confirmed Su Yuan's victory was legitimate, while Yang Hao True Lord and Taihua Tianji considered what his win and methods meant for the sect.
• Su Yuan declined Chou Tianze's offer of a meal, secured first place by having Pan Yunqing forfeit, and left the Martial Arts Hall.
• The joint exam rankings ended with Su Yuan, Chou Tianze, Pan Yunqing, Chi Lean, Zhuo Lixin, and Qi Hanyua in the top six.
• Su Yuan reached the Sword Dao Department's Martial Arts Hall, where Chen Nuoyi was preparing to face Mu Shouzhen, and she greeted him happily.

Su Yuan watched Chen Nuoyi battle Mu Shouzhen, whose Heaven Shaking Star Shattering Sword threatened to defeat her with its devastating vibration force. After Chen Nuoyi chose to unleash her bloodline, Su Yuan upgraded it to Prismatic, and its awakening began with her Purple Gold Dragon Qi transforming as well.

• Mu Shouzhen attacked Chen Nuoyi with the Heaven Shaking Star Shattering Sword, forcing Chen Nuoyi to evade its vibration-laden strikes.
• Xiao Kong explained that the sword art could shatter a target’s body and Divine Soul, but using it inflicted severe backlash that Mu Shouzhen’s body had been trained to withstand.
• Su Yuan checked Chen Nuoyi’s abilities and contribution points, then considered whether to upgrade her Incomplete Dragon King Bloodline or another ability.
• Su Yuan asked Chen Nuoyi whether she wanted to upgrade her bloodline during the battle, and she said she wanted to unleash it and win.
• Su Yuan upgraded Chen Nuoyi’s Dragon King Bloodline to Prismatic, triggering its awakening and upgrading her Purple Gold Dragon Qi to the Prismatic Primordial True Inheritance Version.

Chen Nuoyi used her upgraded Purple Gold Dragon Qi and the dragon veins beneath Evil Slaying University to defeat Mu Shouzhen in the Sword Dao Department exam. After celebrating with Su Yuan over their first-place finishes, she credited him with being Evil Slaying University’s true top student.

• Su Yuan discovered that Chen Nuoyi’s upgraded Purple Gold Dragon Qi let her summon dragon-vein power and resist negative effects.
• Chen Nuoyi activated Dragon Qi Returns and overpowered Mu Shouzhen’s Vibration Force during their sword clash.
• Chen Nuoyi struck Mu Shouzhen with a giant violet-gold light sword, then summoned Dragon Qi Returns again and knocked her unconscious with a second strike.
• After the referee declared Chen Nuoyi the winner, she told Su Yuan she was hungry, and he took her to eat the food Yang Meier had delivered.
• Su Yuan noted that they had taken first place in the freshman and sophomore divisions, and Chen Nuoyi said he was Evil Slaying University’s true first-place student.

After learning how Hidden Points could be earned, Su Yuan rejected shortcuts and devised a plan to dominate university departments for recognition. Taihua Tianji approved the approach but revealed that winning the Civil Engineering Department would earn Su Yuan only two points.

• Su Yuan returned to Zhuxie Academy as the top student of the monthly exam, then extracted a Succubus Sacred Body Pill from Zhuo Lixin.
• Taihua Tianji explained three ways to earn Hidden Points, while Su Yuan and Qi Hanyua proposed creating a Blood Sea and donating a resource world; he rejected both shortcuts.
• During body-tempering class, Su Yuan secretly ran over Qi Hanyua repeatedly, giving her a new Endurance King ability.
• Su Yuan used Speedrun to find a way to earn Hidden Points and interpreted its advice to crush every peak as dominating university departments through skill and rankings.
• Taihua Tianji confirmed that departmental rankings could earn Hidden Points but told Su Yuan that winning the Civil Engineering Department would bring only two points.

Su Yuan targeted the Artifact Refining Department to pursue the Sacred Land quest, using his connections and refined talents to prepare for its project. He reported to Wei Yuxiu’s laboratory and found a student being burned alive to activate the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Great Law.

• The Dog System updated Su Yuan’s quest to corrupt ten peaks and offered Sword Spirit Awakening and a spiritual sword upgrade among its rewards.
• Su Yuan chose the Artifact Peak as his first target and earned two Hidden Points by taking a special Civil Engineering exam and placing first in his year.
• After three days of negotiations, the Artifact Refining Department let Su Yuan join a project led by Wei Yuxiu, requiring him to earn Wei Yuxiu’s approval within a month.
• Su Yuan used his connections to refine his employees’ artifact-refining talents into Human Pills, upgrading some talents first in exchange for contribution points.
• Su Yuan arrived at Wei Yuxiu’s laboratory on October 31 and saw a lab assistant set fire to a student bound to a cross as the student activated the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Great Law.

Su Yuan observed Wei Yuxiu’s artifact-refining lab and learned how its sacrificial technique inspired solutions to difficult problems. After studying with borrowed talents and Human Pills, Su Yuan awakened the blue Child of Heavenly Artifacts talent and returned to his books, hoping to develop an even stronger talent.

• Wei Yuxiu used the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Great Law, gained inspiration, and announced a breakthrough for the Flame Sun Sword Armor.
• Wei Yuxiu allowed Su Yuan to observe the lab but told him not to interfere without permission.
• Su Yuan watched the assistants work on the armor and considered the sacrificial technique and its potential benefits.
• Su Yuan sent machine-operation manuals to Zhu Qingqing and the Cyber Brothers, then studied artifact refining while consuming Human Pills.
• Su Yuan awakened the blue Child of Heavenly Artifacts talent after an hour of intensive study and resumed studying to strengthen it.

Su Yuan rapidly mastered Artifact Refining theory and awakened Child of Heavenly Artifacts (Gold), then used Deep Learning to acquire Sword Armor techniques by observing Wei Yuxiu's research team. When the team hit a technical roadblock and prepared another fire sacrifice, Su Yuan volunteered to try.

• Su Yuan studied Artifact Refining textbooks for twenty-four hours, upgrading Child of Heavenly Artifacts to Gold and gaining Deep Learning and Heavenly Artifact.
• Su Yuan concluded that Wuji could repeatedly grant Golden Artifact Refining talents but could not bridge the gap to Iridescent Talents.
• Su Yuan broke through to the next stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, absorbed Artifact Refining talents from Qi Hanyua, Zhang Baiyi, and the others, then returned to the laboratory.
• Su Yuan observed Wei Yuxiu's team building the Flame Sun Sword Armor and used Deep Learning and Heavenly Artifact to learn and perfect their techniques.
• Two days later, the research team encountered a technical roadblock, and Wei Yuxiu proposed using the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Great Law again.
• When the assistants feared being burned, Su Yuan volunteered to give the sacrifice a try.

Su Yuan volunteered to be burned in Wei Yuxiu’s experiment, using his regenerative abilities to endure the flames and earn the lab’s respect. He transferred the stored pain to his Natal Sword, Xuan Ji Sword, and ended by threatening to burn her whenever she disobeyed.

• Su Yuan volunteered as Wei Yuxiu’s sacrificial offering and endured the flames, prompting Wei to receive several flashes of spiritual inspiration.
• Su Yuan used a Human Pill and the Jieyue Pearl to regenerate while the fire continued to burn him.
• Su Yuan stored the pain and fatigue with his Demonic Cultivation Technique, then transferred them to Xuan Ji Sword.
• Xuan Ji Sword cursed Su Yuan, then professed her loyalty when he threatened to increase the pain.
• Su Yuan found Xuan Ji Sword’s affection had fallen to rock bottom and warned he would keep burning her whenever he wanted.