Recaps

Qin Yan perfected the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear Blood Refining Chapter before Bear One and Xuan Shan led the prodigies into battle against the Vine Evil Spirits. Qin Yan’s group reached the eastern main vine and confronted its Third Grade Limit Evil Spirit, which attacked them with seven black vines.

• Qin Yan cultivated the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear Blood Refining Chapter to Ninth Turn Perfection, boosting his combat ability and mastery of Stacked Qi.
• Bear One assigned Qin Yan, Su Liuli, and five other Third Grade Peak prodigies to attack the eastern main vine and its Third Grade Limit Evil Spirit.
• Bear One and Xuan Shan ordered nearly three hundred prodigies to charge into the Core Zone, where the four main vines summoned a growing army of Vine Evil Spirits.
• Qin Yan and his group fought through the battlefield and reached the eastern main vine, where they found its towering Third Grade Limit Evil Spirit.
• The eastern Evil Spirit formed seven thick black vines and lashed them toward Qin Yan and his companions as Qin Yan raised Ink Trace to strike.

Qin Yan and the Spearhead Squad fought an Evil Spirit whose black vines resisted their attacks, while Su Liuli held her own against one vine. After Frost Whisper was killed and Flowing Maple faced a deadly attack, Qin Yan increased his Spear Qi and launched a decisive strike.

• Qin Yan exchanged blows with a black vine but could only leave shallow marks on its nearly unbreakable surface.
• Qin Yan saw that Shadow Sting, Blaze, Jia Shan, Flowing Maple, and Frost Whisper were being overwhelmed, while Su Liuli skillfully suppressed her vine.
• Frost Whisper was pierced through the shoulder, infected with evil energy, and killed by a black vine.
• A vine turned on Flowing Maple and aimed for his throat, prompting Qin Yan to decide he had to end the fight quickly.
• Qin Yan used Stacked Qi to raise his total to sixty-eight Spear Qi strands and charged with a killing blow.

Qin Yan broke through the Vine Evil Spirit’s defenses and struck its main body, but the battle turned disastrous as three of his companions died. He fought a newly fused vine while Su Liuli held off another, and Jia Shan remained close to defeat.

• Qin Yan shattered one black vine and charged toward the Vine Evil Spirit’s core while Flowing Maple and Su Liuli restrained the other attackers.
• Qin Yan pierced the joint beneath the Vine Evil Spirit’s trunk, but two vines struck at him from behind and forced him to break off his attack.
• Qin Yan saw that Flowing Maple, Blaze, and Shadow Sting had been killed, while Jia Shan was badly wounded and Su Liuli faced a strengthened vine.
• Two vines fused into a massive attacker, and Qin Yan fought it to a standstill with his spear.
• Qin Yan evaded the fused vine’s downward strike and shouted inwardly, “Condense!”

Qin Yan defeated the fused vines, then coordinated with Su Liuli and Jia Shan to attack the Vine Evil Spirit’s main body. As the Prodigies’ defensive line neared collapse, the three prepared to strike its roots and seize or destroy the Yimu Spirit Heart.

• Qin Yan used Stacked Qi to tear apart the fused vines and destroy them with a barrage of spear strikes.
• Qin Yan joined Su Liuli against another vine, then asked her to restrain the Vine Evil Spirit’s main body while he rescued Jia Shan.
• Su Liuli agreed and struck the main body’s roots with her whip as Qin Yan freed Jia Shan from the vine threatening him.
• Qin Yan, Jia Shan, and Su Liuli regrouped and agreed that Jia Shan would take the front, Qin Yan would deal damage, and Su Liuli would attack from a distance.
• The three prepared to attack the Vine Evil Spirit’s roots while the Prodigies’ defensive line continued to falter.

Qin Yan and Jia Shan attacked the weakened Vine Evil Spirit, but its flower bud suddenly transformed into a massive maw and swallowed Jia Shan. Su Liuli struck the bud with her powerful whip, allowing her and Qin Yan to destroy the eastern Vine Evil Spirit, though Jia Shan’s fate remained unknown.

• Jia Shan and Qin Yan attacked the Vine Evil Spirit as its Black Mist weakened.
• The flower bud snapped open and swallowed Jia Shan, while Qin Yan narrowly escaped its bite.
• Su Liuli struck the flower bud with her Blood Prison Binding Twister, splitting it open.
• Qin Yan and Su Liuli attacked the wounded flower bud together and destroyed it in an explosion.

After defeating the Vine Evil Spirit, Su Liuli explained how she had used Qin Yan as bait to expose its weakness, deepening his distrust of her. The two cautiously retrieved the Yimu Spirit Heart, which Su Liuli caught with her whip.

• Qin Yan confronted Su Liuli for withholding the Vine Evil Spirit's weakness, and she explained that its roots and stems were its true vulnerability while the bud was its strongest attack.
• Su Liuli admitted she had kept the bud's danger secret so Qin Yan would attack without hesitation and draw out the Vine Evil Spirit's Bud Devour.
• Qin Yan grew more wary of Su Liuli despite her assurance that she would protect him, and she told him to retrieve the Yimu Spirit Heart.
• Qin Yan refused to approach the Spirit Heart alone, so Su Liuli offered to retrieve it alongside him.
• Su Liuli wrapped her whip around the Yimu Spirit Heart and pulled it safely into her hand.

Qin Yan and Su Liuli reached the North Battlefield and found its defenders nearly slaughtered and the outer line broken. They joined forces to devastate the northern Vine Evil Spirit, but as Qin Yan struck its roots, its flower bud opened and lunged to devour him.

• Su Liuli stored the Seventh Grade Resource in her Storage Ring and led Qin Yan toward the North Battlefield.
• Qin Yan and Su Liuli found a Mountain Giant fighting the northern Vine Evil Spirit amid fallen prodigies, while ordinary evil spirits surged through the collapsed outer defense.
• Su Liuli and Qin Yan unleashed their full attacks together and shattered the Vine Evil Spirit’s massive black vine.
• Qin Yan rushed beneath the evil spirit, drove his spear into its roots, and severely damaged its origin.
• The Vine Evil Spirit’s flower bud opened into a fanged maw and lunged down to devour Qin Yan.

Qin Yan was swallowed by Bud Devour and fell into a hidden underground cavern, where he found Jia Shan’s remains and discovered a central Vine Evil Spirit receiving energy from the four main vines. He suspected the surface guardians were merely extensions of this more powerful core, whose secret he had stumbled upon.

• Qin Yan was swallowed by the flower bud after ordinary Vine Evil Spirits pinned Su Liuli in place.
• Qin Yan slowed his fall through the darkness with Ink Trace Spear and eventually passed through an opening into an underground space.
• Qin Yan found Jia Shan’s remains and cracked shield beside the eastern opening.
• Qin Yan cautiously explored the vine cavern and reached its central area.
• Qin Yan saw a refined Vine Evil Spirit connected to the four main vines and realized it was absorbing energy from the surface guardians.

Qin Yan fought the central Vine Evil Spirit, which formed Vine Flood Dragons while bombarding him with Black Cannonballs. After taking wounds, he seized an opening to attack its true body and began condensing all eighty-one streams of Spear Qi into one strike.

• The central Vine Evil Spirit fired Black Cannonballs at Qin Yan and formed a Nine-Palace Formation that created a Vine Flood Dragon.
• Qin Yan clashed with the first Flood Dragon, discovered its strength was around 3500 Cal, and fought while dodging the spirit's cannonballs.
• The Vine Evil Spirit formed a second Flood Dragon as Qin Yan maneuvered closer to its true body, suffering several wounds along the way.
• Qin Yan used the first Flood Dragon's rebounding force to launch himself at the Vine Evil Spirit, which raised a giant vine shield.
• Qin Yan shouted "Return to One" and began merging all eighty-one streams of Spear Qi into a single attack.

Qin Yan destroyed the central Vine Evil Spirit with his ultimate spear technique, then collapsed from his injuries and exhaustion. A mysterious Black Seed remained among the ruins as the Vine Forest began to wither, revealing a way out and the devastating loss of nearly all the prodigies.

• Qin Yan used Return to One to shatter the vine shield and pierce the central Vine Evil Spirit's core.
• The central Vine Evil Spirit exploded, causing the two Vine Flood Dragons and the nine-grid formation to dissipate.
• Qin Yan collapsed after his victory, while a Black Seed appeared and absorbed energy from the four main vines before falling among the debris.
• The black vines and mist barrier across the Vine Forest began to wither and disappear, opening a path to survival.
• Only a dozen or so prodigies remained standing in the core plaza, out of nearly three hundred who had entered.

After the Black Mist dispersed, Su Liuli used a Spirit Weapon to claim the northern Yimu Spirit Heart and left the forest. The next day, Qin Yan woke underground, injured, and found a strange Black Seed beside him.

• The surviving prodigies fought over the three remaining Yimu Spirit Hearts, while Bear One and Xuan Shan secured the western and southern ones.
• Su Liuli revealed the Bloodthirsty Spirit Whip, and Storm Winged recognized her as a True King Descendant.
• Su Liuli killed the prodigies who charged the northern Spirit Heart, then collected it and the other two Hearts.
• Su Liuli left the forest, while Black Tortoise and Bear One's bodies withered at its heart.
• The next day, Qin Yan woke underground and startled the Black Seed that had been hopping on his nose.
• Qin Yan ignored the motionless seed and took out a third-grade Revitalizing Pill to treat his injuries.

After recovering from his injuries, Qin Yan discovered that the Black Seed had rudimentary spiritual awareness and gradually gained its trust. With the seed in hand, he set out to find an escape from the vine-enclosed chamber, beginning by examining the opening he had fallen through.

• Qin Yan swallowed a Revitalizing Pill and regained enough strength to approach the Black Seed.
• Qin Yan realized the seed had spiritual awareness when it repeatedly rolled away from his spear tip.
• Qin Yan put aside his weapon and offered his open palm, and the Black Seed eventually hopped onto it.
• Qin Yan rested and recovered while the Black Seed grew comfortable with him and played nearby.
• On May 8, Qin Yan decided to find a way out and peered into the dark opening he had fallen through.

Qin Yan used the Black Seed’s control over the vines to escape the underground shaft. He emerged into daylight in an unfamiliar ash-covered landscape near the mountains of Gu Yue.

• The Black Seed made the surrounding vines weave a staircase upward for Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan suspected the seed held authority over the vines but resolved to treat it sincerely while investigating its origins after returning to Blue Star.
• Qin Yan climbed the vine staircase for what might have been half an hour until he reached a root-and-soil lid.
• Qin Yan broke through the lid with his spear and emerged into daylight.
• Qin Yan found himself in a gray, ash-covered landscape with distant mountains of Gu Yue and became confused and wary.

Qin Yan discovered that Vine Forest had collapsed and that Bear One, Black Tortoise, and many other prodigies had died there, while Su Liuli was missing. His Black Seed consumed the corpses and returned to him, and Qin Yan set off to explore Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain and find a way home.

• Qin Yan found the ash-covered remains of Vine Forest and identified Bear One, Black Tortoise, and other prodigies among the dead.
• Qin Yan discovered that the corpses' Purification Ring Points and resources had been taken, and wondered whether Su Liuli had killed the survivors since her body was missing.
• Qin Yan took clothing from a dead elf and changed into it because his own clothes had been ruined.
• The Black Seed devoured the remaining essence of the prodigies' corpses, reducing them to ash and leaving its dark-gold patterns brighter.
• Qin Yan returned the satisfied seed to his pocket and left the clearing to continue exploring Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.

Qin Yan reached the Blood River, a dangerous resource-rich region where Blood Spirits could be hunted for Blood Pills. As the river churned near him, he watched its strange blood-colored flowers draw something toward the surface.

• Qin Yan killed a tiger-shaped Evil Spirit and raised his Purification Ring total to 5,401 points.
• Qin Yan continued toward the Blood River, hoping to enter the Northern World, compete for the Life Grail, and obtain Blood Pills.
• Qin Yan used the One-Line Sky canyon and the map to locate himself near the border between the Eastern and Northern Worlds.
• Three days later, Qin Yan crossed a ridge and saw the Blood River, its crimson waters floating above the earth and covered with blood-colored flowers.
• The river churned near Qin Yan as its flowers attracted the Blood River’s residents.

Qin Yan arrived at the Blood River and learned that Su Liuli had reportedly condensed a Supreme Blood Pill with her Blood-colored Whip. After summoning a Blood River Spirit Boat, he boarded it and prepared to cross the river.

• Blood spirits hunted blood-colored flowers while the prodigies on the river either attacked the spirits or quietly gathered flowers.
• Qin Yan heard that Feng Jin had condensed a Superior Blood Pill and reached the Third Grade Limit.
• Qin Yan heard that a mysterious woman in white had drawn in flowers with a Blood-colored Whip and condensed a Supreme Blood Pill.
• Qin Yan recognized the woman as Su Liuli and decided to focus on doing his best rather than chasing a particular Blood Pill grade.
• Qin Yan circulated his Blood Qi, summoned a Blood River Spirit Boat, and boarded it.

Qin Yan crossed the Blood River aboard a Blood Boat, hunting Blood Spirits and collecting blood flowers to gather Blood Qi for Blood Pills. He recognized that his close-range spear attacks limited his haul, and the crossing continued without him finding any Tiger Blood Spirits.

• Qin Yan placed the Black Seed at the rear of his Blood Boat and prepared to hunt during the one-hour crossing.
• Qin Yan killed a Wolf Blood Spirit with his Ink Trace Spear and collected its Blood Qi essence.
• Qin Yan calculated how many Wolf, Leopard, and Tiger Blood Spirits were needed to condense different grades of Blood Pills.
• Qin Yan collected several blood-colored flowers and killed several Leopard Blood Spirits, but found no Tiger Blood Spirits along his route.
• Qin Yan watched other prodigies attack Blood Spirits from range and recognized his lack of long-range techniques.

Qin Yan killed a powerful Tiger Blood Spirit and gathered enough blood essence to hope for a Superior Blood Pill, but he still fell short. He then discovered that the Black Seed was drawing and purifying blood essence from the Blood River to form a Supreme Blood Pill, and it was about to eat it.

• Qin Yan killed a Tiger Blood Spirit with a powerful spear thrust and collected an unusually large cloud of blood energy.
• Qin Yan continued fighting Blood Spirits, but by the halfway point he estimated he still lacked more than half the blood essence needed for a Superior Blood Pill.
• Qin Yan turned to rest and saw a vast cloud of pure blood energy hovering above the Black Seed.
• The Black Seed drew blood essence from the Blood River and compressed it into a Supreme Blood Pill.
• The Black Seed hopped toward the newly formed pill, and Qin Yan shouted for it to stop.

Qin Yan took the Supreme Blood Pill from Little Black and used it aboard the Blood River Spirit Boat to break through to the Third Grade Limit. As his Jade Blood gathered above his heart, a tiny blood-red nest began to form within him.

• Qin Yan seized the Supreme Blood Pill that Little Black had condensed, then appeased the angry seed with a Blood Qi Pill.
• Little Black absorbed the Blood Qi Pill and resumed drawing Blood River essence from the water.
• Qin Yan swallowed the Supreme Blood Pill and practiced the Blood Refining Chapter of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear to guide its power through his body.
• Qin Yan's Gang Blood transformed into silver-glowing Jade Blood, carrying him into the Third Grade Limit.
• Qin Yan sensed his Jade Blood gathering above his heart and forming a tiny, blood-red nest.

After Qin Yan broke through the Third Grade Limit, the Supreme Blood Pill’s remaining power solidified his Blood Demon Nest, which Little Black transformed by merging its energy into it. Qin Yan discovered that the nest could absorb and refine blood qi through the Undying Blood Demon Scripture, a profound Body Tempering inheritance of his own.

• The Supreme Blood Pill’s last medicinal power flowed into Qin Yan’s nascent blood-red nest, making it solid and brilliant.
• Little Black entered Qin Yan’s chest and infused the nest with black mist, transforming it into a stable red-and-black Blood Demon Nest.
• Little Black settled inside the nest, establishing a clear connection with Qin Yan and sharing its emotions with him.
• Qin Yan learned the nest’s name and used it to draw blood qi from the Blood River into his palm.
• Qin Yan activated the Undying Blood Demon Scripture, which refined the blood qi and began tempering his body.

Qin Yan began cultivating the Undying Blood Demon Scripture, using his Blood Demon Nest to refine Blood Qi and rebuild his foundation for the Five Viscera Realm. When he tried to draw power from the Blood River, he sensed an ancient presence watching him and fled, while a colossal blood-red eye briefly awakened in the river’s depths.

• Qin Yan recognized the Blood Demon Nest as the talent that enabled him to pursue the Body Tempering path and resolved to perfect his foundation before advancing to the Five Viscera Realm.
• Qin Yan crossed the Blood River, took the Blood Qi essence Little Black had gathered, and tried to cultivate beside the river.
• Qin Yan sensed that the Blood River had an owner or will, stopped cultivating, and retreated until its terrifying scrutiny faded.
• A colossal blood-red eye in the depths of the Blood River watched Qin Yan leave and wondered what era it was.
• Qin Yan fled from the river and, once he was safely away, wondered what had produced such a terrifying aura.

After leaving the Blood River, Qin Yan was confronted by Feng Feng and four Phoenix Descendant prodigies who tried to seize his Blood Qi. He revealed his Third Grade Limit strength and departed unchallenged, while two Storm Winged prodigies watched from nearby.

• Qin Yan prepared to leave the Blood River area after deciding it was too dangerous to plunder freely.
• Feng Feng and four Phoenix Descendant prodigies surrounded Qin Yan and demanded that he hand over his Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan revealed two Blood Gangs, displaying his Third Grade Limit strength and frightening the onlookers and Phoenix Descendants.
• Qin Yan walked away without further confrontation, and Feng Feng led his shaken companions from the area.
• Two Storm Winged prodigies remained nearby and watched as the crowd began to disperse.

Feng Ling and Feng Ling'er discussed Qin Yan's strength before setting out for the Jadeite Royal Court. On his way there, Qin Yan tested his new power against an Evil Spirit and discovered how it nourished Little Black and tempered his skin.

• Feng Ling admitted he could not judge Qin Yan's full strength and learned from Feng Ling'er that Qin Yan was likely an otherworldly Human Clan participant.
• Feng Ling and Feng Ling'er flew toward the Jadeite Royal Court to seek opportunities in its dangerous ruins.
• Qin Yan traveled toward the Jadeite Royal Court and used a black vortex to destroy a Third Grade Peak Evil Spirit.
• The vortex drew in the Evil Spirit's energy, which the Blood Demon Nest refined to nourish Little Black and temper Qin Yan's skin.
• Qin Yan concealed the dark-red and black patterns that appeared on his skin and recognized that completing the reforging would let them cover his whole body.

Qin Yan continued toward the Jadeite Royal Court while refining Evil Spirit energy and tempering his body. On May 17th, he completed his skin reconstruction, gaining a formidable new defense and moving closer to awakening an Origin Divine Ability.

• Qin Yan checked his status and found that his Blood Qi had risen to 2,165 Cal, his Mental Strength to 78 Hz, and his Spear Technique to 44%.
• Qin Yan considered how the perfected first layer of the Undying Blood Demon Scripture could grant him an Origin Divine Ability and calculated that his normal Blood Qi burst power reached 4,324 Cal.
• Qin Yan continued traveling toward the Jadeite Royal Court, encountering Evil Spirits, refining their energy, and tempering his body.
• On the night of May 17th, Qin Yan cultivated in a concealed mountain hollow as the energy in his Blood Demon Nest surged into his skin.
• Qin Yan’s demonic patterns spread across his body, fused into the deepest layers of his skin, and completed his skin reconstruction.

Qin Yan reached the Outer Zone of the Jadeite Royal Court and used Demon Refining to absorb the energy of its attacking plants and creatures. As he continued inward, the energy strengthened his bones and nourished Little Black, whose hatching drew closer.

• Qin Yan’s Base Blood Qi rose to 2315 Cal, and his skin became tough enough to resist most Third-Rank Martial Artists’ attacks.
• Qin Yan traveled toward the Jadeite Royal Court, refining Evil Spirits and feeding their dark energy to the Blood Demon Nest and Little Black.
• Qin Yan entered the Royal Court’s Outer Zone, where dense emerald fog limited his vision to about five meters.
• When a vine attacked, Qin Yan seized it and used Demon Refining to drain its life energy, which the Blood Demon Nest partly converted into nourishment for him and Little Black.
• Qin Yan used Demon Refining to consume attacking vines, Poison Insects, and weak ruin guards, strengthening the energy patterns covering his bones.