Recaps

Feng Ling led the Storm Winged away from the Northern World after deciding that Qin Yan’s strength made staying too dangerous. She and her companions crossed the Blood River toward the Eastern World to seek safer opportunities and earn Points.

• Xiong Lie killed Snow Demon prodigies with his Extreme Cold Bear King Seal in the Western World.
• Feng Jin hunted and killed rival prodigies among the ruins in the Northern World, gaining Points.
• Feng Ling led the Storm Winged to the Blood River and explained that Qin Yan might seek revenge after their failed attempt to stop him.
• Feng Ling estimated she had less than a thirty percent chance of defeating Qin Yan and warned that her clan could be killed if she lost.
• Feng Ling and the Storm Winged formed vitality boats and crossed the Blood River into the Eastern World.

Qin Yan, disguised as the Black-Robed Man, confronted five Icefield Bear Clan prodigies in an ancient Northern World ruin. He attacked them with the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and began draining their strength and life force.

• Xiong Er led four Icefield Bears through the ruins and warned them to stay together while avoiding powerful hunters and the Black-Robed Man.
• The Icefield Bears discussed the Black-Robed Man’s deadly reputation and reassured themselves that their teamwork could protect them.
• Qin Yan appeared beneath a ruined archway, confirmed he was the Black-Robed Man, and declared that the five bears would die.
• Qin Yan formed a vortex of Demon Qi and sent five dark beams toward the Icefield Bears as they attacked him.
• The beams devoured the bears’ attacks and attached to their bodies, draining their Blood Qi and vitality as they struggled to break free.

Qin Yan hunted and cultivated in the Northern World while the Blood Demon Nest nurtured Little Black. On July 5th, Little Black hatched into a Netherworld Soul-Devouring Demon Tree, an imperial bloodline among the Soul-Devouring Demon Trees.

• Qin Yan devoured five Ice Plain Bears and collected the Point Tokens they left behind.
• Qin Yan continued training his spear and hunting hostile prodigies and valuable targets, feeding the life essence he gained to the Blood Demon Nest.
• On July 5th, Little Black's shell cracked and it emerged as a miniature black tree inside the Blood Demon Nest.
• Little Black left the Blood Demon Nest, grew to fill much of Qin Yan's cave, and touched his cheek with a branch.
• Little Black passed its inheritance to Qin Yan, revealing that it was a Netherworld Soul-Devouring Demon Tree with imperial bloodline.

After Little Black’s emergence revealed its terrifying origin, Qin Yan checked his greatly improved abilities and tested the young demon tree’s combat strength. Little Black unveiled a powerful suppression domain, though Qin Yan found its effect did not work against him.

• Qin Yan saw a vision of a colossal Black Ancient Tree devouring a planet and struggled to reconcile it with the affectionate Little Black beside him.
• Qin Yan left the cave with Little Black to test its combat abilities and checked his status, finding that his Blood Qi and Mental Strength had increased and that he had gained Blood Puppet Creation.
• Qin Yan and Little Black reached an open area in the valley, where Qin Yan launched a probing spear strike at the tree.
• Little Black released its Soul Devouring Domain, filling a three-hundred-meter radius with Demon Qi that slowed Qin Yan’s Blood Qi and reduced his usable strength.
• Qin Yan recognized that Little Black’s domain was a potent bloodline talent but concluded that its suppression was ineffective against him.

Qin Yan tested his strength against Little Black and was decisively defeated, confirming the newborn demon plant’s overwhelming power. After recovering, he headed for Chaos Stone Ridge to hunt Feng Jin and settle their grudges.

• Qin Yan used the Undying Blood Demon Scripture to break free of Little Black’s Darkness Domain and fought the demon plant at full strength.
• Little Black endured Qin Yan’s strongest spear attacks and ultimately defeated him, leaving him battered among the rubble.
• Little Black comforted Qin Yan, who recovered by cultivating the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• Qin Yan decided to hunt Feng Jin, who had been active in Chaos Stone Ridge targeting Prodigies for points.
• Little Black returned to Qin Yan’s body, and Qin Yan set off toward Chaos Stone Ridge.

Tianchen sacrificed himself to help Xue Ye, Jiang Xuemian, and the remaining elves escape the Phoenix Descendant Clan’s encirclement at Chaos Stone Ridge. The survivors briefly broke free, but Feng Feng caught up and confronted them after throwing Tianchen’s corpse in their path.

• Feng Feng and more than fifty phoenix descendant prodigies surrounded and slaughtered the elves, leaving Tianchen, Jiang Xuemian, Xue Ye, and a handful of others alive.
• Tianchen charged Feng Feng alone to hold him off while Xue Ye and Jiang Xuemian led the elves toward a gap in the northeastern encirclement.
• Xue Ye and Jiang Xuemian broke through with seven or eight wounded elves after four warriors died clearing their path.
• Feng Feng threw Tianchen’s mangled corpse before the fleeing survivors and challenged them from atop a stone pillar.

Xue Ye invoked Qin Yan’s name to make Feng Feng hesitate, then led the elves in a desperate breakout. Feng Feng resumed the attack, killed Jiang Xuemian, and left Xue Ye badly wounded as he prepared to strike again.

• As the elves panicked, Xue Ye silenced them and searched for a way to survive.
• Xue Ye warned Feng Feng that Qin Yan would retaliate if the Phoenix Descendant Clan attacked the elves, briefly making Feng Feng hesitate.
• Xue Ye ordered the elves to break through while Feng Feng rallied his fighters and killed a fleeing elf warrior.
• Feng Feng sent several fighters to trap Xue Ye and attacked Jiang Xuemian, killing him and taking his Purification Ring.
• Feng Feng struck Xue Ye from behind, severed his left arm, and raised his blade for another attack.

Qin Yan and Little Black rescued Xue Ye by killing Feng Feng and more than fifty Phoenix Descendant warriors. After learning Feng Jin was waiting in the deepest part of Chaos Stone Ridge, they headed there.

• Little Black interrupted Feng Feng's attack on Xue Ye and reduced Feng Feng to dust with a single strike.
• The remaining Phoenix Descendants fled, but Little Black hunted them down and killed them all.
• Qin Yan collected the fallen warriors' Points and resources, bringing his Points to 410086.
• Qin Yan asked Xue Ye where Feng Jin was, and Xue Ye said Feng Jin was in the deepest part of Chaos Stone Ridge.
• Qin Yan and Little Black set off toward the depths of Chaos Stone Ridge.

Xue Ye followed Qin Yan and Little Black through Chaos Stone Ridge after swearing an oath to repay Qin Yan for saving him. Elsewhere, Feng Jin waited for the group he had sent to eliminate the Elf Clan team and began to suspect something had gone wrong.

• Xue Ye retrieved his severed arm and followed Qin Yan and Little Black, deciding that staying with them was safer than traveling alone.
• Qin Yan asked what use Xue Ye could offer, and Xue Ye admitted he had none in his injured state.
• Xue Ye swore an oath to serve Qin Yan after recovering, and Qin Yan agreed to let him come along.
• Xue Ye led Qin Yan and Little Black deeper into Chaos Stone Ridge.
• Feng Jin waited in a crimson-rock valley with more than forty Phoenix Descendant Prodigies and wondered why Feng Feng had not returned from attacking the Elf Clan team.

Little Black ambushed Feng Jin and the Phoenix Descendant Prodigies with its suppressive domain and powerful branches, then summoned a Demonic Qi Flood Dragon to battle Feng Jin. Qin Yan joined the attack with Demon Qi Tentacles as the Phoenix Descendants struggled to survive.

• Feng Jin sensed interference with his squad’s attack on the elves and prepared to investigate, but Little Black’s black mist engulfed the area and suppressed his Blood Qi.
• Little Black’s branches killed one Phoenix Descendant Prodigy and pierced through many others as they tried to fight back.
• Feng Jin attacked Little Black with his Crimson War Blade, but Little Black blocked the strike with a Branch Shield and forced Feng Jin backward.
• Little Black formed a Dark Array and sent a Demonic Qi Flood Dragon to attack Feng Jin, who countered with Green Lotus Earthfire Palm using blood-red Spirit Weapon Gloves.
• Qin Yan sent Demon Qi Tentacles into the remaining Phoenix Descendant Prodigies, piercing their defenses and striking their vital points.

Qin Yan turned the slain Phoenix Descendant Prodigies’ blood into six Blood Cocoons, then joined Xue Ye to face Feng Jin as Little Black overwhelmed him with three Demonic Qi Flood Dragons. Qin Yan ordered Little Black to end the fight, and the dragons roared as they prepared to attack.

• Qin Yan condensed the Phoenix Descendant blood into six Blood Cocoons and stored them in the Blood Demon Nest.
• Qin Yan summoned Xue Ye and headed toward Feng Jin, who was being battered by Little Black’s three Demonic Qi Flood Dragons.
• Feng Jin’s Green Lotus Earthfire Palms failed to stop the dragons, and Little Black’s domain prevented him from escaping.
• Qin Yan told Little Black to stop playing and finish the battle.
• Little Black’s three Demonic Qi Flood Dragons roared together in response to Qin Yan’s command.

Qin Yan and Little Black defeated Feng Jin, whose Dark Demonic Breath Torrent killed the Phoenix Descendant. Qin Yan claimed Feng Jin’s points, Palm Dao Essence, and enormous hoard of pills and Spirit Medicine.

• Little Black’s demonic breath torrent pierced Feng Jin’s Flame Lotus and reduced him to ashes.
• Qin Yan praised Little Black, then collected the four items Feng Jin left behind.
• Qin Yan absorbed 1,191,200 Points from Feng Jin’s Purification Ring.
• Qin Yan absorbed Feng Jin’s one-ten-thousandth portion of Palm Dao Essence, raising his Palm Technique comprehension to gifted Beginner level.
• Qin Yan inspected Feng Jin’s Storage Ring and found it packed with pills and Spirit Medicine, including a Seventh Grade herb.

Qin Yan looted Feng Jin’s remains, then sent Little Black and Xue Ye to hunt for points while he cultivated and collected points from other prodigies. Near the end of the Hidden Dragon Assembly, a masked Red-Robed Woman killed Fire Lizard and clashed with Dragon Hidden over the spoils.

• Qin Yan collected Feng Jin’s Storage Ring and Gauntlet Spirit Weapon as nearby prodigies spread news of Feng Jin’s death and warned others to avoid Qin Yan and Little Black.
• Qin Yan gave Little Black a Purification Ring and sent it with Xue Ye to hunt prodigies and Evil Spirits carrying points.
• Qin Yan continued cultivating and demanding points from other prodigies, and rumors spread that the Black-Robed Man would spare those who surrendered their points.
• Dragon Hidden gained the advantage over Fire Lizard and wounded him, but a blood-red sword qi suddenly killed Fire Lizard.
• The masked Red-Robed Woman took Fire Lizard’s Storage Ring, Spirit Weapon, and points, then crossed swords with the enraged Dragon Hidden.

As the Hidden Dragon Assembly neared its end, Qin Yan concealed Little Black’s survival and revealed his vast Point total and six newly hatched Blood Puppets. On July 10, the assembly concluded, and the prodigies were transported away from Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.

• The Red-Robed Woman fought Dragon Hidden evenly before departing, and news spread that Qin Yan had killed the Black Ancient Tree.
• Qin Yan checked his Purification Ring and saw that it held 1,555,555 Points, putting him in contention for the top spot.
• Qin Yan revealed that he had staged the Black Ancient Tree’s apparent death to hide Little Black’s survival and disguise how he had gained his Points.
• Qin Yan inspected his six fully hatched Blood Puppets, each strong enough to challenge an ordinary early-stage Fourth Grade martial artist at full power.
• On July 10, an emerald formation appeared above Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain and enveloped the prodigies in light.
• The spatial force transported the prodigies away, bringing the Hidden Dragon Assembly to an end.

Liu Ruyan left the valley after settling her debt with Cang Yue, while Qin Yan and Xue Ye returned to the Elf Clan’s Ancestral Land as the Hidden Dragon Assembly ended. Qin Yan realized the Purification Rings gathered and cleansed evil energy to sustain the Formation, and Xue Ye awoke beside him.

• Liu Ruyan said the Hidden Dragon Assembly was over, then bowed to Cang Yue’s tomb and declared their debts settled.
• The Purification Ring transported Liu Ruyan away from the valley in emerald light.
• Qin Yan carried the unconscious Xue Ye through the Formation and returned to the Elf Clan’s Ancestral Land.
• Qin Yan watched the returning prodigies’ Purification Rings release evil vapor that the Formation purified and absorbed.
• Xue Ye woke beside Qin Yan and touched the sore spot where Qin Yan had knocked him out.

Qin Yan and Xue Ye returned safely to the Elf Clan’s gathering grounds after the Hidden Dragon Assembly, where they reunited with Jian Lu and learned that Tianchen and Xue Mian had died. Qin Yan began practicing his spear while more returnees arrived at the camp.

• Qin Yan told Xue Ye that they had returned to the Elf Clan’s Ancestral Land, and the two passed the security checkpoints together.
• Jian Lu welcomed Qin Yan and Xue Ye, then learned from Xue Ye that Tianchen and Xue Mian had died in the ancient mountain.
• Xue Ye recalled Qin Yan defeating the Black Ancient Tree and wondered what had happened to the Black-Robed Man.
• Jian Lu brought Qin Yan and Xue Ye to their gathering grounds, gave them recovery instructions, and left to handle her duties.
• Qin Yan practiced his spear in a quiet part of the camp as more returnees arrived.

After the Hidden Dragon Assembly ended, Qin Yan saw how few Human Clan prodigies had survived. Anya arrived with the Emerald Ancient Book and began healing the wounded, stopping before Xue Ye.

• The Giant Emerald Array faded, ending the assembly and leaving the dead behind in the ancient mountains.
• Qin Yan counted only five returning members of the Human Clan, down from thirty, while roughly half of Anya's Elf Prodigies had also been lost.
• The Emerald Ancient Book appeared above the camp and released life force that eased everyone's exhaustion and injuries.
• Anya appeared above the camp, thanked the survivors, and used her power to lift them to their feet.
• Anya healed the wounded Elf Prodigies, restoring grievous injuries and strength as she moved through the camp.
• Anya reached Qin Yan's vicinity and stopped before Xue Ye, whose right arm was gone.

Anya healed Xue Ye’s severed arm and several other wounded elves, revealing power that the camp took as proof she had reached the Eighth Rank. Later, Jian Lu summoned Qin Yan, Xue Ye, Su Liuli, and two elf prodigies to meet Anya at her temporary residence.

• Anya regrew Xue Ye’s arm with her healing power, and the elves concluded she had become an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster.
• Anya treated the camp’s badly wounded elves and encouraged the survivors to honor the dead and continue along the Martial Dao.
• Anya left the camp, and Jian Lu returned to summon Qin Yan, Xue Ye, Su Liuli, and two elf prodigies.
• Jian Lu led the five prodigies through the Ancestral Land to Anya’s guarded palace.
• Qin Yan and the others entered the palace and found Anya seated deep within.

Princess Anya summoned Qin Yan and other prodigies to learn what they had discovered about the Life Grail at the Jadeite Royal Court. After Xue Ye revealed that an unknown prodigy had taken it, Qin Yan arranged to speak privately with Anya, leaving the whereabouts of the Grail unresolved.

• Anya welcomed Qin Yan, Su Liuli, Xue Ye, and two Elf Clan prodigies and asked whether they had reached the Jadeite Royal Court ruins.
• Qin Yan, Su Liuli, and Xue Ye confirmed they had reached the ruins, while the other two prodigies had not.
• Xue Ye told Anya that the Life Grail had already been taken by an unknown prodigy when he reached the Green Rain Mansion.
• Qin Yan indicated he had information to share, and Anya sent the other prodigies away with Jian Lu.
• Anya asked Qin Yan what news he had brought about the Life Grail.

Qin Yan presented Anya with the Elf Clan’s lost Life Grail, which awakened and transferred the First Elf Empress’s imprint and Life Dao Essence into Anya. Anya absorbed the power, claimed the grail, and praised Qin Yan for fulfilling their agreement.

• Qin Yan summoned the Life Grail before Anya, who recognized it as the Elf Clan’s long-lost supreme holy artifact.
• Anya touched the grail, awakening its light and summoning the phantom of the First Elf Empress.
• The First Elf Empress’s imprint dissolved into emerald particles that entered Anya and infused her with multiple portions of Life Dao Essence.
• Anya’s aura transformed as she absorbed the power, then she took the now-docile Life Grail into her body.
• Anya praised Qin Yan for obtaining the grail, and Qin Yan replied that he had fulfilled their agreement.

Qin Yan bargained with Anya for the resources he needed to cultivate the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, securing more than half his wish list. After he left, Anya recognized the five-element balance in his requested materials and suspected his ambitious cultivation plan.

• Anya offered to reward Qin Yan for helping her obtain the Life Grail, and Qin Yan presented a list of rare five-element resources.
• Anya said she could provide about half the requested resources, while Qin Yan pressed her to honor her promise.
• After negotiating, Anya agreed to provide fifty-five percent of the list and prioritize the hardest-to-find core Spirit Medicines.
• Qin Yan left the palace satisfied that he could gather the resources needed for perfect Beginner mastery of the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Anya studied the list and suspected Qin Yan intended to cultivate the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.

Anya reflected on Qin Yan’s prospects with the Five Elements Chaos Genesis before meditating, while Jian Lu learned that Feng Jin and Fire Lizard had died in Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain. Reports of the assembly’s violence spread through the clans, whose fury threatened the peace of the Elf Clan’s Ancestral Land.

• Anya considered Qin Yan’s potential and her own chances of reaching True King or even Emperor before closing the Silver Leaf Book and meditating.
• Jian Lu questioned returning prodigies and learned that Feng Jin, Fire Lizard, and many others had died during the Hidden Dragon Assembly.
• Xue Ye and the other prodigies described the Black Ancient Tree’s rampage, the Red-Robed Woman’s battle with Dragon Hidden, and Qin Yan’s role in killing the tree.
• Jian Lu sent the prodigies to rest and hurried to report the upheaval to Anya.
• Reports of the deaths reached the clans, prompting furious cries from the Phoenix Descendant Clan and Fire Lizard Clan and putting Elf Clan forces on alert.

Qin Yan told Su Zhiming that his haul from Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain could make him a target, and Liu Ruyan revealed that her own gains were also unusually large. Su Zhiming ordered them to remain under Princess Anya’s protection until the Human Clan delegation could return safely, while Qin Yan realized Liu Ruyan was the mysterious Red-Robed Woman.

• Qin Yan visited Su Zhiming and described obtaining the Life Grail and a huge number of Points from the Black Ancient Tree and Feng Jin’s legacy.
• Qin Yan warned that his likely high ranking could attract retaliation from hostile Alien Race factions, and Su Zhiming agreed the danger was real.
• Liu Ruyan arrived and told Su Zhiming that her haul from Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain had also exceeded expectations.
• Su Zhiming ordered Qin Yan and Liu Ruyan to stay inside Princess Anya’s inner palace compound, promised to request stronger security and reinforcements, and left to speak with Anya.
• Qin Yan recognized Liu Ruyan as the mysterious Red-Robed Woman and wondered whether her second personality had been in control during their earlier encounter.

Qin Yan and Liu Ruyan agreed to spar someday before joining Princess Anya at Myriad Races Square for the Hidden Dragon Assembly's rankings announcement. The Elder began revealing the top one hundred, naming Feng Yan at rank one hundred and Su Da at rank ninety-nine.

• Liu Ruyan praised Qin Yan and proposed that they spar, and Qin Yan accepted.
• The next morning, Qin Yan and Liu Ruyan accompanied Princess Anya and her guards to Myriad Races Square.
• The assembled races gathered beneath the World Tree as an elderly Elf Clan Elder announced that the Hidden Dragon Assembly's points had been verified.
• The Elder revealed Feng Yan of the Phoenix Descendant Clan at rank one hundred.
• The Elder revealed Su Da of the Fox Clan at rank ninety-nine.

The Hidden Dragon Assembly’s top rankings were announced, and Qin Yan discovered that Su Liuli was Xue Liu Li of the Blood Race. Anya explained that Xue Liu Li belonged to a faction allied with the Elf Clan, while the announcement reached third place without revealing the final two contenders.

• The elderly woman announced Long Long of the Dragonman Clan in tenth place and Xue Liu Li of the Blood Race in ninth.
• Qin Yan recognized Su Liuli as Xue Liu Li, and Anya calmed the Human Clan talents before explaining her identity and alliance.
• The rankings continued with Feng Ling in eighth, Ice Armor in seventh, another Feng Ling in sixth, An Ling in fifth, and Rock Heart in fourth.
• The elderly woman turned toward the three brightest orbs and began announcing third place.