Recaps

The Hidden Dragon Assembly revealed Qin Yan of the Human Clan as its first-place winner, with Liu Ruyan taking third and Dragon Hidden second. As the crowd celebrated, Qin Yan reflected on his teammates’ hidden backgrounds and his own shortcomings, resolving to keep moving forward.

• The old woman announced Liu Ruyan of the Human Clan in third place and Dragon Hidden of the Dragonman Clan in second.
• The old woman revealed Qin Yan of the Human Clan as the assembly’s first-place winner, drawing a roar from the crowd.
• Su Zhiming smiled at Qin Yan’s victory while Anya considered Liu Ruyan’s and Xue Liu Li’s unexpected results.
• Xue Liu Li whispered to Anya that she had placed ninth after pursuing the Life Grail and receiving the Blood Absolute Inheritance.
• Qin Yan wondered about the secrets of Xue Liu Li, Liu Ruyan, and Li Mu, then recognized how much he still had to learn and resolved to continue his journey.

The Elf Clan secured first place in the racial rankings, helped by Qin Yan and other allies, while Qin Yan waited in the palace for instructions from Dean Su Zhiming. Princess Anya summoned him to recognize his contributions, and an Elf Officer arrived to discuss his reward for helping the clan.

• The elderly Elf Clan woman announced the final racial rankings, with the Elf Clan in first, the Dragonman Clan in second, and the Storm Winged, Mountain Giant, and Icefield Bear Clans in third through fifth.
• Qin Yan returned to the palace quarters with Princess Anya and kept to himself while waiting for word from Dean Su Zhiming.
• After three days without a message from Dean Su Zhiming, an elf attendant summoned Qin Yan to meet Princess Anya.
• Princess Anya praised Qin Yan for taking first in the individual rankings and helping the Elf Clan win the racial rankings.
• An Elf Officer assessed Qin Yan's modesty and said the Elf Clan would reward him, mentioning that she had reviewed his cultivation resource list.

Envoy An Miao Shi Mingxin rewarded Qin Yan for his service with all the resources he lacked, access to the Starlight Refining Pool, and a promise of her aid in a future crisis. Qin Yan left with a way to strengthen his weak mental strength and a powerful safeguard for his plans to pursue the Supreme Golden Body.

• Mingxin offered Qin Yan every remaining resource on his list, and Anya explained that Mingxin was one of the Elf Clan's Nine Temple Envoys.
• Mingxin recognized that Qin Yan's mental strength had not reached its first transformation and offered him entry to the Starlight Refining Pool.
• Qin Yan realized the pool could help him balance his physical, Qi Refining, and mental foundations as he pursued the Supreme Golden Body.
• Mingxin promised that the Elf Clan, she personally, and Anya's Line would owe Qin Yan a favor she could fulfill by intervening once in a dire crisis.
• Mingxin gave Qin Yan a crystal ball containing an imprint of her Wang Bing, which he could crush to summon her aid.

Anya and Mingxin discussed Qin Yan’s developing Blood Dao Physique and confirmed that Wen Ning possessed the Mortal World Inquiry Dao Body. After receiving his rewards, Qin Yan worried that Mingxin might have sensed the Demon Qi concealing his secrets, but concluded she had shown no hostility.

• Qin Yan accepted a crystal ball containing mental power as a last-resort safeguard and left the hall.
• Mingxin told Anya that Qin Yan’s blood and qi suggested an awakening Blood Dao Physique despite his weak mental power.
• Anya revealed that Wen Ning’s background was clean and that she possessed the Mortal World Inquiry Dao Body.
• Mingxin planned to take Wen Ning as her disciple and escort Anya’s human delegation back to Hua Country.
• Qin Yan returned to his side hall and wondered whether Mingxin had detected the Demon Qi Veil and the secrets it concealed.

Qin Yan weighed using his Skill Points to advance the Undying Blood Demon Scripture but decided to wait rather than risk revealing his Demon Qi in the Elf Clan's Ancestral Land. The next morning, he arrived at the Starlight Refining Pool and met Xue Liu Li, who introduced herself properly.

• Qin Yan trained with his spear, then checked his Panel and saw that he had accumulated 540 Skill Points.
• Qin Yan decided not to use Skill Points to break through the Undying Blood Demon Scripture because the energy fluctuations could expose him to hostile observers.
• An elf guard escorted Qin Yan through guarded checkpoints to the Starlight Refining Pool on Princess Anya's orders.
• Qin Yan found Liu Ruyan, Xue Liu Li, and several Elf Clan talents waiting beside the pool.
• Xue Liu Li approached Qin Yan and introduced herself as a member of the Crimson Moon Empire from the Blood Realm.

Qin Yan learned that Xue Liu Li had been the Black-Robed Man who recovered the Bloodthirsty Spirit Whip in Linhai City, and accepted her Bloodsound Bell after she explained the Blood Realm’s connection to Blue Star. He also learned that the Scarlet Empire’s Bloodshadow Royal Court was leading the Blood Race’s war against Hua Country.

• Xue Liu Li offered Qin Yan a Bloodsound Bell so they could communicate if he visited the Blood Realm, and he initially refused it.
• Xue Liu Li revealed that she had been the Black-Robed Man who took the Bloodthirsty Spirit Whip from Zhang Bei in Linhai City.
• Xue Liu Li explained that she had entered Blue Star through a spatial rift in Jianghai Province and had gone to Linhai City after sensing the whip.
• Xue Liu Li warned that Qin Yan might soon be sent to the border battlefield, and Qin Yan accepted the Bloodsound Bell.
• Xue Liu Li explained that the Blood Race was divided among seven empires and that the Scarlet Empire’s Bloodshadow Royal Court was fighting Hua Country, while her Crimson Moon Empire favored a more moderate approach.

Qin Yan began cultivating in the Starlight Refining Pool, enduring increasingly severe pain as its energy refined and strengthened his spiritual essence. The session was still underway when another elf prodigy lost control and screamed in agony.

• An Elf Officer opened the Starlight Refining Pool and warned the prodigies to cultivate from the protective lotus platforms without entering the water.
• The officer created Starlight Guardian Lotuses that filtered the pool’s energy, then vanished and left the young cultivators to begin.
• Qin Yan chose an unoccupied lotus, sat down, and let its starlight energy flow into his mind.
• Qin Yan’s thoughts grew clearer and his spiritual power began to strengthen, but continued refinement brought him escalating pain that he resolved to endure.
• An elf prodigy screamed and clutched his head as the spiritual field around his lotus platform fell into chaos.

Qin Yan endured the Starlight Refining Pool until his Mental Strength broke through 100 Hz and gained the ability to perceive his surroundings beyond his body. After the three-hour refinement, he woke in the Elf Clan’s side hall and found his Mental Strength had risen from 81 Hz to 120 Hz.

• The Elf Officer carried unconscious Prodigies away from the lotus platform as they reached their limits, while Qin Yan continued enduring the refinement.
• Qin Yan’s Mental Strength broke through 100 Hz, awakening outward mental perception that reached about five meters.
• Qin Yan resumed meditating and cultivating until the Elf Officer announced the refinement had ended, whereupon Qin Yan passed out from exhaustion.
• Qin Yan woke in the Elf Clan’s side hall, checked that he was safe, and inspected his System Panel.
• Qin Yan saw that his Mental Strength had risen to 120 Hz, an increase of 39 Hz from before the pool.

Qin Yan continued training while waiting to return to Blue Star, and his mental strength reached 120 hertz. On July 20, he and the other surviving young talents began the journey home under escort, but Qin Yan stayed alert as they crossed Dawnlight Grove toward the Space Passage.

• Qin Yan reflected that he would need to surpass 200 hertz to become a true Mental Strength Cultivator, then resumed spear training.
• Dean Su Zhiming told Qin Yan, Liu Ruyan, Li Mu, and Zhao Feng that they would leave for Blue Star that day.
• Su Zhiming arranged for the group to travel part of the way with Princess Anya and her entourage, then led them through Teleportation Formations to Dawnlight Grove.
• Starlight Dew and her Elf Warriors joined the group to escort them from the grove's Teleportation Formation to the Space Passage.
• Qin Yan used his 120-hertz mental strength to scan the surroundings, wary of danger on the final stretch to the Space Passage.

Qin Yan and the others entered a silent, deserted stretch of Dawnlight Grove, where an attacker launched a devastating ambush. Su Zhiming met the first strike, but a second attack targeted the group, leaving Starlight Dew to defend them.

• Qin Yan prepared to crush Envoy An’s Crystal Ball if an overwhelming threat appeared, while his companions readied their weapons.
• Su Zhiming and Starlight Dew discovered that the grove’s hidden sentries and patrol teams had vanished without a trace.
• A massive gray-green claw descended from the sky, and Su Zhiming countered it with a golden fist that clashed with it in the air.
• Qin Yan judged the attacker to be at least an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster as the collision’s shockwaves tore through the forest.
• A black sword light shot from the woods toward Qin Yan and the others, and Starlight Dew summoned the phantom of a colossal emerald tree to protect them.

A mysterious Azure-robed Woman saved Qin Yan and the others from a lethal ambush, then pursued the hidden attacker. As the group traveled toward the Space Passage, they faced repeated attacks by Grandmaster-level enemies and relied on concealed Human Clan protectors to survive.

• Starlight Dew's Unbreakable Barrier shattered under a Black Sword Light, leaving her badly injured as the attack rushed toward Qin Yan and the others.
• A mysterious Azure-robed Woman appeared beside Qin Yan and erased the Black Sword Light with a single sword stroke before chasing its attacker into the forest.
• Qin Yan and Li Mu wondered whether the powerful woman was the female vice principal of Magic Capital Martial University, but neither recognized her.
• Su Zhiming signaled the group to continue toward the Space Passage, and the Starlight Lord set off with help from an Elf Warrior.
• Different races launched repeated Grandmaster-level ambushes, while hidden Human Clan protectors intercepted the attacks and a middle-aged man in black stayed close to Liu Ruyan.

Qin Yan and the others reached the Space Passage, only to be ambushed by three Ninth-Rank Venerables. An unseen woman intervened and began suppressing the attackers with a massive white palm seal.

• Qin Yan and the group reached the Space Passage in Dawnlight Grove under the protection of human experts and the Elf Clan.
• Three Black-Robed Venerables emerged from a Spatial Rift and attacked the group with a Lava Giant Lizard.
• An unknown woman’s sigh destroyed the Lava Giant Lizard and prompted the three Venerables to retreat.
• The woman said “Suppression” and formed a White Palm Seal that blocked the Venerables’ escape.
• The three Venerables unleashed three more Lava Giant Lizards to break free, but their assault proved futile.

Envoy An suppressed three Ninth-Rank Venerables, ending the threat at Dawnlight Grove and allowing Su Zhiming’s group to return safely to Blue Star. Qin Yan arrived back at Magic Capital Martial University with Li Mu and went to the student manor area to rest.

• Envoy An used a White Palm Seal to capture and make the three Black-Robed Venerables vanish, leaving their fate unknown.
• The hidden attackers fled, and Su Zhiming thanked the unseen Envoy An for saving them.
• Jiang Mingyue returned and ordered Su Zhiming to lead the students through the Space Passage to Blue Star.
• Su Zhiming led Qin Yan, Liu Ruyan, Li Mu, and the other student back to Blue Star, where a human expert and Liu Ruyan’s Longhua Martial Grandmaster departed with their respective companions.
• Su Zhiming took Qin Yan and Li Mu to Magic Capital Martial University, then sent them to rest while he headed for the First Academy.
• Qin Yan and Li Mu walked together toward the Student Manor Area.

Qin Yan returned to his estate and trained through the night, while Jiang Mingyue met with An Miao Shi Mingxin to learn who had arranged the attacks on the Human Clan's young talents. Mingxin identified the Lava Lizard Clan and Dragonborn Clan as two of the factions involved.

• Qin Yan reflected on the dangers he had faced in the Eversong Star Realm and suspected Liu Ruyan had been the primary target of the assassination attempts.
• Qin Yan returned to his estate, practiced spear techniques through the afternoon and night, and gained 20 Skill Points.
• Jiang Mingyue thanked An Miao Shi Mingxin for protecting the Human Clan's young talents, and Mingxin recognized that Jiang Mingyue had reached half-step Ninth Grade.
• Jiang Mingyue teased Anya about her breakthrough to Eighth-Rank Grandmaster and her progress in Qi Refining and spiritual power.
• Jiang Mingyue asked Mingxin who had planned the attacks, and Mingxin said the Lava Lizard Clan sought revenge for Fire Lizard's death.
• Mingxin said the Dragonborn Clan had supplied intelligence and forces because Dragon Hidden had been outshone by Qin Yan and lost points to Liu Ruyan.

Qin Yan searched the library for information about demons and learned that the Demon Race was condemned to extermination by the Ten Thousand Races. Determined to conceal his Blood Demon Power and grow stronger, he returned to the Mystic Tower, arriving on the twenty-fifth layer.

• Qin Yan went to the library and searched its historical archives for records about demons and Demon Qi.
• Qin Yan learned that the Demon Race had lost the Demon Dao War and that anyone who sheltered its remnants or inheritors faced severe punishment.
• Qin Yan resolved to keep Little Black and his Demon Qi hidden, fearing that exposure could endanger him and others.
• Qin Yan returned to his manor and trained with his spear throughout the day.
• On July 22, Qin Yan entered the Mystic Tower and arrived on its twenty-fifth layer, the highest floor he had reached before.

Qin Yan swept through the Mystic Tower’s Twenty-Fifth through Thirtieth Floors, defeating the guardians with ease and claiming the rewards after clearing the Thirtieth Floor. As he absorbed the Spear Dao inheritance, its refined essence formed a tiny golden long-spear phantom in his mind.

• Qin Yan instantly defeated the Twenty-Fifth Floor guardian and swiftly cleared the Twenty-Sixth through Twenty-Ninth Floors.
• Qin Yan reached the Thirtieth Floor and used his overwhelming Blood Qi to smash its Third Grade Limit guardian, despite its mastery of fist aura.
• Qin Yan reflected on how far he had grown since barely winning against the tenth-floor guardian as a First-Rank Martial Artist.
• Qin Yan received the Spear Dao Inheritance Orb and absorbed its knowledge, which consolidated and advanced his spear mastery.
• The refined essence of the Spear Dao inheritance remained in Qin Yan’s mind as a tiny, solid golden long-spear phantom.

Qin Yan merged a second fragment of Spear Dao Essence with his existing one and received the complete Five Elements Chaos Genesis inheritance, though his cultivation in it remained at Beginner. He continued climbing the Mystic Tower and encountered a Golden Figure formed from the metal-element White Metal Sharp Gold Art.

• Qin Yan merged the Mystic Tower's reward with his existing Spear Dao Essence, strengthening his spear comprehension.
• The two Five Elements Imprints on Qin Yan's forehead joined the imprint in the Five-Colored Light Orb and returned to his body as a complete inheritance imprint.
• Qin Yan's panel showed Five Elements Chaos Genesis at Beginner and his Spear Technique at 49%.
• Qin Yan chose to continue climbing the Mystic Tower and teleported to the next floor.
• Qin Yan found a Golden Figure in place of the White Figure and recognized it as a manifestation of the White Metal Sharp Gold Art.

Qin Yan fought the Golden Figure on the thirty-first floor, gauging its strength before defeating it with the Return to One Killing Move. With the Golden Figure destroyed, he reflected that a mastered Martial Skill could have made the battle far more difficult.

• The Golden Figure attacked Qin Yan with a long-range fist strike, and his Annihilation End Spear Qi met it in a draw.
• The Golden Figure closed in and launched a relentless series of sharp, close-range attacks, while Qin Yan defended with his spear and studied its abilities.
• Qin Yan estimated that the Golden Figure had an overall Blood Qi burst of about 11,500 Cal and decided to end the fight.
• Qin Yan used the Return to One Killing Move to pierce the Golden Figure's fist force and strike its chest core, destroying it with one spear thrust.
• Qin Yan observed that the Golden Figure had no true Martial Skill and considered how such a skill might have changed the battle.

Qin Yan defeated the fire Puppet on the thirty-second floor of the Mystic Tower, but struggled against the stronger earth Puppet on the thirty-third. With the Puppet’s second crushing attack bearing down on him, Qin Yan summoned the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron and fed it Blood Qi.

• Qin Yan defeated the red fire Puppet on the thirty-second floor with Return to One and Annihilation End Spear Qi.
• Qin Yan encountered an earthy-yellow Puppet on the thirty-third floor whose Base Blood Qi was estimated at 9,500 Cal.
• Qin Yan’s strongest spear strike was crushed by the earth Puppet’s fist seal, and he barely blocked the remaining force without injury.
• The earth Puppet attacked again, and Qin Yan summoned the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron.
• Qin Yan circulated the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and poured a stream of Blood Qi into the cauldron.

Qin Yan used the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron to destroy a mid-Fourth Grade gatekeeper, but his depleted strength led to his defeat on the Thirty-Fourth Floor of the Mystic Tower. After recovering outside, he heard a tremendous boom from behind a forbidden city wall and hurried toward it.

• Qin Yan unleashed the Life Transformation Blood Flame from the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron, destroying the earthen-yellow Puppet in one strike.
• Qin Yan lost nearly thirty percent of his Blood Qi and suffered mental fatigue from activating the spirit weapon.
• The Mystic Tower teleported Qin Yan to the Thirty-Fourth Floor, where he was overwhelmed by the Blue Figure's water attacks and sent out of the tower.
• Qin Yan recovered outside the Mystic Tower by circulating the Blood Chapter of the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• A deafening boom shook the plaza, and Qin Yan realized it had come from behind the forbidden city wall and hurried toward it.

After being stopped from approaching a restricted area, Qin Yan returned toward the manor and found the new freshmen arriving for the Monthly Exam. Meanwhile, Magic Capital Martial University’s leaders learned that the trouble on the Sea Clan side had been temporarily suppressed.

• An armored soldier blocked Qin Yan from approaching the restricted area, so Qin Yan apologized and left without investigating further.
• Qin Yan noticed the freshmen discussing the upcoming Monthly Exam and reflected on how much he had changed over the past year.
• Qin Yan recalled that Teacher Xiao Huo and his fellow disciples had not responded to his messages and decided to wait two more days before asking other instructors.
• At a First Academy meeting, Lin Jian reported that Dean Xiao Shan had reached the battlefield and that the Sea Clan side said the matter there had been dealt with.
• Su Zhiming said the trouble on the Sea Clan side had been temporarily suppressed.

Su Zhiming arranged reinforcements for the pressured Zhenhai Defense Line while Qin Yan continued training and waited for Princess Anya’s promised resources. On July 25, Xiao Huo summoned Qin Yan to the Sixth Academy, where he reunited with Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou and learned that he had reached the Third Grade Limit.

• Su Zhiming ordered Lin Jian to ask other martial universities to send Fourth-Rank students or teachers to support the Zhenhai Defense Line.
• Su Zhiming arranged for the next group of mentors to leave within a day and replace the exhausted mentors at the front.
• Qin Yan trained at his manor for several days while waiting for Princess Anya’s cultivation resources to arrive.
• Xiao Huo summoned Qin Yan to his Alchemy Chamber in the Sixth Academy on July 25.
• Lu Youyou welcomed Qin Yan and asked whether he had been hurt in the secret realm.
• Xiao Huo confirmed Qin Yan had reached the Third Grade Limit, astonishing Lu Youyou.

Qin Yan returned from the Hidden Dragon Assembly and revealed that he had won first place among all participating races in the Eversong Star Realm. Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou learned that three Venerables had ambushed him before a mysterious expert intervened, and Xiao Huo asked him to recount the journey.

• Lu Youyou marveled at Qin Yan reaching the Third Grade Limit, while Xiao Huo praised how much his foundation had improved.
• Qin Yan casually told Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou that he had accidentally won first place at the Hidden Dragon Assembly.
• Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou were stunned, and Qin Yan confirmed the overall ranking by explaining that several races had ambushed him on the way back.
• Qin Yan said Vice Principal Jiang Mingyue and a mysterious expert had intervened, with the expert instantly Suppressing and taking away the three Venerables.
• Xiao Huo guessed that the mysterious expert was a True King, then asked Qin Yan to explain what he had experienced in the Eversong Star Realm.

Qin Yan recounted his ordeal in Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain to Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou, then revealed the Undying Blood Codex and his immense blood qi. He learned that his teacher and senior sister had been serving at the Zhenhai Defense Line, where a passage to the Vast Sea Realm threatened humanity.

• Qin Yan described his experiences in Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain while concealing the core secrets of his strength.
• Xiao Huo recognized Qin Yan’s exceptional foundation, and Qin Yan revealed that the Undying Blood Codex had strengthened his blood qi.
• Xiao Huo praised Qin Yan’s potential and teased Lu Youyou about being overtaken by her junior brother.
• Lu Youyou explained that she, Xiao Huo, and other alchemy faculty and students had been assigned to the Zhenhai Defense Line’s logistics division.
• Lu Youyou confirmed Qin Yan’s guess that the sealed area beyond the wall near the Mystic Tower was the Zhenhai Battlefield’s core zone.
• Lu Youyou revealed that a space passage beneath the sea connected their world to the Vast Sea Realm.

Lu Youyou told Qin Yan how the Dragon Whale Clan threatened the Zhenhai Battlefield and described a recent assault that the university deans barely stopped. She warned Qin Yan that his strength made him a likely candidate for battlefield deployment, then implied she had more to say.

• Qin Yan recalled that Wang Guang had worshipped a being in the Vast Sea Realm and thought of Wen Ning's extraordinary mental detection ability.
• Lu Youyou explained that Magic Capital Martial University guarded a passage to the Vast Sea Realm, where the Dragon Whale Clan was the dominant race.
• Lu Youyou recounted how three Dragon Whale Clan grandmasters attacked after one of their warriors advanced, and the Third Academy Dean held them off despite suffering serious injuries.
• The Second Academy Dean arrived and joined the Third Academy Dean to repel the attack, causing the boom Qin Yan had heard on campus.
• Lu Youyou told Qin Yan that his strength made him a likely candidate for deployment to a battlefield, then began to hint at her reason for bringing it up.