Recaps

Qin Yan reviewed the Body Refining Realm and reflected on the strengths and limits of the Undying Blood Demon Scripture. After studying its mysteries, he left the Alchemy Chamber for the Outer Battlefield to hunt foreign races and gather blood energy.

• Qin Yan reviewed the Body Refining, Meridian Unblocking, Acupoint Awakening, and Golden Body realms and their cultivation goals.
• Qin Yan found that his breakthrough had not advanced the Undying Blood Demon Body or granted him new Martial Skills, and considered how his innate scripture differed from the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Qin Yan resumed cultivating to understand the mysteries of the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• On August 26, Qin Yan left the Alchemy Chamber after Dean Xiao Shan approved his request for practical combat training at the Outer Position.
• Qin Yan concealed his face beneath a black robe and headed to the Outer Battlefield to hunt foreign races and obtain blood energy for his cultivation.

Qin Yan learned that the Darkness Essence was one of seven supreme Dao Essences and that Demon Qi originated from darkness. As the Human Clan secured the reclaimed coastline on the Zhenhai Battlefield, he resolved to grow strong enough to protect himself and those close to him.

• Qin Yan watched Little Black absorb Demon Qi from the Darkness Essence Chains and recognized him as a powerful hidden trump card.
• Qin Yan asked Little Black for a trace of the Darkness Essence and discovered its nature as a force of ruin, devouring, and slumber.
• Qin Yan glimpsed the universe’s seven Supreme Essences, clearly seeing only the Darkness Essence, and learned that Dao Essences had ranks.
• Qin Yan concluded that Demon Qi came from darkness and wondered whether supreme Dao Essences could bring about new eras and wars.
• Qin Yan set aside those distant concerns, resolved to grow stronger, and looked toward the fighting on the coastline.
• The Human Clan took full control of the reclaimed Zhenhai Battlefield coastline after the Sea Clan army retreated, and the Human Clan prepared to turn its strategic buffer into a base for a counterattack.

Qin Yan boarded the warship Wave Breaker 31 and learned that its mission was to attack the Sea Clan garrison on Maple Leaf Island. As the warship reached the island’s outskirts, it activated its runes and began forming enormous water shells.

• Qin Yan boarded Wave Breaker 31 after passing identity checks and assessed the soldiers gathered on its deck.
• The late Fourth-Rank commander announced that the ship was headed to Maple Leaf Island and told the soldiers to fight only when they had the advantage.
• Qin Yan watched Fifth Grade Martial Artists travel through the air and reflected that he was nearing that level himself.
• Wave Breaker 31 veered away from the fleet and approached Maple Leaf Island.
• The warship activated blue runes and gathered seawater into massive water shells.

Qin Yan joined the Human Clan’s assault on Maple Leaf Island after the Wave-Riding Warship shattered its defense formation. He killed four Fourth-Rank shrimp soldiers and absorbed their Blood Qi, then surveyed the battle still raging across the beach.

• The Wave-Riding Warship bombarded Maple Leaf Island’s Defense Formation until it broke, and the Human Clan warriors charged ashore.
• Qin Yan joined the assault as Sea Clan fighters emerged to meet the attackers, while the Fifth Grade Martial Artist flew inland to confront the Sea Clan general.
• Four Fourth-Rank shrimp soldiers attacked Qin Yan with fish spears, but his body broke their weapons without injury.
• Qin Yan killed all four shrimp soldiers with his bare hands and used the Undying Blood Demon Scripture to absorb their Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan estimated that continued devouring would soon provide enough Blood Qi to temper him to the middle Fourth Rank, as the beach battle continued around him.

Qin Yan slaughtered the Sea Clan forces at Maple Leaf Island and absorbed their Blood Qi, leaving the human soldiers victorious. After a crash sounded from the island’s interior, he headed toward the battle between a human Fifth Grade martial artist and a Mid Fifth Grade Sea Clan general to seek a greater source of Blood Qi.

• Qin Yan charged into the Sea Clan ranks and killed Fourth Grade soldiers with his bare hands, boosting the human warriors’ morale.
• The Sea Clan soldiers broke and fled, but Qin Yan chased them down and devoured their Blood Qi.
• More than a hundred Sea Clan soldiers died at Qin Yan’s hands, and he sensed that the accumulated Blood Qi could greatly advance his Body Tempering.
• A crash from the island’s Core Zone drew attention to the fight between the human Fifth Grade martial artist and the Mid Fifth Grade Sea Clan general.
• Qin Yan headed into the island’s interior to seek the general’s Blood Qi, while the exhausted human soldiers prepared to follow after resting.

Qin Yan arrived at Maple Leaf Island’s Core Zone as Liu Qing fought the Mid Fifth Grade Giant Pincer Crab General. A blood-colored lightning attack struck the Crab General from behind and drained its blood, leaving Liu Qing stunned as it died.

• Qin Yan reached the Core Zone and saw Liu Qing battling the Crab General across a devastated battlefield.
• Liu Qing and the Crab General exchanged powerful attacks, but Liu Qing was pushed back despite using wood-element True Qi.
• The Crab General offered to hand over Maple Leaf Island in a few days, but Liu Qing refused, suspecting it was stalling while the Sea Clan harvested the Maple Leaf Waterweed.
• As the Crab General attacked again, blood-colored lightning struck it from behind and pierced through its hastily formed waterspout.
• The lightning blasted through the Crab General’s armor, drained its blood, and killed it, leaving Liu Qing stunned.

Qin Yan used the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron to kill Crab General and collect his blood qi, shocking Liu Qing with his strength. After ordering the human soldiers to camp on Maple Leaf Island, Qin Yan searched for a concealed place to prepare for his breakthrough.

• Qin Yan collected Crab General’s blood in the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron after killing him with Blood Dao Thunder.
• Liu Qing thanked Qin Yan and treated him as a respected senior, despite Qin Yan being only at Peak Fourth Rank.
• A late Fourth-Rank Martial Artist arrived with the human soldiers, and Qin Yan ordered them to establish camp and gather spirit herbs the next day.
• Liu Qing organized the soldiers’ tasks while Qin Yan headed deeper into Maple Leaf Island.
• Qin Yan found a secluded rock crevice spacious enough to shelter him.

Qin Yan cultivated in a concealed cave, advancing his body tempering from Fourth Grade Early Stage to Peak Fourth Rank by circulating the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and absorbing the Crab General’s stored Blood Qi. After his breakthrough, his panel showed Peak Fourth Rank in both Qi Refining and Body Tempering.

• Qin Yan cleared and concealed a cave before beginning his breakthrough cultivation.
• The Undying Blood Demon Scripture stirred the Blood River and Demonic Qi Black Hole in Qin Yan’s Blood Demon Nest, tempering his body and raising him to Fourth Grade Late Stage.
• Qin Yan summoned the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron and absorbed the Mid Fifth Grade Crab General’s Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan’s breakthrough blasted apart the boulders at the cave entrance and expelled the last impurities from his body.
• Qin Yan checked his panel and confirmed Peak Fourth Rank in both Qi Refining and Body Tempering.

After reaching Peak Fourth Rank and increasing his Base Blood Qi to 56,000 Cal, Qin Yan discovered he could create twice as many Blood Puppets and began strengthening one of them. He then returned from Maple Leaf Island to Zhenhai City and resumed his secluded training.

• Qin Yan reached 56,000 Cal of Base Blood Qi, expanded the Blood Demon Nest, and found that his Blood Puppet Creation limit had risen from ten to twenty.
• Qin Yan used his remaining Blood Qi to cultivate a Blood Puppet, then practiced his spear technique while it absorbed the energy.
• On August 30, Qin Yan watched the first group leave Maple Leaf Island for Zhenhai City as some soldiers stayed behind to form the island's garrison.
• Qin Yan boarded the Wave Breaker warship and returned to Zhenhai City with the departing soldiers.
• Qin Yan shut himself in his Alchemy Chamber and continued training, investing his daily Skill Points in the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.

After returning from the Zhenhai Battlefield, Qin Yan left the students and stormed through the Mystic Tower to claim the Fortieth Floor reward before reaching Fifth Rank. He defeated its Peak Fourth Rank guardian and received three light orbs, including a golden one whose effect was still unknown.

• Lin Shui led the surviving martial university students back from the Zhenhai Battlefield to Magic Capital Martial University, while Xiao Wangshu was absent.
• Qin Yan told Lin Shui he was going to the Mystic Tower, and Lin Shui allowed him to leave the group.
• Qin Yan entered the Mystic Tower and defeated the guardians from the Thirty-Fourth through Thirty-Ninth Floors with a single punch each.
• Qin Yan defeated the Peak Fourth Rank Green Figure on the Fortieth Floor with one punch.
• Three reward lights appeared, and the golden light shot into Qin Yan, causing his mind to explode.

Qin Yan gained Spear Dao and Five Elements Essence from the Mystic Tower and received an orb that let him enter the tower with his consciousness from anywhere. He was transported to the forty-first floor, where he faced an Early Fifth Grade Golden Figure who cultivated the White Metal Sharp Gold Art.

• Qin Yan absorbed a golden light orb that raised his Spear Dao Essence from Two Ten-Thousandths to Seven Ten-Thousandths.
• Two Five-Colored Light Orbs gave Qin Yan One Ten-Thousandth of each Five Elements Essence.
• The final orb bound Qin Yan’s consciousness to the Mystic Tower, allowing him to enter and challenge its trials remotely.
• A white light transported Qin Yan to the forty-first floor of the Mystic Tower.
• Qin Yan saw an Early Fifth Grade Golden Figure whose White Metal Sharp Gold Art made it stronger than Liu Qing and the Crab General.

Qin Yan cleared the forty-first and forty-second floors with a single spear strike each, then faced a much stronger Mid Fifth Grade opponent on the forty-third. Their first clash sent Qin Yan staggering backward, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Qin Yan’s golden-black spear Qi shattered the Golden Figure’s greatsword and defeated it on the forty-first floor.
• Qin Yan defeated the Green Figure on the forty-second floor with one spear strike.
• Qin Yan sensed that the Yellow Figure on the forty-third floor had about 77,000 Cal of Blood Qi and cultivated the Earth Bearing Art.
• Qin Yan gathered fifty-six strands of Blood Gang and fused them with his destructive spear aura.
• Qin Yan’s spear collided with the Yellow Figure’s fist, and the force sent him flying backward before he steadied himself.

Qin Yan fought the Yellow Figure in the Mystic Tower and overcame its greater Blood Qi by using his perfected Gold-Splitting Spear and combined spear techniques. After defeating it, he reflected that a real Mid Fifth Grade cultivator with comparable abilities would be an even harder opponent.

• Qin Yan was forced to one knee by the Yellow Figure’s punch and recognized the gap between their Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan revealed that he had perfected the Gold-Splitting Spear and used its golden qi blade to stagger the Yellow Figure.
• Qin Yan fused Annihilation End Spear Qi, Supreme Sharp Metal True Qi, and Blood Gang to shatter the Yellow Figure’s Earth-Yellow barrier and weaken it.
• Qin Yan struck the Yellow Figure’s neck while its strength was depleted, destroying it.
• Qin Yan assessed that he had used nearly all his available strength and might struggle against a real Mid Fifth Grade Martial Artist.

Qin Yan reached the Forty-Fifth Layer of the Mystic Tower but was defeated by a Late Fifth Grade opponent, then returned to the Sixth Academy and told his teacher and Little Senior Sister about being chosen by Mystic Academy. As his senior brothers and sisters prepared to see him off, Qin Yan reflected on his ties to the sect and regretted that he had never met Senior Sister Yun Miaomiao.

• Qin Yan defeated the Mid Fifth Grade blue figure on the Forty-Fourth Layer with his mastered Gold-Splitting Spear.
• On the Forty-Fifth Layer, Qin Yan faced a Late Fifth Grade green figure and was blasted out of the Mystic Tower by its palm strike.
• Qin Yan recovered outside the tower and then returned to the Sixth Academy's Alchemy Chamber.
• Lu Youyou praised Qin Yan for being chosen by Mystic Academy, while Xiao Huo congratulated him and said the senior brothers and sisters would return to see him off.
• Qin Yan recalled the kindness of his senior brothers and sisters and thought sadly that he had never met Senior Sister Yun Miaomiao.

Qin Yan fused Dark Nether True Water and Southern Bright Flame into a powerful new True Qi, then began consuming five Fifth Grade Spirit Pills to break through to the Fifth Grade. The chapter ended as the pills’ surging medicinal power strained his Five Elements meridians.

• Qin Yan trained with his spear and invested his Skill Points into the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Qin Yan fused Dark Nether True Water and Southern Bright Flame into blue-and-red True Qi more than twice as powerful as either attribute alone.
• Qin Yan grew confident that his fused True Qi could defeat the Forty-Fourth Layer secret realm guardian and wondered whether it could rival Xiao Wangshu’s Lunar Radiance True Qi.
• Qin Yan took out five Fifth Grade Spirit Pills and swallowed one for each of the five elements.
• Qin Yan’s meridians strained under the pills’ powerful medicinal currents, and he began refining them.

Qin Yan used the Five Elements Chaos Genesis and medicinal power to awaken and grow branches from all five Five Elements Seeds, breaking through to the early Fifth Grade realm. He examined his new cultivation status and reflected on the road toward the Sixth Grade Spirit Transformation Realm.

• Qin Yan circulated the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, guiding medicinal power into his five organs and nourishing the Five Elements Seeds.
• The five seeds cracked open and each grew a branch that radiated its corresponding elemental True Qi.
• Qin Yan realized the sprouting branches signified his breakthrough to the Fifth Grade realm.
• Qin Yan considered how the branches would eventually form a Five Elements Spirit Tree and support his advancement to the Sixth Grade.
• Qin Yan summoned his panel and checked his updated cultivation and abilities.

Qin Yan’s breakthrough to Early Fifth Grade greatly increased his Blood Qi and unlocked a vast Five Elements martial arts inheritance, including complete top-tier skills. He spent his remaining Credit Points on Fifth Grade Five Elements Spirit Pills and began cultivating toward the middle stage before his planned trip to the Yellow Spring Star River and Mystic Sanctuary.

• Qin Yan saw his Total Blood Qi rise from 56,000 Cal to 96,000 Cal after reaching Early Fifth Grade.
• Qin Yan unlocked the Five Elements Martial Arts Compendium and absorbed an inheritance of martial arts ranging from basic techniques to complete top-tier skills and five-element fusions.
• Qin Yan decided to seek stronger martial arts suited to his cultivation but set aside the top-tier techniques until he had enough strength to use them.
• Qin Yan exchanged all his remaining Credit Points for Fifth Grade Five Elements Spirit Pills ahead of his October 1 departure for the Yellow Spring Star River and Mystic Sanctuary.
• Qin Yan swallowed one pill of each element and used the Five Elements Chaos Genesis to absorb their medicinal power, slowly approaching the middle stage of Fifth Grade.

After reaching Mid Fifth Grade, Qin Yan reviewed his cultivation gains and learned that Fifth Grade martial artists could condense Lifebound Spirit Weapons. He decided to make his weapon a spear and planned to ask his Teacher for help finding an artifact forger.

• Qin Yan finished nine hours of spear practice and checked his panel, which showed Mid Fifth Grade cultivation, 141000 Cal of Blood Qi, 140 Hz Mental Strength, and 160 Skill Points.
• Qin Yan reflected on how much harder cultivation became at higher ranks and noted that his Skill Points accumulated twice as quickly after his breakthrough.
• Qin Yan considered the Fifth Grade practice of condensing a Lifebound Spirit Weapon and chose a spear to match his martial arts.
• Qin Yan decided to trouble his Teacher because he needed a professional artifact forger to forge his weapon.

Qin Yan visited Xiao Huo to ask for help finding an artifact forger to craft his Lifebound Spirit Weapon. Xiao Huo was shocked by Qin Yan’s rapid breakthrough and recognized the Creation Divine Iron Qin Yan had brought, then began explaining its importance.

• Xiao Huo was astonished to discover that Qin Yan had advanced from Peak Fourth Rank to Mid Fifth Grade in just a few days.
• Qin Yan asked Xiao Huo to recommend an artifact forger to craft a spear as his Lifebound Spirit Weapon.
• Qin Yan showed Xiao Huo the black metal he had found in a Martial Arts Pavilion in Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.
• Xiao Huo recognized the metal as Creation Divine Iron and explained that it was honored as a divine material among materials used to forge Spirit Weapons throughout All Heavens.
• Xiao Huo asked Qin Yan what he knew about the Creation Divine Iron’s function, and Qin Yan began recounting the information he had found.

Xiao Huo explained why Creation Divine Iron could evolve a Lifebound Spirit Weapon without the risks that ordinary weapons faced. Qin Yan realized he possessed two pieces, but learned that forging one required an exceptionally rare Artifact Refining Grandmaster.

• Xiao Huo explained that ordinary spirit weapons risked losing spirituality or being ruined when upgraded, while Creation Divine Iron could absorb materials and grow without those dangers.
• Qin Yan remembered the second piece of Creation Divine Iron he had taken from Feng Jin's Storage Ring after killing him at Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.
• Qin Yan thanked Xiao Huo for his guidance, and Xiao Huo warned him that forging Creation Divine Iron required at least an Artifact Refining Grandmaster.
• Xiao Huo said Magic Capital Martial University had an Artifact Refining Grandmaster named Yuan Chong but no Grandmaster of the highest level, and Qin Yan asked whether Yuan Chong could help.

Qin Yan learned that the school’s Artifact Refining Grandmaster was away and that another master was costly and unpredictable, but Xiao Huo revealed that Lu Zhen was Lu Youyou’s grandfather. Qin Yan asked Lu Youyou to introduce him to Lu Zhen so he could have his Lifebound Spirit Weapon forged, and she fell silent after hearing his request.

• Xiao Huo told Qin Yan that Vice Dean Yuan Chong was away and could not forge his Spirit Weapon before Qin Yan’s departure for the Yellow Spring Star River.
• Xiao Huo explained that the Artifact Refining Grandmaster Lu Zhen was expensive and temperamental, but Qin Yan might have a chance because Lu Zhen was Lu Youyou’s grandfather.
• Qin Yan contacted Lu Youyou and asked her to introduce him to Lu Zhen so Lu Zhen could forge his Lifebound Spirit Weapon.
• Lu Youyou’s smile froze, and she did not answer Qin Yan’s request.

Lu Youyou reacted with shock to Qin Yan’s breakthrough to Fifth Rank, then took him to the Lu Family so her grandfather could forge an artifact for him. As they entered the powerful family estate, Qin Yan saw its Artifact Refining Tower and sensed the strength of its members.

• Lu Youyou was stunned to hear Qin Yan had reached Fifth Rank and asked him to wait at the entrance to Sixth Academy.
• Lu Youyou arrived, confirmed Qin Yan’s breakthrough, and agreed to take him to the Lu Family for an artifact to be forged.
• Lu Youyou led Qin Yan to the Lu Mansion and reassured him that her grandfather would not bully him while she was there.
• Qin Yan noticed the Lu Family’s late Fourth Grade guards and two guards with auras he could not identify.
• Lu Youyou explained that the family’s artifact refiners worked in its seven-story Artifact Refining Tower as she led Qin Yan through the estate.

Lu Youyou brought Qin Yan to meet her grandfather, the Artifact Forging Grandmaster Lu Zhen, and persuaded him to forge Qin Yan’s Lifebound Spirit Weapon. The chapter ended with Lu Zhen recognizing Qin Yan’s material as the rare Creation Divine Iron.

• Lu Youyou explained that the Lu Family’s core strength came from its direct descendants and led Qin Yan to Lu Zhen’s courtyard.
• Lu Youyou introduced Qin Yan and praised his talent, while Lu Zhen sensed that Qin Yan had reached the Mid Fifth Grade at a remarkably young age.
• Lu Youyou asked Lu Zhen to forge Qin Yan’s Lifebound Spirit Weapon, and he agreed after she pressed him.
• Qin Yan presented a block of Creation Divine Iron, and Lu Zhen reacted with shock and carefully took it in his hands.

Qin Yan asked Lu Zhen to forge his Creation Divine Iron into the shape of his Ink Trace spear, and Lu Zhen agreed to finish the work in ten days. After Qin Yan left, Lu Zhen summoned Lu Youyou to discuss a serious matter.

• Lu Zhen became entranced by Qin Yan’s Creation Divine Iron, then agreed to forge it into the Ink Trace spear’s design.
• Qin Yan described the spear’s details to Lu Zhen, who said the forging would take about ten days.
• Qin Yan thanked Lu Youyou for arranging the commission and left Lu Mansion after chatting with her.
• Lu Zhen summoned Lu Youyou to his artifact-refining room and told her he had something serious to discuss.

Lu Youyou rejected Lu Zhen’s proposal to use Qin Yan’s Creation Divine Iron for her lifebound spirit weapon, insisting that taking it would stain her martial heart. After leaving the Lu Family estate, Qin Yan boarded a high-speed train to Linhai City.

• Lu Zhen showed Lu Youyou the Creation Divine Iron and argued it would let her forge a far stronger lifebound spirit weapon than the millennium cold iron he had prepared.
• Lu Youyou objected when she realized Lu Zhen wanted to use Qin Yan’s Creation Divine Iron for her weapon.
• Lu Zhen argued that Qin Yan lacked the resources and backing to develop the divine material, while Lu Youyou had the Lu Family’s support.
• Lu Youyou refused, saying that taking something entrusted to her by Qin Yan would violate her conscience and the martial principles Lu Zhen had taught her.
• Qin Yan left the Lu Family estate, went to the high-speed rail station, and boarded a train bound for Linhai City.