Recaps

Huang Jiuli and Yin Li approached Qin Yan after his Heavenly Arena challenge to tell him that this year’s Inner Academy assessment would be a mission competition. Yin Li explained the chance to enter a newly discovered Small World, and Qin Yan realized they wanted him to join their team.

• Qin Yan left the Heavenly Arena and encountered Huang Jiuli and Yin Li on the streets of Mystic City.
• Yin Li introduced herself as a West Academy disciple and said she and Huang Jiuli had come to discuss something with Qin Yan.
• Yin Li told Qin Yan that the Inner Academy assessment would be a three-month mission competition, with individual contribution determining Inner Academy entry.
• Yin Li explained that the ten highest-ranked teams across the four academies would gain access to a newly discovered Small World and its potential rewards, including Dao Essence.
• Qin Yan inferred that Huang Jiuli and Yin Li wanted him to join their team.

Qin Yan declined Yin Li and Huang Jiuli’s invitation to join their Small World mission until he could learn more, while the two women prepared to pursue the mission without him. He returned to training and, on December 16th, unblocked his Fifteenth Meridian, bringing himself close to becoming a Late Meridian Unblocking Martial Artist.

• Yin Li invited Qin Yan to join a mission in a newly discovered Small World, but Qin Yan asked for several days to consider it.
• Huang Jiuli urged Qin Yan to decide before the end of the month, while Yin Li told Huang Jiuli to train for the coming team competition.
• Qin Yan returned to his courtyard and divided his time between spear practice and refining Meridian Unblocking Pills.
• On December 16th, Qin Yan broke through the barrier to his Fifteenth Meridian and began letting it stabilize.

Qin Yan learned the details of the upcoming mission-based Inner Academy Assessment and agreed to team up with Huang Jiuli. After drinking her powerful Spirit Wine, he began using its energy to open his Sixteenth Meridian.

• Shen Wanqian confirmed that the Sanctuary would hold the Inner Academy Assessment through missions within the next three months and explained the competition rules to Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan weighed his options and decided to accept Huang Jiuli's invitation to form a team.
• Qin Yan visited Huang Jiuli's courtyard, agreed to cooperate, and toasted with her.
• The Spirit Wine made Qin Yan's blood surge with heat, so he circulated the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and directed its power toward his Sixteenth Meridian.

Qin Yan opened two more meridians with Huang Jiuli’s Phoenix Brew, then spent the following weeks cultivating and preparing for the End-of-Month Assessment. By the assessment, he had reached Late Meridian Unblocking with thirty-one meridians open, and the chapter ended as the challenges continued beneath the evening sky.

• Qin Yan opened his Sixteenth and Seventeenth Meridians while refining the energy from Huang Jiuli’s Phoenix Brew, impressing Huang Jiuli with his cultivation speed.
• Qin Yan asked Huang Jiuli about the remaining team members and learned they were both Sixth Grade Special-Class Disciples; he then left to continue cultivating.
• Qin Yan practiced spear techniques and refined Meridian Unblocking Pills until the December 31st End-of-Month Assessment began.
• Qin Yan inspected his progress and found that he had opened thirty-one meridians, transformed twenty-five into Blood Demon Veins, and reached Late Meridian Unblocking with 381,000 Cal of Base Blood Qi.
• The disciples sensed Qin Yan’s formidable aura, while Ao Yuan felt relieved that Prince Long Aotian had stopped ordering him to challenge Qin Yan.
• The assessment’s challenges continued as the sun set over the Mystic Sanctuary.

Yun Nichang announced a three-month mission competition in which the top six thousand disciples would enter the Inner Academy, while the top ten teams would qualify for a newly discovered Small World. Qin Yan formed a team with Huang Jiuli, prepared by training, and welcomed January 1, 2027, determined to enter the Inner Academy and reach the Small World.

• Yun Nichang ended the assessment and announced that the top six thousand disciples by Mystic Points over the next three months would enter the Inner Academy.
• Yun Nichang opened five-person teams across the four academies and declared that the top ten teams would qualify for the newly discovered Small World.
• Qin Yan read the assessment rules and formed a team with Huang Jiuli, who said she would later recruit Yin Li.
• Qin Yan returned to his courtyard and trained with his spear to prepare for the competition and the Small World.
• On January 1, 2027, Qin Yan reflected on his time at the Mystic Sanctuary and looked ahead to a new beginning.

Qin Yan mastered triple-attribute fusion through the Five Elements Chaos Genesis and began breaking through to Sixth Grade by using all fifty Sixth Grade Spirit Pills to nourish his Five Elements Saplings. The chapter left him in the midst of his breakthrough, as a tremendous bang sounded within his body.

• Qin Yan saw that his Five Elements Chaos Genesis had reached 53% and confirmed he had mastered all ten dual-attribute fusions.
• Qin Yan fused metal, wood, and fire True Qi for the first time, meeting the conditions to break through to Sixth Grade and unlocking the potential for Three-Colored Divine Light.
• Qin Yan planned to focus next on the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and Alchemy, then began circulating the Five Elements Chaos Genesis to break through.
• Qin Yan swallowed all fifty Sixth Grade Spirit Pills, guiding their medicinal power into the Five Elements Saplings within his body.
• Qin Yan heard a tremendous bang within his body as the five saplings underwent a dramatic change and radiated their respective Five Elements Light.

Qin Yan cultivated the Gold Element Wonder Tree and linked it to his Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon, then checked his status after reaching Early Sixth Grade. His Total Blood Qi had risen to 525,000 Cal, exceeding that of an ordinary Peak Sixth Grade warrior.

• Qin Yan began condensing the Gold Element Wonder Tree using the seals from the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• The Gold Element Wonder Tree grew to three zhang tall, its golden aura sharpening as it completed its transformation.
• Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon sent golden light into the tree, forming a Spear Pattern that linked it to Qin Yan’s Lifebound Spirit Weapon and Spear Path techniques.
• Qin Yan opened his panel and saw that his Total Blood Qi had reached 525,000 Cal after breaking through to Early Sixth Grade.
• Qin Yan compared his Blood Qi with that of ordinary Peak Sixth Grade warriors and considered how the Mystic Sanctuary and Heavenly Arena drew unusually powerful dual cultivators.

After reaching the Early Sixth Grade, Spirit Transformation Realm, Qin Yan trained to earn Skill Points and rapidly advanced his alchemy until he learned to refine Meridian Unblocking Pills. He used his monthly Mystic Points to buy materials and successfully made ten top-grade pills, leaving him ready to rely on alchemy for resources.

• Qin Yan broke through to the Early Sixth Grade, Spirit Transformation Realm, and found that his training earned him twice as many Skill Points as before.
• Qin Yan spent his Skill Points improving his alchemy, becoming a Fourth-Rank Alchemist in two days and a Fifth Grade Alchemist six days later.
• Qin Yan advanced his alchemy to 17% and comprehended how to refine the Meridian Unblocking Pill, so he stopped investing Skill Points in alchemy.
• Huang Jiuli questioned Qin Yan about his zero Contribution Points, and he explained that he was breaking through.
• Qin Yan spent his 50 Mystic Points on ten batches of Meridian Unblocking Pill materials and refined the first batch into ten top-grade pills.

Qin Yan opened all thirty-six meridians and accepted a mission to escort Nangong Wan'er to the Azure Cloud Sect. He arrived at the Nangong Clan as the family waited for the final guard to join the escort.

• Qin Yan refined one hundred Meridian Unblocking Pills and used them to open all thirty-six of his meridians, with five still undergoing nurturing.
• Qin Yan checked his team’s contributions, saw that his own remained at zero, and searched the expanded Outer Academy mission list.
• Qin Yan accepted a three-star mission to escort Nangong Wan'er to the Azure Cloud Sect for 40 Mystic Points.
• Qin Yan left the Mystic Sanctuary and reached the Nangong Clan, where Nangong Tian waited with his daughter for the last of the assigned guards.

Qin Yan joined Fan Hu, Zhao Tieshan, and Zhou Yuanqing to escort Nangong Wan'er from Mystic City to the Azure Cloud Sect. As their spaceship traveled, Nangong Wan'er asked Qin Yan to tell her about the Mystic Sanctuary.

• Nangong Tian warned Nangong Wan'er that hostile families might try to stop her from joining the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Qin Yan arrived and met Nangong Wan'er and the three other escorts, who looked down on him for being only at the Early Sixth Grade.
• Fan Hu urged the group to depart, and Nangong Tian said goodbye to Nangong Wan'er.
• Qin Yan and the others escorted Nangong Wan'er aboard a spaceship bound for the final stretch of her journey to the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Nangong Wan'er asked Qin Yan about the Mystic Sanctuary.

Qin Yan told Nangong Wan'er and her escorts about the Mystic Sanctuary, but they laughed when he claimed to be a Special-Class Disciple. The group reached Green Plain and began escorting Nangong Wan'er toward the Azure Cloud Sect, with Qin Yan carrying her as they traveled.

• Qin Yan described the Mystic Sanctuary's Heavenly Stairway and End-of-Month Assessment, recounting the feats of its powerful disciples.
• Zhou Yuanqing asked Qin Yan what class of disciple he was, and Qin Yan said he was one of the 113 Special-Class Disciples.
• Fan Hu, Zhao Tieshan, and Zhou Yuanqing laughed at Qin Yan's claim, while Nangong Wan'er also doubted he looked like a Special-Class Disciple.
• The group arrived at Green Plain, where Fan Hu led the escort formation around Nangong Wan'er as they set out for the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Qin Yan carried Nangong Wan'er in a barrier of Eternal Wood True Qi and kept pace with the escorts without showing fatigue.

Old Monster Canglang ambushed Qin Yan’s group, badly wounding two escorts before Qin Yan used Eternal Wood True Qi to suppress the Canglang Arrow Intent and heal them. After the Late Sixth Grade Wolf Gang expert threatened Nangong Wan'er, Fan Hu fled, leaving the others facing Old Monster Canglang.

• Three arrows struck the group, piercing Fan Hu’s shoulder and knocking Zhao Tieshan and Zhou Yuanqing from the sky with severe wounds.
• Qin Yan used Eternal Wood True Qi to eliminate the Arrow Intent in Zhao Tieshan and Zhou Yuanqing’s wounds and begin healing them.
• Old Monster Canglang appeared and revealed his Late Sixth Grade strength, while Nangong Wan'er identified him as the Wolf Gang’s Third Master.
• Old Monster Canglang threatened Nangong Wan'er, and Fan Hu fled after deciding their group could not defeat him.

Old Monster Canglang crippled Fan Hu after he tried to flee, then attacked Nangong Wan'er, his target. Qin Yan's protective barrier shielded her from every blow, leaving Old Monster Canglang unable to break through.

• Fan Hu tried to escape, but Old Monster Canglang shot him with the Soul-Chasing Canglang Arrow and blasted apart his limbs.
• Fan Hu's Golden Halberd War Tiger Projection was torn apart, and he collapsed beside Qin Yan and the others.
• Old Monster Canglang warned the others not to run, then approached Nangong Wan'er and tried to touch her.
• Qin Yan's Eternal Wood True Qi barrier stopped Old Monster Canglang from reaching Nangong Wan'er.
• Old Monster Canglang repeatedly struck the barrier, but it remained intact and kept Nangong Wan'er safe.

Qin Yan watched Old Monster Canglang fail to break his True Qi shield, then ended the fight by killing him with a Blood Chain. Nangong Wan'er and the others survived, while Qin Yan absorbed the blood energy and learned that Wolf Gang had threatened him.

• Old Monster Canglang fired a powerful Greedy Wolf Arrow at Qin Yan’s shield, but it only made the barrier tremble slightly.
• Old Monster Canglang turned away from Nangong Wan'er and attacked Qin Yan, who said the fight could end.
• Qin Yan summoned a Blood Vortex and Blood Chain, which pierced through Old Monster Canglang’s Greedy Wolf Arrow.
• The Blood Chain pierced Old Monster Canglang’s chest and drained his blood despite his pleas and threats about Wolf Gang.
• Qin Yan withdrew the Blood Chain after Old Monster Canglang died and absorbed the blood energy of the Late Sixth Grade Martial Artist.

Qin Yan absorbed Old Monster Canglang’s blood qi, strengthened his Blood Demon Martial Meridians and Blood Puppets, then led the remaining escorts onward to the Azure Cloud Sect. The group traveled without further attacks, while Qin Yan continued absorbing the blood energy of Fierce Beasts.

• Qin Yan absorbed Old Monster Canglang’s blood qi, bringing the blood qi in his Blood Demon Martial Meridians to over forty percent and nurturing his Blood Puppets.
• Nangong Wan'er, Fan Hu, Zhao Tieshan, and Zhou Yuanqing realized Qin Yan might truly be a Special-Class Disciple of the Mystic Sanctuary and treated him with reverence.
• Fan Hu withdrew from the escort party because his severed limbs left him unable to continue, and Qin Yan allowed him to go.
• Qin Yan, Zhao Tieshan, Zhou Yuanqing, and Nangong Wan'er continued toward the Azure Cloud Sect without encountering more attackers.
• Qin Yan killed the Fierce Beasts they encountered and absorbed their blood energy.

Qin Yan left Nangong Wan'er at the Azure Cloud Sect and headed for the Wolf Gang to complete a bounty mission and eliminate a potential threat. At the gang's camp, Black Wolf and Scar Wolf confirmed that Qin Yan had killed Old Monster Canglang, then killed Fan Hu, leaving the question of revenge unresolved.

• Nangong Wan'er registered at the Azure Cloud Sect and said farewell to Qin Yan, Zhao Tieshan, and Zhou Yuan.
• Qin Yan left to pursue a mission to annihilate the Wolf Gang, whose Third Master, Old Monster Canglang, he had killed.
• Scar Wolf and Black Wolf questioned the tortured Fan Hu and learned that Qin Yan had killed Old Monster Canglang in one move.
• Black Wolf ordered Scar Wolf to kill Fan Hu, and Scar Wolf blasted him into ashes with lightning.
• Scar Wolf asked whether they would avenge Old Monster Canglang, and Black Wolf fell silent.

Qin Yan attacked the Wolf Gang and drained Scar Wolf of his blood, revealing himself as the killer of Black Wolf’s Third Brother. He then unleashed a swarm of Blood Chains against Black Wolf, who faced an apparently deadly attack.

• Scar Wolf hesitated over whether to avenge his Third Brother when Qin Yan’s assault broke into the Wolf Gang’s camp.
• Scar Wolf’s Thunder Wolf Breaker failed to stop Qin Yan’s Blood Chain, which pierced him and drained his blood.
• Black Wolf fired a Blood-colored Arrow at the Blood Chain, but the arrow dissipated and Scar Wolf died as a dried corpse.
• Qin Yan told Black Wolf that he had killed his Third Brother, and Black Wolf recognized him as Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan sent multiple Blood Chains surging toward Black Wolf from every direction.

Black Wolf summoned his Blood Fiend Wolf to destroy Qin Yan’s Blood Chains, but Qin Yan used the Mo Yuan spirit weapon and amplified his chain until it crushed the projection. Black Wolf was injured and realized Qin Yan could defeat him easily.

• Black Wolf summoned the Blood Fiend Wolf, which tore through Qin Yan’s Blood Chains.
• Qin Yan assessed the projection’s power and drew the Mo Yuan spirit weapon.
• Qin Yan activated Blood Burst and formed a massive chain amplified by his weapon and Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan’s chain bound and crushed the Blood Fiend Wolf, causing Black Wolf to spit blood.
• Black Wolf feared that Qin Yan could now kill him without difficulty.

Qin Yan defeated Black Wolf, drained his blood to strengthen his Blood Puppets, and secured the Wolf Gang’s resources. The next day, a six-person party arrived to destroy the gang, unaware of what had happened.

• Black Wolf’s Blood Fiend Soul-Destroying Arrow failed to stop Qin Yan’s Blood Chain, which bound him and drained his blood.
• Qin Yan summoned twenty-five Blood Puppets and let them absorb Black Wolf’s blood qi while he balanced the blood qi and Demon Qi in his martial meridians.
• Black Wolf died, and his blood qi produced twenty additional Late Fifth Grade Blood Puppets.
• Qin Yan stored the Blood Puppets and took the Wolf Gang’s resources from its cellar.
• A party of six warriors arrived at the Wolf Gang’s camp to carry out a bounty mission and planned to quickly defeat its leaders.

After Qin Yan destroyed the Wolf Gang, he returned to the Mystic Sanctuary and refined its resources to strengthen himself and the Mo Yuan spirit weapon. By the end of the month, Mo Yuan had reached Ninety-Five Patterns, leaving Qin Yan eager to discover the skill it would grant at a hundred.

• Six warriors entered the Wolf Gang's camp and found its members, including Scar Wolf and Black Wolf, dead and drained of blood.
• News of the Wolf Gang's destruction spread through Mystic City, though no one knew Qin Yan had done it.
• Qin Yan exchanged the Wolf Gang's unneeded resources for Sixth Grade Metal Attribute Spirit Pills and used them to nourish his Gold Element Wonder Tree.
• Qin Yan spent the following days refining pills, practicing his Spear Technique, and taking missions while Mo Yuan absorbed energy from ores and weapons.
• At the end of the month, Qin Yan saw that Mo Yuan had reached Ninety-Five Patterns and wondered what Spirit Weapon Skill it would gain at one hundred.

Qin Yan reviewed his gains, including a breakthrough to Peak Fifth Grade Body Tempering and a Grandmaster Realm Ice Flame Spear Technique, while his Qi Refining remained stuck at Early Sixth Grade. At the monthly assessment, Huang Jiuli revealed she had cleared the Heavenly Stairway, and the Challenge Tournament began with no one daring to challenge Qin Yan.

• Qin Yan checked his panel and saw his Blood Qi had risen to 580,000 Cal and his Ice Flame Spear Technique had reached the Grandmaster Realm, though his Qi Refining had not advanced.
• Qin Yan went to Holy Land Square for the End-of-Month Assessment and met Huang Jiuli, who noticed his increased strength and contribution points.
• Huang Jiuli told Qin Yan she had cleared the 999 Steps Heavenly Stairway, then explained that their teammates Lu Qingshan and Yun Wuyue were North Academy disciples from prominent Mystic City clans allied with Yin Li's family.
• The Heavenly Stairway trial ended, and Huang Jiuli joined the seven strongest disciples on the golden thrones at the top of the pyramid.
• The Challenge Tournament began, and Qin Yan watched from his throne as no disciple challenged him.

After a month of training, Qin Yan met Huang Jiuli and traveled to Mystic City to join his team for a dangerous mission against the Seven Star Sword Sect, which had allegedly colluded with the Demon Sect. The team gathered at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, where Qin Yan met the other members.

• Qin Yan trained for a month, raising the Undying Blood Demon Scripture to 48% and reaching 580,000 Cal of total blood qi.
• Qin Yan checked his team's Super Five-Star mission to destroy the Seven Star Sword Sect and kill its high-ranking members for 5,000 Mystic Points.
• Qin Yan met Huang Jiuli and went with him to Mystic City to join the team before their mission.
• At the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Lu Qingshan, Yun Qingge, and Yin Li waited for Huang Jiuli and Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan entered the private room and observed Yin Li's unfathomable aura.

Qin Yan met the other Special-Class Disciples assigned to his mission and learned that his cultivation was the lowest among them. After teasing Huang Jiuli about an embarrassing moment on the Heavenly Stairway, the group turned to planning their mission.

• Yin Li, Huang Jiuli, Qin Yan, Lu Qingshan, and Yun Qingge introduced their cultivation levels and abilities.
• Qin Yan realized he was the least advanced cultivator in the group, while Huang Jiuli reminded him that the others were among the best in their branches.
• Qin Yan teased Huang Jiuli about lying on Layer 998 of the Heavenly Stairway, and she hurriedly denied that anything had happened.
• Yin Li ended the banter and summoned a detailed map so the group could discuss how to complete their mission.

Yin Li’s group began its plan to destroy the Seven Star Sword Sect by drawing its strongest fighters away from the sect. Huang Jiuli lured out one vice sect master and two elders, and Yin Li approached the mountain gate to draw out more.

• Yin Li explained the Seven Star Sword Sect’s defenses, and the group finalized a plan to lure its experts away before attacking the sect together.
• The group traveled by flying ship to the Seven Star Sword Sect, where Huang Jiuli flew ahead to provoke its defenders.
• Huang Jiuli insulted the sect and fought one vice sect master and two elders before pretending to flee and drawing them away in pursuit.
• Qin Yan identified the three pursuers, and Yin Li said she would try to draw out another vice sect master and several elders.
• Yin Li reached the mountain gate and lightly plucked the strings of her guqin.

Yin Li attacked the Seven Star Sword Sect’s gate, and Sovereign Star Wuji emerged with Liu Rufeng and the five elders. Yun Qingge accused the sect of colluding with the Demon Sect, prompting Wuji to order an attack on her group.

• Yin Li shattered the Seven Star Sword Sect’s plaque and used spiritual pressure to pin its disciples to the ground.
• Yin Li sent sound blades toward the sect’s gates, but a sword intent from within destroyed one of them.
• Sovereign Star Wuji emerged with Vice Sect Master Liu Rufeng and the five elders to confront Yin Li.
• Lu Qingshan, Yun Qingge, and Qin Yan joined Yin Li, and Qin Yan sent Huang Jiuli a message to return for the final battle.
• Yun Qingge accused the Seven Star Sword Sect of colluding with the Demon Sect, and its leaders reacted with alarm.
• Sovereign Star Wuji ordered his group to attack, intending to kill the intruders and flee.