Recaps

Qin Yan killed Jin Feng with the Abyss Fire Lotus and obtained 0.02% Spear Dao Essence. After absorbing it, he reunited with Jiang Li and prepared to leave the Ruined Battlefield.

• Qin Yan's Abyss Fire Lotus pierced and consumed Jin Feng's Dazzling Gold Golden Body, destroying Jin Feng and his Golden Body completely.
• Qin Yan discovered 0.02% Spear Dao Essence where Jin Feng had vanished and absorbed it into his spiritual world.
• Qin Yan recalled the Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar, then flew down to Jiang Li.
• Jiang Li came out of her daze when Qin Yan told her they should leave, and she agreed.

After Qin Yan left Extinction Canyon with Jiang Li, witnesses reported his victory over Jin Feng, spreading news of his strength across the Mystic Realm. Qin Yan and Jiang Li continued toward the Core Zone, where they encountered fewer but far more powerful Martial Artists.

• Jiang Li flew ahead toward the Outer Zone, and Qin Yan followed as the Martial Artists who had coveted his Spear Dao Essence trembled at his indifferent glance and decided to leave the Ruined Battlefield.
• An Ancient Trace Kingdom soldier sent word that Qin Yan had killed Seventh-Rank Grandmaster Jin Feng and described Jiang Li as a powerful companion.
• The Ancient Trace Kingdom activated its intelligence network to investigate Qin Yan, while other factions spread news of his victory throughout the Mystic Realm.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li walked toward the Core Zone, rested at an abandoned camp, and reflected on their recent battle and condition.
• The pair encountered fewer Martial Artists near the Core Zone, but each one they saw possessed at least Grandmaster-level strength, so they grew more cautious.

Qin Yan and Jiang Li reached the Ruined Battlefield’s Core Zone, where the lingering powers of two fallen Venerables continued to clash. Qin Yan began sensing the Annihilation Aura as his Annihilation Spear Intent emerged.

• Li Qing sensed a powerful hidden Peak Grandmaster protecting Qin Yan and Jiang Li, and warned Wang Mang and their companion not to provoke them.
• Li Qing led his two friends toward the Core Zone to try again for Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li arrived at the Core Zone and saw the Purple Thunder Sea clashing with the black Annihilation mist left by two fallen Venerables.
• Qin Yan sat down, reached out to the surrounding Annihilation Aura with his spiritual power, and released his Annihilation Spear Intent.

Qin Yan found that the Annihilation Aura at the Core Zone’s edge was too weak to condense Supreme Spear Intent, so he went deeper while Jiang Li stayed behind. A Grandmaster-level Vengeful Spirit attacked Jiang Li, but her hidden protector, Jin Gang, destroyed it with Diamond Fist.

• Qin Yan drew in Annihilation Aura with his Spear Intent of Annihilation but found the concentration insufficient to condense Supreme Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan told Jiang Li to wait at the edge of the Core Zone and walked deeper into the mist.
• Jiang Li sat down to cultivate while a Vengeful Spirit of the Early-Stage Grandmaster level emerged and attacked her.
• A golden barrier repelled the Vengeful Spirit’s strike and blasted it away from Jiang Li.
• Jin Gang used Diamond Fist to crush the Vengeful Spirit, and Jiang Li thanked him for protecting her.

Jiang Li continued cultivating after the golden barrier around her disappeared, while Qin Yan entered the Core Zone and found that Grandmaster Level Vengeful Spirits avoided him when he carried the Aura of Annihilation. After testing his suspicion, Qin Yan confirmed that the aura kept them from attacking, giving him a way to avoid one of the Core Zone’s greatest dangers.

• After bidding Jiang Li farewell, Qin Yan traveled deeper into the Core Zone, where Annihilation Black Mist and Purple Thunder battered him.
• Qin Yan encountered a Grandmaster Level Vengeful Spirit, but it turned away without attacking him.
• Qin Yan met several more powerful Vengeful Spirits, and each one left after noticing him.
• Qin Yan withdrew the Aura of Annihilation and Spear Intent around himself, then continued onward to test whether they were keeping the Vengeful Spirits away.
• When another Grandmaster Level Vengeful Spirit charged, Qin Yan drew the Aura of Annihilation around himself, and the spirit turned away; Qin Yan confirmed the aura prevented their attacks.

Qin Yan traveled deep into the Core Zone, where he found liquefied Annihilation Aura and met the final conditions to condense the Great Annihilation Spear Intent. He prepared to begin his breakthrough with Little Black and a hidden Holy Land expert guarding him.

• Qin Yan used the Aura of Annihilation to pass through the Core Zone without fighting its Vengeful Spirits.
• Qin Yan pushed deeper through increasingly dense Annihilation Aura until he could no longer continue, then found black raindrops of liquefied Annihilation Force.
• Qin Yan realized the liquid energy supplied the last environmental requirement for condensing the Great Annihilation Spear Intent, after fulfilling its Spear Intent and physical prerequisites.
• Qin Yan confirmed the area was clear and ordered Little Black to guard him with its Darkness Clone while he broke through.
• Qin Yan gave Little Black five Spirit Runes and relied on the hidden Holy Land expert and his reputation to reduce the risk of interference.

Qin Yan began condensing the Great Annihilation Spear Intent by releasing his Annihilation Aura and bringing his Spear Intents together. The Aura balanced the first three, but the arrival of his fourth Spear Intent disrupted them, forcing Qin Yan to control their power with his spiritual strength.

• Qin Yan released his blood qi and First-Rank Spear Intent of Annihilation, drawing Annihilation Aura across a hundred zhang.
• Qin Yan brought out his Fourth Grade Annihilation End Spear Intent, and the Aura balanced it against the Spear Intent of Annihilation.
• Qin Yan added his Third Grade Quiet Extinction Spear Intent, and the Aura helped the three Spear Intents reach a fragile balance.
• Qin Yan released his Second Grade Extinction Spear Intent, throwing all four into turmoil beyond the Aura's ability to regulate.
• Qin Yan used his 499.5-hertz spiritual power to sense and control the fluctuations of all four Spear Intents.

Qin Yan fused his four Spear Intents with the help of concentrated Annihilation Force, creating a growing sphere of power. Meanwhile, Top Grade Martial Artists confronted the Purple Thunder in the deepest part of the Core Zone, where three enormous Golden Bodies stood out among the challengers.

• Qin Yan simultaneously controlled his four Spear Intents and drew them together for a dangerous fusion.
• Qin Yan used the Spear Intent of Annihilation to draw in liquid-grade Annihilation Aura, which stabilized the merging Spear Intents.
• The four Spear Intents formed a black sphere above Qin Yan that pulsed and grew stronger as something developed within it.
• In the deepest part of the Core Zone, purple lightning rained down on Top Grade Martial Artists as they unleashed their Golden Bodies.
• Three Golden Bodies, each several hundred meters tall, towered over the other Martial Artists' Golden Bodies.

The Martial Artists in the Thunder Sea watched the powerful Golden Bodies and discussed the rival claims of Ancient Trace Kingdom’s Eldest Prince Jun Wentian and Third Princess Jun Qingyu to the throne. With the king preparing to abdicate, the kingdom’s powerful families weighed which heir to support.

• The chapter explained how Golden Body height reflected a Grandmaster’s strength and described the rarity and benefits of reaching ninety-nine zhang.
• The Martial Artists saw a lightning-wreathed Golden Body standing six hundred and ninety zhang tall, belonging to Eldest Prince Jun Wentian, who had reached Peak-Stage Grandmaster.
• The gathered experts debated whether Jun Wentian’s Martial Dao strength or Jun Qingyu’s mental strength, Light Power, and Temple of Light backing made a stronger claim to the throne.
• The chapter revealed that the king planned to abdicate and that the families’ choices of heir could bring them power, titles, fiefs, and resources.

Martial artists struggled to cross Venerable Purple Thunder’s Thunder Sea in pursuit of his inheritance, which only accepted inheritors below the Venerable level. Jun Wentian and two other Great Grandmasters were the last to remain inside as they advanced toward the depths; beyond the sea, Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance site lay shrouded in black fog.

• Martial artists entered Venerable Purple Thunder’s Thunder Sea and endured its increasingly powerful purple lightning as they sought the inheritance sigil.
• The chapter explained that Venerables had reached the sigil before but were rejected because the inheritance only recognized candidates below the Venerable level.
• Purple lightning blasted every Grandmaster out of the sea, leaving only Jun Wentian and two other Great Grandmasters struggling onward.
• Jun Wentian’s 690-zhang golden Golden Body, an azure Golden Body, and a crimson Golden Body advanced deeper into the Thunder Sea, slowing as the lightning grew stronger.
• The view shifted to Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance site, where Annihilation Dense Fog and droplets of Annihilation Water filled the area beyond the Thunder Sea.

The Artifact Spirit of Venerable Annihilation's inheritance site despaired over the lack of a suitable inheritor until it sensed the unusually pure Annihilation Aura around Qin Yan. Qin Yan condensed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype, but as he prepared to absorb it, Vengeful Spirits emerged around him.

• The Artifact Spirit lamented that no Martial Artist had met Venerable Annihilation's demanding requirements for an inheritor.
• The Artifact Spirit sensed a remarkably pure Annihilation Aura spreading through the fog and traced it to Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan completed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype after several hours of cultivation.
• Qin Yan prepared to absorb the prototype into his body, but howls sounded from all directions and Vengeful Spirits appeared around him.

Qin Yan drew the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype into his body while Vengeful Spirits gathered and worshipped it. The Spear Intent tore through him faster than his body could heal, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Vengeful Spirits of various strengths converged on Qin Yan and knelt in reverence before the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype.
• Qin Yan realized the spirits would not attack him and guided the Spear Intent Prototype toward his body.
• Qin Yan took a Sixth Grade Revitalizing Pill before the Spear Intent Prototype entered him.
• The Spear Intent’s Annihilation Aura tore through Qin Yan’s meridians, organs, bones, and flesh, covering him in blood and deep wounds.
• Qin Yan used the Undying Blood Demon Body and the pill’s medicinal power to heal himself, but the Spear Intent damaged him faster than he recovered.

Qin Yan endured the Great Annihilation Spear Intent entering his body, then nurtured its prototype with his blood and vitality until it was complete. Its manifestation shook the Core Zone, where Grandmasters wondered if the power he had achieved was Supreme Spear Intent.

• Qin Yan controlled the Great Annihilation Spear Intent's power, easing its damage and allowing his body to heal as he nourished the prototype with his blood and vitality.
• After a day and night, the prototype grew to three zhang and transformed into the complete Great Annihilation Spear Intent, releasing a vast black spear phantom and dispersing the Annihilation Black Mist.
• Jiang Li sensed the spear phantom from the outskirts of the Core Zone, concluded that Qin Yan had succeeded, and returned to cultivating.
• Grandmasters at Venerable Purple Thunder's inheritance grounds saw the black spear phantom and debated its rank.
• A well-informed old Grandmaster rejected the idea that it was First Rank Spear Intent, prompting another Grandmaster to ask if it was Supreme Spear Intent.

Qin Yan condensed Supreme-Grade Great Annihilation Spear Intent and planned to cultivate the Five Elements Spear Intents next so he could pursue Lunar-Solar Spear Intent. Grandmasters arrived to witness his breakthrough and recognized him as a peerless genius who was not native to the Ancient Trace Kingdom.

• Qin Yan recalled the phantom spear and revealed that he had condensed Great Annihilation Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan tested the new intent with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon and inspected his status panel, where the Supreme-Grade intent had replaced its four prerequisites.
• Qin Yan decided to focus on mastering the Five Elements Spear Intents and obtain the missing Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent to prepare for Lunar-Solar Spear Intent.
• Dozens of Grandmasters arrived, recognized Qin Yan, and lamented that he was not a native of the Ancient Trace Kingdom.

After Qin Yan condensed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent, a black barrier linked to Venerable Annihilation carried him toward the depths of the Core Zone. Unable to break free, he prepared to wait until he learned who had taken him and why.

• A Late-Stage Grandmaster noticed the Vengeful Spirits kneeling before Qin Yan instead of attacking him.
• Black light formed from the Annihilation Black Mist surrounded Qin Yan and carried him toward the Core Zone, prompting the Martial Artists to pursue him.
• Qin Yan attacked the barrier with his Great Annihilation Spear Intent, but his blows left it unharmed.
• An aged voice told Qin Yan the barrier could not be broken even by ordinary Great Grandmasters and said he would understand once they arrived.
• After the voice stopped answering, Qin Yan put away his spear, sat cross-legged, and adjusted his condition while waiting to learn his destination and captor's purpose.

A black light carried Qin Yan into Venerable Annihilation’s Inheritance, where he met the damaged battle blade’s Artifact Spirit. After learning that Qin Yan had condensed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent, the Artifact Spirit decided he was an ideal candidate to inherit his master’s legacy.

• The black light carried Qin Yan through the Annihilation Black Mist to a lake of terrifying Annihilation Force deep in the Core Zone.
• The black light brought Qin Yan onto the hilt of a damaged giant battle blade, where his Great Annihilation Spear Intent repelled the surrounding Annihilation Aura.
• The Artifact Spirit appeared from within the blade and praised Qin Yan’s Supreme Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan told the Artifact Spirit that his Spear Intent was called the Great Annihilation Spear Intent.
• The Artifact Spirit decided to offer Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance to Qin Yan if his character passed muster.

The Artifact Spirit offered Qin Yan Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance and explained that he needed to earn its recognition. The chapter left off with Qin Yan revealing that his Mental Strength had reached 499.5 hertz, far exceeding the Artifact Spirit’s expectations.

• The Artifact Spirit told Qin Yan that he had brought him to receive Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance.
• Qin Yan accepted the opportunity, reasoning that the inheritance could help him deepen his understanding of the Great Annihilation Spear Intent.
• The Artifact Spirit said the trial required Qin Yan to gain its recognition and admitted he was only half recognized.
• The Artifact Spirit asked Qin Yan how strong his Mental Strength was, expecting little because Qin Yan already cultivated both Qi and Body.
• Qin Yan told the Artifact Spirit that his Mental Strength was 499.5 hertz.

Qin Yan revealed that his Darkness Attribute Mental Strength had reached 499.5 hertz, astonishing the Artifact Spirit. After Qin Yan agreed to become an Array Mage, the Artifact Spirit declared that he had passed the test.

• Qin Yan released his Half-Step Grandmaster-level Darkness Attribute Mental Strength, and the Artifact Spirit recognized him as a Dark Cultivator with 499.5 hertz.
• The Artifact Spirit marveled at Qin Yan’s Supreme Spear Intent, triple cultivation, and exceptional Mental Strength.
• The Artifact Spirit asked whether Qin Yan wanted to become an Array Mage, and Qin Yan firmly agreed.
• Qin Yan considered how his Shadow Clone could handle learning Array Mage skills while he focused on Qi Refining and Body Refining.
• The Artifact Spirit told Qin Yan that he had passed the test.

Qin Yan faced the final trial for Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance: spending three days in Annihilation Aura. The aura submitted to his Great Annihilation Spear Intent while he trained in Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent, leaving the Artifact Spirit puzzled by his cultivation.

• The Artifact Spirit told Qin Yan he had to remain for three days so it could judge his compatibility with Annihilation Aura.
• Annihilation Aura surged toward Qin Yan, but his Great Annihilation Spear Intent made it stop and circle him peacefully.
• Qin Yan picked up the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon and trained in Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent, gradually improving his comprehension.
• The Artifact Spirit wondered why Qin Yan was cultivating another Spear Intent despite Supreme Grade Spear Intent supposedly preventing other Spear Intents from coexisting, and decided to wait before asking him.

Grandmasters watched the Annihilation Black Mist as Qin Yan remained trapped inside, and some planned to rob him if he obtained Venerable Annihilation's Inheritance. In the Purple Thunder Sea, Jun Wentian continued forward while the other two grandmasters were forced to retreat before reaching the Purple Thunder Symbol.

• The grandmasters could not enter the Annihilation Black Mist, and several secretly planned to kill Qin Yan and take the inheritance if he came out with it.
• Enormous purple lightning bolts struck Jun Wentian and two other grandmasters as they struggled through the Purple Thunder Sea.
• Jun Wentian's Heavenly Punishment Lightning Golden Body absorbed much of the purple lightning and continued advancing.
• The other two grandmasters' Golden Bodies were badly damaged, so they abandoned their attempt and headed for the edge of the Thunder Sea.

Liu Qingxuan and Huo Wuji fled the Thunder Sea after purple lightning shattered their Golden Bodies, while Jun Wentian continued advancing toward Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance. At Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance site, Qin Yan found the Annihilation Aura growing so fierce that he had to keep Great Annihilation Spear Intent released to hold it back.

• Liu Qingxuan worried that Jun Wentian’s progress toward Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance would further disadvantage Third Princess Jun Qingyu.
• Huo Wuji reconsidered his family’s neutrality and wondered whether to support Jun Wentian.
• Purple lightning shattered parts of Liu Qingxuan and Huo Wuji’s Golden Bodies, but they escaped to the Outer Zone and returned alive.
• Jun Wentian expanded his domain to weaken the purple lightning and advanced farther into the Thunder Sea.
• Qin Yan used Great Annihilation Spear Intent to block the increasingly dense Annihilation Aura while cultivating his First Grade White Metal Sharp Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan realized the Annihilation Aura had grown too powerful to withstand without continuously releasing Great Annihilation Spear Intent.

Qin Yan faced the escalating Annihilation Aura in Venerable Annihilation’s final trial, but his Great Annihilation Spear Intent was eventually shattered. With the aura surging toward him, he summoned his Darkness Altar and Five Elements Wonder Tree to defend himself.

• Qin Yan used his Great Annihilation Spear Intent to hold back the Annihilation Aura through the first day of the trial.
• On the second day, the denser aura formed an Annihilation War Blade and clashed with Qin Yan’s spear shadow.
• Qin Yan’s Great Annihilation Spear Intent weakened under the blade’s growing power until the spear shadow cracked and shattered.
• Qin Yan’s blood and vital energy repelled the aura that reached him, but the remaining torrent rushed toward him after his spear shadow broke.
• Qin Yan summoned the Darkness Altar and Five Elements Wonder Tree, which formed layered shields around him.

Qin Yan’s defenses against the Annihilation War Blade failed, leaving the Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar to battle it. In the Thunder Sea, Jun Wentian reached the final step toward Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance as a Lightning Phantom unleashed a devastating strike.

• Qin Yan used the Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar to hold off the Annihilation War Blade as it absorbed Annihilation Aura and Annihilation Water and grew stronger.
• On the third day, the Annihilation War Blade shattered Qin Yan’s dual shield, then fought the Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar to a draw.
• Jun Wentian advanced to within three zhang of the purple lightning symbol in the Thunder Sea, despite the Purple Forbidden Domain and damage to his Heavenly Punishment Lightning Golden Body.
• A purple Lightning Phantom formed and struck its Thunder Hammer against its Thunder Chisel, sending a powerful bolt of lightning at Jun Wentian.
• Jun Wentian gathered black lightning around his Great Halberd and prepared to meet the attack with Thunder Dragon Exits the Sea.

Jun Wentian crossed the Thunder Sea and reached Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance, earning praise from the watching Grandmasters. The inheritance’s phantom told him that passing the trial only granted him the qualification to inherit, and that he had arrived too late to receive it directly.

• Jun Wentian used his Heavenly Punishment Lightning Golden Body and Thunder Dragon Exits the Sea to distract the purple lightning, then stepped into the deepest part of the Thunder Sea.
• The Lightning Phantom vanished, confirming that Jun Wentian had passed the trial, and the watching Grandmasters congratulated him while Huo Wuji decided to join his faction.
• Jun Wentian dismissed his damaged Golden Body and touched the purple lightning symbol, receiving its lightning and information.
• Venerable Purple Thunder’s phantom appeared in Jun Wentian’s mind and explained that he had gained only the qualification to inherit the legacy.
• Venerable Purple Thunder told Jun Wentian that arriving a few days earlier would have let him obtain the inheritance directly.

Venerable Purple Thunder offered Jun Wentian his inheritance and three-thousandths of Thunder Dao Essence in exchange for killing the Martial Artist who entered Annihilation Venerable's inheritance grounds, and Jun Wentian accepted. Meanwhile, Qin Yan's battle reached a turning point when the Annihilation War Blade shattered the Five Elements Wonder Tree.

• Venerable Purple Thunder revealed his hatred for Annihilation Venerable and demanded that Jun Wentian kill the Martial Artist who had entered the inheritance grounds.
• Jun Wentian realized the target was Qin Yan and hesitated over the danger of provoking the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Venerable Purple Thunder offered his inheritance and three-thousandths of Thunder Dao Essence, and Jun Wentian agreed to kill Qin Yan.
• Venerable Purple Thunder's phantom entered Jun Wentian and transferred its inheritance and Thunder Dao Essence to him.
• The Annihilation War Blade broke through the Five Elements Wonder Tree's seal and barrier, then shattered the tree with a slash.