Recaps

Qin Yan effortlessly blocked Zhou Haichuan’s attacks with the Cangwu Heavenly Garment and defeated him without striking directly. After Zhou Haichuan conceded, another disciple transformed into a colossal white ape and rose to challenge Qin Yan.

• Zhou Haichuan unleashed a barrage of hammer strikes, but the Cangwu Heavenly Garment blocked them all.
• Zhou Haichuan used his Earth Fiend Mysterious Grade skill Ember Hammer, and its flaming giant’s blow also failed to break Qin Yan’s golden barrier.
• Qin Yan discovered that the garment drew on the Cangwu Small World’s power to block attacks, though its vast reserves made the cost negligible.
• Qin Yan sent Zhou Haichuan flying out of the arena with a surge of blood essence, and Zhou Haichuan thanked him for showing mercy.
• A new challenger transformed into a hundred-zhang white ape and appeared before Qin Yan.

Qin Yan's Blood Puppet knocked Yuan Xiaohong unconscious, and Liu Changfeng ruled that it counted as Qin Yan's own power. Liu Changfeng called Lu Ming to challenge Qin Yan, and the Blood Puppet shattered Lu Ming's Flame Blade before striking at him.

• Yuan Xiaohong transformed into a hundred-zhang white ape and charged onto the Golden Arena, but Qin Yan's Blood Puppet sent him flying and knocked him unconscious.
• The Inner Academy disciples protested that the Blood Puppet was outside help, but Liu Changfeng declared it Qin Yan's own power and ordered the competition to continue.
• Liu Changfeng explained that Qin Yan's Great Grandmaster-level strength and Cangwu Small World made him difficult to defeat, even through successive battles.
• Liu Changfeng called Lu Ming to challenge Qin Yan, and Lu Ming leapt onto the arena and unleashed his Flame Blade.
• The Blood Puppet formed a Blood Spear, pierced through Lu Ming's Flame Blade, and continued toward him.

Qin Yan’s Blood Puppet defeated ninety-nine Inner Academy disciples with a single strike each while Qin Yan practiced his spear. Long Aotian was called to challenge him and transformed into a Three-Clawed Golden Dragon, but the Blood Puppet launched a devastating Blood River attack as the chapter ended.

• Liu Changfeng healed Lu Ming after the Blood Puppet knocked him unconscious, then continued calling challengers who were each defeated in one strike.
• Qin Yan practiced his Spear Technique while the Blood Puppet defeated ninety-nine Inner Academy disciples.
• Liu Changfeng called Long Aotian, who reluctantly stepped onto the arena after watching the challengers fall.
• Long Aotian transformed into a Three-Clawed Golden Dragon and charged Qin Yan, who continued practicing and left the fight to his Blood Puppet.
• The Blood Puppet attacked Long Aotian with a Blood River that shattered space, and Long Aotian erupted with Golden Light to meet the threat.

Long Aotian fought the Blood Puppet with his Three-Clawed Golden Dragon Golden Body and Golden Dragon Prison, but its Blood River overwhelmed both attacks and forced him to concede. After Liu Changfeng rescued him from the arena, Long Aotian renewed his hope of surpassing Qin Yan by gaining an opportunity in Emperor Fall Land.

• Long Aotian fused with his Three-Clawed Golden Dragon Golden Body and unleashed Rift-Gold Dragon Claw, but the Blood River swallowed the attack.
• Long Aotian formed his Golden Dragon Prison to contain the Blood River, exhausting nearly half his blood and qi as the Blood Puppet intensified its assault.
• The Blood River shattered the Golden Dragon Prison, wounded Long Aotian, and destroyed his Golden Body.
• Long Aotian conceded, and President Liu Changfeng used gentle white light to teleport him out of the arena.
• Back in the plaza, Long Aotian watched Qin Yan and resolved to seek an opportunity in Emperor Fall Land to surpass him.

The Arena Tournament continued as the Blood Puppet easily defeated the challengers, while Qin Yan practiced his Spear Technique. Lin Ruoxi lasted longer than anyone else before losing, and she recognized that Huang Jiuli had surpassed her in cultivation.

• Long Aotian returned to his group, hoping Emperor Fall Land would give him a chance to turn things around against Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan lost interest in the one-sided matches and practiced his Spear Technique while the Blood Puppet defeated challengers.
• Zhao Wuji, Beichen Xing, and Feng Wuji each stepped onto the arena and were defeated by the Blood Puppet in about two breaths.
• Su Qingwan used Runes to withstand two exchanges with the Blood River before losing on its third wave.
• Lin Ruoxi unleashed her Imperial Sword techniques and Great Xia Dragon Qi, lasting seven breaths before the Blood River defeated her.
• Lin Ruoxi realized Huang Jiuli had reached the Peak Grandmaster Realm and exchanged a friendly nod with her.

Huang Jiuli challenged Qin Yan’s Blood Puppet to test her strength and revealed a ninety-three-zhang Golden Body, showing that she had reached the Peak Grandmaster stage. She held her ground against the Blood Puppet for twenty breaths, leaving the disciples shocked by her growing Combat Power.

• Liu Changfeng called Huang Jiuli forward, and she asked Qin Yan to let her fight his Blood Puppet without holding back.
• Huang Jiuli revealed her ninety-three-zhang Phoenix Golden Body, prompting the disciples to recognize her as a Peak Grandmaster with a formidable foundation.
• Huang Jiuli used Sword Multiplication to turn her Phoenix Feather Sword into a thousand flaming feathers and launched an attack on the Blood Puppet.
• The Blood Puppet answered with a surging Blood River, and it and Huang Jiuli clashed across the arena as she fought back against its pressure.
• Huang Jiuli remained undefeated after twenty breaths, astonishing the East Academy disciples and shocking Yin Li.

Qin Yan defended the arena through the final day of the Holy Son Battle and was formally promoted to East Academy Holy Son. That night, his friends celebrated his achievement at Purple Cloud Garden.

• Yin Li felt relieved and happy for Huang Jiuli, while resolving to work harder to become West Academy Holy Maiden.
• Huang Jiuli fought the Blood Puppet with all her abilities but was swallowed by its Blood River; Qin Yan withdrew the river before she was injured, and she promised to challenge him again after reaching Grandmaster.
• Qin Yan defeated East Academy disciples, including Shen Wanqian, Lin Qingyue, Jiang Li, and other friends, while holding back against them.
• On March 29, Qin Yan defeated the final challenger, and Liu Changfeng announced the Holy Son Battle's conclusion and Qin Yan's promotion to East Academy Holy Son.
• Liu Changfeng changed Qin Yan's token to purple and announced his new privileges, as the disciples greeted him as Holy Son.
• At Purple Cloud Garden, Shen Wanqian excitedly congratulated Qin Yan on becoming Holy Son.

After Qin Yan celebrated his promotion to East Academy Holy Son with friends, he set out the next morning for Mystic Peak, where his master, Great Emperor Cangxuan, lived. The chapter ended as Qin Yan approached the mysterious peak, a residence reserved for the East Academy’s most powerful figures.

• Shen Wanqian toasted Qin Yan and imagined how his status in the merchant association would rise with Qin Yan’s promotion.
• Huang Jiuli, Lin Qingyue, Jiang Li, and the others toasted Qin Yan, while Lin Qingyue and Jiang Li reflected on how far he had surpassed their expectations.
• Qin Yan and his companions celebrated late into the night, then returned to their residences after the moon reached its zenith.
• On March 30, Qin Yan refined the lingering effects of the Spirit Wine and flew through the Mystic Sanctuary as disciples bowed and greeted him as Holy Son.
• Qin Yan arrived at Mystic Peak, the East Academy’s mysterious stronghold where his master, Great Emperor Cangxuan, lived.

Qin Yan entered Mystic Peak with Dean Liu Changfeng, who explained the mountain’s four levels and the restrictions on the top and upper levels. As they reached the middle level’s boundary, Liu Changfeng stopped beside an ancient, powerful Cave Dwelling and asked Qin Yan what he thought of it.

• Qin Yan used his Holy Son Token to pass through Mystic Peak’s protective Array Patterns.
• Liu Changfeng met Qin Yan and led him up the mountain to see the Holy Lord.
• Liu Changfeng explained the four levels of Mystic Peak and warned Qin Yan not to enter the top or upper levels without permission.
• Qin Yan observed the dense spiritual energy, medicinal fields, and extraordinary Cave Dwellings on the middle level.
• Liu Changfeng stopped beside an ancient Cave Dwelling near the upper-level boundary and asked Qin Yan what he thought of it.

Liu Changfeng led Qin Yan through the upper level of Mystic Peak and into the East Academy Sacred Hall, where the Holy Lord and eighteen powerful figures had gathered. The chapter left Qin Yan surveying the assembly as Liu Changfeng took his seat.

• Liu Changfeng told Qin Yan that the Cave Dwelling was owned by an unparalleled expert but kept secret that it was his own residence.
• Liu Changfeng brought Qin Yan into the upper-level cultivation area and explained that disciples could spend Mystic Points to cultivate there or receive the Holy Lord's instruction.
• Qin Yan learned the costs were ten thousand Mystic Points per day for cultivation and one hundred thousand for the Holy Lord's guidance, then began absorbing the ambient spiritual energy.
• Liu Changfeng led Qin Yan to the golden East Academy Sacred Hall, where Xuantian and eighteen formidable figures were already seated.
• Liu Changfeng walked to the seat reserved for the East Academy Inner Academy dean as Qin Yan surveyed the assembly.

Qin Yan appeared before Xuantian and eighteen True Emperor experts to choose a master, while he and Xuantian kept their existing bond secret. After Qin Yan asked what it would take to become Xuantian’s disciple, Xuantian set conditions, and Qin Yan confidently answered that he could reach the True King Realm.

• Qin Yan entered the hall, with his Dao Seal quietly dissolving the pressure released by the assembled experts, and greeted Xuantian and the seniors.
• Xuantian offered Qin Yan the chance to choose any of the eighteen experts as his master, while Qin Yan pretended to weigh his options despite already having Great Emperor Cangxuan as his master.
• Qin Yan asked Xuantian what conditions he would need to meet to become his disciple, surprising the other experts.
• Xuantian said Qin Yan already possessed the talent to outshine countless disciples, but warned that the Five Elements Chaos Genesis might prevent him from reaching the True King Realm.
• Qin Yan stated confidently that he could break through to the True King Realm in the future.

Qin Yan refused to abandon the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, so Xuantian postponed accepting him as a disciple until he reached the True King Realm and gave him a thirty-thousand-pattern Holy Son Robe instead. Qin Yan then followed his Holy Son Token to his new cave dwelling, numbered 110, and entered.

• Xuantian told Qin Yan he could either give up the Five Elements Chaos Genesis to study the Mystic Scripture or seek discipleship again after reaching the True King Realm.
• Qin Yan chose to continue cultivating the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, and Xuantian agreed to consider him as a disciple after he passed a future test.
• Xuantian gave Qin Yan a robe reforged to thirty thousand patterns as compensation, and Qin Yan privately recognized that the arrangement concealed his connection to Xuantian while preserving his privileges.
• Qin Yan left the palace and used his Holy Son Token to find his secluded cave dwelling on Mystic Peak.
• Qin Yan saw the number 110 above the entrance, opened the cave dwelling with his token, and went inside.

Qin Yan explored his new Mystic Peak residence and tested the Holy Son Robe’s defensive power. Xuantian visited to warn him that Emperor Fall Land would open in half a month and that Qin Yan’s current strength could put him at a disadvantage in its second layer.

• Qin Yan examined the Holy Son Robe and tested its Holy Light Benediction, adding another defense to his existing protections.
• Qin Yan surveyed the medicinal field and explored the lower region of Mystic Peak, where he encountered a senior Holy Son from an earlier generation.
• Xuantian arrived at Qin Yan’s Cave Dwelling and told him that qualified Mystic Sanctuary disciples would enter Emperor Fall Land in half a month.
• Xuantian warned Qin Yan that his Early-Stage Great Grandmaster cultivation would send him to the second layer, where he would face Great Grandmaster-level experts.

Xuantian brought Qin Yan to a Teleportation Formation that led to Mystic Emperor Palace, where Qin Yan could cultivate before Emperor Fall Land opened. Qin Yan used the Emperor Dao Token to withstand the formation and arrived safely in the palace.

• Xuantian assured Qin Yan he would help him grow stronger and led him through a spatial doorway.
• Xuantian showed Qin Yan the Teleportation Formation and explained that it connected to Mystic Emperor Palace in the Temple of Time.
• Xuantian warned Qin Yan not to pursue rapid gains at the expense of a stable foundation and explained the palace’s rules and the Emperor Dao Token.
• Qin Yan stepped onto the formation and used the Emperor Dao Token to shield himself from its crushing pressure.
• The formation transported Qin Yan into a quiet room in Mystic Emperor Palace.

Qin Yan used the Emperor Dao Token to raise the Mystic Emperor Palace’s time flow to twentyfold, the limit his body could endure, then began cultivating in its Cultivation Room. After two days inside, he had accumulated nearly forty days of cultivation by outside time.

• Qin Yan mobilized the Emperor Palace’s Time Laws with the Emperor Dao Token and increased the palace’s time flow to twentyfold before stopping to protect his body.
• Qin Yan checked his cultivation status and decided to spend the next half month strengthening himself in the palace.
• Qin Yan found a Cultivation Room, set its Heaven and Earth energy concentration to the Great Grandmaster Level, and discovered it already had a Top Grade Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Qin Yan summoned his Eternal Blood Demon Golden Body and Yin-Yang Five Elements Chaos Golden Body, then trained with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon as the Golden Bodies absorbed energy.
• By April 1, Qin Yan had cultivated for two days inside the palace, equivalent to nearly forty days outside.

After 260 days of accelerated cultivation in the Emperor Palace, Qin Yan reached the Early Eighth Grade in both Qi Refining and Body Tempering, with 500 million Cal of total blood qi. He ended his cultivation to refine Seventh Grade pills and raise his strength further.

• Qin Yan poured his Skill Points into the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and entered the Eighth Grade Realm in Body Refining.
• Qin Yan cultivated for 260 days under the Emperor Palace’s twentyfold time acceleration, improving his attributes and reaching Early Eighth Grade in both cultivation paths.
• Qin Yan checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his blood qi had reached 500 million Cal and his Mental Strength had reached 657 Hz.
• Qin Yan saw that his Lunar and Solar Spear Domains had reached 99% progress and his Great Annihilation Spear Domain had reached 96%.
• Qin Yan ended his cultivation, took out Seventh Grade pills, and began swallowing and refining them.

After 260 days of cultivation, Qin Yan raised his blood qi to the peak of Early Eighth Grade and left the Mystic Emperor Palace for Emperor Fall Land. Azure Dragon, sent by Xuantian to meet him, carried him toward the Spirit Boat, where Qin Yan saw a gathering of formidable experts.

• Qin Yan refined and consumed Seventh-Grade Pills until his Total Blood Qi reached 680 million Cal, the peak of Early Eighth Grade.
• Qin Yan saw that both his Golden Bodies had grown to 550 zhang and judged that he could protect himself in Emperor Fall Land.
• Qin Yan used the Emperor Dao Token to teleport from the Mystic Emperor Palace to a stone platform on Mystic Peak.
• Azure Dragon introduced himself as Xuantian’s subordinate and said the Holy Land disciples qualified to enter Emperor Fall Land were aboard the Spirit Boat.
• Azure Dragon transformed into a massive azure dragon and carried Qin Yan through the sky at tremendous speed.
• Azure Dragon reached a new region, where Qin Yan saw numerous formidable experts standing in the void.

Qin Yan joined the Mystic Sanctuary’s Spirit Boat for the journey to Emperor Fall Land and discovered that rumors claimed the Holy Lord had rejected him as a disciple. His friends tried to console him, but Qin Yan dismissed the rumors and saw their damage to his reputation as a way to avoid drawing Origin Hall’s attention.

• Xuantian greeted Qin Yan as the Azure Dragon brought him to the Spirit Boat, where Qin Yan was assigned a place on the first level.
• Qin Yan reflected on his Blood-Devouring Mosquito’s growing strength before entering the pavilion and finding more than a hundred Mystic Sanctuary disciples gathered there.
• The disciples gave Qin Yan strange, pitying looks, and his friends hurried to comfort him over rumors that the Holy Lord had rejected him.
• Huang Jiuli suspected that disciples who had passed the Heavenly Stairway were spreading rumors to undermine Qin Yan and make him give up his Holy Son position.
• Qin Yan said he did not care about the rumors and considered his diminished reputation useful for keeping Origin Hall from targeting him.

Qin Yan and his companions exchanged intelligence about Emperor Fall Land as the Mystic Sanctuary’s Spirit Boat departed for the Origin Realm. Onboard, Qin Yan studied the rival factions’ strongest young experts, discovered that Zhao Ming was the Holy Son he had met on Mystic Peak, and resolved to keep a low profile.

• Qin Yan changed the conversation to Emperor Fall Land, and his friends shared and compared the intelligence they had gathered.
• The Spirit Boat departed the Mystic Realm, while its martial artists wished the Mystic Sanctuary’s expedition a triumphant return.
• Qin Yan entered cabin 110 and reviewed the Holy Son Token’s report on powerful competitors heading to Emperor Fall Land.
• Qin Yan learned that nearly ten prodigies had Golden Bodies of at least 980 zhang and recognized Zhao Ming as the Holy Son he had met on Mystic Peak.
• Qin Yan reconsidered his confidence and decided to develop cautiously and avoid drawing attention during the journey.

Qin Yan sensed that Mo Yuan was developing an Artifact Spirit and tried to raise the spear to ten thousand patterns before Emperor Fall Land opened. After two days of travel, he arrived at Emperor Fall Valley in the Origin Realm, where the great powers had gathered.

• Qin Yan sensed a life aura stirring inside Mo Yuan and realized the spear was nearing the birth of an Artifact Spirit.
• Qin Yan noted that Mo Yuan had 9,990 patterns and fed it the Spirit Weapons he had seized in the Cangwu Small World to help it reach ten thousand.
• Qin Yan practiced his Spear Technique with a spare spear while the Spirit Boat traveled toward the Origin Realm.
• On April 17, Qin Yan arrived at Emperor Fall Valley, a vast valley containing seven basins ruled by seven lineages.
• The great powers gathered above Emperor Fall Valley, and arrivals including the Darkness Temple, True Dragon Clan, Phoenix Divine Mountain, Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, and Nine Nether Valley were announced.

Mystic Sanctuary arrived at Emperor Fall Valley, where its Holy Lord Xuantian was welcomed by Lu Chenyuan and Luo Qinghe. As the group entered Moonlight Valley, Luo Qinghe surveyed the younger disciples without finding any who caught her attention.

• An enormous Azure Dragon arrived above Emperor Fall Valley with Xuantian, the Holy Lord of Mystic Sanctuary, standing on its back.
• Lu Chenyuan and Luo Qinghe greeted Xuantian, whose aura made Lu Chenyuan recognize that he was likely a Half-Emperor.
• Xuantian opened the Spirit Boat, and Mystic Sanctuary's disciples, elders, and other experts emerged.
• Lu Chenyuan led Mystic Sanctuary toward Moonlight Valley as Qin Yan observed the gathered superpowers and their experts.
• Luo Qinghe reviewed the Holy Land's younger disciples but did not consider any of them worthy of particular attention.

Qin Yan settled into his room in Emperor Fall Valley and prepared for Emperor Fall Land to open, while Mo Yuan neared its transformation into a Ten-Thousand-Pattern Spirit Weapon. Three days before the opening, Qin Yan joined Huang Jiuli, Jiang Li, Yin Li, and Su Qingwan to attend the Sky Auction House in Emperor Fall City.

• Lu Chenyuan led the Mystic Sanctuary delegation to its courtyard, where Luo Qinghe handed out room Tokens and left to attend to other matters.
• Qin Yan found Room 110, read a notice that Emperor Fall Land would open in eight days, and resumed training as Mo Yuan approached ten thousand markings.
• Three days before the opening, Huang Jiuli called Qin Yan to join her, Jiang Li, Yin Li, and Su Qingwan on a trip to the Sky Auction House.
• Qin Yan and the four women traveled to bustling Emperor Fall City and arrived at the magnificent Sky Auction House.

Qin Yan and his companions entered the Sky Auction House, where spatial formations concealed an immense auction hall and luxurious private boxes. As they settled in to watch the auction, the women looked toward Qin Yan while reflecting on how difficult it was to comprehend a Supreme Law.

• Qin Yan admired the Sky Auction House's towering, fortified exterior before his group presented their Mystic Sanctuary Tokens and entered.
• Qin Yan sensed a spatial fluctuation at the entrance, and the maid explained that a Spatial Formation made the building's interior far larger than it appeared.
• Huang Jiuli told Qin Yan that Spatial Temple experts had created formations that let the auction hall accommodate over a million martial artists.
• The maid led Qin Yan and his companions to a private box overlooking the auction stage and explained the bidding rules.
• Qin Yan praised Spatial Law, and the women considered the difficulty of mastering a Supreme Law before turning their gazes toward him.

Qin Yan and his companions attended the Sky Auction House, where the True Emperor Su Jiujiu began a twenty-day barter auction. When the Time Divine Tower activated, Qin Yan discovered that time inside the auction house was moving ten times faster.

• Qin Yan and his companions waited in a private room as martial artists gathered for the auction.
• Su Jiujiu appeared as the auction host, and Jiang Li explained that she was a True Emperor, a Spatial Law expert, and a figure on the Immortal Aptitude Rankings.
• Su Jiujiu announced that the barter auction would last twenty days and began it by displaying a golden Spirit Rune.
• A voice summoned the Time Divine Tower, which surrounded the Sky Auction House with strands of Time Law power.
• Qin Yan sensed that time in his private room had accelerated tenfold.

The Sky Auction House began its auction under tenfold time acceleration, drawing bids from powerful old monsters and leaving ordinary Seventh-Rank Martial Artists unable to compete. As the bidding continued, Qin Yan and the women in his box abandoned the auction to train.

• Qin Yan and the martial artists learned that the Sky Auction House had borrowed the Time Divine Tower, while Qian Ningshuang and the Hall Master of the Temple of Time were present.
• Su Jiujiu opened the auction and sold the Indestructible Vajra Rune to Liu Changfeng for thirty Seventh-Rank High-Grade Spirit Runes.
• The Voidless Sword Sect's sect master won the Void Cleaving Greatsword as powerful bidders drove the prices of Seventh Grade lots beyond ordinary martial artists' reach.
• Qin Yan resumed practicing his Spear Technique in the box, and Huang Jiuli and the others sat down to train under the tenfold time acceleration.