Recaps

Qin Yan recognized Jun Wentian’s voice and discovered that the prince was trying to kill his sister, Jun Qingyu, in Emperor Fall Land. Jun Wentian’s lightning broke through Jun Qingyu’s defenses and left her gravely injured, as Qin Yan approached the scene.

• Qin Yan heard Jun Wentian call out to Jun Qingyu and remembered that Jun Wentian had ambushed him in the Ruined Battlefield.
• Jun Wentian attacked Jun Qingyu with Black Thunder as she fled and defended herself with Spirit Runes.
• Jun Wentian combined his Heavenly Punishment Thunder with the purple lightning from Venerable Purple Thunder’s Inheritance to shatter Jun Qingyu’s shield.
• Jun Wentian’s lightning pierced Jun Qingyu’s final defense and sent her crashing to the ground, badly injured.
• Jun Wentian declared that Jun Qingyu was destined to die, while Qin Yan silently moved toward them.

Jun Wentian tried to kill the weakened Jun Qingyu, but Qin Yan arrived and effortlessly dispersed his lightning. As Jun Wentian’s attacks failed to pierce Qin Yan’s defenses, Qin Yan steadily advanced toward him.

• Jun Wentian recalled how Jun Qingyu had gained support from the kingdom’s factions and decided to kill her to secure the throne.
• As Jun Wentian’s lightning descended on the exhausted Jun Qingyu, Qin Yan ordered it to disperse, and it vanished.
• Qin Yan declared that he had come to kill Jun Wentian, then blocked Jun Wentian’s Black Thunder with his purple-gold robe.
• Jun Wentian attacked Qin Yan with a lightning-wreathed halberd, but Qin Yan’s layered defenses held firm as he walked toward him.

Qin Yan used his word-based power to break Jun Wentian’s strongest attacks, restrain him, and strip away his Golden Body. With Jun Wentian helpless at his feet, Qin Yan forced him to explain why he had tried to kill him.

• Jun Wentian summoned his Heavenly Punishment Lightning Golden Body and attacked Qin Yan with lightning, but Qin Yan’s defenses stopped the blow from harming him.
• Jun Wentian unleashed his Thunder Dragon Exits the Sea technique, and Qin Yan dispersed the Thunder Dragon with a single command.
• Jun Wentian fled in terror, but Qin Yan froze him, dispersed his Golden Body, and commanded him to roll over to his feet.
• Jun Wentian begged Qin Yan to spare him, and Qin Yan demanded to know why he had tried to kill him.

Qin Yan learned that Jun Wentian had attacked him to carry out the grudge between Venerable Annihilation and Venerable Purple Thunder, then killed him and collected his Thunder Dao Essence. Jun Qingyu led Qin Yan to a mineral vein after he healed her injuries, and they arrived at its site.

• Qin Yan used the Demon Word Heavenly Constitution to force Jun Wentian to reveal that he had attacked because of the feud between the two Venerables and their inheritances.
• Qin Yan killed Jun Wentian, collected his resources, and absorbed the remaining Thunder Dao Essence fragments.
• Qin Yan asked Jun Qingyu where they were, and she said she did not know but could lead him to a nearby mineral vein.
• Jun Qingyu led Qin Yan toward the vein while badly injured, and Qin Yan used Wood Element Spiritual Light to help her recover.
• Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu reached the mineral vein about an hour later.

Qin Yan allowed Jun Qingyu to accompany him into a rich ore vein, where they found most of the tunnels' resources had already been mined. He discovered and crushed a hidden Gold-Eating Insect, which Jun Qingyu identified as a valuable mutant Ore Insect.

• Mo Yuan sensed numerous ores deep within the vein, and Qin Yan entered the mine after agreeing to bring Jun Qingyu along.
• Qin Yan warned Jun Qingyu that he would abandon her if they faced danger beyond his ability, and she accepted the risk.
• Qin Yan used his mental power to choose a broad branch tunnel, but he and Jun Qingyu found that most of its ore had been mined.
• Qin Yan sensed an unusual aura, pulled a dark-golden insect from the shadows, and asked whether it was an Ore Insect.
• Jun Qingyu identified it as a Gold-Eating Insect, and Qin Yan cracked its carapace and burst its body apart.

Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu ventured deeper into the mine, where Qin Yan killed Gold-Eating Insects and gave Jun Qingyu a piece of Eighth-Grade Ore. They followed screams to the mine’s depths and discovered thousands of Great Grandmaster Realm Gold-Eating Insects surrounding a much larger, more powerful insect.

• Qin Yan killed Gold-Eating Insects and fed the ore they dropped to Mo Yuan as he and Jun Qingyu explored the mine.
• Jun Qingyu killed several insects and collected ore, but the increasingly powerful swarms forced her to rely on Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan gave Jun Qingyu a piece of Eighth-Grade Ore in thanks for telling him about Gold-Eating Insects.
• Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu heard screams deeper in the mine and went to investigate.
• They found thousands of Great Grandmaster Realm Gold-Eating Insects and a much larger insect at the center of the swarm.

Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu were surrounded by thousands of Great Grandmaster Level Gold-Eating Insects in a mine filled with corpses. Qin Yan unleashed his Blood-Red Dark Storms and explosive technique to fight them, leaving Jun Qingyu stunned by his power.

• Jun Qingyu saw the swarm closing in and feared Qin Yan would abandon her, but he called her to his side and protected them both with a purple-golden barrier.
• Qin Yan summoned two Blood-Red Dark Storms, one powered by Mo Yuan’s Spear Spirit, and sent them sweeping into the Gold-Eating Insects.
• The storms crushed insects and absorbed their vitality, growing stronger as the remaining swarm bombarded them with dark-golden attacks.
• Qin Yan declared that nearly a hundred Gold-Eating Insects would explode, killing them and turning their remains into Eighth-Grade Ore.
• Jun Qingyu watched Qin Yan’s attack in amazement and thought his move was incredibly cool.

Qin Yan wiped out most of the Gold-Eating Insects with Demon Word Heavenly Constitution while the Cangwu Small World replenished his blood vitality. Little Black killed the fleeing Gold-Eating Insect King and obtained a rare ore, leaving Jun Qingyu wondering about the mysterious Black-Robed Man.

• Qin Yan repeatedly spoke words that killed thousands of Gold-Eating Insects as the two Blood-Red Dark Storms suppressed the survivors.
• The Gold-Eating Insect King tried to flee toward the Outer Zone of the mine while Qin Yan watched without attacking.
• Little Black appeared before the Gold-Eating Insect King and sucked it into his black hole, killing it.
• A massive dark-gold ore fell from the black hole into Little Black's palm, and he handed it to Qin Yan before returning to the Blood Demon Nest.
• Jun Qingyu felt relieved when the Black-Robed Man disappeared and wondered who he was, but chose not to question Qin Yan.

Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu reached the mine’s Core Zone after defeating the Gold-Eating Insects and collecting the fallen prodigies’ resources. They found a pool of Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid and joined the other martial artists cultivating there, leaving Jun Qingyu grateful to Qin Yan for bringing her to the opportunity.

• Qin Yan used the Blood-Red Dark Storms to kill the remaining Gold-Eating Insects and gathered their ore for Mo Yuan.
• Qin Yan collected the dead prodigies’ Storage Rings and sent their mined ore to the Blood Demon Nest, but found their Dao Essences had already dissipated.
• Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu reached the mine’s Core Zone and discovered a pool of Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid with several dozen prodigies cultivating in it.
• A prodigy invited Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu to cultivate in the pool, and Qin Yan agreed to share the space.
• Jun Qingyu thanked Qin Yan, believing the Spirit Pool could help her advance to the Mid-Stage Grandmaster.

Qin Yan entered the Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid and advanced to its Venerable-level Core Zone, astonishing the gathered geniuses with his profound foundation. At the pool’s center, he summoned his two concealed Golden Bodies to absorb the dense energy and temper them.

• Qin Yan and Jun Qingyu plunged into the Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid and began moving toward its Core Zone.
• Qin Yan crossed the pool’s increasingly dense energy and reached the Core Zone, where the other geniuses could not safely cultivate.
• The gathered geniuses recognized Qin Yan as Mystic Sanctuary’s Holy Son and marveled at his ability to enter the Core Zone.
• Jun Qingyu admired Qin Yan, suppressed her feelings of inadequacy, and focused on cultivating in the Outer Zone.
• Qin Yan reached the center of the Core Zone and summoned his Yin-Yang Five Elements Chaos Golden Body and Eternal Blood Demon Golden Body, concealing the latter’s Demon Qi.
• Qin Yan’s two Golden Bodies began drawing in the Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid’s Heaven-Earth energy to temper themselves.

Qin Yan’s two Golden Bodies surpassed six hundred zhang, breaking his cultivation through to Late-Stage Grandmaster. After refining his remaining Dragon Marrow Scarlet Sun Pills, he raised his Total Blood Qi to 1.2 billion Cal and assessed his progress.

• Qin Yan summoned two Golden Bodies in the Spirit Pool, prompting the martial artists around him to speculate that he was pursuing a Supreme Golden Body and to doubt he would succeed.
• The gathered martial artists began cultivating as Qin Yan continued training in the Spirit Pool.
• After three days, Qin Yan’s Golden Bodies broke through six hundred zhang, shattering his cultivation bottleneck and advancing him to Late-Stage Grandmaster.
• Qin Yan swallowed his final three Dragon Marrow Scarlet Sun Pills and spent three days refining their medicinal force.
• Qin Yan checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his Total Blood Qi had reached 1.2 billion Cal.

After the Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid’s effects on his Golden Bodies diminished, Qin Yan investigated an anomaly beneath the Spirit Pool. He broke through a patch of unusually resonant ground and discovered a vast underground space filled with precious ores.

• Qin Yan reviewed his improved Blood Qi and Spiritual Power, then continued training his Spear Technique and investing Skill Points in his Spear Domains.
• After half a month, Jun Qingyu left the Spirit Pool, and Qin Yan watched her go.
• Qin Yan saw that his Golden Bodies had reached seven hundred zhang and decided to investigate the disturbance Little Black had sensed beneath the pool.
• Little Black guided Qin Yan to a darker patch of ground, which rang hollow when he tapped it with Mo Yuan.
• Qin Yan thrust through the ground and discovered a vast underground space filled with precious ores.

Qin Yan and Little Black attacked a powerful Gold-Eating Insect King guarding a vast underground ore deposit. Qin Yan split the beast in half, leaving its treasure-filled lair within reach.

• Qin Yan sealed the hole above the ore chamber and faced the Gold-Eating Insect King with Little Black.
• Little Black restrained the Gold-Eating Insect King with a black hole while Qin Yan summoned his Yin-Yang Five Elements Chaos Golden Body.
• Qin Yan's spear shattered the insect king's attacks and wounded it, while Little Black's black hole slowed its movements.
• The two Spear Spirits merged within Mo Yuan, strengthening the spear as Qin Yan drove it through the insect king's cracked carapace and split it in half.

Qin Yan killed the Gold-Eating Insect King and obtained a piece of Ninth-Grade Ore, then excavated the underground ore deposits to strengthen Mo Yuan. Little Black entered seclusion to test the bottleneck of the Eighth Grade Realm, while the martial artists above the Spirit Pool wondered about the screams underground.

• Qin Yan recognized the ore left by the Gold-Eating Insect King as Ninth-Grade Ore, and Little Black confirmed its grade.
• Qin Yan sent Blood Puppets to excavate more than ten thousand pieces of ore and stored them in the Blood Demon Nest for Mo Yuan to devour.
• Qin Yan observed Mo Yuan absorbing the ore and increasing its Spear Patterns.
• Little Black told Qin Yan that he planned to enter seclusion and test whether he could break through his spiritual power bottleneck, promising to stop if anything unusual happened.
• Qin Yan left the underground space while the martial artists above the Spirit Pool discussed the Gold-Eating Insects' screams and wondered how he had discovered them.

Qin Yan emerged from the Spirit Pool after killing a Gold-Eating Insect King and left the mine, having already taken the underground mineral resources. The prodigies explored the battle site, found the king’s blood, and Shou Ming of the Beast Spirit Sect suggested they were fortunate that the nearby Gold-Eating Insects had feared their king.

• A violent underground battle shook the Spirit Pool, and Qin Yan emerged, told the prodigies he had dealt with a Gold-Eating Insect King, and left the mine.
• Several prodigies entered the underground space and found that Qin Yan had taken its mineral resources.
• The prodigies sensed the lingering Yin-Yang Five Elements Force and Darkness Force from Qin Yan’s battle and found the Gold-Eating Insect King’s dark golden blood.
• Shou Ming collected the remaining blood and told the prodigies they were fortunate that the Gold-Eating Insects nearby had feared the king.

After Qin Yan’s feat against the Gold-Eating Insect King left the prodigies in awe, he wandered the Second Layer of Emperor Fall Land while waiting for the Guiding Light. Half a month later, the Guiding Light’s rift appeared and its Emperor Dao pressure swept across the layer, forcing prodigies to struggle against it.

• Shou Ming judged that the Gold-Eating Insect King Qin Yan had killed possessed the strength of a Venerable-level Fierce Beast, and the prodigies were left in awe of Qin Yan.
• The prodigies found that Qin Yan had taken nearly all the resources from the mine and returned to the Spirit Pool disappointed.
• Qin Yan left the mine, considered the coming Guiding Light, and wandered the Second Layer while feeding most of the Fierce Beast blood essence he collected to the Blood-Devouring Mosquito.
• Half a month later, a vast rift opened above the Second Layer and released Emperor Dao pressure that knocked down or overwhelmed many prodigies.
• Zhao Ming endured the pressure through sheer resolve, while a woman in a fiery red robe summoned Vermilion Bird flames and a towering divine-bird phantom.

The Emperor Dao aura swept across the Second Layer of Emperor Fall Land, but Qin Yan’s Dao Seal easily dispelled its pressure. When the Guiding Light Pillar appeared in the Core Zone, Qin Yan began traveling toward it while searching for opportunities, and released Blood Wuya from his body.

• Jiang Fengming and other prodigies used their abilities to resist the Emperor Dao aura across the Second Layer.
• Qin Yan’s Dao Seal emerged and shielded him from the Emperor Dao pressure until it dissipated.
• A huge Guiding Light Pillar descended into the Core Zone, signaling that three months remained before Emperor Fall Land ended.
• Qin Yan judged that the Core Zone was at least half a month away and set out toward it, searching for opportunities along the way.
• Qin Yan released Blood Wuya, who appeared before him and showed him deep respect.

Qin Yan prepared to break through to the Third Layer of his Great Annihilation Spear Domain, Domain Fusion Return to One, while his allies secured the surrounding hills. The spear intents merged into a colossal shadow that began pouring its power into his body, beginning the dangerous fusion process.

• Blood Wuya paid respects to Qin Yan as his Second Master, then departed to act freely as one of Qin Yan's hidden pieces.
• After half a month of travel, cultivation, and hunting Fierce Beasts, Qin Yan reached the brink of advancing his Great Annihilation Spear Domain on June 30.
• Qin Yan ordered the Blood-Devouring Mosquito to guard him and deployed one hundred Blood Puppets and his Shadow Clone to defend the area and establish a Heavenly Cycle Star Formation.
• Qin Yan began the breakthrough, gathering countless strands of Great Annihilation Spear Intent into a gigantic spear shadow.
• The spear shadow descended onto Qin Yan and flooded his body with Great Annihilation aura, which he began absorbing and fusing.

Qin Yan began fusing his Great Annihilation Spear Domain into his body to reach Domain Fusion Return to One. As nearby prodigies mistook his breakthrough for a treasure, Blood-Devouring Mosquito blocked their approach with a deadly Blood River.

• Qin Yan sat in meditation and slowly merged the Great Annihilation Spear Intent into his body as the spear image hovered above him.
• Nearby prodigies noticed the enormous spear image and argued over whether it signaled a breakthrough or the appearance of a treasure.
• Blood-Devouring Mosquito appeared and warned the approaching martial artists that anyone who crossed the Blood River would be killed.
• Blood-Devouring Mosquito spread the Blood River into a barrier around Qin Yan's location.
• A prodigy charged into the Blood River and was dissolved in moments, deterring the others and leaving them unable to reach the area filled with Great Annihilation Spear Intent.

Liu Feng challenged the Blood-Devouring Mosquito and was killed in one strike, allowing the creature to reach the peak of the Peak-Stage Grandmaster realm. The crowd then faced the arrival of Holy Son Xiao Yutian and Holy Maidens Bai Zhi and Jiang Mian, whose presence appeared to threaten the mosquito guarding Qin Yan.

• Liu Feng flew out to challenge the Blood-Devouring Mosquito after the crowd hesitated to approach the Blood River.
• The Blood-Devouring Mosquito overwhelmed Liu Feng with a spiritual attack, pierced him, and absorbed his blood qi.
• The Blood-Devouring Mosquito reached the peak of the Peak-Stage Grandmaster realm, and the martial artists recoiled in fear.
• Xiao Yutian, Bai Zhi, and Jiang Mian arrived, prompting the crowd to expect them to confront the Blood-Devouring Mosquito.

Xiao Yutian and Bai Zhi summoned their bonded spirit beasts and condensed their Golden Bodies to capture the Blood-Devouring Mosquito. The Mosquito attacked them fiercely, and the battle remained underway.

• Xiao Yutian mocked Liu Feng for dying to the Blood-Devouring Mosquito without activating his Golden Body.
• Xiao Yutian and Bai Zhi decided to join forces to subdue the Mosquito, while Jiang Mian stayed out of the fight.
• Xiao Yutian summoned the Golden Astral Tiger, and Bai Zhi summoned the Thunder Moon Wolf; both bonded beasts possessed Peak-Stage Grandmaster strength.
• Xiao Yutian and Bai Zhi condensed tiger- and wolf-shaped Golden Bodies, then merged into them with their spirit beasts.
• The Blood-Devouring Mosquito attacked Xiao Yutian, Bai Zhi, and their beasts, and all four struck back with Golden Light and lightning.

Jiang Mian entered the blood-colored curtain and discovered Qin Yan comprehending Domain Fusion Return to One at the Great Grandmaster Realm. She tried to kill him while he was breaking through, but the ninety stars protecting him descended on her, and she attacked them with a torrent of water.

• The Blood-Devouring Mosquito fought Xiao Yutian, Bai Zhi, and their bonded spirit beasts to a standstill as Jiang Mian headed for the blood-colored curtain.
• Jiang Mian passed through the curtain and found Great Grandmaster-level Blood Puppets, ninety revolving stars, and Qin Yan meditating beneath a massive black spear phantom.
• Jiang Mian recognized Qin Yan and realized he was comprehending Domain Fusion Return to One at the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Jiang Mian decided to kill Qin Yan while he was breaking through, but the ninety stars formed a silver barrier that descended to stop her.
• Jiang Mian dismissed the incomplete formation and sent a towering torrent of water crashing toward the ninety stars.

Jiang Mian attacked Qin Yan, but his Shadow Clone blocked her and trapped her inside Imperial Crown Verdict. As the clone’s Judgment Swords struck, Jiang Mian summoned her Azure Sea Tide-Welling Wall to defend herself.

• Jiang Mian’s blue torrent shattered the starry phantoms, but Qin Yan’s Shadow Clone stopped it with a dark barrier.
• Jiang Mian equipped her Azure Water Heavenly Silk Gloves and launched a giant water palm at Qin Yan.
• The Shadow Clone countered Jiang Mian’s attack, then trapped her inside Imperial Crown Verdict with its Spirit Weapon Skill.
• Jiang Mian’s water attacks failed to break the dark curtain, which the Shadow Clone reinforced by summoning several thousand Dark Judgment Swords.
• Jiang Mian formed the Azure Sea Tide-Welling Wall, and a thousand Judgment Swords crashed into it.

While Qin Yan pressed on with his breakthrough, his Shadow Clone fought Jiang Mian inside the darkness, and Qin Yan prepared Mo Yuan to protect him and help hold her off. The Shadow Clone also killed several groups of geniuses who entered the blood-colored barrier, causing the others to abandon their attempts to intrude.

• Qin Yan realized that the Shadow Clone might struggle against Jiang Mian’s Dao Essence and summoned Mo Yuan to guard his breakthrough and assist in battle.
• Mo Yuan merged with his clone, increasing his patterns from twenty-three thousand to twenty-eight thousand, while Qin Yan continued advancing toward Domain Fusion Return to One.
• Several martial artists slipped through the blood-colored barrier and entered the darkness, where the Shadow Clone’s Darkness Chains killed more than a dozen of them.
• The Shadow Clone threw the intruders’ desiccated corpses outside the barrier, frightening away the martial artists who had considered entering.
• Some bold geniuses entered despite the warning and were also killed and cast out, prompting the remaining onlookers to give up on exploring the space.

Jiang Mian survived the Dark Judgment Swords inside the Imperial Crown Space, only to be ambushed by Qin Yan’s Abyss Fire Lotus. After the strike wounded her, she summoned her Golden Body and confronted Qin Yan’s Shadow Clone while Qin Yan continued absorbing the Great Annihilation Spear Shadow’s energy.

• Jiang Mian endured the Dark Judgment Swords until the weakening Darkness Space dissipated.
• Jiang Mian recognized Qin Yan’s Darkness Altar and used two percent of her water dao essence to resist the Abyss Fire Lotus.
• The Abyss Fire Lotus broke through Jiang Mian’s defense and wounded her, but her pale blue dress helped neutralize its remaining power.
• Jiang Mian summoned her Azure Water Heavenly Origin Golden Body, and Qin Yan’s Shadow Clone answered with the Dark Emperor Golden Body.
• Jiang Mian’s water dao power clashed with the Shadow Clone’s darkness force as Qin Yan resumed absorbing the Great Annihilation Spear Shadow’s energy.