Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan defeated the White-Robed Elf Mage and the remaining phantoms, then rested alongside Su Liuli after she cleared the first stage. The final challenge began as pure life energy gathered above the plaza and formed the figure of a young male elf.

• Qin Yan rushed past the weakened Elf Warrior Phantoms, broke the White-Robed Elf Mage’s barrier, and killed him before he could cast another spell.
• Qin Yan swept through the remaining Elf Warrior and Elf Archer Phantoms until the plaza fell silent.
• Su Liuli finished her battle and reappeared, and she and Qin Yan rested until they had recovered.
• The voice announced that the Elf Hundred Kill Formation was cleared and that the final stage was beginning.
• Pure life energy gathered above the plaza and formed a young male elf from emerald light.

Qing Lin’s youthful projection set a trial requiring Qin Yan and Su Liuli to withstand three arrows to earn the Life Grail. Qin Yan broke Qing Lin’s first arrow, then faced a descending three-arrow array as the chapter ended.

• Qing Lin introduced himself and explained that his projection had eighty percent of his youthful combat power and that surviving three arrows would earn the Life Grail.
• Qing Lin fired his first arrow, Sprout · Break Ground, at Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan used his spear, Spear Qi, and Blood Gang to pierce and destroy the arrow, though the recoil left his hand numb.
• Qing Lin fired three arrows that intertwined into a rotating triangular array and locked onto Qin Yan.
• The array descended with enough pressure to crack the slabs beneath Qin Yan, who calmly spoke two words as it neared him.

Qin Yan shattered Green Rain's second formation-breaking challenge and faced the final technique, Ancient Forest's Wrath. He fought through the summoned forest's attacks and pressed toward the phantom giant tree, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Qin Yan used Return to One to shatter the triangular formation with Ink Trace.
• Green Rain summoned nine arrows and unleashed the final Forest Whisper Arrow Art, Ancient Forest's Wrath.
• The arrows formed a Primeval Giant Tree, which attacked Qin Yan with a massive vine whip.
• Qin Yan severed the vine whip and fought off the tree's vines, leaf blades, roots, and Tree Warriors.
• Qin Yan endured weaker attacks and advanced toward the giant tree's main body as its assault intensified.

Qin Yan broke the Primeval Giant Tree phantom’s final attack and obtained the Life Grail, whose restorative aura healed his wounds. Su Liuli claimed only Elven royalty could wield its true power and asked to hold it, but Qin Yan doubted her motives.

• Qin Yan fought through the Primeval Giant Tree’s defenses and shattered it with three spear strikes, breaking the third arrow, Ancient Forest's Wrath.
• Qinglin's phantom congratulated Qin Yan for passing the trial and dissipated into motes that formed the Life Grail.
• The Life Grail’s vitality restored Qin Yan’s strength and healed his thumb as he examined the artifact.
• Su Liuli explained that the Life Grail was an Elf Clan sacred artifact and claimed only Elven royalty could wield its true power.
• Su Liuli asked Qin Yan to let her keep the Life Grail until they left Gu Yue, and Qin Yan reacted with a mocking smile.

Qin Yan and Su Liuli left Green Rain Mansion with the Life Grail, drawing the attention of the Elf Prodigies outside. Morning Star ordered them to seize it, and Qin Yan began to fight back as the crowd's attacks closed in.

• Qin Yan failed to enter Green Rain Mansion's inner area, and he and Su Liuli teleported out of the mansion.
• Morning Star and the other Elf Prodigies discussed their failures in the trials and doubted that anyone without a powerful bloodline could claim the Life Grail.
• Qin Yan and Su Liuli appeared outside Green Rain Mansion, where the Elf Prodigies recognized the Life Grail in Qin Yan's hand.
• Morning Star asked Qin Yan to show him the grail, then ordered the Elf Prodigies to attack when Qin Yan refused.
• Qin Yan stepped forward and swung the Ink Trace Spear in a golden crescent against the surrounding assault.

Qin Yan and Su Liuli slaughtered the Elf Prodigies who attacked them, leaving Morning Star to flee. Qin Yan caught up and defeated Morning Star’s strongest sword technique with a spear thrust that pierced his chest.

• Qin Yan killed two Elf Warriors with a sweep of his spear and gravely wounded a third, while arrows bounced off his skin.
• Su Liuli killed several Elf Prodigies with her Blood Shadow Frenzy whip, and the surviving elves lost their will to fight.
• Morning Star fled the square, but Qin Yan chased him down and closed to within a few yards.
• Morning Star unleashed Moonfall Slash, but Qin Yan shattered its Sword Glow and thrust the Ink Trace Spear into his chest.

Qin Yan killed Morning Star and the remaining Elf Prodigies, then took their valuables and left the plaza with Su Liuli. Other races later arrived and discovered the slaughter, shocked to find the Elf Clan’s eighteenth-ranked prodigy dead.

• Qin Yan killed Morning Star with one strike, took his Storage Ring, and killed the surviving Elf Prodigies with Su Liuli blocking their escape.
• Qin Yan claimed Morning Star’s Storage Ring, found pills, Grandmaster True Blood, protective gear, and spiritual materials inside, and stored the Life Grail there.
• Qin Yan and Su Liuli collected valuables from the fallen elves, bringing Qin Yan’s score to 25,000, then left before other races arrived.
• Half an hour later, prodigies from other races found the bodies outside Green Rain Mansion and recognized Morning Star among the dead.
• The gathered prodigies questioned who had killed Morning Star and began examining the battle’s traces.

Liu Ruyan and Cang Yue recognized Qin Yan as the mysterious spearman who had killed Morning Star, and they continued deeper into the ruins. Two days later, Qin Yan trained at the Hundred Weapons Martial Pavilion, where Su Liuli was attempting the Whip-Shaped Pavilion’s trial.

• A catfolk prodigy examined the battlefield and concluded that a spear-wielding attacker had slaughtered Morning Star.
• Liu Ruyan and Cang Yue identified the attacker as Qin Yan and were shocked by how far his strength had surpassed theirs.
• Cang Yue promised to help Liu Ruyan obtain Phoenix Essence Blood, but she warned him that the place was dangerously lethal.
• Liu Ruyan left the battlefield and headed deeper into the ruins, with Cang Yue following beside her.
• Two days later, Qin Yan practiced his spear technique at the Hundred Weapons Martial Pavilion while Su Liuli remained inside the Whip-Shaped Pavilion trial.

Qin Yan discovered that the Supreme Blood Pill had improved his talent enough for him to make progress in spear practice without Skill Points. After reaching the Six-Foot Spear Glow, he chose the deadly Diamond challenge and was shrunk to dust and drawn inside the statue.

• Qin Yan realized the Supreme Blood Pill had improved his talent, allowing his spear technique to advance by 1% through practice alone.
• After eight hours of training, Qin Yan spent 20 Skill Points to raise his spear technique to 49% and entered the Spear Technique Pavilion.
• Qin Yan learned that the pavilion offered Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Diamond challenges, with failure at the Diamond level resulting in death.
• Qin Yan trained for another eight hours and spent 20 Skill Points to reach 50%, achieving the Six-Foot Spear Glow.
• Qin Yan chose the Diamond Statue, which shrank him to a speck of dust and sucked him inside.

Qin Yan entered the Spear Technique Trial and learned that he had one month to comprehend the embryonic form of a Spear Qi or die. He surveyed the trial space and identified its outer and middle regions as holding Third Grade and Second Grade Spear Qi, then reached a formidable inner region without choosing a qi to study.

• Qin Yan found himself in a miniature world filled with Spear Qi after entering the Diamond Statue.
• The trial voice announced two stages and set a one-month deadline for Qin Yan to comprehend the embryonic form of a Spear Qi, with failure resulting in death.
• Qin Yan studied the Outer Zone's Third Grade Spear Qi, including Sharp, Heavy, Scorching, Swift Thunder, and Soft Water Spear Qi.
• Qin Yan ventured deeper and identified the region's stronger qi, including the Second Grade Startling Thunder Spear Qi.
• Qin Yan reached an inner area with only about a dozen powerful strands of Spear Qi, whose pressure made his skin prickle.

Qin Yan examined the First Grade Spear Qi available in the trial and learned how rare and difficult Supreme Grade Spear Qi was to comprehend. After using his panel to record many possible techniques, he felt an unusual resonance with Annihilation End Spear Qi and suspected it was connected to his Blood Demon Nest.

• Qin Yan discovered that Yimu Divine Spear Qi could regenerate, heal injuries, and sustain prolonged battles.
• Qin Yan examined other First Grade Spear Qi and recalled that Supreme Grade Spear Qi could only be comprehended through exceptional mastery, talent, and opportunity.
• Qin Yan summoned his panel and confirmed that it had recorded the Spear Qi he had touched, allowing him to track his progress toward comprehending one.
• Qin Yan continued surveying the Spear Qi and added many more options to his panel, including Holy Light Spear Qi, Nether Spear Qi, and Mystic Heavy Spear Qi.
• Qin Yan touched Annihilation End Spear Qi, recognized its supreme destructive power, and wondered whether its resonance with him came from his Blood Demon Nest.

Qin Yan tested whether he could comprehend Annihilation End Spear Qi, enduring its destructive intent through hours of spear practice. The Life Grail helped him continue training, and after reaching 1% progress through his own effort, he spent all thirty Skill Points to advance further.

• Qin Yan touched the Annihilation End Spear Qi and withstood its destructive intent as he began practicing with his spear.
• Qin Yan spent eight hours training, then used the Life Grail to restore his strength and continue for another four hours.
• Qin Yan checked his Attribute Panel and found that his Annihilation End Spear Qi progress had reached 1% without Skill Points.
• Qin Yan invested all thirty Skill Points he had accumulated that day into the Annihilation End Spear Qi progress bar.

Qin Yan trained relentlessly to comprehend Annihilation End Spear Qi, using Skill Points and the Life Grail to accelerate his progress. By June 6, he formed its rudimentary power in his spear glow and discovered it added the equivalent of 1000 Cal of Blood Qi in destructive force.

• Qin Yan spent 30 Skill Points to raise his Annihilation End Spear Qi progress from 1% to 4% and calculated that he could master its prototype within a month.
• Qin Yan rested by circulating the Undying Blood Demon Scripture, which replaced sleep and slowly tempered his bones.
• On May 22, Qin Yan resumed spear training, using the Life Grail to recover and spending four hours each day cultivating his bones.
• Qin Yan trained for half a month and steadily invested 50 Skill Points daily into his Annihilation End Spear Qi progress.
• On June 6, Qin Yan infused a basic spear thrust with rudimentary Annihilation End Spear Qi, creating a golden-red glow that seemed to erase the air in its path.
• Qin Yan calculated that the rudimentary spear qi increased the strike's destructive force by the equivalent of 1000 Cal of Blood Qi.

Qin Yan received an SS Rank evaluation after condensing embryonic First Grade Spear Qi in seventeen days, then began the second stage of the trial against the Destruction Stone Statue. Their opening clash showed that the statue was stronger but still wielded only embryonic Spear Qi, leaving Qin Yan a chance to fight.

• The trial voice awarded Qin Yan an SS Rank for completing the first stage and condensing First Grade embryonic Spear Qi in seventeen days.
• The trial began its second stage and formed the Destruction Stone Statue from the sphere of Annihilation End Spear Qi, setting a fifteen-day limit and erasure as the consequence of failure.
• Qin Yan approached the statue, which awakened and thrust its giant spear at his chest.
• Qin Yan met the thrust with his spear and embryonic Annihilation End Spear Qi, then staggered back while the statue barely moved.
• Qin Yan judged that the statue's Spear Qi was still embryonic and prepared to fight as it charged and swept its spear toward him.

Qin Yan used Return to One and nascent Annihilation End Spear Qi to destroy the Destruction Stone Statue, earning an overall SS+ evaluation. After receiving the Spear Dao Essence and Creation Divine Iron, he was drawn into a vision of countless spear Daos.

• Qin Yan's Golden Glaze-covered spear shattered the Destruction Stone Statue's weapon and pierced through its chest, causing the statue to explode.
• The trial voice gave Qin Yan an SSS Rank for the second trial and an SS+ overall evaluation.
• Qin Yan received one ten-thousandth of the Spear Dao Essence and one piece of Creation Divine Iron.
• The spear phantom inside the Spear Dao Essence entered Qin Yan's brow and pulled his consciousness into a universe of spears, where he began merging with their spear Daos.

After receiving one ten-thousandth of a Spear Dao Fragment, Qin Yan gained profound insight and greatly improved his spear talent. He examined his second reward, Creation Divine Iron, and discovered that its defining property was infinite growth.

• Qin Yan learned that the Spear Dao Fragment had raised his Spear Technique progress to 87% and transformed his understanding of the spear.
• Qin Yan practiced basic spear moves for four hours and increased his Spear Technique progress to 88% without spending Skill Points.
• Qin Yan reflected that essences enhanced only their own paths, while his panel could improve many kinds of skills.
• Qin Yan inspected the Creation Divine Iron and read that it was extraordinarily durable in its primitive state and possessed infinite growth.

Qin Yan received the Creation Divine Iron, a core material that could evolve by devouring other materials and spirit weapons, and left the Spear Technique trial with his future Lifebound Spirit Weapon planned. After two days of seclusion, he emerged with a powerful ten-foot Golden Spear Glow and struck at a broken foundation stone.

• Qin Yan learned that the Creation Divine Iron could evolve without limit, nurture an Artifact Spirit, and serve as the core of a Lifebound Spirit Weapon.
• Qin Yan stored the Creation Divine Iron, exited the Spear-Shaped Pavilion, and saw that Su Liuli was no longer with him.
• Qin Yan left the Martial Arena and considered how difficult it was for other Prodigies to earn an SS+ trial rating.
• Qin Yan secluded himself in the ruins for two days to digest the trial's gains.
• On June 8th, Qin Yan wielded the Ink Trace Spear and unleashed a ten-foot Golden Spear Glow at a broken palace foundation stone.

Qin Yan perfected his Fourth-Stage Spear Technique and fused his embryonic destructive spear qi with his spear glow to form First Grade Annihilation End Spear Qi. He reached the Fifth Rank of Spear Technique at 1%, with further work needed to strengthen and explore his new Spear Qi.

• Qin Yan completed his Fourth-Stage Spear Technique at 100% and prepared to condense a complete Annihilation End Spear Qi.
• Qin Yan gradually merged the embryonic dark crimson spear qi with his Golden Spear Glow.
• Qin Yan fired a three-foot Annihilation End Spear Qi blade that shattered a Jade Painting Wall.
• Qin Yan inspected his status panel and found that he had reached Fifth Rank Spear Technique at 1% with First Grade Annihilation End Spear Qi.
• Qin Yan reviewed how different grades of Fifth Rank Spear Qi increased combat power and Base Blood Qi.

After mastering Annihilation End Spear Qi, Qin Yan calculated that his full-power burst could reach 12,830 Cal, enough to crush an ordinary early Fourth-Rank martial artist. He headed for the Blood God Hall to seek its inheritance, but news from a returning prodigy stopped him at the edge of the Royal Court’s Core Zone.

• Qin Yan calculated his maximum Blood Qi Burst at 12,830 Cal and realized he could overpower ordinary early Fourth-Rank martial artists.
• Qin Yan chose the Blood God Hall because his Blood Demon Nest might resonate with its inheritance.
• Qin Yan traveled for three days and nights toward the Jadeite Royal Court’s central heartland.
• A prodigy returning from ahead shared startling news that made Qin Yan stop and frown.

Qin Yan reached the Blood God Divine Hall and found its entrance sealed behind enormous, surging blood-red rivers. While the gathered prodigies believed no one could cross them, Qin Yan discovered that the rivers welcomed his touch.

• Qin Yan intimidated a wolf clan prodigy into leading him toward the Blood God Divine Hall.
• Qin Yan arrived at the Blood Sacrifice Plaza and saw the living-looking hall encircled by blood-red rivers.
• The gathered prodigies speculated that someone had triggered the hall's inheritance, while every attempt to approach the rivers was repelled.
• Qin Yan felt an inexplicable familiarity with the rivers and walked toward them as the other prodigies watched.
• Qin Yan reached into the churning blood-red waves, which curled gently around his fingertips instead of attacking him.