Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan faced Feng Jin and Feng Ling’s combined ultimate attacks with his Return to One spear technique, but his spear qi shattered under their assault. The residual claw qi and Flame Lotus struck him, leaving his fate unknown.

• Feng Jin used his flaming Spirit Weapon gloves to suppress Qin Yan with Green Lotus Earthfire Palm strikes.
• Feng Ling activated his Silver Claws as he and Feng Jin prepared their final attacks.
• Qin Yan fused his eighty-one strands of Spear Qi into a golden-glazed spear and launched Return to One against both opponents.
• Feng Ling’s Gale Sky-Rending Claw and Feng Jin’s Green Lotus World-Burner shattered Qin Yan’s spear qi and continued toward him.
• The remaining claw qi and Flame Lotus exploded where Qin Yan stood.

Qin Yan survived Feng Jin and Feng Ling’s combined attack by using the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron’s Myriad Transformation Blood Curtain. After the two heirs backed down, he fought off two more attackers and left the plaza, while the witnesses anticipated his growing fame.

• Qin Yan used the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron to shield himself from Feng Jin and Feng Ling’s combined attack and emerged alive.
• Qin Yan challenged Feng Jin and Feng Ling to continue fighting, and Feng Ling conceded and cleared a path for him to leave.
• Feng Jin judged himself too weak to defeat Qin Yan and allowed his clansmen to clear the way as well.
• Qin Yan put away the cauldron and walked toward the plaza’s outskirts, killing two Prodigies who tried to ambush him.
• Qin Yan left the Blood God Hall plaza as the remaining Prodigies watched and expected his reputation to spread.

Qin Yan hid in a cave and used his stored Blood Qi and Blood Dao Essence to finish reforging his bones and transform all his Jade Blood into Blood Demon True Blood. His breakthrough awakened two runes that formed the foundations of an Origin Divine Ability.

• Qin Yan found a concealed cave in the Royal Court ruins, treated his injuries with a Healing Pill, and recovered while cultivating the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• Qin Yan refined the Blood Qi he had absorbed from the battlefield and the Blood Dao Essence Blood Absolute had given him, completing the reforging of all 206 bones.
• Qin Yan shifted to the Blood Refining Chapter and used the Blood Dao origin to convert the last traces of Jade Blood in his body into Blood Demon True Blood.
• Qin Yan's breakthrough unleashed a powerful wave of Blood Qi that formed a Blood Rune and a Demon Rune, the foundations of his Origin Divine Ability, before both runes sank into his chest.

Qin Yan completed his breakthrough and awakened the Undying Blood Demon Body along with two Origin Divine Abilities: Blood Curse and the sealed Demon Word Heavenly Constitution. He marveled at his greatly increased vitality and the potential of his new powers.

• Qin Yan completed his transformation as the Blood River Phantom and blood demon patterns faded.
• Qin Yan checked his Panel and saw his vitality rise from 2315 Cal to 3315 Cal, with the Undying Blood Demon Body developing.
• Qin Yan learned that Blood Curse could inflict several kinds of curses and provide protection against curse attacks.
• Qin Yan examined the sealed Demon Word Heavenly Constitution and discovered its future realms could let words kill, alter reality, and establish laws.
• Qin Yan welcomed the might of the Demon Word Heavenly Constitution, though its higher realms remained locked.

Qin Yan emerged from seclusion with over 310,000 Points and set out to hunt the prodigies who had attacked him. As the assembly neared its end, other powerful participants began slaughtering rivals and seizing Points across Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.

• Qin Yan found that Demon Word Heavenly Constitution remained sealed, but he could use Blood Curse, and he discovered his Jade Ring held 310,086 Points.
• Qin Yan resolved to take revenge on Feng Jin, Feng Ling, and the prodigies who had besieged him, then left his cave in a black cloak to begin hunting.
• Dragon Hidden killed three Hard Shell Clan prodigies, reached 512,345 Points, and set off after Fire Lizard.
• Rock Heart battered a group of prodigies who had tried to surround him, demanding more Points as he attacked.
• An Ling shot fleeing and ambushing prodigies in a forest with precise arrows.

Feng Ling led the Storm Winged away from the Northern World after deciding that Qin Yan’s strength made staying too dangerous. She and her companions crossed the Blood River toward the Eastern World to seek safer opportunities and earn Points.

• Xiong Lie killed Snow Demon prodigies with his Extreme Cold Bear King Seal in the Western World.
• Feng Jin hunted and killed rival prodigies among the ruins in the Northern World, gaining Points.
• Feng Ling led the Storm Winged to the Blood River and explained that Qin Yan might seek revenge after their failed attempt to stop him.
• Feng Ling estimated she had less than a thirty percent chance of defeating Qin Yan and warned that her clan could be killed if she lost.
• Feng Ling and the Storm Winged formed vitality boats and crossed the Blood River into the Eastern World.

Qin Yan, disguised as the Black-Robed Man, confronted five Icefield Bear Clan prodigies in an ancient Northern World ruin. He attacked them with the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and began draining their strength and life force.

• Xiong Er led four Icefield Bears through the ruins and warned them to stay together while avoiding powerful hunters and the Black-Robed Man.
• The Icefield Bears discussed the Black-Robed Man’s deadly reputation and reassured themselves that their teamwork could protect them.
• Qin Yan appeared beneath a ruined archway, confirmed he was the Black-Robed Man, and declared that the five bears would die.
• Qin Yan formed a vortex of Demon Qi and sent five dark beams toward the Icefield Bears as they attacked him.
• The beams devoured the bears’ attacks and attached to their bodies, draining their Blood Qi and vitality as they struggled to break free.

Qin Yan hunted and cultivated in the Northern World while the Blood Demon Nest nurtured Little Black. On July 5th, Little Black hatched into a Netherworld Soul-Devouring Demon Tree, an imperial bloodline among the Soul-Devouring Demon Trees.

• Qin Yan devoured five Ice Plain Bears and collected the Point Tokens they left behind.
• Qin Yan continued training his spear and hunting hostile prodigies and valuable targets, feeding the life essence he gained to the Blood Demon Nest.
• On July 5th, Little Black's shell cracked and it emerged as a miniature black tree inside the Blood Demon Nest.
• Little Black left the Blood Demon Nest, grew to fill much of Qin Yan's cave, and touched his cheek with a branch.
• Little Black passed its inheritance to Qin Yan, revealing that it was a Netherworld Soul-Devouring Demon Tree with imperial bloodline.

After Little Black’s emergence revealed its terrifying origin, Qin Yan checked his greatly improved abilities and tested the young demon tree’s combat strength. Little Black unveiled a powerful suppression domain, though Qin Yan found its effect did not work against him.

• Qin Yan saw a vision of a colossal Black Ancient Tree devouring a planet and struggled to reconcile it with the affectionate Little Black beside him.
• Qin Yan left the cave with Little Black to test its combat abilities and checked his status, finding that his Blood Qi and Mental Strength had increased and that he had gained Blood Puppet Creation.
• Qin Yan and Little Black reached an open area in the valley, where Qin Yan launched a probing spear strike at the tree.
• Little Black released its Soul Devouring Domain, filling a three-hundred-meter radius with Demon Qi that slowed Qin Yan’s Blood Qi and reduced his usable strength.
• Qin Yan recognized that Little Black’s domain was a potent bloodline talent but concluded that its suppression was ineffective against him.

Qin Yan tested his strength against Little Black and was decisively defeated, confirming the newborn demon plant’s overwhelming power. After recovering, he headed for Chaos Stone Ridge to hunt Feng Jin and settle their grudges.

• Qin Yan used the Undying Blood Demon Scripture to break free of Little Black’s Darkness Domain and fought the demon plant at full strength.
• Little Black endured Qin Yan’s strongest spear attacks and ultimately defeated him, leaving him battered among the rubble.
• Little Black comforted Qin Yan, who recovered by cultivating the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• Qin Yan decided to hunt Feng Jin, who had been active in Chaos Stone Ridge targeting Prodigies for points.
• Little Black returned to Qin Yan’s body, and Qin Yan set off toward Chaos Stone Ridge.

Tianchen sacrificed himself to help Xue Ye, Jiang Xuemian, and the remaining elves escape the Phoenix Descendant Clan’s encirclement at Chaos Stone Ridge. The survivors briefly broke free, but Feng Feng caught up and confronted them after throwing Tianchen’s corpse in their path.

• Feng Feng and more than fifty phoenix descendant prodigies surrounded and slaughtered the elves, leaving Tianchen, Jiang Xuemian, Xue Ye, and a handful of others alive.
• Tianchen charged Feng Feng alone to hold him off while Xue Ye and Jiang Xuemian led the elves toward a gap in the northeastern encirclement.
• Xue Ye and Jiang Xuemian broke through with seven or eight wounded elves after four warriors died clearing their path.
• Feng Feng threw Tianchen’s mangled corpse before the fleeing survivors and challenged them from atop a stone pillar.

Xue Ye invoked Qin Yan’s name to make Feng Feng hesitate, then led the elves in a desperate breakout. Feng Feng resumed the attack, killed Jiang Xuemian, and left Xue Ye badly wounded as he prepared to strike again.

• As the elves panicked, Xue Ye silenced them and searched for a way to survive.
• Xue Ye warned Feng Feng that Qin Yan would retaliate if the Phoenix Descendant Clan attacked the elves, briefly making Feng Feng hesitate.
• Xue Ye ordered the elves to break through while Feng Feng rallied his fighters and killed a fleeing elf warrior.
• Feng Feng sent several fighters to trap Xue Ye and attacked Jiang Xuemian, killing him and taking his Purification Ring.
• Feng Feng struck Xue Ye from behind, severed his left arm, and raised his blade for another attack.

Qin Yan and Little Black rescued Xue Ye by killing Feng Feng and more than fifty Phoenix Descendant warriors. After learning Feng Jin was waiting in the deepest part of Chaos Stone Ridge, they headed there.

• Little Black interrupted Feng Feng's attack on Xue Ye and reduced Feng Feng to dust with a single strike.
• The remaining Phoenix Descendants fled, but Little Black hunted them down and killed them all.
• Qin Yan collected the fallen warriors' Points and resources, bringing his Points to 410086.
• Qin Yan asked Xue Ye where Feng Jin was, and Xue Ye said Feng Jin was in the deepest part of Chaos Stone Ridge.
• Qin Yan and Little Black set off toward the depths of Chaos Stone Ridge.

Xue Ye followed Qin Yan and Little Black through Chaos Stone Ridge after swearing an oath to repay Qin Yan for saving him. Elsewhere, Feng Jin waited for the group he had sent to eliminate the Elf Clan team and began to suspect something had gone wrong.

• Xue Ye retrieved his severed arm and followed Qin Yan and Little Black, deciding that staying with them was safer than traveling alone.
• Qin Yan asked what use Xue Ye could offer, and Xue Ye admitted he had none in his injured state.
• Xue Ye swore an oath to serve Qin Yan after recovering, and Qin Yan agreed to let him come along.
• Xue Ye led Qin Yan and Little Black deeper into Chaos Stone Ridge.
• Feng Jin waited in a crimson-rock valley with more than forty Phoenix Descendant Prodigies and wondered why Feng Feng had not returned from attacking the Elf Clan team.

Little Black ambushed Feng Jin and the Phoenix Descendant Prodigies with its suppressive domain and powerful branches, then summoned a Demonic Qi Flood Dragon to battle Feng Jin. Qin Yan joined the attack with Demon Qi Tentacles as the Phoenix Descendants struggled to survive.

• Feng Jin sensed interference with his squad’s attack on the elves and prepared to investigate, but Little Black’s black mist engulfed the area and suppressed his Blood Qi.
• Little Black’s branches killed one Phoenix Descendant Prodigy and pierced through many others as they tried to fight back.
• Feng Jin attacked Little Black with his Crimson War Blade, but Little Black blocked the strike with a Branch Shield and forced Feng Jin backward.
• Little Black formed a Dark Array and sent a Demonic Qi Flood Dragon to attack Feng Jin, who countered with Green Lotus Earthfire Palm using blood-red Spirit Weapon Gloves.
• Qin Yan sent Demon Qi Tentacles into the remaining Phoenix Descendant Prodigies, piercing their defenses and striking their vital points.

Qin Yan turned the slain Phoenix Descendant Prodigies’ blood into six Blood Cocoons, then joined Xue Ye to face Feng Jin as Little Black overwhelmed him with three Demonic Qi Flood Dragons. Qin Yan ordered Little Black to end the fight, and the dragons roared as they prepared to attack.

• Qin Yan condensed the Phoenix Descendant blood into six Blood Cocoons and stored them in the Blood Demon Nest.
• Qin Yan summoned Xue Ye and headed toward Feng Jin, who was being battered by Little Black’s three Demonic Qi Flood Dragons.
• Feng Jin’s Green Lotus Earthfire Palms failed to stop the dragons, and Little Black’s domain prevented him from escaping.
• Qin Yan told Little Black to stop playing and finish the battle.
• Little Black’s three Demonic Qi Flood Dragons roared together in response to Qin Yan’s command.

Qin Yan and Little Black defeated Feng Jin, whose Dark Demonic Breath Torrent killed the Phoenix Descendant. Qin Yan claimed Feng Jin’s points, Palm Dao Essence, and enormous hoard of pills and Spirit Medicine.

• Little Black’s demonic breath torrent pierced Feng Jin’s Flame Lotus and reduced him to ashes.
• Qin Yan praised Little Black, then collected the four items Feng Jin left behind.
• Qin Yan absorbed 1,191,200 Points from Feng Jin’s Purification Ring.
• Qin Yan absorbed Feng Jin’s one-ten-thousandth portion of Palm Dao Essence, raising his Palm Technique comprehension to gifted Beginner level.
• Qin Yan inspected Feng Jin’s Storage Ring and found it packed with pills and Spirit Medicine, including a Seventh Grade herb.

Qin Yan looted Feng Jin’s remains, then sent Little Black and Xue Ye to hunt for points while he cultivated and collected points from other prodigies. Near the end of the Hidden Dragon Assembly, a masked Red-Robed Woman killed Fire Lizard and clashed with Dragon Hidden over the spoils.

• Qin Yan collected Feng Jin’s Storage Ring and Gauntlet Spirit Weapon as nearby prodigies spread news of Feng Jin’s death and warned others to avoid Qin Yan and Little Black.
• Qin Yan gave Little Black a Purification Ring and sent it with Xue Ye to hunt prodigies and Evil Spirits carrying points.
• Qin Yan continued cultivating and demanding points from other prodigies, and rumors spread that the Black-Robed Man would spare those who surrendered their points.
• Dragon Hidden gained the advantage over Fire Lizard and wounded him, but a blood-red sword qi suddenly killed Fire Lizard.
• The masked Red-Robed Woman took Fire Lizard’s Storage Ring, Spirit Weapon, and points, then crossed swords with the enraged Dragon Hidden.

As the Hidden Dragon Assembly neared its end, Qin Yan concealed Little Black’s survival and revealed his vast Point total and six newly hatched Blood Puppets. On July 10, the assembly concluded, and the prodigies were transported away from Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.

• The Red-Robed Woman fought Dragon Hidden evenly before departing, and news spread that Qin Yan had killed the Black Ancient Tree.
• Qin Yan checked his Purification Ring and saw that it held 1,555,555 Points, putting him in contention for the top spot.
• Qin Yan revealed that he had staged the Black Ancient Tree’s apparent death to hide Little Black’s survival and disguise how he had gained his Points.
• Qin Yan inspected his six fully hatched Blood Puppets, each strong enough to challenge an ordinary early-stage Fourth Grade martial artist at full power.
• On July 10, an emerald formation appeared above Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain and enveloped the prodigies in light.
• The spatial force transported the prodigies away, bringing the Hidden Dragon Assembly to an end.

Liu Ruyan left the valley after settling her debt with Cang Yue, while Qin Yan and Xue Ye returned to the Elf Clan’s Ancestral Land as the Hidden Dragon Assembly ended. Qin Yan realized the Purification Rings gathered and cleansed evil energy to sustain the Formation, and Xue Ye awoke beside him.

• Liu Ruyan said the Hidden Dragon Assembly was over, then bowed to Cang Yue’s tomb and declared their debts settled.
• The Purification Ring transported Liu Ruyan away from the valley in emerald light.
• Qin Yan carried the unconscious Xue Ye through the Formation and returned to the Elf Clan’s Ancestral Land.
• Qin Yan watched the returning prodigies’ Purification Rings release evil vapor that the Formation purified and absorbed.
• Xue Ye woke beside Qin Yan and touched the sore spot where Qin Yan had knocked him out.