Chapter Summaries

A mysterious Azure-robed Woman saved Qin Yan and the others from a lethal ambush, then pursued the hidden attacker. As the group traveled toward the Space Passage, they faced repeated attacks by Grandmaster-level enemies and relied on concealed Human Clan protectors to survive.

• Starlight Dew's Unbreakable Barrier shattered under a Black Sword Light, leaving her badly injured as the attack rushed toward Qin Yan and the others.
• A mysterious Azure-robed Woman appeared beside Qin Yan and erased the Black Sword Light with a single sword stroke before chasing its attacker into the forest.
• Qin Yan and Li Mu wondered whether the powerful woman was the female vice principal of Magic Capital Martial University, but neither recognized her.
• Su Zhiming signaled the group to continue toward the Space Passage, and the Starlight Lord set off with help from an Elf Warrior.
• Different races launched repeated Grandmaster-level ambushes, while hidden Human Clan protectors intercepted the attacks and a middle-aged man in black stayed close to Liu Ruyan.

Qin Yan and the others reached the Space Passage, only to be ambushed by three Ninth-Rank Venerables. An unseen woman intervened and began suppressing the attackers with a massive white palm seal.

• Qin Yan and the group reached the Space Passage in Dawnlight Grove under the protection of human experts and the Elf Clan.
• Three Black-Robed Venerables emerged from a Spatial Rift and attacked the group with a Lava Giant Lizard.
• An unknown woman’s sigh destroyed the Lava Giant Lizard and prompted the three Venerables to retreat.
• The woman said “Suppression” and formed a White Palm Seal that blocked the Venerables’ escape.
• The three Venerables unleashed three more Lava Giant Lizards to break free, but their assault proved futile.

Envoy An suppressed three Ninth-Rank Venerables, ending the threat at Dawnlight Grove and allowing Su Zhiming’s group to return safely to Blue Star. Qin Yan arrived back at Magic Capital Martial University with Li Mu and went to the student manor area to rest.

• Envoy An used a White Palm Seal to capture and make the three Black-Robed Venerables vanish, leaving their fate unknown.
• The hidden attackers fled, and Su Zhiming thanked the unseen Envoy An for saving them.
• Jiang Mingyue returned and ordered Su Zhiming to lead the students through the Space Passage to Blue Star.
• Su Zhiming led Qin Yan, Liu Ruyan, Li Mu, and the other student back to Blue Star, where a human expert and Liu Ruyan’s Longhua Martial Grandmaster departed with their respective companions.
• Su Zhiming took Qin Yan and Li Mu to Magic Capital Martial University, then sent them to rest while he headed for the First Academy.
• Qin Yan and Li Mu walked together toward the Student Manor Area.

Qin Yan returned to his estate and trained through the night, while Jiang Mingyue met with An Miao Shi Mingxin to learn who had arranged the attacks on the Human Clan's young talents. Mingxin identified the Lava Lizard Clan and Dragonborn Clan as two of the factions involved.

• Qin Yan reflected on the dangers he had faced in the Eversong Star Realm and suspected Liu Ruyan had been the primary target of the assassination attempts.
• Qin Yan returned to his estate, practiced spear techniques through the afternoon and night, and gained 20 Skill Points.
• Jiang Mingyue thanked An Miao Shi Mingxin for protecting the Human Clan's young talents, and Mingxin recognized that Jiang Mingyue had reached half-step Ninth Grade.
• Jiang Mingyue teased Anya about her breakthrough to Eighth-Rank Grandmaster and her progress in Qi Refining and spiritual power.
• Jiang Mingyue asked Mingxin who had planned the attacks, and Mingxin said the Lava Lizard Clan sought revenge for Fire Lizard's death.
• Mingxin said the Dragonborn Clan had supplied intelligence and forces because Dragon Hidden had been outshone by Qin Yan and lost points to Liu Ruyan.

Qin Yan searched the library for information about demons and learned that the Demon Race was condemned to extermination by the Ten Thousand Races. Determined to conceal his Blood Demon Power and grow stronger, he returned to the Mystic Tower, arriving on the twenty-fifth layer.

• Qin Yan went to the library and searched its historical archives for records about demons and Demon Qi.
• Qin Yan learned that the Demon Race had lost the Demon Dao War and that anyone who sheltered its remnants or inheritors faced severe punishment.
• Qin Yan resolved to keep Little Black and his Demon Qi hidden, fearing that exposure could endanger him and others.
• Qin Yan returned to his manor and trained with his spear throughout the day.
• On July 22, Qin Yan entered the Mystic Tower and arrived on its twenty-fifth layer, the highest floor he had reached before.

Qin Yan swept through the Mystic Tower’s Twenty-Fifth through Thirtieth Floors, defeating the guardians with ease and claiming the rewards after clearing the Thirtieth Floor. As he absorbed the Spear Dao inheritance, its refined essence formed a tiny golden long-spear phantom in his mind.

• Qin Yan instantly defeated the Twenty-Fifth Floor guardian and swiftly cleared the Twenty-Sixth through Twenty-Ninth Floors.
• Qin Yan reached the Thirtieth Floor and used his overwhelming Blood Qi to smash its Third Grade Limit guardian, despite its mastery of fist aura.
• Qin Yan reflected on how far he had grown since barely winning against the tenth-floor guardian as a First-Rank Martial Artist.
• Qin Yan received the Spear Dao Inheritance Orb and absorbed its knowledge, which consolidated and advanced his spear mastery.
• The refined essence of the Spear Dao inheritance remained in Qin Yan’s mind as a tiny, solid golden long-spear phantom.

Qin Yan merged a second fragment of Spear Dao Essence with his existing one and received the complete Five Elements Chaos Genesis inheritance, though his cultivation in it remained at Beginner. He continued climbing the Mystic Tower and encountered a Golden Figure formed from the metal-element White Metal Sharp Gold Art.

• Qin Yan merged the Mystic Tower's reward with his existing Spear Dao Essence, strengthening his spear comprehension.
• The two Five Elements Imprints on Qin Yan's forehead joined the imprint in the Five-Colored Light Orb and returned to his body as a complete inheritance imprint.
• Qin Yan's panel showed Five Elements Chaos Genesis at Beginner and his Spear Technique at 49%.
• Qin Yan chose to continue climbing the Mystic Tower and teleported to the next floor.
• Qin Yan found a Golden Figure in place of the White Figure and recognized it as a manifestation of the White Metal Sharp Gold Art.

Qin Yan fought the Golden Figure on the thirty-first floor, gauging its strength before defeating it with the Return to One Killing Move. With the Golden Figure destroyed, he reflected that a mastered Martial Skill could have made the battle far more difficult.

• The Golden Figure attacked Qin Yan with a long-range fist strike, and his Annihilation End Spear Qi met it in a draw.
• The Golden Figure closed in and launched a relentless series of sharp, close-range attacks, while Qin Yan defended with his spear and studied its abilities.
• Qin Yan estimated that the Golden Figure had an overall Blood Qi burst of about 11,500 Cal and decided to end the fight.
• Qin Yan used the Return to One Killing Move to pierce the Golden Figure's fist force and strike its chest core, destroying it with one spear thrust.
• Qin Yan observed that the Golden Figure had no true Martial Skill and considered how such a skill might have changed the battle.

Qin Yan defeated the fire Puppet on the thirty-second floor of the Mystic Tower, but struggled against the stronger earth Puppet on the thirty-third. With the Puppet’s second crushing attack bearing down on him, Qin Yan summoned the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron and fed it Blood Qi.

• Qin Yan defeated the red fire Puppet on the thirty-second floor with Return to One and Annihilation End Spear Qi.
• Qin Yan encountered an earthy-yellow Puppet on the thirty-third floor whose Base Blood Qi was estimated at 9,500 Cal.
• Qin Yan’s strongest spear strike was crushed by the earth Puppet’s fist seal, and he barely blocked the remaining force without injury.
• The earth Puppet attacked again, and Qin Yan summoned the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron.
• Qin Yan circulated the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and poured a stream of Blood Qi into the cauldron.

Qin Yan used the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron to destroy a mid-Fourth Grade gatekeeper, but his depleted strength led to his defeat on the Thirty-Fourth Floor of the Mystic Tower. After recovering outside, he heard a tremendous boom from behind a forbidden city wall and hurried toward it.

• Qin Yan unleashed the Life Transformation Blood Flame from the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron, destroying the earthen-yellow Puppet in one strike.
• Qin Yan lost nearly thirty percent of his Blood Qi and suffered mental fatigue from activating the spirit weapon.
• The Mystic Tower teleported Qin Yan to the Thirty-Fourth Floor, where he was overwhelmed by the Blue Figure's water attacks and sent out of the tower.
• Qin Yan recovered outside the Mystic Tower by circulating the Blood Chapter of the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• A deafening boom shook the plaza, and Qin Yan realized it had come from behind the forbidden city wall and hurried toward it.

After being stopped from approaching a restricted area, Qin Yan returned toward the manor and found the new freshmen arriving for the Monthly Exam. Meanwhile, Magic Capital Martial University’s leaders learned that the trouble on the Sea Clan side had been temporarily suppressed.

• An armored soldier blocked Qin Yan from approaching the restricted area, so Qin Yan apologized and left without investigating further.
• Qin Yan noticed the freshmen discussing the upcoming Monthly Exam and reflected on how much he had changed over the past year.
• Qin Yan recalled that Teacher Xiao Huo and his fellow disciples had not responded to his messages and decided to wait two more days before asking other instructors.
• At a First Academy meeting, Lin Jian reported that Dean Xiao Shan had reached the battlefield and that the Sea Clan side said the matter there had been dealt with.
• Su Zhiming said the trouble on the Sea Clan side had been temporarily suppressed.

Su Zhiming arranged reinforcements for the pressured Zhenhai Defense Line while Qin Yan continued training and waited for Princess Anya’s promised resources. On July 25, Xiao Huo summoned Qin Yan to the Sixth Academy, where he reunited with Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou and learned that he had reached the Third Grade Limit.

• Su Zhiming ordered Lin Jian to ask other martial universities to send Fourth-Rank students or teachers to support the Zhenhai Defense Line.
• Su Zhiming arranged for the next group of mentors to leave within a day and replace the exhausted mentors at the front.
• Qin Yan trained at his manor for several days while waiting for Princess Anya’s cultivation resources to arrive.
• Xiao Huo summoned Qin Yan to his Alchemy Chamber in the Sixth Academy on July 25.
• Lu Youyou welcomed Qin Yan and asked whether he had been hurt in the secret realm.
• Xiao Huo confirmed Qin Yan had reached the Third Grade Limit, astonishing Lu Youyou.

Qin Yan returned from the Hidden Dragon Assembly and revealed that he had won first place among all participating races in the Eversong Star Realm. Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou learned that three Venerables had ambushed him before a mysterious expert intervened, and Xiao Huo asked him to recount the journey.

• Lu Youyou marveled at Qin Yan reaching the Third Grade Limit, while Xiao Huo praised how much his foundation had improved.
• Qin Yan casually told Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou that he had accidentally won first place at the Hidden Dragon Assembly.
• Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou were stunned, and Qin Yan confirmed the overall ranking by explaining that several races had ambushed him on the way back.
• Qin Yan said Vice Principal Jiang Mingyue and a mysterious expert had intervened, with the expert instantly Suppressing and taking away the three Venerables.
• Xiao Huo guessed that the mysterious expert was a True King, then asked Qin Yan to explain what he had experienced in the Eversong Star Realm.

Qin Yan recounted his ordeal in Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain to Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou, then revealed the Undying Blood Codex and his immense blood qi. He learned that his teacher and senior sister had been serving at the Zhenhai Defense Line, where a passage to the Vast Sea Realm threatened humanity.

• Qin Yan described his experiences in Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain while concealing the core secrets of his strength.
• Xiao Huo recognized Qin Yan’s exceptional foundation, and Qin Yan revealed that the Undying Blood Codex had strengthened his blood qi.
• Xiao Huo praised Qin Yan’s potential and teased Lu Youyou about being overtaken by her junior brother.
• Lu Youyou explained that she, Xiao Huo, and other alchemy faculty and students had been assigned to the Zhenhai Defense Line’s logistics division.
• Lu Youyou confirmed Qin Yan’s guess that the sealed area beyond the wall near the Mystic Tower was the Zhenhai Battlefield’s core zone.
• Lu Youyou revealed that a space passage beneath the sea connected their world to the Vast Sea Realm.

Lu Youyou told Qin Yan how the Dragon Whale Clan threatened the Zhenhai Battlefield and described a recent assault that the university deans barely stopped. She warned Qin Yan that his strength made him a likely candidate for battlefield deployment, then implied she had more to say.

• Qin Yan recalled that Wang Guang had worshipped a being in the Vast Sea Realm and thought of Wen Ning's extraordinary mental detection ability.
• Lu Youyou explained that Magic Capital Martial University guarded a passage to the Vast Sea Realm, where the Dragon Whale Clan was the dominant race.
• Lu Youyou recounted how three Dragon Whale Clan grandmasters attacked after one of their warriors advanced, and the Third Academy Dean held them off despite suffering serious injuries.
• The Second Academy Dean arrived and joined the Third Academy Dean to repel the attack, causing the boom Qin Yan had heard on campus.
• Lu Youyou told Qin Yan that his strength made him a likely candidate for deployment to a battlefield, then began to hint at her reason for bringing it up.

Lu Youyou urged Qin Yan to choose the safer Alchemy Department for battlefield service, and Qin Yan agreed to prioritize applying there. Qin Yan also committed to cultivating the difficult Five Elements Chaos Genesis despite Xiao Huo’s warning, then agreed to spar with Lu Youyou after she broke through to the Third Grade Limit.

• Lu Youyou explained that the Alchemy Department offered safer duties, high contribution evaluations, and more free time, and Qin Yan agreed to prioritize applying there if the school recruited him for battlefield experience.
• Xiao Huo asked Qin Yan to choose a Qi Refining Art, and Qin Yan revealed that clearing the Mystic Tower’s Thirtieth Floor had earned him full inheritance qualification for the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Xiao Huo warned Qin Yan that the scripture’s difficulty and resource demands had defeated many geniuses, and urged him to abandon it if he could not make progress.
• Qin Yan promised to proceed cautiously but remained determined to cultivate the scripture, trusting his system and the Elf Clan’s promise to provide resources.
• Xiao Huo sent Lu Youyou and Qin Yan away to rest, and Lu Youyou asked Qin Yan to spar with her after she reached the Third Grade Limit.
• Qin Yan accepted Lu Youyou’s challenge, and she smiled brightly.

Qin Yan studied Xiao Huo’s battlefield materials while continuing his training, then received an unexpected Storage Ring delivered to his manor. He discovered it contained a Storage Space of roughly ten cubic meters, leaving him poised to learn what the mysterious delivery held.

• Qin Yan and Lu Youyou walked together across campus as freshmen gossiped about their closeness.
• Xiao Huo sent Qin Yan encrypted materials about the Zhenhai Battlefield Defense Line, and Qin Yan saved them before returning to spear training.
• Over the following days, Qin Yan trained and studied the defense-line materials, focusing on the Dragon Whale Clan and battlefield logistics.
• On July 28, Qin Yan found a campus logistics Smart Robot carrying a Storage Ring addressed to him.
• Qin Yan hurried to his training room and extended his Mental Strength into the ring, discovering a Storage Space of roughly ten cubic meters.

Qin Yan received the rare spirit medicines Princess Anya had promised and used 900 skill points to reach Beginner in Five Elements Chaos Genesis. He learned to form five elemental true qi seeds and realized the technique could give him vastly more true qi than ordinary cultivation methods.

• Qin Yan found the spirit medicines Princess Anya had sent and recognized them as the resources needed for his breakthrough.
• Qin Yan decided to advance Five Elements Chaos Genesis before using the medicines and spent 900 skill points to reach Beginner.
• Qin Yan absorbed the technique’s insights and learned how to condense metal, wood, water, fire, and earth true qi seeds in his five organs.
• Qin Yan realized that completing the technique’s First Layer could give him five kinds of true qi and roughly ten times the reserves of an ordinary martial artist of the same tier.

Qin Yan began cultivating the Metal Element of the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, using spirit medicines to build a foundation for his Gold Element True Qi Seed. After refining gentle medicines and beginning to absorb a fierce Fifth Grade fruit, he faced the challenge of guiding its Sharp Gold Qi through his meridians.

• Qin Yan resolved to break through to the Fourth Grade and gather the five elements using the resources in his Storage Ring.
• Qin Yan identified the metal-element spirit medicines, including the Seventh-Grade Supreme Sharp Gold Root.
• Qin Yan circulated the First Layer of the Five Elements Chaos Genesis and used Fourth-Grade medicines to form a golden aura around his lungs and strengthen his meridians.
• Qin Yan swallowed a Fifth Grade Whirlwind Gold Core Fruit, and its fierce Sharp Gold Qi surged through his meridians.
• Qin Yan used the golden aura and strengthened meridians to guide and soothe the fruit's medicinal power.

Qin Yan refined the Supreme Sharp Gold Root with Five Elements Chaos Genesis, transforming his lungs into golden organs and forming the Gold Element Seed’s accompanying support structure. The chapter ended with the diagram merging into his golden lungs, ready to supply the seed with pure metal-element essence.

• Qin Yan refined the fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade spirit medicines, strengthening and gilding his meridians while building a golden energy field around his lungs.
• Qin Yan swallowed the Supreme Sharp Gold Root, and its immense medicinal power threatened to shatter his body before his prepared cultivation technique brought it under control.
• Qin Yan guided the seventh-grade power into his lungs and formed a layered golden formation from the medicines’ different grades.
• The formation contracted and imprinted itself on Qin Yan’s lungs, transforming them into golden organs that could absorb metal-aspected spiritual energy.
• The formation shrank and merged with Qin Yan’s golden lungs as the Gold Element Seed’s support structure.