Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan successfully condensed the Gold Element Seed, then used its strengthened meridians to begin refining wood-element medicines. He imprinted a green array on his liver, but the chapter ended before the Wood Element Seed formed.

• Qin Yan condensed a golden seed in his Golden Lung and recovered from the exhausting process.
• Qin Yan explained that he would cultivate the five elements in an order guided by their mutual restraint, beginning with gold and then wood.
• Qin Yan studied the properties and precautions of the wood-element medicines before refining them.
• Qin Yan used the Gold Element channel to guide wood medicinal power safely into the area around his liver.
• Qin Yan refined the Primordial Wood Spirit Root and imprinted a green array onto his jade-like liver.

Qin Yan completed the Wood, Earth, Water, and Fire Element Seeds, joining them with his Gold Element Seed to transform his organs and meridians. He drew in spiritual energy to form Five Elements True Qi, which stabilized with his Blood Qi and left him feeling stronger than ever.

• Qin Yan refined the Wood Element Seed and then used the Five Elements' restraints to form the Earth, Water, and Fire Element Seeds.
• Qin Yan inspected his transformed five organs and radiant Five Elements Spirit Meridians.
• Qin Yan activated the Five Elements Chaos Genesis and drew the five kinds of spiritual energy into his body, refining them into True Qi.
• Qin Yan's Blood Qi surged and enveloped him as the new Five Elements True Qi began to stabilize with it.
• Qin Yan opened his eyes, felt an unprecedented surge of strength, and clenched his fist.

Qin Yan broke through to the early Fourth Rank True Qi Realm, gaining five-element true qi and reaching 9000 Cal of total blood qi. After inspecting his new Five Elements Basic Martial Arts Compendium, he decided to choose a few techniques that complemented his spear path rather than attempt to learn them all.

• Qin Yan completed his breakthrough, condensing five kinds of true qi and strengthening his body.
• Qin Yan checked his panel and found his total blood qi had risen to 9000 Cal, divided between Qi Refining and Body Tempering.
• Qin Yan assessed how his combined cultivation paths and other abilities could let him suppress ordinary Peak Fourth Rank Martial Artists.
• Qin Yan accessed the Five Elements Basic Martial Arts Compendium and received a vast collection of techniques.
• Qin Yan decided to select a few martial arts suited to his situation and spear path for focused practice.

After breaking through, Qin Yan examined his Five-Colored Divine Light and realized his control over the five elements was still too rudimentary to use its advanced stages. He practiced spear forms for eight hours, discovered he could train without fatigue, and found that his skill points were accumulating much faster.

• Qin Yan set aside the martial arts compendium until his realm had stabilized and studied the stages and abilities of Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Qin Yan determined that his beginner-level control over five elements force limited him to using one attribute of spiritual light at a time.
• Qin Yan returned to his spear training and noticed metal element true qi faintly sharpening the spear tip.
• Qin Yan practiced spear forms for eight hours without fatigue and found that he had gained 80 skill points.
• Qin Yan calculated that his improved training efficiency could earn him around 200 skill points per day.

Qin Yan discovered that medicinal power left in his strengthened organs was nourishing his Five Elements Seeds and could rapidly advance his cultivation. He then brought a large haul of resources from Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain to Magic Capital Martial University’s exchange, where appraisers began assessing its value in Credit Points.

• Qin Yan realized that lingering medicinal power in his organs was feeding his Five Elements Seeds and could raise his Qi Refining level within days.
• Qin Yan considered how active cultivation might speed the seeds’ growth and wondered how far the stored medicinal power could advance him.
• Qin Yan brought Spirit Medicines, ores, and pills from Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain to Window Seven at Magic Capital Martial University’s Comprehensive Resource Exchange.
• Qin Yan asked the young woman staffing the window to calculate the total Credit Point value of his resources, and she summoned two senior appraisers.

Qin Yan received 45,000 Credit Points for the resources he had submitted, then used 10,000 points to buy fifty Superior Five Elements Spirit Pills. He left the exchange area with pills to support the growth of all five True Qi seeds in his cultivation.

• Two appraisers valued Qin Yan’s submitted resources at 45,000 Credit Points, astonishing the surrounding students.
• Qin Yan checked the itemized list, confirmed it was correct, and received the Credit Points on his Personal Terminal.
• Qin Yan went to the Pill Exchange area and found five types of Superior Five Elements Spirit Pills priced at 200 Credit Points each.
• Qin Yan exchanged 10,000 Credit Points for ten Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Spirit Pills apiece.
• Qin Yan collected the five bottles of pills and continued onward.

After entering the Fourth Rank, Qin Yan bought an Ink Trace 3.0 spear and returned to his estate to cultivate with five Superior Five Elements Spirit Pills. The pills strengthened his Five Elements Seeds and further increased his vitality.

• Qin Yan kept his Ink Trace 2.0 spear as a memento and bought the 2,400-Credit-Point Ink Trace 3.0 Ultimate Edition.
• Qin Yan tested the new spear and found that it conducted his true qi smoothly, extending a sharp Metal Element edge from its tip.
• Qin Yan returned to his estate and swallowed one Superior Spirit Pill for each of the five elements at once.
• Qin Yan circulated Five Elements Chaos Genesis, which directed the pills' energy into their corresponding Five Elements Seeds.
• Qin Yan's Five Elements Seeds grew stronger, and their Origin Qi stimulated another surge in his vitality.

Qin Yan rapidly advanced his cultivation by consuming Five Elements Spirit Pills, reaching the late Fourth Rank before buying more pills to continue pursuing Peak Fourth Rank. He remained in his training room, refining another batch and striving for a further breakthrough.

• Qin Yan examined his strengthened body and saw that he had reached the middle Fourth Rank with 15,000 Cal of Total Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan used his Five Elements meridians to absorb pills in rapid cycles, steadily strengthening his Five Elements Seeds.
• Qin Yan consumed twenty-five Five Elements Spirit Pills and broke through to the late Fourth Rank, but the remaining pills were insufficient to reach Peak Fourth Rank.
• Qin Yan spent 10,000 Credit Points on more Five Elements Spirit Pills and resumed refining them in his training room.

Qin Yan used a large stock of spirit pills to reach Peak Fourth Rank, then spent ten days improving Five Elements Chaos Genesis while training. He learned that he would depart for the Zhenhai Battlefield on August 9th and found his cultivation technique had advanced only to 16%, leaving a Fifth Rank breakthrough out of reach for now.

• Qin Yan swallowed his final five Attribute Spirit Pills and broke through to Peak Fourth Rank.
• Qin Yan concluded that his cultivation focus should shift from accumulating True Qi to daily cultivation and Martial Skill training, then practiced his spear technique.
• Over the next ten days, Qin Yan spent more than 2,000 Skill Points raising the First Layer of Five Elements Chaos Genesis from 1% to 16%.
• Qin Yan read his teacher's message telling him to gather at No. 3 Martial Arena on August 9th to depart for the Zhenhai Battlefield.
• Qin Yan recognized that the cultivation technique's rising Skill Point costs made a short-term breakthrough to Fifth Rank unrealistic.

Qin Yan reviewed his formidable strength after reaching Peak Fourth Rank and mastering the Gold-Splitting Spear to Minor Success. At Magic Capital Martial University’s No. 3 Martial Arena, he reunited with Lu Youyou and Xiao Wangshu, who had also reached Fourth Rank after two months away.

• Qin Yan assessed his 30,000 Cal of Base Blood Qi and the added power of his Gold-Splitting Spear, which he had cultivated to Minor Success in ten days.
• Qin Yan organized his gear before heading to the No. 3 Martial Arena at Magic Capital Martial University on August 9th.
• Qin Yan found Lu Youyou and Xiao Wangshu among the gathered student martial artists and greeted them.
• Qin Yan sensed that Xiao Wangshu had reached Fourth Rank, while Lu Youyou asked why she seemed colder after returning from seclusion.

Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu joined the force departing for the Zhenhai Battlefield under Vice Dean Lin Shui’s command. After Lu Youyou saw them off and asked her grandfather for help advancing her Hammer Dao Essence, the group reached the battlefield wall and watched a gateway open.

• Lin Shui addressed the selected Martial Artists, gave them three rules, and ordered them to form up for departure.
• Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu joined the Magic Capital Martial University formation as more than two hundred Martial Artists prepared to leave.
• Lu Youyou watched Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu depart, then called her grandfather to ask for Hammer Dao Essence insights so she could join them next time.
• Lin Shui led the group past guarded checkpoints to the massive wall near the Mystic Tower.
• A soldier in dark-red armor activated the wall, causing a gateway to open onto a dim passage filled with the scent of the battlefield and sea wind.

Lin Shui led the Magic Capital Martial University recruits through a military passage to Zhenhai City, explaining its defenses and role in the coastal war. At the command center, he handed the recruits’ information to officer Canghai and left them in the frontline military’s care.

• Lin Shui explained the passage’s construction and ordered the students to return only with the military’s approval and in assigned groups.
• Lin Shui led the team across the empty shoreline toward Zhenhai City, whose guards inspected their credentials before letting them through the gates.
• Lin Shui described Zhenhai City’s defensive formation, stationed forces, and satellite cities as the students saw the military camp within its walls.
• Lin Shui handed the recruits’ information to officer Canghai and told him to assign them according to frontline needs and their strengths.
• Canghai accepted responsibility for the recruits, and Lin Shui left the command area.

Canghai assigned the students to military posts, sending Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu to the Fiftieth Battalion despite Qin Yan’s request for an alchemy role. After the students departed with their officers, Canghai examined a conspicuous note at the bottom of his list.

• Canghai assigned students to combat battalions and specialist logistics teams according to their skills.
• Canghai sent Qin Yan to the Fiftieth Battalion, Fifth Brigade, rejecting his request for an alchemy or medical logistics post.
• Qin Yan claimed he could reliably refine high-quality Second Grade pills, but Canghai insisted the front needed his Peak Fourth Rank combat strength.
• Canghai assigned Xiao Wangshu to the Fiftieth Battalion, and Qin Yan noted that Canghai appeared unmoved by her family connections.
• Officers and noncommissioned officers led the students away, and Canghai inspected a vermilion note at the bottom of his list.

Canghai destroyed Lin Shui’s recommendation for Xiao Wangshu and assigned her to frontline duty, prompting Xiao Shan to conclude that Canghai was suspicious and tell Lin Shui to alert Liu Mu that the bait had been taken. Meanwhile, Qin Yan traveled toward the Fiftieth Battalion with his squad, where he told Lu Qingfeng he had recently entered Fourth Grade.

• Canghai read Lin Shui’s recommendation concerning Xiao Wangshu, destroyed the student information sheet, and left for the outskirts of Zhenhai City.
• Lin Shui reported that Canghai had assigned Xiao Wangshu to the Fiftieth Battalion’s frontline rotations despite Xiao Shan’s recommendation.
• Xiao Shan suspected Canghai had a problem and ordered Lin Shui to contact Liu Mu because the fish had taken the bait.
• Xiao Shan watched the sand table and reflected that Xiao Wangshu would eventually need to face the battlefield on her own.
• Qin Yan followed a non-commissioned officer toward the Fiftieth Battalion with Xiao Wangshu and seven other Third Grade students.
• Qin Yan told Lu Qingfeng that he had recently entered Fourth Grade, leaving Lu Qingfeng shaken by how much Qin Yan had advanced.

Qin Yan and the other young warriors reached the coastal front, where the Human Clan fought the Sea Clan across the shore and nearshore waters. The officer assigned Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu to reinforce soldiers surrounding a group of exhausted Fishman Warriors.

• Lu Qingfeng overcame his discouragement and resolved to use Qin Yan as the goal he would surpass.
• The officer explained that the Fiftieth Battalion's Fifth Brigade guarded the area beside the Shallow Water Area against Sea Clan fighters and small raids.
• Qin Yan and the group passed the defensive lines and witnessed warships bombarding the sea while Human Clan forces fought Sea Clan troops along the beach.
• The officer ordered Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu to reinforce a squad surrounding several weakened Fishman Warriors.

Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu arrived at a beach battle and rescued a soldier from a Murloc Warrior’s suicidal attack. Qin Yan used Dark Nether True Water Qi to kill the remaining Murlocs, then introduced himself and Xiao Wangshu as reinforcements assigned to the Fiftieth Battalion.

• A wounded Murloc Warrior charged a soldier with its Sea Halberd, but Qin Yan killed it with a blast of dark-blue Qi before it could strike.
• Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu appeared, and Qin Yan used five Dark Nether True Water Qi pellets to kill the five remaining Murloc Warriors.
• The soldiers watched in shock as Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu approached them after the battlefield fell silent.
• Qin Yan introduced himself and Xiao Wangshu as students from Magic Capital Martial University assigned to assist the Fiftieth Battalion.

After Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu helped defend Gray Stone Beach, Qin Yan learned that the position lacked Fourth-Rank protection because stronger fighters had been moved to the main front. He and Xiao Wangshu took up watch over the sector as Qin Yan vowed to protect the soldiers, while the dangers of the Zhenhai Battlefield still lay ahead.

• Zhao Tiezhu and the soldiers thanked Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu, and Zhang Dashan bowed to Qin Yan for saving his life.
• Zhao Tiezhu explained that his squad guarded five hundred meters of coastline and faced routine fishman raids as well as occasional Fourth-Rank Sea Clan attackers.
• Zhao Tiezhu told Qin Yan that the Dragon Whale Clan's stronger offensive had forced the military to transfer Fourth-Rank fighters and veteran squads to the main front.
• Qin Yan promised Zhao Tiezhu, Zhang Dashan, and the other soldiers that he would not abandon them while he held the position.
• Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu took up a watch on an elevated reef platform as Zhao Tiezhu split the soldiers into patrols.

Qin Yan told Xiao Wangshu that he cultivated the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, and she invited him to test his qi against her Great Yin Bright Moon Sword Canon. Their qi met in a controlled contest, where Qin Yan found that Xiao Wangshu’s Lunar Radiance True Qi slightly suppressed his Dark Nether True Water Qi in quality.

• Xiao Wangshu recognized the traits of Dark Water True Water Art in Qin Yan’s qi, and Qin Yan explained that he cultivated the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Xiao Wangshu considered how Qin Yan’s legendary technique compared with her Great Yin Bright Moon Sword Canon and challenged him to spar.
• Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu each gathered their qi and pushed their palms toward one another across several feet.
• Their Dark Nether True Water Qi and Lunar Radiance True Qi intertwined without an explosion, and Qin Yan sensed his qi being slightly suppressed.

Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu tested their True Qi, then began a full spar after recognizing each other’s strength. Xiao Wangshu drew the sword Wangshu and unleashed Peak Fourth Rank Blood Qi and Silver Sword Qi, while Qin Yan countered her opening attacks with Ink Trace 3.0.

• Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu’s True Qi clashed, with Xiao Wangshu’s Lunar True Force suppressing his Dark Nether True Water Qi while he remained confident in the strength of the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Qin Yan withdrew his palm, and Xiao Wangshu proposed a genuine spar; he agreed, stipulating that they stop once the point was made.
• Xiao Wangshu drew the sword Wangshu and revealed Peak Fourth Rank Blood Qi and condensed Silver Sword Qi.
• Xiao Wangshu fired a crescent of Silver Sword Qi at Qin Yan, but he deflected it with Ink Trace 3.0 and shattered it.
• Xiao Wangshu sent a flurry of Sword Qi phantoms at Qin Yan, who blocked them with precise spear strikes and channeled Supreme Sharp Metal True Qi into his spear.

Qin Yan defeated Xiao Wangshu with a powerful spear strike that shattered her sword and injured her, then stood guard while she recovered. Xiao Shan watched the fight from a distant reef, having seen the full extent of Qin Yan’s strength.

• Qin Yan’s Supreme Sharp Metal True Qi broke through Xiao Wangshu’s Moonlight Sword Curtain Net and shattered her sword, Wangshu.
• Qin Yan’s remaining strike hit Xiao Wangshu, whose protective robe softened the blow, but she staggered back and vomited blood.
• Qin Yan apologized and asked if Xiao Wangshu was all right; she swallowed a pill and began recovering with the Great Yin Bright Moon Sword Canon.
• Qin Yan stepped aside to guard Xiao Wangshu and watch the surrounding sea and tidal flats.
• Xiao Shan watched the fight from distant reefs and regarded what he had seen with grave concern.