Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan’s victory forced the Dragon Whale Clan to surrender the agreed sea territory, but the arrival of Gu Hanxi interrupted the Sea Clan’s retreat. She recognized Qin Yan as a rare True King candidate and came to guide him.

• Lei Poyue and Chu Yunfei learned that Qin Yan had defeated the three Dragon Whale prodigies and accepted the gap in their strength.
• The Human Fleet celebrated Qin Yan’s victory, and Xiao Shan ordered Blue Whale and Whale Kill to surrender the agreed territory by sunrise.
• Blue Whale and Whale Kill accepted that the Dragon Whale Clan had lost and prepared to withdraw rather than risk a fight against the Human Clan’s strongest fighters.
• Gu Hanxi appeared above the battlefield, leaving the experts unsettled because they could not detect her aura.
• Gu Hanxi studied the armies, fixed her gaze on Qin Yan, and recognized him as a True King candidate she had come to guide.

Gu Hanxi demonstrated overwhelming power, invited Qin Yan to cultivate at the Mystic Sanctuary, and also selected Long Hao after healing him. As the Human Clan fleet returned to Zhenhai City, Qin Yan asked Xiao Shan what the sanctuary was.

• Gu Hanxi collapsed space with a single step, appeared aboard the Human Clan fleet, and received reverent greetings from Xiao Shan and the others.
• Gu Hanxi invited Qin Yan to cultivate at the Mystic Sanctuary, and Qin Yan accepted after Xiao Shan urged him to agree.
• Gu Hanxi gave Qin Yan a Mystic Token and instructed him to take it to the Yellow Spring Star River on the first day of October.
• Gu Hanxi healed Long Hao, praised his potential, and gave him a Mystic Token with the same instructions.
• The Sea Clan forces withdrew as the Human Clan fleet sailed back toward Zhenhai City, and Qin Yan asked Xiao Shan what the Mystic Sanctuary was.

Xiao Shan explained the Mystic Sanctuary’s immense standing and revealed that Princess Anya had graduated from it, prompting Qin Yan to consider what his Mystic Token might mean. Back in his Alchemy Chamber, Qin Yan worried that the sanctuary’s powerful experts would discover his demonic cultivation, until Little Black sent him a faint thought.

• Xiao Shan explained that the Mystic Sanctuary ranked among the Ten Thousand Realms’ greatest powers and recruited exceptional young prodigies with Mystic Tokens.
• Qin Yan recognized Princess Anya’s extraordinary talent and learned she had graduated from the Mystic Academy, now known as the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Qin Yan returned to Zhenhai City and sat alone in his Alchemy Chamber, thinking about the Yellow Spring Star River trip and whether he could safely enter the sanctuary.
• Qin Yan worried that Imperial Realm experts might detect his Undying Blood Demon Body, the Undying Blood Demon Scripture, the Blood Demon Nest, and Little Black.
• Little Black sent Qin Yan an unmistakably clear thought from deep within his body.

Qin Yan discovered that Little Black possessed an immense amount of Darkness Essence, which could conceal his dark aura from even powerful divine-sense scans. Little Black knew little about its origins or identity, leaving Qin Yan to accept that they would uncover its secrets over time.

• Little Black reassured Qin Yan that no one, not even someone in the Imperial Realm, would discover his secret.
• Little Black revealed chains formed from Darkness Essence, astonishing Qin Yan with how much it possessed.
• Little Black explained that it had awakened stronger after sleeping and had found new abilities and Darkness Essence within itself.
• Qin Yan realized the dormant Darkness Essence could shield his dark aura from probing and perception, though Little Black could not wield it as an attack.
• Qin Yan questioned Little Black about its origins and royal bloodline, but it could offer few answers.
• Qin Yan decided they would investigate Little Black's nature and abilities over time.

Qin Yan spent his Martial Combat reward on Fifth Grade Five Elements Spirit Pills and continued his training before breaking through to the early Fourth Rank in Body Tempering. He emerged with 35,000 Cal of total blood qi, advancing alongside his Peak Fourth Rank Qi Refining.

• Qin Yan received 10,000 Military Merit Points and exchanged them for ten Fifth Grade Five Elements Spirit Pills, then considered the heavy resource demands of his cultivation.
• Qin Yan devoted his Skill Points to the Undying Blood Demon Scripture, advancing it to the second layer while Little Black contained its demonic qi.
• On August 25th, Qin Yan used the second-layer scripture to temper his body and broke through to the early Fourth Rank of Body Tempering.
• Qin Yan checked his panel and saw his total blood qi had risen by 5,000 Cal to 35,000 Cal.

Qin Yan reviewed the Body Refining Realm and reflected on the strengths and limits of the Undying Blood Demon Scripture. After studying its mysteries, he left the Alchemy Chamber for the Outer Battlefield to hunt foreign races and gather blood energy.

• Qin Yan reviewed the Body Refining, Meridian Unblocking, Acupoint Awakening, and Golden Body realms and their cultivation goals.
• Qin Yan found that his breakthrough had not advanced the Undying Blood Demon Body or granted him new Martial Skills, and considered how his innate scripture differed from the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Qin Yan resumed cultivating to understand the mysteries of the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• On August 26, Qin Yan left the Alchemy Chamber after Dean Xiao Shan approved his request for practical combat training at the Outer Position.
• Qin Yan concealed his face beneath a black robe and headed to the Outer Battlefield to hunt foreign races and obtain blood energy for his cultivation.

Qin Yan learned that the Darkness Essence was one of seven supreme Dao Essences and that Demon Qi originated from darkness. As the Human Clan secured the reclaimed coastline on the Zhenhai Battlefield, he resolved to grow strong enough to protect himself and those close to him.

• Qin Yan watched Little Black absorb Demon Qi from the Darkness Essence Chains and recognized him as a powerful hidden trump card.
• Qin Yan asked Little Black for a trace of the Darkness Essence and discovered its nature as a force of ruin, devouring, and slumber.
• Qin Yan glimpsed the universe’s seven Supreme Essences, clearly seeing only the Darkness Essence, and learned that Dao Essences had ranks.
• Qin Yan concluded that Demon Qi came from darkness and wondered whether supreme Dao Essences could bring about new eras and wars.
• Qin Yan set aside those distant concerns, resolved to grow stronger, and looked toward the fighting on the coastline.
• The Human Clan took full control of the reclaimed Zhenhai Battlefield coastline after the Sea Clan army retreated, and the Human Clan prepared to turn its strategic buffer into a base for a counterattack.

Qin Yan boarded the warship Wave Breaker 31 and learned that its mission was to attack the Sea Clan garrison on Maple Leaf Island. As the warship reached the island’s outskirts, it activated its runes and began forming enormous water shells.

• Qin Yan boarded Wave Breaker 31 after passing identity checks and assessed the soldiers gathered on its deck.
• The late Fourth-Rank commander announced that the ship was headed to Maple Leaf Island and told the soldiers to fight only when they had the advantage.
• Qin Yan watched Fifth Grade Martial Artists travel through the air and reflected that he was nearing that level himself.
• Wave Breaker 31 veered away from the fleet and approached Maple Leaf Island.
• The warship activated blue runes and gathered seawater into massive water shells.

Qin Yan joined the Human Clan’s assault on Maple Leaf Island after the Wave-Riding Warship shattered its defense formation. He killed four Fourth-Rank shrimp soldiers and absorbed their Blood Qi, then surveyed the battle still raging across the beach.

• The Wave-Riding Warship bombarded Maple Leaf Island’s Defense Formation until it broke, and the Human Clan warriors charged ashore.
• Qin Yan joined the assault as Sea Clan fighters emerged to meet the attackers, while the Fifth Grade Martial Artist flew inland to confront the Sea Clan general.
• Four Fourth-Rank shrimp soldiers attacked Qin Yan with fish spears, but his body broke their weapons without injury.
• Qin Yan killed all four shrimp soldiers with his bare hands and used the Undying Blood Demon Scripture to absorb their Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan estimated that continued devouring would soon provide enough Blood Qi to temper him to the middle Fourth Rank, as the beach battle continued around him.

Qin Yan slaughtered the Sea Clan forces at Maple Leaf Island and absorbed their Blood Qi, leaving the human soldiers victorious. After a crash sounded from the island’s interior, he headed toward the battle between a human Fifth Grade martial artist and a Mid Fifth Grade Sea Clan general to seek a greater source of Blood Qi.

• Qin Yan charged into the Sea Clan ranks and killed Fourth Grade soldiers with his bare hands, boosting the human warriors’ morale.
• The Sea Clan soldiers broke and fled, but Qin Yan chased them down and devoured their Blood Qi.
• More than a hundred Sea Clan soldiers died at Qin Yan’s hands, and he sensed that the accumulated Blood Qi could greatly advance his Body Tempering.
• A crash from the island’s Core Zone drew attention to the fight between the human Fifth Grade martial artist and the Mid Fifth Grade Sea Clan general.
• Qin Yan headed into the island’s interior to seek the general’s Blood Qi, while the exhausted human soldiers prepared to follow after resting.

Qin Yan arrived at Maple Leaf Island’s Core Zone as Liu Qing fought the Mid Fifth Grade Giant Pincer Crab General. A blood-colored lightning attack struck the Crab General from behind and drained its blood, leaving Liu Qing stunned as it died.

• Qin Yan reached the Core Zone and saw Liu Qing battling the Crab General across a devastated battlefield.
• Liu Qing and the Crab General exchanged powerful attacks, but Liu Qing was pushed back despite using wood-element True Qi.
• The Crab General offered to hand over Maple Leaf Island in a few days, but Liu Qing refused, suspecting it was stalling while the Sea Clan harvested the Maple Leaf Waterweed.
• As the Crab General attacked again, blood-colored lightning struck it from behind and pierced through its hastily formed waterspout.
• The lightning blasted through the Crab General’s armor, drained its blood, and killed it, leaving Liu Qing stunned.

Qin Yan used the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron to kill Crab General and collect his blood qi, shocking Liu Qing with his strength. After ordering the human soldiers to camp on Maple Leaf Island, Qin Yan searched for a concealed place to prepare for his breakthrough.

• Qin Yan collected Crab General’s blood in the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron after killing him with Blood Dao Thunder.
• Liu Qing thanked Qin Yan and treated him as a respected senior, despite Qin Yan being only at Peak Fourth Rank.
• A late Fourth-Rank Martial Artist arrived with the human soldiers, and Qin Yan ordered them to establish camp and gather spirit herbs the next day.
• Liu Qing organized the soldiers’ tasks while Qin Yan headed deeper into Maple Leaf Island.
• Qin Yan found a secluded rock crevice spacious enough to shelter him.

Qin Yan cultivated in a concealed cave, advancing his body tempering from Fourth Grade Early Stage to Peak Fourth Rank by circulating the Undying Blood Demon Scripture and absorbing the Crab General’s stored Blood Qi. After his breakthrough, his panel showed Peak Fourth Rank in both Qi Refining and Body Tempering.

• Qin Yan cleared and concealed a cave before beginning his breakthrough cultivation.
• The Undying Blood Demon Scripture stirred the Blood River and Demonic Qi Black Hole in Qin Yan’s Blood Demon Nest, tempering his body and raising him to Fourth Grade Late Stage.
• Qin Yan summoned the Blood Coagulation Life Transformation Cauldron and absorbed the Mid Fifth Grade Crab General’s Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan’s breakthrough blasted apart the boulders at the cave entrance and expelled the last impurities from his body.
• Qin Yan checked his panel and confirmed Peak Fourth Rank in both Qi Refining and Body Tempering.

After reaching Peak Fourth Rank and increasing his Base Blood Qi to 56,000 Cal, Qin Yan discovered he could create twice as many Blood Puppets and began strengthening one of them. He then returned from Maple Leaf Island to Zhenhai City and resumed his secluded training.

• Qin Yan reached 56,000 Cal of Base Blood Qi, expanded the Blood Demon Nest, and found that his Blood Puppet Creation limit had risen from ten to twenty.
• Qin Yan used his remaining Blood Qi to cultivate a Blood Puppet, then practiced his spear technique while it absorbed the energy.
• On August 30, Qin Yan watched the first group leave Maple Leaf Island for Zhenhai City as some soldiers stayed behind to form the island's garrison.
• Qin Yan boarded the Wave Breaker warship and returned to Zhenhai City with the departing soldiers.
• Qin Yan shut himself in his Alchemy Chamber and continued training, investing his daily Skill Points in the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.

After returning from the Zhenhai Battlefield, Qin Yan left the students and stormed through the Mystic Tower to claim the Fortieth Floor reward before reaching Fifth Rank. He defeated its Peak Fourth Rank guardian and received three light orbs, including a golden one whose effect was still unknown.

• Lin Shui led the surviving martial university students back from the Zhenhai Battlefield to Magic Capital Martial University, while Xiao Wangshu was absent.
• Qin Yan told Lin Shui he was going to the Mystic Tower, and Lin Shui allowed him to leave the group.
• Qin Yan entered the Mystic Tower and defeated the guardians from the Thirty-Fourth through Thirty-Ninth Floors with a single punch each.
• Qin Yan defeated the Peak Fourth Rank Green Figure on the Fortieth Floor with one punch.
• Three reward lights appeared, and the golden light shot into Qin Yan, causing his mind to explode.

Qin Yan gained Spear Dao and Five Elements Essence from the Mystic Tower and received an orb that let him enter the tower with his consciousness from anywhere. He was transported to the forty-first floor, where he faced an Early Fifth Grade Golden Figure who cultivated the White Metal Sharp Gold Art.

• Qin Yan absorbed a golden light orb that raised his Spear Dao Essence from Two Ten-Thousandths to Seven Ten-Thousandths.
• Two Five-Colored Light Orbs gave Qin Yan One Ten-Thousandth of each Five Elements Essence.
• The final orb bound Qin Yan’s consciousness to the Mystic Tower, allowing him to enter and challenge its trials remotely.
• A white light transported Qin Yan to the forty-first floor of the Mystic Tower.
• Qin Yan saw an Early Fifth Grade Golden Figure whose White Metal Sharp Gold Art made it stronger than Liu Qing and the Crab General.

Qin Yan cleared the forty-first and forty-second floors with a single spear strike each, then faced a much stronger Mid Fifth Grade opponent on the forty-third. Their first clash sent Qin Yan staggering backward, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Qin Yan’s golden-black spear Qi shattered the Golden Figure’s greatsword and defeated it on the forty-first floor.
• Qin Yan defeated the Green Figure on the forty-second floor with one spear strike.
• Qin Yan sensed that the Yellow Figure on the forty-third floor had about 77,000 Cal of Blood Qi and cultivated the Earth Bearing Art.
• Qin Yan gathered fifty-six strands of Blood Gang and fused them with his destructive spear aura.
• Qin Yan’s spear collided with the Yellow Figure’s fist, and the force sent him flying backward before he steadied himself.

Qin Yan fought the Yellow Figure in the Mystic Tower and overcame its greater Blood Qi by using his perfected Gold-Splitting Spear and combined spear techniques. After defeating it, he reflected that a real Mid Fifth Grade cultivator with comparable abilities would be an even harder opponent.

• Qin Yan was forced to one knee by the Yellow Figure’s punch and recognized the gap between their Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan revealed that he had perfected the Gold-Splitting Spear and used its golden qi blade to stagger the Yellow Figure.
• Qin Yan fused Annihilation End Spear Qi, Supreme Sharp Metal True Qi, and Blood Gang to shatter the Yellow Figure’s Earth-Yellow barrier and weaken it.
• Qin Yan struck the Yellow Figure’s neck while its strength was depleted, destroying it.
• Qin Yan assessed that he had used nearly all his available strength and might struggle against a real Mid Fifth Grade Martial Artist.

Qin Yan reached the Forty-Fifth Layer of the Mystic Tower but was defeated by a Late Fifth Grade opponent, then returned to the Sixth Academy and told his teacher and Little Senior Sister about being chosen by Mystic Academy. As his senior brothers and sisters prepared to see him off, Qin Yan reflected on his ties to the sect and regretted that he had never met Senior Sister Yun Miaomiao.

• Qin Yan defeated the Mid Fifth Grade blue figure on the Forty-Fourth Layer with his mastered Gold-Splitting Spear.
• On the Forty-Fifth Layer, Qin Yan faced a Late Fifth Grade green figure and was blasted out of the Mystic Tower by its palm strike.
• Qin Yan recovered outside the tower and then returned to the Sixth Academy's Alchemy Chamber.
• Lu Youyou praised Qin Yan for being chosen by Mystic Academy, while Xiao Huo congratulated him and said the senior brothers and sisters would return to see him off.
• Qin Yan recalled the kindness of his senior brothers and sisters and thought sadly that he had never met Senior Sister Yun Miaomiao.

Qin Yan fused Dark Nether True Water and Southern Bright Flame into a powerful new True Qi, then began consuming five Fifth Grade Spirit Pills to break through to the Fifth Grade. The chapter ended as the pills’ surging medicinal power strained his Five Elements meridians.

• Qin Yan trained with his spear and invested his Skill Points into the Five Elements Chaos Genesis.
• Qin Yan fused Dark Nether True Water and Southern Bright Flame into blue-and-red True Qi more than twice as powerful as either attribute alone.
• Qin Yan grew confident that his fused True Qi could defeat the Forty-Fourth Layer secret realm guardian and wondered whether it could rival Xiao Wangshu’s Lunar Radiance True Qi.
• Qin Yan took out five Fifth Grade Spirit Pills and swallowed one for each of the five elements.
• Qin Yan’s meridians strained under the pills’ powerful medicinal currents, and he began refining them.