Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan used the Five Elements Chaos Genesis and medicinal power to awaken and grow branches from all five Five Elements Seeds, breaking through to the early Fifth Grade realm. He examined his new cultivation status and reflected on the road toward the Sixth Grade Spirit Transformation Realm.

• Qin Yan circulated the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, guiding medicinal power into his five organs and nourishing the Five Elements Seeds.
• The five seeds cracked open and each grew a branch that radiated its corresponding elemental True Qi.
• Qin Yan realized the sprouting branches signified his breakthrough to the Fifth Grade realm.
• Qin Yan considered how the branches would eventually form a Five Elements Spirit Tree and support his advancement to the Sixth Grade.
• Qin Yan summoned his panel and checked his updated cultivation and abilities.

Qin Yan’s breakthrough to Early Fifth Grade greatly increased his Blood Qi and unlocked a vast Five Elements martial arts inheritance, including complete top-tier skills. He spent his remaining Credit Points on Fifth Grade Five Elements Spirit Pills and began cultivating toward the middle stage before his planned trip to the Yellow Spring Star River and Mystic Sanctuary.

• Qin Yan saw his Total Blood Qi rise from 56,000 Cal to 96,000 Cal after reaching Early Fifth Grade.
• Qin Yan unlocked the Five Elements Martial Arts Compendium and absorbed an inheritance of martial arts ranging from basic techniques to complete top-tier skills and five-element fusions.
• Qin Yan decided to seek stronger martial arts suited to his cultivation but set aside the top-tier techniques until he had enough strength to use them.
• Qin Yan exchanged all his remaining Credit Points for Fifth Grade Five Elements Spirit Pills ahead of his October 1 departure for the Yellow Spring Star River and Mystic Sanctuary.
• Qin Yan swallowed one pill of each element and used the Five Elements Chaos Genesis to absorb their medicinal power, slowly approaching the middle stage of Fifth Grade.

After reaching Mid Fifth Grade, Qin Yan reviewed his cultivation gains and learned that Fifth Grade martial artists could condense Lifebound Spirit Weapons. He decided to make his weapon a spear and planned to ask his Teacher for help finding an artifact forger.

• Qin Yan finished nine hours of spear practice and checked his panel, which showed Mid Fifth Grade cultivation, 141000 Cal of Blood Qi, 140 Hz Mental Strength, and 160 Skill Points.
• Qin Yan reflected on how much harder cultivation became at higher ranks and noted that his Skill Points accumulated twice as quickly after his breakthrough.
• Qin Yan considered the Fifth Grade practice of condensing a Lifebound Spirit Weapon and chose a spear to match his martial arts.
• Qin Yan decided to trouble his Teacher because he needed a professional artifact forger to forge his weapon.

Qin Yan visited Xiao Huo to ask for help finding an artifact forger to craft his Lifebound Spirit Weapon. Xiao Huo was shocked by Qin Yan’s rapid breakthrough and recognized the Creation Divine Iron Qin Yan had brought, then began explaining its importance.

• Xiao Huo was astonished to discover that Qin Yan had advanced from Peak Fourth Rank to Mid Fifth Grade in just a few days.
• Qin Yan asked Xiao Huo to recommend an artifact forger to craft a spear as his Lifebound Spirit Weapon.
• Qin Yan showed Xiao Huo the black metal he had found in a Martial Arts Pavilion in Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.
• Xiao Huo recognized the metal as Creation Divine Iron and explained that it was honored as a divine material among materials used to forge Spirit Weapons throughout All Heavens.
• Xiao Huo asked Qin Yan what he knew about the Creation Divine Iron’s function, and Qin Yan began recounting the information he had found.

Xiao Huo explained why Creation Divine Iron could evolve a Lifebound Spirit Weapon without the risks that ordinary weapons faced. Qin Yan realized he possessed two pieces, but learned that forging one required an exceptionally rare Artifact Refining Grandmaster.

• Xiao Huo explained that ordinary spirit weapons risked losing spirituality or being ruined when upgraded, while Creation Divine Iron could absorb materials and grow without those dangers.
• Qin Yan remembered the second piece of Creation Divine Iron he had taken from Feng Jin's Storage Ring after killing him at Azure Dragon Ancient Mountain.
• Qin Yan thanked Xiao Huo for his guidance, and Xiao Huo warned him that forging Creation Divine Iron required at least an Artifact Refining Grandmaster.
• Xiao Huo said Magic Capital Martial University had an Artifact Refining Grandmaster named Yuan Chong but no Grandmaster of the highest level, and Qin Yan asked whether Yuan Chong could help.

Qin Yan learned that the school’s Artifact Refining Grandmaster was away and that another master was costly and unpredictable, but Xiao Huo revealed that Lu Zhen was Lu Youyou’s grandfather. Qin Yan asked Lu Youyou to introduce him to Lu Zhen so he could have his Lifebound Spirit Weapon forged, and she fell silent after hearing his request.

• Xiao Huo told Qin Yan that Vice Dean Yuan Chong was away and could not forge his Spirit Weapon before Qin Yan’s departure for the Yellow Spring Star River.
• Xiao Huo explained that the Artifact Refining Grandmaster Lu Zhen was expensive and temperamental, but Qin Yan might have a chance because Lu Zhen was Lu Youyou’s grandfather.
• Qin Yan contacted Lu Youyou and asked her to introduce him to Lu Zhen so Lu Zhen could forge his Lifebound Spirit Weapon.
• Lu Youyou’s smile froze, and she did not answer Qin Yan’s request.

Lu Youyou reacted with shock to Qin Yan’s breakthrough to Fifth Rank, then took him to the Lu Family so her grandfather could forge an artifact for him. As they entered the powerful family estate, Qin Yan saw its Artifact Refining Tower and sensed the strength of its members.

• Lu Youyou was stunned to hear Qin Yan had reached Fifth Rank and asked him to wait at the entrance to Sixth Academy.
• Lu Youyou arrived, confirmed Qin Yan’s breakthrough, and agreed to take him to the Lu Family for an artifact to be forged.
• Lu Youyou led Qin Yan to the Lu Mansion and reassured him that her grandfather would not bully him while she was there.
• Qin Yan noticed the Lu Family’s late Fourth Grade guards and two guards with auras he could not identify.
• Lu Youyou explained that the family’s artifact refiners worked in its seven-story Artifact Refining Tower as she led Qin Yan through the estate.

Lu Youyou brought Qin Yan to meet her grandfather, the Artifact Forging Grandmaster Lu Zhen, and persuaded him to forge Qin Yan’s Lifebound Spirit Weapon. The chapter ended with Lu Zhen recognizing Qin Yan’s material as the rare Creation Divine Iron.

• Lu Youyou explained that the Lu Family’s core strength came from its direct descendants and led Qin Yan to Lu Zhen’s courtyard.
• Lu Youyou introduced Qin Yan and praised his talent, while Lu Zhen sensed that Qin Yan had reached the Mid Fifth Grade at a remarkably young age.
• Lu Youyou asked Lu Zhen to forge Qin Yan’s Lifebound Spirit Weapon, and he agreed after she pressed him.
• Qin Yan presented a block of Creation Divine Iron, and Lu Zhen reacted with shock and carefully took it in his hands.

Qin Yan asked Lu Zhen to forge his Creation Divine Iron into the shape of his Ink Trace spear, and Lu Zhen agreed to finish the work in ten days. After Qin Yan left, Lu Zhen summoned Lu Youyou to discuss a serious matter.

• Lu Zhen became entranced by Qin Yan’s Creation Divine Iron, then agreed to forge it into the Ink Trace spear’s design.
• Qin Yan described the spear’s details to Lu Zhen, who said the forging would take about ten days.
• Qin Yan thanked Lu Youyou for arranging the commission and left Lu Mansion after chatting with her.
• Lu Zhen summoned Lu Youyou to his artifact-refining room and told her he had something serious to discuss.

Lu Youyou rejected Lu Zhen’s proposal to use Qin Yan’s Creation Divine Iron for her lifebound spirit weapon, insisting that taking it would stain her martial heart. After leaving the Lu Family estate, Qin Yan boarded a high-speed train to Linhai City.

• Lu Zhen showed Lu Youyou the Creation Divine Iron and argued it would let her forge a far stronger lifebound spirit weapon than the millennium cold iron he had prepared.
• Lu Youyou objected when she realized Lu Zhen wanted to use Qin Yan’s Creation Divine Iron for her weapon.
• Lu Zhen argued that Qin Yan lacked the resources and backing to develop the divine material, while Lu Youyou had the Lu Family’s support.
• Lu Youyou refused, saying that taking something entrusted to her by Qin Yan would violate her conscience and the martial principles Lu Zhen had taught her.
• Qin Yan left the Lu Family estate, went to the high-speed rail station, and boarded a train bound for Linhai City.

After more than half a year away, Qin Yan returned to Linhai City to see his family before setting out on a long journey. He reunited with his parents and found his sister Qin Xiaoxi training late into the night, exhausted from her relentless practice.

• Qin Yan reflected on the time he had missed with his family and decided to return home before leaving on a long journey.
• Qin Yan arrived in Linhai City, took a taxi through familiar streets, and reached his parents' home.
• Qin Shouzheng and Chen Juan welcomed Qin Yan, and the family ate a home-cooked meal together.
• Qin Yan asked where Qin Xiaoxi was, and Qin Shouzheng and Chen Juan explained that she trained at the Martial Association until late each night.
• Qin Xiaoxi came home in her martial arts uniform, ran to Qin Yan, and he noticed how tired she looked.

Qin Yan encouraged Qin Xiaoxi’s martial training and spent the evening teaching her about the martial world. The next morning, he went to the Linhai City Martial Association to update his rank, where a member interrupted the leadership meeting with his latest record.

• Qin Xiaoxi declared that she wanted to become strong enough to enter Magic Capital Martial University and stand beside Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan promised to teach Qin Xiaoxi the Sky-Supporting Qi Pillar, then explained martial artists’ realms, techniques, resources, and factions.
• On September 6th, Qin Yan and Qin Xiaoxi went to the Linhai City Martial Association, where she headed to train and he went to update his rank from Third Grade to Fifth Grade.
• During the Association’s weekly meeting, a member rushed in and announced that he had Qin Yan’s latest record.

The Linhai City Martial Association learned that nineteen-year-old Qin Yan had passed a martial artist assessment in one move, then discovered he had been assessed as a Fifth Grade Martial Artist. The executives doubted the report until Little Liu showed them surveillance footage of Qin Yan attacking a humanoid Puppet.

• An association member reported that Qin Yan had passed his assessment in one move, and the executives assumed he had reached Fourth Rank.
• Little Liu clarified that Qin Yan had actually been assessed as a Fifth Grade Martial Artist, but Wang Meng and the others accused him of making a joke.
• Little Liu handed President Wang Bing a tablet containing footage from Qin Yan's assessment.
• The footage showed Qin Yan calmly condensing blue True Qi and flicking it toward a humanoid Puppet.

After watching Qin Yan defeat the Fifth Grade Martial Artist puppet, Wang Bing led Martial Association officials to welcome him. Qin Yan was teaching his younger sister Qin Xiaoxi Stance Training when the officials arrived to congratulate him on reaching Fifth Rank.

• Qin Yan's recorded blue True Qi strike shattered the White Puppet's attack and sent it crashing to the ground, passing the Fifth Grade Martial Artist assessment.
• Wang Bing watched the recording repeatedly, then gathered the Martial Association officials to welcome Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan corrected Qin Xiaoxi's stance and breathing, helping her feel her Blood Qi begin to flow.
• Wang Bing, Wang Meng, and other officials arrived at the training room, and Wang Meng congratulated Qin Yan on breaking through to Fifth Rank.

Qin Yan told Linhai City’s Martial Association officials that he would not return to serve as president because he would spend at least four years cultivating at the Mystic Sanctuary, which was not on Blue Star. He left the officials stunned and hoped the revelation would make them look after his family while he was away.

• Linhai City’s senior Martial Association officials praised Qin Xiaoxi and told Qin Yan they had come to see him after hearing he had returned.
• Wang Meng asked Qin Yan to return after graduation and become president of the Linhai City Martial Association, offering him any conditions he wanted.
• Qin Yan declined, explaining that he would be away from Blue Star for at least four years.
• Qin Xiaoxi anxiously grabbed Qin Yan’s arm, and he reassured her before telling the officials he had received recognition from the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Wang Bing and the other officials were stunned and asked what kind of faction the Mystic Sanctuary was.

Qin Yan introduced Mystic Sanctuary to the Martial Association’s higher-ups, reassuring Qin Xiaoxi that he would return safely after four years. He gave the executives top-grade Blood Refining Pills while presenting himself as a self-sufficient martial artist and alchemist, then revealed a collection of materials.

• Qin Yan explained Mystic Sanctuary and its dangers, and Qin Xiaoxi worried that he would be in danger there.
• Qin Yan reassured Qin Xiaoxi that he would return in four years and asked her to grow stronger so they could protect their family together.
• Wang Bing recognized that Qin Yan wanted the Martial Association’s help and offered to do what he could.
• Qin Yan gave the Association’s executives three bottles each of top-grade Blood Refining Pills and claimed he had refined them himself.
• Qin Yan revealed several metal materials of different colors and properties to the executives.

Qin Yan gave rare forging materials to Wang Bing and asked Linhai City's association leaders to protect his sister and family while he was away. Qin Xiaoxi resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside her brother, and Qin Yan continued training and advising her.

• Qin Yan gave Wang Bing three Fourth-Rank forging materials, enough to help him forge a Lifebound Spirit Weapon, and Wang Bing and the other senior members pledged their support.
• Qin Yan asked the association leaders to protect Qin Xiaoxi and his family while he traveled to the Myriad Realm Sacred Land, and they promised to do so.
• Qin Xiaoxi, moved by her brother's care, resumed stance training and resolved to become strong enough to stand beside him.
• After the association leaders left, Qin Yan trained Qin Xiaoxi and advised her to avoid overexertion and cultivate with patience.

Qin Yan discovered that Qin Xiaoxi was learning Palm Technique and watched her demonstrate her skill. He then began practicing it himself, rapidly improving until she realized he had become a Palm Technique Expert.

• Qin Yan asked Qin Xiaoxi which Martial Arts Skill she was learning, and she told him she had chosen Palm Technique.
• Qin Xiaoxi demonstrated her Palm Technique, and Qin Yan recognized that her Palm Dao Skill had reached First Stage Mid Rank.
• Qin Yan praised Qin Xiaoxi and announced that he would teach her Palm Technique, surprising her because he had studied Spear Technique.
• Qin Yan demonstrated Palm Technique with movements that initially looked awkward, making Qin Xiaoxi laugh.
• Qin Yan rapidly refined his movements, and Qin Xiaoxi stared in disbelief as he became a Palm Technique Expert.

Qin Yan rapidly advanced his Palm Technique and taught Qin Xiaoxi, whose own skills improved under his guidance. By nightfall, Qin Yan had reached Third Stage Mid-Grade and was nearing Third-Stage High-Level.

• Qin Yan practiced Palm Technique for a quarter of an hour and advanced his Dao Mastery to Second Stage Mid Rank, leaving Qin Xiaoxi stunned.
• Qin Yan reassured Qin Xiaoxi that her First Stage Mid Rank after only a few months of training was a strong result.
• Qin Yan reflected that Palm Dao Essence, left by Feng Jin, was the real source of his extraordinary progress.
• Qin Yan began teaching Qin Xiaoxi Palm Technique and explained that her current strength was too low to safely receive Palm Dao Essence.
• Qin Yan guided Qin Xiaoxi through practice while improving his own technique, reaching Third Stage Mid-Grade by nightfall.

Qin Yan told his parents he had been selected by Mystic Academy and would leave Blue Star for four years, then spent the following weeks training with Qin Xiaoxi. On September 14th, he formed Fourth Grade Annihilation End Spear Intent and began testing how it affected his Palm Technique.

• Qin Yan explained his selection by Mystic Academy and his coming departure to Qin Shouzheng, Chen Juan, and Qin Xiaoxi, and his parents eventually agreed to let him go.
• Qin Yan trained his Spear Technique while guiding Qin Xiaoxi's Palm Technique, steadily refining his skill and approaching Spear Intent.
• On September 14th, Qin Yan's practice caused dark red runes to gather in his Consciousness Void and condense into a spear of pure intent.
• Qin Yan formed Sixth Stage Spear Intent, identified as Fourth Grade Annihilation End Spear Intent, and saw the breakthrough reflected on his panel.
• Qin Yan sensed the new spear in his consciousness, then performed a Palm Technique as his Blood Qi surged around him.