Chapter Summaries

Jiang Li explained why the prodigies had left the Mystic Sanctuary: their families’ inheritances helped them master their cultivation techniques and prepare for Grandmaster breakthroughs. She then told Qin Yan that they planned to use the Temple of Time to accelerate their cultivation after breaking through, but had not yet explained the full range of its time-altering grounds.

• Qin Yan asked Jiang Li why the prodigies had left the Mystic Sanctuary, and she explained that they needed to improve their mastery of their cultivation techniques before breaking through to Grandmaster.
• Jiang Li described how her family’s inheritance site preserved an Origin imprint and ancestral insights that made technique comprehension much faster.
• Qin Yan realized that powerful families gave their heirs a clear path through each stage of cultivation, unlike warriors without a background.
• When Qin Yan asked whether family resources would help the prodigies grow quickly after becoming Grandmasters, Jiang Li brought up the Temple of Time.
• Jiang Li explained that Grandmasters could withstand the Temple of Time’s erosion and described arenas where time flowed faster or slower than outside.

Jiang Li told Qin Yan that Long Aotian and the other prodigies could use the Temple of Time after reaching Grandmaster, widening the gap between them and him. She also revealed that his search for Extinction Spear Intent had led to Grandmaster Extinction’s inheritance in the Ruined Battlefield, and Qin Yan left with details about the dangers and requirements for reaching it.

• Jiang Li explained how Long Aotian and the others could break through to Grandmaster and train for years in the Temple of Time while only a month passed outside.
• Qin Yan thanked Jiang Li for the information and paid fifteen Mystic Points for their meal.
• Jiang Li told Qin Yan that her family had found a lead on Extinction Spear Intent after she asked her father to investigate his accomplishments and talent.
• Jiang Li revealed that Extinction Spear Intent was sealed in the Ruined Battlefield of the Ancient Trace Kingdom by Grandmaster Extinction, an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster who died in the war with the Canglan Kingdom.
• Qin Yan questioned Jiang Li about the Ruined Battlefield’s dangers, its current rulers, and the requirements for entering, and Jiang Li shared what her family’s intelligence network had learned.

Qin Yan decided to travel to the Ancient Trace Kingdom to seek the Extinction Spear Intent and a place rich in Annihilation Aura, and Jiang Li arranged to accompany him. After consulting the Scripture Pavilion, he learned more about the kingdom and the Ruined Battlefield, including the dangers of its zones.

• Qin Yan concluded that the Ruined Battlefield could help him obtain the Extinction Spear Intent and condense the Great Annihilation Spear Intent.
• Jiang Li asked to travel with Qin Yan because the Ruined Battlefield held an opportunity she needed, and Qin Yan agreed to depart with her the day after tomorrow.
• After Qin Yan left, Jiang Li revealed that she had no opportunity to seek there and wanted to observe him and build their relationship.
• Qin Yan went to the Inner Academy's Scripture Pavilion to independently research the Ancient Trace Kingdom and the Ruined Battlefield.
• Qin Yan learned that the Extinction Spear Intent was in the Inner Zone and that the Core Zone held Annihilation Aura where two Venerables had died together.

Qin Yan prepared protective runes and pills for his trip to the Ancient Trace Kingdom, then boarded a Holy Land Giant Ship with Jiang Li. They left for the kingdom by ship, each taking a separate guest room.

• Qin Yan decided he needed his own life-saving measures for the dangerous Ancient Trace Kingdom expedition and bought Seventh-Grade Blank Rune Paper for Little Black to craft offensive and defensive Spirit Runes.
• Qin Yan bought Sixth Grade spirit herbs and refined healing, vitality-restoring, and power-enhancing pills while Little Black inscribed runes.
• On May 29, Qin Yan and Jiang Li chose the Holy Land Giant Ship over teleportation to travel to the Ancient Trace Kingdom while allowing Jiang Li's hidden protectors to follow.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li paid five Mystic Points each, boarded the Giant Ship, exchanged room numbers, and entered rooms 110 and 108 respectively.

Qin Yan received five new Spirit Runes from Little Black, increasing his ability to defend himself and attack Grandmasters during his journey to the Ancient Trace Kingdom. Little Black then warned him that a hidden powerhouse was following him, whom Qin Yan suspected was the Holy Land protector who had intervened before.

• Qin Yan entered Room 110 and used his consciousness to visit Little Black in the Blood Demon Nest.
• Little Black presented three Darkness Blessing defensive Spirit Runes and two Darkness Spear offensive Spirit Runes, bringing Qin Yan's total to six Spirit Runes with the Dark Flood Dragon Talisman.
• Qin Yan noted that Little Black's Spirit Rune success rate had risen from ten percent to twenty-five percent in just over ten days.
• Little Black warned Qin Yan that a hidden powerhouse had followed him since he arrived at Lingyun Shipyard, while another powerful figure followed Jiang Li.
• Qin Yan suspected the hidden follower was the Holy Land powerhouse who had protected him before, and Little Black explained that its concealed perception and Darkness Essence kept its aura hidden.

Qin Yan and Jiang Li reached the Ruined Battlefield, where Qin Yan paid the entrance fee to an Ancient Trace Kingdom watcher. After the watcher allowed them through, they entered the battlefield.

• Qin Yan recalled that Little Black, its Shadow Clone, and hidden Holy Land experts protected him, then spent the remaining day aboard the ship training his spear.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li disembarked near the Ancient Trace Kingdom and flew northeast toward the Ruined Battlefield.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li arrived at the blood-soaked battlefield and sensed its dense Annihilation Aura and lingering blood aura.
• A middle-aged watcher emerged from a Spatial Rift and demanded one Sixth Grade resource from each entrant.
• Qin Yan handed over two Sixth Grade Spirit Pills, and the watcher permitted him and Jiang Li to enter the Ruined Battlefield.

Qin Yan and Jiang Li traveled deeper into the Ruined Battlefield, witnessing Martial Artists betray and kill one another over resources. After resting for the night, Qin Yan trained with his spear and drew the battlefield’s Annihilation Aura toward himself.

• Qin Yan and Jiang Li entered the Ruined Battlefield and flew from its Outer Zone toward the Inner Zone.
• As they passed deeper into the ruins, Martial Artists found weapons and intents while others killed companions and fought over resources.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li stopped to rest after flying all day without reaching the Inner Zone.
• Qin Yan quickly recovered his stamina, then practiced with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon as the Annihilation Aura gathered toward him.

Qin Yan reached Perfection in his Spear Intent of Annihilation while training in the Ruined Battlefield, then prepared to enter the Inner Zone with Jiang Li. Their journey was interrupted when they encountered a badly injured Xiao He facing a golden-robed young man and more than a dozen Half-Step Grandmasters.

• Qin Yan realized the Ruined Battlefield’s Annihilation Aura accelerated his Spear Intent of Annihilation and continued training until its progress reached 99%.
• Jiang Li watched Qin Yan cultivate and recognized that his Spear Intent of Annihilation was nearing Perfection.
• Qin Yan broke through naturally, completed his Spear Intent of Annihilation, and confirmed that its progress had reached 100%.
• Qin Yan told Jiang Li that he planned to find the Extinction Spear Intent and condense the Great Annihilation Spear Intent before they headed toward the Inner Zone.
• A blast stopped Qin Yan and Jiang Li as they set out, and they saw a golden-robed young man threatening the wounded Xiao He with a group of Half-Step Grandmasters.
• Xiao He spotted Qin Yan and Jiang Li nearby as he struggled to find a way out of his predicament.

Xiao He tricked Qin Yan and Jiang Li into drawing Jin Xuan’s forces after them, then fled with two pursuers on his trail. Jin Xuan ordered his men to kill Qin Yan and capture Jiang Li, but her nearly three-thousand-pattern spear and powerful aura shocked him.

• Xiao He threw Qin Yan the storage ring and fled, claiming he would lure Jin Xuan’s forces away.
• Jin Xuan sent two half-step grandmasters after Xiao He and ordered the remaining thirteen to surround Qin Yan and Jiang Li.
• Qin Yan realized Xiao He had used them as bait, offered Jin Xuan the ring, and asked to leave peacefully.
• Jin Xuan ignored Qin Yan and ordered his men to kill him while sparing Jiang Li.
• Jiang Li drew her golden spear and unleashed a formidable aura, shocking Jin Xuan with the weapon’s nearly three thousand patterns.

Jin Xuan decided to attack Qin Yan and Jiang Li, believing Qin Yan was the weaker target. Qin Yan unleashed his Darkness Domain and Blood Mist Domain, suppressed the thirteen Half-Step Grandmasters, and pierced one of them through the chest with spear qi.

• Jin Xuan weighed the danger of offending Jiang Li against the chance to seize the Storage Ring and Grandmaster Duan Yue's inheritance.
• Seeing Qin Yan's Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon had only a little over three hundred patterns, Jin Xuan ordered his thirteen Half-Step Grandmasters to focus their attacks on him.
• Jiang Li asked whether Qin Yan could handle the assault, and Qin Yan said the attackers were only rabble.
• Qin Yan unleashed his Darkness Domain and Blood Mist Domain, weakening the thirteen Half-Step Grandmasters and suppressing their own domains.
• Qin Yan activated Blood Burst, raised his spear, and sent three-colored spear qi into the attackers, piercing one Half-Step Grandmaster through the chest.

Qin Yan killed Jin Xuan and thirteen Half-Step Grandmasters after they attacked him and Jiang Li, then collected their Storage Rings. With onlookers warning that Jin Feng, a Grandmaster, might seek revenge, Qin Yan and Jiang Li left for the Inner Zone of the Ruined Battlefield.

• Qin Yan killed thirteen Half-Step Grandmasters in a few breaths and absorbed their blood qi while Jiang Li watched in shock.
• Jin Xuan fled, but Qin Yan's three-colored spear pierced him from behind and killed him.
• Nearby Martial Artists recognized Jin Xuan and warned that Jin Feng, a Grandmaster, could take revenge, while others remarked on Qin Yan and Jiang Li's unusual strength.
• Qin Yan collected fourteen Storage Rings, then left with Jiang Li and flew toward the Inner Zone of the Ruined Battlefield.

Two Jin Clan Guards killed Xiao He and recovered Grandmaster Duan Yue’s inheritance, then discovered that Jin Xuan and thirteen guards had been slain. Qin Yan and Jiang Li reached the Inner Zone, realizing Xiao He had tricked them with an empty Storage Ring, and encountered its Vengeful Spirits.

• The two Jin Clan Guards caught Xiao He, killed him, and found Grandmaster Duan Yue’s inheritance in his Storage Ring.
• On their way back, the guards heard that Jin Xuan had been killed, then found his body and the bodies of thirteen Jin Clan Guards at the scene.
• The guards collected the bodies and hurried toward the Inner Zone to report the deaths to Jin Clan Ancestor Jin Feng.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li inspected Xiao He’s Storage Ring, found it empty, and realized he had used them as a decoy while escaping with the inheritance.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li reached the Inner Zone, where the stronger aura of Annihilation and bloodshed surrounded them and Vengeful Spirits drifted through the air.

Jiang Li and Qin Yan entered the Inner Zone and headed for Extinction Canyon so Qin Yan could comprehend Extinction Spear Intent. There, they found the Ancient Trace Kingdom controlling access to the Spear Domain through a competition and a nonrefundable registration fee.

• Jiang Li destroyed a weak Vengeful Spirit and warned Qin Yan that the Inner Zone held stronger Martial Artists and dangerous spirits.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li flew toward Extinction Canyon, where Qin Yan planned to comprehend Extinction Spear Intent.
• The Ancient Trace Kingdom's Half-Step Grandmaster soldiers guarded the canyon and controlled entry to its Spear Domain.
• A soldier announced that registration for the entry competition was open, and Martial Artists rushed to pay one Fifth Rank resource each.
• The successful competitors would earn fifteen days inside the Spear Domain, while those who failed would lose their registration fees.

Qin Yan and Jiang Li registered for the Thousand-Person Tournament at Extinction Canyon and entered the enormous Spirit Weapon arena. The tournament began with a thousand contestants fighting for the one hundred places that would grant entry to the Extinction Spear Intent.

• Qin Yan and Jiang Li each paid a Fifth Rank resource and received a badge qualifying them for the tournament.
• Registration closed when the number of contestants reached one thousand, and a soldier announced the rules: contestants would be disqualified for falling off the stage, losing their badge, or deliberately killing or abusing others.
• An earth-yellow stage engraved with nearly nine thousand patterns appeared, and the badges transported the contestants onto it.
• Qin Yan found Jiang Li, and they stood back to back while contestants formed alliances around them.
• The competition began, and the thousand contestants erupted into a chaotic battle.

Jiang Li defended Qin Yan from the other martial artists and demonstrated overwhelming strength in the competition. After she eliminated a four-person squad and then a ten-person squad, their opponents kept their distance, leaving Qin Yan and Jiang Li isolated on the stage.

• Four Peak Sixth Grade martial artists attacked Qin Yan and Jiang Li, but Jiang Li stepped in front of Qin Yan and unleashed her Brilliant Spear Intent.
• Jiang Li's spear strike shattered the four opponents' defenses and knocked them unconscious, eliminating them from the stage.
• Jiang Li collected the four badges, and nearby martial artists backed away after witnessing her strength.
• As battles and alliances shifted across the stage, Qin Yan and Jiang Li remained in a quiet area apart from the others.
• A ten-person squad of Peak Sixth Grade warriors attacked Qin Yan and Jiang Li, and Jiang Li eliminated all ten with little effort.

Qin Yan and Jiang Li continued through the arena as the weaker Martial Artists were eliminated. When a powerful team of five Half-Step Grandmasters and two Peak Sixth Grade fighters challenged them, Qin Yan defeated all seven with one attack.

• Qin Yan and Jiang Li avoided further attacks after Jiang Li had eliminated ten challengers with one spear strike.
• As the arena filled with only strong fighters, a seven-person team approached Qin Yan and Jiang Li and demanded they leave.
• Jiang Li stepped aside, and Qin Yan told the team to attack.
• Qin Yan enveloped the seven fighters in his Darkness Domain, weakening them and suppressing their domains.
• Qin Yan unleashed a wave of Darkness Force that destroyed the team’s attacks and defenses, striking all seven down in one move.

Qin Yan qualified for the Extinction Spear Domain after defeating seven competitors, then entered with the other successful candidates. Inside, he set out to comprehend the Extinction Spear Intent, the final piece he needed before attempting to condense Supreme Spear Intent.

• Qin Yan used his Darkness Force to take the Badges from seven Martial Artists, eliminating them and convincing the remaining competitors that he was a Grandmaster.
• Qin Yan waited without fighting as the competition continued, and the aged voice announced that the hundred remaining Martial Artists had qualified.
• A soldier of the Ancient Trace Kingdom led the successful candidates into the valley and explained the Extinction Spear Domain's rules, including its fifteen-day limit and ban on fighting.
• A guard used a Token to open the domain's barrier, and Qin Yan entered with the other candidates, eager to comprehend the Extinction Spear Intent.

Qin Yan entered the Core Zone of the Extinction Spear Domain to cultivate the Extinction Spear Intent, where he witnessed the domain’s advanced Domain Myriad Changes. He began practicing there, hoping to reach Perfection within fifteen days.

• Jiang Li stayed in the Outer Zone and began training with her spear while Qin Yan headed deeper into the domain.
• As Qin Yan advanced, the extinction pressure grew stronger and the number of Martial Artists dwindled.
• A wave of extinction pressure forced Qin Yan back as tangible forms of Extinction Spear Intent appeared before him.
• Qin Yan recognized the forms as Domain Myriad Changes and realized he had reached the Core Zone.
• Qin Yan found a level spot in the Core Zone and began practicing his Spear Technique.

Qin Yan comprehended Extinction Spear Intent in the Core Zone and reached Beginner in just two and a half hours, drawing greedy attention from nearby Martial Artists. Meanwhile, Jin Feng arrived at the entrance to Extinction Canyon with two Jin Clan guards.

• Qin Yan used Domain Myriad Changes and his Spear Dao Essence to comprehend Extinction Spear Intent, reaching Beginner in two and a half hours.
• The Martial Artists in the Core Zone witnessed Qin Yan's progress and considered seizing his Spear Dao Essence after the fifteen-day stay ended.
• Qin Yan sensed their greed and continued training, confident that he could defeat anyone who challenged him.
• Jin Feng, a Seventh-Rank Grandmaster, arrived at the canyon entrance with the two Jin Clan guards who had pursued Xiao He and reported Jin Xuan's death.

Jin Feng learned that his grandson Jin Xuan had been killed, but the guards of the canyon barred him from entering until he qualified through the Arena Tournament. Inside the Spear Domain, Qin Yan cultivated the Extinction Spear Intent and reached Perfection after ten days.

• Jin Feng demanded entry to the canyon so he could kill the person responsible for Jin Xuan's death, but a guard told him he needed to qualify in the Arena Tournament.
• The guard explained that fighting was forbidden in the canyon and that contestants would leave after fifteen days, so Jin Feng agreed to wait outside.
• Qin Yan continued cultivating in the canyon as his Extinction Spear Intent grew stronger each day, attracting the attention of Martial Artists coveting his Spear Dao Essence.
• On June 10th, Qin Yan wielded his spear in the Core Zone and drew the domain's many forms of extinction aura into his comprehension.
• Qin Yan's Extinction Spear Intent reached Perfection after ten days, and he opened his panel to check his progress.