Chapter Summaries

The Artifact Spirit of Venerable Annihilation's inheritance site despaired over the lack of a suitable inheritor until it sensed the unusually pure Annihilation Aura around Qin Yan. Qin Yan condensed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype, but as he prepared to absorb it, Vengeful Spirits emerged around him.

• The Artifact Spirit lamented that no Martial Artist had met Venerable Annihilation's demanding requirements for an inheritor.
• The Artifact Spirit sensed a remarkably pure Annihilation Aura spreading through the fog and traced it to Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan completed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype after several hours of cultivation.
• Qin Yan prepared to absorb the prototype into his body, but howls sounded from all directions and Vengeful Spirits appeared around him.

Qin Yan drew the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype into his body while Vengeful Spirits gathered and worshipped it. The Spear Intent tore through him faster than his body could heal, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Vengeful Spirits of various strengths converged on Qin Yan and knelt in reverence before the Great Annihilation Spear Intent Prototype.
• Qin Yan realized the spirits would not attack him and guided the Spear Intent Prototype toward his body.
• Qin Yan took a Sixth Grade Revitalizing Pill before the Spear Intent Prototype entered him.
• The Spear Intent’s Annihilation Aura tore through Qin Yan’s meridians, organs, bones, and flesh, covering him in blood and deep wounds.
• Qin Yan used the Undying Blood Demon Body and the pill’s medicinal power to heal himself, but the Spear Intent damaged him faster than he recovered.

Qin Yan endured the Great Annihilation Spear Intent entering his body, then nurtured its prototype with his blood and vitality until it was complete. Its manifestation shook the Core Zone, where Grandmasters wondered if the power he had achieved was Supreme Spear Intent.

• Qin Yan controlled the Great Annihilation Spear Intent's power, easing its damage and allowing his body to heal as he nourished the prototype with his blood and vitality.
• After a day and night, the prototype grew to three zhang and transformed into the complete Great Annihilation Spear Intent, releasing a vast black spear phantom and dispersing the Annihilation Black Mist.
• Jiang Li sensed the spear phantom from the outskirts of the Core Zone, concluded that Qin Yan had succeeded, and returned to cultivating.
• Grandmasters at Venerable Purple Thunder's inheritance grounds saw the black spear phantom and debated its rank.
• A well-informed old Grandmaster rejected the idea that it was First Rank Spear Intent, prompting another Grandmaster to ask if it was Supreme Spear Intent.

Qin Yan condensed Supreme-Grade Great Annihilation Spear Intent and planned to cultivate the Five Elements Spear Intents next so he could pursue Lunar-Solar Spear Intent. Grandmasters arrived to witness his breakthrough and recognized him as a peerless genius who was not native to the Ancient Trace Kingdom.

• Qin Yan recalled the phantom spear and revealed that he had condensed Great Annihilation Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan tested the new intent with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon and inspected his status panel, where the Supreme-Grade intent had replaced its four prerequisites.
• Qin Yan decided to focus on mastering the Five Elements Spear Intents and obtain the missing Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent to prepare for Lunar-Solar Spear Intent.
• Dozens of Grandmasters arrived, recognized Qin Yan, and lamented that he was not a native of the Ancient Trace Kingdom.

After Qin Yan condensed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent, a black barrier linked to Venerable Annihilation carried him toward the depths of the Core Zone. Unable to break free, he prepared to wait until he learned who had taken him and why.

• A Late-Stage Grandmaster noticed the Vengeful Spirits kneeling before Qin Yan instead of attacking him.
• Black light formed from the Annihilation Black Mist surrounded Qin Yan and carried him toward the Core Zone, prompting the Martial Artists to pursue him.
• Qin Yan attacked the barrier with his Great Annihilation Spear Intent, but his blows left it unharmed.
• An aged voice told Qin Yan the barrier could not be broken even by ordinary Great Grandmasters and said he would understand once they arrived.
• After the voice stopped answering, Qin Yan put away his spear, sat cross-legged, and adjusted his condition while waiting to learn his destination and captor's purpose.

A black light carried Qin Yan into Venerable Annihilation’s Inheritance, where he met the damaged battle blade’s Artifact Spirit. After learning that Qin Yan had condensed the Great Annihilation Spear Intent, the Artifact Spirit decided he was an ideal candidate to inherit his master’s legacy.

• The black light carried Qin Yan through the Annihilation Black Mist to a lake of terrifying Annihilation Force deep in the Core Zone.
• The black light brought Qin Yan onto the hilt of a damaged giant battle blade, where his Great Annihilation Spear Intent repelled the surrounding Annihilation Aura.
• The Artifact Spirit appeared from within the blade and praised Qin Yan’s Supreme Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan told the Artifact Spirit that his Spear Intent was called the Great Annihilation Spear Intent.
• The Artifact Spirit decided to offer Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance to Qin Yan if his character passed muster.

The Artifact Spirit offered Qin Yan Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance and explained that he needed to earn its recognition. The chapter left off with Qin Yan revealing that his Mental Strength had reached 499.5 hertz, far exceeding the Artifact Spirit’s expectations.

• The Artifact Spirit told Qin Yan that he had brought him to receive Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance.
• Qin Yan accepted the opportunity, reasoning that the inheritance could help him deepen his understanding of the Great Annihilation Spear Intent.
• The Artifact Spirit said the trial required Qin Yan to gain its recognition and admitted he was only half recognized.
• The Artifact Spirit asked Qin Yan how strong his Mental Strength was, expecting little because Qin Yan already cultivated both Qi and Body.
• Qin Yan told the Artifact Spirit that his Mental Strength was 499.5 hertz.

Qin Yan revealed that his Darkness Attribute Mental Strength had reached 499.5 hertz, astonishing the Artifact Spirit. After Qin Yan agreed to become an Array Mage, the Artifact Spirit declared that he had passed the test.

• Qin Yan released his Half-Step Grandmaster-level Darkness Attribute Mental Strength, and the Artifact Spirit recognized him as a Dark Cultivator with 499.5 hertz.
• The Artifact Spirit marveled at Qin Yan’s Supreme Spear Intent, triple cultivation, and exceptional Mental Strength.
• The Artifact Spirit asked whether Qin Yan wanted to become an Array Mage, and Qin Yan firmly agreed.
• Qin Yan considered how his Shadow Clone could handle learning Array Mage skills while he focused on Qi Refining and Body Refining.
• The Artifact Spirit told Qin Yan that he had passed the test.

Qin Yan faced the final trial for Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance: spending three days in Annihilation Aura. The aura submitted to his Great Annihilation Spear Intent while he trained in Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent, leaving the Artifact Spirit puzzled by his cultivation.

• The Artifact Spirit told Qin Yan he had to remain for three days so it could judge his compatibility with Annihilation Aura.
• Annihilation Aura surged toward Qin Yan, but his Great Annihilation Spear Intent made it stop and circle him peacefully.
• Qin Yan picked up the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon and trained in Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent, gradually improving his comprehension.
• The Artifact Spirit wondered why Qin Yan was cultivating another Spear Intent despite Supreme Grade Spear Intent supposedly preventing other Spear Intents from coexisting, and decided to wait before asking him.

Grandmasters watched the Annihilation Black Mist as Qin Yan remained trapped inside, and some planned to rob him if he obtained Venerable Annihilation's Inheritance. In the Purple Thunder Sea, Jun Wentian continued forward while the other two grandmasters were forced to retreat before reaching the Purple Thunder Symbol.

• The grandmasters could not enter the Annihilation Black Mist, and several secretly planned to kill Qin Yan and take the inheritance if he came out with it.
• Enormous purple lightning bolts struck Jun Wentian and two other grandmasters as they struggled through the Purple Thunder Sea.
• Jun Wentian's Heavenly Punishment Lightning Golden Body absorbed much of the purple lightning and continued advancing.
• The other two grandmasters' Golden Bodies were badly damaged, so they abandoned their attempt and headed for the edge of the Thunder Sea.

Liu Qingxuan and Huo Wuji fled the Thunder Sea after purple lightning shattered their Golden Bodies, while Jun Wentian continued advancing toward Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance. At Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance site, Qin Yan found the Annihilation Aura growing so fierce that he had to keep Great Annihilation Spear Intent released to hold it back.

• Liu Qingxuan worried that Jun Wentian’s progress toward Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance would further disadvantage Third Princess Jun Qingyu.
• Huo Wuji reconsidered his family’s neutrality and wondered whether to support Jun Wentian.
• Purple lightning shattered parts of Liu Qingxuan and Huo Wuji’s Golden Bodies, but they escaped to the Outer Zone and returned alive.
• Jun Wentian expanded his domain to weaken the purple lightning and advanced farther into the Thunder Sea.
• Qin Yan used Great Annihilation Spear Intent to block the increasingly dense Annihilation Aura while cultivating his First Grade White Metal Sharp Spear Intent.
• Qin Yan realized the Annihilation Aura had grown too powerful to withstand without continuously releasing Great Annihilation Spear Intent.

Qin Yan faced the escalating Annihilation Aura in Venerable Annihilation’s final trial, but his Great Annihilation Spear Intent was eventually shattered. With the aura surging toward him, he summoned his Darkness Altar and Five Elements Wonder Tree to defend himself.

• Qin Yan used his Great Annihilation Spear Intent to hold back the Annihilation Aura through the first day of the trial.
• On the second day, the denser aura formed an Annihilation War Blade and clashed with Qin Yan’s spear shadow.
• Qin Yan’s Great Annihilation Spear Intent weakened under the blade’s growing power until the spear shadow cracked and shattered.
• Qin Yan’s blood and vital energy repelled the aura that reached him, but the remaining torrent rushed toward him after his spear shadow broke.
• Qin Yan summoned the Darkness Altar and Five Elements Wonder Tree, which formed layered shields around him.

Qin Yan’s defenses against the Annihilation War Blade failed, leaving the Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar to battle it. In the Thunder Sea, Jun Wentian reached the final step toward Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance as a Lightning Phantom unleashed a devastating strike.

• Qin Yan used the Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar to hold off the Annihilation War Blade as it absorbed Annihilation Aura and Annihilation Water and grew stronger.
• On the third day, the Annihilation War Blade shattered Qin Yan’s dual shield, then fought the Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar to a draw.
• Jun Wentian advanced to within three zhang of the purple lightning symbol in the Thunder Sea, despite the Purple Forbidden Domain and damage to his Heavenly Punishment Lightning Golden Body.
• A purple Lightning Phantom formed and struck its Thunder Hammer against its Thunder Chisel, sending a powerful bolt of lightning at Jun Wentian.
• Jun Wentian gathered black lightning around his Great Halberd and prepared to meet the attack with Thunder Dragon Exits the Sea.

Jun Wentian crossed the Thunder Sea and reached Venerable Purple Thunder’s inheritance, earning praise from the watching Grandmasters. The inheritance’s phantom told him that passing the trial only granted him the qualification to inherit, and that he had arrived too late to receive it directly.

• Jun Wentian used his Heavenly Punishment Lightning Golden Body and Thunder Dragon Exits the Sea to distract the purple lightning, then stepped into the deepest part of the Thunder Sea.
• The Lightning Phantom vanished, confirming that Jun Wentian had passed the trial, and the watching Grandmasters congratulated him while Huo Wuji decided to join his faction.
• Jun Wentian dismissed his damaged Golden Body and touched the purple lightning symbol, receiving its lightning and information.
• Venerable Purple Thunder’s phantom appeared in Jun Wentian’s mind and explained that he had gained only the qualification to inherit the legacy.
• Venerable Purple Thunder told Jun Wentian that arriving a few days earlier would have let him obtain the inheritance directly.

Venerable Purple Thunder offered Jun Wentian his inheritance and three-thousandths of Thunder Dao Essence in exchange for killing the Martial Artist who entered Annihilation Venerable's inheritance grounds, and Jun Wentian accepted. Meanwhile, Qin Yan's battle reached a turning point when the Annihilation War Blade shattered the Five Elements Wonder Tree.

• Venerable Purple Thunder revealed his hatred for Annihilation Venerable and demanded that Jun Wentian kill the Martial Artist who had entered the inheritance grounds.
• Jun Wentian realized the target was Qin Yan and hesitated over the danger of provoking the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Venerable Purple Thunder offered his inheritance and three-thousandths of Thunder Dao Essence, and Jun Wentian agreed to kill Qin Yan.
• Venerable Purple Thunder's phantom entered Jun Wentian and transferred its inheritance and Thunder Dao Essence to him.
• The Annihilation War Blade broke through the Five Elements Wonder Tree's seal and barrier, then shattered the tree with a slash.

Qin Yan endured the Annihilation War Blade’s overwhelming pressure after it destroyed his Five Elements Wonder Tree and Darkness Altar. The Artifact Spirit revealed that the ordeal was a test of character, and began reconsidering Qin Yan’s suitability for its master’s inheritance.

• The Annihilation War Blade destroyed Qin Yan’s Five Elements Wonder Tree, then shattered his Darkness Altar, injuring his body and disrupting his spiritual power.
• The Annihilation War Blade hovered over Qin Yan and crushed him with immense pressure, but he braced himself with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon and refused to yield.
• Qin Yan realized the Artifact Spirit was testing something other than his Annihilation Affinity and resolved to endure the trial.
• The Artifact Spirit watched Qin Yan withstand the pressure and recalled how it had raised the blade’s power to the peak before finally suppressing him.
• The Artifact Spirit wondered whether Qin Yan could use its master’s inheritance, then recognized that the Annihilation Aura and Array Mage inheritance could still benefit him.

The Artifact Spirit ended Qin Yan’s final trial early after approving his courage, perseverance, and will, then offered him Annihilation Venerable’s inheritance. Qin Yan focused on the Spirit Array teachings among its three parts, while the Artifact Spirit warned him to keep the inheritance’s Dao Essence secret.

• The Artifact Spirit removed the Annihilation War Blade and declared that Qin Yan had passed the final trial.
• The Artifact Spirit explained that Qin Yan had earned his approval through his character and perseverance, then allowed him to recover.
• Qin Yan restored his strength in less than fifteen minutes using the Five Elements Chaos Genesis and the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• The Artifact Spirit presented three inheritances covering Qi Refining and martial arts, spiritual power and Spirit Arrays, and Blade Dao and Annihilation Dao Essence.
• The Artifact Spirit warned Qin Yan to conceal the Dao Essence, while Qin Yan judged the Spirit Array inheritance most useful and noted that his body could not absorb more Dao Essence yet.

Qin Yan received Venerable Annihilation’s martial, domain, spiritual power, and Spirit Array inheritances, while Darkness Chains sealed the Blade Dao Essence and Annihilation Dao Essence within his mind. The Artifact Spirit then activated the Annihilation Kill Formation, sending a vast storm of Annihilation Raindrops plunging toward the Purple Thunder Sea.

• The Artifact Spirit sent three spheres of light into Qin Yan, transferring Venerable Annihilation’s martial skills, domain techniques, and Spirit Array inheritance.
• Darkness Chains bound the Blade Dao Essence and Annihilation Dao Essence and sealed them until Qin Yan reached Grandmaster.
• The Artifact Spirit declared that he had found a suitable inheritor and prepared to end the decades-long clash between the Annihilation Dense Fog and Purple Thunder Sea.
• The Artifact Spirit launched a Formation Plate, revealing and activating Venerable Annihilation’s Ninth Grade Annihilation Kill Formation.
• The Formation expanded a hundredfold and gathered tens of thousands of Annihilation Raindrops above the Purple Thunder Sea.
• The Annihilation Raindrops descended on the Purple Thunder Sea, slicing through space and making the Grandmaster experts below feel a cold, tyrannical pressure.

Black-violet rain from the clash between Annihilation and Purple Thunder devastated the Core Zone, forcing the experts to flee while Qin Yan remained unaware as he absorbed Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance. On June 18th, Qin Yan emerged from his insights having learned nearly all the inheritance’s knowledge concerning domains.

• Black-violet raindrops struck the Core Zone, carving huge craters and leaving a Grandmaster-level expert with a severed, corroding arm.
• A Grandmaster-level expert warned the others to escape, and the experts fled as the rain intensified and killed several of them.
• Qin Yan stayed immersed in Venerable Annihilation’s inheritance, unaware of the devastation outside.
• On June 18th, Qin Yan regained consciousness and reflected on the vast inheritance he had absorbed.
• Qin Yan recalled that he had spent most of his time studying domains and had learned nearly all of Venerable Annihilation’s knowledge about them.

Qin Yan reviewed his progress in Array Mage cultivation and learned that his Shadow Clone had begun condensing Spirit Seals, though its first attempt failed. After Qin Yan finished comprehending the inheritance, the Artifact Spirit revealed that using his master's backup measures had hastened his already imminent death.

• Qin Yan saw that his Shadow Clone was condensing a Spirit Seal and checked its Array Mage learning progress, which had reached two percent.
• Qin Yan hoped to eventually master the World-Extinguishing King-Slaying Array, a Tenth Grade Formation capable of killing a True King-level powerhouse.
• The Shadow Clone's Spirit Seal shattered, but Qin Yan accepted the failure as part of its early training and withdrew his spiritual power.
• The Artifact Spirit asked whether Qin Yan had finished comprehending the inheritance, and Qin Yan noticed the spirit's unstable condition.
• The Artifact Spirit told Qin Yan that using his master's backup measures had accelerated his already impending death.