Chapter Summaries

The artifact spirit gave Qin Yan a dangerous Black Thunder Orb and taught him how to use it before returning to the Annihilation Spirit Blade. After absorbing the Annihilation Lake, the blade delivered the spirit’s final message and remained in Qin Yan’s hands.

• The artifact spirit gave Qin Yan a Black Thunder Orb that could threaten an ordinary Peak Venerable, warning that it had only three uses and could kill Qin Yan with its blast.
• The artifact spirit taught Qin Yan how to activate, control, and detonate the Black Thunder Orb.
• The artifact spirit returned to the broken Annihilation Spirit Blade, which absorbed the Annihilation Lake and shrank to ordinary battle-blade size.
• Qin Yan learned from the blade’s final message that the artifact spirit had perished, then took hold of the Annihilation War Blade.

Qin Yan crossed the devastated Core Zone using the Annihilation Spirit Blade’s shield, only to be ambushed by Jun Wentian. As a massive lightning sword descended, Qin Yan activated the Black Thunder Orb and released a tiny raindrop infused with Purple Thunder and Annihilation.

• Qin Yan emerged from the Annihilation Dense Fog and found the Core Zone deserted, cratered, and filled with deadly Forbidden Domains.
• Qin Yan used the damaged Annihilation Spirit Blade and its stored Annihilation Water to shield himself from Purple Thunder as he headed toward the outskirts.
• Jun Wentian waited above the Core Zone, intending to kill Qin Yan as promised to Venerable Purple Thunder.
• Jun Wentian attacked Qin Yan with a massive purple-gold lightning sword whose power reached the Great Grandmaster Level.
• Qin Yan activated the Black Thunder Orb and released a purple-black raindrop containing Purple Thunder and Annihilation.

Qin Yan's Black Thunder Orb destroyed Jun Wentian's lightning greatsword and left both men badly injured. Jun Wentian survived with a defensive Spirit Rune and revealed he had come to kill Qin Yan, who challenged him as a murderer of a Mystic Sanctuary prodigy.

• A raindrop from the Black Thunder Orb pierced Jun Wentian's lightning greatsword and flew toward him.
• Jun Wentian used his Ninth Grade High-tier Defensive Spirit Rune to survive the raindrop's explosion, though its shockwave seriously injured him.
• Qin Yan's Darkness Blessing Spirit Rune shattered under the blast's shockwave, and Qin Yan was flung into a crater with severe wounds.
• Qin Yan took a Sixth Grade Healing Pill and credited the Artifact Spirit senior's warning for giving him time to use his defensive rune.
• Jun Wentian appeared amid the lightning, accused Qin Yan of obtaining Annihilation Venerable's Inheritance, and said he had come to kill him.
• Qin Yan recognized that Jun Wentian was injured and shouted that he had brought death upon himself by murdering a Mystic Sanctuary prodigy.

Qin Yan frightened Jun Wentian into retreating by pretending to activate the Black Thunder Orb, then recovered and set out for the Outer Zone. Jun Wentian realized he had been fooled but still resolved to kill Qin Yan in the Ancient Trace Kingdom.

• Qin Yan made the Black Thunder Orb appear ready to strike, and Jun Wentian fled using an eighth-grade Wind-Escape Heaven Rune.
• Qin Yan resealed the orb without attacking and recovered while regulating his breathing.
• Jun Wentian realized Qin Yan had bluffed, but decided the orb remained dangerous and continued pursuing him after healing.
• Qin Yan recovered enough to travel and headed for the Outer Zone, wary of the mysterious lightning-path expert and eager to reach the Mystic Sanctuary.

After escaping the Core Zone with Annihilation Venerable's Inheritance, Qin Yan reunited with Jiang Li and left the Ruined Battlefield as Grandmasters secretly followed them. On the way back, a golden-robed martial monk warned them that the pursuers were behind them.

• Qin Yan put aside his plans to identify the person who nearly killed him and traveled out of the Core Zone while concealing the Annihilation Spirit Blade.
• Qin Yan reunited with Jiang Li, who had waited for him, and she asked about his injuries and the disaster in the Core Zone.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li flew toward the Holy Land as nearby Grandmasters began following them, while Jun Wentian sent his two death warriors after the group.
• Jiang Li told Qin Yan what she had heard about the Core Zone disaster, and Qin Yan wondered whether accepting Annihilation Venerable's Inheritance had caused it.
• A golden-robed martial monk emerged behind Qin Yan and Jiang Li and warned them that Grandmasters were pursuing them.

Jiang Li and Qin Yan continued toward the Outer Zone while Jin Gang stayed behind to block five Black-Robed Men pursuing them. Jin Gang overwhelmed the attackers with his Vajra Arhat Golden Body and Vajra Domain, leaving three of them gravely wounded.

• Jiang Li entrusted Jin Gang with holding off their pursuers and continued toward the Outer Zone with Qin Yan.
• Jin Gang reflected on Jiang Li’s feelings for Qin Yan, then faced the five Black-Robed Men who emerged from the void.
• The five Black-Robed Men summoned their Golden Bodies and combined their pressure against Jin Gang.
• Jin Gang revealed his sixty-three-zhang Vajra Arhat Golden Body and suppressed the five men’s domains with his Vajra Domain.
• Jin Gang struck the five Golden Bodies with Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist, shattering the three smaller ones and making their Black-Robed Men vomit blood.

Jin Gang overwhelmed the Ancient Trace Kingdom’s Grandmasters while Qin Yan and Jiang Li fled, but two Black-Robed Men confronted them. Liu Qingxuan intervened as a Great Grandmaster, rescued the pair, and trapped the attackers as they tried to escape.

• Jin Gang shattered three Golden Bodies and badly damaged two before charging into the battle below.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li praised Jin Gang’s strength, but two Black-Robed Men appeared and attacked them with blood-colored palm strikes.
• Liu Qingxuan appeared before Qin Yan and Jiang Li, dispersed the attacks, and introduced herself as a local Great Grandmaster of the Ancient Trace Kingdom.
• Jun Wentian ordered the two death warriors to retreat, and they fled while Liu Qingxuan prepared to stop them.
• Liu Qingxuan formed a massive green hand above the fleeing death warriors and pinned them beneath its pressure.

Liu Qingxuan stopped Jun Wentian’s ambush on Qin Yan, killing the two Peak Grandmaster dead warriors while Jun Wentian chose not to reveal himself. She recognized his involvement and saw his attack on a Mystic Sanctuary genius as an opportunity to undermine Jun Qingyu’s rival.

• Jun Wentian’s purple lightning shattered the azure palm attacking the two dead warriors, allowing them to keep fleeing.
• Liu Qingxuan summoned her Peak-Stage Grandmaster Golden Body and sent azure chains after the dead warriors.
• Jun Wentian decided not to intervene, fearing Liu Qingxuan would identify him and expose his attempted assassination of Qin Yan.
• Liu Qingxuan’s chains pierced and killed both dead warriors, while Jun Wentian withdrew, furious at his losses and still intent on killing Qin Yan to obtain Venerable Purple Thunder’s full inheritance.
• Liu Qingxuan recalled following Jun Wentian and witnessing his ambush, which she viewed as a chance to act against Jun Qingyu’s rival.

Liu Qingxuan rescued Qin Yan and Jiang Li from two death warriors, then escorted them toward the Outer Zone. As Qin Yan questioned her about Thunder Dao experts, she gave an unusually detailed account of Jun Wentian, making him suspect she knew the prince very well.

• Liu Qingxuan told Qin Yan and Jiang Li that she had helped them to build a connection, and Qin Yan searched the death warriors' bodies but found no clues to their identities.
• Jiang Li memorized the death warriors' faces, while Qin Yan accepted Liu Qingxuan's offer to escort them and kept the Black Thunder Orb ready in case she turned against them.
• Qin Yan and Jiang Li traveled toward the Outer Zone with Liu Qingxuan, who answered Qin Yan's questions about the Ancient Trace Kingdom and its people.
• Qin Yan described the male Thunder Dao powerhouse who had attacked him, and Liu Qingxuan listed the kingdom's experts who matched his description.
• Liu Qingxuan gave an extensive account of Jun Wentian's lightning abilities, strength, inheritance, and fighting style, causing Qin Yan to suspect she knew the prince unusually well.

After Liu Qingxuan escorted Qin Yan and Jiang Li out of the Ruined Battlefield and left them aboard the Spaceship, Qin Yan considered her warning that Jun Wentian might have tried to kill him. On the journey back to the Mystic Sanctuary, Qin Yan trained and discovered that his Five Elements Essence greatly accelerated his progress in White Metal Sharp Spear Intent.

• Liu Qingxuan told Qin Yan that Jun Wentian had secretly released the lightning bolt that blocked her palm strike, then escorted Qin Yan and Jiang Li out of the Ruined Battlefield.
• Liu Qingxuan saw Qin Yan and Jiang Li aboard the Spaceship, waved goodbye, and departed.
• Qin Yan suspected Jun Wentian had attacked him but decided to focus on becoming stronger and trained with the Mo Yuan Spear.
• Aboard the Spaceship, Qin Yan trained through the night and raised his First Grade White Metal Sharp Spear Intent proficiency from one percent to five percent.
• Qin Yan concluded that his Five Elements Essence was accelerating his Five Elements Spear Intent cultivation and realized it could reach perfection in about thirteen days.

After returning to Mystic Sanctuary, Qin Yan resumed training while Jiang Li sent descriptions of their attackers to her father and vowed to investigate them. Qin Yan’s feats drew attention across the Holy Land, and its leaders convened in Mystic Hall to discuss him.

• Qin Yan and Jiang Li returned to Mystic City, said goodbye, and went back to their separate Cave Dwellings.
• Qin Yan resumed practicing the Five Elements Spear Intent with the Mo Yuan Spear as the Annihilation Venerable's Inheritance continued to settle within him.
• Jiang Li sent her father descriptions of the two death warriors who had attacked her and began cultivating, determined to investigate and take revenge.
• Mystic Sanctuary disciples spread news of Qin Yan defeating a powerful Grandmaster and obtaining a Venerable Inheritance.
• The Holy Land’s twenty strongest Martial Artists gathered in Mystic Hall, where the Old Holy Master called for their opinions about Qin Yan.

The Mystic Sanctuary’s leaders decided to secretly protect Qin Yan and grant him a future place in the Temple of Time, while he remained unaware and practiced his spear technique. Meanwhile, Jiang Wuhen and his companions arrived at the Ancient Trace Kingdom and confronted Jun Wentian.

• Jian Wuhen, Yun Nichang, and the Elders agreed that Qin Yan deserved stronger protection and additional support.
• Xuantian assigned a Mystic Guard Commander to protect Qin Yan and promised him a Temple of Time cultivation place after he reached the Grandmaster Realm and could withstand Time Force.
• The Old Holy Master left the decision to Xuantian, and the Elders concluded their meeting.
• Qin Yan continued practicing his Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent in his Cave Dwelling.
• Jiang Wuhen and several powerful figures appeared above the Ancient Trace Kingdom’s Royal Palace and demanded that Jun Wentian come out.
• Jiang Wuhen’s sound waves destroyed the kingdom’s defenses and damaged its buildings until a golden shield held them back, and a True King in a yellow dragon robe flew out to greet him.

Jiang Wuhen confronted Jun Tiance over Jun Wentian’s attempt to hunt Jiang Li and Qin Yan, then attacked the First Prince. Jun Tiance stepped in to protect his son but was overwhelmed and injured.

• Jun Tiance gathered the Ancient Trace Kingdom’s experts as Jiang Wuhen demanded to know why Jun Wentian had sent assassins after Jiang Li and Qin Yan.
• Jiang Wuhen revealed the identities and history of Jun Wentian’s assassins, Zhang Hu and Wei Bao, and challenged Jun Wentian with the evidence.
• Jiang Wuhen struck Jun Wentian with a golden palm print, forcing Jun Tiance to step in and defend his son.
• Jiang Wuhen’s attack shattered Jun Tiance’s black dragon phantom and battered his defenses, leaving him spitting blood as the surrounding Martial Artists cried out.

Jiang Wuhen spared Jun Wentian after Jun Tiance took a palm strike in his son’s place, but sentenced him to six months of labor at the Jiang Clan Mine. Meanwhile, Qin Yan perfected his Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent through relentless cultivation.

• Jun Tiance took Jiang Wuhen’s palm strike and pleaded for Jun Wentian’s life, admitting that his son had offended Jiang Wuhen’s daughter.
• Jiang Wuhen spared Jun Wentian but sentenced him to serve at the Jiang Clan Mine for half a year, then imprisoned him in a golden cage and left with him and Jiang Clan experts.
• Jun Tiance ordered the Royal Palace repaired and more resources sent to the Temple of Light for Jun Qingyu, prompting joy among her faction and worry among Jun Wentian’s supporters.
• Qin Yan continued training in the Mystic Sanctuary, raising his Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent from five percent to ninety-eight percent in just over ten days.
• Qin Yan trained until noon and brought his First Rank Venus Sharp Gold Spear Intent to Perfection.

After perfecting his White Metal Sharp Spear Intent, Qin Yan read messages about Huang Jiuli’s breakthrough, Jun Wentian’s punishment, and his own Temple of Time cultivation slot. He redirected his Shadow Clone to cultivate mental strength and resumed training the remaining Five Elements Spear Intents as the Cangwu Small World settled under powerful factions.

• Qin Yan checked his Panel and found that his First Grade White Metal Sharp Spear Intent had reached Perfection.
• Qin Yan congratulated Huang Jiuli for comprehending Supreme-Grade Intent and thanked Jiang Li for helping have Jun Wentian sent to the mines.
• Qin Yan learned that the Mystic Sanctuary had granted him a Temple of Time slot to use once he reached Seventh-Rank Grandmaster.
• Qin Yan ordered his Shadow Clone to focus entirely on raising its mental strength toward five hundred hertz.
• Qin Yan reviewed reports that powerful factions had stabilized the Cangwu Small World, each region now dominated by factions with Peak Grandmasters.
• Qin Yan began cultivating Wood Life Spear Intent, with its progress gradually rising.

During the month in the Mystic Sanctuary, Huang Jiuli and Jiang Li comprehended Supreme Spear Intents, while returning prodigies grew stronger and swept through the Cangwu Small World. Qin Yan ignored the commotion and continued training, with his spiritual power reaching 500 Hertz and entering the Grandmaster Realm.

• Huang Jiuli broke through to Seventh-Rank Grandmaster and went to the Temple of Time with the Yin Family's help.
• Jiang Li comprehended Light Spear Intent, stirring the Inner Academy and the Holy Land.
• Lin Ruoxi, Long Aotian, Su Qingwan, and other prodigies returned as Mid-Stage Grandmasters and overwhelmed indigenous factions in the Cangwu Small World.
• Qin Yan continued cultivating, advancing his Five Elements Spear Intents and bringing Dark Nether True Water Spear Intent to forty-one percent.
• Qin Yan's spiritual power rose from 499.5 to 500 Hertz, letting him wield Heaven-Earth Force and increasing his daily Skill Points from eight hundred to one thousand six hundred.

Qin Yan prepared to visit the Temple of Time after mastering Dark Enslavement and joined the Holy Land expedition. His unexpectedly low cultivation drew attention from the True Disciples and prompted them to speculate that his talent might surpass even Holy Son Yun Feiyang’s.

• Qin Yan calculated that his Five Elements Chaos Genesis would reach completion in about a month and planned to pursue the Grandmaster Realm and Golden Body afterward.
• Qin Yan mastered Dark Enslavement while waiting for the Holy Land’s arranged trip to the Temple of Time.
• Qin Yan arrived at the teleportation summit and joined the group under Elder Zhou Xuantong’s direction.
• The gathered disciples noticed Qin Yan’s weak cultivation, and Zhou Xuantong told them to stop staring at him.
• The True Disciples learned Qin Yan came from Blue Star without influential connections and speculated that the Holy Land had admitted him because his talent rivaled or exceeded Yun Feiyang’s.

Qin Yan and the other Holy Land disciples arrived at the Temple of Time, where Xuanyuanzi introduced the newcomers to the Myriad Laws Palace and showed them around. Qin Yan settled into his private Cave Dwelling, sensing the flow of time as he prepared to cultivate.

• An elder activated the Teleportation Formation, sending Qin Yan and the Holy Land disciples to the Temple of Time.
• Xuanyuanzi greeted Zhou Xuantong and the arriving disciples, then gave the newcomers Jade Slips with information about the temple.
• Xuanyuanzi explained that the Myriad Laws Palace was a Dao Field established by the True Emperor of Myriad Laws.
• Xuanyuanzi kept Qin Yan and four other newcomers behind, showed them around the Myriad Laws Palace, and escorted them to their residences.
• Qin Yan entered his private Cave Dwelling and marveled at the flow of time around him.

Qin Yan tested the Outer Zone’s accelerated time and confirmed it increased both his Skill Point gains and his Shadow Clone’s cultivation efficiency. At the plaza, he met fellow Mystic Sanctuary disciple Wen Ya, and they prepared to adapt to the threefold time flow before entering the Inner Zone.

• Qin Yan trained with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon for a day in the Outer Zone and gained 3,200 Skill Points from its twofold time flow.
• Qin Yan learned his Spiritual Power had reached 502 hertz and confirmed that his Shadow Clone also benefited from time acceleration.
• Qin Yan entered the plaza’s Time Domain, where Time Force eroded his body, and used Darkness Force to protect himself as he continued forward.
• Qin Yan met Wen Ya, who planned to adapt to the threefold time flow before heading to the Inner Zone.
• Qin Yan agreed with Wen Ya that they should focus on cultivating because they would have to return in two months.

Qin Yan and Wen Ya left their cultivation to watch Ye Xiu, a Holy Son of the Temple of Light, challenge Yun Feiyang at the Battle Arena. On the way, Qin Yan saw how visiting prodigies paid to cultivate at the Myriad Laws Palace and began thinking about establishing his own Dao Field.

• Wen Ya began painting with his brush while Qin Yan trained with his spear in the Temple of Time.
• News spread that Ye Xiu had challenged Yun Feiyang, the Mystic Sanctuary’s Holy Son.
• Qin Yan and Wen Ya set off with other martial artists for the Battle Arena.
• Qin Yan considered the resources a Dao Field could earn as he saw the visiting prodigies gathered at the Myriad Laws Palace.
• Qin Yan and Wen Ya showed their Mystic Sanctuary identity Tokens and entered the Battle Arena.