Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan and Wen Ya watched as Yun Feiyang and Ye Xiu began their battle before a crowd of more than a thousand Grandmasters. Their Golden Bodies clashed, and Yun Feiyang charged at Ye Xiu after defending against his sword attacks.

• Qin Yan and Wen Ya took seats near the Battle Arena as Grandmasters gathered to watch.
• Yun Feiyang and Ye Xiu appeared above the arena, and the referee started their match.
• Yun Feiyang formed a Purple Sun Golden Body while Ye Xiu formed a Radiant Golden Body.
• The two Golden Bodies collided, and Ye Xiu unleashed a barrage of light sword qi.
• Yun Feiyang's Purple Sun Golden Body blocked Ye Xiu's attacks, then charged at the Radiant Golden Body with its sword.

Yun Feiyang and Ye Xiu fought an intense battle with their Golden Bodies until both were exhausted, and the match ended in a draw. As Qin Yan and Wen Ya left the Battle Grounds, Qin Yan admired the Holy Sons’ strength and hoped to reach similar heights someday.

• Yun Feiyang and Ye Xiu exchanged powerful attacks with their Purple Sun Golden Body and Radiant Golden Body for half an hour.
• Both Holy Sons exhausted their Golden Bodies, dispelled them, and exchanged courteous thanks after the referee declared a draw.
• Spectators discussed the match as they left the Battle Arena, noting that the fighters had likely held back their trump cards.
• Qin Yan and Wen Ya flew away together, and Wen Ya praised Yun Feiyang’s strength and deep foundation.
• Qin Yan agreed that the Holy Son title was deserved and resolved to strive for such heights himself.

Qin Yan advanced through the Temple of Time’s Inner Zone and greatly improved his cultivation and spear techniques. He chose to delay his Grandmaster breakthrough until he could master Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent, then found three places in the Temple that could help him cultivate it.

• Qin Yan entered the Inner Zone, where he encountered Wen Ya cultivating, and the two exchanged greetings before returning to their training.
• Qin Yan pressed into the deepest plaza of the Inner Zone, endured the stronger Time Force with Darkness Force, and practiced his Five Elements Spear Intents.
• Qin Yan checked his Panel and found that his Five Elements Chaos Genesis had reached its first layer’s limit and four of his Five Elements Spear Intents were perfected.
• Qin Yan decided to postpone his Grandmaster breakthrough until he mastered Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent and formed Lunar Yin and Solar Yang Spear Intents.
• Qin Yan searched Elder Xuanyuanzi’s Jade Slip and learned that the Ten Thousand Spear Pavilion, Xuantian Mirror, and Thick Earth Territory all contained Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent inheritances.

Qin Yan chose the Thick Earth Territory to study the Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent and entered after paying the admission fee. He learned the inheritance lay in the Inner Zone and began crossing the Territory’s Outer Zone.

• Qin Yan compared three places offering the Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent and chose the Thick Earth Territory because anyone could enter and the Thick Earth Sect was friendly with the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Qin Yan checked the Shadow Clone’s Spirit Array progress, then left the Myriad Laws Palace and flew toward the Thick Earth Territory.
• A guard admitted Qin Yan after he presented his Mystic Sanctuary Token and paid with a Seventh-Grade Lower Rank Darkness Spear Spirit Rune.
• Qin Yan asked where to find the Spear Intent, and the guard directed him to the Thick Earth Secret Realm in the Inner Zone.
• Qin Yan observed that time flowed twice as fast in the Thick Earth Territory’s Outer Zone, slower than in the Myriad Laws Palace.

Qin Yan mastered the Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent, then trained in the Myriad Laws Palace’s sixfold time-flow zone and considered the Divine Ability he needed to combine multiple Supreme Grade intents. He remained outside the Core Zone for now, where entry required Time Crystals obtainable through arena victories, the River of Time, or missions.

• Qin Yan entered the Thick Earth Secret Realm and found the Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent in its northeast corner.
• Qin Yan practiced for a few hours and grasped the Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent at Beginner level, then left the Secret Realm.
• Qin Yan trained in the Myriad Laws Palace’s sixfold time-flow zone and raised the Thick Earth Kun Yuan Spear Intent to Perfection in two days.
• Qin Yan realized he needed to cultivate the Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin Furnace Divine Ability to Minor Success to smelt the Great Annihilation Spear Intent, Lunar Spear Intent, and Solar Spear Intent together.
• Qin Yan stayed out of the Core Zone while adjusting to the faster time flow, since entering required Time Crystals earned through arena victories, the River of Time, or missions.

Qin Yan used the sixfold flow of time and Skill Points to advance his Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin Furnace while his Shadow Clone trained in formations. By August 16, the clone had become a Seventh Grade Array Mage and began studying a Low-Rank Seventh Grade Spirit Array, while Qin Yan continued strengthening his foundation.

• Qin Yan began cultivating the Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin Furnace, then found that using Skill Points earned through Spear Technique practice advanced it much faster than studying it himself.
• Over eighteen days of cultivation, Qin Yan reached Beginner (3%) in the Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin Furnace, and his Shadow Clone raised its mental strength to 520 hertz and its Array Mage progress to eighty percent.
• On August 16, the Shadow Clone condensed one hundred Spirit Seals into an Array Pattern, advancing Qin Yan to Seventh Grade Array Mage.
• Qin Yan instructed the Shadow Clone to study the Thick Earth Trap Formation from the Annihilation Venerable's Inheritance so it could learn to set up a Low-Rank Seventh Grade Spirit Array.
• Qin Yan continued practicing his Spear Technique and reflected that cultivating the Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin Furnace slowed his other training, while Long Aotian and Lin Ruoxi still lacked the qualifications to cultivate the Mystic Sanctuary's Three Origins Scripture.

Qin Yan and Wen Ya headed to Yuntai Courtyard to help the Yuntai Sect defend its Dao Field in the latest three-yearly battle. They arrived as the exhausted Yunyazi faced another challenge after four consecutive defeats, with the outcome still uncertain.

• Wen Ya interrupted Qin Yan's training and asked him to join the battle for Yuntai Courtyard, which the Yuntai Sect had agreed to defend in exchange for Time Crystals.
• Wen Ya sensed that Qin Yan's spiritual aura had grown stronger, but his spiritual power vanished into the darkness of Qin Yan's spiritual world.
• Qin Yan and Wen Ya flew from the Myriad Laws Palace toward Yuntai Courtyard.
• Yunyazi gathered the Yuntai Sect's disciples and allies, thanked them for coming to help, and worried whether they could retain the Dao Field.
• Yunyazi reflected that the Yuntai Sect had lost its last four contests, including one against a Holy Son whose power had overwhelmed their fighters.

Yunyazi worried that the Yuntai Courtyard would not withstand this year’s defense, despite offering generous rewards to attract powerful helpers. Wen Ya and Qin Yan arrived from the Mystic Sanctuary, and Wen Ya immediately demonstrated his formidable mental strength to the watching martial artists.

• Yunyazi fretted that few prodigies from major factions had answered his invitations, while Lu Xuanji vowed to defend the Yuntai Courtyard for the Yuntai Sect.
• A disciple announced that two people from the Mystic Sanctuary had arrived, and Yunyazi eagerly welcomed them.
• Wen Ya and Qin Yan entered the plaza, where Yunyazi sensed Wen Ya’s powerful mental strength but considered Qin Yan weak.
• Wen Ya ordered the gathered martial artists to stop probing them and repelled their mental perceptions, startling the grandmasters present.

Wen Ya introduced himself and Qin Yan to Yunyazi before the defenders prepared for the assault on Yuntai Courtyard. As the four great powers arrived with ten Peak Grandmasters and four hidden trump cards, Yunyazi ordered the defenders to take action.

• Wen Ya introduced himself as a True Disciple of the Mystic Sanctuary and Qin Yan as an Inner Academy disciple, and Yunyazi thanked them for coming to help.
• Wen Ya and Qin Yan moved aside; Qin Yan resumed spear training while Wen Ya rested and prepared for the battle.
• Yunyazi worried that few powerful prodigies had arrived to reinforce Yuntai Courtyard, leaving Wen Ya as the strongest among them.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect, Falling Glow Valley, Mystic Spirit Hall, and Wind and Thunder Pavilion assembled outside Yuntai Courtyard with ten Peak Grandmasters and four hidden fighters.
• Yunyazi announced that the assault had begun, and the defenders flew into the sky to face the attackers.

The four major factions attacked Yuntai Courtyard, quickly overwhelming the independent cultivators defending it. Qin Yan entered the battle without summoning his Golden Body and confronted two Mid-Stage Grandmasters, leaving the fight poised to begin.

• Wen Ya warned Qin Yan to retreat if he could not win, and Qin Yan thanked him before joining the battle with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon.
• The four major factions attacked Yuntai Courtyard, and Lu Xuanji ordered the independent cultivators to charge while Wen Ya stayed behind as a trump card.
• The stronger attackers battered the independent cultivators, and the Temple of Time's Divine Envoys rescued those who were injured.
• Lu Xuanji held back rather than reveal his strength to the super experts waiting nearby.
• Qin Yan remained in his original form and faced two Mid-Stage Grandmasters, declaring that he did not need to summon his Golden Body.
• A Heavenly Sword Sect disciple attacked by forming a sharp Sword Curtain around his Golden Body.

Qin Yan revealed powerful Dark Mental Strength and used his Darkness Domain to overwhelm two Grandmasters and destroy their domains. With their strength suppressed by more than half, the Heavenly Sword Sect disciple and the blade cultivator faced Qin Yan at a severe disadvantage.

• Qin Yan shattered the Heavenly Sword Golden Body's sword aura with a finger, revealing mental strength near the Late-Stage Seventh Grade.
• The Heavenly Sword Sect disciple urged the blade cultivator to attack Qin Yan together, and they deployed the Heavenly Sword Domain and Golden Blade Domain.
• Qin Yan activated his Darkness Domain, and its chains crushed the golden sword and blade phantoms.
• The Darkness Domain destroyed both opponents' domains and suppressed their qi and blood by more than fifty percent.
• The two Grandmasters recognized that Qin Yan's Darkness Domain rivaled a Supreme-Grade Domain.

Qin Yan overwhelmed Mid-Stage Grandmaster warriors on the battlefield with his Darkness Domain and powerful attacks while a Divine Envoy of the Temple of Time observed and recorded his abilities. He continued searching for targets, leaving his next move unrevealed.

• Qin Yan struck two weakened warriors with Dark Masses, shattered their Golden Bodies, and left them unconscious before a Divine Envoy removed them from the battlefield.
• Qin Yan formed black Spirit Seals as a veiled Divine Envoy recorded his identity, talents, and mental strength of 538 hertz.
• Qin Yan advanced across the battlefield, using his Darkness Domain to corrode other warriors' domains and suppress their strength and vitality.
• Qin Yan shattered the Golden Bodies of several Mid-Stage Grandmaster warriors with precise attacks, knocking each opponent unconscious or sending them crashing to the ground.

Qin Yan completed a lower Seventh Grade Thick Earth Trap Formation and used it to imprison the fighters in a chaotic battlefield, then rescued dozens of allied Martial Artists. Wen Ya and Lu Xuanji were stunned by Qin Yan’s strength and newly revealed talent as an Array Mage.

• Qin Yan finished condensing the Thick Earth Trap Formation, a lower Seventh Grade formation capable of restraining Early- and Mid-Stage Grandmaster Martial Artists.
• Qin Yan cast the formation over a battlefield where the two sides were locked in combat, trapping every fighter beneath massive earth-yellow boulders.
• Qin Yan used Darkness Chains to pull dozens of allied Martial Artists out of the formation within a few breaths.
• Wen Ya realized Qin Yan was an Array Mage in addition to his other talents and considered him a possible Divine Son candidate.
• Lu Xuanji recognized that Qin Yan’s combat power exceeded that of an ordinary Late-Stage Grandmaster Martial Artist and that his formation had shifted the battle’s momentum.

Qin Yan’s Spirit Array trapped dozens of attackers and disrupted their assault on Yuntai Courtyard, prompting the four factions’ leading prodigies to reassess him. Lu Wushuang ordered the attackers to break the Formation while Liu Qingyin was assigned to confront Qin Yan.

• Qin Yan’s Spirit Array trapped dozens of Martial Artists, surprising the four major factions and Yuntai Courtyard’s attackers.
• Zhao Xuan and Feng Lie dismissed Qin Yan, but Liu Qingyin warned that his skill and strength made him dangerous.
• Feng Lie and Liu Qingyin argued until Lu Wushuang silenced them and asserted his authority as overall commander.
• Lu Wushuang assigned Liu Qingyin to deal with Qin Yan and ordered the attacking forces to break the Formation.
• Lu Xuanji positioned his forces to protect the Thick Earth Trap Formation, and both sides’ powerhouses faced off before it.

Wen Ya stopped Feng Lie’s attack on Yuntai Courtyard and revealed himself as a True Disciple of the Mystic Sanctuary. Lu Wushuang challenged him while the other three prepared to attack the courtyard, and the two began exchanging blows.

• Feng Lie enlarged his Wind-Thunder Giant Hammer and brought it down on the Thick Earth Trap Formation.
• Wen Ya halted the hammer with his Spirit Brush, inscribed the Rune for “Quake,” and sent Feng Lie flying, leaving him injured and shaken.
• Qin Yan noticed that Wen Ya’s brush-and-Rune techniques resembled Su Qingwan’s, while Lu Wushuang recognized Wen Ya as a Mystic Sanctuary True Disciple.
• Lu Wushuang assigned the other three attackers to break through Yuntai Courtyard’s defenses and moved to face Wen Ya himself.
• Lu Wushuang slashed at Wen Ya with his golden Spirit Sword, and Wen Ya countered by tapping the void with his Spirit Brush.

Qin Yan used the Five Elements Profound Yellow Bell to withstand Liu Qingyin’s powerful attack, then summoned his Mental Power Golden Body to face the Peak Grandmaster prodigy. The battle continued across the battlefield as Wen Ya and Lu Wushuang fought in the distance and the two forces clashed.

• Wen Ya and Lu Wushuang exchanged attacks with sword qi and powerful characters before their fight moved beyond sight.
• The two forces charged, while Lu Xuanji blocked Feng Lie and more than a hundred Yuntai Courtyard cultivators surrounded Zhao Xuan.
• Liu Qingyin attacked Qin Yan with her Cloud Silk, and he blocked the strike with the Five Elements Profound Yellow Bell.
• Qin Yan recognized Liu Qingyin of Falling Glow Valley and summoned his 126-foot Mental Power Golden Body.

Qin Yan activated his thirty-eight-zhang Dark Emperor Golden Body, raising his mental strength to 564 hertz, and fought Liu Qingyin with powerful Darkness Force attacks. Liu Qingyin held her ground and continued testing his strength, but blocking his repeated attacks rapidly drained her true qi.

• Liu Qingyin was shocked by the size of Qin Yan’s mid-Seventh Grade Golden Body.
• Qin Yan merged into the Dark Emperor Golden Body, which amplified his mental strength to 564 hertz.
• Qin Yan struck Liu Qingyin with a Dark Great Palm Print, and she blocked it with her Glow Shield.
• Qin Yan and Liu Qingyin recognized that their first exchange had ended in a draw, and Liu Qingyin resolved to probe his remaining strength.
• Qin Yan launched repeated dark palm prints, which Liu Qingyin countered with her Glow Barrier at great cost to her true qi.

Qin Yan and Liu Qingyin escalated their battle by summoning their Golden Bodies, as Qin Yan’s Darkness Domain suppressed Liu Qingyin’s Sunset Glow Domain. Qin Yan drew the Dark Vault Scepter and boosted his mental strength, then sent a black needle toward Liu Qingyin’s Rosy Cloud Silk.

• Qin Yan adapted to controlling the Dark Emperor Golden Body and manifested his Darkness Domain, whose chains and pressure grew stronger with his increased mental strength.
• Liu Qingyin unleashed her Sunset Glow Domain, but Qin Yan’s Darkness Force gradually eroded it and forced her domain to shrink.
• Liu Qingyin summoned her seventy-eight-zhang Rosy Light Golden Body, merged with it, and attacked Qin Yan with her Rosy Cloud Silk.
• Qin Yan awakened one of the Dark Emperor Golden Body’s halos and drew out the Dark Vault Scepter, one of its three natal weapons.
• The Dark Vault Scepter raised Qin Yan’s mental strength to 588 hertz, and the Dark Emperor Golden Body fired a black needle that struck the Rosy Cloud Silk.

Qin Yan’s Dark Emperor Golden Body battled Liu Qingyin’s Rosy Light Golden Body, but Liu Qingyin gained the advantage after unleashing her powerful Spirit Whip. Qin Yan realized he needed more Mental Strength Martial Skills as the fight left him on the defensive.

• Liu Qingyin’s Cloud Silk was corroded by Qin Yan’s Darkness Force, but she recalled it and suppressed the darkness with rosy light.
• Qin Yan attacked with dark masses from the Dark Emperor Golden Body Scepter, and Liu Qingyin countered with Rosy Light Condensing Rain, leaving both attacks evenly matched.
• Liu Qingyin formed the Falling Rosy Spirit Whip, shattered Qin Yan’s dark shield, and knocked his Dark Emperor Golden Body backward.
• Liu Qingyin’s rapid whip strikes broke Qin Yan’s Darkness Chains and dispersed his attacks, weakening his Golden Body and forcing him onto the defensive.
• Qin Yan recognized that his limited offensive techniques had left him unable to counter Liu Qingyin and resolved to have the Shadow Clone learn Martial Skills.

Qin Yan used the Dark Vault Scepter’s Hand of the Dark Abyss to overwhelm Liu Qingyin with repeated Dark Laser attacks. With her Cloud Silk defenses failing, Liu Qingyin formed the Cloud-Piercing Awl and sent it against the three incoming lasers.

• Qin Yan summoned the Hand of the Dark Abyss, whose Darkness Force shattered Liu Qingyin’s whip shadows and fired a Dark Laser at her.
• Liu Qingyin countered the first laser with Falling Rosy Clouds Press, and the two attacks annihilated each other.
• Qin Yan’s tentacle fired two stronger Dark Lasers, which Liu Qingyin weakened with Thousand-Thread Spirit Lock until they dissipated.
• The tentacle began condensing three still stronger Dark Lasers as Liu Qingyin’s Cloud Silk remained shattered and her defenses faltered.
• Liu Qingyin reassembled the Cloud Silk into a seven-colored Cloud-Piercing Awl and charged it at the three lasers.