Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan cultivated his two Golden Bodies and practiced his spear technique on the Heavenly Dao Tower’s fifth layer, while Huang Jiuli entered the fourth layer and began cultivating her Phoenix Golden Body. The chapter explained that cultivating multiple Golden Bodies could prepare a Martial Artist to condense a Supreme Golden Body, but the requirements were extraordinarily demanding.

• Qin Yan stopped on the fifth layer, where his two Golden Bodies absorbed Heaven-Earth Force as he practiced his spear technique.
• Yin Li, Su Qingwan, and the others stayed on the lower floors, unable to withstand the pressure of the fourth layer.
• Huang Jiuli transformed into a phoenix, endured the pressure, and successfully entered the fourth layer.
• Huang Jiuli summoned her Phoenix Golden Body and began absorbing the fourth layer’s Heaven-Earth Force.
• The chapter described the requirements for a Supreme Golden Body: three Golden Bodies had to reach 9,999 zhang, with strict cultivation milestones along the way.

The Cangwu Small World assessment ended, and the rankings confirmed Qin Yan in first place, earning him the World Origin. With the world set to close in one month, Qin Yan planned to use the remaining time to advance his Golden Body.

• Yin Li watched Huang Jiuli enter the fourth layer, then set aside her mixed feelings and began cultivating her Golden Body.
• The Mystic Sanctuary’s disciples continued purging sects across the Cangwu Small World, and the effort lasted until the end of the month.
• A giant golden eye announced the end of the assessment and revealed the rankings, with Qin Yan far above all the other disciples in first place.
• Qin Yan realized the World Origin was his and heard that everyone had one month to leave before the Small World closed.
• Qin Yan decided the remaining month should be enough to raise his Golden Body to a new height.

Qin Yan cultivated in the Heavenly Dao Tower until both of his Golden Bodies reached ninety zhang, letting him break through to Peak Grandmaster. After refining pills for seven days, his blood qi reached fifty million Cal, though his Golden Bodies had only grown to ninety-one zhang and the Grand Grandmaster bottleneck remained ahead.

• Yin Li and Su Qingwan left the Heavenly Dao Tower, while Huang Jiuli returned to the fourth layer to cultivate.
• On February 20th, Qin Yan's two Golden Bodies reached ninety zhang, breaking his bottleneck and advancing him to Peak Grandmaster.
• Qin Yan refined pills for seven days, raising his blood qi until his Golden Bodies reached ninety-one zhang.
• Qin Yan checked his Attribute Panel and found that his total blood qi had reached fifty million Cal and all three of his Spear Domains had entered the Domain Myriad Changes level.

Qin Yan left the Cangwu Small World but was transported to a strange space containing its World Origin, where a powerful old man revealed that he knew Qin Yan’s deepest secrets. The old man claimed he had no interest in them, and his golden-robed companion identified him as an emperor.

• Qin Yan reviewed his cultivation, noted that his Formation mastery had advanced more slowly, and decided to leave the Cangwu Small World before it closed.
• Qin Yan used his Holy Land Token to depart, but appeared in an unfamiliar void filled with golden lightning and the Cangwu Small World’s World Origin.
• A white-haired old man and a golden-robed young man appeared, and the old man said he had brought Qin Yan there.
• The old man revealed that he knew about Qin Yan’s Darkness Essence, demonic cultivation, Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Demon Tree, and concealed combat strength.
• Qin Yan grew wary when the old man said he had no interest in his secrets, but the golden-robed man assured him that an emperor’s word was no jest.

Great Emperor Cangxuan personally offered to take Qin Yan as his personal disciple, and Qin Yan accepted. During their oath before the Great Dao, a golden Dao Seal descended, leaving the ceremony poised at a mysterious sign.

• Qin Yan realized that the old man before him was Great Emperor Cangxuan and respectfully greeted him and Holy Lord Xuantian.
• Cangxuan Ye told Qin Yan he had come to take him as his disciple, and Qin Yan eagerly agreed while privately wondering whether Cangxuan Ye had another motive.
• Cangxuan Ye began the disciple-taking ceremony and swore before All Heavens and the Great Dao to guide and protect Qin Yan, while Qin Yan pledged to respect his master and inherit his legacy.
• A rift opened above them as the Great Daos manifested, overwhelming Qin Yan and causing the World Origin of the Cangwu Small World to tremble.
• One Great Dao trembled, and a golden Dao Seal drifted down before Qin Yan.

Qin Yan accepted Cangxuan Ye as his master under a Great Dao Contract and received a blessing that strengthened his Golden Bodies and helped him break through to the Great Grandmaster realm. Cangxuan Ye then introduced Xuantian, the Holy Master of Mystic Sanctuary, as Qin Yan’s senior brother.

• Qin Yan swore under the Great Dao Contract that he would never betray Cangxuan Ye, and the contract entered his body.
• The Great Dao blessing enlarged Qin Yan’s three Golden Bodies, and his Yin-Yang Five Elements Chaos Golden Body and Eternal Blood Demon Golden Body reached ninety-nine zhang and underwent Heaven and Earth Baptism.
• Qin Yan’s martial realm broke through from Grandmaster to Great Grandmaster as the blessing’s power ran out.
• Qin Yan thanked Cangxuan Ye and wholeheartedly acknowledged him as his master.
• Cangxuan Ye introduced Xuantian, the Holy Master of Mystic Sanctuary, to Qin Yan as his senior brother.

Xuantian welcomed Qin Yan as his junior brother and gave him an Azure Heaven Profound Thunder Talisman. Cangxuan Ye explained the Emperor Seal’s protections, then placed a Cangxuan Restriction on Qin Yan to conceal his secrets from Great Emperor experts.

• Xuantian gave Qin Yan a low-grade Earth-tier Azure Heaven Profound Thunder Talisman capable of killing an early-stage True Emperor.
• Cangxuan Ye explained that Qin Yan’s Emperor Seal could shield him from powerful auras, suppress certain origins, and help trace attacks back to their source.
• Cangxuan Ye gave Qin Yan another gift by forming an Emperor Rune mark on his body.
• Cangxuan Ye identified the mark as the Cangxuan Restriction, which sealed Qin Yan’s auras and concealed his secrets from Great Emperor experts.

Cangxuan Ye gave Qin Yan a Cangxuan Restriction and an Emperor Dao Token before leaving him to refine the Cangwu Small World’s Origin. As Qin Yan absorbed it, strange signs spread across the world, leaving its Martial Artists in panic.

• Cangxuan Ye reassured Qin Yan that the Cangxuan Restriction would conceal his secrets, then gave him a jade-green Emperor Dao Token and departed.
• Xuantian explained that the Emperor Dao Token granted access to special places in the Mystic Sanctuary and told Qin Yan to contact him after refining the Cangwu Small World’s Origin.
• Qin Yan calmed himself and began refining the weakened Heavenly Dao Origin with his qi and blood.
• The Heavenly Dao Origin struggled against Qin Yan but was gradually eroded, with its Rules and memories merging into his consciousness.
• Blood rain and blood-red lightning appeared across the Cangwu Small World, frightening its Martial Artists.

Qin Yan overcame the Cangwu Small World Heavenly Dao’s final resistance and refined its remaining origin, gaining control of the world. The blood rain and destructive storms ended, and the survivors bowed to Qin Yan as their new Heavenly Dao.

• Qin Yan’s Dao Seal suppressed the Heavenly Dao Origin’s final counterattack and helped him continue refining it.
• For half a month, Qin Yan eroded the Heavenly Dao Will as blood rain and bloody lightning battered the Cangwu Small World.
• Qin Yan refined the final remnant of origin power, formed a golden robe, and gained the appearance and power of the Heavenly Dao.
• The rain and bloody storms stopped as Qin Yan sensed the world through his newly acquired Heavenly Dao Force.
• Golden eyes appeared in the Cangwu Small World’s sky, and its surviving inhabitants knelt and greeted Qin Yan as the Heavenly Dao.

Qin Yan drew the Cangwu Small World out of the Mystic Sanctuary and began refining it into his body. The world’s immense weight devastated his flesh as he used the Blood Demon Nest’s blood energy to repair himself.

• Qin Yan sensed his new connection to the Cangwu Small World and prepared to draw it out of the Mystic Sanctuary’s Spatial Rift.
• Qin Yan pulled the Cangwu Small World, compressed into a blue-green sphere, through the rift as the mountain and surrounding space collapsed.
• Silver Array Patterns from the Mystic Sanctuary’s Defensive Stabilization Formation contained the spatial collapse.
• Qin Yan chose to bear the Small World with his physical body so it could temper all three of his Golden Bodies.
• Qin Yan pressed the World Pearl into his body, and its weight shattered his flesh as he drew on blood energy from the Blood Demon Nest to heal himself.

Qin Yan completed his fusion with the Cangwu Small World, gaining a vast increase in endurance and the ability to draw on its power in battle. He left the mountain peak to contact Holy Lord Cangxuan and reviewed his updated Attribute Panel.

• Qin Yan used Heavenly Dao Force to bind the Cangwu Small World to his body with golden chains.
• After enduring the dangerous transformation, Qin Yan achieved a complete fusion with the Cangwu Small World.
• Qin Yan realized the world’s vitality could sustain his blood qi and that its power could greatly increase his combat strength.
• Qin Yan left the mountain peak as the Array Patterns opened a path for him, intending to contact Holy Lord Cangxuan through the Emperor Dao Token.
• Qin Yan checked his Attribute Panel and saw his updated cultivation, abilities, and other statistics.

Qin Yan assessed his cultivation after the Dao Seal baptism and realized his Body Refining path had stalled because his Undying Blood Demon Scripture had not advanced. Xuantian explained that Qin Yan must keep his identity secret because the Origin Hall sought dominance over the Eastern Star Domain and resented the Mystic Sanctuary for standing in its way.

• Qin Yan saw that his Qi Refining path had reached the Early Eighth Grade while his Body Refining path remained at the Peak Seventh Grade, and he resolved to improve the Undying Blood Demon Scripture.
• Qin Yan reviewed his new Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Eyes and Cangwu Heavenly Garment, whose power would grow with the Cangwu Small World's World Force.
• Qin Yan met Xuantian at a mountain courtyard, where Xuantian recognized that Qin Yan had completely refined the Cangwu Small World.
• Xuantian told Qin Yan to keep his identity secret and asked whether he knew of the Origin Hall.
• Xuantian explained that the Origin Hall wanted to control the Eastern Star Domain, but Master Cangxuan and the Mystic Sanctuary blocked its ambitions.
• Qin Yan concluded that the Origin Hall bore a grudge against the Mystic Sanctuary for obstructing its plans.

Xuantian told Qin Yan that Origin Hall might have secretly produced a second Great Emperor and advised him to keep his identity concealed. He proposed that Qin Yan compete early for East Academy Holy Son, and the Holy Land announced that Qin Yan would initiate a Holy Son Battle on March twentieth.

• Xuantian explained that Origin Hall had grown more aggressive after possibly producing a second Great Emperor, and warned Qin Yan that revealing his identity could put him in danger.
• Qin Yan agreed to keep his identity secret after Xuantian explained that Origin Hall would not risk an all-out war while Great Emperor Cangxuan remained.
• Xuantian advised Qin Yan to seek the position of East Academy Holy Son and explained that special circumstances allowed the competition to begin early.
• Qin Yan spent the evening discussing cultivation and the Holy Land with Xuantian, then left to digest what he had learned.
• On March thirteenth, the Holy Land notified East Academy disciples that Qin Yan would initiate the Holy Son Battle on March twentieth.

Qin Yan’s decision to challenge the entire East Academy in the Holy Son Battle sparked outrage, though those who had witnessed his strength expected him to win. On March twentieth, Qin Yan arrived at the arena as the gathered disciples and elders prepared for the battle.

• The Mystic Sanctuary announced that Qin Yan would have to defeat every East Academy Inner Academy disciple who challenged him to become its Holy Son.
• East Academy disciples condemned Qin Yan’s challenge, while those who had seen him fight in the Cangwu Small World doubted anyone would dare face him.
• Qin Yan cultivated in his Cave Dwelling and invested his accumulated Skill Points into the Undying Blood Demon Scripture as the battle approached.
• On March twentieth, Qin Yan flew to the plaza and found Huang Jiuli, Yin Li, Su Qingwan, Lin Qingyue, and Shen Wanqian among the spectators.
• Dozens of black-robed elders appeared above the plaza, led by an imposing middle-aged man dressed in red.

Dean Liu Changfeng opened the ten-day Holy Son Battle, where Qin Yan had to defend the arena against challengers. After the disciples hesitated, Zhou Haichuan stepped forward and launched a hammer strike at Qin Yan, who remained motionless.

• Liu Changfeng announced the Holy Son Battle rules and declared that Qin Yan would become the East Academy's Holy Son if no one defeated him within ten days.
• Qin Yan entered the Golden Arena, but the assembled disciples hesitated to challenge him because of his reputation in the Cangwu Small World.
• Liu Changfeng warned that he would declare Qin Yan the Holy Son if no one entered the arena within ten minutes.
• Zhou Haichuan challenged Qin Yan, drawing cheers from many disciples who expected his body-refining strength to give him an advantage.
• Zhou Haichuan charged with his rune-engraved hammer and swung at Qin Yan, who stood still with his hands behind his back.

Qin Yan effortlessly blocked Zhou Haichuan’s attacks with the Cangwu Heavenly Garment and defeated him without striking directly. After Zhou Haichuan conceded, another disciple transformed into a colossal white ape and rose to challenge Qin Yan.

• Zhou Haichuan unleashed a barrage of hammer strikes, but the Cangwu Heavenly Garment blocked them all.
• Zhou Haichuan used his Earth Fiend Mysterious Grade skill Ember Hammer, and its flaming giant’s blow also failed to break Qin Yan’s golden barrier.
• Qin Yan discovered that the garment drew on the Cangwu Small World’s power to block attacks, though its vast reserves made the cost negligible.
• Qin Yan sent Zhou Haichuan flying out of the arena with a surge of blood essence, and Zhou Haichuan thanked him for showing mercy.
• A new challenger transformed into a hundred-zhang white ape and appeared before Qin Yan.

Qin Yan's Blood Puppet knocked Yuan Xiaohong unconscious, and Liu Changfeng ruled that it counted as Qin Yan's own power. Liu Changfeng called Lu Ming to challenge Qin Yan, and the Blood Puppet shattered Lu Ming's Flame Blade before striking at him.

• Yuan Xiaohong transformed into a hundred-zhang white ape and charged onto the Golden Arena, but Qin Yan's Blood Puppet sent him flying and knocked him unconscious.
• The Inner Academy disciples protested that the Blood Puppet was outside help, but Liu Changfeng declared it Qin Yan's own power and ordered the competition to continue.
• Liu Changfeng explained that Qin Yan's Great Grandmaster-level strength and Cangwu Small World made him difficult to defeat, even through successive battles.
• Liu Changfeng called Lu Ming to challenge Qin Yan, and Lu Ming leapt onto the arena and unleashed his Flame Blade.
• The Blood Puppet formed a Blood Spear, pierced through Lu Ming's Flame Blade, and continued toward him.

Qin Yan’s Blood Puppet defeated ninety-nine Inner Academy disciples with a single strike each while Qin Yan practiced his spear. Long Aotian was called to challenge him and transformed into a Three-Clawed Golden Dragon, but the Blood Puppet launched a devastating Blood River attack as the chapter ended.

• Liu Changfeng healed Lu Ming after the Blood Puppet knocked him unconscious, then continued calling challengers who were each defeated in one strike.
• Qin Yan practiced his Spear Technique while the Blood Puppet defeated ninety-nine Inner Academy disciples.
• Liu Changfeng called Long Aotian, who reluctantly stepped onto the arena after watching the challengers fall.
• Long Aotian transformed into a Three-Clawed Golden Dragon and charged Qin Yan, who continued practicing and left the fight to his Blood Puppet.
• The Blood Puppet attacked Long Aotian with a Blood River that shattered space, and Long Aotian erupted with Golden Light to meet the threat.

Long Aotian fought the Blood Puppet with his Three-Clawed Golden Dragon Golden Body and Golden Dragon Prison, but its Blood River overwhelmed both attacks and forced him to concede. After Liu Changfeng rescued him from the arena, Long Aotian renewed his hope of surpassing Qin Yan by gaining an opportunity in Emperor Fall Land.

• Long Aotian fused with his Three-Clawed Golden Dragon Golden Body and unleashed Rift-Gold Dragon Claw, but the Blood River swallowed the attack.
• Long Aotian formed his Golden Dragon Prison to contain the Blood River, exhausting nearly half his blood and qi as the Blood Puppet intensified its assault.
• The Blood River shattered the Golden Dragon Prison, wounded Long Aotian, and destroyed his Golden Body.
• Long Aotian conceded, and President Liu Changfeng used gentle white light to teleport him out of the arena.
• Back in the plaza, Long Aotian watched Qin Yan and resolved to seek an opportunity in Emperor Fall Land to surpass him.

The Arena Tournament continued as the Blood Puppet easily defeated the challengers, while Qin Yan practiced his Spear Technique. Lin Ruoxi lasted longer than anyone else before losing, and she recognized that Huang Jiuli had surpassed her in cultivation.

• Long Aotian returned to his group, hoping Emperor Fall Land would give him a chance to turn things around against Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan lost interest in the one-sided matches and practiced his Spear Technique while the Blood Puppet defeated challengers.
• Zhao Wuji, Beichen Xing, and Feng Wuji each stepped onto the arena and were defeated by the Blood Puppet in about two breaths.
• Su Qingwan used Runes to withstand two exchanges with the Blood River before losing on its third wave.
• Lin Ruoxi unleashed her Imperial Sword techniques and Great Xia Dragon Qi, lasting seven breaths before the Blood River defeated her.
• Lin Ruoxi realized Huang Jiuli had reached the Peak Grandmaster Realm and exchanged a friendly nod with her.