Chapter Summaries

Shi Po used its Life-Bound Bone to unleash a powerful attack, but Meng Jiu countered with a bamboo sword and destroyed it. Shi Po then charged Meng Jiu directly, who blocked the assault and retreated across the Arena.

• Shi Po pulled out its Life-Bound Bone and formed a dark red pillar of light to attack Meng Jiu’s bamboo grove.
• Meng Jiu fashioned his bamboo pole into a bamboo sword and sent an emerald Sword-Ray against Shi Po’s attack, causing both forces to explode.
• Shi Po withdrew its forelimb, saw blood seeping from its chest, and considered self-detonating rather than continue attacking the grove.
• Shi Po charged Meng Jiu with flaming claws and killing intent trailing behind it.
• Meng Jiu formed a bamboo-joint shield, then used the blast from Shi Po’s fireballs to retreat across the Arena.

Shi Po exhausted himself trying to reach Meng Jiu, who calmly explained that he had been waiting for Shi Po to run out of killing intent. Shi Po then invoked Bone Burning, empowering himself with dark gold flames before diving at Meng Jiu with a devastating attack.

• Shi Po repeatedly lunged at Meng Jiu, but Meng Jiu deflected each attack with phantom bamboo and retreated.
• After his eighth attack missed, Shi Po stopped, while Meng Jiu pointed out that Shi Po was nearly exhausted from spending his killing intent.
• Shi Po admitted he had another resource to burn and pulled a dark gold bone spike from his spine.
• Shi Po activated the Bloodline Forbidden Art: Bone Burning, engulfing his body in dark gold flames and increasing his strength.
• Shi Po plunged toward Meng Jiu, attacking with five claws charged with dark gold light.

Meng Jiu fought Shi Po at the edge of the Arena as its dark-gold flames overwhelmed his defenses. He burned his blood to unleash Bamboo Sword: Spring Slash, and the attack clashed with Shi Po’s flame barrier before both forces exploded.

• Shi Po broke through Meng Jiu’s bamboo defenses with a series of dark-gold flame-infused claw strikes, driving him to the Arena’s edge.
• Meng Jiu’s bamboo pole was scorched, and his jade pendant developed another crack as he struggled to withstand Shi Po’s attacks.
• Meng Jiu declared that he would stake everything on one last move and gathered the surrounding life force into his bamboo pole.
• Meng Jiu used Blood Burning and swung Bamboo Sword: Spring Slash at Shi Po.
• Shi Po raised a dark-gold flame barrier, and the barrier and Sword-Ray clashed until both exploded into scattered light.

Meng Jiu defeated Shi Po in the Arena with his final bamboo strike, stopping Shi Po from self-detonating. Exhausted and badly injured, Meng Jiu declared his victory and slowly left the Arena as the crowd celebrated.

• Meng Jiu's second and third Sword-Rays broke through Shi Po's defenses, shattered its chest spike, and extinguished its flames.
• Shi Po struggled to rise and gathered its remaining killing intent to self-detonate.
• Meng Jiu sent an emerald thread into Shi Po's chest, dismantling its killing intent and dissolving its body into motes of light.
• Meng Jiu tried to stand, said, "I won," and left the Arena with his bamboo pole.
• The crowd cheered Meng Jiu for winning and preventing Shi Po from self-detonating.

Meng Jiu decisively defeated Shi Po, leaving the Chaos Ancient Clan furious and humiliated. The Origin Continent’s contestants celebrated his victory while Ye Lin admired his swordsmanship and wondered when his own turn would come.

• Meng Jiu crushed Shi Po so thoroughly that Shi Po could not even self-destruct, drawing loud cheers from the spectators.
• Chaos Ancient Clan experts cursed Shi Po and suspected he had qualified through the back door, while their contestants called his defeat a disgrace.
• An expert warned the remaining Chaos Ancient Clan contestants not to meet the same fate as Shi Po.
• The Origin Continent’s contestants praised Meng Jiu’s victory, and Ye Lin admired his swordsmanship and considered sparring with him.
• Ye Lin wondered why he still had not been selected and worried that the drawing of lots would leave him until last.

After the previous victory, the next contest began and the Chaos Ancient Clan prepared its next fighter. Mingye stepped into the arena, leaving the identity of his opponent and the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• An old man regretted nominating Shi Po after Shi Po’s death brought ridicule and curses upon himself and their clan branch.
• The organizers drew lots and announced battle number thirty-six.
• A Chaos Ancient Clan figure rose and introduced himself as Mingye.
• Mingye walked onto the arena, drawing wary looks from the Chaos Ancient Clan cultivators.

The Chaos Ancient Clan’s contestants anticipated their young master’s match, while an Origin Continent cultivator warned Yue Qingli that her opponent was dangerous. Yue Qingli stepped onto the platform and introduced herself, facing the blood-red, flowing-gold figure.

• The Chaos Ancient Clan’s contestants eagerly discussed their young master and the strength he would display.
• An Origin Continent cultivator warned Yue Qingli to be careful against the opponent on the platform.
• Yue Qingli coalesced out of the air and walked to the center of the platform.
• Yue Qingli faced the blood-red, flowing-gold figure and introduced herself as a member of the Spirit Race.

Mingye admired Yue Qingli before she attacked him with the Spirit Race technique Moonlight Illuminates the World. He dodged every ray and analyzed its flaws, leaving Yue Qingli surprised as he began to add a qualification to his praise.

• Mingye praised Yue Qingli’s beauty and suggested they talk, but she insisted on attacking.
• Yue Qingli unleashed Moonlight Illuminates the World, sending dozens of silvery rays at Mingye.
• Mingye dodged the rays with small movements, though one scorched his robe and another burned a lock of his hair to powder.
• Mingye identified the technique as an introductory Yue Clan Lineage lesson and pointed out that its rays traveled at uneven speeds.
• The rays missed and burst into silvery light across the Arena, and Mingye praised the purity of the Spirit Race’s Moonlight Power before beginning to say, “But...”

Yue Qingli attacked Mingye with moonlight spikes that erupted from the arena floor, but he evaded them with ease while criticizing her technique. The exchange ended with Mingye standing between two spikes and telling Yue Qingli to improve her speed and reactions.

• Yue Qingli spread moonlight patterns across the arena and summoned hundreds of spikes from the ground.
• Mingye avoided the spikes by stepping through the air toward the arena’s edge and pointed out gaps in their formation.
• Yue Qingli rearranged the patterns to make the spikes chase Mingye, but he dodged their repeated strikes.
• Mingye landed between two spikes and criticized the delay in their movements, telling Yue Qingli she was too slow.

Yue Qingli attacked Mingye with a moon wheel, but he dodged it and criticized its flight. Angered by his taunts, Yue Qingli gathered more Moonlight Power and formed a larger moon wheel as she prepared to attack again.

• Yue Qingli formed a miniature moon wheel and launched Moon Wheel Slash at Mingye.
• Mingye dodged the moon wheel twice and criticized the width of its curve and its aim.
• Mingye flicked the returning moon wheel into the arena’s protective screen, shattering it.
• Yue Qingli, angered by Mingye’s remarks, gathered more Moonlight Power and formed a moon wheel twice as large.

Yue Qingli attacked Mingye with twin moon wheels and a volley of Moonlight Pearls, but he dodged each attack and pointed out flaws in her timing and technique. He remained unharmed in the Arena as her second attack also failed.

• Yue Qingli sent twin moon wheels at Mingye, who dodged them and deflected one into the other.
• Mingye explained that the wheels’ mismatched speeds left him room to dodge, then advised Yue Qingli to add heavier material to them.
• Yue Qingli launched ten tracking Moonlight Pearls at Mingye in a single volley.
• Mingye moved swiftly across the Arena, evading the pearls as they exploded behind him.
• Mingye criticized Yue Qingli for releasing all ten pearls at once and suggested firing them in three waves.

Mingye effortlessly dodged Yue Qingli’s Moonlight attacks while criticizing her technique, and she grew increasingly frustrated. After her Full Moon attack barely grazed his robe, Yue Qingli gathered her power to form an enormous moon wheel, preparing to fight seriously.

• Mingye evaded Yue Qingli’s Moonlight Pearl Volley and pointed out that she relied too much on instinct when aiming.
• Yue Qingli launched Moon Wheel Slash · Full Moon, and Mingye shifted aside as it grazed his robe.
• The Full Moon exploded behind Mingye, but he dispersed its moonlight needles with dark-gold light and criticized her timing.
• Yue Qingli’s composure broke, and she condensed a moon wheel over ten feet in diameter.

Mingye waited on the arena and taunted the crowd until Tieshan appeared with two enormous hammers. Tieshan introduced himself and faced Mingye, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Mingye challenged the crowd to come fight him and mocked them for staying away.
• Two great hammers flew onto the arena, and Tieshan emerged from the crowd to take them up.
• Tieshan swung the hammers and fixed his gaze on Mingye.
• Tieshan introduced himself.

Mingye faced Tieshan in the Arena as Tieshan attacked him with two great hammers. Mingye dodged the increasingly rapid blows and critiqued Tieshan’s technique while the fight continued.

• Tieshan told Mingye he had come to beat him to death or be beaten to death, and Mingye welcomed the challenge.
• Tieshan charged and swung his right hammer at Mingye, who dodged and remarked on the hammer’s strength and straight trajectory.
• Tieshan attacked with his left hammer in a rising diagonal strike, and Mingye dodged while suggesting how to improve the swing.
• Tieshan alternated increasingly fast blows with both hammers, surrounding Mingye with dense arcs of hammer shadows as he continued to evade them.

Mingye tested Tieshan’s hammer technique in the Arena, dodging his attacks while pointing out flaws in his defense and weapons. Tieshan unleashed Hammer Smashes Mountains and Rivers, but Mingye evaded the crushing blow as the Arena shook.

• Mingye dodged Tieshan’s hammer blows and struck at a handle with a dark golden ray, prompting Tieshan to defend it.
• Mingye warned Tieshan that his left-hand block was poorly placed and that rust on the hammer faces weakened their Force Principle patterns.
• Tieshan attacked with both hammers, spreading dark red shock waves and following Mingye’s evasive movements with a focused strike.
• Frustrated that he could not hit Mingye, Tieshan used Hammer Smashes Mountains and Rivers to bring both hammers down in a massive ball of destructive light.
• Mingye shifted aside at the last moment, and Tieshan’s attack struck the Arena, shaking it and dimming the Gold-Patterned Restriction.