Chapter Summaries

Shia, a Titled Expert, protected Xiao Hen and Kevin from a Black Crow ambush, killing the attackers with her ice sword. The Black Crow leader failed to assassinate Kevin and was struck through the heart as he tried to escape.

• Shia revealed her ice sword and killed more than ten Level 7 Black Crow members with a single attack.
• The Black Crow leader recognized Shia as a Titled Expert and ordered his fighters to distract her while he targeted the carriage.
• Shia cut down the Black Crow members who attacked her, while the leader rushed toward the carriage to kill Kevin.
• Nelson guarded Kevin as the Black Crow leader lunged, but he dodged Shia’s sword and passed the carriage without striking his target.
• The Black Crow leader tried to flee, and Shia pierced his heart with sword qi.

Shia, Xiao Hen, and Nelson crossed the Bain River and traveled through the Raphael Kingdom to Cloud Mist City, where they waited for Shia’s father, the Dawnlight Sword Saint. While Xiao Hen cultivated and grew stronger, a flying ship arrived outside the city.

• Nelson hired two small boats to carry the group across the Bain River into the Raphael Kingdom.
• Shia chose to visit the Nanila Warrior Alliance branch, where she learned that her father had traveled by flying ship and would reach the Cloud Mist Empire in ten days.
• The group continued by carriage to Cloud Mist City and waited at its Warrior Alliance branch for the Dawnlight Sword Saint.
• Xiao Hen cultivated during the wait and steadily advanced toward Level 3 Warrior strength.
• A flying large ship descended outside Cloud Mist City, shocking and frightening its people.

Dawnlight Sword Saint arrived in Cloud Mist City to retrieve Shia and Xiao Hen, drawing Emperor Yunfeng’s interest when he sensed the child’s battle qi. The group departed for Phoenix, where Dawnlight rewarded Nelson for his help.

• Dawnlight Sword Saint arrived by airship and greeted Emperor Yunfeng, explaining that he had come to fetch his daughter, Shia.
• Shia joined her father and prepared to leave with Xiao Hen, Nelson, and the others.
• Emperor Yunfeng noticed Xiao Hen’s battle qi and recognized him as a rare young warrior, but let the group depart without challenging Dawnlight.
• Dawnlight’s airship left Cloud Mist City for Phoenix, and Nelson expressed relief that the journey was safe.
• Dawnlight praised Nelson and promised him a Moonlight Illusion Realm cultivation slot to help him advance to Level 7.

Dawnlight Sword Saint told Shia to return to the Warrior Alliance headquarters and accept a marriage arranged to secure the Grand Elder’s support, while Shia insisted she still hoped to earn control over her own marriage by condensing a gold battle body. He then offered to formally take Xiao Hen, posing as Kevin, as his disciple, and the flying spirit tool brought them to Phoenix, where Xiao Hen planned to cultivate toward higher realms.

• Dawnlight Sword Saint ordered Shia to cultivate at headquarters and accept that a gold battle body was beyond her reach, but she challenged his marriage arrangement and reminded him of his promise to let her choose if she achieved one.
• Dawnlight Sword Saint told Shia he would take Kevin as a disciple, prompting her to leave coldly.
• Dawnlight Sword Saint visited Xiao Hen and said he would formally take him as a disciple upon their return to Phoenix, and Xiao Hen respectfully accepted.
• Xiao Hen reflected on the Warrior Alliance, the limits of the known Void Shattering Realm, and his need to reach Level 10 before the main universe was destroyed.
• The flying spirit tool brought Xiao Hen and Dawnlight Sword Saint to the Warrior Alliance headquarters in Phoenix in less than a week.

After his three-day disciple acceptance ceremony, Xiao Hen settled into his new residence and studied the Azure Leaf Sword Canon, Dawnlight Sword Saint’s supreme cultivation method. He recognized its profound sword-qi techniques and prepared to begin cultivating it, though his own methods still could not take him beyond Level 9 Warrior.

• Dawnlight Sword Saint’s ceremony for Xiao Hen drew the Warrior Alliance’s leaders and alerted the other eight great powers to his talent.
• Xiao Hen arrived at the residence assigned to him and told the steward he needed to rest after several exhausting days of introductions and tours.
• Xiao Hen took out the Azure Leaf Sword Canon, the Warrior Alliance cultivation art inherited by Dawnlight Sword Saint’s Sword Palace lineage.
• Xiao Hen learned the canon’s history and realized that he was considered the Sword Palace’s Young Palace Master, though Shia and he would need to reach the Battle Body Realm to qualify to take over.
• After studying the canon for half a day, Xiao Hen saw how its techniques transformed battle qi into powerful sword qi and prepared to begin cultivating it.

Xiao Hen spent ten years cultivating the Azure Leaf Sword Canon, reaching its eighth level and becoming a Level 8 Warrior. His cultivation had reached a bottleneck, so he left seclusion to search the Battle Technique Hall for suitable battle techniques.

• Xiao Hen converted his battle qi into sword qi and judged that his power could kill ordinary Level 9 Warriors, though he would be comparable to a Level 7 Warrior among the Nine Great Powers’ geniuses.
• Nelson visited Xiao Hen after breaking through to Level 7 Warrior, thanked him, and prepared to return to Inos.
• Xiao Hen asked Nelson to look after Anmala's parents and elder sister, deliver a letter to his family, and keep an eye on Hogg and Stanley.
• The Dawnlight Sword Saint visited Xiao Hen and advised him on cultivating the Azure Leaf Sword Canon before Xiao Hen began a long period of secluded cultivation.
• Ten years later, Xiao Hen had reached the eighth level of the Azure Leaf Sword Canon and Level 8 Warrior at age sixteen.
• Xiao Hen emerged from seclusion, decided to seek battle techniques at the Battle Technique Hall, and was greeted by the female steward.

Xiao Hen learned that Shia’s long-delayed betrothal to Torres was being finalized after Chenguang could no longer postpone it. He returned to the Sword Palace and arranged to visit Shia the next day.

• Xiao Hen entered the Battle Technique Hall and ignored people who debated his strength and praised Torres.
• Xiao Hen browsed the battle technique manuals but found none that could help him break through to Level 9.
• Xiao Hen overheard female disciples say that Shia’s marriage to Fire God Torres was about to be finalized.
• Meliya told Xiao Hen that Shia had been betrothed to Torres long ago and that Chenguang had delayed the match until he could no longer refuse.
• Xiao Hen asked Meliya to arrange a visit to Senior Sister Shia for the next day.

Xiao Hen visited Shia and learned that she was being pressured to marry Torres after failing to condense a Gold Battle Body. He offered to help her succeed, leaving Shia with a new hope of escaping the marriage and her father’s plans.

• Xiao Hen told Shia he had reached Level 8 Warrior at sixteen and asked whether she wanted to marry Torres.
• Shia explained that her father expected her to marry Torres to gain Elder Fire’s support in his bid for Alliance Leader.
• Shia broke down over her failed attempt to condense a Gold Battle Body and said her father had promised to let her choose her own life if she succeeded.
• Xiao Hen asked whether helping Shia condense a Gold Battle Body would resolve her predicament, then claimed he had a method.
• Shia agreed to keep Xiao Hen’s method secret and was willing to try it despite her doubts.

Xiao Hen discovered that the Heart of Eternity could absorb souls and convert them into points that improved soul aptitude, and he gathered enough to raise Shia’s aptitude. He took Shia to Phoenix’s cultivation methods hall to begin the process.

• Xiao Hen revealed that the Heart of Eternity could refine souls into aptitude light points, but his own soul aptitude was already at its maximum.
• Xiao Hen spent half a month collecting sixty-five light points from demonic beasts, intending to use them to improve Shia’s soul aptitude.
• Shia visited Xiao Hen and waited for him to emerge from seclusion, worried but prepared to trust him.
• Xiao Hen met Shia and asked whether she was ready for the agreed procedure; Shia confirmed that she was.
• Xiao Hen and Shia walked to the cultivation methods hall, where they planned to proceed.

Shia and Xiao Hen went to the cultivation methods hall, where Torres confronted them over their closeness and Shia’s rejection of his marriage proposal. The chapter ended with Torres attacking Xiao Hen with a pillar of flame battle aura.

• Shia rented a top-grade cultivation room, and Grandpa Du Wei warned her not to rush after failing to condense a battle body.
• Torres emerged from a cultivation room after mastering a battle skill and spotted Shia with Xiao Hen.
• Torres greeted Shia, but she refused to speak with him and walked toward the cultivation rooms with Xiao Hen.
• Torres grew furious at the sight of Shia entering a room with Xiao Hen and shouted for Xiao Hen to stop.
• Torres launched a pillar of flame battle aura at the back of Xiao Hen’s head.

Xiao Hen confronted Torres after Torres attacked him and claimed Shia was bound to marry him. Torres raised his Spiral Fire Jade Shield against Xiao Hen’s sword qi, and the chapter ended as Xiao Hen’s finger struck the shield.

• Torres launched a flame attack at Xiao Hen, who dispersed it with a palm strike.
• Torres declared that Shia would marry him in two months, but Shia refused and said she would rather die than marry him.
• Torres challenged Xiao Hen and boasted that his status as the Grand Elder’s son and his Core Elixir strength made him superior.
• Xiao Hen advanced on Torres and thrust a finger of condensed sword qi toward him.
• Torres formed his Spiral Fire Jade Shield, and Shia warned Xiao Hen about its formidable defense.
• Xiao Hen said it did not matter and struck the Spiral Fire Jade Shield with his finger.

Xiao Hen easily shattered Torres's defensive skill and overpowered him, despite being only a Level 8 Warrior. Shia persuaded Xiao Hen to stop before Phoenix's enforcement team arrived, and the two entered a cultivation chamber together as Torres swore revenge.

• Xiao Hen pierced and shattered Torres's Spiral Fire Jade Shield, shocking the Alliance members watching.
• Torres attacked Xiao Hen with the Flame Spirit Snake Fist, but Xiao Hen crushed the attack and badly injured Torres's hand.
• Du Wei blocked Xiao Hen from pursuing Torres and pleaded with him to spare Torres in the Cultivation Methods Hall.
• Torres threatened to kill Xiao Hen, while Du Wei and Shia warned that Phoenix forbade killing and that the enforcement team had been notified.
• Shia persuaded Xiao Hen to stop, then took his hand and led him into a cultivation chamber as Torres watched and vowed revenge.

Xiao Hen helped Shia condense her battle body by enhancing her soul aptitude and supplying battle qi, and she formed a physique far beyond what she expected. The sacred aura from her success alarmed the Alliance elders and Titled Experts across Phoenix, who rushed toward the Cultivation Methods Hall.

• Shia began condensing her battle body in the cultivation room while Xiao Hen supported her with battle qi.
• Xiao Hen used the Heart of Eternity to raise Shia's soul aptitude with fifty-five golden specks of light.
• Shia found her battle qi and body easier to control as Xiao Hen continuously replenished her battle qi.
• Shia's body formed Ice Muscle Jade Bone and transformed into a battle body that surpassed her expected Ice Spirit Body.
• The sacred aura from Shia's breakthrough shook Phoenix, and the Alliance elders and Titled Experts flew toward the Cultivation Methods Hall.

Shia completed the final stages of condensing a water-attributed Ancient King Battle Body, and its sacred aura alarmed powerful figures throughout Phoenix. The Dawnlight Sword Saint and several elders gathered outside the chamber, learning that Shia and Kevin were inside.

• Xiao Hen urged Shia to focus as she continued condensing her Battle Body.
• The aura from the cultivation chamber alarmed Phoenix’s Titled Experts and other high-level warriors, who recognized it as that of a King Battle Body.
• Elder Water and Elder Earth arrived and learned from Du Wei that Ice Saintess Shia and Kevin were in the chamber.
• The Dawnlight Sword Saint and Elder Fire arrived and asked Du Wei who was using the cultivation chamber.

Shia successfully formed the legendary Ancient King Battle Body, raising her physical and soul aptitudes to their maximum, while Xiao Hen resolved to keep his role secret. The chapter ended with Shia and Xiao Hen emerging from the cultivation room to face the waiting crowd.

• Du Wei told Dawnlight Sword Saint and Elder Fire that Shia and Kevin were inside the cultivation room, and the elders realized Shia might be forming a King Battle Body.
• Xiao Hen inspected Shia's completed battle body and discovered that her physical and soul aptitudes had both reached one hundred points.
• Shia recognized her transformation as the Ancient King Battle Body and explained that Emperor Wellington was the only other person on the continent known to possess one.
• Shia thanked Xiao Hen, who asked her to conceal his role in helping her form the battle body.
• Shia agreed to claim she had received an ancient inheritance, and she and Xiao Hen opened the cultivation room doors before the waiting crowd.

Shia emerged from the cultivation chamber and revealed that she had condensed the King Battle Body, the Water God Physique, astonishing the alliance members. Under pressure to explain how she did it and why Xiao Hen accompanied her, she claimed an ancient inheritance was responsible, then panicked when Elder Water began probing their relationship.

• Shia emerged with Xiao Hen and confirmed to the gathered alliance members that she had condensed the Water God Physique, a King Battle Body.
• The Dawnlight Sword Saint and the other elders celebrated Shia's achievement and praised her and her father.
• Dawnlight asked how Shia had managed to condense the King Battle Body after failing to condense the Gold Battle Body.
• Shia said she had obtained an inheritance from a King Battle Body martial artist who lived eight thousand six hundred years earlier, and the alliance members accepted her explanation.
• Elder Water questioned why Shia had brought Xiao Hen into the cultivation chamber, prompting suspicion about their relationship.
• Shia panicked at Elder Water's probing and blushed as she glanced at Elder Fire.

Shia claimed she and Kevin had pledged their lives to one another, prompting Kevin to confirm the story and Dawnlight to accept their supposed relationship. News of Shia’s King Battle Body and her marriage to Xiao Hen spread through Phoenix and across the continent, while Torres grew more jealous of Xiao Hen.

• Shia told Dawnlight that she loved Kevin and had pledged her life to him, and Xiao Hen backed up her claim when Dawnlight questioned him.
• Elder Fire angrily left after Shia’s confession, while Dawnlight agreed to handle him and blessed Shia and Kevin.
• Elder Water congratulated Shia and Dawnlight, and Shia and Xiao Hen realized their cover story was being taken as a real marriage.
• News of Shia’s King Battle Body and her supposed marriage to Xiao Hen spread through the Alliance and Phoenix, stirring excitement and provoking Torres’s jealousy.
• The continent’s major factions learned that Shia had condensed the King Battle Body and began verifying the startling news.

Wind Walker returned to Phoenix and gathered the Ten Great Elders to discuss Shia’s newly condensed King Battle Body and the threat it posed to the alliance’s enemies. He warned that the Dark Temple was infiltrating their territory, prepared for the leadership election in two years, and ended by raising Shia’s marriage to Kevin.

• Wind Walker returned to Phoenix after learning that Shia had condensed a King Battle Body, and the Ten Great Elders gathered with Shia and Xiao Hen for a meeting.
• Elder Thunder praised Shia’s strength, while Dawnlight and Elder Light urged the alliance to let her stabilize her realm rather than expose her to hostile factions.
• Elder Dark reported that the Dark Temple was infiltrating alliance territory, and Wind Walker warned that it would target Shia before she could grow into a supreme expert.
• Wind Walker said the alliance leadership election would take place in two years and ordered Phoenix to prepare for the Dark Temple’s interference.
• Wind Walker concluded the meeting by bringing up the marriage between Shia and Kevin.

Xiao Hen tried to postpone his marriage to Shia until after the Alliance Leader election, but Wind Walker set their wedding for the following June. Shia chose Xiao Hen over Torres, who attacked him and was expelled from the hall, leaving Elder Fire to take his son away.

• Xiao Hen asked Wind Walker and the Elders to delay the marriage discussion until after the Alliance Leader election, but Wind Walker scheduled his wedding to Shia for June fifteenth.
• Torres objected that his father had agreed with Elder Dawnlight that he would marry Shia, and Wind Walker said Shia could choose for herself.
• Wind Walker asked Shia to choose between Torres and Kevin, and Shia said she liked Kevin.
• Shia rejected Torres, telling him she had never liked him and that his belief was wishful thinking.
• Torres attacked Xiao Hen, but Wind Walker shattered the fiery claw and threw Torres out of the hall.
• Elder Fire promised to discipline Torres, then took him away from the council hall.

After the Alliance elders approved Xiao Hen and Shia’s marriage, the wedding preparations began despite both of them knowing their supposed romance was a lie. Xiao Hen agreed to travel to the Inos Kingdom to bring his parents to Phoenix, while Shia struggled to tell her mother the truth.

• Wind Walker and the elders settled Xiao Hen and Shia’s marriage, and word of it spread throughout Phoenix.
• Meliya confirmed the marriage to the maids, who praised Xiao Hen and Shia as a fitting match before she stopped their gossip.
• Xiao Hen worried that Shia had trapped them both in a marriage they had only pretended to want.
• The Dawnlight Sword Saint asked Xiao Hen to bring his parents from the Inos Kingdom to Phoenix for the wedding, and Xiao Hen agreed to leave the next day.
• Shia’s mother praised her choice of Xiao Hen, but Shia could not admit that their mutual affection was a lie and let her mother lead her inside to prepare.