Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin emerged from the cave and faced the Mystic Pattern Sect and Elephant Rhino Mountain members guarding it. Qing Lin subdued the group with her soul attack, and Xiao Yan’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame killed most of them before he defeated Lu Mingzhe and sent a warning to Lu Zhi.

• Lu Mingzhe rebuked the group for complaining about guarding the cave, then Xiao Yan and Qing Lin emerged.
• Xiao Yan confirmed his identity, and Qing Lin asked to handle the attackers before controlling them with her soul attack.
• Lu Mingzhe broke free of Qing Lin’s control and attacked Xiao Yan with pillars of fire.
• Xiao Yan’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame devoured the flames, then burned the Mystic Pattern Sect and Elephant Rhino Mountain members.
• Xiao Yan shattered Lu Mingzhe’s defenses with a punch and told him to warn Lu Zhi to wait for him.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xu Yingwu and recruited him to help obtain a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower from an eighth-rank magical beast. The group grew as Xiao Xun'er arrived, and Xiao Yan prepared to move ahead with his plan.

• Lu Mingzhe fled after encountering Xu Yingwu, who let him go and led his group to meet Xiao Yan.
• Xu Yingwu reunited with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin, then proposed challenging Lu Zhi for the top spot in the rankings.
• Xiao Yan asked Xu Yingwu to help him obtain a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower from an eighth-rank magical beast.
• Xu Yingwu sent Xu Ping and the others to join Xu Han, leaving only a small group for Xiao Yan's plan.
• Xiao Yan revealed that more allies were coming, and Xiao Xun'er arrived.

Xiao Yan and his companions tried to take the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower guarded by an eighth-tier Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros. Xiao Yan obtained the flower, but a swift seventh-tier bird hidden in the rhinoceros’s ear disrupted their plan, leaving the group facing both beasts.

• Xiao Yan assigned Qing Lin to control the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros with Xiao Xun'er’s Dou Qi support, while he planned to collect the flower and Xu Yingwu covered them.
• Xu Yingwu struck the rhinoceros with a sound-wave attack as Qing Lin’s emerald gaze temporarily subdued it.
• Xiao Yan concealed himself with soul power and seized the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower along with the soil beneath it.
• A sharp cry broke Qing Lin’s control and caused a backlash, while Xu Yingwu revealed that something was hidden in the rhinoceros’s ears.
• Xiao Xun'er attacked the ear with golden flame, exposing a fast seventh-tier bird as the rhinoceros launched a white blade at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan evaded the blade with Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and after seeing the bird’s speed and its effect on the rhinoceros, he decided he had to separate them.

Xiao Yan lured the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros away from his injured companions while Xiao Xun'er prepared to fight the white bird. His escape led him to the Heroes Alliance’s territory, where four factions gathered and resolved to kill him as the eighth-tier beast approached.

• Xiao Yan drew the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros away so Xiao Xun'er, Xu Yingwu, and Qing Lin could deal with the white bird.
• Xiao Xun'er unleashed her golden flames as Xu Yingwu and Little Cold fought the bird.
• Xiao Yan evaded the rhinoceros with the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and kept it chasing him with the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower’s aura.
• Xiao Yan sensed familiar people ahead and led the rhinoceros into the Heroes Alliance’s territory, where the Heroes Alliance, Elephant Rhino Mountain, the Lion Underworld Sect, and the Mystic Pattern Sect had gathered.
• Lu Zhi and the other faction leaders sensed Xiao Yan and the pursuing eighth-tier beast, then Lu Zhi urged them to kill Xiao Yan while he was alone.

Xiao Yan baited Lu Zhi and the others into fighting over his storage ring while the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros pursued them. After revealing that the ring held a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower, Lu Zhi secured the others’ help by promising them valuable rewards, and the group began battling the beast as an unseen observer watched.

• Lu Zhi led Shi Han, Shi Meng, and Wan Qing toward Xiao Yan while ordering Lu Mingzhe and the others to withdraw.
• Xiao Yan used a decoy storage ring to tempt the four into attacking him, and Lu Zhi blasted apart his right hand before seizing it.
• The Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros pursued the four instead of Xiao Yan, and Lu Zhi revealed that the ring held a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower.
• Lu Zhi promised the others rewards, including the Mystic Pattern Sect’s Lightning Strike Pattern method, and they agreed to fight the beast.
• Shi Han, Shi Meng, and Lu Zhi attacked the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros as Wan Qing gathered power with his bow, while an unseen observer watched them.

Xiao Yan hid nearby while Lu Zhi and the others fought the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros, then prepared a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus to strike the group before they could claim the beast. As the four geniuses unleashed their strongest attacks on the weakened beast, Xiao Yan’s lotus appeared beside Lu Zhi.

• Xiao Yan secretly recovered his Dou Qi while Lu Zhi, Shi Meng, Shi Han, and Wan Qing wounded the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros.
• The beast entered a desperate state, injuring Wan Qing and forcing the four to stall until its strength faded.
• The four discussed the enormous points the eighth-tier beast might be worth, while each privately considered how to claim the reward.
• Xiao Yan concealed himself with the Soul-Turning Secret Technique and fused two flames into a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• When the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros weakened, Lu Zhi and the others unleashed their strongest attacks, and Xiao Yan’s lotus appeared beside Lu Zhi.

Xiao Yan’s Buddha Fury Fire Lotus killed the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros and left Lu Zhi’s group badly injured, while their life-saving treasures kept them alive. After the survivors were teleported to an independent space, Lu Zhi attacked Xiao Yan, but Xu Yingwu, Xiao Xun’er, and Qing Lin came to his defense, and Lu Zhi threatened to leave them all there.

• Xiao Yan’s Buddha Fury Fire Lotus erupted, killing the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros and injuring Lu Zhi, Shi Han, Shi Meng, and Wan Qing.
• A voice announced the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros’s death and the Spirit Pool Body Bath reward, then teleported Xiao Yan and the seven others to an independent space.
• Lu Zhi attacked Xiao Yan with purple lightning, but golden flames burned it away.
• Xu Yingwu, Xiao Xun’er, and Qing Lin joined Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun’er checked that he was unharmed.
• Lu Zhi threatened Xu Yingwu and the others, then declared that he would leave them all there.

Xiao Yan and the others waited in a mysterious space after a voice announced the Spirit Pool Body Bath, while Xiao Yan worried about Zi Yan and spoke with Xiao Xun'er. The bath then began, offering eight springs with different apparent levels of benefit.

• A mysterious voice forbade fighting and announced that the Spirit Pool Body Bath would begin in one day, leaving Xiao Yan and the others puzzled about the space.
• Xiao Yan recovered his strength and worried that Zi Yan had disappeared somewhere in the Ten Thousand Beasts Space.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Yan about Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan explained how he had saved her from a vicious soul and said he regarded her as a younger sister.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan she did not intend to keep him to herself, and he held her hand as they shared a quiet moment.
• One day later, hot spring water rose in eight pits, and the voice said the three-day bath would cleanse marrow, temper bones, and remove hidden injuries.
• The eight participants eyed the four large and four small springs, recognizing that the stronger ones appeared to offer better benefits.

The contestants began fighting over the spirit springs after the combat ban ended. Xiao Yan and Lu Zhi finally clashed head-on, while Qing Lin, Xu Yingwu, and Xiao Xun'er faced their own contests.

• Lu Zhi claimed a large spirit spring, and Xiao Yan challenged him before dodging his wind blades.
• Qing Lin sent the Nine Serene Deepground Python against Shi Meng, freezing him before he broke free and enlarged his body.
• Wan Qing attacked Xu Yingwu, and the two fought evenly with weapons and sonic Dou Techniques.
• Shi Han avoided fighting Xiao Xun'er and surrendered the large spirit spring to her.
• Xiao Yan and Lu Zhi finally collided head-on.

Xiao Yan fought Lu Zhi again and used his enhanced Dou Sheng Arm and Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to overcome Lu Zhi’s attacks. As Xiao Yan’s Sea Overturning Seal struck Lu Zhi, a nearly transparent white pattern appeared on Lu Zhi’s forehead.

• Xiao Yan and Lu Zhi exchanged punches, and Xiao Yan’s improved physical strength forced Lu Zhi back farther than before.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade Lu Zhi’s wind blades, then struck him with Eight Extremities Collapse and bent his blocking arms.
• Lu Zhi activated his Lightning Strike Pattern, but Xiao Yan used the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to burn away the incoming lightning.
• Lu Zhi turned his lightning pearls into a destructive mist, but Xiao Yan charged through it and struck him with a Sea Overturning Seal formed from the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• A nearly transparent white pattern appeared at the center of Lu Zhi’s forehead as Xiao Yan’s attack hit him.

Xiao Yan fought Lu Zhi after Lu Zhi revealed his seventh pattern, which let him condense and compress Dou Qi to power greatly strengthened attacks. As Lu Zhi charged up another strike, Xiao Yan began forming a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and sent it toward him.

• Xiao Yan broke through Lu Zhi's lightning zone and struck him with a Sea Overturning Seal, but Lu Zhi emerged largely unharmed and revealed his seventh pattern.
• Lu Zhi used strengthened wind blades and the Bloodthirsty Pattern against Xiao Yan, who countered with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Lu Zhi formed a lightning python with his Lightning Strike Pattern, but Xiao Yan combined the Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Overturning Seal to meet it, then punched through and devoured some of its lightning.
• Xiao Yan deduced that Lu Zhi's Qi Accumulation Pattern compressed Dou Qi and required time to build power, while Lu Zhi confirmed its name.
• Xiao Yan evaded Lu Zhi's lightning attacks while fusing his blood-red and pale-white Heavenly Flames into a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, then sent it toward Lu Zhi.

Xiao Yan unleashed a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus against Lu Zhi, while the others retreated to safety. Lu Zhi survived behind four Dou Zong puppets and broke through to Dou Zong, then threatened Xiao Yan.

• Shi Han, Wan Qing, and Xu Yingwu sensed Xiao Yan fusing two Heavenly Flames and retreated from the danger.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin to leave, and Xiao Xun'er led Qing Lin away with the others.
• Xiao Yan's fire lotus engulfed Lu Zhi, while Xiao Yan absorbed the blast's flames and saw that the spiritual springs remained unharmed.
• Lu Zhi survived behind four powerful puppets, which the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame began to burn.
• Lu Zhi broke through from the Dou Emperor realm to Dou Zong and asked Xiao Yan how he wanted to die.

Lu Zhi admitted that Xiao Yan had defeated him, then advanced to Dou Zong and used the Mystic Pattern Sect’s Life-Draining Pattern to trade his lifespan for greater power. He launched a deadly black lightning attack at Xiao Yan, leaving the fight at its most dangerous point.

• Lu Zhi explained that Xiao Yan’s fire lotus had beaten him and revealed that he had just advanced to Dou Zong.
• Lu Zhi formed the Life-Draining Pattern and slammed it into his chest, sacrificing his lifespan to increase his power.
• Xu Yingwu moved to help Xiao Yan, but Xiao Xun'er stopped him and urged everyone to trust Xiao Yan.
• Lu Zhi transformed his purple lightning into black lightning and launched it at Xiao Yan, who realized he could not evade or withstand it head-on.

Xiao Yan unleashed the hidden power of his Dou Sheng Arm to devour Lu Zhi’s black lightning attack. After absorbing the lightning, Xiao Yan prepared to release its power back at Lu Zhi.

• Xiao Yan gathered the surrounding Dou Qi into his right arm as Lu Zhi sent his black lightning attack toward him.
• Xiao Yan’s arm turned completely black and summoned an ancient black flame that left the watching geniuses overwhelmed by its pressure.
• Xiao Yan opened an endless void that swallowed Lu Zhi’s black lightning despite Lu Zhi’s attempts to control it.
• Xiao Yan realized his arm could release what it devoured and told Lu Zhi to experience the power of his own full-force attack.

Xiao Yan defeated Lu Zhi, forced him to hand over the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower, and claimed the large spirit spring for his group. With the battle settled, Xiao Yan looked forward to the reward for defeating the eighth-tier magical beast.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Lu Zhi with a torrent of Dou Qi, shattering his protective ring and leaving him unable to resist.
• Xiao Yan seized Lu Zhi and demanded the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower, then agreed to spare him in exchange for it.
• Lu Zhi handed over the flower, and Xiao Yan inspected it before claiming it.
• Xiao Yan asked Shi Han, Wan Qing, and Shi Meng to give up the large spirit spring; Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Xu Yingwu displayed their strength, and Wan Qing and Shi Meng backed down.
• Xu Yingwu praised Xiao Yan's gains, and Xiao Yan turned his attention to the spirit spring and the reward for defeating the eighth-tier magical beast.

Xiao Yan and the others completed the Spirit Spring Body Bath, where Xiao Yan cleansed and strengthened his body and fused his Dou Sheng Arm with it using the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower. After returning to the Ten Thousand Beasts Space, Xiao Yan reclaimed first place and planned to dominate the rankings during the remaining days.

• Far away, Void sensed a familiar aura outside the Central Plains and wanted to investigate, but the scholarly man persuaded him to send someone through Hun Miesheng instead.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Spirit Spring's essence, expelled impurities, and discovered that his right arm was not improving with the rest of his body.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower and used its energy to fuse his Dou Sheng Arm with his torso.
• After three days, the Spirit Spring Body Bath ended, and everyone returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Space having gained from the reward.
• Xiao Yan's score rose to 175,378 points, putting him back in first place, and he told Xu Yingwu that he planned to dominate the rankings.

Lu Zhi and three other leaders planned to gather allies to force Xiao Yan out of first place, while Xiao Yan’s group traveled to the final Small Market at Five Peaks Mountain. The chapter left Xiao Yan and Xu Yingwu exploring the crowded market separately from Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin.

• Wan Qing, Shi Han, and Shi Meng objected to accepting Xiao Yan’s victory, but Lu Zhi proposed gathering people from their factions to overwhelm him.
• The four leaders agreed to recruit allies separately and meet again in five days, while Lu Zhi vowed to make Xiao Yan suffer after consuming the Emperor Essence Fruit.
• Xiao Yan’s group headed to Five Peaks Mountain’s final Small Market, where Xu Yingwu celebrated rising to second place and the group’s improved rankings.
• Xiao Yan suggested splitting up in the crowded market, and Xiao Xun'er took Qing Lin with her after Xiao Yan agreed.
• The four split up, leaving Xiao Yan and Xu Yingwu to explore the market as alchemists.

Xiao Yan browsed the final Small Market before the Ten Thousand Beasts Assembly ended, buying rare medicinal herbs and finding a stall selling sensational jade slips about him and other contestants. A short man denounced Xiao Yan’s ranking and declared he would become the Northwest Region’s second-strongest person, leaving Xiao Yan’s response unresolved.

• Xiao Yan and Xu Yingwu bought rare medicinal ingredients despite the rising prices, and Xiao Yan continued spending his own money to replenish his depleted stash.
• Xiao Yan found a crowd around a stall selling jade slips with claims about his technique and rankings of the Ten Thousand Beasts Space’s strongest experts.
• Xiao Yan scanned the slips and found their descriptions and rankings largely absurd, with Lu Zhi first, Xun Er second, and Xiao Yan ninth.
• A short man arrived at the stall at remarkable speed and claimed Xiao Yan relied on tricks and did not deserve a place among the ten strongest.
• When someone defended Xiao Yan, the short man declared that he would soon become the Northwest Region’s second-strongest person after Lu Zhi.

Xiao Yan confronted Chen Xiao after the short man used his speed to slap and intimidate the crowd. He revealed his identity, dragged Chen Xiao out of the Small Market, and began questioning him about Lu Zhi.

• Chen Xiao claimed he was the second strongest person in the Northwest Region and slapped several people who mocked him.
• Chen Xiao challenged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan caught and restrained him when he attacked.
• Chen Xiao threatened Xiao Yan with the Mystic Pattern Sect and Lu Zhi, then learned that his captor was Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan revealed his score of nearly one hundred ninety thousand, and the crowd recognized him as a ranking leader.
• Xiao Yan left the Small Market with Chen Xiao, marked his location for Xiao Xun'er and the others, and questioned Chen Xiao about his relationship with Lu Zhi.

Xiao Yan learned that Lu Zhi was recruiting experts to target his group and chose to evade them, but Lu Zhi instead led four major factions to surround the Echo Sect and threaten Xu Han. The chapter left the Echo Sect facing a six-hour ultimatum to surrender Xu Yingwu and Xiao Yan or lose ten people every half hour.

• Xu Yingwu told Xiao Yan that Lu Zhi was gathering forces, and Xiao Yan revealed that Chen Xiao had confirmed Lu Zhi was recruiting inherited experts as well as using the four factions' names.
• Xiao Yan planned to hide from Lu Zhi's forces, but Xiao Xun'er warned that they might not be able to run.
• Lu Zhi ordered Shi Meng to notify Shi Han and Wan Qing that the encirclement had begun, then made clear that Xu Han was the target.
• The four major factions surrounded the Echo Sect, drawing spectators as Xu Han's people compressed their formation under pressure.
• Lu Zhi gave Xu Han six hours to bring him Xu Yingwu and Xiao Yan, threatening to kill ten Echo Sect members every half hour afterward.