Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Battle, He Suo!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Yu unleashes Fierce Wind Slash, a Heavenly Human Art capable of producing 18,000 precisely controlled blade winds.
• The attack devastates the Flame Demon Sect’s forces, killing more than 300 Aperture Opening Ninth Layer Martial Artists and causing the remaining disciples to flee in terror.
• Luo Tanyou realizes that Chen Yu’s blade mastery is extraordinary, even by Divine Treasury Realm standards, and becomes increasingly determined to eliminate him.
• Chen Yu mocks Luo Tanyou for providing an inadequate “warm-up,” having gained substantial resources from defeating the Flame Demon Sect disciples.
• Chen Yu descends toward the planet and uses his Martial Will to search an area spanning 120 kilometers, locating He Suo.
• He immediately attacks He Suo with another Fierce Wind Slash, intending mainly to restrict He Suo’s movements and assess his strength.
• He Suo, having opened his First Divine Treasury, effortlessly disperses all 18,000 blade winds with a single sweep of his saber.
• He Suo then closes the distance at overwhelming speed and strikes Chen Yu in the throat. Although Chen Yu blocks, the impact sends him flying through a mountain.
• Chen Yu emerges unharmed, excited rather than intimidated, recognizing He Suo as the first opponent in years capable of providing genuine pressure.

Character Developments

• Chen Yu: Demonstrates overwhelming battlefield control and exceptional blade comprehension. His Fierce Wind Slash proves capable of defeating large groups of elite opponents, but He Suo’s strength reveals the current gap between the Aperture Opening and Divine Treasury realms. Instead of becoming fearful after being knocked back, Chen Yu becomes eager and invigorated, viewing the battle as an opportunity to overcome his blade-comprehension bottleneck.
• He Suo: Reveals both admiration and jealousy toward Chen Yu’s talent, especially his ability to master a Heavenly Human Art while still in the Aperture Opening Realm. Despite recognizing Chen Yu’s genius, He Suo takes pleasure in the prospect of killing him. His effortless destruction of Chen Yu’s attack establishes his superior realm and combat power.
• Luo Tanyou: His initial attempt to weaken Chen Yu backfires, allowing Chen Yu to build prestige. Luo becomes more wary and murderous, though he remains confident because of He Suo’s hidden strength.
• Flame Demon Sect disciples: Their confidence collapses after witnessing Chen Yu’s attack. They abandon their mission to exhaust him, choosing survival over the promised rewards.

Significant Themes

• The gulf between realms: Even Chen Yu’s extraordinary Aperture Opening power cannot yet match the fundamental physical and spiritual advantages of a Divine Treasury Martial Artist.
• Genius versus established power: Chen Yu possesses rare potential and unmatched technique, while He Suo represents the terrifying transformation that comes with advancing into the Divine Treasury Realm.
• Battle as a path to growth: Chen Yu has reached a bottleneck because few opponents can challenge him. He Suo’s strength restores his passion for combat and may provide the pressure necessary for a breakthrough.
• Envy and ambition: He Suo admires Chen Yu’s talent but also resents the opportunities he himself lacked, making Chen Yu’s potential death both a personal victory and a source of satisfaction.
• Confidence and intimidation: Chen Yu’s massacre establishes his dominance over ordinary elites, but He Suo’s effortless counterattack redefines the scale of the confrontation.

Character Interactions

• Chen Yu and Luo Tanyou exchange a brief, antagonistic verbal confrontation, with Chen Yu mocking Luo’s failed attempt to weaken him.
• Chen Yu and He Suo communicate indirectly at first through their attacks: Chen Yu tests He Suo, while He Suo dismisses the attack as insignificant.
• He Suo openly questions whether Chen Yu’s displayed strength is all he possesses, then demonstrates the overwhelming advantage of his realm.
• The chapter ends with Chen Yu embracing the challenge, transforming the confrontation from an execution attempt into an eagerly anticipated battle between two powerful geniuses.

Chapter Summary: “Completely Mad!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Yu, despite being only an Aperture Opening Martial Artist with Secondfold Limit Break potential, confronts He Suo, a First Divine Treasury Realm expert of the Flame Demon Sect.
• He Suo’s initial slash fails to injure Chen Yu, whose physique is strong enough to rival that of a Divine Treasury Martial Artist.
• He Suo launches another attack, but Chen Yu counters with Raging Thunder, a powerful Heavenly Human Art infused with the Martial Dao Heavenly Human of Thunder.
• The sudden change from Chen Yu’s first technique, Fierce Wind, to Raging Thunder catches He Suo off guard. He Suo is forced to take the attack directly and suffers injuries.
• Chen Yu relentlessly follows up with repeated Raging Thunder slashes, using the technique’s speed and destructive power to suppress He Suo.
• Their battle devastates the surrounding environment: mountains collapse, rivers are severed, clouds scatter, and natural phenomena change under the force of their attacks.
• Observers from beyond the planet are astonished that Chen Yu can suppress a First Divine Treasury expert while still in the Aperture Opening Realm.
• He Suo attempts to prolong the fight, believing Chen Yu’s Heavenly Human Arts will quickly exhaust his Source Power.
• Chen Yu reveals that his more than six thousand Star Apertures provide him with enormous reserves and unusually rapid Source Power recovery. His energy shows no sign of running out.
• The fight continues across the surface, the deep sea, and the skies. Both combatants sustain blade wounds from their Top-Tier Spirit Treasures.
• Realizing that he may eventually be defeated if the battle continues, He Suo receives an order from Luo Tanyou to stop hesitating and finally unleash a stronger power.
• He Suo forces Chen Yu back and suddenly releases a bloom of purple-black flame from his chest, ending the chapter on a dangerous escalation.

Character Developments

• Chen Yu: Demonstrates extraordinary combat ability, resilience, and battle instinct. He successfully uses two contrasting Heavenly Human Arts—Fierce Wind and Raging Thunder—to disrupt He Suo’s expectations. His vast Source Power reserves allow him to sustain an assault that should be impossible for an ordinary Aperture Opening Martial Artist.
• He Suo: Initially confident in his superior cultivation realm, he becomes increasingly pressured and frustrated. Although he remains calm and capable of counterattacking, Chen Yu’s unending offense forces him to abandon his strategy of waiting for Chen Yu’s exhaustion.
• Luo Tanyou: Shows contempt for He Suo and views his disadvantage as a disgrace to the Flame Demon Sect. Nevertheless, he remains confident that Chen Yu will not survive and directly commands He Suo to reveal more of his power.
• The Observers: Their perception of Chen Yu changes dramatically. They begin to regard him as a rare prodigy whose future may surpass even that of the famous Gu Changtian.

Significant Themes

• The power of talent against cultivation realm: Chen Yu’s lower cultivation does not prevent him from challenging and suppressing a stronger Divine Treasury opponent.
• Versatility and unpredictability: The contrast between Fierce Wind and Raging Thunder allows Chen Yu to overcome He Suo’s expectations and seize the initiative.
• Limit-breaking potential: Chen Yu’s vast number of Star Apertures gives him not only greater reserves but also exceptional endurance and recovery.
• Pride and humiliation: He Suo’s disadvantage is deeply humiliating because of the gap between their realms, while Luo Tanyou’s disdain highlights the Flame Demon Sect’s concern for its reputation.
• Escalation and hidden power: The battle has not yet reached its true climax, as He Suo is forced to reveal a dangerous purple-black flame technique.

Character Interactions

• Chen Yu and He Suo engage in a fierce blade duel, with Chen Yu taking the offensive and repeatedly pressuring He Suo.
• He Suo attempts to rely on endurance and wait for Chen Yu’s Source Power to run dry, but Chen Yu recognizes and counters this plan.
• Luo Tanyou communicates with He Suo telepathically, criticizing his hesitation and ordering him to unleash his full strength.
• The external spectators compare Chen Yu to Gu Changtian and begin viewing him as a potentially unprecedented genius, while Luo Tanyou remains determined to have him killed.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• He Suo activates Flame Demon Disintegration, a dangerous Flame Demon Sect secret art that burns his life force and requires the implantation of 108 Demon Seeds. The technique temporarily raises his strength to the peak of the First Divine Treasury.
• He immediately overwhelms Chen Yu, driving him underground and then launching him into the sky with successive attacks.
• Xiahou Qing recognizes the technique’s limited duration and decides not to intervene, trusting Chen Yu to endure long enough for He Suo’s power to fade. He has secretly prepared safeguards to save Chen Yu if necessary.
• Chen Yu appears to reach a desperate situation, but his body suddenly develops cracks and his aura surges dramatically. His Martial Will expands from 120 to 210 kilometers.
• Luo Tanyou and Xiahou Qing identify the change as Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring, a secret art comparable to Flame Demon Disintegration that requires forging 36 different Spirit Metals into the body.
• Xiahou Qing is shocked because he believed Chen Yu had never actually cultivated the technique. In reality, Chen Yu has only simulated its appearance using his Thousand Illusions talent.
• Chen Yu uses the “secret art” as a cover to unleash his true strength: the full power of his Aperture Opening Fifth Layer, supported by his Ninefold Limit Break and six thousand Star Apertures.
• He attacks He Suo with strengthened Fierce Wind Slash and Raging Thunder, reversing the battle’s momentum.
• He Suo realizes that both fighters are now relying on temporary power boosts and decides to fight desperately, believing victory will go to whoever’s secret art lasts longer.

Character Developments

• Chen Yu reveals his cleverness and ability to conceal his true strength. Rather than exposing his unusual cultivation directly, he disguises it as a known secret art, allowing him to fight without explaining his extraordinary power.
• He Suo reaches the peak of his combat ability through Flame Demon Disintegration. His desperation reflects his exhausted potential and determination to kill Chen Yu before the technique ends.
• Xiahou Qing shifts from calm observation to genuine alarm when Chen Yu appears to use Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring. His concern highlights how dangerous the technique is and how much he values Chen Yu’s future.
• Luo Tanyou quickly recognizes Chen Yu’s apparent technique and understands the escalating danger of the battle.

Significant Themes

• Desperation versus potential: He Suo sacrifices his life and future because he has no room left to improve, while Chen Yu possesses immense untapped potential and should have no reason to use such a destructive technique.
• Concealed strength and deception: Chen Yu’s ability to fake Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring allows him to reveal his power without exposing his true secrets.
• Risk and self-sacrifice: Both secret arts demand severe costs, turning the fight into a contest of endurance and willingness to risk one’s foundation.
• Mentorship and trust: Xiahou Qing allows Chen Yu to face danger so that he can grow through the life-or-death struggle, while secretly keeping safeguards in reserve.
• Time pressure: Since both techniques are temporary, the battle becomes a race to determine whose power expires first.

Character Interactions

• He Suo relentlessly attacks Chen Yu, intent on killing him before Flame Demon Disintegration ends.
• Xiahou Qing and Luo Tanyou observe the battle and discuss the implications of the secret arts, with Luo preventing Xiahou Qing from intervening immediately.
• Xiahou Qing’s hidden protection of Chen Yu contrasts with his decision to let the battle continue for Chen Yu’s development.
• After Chen Yu’s apparent transformation, He Suo is shocked and confused that a young prodigy would use such a damaging technique. The two then resume combat at nearly equal strength, each trying to outlast the other.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Yu and He Suo engage in a devastating battle across an entire planet. Despite being only at the Aperture Opening Peak, Chen Yu uses the Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring Technique to reach combat strength comparable to the Divine Treasury Realm.
• He Suo activates the Flame Demon Sect’s Flame Demon Disintegration Method, allowing him to fight Chen Yu evenly. Outside observers are shocked that both combatants are using dangerous, origin-draining techniques.
• Their prolonged clash devastates the planet’s surface, leaving both heavily injured. He Suo’s secret technique expires first, causing his cultivation to collapse to the Aperture Opening Ninth Layer.
• Chen Yu, who secretly uses his Thousand Illusions talent to exaggerate the appearance of his injuries, approaches the powerless He Suo and kills him with a thunder-infused blade strike.
• Chen Yu realizes that He Suo was likely connected to Fang Xiong and the New Moon Wang Family through the same hidden faction. Because leaving He Suo alive could expose or endanger him, Chen Yu decides that killing him is necessary.
• After the battle, Chen Yu suppresses his aura and maintains the appearance of being severely crippled by the secret technique. Xiahou Qing immediately gives him a precious pill capable of repairing his foundation and origin.
• Xiahou Qing reprimands Chen Yu for secretly mastering the dangerous technique, believing Chen Yu may now be permanently or severely weakened.
• Luo Tanyou, representing the Flame Demon Sect, is delighted by the outcome. Although He Suo died, Chen Yu’s apparent self-destruction makes the battle a strategic victory for the Flame Demon Sect.

Character Developments

• Chen Yu: Demonstrates extraordinary strength, tactical deception, and decisiveness. He successfully kills a Divine Treasury Realm opponent despite his lower cultivation. He also reveals that he is willing to use dangerous methods and eliminate potential threats when necessary, though he conceals the true extent of his injuries and abilities.
• He Suo: Revealed to be a disposable pawn supported by the Flame Demon Sect. His secret technique temporarily elevates his strength, but its expiration leaves him helpless. His desperate attempt to plead for his life fails, and he is executed by Chen Yu.
• Xiahou Qing: Shows genuine concern for Chen Yu by immediately providing a precious healing pill. His anger reflects both worry for Chen Yu’s future and frustration that such a valuable prodigy risked his foundation.
• Luo Tanyou: Becomes confident that Chen Yu has been crippled. He views the battle as favorable for the Flame Demon Sect because Chen Yu’s recovery is expected to take decades.
• Fang Xiong: Does not appear directly, but his suspected connection to He Suo and the New Moon Wang Family becomes more significant, suggesting deeper political or factional conflict.

Significant Themes

• The cost of power: Both fighters rely on secret techniques that sacrifice their foundations and origins for temporary strength, emphasizing the dangers of pursuing overwhelming combat ability.
• Strategy and deception: Chen Yu’s Thousand Illusions talent allows him to disguise his actual condition, turning his apparent weakness into a tactical advantage.
• Political and factional conflict: The battle is not merely personal; He Suo appears to have been sent by a larger faction connected to Fang Xiong and the New Moon Wang Family.
• The value and vulnerability of genius: Chen Yu’s status as a Limit-Breaking Eighth Revolution prodigy makes his apparent crippling a major loss for Divine Weapons Valley and a major victory for its enemies.
• Necessity versus morality: Chen Yu has no personal grudge against He Suo, but kills him because allowing a dangerous enemy to survive could create greater future risks.

Important Character Interactions

• Chen Yu and He Suo fight as near equals, with their techniques placing them at comparable levels despite their different cultivation realms.
• He Suo attempts to threaten or plead with Chen Yu before being killed, but Chen Yu refuses to spare him.
• Chen Yu reflects on Fang Xiong after the killing, suggesting he understands the battle as part of a broader hidden scheme.
• Xiahou Qing treats Chen Yu immediately after the battle, giving him a precious pill and criticizing him for using the Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring Technique.
• Luo Tanyou mocks Divine Weapons Valley for sacrificing a prodigy and celebrates Chen Yu’s presumed decline, believing the Flame Demon Sect’s genius Lei Caoshang will surpass him during his long recovery.

Chapter Summary: “Quite Lucky”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Yu wins his battle against He Suo with an overwhelming display of strength, using the dangerous Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring Great Art.
• Although the spectators are impressed by his victory, powerful figures from the Red River Galaxy and Primordial Demon System lament that Chen Yu may have permanently damaged his cultivation foundation.
• Xiahou Qing immediately takes Chen Yu back to Divine Weapons Valley, hoping to find a way to repair the severe origin damage caused by the technique.
• Chen Yu reveals that he had already taken a mysterious pill obtained on Crimson Radiance Star, one capable of restoring his depleted foundational origin.
• As Chen Yu’s bodily cracks begin healing, Xiahou Qing realizes that the pill is far more powerful than anything he could provide.
• Chen Yu explains that possessing this pill was why he dared to use the dangerous technique in the first place.
• Xiahou Qing suspects the pill may be connected to Fang Xiong, Chen Yu’s former saber teacher on Crimson Radiance Star. Chen Yu confirms their connection but deliberately gives no further details.
• Xiahou Qing orders Chen Yu to keep the pill’s existence secret. Since outsiders believe Chen Yu’s foundation is ruined, that misconception can help conceal his true condition and reduce unwanted attention.
• Chen Yu plans to recuperate in Divine Weapons Valley for one or two years before the Dragonkin Inheritance opens. He hopes to become stronger before competing against powerful pure-blood dragonkin.
• Xiahou Qing sternly forbids Chen Yu from using Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring again. Chen Yu promises not to, noting that he can later conceal his strength through a breakthrough into the Divine Treasury Realm.

Character Developments

• Chen Yu demonstrates both overwhelming combat ability and careful strategic planning. His use of the forbidden technique appears reckless, but he had already prepared a means of recovery and an explanation for his condition.
• He becomes more cautious about protecting Fang Xiong and concealing the origins of his mysterious pill.
• Xiahou Qing shows deep concern and responsibility as Chen Yu’s teacher. He is furious that Chen Yu risked destroying his future and blames himself for failing to notice the secret technique.
• Xiahou Qing also proves politically and strategically perceptive by recognizing that Chen Yu’s supposed injury can serve as useful misdirection.
• Fang Xiong remains absent, but his past connection to Xiahou Qing and Chen Yu becomes significant, hinting at a deeper history and possible source of Chen Yu’s opportunities.
• He Suo’s death changes Chen Yu’s circumstances by removing a major opponent and allowing him greater freedom to conceal his future advancement.

Significant Themes

• Power versus long-term potential: Chen Yu sacrifices his foundation for immediate victory, highlighting the danger of pursuing strength at any cost.
• Luck and preparation: What appears to be reckless self-destruction is mitigated by Chen Yu’s prior possession of a rare restorative pill.
• Secrecy and deception: Chen Yu and Xiahou Qing agree to let the world believe he is crippled, using false weakness as protection.
• Teacher-student responsibility: Xiahou Qing’s anger reflects both his care for Chen Yu and his guilt over failing to supervise him.
• The burden of extraordinary talent: Chen Yu’s exceptional abilities make him valuable but also expose him to greater danger and scrutiny.

Character Interactions

• Xiahou Qing initially scolds Chen Yu for believing that a pill from Crimson Radiance Star could repair his foundation, but his attitude changes to shock when he witnesses Chen Yu’s recovery.
• Chen Yu carefully answers Xiahou Qing’s questions about Fang Xiong without revealing unnecessary information.
• Xiahou Qing advises Chen Yu to recover quietly and avoid using the dangerous technique again, while Chen Yu reassures him that the technique will no longer be necessary.
• Their exchange emphasizes both their close mentor-student bond and the tension caused by Chen Yu’s tendency to take extreme risks.

Plot points and events

• Chen Yu’s victory over He Suo shocks the Red River and Yuanmo Galaxies. He killed the first-level Divine Treasury martial artist despite He Suo’s power-enhancing technique, but did so by using Divine Weapons Valley’s Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring, which depleted Chen Yu’s foundation.
• Divine Weapons Valley sought a rare restorative pill from the Demon Mountain Imperial Family, but the request was refused. Chen Yu is therefore widely believed to be severely weakened and unlikely to match other top young talents.
• The news damages Crimson Radiance Star’s standing: trading partners reduce orders and expansion plans are paused. Its leaders take some comfort that the Source Stone trade with Night Dawn Star continues, and hope for Chen Yu’s recovery.
• Wang Beixuan, who helped arrange Chen Yu and He Suo’s fight, celebrates Chen Yu’s apparent ruin. He plans to claim credit with his own powerful patron, while the Wang Family’s fortunes have been declining under pressure from the Luo and Qian Families.
• Fang Xiong, secretly cultivating toward the Star Lord realm, reflects on his lost chance to enter the Battle of Myriad Stars. He intends to help restore Chen Yu’s foundation once he breaks through—but first must overcome the dangerous final hurdle to becoming a Star Lord.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Yu remains offstage, but his choice to defeat He Suo at great personal cost makes him both a celebrated victor and a perceived fallen prodigy.
• Luo Tianming, Qian Wanhao, and Crimson Radiance Star’s leaders worry that their worlds’ prosperity depends on Chen Yu’s future. They discuss practical setbacks and hope for a way to help him.
• Wang Beixuan reveals his opportunism and resentment: he caused the confrontation and now sees Chen Yu’s injury as a chance to regain influence.
• Fang Xiong shows acceptance of his own lost ambitions, while remaining loyal to Chen Yu. His planned secret assistance offers a possible path to recovery, though his own breakthrough is uncertain.

Significant themes

• The cost of victory: Chen Yu wins the duel but may have sacrificed his future potential.
• Fortunes tied to power: Allies prosper or suffer according to Chen Yu’s reputation, while political and commercial relationships prove conditional.
• Ambition and lost chances: Fang Xiong’s regret mirrors the chapter’s concern with unrealized potential and choices that reshape a life.
• Luck, sacrifice, and uncertainty: Both Chen Yu’s recovery and Fang Xiong’s breakthrough depend on rare opportunities and uncertain outcomes.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After defeating He Suo, Chen Yu assesses the limits of his Talent Forging. Even after using the talents of more than a thousand Flame Demon Sect fighters—and repeatedly upgrading lower-quality talents as fuel—his Martial Saint Bone Aptitude is only 62% forged. He concludes that forging beyond Red Quality will require encountering stronger geniuses.
• Chen Yu analyzes his strength against Divine Treasury Realm fighters. He judges that, with his current abilities, he could match a newly advanced Divine Treasury Realm martial artist around the Aperture Opening Third Layer, one at the First Stage around the Sixth Layer, and one at the Second Stage near the Aperture Opening peak. Against exceptional prodigies, those estimates would be lower.
• He recognizes that he is nearly unbeatable within the Aperture Opening Realm, but has reached the realm’s practical ceiling. Developing a new Heavenly Human Art combining wind and thunder could give him an edge against equally strong opponents.
• Before the Dragonkin Inheritance opens, Chen Yu sets three priorities: improve his cultivation, create the new art, and forge a Top-Tier Spirit Treasure. Believing others will leave him alone because they think his foundation and potential have been damaged, he begins cultivating with Source Energy Fluid.
• The story then shifts to Demon Mountain Star, the prosperous imperial capital of the Demon Mountain Starfield. The Demon Mountain Imperial Family shares authority over the Star Domain with the thousand sects, including Divine Weapons Valley and the Flame Demon Sect.
• A messenger reports to a powerful, sovereign-like man in a crystal tower:

He Suo, a covert agent inside the Flame Demon Sect, is dead.

Character developments

• Chen Yu takes a more measured view of his abilities. His victory has not made him complacent; instead, he carefully distinguishes between his own strength and He Suo’s temporary boost from the Flame Demon Disintegration Method.
• He recognizes both his formidable advantage from a Ninefold Limit Break and 10,800 Star Apertures, and the ceiling imposed by remaining in the Aperture Opening Realm.
• His reflection on Fang Xiong suggests growing empathy: Chen Yu now understands Fang’s situation better because he, too, is benefiting from being underestimated and left undisturbed.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: Extraordinary talent can make Chen Yu dominant within his realm, but major realm gaps remain difficult to overcome.
• Growth through pressure: Chen Yu hopes to turn the pressure of battle into inspiration for a new Heavenly Human Art.
• Pragmatism over pride: He assesses opponents realistically and sets concrete goals rather than assuming his victory proves him invincible.
• Hidden power and political balance: The reveal of He Suo’s covert role connects Chen Yu’s duel to broader intrigue between the sects and the Demon Mountain Imperial Family.

Character interactions

• Chen Yu’s internal comparison with He Suo highlights the difference between lasting personal strength and power gained through a temporary technique.
• Chen Yu’s thoughts about Fang Xiong show an indirect connection between the two: his own circumstances help him understand Fang’s state of mind.
• The chapter ends with a messenger informing the unnamed ruler that He Suo has died, hinting that the battle may have consequences beyond Chen Yu and the Flame Demon Sect.

Key plot points and events

• Demon Mountain Kui learns that Chen Yu, a new Divine Weapons Valley disciple, killed He Suo, a low-ranking informant planted in the Flame Demon Sect.
• Chen Yu comes from Crimson Radiance Star and was trained by Fang Xiong, whom Kui had once crippled. Chen Yu has rare Eighth Revolution potential, but using the Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring Technique badly damaged it.
• Kui connects Chen Yu’s injury to Divine Weapons Valley’s failed attempt to obtain an Origin Returning Pill. He concludes that Chen Yu’s decline has restored the balance between the valley and the Flame Demon Sect—an outcome his imperial family prefers.
• Kui orders Wu Chen to deal with Fang Xiong for breaking the terms of his former punishment. He tells Wu Chen to leave Chen Yu alone, both because Chen Yu’s potential is diminished and because antagonizing Divine Weapons Valley could provoke powerful consequences.

Character developments and interactions

• Demon Mountain Kui is calculating and politically astute. He sees He Suo’s death as insignificant, but recognizes Fang Xiong’s renewed activity as a threat. His caution about Divine Weapons Valley reveals limits to his power.
• Wu Chen reports the situation and asks how to handle both Fang Xiong and Chen Yu. Kui assigns him to eliminate Fang Xiong and spares Chen Yu.
• Fang Xiong, though absent, emerges as a former enemy of Kui who has begun influencing events again through his connection to Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu is established as exceptionally gifted but physically and spiritually weakened after his fight with He Suo.

Significant themes

• Political balance and manipulation: The imperial family quietly keeps the major sects divided to preserve its rule.
• Power and survival: Talent alone means little if a person cannot survive long enough to realize it.
• Ruthless competition: Kui’s own imperial family operates through constant rivalry, with relatives battling to secure status and advancement.

Chapter Summary: “Star Lord!”

Key plot points

• Fang Xiong senses Wu Chen approaching Crimson Radiance Star, arriving on schedule to carry out an attack. To keep the coming battle from endangering the planet, Fang Xiong uses a jade slip to transport himself away from it.
• Wu Chen prepares to destroy Crimson Radiance Star, but Fang Xiong appears before he can strike. Wu Chen is shocked to discover that Fang Xiong—whom Prince Demon Mountain Kui had crippled centuries earlier—has recovered and reached the Peak Star Sea Realm.
• Wu Chen attacks, confident that a Star Lord’s power will overwhelm Fang Xiong. Fang Xiong breaks free of Wu Chen’s spatial lock by beginning a breakthrough to Star Lord, protected from interference as he connects to the universe’s Thunder Origin.
• Once the Thunder breakthrough ends, Fang Xiong begins a second breakthrough through the Fire Origin. Realizing Fang Xiong’s combined power and exceptional potential will make him far stronger, Wu Chen flees.
• Fang Xiong completes both breakthroughs and pursues Wu Chen, intending to make him pay for the attack.
• The scene then shifts to Weapon-Forging Star, where Chen Yu is interrupted at work by Xiahou Qing, who says someone has come to see him. Xiahou’s unusual willingness to interrupt the forging suggests the visitor is important.

Character developments

• Fang Xiong reveals that he has overcome his former crippling through Nirvana Rebuilding. He has restored and surpassed his old strength, attained Limit-Breaking Eighth Revolution potential, and becomes a Star Lord through both Thunder and Fire.
• Wu Chen begins confident in his superiority but quickly recognizes Fang Xiong as a serious threat. When Fang Xiong’s second breakthrough makes the danger undeniable, Wu Chen retreats rather than risk a fight.
• Chen Yu remains focused on forging, but his surprise at Xiahou Qing’s interruption signals that the visitor’s identity may be significant.
• Xiahou Qing shows unusual deference to the unknown visitor, departing from his normal insistence that forging take priority.

Significant themes

• Renewal and overcoming the past: Fang Xiong’s recovery transforms what seemed like permanent defeat into a dramatic return.
• Potential versus present strength: Though Fang Xiong initially appears outmatched, his extraordinary potential and ongoing breakthrough change the balance of power.
• The universe as protector and witness: The Star Lord breakthrough connects Fang Xiong directly to the universe’s origins, making the process difficult for others to disrupt.
• Reversal of power: Wu Chen arrives as the aggressor, but ends up fleeing from the person he intended to kill.

Character interactions

• Fang Xiong and Wu Chen face off over Crimson Radiance Star: Wu Chen attacks without hesitation, while Fang Xiong uses the confrontation to complete his breakthrough.
• Wu Chen’s thoughts and reactions reveal his growing fear as Fang Xiong’s abilities exceed his expectations; Fang Xiong then pursues him after ascending.
• Xiahou Qing interrupts Chen Yu’s forging to bring him to an unnamed visitor, leaving the chapter on a note of anticipation.

Plot points and events

• During weapon-forging, Chen Yu pauses to question Xiahou Qing. Xiahou takes over the final strokes to prevent the spirit metal’s energy from dissipating, then tells Chen Yu to fly into deep space, where someone will find him.
• Chen Yu meets his former teacher, Fang Xiong, who has come to Divine Weapons Valley.
• Fang explains that Demon Mountain Kui, the Seventh Prince, sent a Star Lord to kill him and destroy Scarlet Radiance Star. Fang defeated and pursued the attacker, leaving the Star Lord badly injured.
• Fang reveals that he has reached the Star Lord realm and can cultivate both the Laws of Thunder and Fire. His apparent imprisonment on Scarlet Radiance Star was part of a plan to protect himself while undergoing Nirvana Rebuilding.

Character developments

• Chen Yu is astonished to learn how much Fang’s cultivation has changed, and worries that his own actions—especially killing He Suo—may have affected Fang’s situation. Fang assures him they did not alter the eventual outcome.
• Fang Xiong reveals that his body, cultivation, and star apertures were destroyed by Demon Mountain Kui, but a rare opportunity let him rebuild from the beginning. His experience and accumulated resources helped him survive the process and return stronger.
• Chen Yu suspects Fang possesses an extraordinary fortune-related talent, though he cannot confirm it through his Talent Insight.

Significant themes

• Rebirth through risk: Nirvana Rebuilding offers a chance to surpass one’s former limits, but leaves its practitioner powerless and vulnerable.
• Secrecy and strategy: Fang deliberately allowed others to believe he was permanently crippled and imprisoned, using that misconception to secure a safe environment for rebuilding.
• Fortune and hidden potential: Both men have benefited from unusual opportunities, and Fang recognizes that Chen Yu’s rapid rise and mysterious abilities point to secrets of his own.

Character interactions

• Xiahou’s practical concern for the spirit metal interrupts Chen Yu’s questioning, while his cryptic directions set up the meeting.
• Fang greets Chen Yu with pride and teasing admiration for his growing reputation, then reassures him when Chen fears he caused trouble.
• Fang’s candid account of his past deepens their mutual understanding: he recognizes Chen Yu’s extraordinary progress but accepts that, like himself, Chen Yu may have private secrets.

Key plot points

• Chen Yu realizes Fang Xiong had anticipated much of what happened, including Demon Mountain Kui stripping him of his cultivation. Fang Xiong clarifies that he adapted to events rather than controlling them.
• Fang Xiong explains that Demon Mountain Kui is the Seventh Prince of the Demon Mountain Imperial Family, a powerful Star Lord whose strength rivals or may exceed Xiao Xinghe’s. Kui is likely to pursue Fang Xiong, whom he now sees as a major threat.
• Believing Chen Yu’s foundation was damaged by the Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring Technique, Fang Xiong offers him an Origin Returning Pill. Chen Yu reveals the damage was only a disguise created by his Thousand Illusions technique. Fang Xiong is impressed, but still gives him the pill for future use.
• Fang Xiong plans to leave the Human Domain to train while evading Kui. Having become a Star Lord after only eight hundred years, he is still far less experienced than Kui, who has trained for over ten thousand years.
• Fang Xiong encourages Chen Yu to excel in the Battle of Myriad Stars and possibly attract the attention of humanity’s supreme powerhouses—beings far beyond Star Lords in power.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Yu shows greater confidence and candor by dropping his disguise before his teacher. He accepts the pill and promises to help Fang Xiong defeat Demon Mountain Kui someday.
• Fang Xiong reveals both his strategic caution and his concern for Chen Yu’s safety. He sees potential in his student, whose progress has surpassed his original expectations.
• The two share mutual respect and an increasingly common ambition: to keep advancing toward the highest limits of martial arts.

Significant themes

• Power and perspective: Even formidable Star Lords are only high-end fighters within the wider universe.
• Strategy and concealment: Chen Yu’s disguise protects him from attention, while Fang Xiong advises restraint around dangerous rivals.
• Ambition and mentorship: Fang Xiong’s hopes for Chen Yu—and Chen Yu’s promise to aid him—reflect their shared drive to reach greater heights.

Chapter Summary: “Parting Once Again”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Xiong warns Chen Yu that, now that he has become a Star Lord, Demon Mountain Kui’s attention is focused on him rather than Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu’s weakened public reputation—caused by the rumored damage from Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring—helps conceal his true strength.
• Fang Xiong emphasizes that Chen Yu must never reveal his Ninefold Limit Break before the Battle of Myriad Stars. If Demon Mountain Kui or the Demon Mountain Imperial Family learned the truth, they would consider Chen Yu an existential threat and eliminate him, regardless of Divine Weapons Valley’s protection.
• Xiahou Qing arrives and is shocked to discover that Fang Xiong has become a Star Lord despite having once suffered crippling damage at Demon Mountain Kui’s hands.
• Fang Xiong confirms that he was one of the two Star Lords who recently fought in the Red River Galaxy. He defeated and severely injured Wu Chen, a subordinate of Demon Mountain Kui, who will need centuries to recover.
• Fang Xiong prepares to leave before Demon Mountain Kui can arrive and implicate Divine Weapons Valley. He encourages Chen Yu to work hard and make his name resound during the Battle of Myriad Stars three hundred years later.
• After Fang Xiong departs, Xiahou Qing explains Fang Xiong’s extraordinary fortune and history of surviving dangerous forbidden grounds.
• Xiahou Qing deduces that the treasure Chen Yu used to repair his origin came from Fang Xiong. Chen Yu gives a partially truthful answer, confirming that he obtained an Origin Returning Pill from him.
• Xiahou Qing urges Chen Yu to restore his origin and advance into the Divine Treasury Realm, revealing that Divine Weapons Valley is relying on him to deal with Lei Caoshang of the Flame Demon Sect in the Heavenly Wave Realm.

Character Developments

• Chen Yu: Shows greater awareness of the danger surrounding his Ninefold Limit Break and resolves to keep it hidden. He also demonstrates caution and secrecy by giving Xiahou Qing a technically truthful but incomplete explanation about his restorative treasure.
• Fang Xiong: Has risen from a once-crippled cultivator to a powerful Star Lord. His victory over Wu Chen proves his exceptional combat strength. His daring, reckless personality and incredible survival record are presented as the foundations of his rapid growth, though they also make him prone to attracting trouble.
• Xiahou Qing: Moves from astonishment at Fang Xiong’s advancement to renewed hope in Chen Yu. He recognizes Chen Yu as a crucial future asset for Divine Weapons Valley.

Significant Themes

• Concealed strength and survival: Chen Yu’s greatest advantage is also his greatest danger; revealing his true foundation would make him a target of the Demon Mountain Imperial Family.
• Fortune born from danger: Fang Xiong’s progress reflects the idea that immense opportunities and treasures can be gained only by risking one’s life in perilous places.
• Destiny versus personality: Fang Xiong’s bold and troublesome nature both endangers him and drives his extraordinary advancement.
• Hope amid political conflict: With Divine Weapons Valley unable to directly overcome every enemy, Chen Yu’s future development becomes central to the faction’s survival.
• Parting and mentorship: Fang Xiong’s departure reinforces the bond between teacher and student while setting a long-term goal for Chen Yu.

Character Interactions

• Fang Xiong and Chen Yu discuss the need to hide Chen Yu’s Ninefold Limit Break, highlighting their trust and Fang Xiong’s protective mentorship.
• Fang Xiong and Xiahou Qing exchange respectful but astonished remarks about Fang Xiong’s transformation and recent victory over Wu Chen.
• Fang Xiong gives Chen Yu an encouraging farewell, challenging him to become famous in the Battle of Myriad Stars.
• Xiahou Qing explains Fang Xiong’s past to Chen Yu, allowing Chen Yu to better understand his teacher’s unusual fortune and personality.
• Xiahou Qing then shifts his attention to Chen Yu’s responsibilities, urging him to heal, cultivate, and become strong enough to confront the Flame Demon Sect’s Lei Caoshang.

Chapter Summary: “Departure, Azure Dragon Tower”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Yu reviews information about Cao Leishang, an exceptionally powerful Flame Demon Sect prodigy with Limit-Breaking Eighth Revolution potential. Although Chen Yu can fight far above his realm, he recognizes that Cao Leishang’s genius, treasures, and Divine Treasury cultivation make him a serious threat.
• Chen Yu decides that obtaining the Dragon General Armor from the upcoming Dragonkin Inheritance could dramatically improve his chances. Because the armor values dragon-blood purity—and Chen Yu possesses exceptionally pure dragon blood—it is particularly suited to him.
• After three months of meditation and cultivation, Chen Yu comprehends a breakthrough in his martial arts. He successfully combines his Wind and Thunder martial dao heavenly humans, creating a new blade technique called Wind Annihilation.
• This technique greatly increases Chen Yu’s combat power. After also reaching the Aperture Opening Sixth Layer, he believes he can now contend with ordinary Limit-Breaking Fourth Turn martial artists at the Divine Treasury Second Layer, and possibly kill them if their treasures are inferior.
• Preparing for the dangerous Dragonkin Inheritance, Chen Yu begins forging Spirit Treasure Bombs. These specialized treasures sacrifice all other functions for a devastating self-detonation, capable of releasing power comparable to Divine Treasury Second- or Third-Layer martial artists.
• Over the following half-year, Chen Yu continues cultivating, recovering his mental energy, and forging additional bombs. He completes at least three.
• When his teacher, Xiahou Qing, leaves Divine Weapons Valley, Chen Yu seizes the opportunity to depart without attracting suspicion. He leaves a message claiming he is traveling to clear his mind and expects to return within a year.
• Chen Yu travels deep into Beast Race territory, reaching the vicinity of the Earth Dragon Galaxy. Mohe, a Beast Race subordinate controlled through Chen Yu’s Evil God True Form, meets him and prepares a false identity for his entry into the Dragonkin Inheritance, which will open in half a month.

Character Development

• Chen Yu becomes increasingly cautious and strategic. He no longer relies solely on his unusual ability to fight across major realms; he carefully evaluates opponents’ potential, treasures, and accumulated foundations.
• His confidence grows after creating Wind Annihilation, but he remains aware of the danger posed by elite geniuses such as Cao Leishang.
• Chen Yu demonstrates greater preparation and adaptability by forging Spirit Treasure Bombs and arranging a covert identity before entering hostile Beast Race territory.
• Cao Leishang is established as a major potential rival despite not appearing directly. His reputation emphasizes the enormous gap between ordinary martial artists and top-tier prodigies.
• Mohe continues serving Chen Yu after being bewitched, acting as his contact and guide within Beast Race territory.
• Xiahou Qing’s absence becomes crucial, unintentionally giving Chen Yu the freedom to pursue the Dragonkin Inheritance.

Significant Themes

• Preparation versus raw talent: Chen Yu understands that exceptional potential alone is insufficient against other geniuses, so he relies on cultivation, superior techniques, treasures, and careful planning.
• Risk and opportunity: The Dragonkin Inheritance is extremely dangerous, but Chen Yu believes great gains—especially the Dragon General Armor—require entering danger rather than remaining safe.
• Continuous growth: Chen Yu’s creation of Wind Annihilation shows his martial path evolving through combat experience, insight, and long-term accumulation.
• Concealment and strategy: Chen Yu must hide his movements from Xiahou Qing and disguise himself to enter Beast Race territory, highlighting the political and strategic dangers surrounding the inheritance.
• Power through fusion: The new technique represents the combination of wind and thunder, with wind guiding and thunder amplifying the attack into a more destructive whole.

Important Character Interactions

• Chen Yu reflects internally on the threat posed by Cao Leishang and compares their likely combat abilities.
• His battle with He Suo indirectly provides the inspiration needed to develop Wind Annihilation; Chen Yu realizes that the technique would have overwhelmed He Suo even while using the Flame Demon Disintegration Method.
• Chen Yu takes advantage of Xiahou Qing’s departure, leaving only a message rather than directly informing him of his true destination.
• Mohe greets Chen Yu as his master and provides the false identity necessary for entering the Dragonkin Inheritance, establishing their continuing master-servant relationship.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Yu asks Mohe about the identity prepared for him to enter the Dragonkin Inheritance. Mohe says he arranged for Chen Yu to pose as a survivor of a Beast Race planet, with a bloodline that supposedly reverted to become pure-blooded.
• Chen Yu transforms, using his Dragon Scale Armor and dragon might to take on a ten-meter-tall Beast Race-like appearance. He and Mohe travel to the gathering site.
• Nearly ten thousand spaceships arrive, bringing dragon-blooded Beast Race geniuses from across the Earth Dragon Galaxy. Chen Yu recognizes how common—and formidable—such competitors are, and quietly anticipates gaining “smelting progress” from them.
• After a day of waiting, a colossal, crocodile-like dragon appears. Elder Heluo of the Azure Dragon Tower announces himself as the official overseeing the inheritance.
• Mohe explains that Heluo rose from a faint trace of dragon blood to become a pure-blood dragon and a Star Lord, making him an inspiration to the gathered geniuses. Heluo then calls for Long Che, noting that even a pure-blood dragon must take part in the inheritance to claim treasures such as the Dragon General Armor.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Yu adopts the alias Aru and relies on his genuine dragon bloodline to make his fabricated Beast Race identity convincing. Though excited by the crowd’s potential, he stays cautious in Beast Race territory.
• Mohe proves knowledgeable about Beast Race customs and serves as Chen Yu’s guide, explaining both the cover story and Heluo’s significance. He is visibly awed by Heluo.
• Elder Heluo is introduced as a powerful, revered figure whose rise from humble bloodline origins embodies the Beast Race ideal.
• The waiting geniuses grow impatient, then excited at Heluo’s arrival. His call to Long Che hints that the inheritance will test even those with pure blood.

Significant themes

• Bloodline as status and legitimacy: Beast Race society prizes blood above identity, allowing Chen Yu’s false background to pass so long as his dragon blood is real.
• Transformation and aspiration: Heluo’s rise from weak dragon blood to pure-blood status inspires others who hope to follow the same path.
• Caution amid opportunity: Chen Yu sees the gathering as a chance for advancement but knows he must restrain himself in hostile territory.

Key plot points and events

• Pure-Blood Dragon Long Che appears, his immense Dragon Might intimidating nearly all the Beast Race contestants. Mohe tells Chen Yu that Long Che’s parents are both powerful Pure-Blood Dragons and likely Star Lords.
• Elder Heluo announces that he will remove those without Dragon Blood from the inheritance. He kills more than thirty contestants with crushing pressure.
• Heluo notices Chen Yu’s genuine Dragon Bloodline and mistakes him for another Pure-Blood Dragon. Chen Yu quickly claims to be “Aru,” from Bimo Star. Delighted by the supposed discovery, Heluo encourages him.
• Heluo summons the Dragon Tower, a twenty-kilometer pagoda containing three spaces for the inheritance’s stages. Chen Yu and Mohe are drawn inside.
• On the first floor, contestants receive Blood Dragon Tokens that reveal nearby participants. They must eliminate one another until only 300 of the 10,200 dragonkin remain; stronger tokens will yield better inheritances.
• Seeing the elimination trial as an opportunity to fight freely, Chen Yu unleashes his Martial Will and sets out to find Long Che.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Yu stays composed under Heluo’s scrutiny, improvises an identity, and is thrilled that the trial gives him cover to pursue his own goal: copying Long Che’s Red Quality talent.
• Heluo is pleased to discover what he believes is a second Pure-Blood Dragon and takes an immediate interest in Chen Yu, viewing him as a potential recruit.
• Long Che, usually aloof and confident, is unsettled by the appearance of another supposed Pure-Blood Dragon who could compete for the inheritance’s treasures.
• Mohe recognizes Long Che and warns Chen Yu about his powerful family.
• Heluo’s casual execution of the bloodless contestants establishes the brutal stakes of the inheritance.

Significant themes

• Bloodline and status: Dragon ancestry determines who qualifies for the inheritance and commands respect.
• Deception and opportunity: Chen Yu’s real Dragon Blood makes his false identity convincing, while the deadly trial gives him freedom to pursue his aims.
• Competition and ambition: The contestants must eliminate one another for access to increasingly valuable inheritance rewards.

Plot points and events

• Long Che eliminates a Beast Race prodigy with one blow, strengthening the Blood Dragon Token at his brow.
• As a proud Pure-Blood Dragon, Long Che looks down on mixed-blood Beast Race contestants. He learns that Aru is also pure-blood, though not born that way, and dismisses her as no threat.
• Chen Yu, posing as Aru, ambushes Long Che. They clash: Long Che uses the Dragon Race’s Dragon King Claw, while Chen Yu channels his saber skill through a punch.
• Long Che’s greater physical strength surprises Chen Yu, but their exchange lets Chen Yu copy Long Che’s red-grade Dragon Race Force Body talent, which greatly increases the body’s capacity to bear force.
• Long Che dons Dragon Soldier Armor, and Chen Yu reveals that he has the same armor. Rather than prolong the fight, Chen Yu withdraws, pointing out that they both need to strengthen their Blood Dragon Tokens to compete for the Dragon General Armor.
• Long Che leaves to pursue other opponents, threatening to settle things later. Chen Yu uses the tokens’ ability to sense other contestants to locate his next target.

Character developments

• Chen Yu gains his first red-grade talent and better understands why Long Che’s physical strength exceeded his own. He remains strategic, prioritizing talent-copying and progress over an unnecessary fight.
• Long Che is shown to be arrogant and deeply proud of his pure bloodline. Though initially enraged by Aru’s challenge, his ambition makes him accept Chen Yu’s practical argument and leave.

Themes

• Talent and power: Inborn abilities can create decisive differences even between fighters of similar rank.
• Pragmatism versus pride: Chen Yu avoids a costly confrontation, while Long Che ultimately puts his larger goal ahead of his anger.
• Bloodline and status: Long Che’s contempt for mixed-bloods highlights the hierarchy and prejudice within the Beast Race.
• Competition and opportunity: The Dragon Tower rewards rapid action; time spent fighting one rival may mean missing chances elsewhere.

Character interactions

• Chen Yu’s challenge provokes Long Che, who answers with a Dragon King Claw strike.
• Their brief clash gives Chen Yu the chance to copy Long Che’s talent.
• Chen Yu cools the confrontation by invoking their shared goal of upgrading their tokens; Long Che accepts the logic but leaves with a threat of future retaliation.

Key events

• Chen Yu, disguised as the pure-blood dragon Aru, uses his Thousand Illusions Talent to mimic the aura of the Divine Treasury Realm. The aura, combined with his Dragon Might, weakens opponents before combat.
• He defeats more than three thousand beast-race geniuses in the Dragon Tower’s first trial. Long Che eliminates many others, while the remaining contestants are mostly defeated by one another; only the final three hundred advance.
• Chen Yu’s talent-forging progress reaches 85%. He hopes to complete it in the Heavenly Wave Realm, but treats talent copying as secondary to the Dragonkin Inheritance’s main prize, the Dragon General Armor.
• Elder Heluo rewards the eliminated contestants by slightly purifying their bloodlines. He then grants Aru the Spiritual Secret Art Dragon Gaze, which combines Dragon Might with spiritual force to deter opponents.
• The three hundred survivors enter the tower’s second layer, where they must endure a boiling pool of powerful beast-race essence blood. The longer they remain, the greater the benefits to their cultivation, bloodline, physique, and strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Yu demonstrates how effectively his simulated realm and Dragon Might can suppress and overwhelm weaker contestants. He remains focused on his larger inheritance goals.
• Heluo recognizes that Aru is an acquired pure-blood dragon whose techniques lack orthodox dragon methods. He takes a particular interest in her and gives her a secret art; his private thoughts suggest he may have a further motive.
• Long Che remains a formidable rival, eliminating many contestants and drawing the survivors’ admiration and fear. Those eliminated also envy the rewards awaiting the finalists.

Significant themes

• Bloodline and power: Dragon lineage grants authority and access to techniques, while bloodline purification is itself a valuable reward.
• Appearance versus true strength: Chen Yu’s simulated aura is technically false, but backed by enough real power to make it effective.
• Competition and opportunity: The trials reward endurance and combat ability, while even defeat brings benefits.
• Orthodoxy and belonging: Aru’s unusual path as an acquired pure blood sets her apart from Long Che and attracts Heluo’s attention.

Plot points and events

• Chen Yu and the other Beast Race candidates enter the Azure Dragon Tower’s vast blood pool, made from the essential blood of Star Sea Realm powerhouses. The pool offers exceptionally concentrated energy but also ravages the body and attacks the mind.
• The blood pool favors purer Dragon bloodlines: Chen Yu’s Pure-Blood Dragon blood filters out much of its violent influence, while his Evil God Talent and deliberate absorption greatly accelerate his progress.
• Chen Yu remains submerged and secretly advances his cultivation, lighting twenty star apertures in one day. Most candidates cannot endure the pool and are expelled; after a week, only Long Che and Chen Yu remain.
• Heluo dismisses the ordinary candidates, explaining that the Dragonkin Inheritance is now a contest between the two pure-blood prodigies.
• Long Che emerges after a month and spends a day purging the accumulated mental influence. He assumes he has reached the limit of endurance, then discovers Chen Yu is still at the bottom.
• Chen Yu finally surfaces after two months. His disguised aura still appears to be at the Divine Treasury Realm, but his body has advanced from the Sixth to the Seventh Aperture Opening Layer, with 8,700 star apertures lit.

Character development and interactions

• Chen Yu demonstrates unusual endurance, resourcefulness, and rapid growth. He uses his bloodline, talents, and Thousand Illusions concealment to benefit from the pool while hiding his true cultivation.
• Long Che is confident in his bloodline and achievement, but his surprise at Chen Yu’s continued endurance exposes the limits of his assumptions.
• Heluo initially expects Aru (Chen Yu) to outlast Long Che only slightly. His growing concern reflects how far Chen Yu exceeds even his expectations.
• Long Che and Heluo interpret endurance differently: Long Che sees a month as exceptional, while Heluo recognizes that hardship has made an acquired pure blood like Chen Yu unusually strong-willed.

Significant themes

• Bloodline privilege and hierarchy: The pool rewards purity, reinforcing the Beast Race’s emphasis on lineage.
• Endurance and hardship: Chen Yu’s acquired purity and difficult path have strengthened his will beyond that of a naturally privileged prodigy.
• Concealed strength and strategic advancement: Chen Yu hides his realm while making enormous gains.
• Power built over generations: Like the Divine Weapons Tower’s blade stele, the blood pool represents the accumulated resources and legacy of a powerful faction.

Chapter Summary: “Battle for the Dragon General Armor!”

Key plot points and events

• After two months in the Blood Pool, Chen Yu reaches the Seventh Aperture Opening Layer—a record-breaking stay that greatly accelerates his cultivation.
• Long Che questions how Chen Yu endured so long. Chen Yu credits his strength, while the narration reveals that his weapon-forging discipline and experience with the Blade Stele’s mental imprints helped him withstand the Blood Pool’s hostile wills.
• Heluo announces that Chen Yu and Long Che are the only two who endured the trial, so they alone will proceed to the Third Trial of the Dragonkin Inheritance.
• The prize is the Dragon General Armor, a top-tier Mystic Treasure usable by those with Dragon Blood. At full power, it reduces physical damage to one percent, cuts Law-based and mental attacks to one-tenth, and multiplies the wearer’s strength tenfold.
• Because only one suit is available, Heluo declares that Beast Race custom will decide the winner through combat.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Yu is delighted by his rapid progress and sees the armor as especially valuable because its Dragon Blood requirement suits him. He remains confident despite Long Che’s threat and believes he can continue improving his bloodline.
• Long Che is astonished and suspicious about Chen Yu’s endurance, then becomes angry at Chen Yu’s blunt dismissal. Despite his powerful family connections, he is eager to compete for the armor.
• Heluo ends their confrontation and explains the inheritance’s next stage, including the armor’s capabilities and its limits until the wearer’s bloodline reaches the peak of pure blood.

Significant themes

• Endurance and preparation: Chen Yu’s past training and disciplined work as a weapon-forger give him an advantage in the Blood Pool.
• Power and eligibility: The armor’s strength is immense, but its full potential depends on bloodline refinement.
• Rivalry and ambition: Chen Yu and Long Che’s antagonism now centers on a single prize, setting up a direct contest.

Key plot points and events

• Heluo explains that the Dragon General Armor will go to whoever proves stronger in a fight, then sends Long Che and Chen Yu into a private arena created by the Dragon Tower.
• Long Che attacks first with Dragon King Claw, expecting to dominate. Chen Yu counters with Raging Thunder, and their first clash ends evenly, surprising Long Che.
• As they exchange blows, Chen Yu’s Dragon Race Force Body lets him match—and gradually pressure—Long Che’s strength.
• Long Che acknowledges that he underestimated Chen Yu and activates the inherited power of his Innate Pure Blood lineage, growing to enormous size and greatly increasing his strength.
• Chen Yu decides the fight has served its purpose as a test of his abilities. He then unveils Wind Annihilation, a technique combining wind and thunder. Even performed without his usual blade, it carries formidable power.
• Long Che responds with his bloodline-enhanced Dragon King Claw, but the passage ends with his attack appearing powerless against Chen Yu’s technique.

Character developments

• Chen Yu demonstrates that his strength has risen enough to contend with a high-level prodigy. He has been holding back to assess himself and now shows he has a powerful new technique beyond his earlier attacks.
• Long Che moves from confidence and fury to surprise and respect, then escalates by drawing on his inherited bloodline power.
• Heluo shifts from expecting Long Che to win to recognizing that Chen Yu may take the armor. He also worries that whoever wins may face trouble keeping it.

Significant themes

• Strength revealed through combat: The fight exposes the difference between apparent ability and true power.
• Growth and self-testing: Chen Yu uses a rare, formidable opponent to measure his progress and prepare for future challenges.
• Inheritance versus developed skill: Long Che relies on ancestral bloodline power, while Chen Yu combines personal training, talent, and creative technique.
• Rising stakes: The armor is a prize, but Heluo’s concern suggests winning it may bring complications.

Character interactions

• Long Che’s anger drives him to attack Chen Yu, but Chen Yu’s equal response forces him to reconsider his assessment.
• Long Che openly recognizes Chen Yu as a worthy opponent before unleashing his full bloodline strength.
• Heluo watches their duel, reassessing the likely winner as Chen Yu reveals more of his power.