Recaps

Qin Yu explained his insight into transforming Earth-Attribute Battle Qi into something resembling Metal-Attribute Battle Qi after Han Yue caught him staring at her. His attempt failed, but Han Yue accepted his explanation, and Qin Yu planned to return to the pool in a few days.

• Han Yue explained that the freezing pool suited her Ice-Attribute Battle Qi, and Qin Yu noticed her bare feet.
• After Han Yue caught him looking at her, Qin Yu claimed her words had inspired an insight about Earth generating Metal.
• Qin Yu compressed his Earth-Attribute Battle Qi into a hard, grayish coating, but it dissipated before becoming Metal-Attribute Battle Qi.
• Han Yue believed Qin Yu's explanation and wondered at his talent, while Qin Yu puzzled over why his technique had failed.
• Qin Yu asked whether he could cultivate at the pool in a few days, and Han Yue agreed that the place was open to him.

Qin Yu figured out how to form Metal Attribute Dou Qi without overcompressing it and succeeded in transforming his Earth Attribute Dou Qi. After learning that Xiao Yu had broken through to Dou Zhe and gained a Water Attribute, he told her he would take her into the mountains the next day to help with his cultivation, leaving her flustered by what she imagined he meant.

• Qin Yu studied the Five-Element Battle Qi Theory and realized that excessive restraint made his Dou Qi lose Metal's sharpness and tend toward Water.
• Qin Yu balanced the degree of restraint and successfully formed stable Metal Attribute Dou Qi, though he found it took too much effort to maintain for prolonged combat.
• Qin Yu arrived late to class, but Instructor Ruo Lin welcomed him gently, and Xiao Yu noticed his lateness.
• Xiao Yu told Qin Yu she had broken through to Dou Zhe with a Water Attribute and planned to choose a Mystic Tier cultivation method from the Scripture Repository.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yu he would take her into the mountains the next day to help with his cultivation, and she blushed as she imagined what he might ask of her.
• Xue Ni teased Xiao Yu about blushing over Qin Yu, and Xiao Yu denied it before hurrying away.

Qin Yu brought Xiao Yu to a secluded waterfall pool to test how their different Dou Qi attributes could aid each other’s cultivation. Their training improved both of their Battle Qi, but Han Yue arrived and found them sitting hand in hand with their auras intertwined.

• Qin Yu met Xiao Yu at her dormitory, and they walked together to a secluded waterfall pool in the mountains.
• Qin Yu held Xiao Yu’s hand and guided her Water-Attribute Battle Qi with his Earth-Attribute Battle Qi.
• Qin Yu’s Battle Qi grew stronger as Xiao Yu’s Dou Qi flowed more steadily and accumulated in her Battle Qi Vortex.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yu became absorbed in their coordinated cultivation until Han Yue arrived and spotted them by the pool.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yu cultivated together, helping Xiao Yu advance to Two-Star Fighter before Qin Yu reached the Battle Master realm himself. After returning to his dormitory, Qin Yu suddenly remembered that he still had a system.

• Han Yue watched Qin Yu and Xiao Yu coordinate their Water- and Earth-Attribute Battle Qi, then wondered what attribute might pair with her Ice Attribute.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yu continued cultivating together for more than half a month while Qin Yu remained undefeated in the arena and climbed the rankings.
• Xiao Yu broke through from One-Star Dou Practitioner to Two-Star Fighter during a joint cultivation session.
• Three days later, Qin Yu broke through to One-Star Battle Master and considered combining Metal-Attribute Battle Qi with Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor.
• Qin Yu returned to the dormitory after cultivating alone, sat up, and remembered that he still had a system.

Qin Yu drew the Gold trait Earth Sovereign, which let him draw on Earth Vein Force, and spent several days testing its power in the mountains. After strange shockwaves became a new Outer Academy rumor, he headed to the competition grounds for the annual Points Tournament reset, where someone came looking for him.

• Qin Yu drew Earth Sovereign and felt the earth’s meridians, then stomped hard enough to shake his reinforced dormitory building before collapsing from the effort.
• Qin Yu considered how Earth Sovereign could enhance his combat abilities and left for the mountains to experiment with it.
• Qin Yu’s experiments caused irregular shockwaves across the academy’s mountains, leading Outer Academy students to speculate about their source.
• Qin Yu went to the competition grounds on the day of the annual Points Tournament reset, intending to find an opponent, but someone approached him.

Qin Yu defeated Bai Cheng in an arena match by predicting his spear attacks and unleashing the Earth-Attribute Dou Technique Earth Dragon Overturning. The spectators were stunned by the destruction, while Zhao Yuan realized Qin Yu had spared him in their earlier fight.

• Qin Yu challenged Bai Cheng to settle their dispute, and Bai Cheng accepted before the watching students.
• Bai Cheng attacked with his spear, but Qin Yu deflected his strikes and evaded the Eight-Headed Snake Dance.
• Bai Cheng unleashed Earth-Splitting Eight-Headed Snake Slash, but Qin Yu used Earth Dragon Overturning to roll the arena ground and counterattack.
• Qin Yu won the match, leaving Bai Cheng injured beneath the ruined arena while the crowd erupted.
• Qin Yu named his Dou Technique, Earth Dragon Overturning, and Zhao Yuan realized Qin Yu had shown him mercy before.

After defeating Bai Cheng, Qin Yu advanced to Two-Star Battle Master and climbed to ninety-eighth place in the arena rankings. He joined Han Yue, newly at Nine-Star Battle Master, for a sparring match in the mountain forest.

• Qin Yu defeated Bai Cheng with Earth Dragon Overturning, leaving Bai Cheng convinced he had only served as a test for Qin Yu’s new move.
• Qin Yu spent the next month attending classes, fighting in the arena, and cultivating, reaching Two-Star Battle Master and ninety-eighth place in the rankings.
• While walking with Xiao Yu, Qin Yu found Han Yue cultivating by the pool and watched her break through to Nine-Star Battle Master.
• Han Yue asked Qin Yu to spar, and he agreed, seeing her strength and the mountain forest as a chance to test himself.
• Han Yue summoned a silver-white longsword, and she and Qin Yu prepared to fight while Xiao Yu watched from a nearby rock.

Qin Yu defeated Han Yue by drawing on the mountain’s Earth Vein Force, then discovered a way to use that power to accelerate his cultivation. He concluded that he would need to reach Da Dou Shi and condense a Battle Crystal before he could merge Earth Vein Force into his Dou Qi.

• Qin Yu used Qilin Fist and the mountain’s power to overpower Han Yue, who conceded defeat after he stopped his punch just short of her chest.
• Xiao Yu urged Qin Yu to cultivate with her, broke through after a day of focused training, and kissed his cheek before running off.
• Qin Yu went to the mountaintop and cautiously drew a tiny strand of Earth Vein Force into his meridians.
• Qin Yu found that Earth Vein Force could not yet merge with his Dou Qi, but he could use Metal-Attribute Battle Qi to scrape off small amounts for cultivation.
• Qin Yu determined that he would need to reach Da Dou Shi and condense a Battle Crystal to merge Earth Vein Force into his Dou Qi.

After steadily rising through the points rankings, Qin Yu fought Lin Xiuyan for a place in the top fifty and learned the principles of Lin Xiuyan's Coiling Serpent Hand during their match. Lin Xiuyan conceded and became Qin Yu's friend, while Qin Yu left the arena intent on meeting Vice Principal Hu Gan.

• Over two months, Qin Yu advanced to Four-Star Battle Master and won a string of matches against higher-ranked students, reaching his final battle before the top fifty.
• Lin Xiuyan challenged Qin Yu, and Qin Yu accepted and faced him in the arena without hesitation.
• Lin Xiuyan used Coiling Serpent Hand to redirect Qin Yu's attacks, but Qin Yu's rooted stance kept him from being thrown off balance.
• Qin Yu pressed Lin Xiuyan with Mountain Qilin Leap and gradually imitated Coiling Serpent Hand until he trapped Lin Xiuyan's wrist with the technique's principles.
• Lin Xiuyan broke free, conceded, and offered Qin Yu his friendship; Qin Yu accepted.
• Qin Yu left the arena reflecting on what he had learned and headed to see Vice Principal Hu Gan.

After reaching the top fifty in the points ranking, Qin Yu received permission to choose one treasure from the depths of Jia Nan Academy’s Scripture Repository. He found the Earth Tier Mid-Rank Eight Desolations Return-to-Origin Art and was teleported out with it as his choice.

• Qin Yu visited Hu Gan, who introduced his granddaughter Hu Jia and confirmed Qin Yu could enter the Scripture Repository’s depths to choose one item.
• Hu Gan asked whether Qin Yu wanted to return home, but Qin Yu postponed deciding.
• The next morning, Hu Gan led Qin Yu through a hidden door into the Scripture Repository’s treasure space.
• Earth Attribute treasures gravitated toward Qin Yu, but he continued searching for a cultivation art.
• Qin Yu found the Earth Tier Mid-Rank Eight Desolations Return-to-Origin Art, and the time limit teleported him out after he chose it.

Qin Yu cultivated the Eight Desolations Return-to-Origin Art, fusing it with his existing method to strengthen his Dou Qi and improve his ability to absorb Earth Vein Force. He then discovered he could draw on distant Earth Veins, but experimenting with fire- and wood-attribute powers caused his body to burn.

• Hu Gan saw Qin Yu's Earth Tier Mid-Rank cultivation method and told him to decide soon whether to return with the recruitment team.
• Qin Yu studied the Eight Desolations Return-to-Origin Art and realized its ability to let different powers coexist could support his Attribute Conversion.
• Qin Yu fused the art with the Mysterious Earth Qilin Formula and Mountain Qilin Suppresses the Mountains, forming a new cultivation method that strengthened his Dou Qi and doubled his Earth Vein Force absorption efficiency.
• Qin Yu extended his perception along the mountain's Earth Vein network and sensed Earth Vein Forces with different properties across dozens of li around Canaan Academy.
• Qin Yu drew in fire- and wood-attribute Earth Vein Forces to strengthen his earth-attribute Battle Qi, but the combination made his body burn until he used the wood power to weaken the fire.

Qin Yu used the Earth Veins’ residual energy to advance to Five-Star Battle Master and then arranged a year of leave to travel across the Jia Ma Empire. He departed with the recruitment team and Xiao Yu, setting out to explore different lands.

• Qin Yu absorbed the energy produced by the Earth Veins and broke through to Five-Star Battle Master, with lingering energy continuing to nourish his cultivation.
• Qin Yu cultivated with Xiao Yu and found that her Water-Attribute Dou Qi helped him absorb the remaining energy faster.
• Qin Yu asked Hu Gan for a year of leave, and Hu Gan agreed on the conditions that Qin Yu return safely and reach Four-Star Great Dou Master before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Qin Yu reflected that he wanted to explore the different lands and Earth Vein powers of the Jia Ma Empire rather than simply return home.
• Qin Yu met Xiao Yu at the departure point, boarded the Griffin with her, and flew away from Canaan City with the recruitment team.

Qin Yu returned to Wutan City after nearly two months of travel, visited his long-empty childhood home, and headed for the Xiao Household. On the market street, he witnessed Jia Lie Ao confronting Xiao Yan and Xun'er, and Jia Lie Ao spotted him before the standoff was resolved.

• Qin Yu continued cultivating during the journey and arrived at Wutan City with Xiao Yu and the academy students.
• Qin Yu declined Xiao Yu's invitation to visit her grandfather and went alone to his old home.
• Qin Yu gathered his remaining belongings, left the quiet cottage, and walked toward the Xiao Household.
• Qin Yu came upon Jia Lie Ao confronting Xiao Yan and Xun'er at the Xiao Household Market.
• Xiao Yan challenged Jia Lie Ao and summoned the market guards, who surrounded Jia Lie Ao's group.
• Jia Lie Ao noticed Qin Yu watching the confrontation.

Qin Yu visited the Xiao Household, where the First Elder and Xiao Ning were stunned to learn he had reached Seven-Star Battle Master in a year. Xiao Ning told Xiao Yan about Qin Yu’s growth, but Xiao Yan dismissed it as a joke.

• Jia Lie Ao spotted Qin Yu in the crowd and withdrew with his guards rather than risk another humiliation.
• Xun'er noticed Qin Yu among the crowd and recognized that he was a Seven-Star Battle Master.
• Qin Yu arrived at the Xiao Household, where Xiao Ning told him Xiao Yu had reached Four-Star Dou Practitioner.
• The First Elder saw Qin Yu reveal his Battle Qi Gauze and realized he had advanced from One-Star Dou Practitioner to Seven-Star Battle Master in a year.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Yan about Qin Yu’s advancement, but Xiao Yan called the claim unbelievable and dismissed it as a prank.

Xun'er learned that Qin Yu had risen from a One-Star Dou Practitioner to a Seven-Star Battle Master in a year and went to watch Xiao Yan confront him. Xiao Yu seized the chance to beat Xiao Yan while Qin Yu and the First Elder stood aside.

• Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that Qin Yu was a Wutan City native who had reached Seven-Star Battle Master in a year and was close to Xiao Yu.
• Xun'er decided to watch Xiao Yan's visit and told Ling Ying to intervene only if things got out of control.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the First Elder's courtyard to investigate Qin Yu, but Xiao Yu grabbed him and dragged him inside.
• Qin Yu pinned Xiao Yan down, and Xiao Yu told her cousin that Qin Yu was a Seven-Star Battle Master before asking Qin Yu to leave Xiao Yan to her.
• Xiao Yu beat Xiao Yan for a quarter of an hour, leaving him bruised and sprawled on the ground.

After Xiao Yu beat Xiao Yan, Qin Yu stayed overnight at the Xiao Household and sensed something unusual in the earth vein beneath it. The next morning, Xiao Yan apologized and asked Qin Yu for cultivation guidance, but Qin Yu refused to reveal what he knew and left him with a brief encouragement.

• Xiao Yu stopped beating Xiao Yan, who apologized to the First Elder and left the courtyard, where he met Gu Xun'er.
• The First Elder invited Qin Yu to stay at the Xiao Household, and Qin Yu sensed an unusual power in the earth vein beneath the estate.
• Xiao Yan waited outside Qin Yu's room the next morning, apologized, and offered him a stick if he wanted to beat him again.
• Xiao Yan asked Qin Yu to diagnose why his Dou Qi kept disappearing and to share cultivation advice, but Qin Yu said his cultivation method could not help him.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yan to do what he was supposed to do, then left Xiao Yan pondering his words.

Xiao Yan took Qin Yu’s advice to heart and resumed cultivating despite his disappearing Dou Qi, while Qin Yu spent his last days in Wutan City with Xiao Yu. The Grand Elder showed off Qin Yu and Xiao Yu’s progress to Xiao Zhan, leaving the patriarch frustrated and helpless over Xiao Yan’s stagnation.

• Xiao Yu learned from Xiao Ning that Qin Yu had gone looking for her, while Qin Yu could not find her for their planned visit to the admissions office.
• Xiao Yan reflected on Qin Yu’s words, chose to keep cultivating, and resolved to persist even if his Dou Qi continued to vanish.
• Qin Yu spent several leisurely days cultivating and exploring Wutan City with Xiao Yu as Instructor Ruo Lin conducted admissions and found the recruits unremarkable.
• The Grand Elder brought Qin Yu to the clan council hall and showed Xiao Zhan that Qin Yu had reached Seven-Star Battle Master at a young age.
• The Grand Elder boasted that Xiao Yu had advanced to Four-Star Dou Practitioner in a year and offered Qin Yu’s cultivation guidance to the Xiao Household’s younger members.
• Xiao Zhan reluctantly agreed to the arrangement, then sat alone feeling helpless about Xiao Yan’s unchanged Third-Stage Battle Qi.

Qin Yu left the Xiao Household, but a Jia Lie Clan ambush in an alley forced him to reconsider leaving Wutan City. After killing the four attackers, he returned to the Xiao Household before dawn to gather information and plan to destroy the clan.

• Qin Yu left the Xiao Household at night and headed toward the little house before departing Wutan City.
• Four Jia Lie Clan attackers ambushed Qin Yu in an alley, and he killed them all despite his shock at taking lives for the first time.
• Qin Yu found a token on the Two-Star Battle Master and decided the Jia Lie Clan remained a threat he had to eliminate before leaving.
• Qin Yu dragged away the attackers' corpses, cleaned the blood from outside the little house, and returned to the Xiao Household to seek intelligence on the Jia Lie Clan.
• Qin Yu retrieved his farewell letter from beneath a teacup and waited in his guest room for dawn.

After surviving an ambush by Jia Lie Clan assassins, Qin Yu obtained intelligence from the First Elder and planned to eliminate the clan’s High-Rank Battle Masters. He left the Xiao Household to scout Jia Lie territory, intending to draw the Jia Lie Clan into a vulnerable position.

• Qin Yu told the First Elder that four Jia Lie Clan fighters had tried to kill him, and that he had dealt with their bodies.
• Qin Yu asked for information on the Jia Lie Clan, and the First Elder gave him a dossier detailing its fighters and their movements.
• The First Elder revealed that Jia Lie Kun would soon escort a shipment, giving Qin Yu a chance to target him.
• Qin Yu declared that he would keep killing Jia Lie Clan fighters until the clan was unable to threaten him, and the First Elder offered the Xiao Household’s possible support.
• Qin Yu left the Xiao Household for Jia Lie territory to scout his targets before beginning his attacks.

Qin Yu killed three high-ranking Jia Lie Clan Battle Masters in separate attacks. Jia Lie Bi learned Jia Lie Kun had also been killed, leaving the clan leader facing a mysterious attacker.

• A messenger told Jia Lie Ping that Jia Lie Hong had been murdered, then Qin Yu killed Jia Lie Ping with a single punch at the market.
• Qin Yu crossed Wutan City’s rooftops and headed for the Magic Beast Mountains to find the last target, Jia Lie Kun.
• Qin Yu ambushed Jia Lie Kun’s convoy in Lin and killed him with a punch before vanishing.
• Jia Lie Bi questioned witnesses about Jia Lie Hong and Jia Lie Ping’s deaths, then received news that Jia Lie Kun had also been killed.

After Qin Yu killed three Jia Lie Household experts, Jia Lie Bi suspected him and ordered an investigation while Ling Ying killed a Jia Lie spy near Xiao Xun’er’s room. Qin Yu assured Xiao Zhan he could face a Two-Star Great Dou Master, but warned the Xiao Household not to attack yet.

• Jia Lie Bi ordered his people to investigate Qin Yu’s connection to the Xiao Household after recalling the failed mission to kill him.
• Ling Ying caught and killed an Eight-Star Battle Master he suspected belonged to the Jia Lie Household after the man approached Xiao Xun’er’s room.
• Xiao Zhan asked Qin Yu whether he could deal with a Two-Star Great Dou Master, and Qin Yu said he could.
• Qin Yu recalled sparring with Instructor Ruo Lin and nearly breaking her Dou Qi Armor while holding back his earth-restoring power.
• Xiao Zhan and the First Elder agreed that the Xiao Household should retaliate against the Jia Lie Household, but Qin Yu said it was not yet time.

Qin Yu persuaded Xiao Zhan to wait for the Jia Lie Clan to expose a weakness, then learned Jia Lie Nu would leave Wutan City and decided to intercept him alone. The chapter left Qin Yu preparing to take on the Two-Star Great Dou Master while Xiao Zhan and the elders stayed behind to avoid alerting the Jia Lie Clan.

• Qin Yu told Xiao Zhan and the First Elder to wait until one of the Jia Lie Clan’s remaining Da Dou Shi was isolated, and Xiao Zhan agreed to have the clan watch for an opportunity.
• Xiao Zhan thanked Qin Yu for advice that had helped Xiao Yan’s cultivation, leaving Qin Yu baffled about what he had said.
• Two days later, Instructor Ruo Lin and the newly recruited students departed Wutan City, while Qin Yu stayed behind.
• Xiao Zhan informed Qin Yu that Jia Lie Nu would leave the next day, and Qin Yu suspected he was going to meet the One-Grade Alchemist Liu Xi.
• Qin Yu refused Xiao Zhan and the elders’ offer to accompany him, explaining that their departure could alert the Jia Lie Clan, and said he could handle Jia Lie Nu alone.

Qin Yu ambushed Jia Lie Nu on the road and fought the Two-Star Da Dou Shi after destroying his carriage. Qin Yu killed Jia Lie Nu, took his Storage Ring, and left after checking that the driver was dead as well.

• Qin Yu lay in ambush outside the city and waited for Jia Lie Nu to arrive.
• Jia Lie Nu escaped his carriage when Qin Yu's attack crushed it and confronted him with his spear.
• Qin Yu overwhelmed Jia Lie Nu in a barrage of punches and countered his Wave Overlap with Earth Dragon Overturning.
• Qin Yu shattered Jia Lie Nu's Dou Qi Armor and knocked him down with successive punches.
• Qin Yu killed Jia Lie Nu, took his Storage Ring, and ensured the driver was dead before leaving.

After killing Jia Lie Nu, Qin Yu returned to Wutan City and helped Xiao Zhan launch a surprise attack on the Jia Lie Clan. The Xiao Household crushed its resistance, and Qin Yu’s intervention foiled Jia Lie Bi’s plan to summon the Oba Clan, leaving the Jia Lie Clan defeated.

• Qin Yu checked Jia Lie Nu’s Storage Ring, then returned to Wutan City and reported the kill to Xiao Zhan and the elders.
• Xiao Zhan decided the Xiao Household would attack the Jia Lie Clan that night while Jia Lie Nu was gone.
• Xiao Zhan led the Xiao Household elites into the Jia Lie residence, where they quickly overwhelmed its guards.
• Jia Lie Bi revealed that he had sent messengers to alert the Oba Clan and threaten the Xiao Household’s undefended residence.
• Qin Yu arrived with the messengers’ corpses, and Xiao Zhan and the First Elder used Jia Lie Bi’s distraction to kill him.
• The Xiao Household swiftly defeated Jia Lie Gang, completing the Jia Lie Clan’s fall.

After the Xiao Household destroyed the Jia Lie Clan, Xiao Zhan gave Qin Yu half its assets, and Qin Yu prepared to leave Wutan City. Realizing Qin Yu had stayed to protect a shabby house in Gourd Alley, Xiao Zhan ordered his stewards to keep it safe.

• The Xiao Household took over the Jia Lie Clan’s estate, and Xiao Zhan chose not to confront the Oba Clan yet.
• Xiao Zhan gave Qin Yu a Storage Ring containing half the Jia Lie Clan’s assets, and Qin Yu accepted it before announcing his departure.
• After Qin Yu left, Xiao Zhan concluded that he had destroyed the Jia Lie Clan to protect a little house in Gourd Alley.
• Xiao Zhan instructed Xiao An to regularly maintain the house without changing it.