Chapter Summaries

After defeating Liu Yeye, Fang Qianyuan became the favorite to win the Sect Grand Tournament, while Liu Yeye accepted Huang Lingling’s offer to become her Medic disciple. The final against Meng Du arrived on the twentieth, with Fang Qianyuan confident that his poison resistance gave him a major advantage.

• Fang Qianyuan’s victory over Liu Yeye sent him into the final, and Cang Mountain Academy’s disciples celebrated being one match away from the championship.
• Lin Gang urged Meng Du to defeat Fang Qianyuan, though Fang’s performance had made him uncertain about the final.
• Huang Lingling healed Liu Yeye’s wound and persuaded her to abandon her fixation on revenge and pursue the Medic path; Liu Yeye agreed to become her disciple.
• At a celebratory dinner, Fang Qianyuan discussed Meng Du’s poison techniques with Gong Yuan and relied on his exceptional poison resistance as an advantage.
• The twentieth arrived, bringing the Sect Grand Tournament’s Final Showdown.

Fang Qianyuan prepared to face Meng Du in the Sect Grand Tournament’s final battle as a massive crowd gathered to witness the new champion. The gong sounded, and their closely watched match began.

• The Administrative Affairs Institute repaired the dueling platform and prepared the venue for the final battle.
• Fang Qianyuan and Gong Yuan discussed the crowd’s attention and the chance for a champion to gain fame.
• The tournament posted the final pairing: Fang Qianyuan of Cang Mountain Academy versus Meng Du of the Red-Scale Training Institute.
• Fang Qianyuan and Meng Du faced each other as spectators sensed the wildness of a berserker wolf and a venomous snake.
• The officiating disciple struck the gong, and the final battle officially began.

Fang Qianyuan fought Meng Du in a fierce duel, but Meng Du used an invisible soul beast to poison him and halt his attack. The spectators identified Meng Du’s hidden spirit creature as a nether soul, while Fang struggled to understand how to counter it.

• Fang Qianyuan and Meng Du exchanged forceful attacks as Meng Du used snake shadows, a thunder snake, and a flame snake to harry him.
• Fang Qianyuan severed the snake shadows and wounded Meng Du’s two snake spirits with Wolf Claw.
• Meng Du secretly sent an undetectable soul beast to attack Fang Qianyuan, whose wild instincts sensed danger but could not reveal the creature.
• Fang Qianyuan used Qi Blade Storm, but the poison spread through his body until he could no longer continue.
• Jiang Yunfeng and the distinguished spectators recognized Meng Du’s creature as a nether soul, also called a soul beast, and Sun Zhuo realized physical attacks could not harm it.

Fang Qianyuan endured Meng Du’s invisible soul poison and kept attacking until the poison overwhelmed his conscious mind. Even with his reason gone, he unleashed a frenzied assault and manifested a wolf-shaped spirit essence, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Meng Du used soul poison through an unseen soul beast, and the officials recognized that it threatened Fang Qianyuan’s life.
• Fang Qianyuan resisted the poison and attacked relentlessly, gradually forcing Meng Du onto the defensive.
• Fang Qianyuan’s soul poison erupted, blanking his thoughts, and Meng Du believed he had won.
• Fang Qianyuan attacked on instinct with savage claws as a berserker wolf silhouette formed from his spirit essence.
• The distinguished figures identified Fang Qianyuan’s manifestation as Spirit Garment Protection.

Fang Qianyuan lost himself to his Berserker Wolf’s instincts and nearly killed Meng Du before the stewards intervened. The Mysterious Treasure Pill then healed and strengthened his soul, and he was celebrated as the youngest Tournament Champion.

• Fang Qianyuan’s Berserker Wolf instincts took control, letting him overwhelm Meng Du in close combat.
• Fang Qianyuan pierced Meng Du’s abdomen with his arm, but the stewards stopped him before the wound proved fatal.
• Fang Qianyuan regained awareness, withdrew his arm, and felt the Mysterious Treasure Pill’s power nourish his soul and remove its poison.
• The crowd hailed Fang Qianyuan as the youngest Tournament Champion, and he became the arena’s sole focus.

After recovering from the tournament, Fang Qianyuan learned that his victory had made him famous as Cang Mountain Academy’s champion. The Lord of Ten Thousand Miles visited and offered to take him as a disciple, and Fang Qianyuan accepted, becoming a True Disciple.

• Medic disciples marveled at Fang Qianyuan’s recovery and reassured him that Meng Du would survive, while Fang Qianyuan worried about his fellow disciple.
• Elder Feng checked Fang Qianyuan’s condition, prescribed rest, and sent away the Medic disciples who had gathered to chat.
• Gong Yuan and Ning Yuerong told Fang Qianyuan that his tournament victory had spread his name throughout the factions, and Fang Qianyuan reflected on what the champion title meant to him.
• Jiang Yunfeng, the Lord of Ten Thousand Miles, visited Fang Qianyuan and asked him to become his disciple.
• Fang Qianyuan accepted Jiang Yunfeng as his master, and the academies began the formalities to register him as a True Disciple.

Fang Qianyuan prepared for his apprenticeship ceremony as Jiang Yunfeng taught him about the tenth transformation and the vast differences in strength within it. As Fang received acclaim, Ye Tianming awoke from a nightmare of being eclipsed by him and vowed to surpass him.

• Jiang Yunfeng explained that the tenth transformation surpassed mortal limits and encompassed an enormous range of strength.
• The sect held a grand ceremony for four Earth Rank Experts and their new disciples, while the tournament participants received reward vouchers.
• Fang Qianyuan drew cheers as Tournament Champion while Ye Tianming watched from the sidelines.
• Ye Tianming dreamed that his father, the Institute Master, Gong Yuan, Ba Ming, and others reproached and rejected him in favor of Fang Qianyuan.
• After waking, Ye Tianming struggled with his jealousy and frustration, then swore he would surpass Fang Qianyuan and become the greatest genius.

Fang Qianyuan visited the Administrative Affairs Institute to choose his Sect Grand Tournament rewards, but struggled to select a spirit creature that would suit his cultivation. When Jiang Yunfeng learned that Fang Qianyuan had bonded with Little White as a lifebound spirit creature, he examined her and discovered she was a Frost Sky Wolf.

• Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo reviewed the reward selections, and Fang considered replacing the Gale Berserker Wolf with a Moon-Howling Gray Wolf.
• Fang Qianyuan returned to Jiang Yunfeng's residence, where Jiang asked him to explain his circumstances since joining the sect.
• Jiang Yunfeng became alarmed when Fang revealed that Little White was his lifebound spirit creature and warned him that the bond could limit his potential.
• Jiang Yunfeng examined Little White through Fang Qianyuan's spirit sea, and her frosty power erupted around him.
• Jiang Yunfeng recognized Little White as a Frost Sky Wolf.

Jiang Yunfeng accepted Fang Qianyuan's decision to keep Little White as his Lifebound Spirit Creature and began planning a new cultivation path around her. After moving into the East Garden, Fang Qianyuan learned that Jiang Yunfeng had visited Wolf Valley, and his master examined the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain and suggested he cultivate the manifestation dao.

• Jiang Yunfeng explained that Little White was a Frost Sky Wolf with limited potential, but respected Fang Qianyuan's choice and agreed to build a new development path around her.
• Sun Zhuo showed Fang Qianyuan the residence and helped him choose Brightheart Pavilion as his home.
• Fang Qianyuan practiced beside Brightheart Lake the next morning, where Jiang Yunfeng arrived on a Fire-Feathered Golden-Crowned Eagle and summoned him to the front hall.
• Jiang Yunfeng revealed that he had visited Wolf Valley and learned that Fang Qianyuan's Lifebound Spirit Creature was called Bai Lingshuang.
• Jiang Yunfeng examined the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain and said its value made cultivating the manifestation dao a possibility.

Jiang Yunfeng guided Fang Qianyuan toward combining the Manifestation Dao with his physical cultivation, explaining how to use spirit creatures and external power without relying on them too heavily. Fang Qianyuan accepted a tailored cultivation path and gained a clear plan for claiming rewards and strengthening his abilities.

• Jiang Yunfeng advised Fang Qianyuan to use the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain and his abundant spirit essence to cultivate the Manifestation Dao alongside the Transformation Dao.
• Jiang Yunfeng warned Fang Qianyuan that external power mainly enhanced combat strength, required resources, and could hinder self-improvement if he became dependent on it; he offered to support him with gifts or loans.
• Jiang Yunfeng told Fang Qianyuan to focus on arts suited to his lifebound spirit creature, teach him the Heavenly Frost Art and Wind Blade Frost Sword, and prioritize defensive Frost Armor materials.
• Jiang Yunfeng advised Fang Qianyuan to convert the Gale Berserker Wolf and Rampaging Bear King into Manifestation Dao summons and claim a supreme-grade water spirit root as support.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized the value of a coherent cultivation path and felt reassured that Jiang Yunfeng’s guidance gave him opportunities comparable to Ye Tianming’s advantages.

Fang Qianyuan practiced frost techniques at the Headquarters, using his water spirit root to nourish Little White until she awakened as his lifebound spirit creature. Their Innate Spirit fusion helped him break through to human rank fifth turn, and Little White retained her Borrowing Art abilities even after manifesting outside his body.

• Fang Qianyuan said farewell to the Cang Mountain Academy group as they departed on the Thousand-League Soaring Cloud Roc, while Ye Tianming silently watched him from the window.
• Fang Qianyuan practiced Heavenly Frost Palm, Heavenly Flowers Falling in Profusion, and Frost Armor by Mirror Lake, finding that his water spirit root strengthened Little White.
• Little White awakened and took the form of a Frost Sky Wolf in Fang Qianyuan's inner realm.
• Fang Qianyuan and Little White formed a lifebound Innate Spirit connection that clarified his perception of frost laws and advanced his cultivation to human rank fifth turn.
• Little White manifested beside Fang Qianyuan while preserving their connection and continuing to support his Borrowing Art.

After Little White awakened in her complete spirit form, Jiang Yunfeng began teaching Fang Qianyuan the Wind Blade Frost Sword divine ability. Fang Qianyuan grasped its initial workings and continued cultivating it, recognizing that he could refine the technique through his own understanding.

• Fang Qianyuan returned with the awakened Little White, and Sun Zhuo noticed that his cultivation had reached the fifth revolution.
• Jiang Yunfeng saw Little White’s complete spirit form and began teaching Fang Qianyuan the Wind Blade Frost Sword.
• Jiang Yunfeng guided spirit essence through Fang Qianyuan’s body, and Fang Qianyuan unleashed a freezing wind that shattered objects dozens of feet away.
• Jiang Yunfeng explained that Fang Qianyuan had to develop his own understanding of the divine ability, then left him to reflect.
• Fang Qianyuan spent the following days cultivating the Wind Blade Frost Sword and considering how to improve its circulation and draw on his innate frost gift.

Fang Qianyuan practiced commanding his growing Spirit Creature pack and discovered that Little White could eat flesh-and-blood essence to strengthen her spiritual body. After Sun Zhuo summoned him back on Master’s orders, Fang Qianyuan prepared to return to Azure Cloud Sect Headquarters.

• Fang Qianyuan used his Swift Eagle’s vision to locate a rabbit and directed his wolves to hunt it as training.
• The wolf pack surrounded the rabbit, caught it, and helped Fang Qianyuan set up a campfire.
• Little White ate the roasted rabbit and absorbed a faint strand of vital essence from its flesh.
• Little White offered the remaining meat back to Fang Qianyuan, whose bond with her and confidence in her potential deepened.
• Sun Zhuo arrived on his Swift Eagle and told Fang Qianyuan that Master needed him to return quickly.

Fang Qianyuan learned that Jiang Yunfeng would take him and Sun Zhuo to investigate a newly discovered Lesser Grotto-Heaven that might hold Desolate Beasts. The three traveled to Xuanyue City, where they prepared to head into the mountains to find its entrance.

• Fang Qianyuan returned to the Jiang residence and told Jiang Yunfeng that his wolf pack training was progressing, though he had not yet mastered Wind Blade Frost Sword.
• Jiang Yunfeng announced that the sect had discovered a Lesser Grotto-Heaven that might contain Desolate Beasts and said Fang Qianyuan would accompany him and Sun Zhuo.
• Jiang Yunfeng, Fang Qianyuan, and Sun Zhuo traveled through the sect's Teleportation Array to Xuanyue City.
• The three arrived in Xuanyue City and learned that the World Gate to the Lesser Grotto-Heaven lay in the mountains to the north.

Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo gathered intelligence in Xuanyue City before setting out to explore the newly emerged Lesser Grotto-Heaven. They learned it was rich in resources and might harbor Desolate Beasts, and they headed north as rival factions rushed to claim its opportunities.

• Jiang Yunfeng stayed in Xuanyue City to oversee events while Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo went ahead to investigate the Lesser Grotto-Heaven.
• Sun Zhuo took Fang Qianyuan to the Earth Baleful Gate branch and paid a hundred spirit jade for a booklet of intelligence and a map.
• Sun Zhuo read that the grotto-heaven covered a few hundred li, held abundant resources and diverse species, and might contain Desolate Beasts.
• Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo rode north, recognizing that speed and strength would determine who gained the grotto-heaven’s treasures.

Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan entered the Lesser Grotto-Heaven, avoided a confrontation with the Xuanyue Wang Family, and headed toward the northern mountains to search for savage-bloodline beasts. At the mountain foothills, someone rushed from the slope and cried for help.

• Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan crossed the World Gate into the Lesser Grotto-Heaven.
• Sun Zhuo identified the approaching soldiers as the Xuanyue Wang Family, whose captain Wang Tian let the two Azure Cloud Sect disciples pass after learning they served the Lord of Ten Thousand Miles.
• Sun Zhuo explained that the Xuanyue Wang Family sought to claim local resources, then chose the northern mountains as their destination based on reports of unusual beast roars.
• Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan crossed the plain and reached the mountain foothills by dusk.
• Fang Qianyuan spotted someone on a nearby slope, called out, and heard the stranger cry for help.

Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo saw through a highwaymen’s trap and continued deeper into the lesser grotto-heaven. They reached the valley marked on their map, only to hear people fighting a yao nearby.

• A rogue cultivator pretended to seek help while an Ironclad Rhino pursued him, but Fang Qianyuan sensed the trap and exposed the highwaymen.
• The highwaymen’s leader, a tenth transformation expert, chose to leave rather than fight Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan wanted to pursue the bandits, but Sun Zhuo urged him to prioritize their search for treasure and wait for another opportunity.
• Fang Qianyuan reflected that he wanted strength so he could follow his heart and live freely.
• Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo camped overnight, then traveled to the valley marked on their map.
• Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo heard fierce fighting and yao roars ahead, so they went to investigate.

Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo rescued Mystic Sun Sect disciples and members of the Xuanyue Wang Family from Night Owl Beasts, then learned the group had stolen a young beast from the Night Owl Lair. Sun Zhuo grew suspicious of their account as they made camp, leaving the group on guard against possible deception.

• Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo spotted Mystic Sun Sect disciples and Xuanyue Wang Family members fleeing Night Owl Beasts while carrying a fiery young beast.
• Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan joined the fight, defeated the pursuing beasts, and helped the exhausted survivors leave the area.
• Lin Mo introduced himself, and Wang Yan recognized Fang Qianyuan as the Sect Grand Tournament champion and revealed she was the daughter of Xuanyue City's city lord.
• Wang Yan's group explained that they had entered the Night Owl Lair and stolen the young beast, losing two guards in the process.
• Sun Zhuo privately told Fang Qianyuan that the number of Night Owl Beasts and the group's losses seemed suspicious, and urged him to stay alert.

Wang Yan tried to persuade Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan to escort her party home, while the two secretly planned to investigate the mysterious valley. After they vanished from camp, Wang Yan accused them of poisoning Xiao Cui and led a search party after them, while Sun Zhuo watched from nearby.

• Wang Yan thanked Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan, then offered them one thousand spirit jade to escort her party home.
• Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan refused to abandon their plan to investigate the strange mist-covered valley, and Wang Yan decided to find a way to keep them nearby.
• Wang Yan asked the Mystic Sun Sect disciples for medicine because Xiao Cui's wound had become inflamed, and Lin Mo went with her to seek help from Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan.
• The group found the tent empty and learned that Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan had been gone for about an hour.
• Wang Yan blamed the two men for poisoning Xiao Cui and led Lin Mo and the Wang family guards in pursuit, while Sun Zhuo watched nearby.

Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan grew suspicious of Wang Yan and circled back toward the valley, then searched its surroundings through the night and into the next day. After a long aerial search with Swift Eagles, Sun Zhuo finally spotted something that excited him, though the chapter ended before he explained what he had found.

• Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan pretended to leave, then took a roundabout route toward the valley after Wang Yan pursued them in the direction of its secret.
• Wang Yan failed to find the two men and persuaded Lin Mo to return to camp, claiming she feared for the people left behind.
• Fang Qianyuan and Sun Zhuo fought off a python on their night journey and summoned Wolf Spirits to protect their flanks.
• The two reached the valley, rested after searching through the night, and replenished their Spirit Essence during the day.
• Sun Zhuo and Fang Qianyuan searched the surrounding land with Swift Eagles, and Sun Zhuo suddenly exclaimed that he had found something.