Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang tracked news of Flying Centipede while cultivating, then advanced the azure dragon tyrant body to its third layer and prepared to break through to fourth heavenly origin. The chapter ended with him locating the realm barrier in the Spirit Tower and beginning to shatter it.

• Xu Yang learned that Flying Centipede had stolen the Xiao Family’s Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art, a secret technique that let its user wield two martial dao phenomena at once, and learned that the thief had escaped.
• Xu Yang continued cultivating while the Spirit Bone Prodigies Qi Ning, Leng Qiuyue, and Li Xun advanced to fourth heavenly origin, and Lu Wei reached third heavenly origin perfection.
• Xu Yang used heavenly insight and a ten-year-old spirit herb to break through to the third layer of the azure dragon tyrant body, developing silver-shimmering blood and greatly strengthening his body.
• Xu Yang perfected the Black Tortoise Mountain-Suppressing Fist and reached third-layer perfection in the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra, then headed to the Spirit Tower to attempt a breakthrough.
• Xu Yang located the barrier between realms in the Spirit Tower and began assaulting it to break through to fourth heavenly origin.

Xu Yang broke through to fourth heavenly origin, mastered the first form of the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist, and left the Heavenly Strategy Academy for the Violet Sun Gate. After learning that Lü Fengxing and Yuan Chengji planned to sell information that could expose his role in Han Yingjie's death, he killed them and continued toward the sect.

• Xu Yang broke through to fourth heavenly origin in the Spirit Tower and concealed his cultivation while continuing to train.
• Xu Yang reached initial mastery of Elephant Suppresses the Eight Desolations, the first form of the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist, and found his power nearly doubled.
• After his cultivation stabilized, Xu Yang left the Heavenly Strategy Academy for the Violet Sun Gate, while Lü Fengxing and Yuan Chengji discussed selling suspicions about his connection to Han Yingjie's death.
• Xu Yang overheard Lü Fengxing and Yuan Chengji plotting to report him to Huo Xiaochен and others, then revealed his fourth heavenly origin cultivation and killed them both.
• Xu Yang took the pair's spoils, destroyed their bodies and Spirit Weapons, and continued toward the Violet Sun Gate.

Xu Yang returned to the Violet Sun Gate, reunited with Xu Qing, and used rare herbs to help her improve her talent and break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm. The chapter ended with Xu Qing emerging from seclusion, pleased that her bone root had reached lower A-grade and her comprehension had improved.

• Xu Yang encountered Zhang Hong in Azure Sun City, then went to the Violet Sun Gate and was welcomed by Qiu Wenjie and the older disciples.
• Xu Yang paid his respects to Elder Firecloud and met with Zhang Jingyuan, Yue Zhong, and Bai Shaoling, revealing that he had reached third heavenly origin and that Han Yingjie had been declared dead.
• Xu Yang surprised Xu Qing at her courtyard, then left with her for a banquet as crowds gathered to greet him; he also acknowledged Tian Li and Zhang Yong.
• Xu Yang gave Xu Qing starlight grass and another spirit herb to aid her cultivation, and she entered seclusion.
• Five days later, Xu Qing began drawing in the power of heaven and earth, and three days after that she emerged having reached the Heavenly Origin Realm with improved bone root and comprehension.

Xu Yang brought Xu Qing back to Qingyuan County to visit their relatives and former companions before leaving for Cloud Province, while a stranger investigated Jade Butterfly’s past there. As the siblings approached town to depart, they discovered that Gu Fang had been murdered and her corpse displayed above the gate.

• Xu Yang invited Xu Qing to join him at the Heavenly Strategy Academy, and they left the Violet Sun Gate after she agreed and said goodbye to her master.
• Xu Yang and Xu Qing visited Zhou Xia, Zhou Shunchang, and Lin Cheng, then returned to their old home in White Stone Ward and learned that He Laosan had died in a mine collapse.
• Xu Yang promised to pay for Xu Guan and his cousins to learn martial arts, while Xu Lao'er tried and failed to win money and forgiveness from the siblings.
• Xu Yang and Xu Qing left for Cloud Province, but at Qingyuan County’s gate they found Gu Fang’s corpse nailed above the entrance.

Xu Yang encountered Flying Centipede after discovering the slaughter of the Gu Family and fought to keep him occupied while Xu Qing escaped. Flying Centipede revealed his overwhelming strength and greed for Xu Yang’s martial arts, leaving Xu Yang determined to fight him to the death.

• Xu Yang saw Gu Fang’s body displayed outside Qingyuan County and learned that Flying Centipede had slaughtered the Gu Family.
• Xu Yang warned Xu Qing to flee if they met Flying Centipede, then sensed the notorious thief tracking them through the mountains.
• Xu Qing escaped into the sky while Xu Yang turned to confront Flying Centipede, who suspected him of knowing what had happened to Jade Butterfly.
• Xu Yang concealed his true strength before ambushing Flying Centipede with his spirit bone and Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist, but Flying Centipede survived and sought to seize his divine arts.
• Flying Centipede attacked Xu Yang with the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art still in his possession, overpowering him while threatening to track down Xu Qing.
• Xu Yang realized Flying Centipede could pursue Xu Qing even if he escaped and declared that their fight would end only when one of them died.

Xu Yang fought Flying Centipede, perfected the Eight Fiends Subduing Dragon Force, and defeated him after breaking through his High-Grade Spirit Weapon armor. Xu Yang took the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art and carried the captured Flying Centipede to a secluded spot to interrogate him about his stolen treasures.

• Flying Centipede recognized Xu Yang's Golden Astral Skill, learned that Xu Yang had killed his son Jade Butterfly, and identified Xu Yang as the Heavenly Strategy Academy's seventh Spirit Bone Prodigy.
• Xu Yang drew the Heavenly Star Saber and exchanged attacks with Flying Centipede, but Flying Centipede's speed and High-Grade Spirit Weapon armor kept him from being defeated.
• Xu Yang used his martial dao longevity points to perfect the Eight Fiends Subduing Dragon Force, then struck Flying Centipede with enough force to overwhelm his armor and rupture his internal organs.
• Xu Yang pursued the wounded Flying Centipede and severed his legs with the Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art, then took the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art from him.
• Xu Yang carried Flying Centipede away from the battlefield and demanded to know where he hid his stolen treasures, but Flying Centipede said he had exchanged them for cultivation resources.

Xu Yang killed Flying Centipede, secretly took the Ghost Tower’s supplies, and studied the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art before reuniting with Xu Qing and bringing her to Heavenly Strategy Academy. After learning that Demon Sect experts were targeting academy disciples, he chose a new heavy-saber martial art to complement his training.

• Xu Yang tortured Flying Centipede for information, but Flying Centipede shattered his own organs and died; Xu Yang took his Treasure Armor and Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art, then destroyed the corpse instead of claiming the bounty.
• Xu Yang killed the Ghost Tower’s shopkeeper and lord, collected spirit herbs and spirit iron, and studied the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art, learning that it let a practitioner unleash two compatible martial arts at once.
• After waiting several days, Xu Yang reunited with Xu Qing, told her to keep Flying Centipede’s death secret, and brought her to Heavenly Strategy Academy, where she began cultivating and tending his medicinal herbs.
• Sun Tao warned Xu Yang that Wu You and Meng He had been ambushed and killed in Cloud Province City by Demon Sect experts hunting academy geniuses.
• Xu Yang visited the Martial Repository Hall and exchanged academic credits for the first layer of the Earth-Splitting Dragon-Shocking Slash, a physical saber art suited to his Heavenly Star Saber.

Xu Yang learned the Earth-Splitting Dragon-Shocking Slash, rose to rank seventy-six on the Heavenly Strategy Wind and Cloud Rankings, and went to the Fang Family estate to settle old scores and obtain resources. After breaking into its treasury, he killed the fourth-layer Heavenly Origin guard with a single punch, drawing the Fang Family’s alarm.

• Xu Yang learned the Earth-Splitting Dragon-Shocking Slash and reached its introductory level after a dozen days of practice.
• Xu Yang entered the Battle Tower, destroyed its first-layer guardian with one saber strike, and rose to rank seventy-six after reaching the ninth layer.
• Xu Yang left the academy to seek cultivation resources and considered settling his grudge with the Fang Family, while Fang Xu abandoned his plan to attack him directly.
• Xu Yang found the Crouching Tiger Gang diminished, then watched the Fang Family estate and located its treasury.
• Xu Yang charged the treasury at night, defeated the fourth-layer Heavenly Origin guard with one punch, and set off the alarm as Fang Family members called for the Family Head.

Xu Yang raided the Fang Family treasury, lured Fang Yongnian into Jade Dragon Mountain, and killed him before hiding the stolen weapons and counting his haul. By morning, Fang Xu learned his father was dead, while Xu Yang returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy and the students discussed Flying Centipede’s recent crimes.

• Xu Yang broke into the Fang Family treasury, seized pills, spirit herbs, and a mid-grade spirit weapon, then evaded Fang Yongnian’s attacks and drew him into Jade Dragon Mountain.
• Xu Yang revealed his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, overwhelmed Fang Yongnian with Earth-Splitting Dragon-Shocking Slash, killed him, and concealed the evidence of his technique.
• Xu Yang buried two mid-grade spirit weapons, sorted his pills and herbs, and meditated until dawn as the Fang Family began searching for Fang Yongnian.
• Fang Yongli led Fang Wei and Fang Bin to Jade Dragon Mountain, where they found Fang Yongnian’s scattered corpse and realized their strongest expert was dead.
• Xu Yang checked his increased Martial Dao Longevity Points and returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy, where Xu Qing and the others heard that Flying Centipede had destroyed the Gu Family.
• Zhao Chuan announced that Fang Yongnian had been killed during a raid on the Fang Family estate, and Fang Xu rushed away after learning the news was true.

After refusing to serve as bait for the Demon Cult, Xu Yang learned that Tu Gang had been badly injured and was swept into a Heavenly Strategy Academy expedition to surround a Demon Cult stronghold at the Fu Family estate. Assigned to patrol with Zuo Mu, Xu Yang reached the camp as the standoff continued, with the Fu Family’s fate and the danger to the students still unresolved.

• After Fang Yongnian’s murder, Fang Xu suspected Xu Yang, but Fang Wei ruled him out because his cultivation was too low; Xu Yang privately intended to kill Fang Xu later.
• Jin Yu asked Xu Yang, Sun Tao, Lu Ren, and Tu Gang to act as bait for the Demon Cult, and Xu Yang and Sun Tao refused while Lu Ren and Tu Gang agreed.
• Xu Yang completed the Spirit-Nurturing Art and tested its improved effects on the spirit herbs in the academy’s Herb Fields.
• Sun Tao told Xu Yang that Tu Gang had been severely injured, and Jin Yu summoned Junior Class A to join an attack on a Demon Cult stronghold.
• Jin Yu led the students to the Fu Family estate, where the Demon-Suppression Bureau had encircled the grounds, and assigned Xu Yang, Zuo Mu, Wan He, and Li Yunfei to Captain Duan Yong’s camp.
• Xu Yang agreed to inspect the terrain with Zuo Mu while Wan He argued for joining forces with Li Yunfei, who dismissed him as unworthy.

Xu Yang and the others joined the siege of the Fu Family, whose patriarch Fu Changping resisted after Chu Nangui confronted him and Demon Cult allies appeared. When the Fu Family broke through the encirclement, Xu Yang and Zuo Mu faced Blood Lotus Cult attackers, and Xu Yang drew his Heavenly Star Saber to fight a fourth-layer opponent.

• Xu Yang and Zuo Mu discussed the danger of the Fu Family siege, and Xu Yang sensed that Fu Changsheng and Fu Changqing were watching him with killing intent.
• A Fu Family retainer tried to flee at night, but Duan Yong’s soldiers captured him and ordered him interrogated.
• Fu Changping rode the Silver-Eyed Azure Wolf into the sky and challenged Chu Nangui, then ordered his clan to break out as Demon Cult experts joined the fight.
• The Fu Family’s forces burst through a section of wall, revealing that many of its members had cultivated demonic arts, while Fu Zhuojie ordered the Heavenly Strategy Academy students killed.
• Xu Yang pulled Zuo Mu out of a surprise attack, then faced three Blood Lotus Cult fighters as the battle overwhelmed Duan Yong, Li Yunfei, and Wan He.
• Xu Yang revealed his Golden Astral Skill and immovable king phenomenon, drew the Heavenly Star Saber, and swung it at the fourth-layer Blood Lotus Cult attacker.

Xu Yang used the Heavenly Star Saber to kill several Blood Lotus Cult and Fu Family experts during the battle, then helped the Demon-Suppression Bureau hold off the Fu Family until reinforcements arrived. The Fu Family escaped, Xu Yang was left drained, and he realized the academy’s students may have been bait in a larger operation against the Demon Cult.

• Xu Yang killed a fourth heavenly origin Blood Lotus Cult martial artist with one strike from the Heavenly Star Saber, then rushed to help Zuo Mu and killed another attacker.
• Xu Yang evaded Fu Rong’s sword attacks until Wan He was injured, then killed Fu Rong when he closed within saber range and seized his pack.
• Xu Yang killed another Fu Family fourth heavenly origin martial artist while charging Fu Zhuojie, but Fu Changsheng’s attack forced him to spend another saber strike and retreat.
• Demon-Suppression Bureau reinforcements arrived, prompting Fu Changsheng to order a withdrawal; Xu Yang killed two fleeing Fu Family experts before the rest escaped.
• Duan Yong pursued the fleeing Fu Family, while Xu Yang gathered spoils and helped the wounded; Wan He found his severed hand, and Xu Yang suspected the students had been bait in the academy’s larger operation.

Xu Yang returned from the Fu Family battle with spoils, earned 150 academic credits, and obtained the Heavenly Origin Realm portion of the Golden Astral Skill from Gu Qingfeng as payment for forging a weapon. After advancing his cultivation, he began forging Gu Qingfeng’s high-grade spirit weapon and refused to let Lu Ren observe.

• Chu Nangui and Jin Yu killed the Fu Family’s Silver-Eyed Azure Wolf and two Demon Cult experts, while Fu Changping escaped; Xu Yang’s contribution earned him Duan Yong’s praise and a promised reward.
• At the main camp, Li Yunfei confirmed that Xu Yang had killed five fourth heavenly origin experts, and Gu Qingfeng defended the significance of Xu Yang’s high-grade spirit weapon against Wan He’s dismissive explanation.
• Xu Yang examined the four bundles with Xu Qing, found the Diamond Great Hand Seal manual, and gave it to her to study.
• Xu Yang collected 150 academic credits, then agreed to forge a high-grade spirit weapon for Gu Qingfeng in exchange for the Heavenly Origin Realm portion of the Golden Astral Skill.
• Xu Yang studied the Golden Astral Skill, began cultivating its Heavenly Origin Realm portion, and went to the Weapon-Forge Pavilion with Gu Qingfeng’s materials.
• Xu Yang refused Lu Ren’s request to watch him forge and entered the Furnace Workshop.

Xu Yang completed another Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon for Gu Qingfeng, then learned that the Azure Dragon Trial would send their cohort into the former Tyrant Body Sect’s Secret Realm, where only physical strength could be used. As the trial approached, Shen Lian considered turning Lu Ren against Xu Yang, while Lu Ren wondered whether other rivals might target him there.

• Xu Yang finished nurturing Gu Qingfeng’s sword into a Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon, stunning the gathered Weapon Forgers and bringing Gu Qingfeng great relief.
• Xiao Yun and the other Spirit Bone Prodigies returned, and onlookers speculated that the Azure Dragon Trial was about to begin; Ye Qiuling was left behind as Xiao Yun departed.
• Gu Qingfeng explained that the Azure Dragon Trial took place in the Tyrant Body Sect’s Secret Realm, offered Body Tempering opportunities and possible inheritances, and prohibited students from bringing weapons.
• Xu Yang declined Gu Qingfeng’s offer of a banquet and went to sleep, while Gu Qingfeng refused Lu Ren’s request to examine the sword because Lu Ren and Shen Lian had spread rumors about Xu Yang.
• Shen Lian urged Lu Ren to use the Azure Dragon Trial to kill Xu Yang, but Lu Ren doubted he could defeat Xu Yang and considered whether Huo Xiaochén, Du Ziming, or Wan He might attack instead.

Xu Yang prepared for the Azure Dragon Trial, refused Han Yi’s demand that he forge a Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon, and angered both Han Yi and Lu Wei. The trial began with the students entering a dangerous secret realm where they would compete for Azure Dragon Tokens and access to the Azure Dragon Blood Pool.

• Fu Zhuojie asked Fu Changsheng to arrange Xu Yang’s death during the trial, but they could not reach the Blood Lotus Cult’s hidden agent without the family head.
• Xu Yang cultivated the Diamond Great Hand Seal, then learned that the Azure Dragon Trial would begin in twenty days and that its top ten token holders could enter the Azure Dragon Blood Pool.
• Xu Yang refused to forge a Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon for Han Yi under unfavorable terms, prompting Han Yi and Lu Wei to threaten to teach him a lesson during the trial.
• Xu Yang prepared by cultivating the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body and Diamond Great Hand Seal while waiting for the trial to begin.
• Chu Nangui opened the secret realm, warned participants about its dangers, and told them to conceal any killings before Jin Yu sent the students inside.
• Qi Ning entered first, followed by Leng Qiuyue, Li Xun, and the other Spirit Bone Prodigies.

Xu Yang entered the Azure Dragon Trial Secret Realm, gained Azure Dragon Tokens by killing a black leopard and a powerful white ape, and discovered that Snow Valley rapidly strengthened his body and refined beast essence blood. He claimed the valley, accepted three students’ tokens in exchange for letting them cultivate there, and resumed training beside the Cold Spring.

• Xu Yang found a Python-Pattern Vermilion Fruit and killed a black leopard carrying an Azure Dragon Token, refining its essence blood to strengthen his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body.
• Xu Yang reached Snow Valley, where a white ape with a higher-grade Azure Dragon Token attacked him, and he killed it with the second form of the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist.
• Xu Yang took the white ape’s token and essence blood, then refined the blood beside Snow Valley’s Cold Spring as the valley’s icy force tempered his body.
• Three students arrived, and Xu Yang let them cultivate in Snow Valley and take the white ape’s meat in exchange for their Azure Dragon Tokens.
• Xu Yang finished refining most of the white ape’s essence blood, ate roasted beast meat with the three students, and returned to Snow Valley to continue training.

Xu Yang left Snow Valley to hunt for Azure Dragon Tokens and spirit herbs, killing Fang Xu and revealing his third-stage body-tempering strength. After taking a Scarlet Blood Lingzhi from Qiu He, Xu Yang defeated him and left with his Azure Dragon Token, bringing his collection close to seventy.

• Xu Yang left Snow Valley with twenty-one Azure Dragon Tokens and searched the Secret Realm for beasts, students, and spirit herbs.
• Xu Yang killed Fang Xu after learning he had arranged attacks against him, then took Fang Xu's tokens and spared the Red-Horned Bronze Bull.
• Xu Yang cultivated while collecting tokens and herbs, pushing his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body progress close to six thousand and his token count past forty.
• Xu Yang watched Qiu He defeat Zhang Jun and Liu Rumei, then took the Three-Leaf Scarlet Blood Lingzhi for Xu Qing.
• Qiu He challenged Xu Yang for the herb and their tokens, but Xu Yang stopped his attack and sent him flying with a single counter.
• Qiu He conceded and handed Xu Yang his Azure Dragon Token, while Liu Rumei greeted Xu Yang in surprise.

Xu Yang discovered and consumed earth vein spirit milk, greatly improving his bone root and physique, then killed Du Ziming when he arrived to claim the treasure. As Xu Yang resumed hunting Azure Dragon Tokens, Lu Wei confronted Sun Tao at Snow Valley and attacked him as he fled.

• Xu Yang found earth vein spirit milk in a hidden cavern, consumed it, and used its energy to refine his body and spirit bone.
• Du Ziming arrived seeking the spirit milk, attacked Xu Yang in a rage, and was killed; Xu Yang took his Azure Dragon Tokens and left to finish absorbing the treasure elsewhere.
• Xu Yang's bone root rose to 120, his physique strengthened, and he counted seventy-one Azure Dragon Tokens before leaving to continue the trial.
• At Snow Valley, Lu Wei arrived carrying many Azure Dragon Tokens and asked about Xu Yang, then demanded Sun Tao hand over his tokens.
• Sun Tao fled while weakened, and Lu Wei pursued him and launched a powerful blood-energy punch that blasted a crater into the ground.

Xu Yang fought Lu Wei in the Secret Realm, revealing enough of his body-tempering strength to hold his own against him. Their battle unearthed a Trial Tower containing the Tyrant Body Sect’s inheritance, and Xu Yang, Sun Tao, and Lu Wei entered before it vanished.

• Sun Tao fled Lu Wei until Xu Yang arrived and offered to face him while Sun Tao recovered.
• Xu Yang and Lu Wei clashed, and Xu Yang matched Lu Wei’s physical strength while keeping his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body concealed.
• Lu Wei used the Heavenly Astral Body-Tempering Formula and powerful techniques, but Xu Yang’s perfected defensive and combat-enhancing methods let him fight evenly with Lu Wei.
• As Sun Tao prepared to join the fight, an earthquake revealed a nine-story Trial Tower, and Xu Yang and Sun Tao entered before Lu Wei followed.
• The Trial Tower vanished after the three entered, leaving Wan He and the others to arrive too late.

Xu Yang conquered the Trial Tower’s first seven floors, used his panel to master the Asura Armor-Piercing Fist, and obtained the Tyrant Body Sect’s Azure Dragon Transformation on the ninth floor. After leaving the tower to hunt for Azure Dragon Tokens, he encountered Li Chuyang’s group, and their confrontation ended with Xu Yang shattering Li Chuyang’s blood-moon attack.

• Xu Yang defeated the Trial Tower’s opponents through the seventh floor, then used his panel to attain basic mastery of the Asura Armor-Piercing Fist and pass the eighth-floor test.
• On the ninth floor, Xu Yang discovered the Azure Dragon Transformation, the Tyrant Body Sect’s strongest combat secret art, before the tower expelled him into another part of the Secret Realm.
• Xu Yang collected another Azure Dragon Token, healed his injuries, and set out to gather more tokens for a chance to enter the Azure Dragon Blood Pool.
• Li Chuyang and his companions used an injured exotic beast to lure people into a valley, where Xu Yang recognized their trap and confronted them.
• Li Chuyang attacked Xu Yang with his blood-moon technique, but Xu Yang’s Diamond Great Hand Seal shattered it and left Li Chuyang gravely injured.