Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing fought for survival in the Dragon Ascension selection’s renewed melee, revealing blood energy manifestation and using the Asura Armor-Piercing Fist to kill several opponents. She left Zhang Jingxuan badly wounded and pressed her attack despite Li Changchun striking her.

• Xu Yang explained that the group had gathered allies to support Xu Qing, while He Wang regretted distancing himself from her and other allies warned that Li Changchun might join the opposing side.
• Xu Yang’s group encountered Huo Xiaochен and Zhou Tao, then returned to the academy; seven days later, both camps gathered for the Dragon Ascension selection.
• Chu Nangui ordered another all-out melee, and several dozen participants withdrew before the fighting began.
• Huang He attacked Xu Qing, but she killed him with one blow using the Asura Armor-Piercing Fist and revealed her blood energy manifestation.
• Xu Qing killed three more Yellow Maple Valley disciples and Zhou Tao, while Chen Lie helped finish Zhou Tao after Xu Qing wounded him.
• Xu Qing struck Zhang Jingxuan with her fist while Li Changchun attacked her from the side; she endured his blow and pursued Zhang Jingxuan for another attack.

Xu Qing killed Zhang Jingxuan and Li Changchun after they attacked her, then eliminated the Xiao, Han, and Kong Families’ fighters who refused to surrender. The first trial ended with Xu Qing badly injured but recovering under Xu Yang’s care, while the three Great Millennium Families and Iron Sword Gate had lost all their contestants.

• Xu Qing fought through Li Changchun’s attacks to fatally injure Zhang Jingxuan, who died without surrendering.
• Xu Qing defeated Li Changchun with an Iron Mountain Lean and Cannon Fist, killing him before he could surrender.
• Xu Qing pursued the Xiao, Han, and Kong Families’ fighters, killing those who fled and eliminating those who surrendered before the first trial ended.
• Xu Yang entered the arena and treated Xu Qing, who spat out black blood after her injuries caught up with her.
• Gu Qingfeng gave Xu Yang a Minor Restoration Pill, and Xu Qing began recovering with the pill and Xu Yang’s Spring Silkworm Salvation Art.

After Xu Qing entered the Heavenly Strategy Academy, Xu Yang focused on cultivation and broke through to the sixth layer of Heavenly Origin, then advanced the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body and gained golden blood energy. He ended the chapter struggling to rein in the battle hunger brought on by his rapid growth.

• Xu Qing finished the Dragon Ascension selection in tenth place and enrolled at the Heavenly Strategy Academy, while Xu Yang returned to the Middle Court to cultivate.
• Xu Yang reached the fifth-layer bottleneck in both the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra and the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, then entered the Spirit Tower and advanced the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra to the sixth layer of Heavenly Origin.
• Xu Yang spent several days consolidating his cultivation before advancing the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body to its sixth layer and cultivating golden blood energy.
• After three days of transformation, Xu Yang awakened with greatly increased strength and a fierce urge to fight, which he recognized as a result of advancing too quickly to control his new power.

Xu Yang consolidated his sixth-layer cultivation, entered the Demon Abyss to gather resources and test his strength, and discovered a rare spirit herb guarded by an eighth heavenly origin humanoid demonic beast. As Xu Yang launched his attack, Han Yi and Wan He also entered the Demon Abyss to hunt him, while Han Qianlin decided not to pursue them.

• Xu Yang left the Spirit Tower after a month of secluded cultivation, found no Heart-Calming Fire Lotus, and accepted several Demon Abyss gathering missions.
• Xu Yang entered the Demon Abyss, concealed his academy waist token, and began hunting beasts and gathering herbs; Han Yi and Wan He followed to kill him.
• Han Qianlin learned that Han Yi had entered the Demon Abyss but judged that he could not catch up and might not find Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang tested his golden blood energy against a second heavenly origin demonic beast, then spent several days fighting beasts and collecting resources.
• Xu Yang found Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass beside a demonic spring guarded by an eighth heavenly origin humanoid demonic beast, then activated his defensive and combat techniques to attack it.

Xu Yang defeated a powerful humanoid demonic beast and discovered the Dragonspine Thunderclap Bow, a spirit treasure that came with the Sun-Chasing Thunderbolt Arrow art. After beginning to study and train with it, he explored deeper into the Demon Abyss and found a stele marking the former site of the Feather Clan.

• Xu Yang fought the humanoid demonic beast with his Eight Desolations Demon-Subduing Fist, then killed it with the Heavenly Star Saber’s Earth-Splitting Dragon-Shocking Slash.
• Xu Yang retrieved the Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass and found a rusted great bow inside the Demon Eye.
• Xu Yang forced the Dragonspine Thunderclap Bow open enough to fire a devastating arrow, then discovered its name and the Sun-Chasing Thunderbolt Arrow archery art inscribed on it.
• Xu Yang studied the archery art, received panel rewards for the bow, art, and spirit grass, and began training while continuing to gather resources.
• Xu Yang approached a region filled with sinister auras and found a weathered stele identifying the area as the former site of the Feather Clan.

Xu Yang left the Demon Abyss after collecting three stalks of Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass, then encountered an ambush by Han Yi and Wan He near the passage back to the Heavenly Strategy Academy. He revealed his sixth heavenly origin cultivation and Spirit Bone Prodigy talent, killed Han Yi, and left Wan He facing him alone.

• Xu Yang avoided a gathering of demonic beasts, then killed a ninth heavenly origin demonic wolf with the Dragonspine Thunderclap Bow and a Thunderfire Bomb and took two stalks of Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass.
• Xu Yang passed Qiu He fighting Eight Extremes Sect martial artists without intervening and continued toward the fissure leading to the Heavenly Strategy Academy.
• Wan He and Han Yi spotted Xu Yang near the passage and attacked him, intending to kill him before he could escape or call for help.
• Xu Yang blocked Han Yi's High-Grade Spirit Weapon with his fist, revealing his sixth heavenly origin cultivation and Spirit Bone Prodigy talent, and blasted Wan He backward.
• Xu Yang killed Han Yi with a punch, and Wan He trembled in shock as Xu Yang turned his attention to him.

Xu Yang killed Han Yi and Wan He in the Demon Abyss, hid their bodies, and returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy. After cultivating with the Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass, he broke through the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture to its fifth layer, greatly strengthening his mental power and control.

• Xu Yang killed Wan He, searched the bodies, and fed both corpses to a demonic beast to conceal what had happened.
• Xu Yang returned to the academy with Gu Qingfeng, Wu Xiuyuan, and Sun Tao, while Han Qianlin ordered Han Yun to watch him and later sent Du Yuan to search for Han Yi and Wan He.
• Xu Yang swallowed a stalk of Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass and cultivated for a month, bringing the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture close to a breakthrough.
• After refining his mental power and practicing for several days, Xu Yang broke through to the fifth layer of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture and gained much greater control over his body and aura.
• Xu Yang examined the Golden Book but could not access its inheritance, then continued consolidating his cultivation and studying martial techniques.

After mastering the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art, Xu Yang entered the Demon Abyss seeking a powerful opponent, while Han Qianlin planned to ambush him when he was sent to guard a Demon-Sealing Array. Xu Yang was attacked by Li Yanzhao, who mistook him for Qi Ning, and the two began a fierce battle.

• Xu Yang consolidated his cultivation, refined the second Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass, and continued training while other students reached perfection at fifth heavenly origin.
• Xu Yang spent points to master the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art, then entered the Demon Abyss to test his strength against a ninth heavenly origin demonic beast.
• Han Yun told Han Qianlin that Xu Yang had entered the Demon Abyss, and Han Qianlin said they would wait until Xu Yang broke through to sixth heavenly origin before attacking him outside the academy.
• Xu Yang sensed an ambusher near the Demon Abyss passage and blocked Li Yanzhao's lethal punch, though the impact knocked him backward.
• Li Yanzhao mistook Xu Yang for Qi Ning and attacked again; Xu Yang unleashed his martial arts and spirit bone power, but Li Yanzhao's strength still exceeded his.

Xu Yang used the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art to combine two martial arts and kill Li Yanzhao, then returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy and resumed refining pills. He learned that the Eight Extremes Sect had blocked the Demon Abyss passage in retaliation for Li Yanzhao’s death, unaware that Xu Yang was the killer.

• Xu Yang unleashed the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art with the Asura Armor-Piercing Fist and Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist, overpowering and killing Li Yanzhao.
• Xu Yang took the contents of Li Yanzhao’s hide bag, healed his injuries, waited for Han Qianlin’s men, then returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy when no one arrived.
• Xu Yang refined Dragon-Tiger Profound Connection Pills and exchanged for a Golden Marrow Jade-Bone Pill, while the Logistics Hall still had no heart-calming fire lotus.
• At the Dining Hall, Xu Yang heard Sun Tao and others report that the Eight Extremes Sect had blocked the Demon Abyss passage and was killing Heavenly Strategy Academy students.
• Sun Tao explained that the Eight Extremes Sect blamed the academy for Li Yanzhao’s death, while Gu Qingfeng said no current student could have killed the eighth heavenly origin genius.

Heavenly Strategy Academy students entered the Demon Abyss to confront the Eight Extremes Sect over its blockade and Li Yanzhao’s death. Xu Yang and his companions killed one opponent and badly wounded an eighth-heavenly-origin fighter, while the larger battle continued.

• Du Yuan and Fang Chen rallied Heavenly Strategy Academy students to enter the Demon Abyss and challenge the Eight Extremes Sect.
• Tian Yu accused the academy of killing Li Yanzhao, and both sides charged into battle after Fang Chen gave the order to attack.
• Xu Yang, Gu Qingfeng, Wu Xiuyuan, and Sun Tao worked together to kill a seventh-heavenly-origin Eight Extremes Sect fighter with Xu Yang’s Heavenly Star Saber.
• Xu Yang and Gu Qingfeng attacked an eighth-heavenly-origin opponent, and Xu Yang’s saber broke through his defenses and carved open a severe wound.
• The wounded opponent counterattacked, but Gu Qingfeng returned to block his punch and reopened the man’s wound.

Xu Yang and the Heavenly Strategy Academy students defeated the Eight Extremes Sect in a bloody battle, killing eight opponents before the survivors retreated. After returning to the academy and attending a banquet, Xu Yang began using his Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass to advance the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture.

• Xu Yang, Gu Qingfeng, and their allies killed several Eight Extremes Sect experts through coordinated attacks, while Fang Chen held off Tian Yu.
• As demonic beasts approached, Tian Yu ordered a retreat, and the Heavenly Strategy Academy recovered its fallen before returning home.
• Wu Xiuyuan bought the captured high-grade spirit weapon from Xu Yang, Gu Qingfeng, and Sun Tao for spirit currency and academic credits.
• At the banquet, Gu Qingfeng received much of the credit for the victory, while Xu Yang concealed his own role in shaping the battle.
• After receiving six thousand spirit currency from Wu Xiuyuan, Xu Yang entered secluded cultivation and swallowed a leaf of Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass.

Xu Yang broke through to the sixth layer of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, strengthening his body and spiritual force, then sought rare ingredients for a pill in Cloud Province City. After disguising himself to avoid the Han Family, he discovered Han agents were searching for him near the family’s auction house.

• Xu Yang broke through to the sixth layer of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, and his spiritual force nourished his body until his physical strength rivaled Tu Gang’s.
• Xu Yang learned from Zuo Mu that Xu Qing had ranked seventy-first and three spirit bone prodigies had entered the top thirty; he then gave Xu Qing Thunderfire Bombs and guided her martial training.
• Xu Yang bought the Golden Marrow Jade-Bone Pill recipe and learned that he needed silver-skinned polygonum, blood jade marrow, and Golden-Horned Spirit Deer antlers.
• Xu Yang bought silver-skinned polygonum at the academy and two portions of blood jade marrow in Cloud Province City, but learned that Golden-Horned Spirit Deer antlers were restricted to honored guests or available at the Han Family auction.
• Xu Yang disguised himself after entering the city, while Han Qianlin ordered Han Yun to search for him and prevent his death.
• Xu Yang reached the Han Family’s Treasure-Gathering Studio and spotted Han Qianlin’s Fifth Elder leaving with two men to search for him.

Xu Yang robbed a Han Family Treasure-Gathering Studio, killed Han Dewu, and escaped with a large haul, though he still needed two ingredients from the upcoming auction. Han Qianhui learned of the robbery and abandoned his search for Xu Yang to return to the city.

• Xu Yang learned that Golden-Horned Spirit Deer antlers and heart-calming fire lotus would be auctioned, then obtained an invitation to the Treasure-Gathering Studio auction.
• Han Qianhui gave up searching Cloud Province City and waited near the road to Heavenly Strategy Academy, while Xu Yang watched the Green Willow Street branch and planned to raid its vault.
• Xu Yang broke into the vault, killed Han Dewu with the Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art, and escaped over the city wall with more than half the vault's goods.
• Xu Yang inventoried his haul, found it worth roughly seventy or eighty thousand Spirit Currency, and learned the Golden Marrow Jade-Bone Pill using his Martial Dao Longevity Points.
• Han Yong and Han Gang told Han Qianhui that the thief had killed Han Dewu and stolen more than eighty thousand Spirit Currency, so Han Qianhui rushed back to the city.

Xu Yang attended the Treasure-Gathering Studio auction under the false name Yu Peng, buying a Golden-Horned Spirit Deer antler and a heart-calming fire lotus while Han Qianhui’s men watched him. After leaving Cloud Province City, Xu Yang noticed he was being followed and confronted the pursuers in Jade Dragon Mountain, but Han Qianhui dismissed his discovery as a bluff.

• Xu Yang heard that the Han Family and the Demon-Suppression Bureau were investigating the Treasure-Gathering Studio robbery, then waited two days for the auction.
• Xu Yang bought the Golden-Horned Spirit Deer antler for eight thousand spirit currency and the heart-calming fire lotus for six thousand, while Huo Xiaochен won the Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass for forty-five thousand.
• Han Qianhui grew suspicious of Xu Yang’s spending and false identity, then ordered Han Dejian, Han Gang, and Han Yong to follow him after the auction.
• Su Jingxing and other would-be robbers backed off after Han Qianhui warned them not to target Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang led the four pursuers into Jade Dragon Mountain, stopped more than a hundred li from the city, and called on them to come out.
• Han Qianhui told his companions not to move, convinced that Xu Yang was bluffing rather than detecting them.

Xu Yang confronted Han Qianhui and his companions, revealing his true identity and overwhelming strength after the Han Family accused him of the Green Willow Street incident. He killed Han Dejian, Han Gang, and Han Yong, then left Han Qianhui gravely wounded and still fighting for his life.

• Han Qianhui and three companions confronted Xu Yang over the Treasure-Gathering Studio incident, and Xu Yang admitted responsibility.
• Han Dejian attacked Xu Yang and was killed by a single punch, prompting Han Gang and Han Yong to charge.
• Xu Yang revealed himself as a Spirit Bone Prodigy and used one punch to badly injure Han Gang and Han Yong.
• Han Qianhui attacked Xu Yang, but their clash showed Xu Yang's strength surpassed his; Han Qianhui ordered Han Gang and Han Yong to send a lineage signal.
• Xu Yang used the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture to kill Han Gang and Han Yong before they could call for help.
• Han Qianhui fought on, but Xu Yang broke both his arms and smashed him in the chest, leaving him battered and bleeding.

Xu Yang killed Han Qianhui and returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy, where he supplied Xu Qing with pills and continued cultivating while the Han Family searched for the disguised killer. As Qi Ning advanced and Xu Yang refined pills and trained, Xu Yang’s cultivation continued to build toward a breakthrough, ending with golden light erupting from his body in the quiet chamber.

• Xu Yang killed Han Qianhui after defeating him, searched the bodies, and returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy under his real appearance.
• Xu Yang gave Xu Qing a large supply of pills and advice on breaking through to third heavenly origin, then returned to the Middle Court to focus on cultivation.
• Han Qianlin learned that Han Qianhui had followed the mysterious auction guest Yu Peng and arranged a citywide wanted notice, but the search yielded no useful information.
• Xu Yang cultivated and refined batches of Golden Marrow Jade-Bone Pills and Dragon-Tiger Profound Connection Pills, then publicly displayed an aura of fifth heavenly origin perfection.
• Qi Ning broke through to sixth heavenly origin, while Xu Yang continued his usual training rather than changing his cultivation plan.
• A month later, golden light formed a vajra manifestation around Xu Yang as rumbling rose from within his body.

Xu Yang perfected the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra and Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, then entered the Spirit Tower to break through toward the Seventh Body-Tempering Realm. Before entering, he witnessed Xiao Yun publicly reject Ye Qiuling, whose relationship with him collapsed in front of the gathered students.

• Xu Yang advanced the Golden Astral Skill to its fifth layer, then continued cultivating until the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra and Azure Dragon Tyrant Body reached sixth-layer perfection.
• Xu Yang encountered Xiao Yun and Xia Chuqing outside the Spirit Tower, where Xiao Yun asked him to tell Ye Qiuling that their relationship was over; Xu Yang challenged Xiao Yun's claim that he and Xia Chuqing truly loved each other.
• Ye Qiuling arrived with Leng Qiuyue and pleaded with Xiao Yun to take her back, but Wu Xiuyuan accused Xiao Yun of dumping her because he could not afford to support her.
• Xiao Yun left with Xia Chuqing, while Leng Qiuyue took the humiliated Ye Qiuling back to the Lower Court; Wu Xiuyuan celebrated with the gathered students.
• Xu Yang entered the Spirit Tower, released the suppression on his Spirit Bone, and began upgrading the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra toward the Seventh Body-Tempering Realm.

Xu Yang broke through to the seventh layer of the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra, consolidated his new strength, and later perfected the Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art. He returned to the Spirit Tower to break through the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, where Huo Xiaochен and Xiao Qi mocked him.

• Xu Yang shattered the barrier to seventh heavenly origin and fused his astral energy with the power of his spirit bones, gaining greater strength and ten years of lifespan.
• Xu Yang left the Spirit Tower after concealing his successful breakthrough and heard that Huo Xiaochен had advanced to sixth heavenly origin with help from a Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass.
• Huo Xiaochен taunted Xu Yang about his failed breakthrough, but Xu Yang exposed his reliance on the Xiao Family and humiliated him in front of the crowd.
• Xu Yang redeemed a Heart-Calming Fire Lotus and a Golden Marrow Jade-Bone Pill, then returned to his courtyard to cultivate and practice his martial techniques.
• Xu Yang perfected the Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art, refined his spiritual force, and decided to break through the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body in the Spirit Tower.
• At the Spirit Tower, Huo Xiaochен and Xiao Qi approached Xu Yang, and Xiao Qi mocked him for returning after supposedly failing to break through.

Xu Yang broke through to the seventh layer of the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, then returned to cultivation and began studying the Azure Dragon Transformation. After increasing his comprehension, he made progress with the secret art, though it remained difficult and mentally exhausting.

• Xu Yang mocked Huo Xiaochен for relying on Xiao Hui’s resources, then entered the Spirit Tower and broke through to the seventh layer of the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, gaining dragon force and golden blood energy.
• Xu Yang left the Spirit Tower after his twenty-day stay and learned that Lu Wei and Wu Xiuyuan had reached sixth heavenly origin; Wu Xiuyuan angrily rejected Ye Qiuling’s request to meet.
• Xu Yang stabilized his cultivation, refined eleven Dragon-Tiger Profound Connection Pills, and learned that Tu Gang had also reached sixth heavenly origin while Xu Qing had advanced to third heavenly origin.
• Xu Yang studied the Azure Dragon Transformation but made no initial progress, so he raised his comprehension to six hundred and advanced the secret art to 57/40000.
• Xu Yang continued cultivating the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, the Frenzied Battle Four Symbols Art, and his other techniques and secret arts.

Xu Yang revealed his breakthrough to sixth heavenly origin before Sun Tao and Li Yunfei, then prepared for a guard assignment by cultivating the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture. With his posting to Demon-Sealing Array Node Four a month away, he broke through the scripture’s barrier to the seventh layer.

• Xu Yang completed the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist and entered the Spirit Tower, where he cultivated the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture while preparing to reveal his sixth heavenly origin breakthrough.
• Xu Yang emerged from the Spirit Tower with sixth heavenly origin cultivation, surprising the Middle Court; Han Qianlin welcomed the news, while Li Yunfei dismissed Xu Yang’s progress and later focused on his own breakthrough.
• Sun Tao broke through to sixth heavenly origin before Li Yunfei, and Xu Yang registered his breakthrough, visited Sun Tao, and resumed cultivating the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture.
• Song Anbang informed Xu Yang that he would begin a three-month guard assignment at Demon-Sealing Array Node Four in one month.
• Xu Yang brought the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture to sixth-layer perfection, then attacked its seventh-layer barrier and shattered it, causing his mind and saber intent to surge.