Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang battled Fu Zhenxing after killing Fu Zhuojie, using the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art to match Fu Zhenxing’s strength and the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture to withstand his spiritual attack. With both fighters injured and ordinary methods insufficient, Xu Yang spent Martial Dao Longevity Points to advance his Azure Dragon Transformation.

• Xu Yang dodged Fu Zhenxing’s punch and killed Fu Zhuojie with the Pure Origin Gold-Rending Finger, driving Fu Zhenxing into a furious attack.
• Xu Yang’s Eight Desolations Demon-Subduing Fist lost to Fu Zhenxing’s half-step Spirit Refining power, so Xu Yang combined it with the Asura Armor-Piercing Fist through the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art.
• Fu Zhenxing recognized the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art and demanded that Xu Yang hand it over, then launched a spiritual attack.
• Xu Yang countered with the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, and their spiritual clash injured both fighters, though Fu Zhenxing suffered more.
• Xu Yang decided he needed to break the combat-power barrier, opened his panel, and spent Martial Dao Longevity Points to advance the Azure Dragon Transformation.

Xu Yang activated Azure Dragon Transformation, broke through the combat-power barrier, and killed Fu Zhenxing. He returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy with Sun Tao, where they learned that Jin Yu had survived the ambush but suffered injuries that would end his cultivation progress.

• Xu Yang transformed with Azure Dragon Transformation and shattered the combat-power barrier during his fight with Fu Zhenxing.
• Xu Yang overpowered Fu Zhenxing, severed his arm, crushed his chest, killed him, and destroyed the bodies of Fu Zhenxing and Fu Zhuojie.
• Xu Yang sensed signs of a battle near the Heavenly Strategy Academy and cautiously approached the Mountain Gate, where he reunited with Sun Tao.
• Sun Tao told Xu Yang that Jin Yu might be in danger after the Demon Cult ambushed the academy's rescuers.
• Chu Nangui and Martial Master Lieshan returned with Jin Yu, whose life was no longer in danger but whose spirit and fundamental essence were damaged beyond recovery in time to advance his cultivation.

The Blood Lotus Cult’s attempt to kill Jin Yu and Xu Yang failed, and Xu Yang returned safely before spending months cultivating and perfecting the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist. As the Life-and-Death Arena approached, Han Hu arrived to face Xu Yang, carrying weapons and armor prepared by the Han Family and having trained against Xu Yang’s techniques.

• Li Baichuan learned that Jin Yu survived and that Fu Zhuojie’s group had not returned; he discovered Xu Yang was safe and led Liu Shan and Luo Yue away to report the failure to Fu Changping.
• Xu Yang saw that killing Fu Zhuojie, Fu Zhenxing, Fu Changsheng, and Fu Changqing had earned him points, then cultivated through a three-month node assignment without being attacked.
• Xu Yang learned that Han Hu was preparing to challenge him, while the Xiao Family targeted Gu Qingfeng and several other geniuses faced challenges ahead of the Life-and-Death Arena.
• Xu Yang perfected the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist, merging its dragon and elephant manifestations and strengthening his Spiritual Force and physical potential.
• Han Hu entered the Dining Hall with Lu Wei, and Jiang Fan warned Xu Yang that Lu Wei had trained Han Hu to counter Xu Yang’s Asura Armor-Piercing Fist and Earth-Splitting Dragon-Shocking Slash.

Xu Yang accepted Han Hu’s challenge in the Life-and-Death Arena despite the Han Family’s preparations and targeted countermeasures. As Han Hu launched a sneak attack before Xu Yang landed, Xu Yang revealed his powerful Azure Dragon Tyrant Body and met the punch head-on.

• Jiang Fan exposed that Lu Wei had helped Han Hu study how to counter Xu Yang’s techniques, and Xu Yang tried to provoke Lu Wei into challenging him.
• Lu Wei admitted he would not challenge Xu Yang before the Ultimate Dragon Platform, while Han Hu threatened Xu Yang and left with him.
• Three days later, the Life-and-Death Arena emerged, and Xu Yang prepared with inner armor and his Heavenly Star Saber before joining his friends at the arena.
• Han Qianlin promised Han Hu a position of authority in the Han Family if he killed Xu Yang, and Han Hu accepted the challenge first.
• Xu Yang accepted Han Hu’s challenge, and Han Hu attacked him before he had landed on the arena.
• Xu Yang activated his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, manifested an Asura Phenomenon, and met Han Hu’s punch with a fist of his own.

Xu Yang revealed that his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body had reached the seventh layer and used hidden inner armor to sever Han Hu’s arm in their Life-and-Death Arena duel. After Han Hu fought desperately, Xu Yang changed his tactics and unleashed the Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art, leaving the battle at a new turning point.

• Xu Yang’s seventh-layer Azure Dragon Tyrant Body matched Han Hu’s strength, and Xu Yang used the Asura Armor-Piercing Fist to drive him back.
• Xu Yang and Han Hu drew their Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapons, and Xu Yang baited Han Hu into striking his hidden inner armor before cutting off Han Hu’s arm.
• Xu Yang destroyed Han Hu’s severed arm, preventing it from being reattached, and Han Hu launched a furious counterattack.
• Xu Yang and Han Hu clashed sabers repeatedly, with Xu Yang redirecting his blows to avoid Han Hu’s attempts to injure him in return.
• Xu Yang used Void Dragon Steps to evade Han Hu and revealed that he had been concealing the Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art.

Xu Yang killed Han Hu in the Life-and-Death Arena, revealing that he had perfected another martial technique and emerged uninjured. As the crowd learned of his victory, the Han Family withdrew in disgrace while other factions prepared to court him, and Gu Qingfeng began his duel with Xiao Xiangjun.

• Xu Yang killed Han Hu with the perfected Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art, then claimed Han Hu's weapons and armor as spoils.
• Xu Yang offered his stolen inner armor to Gu Qingfeng and Wu Xiuyuan, but they declined because their sponsors had already provided armor; meanwhile, Xiao Xiangjun challenged Gu Qingfeng, who accepted and began fighting him.
• Outside the academy, Han Qianjun and the gathered factions mistook Han Hu's head and corpse for Xu Yang's remains until Han Yun revealed that Xu Yang had killed Han Hu.
• Han Yun explained that Xu Yang had reached the seventh layer of the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, had used high-grade inner armor, and had perfected the Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art; he had suffered no injuries.
• Qin Xiao and a Zhao Family elder ordered lavish congratulatory gifts for Xu Yang, while Han Qianjun left with the Han Family in disgrace.

After killing Han Hu, Xu Yang accepted gifts from several factions and pressured Su Jingxing into giving him a thousand academic credits. As the Han Family plotted to have Du Yuan kill him in the next Life-and-Death Arena, Xu Yang sought the academy’s body inheritance and entered the chamber containing it.

• Xu Yang gave Xu Qing Han Hu’s Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon, then accepted congratulatory gifts from Qin Xiao, the Zhao Family, and Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Xu Yang took a heart-calming fire lotus from Su Jingxing and demanded a thousand academic credits, which Su Jingxing delivered within three days.
• Han Qianlin recruited Du Yuan to challenge and kill Xu Yang in the final Life-and-Death Arena, promising to recommend him to the Heir’s Estate and help his breakthrough to Spirit Refining.
• Xu Yang resolved to reach Ninth Heavenly Origin and obtain the Heavenly Strategy Academy’s body inheritance before leaving the academy.
• Martial Master Lieshan explained that the inheritance was the Eight Fiends Four Symbols Heaven-Suppressing Force and warned Xu Yang not to force himself to cultivate it.
• Xu Yang entered the sealed chamber to study the inheritance for three days.

Xu Yang studied the Eight Fiends Four Symbols Heaven-Suppressing Force, then continued cultivating while rivals advanced and challenged him. He broke through to the Ninth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra and the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, but still needed a Divine Refinement cultivation method before he could advance further.

• Xu Yang studied the nine Ancient Steles, learned that his prior arts were incomplete, and left after one day with the heaven-suppressing force memorized but not mastered.
• Xu Yang cultivated for half a month and sensed the true Eight Fiends Subduing Dragon Force, while Qi Ning and later Leng Qiuyue reached Eighth Heavenly Origin and Lu Wei reached Seventh Heavenly Origin perfection.
• Xu Yang revealed his own Seventh Heavenly Origin perfection, rejected Lu Wei’s challenge to fight before the Ultimate Dragon Platform, and continued cultivating as other disciples advanced.
• Xu Yang reached Eighth Heavenly Origin perfection, then broke through to the Ninth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra in the Spirit Tower and assessed his growing strength and need for a Divine Refinement method.
• After stabilizing his cultivation, Xu Yang broke through to the Ninth Layer of the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body.

Xu Yang stabilized his breakthrough to ninth heavenly origin, tested the Dragonspine Thunderclap Bow, and encountered the intelligent demonic beast Crimson Blaze in the Demon Abyss. After Crimson Blaze warned him to leave, Xu Yang returned through the passage, realizing the abyss held powerful beings and strict limits on who could enter.

• Xu Yang finished stabilizing his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, concealed his spirit bone fluctuations, and entered the Demon Abyss to test the Dragonspine Thunderclap Bow.
• Xu Yang encountered Su Jingxing, killed him when he learned Xu Yang's secret, and took his spirit herbs.
• Xu Yang drew the Dragonspine Thunderclap Bow and fired an arrow that blasted a crater into a mountainside, but the effort left him drained.
• Crimson Blaze ambushed Xu Yang, and the two fought until Crimson Blaze recognized his martial arts and ended the battle.
• Crimson Blaze warned Xu Yang that those beyond the Heavenly Origin Realm were forbidden from entering the Demon Abyss, so Xu Yang hurried back through the passage.

After surviving a dangerous encounter in the Demon Abyss, Xu Yang sought a Divine Refinement method from Elder Mu and learned about the Profound Sect, where he was expected to meet Elder Mu’s granddaughter, Mu Zijin. He continued cultivating in the Middle Court, and his Eight Desolations Demon-Subduing Fist reached perfection.

• Xu Yang returned from the Demon Abyss, reflected on Crimson Blaze’s interest in his Dragonspine Thunderclap Bow, and decided to keep it hidden from outsiders.
• Xu Yang visited Elder Mu to ask how to obtain a Divine Refinement method, revealing that he had reached ninth heavenly origin.
• Elder Mu encouraged Xu Yang to delay breaking through until after the Ultimate Dragon Platform and gave him the Divine Refinement portion of the Dragon Elephant Heart Sutra.
• Elder Mu asked Xu Yang to meet his granddaughter Mu Zijin in the Profound Sect, gave him a letter for the Mu Family, and offered to protect Xu Qing from the Han Family.
• Xu Yang cultivated in the Middle Court for more than two months, and his Eight Desolations Demon-Subduing Fist reached perfection.

Xu Yang perfected the Eight Desolations Demon-Subduing Fist and broke through to the eighth heavenly origin, prompting the Han Family to arrange a final Life-and-Death Arena duel between him and Du Yuan. Xu Yang remained confident and asked Gu Qingfeng and Wu Xiuyuan to find Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass, while Qin Xiao secretly decided the Qin Family would not give him any.

• Xu Yang perfected the Eight Desolations Demon-Subduing Fist, then announced that he had sensed the barrier to the eighth heavenly origin and entered seclusion.
• Xu Yang broke through to the eighth heavenly origin, shocking the Middle Court and alarming Lu Wei, who resolved to kill him on the Ultimate Dragon Platform.
• Du Yuan publicly challenged Xu Yang to settle their grudge, and Lu Wei and other students believed Xu Yang was unlikely to survive the duel.
• Xu Yang told Gu Qingfeng and Wu Xiuyuan to seek Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass in exchange for a Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon, while assuring Sun Tao that he was confident.
• Gu Qingfeng asked Qin Xiao to help find the spirit herb, and Qin Xiao promised to search while privately deciding that the Qin Family would keep any herb it found rather than give it to Xu Yang.

Xu Yang accepted Du Yuan’s Life-and-Death Arena challenge after Wu Xiuyuan brought him Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass and the Qin Family failed to provide any. As Du Yuan unleashed his minor-accomplishment Golden Roc Sky-Splitting Fist, Xu Yang faced the attack with his true cultivation concealed.

• Wu Xiuyuan gave Xu Yang a stalk of Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass from the Zhao Family, while Gu Qingfeng reported that Qin Xiao had not delivered one from the Qin Family.
• Xu Yang saved the herb for later and continued cultivating, perfecting the ninth layer of the Golden Astral Skill as several of his fellow students advanced to Eighth Heavenly Origin.
• The Life-and-Death Arena emerged, and Xu Yang joined Gu Qingfeng, Wu Xiuyuan, and the others to watch the challenges begin.
• Du Yuan challenged Xu Yang and accused him of harming Jiang Xun; Xu Yang accepted and mocked Du Yuan’s claim of friendship with Jiang Xun.
• Du Yuan revealed that his Golden Roc Sky-Splitting Fist had reached minor accomplishment and launched a powerful opening punch at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang revealed that his Azure Dragon Tyrant Body and Golden Astral Skill had both reached the eighth layer, turning the life-and-death battle against Du Yuan in his favor. He drew the Heavenly Star Saber and badly wounded Du Yuan, but the fight continued as Du Yuan struggled against the weapon’s overwhelming power.

• Xu Yang shattered Du Yuan’s Golden Roc Sky-Splitting Fist with his eighth-layer Azure Dragon Tyrant Body and perfected Asura Armor-Piercing Fist, shocking the spectators and alarming Lu Wei.
• Du Yuan attacked again, but Xu Yang revealed his eighth-layer Golden Astral Skill and immense blood energy, then sent Du Yuan flying with a stronger punch.
• Xu Yang drew the Heavenly Star Saber and unleashed his perfected Earth-Splitting Dragon-Shocking Slash, forcing Du Yuan to evade as the strike cracked the arena floor.
• Du Yuan struck Xu Yang from behind, but Xu Yang blocked with his saber and pressed forward through the shock waves.
• Xu Yang’s saber split Du Yuan’s Golden Roc and struck his raised fist, cracking the bones and leaving Du Yuan badly wounded and frightened.

Xu Yang killed Du Yuan in the Life-and-Death Arena after interrupting his attempts to unleash Golden Peng Burial and overcoming the attack’s devastating backlash. The arena appearance ended with Xu Yang alive, while the Han Family learned of Du Yuan’s death and the extent of Xu Yang’s strength.

• Du Yuan used the Golden Roc Sky-Splitting Fist’s Sky-Splitting Strike, but Xu Yang interrupted it with the perfected Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art and wounded him through his spirit weapon inner armor.
• Han Qianlin urged Du Yuan to use Golden Peng Burial, but Du Yuan hesitated; Xu Yang attacked again and prevented him from fully activating the life-staking technique.
• Xu Yang and Du Yuan’s attacks collided, severely injuring them both, but Du Yuan suffered the worse damage from the backlash and his shattered inner armor.
• Xu Yang pressed his attack and split Du Yuan’s body with successive saber strikes, killing him and leaving the crowd stunned.
• Wang Shuheng ended the Life-and-Death Arena appearance, while Han Qianlin had Han Yun collect Du Yuan’s corpse and left with the Han Family.
• At the Heavenly Strategy Academy Mountain Gate, Han Yun told Han Qianjun that Du Yuan had died and revealed Xu Yang’s eighth-level Azure Dragon Tyrant Body and exceptional strength.

After Xu Yang killed Du Yuan, the Qin Family realized its deception over the Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass could cost it the favor of powerful young cultivators, so it sent Xu Yang and Gu Qingfeng a stalk as an apology. Xu Yang forged a Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon for the Zhao Family, refused three Spirit Bone Prodigies’ request to forge weapons for them, and headed to the Spirit Tower to cultivate.

• Qin Xiao learned that Xu Yang had killed Du Yuan, and Qin Yi ordered him to send Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass to Xu Yang and Gu Qingfeng without asking for anything in return.
• Xu Yang accepted the Qin Family’s grass, while Wu Xiuyuan, Gu Qingfeng, Jiang Fan, and Xu Yang discussed the family’s motives and the apology.
• Xu Yang forged a Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon for the Zhao Family, and Wu Xiuyuan agreed to deliver it as news spread of Li Yunfei and Lu Wei reaching new cultivation milestones.
• Jiang Yue Bai, Wei Fengyi, and Yang Mingxiu asked Xu Yang to forge weapons for them in exchange for their favors, but he refused because he needed to focus on Dragon Ascension and the Han Family.
• Jiang Yue Bai and the others left after Yang Mingxiu warned Xu Yang about his relationship with Xiao Yun, and Xu Yang went to the Spirit Tower with his Waist Token and Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass.

Xu Yang broke through to the ninth layer of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, greatly strengthening his spiritual force and physique as he prepared to confront the Han Family. Han Qianlin armed Lu Wei with rare treasures to kill Xu Yang on the Ultimate Dragon Platform, while Xu Yang began refining his second Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass.

• Xu Yang shattered the spiritual realm barrier, reached the ninth layer of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture, and discovered his spiritual saber could cut through his formidable body.
• Xu Yang consolidated his gains and continued cultivating his physique and astral energy while delaying his move against Han Qianlin.
• Han Qianlin summoned Lu Wei, learned his Golden Roc Sky-Splitting Fist had reached minor accomplishment, and ordered him to kill Xu Yang on the Ultimate Dragon Platform.
• Han Qianlin gave Lu Wei the supreme-grade spirit weapon Silverblood, purple-patterned king ginseng, and a Profound Yang Vermilion Fruit to strengthen him for the fight.
• Xu Yang assessed his progress in the Spirit Tower and swallowed his second Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass before the coming confrontation with the Han Family.

Xu Yang emerged from seclusion stronger and set out to kill Han Qianlin, but Martial Master Lieshan prevented Han Qianlin from pursuing him. After spending nearly a month scouting Cloud Province City, Xu Yang launched a raid at Han Xi’s residence to draw Han Qianlin out and began by attacking the Treasure Vault.

• Xu Yang refined the Profound Yin Spirit-Communing Grass, strengthened his spiritual force, and left the Spirit Tower at eighth Heavenly Origin perfection.
• Qi Ning broke through to ninth Heavenly Origin, and Xu Yang returned to his courtyard before preparing to leave the academy.
• Xu Yang accepted a mission to Jade Dragon Mountain, but Martial Master Lieshan followed Han Qianlin and blocked his chance to pursue Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang disguised himself in Cloud Province City, investigated the Han Family’s forces, and decided to target Han Qianlin at Han Xi’s residence.
• Xu Yang killed four guards to raise the alarm, then rushed toward the Treasure Vault as Han Xi intercepted him with her sword.

Xu Yang killed Han Xi, stole her three dowry treasures, and lured the Han Family experts into an ambush, where he slaughtered them. Han Qianlin learned of his daughter's death and raced toward the murderer, unaware that the pursuers had already been killed.

• Xu Yang killed Han Xi and a seventh heavenly origin guard, then stole the three hidden treasures and several pills and herbs from her Treasure Vault.
• After Han Xi's enslaved exotic beast rampaged through the residence, Han Qianzhong and other Han Family experts subdued it; Han Qianjun killed it while the elders pursued Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang lured Han Qianzhong, Han Qianjun, and their companions into a mountain hollow and killed them with the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body, then took their weapons.
• Han Yun told Han Qianlin that Han Xi had been murdered, and Han Qianlin's grief sent his power out of control, injuring Han Yun and damaging the courtyard.
• Han Qianlin met a Han Family messenger at the Academy's Mountain Gate and flew with him toward the site, intending to kill Han Xi's murderer.

Xu Yang disguised himself as a Han Family messenger and ambushed Han Qianlin, then fought him in a devastating head-on clash. Han Qianlin recognized Xu Yang after their powers collided, and both men remained alive and badly injured as Xu Yang prepared to continue the fight.

• Han Qianlin rushed toward the reported killer, grieving over Han Xi’s death and threatening revenge.
• Xu Yang revealed himself from his disguise and struck Han Qianlin with the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist, injuring him in a surprise attack.
• Han Qianlin counterattacked and drove Xu Yang backward, but Xu Yang unleashed the Two Extremes Heaven and Earth Art and met him head-on.
• The collision badly injured both men and shattered Xu Yang’s disguise, revealing his identity to Han Qianlin.
• Han Qianlin recoiled in shock at Xu Yang’s concealed strength, while Xu Yang halted his fall, healed his wounded fist, and declared that he had come to kill him.

Xu Yang fought Han Qianlin in a brutal battle after killing Han Xi, revealing his perfected Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist and Azure Dragon Transformation. Both men suffered severe injuries, but they recovered enough to continue as the decisive fight began.

• Xu Yang confirmed that he had killed Han Xi and provoked Han Qianlin into staying to fight rather than flee.
• Xu Yang and Han Qianlin collided with the Primordial Dragon Elephant Fist and Golden Roc Sky-Splitting Fist, then exchanged more than twenty attacks and badly injured each other.
• Xu Yang activated the Azure Dragon Transformation and attacked Han Qianlin with his claws and tail, forcing Han Qianlin to retreat.
• Han Qianlin struck Xu Yang hard enough to break the Azure Dragon Transformation, but Xu Yang tore a chunk of flesh from Han Qianlin's chest and destroyed it.
• Xu Yang and Han Qianlin recovered some strength by drawing in the surrounding essence and charged into the next phase of their battle.