Recaps

Tang Yan and his companions arrived at the Azure Dragon Academy's selection grounds, stood up to five hostile candidates, and learned how the selection would be scored. The assessment began the next morning, with candidates needing at least thirty star value to become students.

• Mo Bin brought Tang Yan, Lin Dongxue, Wan Fei, Fang Xuan, and Du Shu to the selection grounds and warned them not to cause trouble before the assessment.
• Tang Yan led the group to an empty place to rest and shared food with them.
• Five profound tier fifth grade youths tried to force Tang Yan's group from their resting place, but Tang Yan dispersed their pressure and refused to back down.
• Fang Xuan regretted provoking the youths, but Tang Yan and Lin Dongxue encouraged him, bringing the Eastern Domain group closer together.
• The next morning, a white-haired old man explained that candidates would be transported into a mountain forest to kill spirit beasts for star value, and that anyone below thirty would be eliminated.

Tang Yan and the others learned that star points could be stolen, then began the month-long selection in the eastern region. When the five youths who had threatened them before confronted them again, Tang Yan struck first and overwhelmed two opponents.

• The white-haired old man revealed that participants could steal star points and divided them into four regions for a month-long selection.
• Tang Yan advised his group to build their strength before hunting other participants, but the five youths who had challenged them earlier approached.
• Tang Yan baited the tall youth into turning around, then hit him with a redirected punch and sent him flying.
• Tang Yan attacked the green-clad youth, whose stronger cultivation could not match Tang Yan's rapid blows and Thousand Mountains Fist.

Tang Yan and his companions defeated five youths who had attacked them, taking their Star Tokens and valuables. After Tang Yan intimidated the onlookers, the group followed him onward, with him now at its center.

• Tang Yan defeated three opponents, transferred their Star Tokens to his own, and took their packs, possessions, and martial technique manual before sealing their true qi.
• Fang Xuan and Du Shu defeated another opponent and, following Tang Yan’s example, searched him and divided his medicinal pills and other supplies.
• Tang Yan stopped Du Shu from joining Lin Dongxue and Wan Fei’s fight, urging them to face their opponent themselves.
• Lin Dongxue and Wan Fei worked together to defeat their opponent, and Wan Fei shared a medicinal pill with Lin Dongxue.
• Tang Yan sealed the last two youths’ Dantians and warned the watching crowd not to challenge his group.
• Tang Yan led Fang Xuan, Du Shu, Lin Dongxue, and Wan Fei onward.

Azure Dragon Academy’s elders compared the promising talents they had discovered while recruiting across the kingdom, and Mo Bin’s report of three candidates from the Eastern Domain surprised them. The chapter ended with Xiao Cangshan asking about Mo Bin’s other two recruits after agreeing that Wan Fei deserved focused training.

• The Second Elder, Fifth Elder, and Ninth Elder described the gifted recruits Jing Wuhen, a formation expert from Watershow City, and Xue Xiao, whose Pure Spirit Physique astonished the elders.
• Xiao Cangshan revealed that Zi Yun might join Azure Dragon Academy and accepted the First Elder’s suggestion to appoint her an honorary instructor.
• Mo Bin said he had found three promising youngsters in the Eastern Domain, prompting laughter because the region was known for producing few talented students.
• Mo Bin explained that Wan Fei was a twenty-two-year-old at profound tier fourth grade who understood martial skills deeply and executed them three times faster than ordinary people.
• Xiao Cangshan said Wan Fei should receive focused training and might enter the inner academy, then asked Mo Bin about his other two recruits.

Mo Bin defended his belief that Tang Yan would place in the top hundred, while Tang Yan's group fought two Giant-Tusked Elephants during the selection. Tang Yan was badly wounded saving Lin Dongxue, who fed him medicine and then returned to the battle.

• Mo Bin told the elders that Lin Dongxue had exceptional comprehension and predicted Tang Yan would make the top hundred, prompting them to agree to review the rankings in ten days.
• Tang Yan assigned Wan Fei and Lin Dongxue and Du Shu and Fang Xuan to attack the two Giant-Tusked Elephants while he stayed back to support them.
• Lin Dongxue's sword strike failed to stop a charging elephant, and Tang Yan shoved her out of its path before being struck and badly wounded.
• Lin Dongxue fed Tang Yan pills by guiding them into his mouth with her true qi, then returned to help Fang Xuan when Tang Yan recovered enough to send her back.
• Lin Dongxue joined the fight, easing the pressure on Fang Xuan, who managed to wound the Giant-Tusked Elephant.

Tang Yan discovered that the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron used Spiritual Qi from Beast Cores to heal his wounds and nourish its herb-growing space, then continued hunting with his companions. After the group killed seven white-patterned tigers, he offered High Spirit Pills in exchange for their Beast Cores.

• Fang Xuan, Lin Dongxue, Du Shu, and Wan Fei helped Tang Yan defeat two giant-tusked elephants, then gave him their Beast Cores while he shared his Star Value with them.
• Tang Yan fed a fourth-tier Beast Core into the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron and found that its vitality healed his wounds before the remaining Spiritual Qi nourished the Chaos Space.
• Tang Yan used his second Beast Core to increase the Chaos Space's Spiritual Qi and absorbed the Cauldron's remaining energy to strengthen his cultivation.
• Tang Yan reassured Lin Dongxue that his injuries had healed, and the five continued hunting for Spirit Beasts.
• Tang Yan and his companions killed seven white-patterned tigers, and Tang Yan offered High Spirit Pills to compensate them for the Beast Cores.

Tang Yan traded High Spirit Pills for beast cores, then split from Lin Dongxue, Fang Xuan, Wan Fei, and Du Shu so they could earn Star Value more efficiently. He headed to a secluded valley to practice martial techniques before the selection grew more dangerous.

• Tang Yan gave Lin Dongxue, Fang Xuan, Wan Fei, and Du Shu High Spirit Pills in exchange for the White-Flower Tiger beast cores.
• Tang Yan proposed splitting up until around the twentieth day, gave each companion a signal flare, and offered to trade beast cores for more High Spirit Pills.
• Tang Yan parted from the group and used Phantom Shadow Steps to leave, while Lin Dongxue resolved to become stronger before they met again.
• Tang Yan searched for a secluded place to practice the Mountain-Crushing Wave-Treading Sword and Divine Soul-Seizing Art, wary after encountering two groups of people.
• Tang Yan found a remote valley with steep rocks, sparse vegetation, and a small stream, and decided it was suitable for cultivation.

Tang Yan abandoned an unsuccessful first attempt at the Mountain-Crushing Wave-Treading Sword and spent nine days mastering basic sword moves with the Wuxie Sword. He then practiced the earth tier martial skill until he unleashed a powerful strike that split the rocks around him.

• Tang Yan tried the Mountain-Crushing Wave-Treading Sword but lost control of the heavy sword and fell.
• Tang Yan analyzed his mistakes, set the skill aside, and drilled basic sword swings until his strikes landed in the same position.
• Tang Yan practiced thrusts and upward cuts, gradually mastering the basic sword moves over nine days.
• Tang Yan resumed the Mountain-Crushing Wave-Treading Sword and repeatedly replenished his spiritual qi with High Spirit Pills as he corrected his mistakes.
• Tang Yan completed a forceful sword strike that sent a beam of white light forward and scattered the surrounding rocks.

Tang Yan hid after leaving a powerful sword scar, refined seven Beast Cores, and discovered the rare Spirit Baleful Orchid growing in a marsh. As a group of people hurried toward him, he had not yet found a way to reach the orchid in the marsh's center.

• Tang Yan fled after his sword technique left a massive fissure, and Young Master Bai and a blue-dressed girl concluded that someone had used a high-grade martial technique and planned to seize it.
• Tang Yan refined seven White-Flower Tiger Beast Cores overnight and reached the peak of Profound Tier Fourth Grade.
• Tang Yan studied the Divine Soul-Seizing Art and learned it was a mental attack capable of influencing or controlling an opponent's mind.
• Tang Yan defeated seven Third Tier Spirit Beasts, earning one point on his mark.
• Tang Yan followed a fragrance to a marsh and recognized the Spirit Baleful Orchid growing at its center.
• Tang Yan turned as a group of people rushed toward him.

Tang Yan retrieved the Spirit Baleful Orchid by crossing the swamp on planks, then escaped the group who wanted it. After absorbing spiritual qi from seven Third-Tier Beast Cores, he broke through to profound tier fifth grade.

• Tang Yan cut a tree into planks and laid them across the swamp to reach the Spirit Baleful Orchid.
• Tang Yan took the Spirit Baleful Orchid and evaded Chen Cheng’s saber attack, leaving Chen Cheng stranded in the swamp as he fled.
• The woman in white ordered her companions to rescue Chen Cheng and search for Tang Yan, but she failed to catch him.
• Tang Yan checked the Spirit Baleful Orchid in the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron and fed seven Third-Tier Beast Cores into it.
• Tang Yan guided the resulting spiritual qi through his body and broke through the barrier to profound tier fifth grade.

Tang Yan advanced his cultivation and made progress with the Divine Soul-Seizing Art before meeting Yu Juechen, a ninth-grade cultivator selling beast cores to support himself. When Tang Yan's old enemy attacked, Yu Juechen intervened, and the White-Clothed Young Woman offered to make a deal.

• Tang Yan consolidated his Profound Tier Fifth Grade strength, refined beast cores with the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron, and began to understand the Divine Soul-Seizing Art.
• Tang Yan found Yu Juechen selling a batch of beast cores and learned that he was a Profound Tier Ninth Grade young master who had been cast out by his father.
• Yu Juechen struggled to sell his beast cores, while Tang Yan considered buying them and wondered about Yu Juechen's background.
• The Blue-Robed Young Man attacked Tang Yan, but Yu Juechen blocked him and refused to let the dispute interrupt his business.
• The White-Clothed Young Woman noticed Yu Juechen's sign and offered to make a deal, prompting him to ask whether she wanted to buy the beast cores.

Tang Yan offered Yu Juechen High Spirit Pills in exchange for his beast cores after Su Ying'er proposed a much less favorable deal. Yu Juechen accepted Tang Yan’s offer, and the crowd began asking to trade as well.

• Su Ying'er offered Yu Juechen one Second-Tier Middle-Grade Pill for every four Third-Tier Beast Cores or one Fourth-Tier Beast Core.
• Tang Yan revealed his High Spirit Pills, and Yu Juechen sampled one and confirmed its exceptional effects.
• Tang Yan explained that High Spirit Pills could be taken repeatedly without losing effectiveness and offered three Third-Tier Beast Cores or one Fourth-Tier Beast Core for two pills.
• Yu Juechen accepted Tang Yan’s offer, and Tang Yan handed him five bottles containing seventy-four genuine High Spirit Pills.
• Someone in the crowd asked Tang Yan whether he would trade for their beast cores.

Tang Yan traded his remaining High Spirit Pills for fourth-rank Beast Cores, while Lin Dongxue, Wan Fei, Fang Xuan, and Du Shu grew stronger and notorious for plundering defeated opponents. At the Azure Dragon Academy, the elders reviewed the selection rankings and turned their attention to Tang Yan's Star Value.

• Tang Yan traded two High Spirit Pills for each fourth-rank Beast Core until he ran out of pills.
• Lin Dongxue pushed herself to grow stronger for Tang Yan, while Wan Fei, Fang Xuan, and Du Shu trained and hunted Spirit Beasts alongside her.
• The four gained a foul reputation for stripping supplies from opponents who challenged them.
• Xiao Cangshan reviewed the selection rankings, noting Jing Wuhen in first place, Lang Qingyun in second, and Xue Xiao in third.
• The elders praised Wan Fei, Lin Dongxue, Fang Xuan, and Du Shu for their Star Values and teamwork, then prepared to check Tang Yan's results.

Tang Yan’s Star Value was only 5, disappointing Mo Bin, but in the forest he proved his combat strength by defeating Chen Cheng and taking his Star Value and supplies. Su Ying’er left with the injured Chen Cheng, vowing to seek revenge later.

• Xiao Cangshan revealed Tang Yan’s Star Value was 5, drawing laughter from the elders and disappointing Mo Bin.
• Su Ying’er decided to leave with Chen Cheng and the others rather than confront Tang Yan over the Spirit Baleful Orchid.
• Tang Yan stopped the group and demanded Chen Cheng’s Star Value, accusing him of ambushing him twice.
• Tang Yan changed the course of his punch and followed with chained strikes, defeating Chen Cheng in two moves.
• Tang Yan took Chen Cheng’s 50 Star Value and supplies, then walked away as Su Ying’er treated Chen Cheng and led the group off to plan revenge.

Yu Juechen mistook Tang Yan’s offer to exchange beast cores for elixirs as a secret favor from his father, then tried to use his Rakshasa Gate token to make Tang Yan reveal his identity. Tang Yan doubted Yu Juechen’s claim and cited his friend Zi Yun’s far greater strength, leaving Yu Juechen humbled and asking Tang Yan’s name.

• Yu Juechen decided Tang Yan was secretly delivering cultivation resources from his father and chased after him.
• Yu Juechen showed Tang Yan his Rakshasa Gate token and demanded that he reveal his identity.
• Tang Yan dismissed the token as a fake, arguing that the Rakshasa Gate’s eldest young master would not be so short of resources.
• Yu Juechen displayed his Profound tier ninth-grade strength, but Tang Yan compared him unfavorably with his Heaven-tier friend.
• Tang Yan revealed Zi Yun’s Purple Bamboo City insignia, and Yu Juechen recognized it and conceded that Tang Yan did not belong to the Rakshasa Gate.
• Yu Juechen praised Tang Yan’s sharp tongue and asked to learn his name.

Tang Yan traded with Yu Juechen, then fed more than two hundred beast cores to the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron and sensed that its chaos space was nearing a new change. He spent the next several days refining elixirs and hunting spirit beasts before arriving at a gathering where tournament participants traded supplies.

• Tang Yan deduced that Yu Juechen had been expelled from the Rakshasa Gate, and Yu Juechen offered him a favor before they parted.
• Tang Yan poured over two hundred beast cores into the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron, which absorbed all their spiritual qi and left its chaos space glowing more brightly.
• Tang Yan refined nearly three hundred elixirs over a day and night, then set out to raise his star value.
• Tang Yan tested the Divine Soul-Seizing Art on seven azure apes, killed them, and collected their beast cores and star value.
• Tang Yan spent five days hunting, gathering nearly two hundred third-tier and over forty fourth-tier beast cores while improving his control of the Divine Soul-Seizing Art.
• Tang Yan found a gathering of tournament participants trading beast cores, medicinal ingredients, and elixirs.

Tang Yan sold High Spirit Pills at the market, traded them for Beast Cores and rare medicinal ingredients, then refused the Raging Tide Gang’s coercive demands. He left Zhao Qian driven back by his Thousand Mountains Fist, despite being a grade weaker.

• Tang Yan offered High Spirit Pills at market prices and exchanged them with the square-faced youth’s team for Beast Cores.
• Tang Yan traded more pills to other buyers and accepted a Wonderful Flower Fruit and other spirit herbs.
• Zhang Peng, Chen He, and Zhao Qian of the Raging Tide Gang demanded an unfair exchange rate, but Tang Yan refused and told them to get lost.
• Zhang Peng ordered Zhao Qian to attack Tang Yan, and Zhao Qian charged at him.
• Tang Yan struck Zhao Qian with the Third Fist of the Thousand Mountains Fist and knocked him back three steps while remaining steady.

Tang Yan defeated Zhao Qian and Chen He, then robbed them after the Raging Tide Gang tried to seize his pills. He demanded Zhang Peng’s storage ring as well, leaving Zhang Peng caught between resisting and giving it up.

• Tang Yan used the Divine Soul-Seizing Art and Soul-Refining Flame to interrupt Chen He's attack, then knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• Tang Yan attacked Zhao Qian while he was distracted and sent him flying with a blow to the lower abdomen.
• Zhang Peng apologized and tried to leave with his fallen companions, but Tang Yan stopped him and searched Zhao Qian and Chen He for valuables.
• Tang Yan refused Zhang Peng’s offered pill bottles and demanded the black storage ring on his thumb.

Tang Yan defeated Zhang Peng, seized his thumb ring and Star Value, then traded away his remaining pills and Star Value for Beast Cores and medicinal ingredients. Alone in a secluded spot, he gathered his haul and fed several thousand Beast Cores into the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron.

• Tang Yan broke Zhang Peng's arm with a powerful martial technique and knocked him into a tree, then took his thumb ring despite Zhang Peng's threats about the Raging Tide Gang.
• Tang Yan transferred Zhang Peng's Star Value to himself and warned Zhang Peng and his two teammates not to threaten him again.
• Tang Yan traded his remaining pills for Beast Cores, then offered Star Value in exchange for Beast Cores and medicinal ingredients.
• Tang Yan completed his trades and left the crowd with over four thousand Third-Tier Beast Cores, eight hundred Fourth-Tier Beast Cores, and heaps of medicinal ingredients.
• Tang Yan went to a secluded spot and drew several thousand Beast Cores into the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron.

Tang Yan absorbed the power of the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame, which tempered his Dantian and infused his True Qi with destructive might. After seeing the signal from Wan Fei and the others, he rushed toward their location as their next contest approached.

• Thousands of Beast Cores fed Spiritual Qi into the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron, transforming its Chaos Space and sending the deep-blue Heaven-Earth Creation Flame into Tang Yan's Dantian.
• Tang Yan endured severe pain as his Dantian and Meridians were tempered, then discovered that his True Qi carried the flame's destructive power.
• After twenty days apart, Wan Fei, Lin Dongxue, Fang Xuan, and Du Shu launched a firework signal to summon Tang Yan.
• Tang Yan saw their signal and used Phantom Shadow Steps to hurry toward them.
• A team on a distant hill spotted Tang Yan and called him a bastard.

Tang Yan reunited with Fang Xuan, Du Shu, Wan Fei, and Lin Dongxue, whose cultivation and Beast Core haul had grown rapidly. The Raging Tide Gang arrived to confront him, and Li Kuanglan accused him of robbing and injuring the gang’s members.

• Zhang Peng identified Tang Yan and led Li Kuanglan and dozens of Raging Tide Gang members to pursue him.
• Tang Yan met Fang Xuan and the others and was surprised by their improved cultivation, especially Lin Dongxue’s progress.
• Fang Xuan, Du Shu, Wan Fei, and Lin Dongxue gave Tang Yan their Beast Cores, and he promised to provide them with cultivation pills.
• Tang Yan spotted the approaching gang and admitted he had beaten some of its members; his companions vowed to stand with him.
• Li Kuanglan confronted Tang Yan and asked whether he had robbed the gang and injured its members.

Tang Yan fought Li Kuanglan, a profound tier eighth grade fighter, and used his unusual strength and quick attacks to put him on the defensive. Li Kuanglan finally unleashed Eight Directions Break, and Tang Yan responded with the first form of Thousand Mountains Fist as their clash escalated.

• Tang Yan refused Li Kuanglan's demand for an accounting and met his attack head-on, staggering back three steps after their first clash.
• Tang Yan's changing strikes and sudden elbow forced Li Kuanglan to defend and retreat, shocking the watching crowd.
• Fang Xuan, Wan Fei, and Lin Dongxue watched Tang Yan's fight, and Lin Dongxue explained that he had guided her cultivation.
• Tang Yan struck Li Kuanglan's shoulder with a strange force and made him retreat another step.
• Li Kuanglan released all his true qi and used Eight Directions Break, prompting Tang Yan to unleash the first form of Thousand Mountains Fist.

Tang Yan broke through Li Kuanglan’s defenses and matched his powerful attacks, then restored his true qi with a pill and defeated him in a clash of Earth Tier sword skills. The chapter left Tang Yan standing victorious while Li Kuanglan lay wounded on the ground.

• Tang Yan used his seventh Thousand Mountains Fist strike, the Divine Soul-Seizing Art, and the heaven-earth creation flame to weaken Li Kuanglan’s qi barrier and devour his attack.
• Li Kuanglan unleashed Thunderclap Palm, but Tang Yan answered with Flame Burst Palm and survived their clash.
• After Li Kuanglan claimed Tang Yan had exhausted his spiritual power, Tang Yan swallowed a Qi-Restoring Pill and quickly recovered.
• Tang Yan attacked with Mountain-Crushing Wave-Treading Sword before Li Kuanglan could use his spirit herb.
• Li Kuanglan countered with Heaven-Opening Sword, but Tang Yan won the exchange and remained standing as Li Kuanglan fell wounded.

Tang Yan defeated Li Kuanglan, took the Raging Tide Gang’s star value, and learned of a natural spiritual treasure at Shuilan Peak. After revealing his injuries to his companions, he promised to refine Mystic Spirit Pills for them, leaving Wan Fei shocked by the pill’s name.

• Tang Yan took Li Kuanglan’s Storage Ring and star value, then threatened Zhang Peng and two others into surrendering their belongings or facing the loss of their Star Tokens.
• Zhang Peng offered Tang Yan a map marking a natural spiritual treasure near Shuilan Peak, and Tang Yan spared him while warning him not to lie.
• After Tang Yan left, Zhang Peng told the crowd about the treasure, and Li Kuanglan decided the Raging Tide Gang would follow and ambush Tang Yan after he fought other forces.
• Tang Yan spat blood from forcing his spiritual qi during the fight, took a pill, and explained that he needed time to recover.
• Tang Yan told Lin Dongxue, Wan Fei, Du Shu, and Fang Xuan that he would keep their High Spirit Pills and instead refine Mystic Spirit Pills for them.
• Wan Fei recognized the name Mystic Spirit Pill and cried out in shock.

Tang Yan refined Mystic Spirit Pills and helped his companions break through before they headed to Shuilan Peak in search of a natural spiritual treasure. At the peak, they encountered an Immortal Sword Gang member who demanded that they leave.

• Wan Fei identified the Mystic Spirit Pill, and Tang Yan revealed that he was an Alchemy Master before asking his companions to keep it secret.
• Tang Yan reasoned that a powerful guardian protected the natural spiritual treasure, then spent nearly seven hours refining pills while Fang Xuan and the others kept watch.
• Tang Yan gave pills to Fang Xuan, Wan Fei, Du Shu, and their companion, and they all used them to break through during the night.
• Tang Yan led the group to Shuilan Peak, where they found its smooth, steep slopes difficult to climb and Tang Yan sensed powerful divine senses watching them.
• A young man from the Immortal Sword Gang approached and politely but arrogantly told Tang Yan and the others to leave because the place belonged to his gang.