Chapter Summaries

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.

Tang Yan devised a wooden-board stairway to climb Shuilan Peak and race for the Heaven and Earth Spirit Object. He reached the summit ahead of the Immortal Sword Gang, Young Master Bai, and Leng Ning, disappearing from view as they pursued him.

• Tang Yan withdrew with Fang Xuan and the others after sensing powerful fighters near Shuilan Peak, then explained that rival factions were keeping one another from acting openly.
• Tang Yan cut down trees and prepared wooden boards, telling his companions to retreat and regroup with signal flares if he seized the Heaven and Earth Spirit Object.
• A powerful surge of Spiritual Qi stirred, and Tang Yan raced toward Shuilan Peak as Yun Zhonghe, Young Master Bai, and Leng Ning moved to pursue the treasure.
• Tang Yan sent wooden boards flying beside the cliff and leaped from one to another, using them as a makeshift stairway.
• Yun Zhonghe ascended with a jade umbrella, Young Master Bai climbed with daggers, and Leng Ning used lengths of white silk, but Tang Yan reached the summit first and vanished from sight.

Tang Yan found Star Spirit Liquid on Shuilan Peak, but the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron absorbed it before he could collect it, so he faked a substitute to fool the three experts at the summit. After escaping their pursuers, he began cultivating as the cauldron’s flame fused with his dantian, while Yun Zhonghe, Leng Ning, and Bai Yu argued over the supposed spirit liquid.

• Tang Yan discovered Star Spirit Liquid in a hollow on the summit, but the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron absorbed every drop.
• Tang Yan filled the hollow with an imitation mixture, then pretended to collect it until Yun Zhonghe, Leng Ning, and Bai Yu forced him away.
• Tang Yan cursed the three from below, drew the Immortal Sword Gang’s pursuit, and escaped with Phantom Shadow Steps.
• Tang Yan found that the Star Spirit Liquid had transformed inside the cauldron, and its flame began fusing with his dantian as he cultivated through intense pain.
• Yun Zhonghe proposed taking half the spirit liquid, but Leng Ning suggested that she and Bai Yu split it equally, prompting Yun Zhonghe to try to win Bai Yu over.

Leng Ning, Yun Zhonghe, and Bai Yu discovered that the Spirit Liquid had been switched and offered a hefty bounty for Tang Yan, while Zhang Peng and Li Kuanglan plotted to find his companions. Far away, Tang Yan’s Dantian vanished as the Star Spirit Liquid and Heaven-Earth Creation Flame transformed his power, leaving him able to draw true qi directly from the flame.

• Leng Ning sensed that the Spirit Liquid had lost its vitality, and Yun Zhonghe, Leng Ning, and Bai Yu realized it was fake and chased after Tang Yan.
• Zhang Peng persuaded Li Kuanglan to search for Tang Yan’s companions and use them to lure him out, while hoping to earn a reward.
• Yun Zhonghe, Leng Ning, and Bai Yu offered ten third-tier pills each for a lead that would help them find Tang Yan, prompting the crowd to search.
• Tang Yan’s Dantian vanished as the Star Spirit Liquid and Heaven-Earth Creation Flame reshaped his body, but he discovered he could draw true qi directly from the flame in the Chaos Space.

Tang Yan concealed himself from the experts searching for him, spent four days consolidating his breakthrough to Profound Tier Seventh Grade, and then went looking for star value. He found Yu Juechen fighting an adult Fang Beast and helped him gain the upper hand, but the beast unleashed its fiery ability and fled.

• Tang Yan overheard searchers discussing a reward for finding him and decided not to risk leading them to Wan Fei and the others.
• Tang Yan spent four days cultivating in remote areas, consolidated his Profound Tier Seventh Grade strength, and set out to raise his star value.
• Tang Yan heard a battle and found Yu Juechen struggling against an adult fifth-tier Fang Beast.
• Tang Yan called out advice that helped Yu Juechen injure and trip the Fang Beast.
• The Fang Beast erupted in flames, sprayed scorching, poisonous material, and fled after forcing Yu Juechen to retreat.

Tang Yan killed the Fang Beast and offered Yu Juechen ten High Spirit Pills to work for him for four days. Yu Juechen remained undecided after Tang Yan promised to improve his combat strength.

• Tang Yan used the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame and the Wuxie Sword to kill the Fang Beast, then retrieved its Beast Core.
• Yu Juechen marveled that Tang Yan had defeated an adult Fang Beast despite being only Profound Tier Seventh Grade.
• Tang Yan declined Yu Juechen's request to trade Beast Cores for High Spirit Pills, then offered him ten pills to work for him for four days.
• Yu Juechen guessed Tang Yan wanted help against Yun Zhonghe and the others, and asked for part of the natural spiritual treasure Tang Yan had obtained on Shuilan Peak.
• Tang Yan said he had eaten the treasure and promised to raise Yu Juechen's combat strength within four days, but Yu Juechen asked for time to consider the offer.

Li Kuanglan joined Yun Zhonghe, Leng Ning, and Bai Yu to hunt Tang Yan by targeting his friends. Meanwhile, Tang Yan confronted Yu Juechen about his fear of responsibility and promised he could make him stronger.

• Chen He told Li Kuanglan that Tang Yan’s four friends had been found and were under watch.
• Li Kuanglan offered to help Yun Zhonghe, Leng Ning, and Bai Yu capture Tang Yan by seizing his friends, and they paid him thirty third-tier pills.
• Tang Yan accused Yu Juechen of avoiding responsibility as the Rakshasa Gate Eldest Young Master and exposed his doubts about his potential in the Martial Dao.
• Yu Juechen asked Tang Yan if he could make him stronger, and Tang Yan said he could.

Tang Yan inspired Yu Juechen to become his friend, but he rushed away after seeing fireworks that signaled his companions were in danger. He reached Shuilan Peak and found Fang Xuan, Lin Dongxue, Wan Fei, and their companion bound and injured, with the Immortal Sword Gang waiting to lure him into a trap.

• Tang Yan shared his struggles with Yu Juechen, who agreed to work with him for four days, and Tang Yan insisted they were friends.
• Tang Yan spotted fireworks and hurried toward them, while Yu Juechen followed after realizing Tang Yan's friends might be in danger.
• Bai Yu and Yun Zhonghe displayed Tang Yan's four companions as hostages and set off another flare to draw him out.
• Leng Ning slapped Lin Dongxue after she mocked the Immortal Sword Gang, while Wan Fei comforted her.
• Tang Yan reached Shuilan Peak, replenished his Spiritual Qi, and spotted his injured companions hanging from trees.

Tang Yan arrived to rescue his friends from the Immortal Sword Gang and attacked Leng Ning after learning she had struck Lin Dongxue. He gradually gained the advantage over the stronger Leng Ning and ended the chapter unleashing Thousand Mountains Fist.

• Yun Zhonghe threatened Tang Yan's friends and suggested the gang's men take Wan Fei and Lin Dongxue by force.
• Tang Yan revealed himself, cut his friends free, and comforted Lin Dongxue after she cried in his arms.
• Leng Ning admitted she had hit Lin Dongxue, and Tang Yan sent Fang Xuan and the others back before fighting the gang.
• Tang Yan defeated two Profound Tier Seventh Grade men with quick, precise strikes.
• Tang Yan fought Leng Ning, using his speed and shifting attacks to press her back before unleashing Thousand Mountains Fist.

Tang Yan defeated Leng Ning, took her Star Value and a Jade Shield, then turned toward Yun Zhonghe and Bai Yu. Meanwhile, Azure Dragon Academy’s elders reviewed the selection rankings and learned of Tang Yan’s victories and seized Spirit Object.

• Tang Yan overwhelmed Leng Ning with his sword technique, then slapped her repeatedly and said he would leave her alive for Lin Dongxue to repay the humiliation.
• Tang Yan took Leng Ning’s Storage Ring and Star Value, found a Jade Shield on her, and sealed the energy in her dantian before facing Yun Zhonghe and Bai Yu.
• Elder Huo and Elder Zhen arrived at the Azure Dragon Academy council chamber as Elder Bai Kong reported the leading students and their talents.
• Elder Bai Kong reported that Tang Yan had more than thirteen hundred Star Value, defeated Li Kuanglan, and seized the eastern region’s Heaven and Earth Spirit Object.
• Xiao Cangshan asked Elder Bai Kong about Tang Yan’s current situation.

Tang Yan defeated Leng Ning and rose to fourth place in the Star Value Rankings, drawing the elders’ attention. When Yun Zhonghe and Bai Yu joined forces against him, Yu Juechen arrived to intervene, and Tang Yan launched his strongest attack.

• The elders saw Tang Yan climb to fourth place as Leng Ning disappeared from the Star Value Rankings, then viewed the scene at Shuilan Peak and learned Tang Yan had defeated her.
• Yun Zhonghe and Bai Yu demanded that Tang Yan hand over the Heaven and Earth Spirit Object, and Tang Yan said he had already swallowed it.
• Yun Zhonghe ordered four men to seize Wan Fei and the others, but Tang Yan killed one attacker and stopped the rest with a threat.
• Yun Zhonghe and Bai Yu attacked Tang Yan with martial techniques, while Yu Juechen appeared and engaged Bai Yu.
• Tang Yan unleashed his Flame Burst Palm at Yun Zhonghe, using his strongest attack to seize the initiative.