Chapter Summaries

The students absorbed the spiritual energy on the Nine-Tier Platform, with Wen Qingxuan and her companions reaching the Heaven Fusion Peak. Yun Mo resisted the Evil Clan's mark with the Ziwei Emperor Art, then unexpectedly broke through to the Heaven Transformation Realm as the deans discussed the coming trials and academy choices.

• Ji Xuan, Qiu Beihai, and Liu Qingyun set aside their hostility toward the Spirit Jade holders and began absorbing the platform's spiritual energy.
• Wen Qingxuan, Qing He, Wu Ling, and Wu Yingying advanced to the Heaven Fusion Realm, while Ji Xuan and Luo Li also continued cultivating.
• The Evil Clan's mark attacked Yun Mo as he tried to break through, but he used the Jade Bi and Ziwei Emperor Art to protect his mind and manifest a Great Emperor's Phantom.
• Yun Mo's emperor's intent entered his qi sea and propelled him into the Heaven Transformation Realm, shocking Qiu Beihai and the other observers.
• Dean Taicang predicted Yun Mo could challenge for the Spirit Road Champion's Seat, while Dean Tian Sheng argued that reaching the Heaven Transformation Realm would not guarantee victory.

The Spirit Crown Trial began, and Wen Qingxuan quickly defeated Liu Qingyun on a battle platform. Ji Xuan entered the competition and immediately drew several challengers, leaving his fight about to begin.

• Tang Qiu explained how the Level-Nine Token holders could compete for the Spirit Crown and earn King-Sealing Titles.
• Wen Qingxuan entered a battle platform, while Qing He and Wu Ling waited for Ji Xuan to appear.
• Liu Qingyun challenged Wen Qingxuan after accepting Ji Xuan's promise to probe her strength.
• Wen Qingxuan overwhelmed Liu Qingyun with her Golden Phoenix Spear, and the platform's protection stopped her strike from killing him.
• Ji Xuan moved onto another battle platform, where three challengers—a staff wielder, a lance wielder, and a silver-haired swordswoman—headed straight for him.

Luo Li challenged Ji Xuan over their unfinished grudge from the Spirit Road, and the two unleashed powerful sword and holy-light techniques in a fierce battle. Both were injured before deans intervened, leaving the trial participants to await the selection of the Spirit Crown Holder and the conferring of king titles.

• Wu Ling, Qing He, Yun Mo, and Wu Yingying watched as Luo Li stepped onto the battle platform to fight Ji Xuan.
• Ji Xuan said the Spirit Road contest had ended with him victorious, and Luo Li attacked him with the Luo God Sword.
• Ji Xuan and Luo Li traded increasingly fierce spear and sword strikes while the spectators and academy elders watched.
• Luo Li released the Luo God Sword's first seal and unleashed Luo River Sword Shadow, while Ji Xuan countered with Holy Light Art, Holy Wheel.
• Their techniques collided with immense force, and two deans intervened to protect the injured Luo Li and Ji Xuan.
• The spectators reacted to the pair's strength, and the group anticipated the selection of the Spirit Crown Holder and the conferring of king titles.

Wen Qingxuan was named the Spirit Road's Spirit Crown Holder and chose to use her reward to search for a heavenly treasure. The Five Great Academies then crowned the Level-Nine Token holders as kings and opened enrollment to the trial participants.

• Luo Li and Ji Xuan survived their final clash but were too injured to fight again, leaving Wen Qingxuan as the uncontested Spirit Crown Holder.
• Tang Qiu announced Wen Qingxuan as the Spirit Crown Holder and offered her a reward from the Five Great Academies.
• Wen Qingxuan asked to use the Mirror of Judgment to find a heavenly treasure, and the deans approved her request.
• Dean Tian Sheng began the crowning ceremony, giving titles such as King Xuan to Ji Xuan, King Luo to Luo Li, and King Mo to Yun Mo.
• The deans invited the trial participants to choose among the Five Great Academies.

Yun Mo chose the Martial Spirit Academy, while Wen Qingxuan joined the Ten Thousand Phoenix Academy. The Spirit Road group spent their last night together before separating, and Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan shared a private conversation about their backgrounds and his dangerous Evil Clan mark.

• Wen Qingxuan told Yun Mo that heavenly demon grass could be found in a Demon Hall on the Ruins Continent, the venue for the next Academy Tournament.
• Yun Mo chose the Martial Spirit Academy, while Luo Li joined the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, Ji Xuan joined the Sacred Spirit Academy, and Wen Qingxuan joined the Ten Thousand Phoenix Academy.
• The Mirror of Judgment opened five teleportation arrays, and the deans told the students they would leave for their academies the next day.
• Yun Mo and his four companions drank together, and Wu Yingying suggested they reunite with Wen Qingxuan before the Academy Tournament.
• After the others left, Wen Qingxuan leaned against Yun Mo and told him she came from the powerful Northern Region Wen Family; Yun Mo told her he was an orphan marked by the Evil Clan.

Yun Mo and the others arrived at the Martial Spirit Academy, where Wu Ling explained its rumored connection to the Martial Realm and the power of Ancestral Spirit Stones. The academy welcomed the Spirit Road talents and outlined their places in its grounds and upcoming trials.

• Wu Yingying questioned Yun Mo about Sister Qingxuan, and he changed the subject to the Martial Spirit Academy.
• Wu Ling described the academy’s rumored link to the Martial Realm, its towering pagoda, and the Ancestral Spirit Stones used to strengthen cultivators.
• Elder Wu Ji introduced himself and told Wu Yingying that her returning master, Elder Ling Yi, would teach her manners again.
• Dean Tianwang welcomed Yun Mo and the others and expressed hope that their names would become known throughout the Great Thousand World.
• Elder Wu Ji explained that most new students would stay in the outer grounds until the trials, while those at Heaven Fusion Peak or equivalent strength could enter the inner grounds.

Wu Ling explained to Yun Mo and Qing He how the Martial Spirit Academy used battle spirit points and the Martial Dao Tower to reward combat and provide cultivation resources. The chapter ended with Yun Mo learning that collusion in the tower’s combat zones was difficult and punishable.

• Wu Ling gave Yun Mo his core disciple rune, which merged into his wrist and identified him as a core disciple.
• Wu Ling explained that students spent battle spirit points on resources and secluded cultivation in the Martial Dao Tower’s upper floors.
• Wu Ling described the tower’s combat zones, where students could earn points by defeating opponents, with higher rewards for challenging stronger opponents.
• Yun Mo and Qing He learned that core students received doubled daily points and combat rewards, while defeats imposed waiting periods before they could fight again.
• Wu Ling told Yun Mo that combatants were matched through anonymous projections and that collusion was monitored and severely punished.

Yun Mo learned more about the Martial Spirit Academy’s rules and joined Wu Ling’s Heavenly Terrace before visiting the Martial Dao Tower to earn Battle Spirit Points and settle his mind. Elder Wu Ji explained the tower’s battle zones and rankings, and Yun Mo entered the third-floor zone ready to fight.

• Wu Ling explained the academy’s rules, alliance missions, and Heavenly Terrace’s benefits, and Yun Mo agreed to join the alliance with Qing He.
• Wu Ling said Elder Ling Yi had taken Wu Yingying away to discipline her, and Qing He left with Wu Ling to see the Heavenly Terrace.
• Yun Mo sensed that his wrist mark let the academy track and protect core students across the Martial Dao Continent.
• The next day, Yun Mo went to the Martial Dao Tower, where Elder Wu Ji advised him to calm his restless mind and offered to explain the tower.
• Elder Wu Ji explained that the lower five floors were battle zones, core students earned double Battle Spirit Points, and strong records could unlock challenges on the fourth floor.
• Yun Mo entered the Martial Dao Tower’s third-floor battle zone, determined to let battle nourish battle.

Yun Mo entered the Martial Dao Tower and used his mastery of spacetime to defeat three powerful opponents with a single sword strike. The academy elders watched in shock as he headed toward more battles, hoping the tower’s ninth floor would help him understand spacetime.

• Yun Mo entered the Martial Dao Tower and released his powerful divine sense, drawing the attention of nearby fighters.
• Three Martial Spirit Academy cultivators approached Yun Mo and prepared to fight him separately.
• Yun Mo unleashed Great Void, Yin-Yang Dusting, and erased the three cultivators and their attacks with a sword strike.
• Yun Mo reflected on his limited understanding of spacetime and continued toward other battles.
• Wu Ji and two elders watched the fight from outside the tower and marveled at Yun Mo’s terrifying power.
• The three defeated cultivators returned to their bodies in shock, wondering who Yun Mo was.

Yun Mo defeated two Heaven Transformation Realm fighters with his emperor-infused fists and named his technique the Ziwei Emperor Fist. The elders recognized his exceptional talent and decided to support him without interfering with his independent cultivation.

• Yun Mo interrupted two men fighting and broke their arms with his fist intent.
• Yun Mo struck the men with emperor-infused punches until they were near collapse, then sent them back to the Great Thousand World with his palms.
• Yun Mo realized his attacks could be called the Ziwei Emperor Fist.
• Elder Ruyong and Zongfang judged Yun Mo among the Martial Spirit Academy’s finest students after Wu Ji revealed his name and Spirit Road origins.
• Ruyong decided to find spacetime-related Spirit Arts and records to help Yun Mo while the elders otherwise left him to forge his own path.