Recaps

Huohe and the others encountered a den guarded by a Black Iron Demon Bear and two Red-Patterned Tigers, and their desperate battle turned when Shiheng and Xiaoman returned. After killing the beasts, the companions reunited and began making their way out of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts.

• Huohe led the wounded group deeper into the mountain range while they searched for the missing Shiheng and Xiaoman.
• Xifaman detected powerful beasts, and the group found a Black Iron Demon Bear and two Red-Patterned Tigers guarding Clearheart Spirit Grass.
• Huohe organized a fight, but the three beasts overwhelmed the exhausted companions and severely wounded Huohe and Xifaman.
• An unknown attacker struck the bear in the eye, then Shiheng and Xiaoman emerged and attacked its weak points.
• The companions joined Shiheng and Xiaoman to kill the bear and both tigers.
• Shiheng explained that injuries and high-level beasts had delayed his return, and the reunited group rested before heading out of the mountain range.

After returning safely to camp, Shiheng kept watch while his exhausted companions rested. The next morning, he announced that he would teach them his powerful Berserk Secret Method, leaving Huohe especially shocked and moved.

• The group gathered Clearheart Spirit Grass and buried magical beast cores, then carried their treasures back to camp on the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts' outskirts.
• Shiheng stayed awake through the night to guard his exhausted companions.
• After preparing breakfast, Shiheng told everyone he possessed a Berserk Secret Method and would teach it to them.
• Huohe was deeply shaken by Shiheng's revelation because he had long regretted being unable to become a Divine Beast Warrior.

Over three months, Shiheng healed his injuries and taught the Berserk Secret Method, while Huohe and Kelan Kai mastered it through their powerful emotions. The others also improved, and Huohe emerged at the late stage of the sixth level, able to reach mid-stage seventh-level strength when berserk.

• Shiheng spent three months recovering in camp and preparing for his future cultivation and trials.
• After persistent practice, Kelan Kai and Huohe successfully learned the Berserk Art, while the others could not master the method.
• Kelan Kai used his despair over his broken arm to understand sorrow, reached the peak of the fifth level, and gained mid-stage sixth-level combat strength when berserk.
• Huohe drew on his desire to restore the Basik Family and awakened its faint divine beast bloodline, advancing to the late stage of the sixth level.
• When berserk, Huohe could break through the sixth-level barrier and reach the combat strength of a mid-stage seventh-level warrior.
• Xifaman reached the peak of the fifth level, while Nalan Ruoshui and her sister strengthened their magic and physiques and neared the first warrior level.

Huohe and his group returned to the Radiant Church camp, where Huohe concealed their victory over a level seven Swift Raptor while reporting that they had killed three Shadow Alliance warriors. The legion commander praised their service and revealed that the Church had secured a level nine magical beast cub to gain an advantage in future conflicts.

• A messenger scout told Huohe that the Radiant Church had secured the level nine magical beast cub and ordered his group back to camp.
• Huohe rewarded the scout with a Level Three Magic Core, then led his group back to the Radiant Church camp.
• The legion commander questioned Huohe about the expedition, and Huohe claimed they had killed three Shadow Alliance warriors who had fled into their sector.
• Huohe presented the three warriors' heads and concealed that his group had killed a level seven Swift Raptor.
• The legion commander praised Huohe's group, promised military merit and rewards, and explained that the cub could give the Radiant Church an advantage in future faction struggles.

After reporting their success, Shiheng feared that the future arrival of Emperor Star would destroy both great alliances and vowed to grow strong enough to protect his companions. The group rested at camp, Xifaman advanced to sixth level, and the level nine cub was safely escorted to the Radiant Church headquarters.

• The legion commander thanked Huohe and his companions for their service and promised them recognition and rewards.
• Shiheng recalled the coming catastrophe led by Emperor Star and privately vowed to gain strength to protect those around him.
• Huohe and the others returned to camp and slept deeply after their exhausting journey and battles.
• During several peaceful days of recovery, Xifaman broke through to the early stage of a sixth-level warrior.
• The Church escorted the level nine magical beast cub to its headquarters, ending the immediate struggle over it.

Huohe and his companions received military rewards for their deeds in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, then discussed their separate plans after leaving the camp. Huohe prepared to take up his new fief, while Shiheng chose to remain in the army and grow stronger.

• Huohe and his companions registered their magic cores and other deeds at the Hall of Military Merit, earning titles, fiefs, and rare cultivation resources.
• Huohe became an earl with three towns around Wu Mountain Town, while Xifaman became a baron, Kelan Kai became a viscount, and Shiheng received a baron's title in the Principality of Klan.
• Nalan Jingyu and Nalan Qingyou exchanged their military merits for level-six and level-seven magic resources, while Kelin Xiaoman left the camp after Grand Duke Kelin summoned her.
• Huohe's companions discussed their plans: Xifaman would join him in Wu Mountain Town, Kelan Kai would return to Black Rock City, and the Nalan sisters would return to their family territory before cultivating in seclusion.
• Shiheng chose to remain in the military camp to train and seek a breakthrough, and Huohe promised to help him and keep in touch.

Shiheng returned to Yanhe Village carrying the reward from his mission and a baron’s title, after parting from his companions. He reassured his impoverished parents that he had not deserted and promised that their family would never be poor again.

• Shiheng reflected on parting from his companions and resolved to protect his family and pursue his own path.
• Shiheng quietly returned to his family’s shabby house in Yanhe Village and found his parents eating watery porridge and sparse greens.
• Shiheng’s father asked whether he had deserted, and Shiheng denied it, explaining that he had earned military merit on a mission and been made a baron.
• Shiheng opened his bundle of gold coins and showed his parents the Baron's Token, explaining that he had earned the wealth through dangerous service.
• Shiheng promised his parents that their hardship was over and declared that their family was now nobility.

Shiheng returned to Yanhe Village as a newly appointed baron, reunited with his parents, and arranged for them to move to Hess City while giving back to the villagers. After settling them safely and spending seven days at home, he returned to the military camp to continue his training and service.

• Shiheng cooked magical beast meat for his parents, told them about his title, and agreed with them to settle in Hess City instead of Kelan City.
• Shiheng held a feast for Yanhe Village to thank the villagers for caring for his parents and announced that his family would move to Hess City.
• Before leaving, Shiheng gave the village chief four hundred jin of fourth-level magical beast meat for the children and five hundred gold coins to help the village.
• Shiheng bought a residence in Hess City, introduced himself to City Lord Kleisler, and spent seven days caring for his parents.
• After ensuring his parents were settled and safe, Shiheng said goodbye and returned to the military camp.

After securing his family’s future, Shiheng returned to military service and was appointed a centurion in Legion Commander Kolewell’s personal guard. After six months of intense training, he was sent with one hundred guards to reinforce the Magic Crystal Vein, which the Shadow Alliance had attacked.

• Shiheng left ten thousand gold coins for his family and arranged for his father to receive his noble stipend.
• Shiheng reported back to Legion Commander Kolewell, who praised his ambition and appointed him a centurion in the personal guard.
• Shiheng trained relentlessly and established himself as a fifth-level beginner warrior, able to reach combat power comparable to a half-step seventh-level warrior in his berserk state.
• Over the next six months, Shiheng advanced to the fifth-level middle stage and neared the next breakthrough.
• Kolewell told Shiheng that the Shadow Alliance had attacked the Magic Crystal Vein and ordered him to reinforce it with one hundred personal guards.
• Shiheng assembled the guards and rode toward the Magic Crystal Vein.

Shiheng arrived as Kelin Laiyang’s defenders were close to losing the Principality of Klan’s magic crystal mine, and saved Kelin from a fatal spell. He turned to attack the Shadow Alliance mage but was pinned down by the mage, a Shadow Leopard, and another warrior.

• Kelin Laiyang urged his battered defenders to hold the mine against the Shadow Alliance’s attacks.
• The Shadow Alliance’s level-six fire mage unleashed powerful area spells, devastating the defenders and targeting Kelin with Flameblood Slash.
• Shiheng arrived, scattered the spell with his saber, and ordered Kelin to rally the remaining soldiers and stabilize the line.
• Shiheng charged the mage, but a peak level-six Shadow Leopard ambushed him and forced him into combat.
• The mage attacked Shiheng with fire spells while he fought the Shadow Leopard, and a peak level-six Shadow Alliance warrior joined the assault from the flank.
• The three enemies overwhelmed Shiheng’s attacks, wounded him, and forced him to retreat.

Shiheng broke through to the fifth-level late stage while fighting three sixth-level peak enemies, then used his berserk power to drive them off and save Laiyang City. After receiving healing, he stabilized his injuries and consolidated his new cultivation, leaving him able to reach the seventh-level early stage when berserk.

• Shiheng broke through to the fifth-level late stage under pressure from a sixth-level peak warrior, and his Berserk Secret Art raised his combat strength to the seventh level.
• Shiheng endured a Flame Slash, killed the sixth-level mage’s magical beast, and severed the mage’s arm.
• A sixth-level warrior rescued the wounded mage and fled with him, ending the battle in victory for Laiyang City’s defenders.
• Laiyang’s defending commander thanked Shiheng, who asked for a quiet room to recover.
• Laiyang brought a Holy Light Priest to heal Shiheng, who stabilized his injuries and consolidated his fifth-level late-stage cultivation.

Theodora learned that Shiheng, a fifteen-year-old warrior, had severed his arm and killed his contracted magical beast, and swore revenge. After discovering that the Magic Crystal Vein concealed a level 8 mine, he agreed to delay the assault until the Shadow Alliance could gather enough sixth-level mages, leaving the attack planned for five days later.

• Theodora raged over his defeat and demanded that his intelligence commander identify the man who had severed his arm and killed his magical beast.
• The commander reported that Shiheng came from Yanhe Village, was just over fifteen, and could greatly increase his strength with a Berserk Secret Art.
• Theodora vowed to torture Shiheng and ordered the commander to capture him, but the commander warned that deploying four seventh-level warriors could alert the Radiant Church.
• The commander revealed that an informant had discovered a level 8 magic crystal mine beneath the vein and proposed a covert assault while secretly abducting Shiheng.
• Theodora ordered an immediate attack, then agreed to wait five days because the Shadow Alliance needed time to assemble sixth-level mages.

Shiheng discovered a level 8 magic crystal mine and secretly claimed a Space Ring containing a God-level expert’s severed arm. He left the mine concealing his discovery, unaware that watchers in the camp were already plotting against him.

• Shiheng found a level 8 magic crystal vein and ordered everyone who had seen it to keep silent and remain under guard.
• Shiheng went deeper into the mine and discovered a severed arm bearing an ancient Space Ring.
• Shiheng bound the ring with his blood, stored the arm inside it, and hid the ring beneath his clothes.
• Shiheng warned the Laiyang commander that the mine could bring disaster and advised him to survey it and report it to the Radiant Church.
• Shiheng returned to camp concealing the ring, while furtive watchers began focusing on him.

After cultivating the Destruction Battle Qi Technique for three days, Shiheng saw the Shadow Alliance attack the Radiant camp and received a letter containing an urgent request for reinforcements. He joined the battle when his comrades were slaughtered, but an eighth-level warrior broke his weapon and wounded him, leaving him fleeing with five enemies in pursuit.

• Shiheng mastered the Destruction Battle Qi Technique, which strengthened his berserk power, and cultivated for three days until he reached the peak of fifth-level warrior strength.
• The Shadow Alliance attacked the Radiant camp, and the Laiyang garrison commander gave Shiheng a letter detailing the enemy's forces and asked him to deliver it to Grand Duke Kelin or the Radiant Church headquarters.
• Shiheng tried to find a chance to escape with the letter, but seeing his comrades fall drove him to unleash his berserk power, raising his strength to the peak of seventh level.
• Shiheng killed two sixth-level Shadow Alliance warriors, then Theodora sent four seventh-level advanced warriors to surround him.
• An eighth-level warrior struck Shiheng, cleaved his saber in two, and wounded him; Shiheng fled the battlefield as the eighth-level warrior and four others pursued him.

Shiheng fled the Shadow Alliance pursuers while badly wounded, then leaped from a cliff to escape capture. He briefly caught a vine before falling unconscious into the river, which carried him away as his pursuers began searching below.

• Shiheng evaded the eighth-level warrior’s Battle Qi slashes while racing toward the mountain forest.
• Shiheng used the forest’s trees and cliffs to dodge the pursuers as his injuries worsened and his berserk power faded.
• Shiheng blasted back two seventh-level warriors with his remaining strength and jumped off the cliff.
• The eighth-level warrior ordered his subordinates to search along the river for Shiheng, alive or dead.
• Shiheng caught a vine briefly, lost consciousness, and was swept away by the river.

After avenging his parents at Azure Wolf Mountain, Xifaman helped Huohe rescue the gravely wounded Shiheng by the river. They carried Shiheng toward Feng Lai City, unaware that Shadow Alliance experts were pursuing them and preparing an ambush.

• Xifaman thanked Huohe for helping him kill every bandit on Azure Wolf Mountain and avenge his parents.
• Huohe and Xifaman found Shiheng unconscious and gravely injured beside the river.
• Huohe carried Shiheng toward a city in the Feng Lai Kingdom while Xifaman watched for danger.
• Five Shadow Alliance experts arrived at the riverbank, found Shiheng gone, and decided to ambush the group on the route to Feng Lai City.
• Huohe and the others continued along the main road, unaware that the Shadow Alliance was closing in and blocking their route.

Huohe encountered the fleeing Nalan Ruoshui and Nalan Xue, learned that masked attackers had massacred their household, and diverted the group to Wu Mountain Town instead of Feng Lai City. The Radiant Church and a Feng Lai patrol defeated the Shadow Alliance fighters, while the wounded leader escaped and the conflict over the level 8 magic crystal mine began to stir.

• Huohe and Xifaman met Nalan Ruoshui, who was carrying her injured sister Nalan Xue and fleeing masked attackers.
• Nalan Ruoshui told Huohe that the attackers had stormed their residence and killed everyone they saw while trying to capture the sisters.
• Huohe decided the group should avoid Feng Lai City and return to Wu Mountain Town, where they reached the Basik Family's old residence safely.
• A Shadow Alliance Eighth-level Warrior attacked a Feng Lai patrol, mistaking its members for the rescuers of the Nalan sisters.
• The Radiant Church joined the battle, killed the four Seventh-Level Warriors, and gravely wounded the Shadow Alliance leader, who escaped into the forest.
• The Radiant Church discovered the Shadow Alliance insignia and sent word to Feng Lai City as a struggle over the level 8 magic crystal mine began to unfold.

After waking from a half-month coma in Wu Mountain Town, Shiheng learned that Huohe and Xifaman had saved him and that the Nalan sisters were hiding under the names Lindana and Lindajin after their family was destroyed. Shiheng sent a warning about the level 8 magic crystal mine to the kingdom and Radiant Church leadership, while Huohe promised to keep the sisters safe as they awaited the fallout.

• Shiheng woke in the Basik Family's old residence after a half-month coma, and Huohe, Xifaman, and Nalan Ruoshui went to see him.
• Huohe explained that Nalan Ruoshui and Nalan Xue had taken the names Lindana and Lindajin to hide from wanted notices accusing their family of colluding with the Shadow Alliance.
• Shiheng recounted how Theodora and Shadow Alliance experts attacked him at a level 8 magic crystal vein, forcing him to go berserk and reach the seventh level before he escaped badly wounded.
• Huohe warned everyone to keep the mine's location secret, and Shiheng wrote a letter reporting the vein and the attack to senior leaders of the Radiant Church and Feng Lai Kingdom.
• Shiheng entrusted the letter to Xifaman and asked Huohe to keep Lindana and her sister hidden; Huohe agreed to guard them at the old residence.

After Xifaman delivered Shiheng’s secret letter, the Radiant Church launched a massive campaign against the Shadow Church and rewarded Shiheng, Huohe, and Xifaman. Shiheng recovered and trained in Wu Mountain Town while the war raged elsewhere, leaving the Nalan sisters hidden and the town peaceful.

• Xifaman reached the Radiant Church headquarters and delivered Shiheng’s letter about the level 8 magic crystal vein and the Shadow Church’s attack.
• The Pope of Light ordered three ninth-rank temple warriors to lead three hundred thousand elite Radiant troops against the Shadow Church.
• A Church envoy visited Shiheng in Wu Mountain Town, recorded his account, and named him an honorary temple warrior, awarding him gold, Holy Water of Light, and armor.
• The envoy rewarded Huohe and Xifaman for rescuing Shiheng, while Lindana (Nalan Ruoshui) felt fortunate to be safe in Wu Mountain Town.
• The Radiant Church forces advanced on the Magic Crystal Vein, where the Shadow Church suffered repeated defeats.
• Shiheng drank the Holy Water of Light, healed his wounds, and trained as Huohe kept the Basik Family’s old residence guarded and monitored the war.

After three and a half years of secluded cultivation, Shiheng reached the peak of the Eighth Rank and gained the power to contend with Saints. At Huohe and Lindana’s wedding, he comprehended the Fate Laws enough to awaken Saint-level spiritual power, leaving him with a new potential weapon against Saint experts.

• Shiheng withdrew into deep seclusion after the battle over the Magic Crystal Vein, determined to gain the strength to protect himself.
• After three and a half years, Shiheng reached the peak of the Eighth Rank, and Berserk let him fight at the peak of the Ninth Rank as he faintly touched the Destruction Laws.
• Huohe and Lindana, and Xifaman and Lindajin, married on the same day in a celebration across Wu Mountain Town.
• Watching Huohe and Lindana’s wedding, Shiheng entered an enlightenment and gained Saint-level spiritual power after three days.
• Huohe guarded Shiheng during his enlightenment, and Shiheng emerged with a potential spiritual attack capable of killing a Saint.

Shiheng left Wu Mountain Town after deciding to return to military duty and pursue further training. After traveling to Fenlai City and spending three days there, he agreed to join a mercenary squad heading toward the Principality of Klan.

• Shiheng decided to leave Wu Mountain Town, believing distance would protect Hogg's family and that he needed to resume his military duties.
• Huohe, Lindana, Xifaman, and Lindajin reluctantly said farewell and reminded Shiheng that Wu Mountain Town would welcome him back.
• Shiheng departed alone and, at the fork in the road, chose the route to Fenlai City to consolidate his strength and learn more about the Yulan Continent.
• Shiheng spent three days observing Fenlai City and reinforcing his peak Eighth-level Warrior strength.
• A veteran mercenary invited Shiheng to join his squad traveling to the Principality of Klan, and Shiheng accepted.

Shiheng joined a mercenary escort traveling to the Principality of Klan and warned the camp that attackers were approaching to target the noble young lady in the carriage. The mercenaries formed a defensive circle around her carriage as the attackers arrived.

• Shiheng traveled with the mercenaries toward the Principality of Klan while training his state of mind and consolidating his strength.
• Shiheng heard the mercenaries discuss the noble young lady hidden inside the carriage but showed no interest in her.
• After the party camped for the night, Shiheng sensed forty-eight hostile people approaching and warned the friendly mercenary.
• The friendly mercenary relayed Shiheng's warning to the mercenary captain, who woke the camp and ordered everyone to prepare.
• The attackers' horses and footsteps neared the camp, and the mercenary captain ordered the mercenaries to form a defensive circle around the carriage.

Shiheng reunited with Kelin Xiaoman when the Shadow Church attacked her carriage, then revealed overwhelming power by destroying the entire force. Kelin Xiaoman was left stunned as Shiheng killed the fleeing Ninth-Rank leader.

• The Shadow Church leader forced the mercenaries to flee and ordered his men to destroy the carriage and seize its occupant.
• Shiheng recognized Kelin Xiaoman, whom he had not seen since she rescued him four years earlier, and killed a Seventh-Level Warrior with spiritual power.
• The Ninth-Rank leader attacked Shiheng, but Shiheng caught his punch and blocked his Battle Qi with the power of laws.
• The leader ordered his men to attack Shiheng and sent two Seventh-Level experts after Kelin Xiaoman.
• Shiheng killed the forty-seven Shadow Church experts and their Wind Wolves with a spiritual attack, prompting the leader to flee.
• Shiheng cut down the fleeing leader with saber energy, leaving Kelin Xiaoman astonished by his strength.

Shiheng learned that the Feng Lai Kingdom had conditioned its military support for the Principality of Klan on Kelin Xiaoman marrying the Feng Lai Prince. He promised to protect her and help her principality, leaving their relationship gently teased but undefined.

• Kelin Xiaoman asked Shiheng how he had become so strong after seeing him kill a powerful Warrior of the Ninth Rank.
• Kelin Xiaoman told Shiheng that the Shadow Alliance was attacking the Principality of Klan and that her father had sought aid from the Feng Lai Kingdom.
• Kelin Xiaoman revealed that the Feng Lai Kingdom had agreed to send troops only if she married the Feng Lai Prince.
• Shiheng vowed that the Feng Lai Kingdom could not trade Kelin Xiaoman for military support and declared that she was under his protection.
• Kelin Xiaoman teased Shiheng about liking her, and he awkwardly insisted that he was protecting her as a friend.
• Shiheng promised to help the Principality of Klan and insisted that he would not allow Kelin Xiaoman to be sacrificed.

After the battle, Shiheng collected the Wind Wolves’ magic cores and stored the saber-toothed tiger in his Storage Ring before riding home with Kelin Xiaoman. Their close ride left them feeling more comfortable and drawn to each other.

• Shiheng extracted and pocketed the magic cores from all forty-seven Wind Wolves.
• Shiheng stored the eighth-level saber-toothed tiger in his Storage Ring, startling Kelin Xiaoman.
• Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman shared the Gale Horse and set off for home.
• Kelin Xiaoman grew shy in Shiheng’s embrace, and Shiheng held her securely as they rode.
• Kelin Xiaoman clutched Shiheng’s clothing, and they continued their journey in a quiet, growing closeness.