Chapter Summaries

Qingyang Huan waited by a river for a powerful variant beast so he could absorb its Blood Qi and open his blood vessels. Qingyang Rong emerged from seclusion, captured two Dragon Whisker Fish for him, and asked him to join the expedition to reclaim the Qingyang Clan’s red copper mine.

• Qingyang Huan reflected on his cultivation progress and the Qingyang Clan’s efforts to prepare its children and youths for martial training.
• Qingyang Huan waited by a river for more than ten days, tracking a cunning variant beast while suppressing the urge to open his blood vessels.
• Qingyang Rong stopped Qingyang Huan from leaping into the river and revealed that his old injuries had healed after emerging from seclusion.
• Qingyang Rong caught two Dragon Whisker Fish and offered to guard Qingyang Huan while he absorbed their Blood Qi.
• Qingyang Rong told Qingyang Huan to head north with him after cultivating to reclaim the Qingyang Clan’s red copper mine from the Inkstone Mountain Tribe.

Qingyang Huan opened nine meridians by refining the blood Qi of two Dragon Whisker Fish, then accompanied Grand Elder Qingyang Rong to reclaim copper ore from the Inkstone Mountain Tribe. Qingyang Rong overpowered Yan Muya and battered aside the tribe’s soldiers as they pushed toward the mine.

• Qingyang Huan absorbed the Dragon Whisker Fish blood Qi and opened nine meridians before stopping to consolidate his progress.
• Grand Elder Qingyang Rong took Qingyang Huan north to the copper mine in the disputed buffer zone.
• Qingyang Rong struck down the Inkstone Mountain Tribe's Yanshan Guard sentries who tried to stop them.
• Yan Muya confronted Qingyang Rong, but Qingyang Rong's palm strike wounded him and sent him flying.
• Qingyang Rong laughed at the Inkstone Mountain Tribe's soldiers and charged ahead with Qingyang Huan, knocking the soldiers aside.

Qingyang Rong used his new spirit seizing realm power to force the Inkstone Mountain Tribe to abandon the ore vein and surrender their weapons and armor. Qingyang Huan learned that the tribes' conflicts followed old rules and that Qingyang’s red copper would be carried away with a spatial bone rune.

• Qingyang Rong revealed he had advanced to the spirit seizing realm and ordered Yan Muya and the Inkstone Mountain warriors to leave the ore vein.
• Yan Muya withdrew with his wounded warriors after deciding they could not defeat Qingyang Rong, while Qingyang Jue ate fish with a man from Inkstone Mountain at the tribe hall.
• Qingyang Rong demanded that the Inkstone Mountain warriors leave their weapons and armor behind, and Yan Muya reluctantly agreed.
• Qingyang Huan gathered the abandoned weapons and armor and realized the two tribes had repeatedly seized each other's equipment under their old rules.
• Qingyang Rong explained to Qingyang Huan that the tribes avoided major conflicts because survival against other races mattered more, then prepared to move the red copper ore using a spatial bone rune.

Qingyang Huan received an ancient bronze spear from the First Elder, then chose to remain away from the Qingyang Mountain Range and continue training. Meanwhile, the Yanshan Clan chief planned a gathering of five tribes at Qingyang Mountain, and Huan deepened his understanding of the Kui Ox Spear Technique.

• The First Elder gave Qingyang Huan a thousand-jin bronze spear and warned him that other races must never interfere in Human Race disputes.
• Qingyang Huan refused to return to the Qingyang Mountain Range, and the First Elder headed south with the injured tribesmen.
• Yan Muya complained to the Yanshan Clan chief about Qingyang taking the ore, but learned that Qingyang Jue had gained the upper hand in a fight with the chief.
• The Yanshan Clan chief ordered Yan Muya to invite the Fire Dragon Tribe, the Golden Spear Clan, and the Wandering Cloud Tribe to a gathering at Qingyang Mountain, celebrating Yan Qiong's breakthrough to the Divine Treasure Realm at seventeen.
• Qingyang Huan spent another month fighting in the ancient forest, opening eleven blood vessels and nearing fifteen thousand in strength as he trained with the Kui Ox Spear Technique.
• Qingyang Huan wondered why the technique's simple sweeps and thrusts seemed increasingly profound, and a voice explained that the simplest moves were most practical for killing.

Qingyang Huan encountered a powerful youth in a cave and defeated him after learning the limits of his Golden Ape Three Fists. Rather than kill the youth, Qingyang Huan brought him fierce beasts to replenish his blood Qi and watched him closely.

• Qingyang Huan traveled through the wilderness under Qingyang's protection, honing his combat skills and seeking blood Qi for Stone Spear.
• Qingyang Huan entered a cave and attacked a brawny youth who sprang out and met his spear with a punch.
• The youth used Golden Ape Fist and Golden Ape Three Fists to unleash tremendous power, forcing Qingyang Huan to abandon his spear in the cramped cave and fight with his fists.
• Qingyang Huan defeated the youth, whose final burst of strength exhausted his blood Qi, and recognized that he had underestimated talented fighters.
• The youth accepted his defeat and offered no resistance, while Qingyang Huan left and returned with fierce beasts for him to absorb and recover.
• As the youth replenished his blood Qi, Qingyang Huan watched him with keen interest.

Qingyang Huan met Jin Wei, a wild youth who wanted to join the Qingyang Guard to protect children from other races, and tried to persuade him to come to Qingyang. Half a month later, the two were fighting together against a Divine Treasure Realm Earthwalking Dragon, which fell after their coordinated attack.

• Jin Wei told Qingyang Huan how other races destroyed his tribe, how his mother died protecting him, and how a golden ape raised him afterward.
• Jin Wei asked to join the Qingyang Guard, and Qingyang Huan promised to take him to Qingyang, but Jin Wei refused to trust him without proof.
• Qingyang Huan fought Jin Wei and threatened to beat him and carry him to Qingyang Mountain; half a month later, Jin Wei was hunting alongside him.
• Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei fled from an Earthwalking Dragon they had awakened, then attacked it as it pursued them through the forest.
• Qingyang Huan wounded the Earthwalking Dragon with his spear, Jin Wei drove the weapon deeper, and the pair struck repeatedly until the beast collapsed.

Qingyang Huan absorbed the Earthwalking Dragon’s Blood Qi, completed Blood Refining, and grew stronger while traveling back toward Qingyang Mountain with Jin Wei. Near Golden Eagle Cliff, they encountered the Wandering Cloud Tribe, whose party included Yun Caiyue, and watched them hunt goshawks on Qingyang land.

• Qingyang Huan drew Blood Qi from the Earthwalking Dragon while Jin Wei guarded him from beasts attracted by the blood.
• Qingyang Huan completed Blood Refining, opened his remaining vessels, and raised his physical strength to seventeen thousand jin.
• Over the next three days, Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei hunted ferocious beasts for the Stone Spear as they traveled toward the Qingyang Mountain Range.
• Near Golden Eagle Cliff, Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei hid as the Wandering Cloud Tribe arrived with Yun Caiyue and several guards.
• The Wandering Cloud Tribe's burly leader and guards hunted the goshawks, and Qingyang Huan resolved that they would pay for taking Qingyang's property.

Qingyang Huan learned that the Wandering Cloud Tribe had brought gifted youths to Qingyang and resolved to grow stronger before they challenged his clan. While hunting in the forest with Jin Wei, he encountered the purple marten again and later saw it fleeing two pursuers toward them.

• Qingyang Huan inferred that the Wandering Cloud Tribe intended to show off its youths, including Yun Caiyue, and challenge Qingyang.
• Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei slipped away, and Qingyang Huan hunted ferocious beasts to strengthen himself.
• Qingyang Huan fought the returning purple marten with his Stone Spear, then tried and failed to capture it.
• The purple marten returned with two men pursuing it, and it fled toward Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei.

Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei defeated two youths from the Wandering Cloud Tribe and carried them toward Qingyang Mountain. At Golden Eagle Cliff, Lang Yunchang stopped the search, believing the youths were in Qingyang hands, and focused on the gifted girl beside him.

• The purple marten lured Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei into the path of Yun Yang and Yun He.
• Qingyang Huan attacked Yun Yang, while Jin Wei struck Yun He and sent him crashing through trees.
• Qingyang Huan beat the two youths, then told Jin Wei to carry them back to Qingyang Mountain under the pretense of protecting them.
• At Golden Eagle Cliff, Yun Xiao reported that Yun Yang and Yun He had disappeared after a fight, but Lang Yunchang ordered the search to stop.
• Lang Yunchang considered the girl's atavistic bloodline and her potential to reach beyond the Totem realm.

Yun Caiyue led the Wandering Cloud Tribe toward the gathering at Iron Zheng Mountain, where she struck down an Inkstone Mountain youth who challenged them. The Fire Dragon Tribe then arrived, as the tribes prepared to face one another and Qingyang.

• Yun Caiyue vowed to rescue Yun Yang and Yun He if the Qingyang Clan had broken their fighting spirit, and promised to help them rise again.
• Yun Caiyue urged the Wandering Cloud Tribe to meet the neighboring tribes and set out with them toward Iron Zheng Mountain.
• The Fire Dragon Tribe raced through the forest, boasting that it would challenge the Inkstone Mountain Tribe and humble the Wandering Cloud girl.
• At Iron Zheng Mountain, Yun Caiyue wounded an Inkstone Mountain youth who charged the Wandering Cloud party, and Elder Yun Mu offered Yan Muya an insincere apology.
• The Fire Dragon Tribe arrived at the mountain and its leader greeted the elders of the Wandering Cloud and Inkstone Mountain Tribes.

The elders of the Wandering Cloud, Fire Dragon, and Inkstone Mountain Tribes planned to wait for the Golden Spear Clan before traveling together to the Qingyang Mountain Range, concerned about Qingyang’s growing power. Qingyang Huan returned with Jin Wei and two unconscious Wandering Cloud youths, then asked Qingyang Jue to teach Jin Wei a method for opening the treasures.

• Huo Zhen and Yan Muya exchanged barbed remarks before Yun Mu calmed them and the elders discussed waiting for the Golden Spear Clan.
• The elders agreed to travel together to the Qingyang Mountain Range and discussed the Qingyang Clan’s rising strength.
• Qingyang Huan returned to the tribe with Jin Wei carrying two unconscious Wandering Cloud youths and told Jin Wei he would join the Qingyang Guard.
• Xiao Que'er led Jin Wei into the tribe, where children gathered around him and peppered him with questions.
• Qingyang Jue watched Jin Wei arrive, and Qingyang Huan asked his father to pass down a method for opening the treasures.

Qingyang Jue gave Qingyang Huan a dangerous Blood Treasure method to pass to Jin Wei, then revealed that the Qingyang Clan had no young Divine Treasure Realm fighters to face the approaching tribes. He ordered Qingyang Huan to defend the clan’s honor on a battle platform outside the mountain and promised him every resource for cultivation.

• Qingyang Huan asked Qingyang Jue to find Jin Wei a treasure-opening method, and Qingyang Jue revealed he had obtained one from a demon he killed.
• Qingyang Jue gave Qingyang Huan the Blood Treasure method, explaining that its power came with terrible pain and that past cultivators had failed to endure it.
• Qingyang Jue said he had ordered Qingyang Huan's older brother to build a battle platform three li outside Qingyang Mountain for the approaching tribes.
• Qingyang Huan learned that no one in the clan had advanced to the Divine Treasure Realm, while some of the visiting tribes had.
• Qingyang Jue told Qingyang Huan that he must stop the challengers and promised to make every clan resource available for his cultivation.

Qingyang Jue learned that four tribes planned to challenge Qingyang and ordered the Qingyang Guard to delay the Golden Spear Clan for ten days. While Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei cultivated, a large battle platform was completed outside Qingyang Mountain for the coming confrontation.

• Qingyang Huan went to give Jin Wei the Blood Treasure Method, then prepared to temper his bones and grow stronger before the tribes arrived.
• The grand elder reported that Surging Cloud, Inkstone Mountain, and Fire Dragon had gathered at Ancient Iron Zheng Mountain, while the Golden Spear Clan was delayed at Shouyang Mountain by a youth advancing realms.
• Qingyang Jue ordered his second brother and the Qingyang Guard to keep the Golden Spear party at Shouyang Mountain for ten days so Huan'er could improve.
• The Qingyang Guard commander rallied his fighters and ordered them to prevent the Golden Spear Clan from advancing north.
• Qingyang Huan cultivated with pure blood Qi, while Jin Wei studied the Blood Treasure Method and chose to cultivate it.
• Qingyang tribesmen built a huge bluestone battle platform three li outside Qingyang Mountain, finishing it in ten days with molten bronze filling its joints.

Qingyang Jue chose Jin Wei, the outsider brought to Qingyang by Qingyang Huan, to represent the tribe against challengers from the four great tribes, despite objections from the elders and youths. The four tribes arrived at dawn to exchange martial pointers, and a powerful presence rose from Qingyang Mountain to meet them.

• Qingyang Luan led the Qingyang youths to the ancestral hall, where the elders debated who could face Divine Treasure Realm challengers.
• Qingyang Jue declared that Jin Wei would fight for Qingyang because Qingyang Huan had said he was extraordinarily strong and Jin Wei had since advanced to the Divine Treasure Realm.
• The Qingyang youths protested that Jin Wei was an outsider, then left the ancestral hall to confront him at his courtyard.
• At dawn, the Fire Dragon, Inkstone Mountain, Surging Cloud, and Golden Spear tribes arrived at Qingyang Mountain to exchange martial pointers.
• A streak of light and a savage presence surged from the Qingyang Mountain Range toward the arriving tribes.

Jin Wei represented the Qingyang Tribe against challengers from the four great tribes, overpowering their youths with single punches and revealing that he had reached the Divine Treasure Realm. The contest continued with the Fire Dragon Tribe sending another fighter to face him.

• Grand Elder Qingyang Rong broke the four tribes' combined momentum and confronted their elders outside Qingyang Mountain.
• Jin Wei rose from the battle platform and declared that he would fight for Qingyang in place of Qingyang Huan.
• Jin Wei knocked Jin Yang off the platform with one punch, then defeated another Golden Spear Clan youth who attacked with Crescent Moon Slash.
• The elders realized Jin Wei had recently advanced to the Divine Treasure Realm, while Qingyang Huan watched from a distant peak and spoke with his father about Jin Wei.
• Jin Wei defeated five challengers in succession, and a Fire Dragon Tribe youth charged onto the platform to fight him.

Jin Wei defeated Huo Qiannian and Yan Qiong in succession on the bronze battle platform, leaving both tribes’ youths badly injured. Qingyang Huan then stepped forward to challenge the remaining youths, thanking them for yielding.

• Jin Wei smashed Huo Qiannian off the platform with a second Golden Ape Fist, and Qingyang Rong stopped the Fire Dragon Tribe’s grand elder from intervening.
• Yan Qiong challenged Jin Wei with a finger bone, repeatedly cutting him from a distance until Jin Wei cornered him and shattered his arms and chest with Golden Ape Fist.
• Qingyang Huan feigned concern for Yan Qiong, took the finger bone, and sent Jin Wei down from the platform.
• Qingyang Huan stepped onto the platform, declared himself Qingyang’s young chief, and challenged all the remaining youths.

Jin Wei stepped in to fight Yun Caiyue after Qingyang Huan provoked her, and their clash revealed Jin Wei's awakening bloodline. Both fighters were gravely wounded, leaving the elders of their tribes rushing to their aid as Qingyang Huan returned to the platform.

• Yun Caiyue challenged Qingyang Huan, but Jin Wei stepped forward to fight her instead.
• Qingyang Huan left the platform after teasing Yun Caiyue, provoking her into attacking Jin Wei with her Azure Moon True Intent.
• Jin Wei countered Yun Caiyue's saber with the Golden Ape Fist, and golden light revealed that his bloodline was awakening.
• Yun Caiyue unleashed Moon Burial despite her grand elder's warning, and her azure moon collided with Jin Wei's punch.
• The clash hurled both fighters away, leaving Jin Wei gravely wounded and Yun Caiyue injured as her grand elder rushed to protect her.
• Qingyang Huan leaped back onto the platform and looked over the warriors of the four great tribes with amusement.

After Qingyang Huan defeated the four tribes’ challengers, the tribes withdrew, and Jin Wei’s fortune awakened as the Jin Yuan Bloodline. Seeing Jin Wei grow stronger, Qingyang Huan decided to enter seclusion and increase his own strength before facing him again.

• Yun Caiyue recovered her composure, told Qingyang Huan she would travel to the Ancient City of La Mountain, and said they would meet again.
• The four tribes’ elders departed Qingyang after their youths’ defeats, while Qingyang Rong laughed at their retreat.
• Jin Wei’s bloodline fortune began to manifest, so the Qingyang Chief took him to the tribe for treatment in a stone vat filled with blood essence.
• Qingyang Jue identified the golden ape figure behind Jin Wei as the Jin Yuan Bloodline.
• Qingyang Huan realized Jin Wei’s new strength could make him difficult to subdue and decided to enter seclusion to grow stronger.

Qingyang Huan chose to enter seclusion and use the Qingyang Tribe’s resources to advance his cultivation, while Jin Wei’s Jin Yuan bloodline awakened. The chapter left Qingyang Huan preparing a cauldron of blood medicine to reach the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

• Qingyang Huan recognized Jin Wei’s awakening as an ancestral Jin Yuan bloodline and felt fortunate to have brought him back to the tribe.
• Qingyang Huan told Qingyang Jue and the First Elder that he wanted to enter seclusion at the ancestral hall rather than hunt in the Great Wilderness.
• The Qingyang Tribe’s elders gave Qingyang Huan treasured variant beast bones and other resources for his cultivation.
• Qingyang Huan explained to Qingyang Jue how to brew the beast bones, blood essence, and medicinal herbs into blood medicine.
• Qingyang Jue began preparing the ingredients and planned to activate the cauldron with a Divine Treasure Realm ferocious beast brought back by Qingyang Huan’s second elder brother.

Qingyang Huan endured a dangerous blood-medicine treatment made from fierce-beast bones, herbs, and a Divine Treasure Realm python. After nine days in the cauldron, he broke through to the Body Casting Extreme Realm, while the Stone Spear revealed that it was using him to gather Blood Qi for its own journey.

• Qingyang Hao returned with a Divine Treasure Realm giant python for Qingyang Huan’s treatment.
• Qingyang Jue added the python’s Blood Qi to the boiling medicine, and Qingyang Huan jumped into the cauldron.
• As the medicine tempered Qingyang Huan’s bones and cleansed his marrow, the Stone Spear’s spirit admitted it was seeking Blood Qi and could replace him if he died.
• After absorbing the medicine and enduring the pain for nine days, Qingyang Huan burst through the blood crust and released a column of Blood Qi beacon smoke.
• Qingyang Huan declared that he had reached the Body Casting Extreme Realm, but a cold voice in his mind challenged his satisfaction.