Chapter Summaries

Chen Ying revealed the power of her Azure Dragon Spell and used a formation to transform the arena into a forest of Hollow Mulberry Trees. Zhou Yuntao recognized that the trees were draining the air his White Tiger Spell depended on, leaving him with only moments to respond.

• Zhou Yuntao broke through Chen Ying's spatial formation with his wind techniques, astonishing her with his ability to sense positions across the vast folded space.
• Chen Ying invoked the Azure Dragon Spell, and her power clashed with Zhou Yuntao's White Tiger Spell before the watching civilians and sorcerers.
• Chen Ying activated a vast formation she had prepared during the match, summoning the Azure Dragon Fourth Form: All Things in Creation and covering the arena with giant trees.
• Chen Baifeng and Chen Qing identified the trees as Hollow Mulberry Trees, which grew by absorbing wind and could counter Zhou Yuntao's techniques.
• Zhou Yuntao sensed the trees draining the air throughout the arena and realized he would suffocate within ten breaths if he did nothing.

Chen Ying and Zhou Yuntao fought as Zhou used Kang Metal to counter her formations and teleportation. The chapter ended with him turning her linked teleportation points into a barrage of wind blades, leaving her with nowhere to escape.

• Zhou Yuntao poured out Kang Metal, and Chen Ying teleported away just before his attack cut through the spot where she had been.
• Chen Qing identified the liquid as Kang Metal and worried about Chen Ying facing its deadly combination with the White Tiger Spell.
• Zhou Yuntao decided to attack Chen Ying directly before the Hollow Mulberry Trees drained the air and created a vacuum.
• Chen Ying evaded Zhou Yuntao’s rapid blade attacks by teleporting, but he revealed that teleportation left traces and had taken advantage of them.
• Zhou Yuntao sent wind blades through the marks of Chen Ying’s linked teleportation formation, turning her escape routes against her.

Chen Ying returned after defeating Zhou Yuntao with a trap that turned his own spell against him, though she was badly injured. Chen Qing defended his decision to recruit her as the observers wondered why the Celestial Master Mansion made no effort to save Zhou Yuntao.

• Chen Ying emerged from the trial visibly weak, and Shen Yuan and the Jiangnan students hurried to check on her.
• The observers saw that Chen Ying had killed Zhou Yuntao by luring him into a trap that made his own spell cut him in two.
• Chen Qing praised Chen Ying's talent and work ethic, while Su Family elders and Chen Baifeng reflected on how their families had once overlooked her.
• Chen Qing rebuffed the Su Family elders' doubts about Chen Ying's survival and questioned why the Celestial Master Mansion was letting Zhou Yuntao die.

After defeating Zhou Yuntao, Chen Ying arrived at the third-level trial severely injured, and Shen Yuan and Yun Ke'er realized they might need to protect her. The new rules offered a chance to enter the Four Saints Treasury, choose a secret artifact, and recover spiritual power before challenging a candidate.

• Yun Ke'er noticed Chen Ying was badly wounded, and Shen Yuan promised to take responsibility for what came next.
• Chen Ying recalled that Zhou Yuntao's blades had pierced her waist and damaged her kidney, leaving her barely able to remain conscious despite freezing her wounds.
• White Plain, Chen Yun, and Su Changqing each considered how Chen Ying's injuries could affect their own goals.
• A Four Saints Guard announced that challengers had to collect five identical Four Saints Runes to open a passage to the next level and face its candidate.
• The rules promised one hundred Four Saints Guards and a First Rank secret artifact to anyone entering the next trial, with the passage opener allowed to choose a treasure and restore spiritual power for half an hour beforehand.
• Chen Ying saw a possible chance to recover, while White Plain hoped the Four Saints Treasury would contain clues that could help her enter the Guild Reincarnation System.

Su Changqing and Chen Yun found an Azure Dragon Rune and agreed to work together, but White Plain confronted them and demanded it. She revealed that she already held three Azure Dragon Runes, making a fight with her both dangerous and potentially worthwhile.

• Su Changqing questioned Chen Yun about his secret artifact, and Chen Yun explained that provoking Shen Yuan had helped protect him from Jiangnan disciples.
• Su Changqing and Chen Yun discovered an Azure Dragon Rune and agreed that Su Changqing would hold it while they gathered more.
• Chen Yun warned Su Changqing that breaking their agreement would bring deadly consequences for the two of them and their families.
• White Plain confronted the pair and demanded their rune, then revealed that she already possessed three Azure Dragon Runes.

Su Changqing and Chen Yun joined forces against White Plain, using an illusion and Chen Yun’s hidden insect egg to attack her. Chen Yun’s claw tore away half the skin and flesh of White Plain’s cheek, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Su Changqing warped the space around White Plain with his illusion technique while Chen Yun activated the hidden insect egg and took on a bloodthirsty appearance.
• Chen Qing recognized the object on Chen Yun as a Void Egg, and Kagura revealed that her faction had helped wipe out the group behind it.
• White Plain realized Su Changqing’s distorted world was a highly realistic illusion but could not detect its flaw with her senses.
• Su Changqing warned Chen Yun not to trust what he saw inside the illusion, and Chen Yun entered while relying on the position he had fixed beforehand.
• Chen Yun resisted the illusion’s false image of White Plain and clawed at her, tearing away half the flesh and skin of her cheek.

White Plain turned Chen Yun’s reversed-senses formation against him and seized the advantage after he tried to bite her. She poisoned the artery in his neck, leaving him weakening as she smiled at his fear.

• White Plain recognized that the formation reversed her sense of direction, while Chen Yun’s poisoned claws wounded her.
• White Plain calmly gouged out her remaining eye, unsettling Su Changqing and briefly unnerving Chen Yun.
• Chen Yun lunged for White Plain’s neck, but she seized both his hands despite being blind.
• Chen Yun stretched his neck and tried to bite her, forgetting that the formation reversed directions.
• White Plain tore into the artery in Chen Yun’s neck and revealed that she had poisoned him too.

Chen Yun and Su Changqing tried to escape White Plain’s array, but Chen Qing realized White Plain had deliberately let Chen Yun go so she could track him to Su Changqing. The chapter ended as White Plain sprang after them and Su Changqing saw that he could not escape.

• Chen Yun was terrified by White Plain, but Su Changqing’s Southern Brightness Li Fire forced her to release him and retreat.
• Su Changqing directed Chen Yun toward an exit, and Chen Yun rushed out of the array while both men expected to wear White Plain down from a distance.
• Chen Qing explained that White Plain had blinded herself, used the array to attack Chen Yun, and let him go so she could locate both men.
• White Plain tracked Chen Yun by scent and pounced on him and Su Changqing as they met outside the array.
• Su Changqing saw White Plain close to within ten meters and realized he had no chance to escape.

Su Changqing and Yun Ke’er tried to treat Chen Yun after White Plain nearly killed him, while a Void Worm inside Chen Yun struggled to seize control of his body. White Plain caught up and asked them to hand Chen Yun over, leaving her motives unclear.

• Yun Ke’er rescued Su Changqing and Chen Yun after White Plain disappeared into a spatial trap.
• Su Changqing discovered that Chen Yun’s blood resisted freezing, and Yun Ke’er warned that toxins in his body prevented his wounds from healing.
• Su Changqing asked Yun Ke’er to remove the toxins, unaware that the Void Worm inside Chen Yun feared the treatment would destroy his remaining defense.
• Yun Ke’er prepared to use a spiritual scalpel, but noticed that White Plain had broken her protective formation and returned.
• White Plain asked Yun Ke’er to hand Chen Yun over, and Chen Yun opened his eyes with a terrifying light in them.

White Plain demanded that Su Changqing surrender Chen Yun, whom she sensed was dangerous, while Chen Qing and Kagura sought to stop the trial over the threat of an Ancient Demon. The Celestial Master Mansion refused to let anyone leave and revealed a massive force and killing formation around the hall, leaving Chen Qing to ask Kagura what she could do.

• Su Changqing offered White Plain the Azure Dragon Rune and asked her to spare them, but she insisted that Chen Yun must die.
• White Plain explained that her instincts warned her Chen Yun was dangerous, and Su Changqing prepared to fight rather than hand him over.
• Chen Qing suspected Chen Yun was an Ancient Demon whose awakened talents could endanger everyone, and he agreed with Kagura to suspend the trial.
• When Chen Qing asked the Four Saints Guard to summon the Celestial Master, the guard refused to let anyone leave and threatened to kill anyone who tried.
• Thousands of Four Saints Guard members and a killing formation were revealed around the Hall of Rectitude and Harmony, and Chen Qing asked Kagura for help.

Su Changqing tried to protect Chen Yun from White Plain, but Chen Yun revealed his malice and lured White Plain into Su Changqing’s ring of flames. White Plain realized she had been trapped, with her wind techniques intensifying the fire and leaving her little time to act.

• Su Changqing sent Yun Ke'er away and surrounded himself with powerful southern brightness Li fire as White Plain attacked.
• White Plain charged at Su Changqing, but Chen Yun suddenly appeared behind him and held him at knifepoint.
• White Plain sensed something was wrong and forced her way through Su Changqing’s flames to reach Chen Yun.
• Shen Qi explained that White Plain was a top-tier sorcerer whose wind techniques would feed the flames, while Chen Qing recognized the danger.
• Chen Yun shoved Su Changqing aside and retreated at increased speed, leaving White Plain burning and trapped between pursuing him and trying to shed her skin.

White Plain was outmaneuvered by the Ancient Demon occupying Chen Yun and nearly burned to death, but Yun Ke'er rescued her with a precise spatial array. As Chen Yun approached the injured White Plain and Su Changqing, Chen Qing and Kagura were stunned by Yun Ke’er’s ability to use the ancient array Prism after only two years of spell practice.

• White Plain’s instincts drove her to pursue Chen Yun through the dragon flames, while Chen Qing realized the Ancient Demon had exploited her instincts and that she was unlikely to survive.
• White Plain unleashed her full strength for one last attempt to catch Chen Yun, but he evaded her and she accepted that the flames would consume her.
• Yun Ke’er transferred White Plain out of the flames with a spatial array, leaving Su Changqing amazed by her precise control.
• White Plain woke beside Yun Ke’er and learned that her burns were severe, while Su Changqing realized Chen Yun was approaching.
• Kagura questioned Chen Qing about Yun Ke’er’s use of Prism, and Chen Qing revealed that she had practiced spells for only two years.

Yun Ke'er trapped Chen Yun in a shifting spatial array, revealing that she had mastered Prism, an advanced form of Refracting Mirror. The group learned how her spell kept Chen Yun running in circles, but the threat remained as she continued holding the array.

• Chen Qing reflected on Prism’s extreme difficulty and was astonished that Yun Ke'er had learned it under Ziyue in less than a year.
• Chen Yun raced through multiplying afterimages but could not get closer to Yun Ke'er and the others, realizing that a spatial array had trapped him.
• Chen Yun recognized the array’s sophistication and grew eager to consume Yun Ke'er, White Plain, and Su Changqing for their genes.
• Su Changqing urged Yun Ke'er to stay focused, while White Plain questioned how the array could trap Chen Yun despite his ability to track them by scent and airflow.
• Yun Ke'er explained that her advanced version of Refracting Mirror let her cut and switch between spaces, constantly changing the layout and replacing exits.

Yun Ke'er used precise spatial swaps to trap Chen Yun and then captured the dangerous insect attached to him. White Plain and Su Changqing were left stunned by her confidence and success.

• White Plain realized Yun Ke'er was repeatedly swapping spaces to keep Chen Yun trapped and asked whether she could maintain the formation for an hour.
• Yun Ke'er said she would catch the threat immediately, while Chen Ying learned that Ke'er had slipped away from the group and the linking formation.
• Yun Ke'er shattered the space containing Chen Yun, and he raced through its fragments toward White Plain and Su Changqing.
• White Plain opened her eyes to find Chen Yun lying nearby with a huge, ice-sealed hole in his chest and Yun Ke'er holding the insect that had been attached to him.

Yun Ke'er captured the red worm controlling Chen Yun by calculating its speed and using spatial magic to cut its Blood Spell connection to him. After learning how she did it, White Plain and the gathered families recognized calculation as a powerful combat skill, while Chen Baifeng worried the worm might point to danger in the South Sea.

• White Plain recognized the red worm as the source of Chen Yun's vicious aura, while the Nie Family gloated over Chen Yun's condition and Chen Baifeng worried about the ancient stone that had changed his son's aptitude.
• Chen Qing told Chen Baifeng that he had sent word to Jiangnan to investigate the South Sea, fearing there could be more dragon-blood hosts like Chen Yun.
• The captured worm demanded to know what Yun Ke'er had done, and she explained that she had separated it from Chen Yun by cutting the Blood Spell linking them.
• Yun Ke'er explained to White Plain and Su Changqing that she had calculated Chen Yun's speed and cut at the right moment, causing him to run into the spatial blade.
• White Plain marveled at Yun Ke'er's calculated fighting method, and the family elders decided calculation should become a compulsory subject in their families.

A mysterious woman confronted the South Sea Dragon King about his failing preparations to revive Ancient Demons, and he ordered a desperate sacrifice to accelerate General Dragon Whale’s recovery. After Chen Qing warned of a grave crisis in the South Sea, Ao Zhen was chosen to investigate, accompanied by Murong Yunji and Wei Gongzhan.

• A dark figure slipped into the South Sea Dragon Palace and reprimanded the South Sea Dragon King for delays in preparing three Ancient Demons and securing blood food.
• The South Sea Dragon King realized an Ancient Demon inside Chen Yun had been separated from its host and was near death.
• The South Sea Dragon King ordered a Yaksha general to kill half the flood dragons and refine Blood Crystal Stones so General Dragon Whale could leave seclusion within three days.
• Tian Heng and Wei Gongcheng told Ao Zhen that Chen Qing had warned of a grave crisis in the South Sea involving the Ancient Demons and the Dragon King.
• Ao Zhen recalled the South Sea Dragon King as a kindly elder, while Wei Gongcheng and Shen Er warned her not to trust that impression.
• Shen Er recommended that Wei Gongzhan accompany Ao Zhen and Murong Yunji on the investigation.

Chen Ying saved Chen Yun from the Ancient Demon Worm and reorganized the group as the injured competitors withdrew. As the others set off for different gates, Chen Yun remained behind with Su Changqing, hiding a bloodthirsty gleam while a voice inside him screamed for them not to leave.

• Chen Ying treated Chen Yun and learned that his mother had obtained the Ancient Demon Worm from the South Sea Dragon Palace, prompting Chen Baifeng to suspect his son's behavior had changed.
• Chen Yun and Su Changqing withdrew from the competition, and Chen Ying awarded the contested Azure Dragon Rune to White Plain.
• Chen Ying decided to take the sealed worm fragment outside for experienced seniors to examine, while White Plain agreed to report other runes and explained that Zhang Xiaoyun saw her as prey.
• White Plain departed to face Zhang Xiaoyun, while Chen Ying sent Yun Ke'er to the Vermilion Bird Gate and Shen Yuan to the Black Tortoise Gate.
• Chen Ying left Chen Yun in Su Changqing's care as the others searched for runes, but Chen Yun revealed a bloodthirsty gleam as a voice inside him screamed for them not to go.

The Ancient Demon manipulated Chen Yun into accepting the idea that it could take over his life, then tricked Su Changqing into leaving so it could prepare to form a cocoon. As Shen Yuan and the others departed, Shen Yuan suspected Chen Yun was still under the demon’s control and rushed back.

• The Ancient Demon persuaded Chen Yun that replacing him could fulfill his family’s expectations, while planning to hide and form a cocoon using Chen Yun and Su Changqing’s bodies.
• Chen Yun asked Su Changqing for water, then sent him northwest to fetch more.
• On the way back, Shen Yuan told a companion that Chen Yun had seemed too polite and had shifted blame onto his mother.
• Shen Yuan recalled Chen Yun’s history of fighting anyone who insulted his mother and concluded his behavior had been suspicious.
• Shen Yuan used a spatial technique to return and told his companion to summon Dean Chen and Yun Ke'er.

Shen Yuan suspected Chen Yun was dangerous, but hesitated after Su Changqing returned with water, allowing the Ancient Demon to pierce his heart. The demon then froze when Shen Yuan spoke despite the attack, leaving his plan to take over Shen Yuan’s body uncertain.

• Shen Yuan questioned Chen Yun’s sudden ability to fetch water while Dong Fang began to suspect something was wrong.
• Su Changqing returned with water, making Shen Yuan hesitate about his suspicions.
• Chen Ying suddenly appeared and pierced through Shen Yuan’s heart as Dong Fang and Su Changqing watched in horror.
• Chen Baifeng and Chen Qing realized the Ancient Demon had pretended to be weak to mislead anyone observing from outside.
• The Ancient Demon planned to take over Shen Yuan’s body and use his techniques to defeat Yun Ke’er and White Plain.
• Shen Yuan spoke after the Ancient Demon crushed his heart, startling the demon.

Shen Yuan revealed how he had trapped Chen Yun in a prepared spatial array and sealed him in a fragment. After learning the Azure Dragon Gate had opened, Shen Yuan worried that White Plain might not escape Zhang Xiaoyun unharmed.

• Chen Yun discovered that his hand was trapped in a spatial rune on Shen Yuan’s body, while Shen Yuan explained that the apparent heart he had crushed was a realistic decoy inside another space.
• Shen Yuan used a Space Trap to compress Chen Yun into a fragment, then rejected Chen Yun’s offer of immortality in exchange for release.
• Su Changqing thanked Shen Yuan and asked how he had suspected Chen Yun; Shen Yuan said Chen Yun’s attempt to blame his mother had seemed out of character.
• Chen Yun realized that Shen Yuan, whom he had once looked down on, had understood him better than Su Changqing had.
• A dragon’s roar and azure light signaled that the Azure Dragon Gate had opened, and Shen Yuan worried about White Plain facing Zhang Xiaoyun.