Recaps

Chu Kuangren broke into Jinling Martial University's underground scripture repository and stole three earth-grade blood skills, then escaped after injuring the university's defenders. Dongfang Yueming wounded him with a paper scrap and departed for the Xiahou Family.

• Chu Kuangren took three earth-grade blood skills from the restricted area and triggered the repository's alarm.
• Chu Kuangren fought past Jinling Martial University's instructors and security, then revealed his identity as Demon Capital Martial University's chief student to Lei Zhentian.
• Lei Zhentian could not stop Chu Kuangren from leaving because of the power behind the Demon Capital exchange student.
• Dongfang Yueming launched a paper scrap infused with the Taixu Extreme Ice Sword Scripture, cutting Chu Kuangren's cheek and freezing the wound.
• Chu Kuangren fled, and Dongfang Yueming used The Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach to head for the Xiahou Family.

Li Changshan and the Demon Capital instructor believed Chu Kuangren could handle himself as he searched Jinling’s old district, unaware that he had already been defeated by wastepaper. At the Night Watchers’ branch, Wolf Fang stopped Zhan Qiushui from reporting the Xiahou Family’s crimes to Judge and revealed that the Night Watchers prioritized maintaining stability over punishing evil.

• Li Changshan praised Chu Kuangren’s strength and bloodline while the two instructors followed five heaven’s chosen searching the old district.
• Zhan Qiushui headed to Judge’s office, suspecting Wolf Fang had suppressed her evidence against the Xiahou Family and might be protecting the family.
• Wolf Fang confronted Zhan Qiushui and recognized that she intended to report his conduct to Judge.
• Wolf Fang told Zhan Qiushui that the Night Watchers existed to maintain balance, and that human and Variant victims could be tolerated as losses if stability remained intact.
• Zhan Qiushui dropped her saber and wept as Wolf Fang left, rejecting the Night Watchers’ idea of balance.

Wolf Fang briefed two instructors on Jinling City's mutant factions, prompting the prodigies to split up and attack the Xiahou and Han families. Meanwhile, Dongfang Yueming infiltrated the Xiahou estate, found its treasury, and stole cash and several cultivation techniques, including a Qi Gathering Realm technique.

• Wolf Fang told Li Changshan and the Demon Capital instructor that the Xiahou and Han families had many Blood Transformation Realm mutants and that Han Changfeng was a weakened Qi Gathering Realm expert.
• Li Changshan led the Capital Martial University prodigies toward the Han Family, while the Demon Capital instructor took his students to the Xiahou Family.
• Dongfang Yueming used his secret arts to evade the Xiahou estate's security and discovered an underground labyrinth filled with mutants.
• Dongfang Yueming entered the treasury, collected several million in cash cards, and found four jade slips in a hidden compartment.
• Dongfang Yueming learned three Blood Transformation Realm cultivation techniques and the Qi Technique Exhale Qi into Arrows.

Dongfang Yueming perfected the heaven-grade Chaos Indestructible True Dragon Body, gaining the ability to regenerate from a drop of blood, and learned a concealed qi-arrow technique. Meanwhile, Xiahou Zhang emerged from seclusion as a Blood Refining Realm cultivator and set his sights on Dongfang Yueming.

• Dongfang Yueming fused his Blood Transformation techniques into the heaven-grade Chaos Indestructible True Dragon Body and reached the pinnacle of body tempering.
• Dongfang Yueming learned Exhale Qi into Arrows and comprehended the secret art Shadowless Armor Piercing.
• Dongfang Yueming announced that he would turn his attention to the Xia Family.
• Xiahou Zhang emerged from seclusion with Blood Refining Realm strength and learned that Xiahou Yuan had died while pursuing Xiahou Ying.
• Xiahou Zhang dismissed Xiahou Ying's escape and declared that he would skin and eat Dongfang Yueming.

Demon Capital Martial University attacked the Xiahou Family estate, killing its elders and battling the half-step Qi Gathering head, Xiahou Chen. Dongfang Yueming intercepted the fleeing Xiahou Zhang and annihilated him, then left to investigate the Han Family.

• Chu Kuangren and two Demon Capital Martial University geniuses stormed the Xiahou Family estate and slaughtered its guards.
• The Demon Capital instructor crushed three Blood Transformation Realm elders with a single blow.
• Xiahou Chen emerged as a two-headed lizard and fought the Qi Gathering Fifth Level instructor, reducing the estate to fire and rubble.
• Xiahou Zhang fled the battle but ran into Dongfang Yueming, who shattered his bone blade and destroyed him with one finger.
• Dongfang Yueming left the ruins and headed to the Han Family.

Xiahou Ying awoke imprisoned in the Han Family’s underground slaughterhouse and realized she had trusted the wrong people. Li Changshan and Capital Martial University’s top students attacked the Han Family compound, where Han Changfeng transformed into a powerful Variant and prepared to fight.

• Xiahou Ying woke chained in the Han Family’s underground slaughterhouse, where Han Luosheng revealed himself as her captor.
• Li Changshan and three Capital Martial University students broke into the Han Family compound and attacked seven Blood Transformation Realm Variants.
• The Capital students battled the Variants while Li Changshan struck Han Pojun down with a palm of true qi.
• Li Changshan confronted Han Changfeng, who rejected his chance to surrender and unleashed his Qi Gathering Realm true qi alongside Variant essence blood.

Han Changfeng completed his transformation into a Variant and overwhelmed Li Changshan, turning the Han Family battle against the Capital Martial University team. After the Variants gained the upper hand, the Demon Capital instructor sensed the crisis and rushed to the Han compound with Chu Kuangren and two others.

• Han Changfeng transformed into a purple-scaled Variant and tore apart Li Changshan’s Azure Cloud Heaven-Covering Palm.
• Han Changfeng struck Li Changshan through his protective true qi and sent him crashing into a building.
• Han Changfeng embraced his Variant power and declared that none of the Capital team would leave alive.
• Han Pojun, Han Mei, and the other Variants counterattacked, leaving the Capital heaven’s chosen in danger.
• The Demon Capital instructor sensed the Qi Gathering Realm Variant, abandoned the Xiahou estate, and hurried toward the Han Family with Chu Kuangren and two other heaven’s chosen.

Dongfang Yueming secretly killed Han Changfeng with an invisible qi arrow infused with absolute cold and annihilation, saving Li Changshan and the Demon Capital instructor. He then slipped toward the Han Family treasure vault to search for a Qi Gathering Realm cultivation method.

• Chu Kuangren and two Demon Capital prodigies joined the battle and helped the six prodigies gain the upper hand against the Han Family Variants.
• Han Changfeng used the Purple Nether Lightning Seal against Li Changshan and the Demon Capital instructor, and their counterattacks left them severely injured and poisoned.
• As Han Changfeng moved to kill the fallen instructors, Dongfang Yueming fired an invisible qi arrow that pierced his skull and froze him to death.
• The fighters stared in shock at Han Changfeng's shattered body, unaware that Dongfang Yueming had struck from hiding.
• Dongfang Yueming headed toward the Han Family treasure vault to look for a Qi Gathering Realm cultivation method.

Dongfang Yueming freed Xiahou Ying, then raided the Han Family’s secret vault and advanced to Qi Gathering Perfection while mastering a profound-grade lightning technique. He vanished to meet the surviving instructors and seek more cultivation techniques.

• Li Changshan and the Demon Capital instructor recovered from their injuries, collected Han Changfeng’s remains, and ordered the Han Family variants killed.
• A sword qi freed Xiahou Ying from her chains and removed the poison sealing her qi and blood, allowing her to escape the underground slaughterhouse.
• Dongfang Yueming took the Origin-Returning Qi Gathering Method and Purple Nether Lightning Seal from the Han Family’s vault.
• Dongfang Yueming spent points to reach Qi Gathering Perfection, forming a spring of true qi and cutting a long groove into an alloy wall with a blade of qi.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected the Purple Nether Lightning Seal, comprehended Purple Ultimate Tianlei Break, and vanished to approach the instructors.

Dongfang Yueming confronted the Demon Capital and Central Capital instructors and their chosen after they dismissed him as a weak assassin. He revealed Qi Gathering Realm Perfection, forcing them to their knees and making Li Changshan offer up their cultivation methods.

• Li Changshan examined Han Changfeng’s remains and concluded the hidden attacker had used a Yellow Grade Qi Technique, leading the chosen to believe the attacker was near their level.
• Dongfang Yueming appeared on a ruined wall and demanded the group’s Qi Gathering Realm cultivation methods and Qi Techniques in exchange for saving them.
• Chu Kuangren and the instructors refused, so Dongfang Yueming struck Chu Kuangren with the Purple Nether Lightning Seal and blasted him into the ruins.
• The instructors threatened Dongfang Yueming with the backing of their universities, and he unleashed the pressure of Qi Gathering Realm Lower-Tier Perfection.
• The pressure forced the instructors and chosen to their knees, and Li Changshan apologized and offered to hand over the cultivation methods.

Dongfang Yueming took precious cultivation methods from the defeated instructors and left Jinling, while Night Watchers cleaned up the devastation and Xiahou Ying emerged to learn that her family was finished. As the martial university delegation flew away, Li Changshan revealed plans to create a new batch of Variants beneath Jinling City.

• Dongfang Yueming took Qi Gathering methods and techniques from the instructors, learned they lacked Meridian Opening methods, and left for the ruins of the Han Family estate.
• Zhan Qiushui led the Night Watchers in securing the ruins as the instructors and prodigies departed, and she heard them discuss a mysterious expert at Qi Gathering Realm Perfection.
• Xiahou Ying emerged from an underground passage, and Zhan Qiushui told her that the upper-echelon Variants and both the Xiahou and Han families were finished.
• The six prodigies celebrated their mission rewards aboard a transport plane while showing little concern for civilian deaths.
• Li Changshan told the Demon Capital instructor that they would sow a new batch of Variants beneath Jinling City.

Dongfang Yueming advanced his Qi Gathering cultivation and fused his techniques into Earth-grade arts before discovering Vice Principal Liu was secretly supplying student records to the Night Watchers. When Dongfang tried to force Liu to reveal more, Judge attacked him with hidden sword qi, but Dongfang dodged and faced the investigator.

• Dongfang Yueming perfected and fused his Qi Gathering methods, creating the Earth-grade Taixu Heavenly Dipper Qi Gathering Art and reaching Qi Gathering perfection.
• Dongfang Yueming fused his palm and fist techniques into the Great Wilderness Azure Cloud Heaven-Shattering Hand and his seals into the Purple Extreme Heavenly Might Dragon King Seal.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to apply for the six-month auditing program at Demon Capital Martial University to seek stronger inheritances.
• Dongfang Yueming overheard Vice Principal Liu promise Judge that Jinling Martial University would secretly provide student records and training-route maps to the Night Watchers.
• Dongfang Yueming seized Liu and demanded an explanation, but Judge suddenly attacked with Deadly True Silk; Dongfang dodged, and Judge identified his Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils.

Dongfang Yueming used his perfected Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils but could not see through Judge’s rune barrier, while discovering traces of Variant energy inside Vice Principal Liu. He accused the authorities of raising Variants to harvest commoners and then exploiting Variant remains, and Judge confirmed the scheme and invited him to join them.

• Dongfang Yueming activated [Clear as Watching a Fire], but Judge’s concealment Qi Technique blocked his vision.
• Judge explained that the authorities had suppressed Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils and developed a countermeasure against it.
• Dongfang Yueming examined Vice Principal Liu and found dormant Variant energy in his heart and spinal cord.
• Dongfang Yueming accused officials of feeding commoners to Variants, then killing the Variants to harvest their remains for pills and potions.
• Vice Principal Liu defended the sacrifices as necessary for Great Xia’s Martial Dao, while Judge calmly admitted Dongfang Yueming’s deduction was correct.
• Judge offered Dongfang Yueming a place among them, urging him to become the one wielding the knife rather than the one on the chopping board.

Dongfang Yueming refused Judge’s offer to join him, then revealed overwhelming cultivation and killed him with an earth-grade Qi Technique. As Judge died, Dongfang Yueming exposed that the high-grade Variant blood essence Judge had used had turned him into a Variant himself.

• Dongfang Yueming refused Judge’s invitation, and Judge unleashed his Qi Gathering Realm power against him.
• Judge attacked Dongfang Yueming with a perfected profound-grade Qi Technique, but Dongfang revealed Upper-Tier Qi Gathering Perfection.
• Dongfang Yueming used the earth-grade Great Wilderness Azure Cloud Heaven-Shattering Hand to destroy Judge’s attack and fatally crush him.
• As Judge questioned Dongfang Yueming about confronting powerful figures, Dongfang accused him of treating civilians as ingredients and warned that he could become a Variant.
• Judge’s concealment barrier shattered, revealing that the Variant blood essence potions he had taken were mutating him into a monster.

Dongfang Yueming killed Judge and Vice Principal Liu, then discovered that Judge had been a senior Night Watcher involved in raising Variants. He resolved to exterminate both the Variants and the people who profited from them.

• Judge died after his body transformed into a monster, and Dongfang Yueming killed Vice Principal Liu with a strand of true qi.
• Dongfang Yueming found an encrypted message saying the Variant seeds were ready for the next round, along with a Qi Technique and an old photograph of Judge at Jinling Martial University.
• Dongfang Yueming froze Judge and Vice Principal Liu's bodies and shattered them into ice powder before leaving the grove.
• Dongfang Yueming searched Judge's phone and learned that Judge had led the Jinling Night Watchers and reported to a star-rank operative codenamed Demon Blade, while a moon-rank operative named Baihu was listed above him.
• Dongfang Yueming resolved to exterminate all Variants and the people who had been assimilated by them for power and profit.

Dongfang Yueming destroyed the Variant operation and the Night Watchers’ leadership in Jinling, then secured a place in the exchange program at Demon Capital Martial University. The chapter ended with Night Watchers star-ranked investigator Demon Blade vowing retaliation for the Jinling massacre.

• Dongfang Yueming erased Variant embryos and killed the Jinling Night Watchers’ intermediate investigators, including Judge, then hid all traces of his actions.
• Zhan Qiushui learned that the Jinling Night Watchers’ leadership had vanished, while Dongfang Yueming applied for an exchange spot at Demon Capital Martial University.
• Dongfang Yueming passed the assessment by concealing his cultivation, and Xiahou Ying recognized him as the powerful fighter she had encountered before.
• Dongfang Yueming defeated Zhao Fei with one True Yang Fist and won the final exchange student spot.
• Demon Blade learned that the Xiahou Family, Han Family, and Jinling Night Watchers’ leadership had been wiped out, then vowed to make the culprit pay.

After the exchange students were chosen, Instructor Wang led six Jinling Martial University students toward Demon Capital and warned them about its powerful students and families. Meanwhile, the Resisters learned that a mysterious powerhouse had destroyed the Xiahou and Han families and killed Judge, and they prepared to watch the Night Watchers and the railway stations.

• Instructor Wang gathered the six sophomore and junior exchange students, explained that they would study at Demon Capital Martial University for six months, and told them to pack before their train departed.
• The Resisters discussed the destruction of the Xiahou and Han Variant families and the deaths of Judge and his subordinates, then concluded that an unknown force had carried out the operation.
• The Resisters' leader ordered their covert contacts in Demon Capital to monitor the Night Watchers and major high-speed railway station entrances for the mysterious powerhouse's arrival.
• Instructor Wang briefed the six students aboard the train about Demon Capital's powerful families, strong students, and the need to keep their composure if they were mocked.

Jinling Martial University’s students reached Demon Capital and encountered the city’s brutal strength-based hierarchy, while Night Watchers searched the station for a hidden expert who had erased Judge. Their inspection turned toward Dongfang Yueming’s saber, but a panicked man suddenly erupted with qi and blood and fled.

• On the train, Lin Feng tried to ingratiate himself with the third-year students and mocked Dongfang Yueming, before a fifth-layer Blood Refining Realm troublemaker challenged the Jinling group and Instructor Wang drove him off with Blood Transformation Realm pressure.
• Xiahou Ying wondered whether Dongfang Yueming could defeat a Blood Transformation Realm opponent as the group arrived at Demon Capital North Station and felt the city’s imposing energy and bustle.
• Three Qi Gathering Realm Night Watchers entered the station under oppressive pressure, and one knocked a prominent young man unconscious when he tried to push through them.
• Demon Blade ordered a search for the concealed expert who had erased Judge, and the Night Watchers checked the Jinling group’s documents and scanned its members.
• A Night Watcher stopped Dongfang Yueming to question the E-rank Tang saber in his hand, but a guilty middle-aged man erupted with Blood Transformation Realm qi and blood and fled toward a side door.

Dongfang Yueming left the high-speed rail station with Jinling Martial University’s group after Night Watchers briefly pursued a fleeing smuggler, and he suspected they had noticed Variant blood and qi on his saber. A mysterious woman passed him on the street and stirred his instincts, while the group continued on to Demon Capital Martial Dao University.

• A middle-aged man fleeing the Night Watchers plowed through the crowd, and Instructor Wang led the Jinling Martial University students out of the station amid the chaos.
• Dongfang Yueming realized a Night Watcher had focused on his saber and suspected it still carried traces of Variant blood and qi from killing Xiahou Jing.
• A striking woman in a dark purple trench coat passed Dongfang Yueming, whose true qi trembled at her presence, before she vanished without a trace.
• The Night Watchers caught the fleeing man and discovered he was smuggling tier-two berserk potions; Demon Blade ordered him released and the search resumed.
• Instructor Wang warned the students to stay humble and avoid trouble as their maglev bus arrived at Demon Capital Martial Dao University.

A woman in Demon Capital recognized Dongfang Yueming as the young Resister who had killed Judge and predicted that Judge’s powerful protector would soon throw the city into turmoil. At Demon Capital Martial Dao University, the Jinling exchange students faced the university’s superior strength and contempt, while Dongfang Yueming quietly assessed their guides and planned to explore the city’s markets that night.

• A woman recalled passing Dongfang Yueming and realized that the young exchange student was the monster who had overturned Jinling and killed Judge; she warned that Judge’s furious protector would stir up Demon Capital.
• Instructor Wang and the six Jinling exchange students entered Demon Capital Martial Dao University and were shocked by its powerful students and formidable cultivation standards.
• Chen Hao, a third-year student at the Blood Transformation Realm Fourth Layer, welcomed the group, while Xiao Ya mocked the Jinling students and reluctantly led the second-years to their shabby dormitory.
• Lin Feng, Xiahou Ying, and Dongfang Yueming endured the students’ ridicule outside the dormitory, and Dongfang Yueming used Clear as Watching a Fire to identify Chen Hao’s and Xiao Ya’s cultivation and abilities.
• Dongfang Yueming settled into the dormitory and planned to visit Demon Capital’s underground black market or auction houses after dark to seek cultivation methods.

Demon Blade failed to find the killer who had wiped out the Jinling branch and suspected the Resisters had helped him escape. Baihu dismissed the search, revealed her history with Judge, and became intrigued by the unknown killer now in the Demon Capital.

• At the north high-speed rail station, Night Watchers recognized wanted robber Zhang San but let him go because his crimes did not affect the balance.
• Demon Blade learned that checkpoint searches had found no trace of the killer and suspected Hong Gui and the Resisters had sheltered him.
• Baihu called Demon Blade and told him to stop worrying if he could not catch the killer.
• Baihu examined an old photograph of herself with Judge and reflected that Judge had become a lackey before a new Resister killed him.
• Baihu looked over the Demon Capital and wondered what the mysterious killer was like, hoping he would not disappoint her.

Dongfang Yueming bought a large collection of Yellow Grade methods and techniques in the Demon Capital, intending to synthesize them into stronger abilities, while learning that Meridian Opening methods and pupil techniques were unavailable on the open market. After he left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, its attendant marked him as a target for a robbery.

• At Demon Capital Martial University, Chen Hao accepted Purple Gold Barrier-Breaking Pills from Xiao Ya to help him break through to the Blood Transformation Realm Fifth Level and surpass Chu Kuangren.
• Dongfang Yueming visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in Black Crow Alley and bought four Yellow Grade Qi Gathering methods, along with numerous movement, combat, concealment, and hidden-weapon Qi Techniques.
• The attendant told Dongfang Yueming that Meridian Opening methods were not sold openly and that pupil techniques had disappeared from the market.
• Dongfang Yueming spent 8.1 million Federation credits, leaving him with 3.9 million, and carried his purchases out of the pavilion.
• After Dongfang Yueming left, the attendant contacted accomplices and identified him as a wealthy target traveling alone.

Dongfang Yueming let Gray Wolf and the Myriad Treasures Pavilion mistake him for an easy target, then crushed Gray Wolf when he tried to rob him. He learned that the Core Black Market sold Meridian Opening methods and ocular techniques before killing Gray Wolf and escaping to find a safe place to improve his skills.

• Gray Wolf followed Dongfang Yueming into the eastern slum ruins, intending to seize his case and sell him to the underground market.
• Dongfang Yueming dropped his disguise and defeated Gray Wolf with a single punch, revealing his Superior Qi Gathering Perfection cultivation.
• Dongfang Yueming severed Gray Wolf’s hand when he tried to use an emergency communicator, then forced him to reveal the Core Black Market as a source of Meridian Opening methods and ocular techniques.
• Gray Wolf refused to disclose the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s strongest experts, so Dongfang Yueming killed him and vowed to remember the pavilion’s attack.
• Dongfang Yueming used The Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach to leave the ruins and planned to find a safe place to perfect his Yellow Grade materials and synthesize Heaven Grade killing moves.

After Gray Wolf was killed while following Dongfang Yueming, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion investigated the man in black’s purchases and reported them to an elder. The elder concluded that Dongfang Yueming was likely the mysterious killer who had destroyed the Night Watchers’ Jinling City branch and killed the Jinling Judge.

• The Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s monitoring center detected Gray Wolf’s life soul lamp going out and confirmed that he had died in the eastern city ruins.
• The supervisor reviewed footage of Gray Wolf following Dongfang Yueming and questioned Awei about the man’s purchases and questions.
• Awei reported that Dongfang Yueming had bought cultivation methods, concealment Qi Techniques, and requested ocular techniques.
• The supervisor sent a top-secret report to one of the Pavilion’s elders, who recognized the significance of Dongfang Yueming’s requests.
• The elder connected Dongfang Yueming’s ability to kill Gray Wolf instantly with the recent destruction of the Night Watchers’ Jinling City branch and identified him as a likely suspect in the Jinling Judge’s death.

Dongfang Yueming fused his cultivation methods and Qi Techniques into Heaven-grade arts, reaching the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm. He decided to seek the remaining techniques and a Meridian Opening method at Demon Capital’s underground black market, while preparing to settle accounts with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction house.

• Dongfang Yueming fused four elemental qi gathering methods and Taixu Heavenly Dipper into the Heaven-grade Chaos Primordial Beginning Qi Gathering True Scripture, attaining Purple Qi Comes from the East.
• Dongfang Yueming fused movement techniques into Taixu Roaming Dragon Heaven-Surpassing Steps and gained the Roaming Dragon Shatters the Void art.
• Dongfang Yueming fused fist, sword, concealment, and unorthodox Qi Techniques into several Heaven-grade techniques and updated his status panel.
• Dongfang Yueming identified the ocular techniques, seal techniques, and Meridian Opening cultivation method he still needed.
• Dongfang Yueming chose to search Demon Capital’s underground black market and vowed to confront the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction house for sending people to ambush him.