Chapter Summaries

After revealing the Night Watchers’ secret war against Variants and the horrors beyond the Boundary, Zhan Qiushui tried to recruit Dongfang Yueming. He refused, looted Xiahou Jing’s corpse, and demanded that Zhan teach him everything she knew as payment for saving her life.

• Zhan Qiushui explained that the authorities were divided and infiltrated by Variants, then revealed that she was a Night Watcher tasked with hunting them and monitoring the Boundary.
• Dongfang Yueming learned that terrifying beings beyond the Boundary sometimes tried to break through, while Zhan Qiushui urged him to join the Night Watchers.
• When Dongfang Yueming asked about rewards for killing Variants, Zhan Qiushui told him there were no clear payments and that trading Variant corpses was forbidden.
• Dongfang Yueming looted ten thousand in cash from Xiahou Jing’s corpse and found a photo of himself marked with a red cross, confirming that the Xiahou Family had targeted him.
• Zhan Qiushui warned that the Xiahou Family had deeper ties to Variant forces and offered to help cultivate Dongfang Yueming if he joined the Night Watchers.
• Dongfang Yueming refused to join and demanded that Zhan Qiushui recite every cultivation technique and blood skill she knew as compensation for saving her life.

Dongfang Yueming persuaded Zhan Qiushui to reveal her Blood Refining methods and blood skills, including several arcane-grade techniques. After leaving her, he questioned the authorities’ hidden dealings and resolved to rely on absolute power to survive and overturn the system.

• Dongfang Yueming convinced Zhan Qiushui that her life mattered more than rules, and she taught him the yellow-grade One Origin Blood Refining Art and arcane-grade Ice Heart Blood Refining Record.
• Zhan Qiushui taught Dongfang Yueming the arcane-grade Fourteen Blades of Frost and Cold and Treading Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms, then reluctantly revealed the Jade Maiden Spring-Locking Art.
• Dongfang Yueming ended their deal and vanished into the darkness as Zhan Qiushui recovered her phone and vowed to confront the Xiahou Family over Xiahou Jing’s death.
• Dongfang Yueming headed back toward camp, questioning why the Night Watchers and authorities tolerated Variants, vanished students, and the Xiahou Family’s feeding list.
• Dongfang Yueming concluded that absolute power was the only thing he could rely on to survive and overturn the system.

Dongfang Yueming perfected the Ice Heart Blood Refining Record and fused sword and saber techniques into the Heaven-tier Taixu Extreme Ice Sword Scripture. He planned to return to school for credits and investigate Xiahou Ying, while Xiahou Ying followed her brother’s directions into an underground shelter.

• Dongfang Yueming advanced to Blood Refining Realm perfection, making his blood burn with both extreme cold and heat.
• He perfected Fourteen Blades of Frost and Cold, fused it with his saber techniques, and created the Heaven-tier Taixu Extreme Ice Sword Scripture.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected Treading Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms and reviewed his techniques, then planned to sell pills and return to school for credits.
• Dongfang Yueming wondered how much Xiahou Ying knew about the Xiahou Family keeping blood food captive.
• Xiahou Ying escaped pursuing Ferocious Beasts and entered a partly collapsed air-raid shelter at coordinates given to her by Xiahou Zhang.

Xiahou Ying uncovered her brother’s hidden supplies and a note warning her that the Xiahou Family was a den of inhuman people who ate humans. She chose to flee into the wilderness to survive and uncover the family’s secret, while Dongfang Yueming wondered why she had stopped responding.

• Xiahou Ying found an iron box containing cultivation techniques, pills, cash, and a desperate note from her brother warning her not to return to the Xiahou Family.
• Xiahou Ying remembered her brother saying she might one day find he had become like a different person, then ended her call to him.
• Xiahou Ying packed the supplies and left for the wilderness, determined to investigate the Xiahou Family and avenge her brother.
• Dongfang Yueming received no response from Xiahou Ying and sent Zhu Hao a message, knowing Zhu Hao was likely dead.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to leave Xiahou Ying alone and focus on earning ten credits before the wilderness training ended at daybreak.

Dongfang Yueming returned to Jinling City alone after claiming Xiahou Ying and Zhu Hao had scattered during a Wind Blade Wolf attack, concealing what had really happened. He perfected and fused cultivation methods to obtain the Earth-grade Grand Mysterious Ice-Wood Blood Refining True Scripture, then set out to sell suspicious pills on the black market.

• Dongfang Yueming told the instructor that a pack of Wind Blade Wolves had separated him from Xiahou Ying and Zhu Hao, and the instructor sent him back to campus while arranging a search.
• Dongfang Yueming spent 100 survival credits to borrow the Azure Wood Blood Refining Method from the Scripture Repository.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected the Azure Wood Blood Refining Method and One Origin Blood Refining Art, fused them into the Longevity One Qi Art, then combined it with the Ice Heart Blood Refining Record.
• Dongfang Yueming obtained the perfected Earth-grade Grand Mysterious Ice-Wood Blood Refining True Scripture and reached the upper-tier perfection state Blood Like Jade Nectar.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to sell the pills from his storage pouch on the black market and prepared a hoodie and face covering.

Xiahou Chen learned that Xiahou Ying and Xiahou Jing had disappeared and sent Xiahou Yuan to retrieve his daughter. At the Night Watchers’ secret base, Wolf Fang took evidence linking the Xiahou Family to captive martial artists, then suspended Zhan Qiushui and delayed any action against the family.

• Xiahou Chen learned that Xiahou Ying had gone missing and ordered Xiahou Yuan to follow their bloodline and bring her back.
• A report revealed that Xiahou Jing had also vanished after his tracking device was dismantled, but Xiahou Chen dismissed concerns about his fate and the Night Watchers.
• Wolf Fang reprimanded the injured Zhan Qiushui for confronting Xiahou Jing and recognized that the cuts on Xiahou Jing’s remains showed an Earth-Level Profound Truth.
• Zhan Qiushui told Wolf Fang that a masked fighter had killed Xiahou Jing and gave him Xiahou Jing’s encrypted phone, which could expose the Xiahou Family’s captive martial artists.
• Wolf Fang pocketed the phone, suspended Zhan Qiushui’s field assignments, and told her to wait for further notice about an operation against the Xiahou Family.

Dongfang Yueming sold pills at the black market and bought martial techniques and cultivation methods to prepare to synthesize a Heaven Grade Blood Refining Method. Meanwhile, Shi Tingyue learned that Zhu Hao had disappeared and decided Dongfang Yueming had stolen the pills he needed to delay his death, so he set out to confront him.

• Dongfang Yueming sold the pills from the ruins to the Dark Blood shop for seventy thousand Federation coins.
• Dongfang Yueming bought four Yellow Grade fist techniques, two Yellow Grade movement techniques, and two Yellow Grade Blood Refining Methods, leaving seven thousand Federation coins.
• Dongfang Yueming realized he needed two more Yellow Grade Blood Refining Methods to synthesize a Heaven Grade method and reach Blood Contains Divine Radiance.
• Shi Tingyue learned that Dongfang Yueming had returned from wilderness survival training while Zhu Hao was missing.
• Shi Tingyue recalled that strange pills and a cultivation method had made him powerful but that he feared unseen monsters were fattening him as prey.
• Shi Tingyue concluded Dongfang Yueming had taken the pills meant for him and left to confront him.

Dongfang Yueming fused his martial techniques into new Heaven-Grade movement and fist techniques, while Xiahou Ying hid near Jinling Martial University and planned to deliver her brother’s letter to Han Changfeng. The chapter left Xiahou Ying searching for an intermediary to reach the guarded Han Family estate.

• Dongfang Yueming perfected six Yellow-Grade techniques and fused his movement techniques into the Heaven-Grade The Horizon Within Reach Distance-Free Step, gaining The Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach.
• Dongfang Yueming fused his fist techniques with the Great Wilderness World-Suppressing Fist to create the Heaven-Grade Chaos Heaven-Opening Prison-Subduing Great Compassion Seal and gain Ten Directions of Annihilation.
• Dongfang Yueming reflected that he had four Heaven-Grade techniques and needed two more Yellow-Grade Blood Refining Methods to complete his cultivation method.
• Xiahou Ying, listed as missing by the Xiahou Family, secretly returned to Jinling and hid near Jinling Martial University.
• Xiahou Ying decided to seek help from Han Changfeng and deliver the letter her brother had left, but concluded she needed an intermediary to reach the Han Family estate.

Xiahou Yuan tracked down Xiahou Ying and forced her to return to the Xiahou Family, while she secretly passed Dongfang Yueming a bag containing a jade slip, cash cards, and Xiahou Zhang’s letter. Dongfang Yueming used the techniques in the bag and his own manuals to forge a heaven-grade blood refining scripture, reach Blood Contains Divine Radiance, and set off after them.

• Xiahou Yuan followed Xiahou Ying’s bloodline resonance to Jinling Martial University and cornered her in a ruined village alley.
• Xiahou Ying slipped Dongfang Yueming a waterproof bag and surrendered to Xiahou Yuan to keep him from harming Dongfang.
• Xiahou Yuan took Xiahou Ying away, and Dongfang Yueming read Xiahou Zhang’s letter and learned the Crimson Flame Blood Tempering Art.
• Dongfang Yueming fused several cultivation techniques into the heaven-grade Chaos Creation Blood Refining Scripture and achieved Blood Contains Divine Radiance.
• Dongfang Yueming vanished using The Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach, pursuing Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Ying.

Dongfang Yueming arrived at the unfinished building where Xiahou Yuan had taken Xiahou Ying and revealed overwhelming power. He killed Xiahou Yuan with one punch, leaving Xiahou Ying stunned by his strength.

• Xiahou Yuan told Xiahou Ying that Dongfang Yueming had been selected as Young Master Zhang's first blood meal and that he could not escape.
• Dongfang Yueming emerged from the shadows, astonishing Xiahou Ying and Xiahou Yuan with his sudden arrival.
• Xiahou Yuan transformed into an aberrant and charged Dongfang Yueming, who unleashed divine qi and blood that suppressed him.
• Dongfang Yueming struck Xiahou Yuan with the Great Compassion Seal and killed him with a single punch.
• Xiahou Ying stared at Dongfang Yueming in shock as the unfinished building fell silent.

Dongfang Yueming killed Xiahou Yuan, took the cash card, and warned Xiahou Ying that the Han Family might not be trustworthy. Xiahou Ying sought help from Han Luosheng, who revealed himself as a monster, devoured Shi Tingyue, and broke through to the blood transformation realm.

• Dongfang Yueming killed Xiahou Yuan with one punch, took the hundred-thousand cash card, and returned Xiahou Ying's letter and cultivation method.
• Dongfang Yueming warned Xiahou Ying to be careful and questioned whether the Han Family was trustworthy before leaving.
• Xiahou Ying decided to seek out Han Luosheng, believing he would help her deliver the letter.
• Han Luosheng confronted Shi Tingyue on a lakeside path and revealed that he viewed him as prey.
• Han Luosheng caught and broke Shi Tingyue's fist, transformed into a monster, and devoured him.
• Han Luosheng absorbed Shi Tingyue's qi and blood and broke through to the blood transformation realm.

Dongfang Yueming went to the Dark Blood shop to trade for a Blood Transformation Realm cultivation method. After the old man rejected his mystic-grade Saber-Drawing Technique, Dongfang revealed an earth-grade skill, and the old man agreed to contact the black market’s chief proprietor.

• Dongfang Yueming asked the old man at the Dark Blood shop to sell him a Blood Transformation Realm cultivation method, but the old man said he lacked access to one.
• Dongfang offered one hundred thousand yuan and a mystic-grade Saber-Drawing Technique, but the old man refused to risk the deal.
• Dongfang sealed a wisp of the Taixu Extreme Ice Sword Scripture’s aura into the jade slip and presented it as an earth-grade blood skill.
• The old man sensed the sword intent, recognized its power, and eagerly agreed to report the offer to the black market’s chief proprietor.

Capital Martial University and Demon Capital Martial University arrived at Jinling Martial University, where a prodigy from Demon Capital humiliated the locals with ease. Han Luosheng learned that Xiahou Ying had returned with evidence of the Xiahou Family’s crimes, then knocked her unconscious rather than help her.

• Capital and Demon Capital Martial University arrived at Jinling with elite teams, and a silver-haired Demon Capital student insulted the Jinling students.
• Zhang Kuang challenged the silver-haired student, who defeated him with one finger and revealed ninth-level Blood Refining Realm strength.
• Han Luosheng watched the confrontation and suspected the visitors had come because something valuable was about to emerge near Jinling.
• Xiahou Ying entered Han Luosheng’s office and told him the Xiahou Family had imprisoned and eaten civilian martial artists, then gave him Xiahou Zhang’s letter.
• Han Luosheng pretended to promise help, but struck Xiahou Ying unconscious so she would not cause trouble while the visitors were in Jinling.

Dongfang Yueming tried to exchange an earth-level profound truth for a Blood Transformation Realm technique at Jinling City's underground black market. After Fourth Brother's Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils revealed Dongfang Yueming's terrifying aura, the four chief proprietors identified him as a high-level Variant and launched a deadly attack.

• The four chief proprietors discussed whether the offer was a trap, and Blood Hand decided to investigate while Fourth Brother secretly watched with his Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils.
• Blood Hand met Dongfang Yueming in the VIP room and tried to question him while delaying the transaction.
• Fourth Brother used his pupils to inspect Dongfang Yueming and saw an abyss-like aura that convinced him Dongfang Yueming was not human.
• Dongfang Yueming detected Fourth Brother behind the wall and called out his hidden watcher.
• Blood Hand's communicator sounded the high-level Variant alarm, and the four chief proprietors attacked Dongfang Yueming from all sides.

Dongfang Yueming survived an attempted ambush in the underground black market, exposed his overwhelming human blood and qi, and traded martial techniques for cultivation methods and a rare Qi Technique. Meanwhile, Xiahou Chen learned that Xiahou Yuan had been killed and the young miss had vanished, then received a call on his encrypted communicator.

• Blood Hand and three other black-market stewards attacked Dongfang Yueming, but he evaded them with the Heaven-grade secret art The Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach.
• Dongfang Yueming released his pure human blood and qi, proving he was no Variant, and the four stewards begged for forgiveness.
• Blood Hand and the others gave Dongfang Yueming four yellow-grade Blood Transformation methods, and he promised them two incomplete earth-grade techniques in return.
• Old Fourth gave Dongfang Yueming the Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils, which the System identified as a yellow-grade Qi Technique for the Qi Gathering Realm.
• Xiahou Chen learned that Xiahou Yuan had been crushed to death and that the young miss was missing, then answered a call on his encrypted communicator.

Xiahou Chen learned that an unknown swordsman with an Earth-Level Profound Truth had killed Xiahou Jing, while Wolf Fang warned him to halt the Xiahou Family’s hunting operations because powerful martial university prodigies had arrived in Jinling. The chapter ended with Wolf Fang ordering Xiahou Jing’s remains secretly delivered to a mysterious lord.

• Han Luosheng told Xiahou Chen that Xiahou Ying had sought his help and demanded three years of hunting rights in the eastern abandoned factory district in exchange for her return.
• Xiahou Chen accepted Han Luosheng’s demand and wondered who had killed a third-level Blood Refining Variant without leaving evidence.
• Wolf Fang told Xiahou Chen that he had suppressed Zhan Qiushui’s evidence against the Xiahou Family and warned him to suspend hunting operations while powerful visitors were in Jinling.
• Wolf Fang revealed that an unknown swordsman had killed Xiahou Jing with an Earth-Level Profound Truth, leaving Xiahou Chen and the elders stunned.
• Wolf Fang ordered Night Watchers personnel to pack Xiahou Jing’s remains and secretly deliver them to a lord before nightfall.

Dongfang Yueming perfected four Yellow Grade Blood Transformation techniques, fused them into the Earth Grade Great Wilderness Blood Transformation Scripture, and awakened part of the Chaos Dragon Body. He also perfected the Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils and planned to seek Qi Gathering techniques at Jinling Martial University's Sutra Repository.

• Dongfang Yueming used points to perfect four Yellow Grade Blood Transformation techniques and fused them into the Earth Grade Great Wilderness Blood Transformation Scripture.
• Dongfang Yueming reached Upper-Tier Perfection in the Blood Transformation Realm and awakened a partial manifestation of the Chaos Dragon Body.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected the Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils and gained the ability to see through illusions, disguises, formation nodes, and energy weaknesses at or below his major realm.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to seek a Qi Gathering cultivation technique and matching Qi Techniques at the Sutra Repository in Jinling Martial University.

Han Changfeng consumed Variant essence blood to prolong his life and strengthen himself, while admitting that he had enabled the Han Family’s transformation and predation on commoner martial artists. The Han Family’s Variants then discussed secretly devouring the visiting geniuses from the Capital and the Demon Capital to help Han Changfeng break through to the Meridian Opening Realm.

• Han Changfeng reflected on the grievous injury that had blocked his advancement and on how he had let the Han Family prey on commoner martial artists.
• Han Changfeng gave in to his craving and drank the purified Variant essence blood, regaining strength as he vowed to reach the Meridian Opening Realm.
• Han Pojun and Han Mei discussed the visiting students from the Capital and the Demon Capital, dismissing the threat they posed in Jinling.
• Han Mei proposed secretly devouring the visiting geniuses, and the Variants agreed their blood could help Han Changfeng break through.

A senior Night Watchers investigator ordered Wolf Fang to support the visiting martial university prodigies as they investigated Jinling City. Meanwhile, Dongfang Yueming broke into Jinling Martial University's Scripture Repository and discovered an old account of powerful experts vanishing decades earlier, leaving the cause of Jinling's upheaval uncertain.

• Judge reprimanded Wolf Fang and ordered him and his Night Watchers to cooperate unconditionally with the visiting prodigies.
• Li Changshan and the Demon Capital instructor discussed their distrust of the Night Watchers and sent six top prodigies to investigate Jinling City.
• Chu Kuangren headed for Jinling Martial University's Scripture Repository, hoping to find a powerful blood technique.
• Dongfang Yueming bypassed the repository's defenses and took two yellow-grade Blood Transformation Realm cultivation techniques.
• Dongfang Yueming found an old university president's notebook describing how more than half of Jinling City's leading experts had vanished decades earlier, allowing the Xiahou Family and Han Family to rise.

Dongfang Yueming discovered clues suggesting a decades-old mass disappearance might be tied to the rise of the Xiahou and Han Families. While hiding in the confidential area, he watched Chu Kuangren break in and fail to detect him, leaving Dongfang to reflect that Jinling City was too small for the wider stage of Great Xia.

• Dongfang Yueming wondered whether the disappearance of top experts decades ago was connected to the Xiahou and Han Families' rise.
• Dongfang Yueming sensed a concealed energy fluctuation and hid himself among the bookshelves.
• Chu Kuangren broke into Jinling Martial University's confidential area using a concealment secret art and headed for the killing blood techniques.
• Chu Kuangren noticed someone had handled a notebook and searched the area, but he could not find Dongfang Yueming.
• Dongfang Yueming assessed Chu Kuangren's strength and concluded that Jinling City was too small compared with the wider world of Great Xia.