Chapter Summaries

Xi Zhenyue took Xi Lang’s [Damaged Dharma Comprehension Stone] and gave him two jade slips as compensation. After Xi Zhenyue left, Xi Lang discovered the secret technique could severely damage his body and deepened his hatred for his uncle.

• Xi Zhenyue appeared before Xi Lang and recognized the [Damaged Dharma Comprehension Stone].
• Xi Lang reluctantly handed the stone to Xi Zhenyue, who accepted it and gave him a Tendon Transformation method and a minor secret technique.
• Xi Lang pretended to thank Xi Zhenyue, who then departed.
• Xi Lang examined the [Blood Burning Secret Technique] and learned that practicing it below the Blood Replacement Realm could damage his foundation or shorten his lifespan.

Xi Lang blamed Dongfang Ri for his troubles and ordered his men to attack him when he appeared. Meanwhile, Dongfang Yueming perfected the Ten Thousand Beasts Bone Tempering Method and reached the legendary Glazed Jade Bones, then decided to investigate Xi Lang.

• Xi Lang suspected Xi Zhenyue had played a role in his father's death and learned that Dongfang Ri had returned, while Zhang Meng remained missing.
• Xi Lang concluded Zhang Meng was dead and ordered his men to watch Dongfang Ri and attack him when he came out.
• Dongfang Yueming spent his remaining points to raise the Ten Thousand Beasts Bone Tempering Method to perfection.
• Dongfang Yueming transformed his bones into Glazed Jade Bones and felt his strength surge.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to learn more about Xi Lang.

Dongfang Yueming learned that Xi Lang’s uncle, Xi Zhenyue, was a Blood Replacement Realm general, and searched for ways to strengthen himself before they could intervene. Meanwhile, Zhou Tong advanced to lesser bone tempering and went to confront Dongfang Yueming, who saw an opportunity to gain new martial arts.

• Dongfang Yueming investigated Xi Lang and learned that Xi Zhenyue was a Blood Replacement Realm general at Black Stone Fortress.
• Dongfang Yueming found only the Basic Marrow Cleansing Method available for exchange and no Blood Replacement Method, then decided to seek a way to improve his fighting strength.
• Zhou Tong reached lesser bone tempering and left his cultivation room, eager to make Dongfang Ri lose face.
• Zhou Tong spotted Dongfang Yueming and approached him to pick a fight.
• Dongfang Yueming recognized Zhou Tong’s smugness and considered using the confrontation to obtain new martial arts.

Dongfang Yueming used his strength to stop Zhou Tong and demand martial arts manuals, then received three techniques and checked his status panel. Zhou Tong remained trapped with Dongfang Yueming, who told him not to leave yet.

• Zhou Tong approached Dongfang Yueming after reaching Lesser Bone Tempering, but Dongfang Yueming surprised him with his speed and strength.
• Dongfang Yueming held Zhou Tong in place and demanded military merits or collateral, frightening Zhou Tong into offering to agree to anything.
• Dongfang Yueming clarified that he wanted martial arts manuals, and Zhou Tong sent him the Fierce Tiger Fist Technique, Gale Saber Technique, and Whirlwind Leg Technique.
• Dongfang Yueming checked his status panel and saw the three new martial arts listed as not initiated, with 169 points available.
• When Zhou Tong tried to leave, Dongfang Yueming interrupted him again, leaving Zhou Tong worried about what else he wanted.

Dongfang Yueming learned that the Great Xia Dynasty's Martial Dao Academy Seed Class could provide access to a Blood Replacement method and possibly a Qi Refining technique. After hearing about the Xi Family's formidable strength, he resolved to deal with his trouble and leave Black Stone Fortress as soon as possible.

• Dongfang Yueming asked Zhou Tong how he could obtain a Blood Replacement method, and Zhou Tong suggested joining a great family or entering the Martial Dao Academy's Seed Class.
• Zhou Tong praised Dongfang Yueming's talent while privately doubting he could enter the Seed Class.
• Dongfang Yueming asked Zhou Tong about the Xi Family, and Zhou Tong revealed that it had multiple Blood Replacement experts, including General Xi Zhenyue, and might have a Qi Refining expert in its main branch.
• Dongfang Yueming dismissed Zhou Tong and decided to resolve his trouble and leave Black Stone Fortress before Xi Lang's Blood Replacement Realm general noticed him.

Dongfang Yueming perfected the Gale Saber Technique, Whirlwind Leg, and Fierce Tiger Fist Technique, then headed out of Black Stone Fortress to confront Xi Lang. Xi Lang learned of his departure and gathered his men to pursue him, setting up their coming clash.

• Dongfang Yueming used his remaining points to perfect the Gale Saber Technique, Whirlwind Leg, and Fierce Tiger Fist Technique.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to settle his grudge with Xi Lang and left his quarters for the wilderness outside Black Stone Fortress.
• Hidden watchers noticed Dongfang Yueming leaving, and one of them went to report to Xi Lang.
• Xi Lang's subordinate told him that Dongfang Yueming was heading outside the fortress.
• Xi Lang gathered his men and set out to make Dongfang Yueming despair.

Dongfang Yueming deliberately slowed down to lure Xi Lang and his men into range, then killed Old Three and Old Five with a single saber strike each. Xi Lang was shocked by Dongfang Yueming's strength but became fixated on Light Snow, mistaking it for a legendary B-grade divine weapon.

• Dongfang Yueming wondered why Xi Lang's men had not caught up, while Xi Lang pushed his subordinates to chase him.
• Xi Lang left most of his exhausted men behind and continued after Dongfang Yueming with Old Three and Old Five.
• Dongfang Yueming feigned exhaustion to draw the pursuers closer, and Xi Lang sent Old Three and Old Five to attack him.
• Dongfang Yueming drew Light Snow and killed Old Three and Old Five in an instant with his perfected movement and saber techniques.
• Xi Lang was stunned by the two kills, then greedily concluded that Light Snow might be a B-grade divine weapon.

Dongfang Yueming fought Xi Lang with Light Snow, overpowering him despite Xi Lang’s greater realm. Xi Lang burned his qi and blood and trapped the saber in his bare hands, but Dongfang Yueming let it go and launched a perfected Fierce Tiger Fist.

• Xi Lang coveted Dongfang Yueming’s B-grade blood-refined saber and pretended to seek reconciliation before preparing to attack.
• Dongfang Yueming struck first, and Light Snow shattered Xi Lang’s fine-steel saber when he tried to block.
• Dongfang Yueming used his movement and saber techniques to wound Xi Lang and drive him into a desperate retreat.
• Xi Lang activated the Blood Burning Secret Technique and caught Light Snow’s blade between his hands.
• Dongfang Yueming released the trapped saber and advanced with his fist, unleashing the perfected Fierce Tiger Fist Technique.

Dongfang Yueming killed Xi Lang and searched his body, finding a secret technique and a complete Tendon Transformation Realm cultivation method. He used his points to initiate the Furious Tiger Tendon Transformation Method, prioritizing a stable breakthrough over the secret technique’s risky burst of power.

• Dongfang Yueming struck Xi Lang with a powerful fist, then pursued him and caught the Light Snow Saber.
• Dongfang Yueming killed Xi Lang with a saber strike as Xi Lang lay wounded and helpless.
• Dongfang Yueming searched Xi Lang’s corpse and found jade slips containing the Blood Burning Secret Technique and a complete Tendon Transformation Realm cultivation method.
• Dongfang Yueming entered both techniques into the system and decided to prioritize cultivation over the secret method’s risky power boost.
• Dongfang Yueming spent points to initiate the Furious Tiger Tendon Transformation Method.

Dongfang Yueming broke through to the Tendon Transformation Realm, escaped Black Stone Fortress, and covered his tracks by feeding his military terminal to an Ironback Earth Dragon. Back at the fortress, Hongxiu grew alarmed when she could not reach Dongfang Ri and asked her father, Li Yu, to find him.

• Dongfang Yueming entered the Tendon Transformation Realm, then decided to leave before Xi Zhenyue could retaliate for Xi Lang’s death.
• Dongfang Yueming baited three Ironback Earth Dragons and fed one his military terminal to make Dongfang Ri appear dead, then fled the fortress.
• Hongxiu worried after Dongfang Ri failed to answer her message and learned from Tie Shan and Tie Zhu that he had not joined a squad.
• Hongxiu went to Li Yu and urgently asked him to find Dongfang Ri as the gemstone in her necklace began to tremble and glow.

Wang Xijing’s group traveled toward the Great Xia Dynasty Martial Arts Academy, where their mentor Zhao Qingfeng killed a powerful demon wolf and revealed his deference to the mysterious Miss Li. Miss Li was revealed to be Li Hongxiu’s younger half-sister, who had come to return the Ill-Fated Love Stone and hoped it had not been activated.

• Wang Bufan fought a Wind Blade Wolf and gained the upper hand before a Moon-Howling Demon Wolf appeared.
• Zhao Qingfeng killed the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf with a single strike, and his students praised him.
• Zhao Qingfeng warned his students not to underestimate the Great Xia Dynasty, but Wang Xijing and the others dismissed the warning.
• Zhao Qingfeng roasted the demon wolf and respectfully offered the meat to Miss Li, startling his students.
• Miss Li thought of Li Hongxiu and hoped to return the Ill-Fated Love Stone before it was activated.

Dongfang Yueming returned to the Great Xia Dynasty Martial Arts Academy and headed to find Instructor Qin Rushuang to ask about entering the Seed Class. After effortlessly defeating two arrogant seniors who attacked him, he learned that exchange students from other dynasties had arrived to spar with the Seed Class.

• Dongfang Yueming checked his attributes and decided to save his points for a crucial opportunity to prove his talent and enter the Seed Class.
• Dongfang Yueming saw a muscular senior bully freshmen and humiliate Liu Yu, who had recently reached Skin Tempering Lesser Accomplishment.
• When the senior attacked him from behind, Dongfang Yueming knocked him flying with one casual strike.
• Dongfang Yueming defeated the second senior with a single punch after the man charged him, leaving Liu Yu terrified by his strength.
• The freshmen heard that exchange students had arrived to spar with the Seed Class and hurried toward the training grounds.

Li Yu found Dongfang Ri’s damaged terminal, and Hongxiu’s grief triggered the power of the Ill-Fated Love Stone. Li Qingyue took her unconscious sister to the Love Palace on the Central Continent, while Li Yu resolved to believe Dongfang Ri was still alive.

• Li Yu killed an Ironback Earth Dragon and recovered Dongfang Ri’s damaged terminal from its belly.
• Hongxiu learned that Xi Lang and his subordinates had died and feared Dongfang Ri had been killed as well.
• Hongxiu’s grief caused her mother’s gemstone necklace to shatter and unleash a terrifying power before she collapsed unconscious.
• Li Qingyue arrived, recognized the activated Ill-Fated Love Stone, and told Li Yu she had come to take Hongxiu away.
• Li Qingyue carried Hongxiu to the Love Palace on the Central Continent after telling Li Yu where to find them.
• Li Yu watched his daughters disappear and resolved that Dongfang Ri might still be alive.

Xi Zhenyue read a message from the Xi Family and resolved to escape Black Stone Fortress for the wider world. At the academy, Dongfang Yueming encountered Gao Hu and heard instructors discuss the Great Yan exchange students and Qin Rushuang’s past.

• Xi Zhenyue learned that the Xi Family was using Xi Lang’s death to delay his return and suspected they wanted to secure the family ancestor’s cultivation inheritance for one of their descendants.
• Xi Zhenyue resolved to find a way out of Black Stone Fortress and reach the Central Continent.
• Dongfang Yueming passed Gao Hu, who had reached Lesser Flesh Refining and looked down on him while his lackeys praised him.
• Dongfang Yueming entered the academy office and found Teacher Qin Rushuang absent.
• Instructors said exchange students from the Great Yan Dynasty had arrived and recalled Gao Long’s rise to the Martial Arts Holy Land and Qin Rushuang’s return as a Qi Refining Realm expert.

Dongfang Yueming learned that Qin Rushuang had refused an invitation from the Martial Arts Holy Land and reached the Qi Refining Realm on her own. At the academy’s exchange battle with the Great Yan Dynasty, Wang Bufan challenged Great Xia’s students, while Zhao Qingfeng reacted with shock on seeing Qin Rushuang.

• An instructor praised Qin Rushuang’s past, while Instructor Zhou criticized her for turning down the Martial Arts Holy Land; another instructor rebuked him.
• Dongfang Yueming overheard the instructors, noted that Zhou was only at the Tendon Transformation Realm, and left after learning about the exchange battle.
• Great Yan and Great Xia’s representatives assembled at the central training ground, where Zhao Qingfeng stared at Qin Rushuang in disbelief.
• Wang Bufan stepped onto the arena, announced his Bone Tempering Perfection cultivation, and challenged a Great Xia student.
• Wang Xijing defended Wang Bufan’s pride, while Zhao Jin objected to his arrogance and the Great Xia students called for someone to face him.

Li Mu challenged Wang Bufan in the martial arts exchange, while Qin Rushuang assessed the opposing team’s advantage and Zhao Qingfeng reacted to recognizing her. The match began with both instructors giving the signal.

• A Great Xia student asked Qin Rushuang for permission to fight Wang Bufan, and she agreed after weighing the teams’ strengths.
• Li Mu introduced himself as a Bone Tempering Perfection fighter and promised to go easy on Wang Bufan, drawing cheers from the Great Xia students.
• Wang Bufan insulted Li Mu, angering him and the students watching below the arena.
• Wang Xijing prompted Zhao Qingfeng, who suppressed his unease about Qin Rushuang and returned his attention to the match.
• Qin Rushuang noticed Zhao Qingfeng’s reaction but remained calm, and both instructors announced that the match had begun.

Li Mu attacked Wang Bufan with the Tiger-Subduing Fist, believing he had the upper hand, while Wang Bufan revealed that he had been holding back. As Wang Bufan prepared to show his true strength, Dongfang Yueming watched from the crowd and Aunt Fu noticed his exceptional cultivation.

• Wang Bufan mocked Li Mu until Li Mu charged him with the Tiger-Subduing Fist.
• Wang Bufan dodged and blocked Li Mu's flurry, appearing to retreat while the Great Xia students cheered for Li Mu.
• Dongfang Yueming greeted Lin Qingyao as Aunt Fu sensed his strong talent and qi and blood.
• Wang Bufan unleashed a burst of force that scattered Li Mu's attacks and said he had only been letting Li Mu have a few moves.
• Li Mu refused to accept Wang Bufan's claim, and Wang Bufan's aura sharpened as he prepared to demonstrate his strength.

Wang Bufan defeated Li Mu decisively, revealing the gap between their bone-tempering levels and humiliating the Great Xia Martial Arts Academy. Zhao Jin then challenged Great Xia’s Chen Feng, while Lin Qingyao predicted another loss and left with Aunt Fu, whose aura shocked the watching instructor Zhao Qingfeng.

• Wang Bufan overwhelmed Li Mu with precise palm strikes and knocked him from the arena, leaving him unable to rise.
• Dongfang Yueming recognized that Wang Bufan had reached Radiant Golden Bones while Li Mu had only Jet-Black Iron Bones.
• Zhao Jin of the Great Yan Dynasty stepped onto the arena and challenged Great Xia’s students, and Chen Feng volunteered to fight her.
• Lin Qingyao predicted that Chen Feng would lose, and Aunt Fu’s brief display of pressure silenced the students who challenged her.
• Aunt Fu followed Lin Qingyao away, while Zhao Qingfeng sensed her terrifying aura and watched them with awe and wariness.

Zhao Jin and Zhao Yi defeated Great Xia’s Seed Class students, while Wang Xijing revealed he was at the Marrow Cleansing Realm and ended the exchange. After three students quit the Seed Class, Dongfang Yueming told Qin Rushuang he wanted to join.

• Zhao Jin used Flowing Cloud Steps to defeat Chen Feng, leaving the Great Xia students discouraged.
• Zhao Yi broke his opponent’s arm and mocked the Great Xia Martial Arts Academy.
• Wang Xijing revealed his Marrow Cleansing Realm cultivation and left with the Great Yan Dynasty after declaring the exchange over.
• Three defeated Seed Class students asked Qin Rushuang to leave, and she agreed.
• Qin Rushuang wondered whether returning to Great Xia had been a mistake and worried about finding candidates for the Battle of the Python Gate.
• Dongfang Yueming approached Qin Rushuang and said he wanted to join the Seed Class.

Qin Rushuang discovered Dongfang Yueming’s remarkable Body Tempering foundation and admitted him to the Seed Class. She offered to teach him a Marrow Cleansing method after he represented Great Xia in the Battle of the Python Gate, and promised a Blood Replacement method if he won.

• Qin Rushuang examined Dongfang Yueming and was astonished by his perfected Body Tempering stages.
• Qin Rushuang admitted Dongfang Yueming to the Seed Class, though his surname briefly reminded her of someone else.
• Dongfang Yueming asked how he could obtain the Marrow Cleansing method, and Qin Rushuang offered it if he competed in the Battle of the Python Gate.
• Dongfang Yueming asked what he would receive for winning, and Qin Rushuang promised to teach him a Blood Replacement method if he claimed victory.
• Dongfang Yueming agreed to the deal and left, while Qin Rushuang wondered how confident he could be at his current cultivation level.