Recaps

Linley entered Mist Valley to gather Blue Heart Grass and was trapped underground after a flock of eighth-level dragons sealed the cave. As two powerful magical beasts fought, a mysterious tiger-featured man and a swordsman saved him, and Linley recognized the tiger-featured man as Brother Haoyue.

• Linley and Bebe harvested more than 160 stalks of Blue Heart Grass before Linley flew deeper into Mist Valley.
• Two Velocidragons and over a hundred eighth-level Fire Dragons and Green Dragons attacked Linley, and Bebe shielded him from a fireball as he escaped into a cave.
• The flying dragons sealed the cave entrance with boulders, forcing Linley to venture deeper underground.
• Linley witnessed the Purple-Striped Black Bear and the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon grievously wound each other in a battle for the lair.
• The dying Spined Iron-Armored Dragon attacked Linley with dragon breath, but a tiger-featured man and a black-clad swordsman stopped the attack.
• The tiger-featured man greeted Linley, who recognized him as Brother Haoyue.

Haoyue saved Linley from a dying Spined Iron-Armored Dragon and learned that Linley needed dragon blood to awaken his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline. Seeking a stronger source, Haoyue attacked a Saint-level Tyrannosaurus named Pawalei, and their battle began.

• Haoyue reunited with Linley and confirmed that the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon had died after using its final attack.
• Linley told Haoyue how he had entered Mist Valley, gathered Blue Heart Grass, and hoped to awaken his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline.
• Haoyue warned Linley that the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon's blood was too weak, then went deeper into the cave to find better dragon blood.
• Doehring Cowart told Linley that Haoyue's strength exceeded the Ninth Rank, though he could not sense a Saint-level domain.
• Haoyue transformed into a Tiger-Striped Warrior, strengthened himself with his Hexes, and found the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus Pawalei in its cavern.
• Haoyue struck Pawalei while it slept, waking the enraged Tyrannosaurus, and fought back against its claw with his miaodao.

Haoyue fought and killed the severely injured Saint-level Tyrannosaurus, Pawalei, after using close combat and rapid spells to overcome its defenses and stop its escape. He left to retrieve Linley, intending to use Pawalei’s blood to awaken Linley’s Dragonblood Warrior bloodline.

• Haoyue dodged Pawalei’s dragon breath and used Earth Spike Cage and Tiger-Stripe Battle-qi to close in and wound its belly.
• Haoyue climbed onto Pawalei and repeatedly slashed it, then drove his miao saber into its spine as it tried to crush him against a rock wall.
• Pawalei attempted to flee, but Haoyue slowed it with spells and bombarded it with more than a hundred instant-cast attacks.
• Haoyue caught Pawalei near the cavern exit and severed one of its hind legs, leaving it unable to stand.
• Pawalei offered Haoyue its treasure in exchange for its life, but Haoyue killed it to obtain its blood for Linley.
• Haoyue headed back through the cave passage to retrieve Linley.

Haoyue helped Linley awaken his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline using a Saint-level Tyrannosaurus’s blood, then claimed the Purple Blood God Sword from an ancient formation. The two left the cavern with their new powers and treasures.

• Haoyue showed Linley the gravely wounded Early Saint-level Tyrannosaurus and prepared its blood and Blue Heart Grass for the bloodline awakening.
• Linley endured the painful awakening and emerged as an Eighth-level Warrior with his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline active.
• Haoyue gave Linley the Magic Crystal Cores of the Purple-Striped Black Bear and the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon, keeping the Tyrannosaurus’s core for himself.
• Haoyue recognized the Purple Blood God Sword in the cavern ceiling and claimed it by binding it with his blood and pulling it from the formation.
• Linley used Wind Element magic while Haoyue entered his Tiger-Striped Warrior form, and the two hurried out of the cavern.

Dylan escaped Gebados Planar Prison after Haoyue removed the Purple Blood Soft Sword, then subdued Mist Valley’s dragons and set his sights on settling his old score with Beirut. Meanwhile, Haoyue trained Linley to use his newly awakened Dragonblood Warrior strength and the sword before they planned to return to Fenlai City, where Curator Maia was waiting to meet Linley after admiring his sculptures.

• Dylan emerged from a spatial rift after five thousand years in Gebados Planar Prison and learned he had returned to the Yulan Continent.
• Dylan’s three Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lions devoured the dragons in Mist Valley, and Dylan subdued two Peak Eighth Rank Velocidragons as his subordinates.
• Haoyue demonstrated the Purple Blood Soft Sword’s shifting forms and taught Linley how its flexibility and elemental magic affected its attacks.
• Haoyue tested Linley’s Dragonblood Warrior transformation, then trained him for three days in controlling his strength and using his dragon features.
• Haoyue practiced the soft sword’s techniques, and Linley learned to use part of its power before they planned to return to Fenlai City.
• Curator Maia admired Linley’s Dream Awakening sculptures and resolved to meet him, but Linley was away from Fenlai City.

Haoyue and Linley returned from their training and rose to prominence at the Ernst Institute and in Fenlai Kingdom. After surviving a Dark Alliance ambush, they arranged to buy the Baruch Clan saber Slaughter with money from Linley’s stone sculptures, then settled in to train.

• Haoyue used his elemental Taiji swordplay to defeat packs of magical beasts before returning to Fenlai City with Linley.
• Linley graduated from the Ernst Institute at seventeen as its youngest Level Seven Mage, declined the Radiant Church’s offer, and accepted the title of Marquis of Wushan Town.
• Haoyue told Linley that the Lucas Clan held the Baruch Clan saber Slaughter, and they agreed to buy it after raising enough money.
• Haoyue suggested auctioning Linley’s five Dream Awakening sculptures; when Dark Alliance members tried to recruit and threaten them, Linley and Haoyue defeated the ambushers.
• Delia bought Linley’s sculptures for twelve million gold coins, giving him enough to reclaim Slaughter, while Linley and Haoyue continued their cultivation at the marquis’s residence.

Haoyue revealed that Linley’s mother, Lina, had been sacrificed by the Radiant Church after Clayde and Paterson seized her, prompting Linley to dedicate himself to becoming strong enough to avenge her. After a month of intense training, Linley was invited to meet the legendary Ascetic Fallen Leaf through Cardinal Gilmer, and he went to the Radiant Church.

• Haoyue told Linley that Duke Paterson and King Clayde had arranged for Lina to be sacrificed by the Radiant Church.
• Linley tried to rush off for revenge, but Haoyue stopped him and convinced him to train until he could face his enemies himself.
• Linley trained under Haoyue’s Gravity Spell and began to recognize gravity as a rule of the world.
• A month later, Cardinal Gilmer arrived and offered to recommend Linley as a disciple to the Ascetic Fallen Leaf.
• Linley said goodbye to Haoyue and went with Gilmer to the Radiant Church.

Linley attended Kalan Debs and Alice’s engagement banquet, then used a secret meeting with Duke Paterson to confront the man who had abducted his mother. Paterson revealed that King Clayde had ordered the abduction before Linley killed him and left with Haoyue, arranging witnesses to support their alibi.

• Yale told Linley that Kalan Debs would marry Luo Lin as his principal wife and Alice as his secondary wife, and Linley decided to attend the engagement banquet.
• Linley and Haoyue went to the banquet, where guests admired Linley and discussed Alice’s resemblance to the model for “Dream Awakening.”
• A servant told Linley that Duke Paterson wanted to meet him in the garden, and Linley went with Haoyue’s silent approval.
• Linley transformed into his draconic form, restrained Paterson, and forced him to confess that Clayde had ordered Linley’s mother abducted.
• Linley killed Paterson, and Haoyue burned the body and cleaned the scene before leaving with Linley.
• Linley and Haoyue visited a crystal jewelry shop and spoke with nobles who could confirm they had been away from the Debs residence.

After the Debs Clan was arrested for smuggling, Alice asked Linley to protect her from the right chancellor Merritt, and Linley agreed to intervene. Linley obtained Hemolytic Poison from Cesar and began planning with Haoyue to use it against Clayde, while Haoyue resolved to keep Linley safe.

• After Paterson's death, Clayde's investigation exposed the Debs Clan's smuggling, and Bernard Debs and Kalan were arrested.
• Alice visited Linley and pleaded for help, explaining that Merritt had threatened to withhold aid unless she went to his residence; Linley promised to make Merritt leave her alone.
• Haoyue advised Linley to visit the palace, where he could confront Clayde's suspicions and meet someone carrying Hemolytic Poison.
• Linley met Clayde, denied involvement in Paterson's death, and accepted a commission to carve a stone sculpture.
• Cesar visited Linley and gave him the formula for Hemolytic Poison, which Linley and Haoyue planned to use when Clayde came to collect the sculpture.
• Haoyue warned Linley to strengthen himself and arrange the poison ingredients through Yale, while privately promising to get Linley out safely if the plan went wrong.

Linley broke through to become a Level Seven Warrior, gathered the final ingredients, and prepared six bottles of Hemolytic Poison to kill Clayde. With Haoyue ready to protect him, Linley planned to poison Clayde the next day and avenge his mother.

• Linley broke through to Level Seven Warrior, and Haoyue warned him not to underestimate Clayde's experience.
• Yale brought Linley the last two ingredients for the Hemolytic Poison, along with cloud poria sent by Clayde.
• Linley prepared six bottles of Hemolytic Poison with Haoyue's help over five days.
• Haoyue reached Peak Eighth Rank, comprehended Wielding the Heavy as Though It Were Light, and grew powerful enough to challenge high-level Saint experts.
• Linley and Haoyue planned to use a stone sculpture delivery as an excuse to poison Clayde's wine the next day.

Linley lured Clayde to his residence and attacked him to avenge his mother, Lina, after poisoning him with Hemolytic Poison. As the Icecold Snow Lion arrived to protect Clayde, Haoyue went to intercept Heidens outside Fenlai City and buy Linley time.

• Linley pretended to be injured, drawing Clayde to his residence, where he served him wine laced with Hemolytic Poison.
• Linley confronted Clayde over Lina’s death, and Bebe killed Lansim when he tried to protect the king.
• Linley transformed into a Dragonblood Warrior and battered Clayde’s Destiny Guard shield while Clayde tried to escape and provoke him.
• The Icecold Snow Lion burst into the living room and fired a barrage of ice spikes at Linley.
• Haoyue sensed Heidens approaching Fenlai City and took position outside the eastern gate to stop the Pope of Light.

Linley killed Clayde after breaking through the king’s protective barrier, then escaped Fenlai City with Haoyue. Heidens ordered a hunt for them, while the chapter revealed how Haoyue had delayed the Pope with his defensive magic and force-redirecting techniques.

• Linley kicked the Icecold Snow Lion aside and battered Clayde’s barrier as Lait and two other Radiant Church experts arrived to protect the king.
• Bebe gravely wounded the eighth-level warrior and killed the eighth-level magus, while Linley broke Clayde’s barrier with seven strikes and cut his throat.
• Haoyue warned Linley that Heidens was coming, and Linley escaped Fenlai City with Haoyue and Bebe.
• Heidens arrived at Linley’s residence, found Clayde dead, and ordered Lait to track down Linley and Haoyue.
• Haoyue’s earlier clash with Heidens was revealed: he blocked the Pope’s attack with Earth and Water magic and told him he would have to stay there for a while.

Haoyue revealed himself as a Tiger-Striped Warrior and fought Heidens, the Peak Saint-level Pope of Light, to keep him occupied while Linley carried out his mission. After learning that Clayde had been assassinated, Haoyue escaped, and he and Linley left Fenlai Kingdom for the Magical Beasts Mountain Range.

• Haoyue transformed into his Tiger-Striped Warrior form and used three elements of magic to battle Heidens.
• Haoyue endured Heidens's powerful attacks, then countered with an Earth Travel Technique ambush and traded blows with him.
• Haoyue unleashed Meteor Fire Rain and Greater Gravity Spell, using the chaos to escape from Heidens.
• Heidens recognized Haoyue Bolei and realized that Clayde had been assassinated while Haoyue kept him occupied.
• News of the Dragonblood Warrior and Tiger-Striped Warrior spread across the continent as Haoyue and Linley left Fenlai Kingdom for the Magical Beasts Mountain Range.

Linley and Haoyue returned to Wushan Town and warned its residents that a magical beast tide would destroy the town on the ten-thousandth Yulan Festival. When the beasts arrived, Haoyue stayed behind to delay them while Linley led the remaining townspeople north.

• Linley and Haoyue hid at the old Baruch residence in Wushan Town to rest after fleeing the Fenlai Royal Capital.
• Haoyue told Linley that millions of magical beasts would attack the Holy Union on January 1, 10000, and urged him to evacuate the town with its residents.
• Linley warned the town elders, then demonstrated his magic to convince them to organize an evacuation.
• The elders urged the townspeople to pack and leave, though some residents dismissed the warning and chose to stay for the festival.
• On New Year's Day, Haoyue spotted the approaching beast tide and sent Linley to lead the remaining townspeople north while he went to buy them time.

Linley led Wushan Town’s residents north to escape the approaching beast tide while Haoyue held the beasts back alone. He fought two Mid-stage Saint-level beasts and launched a surprise attack on the Earth Violent Bear, leaving the blow’s result unresolved.

• Linley warned the townspeople that the beast tide was near and organized their flight north.
• Haoyue slowed the advancing beasts with gravity, fire, and ice magic as he faced the approaching Saint-level auras.
• The Earth Violent Bear and Thunder-Winged White Tiger arrived, and Haoyue injured the tiger with a single heavy-saber strike.
• Haoyue blocked the tiger’s lightning attack with Earth Guardian Armor and a water domain, then countered with gravity and meteor fire magic.
• The Earth Violent Bear attacked Haoyue from behind, but Haoyue evaded underground and emerged beneath it with a flaming saber raised to strike.

Haoyue fought the Thunder-Winged White Tiger and Earth Violent Bear, defeating them with his magic and guerrilla tactics. He secured their promise to protect and escort the people of Wushan Town north, then set out with them to catch up to the refugees.

• Haoyue wounded the Earth Violent Bear with a powerful miaodao strike, terrifying the Thunder-Winged White Tiger.
• The Thunder-Winged White Tiger offered to let Haoyue and the beasts avoid one another, but Haoyue refused to let them slaughter fleeing humans.
• The Thunder-Winged White Tiger and Earth Violent Bear attacked Haoyue together with lightning and earth magic.
• Haoyue used gravity, dense fog, and explosive flames to wear the two beasts down over half an hour.
• The Thunder-Winged White Tiger and Earth Violent Bear surrendered and agreed to protect and escort Wushan Town's people north after swearing to the Bear God and Tiger God.
• Haoyue left with the two Saint-level magical beasts to catch up with the refugees.

Haoyue raced to Hess City to find Linley before the Radiant Church’s six special deacons could kill him. After learning the confrontation was happening in a forest outside the city, he hurried there as Linley fought the six elders alone.

• Haoyue caught up with the Wushan Town refugees, learned Linley had chased suspicious people northeast, and sent the townspeople north under the protection of the Earth Violent Bear and the Thunder-Winged White Tiger.
• Haoyue headed northeast to find Linley, while Dylan’s beast tide overran Fenlai Royal Capital and Kale Fenlai fled toward Hess City.
• Linley ambushed Kale Fenlai on the road, killed him, took his spatial ring, and fled before the guards could pursue him.
• Haoyue reached Hess City and learned that Linley was being hunted by six Ninth Rank Radiant Church experts after killing Kale.
• Haoyue recalled that Linley’s battle with the six special deacons was taking place outside Hess City and rushed toward the forest, where he found Linley wounded and surrounded.

Linley and Bebe were nearly killed by six Radiant Church deacons, but Haoyue arrived and slew them before Doehring Cowart could sacrifice himself. After healing Linley and Bebe, Haoyue led them east toward the O’Brien Empire.

• Linley fought six Peak Ninth Rank deacons while injured, and Bebe was wounded trying to protect him.
• Doehring Cowart emerged from the Coiling Dragon Ring and prepared to sacrifice himself to save Linley.
• Haoyue arrived and killed all six deacons with a single blade strike.
• Haoyue healed Linley and Bebe, then told them they had to leave before the Radiant Church sent more pursuers.
• Haoyue, Linley, and Bebe set out east toward the O’Brien Empire after Linley thanked Doehring Cowart for his willingness to protect him.

While Haoyue advanced in Earth Element magic under Doehring Cowart’s guidance, he told Linley and Doehring that ancient inscriptions revealed how a soul could regain a body by becoming a deity. Doehring began pursuing the Earth Law’s Profound Mysteries, while Linley and Haoyue continued their cultivation with a clearer path ahead.

• Haoyue struggled to break through to Saint-level in Earth Element magic, so Linley relayed Doehring Cowart’s lessons to him.
• Doehring taught Haoyue the principles behind Earth Element spells, greatly improving his casting and defenses, while Linley also progressed through their shared study and sparring.
• Haoyue told Linley that ancient inscriptions said a Deity-level expert could condense a Divine Spark and rebuild a body, giving Doehring hope of returning to life.
• Haoyue listed several Profound Mysteries of the Laws of Earth, and Doehring recognized them as a possible explanation for the directions he had sensed in his magic.
• Doehring began devoting himself to comprehending the Earth Law’s Profound Mysteries, and Haoyue also gave Linley the names of the Profound Mysteries of the Laws of Wind.

After two and a half years of cultivation in the Magical Beasts Mountain Range, Haoyue demonstrated three new techniques to Linley and agreed that they should leave for the O’Brien Empire. The chapter ended with them preparing to travel toward the empire.

• Haoyue and Linley compared their progress, while Bebe returned from fighting Haeru and boasted that he had won.
• Linley asked to leave the Magical Beasts Mountain Range, and Haoyue agreed after they made preparations.
• Haoyue demonstrated Supergravity Slash and Explosive Flame Slash, explaining how he combined magic with weapon attacks.
• Haoyue showed Linley an upgraded Profound Mystery of Roundness Sword Technique, which deflected Linley’s full-strength blow into the ground.
• Haoyue described his plans to pursue the Saint level and the Momentum of Heaven and Earth, while Linley focused on improving his swordsmanship.
• Haoyue and Linley headed toward the northeastern edge of the Magical Beasts Mountain Range, bound for the O’Brien Empire.

Linley comprehended the Momentum of Heaven and Earth and created the Earth Profound Mystery: Triple Wave while traveling with Haoyue. After they spotted the Radiant Church escorting a captured necromancer, Linley and Haoyue decided to rescue him.

• Linley became absorbed in the sounds of the Yulan River and comprehended the Momentum of Heaven and Earth.
• Linley used his heavy sword to create the Earth Profound Mystery: Triple Wave, then sparred with Haoyue, who easily defended against it.
• Haoyue sensed an escort fleet from the Radiant Church, and he and Linley followed it along the riverbank.
• Haoyue identified the fleet's injured prisoner as a Level 9 Necromancy Great Mage Master.
• Linley proposed rescuing the prisoner, and Haoyue agreed.

Haoyue, Linley, and Sessler rescued prisoners targeted by the Radiant Church, and Sessler took Rebecca and Leena as disciples. After learning that the Church was escorting five descendants of an ancient clan under Saint-level guard, Haoyue decided to rescue them and confront the expert.

• Haoyue and Linley destroyed a Radiant Church fleet, killed its Cardinal, and freed Sessler, who revealed that the Church was preparing sacrifices in Blackwater City.
• Haoyue, Linley, and Sessler infiltrated Blackwater City and rescued seventeen captives, including Rebecca and Leena, from a guarded manor.
• Sessler offered to teach Rebecca and Leena Necromancy Magic, and the sisters became his disciples to gain the strength to protect themselves.
• The group learned that the Radiant Church was escorting five descendants of an ancient clan as vessels for angels, with a Saint-level expert guarding them.
• Haoyue decided to rescue the five men and test himself against the Saint-level expert.

Haoyue and Linley ambushed Steller’s convoy to rescue Barker and his brothers. Linley challenged Steller but was overwhelmed, so Haoyue took over; after deflecting Steller’s attacks with his sword technique, Haoyue countered with a powerful saber strike, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Haoyue, Linley, Sessler, and his disciple waited in ambush at Red Rock Gorge as Steller escorted Barker and his four brothers through the pass.
• Linley attacked Steller with the Profound Truths of the Earth: Triple Wave, but Steller’s Saint-level power drove him into a desperate position.
• Haoyue arrived, identified himself to Steller, and demanded that he leave the prisoners behind.
• Haoyue used the Profound Mystery of Roundness Sword Technique to deflect Steller’s repeated attacks.
• Haoyue switched to his miao saber and struck with Sixtyfold Gravity Slash and Explosive Flame Slash, triggering a massive explosion that shook the canyon.

Haoyue defeated Steller, who escaped by teleportation, and freed Barker and his four brothers from the prison wagons. Cesar gave the brothers their clan’s Undying Secret Manual and entrusted their protection to Linley and Haoyue before the group resumed its journey south toward the O’Brien Empire.

• Haoyue drove Steller away, then killed the remaining Radiant Church soldiers and freed Barker and his four brothers.
• Cesar arrived after sensing the battle and greeted Linley, then recognized Haoyue as a Tiger-Striped Warrior and the brothers as descendants of the Armand clan.
• Cesar explained the brothers’ heritage and the Radiant Church’s plan to use them as vessels for angels to descend.
• Cesar retrieved Amanda’s Undying Secret Manual and gave it to Barker and his brothers.
• Cesar asked Linley and Haoyue to protect the five brothers while he entered seclusion, and they agreed.
• Barker and his brothers pledged to follow Linley and Haoyue, and the group set off south for the O’Brien Empire.