Chapter Summaries

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.