Recaps

After signing with the North Wind Consortium, Xia Lin prepared for his Savage Martial Arena debut against Ori Group fighter Taishan. As the match began, Li Peipei watched from afar and planned to capture Xia Lin, while Bai Guang and Li Peipei learned they would enter the arena for Huaxin Technology the following week.

• Xia Lin signed North Wind's agreement, received a house, staff, training facilities, and drug support, and learned that his first arena match against Ori Group would take place in three days.
• Li Peipei watched the arena broadcast with Zhou Yan and Bai Guang, recognized Xia Lin, and planned to capture him and make him her pawn.
• Zhou Yan told Bai Guang and Li Peipei that they would enter Advanced Savage Martial Arena matches for Huaxin Technology in one week, aiming to win five matches and qualify for the Top-Tier arena.
• Duan Jun watched Xia Lin's debut on television as the announcer introduced him as Explosive Bomb Fist before his match against Taishan.

Xia Lin fought Gale Leg Taishan in the Savage Martial Arena and used hidden missiles to kill him, stunning the audience. The victory triggered Backstab rewards that convinced Xia Lin his scheme in the Ash Zone could work, while the crowd’s chant of his nickname left him with a frozen smile.

• In a private box, Gu Hua laughed at Xia Lin’s nickname, Explosive Bomb Fist, and said Xia Lin would have to handle the rest himself.
• Xia Lin faced Taishan in the arena as the referee explained that a fighter won by forcing the opponent to concede or lose the ability to fight.
• When Taishan charged, Xia Lin punched the air and launched missiles from subspace, killing Taishan in a barrage of explosions.
• Commentator Huang Shan explained that Xia Lin’s apparent Mechanical Martial Arts used subspace technology and did not violate the arena’s rules.
• Xia Lin received Backstab rewards for betraying the Aori Martial Arts School and several other schools, gaining six points in all attributes.
• The crowd chanted Explosive Bomb Fist, and Xia Lin’s smile froze.

After Xia Lin obliterated Taishan with his missile-like Explosive Bomb Fist, he impressed Kitano Yama and chose to fight again as soon as possible. Three days later, Xia Lin defeated a Rushing Thunder Martial Arts Hall fighter, gained attributes by betraying affiliated organizations, and Kitano Yama agreed to Big Sister Suzuki’s proposal because Xia Lin made him uneasy.

• Gu Hua, Zhou Yan, Bai Guang, and Li Peipei watched Xia Lin’s Explosive Bomb Fist destroy Taishan and reacted with astonishment.
• Kitano Yama praised Xia Lin’s performance, claimed credit for the nickname Explosive Bomb Fist, and told him to keep working for the North Wind Consortium.
• Xia Lin requested a hot bath, a lavish meal, and an early next match, and the butler said he could choose when to fight within three months.
• Three days later, Xia Lin blasted a Rushing Thunder Martial Arts Hall fighter and gained five points in all attributes for betraying that organization, plus one point for several other affiliations.
• Xia Lin concealed half of his increased attributes, while Kitano Yama watched him from a private box and agreed to Big Sister Suzuki’s proposal.

Suzuki Wan arranged for Xia Lin to die in a rigged match against Flower Burial, trading mining shares with Kitano Yama to secure the deal. After learning Xia Lin was being targeted, Duan Jun went to confront him as Xia Lin left training.

• Suzuki Wan offered Kitano Yama three gold mines in exchange for Xia Lin's corpse and ordered him to arrange a match against Flower Burial, with Xia Lin's death decided in advance.
• Flower Burial's identity as a Suzuki Martial Arts School fighter became public, while news reported that the Suzuki Consortium had sold mining shares to Kitano Yama at a low price.
• Yang Dehai explained to Duan Jun that Xia Lin had become a sacrifice in the consortium deal and was likely to be killed or crippled in his next match.
• Duan Jun rushed out after hearing Yang Dehai's warning and went to find Xia Lin.
• Duan Jun stopped Xia Lin's car outside the North Wind Martial Arts School and asked him to get out for questions about the previous case, and Xia Lin agreed.

Xia Lin learned from Duan Jun that the North Wind Consortium might be plotting against him, and thanked him for showing goodwill while warning him to leave the city on the day of the match. North Wind’s butler drugged Xia Lin and ordered him confined and weakened, but Xia Lin’s ability blunted the drugs as his match with Flower Burial began amid intense public attention.

• Duan Jun warned Xia Lin that the Suzuki Consortium had ceded mines to North Wind and advised him to avoid North Wind’s food and residence.
• Xia Lin questioned why Duan Jun was helping him, then thanked him and urged him to take the day off, turn off his phone, and leave the city on the day of the arena match.
• Xia Lin returned home and fell asleep in the car after the butler had secretly drugged him.
• The butler and five men carried Xia Lin into his residence, where the butler ordered him locked up, deprived of food and water, and weakened with drugs and cold air.
• Xia Lin’s ability reduced the effects of the technological drugs, and his eyes turned blood red while the butler failed to notice his smile.
• The Savage Martial Arena match between Xia Lin and Flower Burial drew widespread attention, and the battle began with most spectators expecting Explosive Bomb Fist to win.

Kitano Yama and Suzuki Wan arranged to drug Xia Lin and rig his fight against Flower Burial, whom Suzuki Wan planned to make famous with a dramatic upset. Xia Lin entered the arena trembling and blood-eyed, while Duan Jun watched from home and wondered whether Xia Lin had prepared a way to fight back.

• Kitano Yama confirmed that Xia Lin had been tortured, that the officials had been bribed, and that Enchanted Dream would keep Xia Lin from using his Subspace Missile Bombardment Fist.
• Suzuki Wan told Flower Burial she had promoted him as the underdog against Explosive Bomb Fist and planned to arrange his retirement after he won and became famous.
• Kitano Yama reported that the preparations were complete, and Flower Burial left to get ready for the match.
• The host introduced Flower Burial to a booing crowd, then introduced Xia Lin to cheers as he rose onto the stage trembling, with blood-red eyes.
• Duan Jun watched Xia Lin on television with Yang Dehai and wondered whether Xia Lin had prepared something despite the consortium's efforts.

Xia Lin fought Flower Burial in the Savage Martial Arena while under the effects of a drug, but unleashed his full strength and killed him with the East Wind Divine Fist. After completing his main mission, Xia Lin headed for the ring’s edge and punched again.

• Gu Hua watched Xia Lin on television and dismissed his chances in the S-rank Ash Zone.
• Zhou Yan turned off the broadcast, while Li Peipei worried she would lose her chance to obtain Xia Lin’s external cheat and Bai Guang expected to secure the Blood Fiend Breathing Technique.
• Flower Burial performed a sword dance and pointed his sword at Xia Lin as the referee started the match.
• Xia Lin raised his blood-red eyes, overwhelmed Flower Burial with his presence, and charged at him.
• Xia Lin struck Flower Burial with a massive East Wind Missile, killing him and completing his third match.
• Xia Lin heard that his main mission was complete, walked to the edge of the ring, and punched again.

Xia Lin killed Flower Burial, then smashed his way into the VIP box to confront Kitano Yama and Suzuki Wan. As their guards and combat robots attacked, he remained unharmed and paused to eat a pastry.

• Xia Lin killed Flower Burial and triggered Backstab rewards from the North Wind factions and the Suzuki Martial Arts School.
• Xia Lin broke out of the arena cage, charged toward the VIP box, and punched through its bulletproof window.
• Xia Lin confronted Kitano Yama and Suzuki Wan, and Suzuki Wan ordered her guards to kill him.
• The guards fired on Xia Lin and activated three combat robots while a force field protected the two consortium scions.
• Xia Lin endured the gunfire without injury, picked up a pastry, and ate it.

Xia Lin destroyed the combat robots and brought down the VIP box while attacking Kitano Yama and Suzuki Wan. He left the rubble with Suzuki Wan in his arm as arena security and police surrounded the wreckage.

• Xia Lin used his punches to destroy three combat robots despite their gunfire and attacks.
• Duan Jun ignored a call after Yang Dehai told him not to answer.
• Xia Lin's repeated punches overwhelmed the VIP box, which collapsed before the force field failed.
• Xia Lin seized Kitano Yama, taunted him about the Explosive Bomb Fist nickname, and struck him with a missile-assisted punch.
• Xia Lin shielded Suzuki Wan from the blast, then demanded a ride and left the rubble with her.
• Mechanical security cleared a path as Xia Lin emerged from the wreckage, while police and helicopters surrounded the arena.

Xia Lin forced Suzuki Wan to drive him to the North Wind Consortium headquarters, intent on attacking it to gain more from his Backstab skill. When Suzuki Wan stopped short of the entrance and pleaded for her life, he killed her and gained another 10 points in every attribute.

• Police forces let Xia Lin take Suzuki Wan away because their directives forbade them from harming her.
• Xia Lin made Suzuki Wan drive him to the North Wind Consortium headquarters while he gained attribute points from backstabbing the North Wind factions, humanity, and Fierce Martial City.
• Suzuki Wan warned Xia Lin about the headquarters' powerful defenses and urged him to flee the city, but he ignored her.
• Xia Lin ordered Suzuki Wan to ram the headquarters' entrance, but she stopped the hovercar just short of the doors and begged him not to make her die.
• Xia Lin killed Suzuki Wan and gained 10 points in all attributes from backstabbing Fierce Martial City.

Xia Lin fought his way through the North Wind Consortium headquarters, using his boosted attributes and skills to reach the president's office. On the thirty-second floor, he faced the SS-rank Radiant Knight, whose laser attacks pushed his defensive skill to its limit.

• At the Three-Phase Martial Arts Hall, Zhou Yan ignored the police commotion and continued instructing Li Peipei.
• Gu Hua watched Xia Lin destroy Suzuki Wan and charge into the North Wind Consortium, then estimated that Xia Lin had gained the strength of a low-ranking sequence contender.
• Xia Lin shattered the headquarters' bulletproof entrance, fought through mechanical soldiers, and ran toward the president's office on the thirty-third floor.
• Xia Lin easily destroyed the A-rank combat robots on the sixteenth floor, then encountered the Radiant Knight on the thirty-second floor.
• The Radiant Knight attacked Xia Lin with lasers, burning his chest and reaching the defensive limit of Martial Artists Do Not Die from Gunfire.

Xia Lin destroyed the Radiant Knight and wiped out the North Wind Consortium, gaining a major increase to his attributes. As he prepared to return from the Ash Zone, a clearance mission activated and Aoluosi asked him to stay and hear something.

• Xia Lin endured the Radiant Knight's lasers and tried to attack, but its speed and force field kept him from harming it.
• Xia Lin lured the Radiant Knight into pursuing him, then pinned it down and battered it until the fight brought them crashing from the thirty-second floor.
• Kitano Tetsu told the North Wind Consortium's executives to wait for reinforcements, but Xia Lin entered the president's office carrying the Radiant Knight's head.
• Xia Lin pulverized the people and furnishings in the office with one East Wind Divine Fist, triggering rewards that raised his attributes above 100 and destroyed the North Wind Consortium.
• As Xia Lin considered returning, the system activated the Iron Curtain clearance mission and Aoluosi asked him to stay.

Xia Lin interrupted his return after Aoluosi offered him a deal, then learned that Aoluosi understood Ash Zone Walkers and their skills. Aoluosi asked him to help destroy the Suzuki Consortium, and Luo Qi went to deal with its SSS-rank Steel Gale.

• Xia Lin began returning, but interrupted the process after Aoluosi promised rewards for helping destroy the Suzuki Consortium.
• Aoluosi explained that Ash Zone Walkers visited Fierce Martial City every few years, leading Xia Lin to wonder whether time flowed differently or they appeared on multiple planets.
• Aoluosi identified Xia Lin's skills and explained that natives could also hold classes, see attribute panels, and possess skills.
• Aoluosi described Racial Foundation Grade as the highest skill rating, above SSS rank, and speculated that Xia Lin's limit-breaking skill might approach it.
• Luo Qi handed Xia Lin the phone and went to deal with the Suzuki Consortium's SSS-rank combat robot, Steel Gale.

Aoluosi explained that Fierce Martial City’s order depended on mutually assured destruction, and that the Suzuki Consortium’s Firmament System threatened to overturn that balance. Xia Lin accepted Aoluosi’s request to join a strike against Suzuki before the system could be launched.

• Aoluosi told Xia Lin that the three consortiums maintained peace through their capacity for mutual destruction, with the Savage Martial Arena serving as a way to settle disputes.
• Aoluosi explained that the Suzuki Consortium’s Firmament System would use 9,999 satellites armed with powerful lasers to strike targets precisely across the planet.
• Aoluosi said Huaxin and Aoluosi had agreed to destroy the Firmament System and kill Suzuki’s leaders before it was launched.
• Aoluosi proposed infiltrating Suzuki’s command center with four Fierce Martial Kings and top-tier fighters, and said Xia Lin’s abilities raised their chance of victory from sixty to eighty percent.
• Xia Lin accepted Aoluosi’s commission.

Luo Qi defeated Suzuki Hui’s Steel Gale robot and handed over an unconscious Xia Lin clone, while the real Xia Lin watched from inside the North Wind Consortium headquarters. Xia Lin reviewed two competing clearance missions and his new mission to help Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals destroy the Suzuki Consortium, then waited for Luo Qi to take him to headquarters.

• Luo Qi destroyed the Steel Gale combat robot after Suzuki Hui brought it to avenge Suzuki Wan.
• Luo Qi gave Suzuki Hui an unconscious clone of Xia Lin, claiming he had already dealt with the thief who broke the rules.
• The real Xia Lin watched from inside the building as Aoluosi confirmed the clone had been made using Xia Lin’s hair and said Explosive Bomb Fist was dead.
• Xia Lin reviewed the Iron Curtain clearance mission, which required destroying more than half the consortiums while keeping most of the population alive.
• Xia Lin reviewed the Might Supremacy mission, which required joining one major consortium and destroying the other two without triggering mutual destruction.
• Xia Lin examined the rewards for his Backlash of Ambition side mission to destroy the Suzuki Consortium and waited to be taken to Aoluosi headquarters.

Xia Lin arrived at Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals’ hidden training base and received the potions promised for his cooperation. He injected the Divine Might and Ascension Potions, immediately becoming a level 3 Ash Zone Walker with a third skill slot and unlocked attribute cap.

• Xia Lin studied the effects of the recovery, Angel of Death, Divine Might, and Ascension Potions and reflected on native class holders and the Ash Zone.
• Luo Qi brought Xia Lin to Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals’ underground base, where eight top-tier Fierce Martial Arts fighters were preparing for the plan.
• Xia Lin asked Luo Qi to deliver the promised potions, then rested in his luxurious quarters while waiting for food.
• A service robot brought Xia Lin ten Rapid Healing Potions, three Angel of Death Potions, and a potion pouch, which Xia Lin used to store the vials.
• Xia Lin injected the Divine Might Potion and then the Ascension Potion, advancing to level 3 and unlocking his third skill slot and attribute cap.

Xia Lin joined Casimo and Li Zhengzai in betting on an Advanced Savage Martial Arena match between Shen Nianci and Li Peipei. He wagered three rapid healing potions for Li Zhengzai’s B-rank Gale Blade Leg, leaving the outcome undecided as the fight began.

• Xia Lin met top-tier fighters Casimo and Li Zhengzai at breakfast, and they told him that Luo Qi and Augustine rarely stayed overnight at the base.
• Casimo and Li Zhengzai invited Xia Lin to bet on the day’s arena matches, and they watched Shen Nianci and Li Peipei enter the ring.
• Casimo and Li Zhengzai both bet that Shen Nianci would win, while Xia Lin chose Li Peipei.
• Xia Lin wagered three rapid healing potions against Li Zhengzai’s B-rank Gale Blade Leg, and Li Zhengzai accepted the bet.

Xia Lin learned that native professionals were common and heard how Li Zhengzai and Casimo had become professionals. After Li Peipei defeated Shen Nianci in the arena, Li Zhengzai began teaching Xia Lin Gale Blade Leg.

• Li Zhengzai and Casimo explained that professionals had levels, skills, and enhanced techniques, and described how they had each acquired their professions.
• Shen Nianci used her True Clone Technique against Li Peipei, who answered with Dragon Flash Dance and crushed Shen Nianci beneath her body.
• Li Peipei won her arena debut unharmed, while the audience booed the defeat of the Valkyrie Under the Moon.
• Li Zhengzai accepted his loss in the bet and led Xia Lin to the training ground to teach him Gale Blade Leg.
• Li Zhengzai demonstrated Gale Blade Leg and began breaking its movements down for Xia Lin to learn.

Xia Lin learned Gale Blade Leg, rejected its dangerous mutation, and joined Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals’ operation against the Suzuki Consortium. The chapter ended as Xia Lin, Luo Qi, and Augustine prepared to begin their mission inside the Suzuki First Research Institute.

• Xia Lin learned the basics of Gale Blade Leg from Li Zhengzai and spent five days training until it became a skill.
• Unstable Mutation changed Gale Blade Leg into Mimicry Blade Leg, which would turn Xia Lin’s legs into a saber and a sword, so he declined the mutation.
• Luo Qi gathered Aoluosi Pharmaceuticals’ fighters and divided them into three teams for the operation at the Suzuki First Research Institute.
• Luo Qi assigned Xia Lin to hold off Watanabe Munen for at least ten minutes, and Xia Lin accepted after asking whether Aoluosi could destroy the Suzuki Consortium.
• Xia Lin, Luo Qi, and Augustine rode a supply vehicle through the checkpoints toward the research institute, where a knock signaled their arrival.

Xia Lin, Luo Qi, and Augustine launched an assault on the Suzuki First Research Institute, where Xia Lin destroyed the main power supply. Suzuki Shinto sent Watanabe Munen to meet the attackers, and Munen arrived to face Xia Lin and the others.

• Twenty-one top-tier Fierce Martial Arts fighters split into groups and infiltrated the institute as Xia Lin, Luo Qi, and Augustine descended to floor -55.
• Xia Lin wrecked the main power supply room with the East Wind Divine Fist, forcing the backup system to take over.
• Suzuki Shinto acknowledged that Huaxin and Aoluosi had attacked and ordered Munen to go to the power supply room.
• A hidden elevator opened on floor -55, and Watanabe Munen emerged to face Xia Lin, Luo Qi, and Augustine.

Xia Lin was trapped with Watanabe Munen in a Life-and-Death Arena and fought the level-eight Mechanical Fighter. Watanabe Munen broke Xia Lin’s arm and launched an Overload Heavy Punch at his head.

• Augustine used Life-and-Death Arena to seal Xia Lin and Watanabe Munen inside while he and Luo Qi retreated.
• Xia Lin decided not to betray Aoluosi, citing his blood feud with the Suzuki family and his quest to destroy the Suzuki Consortium.
• Watanabe Munen fired a laser at Xia Lin, but Martial Artists Do Not Die from Gunfire greatly reduced its damage.
• Watanabe Munen used his mechanical wings to rush Xia Lin and slammed him into the arena wall, injuring him.
• Watanabe Munen broke Xia Lin’s left arm with a punch and activated Overload Heavy Punch against his head.

Aoluosi and Huaxin confronted Suzuki Shinto in the First Research Institute, intending to stop him from using Firmament to reach level 9. Meanwhile, Xia Lin faced Watanabe Munen’s deadly punch on basement level 55 and activated Rapid Nourishment against him.

• Aoluosi and Huaxin arrived on basement level 100 with Martial Ancestor, Ye Chen, Star Slayer, Yi Tian, Lion King, Luo Qi, and Iron Dragon, Augustine.
• Aoluosi demanded that Suzuki Shinto destroy Firmament, while Huaxin accused him of using the system to advance to level 9.
• Suzuki Shinto refused to abandon Firmament and transformed the steel corridors into liquid-metal soldiers to fight the six intruders.
• Aoluosi explained that Suzuki Shinto could reach level 9 by launching Firmament, and Huaxin declared that Suzuki would die.
• On basement level 55, Xia Lin stayed calm as Watanabe Munen’s Overload Heavy Punch came toward his head.
• Xia Lin fired Rapid Nourishment into Watanabe Munen’s human eye.

Xia Lin used Rapid Nourishment to disrupt Watanabe Munen’s machinery, then injected Extreme-Speed Healing and Angel of Death to recover and gain power. After rejecting several lethal mutations and keeping beneficial ones, Xia Lin became a Complete Form Lifeform and prepared to begin the next phase of the fight.

• Rapid Nourishment made Watanabe Munen’s face swell, disrupting his mechanical body and interrupting his attack on Xia Lin.
• Watanabe Munen activated his skills and prepared to overwhelm Xia Lin with all his firepower.
• Xia Lin injected Extreme-Speed Healing and Angel of Death, rapidly healing his injuries as the medicine boosted his attributes.
• Unstable Mutation turned Xia Lin’s shortened lifespan into Sudden Death, which he rejected, and transformed Eightfold Personality into Mental Resistance, which he kept.
• Unstable Mutation transformed Gene Collapse into Complete Form Lifeform, and Xia Lin grew taller and stronger with enhanced attributes and combat abilities.
• Xia Lin straightened in the Life-and-Death Arena and told Watanabe Munen that phase two was about to begin.

Xia Lin used his Complete Form Lifeform state and homing East Wind Divine Fist missiles to fight Watanabe Munen at close range. The arena collapsed under the bombardment, and Watanabe Munen's right electronic eye went dark, though his fate remained unclear.

• Xia Lin assessed Watanabe Munen's mechanical weaknesses and found that his enhanced attributes and Martial Artists Do Not Die from Gunfire gave him an advantage.
• Watanabe Munen's Superpower Barrier blocked Xia Lin's Rapid Nourishment, but Xia Lin's East Wind Divine Fist missile tracked him and exploded.
• Xia Lin and Watanabe Munen charged at each other and began a close-quarters fight as Xia Lin launched a barrage of missiles.
• Xia Lin dodged Watanabe Munen's Overload Heavy Punch, struck his abdomen, knocked him down, and detonated a missile against his head.
• Xia Lin continued firing missiles until the life-and-death arena collapsed, while Watanabe Munen's defenses endured and his right electronic eye went dark.

Xia Lin defeated Watanabe Munen after Suzuki Shinto uploaded his consciousness into the mechanical warrior, while Huaxin and Aoluosi killed Suzuki Shinto’s allies and destroyed his original body. Xia Lin claimed his quest rewards, but a new notification interrupted his celebration.

• Luo Qi and Ye Chen died from their wounds as the fighting continued on basement level 100.
• Huaxin and Aoluosi overwhelmed Suzuki Shinto, and Huaxin pierced his brain with Qingjue.
• Suzuki Shinto uploaded his consciousness into Watanabe Munen, using him as a backup body to escape defeat.
• Xia Lin blasted Watanabe Munen with an East Wind Missile and repeated East Wind Divine Fist attacks until his energy ran out and his body exploded.
• Xia Lin celebrated his victory and received 2,000 Ash Zone Points for completing the side quest Backlash of Ambition.
• A new notification interrupted Xia Lin’s celebration and left him confused.