Chapter Summaries

Guo Yu taught Xia Lin combat techniques and New Martial Arts potions, while Xia Lin quickly improved at fighting. When Li Wenzhang was reported dead, North Wind needed a replacement fighter for an arena match in ten days, and Guo Yu thought of Xia Lin just as Xia Lin mastered Fighting Basics.

• Guo Yu taught Xia Lin about anatomy, weak points, and the killing techniques used in the Savage Martial Arena.
• Guo Yu began teaching Xia Lin Sanda, and Xia Lin quickly picked up the moves through focused practice.
• Guo Yu gave Xia Lin a stamina recovery potion and a muscle strength growth agent, which Xia Lin injected before continuing to train.
• Three days later, the school head told Guo Yu that Li Wenzhang had died and ordered him to find a replacement Savage Martial fighter for North Wind’s match against the Ori Group in ten days.
• Guo Yu thought of Xia Lin as a potential replacement, while Xia Lin mastered the F-rank skill Fighting Basics.

Xia Lin’s Fighting Basics and newly learned North Wind Heavy Punch mutated into skills that protected him from technology-based weapons and added missile strikes to his punches. Guo Yu gave Xia Lin ten days to qualify for the Savage Martial Arena, and the chapter ended with Xia Lin noticing someone following him on his way home.

• Unstable Mutation changed Xia Lin’s Fighting Basics into Martial Artists Do Not Die from Gunfire, which reduced damage from technology-based weapons.
• Guo Yu told Xia Lin that he could compete for the North Wind Martial Arts School’s Savage Martial Arena spot if he learned the North Wind Heavy Punch, absorbed a red vial, and scored over 10 on a punching force machine within ten days.
• Guo Yu taught Xia Lin the North Wind Heavy Punch, and Xia Lin learned its movements after two hours of practice.
• Unstable Mutation transformed Xia Lin’s North Wind Heavy Punch into East Wind Divine Fist, which summoned an East Wind Missile with every punch.
• Xia Lin left the martial arts school at night, spotted a man following him, and smiled cruelly.

After Li Zaishui blamed Xia Lin for his son Li Wenzhang’s murder, he confronted him at his apartment and opened fire. Xia Lin’s bullets-proof body and summoned missiles overwhelmed Li Zaishui’s sworn brother Huang Yue, leaving the fight engulfed in explosions.

• Li Zaishui identified Xia Lin as his target after investigating Li Wenzhang’s death and waited for him in his apartment building.
• Xia Lin admitted that he had killed Li Wenzhang, prompting Li Zaishui to shoot him.
• The bullets bounced off Xia Lin’s forehead and body without injuring him, and Li Zaishui ran out of ammunition.
• Huang Yue stepped between Xia Lin and Li Zaishui, identifying Xia Lin’s defense as Mechanical Martial Arts with an implanted bulletproof force field.
• Xia Lin summoned a missile and blasted Huang Yue, then unleashed a barrage of missiles while the explosions and shrapnel failed to harm him.

After killing five people and destroying much of the Black and White Apartments, Xia Lin surrendered to the police and treated the station like a place to sleep. In the rest room, he told probationary officer Duan Jun that he would soon leave and that Duan Jun's faith in the law was idealistic.

• Yang Dehai and Duan Jun arrived at the damaged Black and White Apartments and found Xia Lin sitting on two corpses.
• Xia Lin admitted that he had thrown the grenades and killed people, then asked the officers to take him to the station.
• During questioning, Xia Lin identified himself as a reserve Savage Martial fighter and asked for a bed, while Yang Dehai identified two of the dead as Li Zaishui and Huang Yue.
• Yang Dehai ordered Duan Jun to take Xia Lin to the rest room, telling him to listen to both Xia Lin and himself.
• Xia Lin woke and told Duan Jun that he expected to avoid legal punishment and would be leaving soon.

Xia Lin explained to Duan Jun that the North Wind Consortium could shield him from punishment, then left the police station with its staff. Yang Dehai revealed that Xia Lin would be bound by a brutal Savage Martial Arena contract, leaving Duan Jun to confront the powerlessness of life in Fierce Martial City.

• Xia Lin told Duan Jun that the consortiums ruled above the law and that North Wind would protect him because he was valuable.
• Yang Dehai arrived and ordered Duan Jun to remove Xia Lin’s handcuffs, then let Xia Lin leave.
• A butler and two women escorted Xia Lin to a luxury flying car, and Duan Jun struck a pillar in anger as Xia Lin waved goodbye.
• Yang Dehai explained that North Wind would sign Xia Lin to a Savage Martial Arena contract controlling his opponents and match outcomes.
• Yang Dehai called ordinary people merchandise beneath the iron curtain, and Duan Jun asked whether things were always this way; Yang Dehai answered that they were.

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.