Chapter Summaries

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.