Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan joined Pioneer Team Seven and was ordered to defend a section of the fortress during an insect tide. Though he pretended to struggle against the Void Insects, he secretly erased them with golden sparks as he moved through the swarm.

• Lei Kun mocked Chen Fan as a rookie and ordered him to stay close to the team and avoid holding them back.
• A highest-level alarm sounded, and Lei Kun, Leng Yan, Monkey, and Chen Fan armed themselves and rushed out to meet an insect tide.
• Pioneer Team Seven reached a breached Alloy Gate, where Lei Kun assigned Leng Yan and Monkey their roles and sent Chen Fan to guard a corner against weaker insects.
• Lei Kun charged the Mid-Stage Sixth Grade Hive Executioner while Chen Fan advanced into the swarm without firing his rifle.
• Chen Fan dodged the Sickle Insects while releasing hidden golden sparks that silently dissolved the insects around him.

Leng Yan and Lei Kun watched as an early-stage sixth-grade Hive Executioner charged at Chen Fan, who had appeared to be struggling against nothing. As its bone scythe neared him, Chen Fan calmly turned and flicked a faint crimson-gold spark at its head, leaving the result unresolved.

• Leng Yan spotted a clean, insect-free stretch around Chen Fan and saw him charging forward as if dodging invisible enemies.
• A dark-red early-stage sixth-grade Hive Executioner broke away from the main battle and targeted Chen Fan.
• Leng Yan warned the squad, but Lei Kun's opponent pinned him down and stopped him from reaching Chen Fan.
• As the Executioner swung its bone scythe at him, Chen Fan turned calmly and pointed two fingers at its head.
• A faint crimson-gold spark left Chen Fan's fingertips and silently touched the Executioner's head carapace.

Chen Fan silently annihilated the Executioners attacking the C-4 Gate Defense Zone, leaving his teammates stunned and the insect tide in disarray. After the battlefield commanders vanished, the insects fled, easing the pressure on Lei Kun.

• Chen Fan erased the Executioner about to strike him and caught its Life Core, leaving Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey stunned.
• A Mid-Tier Executioner knocked Lei Kun back when his shock distracted him, while Chen Fan moved to confront another attacker.
• Chen Fan dissolved a second Sixth Grade Executioner with a point of his finger and pocketed its core.
• Chen Fan rapidly annihilated the remaining Executioners, and the leaderless insect tide panicked and retreated.
• The sudden rout eased the pressure on Lei Kun as he fought the Mid-Tier Executioner.

Lei Kun killed the intermediate-grade executioner as the insect tide was routed, while Chen Fan emerged untouched and collected the Life Cores. Back at camp, Team Seven recognized him as a comrade and learned their rise in the war-zone rankings might give their cannon-fodder squad a chance to change its fate.

• Lei Kun burned his remaining Undying Golden Blood and hurled his battle axe into the intermediate-grade executioner's head, ending the battle and routing the insect tide.
• Chen Fan pocketed the last dark-gold Life Core and told Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey that they had been too slow.
• Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey returned to the barracks with Chen Fan, where Lei Kun explained that recruits in their cannon-fodder squad rarely survived three missions and apologized for keeping his distance.
• Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey introduced themselves to Chen Fan, who said, "Chen Feng, Sixth Stage!"
• Monkey discovered that Team Seven had risen from eighteenth to fifteenth after the system credited them with killing four Sixth Grade executioners, giving Lei Kun hope that the squad could escape its fate.

After Chen Fan’s team rose to fifteenth place, Chen Fan spent all his merit points on High-Purity Life Crystal Cores and declared that their goal was first place. He entered an isolation room to cultivate, while Lei Kun guarded outside.

• Lei Kun explained that a higher team ranking brought more daily merit points and better recruits, and Chen Fan checked his balance of 15,000 points.
• Chen Fan exchanged all 15,000 merit points for thirty High-Purity Life Crystal Cores, astonishing Lei Kun, Monkey, and Leng Yan.
• Lei Kun suggested they could aim for the top ten, but Chen Fan said their goal was first place.
• Chen Fan asked for a private room to cultivate, and Lei Kun arranged the camp’s isolation room and its highest access privileges.
• Chen Fan began refining the energy of all thirty crystal cores with the Undying Divine Fire while Lei Kun stood guard outside.

After absorbing thirty crystal cores, Chen Fan led Pioneer Team Seven on a rapid climb up War Zone 450’s leaderboard, telling the veterans their goal was first place. At the mission hall, Ma Kui of Mad Rhino Squad confronted them and mocked their sudden rise.

• Chen Fan emerged from seclusion after increasing his Life-and-Death Dao Blood from 360 drops to 410.
• Chen Fan hunted the commander-class insects alone while Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey collected cores and cleaned the battlefield, driving Pioneer Team Seven up the rankings.
• After half a month, Monkey announced that Pioneer Team Seven had reached tenth place, but Chen Fan said they should aim for first.
• Lei Kun, Monkey, and Leng Yan embraced Chen Fan’s ambition and followed him to the mission hall to choose a harder mission.
• Ma Kui, captain of the thirteenth-ranked Mad Rhino Squad, blocked Pioneer Team Seven and taunted Lei Kun about their rise to tenth.

Chen Fan defended Lei Kun and Pioneer Team Seven from Ma Kui, defeating the Sixth Grade Undying Realm veteran with ease in the mission hall. He accepted an S-rank mission to clear out the Black Swamp Insect Nest, while Ma Kui watched him leave with fear and hatred.

• Ma Kui mocked Lei Kun's good fortune and provoked him, prompting Chen Fan to tell Ma Kui to move aside.
• Ma Kui attacked Chen Fan with his full strength, but Chen Fan caught his fist and crushed the bones in his hand and wrist.
• Chen Fan sent Ma Kui crashing through tables and chairs, then stepped on his chest and ordered him to get lost.
• Chen Fan accepted the S-rank mission to clear out the Black Swamp Insect Nest, and Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey followed him out of the hall.
• Ma Kui's teammates helped him up as the veterans in the mission hall reacted with awe and fear.

After Chen Fan crippled Ma Kui, he reassured Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey that Pioneer Team Seven would stay focused on its S-rank mission despite Ma Kui’s powerful brother. At the Black Swamp Insect Nest, Chen Fan proved immune to the lethal poisonous mist and led his stunned teammates into the swamp.

• Ma Kui left with his squad after ordering them to find his brother, while nursing his crushed hand and a grudge against Chen Feng and Pioneer Team Seven.
• Lei Kun warned Chen Fan that Ma Kui’s brother Ma Long was a ruthless, powerful vice-captain of the Frenzied Flame Squad.
• Chen Fan told his teammates to ignore such obstacles and focus on their goal of taking first place, restoring their resolve.
• Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey equipped protective suits at the Black Swamp Insect Nest, but Chen Fan refused one and inhaled the poisonous mist.
• Chen Fan explained that the mist could not harm him and entered the swamp as it parted before him; his teammates followed in shock.

Chen Fan effortlessly exterminated the Black Marsh Corroders and faced the Lord of Black Swamp, neutralizing its attacks before halting its desperate charge with a finger. The Lord froze less than a hundred meters away, overcome by fear.

• Dozens of late fifth-rank Black Marsh Corroders emerged from the swamp, and Chen Fan told Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey to collect the drops as he walked into the swarm.
• Chen Fan disintegrated every Corroder that approached him, leaving its Life Core to float toward Lei Kun and the others.
• The late-stage Sixth Grade Undying Realm Lord of Black Swamp rose from the swamp and attacked Chen Fan with a soul-shaking howl and a torrent of venom.
• Chen Fan resisted the howl and refined the venom with a vortex of Divine Fire, judging its Kindling quality barely acceptable.
• The Lord of Black Swamp charged Chen Fan with its full might, but Chen Fan pointed at it and stopped it in midair, filling it with fear.

Chen Fan and his teammates returned to No. 450 Warzone Base after he killed the Lord of Black Swamp, and his overwhelming strength transformed the team's fear into fierce trust. As they reached the mission hall, Ma Long confronted Chen Fan over his younger brother and threatened to make him pay.

• Chen Fan killed the Lord of Black Swamp, collected its Life Core, and told Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey that their mission was over.
• On the shuttle back, Lei Kun asked who Chen Fan was, and Chen Fan answered that he was a member of Pioneer Team Seven.
• At No. 450 Warzone Base, Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey formed a protective formation around Chen Fan as they headed for the mission hall.
• Ma Long, vice captain of the Raging Flame Squad, blocked their way and demanded to know whether Chen Fan had crippled his younger brother.
• Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey stood up to Ma Long, but Chen Fan stepped forward and calmly asked what he wanted.
• Ma Long said he would ignore the rules and make Chen Fan pay.

Chen Fan rejected Ma Long’s challenge to a Colosseum Death Match and crippled him with a single strike. He then completed an S-rank mission, sending Pioneer Team Seven to seventh place in the War Zone Squad Contribution Rankings and shocking the Mission Hall.

• Ma Long challenged Chen Fan to a Death Match, but Chen Fan said there was no need to go to the Colosseum.
• Chen Fan appeared in front of Ma Long and destroyed his Undying Foundation with one strike, leaving him crippled.
• Chen Fan told Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey that the trouble was over and led them to turn in their mission.
• Chen Fan pressed the completion button for the S-rank mission to eradicate the Black Marsh Bug Nest, earning Pioneer Team Seven 300,000 Merit Points.
• Pioneer Team Seven rose to seventh place in the rankings, astonishing everyone in the Mission Hall.

After Chen Fan crippled Ma Long, the Base Enforcement Team arrived to detain him, but Chen Fan called Wen Yuan, a senior fellow apprentice from the Life School. Zhou Yan, the War Zone 450 Commander's Adjutant, then appeared and respectfully offered to handle the matter, leaving the enforcement captain stunned.

• The Base Enforcement Team entered the mission hall and ordered Chen Fan to come with them for crippling Ma Long.
• Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey stepped in front of Chen Fan, while Ma Long taunted him.
• Chen Fan called Wen Yuan, who told him to stay put and said he would handle the situation.
• The enforcement captain ordered his soldiers to seize Chen Fan, but Chen Fan's companions prepared to fight back.
• Zhou Yan arrived with overwhelming pressure, stopped the soldiers, and introduced himself as the Commander's Adjutant, assigned to handle the matter.

After the enforcement captain was dismissed, Chen Fan met War Zone 450’s commander, Huo Yan, who apologized, probed him for his background, and gave him a personal communication token. Chen Fan returned to the barracks, where Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey demanded to know who he really was.

• Zhou Yan ordered the enforcement captain to leave with his men and Ma Long, then invited Chen Fan to the Command Center on the commander's behalf.
• Chen Fan accepted Zhou Yan’s invitation and left the mission hall after nodding to Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey.
• Huo Yan welcomed Chen Fan, apologized for the war zone’s failure, and questioned him about his school and the source of his techniques.
• Chen Fan deflected Huo Yan’s questions, and Huo Yan gave him a personal communication token for use in War Zone 450.
• Zhou Yan escorted Chen Fan back to the barracks, where Lei Kun asked him who he really was.

Chen Fan and Pioneer Team Seven prepared to defend A-3 Gate against an enormous insect tide, while Li Minglei watched from a cloaked reconnaissance ship and hoped the battle would kill Chen Fan. The chapter ended as Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey charged into the swarm, with Chen Fan set to face the Hive Executioners.

• Chen Fan urged Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey to exchange their merit points for Life Crystal Cores, and Lei Kun spent three hundred thousand points on them.
• Li Minglei rejected a squad member's call to attack Chen Fan directly and plotted to let the insect tide kill him on a mission.
• After a month of cultivation, Chen Fan had six hundred and twenty drops of Life-and-Death Dao Blood as an enormous insect tide triggered the highest-level alarm.
• Pioneer Team Seven received orders to defend A-3 Gate, where more than thirty Hive Executioners had been confirmed, and Chen Fan said he would handle them.
• Li Minglei watched the A-3 defense zone from a cloaked reconnaissance ship and expected the thirty-three Executioners to kill Chen Fan.
• Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey charged into the insect swarm in formation as Monkey deployed defenses and Leng Yan cleared a path with his sniper rifle.

Chen Fan annihilated all thirty-three Hive Executioners with ease, leaving the insect tide leaderless and the battlefield stunned. He turned to the frozen members of Pioneer Team Seven and asked why they had stopped fighting.

• Chen Fan walked past Lei Kun and the other two defenders toward the thirty-three Hive Executioners.
• Chen Fan erased the first Hive Executioner and collected its Life Core.
• Chen Fan froze and annihilated the remaining thirty-two Hive Executioners, then gathered all thirty-three Life Cores.
• Li Minglei watched the slaughter from the stealth reconnaissance ship and trembled in horror, calling Chen Fan a monster and a madman.
• The leaderless insect tide faltered, and Chen Fan asked the three members of Pioneer Team Seven why they had stopped clearing out the lesser insects.

After Chen Fan wiped out the Hive Executioners, Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey regained their fighting spirit and pushed back into the insect tide. Li Minglei used a forbidden inducer to lure the Void Ripper toward the A-3 Gate, where Chen Fan sensed its arrival as Huo Yan struggled to respond.

• Lei Kun broke free of his shock and charged back into the insect tide, with Leng Yan and Monkey supporting him under Chen Fan's protection.
• Chen Fan continued erasing swaths of insects while the three fighters worked together to push back the tide.
• Li Minglei ordered Gao Hu to activate the forbidden Type B-7 Infrasonic Inducer and draw the Void Ripper to the A-3 Gate.
• Huo Yan spotted the seventh-grade being veering toward A-3 and learned the nearest combat squad could not arrive for five minutes.
• Chen Fan sensed the Void Ripper's overwhelming pressure, and the insect tide fell silent as it approached.

Chen Fan faced the Void Ripper after forcing Lei Kun and his companions to retreat, and met its attacks with his own power. As the Void Ripper unleashed a storm of spatial blades, Chen Fan’s Life-and-Death Domain began to falter, so he drew on his Dao Blood and laws to prepare a serious counterattack.

• Lei Kun, Monkey, and Leng Yan formed a defensive formation against the Void Ripper, but Chen Fan stepped in front of them and pushed them back to safety.
• Chen Fan shattered the Void Ripper’s spatial claw with a punch, sending the creature flying and taking only half a step back himself.
• The Void Ripper attacked Chen Fan with a storm of spatial blades while Huo Yan watched in disbelief and Li Minglei celebrated, certain Chen Fan would die.
• Chen Fan spread his Life-and-Death Domain to slow and dissolve the blades, but the domain cracked under the assault.
• Chen Fan activated the Life-and-Death Furnace and gathered the laws of life and death around his fist as he prepared to fight seriously.

Chen Fan killed the Void Ripper with one punch, then pursued Li Minglei to his concealed reconnaissance ship. He ignored Li Minglei’s pleas and killed him with a wisp of flame.

• Chen Fan destroyed the Void Ripper and collected its Supreme Life Core.
• Li Minglei tried to activate the reconnaissance ship’s emergency spatial jump, but the console would not respond after Chen Fan noticed him.
• Huo Yan ordered Zhou Yan to seal off the spatial coordinates around War Zone A-3.
• Chen Fan told Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey he would be right back, then appeared aboard Li Minglei’s ship in Hyperspace.
• Li Minglei threatened Chen Fan and listed his military credentials, but Chen Fan touched his forehead with scarlet-gold flame and caused his body to explode.

Chen Fan helped Pioneer Team Seven finish the A-3 defense mission, and the squad’s success propelled them into the war zone’s top ranks. After months of dangerous missions and rapid growth, Chen Fan reached age fourteen and received another massive increase in Martial Dao Talent.

• Chen Fan returned to the battlefield after killing Li Minglei, and Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey followed his lead to eliminate the remaining insects.
• Commander Huo Yan ordered the A-3 war-zone video records classified and had the scout ship’s loss filed as an accident.
• Pioneer Team Seven submitted the completed mission and received an SSS+ rating, rising from seventh to fourth in the war-zone squad rankings.
• Over the following months, Pioneer Team Seven took S-rank and SS-rank missions, gained fame, and grew stronger under Chen Fan’s guidance.
• At age fourteen, Chen Fan received 81920 additional Martial Dao Talent, bringing his total to 163830.

Chen Fan absorbed the Origin Power into his Life-and-Death Furnace, greatly strengthening his Dao Blood, before receiving Wen Yuan’s summons to return for the Star River Martial Academy’s Annual Grand Competition. He told Pioneer Team Seven he was leaving the War Zone, and Commander Huo Yan arrived as they faced the parting.

• Chen Fan refined the Origin Power in his Life-and-Death Furnace, increasing his Life-and-Death Dao Blood to 8,888 drops and consolidating his Sixth Grade Undying Realm foundation.
• Wen Yuan contacted Chen Fan and urged him to return for the Star River Martial Academy’s Annual Grand Competition, where the Life School’s standing depended on him.
• Chen Fan left the quiet chamber, and Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey were stunned by the power he restrained.
• Chen Fan told Pioneer Team Seven he had to leave, and Lei Kun thanked him for saving them and giving them a future.
• Chen Fan called them Pioneer Team T-7, and Commander Huo Yan appeared at the barracks entrance with Zhou Yan.