Chapter Summaries

Raging Wind welcomed its new students, and Zhao Liang explained the requirements and benefits of Gene Potion optimization. Fu Chengya completed the process with a 52% increase, reaching the early stage of Level Six Warrior, while Shen Tuohua was still undergoing optimization.

• Shen Tuohua and Fu Chengya traded insults about their past fight and argued over who would become Raging Wind’s top new student.
• Zhao Liang told the students that all three physical tests had to reach Level Three Warrior peak before they could take Gene Potion, and promised First Class benefits to whoever reached that standard first.
• Fu Chengya and Shen Tuohua each chose a free Universal Potion and entered separate rooms for Gene Optimization.
• Fu Chengya emerged after eighteen minutes and recorded a 52% overall increase, reaching the early stage of Level Six Warrior.

Shen Tuohua earned an excellent Gene Potion rating, while Lin Zhen spent ten days training until he reached Level Three Peak. With Zhang Huai refusing to settle with them over his jailed lackeys, Lin Zhen planned to meet him after taking his customized Gene Potion.

• Zhao Liang rated Fu Chengya’s potion result Good and Shen Tuohua’s result excellent, prompting the two students to argue over who would become the top newcomer at Raging Wind Martial Hall.
• After Zhao Liang explained the risks of customized Gene Potions, he left, and Lin Zhen focused on training while Fu Chengya and Shen Tuohua prepared to choose weapons and techniques.
• Over ten days, Lin Zhen raised his left fist strength to 397 kg, reached Level Three Peak, and advanced his Mental Power to early silver level, able to control three Flying Knives.
• Zhao Liang told Lin Zhen that Zhang Huai had not tried to negotiate over his imprisoned lackeys, who would be released within four days.
• Lin Zhen decided to meet Zhang Huai in three days after taking his customized Gene Potion, and Zhao Liang worried about whether Lin Zhen could survive its risks.

Lin Zhen took a privately customized Gene Potion and completed an unusually long optimization, then challenged Fu Chengya and Shen Tuohua to bet on whether he had succeeded. As Martial Artists and students gathered to watch, Lin Zhen headed for the Punch Power Tester to show his results.

• Lin Zhen asked Zhao Liang for the final First Class Student slot, and Zhao agreed to award it if Lin Zhen succeeded at Private Customization.
• Lin Zhen swallowed his Gene Potion and underwent forty-five minutes of gene optimization, feeling his strength and physical abilities improve.
• Fu Chengya and Shen Tuohua accused Lin Zhen of pretending to optimize, so Lin Zhen wagered five million against each of them that he could prove them wrong.
• Lin Zhen revealed that he had taken a privately customized Gene Potion, and the gathered students realized his long optimization could indicate a major improvement.
• Lin Zhen walked toward the Punch Power Tester as students and Martial Artists gathered to witness his results.

Lin Zhen stunned the Martial Artists at the testing hall with a 99% improvement in physical fitness and exceptional combat results, then collected his wager from Fu Chengya and Shen Tuohua. He joined Zhao Liang's squad and prepared to practice his Spear Art before confronting Zhang Huai and entering the Wilderness Area.

• Lin Zhen tested his strength, punch speed, and Neural Reaction, displaying results that amazed the gathered Martial Artists.
• Fu Chengya accused Lin Zhen of getting lucky, but he and Shen Tuohua transferred five million each to Lin Zhen as promised.
• Lin Zhen declined other recruitment offers and asked to join Zhao Liang's squad, which Zhao Liang welcomed him into.
• Lin Zhen chose to practice his Spear Art instead of going out for drinks, and Zhao Liang planned to bring the squad to meet Zhang Huai in three days.

Lin Zhen drew attention across Ice City after his 99% physique increase, while rivals challenged him and others attempted private customization potions with lesser results. After three days of spear training, he recovered the first technique of Nine Heavy Spears River, Gale, and prepared to leave the training ground.

• Posts about Lin Zhen's 99% increase spread across the Martial Artist Forum, where Ouyang Yu warned he might die in the Wilderness Area and other students challenged him.
• Chen Jingchou and Lei Ming succeeded with private customization potions, increasing their physiques by 79% and 75%, respectively, while other attempts failed or harmed students' prospects.
• Zhang Huai summoned Ouyang Yu to meet Lin Zhen and his companions, assuring him the Blood Hand Squad would protect him.
• Zhao Liang waited outside the training ground with Shi Lei, Gao Yan, and Ye Tiancheng, while they questioned Lin Zhen's combat experience and readiness.
• Lin Zhen recalled his past mastery of Gale and, after three days of practice, struck a training dummy with the spear technique and regained its essence.

Lin Zhen demonstrated his mastery of the Gale Spear Technique and joined the Demon Hunter Squad as they confronted Zhang Huai’s Blood Hand Squad over the attack on his father. The negotiation ended with Lin Zhen threatening the hooligans after Zhang Huai denied responsibility.

• Lin Zhen mastered the Gale Spear Technique and believed his strength could let him defend himself against a Beginner War General.
• Zhao Liang introduced Lin Zhen to Demon Hunter Squad captain Shi Lei, sniper Gao Yan, and swordsman Ye Tiancheng before they headed to the meeting.
• Shi Lei’s squad brought the four hooligans who had injured Lin Zhen’s father to the abandoned warehouse district, where they met Du Yanhu and Zhang Huai.
• Zhang Huai denied ordering the attack, and one hooligan claimed they had beaten Lin Zhen’s father over rotten meat.
• Lin Zhen accepted Zhang Huai’s denial for the sake of the negotiation and threatened to cripple the hooligans unless his family received an explanation.

Lin Zhen crippled four of Ouyang Yu’s thugs and broke Ouyang Yu’s arm, escalating the confrontation with Zhang Huai and the Blood Hand Squad. He challenged Zhang Huai to a one-on-one fight with a one-minute wager, and both sides prepared to livestream the duel.

• Lin Zhen rejected Zhang Huai’s offer of compensation and demanded twenty million, then crippled the four thugs with a spear strike.
• Ouyang Yu charged Lin Zhen, who knocked away his knife and broke his arm with one blow.
• Zhang Huai lunged at Lin Zhen as both squads prepared to fight, but Lin Zhen demanded a one-on-one duel and told his squad not to interfere.
• Lin Zhen wagered twenty million and one of his own arms against Zhang Huai’s twenty million, with the fight lasting one minute at a time until someone won.
• Zhang Huai and Lin Zhen agreed to livestream the duel, and Lin Zhen urged the Demon Hunter Squad to do the same.

Lin Zhen fought Zhang Huai in a one-minute wager match, relying on his spear and superior neural reactions to survive the War General’s assault. With less than ten seconds left, Zhang Huai had exhausted himself, while Lin Zhen remained on his feet.

• Lin Zhen’s teammates streamed his wager match with Zhang Huai, while viewers online largely expected Lin Zhen to lose.
• Zhang Huai opened with a fierce saber attack, but Lin Zhen used his spear to deflect the blows and hold his ground.
• Lin Zhen endured Zhang Huai’s relentless assault for about half a minute before his breathing faltered.
• Lin Zhen dodged Zhang Huai’s sure-kill slash and kicked his shin, forcing him back and buying time.
• Zhang Huai unleashed the Blood Battle Seven-hit Combo, but Lin Zhen evaded all seven strikes, leaving Zhang Huai exhausted with less than ten seconds left in the match.

Lin Zhen outmaneuvered Zhang Huai in their one-minute fight, injured him, and won their wager before time expired. After the Blood Hand Squad paid him twenty million and left, Lin Zhen celebrated with the Demon Hunter Squad, whose members accepted him as one of their own.

• Lin Zhen feigned exhaustion, dodged Zhang Huai's final slash, and counterattacked with a spear thrust that pierced Zhang Huai's shoulder.
• Lin Zhen abandoned his spear at close range and struck Zhang Huai with punches and slaps before retrieving the weapon for another attack.
• Du Yanhu stopped Lin Zhen and reminded Zhang Huai that their one-minute fight had ended.
• Du Yanhu transferred twenty million to Lin Zhen and left with the Blood Hand Squad and the injured Ouyang Yu.
• Lin Zhen told Zhao Liang and the Demon Hunter Squad that he had won and might have advanced to Level Eight, and the squad welcomed him as a member.

After defeating Zhang Huai, Lin Zhen became famous and celebrated with the Demon Hunter Squad before preparing for his first trip to the Wilderness Area. He spent some of his winnings on equipment and cars, but saved most of his money to buy a Space Ring, then hurried toward Meng Dong after hearing An Ning was being harassed.

• Lin Zhen's victory over Zhang Huai spread online, and the Demon Hunter Squad celebrated his new fame over a lavish meal.
• Zhao Liang told Lin Zhen the squad would gather at the Martial Hall the next morning to head into the Wilderness Area, while Meng Dong reported that his Customized Potion had increased his abilities by seventy-six percent.
• Lin Zhen bought protective gear, an off-road vehicle for himself, a car for his parents, and other hunting supplies, leaving twenty million from his winnings.
• Lin Zhen recalled that Space Rings would reach the market in about a month and decided he needed to obtain two hundred million to buy one.
• Meng Dong called Lin Zhen from Flying Bird Wine Fragrance and said An Ning was there, where a man was pestering her; he also learned she was An Corporation's Young Miss.

Lin Zhen reunited with An Ning at a bar and interrupted Li Tianhao’s attempt to court her. After Li Tianhao belittled Martial Artists and challenged Lin Zhen, An Ning took Lin Zhen’s hand and urged him to leave.

• Lin Zhen met Meng Dong at Flying Bird Wine Fragrance and spotted An Ning with Li Tianhao, the young master of Myriad Hao Corporation.
• Lin Zhen and Meng Dong joined An Ning and Li Tianhao, and An Ning greeted Lin Zhen warmly.
• Li Tianhao boasted that money could buy Martial Artists and said Hu Yifei was leaving Raging Wind Martial Hall to work for his company.
• Lin Zhen criticized Martial Artists who gave up their ambitions for money, and Li Tianhao called a Level Nine Warrior named Ma Dong to demonstrate a trainee genius.
• An Ning took Lin Zhen’s hand and suggested they go outside, angering Li Tianhao.

Li Tianhao tried to have Ma Dong cripple Lin Zhen after seeing him hold An Ning’s hand, but Ma Dong recognized Lin Zhen’s reputation and refused to fight. Humiliated and confronted with his own lack of strength, Li Tianhao left the bar furious.

• An Ning held Lin Zhen’s hand, and Meng Dong’s remark that they were dating made her pull away.
• Li Tianhao called Ma Dong and ordered him to cripple Lin Zhen, while Lin Zhen calmly waited for him to arrive.
• Ma Dong entered the bar, recognized Lin Zhen, and refused to fight after recalling his remarkable reputation and strength.
• Ma Dong told Li Tianhao that money could not make him take on an opponent he could not beat and threatened to resign.
• Li Tianhao reflected on his dependence on his family’s power and his rejection by An Ning, then left the bar in humiliation and anger.

Li Tianhao decided to take the Private Customization potion so he could confront Lin Zhen himself, while Lin Zhen prepared to join Shi Lei's team on a dangerous hunt in Yilan County. The team set out toward the county, where Lin Zhen hoped to find a rare Dark Energy Stone whose previous owner he could not remember.

• Li Tianhao told Zhao Siqing he would take the Private Customization potion to fight Lin Zhen, and his parents agreed to let him handle the conflict himself.
• An Ning's family summoned her home, and Lin Zhen promised to visit her one day; after she left, he trained until he could control three Flying Knives.
• Shi Lei told his team that an injured Giant Palm Human Bear had fled into Yilan County, and the team agreed to hunt it cautiously.
• Lin Zhen recalled that a rare Dark Energy Stone had once appeared in Yilan County and resolved to look for it during the expedition.
• Shi Lei, Ye Tiancheng, Gao Yan, Lin Zhen, and Zhao Liang drove toward the North Gate of Ice City Base City.

Lin Zhen and the Demon Hunter Squad traveled toward Yilan County to hunt the Giant Palm Human Bear, but found many other Martial Artist squads converging on the area. At a military checkpoint outside Yilan, Lin Zhen realized the news about the Human Bear had leaked.

• Shi Lei showed his credentials at the North Gate, and the squad left Ice City for Peony City.
• Zhao Liang explained Mutated Beast rankings to Lin Zhen as Gao Yan shot down a Mutated Bird.
• The squad crossed Peony City and continued toward Yilan County, where Lin Zhen noticed an unusual number of vehicles heading the same way.
• Near Yilan, the convoy stopped at a military checkpoint amid a long queue of vehicles and people.
• Shi Lei led the group toward the checkpoint, while Lin Zhen realized other hunters had learned about the Giant Palm Human Bear.

Shi Lei led the Demon Hunter Squad to a military checkpoint outside Yilan and agreed to prove their strength in a monster-filled town before entering the county. As the squad prepared for the trial, they encountered Demon God members, including Lin Zhen’s childhood neighbor Li Mengxi.

• A military officer told Shi Lei that Yilan County was dangerous and barred underqualified Martial Artists from entering.
• Shi Lei agreed to have the squad take a twelve-hour test in a sealed town, with their combined results determining whether they could enter Yilan.
• Zhao Liang warned Lin Zhen to be cautious around Mutated Beasts and other Warrior Level Martial Artists.
• The Demon God Squad arrived, and Lin Zhen recognized Li Mengxi, his former childhood neighbor, among its members.
• Li Mengxi asked Lin Zhen why he had become a Martial Artist and joined the Demon Hunter Squad.

Lin Zhen joined the Demon Hunter Squad at the entrance to a town filled with Mutated Beasts, where he learned his team had a deadly rivalry with the Demon God Squad. As the gates opened for a one-day hunt and a wager over monster spoils, Lin Zhen prepared to prove himself among experienced wilderness fighters.

• Li Mengxi introduced Lin Zhen to Ruo Ruo, who insulted him and urged him to leave the Demon Hunter Squad because her captain hated it.
• Zhao Liang explained that Zhou Tie, Hua Xiaofeng, and Kong Shan had killed Lao Liu and that Shi Lei had bet one hundred million against their team.
• Lin Zhen joined the line with Li Mengxi and Ruo Ruo ahead of him and saw that the fenced town contained Mutated Beasts from F-Rank to possibly C-Rank.
• Soldiers opened the gates and warned the gathered Martial Artists to collect proof of their kills and return alive after one day.

Lin Zhen entered the ruined town with the other Warriors, endured their taunts, and prepared to hunt monsters after training and checking the forum. As he finally headed into town, he suddenly remembered something important about Ruo Ruo.

• Li Mengxi and Ruo Ruo drew attention after entering town, while other Warriors mocked Lin Zhen and challenged him to prove himself against monsters.
• Li Mengxi left with Ruo Ruo to find high ground, and Lin Zhen headed toward the ruined town before stopping in the buffer zone to prepare.
• Lin Zhen reviewed tools and materials for extracting Dark Energy Stones, warmed up with the Breathing Technique, and replied to Zhao Liang that he was fine.
• Lin Zhen saw Lan Xuan's forum post portraying him as too afraid to enter town, along with Ruo Ruo's boast about her and Li Mengxi's monster spoils.
• Lin Zhen picked up the Black Dragon Spear and walked toward town, then suddenly remembered who Ruo Ruo was.

Lin Zhen entered the town to search for a meteorite and easily defeated several groups of low-ranked Mutated Beasts. He discovered that a Level Nine Warrior had found a Meteorite Crater, leaving Lin Zhen eager to claim whatever meteorite lay inside.

• Lin Zhen entered the town and killed an F-Rank Mutated Toad, severing its tongue with a Flying Knife before striking its belly with his spear.
• Lin Zhen wiped out a flock of Mutated roosters and hens, then collected their cockscombs and the rooster's heartblood.
• Lin Zhen found a Level Nine Warrior struggling against eight E-Rank Mutated Pigs and watched from atop a broken wall instead of helping.
• The warrior offered to pay Lin Zhen to draw away three pigs, then revealed that he had entered the house to investigate a Meteorite Crater.
• Lin Zhen spotted the Meteorite Crater and wondered what kind of meteorite it contained.

Lin Zhen killed a Mutated Pig, found and absorbed a small Dark Energy Stone, then evaded an ambush by Wang Yuan. He discovered that Ruo Ruo had ordered the attack and set out to track Wang Yuan down.

• Lin Zhen killed the largest Mutated Pig and left the warrior to fight the rest while he searched the collapsed house.
• Lin Zhen dug up a Meteorite, extracted a small Dark Energy Stone, and absorbed its energy, increasing his strength.
• Wang Yuan opened fire on Lin Zhen with a Metal Storm, but Lin Zhen evaded the bullets and escaped the gunman's line of sight.
• Ruo Ruo berated Wang Yuan during a video call, told him she would find someone else, and warned him to erase their call records.
• Wang Yuan fled, and Lin Zhen found a warm shell casing and decided to track him down.

Lin Zhen hunted D-Rank snakes in the northeastern ruins to earn points and practice the Rainstorm spear technique. After gaining insight into its relentless momentum, he achieved minor mastery of the second layer of Nine Heavy Spears River.

• Lin Zhen headed to the northeastern ruins, where he found a snake den and killed a venomous snake swallowing a Warrior.
• He drew the snakes out of the weeds and fought them with the Black Dragon Spear, using Flying Knives to escape danger.
• As he battled the snakes, Lin Zhen’s spear skill improved, and he briefly grasped the essence of Rainstorm.
• Lin Zhen reflected on overcoming his fear and maintaining his offensive momentum, then charged a snake and killed it with a Rainstorm attack.
• Lin Zhen achieved minor mastery of the second layer of Nine Heavy Spears River.