Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao was escorted to the Elite Training Camp for testing and arrived in Hongning Base City with Yang Hui. After seeing the camp’s rankings and Nine-Layered Tower, he read a contract setting out the rewards tied to his placement assessment, which was scheduled to begin at noon.

• Qin Hao left home with Wu Tong and traveled to the Limitless Martial Arts Center’s Jiangnan Branch.
• Yang Hui arrived to collect Qin Hao, and the group brought him to the main branch for tests of punching power, speed, neural reflex, and force generation.
• Yang Hui took Qin Hao by plane to Hongning Base City and warned him that his assessment results would determine his treatment and benefits.
• Yang Hui showed Qin Hao the Elite Training Camp’s Dragon Statue, student rankings, and Nine-Layered Tower.
• Qin Hao read the assessment contract, which listed escalating budgets, equipment, manuals, and other rewards for clearing the tower’s floors.

Qin Hao signed the contract and entered the Virtual Space to take the Trial Tower test. After quickly clearing the first two levels, he faced a difficult trial against flying Golden Vultures on the third level.

• Qin Hao signed the contract, and Yang Hui led him to the ninth floor of the Nine-Layered Tower.
• Yang Hui explained the Virtual Space test, and Qin Hao entered the Trial Tower after choosing a Combat Suit and the Extreme Shadow Saber.
• Qin Hao passed the first level’s Stage A, B, and C Trials by killing successive herds of Raging Bulls.
• Qin Hao cleared the second level’s trials against Ironclad Scorpions without using his Perfect level movement technique.
• Qin Hao began the third level Stage A Trial, where he had to kill 100 Golden Vultures, and charged at the flying monsters.

Qin Hao fought through the Golden Vulture trials and broke through to Perfect level Saber Technique during Stage C. He killed the Advanced Beast General with his newly created Second Saber Technique, “Like a Dream, Like an Illusion,” but the chapter ended before the trial announced whether he had passed.

• Qin Hao cleared Stage A by defeating the Golden Vulture flock and began Stage B, which required him to kill 200 Golden Vultures within 30 minutes.
• Qin Hao completed Stage B in 24 minutes and 34 seconds, then faced Stage C’s flock, including one Advanced Beast General.
• Qin Hao struggled to attack the Advanced Beast General while the other Golden Vultures disrupted him, and he realized he needed to break through his Saber Technique Realm.
• Qin Hao comprehended Perfect level Saber Technique amid the battle, and the remaining Golden Vultures quickly dwindled until only the Advanced Beast General remained.
• Qin Hao used his newly created Second Saber Technique, “Like a Dream, Like an Illusion,” to split the Advanced Beast General in two.

Qin Hao passed the Trial Tower's third floor and reached level 4.1 before being defeated on the fourth, then joined the Elite Training Camp and received his rewards. He ended the chapter in Jiangnan Pavilion’s basement, applying Dragon Blood to his body.

• Yang Hui waited for Qin Hao, who emerged from the Trial Tower after two and a half hours with a recorded level of 4.1.
• Yang Hui took Qin Hao to complete his enrollment, where Qin Hao chose the code name 5609-01 and was assigned to Jiangnan Pavilion.
• Qin Hao met Shi Jiang and Zhao Ruo, his fellow residents from Jiangnan Base City.
• Qin Hao collected his rewards: an SS-Rank Combat Suit, weapons, Dragon Blood, the Black God Set, and three sets of secret manuals.
• Qin Hao opened the Dragon Blood and spread it over his bare upper body, feeling its heat enter his body.

Qin Hao absorbed Dragon Blood in the underground Secret Chamber, enduring a painful transformation that greatly increased his strength. He emerged the next morning, tested his new power, and prepared to hunt with the Black God Set and an SS-Rank Combat Suit.

• Qin Hao endured the pain of absorbing Dragon Blood while the Crimsonbright Diagram of the Nine Heavens and Cosmic Energy transformed his body and genes.
• Qin Hao reached physical saturation, opened his eyes, and then fell asleep from spiritual exhaustion.
• Zhao Ruo waited anxiously with Shi Jiang, who reassured her that Qin Hao still had time before his hunt.
• Qin Hao tested his strength on a fist target and recorded a punch of 102,300 kilograms.
• Zhao Ruo noticed Qin Hao's foul odor, so Qin Hao washed before putting on the Black God Set and SS-Rank Combat Suit to go hunting.

Qin Hao spent twenty days hunting Monsters in City No. 1001 and training at the Elite Training Camp, steadily improving his Combat Score and refining his skills. On September 30th, he challenged the Trial Tower again but failed to clear the fourth floor, realizing he needed a breakthrough in his technique or Force Generation.

• Qin Hao entered City No. 1001 with more than eighty students and hunted Monsters to earn Combat Score for more gravity-room training.
• Qin Hao rose into the top 100 by the tenth day, then continued hunting and training without an assigned teacher.
• By the end of September, Qin Hao's strength exceeded 110,000 kilograms and his ranking neared the top 50 as he refined his movement technique, saber technique, and self-created techniques.
• On September 30th, Qin Hao entered the Trial Tower while martial artists around the world alerted their respective powers to watch his results.
• Qin Hao fought through the fourth-floor Monster horde for twenty minutes before being overwhelmed, then concluded that he needed an Artistic Conception-level technique or greater Force Generation to advance.

After Qin Hao raised his Combat Power Amplitude to 14.7, he surged to second place in the Elite Training Camp, drawing the attention of factions worldwide. He ignored their attempts to contact him and continued cultivating, while the Limitless Martial Arts Center’s Round Table Conference began in virtual space.

• Qin Hao completed the Power Test with a 3.5-fold Force Generation level and a Combat Power Amplitude of 14.7.
• Qin Hao’s Black Dragon Ranking position rose from fifty-fifth to second, stunning the Elite Training Camp and observers around the world.
• Intelligence officers and faction representatives reported Qin Hao’s achievement and began trying to recruit him or build ties with him.
• Qin Hao kept his Communicator switched off and continued cultivating in the Secret Chamber beneath Jiangnan Pavilion.
• The Limitless Martial Arts Center convened its Round Table Conference, attended by its five Inspectors and Center Master Hong.

The Limitless Martial Arts Center’s Inspectors discussed Qin Hao’s rapid rise and decided that Hong would summon him. Qin Hao arrived at the headquarters with Yang Hui and waited with Inspector Wang to meet Hong.

• The five Inspectors debated whether Qin Hao deserved further investment after he ranked second in the Elite Training Camp, and Hong ordered Inspector Wang to bring him to headquarters.
• Qin Hao ignored his missed calls, then met Zhao Ruo and Shi Jiang before Yang Hui hurried him away to meet Hong.
• Yang Hui and Qin Hao traveled to Hongning Base City and reached the Limitless Martial Arts Center’s enormous spaceship headquarters.
• Inspector Wang welcomed Yang Hui and Qin Hao in a lounge and told Qin Hao that Hong’s summons was a major opportunity.

Qin Hao met Hong, who praised his talent and tasked him with quickly breaking through to Beyond War God. Hong granted Qin Hao access to his study, the Gravity Chamber, and his cultivation notes, leaving Qin Hao to begin studying and plan how to balance his training.

• Qin Hao followed a red-robed man to Hong’s study and met the Chief Center Master.
• Hong told Qin Hao he had considered taking him as a disciple, but instead offered to fulfill three requests and urged him to reach Beyond War God quickly.
• Qin Hao requested access to the study’s books, the Gravity Chamber, and Hong’s cultivation insights.
• Hong approved the requests, activated Qin Hao’s access privileges, and reminded him to continue his hunting expeditions.
• Qin Hao surveyed the bookshelves, found Hong’s detailed cultivation notes, and decided to study them one step at a time.

Qin Hao strengthened his foundations through study, combat, and increasingly intense gravity training, reaching Intermediate War God and taking first place in the Elite Training Camp rankings. He approached his limits but could not break through them, and he doubted he would reach Advanced War God before the New Year.

• Qin Hao studied martial arts theory and Ancient Martial Arts manuals while revising his training plan and fighting Lord-level Monsters.
• Qin Hao trained in the Gravity Chamber, raising its setting from one hundred times to one hundred and fifty times Earth's gravity as he pursued his limits.
• Qin Hao reached the standard of an Intermediate War God after several weeks of training, while the power remaining from the Spirit of Plants and Dragon Blood gradually ran out.
• Qin Hao took first place in the Elite Training Camp rankings by the end of October, and his Trial Tower level rose to 4.3.
• Qin Hao neared a state of extreme limits over the following months but failed to break through them, so he doubted he would become an Advanced War God before the New Year.

Qin Hao returned from the Elite Training Camp to spend its two-month holiday with his family in Yangzhou. After reuniting with them and traveling around Jiangnan Base City, he found a new tranquility in his heart.

• Qin Hao left the Elite Training Camp with Zhao Ruo and Shi Jiang and returned to Yangzhou.
• Qin Hao learned from Luo Hongguo that Luo Feng had gone back to the Wilderness Zone, then reunited with his parents at home.
• Qin Hao told his parents he expected to graduate early and began practicing the Secret Manual Hong had collected.
• Qin Hao reunited with Qin Ying at breakfast, and his family planned their holiday together.
• Qin Hao toured YZ City and Jiangnan Base City with his family, then returned home feeling more at peace.

Qin Hao returned to the Wilderness Zone to seek insight into nature and advance his Movement Technique and Blade Technique, eventually reaching Huangshan. After a strange Monster attacked him, he suspected Japanese involvement and followed it toward the depths of the mountain.

• Qin Hao set out for the Wilderness Zone after missing Luo Feng, hoping to understand nature and martial arts rather than simply hunt Monsters.
• Qin Hao traveled through the wilderness and explored Huangshan, admiring its scenery despite the dangers posed by the Monsters there.
• Japanese observers spotted Qin Hao in their restricted area and ordered Experiment Subject No. 56 to drive him away.
• Qin Hao sensed a Monster approaching while he watched the night sky on Huangshan's mountaintop, then dodged its attack with his Black God Set.
• Qin Hao recognized the strangely assembled Monster as resembling a Karasu Tengu and suspected Japanese involvement.
• Qin Hao wounded the Monster repeatedly until it fled toward the depths of the mountain, and he decided to investigate its handlers.

Qin Hao discovered a hidden Japanese research base in Huangshan, fought through its released monsters, and found evidence of experiments on Huaxia martial artists. He contacted Shi Jiang for military help and continued into the base, finding its vast living area already evacuated.

• Qin Hao followed five Japanese ninjas into a concealed cave and found a hidden base beneath the mountain.
• The base sounded an alarm, released its test subjects, and sent squads to attack Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao killed hundreds of monsters in the plaza and pressed deeper into the base.
• Qin Hao found laboratories containing mutilated Huaxia martial artists and contacted Shi Jiang to report the base.
• Qin Hao entered a vast, recently evacuated living area built inside the mountain.

Qin Hao fought his way through the Japanese defenses inside the mountain base and discovered a vast factory producing weapons, Genetic Serum, Combat Suits, and experimental equipment. He entered a laboratory level deeper in the core base as the Japanese activated their emergency plan and summoned Lord Yanagawa.

• Qin Hao dodged hidden weapons and gunfire, then cut down Japanese warriors and Warlords who attacked him.
• The Japanese took a drug that drove them into a frenzied state, but Qin Hao killed them and raced deeper into the base.
• Qin Hao cleaved open a massive metal door and found a huge factory with production lines for weapons, Genetic Serum, Combat Suits, and other equipment.
• The Japanese learned Qin Hao had breached the upper defenses, alerted Lord Yanagawa, and activated the core base's emergency plan.
• Qin Hao passed through the factory and entered a white corridor lined with laboratories filled with bottles, reagents, and experimental equipment.

Qin Hao fought a coordinated Japanese five-man squad in a darkened arena, adapting to their night-vision advantage and countering their Mental Master’s attacks. He survived a concealed needle strike with his Startling Thunder technique, but his attack on the Mental Master was suddenly blocked by an unknown force, leaving the identity of the intervening figure unclear.

• Qin Hao advanced through the darkness in his Black God Set and sensed five approaching enemies, including two War Gods.
• Qin Hao ambushed the squad, but its Mental Master and coordinated formation helped the five defend against his attacks.
• Qin Hao adapted to fighting in the dark as the Japanese squad relied on night-vision equipment to keep pace.
• The Mental Master launched a tornado of debris while the other four attacked, and Qin Hao’s blade barrier knocked them back and wounded three Advanced Warlords.
• Qin Hao used Startling Thunder to slice a hidden needle in two, then moved behind the Mental Master and attacked.
• An unknown force struck Qin Hao’s blade and sent him back dozens of steps, prompting him to demand to know who had intervened.

Qin Hao fought Yanagawa Masami and a hidden Japanese Mental Master in an energy supply area, where their cold attacks began to slow and endanger him. While fleeing under pressure, he comprehended the fifth stage of Nine Heavens Thunder Blade.

• Qin Hao retreated into the energy supply area, where Yanagawa Masami caught up and attacked him with a katana.
• Yanagawa Masami used the secret art Falling Snow, and Qin Hao realized the cold power came from Yanagawa Masami's blade.
• A hidden Japanese Mental Master joined the attack with flying needles, and Yanagawa Masami's strikes covered Qin Hao in frost and slowed his body.
• Qin Hao fled while dodging and deflecting the attacks, pushing his speed, strength, and Force Generation to their limits.
• Qin Hao understood how to cultivate Nine Heavens Thunder Blade's Force Generation throughout his body and comprehended its fifth stage.

After killing the Japanese Mental Master, Qin Hao fought Yanagawa Masami until Yanagawa retreated underground and unleashed Ox-Ghost, a nearly hundred-meter-tall Monster with Planetary-level strength. Qin Hao realized he could not overpower it directly and began searching for a way to strike its vital points.

• Qin Hao used his newly increased speed to behead the Japanese Mental Master before Yanagawa Masami could react.
• Qin Hao and Yanagawa Masami fought to a stalemate, while Qin Hao waited for the military to converge on the base.
• Yanagawa Masami activated the final plan and retreated underground, leading Qin Hao into a vast, bloodstained chamber.
• Yanagawa Masami released Ox-Ghost and ordered it to kill Qin Hao.
• Ox-Ghost wounded Qin Hao with a single blow, and Qin Hao dodged its attacks while trying to reach its vital points.

Qin Hao overcame his fear and fought the Ox-Ghost with growing ferocity, eventually killing the Planetary-level Monster at the cost of severe injuries. Yanagawa Masami ordered his forces to abandon the base and activate its self-destruct after learning Huaxia Military personnel had entered the warning zone; as Qin Hao collapsed, warmth surged from his heart and spread through his body.

• Qin Hao confronted his fear, accelerated his attacks, and wounded the Ox-Ghost, severing a finger and slicing its Achilles tendon.
• Yanagawa Masami learned that more than ten thousand Huaxia Military personnel had entered the warning zone, so he ordered an immediate evacuation and activated Base Self-Destruct Mode.
• Qin Hao fought on despite his injuries, using techniques drawn from the manuals he had studied to inflict increasingly severe wounds on the Ox-Ghost.
• Qin Hao cut open the Ox-Ghost's throat, then endured its desperate counterattacks before striking its throat again and killing it.
• Qin Hao felt his vitality draining away, but a warm current erupted from his heart and spread through his body.

After defeating Ox-Ghost, Qin Hao recovered and grew stronger through the Meteor Tear’s power, while Yanagawa Masami escaped. After spending the New Year training at home, Qin Hao decided to graduate from the Elite Training Camp and seek experience in the Wilderness Zone.

• Qin Hao recovered from his injuries and became stronger as the Meteor Tear continued transforming his body.
• Shi Jiang arrived with military martial artists, and Qin Hao led them through the base, where they found more than ten thousand Japanese personnel but not Yanagawa Masami.
• Qin Hao returned home, resumed training, and guided Luo Feng, whose strength improved rapidly.
• Qin Hao reached Advanced War God and decided the Elite Training Camp could no longer help him much.
• Qin Hao planned to graduate and enter the Wilderness Zone to gain experience and insight.

Qin Hao returned to the Elite Training Camp with Luo Feng and immediately went to City No. 1001 to certify his Advanced War God battle record. After killing two Advanced Lord Monsters and submitting their materials, he passed the War God Palace assessment, leaving his graduation imminent.

• Yang Hui accompanied Luo Feng, Qin Hao, Shi Jiang, and Zhao Ruo to Hongning Base City, where Luo Feng prepared to take the B-Rank Assessment for the Elite Training Camp.
• Qin Hao went to City No. 1001 and killed an Advanced Lord Komodo Dragon to certify his battle record.
• A King Kong Ape attacked Qin Hao, and he killed it before dragging both Monsters back toward the Elite Training Camp.
• Qin Hao sold the Monster materials to the Limitless Martial Arts Center for 30 billion Huaxia Currency and 13 million Contribution Points, and his title certification was submitted.
• News spread through the Elite Training Camp that Qin Hao had killed two Advanced Lords and was graduating, surprising students and Hong.
• The War God Palace assessment passed, and Qin Hao's application was approved.