Chapter Summaries

Gu Qing confronted Jinglong, a powerful martial artist who had secretly entered Martial God City, and their fight pushed both of them to reveal formidable techniques. The battle ended with Gu Qing unleashing the Evil Slaying Path, while Jinglong countered with ice and fire and continued to impress him.

• Jinglong introduced himself to Gu Qing, but Gu Qing trapped him with Magnetic Field Sky Lock when he tried to leave.
• Gu Qing struck Jinglong with a two-hundred-thousand-horsepower Sea Tiger Blast Punch, sending him through the city wall, and the Absolute Sword Martial God pursued them.
• Gu Qing and Jinglong exchanged thousands of blows; Gu Qing wounded Jinglong severely, but Jinglong used White Dragon Concealment and Cellular Recombination to escape and heal.
• Jinglong used his two-hundred-fifty-thousand-horsepower techniques to disrupt Gu Qing’s Rapid Bullet Fist, block it, and pierce Gu Qing with Azure Dragon Stab.
• Gu Qing activated the Evil Slaying Path and attacked with sword qi, while Jinglong countered with Blue Dragon Seal and Red Dragon Burn; Gu Qing praised Jinglong’s martial arts and continued absorbing their essence.

Gu Qing and Jinglong fought a devastating battle, with Gu Qing defeating Jinglong but leaving him alive after seeing the potential in his Divine Dragon’s Wrath. As Gu Qing departed, four Five Mountains Alliance fighters tried to kill the wounded Jinglong, only to discover that his body remained beyond their strength to damage.

• Jinglong unleashed Divine Dragon’s Wrath, and Gu Qing answered with his Myriad Magnetic Martial Way: God-Slaying Path in a clash that cleared the skies for miles.
• The Absolute Sword Martial God watched the battle, realized how powerful Jinglong was, and gained new inspiration for using Magnetic Field Power.
• Gu Qing spat blood, praised Divine Dragon’s Wrath’s potential, and left after recovering from his injuries, while Jinglong remained standing on the shattered ground.
• Jinglong’s body erupted with electricity and more than three hundred acupoints burst open, leaving him unable to heal himself for at least three days.
• Four powerful Five Mountains Alliance fighters approached the injured Jinglong to claim his head, but their weapons could not even mark his body.
• Jinglong mocked the four attackers and declared that even critically wounded, he was too strong for them to harm.

After Ren Woxing rescued the wounded Jinglong, Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan revealed that their rivalry was a ruse to buy the Five Mountains Alliance time to prepare. Three months later, Blazing Fire Martial God’s attacks on Sun Moon Holy Cult outposts prompted Jinglong to send Jia Bu and Shangguan Yun to capture him in Yingtian Prefecture.

• Ren Woxing appeared, drained four Magnetic Field Rotation experts of their life force, and took the badly wounded Jinglong away.
• Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan discussed how their public feud concealed their alliance and was meant to keep Ren Woxing off guard.
• After three months in seclusion, Gu Qing remained at his wooden cabin while Blazing Fire Martial God defended his attacks on Sun Moon Holy Cult branch altars to Iron Fist Martial God.
• Jinglong received a message naming Blazing Fire Martial God and Yingtian Prefecture, and suspected that Yue Buqun wanted the cult and Martial God Palace to weaken each other.
• Jinglong ordered Jia Bu and Shangguan Yun to go to Yingtian Prefecture and capture Blazing Fire Martial God alive if possible.

The Sun Moon Holy Cult captured the Blazing Fire Martial God after a coordinated ambush, prompting the Iron Fist Martial God to set out alone to rescue him. The chapter ends with Iron Fist reaching the dungeon at Blackwood Cliff and preparing to free his badly injured brother.

• Jia Bu, Shangguan Yun, four elders, and Zong Yongfu ambushed the Blazing Fire Martial God at the Yingtian Prefecture branch and captured him.
• After learning of the capture, the Iron Fist Martial God chose to go alone to rescue his third brother, despite the Azure Bird Martial God asking to accompany him.
• The Azure Bird Martial God watched Iron Fist depart, then turned toward the place where the Absolute Sword Martial God was in seclusion.
• The Iron Fist Martial God infiltrated Blackwood Cliff and found the Blazing Fire Martial God chained and gravely injured in the dungeon.
• The Iron Fist Martial God told his brother he would break the Magnetic Field Sky Lock and take him out.

Iron Fist Martial God tried to escape the Sun Moon Holy Cult with the crippled Blazing Fire Martial God, who confessed that he had served Yue Buqun before sacrificing himself to send his brother away. Jinglong killed Blazing Fire Martial God and pursued Iron Fist Martial God as he fled toward the Martial God Palace.

• Iron Fist Martial God healed Blazing Fire Martial God, carried him through the cult’s encirclement, and used Afterimage Fist to evade Jia Bu and Shangguan Yun.
• Blazing Fire Martial God confessed that he was Yue Buqun’s man and had been forced to obey because Yue Buqun held his little sister; Iron Fist Martial God said he had always considered him family.
• Blazing Fire Martial God struck Iron Fist Martial God away from the battlefield with a 200,000-horsepower palm, sealing him with a Sky Lock, then stayed behind to fight the pursuers.
• Blazing Fire Martial God killed Wind Thunder Hall Master and Vermilion Bird Hall Master, but Jinglong blocked his attack and killed him with Azure Dragon Stab.
• Iron Fist Martial God broke free of the Sky Lock and fled toward the Martial God Palace as Jinglong pursued him, determined to keep his promise to rescue Blazing Fire Martial God’s little sister.

Jinglong fought Iron Fist Martial God, whose hidden strength and resolve kept him in battle until Absolute Sword Martial God arrived and unleashed a rapidly accelerating sword attack. Meanwhile, Ren Woxing invaded Martial God City, killed Steel Bar Martial God, and confronted Gu Qing, who identified the dangerous flaw in Ren Woxing’s life-absorbing martial art: it accumulated the wills of the strong.

• Jinglong caught Iron Fist Martial God, and the two fought evenly despite Jinglong’s greater horsepower.
• Absolute Sword Martial God rushed toward Blackwood Cliff after learning his younger brother had died, broke through his stalled strength, and attacked Jinglong with Selfless Absolute Sword.
• Ren Woxing entered Martial God City, forced its disciples to kneel with his aura, and crushed Steel Bar Martial God to death.
• Gu Qing appeared before Ren Woxing and praised the insight behind his martial art while warning that it carried a hidden danger.
• Ren Woxing admitted that excessive use of his technique caused problems, and Gu Qing identified the accumulated wills of absorbed strong fighters as the flaw.

Jinglong battled Absolute Sword Martial God and Iron Fist Martial God while Gu Qing fought Ren Woxing, whose immense vitality let him withstand repeated God-Slaying Path attacks. After Ren Woxing’s Strong Will Fragments disrupted him and Gu Qing shattered his right arm, Ren Woxing feinted and raced toward Martial God City.

• Jinglong exchanged thousands of blows with Absolute Sword Martial God and Iron Fist Martial God, whose combined Absolute Tiger techniques began to overpower him.
• Gu Qing and Ren Woxing fought in Martial God City, and Gu Qing’s God-Slaying Path overwhelmed Ren Woxing despite his exceptional vitality and Cellular Recombination.
• Ren Woxing repeatedly defended against Gu Qing’s lightning attacks, using Jinglong Dao techniques and rapidly consuming his stored vitality.
• Ren Woxing’s Strong Will Fragments briefly disrupted him, allowing the remaining current to blast apart his right arm.
• Ren Woxing feigned an attack, then used White Dragon Concealment and Flying Dragon Swift to race back toward Martial God City.

Ren Woxing drained the people of Martial God City to empower himself, but the life essence intensified the Strong Will Fragment’s backlash, and Gu Qing battered him until he withdrew. As Gu Qing recovered, the Absolute Sword Martial God returned carrying the Iron Fist Martial God’s head after the Five Mountains Alliance helped defeat Jinglong.

• Ren Woxing raced toward Martial God City, absorbing the life essence of its residents while Gu Qing pursued him and attacked.
• Gu Qing realized the newly absorbed wills were worsening Ren Woxing’s Strong Will Fragment backlash and struck his head repeatedly.
• Ren Woxing continued draining citizens and Martial God Palace disciples, growing powerful enough to threaten Gu Qing despite his erratic state.
• Gu Qing cracked and then destroyed Ren Woxing’s skull, but Ren Woxing used Cellular Recombination to restore it before withdrawing.
• Gu Qing chose not to pursue Ren Woxing and considered the forces waiting to take advantage of their weakened state.
• The Absolute Sword Martial God returned carrying the Iron Fist Martial God’s head, after members of the Five Mountains Alliance helped him defeat Jinglong.

After Jinglong died using Divine Dragon's Wrath, the Absolute Sword Martial God begged Gu Qing to save the dying Iron Fist Martial God, but Gu Qing told him he would need to reach Fifty Heavens to restore his brother. Meanwhile, Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan attacked a weakened Ren Woxing, who negotiated a ten-year truce and left them poised to fight over the realm.

• The Five Mountains Alliance and the Absolute Sword Martial God’s group joined forces against Jinglong, but his final Divine Dragon's Wrath killed most of the alliance and left the Iron Fist Martial God near death.
• The Absolute Sword Martial God brought Iron Fist to Gu Qing, who said he could not save him and urged Absolute Sword to reach Fifty Heavens of the Ultimate Immeasurable Qi Gong.
• Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan attacked Ren Woxing at Wangtian Terrace while he was weakened by the backlash of suppressing the fragments of will inside him.
• Ren Woxing warned that he could still kill his attackers, praised Gu Qing, and offered to stop contesting the realm for ten years; Zuo Lengchan accepted, and Ren Woxing departed.
• After Ren Woxing left, Zuo Lengchan urged Yue Buqun to settle their rivalry, arguing that whoever won would grow stronger and eventually regard Ren Woxing as no threat.

Yue Buqun defeated Zuo Lengchan and rose to 250,000 horsepower, then declared his ambition to rule the world. Linghu Chong confronted his master and killed him with the Solitary Heaven True Art, leaving the Five Mountains Alliance’s future uncertain.

• Zuo Lengchan’s words reignited Yue Buqun’s Domineering Thought, and the two fought through the night.
• Yue Buqun used his Purple Extreme Undying Body and a hidden attack to defeat and kill Zuo Lengchan.
• Yue Buqun declared himself supreme before the people of the Capital City and broke through to 250,000 horsepower.
• Linghu Chong confronted Yue Buqun, rejecting his plan to become emperor and saying he would stop him for Mount Hua’s sake.
• Yue Buqun attacked Linghu Chong, but Linghu Chong revealed 300,000 horsepower and killed him with the World Destroying Fist of Solitary Me.

After comprehending the Solitary Heaven True Art in the loneliness of space, Linghu Chong returned to confront Gu Qing as the Absolute Sword Martial God established the Divine Kingdom and became its emperor. Linghu Chong and Gu Qing began a fierce battle in orbit, with Gu Qing secretly using the fight to study Linghu Chong’s techniques.

• Linghu Chong recalled how despair drove him into space, where Feng Qingyang’s sword techniques helped him comprehend the reverse practice of the Nine Solitary Swords and create the Solitary Heaven True Art.
• The Absolute Sword Martial God suppressed the unrest, founded the Divine Kingdom, established Martial God Palace, and held an enthronement ceremony that began Martial God Year One.
• Linghu Chong visited Gu Qing and explained that he had waited for the world to stabilize before challenging him as a dangerous unknown variable.
• Ren Woxing reappeared in the desert and continued walking west.
• Linghu Chong and Gu Qing shared their long-awaited wine in space before beginning their fight, and Linghu Chong’s sword shield wounded Gu Qing while countering his punch.
• Linghu Chong gained the upper hand with his Solitary Heaven True Art, but Gu Qing repeatedly recovered and attacked, using their exchanges to study and absorb the principles of Linghu Chong’s techniques.

Gu Qing and Linghu Chong fought a prolonged battle in outer space, and their final clash devastated parts of Asia and the Pacific. Gu Qing survived Linghu Chong’s last attack, reached 330,000 Horsepower, and promised to protect the Mount Hua Sect’s legacy before Linghu Chong vanished.

• Gu Qing copied Linghu Chong’s Boundless Sword of Solitary Killing and used their prolonged fight to drain Linghu Chong while absorbing the principles of his techniques.
• Gu Qing explained that he had made the world stronger so its warriors could challenge and nourish him, then used Linghu Chong’s hesitation to land a series of powerful blows.
• After seven days of fighting, Gu Qing and Linghu Chong unleashed their strongest attacks, and their clash caused devastating aftershocks across Asia and the Pacific.
• Gu Qing realized the Dog Talisman had made him complacent, removed it from his body, and identified it as the reason his power had not risen further.
• Linghu Chong turned his collapsing body into a final sword attack, forcing Gu Qing to raise his power to 330,000 Horsepower before he defeated him.
• Linghu Chong asked Gu Qing to preserve the Mount Hua Sect’s legacy, and Gu Qing agreed before returning to Martial God City with Linghu Chong’s sword qi still damaging his body.

After returning from the Smiling, Proud Wanderer World, Gu Qing used thirty draws and gained several martial arts, including the Formless Divine Skill and the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill. In Los Angeles, he witnessed Randall awaken a mysterious power after being shot, then let him leave and told him to return after handling his business.

• Gu Qing finished absorbing the lingering sword qi from his battle with Linghu Chong and told Absolute Sword Martial God about Linghu Chong's final wish.
• Gu Qing spent 300,000 Spacetime Value on thirty draws and received Xicheng Yong's Formless Divine Skill and Gu Santong's Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill, among other rewards.
• Randall fled into Gu Qing's hotel room while being pursued by two armed men working for Mr. De Simone.
• After Randall was shot, electric arcs appeared across his body, his wounds healed, and bullets could no longer pierce him; he killed the gunman who approached him.
• Gu Qing killed the screaming massage girl with an electric arc, then told Randall to finish his business and return to learn about his new power.
• Gu Qing read Randall's mind and learned the sequence of events that had led to his awakening.

Gu Qing learned how Iliya Randall awakened Magnetic Field Rotation after taking revenge on Frank Desimoni, then recruited Randall as his subordinate. Gu Qing also considered how to retaliate against the X-Men world's World Consciousness without provoking a disastrous response.

• Gu Qing learned that Frank Desimoni had targeted Iliya Randall's wife, whose death drove Randall to steal diamonds from the DeLana Family and flee its gunmen.
• After Randall appeared at Gu Qing's hotel room covered in blood, Gu Qing asked him to demonstrate his newly awakened Magnetic Field Rotation and confined the force with a Magnetic Field Sky Lock.
• Gu Qing transmitted knowledge of Magnetic Field Rotation to Randall and explained that his own influence had been the main reason Randall awakened the power.
• Randall agreed to become Gu Qing's subordinate, and Gu Qing gave him his name.
• Gu Qing recalled his plans to retaliate against the X-Men world's World Consciousness and suspected that the Phoenix Force or The Hive could thwart him if he tried to destroy humanity.

Gu Qing planned to rule the X-Men world by gathering loyal Magnetic Field Masters into a Martial God Group while building his company as a source of influence. After Mafia families targeted Randall over the DeLana Family’s territory, Gu Qing gave him three hundred Shadow Soldiers to handle the threats and expand Martial God Company.

• Gu Qing considered the dangers of exterminating the world and decided to build a Martial God Group, ruling Mutants and gradually shifting the world’s center toward Magnetic Field Masters.
• After Randall killed Desimoni, rival Mafia families sought to seize the DeLana Family’s Los Angeles territory by claiming they would avenge him, and Little Desimoni accepted their help.
• Gu Qing and Randall launched Martial God Company by opening shops selling Urinating Beef Balls, which quickly became popular in Los Angeles.
• Mafia gunmen ambushed Randall after he met with city officials, but he survived their attack and killed the families’ members who had come to Los Angeles.
• Randall told Gu Qing about the continuing Mafia threats, and Gu Qing summoned three hundred Shadow Soldiers and ordered them to assist Randall and obey his commands.

Vanessa confronted the Mafia National Committee and forced its members to submit, but her clash with Randall ended when she learned he worked for Gu Qing. Having finally found news of the man she had long dreamed about, Vanessa chose to pursue her desire to see him again.

• Randall used three hundred Shadow Soldiers to locate the Mafia National Committee in a church outside the city.
• Vanessa arrived at the meeting and stopped Hunter’s bullets with her control over magnetism, then demanded that the committee return to her fold.
• Randall burst through the church roof and attacked the committee, but Vanessa intercepted him because she still needed them.
• Vanessa severed Hunter’s legs with a magnetic blade to stop him escaping, then became distracted while reading Randall’s memories.
• Randall struck Vanessa and sent her flying, but she recovered, defeated him, and learned that he worked for Gu Qing.
• Vanessa left the committee’s fate aside and decided to follow her desire after discovering news of Gu Qing.

Gu Qing reconciled with Vanessa and recruited her and the Lehnsherr Family to support his plans, while he tested Randall by locking away his power. In 1959, Daisy Aisha warned Trask that his funding would end unless he resumed supplying Mutant research data.

• Vanessa entered Gu Qing's office, confessed her enduring love, and asked him to kill her, but Gu Qing apologized and invited her to join him.
• Gu Qing told Vanessa that he needed her and intended to incorporate the Lehnsherr Family into the Martial God Group.
• Gu Qing placed a Magnetic Field Sky Lock on Randall, suppressing his power until he could break the lock, and Randall left to face the test.
• In his Miami laboratory, Trask failed to complete a Sentinel robot and insisted that he wanted to build machines capable of exterminating Mutants.
• Daisy Aisha confronted Trask about neglecting the organization's Mutant research and warned that his funding would be terminated if he failed to meet its requirements.

Trask hired a new mercenary team to capture Mutants, and armed intruders raided Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Aman protected Alex and Sean, but the attackers subdued Sean and Alex, leaving the school under attack.

• Trask ordered Blaze to contact a stronger mercenary team after learning Wiggins' team had been crippled.
• At Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Alex Summers and Sean Cassidy shared brandy with new arrival Aman, who demonstrated his adaptive Mutant Power.
• Aman tackled Alex to the floor as armed personnel burst into the kitchen and fired tranquilizer darts.
• Aman adapted his back into steel and blocked the bullets, while Sean was struck by a dart and collapsed unconscious.
• Alex attacked the intruders with plasma rings, but a man in a black jacket destroyed them with a punch.
• The attackers shot Alex with a tranquilizer dart, and he lost consciousness.

Aman tried to escape as armed forces raided Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and abducted its Mutant students, including Hank, Alex, and Sean. Charles, Raven, and Azazel returned too late and discovered the school had been targeted while they were away; Raven suspected the Mutant child in Texas had been used as bait.

• Aman was discovered despite his camouflage, evolved a metallic back to survive a tranquilizer shot, and ran through the castle as armed forces captured the sleeping students.
• Bat King tracked invisible Aman with ultrasonic waves, then defeated Hank with electrically charged punches and knocked out Aman before withdrawing with both of them.
• Charles, Raven, and Azazel returned to find the castle in ruins, and Raven found the severely injured butler Castor Bilich, whom Charles calmed with his mental power.
• Two days later, Charles viewed the attack through Castor's memories and learned that every Mutant at the school had been abducted, while most ordinary people had only been injured.
• Raven concluded that the sealed mind of the Texas Mutant child had been bait to lure Charles away so the attackers could raid the school.

After the X-Mansion abduction, Charles sought Moira MacTaggert and the CIA’s help to find the missing children. The story then revealed that Iliya Randall’s Martial God Group had carried out the operation, leaving Little Rokin to awaken his powers at the desert training camp.

• Charles sent Azazel Demon to verify the attackers’ trail, then assigned Raven to care for the injured while he sought help.
• Charles told Moira MacTaggert that the children had been abducted and that a missing Mutant child in Texas might lead them to the attackers.
• Moira promised to investigate through the CIA and travel to Texas, while urging the exhausted Charles to rest.
• Iliya Randall arrived at the Martial God Group’s desert camp and learned from Mair Hoskins that the captured children had been delivered safely.
• Randall broke Vanessa Lehnsherr’s Magnetic Field Sky Lock on Little Rokin and encouraged him to develop his abilities.