Chapter Summaries

After Lu PingAn entered Tyrannical Three-Faced's secret realm, news of his appearance spread through the inner world and prompted several enemies to dispatch assassins against him. Wang Hai woke Lu PingAn with news that six enormous bounties had been placed on him.

• Factions and churches assessed Lu PingAn as a growing threat and discussed capturing or killing him.
• The Blood Feast renewed its efforts to kill Lu PingAn after learning that he had hunted down two bishops.
• News that Lu PingAn had entered Tyrannical Three-Faced's secret realm spread among those seeking him, and a mercenary group and several church agents prepared to attack.
• A lion-faced man decided to personally pursue Lu PingAn, while two Holy Sons received a mission to eliminate him.
• Wang Hai called Lu PingAn in the morning and told him that six enormous bounties had appeared on the Black Market.

Lu PingAn learned that a bounty had been placed on him and prepared for danger while his allies blended into the spectators. The third round began under the Random Equivalent Malice Rule, forcing contestants to fight while claiming harmful conditions for themselves and their opponents.

• Lu PingAn discussed the bounty with Big Cat and explained that he had sent allies among the spectators to gather information and support him.
• Master of Ceremonies Gan announced the third round's Random Equivalent Malice Rule and generated an Amusement Park battlefield.
• Two martial monks were matched and chose disabilities for each other, losing a right hand and a supporting foot before their fight began.
• The contestants received further conditions, and the ground-bound monk claimed complete exhaustion for his opponent while suffering moderate poisoning himself.
• Master of Ceremonies Gan explained that new random traits would appear during the battle, and the next options included female transformation and crossdressing transformation.

Lu PingAn watched the Martial God’s arena turn Professional deathmatches into a spectacle of transformations, betting, and Divine Grace rewards. As Wang Hai objected to the fighters being treated like caged animals, Lu PingAn saw golden chains binding both contestants and spectators into the ritual.

• Lu PingAn watched two martial monks undergo humiliating transformations, and the long-haired Liu DaPeng won the deathmatch by knocking out the cross-dressed opponent.
• The Master of Ceremonies awarded Liu DaPeng Divine Grace and accidentally joked over the open microphone, easing the crowd’s mood.
• The organizers drew two more spectators into a match and opened betting, promising Divine Grace to the winner and a share of the betting profits to the loser.
• Wang Hai complained that Professionals were being made to fight like caged animals, while Lu PingAn argued that the spectators were willingly funding fighters seeking advancement.
• Lu PingAn perceived golden chains linking the contestants and spectators to the festival, and considered how emotions, money, and life itself had become part of the wager.

Lu PingAn used his unusual eyes to see the Divine Realm’s corruption and uncover the fate-based betting ritual behind its martial combat. Big Cat explained how the ritual redistributed martial and wealth fortune, and Lu PingAn decided the stakes might be exactly what he needed.

• Lu PingAn saw that the Divine Realm was heavily corrupted, with contamination hidden beneath its beautiful surface and affecting its inhabitants.
• Lu PingAn told Big Cat what he could see in the sky: a seesaw-like concept where mist representing wagers shifted between contestants and the secret realm’s creator.
• Big Cat worked out that martial combat was a betting duel in which fighters wagered martial fortune and gamblers wagered wealth fortune, while the organizer took a cut.
• Lu PingAn recognized that winners gained fortune and power while losers lost them, allowing the Martial God and Its church to collect profits and cultivate Children of Destiny.
• Big Cat told Lu PingAn that martial fortune might be what he needed most.

Lu PingAn recognized that the Martial Arts Ritual turned wagers into martial fortune and placed a huge bet on himself, drawing more bets and growing stronger. He defeated a weak third-rank opponent in the first round and put all his money and winnings on himself again.

• Lu PingAn realized that the wagers and fighters’ victories formed a ritual that gathered martial fortune and strengthened its winners.
• He bet two hundred thousand Joint Coin on himself, prompting a rush of bets from spectators.
• Priest Gan approved Lu PingAn’s wager and added fifty thousand of his own to bet on him.
• Lu PingAn sensed the gathered luck and correctly predicted that he would be matched with a weak opponent rather than receive a bye.
• He defeated a third-rank fighter in under ten seconds and declared that he would bet all his principal and winnings on himself in the next match.

Lu PingAn defeated the modified orc Bear Fang King in the arena, then reflected on the limits of his tentacle technique and how his shared traits made his body exceptionally powerful. As his martial fortune and combat insight grew, he received the draw he had been waiting for: Eve.

• Lu PingAn discovered that Bear Fang King used bound lives and a steel framework to absorb injuries while regenerating.
• Lu PingAn blinded Bear Fang King with a burst of flame, then used Snake Bite to send vines into his wounds and destroy him from within.
• Lu PingAn defeated Bear Fang King in one minute and twelve seconds, collected remains for research, and gained more Fortune and martial fortune.
• Lu PingAn realized that excessive energy conversion had stretched his tentacles to their limit, and Big Cat warned him that their life force could not sustain it indefinitely.
• Lu PingAn considered combining the technique with Little Flame's recovery trait and reflected on the fighting style he was developing.
• Lu PingAn received the draw he had been waiting for: Eve.

Eve declared herself head of the Life Mother Tree Church and challenged Lu PingAn as the enemy of the former Mother Goddess. After brutally killing her opponent, she pointed at Lu PingAn and left, while he wondered whether she was seeking revenge for Chris.

• Lu PingAn watched Eve enter the arena wearing the Crown of Radiant Light, alarming Big Cat because it had belonged to her people’s last king.
• Eve announced that she was the new head of the Life Mother Tree Church, and Chris and Xiao Mu reacted with concern.
• Eve named Lu PingAn the enemy of the former Mother Goddess and said she would settle matters with him as the church’s heir.
• Eve’s opponent attacked her, and she killed the challenger brutally before pointing at Lu PingAn and returning to her quarters.
• Lu PingAn suspected Eve was grieving Chris’s death, and Chris told him to shut up when he asked how she felt about Eve’s sorrow.

After Lu PingAn's fight, he prepared for his coming duel with Eve but remained unsure whether he would kill her if he won. Elsewhere, Eve grieved over her complicated memories of her mother before a cowboy and a powerful priest approached her with an offer of alliance.

• Lu PingAn helped the injured Little Guy wash and told her he would deal with Eve one step at a time.
• The Little Guy asked whether Lu PingAn would kill Eve if he won, but he could not give her an answer.
• Eve remembered the happy times with Lu PingAn and the Little Guy, along with her mother's strict but caring moments, and began to cry beneath the moonlight.
• Eve angrily tore a steel wall away when a cowboy and a powerful priest appeared and claimed they were not her enemies.
• The cowboy proposed that Eve join forces with them because they were also hunting the man she had sworn to kill.

Gan Qianyun warned Lu PingAn that several groups had arrived to kill him and urged him to leave the tournament. Lu PingAn accepted the assassins’ Life and Death Ceremonies, and Gan proposed changing the tournament format to accommodate them.

• Lu PingAn learned that a fight involving the blonde, green-eyed woman had damaged parts of the ship and postponed the morning matches.
• Gan Qianyun visited Lu PingAn, warned him that multiple groups were targeting him, and offered a Law Decree-level Divine Grace if he withdrew.
• Lu PingAn explained that he had little Fighter Path experience, while Gan said the attackers saw the Secret Realm’s restrictions as an opportunity to eliminate him.
• Gan revealed that the attackers had initiated Life and Death Ceremonies, which the organizers could not refuse under the Martial God’s rules.
• Lu PingAn accepted the ceremonies, and Gan left after proposing a livelier tournament format.

The Martial Arts Festival began a challenge-based Blood Feud War, and numerous contestants—including Lottel.Ham, Sarla, Damon.Mendel, and Li Zhaoxin—challenged Lu PingAn. Eve then challenged him to a revenge battle, and Lu PingAn accepted, hoping it would be the final fight.

• Master of Ceremonies Gan announced the Blood Feud War, where contestants could challenge the final sixteen and wager their lives to seek a death match.
• Lottel.Ham and Sarla challenged Lu PingAn to fights to the death, followed by Damon.Mendel and many other contestants seeking revenge, bounty, or fame.
• Li Zhaoxin challenged Lu PingAn, while the audience placed bets and the deity's attention fixed on him.
• Eve challenged Lu PingAn to a revenge battle, ignoring the Lion-headed Man's accusations of treachery.
• Lu PingAn accepted Eve's challenge and said he hoped it would be the final battle.

Lu PingAn learned that Tyrannical Three-Faced had approved thirteen consecutive deathmatches, beginning with a Tier 5 opponent, but he remained confident he could win. As the festival turned him into its sole spectacle, he collected a battlefield-grade loadout and prepared to face the old-era conservatives.

• Priest Gan Qianyun urged Lu PingAn to flee the thirteen-match gauntlet, then offered to use his authority to open an escape route.
• Lu PingAn refused to leave, saying the Martial God had not made a mistake, and gained respect for Gan Qianyun's willingness to defy his deity for the sake of his beliefs.
• Lu PingAn reviewed the roster, noted that Damon Mendel was one obstacle, and discovered that Xiao Mu had been approved for a duel despite her small appearance.
• The schedule made Lu PingAn the festival's central attraction, and he saw that his first opponent was a Tier 5 fighter, the weakest of his thirteen matches.
• Lu PingAn accepted his logistics team's equipment and supplies and prepared to fight without holding back.

Louis Ding Mente faced Lu PingAn in a duel, but the crowd’s hostility and Lu PingAn’s fear aura made him realize he had entered a deadly situation. Lu PingAn effortlessly defeated him and called for the next opponent.

• Louis sensed that the crowd’s hostility and the secret realm’s prevailing momentum were turning against him, so he unleashed his power and recounted his battle achievements.
• Lu PingAn appeared carrying the heads of two Golden powerhouses, and his fear aura made Louis retreat despite his Courage Truth Word.
• Lu PingAn mocked Louis for taking pride in having faced evil gods and walked toward him as Louis tried to resist with his True Word.
• Louis threw a punch at Lu PingAn, but Lu PingAn stopped it with one hand and slapped him unconscious.
• Lu PingAn ignored the fallen Louis, looked toward the Master of Ceremonies, and said, “Next.”

Lu PingAn intimidated the battlefield by instantly defeating a Tier 5 opponent and revealing the power of his war banner. After his next match was delayed for an inspection over alleged cheating, he explained that his breathing technique made equipment part of his body, leaving him able to use more than the banner.

• Lu PingAn killed his first opponent, and his war banner's fear aura swept across the battlefield.
• Lu PingAn asked for his next opponent, but the match was postponed after a report accused him of cheating.
• Gan Qianyun investigated the accusation that Lu PingAn's Soldier Path equipment was too powerful for the Fighter Path secret realm.
• Bai Xiyi of Qian Yu sought time to study Lu PingAn's abnormal strength by prompting an official inspection.
• Lu PingAn told Gan Qianyun that Breathing of All Things made his equipment part of his body, then demonstrated by resonating with a Decapitation Greatsword.

Qian Yu Bai Xiyi used her expertise in jungle warfare to prepare traps for Lu PingAn, but his floating movement and supernatural perception let him evade them. She then lured him into a timed chemical explosion, only to be shocked by what appeared after the blast.

• Qian Yu Bai Xiyi retreated through the jungle, laying traps as she tried to widen the distance from Lu PingAn.
• Lu PingAn arrived floating on a platform, and Bai Xiyi realized he had detected and bypassed her traps with his powerful Demon Eye.
• Bai Xiyi deduced that Lu PingAn was more sensitive to supernatural threats than to ordinary mechanical devices and explosives.
• Bai Xiyi timed a chemical bomb to explode as Lu PingAn reached the location where she expected him to stop.
• The explosion engulfed Lu PingAn, but Bai Xiyi stared in disbelief when the flames and smoke cleared.

Lu PingAn endured Bai Xiyi’s explosives and survived her concealed Rule-level dagger strike before defeating her with overwhelming strength and poisonous attacks. He won the Second Round and declared that he would stake everything in the third.

• Bai Xiyi’s massive explosion destroyed Lu PingAn’s outer clothes but failed to damage the extraordinary armor beneath.
• Lu PingAn revealed that his armor incorporated materials from other realms, then Bai Xiyi used Strike Second Arrive First to land a Rule-level dagger strike.
• Lu PingAn licked Bai Xiyi’s poison-coated dagger without apparent harm and pursued her with his tentacles.
• Lu PingAn’s grasping attacks drained Bai Xiyi’s strength and aged her, but she detonated the Glory Bomb on her chest to force him back.
• Lu PingAn surrounded Bai Xiyi with venomous-snake illusions and defeated her, then declared he would go all in during the third round.

Lu PingAn crushed the Killer Ant in his fourth match and used the break afterward to review his earlier fight with the Retrograde Walker. As he recognized how experience and preparation had shaped his victories, he began seeking a clear equation of victory of his own.

• Lu PingAn shattered the Killer Ant’s limb in a head-on clash and forced the wanted criminal to surrender.
• Lu PingAn wagered all his prize money on his next match, then returned to rest and have his injuries treated.
• Lu PingAn’s team reviewed his third-round fight and identified the Retrograde Walker as a Magnetic Walker who used magnetic gear to accelerate and repel attackers.
• Lu PingAn recognized that the difficult match had improved his control and helped him defeat the Killer Ant more decisively.
• Lu PingAn considered how strong fighters built reliable paths to victory and wondered what his own equation of victory was.

Lu PingAn analyzed his battles with Big Cat to find a combat style that integrated his many abilities and defenses. He settled on an aggressive close-range approach and received tactical advice to address weaknesses before facing future opponents.

• Big Cat explained that Lu PingAn’s abundance of abilities slowed his reactions and that he needed to integrate them through repeated combat.
• Lu PingAn recognized that his Blood Vine and borrowed arms gave him enough protection to shift away from defensive movement and devote more resources to offense.
• Lu PingAn chose to use his Demon Vines for Chris Style Xing Yi Quan, combining their strength with kinetic energy, Sacred Fire, and draining and misfortune effects.
• Lu PingAn considered how to approach fragile enemies and large monsters, and Big Cat advised him to adapt Hua Xueyi’s techniques for defeating larger foes.
• Big Cat reviewed Lu PingAn’s improvement plan, identified weaknesses in his range and experience, and suggested opening tactics, ambushes, and throwing weapons.
• Lu PingAn continued using each battle and its review to refine his fighting style and prepare for stronger opponents.

Gan Qianyun recognized Lu PingAn’s extraordinary potential as a Fighter and arranged for him to choose a Divine Grace. Lu PingAn requested a vengeance ability that returned damage, but Big Cat warned that the powerful blessing came at a cost he had not yet repaid.

• Gan Qianyun assessed Lu PingAn’s plant-and-animal traits and concluded that his body could keep evolving toward the level of a Tier 9 quasi-god Fighter.
• Gan Qianyun visited the recovering Lu PingAn and offered him a choice of Divine Grace authorized by his deity.
• Lu PingAn asked for a vengeance ability that made attackers suffer retaliation damage.
• Gan Qianyun praised the choice and said his deity would grant it as a reward after Lu PingAn’s next match.
• Big Cat warned Lu PingAn that the Divine Grace was too expensive for his contributions and urged him to repay the extra kindness.

After recovering, Lu PingAn watched the tournament, offered Wang Hai a path to advance, and learned that Xiao Mu had won a match and received Divine Grace. The chapter ended as Eve entered the arena to face an opponent whose fight with her was bound to involve life and death.

• Lu PingAn discussed the staged matches with Wang Hai and explained how the tournament gave contestants chances to earn Divine Grace.
• Lu PingAn offered Wang Hai a training and labor contract, promising to help him advance within half a year, and Wang Hai accepted.
• Lu PingAn recognized that the tournament was a life-or-death trial and that assassins were targeting him.
• Xiao Mu told Lu PingAn she had won a match and received Divine Grace, then demanded cake as a reward.
• Lu PingAn learned that Eve was entering the arena to fight someone who had challenged her, and Big Cat revealed the opponent was connected to the Mother Goddess Church's internal conflict.

Eve rejected Damon.Mendel’s marriage wager and turned their martial contest into a deathmatch, overwhelming him in the Yellow Crystal Palace. After she shattered him, Lu PingAn noticed that Damon.Mendel’s life was reviving from a nest nearby.

• Damon.Mendel proposed a wager with a Marriage Contract as his stake, but Eve recognized him as the shameless imitator who had once pursued her mother.
• Eve rejected Damon.Mendel’s proposal and began a deathmatch, transforming the arena into the Yellow Crystal Palace.
• Eve’s crystal attacks tore Damon.Mendel apart while he continued urging her to preserve her mother’s bloodline.
• Eve shattered Damon.Mendel’s remaining crystal body and stomped its fragments, then glared at Lu PingAn when he did not look her way.
• Lu PingAn watched a life revive from its nest several kilometers away and realized Damon.Mendel was not yet finished.