Chapter Summaries

Lu PingAn faced Dimon’s resurrection and learned from Big Cat why his pursuit of immortality was a flawed Life-type path. After receiving a Divine Grace blessing, Lu PingAn entered a duel against the legendary explorer and Craftsman Manstero Su on Bewildering Snow Mountain, where the terrain and Su’s icy domain gave his opponent a major advantage.

• Dimon resurrected and pleaded with Eve, while Big Cat explained to Lu PingAn that Dimon’s refusal to die had led him down the wrong evolutionary path.
• Big Cat demanded that Lu PingAn kill Dimon, and Lu PingAn agreed while treating the upcoming deathmatch as a minor concern.
• Gan Qianyun granted Lu PingAn the Nine Injuries Fist Divine Grace, which could injure both its user and its enemy and carried a dangerous cost if used too long.
• Lu PingAn entered the duel against Manstero Su on Bewildering Snow Mountain and recognized that Su’s icy domain suppressed most professional powers unrelated to the Fighter path.
• As Manstero Su built a castle atop the mountain, Lu PingAn realized that the terrain and Su’s traps could make this duel more difficult than his previous four battles combined.

Lu PingAn discovered that Snowman Su had dispersed his body into the cold and snow across the mountain, using the environment to attack while remaining out of reach. Facing steadily worsening supernatural cold and no obvious way to strike back, Lu PingAn welcomed the challenge rather than surrendering.

• Lu PingAn felt the supernatural cold draining his heat and realized the worsening blizzard was Snowman Su’s attack, not interference from Tyrannical Three-Faced.
• Lu PingAn used the Eye of Truth and reasoned that Snowman Su had made his body non-corporeal and spread it throughout the snow and frost.
• Lu PingAn deduced that Snowman Su used the Fighter Path to control his elementalized body across the arena, lowering the temperature, summoning snow, and obscuring vision.
• Lu PingAn considered fire, Divine Grace, and escape but saw no easy way to attack Snowman Su while the cold continued to weaken him.
• Mr. Su urged Lu PingAn to surrender, but Lu PingAn smiled and welcomed the desperate fight.

Lu PingAn borrowed Little Flame’s Holy Flame Blood to resist the Snowman’s lethal cold, but the transformation became unstable and threatened to consume him. He used Bind Soul to stabilize his Sun True Flame form as a Sun Flower, then unleashed a Sun Storm that devastated the arena.

• Lu PingAn shared Little Flame’s Holy Flame Blood trait to counter the Snowman’s freezing attack.
• Lu PingAn’s body began to combust as his mortal cells could not withstand the elemental transformation.
• Lu PingAn used Bind Soul to shape the unstable flames into a golden sunflower and stabilize them.
• Lu PingAn declared, “Bloom, Sun Flower,” and the sun exploded across the arena.
• The Sun Storm turned the snowy mountain into a volcano and left the landscape as scorched wasteland.

Lu PingAn nearly lost control when he transformed into a flame creature, but he created a Bind Soul in the form of a Sun Flower and survived the battle. After Gan Qianyun saved his opponent from the flames, Lu PingAn was declared the winner and realized that he might be able to change his species and life form.

• Lu PingAn transformed into a towering Sun Flower, unleashing Sacred Flames that overwhelmed the battlefield and forced Su to surrender.
• Gan Qianyun stepped between Su and the flames, blocking them with his hand, though the Sacred Fire charred his palm.
• Gan Qianyun realized Lu PingAn had changed his life form into a combination of wood, human, and flame.
• Lu PingAn used Kerdales Style Mimicry Fist to create a Bind Soul and stabilize his transformation, taking the form of a Sun Flower.
• Lu PingAn returned to his normal form, covered himself with Red Cloth, and was declared the victor.
• Lu PingAn reviewed his System Panel and wondered whether species and higher life forms were no longer limitations.

After surviving a near-fatal transformation into a Fire Elemental Creature, Lu PingAn gained powerful new fire abilities but remained badly weakened. He entered his sixth bout against Dimon Mendel, who refused to let him recover, and received another Divine Grace as the duel began.

• Lu PingAn’s transformation granted him enhanced fire traits and raised Holy Fire Exorcism to level 21, making him an expert at controlling flames.
• Two opponents forfeited, but Dimon Mendel demanded that his match with Lu PingAn begin immediately despite Lu PingAn’s injuries.
• Lu PingAn urged everyone to bet on him before entering the arena, and a deity granted him Divine Grace.
• Big Cat warned Lu PingAn that Dimon Mendel was a formidable sixth-rank Fierce Beast, prompting Lu PingAn to wonder whether all his remaining opponents were at least sixth rank.

Lu PingAn faced Dimon in the arena and exposed the insect duplicates behind the Beast Tamer’s supposed immortality, killing him with golden flames. After Dimon’s defeat, Lu PingAn learned that his next opponent would be Qian XiaoMu, following a forfeit in the Seventh Match.

• Lu PingAn entered the arena without his ruined armor and ignored Dimon’s offer to spare him in exchange for information.
• Lu PingAn’s roar revealed Dimon’s hidden lion-faced insect duplicates, and his Fire Ring burned them to ash.
• Dimon exposed his insect form and tried to escape with a swarm, but Lu PingAn’s Sun Flower purified the insects and left him without a way to avoid death.
• Lu PingAn killed Dimon and dismissed the fight as disappointing.
• Lu PingAn learned that the Seventh Match opponent had forfeited and that Qian XiaoMu would face him in the Eighth Match.

Lu PingAn prepared for his postponed Eighth Match, received a Divine Grace that helped him evade flying projectiles, and grew uneasy about facing Qian XiaoMu. Qian XiaoMu then placed two wagers that the secret realm accepted, including one on her own victory.

• Lu PingAn had the schedule adjusted, inspected his replacement equipment, and asked the logistics team to tailor it to his new abilities.
• Lu PingAn learned that Arrow Aversion Blessing of Tyrannical Three-Faced would help him evade flying projectiles, and discussed how Dimon's death had triggered the secret realm's backlash.
• Lu PingAn questioned why Qian XiaoMu possessed power above the peak of Silver and admitted he did not want to fight her, but resolved that he would have to face the match.
• Qian XiaoMu placed a bet that Lu PingAn would clear all the matches, and the god accepted it.
• Qian XiaoMu placed a second bet that she would win the next match, and the god accepted that wager too.

Lu PingAn recognized that the fate-themed secret realm had made him the underdog and prepared for a difficult trial. Qian XiaoMu transformed into Phil Kerdales, a genuine Rule-level opponent, leaving Lu PingAn facing a battle far more dangerous than expected.

• Lu PingAn reflected that the world's harsh rules of fate forced the strong to keep evolving or be rejected.
• The host announced that nearly all spectators had bet on Lu PingAn, while Gan Qianyun judged him to be the weaker fighter.
• Lu PingAn recognized the ruined, overgrown, partly flooded city as a battlefield suited to his abilities, despite its dangerous creatures.
• Qian XiaoMu told Lu PingAn that another version of herself wanted to speak with him.
• Qian XiaoMu grew into Phil Kerdales, who thanked Lu PingAn for looking after her younger sister.
• Lu PingAn recognized Phil Kerdales as a genuine Rule-level opponent.

Lu PingAn faced Phil Kerdales, who confirmed that he had killed Kerdales and attacked him with abilities that distorted cause and effect. As Lu PingAn struggled to escape, Big Cat revealed Phil’s strength and abilities, leaving him cornered by a powerful opponent who seemed to recognize him as her big brother.

• Phil and Kerdales were shocked to see each other, and Phil asked Lu PingAn whether Kerdales was dead.
• Lu PingAn admitted that he had killed Kerdales, and Phil said it had been a good kill but that he should not have been the one to do it.
• Phil attacked Lu PingAn from behind, but he absorbed her strike with Energy-Devouring Skin.
• Big Cat told Lu PingAn that Phil was a Tier 7 dual-profession powerhouse and explained her ability to attack before her movements appeared to happen.
• Phil created Moonlight Blades after learning that Lu PingAn could absorb energy, then approached him and said Xiao Mu was sad that her big brother was avoiding her.

Lu PingAn fought Phil in the festival arena, using his vines, Sacred Fire, and Zhi Xi’s armor to keep her at bay. With Chris and Big Cat explaining Phil’s Rule-level abilities, Lu PingAn learned her weaknesses just as she broke through her limits and unleashed a massive combined attack.

• Lu PingAn battered Phil with Demon Vines, Sacred Fire, and a four-armed assault, but she restrained him with her shadow and forced him out of close combat.
• Lu PingAn used one of Zhi Xi’s Iron Arms to punch himself and break free of Phil’s restraint, then questioned how she had used her ability.
• Chris explained that Phil’s core rule was Twin and described her Positive and Negative traits, while Big Cat warned Lu PingAn about her light-and-shadow abilities.
• Big Cat revealed that Phil needed both eyes to lock onto a target and could use only one pair of traits at a time, but Phil began preparing attacks with light, ice, and fire.
• Phil overcame her previous limits and launched a screen-filling bombardment at Lu PingAn.

Lu PingAn survived Phil’s devastating attack by exploiting weaknesses in her abilities, then learned from Big Cat how Phil’s twin selves made her overwhelmingly powerful. Big Cat said Phil was not in a normal state and hinted that this might give Lu PingAn a chance to turn the fight around.

• Lu PingAn burrowed underground as Phil’s light dispersed her shadow trap, surviving the blast by absorbing most of its energy and converting it into Sacred Fire.
• Lu PingAn kept moving underground while Phil’s Air Friend pursued him, and Big Cat explained how Phil cultivated and controlled an imagined other self as a twin.
• Big Cat realized that Qian XiaoMu’s existence had changed Phil, whose reincarnating selves now let her use multiple sets of abilities at once.
• Lu PingAn considered using the Spirit Transformation Scroll, but Big Cat warned that Phil had not yet become serious and might destroy herself if she sensed Big Cat.
• Big Cat told Lu PingAn that he could not normally defeat Phil, but Phil’s abnormal state might leave him a chance to turn the fight around.

Lu PingAn endured Phil’s overwhelming attacks while Gan Qianyun’s commentary revealed how her abilities worked and hinted at her weakness. After learning that Phil’s bad luck worsened when Eve was far away, Lu PingAn prepared to use mystical materials to turn the fight around.

• Gan Qianyun explained that Phil split concepts and physical quantities to maintain balance, and Lu PingAn realized the commentary was helping him.
• Lu PingAn survived Phil’s relentless bombardment with Energy-Devouring Skin while he and Big Cat considered how long Phil could sustain her unusual state.
• Chris revealed that Phil’s luck failed when Eve was far away, and Eve’s amplified cheer made Phil nearly fall from the sky.
• Lu PingAn silenced Big Cat and decided to use mystical materials because he could not match Phil’s strength or counter her rules directly.

Lu PingAn used Doom Bringer’s Doom Field to stall Phil, then revealed his real trump card when she cornered him. He summoned the Shark Tooth female general and unleashed Annihilate Space, tearing the battlefield apart.

• Lu PingAn summoned Doom Bringer and activated Doom Field, causing low-probability events to happen more often as the ability built up.
• Phil found Lu PingAn sooner than he expected and revealed that her Perceived Time had less time remaining than she claimed.
• Phil sensed the misfortune surrounding Lu PingAn, recognized that he was stalling, and blasted the area into a wasteland.
• Lu PingAn drew the Decapitation Blade and summoned the Shark Tooth female general behind him.
• Lu PingAn swung the blade and used Annihilate Space, causing the world around them to tremble and collapse.

Lu PingAn used Annihilate Space to tear through the secret realm’s dimensions, forcing its deity to restore the collapsing world. Phil was thrown out of the arena, leaving the match postponed until after the festival as Lu PingAn gained martial fortune and opened the paths to becoming a fourth-tier fighter and space-type Runner.

• Lu PingAn used the Wave-Cut Axe to tear apart dimensions, spreading Blackout Zones and destabilizing the secret realm.
• The deity restored the collapsing world, and Master of Ceremonies Gan announced that the match would continue.
• Phil was swept into a Space Rift and thrown out of the secret realm, while Lu PingAn kept the martial fortune she had wagered.
• Gan Qianyun postponed Lu PingAn and Phil’s match until after the festival and removed the interrupted bout from the death matches.
• Lu PingAn gained martial fortune and opened the paths to his fourth-tier fighter and space-type Runner advances, then worried about facing Eve and Phil.

After Lu PingAn was judged the winner of his match with Phil, he considered how Martial Luck had helped him break through and wondered whether Phil’s apparent bad luck was actually balanced fortune. With the secret realm granting him a night to recover, he prepared to use the time to advance before the next battles.

• Lu PingAn explained that ejecting Phil from the secret realm had been his only realistic path to surviving their fight.
• Lu PingAn and Big Cat discussed why Phil had not returned, concluding that she needed time to recover before changing back from Qian XiaoMu.
• Lu PingAn learned that the secret realm had judged him victorious, and the resulting bets gave him even more Martial Luck.
• Lu PingAn said his Martial Luck had helped him successfully use Annihilate Space for the first time.
• Lu PingAn suspected Phil’s apparent misfortune was balanced fortune, since she had left without losing her own Martial Luck or Wealth Luck.
• Big Cat urged Lu PingAn to use the extra night to strengthen himself before the next battles, and he resolved to advance.

Lu PingAn trained to refine his combat skills and commissioned the Forbidden Library to design two compatible Law Decree-level professions. By dawn, he had advanced to Tier 4 and entered the Ninth Match’s deadly battle against a Tier 6 fighter.

• Lu PingAn continued training with Big Cat’s Spirit Fusion until she urged him to stop, but he chose to complete one more round before deciding how to advance.
• Lu PingAn assessed his team’s progress and identified his Profession Skills, especially his Level 20 Breathing Method, as key requirements for his breakthrough.
• Lu PingAn asked the Forbidden Library to design his advancement around his skills, then accepted its 1,700-point price after examining its proposal.
• At the Ninth Match arena the next morning, spectators marveled that Lu PingAn had advanced from a novice to a Law Decree-level Tier 4 fighter in a single night.
• Lu PingAn faced his warmed-up opponent, a genuine Tier 6 fighter, and prepared to test his strength.

Lu PingAn faced the Aus assassin Lottel.Ham in a death match and survived his seemingly fatal attack. He uncovered the secret of Lottel’s Twenty Rabbits as the assassin launched another attack.

• Lottel.Ham and Lu PingAn entered a death match, while Master of Ceremonies Gan stirred up the crowd and betting with news of their sides’ past conflict.
• After the match began, Lottel’s quick draw struck Lu PingAn six times before the gunshots sounded, and Lu PingAn appeared to fall dead.
• Lu PingAn stood back up, told Lottel he had seen nine attacks, and identified the Twenty Rabbits as the assassin’s former fingers moving like bullets.
• Lottel removed his gloves to reveal metal Prosthetic Limbs, explained that he had lost and later recovered his four limbs, and admitted his ability was known among his circles.
• Lottel pointed his revolver at Lu PingAn and sent the Frenzied Rabbit Swarm charging at him again.

Lu PingAn fought Lottel and his Twenty Rabbits, struggling to reach the gunman through a barrage of relentless attacks. After discovering one rabbit had disappeared, Lu PingAn activated stronger stages of Tiger Fury to match the rabbits’ speed, but the battle continued with him under fire.

• Lu PingAn used Tyranny and repeated Ground Shrinking to evade Lottel’s Twenty Rabbits, whose attacks came from unpredictable trajectories.
• He endured the rabbits’ relentless barrage and realized their varied abilities grew stronger as they got closer to Lottel.
• Lottel wondered why his Magic Bullets barely harmed Lu PingAn, then noticed his middle finger had disappeared.
• Lu PingAn activated Tiger Fury and Life Overload to improve his speed, but Lottel’s Magic Bullets accelerated and blasted him away.
• Lu PingAn activated second-stage Tiger Fury as he tried to keep up with the incoming rabbits.

Qian ZhuJin reunited with Qian XiaoMu at sea and learned that Lady Phil was sharing her identity, while Lu PingAn fought Lottel in the arena. Lu PingAn used Nine Injuries Fist to reflect the damage from Lottel’s Magic Bullets, then killed him with a final shot.

• Qian XiaoMu reunited with Qian ZhuJin and told him that Another Me, Lady Phil, could not meet him because she was guarding against assassins.
• Qian XiaoMu assured Qian ZhuJin that he was also Another Me’s grandfather, then relayed that Lu PingAn had left her a message.
• Lu PingAn analyzed Lottel’s Magic Bullets but struggled to approach him without being pierced by their high-speed attacks.
• Lu PingAn feigned an attempt to use Annihilate Space, provoking Lottel’s Magic Bullets to strike him.
• Lu PingAn activated Nine Injuries Fist, causing the lethal hits to damage Lottel’s internal organs, then killed him with a Magic Bullet.

Lu PingAn defeated Twenty Rabbits in a deadly arena match and received an upgraded Divine Grace that gave him controllable bursts of extreme good fortune. After absorbing a huge amount of Martial Luck and Wealth Luck, he sensed an opportunity to reach Tier 5.

• Lu PingAn killed Twenty Rabbits, survived his own severe injuries through his Life-type abilities, and won the match.
• Master of Ceremonies Gan announced Lu PingAn’s victory and promoted his Counterattack Aura as Divine Grace from the festival.
• Lu PingAn received another Divine Grace, which fused with his existing blessing and offered him a choice between Martial Luck Time and Gold Luck.
• Lu PingAn chose Tyrannical Three-Faced Martial Luck Time, gaining a period of extreme good fortune he could activate every three days.
• Lu PingAn left the arena as its sole victor, absorbing enough Martial Luck and Wealth Luck to glimpse a chance at Tier 5.