Chapter Summaries

Sixteen-year-old Gu Ce defeated a burly opponent and impressed Wang Heng with exceptional strength, speed, and reflexes, prompting Wang to plan his advancement at the Lightning Martial Arts School. The chapter revealed that Gu Ce was a transmigrator with mutated Six Eyes that let him observe the universe’s Space Laws, and he believed he could rise to the highest levels of power.

• Gu Ce used his movement technique to defeat a burly saber-wielding opponent in a sparring match.
• Gu Ce told Wang Heng he planned to take the Quasi-Warrior Assessment at the start of next month.
• Gu Ce tested his abilities, recording 923 kilograms of punch force, a speed of 29.9 meters per second, and Micro Level movement in the neural reaction test.
• Wang Heng praised Gu Ce and promised to recommend him to the Lightning Martial Arts Global Headquarters after he passed the Warrior Practical Combat Assessment.
• Gu Ce reflected on his transmigration into the world of Swallowed Star, his mutated Six Eyes, and his ambition to become the strongest.

Gu Ce prepared for the Warrior Practical Combat Assessment, confident in his abilities despite his father’s worries about his arrogance. On August 1, he received his equipment and entered Monster Town with the other quasi-warriors, including Luo Feng, as the overnight assessment began.

• Gu Ce told Gu Hesheng that Wang Heng had offered him a top-grade contract and a place at the Elite Training Camp after he passed the practical assessment.
• Gu Hesheng gave Gu Ce five billion and warned him to inform his uncle if he killed anyone; he also worried that failure might shake Gu Ce’s confidence.
• Gu Ce cultivated the Five Hearts Towards Heaven method, gained more than three thousand kilograms of strength, and reached the Advanced Warrior threshold.
• An officer gave Gu Ce his combat gear, while Wang Heng and Zhuge Tao argued over which martial arts school should recruit him.
• Gu Ce recognized Luo Feng among the quasi-warriors but did not approach him.
• The officer announced the assessment rules, and more than a thousand quasi-warriors entered Monster Town for the overnight test.

During his Combat Assessment, Gu Ce effortlessly killed a pack of Shadow Cats and revealed Perfect Level Movement Technique, prompting the martial arts schools to compete for him. The chapter ended with Gu Ce drawing more than a hundred monsters around himself without attacking, leaving his purpose unclear.

• Gu Ce entered Monster Town with his Longevity Sword and swaggered through the streets, unconcerned by the H-rank monsters.
• More than ten Shadow Cats ambushed Gu Ce, but he killed them all with effortless kicks without opening his eyes.
• Wang Heng and Zhuge Tao recognized Gu Ce's movements as Perfect Level Movement Technique and argued over which martial arts school would recruit him.
• Wang Heng called Gu Hesheng, who said Gu Ce could choose his own force, and learned that Thor would come to meet him the next day.
• Zhuge Tao spotted Gu Ce surrounded by more than a hundred Shadow Cats, Iron-Haired Boars, and Tiger Mastiffs, apparently gathering them without attacking.

Gu Ce slaughtered hundreds of monsters in Monster Town and advanced his swordsmanship to Mastered Swordplay before advising Luo Feng to reveal his talent. The assessment supervisors kept Gu Ce’s record from the other examinees and let him finish early, while Gu Ce left some monsters for them to fight.

• Gu Ce practiced Longevity Swordplay against the beast horde, reaching Mastered Swordplay and nearly grasping its second level as he drove the monsters to rout.
• Gu Ce met Luo Feng and urged him to show his true talent, telling him that War God would only be the beginning of his future.
• Luo Feng wondered whether Gu Ce had discovered the dark golden sphere in his mind, while Gu Ce privately hoped Luo Feng would reveal that he was a Spirit Reader.
• In the monitoring room, Wang Heng and Zhuge Tao argued over recruiting Luo Feng, and the supervisors watched Gu Ce continue slaughtering monsters.
• Wang Heng decided to let Gu Ce finish the assessment early and conceal his results from the other examinees; Gu Ce stopped fighting and left some monsters for them.

After the Combat Assessment, Gu Ce turned down recruitment from the military and the Limitless Martial Arts School while waiting for Thor to arrive. He helped Luo Feng stay with the Limitless Martial Arts School and hinted that he could help Wang Heng pursue becoming a War God; Thor then flew to Jiangnan Base City, eager to meet Gu Ce.

• Gu Ce declined offers from the military and Zhuge Tao, saying he would meet his uncle Thor the next day.
• Luo Feng arrived and rejected Wang Heng's offer to join the Lightning Martial Arts School, choosing to stay with the Limitless Martial Arts School.
• Gu Ce urged Luo Feng to remember their earlier conversation, then invited Wang Heng to spar and hinted that a Spirit of Plants and Trees might help him become a War God.
• Thor flew above Jiangnan Base City and imagined taking Gu Ce as his disciple because of his exceptional movement technique and swordplay.

Thor watched Gu Ce defeat Wang Heng with superior technique, then offered to take him as a disciple. Gu Ce refused, so Thor promised to provide him with resources and special training at the global headquarters, while deciding to confront Gu Hesheng the next day.

• Thor arrived at Gu Family Manor, noticed the sparring match at Lightning Martial Arts School, and watched Gu Ce suppress Wang Heng with his swordplay.
• Wang Heng defeated Gu Ce using the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, then praised Gu Ce's skill and discussed his own progress.
• Thor appeared before Gu Ce and offered to train him as his disciple, but Gu Ce refused, saying he needed resources rather than guidance.
• Thor accepted Gu Ce's refusal and arranged to take him to the global headquarters for special training after meeting Gu Hesheng and Gu Ce's father the next day.
• Thor rewarded Wang Heng with the complete Nine Heavens Thunder Blade and personal guidance, then decided to give Gu Hesheng a practice session.

Gu Ce trained in the second layer of Longevity Swordplay with Gu Hechang and impressed him by countering his attacks. Thor then offered Gu Ce a contract with rewards for reaching Combat Power Amplification milestones, and Gu Ce agreed to go to the Elite Training Camp.

• Gu Hechang demonstrated the second layer of Longevity Swordplay and sparred with Gu Ce, who used the swordplay's techniques to defeat him.
• Gu Hechang said Gu Ce would need to comprehend Conception to perform the third layer, then teased Thor before fleeing as Thor chased him.
• Thor showed Gu Ce a contract that offered increasingly valuable rewards for reaching Combat Power Amplification milestones.
• Gu Hechang urged Thor to replace purchasable gear with rare resources, so Thor revised the contract to include Purple Origin Crystal and Thousand-Year Wild Ginseng.
• Thor told Gu Ce to leave for the Elite Training Camp that day, and Gu Ce agreed.

Thor took Gu Ce to Thunderbolt Martial Arts’ headquarters, where Gu Ce joined its Elite Training Camp and learned about the Trial Tower. After choosing his training gear, Gu Ce entered the tower to test how far he could progress.

• Gu Hechang told Wang Heng that the Poison Blood Mushroom could help him break through to War God but might kill him, and Wang Heng agreed to try it.
• Thor brought Gu Ce by fighter jet to Thunderbolt Martial Arts’ headquarters, where Chen Ping introduced him to the training camp’s staff and facilities.
• Gu Ce chose the number 1, which appeared beside his name as no.111 on the camp’s ranking board, and selected a villa for his residence.
• Chen Ping showed Gu Ce the Nine Heavens Tower and explained its Trial Tower levels and their records.
• Gu Ce chose a combat uniform and weapon, then entered the Trial Tower to begin his test.

Gu Ce cleared the first two Trial Tower levels and reached level 3.9 before being overwhelmed by Golden Vultures, then discussed his combat rating and contract rewards with Chen Ping. He left the Virtual Space to train in a gravity chamber, with resources from Thor’s contract offering a path toward becoming a War God.

• Gu Ce killed 50 Brute Oxen in 2 minutes and 18 seconds, then passed the first level’s phase B and phase C trials.
• Gu Ce cleared the second level’s Ironclad Scorpion trials and reached the third level’s phase C, finishing with a Trial Tower Level of 3.9 after Golden Vultures ambushed him.
• Chen Ping was shocked by Gu Ce’s result and learned his force multiplier was double, giving him a Combat Power Amplification of 7.8.
• Gu Ce calculated that the Purple Origin Crystal and Jade Marrow could improve his physical fitness and help him meet another contract condition by passing the third level.
• Chen Ping led Gu Ce out of the Virtual Space and explained that the Lightning Martial Arts School’s gravity chambers could be used freely this month.

After using Jade Marrow and a Purple Origin Crystal to greatly strengthen himself, Gu Ce tested his new abilities by slaughtering monsters in an abandoned city. Meanwhile, Luo Feng revealed that he was a Spirit Reader and prepared to try for the Elite Training Camp, determined to catch up to Gu Ce.

• Gu Ce consumed Jade Marrow and used a Purple Origin Crystal, raising his physical fitness roughly fourfold and reaching Mid-level General strength.
• Luo Feng showed Zhuge Tao his Psychic Power, and Zhuge Tao offered to apply for his entry into the Elite Training Camp while assuring him his family would be protected.
• Luo Feng accepted the opportunity and resolved to catch up to Gu Ce; Zhuge Tao told him Old Yang would take him to the global headquarters for an assessment.
• Gu Ce entered City No. 999 and fought through a beast herd, using his swordplay and Six Eyes to kill its High-level Beast General leader, a Rending Tooth Lizard.
• Gu Ce finished off the remaining monsters but noted that comprehending Conception was difficult.

Gu Ce trained relentlessly, rose to seventeenth place in the Elite Training Camp rankings, and learned about the deadly Antarctica expedition and its trial ruin. He cleared the third floor of the Trial Tower and advanced to its fourth-floor trial, while aiming to reach War God level and comprehend Conception.

• Over a month, Gu Ce trained in the Hunting Area and Gravity Chamber, raised his strength, and climbed to first place in the rankings before the other students returned.
• When the students returned from Antarctica, twenty-two were missing and Gu Ce settled at seventeenth place; Thor took him aside and explained how swarms of monsters had killed students during the life-and-death trial.
• Gu Ce asked to join a future Antarctica expedition and learned that its trial ruin offered rewards for clearing stages, including the Frost and Thousand Year Ice Marrow Crystal.
• Gu Ce asked Thor to borrow the Limitless Martial Arts School's Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber, and Thor agreed to discuss it with Brother Hong.
• Gu Ce killed the final Golden Vulture on the third floor of the Trial Tower, cleared the trial, and began the fourth-floor Stage A challenge.

After using Dragon Blood and Thousand-Year Wild Ginseng, Gu Ce became strong enough to challenge Lord-level Monsters and was summoned to meet Hong. Meanwhile, Luo Feng rapidly advanced in the training camp, and the chapter ended with Hong testing Gu Ce’s ability to withstand his Light Domain.

• Gu Ce used Dragon Blood and Thousand-Year Wild Ginseng, endured a painful transformation, and measured his strength at 72,990 kilograms.
• Thor told Gu Ce that Hong wanted to meet him and offered him a place as an exchange student in the Limitless Martial Arts School's Elite Training Camp.
• Luo Feng and Zhao Ruo hunted a High-level Beast General Silver Moon Dire Wolf, while Luo Feng’s Psychic Power and growing reputation attracted offers from major factions.
• Luo Feng’s relationship with Xu Xin warmed, and the Xu Family supported them and offered Water of Life to help Luo Hua stand again.
• Thor brought Gu Ce to the Limitless Martial Arts School headquarters, where Gu Ce withstood the pressure of Hong’s Light Domain.
• Hong challenged Thor’s claim that Gu Ce was his student by pointing out that the Gu Family would never let Thor take him as a master.

Gu Ce joined the Elite Training Camp, where his strength and generous Gravity Chamber allowance astonished the Jiangnan Pavilion students. After William Edison tried to lure him into a betting match, Gu Ce invited students from around the camp to challenge him one by one for five billion Huaxia credits each.

• Yang Hui brought Gu Ce to Jiangnan Pavilion, where he reunited with Luo Feng and met Shi Jiang and Zhao Ruo.
• Gu Ce revealed that he had a Trial Tower Level of 4.1 and a Combat Power Amplification of 8.2, surprising the students.
• Gu Ce studied Hong's notes on Conception and domains before Luo Feng took him to the Gravity Chamber the next morning.
• William Edison challenged Gu Ce to a betting match, and Gu Ce offered a wager of five billion Huaxia credits for each challenger.
• William gathered students from across the Training Camp, and Gu Ce told them to line up and challenge him one at a time.

Gu Ce defeated a string of challengers while concealing his true strength, then entered the hunting zone with Luo Feng to seek a breakthrough against Lord-level Monsters. After slaughtering the herd around a Blood Scale War Bull’s lair, he faced the enraged Lord-level beast.

• Gu Ce defeated William in the Challenge Room and continued winning challenges, earning over a hundred billion and buying a set of SS-class Equipment.
• Candice judged Gu Ce to be stronger than he appeared and said Renatus planned to challenge him over his Gravity Chamber time.
• Gu Ce followed Luo Feng into the hunting zone and learned the locations of two Beginner Lords and a suspected High-level Lord.
• Luo Feng watched Gu Ce leave using Perfect Level Movement Technique, then turned to hunting monsters himself.
• Gu Ce attacked the herd around a Blood Scale War Bull’s lair, nearly wiping it out and provoking the Lord-level monster to charge him.

Gu Ce lured the High-level Lord Purple Lightning Li Dragon out of its lake and fought it to comprehend the Water Artistic Conception. He killed it from within after mastering an offensive version of the Longevity Swordplay’s Third Layer.

• Thor learned that Inspector Jiang had been forced into the sealed Antarctic ruins after King-level Monsters attacked the base, and he said he would investigate when he could.
• Gu Ce killed a Blood Scale War Bull, then headed to the forbidden lake in City No. 1001 to challenge the Purple Lightning Li Dragon.
• Inspector Wang watched Gu Ce enter the High-level Lord Monster’s territory and worried that he would be killed, but Hong’s order prevented him from intervening.
• Gu Ce wounded the Purple Lightning Li Dragon, studied the waves, and comprehended the Water Artistic Conception as the monster attacked.
• The Purple Lightning Li Dragon swallowed Gu Ce, but he cut his way out with eight slashes, killed it, and celebrated mastering the Longevity Swordplay’s Third Layer.

After killing the Purple Lightning Li Dragon and comprehending the Water Artistic Conception, Gu Ce claimed the top spot on the Black Dragon Ranking, drawing attention from factions around the world. Thor delivered Gu Ce’s rewards, including the longsword Frost and a Black God Set, and Gu Ce reminded him about the ruins in Antarctica.

• Gu Ce named his new sword move Wave, arranged for the Training Camp to salvage the Purple Lightning Li Dragon’s corpse, and returned to claim his rewards.
• Renatus challenged Gu Ce, but Gu Ce entered the trial room; his ranking rose to first place, and Renatus withdrew his challenge.
• Gu Ce’s first-place ranking caused a stir worldwide, and major factions investigated his background before his name disappeared from the Black Dragon Ranking.
• Thor met Gu Ce on a fighter jet and gave him the longsword Frost and a Black God Set as rewards.
• Gu Ce asked Thor whether he had forgotten the ruins in Antarctica.

Gu Ce accompanied Thor to Antarctica after using the Thousand Year Ice Marrow Crystal to greatly increase his strength. They reached an ancient ruin where Inspector Jiang had gone missing, and found a white gate deep inside an icy cavern.

• Gu Ce used the Thousand Year Ice Marrow Crystal and finished his transformation several hours later, while Thor warned him not to challenge a King-level Monster.
• Gu Hechang told Gu Hesheng that Gu Ce had surpassed him and revealed that he planned to explore a ruin with the Wang Family and Xu Family to seek a cure for his injuries.
• Thor and Gu Ce arrived at the Antarctic base, where a short, fat man reported that the King-level Monsters had withdrawn and Inspector Jiang had gone missing inside the ruins.
• Gu Ce insisted on accompanying Thor, and they traveled to a cave within a snow mountain.
• Gu Ce and Thor crossed an icy tunnel into an enormous cavern and saw a pure white, jade-like gate.

Thor explained that the ruins were an extraterrestrial trial ground, but Jiang Hao died after emerging from it and Gu Ce was pulled inside. Gu Ce began a sword-technique trial while an Intelligent Life recognized him as a promising match for its master's inheritance.

• Thor told Gu Ce that the ruins were an extraterrestrial trial ground with different stages and dangers for Apprentice Level and Planetary Level entrants.
• The White Jade Gate opened, and Thor found Jiang Hao dead outside it; when Thor turned around, Gu Ce had disappeared inside the gate.
• Gu Ce found himself in a vast white room and received instructions to master a sword technique within one year, with faster completion earning higher ratings.
• A blue Slime-shaped Intelligent Life watched Gu Ce and decided he was a promising candidate compatible with its master's inheritance.

Gu Ce passed the Combat Assessment after learning a new sword move and defeating a robot, then prepared for the final inheritance trial. Meanwhile, Gu Hechang and a group of War Gods entered an underwater ruin and found a massive Bronze City.

• Gu Ce completed the swordplay in one day and began the Combat Assessment against a robot that matched his strength.
• Gu Ce copied the robot's movement technique and used it to regain an even footing before creating the Wave sword move.
• Gu Hechang met the Wang Family and Xu Family's team, agreed on shares for the ruin's discoveries, and led six War Gods underwater.
• Gu Hechang and the others reached a massive Bronze City at the bottom of the Yangtze River.
• Gu Ce defeated the robot in 41 minutes and 7 seconds, earned an Excellent evaluation, and qualified for the final inheritance trial.

Gu Ce passed the final inheritance trial by resisting a series of layered illusions and defeating the robot, earning the inheritance of the Ice Desolation World Lord. With Rimuru as his new Intelligent Life companion, he reconsidered his plans for entering the universe.

• Gu Ce realized his classroom and memories of Chen Xiaxuan were illusions and shattered them by holding to his true self.
• Rimuru watched Gu Ce resist the illusions and judged him a rare candidate with strong potential.
• Gu Ce defeated the robot with his Wave Sword Technique and passed the final assessment.
• Rimuru explained that its master, the Ice Desolation World Lord, had been a World Lord genius in the Virtual Universe Company and had left Gu Ce an inheritance.
• Gu Ce named the blue Slime Rimuru, put on the Intelligent Optical Computer, and decided there was no rush to travel into the universe.
• Gu Ce asked whether the Ice Desolation World Lord had left behind an inheritance.