Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen opened an arena and challenged warriors of his rank, promising prizes to anyone who could force him out of a marked circle. He effortlessly repelled the first challenger, Da Niu, and gained 100 Training Points, leaving the watching Barbarians fearful of his strength.

• Ji Hongdie defended Lu Chen’s challenge to Ji Xiaoling, saying she trusted him to stand up for her even if he lost.
• A Barbarian Body Warrior named Da Niu accepted Lu Chen’s challenge after paying one Blood Replenishing Pill as an entry fee.
• Lu Chen offered fine steel weapons and other prizes to anyone who knocked him out of the circle.
• Da Niu charged Lu Chen with Barbarian Bull Charge, but Lu Chen punched him back without moving from his spot.
• The Barbarians watched in fear as Lu Chen defeated Da Niu and earned 100 Training Points.

Lu Chen used a same-rank challenge arena and rewards to draw Barbarian warriors into fighting him for experience points. As the crowd grew and challenger after challenger climbed onto the stage, he kept defeating them and watched his experience points rise.

• Lu Chen explained that he had set up the arena to earn experience points by defeating Barbarians who challenged him.
• When no one stepped forward, Lu Chen signaled Ji Hongdie, who mocked the Barbarians for their reluctance to fight.
• A Barbarian challenged Lu Chen, but Lu Chen struck him off the arena with a single punch.
• More Barbarians surged onto the stage, encouraged by the rewards, the fame, and the low risk of losing.
• Lu Chen defeated a steady stream of challengers and gained experience points as thousands gathered to watch.

Lu Chen drew the Barbarians’ admiration by defeating challenger after challenger, while the other princes considered how to respond. The Eighth and Ninth Princes wanted to copy his arena challenge, but Amu questioned whether they could match his strength.

• Ji Hongdie mocked the Barbarians while Chan'er feared their hostile stares, and Ji Hongdie trusted that Lu Chen would protect them.
• Lu Chen defeated nearly a hundred challengers without injury, winning the Barbarians’ cheers and turning his boast of being Invincible in the Same Rank into a source of admiration.
• The Seventh Prince recognized Lu Chen’s growing influence but chose not to oppose him, hoping they could become allies.
• The Eighth and Ninth Princes decided they wanted to build arenas and draw crowds like Lu Chen, but Amu told them to sit down and asked whether they could withstand attacks from warriors of their rank.

Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince worried that Thirteenth Prince Lu Chen’s growing support would make him impossible to challenge, but Amu explained that even a loss could strengthen Lu Chen’s position. When a powerful Silver Bloodline warrior entered the arena, Lu Chen faced him with a roar that left him stunned and eager to follow the prince after their fight.

• Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince asked whether they should intervene as Lu Chen’s victories drew more supporters, and Amu argued that other Gold Bloodline warriors would eventually challenge him.
• Amu explained that Lu Chen’s supporters would likely remain loyal even if he lost, provided he was not defeated too easily.
• A powerful warrior from the Vanguard Camp entered the arena, and spectators debated whether Lu Chen could beat him under the rule that being pushed out of the circle counted as a loss.
• The warrior apologized to Lu Chen, explaining that he wanted to win weapons for his younger brother, and Lu Chen challenged him to earn the reward by defeating him.
• Lu Chen roared with such force that the warrior was stunned, then declared he would follow Lu Chen after the fight; Lu Chen told him to prove himself in battle.

Lu Chen defeated a Barbarian warrior’s Jump Slash by striking him down with a long-range Air Blade, astonishing the crowd and the watching princes. More challengers stepped forward, while Lu Chen welcomed the fights and the princes struggled to understand how quickly he had mastered Barbarian Bull Shock Fist.

• A Barbarian warrior used Jump Slash to attack Lu Chen from the air, but Lu Chen sent him flying with an Air Blade from his longsword.
• The watching Barbarians praised Lu Chen’s strength, and more warriors challenged him because he could not leave the circle.
• Lu Chen welcomed the challengers, hoping to gain experience points from the repeated fights.
• The Eighth Prince, Seventh Prince, and Cloud Prefecture observers recognized Lu Chen’s Air Blade as Barbarian Bull Shock Fist and were shocked he had learned it in about a month.
• The Eighth Prince said he had practiced Barbarian Bull Shock Fist for three years to send its force a dozen meters, while Lu Chen’s strike had traveled nearly a hundred.

Lu Chen used linked skills to transform Barbarian Bull Shock Fist into devastating Shocking Sword Qi and dominated the arena, knocking away every challenger. He then offered the defeated Barbarians’ Blood Replenishing Pills as an additional prize, drawing an even larger crowd of challengers and catching the attention of geniuses and Chieftain's Sons.

• Lu Chen learned Barbarian Bull Shock Fist and linked it with his sword skills, Fatal Blow, Heavy Blow, and Leap Slash to boost its range and power.
• Lu Chen unleashed Shocking Sword Qi in the arena and blasted Barbarians back down before they could reach him.
• Lu Chen signaled Ji Hongdie to taunt the Barbarians and provoke more of them into challenging him.
• Lu Chen offered the Blood Replenishing Pills left by defeated challengers to anyone who could force him out of his circle with strength of the same rank.
• The prize offer sent the Barbarians rushing to challenge Lu Chen, while geniuses from Cloud Prefecture and some Chieftain's Sons began to take interest.

Lu Chen defeated a burrowing Barbarian with an earthquake-like stomp, alarming the princes who feared his growing influence. After accumulating 50,000 Training Points and tiring from hundreds of fights, he paused the arena until afternoon.

• A burrowing Barbarian tried to overturn the ground beneath Lu Chen, but Lu Chen stomped and shook him unconscious before tossing him out of the arena.
• The Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, and Amu worried that Lu Chen’s strength would attract Chieftains’ Sons, so Amu ordered Mountain Boar Family children to challenge him one after another.
• The Seventh Prince asked Ji Xiaoling to arrange challenges against Lu Chen, including Barbarian Bone Realm fighters, to stop his winning streak.
• Lu Chen continued defeating challengers and discovered that he had accumulated 50,000 Training Points.
• After fighting hundreds of opponents and growing tired, Lu Chen announced a break for lunch, and the Barbarians accepted his pause and wished him rest.

After Lu Chen’s arena victories attracted eager supporters from Cloud Prefecture, he realized they hoped to invest in his future. Ji Hongdie urged him to avoid powerful challengers and protect his winning streak, but Lu Chen insisted on facing them to grow stronger.

• After leaving the arena exhausted, Lu Chen accepted an invitation to rest at a medicinal hot spring and sent away the girls who offered to serve him, keeping Ji Hongdie by his side.
• Ji Hongdie explained that Lu Chen’s victories had drawn people hoping to pledge themselves to him, and Lu Chen realized they wanted to invest in his future.
• Ji Hongdie said powerful fighters had registered and proposed choosing opponents to keep the strongest away from Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen welcomed the chance to fight stronger opponents for experience, but Ji Hongdie warned that a defeat could undermine his prestige and pleaded with him to reconsider.
• Lu Chen refused to change his mind, leaving Ji Hongdie unable to persuade him.

While Lu Chen rested after declaring himself Invincible in the Same Rank, Ji Hongdie planned to blunt the Seventh Prince’s scheme, and word of Lu Chen’s challenge spread across the Royal Court. The Cloud Prefecture Prince saw Lu Chen’s rise as a threat to his region’s interests and resolved to exploit any defeat that might shake Lu Chen’s confidence.

• Ji Hongdie decided to space out the expert challengers with ordinary Barbarian Body Warriors so the Seventh Prince’s plan to undermine Lu Chen would fail.
• Ji Hongdie reflected on how the Seventh Prince had abandoned her and felt loyalty and affection for Lu Chen, who rested before the afternoon’s battles.
• Barbarians spread news of Lu Chen’s claim and rewards through the Royal Court’s taverns, drawing more challengers to the military camp.
• The King praised Lu Chen’s boldness after hearing that he had proclaimed himself Invincible in the Same Rank.
• The Cloud Prefecture Prince gathered his people and explained that Lu Chen’s rise could force Cloud Prefecture to surrender trade benefits, so they hoped a defeat would damage his will.

Lu Chen hosted a packed arena challenge, eager to face swordsmen and advance his trial mission. After defeating a succession of stronger Barbarians, he confronted Lin Feng, whose surprise sword thrust seemed to put Lu Chen in danger—until Lu Chen revealed he had anticipated it.

• Ji Hongdie told Lu Chen that many challengers from Cloud Prefecture would arrive, and Lu Chen asked her to put the swordsmen first.
• Lu Chen entered the arena to cheers and defeated the Barbarian challengers, including increasingly powerful bloodline users.
• After Lu Chen defeated nine opponents, Lin Feng of the Lingyun Sect stepped onto the arena and criticized Lu Chen's claim to be Invincible in the Same Rank.
• Lu Chen used All Things of Attraction to pull Lin Feng close, and Lin Feng pretended to struggle while preparing a concealed sword thrust.
• Lin Feng lunged for Lu Chen's throat, but Lu Chen calmly said that, as a swordsman himself, he could see through any sword technique.

Lu Chen overwhelmed the Cloud Prefecture Swordsmen and Barbarians who challenged him, deliberately leaving defeated opponents alive to attract more challengers and gain experience. After he effortlessly defeated a second Swordsman, the Sword Test of Heroes trial reached 2/100.

• Lu Chen smashed Lin Feng’s sword, knocked him down, and left him alive so more challengers would step forward.
• Lu Chen provoked the Cloud Prefecture fighters, and many went to Xiao Wei to register for challenges while Barbarians kept the peace around the arena.
• Lu Chen sent nine Barbarian Body Warriors flying with Shocking Sword Qi before another Yun Zhou Swordsman took the stage.
• In a distant building, Lin Yi claimed his disciple would not lose as easily as the previous one, while other sect representatives mocked him.
• Lu Chen dragged the second Swordsman in with All Things of Attraction, ignored his sword qi with his armor, and choked him unconscious.
• The Barbarians cheered as Lu Chen received 100 experience points, bringing the Sword Test of Heroes trial to 2/100.

Lu Chen faced another Lingyun Sect swordsman and used All Things of Attraction to drag him close despite his attempts to resist. The swordsman unleashed the Jade Shattering Art, but Lu Chen’s Cold Iron Battle Armor withstood the explosion, leaving the swordsman defeated and despairing.

• Ji Hongdie increased the frequency of swordsmen appearing in the arena after Lu Chen indicated he could handle them.
• The swordsman tried to evade Lu Chen, but Lu Chen used All Things of Attraction to pull him across the arena despite his efforts to anchor himself.
• The swordsman used the Jade Shattering Art, pouring his essence and blood vitality into his sword before hurling it at Lu Chen.
• The sword exploded beside Lu Chen, but his Cold Iron Battle Armor stopped the fragments from seriously harming him.
• Lu Chen grabbed the wounded swordsman by the throat and praised his resolve, while the swordsman faced the despair of having given everything without defeating Lu Chen.

Lu Chen continued defeating Cloud Prefecture swordsmen in the Sword Test of Heroes, leaving the Cloud Prefecture fighters demoralized and the watching sect leaders wondering why he seemed to target Lingyun Sword Sect. As Cloud Prefecture merchants secretly invested in Lu Chen, the Lingyun elder considered sending him gifts, while Lu Chen remained cheerful as his trial progress reached 9/100.

• Lu Chen knocked out the last Cloud Prefecture swordsman and tossed him toward his team, whose members hesitated after seeing Lu Chen withstand Jade Shattering Swordplay with one hand.
• The experts watching from a distant tower stopped mocking the Lingyun Sect elder and worried about their own disciples facing Lu Chen.
• Prince and the other experts asked the Lingyun Sect elder whether his sect had offended the Thirteenth Prince because Lu Chen kept fighting its people.
• Cloud Prefecture merchants secretly supported Lu Chen as a possible future Barbarian King, and the Lingyun elder began considering sending him gifts.
• Lu Chen reflected on the Cloud Prefecture swordsmen's varied techniques as system notifications recorded another victory and raised his trial completion to 9/100.

Lu Chen continued defeating challengers from Cloud Prefecture, while the princes and Ji Hongdie prepared for the possibility that he might lose. Hou Yi entered the arena using Doppelganger Illusions, but Lu Chen’s Star Sucking Art pulled the invisible swordsman into his grasp, leaving Hou Yi asking how his technique had been exposed.

• Lu Chen kept winning against challengers from Cloud Prefecture, earning cheers from the Barbarians and worrying his rivals.
• The Seventh Prince, Amu, and Ji Hongdie made plans to limit the damage if Lu Chen lost.
• Hou Yi stepped forward to fight Lu Chen, encouraged his fellow disciples, and claimed his ability could counter the Star Sucking Art.
• Hou Yi created two Doppelganger Illusions and believed Lu Chen had failed to locate him.
• Lu Chen used the Star Sucking Art to drag the invisible Hou Yi close and seize him by the neck.
• Hou Yi asked Lu Chen how he had seen through his move.

Lu Chen continued defeating Lingyun Sect swordsmen in the arena, pushing his Sword Test of Heroes to 38%. Ling Qing, the sect master's daughter and the Third Prince's fiancée, volunteered to challenge him, while Lu Chen insisted he was a swordsman and the crowd mocked his claim.

• Lu Chen used Direct Perception to expose Hou Yi's invisibility, defeated him, and continued fighting Lingyun Sect disciples.
• After two more hours of battle, Lu Chen had defeated nearly all the Lingyun Sect members and advanced his Sword Test of Heroes to 38%.
• Ling Qing entered the Yun Zhou Executives' room and asked permission from Lin Yi and the Prince to fight Lu Chen.
• Lin Yi judged that Ling Qing's abilities countered Lu Chen, and the Prince allowed her to challenge him.
• Ji Hongdie arranged for Ling Qing to be selected as Lu Chen's next opponent.
• Ling Qing accused Lu Chen of targeting her sect, while Lu Chen explained he wanted to test Cloud Prefecture swordsmen and claimed to be a swordsman, drawing jeers from the Barbarians.

Lu Chen faced Ling Qing, whose Mist Concealment ability let her turn into fog and attack through deceptive clones. After she wounded him, she worried her strength would run out before she could defeat him, while Lu Chen summoned Stand-Star Platinum to reveal his true power.

• Ling Qing charged at Lu Chen, transformed into mist when he reached for her, and shrouded the arena in fog that weakened his senses.
• Lu Chen identified several vital spots and teased Ling Qing about her dramatic threats, then sent Shocking Sword Qi through the mist without lasting effect.
• Ling Qing struck Lu Chen’s cheek with mist-like sword qi while he dispersed her clone, drawing the first blood he had shed in the arena battles.
• Ling Qing realized Lu Chen’s toughness made the fight unwinnable for her, and she warned him that her next attack might kill him.
• Lu Chen refused to surrender and summoned Stand-Star Platinum, which drew in a huge breath.

Lu Chen defeated Ling Qing after Star Platinum inhaled her Mist Concealment and struck her unconscious, while Ji Hongdie and the Barbarian elders prevented outside interference. Ji Hongdie then arranged a powerful Barbarian Bone Realm opponent to stop Lu Chen’s winning streak, and the challenger entered the arena confident of victory.

• Star Platinum inhaled most of Ling Qing’s mist, and Lu Chen pulled her close and knocked her unconscious with an Ora punch.
• Ji Hongdie mocked Ling Qing for expecting Lu Chen to spare her, while the defeated Lingyun Sect disciples backed down from Lu Chen.
• In a distant high-rise, the Lingyun Sword Sect elder and a prince grew furious at Ling Qing’s injury, but the Barbarian King’s pressure forced them to stay out of the contest.
• Ji Hongdie decided Lu Chen should face a strong opponent, and a Chieftain’s Son at the peak of the Barbarian Bone Realm stepped onto the arena.
• Lu Chen sensed that the challenger had greater vitality than he did and recognized his powerful bloodline; the challenger declared that he would win.

Lu Chen fought Barbarian Bear, a stronger and higher-ranked Chieftain’s Son, and struggled to overcome his superior strength and durability. Cornered with his sword trapped and Barbarian Bear striking at him, Lu Chen summoned Star Platinum, but its punches barely harmed the giant.

• The Barbarians recognized Barbarian Bear and began to fear that Lu Chen would lose to the higher-ranked warrior.
• Lu Chen leaped at Barbarian Bear, split his thrown boulder with sword qi, and struck him with his Meteor Sword, but the clash sent Lu Chen flying and left Barbarian Bear standing despite being wounded.
• Lu Chen used All Things of Attraction to pull himself back toward Barbarian Bear, and they charged into each other before trading powerful blows.
• Barbarian Bear transformed into a bear giant, repeatedly overpowered Lu Chen, blocked his sword with his bare palm, and trapped the weapon while striking at his chest.
• Lu Chen summoned Star Platinum to unleash a barrage of punches, but Barbarian Bear’s tough hide absorbed the attacks without a scratch.

Lu Chen fought Barbarian Bear, a higher-ranked Chieftain’s Son, in a brutal arena battle that appeared to end with Lu Chen trapped by the Ancient Tribe’s Bear Hug of the World. He escaped the crushing embrace and struck Barbarian Bear, whose attacks then passed through him, leaving Barbarian Bear wondering whether Lu Chen was human or an evil spirit.

• Lu Chen and Star Platinum battled Barbarian Bear while the Barbarians cheered and Ji Hongdie and others urged Lu Chen to stop before he was badly hurt.
• Barbarian Bear spread his arms and trapped Lu Chen with the Ancient Tribe’s secret technique, Bear Hug of the World, convincing the spectators that Lu Chen had lost.
• Barbarian Bear’s embrace failed to catch Lu Chen, and Lu Chen struck him in the head with the Meteor Sword, making him bleed.
• Barbarian Bear struck at Lu Chen again, but his palm passed through Lu Chen’s figure, leaving him shocked and questioning whether Lu Chen was human or a ghost.

Lu Chen defeated Barbarian Bear by using Phantom Keiga’s spatial ability, leaving the watching Barbarians afraid he was an evil spirit. A Witch Doctor Master explained the ability and urged Lu Chen to heal, but Lu Chen refused and chose to continue the arena matches.

• Lu Chen defeated Barbarian Bear with a sword strike and gained 3,000 Experience Points.
• The Barbarians feared Lu Chen and wondered whether he was an evil spirit after seeing him dodge Barbarian Bear’s attacks.
• Lu Chen recalled that Phantom Keiga let him enter the Weird Realm and evade attacks through space.
• A Witch Doctor Master stopped the Barbarians from attacking and explained that Lu Chen had used a spatial ability.
• The Witch Doctor Master praised Lu Chen’s potential as an Overlord-level Expert and offered him a pill.
• Lu Chen refused to pause the matches to recover, saying that battle would help him grow.