Chapter Summaries

Xu Feng fought a Crimson Flame Black Panther in City No. 003 and, under pressure, comprehended the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, killing it with one strike. After monsters gathered near his building, he prepared to return to the Base City and escaped across the rooftops.

• Xu Feng encountered a Crimson Flame Black Panther and struggled to overcome its speed and formidable defense.
• The panther wounded Xu Feng, but his attacks failed to injure it, leaving him unable to gain the upper hand.
• Watching the panther move through the trees, Xu Feng realized how to comprehend the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade.
• Xu Feng charged the panther with his newly mastered technique and killed it with a single strike.
• Dozens of monsters gathered beneath Xu Feng’s building after his shout, so he gathered his gear and fled toward the Base City across the rooftops.

After three days of training, Xu Feng ventured deeper into City No. 003, where a hidden assassin attacked him. Xu Feng killed the man, but the fight drew a Wyvern, leaving him facing a Beginner Lord-level Monster he believed he could not defeat.

• Xu Feng spent three days integrating the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade's force generation into his movement before continuing into City No. 003.
• A black-clad assassin ambushed Xu Feng, but Xu Feng used a throwing knife to disarm him and revealed himself as a Psychic Master.
• The assassin fled through the city, and Xu Feng pursued him despite the dangers of the monster-filled area.
• The wounded assassin tried to draw Xu Feng into a Wyvern's territory, but Xu Feng killed him with a throwing knife through the heart.
• The clash alerted the Wyvern, which flew toward Xu Feng, who recognized it as a Beginner Lord-level Monster he likely could not kill.

Xu Feng fought a Lord-level Wyvern whose strength and speed overwhelmed him in close combat. He unleashed the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade to knock it from the sky, harvested its materials, and left exhausted.

• Xu Feng attacked the Wyvern with throwing knives and dodged its claws, but it seized him and sent him flying with its superior strength.
• Xu Feng continued fighting the Wyvern, blocking and evading its attacks while suffering wounds and being driven into a severe disadvantage.
• Xu Feng stopped controlling his throwing knives, focused his Mental Power into the Blood Shadow Saber, and struck the Wyvern with the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade.
• Xu Feng's strike sent the Wyvern crashing into the ground and left it unable to move.
• Xu Feng harvested the Wyvern's valuable materials and left before another monster could attack him.

Xu Feng joined the Elite Training Camp, signed a contract with the Limitless Martial Arts School, and set his sights on obtaining Dragon Blood and a Black God Suit to rapidly improve his strength. After meeting fellow students at a welcome banquet, he was introduced to his instructor, Jiang Fang.

• After returning from the Wilderness Zone, Xu Feng spent time with his family until July 1, when Zhou Zhengyong arranged a flight for him and Yang Hui to Hong Ning Base City.
• Yang Hui explained the camp’s student rankings and resource rules, then had Xu Feng sign a contract offering him 5 billion Huaxia Currency in annual operating funds and valuable rewards for meeting training goals.
• Xu Feng resolved to raise his Combat Power Amplitude to 12, obtain Dragon Blood, and later seek Spirits of Plants in Australia.
• Shi Jiang and Zhao Ruo welcomed Xu Feng, and he attended a gathering with the China faction’s twenty-one students at the Elite Training Camp.
• The next morning, Shi Jiang introduced Xu Feng to Jiang Fang, who became his direct instructor and said he was her sixth student.

Xu Feng trained with Instructor Jiang Fang, who corrected his saber technique and introduced him to the Gravity Room. After learning the camp’s schedule and resource rules, Xu Feng discovered he could take a Trial Tower rank assessment during his first month.

• Jiang Fang sparred with Xu Feng, demonstrated how his rigid use of strength left him vulnerable, and told him to think about applying the first three levels of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade flexibly.
• Jiang Fang brought Xu Feng to the Gravity Room and set it to ten times gravity, where he struggled to stand and practiced swinging his saber.
• Jiang Fang explained that Xu Feng would receive her guidance in the mornings, train in the Gravity Room, and hunt monsters on odd-numbered days to earn Battle Points.
• Xu Feng checked his email and learned that he ranked 181st, had one hour each in the Gravity Room and Trial Room, and could take a Trial Tower assessment without using his allotted Trial Room time.

Xu Feng began hunting monsters and training at the Elite Training Camp, aiming to raise his Nine Heavens Thunder Blade to the Fourth Layer and qualify for a Dragon Blood contract. Jiang Fang's lessons helped him recognize that his saber technique was only at the Specialized level and showed him what he needed to learn next.

• Xu Feng decided to cultivate hard for a month so he could improve his force amplification and seek a contract like Luo Feng's.
• On July 2, Xu Feng joined the other students in City 1001 and hunted monsters, using his Psychic Master talent and Perfect Level Movement Technique to earn Battle Points efficiently.
• Jiang Fang intensified Xu Feng's daily training in saber techniques, movement, and Gene Energy, while he steadily improved at the Elite Training Camp.
• Xu Feng attended Jiang Fang's public saber technique class and learned the differences between the Mastery and Artistic Conception realms.
• Jiang Fang demonstrated an Artistic Conception-level saber technique, making the students feel as though flames surged toward them.

Jiang Fang coached Xu Feng in saber sparring, where his skill improved rapidly, then tested his movement technique and judged it to be at the Perfect level. She arranged for him to practice saber techniques with her twice a day starting tomorrow.

• Jiang Fang demonstrated Artistic Conception-level saber techniques and explained ways for students to improve.
• Xu Feng sparred with Peng Chen and other students, and Jiang Fang told him to limit his strength and saber speed during class.
• Xu Feng's saber technique improved from Proficient to Mastery through repeated matches, impressing the students and Jiang Fang.
• Jiang Fang tested Xu Feng's movement technique in her private training ground and assessed it as Perfect level.
• Jiang Fang instructed Xu Feng to train saber techniques with her each morning and afternoon starting the next day, while arranging his own Gravity Room time.

Xu Feng comprehended the fourth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade and entered the Trial Tower for his first assessment, hoping to raise his Combat Power Amplitude above 12 and claim his contract rewards. As he faced the first C-grade trial, trainees gathered to watch the rankings, while Mo Qi Delufei learned of his unassessed rank and waited anxiously for the result.

• Xu Feng used the image of ripples on a mirror-like water surface to comprehend the fourth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, bringing his fist force generation to 3.5.
• Xu Feng left Jiangnan Pavilion and headed to the Nine-Layered Tower, where trainees realized he had not yet taken his first-month Trial Tower assessment.
• Xu Feng entered the Trial Tower, passed the first two stages, and reached the first floor's C-grade trial against 200 Brutal Ox monsters.
• Trainees rushed to the Black Dragon Sculpture to watch for Xu Feng's ranking change as he fought the charging herd.
• Luo Luoya told Mo Qi Delufei that Xu Feng was taking his first assessment despite already ranking 85th, and Mo Qi agreed to watch for the result.

Xu Feng passed the first floor of the Trial Tower and climbed to 18th in the training camp rankings, drawing praise from the trainees and instructors. After failing to finish the third-floor trial before time ran out, he continued hunting monsters to improve his standing before the monthly rankings closed.

• Xu Feng killed 100 Elementary and 10 Intermediate Brutal Oxen to pass the first floor’s C-grade stage and reached level 2.0 in the Trial Tower.
• Xu Feng began the second floor’s A-grade trial, where he had to kill 50 Ironclad Scorpions within ten minutes, while the rankings rose from 85th to 51st and then 18th.
• The trainees and instructors celebrated Xu Feng’s rise, and Jiang Fang praised him when he left the Nine-Layered Tower; Xu Feng said he had failed the third-floor trial, though he had only run out of time.
• Xu Feng’s ranking slipped to 19th after other trainees returned from hunting, so he spent the 28th hunting monsters and earned more Battle Points before returning that night.

Xu Feng trained in the Trial Tower while students and intelligence teams watched the Black Dragon Ranking. His rank climbed from eighteenth to ninth, and the gathered students realized he was raising his Trial Tower level in real time.

• Xu Feng entered the Trial Tower and passed the third-floor A-grade stage by killing fifty Elementary Beast General Golden Vultures.
• Xu Feng began the third-floor B-grade trial, fighting a swarm of Golden Vultures and repeatedly dying as he struggled to improve his movement technique.
• Mo Qi returned from hunting and, with Luo Luoya, saw Xu Feng’s rank rise from eighteenth to ninth despite his not going into the Wilderness Zone that day.
• Students accused Xu Feng of gaining Points through a wagered battle, but others confirmed he was in the trial room.
• The students recognized that Xu Feng’s ranking increase came from his Trial Tower progress and waited to see whether he would set a new record.

Xu Feng took first place on the Elite Training Camp’s Black Dragon Ranking in his first month, drawing attention from his family and powerful organizations. His achievement also eased the Xu Family’s pressure on Xu Xin’s relationship with Luo Feng, while Xu Feng returned to his pavilion after being swarmed with congratulations and invitations.

• At 11:20, the Black Dragon Ranking showed Xu Feng in first place, astonishing Jiang Fang, the students, and the instructors.
• Xu Zimo celebrated Xu Feng’s achievement and imagined the status it could bring the Xu Family.
• Intelligence agents across Hong Ning Base City reported Xu Feng’s ranking and assessed his Combat Power Amplitude and Mental Power Talent.
• Xu Gang told Xu Xin that Xu Feng had taken first place, and Xu Xin realized her family would no longer pressure her about Luo Feng.
• Xu Feng spoke with Zhao Ruo and Shi Jiang, then hurried back to his pavilion after students congratulated him and factions extended invitations.

Xu Feng claimed the rewards he had earned by exceeding a Combat Power Amplitude of 12, including Dragon Blood, a Black God Suit, weapons, and manuals. He secured the delivery in his underground chamber and prepared to use the Dragon Blood.

• Xu Feng checked his contract and called the martial arts school to claim rewards after his Combat Power Amplitude reached 12.6.
• A representative confirmed Xu Feng qualified for the reward and arranged a Combat Suit and weapon set, Nine Heavens Thunder Blade manuals, Dragon Blood, and a Black God Suit.
• Xu Feng waited at the training camp entrance until a truck arrived with his coded case and verified its contents.
• Xu Feng carried the rewards back to Jiangnan Pavilion and locked himself in the underground secret chamber to use the Dragon Blood.

Xu Feng opened his case and used the Dragon Blood, enduring a painful transformation that greatly strengthened his body and Mental Power. He awoke with bronze-colored skin and began testing his new strength by punching dents into the underground chamber’s alloy wall.

• Xu Feng opened the case and found the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade manual, the Black God Suit, and the Dragon Blood.
• Xu Feng poured the Dragon Blood over his body and endured escalating pain until he fainted.
• As the Dragon Blood transformed Xu Feng’s body, his Mental Power surged and mist in his sea of consciousness condensed into droplets.
• Xu Feng woke covered in grime, discovered his skin had turned bronze, and felt that his strength had tripled.
• Xu Feng punched deep dents into the alloy wall and shouted with exhilaration.

After taking Dragon Blood, Xu Feng tested his greatly increased physical and mental strength and planned to leave the Elite Training Camp after its life-and-death trial to pursue Planetary level. His first-place ranking drew attention, and Jiang Fang advised him to join the Limitless Martial Arts School, whose Headmaster could offer the best resources.

• Xu Feng tested his punch strength at the Nine-Layered Tower and measured 118,001 kilograms, then used an SSS-rank throwing knife to strike with 416,236 kilograms of force.
• Xu Feng planned to use the August life-and-death trial to strengthen himself before focusing on reaching Planetary level.
• On July 29, the student rankings settled with Xu Feng in first place, and his classmates praised him and teased him about Mo Qi's interest.
• After knife technique class, Jiang Fang warned Xu Feng that other organizations would seek him out and urged him to join the Limitless Martial Arts School for its superior access to treasures and resources.

Xu Feng and the other trainees arrived on the Australian Continent for a twenty-eight-day life-or-death adventure. He set out alone, seeking the Monkey Mountain Range and a route to the island where Spirits of Plants grew.

• An instructor warned the trainees about the Australian Continent’s monster hordes and Lord-level Monsters before a flying monster swarm attacked their aircraft.
• Xu Feng declined Zhao Ruo’s proposal to team up, and Shi Jiang reassured her that others would seek companions.
• After the aircraft landed, an instructor told the trainees to record their coordinates and survive for twenty-eight days before the return flight.
• Xu Feng equipped himself with combat gear and extra backpacks, planning to find Thousand-Year Willow Wood Hearts and other Spirits of Plants before hunting monsters in earnest.
• Xu Feng raced through the wilderness toward the Monkey Mountain Range, killing any monster that blocked his path.

After Luo Feng returned home from his martial artist assessment, Xu Feng found the Mist Island he had been searching for on the Australian Continent. As he flew over its fog-shrouded lake, an electric Monster Fish attacked him.

• Luo Feng returned home to his excited family and, after seeing news about Xu Feng on Extreme Home, made him his goal.
• Xu Feng found the Monkey Mountain Range and recognized it as a landmark near the nameless island, but left the King Kong Ape alive for Luo Feng.
• Xu Feng followed a river to a vast lake and confirmed that the hidden island at its center was Mist Island.
• Xu Feng flew over the fog-covered lake, sensing numerous aquatic monsters below and slowing as the fog reduced his visibility.
• A horned blue-green Monster Fish emerged and fired a bolt of lightning at Xu Feng.

Xu Feng crossed Lakeheart Island’s dangerous waters, survived lightning and soul attacks, and reached the island’s silent forest. He cut down nine mutated willow trees and drank the essence from a Willow Wood Heart, triggering a powerful change in his body.

• Xu Feng dodged the Monster Fish’s lightning barrage but was nearly swallowed after a sonic attack and suction force assailed him; he escaped by throwing two knives at the creature.
• Xu Feng reached Lakeheart Island, where the monsters fell silent, then fought through three mutated man-eating flowers to find nine mutated willow trees.
• Xu Feng’s throwing knives cut through the willow branches while he attacked the Willow Tree King with his Blood Shadow Saber and felled it.
• Xu Feng swiftly cut down the other eight mutated willow trees and collected their Willow Wood Hearts.
• Xu Feng pierced a green Willow Wood Heart, drank its essence, and felt his cells undergo astonishing changes.

Xu Feng absorbed the Thousand-Year Willow Wood Heart, greatly increasing his physical fitness and Mental Power until he approached the War God limit. He then burrowed beneath Mist Island to search for the Meteor Star Ship and Bata, hoping to gain a small benefit without taking Luo Feng’s opportunity.

• Xu Feng underwent a painless transformation as the Willow Wood Heart’s vitality improved his body and sea of consciousness.
• Xu Feng’s physical fitness reached Intermediate War God level, and his dark golden sphere shattered, releasing a surge of Mental Power.
• After the transformation ended, Xu Feng assessed his strength and decided to save his remaining Spirits of Plants for his family.
• Xu Feng used his throwing knives and Mental Power to burrow underground toward the Meteor Star Ship beneath Mist Island.
• Xu Feng reached a point directly beneath Mist Island and began searching for Bata.

Xu Feng searched underground and found a Wood Tooth Crystal, while Bata secretly watched him and guided him toward more. After collecting thirteen crystals, Xu Feng received a mysterious suggestion in his mind to keep moving in a particular direction.

• Xu Feng searched underground for Bata's ship but found no trace of it.
• Xu Feng smelled rice fragrance, found a Wood Tooth Crystal, and put it away, hoping to use it to break through and help his family.
• Bata watched Xu Feng from her damaged spaceship and released Wood Tooth Crystals, hoping to recruit him as her master's successor.
• Xu Feng found two more Wood Tooth Crystals and continued deeper underground, collecting thirteen in total.
• Bata locked onto Xu Feng and sent an undetectable suggestion into his consciousness, guiding him toward a particular direction.

Xu Feng followed Bata’s bait to the Meteor Star Ship and collected 348 Wood Essence Crystals, but turned back before entering the ship. He left Mist Island with a huge haul and planned to keep his rapid rise in strength secret.

• Xu Feng pretended to follow Bata’s trail of Wood Essence Crystals until he found the Meteor Star Ship’s entrance.
• Xu Feng rushed in and collected 315 Wood Essence Crystals, bringing his total to 348, then considered the risks of revealing them or taking Hu Yanbo’s inheritance.
• Xu Feng stopped before going farther into the ship and left, leaving Bata stunned and furious.
• Xu Feng traveled away from the ship, satisfied with the crystals and other treasures he had gained on Mist Island.
• Xu Feng decided that the training camp no longer served him, but he resolved not to reveal that he had reached the War God limit so quickly.