Chapter Summaries

Meng Dong'er told Luo Hui that Jiang Fan had saved her and was stronger than anyone in the squad. After clearing a large area underground, Jiang Fan returned safely to camp, where Luo Hui struggled to decide how to assign him during the squad’s recovery period.

• Meng Dong'er assured Luo Hui that Jiang Fan was safe and said Jiang Fan had rescued her.
• Jiang Fan killed mutated beasts underground until he sensed a dangerous presence deeper below, then flew back to camp.
• Jiang Fan learned that Fu Congyang and Meng Dong'er were injured and had been taken to the hospital.
• Luo Hui arranged rotating four-person shifts while Fu Congyang and Meng Dong'er recovered for about half a month.
• Jiang Fan asked Luo Hui whether he would be assigned a duty, leaving Luo Hui uncertain because Jiang Fan seemed stronger than the rest of the squad.

Jiang Fan joined the Dawn Squad’s underground guard rotation as a group of one, despite He Kun’s objections. The squad discussed a dangerous Level 6 Exotic Beast hidden underground and heard that a young female Major with a possible locating ability had been sent to find it.

• Luo Hui asked Jiang Fan how he wanted to serve, and Jiang Fan offered to work alone and rotate shifts with the other groups.
• He Kun criticized Jiang Fan’s plan, but Luo Hui and Meng Dong'er silenced him before Luo Hui approved Jiang Fan as a one-man group.
• After official business ended, the squad discussed their assignment near Haicheng Base and the difficulty of eliminating the hidden Level 6 Exotic Beast.
• Meng Dong'er said a young female Major with a possible ability to locate Exotic Beasts had been sent with a high-ranking officer to search underground and kill the creature.

Jiang Fan learned that Meng Dong'er and Luo Hui had mistaken him for a young officer sent down for training, while the mutant beasts in the underground purge zone were mysteriously wiped out. General Cheng and Xu Wenwen arrived to investigate a possible underground beast, and Xu Wenwen recognized Jiang Fan.

• Jiang Fan dismissed He Kun's taunts and told Meng Dong'er he did not mind them.
• Meng Dong'er explained that she and Luo Hui had kept the story of Jiang Fan's underground encounter secret, believing he was sent down by higher-ups for training; Jiang Fan told her she had misunderstood.
• Luo Hui, He Kun, and the first patrol group returned from underground after finding mutant beast corpses throughout the purge zone and no living beasts.
• General Cheng and Xu Wenwen arrived with a military convoy to investigate a suspected underground mutant beast beneath the camp.
• Luo Hui reported the recent patrols and the unexplained dead beasts to General Cheng, who turned to Xu Wenwen for her opinion.
• Xu Wenwen stared at Jiang Fan and called out, "Xiao Fan Ge?"

Jiang Fan reunited with Xu Wenwen at the Haicheng Earth Fissure, but refused her offer to transfer him away from the front line. After Xu Wenwen and General Cheng went underground to locate a suspected Level 6 Exotic Beast, the soldiers prepared the defenses, and the beast emerged as the ground shook.

• Jiang Fan told Xu Wenwen that he had enlisted for his own reasons and would remain at the front line, despite her offer to arrange a transfer.
• The Dawn Squad questioned Jiang Fan about Xu Wenwen, and he said they were childhood friends.
• General Cheng told Colonel Qiao that a Level 6 Exotic Beast was likely underground and ordered the troops to prepare for its emergence.
• Colonel Qiao placed the Haicheng Earth Fissure defensive line on level-one alert, and the soldiers set up artillery to restrict the beast's movement.
• After more than two hours, a deafening roar came from underground, the ground shook, and the troops were warned that the Exotic Beast had appeared.

The Exotic Beast escaped the Great Rift and attacked the defensive line, but Jiang Fan intervened and grievously wounded it. As the beast tried to flee, Jiang Fan appeared above it, poised to pursue.

• Luo Hui and the soldiers prepared for the worst as the underground tremors subsided, but the Exotic Beast emerged from the Great Rift.
• Colonel Qiao ordered the artillery to fire, but the shells could not pierce the beast’s scales or stop it from rising.
• He Kun’s rocket struck the Exotic Beast’s eyelid, prompting it to attack the Dawn Squad with corrosive flames.
• An unseen ally raised a soil barrier to protect the Dawn Squad, then a giant flaming sword struck the beast and knocked it into the Great Rift.
• Jiang Fan appeared, summoned a flaming sword and a wind-forged Miao Dao, and severed half the Exotic Beast’s wing with one attack.
• The wounded Exotic Beast tried to escape, but Jiang Fan appeared above it and challenged it to run.

Jiang Fan joined General Cheng in fighting a powerful Level 6 Exotic Beast and killed it after Cheng restrained it. After the battle, Xu Wenwen struggled to believe how much Jiang Fan had changed and realized he was at least a Level 6 Martial Artist.

• Jiang Fan injured the Exotic Beast but realized his attacks were not enough to kill it quickly.
• General Cheng and Xu Wenwen emerged from underground, and General Cheng sent Xu Wenwen back to the Dawn Squad's camp.
• Jiang Fan told General Cheng to restrain the Exotic Beast while he attacked, and Cheng bound it with energy ropes.
• Jiang Fan blinded the Exotic Beast, wounded it repeatedly, then enlarged his sword and severed its head.
• The defensive line cheered as the Exotic Beast's body crashed to the ground, and Jiang Fan returned to the Dawn Squad's camp.
• Xu Wenwen questioned Jiang Fan's transformation and concluded he had to be at least a Level 6 Martial Artist.

Jiang Fan’s identity as a renowned martial arts prodigy was revealed after he killed a Level 6 Exotic Beast, astonishing Dawn Squad and General Cheng. He refused a transfer from the front line, explaining that he wanted to earn military merit and enter the Eastern War Zone Star Candidate Program selection.

• Jiang Fan changed out of his bloodstained clothes and told Dawn Squad that he was a Level 6 Grandmaster.
• Meng Dong'er questioned Jiang Fan’s identity, and he insisted he was simply a frontline soldier and Dawn Squad member.
• General Cheng thanked Jiang Fan for killing the Exotic Beast and recognized his name after Xu Wenwen introduced him as her childhood friend.
• General Cheng recounted Jiang Fan’s achievements in Kyoto, including winning the Newcomer League, defeating Si Kongming, and fighting Sikong Zhenyu without losing.
• General Cheng offered to transfer Jiang Fan to a more important post, but Jiang Fan said he had enlisted to hunt Exotic Beasts, earn military merit, and enter the Eastern War Zone Star Candidate Program selection.

General Cheng proposed that Jiang Fan join a special operations squad to earn military merits and qualify for the Star Candidate Program, and Yue Chuan approved the transfer. Jiang Fan clarified his relationship with Xu Wenwen before returning to the Haicheng Earth Fissure battlefield, where He Kun was urging the troops on.

• General Cheng explained that the Star Candidate Program required an internal recommendation, and Jiang Fan said Yue Chuan could recommend him.
• General Cheng suggested Jiang Fan transfer to a special operations squad, and Jiang Fan contacted Yue Chuan, who agreed and warned him to stay safe.
• General Cheng promised to report Jiang Fan's military merit for killing a Level 6 Exotic Beast and said promotion to major was likely.
• Jiang Fan told Xu Wenwen he regarded her only as a neighbor and friend, ending their misunderstanding, and she left with General Cheng.
• Jiang Fan returned to the battlefield and heard He Kun excitedly urging the troops to blast the Exotic Beasts.

Jiang Fan finished his service with the Dawn Squad and received orders appointing him captain of the Thunder Special Operations Squad. After arriving at Eastern War Zone Headquarters, he learned about the squad and contacted its members.

• Jiang Fan returned to the Dawn Squad to help clear the Haicheng Earth Fissure and confirmed he would transfer to a special operations squad.
• Three days later, the Dawn Squad completed its cleanup mission and held a farewell dinner, where He Kun apologized to Jiang Fan.
• Luo Hui told Jiang Fan that the Dawn Squad would head to the coastal border to defend against foreign enemies.
• The Dawn Squad withdrew, and Jiang Fan later received orders assigning him as captain of the Thunder Special Operations Squad.
• A staff member explained the squad's six-member structure and gave Jiang Fan a communicator, which he used to introduce himself to the other members.

Jiang Fan introduced himself as the new captain of the Thunder Special Operations Squad, but its members ignored his message and argued over whether to accept him. The squad remained divided, leaving Jiang Fan to realize that his new subordinates refused to recognize him.

• Jiang Fan's broadcast reached a scar-faced soldier fighting mutated beasts, Lieutenant Colonel Su Yu during a battle-planning meeting, and a feminine-looking man enjoying a performance; each reacted to the announcement before switching it off.
• The Thunder Special Operations Squad members received Jiang Fan's message but ignored it, then opened a secret online channel to discuss their new captain.
• Several members insisted that Uncle Tai was their only captain and argued that Uncle En should have been appointed instead of Jiang Fan.
• Uncle En urged the squad to follow military discipline, but the feminine-looking man mocked the scar-faced soldier, sparking an angry argument.
• The feminine-looking man and Su Yu said they would accept Jiang Fan if he proved capable, while the scar-faced soldier called them traitors.
• The online discussion ended with the squad split into three factions, and Jiang Fan realized that its members refused to accept him.

Jiang Fan set out to clear the Thunder Special Operations Squad's mission list and rapidly completed nearly every mission. With only the distant Shacheng mission remaining, he hesitated over whether to go there as the squad's private channel erupted in confusion.

• Jiang Fan reviewed the squad's missions, chose the nearby Kun City operation, and headed there alone.
• At Kun City's command post, Jiang Fan ignored the commander's offer of support and flew into the ruined city.
• Jiang Fan killed the Level Five exotic beast threatening hundreds of trapped civilians, then left the local troops to handle cleanup and rescue.
• Over the next two days, Jiang Fan completed the southeastern coastal sea monster mission and the Liancheng Defense Line mission, among nearly all the others.
• Jiang Fan considered whether to travel to Shacheng while the Thunder Special Operations Squad members reacted in shock to the cleared mission list.

Jiang Fan cleared every mission on the Thunder Special Operations Squad’s list and applied for more, prompting disbelief at war-zone headquarters. The chapter ended with the director learning that the squad had completed its entire monthly quota in just two days.

• Scarface Shi Yang and the Thunder Special Operations Squad members realized that their new commander had completed all the squad’s missions.
• Jiang Fan traveled to Sand City, finished the remaining missions, and emptied the squad’s mission list.
• Jiang Fan considered how requesting more missions might affect other squads, then decided to apply for additional assignments.
• Little Li discovered that Jiang Fan’s application came after the Thunder Special Operations Squad had completed every mission on its list.
• The director saw the empty list and asked whether the squad had finished its monthly quota in only two days.

Jiang Fan cleared all twenty-three missions assigned to the Thunder Special Operations Squad, then quickly finished another batch and earned the attention of the Eastern War Zone. As the squad speculated about their new captain’s strength, Su Yu urgently called for support near Huaicheng over a conflict with the Central War Zone.

• The middle-aged leader ordered the office to assign Jiang Fan’s squad accumulated missions and transfer difficult missions from other squads if they finished them.
• Jiang Fan reviewed twenty-three missions, planned a route, and began with a mission near Yangcheng.
• Jiang Fan cleared all twenty-three missions within two weeks, and the Eastern War Zone assigned his squad more missions.
• Jiang Fan cleared the second batch three days later, prompting commanders and squad members to marvel at his strength.
• Xu Zhi'en estimated that Jiang Fan was at least Level 6, while Stone Yang and Qu Banxue speculated about him and teased each other.
• Su Yu urgently asked the squad for support near Huaicheng, saying that people from the Central War Zone had gone too far.

Su Yu clashed with Central War Zone officers over control of the Corrupted Bone Scorpion mission in Huaicheng, while Xu Zhi'en and the Thunder Special Operations Squad rushed to support her. The squad arrived just as Commander Wan demanded that the Central War Zone's plan be followed.

• Su Yu told Xu Zhi'en that Central War Zone officers had intervened in the Eastern War Zone's Corrupted Bone Scorpion mission because the underground passages connected Huaicheng and Feicheng.
• Xu Zhi'en, Shi Yang, and the other Thunder Special Operations Squad members set off for Huaicheng, deciding not to notify their new team leader, Jiang Fan, yet.
• In the Huaicheng command room, Su Yu challenged Commander Wan and General Lu over their last-minute plan to capture the Corrupted Bone Scorpion.
• After several hours of arguing, Commander Wan ordered that the Central War Zone's plan be followed.
• The Thunder Special Operations Squad entered the command room, and a member challenged the Central War Zone's right to interfere in an Eastern War Zone mission.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Huaicheng command room as the Central War Zone and Eastern War Zone clashed over how to deal with the Corrupted Bone Scorpion. After Commander Wan ordered Jiang Fan seized, the Thunder Special Operations Squad blocked the conventional soldiers at the door, leaving both sides in a standoff.

• Xu Zhi'en argued that the Eastern War Zone's plan was safer and urged the commanders to compare the risks of both plans.
• Commander Wan refused to consider their proposal, and the general ordered the Central War Zone to begin its plan in one hour.
• Commander Wan warned the Thunder Special Operations Squad not to interfere, but Jiang Fan entered and declared that the Eastern War Zone would handle its own affairs.
• Jiang Fan introduced himself as captain of the Thunder Special Operations Squad and challenged Commander Wan, who ordered his soldiers to seize him.
• The Thunder Special Operations Squad blocked the soldiers at the doorway, creating a standoff.

Jiang Fan overpowered Commander Wan after Central War Zone soldiers tried to stop the Eastern War Zone’s mission, then rejected General Lu Zhenguo’s criticism of their battle plan. He announced he would kill the Corrupted Bone Scorpion himself and vanished into the air.

• Jiang Fan knocked Commander Wan down with one palm and ordered Central War Zone personnel to withdraw from the mission.
• Commander Wan called on General Lu Zhenguo to intervene, and Lu recognized Jiang Fan from the Garden City cleanup operation six months earlier.
• Lu Zhenguo urged Jiang Fan to prioritize civilian safety and reconsider the Eastern War Zone’s risky battle plan.
• Jiang Fan rejected the Central War Zone’s plan and said he would kill the Corrupted Bone Scorpion himself.
• Jiang Fan stepped into midair and disappeared.

Jiang Fan found the Corrupted Bone Scorpion hiding in Huaicheng’s underground pipelines and killed it with a single strike. He returned to the military command center with the decapitated beast just as the commanders prepared an emergency evacuation.

• Jiang Fan searched Huaicheng for the Corrupted Bone Scorpion, detected its faint Life Energy, and teleported into the underground pipeline.
• Jiang Fan froze the Corrupted Bone Scorpion with Spiritual Energy, restrained it with Earth Element Energy, and severed its head with a Wind Blade.
• At the Huaicheng military base, Lu Zhenguo and the commanders prepared to stop Jiang Fan and ordered an emergency evacuation in case the underground gas pipelines ignited.
• Commander Wan criticized Jiang Fan and threatened to report him to the Commander of the Eastern War Zone.
• Jiang Fan appeared in the command room and dropped the dead Corrupted Bone Scorpion before the assembled officers.

Jiang Fan returned with the Corrupted Bone Scorpion and impressed Lu Zhenguo with how quickly he had killed it. Lu Zhenguo tried to recruit him into the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program, but Jiang Fan refused because he had already joined the Eastern War Zone, leaving Lu Zhenguo determined to contact Central War Zone headquarters.

• Jiang Fan returned to the command center with the Corrupted Bone Scorpion, and Lu Zhenguo confirmed it was the creature they had been seeking.
• Jiang Fan asked the Huaicheng commander to close out the Thunder Special Operations Squad’s mission, then agreed to speak privately with Lu Zhenguo.
• Lu Zhenguo learned Jiang Fan was twenty and at least level six, then offered to recommend him for the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program.
• Jiang Fan refused the offer, explaining that Yue Chuan had already brought him into the Eastern War Zone for its Star Candidate Program.
• Lu Zhenguo watched Jiang Fan return to the command center, decided the Central War Zone could not lose him to the Eastern War Zone, and contacted Central War Zone headquarters.

Jiang Fan met the Thunder Special Operations Squad, celebrated with them, and explained that he had joined to earn military merit for the Star Candidate Program. The chapter ended with him confirming that Old General Lu had also come to see him about the program.

• Xu Zhi'en and the other Thunder Special Operations Squad members greeted Jiang Fan and welcomed him as their captain.
• The squad gathered for a meal at Yuewei Restaurant, where Jiang Fan and Su Yu discussed his help with Huaicheng's problem.
• Jiang Fan told the squad he was twenty, at Level 6, and pursuing military merit to qualify for the Star Candidate Program competition.
• The squad members were excited by Jiang Fan's ambitions and said his success could bring glory to the Thunder Special Operations Squad.
• Shi Yang asked whether General Lu had come to discuss the Star Candidate matter, and Jiang Fan confirmed that he had.

Jiang Fan told the Thunder Special Operations Squad that he had refused Lu Zhenguo’s offer to join the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program, choosing to remain with the Eastern War Zone. At Central War Zone headquarters, Lu Zhenguo argued that Jiang Fan’s rapid growth made him exceptional, but the commander remained hesitant about recruiting him.

• Jiang Fan revealed that Lu Zhenguo had invited him to join the Central War Zone’s Star Candidate Program, then said he had refused because he belonged to the Eastern War Zone.
• The Thunder Special Operations Squad felt relieved that Jiang Fan had chosen to stay with them.
• The Central War Zone commander questioned Lu Zhenguo about Jiang Fan’s background and dismissed the idea of making special allowances to recruit him.
• Lu Zhenguo told the commander that Jiang Fan had risen from level three to level six in half a year, a change he and Bai Qiu had witnessed.
• The commander acknowledged Jiang Fan’s potential but remained concerned that poaching him from the Eastern War Zone would be improper.