Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan cut open a long-dead Ninth-tier flood dragon, collected its blood, and found its crystal core. He refined the core to open his twelfth main meridian and began forcing open all eight extraordinary meridians at once.

• Lu Chuan used Blade Intent to split open the flood dragon's corpse after his first strike failed.
• Lu Chuan filled ten wine jars with the flood dragon's blood.
• Lu Chuan entered the corpse and found a fragrant, amber-colored crystal core.
• Lu Chuan refined the crystal core's energy and opened his twelfth main meridian.
• Lu Chuan divided his Internal Strength into eight streams and sent them toward the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Lu Chuan opened all Eight Extraordinary Meridians by refining the flood dragon crystal core, and his Spiritual Power broke past the Transcendent limit. He then tried to force open his Dantian Qi Sea and step into the Fourth Rank Aperture Opening Realm, while reflecting on the advantages He Mingkong’s guidance had given him.

• Lu Chuan used the flood dragon crystal core and his Spiritual Power to open all Eight Extraordinary Meridians at once.
• With his meridians fully open, Lu Chuan’s Spiritual Power surged beyond the Transcendent limit and reached a two-hundred-meter radius.
• Lu Chuan discovered that his increased Spiritual Power let him control Internal Strength at more than twice its former effectiveness.
• Lu Chuan directed all his Internal Strength toward his Dantian, hoping to open the Ancestral Aperture and enter the Fourth Rank Aperture Opening Realm.
• Lu Chuan considered how incomplete cultivation methods held back commoner martial artists and felt grateful for He Mingkong’s guidance.

Lu Chuan refined the flood dragon's crystal core, breaking through to the Fourth Rank with a nine-inch Dantian Ancestral Aperture and reaching the Heavenly Human First Order in Spiritual Power. With the flood dragon's pressure fading and the Nether Snake no longer safely suppressed, he assessed his chances and began salvaging valuable parts of the corpse.

• Lu Chuan used the flood dragon's Fierce Beast Crystal Core to break open and expand his Dantian Ancestral Aperture to nine inches, while his Internal Strength grew purer with each circulation.
• Lu Chuan checked his Attribute Panel and discovered that his Spiritual Power had advanced to the Heavenly Human First Order, with a range of two hundred meters.
• Lu Chuan realized the flood dragon's weakening pressure would soon stop suppressing the Nether Snake, and judged that he could likely escape it despite being unable to defeat it outright.
• Lu Chuan concluded that his nine-inch Ancestral Aperture made him exceptionally powerful among Fourth Rank experts and began cutting the Flood Dragon Skin, Tendon, horn, and bones from the corpse.

Lu Chuan finished harvesting the flood dragon’s corpse, then fought his way past the Nether Snakes to escape Nether Snake Abyss. He reached the top alone and vanished into the mountain forest, leaving the enraged beasts below.

• Lu Chuan packed nearly every part of the flood dragon into his Storage Bag before emerging from the crevice.
• A Seventh-tier Nether Snake attacked Lu Chuan with azure icy flames, but he split the flames and wounded it with his Blade Qi.
• Lu Chuan fled the Seventh-tier Nether Snake and used Heart Burning Blade to kill many pursuing Nether Snakes.
• Lu Chuan raced up the abyss wall and found that Lin Zhan and the rest of Thunder Squad had already left aboard the Cloud Piercing Boat.
• Lu Chuan left for the mountain forest as furious roars echoed from Nether Snake Abyss.

Lu Chuan returned to the Human Race base after fighting his way out of Nether Snake Abyss, but he kept his experiences and gains to himself. His return exposed a rift with Thunder Squad over their decision to leave him behind, while the approaching Fierce Beast Tide threatened an imminent battle.

• Lu Chuan reached the base and returned to Thunder Squad’s villa, where the team welcomed him back after believing he had died.
• When Tie Kui asked how he escaped and why his aura had grown stronger, Lu Chuan declined to explain and went to sleep.
• Lu Chuan privately reflected that he resented Thunder Squad for abandoning him, but accepted that their choice had been understandable and that he had survived and grown stronger.
• Tie Kui accused the squad of abandoning Lu Chuan, while Zhang Yuanyi defended their retreat as necessary to survive and complete their mission.
• Lin Zhan ended the argument, told the squad to prepare, and warned that the Fierce Beast Tide’s decisive battle would come within days.

After Lu Chuan gained the Triple Strength status by reaching the limit with Crashing Waves Fist, he learned that a Beast Tide had begun and was ordered to support the Abyssal Rift. The Thunder Squad prepared to deploy, with Lin Zhan reassuring them that their past enemies would face consequences if they targeted the team again.

• Lu Chuan inspected his new Triple Strength status and realized it could make every attack hit through four increasingly powerful layers.
• Lu Chuan tested the status with a punch, then received an urgent message ordering everyone to support the Abyssal Rift because the Beast Tide had begun.
• Lu Chuan found Zhang Yuanyi, Yuan Shan, and the returning Thunder Squad members gathered in the villa, all aware that a dangerous battle was coming.
• Tie Kui worried that their enemies might exploit the Beast Tide to target the squad, and Zhang Yuanyi said they would prepare to depart once their leaders returned.
• Lin Zhan and Xiao Yunshang arrived, and Lin Zhan assured the team that he had reported the previous attack and that anyone who targeted them again would be dealt with.

As the teams converged on the palace passage to enter the Abyssal Rift, Lu Chuan planned to leave the Thunder Special Operations Team after the Beast Tide and go to Star City. The Thunder Squad confronted the taunting Eagle Vulture Squad, and the chapter ended with Lu Chuan and Qiu Yufei vowing to kill each other while Qiu Yufei’s teammates began to resent him.

• Lu Chuan planned to leave the Thunder Special Operations Team after the Beast Tide and travel to Star City to help his younger sister, Lu Wangshu.
• Tie Kui and the Thunder Squad grew furious when Qiu Yufei and the Eagle Vulture Squad provoked them, but Zhang Yuanyi, Lin Zhan, and Xiao Yunshang held them back.
• Lu Chuan urged Lin Zhan to ignore the Eagle Vulture Squad, and the Thunder Squad continued toward the palace passage.
• Qiu Yufei threatened Lu Chuan, who mocked him and resolved to kill him in the Abyssal Rift.
• Qiu Yufei slapped a teammate who suggested killing Lu Chuan, frightening the Eagle Vulture Squad and stirring resentment against their captain.

After the Beast Tide erupted, Thunder Squad rushed to the Iron Great Wall to help defend Section 1024. They prepared to face the approaching horde as Liu Cangyu warned that it would reach the defenses within twenty minutes.

• Lin Zhan shared a video of Qiu Yufei humiliating Eagle Vulture Squad, and Thunder Squad discussed using their resentment to win them over.
• A bell announced that the Beast Tide had begun, and Thunder Squad received orders to head to the first defensive line.
• Lu Chuan and Thunder Squad traveled a thousand li to the Iron Great Wall, where Lin Zhan learned their assigned section was 1024.
• Liu Cangyu told Thunder Squad to target Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank Fierce Beasts while higher-ranking fighters handled enemies above Sixth Rank.
• Liu Cangyu led Thunder Squad onto the wall, where soldiers stood ready as the Beast Tide approached.

As the Beast Tide reached the Iron Great Wall, Lu Chuan used the horde to test his Meteor Arrow Technique and killed more than a thousand beasts with ten arrows. He then attacked a powerful Sixth Rank white bear, piercing its defenses despite its strange black light.

• The Beast Tide approached the Iron Great Wall, and Lu Chuan waited until the beasts entered his optimal archery range.
• Lu Chuan fired ten arrows in one second, killing ten fifth-rank Fierce Beasts and causing their exploding remains to kill at least a thousand more.
• The soldiers on the wall were stunned by Lu Chuan's archery, and Liu Cangyu asked whether he could bring down a Sixth Rank Fierce Beast.
• Lu Chuan shot at a giant white bear, but its black light slowed the arrow before it struck the arrow with its paw.
• Lu Chuan's arrow exploded, and its fragments broke through the white bear's black light and riddled its paw with holes.

Lu Chuan killed a Sixth-Rank White Bear Fierce Beast with three arrows, then helped weaken the Beast Tide attacking Section 1024. After the Iron Great Wall’s three Armor-Piercing Crossbow volleys slowed the beasts, a howl from the rear drove them into a frenzied renewed charge.

• Lu Chuan pierced the White Bear Fierce Beast with three arrows, killing it and blasting apart everything around it.
• Lu Chuan continued firing at powerful Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts, improving his Meteor Arrow Technique as the Beast Tide approached Section 1024.
• The army atop the Iron Great Wall fired three waves of Armor-Piercing Crossbows, killing vast numbers of Fierce Beasts and suppressing the Beast Tide’s momentum.
• A howl from the rear of the Beast Tide filled the beasts with frenzied Killing Intent, and they charged the Iron Great Wall again.

Lu Chuan fought on the Iron Great Wall as the Beast Tide overwhelmed its defenses, then confronted a powerful Ghost-faced Vulture that attacked him from the sky. He cut off its claw and countered its Wind Blade before rising into the air to strike it with the Limit Breaking Hurricane Saber Technique.

• Lu Chuan spent an hour firing arrows into the Beast Tide, killing thousands of Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts before his arms grew numb.
• A Sixth Rank peak Ghost-faced Vulture swooped toward Lu Chuan, and Liu Cangyu warned him that it rivaled a Half-step Grandmaster.
• Lu Chuan drew his War Blade and cut off the Ghost-faced Vulture's claw with a slash.
• The Ghost-faced Vulture spat a Wind Blade, but Lu Chuan's Blade Qi clashed with it and shielded him from the resulting storm.
• Lu Chuan used his perfected Phantom Movement Steps to rise above the Ghost-faced Vulture and unleashed the Limit Breaking Hurricane Saber Technique against it.

Lu Chuan revealed combat power beyond an ordinary Half-step Grandmaster by killing a peak Sixth-Rank Ghost-faced Vulture, then charged alone into the Beast Tide and slaughtered Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts. As he refined their cores, his Internal Strength and cultivation continued to grow.

• Lu Chuan used Triple Strength to split the Ghost-faced Vulture in two and seized its crystal core.
• Tie Kui and Xiao Yunshang recognized Lu Chuan's extraordinary strength, while Lin Zhan rallied Thunder Squad to attack the Beast Tide.
• Lu Chuan left the Great Wall and fought alone, using his War Blade and Phantom Movement Steps to cut through Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts.
• Lu Chuan killed his way deep into the Beast Tide, frightening nearby beasts with the Bloody Baleful Qi surrounding him.
• Lu Chuan refined Fierce Beast Crystal Cores and Demon Cores at increasing speed, strengthening his Internal Strength and expanding his Dantian and Ancestral Aperture.

Lu Chuan accepted a white-haired Third-Rank Grandmaster’s invitation to help attack the force controlling the Beast Tide. After carving through the horde, he reached the mountain where Human Race Grandmasters were fighting the Demon Ghost, and the elder assigned him to handle the Half-step Grandmaster beasts and Demon Ghosts.

• The Iron Great Wall’s defensive barrier cracked under the Beast Tide, so Human Race troops charged out to protect it.
• A white-haired Third-Rank Grandmaster invited Lu Chuan to help harass the monster behind the Beast Tide and kill Half-step Grandmaster enemies.
• Lu Chuan agreed, and the elder went ahead, leaving him to prove his strength by fighting through the horde.
• Lu Chuan unleashed his Blade Intent and Saber Technique, cutting through the Beast Tide in less than twenty minutes.
• Lu Chuan reached a mountain where Human Race Grandmasters were fighting a Demon Ghost commanding Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts.
• The elder praised Lu Chuan’s speed and assigned him to handle the Half-step Grandmaster enemies.

Lu Chuan accepted the White-haired Elder’s Fire Li Bow and used it to shoot down more than a hundred Half-step Grandmaster beasts and Demonic Ghouls, giving the fighters on the summit an advantage. As the battle against the Beast Tide’s instigator continued, a huge Great Peng Bird suddenly flew toward Lu Chuan.

• The White-haired Elder told Lu Chuan to handle the Half-step Grandmaster beasts and Demonic Ghouls while the elders fought the stronger enemies.
• The White-haired Elder gave Lu Chuan the Yellow-grade High-grade Spirit Tool Fire Li Bow, and Lu Chuan used it to kill a Half-step Seventh-rank Fierce Beast with one arrow.
• Lu Chuan unleashed a barrage of arrows, killing more than half of the Half-step Grandmaster enemies and rallying the Grandmasters battling atop the mountain.
• Within one hundred breaths, Lu Chuan shot dead all the Half-step Grandmaster beasts and Demonic Ghouls, while the White-haired Elder attacked the Demonic Ghoul behind the Beast Tide.
• The enraged Demonic Ghoul roared, and a massive pale-gold Great Peng Bird took flight and pounced toward Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan fought the Seventh-rank Great Peng Bird and killed it despite being only a high-level Martial Master. The battle stunned the Human Race Grandmasters and the grandmaster-level beasts and Demon Ghosts watching from the mountain.

• The White-haired Elder tried to stop the Great Peng Bird from descending toward Lu Chuan, but a Demon Ghost trapped him in Demonic Fiend Qi while the other Grandmasters remained occupied.
• Lu Chuan recognized the Great Peng Bird as a newly advanced Seventh-rank Fierce Beast and chose to stand his ground.
• Lu Chuan’s arrow struck the Great Peng Bird’s claw, and the arrow’s Triple Strength impact pierced it with Blade Qi.
• The Great Peng Bird engulfed Lu Chuan in a storm of Wind Blades, but Lu Chuan countered with his Hurricane Saber Technique and Qi and Blood Furnace.
• Lu Chuan struck the Great Peng Bird’s consciousness with Heart Burning Blade, then split its body with his War Blade and killed it.
• The Human Race Grandmasters, Fierce Beasts, and Demon Ghosts were stunned when they realized a high-level Martial Master had slain a grandmaster-level beast.

Lu Chuan joined the Human Race Grandmasters at the summit, where his Spiritual Secret Technique and immunity to Demonic Fiend Qi turned the battle in their favor. After breaking through the Demon Ghost’s illusion attack, he unleashed blades of Spiritual Power against the enemies on the peak.

• The white-haired elder realized Lu Chuan’s Spiritual Power could affect Grandmaster-level foes and urged him to hurry to the summit.
• Lu Chuan used the Fire Li Bow and his perfected Phantom Movement Steps to kill enemies as he charged uphill, easing the pressure on the Human Race Grandmasters.
• Lu Chuan entered the Demonic Fiend Qi without harm and absorbed it, accelerating the expansion of his Dantian Ancestral Aperture beyond one foot.
• A Demon Ghost attacked Lu Chuan with an illusion made from Demonic Fiend Qi, but Lu Chuan shattered it with his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Chuan formed blades of Spiritual Power and sent them slashing toward the Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts atop the peak.

Lu Chuan helped the Human Race turn the battle against the Beast Tide by mentally staggering its forces and attacking the Demon Ghost who had caused it. After overcoming the ghoul’s defenses with Annihilation Wind Force, Lu Chuan faced one of its three identical clones in combat.

• Lu Chuan’s Heart Burning Blade dazed the Seventh-rank Fierce Beasts and Fiend-rank Demonic Ghouls, but the ghoul that had triggered the Beast Tide blocked his mental attack.
• Lu Chuan fired repeated arrows from the Fire Li Bow, using Annihilation Wind Force to crack the ghoul’s barrier while the white-haired elder and the other Grandmaster-level fighters defeated their distracted opponents.
• The white-haired elder and the middle-aged man in a light-blue robe shattered the barrier and confronted the ghoul, whose exposed form appeared as a human man in Confucian robes.
• The ghoul split into three identical figures and attacked Lu Chuan, the white-haired elder, and the middle-aged man.
• Lu Chuan severed the clone’s hand and cut it in half with the Blood Shadow Battle Saber, using Annihilation Wind Force to harm its immaterial body.
• Lu Chuan unleashed the Hurricane Saber Technique, combining Blade Intent and Annihilation Wind Force to attack the ghoul.

Lu Chuan forced the peak Sorrow-class Demon Ghost Imperial Merchant to retreat, then helped Zhao Zhen and the other Martial Grandmasters attack the remaining beasts and ghouls. The fight continued as the white-haired elder led the assault on an enemy stunned by Lu Chuan’s Spiritual Secret Technique.

• Lu Chuan overwhelmed Imperial Merchant with the Hurricane Saber Technique, and Imperial Merchant fled after merging his three Clone Phantoms.
• Zhao Zhen and the white-haired elder said Imperial Merchant could not be pursued and credited Lu Chuan with helping them survive.
• Lu Chuan agreed to use Heart Burning Blade against the remaining Seventh-rank Fierce Beasts and Fiend-rank Demonic Ghouls.
• Lu Chuan’s attack stunned a Fierce Beast, and the white-haired elder charged a dazed Demonic Ghoul while urging the others to strike.

After the Beast Tide’s strongest monsters were killed, Lu Chuan met the Xia Country Grandmasters and learned that rare treasures could let some Grandmasters pass through the Abyssal Rift. The remaining Beast Tide still threatened the army, so Lu Chuan and the Grandmasters charged back into battle to reduce the casualties.

• Lu Chuan helped Zhao Zhen, Li Mingwu, and the other Grandmasters slay the remaining powerful Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts.
• Li Mingwu and Zhao Zhen invited Lu Chuan to join the Demon Suppressing Army, but he declined and said he was doing well in the Demon Suppressing Division and belonged to the Thunder Special Operations Team.
• Zhao Zhen introduced the nine Xia Country Grandmasters, and Liu Zhen explained that rare Exotic Treasures could let temporary support Grandmasters enter and leave the Abyssal Rift.
• Li Mingwu urged the group to hunt more monsters because the Beast Tide had not dispersed and its retreat could still cause heavy human casualties.
• Zhao Zhen led the Grandmasters toward the Beast Tide, and Lu Chuan followed them into battle.

After the Beast Tide was defeated, Lu Chuan confronted Zhao Zhen and Demon Suppressing Army Commander Zhao Ling over Qiu Limin and Qiu Yufei’s repeated schemes against the Thunder Special Operations Team. Zhao Ling insisted on following procedure, and Lu Chuan left after telling him to investigate and provide an answer.

• Lu Chuan and the Martial Grandmasters fought for a full day and routed the Beast Tide, with Lu Chuan slaughtering countless Fierce Beasts and Demon Ghosts using the Heart Burning Blade.
• On the Iron Great Wall, Zhao Zhen thanked the fighters and invited them to a victory banquet, but Lu Chuan said he had other matters to handle.
• Lu Chuan told Zhao Zhen how Qiu Limin and Qiu Yufei had targeted the Thunder Special Operations Team, prompting Zhao Zhen to summon his son, Demon Suppressing Army Commander Zhao Ling.
• After Li Mingwu explained the situation, Zhao Ling promised to investigate but said the matter had to follow proper procedures, displeasing Zhao Zhen.
• Lu Chuan told Zhao Ling he expected a satisfactory answer, then left the Iron Great Wall to recover in seclusion.