Chapter Summaries

Li Ziyu killed a mutated Level Six Peak Earth-boring Beast with his Starfall Blade Technique and continued alone into the Yuanshui Wilderness Area. Meanwhile, Mad Tiger watched footage of Li Ziyu defeating Zhao Chunming and began investigating the fighter who had drawn Zhang Beihai’s threat.

• Zhou Yong lured an Earth-boring Beast into swallowing an explosive-filled python corpse, but the blast revealed that the beast had mutated and was charging at them.
• Li Ziyu killed the Earth-boring Beast with Starfall, then told Zhou Yong to return to the base city while he hunted alone.
• Qian Lang offered Mad Tiger’s Black Tiger Regiment a chance to explore a secret realm, but Mad Tiger brushed him off, prompting Qian Lang to suspect the Black Tiger Regiment had found the relic already.
• Zhao Chunming complained to Mad Tiger that Li Ziyu had broken his limbs, but Mad Tiger watched bar surveillance footage instead of promising revenge.
• Mad Tiger replayed the footage and slowed it down after realizing that the sudden change from Li Ziyu confronting Zhao Chunming to Zhao and his companions sprawled on the ground might conceal what had happened.

Li Ziyu hunted alone in the Yuanshui Wilderness Area and killed a Level 6 Peak Tusked Dragon Beast with one strike, then decided to venture farther toward the core. As he prepared to leave, Hu Tianyou and three other Martial Artists emerged from the forest and approached him with smiles.

• Mad Tiger learned Zhao Chunming had sent a Level 6 hunting squad after Li Ziyu, killed Zhao Chunming, and decided to cancel the mission and apologize to Li Ziyu.
• Li Ziyu encountered and killed a Level 6 Peak Tusked Dragon Beast, earning 300 Vitality Points.
• Li Ziyu checked his system panel and considered going deeper to test himself against a grandmaster-level fierce beast.
• Li Ziyu stored the Tusked Dragon Beast's tusks and prepared to head deeper into the wilderness.
• Hu Tianyou and three other Martial Artists stepped out from behind a tree and told Li Ziyu they meant no harm.

Li Ziyu confronted the Black Shark Squad after discovering they had come to kill him on Zhao Chunming’s commission. Mad Tiger tried to distance the Black Tiger Regiment from the attack and offered compensation, but Li Ziyu killed the squad and Mad Tiger promised to pay for anything he wanted at an upcoming auction.

• Hu Tianyou claimed the Black Shark Squad had merely been watching Li Ziyu fight the Tusked Dragon Beast, but Li Ziyu suspected they were targeting him.
• Mad Tiger contacted Hu Tianyou, ordered the squad back, disowned Zhao Chunming’s actions, and offered Li Ziyu ten billion Great Xia Coins in compensation.
• Hu Tianyou realized Mad Tiger would not protect the squad and tried to flee, but Li Ziyu killed all four members and took their Storage Bracelet.
• Mad Tiger watched the killings through the communication projection and offered to pay for anything Li Ziyu wanted at an upcoming Yuanshui Base City auction.

Li Ziyu reached Level Five after hunting fierce beasts in the Wilderness Area, then headed toward a battle he heard nearby. He discovered a White Wolf Mercenary Group fighting a Storm Mad Ape beside an ancient ruin, and watched from hiding.

• Li Ziyu accepted Mad Tiger’s apology, crushed the communicator, and returned to hunting in the Wilderness Area.
• After two days of hunting, Li Ziyu used his qi-blood to break through from Level Four Peak to Level Five Beginner and tested his increased strength.
• Li Ziyu decided to return to Yuanshui Base City and attend the auction to look for Blood Exchange materials.
• Hearing a fierce beast roar, Li Ziyu ran toward the battle and found the White Wolf Mercenary Group fighting a Level Seven Beginner Storm Mad Ape.
• Li Ziyu spotted an ancient steel door near the battlefield, realized the mercenaries had come for the ruin, and chose to watch from hiding.

Qian Lang and the White Wolf Mercenary Group defeated a Storm Mad Ape and opened the ancient ruins, then invited Li Ziyu inside. As Li Ziyu entered first, Qian Lang signaled his underlings to attack him from behind.

• Qian Lang used Hundred Stack Slash to kill the Level 7 Storm Mad Ape with help from the White Wolf Mercenary Group.
• Qian Lang prepared to open the ruins and hoped the treasures inside would help him become a Level Eight Great Grandmaster.
• Li Ziyu emerged from the jungle after Qian Lang sensed danger, and Qian Lang invited him to explore the ruins together.
• Qian Lang opened the iron gate with two silver-white keys joined into a crescent shape.
• Qian Lang let Li Ziyu enter first, then signaled his underlings to strike at Li Ziyu's back.

Li Ziyu defeated Qian Lang and the White Wolf Mercenary Group after they attacked him near a massive steel gate. He gathered their dropped Storage Bracelets, prepared for danger, and entered the passage to explore the ruin.

• Qian Lang sent his men to attack Li Ziyu, but an invisible barrier stopped their blades, revealing that Li Ziyu had psychic abilities.
• Qian Lang charged Li Ziyu with the Hundred Waves Blade Technique, but Li Ziyu blocked his attack with his own blade and lightning.
• Qian Lang swallowed a Bloodburst Pill and attacked again, while Li Ziyu used the Great Sun Body Tempering Method, Breath of Flame, and Meteor Blade Technique to summon a meteor.
• The meteor crushed Qian Lang and dozens of White Wolf Mercenary Group members, leaving several Storage Bracelets behind.
• Li Ziyu put on protective gear and a talisman, then entered the passage beyond the steel gate to explore the ruin.

Li Ziyu entered a ruin guarded by powerful Combat Robots, which attacked him until his Natural Breathing Method triggered a protocol that identified him as a protected human of the Yanhuang Empire. The robots withdrew, and Li Ziyu continued deeper into the ruin, wondering whether it was connected to the mysterious origins of the breathing method.

• Li Ziyu entered a vast hall where Combat Robots identified him as an intruder and attacked under Protocol Number One.
• Li Ziyu destroyed one robot and protected himself from its self-destruction, then saw thousands more robots gathering in the hall.
• Li Ziyu activated Wind Breathing and prepared to lure the robot army outside, but the robots suddenly halted to analyze his combat technique.
• The robots recognized Li Ziyu as a human of the Yanhuang Empire protected by the protocol, canceled their attack, and retreated.
• Li Ziyu suspected the ruin might be connected to the Natural Breathing Method, then walked toward another passage to explore further.

Li Ziyu reached the deepest level of the ruins and met Chang'e, an artificial intelligence that identified him as the last surviving descendant of the Yanhuang Empire. Chang'e began explaining the empire’s history, leaving Li Ziyu to learn how its ancient civilization related to the world he knew.

• Li Ziyu explored a hall of nutrient tanks containing what appeared to be cloned or engineered ferocious beasts, then descended to Underground Level 680.
• He emerged into a vast cavern above a sea of lava, where a metallic sphere scanned him and malfunctioned after detecting Protocol Zero.
• The sphere restarted and Chang'e identified Li Ziyu as the sole surviving human of the Yanhuang Empire, granting him the Yanhuang Base’s highest authorization.
• Chang'e explained that the base was one of 108 underground shelters built before a decisive war against ferocious beasts, and that only its virtual simulation system and equipment vault still worked.
• Chang'e began recounting Yanhuang history, describing the empire’s formation, industrialization, global unification, and the Great Enlightenment Era approximately fifteen thousand years earlier.

The Artificial Intelligence told Li Ziyu how the Yanhuang Empire rose, fought the Interstellar Beast Race, and was ultimately destroyed by another civilization. After learning the weapon vault’s contents had lost their power, Li Ziyu spotted a suit of armor at its far end.

• The Artificial Intelligence explained that Yanhuang unified the world, expanded into space, and fought a three-thousand-year war against the Interstellar Beast Race.
• The Artificial Intelligence said the Yanhuang Empire gained the Natural Breathing Method from another universe, defeated the beasts, and was later destroyed by a different civilization.
• Li Ziyu suspected that World Echoes were invasions from other universes and resolved to become strong enough to face them.
• The Artificial Intelligence opened Yanhuang Base’s weapon vault, where Li Ziyu found that the stored weapons had run out of energy.
• Li Ziyu walked to the back of the vault and noticed a silver-white suit of armor.

Li Ziyu obtained the Yanhuang Empire’s imperial battle armor and War Blade, naming them the Armor of Hope and Blade of Destiny. When a Level Seven Intermediate vicious beast invaded the base and triggered its self-destruct protocol, he canceled the countdown and left to confront it.

• Li Ziyu put on the imperial battle armor, which the Artificial Intelligence explained could withstand Type One Robot attacks and fly at high altitude.
• Li Ziyu tested His Majesty Yanhuang’s War Blade against a metal wall and found it far more destructive than his Demon Moon Battle Saber.
• Li Ziyu named the armor the Armor of Hope and the War Blade the Blade of Destiny, then replaced his old equipment.
• The Artificial Intelligence detected a Level Seven Intermediate vicious beast invading the base and began a self-destruct countdown after reporting heavy Robot losses.
• Li Ziyu canceled the self-destruct procedure and told the Artificial Intelligence to close the ruin’s gate while he went to face the vicious beast.

Li Ziyu fought the Golden Ape, discovered it was a King-level fierce beast, and killed it using the Armor of Destiny and Blade of Destiny. After finding a valuable metal-attribute beast core, he received an urgent alert on his Communication Bracelet.

• Li Ziyu left the ruined halls and confronted the Golden Ape as it battled the Combat Robots.
• Li Ziyu used the Starfall Blade Technique to hurl a sphere of Combat Robots at the Golden Ape, but its golden barrier withstood the attack.
• Li Ziyu recognized that the Golden Ape was likely a King-level fierce beast and moved outside the ruins to fight with his Armor of Destiny and Blade of Destiny.
• Li Ziyu used the Ninefold Thunder Blade to destroy the Golden Ape's hand and decapitate it, earning 700 Vitality Points.
• Li Ziyu identified the crystal dropped by the Golden Ape as a valuable metal-attribute fierce beast core and planned to sell it at auction.
• Li Ziyu's Communication Bracelet began beeping urgently and flashing red as he prepared to return to the Yanhuang Base.

Li Ziyu killed the Golden Ape that had triggered a Beast Tide and sealed the ruins’ gate before turning to face the advancing beasts. Zhou Yong learned of Li Ziyu’s feat but worried that the enormous horde could still endanger him.

• Zhou Yong urgently warned Li Ziyu about the Beast Tide, and Li Ziyu revealed that he had killed the Golden Ape.
• Zhou Yong was stunned by the corpse and realized Li Ziyu had slain a Level Seven Intermediate king-level beast.
• Mad Tiger told Zhou Yong that more than ten thousand Level Five and Level Six beasts were approaching Yuanshui Base, prompting Zhou Yong to worry about Li Ziyu’s safety.
• Li Ziyu returned to the ruins’ central intelligence, closed the gate, and concealed the entrance so he could explore later.
• Li Ziyu faced the charging beasts and spotted several rare Level Six species among them.

Li Ziyu used his ability to fly and his Spiritual Sense to hunt fierce beasts during the Beast Tide, then continued chasing more after recovering his Qi and Blood. As the Black Tiger Regiment and Sacred Armor University students prepared to defend Yuanshui Base, Jiang Yuwei spotted someone attacking the Beast Tide from the sky.

• Li Ziyu flew above the fierce beasts and used Spiritual Sense and the Starfall Saber Technique to kill them and drive off those fleeing toward the forest.
• After half a day of fighting, Li Ziyu rested atop a tree, drank Spirit Ore to recover his Qi and Blood, and went after another group of beasts.
• Mad Tiger organized the Black Tiger Regiment's defenses on Yuanshui Base's walls while Zhou Yong worried about Li Ziyu.
• Chen Zhiyuan warned Jiang Yuwei and the other Sacred Armor University students that the Beast Tide, led by the Golden Ape, included more than ten thousand Level Five and Level Six fierce beasts.
• Jiang Yuwei pointed toward the sky and told Chen Zhiyuan that someone appeared to be chasing and attacking the Beast Tide.

Li Ziyu single-handedly drove off a ferocious Beast Tide near Yuanshui Base City, shocking the city’s defenders. Back at the Black Tiger Regiment, Mad Tiger gave Li Ziyu fifteen billion in compensation and accompanied him to the Treasure Pavilion auction, where Liu Mei greeted them.

• Li Ziyu attacked the Beast Tide from the sky until the ferocious beasts scattered and fled.
• Mad Tiger and the city’s martial artists praised Li Ziyu’s strength, while Mad Tiger considered organizing a counterattack before the beasts escaped.
• Li Ziyu returned to Yuanshui Base City and received a fifteen-billion compensation payment from Mad Tiger.
• Li Ziyu decided to attend the auction before returning to the Seed Training Camp for his upcoming assessment.
• Mad Tiger took Li Ziyu and Zhou Yong to the Treasure Pavilion, where Liu Mei welcomed Mad Tiger and led them toward VIP Room One.

Li Ziyu attended the Treasure Pavilion auction, where Mad Tiger and Liu Mei treated him with respect after learning he had driven back the Beast Tide. As the auction began, Li Ziyu and the Wang family’s Wang Xiaotian both focused on obtaining the Spirit Ore.

• Mad Tiger respectfully ushered Li Ziyu into the Treasure Pavilion, and Zhou Yong told Liu Mei that Li Ziyu had driven back the Beast Tide.
• Liu Mei offered Li Ziyu a thirty-percent discount, while Mad Tiger promised to help him during the auction.
• Li Ziyu surveyed the powerful guests in the auction hall and identified the strength of those in the other VIP rooms.
• Wang Xiaotian told Elder Wang that he wanted the Spirit Ore to help his grandfather advance and improve his own standing in the family.
• Liu Ruyan opened the auction by presenting a Level 6 Intermediate Purple Rock Spear with a starting price of eight billion Great Xia Coins.

At the auction, Li Ziyu learned about enchanted weapons and discovered that an incomplete Level 9 battle skill, Crazy Eighteen Strikes, was available. Seeing a chance to use the system to complete it, he placed a 100-million bid from VIP Room One.

• Mad Tiger explained how elemental martial artists enchanted weapons, while Li Ziyu wondered whether he could enchant the Blade of Destiny and kept the ancient weapon Demon Moon secret.
• A bearded martial artist bought the Purple Rock Spear for eighteen billion, and Liu Mei warned that bidders might face danger after leaving the auction house.
• Liu Ruyan revealed Crazy Eighteen Strikes and explained that only its first move could be learned, while attempting the other seventeen risked cultivation deviation.
• Li Ziyu considered whether the system could complete the battle skill using Blood and Qi points, then bid one hundred million.

Li Ziyu bought the incomplete Level 9 Battle Skill Crazy Eighteen Strikes for his collection, then watched as the auction’s Spirit Ore drew fierce bidding. White Wolf intimidated the bidders into withdrawing, leaving the Spirit Ore effectively uncontested.

• Li Ziyu bought Crazy Eighteen Strikes for one billion, and Mad Tiger paid for it as a gift.
• Li Ziyu learned that the auction’s main item was one kilogram of Spirit Ore, a rare treasure useful for improving Martial Artists’ blood and vitality.
• Bidders drove the Spirit Ore’s price upward until someone in Heavenly Room No. 2 offered fifty billion.
• White Wolf, commander of the White Wolf Mercenary Group, appeared and demanded that everyone withdraw from bidding because his group urgently needed the Spirit Ore.
• Liu Ruyan objected to White Wolf’s intimidation, but the bidders fell silent and White Wolf returned to his room after achieving his aim.

Li Ziyu watched Wang Xiaotian use his Level Eight Great Grandmaster lineage to make White Wolf back down from bidding on the Spirit Ore. Just as Wang Xiaotian seemed poised to win it, Mad Tiger placed a higher bid, shocking the auction hall.

• Li Ziyu and the others speculated that White Wolf had come to investigate Qian Lang's disappearance, while Li Ziyu considered whether White Wolf might discover who had killed Qian Lang and his companions.
• Wang Xiaotian outbid White Wolf and revealed that Elder Wang was his guard, then announced that his ancestor Tianwei Xing was a Level Eight Great Grandmaster of the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.
• White Wolf apologized to Wang Xiaotian, offered to pay half the Spirit Ore's price as compensation, and stopped bidding.
• Wang Xiaotian's bid reached fifty-six billion, and Liu Ruyan prepared to close the auction as the other bidders fell silent.
• Mad Tiger bid fifty-seven billion from VIP Room One, drawing astonished reactions from the hall.

Li Ziyu defied Wang Xiaotian in a bidding war for the Spirit Ore and won it for one trillion and one billion Great Xia Coins. When Mad Tiger admitted he could not pay the full amount, Li Ziyu offered a Level 7 King-level beast core and a floor full of Level 6 and higher beast corpses to cover the cost.

• Jiang Yuwei and Chen Zhiyuan wondered why Mad Tiger dared to compete with the lineage of a Level Eight Great Grandmaster.
• Li Ziyu kept raising the bid against Wang Xiaotian, who threatened him and then signaled Elder Wang to deal with him after the auction.
• Li Ziyu won the Spirit Ore for one trillion and one billion Great Xia Coins, while Mad Tiger admitted he could only pay three hundred billion.
• Li Ziyu presented a Level 7 Golden Ape crystal core and numerous Level 6 and higher beast corpses to offset the remaining cost, astonishing Liu Ruyan.

Li Ziyu sold the Golden Ape core and ferocious beast corpses, then left the auction house carrying the Spirit Ore while several groups followed him. He defeated four would-be robbers at an abandoned temple and waited for the more dangerous pursuers to reveal themselves.

• Liu Mei valued Li Ziyu's Golden Ape core and beast materials, and Treasure Pavilion paid him an additional ten billion Great Xia Coins.
• Li Ziyu said he would return to the Capital City, declined Mad Tiger's offer to have Dong Qingxue pick him up, and left the auction house with the Spirit Ore.
• Wang Xiaotian and White Wolf planned to ambush Li Ziyu with two Intermediate Grandmasters and a High-Explosive Cluster Bomb.
• Several groups followed Li Ziyu out of Yuanshui Base City, and four masked men surrounded him at an abandoned temple.
• Li Ziyu killed the four attackers with his speed, searched them, and returned to the stone steps to wait for the other pursuers.