Chapter Summaries

Zhang Beihai warned Li Ziyu that Martial Saint Skills might not suit him and urged him to focus on the Great Sun Body Tempering Method and Ninefold Thunder Blade. He then told Li Ziyu that his performance could qualify him for early graduation from the Seed Training Camp and began to explain why he had summoned him.

• Li Ziyu asked Zhang Beihai to state why he had called him over.
• Zhang Beihai asked whether Li Ziyu planned to spend his Points on the Martial Saint Skill Extreme Fist, and Li Ziyu said yes.
• Zhang Beihai warned Li Ziyu that compatibility mattered more than a skill’s prestige and recounted how an old comrade had become mediocre after abandoning a compatible battle skill for a Martial Saint Skill.
• Zhang Beihai urged Li Ziyu to focus on the Great Sun Body Tempering Method and Ninefold Thunder Blade and spend his Points on other resources, such as Spirit Ore.
• Li Ziyu thanked Zhang Beihai but privately resolved to rely on his system to overcome compatibility issues.
• Zhang Beihai said Li Ziyu’s tournament performance suggested he could graduate early and began to introduce the other reason for the meeting.

Zhang Beihai told Li Ziyu about Sakura Country’s hidden Grandmaster-level Goddess and recruited him to face her in a research exchange tournament at Magic City Martial Arts University. After accepting and receiving a one-use teleportation crystal, Li exchanged his Points for the Martial Saint Skill Extreme Fist and studied its demonstration.

• Zhang Beihai explained that Sakura Country had concealed its young Goddess, who could summon shikigami and might eventually challenge Great Xia’s dominance.
• Zhang Beihai said Great Xia would host the Goddess in a martial arts exchange tournament in a month and asked Li Ziyu to compete against her.
• Zhang Beihai gave Li Ziyu a Spatial Teleportation Crystal Core that could teleport him up to five hundred kilometers once.
• Li Ziyu accepted the tournament challenge and promised to leave Sakura Country’s Goddess with an unforgettable memory.
• Li Ziyu exchanged his Points at the military supplies department for the Martial Saint Skill Extreme Fist.
• Li Ziyu watched a video of the Extreme Path Martial Saint splitting a vast sea of clouds with a single punch.

Li Ziyu transferred Thunderclap Slash’s proficiency into Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power, unlocking the Peak Level and the offensive technique Ten Suns Same Sky, then contacted Liu Ruyan to arrange a Demon Cave expedition for Spirit Ore. Meanwhile, Tianwei Xing arrived at Yuanshui Base City intending to kill Li Ziyu and seize the secret of the Martial Saint Secret Realm, just as a thunderous voice sounded from the horizon.

• Li Ziyu transferred Thunderclap Slash’s proficiency to Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power, raising it to Peak Level and unlocking Ten Suns Same Sky.
• Li Ziyu decided to test Ten Suns Same Sky in the Wilderness Area and contacted Liu Ruyan to arrange a trip to the Demon Cave for Spirit Ore.
• Tianwei Xing arrived in an Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall airship at Yuanshui Base City while locals discussed his intention to avenge his grandson’s death.
• Tianwei Xing accepted his subordinate’s uncertain account that Li Ziyu had killed his grandson and planned to capture Li Ziyu to obtain the Martial Saint Secret Realm’s secret.
• Tianwei Xing waited for Li Ziyu’s scheduled arrival, but a thunderous voice from the horizon shook the airship.

Zhang Beihai and Su Kui stopped Tianwei Xing from personally attacking Li Ziyu, but Tianwei Xing planned to have a Grandmaster kill him in the underground caverns. Li Ziyu entered the Treasure Pavilion, where an attendant greeted him.

• Tianwei Xing confronted Zhang Beihai over Li Ziyu, and Zhang Beihai challenged him for violating the rules against Great Grandmasters attacking the younger generation.
• Zhang Beihai and Tianwei Xing fought in the air until Su Kui arrived and intervened, citing the Transcendent Martial Arts Hall's support for Li Ziyu.
• Tianwei Xing returned to his airship and told his subordinate to arrange for a Grandmaster to kill Li Ziyu in the underground caverns.
• Li Ziyu entered the Treasure Pavilion, and a qipao-clad attendant greeted him and assessed his imposing aura.

Li Ziyu met Liu Wen and the three other hunters he had recruited for an expedition near the core of Cave No. 6. After Liu Wen praised Li Ziyu’s strength, Li Ziyu sensed that Liu Wen intended him harm, leaving the reason for the meeting in doubt.

• Li Ziyu arrived at Treasure Pavilion, and Liu Ruyan escorted him to Liu Wen’s secluded manor.
• Li Ziyu met Liu Wen, a scar-faced strongman, a Fire Element Martial Artist, and Wang Anqi, who flirted with him.
• The scar-faced strongman questioned Li Ziyu’s ability to join an expedition near the core of Cave No. 6.
• Liu Wen introduced Li Ziyu as the Psychic Master who had repelled the Beast Tide and killed a Level Seven Intermediate Golden Ape.
• Li Ziyu sensed killing intent from Liu Wen and suspected that the Treasure Pavilion owner bore ill will toward him.

Li Ziyu met Liu Wen’s team in Cave No. 6 and learned their strengths before joining their expedition. He recognized that the caves belonged to a civilization separate from the one expected with the Fourth World Echo, leaving the danger of a two-front war on his mind.

• Liu Wen introduced Xiong Sandao, Han Geng, and Wang Anqi and described their combat levels and abilities.
• Li Ziyu said he was an eighteen-year-old Level Seven Beginner Psychic Master whose combat power matched an ordinary Level Seven Intermediate Martial Artist.
• Xiong Sandao mocked Li Ziyu’s strength, while Han Geng said Li Ziyu would receive a smaller share of the spoils.
• Wang Anqi flirted with Li Ziyu and reacted with embarrassment when he told her his age.
• Liu Wen asked Li Ziyu about the caves, and Li Ziyu recalled that they were spatial rifts and likely outposts of an invading civilization.
• Li Ziyu privately concluded that the cave civilization differed from the one behind the Fourth World Echo and that humanity might face attacks from two sides.

Liu Wen explained the plan to raid Cave No. 6 for Aureate Gold, where Nether Corpses guarded the ore and a Half-step Great Grandmaster Diamond Nether Corpse posed a threat. Li Ziyu noticed something suspicious about Liu Wen and became interested in testing himself against the Diamond Nether Corpse as the group prepared to divide their roles.

• Liu Wen showed the group the Nether Corpse ranks and explained that Cave No. 6’s ore vein was guarded by Platinum Nether Corpses and a Half-step Great Grandmaster Diamond Nether Corpse.
• Wang Anqi started to leave when she heard about the Diamond Nether Corpse, but Liu Wen explained that it left the ore vein at a fixed time, leaving only about a dozen Platinum Nether Corpses behind.
• Li Ziyu noticed a fleeting change in Liu Wen’s expression, suspected that Liu Wen was hiding something, and asked to see the Diamond Nether Corpse’s appearance.
• Li Ziyu studied the Diamond Nether Corpse’s humanlike appearance and sensed that it might possess intelligence.
• Liu Wen assigned Xiong Sandao to restrain the Platinum Nether Corpses, Han Geng and Wang Anqi to help kill them, and himself and Li Ziyu to excavate the ore.

Li Ziyu joined Liu Wen’s group to explore an ore vein in Cave No. 6, accepted a ten-percent share, and traveled with them to the cave entrance. The group prepared to descend to level thirty-two as Wang Anqi warned Li Ziyu about the dangers and powerful monsters below level thirty.

• Liu Wen assigned himself thirty percent of the shares, Xiong Sandao, Wang Anqi, and Han Geng twenty percent each, and Li Ziyu ten percent; Li Ziyu accepted without objection.
• Wang Anqi walked with Li Ziyu and offered to protect him in the cave and give him half a percent from her share.
• Li Ziyu and the group arrived by Liu Feng’s private airship at the island base and passed through its guarded steel walls toward Cave No. 6.
• At the cave entrance, Liu Wen announced that the group would descend to level thirty-two and told them to follow him.
• Wang Anqi explained that monsters below level thirty could rival Grandmaster-level martial artists and warned that cave exploration remained dangerous even for cautious explorers.

Li Ziyu and Liu Wen’s team prepared to hunt a Diamond Nether Corpse in Cave No. 6 despite a warning about a mysterious young man’s figure that had lured another team toward the dangerous depths. After descending into the cave, they set out for the ruins, with Li Ziyu following Wang Anqi.

• Li Ziyu learned from Wang Anqi that nuclear bombs could enlarge the caves, so they were reserved for emergencies.
• Wan Haitao warned Liu Wen that his team had seen a young man’s figure on the thirtieth level and had been compelled to follow it until Wan Haitao’s danger-sensing combat skill brought them back to their senses.
• Liu Wen told the group to prepare their trump cards but insisted they continue because the Diamond Nether Corpse’s hunting period offered a rare chance to find it.
• Liu Wen led Li Ziyu, Wang Anqi, Xiong Sandao, and Han Geng down the rope into Cave No. 6.
• Liu Wen led the group toward the ruins, and Wang Anqi warned Li Ziyu to stay close as he followed with his Destiny Blade.

Li Ziyu and Liu Wen found a large Gold Ore vein and Spirit Ore deposit on the thirty-second floor, guarded by Nether Corpses. As their group fought the creatures and gathered the ore, Xiong Sandao warned that a Diamond-grade Nether Corpse could return, and Han Geng suddenly spat blood.

• Li Ziyu and Liu Wen found a rich Gold Ore vein and a pool containing dozens of pounds of Spirit Ore.
• Liu Wen warned the group against trying to claim the ore alone, then assigned Xiong Sandao to draw the Nether Corpses while Han Geng and Wang Anqi fought them.
• Liu Wen collected the Gold Ore as Li Ziyu gathered the Spirit Ore and observed the others battling the Nether Corpses.
• Xiong Sandao, Han Geng, and Wang Anqi defeated the nearby Nether Corpses, while Li Ziyu judged their speed, strength, and defense to be formidable.
• Xiong Sandao warned Li Ziyu that a Diamond-grade Nether Corpse might return, then Han Geng spat blood, shocking the group.

Wang Anqi and Han Geng turned on Xiong Sandao, but their alliance collapsed when Han Geng revealed he had helped kill Wang Anqi’s father. Liu Wen then overwhelmed Wang Anqi and threatened Li Ziyu, who tried to learn who had hired Liu Wen before Liu could reveal the answer.

• Han Geng stabbed Xiong Sandao with a dagger coated in Titan Python venom, and Wang Anqi joined him in cutting Xiong out of the shares.
• Liu Wen ignored Xiong Sandao’s plea for help and agreed with Han Geng to kill Li Ziyu, but Wang Anqi stopped them because she had a history with Li.
• Wang Anqi confronted Liu Wen about mutilating her father, Wang Xiangyang, and charged him after he admitted the deed.
• Han Geng revealed that he had also severed Wang Xiangyang’s limbs, then betrayed Wang Anqi and left her to face Liu Wen.
• Liu Wen revealed he was a Half-step Level Eight Psychic Master, defeated Wang Anqi, and sent his Wishwheel Blade after her and Li Ziyu.
• Li Ziyu asked who had hired Liu Wen, guessed Tianwei Xing and then the Transcendent Martial Arts Hall, and pretended to consider trading his secret for his life as Liu Wen began naming his employer.

Liu Wen revealed that the Zeroing Cult had hired him to assassinate Li Ziyu, then demanded that Li Ziyu show his sincerity. Li Ziyu rejected the cult and unleashed his hidden strength, leaving Liu Wen and Han Geng wary as they prepared to fight.

• Liu Wen admitted that the Zeroing Cult had hired him to kill Li Ziyu and intended to leave no witnesses alive.
• Li Ziyu recalled the cult’s train hijacking and decided to ask Yu Ningmo about its current strength after the cavern expedition.
• Wang Anqi warned Li Ziyu that Liu Wen would not let him escape, but Li Ziyu declared that Liu Wen was no longer useful and refused to deal with evil cults.
• Li Ziyu activated Great Vajra Prajna Divine Power and used Battle Axe Leg to shatter Liu Wen’s psychic barrier.
• Liu Wen retreated in shock and warned Han Geng to join him against Li Ziyu before the Diamond-grade Nether Corpse arrived.
• Xiong Sandao and Wang Anqi watched in astonishment as Li Ziyu demonstrated that he could contend with Liu Wen.

Li Ziyu used the Great Sun Body Tempering Method to overpower Han Geng and withstand Liu Wen’s attacks. Liu Wen brought out his mysterious black civet-cat statue as his trump card, leaving Li Ziyu facing an unsettling new threat.

• Wang Anqi offered to help Li Ziyu fight Liu Wen and Han Geng, but Li Ziyu refused because he could not protect her at the same time.
• Liu Wen attacked Li Ziyu with the Wish Wheel Blade and waves of Spiritual Sense while Han Geng summoned his flaming giant with a Tier-Eight Battle Technique.
• Li Ziyu enlarged his body with the Great Sun Body Tempering Method, caught the giant’s fist, and hurled it away, knocking Han Geng unconscious with the impact.
• Li Ziyu dodged Liu Wen’s blade and endured his Spiritual Sense assault, convincing Liu Wen that he could not win without using his trump card.
• Liu Wen took out a pitch-black civet-cat statue that gave Li Ziyu an ominous feeling.

Liu Wen summoned a civet Deity projection from a statue to suppress Li Ziyu, but Li Ziyu resisted its spiritual assault. As the projection’s power intensified and Liu Wen approached, Xiong Sandao gave up hope of surviving.

• Liu Wen sacrificed his blood to summon a black civet phantom from the statue and ordered it to punish Li Ziyu.
• The phantom’s spiritual assault battered Li Ziyu, but his Crystal Meditation Method let him resist it.
• Liu Wen was shocked when Li Ziyu failed to fall into a frenzy and asked whether he should kneel.
• The civet phantom bowed to Li Ziyu again, drawing flesh and blood from Liu Feng and intensifying its spiritual pressure.
• Liu Wen believed the strengthened assault had suppressed Li Ziyu and advanced to kill him for the secrets he suspected Li Ziyu possessed.
• Xiong Sandao, frightened by the phantom’s aura, threw aside his saber and gave up resisting.

Li Ziyu resisted the civet-cat phantom and revealed Ten Suns Same Sky, overwhelming Liu Wen’s final attack and destroying the phantom. The red mist and approaching Nether Corpses melted beneath the suns’ light, leaving Liu Wen stunned before Li Ziyu.

• The civet-cat phantom’s aura immobilized Wang Anqi, while Liu Wen declared that Li Ziyu would die and sent the Wish Wheel Blade toward him.
• Li Ziyu blocked the Wish Wheel Blade, knocked it away, and challenged Liu Wen to use something stronger.
• Li Ziyu summoned a great sun that cleared the surrounding red mist and began dissolving the civet-cat phantom.
• The phantom withered Liu Wen to empower itself, but Li Ziyu revealed Ten Suns Same Sky and summoned ten blazing suns.
• The ten suns melted the civet-cat phantom and its statue, along with the red mist and approaching Nether Corpses, while Liu Wen stared in shock.

Li Ziyu used Ten Suns Same Sky to kill Liu Wen, then killed Han Geng and Xiong Sandao. He spared Wang Anqi and asked her to help mine the Radiant Gold ore, while she felt shy and pleased by his attention.

• Li Ziyu unleashed Ten Suns Same Sky and reduced Liu Wen to ashes, then replenished his vital blood with Spirit Ore.
• Li Ziyu threw the Blade of Destiny through Han Geng and collected his Storage Bracelet.
• Xiong Sandao begged Li Ziyu for mercy, but Li Ziyu killed him with one punch and took his Storage Bracelet.
• Li Ziyu asked the injured Wang Anqi to help gather Radiant Gold ore and explained that she had never given him a reason to kill her.
• Wang Anqi thanked Li Ziyu and offered to serve him, then blushed when he glanced at her damaged uniform.

Li Ziyu escaped a Diamond-grade Nether Corpse with Wang Anqi and sensed a mysterious golden figure following it. After reaching the surface, he warned Zhang Beihai, who connected the sighting to a similar report from Cave No. 3 and promised an investigation.

• Wang Anqi collected gold ore for Li Ziyu and wondered whether he was the National Martial Arts Examination Champion with the same name.
• Li Ziyu sensed danger and used Zhang Beihai's spatial teleportation scroll to escape with Wang Anqi as a Diamond-grade Nether Corpse struck their former location.
• Li Ziyu told Wang Anqi that the Nether Corpse was Diamond-grade and hurried with her toward the cavern's exit, recalling a mysterious golden figure behind it.
• A hazy figure stopped the Diamond Nether Corpse from pursuing Li Ziyu and said it was not yet time to reveal themselves.
• Li Ziyu contacted Zhang Beihai, who said someone in Cave No. 3 had reported a mysterious young figure and promised to investigate.

Li Ziyu left Cave No. 6 after reporting the Diamond-grade Nether Corpse and planned to complete blood replacement before facing the Sakura Country Goddess at Magic University. Meanwhile, Tianwei Xing agreed to give the Zeroing Cult another chance to kill Li Ziyu, this time through its Level Eight Great Grandmaster Cardinal.

• Zhang Beihai told Li Ziyu that the Sakura Country Goddess had arrived early and was sparring with Magic University prodigies, and Li Ziyu said he would go after handling his own business.
• Wang Anqi tried to get closer to Li Ziyu, but he refused her request to call him Brother Yu and flew toward Magic University.
• Li Ziyu assessed his strength on a mountain summit, swallowed spirit ore, and began performing blood replacement.
• Tianwei Xing learned that the Zeroing Cult's assassination attempt had failed because a Diamond-grade Nether Corpse and other factors disrupted it.
• Tianwei Xing agreed to let the Zeroing Cult try again after his subordinate reported that its Cardinal would personally target Li Ziyu.

Li Ziyu completed a perfect-grade full-body blood exchange and reached Peak Level 5 Martial Artist, then improved his Crystal Meditation Method. After two hikers mistook him for the legendary Great Yi, he prepared to go to Magic University to meet the divine maiden from Sakura Country.

• Wang Hao and his girlfriend reached the summit of Immortal Hidden Mountain and saw Li Ziyu hovering above a cliff with ten blazing suns behind him.
• Li Ziyu dismissed the startled hikers, put away the suns, and vanished using his Spiritual Sense.
• Li Ziyu checked his system panel and confirmed his perfect-grade full-body blood exchange had greatly increased his strength and reserves of blood and qi.
• Li Ziyu used his remaining blood and qi to raise the Crystal Meditation Method from Micro-level to Mastery Level, expanding his perception to one thousand meters and greatly increasing his flight speed.
• Li Ziyu decided to avoid the caves until Zhang Beihai investigated the Mysterious Figure in Cave No. 6, and planned to visit Magic University to meet the divine maiden from Sakura Country.

Amamiya Eri defeated Magic City Martial Arts University’s strongest available student, Ouyang Hao, in one move and publicly mocked the school. As Ge Yanzhou and Yu Ningmo waited for Lei Zhan and hoped Li Ziyu would return, Yamamoto Ryusuke privately revealed that Amamiya Eri was a Grandmaster who had concealed her true strength.

• Amamiya Eri defeated Ouyang Hao with a single move, leaving the Magic University students furious and humiliated.
• Amamiya Eri declared Magic City Martial Arts University unimpressive, while Yamamoto Ryusuke taunted its leaders and invited them to send stronger fighters.
• Ge Yanzhou and Yu Ningmo discussed waiting for Lei Zhan because Li Ziyu was unreachable in Cave No. 6.
• Yamamoto Ryusuke privately revealed that Amamiya Eri had hidden her strength and had already reached Grandmaster Level at nineteen.