Chapter Summaries

Zhao Li told Yun Shuhui that Lin's Group had apologized and surrendered its Xujiang City market because of Li Ziyu, but she doubted his claim. After learning that Lin's Group was backed by a formidable Jiangnan Martial Arts University president, Liu Defa also dismissed Zhao Li's story as a hallucination and offered to recommend psychiatrists.

• Zhao Li told Yun Shuhui that Li Ziyu's influence had caused Lin's Group to apologize and give up the Xujiang City market.
• Yun Shuhui doubted Zhao Li and suggested that he see a psychiatrist.
• Liu Defa informed Zhao Li that Jiangnan Martial Arts University president Wang Anqi was a Level Seven Advanced Talent Martial Artist with Light Element, and urged him to withdraw rather than involve Li Ziyu.
• Zhao Li told Liu Defa that Lin's Group had already apologized and surrendered the market.
• Liu Defa disbelieved Zhao Li and offered to send him the contacts of psychiatrists.

Li Ziyu accepted Zhao Li’s offer of eighty percent of his company’s profits after helping resolve the Lin’s Group dispute. He then learned that a massive ferocious beast tide was threatening Border Defense City, where his cousin and several acquaintances were already helping defend the city.

• Zhao Li and Yun Shuhui welcomed Li Ziyu to dinner and told him Zhao Yanan had gone to help patrol Border Defense City.
• Zhao Li thanked Li Ziyu for resolving the Lin’s Group matter and offered him eighty percent of his company’s profits, which Li Ziyu accepted.
• After returning to his villa, Li Ziyu watched a report that high-level ferocious beasts had appeared near the Wilderness Area and were gathering around Border Defense City.
• The report showed Chen Mingyuan taking command at the city walls, with Chen Xiaoya, Zhao Yanan, Wang Hao, and Tang Xuan also present.
• Li Ziyu recognized the scale of the beast tide as unprecedented in his years living in Xujiang City.

Li Ziyu returned to Xujiang City, judged that its beast tide posed little threat, and broke through to Level Six. Meanwhile, a Zeroing Cult member planned to use the attack to lure him out, while Chen Mingyuan and Chen Xiaoya prepared to defend the city.

• Li Ziyu watched reports of the beast tide, decided not to go to the Border Defense City, and went to cultivate.
• After clearing the lingering attachments in his heart, Li Ziyu practiced his skills and broke through from Peak Level Five to Level Six, greatly increasing his strength.
• A Zeroing Cult member watched the battle from a coffee shop and planned to drive the beasts toward the city to lure Li Ziyu out and kill him publicly.
• Chen Mingyuan suspected that something was driving the beasts and warned Chen Xiaoya to leave the city wall.
• Chen Xiaoya refused to retreat, confident that she could defend herself and that Wang Anqi and the hidden Li Ziyu could handle any danger.

Wang Hao, Dazhuang, Zhao Yanan, Chen Mingyuan, and Chen Xiaoya fought as a Beast Tide attacked Border Defense City, while a mysterious man in a suit watched Chen Xiaoya’s treasure and waited for Li Ziyu. Just as the defenders thought the crisis was nearly over, a gigantic Level 7 King-level beast appeared at the rear of the tide.

• Wang Hao and Dazhuang discussed Li Ziyu’s absence as Zhao Yanan prepared for the Beast Tide to break through the Border Defense Army’s firepower.
• Zhao Yanan, Wang Hao, and Dazhuang joined forces against a Level 2 intermediate lizard beast that climbed onto the wall.
• Chen Mingyuan and Chen Xiaoya fought the beasts, while a man in a suit noticed the powerful treasure amplifying Chen Xiaoya’s attacks and remarked that Li Ziyu had yet to appear.
• Chen Mingyuan rallied the defenders with a promise of access to the Xujiang City Martial Arts Treasury as the Beast Tide seemed to be retreating.
• A thunderous roar made the beasts halt and part, revealing a colossal golden-furred ape holding a mountain peak like a weapon.

A Level Seven Advanced King-level Mountain-Treading Ape attacked Xujiang City, while blocked communications revealed the Beast Tide was a conspiracy. Wang Anqi arrived to face the beast and heal the defenders, but could only hope to delay it until military reinforcements came.

• Chen Mingyuan recognized the Mountain-Treading Ape and ordered a warning sent to the governor and Wang Anqi, but the defenders discovered that communications were blocked.
• Chen Mingyuan blamed himself for delaying his report, and Chen Xiaoya wounded him to snap him out of despair before running to find Wang Anqi.
• Wang Anqi appeared on the city wall, identified the beast as a Level Seven Advanced King-level threat, and prepared to hold it off for military support.
• Wang Anqi used Light of Healing to revive and heal the defenders, while frightened Martial Artists tried to flee.
• Chen Xiaoya moved to stop the fleeing defenders, but Wang Anqi let them go because they could not help by staying.

Wang Anqi and the others faced the Mountain-Treading Ape as it attacked Xujang City, only to discover that the King-level beast was at Level Seven Peak, beyond her ability to defeat. The ape demolished the city wall, leaving the survivors terrified and convinced the city was doomed.

• Wang Anqi noticed Chen Xiaoya using a different battle technique, and Chen Xiaoya said someone had guided her the day before.
• The Mountain-Treading Ape charged the city wall, and Wang Anqi struck it with her strongest Light Blade Storm attack.
• Wang Anqi realized the ape was a Level Seven Peak King-level beast after her attack failed to break its skin.
• The Mountain-Treading Ape smashed the Border Defense City wall with the peak in its hand.
• Wang Anqi moved Wang Hao, Dazhuang, and Zhao Yanan out of danger as the wall collapsed, while Chen Xiaoya and Chen Mingyuan feared Xujang City was finished.

Li Ziyu arrived in Xujiang City as Wang Anqi’s barrier was about to fail against the Mountain-Treading Ape. He revealed overwhelming strength, stopped the beast’s attack, and sent it staggering backward.

• Wang Anqi’s defense cracked under the Mountain-Treading Ape’s attacks, so she urged the people of Xujiang City to flee.
• Li Ziyu appeared, caught Wang Anqi as she collapsed, and told her to rest while he took over.
• Wang Hao, Zhao Yanan, Chen Mingyuan, and Chen Xiaoya warned Li Ziyu that the Level Seven Peak King-level beast was too powerful to fight.
• The Mountain-Treading Ape attacked Li Ziyu, who enlarged his body with his martial techniques and caught its enormous palm.
• Li Ziyu punched the Sky-Treading Ape, knocking it back through several mountain peaks and making it drop the mountain in its hand.

Li Ziyu overwhelmed and killed a Level Seven Peak king-level fierce beast, astonishing the people on Xujiang City's wall. After gaining 5,000 Blood Qi points, he asked Brother Tang whether the Treasure Pavilion could buy the beast’s enormous carcass.

• The suited man realized Li Ziyu carried a Spatial Teleportation Stone and abandoned his plan to kill him, knowing Li Ziyu could escape.
• Li Ziyu countered the Mountain-Treading Ape’s roar and smashed apart the mountain it hurled at him with his Battle Axe Leg.
• Wang Hao, Zhao Yanan, and Wang Anqi watched in shock as Li Ziyu beat the Mountain-Treading Ape and gained new insight into battle techniques.
• Li Ziyu launched the Sky-Treading Ape with a kick, then used Lightning Breathing and Ninefold Thunder Blade to decapitate it.
• Li Ziyu gained 5,000 Blood Qi points and asked Brother Tang whether the Treasure Pavilion could take in the beast.

Li Ziyu reunited with Tang Xuan after killing the Level 7 King-level Sky-Treading Ape and arranged for Xujiang City’s shops to process its corpse. He declined Wang Anqi’s flirtatious offer of repayment and waited for the beast to be dismantled before returning to the city.

• Li Ziyu showed Tang Xuan the Demon Moon Battle Saber to prove they had met before, then asked him to arrange a price and process the Sky-Treading Ape’s corpse.
• Tang Xuan joined forces with Xujiang City’s shops to buy and process the valuable beast, then left to fetch the equipment.
• Li Ziyu teased Zhao Yanan about contacting her worried mother, and Wang Hao and Dazhuang praised his strength.
• Wang Anqi flirted with Li Ziyu and offered to repay him, but he asked for Spirit Ore; Chen Mingyuan interrupted and invited him back to the city.
• Li Ziyu declined to leave before the corpse was dismantled, while worrying about the coming Fourth World Resonance and the mysterious young figure from the underground cavern.

After Li Ziyu helped prepare the Sky-Treading Ape’s carcass for dismantling, Cardinal Cang Xuan disguised himself as a Treasure Pavilion worker and waited for a chance to kill him. The chapter ended as Li Ziyu approached Cang Xuan, who was counting down the distance for a sneak attack.

• Cang Xuan abandoned his plan to retreat and decided to ambush Li Ziyu before he could use his Spatial Teleportation Stone to escape.
• Tang Xuan brought staff, trucks, and airships to dismantle the Sky-Treading Ape’s carcass, while Chen Xiaoya and Wang Anqi praised Li Ziyu’s guidance.
• Li Ziyu noticed that Chen Xiaoya’s pendant bore the same emblem as his Blade of Destiny, and she explained that she had found it in Jincheng’s black market.
• Chen Xiaoya offered Li Ziyu the pendant, but he returned it and headed toward the Sky-Treading Ape’s carcass.
• Cang Xuan, disguised among the dismantling workers, stayed concealed as Li Ziyu approached and prepared to attack once he came close enough.

Li Ziyu revealed Cang Xuan’s disguise and attacked the Zeroing Cult red-robed bishop, then chose to fight him rather than flee. As Wang Anqi rushed to seek reinforcements, Cang Xuan unleashed his Life and Death Domain against Li Ziyu.

• Li Ziyu used the Ninefold Thunder Blade to expose Cang Xuan and cripple both his arms.
• Cang Xuan threatened to kill everyone in Xujiang City, but Li Ziyu charged at him, eager to test his strength against a Level Eight Grandmaster.
• Wang Anqi recognized Cang Xuan as a red-robed bishop of the Zeroing Cult and ran for an airship to find outside help.
• Chen Xiaoya wanted to assist Li Ziyu but could not intervene against a battle of that caliber.
• Cang Xuan activated Heavenly Demon Body Convergence and sent his Life and Death Domain surging toward Li Ziyu.

Li Ziyu destroyed Cang Xuan’s domain and crippled him with Ten Suns Together, then learned that Tianwei Xing had sent the assassin. Cang Xuan died in an explosion after calling out to Di, leaving Li Ziyu wondering whether the Zeroing Cult’s object of worship truly existed.

• Li Ziyu used Ten Suns Together to melt Cang Xuan’s life-and-death domain, shocking the onlookers on the city wall.
• Li Ziyu merged the ten blazing suns and blasted Cang Xuan, leaving him with only half his body despite the devastating attack.
• Li Ziyu kicked Cang Xuan into an airship, then pinned him to the ground with his War Blade and demanded to know who had sent him.
• Li Ziyu guessed that Tianwei Xing had hired Cang Xuan, and Cang Xuan confirmed it while warning him about the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.
• Cang Xuan called out to Di and exploded into blood mist, leaving Li Ziyu to wonder whether Di truly existed.

After defeating Cang Xuan, Li Ziyu learned that Tianwei Xing had orchestrated the Zeroing Cult’s repeated attacks on him and found the Great Heavenly Demon Body Convergence Method among Cang Xuan’s spoils. He resolved to deal with the cult in Desert City and used his Martial God System to learn the forbidden combat skill.

• Li Ziyu discovered Spirit Ore, combat skills, and the Great Heavenly Demon Body Convergence Method in Cang Xuan’s Storage Bracelet.
• Wang Anqi warned Governor Zhennan Tian that Xujiang City had been attacked by a Level Eight Great Grandmaster and urged him to support the city while she sought help from Jiangnan Martial Arts University.
• Li Ziyu learned that Tianwei Xing had worked with the Zeroing Cult to target him, and decided to confront Tianwei Xing after returning from the ruins.
• Li Ziyu found records linking the Zeroing Cult to Desert City and planned to settle accounts with its members there.
• Li Ziyu studied the Great Heavenly Demon Body Convergence Method and asked his Martial God System to learn it using blood Qi points.

Li Ziyu absorbed Spirit Ore and the Sky-Treading Ape’s remains to advance Heavenly Demon Body Convergence, discovering that its black-and-white auras could destroy and partially restore a living creature. Zhennan Tian arrived to pay his respects to the supposed senior who had defeated a Zeroing Cult bishop, then realized Li Ziyu was the person who had opened the door.

• Li Ziyu absorbed Spirit Ore and used his qi and blood points to raise Heavenly Demon Body Convergence to Beginner.
• Li Ziyu discovered that the technique changed his eyes and let him project a white aura that stripped an eagle to its bones and a black aura that began restoring its flesh.
• Li Ziyu used the Great Sun Body Tempering Method to return his eyes to normal and answered the villa’s doorbell.
• Zhennan Tian arrived seeking the powerful Senior Li who had killed a Sky-Treading Ape and a Level Eight Great Grandmaster bishop of the Zeroing Cult.
• Zhennan Tian recognized Li Ziyu and assumed the senior who defeated the bishop was Li Ziyu’s elder from a powerful lineage.

Li Ziyu revealed to Zhennan Tian that he had killed Cang Xuan, the Zeroing Cult bishop, and accepted a generous reward for saving Xujiang City. Zhennan Tian told him about the Global Martial Arts Competition and the Martial Pool at stake, leaving Li Ziyu aware of a major contest taking place in three months.

• Zhennan Tian was stunned when Li Ziyu said he had defeated Cang Xuan, so Li Ziyu showed him Cang Xuan's Storage Bracelet and demonstrated his power.
• Zhennan Tian accepted that Li Ziyu had killed Cang Xuan and presented him with cultivation materials, a bank card, and a deposit slip for two hundred billion Great Xia Coins.
• Zhennan Tian asked whether Li Ziyu would enter the Global Martial Arts Competition, and explained that it would select martial artists to use a Martial Pool that could strengthen Great Grandmasters and aid advancement to Martial Saint.
• Zhennan Tian predicted that Li Ziyu could place in the global top hundred, while Li Ziyu learned that only the top ten competitors would earn a chance to enter the Martial Pool.

Li Ziyu arrived in Desert City to enter Wilderness Area No. 2 and accepted a bounty for a fugitive Grandmaster he might encounter along the way. He went to meet the Goddess of Sakura Country at the Desert Martialist Bar, where his arrival revealed that he, too, was a Grandmaster.

• Li Ziyu declined Zhennan Tian's offer to host a banquet and traveled to Desert City by airship.
• After arriving, Li Ziyu demonstrated his strength to Niu Li by kneading Level Six Asma Alloy and took the bounty information for Liu Zhan.
• Li Ziyu decided to look for Liu Zhan while exploring Wilderness Area No. 2 and headed to the Desert Martialist Bar to meet the Goddess of Sakura Country.
• Li Ziyu entered the bar and walked toward the young girl waiting there, drawing the attention of the martialists who recognized him as another Grandmaster.

Li Ziyu and Amamiya Eri prepared to travel into Wilderness Area No. 2 and entered Desert City's black market to buy supplies. Inside, Li Ziyu drew the hostile attention of an old man after looking around.

• Amamiya Eri explained the dangers of traveling deep into Wilderness Area No. 2, and Li Ziyu agreed to buy supplies before setting out.
• Amamiya Eri led Li Ziyu through Desert City to a black market hidden inside an abandoned factory and gave the guards its secret code.
• The guards warned Li Ziyu and Amamiya Eri to avoid noise, fighting, forced sales, and eye contact inside the market.
• Amamiya Eri advised Li Ziyu to conceal his identity, and they entered the crowded market wearing hoods and masks.
• An old man with yellow teeth glared at Li Ziyu and asked what he was looking at.

Li Ziyu confronted the Zeroing Cult’s Myriad Spirits Pavilion in the black market and struck down Old Man Bai with Extreme Fist. Old Man Bai accused the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall of betraying an agreement with the cult as the Flame Legion arrived.

• Amamiya Eri urged Li Ziyu to leave the black market, but he followed Zhao Dehai to the Myriad Spirits Pavilion.
• Li Ziyu recognized the shop as a Zeroing Cult branch and challenged Old Man Bai after detecting blood beneath the floor.
• Old Man Bai revealed Level 7 Perfection strength and attacked Li Ziyu with a blood-qi claw.
• Li Ziyu hit Old Man Bai with Extreme Fist, blasting him out of the shop and collapsing the street around him.
• Old Man Bai recognized Li Ziyu as a likely core figure of the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall and accused the hall of breaking its agreement with the Zeroing Cult.

Li Ziyu defeated Old Man Bai at the Myriad Spirits Pavilion, letting the man mistake him for Tianwei Xing of the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall. After looting the pavilion, Li Ziyu discovered a basement where the Zeroing Cult had imprisoned and abused people.

• Old Man Bai blamed the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall for betraying the Zeroing Cult, and Li Ziyu pretended to be Tianwei Xing to confirm his suspicions.
• Old Man Bai reported the incident to his Archbishop and then killed himself by turning into a mist of blood.
• Li Ziyu took Old Man Bai's storage bracelet, and Niu Dingtian let him enter the Myriad Spirits Pavilion without complaint.
• Li Ziyu cleared out the pavilion's supplies, then broke through the floor and found a secret basement.
• Li Ziyu and Amamiya Eri entered the basement and found rows of cages holding emaciated, battered prisoners.

Li Ziyu found a parchment linking three ruins of the Yanhuang Empire and traveled with Amamiya Eri to a ruin in Wilderness Area No. 2. At the temple entrance, he realized Amamiya Eri had trapped him in an illusion and seized her by the neck.

• Li Ziyu found a parchment depicting three connected Yanhuang Empire ruins and burned the consciousness-erased prisoners in their cages.
• Li Ziyu inferred that the Zeroing Cult had discovered the Yuanshui Base City ruin and vowed to destroy another of its branches.
• Amamiya Eri brought Li Ziyu by airship to a temple ruin in Wilderness Area No. 2 and explained that a large door inside led to their target.
• Li Ziyu stopped Amamiya Eri at the temple entrance, grabbed her by the neck, and demanded to know when she had placed him under an illusion.