Chapter Summaries

Li Ziyu descended through the cave layers, wiping out Lava Giant Beasts with Phoenix Flame and gathering Vitality Points. At the twenty-seventh layer, he confirmed he could advance to Level Eight Great Grandmaster and prepared to raise his realm, determined to control his own fate.

• Long Zhan found the tenth cave layer’s magma and Lava Giant Beasts gone, then led the martial artists toward the lower layers to investigate.
• Wang Hongyu and Wang He reached the devastated tenth layer, suspected Li Ziyu might be responsible, and continued downward.
• Li Ziyu fought his way from the tenth to the twenty-seventh cave layer, killing Level 8 Lava Giant Beasts and gaining Vitality Points.
• Li Ziyu checked his system panel and confirmed a plus sign had appeared beside his Peak Grandmaster realm.
• Li Ziyu recalled the resolve behind his Martial Momentum and ordered the system to spend his points to advance him to Level Eight Great Grandmaster.

Li Ziyu rebuilt his body around an Immortal Cell and advanced to Level Eight Great Grandmaster, merging his body, spirit, and Martial Momentum into the Invincible Immortal Path. He planned to ignite three hundred and sixty Immortal Cells to reach Martial Saint, but chose to ask Dong Qingxue about the source of the mysterious voice before proceeding to the twenty-eighth layer.

• Li Ziyu's body disintegrated until only his head remained, and an Immortal Cell appeared amid the gathered qi and blood.
• Li Ziyu reshaped his body with the Immortal Cell, then used the System, Blood Qi, and Divine Phoenix Fire to refine his Crystal Body and Supreme Bone.
• Li Ziyu raised the Crystal Meditation Method, and his Spiritual Sense, realm, and martial body broke through to Level Eight Great Grandmaster.
• Li Ziyu declared that his body, spirit, and Martial Momentum had merged into the Invincible Immortal Path, and he defined Immortal Cells as the core of his cultivation.
• Li Ziyu planned to ignite three hundred and sixty Immortal Cells to achieve Martial Saint and condense a Martial Dao Dharma Form.
• Li Ziyu decided to have Dong Qingxue point out where the mysterious voice had appeared before he went to the twenty-eighth layer.

Long Zhan and his followers attacked Wang Hongyu’s group in the underground cavern, but Li Ziyu appeared and halted their assault with his power over space. He explained that the effect would not last long and urged Wang Hongyu’s group to dodge.

• Long Zhan confronted Wang Hongyu’s group and ordered his followers to attack them so he could secure the Space Stone Mine Vein.
• Wang Mei warned that the cavern was dangerous, but Long Zhan’s followers ignored her and launched attacks; Wang Hongyu, Wang Mei, Wang He, and Dong Qingxue prepared to fight back.
• Just as Long Zhan’s battle-ax and the other attacks were about to strike, everyone froze in place.
• Li Ziyu appeared, snapped his fingers to let the frozen scene resume, then froze it again when Wang Hongyu’s group stood stunned.
• Li Ziyu explained that he had stretched the space between the attackers and Wang Hongyu’s group using Spiritual Sense and Martial Momentum, and told them to dodge before the effect ended.

Li Ziyu effortlessly killed Long Zhan and the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall warriors who attacked Wang Hongyu’s group, then followed Wang Hongyu and Dong Qingxue to investigate the strange voice on Cave Level Twenty-Eight. The chapter left Dong Qingxue stunned after she entered the hidden resting area behind a crate.

• Li Ziyu appeared in time to save Wang Hongyu’s group from Long Zhan’s attack, then let Long Zhan strike him to test his defenses.
• Li Ziyu emerged unharmed, crushed Long Zhan with immense pressure, and killed the fleeing warriors with a glance.
• Li Ziyu sent the other survivors to the surface and asked Wang Hongyu and Dong Qingxue to guide him to where they had heard the strange voice.
• Wang Hongyu and Dong Qingxue led Li Ziyu to a cave on Level Twenty-Eight, where Dong Qingxue showed him a concealed resting area behind a crate.
• Dong Qingxue stepped into the hidden area, froze, and cried out in shock.

Li Ziyu and the others discovered the dried corpse of Qin Xing, a six-star general, in a cave, then encountered the supposedly dead Dong Shengyi. Dong Shengyi revealed a corpse bearing a strange creature called Di and confronted them, leaving Wang Hongyu convinced they could not escape.

• Wang Hongyu identified the dried corpse as General Qin Xing and urged Li Ziyu and Dong Qingxue to return to the War Zone for help.
• Li Ziyu sensed someone approaching and stayed behind while Wang Hongyu and Dong Qingxue drew their weapons.
• Dong Shengyi entered the cave, and Wang Hongyu recognized him as a general who had supposedly died twenty years earlier.
• Dong Shengyi immobilized Wang Hongyu and tossed in the corpse of Liu Chengyuan, the Eastern War Zone’s twelve-star general.
• Dong Shengyi called the black octopus-like growth on Liu Chengyuan’s heart an incarnation of one ten-thousandth of Di’s power.
• Dong Qingxue and Wang Hongyu recalled Dong Shengyi’s record and his alleged betrayal and death, while Wang Hongyu concluded they could not escape.

Li Ziyu learned that Dong Shengyi, the military’s former strongest fighter, had returned as a servant of Di and had defeated Liu Chengyuan. Dong Shengyi unleashed Di’s Ultimate Demonic Flame and challenged Li Ziyu, while Wang Hongyu broke through during a desperate attack.

• Wang Hongyu explained that Dong Shengyi had once been the military’s strongest fighter, while the defeated man was the current Twelve-star General Liu Chengyuan.
• Dong Shengyi crushed Liu Chengyuan and declared that Di’s power had raised him to the Half-Saint realm.
• Dong Shengyi learned that Li Ziyu was the new Twelve-star General and invited him to attack, claiming Li Ziyu could not break his defenses.
• Dong Shengyi released the Ultimate Demonic Flame, terrifying Wang Hongyu and greatly increasing his power.
• Wang Hongyu struck at Dong Shengyi with her War Blade, broke through to the Intermediate Great Grandmaster realm, and hoped to create an opening for Li Ziyu to escape.

Li Ziyu confronted Dong Shengyi, who revealed his devotion to a divine being and called the Fourth World Echo a gift. Li Ziyu unleashed overwhelming White Flame and killed Dong Shengyi with a single punch, leaving the dying half-Saint asking why Li Ziyu was so strong.

• Wang Hongyu attacked Dong Shengyi, but his black flames absorbed her strike and grew stronger.
• Dong Shengyi proclaimed that a divine being had guided him, that the Fourth World Echo was a gift, and that humans were mere sustenance.
• Li Ziyu questioned Dong Shengyi about the golden-haired divine being and the killings, but Dong Shengyi challenged him to kill him for answers.
• Li Ziyu dismissed Dong Shengyi as a fanatic and erupted in White Flame threaded with black lightning.
• Dong Shengyi's black-flame defense melted, and Li Ziyu's punch destroyed his arms and struck through his chest.
• Dong Shengyi wondered why Li Ziyu was so strong as he faced death.

Li Ziyu killed Dong Shengyi with one punch and learned that his Level Eight Great Grandmaster strength could surpass realms to defeat a Half-Saint. As Wang Hongyu prepared to report the mysterious lord, Li Ziyu decided to descend farther and investigate.

• Li Ziyu revealed that he was a Hacker and punched Dong Shengyi to death.
• Wang Hongyu and Dong Qingxue were stunned by Dong Shengyi’s instant defeat, while Liu Chengyuan realized Li Ziyu’s attack had vastly outclassed the Half-Saint.
• Li Ziyu questioned whether he could challenge a Martial Saint, and Liu Chengyuan confirmed that Li Ziyu was stronger than anyone in the five military regions.
• Li Ziyu told Liu Chengyuan he was a Level Eight Great Grandmaster, leaving Liu confused about the scale of his power.
• Wang Hongyu offered to return to the surface and report the mysterious lord, but Li Ziyu said he would go down to investigate.

Li Ziyu tried to destroy the clone of Di inside Liu Chengyuan, but it escaped into Dong Shengyi’s corpse and grew into a powerful monster. After the clone revealed its use of spatial power and demanded that Li Ziyu submit, he attacked it with a Nine Heavens Absolute Earth Slash.

• Li Ziyu prepared to cut the black tentacle from Liu Chengyuan’s heart, and Liu Chengyuan tore open his chest to let him strike.
• The tentacle vanished from Liu Chengyuan and reappeared at Dong Shengyi’s corpse, absorbing it and growing into an upright black jellyfish-like monster.
• Liu Chengyuan warned Li Ziyu to flee, but Li Ziyu stopped him and studied the clone, suspecting it had escaped through the Way of Space.
• The clone of Di formed a face and taunted Li Ziyu, offering him power if he became its subject.
• Li Ziyu dismissed the clone’s offer and unleashed a Nine Heavens Absolute Earth Slash.

Li Ziyu investigated the thirty-fourth cave layer after an enemy avatar ignored his attack, while a hidden alliance of fierce beasts plotted to exploit Great Xia’s defenses. He found a rich Spatial Teleportation Stone Mine surrounded by a strange, writhing black region.

• An avatar evaded Li Ziyu’s sword attack, threatened to wait for him in the thirty-fourth cave layer, and vanished, so Li Ziyu set out to investigate.
• In an underground meeting, the golden boy learned that Great Xia’s two strongest Martial Saints were in seclusion and ordered Han Que to create a disturbance to expose hidden forces.
• The dragon-headed fierce beast demanded an additional thousand kilometers of Great Xia’s territory for Han Que’s mission, and the golden boy agreed.
• Li Ziyu descended to the thirty-fourth cave layer and used his Spiritual Power to navigate its darkness.
• Li Ziyu discovered a high-purity Spatial Teleportation Stone Mine and noticed a living-looking black region encircling it.

Li Ziyu discovered that an Abyssal Rift connected to another space and tested which materials could pass through it. He cut open the rift with a spirit sword, took the Spatial Teleportation Stone Mine, and left while Di’s doppelganger raged helplessly behind him.

• Li Ziyu tested the black area with Asma Alloy, Divine Phoenix Fire, and essence energy, and each was devoured.
• Li Ziyu found that his spirit sword from the cultivation world could penetrate the rift and hacked an opening in it.
• Li Ziyu used his Spiritual Sense to collect the Spatial Teleportation Stone Mine into his Storage Bracelet.
• Di’s doppelganger offered to make Li Ziyu his servant, and Li Ziyu mocked him before leaving.
• Di’s doppelganger grew furious and caused more Abyssal Rifts to appear, but an obstruction stopped him from emerging.
• Li Ziyu left the dungeon level, reasoning that Di might be a threat during the Fourth World Resonance, and planned to absorb the Spatial Teleportation Stone.

After leaving the underground cavern, Li Ziyu took shelter in a ruined temple and met Wang Tao’s group, who were fleeing another battle group. As Wang Tao offered to escort him and praised the Blue Flame Battle Group, someone outside called for Captain Wang.

• Li Ziyu entered a ruined temple during a storm and sat down to comprehend a Spatial Teleportation Stone.
• Wang Tao arrived with three team members and the captain’s daughter, seeking shelter from the rain while escaping the Fire God Squad.
• The captain’s daughter asked Wang Tao to offer Li Ziyu food, and Wang Tao approached him to ask about his strength.
• Wang Tao invited Li Ziyu to travel with the Blue Flame Battle Group and described its captain’s power.
• A voice outside the temple called for Captain Wang.

Wang Tao and Lan Ling'er were cornered in a temple by Fire Bull and the Fire God Squad after Li Er betrayed them. Lan Ling'er offered a Top-grade Spirit Stone in exchange for Li Ziyu's escape, but Fire Bull secretly sent an underling after him.

• Li Er led Fire Bull and the Fire God Squad to the temple, where Wang Tao and Lan Ling'er were hiding with Li Ziyu.
• Fire Bull broke into the temple, revealed his Grandmaster-level strength, and demanded Lan Ling'er's treasure and surrender.
• Lan Ling'er revealed a Top-grade Spirit Stone and agreed to surrender if Fire Bull let Li Ziyu leave.
• Li Ziyu sensed a strange fluctuation from the Buddha statue when Lan Ling'er produced the Spirit Stone.
• Fire Bull agreed to let Li Ziyu go, and Li Ziyu left the temple while a Fire God Squad underling secretly followed him with a blade.

Fire Bull betrayed Lan Ling'er and the Blue Flame Squad after releasing Li Ziyu, but Li Ziyu returned in time to block Niu Hu's attack. Meanwhile, the White Wolf Special Operations Star General Squad pursued Han Que, unaware of the danger ahead.

• Fire Bull revealed that he was an Intermediate Grandmaster and overpowered Wang Tao when the Blue Flame Squad attacked him.
• Fire Bull threatened to kill Li Ziyu if Lan Ling'er tried to destroy the thing, then ordered his squad to kill everyone.
• Niu Hu attacked Lan Ling'er, but Li Ziyu appeared and stopped his fists with his palms.
• The White Wolf Special Operations Star General Squad detected Han Que nearby and chose to pursue it without notifying the Marshal or other war zones.
• Demon Wolf ordered his squad to reach the temple, evacuate anyone nearby, and help him capture Han Que.

Li Ziyu killed Fire Bull and the rest of the Fire God Squad after they attacked Lan Ling'er and her companions, then accepted her Top-grade Spirit Stone. He learned it came from the Norma Mountain Range and suspected a passage to the Cultivation World was hidden there, before turning his attention to the Buddha statue.

• Li Ziyu caught Fire Bull's attack, then killed him with a single punch despite Fire Bull's Iron Stone Defense.
• The Fire God Squad members knelt, but Li Ziyu snapped his fingers and killed them all.
• Lan Ling'er offered Li Ziyu the Top-grade Spirit Stone as thanks for saving them, and explained that the Fire God Squad had pursued them for it.
• Li Ziyu examined the stone, learned it came from the Norma Mountain Range in the Bald Eagle Empire, and suspected a secret realm passage to the Cultivation World was there.
• Li Ziyu gave Lan Ling'er his address in case the Fire God Squad's leader came after her, then studied the Buddha statue with the Top-grade Spirit Stone in hand.

Li Ziyu lured Han Que, an Emperor-grade Fierce Beast with Space Power, out of a Buddha statue and fought it using Spatial Teleportation Stones. He kept sparring with Han Que to comprehend Space Power, while Lan Ling'er and Wang Tao watched in disbelief at his extravagant use of the stones.

• Li Ziyu baited the Buddha statue with a top-grade Spirit Stone, causing Han Que to burst out and attack him.
• Li Ziyu dodged Han Que’s spatial attack with a Spatial Teleportation Stone, then moved Lan Ling'er and Wang Tao outside the temple.
• Li Ziyu asked Han Que to spar with him so he could learn to use Space Power.
• Li Ziyu and Han Que repeatedly teleported around as Li Ziyu crushed Spatial Teleportation Stones to evade its attacks.
• Lan Ling'er and Wang Tao watched from a distant mountain and marveled at Li Ziyu’s use of twenty stones.
• Li Ziyu continued dodging Han Que’s attacks and said he was becoming reluctant to kill it.

Li Ziyu mastered Spatial Power while fighting Han Que and prepared to kill the Emperor-level beast with a single slash. As the White Wolf Squad arrived, Wu Weiguo mistook Li Ziyu’s head-on stance for mortal danger and ordered Third to save him.

• Wu Weiguo halted the White Wolf Squad after their detector revealed Han Que was fighting near the temple, then ordered the squad to hurry over and help the lone fighter.
• Li Ziyu activated God Mode and used Spatial Power to evade Han Que’s spatial sound waves, realizing he could hide in Spatial Passages and travel through space.
• Lan Ling'er and Wang Tao watched in shock as Han Que’s attacks passed through Li Ziyu without harming him.
• Li Ziyu checked his system panel, confirmed he had mastered Spatial Power, and decided Han Que had outlived its usefulness.
• Li Ziyu drew his battle blade as Han Que lunged at him, and Wu Weiguo shouted for Third to save him while ordering Second to help hold Han Que back.

Wu Weiguo’s squad accidentally teleported Li Ziyu away while trying to rescue him, then confronted Han Que, whose strength had reached the Half-Saint realm. The squad called for reinforcements and prepared to hold out against Han Que for ten minutes.

• Wu Weiguo ordered Second Brother to rescue Li Ziyu, and Second Brother used a Spatial Teleportation Stone to teleport them both away.
• Wu Weiguo attacked Han Que with the ninth layer of the Ninefold Thunder Blade, but Han Que was unharmed and sent him flying.
• Wu Weiguo realized Han Que had reached the Half-Saint realm, and the squad members feared the beast’s overwhelming strength.
• Wu Weiguo ordered the squad to report the situation and request reinforcements, which would take ten minutes to arrive.
• Wu Weiguo rose with his War Blade and declared that the squad would fight to the death.

Wu Weiguo’s team struggled to hold off Han Que while trying to contact the military headquarters. In the Western War Zone, the commander rejected the Central War Zone’s bid for the main defense mission and ordered Wu Weiguo back for special training before the military competition.

• A crew-cut young man suggested calling another fighter back to help Wu Weiguo hold Han Que off, and Wu Weiguo agreed he could stop the beast with one more person.
• The Western War Zone commander learned Han Que might have stolen strategic information, ordered units to report sightings, and heard that the beasts were preparing a major assault.
• Chen Yuan asked the commander to give the Central War Zone the mission of facing Wilderness Area No. 1’s main assault, but the commander refused and insisted the Western War Zone would keep it.
• The commander ordered Wang Xing to summon Wu Weiguo for special training and told him to defeat the Central War Zone in the upcoming competition.
• Wu Weiguo evaded Han Que’s spatial attack and learned his team’s signal was blocked; the crew-cut young man said it would take fifteen minutes to contact the headquarters and receive reinforcements.

Li Ziyu learned that Han Que was a Half-Saint Fierce Beast and agreed to help the White Wolf captain, Wu Weiguo. After randomly teleporting the White Wolf team member away, Li Ziyu opened a spatial passage to reach the battle himself.

• Wu Weiguo regretted underestimating Han Que and hoped his Third Brother would return with Li Ziyu to help him hold out.
• A White Wolf team member explained that he had used a Spatial Teleportation Stone to rescue Li Ziyu from Han Que, whom he believed was a Peak Level 8 Great Grandmaster.
• Li Ziyu told the team member that Han Que was actually a Half-Saint, and the man's Communication Bracelet confirmed the danger to Wu Weiguo.
• Li Ziyu offered to help Wu Weiguo and used a Spatial Teleportation Stone to send the team member back toward the battle.
• Li Ziyu realized the stone's destination was random, then opened a spatial passage himself, using his knowledge of coordinates to teleport within five hundred kilometers.