Chapter Summaries

Wu Weiguo was on the verge of being killed by Han Que when Li Ziyu arrived and saved him from the beast’s next attack. Li Ziyu refused to wait for military support, intending to kill Han Que alone and keep the spoils for himself.

• Wu Weiguo’s signal for military support went out, but Han Que continued to overpower him and his teammates.
• Wu Weiguo launched a powerful Ninth Layer Nine Heavens Thunder Blade attack, but Han Que blocked it and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Han Que knocked Wu Weiguo’s teammates aside and cornered the exhausted Wu Weiguo, who gave up and tried to light a cigarette.
• Li Ziyu arrived, lit Wu Weiguo’s cigarette with a flame, and learned that military support would arrive in six minutes.
• Li Ziyu declined to wait for help or split the spoils, then walked toward Han Que as Wu Weiguo warned him not to act rashly.

Li Ziyu stopped Han Que’s supersonic charge with one hand by using Space Power, then unleashed his Shattering Void Fist. The punch struck Han Que as cracks spread through the surrounding space, leaving the beast’s fate unknown.

• Han Que charged at Li Ziyu with its claws, while Wu Weiguo shouted for him to dodge.
• Li Ziyu caught Han Que’s claws with one hand, using Space Power to keep the attack from reaching him.
• Wu Weiguo, White Wolf Squad, Lan Ling'er, and Wang Tao watched in disbelief as Han Que struggled helplessly.
• Li Ziyu raised his fist and warned Han Que that he would let it go if it survived the punch.
• Li Ziyu used Shattering Void Fist, cracking the space around him before his punch struck Han Que.

Li Ziyu killed Han Que with one punch, leaving Wu Weiguo and the White Wolf Team wondering if he was a Martial Saint. At the Western War Zone camp, Marshal Long Hai received an emergency message saying Wu Weiguo had encountered Han Que and was on the verge of death.

• Li Ziyu shattered Han Que's spatial barriers and killed him with one punch, leaving its two indestructible wings behind.
• Li Ziyu collected Han Que's wings and told Wu Weiguo to notify military headquarters that the threat had been dealt with.
• Wu Weiguo and the White Wolf Team saw Li Ziyu shatter space and speculated that he was a Martial Saint.
• Long Hai inspected Western War Zone troops and praised Chen Yanfeng while urging him to defeat the Central War Zone in the military district competition.
• A school-ranking officer informed Long Hai that Wu Weiguo had sent an emergency rescue transmission after encountering Han Que and was on the verge of death.

After Li Ziyu killed Han Que, the Western War Zone learned she was a Half-Saint and mobilized its top generals as Wu Weiguo escorted Li Ziyu through the ruins. Li Ziyu revealed that he was the Central War Zone’s new Twelve-star General and asked about the SSS-rank mission reward before setting off for home.

• Long Hai learned Han Que had reached the Half-Saint realm and ordered all generals above ten stars in the Western War Zone to assemble.
• Lan Ling'er and the White Wolf Squad left the ruins after thanking Li Ziyu, while Lan Ling'er reluctantly looked back at him.
• Wu Weiguo asked Li Ziyu whether he was a Martial Saint, and Li Ziyu showed him his twelve-star general's badge.
• Wu Weiguo recognized Li Ziyu as the Central War Zone’s new Twelve-star General, and Li Ziyu said he was eighteen and asked Wu Weiguo to explain Han Que’s mission reward.
• Wu Weiguo explained that killing Han Que earned resources that could help a Peak Level 8 Great Grandmaster advance, then regretted taking the mission on alone.

Li Ziyu left Wu Weiguo and flew toward the Central War Zone to claim his SSS-rank mission reward. After finding no news of the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall, he decided to settle his grudge with it before the Extreme Dao Martial Saint emerged from seclusion.

• Li Ziyu learned that any military region could issue the SSS-rank reward, but chose to return to the Central War Zone.
• Wu Weiguo let Li Ziyu leave, while his crew-cut subordinate wondered whether he would compete in the upcoming military-region contest.
• Li Ziyu raced alongside a military airship and estimated that his flight speed reached roughly ten times the speed of sound.
• Li Ziyu searched news websites and found no reports about the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.
• Li Ziyu concluded that the Extreme Dao Martial Saint remained in seclusion and planned to turn in his mission before confronting the hall.

Long Hai and the Western War Zone generals arrived after Wu Weiguo reported that Li Ziyu had killed the Emperor-grade Fierce Beast Han Que with one punch. Unable to believe the report, Long Hai contacted Chen Yuan to confirm whether the Eastern War Zone had gained a powerful new Twelve-star General.

• Long Hai and Chen Yanfeng landed with Western War Zone reinforcements and found Han Que gone and the battlefield devastated.
• Wu Weiguo told Long Hai that Li Ziyu had killed Han Que with a single punch, but Long Hai and Chen Yanfeng doubted the story.
• Long Hai wondered if Chen Yuan was counting on Li Ziyu to win the Military Competition and called Chen Yuan to ask about the new Twelve-star General.
• Chen Yanfeng and the Western War Zone generals waited anxiously for Chen Yuan to confirm Li Ziyu's strength.

Long Hai learned from Chen Yuan that India Country’s Half-Saint genius Amu planned to challenge Great Xia during the military competition, while the Central War Zone received news that Li Ziyu had returned and completed an SSS-rank mission. Li Ziyu waited at the mission office to claim his reward, leaving the truth about Han Que’s strength for Chen Yuan to address.

• Chen Yuan told Long Hai that thirty-five-year-old Amu had reached the Half-Saint level and that India Country wanted to spar with Great Xia during the military competition.
• Long Hai warned the Western War Zone’s generals that the Five Great War Zones would need to unite against Amu, then proposed checking whether Li Ziyu’s SSS-rank mission remained on the mission board.
• Chen Yuan learned that Li Ziyu was not in the Central War Zone and that Eastern War Zone General Liu Chengyuan had been seriously injured while clearing caverns.
• A field officer reported that Li Ziyu had returned, completed the SSS-rank mission, and claimed Han Que had been a Half-Saint rather than a Peak Level 8 Great Grandmaster.
• Li Ziyu waited in the Central War Zone’s mission office while a young field officer watched him with awe and curiosity.

Li Ziyu visited the Central War Zone mission hall to claim the reward for killing Han Que, explaining that the beast had been a Half-Saint rather than the Peak Level Eight listed on the mission. Chen Yuan praised Li Ziyu’s strength and promise before Li Ziyu presented Han Que’s wings as proof, leaving Chen Yuan to assess the remains and determine the reward.

• Li Ziyu asked when he would receive the reward for completing the SSS-rank mission to kill Han Que.
• A lieutenant colonel told Li Ziyu that the report was too important for the hall to decide, and that Chen Yuan was on his way.
• Chen Yuan greeted Li Ziyu as his brother and asked whether he had reached Half-Saint strength; Li Ziyu gave a vague confirmation.
• Chen Yuan marveled that Li Ziyu had reached Half-Saint-level combat power at eighteen and predicted he would become Great Xia’s third Martial Saint.
• Li Ziyu reminded Chen Yuan that Han Que had been a Half-Saint-level beast, then produced its wings for Chen Yuan to examine.

After confirming that Li Ziyu killed a half-Saint-rank fierce beast, Chen Yuan offered him access to the Central War Zone’s resource vault and asked him to represent the war zone in the upcoming Five Great War Zones tournament. The chapter ended with Chen Yuan explaining that an India Country half-Saint genius would compete, and expressing confidence that Li Ziyu could defeat him.

• Chen Yuan examined Han Que’s wings, confirmed that Li Ziyu had killed a half-Saint-rank fierce beast, and ordered Xiao Wang to raise Li Ziyu’s mission reward.
• Xiao Wang explained that no war zone had recorded a kill of a half-Saint-rank fierce beast, prompting the warriors to celebrate Li Ziyu as the first to break the record.
• Chen Yuan asked Li Ziyu to win the Five Great War Zones tournament and offered him anything from the Central War Zone’s resource vault as a reward.
• Li Ziyu accepted the offer and asked Chen Yuan about the tournament.
• Chen Yuan explained that the tournament had been moved up because of signs of a fierce-beast counterattack and that India Country had proposed entering its half-Saint genius.
• Chen Yuan said he trusted Li Ziyu to defeat the India Country genius.

Amu set out for Great Xia and ordered his retinue to visit the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall before the Military Zone Competition. Meanwhile, Li Ziyu visited the Central War Zone’s Material Warehouse and mistook its ordinary gatekeeper for a hidden master.

• Amu asked Abru how long remained until they reached Great Xia and announced he wanted to visit the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.
• Abru warned Amu that visiting the martial arts hall without the Martial Saint could be dangerous, but Amu made him kneel until they arrived.
• Li Ziyu arrived at the Material Warehouse and could not sense the strength of the old man guarding its entrance.
• Duan Hai introduced Li Ziyu as the Central War Zone’s Twelve-star General, and Old Liu let him enter.
• Li Ziyu told Duan Hai he thought Old Liu was a powerful martial artist, and Duan Hai explained that Old Liu was an ordinary person related to the marshal.

Li Ziyu explored the Central War Zone’s Material Warehouse and learned how its Merit Point exchange system worked. He discovered that Level 9 saber techniques cost 100,000 Merit Points and was left calculating their enormous equivalent in Great Xia Coins.

• Li Ziyu dismissed the dozing warehouse guard as an ordinary old man, but after Li left, the guard revealed he had nearly blown his cover and marveled at Li’s talent.
• Duan Hai explained that the warehouse’s hall was only a selection terminal, and that chosen items would be delivered after visitors made their selections.
• Li Ziyu browsed the warehouse catalog and found more than a hundred Level 9 saber techniques, each priced at 100,000 Merit Points and restricted to Major Generals or above.
• Li Ziyu asked Duan Hai how Merit Points were earned, and Duan Hai described the rewards for A-, S-, and SS-rank missions.
• Duan Hai explained that Great Xia Coins could be exchanged for Merit Points at a rate of 200,000 to one, and Li Ziyu calculated that a Level 9 battle skill would cost 200 billion coins.

Li Ziyu browsed the Central War Zone’s virtual store and bought a military-grade S-rank Nine Heavens airship. After discovering the war zone had collected stones like the Spirit Stone Lan Ling'er gave him, he ordered Duan Hai to bring him all they had.

• Li Ziyu found the Nine Heavens airship in the store and purchased it despite its one-million-merit-point price.
• Li Ziyu reflected that Blue Star lacked the resources to support Martial Saints and wondered what they used to cultivate.
• Li Ziyu showed Duan Hai a Top-grade Spirit Stone and asked whether the Central War Zone had similar stones.
• Duan Hai said the stones had been found near the Bald Eagle Empire border and were considered decorative, so Li Ziyu asked for all of them.

Chen Yuan told the other war-zone Marshals that Li Ziyu had completed the SSS-rank mission and arranged to reward him with a Nine Heavens Airship. As the Marshals discussed having Li Ziyu face an incoming half-Saint from India Country, Li Ziyu received a box of high-grade Spirit Stones.

• Chen Yuan examined Li Ziyu's requested rewards and arranged to give him the Nine Heavens Airship.
• Chen Yuan informed the Marshals of the Eastern, Southern, Western, and Northern War Zones that Li Ziyu had completed the SSS-rank mission by killing Han Que.
• The Southern and Northern War Zone Marshals proposed that Li Ziyu fight alongside Liu Chengyuan against a half-Saint from India Country, and Long Hai agreed.
• Chen Yuan privately anticipated Li Ziyu would dominate the coming military-region competition but kept his half-Saint Combat Power secret.
• Li Ziyu met Chen Yuan's secretary, who delivered a case filled with Top-grade Spirit Stones, including the highest-grade ones.

Li Ziyu used spirit stones to cultivate and broke through to Intermediate Great Grandmaster, transforming his Immortal Cell into thirty-six cells and greatly increasing his strength. Meanwhile, Wang Qiang’s squad returned from a successful mission, and Wang Qiang reflected on how Li Ziyu far surpassed him as a genius.

• Li Ziyu absorbed spirit stones in his villa and used the system to purify his Phoenix Flame bloodline.
• Li Ziyu’s Immortal Cell shattered, reformed, and split into thirty-six cells as he advanced to Intermediate Great Grandmaster.
• Li Ziyu tested his Nuclear Explosion Extreme Fist in the sky, blasting away distant clouds and triggering rain.
• Li Ziyu recognized that his stronger Immortal Cells would require a great deal of vital energy and planned to gather resources by fighting ferocious beasts.
• Wang Qiang’s Blazing Dragon Squad returned from a mission with rich rewards, and Wang Qiang encouraged them to pursue advancement.
• Wang Qiang dismissed his own achievements compared with Li Ziyu, whom he considered the war zone’s true genius.

Wang Qiang and Ma Bo clashed as Ma Bo flaunted his squad’s new airship, but their rivalry was overshadowed by a colossal, futuristic craft flying over the Central War Zone. The airship stopped near General Li Ziyu’s residence, leaving the onlookers wondering if it belonged to him.

• Wang Qiang’s teammates reminded him not to compare himself to Li Ziyu, and Wang Qiang laughed off the comparison and offered to treat them to a feast.
• Ma Bo arrived with his squad, mocked Wang Qiang, and provoked him by boasting about his new military airship.
• Ma Bo summoned the Lightning Squad’s airship and boarded it while nearby martial artists admired it and Wang Qiang looked envious.
• Ma Bo noticed the crowd staring above him and turned to see a massive blue, triangular airship dwarfing his craft.
• The onlookers recognized that the enormous airship had stopped near Li Ziyu’s home and wondered if it belonged to him.

Li Ziyu received the advanced Nine Heavens Airship, tested its speed and defenses, and flew it to the moon before returning to Great Xia. He planned to visit the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall, while Amu was already heading there to seek a worthy opponent.

• Li Ziyu authenticated the Nine Heavens Airship and learned that it had powerful defenses, laser weapons, and a top speed of Mach twenty.
• Li Ziyu tested the airship’s speed, flew to the moon, and considered how he might one day explore other civilized planets.
• Li Ziyu returned to Great Xia and decided to settle matters at the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall before the five-zone military zone competition.
• Amu approached the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall by airship and declared that he would find out whether Great Xia had anyone worthy of his attention.

Li Ziyu attended the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall Exchange Meet and found a broken saber labeled as a Space Weapon. Amu also entered the meet and followed Li Ziyu, hoping to recruit him.

• Li Ziyu learned that the Exchange Meet was a legal barter gathering and entered the headquarters to look for spirit stones.
• Amu arrived with two subordinates, forced a guard to his knees with his power, and entered the building.
• Li Ziyu noticed three visitors from India Country in the elevator, including the Half-Saint Amu, then went to the trading floor.
• Amu recognized Li Ziyu as a powerful young genius and followed him, intending to bring him under his command.
• Li Ziyu spotted a rusted, broken saber listed as a Space Weapon and asked its seller how much it cost.
• The one-eyed seller dismissed Li Ziyu for not knowing the weapon's value and told him to get lost.

Li Ziyu learned how rare Space Weapons were and offered Wang Dahu fifty Spatial Teleportation Stones for his damaged saber. After completing the trade, Wang Dahu revealed the weapon’s limitations and threatened Li Ziyu on behalf of the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.

• Wang Dahu explained that Space Weapons were forged from rare organs of spatial fierce beasts and claimed Li Ziyu could not afford his damaged weapon.
• Li Ziyu offered twenty Spatial Teleportation Stones, and Wang Dahu demanded thirty more.
• Li Ziyu sensed Wang Dahu’s hidden intent to rob him and agreed to trade fifty stones for the saber.
• Wang Dahu handed over the broken saber and then revealed it could not be stored in a Storage Bracelet and needed rare materials for repair.
• Wang Dahu threatened Li Ziyu and released his blood energy, invoking the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.

Li Ziyu set up a stall at the Exchange Meet to trade Spatial Teleportation Stones for spirit stones, drawing a crowd and attracting greedy onlookers. He gained a fortune in top-grade spirit stones while Wang Dahu and Amu continued watching him with their own plans.

• Wang Dahu threatened Li Ziyu after exchanging fifty Spatial Teleportation Stones for his broken Space Weapon, but Li Ziyu stayed calm and suspected he could use Wang Dahu to draw out more enemies.
• Amu watched from afar and decided to wait before helping Li Ziyu, believing the young man had found a Spatial Teleportation Stone vein and would be grateful for rescue.
• Li Ziyu set up a stall offering Spatial Teleportation Stones in exchange for energy stones and displayed twenty stones to attract sellers.
• A dark-skinned young man traded nine energy stones for one Spatial Teleportation Stone, then gave Li Ziyu ten more valuable stones without asking for anything in return.
• Li Ziyu realized the young man had given him ten top-grade spirit stones, making the exchange a windfall.

Li Ziyu was accused of stealing the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall’s Spatial Teleportation Stones and was taken to meet its Third Elder. He entered the elder’s office, while Amu secretly followed to test the hall’s strength.

• Li Ziyu dismissed the Spatial Teleportation Stones as useless to him and welcomed the chance to trade them for Spirit Stones.
• Wang Dahu accused Li Ziyu of stealing the hall’s stones and tried to seize him, but Li Ziyu asked whether the hall master and other elders were present.
• The Third Elder ordered Wang Dahu to bring Li Ziyu up, and the onlookers assumed Li Ziyu was surrendering the stones for protection.
• Amu concealed himself and followed Li Ziyu to the sixty-sixth floor, while Li Ziyu sensed him but let him trail along.
• Wang Dahu escorted Li Ziyu into the Third Elder’s vast office, where the lean elder sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.