Chapter Summaries

Li Ziyu refused the Third Elder’s demands for his Spatial Teleportation Stones and attacked Wang Dahu when he tried to intimidate him. After Li Ziyu crushed Wang Dahu, the Third Elder prepared to strike, leaving Li Ziyu facing the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall’s strongest elder.

• The Third Elder demanded that Li Ziyu hand over his Spatial Teleportation Stones and reveal the mine’s location as a condition of joining the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.
• Wang Dahu berated Li Ziyu for not answering the Third Elder, and Li Ziyu attacked him.
• Li Ziyu crushed Wang Dahu’s arms, lifted him by the neck, and broke his jaw before throwing him down.
• Amu watched from the elevator entrance and planned to rescue Li Ziyu after the Third Elder defeated him, hoping to recruit him.
• The Third Elder reacted to Li Ziyu’s attack, and Li Ziyu stomped Wang Dahu unconscious before the Third Elder unleashed Level 10 Battle Skill—Extreme Fist.

Li Ziyu effortlessly caught the Third Elder’s Extreme Fist, survived his flames, and knocked him through several buildings with a single slap. Amu decided Li Ziyu was a genius worth recruiting and chose to wait for the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall’s stronger fighters to arrive.

• The Third Elder attacked Li Ziyu with the Extreme Fist, but Li Ziyu caught the punch in one hand without moving.
• The Third Elder’s flames failed to harm Li Ziyu, whose immortal cells absorbed the force of the attacks.
• Li Ziyu slapped the Third Elder through a window and dozens of buildings, leaving him embedded in a wall.
• Amu concluded that Li Ziyu was a peak Great Grandmaster with exceptional strength and defense.
• Abru questioned whether Li Ziyu would agree to serve Amu, but Amu said the challenge made recruiting him more interesting.
• Amu chose to watch for the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall’s stronger fighters before approaching Li Ziyu.

Li Ziyu killed the Third Elder of the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall in public and rejected Amu’s offer to join India Country. As reinforcements approached, Li Ziyu prepared to face them.

• Li Ziyu waited for the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall’s experts after sending the Third Elder flying with a punch.
• Li Ziyu crushed the Third Elder with Spiritual Sense, killing him in front of the exchange meet’s witnesses.
• Amu approached Li Ziyu and offered him citizenship, protection, and a high caste in India Country.
• Li Ziyu insulted Amu, and Amu threatened him and demanded he kneel for protection.
• A rumble sounded in the distance, and Li Ziyu and Amu looked toward the approaching commotion.

Hong Wuji, the Head of Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall, arrived and confronted Amu over India Country’s suspected plot against the hall. Hong’s overwhelming presence left Amu terrified, but when Hong reached for him, Amu activated his strongest defenses and raised a massive rock wall.

• Hong Wuji arrived aboard his private airship with two Half-Saint guards and approached Li Ziyu and Amu.
• Hong Wuji’s gaze overwhelmed Amu and made Amu’s two Level Eight Great Grandmaster guards kneel in fear.
• Hong Wuji accused Amu and India Country of plotting to destroy Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall and asked whether Amu’s master had ordered the scheme.
• Hong Wuji reached for Amu and demanded an answer, while Amu insisted it was a misunderstanding.
• Amu unleashed his qi and blood, activated Mount Sumeru Shield, and used King Ming Hurls the Mountain to raise a massive rock wall.

Hong Wuji arrived at Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall and overwhelmed Amu, who tried to explain that Li Ziyu was responsible for the attack. Li Ziyu admitted to killing the elders, but Hong Wuji dismissed his confession and launched an overwhelming strike at him.

• Hong Wuji struck Amu through his defenses and sent the Half-Saint crashing into a wall.
• Amu told Hong Wuji that Li Ziyu was responsible, but Hong Wuji accused him of lying and assumed the attacker was the Martial Saint of India Country.
• Amu learned Li Ziyu had been a university freshman the previous year and could hardly believe it.
• Li Ziyu admitted that he had killed Hong Wuji's people, but Hong Wuji thought he was protecting his master and threatened to kill him.
• Hong Wuji pointed at Li Ziyu, gathering the forces of heaven and earth and terrifying everyone at the headquarters.

Hong Wuji attacked Li Ziyu with overwhelming force, but Li Ziyu used Spatial Power to evade the blow without moving. Hong Wuji recognized the rare ability and realized Li Ziyu could become a serious threat if he grew stronger.

• Hong Wuji's might forced the watching martial artists, including Amu and the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall's leaders, to their knees while Li Ziyu stood calmly before the attack.
• Amu admired Li Ziyu's courage and vowed to lay flowers at his grave each year, believing he was about to die.
• Hong Wuji sent a crushing force of heaven and earth toward Li Ziyu, who used Spatial Power to make the attack miss without raising a hand.
• The bewildered onlookers wondered whether Li Ziyu had blocked the attack or Hong Wuji had held back.
• Hong Wuji recognized Li Ziyu's Spatial Power and suspected that he had killed the three elders of the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.

Hong Wuji transformed with the Extreme Path Body Tempering Method and attacked Li Ziyu with the Martial Saint Skill, Extreme Dao Fist. His punch shattered space, revealing that his offensive power had reached the level of a true Martial Saint.

• Hong Wuji said Li Ziyu had made a fatal mistake by revealing his Spatial Power before he had grown strong enough.
• Hong Wuji used the Extreme Path Body Tempering Method to grow ten meters tall and multiply his strength, speed, and defense tenfold.
• Li Ziyu felt pressure from Hong Wuji for the first time in a long while and welcomed the chance to test himself in battle.
• Hong Wuji struck Li Ziyu with Extreme Dao Fist, unleashing a shockwave that shattered windows, shook buildings, and scattered clouds.
• Hong Wuji's punch cracked the space before him, and Amu recognized its power as comparable to a Martial Saint's.

Hong Wuji’s Shattering Void punch failed to harm Li Ziyu, who removed his armor and challenged him to attack again. Hong Wuji took a Blood Burst Pill and prepared to unleash Heaven Collapse, while Amu struggled to endure the pressure.

• Hong Wuji’s punch shattered Li Ziyu’s spatial defenses and damaged his armor, but Li Ziyu remained unharmed.
• Li Ziyu dismissed the strike, removed his armor, and invited Hong Wuji to attack him again.
• Hong Wuji swallowed a Blood Burst Pill, causing his aura and power to surge.
• The pressure from Hong Wuji’s aura knocked out weaker martial artists and forced others to retreat, while Amu used gravity to shield himself.
• Hong Wuji launched his Level 10 Battle Skill, Heaven Collapse.

Li Ziyu endured Hong Wuji’s strongest attack and used its force to evolve his Immortal Cells, then challenged him to keep attacking. After Hong Wuji surrendered the Extreme Path Body Tempering Method and unleashed one last barrage, Li Ziyu stood unmoved and prepared to kill him with the true Extreme Fist.

• Hong Wuji struck Li Ziyu with his strongest attack, but Li Ziyu caught it head-on and his Immortal Cells evolved under the force.
• Li Ziyu urged Hong Wuji to attack again, while Hong Wuji offered him the Extreme Path Body Tempering Method and asked to be spared.
• Li Ziyu accepted the manual but challenged Hong Wuji to make him step back from a marked circle, promising to let him go if he succeeded.
• Hong Wuji burned his blood qi and life force to unleash a barrage of Extreme Fist attacks, but Li Ziyu remained motionless.
• Hong Wuji fled when his attacks stopped pressuring Li Ziyu’s Immortal Cells, and Li Ziyu declared that he would kill him with the true Extreme Fist.

Li Ziyu transformed into a godlike form and killed Hong Wuji with Thunder Nuclear Explosion Extreme Fist. The battle left a vast canyon in its wake, while the witnesses stared in shock at Li Ziyu standing above it.

• Li Ziyu activated Mind-Heart Art—God Form and pursued the fleeing Hong Wuji.
• Hong Wuji sent an encrypted message to Lord Extreme Path Martial Saint and threatened Li Ziyu’s loved ones.
• Li Ziyu told Hong Wuji that his grandson had tried to seize his Spirit Ore, then launched Thunder Nuclear Explosion Extreme Fist.
• Hong Wuji burned his soul and life to strengthen himself, but Li Ziyu’s attack reduced him to nothingness.
• The blast carved a ten-thousand-meter-deep Grand Canyon, and the witnesses realized Hong Wuji had been killed.

Li Ziyu killed Hong Wuji and the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall’s deputy master and grand elder, leaving the hall leaderless. The five grand marshals reviewed satellite footage of the destruction and struggled to believe that Li Ziyu had killed Hong Wuji with one punch.

• The martial artists watching concluded that Li Ziyu was a Martial Saint, while Amu guessed he was Great Xia’s third Martial Saint.
• Li Ziyu killed the deputy master and grand elder after they fled, leaving only the Extreme Dao Martial Saint alive from the hall’s leadership.
• Li Ziyu blurred the witnesses’ memories so they would not identify him as the one who destroyed the hall, then prepared to leave and pursue his plans.
• Chen Yuan convened a remote meeting of the five grand marshals and showed them satellite footage of Li Ziyu’s punch against Hong Wuji.
• Long Hai questioned whether the report was accurate, and the grand marshals fell silent after watching the footage.

Chen Yuan and the marshals investigated the mysterious Martial Saint who destroyed the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall and concluded he was likely a powerful Great Xia recluse with both physical and psychic abilities. After confirming Li Ziyu had not antagonized him, they moved on to the military zone competition, while Li Ziyu sat alone in a forest in Wilderness Area No. 4.

• Chen Yuan showed the marshals footage of the attack and explained that its power identified the attacker as a Martial Saint who might also be a Psychic Master.
• The marshals examined the unclear image and judged that the attacker was from Great Xia and likely a recluse with a blood feud against the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall.
• Chen Yuan reported that Li Ziyu had been at the scene but could not remember the attacker’s face, and the marshals were relieved that Li Ziyu had not fought him.
• The marshals set aside the investigation and turned to the military zone competition.
• Li Ziyu sat motionless in an ancient forest in Wilderness Area No. 4.

Li Ziyu perfected the Extreme Path Body Tempering Method through Spiritual Sense simulation and realized Blue Star might lack the resources for cultivation beyond Martial Saint. Nearby, two Grandmasters witnessed the Komodo Ironclad Dragon lead a huge beast pack deeper into Wilderness Area No. 4 and feared it might attack a base city.

• Li Ziyu used his Spiritual Sense to simulate the Extreme Path Body Tempering Method and achieved its perfect level.
• Li Ziyu checked his system panel, confirmed his martial skill mastery, and decided to test the new method.
• The Hook-nosed Man and the horse-faced middle-aged man spotted fierce beasts gathering near the core area of Wilderness Area No. 4.
• The Peak Level 8 Komodo Ironclad Dragon arrived, forced the gathered beasts to submit, and led them deeper into the wilderness.
• The horse-faced middle-aged man feared the Komodo Ironclad Dragon and its pack might be preparing to attack a base city.

The Hook-nosed Man and the Horse-faced Middle-aged Man followed the Komodo Ironclad Dragon into the core of Wilderness Area No. 4, hoping to profit from its clash with a stronger beast. They saw Li Ziyu appear and challenge the dragon to test his Extreme Path Body Tempering Method.

• The Hook-nosed Man persuaded the frightened Horse-faced Middle-aged Man to follow the Komodo Ironclad Dragon and seek rewards from the beasts’ fight.
• The two men trailed the Komodo Ironclad Dragon as it charged through the wilderness with hundreds of fierce beasts behind it.
• The Komodo Ironclad Dragon stopped on a hill and roared at a threat ahead, while the Hook-nosed Man and the Horse-faced Middle-aged Man sensed that the horde was afraid.
• A twenty-meter-tall white humanoid beast rushed through the forest and confronted the Komodo Ironclad Dragon, shocking both men.
• Li Ziyu identified the Komodo Ironclad Dragon as a useful test for his Extreme Path Body Tempering Method and swung a giant palm at it.

Li Ziyu used his perfected Extreme Path Body Tempering Method to kill a Komodo Ironclad Dragon with the shockwave of his punch. He met two martial artists who identified themselves as members of the Fire God Squad.

• Li Ziyu transformed into a twenty-meter giant and shattered the void with a punch, terrifying the Komodo Ironclad Dragon and two watching martial artists.
• The Komodo Ironclad Dragon fled, but Li Ziyu caught up and killed it with the shockwave of a punch without making contact.
• Li Ziyu praised his increased strength, then used the Blade of Destiny to skin and dismember the dragon.
• Li Ziyu appeared behind the Horse-faced Middle-aged Man and the Hook-nosed Man, who panicked when he revealed he was human.
• Li Ziyu shrank back to normal height, and the two martial artists introduced themselves as Wang Huo and Ma Dewang of the Fire God Squad.
• Li Ziyu wondered why the name Fire God Squad sounded familiar.

Li Ziyu learned that a ruin map offered by Wang Huo and Ma Dewang was made of Spirit Paper from the Cultivation World, suggesting a passage between it and Blue Star might lie in Wilderness Area No. 4. He flew off to investigate, leaving the two men marked with his Spiritual Sense.

• Wang Huo and Ma Dewang realized Li Ziyu had killed their former vice-captain, Fire God, and pretended to praise the act as righteous.
• Wang Huo and Ma Dewang offered Li Ziyu an ancient ruin fragment and their Spirit Ore in hopes he would spare them.
• Li Ziyu recognized the fragment's material as Spirit Paper used in the Cultivation World and suspected it pointed to a passage between worlds.
• Li Ziyu considered the cultivation resources and possible escape route that such a passage could provide.
• Li Ziyu marked Wang Huo and Ma Dewang with his Spiritual Sense, then flew through Wilderness Area No. 4 to search for the passage.

Li Ziyu used a military map to locate a hidden cave abode beside a lake in Wilderness Area No. 4. After destroying a Level 8 Iron Swallowing Python, he discovered a Golden Metal Sword Array guarding the cave and determined that a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator had built it.

• Li Ziyu found a detailed military map of Wilderness Area No. 4 and used it to locate the lake, while learning that the military tournament had been moved to September 15.
• Li Ziyu summoned the Nine Heavens Airship and flew to the lake, where a Level 8 Iron Swallowing Python attacked him.
• Li Ziyu destroyed the Iron Swallowing Python with a ripple of force and flew toward a hidden cave halfway up a mountain.
• Li Ziyu tested the cave entrance by throwing several Level 6 Fierce Beasts inside, and a Golden Metal Sword Array cut them down.
• Li Ziyu recognized the array as a Cultivation World formation and concluded that a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator had opened the cave abode.

Li Ziyu searched the cave abode of the dead cultivator Mi Youdao, found no passage to the Cultivation World, and took his token, spirit stones, and sword formation. Meanwhile, Great Xia’s five military zones began their competition in Jianghai Base, where Amu watched the Northern War Zone’s Li Yao arrive, intending to challenge the Military Department’s experts.

• Li Ziyu entered the cave abode, found Mi Youdao’s corpse, and concluded that the Heaven-swallowing Anaconda had killed him.
• Li Ziyu searched for a passage to the Cultivation World but found only Mi Youdao’s token, which identified him as a Tianlan Sect inner disciple undergoing a True Disciple assessment.
• Li Ziyu took the token, spirit stones, and sword formation, then burned the cave to ash and set his hopes on the Norma Mountain Range.
• The five military zones gathered in Jianghai Base as their competition began ahead of schedule, with the event broadcast across Great Xia.
• Li Yao, the Northern War Zone’s Twelve-star General, landed on the martial platform with the other generals.
• Amu watched Li Yao and prepared to pursue his goal of sparring with Great Xia’s military experts to raise India Country’s prestige.

The five military regions gathered at Jianghai Base for their competition, where the Eastern War Zone’s Liu Chengyuan revealed he had broken through to Half-Saint. His dramatic arrival left the other star generals shaken as the contest was about to begin.

• Li Yao and Kui Muxing arrived at the arena and challenged each other, with Li Yao calling for Liu Chengyuan to appear.
• Yan Wushuang and other star generals arrived as the gathered spectators and marshals anticipated the competition.
• Liu Chengyuan’s breakthrough to Half-Saint was revealed when his martial might dispersed the other generals’ blood energy.
• The marshals praised Liu Chengyuan and expected the Eastern War Zone to claim another victory, while Chen Yuan hinted that the competition’s outcome was already settled.
• Liu Chengyuan stepped from the carrier and walked through the surging waves, intimidating the assembled star generals.

The Military Zone Competition gathered its strongest generals as Amu challenged Liu Chengyuan, who had just reached Half-Saint. Li Ziyu was absent in seclusion, but a mysterious young man arrived for the Central War Zone.

• Amu celebrated Liu Chengyuan's Half-Saint breakthrough and looked forward to defeating him on a nationwide broadcast.
• Liu Chengyuan searched for Li Ziyu, hoping to test his new strength against the senior he wanted to surpass.
• The generals discussed the Central War Zone's chances, while Liu Wudi insisted Li Ziyu had been stronger than Liu Chengyuan before the breakthrough.
• Chen Yuan learned Li Ziyu could not be reached because he was training in seclusion in Wilderness Area No. 4 and decided not to disturb him.
• A blood-red aircraft arrived, and a powerfully built young man in a black combat uniform landed and joined the Central War Zone's designated area.