Chapter Summaries

Li Ziyu returned from Wilderness Area No. 4 for the Five War Zones Tournament and entered Wilderness Area No. 1 to hunt ferocious beasts. He headed for the core region, hoping to grow stronger before the Fourth World Resonance and later search the Bald Eagle Empire's mountains for a passage to the Cultivation World.

• Li Ziyu arrived at Jianghai Base, where Liu Wudi welcomed him and said the Central War Zone could secure second place with him present.
• Liu Wudi and the other rising stars lamented that Liu Chengyuan had reached the Half-Saint realm, but Li Ziyu dismissed the threat.
• Li Ziyu reflected that he needed to strengthen his Immortal Cells and planned to search the Bald Eagle Empire's mountains for a passage to the Cultivation World after the tournament.
• The Northern War Zone marshal announced the tournament's rules: participants would hunt ferocious beasts in Wilderness Area No. 1, with merit points determining the rankings.
• Li Ziyu summoned the Nine Heavens Airship and piloted it toward the core region as the rising stars and field officers entered Wilderness Area No. 1.

The generals entered Wilderness Area No. 1 for the Military Zone Competition, and most Twelve-star Generals headed straight for the central zone. Li Ziyu chose to hunt on the fringe, drawing criticism and leaving Amu unable to recognize him while he focused on challenging Liu Chengyuan.

• The field officers flew the generals to the edge of Wilderness Area No. 1, where Li Yao, Kui Muxing, Yan Wushuang, Liu Chengyuan, and others set out for the central zone.
• Li Yao rallied the Northern War Zone’s high-star generals to follow Liu Chengyuan into the central zone.
• The marshals watched the competition’s live feeds and questioned why Li Ziyu had stopped on the fringe instead of hunting higher-level beasts.
• Chen Yuan defended the Eastern War Zone’s right to make its own plans but privately wondered about Li Ziyu’s choice.
• Amu’s guard mocked Li Ziyu for staying on the fringe, while Amu found him vaguely familiar but could not recall why.
• Amu dismissed Li Ziyu as weak and decided Liu Chengyuan was his only opponent, planning to challenge and defeat him after he earned the most merit points.

In the forbidden core of Wilderness Area No. 1, the Evil Emperor Chilin agreed to cooperate with a golden human Martial Saint, but demanded that he prove his loyalty by killing the military regions’ Twelve-star Generals. Meanwhile, an unseen attacker killed a Silver Moon Lone Wolf in the outer region.

• The Evil Emperor Chilin discussed the alliance with the golden figure and agreed to attack Great Xia after the figure killed the Twelve-star Generals during the military competition.
• The golden figure confirmed that Great Xia had only one other Martial Saint and accepted the demand to kill the competition’s rising stars.
• In the outer region of Wilderness Area No. 1, a Silver Moon Lone Wolf sensed danger, went berserk, and fled from the ruins.
• An invisible spatial attack crushed the Silver Moon Lone Wolf into a blood mist, awarding 1,500 vitality points.

Li Ziyu rapidly killed Level 6 and Level 7 fierce beasts in Wilderness Area No. 1 while officers debated whether his perimeter-zone hunting suited a Twelve-star General. The chapter ended with Liu Chengyuan killing a Komodo Ironclad Dragon in the central zone and vanishing without harvesting its corpse.

• Li Ziyu used his Psychic Master abilities and Space Power to hunt fierce beasts across the perimeter zone, earning Blood and Qi Points at a rapid pace.
• Officers praised Li Ziyu's killing speed, while an Eastern War Zone officer dismissed his targets as low-level beasts; Central War Zone officers defended him.
• Liu Chengyuan fought a Level 8 Komodo Ironclad Dragon, dodging its attacks with a perfected Level Nine Movement Battle Skill as officers watched by satellite.
• Wang Weiguo taunted Chen Yuan about Li Ziyu staying in the perimeter zone, but Chen Yuan said Li Ziyu had his own plans.
• Liu Chengyuan severed the Komodo Ironclad Dragon's head with a blade strike, glanced toward the satellite, and disappeared without harvesting the corpse.

Liu Chengyuan hurried onward after killing a Komodo Ironclad Dragon, driven to surpass Li Ziyu, while Wang Yao hunted for second place and noticed a mysterious golden streak. Li Ziyu continued slaughtering fierce beasts but found that her progress toward improving her Battle Skills was too slow, and she began looking for a faster way to gain Blood and Qi points.

• Liu Chengyuan left the Komodo Ironclad Dragon’s materials behind and accelerated, determined to surpass Li Ziyu.
• Wang Yao killed a Level Eight Raptor Beast, secured second place in the merit rankings, and pursued a fleeting golden streak.
• Secretary Wang told Chen Yuan that several drone signals had been cut off, and Chen Yuan ordered the technical department to investigate.
• Li Ziyu killed two Red-scaled Fire Pigs by charging through them at supersonic speed.
• Li Ziyu checked her system panel and concluded that hunting beasts one at a time was too slow to improve her Battle Skills.

Li Ziyu decided to drive the fierce beasts out of Wilderness Area No. 1 by setting its forest ablaze with Phoenix Flame. As soldiers rushed to evacuate the perimeter and the fire spread, Wang Hao checked the competition rankings, unaware of the danger approaching behind him.

• Li Ziyu planned to use Phoenix Flame to burn part of the forest and force the fierce beasts to flee, then called Chen Yuan to warn him.
• Chen Yuan alerted the commanders to evacuate all soldiers from the perimeter as Li Ziyu rose into the air and unleashed his flames.
• Li Ziyu spread the fire across hundreds of square kilometers, killing fierce beasts and collecting Blood and Qi points as they fled.
• Wang Hao killed a Level 6 Three-headed Snake and reviewed the competition rankings, noting that Li Ziyu had not entered the top ten.
• Wang Hao sensed a faint tremor behind him and turned to look.

Wang Hao was caught in a Beast Tide and discovered that the fleeing beasts feared a flying figure more than anything behind them. He learned the figure was General Li Ziyu, whose flames rapidly destroyed the horde and propelled him to the top of the merit rankings.

• Wang Hao saw a Beast Tide of Level Six and Level Seven Fierce Beasts approaching and fled for his life.
• As the beasts closed in, Wang Hao struck a Crimson Scale Wolf, but it ignored him and kept running in terror.
• Wang Hao looked behind the Beast Tide and saw a black-clad figure fly toward it, unleashing white flames that incinerated thousands of Fierce Beasts.
• Wang Hao checked the merit rankings and saw Li Ziyu had overtaken Liu Chengyuan by more than ten thousand Merit Points.
• Wang Hao recognized the flying figure as General Li Ziyu.

Li Ziyu slaughtered Fierce Beasts in Wilderness Area No. 1 with Phoenix Flame, astonishing the officers and marshals watching the battle. Amu experienced a sudden, overwhelming fear of Li Ziyu and decided to approach the marshals to meet him, while Li Ziyu continued fighting without running low on energy.

• Li Ziyu herded Fierce Beasts together and burned them down in rapid waves, including Level Seven Peak beasts.
• The officers and marshals praised Li Ziyu’s combination of Psychic Master abilities, formidable physical strength, and elemental attacks, while Chen Yuan recalled his parents’ disappearance fighting Fierce Beasts.
• Amu’s guard warned that Li Ziyu’s white flames could threaten Level Eight fighters and marveled that he had sustained his attacks for nearly three hours.
• Amu felt an unexplained terror while watching Li Ziyu, then resolved to approach the marshals and ask about him directly.
• Li Ziyu’s thirty-seven Immortal Cells absorbed the blood-qi points from his kills faster than he spent energy, and he let a few stragglers escape before appearing atop a mountain peak.

Li Ziyu advanced to Level Eight Intermediate, evolving his Immortal Cells and completing much of his Crystal Body’s transformation. Meanwhile, Chen Yuan learned that generals in Wilderness Area No. 1 were losing communication and ordered an investigation and a possible evacuation.

• Li Ziyu checked his status and confirmed that his Phoenix Flame bloodline had unlocked Bloodline Purification.
• Li Ziyu raised his realm, causing his Immortal Cells to split into seventy-two cells and form a golden meridian diagram that multiplied his strength.
• Li Ziyu observed that his body was turning into purple crystal and considered seeking a higher-grade Spiritual Sense cultivation method.
• Secretary Wang told Chen Yuan that several generals in the central region had lost contact and satellite projections had gone static.
• Chen Yuan ordered the technical department to predict where another signal would disappear, directed the Twelve-star Generals to investigate, and prepared to evacuate or go himself.
• Secretary Wang asked Chen Yuan whether they should send the information to General Li Ziyu.

The military marshals ordered reinforcements after a suspected Half-Saint began attacking generals in the competition, and several powerful warriors rushed toward the reported location. Li Yao, badly wounded and missing an arm, confronted a golden figure he identified as the Extreme Path Martial Saint.

• Chen Yuan and the other marshals prepared to intervene if the military’s younger fighters could not handle the threat.
• Liu Chengyuan saw that Li Ziyu had surged far ahead on the Merit Points rankings and decided to hunt Half-Saint beasts to catch up.
• After receiving an emergency message about an enemy attacking competition generals, Liu Chengyuan headed for the reported location.
• Yan Wushuang received the same alert, refused to wait for the other Twelve-star Generals, and charged toward the coordinates alone.
• Li Ziyu also flew toward the coordinates, confident that he could kill a Half-Saint with an ordinary punch.
• At the beach, Li Yao faced a golden figure and identified him as the Extreme Path Martial Saint, demanding to know why he had attacked.

Extreme Path Martial Saint captured Li Yao and revealed that he had secretly allied with ferocious beasts to restrain Great Xia’s forces while pursuing a breakthrough beyond the Martial Saint realm. He planned to slaughter ten million people, destroy the beasts afterward, and present himself as humanity’s savior.

• Extreme Path Martial Saint confronted Li Yao, demanded to know how the military department had discovered the Extreme Path Martial Arts Hall’s plans, and seized him.
• Extreme Path Martial Saint’s golden radiance vanished, revealing his youthful appearance and the overwhelming power of a Level Nine Martial Saint.
• Extreme Path Martial Saint told Li Yao that two Emperor-level ferocious beasts would hold back the Transcendent Martial Saint while he killed everyone in the military department.
• Extreme Path Martial Saint explained that a god in Wilderness Area No. 4 had taught him to enter the Dao through slaughter so he could break through beyond Martial Saint and protect humanity from a future invasion.
• Extreme Path Martial Saint admitted that he had plotted with the ferocious beasts and intended to slaughter ten million, then destroy them and claim credit for saving humanity; a red gleam and black qi appeared in his eyes.

Extreme Path Martial Saint revealed that he planned to sacrifice tens of millions of people to reach a realm beyond Martial Saint, then used Ling Yao as bait for the other generals. Li Ziyu, Yan Wushuang, Kui Muxing, and Liu Chengyuan rushed to the beach, where Liu Chengyuan found Ling Yao near death before the golden young man.

• Extreme Path Martial Saint told Ling Yao that he would slaughter tens of millions to reach a realm above Martial Saint and claimed he had kept Ling Yao alive to lure the other generals.
• Li Ziyu spotted the generals converging on Ling Yao's location and hurried toward them through Wilderness Area No. 1.
• Kui Muxing nearly struck Yan Wushuang with his meteor hammer, but she blocked the blow and then raced ahead with him toward the beach.
• Liu Chengyuan reached the beach first and recognized the golden young man as a Martial Saint.
• Liu Chengyuan saw Ling Yao kneeling bloodied before the Martial Saint, barely alive.

The Extreme Path Martial Saint appeared in Wilderness Area No. 1 and overwhelmed the military generals, forcing Kui Muxing to his knees and hurling him into the sea when he attacked. As the Marshals watched the satellite feed, they discovered the Martial Saint’s unexpected presence.

• Kui Muxing and Yan Wushuang confronted the Extreme Path Martial Saint after they saw Ling Yao injured, but he forced Kui Muxing to his knees with a glance.
• Kui Muxing opened his Death Gate and attacked the Martial Saint with Shatter the Void, but the Martial Saint struck him into the sea and caused a towering tsunami.
• Liu Chengyuan realized that the Martial Saint was targeting the military, while the Martial Saint declared that disrespecting a god brought punishment.
• Marshals Chen Yuan, Long Hai, and Wang Weiguo requested satellite footage aboard their combat airship.
• Wang Weiguo recognized the Extreme Path Martial Saint on the footage and questioned why he had appeared there instead of remaining in seclusion.

The military marshals witnessed Extreme Path Martial Saint attack the Twelve-star General, prompting fears that he had betrayed Great Xia. As the military rushed to alert Transcendent Martial Saint, Crimson Scale Beast Emperor chose to wait for the humans to weaken each other and planned to identify Han Que’s killer.

• Chen Yuan ordered the airship to accelerate and demanded that Jianghai Base City urgently notify Transcendent Martial Saint about Extreme Path Martial Saint’s attack.
• Long Hai and Wang Weiguo feared the attack signaled a threat to the military and hoped Great Xia could avoid internal strife.
• Crimson Scale Beast Emperor rejected the Mammoth Fierce Beast’s suggestion to attack immediately and decided to wait until the humans had suffered heavy losses.
• Crimson Scale Beast Emperor planned to use the conflict to uncover the Great Xia martial artist who had killed Han Que.
• The Mammoth Fierce Beast asked to kill Han Que’s killer once the martial artist was found.

Extreme Path Martial Saint attacked Liu Chengyuan and Yan Wushuang with a mind-bending black sphere, but Li Ziyu arrived and broke them free. Li Ziyu absorbed the sphere’s power, provoking Extreme Path Martial Saint to charge him with a devastating palm strike.

• Extreme Path Martial Saint sent a black sphere toward Liu Chengyuan and Yan Wushuang, trapping them in a trance.
• Li Ziyu appeared and used Spiritual Sense through his palm to wake Liu Chengyuan and Yan Wushuang.
• Li Ziyu caught the black sphere and absorbed its strange aura, which strengthened his Immortal Cells.
• Extreme Path Martial Saint grew furious and lunged at Li Ziyu, striking down with a palm that turned a thousand-meter wave to steam.

Li Ziyu faced the Extreme Dao Martial Saint and severed one of his hands with a single strike. Enraged, the Martial Saint summoned a colossal Martial Dao Dharma Form, leaving Li Ziyu and the distant onlookers facing its overwhelming presence.

• Li Ziyu studied the Extreme Dao Martial Saint's palm strike and sensed that it drew on mysterious energy from nature.
• Li Ziyu unleashed the Ghost God Blade's God Slayer's One Slash, cutting off the Extreme Dao Martial Saint's hand.
• Li Ziyu taunted the wounded Martial Saint and put away his damaged Destiny War Blade, while Liu Chengyuan and Yan Wushuang retreated.
• The Extreme Dao Martial Saint absorbed the surrounding light and summoned a gigantic Martial Dao Dharma Form.
• Liu Chengyuan, Yan Wushuang, Ling Yao, and Kui Muxing watched as the hundreds-of-meters-tall figure appeared before Li Ziyu.

The Extreme Path Martial Saint attacked Li Ziyu with his Martial Dao Dharma Form, but Li Ziyu emerged unharmed in his Mind-Heart Art—God Form and broke the giant’s fist and chest. The Extreme Path Martial Saint was left stunned by Li Ziyu’s strength.

• The four Twelve-star Generals watched the Extreme Path Martial Saint manifest his Dharma Form, and Liu Chengyuan called for help to be sent to the chief.
• Long Hai and Wang Weiguo saw the distant Dharma Form from their airship, while Chen Yuan warned that the Transcendent Martial Saint would take half a day to arrive.
• The Extreme Path Martial Saint struck Li Ziyu with a supersonic punch that unleashed a massive shockwave.
• Li Ziyu emerged from the blast in golden God Form, unharmed, while the Extreme Path Martial Saint’s Dharma Form had a crushed chest and broken fist.
• The Extreme Path Martial Saint’s Dharma Form healed, and he demanded to know what Li Ziyu was.

Li Ziyu defeated the Extreme Dao Martial Saint, who had been empowered by Di. In space, the Skeleton Star Pirates learned of an unclaimed life planet and prepared to investigate it for plunder.

• The Extreme Dao Martial Saint attacked Li Ziyu again, but his strikes passed through Li Ziyu’s space-manipulating form.
• Li Ziyu emerged from the shattered void and destroyed the Extreme Dao Martial Saint’s Dharma Idol with a punch.
• Gorilla Captain’s crew detected an unregistered life planet in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s territory and began investigating its inhabitants and treasures.
• Bloody Hand Boss learned that the adventurers had found the planet and ordered the Skeleton Star Pirates to send an exploration bug to assess its strength.

Li Ziyu defeated the Extreme Path Martial Saint and stopped his plan to slaughter humanity. As Chen Yuan, Long Hai, and Wang Weiguo rushed to the battlefield, they suspected Liu Chengyuan was under mind control and prepared to fight.

• Li Ziyu shattered the Extreme Path Martial Saint’s manifestation with a punch, then dragged him from the seabed and beat him until he could no longer resist.
• Liu Chengyuan told Chen Yuan over emergency communication that he was fine and the Extreme Path Martial Saint had been dealt with.
• Chen Yuan suspected the Extreme Path Martial Saint had controlled Liu Chengyuan’s mind, while Long Hai wondered whether Elder Wang might be the surviving Star Brilliance Martial Saint.
• Chen Yuan dismissed the idea that Elder Wang was anything other than an ordinary veteran and ordered the others to prepare for battle.
• Chen Yuan and Long Hai took Blood Burst Pills as their airship reached the battlefield.

Elder Wang revealed that he was the supposedly dead Star Brilliance Martial Saint, who had faked his death to force Great Xia’s martial path to progress. After learning that Li Ziyu was attacking five military prodigies in Wilderness Area No. 1, he rushed to intervene while Li Ziyu continued to overpower Extreme Path Martial Saint.

• Elder Wang recalled faking his death fifty years earlier so Great Xia would stop relying on him and advance its martial path.
• Elder Wang sensed a powerful aura in Wilderness Area No. 1 and learned that Li Ziyu was fighting Extreme Path Martial Saint while five military prodigies were in danger.
• Elder Wang launched himself toward the battlefield, threatening to kill Extreme Path Martial Saint if he harmed any of the military’s rising stars.
• Li Ziyu kept striking Extreme Path Martial Saint, leaving him battered but alive after a minute of blows.
• Kui Muxing and Yan Wushuang questioned whether the Twelve-star General title still meant anything, while Liu Chengyuan watched Li Ziyu in awe.