Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo defeated Kailina at Princess Sophia’s banquet, received information about the Starfall Ability Seed Magnetic Pole Potential Slash, and discussed betting on his duel with Li Xuan. After returning to Ivangrad, he prepared for the Global Marathon, where he drew worldwide attention at the starting line.

• Ji Xinghuo subdued Kailina, released her after Sophia declared him the victor, and warned her to stay away from Zhao Manying.
• Kailina gave Ji Xinghuo a chip about Magnetic Pole Potential Slash before leaving, and recordings of her defeat spread across the global network.
• Ji Xinghuo and his companions discussed their bets on his duel with Li Xuan, while Su Ziyou asked about Absolute Hit.
• Ji Xinghuo read that Magnetic Pole Potential Slash came from the Whale Dragon Family in the Eastern Emperor Sea, then decided to consider pursuing it after reaching Legend.
• Ji Xinghuo confirmed his Global Marathon registration and trained in Ivangrad before the July 25 race.
• Ji Xinghuo arrived at the marathon starting line, where spectators recognized him and the live broadcast focused on him.

Ji Xinghuo joined the Global Marathon, where the Sun King and Godwalker were the favorites to win. After the race began, Ji Xinghuo briefly led before they and Luo Yimeng overtook him, and he chose to conserve his strength for the long course.

• Ji Xinghuo entered the preparation hall and met An Yitian and the other Global Marathon contestants.
• The Sun King arrived, declared complete confidence in winning, and traded challenges with Jeffrey El Jordan, the Godwalker.
• Ji Xinghuo equipped his racing suit, Flight Shoes, two rings, and potions to improve his speed and endurance.
• More than three hundred contestants started the 40,075-kilometer Global Marathon, and Ji Xinghuo surged into the lead at supersonic speed.
• The Sun King and Godwalker overtook Ji Xinghuo, then Luo Yimeng caught up and asked whether he could run faster.
• Ji Xinghuo kept a steady pace and told Luo Yimeng to let the others run ten thousand kilometers first.

Ji Xinghuo ran the Global Marathon from Europe through Asia, enduring criticism and steadily overtaking rivals while keeping his record free of violations. Near the Persian Gulf, he suddenly unleashed a burst of speed far beyond his earlier pace, leaving Luo Yimeng stunned as he raced toward the distant leaders.

• Ji Xinghuo held Mach 1 and initially placed fourth, but Maxim Kalinin and Jose Morales overtook him, dropping him to sixth.
• Ji Xinghuo passed through Yerevan, Tehran, and the Caspian region without committing a violation, then ran east toward Chang'an.
• After reaching Chang'an, Ji Xinghuo accelerated to 400 meters per second, caught Jose Morales in Jinyang, and waved as he passed him.
• Ji Xinghuo overtook Maxim Kalinin near the Strait of Malacca and reached the halfway point of the race after sixteen hours, still far behind the Sun King.
• Ji Xinghuo caught up to Luo Yimeng near the Persian Gulf, then surged ahead at a speed she estimated was at least Mach 3.

Ji Xinghuo pushed his speed beyond the Sun King's and overtook him near the finish of the Global Marathon. He reached the finish first, then crossed the line backward while facing the approaching Sun King.

• Ji Xinghuo accelerated past Triple Sonic Speed, and the Sun King repeatedly increased his pace to contest the lead.
• Ji Xinghuo maintained his speed across Arabia and Africa, passed Godwalker Jeffrey, and later accelerated again as he neared the final stretch.
• Ji Xinghuo raised his speed to 1,400 meters per second, while the Sun King reached his limit and could not keep up.
• With fewer than 100 kilometers remaining, Ji Xinghuo caught and passed John Anthony, taking first place.
• Ji Xinghuo reached the finish line after running for twenty-three hours and twenty-two minutes, stopped just before it, and crossed backward while facing the approaching Sun King.

Ji Xinghuo set a new Global Marathon record by beating the Sun King, then accepted the championship amid worldwide celebration. He selected Star Flame Pulse, Star Tear, and the Electric Potential Battle Blade as his prizes.

• Ji Xinghuo crossed the finish line backward, setting a new record, and the Sun King arrived ten seconds later after violating the rules three times.
• The Sun King congratulated Ji Xinghuo, warned him to advance to Celestial King soon, and flew away as reporters questioned Ji Xinghuo about the race and his relationship with Man Ying.
• Ji Xinghuo received the championship trophy while the Sun King skipped the awards ceremony, and Jeffrey congratulated him before challenging him to race again in four years.
• Ji Xinghuo followed the organizing committee chairman to the prize vault and chose Star Flame Pulse, Star Tear, and the Electric Potential Battle Blade.

Ji Xinghuo discovered that the Star Flame Pulse prize had been replaced with Blazing Starfire, and Luo Yimeng determined that an Astral Department expert had been mentally compelled to conceal the switch. Ji Daosheng told Ji Xinghuo to accept Blazing Starfire and leave quietly, and Ji Xinghuo returned to the Asia-Pacific Community with his companions.

• Ji Xinghuo inspected his prizes, admired the Electric Potential Battle Blade, and confirmed the Star Tear was genuine.
• Ji Xinghuo identified the Ability Seed as Blazing Starfire rather than the Star Flame Pulse, and Luo Yimeng challenged the organizing committee and Roman Guard.
• Minister Kirill Nikonov and an Ability Seed expert claimed the expert had mistaken Blazing Starfire for the Star Flame Pulse.
• Luo Yimeng used her Mystic Spirit Bird to determine that the expert had been mentally controlled, revealing that the New Roman Empire had likely switched the Ability Seed for the Sun King.
• Ji Daosheng instructed Ji Xinghuo to accept Blazing Starfire and pretend not to know about the betrayal.
• Ji Xinghuo accepted Blazing Starfire and flew back to the Asia-Pacific Community with Zhao Manying, Luo Yimeng, and Xing Lie.

After Ji Xinghuo returned from defeating the Sun King, the Head of State prioritized his cultivation as the Asia-Pacific Community’s best hope of matching the Sun King’s future evolution. Months later, Ji Xinghuo reached his Stellar Force bottleneck and prepared to evolve into a legend.

• Ji Xinghuo returned the Head of State’s Flight Shoes, and Luo Yimeng reported that New Rome had likely switched Star Flame Pulse for a different Ability Seed and handed the real one to the Sun King.
• Ji Daosheng and the others discussed the danger of New Rome siding with the Americas Federation and the threat posed if the Sun King advanced to Star Child or Star Herding Saint.
• Ji Daosheng named Ji Xinghuo as the person most likely to reach Star Herding Saint within twenty-five years, promised him the next Titanium Cobalt Dragon Body, and made his cultivation the nation’s priority.
• Ji Xinghuo trained intensively, bought a villa in the Qinling Mountains with Ye Dongyun, and accompanied Zhao Manying on her Super League travels while monitoring Shi Renzhong.
• On September 24, Ji Xinghuo reached a Stellar Force bottleneck of 15,887 points, left the Aether Accumulation Chamber, and set out to attempt evolution into a legend.

Ji Xinghuo visited Ke Mingshan at the Aether Research Institute to use its Star Ascension Device and undergo advancement to Legend. After his tests revealed extraordinary physical abilities and a Stellar Force Index of 16,103, the device was prepared, and the advancement process began.

• Ji Xinghuo met Ke Mingshan, who showed him the prototype Star Ascension Device and explained its requirements for helping Super Espers advance to Legend.
• Ji Xinghuo underwent testing and recorded a Stellar Force Index of 16,103, along with physical and Stellar Force output results that astonished the researchers.
• Ke Mingshan prepared Ji Xinghuo for the painful procedure, and five support Aberrants took their positions to assist his advancement.
• The researchers installed four cases of Aether Crystals, Ji Xinghuo drank the prepared medicines, and the Star Ascension Device started up with him inside.

Ji Xinghuo underwent the Star Ascension Device’s dangerous infusion process, enduring rising Ether energy pressure until his Stellar Force compressed and triggered evolution. He successfully advanced from a Super Esper to a Legendary Esper.

• Ke Mingshan and the auxiliary Aberrants raised the Ether energy pressure around Ji Xinghuo and infused it through metal leads.
• Ji Xinghuo contracted his Stellar Force into the Magnetic Spirit Star Nucleus and endured as his Stellar Force climbed toward its critical threshold.
• As the auxiliary Aberrants and Aether Crystals neared their limits, Ji Xinghuo’s Ether energy absorption surged and his Stellar Force passed 18,000 points.
• Ji Xinghuo’s Stellar Force exceeded 20,000 points, entered the Gaseous State, and began remaking and strengthening his body.
• After the device shut down, Ji Xinghuo told Ke Mingshan that he had become a Legendary Esper.

After becoming a Legendary Esper, Ji Xinghuo concealed the news, assessed his strengthened abilities, and fused the Overload Ability Seed to amplify his electromagnetic powers. He prepared to cultivate before his duel with Li Xuan, whose growing publicity only strengthened Ji Xinghuo’s resolve to defeat him.

• Ji Xinghuo asked Ke Mingshan and the researchers at the Aether Research Institute to keep his advancement to Legend secret until after his upcoming duel with Li Xuan.
• Ji Xinghuo returned home, reviewed how his evolution had improved his abilities, and found that his Stellar Force had risen to 20,233.
• Ji Xinghuo absorbed a Star Tear, raising his Stellar Force to 21,601, then implanted the Overload Ability Seed into his arm and successfully fused it.
• Ji Xinghuo spent nearly all his Spirit Source Energy raising Overload to level four and tested how it combined with Rotating Magnetic Field and Electrostatic Field to amplify him.
• Ji Xinghuo decided to cultivate before the duel and watched Li Xuan gain attention through interviews, promising himself he would crush him.

Ji Xinghuo gathered with his family and friends before his highly publicized duel with Li Xuan, while Legends and other companions offered their support and advice. At Tian Qin National Stadium, the two men confirmed their enormous wager before a packed crowd and livestream audience, and the evening’s preliminary matches and performances began ahead of their fight.

• Ji Xinghuo arrived at his family’s villa, where friends and several Legend-ranked powerhouses had gathered to support him before the duel.
• Ji Xinghuo said he was ninety-nine percent confident of defeating Li Xuan, while Wang Yinlong and the other Legends remained cautious about his chances against a Celestial King.
• Jing Ji and Yuan Chongzhen arrived, and Ji Xinghuo gave Jing Ji a True Spirit Fugue Ability Seed and Yuan Chongzhen a Fungus Giant Avatar Species.
• Ji Xinghuo’s group traveled to Tian Qin National Stadium, where hundreds of thousands of spectators and a massive global livestream audience awaited the match.
• Li Xuan visited Ji Xinghuo’s VIP box, and both men had their wager stakes appraised and verified by the National Notary Office before agreeing to retain them themselves.
• The opening program began with scheduled preliminary matches and entertainment performances before Ji Xinghuo and Li Xuan were due to fight.

Li Xuan staged a hugely popular celebrity competition before making his own entrance to face Ji Xinghuo in a best-of-five Spirit Realm duel. After the first match began, Ji Xinghuo and Li Xuan appeared before the global audience, entered their projection pods, and found themselves in a mountain range as the duel started.

• Li Xuan's celebrity teams played four closely contested matches, drawing billions of viewers and generating enormous revenue.
• The teams tied the series, and a joint performance brought the stadium's excitement to its peak.
• The host introduced Ji Xinghuo and Li Xuan as the night's opponents, and Zhao Manying kissed Ji Xinghuo in front of the global audience before he flew down to the field.
• Ji Xinghuo and Li Xuan shook hands, entered their projection pods, and began their best-of-five duel in the Spirit Realm.
• Ji Xinghuo appeared in an endless mountain range as Tianqin Stadium and online viewers watched the match begin.

Ji Xinghuo used his archery and superior speed to fight Li Xuan in the Spirit Realm, revealing that he had advanced to Legendary Esper. He shattered Li Xuan’s Ice Pole Shield and won the match, leaving Li Xuan stunned as the spectators celebrated.

• Ji Xinghuo located the invisible Li Xuan with Magnetic Field Induction and drew him toward a Hanging Mountain.
• Li Xuan attacked from close range, but Ji Xinghuo evaded his sword strike and began firing Tungsten Core Heavy Arrows.
• Li Xuan relied on the Ice Pole Shield from Qi Feiyang’s Thermal Ice Orb to withstand Ji Xinghuo’s arrows while trying to close the distance.
• The commentators revealed that Ji Xinghuo had advanced to Legendary Esper, and he kept Li Xuan at a distance while firing.
• Ji Xinghuo empowered his arrows with electromagnetic Stellar Force and struck the same point on Li Xuan’s shield until it shattered.
• Ji Xinghuo’s next arrow killed Li Xuan, who exited the Spirit Realm and heard the crowd cheering for Ji Xinghuo.

Ji Xinghuo won the first round against Li Xuan by shattering his Ice Pole Shield with seven precisely aimed arrows, then entered the second round without his bow. On the Banyan Capital map, he found Li Xuan and launched a high-speed attack with his Electric Potential Battle Blade.

• Ji Xinghuo returned from the Spirit Realm after defeating Li Xuan in the first round, and his family and friends celebrated with him.
• Commentators replayed the battle and explained how Ji Xinghuo's seven arrows struck the same point on Li Xuan's Ice Pole Shield until it shattered.
• Ji Xinghuo entered the second round without his bow and arrows, angering Li Xuan and bewildering the spectators.
• Ji Xinghuo entered the Banyan Capital map and searched the empty city for Li Xuan.
• Ji Xinghuo found Li Xuan flying cautiously above the city, accelerated to nearly Mach 3, and swung his charged Electric Potential Battle Blade at him from behind a building.

Ji Xinghuo overwhelmed Li Xuan in a fierce battle, breaking through the Thermal Ice Orb’s defenses with relentless Thunder Cuts. With Li Xuan defeated and his shield shattered, Ji Xinghuo remained hovering above the ruined city.

• Li Xuan attacked with the Purple Green Twin Swords, but Ji Xinghuo matched his opening strike and evaded his sword formation.
• Li Xuan used the Thermal Ice Orb to trap Ji Xinghuo in an Incineration Field, but Ji Xinghuo endured the flames and counterattacked.
• Ji Xinghuo repeatedly drove Li Xuan into the ruins, then outmatched him in close combat despite Li Xuan’s swordsmanship and Ice Pole Shield.
• Ji Xinghuo pursued Li Xuan through Banyan Capital for more than ten minutes, exhausting him and knocking the Purple Ying Sword from his hand.
• Ji Xinghuo unleashed consecutive Blink Step Thunder Cuts against the same point of Li Xuan’s shield, shattering it and breaking Li Xuan’s body apart.

Ji Xinghuo entered the third round against Li Xuan barehanded and overwhelmed him despite Li Xuan’s full-strength sword formation. The chapter ended with Ji Xinghuo’s third punch killing Li Xuan in the desert.

• Ji Xinghuo’s family celebrated his second-round victory, and he revealed that his Acceleration ability was Starfall-level.
• Ji Xinghuo entered the third round without a weapon, while Li Xuan hesitated before finally joining the match.
• Ji Xinghuo located Li Xuan in Desert Maze City and pursued him at extreme speed as Li Xuan fled.
• Li Xuan summoned eight Shadow Clones and filled the sky with sword formations, but Ji Xinghuo smashed through them and reached his true body.
• Ji Xinghuo struck Li Xuan with three consecutive punches, breaking through his defenses and causing him to explode midair.

After defeating Li Xuan, Ji Xinghuo was celebrated worldwide as the first Aberrant to defeat a Celestial King across ranks, while powerful figures recognized him as a future threat. He ended the public interview by demanding his winnings and forced Li Xuan to transfer 150 billion on the spot, then gave him three days to settle the remaining performance revenue.

• Ji Xinghuo emerged from the projection pod to roaring cheers, and audiences worldwide watched him make history by defeating Li Xuan.
• John Anthony and the Iron Emperor Ivan recognized Ji Xinghuo as a dangerous future opponent, while Ji Daosheng and Marshal Wu Huaian praised his victory.
• Ji Xinghuo called Li Xuan out of his projection pod and mocked his attempt to avoid the interview before discussing the duel with the host.
• Ji Xinghuo praised Li Xuan's strength but criticized his lack of life-or-death experience, then challenged him to a future real-world fight.
• After the livestream ended, Ji Xinghuo demanded the 150 billion wager, and Li Xuan transferred it to him under the watch of the people onstage.
• Ji Xinghuo told Li Xuan to settle the performance revenue within three days, and Li Xuan left in anger.

After defeating Li Xuan, Ji Xinghuo celebrated with family and friends as his fame surged and he claimed first place on the Legend Rankings. The chapter ended with the Heavenly King Rankings renamed the Global Combat Power Rankings, where Ji Xinghuo debuted at thirty-first.

• Ji Xinghuo revealed that he and Zhao Manying had wagered heavily on his victory, then invited his family and friends to a celebration in Chang'an.
• At the party, Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying took a photo together and posted it, drawing a flood of attention from his more than five billion followers.
• The updated rankings placed Ji Xinghuo first on the Legend Rankings and returned Zhao Manying to first on the Sky Ladder; Wang Yinlong accepted his fall to second place.
• The ADC renamed the Heavenly King Rankings the Global Combat Power Rankings after Ji Xinghuo became the first Legend to defeat a Celestial King.
• Ji Xinghuo checked the new rankings and found himself in thirty-first place among fifty Aberrants.

After Ji Xinghuo was ranked 31st on the new Global Combat Power Rankings, he and his companions discussed the ranking, possible challenges to Li Xuan, and what nickname Ji Xinghuo might receive. The celebration ended with Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying learning their bets had paid out more than 240 billion, and Ji Xinghuo called Princess Sophia to discuss handling the money.

• Ji Xinghuo saw ADC rank him 31st on the Global Combat Power Rankings, sparking online debate about whether he deserved to outrank established Celestial Kings such as Qi Feiyang.
• Zhao Manying said she would challenge Li Xuan after becoming a Legend, and Wang Yinlong also considered challenging him to enter the rankings.
• Chi Zhonglin urged Ji Xinghuo to adopt a nickname, but Ji Xinghuo rejected the suggestions his family and friends proposed.
• Zhao Manying told Ji Xinghuo that their bets had paid out more than 240 billion, which they could not easily transfer home.
• Ji Xinghuo called Princess Sophia to seek a way to handle the winnings.

Ji Xinghuo considered selling Absolute Hit and learned from Su Ziyou about a dangerous ritual that could grant extra Ability Seed fusion opportunities. He agreed to sell Absolute Hit to Princess Sophia for two thousand Aether Crystals, provided she also helped convert his overseas funds into at least one thousand more, leaving Sophia to begin arranging the deal.

• Sophia congratulated Ji Xinghuo on defeating Li Xuan and offered two thousand Aether Crystals for Absolute Hit, while Su Ziyou asked to compete for the Ability Seed but could not match her resources.
• Su Ziyou told Ji Xinghuo about a ritual to the Spirit Lord that had given him two expansion opportunities, and offered to arrange a ritual in Jueluo Country for a fee.
• After the celebration, Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying spent the night together and met Sophia the next morning at his apartment.
• Ji Xinghuo offered Sophia Absolute Hit for two thousand Aether Crystals on the condition that she use her influence to convert two hundred billion Asia Yuan held in the New Roman Empire into Aether Crystals over time.
• Sophia agreed to deliver the two thousand Aether Crystals for the Ability Seed and acquire at least another thousand using Ji Xinghuo's funds, then hurried back to Ivangrad.