Chapter Summaries

Ren Mian, revealed as a Crystalline Light Servant, held off the Forest Patrol Leader after his Scarlet Emperor blessing overwhelmed the group. As Chi Zhonglin and Jiangnan Caiyi were badly injured and Ren Mian prepared to cover their retreat, Ji Xinghuo powered up Rotating Magnetic Field and launched a surprise attack from above.

• The Forest Patrol Leader burned through Ren Mian's Green Lock Dragons with Blood-Drinking Wrathful Flame, and Ji Xinghuo recognized him as a Blood Warrior blessed by the Scarlet Emperor.
• Ji Xinghuo struck the Forest Patrol Leader with a Capacitor Arrow, but Ren Mian had to block the enemy's blade with her crystal-transformed body and reveal herself as a Crystalline Light Servant.
• Chi Zhonglin joined the fight but was disemboweled, while Jiangnan Caiyi's Evil Spirit clone was forced out of the Forest Patrol Leader.
• Ren Mian ordered Ji Xinghuo to cover the others' retreat while she held off their opponent, but Ji Xinghuo chose to try one more attack.
• Ji Xinghuo spent all 144 points of Spirit Source Energy on Rotating Magnetic Field, then swung over the camp and plunged toward the Forest Patrol Leader with his Lei Chi Battle Blade.

Ji Xinghuo killed the fourth-rank Forest Patrol Leader with Ren Mian’s help, then recovered while she treated the wounded. The chapter ended with Ji Xinghuo discovering the abilities inside the fallen leader and realizing he had found valuable seeds.

• Ren Mian restrained the Forest Patrol Leader while Ji Xinghuo used Myriad Aspects of the Universe to find a way to defeat him.
• Ji Xinghuo shot the leader’s arm with a Capacitor Arrow, then drove Lei Chi into the wound in his chest and heart.
• Ji Xinghuo finished the leader with another arrow through his mouth, earning 313 Spirit Source Energy.
• Ren Mian used her Evergreen Peach Blossom Spring and honeysuckle to heal Ji Xinghuo, Chi Zhonglin, and Jiangnan Caiyi.
• Ren Mian praised Ji Xinghuo’s combat intuition, and he credited the others for helping him win.
• Ji Xinghuo examined the Forest Patrol Leader’s corpse and saw a panel listing its ability seeds.

After defeating the Forest Patrol Clan, Ji Xinghuo and his teammates recovered a Super-Limit Bloody Rampage Ability Seed, which Chi Zhonglin considered fusing. While keeping watch the next morning, Ji Xinghuo grew closer to Ren Mian and ended the chapter pondering her words as he checked his Spirit Source Energy.

• Ji Xinghuo identified Bloody Rampage among the Forest Patrol Leader’s abilities, and Chi Zhonglin found its Ability Seed in the leader’s heart.
• Ji Xinghuo learned that Bloody Rampage could not be upgraded; Chi Zhonglin wanted to fuse it, but Ren Mian warned that its potential was limited without Blood-Drinking Wrathful Flame.
• The team harvested Ability Seeds from the Forest Patrol Clan corpses, withdrew to a concealed camp, and rested through the night.
• After waking, Ji Xinghuo spoke with Ren Mian while she kept watch, and he found himself drawn to her.
• Ren Mian warned Ji Xinghuo that he had risked exposing his trump card by staying to save her and his teammates; Ji Xinghuo said he had been willing to take that risk for her.
• Ren Mian suggested she might need Ji Xinghuo to save her someday, then went to rest as he checked his Spirit Source Energy, which stood at 313.

Ji Xinghuo used the Spirit Source Energy from the Forest Patrol Leader to raise Rotating Magnetic Field and Thousand Spirit Dexterous Hands, gaining greater strength, expanded magnetic sensing, rapid healing, and faster, more precise hands. After several days of easy travel and hunting, Ren Mian announced that the team had reached its destination.

• Ji Xinghuo concluded that a target’s Rank and devotion to a Star God affected how much Spirit Source Energy killing it yielded, and suspected Ji Zongbang had been a heretic.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Rotating Magnetic Field to Level Two, expanding his Magnetic Field Induction to 800 meters and gaining rapid self-healing.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Thousand Spirit Dexterous Hands to Level Three, then adjusted his compound bow to its maximum draw weight and considered buying a superpowered bow.
• Ji Xinghuo led the team through five days of battles, killing approaching monsters with his archery while the others stayed out of danger.
• Jiangnan Caiyi found an Eagle Eye Ability Seed in the Black Vulture Ji Xinghuo had shot down, and Ji Xinghuo noted that his saved Spirit Source Energy had reached 38 points.
• Ren Mian reached the edge of a cliff, looked ahead, and told the team they had arrived.

Ji Xinghuo and his teammates entered Absolute Peak Valley to search for a Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill, whose rare Earth Pulse ability made it valuable. After spotting a group of Stone Scythe Goblins without finding their target, the team avoided a fight and continued deeper into the valley.

• Chi Zhonglin photographed Ji Xinghuo, Jiangnan Caiyi, and Ren Mian at the edge of Absolute Peak Valley.
• Ren Mian explained that the team would spend half a month searching the valley for a Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill and showed the others their location on a map.
• Ji Xinghuo and the others entered the hazardous valley, avoided snakes and insects, and spotted Stone Scythe Goblins on a distant cliff.
• The team approached the goblins, and Ji Xinghuo sensed more than forty of them, including six monsters and an elite leader, but no Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill.
• Ren Mian decided not to attack the goblins, and the team turned away and continued deeper into Absolute Peak Valley.

Ji Xinghuo's group searched Absolute Peak Valley for the Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill while learning that many other Hunting Teams had also been drawn there by the same rumor. On the tenth day, Ji Xinghuo found a strange crystal in a cave on a floating Hanging Mountain and identified it as an Aether Sensitivity Ability Seed with a 100% fusion success rate.

• Ji Xinghuo's group encountered Xue Yi's Hunting Team, learned that many teams were pursuing the Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill, and continued their search after Ren Mian weighed the risks.
• Ren Mian said they would search for several more days before returning, but the team found no Giant Mandrill as more Hunting Teams entered Absolute Peak Valley.
• On the tenth day, Ji Xinghuo sensed a strange magnetic field inside a cave on an unclaimed Hanging Mountain and found a way to climb up with his Nano Rope.
• Ji Xinghuo led Ren Mian, Chi Zhonglin, and Jiangnan Caiyi into the cave, where Ren Mian recognized a naturally formed Aether Sensitivity Ability Seed.
• Ji Xinghuo took the crystal and saw that its fusion success rate was 100% and that it could be upgraded.

Ji Xinghuo discovered that the Aether Sensitivity Ability Seed could be upgraded and decided to keep it for possible fusion. The team encountered a Flood-level Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill in Absolute Peak Valley, abandoned any hope of hunting it, and left for Olympia the next morning.

• Ji Xinghuo found that Aether Sensitivity had a 100% fusion success rate and could be upgraded, so he asked Jiangnan Caiyi to save it for him.
• Ji Xinghuo and Chi Zhonglin discussed how growing stronger as an Aberrant could estrange them from ordinary family and friends.
• Ji Xinghuo spotted a large pack of Stone Scythe Goblins driving hundreds of beasts into a valley and slaughtering them.
• A Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill appeared, and Ren Mian and Ji Xinghuo recognized that it had evolved into a likely Flood-level Calamity Monster.
• Ren Mian kept the plan to return to Olympia, and the team left Absolute Peak Valley the following morning.

After returning to Olympia, Ji Xinghuo learned that Ren Mian’s garden produced valuable Azure Sky Fruit and received his share of the team’s loot. He confirmed that the Aether Sensitivity Ability Seed from Hanging Mountain was unusual when the Myriad Stellar Eye showed that a newly found seed had an 83% fusion success rate.

• Ji Xinghuo’s group returned to Olympia, and he helped Jiangnan Caiyi clean the villa before visiting Ren Mian in her greenhouse.
• Ren Mian gave Ji Xinghuo an Azure Sky Fruit, explaining that it was worth thirty million Asia Yuan and served as a team benefit.
• Chi Zhonglin decided to fuse Bloody Rampage, and Ren Mian distributed the team’s loot, giving Ji Xinghuo the Aether Sensitivity Ability Seed from Hanging Mountain and more than nine million Asia Yuan.
• Ji Xinghuo searched Olympia’s shops for another Aether Sensitivity Ability Seed and found one after several hours.
• Ji Xinghuo touched the newly found seed, and the Myriad Stellar Eye showed an 83% fusion success rate, confirming that the seed from Hanging Mountain was different.

Ji Xinghuo fused and upgraded Aether Sensitivity, improving his Ether perception and training efficiency. After his teammates left Olympia for several months, he stayed behind to train alone.

• Ji Xinghuo fused Aether Sensitivity, raising his Stellar Force to 161 and allowing him to see Ether energy and gauge its density.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Aether Sensitivity to Level 3 and realized he could combine it with Magnetic Field Induction to assess an Aberrant's strength.
• Ji Xinghuo tested his training and recovery, finding that he could gain 1 point of Stellar Force in about 54 hours and planning a demanding daily schedule.
• Ren Mian told Ji Xinghuo she would leave Olympia for a few months, while Chi Zhonglin and Jiangnan Caiyi planned to return to Earth.
• Ji Xinghuo asked Chi Zhonglin to deliver a private message to Zhong Ming without revealing Ji Xinghuo's identity, then remained in the villa to train.

Ji Xinghuo left his villa to seek real combat training and joined Olympia’s Qing Hao Branch of Limitless Martial Hall under the false name Xin Liaoyuan. After watching several Rank Seven sparring matches, he was selected to fight Coach Tu Hongda.

• Ji Xinghuo concluded that practicing alone had stalled his martial arts progress, so he went looking for a martial arts hall.
• Ji Xinghuo found Limitless Martial Hall, paid for a thirty-day membership, and registered as Xin Liaoyuan, an Intermediate Ranger at Martial Dao Rank Seven.
• Ji Xinghuo entered the arena and watched Rank Seven members spar while Coach Tu Hongda supervised and gave feedback.
• After half an hour, Tu Hongda asked Ji Xinghuo to demonstrate his skills and named himself as Ji Xinghuo’s opponent.

Ji Xinghuo trained at Limitless Martial Hall, where he impressed Tu Hongda with his martial arts talent and even landed a decisive strike during their spar. After weeks of coaching, his Martial Dao rank rose above Rank 8, and he defeated Rank 9 fighter Qi Zhaofeng before someone called for him as he was leaving.

• Ji Xinghuo sparred with Tu Hongda, learned from his counters, and cut Tu Hongda’s clothing when the coach briefly lost focus.
• Tu Hongda admitted the loss, gave Ji Xinghuo detailed instruction, and later invited him to join Limitless Martial Hall, though Ji Xinghuo remained undecided about taking a master.
• Ji Xinghuo trained at Limitless Martial Hall every day, improving his record against Rank 8 and Rank 9 opponents until his Martial Dao level rose above Rank 8 and his Stellar Force reached 185 points.
• Ji Xinghuo defeated Qi Zhaofeng after spotting small mistakes, and Tu Hongda ended the day’s practical combat training with further advice.
• As Ji Xinghuo was about to board the bus home, someone called out to Liaoyuan and asked him to wait.

Ji Xinghuo discovered that Qi Zhaofeng had invited him to join a Feathered Serpent hunt as part of a plot to steal his valuable saber and kill him. After tracking Qi to his team’s base and overhearing the plan, Ji Xinghuo confronted them in person.

• Qi Zhaofeng invited Ji Xinghuo to join a hunt for a Feathered Serpent in Razor Rift Valley, and Ji Xinghuo said he would decide by the next day.
• Ji Xinghuo detected Qi Zhaofeng following his bus and used Magnetic Field Induction to track him across the city.
• Ji Xinghuo followed Qi Zhaofeng to a courtyard and secretly listened as Qi discussed his plan with two teammates.
• Qi Zhaofeng and his teammates planned to kill Ji Xinghuo if he refused to join, steal his Thunder Gallop saber, and leave Olympia.
• Ji Xinghuo emerged at the courtyard and confronted Qi Zhaofeng and the others, who were shocked to see him.

Ji Xinghuo killed Qi Zhaofeng and his two companions after they tried to ambush him, then took Qi Zhaofeng’s Stealth Ring and disposed of the bodies. Back at the villa, he decided to hunt alone again after making preparations, hoping to improve his Aether Sensitivity.

• Ji Xinghuo confronted Qi Zhaofeng, who admitted he had targeted him for his equipment and attacked with his longsword.
• Ji Xinghuo used his foresight and Thunder Gallop to kill the Star Beacon Hand and the Half-Beastman, then cornered and killed Qi Zhaofeng.
• Ji Xinghuo took Qi Zhaofeng’s Stealth Ring, destroyed the corpses with Black Devouring Fungus, and secretly returned to his inn for the night.
• Ji Xinghuo resumed his training and learned that killing the three Aberrants had earned him 20 points of Spirit Source Energy.
• Ji Xinghuo decided to prepare for another solo hunt, aiming to raise his Aether Sensitivity and accelerate his cultivation.

Ji Xinghuo bought a Dragon Falcon powered bow and supplies, then prepared to leave Olympia City on a solo hunt. He left a letter for Jiangnan Caiyi and departed the villa under cover of night.

• Ji Xinghuo withdrew 6.5 million Asia Yuan and visited Green Field Immortal Bow to shop for a powered bow.
• Liu Yu introduced several bows before showing Ji Xinghuo the Dragon Falcon Eagle Bow, whose speed, range, and armor penetration appealed to him.
• Ji Xinghuo tested and bought the third-generation Dragon Falcon, specialty arrows, and five hundred Titanium Aluminum Alloy Arrows.
• Ji Xinghuo practiced with his new bow, packed his equipment, and left a letter in Jiangnan Caiyi's room.
• Ji Xinghuo shouldered his heavy backpack and slipped out of the villa under cover of night.

Ji Xinghuo traveled alone from the City of Freedom toward Absolute Peak Valley, avoiding hostile Hunting Teams on the way. After camping overnight, he killed a flock of Human-faced Owls and gained 6 Spirit Source Energy, then continued west with 35 points in total.

• Ji Xinghuo chose Absolute Peak Valley over Razor Rift Valley because it offered plentiful monsters and fewer competing Hunting Teams.
• After leaving the City of Freedom, Ji Xinghuo used his Stealth Ring and abilities to evade suspicious West Alliance teams and traveled more than four hundred kilometers.
• Ji Xinghuo camped alone in the forest and slept poorly because animals repeatedly disturbed him.
• The next morning, six Human-faced Owls spotted Ji Xinghuo and dived toward him, but he killed them all with five arrows from his Peregrine Falcon Eagle Bow.
• Ji Xinghuo found only a low-value Rend Ability Seed among the owls, collected meat and his arrows, and continued west with 35 Spirit Source Energy.

Ji Xinghuo hunted Stone Scythe Goblins in Absolute Peak Valley, gathering Spirit Source Energy and valuable Ability Seeds as he pushed deeper into the valley. After ten days of hunting, he was planning to continue when a swift green creature snatched his roast bird.

• Ji Xinghuo returned to Absolute Peak Valley and stealthily killed most of a Stone Scythe Goblin group with his Peregrine Falcon Eagle Bow.
• He collected Resilience and Rock Skin Ability Seeds from the corpses and continued hunting other groups and monsters over the following days.
• Ji Xinghuo steadily accumulated Spirit Source Energy, including a rare Thousand Spirit Dexterous Hands Ability Seed, and raised Aether Sensitivity to 295/433.
• On his tenth day, Ji Xinghuo roasted a bird atop a stone pillar while preparing to hunt more Stone Scythe Goblin groups.
• A streak of green light suddenly snatched Ji Xinghuo’s roast bird, and he spotted the creature below the pillar.

Ji Xinghuo discovered that the tiny Iron Arrow Green that stole his roasted bird was an intelligent Spirit Object with extraordinary abilities. He tracked it to its hidden cave and realized it could change size and swallow objects into another space, while he began considering how to tame it.

• Ji Xinghuo saw the Little Green Snake swallow his arrow and shoot it back at him, then pursued it down the cliff.
• Ji Xinghuo blocked the snake’s route into a crevice and recognized it as an intelligent Spirit Object, so he chose not to kill it.
• Ji Xinghuo waited for the snake to leave its hiding place, followed it through the valley, and found its concealed cave.
• The Little Green Snake spat out Ji Xinghuo’s roasted bird, grew into a large Iron Arrow Green, and swallowed it.
• Ji Xinghuo observed the snake’s transformation and deduced that it had Miniaturization and probably the Starfall ability.

Ji Xinghuo studied the Little Green Snake’s habits and used cooked food to gradually earn its trust. After leaving the valley, he found the snake had followed him to his distant camp.

• Ji Xinghuo watched the Little Green Snake hunt, clean its prey, and follow a cautious routine, then decided to use food to tame it.
• Ji Xinghuo cooked roasted chicken near the snake’s valley, and the Little Green Snake stole and ate it after he pretended to leave.
• Over the next several days, Ji Xinghuo varied his camps and meals, allowing the Little Green Snake to steal food sometimes and making it increasingly eager to approach.
• Ji Xinghuo prepared a feast in the valley, told the Little Green Snake he was leaving, and walked away without pursuing it.
• Ji Xinghuo traveled dozens of kilometers from the valley and discovered the Little Green Snake waiting in a tree beside his camp the next morning.

Ji Xinghuo hunted with Little Green Snake and found a recently evolved Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill leading a large goblin pack. After confirming it lacked Earth Pulse, he ambushed the pack from across a ravine, badly wounding the giant mandrill and killing several goblins before it charged toward him.

• Ji Xinghuo fed Little Green Snake cooked prey, and it followed him as he continued hunting.
• Ji Xinghuo discovered a pack of Stone Scythe Goblins led by a recently evolved Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill and observed it for hours.
• Ji Xinghuo confirmed the giant mandrill had not awakened Earth Pulse and decided he could kill it.
• Ji Xinghuo found a firing position across a ravine and used Myriad Aspects of the Universe to aim a Capacitor Arrow at the giant mandrill.
• The arrow struck the giant mandrill in its crotch, and Ji Xinghuo followed with arrows that killed or wounded several monster-grade goblins.
• The wounded Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill spotted Ji Xinghuo and leaped across the ravine toward him.

Ji Xinghuo drove the Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill into a ravine, then pursued it as it fled until a five-person Hunting Team killed it. He approached the Aberrants who had taken the kill, and they faced him with greed.

• Ji Xinghuo used arrows to kill the evolved Stone Scythe Goblins while repeatedly knocking the wounded Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill from the cliff with Capacitor Arrows.
• Ji Xinghuo set the Stone Scythe Goblins to flight, then exposed the Giant Mandrill when it pretended to be dead and forced it to flee into the ravine.
• Ji Xinghuo pursued the Giant Mandrill for over thirty kilometers, tracking it with Magnetic Field Induction and wearing it down.
• Ji Xinghuo detected a five-person Hunting Team ahead, and the team killed the exhausted Giant Mandrill.
• Ji Xinghuo covered his face and approached the five Aberrants, who formed a defensive formation and watched him greedily.