Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo, Jing Ji, and Yuan Chongzhen hunted together, earning large bounties and points while avoiding Legendary Dagon People sent by the Fomalhaut Clan. On the tenth day, Alex’s team surged ahead after destroying a Fomalhaut watchtower, leaving the three wondering how they had managed it.

• Ji Xinghuo’s team turned in their loot, earned 387 points, and took the top three places in the Points Ranking.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Thunderclap Hand to Level 4 and Azure Rainbow’s Miniaturization to Level 2.
• Ji Xinghuo’s team expanded its hunting range to evade the Legendary powerhouses searching for them, while continuing to earn more than ten million in bounties each day.
• On the tenth day, Ji Xinghuo’s team discovered that Alex and his teammates had taken the top three spots with 1,172 points each.
• A Bounty Hunter told Jing Ji that Alex’s team had destroyed a Fomalhaut watchtower and killed more than seven hundred enemies, earning over thirty million in bounty.

Ji Xinghuo’s team struggled to keep pace with Alex after his group wiped out another enemy camp, so Ji Xinghuo suggested targeting legendary enemies instead. Back at the inn, Ji Xinghuo upgraded Symbiotic Resonance, gained Dimensional Stomach, and watched a Starfall Phenomenon descend toward him.

• Jing Ji, Ji Xinghuo, and Yuan Chongzhen learned that Alex’s team had used an Evil Wind Adept and a Dream Weaver to destroy a Sentry Tower Camp, then returned to the top three by score.
• Seven days later, the group discovered that Alex’s team had destroyed another camp and taken the lead by nearly a hundred points.
• Ji Xinghuo proposed hunting legendary powerhouses for their enormous bounty, but Jing Ji rejected the plan as too dangerous.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Symbiotic Resonance while alone with Azure Rainbow, which gained Thunderclap Hand and shared Dimensional Stomach with him.
• A vast starlight phenomenon darkened the sky, and a streak of light fell directly toward Ji Xinghuo.

Ji Xinghuo’s newly acquired Dimensional Stomach triggered a Starfall Phenomenon over Midpoint Fortress, drawing the attention of the Celestial King Heinrich Muller. After Heinrich failed to locate its source, Ji Xinghuo tested the ability and discovered its storage, defensive, and rapid-archery uses.

• Ji Xinghuo watched a Starfall Phenomenon appear over Midpoint Fortress and realized it had been triggered by his Dimensional Stomach.
• Heinrich Muller, the fortress’s guardian Celestial King known as Zeus, searched the area as the phenomenon’s apparent source shifted toward Ji Xinghuo.
• Ji Xinghuo stayed still until the phenomenon faded, and Heinrich left without finding him.
• Ji Xinghuo went to a private training ground and tested the Dimensional Stomach, storing and retrieving his bow and an arrow without changing their condition or momentum.
• Ji Xinghuo invested 156 Spirit Source Energy to expand the Dimensional Stomach and discovered he could use it to intercept attacks.
• Ji Xinghuo used the Dimensional Stomach to reload his bow rapidly, firing as many as three arrows per second, and considered upgrading Thousand Spirit Dexterous Hands.

Ji Xinghuo bought a Flash Step Thumb Ring in Olympia and found that his physical abilities and High-Frequency Thinking let him use its short-range movement effectively. Meanwhile, Jing Ji’s team battled Alex’s team for the wager lead, and with the contest nearly over, Jing Ji committed his team to hunting without rest.

• Ji Xinghuo tested a Flash Step Thumb Ring, discovered he could rapidly adapt to its movement, and bought it for seven million Asia Yuan.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to Midpoint Fortress, where Jing Ji and Yuan Chongzhen mistook his new thumb ring for an Arrow Storage Thumb Ring.
• Jing Ji’s team hunted to overtake Alex’s team, but Alex surged ahead after his team wiped out a Beiluo Shimen Clan gathering point.
• The teams traded the lead throughout the latter half of the month, and Alex’s points stopped changing while he remained away from Midpoint Fortress.
• With the contest nearly over and Alex expected to return with a large haul, Jing Ji ordered his team to hunt continuously for the final one hundred hours.

Ji Xinghuo and his companions escaped a Legendary pursuer and headed back toward Earth's defense line, where they found Alex badly wounded after his team was ambushed. As they prepared to flee, Ji Xinghuo sensed that Alex’s Legendary pursuer had caught up with them.

• Ji Xinghuo detected a hidden Golaukak Legendary tracking the group, so he led Jing Ji and Yuan Chongzhen into a cave and waited before heading back toward Midpoint Fortress.
• Ji Xinghuo guided his companions around enemy patrols and across the defense line, while they discussed returning to Earth or continuing to hunt from a safer fortress.
• Ji Xinghuo discovered Alex hiding in a swamp, and Alex emerged, badly injured and covered in blood.
• Alex told them a Legendary Dagon People had ambushed his team, killed both of his companions, and pursued him back across the defense line.
• Alex warned the group to leave immediately, but Ji Xinghuo sensed the Legendary Dagon People had already arrived.

Ji Xinghuo and his companions confronted a legendary Dagon Person wielding a vibrating sword, and their opening attacks failed to seriously injure him. As the Dagon Person focused on Ji Xinghuo, the wounded Jing Ji was left unable to fight, and an Ultrasonic Sword Qi attack closed in on Ji Xinghuo.

• Yuan Chongzhen tried to flee but was struck by a Sound Spear, while Ji Xinghuo decided the group should fight the approaching Dagon Person.
• Alex attacked the Dagon Person, who revealed himself and used Ultrasonic Sword Qi to wound Alex and Yuan Chongzhen.
• Ji Xinghuo, Jing Ji, Alex, and Yuan Chongzhen launched a coordinated attack, but the Dagon Person deflected Ji Xinghuo's arrow and drove the others back with his sword.
• Jing Ji used Phantom Flicker and an Ultrasonic Shockwave to distract the Dagon Person, allowing Ji Xinghuo to land several arrows, but the Dagon Person remained largely unharmed.
• The Dagon Person blasted Jing Ji away and charged at Ji Xinghuo; Alex and Yuan Chongzhen intervened while Ji Xinghuo faced an incoming sweep of Ultrasonic Sword Qi.

Ji Xinghuo fought the legendary Dagon Person in close quarters, using Flash Step, electricity, and arrows to wear down his opponent while his teammates stayed back. Though the Dagon Person cut off Ji Xinghuo’s left hand and destroyed his bow, Ji Xinghuo drove the Lei Chi Battle Blade through his heart, leaving the Dagon Person mortally wounded.

• Ji Xinghuo used Flash Step, Pulse Arc, and Capacitor Arrows to evade the Dagon Person’s attacks and slow him, while Alex and Yuan Chongzhen struck when openings arose.
• The Dagon Person entered his Gigantification and bloodshot states, but Ji Xinghuo blasted him with Thunderclap Hand, badly injuring him.
• The Dagon Person targeted Ji Xinghuo with vibrating sword attacks, while Ji Xinghuo repeatedly evaded and countered with arrows and Pulse Arc.
• Ji Xinghuo’s teammates considered intervening, but he told them to stay back as his Stellar Force and stamina dwindled.
• Ji Xinghuo activated Myriad Aspects of the Universe, let the Dagon Person cut through his bow and sever his left hand, then used Flash Step to stab the Lei Chi Battle Blade into the Dagon Person’s heart.

Ji Xinghuo and his companions returned to Midpoint Fortress after killing a legendary Dagon Person, where he had his severed hand reattached and recovered. He asked the others to keep the battle's details quiet and took Demon Sound, the Dagon Person's three-star weapon, in exchange for giving up his bounty share and paying compensation.

• Ji Xinghuo, Yuan Chongzhen, Alex, and Jing Ji survived the fight, and Yuan Chongzhen used his healing ability to stabilize Jing Ji.
• The four gathered the Dagon Person's head and other spoils, then walked for hours to reach Midpoint Fortress.
• A surgeon reattached Ji Xinghuo's hand, and Ji Xinghuo's rapid self-healing restored it within minutes.
• Ji Xinghuo asked his companions to keep the battle secret and describe their contributions as roughly equal.
• The group identified the Dagon Person's sword as Demon Sound, a Super Energy Three-Star Weapon, and Ji Xinghuo agreed to take it in exchange for his bounty share and cash compensation.

Ji Xinghuo and his companions presented the head of the legendary Dagon Person Baiyingu, confirming their difficult victory and earning a bounty and points. After meeting General Wang Zhengwu, Ji Xinghuo learned that Wang had begun investigating his background after examining the battle evidence.

• Ji Xinghuo refused a share of the bounty but accepted Demon Sound, while Jing Ji claimed victory in his wager with Alex, who mourned his two dead teammates.
• Jing Ji presented Baiyingu's head at the Bounty Office, where Director Li confirmed it was from a legendary powerhouse and summoned the group to meet General Wang Zhengwu.
• Jing Ji told reporters and Wang Zhengwu how the four had fought together to kill Baiyingu, while giving Ji Xinghuo's decisive role little emphasis.
• Wang Zhengwu awarded the group a one-hundred-million bounty and 3,000 points, then ordered an aide to recover Baiyingu's body.
• After examining Baiyingu's wounds and learning that Ji Xinghuo's severed hand had healed, Wang Zhengwu ordered an aide to discreetly review Ji Xinghuo's citizen records.

Ji Xinghuo and the others collected their rewards for killing a legendary enemy, and Ji Xinghuo bought the powerful Invisible Thorn bow and an Amber Cat's Eye Stone. After returning to Olympia, he settled into his villa and opened the Myriad Stellar Eye interface.

• Ji Xinghuo, Jing Ji, and Yuan Chongzhen tied for first in the monthly Points Ranking, while Alex announced that he had lost his bet and left Midpoint Fortress.
• The next morning, Wang Zhengwu awarded Ji Xinghuo, Jing Ji, and Yuan Chongzhen Second-Class Hero Medals at a commendation ceremony.
• Director Li offered the three hunters a discounted purchase list, and Ji Xinghuo bought Invisible Thorn and an Amber Cat's Eye Stone with special approval from Wang Zhengwu.
• Ji Xinghuo tested Invisible Thorn and saw it render a nocked arrow nearly invisible by consuming Stellar Force.
• Jing Ji headed back to Earth to recover, Yuan Chongzhen returned to Sword Valley Fortress, and Ji Xinghuo traveled with Jing Ji to Olympia before returning to his villa alone.
• Ji Xinghuo released Azure Rainbow to roam the villa and opened the Myriad Stellar Eye interface.

Ji Xinghuo used the Amber Cat’s Eye Stone to fuse Flash Step, then upgraded it until it evolved into Blink Step, while improving several other abilities. After returning to the Extreme Martial Arts Gym and adapting to a sword, he began training to wield a sword and saber together.

• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Golden Scale Iron Spine, used the Amber Cat’s Eye Stone, and fused the Flash Step Ability Seed.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Flash Step to Level 5, where it evolved into Blink Step, and learned that he could switch between Blink Step and Flash Step.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Dimensional Stomach and Aether Affinity, then went to the Extreme Martial Arts Gym to resume combat training with Coach Tu Hongda.
• Ji Xinghuo initially fell from Martial Dao Rank 8 to Rank 6 after switching from a saber to a sword, but regained Rank 8 within five days.
• Ji Xinghuo began practicing with a sword in his left hand and a saber in his right, using Thousand Spirit Dexterous Hands to master the paired weapons.

Ji Xinghuo learned that the ADC had ranked him last on the Sky Ladder, then traveled to Sword Valley Fortress to hunt Beiluo Shimen Clan enemies and collect Spirit Source Energy. As his abilities and Stellar Force grew, the largest arrow on his Myriad Stellar Eye interface suddenly began moving.

• Jiangnan Caiyi told Ji Xinghuo that the ADC had placed him 10,000th on the Sky Ladder because it had little information about him and believed he was an Intermediate Ranger.
• Ji Xinghuo trained until his Stellar Force exceeded 450, then went to Sword Valley Fortress to hunt enemies and gather Spirit Source Energy.
• Ji Xinghuo reunited with Yuan Chongzhen, who defended his strength when Jun Jie questioned how an Intermediate Ranger had fought a legendary powerhouse.
• Ji Xinghuo hunted alone night after night, keeping his targets and locations varied so he would not draw Fomalhaut's attention.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Aether Affinity and Thousand Spirit Dexterous Hands to level four and raised his Stellar Force above 470.
• The largest arrow on Ji Xinghuo's Myriad Stellar Eye interface began moving noticeably.

Ji Xinghuo tracked a mysterious presence approaching through the Myriad Stellar Eye interface and determined it was heading toward Cloud Firmament City, not toward him. Hoping to investigate the possible Myriad Stellar Eye fragment, he bought a Silver Winged Pegasus and flew northwest from Olympia.

• Ji Xinghuo noticed the largest arrow on his Myriad Stellar Eye interface growing as an unknown presence moved closer, then observed that it was traveling away from him.
• Ji Xinghuo traced the arrow’s changing direction to Cloud Firmament City and decided to investigate the presence, which he suspected might be connected to a Myriad Stellar Eye fragment.
• Ji Xinghuo bought supplies and paid six million Asia Yuan for a Silver Winged Pegasus.
• Ji Xinghuo tested the pegasus over Olympia, then flew northwest toward Cloud Firmament City.

Ji Xinghuo flew northwest toward Cloud Firmament City, crossing into Tianyu Royal Court territory and avoiding cities and tribes along the way. After evading Bloodthorn City, he was intercepted by a Scarlet Feather Clan patrol that recognized him as an alien.

• Ji Xinghuo rested his Silver Winged Pegasus by a river, then flew past Helabriske and left human territory.
• A Wastelander patrol pursued Ji Xinghuo, but he wounded a Pterosaur with an arrow and drove them back.
• Ji Xinghuo flew for thirty hours, camped overnight, and estimated that he would reach Cloud Firmament City in six Star Realm days.
• Ji Xinghuo detoured around Bloodthorn City to avoid the Bloodthorn Matriarch and her territory.
• A patrol of eight Scarlet Feather Clan Wingfolk caught up with Ji Xinghuo and cried out, "Alien!"

Ji Xinghuo traveled to Cloud Firmament City, using his knowledge of winged customs and a token from Qian Ling to avoid trouble along the way. He reached Cloud Firmament Lower City and confirmed that the Myriad Stellar Eye's target was inside the heavily guarded Sky City, leaving him to figure out how to enter.

• Ji Xinghuo convinced Qian Ling and her winged patrol that he was traveling to attend Queen Lingqi's Primal Longevity Celebration, and Qian Ling gave him a Bloodthorn Feather token.
• Ji Xinghuo used the token to pass winged patrols as he flew northwest for six days toward Cloud Firmament City.
• Ji Xinghuo monitored the Myriad Stellar Eye's arrow and confirmed that its target was inside Cloud Firmament City.
• Ji Xinghuo saw the Sky City and its extensive Royal Court Guard Army defenses, then entered Cloud Firmament Lower City on the Silver Winged Pegasus.

Ji Xinghuo sought a way into Cloud Firmament Upper City to investigate the object connected to the Myriad Stellar Eye, and paid Yan Kong to smuggle him in disguised as a restaurant worker. The cargo compartment reached an Upper City platform, where winged guards and the Royal Court Guard Army were waiting.

• Ji Xinghuo checked into Cloud Wanderer Inn under the false name Xin Liaoyuan and learned Queen Lingqi's Primal Longevity Celebration was twelve days away.
• Ji Xinghuo paid Jiang Wei to find a way into Upper City, and she connected him with Yan Kong, a Lingyu Clan restaurant owner.
• Ji Xinghuo paid Yan Kong ten thousand True Dragon Coins and disguised himself as one of her restaurant employees.
• Ji Xinghuo spent eight hours carrying ingredients before Yan Kong loaded him and the workers into a cargo compartment lifted by giant eagles.
• Ji Xinghuo arrived at an Upper City platform and sensed winged guards, circling Royal Court Guard Army squads, and two legendary powerhouses.

Ji Xinghuo entered Cloud Firmament City disguised as a winged employee, then posed as a highborn from the True Dragon Dynasty to approach the arrow's destination. On Welcoming Guest Peak, he sensed the object and felt the Myriad Stellar Eye summon him to claim it, but the other magnetic fields nearby made his expression change drastically.

• Yan Kong smuggled Ji Xinghuo and other newcomers into Cloud Firmament City by disguising them as restaurant workers, despite the guard captain's suspicions.
• Ji Xinghuo marveled at the city and Queen Lingqi's palace before Yan Kong's staff dismissed the smugglers from the restaurant.
• Ji Xinghuo used Dragon Language and True Dragon Coins to buy fine clothes, then ate at a restaurant while tracking the arrow's unmoving destination.
• Ji Xinghuo learned that the destination lay on Welcoming Guest Peak, where the Tianyu Royal Court housed foreign envoys and distinguished guests, and suspected the object had come from the True Dragon Dynasty.
• Ji Xinghuo approached the destination on Welcoming Guest Peak and sensed a brilliant magnetic point; the arrow and Myriad Stellar Eye interface reacted with an intense summons, but he then detected nearby magnetic fields and his expression changed drastically.

Ji Xinghuo discovered that the strange object he was tracking was a fragment of the Myriad Stellar Eye worn as a necklace by a powerful Dragon Lord in the True Dragon Dynasty embassy. After identifying the man’s dragon as a Phosphorus Flame Dragon, Ji Xinghuo began to suspect the man’s family, but his plan to obtain the fragment remained unresolved.

• Ji Xinghuo sensed two Celestial King Dragon Lords and two True Dragons near the strange object, then found that the object was worn as a necklace by a Rank Four man practicing martial arts.
• Ji Xinghuo recognized the man’s extraordinary perception as a weakened use of the Myriad Stellar Eye and confirmed that the object was likely one of its fragments.
• Ji Xinghuo observed the True Dragon Dynasty embassy and learned that the necklace-wearing man held high status among its residents and was a Dragon Lord.
• The man rode his yellowish-brown dragon from the embassy to another mountain peak, and Ji Xinghuo identified it as a Phosphorus Flame Dragon and began guessing the man’s family.

Ji Xinghuo identified the Dragon Lord with the Phosphorus Flame Dragon as a powerful member of the Phosphorus Flame Family and abandoned his plan to take the exotic item, judging the risks too great. After observing the man’s routine in Cloud Firmament City, Ji Xinghuo learned that he was Phosphorus Flame Yongfeng, a favored young genius of the family.

• Ji Xinghuo recognized that the Dragon Lord belonged to the Phosphorus Flame Family and decided that trying to seize the exotic item would risk retaliation against Earth.
• Ji Xinghuo watched the Dragon Lord practice Martial Dao at the Dynasty Embassy and considered the strength granted by the True Dragon People’s Dragon Descendant talent.
• Ji Xinghuo followed the Dragon Lord to an entertainment district and observed his nightly revelry before returning to the hotel.
• Ji Xinghuo tracked the Dragon Lord’s regular routine over the following days but found no opportunity to act.
• Ji Xinghuo learned that the Dragon Lord was Phosphorus Flame Yongfeng, a nineteen-year-old sixth-generation descendant of the Phosphorus Flame Dragon King and a celebrated Martial Dao genius attending the Queen Lingqi’s celebration.

Ji Xinghuo went to watch the Martial Dao Competition held for Queen Lingqi’s Primal Longevity Celebration, where Phosphorus Flame Yongfeng entered as a contestant. Yongfeng killed his first opponent with a single strike, leaving the arena in stunned silence.

• As the celebration approached, Ji Xinghuo abandoned his plan to act against Phosphorus Flame Yongfeng and decided to return to Olympia afterward.
• Ji Xinghuo heard that Yongfeng would compete in the Martial Dao Competition and that he had a reputation for killing defeated opponents.
• Ji Xinghuo bought a ticket and watched the competition, observing that its fourth-Rank contestants were formidable and that one of the Dan people he had seen at breakfast advanced toward the finals.
• Phosphorus Flame Yongfeng arrived on a dragon to a roaring welcome and entered the competition as a contestant.
• When Yongfeng’s winged opponent rushed at him with twin blades, Yongfeng killed him with one strike, silencing the arena.