Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo converted Gonzaga’s hidden fortune into cash and bought Expansion Oddities for himself and Azure Rainbow. After Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood arrived at the Qinling Base, he injected it to begin fusing the Ability Seed.

• Ji Xinghuo counted Gonzaga’s cash, True Dragon Coins, Aether Crystals, and other valuables, then stored them in his Dimensional Stomach.
• Ji Xinghuo sold the US Dollars, jewelry, and True Dragon Coins in Olympia, then met Zhao Manying and bought an Amber Cat’s Eye Stone and Red Scale Extract.
• Zhou Yishang and Tan Jichun gave Ji Xinghuo the approved Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood at the Qinling Base, and he signed for it.
• Ji Xinghuo learned that Azure Rainbow had an 87% fusion success rate with Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, then injected the dose in the base’s training room.

Ji Xinghuo fused Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, dramatically increasing his physical abilities and advancing Golden Scale Iron Spine and Rotating Magnetic Field. After testing his new strength, he sparred with Zhao Manying, who proposed that they overcome her inner demon by remaining united as lovers.

• Ji Xinghuo fused Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, which strengthened his body and accelerated the progress of Golden Scale Iron Spine and Rotating Magnetic Field.
• Ji Xinghuo invested Spirit Source Energy into Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, raising it to Level 2 and further increasing his Stellar Force.
• Ji Xinghuo tested his strength, speed, endurance, and recovery at the Training Department and adapted to his enhanced abilities.
• Ji Xinghuo met Zhao Manying for dinner, but she took him to the Martial Arts Arena to test his new power.
• Ji Xinghuo overwhelmed Zhao Manying in their spar, and she suggested that staying united as lovers could help her overcome her inner demon.

Ji Xinghuo was ambushed on his way home by a powerful, invisible Legendary Omni-Warrior Cop and fought to survive the pursuit. He turned to face the attacker, hoping to hold out until the country’s Legendary Espers arrived.

• Ji Xinghuo browsed rental homes near Weiyang Tower after saying goodbye to Zhao Manying, who invited him to her team’s season opener.
• Ji Xinghuo sensed an attack, escaped his speeding maglev car, and identified an invisible assailant hovering above the highway.
• Ji Xinghuo fired Hammer at the attacker, who revealed himself as a Legendary Omni-Warrior Cop with black wings and lightning abilities.
• Ji Xinghuo jumped from the highway and survived the attacker’s lasers, then fled using Flash Step.
• The Omni-Warrior Cop pursued Ji Xinghuo, but Ji’s shots struck him and forced him to stop briefly.
• As the invisible enemy rapidly closed in again, Ji Xinghuo turned to fight with Hammer, the Lei Chi Battle Blade, and Azure Rainbow.

Ji Xinghuo and Azure Rainbow fought the Omni-Warrior Cop, a powerful Legendary Rank Two enemy who nearly killed Ji Xinghuo. They managed to wound and restrain him, but he escaped by turning invisible and flying away.

• Azure Rainbow grew into a giant python, struck the Omni-Warrior Cop with lightning and its tail, and gave Ji Xinghuo an opening to attack.
• The Omni-Warrior Cop transformed into a Shadow Moon Grey Wolf, overwhelmed Ji Xinghuo with his abilities, and repeatedly wounded him, but Ji Xinghuo survived and healed.
• The Omni-Warrior Cop summoned a lightning storm and attacked Ji Xinghuo, who used Blink Step to evade and landed a powerful electrically amplified punch.
• Azure Rainbow knocked the Omni-Warrior Cop down and bound him while Ji Xinghuo retrieved his Lei Chi Battle Blade and tried to strike his neck.
• The Omni-Warrior Cop blasted Azure Rainbow away, turned invisible, and escaped before Ji Xinghuo could stop him.

After surviving an attack by a Legendary Omni-Warrior Cop, Ji Xinghuo learned that a mole had exposed his identity and that the Qian Yuan Society had assassinated three members of the Sharp Sword Bureau’s secret investigation team. He was taken to a hospital under guard, where Zhuo Feiqun arrived to question him.

• Ji Xinghuo inspected his severe injuries and nearly depleted Stellar Force before a Legendary Flame Berserker arrived and pursued the escaped Omni-Warrior Cop.
• Ji Xinghuo suspected that a mole in the Sharp Sword Bureau had revealed his identity, then met Song Fei and Zhang Ke as the Public Security Bureau and Sharp Sword Bureau secured the scene.
• Zhou Yishang told Ji Xinghuo that three other secret investigation team members had been assassinated and warned him to stay away from the bureau while he searched for the mole.
• Ji Xinghuo received treatment at a hospital, hid his phone in his Dimensional Stomach, and sensed Zhuo Feiqun approaching with Song Fei.
• Zhuo Feiqun asked Ji Xinghuo whether he could answer some questions.

After surviving Ghost Wolf’s assassination attempt, Ji Xinghuo learned more about the notorious assassin from Zhuo Feiqun, who said he had failed to catch him. Yao Xian arrived to protect Ji Xinghuo, and Zhao Manying came to the hospital after seeing footage of the attack, leaving Yao Xian surprised to recognize her.

• Zhuo Feiqun explained that Ghost Wolf was Taylor Worthington, a wanted assassin and former Americas Federation agent, and said Ji Xinghuo was the first person in recent years to survive one of his attacks.
• Ji Xinghuo told Zhuo Feiqun that Ghost Wolf’s motive involved classified Sharp Sword Bureau business, and Zhuo Feiqun promised the public case bulletin would conceal Ji Xinghuo’s identity.
• Yao Xian arrived on Yi Shang’s orders to protect Ji Xinghuo, and Ji Xinghuo inferred that she was a Xuanyuan Swordsman.
• Zhao Manying called Ji Xinghuo after recognizing him in online footage, then came to the hospital and checked that he was safe.
• Yao Xian recognized Zhao Manying and reacted with surprise.

Ji Xinghuo recovered in the hospital while Zhao Manying stayed by his side and Yao Xian watched their relationship with curiosity. Zhou Yishang revealed that a senior Sharp Sword Bureau swordsman had betrayed the bureau, then told Ji Xinghuo that the bureau planned to use him as bait for another attack.

• Zhao Manying admitted to Yao Xian that she was Ji Xinghuo's girlfriend and promised to help him take revenge on the assassin who attacked him.
• Zhong Ming called Ji Xinghuo, and Ji Xinghuo reassured his family that he had recovered from his severe injuries.
• Ji Xinghuo woke at dawn with his Stellar Force restored, and Zhao Manying brought food for him, Yao Xian, and the Shield Guards.
• Zhou Yishang told Ji Xinghuo that the mole was Peng Zhenshan, a senior Chi Xiao Swordsman codenamed Mountain Shaker, who had vanished shortly before the attack.
• Zhou Yishang said the bureau suspected the Qian Yuan Society and planned to use Ji Xinghuo as bait because the enemy was likely to strike again.

Ji Xinghuo agreed to help lure out the Qian Yuan Society, and the Sharp Sword Bureau arranged to lend him the Apocalypse One Star Purple Lightning Sword to improve his combat power. After receiving the sword at the bureau’s secret underground vault, he discovered that it was an Electric Flying Sword.

• Ji Xinghuo worried that luring out the Qian Yuan Society might draw a Celestial King, but Zhou Yishang explained the bureau would withdraw his guards and strengthen him instead.
• Zhou Yishang revealed that the bureau would temporarily entrust Ji Xinghuo with the Purple Lightning Sword, an Apocalypse One Star weapon, under strict restrictions.
• Zhou Yishang took Ji Xinghuo to the Sharp Sword Bureau headquarters, where Director Li Hui entrusted him with the mission to uncover and eliminate the Qian Yuan Society.
• Li Hui led Ji Xinghuo through security checks to the secret chamber holding the Purple Lightning Sword.
• Ji Xinghuo pressed a metal disc from the sword’s hilt against his temple, received information through his neural network, and realized the weapon was an Electric Flying Sword.

Ji Xinghuo learned how to use the Purple Lightning Sword, an Apocalypse weapon loaned to him by the Sharp Sword Bureau, and tested its formidable power. Li Hui warned him to protect himself before the sword if danger arose, while Ji Xinghuo left the bureau carrying it and returned to the hospital, where his siblings arrived to visit.

• Ji Xinghuo learned the Purple Lightning Sword’s controls and origins, and Li Hui explained that it had been found by the Sharp Sword Bureau’s founder, Cao Qianfei.
• Ji Xinghuo tested the sword in the bureau’s arena, where it sliced through a metal pillar and demonstrated several powerful attack modes.
• Li Hui gave Ji Xinghuo the sword and a tracking scabbard, stressing that Ji Xinghuo should abandon it and escape if necessary.
• Zhou Yishang told Ji Xinghuo that Li Hui had opposed the dangerous plan but had been persuaded by the other deputy directors.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to the hospital, where Zhao Manying noticed the sword and Liangqiu Feiyan arrived with the other siblings.

Ji Xinghuo’s siblings visited him in the hospital and were shocked to learn that Zhao Manying was his girlfriend. After meeting her and catching up with Ji Xinghuo, they accepted Zhao Manying’s invitation to watch the season opener together.

• Liangqiu Feiyan, Ye Dongyun, Zhong Ming, and Wang Zizhen arrived and were stunned to find Zhao Manying visiting Ji Xinghuo.
• Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying confirmed that they were dating, and the siblings realized Ji Xinghuo had been the mysterious boyfriend in Zhao Manying’s relationship announcement.
• Ji Xinghuo introduced Yao Xian as his protector and heard how his siblings were progressing with their training.
• Zhao Manying offered to coach Liangqiu Feiyan and invited the family to watch the season opener from reserved front-row seats.
• Ji Xinghuo agreed to attend the season opener with his family.

After leaving the hospital, Ji Xinghuo spent time with Zhao Manying, who rented him a nearby apartment anonymously after he warned her that moles in the Sharp Sword Bureau had exposed his whereabouts. As he returned to his routine under covert protection, the Asia-Pacific Community Super League opened with a highly anticipated match, and Ji Xinghuo arrived armed at the stadium.

• Ji Xinghuo was discharged from the hospital and returned to his apartment with Zhao Manying, who visited his home and pulled away when he tried to become more intimate.
• Ji Xinghuo told Zhao Manying that moles in the Sharp Sword Bureau had leaked his location, so she rented a nearby apartment for ten years under her name and authorized him to live there.
• Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying ate lunch and toured Fengming Language University before she left that evening, while Min Chongwu's Sword Enforcement Teams secretly followed them.
• Ji Xinghuo resumed cultivating by day and dating Zhao Manying at night as the Sharp Sword Bureau maintained covert protection around him.
• On March 10, Ji Xinghuo went to the opening match between the Empyrean Star Team and the Skywalker Team and met his siblings outside the stadium.
• Zhong Ming noticed Ji Xinghuo had brought a weapon to watch the match and asked him why.

Ji Xinghuo and his family attended Empyrean Star Club’s season-opening match at Tianqin Stadium, where his weapons and public reputation drew attention. As the packed crowd welcomed the reigning champions, Martial King Shi Renzhong appeared first, and the team’s introduction began.

• Ji Xinghuo arrived armed with his family and passed stadium security using his weapons permit.
• Fans argued about Zhao Manying’s legacy and worried that her new relationship would affect her performance, while Ji Xinghuo ignored their complaints about her boyfriend.
• Ji Xinghuo’s group found seats near Empyrean Star Club’s login hall and watched the stadium fill for the match.
• The host welcomed the reigning champions, and the crowd cheered as team owner and Super Aberrant Martial King Shi Renzhong entered the stadium.

Empyrean Star Club received its championship honors before facing the Skywalker Team, and Ji Xinghuo noticed Zhao Manying seemed troubled despite winning the Golden Crown. The match began, leaving him wondering what secret she was hiding.

• Shi Renzhong and the Empyrean Star players entered the arena, with Zhao Manying's arrival drawing the crowd's loudest cheers.
• Zhao Manying briefly met Ji Xinghuo's eyes as she passed, and his family recognized her discreet greeting.
• Shi Hongyi presented the championship rings and placed the Golden Crown on Zhao Manying's head.
• Ji Xinghuo noticed Zhao Manying showed no joy and seemed to be suppressing her true feelings.
• The Skywalker Team entered, both teams selected their starters, and the match began in the spirit realm world.

Ji Xinghuo watched Zhao Manying lead Empyrean Star Team to victory in the opening rounds against Skywalker Team, then was randomly selected for a virtual exhibition match. As the selected spectators prepared to enter the virtual arena, Ji Xinghuo abruptly shot a staff member, leaving the stadium and livestream audience stunned.

• Zhao Manying killed the Aura Fighter and defeated Yu Meiling, giving Empyrean Star Team an early advantage over Skywalker Team.
• Empyrean Star Team won the first two rounds, while Skywalker Team took the third after exploiting a tactical mistake.
• The host randomly selected Ji Xinghuo to join a virtual exhibition match alongside Shi Renzhong and other spectators.
• Ji Xinghuo entered the exhibition-match area and drew a concealed hammer, shooting a nearby staff member just before entering a virtual pod.

Ji Xinghuo exposed a Legendary Capricious Genius who attacked him at Tianqin Stadium, but the stadium’s shield arrays trapped them inside with armed androids. The chapter left Ji Xinghuo facing a battlefield of gunfire while reinforcements remained outside the shield.

• Ji Xinghuo shot a disguised staff member, revealing him as a Legendary Capricious Genius, then fled as the enemy pursued him.
• The Superconducting Shield Array activated around the field, trapping Ji Xinghuo, the Capricious Genius, and several others inside while spectators remained between two shield layers.
• Shi Hongyi and other powerful Espers failed to break through the shield, while Zhou Yishang and his allies arrived and arranged for the power supply to be cut.
• Ji Xinghuo recalled how he had detected and ambushed the Capricious Genius, but the enemy survived and forced him to keep evading its attacks.
• Dozens of androids rose from beneath the field, raised their weapons, and opened fire on Ji Xinghuo.

Ji Xinghuo used the Purple Lightning Sword to defeat the Capricious Genius after enduring the bionic humans’ gunfire and the legendary Esper’s attacks. The Capricious Genius refused to surrender and was killed, leaving the stadium erupting in cheers.

• Ji Xinghuo dodged the bionic humans’ opening barrage, then shot down ten of them with Hammer while the Capricious Genius pursued him as a Lava Giant.
• After Ji Xinghuo was struck and pinned by the bionic humans’ fire, Shi Renzhong and Yu Meiling intervened but were both overwhelmed by the Capricious Genius.
• Ji Xinghuo activated the Purple Lightning Sword, which pierced the yellow sand giant and rapidly destroyed the remaining bionic humans.
• Ji Xinghuo repeatedly slashed the Capricious Genius while he was in black smoke form, forcing him to fall to the ground with severe wounds.
• The Capricious Genius healed, transformed into a black monster, and charged Ji Xinghuo, but Ji Xinghuo decapitated him with the Purple Lightning Sword.

Ji Xinghuo killed the Legendary Capricious Genius, then found and shut down the stadium’s shield array while the Sharp Sword Bureau investigated the conspiracy. After Capricious Genius was identified as Gao Xuan, Ji Xinghuo went to thank Shi Renzhong and Yu Meiling for intervening.

• Ji Xinghuo entered the underground Shield Control Room, killed the android guards, and found the Shield Department manager wounded and apparently controlled by a Mind Hacker.
• The manager shut down Tianqin Stadium’s superconducting shield, and Zhou Yishang arrived with Fang Songhe and ordered the manager taken in for investigation.
• Zhou Yishang suspended the match, evacuated the spectators, and directed the Sharp Sword Bureau to search for evidence and identify the attackers’ accomplices.
• The Intelligence Information Division identified Capricious Genius as Gao Xuan, a Super Esper from Chang'an who had concealed his true strength and avoided investigation.
• Ji Xinghuo sent his family home, examined Gao Xuan’s corpse, and went to the private box to thank Shi Renzhong and Yu Meiling.

Ji Xinghuo’s relationship with Zhao Manying became public in the stadium’s private box, and he agreed to spar with Shi Renzhong the following week. In private, Zhao Manying told Ji Xinghuo that she suspected the Empyrean Star Club was tied to the attack and revealed that Shi Hongyi had murdered her father over an Eclipse Esper.

• Ji Xinghuo thanked Shi Renzhong and Yu Meiling for helping stop the Capricious Genius, but Yu Meiling refused to exchange contact information.
• Zhao Manying linked arms with Ji Xinghuo and acknowledged they were a couple, provoking surprise and jealousy among the competitive Aberrants.
• Ji Xinghuo agreed to a private spar with Shi Renzhong the following week, while suspecting that the Empyrean Star Club might have helped arrange the attack.
• After leaving the private box, Zhao Manying used the Stealth Ring’s Silence effect and warned Ji Xinghuo that Shi Renzhong might have tracked her and accessed information about his tickets.
• Zhao Manying told Ji Xinghuo that Shi Hongyi had arranged her father Zhao Ke’s murder and concealed it as a monster attack in the Star Realm.
• Zhao Manying revealed that the Shi family had killed her father over an Ability Seed called an Eclipse Esper.

Ji Xinghuo learned that Zhao Manying had inherited her father’s Eclipse Ability Seed, Quantum Mind, and joined Empyrean Star Club to pursue revenge against Shi Hongyi. After the stadium assassination exposed Ji Xinghuo’s identity, he waited for Zhao Manying while online discussion erupted.

• Zhao Manying told Ji Xinghuo that Shi Hongyi had killed her father while seeking an Eclipse Ability Seed, and that she had joined Empyrean Star Club to get close to the Shi family and take revenge.
• Zhao Manying explained that she had fused with her father’s Eclipse Ability Seed, Quantum Mind, and revealed that her father’s coordinates might lead to a place in the True Dragon Dynasty containing more Ability Seeds.
• Ji Xinghuo agreed to accompany Zhao Manying when she eventually explored the place, and learned she had exposed their relationship to create a chance for him to get closer to Shi Renzhong.
• After Zhao Manying returned to review the team’s match, Ji Xinghuo searched the stadium for clues but found nothing as the Sharp Sword Bureau handed the scene over to the Department of Public Security.
• Ji Xinghuo waited for Zhao Manying in the stadium parking lot and discovered that his identity had already been exposed online.

After Ji Xinghuo’s identity was exposed following the Opening Battle Incident, people mocked him over his old post about Zhao Manying. Zhao Manying publicly confirmed that he was her boyfriend, leaving the mockers stunned, and Ji Xinghuo ended the night by posting a clown image.

• Secret News and Fun identified Ji Xinghuo from a broadcast clip and published details about his background, sending his name and old social media post trending.
• Ji Xinghuo reassured Liangqiu Feiyan and his siblings that he did not blame her for exposing his identity, while they discussed the attention and likely pressure on the family.
• Rumors spread that Ji Xinghuo was Zhao Manying’s boyfriend after she told her club, and Martial King Shi Renzhong appeared to confirm the relationship by tagging them both.
• Zhao Manying reposted Ji Xinghuo’s old post and wrote, “Request accepted,” adding a photo of the two together and confirming their relationship.
• Ji Xinghuo laughed at the public’s reversal and posted a large image of a clown on his social media account.