Chapter Summaries

Jiao Hongyuan unleashed a vast swarm of Cockroach Monsters against the forces gathered in West District, while Meng Bo Shang confronted him and Xue Jing battled a man with four-dimensional senses high above the city. After the man revealed how his ability worked and gave Xue Jing a way to kill Jiao Hongyuan, Xue Jing rushed back to the battlefield, where Chen Fu Guang and Meng Qing Jiao were still searching for him.

• Jiao Hongyuan used a green Rubik’s Cube to summon Cockroach Monsters, and the creatures attacked the assembled fighters as Meng Bo Shang faced Jiao Hongyuan.
• Xue Jing shredded the Black Crystal-armored man with True Dragon Star Cluster, but the man reappeared unharmed and explained that his Four-Dimensional Senses let him observe Xue Jing’s future actions.
• The man admitted his body could not defeat Xue Jing, then destroyed it after revealing that Jiao Hongyuan’s Limit Break was incomplete and that a device two inches above his tailbone could be struck to kill him.
• Xue Jing summoned Sakura Dragon and dived toward the battlefield, while Chen Fu Guang asked Meng Qing Jiao where he was and she said she had not found him.

Xue Jing arrived on Sakura Dragon and turned the tide of the battle against the Cockroach Monsters, rescuing Meng Qing Jiao and closing the green vortex. He then joined Meng Bo Shang in fighting Jiao Hongyuan and killed the Limit Break Grandmaster with a single strike.

• Meng Qing Jiao killed a King Worm with Supple Strength while Jiao Hongyuan tried to reach her, and Li Chengxuan secretly moved to attack her.
• As Li Chengxuan and a horde of Cockroach Monsters closed in on Meng Qing Jiao, Xue Jing descended on Sakura Dragon, destroyed the attackers, and caught her.
• Xue Jing healed Meng Qing Jiao, then used Sakura Dragon’s roots to crush hundreds of Cockroach Monsters and extracted the GOD-1779 Rubik’s Cube to close the green vortex.
• Xue Jing approached Jiao Hongyuan, and Meng Bo Shang endured sword strikes to restrain him long enough for Xue Jing to attack.
• Xue Jing used Flame Chain Colors Plow Hot Knife to sever Jiao Hongyuan’s head in a single strike.

Xue Jing killed Jiao Hongyuan, helped defeat the Cockroach Monsters, and became the celebrated hero of Sunny City under the name Jet-Black Dragon Knight. The next morning, he saw that news coverage focused heavily on him and received a call from Pei Xiaoen.

• Xue Jing killed Jiao Hongyuan with the Thunder Plow Hot Knife, then discovered that Jiao Hongyuan still had enough consciousness to attack and cut his body apart again.
• Xue Jing sent Meng Bo Shang to Sakura Dragon for treatment while he fought through the Cockroach Monsters and searched Chief Councilman Chi Liangyun's residence, where he found Chi Liangyun dead.
• After the Cockroach Monsters were wiped out, the crowd cheered for Xue Jing as the Jet-Black Dragon Knight, and he fled the scene on Sakura Dragon.
• Xue Jing absorbed the Green Rubik's Cube's Divinity and gained enough experience for several skills to level up, with Weapon Combat reaching its limit.
• The next morning, Ning Fengwan showed Xue Jing news reports praising him as Sunny City's guardian, and Pei Xiaoen called him.

After receiving confirmation of his payment and rejecting publicity work as the Jet-Black Dragon Knight, Xue Jing upgraded True Martial and discovered he could shape and control qi strength clones. He tested the ability at the Hidden Dragon Dojo and left with two armored clones playfully fighting each other.

• Xue Jing spoke with Pei Xiaoen, refused promotional appearances, and confirmed that his agreed reward would be paid along with ten God Relics.
• Xue Jing upgraded True Martial to Lv2 and used qi strength to retrieve a pillow for Ning Fengwan.
• Xue Jing showed Li Qi a pale-golden qi strength clone, and Li Qi recognized that Xue Jing had formed it without the Daoist School's One Qi Transforms into Three Purities method.
• Xue Jing suspected that Lv8 Visualization combined with True Martial Lv2 had enabled his control over qi strength.
• Xue Jing created and armored two qi strength clones with Shadow Flame, then made them fight each other in his training room.

Xue Jing tested his Qi Strength Clone and GOD-771 of Love with Zong Shichan, then encountered Yan Xiangweng, who sought revenge for Golden Wind Dojo. The clone intercepted Yan’s ambush and left him bleeding on the ground.

• Xue Jing discovered that his Qi Strength Clone matched his own force but consumed stamina and mental energy and could disperse if struck in a vulnerable area.
• Zong Shichan used GOD-771 of Love and found her favor toward Xue Jing exceeded a thousand, while his favor toward her initially measured 68; Xue Jing later raised it above 70.
• Xue Jing introduced the Qi Strength Clone as Zong Shichan’s new sparring partner, then went shopping and headed home.
• Yan Xiangweng confronted Xue Jing in the garden, declaring revenge for Jiao Hongyuan’s death and Golden Wind Dojo’s destruction.
• The Qi Strength Clone blocked Yan Xiangweng’s attacks, donned Shadow Flame Entangling Armor, and cut him with a black blade.
• The clone finished Yan Xiangweng with its Cherry Blossom technique, leaving him covered in wounds and coughing blood.

Xue Jing eliminated the Celestial Host Worm Mother and spent the following days improving his skills before waiting at the port for his sister, Xue Wan, to return. Xue Wan reunited with him and quickly charmed Zong Shichan, who decided she could serve as a substitute for her master.

• Xue Jing confirmed that the Proof of Love had repeatedly transferred between people before appearing on him, and wondered whether it would keep returning to him.
• Xue Jing trained in the Yellow Crone Skill and other weapons, becoming especially fond of the spear as he sought to meet Weapon Combat's sublimation condition.
• Xue Jing and government officers exterminated the Cockroach Monsters in the Green Rubik's Cube, and Xue Jing killed the Celestial Host Worm Mother for 891 Divinity.
• Xue Jing waited with Zong Shichan at Sunny City's port for Xue Wan, while Zong Shichan rewatched a popular video of his Sakura Full Moon technique.
• Xue Wan arrived, embraced Xue Jing, and met Zong Shichan, who hugged her and happily declared that she liked her.

Xue Jing visited Wu Youqing, who briefed him on the U19 finals in Yuan City and warned him about dangerous opponents Otogi Suzuka and Zhou Yinglin. After Xue Jing left, Wu Youqing spoke privately about the growing anomalies surrounding him and an uncertain possible future.

• Xue Jing answered Wu Youqing’s call, then dropped Xue Wan and Zong Shichan at home before heading to Qing Da Library.
• Xue Jing brought Wu Youqing dorayaki and learned that the U19 finals would begin in six days at Yuan City’s Super Arena, where she had arranged special residence paperwork for him.
• Wu Youqing warned Xue Jing that Otogi Suzuka had instantly killed professional fighters with his Hundred Severing technique and that winning the championship could help him qualify for future Title challenges.
• Wu Youqing identified Zhou Yinglin, a disciple of Wu Xuanzhu and member of the Secret Martial Society, as a likely opponent who might try to kill Xue Jing in the ring.
• After Xue Jing left, Wu Youqing lit GOD-1291 and discussed the anomalies surrounding him, the possibility of a future child, and the uncertain nature of the future.

Xue Jing trained his weapon skills and upgraded Shadow Flame, discovering that it let him transform into Black Flame and become immune to attacks. He ended the chapter testing his new Logia-like ability in his mental space and declaring himself invincible.

• Xue Jing extracted more than six hundred Divinity from Xue Wan, whose mutation rate had risen to nearly twenty percent, then learned that one billion Zhu Xia Currency had arrived from the government.
• Xue Wan tried to use the money to get Xue Jing to buy her a car, and he agreed to get her a new Wuling Hongguang.
• Xue Jing practiced all eighteen weapon categories at the Hidden Dragon Dojo, developed powerful Spear Light, and planned to face Zhou Yinglin with spear techniques.
• Xue Jing spent three thousand Divinity to raise Shadow Flame to Lv8, then discovered he could turn his arm and body into Black Flame and let attacks pass through him.
• Xue Jing tested the ability in his mental space, surviving a barrage of attacks and reforming from Black Flame before destroying a Cockroach Monster with Thunder Flame Boiling Cauldron.

After testing Shadow Flame’s Elementalization, Xue Jing prepared for the U19 finals in Yuan City. Zhou Yinglin forced the competition’s organizer to arrange a match against Xue Jing, while the Dragon Cult and Otogi Suzuka also took an interest in him.

• Xue Jing used Elementalization to withstand attacks and defeat his opponents, then considered its heavy mana cost and left the consciousness space to await the U19 finals.
• Zhou Yinglin pressured Li Ziyuan into arranging for Xue Jing to be his opponent in the competition.
• The Dragon Cult Divine Child learned that Xue Jing would bring Ning Fengwan to Yuan City and ordered his followers to invite them to the temple.
• Otogi Suzuka watched footage of Xue Jing’s Sakura Full Moon technique, looked forward to facing him, and went to meet a new challenger.

Xue Jing traveled from Sunny City to Yuan City aboard a Sixth Agency Dragon Core Aircraft, entering the dangerous Inner Ring. The journey ended with a Sky Pirate Gang approaching the aircraft and Ning Yuan Tai awkwardly clarifying that his insult was not aimed at Xue Jing.

• Xue Jing left for Yuan City with Maomao after refusing to let Xue Wan accompany him.
• Ning Yuan Tai picked Xue Jing up in a White Crow Dragon Core Aircraft, where White Crow and Zhi Ge members saluted Xue Jing as Lord Jing.
• Ning Yuan Tai explained that Inner Ring cities barred most aircraft and that the Sixth Agency’s Dragon Core Aircraft could fly there under special privileges.
• Xue Jing and Ning Yuan Tai passed United Breeding’s Intersection Zone facility, marking their entry into the Inner Ring.
• Dozens of Sky Pirates on hovering vehicles approached the aircraft, and Ning Yuan Tai called them dogs before quickly assuring Xue Jing he had not meant him.

Xue Jing left the aircraft to confront the Sky Pirate Gang after their advanced countermeasures raised suspicions. He devastated the gang in midair and captured one terrified survivor as Ning Yuan Tai watched in shock.

• Ning Yuan Tai attacked the Sky Pirate Gang with laser cannons and heat-seeking missiles, but they dodged the cannons and diverted the missiles with powerful thermal decoy flares.
• Xue Jing decided to protect the escort team, told Ning Yuan Tai to open the hatch, and leaped from the aircraft.
• Xue Jing transformed into a three-headed, six-armed Shadow Flame Demon God and killed or wounded more than half the sky pirates in a single exchange.
• The surviving sky pirates fired on Xue Jing, but he moved among them and killed the remaining attackers until only one terrified sky pirate remained.
• Xue Jing captured the last sky pirate, mocked his cyberpunk appearance, and heard him beg for mercy while Ning Yuan Tai watched in shock.

Xue Jing and the others continued toward Yuan City after capturing a sky pirate, and Ning Yuan Tai explained the secretive Hypernet and the fate awaiting criminals sold to Black Tide Security. As Yuan City and its colossal Skyscraper Center came into view, Xue Jing learned about Eternal Night and humanity’s near-extinction war, and the story left him arriving at the Inner Ring city.

• Xue Jing returned to the plane with a captured sky pirate and handed him over to Ning Yuan Tai for questioning.
• The sky pirate said an anonymous Hypernet commission had paid his gang to attack aircraft entering the Inner Ring, and Ning Yuan Tai explained how the untraceable network worked.
• Xue Jing ordered the pirate taken away and locked up after Ning Yuan Tai described Black Tide Security’s rumored sale of prisoners to abusive companies.
• Xue Jing and the others continued their journey without further attacks, as other sky pirates avoided their Dragon Core Fighter.
• Ning Yuan Tai showed Xue Jing the enormous Skyscraper Center near Yuan City and explained its origins as a Sun Pillar built to protect humanity from Eternal Night.
• Xue Jing learned how Eternal Night had plunged Earth Star into darkness and killed roughly three-fifths of its population before arriving at Yuan City.

As Xue Jing’s plane approached Yuan City, Black Tide Security stopped it and demanded an inspection, then tried to take Maomao after their scanner detected an anomaly. Xue Jing protected her and forced the officers to leave; afterward, the Proof of Love exposed Ning Fengwan’s extremely high affection for him, leaving her embarrassed.

• Xue Jing spotted a faint blue film surrounding Yuan City, and Ning Yuan Tai explained the city’s districts as the plane descended toward the Super Arena in B9.
• Black Tide Security halted the plane and insisted on inspecting it, citing orders to check every vehicle and person during a special period.
• A scanner alarm revealed Maomao’s tail ring, and the security leader declared that they would take her away for investigation.
• Xue Jing seized the leader’s wrist and threatened the officers until they lowered their weapons and agreed to leave; Ning Yuan Tai offered to report the incident to the Sixth Agency’s higher-ups.
• Maomao thanked Xue Jing for protecting her, and he told her that she was family and there had never been a choice.
• Xue Jing tested Ning Fengwan with the Proof of Love, which showed 2313, and she became flustered as the reading dropped by one.

Xue Jing arrived in Yuan City with Ning Yuan Tai, who explained the limits of human advancement and the rare practice of Ultimate Breaking Limits. The chapter left Xue Jing curious about the highest realms of martial power as he took in the Inner Ring city.

• Xue Jing arrived at a Yuan City rooftop helipad with Maomao, and Ning Yuan Tai offered to guide him on behalf of the Zhi Ge commander.
• Ning Yuan Tai described the commander’s youthful appearance and rumored mastery of multiple Limit Breaks.
• Ning Yuan Tai explained the theories of nine bodily and spiritual Limit Breaks and said even top Martial Artists had achieved no more than six.
• Xue Jing asked about Ultimate Breaking Limits, and Ning Yuan Tai said it involved surpassing an unknown standard before breaking limits again.

Xue Jing arrived in Yuan City, agreed to stay at the Zhi Ge Branch Base, and rushed to help Yin Muhu when the Titan Troupe attacked her. He confronted the troupe, learned Wei Chu was still undergoing modifications, and ended the chapter with its split-grinned leader pinned beneath his foot.

• Xue Jing accepted Ning Yuan Tai's offer to stay at the Zhi Ge Branch Base after an explosion at a nearby hotel made him reconsider finding a room.
• Xue Jing recognized Yin Muhu and members of the Titan Troupe from an earlier encounter, then sped over to help her while Ning Yuan Tai followed behind.
• Yin Muhu told Xue Jing that the troupe had attacked after she refused their invitation, and Qiao Ying reacted intensely when Xue Jing addressed her as an unnamed big sister.
• Xue Jing confirmed the attackers belonged to the Titan Troupe and learned from Gold and Silver Highlights that Wei Chu was immobilized while undergoing modifications.
• The split-grinned leader threatened Xue Jing, but Xue Jing swiftly knocked him down and planted a foot on his back.

Xue Jing defeated several Titan Troupe members in Yuan City and learned about their powerful leader and God Relic set. At the Zhi Ge branch base, he met Base Chief Xu Hongzhong and agreed to have his bodily and mental energy measured.

• Xue Jing stopped the gold bullet, subdued the woman with gold and silver highlights, and blasted three other Titan Troupe members away with Flame Chain Colors Wheel.
• Ning Yuan Tai identified the group as the Titan Troupe and explained that its leader wielded two parts of the Titan Machina God Relic set.
• Ning Yuan Tai gave Xue Jing an Inch Dragon Ⅲ Blade-Type Floating Sword, and Xue Jing invited Yin Muhu to accompany them to the base.
• Xue Jing, Ning Yuan Tai, and Yin Muhu traveled to the Zhi Ge branch base, where they met Base Chief Xu Hongzhong, a Limit Break Grandmaster who had crossed the Dragon Gate.
• Ning Yuan Tai showed Xue Jing the bodily and mental energy measuring machines, and Xue Jing agreed to test his combat power.

Xue Jing tested his physical abilities at the facility and discovered that his basic Moving Strength produced more than eleven times his base strength, shattering the previous record. Staff confirmed he could reproduce the unprecedented force with another punch.

• Xue Jing learned that Diamond Zhou had gone to compete for the Overlord title, which Lu Shenliu retained for the fourth year in a row.
• Ning Yuan Tai measured a bodily energy level of 3.9, and Yin Muhu measured 4.3.
• Xue Jing recorded a bodily energy level of 4.8, though Yin Muhu doubted that the reading reflected his combat strength.
• Xue Jing struck the force-testing machine with basic Moving Strength and produced 152 tons of force, surpassing the former 7.9-times record set by Li Taixian.
• Xue Jing repeated the punch with nearly identical results, convincing the gathered staff that his more-than-eleven-times force output was consistent.

Xue Jing completed tests at the base, revealing a mental energy level of 5.1 and a comprehensive combat rating of 5.2 despite his physical level being 4.8. After touring the Inner Ring and settling into his residence in Yuan City, he received a military-grade Hypernet Connector bracelet from Zhi Ge's commander.

• Xue Jing recorded identical 152-ton punches, and Ning Yuan Tai learned that his Moving Strength output exceeded the theoretical human limit by eleven times.
• Xue Jing's mental consciousness warped the Energy Measuring Ball during testing, and the machine rated his mental energy level at 5.1.
• Ning Yuan Tai had Xue Jing's comprehensive combat rating calculated as 5.2, while Ning Yuan Tai and Yin Muhu received ratings of 4.0 and 4.5.
• Xue Jing toured the base, settled into the residence arranged by Xu Hongzhong, and called Jiang Siwei to arrange a meeting the next day.
• Ning Yuan Tai delivered a bracelet from Zhi Ge's commander and explained that its military-grade Hypernet Connector worked outside the Inner Ring.

Xue Jing explored the Supernet, met Jiang Siwei to discuss the U19 finals and its powerful competitors, and learned that Otogi Suzuka wanted to meet him. At Zhi Ge Base, he tested an Inch Dragon floating sword and combined it with Dragon Thunder and Black Flame to pierce an alloy target.

• Xue Jing spent the night exploring the Supernet's videos and cloud games before joining Maomao for breakfast.
• Xue Jing met Jiang Siwei, who explained the U19 finals format and gave him profiles of all thirty-two competitors.
• Jiang Siwei warned Xue Jing that Zhou Yinglin was a Professional Ninth Dan and a leading threat, while Xue Jing considered learning his Seamless Heavenly Garment spear technique.
• Jiang Siwei told Xue Jing that Otogi Suzuka had requested a meeting, and Xue Jing agreed to meet him.
• Xue Jing used Dragon Thunder to control an Inch Dragon floating sword, cloaked it in Black Flame and lightning, and pierced an alloy punching target.

Mister Fox asked Otogi Suzuka to lose to Xue Jing so Xue Jing could grow, but Otogi refused and insisted on an honorable fight. When Xue Jing visited Wakamiya Dojo, he and Otogi immediately began fighting, each eager to face the other.

• Mister Fox called Xue Jing an Anomaly and asked Otogi Suzuka to deliberately lose to him, offering to reveal three things Otogi wanted to know.
• Otogi refused, demanded that Mister Fox apologize, and learned from Wakamiya Taihei that Xue Jing would visit that afternoon.
• Xue Jing arrived at Wakamiya Dojo, where Maomao sensed something strange, and met Otogi Suzuka.
• Otogi welcomed Xue Jing and agreed to fight him immediately, despite the visit originally having another purpose.
• Otogi attacked with a hand-blade strike that cut through a sliding door, and Xue Jing answered with Thunder Flame Boiling Cauldron as Otogi used Subayaru Style: Ephemeral Sky Shatter.