Chapter Summaries

Xue Jing and Otogi Suzuka fought an explosive, evenly matched duel that ended when law enforcement arrived, after which Suzuka invited Xue Jing into the dojo for tea. Suzuka then revealed that he belonged to the Prankster Club and invited Xue Jing to join, leaving Xue Jing stunned.

• Xue Jing and Otogi Suzuka exchanged rapid, powerful attacks, devastating the area around the Wakamiya Dojo while Wakamiya Taihei rescued bystanders.
• Xue Jing lured Suzuka into a close-range attack and wounded his arm with Flame Chain Colors Plow Hot Knife, but Suzuka escaped and the duel was interrupted by police and security forces.
• Otogi Suzuka promised to compensate for the damage, then invited Xue Jing inside the dojo to continue their conversation over tea.
• Otogi Suzuka asked whether Xue Jing had heard of the Prankster Club and invited him to join it.
• Xue Jing questioned whether Suzuka really belonged to the organization, and Suzuka confirmed it, saying the club aimed to make the world more lively.

Xue Jing heard Otogi Suzuka explain that the Prankster Club aimed to hinder the Other Gods’ growing influence, then reported the encounter to Wu Youqing, who warned that the group had noticed an abnormality about him. The next day, Xue Jing watched the U19 tournament finals draw and was selected as Contestant No. 1.

• Otogi Suzuka told Xue Jing that the Prankster Club made trouble to complicate the world and impede the Other Gods, then invited him to join.
• Xue Jing left the dojo and called Wu Youqing to report Otogi Suzuka’s claims and invitation.
• Wu Youqing said she would verify and handle the matter, and warned Xue Jing that the Pranksters had noticed an abnormality about him.
• The next day, Xue Jing watched the U19 No-Holds-Barred Fighting Tournament finals draw ceremony at his Zhi Ge Base residence.
• The draw selected Xue Jing as Contestant No. 1.

Xue Jing upgraded Twin Life and doubled his flexibility, discovering that the effect also expanded his organs’ capacity and doubled the force he could wield. After unleashing a devastating punch, he became confident that neither Zhou Yinglin nor Otogi Suzuka could stop him.

• Xue Jing learned that Yin Muhu would be his first opponent and spoke with her, while the draw placed Zhou Yinglin and Otogi Suzuka elsewhere in the bracket.
• Xue Jing planned to study Zhou Yinglin’s Seamless Heavenly Garment Spear before facing him in the double-elimination rounds.
• While training under eighteenfold gravity, Xue Jing decided to strengthen his combat power for the tournament by upgrading Twin Life.
• Xue Jing spent eight hundred Divinity to raise Twin Life to Lv5 and activated its doubled flexibility effect.
• Xue Jing stretched his body and discovered that doubled flexibility let his organs expand further, enabling him to wield twice his usual force.
• Xue Jing used Whirlwind Thunder to unleash a massive tornado-like punch and declared that Zhou Yinglin and Otogi Suzuka were no threat to him.

Xue Jing learned that the Prankster Club may have been delaying Heretical Gods’ entry into the real world, then received an ancient greatsword identified as GOD-542. The chapter left him holding the relic as it began absorbing Divinity.

• Xue Jing tested Twin Life’s abilities and cooldowns, confirming improved recovery and a shorter resurrection cooldown.
• Wu Youqing told Xue Jing that the Pranksters’ emergence matched the decline in Heretical God incidents, and explained Otogi Suzuka’s powerful political status.
• Maomao teased Xue Jing about his lively call with Wu Youqing and denied being jealous of him.
• Xue Jing prepared for the U19 final against Yin Muhu by meditating, then met Ning Yuan Tai, who brought him a mysterious delivery from an important person.
• Xue Jing unwrapped the heavy ancient greatsword, recognized it as GOD-542, and saw a prompt saying it was absorbing Divinity.

Xue Jing examined the Forgotten Greatsword, a mysterious God Relic that he could swing but not control perfectly, and discovered that the Green Rubik’s Cube accepted it as a living thing. He brought the sword to the Super Arena for his competition, where a stranger reached for Maomao and asked whether he would sell her.

• Xue Jing tested the Forgotten Greatsword’s weight and concluded that its openings could be dangerous against skilled opponents, but decided to keep it and take it to his competition.
• Xue Jing found that the Forgotten Greatsword entered the Green Rubik’s Cube, while the Proof of Love and Maomao’s Platinum Tail Ring were rejected, leading him to suspect the sword was alive.
• Ning Yuan Tai drove Xue Jing and Maomao to the Super Arena in Yuan City, where a huge crowd had gathered for the U19 competition.
• A stranger reached toward Maomao and asked Xue Jing whether he was selling the cat.

Xue Jing arrived at the arena, where he clashed with a group that had harassed him and then agreed to a required pre-match interview. The interview led to a tense encounter with Zhou Yinglin, whose spiritual aura matched Xue Jing’s; they traded challenges before parting.

• Maomao slashed Xiao Chao’s hand when he reached for her, and Xiong Ge demanded that Xue Jing apologize.
• Xue Jing crushed Xiong Ge’s wrist, pinned him into the ground, and forced him to apologize before leaving; Xiong Ge told his companions to contact Junior Brother Song and struck Xiao Chao.
• Xue Jing recounted the incident to Ning Yuan Tai, who wanted to confront the group, but Xue Jing persuaded him to head inside the arena.
• Jiang Siwei took Xue Jing to the studio for a required pre-match interview, where he encountered Zhou Yinglin and their spiritual auras clashed.
• Otogi Suzuka interrupted the clash, and Xue Jing and Zhou Yinglin exchanged taunts about their coming match.

Xue Jing faced Zhou Yinglin before giving a provocative interview that drew attention to the U19 finals. With his first match against Yin Muhu about to begin, he prepared the Forgotten Greatsword, intending to answer her promised surprise in kind.

• Xue Jing told Zhou Yinglin that he was the challenger and entered the studio, while Otogi Suzuka watched their exchange.
• During an interview, Xue Jing dismissed the other contestants as no challenge and compared himself to an eagle atop the pyramid while encouraging them to keep trying to catch up.
• Jiang Siwei celebrated Xue Jing's attention-grabbing remarks, and Otogi Suzuka praised his metaphor before Xue Jing left to prepare for the competition.
• Xue Jing declined to visit Yin Muhu before their match and summoned the Forgotten Greatsword from the Green Rubik's Cube.
• Xue Jing said he would not neglect Yin Muhu's promised surprise and readied the greatsword for their upcoming fight.

Xue Jing warmed up with the Forgotten Greatsword while the U19 finals’ interviews played, drawing a huge reaction with his bold remarks and Otogi Suzuka’s open admiration. After the opening ceremony, Yin Muhu was introduced as his opponent, and the chapter ended as Xue Jing was announced.

• Xue Jing practiced with the Forgotten Greatsword as Ning Yuan Tai watched the pre-match interviews.
• Otogi Suzuka named Xue Jing his favorite contestant and recalled their previous fight, while Xue Jing reacted uneasily to his affection.
• Xue Jing’s interview stirred the arena with his dismissive comments about the other contestants and his remark that they could try to catch up to him.
• Xue Jing finished warming up, followed a staff member to the waiting area, and waited for the opening ceremony to end.
• Yin Muhu was introduced with strong combat statistics, and the commentator welcomed Xue Jing as her opponent.

Xue Jing faced Yin Muhu in the tournament finals, where she revealed her true appearance and unleashed her Profound Meaning, Vajra Self-Mastery · True Self Aspect. After trading blows at immense speed, Xue Jing struck her with Secret Art: Eye Opener, leaving her gravely wounded as she slid down the arena barrier.

• Xue Jing entered the arena with overwhelming spiritual pressure and stood across from Yin Muhu, who vowed to give everything to defeat him.
• Yin Muhu activated Vajra Self-Mastery · True Self Aspect, shrinking from a muscular fighter into a beautiful young woman and igniting golden aura flames.
• Yin Muhu and Xue Jing exchanged rapid blows, and her Adamant Wishful Jing forced Xue Jing to change tactics and unleash Flame Chain Colors.
• Xue Jing's increased speed sent Yin Muhu crashing into the arena's Repulsion Membrane, where she invoked Four Heavenly Kings · Virūḍhaka.
• Xue Jing sensed the danger and unleashed Hidden Dragon Style's Secret Art: Eye Opener, punching through Yin Muhu's waist and leaving her vomiting crystalline blood as she slid down the barrier.

Xue Jing defeated Yin Muhu in their weapons match with his greatsword technique, Awakening of Insects, after she unleashed her Heavenly King Aspect. He left for the backstage area, gained experience from the duel, and again heard the Forgotten Greatsword’s heart beating.

• Yin Muhu chose to continue their fight with weapons, and Xue Jing took up the 2,212-kilogram Forgotten Greatsword.
• Zhou Yinglin watched Xue Jing wield the sword and wondered whether he knew Seamless Heavenly Garment’s weakness.
• Yin Muhu used her Four Heavenly Kings techniques and Heavenly King Aspect before striking at Xue Jing with her Eyebrow-Level Staff.
• Xue Jing used Awakening of Insects to shatter Yin Muhu’s staff and badly injure her with the shockwave, and Yin Muhu conceded.
• The crowd applauded as Xue Jing won, then he joined Jiang Siwei and Ning Yuan Tai backstage and checked his experience gains.
• Xue Jing decided to watch the other finals and heard the Forgotten Greatsword’s heart beating again.

Xue Jing examined the Forgotten Greatsword and learned that Wei Junwu had publicly spread a rumor that Zhou Yinglin planned to kill him in the arena. Zhou Yinglin then crushed Fan Xuhui in an instant, while Xue Jing watched with cold, contemptuous silver-white eyes.

• Song Nanxing and Wei Junwu discussed how Xue Jing had forced the incompatible Eye-Dotting technique to work with his slab-like weapon, and Song judged that Xue Jing still could not break Zhou Yinglin's Seamless Heavenly Garment.
• Wei Junwu loudly claimed that Zhou Yinglin had entered the competition to fake an accident and kill Xue Jing, stirring rumors among the competitors and spectators.
• Xue Jing tested the Forgotten Greatsword, checked on the unconscious Yin Muhu, and ignored most of the congratulatory messages from friends and family.
• Wei Junwu introduced himself to Xue Jing, admitted he had spread the rumor, and hinted that the Forgotten Greatsword had been sent as a clue about how to deal with Zhou Yinglin.
• Zhou Yinglin defeated Fan Xuhui with a torrent of spear thrusts immediately after the match began, while Xue Jing watched without emotion.

After studying Zhou Yinglin’s Seamless Heavenly Garment through Consciousness Simulation, Xue Jing began using its complex Moving Strength to develop his own Near-Godly defensive move. When Maomao sensed a Dragon Cult threat, Xue Jing lured the attackers to Mengze Park and prepared for battle.

• Xue Jing rejected Wei Junwu’s warning that he could not challenge Zhou Yinglin’s technique, then simulated Zhou Yinglin’s spear attacks to study Seamless Heavenly Garment.
• Xue Jing endured repeated simulated deaths, learned about one percent of Seamless Heavenly Garment, and gained experience in True Martial, Weapon Combat, and Visualization.
• Xue Jing left the arena with Maomao, but she sensed a nearby threat and identified the Dragon Cult as the likely attackers.
• Xue Jing moved to Mengze Park, where Dragon Cult members followed after recognizing Maomao as Ning Fengwan and ordering their companions to keep her alive.
• Xue Jing summoned his Shadow Flame Entangling Armor and planted a Dragon Sakura Seed as the Dragon Cult figures approached.

Xue Jing fought off a Dragon Cult attack in the park, captured one Snake-man, and gained a large amount of Divinity from the fallen Blessed. As he headed to Zhi Ge Base with Ning Yuan Tai, he began wondering whether Weapon Combat could let him wield any object as any weapon.

• Xue Jing crushed a stone into a meteor shower that killed five of the eight Dragon Cult attackers, while their leader and two Snake-men survived.
• Xue Jing used the Forgotten Greatsword to batter the Snake-men, then instinctively performed five spear thrusts with it before killing one and pinning the other with Dragon Thunder.
• The Dragon Cult leader turned into thousands of snakes, escaped after Xue Jing and Maomao killed many of them, and one snake poisoned the captive Snake-man to death.
• Xue Jing found Sacred Marks on both Snake-men and absorbed roughly twelve hundred points of Divinity.
• Xue Jing gave the Snake-man's corpse to Ning Yuan Tai for examination and traveled with him toward Zhi Ge Base.
• Xue Jing reflected on using the Forgotten Greatsword to perform techniques from other weapons and considered whether Weapon Combat could let him wield any object as a chosen weapon.

Xue Jing comforted Ning Fengwan over Yun Qin’s disappearance, then trained Seamless Heavenly Garment at a startling pace as he prepared for a possible match against Zhou Yinglin. After Ning Yuan Tai brought news about the Snake-man poison, he invited Xue Jing to visit a place in the Inner Ring, and Xue Jing agreed to go.

• Xue Jing thanked Ning Yuan Tai for his help and promised to help him in return before returning to the villa and reflecting with Maomao on their failure to capture a Dragon Cult member alive.
• Ning Fengwan transformed from Maomao, confided that she feared Yun Qin was dead, and made Xue Jing promise he would not leave her alone.
• Xue Jing repeatedly trained Seamless Heavenly Garment in the Consciousness Simulation space and reached Ten Needles Hundred Threads on his second day of practice.
• Xue Jing cooked lunch for Ning Fengwan, but Ning Yuan Tai arrived and ate most of the meal while Maomao struggled to restrain her murderous irritation.
• Ning Yuan Tai told Xue Jing that an unknown substance made up about five percent of the Snake-man’s poison and that researchers were unlikely to produce an antidote.
• Ning Yuan Tai offered to show Xue Jing around the Inner Ring, and Xue Jing agreed to go with him while Maomao stayed behind.

Xue Jing visited the Honeycomb Dangerous Creatures Museum with Ning Yuan Tai, where he encountered Otogi Suzuka and the foreigner Sofia, who broke into a Flame-Dwelling Species exhibit. After Xue Jing’s attempt to handle the damage shattered the glass and released the creatures, he entered the exhibit and killed a Divinity-bearing monster.

• Ning Yuan Tai showed Xue Jing the museum’s dangerous creatures, including an Asura Great Rhinoceros calf and a Super Bird.
• Otogi Suzuka toured the Flame-Dwelling Species area with Sofia Aleksandrovna Yefremova, who said she wanted to kill and eat a Flame Crab on the spot.
• Xue Jing and Ning Yuan Tai encountered Sofia and Otogi Suzuka; Sofia had pierced the exhibit glass with her folding fan.
• Xue Jing grabbed Sofia’s fan, accidentally shattered the glass, and triggered the museum alarm as Flame-Dwelling Species began escaping.
• Xue Jing entered the burning exhibit in Shadow Flame armor and killed a giant bear-like creature, gaining 69 Divinity.

Sofia broke into the museum to obtain a Crucible Noble Seed while Xue Jing fought the creature inside the Flame-Dwelling Species exhibit. Xue Jing destroyed it and emerged unharmed, leaving Sofia and the others stunned.

• Sofia held and ate a Flame Crab while telling Otogi Suzuka she intended to take the Crucible Noble Seed from the museum.
• Otogi Suzuka predicted that Xue Jing would defeat the Crucible Noble Seed, despite Sofia doubting he could survive the encounter.
• Xue Jing killed Flame-Dwelling creatures near the exhibit breach and collected Divinity before the Crucible Noble Seed approached him.
• Xue Jing used his abilities and the Forgotten Greatsword to smash the Crucible Noble Seed apart, then burned its fragments until it died and granted him 1,237 Divinity.
• Ning Yuan Tai praised Xue Jing to Sofia and Otogi Suzuka, and Xue Jing emerged from the flames unharmed after saying he had dealt with a little trouble.

Xue Jing returned from the museum after killing a Crucible Noble Seed, then learned more about Otogi Suzuka’s intuition and his intense desire to challenge him. He also discovered that Sofia Aleksandrovna Yefremova was a Prankster whose museum appearance had been an avatar, and returned to Zhi Ge Base with 3802 Divinity.

• Xue Jing told Ning Yuan Tai and Otogi Suzuka that he had killed the silicon-based Crucible Noble Seed, surprising them because such creatures could rebuild themselves from fragments.
• Sofia Aleksandrovna Yefremova vanished as museum security arrived, while Otogi Suzuka stayed behind to handle the aftermath and asked Xue Jing to wait outside.
• Otogi Suzuka explained that his intuition told him he could never defeat Xue Jing, and said overcoming that challenge would bring him happiness.
• Otogi Suzuka teased Xue Jing about being willing to use Two-Sword Style with him, then revealed that Sofia was a Prankster and that the figure they saw had been her avatar.
• Xue Jing left the museum with Ning Yuan Tai, returned to Zhi Ge Base, and checked his Skill Panel, which showed 3802 Divinity.

Xue Jing gained Divinity and trained intensively to counter Zhou Yinglin’s Seamless Heavenly Garment, while Maomao grew furious at online attacks against him. By the day of the round of sixteen, Xue Jing had greatly improved his spear technique and used Dragon Cherry to help Yin Muhu recover from her injuries.

• Xue Jing reviewed his Divinity and supernatural skills, then saw a widely circulated report accusing Zhou Yinglin of joining U19 to kill him.
• Maomao argued with people insulting Xue Jing online and urged him to defeat Zhou Yinglin.
• Xue Jing developed Return to Nothing in Consciousness Simulation, gradually learning to neutralize more of Zhou Yinglin’s spear strikes and improving his own Seamless Heavenly Garment.
• Over three days of intensive practice, Xue Jing advanced to twenty-five spear strikes and learned to neutralize twenty-one of Zhou Yinglin’s attacks.
• At the contestants’ lounge, Xue Jing found Yin Muhu still badly injured and transferred his Life Force through Dragon Cherry to help her recover.

Xue Jing healed Yin Muhu before learning about his opponent, Dai Zongnian, and Martial Saint Li Taixian’s teaching reputation. At the U19 finals, Xue Jing silenced the packed arena with his aura and defeated Dai in a single strike, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Xue Jing used his Life Force to heal Yin Muhu, who said she could regain her muscle and strength.
• Jiang Siwei told Xue Jing that he would face Dai Zongnian, a disciple of Martial Saint Li Taixian, in the first match.
• Song Nanxing of the Heaven Movement Faction asked Xue Jing for a fight and offered advice about Zhou Yinglin, but Xue Jing dismissed Zhou as no different from any other obstacle.
• Xue Jing released his mental aura in the arena, silencing the two hundred thousand spectators and unnerving Dai Zongnian.
• Xue Jing instantly broke Dai Zongnian’s arms and struck him unconscious, ending the match almost as soon as it began.

After crushing Dai Zongnian in the tournament, Xue Jing developed his Visualization abilities and watched Zhou Yinglin’s match. During his three-day break, he prepared to infiltrate Xu Corporation at Skyscraper Center and steal GOD-098 · Wind of Creation for Wu Youqing, asking Ning Yuan Tai to arrange a visit.

• Xue Jing defeated Dai Zongnian with a Thunder Plow Hot Knife, drawing applause and astonishment from spectators and fellow competitors.
• Xue Jing’s Visualization reached Lv9, extending his Qi Strength Clone’s control range to nearly forty meters.
• Yin Muhu thanked Xue Jing for sparing her, while Jiang Siwei praised his performance; Xue Jing then watched Zhou Yinglin defeat his opponent instantly with Seamless Heavenly Garment.
• Xue Jing recalled Wu Youqing’s request to steal GOD-098 · Wind of Creation from Xu Corporation’s floors in Skyscraper Center.
• Xue Jing invited Ning Yuan Tai to dinner and asked him to arrange a visit to Xu Corporation; Ning Yuan Tai promised to use his connections or the Sixth Agency’s channels.