Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng competed successfully in the Martial Arts Tournament while Ji Lingyun grew troubled after learning about Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue. Later, Ji Dingjiang called Qin Heng to ask about reconciling with Fang Lingxue, and Qin Heng rejected his excuses and warned him not to disturb her.

• Ji Lingyun returned to the arena and won his third match with a swift, forceful move, appearing unusually grim.
• Qin Heng left the Martial Arts Center with his family after winning all four of his matches and temporarily leading Group E.
• Fang Lingxue returned home to do her homework while Qin Heng cultivated alone.
• Ji Dingjiang called Qin Heng and asked whether Fang Lingxue might repair their relationship and see him again.
• Qin Heng told Ji Dingjiang that Fang Lingxue did not want to be disturbed and accused him of failing to protect her and her mother from Ji Lingyun and his mother.
• Qin Heng told Ji Dingjiang that blood ties would not make Fang Lingxue forgive him, and urged him to stop hoping for reconciliation.

After the qualifiers, Qin Heng learned that he had advanced to the group points tournament and prepared for his upcoming matches. Fang Lingxue talked him out of deliberately losing to arrange a later fight with Wang Jiye, and Qin Heng agreed to face Chen Yuntao seriously.

• Qin Heng won his final qualifier match, and the organizers announced that sixty-four contestants in each division had advanced to the group points tournament.
• Fang Lingxue reviewed Qin Heng’s schedule and noted that he would face Zhang Jun, Yang Shaojie, and Chen Yuntao the next day.
• Qin Heng told Fang Lingxue that he had considered losing to Chen Yuntao so he could meet Wang Jiye in the round of sixteen.
• Fang Lingxue urged Qin Heng not to reignite his conflict with Wang Jiye, and Qin Heng agreed to defeat Chen Yuntao.
• Qin Heng questioned whether Martial Gods truly needed to be broad-minded, and Fang Lingxue scolded him before sending him to sleep in his own room.

Qin Heng attended the tournament’s first day of group-point matches, where he noticed the mysterious guest Mr. Qian among the powerful observers. He defeated Zhang Jun with a single probing spear technique, leaving the tournament underway.

• Qin Heng arrived at the South Xia Martial Arts Center and saw Mr. Qian take a place among the influential guests despite his modest aura.
• Yan Tiansheng defeated Gao Xinxin with the Overlord Spear Technique in the opening match.
• Qin Heng entered the arena to face Zhang Jun, who fought with a Three-Section Staff.
• Qin Heng’s Spirit Snake Extends Tongue overwhelmed Zhang Jun and pinned his spear at Zhang Jun’s neck, securing a swift victory.

Qin Heng easily won his first matches before facing Chen Yuntao in a closely contested battle. Chen Yuntao’s defensive Solid Ice Battle Qi and masterful staff work held off Qin Heng’s powerful spear attacks, and neither had yet secured an advantage.

• Qin Heng defeated Zhang Jun after Zhang Jun left an opening, then watched other contestants fight.
• Qin Heng discussed the tournament draws and upcoming matches with Chen Yu and Fang Lingxue.
• Qin Heng entered his third points match against Chen Yuntao, who covered himself in Solid Ice Battle Qi.
• Qin Heng attacked with the Overlord Spear Technique, while Chen Yuntao expertly blocked and redirected his strikes.
• The Grandmasters praised both fighters’ techniques and noted that Qin Heng had not yet used Battle Qi.

Qin Heng defeated Chen Yuntao in a Martial Master-level match, impressing the audience and earning praise as a potential Martial God Disciple. As Xin Yongquan and Xu Qian discussed Nansha’s need for a future protector, Xu Qian hinted that someone might be a more dependable hope.

• Qin Heng used Space Battle Qi to shatter Chen Yuntao’s ice defenses and subdued him after several minutes of combat.
• Chen Yuntao conceded defeat, and Qin Heng withdrew his spear and thanked him; the two shook hands without ill will.
• The host declared Qin Heng the winner, and the audience and guests praised the duel and Qin Heng’s powerful Battle Qi.
• Xu Qian judged Qin Heng’s performance sufficient to qualify him as a Martial God Disciple, while warning Xin Yongquan that becoming a Martial God remained extremely difficult.
• Xin Yongquan urged Nansha to nurture Qin Heng against the threat of a future beast tide, and Xu Qian said there was someone more dependable to hope for.

Xu Qian explained the highest tier of the Elite Special Training Program, Heaven's Mandate Martial God, and the Grandmasters discussed whether Qin Heng could reach it. After defeating Chen Yuntao and securing his group lead, Qin Heng returned home to cultivate and prepare for the Grade A Tournament finals against stronger opponents.

• Xu Qian revealed that the Heaven's Mandate Martial God tier was created to devote every resource to a prodigy destined to become a Martial God, but Heavenly Dao Martial Hall had never found one.
• Xu Qian judged Qin Heng to be only barely qualified as a Martial God Disciple, while Xin Yongquan asked Mr. Qian whether Qin Heng should cultivate early at the Moon Palace and Mr. Qian declined to decide.
• Qin Heng returned to the audience seats after defeating Chen Yuntao, and Fang Lingxue and Chen Yu congratulated him as his victory secured his place at the top of his group.
• News outlets across Earth's ten Base Cities began reporting on Qin Heng's rapid rise to the Martial Master realm, though he remained unaware of the attention.
• Qin Heng went home to cultivate with the White Dragon Spear, reflecting that he would need it to challenge Ji Lingyun in the finals.
• The White Dragon Spear trembled and absorbed a wisp of Space Battle Qi, its spearhead growing brighter.

Qin Heng watched the 16-to-8 elimination round, where Ji Lingyun and Yun Zhenzhen won their matches and Chen Yu defeated Wang Quan. The chapter left Qin Heng waiting for his own match against Luo Xun.

• The organizers announced the 16-to-8 matchups, pairing Qin Heng with Luo Xun and Chen Yuntao with Wang Jiye.
• Ji Lingyun defeated Su Zeyu with a single ordinary palm strike, while Yun Zhenzhen beat Wang Pingshan after several minutes of fighting.
• Chen Yu explained to Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue that Yun Zhenzhen was Yun Wei's biological sister and described how major family businesses cultivated ties with the martial halls.
• Chen Yu used her Falling Star Battle Qi and sword techniques to exhaust and defeat Wang Quan.
• Chen Yu returned to the audience seats and told Qin Heng it was his turn to perform next.

Qin Heng defeated Luo Xun in a brutal martial arts match, holding back his full power to spare her life. After the referee confirmed that she would recover, the crowd cheered Qin Heng, who realized the city had begun to regard him as a Young Hero.

• Qin Heng and Luo Xun began their match, with her Wolf Tooth Club strikes growing stronger as she chained them together.
• Qin Heng countered Luo Xun’s accumulated force with Three Techniques as One, and the two continued fighting with their weapons and Battle Qi.
• After five minutes, Qin Heng urged Luo Xun to stop because her injuries were worsening, but she insisted on using one final supreme technique.
• Luo Xun unleashed a powerful overhead strike, and Qin Heng blocked it with Blazing Fire while holding back his Space Battle Qi to avoid killing her.
• Luo Xun collapsed unconscious, and the referee treated her wounds, confirmed she was safe, and declared Qin Heng the winner.
• The crowd cheered Qin Heng, who realized many people in the city now admired him as a Young Hero.

Qin Heng impressed the tournament’s Grandmasters by revealing that he had mastered Blazing Fire, then considered unleashing Thunder in a future match. The round of sixteen ended, setting up his quarterfinal against Wang Jiye and a possible semifinal against Chen Yu.

• A referee told Qin Heng that he had held back against Luo Xun and encouraged him to use the Goddess of War’s ultimate arts without fear of harming his opponents.
• The guest-seat Grandmasters recognized Qin Heng’s use of Blazing Fire and debated whether his talent could make him a Heaven’s Mandate Martial God.
• Qin Heng considered using Thunder with Space Battle Qi in a future match and planned to test it against his Senior Sister, while expecting Blazing Fire to be enough against Wang Jiye.
• Wang Jiye defeated Chen Yuntao in less than two minutes, completing the round of sixteen.
• The tournament announced the quarterfinal matchups, including Qin Heng versus Wang Jiye and Chen Yu versus Zhou Ke, and Qin Heng left with his family.

Qin Heng faced Wang Jiye in the final Grade A quarterfinal, where their battle escalated from ranged attacks to a clash of ultimate techniques. The chapter ended with both weapons shattered and the referee standing in front of Wang Jiye, leaving the match’s result unclear.

• Qin Heng and Wang Jiye exchanged hostile words before the match, and Qin Heng said he would give Wang Jiye his head if he lost.
• Qin Heng and Wang Jiye began their match by trading Battle Qi attacks from a distance, but neither gained an advantage.
• Qin Heng closed in, blocked Wang Jiye’s lightning, and countered Wang Jiye’s Sword Howl Startles Thunder, breaking his sword and wounding his chest.
• Wang Jiye took a new sword and challenged Qin Heng to decide the match with one move, and Qin Heng agreed.
• Wang Jiye unleashed Heavenly Lightning Wrath as Qin Heng thrust his spear into the attack; the clash shattered Qin Heng’s spear and Wang Jiye’s sword, and the Grandmaster referee stood before Wang Jiye.

Qin Heng defeated Wang Jiye with the Goddess of War’s ultimate art, Blazing Fire, and earned a chance to be recommended for a flight to the moon. He reunited with his family afterward and faced the prospect of fighting Chen Yu in the next day’s match.

• Qin Heng’s Blazing Fire overwhelmed Wang Jiye’s lightning attack, and the referee intervened to prevent Wang Jiye from being fatally wounded.
• The referee declared Qin Heng the winner, and the crowd and Qin Heng’s family celebrated as Wang Jiye left the stage dejectedly.
• The Grandmasters praised Qin Heng’s technique, and Mr. Qian urged Xin Yongquan to apply for a place for Qin Heng on the year-end flight to the moon.
• Xin Yongquan told Wang Daoyi about the opportunity, while the elders agreed to keep it from Qin Heng until the tournament ended.
• Qin Heng met Chen Yu and discussed their upcoming match, while Chen Yu privately worried that he might defeat her despite her years of training.

On the eve of the Grade A competition, Qin Heng and Chen Yu’s families celebrated their shared success and worried that the two disciples’ match might strain their bond. Later, Chen Yu considered graduating early to seek dangerous battles, leaving Qin Heng concerned as they prepared to face each other in the arena.

• Chen Yu’s parents visited Qin Heng’s family with liquor, and the two fathers celebrated Qin Heng and Chen Yu reaching the Top Four.
• The families shared dinner and repeatedly urged Qin Heng and Chen Yu to preserve their bond regardless of the match’s outcome.
• Qin Heng and Chen Yu talked on the balcony about their plans after the competition, and Chen Yu said she might graduate early to gain experience in battle.
• Qin Heng warned Chen Yu about the dangers of the wilderness and reminded her that her parents depended on her, causing her to question what she should do.
• Chen Yu left for home after telling Qin Heng not to hold back in their match the next day, and Qin Heng watched her go with a heavy heart.

The Grade A semifinals began, and after Ji Lingyun defeated Li Hao by revealing the power of his God-Devil Left Arm, Qin Heng faced Chen Yu in the lower-bracket match. Qin Heng and Chen Yu exchanged evenly matched attacks, leaving their contest unresolved.

• Ji Lingyun used his golden God-Devil Left Arm to shatter Li Hao's staff and withstand his strongest strike, prompting Li Hao to concede.
• Qin Heng and Chen Yu discussed Ji Lingyun's arm and his chances of defeating him, while Fang Lingxue expressed her hatred of Ji Lingyun.
• Qin Heng chose a spear and Chen Yu chose a sword before they entered the arena for their semifinal match.
• Qin Heng attacked first, and he and Chen Yu traded blows with their Battle Qi as neither gained an advantage.
• Grandmasters praised Qin Heng's spear and movement techniques and Chen Yu's swordsmanship as the fight continued.

Qin Heng and Chen Yu escalated their arena duel to their strongest techniques, and Qin Heng won after unleashing the Goddess of War's second supreme move, Thunder. Chen Yu was left unconscious but out of danger, while Qin Heng stood injured and exhausted.

• Qin Heng and Chen Yu exchanged refined attacks, then shattered their weapons when their first killing moves collided.
• Chen Yu prepared Might Shakes the Eight Desolations, while Qin Heng closed his eyes and gathered Space Battle Qi into his spear.
• Qin Heng and Chen Yu launched their ultimate moves, and Qin Heng's Thunder triggered a devastating chain of explosions across the arena.
• Chen Yu flew backward and fell unconscious, while Qin Heng survived the blast with injuries.
• Qin Heng asked the referee about Chen Yu, and the referee confirmed that her injuries were minor and her life was not in danger.

Qin Heng defeated Chen Yu in the Grade A Tournament after unleashing the second move of the World Extinction Ninefold Calamity, astonishing the spectators and Grandmasters. As the tournament’s final approached, the experts debated whether he could overcome Ji Lingyun and the power of the God-Devil Left Arm.

• Qin Heng won his match against Chen Yu, who was carried away unconscious for treatment.
• Ding Baishan and Xue Qiang checked on Qin Heng, while his family and Fang Lingxue urged him to seek medical care before he reassured them he was only mildly injured.
• Xin Yongquan and the other Grandmasters praised Qin Heng’s talent, and Xu Qian said the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall would report his performance and provide generous rewards.
• Fan Yang asked whether Qin Heng qualified as a Heaven’s Mandate Martial God, and Xu Qian said he had not yet earned the full evaluation.
• Yang Jianye predicted Ji Lingyun would defeat Qin Heng in the final because of the God-Devil Left Arm, but Xin Yongquan warned that its power might damage Ji Lingyun’s mind.

Martial God Zhang Daoping and a survey team discovered that an apparently ordinary meteorite contained an ancient spacecraft and humanoid corpses. The discovery led Zhang to recall the Goddess of War’s claim that a decayed ancient world lay inside the moon.

• The survey team found no unusual energy in the meteorites, but Martial God Zhang ordered them to cut open the largest one.
• Zhang split the meteorite with a sword strike, revealing a spacecraft with three Sleep Chambers and other interior compartments.
• Researchers found no vital signs in the humanoid occupants and discovered two lines of unfamiliar writing as the spacecraft began to decay in the air.
• Zhang ordered the remaining meteorites moved to a Vacuum Laboratory for the Research Institute to examine.
• Zhang recalled that the Goddess of War had said the moon contained the ruined dwelling place of ancient gods, called the Celestial Court.

Qin Heng recovered at home, learned Chen Yu was unharmed and nearing a breakthrough, and prepared for his match against Ji Lingyun. At midnight, a huge meteor shower lit the northern sky, raising the possibility that Extraterrestrial Treasures would appear at its distant impact site.

• Fang Lingxue told Qin Heng that Chen Yu had awakened, and Chen Yu said her inner breath had been shaken enough to loosen her bottleneck toward becoming a Great Martial Master.
• Qin Heng and Chen Yu joked in the Elite Class group chat, where classmates teased him before he fired back at them.
• Qin Heng reassured his parents that the Martial Hall had not contacted him because its leaders might be waiting to reward him at the right time.
• Qin Heng cultivated through the night and tempered the White Dragon Spear while Fang Lingxue worried about his upcoming match against Ji Lingyun.
• A bright meteor shower appeared in the northern sky, and Qin Heng guessed its impact site lay north of the Yangtze River.
• Qin Heng told Fang Lingxue that large meteor impacts in the New Era often brought Extraterrestrial Treasures, though the Central Plains or Kyoto Base Cities might claim them this time.

Qin Heng prepared to face Ji Lingyun in the Grade A Tournament final after Chen Yu defeated Li Hao for third place. News of an Ancient Civilization and the Moon Core World emerged before the final began, leaving Qin Heng and Ji Lingyun facing off with the God-Devil Left Arm still untested.

• Qin Heng spoke with Xin Yongquan and Fan Yang about his chances against Ji Lingyun, and Xin Yongquan warned him about Ji Lingyun's God-Devil Left Arm.
• Chen Yu revealed that she had broken through to the Great Martial Master realm, then defeated Li Hao in under three minutes to claim third place.
• Xu Qian received word that a meteor shower had revealed traces of an Ancient Civilization and that headquarters planned to explore the Moon Core World.
• Qin Heng and Ji Lingyun entered the arena to cheers from their supporters and exchanged confident remarks before the match.
• Ji Lingyun drew his treasured sword and said Qin Heng might not be qualified to make him use the God-Devil Left Arm.

Qin Heng fought Ji Lingyun in the arena, but Ji Lingyun’s Decline Battle Qi and God-Devil Left Arm gradually gave him the advantage. After Qin Heng hurt Ji Lingyun’s golden arm with Thunder, Ji Lingyun revealed the arm’s demonic power and prepared to escalate the fight.

• Qin Heng and Ji Lingyun tested each other’s battle qi as Grandmasters guarded the arena and spectators.
• Qin Heng used his force-generating techniques to attack, but Ji Lingyun blocked his spear with his golden God-Devil Left Arm.
• Ji Lingyun’s golden-flecked Decline Battle Qi invaded Qin Heng’s body, draining his battle qi as he struck with his sword.
• Qin Heng unleashed Thunder with the White Dragon Spear, damaging the arena and leaving marks on Ji Lingyun’s left arm.
• Ji Lingyun spoke to Qin Heng about Fang Lingxue, then revealed the purple-black demonic power of his God-Devil Left Arm.

Qin Heng realized Ji Lingyun’s demonic nature had revealed his true cruelty when Ji Lingyun admitted he had killed Fang Qingmeng. Enraged, Qin Heng unleashed three waves of the Goddess of War’s technique and knocked Ji Lingyun off the arena, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Qin Heng suspected the God-Devil Left Arm had brought out Ji Lingyun’s cruel nature and asked him about Fang Qingmeng.
• Ji Lingyun called Fang Qingmeng a lowly servant and said it had been her honor to die beneath him, enraging Qin Heng and shocking the Grandmasters.
• Qin Heng drew on battle energy from his cells and the arena, then used three waves of Raging Waves against Ji Lingyun’s violet sun.
• Qin Heng’s third wave swallowed the violet sun and drove Ji Lingyun off the arena, though it did not injure him.