Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng absorbed the remaining Ice Flame Treasures, then learned to turn a Void Crystal into a storage treasure with Ice Flame Saint Child’s guidance. After confronting the cruelty Earthlings faced in the Cosmic Prosperity Zone, he resolved to become a Star Lord and free Earth from the Realm Prison.

• Qin Heng and Ice Flame Saint Child spent the night absorbing the Ice Flame Treasures, restoring Ice Flame Saint Child’s strength.
• Qin Heng opened the last three boxes and found two Void Space Stones and a Void Crystal packed with spatial origin energy.
• Ice Flame Saint Child taught Qin Heng a rune formation, and Qin Heng used his spiritual sense and Space Battle Qi to create a storage space inside the Void Crystal.
• Ice Flame Saint Child explained that the Void Crystal could be worth the command rights over five imperfectly Transcendent native servants, prompting Qin Heng to consider the Cosmic Prosperity Zone’s cruelty.
• Ice Flame Saint Child urged Qin Heng to take advantage of the absent Overseers and reach the Star Lord Level, while Qin Heng vowed to free Earth from the Realm Prison rather than serve another power.

Qin Heng dealt with the consequences of being hailed as a Martial God, telling Fang Lingxue he would seek justice against Ji Lingyun once he gained more strength. A week later, he joined Heavenly Dao Martial Hall’s leaders to welcome Zhang Daoping and learned the world’s Martial God rankings before meeting him face-to-face.

• Nansha Municipal Government designated District 7 Slums a development zone and began plans to replace it with a high-tech industrial park, while Qin Heng’s parents received a new home.
• Qin Heng told Fang Lingxue he was not yet truly strong enough to confront Ji Lingyun and promised to seek justice after improving his strength; he said he would return home the following week.
• Qin Heng received congratulations from family, Heavenly Dao Martial Hall members, and old friends as he waited for Zhang Daoping’s return.
• Qin Heng and the other Heavenly Dao Martial Hall leaders welcomed Zhang Daoping at the Rocket Base, where the Ice Flame Saint Child judged Zhang to be a powerful Second-Rank Mortal Shedding expert.
• Qin Heng reviewed the reported rankings and strength tiers of Earth’s eight Martial Gods, then exchanged curious looks with Zhang Daoping from less than fifty meters away.

Zhang Daoping returned to the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall with Qin Heng, but news arrived that the Moon Core World exploration team had lost contact after being attacked. Qin Heng warned Zhang Daoping that the moon’s inhabitants might be jailers watching over Earth, leaving the group shaken and preparing to respond.

• Zhang Daoping thanked Qin Heng for helping resolve the Beast God crisis and led everyone back to the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall.
• Xu Qian received word that all members of the Moon Core World exploration team had lost contact after sending fragmented messages about an attack.
• Zhang Daoping concluded that powerful Ancient Remnants lived in the Moon Core World and called for a Supreme Council meeting, bringing Qin Heng along.
• Ice Flame Saint Child suggested that the moon’s inhabitants might be jailers guarding Earth, while Earthlings were descendants of imprisoned Sinners.
• Qin Heng told Zhang Daoping that the Goddess of War had suspected the Moon Core World contained beings opposed to Earth, then explained the Realm Prison theory.
• Zhang Daoping and the others were shaken and furious at the possibility that Earthlings were exiled Sinners and that the missing Grandmasters had been attacked by their jailers.

Qin Heng learned from Zhang Daoping that the Moon Core World was decaying, its inhabitants were scarce and elusive, and the thirteen Grandmasters sent to explore it had been captured or killed. After Zhang Daoping called for a Supreme Council meeting, Qin Heng volunteered to join a future moon expedition while Zhang remained on Earth to guard against the Beast Gods.

• Zhang Daoping told Qin Heng that he had found three recently excavated entrances to the Moon Core World and encountered humans there who seemed primitive and unable to communicate.
• Zhang Daoping described the Moon Core World as ancient and desolate, with unusual underground plants and a mysterious light source, while its inhabitants appeared to be migrating.
• Qin Heng reasoned that the Moon Core People might serve the Overseers and that the reopening of the Void Bridge had restored their activity; he suspected they had captured or killed the exploration team's thirteen Grandmasters.
• Qin Heng urged the group to return to the moon and investigate, but Zhang Daoping said he could not leave Earth unguarded and proposed taking the matter to the Supreme Council.
• Qin Heng declined to attend the council meeting but offered to join a future moon expedition, and Zhang Daoping welcomed his confidence.

Qin Heng secured permission to join the lunar mission, then learned from the Ice Flame Saint Child that the Moon might hold a valuable Transcendent-grade Sun Stone. He planned to pursue the Star Shatterer Spear before traveling, but Xu Qian emerged from the Supreme Council meeting looking displeased.

• Zhang Daoping agreed to let Qin Heng go to the Moon, while Xu Qian worried that the mission was too dangerous and remote.
• Qin Heng asked the Ice Flame Saint Child why it had urged him to apply for the lunar mission.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child explained the grades of cosmic treasures and identified the Moon's mysterious light source as a Sun Stone, at least a Transcendent Rank 4 treasure.
• Qin Heng decided the Sun Stone was worth pursuing but agreed to learn the Star Shatterer Spear before going to the Moon.
• Qin Heng waited while Zhang Daoping and Xu Qian convened the Supreme Council, then Xu Qian summoned him after the meeting.

Zhang Daoping arranged a second Moon investigation after foreign powers refused to help, deciding that Qin Heng would serve as a reserve trump card rather than lead the team. He brought Qin Heng and Xu Qian to the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall Treasure Vault to retrieve the Star Shatterer Spear and let Qin Heng experience the Goddess of War's battle intent.

• Zhang Daoping told Qin Heng that foreign powers wanted Moon Gold Crystals but would not help investigate the Moon, so experts from the Huaxia Three Cities would have to go.
• Xu Qian proposed that an experienced Grandmaster lead the second Moon investigation while Qin Heng served as a trump card, and Zhang Daoping agreed.
• Qin Heng and Zhang Daoping discussed their habits and the burden Zhang Daoping carried as Martial God.
• Zhang Daoping took Qin Heng and Xu Qian to the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall Treasure Vault to retrieve the Star Shatterer Spear.
• Zhang Daoping passed the vault's palm-print and battle-aura checks, and Qin Heng saw the plain black spear inside.

Qin Heng touched the Star Shatterer Spear and entered an illusion of a battle once fought by the Goddess of War, discovering the overwhelming power and burden contained in her battle intent. He fought back a massive beast tide and faced two Beast Gods as the illusion continued.

• Zhang Daoping and Xu Qian warned Qin Heng that the Star Shatterer Spear’s battle intent had driven a gifted student mad, but Qin Heng chose to touch it.
• Qin Heng entered an illusion of the Goddess of War alone defending a city from a vast beast tide.
• Qin Heng used the Star Shatterer Spear and his space Battle Qi to slaughter tens of thousands of Monsters.
• Qin Heng recognized two Beast Gods charging from the herd as the Stone Howler Beast God and the White Crane Beast God.

Qin Heng fought the five Beast Gods in the Star Shatterer Spear’s trial, reenacting the New City Battle as Jie with Martial God-level power. He killed all five and devastated the beast tide, but judged his spear techniques weaker than the Goddess of War’s.

• Qin Heng recognized the battle as the historic New City Battle and resolved to defeat the five Beast Gods to pass the trial.
• Qin Heng wounded the White Crane Beast God, then teleported behind it and killed it with Thunder as the other Beast Gods attacked.
• Qin Heng evaded the four Beast Gods’ assaults and used Blizzard to slaughter Monsters advancing toward the civilians.
• Qin Heng unleashed Skyfall, killing three Beast Gods and leaving the fourth barely alive, then finished the survivor with Blazing Fire.
• Qin Heng hurled his spear into the beast tide with Earthfall, destroying Monsters across an eight-hundred-meter area, but found the move far weaker than the Goddess of War’s.

Qin Heng passed the Ninefold Calamity Spear’s trial and learned why an earlier candidate had lost his mind. He returned to the outside world with the spear, leaving Martial God Zhang and Xu Qian astonished that he had overcome its battle intent.

• Ninefold Calamity appeared to Qin Heng, accepted the name he proposed, and identified him as the Fated One who had seen traces of the Goddess of War’s past.
• Qin Heng promised to take Ninefold Calamity with him, and she said he would need to master every move before she could accept his battle aura.
• Ninefold Calamity explained that a previous candidate repeatedly failed the trial, watched the city fall in the illusion, and eventually suffered a mental collapse.
• Qin Heng’s divine sense returned to his body, and he removed the heavy spear after completing the trial.
• Martial God Zhang and Xu Qian were stunned that Qin Heng had subdued the spear’s battle intent and taken it down.

Qin Heng gained the divine weapon's recognition after winning the battle in his Sea of Consciousness, then returned to Nansha to cultivate before the lunar exploration mission. Ice Flame Saint Child identified the weapon's potential and looked forward to Qin Heng's coming encounter on the moon.

• Qin Heng told Xu Qian and Zhang Daoping that he had won the Goddess of War's simulated battle and earned the divine weapon's recognition.
• Zhang Daoping gave Qin Heng the spear and several cases of Moon Gold Crystal, and Qin Heng left to prepare for the lunar exploration mission.
• Qin Heng returned to Nansha, declined offers of gifts and visits, and began cultivating at home with the Moon Gold Crystal and White Dragon Spear.
• Ice Flame Saint Child recognized the spear as Ninefold Calamity and explained that it could grow to the sixth transcendent tier when tempered with battle qi.
• Qin Heng told Ice Flame Saint Child that he would leave for the moon in two months to gather Moon Gold Crystal and search for the Sun Stone.

Qin Heng reunited with Fang Lingxue and learned from the Ice Flame Saint Child that she could cultivate without first reaching the usual physical threshold. He chose the Spirit Transformation Scripture for her and began teaching it, promising to obtain the costly treasures she would need.

• Fang Lingxue welcomed Qin Heng home, and he told her he could stay for two months.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child pointed out Fang Lingxue's weakness and reminded Qin Heng of techniques that required no cultivation foundation.
• Qin Heng asked Fang Lingxue whether she wanted to become a martial warrior, and she agreed after he promised to help her avoid strenuous training.
• Qin Heng listed several cultivation methods and told Fang Lingxue he intended to share them with the Martial Hall.
• Qin Heng began teaching Fang Lingxue the Spirit Transformation Scripture, which could eventually give her an Elementary Martial Warrior's physique after she consumed expensive treasures for about half a year.

Qin Heng anonymously gave humanity more than a dozen cultivation techniques while helping Fang Lingxue improve her physique. A month later, as the techniques fueled a global cultivation craze, he studied the final two moves of Ninefold Calamity and learned of their devastating power.

• Qin Heng transcribed more than a dozen techniques from Ice Flame Saint Child and asked Zhang Daoping to distribute them anonymously, reserving the most advanced techniques for Grandmasters.
• Zhang Daoping agreed to release the techniques under the name “Mysterious Person” and keep Qin Heng’s identity secret for a year.
• Qin Heng used Heavenly Dao Martial Hall channels to obtain precious materials for Fang Lingxue, whose strength and endurance began to improve.
• A month later, the shared techniques had sparked a worldwide cultivation fever, though large numbers of new martial warriors would take years to emerge.
• Qin Heng mastered the first seven moves of Ninefold Calamity and studied the eighth move, World Extinction, and ninth move, Cataclysm.
• Ninefold Calamity’s Spiritual Wisdom told Qin Heng that the Goddess of War’s eighth move could shatter half a continent, while the ninth surpassed the power of the starry sky.

Qin Heng struggled to understand the Goddess of War’s final techniques and decided to adapt their principles to his own spatial powers instead of copying them. At home, his parents suggested holding his and Fang Lingxue’s wedding around the New Year, and Qin Heng agreed to discuss the plans with her.

• Qin Heng found that he could not reproduce the Goddess of War’s techniques with only Space Battle Qi, so he focused on understanding their explosive essence and adapting it to his own abilities.
• Qin Heng’s parents visited while he was cultivating and bickered playfully as they prepared an expensive meal for him.
• Qin Heng’s parents suggested holding his and Fang Lingxue’s wedding around the New Year, since they had already registered their marriage.
• Qin Heng agreed to discuss the wedding date and its scale with Fang Lingxue when she returned.

Xu Yichen visited Qin Heng to report that the defeated Three-Headed Wolf God and Azure Sheep God had traveled into the Southeast Coastal Area and vanished underwater. Qin Heng suspected they were seeking a rare treasure or powerful Deep Sea Beast Gods, and the chapter ended with the martial artists preparing for a possible attack while Qin Heng planned his trip to the moon.

• Xu Yichen visited Qin Heng and explained that satellites had spotted the Three-Headed Wolf God and Azure Sheep God heading out to sea.
• Xu Yichen showed Qin Heng satellite images of the two Beast Gods flying above the sea before plunging underwater.
• Qin Heng and Xu Yichen discussed whether the Beast Gods were seeking a treasure, allies, or instruction from more powerful Deep Sea Beast Gods.
• Qin Heng and Xu Yichen agreed that humanity needed to prepare for the Beast Gods' return.
• Xu Yichen said the military would maintain surveillance and that Martial God Zhang could reinforce Nansha while Qin Heng explored the moon.

Qin Heng and Xu Yichen considered whether the missing Lord of All Beasts might be hiding in the deep sea, then Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue planned a small wedding for around the New Year. They chose a venue and began compiling their guest list, which left Fang Lingxue jokingly jealous of how many people Qin Heng knew.

• Xu Yichen suggested the Lord of All Beasts might live in the deep sea, and Qin Heng agreed that their monitoring systems could have missed it.
• Xu Yichen left to discuss the possibility with his master while Qin Heng said he and Fang Lingxue were planning their wedding.
• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue agreed to hold a small wedding around the New Year and considered using Wind and Cloud Restaurant as the venue.
• Fang Lingxue listed Uncle Ye and Yu Lingling as her likely guests, while Qin Heng added students, teachers, elders, and longtime friends to their list.
• Fang Lingxue teased Qin Heng about having more guests, and he joked with her until she blushed and sent him to boil water.

Qin Heng broke through to Great Martial Master and assessed how close his strength had brought him to a low-tier Martial God. As he and Fang Lingxue prepared for their wedding, he worried about her lack of friends and spoke with Chen Yu, who promised to return from the wilderness in time for the celebration.

• Qin Heng completed his breakthrough to Great Martial Master after months of cultivation and judged that his strength could challenge all but the strongest Grandmasters.
• Fang Lingxue tried on wedding outfits, rejected Qin Heng's praise of a Western gown, and discussed the challenges of choosing matching attire.
• Qin Heng noticed that the house was empty and worried that Fang Lingxue had too few friends to share in her wedding preparations.
• Chen Yu told Qin Heng that her Hunting Squad was still searching the wilderness for special fruits, but promised to give up the search and attend his wedding if necessary.

Chen Yu’s hunting squad found the Scorpion Venom Fruit, while Jia Yunsheng’s confession forced her to question whether she had feelings for Qin Heng. As the squad prepared to return, a gigantic three-headed Monster flew toward them from the coast.

• Chen Yu told her squad to search for Scorpion Venom Fruit so she could attend Qin Heng’s wedding.
• Jia Yunsheng confessed his interest in Chen Yu, and she rejected him because she wanted to focus on martial arts.
• Jia Yunsheng suggested Chen Yu might have feelings for Qin Heng, leaving her briefly confused before she dismissed the idea.
• Chen Yu’s squad found the Scorpion Venom Fruit and prepared to head back.
• Jia Yunsheng spotted a huge three-headed Monster flying in from the eastern coast, and Chen Yu realized they were in danger.

On the day before Qin Heng’s wedding, he inspected the banquet preparations and spoke with Lin Feng about his ongoing hunt for the Azure Sheep God. Han Liang then told him that Chen Yu had lost contact, and the search ended with her last signal near the Wuping Mountain Range and none of her companions responding.

• Qin Heng inspected the wedding banquet hall at Wind and Cloud Restaurant and selected three wines for the celebration.
• Qin Heng told Lin Feng that the Three-Headed Wolf God had prevented him from killing the Azure Sheep God, and Lin Feng said he would wait for Qin Heng to avenge his son.
• Han Liang called Qin Heng and said Chen Yu had been unreachable since the previous night.
• Qin Heng hurried to the Communications Company, where technicians located Chen Yu’s last signal near the Southern Fujian coast, southeast of the Wuping Mountain Range.
• Zhang Zhenwei provided the contact details for Chen Yu’s teammates, but the technicians found that none of them responded.

After the Hunting Squad went silent, Zhang Zhenwei and Qin Heng flew into the wilderness to search for Chen Yu. They found the squad’s trail of dead and what appeared to be Chen Yu’s body at the flattened mountain, leaving her fate seemingly confirmed.

• A technician reported that no one in the Hunting Squad could be reached, and Zhang Zhenwei and Qin Heng rushed toward their last known location.
• As they flew into the wilderness, Zhang Zhenwei and Qin Heng remembered Chen Yu and feared she had been killed.
• They reached the marked mountain and found its summit crushed flat by overwhelming force.
• Qin Heng searched the wreckage, first finding an unfamiliar woman’s body and then discovering the Hunting Squad’s other dead.
• Qin Heng and Zhang Zhenwei found a female corpse beside the Star Metal Treasure Sword, and Zhang Zhenwei broke down, believing it was Chen Yu.

Qin Heng and Zhang Zhenwei discovered that Chen Yu had been killed by a Beast God, and both vowed to avenge her. As Zhang Zhenwei prepared to confront the suspected killers, the Ice Flame Saint Child offered to fight them and revealed that Chen Yu's remaining Soul Energy might be preserved for reincarnation.

• Qin Heng found Chen Yu's crushed body and concluded that a Beast God had killed her and the Hunting Squad.
• Zhang Zhenwei identified the Three-Headed Wolf God and the Azure Sheep God as possible killers, then vowed to seek revenge.
• Qin Heng stopped Zhang Zhenwei from rushing off to fight two Beast Gods and promised he would avenge Chen Yu himself.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child offered to fight the Beast Gods and explained that Chen Yu's remaining Soul Energy could be gathered and placed into an embryo for reincarnation.
• Qin Heng asked the Ice Flame Saint Child to gather Chen Yu's Soul Energy so he could give Zhang Zhenwei some comfort.