Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng helped drive off the Monsters on the mountain, killing the Silver Sable and dozens of others despite being wounded. After the survivors treated their injuries and counted their kills, Ren Hao ordered everyone to gather the spoils and prepare to watch the military’s fireworks.

• Qin Heng killed the Silver Sable with a risky counterattack, then continued fighting as the Monsters turned on the other trainees.
• The Giant Tiger ordered the Monsters to retreat, and Ren Hao stopped the trainees from pursuing them into the forest.
• Qin Heng realized the broken spear could be replaced with money from Monster materials, but Chen Yu made him treat his wounds first.
• Qin Heng said he had killed fifty-seven Monsters, including an Advanced Monster and a ferocious beast, stunning Xiao Yang.
• Qin Heng gave Xiao Yang half of the Silver Sable, and Xiao Yang resolved to train hard and regain his lost face.
• Ren Hao told everyone to collect the spoils and find a high place to watch the military’s fireworks.

Qin Heng and the others watched two tactical nuclear missiles streak toward the monster territory where Chu Qingshan and Teng Hao were hunting. The countdown ended with a bright flash behind a distant mountain, leaving the group waiting to see the explosion.

• Qin Heng collected monster materials worth roughly 140,000 to 160,000 before Ren Hao moved the team to a higher mountainside.
• Ren Hao learned from Chu Qingshan that the missiles would launch soon, and Chu Qingshan praised Qin Heng's potential while advising Ren Hao to keep an eye on the students.
• Qin Heng, Yun Wei, Li Youyou, and the others fought monsters nearby while Qin Heng was injured and his weapon was broken.
• After the team killed the monsters, Han Liang climbed onto a battle vehicle and spotted two nuclear missiles racing across the sky.
• Ren Hao's communicator counted down to the detonation, and a flash appeared behind a distant mountain as the countdown reached zero.

After a nuclear blast failed to kill two High-level Beast Kings, Chu Qingshan and Teng Hao went to finish them off and discovered one was transforming into a Beast God. As the newly awakened Beast God attacked, Chu Qingshan stayed behind to buy time while Ren Hao led the others back toward Nansha Base City.

• The group watched the nuclear explosion and learned that two faint life signatures had survived.
• Chu Qingshan and Teng Hao flew to the Monsters’ nest, where they found the female Beast King giving birth and killed one of the pair.
• The surviving Unicorn Bull King recovered its strength, and military radar detected that its life signature had exceeded the limit and was suspected to be a Beast God.
• Chu Qingshan told Ren Hao to return to the Base City while he and Teng Hao fought the Beast God and tried to buy time for the retreat.
• Chen Yu stopped Ren Hao from rushing to help, and Ji Lingyun ordered the students into their vehicles.
• Ren Hao accepted that he could not help his master and led the others back toward the Base City.

After Chu Qingshan vanished in the nuclear blast, Qin Heng and the others raced back toward Nansha Base City as the newly born Beast God and its Beast King followers pursued them. Just as the Beast God was about to crush their overturned vehicles, an old man appeared and stopped its hoof.

• Ren Hao and Xue Qiang mourned Chu Qingshan after the communicator was crushed and contact with him was lost.
• Qin Heng saw Beast Kings flying toward the nuclear blast, and the group realized a Beast God threatened Nansha Base City.
• Chen Yu answered Base City’s call and learned that the Beast God was hunting soldiers and that the survivors had to return alive.
• The Unicorn Bull Beast God and a horde of Monsters caught up with the convoy and sent its five vehicles flying with an earthen-yellow wave.
• The Beast God halted its descending hoof when an old voice said, “Wait,” and the group saw a white-bearded old man on the overturned vehicle.

Wang Daoyi used his Purple-Light Battle Domain to protect Qin Heng and the others and force back the Unicorn God. Human Grandmasters arrived to support him, but they let the Monsters retreat rather than risk a disastrous battle.

• Wang Daoyi stopped the Unicorn God's hoof from crushing Qin Heng and the overturned vehicle, then blasted the Beast God away.
• Wang Daoyi activated his battle domain, strengthening the humans and weakening the Monsters, while Ren Hao explained that the domain treated all beings equally and made its master sovereign.
• More than twenty-seven Grandmasters and many other human experts arrived, and Xu Fang proposed joining Wang Daoyi to kill the Unicorn God.
• The Unicorn God led its Beast Kings in retreat, and the human leaders stopped Ji Dingjiang from pursuing because Wang Daoyi's domain weakened allies too and the Monsters could summon reinforcements.

After the Unicorn God appeared near Nansha Base City, the city’s leaders debated how to kill it and eight Grandmasters volunteered for a likely fatal mission. The plan became unnecessary when officers reported that the Unicorn God had returned to the nuclear blast site and died.

• Ji Dingjiang rescued Ji Lingyun from the overturned war chariot, and Wang Daoyi comforted Ren Hao and Xue Qiang over Chu’s death.
• The Grandmasters escorted the students through the Border Wall and brought them to an emergency meeting at the military camp.
• Wang Daoyi showed that three Beast Gods were near Nansha Base City, and Xu Fang asked how they should respond to the new threat.
• The experts agreed that eliminating the Unicorn God could require Grandmasters to restrain it while a Nuclear Bomb killed them all, and eight Grandmasters volunteered.
• A military officer reported that the Unicorn God’s life force was fading at the nuclear blast site, then confirmed that its aura had vanished and it was dead.

After the Unicorn God apparently died, the city’s leaders arranged a memorial for the fallen while Qin Heng and his companions sold their Monster materials and headed home. In the southern mountains, the dead Beast God’s life essence formed a new creature that won the Beast Kings’ loyalty and planned to grow stronger in the deep sea before attacking humanity.

• Xu Fang ordered continued surveillance of the wilderness tribes, and the leaders approved a July 25 memorial for Chu Qingshan, Teng Hao, and the other fallen heroes.
• Ren Hao and Xue Qiang left to help make Chu Qingshan’s documentary, while Qin Heng, Chen Yu, and the others returned toward the city.
• Qin Heng sold his Monster materials to the MS Group for a net 142,330 yuan, then agreed to go home with Chen Yu while Zhao Chong went dancing.
• More than two hundred Beast Kings gathered around the Unicorn Bull Beast God’s corpse as its life essence emerged from a yellow-cow High-level Beast King’s body.
• The essence became a winged, two-legged creature that called itself the Heavenly Mandate Destroyer and Lord of All Beasts, and the Beast Kings pledged submission.
• The newborn Lord of All Beasts ordered the Beast Kings back to their territories and said it would go to the deep sea to grow stronger before leading them against humanity; human radar could not detect it.

Qin Heng and Chen Yu returned to Heavenly Micro Courtyard and visited Chen Yu’s parents before heading to Qin Heng’s apartment. There, Qin Heng reunited with his girlfriend, Fang Lingxue, who met Chen Yu.

• Qin Heng and Chen Yu arrived at Heavenly Micro Courtyard and greeted Uncle Li, who welcomed Chen Yu home and told them her family had brought back Monster meat.
• Chen Yu invited Qin Heng to visit her parents, and they discovered that their apartments were in the same building.
• Chen Yu’s parents welcomed Qin Heng, while Chen’s mother hinted that he might make a good son-in-law; Chen’s Father told her Qin Heng already had a fiancée.
• Qin Heng and Chen Yu went to his apartment, where Fang Lingxue excitedly hugged Qin Heng before introducing herself to Chen Yu as his girlfriend.
• Chen Yu introduced herself to Fang Lingxue as Qin Heng’s Senior Sister.

Qin Heng reunited with his parents and Fang Lingxue, introduced Chen Yu, and described his recent progress as a martial artist. He revealed that he had earned over a hundred thousand yuan, reached Intermediate Martial Warrior, and killed a Fierce Beast, leaving his family astonished and proud.

• Qin Heng welcomed Chen Yu and introduced her to his parents, who warmly received her before she returned home.
• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue decided to order an expensive family meal, and Qin Heng chose meat from several types of Advanced Monsters.
• Qin Heng transferred Fang Lingxue one hundred and twenty thousand yuan and explained that he had earned over a hundred thousand selling materials from a Fierce Beast and Monsters he killed.
• Qin Heng told his family that he was an Intermediate Martial Warrior and could defeat Advanced Monsters, stunning Fang Lingxue and delighting his parents.

Qin Heng reunited with his parents and Fang Lingxue, then told her about the deadly Beast God encounter and learned more about Ji Lingyun’s and Yao Yuxi’s cruelty. When Fang Lingxue discovered his wounds, she called for a doctor, leaving the family relieved by his recovery but worried about his future dangers.

• Qin Heng let Qin Ziming and Sheng Yuhan prepare dinner while he and Fang Lingxue talked on the balcony.
• Qin Heng told Fang Lingxue that Ji Lingyun and the others had encountered a Beast God, and that the battle had killed many experts before the Beast God died.
• Fang Lingxue warned Qin Heng against dangerous missions and told him that Yao Yuxi had mistreated her mother while Ji Lingyun had raped and threatened the old butler’s granddaughter.
• Qin Heng promised Fang Lingxue he would surpass Ji Lingyun and avenge her mother, then winced when she embraced his injured body.
• Fang Lingxue saw Qin Heng’s wounds and summoned Heavenly Micro Courtyard’s medical team, whose doctor reassured the family that he would recover soon.

Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue grew closer while she helped care for his wounds, and they spent the night together despite delaying their marriage certificate. The next morning, Qin Heng returned to the Martial Hall, while Fang Lingxue reminded him that their marriage would have to remain secret because she was still in high school.

• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue took their parents to the garden, then Fang Lingxue helped wash Qin Heng after his injuries kept him from bathing normally.
• Fang Lingxue joined Qin Heng in bed, and they spent the night together before their marriage certificate could be obtained.
• Qin Heng woke refreshed, left Fang Lingxue asleep, and ate breakfast with his parents before preparing to return to the Martial Hall.
• Fang Lingxue woke and urged Qin Heng not to overwork himself because of the Ji Family matter.
• Fang Lingxue told Qin Heng that she started school next month and they would have to keep their marriage secret, and Qin Heng kissed her before leaving.

After Qin Heng wondered about the heightened perception he had experienced while fighting a powerful Monster, Wang Daoyi identified it as immature divine sense and advised him to train it through more life-and-death combat. Wang Daoyi then discussed with Zhang Zhenwei the possibility of heavily investing in Qin Heng if he could open a battle domain.

• Qin Heng returned to his routine at the Martial Hall and bought a replacement A3 spear after his Army Destroyer Spear broke.
• Qin Heng tried to recreate the focused state he had entered while fighting the Silver Sable, but practicing alone did not bring it back.
• Qin Heng asked the Grandmaster Group about the cool sensation and heightened perception he had experienced in battle, and several students suggested it might be early Battle Qi.
• Wang Daoyi told Qin Heng that the sensation was immature divine sense and advised him to develop it through chaotic life-and-death battles.
• Wang Daoyi told Zhang Zhenwei he might devote far more resources to Qin Heng if Qin Heng could open a battle domain, while Zhang warned him against overestimating the student.

Qin Heng trained his sensory acuity and attended Chu Qingshan’s memorial service, where he encountered Wang Jianming and was publicly provoked by Huang Shixiang. The chapter left Qin Heng under scrutiny as Huang Shixiang used him to taunt the Dragon God Martial Hall and Wang Jianming.

• Qin Heng modified a training robot to attack him with eight mechanical arms, but the weak punches could not recreate the danger of a real battle.
• Qin Heng traveled with Han Liang, Zhao Chong, Chen Yu, and Wang Wenhao to attend Chu Qingshan’s memorial service, where Ning Fan revealed that he had not yet reached the Martial Master realm.
• The students discussed Chu Qingshan’s military service, his disciples, and his Grandmaster eldest disciple, Yi Fei, who was returning from Wilderness Camp.
• Qin Heng spotted Wang Jianming arriving at the memorial and learned from Chen Yu that he and Chu Qingshan had been comrades-in-arms.
• Huang Shixiang called out to Qin Heng in front of the crowd, then mocked the claims about Qin Heng’s talent and suggested Wang Jianming had been denied respect because of him.

At Chu Qingshan and Teng Hao’s memorial, Qin Heng and Ning Fan rebuffed Huang Shixiang’s accusations and left him unable to challenge Curator Wang. Yi Fei arrived late because of his duties guarding East 7, mourned Chu Qingshan, and was urged by Wang Daoyi to take responsibility for his fellow disciples.

• Qin Heng and Ning Fan demanded evidence after Huang Shixiang accused Curator Wang of shielding Qin Heng, forcing Huang to back down.
• Wang Jianming declined to discuss his grudge with Qin Heng at the memorial and left with Huang Shixiang.
• Yi Fei arrived after fulfilling his Wilderness Camp duties and entered the hall with Qin Heng and the others.
• Yi Fei knelt before Chu Qingshan’s cenotaph, kowtowed four times, and called for his master’s journey to be peaceful.
• Wang Daoyi helped Yi Fei up and told him to become the pillar of Chu Qingshan’s line and care for the other disciples.

At Chu Qingshan and Teng Hao’s memorial, Wang Daoyi brought Qin Heng to reconcile with Wang Jianming and prevent lingering hostility from endangering him. Wang Jianming agreed to give Qin Heng room to grow, but said he would only truly acknowledge him if he became a heroic guardian of Nansha.

• Yi Fei promised to protect his junior siblings and their city, then joined them at the memorial.
• Wang Daoyi summoned Qin Heng and brought him to speak with Wang Jianming, whose grief over Chu Qingshan’s memorial remained visible.
• Wang Daoyi asked Wang Jianming to acknowledge Qin Heng and discourage hostility from people under his influence.
• Wang Jianming said he would acknowledge Qin Heng if he proved himself by killing Monsters and protecting Nansha as Chu Qingshan had.
• Qin Heng vowed to make defending the city his duty, and Wang Jianming left after agreeing to give him a chance to grow.

At Chu Qingshan and Teng Hao’s memorial, Qin Heng and his companions honored the older generation’s sacrifices before turning to preparations for the Martial Arts Tournament. Qin Heng announced he would skip the newcomer division and enter the Intermediate Stage, though the other geniuses doubted he could compete after only a few months of training.

• The memorial ceremony celebrated Chu Qingshan, Teng Hao, and the others as heroes who had died stopping the Beast God, and citizens came to pay their respects.
• Qin Heng, Chen Yu, Han Liang, Ning Fan, and their companions reflected on humanity’s sacrifices and resolved to keep working toward a peaceful future.
• Ning Fan led the group to meet geniuses from other Martial Halls and discuss registration for the Martial Arts Tournament two months away.
• Chen Yu and Zhao Chong planned to compete, while Han Liang chose the newcomer division and Qin Heng said he might enter the Intermediate Stage.
• Cheng Wenjun, Ji Lingyun, Wang Wei, and the others criticized Qin Heng’s plan, but Qin Heng resolved to train hard and challenge the fifth-year division.

Qin Heng learned who his strongest opponents would be in the Martial Arts Tournament and received a large reward for the emergency mission. After testing his cultivation limits, he realized his rapid progress would make it difficult to afford enough Energy Points before the tournament.

• Qin Heng met competitors from the other Martial Halls and identified Zhao Chong, Jin Shishan, Lu Ji, Xu Ning, Fan Kun, and Li Hui as the strongest Intermediate Stage contenders.
• Qin Heng returned to the Martial Hall to train instead of going home, then received 1,172 Energy Points from the emergency mission and student encouragement fund.
• Han Liang told Qin Heng that he had received 720 Energy Points, and the two resumed sparring before cultivating.
• Qin Heng tested 60% and 80% Energy concentration boosts and found his absorption efficiency averaged about 170% of the baseline rate.
• Qin Heng calculated that his Energy Points would not last until the tournament and considered asking the Hall Master for a cultivation loan.

Qin Heng spoke with Fang Lingxue on her first day of school, then trained and learned that senior apprentice Ding Baishan was returning from special training. Ding arrived by fighter jet and challenged Qin Heng to a spar, which Qin Heng eagerly accepted.

• Qin Heng video-called Fang Lingxue, who told him about her first day at school and joked that she would tell her classmates she already had a husband.
• Qin Heng invited Han Liang to spar, but Han refused because Qin's strength had grown far beyond his own.
• Han Liang told Qin that Ding Baishan had trained at the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall headquarters and received guidance from Martial God Zhang Daoping.
• Five days later, Ding Baishan returned to the training grounds aboard a fighter jet and greeted Zhu Qianqiu.
• Ding Baishan challenged Qin Heng to a fight, and Qin accepted.

Qin Heng sparred with Ding Baishan and showed strength that surprised him, though Ding Baishan proved superior in their exchange. Zhu Qianqiu responded by intensifying Qin Heng’s training, while Qin Heng looked forward to testing his spear techniques against Ding that night.

• Ding Baishan challenged Qin Heng to gauge his combat skills, and Qin Heng agreed despite Zhu Qianqiu’s warning.
• Qin Heng’s first three attacks forced Ding Baishan back and impressed him with their power.
• Ding Baishan attacked in earnest, and he and Qin Heng exchanged blows until Qin Heng was bruised and forced to retreat.
• Qin Heng and Ding Baishan agreed to spar for an hour or two each night in the Weapon Sparring Room.
• Zhu Qianqiu increased Qin Heng’s training to two weighted twenty-kilometer runs, and Qin Heng resolved to challenge Ding with weapons that night.

Qin Heng tested his spear skills against Ding Baishan and, under pressure, unleashed a devastating move modeled on the Goddess of War’s World Extinction Ninefold Calamity. Zhao Chong and Wang Wenhao deflected the attack before it could hit Ding, and the exhausted Qin Heng collapsed as the others realized he might have comprehended the Goddess of War’s ultimate art.

• Qin Heng and Ding Baishan sparred with their spears, with Ding’s agile Wind Chasing Spear Technique gradually putting Qin Heng on the defensive.
• Qin Heng and Ding exchanged their strongest attacks, each revealing power exceeding twenty tons of force.
• Qin Heng recalled the Black-Clothed Girl and thrust with a move resembling the Goddess of War’s technique.
• Zhao Chong and Wang Wenhao knocked Qin Heng’s spear aside, preventing it from striking Ding but leaving a crater in the alloy floor and breaking Qin’s spear.
• Qin Heng collapsed from overexertion, and Ding Baishan, Zhao Chong, and Wang Wenhao were shocked that he might have comprehended the Goddess of War’s ultimate art.