Arc 7Blizzard, Betrayal, and Divine Fire

Cheng Han uncovered attacks by the Heretical God Believers, helped the Second Battle Group defeat their plots, and gained a powerful Divine Skill from an ancient conflict. After a dangerous patrol brought the group five thousand War Merit Points, he left Black Mountain Camp for Anhua City.

  • Cheng Han survived the Blood Butcher’s attack in the mist, exposed the sabotage, and helped kill Bronia’s hidden accomplice before Tang Wanqi ended his recruit training.
  • Cheng Han joined the Second Battle Group, broke the Hawkeye Imprint and Ice Jade Talisman records, and helped Qian Qingqing’s Appreciation Fair lure the Plunder Gang into an ambush.
  • Cheng Han defeated Guo Qing in an Ice Prison, then joined Cao Hongyi’s patrol and used a decoy and secret tunnel to survive an attack by a giant Ice Beast during a blizzard.
  • Cheng Han helped the Black Armor Army kill sixteen Heretical God Believers, then tracked the Flesh Mass Monster and analyzed the Fragment of Divine Essence, Heretical God Blood, and Stone of Divine Soul.
  • Cheng Han gained Ten Directions Flame God Prison from analyzing the Divine Chains, then summoned Eternal Hunger to drive off the First Heretical God’s avatar and received a Terra Titan’s Horn fragment.
  • Cheng Han returned to Black Mountain Camp with his squad, earned the Second Battle Group five thousand War Merit Points, and persuaded Mu Qiushan to let him travel to Anhua City.
  • Cheng Han disguised himself as a runaway child to join a merchant convoy, destroyed an attacking Ice Fiend, and continued to Anhua City after the convoy realized his visit had been an illusion.
Chapters 152–176 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 152151: The Shock a Genius Newcomer Gave the Black Armor Army

Cheng Han slept beside Qi Bi’s corpse, then impressed a Black Armor Army squad by revealing that he had comprehended the Ice Element Profound Method Trait overnight. As the Second Battle Group’s leaders considered how to manage their gifted newcomer, Cheng Han raced toward Chang Geng Lake on an ice skateboard, leaving his exhausted surveillance team struggling to keep up.

  • Cheng Han made a pillow and bedding from Qi Bi’s remains, repaired the ice house, and slept while Little Beard’s team watched over him in the freezing cold.
  • Little Beard’s team received orders to join a squad of Warriors led by Vice Commandant Mu Zhenghao, who would transport Qi Bi’s corpse and help secure the training area.
  • Cheng Han used the Ice Element Profound Method Trait to form an ice sledge beneath Qi Bi’s corpse, astonishing Captain Ji Changqiu and the other Warriors.
  • At Black Mountain Camp, the Second Battle Group’s Commandant discussed Cheng Han’s talent with Rongrong and decided to speak frankly with him about his role.
  • Cheng Han practiced the Nine Elements Strengthening Body Technique, formed an ice skateboard, and sped toward Chang Geng Lake, forcing Mu Zhenghao and the surveillance team to chase after him.

Ch. 153152 Harvest Journey

Cheng Han crossed the misty first training point by anticipating and defeating its Howling Demon, then used a ghostly howl and a trade to pass Ke Zhang’s checkpoint. He left the area carrying a valuable vine section, pleased that the trial had become a journey of harvest.

  • Cheng Han entered the fog and used his foresight and battle skills to destroy a Howling Demon before it could frighten him.
  • Cheng Han analyzed the Howling Demon and added the Fear Warcry and Ghostly Wail techniques to his Body Forging Imprint.
  • Cheng Han’s Ghostly Wail startled the monitoring staff, while Mu Zhenghao guessed that he was using echoes to navigate the fog.
  • Cheng Han used Deduction to see Yu Xianglong get caught by Ke Zhang’s vine and flung out of the mist zone.
  • Cheng Han howled at Ke Zhang, traded Snow Mud for a section of vine, and walked through the second checkpoint as Ke Zhang withdrew its other vines.

Ch. 154Hooking a Big Fish

Cheng Han recognized that someone had tampered with the mist training and stayed near Ke Zhang rather than risk exposing his true strength. A Blood Butcher attacked, and Cheng Han and Ke Zhang fought back as his howl summoned a pack of Howling Demons.

  • Cheng Han reviewed Yu Xianglong’s experience in the Supplicant trial and sensed danger near Ke Zhang’s territory.
  • Cheng Han warned Hu Yinan and Mu Zhenghao that an enemy had tampered with the training, and he refused to leave the mist or let reinforcements enter.
  • A Blood Butcher emerged, confirming Cheng Han’s suspicion, while the Monitoring Room requested reinforcements.
  • Ke Zhang defended Cheng Han with its vines as Cheng Han used Fear Warcry and Ghostly Wail to disrupt the Blood Butcher.
  • Cheng Han’s howl summoned a Howling Demon Pack, leaving Hu Yinan and Mu Zhenghao astonished.

Ch. 155This Cat Is Amazing

Cheng Han and Ke Zhang coordinated their attacks against Blood Butcher while Sheriff hunted down and killed a hidden female Transcendent. Blood Butcher then collapsed during its counterattack, leaving the people in the Monitoring Room stunned and the cause unclear.

  • Cheng Han used ice spears and the Howling Demon Pack to hinder Blood Butcher, helping Ke Zhang land a powerful vine-and-spear counterattack.
  • Sheriff followed its master's directions to a Secret Passage, struck a hidden blonde-haired woman with the Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear, and killed her.
  • Sheriff took an item from the woman's corpse and hid nearby to ambush any Heretical God Believers who came to investigate.
  • Blood Butcher launched poisoned blood threads at Ke Zhang, while Cheng Han tried to block them with Ice Shields.
  • Blood Butcher abruptly collapsed and dissolved into Black Water, and Ke Zhang protected Cheng Han from the resulting blood rain with a giant vine umbrella.

Ch. 156Power Increase: I'm a Group Beating Up One Opponent

Cheng Han uncovered Bronia’s role in the attack, strengthened his imprints by analyzing supernatural relics, and was summoned to Black Mountain Camp after Mystic Adept Tang Wanqi ended his recruit training. Meanwhile, Qu XiaoYing’s squad captured a Gui Deer, and Cheng Han granted her plant-based runes that deepened her conviction that he was a divine agent.

  • Cheng Han deduced that Bronia, an Executor of the Destroyer Emissary, had arranged the attack, then told Qu XiaoYing that the female Executor was dead and warned her not to risk exposing herself.
  • Cheng Han analyzed Ke Zhang’s plant fragment and Blood Butcher’s Soul Splitting Blood Palace, improving his Spirit Control and Secret Universe imprints and learning to create Plant Servants and split off a strand of his soul.
  • The Mystic Array shut down, and Tang Wanqi arrived, praised Cheng Han, ended his recruit training, and ordered him to report to Black Mountain Camp.
  • Hu Yinan and Mu Zhenghao met Cheng Han and remarked that the powerful Tang Wanqi had personally come to rescue him.
  • Qu XiaoYing helped her squad capture a Gui Deer and offered it to Cheng Han, who declined and bestowed Weapon and Entangling Runes for her to use in emergencies.

Ch. 157A Skill That Astounded the Entire Crowd

Cheng Han arrived at Black Mountain Camp, refused Army Master Gong ZhengHuan’s offer to become an Attendant Guard, and was appointed a Level Three Warrior. At his armor-bestowal demonstration, he crossed Blue Lake using a spectacular sequence of spear-assisted leaps that astonished the crowd.

  • Mu Zhenghao guided Cheng Han into Black Fortress, where Cheng Han recognized the illusion hiding a stone bridge across Blue Lake.
  • Gong ZhengHuan offered Cheng Han an Attendant Guard position, but Cheng Han refused because he wanted to fight Anomalies and Heretical God Believers.
  • Gong ZhengHuan appointed Cheng Han a Level Three Warrior, granted him a generous salary and benefits, and personally helped him don his Black Armor.
  • At the public armor demonstration, Cheng Han hurled six short spears and used the Horse Stealing Hidden Force technique to leap across Blue Lake in his armor.
  • Gong ZhengHuan applauded Cheng Han’s performance, and the gathered crowd cheered his extraordinary display.

Ch. 158157 Cheng Han's New Script, the Female Warrior's Outstanding Performance

Cheng Han joined the Second Battle Group after Mu Qiushan promised him rewards for helping it win first place, then used Qu XiaoYing and the Black Cat in a staged mission to raise her standing in the Destroyer Emissary. Qu XiaoYing earned Ferocious Crow’s praise and trust, setting her up for the Black Armor Army’s next stage.

  • Cheng Han accepted Mu Qiushan’s offer of secret medicines and a higher allowance in exchange for helping the Second Battle Group win first place, and secured a private residence.
  • Chen XueAn and Ni ZiYu were moved from their shared residence to make room for Cheng Han, who later realized they were hostile toward him.
  • Cheng Han told Qu XiaoYing to accept the Destroyer Emissary’s mission and stage a performance, then enlisted the Black Cat as the villain in his plan.
  • Qu XiaoYing warned her companions about a supposed trap, destroyed it with a spear, and escaped while the Black Cat killed one of the group’s members.
  • Ferocious Crow praised Qu XiaoYing, rewarded her, and became more trusting after she demonstrated her martial skill and claimed it came from an ancestral Sartre technique.

Ch. 159Spirit Refining Imprints, Human-Shaped Grinder

Cheng Han set out to cultivate the Hawkeye Imprint, but spent much of his time grilling, drinking tea, and entertaining himself at the stele. He eventually comprehended the imprint in thirty-nine hours, earning the Second Battle Group a total of 350 War Merit Points and resolving to farm even more.

  • Cheng Han registered to cultivate the Hawkeye Imprint and analyzed the illusion power around Clear Imprint Tower, strengthening his Illusion Magic and raising his Spirit Value limit to 95.
  • Cheng Han quickly entered visualization at the stele but realized the Hawkeye Imprint was a simplified form of a seal he already understood, so he deliberately slowed down and grilled food to avoid seeming impossibly talented.
  • Chen XueAn grew increasingly irritated by Cheng Han's cooking and tea while the other warriors continued observing the stele.
  • Cheng Han asked Mu Qiushan about rewards for breaking the Hawkeye Imprint record, then returned to the valley the next day with furniture and tea.
  • After thirty-nine hours, Cheng Han comprehended the Hawkeye Imprint, and the Army Master Affairs Pavilion awarded the Second Battle Group 300 War Merit Points in addition to the 50-point imprint reward.

Ch. 160This Cat Is Really in a Tough Spot

Cheng Han began training in Eagle Strike Nine Transformations and impressed Zheng Yong by hitting a target six hundred meters away on his first try. In Qinglin City, Black Cat carried Qian Qingqing’s banquet proposal to Cheng Han and received a lengthy plan to help the Second Battle Group farm points.

  • Tie Feng took Cheng Han to meet Zheng Yong, who agreed to teach him Eagle Strike Nine Transformations in a training class.
  • Zheng Yong demonstrated the nine techniques and explained the first form, Flying Oblique Strike.
  • Cheng Han threw a short spear past the three-hundred-meter target and struck a target six hundred meters away, astonishing Zheng Yong and the trainees.
  • Black Cat read Qian Qingqing’s letter proposing a banquet to promote supernatural ingredients and goods made from Supernatural Materials.
  • Cheng Han sent back a plan to use the banquet to help the Second Battle Group farm points, and Black Cat worried about writing out his lengthy reply.

Ch. 161160 Young Girl and Black Cat

The Black Cat struggled to deliver Cheng Han’s message to Qian Qingqing, first with ant corpses and then with a secret writing technique. The next day, Qian Qingqing promoted the Qian family’s Appreciation Fair, and information about its C-Class materials began spreading through Bian Dongan and Nightingale Miss.

  • The Black Cat used ants to write Cheng Han’s letter, and Qian Qingqing painstakingly pieced the scattered pages together before reading it.
  • Cheng Han taught the Black Cat a secret technique that used Light Threads to write a quick letter on bark, which Qian Qingqing received.
  • Qian Qingqing and Qian Yiqing invited Bian Du to the Appreciation Fair and gave him a brooch made from a C-Class Supernatural Creature.
  • Bian Du rejected Bian Dongan’s request to attend and warned him not to pursue Qian Qingqing, whose boyfriend was already a Black Armor Army warrior.
  • Bian Dongan told Nightingale Miss about the fair, and she passed information about its C-Class materials to a martial artist for money.
  • The Black Cat listened from a rooftop and left after concluding that its news had spread and the big fish would soon take the bait.

Ch. 162The Masterful Dramatist

Cheng Han traced a criminal gang tailing Qian Qingqing and her father, then discovered a new Ice Strike skill while walking through the snow. He confronted Lu Erren for bullying his meal-delivery servant and challenged him to withstand the move, leaving Lu Erren facing a public choice.

  • Cheng Han used Black Cat’s observations to identify a skilled tail following Qian Qingqing and her father, then ordered Black Cat to search the Patrol General Department’s archives for major robbery cases.
  • Cheng Han learned that Lu Erren had arranged trouble for Wang Xiang to stir conflict within the Second Battle Group, so he set out to confront him.
  • As Cheng Han practiced controlling the snow with his Black Umbrella, he understood the Ice Fiend’s attack and formed a new skill called Ice Strike.
  • Cheng Han tested Ice Strike on a cedar, freezing it solid before the tree collapsed.
  • Cheng Han apologized to Chen XueAn for his move to new quarters and told Lu Erren he had come to stand up for Wang Xiang.
  • Cheng Han challenged Lu Erren to take his newly comprehended move, and Lu Erren hesitated under the gaze of the onlookers.

Ch. 163A Complete Defeat, the Colonel's Wife Delivers a Meal

Cheng Han forced Lu Erren to apologize for bullying a servant, then decisively defeated Guo Qing in a duel by trapping him with his Ice Element Profound Method Trait. After thanking Madam Mu, Cheng Han headed to Clear Imprint Tower, saying he had caught a bit of inspiration.

  • Cheng Han refused to let the Deerskin Hat Team Leader change the subject and pressured Lu Erren into agreeing to apologize for bullying a servant.
  • Cheng Han accepted the Team Leader's challenge and trapped him in an Ice Prison, then restored the shattered cage and restrained him with Ice Spikes.
  • The Team Leader, identified as Guo Qing by onlookers, conceded after Cheng Han asked whether he still wanted to fight.
  • Cheng Han met Colonel Mu Qiushan and Madam Mu, thanked her for the meal she had sent him, and said he was going to Clear Imprint Tower after catching a bit of inspiration.
  • Madam Mu suspected Cheng Han was about to comprehend a new Spirit Refining Imprint and offered to cook another meal for him.

Ch. 164A Youth Walks Through Snow, the Drama Begins

Cheng Han leisurely studied the Ice Jade Talisman while setting a scheme in motion through Qian Qingqing and the Black Cat. After he comprehended the imprint and drew the Second Battle Group to the stele valley, Tie Feng arrived with an important message, bringing the planned operation to its start.

  • Cheng Han received the Black Cat’s signal in the stele valley and ordered it to begin the operation, then returned with nuts and later cooked soup while studying the Ice Jade Stele.
  • Qian Qingqing sent Qian Changyun to deliver a secret letter to Cao Ruifeng at the Ninth Outpost, where the Black Cat followed him.
  • Cao Ruifeng read the letter, traveled to Headquarters, and informed Yu Xianglong, who used the Communication Mystic Array to contact the Black Armor Army.
  • Cheng Han comprehended the Ice Jade Talisman while sitting beside his soup, stopping the snow in the stele valley and breaking the record with a time of thirty-two hours.
  • Tie Feng arrived with members of the Second Battle Group, congratulated Cheng Han, and said he had come about something extremely important.

Ch. 165The Net Closes Successfully, Geniuses Are All Monsters

Qian Qingqing hosted an Appreciation Fair where she exposed and wounded disguised members of a Plunder Gang, while Cheng Han and the Black Armor Army ambushed the gang outside. Cheng Han killed Bald Gutt with a series of refined spear techniques, and the operation earned the Second Battle Group major credit.

  • Qian Qingqing trained before dawn, dressed as a female warrior, and meticulously prepared to host the Appreciation Fair.
  • Qian Qingqing sensed several suspicious guests, then used her Short Spears and plates to wound five Plunder Gang members as they tried to cause trouble.
  • Qian Qingqing calmed the guests by announcing that the Black Armor Army had anticipated the gang’s attack and was ready to crush it.
  • Cheng Han and the Black Armor Army ambushed the gang’s arriving vehicles, and Cheng Han killed Bald Gutt with successive transformations of Eagle Strike Nine Transformations.
  • Tie Feng praised Cheng Han for the successful operation and confirmed that the Second Battle Group had caught a gang responsible for major crimes.

Ch. 166Heretical God, Don't Force My Hand

Cheng Han helped the Black Armor Army defeat the Crimson Corpse after weakening the First Heretical God’s attempt to intervene, then persuaded Tie Feng to promote the Qian Family’s Appreciation Fair. The chapter left Qian Qingqing’s event drawing attention as Tie Feng publicly praised its food.

  • Tie Feng’s Black Armor Army cleared the Plunder Gang’s corpses, but Tie Feng sensed danger in the Snowy Forest and ordered an evacuation when the aura of the First Heretical God emerged.
  • Cheng Han secretly released a trace of the Trash Boss’s aura, causing the First Heretical God to abandon its plan to retaliate, while the corpse transformed into a Crimson Corpse.
  • Cheng Han joined the fight and used his Ice Element Profound Method Trait to trap the Crimson Corpse, allowing Tie Feng and the Warriors to destroy it with Rainbow Piercing Spears.
  • Cheng Han improved his Body Forging Imprint through Deduction, and Tie Feng praised him for helping win the battle.
  • Cheng Han asked Tie Feng to support Qian Qingqing’s business, and Tie Feng publicly sampled and praised the Qian Family’s food at the Appreciation Fair.

Ch. 167Vengeance Prologue

Cheng Han gained the freedom to work with any squad in the Second Battle Group as the Commandant recognized his extraordinary contributions. While preparing for the Destroyer Emissary’s likely revenge, Cheng Han devised a new script called “Vengeance Prologue,” and Gua Gua demonstrated startling cleverness at the Blacksmith Shop.

  • Four team leaders competed to recruit Cheng Han, but Mu Qiushan granted him authority to choose missions and cooperate with any Second Battle Group squad.
  • Cheng Han worried that the Destroyer Emissary would retaliate for its losses and ordered Qu XiaoYing to watch the organization for unusual activity.
  • Cheng Han used Snow Control to help servants clear snow around Blue Lake as he rode Gua Gua through camp.
  • At the Blacksmith Shop, Gua Gua cooperated with the Artificer, shattered its newly fitted identification ring, and then reinstalled it itself.
  • Cheng Han outlined a story of vengeance and righteous punishment and named his new script “Vengeance Prologue.”

Ch. 168The Shameless Ones, Gua Gua's Performance

Cheng Han chose Cao Hongyi’s regional patrol mission near Qinglin City, which fit his plan to lure the Destroyer Emissary’s people into attacking him. He set out with Cao Hongyi’s team and Gua Gua, whose map-reading, supply-carrying, and cooking skills impressed everyone.

  • Ao Feng, Ling Handong, and two other Team Leaders waited at Cheng Han’s residence, each hoping to recruit him and two arriving with gifts.
  • Cheng Han declined Ao Feng’s and Ling Handong’s missions, then accepted Cao Hongyi’s regional patrol mission forty kilometers from Qinglin City.
  • Cheng Han joined Cao Hongyi’s team and brought Gua Gua along, intending to use himself as bait for the Destroyer Emissary’s covert operatives.
  • Gua Gua followed Cao Hongyi’s mapped route without error and fetched water for the team while they traveled.
  • Gua Gua gathered firewood, arranged a stove, and prepared lunch with Cheng Han’s help, impressing the team with its practical skills.

Ch. 169Netherworld's Countless True Incarnations, Weather Walkers

Cheng Han’s Netherworld incarnations set a revenge plot in motion while his Black Armor Army squad built a fortress ahead of a blizzard. As the storm arrived, Cheng Han sensed that a Weather Walker had strengthened it and prepared for a fierce attack.

  • One Netherworld incarnation used a Black Cat to kill pigeons, expecting the vengeance scheme to draw out a Garrison Profound Warrior and weaken the Mystic Array.
  • Another Netherworld watched a servant send a message from a supply station, then criticized the Underground Intelligence Network for its slow response.
  • Cheng Han’s squad reached its patrol zone and built a two-level ice-and-wood War Fortress, which Cheng Han said would be needed for a blizzard expected that night.
  • At Mao Tai Winery, Netherworld recruited a boy whose father had been killed by the winery owner, Wei Qian, to carry out revenge with a knife he had sharpened for three years.
  • As a blizzard swept over the Snowy Plains, Cheng Han sensed unusual fluctuations in the wind and snow and deduced that a Weather Walker had interfered.

Ch. 170Vengeance Begins: This Kid Is More Cunning Than a Fox

Cheng Han’s plan used Liu Mingshan’s betrayal and a staged distress signal to draw the Destroyer Emissary into an ambush. After escaping an Executor’s devastating attack through a hidden tunnel, Cheng Han learned that Qinglin City’s Garrison Profound Warriors had arrived.

  • During a blizzard, Liu Mingshan stabbed and decapitated Cao Hongshan, but Cao’s death proved to be an illusion created with the Black Stone Idol, and Liu fled after sending a distress signal.
  • Cheng Han explained that Liu would lead reinforcements into an ambush, while Cao realized Cheng had anticipated the Heretical God Believers’ plan.
  • At the Black Mountain Camp, Mu Qiushan and Tie Feng identified Cao Hongshan’s beacon and worried that an Executor might threaten Cheng and his team.
  • Cheng Han sensed an attack approaching and led the group through a secret tunnel, leaving an armored Snowman on guard to deceive the enemy.
  • An Ice Beast more than sixty meters tall destroyed the war fortress, but the group survived underground, and Cheng Han deduced that Qinglin City’s Garrison Profound Warriors had been drawn into the operation.

Ch. 171Betrayers Die by Betrayal; the Devout Die by Devotion

Cheng Han led the Black Armor Army squad through the blizzard, tracked Liu Mingshan with a method he had comprehended, and helped Cao Hongshan turn Liu’s allies against him. After Liu died, the squad surrounded the remaining Heretical God Believers, who realized they were trapped.

  • Cheng Han timed the squad’s escape from a snow dragon attack, then led them over a ridge and into a Snowy Forest.
  • Cheng Han used the blizzard and Liu Mingshan’s short spear to trace the betrayer’s direction, and the squad pursued him.
  • Cheng Han sensed that Liu and fifteen other Heretical God Believers were nearby, while Cao Hongshan called out that Liu had secretly helped the Black Armor Army.
  • Liu Mingshan’s companions distrusted him, and he charged the squad alone before being struck by two short spears and dying in prayer.
  • Cao Hongshan asked Cheng Han to help kill the remaining believers, and Cheng Han claimed his stronger illusion magic would doom them.
  • The Heretical God Believers decided to scatter, but footsteps from at least fifty people surrounded them.

Ch. 172The Aura of a Divine Object

Cheng Han and the warriors destroyed the Heretical God Believers’ attempt to create an Evil Curse Corpse, then turned toward Qinglin City, where Netherworld used a boy’s revenge to frighten a powerful Flesh Lump into removing its anchor. Netherworld identified the aura of a Divine Object and anticipated an even greater harvest.

  • Cheng Han detonated the Evil Curse Stone with Raven Extinction Blood, helping the warriors kill all sixteen Heretical God Believers and prevent an Evil Curse Corpse from forming.
  • Cheng Han explained how he had prepared for the believers’ flesh magic and considered the powerful Supernatural Item hidden in Qinglin City.
  • Netherworld gave a boy information and instructions, then led him into Mao Tai Winery to kill Wei Qian, the man who had murdered his father.
  • The boy killed Wei Qian, raised his head in the courtyard, and publicly accused him while asking the Garrison Profound Warrior to execute him.
  • Netherworld fought the Flesh Lump in the underground wine cellar as the Mystic Array’s threat frightened it into using Flash Teleport and removing its anchor.
  • Netherworld concluded that his plan had succeeded and sensed the aura of a Divine Object.

Ch. 173Fragment of Divine Essence, Another Divine Skill

Cheng Han helped the six Netherworlds defeat the Flesh Mass Monster and discovered that its loot, the Fragment of Divine Essence, belonged to the Lord of Myriad Netherworlds. An analysis of the fragment revealed a vision of the Myriad Radiance Divine Banyan’s origins and raised his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame to 63.72%, granting him the Divine Skill Ten Directions Flame God Prison.

  • Cheng Han deduced the Flesh Mass Monster’s hidden cave, shared its location with the six Netherworlds, and watched them defeat it with coordinated attacks.
  • A Netherworld recovered the Fragment of Divine Essence, which Cheng Han identified as a piece of the Nether Soil Heretical God and linked to the Lord of Myriad Netherworlds.
  • Cheng Han brought together the Fragment of Divine Essence, Heretical God Blood, and Stone of Divine Soul to analyze them simultaneously.
  • The analysis showed the Three Heretical Gods attacking the Myriad Radiance Divine Banyan, and the Divine Lord sacrificing himself to protect its seed from the black Chains.
  • Cheng Han analyzed the Chains and their Black Flame, raising his Fragmented Imprint of True Flame to 63.72% and gaining the Divine Skill Ten Directions Flame God Prison.

Ch. 174Heretical Gods Can Keep You Very Full

Cheng Han killed a Fire-Roasting Ice Wraith with his new Divine Skill, then realized the First Heretical God had entered the Snowy Plains and was targeting the Black Armor Army squad. Unable to risk summoning Trash Boss, he opened a gateway for Eternal Hunger and baited it with the promise of eating a Heretical God.

  • Cheng Han tracked down a Fire-Roasting Ice Wraith, lured it from its burrow, and destroyed it with Ten Directions Flame God Prison as three Profound Pavilion Mystic Adepts watched in awe.
  • Cheng Han reunited with Gua Gua and headed toward a cave, but a signal summoned the Black Armor Army Second Battle Group Eighteenth Squad.
  • Cheng Han deduced that the First Heretical God had sent power into the area and was likely preparing to attack Cao Hongshan and the others.
  • Cheng Han rejected the idea of summoning Trash Boss and instead opened a gateway to Eternal Hunger, promising it a Heretical God to eat.
  • Eternal Hunger's gateway opened as the Heretical God watched Cheng Han from afar, and Cheng Han escaped its reach with Netherlight Leap.

Ch. 175This Big Shot Was Reliable—He Really Took On a Heretical God!

Cheng Han watched Eternal Hunger drive off the First Heretical God's avatar, then received a valuable Titan's Horn as a reward. After returning to his squad and earning a record haul of War Merit Points, he tried to evade captains waiting outside his home to recruit him.

  • Cheng Han used Deduction to observe Eternal Hunger chase the First Heretical God's avatar, which fled after Eternal Hunger and Cheng Han insulted it as the Fart God.
  • Eternal Hunger vanished after defeating the threat, then spat out a tooth that Cheng Han identified as a fragment of a Terra Titan's Horn.
  • Cheng Han returned to Cao Hongshan and the others, told them the mission was complete, and led them back to Black Mountain Camp at dawn.
  • The Second Battle Group received five thousand War Merit Points for the mission, and Mu Qiushan praised Cheng Han and told him to rest.
  • Cheng Han rode Gua Gua toward home, spotted captains waiting outside, and fled when they called out to invite him to dinner.

Ch. 176Shadow Clone Obtained from the Hunger Lord

Cheng Han left Black Mountain Camp for Anhua City and tested an illusory clone based on Hunger Lord's incarnation while traveling with a merchant convoy. After he destroyed an Ice Fiend, the convoy realized the boy and everything connected to him had been an illusion, while Cheng Han continued on to Anhua City.

  • Cheng Han persuaded Mu Qiushan to approve his trip to Anhua City and left Black Mountain Camp with Gua Gua.
  • Cheng Han gathered game and fish, then pretended to be a runaway child so a merchant convoy would let him travel alongside it.
  • During a lunch stop, Cheng Han shared roasted rabbit with the convoy leader's daughter and let the guards believe he was an ordinary child.
  • When an Ice Fiend charged the convoy, Cheng Han attacked it and destroyed it instantly before he and Gua Gua vanished.
  • The convoy discovered that Cheng Han and the traces of his visit had been illusions, while Cheng Han rode into Anhua City and reflected on his illusory clone technique.
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