Chapter Summaries

Hua Qiang tried to lure the lost Ao Shanshan into following him with candied hawthorn and grilled meat. Tempted by the food, Ao Shanshan agreed to go with him on the condition that he cook for her every day.

• Hua Qiang learned that Ao Shanshan had arrived in the sea region through a spatial rift and could not find her way home.
• Hua Qiang offered to take care of Ao Shanshan, but she suspected he was plotting something and refused to leave her parents behind.
• Hua Qiang gave Ao Shanshan candied hawthorn, and she eagerly tasted it.
• Hua Qiang accidentally revealed grilled Flood Dragon meat, which Ao Shanshan snatched and enjoyed even more than the candy.
• Ao Shanshan decided to follow Hua Qiang after he promised to make her grilled meat and candied hawthorn every day.

Ao Shanshan fought the peak Level Six Deep Sea Blue Whale while Hua Qiang and the others watched from the fishing boat. After the whale drew her toward its open mouth, she transformed into a gigantic golden dragon, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ao Shanshan charged at the Deep Sea Blue Whale, hoping to catch it and make it carry her and the others across the sea.
• Ao Shanshan and the whale exchanged attacks, and she struck it with Rising Dragon Fist while it countered with water arrows and a vortex.
• The whale and Ao Shanshan clashed with sonic attacks, causing space to fracture into Void Rifts and black holes.
• Ao Shanshan wounded the whale with Sky-Rending Claw, leaving deep marks and staining the sea with its blood.
• The whale opened its mouth and pulled Ao Shanshan toward it, but she transformed into a gigantic golden dragon.

Little Dragon Girl fought the level-six blue whale but was wounded by its energy spears and returned to Hua Qiang for help. As the whale charged at their boat, Hua Qiang reached out to seize it.

• Little Dragon Girl transformed into a golden dragon and clashed with the blue whale, cutting its back with her claws.
• The blue whale broke free of Little Dragon Girl’s vortex with a barrage of energy spears that pierced her body.
• Little Dragon Girl returned to the boat in toddler form, and Ye Bingxue and the other girls treated her wounds.
• Little Dragon Girl tearfully asked Hua Qiang to avenge her, and the blue whale charged at the boat.
• Hua Qiang reached out toward the rampaging Deep Sea Blue Whale.

Hua Qiang subdued the Deep Sea Blue Whale and brought his team safely to the central island, where he collected seawater and sea creatures. Two days later, other national teams began arriving, including a group of Japanese contestants celebrating on a distant beach.

• The Deep Sea Blue Whale attacked Hua Qiang's boat but was immobilized and captured by his enormous claw.
• Hua Qiang accepted the blue whale's surrender and signed a Master-Servant Contract with it.
• Hua Qiang's team boarded the blue whale and reached the central island first after it drove away the surrounding Mutant Beasts.
• Hua Qiang opened a vortex to collect seawater and sea creatures, and the blue whale gathered more powerful sea beasts for him.
• Two days later, contestants from several national teams reached the island, while Japanese contestants celebrated their landing on a distant beach.

The contestants reached the island for the second stage after surviving attacks from mutant beasts, and the teams prepared for the individual events. Hua Qiang killed Yamamoto Taichiro after he leered at Ao Shanshan and harassed her.

• Mauritius led the Black Bear Nation team in defeating a school of Bloodthirsty Mad Sharks, though half the team was injured.
• The first-stage deadline arrived, and 180 teams gathered on the island while contestants who had not arrived were eliminated.
• The host distributed smartwatches with competition-tracking and self-protection functions, and contestants rested before the individual events began the next day.
• Yamamoto Taichiro approached Hua Qiang's team and leered at Ao Shanshan.
• Hua Qiang struck Yamamoto Taichiro with one palm, killing him.

Hua Qiang killed Yamamoto Taichiro and drove the Sakura Country team away after demonstrating that they could not challenge him. The Martial Alliance Tournament’s second stage began, and Hua Qiang found himself alone in a valley facing Level 4 Crimson Rock Rats.

• Hua Qiang killed Yamamoto Taichiro with a slap, enraging the Sakura Country contestants and making Yokoyama Eiko suspect Hua Qiang had reached the Martial Emperor Realm.
• Hua Qiang slapped Okamoto Hideo from a distance when he challenged him, and Yokoyama Eiko led her team away.
• The tournament announced that its second stage would last five days, with contestants fighting alone against Mutant Beasts and possible schemes from other people.
• Hua Qiang put Little Dragon Girl away before contestants stepped onto the teleportation platform and were sent to separate locations.
• Hua Qiang arrived in a red-soil valley and spotted several Level 4 Crimson Rock Rats.

Hua Qiang lured a surviving Crimson Rock Rat back to its Rat King after killing four of its brothers, hoping to draw out a larger force and earn more points. The Rat King ordered General Kaoshan Shu Wuzhi and the Front Guard Battalion to attack Hua Qiang.

• Hua Qiang overheard the Crimson Rock Rats joking about their lives and decided to use them to draw out their group.
• The rats charged Hua Qiang and attacked him with flames, but he swept the fire back at them and killed four with a few gestures.
• One rat survived because it rolled into wet mud, and Hua Qiang deliberately let it flee to seek reinforcements.
• The burned rat reported the attack to the Rat King, who ordered General Kaoshan Shu Wuzhi to lead the Front Guard Battalion against Hua Qiang.

Hua Qiang reached the Rat Kingdom and massacred its assembled forces with a colossal palm strike. Red-Haired Rat King survived and used a spatial ability to appear before Hua Qiang and attack him.

• Hua Qiang checked the leaderboard and saw that he had taken first place, while Ye Bingxue ranked twelfth.
• Shu Wuxin told Red-Haired Rat King that General Kaoshan and his entire force had been killed, so Rat King ordered his troops to assemble for battle.
• Hua Qiang arrived before Rat King and the assembled Rat Kingdom army, then unleashed a massive palm strike that crushed countless rats.
• Red-Haired Rat King used a spatial ability to appear in front of Hua Qiang and launch an attack.

Hua Qiang entered a red wilderness and slaughtered a herd of Berserk Unicorn Rhinoceroses, earning a huge haul of Slaughter Points while keeping most of his strength hidden from the worldwide broadcast. He left with the beasts’ bodies and half a small goal’s worth of points.

• Hua Qiang tossed the Rat King into the Human World of his Level 6 world and continued through a valley into a vast red wilderness.
• Hua Qiang spotted more than two hundred Berserk Unicorn Rhinoceroses, including Level 4 and Level 5 beasts, and decided to hunt them for points.
• Hua Qiang attacked with Wind God Palm's Myriad Palm Shadows, using only ten percent of his power to avoid drawing attention.
• The rhinoceroses fired electrical pillars from their horns, but Hua Qiang overwhelmed them with successive palms and killed the herd.
• Hua Qiang collected nearly two hundred rhinoceros corpses and received enough Slaughter Points to earn half a small goal.

Hua Qiang's score of 1,123,360 put him far ahead of every other competitor, while Ye Bingxue ranked sixth with 27,000 points. After the score was confirmed as legitimate, Lu Guangyao celebrated China's likely victory as rival delegation leaders congratulated him.

• Hua Qiang checked the leaderboard and was pleased to see Ye Bingxue ranked sixth, despite his own score dwarfing everyone else's.
• Spectators at the Sea of Death viewing stands doubted the enormous score gap and suspected a data error.
• James ordered Miss Harris to check the leaderboard data, and she confirmed that Hua Qiang's score was real.
• Lu Guangyao saw Hua Qiang in first place and Ye Bingxue in sixth and became certain China would win the competition.
• Other countries' delegation leaders congratulated Lu Guangyao, who welcomed their praise and anticipated China's triumph.

Abe Takeo and several team leaders accused Hua Qiang of cheating, and James agreed to discuss a response that could disqualify him. Meanwhile, Wu Qiqi fought two Ghost-Faced Demon Scorpions with her whip and Python Vine, leaving the battle at a stalemate.

• Abe Takeo and other team leaders claimed Hua Qiang had cheated and demanded that his score and competition eligibility be revoked.
• James welcomed their complaint and proposed holding a meeting to address it.
• Wu Qiqi faced a Level 4 Intermediate and a Peak Level 4 Ghost-Faced Demon Scorpion on a mountain path.
• Wu Qiqi dodged one scorpion’s venom and used her whip to attack it, but it clamped onto the weapon.
• Wu Qiqi summoned a Python Vine to restrain the peak-level scorpion, which broke partly free before the vine wrapped around it again.

Wu Qiqi defeated two Level 4 Demonic Scorpions and later encountered Kanu and his King Cobra in the desert. Kanu sent the snake toward her as she prepared to defend herself.

• Wu Qiqi coordinated her long whip and Python Vines to kill two Level 4 Demonic Scorpions and gain their points.
• Kanu commanded his golden-scaled King Cobra to kill a Level 4 wild boar, then fed it a dark object before continuing onward.
• Wu Qiqi checked the leaderboard, felt discouraged by her low ranking, and resolved to catch up.
• Wu Qiqi left a canyon and spotted Kanu and his King Cobra on the hot stretch of yellow sand.
• Kanu concealed his intentions from the drone, then drove the King Cobra toward Wu Qiqi as she raised her guard.

Kanu pretended to ask Wu Qiqi for directions before ordering his King Cobra to ambush her. Wu Qiqi fought back with Python Vines, but the King Cobras defeated them and left her injured.

• Kanu approached Wu Qiqi under the pretense of asking for directions, then secretly commanded his King Cobra to attack.
• Wu Qiqi tried to strike the King Cobra with her whip, but it dodged, attacked her hand, and sprayed venom.
• Wu Qiqi evaded the venom and summoned Python Vines to restrain the King Cobra.
• The King Cobra split into several identical copies and battered the Python Vines with its tail strikes.
• The Python Vines broke apart, and Wu Qiqi suffered backlash, coughed blood, and turned pale.

Wu Qiqi fought Kanu in the arena, but his King Cobra gained the upper hand with a three-headed attack. After the cobra's sonic attack and black mist impaired her, venom struck Wu Qiqi and poisoned her.

• Kanu mocked Wu Qiqi and demanded that she hand over her points.
• Wu Qiqi summoned the Giant Python Poison Dragon Drill, which clashed with Kanu's King Cobra in a fierce stalemate.
• Kanu strengthened the King Cobra, which suddenly grew two additional heads and attacked Wu Qiqi with venom, black mist, and Demonic Sound.
• The Demonic Sound disrupted Wu Qiqi and the black mist obscured her vision, leaving her unable to dodge the venom.
• Venom struck Wu Qiqi, turning her skin black and leaving her weak and dizzy.

Yagyu Shizune watched Wu Qiqi and Kanu weaken each other in battle, then appeared to offer Wu Qiqi a deal. She left Wu Qiqi choosing between surrendering her points to Kanu or accepting Yagyu Shizune’s help in exchange for them.

• Yagyu Shizune hid nearby and waited for Wu Qiqi, Kanu, and the King Cobra to exhaust themselves.
• Wu Qiqi swallowed a Detox Pill but remained weakened by Kanu’s poison, while Kanu threatened her and demanded her points.
• Yagyu Shizune revealed herself, dismissed Kanu’s threats, and identified Wu Qiqi.
• Yagyu Shizune offered to defeat and cripple Kanu if Wu Qiqi gave her the points.

Yagyu Shizune killed Kanu’s weakened King Cobra with her One-Blade Style and defeated Kanu after he attacked her. She demanded that Wu Qiqi hand over the points as promised.

• Kanu ordered his weakened King Cobra to attack Yagyu Shizune after she taunted him.
• Yagyu Shizune wounded the King Cobra with River Sever, then killed it with Mountain Slayer.
• Kanu charged at Yagyu Shizune with a bamboo flute, but she kicked him into the ground.
• Yagyu Shizune threatened Kanu and demanded that he transfer the points, then told Wu Qiqi to fulfill her promise and hand them over.

Yagyu Shizune forced Kanu to transfer his points, then eliminated him and turned on Wu Qiqi. Wu Qiqi resisted with her vine technique, but Yagyu Shizune pressed her attack.

• Kanu accused Yagyu Shizune of stealing his points, but she struck him and threatened him until he transferred them to her.
• Yagyu Shizune used Kanu's smart watch to activate a protective shield and eliminate him from the competition.
• Wu Qiqi watched Kanu's elimination and vowed to defend her points despite her weakened condition.
• Yagyu Shizune demanded Wu Qiqi's points, but Wu Qiqi refused and attacked with two thorn-covered vines.
• Yagyu Shizune dodged the vines and stabbed at Wu Qiqi, whose vine shield blocked the blow but left her injured.
• Yagyu Shizune attacked Wu Qiqi again and taunted her about how long she could keep defending herself.

Wu Qiqi fought Yagyu Shizune with her Python Vines but was defeated and eliminated from the arena. Elsewhere, Alpha continued building his team by turning another Hunli Kingdom contestant into a servant.

• Yagyu Shizune broke through Wu Qiqi’s vine defenses and drove her back with her escape technique and swordsmanship.
• Wu Qiqi launched an all-out attack, but Yagyu Shizune evaded the Python Vines and gradually weakened her.
• Yagyu Shizune struck Wu Qiqi down, and Wu Qiqi activated her self-protection button and was carried out of the competition grounds.
• Alpha wiped blood from his mouth after draining and transforming a Hunli Kingdom contestant into his fourth servant.
• Alpha’s four subordinates hunted Mutant Beasts while his score rapidly increased.

Ye Bingxue reached third place in the rankings after defeating a giant Brown Bear, then encountered Alpha’s team as they charged toward her to seize her points. The chapter ended with Ye Bingxue standing her ground, alert and ready to respond.

• Alpha checked the rankings, resented Hua Qiang’s overwhelming lead, and led his subordinates onward to hunt Mutant Beasts.
• Ye Bingxue’s Ice Dragon killed a giant Brown Bear, and she collected its corpse after the battle.
• Ye Bingxue left the valley and saw that she had risen to third place, behind Hua Qiang.
• Alpha’s team spotted Ye Bingxue and rushed toward her, hoping to take her points and climb to second place.
• Ye Bingxue watched the approaching competitors warily and prepared to confront them if they attacked.

Ye Bingxue rejected Alpha's group's demand for her points after their lecherous taunts and attacked Milusky. She overwhelmed him with her sword, leaving him badly injured and calling for help as his companions watched.

• Alpha's group approached Ye Bingxue and demanded that she hand over her points.
• Alpha and one of his subordinates made lecherous remarks at Ye Bingxue, provoking her fury.
• Ye Bingxue charged and struck Milusky with her longsword before he could do more than raise his spear to block.
• Milusky was knocked back, spat blood, and stared at Ye Bingxue in terror.
• Ye Bingxue repeatedly slashed at the injured Milusky, who shouted for his companions to attack.