Chapter Summaries

Purr fought John Truss in the arena, countering his River Severing Sword with a pair of scythes and breaking his longsword. John Truss charged again in a rage, and Purr met him with a deadly double-scythe attack.

• John Truss and Purr began their arena duel, trading more than a dozen blows with a greatsword and a scythe.
• John Truss declared that he was getting serious, and Purr taunted him to surrender.
• John Truss unleashed his River Severing Sword, sending a devastating strike toward Purr.
• Purr blocked the strike with two scythes and ground John Truss's longsword apart.
• John Truss charged at Purr with his broken sword, and Purr lunged back with both scythes aimed at his neck.

John Truss wounded Purr with a hidden blade concealed in his broken sword, but Purr healed himself and unleashed a four-scythe attack. The battle continued with John wounded and using a potion to recover.

• Purr mocked John Truss and attacked his broken sword with two black scythes.
• John Truss activated a concealed small sword in the broken blade, piercing Purr's shoulder.
• Purr bound his wound, drank a blood-red potion to heal, and refused John's demand to surrender.
• Purr summoned two more scythes and formed all four into a spinning swastika-shaped attack.
• John Truss blocked the scythes but was struck across the chest by one that broke through his defense.
• John Truss bandaged the wound and drank green liquid that stopped the bleeding and began healing him.

John Truss transformed into a black-bear Gene Warrior and fought Purr, who summoned an Evil Ghost fused with nine scythes. John shattered Purr’s scythe and broke the fusion, sending Purr crashing below the arena.

• John Truss drank a Genetic Potion and transformed into a powerful black-bear Gene Warrior.
• John Truss knocked Purr’s Scythe away and worsened his shoulder wound, so Purr summoned an Evil Ghost from nine scythes.
• Purr merged with the Evil Ghost and clashed with John Truss in a battle that shook the arena.
• The Evil Ghost struck John Truss with its scythe while John fought back with fists, an Energy Shield, and a Black Energy Pillar.
• John Truss enlarged himself and shattered the Evil Ghost’s black dragon and scythe with two punches.
• The fusion broke apart, and Purr flew backward and slammed down below the arena.

John Truss defeated Purr in a brutal match that sparked an online uproar, while Pu Huisheng raged over his son’s loss. The first semifinal began with Yokoyama Eiko trapping Hua Qiang inside a cloud of black mist.

• John Truss won after Purr collapsed, leaving both fighters badly injured and viewers praising their battle.
• Pu Huisheng smashed a wineglass and blamed his defeated son for ruining the Lineage’s hopes of winning the competition.
• The host announced that Yokoyama Eiko would face Hua Qiang in the first semifinal, and the two contestants entered the repaired arena.
• Yokoyama Eiko flirted with Hua Qiang before the match, then dropped a black sphere that filled the arena with thick mist.

Hua Qiang used Void Concealment to evade Yokoyama Eiko’s Black Mist and twice slapped her from behind, embarrassing her in front of the spectators. After Eiko cleared the mist and flirted with him, Hua Qiang denied any improper intent while worrying about Ye Bingxue’s reaction.

• Yokoyama Eiko entered the Black Mist and searched for Hua Qiang, but he vanished with Void Concealment and appeared behind her.
• Hua Qiang slapped Yokoyama Eiko, knocking her out of the mist and leaving her shaken by how easily he had ambushed her.
• Hua Qiang appeared behind Eiko again and slapped her other side, drawing laughter from the spectators and anger from Ye Bingxue.
• Hua Qiang emerged from the mist as Yokoyama Eiko dispersed it, then she flirted with him and offered to let him touch her after the match.
• Hua Qiang denied having meant to slap her backside and called himself an upright person, while nervously glancing at Ye Bingxue.

Yokoyama Eiko attacked Hua Qiang with illusion-based techniques that transformed mountain flowers and lotus leaves into deadly blades, but he countered them with his power. The match continued after Hua Qiang destroyed her second attack with a single punch.

• Yokoyama Eiko teased Hua Qiang and said she would follow him if he defeated her.
• Yokoyama Eiko used Sentient Mountain Flowers, Endless Blades to send illusionary flower blades at Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang summoned a vortex that swallowed every flower blade and ended the illusion.
• Yokoyama Eiko launched Heaven-Connecting Lotus Leaves, Boundless Jade, surrounding Hua Qiang with crescent blades.
• Hua Qiang punched with World-destroying power and reduced the blades to ashes.

Hua Qiang broke Yokoyama Eiko’s illusionary attacks with overwhelming force, while her fascination with him grew. After she unleashed a vision of golden warriors and ice giants, Hua Qiang shattered the illusion with a colossal palm and left her badly injured.

• Hua Qiang’s punch forced Yokoyama Eiko back more than thirty meters and injured her, revealing his superior strength.
• Yokoyama Eiko became captivated by Hua Qiang and activated the saber’s third gemstone to launch another attack.
• Yokoyama Eiko’s illusion filled Hua Qiang’s vision with golden warriors, which he cut down with the Thunderclap Saber.
• The illusion shifted to towering ice-and-snow giants, and Hua Qiang struck them with a colossal palm that shattered the scene.
• Yokoyama Eiko was hurled into the arena, where she crashed into a crater and spat out blood.

Hua Qiang dominated Yokoyama Eiko, who vowed to submit to him if he survived her next move. She summoned Amaterasu's projected avatar, an enormous black dog, leaving Hua Qiang and the arena crowd facing a dangerous battle.

• Hua Qiang urged the battered Yokoyama Eiko to admit defeat, but she recovered with a pill and vowed to stay by his side if he withstood her next move.
• Ye Bingxue glared at Yokoyama Eiko as the crowd reacted jealously to her vow, while Hua Qiang demanded she reveal her remaining strength.
• Yokoyama Eiko performed a ritual with a rune-covered talisman and her essence blood, opening a rift in the sky amid golden light and thunder.
• A colossal black dog emerged from the clouds, and Yokoyama Eiko believed Amaterasu's projected avatar would defeat Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang sensed danger from the creature as Ye Bingxue watched anxiously and the arena fell silent before the battle began.

Hua Qiang and Amaterasu's Clone rose above the clouds to fight, while viewers and leaders in China and Sakura Country watched anxiously. The chapter left the outcome uncertain as people on Misty Island speculated that Hua Qiang might also have reached the Saint Realm.

• Hua Qiang asked Amaterasu's Clone to fight above the clouds, and the two ascended out of sight as drones followed them.
• Contestants and viewers watched the broadcast and wondered whether Hua Qiang could withstand an opponent in the Saint Realm.
• Long Zaixing worried that the battle could ruin China's hopes of winning the competition and gaining rights to a Spirit Stone vein.
• Officials in Sakura Country prayed that Amaterasu's Clone would win, while an old man on a snowy mountain suspected his granddaughter Yokoyama Eiko had used her final trump card.
• People on Misty Island realized Hua Qiang could fly and debated whether he had reached the Emperor Realm or even the Saint Realm.

Hua Qiang fought Amaterasu’s projected avatar after mocking the deity, countering its attacks with the Thunderclap Blade. Amaterasu’s giant claw overwhelmed his defenses and loomed above him as the shadow of death closed in.

• Hua Qiang insulted Amaterasu and rejected its demand that he submit.
• Amaterasu launched a blazing fireball, which Hua Qiang split apart with Blade Art: Thunder Slaughter.
• Amaterasu summoned Heaven-Rending Divine Claw, and Hua Qiang’s Blade Art: Strangulation failed to stop it.
• Hua Qiang struck the giant claw with Heaven-Slaying Saber Art, drawing blood but failing to halt its descent.
• Amaterasu’s claw reached above Hua Qiang as his space to move dwindled and death threatened him.

Hua Qiang summoned his hungry ghost army to fight Amaterasu after the Peak Saint Realm beast forced him out of Void Concealment and injured him. The hungry ghosts wounded Amaterasu but were weakened by its black halo, and Hua Qiang moved to strike.

• Amaterasu crushed the space around Hua Qiang, forcing him out of Void Concealment and making him spit blood before he escaped to a safe distance.
• Hua Qiang summoned his Hungry Ghost Realm army, whose members had reached the Peak Emperor Realm, and sent them to attack Amaterasu.
• Amaterasu spewed black flames and struck at the hungry ghosts, but they kept charging, biting it, and recovering after being knocked away.
• The hungry ghosts coordinated distractions and sneak attacks, leaving wounds on Amaterasu and drawing black blood.
• Amaterasu formed a black halo that weakened and slowed the hungry ghosts, then attacked them with sharper claws and teeth.
• Hua Qiang moved as the battle continued.

Hua Qiang and the Hungry Ghosts fought Amaterasu’s Saint Realm clone, using the Human Emperor Slash and relentless attacks to wear it down. The clone was devoured completely, and Hua Qiang gained 4 billion Slaughter Points.

• Hua Qiang unleashed the Human Emperor Slash, and the Emperor phantom struck at Amaterasu.
• Amaterasu summoned a strange longsword and parried the Emperor phantom’s attacks in a violent clash.
• The Hungry Ghosts seized Amaterasu’s distraction and swarmed over it, tearing off and devouring its flesh.
• Hua Qiang attacked Amaterasu with repeated blade strikes while the Hungry Ghosts continued biting it.
• Amaterasu’s clone ran out of power and was devoured completely by the Hungry Ghosts.
• Hua Qiang received 4 billion Slaughter Points.

After defeating Yokoyama Eiko, Hua Qiang gained four billion Slaughter Points and she pledged to follow him. The competition concluded with Hua Qiang in first place, and the top ten entered a mysterious space to claim their Marrow-Washing Pool rewards.

• Hua Qiang defeated Yokoyama Eiko's summoned black dog, and she conceded and offered to follow him.
• John Truss narrowly won his match, then gave up his match against Hua Qiang; Yokoyama Eiko's opponent also forfeited, leaving her in third place.
• James and eight others used ancient tokens and a mirror to transport the top ten contestants into a mysterious space.
• A voice told the contestants that they could each enter a numbered Marrow-Washing Pool for a marrow-cleansing and tendon-changing session.

Hua Qiang entered the largest Marrow-Washing Pool, where the spiritual qi strengthened his body and raised his Blood Qi Value. He appeared to break through into the Saint Realm and form a Small World, but was abruptly transported to an unfamiliar place.

• The ten entrants entered separate Marrow-Washing Pools, and Yokoyama Eiko kissed Hua Qiang before heading to pool number three.
• Hua Qiang reached the number one pool, stowed his clothes, and meditated as its spiritual qi surged into his body.
• Hua Qiang noticed his Blood Qi Value climbing and felt his physique and strength rapidly transform.
• Hua Qiang saw a vast Small World take shape in his mind and wondered if he had entered the Saint Realm.
• A powerful force pulled Hua Qiang from the strange space, and a pillar of light carried him away.
• Hua Qiang landed painfully in an unfamiliar place, heard a teasing voice apologize, and looked around in confusion.

After arriving on the Sacred Martial Continent, Hua Qiang found that his strength had fallen to the level of an ordinary person there, though his talents, techniques, weapons, and Void Panel remained. Hungry and surrounded by an endless mountain range, he killed two Saint Realm Holy Spirit Rabbits and gained slaughter points.

• Hua Qiang discovered that the power of heaven and earth had reduced his physical strength to ordinary levels, despite his Void Panel still listing him as a Saint Realm Stage 1.
• Hua Qiang realized he had been transported to the Sacred Martial Continent and worried about returning to his family and Mo Yanran.
• Hua Qiang surveyed a valley surrounded by an endless mountain range and searched its tall meadow for food.
• Hua Qiang identified two rabbits as Grade 1 spiritual beasts equivalent to human Saint Realm Stage 1.
• Hua Qiang used the Thunderclap Blade to kill both Holy Spirit Rabbits and gained 20 slaughter points.

Hua Qiang tested his Blood Qi conversion, ate two rabbits, and hunted across the grassland to gather Slaughter Points. After raising his Blood Qi to 44/100, he spotted a Second-Level Spirit Beast, the Azure Lightning Profound Light Deer.

• Hua Qiang confirmed that ten Slaughter Points converted into one Blood Qi and decided to stay in the area to raise his realm.
• Hua Qiang roasted and ate two rabbits, finding that the meat restored his life force and that his appetite had grown.
• Hua Qiang hunted rabbits across the grassland, using Cold Moon to kill them without cutting their bodies in half.
• Hua Qiang converted 320 Slaughter Points into Blood Qi, bringing his total to 44/100, then continued searching for rabbits.
• Hua Qiang encountered a Second-Level Spirit Beast, the Azure Lightning Profound Light Deer, and sensed trouble ahead.

Hua Qiang fought the Tier 2 Azure Lightning Profound Light Deer despite their vast difference in strength. He discovered a weakness in its teleportation and used it to wound the deer’s legs before killing it with Blade Intent: Vanishing Kill.

• Hua Qiang approached the Azure Lightning Profound Light Deer and attacked, but it teleported away from his blade qi and countered with lightning.
• Hua Qiang’s Blade Intent: Strangling failed to hold the deer, so he charged in and struck its hoof as it tried to teleport.
• Hua Qiang realized the deer briefly paused when teleporting, and the wounded deer stopped underestimating him.
• The Azure Lightning Profound Light Deer charged directly at Hua Qiang, and they clashed in a fierce battle of blade and lightning.
• Hua Qiang repeatedly targeted the deer’s legs until all four were wounded and its attacks weakened.
• Hua Qiang used Blade Intent: Vanishing Kill to slash the deer’s neck and cut off its head.

Hua Qiang hunted Azure Lightning Profound Light Deer to build his Blood Qi, then discovered a dangerous Third-Level Spirit Beast, the Saint Prison Three-Headed Dog. After retreating, he hunted Holy Spirit Rabbits until he advanced to the Saint Realm Second Stage.

• Hua Qiang used his Prediction skill to kill three Azure Lightning Profound Light Deer and raise his Blood Qi to 84.
• Hua Qiang heard a strange howl and bark in the darkening grass and cautiously followed the sound.
• Hua Qiang spotted the Saint Prison Three-Headed Dog, recognized it as a Third-Level Spirit Beast, and silently retreated.
• Hua Qiang hunted Holy Spirit Rabbits to gather enough Blood Qi for an advancement.
• Hua Qiang tapped the plus sign beside his Blood Qi and advanced to the Saint Realm Second Stage.

After reaching Saint Realm Tier 2, Hua Qiang confronted the Saint Prison Three-Headed Dog, hoping to kill it and earn enough Slaughter Points to advance again. Their battle left him facing the beast’s iron-pillar cage, with no outcome yet decided.

• Hua Qiang advanced to Saint Realm Tier 2 and realized he needed 200 more Blood Qi to level up again.
• Hua Qiang followed the Saint Prison Three-Headed Dog’s roar through the grass, unaware that the beast had already caught his scent.
• The Saint Prison Three-Headed Dog mocked Hua Qiang after he revealed himself, and Hua Qiang charged with the Thunderclap Blade.
• Hua Qiang attacked the three heads with Thunder Slaughter, Strangling Slaughter, and Evasion Slaughter, but the dog countered each move and bit apart his blade light.
• The Saint Prison Three-Headed Dog roared and summoned black iron pillars that bent into a net, trapping the battlefield in a cage.

Trapped inside the Sacred Domain Three-Headed Dog’s prison cage, Hua Qiang used his Furious Blade Domain to resist the dog’s elemental attacks and tried to smash through the iron pillars. His assault failed, and he ended the chapter injured and still trapped.

• Hua Qiang found himself imprisoned in a sealed cage where fog, ice crystals, and scorching heat attacked him.
• Hua Qiang activated the Flame Martial Guardian to defend himself from the three elements.
• Hua Qiang unleashed his Furious Blade Domain, temporarily blocking the attacks and easing the pressure on his body.
• The Sacred Domain Three-Headed Dog mocked Hua Qiang and demanded that he submit.
• Hua Qiang sent countless blades crashing into the cage’s iron pillars, but they barely shook, and the effort made him cough up blood.