Recaps

Jiang Yan reviewed Myriad Worlds Company’s short-term and long-term contracts and explored the company’s services with its intelligent assistant, Zhuozhuo. He favored the short-term deal, and the chapter ended with him discovering that powerful mechas could let their pilots fight far stronger opponents.

• Moyu offered Jiang Yan long-term and short-term cooperation contracts, and Jiang Yan read through their terms.
• Jiang Yan learned that the short-term contract offered substantial rewards for promotional work, tournament participation, and game testing, while the long-term contract imposed broader obligations for greater benefits.
• Moyu introduced Zhuozhuo, the company’s intelligent assistant, and offered it to Jiang Yan if he signed a contract.
• Jiang Yan used Zhuozhuo to learn that Cloud Core Coins had roughly the same value as Galactic Coins and to browse Myriad Worlds Company’s marketplaces.
• Zhuozhuo explained the ranks and capabilities of Armaments and mechas, including that a God-tier Mecha could fight a Tenth Order extraordinary individual.

After signing a short-term contract with the Myriad Worlds Game Company, Jiang Yan entered the beta test of “Riptide Scorched World” and discovered that the Divine Martial Space had brought his true body into the game. He began in a wasteland village where the punisher was a powerful boss, leaving Jiang Yan free to decide how to survive and what to do next.

• Moyu offered Jiang Yan a contract, and Jiang Yan chose a short-term one before Moyu departed in a projection.
• Frost explained that he had watched Jiang Yan's battle against the Heavenly Demon Cult and that Moyu recruited him after witnessing his counter-kill.
• Zhuozhu confirmed Jiang Yan's signing fee, and Jiang Yan returned to the Police Department and used his Game Pod to download “Riptide Scorched World.”
• Jiang Yan entered the game, where an automatic sequence showed him being whipped for hiding food, then the Divine Martial Space descended with his true body.
• Jiang Yan learned that the game recorded events without assigning quests, while other beta-test players discussed how the punisher was a peak seventh-rank transcendent and discouraged one another from attacking him immediately.

Jiang Yan entered the closed-beta game “Riptide Scorched World” and received a notice that his play would be livestreamed for a fee. While other players planned to obtain the Lava Crystal and defeat the executioner as a group, Jiang Yan proposed killing the executioner himself and stealing their prize, then teased an even stranger plan.

• Jiang Yan learned that escaping or killing the peak seventh-rank executioner was the way to leave the newbie village, and he preferred robbing the Divine Artifact over doing quests.
• Jiang Yan received a message that his gameplay would be livestreamed in ten minutes for 500 Star Core Coins, with revenue split evenly.
• A streamer explained the guide to other players: they would sneak to the Lava Cave, defeat the Lava Monarch for the Lava Crystal, and then use it against the executioner.
• Players invited Jiang Yan to join their crusade team, but he refused and decided the executioner seemed beatable.
• Jiang Yan told his viewers he would attack the executioner while the team fought the Lava Monarch, then steal their Lava Crystal when they returned.
• Jiang Yan argued that players should ignore guides and hinted that he might exploit the executioner's family ties; his viewers reacted with alarm and enthusiasm.

Jiang Yan used a Doppelganger to locate the Enforcer and discovered that the powerful man deeply valued his five wives, giving Jiang Yan a way to control him. After nightfall, Jiang Yan left the factory and entered the Enforcer’s camp while the Enforcer and his wives slept.

• Jiang Yan sent a Doppelganger through the factory, where it passed as a supervisor and showed viewers the enslaved workers and the wasteland outside.
• The Doppelganger found the Enforcer celebrating his capture of more slaves with his five wives, and Jiang Yan decided to use them as leverage.
• Jiang Yan watched as the players escaped the factory after nightfall, then quietly headed for the Enforcer’s camp.
• The Enforcer fell asleep after spending the night with his wives, and an uninvited Jiang Yan stepped into the tent.

Jiang Yan learned that the executioner was an Eighth-Order transcendent who feared Lava Crystals, then headed to the Lava Monarch’s cave to obtain one. After the Monarch trapped and overwhelmed a group of players, Jiang Yan accepted a Planetary Battleship gift from the game’s operators and charged in to fight it.

• Jiang Yan abducted the executioner’s wife, learned her husband was Eighth Order, and discovered that Lava Crystals weakened him.
• Jiang Yan decided to seek a Lava Crystal from the Lava Monarch because his Instant Kill Law was difficult to use against the executioner.
• The Lava Monarch defeated a group of players, sealed the cave entrance, and trapped them inside.
• Jiang Yan broke into the cave and saw the trapped players after the entrance collapsed.
• Jiang Yan asked the operations manager for a Planetary Battleship, received one worth 100 Star Core Coins, and charged at the Lava Monarch.

Jiang Yan killed the Lava Monarch while streaming, gained the Lava Crystal, and promoted 'Riptide Scorched World' in exchange for commissions. As other streamers followed him to watch, the Enforcer raged at the factory and blamed the slaves for his wife’s disappearance.

• Jiang Yan sent lucky bags to his viewers, then struck the Lava Monarch with his Crimson Gold Battle Shadow and drove his saber through its skull.
• Jiang Yan collected the Lava Crystal and told his viewers he would head back to the factory to finish the newbie village storyline.
• Moyu offered Jiang Yan commissions for bringing in players to pre-register for 'Riptide Scorched World,' and Jiang Yan agreed to promote it.
• Jiang Yan urged his viewers to pre-register before flying toward the factory, while other streamers decided to follow him and watch him fight an Enforcer.
• The Enforcer raged over his wife’s disappearance and whipped an NPC slave, accusing the slaves of being responsible.

Jiang Yan defeated the Eighth Order Executioner after surviving his devastating attack and using the Lava Crystal to suppress him. He became the first player to clear a Hell-level Novice Village, drawing attention from the livestream audience and the game’s closed-beta players.

• The Executioner froze the factory and everyone inside, then Jiang Yan arrived and fought him with his blade.
• The Executioner’s ice dragon struck Jiang Yan with overwhelming force, but Jiang Yan survived by activating Heavenly Slaughter Battle Intent.
• Jiang Yan used the Lava Crystal to weaken the Executioner and killed him with Yan Lei, Annihilation Slash.
• Jiang Yan checked whether his livestream had disconnected, then bantered with viewers who were stunned by his victory.
• Jiang Yan received a first-clear announcement and premium gift pack, while the game’s promotional department announced the Hell-level Novice Village clear to closed-beta players.

Lightning Studio’s director learned that nineteen-year-old Jiang Yan had cleared the Hell-level Newbie Village and decided to cancel the planned challenge, seeing a chance to promote him instead. After ending his stream, Jiang Yan checked his rewards, discovered he would receive a personal shuttle, and searched the Myriad Worlds Mall for an affordable spiritual martial skill.

• A subordinate told Lightning Studio’s director that someone had cleared the Hell-level Newbie Village before its planned challenge began.
• The director reviewed Jiang Yan’s information, learned he was nineteen and under contract with Myriad Worlds Game Company, and decided the challenge could be canceled in favor of promoting him.
• Jiang Yan ended his live stream and checked his account with Zhuozhuo, finding 600 Star Core Coins in reservation commissions.
• Jiang Yan opened his Hell-level Clear Reward Pack and learned he would receive a Void Piercing Personal Shuttle, but Zhuozhuo warned that it was risky to travel before reaching Eighth Order.
• Jiang Yan searched the Myriad Worlds Mall for spiritual martial skills and found Annihilation Cloud Slash within his ten Cloud Core Coin budget.

Jiang Yan bought the seventh-rank spiritual martial skill Annihilation Cloud Slash to use Instant Kill Law with repeated Spiritual Power attacks. After receiving its Memory Core, he trained to sever Spiritual Power faster and discovered the practice also tempered his Spirit Platform.

• Jiang Yan realized Annihilation Cloud Slash could let him apply Instant Kill Law to separate Spiritual Power strikes.
• Jiang Yan spent six Cloud Core Coins to buy the skill, and a Memory Core was delivered to him.
• Jiang Yan completed identity verification and absorbed the skill’s cultivation method from the Memory Core.
• Jiang Yan practiced severing Spiritual Power and reached one severance every two seconds after an hour.
• Jiang Yan recognized that the training strengthened his Spirit Platform and fired a Mental Slice from his palm.

Jiang Yan learned that the authorities would conceal the Heavenly Demon Cult’s attack and offer him little protection, then continued training his Spiritual Power and battle shadow. In the Divine Martial Space, his Annihilation Cloud Slash triggered the Instant Kill Law and killed Forgetting Path inside the Chimeric Monster.

• Zhang Qianyue warned Jiang Yan that the authorities would keep the Heavenly Demon Cult attack secret and that no power would protect him unless he became a citizen of Tian Yuan Star.
• Jiang Yan accepted that he might face further assassinations and continued practicing Spiritual Power cuts while planning to move his Spirit Platform into the Divine Martial Space.
• Jiang Yan fought the Chimeric Monster to strengthen his battle shadow and repeatedly attacked its belly with Annihilation Cloud Slash.
• After Jiang Yan’s thousandth slash, the system reported that Annihilation Cloud Slash had triggered the Instant Kill Law and killed Forgetting Path.

After killing Forgetting Path, Jiang Yan chose the Time Law Trait and tested Jungle Law while weighing threats from the Heavenly Demon Cult and possible leaks within the Police Department. A representative from Lightning Studio contacted him about his Hell-level achievement, while her spacecraft arrived at Tian Yuan Star to meet him.

• Jiang Yan cleared the stage after Forgetting Path died, received several powerful Trait choices, and selected Time Law.
• Jiang Yan tested Jungle Law by locking onto Zhang Qianyue, revealing his location without Zhang Qianyue noticing.
• Jiang Yan considered the threat from the Heavenly Demon Cult and suspected that someone in the Police Department might have leaked information about him.
• A dark-gold spacecraft entered Tian Yuan Star as Jiang Yan cultivated by his window.
• Lilia from Lightning Studio contacted Jiang Yan and said she wanted to build him into a rising star after his Hell-level beginner village clear.
• Jiang Yan asked what he would gain and have to give in return, and Lilia hinted that killing an Eighth Order Executioner was an extraordinary feat.

Jiang Yan met Lilia from Lightning Studio, which offered to promote him as the spokesperson for its game, Hou Lang. He agreed to compete for a place among the top three in the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition in three days, while continuing to rely on the Police Department for protection.

• Jiang Yan left the Police Department and met Lilia, Lightning Studio’s representative, who had rushed to greet him.
• Lilia offered to make Jiang Yan the initial promotional spokesperson for Hou Lang and help turn him into a cosmic superstar.
• Lilia explained that Lightning Studio needed a successful marketing campaign to overcome its poor reputation and survive fierce competition.
• Lilia invited Jiang Yan to compete in the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition, and Jiang Yan agreed to aim for the top three.
• Jiang Yan learned that competitors had to be under thirty, then shook hands with Lilia and returned to the Police Department.

Jiang Yan entered the Endless Demon Sea dungeon and fought a fast, powerful Yin Demon. After it ambushed and wounded him, he used Jungle Law to track its movements and struck back, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Jiang Yan entered the Endless Demon Sea dungeon, drawn by its Self-Selected Entry and high-grade Trait rewards.
• Jiang Yan encountered a colossal skeleton and then attacked a Yin Demon, comparing it to Pei Qin.
• The Yin Demon evaded Jiang Yan's attacks and ambushed him from behind, shattering his Battle Ruin Imprints and injuring him.
• The Hunxu Ancestral Spirit devoured the demon aura invading Jiang Yan's body.
• Jiang Yan used Jungle Law to perceive the Yin Demon's movements and swung his blade at it.

Jiang Yan killed the Yin Demon after tempering his Martial Intent, but the Endless Demon Sea overwhelmed and killed him before he withdrew from the Combat Space. As the Heavenly Talent Competition approached, Lightning Studio prepared to promote Jiang Yan, while Lilia sold fabricated insider information to hopeful contestants.

• Jiang Yan’s Martial Intent grew stronger during his battle with the Yin Demon, and Annihilation Cloud Slash triggered the Instant Kill Law to kill it.
• The Endless Demon Sea awakened more demons, and Jiang Yan’s body was destroyed; he exited the Combat Space and began absorbing Qi with the Hunxu Ancestral Spirit.
• Lightning Studio’s upcoming Heavenly Talent Competition attracted planets and contestants seeking generous rewards and the studio’s attention, though Jiang Yan had already secured that opportunity.
• On Qiu Yu Star, a Seventh-Order prince and his father planned for him to shine in the competition and use Lightning Studio’s support to protect their empire.
• Lilia sold fabricated insider information, then noted that the competition was intended to build Jiang Yan’s reputation before she picked him up in two days.

Jiang Yan refined Annihilation Cloud Slash and traveled with Lilia to the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition. Meanwhile, the Cult Master merged with the Heavenly Demon Lord and prepared to pursue Jiang Yan in a new vessel.

• Jiang Yan combined Annihilation Cloud Slash with Above Blade Saint and Blade Bearer, improving the technique through Spiritual Power and blade traits.
• A red-robed follower told the Cult Master that Jiang Yan was at the Police Department, but the Cult Master said he had found a new vessel and ordered the follower not to alert the enemy.
• The Cult Master and Heavenly Demon Lord's wills fought and merged, leaving the man uncertain which identity was his.
• Three days later, Lilia collected Jiang Yan from the Police Department and took him aboard the company's Blazing Candle spaceship for the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition.
• During the three-hour journey, Jiang Yan cultivated while Lilia played cards and argued with herself.

Jiang Yan arrived at Longhu Planet as Lightning Studio’s preselected challenger for the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition, bypassing the preliminaries. While he livestreamed the event’s preparations, a rival competition for Canglan Studio’s game began elsewhere.

• Jiang Yan received word that his Personal Shuttle had arrived and asked Old Zhang to collect it for him.
• Jiang Yan landed on Longhu Planet with Lilia, and the Crown Prince of Qiuyu Planet became frightened after meeting his gaze.
• Lilia explained that Jiang Yan had been specially invited and would only face contestants who reached the top ten.
• Jiang Yan started a livestream from the VIP lounge and showed viewers the competition preparations as contestants gathered before the 20:00 start.
• Canglan Studio held its Chasing the Sun Heavenly Talent Competition on Kramal Star at the same time, deliberately overlapping with Lightning Studio’s event.

Canglan Studio celebrated its lead in the Sun Chasing Championship and prepared to use A Liang to disrupt Lightning Studio’s Hou Lang Championship. Meanwhile, Jiang Yan watched the ongoing battles as the contestants fought fiercely in the first round.

• Canglan employees celebrated their rising reservations and praised the president for arranging the Sun Chasing Championship against Hou Lang.
• The president introduced A Liang as his chosen champion and said he would take him to Longhu Planet to ruin Hou Lang’s Battle of Heavenly Talents.
• A Canglan employee questioned A Liang’s strength, while executives noticed that he showed no energy fluctuation.
• Lightning Studio’s director dismissed the rival championship’s tactics and remained calm despite its strong reservations.
• Jiang Yan watched the Seventh Order battles from the VIP lounge, discussed his strength with the livestream audience, and continued cutting within his Spirit Platform.
• The contestants’ first-round battle intensified as martial skills and domains collided and fighters regenerated from devastating injuries.

Crown Prince of Qiuyu Planet fought his way to victory in the tournament, while Jiang Yan watched and absorbed the Battle Intent from the battles. As Crown Prince Qiuyu stood triumphant, he met Jiang Yan’s familiar, indifferent gaze.

• Crown Prince of Qiuyu Planet watched the Seventh Order battle and vowed that he could not afford to lose, recalling the man he had seen on Longhu Planet.
• Jiang Yan watched the fights from the stands, absorbed the warriors’ Battle Intent, and mused about the influence of streamers and whether he should switch to borderline content.
• Crown Prince of Qiuyu Planet unleashed a blazing domain that overwhelmed his opponent, while Jiang Yan considered talent’s importance to cultivation.
• Crown Prince of Qiuyu Planet defeated his opponent and stood amid flames as the crowd marveled at his power.
• Crown Prince of Qiuyu Planet looked down on the spectators until he met Jiang Yan’s familiar, indifferent eyes.

Lie Hu won the Sun Chasing Championship, only to be killed in three moves by A Liang, who took the title before the organizers announced a clash with the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition. On Longhu Planet, Jiang Yan was introduced as the final opponent for the top ten, leaving Crown Prince Qiuyu terrified as the contestants were offered a Heavenly Tier Weaponry set for defeating him.

• Lie Hu celebrated winning the Sun Chasing Championship, then learned that his prize was the chance to challenge A Liang.
• A Liang appeared and killed Lie Hu with a single sword slash, claiming first place as the audience cheered.
• The organizers announced that the event would continue with a clash against the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition.
• Jiang Yan watched the Longhu Planet battles and learned that Crown Prince Qiuyu, a woman with a multidimensional perception domain, and Jiang Yan's earlier provocateur had taken the top three places.
• The host introduced Jiang Yan as the top-ten contestants' final opponent and promised the champion's reward of Heavenly Tier Weaponry.
• Crown Prince Qiuyu recognized Jiang Yan as the terrifying presence he had sensed earlier and feared the power of his Spirit Platform.

Jiang Yan silenced the Prodigies’ objections by defeating Third with one punch, then faced Balshus, who unleashed a domain of elemental disasters. Jiang Yan endured the attacks and trapped Balshus in his Chaos Void Domain, beginning a decisive strike.

• Third mocked Jiang Yan’s place in the rankings and challenged him, so Jiang Yan defeated him with one punch and offered the championship to anyone who could defeat him.
• The second-place girl decided not to challenge Jiang Yan, but Crown Prince Qiuyu stepped forward and introduced himself as Balshus.
• Balshus opened his Five Extreme Desolations domain and attacked Jiang Yan with elemental disasters.
• Jiang Yan’s body recovered faster than Balshus’s attacks could damage it, while System Logs recorded improvements to his skin toughness.
• Jiang Yan invoked Chaos Void Domain, trapped Balshus beneath a starry darkness, and prepared to strike with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash.

Jiang Yan defeated Balshus in the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition, ending Balshus's hopes of restoring the Qiu Yu royal family. As Jiang Yan was celebrated as champion, a Canglan delegation arrived at Longhu Planet and announced that it was holding an exchange competition too.

• Balshus used Body Elementalization to evade Jiang Yan's attack, but Jiang Yan invoked End. Return to One and shattered the elemental domain.
• Balshus admitted defeat and left in despair, believing the Qiu Yu royal family's revival was hopeless.
• The host named Jiang Yan champion and announced he would receive Heavenly Tier Weaponry from Myriad Worlds Mall.
• Miss Hua promoted Jiang Yan's stream while viewers criticized the competition and Lightning Studio's promotion.
• A Stellar-class Battleship bearing the name Canglan Ship arrived at Longhu Planet, and a suited man joked that Canglan was holding an exchange competition on the same day.

Canglan’s CEO challenged Lightning Studio to a champion’s match, and Baihe accepted after Jiang Yan agreed to fight A Liang for extra pay. Jiang Yan opened with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash, but A Liang rushed through the saber qi as if he were an illusion.

• Canglan’s CEO brought A Liang to Lightning Studio and challenged its champion to a public sparring match.
• Baihe accepted the challenge, while Lilia persuaded Jiang Yan to fight in exchange for extra pay.
• Jiang Yan and A Liang faced each other and exchanged names before beginning their match.
• Jiang Yan attacked with Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash, but the saber qi passed through A Liang without harming him.
• Jiang Yan realized the attack had struck empty air and regarded A Liang as a formidable opponent.

Jiang Yan fought A Liang, a peak seventh-rank blade wielder, and answered A Liang’s fully manifested blade domain with his own strongest techniques. After both domains and blades shattered, Jiang Yan raised a finger and began to unleash Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash.

• A Liang opened with Rootless Slash and Infinite Slash, but Jiang Yan blocked his attacks and countered.
• Jiang Yan and A Liang clashed until A Liang’s ordinary longsword broke, prompting him to form a blade from the air and generate Battle Intent.
• Jiang Yan used Jungle Law to read A Liang’s attack and cut his face, while A Liang revealed his Tide Realm Spirit Platform and blade domain.
• A Liang’s Infinite Slashes domain embodied the selves he had been throughout his life, and Jiang Yan answered with Chaos Void Domain, Heavenly Slaughter Battle Ruins, Unrivaled Presence, Above Blade Saint, and Finality. Return to One.
• The two domains shattered and their blades broke, after which Jiang Yan raised a finger and said he would use Abyssal Thunder Annihilation Slash.

Jiang Yan defeated A Liang in the final battle of the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition, and Director Lily announced the competition’s end. Afterward, A Liang recalled how the president of Canglan Studio had taken him in and used him, while Balshus learned that his father had lost control of Qiu Yu Star.

• Jiang Yan shifted his body one hour into the future to recover, then stood before the exhausted A Liang, who conceded defeat and said they would fight again another day.
• Director Lily congratulated Jiang Yan and A Liang on their performance and declared the Hou Lang Heavenly Talent Competition over.
• Canglan Studio’s president faced angry viewers, apologized for the failed challenge, blamed a supposed staff member, and returned to the hatch.
• As A Liang tried to follow, the president’s warning gaze triggered memories of how he had recruited A Liang, given him his name, and later used him in matches and the challenge.
• Balshus learned from his father that Qiu Yu Star had fallen and that he should flee; remembering his mother, he resolved that strength was the foundation of power.

Jiang Yan encouraged A Liang to leave his past behind and seek a future of his own, and A Liang departed into the stars after vowing to challenge him again. Jiang Yan then turned a paid championship speech into an hours-long repetition of “hou lang,” earning a demand for fifteen Cloud Core Coins.

• Jiang Yan found A Liang beneath the stars and told him to carve out a future with his blade.
• A Liang gained a new blade, vowed to fearlessly pursue his future, and left to seek it in the starry sky.
• Lilia offered Jiang Yan a Cloud Core Coin to give a champion’s acceptance speech, and he agreed.
• Jiang Yan repeatedly said “hou lang” onstage to earn extra Star Core Coins until Baihe ordered him dragged down.
• Jiang Yan claimed he had said “hou lang” 1,409 times and demanded fifteen Cloud Core Coins plus his appearance fee.