Chapter Summaries

After defeating Venus, Gao Wu recovered and analyzed their battle while Poseidon, Apollo, and Ares confronted the hopelessness of their imprisonment. Gao Wu then faced Ares, whose overwhelming spear thrust drove the fight into its fiercest stage.

• Gao Wu gave Qin Liuhe the Pantheon, stored the White Cloud Dharma Robe, and rested while reviewing his fight with Venus.
• Poseidon told Ares and Apollo that Venus was dead, and the three agreed to fight with everything they had rather than surrender.
• Qin Liuhe recognized Gao Wu’s progress and explained that he had left the four Level 8 powerhouses for Gao Wu to face.
• After a day of recovery, Gao Wu prepared to fight Ares, and Qin Liuhe warned him about the Blazing Spear and Ares’s mental magnetic field.
• Qin Liuhe sent Gao Wu to face Ares, who unleashed a piercing spear thrust; Gao Wu met it with a direct palm strike.

Gao Wu killed Ares in a close-quarters battle, then received Qin Liuhe’s explanation of the Martial Dao and devised a new technique inspired by Ares’ spear thrust. After resting, Gao Wu confronted Apollo and surprised him with a punch that resembled Ares’ fighting style.

• Ares used the Blazing Spear to attack Gao Wu, but Gao Wu deflected the weapon and killed him with a strike to the head.
• Ares accepted his defeat and died, while Gao Wu reflected on mortality before returning the Blazing Spear to Qin Liuhe.
• Qin Liuhe explained that the Martial Dao must run through one’s life and understanding of the world, and that Gao Wu needed to discover his own Dao.
• Gao Wu studied Ares’ thrust and developed the Kang Dragon Fist Spear by combining the Kang Dragon Dao with the Stabbing Method.
• After resting for a day, Gao Wu faced Apollo, who asked whether he had killed Venus and Ares.
• Gao Wu boasted that he was more handsome than Apollo and struck with a punch that made Apollo think of Ares.

Apollo’s taunts prompted Gao Wu to understand the core principles of his martial arts and form a new system, allowing him to defeat Apollo. The battle ended with Gao Wu holding the Sun Longbow as Apollo disappeared in an explosion of light.

• Apollo used the Sun Longbow to shift through space and evade Gao Wu’s attacks while the two fought within the sealed area.
• Apollo mocked Gao Wu for copying Ares’s spear technique without grasping its essence, and Gao Wu stopped to reconsider his martial arts.
• Gao Wu realized the core forms within the Nine Dragons Boundless Dao and developed a system of martial transformations, including the Xuan Dragon Hammer.
• Apollo tried to evade Gao Wu by transforming into light, but Gao Wu and his Yin Spirit attacked from above and below, trapping him between their hammer strikes.
• The Xuan Dragon Hammers crushed Apollo’s radiant form, and Gao Wu was left holding the Sun Longbow.

Gao Wu refined his understanding of the Nine Dragons Boundless Dao into practical weapon-based martial arts under Qin Liuhe’s guidance. He then confronted Poseidon, whose powerful trident attack was shattered by Gao Wu’s Kang Dragon Spear, leaving Poseidon badly wounded and shocked.

• Gao Wu explained that his Martial Dao insight grounded the Nine Dragons Boundless Dao in six weapons, and Qin Liuhe helped him refine its techniques into a system.
• Poseidon waited in the sealed space after his three Level Eight companions disappeared, then saw Gao Wu arrive in Qin Jiuyue’s place.
• Gao Wu assessed Poseidon’s strength and taunted him about his wife Venus, provoking Poseidon to attack with the Sea Emperor Trident.
• Poseidon drove his trident at Gao Wu, who activated the Five Divine Mantras and unleashed the Kang Dragon Spear with his Taiyi Battle Body.
• Gao Wu’s strike blasted the trident into the air and tore Poseidon’s body apart, prompting Gao Wu to mock him as inferior to Venus.

Gao Wu killed Poseidon and resisted the Abyss Divine Mantra, then learned Qin Liuhe’s plan to seize the Divine Talismans and Taia Sword in the Efang Palace. After recovering, Gao Wu reviewed the battle and considered how to reach Level 8.

• Gao Wu trapped Poseidon between two Xuantian Hammer punches and shattered his body and Deep Sea Domain.
• Poseidon used the Abyss Divine Mantra, but Gao Wu cut apart his mental magnetic field with Ying Dragon Slash and resisted the mantra’s attack on his divine soul.
• Gao Wu took the Sea Emperor's Trident, and Qin Liuhe appeared and told him to rest before they challenged the Twelve Metal Colossi.
• Qin Liuhe explained that he would suppress the Metal Colossi with the Tianming Jade Seal while Gao Wu used the Chixiao Sword to retrieve their Divine Talismans and reach the Taia Sword.
• Gao Wu recovered, studied his fight with Poseidon, and counted the Merit he had gained while resolving to advance to Level 8.

Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe tried to obtain the Divine Talisman from a Golden Man guarding Efang Palace, but Gao Wu was struck down and forced to retreat. After learning more about the Federation’s growing strength, Gao Wu returned to Beizhou with Song Mingyue and reunited with Shang Hongyi.

• Qin Liuhe pinned a Golden Man with the Tianming Jade Seal while Gao Wu attacked its head with the Chixiao Sword.
• Gao Wu ignored Qin Liuhe’s warning and was hit by the Golden Man, but survived and learned how powerful it was.
• Qin Liuhe urged Gao Wu to rest, explained that the Federation had turned toward the Demon God, and said Gao Wu needed the Taia Sword to use a Level Ten Divine Sword.
• Gao Wu told Teacher that Venus and the others were dead, easing Hai Wuji’s worries about the Federation.
• Gao Wu brought Song Mingyue back to Beizhou and greeted Shang Hongyi at the villa.

Gao Wu returned to Anjing and helped Shang Qingjun awaken Source Power and strengthen her health before taking Song Mingyue and Lu Yuan high into space to treat Lu Yuan’s old injuries. Lu Yuan seized the chance to pursue a breakthrough as his Heavenly Dragon Divine Aspect manifested in the void, while Gao Wu sensed a resonant magnetic field in the Universe.

• Gao Wu reunited with Shang Qingjun at home and asked her to keep his visit secret.
• Gao Wu used the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation and a hundred years of Life Origin to restore the old man’s health.
• Gao Wu helped Shang Qingjun sense Source Power, condense a Dantian Aperture, and receive the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue brought Lu Yuan into space, where Gao Wu used a Divine Mantra empowered by two hundred years of Life Origin to heal his deep injuries.
• Lu Yuan’s Heavenly Dragon Divine Aspect appeared as he pursued a breakthrough, and Gao Wu sensed a magnetic field in the Universe resonating with him.

Gao Wu discovered that he could resonate with Heaven and Earth through the Xuan Dragon Hammer, then condensed an incomplete Source Power Domain. He left Lu Yuan still reconstructing his source power system and encouraged Song Mingyue to keep advancing steadily.

• While guarding Lu Yuan as he condensed his Source Power True Core, Gao Wu realized he did not need to perfect every aspect of the Nine Dragons Boundless Dao to resonate with Heaven and Earth.
• Gao Wu chose the Xuan Dragon Hammer as his foundation and used it to resonate with the Void's Source Power Magnetic Field.
• Gao Wu condensed an incomplete Domain that could shift into different weapon forms, stimulate seventy-two Apertures, and help him control the Chixiao Sword.
• Gao Wu saw that Lu Yuan was still rebuilding his source power system, then told Song Mingyue that Level Eight was not difficult for him.
• Song Mingyue admitted she felt unable to keep up, and Gao Wu reassured her that she should advance steadily along her own path.

Gao Wu returned to Beizhou, where Lu Yuan condensed a Source Power True Core and Gao Wu advanced to Level Eight. After celebrating with friends and helping Shen Yue and Zhou Hongying, Gao Wu visited Song Xuetao and revealed that he could heal the old man's physical injuries.

• Lu Yuan condensed a Source Power True Core and reached Level Seven, then recognized that his breakthrough tied him firmly to Gao Wu's camp.
• Gao Wu revealed that Lu Yuan's breakthrough had helped him condense a Domain and reach Level Eight, and Lu Yuan celebrated the new strength this gave Beizhou.
• Gao Wu celebrated with Lu Yuan, Song Mingyue, Shen Yue, and Zhou Hongying, then used Source of Vitality to improve Shen Yue's health and cleanse Zhou Hongying's body.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue visited Song Chunqiu and Song Xuetao, where Song Xuetao recognized Gao Wu's Level Eight breakthrough.
• Gao Wu told Song Xuetao that he had gained an ability to heal his physical injuries and assured him that using it would not cause serious harm.

Gao Wu healed Song Xuetao, publicly supported Song Yunhe in Dongjiang, and helped Song Mingyang begin training. He then brought Song Mingyue to the Efang Palace, where Qin Liuhe taught him to refine his Sword Domain before they entered the palace again.

• Gao Wu used three hundred years of Life Origin to cure Song Xuetao’s chronic injuries and restore his vitality, prompting Song Xuetao to warn Song Chunqiu to treat Gao Wu with proper respect.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue visited Song Yunhe, and Gao Wu joined him at a gathering of Dongjiang’s leading figures to demonstrate his support.
• Gao Wu guided Song Mingyang’s martial training, gave him low-grade Fish Dragon Golden Nectar, and taught him the Qian Dragon and Cang Dragon transformations.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue traveled to Jinxiu Peak, where Qin Liuhe assessed Gao Wu’s Sword Domain and judged it sufficient to restrain the Chixiao Sword.
• Qin Liuhe trained Gao Wu in controlling his Sword Domain for two days, while Song Mingyue learned alongside him, before they entered the Efang Palace in the Mystic Dragon Ring.

At Efang Palace, Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe worked together to defeat the Golden Man guarding the plaza and retrieve its Black Dragon Divine Talisman. After resting and refining his control of the Chixiao Sword, Gao Wu took the second talisman more easily, leaving the remaining ten Golden Men to be dealt with.

• Qin Liuhe explained that the Epang Palace Divine Realm and its structures came from the Chaos Dragon King, then prepared Gao Wu for battle.
• Qin Liuhe froze the charging Golden Man with the Tianming Jade Seal while Gao Wu struck its head with the Chixiao Sword and took its Black Dragon Divine Talisman.
• Qin Liuhe stored the motionless Golden Man in the Mystic Dragon Ring and called for a day of rest so he could recover.
• During the rest, Gao Wu studied his sword strike and improved his control of the Chixiao Sword.
• Gao Wu cut open the second Golden Man's head more smoothly and retrieved its Black Dragon Divine Talisman, making the remaining ten easier to face.

At Epang Palace, Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe worked together to defeat the Golden Man guarding the gates and claim its Black Dragon Divine Talisman. After resting so Gao Wu could refine his control of the Chixiao Sword and Qin Liuhe could recover his mental power, they defeated a second Golden Man and prepared to tackle the remaining ten.

• Qin Liuhe explained that Epang Palace and the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls came from the Chaos Dragon King, whose indestructible body had become the Great Wall and its Space-Time Barrier.
• Qin Liuhe froze the charging Golden Man with the Tianming Jade Seal while Gao Wu studied its power and cut into its head with the Chixiao Sword.
• Gao Wu tore out the Golden Man's Black Dragon Divine Talisman and retreated, and Qin Liuhe stored the immobilized giant in the Mystic Dragon Ring.
• Qin Liuhe called for a day's rest because using the Tianming Jade Seal had exhausted his mental power, while Gao Wu practiced controlling the Chixiao Sword.
• After the rest, Gao Wu cut open a second Golden Man more smoothly and took its Black Dragon Divine Talisman, making the remaining ten easier to face.

After collecting the twelve Black Dragon Divine Talismans, Qin Liuhe led Gao Wu and Song Mingyue into the Front Hall, where Gao Wu obtained the Taia Sword. Qin Liuhe used the Tianming Jade Seal to help Gao Wu refine it, and the process left Gao Wu’s Spirit God advancing to the Yang Spirit level while Song Mingyue also gained major improvements.

• Gao Wu took the twelfth Black Dragon Divine Talisman from a defeated Golden Man, and Qin Liuhe combined all twelve into a token for entering the Front Hall.
• Qin Liuhe led Gao Wu and Song Mingyue through the Epang Palace Divine Realm and warned them to respect its laws.
• Gao Wu retrieved the Taia Sword from the Front Hall, and Qin Liuhe explained that refining it would protect him from Demon Gods destroying his soul.
• Qin Liuhe activated the Tianming Jade Seal to strengthen Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit, while Gao Wu used the resulting power to refine the Taia Sword and fuse in the Tianming Sword.
• Song Mingyue benefited through Mental Resonance, refining the remnant dragon soul in her armor and establishing a stable connection with the Seven Absolutes Divine Blade.
• After four hours, Qin Liuhe recognized that Gao Wu’s Spirit God had advanced to the Yang Spirit level.

Gao Wu forged a Yang Spirit, refined the Taia Sword into the Tianming Sword, and returned to Zhongjing to recover and assess his new strength. After a night of cultivation, he stood at the window at dawn with all eighty-four Apertures linked, appearing like a deity to his attendant.

• Qin Liuhe watched Gao Wu forge a Yang Spirit and recognized that he had refined the Taia Sword.
• Gao Wu renamed the fused Taia and Tianming Sword the Tianming Sword, and Qin Liuhe advised him to rest in Zhongjing before confronting the Federation.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue returned to Zhongjing, where Gao Wu spent the afternoon relaxing at his residence by Luoyan Lake.
• Gao Wu checked the Boundless Merit Book and assessed his Yang Spirit, Tianming Sword, and peak Level Eight strength.
• Gao Wu drank Dragon Blood and cultivated through the night, linking all eighty-four Apertures into one system.
• At dawn, Gao Wu stood before the window radiating a sacred presence, and his attendant felt compelled to kneel and worship.

Yan Ningning mourned her sister Yan Qiushui and unexpectedly met Gao Wu, who offered to make her his disciple and help her become the third strongest under heaven. When she returned home, her family told her she would become his disciple, and Qi Tian warned that neither she nor Qi Hui could refuse Gao Wu.

• At school, Wang Dan and Feng Hui upset Yan Ningning by criticizing her martial arts and mentioning her sister, so she left class in tears.
• Yan Ningning went to Luoyan Lake, where Gao Wu introduced himself and explained that Yan Qiushui had asked him to take care of her.
• When Yan Ningning said she wanted to become the strongest person under heaven, Gao Wu promised to make her the third strongest and offered her a Blue Jade Bodhi.
• Gao Wu left, and Yan Ningning stayed by the lake until she called her driver to take her home.
• Qi Hui told Yan Ningning that Vice Director Gao had asked to take her as his disciple, and Qi Tian insisted she accept because neither she nor Qi Hui could refuse.

Gao Wu formally took Yan Ningning as his disciple, and the Blue Jade Bodhi awakened her Spatial Ability. The chapter ended as Yan Ningning’s lavish discipleship banquet filled with important guests, including more than ten Level Seven Martial Kings.

• Qi Tian told Qi Hui and Yan Nanshan that Gao Wu had become the youngest Level Eight Martial Saint, and Gao Wu formally accepted Yan Ningning as his disciple.
• Gao Wu gave Yan Ningning a Blue Jade Bodhi and announced a public banquet to celebrate her place as his successor disciple.
• Yan Ningning ate the Blue Jade Bodhi and woke with heightened perception; Gao Wu identified her newly awakened Spatial Ability as the same ability as her older sister’s.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue met Yan Ningning the next morning, tested her Spatial Ability, and confirmed that she could measure the distance between them precisely.
• The Yan and Qi families held Yan Ningning’s discipleship banquet at Zhongjing Grand Hotel, where more than ten Level Seven Martial Kings arrived and impressed Qi Hui and Yan Shijiu.

Gao Wu held a grand apprenticeship banquet for Yan Ningning, where Martial Kings offered their support and Wei Qiankun sent her a rare treasure. After the guests departed, Gao Wu began explaining martial arts to his timid new disciple and offered to pass cultivation to her.

• Chao Fengying stayed with the nervous Yan Ningning and helped Gao Wu introduce her to the gathered Martial Kings.
• Gao Wu delivered a speech praising Yan Ningning, then took her to greet the guests with Chao Fengying.
• Lei Ming gave Yan Ningning the Nine Treasures Spiritual Rhinoceros Bead on Wei Qiankun's behalf, and Gao Wu told her to accept it.
• After the banquet, Qi Tian asked whether Yan Ningning could make progress in martial arts, and Gao Wu said reaching Level Seven would not be difficult.
• Gao Wu offered to pass ten years of cultivation to Yan Ningning, then told her martial arts were about facing herself and becoming her truest self.

Gao Wu trained Yan Ningning in the Mystic Dragon Dao, using life force and Dragon Blood to help her rapidly condense apertures and become an Advanced Warrior. After Yan Ningning returned to school, she accidentally injured Wang Dan and revealed her new strength, leaving the school and Wang Dan’s parent wary of provoking her.

• Gao Wu passed Yan Ningning the Mystic Dragon Dao and taught her to visualize the Heavenly Dragon Divine Aspect, then used life force to help her condense her Dantian Aperture.
• Yan Ningning returned home with Source Power, shocking Qi Hui and Yan Nanshan, who urged her to follow Gao Wu’s instruction.
• Gao Wu used diluted Dragon Blood and the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation to strengthen Yan Ningning, who endured intense pain and condensed apertures at her brow and heart, becoming an Advanced Warrior.
• Wang Dan insulted Yan Ningning and her teacher during martial arts class, and Yan Ningning flung Wang Dan several meters away with a casual movement.
• The martial arts teacher tested Yan Ningning’s punch strength, which registered 3321, and warned Wang Dan’s parent that her master was Gao Wu and her maternal uncle was Qi Tian.

Diana and Hades prepared to sacrifice Lanhua State’s believers to create a Divine Power Secret Realm and shield the Federation from The Alliance. They worried about Gao Wu’s growing power but expected the blood sacrifice to proceed the next day.

• Diana learned that more than seven million believers had gathered for the Flying Whale King’s ritual and ordered the Bishops to keep the crowds supplied and orderly.
• Hades told Diana that the sacrifice would turn Lanhua State into a half-Secret Realm for the Flying Whale King’s avatar and a defensive buffer against The Alliance.
• Diana questioned the value of sacrificing twenty million people, but Hades insisted the Federation needed the Divine Power defense to survive.
• Diana and Hades discussed rumors that Gao Wu had reached Level Eight and had helped a talentless girl become an Advanced Warrior in days.
• Hades speculated that Gao Wu had obtained divine artifacts from a Huaxia Divine Domain, while Diana hoped the next day’s blood sacrifice would proceed smoothly.

Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe set out to stop the Flying Whale Cult’s blood sacrifice in Lanhua City, while Song Mingyue prepared to support them from the rear. They arrived to find the believers dead and the ritual’s leaders gathered on an altar, where a black-robed man greeted them.

• Qi Tian showed Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe evidence that nearly ten million believers had gathered at Lanhua City, and Qin Liuhe explained that the Flying Whale Cult was preparing a blood sacrifice to turn Lanhua State into a Divine Power Secret Realm.
• Qin Liuhe and Gao Wu decided to wait until the ritual exposed its host, then planned to attack the cult leaders and prepare for the Demon God’s intervention.
• Gao Wu agreed to bring Song Mingyue for communications support, while Chao Fengying stayed behind after Gao Wu told her to train.
• Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe met Hai Wuji and the other Level Sevens at Defense Base No. 7, briefed them, and assigned their duties.
• Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe flew to Lanhua City and found the beach covered with dead believers, dozens of cult priests on an altar, and a black-robed man waiting to confront them.