Chapter Summaries

Fang Qingyu defeated Chen Mo and then killed a Modified Martial Practitioner sent by the Desolate Bone Gang, continuing his ten-win gauntlet. He challenged the gang’s remaining fighters to face him together.

• Fang Qingyu asked to continue his challenge, and Chen Mo entered Arena Number 3 after saying he had been asked to come.
• Fang Qingyu defeated Chen Mo’s Startling Swan Sword with one punch, and Chen Mo conceded after Fang Qingyu showed mercy.
• Lei Meng, Tian Lin, Chu Kuanglan, and Jiang Wei arrived and learned that Fang Qingyu had entered the gauntlet to save Su Wanqing.
• Da Lei watched from the clouds as Jiang Wei silently questioned his decision to put Fang Qingyu through ten battles.
• The Desolate Bone Gang sent a Modified Martial Practitioner to attack Fang Qingyu, who killed him with a Baji Tie Shan Kao.
• Fang Qingyu faced Deputy Leader Gu Yan and the Desolate Bone Gang’s Executioners, then challenged them all to come at him together.

Fang Qingyu accepted the Desolate Bone Gang’s seven-against-one deathmatch and used his domain and Dragon Might to kill two members instantly. He then charged the remaining five, overpowered their coordinated attacks, and seized Shatterskull by the throat.

• Fang Qingyu challenged the Desolate Bone Gang to attack together and demanded that anyone who surrendered kill themselves.
• Gu Yan announced that the city lord had agreed to a fight to the death, and seven Peak Second Order fighters entered the arena.
• Fang Qingyu unleashed his domain and Dragon Might, freezing the two weaker fighters before killing them with a punch and a kick.
• Fang Qingyu charged the Five Floating Buddhas, crushed Shattered Skull’s fist, and shrugged off Bone Carving and Tendon Severing’s attacks.
• Fang Qingyu pursued Shatterskull through the air and clamped a hand around his throat.

Fang Qingyu survived the Desolate Bone Pagoda’s ambush and killed all five attackers, becoming the focus of the arena and attracting Gu Yan’s attention. After rejoining his companions, he went with them to the Wei Group’s processing plant to hunt Life Spirits, where the first fluctuation appeared near the western Cooling Tower.

• Fang Qingyu endured the Desolate Bone Pagoda’s combined attack, killed Skullcrusher, then swiftly killed Skinner, Broken Tendons, Ghost Ripper, and Heart Eater.
• Gu Yan ordered his subordinates to identify the Thunder Pattern Mask wearer and the woman from earlier, and to control public opinion.
• Fang Qingyu left the arena, reunited with Lei Meng and the others, and later reassured Su Wanqing that the clash with the Desolate Bone Gang had been inevitable.
• Fang Qingyu and his companions traveled with Wei Banmeng to the Wei Group’s Sky Smoke Processing Plant to hunt Life Spirits, then split up to monitor likely fluctuation sites.
• Lu Jiuyuan reported a Life Spirit fluctuation at the base of the western Cooling Tower and confirmed that the force field was active.

Fang Qingyu and his team fought off waves of Life Spirits at the Sky Smoke Processing Plant while the Desolate Bone Gang’s leader redirected the gang’s focus toward the Heaven’s Punishment Society. Fang Qingyu collected the final Life Spirit needed to unlock a third Main Job and made Divine Firmament Emissary his new main job, awakening its exclusive talent.

• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei confronted a Third Order Life Spirit beside the Cooling Tower while Chu Kuanglan and the others guarded the structure.
• The Black Robed Man ordered the Desolate Bone Gang to stop pursuing the Thunder Pattern Masked Man, purge spies and troublemakers, and prioritize operations against the Heaven’s Punishment Society.
• The Black Robed Man read a Dark Web message identifying Fang Qingyu as the Thunder God and warning the gang not to provoke him until Old Man Hong died.
• Fang Qingyu and his companions left the plant after defeating more than twenty Third Order Life Spirits among eighty-six total, and the security squad learned how overwhelming the battle had been.
• Fang Qingyu gained 168 Skill Points and completed the collection for the Abyssal Surge Species-Eating Spiral Vine Type, earning a third Main Job Slot and five Attribute Points.
• Fang Qingyu confirmed Divine Firmament Emissary as his third Main Job, and its exclusive talent began awakening.

Fang Qingyu awakened the five-star Myriad Transformation Lightning Pool talent and deduced the Thunder Severance Core Skill before the story moved through five days of competition and cultivation. As the Top 128 matches began, Chu Kuanglan reported that the Desolate Bone Gang had unexpectedly clashed with Heaven's Punishment Society, leaving Fang Qingyu and his companions suspicious of the cause.

• Fang Qingyu chose Myriad Transformation Lightning Pool: Spirit Nurturing as his new five-star talent, then arranged for Su Wanqing to manage the Core Squad's separate cultivation fund.
• Fang Qingyu spent 100 skill points deducing Thunder Severance, a three-form fist technique that combined Divine Firmament Lightning with Dragon Fist power.
• Over the next five days, Su Wanqing lost in the Top 256 but used a Pure Crystal to advance from mid-stage to late-stage Chosen of God, while Fang Qingyu and his companions continued training and hunting Fate Wraiths.
• On the sixth day, Lei Meng and Liu San returned to the Gray Rock Area with eliminated Dawn members, leaving the remaining competitors to attend the Top 128 matches.
• Chu Kuanglan told Fang Qingyu that the Desolate Bone Gang had gone to war with Heaven's Punishment Society after a trivial roadside argument, and Fang Qingyu questioned why the gangs had clashed.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei followed a mysterious lead to infiltrate the Heaven's Punishment Society, where they discovered a vast underground congregation worshipping a chained, unidentified being. The chapter ended as a masked leader called on the members to pray for their god's early arrival.

• Fang Qingyu told Lin Yu to gather intelligence on the conflict between the Desolate Bone Gang and the Heaven's Punishment Society, while Dawn's fighters advanced through the Top 128 matches.
• A boy delivered Fang Qingyu a note directing him and Jiang Wei to a parking lot, where they found masks and identities for two Heaven's Punishment Society deacons, Mo Chuan and Liu Yun.
• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei disguised themselves as the deacons and passed through the Society's guarded entrance without being questioned.
• They followed the silent robed members underground and found a huge chamber centered on a cross, where a chained figure's title appeared as three black squares.
• A masked leader emerged before the kneeling congregation and led them in a fervent prayer welcoming their god's imminent arrival.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei infiltrated the Heaven's Punishment Society and discovered clues that its members might be dead and that the group was trying to create a god using Chen Wudi. At the Top 64 matches, a frail old man sat beside Fang Qingyu and asked whether he now understood what kind of existence the Society was.

• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei followed the departing worshippers into the Heaven's Punishment Society's work hall and searched the offices of Liu Yun and Mo Chuan.
• Fang Qingyu found a photograph of Chen Wudi that strongly resembled the chained prisoner at the ritual, while Jiang Wei found corpse-preservation supplies and smelled death in Liu Yun's office.
• Jiang Wei concluded that the Society was trying to create a god, and Fang Qingyu asked Lin Yu to investigate Chen Wudi more deeply.
• Fang Qingyu, Jiang Wei, and their companions went to the Top 64 matches, where Chu Kuanglan worried that Fang Qingyu would double his special training if he lost.
• An old man sat beside Fang Qingyu at the arena and asked whether he knew what kind of existence the Heaven's Punishment Society was.

Fang Qingyu learned that Chen Wudi was imprisoned by the Heaven's Punishment Society and that rescuing him could earn him the one-person-only Invincible Law, a path toward becoming a Human Emperor. After Dawnbreak’s fighters advanced in the tournament, Fang Qingyu sent them to expand their territory while he stayed in the city to hunt ghost fiends and investigate the Society.

• Fang Qingyu spoke with a Peak Martial Saint from the Desolate Bone Gang, who revealed that Chen Wudi was alive and imprisoned as a Core Ritual Node by the Heaven's Punishment Society.
• The old man promised to draw the Society’s attention and offer Chen Wudi’s Invincible Law if Fang Qingyu rescued him, while Jiang Wei explained that the law was required to qualify for the Human Emperor’s position.
• Wei Banmeng, Chu Kuanglan, Lu Jiuyuan, and Lin Yu won their Top 64 matches and advanced to the Top 32, while the other Peak Second Order Dawnbreak members were eliminated.
• Fang Qingyu praised the fighters and ordered the four victors to return to the Azure Dragon Gang headquarters and expand their territory with Jiang Wei’s help.
• Fang Qingyu chose to remain in the city to continue the Scavenger Mission and investigate the Heaven's Punishment Society, then urged the four Top 32 fighters to aim for first place.

Wei Banmeng overcame stronger opponents to win the Second Order Tournament, while Fang Qingyu stayed behind to pursue his Scavenger Mission and discovered that he had unlocked Fire's True Intent. The chapter ended with his new True Intent revealed on the Dragon Fist Grandmaster panel.

• Chu Kuanglan defeated a Peak Second-Order opponent but suffered serious injuries, while Lin Yu and Lu Jiuyuan were eliminated in the Top 16 and Wei Banmeng advanced.
• Lin Yu, Lu Jiuyuan, and Chu Kuanglan lent Wei Banmeng ten Pure Crystals, which she used with life beads and Blood Essence Crystals to reach the peak of the Mid Second Order.
• Wei Banmeng defeated her quarterfinal and semifinal opponents with Mystic Flood Dragon: Icebound Thousand Miles, then beat Bai Ye in the final with Twin Dragons Break the Sea to become champion.
• Wei Banmeng returned the borrowed Pure Crystals and kept the twenty-crystal prize after Fang Qingyu advised her to consolidate her cultivation before attempting the Third Order.
• Chu Kuanglan and the others returned to the Azure Dragon Gang, while Fang Qingyu remained in the city to carry out the Scavenger Mission and raised Thunder Blaze World Burner Slash and Nine Tribulation Azure Dragon Body to Lv.3.
• Fang Qingyu checked the Dragon Fist Grandmaster panel and discovered that he had unlocked Fire's True Intent Lv.1.

Fang Qingyu spent his Skill Points strengthening his Dragon Fist Grandmaster and Realm Walker abilities, then silently cleared Fate Ghosts at the Sky Smoke Processing Plant. The chapter ended with Lei Meng gravely wounded in an assassination at Azure Dragon Gang headquarters as Fang Qingyu ordered an investigation and prepared to deal with the culprit.

• Fang Qingyu raised his True Intents, perfected his foundational techniques, and upgraded several Realm Walker skills until all his Skill Points were gone.
• Fang Qingyu rapidly eliminated the Fate Ghosts appearing at the Sky Smoke Processing Plant during a quiet night shift.
• An unseen assassin pierced Lei Meng’s chest through his office window, and Lei Meng’s desperate counterattack missed as the attacker escaped.
• The guards found Lei Meng barely alive, while a messenger told Jiang Wei, Chu Kuanglan, Wei Banmeng, and the others that he had been attacked.
• Wei Banmeng sent Chu Kuanglan to stabilize headquarters and led the others toward the hospital as Jiang Wei followed.
• Fang Qingyu told Wei Banmeng to have Yan Lin take charge, do everything possible to save Lei Meng, and find the assassin so he could deal with them.

After Lei Meng was gravely wounded, Wei Banmeng organized the Azure Dragon Gang’s response while Jiang Wei attacked the Iron Flow Sect, and the Heaven's Punishment Society’s Create a God plan revealed Chen Wudi’s monstrous transformation. The Crimson Robes claimed the god would protect his allies during the coming Era of Descending Gods.

• The doctor told Liu San that Lei Meng was in a Hibernation State with less than a five percent chance of waking, then urged the group to keep him stable and safe.
• Lu Jiuyuan convinced Liu San to return to Azure Dragon Gang headquarters and stabilize the gang, while Wei Banmeng assigned Lin Yu to guard Lei Meng and sent others to investigate the assassination.
• Wei Banmeng asked Jiang Wei to kill a Third Order member in Iron Flow Sect territory, and Jiang Wei departed immediately; Wei Banmeng and Su Wanqing returned to headquarters.
• Han Li celebrated Lei Meng’s condition and ordered Iron Flow Sect to seize Azure Dragon Gang territory, but a crimson blast destroyed the conference room and killed several leaders.
• The Crimson Robes awakened Chen Wudi’s terrifying divine form for a few seconds, then sealed it again and told the projections that the final step of the Create a God plan required their help.
• A projection asked whether their god could protect them during the coming Era of Descending Gods, and the Crimson Robes assured them that He could.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei advanced through the Third Order tournament by intimidating or overwhelming their opponents, while their allies dismantled the Iron Flow Sect. On the second day of the elimination stage, Fang Qingyu encountered a black-robed fighter who resisted his Divine Firmament Lightning, and he suspected the man was He Manhe.

• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei entered Group One’s thousand-person melee, swiftly defeating attackers who targeted them and advancing among the top one hundred.
• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei won all ten matches on the first day of the points stage after their opponents recognized them and conceded.
• Chu Kuanglan, Wei Banmeng, Su Wanqing, Lu Jiuyuan, and Old Qin told Fang Qingyu that they had nearly wiped out the Iron Flow Sect, and they reported Old Qin was close to reaching the Second Order.
• On the second day of the elimination stage, Fang Qingyu faced a black-robed masked Martial Saint who attacked instead of conceding and showed no reaction to Divine Firmament Lightning.
• Fang Qingyu evaded the masked fighter’s counterattack, studied his unnatural resilience and movements, and identified him as He Manhe.

Fang Qingyu defeated He Manhe’s possessed puppet in the arena, but the match’s aftermath brought two Third Order Martial Saints to seek him out after recognizing his hidden identity. Wu Feng and Zhou Zhen asked to join his team, leaving Fang Qingyu to hear them out.

• Fang Qingyu unleashed a massive Divine Firmament Lightning attack that blasted the Black Robed figure into a crater, and the referee declared him the winner.
• The charred puppet revived with He Manhe’s consciousness, caught Fang Qingyu’s blade, and threatened to kill him before Fang Qingyu forced the sword through its throat.
• Fang Qingyu left the arena with Jiang Wei while Old Wu told Old Zhou that the Thunder God was Fang Qingyu and that a full-scale invasion by the Life Spirits was approaching.
• Wu Feng and Zhou Zhen found Fang Qingyu’s hotel suite and asked to join his team, with Wu Feng quietly addressing him as Captain Fang.
• Fang Qingyu realized Wu Feng knew his identity and invited both men inside to talk.

Fang Qingyu accepted Wu Feng and Zhou Zhen into his group after investigating their backgrounds, while the tournament and the City of Injustice grew more turbulent. As the Top 256 matches began, Wu Feng warned that the Devil Muscle Man might be able to fight a Fourth Order, leaving Fang Qingyu to wonder whether the city lord had deliberately leaked the rumor.

• Wu Feng explained that he wanted to follow Fang Qingyu because Fang Qingyu had risked immense pressure to suppress Jiang Taixuan, and Fang Qingyu agreed to accept Wu Feng and Zhou Zhen provisionally.
• Chu Kuanglan and Lin Yu investigated the two men, confirmed their clean records and histories, and Fang Qingyu decided to trust them while keeping them under observation.
• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei finished the elimination rounds undefeated, tied for first with perfect scores, and joined ten other undefeated fighters as the Twelve Heavenly Kings.
• The Azure Dragon Gang took over the Iron Flow Sect's territory, while the Heaven's Punishment Society and the Desolate Bone Gang declared war and refugees fleeing life ghosts crowded into the City of Injustice.
• On the opening day of the Top 256 matches, Wu Feng warned Fang Qingyu that the Devil Muscle Man could supposedly go toe-to-toe with a Fourth Order, making him a dangerous tournament contender.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei agreed to Shi Hao’s wager that the Twelve Heavenly Kings would stake their Pure Crystals on who won the tournament, while their friends advanced and fell in the early rounds. The Top 16 draw matched Fang Qingyu against Shadow Wraith, bringing his first clash with another Heavenly King closer.

• Shi Hao challenged the Twelve Heavenly Kings to wager their Pure Crystals, and Fang Qingyu agreed for himself and Jiang Wei.
• Zhou Zhen and Wu Feng advanced to the Top 128, while Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei easily won their matches.
• Jiang Wei sensed something abnormal and familiar in Shi Hao’s aura, but Fang Qingyu put off investigating it.
• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei advanced through the tournament, while Wu Feng and Zhou Zhen were eliminated after losing to Chen Song and Liu Yiyi.
• The Twelve Heavenly Kings continued winning and accumulating Pure Crystals until the Top 16 draw paired Fang Qingyu with Shadow Wraith.

The Top 16 matches began with several decisive victories, then Shi Hao crushed Star Crusher Lin Poyue with one punch and forced him to surrender. Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei suspected an ancient, strange power inside Shi Hao, while the other Heavenly Kings were left shaken as Fang Qingyu remained confident ahead of his own match.

• Fang Qingyu pulled Jiang Wei back from confronting Da Lei after she saw the Top 16 matchups and realized Fang Qingyu had not been singled out.
• Mo Li, King Kong, Jiang Wei, and Blood Prison Blade won their matches decisively, with Jiang Wei purifying her opponent’s poisonous fog and vengeful spirits using White Flame.
• Lin Poyue taunted Shi Hao about the Pure Crystal wager, and Shi Hao calmly told him to kneel, kowtow, and admit defeat or die.
• Shi Hao shattered Lin Poyue’s arm with one punch, pinned him by the neck, and made him surrender before the referee declared Shi Hao the winner.
• Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei speculated that Shi Hao’s strength came from an ancient, restrained force inside his body rather than Divine Weaponry.
• Shi Hao left the waiting room after warning the Heavenly Kings about running their mouths, while Fang Qingyu ignored Mo Li’s challenge and remained unconcerned.

Thousand Silks defeated Zhao Canglan after a prolonged battle, and Thunder God then overwhelmed Shadow with two lightning punches. In the lounge, Jiang Wei forced Sun Qian to promise he would apologize to Fang Qingyu, while the other Heavenly Kings realized how far the two monsters surpassed them.

• Zhao Canglan and Thousand Silks cautiously began their match, then exchanged powerful water and silk attacks.
• Thousand Silks exploited Zhao Canglan's brief lapse, bound and wounded him, and won when he surrendered.
• As Fang Qingyu headed to face Shadow, Sun Qian mocked him, so Jiang Wei challenged Sun Qian to a Life and Death Battle and demanded an apology instead.
• Shadow created twenty clones, but Fang Qingyu identified his true body and defeated him with two lightning punches.
• The spectators hailed Thunder God, while the remaining Heavenly Kings watched in shock and Sun Qian feared having to apologize to Fang Qingyu.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei advanced to the tournament semifinals, where Fang Qingyu was set to face Shi Hao. Behind the scenes, the Heaven's Punishment Society forcibly suppressed Shi Hao's consciousness and implanted an order to kill Fang Qingyu.

• Jiang Wei told Fang Qingyu that she had forced Sun Qian to apologize for insulting him, and Fang Qingyu praised her while asking her to leave such risks to him in the future.
• Fang Qingyu explained that he had found Youying's true body by reading subtle differences in killing intent, then defeated Tu Qianshan as Shi Hao crushed Huo Wu and Jiang Wei defeated Sun Qian.
• The semifinal draw paired Jiang Wei with Thousand Threads and Fang Qingyu with Shi Hao, prompting the City of Injustice to treat their match as the tournament's early final.
• At the Heaven's Punishment Society headquarters, the President ordered Shi Hao's dosage increased and commanded that he kill Fang Qingyu as an offering before the Divine body's awakening.
• The Heaven's Punishment Society members poured black liquid into Shi Hao's pool and activated Divinity Resonance, leaving Vessel No. 3 hollow-eyed and obedient after implanting the command.

Fang Qingyu faced Shi Hao in the semifinals after Jiang Wei defeated Qian Si with her fused White Holy Flame and Crimson Gold Divine Fire. Shi Hao’s inhuman aura and sudden burst of speed forced Fang Qingyu to reveal his fusion of divine lightning and martial blood essence, and the chapter ended with Fang Qingyu demanding to know what Shi Hao really was.

• Jiang Wei burned through Qian Si’s Thousand Silks attacks and defeated her with the fused White-Gold flame technique Incinerate All Directions.
• Fang Qingyu noticed Shi Hao’s cold, lifeless presence and suppressed killing intent before their semifinal began.
• Shi Hao crossed the arena in an instant and launched a punch at Fang Qingyu before he could fully prepare.
• Fang Qingyu caught Shi Hao’s punch with one hand while activating his fused Divine Firmament Lightning and Blood Essence Smoke.
• Fang Qingyu faced Shi Hao and asked what he really was.

Fang Qingyu and Shi Hao escalated their arena battle as Shi Hao revealed a strange black substance with an alluring fragrance, while Fang Qingyu answered with Divine Firmament Lightning and Dragon Fist techniques. The fight left Shi Hao transformed into a featureless black silhouette, and Fang Qingyu recognized the substance as divine remains that awakened a hunger within him.

• Fang Qingyu and Shi Hao exchanged powerful blows across the arena, drawing stunned reactions from spectators and prompting major factions to investigate Fang Qingyu's fused Dual System.
• Shi Hao's mask shattered, revealing his pure-black, inhuman face; Jiang Wei recognized the sight as divine blood.
• Shi Hao tore black liquid from his chest, which spread over his body as a battle robe and intensified his speed and power with an alluring, sweet-fishy scent.
• Fang Qingyu summoned a pillar of Divine Firmament Lightning and struck Shi Hao with three Dragon Fist techniques, but darkness erupted from the crater and blew him back.
• The darkness receded to reveal a featureless silhouette wrapped in living black liquid, and Fang Qingyu felt a hungry longing after seeing its bones and recalled a saying about divine bones and fragrance.