Chapter Summaries

Lu Cang received the rare Creator class scroll from Aegimiss, then reunited with Kumiloni after the awards. The first stage ended, and Aegimiss announced a challenge round where victors could take their opponents’ points.

• Aegimiss offered Lu Cang a reward, and he asked for unique classes instead of accepting the offer to become her disciple.
• Aegimiss gave Lu Cang the Creator class scroll, whose hidden advancement method required rare materials, studies, crafting classes, and a perfect artifact.
• Lu Cang worried that others might covet the scroll, but trusted Unsolvable Mystery to prevent them from tracking him.
• Kumiloni received a small tree seed for her 1,022 points, and Lu Cang teleported to her and learned how she and her companions had reached the ruin.
• Aegimiss declared the first stage over and announced that participants could challenge opponents to win their points.

Aegimiss explained that challenges would cost the loser their points, then opened the field for successors to challenge one another. Rhine lost his points to Xie Chen after surrendering, and Yelia began a challenge against Xie Chen with a sudden, devastating sword strike.

• Aegimiss said that losing a challenge meant losing points, allowed each person one chance to challenge, and then disappeared.
• Lu Cang realized that everyone had forgotten his name, while Rhine stepped forward to introduce himself.
• Xie Chen challenged Rhine, struck him across the battlefield, and won all 200,025,000 of Rhine’s points after Rhine surrendered.
• Yelia challenged Xie Chen and immediately engulfed him in Holy Flame before cutting through him with her sword.

Yelia demonstrated her overwhelming speed and power by defeating Xie Chen and Pei Dong, while Lu Cang became the crowd’s next target after his identity was revealed. He faced the successor of Bani of War and Fire, whose sudden attack engulfed the arena and set Lu Cang ablaze.

• Yelia defeated Xie Chen with her Divine Artifact, Sword of Netfire Judgment, and Xie Chen praised her strength after being resurrected.
• Yelia challenged the crowd, and Pei Dong stepped forward before she swiftly cut him into pieces as well.
• Lu Cang learned from Ansu that several other contenders were successors of different legacies, including Aegimiss.
• The crowd discovered Lu Cang’s name and challenged him over his 3.2 billion points, prompting him to appear in the arena.
• A successor of Bani of War and Fire rode up to challenge Lu Cang, then unleashed flames that engulfed the arena and Lu Cang.

Lu Cang fought Adelare, a level 6 Magic Knight and Bani’s inheritor, in a clash of fire and ice. After fire magic failed to hurt Adelare, Lu Cang overwhelmed his flames with powerful ice spells and left him charging into a vast icy attack.

• Lu Cang transformed his body into fire magic and charged Adelare, but their fire attacks healed rather than harmed each other.
• Lu Cang disarmed Adelare’s halberd and battered him with close-range combat techniques, while Adelare’s flames restored his armor and injuries.
• Lu Cang revealed that he could use ice magic and cast White Ice Century, suppressing Adelare’s stronger-tier fire forbidden technique.
• Lu Cang summoned hundreds of thousands of persistent ice spells, astonishing Ansu with his multiple Origin Magics.
• Adelare rode his flaming warhorse toward Lu Cang, who sent all the ice in the sky surging at him.

Lu Cang defeated Adelare and challenged the other inheritors, then fought a scythe-wielding woman who bore the will of Klayya of Wind and Thunder. He copied her wind technique during their clash, leaving her wounded and wondering whether he was a fellow disciple or successor of Kleia.

• Lu Cang crushed Adelare's flames with layers of ice, then tore him apart with a barrage of elemental spells.
• Lu Cang taunted the silent inheritors and asked for a stronger opponent, while Kumiloni reflected on how much he had grown.
• A one-eyed woman carrying a scythe introduced herself as the bearer of Klayya of Wind and Thunder's will and attacked Lu Cang with wind and lightning.
• Lu Cang dodged her scythe but was badly wounded, studied how she used wind, and copied her Windless Wind Swarm technique.
• The woman was also left bloodied and retreated, astonished that Lu Cang could use Wind Cessation and wondering if he was a fellow disciple or Kleia's successor.

Lu Cang fought Lida, the inheritor of the God of Thunder, and learned to layer and transform thunder into Unrestrained Heart Lightning. After defeating her, he used his elemental insights to begin absorbing rare substances into his body, bringing his interpretation of the Myriad Transformations closer to completion.

• Lu Cang endured Lida’s storm and layered thunder, healing rapidly as he studied the elements and created Calamity Thunder.
• Lida transformed Lu Cang’s thunder with her Shock Domain Golden Thunder, but Lu Cang used his Tier 5 Origin Magic, Law Follows My Heart, to regain control and create Unrestrained Heart Lightning.
• Lu Cang turned his enormous thunder sphere into pure lightning, and Lida was overwhelmed by fear and torn apart by the strike.
• Lu Cang reflected that he could use the elemental fusion methods he had observed to make use of rare flames, water, and thunder, and he connected this insight to the Myriad Transformations.
• Lu Cang gathered water, fire, ice, lightning, earth, darkness, and light around himself, then began drawing the strange substances into his body.

Lu Cang awakened his Tier 5 Origin Magic, Myriad Forms Transformation, and discovered he could alter the structure and state of every element. After testing its power, he resolved to visit the White Tower in Atlantis City to check the official rankings of the special resources he had collected.

• Lu Cang realized assimilation meant understanding and rearranging an element’s inner structure, and that Origin Magic could let him do what the world’s rules normally forbade.
• Lu Cang used Myriad Forms Transformation to turn ordinary elements into special substances, including Body-Penetrating Thorn Water and Molten Solidifying Holy Flame.
• Lu Cang tested the properties of his collected special resources, including sticky rock, Ultra-Slow Light, Dream-Shattering Condensing Ice, Viscous Darkness, and Misleading Wind Current.
• Lu Cang transformed elements into unusual states, creating solid fire, flowing ice, solid wind, and gaseous earth.
• Lu Cang sank into transformed earth, struck solidified air, and removed a patch of light before acknowledging Myriad Forms Transformation as his Origin Magic.
• Lu Cang noticed that everyone had witnessed his breakthrough and considered visiting the White Tower in Atlantis City for official resource rankings.

Lu Cang faced a Skin Stealer who wore the skin of a Demon Eater, a class that devoured magic and turned it into power. After testing the Demon Eater with Origin Magic and overwhelming it with a vast barrage of spells, Lu Cang left its absorption limit in question.

• Lu Cang emerged from his comprehension and accepted the Skin Stealer's challenge after Aegimiss allowed the challenger to claim his skin if he won.
• The Skin Stealer revealed his Demon Eater abilities, devoured Lu Cang's spells, and grew stronger as Yelia explained that Demon Eaters were natural enemies of mages.
• Lu Cang used Void Peril Loss, but the Demon Eater devoured the Origin Magic as well, so Lu Cang continued attacking while keeping his distance.
• The Demon Eater swallowed Lu Cang's core and suffered as the combat techniques and other contents inside it ran rampant.
• Lu Cang dispelled the core and unleashed Magic Burst, filling the area with ten thousand spells to test how much magic the Demon Eater could absorb.

Lu Cang tested the limits of a Skin Stealer who could devour and cut through magic, then watched the other challengers battle while learning from Ansu about the differences between level 9 Class-changers and gods. After the challenges ended, Aegimiss began the event’s second act as Lu Cang faded from view.

• Lu Cang overwhelmed the Skin Stealer with magic, exploiting memories of his past to distract him until flames consumed him; the Skin Stealer was summoned away when his Death Date reached zero.
• Other participants challenged one another, and Lu Cang watched Luoyan fight Yelia, a summoner defeat Lida, and a Blacksmith wielding an ancient forging technique defeat Adelare.
• Lu Cang asked Ansu how level 9 Class-changers differed from gods and learned that their strength could be comparable, but gods faced greater restrictions while level 9 Class-changers had finite lifespans.
• The challenges concluded with points changing hands, and Lu Cang, Rhein, and Kumiloni did not challenge anyone.
• Aegimiss announced the second act, and Lu Cang gradually faded from view as she began describing the world’s chaos.

Aegimiss set the trial participants a heroic task based on historical disasters, assigning the strength of their abilities according to their points. Lu Cang realized they would have to alter a simulated historical event, while a man in the present day died after his body dissolved in the ruins.

• In the present day, a gaunt man tried to leave the ruins to tell Lady Aertemi about a perfect vessel, but his legs became immobile as his organs rotted away.
• The man drank medicine from his spatial pouch, but it failed to help, and he died, leaving only his skin on the sand.
• Aegimiss asked the trial participants if they wanted to become heroes and explained that passing required saving people in a desperate situation.
• Aegimiss said points determined the strength of each participant’s ability, while those with zero points would have to leave their abilities to chance.
• Aegimiss covered the area in black mist and showed the participants visions of historical disasters, including the Arian Holy Church Incident, Emperor's Slumber, and the Great Migration.
• Ansu explained that the visions depicted past events, and Lu Cang realized the trial required them to change the course of simulated history.

Lu Cang arrived in a simulated city in the year 3272 and learned that an impending event there would bring sorrow to the world. Before investigating, he raised his Warrior class to level 5 by demonstrating his combat skills and strength.

• Ansu told Lu Cang about historical disasters, including the Great Migration that let monsters overrun a fifth of the world once belonging to Sentient Life.
• Lu Cang found himself in a city in the year 3272 during the month of Chaos and Madness, where Aegimiss warned that an event would soon bring sorrow to the world and urged him to stop it.
• Lu Cang decided to prepare by raising his Warrior and Mage classes, then flew into the wilderness outside the city to complete his Warrior advancement ritual.
• Lu Cang demonstrated his fighting techniques, lifted a mountain, and shattered it before presenting trophies from his battles, including remains from a level 7 monster.
• The principles affirmed Lu Cang’s actions, and he became a level 5 Warrior.

Lu Cang reached Warrior Level 5, gaining new combat abilities and a talent that grew stronger the longer he fought. He then tried to affect the Source with Origin Magic, suffered backlash, and realized his new talent treated the Source as his opponent.

• Lu Cang reached Warrior Level 5 and gained the Enemy Heart Arena and Know Enemy masteries.
• Lu Cang gained the transcendent talent The More the Merrier, which increased his strength and resilience as combat continued.
• Lu Cang turned to advancing as a Mage and called upon the Source to test his Origin Magic.
• Lu Cang used Myriad Forms Transformation on the Source, suffered a backlash, and wondered whether Ansu had influenced his impulsive decision.
• Lu Cang healed as The More the Merrier activated, treating the Source as his opponent.

Lu Cang reached level 5 as a Mage, gaining powers that revealed spells across the world and unified his knowledge of Origin Magic. After discovering that Moon Star’s influence had made him impatient, he accepted Ansu’s advice to destroy the city in the simulation.

• Lu Cang’s battle with the Source strengthened his body, and his wish raised his Mage level to 5.
• Ansu marveled at Lu Cang’s many classes, Origin Magic techniques, and hidden potential.
• Lu Cang gained the Face of the Source and Accumulated Experience Mage Masteries, along with the God-Tier talent Lighthouse of Myriad Laws.
• Lu Cang returned to the city, began learning fifth-tier spells, and asked Ansu whether he had affected his mind.
• Ansu explained that Moon Star’s influence during the month of chaos and madness affected everyone, and advised Lu Cang to destroy the city to stop the crisis.
• Lu Cang decided to learn several unusual spells in the city before destroying it in the simulation.

Lu Cang used God-Tier Lighthouse of Myriad Laws to steal spells from other mages, then followed a divination to a Blood Race alchemist whose nearly finished potion was interrupted by a powerful golden-eyed man. Lu Cang confronted the attacker and began fighting him, leaving the reason for the attack and the potion’s importance unresolved.

• Lu Cang stole Fourth-Tier Flesh Magic—Blood Cocoon from a mage, who realized he had lost the spell and hurried away.
• Lu Cang stole more spells while searching for the event that would bring the world regret and sorrow, and considered destroying the city if he found no clues.
• Lu Cang used Divination: Revelation Card of Destiny and followed its clues to a dark castle inhabited by a young Blood Race alchemist.
• As the alchemist neared completion of a high-tier potion, a golden-eyed man appeared in the sky and tried to kill him.
• Lu Cang trapped the golden-eyed man in thousands of sealing layers, but the man shattered them, so Lu Cang rose to face him and asked why he was attacking the alchemist.

Lu Cang defended a researcher whose potion could give monsters sentience, arguing that possessing power alone did not justify killing someone. When a Tier 7 Golden Dragon attacked the castle, Lu Cang protected the researcher and countered the dragon with powerful magic, then prepared to test his strength against it.

• Lu Cang argued that the city and its innocent residents should be spared, while his opponent revealed that the researcher was developing a potion to give monsters humanlike intelligence.
• Lu Cang decided to protect the researcher, and his body grew stronger as he stalled for time.
• A Golden Dragon attacked, and Lu Cang blocked its blow while directing the city's defensive wards to protect the castle.
• Lu Cang trapped the Golden Dragon in layers of Flawless Transmission barriers, which reflected the dragon's punch and quickly repaired themselves.
• The Golden Dragon spread its wings and threatened to smash through the defenses, while Lu Cang summoned the Void Ring Star Battle Spear and prepared to test his strength.

Lu Cang fought the Golden Dragon, whose hide withstood his strongest attack, and used stopped time to wound it from within. The dragon healed, seized his spear, and revealed its true form as it unleashed Dragon Might.

• The Golden Dragon broke Lu Cang’s barrier and struck him, but Lu Cang reappeared and smashed it into the ground with a soul-sacrificing spear attack that failed to penetrate its hide.
• Lu Cang realized the Golden Dragon’s defense was extraordinary and checked its Death Date, which showed it would live for more than five thousand years.
• The Golden Dragon rushed Lu Cang again, and he stopped time, attacked it repeatedly with soul-powered void spears, and vanished before time resumed.
• The Golden Dragon was wounded from within, its back split open, and Lu Cang appeared behind it with a spear through its body.
• The Golden Dragon grabbed Lu Cang’s spear, dismissed his attack as ignorant, and transformed into its true form, radiating Dragon Might.

Lu Cang faced a colossal Golden Dragon that had devastated the city, provoking it into a physical fight to keep its attacks away from the castle and the Blood Race member inside. The dragon struck him across the continent and into the Turbid Sea, where their battle continued.

• The Golden Dragon manifested its enormous true form and destroyed the city, while two Tier 7 Class-changers rose from the ruins.
• Lu Cang taunted the dragon and challenged it to fight using only physical strength, wagering the life of the Blood Race member in the castle.
• The Golden Dragon accepted Lu Cang’s challenge and vowed to kill him before slaughtering the Blood Race member.
• Lu Cang attacked with Phantom Strike, but his blows left the dragon unharmed.
• The Golden Dragon slammed into Lu Cang and sent him flying from the city to the distant Turbid Sea.

Lu Cang fought Golden Dragon in a brutal close-quarters battle across the Turbid Sea, using the blows to strengthen his already rapidly improving body. After four minutes of combat, he had survived being shattered and reassembled stronger, and he was relishing the fight.

• Golden Dragon attacked Lu Cang with Dragon Hammer, but Lu Cang blocked the colossal blow and countered with a flurry of punches to its chin.
• Lu Cang and Golden Dragon exchanged rapid blows as Golden Dragon questioned whether Lu Cang was using magic; Lu Cang insisted he was using combat techniques.
• As Golden Dragon repeatedly blasted Lu Cang away, Lu Cang felt his physique growing stronger through the fierce battle.
• Golden Dragon pursued Lu Cang into the depths of the Turbid Sea, where its tail sent him through sea monsters and shattered his body.
• Lu Cang reassembled himself at peak condition, and Golden Dragon praised his resilience as the battle reached four minutes.

Lu Cang fought Herbercio, the Golden Dragon, in a physical battle that steadily strengthened his body and helped him develop new combat techniques. The fight continued as Lu Cang adapted to Herbercio’s attacks and reached five thousand times his original physical strength.

• Lu Cang traded blows with Herbercio in the sea, growing tougher as his body rapidly recovered from each attack.
• Herbercio unleashed the Dragon Combat Technique, Skyward Dragon Ascension: Chaotic Shadow Shattered Dragon Fist, and Lu Cang countered with Phantom Strike and Illusion Strike, enduring the barrage head-on.
• Herbercio praised Lu Cang as the strongest human he had seen at his level after Lu Cang stood against his technique.
• At five minutes, Lu Cang blocked Herbercio’s Dragon Tail Sever with Sky Breaking Kick · Dragon Slaying Whip, breaking his leg before it healed.
• Lu Cang’s strength reached five thousand times its original level, and he told Herbercio that it seemed to be getting weaker.

Lu Cang fought the Golden Dragon and used its techniques to refine his own combat style, growing stronger throughout the battle. By eight minutes, he had broken through the dragon’s defenses and forced it to retreat.

• Lu Cang exchanged punches with the Golden Dragon and learned from its fighting style, improving his techniques by comparing them with Chicheng's Invincible Style.
• Lu Cang combined the shadows of Illusion Strike into Convergent Dragon Annihilation Strike, cracking the Golden Dragon’s scales with his bare strength.
• As the fight continued, Lu Cang’s body and techniques grew stronger until the Golden Dragon’s punches could no longer hurt him.
• Lu Cang struck the dragon’s head with Extreme: Dragon Pierce, breaking its scales and caving in its skull.
• At eight minutes, Lu Cang unleashed Dragon Annihilation Downpour, shattered the Golden Dragon’s defenses, and drove it backward in their exchange of punches.