Chapter Summaries

Lu Cang battled Atrendo, a level-two warrior whose swordsmanship and speed pushed Lu Cang to unleash a barrage of layered defenses and spells. Atrendo awakened heightened senses and located Lu Cang’s real body, but his decisive strike stopped at a barrier after piercing twelve shields, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Atrendo shattered Lu Cang’s water ring and attacked with powerful sword techniques, while Lu Cang used illusions, fog, layered shields, and unchanted spells to counter him.
• Lu Cang’s illusions and obscured shields confused Atrendo as he fought through increasingly numerous spells, including fire, vines, thorns, ice, lightning, and falling boulders.
• Under mounting pressure, Atrendo gathered his fighting spirit and awakened heightened senses, allowing him to identify Lu Cang’s real body among the illusions.
• Atrendo burst through the incoming spells and struck Lu Cang with Piercing Soaring Dragon Flash, but the attack pierced only twelve shield layers before a barrier stopped it, with fifteen layers still intact.

Lu Cang revealed his Origin Magic, Source Transformation of All Laws, and used it to turn spells into perpetual, mutable, all-elemental magic. He overwhelmed Atrendo in their spar and ended the fight with a transformed Spirit Blast.

• Atrendo failed to pierce Lu Cang's restored defenses, even after using his Combat Intent and sacrificing souls to strengthen his strike.
• Lu Cang explained that the Source was the vessel of all things, then unveiled his Second Tier Origin Magic, Source Transformation of All Laws.
• Lu Cang transformed Repelling Wind Blast into a perpetual all-elemental storm that pinned Atrendo against the arena wall.
• Lu Cang made Earthfire Sky Charge erupt endlessly and used an enhanced Protective Barrier to trap Atrendo, then changed the barrier into an Eternal Frozen Deep Lake.
• Lu Cang fired an Instant Light Beam Flash at Atrendo and transformed it inside his body into a Spirit Blast strengthened by sacrificing 100 souls.

Lu Cang defeated Atrendo with Origin Magic, reached 300 consecutive arena wins, and visited the Life Church to advance to a level-three mage. After exploring the church with Chicheng, he learned Kumiloni was too exhausted to help him change class until the next day.

• Lu Cang used Source Transformation of All Laws to unleash Soul Explosion inside Atrendo, winning their match and earning the Origin Mage title.
• His next opponent, Wang Gou, surrendered before the fight began, giving Lu Cang his 300th consecutive win and a bowl of Root Spring.
• Lu Cang left the arena for the Life Church, where Chicheng picked him up and said Iz had comprehended Elemental Void a little over a month after reaching level two.
• Chicheng showed Lu Cang the Life Church's grounds and explained its services and benefits while Kumiloni preached to a crowd seeking awakenings for their children.
• Kumiloni confirmed Lu Cang had comprehended Origin Magic, but postponed his class advancement until the next day because she was exhausted and the Promotion Hall was likely closed.

Lu Cang advanced to third-level mage after demonstrating his Origin magic in a secret Promotion Hall, and gained Perception, new Mage Masteries, and a God-Tier talent that upgraded all his spells. With his path of Origin now compatible with other classes, he prepared to take Decipherer as his second class.

• Kumiloni brought Lu Cang to a secret Promotion Hall and explained the third-level mage assessment.
• Lu Cang attacked a moving puppet with Origin spells, transforming and combining magic until Kumiloni told him to stop.
• Lu Cang submitted remains from the Blood-Piercing Needle Bee and the King of Alien Insects, then advanced to third-level mage.
• Lu Cang gained Perception, improved spirituality, quadruple casting, two Mage Masteries, and the God-Tier talent Ascension of Magic.
• Ascension of Magic upgraded Lu Cang's learned spells, including Source Transformation of All Laws into Origin Laws.
• Lu Cang concluded that his Origin path would let him pursue other classes and prepared to change to Decipherer.

Lu Cang changed his second class to Decipherer, gained the ability to find hidden secrets, and used it to uncover a prohibited Death Priest scroll and other hidden items. He then evolved his spells, opened the seal around Thousand Army Ant Mountain, and left a permanent Flame Prison around it to farm souls automatically.

• Kumiloni performed the ritual that changed Lu Cang's class to Level 1 Decipherer, granting him the talent God-tier into Secrets and new deciphering abilities.
• Lu Cang's new talent revealed a hidden Death Priest Class Scroll and ten gold coins beneath a floor tile, prompting Kumiloni to investigate the Promotion Hall elders.
• Lu Cang evolved Flying Ice Bee into Ring Shuttle Ice Bee and used his talent to find and collect several hidden items along the way.
• Lu Cang discovered that the seal around Thousand Army Ant Mountain could be opened with his Contract of Unsealing and released the swarm into a Flame Prison.
• Lu Cang killed the ants for 182.11 million souls, then left Flame Prison burning indefinitely around Thousand Army Ant Mountain so it would generate souls without daily trips.

After changing class to Decipherer, Lu Cang visited the City Within the Circle library and deciphered a hidden ancient spell. He evolved it into Flesh and Blood Remolding, then left with a stack of books to study.

• Lu Cang avoided the crowd outside the Promotion Hall, where Life Church clerics and kingdom law enforcers had gathered after an elder was arrested for colluding with the Death Church.
• Lu Cang found Pali in the library, received Cryptographer's Guide, and heard her warn him not to treat divinations as commands from fate.
• Lu Cang discovered hidden books and deciphered The Riddle of Moon Time to uncover the Tier 3 Face Altering Technique.
• Lu Cang learned Face Altering Technique, evolved it into Flesh Sculpting Technique, and upgraded it into Flesh and Blood Remolding with its side effects removed.
• Lu Cang put away the deciphered book and gathered more texts on Decipherers, cryptography, and concealed secrets to study.

Lu Cang discovered secret knowledge, bought every spellbook in a magic bookstore, and used the Battle Arena’s new World Quick Match feature. After defeating his first alien opponent with ease, he faced Free Void: Tunye, whose teleportation and dark orb briefly challenged him before Lu Cang launched a massive spell barrage.

• Lu Cang deciphered a sinister Fallen Sacrifice Ritual, recorded it, and borrowed ten books containing Secret Knowledge from the library.
• Lu Cang used Flesh and Blood Remolding to change his appearance, then bought all eighty Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 spellbooks in the Magic Bookstore.
• Lu Cang entered the Battle Arena’s World Quick Match and defeated a black-winged alien opponent with a wind blast and Black Crystal Spike.
• Lu Cang matched against Free Void: Tunye, who teleported around him and struck his shields with a dark orb.
• Lu Cang pursued Tunye with Instant White Flash and unleashed hundreds of spells from Earth Burning Ice Heaven.

Lu Cang defeated Tunye and continued his Battle Arena streak, learning from battles against Alien Race mages and creating new spells. At 399 consecutive wins, he faced another Origin Mage, Xuzhou, copied Xuzhou’s Origin Magic, and battered him while trying to prolong the fight.

• Lu Cang used Tier 4 Resonant Thunder Zone and White Daylight to overwhelm Tunye, then won after hitting it with 185 Instant White Flash strikes.
• Lu Cang instantly killed Abichu and went on to win more than thirty matches, reaching second place among Level 3 players in the City Within the Circle.
• Lu Cang created two new spells, Earth Dragon Rising Lava and Shadow Weaving Net, and continued his streak to 399 consecutive wins.
• Lu Cang met Xuzhou, another Origin Mage of Tunye’s race, and defended against Xuzhou’s Void Sting and other attacks.
• After Xuzhou’s Origin: Void Devour swallowed his spells, Lu Cang used Origin Laws to imitate it and conjured four copies around himself.
• Lu Cang struck Xuzhou with Tier 4 thunder and mental spells, then continued attacking as Xuzhou’s black chains failed to reach him.

Lu Cang and Xuzhou halted their battle to exchange knowledge about the Void and magic. After Lu Cang mastered and evolved spells from Xuzhou’s book with astonishing speed, Xuzhou abandoned his rivalry and proposed discussing Origin Magic.

• Lu Cang agreed to Xuzhou’s truce and learned that Void Creatures existed across both the present world and the Void, making their visible forms mere projections.
• Lu Cang and Xuzhou wagered a spellbook, and Lu Cang mastered Void Call at a glance before evolving it into the Tier 4 Awaken Void.
• Lu Cang borrowed Xuzhou’s Void Sting book, mastered its spell, and transformed it into a powerful Tier 4 spell.
• Lu Cang explained and demonstrated the stages that led from Light Gathering Strike to Instant White Flash, though he could not fully explain the advanced magic.
• Xuzhou admitted he no longer wanted to compete with Lu Cang and suggested they discuss Origin Magic.

Lu Cang discussed the Source and magic with Xuzhou in the Combat Arena, then returned to City Within the Circle and learned that Kumiloni was investigating the Death Church. After resting, he reached 500 consecutive Arena wins and awaited the grand prize.

• Lu Cang and Xuzhou exchanged theories about the Source, analyzed spells, and shared their understanding of Origin Magic before Xuzhou surrendered and added Lu Cang as a competitive friend.
• Kumiloni found Lu Cang after he had spent the night in the Arena and told him that the Promotion Hall was connected to the Death Church and that investigators had discovered cages and unauthorized class promotions.
• Lu Cang showed Kumiloni a ritual that could draw a Demonic Tide, then returned to the hotel and slept after more than forty hours awake.
• After waking, Lu Cang noticed distant tremors, considered his plans for other classes, and bought Demonic Blood and Copy Paper before entering the Battle Arena.
• Lu Cang won his final hundred matches, including a difficult fight against an invisible assassin, and reached 500 consecutive wins.

Lu Cang entered the War God Tower after earning a 500-win streak in the Battle Arena and quickly overwhelmed its increasingly powerful monsters with his Void summons. The tower’s public record climbed to Floor 91, leaving Lu Cang still advancing beyond the previous record.

• Lu Cang received the Origin Demonic Body book and an invitation to a 5027 Battle Arena event after his 500-win streak, then visited the War God Tower.
• Lu Cang bought guides for Tiers 1 through 5 and quickly cleared the Tier 3 tower’s first 59 floors.
• Lu Cang defeated the Tier 4 King-tier Root-Foot King on Floor 60 by summoning a legion of Nation-Destroying Void creatures.
• Lu Cang swept through the Tier 4 King-tier monsters on Floors 60 through 74 and reached the Nation-Destroying-tier trial on Floor 75.
• People outside the tower watched the Tier 3 record rise past Floor 77 as Lu Cang continued clearing floors.
• The record reached Floor 91 while onlookers debated whether Lu Cang was the one climbing the tower.

Lu Cang faced fifteen full-strength Tier 5 King-tier Demonic Beasts on the War God Tower’s 91st floor and used his Void summons and varied magic to defeat most of them. With four enemies left, he tested his new Soul Tear Spirit Snatch spell and had one creature pinned to the ground by the Thousand Tendril Throat.

• Lu Cang encountered fifteen Tier 5 King-tier Demonic Beasts and spread illusion fog across the battlefield, concealing himself and his Void Creatures.
• Lu Cang’s summons focused on the Flower Demon while the other beasts attacked a Void Pillar Guardian, which later regenerated and drew them away.
• Lu Cang used Dark Sacrifice Black Chains, Inner Thorn Void Crystal, and Origin spells to weaken and kill the King-tier beasts, leaving four alive after two minutes.
• Lu Cang used Soul Tear Spirit Snatch on a remaining beast, tearing at its soul and making it writhe in agony.
• The Thousand Tendril Throat pierced the suffering beast with its tendrils and pinned it to the ground.

Lu Cang reached the War God Tower’s 100th floor and faced a vast fifth-tier Nation-Destroying monster shaped like a living city. After probing its defenses, he identified its aorta as a weak point and launched an Origin spell attack, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lu Cang cleared the floors through the 99th with the help of his Void summons, despite the growing numbers and strength of the King-tier Demonic Beasts.
• Onlookers discussed Lu Cang’s climb and his claim that he would beat Luluwei, prompting Luluwei to decide to teach him a lesson.
• Lu Cang arrived on the 100th floor and discovered a colossal city of flesh, then used Soul Tear Spirit Snatch without extracting any souls.
• The monster attacked Lu Cang with chunks of flesh, summoned creatures, poisoned arrows, and regenerating tendrils, killing one of his Buzzing Hunters.
• Lu Cang used an Observation Mirror to locate the monster’s aorta and struck it with Origin Ice Crystal, then transformed the spell into Origin Explosion using 200,000 souls.

Lu Cang tracked the flesh city’s blood vessel to its hidden brain and destroyed it with a 50-million-soul Origin Explosion, defeating the Tier 5 Nation-Destroying monster. As he approached the portal to the next floor, he sensed a hidden door and a concealed God of War Inheritance Challenge.

• Lu Cang sent an army of summons into the flesh city while he concealed himself and followed a severed blood vessel underground.
• His Buzzing Hunters and Headless Berserkers fought through the flesh and found a brain-like core connected to the city’s blood vessels.
• Lu Cang sent a Flying Ice Bee carrying an Origin Explosion fueled by 50 million souls to destroy the core.
• The blast killed the monster, withered the entire city, and revealed a portal to the next floor.
• As Lu Cang neared the portal, he sensed a hidden door that could be broken to activate the Hidden God of War Inheritance Challenge.

Lu Cang found a hidden inheritance beyond the War God Tower’s 100th floor but chose to leave it unopened until he could assess its danger. He sought Pali’s help with the tower’s Battle History reward, and she agreed to help him comprehend the War God’s will within it.

• Lu Cang entered the tower’s white reward space, collected the prizes from the 100th floor, and carved his name into its tablet.
• Lu Cang left the hidden inheritance unopened, exited the tower, disguised himself, and went to the library to ask Pali whether the inheritance was dangerous.
• Pali charged Lu Cang one million gold coins for a divination, drew a card depicting Yakartikto, and told him he was in luck.
• Lu Cang showed Pali Battle History, and she identified its hidden War God’s will as a route to Combat Intent.
• Lu Cang paid Pali two million gold coins for her help and agreed to a ten-million-coin installment plan for confidentiality before she summoned a chair and began guiding him.

Lu Cang comprehended the War God's Combat Intent and studied how spirituality shaped talent and insight, then used the rewards from the War God Tower to deepen his understanding of the Source. He shattered the tower's teleportation gate and revealed the entrance to the hidden place.

• Pali used the War God's book to let Lu Cang experience the War God's endless battles, allowing him to comprehend Combat Intent: Unconquerable Heart.
• Lu Cang recognized that his unusually high spirituality might explain his powerful talent, then drank Spirit Brilliance Water and Root Spring to strengthen his insight and understanding of the Source.
• Lu Cang studied the Ancient Root Mage's Notes in the War God Tower and prepared to enter the hidden place.
• Lu Cang fired Source: Body-Piercing Thunder Burst at the teleportation gate, cracked and shattered it, and saw the dark void beyond.

Lu Cang fought Kaijia, the War God, in a trial set on a battlefield of corpses, relying on shields, summons, magic, and corpse exchanges to survive his overwhelming attacks. After studying Kaijia’s fighting style and rethinking how to concentrate his spells, Lu Cang began to counterattack with two Origin spells.

• Lu Cang entered the trial and recognized Kaijia as the War God, then summoned Tier 4 Void Creatures across the corpse-strewn battlefield.
• Kaijia dodged Lu Cang’s Instant White Flash and shattered his shields with a kick, forcing Lu Cang to escape through Death Exchange Technique.
• Lu Cang used corpse exchanges, traps, and a Dark Void Zone fueled by 500,000 souls, but Kaijia survived the explosion with only minor injuries.
• Lu Cang discovered that concentrated magic could block Kaijia’s attacks, while Kaijia criticized his lack of technique and threatened to destroy every corpse.
• Lu Cang studied the fight and imagined how Iz would respond, then switched behind Kaijia and cast Origin: Black Weakness Curse and Origin Body-Piercing Thunder Burst.

Lu Cang used Origin spells and battlefield control to weaken War God Kaijia, then survived Kaijia’s unleashed speed by repeatedly exchanging places with corpses. Lu Cang realized Kaijia’s body resisted magic from entering it and declared that he would make Kaijia taste defeat.

• Lu Cang discovered that Kaijia’s aura shield formed only at the instant of impact and used an Inner Sting Void Crystal to attack from inside it.
• Lu Cang combined Origin spells with Bone Erosion, Shadow Weaving Net, and Chilling Deep Water Ball to bind and weaken Kaijia, then battered him with Body-Piercing Thunder Burst.
• Kaijia unleashed his full speed and Giant Blade Storm, killing Lu Cang repeatedly and forcing Death Exchange Technique to move him between marked corpses.
• Lu Cang escaped to corpses a hundred kilometers away and marked more corpses as substitutes while Kaijia pursued him.
• Lu Cang realized that Origin remained on Kaijia’s skin but could not penetrate his body, and said Kaijia would taste defeat that day.

Lu Cang awakened the Origin Magic Body as Law and used it to defeat Kaijia, the War God, in the War God Tower. Kaijia then appeared and offered Lu Cang his inheritance, leaving him with a set of Warrior combat techniques despite Lu Cang not having changed class.

• Lu Cang realized that his body and magic were one, awakened Origin: Body as Law, and used faster spellcasting, illusions, and shields to withstand Kaijia's attacks.
• Lu Cang used Origin Explosion inside Kaijia to kill him, then confirmed the death and stored pieces of his corpse.
• Lu Cang reflected on the battle among the corpses before a divine War God appeared and sat beside him.
• The War God praised Lu Cang's extraordinary spirituality, revealed that he was an Innate Awakener named Kaijia, and said three others had received his inheritance.
• Kaijia offered Lu Cang his inheritance and passed on a complete set of Demon Quenching Magic Flow combat techniques.

Lu Cang learned the War God's Quenching Demon Refining Method, left the War God Tower, and later witnessed a clash of immense powers over the city. Unsure whether the danger had truly passed, he left the hotel and headed for the grand library.

• Kaijia taught Lu Cang the Quenching Demon Refining Method, revealed its hidden True Essence of Combat, and warned him not to speak of the inheritance site to anyone who had not received his inheritance.
• After Kaijia disappeared, Lu Cang tested a technique on the Void Pillar Guardian, injured his shin, and used Proficiency Evolution to raise Magic Piercing Sweep to LV:3.
• Lu Cang left the War God Tower, ate at a restaurant, considered his recent breakthroughs and whether to change classes, then returned to his hotel and fell asleep.
• A tremor woke Lu Cang, who saw deathly black clouds gathering over the city before emerald light and a crimson strike dispersed them and drove countless black souls skyward.
• Lu Cang suspected the clash involved the Life Church and Death Church, drank a Spirit Awakening Potion, and went to the grand library in City Within the Circle rather than return to sleep.