Chapter Summaries

Qin Shi studied Qin Wuxiang’s brutal cultivation method and reflected on the need to forge his own path beyond Professional Level. Meanwhile, Yao Guodong arrived at Yellow Springs Training Camp to meet the War King, unaware that Qin Shi was unconscious, and insisted on seeing him despite Fu Lei and Song Xing’s efforts to delay him.

• Qin Wuxiang destroyed and absorbed the Eternal Only Dao’s blood-red avatars, showing Qin Shi how ruthless self-belief and relentless evolution defined Qi Wuxiang’s cultivation path.
• Qin Shi compared Qi Wuxiang’s reckless approach with He Lanchán’s cautious one and considered how he would need to create his own path toward the Four Stages of Heavenly Gate.
• Yao Guodong and Committee Member Zhou arrived at Yellow Springs Training Camp to meet the young War King, and Yao Guodong said he would not interfere with training.
• Fu Lei tried to delay Yao Guodong by claiming Qin Shi was recovering from battles and then cultivating after exchanging points for Black Medicine and an Afterimage Crystal.
• Yao Guodong rejected the delay and ordered Fu Lei to lead him to meet Qin Shi.

Qin Shi’s extended breakthrough ended with him crossing the Level 5 Extraordinary Pass and emerging with a Vitality Value of 222. The chapter left Yao Guodong puzzled by Qin Shi’s strange sideways walk and sidelong gaze.

• Fu Lei and Song Xing brought the apparently unconscious Qin Shi to the infirmary, where his sudden surge of Life Force revealed that he was breaking through.
• Inside the Inner Scenery, Qin Shi’s Qin Wuxiang fought through waves of enemies, driving Qin Shi’s body to absorb Energy Factors as he prepared for Level 5.
• Yao Guodong and Committee Member Zhou monitored Qin Shi’s breakthrough while Fu Lei and Song Xing evacuated the recruits and waited outside the infirmary.
• Seven days later, the energy cocoon around Qin Shi cracked open, and Song Xing’s instrument recorded his Vitality Value at 222.
• Qin Shi walked out transformed, but Yao Guodong wondered why he was walking sideways and looking at people askance.

Qin Shi emerged from his breakthrough at Professional Level 5 with an extraordinary manifestation and a Life Force reading of 277, prompting White Poplar Fortress City’s leaders to conceal his true strength. He then asked to be sent to the most dangerous contaminated zones, eager to fight Servant Creatures.

• Qin Shi anchored his mind after his battle in the Spiritual Domain and completed his transformation into the extraordinary realm.
• Qin Shi formed an eight-hundred-meter Domain crowned by a White-Gold Blazing Sun, while his Life Force rose to 277.
• Yao Guodong ordered Song Xing to keep Qin Shi’s real Life Force reading confidential and report it to the Governor’s Mansion.
• Fu Lei agreed to lend Qin Shi to the Fire Scorpion and Iron Fist training camps as an instructor for a few days.
• Qin Shi met Yao Guodong and asked to be sent to the most dangerous contaminated zones so he could fight Servant Creatures.

Qin Shi settled into his new role at White Poplar Fortress City and sought real combat to test his newly established Professional Level 5 strength. After overpowering Fu Lei and Instructor Li in sparring, he faced Instructor Zhao and prepared a strike he warned he could not fully control.

• Yao Guodong and Committee Member Zhou urged Qin Shi to stabilize his Life Force and wait for strategic orders before seeking combat on the western front.
• Qin Shi moved into the office building and shared his high-energy meals with Fu Lei, who advised him to conserve energy for prolonged battles.
• Qin Shi asked Fu Lei to spar, then spent three days training him until Fu Lei gave up and pointed him toward Instructor Li and Instructor Zhao.
• Qin Shi defeated Instructor Li with a single clash, reflecting that a truly powerful field fused its specialty with enough Energy Factors to become real.
• Instructor Zhao volunteered to test his perfected Titanium Extreme Golden Body, but Qin Shi gathered a blazing strike and warned that he could not fully control it at peak strength.

Qin Shi tested his strength against White Poplar Fortress City's instructors and asked for an outside mission as the western front prepared to advance. Meanwhile, Wu Yong confronted Division Commander Mo Zhenting over his reports about the mission that had endangered Qin Shi, and learned that Mo had arrested Deputy Adjutant Zheng Min.

• Qin Shi overwhelmed Instructor Zhao with his field, then explained that Zhao had passed out from overloading his own Life Force rather than from serious injuries.
• Qin Shi told Fu Lei that he had absorbed enough training and requested an outside mission, while Fu Lei revealed that the western front would soon advance into the Contaminated Zone.
• Wu Yong went to the operations room after learning that Mo Zhenting had received his anonymous reports, and admitted that he had written them.
• Mo Zhenting explained how Haila had passed along Wu Yong's reports and argued that power needed checks, while criticizing Wu Yong for reporting before he had enough standing.
• Mo Zhenting revealed that Deputy Adjutant Zheng Min had altered his orders to target Qin Shi, had confessed, and had been arrested on Mo's warrant.

Mo Zhenting punished Wu Yong for reporting his superior but planned to restore him after a period in logistics, while Qin Shi advanced his cultivation and prepared to lead a special unit as the western front mobilized. Three days later, Qin Shi began assembling his team, including the familiar Ox-Horse Squad.

• Mo Zhenting dismissed Wu Yong from the Wind Scythe Sequence Army and assigned him to fleet logistics under observation, then told Haila he intended to transfer him back eventually.
• Qin Shi consolidated his cultivation, increased his Life Force, and decided to seek a powerful opponent to test his field.
• Fu Lei told Song Xing that the western front would advance in three days and that Qin Shi would receive a special Sharp Blade company with medical, logistics, and rescue teams.
• The first recruits from Yellow Springs Training Camp departed for the battlefield, while Gao Pao and Zhao Su wondered whether they would see Qin Shi again.
• Qin Shi received the Ox-Horse Squad as members of his team, and Long Qiuyuan explained that Xuyang Heavy Industry had assigned her as his assistant.
• Qin Shi reviewed information about the night bats replacing the Man-faced Spider's ecological niche and offered three crates of Black Medicine and three months of supplies for them.

Qin Shi used the doorway bound to his saber to ambush a flock of Night Bats, then faced Night Bat King Morgan as it attacked him in the contaminated zone. After learning more powerful servant creatures might be nearby, Qin Shi prepared to hunt them for resources.

• Qin Shi sent Ye Xiaotang to scan for Kill List targets while Long Qiuyuan and Ye Xiaotang drew the Night Bats out of their nest.
• Qin Shi leaped from the airship and used the doorway bound to his saber to descend rapidly and slash through the flock.
• Qin Shi ordered Ye Xiaotang to collect Night Bat samples while Long Qiuyuan spotted a powerful presence approaching.
• Night Bat King Morgan attacked Qin Shi with Phase Shuttle and a psionic shriek, but Qin Shi resisted the attack and advanced through its shadow field.
• Qin Shi sensed other Disaster Third Energy Level creatures nearby and welcomed the chance to hunt them for resources.

Qin Shi fought Night Bat King Morgan and resisted the Blood Shadow Worms Morgan unleashed, then revealed a powerful fourth stage of his Life Field Domain. As Qin Shi rose above Morgan and the newly arrived Familiar leaders Hector and Noor, he prepared to face them.

• Qin Shi sensed hidden hostility and fought Night Bat King Morgan, using thirtyfold amplification to batter Morgan and tear apart his Shadow Domain.
• Morgan unleashed Blood Shadow Worms that invaded Qin Shi’s Life Field Domain, while Ye Xiaotang and Ran Bin worried that the worms would consume him.
• Hector and Noor emerged from the void and joined Morgan, intending to capture Qin Shi and offer him to the Great Demon.
• Qin Shi used his Life Magnetic Field and Eternal Only Dao to refine the Blood Shadow Worms, then absorbed their Life Force.
• Qin Shi activated his envisioned fourth stage, transformed his domain into a corona, and rose above the three Familiar leaders as Morgan questioned whether he was human.

Qin Shi defeated three leader-class Servant Creatures in the Contaminated Zone and absorbed their Life Force cores before retreating to his Anomalous Object to consolidate his gains. As he cultivated and pondered the Spirit Pillars and the Martial God realm, word spread through the dependent clans that an Eastern Xia human monster was rampaging through the zone.

• Qin Shi overwhelmed Night Bat King Morgan, Dark Annihilation Eagle Hector, and Stagnant Water Boa Noor, killing them and refining their Life Force cores.
• Qin Shi returned through the doorway to his training space and ordered the airship to wake him after eight hours of secluded cultivation.
• Qin Shi instructed Jianna to deepen her connection with the Anomalous Object, promising her nutritional fluid as a reward.
• Qin Shi cultivated by merging his martial and psychic paths while reflecting on Eastern Xia's history, the Spirit Pillars, and the pursuit of the Martial God realm.
• Black Partridge spread a warning among the dependent clans that an Eastern Xia human monster was rampaging through the Contaminated Zone.

Qin Shi emerged from seclusion with a newly tangible Domain and learned that the Chaos Faction had placed him high on its hit list. He arranged to bait Disaster Level 4 Servant Creatures into attacking him, and a week later rumors reached the enemy that he was heading straight for their nest.

• Servant Creatures gathered in the polluted zone and received a hit list that named Qin Shi among its targets.
• Qin Shi completed his training, strengthened his Domain, and discovered that he could sense other living beings' thoughts.
• Long Qiuyuan briefed Qin Shi on the western front's escalating fighting and told him that the Chaos Faction had ranked him among its top fifty targets.
• Qin Shi decided to use his place on the hit list as bait and asked Long Qiuyuan to arrange a mission that would lure in Disaster Level 4 enemies.
• A week later, Black Partridges spread news that Qin Shi was approaching the Servant Creatures' nest to break through it head-on.

Qin Shi went to the Western Front as bait in a plan to lure powerful Servant Creatures into the open, despite command staff’s concerns. He drew in Russell the Deep Diver and Kazan the Observer, then prepared to turn the ambush against them.

• Russell the Deep Diver and Kazan the Observer discussed targeting Qin Shi, while Yao Guodong objected to sending him into danger and Lord Tai's Sub-body explained that Qin Shi had proposed the plan.
• Qin Shi arrived at the Frontline aboard the Kirov Airship and changed the planned stage, entering the unoccupied zone alone to attract stronger enemies.
• Long Qiuyuan reported that three powerful signatures, including beings near Disaster Level 4, were closing in, as soldiers across the Western Front learned that Qin Shi was on the battlefield.
• Russell the Deep Diver attacked Qin Shi, who shattered one of its tentacles with a punch as Long Qiuyuan identified Russell and Kazan the Observer.
• Kazan the Observer unleashed its Domain of Despair and damaged Qin Shi’s field, but Qin Shi refused support, drew his Perfect Electric Shock Saber, and erupted with the Platinum Sun.

Qin Shi defeated Russell the Deep Diver and Kazan the Observer, then rallied the Western Front to advance. As the battlefield began mutating around him, a message appeared saying he had attracted the True Dragon’s attention and asking whether he would accept its blessing.

• Qin Shi wounded Russell the Deep Diver and shattered Kazan the Observer’s Domain of Despair with his spiritual will.
• Qin Shi killed Russell with a saber strike and seized its Life Force core.
• Qin Shi broadcast a speech urging Eastern Xia’s soldiers to push forward, and the Western Front commander ordered a full advance.
• Qin Shi overcame Kazan’s final attack, destroyed its mental projection, and captured its crystal.
• Qin Shi discovered that his communications device had turned into a parasite and saw Russell and Kazan’s remains fuse with the battlefield into a living mutation.
• A message announced that Qin Shi had attracted the True Dragon’s attention and asked whether he would accept its blessing.

Qin Shi received the True Dragon’s Holy Breath and used his cultivation methods to withstand Blood River Typhon’s contamination and destroy its projection’s core. He survived the Disaster Level 4 attack, leaving the Western Front Command Center and Long Qiuyuan stunned.

• Qin Shi accepted the True Dragon’s blessing, gaining Holy Breath that purified filth and strengthened his Life Force.
• Russell the Deep Diver and Kazan the Observer’s remains transformed as Blood River Typhon appeared, prompting the Western Front Command Center to order Qin Shi’s evacuation.
• Qin Shi used the Void Meditation Method and Eternal Only Dao to suppress the contamination and refine the power of Russell and Kazan.
• Qin Shi expanded a double-helix field that purified Blood River Typhon’s offspring and contaminated battlefield.
• Qin Shi struck Blood River Typhon’s core beneath the Scorched Earth with his Perfect Electric Shock Saber, causing its domain and projection to collapse.
• Long Qiuyuan saw Qin Shi survive, while the Western Front Command Center confirmed his life signal and marveled at his escape.

After Qin Shi drove back Blood River Typhon, his victory transformed the Western Front’s momentum and earned him a First-Class Combat Hero commendation and the Grand Star Sea Medal. While recovering aboard the Kirov Airship, Qin Shi treated Blood River Typhon’s lingering mark as a chance to grow stronger and prepared to return to the front to hunt it.

• The Western Front Command Center confirmed Qin Shi had driven back Blood River Typhon, and the Western Front advanced 1,800 meters as the news spread across both fronts.
• Mo Zhenting considered the risks in Feng Wuyang’s rapid two-front campaign and arranged to invite Qin Shi to meet after the Great Expansion Movement.
• Feng Wuyang and the Governor’s Mansion approved Qin Shi for the title of First-Class Combat Hero and the Grand Star Sea Medal, which Feng Wuyang planned to award personally.
• Aboard the Kirov Airship, Qin Shi told Long Qiuyuan that Blood River Typhon’s Activation trait had affected part of his body, but he intended to overcome its mark through cultivation.
• Qin Shi reported that his Life Force was close to three hundred points and planned to recover before returning to the front to track down Blood River Typhon.

Qin Shi returned to White Poplar Fortress City, suppressed Blood River Typhon’s lingering mark, and broke through to Professional Level 4. Two days later, he stood before the fortress’s soldiers as Governor Feng Wuyang prepared to award him a medal.

• Qin Shi arrived at White Poplar Fortress City and reunited with Yao Guodong, Fu Lei, and Song Xing, who told him Governor Feng Wuyang would personally award his medal.
• Qin Shi confirmed that Blood River Typhon’s Activation Domain had left a mark inside him, but declined to take medical resources needed by other wounded soldiers.
• Qin Shi cultivated with the twin furnace, using the mark as a catalyst and the Holy Breath to suppress it as his Life Force transformed and he advanced to Professional Level 4.
• Long Qiuyuan brought Qin Shi high-energy nutrients, learned of his breakthrough, and received his request to gather information on the Corrupt Sea.
• Two days later, Qin Shi appeared before the assembled soldiers of White Poplar Fortress City, where he spotted Zhao Su but did not see Gao Pao.
• Governor Feng Wuyang presented Qin Shi’s battle strike on a holographic display and called him forward to receive his medal.

Qin Shi received the Great Star Sea Medal and used his speech to honor the soldiers and civilization of Eastern Xia. After the ceremony, Feng Wuyang revealed his plan to reach the Corrupt Sea and told Qin Shi that Blood River Typhon’s mark could lead the way inside.

• Feng Wuyang pinned the Great Star Sea Medal on Qin Shi, whose body reacted to the medal’s spark of civilization and recoiled from Blood River Typhon’s lingering traits.
• Qin Shi addressed the crowd, praising the soldiers who fought and died on the Frontline and declaring that Eastern Xia would move forward without fear.
• The Eastern Front command staff watched the ceremony, while Zhou Ning and Ren You celebrated Qin Shi’s achievement at Nanhuang Dojo.
• Ying Huang observed that Qin Shi’s rise would embarrass the Four Great National Universities and warned that the Imperial Capital would resist seeing another He Lanchán emerge.
• Feng Wuyang showed Qin Shi the Corrupt Sea on a holographic map and explained that he hoped the current war would finally let humanity reach and cleanse it.
• Feng Wuyang told Qin Shi that Blood River Typhon’s mark could serve as a coordinate to the Corrupt Sea because the creature could enter and leave it.

After Feng Wuyang hinted that the Great Expansion Movement would bring major changes to Hengzhou New Star, Qin Shi focused on finding Blood River Typhon and continued serving as a celebrated figure on the Western Front. Back at New Han Fortress City, he consumed elite military supplements that strengthened his body and mind, unlocking the Super Stomach achievement.

• Feng Wuyang told Qin Shi that the Great Expansion Movement would reshape Hengzhou New Star and hoped he would become a future general.
• Qin Shi asked for the latest frontline map and a medical scan to help locate Blood River Typhon, then spent the rest of his assignment giving speeches across the battlefield.
• Qin Shi returned to New Han Fortress City, where a logistics lieutenant delivered high-grade Heavy Core nutritional supplements approved for his extreme energy needs.
• Qin Shi consumed Heavy Core Type I and Type II supplements, rapidly replenishing his body and purifying his Mental Power.
• The Monument Panel announced that Qin Shi had unlocked the Super Stomach achievement.

After advancing to the middle stage of Professional Level 4 by absorbing Magma Marrow, Qin Shi accepted an escort mission to Anvil Outpost. When a Disaster Level 3 Wailing Earthworm attacked the convoy, Qin Shi leaped from the airship and struck back with a colossal hand of white-gold flames.

• Qin Shi unlocked [Super Stomach], improving his ability to absorb and convert high-density energy, and glimpsed the path toward the source of life.
• Qin Shi drank two tubes of Magma Marrow and broke through to the middle stage of Professional Level 4, then spent a week consolidating his gains.
• Long Qiuyuan arranged an escort mission to transport a Mechanical Soldier to Anvil Outpost, and Qin Shi joined the convoy aboard the Kirov Airship.
• A Disaster Level 3 Wailing Earthworm erupted from beneath the road and attacked the convoy, prompting Qin Shi to jump from the airship.
• Qin Shi descended toward the Wailing Earthworm and summoned a colossal white-gold flaming hand to strike it.

Qin Shi escorted a convoy to Anvil Outpost, where he killed a Wailing Earthworm and then crushed a massive beast tide approaching the stronghold. After the battle, a new convoy arrived, and Qin Shi recognized someone familiar among its soldiers.

• Qin Shi killed the Wailing Earthworm that ambushed the convoy with a single attack, then resumed escorting it to Anvil Outpost.
• Qin Shi met Zhao Tie and the Mechanical Soldier G-73, who began preparing a purification ritual at the outpost.
• Zhao Tie asked Qin Shi to help defend the outpost from high-energy pollution and an approaching beast tide, and Qin Shi agreed.
• Qin Shi and his squad halted the beast tide, with Long Qiuyuan providing aerial fire and Ye Xiaotang and Ran Bin targeting dangerous creatures.
• Qin Shi returned to Anvil Outpost after an hour and a half of fighting, and recognized Old Zhou among the reinforcements that arrived.

Qin Shi reunited with Zhou Yuanchen and learned that the Disaster Level 4 Labyrinth Nest was blocking the Western Front by scattering invading forces into isolated one-on-one battles. Eager to face the challenge, Qin Shi secured approval to join the Army Breaking Operation and set off for Iron Thorn Fortress City.

• Qin Shi reunited with Zhou Yuanchen at the outpost and learned that Zhou had become the captain of the Broken Halberd assault battalion.
• Zhou Yuanchen explained that the Labyrinth Nest divided invading armies into separate battle spaces and had already swallowed scouting teams, including a major at Professional Level 3.
• Qin Shi learned that Western Front Command Center was gathering experts at Iron Thorn Fortress City for a secret operation to destroy the Labyrinth Nest.
• Qin Shi asked Long Qiuyuan to apply for the Army Breaking Operation, but Command Center initially refused because the risk was too high.
• Qin Shi insisted that he wanted to take part, and Command Center approved his request and sent the operation files.
• Qin Shi ordered the airship to depart for Iron Thorn Fortress City in forty minutes.