Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing, a short-lived worker at Celestial God Armor, eagerly seized the chance to study genetic martial arts, hoping to overcome his genetic defects. He joined Liu Zhankun’s training session, where only about fifty employees attended, and the instructor began without waiting for anyone else.

• Xu Qing carried cargo to the warehouse and reflected on his short lifespan, his attribute panel, and his hope of finding a way to extend his life.
• At the morning assembly, Zhou Yu introduced Liu Zhankun, who would train interested employees in genetic martial arts for a month.
• Xu Qing signed up despite supervisor Li Yuan’s doubts and rushed to the company gym after work.
• Xu Qing arrived early for the training and saw that only about fifty employees had come.
• Liu Zhankun began the session on time, sweeping the trainees with an imposing gaze.

Liu Zhankun taught Xu Qing and Zhao Xinfeng the Bone Opening Ten Forms before keeping his promise to teach them the Three Elements Gene Cultivation Method. Xu Qing mastered the fist technique, gained an Attribute Point, and began learning how to sense Cosmic Energy.

• Liu Zhankun explained the Genetic Martial Path and said he would teach the Three Elements Gene Cultivation Method only to those who practiced the painful Bone Opening Ten Forms for twenty days.
• Xu Qing memorized the ten movements and discovered that his Attribute Panel had added the fist technique with a plus sign, so he saved his Free Attribute Point for the cultivation method.
• Xu Qing trained after work despite the pain, while most participants quit; by the ninth day, he had mastered the Bone Opening Ten Forms and gained another Free Attribute Point.
• After twenty days, Liu Zhankun praised Xu Qing and Zhao Xinfeng and began teaching them the Three Elements Gene Cultivation Method.
• Liu Zhankun explained the method's three sources and guided Xu Qing and Zhao Xinfeng through their first attempt to sense Cosmic Energy.

Xu Qing struggled to sense Cosmic Energy while Liu Zhankun taught him and Zhao Xinfeng the lost Xing Yi Fist. After finally sensing and absorbing Cosmic Energy, Xu Qing became a Gene Martial Artist, improved his cultivation method and fist technique with Attribute Points, and saw his lifespan rise to 66.

• Xu Qing repeatedly practiced the Three Yuan Gene Method but failed to sense Cosmic Energy, while his Attribute Panel showed he needed to reach beginner level before spending points.
• Liu Zhankun taught Xu Qing and Zhao Xinfeng the principles of Xing Yi Fist and demonstrated the Splitting Fist, smashing an Ironwood training post.
• After two days, Xu Qing sensed Cosmic Energy, absorbed it through the night, and found that his strength, senses, and lifespan had increased.
• Xu Qing spent an Attribute Point to bring the Three Yuan Gene Method to Perfection, then trained until his body was saturated with Cosmic Energy.
• Xu Qing spent his remaining Attribute Point to advance Ancient Martial Xing Yi to First Glimpse, gaining another year of lifespan before heading to work.

Over five months, Xu Qing advanced at work and continued training until his Xing Yi Fist broke through several realms, boosting his lifespan and power. He ended the chapter at Peak Mastery, recognizing that Liu Zhankun’s skill was still about one realm higher.

• After Liu Zhankun returned to the Moon, Zhou Yu gave Xu Qing his business card and passed along advice about becoming a Gene Martial Artist.
• Xu Qing became a full employee, earning a higher salary, while Li Yuan grew wary of him after witnessing his strength.
• Five months of disciplined training made Xu Qing taller and stronger, and his Xing Yi Fist naturally reached Slight Achievement, raising his lifespan limit to 68.
• Xu Qing spent his two accumulated Attribute Points to advance Xing Yi Fist first to Profound Understanding and then to Peak Mastery, raising his lifespan limit to 71.
• Xu Qing demonstrated a powerful Half Step Beng Fist and sensed that Liu Zhankun’s Fist Technique was about one realm above his own.

Li Yuan found Xu Qing practicing martial arts and saw how powerful he had become before taking him to join the company’s supply trip. After Xu Qing arranged to look after Zhou Tong, he left the group to visit a shop recommended by Liu Zhankun and began learning about the Genetic Martial Path.

• Li Yuan found Xu Qing punching a tree, and his awe of Xu Qing grew after he injured himself trying to kick it.
• Zhou Yu personally reminded Xu Qing to protect himself during the supply trip and asked him to look after her daughter, Zhou Tong.
• On the bus, Xu Qing introduced himself to Zhou Tong, then gave her his phone number before heading off alone when they reached town.
• Xu Qing arrived at Lunar Surface Commerce Alliance and told Wang Yang that Liu Zhankun had referred him to Boss Chen Bai.
• Xu Qing asked Wang Yang to explain the requirements of becoming a Gene Martial Artist and the gene potions suited to beginners, and Wang Yang began by introducing weapons.

Xu Qing bought Gene Potions on credit, then hurried to Starry Sky Shopping Center after Zhou Tong called for help. He protected Liu Yun from a man connected to the Black Fish Gang, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• A clerk explained weapon grades and showed Xu Qing Gene Potions, which he bought for 110,000 with a 50,000 deposit and twelve monthly installments.
• Xu Qing asked Wang Yang where to find a Gene Guidance Technique, then left the store carrying the potions in a black bag.
• Xu Qing called Zhou Tong and heard that she and Liu Yun had run into trouble at a clothing store, so he rushed to the shopping center by taxi.
• Xu Qing stopped a burly man from dragging a woman by her hair and knocked him down with a kick after dodging his punch.
• Zhou Tong explained that the man had harassed Liu Yun, and a security guard warned Xu Qing that the men were from the Black Fish Gang.
• Xu Qing approached the fallen man and asked whether he had harassed Liu Yun first.

Xu Qing protected Sister Liu from a harasser and warned Zhou Tong to keep the incident quiet, then tried to avoid her questions on the bus ride home. When highway bandits stopped the bus, Xu Qing helped Zhou Tong disguise herself and blocked the doorway as the robbers boarded.

• Xu Qing forced the burly man to apologize to Sister Liu and Zhou Tong, then let him leave.
• Xu Qing told Zhou Tong not to spread the story because gossip could harm Sister Liu, and Zhou Tong grew curious about him.
• Zhou Tong questioned Xu Qing on the bus until he pretended to sleep, and the convoy set off for home that evening.
• The bus stopped on a deserted highway, and a Celestial God Company security guard warned the employees that bandits were blocking the road.
• Xu Qing smeared dirt and water on Zhou Tong's face and gave her his socks to help disguise her.
• When two armed robbers boarded, Xu Qing pretended to fall in the doorway and acted terrified as they grabbed him and shoved him aside.

Xu Qing left the bus to pursue the robbers who had taken Liu Yun, while Zhou Tong stayed behind to conceal his escape. He tracked them to a forest camp, where Liu Yun remained tied up as the men celebrated.

• Two armed robbers looted the bus and dragged Liu Yun away while Xu Qing stayed seated, afraid to risk confronting a gunman.
• Xu Qing asked Zhou Tong for a face covering, told her to watch his backpack, and jumped from the moving bus.
• Xu Qing disguised himself and ran back along the road, reaching the interception site in three minutes before following the robbers' tracks into the woods.
• At 20:09, Xu Qing found six robbers gathered around a campfire, with Liu Yun tied to their jeep and the men discussing their plans for her.

Xu Qing ambushed the robbers holding Liu Yun captive, killed them, and freed her without revealing who he was. He left Liu Yun to call the police and wait by the highway as he vanished into the night.

• Xu Qing watched the robbers from the woods and attacked their leader with a rock after they had been drinking.
• Xu Qing killed several robbers with rocks, then chased down the fleeing men and killed the Second Chief and the last robber.
• Xu Qing searched the robbers, wiped down the machete, and returned to the camp to dispose of the remaining bodies in the bonfire.
• Xu Qing freed Liu Yun, told her to call the police and wait on the highway, then disappeared without revealing his identity.
• Liu Yun found her phone, called the police, and staggered toward the highway.

After rescuing Liu Yun, Xu Qing returned to the company and tried to put the kidnapping behind him. He discovered the kidnappers’ bank cards held over 350,000 Alliance Coins, leaving him unexpectedly wealthy.

• Xu Qing washed away the blood, calmed himself by convincing himself the kidnappers deserved their fate, and returned to the company after police had arrived.
• Zhou Tong brought Xu Qing his backpack, thanked him for saving Liu Yun, and kept his secret.
• Xu Qing hid the Metal Box, went to work, and heard coworkers discussing Liu Yun’s kidnapping without revealing what he knew.
• Zhou Tong met Xu Qing after work with chicken legs from her mother and invited him to dinner, saying Zhou Yu would dock his pay if he refused.
• Xu Qing opened the bundle of valuables taken from the kidnappers and transferred the balances of their five bank cards into his account, raising it to 356,588 Alliance Coins.

After surviving the robbers, Xu Qing resolved to grow stronger, train with weapons, and improve his Xing Yi Fist. Over the next half year, he advanced his training and career, becoming a combat-suit craftsman and preparing to continue his practice.

• Xu Qing discarded the robbers’ cards and keys, kept their Silver Sparrow Warehouse access card, and decided to seek weapons training rather than join the Security Department.
• Xu Qing drank an E-grade Gene Potion and practiced Xing Yi Fist, sensing that he was nearing its next realm.
• Xu Qing trained with a fifty-jin spear borrowed from a Security Department member until the panel recorded his Xing Yi Five Elements Spear at Beginner level.
• Over the next half year, Zhou Yu returned to the moon, while Xu Qing became a full employee and learned to make combat suits under Li Yuan’s guidance.
• Xu Qing earned craftsmen’s pay, saved 950,000 Alliance Coins, and bought Gene Potions and a C-grade Alloy Battle Spear in the county seat.
• Xu Qing paid off his debt and devoted nearly all his spare time to practicing Xing Yi Fist and the Form and Will Spear.

After reaching Perfection in Ancient Martial Xing Yi, Xu Qing discovered that his lifespan had risen to 80. An alarm then sent him to the company entrance, where he watched Zhou Yu pay off the Hunting Tiger Gang rather than risk confronting its formidable leader.

• Xu Qing used an attribute point to advance Ancient Martial Xing Yi from Divine Skill to Perfection and realized that even a casual punch matched his former full-strength attack.
• Xu Qing checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his lifespan limit had increased to 80, with two attribute points remaining.
• An alarm sounded, and Xu Qing took a long black backpack before heading toward the company walls against the fleeing crowd.
• Xu Qing found the Hunting Tiger Gang surrounding Tianshen Company, with its Steel Gate collapsed and a young man holding a thick metal rod at the front.
• Zhou Yu handed a golden Dragon Scale Card to the gang leader, and Xu Qing decided not to intervene because he could not judge the enemies' strength.

After Celestial God Company paid off the Hunting Tiger Gang, Xu Qing focused on improving his spear technique and considered his next steps. He turned down Zhou Tong’s offer to send him to study on the moon, stayed on Blue Star, and continued training until his spear technique broke through again.

• Angered by the damage to Celestial God Company and his inability to protect it, Xu Qing returned to the woods and trained with the Xing Yi Five Elements Spear, advancing from Slight Achievement to Profound Understanding.
• Xu Qing felt his spear technique was still missing something and decided to keep practicing before spending points to improve it.
• Zhou Yu told Xu Qing that Celestial God Company had paid the Hunting Tiger Gang 4.5 million in protection fees and explained that the county’s gangs charged people to keep from harming them.
• Zhou Yu told Xu Qing that Zhou Tong wanted to send him to study on the moon, but Xu Qing decided the moon offered him little without money, strength, or connections.
• Xu Qing refused Zhou Tong’s offer, maintained his routine for the next half month, and eventually made another breakthrough in his spear technique.

Xu Qing improved his spear technique and visited the Security Department to learn how martial artists were classified. After Luo Qingshan and Liu Jun explained the nine ranks, Xu Qing was excited by how powerful the highest rank could be.

• Xu Qing mastered the Great Spear Stance, raised his spear technique to Peak Mastery, and spent points to advance it to Divine Skill.
• Xu Qing decided to visit neighboring 0121 County and asked Zhou Yu to introduce him to the Security Department’s martial artists.
• Luo Qingshan and Liu Jun explained the history behind the nine ranks and how strength, speed, and neural reaction speed were measured.
• Luo Qingshan wrote out the nine ranks’ standards, and Xu Qing marveled at the power a Ninth-Order Martial Artist could attain.

Xu Qing learned how combat manuals, Mental Power Masters, and martial factions shaped martial strength, then reconsidered how to test and reveal his own abilities. He left with a plan to seek a better combat manual while staying cautious about exposing his strength.

• Luo Qingshan explained that combat strength depended on more than physical fitness and compared the power and difficulty of his Clear Moon Five Slashes with Liu Jun's Secret Moon Nine Forms.
• Xu Qing asked to learn a Combat Secret Technique, but Luo Qingshan and Liu Jun explained that copyright agreements made teaching their manuals privately risky and costly.
• Luo Qingshan and Liu Jun described joining a faction, paying a martial arts school, or searching auctions as ways to obtain combat manuals, and they explained the rarity and abilities of Mental Power Masters.
• Liu Jun warned Xu Qing that public testing facilities recorded physical data for major factions, suggesting he look for an old black-market machine instead.
• Xu Qing thanked Liu Jun and decided to improve quietly before revealing his strength, while keeping a Grade D Gene Potion and a better combat manual among his goals.

Xu Qing rented a car and investigated the warehouse holding the robbers’ stolen goods, where he found an old Punch Strength Testing Machine and began testing his strength. The chapter ended as he prepared to unleash a full-strength Cannon Fist.

• Xu Qing rented a jeep from Li Chengguang, who suspected Xu Qing had killed the robbers but chose not to monitor him.
• Xu Qing drove to Silver Sparrow Warehouse Storage Company and entered the warehouse area with an access card.
• Xu Qing found the warehouse assigned to the card and discovered stolen valuables, the robbers’ living quarters, and an old Punch Strength Testing Machine.
• Xu Qing tested a casual punch at 30.2 kg, then struck with thirty percent of his strength and registered 1622.2 kg, classified as an Elementary Warrior.
• Xu Qing braced himself and launched a full-strength Cannon Fist at the machine.

Xu Qing confirmed that his strength had reached the Third-Order Martial Artist level and went to an anonymous auction hoping to buy a Gene Guidance Technique or Combat Secret Technique. The auction’s first hour offered only ruin-related items, leaving him waiting to see whether the remaining lots would include anything he could afford.

• Xu Qing tested his strength at Silver Sparrow Warehouse and recorded 6011.5 kg, qualifying as a Third-Order Martial Artist.
• Xu Qing left the warehouse and went to Dragon Scale Bank and the auction house, where he paid for access to its anonymous auction system.
• Xu Qing returned to Silver Sparrow Warehouse, found its computer working, practiced his Fist Technique, and logged into the auction at 3 PM.
• Xu Qing watched bidders compete for an incomplete map of Ancient Civilization Ruins linked to the Rakshasa Race.
• After an hour of ruin-related lots, Xu Qing found no manuals he wanted and hoped the rest of the auction would offer an affordable technique.

Xu Qing won the incomplete “Night Owl” manual at Dawn Auction House for 310,000 Alliance Coins, then bought ten Grade D Gene Potions in 0121 County. On his drive home, Zhou Tong revealed she had been bidding against him for the manual, leaving Xu Qing to realize she had cost him an extra 100,000.

• Xu Qing waited to see whether anyone would bid on “Night Owl,” then competed with Guest Number 30 and won the manual for 310,000 Alliance Coins.
• Xu Qing paid for the manual online and cleaned up the traces he had left at the warehouse before leaving.
• Xu Qing bought ten Grade D Gene Potions for 295,000 at the Lunar Surface Commerce Alliance branch in 0121 County.
• Zhou Tong called Xu Qing and complained that someone had outbid her for a secret manual containing a Gene Guidance Technique.
• Xu Qing realized he had been the bidder who beat Zhou Tong and cursed her for making him spend an extra 100,000.

Xu Qing was followed by two men connected to the Silver Sparrow Warehouse and killed them when they tried to force him to reveal what was inside. He returned to the company and cleaned up, leaving the reason a Gene Martial Artist served under an ordinary leader unresolved.

• Xu Qing noticed a military-green jeep following him and pulled over to confront its two occupants.
• The men asked about Wang Zhengqi and demanded to know how Xu Qing got the Silver Sparrow Warehouse access card.
• Xu Qing pretended to surrender the card, but the men threatened to kill him after claiming they had seen him enter the warehouse.
• Xu Qing killed the unsteady man with his spear, then defeated and killed the Gene Martial Artist who attacked him with a short blade.
• Xu Qing confirmed both men were dead, took useful valuables, returned the rental car, and quietly went back to his dormitory.

Xu Qing studied the incomplete Night Ninefold secret manual and successfully learned its first level of Gene Guidance Technique. After confirming the technique appeared on his Attribute Panel, he spent an Attribute Point to advance it to the second level.

• Xu Qing checked the bank cards taken from the robbers and found they brought him around 450,000 Alliance Coins in total.
• Xu Qing received the secret manual he had bought at auction and discovered it contained the first move of Night Owl, part of Night Concealment, and the first level of Night Ninefold.
• Xu Qing studied Night Ninefold for two days and mastered its first level, which appeared on his Attribute Panel.
• Xu Qing confirmed the panel could improve the technique and used one Attribute Point to raise Night Ninefold to the second level.