Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing accepted a sparring challenge from Zhou Qingya, Chen Kenian, and Feng He, then easily defeated Feng He and impressed the others. He left the gym with Xin Wuji and asked her to urgently gather information on Chen Ying.

• Chen Kenian and Feng He pressured Xu Qing to spar, and Xu Qing agreed.
• At Passing of Time gym, Xu Qing challenged the three men and faced Feng He.
• Xu Qing caught Feng He's punch, pinned his leg, and forced him to concede.
• Zhou Qingya and Chen Kenian praised Xu Qing's strength, while Xin Wuji left the gym with him.
• Xu Qing told Xin Wuji to urgently gather information on Chen Ying.

Wang Mu told Xu Qing that Dou Dou’s surgery had failed and that saving her required a thirty-billion Life Spring, so he planned a dangerous mission as his last chance. As Xu Qing’s team prepared to search an abandoned urban area, he investigated wanted criminal Chen Ying and learned that the minister had ordered him to save the fugitive.

• Wang Mu returned Xu Qing’s forty million and said he had accepted a mission that could secure Dou Dou’s treatment or cost him his life.
• Xu Qing watched Wang Mu leave and struggled to sleep, thinking about his friends who had disappeared or faced danger.
• Fan Wujiu ordered the Special Patrol Brigade to help search the abandoned urban area, and Xu Qing told Third Team to gear up while he went out.
• Xu Qing contacted Xin Wuji, who sent him information identifying Chen Ying as the Shadowless War God, a highly dangerous fugitive believed to be wounded and near 0118 Base City.
• Xin Wuji told Xu Qing that the minister had ordered him to find a way to save Chen Ying.

Xu Qing learned that the company had secretly arranged Chen Ying’s theft and was asked to rescue him, but he hesitated over the risks. Meanwhile, the search for Chen Ying in the ruins turned deadly, and Tan Shaocong confronted him after he killed Bai Feng.

• Xin Wuji told Xu Qing that Chen Ying was working for the company and that the minister wanted Xu Qing to rescue him in exchange for a 10 billion bonus.
• Xu Qing weighed the danger of helping Chen Ying and told Xin Wuji he would think about it without agreeing to the mission.
• Tan Shaocong led the City Defense Army and the Special Patrol Brigade into the ruins of DC District to hunt Chen Ying.
• Chen Ying fought through the soldiers, and a collapsing building scattered Bai Feng’s 8th Team.
• Chen Ying pierced Bai Feng with his spear and killed her before escaping through the ruins.
• Tan Shaocong intercepted Chen Ying after sniper fire briefly slowed him, and the two exchanged several blows.

Chen Ying fought through waves of Special Patrol Team members while Tan Shaocong pursued him, using his subordinates as disposable obstacles. Xu Qing led the remaining teams to intercept Chen Ying at the West Third Ring Road, where they saw the devastation left by the battle.

• Tan Shaocong attacked Chen Ying after the high-rise collapsed, but Chen Ying escaped south and killed several Team 8 members who tried to stop him.
• Tan Shaocong chased Chen Ying and ordered Team 7 to block him; Chen Ying defeated Captain Xu Cong and killed more of the team before Tan Shaocong caught up.
• Tan Shaocong ordered Team 4 to fill the gaps while sniper fire failed to threaten Chen Ying.
• Xu Qing considered Tan Shaocong's willingness to sacrifice his teams and recognized that Chen Ying was fighting on despite his injuries.
• Xu Qing led the Third Team and the City Defense Army, along with Teams 2 and 6, to form an interception net at the West Third Ring Road.
• The assembled teams saw that nearly half the district had been reduced to rubble, with bodies and dust covering the streets.

Xu Qing stopped Tan Shaocong from recklessly pursuing Chen Ying and devised a Laser Weapon trap to capture him. As the trap was completed, Xu Qing prepared to save Chen Ying if he escaped the first attack and seize a chance to kill Tan Shaocong.

• Chen Ying fought through the crowd and escaped after Xu Qing ordered 3rd Team and the City Defense Army to scatter.
• Tan Shaocong attacked Xu Qing for letting Chen Ying pass, but Xu Qing talked him down by proposing a trap.
• Xu Qing directed the force to clear a space and position Laser Weapons while Tan Shaocong kept driving Chen Ying toward it.
• The force completed a crude trap with three Laser Weapons, and Xu Qing took a concealed position to watch the approach.
• Xu Qing planned to intervene if Chen Ying dodged the first Laser Weapon strike, hoping to save him and possibly kill Tan Shaocong.

Xu Qing intervened in the brutal fight between Chen Ying and Tan Shaocong, revealing his strength and turning on Tan Shaocong. The chapter ended with Tan Shaocong dead and Chen Ying realizing Xu Qing was an 8th-Order Martial Artist.

• Chen Ying evaded Xu Qing's laser trap but was wounded as he and Tan Shaocong fought through a collapsing building.
• Chen Ying and Tan Shaocong traded devastating blows until both were badly injured and forced into a wary standoff.
• Xu Qing pretended to help Tan Shaocong, then redirected his spear and attacked him.
• Xu Qing overwhelmed Tan Shaocong with a sudden burst of speed and strength, pierced his chest, and struck him down amid the ruins.
• Chen Ying recognized Xu Qing's spear thrust as the limit of an 8th-Order Martial Artist and guarded against him.

Xu Qing recovered the Secret Treasure by letting Chen Ying escape, then became a celebrated hero while recovering in the hospital. After learning of further casualties, he examined his Attribute Panel and considered leaving 0119 Base City for a broader stage.

• Xu Qing took Chen Ying's Space Device and Secret Treasure, then had Chen Ying break his left arm before sending a distress signal and pretending to be a victim.
• The Special Patrol Team and City Defense Army arrived, and Xu Qing claimed the culprit had escaped while Tan Shaocong lay dead.
• Three days later, Gongsun Jin and Gongsun Li visited Xu Qing and praised him for recovering the item; city officials and members of 3rd Team and 6th Team also came to see him.
• Xu Qing asked about compensation for fallen comrades, then learned that Han Lang had died from his injuries.
• After everyone left, Xu Qing examined his Attribute Panel and considered using his achievement to reach The Alliance's core or move to a larger base city.

After recovering from his injuries, Xu Qing improved his Nirvana cultivation and received a month of leave, then investigated why the Secret Treasure had changed his Attribute Panel. Xin Wuji revealed that it was connected to the dangerous No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins beneath Antarctica, leaving Xu Qing curious about the treasures inside.

• Xu Qing discovered that the Nirvana Spear Technique had reached the second level and Treading Void had advanced to First Glimpse.
• After being discharged, Xu Qing received a month of leave and split the City Defense Department's ten-million bonus evenly with 3rd Team.
• During his recovery, Xu Qing advanced his Nirvana Gene Guidance Technique, increased his lifespan by three years, and spent an Attribute Point to raise the Nirvana Spear Technique to the third level.
• Gongsun Li invited Xu Qing out, but Xu Qing stopped midway to meet Xin Wuji after she signaled that she had found information about the Secret Treasure.
• Xin Wuji told Xu Qing that the Secret Treasure was linked to the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins beneath Antarctica, which had been left by the alien Rakshasa Race.

Xin Wuji explained the alien inheritance hidden in No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins and recruited a struggling mother for a job before Xu Qing went to Gongsun Li’s gathering at Clear Water Garden. The chapter left Xu Qing entering the lavish garden estate with Gongsun Li.

• Xin Wuji told Xu Qing that the company had spread maps of No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins to help Chen Ying, codenamed Shadowless, enter and find pieces of a Rakshasa Race inheritance.
• Xin Wuji explained that three interchangeable inheritance treasures existed and that The Alliance was recruiting people to brave the ruins; Xu Qing thought of Wang Mu and hoped he would return safely.
• Xu Qing bought cola and fries for a mother and her crying daughter, then left with Xin Wuji.
• Xin Wuji returned to the restaurant and offered the mother a job at Raylight Anti-Gravity Flying Car Company.
• Xu Qing went to Clear Water Garden, where Gongsun Li welcomed him inside and showed him the elegant, lavish venue.

Xu Qing visited Clear Water Garden with Gongsun Li, where he befriended Gongsun Yufei and learned that the garden’s owner had made his fortune through a deadly vaccine fraud. As Xu Qing left, Gongsun Li told him the Alliance was considering a larger reward for his Secret Treasure investigation and asked him to help challenge a seventh-rank martial artist the next day.

• Gongsun Li brought Xu Qing to Clear Water Garden, introduced him to Gongsun Yufei and three other women, and tried to draw him into their gathering.
• Xu Qing sat apart from the group until Gongsun Yufei joined him and explained that the garden’s owner, Xie Zijun, had profited from a vaccine that caused widespread genetic illness before fleeing to Mars.
• Xu Qing and Gongsun Yufei discussed the Genetic Martial Path, and Xu Qing found her views upright and worth respecting.
• Gongsun Li told Xu Qing that the Alliance knew about his Secret Treasure investigation, that he would likely receive the credit, and that a larger reward might help him obtain the Reincarnation Secret Technique Full Set.
• Gongsun Li asked Xu Qing to help humble a seventh-rank martial artist who had been boasting to his fellow trainees, and Xu Qing agreed to meet him the next day.

Xu Qing applied the S-grade Gene Potion Minister Xu Qian had given him and endured a painful transformation through the night. By morning, he had reached the Seventh Order, his lifespan had increased to 136 years, and he began considering how to test his new strength discreetly.

• Xu Qing recalled his easy conversation with someone who shared his interests and thought sadly of Wang Mu before preparing to use the S-grade Gene Potion.
• Xu Qing applied the potion to his face and hands, then endured hours of burning, warmth, cold, and intense pain as his body transformed.
• Xu Qing woke amid the wreckage of his bedroom, discovered that his strength had torn apart the bed, and found dead skin covering his body.
• Xu Qing checked his panel and saw that his strength had reached the Seventh Order and his lifespan limit had risen to 136 years.
• Xu Qing estimated that the potion had at least doubled his strength and planned to ask Xin Wuji about finding a discreet place to test it.

Xu Qing reached Ninth Order combat power and sought Gongsun Jin’s help to enter The Alliance’s core. Half a month later, he received his ten-billion bonus and learned that Xin Wuji had found what he wanted.

• Xu Qing put away his weapons, attended the City Defense Department’s commendation ceremony, and received a complete set of Reincarnation Spear Technique manuals from The Alliance.
• Xu Qing told Gongsun Jin he wanted to leave 0119 Base City and rise within The Alliance, and Gongsun Jin promised to seek a path for him.
• Xu Qing revealed that he had cultivated the Reincarnation Secret Technique to its second level, surprising Gongsun Jin.
• After half a month of routine work and training, Xu Qing received messages from Xin Wuji confirming his ten-billion bonus and reporting that she had found what he wanted.
• Xu Qing called Xin Wuji, complained about her scattered messages, and agreed to visit the address she sent.

Xu Qing tested his strength in a private training room and learned that Wang Zhen, a Beyond Ninth Rank investigator, was probing suspects in Zheng Yaolong’s death. The chapter ended with Xu Qing eager to learn more about the realm beyond the ninth order.

• Xin Wuji brought Xu Qing to a private villa’s basement, where he tested his punch strength and recorded a result of 79,110 kilograms.
• Xu Qing left the speed and neural reaction tests unmeasured, then Xin Wuji told him he had been awarded a full set of S-grade combat suit equipment for rescuing Chen Ying.
• Xin Wuji warned Xu Qing that the Zheng Family and Heavenly Path Martial Hall were investigating Zheng Yaolong’s death and had begun suspecting him because he bought the Night Owl Secret Technique.
• Xin Wuji identified Wang Zhen as the investigator, explained that he had surpassed the ninth order, and described his realm as Beyond Ninth Rank, also called the Invincible God of War realm.
• Xu Qing learned that Beyond Ninth Rank was a transitional stage before Councilor Rank and asked Xin Wuji to tell him more.

Xin Wuji explained the Star Rank and its methods of breakthrough to Xu Qing, who then admitted he had killed Zheng Yaolong and planned to target Zheng Family investigators while Wang Zhen was away. The chapter ended with Xin Wuji reporting that Galaxy Company had located one Secret Treasure fragment in the base city and giving Xu Qing authority to retrieve it.

• Xin Wuji explained that Star Rank powerhouses broke the Human Body Limit, comprehended their own paths, lived longer, and could fly.
• Xu Qing asked Xin Wuji to identify the Zheng Family members investigating Zheng Yaolong's death and planned to act while Wang Zhen was away.
• Xu Qing admitted that he had killed Zheng Yaolong, shocking Xin Wuji.
• Xu Qing argued that Heavenly Path Martial Hall would not risk conflict with Galaxy Company for the Zheng Family, and Xin Wuji agreed to prepare a list within three days.
• Xin Wuji reported that Galaxy Company had found two Secret Treasure fragments in the base city, including one at a known location, and Xu Qing asked for its address.

Xu Qing retrieved five mysterious Secret Treasure fragments and discovered the Zheng Family was surveilling him, so he arranged to draw Wang Zhen away and prepared a counterattack. Xin Wuji infiltrated the Zheng Family’s villa, where she confronted Zheng Guang after his people vanished.

• Xu Qing traded a pure silver card at the Zi Yuan pawnshop and secretly stored the returned box containing five unfamiliar fragments in Chen Ying’s Storage Ring.
• Xu Qing assembled the fragments into part of a patterned disc, then noticed Zheng Fei watching his residence and reported the surveillance to Xin Wuji.
• Xu Qing arranged for Xin Wuji to lure Wang Zhen out of the Base City and spent the afternoon confirming that two Zheng Family teams were tailing him.
• After Xu Qing returned home, Zheng Guang learned that a surveillance team had disappeared and persuaded Zheng He Xin to let him probe the suspected target while Wang Zhen was away.
• Xin Wuji appeared in Zheng Guang’s villa wearing a silver mask, claimed the Zheng Family’s descendants were gone, and revealed the short sword she had taken from the sofa.

Xu Qing helped Xin Wuji eliminate the Zheng Family, then evaded the ensuing investigation as the family’s power collapsed. After weeks of cultivation and collecting Secret Treasure fragments, he learned that nearly complete white fragments might point to the endangered Luo Tian Civilization.

• Xin Wuji used her Mental Power and Flying Knives to stop Zheng Guang from escaping, while Xu Qing fought and killed him to test his martial arts.
• Xu Qing killed Zheng He Xin, and Base City officials arrived to find the Zheng Family’s leaders and many members dead.
• Xu Qing told Xin Wuji’s team to lie low, and the City Defense Department soon reduced its investigation while The Alliance traced the incident to Galaxy Company.
• Xu Qing was promoted to deputy captain, cultivated his techniques, and learned that Gongsun Jin had found a lead on his request to enter The Alliance’s core.
• Xu Qing collected more Secret Treasure fragments, nearly completing a white set, and Xin Wuji reported that its Star Chart might be linked to the nearly extinct Luo Tian Civilization.

Xu Qing traced the Spirit Coffin expedition team’s route to underground ruins near 0119 Base City and spent three days exploring them. He completed a white disk that tested his strength and spirit, rejected him as unqualified, and shattered before a mysterious figure arrived to inspect the ruins.

• Xin Wuji told Xu Qing that the Spirit Coffin expedition team had found ruins near 0119 Base City, and Xu Qing set out alone to investigate.
• Xu Qing killed five treasure hunters who ambushed him, took their Bronze Fragments, and learned how to reach the underground ruins.
• Xu Qing followed the expedition team’s route through a sewer and underground river, found the ruins’ map, and explored the site over three days.
• Xu Qing assembled the white disk from its fragments, but the activated altar declared that his life and spirit levels failed the minimum inheritance requirements, and the disk shattered.
• A figure arrived in a crimson triangular fighter jet, entered the ruins, and regretted that Xu Qing had not met the standard.

After discovering that activating an Alien inheritance artifact alerted The Alliance, Xu Qing learned that his panel could identify mysterious bronze fragments and quietly continued collecting inheritance pieces. He met Gongsun Yan in the wilderness after learning that Wang Zhen had returned to investigate the Zheng Family matter, but their conversation began awkwardly.

• Xu Qing inferred that the Intelligent Fighter Jet had arrived because the white disk sent a signal when activated, then found that his panel described a bronze fragment as a possible high-grade Luo Tian Civilization inheritance artifact.
• Xu Qing returned to Base City, kept up his routine, and secretly had Xin Wuji collect inheritance fragments discreetly.
• Xin Wuji told Xu Qing that Wang Zhen had returned to investigate the Zheng Family matter and that Gongsun Yan had requested a meeting with him.
• Xu Qing agreed to meet Gongsun Yan and had Xin Wuji scout the abandoned plaza before arriving there on July 26.
• Gongsun Yan questioned Xu Qing's claim that he had long admired his reputation, and Xu Qing realized that Gongsun Yan took the polite phrase literally.

Xu Qing challenged Gongsun Yan’s warning about the Zheng Family and fought him, then spent half a month training and advanced the Nirvana Spear Technique to its sixth level. The next morning, Butler Li invited Xu Qing to the Gongsun Family, where Xu Qing learned that a major secret incident had occurred in the base city while he was away.

• Gongsun Yan warned Xu Qing to end the conflict with the Zheng Family, but Xu Qing suggested Wang Zhen had another motive.
• Gongsun Yan forced Xu Qing to fight and overpowered him with an explosive increase in speed and strength before warning that Wang Zhen was even stronger.
• Xin Wuji asked whether Xu Qing wanted to report Gongsun Yan, but Xu Qing concluded that the fight had been a warning and returned home with her.
• Xu Qing trained for half a month, comprehended the fourth level of the Nirvana Spear Technique, and used two Attribute Points to raise it to the sixth level, increasing his lifespan to 146 years.
• Butler Li invited Xu Qing to the Gongsun Family, where Xu Qing learned that a secret major incident had occurred in the base city during his absence.

Xu Qing accepted Gongsun Jin’s offer to join Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy and kept a low profile while focusing on cultivation. Meanwhile, Feng He killed Galaxy Company operative Shangguan Yongxi and took the Bronze Fragments, planning to use outsiders to target Xu Qing.

• Gongsun Jin offered Xu Qing a position as an instructor at Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy, and Xu Qing accepted.
• Gongsun Jin warned Xu Qing that a wanted expert had entered the base city and advised him to avoid danger while onboarding was underway.
• Xu Qing ordered Galaxy Company’s Intelligence Department to investigate recent events and told Xin Wuji and the other managers to keep a low profile.
• Shangguan Yongxi fled through County Town No. 0125 with a backpack of Bronze Fragments, but Feng He intercepted and killed him.
• Feng He took the fragments and planned to leak clues about Xu Qing’s possession of them so others might eliminate Xu Qing.