Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing’s strength continued to grow as he prepared to join Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy, while a mysterious man’s violent blackouts left a restaurant full of corpses. After Xu Qing accepted an academy position, an intruder entered his home, and Xin Wuji moved to intervene.

• Xu Qing reflected on the gains from his S-grade Gene Potion and trained toward the eighth-rank threshold.
• A confused man entered Nongjiale Restaurant, killed the owner and diners during a blackout, then cooked a meal and burned the restaurant.
• Zhou Lu visited Xu Qing, who signed a contract to become an upper-management member of Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy.
• Xu Qing completed his onboarding and taught three classes, while Gongsun Yan waived his strength test and his record listed him as sixth rank.
• The Gongsun Family invited Xu Qing to dinner, and after he left, a figure slipped into his courtyard.
• Xin Wuji spotted the intruder, sent Xu Qing a warning, and moved toward his home.

A mysterious intruder searched Xu Qing's villa and fled with a fragment, while Xin Wuji pursued him and confronted a Ninth Order Martial Artist. Xu Qing rescued Xin Wuji and fought the swordswoman, who unleashed her Prairie Fire technique.

• The mysterious shadow searched Xu Qing's villa, found nothing, and prepared to frame him with a fragment.
• Xin Wuji attacked the intruder, pursued him into XC District, and discovered he was working for a woman called the Star Envoy.
• The Star Envoy sent the shadow away with the fragment and attacked Xin Wuji with a scarlet sword, nearly killing her.
• Xu Qing arrived, rescued Xin Wuji, and sent her after the fleeing shadow.
• Xu Qing fought the Star Envoy barehanded, blasted her back with Crushing Fist, and faced her Prairie Fire sword technique.

Xu Qing killed a Starfire Organization member and discovered that someone inside Galaxy Company had betrayed him. After finding Feng He, Xu Qing was drawn into a fight with Heavenly Path Martial Hall inspector Wang Zhen, who threatened to kill him.

• Xu Qing defeated a Ninth Order Martial Artist, found a Starfire badge and a bronze fragment on her, and suspected someone inside Galaxy Company had sold him out.
• Xu Qing contacted Xin Wuji and hurried to her location while Feng He fled through the base city's XC District with help from the Starfire Organization.
• Xu Qing confronted Feng He, but a shield-bearing martial artist crashed into him and sent him flying; Feng He escaped, and Xin Wuji chased after him.
• Xu Qing fought the shield-bearer, knocked him into a crater, and was confronted by Wang Zhen and three Heavenly Path Martial Hall members.
• Xu Qing snapped the neck of an Eighth Order Martial Artist and refused Wang Zhen's offer of a fair fight, prompting Wang Zhen to threaten him.

Xu Qing fought Wang Zhen, escaped with serious injuries, and hid his strength when Gongsun Yan tested him the next morning. As Xu Qing kept a suspected intruder under surveillance and awaited Xu Qian’s return, Wang Zhen told Base City leaders that the Luo Tian Civilization’s inheritance had become public and ordered a search for the Secret Treasure fragments.

• Xu Qing fought Wang Zhen, forced him back with a groin kick, and escaped while Wang Zhen stopped his subordinates from pursuing him.
• Xu Qing returned to his villa injured, healed through the night with the Nirvana Gene Guidance Technique, and told Xin Wuji to keep secretly watching the intruder she had located.
• Gongsun Yan tested Xu Qing’s strength in a spar, and Xu Qing pretended he could not withstand a Ninth Order attack to conceal his abilities.
• Xu Qing received Xu Qian’s message ordering him to suspend company operations and protect himself until she returned in about a month.
• At the Mayor’s Residence, Wang Zhen told the Base City leaders that the last Luo Tian Race members had died and their civilization’s inheritance was now open, then ordered them to search for Secret Treasure fragments.

Xu Qing avoided a trap set by the company’s infiltrator, Feng He, while an unknown envoy tried to capture him and obtain the Luo Tian Civilization fragments. After Minister Xu Qian returned, Xu Qing went to meet her and encountered a chilling stranger beside her.

• Xu Qing ordered Galaxy Company’s operations suspended after City Defense Army forces sealed three branch offices, then focused on recovering from his injuries.
• A mysterious envoy questioned Feng He about the Bronze Fragment, took the fragments Feng had collected, and ordered him to lure Xu Qing out as bait.
• Xin Wuji identified Feng He as the suspected infiltrator, but Xu Qing grew wary when Feng arrived early at their arranged meeting and withdrew without confronting him.
• The envoy and Feng searched Xu Qing’s residence, but Xu Qing had moved to the City Defense Department; Feng later learned that Minister Xu Qian had returned.
• Xu Qing met Xu Qian at Galaxy Gallery and noticed a black-coated man whose gaze filled him with an eerie chill.

Xu Qian sent Zou Jun to attack Heavenly Path Martial Hall while Galaxy Company forces moved against the City Defense Department and Starfire Organization. Xu Qing killed Feng He and recovered two Bronze Fragments as the city descended into violence.

• Xu Qian gave Zou Jun medicine to suppress his condition and ordered him to help settle scores with Heavenly Path Martial Hall and Starfire Organization.
• Wang Zhen gathered Heavenly Path Martial Hall martial artists to capture Xu Qing, but Zou Jun attacked them, killed most of the assembled fighters, and pursued Wang Zhen.
• Galaxy Company supervisor Bai Yu blocked Gongsun Yan and the City Defense Army from leaving their headquarters, while Gongsun Jin agreed to wait three hours.
• Xu Qing confronted Feng He at his home, killed him, recovered two Bronze Fragments, and learned that Feng He's family had not known about his company role or betrayal.
• Black-uniformed forces raided the Zheng Family headquarters and slaughtered every member living there.

Xu Qing defeated Wang Zhen in a life-or-death fight, then woke in a Galaxy Company apartment and discovered his combat techniques had fused into a new secret technique. As he began investigating his changed panel and surroundings, he found another Attribute Point and wondered how long he had been unconscious.

• Xu Qian gave Wang Zhen one chance to kill Xu Qing, but Xu Qing overcame him with the Half-Step Collapsing Spear and knocked away his sword.
• Xu Qian killed Wang Zhen after his defeat and ordered Xu Qing taken to her Medical Pod for treatment.
• Gongsun Jin told Gongsun Yan to treat the Zheng Family matter as though it had never happened and keep their relationship with Xu Qing unchanged.
• Xu Qing woke in a Galaxy Company apartment and saw that his panel now showed greater strength, a longer lifespan, and fused combat and movement techniques.
• Xu Qing named his new Combat Secret Technique the Apex Dao Secret Technique, then noticed he had gained another Attribute Point and called out to see if anyone was there.

After recovering from his injuries, Xu Qing met Xu Qian, learned he would be sent to the Moon as an acting Minister-Level official, and handed over the Luo Tian Civilization inheritance. Xu Qian warned him to avoid the dangerous inheritance dispute and urged him to focus on growing stronger, then watched him leave with a newly changed air about him.

• Xu Qing met Xu Qian in the building’s indoor garden and learned the Medical Pod had helped heal his injuries during his seventeen days unconscious.
• Xu Qian told Xu Qing that Gongsun Yan had transferred him to the Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy on the Moon, where he would soon serve as acting Minister-Level official of Lunar Surface 001 Moon City and manage a company branch.
• Xu Qing gave Xu Qian the Bronze Fragments containing the Luo Tian Civilization inheritance, and she explained that the extinction of the Luo Tian Race meant its inheritance was no longer protected by the Cosmic Copyright Law.
• Xu Qian warned Xu Qing not to investigate or involve himself with the inheritance until he reached the peak of humanity in the Solar System, and Xu Qing promised to heed her warning.
• Xu Qian praised Xu Qing’s potential and promised to help him grow, then watched him leave and noticed his changed presence.

Xu Qing said goodbye to Blue Star and boarded a spaceship for the moon with Xin Wuji, where he would take up his new post. On the journey, he learned how far his strength had advanced and discovered that Wang Mu had entrusted him with managing medical funds for his daughter, Dou Dou.

• Xu Qing settled his villa affairs, visited Gongsun Jin and Gongsun Li, sparred with Gongsun Li, and accepted a letter from Wang Mu.
• Xu Qing visited Chengguang Vehicle Shop, sent farewell messages, and left Blue Star for the moon with Xin Wuji.
• Xu Qing learned that his strength had reached the threshold of the Ninth Order and heard Xin Wuji explain the effects of Heaven Cloud Coagulation Fluid.
• Xu Qing set goals for his time on the moon, then boarded the spaceship and watched Blue Star recede into space.
• Xu Qing opened Wang Mu's letter and learned that Wang Mu had left three billion for Dou Dou's medical care, with the remaining funds to go to whoever managed them conscientiously.

Xu Qing arrived in Moonlight City, reunited with Zhou Tong, and settled into his new role at Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy before heading to visit Dou Dou. The chapter ended when Xin Wuji returned from the hospital reception with an unpleasant expression, leaving Xu Qing worried about what had happened.

• Xu Qing and Xin Wuji arrived at Moonlight City, where Xu Qing planned to keep a low profile, start work, and visit Dou Dou.
• Xu Qing reunited with Zhou Tong, who had returned to the Moon and worked as a liaison between the company and the Rebel Army.
• Zhou Tong showed Xu Qing the villa arranged for him, and he checked it for surveillance devices before meeting Xin Wuji.
• Xu Qing completed his onboarding at Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy, where Liu Zhen arranged for him to begin work in a week.
• Xu Qing bought gifts for Dou Dou and went with Xin Wuji to High-Tech First Hospital, where Xin Wuji returned from checking Dou Dou's room looking troubled.

Xu Qing found Dou Dou abandoned in a hospital corridor despite the medical funds meant for her, and he arranged to move her to a better hospital while investigating what happened. After comforting her with gifts and a playful teddy-bear disguise, he promised to stay with her and take her to say goodbye to her friends.

• Xu Qing and Xin Wuji searched Moonlight City High-Tech First Hospital for Wang Yun, but the staff could not find her in the system.
• A nurse revealed that Dou Dou had been left without money for her hospital stay and was sleeping in the corridor after the chief physician covered her fees.
• Xu Qing heard Dou Dou say she missed her father and wanted to go home, then ordered Xin Wuji to arrange specialist care and investigate the missing funds and responsible supervisors.
• Xu Qing returned with gifts and approached Dou Dou in a teddy-bear disguise, then reunited with her and introduced her to Xin Wuji.
• Dou Dou asked about her father, and Xu Qing reassured her with a story about his research project and promised to stay with her until her father returned.
• Xu Qing told Dou Dou he would move her to a better hospital, and she agreed after asking to say goodbye to her friends.

Xu Qing investigated the disappearance of Wang Mu’s medical funds and met with five lunar managers, then challenged their strongest member, Guan Jie, to a spar. The chapter ended as Xu Qing prepared to make the first move.

• After doctors said Dou Dou had only three years to live, Xu Qing asked Xin Wuji to contact a Mars specialist and investigate her case.
• Xin Wuji discovered that Wang Mu’s medical funds and related records had vanished, and she arranged a meeting with five managers at Morning Light Club.
• Xu Qing met Zhou Nan, Chen Yu, Guan Jie, Liu Qingqing, and Li Suo Si Te, and told them he would not interfere with routine lunar management.
• After dinner, Xu Qing led the managers to a gym for a sparring session, intending to establish his authority.
• Guan Jie volunteered to fight Xu Qing, and Xu Qing took his stance and prepared to attack.

Xu Qing defeated Guan Jie and learned that the other supervisors planned to pay lip service while secretly defying him. After failing to get their help and seeing Dou Dou suffer in the hospital, Xu Qing resolved to rely on himself.

• Xu Qing beat Guan Jie in a spar, and the others declined to fight him.
• Chen Yu, Zhou Nan, Liu Qingqing, and Li Suo Si Te agreed to keep defying Xu Qing in secret, while Guan Jie remained wary of him.
• Xin Wuji told Xu Qing that none of the supervisors had offered real help, and Xu Qing chose not to contact the Minister.
• Dou Dou convulsed in her sleep and called for her father, prompting Xu Qing to comfort her and recall his own childhood illness.
• Xu Qing decided to handle matters himself and opened his status panel.

Xu Qing discovered that improving his fused secret techniques required more Attribute Points, then went to Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy to ask Liu Zhen for help meeting Ning Zhan Kong. After Xu Qing revealed he had mastered the Reincarnation Spear Technique’s fifth level, the academy gathered witnesses for his demonstration, and Inspecting Envoy Qing Shaofei arrived.

• Xu Qing found that he lacked enough Attribute Points to upgrade his Combat Secret Technique or Void movement technique, but judged his current strength sufficient for his plans.
• Xu Qing asked Liu Zhen about meeting Ning Zhan Kong and revealed that he had cultivated the Reincarnation Spear Technique to the fifth level.
• Liu Zhen arranged for Xu Qing to demonstrate the technique before a large crowd at Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy, with high-level martial artists invited to witness it.
• Xu Qing waited in the martial arts hall with a spear as academy students and instructors gathered, and Inspecting Envoy Qing Shaofei arrived and praised his Perfection-level spirit, energy, and vitality.

Xu Qing demonstrated the Fifth Level Reincarnation Spear Technique in a spar with Qing Shaofei, convincing Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy’s officials of his strength. Headmaster Chen Zun summoned Xu Qing to a cultivation room, while the academy prepared to seek approval for him to meet Ning Zhan Kong.

• Liu Zhen asked for a martial artist to test Xu Qing, and Inspector Qing Shaofei volunteered.
• Xu Qing exchanged blows with Qing Shaofei, displaying eighth-rank strength and the Reincarnation Spear Technique’s seemingly inexhaustible stamina.
• Xu Qing deliberately lost after Qing Shaofei admitted he would eventually be defeated, and the academy officials praised Xu Qing and discussed arranging a meeting with Ning Zhan Kong.
• An academy executive called Headmaster Chen Zun, who soon arrived and summoned Xu Qing to a cultivation room on the top floor.
• Chen Zun told Xu Qing he had overlooked his talent, and Xu Qing modestly credited his success to luck.

Xu Qing impressed Chen Zun with his Fifth Level Reincarnation Spear Technique, drawing the attention of powerful factions across Moonlight City. Li Weisi then brought Xu Qing to Cloud Heaven Tower, where Ning Zhan Kong was ready to meet him.

• Xu Qing sparred with Chen Zun, who praised his Reincarnation Spear Technique and arranged a meeting with Ning Zhan Kong.
• Leaders of Moonlight City's major factions learned about Xu Qing, and Galaxy Company supervisors began competing to identify and recruit him.
• Li Weisi arrived at Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy on Ning Zhan Kong's behalf and invited Xu Qing to Cloud Heaven Tower.
• Xu Qing thanked Chen Zun and rode with Li Weisi to Cloud Heaven Tower, where Li Weisi explained that it was Moonlight City's tallest building.

Xu Qing met Ning Zhan Kong, who tested his spear technique and recognized that it combined the Reincarnation Spear with other secret arts. Xu Qing admitted the truth, and Ning Zhan Kong laughed at his humble comparison.

• Li Weisi escorted Xu Qing through security to the tower’s top floor, where Ning Zhan Kong was waiting.
• Ning Zhan Kong welcomed Xu Qing and asked him to demonstrate the first five forms of the Reincarnation Spear Technique.
• Xu Qing used an azure battle spear to perform his technique, and Ning Zhan Kong noticed it was not merely the Reincarnation Spear.
• Ning Zhan Kong recognized traces of Nirvana in Xu Qing’s technique and asked whether he had fused secret arts.
• Xu Qing admitted that his spear technique combined the Reincarnation Spear, the Night Owl sword technique, and the Nirvana Spear Technique, then praised Ning Zhan Kong’s art as superior.

Xu Qing discussed his fused spear technique with Ning Zhan Kong and impressed him with his understanding. Ning Zhan Kong accepted Xu Qing as his second disciple and gave him a 3S-grade battle spear.

• Ning Zhan Kong praised Xu Qing's fused spear technique and invited him to explain how he had combined the three techniques.
• Xu Qing explained his fusion method, and he and Ning Zhan Kong spent three hours discussing spear techniques.
• Ning Zhan Kong demonstrated several moves, then asked whether Xu Qing had a teacher.
• Xu Qing revealed that he had received guidance from Galaxy Company and agreed to become Ning Zhan Kong's disciple, performing three kowtows.
• Ning Zhan Kong told Xu Qing about his Senior Brother Du Baiyu and presented him with the 3S-grade Alloy Battle Spear he had used in his youth.

Ning Zhan Kong showered Xu Qing with valuable equipment and learned why Xu Qing had come: to seek help for Dou Dou and investigate the missing treatment funds. Ning summoned Xuan Yuan Kuang to address the matter, and the chapter ended as the guard arrived and was introduced to Xu Qing.

• Ning Zhan Kong gave Xu Qing a battle spear, a 3S-grade combat suit, and the key to his Intelligent Fighter Jet, and promised to find him a special Combat Suit later.
• Xu Qing told Ning about Dou Dou’s genetic illness, Wang Mu’s participation in the No. 9 Civilization Ruins trial to fund her treatment, and the disappearance of the medical funds.
• Ning explained the trial’s danger and importance, then summoned Xuan Yuan Kuang to investigate the interference with the participants’ rewards and protections.
• While they waited, Xu Qing told Ning why he had come to the lunar surface.
• Xuan Yuan Kuang arrived in an Intelligent Fighter Jet, and Ning introduced him as his personal guard and a deputy commander of the city and lunar defense forces.

After the Alliance began investigating the theft of medical funds, Xu Qing learned that he could decide how the culprits would be punished. He went to confront the first target, Zhao Sancai, and someone soon fell from the hotel where Zhao was staying.

• Xuan Yuan Kuang promised to investigate the missing medical funds, while Ning Zhan Kong offered to find doctors for Dou Dou.
• Xu Qing told Xin Wuji that Xuan Yuan Kuang was handling the case, then received a call from Internal Inspection Bureau agent Jia Ming.
• Jia Ming gave Xu Qing the investigation results and said he could personally decide how to deal with the suspects.
• Xu Qing asked to carry out the punishment himself, and Jia Ming drove him to the White Crane Luxury Hotel to confront Zhao Sancai.
• A figure fell from a sixteenth-floor window of the hotel and struck the ground outside.