Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing confronted Wang Zi Ming over the embezzlement of Wang Yun’s medical funds, forced him to confess, and killed him. Jia Ming then prepared to move against the next target, while police briefly stopped their car before learning the operation was classified.

• Xu Qing and Jia Ming drove to High-Tech First Hospital to confront Wang Zi Ming, the second target.
• Xu Qing accused Wang Zi Ming of conspiring with Zhao Sancai to embezzle Wang Yun’s medical funds and distribute them among officials and family heirs.
• Wang Zi Ming denied the accusation, but Xu Qing threatened him from the ninth-floor window until he confessed.
• Xu Qing kicked Wang Zi Ming out of the window, killing him, then left the hospital after its security guards let him pass.
• Jia Ming reported that Target Number Two had been eliminated and said operations against Target Number Three would begin.
• Police surrounded Xu Qing and Jia Ming’s car, then let them go after Jia Ming showed his ID and warned them to keep the classified operation secret.

Xu Qing helped Jia Ming attack the Wang Family and reviewed a list linking Moonlight City’s five Galaxy Company supervisors to the corruption surrounding Dou Dou’s case. Meanwhile, Zhou Nan and the other supervisors mistook Xu Qing for the killer and planned to use his arrest against him, while she continued pursuing the identity of the Reincarnation Spear genius.

• Xu Qing killed the Wang Family’s resistance after Jia Ming asked for his help, then received a list of other forces involved in Dou Dou’s case.
• Xu Qing realized the list implicated Galaxy Company’s five Moonlight City supervisors and tore it up, deciding to make trouble for them.
• Zhou Nan identified Xu Qing in surveillance photos and told the other four supervisors they should keep their distance until The Alliance arrested him.
• The supervisors agreed to use Xu Qing’s expected arrest to damage his standing and possibly have him dismissed.
• Zhou Nan ordered Golden Thread to pressure Liu Chen into identifying the Reincarnation Spear genius as quickly as possible.

After learning that Xu Qing was the powerful fighter Guan Jie had faced, Liu Qingqing and Guan Jie went to Xu Qing’s villa to surrender and disclose their own and their colleagues’ wrongdoings. Xu Qing reviewed part of their records, then dismissed them with a provocative remark.

• Liu Qingqing summoned Guan Jie to ask about Xu Qing’s strength and learned that the genius from Jingzhe Martial Arts Academy was the same Xu Qing who had recently arrived from Blue Star.
• Guan Jie took Liu Qingqing to Baili Landscape District, where they found Xu Qing and asked to speak with him about an urgent matter.
• Liu Qingqing told Xu Qing that she and Guan Jie wanted to surrender, and offered records of their businesses, associates, and past misdeeds, including information about three other colleagues.
• Xu Qing reviewed the records for an hour and a half, then stopped reading and said he understood.
• Xu Qing asked why Liu Qingqing and Guan Jie were still there, jokingly asking whether they were waiting for him to invite them to sleep with him.

After Xu Qing was announced as Ning Zhan Kong’s new disciple, the Galaxy Company directors realized they could no longer treat him as someone they could control and decided to seek reconciliation. At Cloud Heaven Tower, Xu Qing gained the respect of visiting factions, while the five directors were refused entry to his apprenticeship banquet and left in humiliation.

• Liu Qingqing told Guan Jie to rein in their forces and prepare to follow Xu Qing’s orders.
• News spread that Ning Zhan Kong would accept Xu Qing, an eighteen-year-old master of the Fifth Layer Reincarnation Spear, as his disciple.
• The five Galaxy Company directors discussed Xu Qing’s new status and agreed to meet him at the apprenticeship banquet with lowered attitudes.
• At Cloud Heaven Tower, Xu Qing met representatives of major lunar factions and earned their praise and respect.
• The security martial artist denied the five directors entry without invitations, and they left after Jia Ming and the Internal Inspection Bureau mocked them.

Xu Qing completed his Apprenticeship Ceremony as Ning Zhan Kong’s disciple, then began learning the Beyond Ninth Path from his master. Ning Zhan Kong explained that reaching Councilor Rank required comprehending one’s own laws, and began teaching Xu Qing about the life-and-death breakthrough.

• Councilor Rank guests arrived at Cloud Heaven Tower for Xu Qing’s Apprenticeship Banquet, while Zhou Tong and Xin Wuji recalled his rise from a minor martial artist.
• Xu Qing asked Li Weisi to bring Zhou Tong and Xin Wuji to the banquet because he wanted his friends beside him, and Li Weisi escorted them from the first floor to the third.
• Xu Qing performed the formal apprenticeship rites, presented Ning Zhan Kong with his apprenticeship letter and gifts, and received his master’s instruction.
• Xu Qing drank with Du Baiyu after the banquet, then sparred with his senior brother before Ning Zhan Kong.
• Over the next two days, Ning Zhan Kong corrected Xu Qing’s spear techniques and explained the Beyond Ninth Path and the three routes to Councilor Rank.
• Ning Zhan Kong demonstrated his Yin Yang Reincarnation law and began explaining how will and the desire to survive could drive a life-and-death breakthrough.

Ning Zhan Kong explained ways to reach Councilor Rank and urged Xu Qing to train in the Moon Pit, a dangerous insect nest on the Moon. That night, Xu Qing confronted Guan Jie and Liu Qingqing over their criminal businesses and ordered them to help purge the company.

• Ning Zhan Kong described three methods of breaking through to Councilor Rank and explained that martial artists below that rank faced a one-thousand-ton strength limit.
• Ning Zhan Kong told Xu Qing about the Moon Pit, where an Insect Race Nest provided both dangerous combat experience and valuable resources, and recommended that he train there.
• Xu Qing summoned Guan Jie and Liu Qingqing and examined their assets, which were tied to trafficking, organ sales, medical fraud, and assassinations.
• Xu Qing struck Guan Jie and Liu Qingqing, then told them to investigate the other department heads and eliminate criminal activity under their command.
• Xu Qing ordered Guan Jie and Liu Qingqing to compensate victims, rescue those in danger, and handle the purge thoroughly or face his punishment.

Xu Qing led an assault that destroyed QingHui Club, then moved against TianNan Group after learning its shareholders were involved in trafficking people. The chapter ended as Sun Huan outlined a plan to place three hundred enslaved people in the homes of Moonlight City's high-ranking officials.

• Guan Jie gathered 150 martial artists in Moonlight City and divided them into teams for the operation.
• Xu Qing ordered his forces to destroy QingHui Club while sparing its guests, and the attack quickly overwhelmed its security.
• Xin Wuji fought Li Hunyuan, but Xu Qing struck him down when he tried to flee, and QingHui Club burned to the ground.
• Xu Qing named TianNan Group as the next target, alarming Zhou Nan, who realized the group belonged to her.
• At a TianNan Group meeting, Sun Huan described plans to traffic three hundred people into the homes of Moonlight City's high-ranking officials.

Xu Qing destroyed TianNan Group and Li Suo Si Te Security Company, purged Galaxy Company’s corrupt forces, and rescued their victims. Ning Zhan Kong warned Xu Qing to restrain his bloodlust and ordered him to study quietly and report every day.

• Sun Huan ordered TianNan Group’s executives to flee, but Xu Qing’s masked forces sealed their escape routes and attacked.
• Xu Qing killed a Ninth Order martial artist with one spear, while Zhou Nan killed Sun Huan, and the group wiped out TianNan Group.
• Xu Qing confronted Li Suo Si Te, killed him when he tried to flee, and ordered Chen Yu to dismantle their forces and make amends to the victims.
• Galaxy Company reorganized under Guan Jie, Liu Qingqing, Chen Yu, Zhou Tong, and Xin Wuji, while authorities rescued trafficked people and purged the former supervisors’ subordinates.
• Ning Zhan Kong avoided discussing Xu Qing’s actions at first, then warned him to restrain his bloodlust and report daily for quiet study.

Xu Qing learned that Heaven Cloud Coagulation Fluid could help treat Dou Dou and found Galaxy Company would award it for completing missions, including destroying a Tick Race nest in the Moon Pit. After studying the battlefield’s dangers, he flew there in Ning Zhan Kong’s gifted fighter jet to investigate.

• Ning Zhan Kong told Xu Qing that Dou Dou’s organ failure had to be eased with Heaven Cloud Coagulation Fluid before she could undergo surgery, and Xu Qing offered to check Galaxy Company’s reserves.
• Xu Qian told Xu Qing that Galaxy Company had nearly five hundred kilograms of the fluid, which Minister-Level personnel could earn by completing missions.
• Xu Qing studied Moon Pit intelligence, learned about its three insectoid races and the powerful subsidiary nest targeted by the mission, and decided to investigate the battlefield first.
• Xu Qing visited Dou Dou with the two women, then departed for the Moon Pit in the black-and-gold Intelligent Fighter Jet Ning Zhan Kong had given him.
• Xu Qing arrived at Moon Pit Airport, where nearby martial artists discussed the celebrity disciple who owned the fighter jet without realizing he was standing nearby.

Xu Qing entered the Moon Pit Battlefield under the alias Wang He and joined the Sharp Fang Squad for his first expedition. As the team traveled toward a Tick Race nest and a recovery job, Captain Sharp Fang warned him about battlefield hazards and the intelligence of some insect races.

• While waiting to enter the battlefield, Xu Qing met Fan Zhe and Zheng Qian, who warned him not to trust anyone in Moon Pit.
• Xu Qing entered District Eight and joined the Sharp Fang Squad, introducing himself as Wang He alongside newcomer Zhao Feng.
• Captain Sharp Fang introduced the squad members, explained their battlefield rules, and led them toward their mission in an off-road vehicle.
• Sharp Fang warned Xu Qing and Zhao Feng to avoid wreckage that could conceal insect races and described how some insects had lured fighter jets into traps.
• Sharp Fang explained that the squad would clear a small Tick Race nest and recover two martial artists' bodies and belongings for a bounty.

Sharp Fang’s team entered the battlefield, where the veterans tested Xu Qing and Zhao Feng’s nerve by betting on which newcomer would die first. After a Mantis Clan insect attacked and the veterans killed it through coordinated teamwork, the ground began shaking and Sharp Fang realized the group had been surrounded.

• Sharp Fang warned Xu Qing and Zhao Feng to focus on surviving and learning the battlefield before fighting independently, while the veterans bet on which newcomer would die first.
• A Mantis Clan insect ambushed the vehicle and dragged Terras away, prompting Sharp Fang to order the team into battle.
• Chen Yu caught up with the insect and forced it to release Terras, who then wounded it while Chen Yu attacked from the air.
• Terras and Chen Yu killed the rank-seven Mantis Clan insect as the rest of Sharp Fang’s team guarded Liu Chen while he salvaged its valuable parts.
• The ground began trembling as the team prepared for another attack, and Sharp Fang shouted that they had been surrounded.

Xu Qing joined the Sharp Fang Squad in fighting an Insect Race Elite Squad on the Moon Pit Battlefield, where he revealed his exceptional movement technique while protecting himself from a deadly swarm. As the veterans hurried to end the battle before it attracted more insects, Zhao Feng also unleashed his strength.

• Sharp Fang ordered the squad to engage the hundreds of insects, assigning himself and Avalon to the Rank 8 enemies and telling Xu Qing and Zhao Feng to focus on surviving.
• Chen Yu drew much of the swarm's attention with his black spikes, while Xu Qing charged a group of Rank 6 Tick Race creatures and killed three Rank 7 Tick Race creatures with one precise strike.
• More than forty Tick Race and Mantis Clan insects converged on Xu Qing, and Liu Chen intercepted three attackers as Xu Qing used the Void Movement Technique to face only a few foes at a time.
• The veterans marveled at Xu Qing's movement technique, and Sharp Fang ordered the squad to finish the fight quickly to avoid attracting an insect tide.
• Zhao Feng erupted with a faint current and used a flurry of blade lights to chop two insects apart.

Sharp Fang Squad escaped a surprise insect ambush, but the mantises kept pursuing them through District Eight. Xu Qing saved Ink Wheel from a hidden attacker, while his growing sense of danger suggested the squad had not escaped the insects’ trap.

• After most of the insect forces were defeated, a black mutant mantis and hidden Tick Race creatures ambushed the group, and Sharp Fang led the squad into a retreat.
• A purple Mother Nest deep underground sent tens of thousands of insects swarming toward the surface as Mantis Clan warriors tried to surround Sharp Fang Squad.
• Sharp Fang formed the squad into an arrowhead and led them through the mantis swarm, with Avalon and Chen Yu covering the team.
• Ink Wheel fell into a concealed pit, and Xu Qing speared a black mantis attacking him before the squad pulled him to safety.
• Sharp Fang assigned Chen Yu to protect the team, but the mantises caught up again, and Xu Qing and the others sensed that the insects were targeting them.

Xu Qing left the Sharp Fang Squad after Chen Yu secretly begged him for help, while Zhao Feng later revealed that he was an Internal Inspection Bureau agent sent to free Chen Yu from insect control. Chen Yu instead exposed Zhao Feng to the squad, leaving him surrounded.

• Xu Qing claimed he had an Internal Inspection Bureau mission and left the squad after Chen Yu secretly whispered, "Save me!!!"
• The Sharp Fang Squad continued toward its destination and stopped to rest in a valley.
• Zhao Feng asked Chen Yu about resisting Mental Control, then showed him an Anti-God Curse Core.
• Zhao Feng revealed that he was an Internal Inspection Bureau agent and said the bureau had sent him to free Chen Yu from the insect race's control.
• Chen Yu suddenly called the squad over, and its members surrounded Zhao Feng.

Xu Qing rescued Zhao Feng from the Sharp Fang Squad after learning that Chen Yu had lured them into an insectoid mind-control trap. The squad was nearly wiped out, and Zhao Feng explained that the insectoids planned to escape Moon Pit by controlling martial artists.

• Chen Yu revealed that his distress signal had been bait to lure Zhao Feng into a trap and help the insectoids leave Moon Pit.
• Xu Qing appeared with the Azure Fiend Battle Spear, and Zhao Feng recognized him as the Vice Chairman’s new disciple.
• Xu Qing killed Sharp Fang and Avalon, then fought off the rest of the squad while Zhao Feng killed Yellow Fish.
• Xu Qing confronted Chen Yu, who trembled as he resisted the mental power controlling him.
• Zhao Feng explained that the insectoids had begun controlling martial artists to sneak out of Moon Pit and thanked Xu Qing for saving him.

Xu Qing killed Chen Yu at his desperate request after learning a Soul Detachment Insect controlled him, then called for Black Gold No. 2 as a Level One Insect Tide swept toward them. When the Moon Pit Base refused to open a passage for the fighter jet, Ning Zhan Kong set out personally to rescue his disciple.

• Chen Yu warned Xu Qing that a Soul Detachment Insect controlled him and begged to be killed, so Xu Qing ran him through with his spear.
• Xu Qing summoned Black Gold No. 2, while countless insects advanced and Zhao Feng prepared to hold out with him.
• Moon Pit Base announced a Level One Insect Tide and ordered a full alert, but Yan Qi told Cloud Heaven Tower to halt the transfer passage and deny Xu Qing entry.
• Ning Zhan Kong learned Xu Qing's request had been denied, told Li Weisi to notify the Sun Palace, and flew toward the Moon Pit in his Purple Combat Suit.
• News of the Level One Insect Tide spread across the Solar System and alarmed the public.

Xu Qing escaped the encircling Insect Sea long enough to destroy a Tick Race Nest, but the blast triggered a massive eruption of insects and forced him to flee again. At Moon Pit Base, Ning Zhan Kong entered the crisis by ordering an A-grade Infiltration Channel prepared so he could go in.

• Xu Qing and Zhao Feng split up, and the Insect Sea focused its pursuit on Xu Qing while only a few insects followed Zhao Feng.
• Xu Qing reached the Tick Race Nest, killed four Ninth Order tick insects, and planted two sonic bombs in its core.
• The bombs destroyed the nest but set off a chain reaction that sent countless insects pouring out of the pit, forcing Xu Qing to flee.
• At Moon Pit Base, Yan Qi explained the danger of the swarm to Ning Zhan Kong and asked him to understand why the base could not risk opening a route.
• Ning Zhan Kong insisted on entering Moon Pit, and Yan Qi ordered an A-grade Infiltration Channel prepared.

Ning Zhan Kong fought through the Insect Sea for three days in search of Xu Qing, but he could not find him and eventually returned to the base. Xu Qing had hidden deep underground and, trapped by the swarms, prepared to cultivate until he could break through to Councilor Rank.

• Du Baiyu offered to rescue Xu Qing, but Ning Zhan Kong told him to stay out of the way and then set out for the Moon Pit Battlefield.
• Ning Zhan Kong fought through waves of powerful Mantis Clan insects and the wider Insect Sea for three days, but failed to find Xu Qing and retreated to the base.
• Xu Qing hid inside a tunnel wall with his heartbeat suppressed and his electronic devices stored in his Storage Ring until the insects' search quieted.
• Xu Qing moved to an abandoned Insect Race Nest, tried to reach the surface, and retreated when insects blocked his way.
• Xu Qing decided that he had to break through to Councilor Rank to escape and continued cultivating while hiding, awaiting another Attribute Point in about five days.

While Xu Qing’s family and allies feared he had died in the Insect Sea, he used Attribute Points to break through to Councilor Rank. He emerged from hiding with Star Rank First Order strength and set out to return to them.

• Xin Wuji reassured Dou Dou that Xu Qing was busy, while she and Zhou Tong privately grieved after learning he was presumed trapped in the Insect Sea.
• Ning Zhan Kong searched the Insect Sea three times but failed to find Xu Qing, weakening the remaining hope that he would survive.
• On the fifth day underground, Xu Qing gained two Attribute Points and used them to advance his Ultimate Path secret technique to the Fourth Layer.
• Xu Qing’s breakthrough transformed his body, created a miniature planet in his sea of consciousness, and raised him to Star Rank First Order, or Councilor Rank.
• Xu Qing emerged from his cave with newly heightened senses and began making his way to the surface so he could return to Xin Wuji, Zhou Tong, and Dou Dou.

Xu Qing fought through powerful insects underground while his enemies in Moonlight City intensified their assault on Galaxy Company and his allies. The chapter ended with Xin Wuji gravely injured and Zhou Tong weakened, as both faced isolation without Xu Qing's protection.

• Xu Qing killed a Ninth Rank Tick Race insect with one strike and continued through the tunnels after estimating the power of his Apex Dao Secret Technique.
• Xu Qing killed a Beyond Ninth Mantis Clan insect and fought off increasingly powerful insects as they besieged him.
• Chen Yu and the Starfire Organization backed efforts to take control of Galaxy Company's lunar operations and froze Xu Qing's company funds and personal account.
• The three great families targeted Dou Dou by forcing her out of her special-care room and attempting to cut off her medication, but Cloud Heaven Tower intervened.
• Xin Wuji survived three assassination attempts, Zhou Tong survived one, and Du Baiyu stopped a mysterious person from tampering with Dou Dou's injection.
• Xin Wuji arrived at the hospital with severe blood loss, while Zhou Tong watched over her; the hospital withheld blood, leaving them without help from Xu Qing or Cloud Heaven Tower.