Chapter Summaries

After twenty-four days of seclusion, Jiang Hao emerged stronger, only to learn that the Beast Tide had already ended when two Martial Venerables killed its Beast Venerable Emperor. Han Ya told him the Base Grand Competition would begin in seven days and offer rare rewards, leaving Jiang Hao eager to compete for them.

• Jiang Huai and Ye Qingxuan saw Jiang Hao leading the Military Merit Rankings with over five hundred thousand points and despaired at the gap.
• Jiang Hao finished refining sixteen Grand Martial Master Qi and Blood Essences, raising his Blood Qi to 7,899 points.
• Jiang Hao left seclusion and learned that two Martial Venerables had killed the Beast Venerable Emperor, scattering the Beast Tide.
• Jiang Hao regretted missing the chance to earn more Military Merit before Han Ya messaged him about the Base Grand Competition starting in seven days.
• Jiang Hao learned that the Martial Venerables had sent rare Martial Medicines and treasures to Asura Island, and eagerly planned to claim a share.

Jiang Hao tested Break Limit after advancing his Root Bone to Radiant Moon Grade and discovered that he could gain far more Qi and Blood and Root Bone Proficiency than before. He decided to spend the seven days before the Asura Island tournament training at home instead of hunting Fierce Beasts for Military Merit.

• Jiang Hao activated the fifty-times Gravity Field and practiced the third layer of the Nine Revolutions Barbaric Dragon Stance to test his new Root Bone.
• Jiang Hao completed a Break Limit and found that it gave him 12 Qi and Blood and 48 Root Bone Proficiency.
• Jiang Hao continued past his former daily limit of ten Break Limits and managed to complete twenty before feeling deeply fatigued.
• Jiang Hao calculated that twenty Break Limits would yield 240 Qi and Blood and 960 Root Bone Proficiency in a day, outperforming the Qi and Blood gains from refining expensive essence.
• Jiang Hao dismissed hunting Fierce Beasts and earning Military Merit, resolving to train at home for the seven days before the Asura Island tournament.

After seven days of relentless cultivation, Jiang Hao stood just short of ten thousand Blood Qi and prepared to represent Seventh Base at the Asura Island competition. Han Ya led him and the other students toward the troop transports, confident Jiang Hao would outshine the rival bases.

• Jiang Hao completed twenty daily Break Limits for seven days, raising his Blood Qi to 9,579 and his Root Bone Proficiency above 50,000.
• Jiang Hao judged that his current strength and martial skills would let him challenge even a late-stage Grandmaster as he headed for Asura Island.
• Seventh Base’s students gathered at the central plaza, where they watched Jiang Hao arrive with awe and expected him to dominate the competition.
• Jiang Hao greeted Han Ya and asked whether he was late, and Han Ya confirmed he was on time and promised to show the other bases what a real monster looked like.
• Jiang Hao corrected Han Ya that he was a pure-blooded member of the Human Race, prompting the instructors and students to silently disagree.

Jiang Hao arrived at Asura Island for the inter-base tournament and learned that first place would earn Heavenly Marrow Bone Cleansing Fluid, which could improve his Root Bone. After the tournament began, he charged onto the island, determined to win the prize and take on the other bases' geniuses.

• Jiang Hao and the Seventh Base trainees arrived on Asura Island, where King Lei mocked Jiang Hao and Han Ya challenged him back.
• Jiang Hao calmly taunted King Lei, while Jiang Huai and Ye Qingxuan recognized how much his strength and bearing had changed.
• Silent Martial Venerable and Martial Venerable Dao Guang arrived and announced the tournament rules and prizes, including Heavenly Marrow Bone Cleansing Fluid for first place.
• Jiang Hao decided to claim first place after hearing the fluid might raise his Radiant Moon-level Root Bone toward Radiant Sun Grade.
• Silent Martial Venerable opened the island's protective formation, and Jiang Hao told the Seventh Base trainees to stay together before charging into the island alone.

Jiang Hao rampaged through Asura Island, knocked out and robbed a First Base squad, then entered the Core Area and killed an Early Grandmaster beast in one strike. He collected its Beast Core and Spiritual Medicine and continued his hunt for points.

• Jiang Hao charged through the outer jungle, smashing a pack of Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolves with his Dark Gold Gang Qi.
• Three First Base Grand Martial Masters ambushed Jiang Hao, but he knocked them unconscious with three slaps and took their weapons.
• Jiang Hao used his Second Ring Spear Soul to locate Grandmaster-level Fierce Beasts in the Core Area and sped toward them.
• King Lei watched Jiang Hao's rampage on the holographic Light Screen, while Han Ya teased him about the First Base squad's defeat.
• Jiang Hao confronted the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast, killed it with one strike of Moon Tide, and collected its Beast Core and the High-grade Martial Medicine.

Jiang Hao used his Second Ring Spear Soul to locate and hunt powerful beasts across Asura Island, shocking Martial Venerable Dao Guang with his strength. The chapter ended as Jiang Hao charged into battle against a Grandmaster Perfection Purple Crystal Behemoth.

• Above Asura Island, Martial Venerable Dao Guang doubted Jiang Hao could match top-tier Heaven's Prides, while Silent Martial Venerable insisted Jiang Hao had not shown his true ability.
• Jiang Hao activated his Second Ring Spear Soul and sensed every beast within twenty thousand meters, including a Grandmaster Perfection target.
• Jiang Hao killed a Mid Grandmaster Ice Giant Python with one spear thrust and collected a High-grade Martial Medicine from its Cold Pool.
• Jiang Hao killed a Late Grandmaster Thunder Winged Demonic Tiger with a thrown spear, leaving Martial Venerable Dao Guang shocked by his power.
• Jiang Hao unleashed his blood qi and charged the Purple Crystal Behemoth, a Grandmaster Perfection beast, and their collision shook the island.

Jiang Hao overwhelmed and killed the Purple Crystal Behemoth, revealing strength that astonished Martial Venerable Dao Guang. After the battle, Dao Guang tried to recruit Jiang Hao as his disciple, but Silent Martial Venerable refused.

• Jiang Hao drove the Purple Crystal Behemoth back with a relentless series of spear attacks while fighters across Asura Island felt the battle’s shockwaves.
• The Behemoth tried to self-destruct, but Jiang Hao unleashed his Second Ring Spear Soul and crushed it with a thousand-zhang spear-shadow.
• Jiang Hao gained 1,000 Points and judged that he was invincible at the Grandmaster level and could contend with a Great Grandmaster.
• Martial Venerable Dao Guang praised Jiang Hao’s combat talent and admitted that his earlier doubts about Jiang Hao had been wrong.
• Martial Venerable Dao Guang asked Silent Martial Venerable to let Jiang Hao become his disciple, but Silent refused and noted that Jiang Hao had already rejected a Martial Venerable’s offer.

Jiang Hao killed the Molten Earth Dragon King, gathered Asura Island’s rare medicines and beast cores, and amassed 52,000 points. After clearing the island’s beasts, he set out to eliminate the other Base Cities’ teams so the Seventh Base could claim the remaining resources, and he confronted a three-person team from the First Base.

• Jiang Hao used his Second Ring Spear Soul to hunt down beasts and collect medicines across Asura Island before reaching its volcanic Core Area.
• Jiang Hao defeated the early Great Grandmaster Molten Earth Dragon King and found a Crimson Blood Dragon Ganoderma in its magma lair.
• Jiang Hao counted his spoils, including ten Martial King level Spiritual Medicines, and reached 52,000 points.
• Jiang Hao decided to eliminate the other Base Cities’ competitors so the Seventh Base could monopolize Asura Island’s remaining resources.
• Jiang Hao waited for a three-person team from the First Base and greeted them as they approached.

Jiang Hao swept across Asura Island, eliminating contestants from every base except Seventh Base and driving the survivors to unite against him. He faced a force of more than 180 fighters on the central plain and challenged them to attack all at once.

• Jiang Hao defeated three Grand Martial Masters from First Base, looted their gear and points, and eliminated them with their rescue talismans.
• Jiang Hao raced across the island, overpowering teams from other bases and forcing their members to withdraw.
• After more than a hundred contestants were eliminated in one hour, Jiang Huai urged the remaining geniuses to join forces against Jiang Hao.
• Outside the island, King Lei accused Han Ya of letting Jiang Hao ruin the competition, while Han Ya defended his actions as within the rules.
• Martial Venerable Dao Guang admired Jiang Hao's challenge, and Silent Martial Venerable said the gathered fighters could not defeat him through numbers alone.
• On the central plain, Jiang Hao faced a crowd of more than 180 contestants and challenged them to attack together.

Jiang Hao defeated nearly two hundred geniuses and won the Base Joint Grand Competition for the Seventh Base. After receiving the Heavenly Marrow Bone Cleansing Fluid, he prepared to pursue a breakthrough to Radiant Sun Grade bone.

• Jiang Hao emerged unharmed from the geniuses’ combined attack and began eliminating them with his spear.
• Jiang Hao used his Second Ring Spear Soul to immobilize Jiang Huai, then struck him out of the competition.
• Jiang Hao eliminated the remaining competitors, leaving the Seventh Base as the sole winner of the competition.
• Martial Venerable Dao Guang offered to take Jiang Hao as his disciple, but Jiang Hao respectfully refused.
• Silent Martial Venerable awarded Jiang Hao the Heavenly Marrow Bone Cleansing Fluid, and Jiang Hao declared he would enter seclusion to break through to Radiant Sun Grade bone.

After the Seventh Base won the Martial Star Base Grand Competition, Jiang Hao used the Heavenly Marrow Bone Cleansing Fluid to advance his martial bone to Radiant Sun Grade and awaken the Pure Yang Body. He discovered his new bone let him complete thirty daily Break Limits for enormous gains, leaving him eager to reach Grand Martial Master Perfected.

• The Seventh Base celebrated its first-place finish while King Lei left without facing Han Ya.
• Jiang Hao rushed to S-class Villa No. 1 and consumed the Heavenly Marrow Bone Cleansing Fluid.
• Jiang Hao endured hours of bone reconstruction and advanced to Radiant Sun Grade, awakening the Pure Yang Body.
• Jiang Hao cultivated with his new martial bone and gained 25 Blood Qi and 100 Root Bone Proficiency per Break Limit.
• Jiang Hao completed thirty Break Limits, advanced to Grand Martial Master Late Stage, and calculated that he could reach Grand Martial Master Perfected in about a month.

Jiang Hao used a month of medicine and training to break past the Grand Martial Master limit and enter the Extreme Realm, raising his Qi and Blood cap to 50,000. He emerged from seclusion still short of Grandmaster, leaving Instructor Han Ya shocked by his overwhelming aura.

• Jiang Hao consumed his Martial Medicines by day and trained with the Nine Revolutions Barbaric Dragon Stance at night, rapidly increasing his Qi and Blood.
• As Jiang Hao neared 30,000 Qi and Blood, purple-gold lightning began to appear in his Gang Qi and strengthened its power.
• Jiang Hao surpassed 30,000 Qi and Blood, entered the Extreme Realm, and gained Desolate Dragon True Qi, which raised his limit to 50,000.
• Jiang Hao continued cultivating for nearly a month, then emerged from S-class Villa No. 1 with his aura intensely restrained but powerful enough to warp the air.
• Instructor Han Ya asked Jiang Hao what realm he had reached, and Jiang Hao claimed he was an ordinary Grand Martial Master who had not become a Grandmaster.

After completing his breakthrough at the Seventh Base, Jiang Hao learned that he was expected to compete in the Planet Ranking Battle on Dragon Star. He left for home eager to fight for his planet’s future and resources.

• Han Ya told Jiang Hao that his training had ended seven days earlier and thanked him for finally emerging from seclusion.
• Han Ya explained that Gu Daoyi had requested Jiang Hao’s return to Dragon Star and would likely enter him in the Planet Ranking Battle.
• Han Ya described how the battle’s winners gained Federation resources for their planets while losers had those resources stripped away.
• Jiang Hao accepted the challenge and boarded a shuttle Han Ya had prepared to take him directly to Dragon Star.
• Jiang Hao departed the Seventh Base, determined to compete in the Planet Ranking Battle.

Jiang Hao returned to Dragon Star after winning the Base Joint Grand Competition, revealing that he had reached the Grand Martial Master Extreme Realm and could withstand Gu Daoyi’s Martial Venerable pressure. After learning Dragon Star was at risk of losing its martial foundation in the Planet Ranking Battle, Jiang Hao declared that he intended to aim for first place because he needed resources.

• Jiang Hao arrived at Star River Academy, where Gu Daoyi tried to test him with Martial Venerable pressure, but Jiang Hao’s Pure Yang Body repelled it.
• Gu Daoyi sensed Jiang Hao’s 30,000 Qi and Blood and learned that he remained a perfected Grand Martial Master despite exceeding the usual breakthrough limit.
• Gu Daoyi took Jiang Hao to a hidden chamber and explained that Dragon Star ranked 98th among the Dragon River Galaxy’s martial planets and could lose its martial potential if it lost the Planet Ranking Battle.
• Jiang Hao rejected Gu Daoyi’s request merely to protect Dragon Star’s ranking and said he would aim for the top three or first place to obtain more resources.

Jiang Hao reunited with Ye Qingxuan at his villa, where they discussed his achievements and the upcoming Planet Ranking Battle. Su Qingning then arrived after awakening the Nine Heavens Ice Phoenix Body and reaching Grand Martial Master Perfected, leaving Jiang Hao surprised and the two women sizing each other up.

• Ye Qingxuan visited Jiang Hao and praised his achievements, then hoped they could fight side by side in the Planet Ranking Battle.
• Su Qingning arrived at Jiang Hao's villa after three months away, having awakened her bloodline and the Nine Heavens Ice Phoenix Body and reached Grand Martial Master Perfected.
• Jiang Hao recognized Su Qingning's immense progress, and she remarked that he seemed close to becoming a Grandmaster.
• Ye Qingxuan said goodbye and left, while Su Qingning asked Jiang Hao whether he was close to her.
• Jiang Hao explained that he and Ye Qingxuan had traveled together, and Su Qingning said she had come to congratulate him on his return.

Su Qingning challenged Jiang Hao to a spar to measure how much stronger he had become, but his overwhelming power stopped her Ice Phoenix Sword Qi without him drawing a weapon. After Jiang Hao described Martial Star and claimed he was nearly invincible among Grandmasters, Su Qingning left in disbelief.

• Su Qingning felt an unfamiliar warmth and pull toward Jiang Hao, then challenged him to a spar to find out how much stronger he was than her.
• Su Qingning unleashed her Nine Heavens Ice Phoenix Body and struck Jiang Hao with a powerful Ice Phoenix sword attack.
• Jiang Hao countered with his Pure Yang Body and Desolate Dragon True Qi, melting Su Qingning's frost and stopping her sword strike with his Gang Qi.
• Jiang Hao shattered Su Qingning's Sword Qi with a single punch, and she admitted that the gap between them had grown even wider.
• Su Qingning asked about Martial Star and Jiang Hao's strength, then left after he said he felt invincible among Grandmasters.

Jiang Hao dominated the first two trials of Dragon Star’s selection for the Planet Ranking Battle, revealing 31,500 qi and blood as a Grand Martial Master. The final trial began as he charged toward the Martial God Stage, where he would face Grandmaster-level projections.

• Long Xiang began the selection, and fewer than a hundred contestants endured the Martial God Token’s pressure for thirty breaths.
• Contestants tested their strength on the Obsidian Blood Testing Tablet, with Su Qingning recording 15,200 qi and blood.
• Jiang Hao struck the tablet lightly and registered 31,500 qi and blood, taking first place in the second trial.
• Long Xiang announced the Martial God Stage trial, requiring contestants to climb past step 899 and face Grandmaster-level projections.
• Jiang Hao showed interest in the challenge and dashed toward the first step.

Jiang Hao climbed the Martial God Stage with ease, defeating every Grandmaster Projection in his path and reaching its summit. Long Xiang concluded that Jiang Hao might possess the legendary bearing of a Martial God.

• Jiang Hao sprinted up the first eight hundred steps of the Martial God Stage, barely slowing when the pressure increased.
• Jiang Hao destroyed the Grandmaster Projection on the 899th step with a single palm strike.
• Jiang Hao continued past the 900th step, casually defeating the projections that appeared at every step and stunning Long Xiang, Gu Daoyi, and the university presidents.
• Jiang Hao reached the 999th step and shattered its Grandmaster Perfection projection with Dragon Roar Nine Heavens and Spear Soul Second Ring.
• Long Xiang realized Jiang Hao’s strength might mean he had the legendary bearing of a Martial God.

After Jiang Hao’s effortless climb exposed the Martial God Stage’s true difficulty, the other contenders tested themselves and Su Qingning became the only one besides him to trigger a Grandmaster Projection. Long Xiang announced Dragon Star’s team for the Planet Ranking Battle, and Jiang Hao led them aboard a ship bound for the Starry Sky Battlefield.

• Zhao Kuo, Ouyang Lie, Chen Feng, and other warriors rushed onto the Martial God Stage, but Chen Feng stopped at the five-hundredth stair and the crowd realized the stage was not broken.
• Lei Zhan reached the eight-hundredth stair, Feng Ling stopped around the eight-hundred-and-twentieth, Ye Wudao reached the eight-hundred-and-fiftieth, and Ye Qingxuan climbed to the eight-hundred-and-eightieth.
• Su Qingning climbed to the eight-hundred-and-ninety-ninth stair, defeated a Grandmaster Projection at great cost, and reached the nine-hundredth stair before stopping.
• Long Xiang named Jiang Hao captain, Su Qingning, Ye Qingxuan, Ye Wudao, and Lei Zhan as team members, and Feng Ling as substitute for the Planet Ranking Battle.
• Jiang Hao encouraged his crestfallen teammates and led Dragon Star’s team aboard the spaceship bound for the Starry Sky Battlefield.

Jiang Hao and the Dragon Star team arrived at Myriad Star City to register for the Starry Sky Battlefield, where Blue Sea Star’s ranked-72nd team mocked them. Jiang Hao slapped their Half-step Grandmaster captain unconscious and led his team on to registration.

• Jiang Hao, Su Qingning, Ye Qingxuan, Lei Zhan, and the others arrived at Myriad Star City and marveled at its scale and dense Heaven and Earth Energy.
• At the East District Port Registration Office, the Blue Sea Star captain mocked Dragon Star’s rank of 98th and ordered the team out of his way.
• A Blue Sea Star team member struck Lei Zhan back with a casual wave of Water-elemental Qi, and the captain continued insulting Dragon Star.
• Jiang Hao challenged the captain’s claim that might made right, then shattered his protective Qi with one slap and knocked him unconscious against a metal wall.
• Jiang Hao dismissed the Blue Sea Star team and led the Dragon Star group toward registration, telling them to call him if they could not beat future provocateurs.