Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao defeated the Bronze Divine Temple’s Half-step Great Grandmaster guardian and claimed the Martial King’s Essence Blood, but Wu Zhan of Heavenly Martial Star arrived and demanded the inheritance and Dragon Star’s points. Jiang Hao faced the Early Great Grandmaster and prepared to test his spear against him.

• Ye Qingxuan identified the treasure on the altar as a Peak Martial King’s Essence Blood, while the awakened Glazed Golem revealed Half-step Great Grandmaster strength.
• Jiang Hao crushed the Glazed Golem with a kick and a punch, then collected the jade box containing the essence blood.
• Wu Zhan and his Heavenly Martial Star squad entered the burial chamber, and Wu Zhan’s Great Grandmaster pressure suppressed Dragon Star’s members.
• Wu Zhan mocked Dragon Star and demanded the Martial King Inheritance and their points, threatening to kill them.
• Jiang Hao stored the essence blood, summoned the Star River Spear, and challenged Wu Zhan to test its sharpness.

Jiang Hao killed Wu Zhan and the rest of the Heavenly Martial Star team, raising Dragon Star to 21st place. He took the Martial King's Essence Blood and led his stunned teammates away to find a safe place to refine it.

• Wu Zhan attacked Jiang Hao with his Heavenly Martial Divine Fist, but Jiang Hao pierced through the strike and killed him with one spear.
• Jiang Hao swiftly killed the five remaining members of the Heavenly Martial Star team.
• Jiang Hao scanned the team's wristbands and plundered half their points, pushing Dragon Star's rank from 28th to 21st.
• Jiang Hao picked up the jade casket containing the Martial King's Essence Blood and told his teammates to leave before other teams arrived.

Jiang Hao absorbed the Martial King's Essence Blood and raised his Blood Qi to 90,000, putting him one step from Mid Grandmaster. As rival teams moved to protect their rankings and hunt Dragon Star, Jiang Hao led his team out to claim a place in the top twenty.

• Jiang Hao swallowed the Martial King's Essence Blood and used his Pure Yang Martial Body to refine its power rapidly while Ye Qingxuan, Su Qingning, Lei Zhan, Ye Wudao, Feng Ling, and the others kept watch.
• The Flame Demon Star, Aurora Star, and Shattered Star teams reacted to Dragon Star's rise by ordering their members to hunt, recover points, or widen their leads.
• After several hours, Jiang Hao finished absorbing the essence blood and raised his Blood Qi to 90,000, just short of the 100,000 needed to reach Mid Grandmaster.
• Jiang Hao checked the rankings, summoned his Star River Spear, and told his team to make Dragon Star a top-twenty team.

Jiang Hao emerged from the ruins with his strength greatly increased, and Dragon Star encountered an ambush by Aurora Star. He instantly killed all six attackers, raising Dragon Star's ranking to nineteenth and pushing the team into the top twenty.

• Lei Zhan and the others questioned how Jiang Hao refined the Martial King's Essence Blood so quickly, and Jiang Hao brushed them off by claiming his physique had good digestion.
• Jiang Hao led Dragon Star out of the ruins to hunt for points.
• Leng Ye led Aurora Star to ambush Dragon Star, expecting the team to be weakened after its battle with Heavenly Martial Star.
• Jiang Hao unleashed his overwhelming qi and blood and killed Leng Ye and all five of his teammates with one spear technique.
• Jiang Hao took half of Aurora Star's points, and the announcement ranked Dragon Star nineteenth.

Dragon Star’s rise to nineteenth place shocked the teams around it, and War God Star captain Zhan Wuji publicly challenged Jiang Hao to meet him at Asura Hall. Jiang Hao and his companions heard the challenge and learned that Zhan Wuji had once killed a Martial King Early Stage Fierce Beast, leaving them wary of the coming confrontation.

• Yan Chuan and the Flame Demon Star team learned that Dragon Star had wiped out Aurora Star and taken nineteenth place, knocking Flame Demon Star down to twenty-first.
• Shattered Star’s captain and other veteran teams realized Dragon Star had the strength to defeat Great Grandmaster-led teams and was no lucky upstart.
• The Global Public Channel opened, and Zhan Wuji of War God Star called Jiang Hao his whetstone and challenged him to come to Asura Hall in the Martial King Region.
• Lei Zhan warned Jiang Hao and the others that Zhan Wuji was a Great Grandmaster Mid Stage who had killed a Martial King Early Stage Fierce Beast alone.

Jiang Hao welcomed Zhan Wuji’s challenge and led Dragon Star into Asura Star’s Great Grandmaster Region, seeking stronger beasts and treasures. As rival teams reacted to the challenge with scorn or amusement, the chapter left Jiang Hao eager to find Great Grandmaster Martial Medicine and advance his strength.

• Jiang Hao dismissed Zhan Wuji’s threat and declared that Dragon Star would enter the Great Grandmaster Region and visit the Martial King Region.
• Overlord Saber and Nether treated Zhan Wuji’s challenge as entertainment, while Shen Wuchen, Qi Lin, and Long Tianxiang barely paid it attention.
• Jiang Hao led Dragon Star’s six members across the border into the dangerous Great Grandmaster Region.
• Ye Qingxuan warned Jiang Hao’s team that the region’s beasts were far stronger and explained that rare Martial Medicine and treasures could be found there.
• Jiang Hao realized Great Grandmaster Martial Medicine could help him reach the qi-and-blood threshold for Mid Grandmaster.

Jiang Hao split from Lei Zhan and the others, sending them back to the Grandmaster Region to earn points while he continued alone through the Great Grandmaster Region. After killing powerful beasts and claiming two Great Grandmaster Martial Medicines, he settled in a canyon to use them for a breakthrough.

• Jiang Hao proposed that Lei Zhan, Ye Qingxuan, Su Qingning, Ye Wudao, and Feng Ling return to the Grandmaster Region while he pressed on alone, and they agreed.
• Jiang Hao killed an Early Great Grandmaster bone-spiked beast with one spear thrust and continued deeper into Asura Star.
• Jiang Hao slaughtered Fierce Beasts across the Great Grandmaster Region, rapidly increasing Dragon Star's points.
• Jiang Hao found two Great Grandmaster Martial Medicines in a Black Canyon and killed the Great Grandmaster Late Stage Poison Python guarding them.
• Jiang Hao sealed himself inside the canyon, swallowed both medicines, and prepared to break through to Mid Grandmaster.

Jiang Hao broke through to the Mid Grandmaster stage and demonstrated overwhelming strength against a Great Grandmaster beast. After setting his sights on the Planet Ranking Battle’s top teams, he was surrounded by Shadow Star, whose captain demanded his points.

• Jiang Hao consumed two Great Grandmaster Martial Medicines, broke through to the Mid Grandmaster stage, and reached thirty thousand Blood Energy.
• Jiang Hao left the cave and declared that he intended to challenge Zhan Wuji.
• Jiang Hao killed a mid-stage Great Grandmaster Purple Scaled Earth Dragon with one perfected Pierce Cloud strike while teams from Flying Feather Star, Sky Mang Star, and Mad Rhino Star watched.
• Ying Wuhen and the five other members of Shadow Star surrounded Jiang Hao and demanded his points and treasures.
• Jiang Hao welcomed the confrontation and challenged the Shadow Star team to withstand his newly increased strength.

Jiang Hao effortlessly repelled five Grandmaster Perfection assassins with his Pure Yang Martial Body, but Ying Wuhen launched a surprise attack from behind. Ying Wuhen's poisoned daggers reached within an inch of Jiang Hao's heart, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Ying Wuhen ordered Shadow Kill, Shadow Absolute, Shadow Stab, Shadow Charm, and Shadow Mad to attack Jiang Hao with their deadliest moves.
• Jiang Hao's Dark Gold Gang Qi blocked all five attacks without him moving, and its counterforce gravely wounded the assassins and sent them flying.
• Ying Wuhen used Shadow Star's stealth technique to appear behind Jiang Hao and strike at his heart with poisoned daggers.
• The watching teams believed Ying Wuhen's close-range attack would kill Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao evaded Ying Wuhen’s assassination attempt and killed the Great Grandmaster with a single spear strike. After Dragon Star seized Shadow Star’s points, its ranking rose to 15th, leaving it one place away from the top ten.

• Jiang Hao used Within Reach, Yet Worlds Apart to evade Ying Wuhen’s daggers and appeared above him.
• Jiang Hao unleashed Dragon Roar Nine Heavens, destroying Ying Wuhen and the ruins around them.
• Jiang Hao collected Shadow Star’s points from Ying Wuhen’s Personal Terminal Bracelet.
• The battlefield announcement reported that Dragon Star had eliminated Shadow Star and risen from 19th to 15th place.
• The other teams watched Dragon Star’s rise and no longer dared to underestimate or target them.

After Dragon Star’s ranking rose to 15th when Jiang Hao wiped out Shadow Star, Ye Qingxuan and the others resolved to keep hunting in Grandmaster territory. Zhan Wuji took notice of Jiang Hao and looked forward to fighting him, while Jiang Hao continued toward the Great Asura Hall, killing a Great Grandmaster-level beast with ease.

• A region-wide broadcast announced that Dragon Star had eliminated every member of Shadow Star and climbed to 15th place.
• Ye Qingxuan, Su Qingning, Lei Zhan, Ye Wudao, and Feng Ling reacted with shock and credited Jiang Hao with most of Dragon Star’s rise.
• Ye Wudao urged the group to continue sweeping through Grandmaster territory.
• Zhan Wuji learned of Jiang Hao’s victory and declared that he wanted to crush him in a future confrontation.
• Jiang Hao continued toward the Great Asura Hall and killed an Early Great Grandmaster Nether Bone Wolf with Pierce Cloud, earning 5,000 points.

Jiang Hao drove Dragon Star’s score upward by hunting Fierce Beasts, then stopped before the Martial King Region to refine thirteen Great Grandmaster Martial Medicines. He broke through to late-stage Grandmaster with 210,000 Blood Qi and prepared to pursue the top ten.

• Jiang Hao killed a mid-stage Great Grandmaster Fierce Beast, sending Dragon Star’s points surging and shocking the teams ranked 11th through 20th.
• Jiang Hao reached the barrier to the Martial King Region but decided to improve his strength before entering.
• Jiang Hao sealed himself inside a mountain cave and swallowed thirteen Great Grandmaster Martial Medicines at once.
• Jiang Hao’s System refined the medicines, raising his Blood Qi past the late-stage Grandmaster breakthrough and up to 210,000.
• Jiang Hao checked his Personal Panel and concluded that his new strength could let him challenge even a Martial King.

Jiang Hao entered the Martial King Region and endured its extreme gravity and Killing Intent without effort. After Nether directed him toward War God Star’s territory, Jiang Hao set off to challenge Zhan Wuji, leaving Nether Star amused by his arrogance.

• Jiang Hao entered the Martial King Region and resisted its harsh conditions with his Pure Yang Martial Body alone.
• Nether and five Nether Star teammates emerged from the ruins and recognized Jiang Hao, but Nether said his team had no interest in fighting him or taking his points.
• Nether explained that the top ten teams occupied separate hunting grounds and pointed Jiang Hao toward War God Star’s territory, where Zhan Wuji was located.
• Jiang Hao thanked Nether and said he would let Nether Star off the hook if they met again, then hurried toward War God Star’s territory.
• Nether’s teammates were stunned by Jiang Hao’s remark, while Nether laughed and called him an arrogant dark horse.

Jiang Hao confronted War God Star’s team alone in the Shura Region and killed its vice captain, Zhan Kuang, with a single slap after crushing his weapon barehanded. He then challenged Zhan Wuji to come down from the Bone Throne and fight him.

• Zhan Wuji taunted Jiang Hao and ordered him to face the team’s fighters before challenging their captain.
• Zhan Kuang attacked Jiang Hao with his Mysterious Iron Great Hammer, but Jiang Hao stopped it with one hand.
• Jiang Hao crushed the hammer barehanded and slapped Zhan Kuang apart, shocking the rest of War God Star’s team.
• Zhan Wuji rose from the Bone Throne and gripped his spear as Jiang Hao pointed the Star River Spear at him and demanded that he come down.

Jiang Hao confronted Zhan Wuji and fought him in the Bone Square. Zhan Wuji discovered that Jiang Hao’s strength and spear techniques overwhelmed his expectations, and he struggled to withstand Jiang Hao’s relentless attacks.

• Jiang Hao challenged Zhan Wuji, who destroyed his Bone Throne and descended with the Weeping Blood Spear.
• Jiang Hao and Zhan Wuji clashed their spears, and Zhan Wuji revealed his Spear Soul.
• Zhan Wuji was shocked by Jiang Hao’s immense vitality and spear skill after their weapons locked.
• Jiang Hao used Falling Star to drive Zhan Wuji onto the defensive.
• Jiang Hao closed in with Within Reach, Yet Worlds Apart and pierced Zhan Wuji’s Body-protecting Qi with Pierce Cloud.
• Zhan Wuji tried to force Jiang Hao back, but Jiang Hao continued attacking without giving him time to recover.

Jiang Hao and Zhan Wuji fought fiercely in Bone Square, until Zhan Wuji used War God Blood Burning Art to reach a Pseudo Martial King level. Jiang Hao answered with his Second Ring Spear Soul, and the two warriors' strongest attacks collided, leaving Zhan Wuji shocked by Jiang Hao's power.

• Jiang Hao used Moon Tide and Dragon Roar Nine Heavens to overpower Zhan Wuji and drive him back, injuring his hands and making him bleed.
• Zhan Wuji used War God Blood Burning Art, pushing his strength from Great Grandmaster Mid Stage to the peak of Great Grandmaster Late Stage and unleashing a Blood Sky-Swallowing Beast with his Spear Soul.
• Jiang Hao activated his Second Ring Spear Soul and combined it with Dragon Roar Nine Heavens to summon a colossal Two-Divine Ring Golden Dragon.
• The Golden Dragon and Zhan Wuji's Blood Sky-Swallowing Beast collided above Bone Square, and Zhan Wuji recognized Jiang Hao's Second Ring Spear Soul in disbelief.

Jiang Hao killed Zhan Wuji and the rest of the War God Star Team, then took half their points. A region-wide announcement placed Dragon Star in tenth place, leaving the other teams stunned by the fall of a top-ten squad.

• Jiang Hao's Second Ring Spear Soul destroyed Zhan Wuji's Blood Sky-Swallowing Beast, shattered his spear and defenses, and annihilated him.
• The four surviving War God Star Team members fled, but Jiang Hao caught and killed them all.
• Jiang Hao transferred half of the War God Star Team's points to Dragon Star.
• A region-wide announcement declared that Dragon Star had risen from fifteenth to tenth place.
• Teams across Desolate Prison Star reacted in shock as Jiang Hao shattered the belief that the top ten could not be displaced.

After Jiang Hao destroyed War God Star’s team and pushed Dragon Star into the top ten, the other leading captains took notice. War Sun Martial Venerable learned that his son Zhan Wuji had died and set out for the Starry Sky Battlefield to seek vengeance.

• Nether, Shen Wuchen, Qi Lin, and Long Tianxiang reacted to the news of Zhan Wuji’s death and Jiang Hao’s strength, with Long Tianxiang vowing to defeat Jiang Hao in the third-round arena battle.
• Su Qingning, Ye Qingxuan, Ye Wudao, Feng Ling, and Lei Zhan saw Dragon Star’s ranking rise to tenth after Jiang Hao defeated War God Star’s team and celebrated the achievement.
• War Sun Martial Venerable discovered that Zhan Wuji’s Soul Tablet had shattered and realized his son was dead.
• War Sun Martial Venerable unleashed his fury across War God Star, then departed for the interstellar Teleportation Array to investigate and pursue the killer.

War Sun Martial Venerable erupted from seclusion on War God Star and rushed to Myriad Star City, where he demanded to know which team ranked tenth in the Planet Ranking Battle. Shen Xinghai refused to reveal the confidential live results and warned him that elders were forbidden to interfere with the contest.

• War Sun Martial Venerable unleashed his fury across War God Star and flew toward the interstellar Teleportation Array to Myriad Star City.
• War Sun Martial Venerable arrived in Myriad Star City, and his pressure shook the city and its defensive formation.
• Shen Xinghai appeared and drove back War Sun Martial Venerable's pressure, then demanded to know why he had come.
• War Sun Martial Venerable demanded to know which team was in tenth place in the Planet Ranking Battle.
• Shen Xinghai refused to disclose the live results and reminded War Sun Martial Venerable that elders could not interfere in the competition.

War Sun Martial Venerable attacked Shen Xinghai after learning that Zhan Wuji had died, sparking a battle above Myriad Star City as the rankings revealed Dragon Star had taken 10th Place. On Desolate Prison Star, Jiang Hao headed toward the sealed palace behind the Bronze Giant Gate, unaware that it held the second round’s ultimate hidden reward.

• War Sun Martial Venerable demanded that Shen Xinghai reveal who killed Zhan Wuji, but Shen Xinghai ordered him to leave Myriad Star City.
• War Sun Martial Venerable attacked the City Lord's Estate, and Shen Xinghai fought back, triggering a battle between the two Martial Venerables.
• Spectators checked the live rankings and discovered that Dragon Star had taken 10th Place after Zhan Wuji's death.
• Jiang Hao stood among the ruins of Bone Square as nearby Great Grandmaster-level Fierce Beasts fled from him in terror.
• Jiang Hao approached the Bronze Giant Gate behind Zhan Wuji's throne, unaware that the palace contained the second round's ultimate hidden reward.