Chapter Summaries

Yang Yu returned to Jiangnan City after destroying the Beast Tide, earning the city's celebration and the title of its Guardian Deity. He delivered the Giant Rock Bear Sovereign's corpse for equipment crafting and explained his newly awakened Mental Power to Jia Yi and Wang Ying'an, while powerful Monsters outside the city reconsidered their plans.

• Jiangnan City's civilians celebrated as Yang Yu wiped out the Beast Tide, while four Lord Level Monsters—including a Senior Lord Level dragon-like Monster—considered whether to abandon their territory.
• Yang Yu carried the Giant Rock Bear Sovereign's corpse to the western district armaments factory and asked Zhang An to forge equipment from its materials.
• Yang Yu used the bear's Fang to peel its hide, leaving Zhang An with the valuable skin, bones, flesh, and blood for equipment and research.
• Yang Yu returned to the Central Command Center, where Wang Ying'an welcomed him as Jiangnan City's Guardian Deity and Jia Yi asked how he had fought.
• Yang Yu told Jia Yi and Wang Ying'an that he had awakened the ability to use Mental Power to control objects, unleash powerful attacks, and fly.

Yang Yu learned how dire Huaxia’s situation had become and planned to reinforce the major cities lacking top-tier defenders once Jiangnan City could hold its own. He also resolved to develop his Spirit Reader abilities through combat, while humanity faced the growing threat of Lord Level Monsters.

• Yang Yu told Wang Ying'an and Jia Yi that his body felt better and that his Spiritual Force was improving his physical fitness.
• Yang Yu said he had stored the Giant Rock Bear Sovereign’s corpse in the armory so it could be used to make better equipment.
• Wang Ying'an explained that most smaller and medium-sized cities had fallen, while survivors were gathering in six regional Base Cities.
• Yang Yu assessed that Hong and Thor might handle Elementary Lord Level Monsters but would struggle against Intermediate Lord Monsters, leaving many cities vulnerable.
• Yang Yu told Wang Ying'an and Jia Yi that he planned to reinforce the three major cities without top-tier defenders once Jia Yi reached the grandmaster realm and Jiangnan City had enough Martial Artists.
• Yang Yu decided to pursue both the Martial Artist and Spirit Reader paths and seek a way to amplify his Psychic Amplitude through combat.

Yang Yu prepared for the Monster Crisis while hoping Jia Yi would reach the grandmaster realm and improve Jiangnan City's defenses. During a renewed Beast Tide, he saw Jia Yi break through to the grandmaster realm on the battlefield.

• Yang Yu planned to secure Jiangnan City before launching the Demon Sweeping Plan and briefly visited his family during a quiet day.
• Yang Yu patrolled the defenses and practiced controlling the Giant Rock Bear Sovereign's Fangs while considering searching for ruins after the Monster Crisis.
• Lord Level Monsters gathered hundreds of thousands of Monsters and launched a new assault on Jiangnan City.
• Yang Yu raced between battlefields, using the four Fangs to slaughter the attacking Monsters.
• Yang Yu reached the Southern War Zone and saw Jia Yi fight with newly fluid movements that showed he had entered the grandmaster realm.

Jia Yi broke through to a new realm as Yang Yu defended Jiangnan City from organized monster hordes. Yang Yu slaughtered several groups, while a powerful Great Strength Demon Ape retreated to seek reinforcements from the Green-Armored Giant Dragon.

• Jia Yi broke through after killing the last Advanced Beast General Level monster, and Yang Yu told him to test his new realm while he continued defending the city.
• Yang Yu spotted monster hordes gathering by race and charged toward the Demon Apes after Wang Ying'an warned him that unfamiliar mutated monsters were converging on Jiangnan City.
• Yang Yu killed the five leading Demon Apes and wiped out the rest of their horde with his Fangs.
• The Great Strength Demon Ape watched Yang Yu kill its descendants, then retreated to discuss sending more Lord Level monsters with the Green-Armored Giant Dragon.
• Yang Yu cleared out the Iron-Armored Scorpions and Bloodthirsty Tanks, then killed the Mutated Demon Wolves with his War Blade and fists.

Yang Yu held back the marine monsters pouring toward the city, slaughtering tens of thousands while his combat skills and body entered a state of perfect flow. Watching from the river, the East Sea Azure Dragon chose to retreat rather than challenge him, leaving its attack on the city for another time.

• Yang Yu rushed to the river passage and killed an Advanced Beast General Peacock Mantis Shrimp with his Tiger Cannon Fist.
• Yang Yu plunged into the first wave of marine monsters and stopped tens of thousands from advancing as people watched the battle on television.
• Wang Lin and other inspired viewers continued training, and some talented Martial Way practitioners emerged after several months.
• Yang Yu became fully immersed in battle, moving and striking naturally as his remaining telekinetic power replenished his strength.
• The East Sea Azure Dragon watched Yang Yu, judged that fighting him was too risky, and returned to the East Sea.

After more than two months of fighting monsters around Jiangnan City, Yang Yu reached the War God rank and tested the strength of his body and Spirit Reader abilities. With Jia Yi ready to defend the city in his absence, Yang Yu prepared to begin the Demon Sweeping Plan.

• Yang Yu fought off waves of monsters attacking Jiangnan City for more than two months, using the battles to improve his physical fitness and Martial Way.
• On November 18, 2015, Yang Yu measured his raw punch force at 68,000 kilograms and discovered that reaching War God level had further transformed the Spiritual Force in his Consciousness Sea.
• Yang Yu tested his flying daggers, which reached a speed of 5,100 meters per second and struck the punch tester with 210,000 kilograms of force.
• Jia Yi consolidated his grandmaster realm, developed the Phantom Sword Art, and reached Junior War God strength, allowing him to defend Jiangnan City while Yang Yu was away.
• Hong and Thor drove back Intermediate Lord Level monsters near their Base Cities but could not kill them, while Yang Yu prepared to begin the Demon Sweeping Plan.

Northwest Base City used nuclear missiles to nearly destroy a Silver Wolf Pack, but the surviving wolves mutated into the Silver Moon Wolf Clan. After strengthening his Spiritual Force, Yang Yu prepared to begin his Demon Sweeping Plan by eliminating the Lord Level Monsters near Jiangnan Base City, and the chapter left him flying toward their gathering place.

• Northwest Base City launched three waves of nuclear missiles at the Silver Wolf Pack, killing more than ninety-nine percent of its members while the Silver Wolf Leader escaped.
• The surviving Silver Wolves recovered in a hidden cave and mutated; their leader grew stronger, became the Silver Moon Wolf Clan Leader, and resolved to rebuild the pack for revenge.
• Yang Yu mastered his increased Spiritual Force, learned he could control four flying daggers at full power, and measured his Spiritual Force flight speed at 700 m/s.
• Yang Yu told Wang Ying'an and Jia Yi about his plan to clear the Lord Level Monsters near Jiangnan Base City, and both supported him.
• Yang Yu prepared his weapons and equipment, then flew toward the location where the four remaining Lord Level Monsters had gathered.

Yang Yu attacked the Lord Level monsters outside Jiangnan Base City, killing three in a surprise strike before defeating the Green-Armored Giant Dragon in a fierce battle. With the entire monster group destroyed, the city’s immediate threat was eliminated.

• Yang Yu secretly approached the four Lord Level monsters in their canyon nest while they argued about attacking Jiangnan City.
• Yang Yu launched a surprise attack and killed the Fire-Scaled Trident Pig, Giant Black-Armored Scorpion, and Great Strength Demon Ape with flying daggers.
• Yang Yu fought the Green-Armored Giant Dragon, evading its attacks while repeated dagger strikes damaged its scales.
• Yang Yu used Thunder Intent to pierce the Green-Armored Giant Dragon’s injured body and destroy its head, killing it and wiping out the monster group.

After killing four Lord Level monsters and saving Jiangnan Base City, Yang Yu deepened his Thunder Intent and developed the rudiments of a Thunder Domain, transforming his fighting techniques and flying-dagger control. With the city safe, he returned home, entrusted the dragon’s eyes and Reverse Scale to his Grandfather, and resumed secluded cultivation.

• Yang Yu confirmed the Green-Armored Giant Dragon was dead, then fused his Xingyi Five Elements Fist into the Thunder Fist Technique and developed the rudiments of a Thunder Domain.
• Yang Yu discovered that six of his flying daggers could now reach twenty times the Speed of Sound, then Jia Yi and Zhang Tieshan arrived with fighter jets to retrieve the four monster corpses.
• Wang Ying'an thanked Yang Yu and promised military protection for his family, free future equipment replacements, and Major General treatment while Yang Yu remained a Freelance Martial Artist.
• Yang Yu took the Green-Armored Giant Dragon’s eyes and Reverse Scale, left its other materials for military equipment, and returned home to spend time with Grandfather and Wang Lin before resuming cultivation.
• With Jiangnan Base City quiet and its major monster threats gone, Yang Yu practiced on his rooftop and finished with his newly integrated Thunder Fist.

Yang Yu completed his new Thunder Blade Technique, received armor and weapons forged from the Green-Armored Giant Dragon, and began the Demon Sweeping Plan by flying to reinforce Northwest Base City. He annihilated the monsters besieging the city and landed on its wall as Zhu Xuan came to welcome him.

• Yang Yu practiced his Thunder Blade Technique and unleashed a powerful slash that completed its transformation.
• Zhang An gave Yang Yu armor, a War Blade, and flying daggers forged from the Green-Armored Giant Dragon, and Yang Yu joined Wang Ying'an and Jia Yi at Central Command Hall.
• Yang Yu chose to reinforce Northwest Base City, whose defenses were nearly overwhelmed, and Wang Ying'an alerted Zhu Xuan and the other Base Cities.
• Yang Yu flew toward Northwest Base City, killed attacking avian monsters along the way, and reached the city after forty-five minutes.
• Yang Yu swept through the tens of thousands of monsters besieging Northwest Base City and killed them all in two and a half minutes.
• Zhu Xuan announced Yang Yu's victory to the city's civilians and went to welcome him as Yang Yu landed on the City Wall.

Yang Yu arrived at Northwest Base City and promised to eliminate its most dangerous Monsters. He killed the mutated Silver Moon Wolf King and the Money Leopard King, collected valuable materials, and set off for Kyoto Base City.

• Yang Yu met Zhou An and Chief Zhu Xuan, learned about the mutated Silver Moon Wolf Clan and the Money Leopard Clan, and exchanged contact information with them.
• Yang Yu flew to the Silver Moon Wolf Clan's territory and killed the fleeing Wolf King with his flying daggers.
• Yang Yu collected the Wolf King's valuable materials, then killed three other powerful Silver Moon Wolves and took their pelts.
• Yang Yu reached the Money Leopard Clan's territory and killed its Intermediate Lord Level Leopard King with a Thunder Intent-infused flying dagger.
• Yang Yu killed four Peak Advanced Beast General Level Money Leopards, collected their pelts, and returned to Northwest Base City to leave behind some Monster materials.
• Yang Yu prepared to continue his patrol at Kyoto Base City, the next stop in his plan to support the major Base Cities.

Yang Yu reached Kyoto Base City, killed the monsters besieging it, and gave its defenders valuable monster materials before setting out for Southeast Base City. On the way, he found and killed three Lord Level Tiger-Tail Cats guarding a black Spirit of Plants and Trees, which he dug up to take with him for study.

• Yang Yu flew to Kyoto Base City and slaughtered the monster horde attacking its walls.
• Yang Yu met Chief Wu Hai, learned about the three Lord Level Tiger-Tail Cats threatening the city, and gave the defenders monster materials to forge better weapons.
• Yang Yu flew to the Tiger-Tail Cats' territory and spotted the three Lords guarding a strange black flower beneath a cliff.
• Yang Yu killed the three Lord Level Tiger-Tail Cats with flying daggers before they could harm him or the flower.
• Yang Yu examined the flower, suspected it might be a Millennium Black Crow Root, and dug it up intact to take back for study.

Yang Yu saved Southeast Base City by killing its besieging Lord Level Alligator Dragon Turtle and wiping out the Beast Tide, then set out to hunt two more Lord Level monsters. His intervention unknowingly changed Dong Nanbiao’s fate, and he found the remaining monsters together in a marsh.

• Yang Yu flew to Southeast Base City, identified the Alligator Dragon Turtle directing the Beast Tide, and killed it after breaking through its shell with Thunder Intent.
• Yang Yu slaughtered the monsters attacking the city, while Dong Nanbiao and the other defenders watched in amazement.
• Yang Yu gave the Alligator Dragon Turtle’s body to Commander Yu Tingyan for materials and received the locations of two other Lord Level monsters.
• Yang Yu flew to a marsh and found the Tiger-Headed Monster Flood Dragon and Iron-Armored Dragon together, then charged down at them in a bolt of Thunder.

Yang Yu killed two Lord Level Monsters near Southeast Base City, returned home with monster materials and a flower suspected to be a Millennium Black Crow Root, and reflected on the power of his Thunder Intent. After resting, he planned to visit Hong and Thor before exploring Australia Continent and the ocean for evolved monsters, treasures, and ruins.

• Yang Yu used Thunder Intent to ambush and kill the Tiger-Headed Monster Flood Dragon and Iron-Armored Dragon, then cleared nearby peak Advanced Beast General Level Monsters and collected valuable materials.
• Yang Yu returned to Jiangnan Base City, where Northwest Base City, Kyoto Base City, and Southeast Base City thanked him and Wang Ying'an for the support.
• Yang Yu gave Wang Lin and Grandpa Yang first choice of monster materials, then planted the black flower suspected to be a Millennium Black Crow Root on the balcony.
• Yang Yu meditated to recover and concluded that Thunder Intent greatly increased his speed, while improving his physical fitness remained his priority.
• Yang Yu planned to give Hong and Thor Lord Level Monster materials, then explore Australia Continent, Mist Island, and the ocean for evolved plants, monsters, treasures, and ruins.

Yang Yu traveled to Northeast Base City to help Hong eliminate the Lord Level Monsters threatening its defenses, but learned that nuclear weapons had created a powerful Nine-Life Cat Demon. He admitted he could not kill it if it advanced beyond the Lord Level, leaving the danger to Huaxia unresolved.

• Yang Yu delivered Monster materials to Zhang An, then told Wang Ying'an he would support Northeast Base City and Southwest Base City after clearing threats near other cities.
• Yang Yu reached Northeast Base City and watched Hong defeat the Beast Tide outside its defenses with his spear.
• Hong welcomed Yang Yu, and they went to meet Zhang Yuanwei to plan how to deal with the Lord Level Monsters.
• Zhang Yuanwei showed Yang Yu and Hong a world map depicting how Monsters had overrun most of the planet and explained that fewer than ten countries remained intact.
• Zhang Yuanwei revealed that nuclear radiation had produced the Nine-Life Cat Demon, whose speed surpassed that of observed Senior Lord Level Monsters.
• Yang Yu said he had no confidence in killing the Nine-Life Cat Demon if it advanced to a higher level and could only protect himself.

Yang Yu learned of five suspicious locations that might conceal ruins and set out to eliminate Lord Level Monsters threatening human Base Cities. After killing two Bloodthirsty Giant Tigers and delivering their materials to Hong and Zhang Yuanwei, he continued toward Southwest Base City.

• Zhang Yuanwei revealed five anomalous locations identified by satellite analysis, including one in Australia believed to be Mist Island.
• Yang Yu declined Hong's offer to accompany him and flew to a forest north of Northeast Base City to hunt two Lord Level Monsters.
• Yang Yu ambushed and killed the two Bloodthirsty Giant Tigers, then collected their materials and inspected their lair without finding anything unusual.
• Yang Yu delivered the tiger materials to Hong and Zhang Yuanwei, who planned to use them to improve the city's equipment.
• Yang Yu left Northeast Base City and continued toward Southwest Base City to deal with its Lord Level Monsters.

Yang Yu arrived at Southwest Base City and slaughtered the monster horde attacking it, while the hidden Pangolin Monster escaped. He met Thor and Lu Feng, accepted an honorary Army General rank, and learned that at least three Lord Level monsters were still lurking near the city.

• Yang Yu reached Southwest Base City and watched Thor battle monsters near the defensive line.
• Yang Yu descended into the battle and killed tens of thousands of monsters in three minutes, while the Pangolin Monster fled underground.
• Thor warmly welcomed Yang Yu and introduced him to Lu Feng at the combat Command Center.
• Lu Feng told Yang Yu that Daxia planned to award him the rank of Army General, and Yang Yu chose to remain a Freelance Martial Artist with an honorary rank.
• Thor learned that he would also be offered a military rank and chose to remain a Freelance Martial Artist.
• Yang Yu asked how many Lord Level monsters threatened Southwest Base City, and Lu Feng said at least three were known to be nearby.

Yang Yu planned with Lu Feng and Thor to eliminate the Lord Level monsters threatening Southwest Base City, then attacked their mountain basin and killed the Giant Dragon Elephant, Black-Scaled King Snake, and Tiger-Headed Bee King. After gathering their materials, Yang Yu flew back toward the city, while a timid Pangolin Monster escaped underground.

• Yang Yu, Lu Feng, and Thor agreed that Yang Yu would prioritize killing the Senior Lord Level Giant Dragon Elephant and deal with the other monsters if possible.
• Yang Yu found the Giant Dragon Elephant and Black-Scaled King Snake resting in a mountain basin, sneaked close, and killed both with his flying daggers.
• Yang Yu collected the two monsters’ valuable materials and prepared to carry them back to Southwest Base City for Thor and Lu Feng.
• The Tiger-Headed Bee King returned, but Yang Yu caught up with it and killed it before adding its remains to the Elephant Skin Bag.
• A hidden Pangolin Monster watched Yang Yu leave with the corpses, then fled underground to escape serving the other monsters.

Yang Yu cleared the Lord Monsters threatening Southwest Base City, then explored Ailao Mountain and awakened the Thunder Inheritance, a powerful legacy that had been hidden from the Primal Universe. After passing its soul-based trial, he returned to Jiangnan Base City and began studying the first cultivation instructions.

• Yang Yu gave Lu Feng and Thor the valuable materials from the Giant Dragon Elephant, Black-Scaled King Snake, and Tiger-Headed Bee King so Southwest Base City could forge better equipment.
• Yang Yu flew to Ailao Mountain to search for a ruin and was transported by a streak of rosy light into an illusory palace.
• A Purple Light Shadow offered Yang Yu the Thunder Inheritance and a trial; Yang Yu accepted and endured a bolt of purple lightning entering his consciousness.
• Yang Yu passed the trial, fused with the inheritance, and gained the Soul Devour secret technique, which could absorb an enemy's True Spirit and strengthen his soul.
• Yang Yu returned to Jiangnan Base City, read the accessible pages of the Thunder Inheritance General Outline, and learned that he needed to transform his energy and spiritual force into Thunder forms to continue cultivating.

Yang Yu tested his newly converted Thunder Spiritual Force and the Soul Devour Secret Technique, then completed his conversion to the Thunder Inheritance cultivation path. He studied its dangerous Planetary Level breakthrough method and trained through the night, ending with his Psychic Amplitude increased to eight times.

• Yang Yu converted his psychic force into Thunder Spiritual Force and discovered it could kill a bird and an Advanced Beast Soldier Level crab with direct attacks.
• Yang Yu killed an Advanced Beast General Level lobster, absorbed its True Spirit, and found the Soul Devour Secret Technique slightly strengthened his soul and comprehension while also exposing its limits.
• Yang Yu tested Thunder Spiritual Force against more Advanced Beast General Level Monsters, then converted his Genetic Origin Energy into Thunder Origin Energy and committed to the Thunder Inheritance.
• Yang Yu read that breaking through to the Planetary Level required slaughtering creatures, absorbing their True Spirits, reaching the War God Limit, and condensing a Life Thunder to shatter his Life Shackles.
• Yang Yu began training his Spiritual Force with flying daggers, mastered the first Lightning Diagram overnight, and raised his Psychic Amplitude from six times to eight times.