Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan and the Hunting Gun Squad sold their monster materials, divided the proceeds, and returned to the Base City. After Sett reunited with his family and resumed training, a mysterious voice greeted him.

• Chen Fan sold the squad's Beast Soldier and Beast General materials to Li He for 100.68 million and divided the money among the teammates.
• The squad returned to the Base City and sold the Silver Moon Fierce Wolf and White-Haired Tiger King materials to Lao Huang for 1.7 billion, splitting it evenly.
• Chen Fan and the others celebrated before Sett returned home, where Jin Wenying and Xia Hai checked him for injuries.
• Sett slept until nearly noon, then resumed practicing the Heavenly God Fist in the training room.
• A captivating voice suddenly said, "Hello, Sett."

Sett mastered the first level of the Heavenly God Fist and increased his punching power before meeting a mysterious visitor who revealed himself as Zhenyuan Venerable. After explaining his origins and recognizing Sett’s Innate Secret Technique, Zhenyuan Venerable offered to take him as a disciple.

• Sett mastered the first level of the Heavenly God Fist, raising his strength to 140% and his Pummel-enhanced punching power to 2.8 times normal.
• Zhenyuan Venerable appeared in Sett’s training room and explained the universe’s martial ranks, identifying Hong and Thor as Planetary Level Martial Artists.
• Zhenyuan Venerable showed Sett a White-Haired Tiger King and a Zerg Mother Empress, then told Sett how he survived his home planet’s monster crisis and eventually became powerful.
• Zhenyuan Venerable introduced himself as Qing Feng, also known as Zhenyuan Venerable, and recognized Sett’s secret technique as an Innate Secret Technique.
• Zhenyuan Venerable offered to take Sett as his disciple and help him grow stronger.

Sett left Earth with Zhenyuan Venerable to begin traveling through the universe, after saying goodbye to his family and Luo Feng in letters. Aboard Zhenyuan Venerable’s spaceship, Sett learned about the Dark Universe, then drank a powerful wine and passed out before learning the trials required to become a disciple.

• Zhenyuan Venerable offered to take Sett away from Earth, and Sett agreed after considering the offer.
• Sett spent his remaining days saying goodbye, then left letters for his family and Luo Feng explaining his departure and his origins.
• Sett advised Luo Feng to reveal that he was a Spirit Reader before leaving Earth with Zhenyuan Venerable.
• Zhenyuan Venerable brought Sett aboard his enormous spaceship and set course for Zhenyun Planet.
• Zhenyuan Venerable explained the Dark Universe during their journey and gave Sett a glass of wine as his first gift.
• Sett gulped down the wine and passed out, prompting Zhenyuan Venerable to call it a waste.

After drinking Zhenyuan Venerable’s wine, Sett dreamed that he broke through to the Planetary Level and avenged his parents by killing Chou Hao. He woke to learn that he had actually reached Planetary Level One, and went to the training room to adjust to his new strength.

• In his dream, Sett trained relentlessly until a planet formed in his sea of consciousness and he reached the Planetary Level.
• Sett flew to Freedom City and challenged Chou Hao, who had killed his parents, to a fight.
• Chou Hao wounded Sett with his Soul Sealing Strike, but Sett counterattacked with Sky-Rending Claw and killed him.
• Sett mourned his parents after avenging them, then woke beside Zhenyuan Venerable, who explained that the fight had been a dream.
• Zhenyuan Venerable told Sett that the wine had helped him reach Planetary Level One and that the remaining energy was sealed; Sett followed a robot to the training room.

Sett advanced to Planetary Level One, mastered a metal-element domain while studying Zhenyuan Venerable's Zhen Star Map, and arrived with him at Zhenyun Planet. Zhenyuan Venerable introduced Sett to King Zhenlian and left Sett in her care until he earned the Planetary Level Golden Giant Axe Warrior title.

• Sett tested his new Planetary Level One strength in the spaceship's training room.
• Zhenyuan Venerable showed Sett the Zhen Star Map, and Sett nearly comprehended it before awakening with a metal-element domain.
• Sett and Zhenyuan Venerable left the Dark Universe and arrived at Zhenyun Planet, where they explored the countryside and visited a market town.
• Zhenyuan Venerable introduced Sett to his friend King Zhenlian, then asked her to look after Sett until he obtained the Planetary Level Golden Giant Axe Warrior title.

Sett demonstrated his secret techniques to King Zhenlian, who accepted him as an unofficial disciple and set him the goal of earning two Giant Axe Warrior titles. The next day, she began training him by teaching him a new fist technique, which Sett named Zhenying Fist.

• Sett showed King Zhenlian his Pummel and Haymaker techniques, accidentally destroying her room before she restored it.
• King Zhenlian made Sett her unofficial disciple and said he could become her personal disciple after earning the Planetary Level Giant Axe Warrior title; Zhenyuan Venerable also wanted him to earn the Golden Giant Axe Warrior title.
• Sett spent the night thinking about his mysterious origins and his parents on Earth while King Zhenlian watched the stars beside him.
• King Zhenlian took Sett to a vast plain and demonstrated a secret fist technique at his level.
• Sett named the technique Zhenying Fist, received its manual, and began practicing while King Zhenlian left him to train.

Sett trained under King Zhenlian, mastering the first layer of the Zhenying Fist and improving his footwork through punishing drills. After clearing her mechanical obstacle course, he began training for the third layer and the future life-or-death duels at the Giant Axe Arena.

• Sett mastered the first layer of the Zhenying Fist, increasing his force output fivefold, then began practicing the second layer’s footwork.
• King Zhenlian sent a hundred thousand Lotus Shadow Butterflies to attack Sett, and he trained to dodge them until he reached the second level of the Domain of Metal.
• King Zhenlian created a mechanical factory course that forced Sett to practice moving through three-dimensional space, and he finally reached its exit after a month and a half.
• King Zhenlian told Sett to train for two more years until he reached the ninth level of Planetary Level, then compete for the title of Giant Axe Warrior.
• King Zhenlian began training Sett in the third layer of the Zhenying Fist, Punching the Void.

Sett endured nearly two years of training under King Zhenlian, mastering his combat skills and reaching a fourth-layer domain before she released the energy sealed in his body and raised him to ninth-level Planetary. He began preparing for the Giant Axe Arena, where he would need to win a thousand death matches to earn his freedom.

• King Zhenlian repeatedly defeated Sett in sparring, pushing his Domain of Metal to the third layer and eventually training him to last a minute against her.
• Over nearly two years, Sett mastered the Zhenying Fist manual, developed a fourth-layer domain, and raised his Force Application Technique to tenfold, which Pummel could boost to twentyfold.
• King Zhenlian released the energy sealed in Sett's body, and he rapidly advanced from first-level to ninth-level Planetary.
• King Zhenlian told Sett to spend a month adjusting to his new strength before she took him to register at the Giant Axe Arena.
• Sett declared that he would become a Giant Axe Warrior and a Golden Giant Axe Warrior, and planned to keep training before entering the arena.

King Zhenlian took Sett aboard her spacecraft and introduced him to the Virtual Universe and humanity’s five great powers. Sett entered the Virtual Universe for the first time, and King Zhenlian led him toward the Killing Field to test his skills against fighters at his level.

• King Zhenlian brought Sett aboard her spacecraft and explained the Virtual Universe and the powerful organizations that shaped humanity.
• King Zhenlian gave Sett an intelligent assistant, and Sett connected to the Virtual Universe for the first time.
• Sett appeared on Dark Star Island in Ganwu Continent, where King Zhenlian explained the Virtual Universe’s uses and limits.
• King Zhenlian took Sett toward the Killing Field for a match against someone at his level, and Sett wondered how he would fare after two years of training with her.

Sett entered the Killing Space to test his strength in duels and quickly defeated several opponents, earning his first star. After befriending the giant Sanying, he left the duels with him to share a drink.

• King Zhenlian showed Sett the Killing Space, transferred him a hundred million Ganwu Coins, and left him to explore.
• Sett chose the name The Boss and defeated Pitian Kandi in his first duel.
• Sett beat the one-star fighter Void Blade with a single punch, then defeated Unrivaled by shattering his club.
• Sett and Unrivaled exchanged friend requests, and the giant revealed his real name was Sanying.
• Sett quickly defeated another challenger, then stopped dueling and went with Sanying to have a drink.

Sett visited a bar on Dark Star Island with Sanying and fought a Star Level mercenary who demanded their seats. Sett defeated and slapped the man even after learning he was a disciple of Dark Star Venerable, leaving Sanying alarmed and the bar stunned.

• Sanying took Sett to Ba Jiu Yan Huan, where they drank Xinyan Wine and discussed the vast universe and their strength.
• A one-star Universe Mercenary and his companions demanded that Sett and Sanying give up their seats, but Sett refused.
• The mercenary attacked Sett, who countered his punches and knocked him down despite being only Planetary Level.
• Sett pinned the mercenary to the floor and slapped him while the man's companions watched in panic.
• One companion revealed that the mercenary was a disciple of Dark Star Venerable, but Sett dismissed the warning and continued slapping him.

Sett revealed his four-layer Domain of Metal in the Killing Field's Duel Space and quickly defeated stronger opponents, including the seven-star Masked Killer. After reaching a hundred consecutive victories, he decided to rest and explore the Virtual Universe.

• Sett returned to the Duel Space with Sanying and learned that displaying his Domain could attract stronger challengers.
• Sett revealed his four-layer Domain of Metal and defeated the four-star Quanba with a single punch.
• Sett accepted a challenge from the seven-star Masked Killer and shattered his sword attacks before defeating him with Haymaker.
• Sett continued winning duels, raised his rating, and reached a hundred consecutive victories.
• Sett decided to stop fighting for the day and explore the Virtual Universe.

Sett’s winning streak in the Killing Field drew the attention of the Dark Star Venerable after Sett had defeated his disciple. The Dark Star Venerable confronted Sett in the Virtual Universe, where Sett remained defiant and challenged him to do something about it.

• The Dark Star Venerable learned that a Planetary Level fighter had ignored his reputation and ordered his people to find Sett.
• Sett told Sanying that he had won 500 straight duels and was close to breaking through to the fifth level of his domain.
• Sett and Sanying returned to the Ba Jiu Yan Huan Bar, where patrons recognized Sett for beating the Dark Star Venerable’s disciple.
• An informant spotted Sett, and a horned man lured him to a special Virtual Universe space to meet the Dark Star Venerable.
• Sett acknowledged the Dark Star Venerable’s identity but mocked him for being unable to act against him in the Virtual Universe.
• Sett explained that the Dark Star Venerable’s disciple had started the fight and argued that the stronger Star Level fighter should not need his master’s protection.

Sett told King Zhenlian about his conflict with Dark Star Venerable and then continued dueling in the Killing Field, where he won his 501st match and earned a seven-star rating. He aimed to reach nine stars before facing the deadly duels at the Giant Axe Duel Arena.

• Sett logged off after provoking Dark Star Venerable, then explained the conflict to King Zhenlian, who promised to protect him and urged him to grow stronger.
• Sett challenged the eight-star fighter Wind Swordsman, whose third-level Wind Domain was suppressed by Sett's Domain of Metal.
• Sett and Wind Swordsman traded powerful attacks, and Wind Swordsman's sword pierced Sett's chest for the first time in his five hundred duels.
• Sett's injury activated Pit Grit, strengthening his punches, and he knocked Wind Swordsman out of the arena to claim his 501st victory.
• After receiving a seven-star rating, Sett challenged an online nine-star fighter and resolved to keep improving before the real-life Giant Axe Duel Arena matches.

A masked pianist mesmerized a stadium on Zhenyun Planet before revealing his deadly powers and killing everyone inside. He collected their souls in a lantern, then destroyed the stadium and the surrounding city.

• A masked man performed four piano pieces for a packed stadium, enchanting the audience with his music.
• He commanded the front-row spectators to dance, then caused them to explode with his powers.
• The masked man killed Domain Lords and Universe Level experts who tried to attack or escape.
• He forced the remaining crowd to dance and slaughtered everyone in the stadium with a gigantic firearm.
• He collected the dead spectators' souls in a lantern, made the piano disappear, and flew into space as the stadium exploded.

Dark Star Venerable investigated a masked attacker who had damaged Zhenyun Planet, prompting King Zhenlian to leave Sett on his own as she returned to deal with the crisis. Sett comprehended the Domain of Space, rose to a nine-star rating in Duel Space, and prepared for the Giant Axe Arena.

• Dark Star Venerable watched footage of a masked man attacking a city on Zhenyun Planet and ordered an investigation before heading there himself.
• King Zhenlian warned Sett not to grow arrogant, demonstrated seven butterflies that embodied space, then left the ship after receiving Dark Star Venerable's report.
• Sett understood the seven butterflies and gained two layers of the Domain of Space, adding to his five layers of the Domain of Metal.
• Sett learned from King Zhenlian's message that he would travel to Julingsheng Planet without her and decided to keep a low profile.
• Sett won five hundred quick duels, reached a nine-star rating, and then spent two days reviewing his training before the Giant Axe Arena.

Sett arrived at Julingsheng Planet, where Qingyu welcomed him on King Zhenlian’s behalf and prepared to take him to the Giant Axe Arena’s life-or-death duels. After settling into Qingyu’s manor, Sett met Sanying in the Virtual Universe and told him he planned to become a Planetary Level Giant Axe Warrior.

• Sett docked his ship at Julingsheng Planet and met Qingyu, who had come to collect him for King Zhenlian.
• Qingyu told Sett about his own Giant Axe Warrior victories and explained that Sett would need a thousand wins to earn the title.
• Qingyu brought Sett to his manor and said he would take him to register when the duels began in two days.
• Sett entered the Virtual Universe and told Sanying he had reached a nine-star rating and planned to enter the Giant Axe Arena’s life-or-death duels.
• Sanying said he lacked the confidence to enter himself but believed Sett could become a Giant Axe Warrior.

Sett rested before arriving at the Giant Axe Arena, where he signed up as a duelist under the nickname The Boss. He passed his exhibition match by killing an Aodi Beast with one punch, joining the other two newcomers in defeating their beasts.

• Sett spent two days resting and followed Qingyu to the Giant Axe Arena.
• Sett signed the contract to become a duelist and chose The Boss as his nickname.
• A five-meter-tall newcomer killed an Aodi Beast with one axe swing.
• A short, agile newcomer killed an Aodi Beast by stabbing its eyes with a dagger.
• Sett entered the Duel Space unarmed and killed an Aodi Beast with a punch to the head.

Sett made his Giant Axe Arena debut against Allen, a veteran duelist with 123 victories, and won after a dangerous fight. Afterward, he learned Allen had grasped a sliver of the Origin Law, recovered from the strain of his first real kill, and advanced his Domain of Space before his next matches.

• Sett entered the arena for his first duel against Allen, who had 123 victories and dismissed him as a rookie.
• Sett dodged Allen's opening attack and sent him flying with a single Pummel punch.
• Allen rose, grasped a sliver of the Origin Law, and launched a faster attack, but Sett countered with Haymaker and his Domains of Space and Metal.
• Sett overpowered Allen with another exchange of blows and killed him, earning his first Giant Axe Arena victory.
• Qingyu explained Allen's breakthrough and praised Sett's strength, while Sett struggled to compose himself after killing someone in the real world.
• Sett discovered that his Domain of Space had advanced to three layers and prepared for his remaining duels.

Sanying watched Sett’s first duel and compared his talent with Sett’s before returning to training. Sett won his second and third duels at the Giant Axe Arena, extending his winning streak as the crowd cheered for The Boss.

• Sanying watched Sett defeat Allen and heard his master praise Sett’s talent before ordering him back to training.
• Sett watched a Controller duel and thought about Luo Feng and the Spirit Readers on Earth.
• Feng Ying faced Sett, but Sett caught Feng Ying’s psychokinesis weapon and used it to kill him, winning his second match.
• Sett fought a four-armed giant with a fourth-level Domain of Earth and killed him with one punch, earning his third consecutive victory.