Recaps

Xu Jingming won first place in the Preliminary Competition, killed Wang Mang after learning he had targeted his family, and faced Wang Zhen’s challenge with Su Qingli’s support. He then dominated Group 856’s arena melee while Wang Zhen stirred public opinion against him ahead of the National Assembly’s decision.

• Xu Jingming entered the 73rd Division, trained with his weapons, then hunted contestants and rose to first place after killing Li Ming and the other leading contenders.
• A Bloodwing Assassin attacked Song Qiuyun, but the Crimson Radiance Gilded Guardian stopped him, and Eva traced the attack to Wang Mang.
• Xu Jingming killed Wang Mang after bypassing his Guardian Talisman, and Su Qingli promised to deal with Wang Zhen when he came to Thunder Martial Hall seeking revenge.
• The National Assembly postponed its decision on Xu Jingming’s case, and Xu Jingming hunted in No. 4 Devil's Nest before entering the arena tournament.
• More than a dozen contestants in Group 856 joined forces against Xu Jingming, but he killed the attackers and advanced with the nine other survivors.
• Xu Jingming watched Catherine Hepburn eliminate ninety contestants in five seconds, then learned Wang Zhen was promoting articles that portrayed Wang Mang as innocent.
• Xu Jingming told Eva to publish the full account of Wang Mang hiring assassins.

Xu Jingming advanced through the Peak Competition, faced a National Assembly ruling that sent him to the battlefield, and joined the defense of Zhen'an City. He reached the sixth order after a devastating first clash with the beast horde, while the war continued.

• Eva exposed Wang Mang’s crimes, and Song Feng used the news of his death to end Song Zhan’s pressure for a marriage alliance and divide the Song Family’s businesses.
• Xu Jingming defeated Klass, Sakuragi Rin, and Du Lang in the Peak Competition, advancing to the top 32 after winning their arena matches.
• At the National Assembly, Su Qingli defended Xu Jingming, and Zhou Yuanwu ruled that Xu Jingming must meet beast-killing requirements within a year or go to Oceania.
• Su Qingli took Xu Jingming to Senbai Canyon, where Tian Hui prepared Zhen'an City’s forces for a beast horde and assigned Xu Jingming to Zhou Yan’s Fourth Vanguard Squad.
• When the battle began, Xu Jingming unleashed Du Tian Divine Lightning and Thunder Dragon Art, killing beasts across the battlefield and gaining enough Ability Points to reach the sixth order.
• The Flame Dragon Emperor ordered the beasts to retreat after the first wave, and Xu Jingming returned to the city with over 101,000 battle merit.
• Xu Jingming advanced to the sixth order, and Su Qingli promised to find him SSS-Class battle techniques after the war, which she expected to last about three more days.

Xu Jingming survived the Zhen'an City beast tide, rose to the top of the Genius Competition, and reached the final against Catherine. The arc ended with their battle underway, as Catherine’s Sacred Light Domain countered his lightning and the two clashed at close range.

• Xu Jingming killed the Azure Void Thunder Bird and helped fight off the beast tide until the Flame Dragon Emperor withdrew the survivors into the canyon.
• Xu Jingming exchanged battle merit for Energy Modules, returned to Thunder Martial Hall, and prepared for the Genius Competition by improving his techniques.
• Xu Jingming revealed his Sixth-Order strength at the tournament and defeated Ross, India’s strongest contestant, and Erin to reach the semifinals.
• Xu Jingming accepted a 30 percent share of Limit Equipment Company from Song Feng after the company gained major orders through Xu Jingming’s rising fame.
• Xu Jingming defeated Andrei with a summoned Golden Lightning Thunder Dragon and advanced to the final, while Catherine defeated Su Yu in the other semifinal.
• Catherine offered Xu Jingming a place in the Holy See, but he rejected her invitation and entered the final against her.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunderstorm State and Thunder God Descends, but Catherine’s Sacred Light Domain stopped his lightning attacks before he charged her with his Obsidian Spear.

Xu Jingming won the Peak and Offense-Defense Competitions, then traveled to Oceania and became entangled in a dispute at the Melbourne branch. He restored the supposedly impossible Thunder Flame technique and confronted Wang Chun before the assembled students.

• Xu Jingming defeated Catherine with a linked spear strike to win the Peak Competition, then survived the Beast Tide longer than every other contestant to win the Offense-Defense Competition.
• Xu Jingming received his competition rewards and prepared to travel to Oceania with Ling Shuang, while the Heaven's Mandate Sect plotted to kill him there.
• At the Melbourne branch, Xu Jingming and Xia Lan discovered their villa rooms were bugged, and Xu Jingming began training the branch's Elite Training Camp students.
• After Baker harassed Xia Lan, Xu Jingming challenged Coach Wang Chun to restore matching incomplete combat skills, wagering Wang Chun's position and Baker's group's place in the camp.
• Xu Jingming left for the Wilderness Area, spent 20,000 Ability Points to restore and master Thunder Flame, then returned to Melbourne.
• Wang Chun tried to avoid the wager after Xu Jingming presented the completed manual, but Xu Jingming summoned golden lightning wreathed in flames before the students.