Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming outbid Li Wanying for the S-rank Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear and collected it after the auction. Furious at losing the spear, Li Wanying ordered her Guard Team captain to help her kill someone and strip away his equipment.

• Xu Jingming used Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan's financial backing to outbid Li Wanying and win the Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear for 830 million.
• The auction ended, and Xu Jingming collected the spear and five Fourth-Order Low-Rank Thunder Cores, then tested the spear's weight with his Du Tian Divine Lightning.
• Li Wanying collected her A-rank Cultivation Resource and summoned her four-member Guard Team.
• Li Wanying told Uncle Li to help her kill someone and strip all the equipment off his body.

After acquiring the Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear, Xu Jingming tested its ability to change weight and devised a new attack method. Meanwhile, Li Wanying and her Guard Team planned to kill him in the Thunderstorm Zone, unaware of the weapon’s potential.

• Li Wanying learned that the auction seat belonged to Xu Jingming, a Third-Order High-Rank student from Modu Metahuman University, and decided to have him killed in the Thunderstorm Zone.
• Li Yan sent two Guard Team members to watch the Thunderstorm Zone entrance, while Li Wanying insisted on joining the attack.
• Xu Jingming returned to the villa with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan and began testing the Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear’s changing weight.
• Xu Jingming found that infusing the spear with his full ability raised its weight to around six tons, and he experimented with swinging it lightly before adding weight at the moment of impact.
• Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan watched as Xu Jingming’s spear thrust slowly through a D-grade Alloy wall and sank more than half a meter into it.

Xu Jingming trained with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan before they left the Thunder Secret Realm, then failed to reach Liquid Condensation proficiency and went to hunt for more lightning cores. There, Li Wanying ambushed him with four guards, but Xu Jingming revealed his Thunder Extreme State and killed them instantly, leaving Li Wanying at his mercy.

• Xu Jingming practiced adapting to the Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear's changing weight and sparred with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan until their passes expired.
• Xu Jingming spent his remaining Thunder Tower time trying to reach Liquid Condensation proficiency, but failed and headed for the Thunderstorm Zone to hunt Fourth-Order beasts.
• Li Wanying learned Xu Jingming was entering the Thunderstorm Zone and went after him with Li Yan and three other guards.
• Li Wanying revealed that she wanted Xu Jingming's life and his S-rank spear, then threatened him when he refused to kneel.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and used Divine Thunder to kill all four guards instantly.
• Li Wanying tried to flee, fell, and watched Xu Jingming turn toward her and say it was her turn.

Xu Jingming killed Li Wanying and her four guards after she failed to buy his mercy, then destroyed their bodies and equipment before leaving. In the city district, Li Shanglin received an alert that his sister had died and flew into a rage.

• Xu Jingming killed Li Wanying's four guards and cornered Li Wanying, who begged him to spare her and offered money, status, and herself.
• Xu Jingming rejected Li Wanying's attempts to tempt him, and she cursed him and threatened his family.
• Xu Jingming killed Li Wanying with a spear, then burned the five bodies and their Space Rings before leaving.
• Li Shanglin received a Smart Bracelet alert that Li Wanying's heart had stopped, recognized her as his sister, and erupted in fury.

After learning that Li Wanying and her Guard Team had been killed, Li Shanglin traced a possible connection to Xu Jingming and decided to seek revenge. He and Li Quan set out to wait for Xu Jingming at the Thunderstorm Zone’s exit.

• Li Shanglin discovered that Li Wanying and all four members of her Guard Team had lost their vital signs near the Thunderstorm Zone, and that their tracking devices had been destroyed.
• Li Shanglin ordered Li Quan to investigate Li Wanying’s recent movements and keep her death secret while their father remained in seclusion.
• Li Quan reported that Li Wanying had recently tried to buy an S-rank spear from Xu Jingming as a birthday gift for Li Shanglin.
• Li Shanglin reviewed Xu Jingming’s profile and concluded that he could have killed the Guard Team, then vowed to kill him in revenge for Li Wanying.
• Li Shanglin and Li Quan left to wait for Xu Jingming at the exit of the Thunderstorm Zone.

After killing seventeen Fourth-Order Thunder Beasts, Xu Jingming left the Thunderstorm Zone and found Li Shanglin waiting to avenge Li Wanying. Their confrontation escalated into a challenge as Xu Jingming entered Thunder Extreme State.

• Xu Jingming spent three days in the Core Area, killing seventeen Fourth-Order Thunder Beasts and gathering Thunder Cores before heading back.
• Zhang Heng entered the Thunder Secret Realm on a C-rank pass, saying he had enough time to finish what he needed to do.
• The Li Family watched the Thunderstorm Zone’s exit, and its members alerted Li Shanglin when Xu Jingming emerged.
• Li Shanglin confronted Xu Jingming and demanded to know whether he had killed Li Wanying; Xu Jingming admitted it and explained that she had tried to murder him and steal his treasures.
• Li Shanglin claimed the Li Family made Xu Jingming’s actions unacceptable, and Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and challenged him and the family to try to touch him.

Xu Jingming overpowered Li Shanglin despite his opponent’s greater rank, then killed him with two strikes of Heavenly Lightning Art. Li Quan witnessed the young master’s death and roared in shock.

• Onlookers identified Xu Jingming as Magic University’s nineteen-year-old S-rank and feared the Li Family would seek revenge for Li Wanying’s death.
• Li Shanglin charged Xu Jingming with Blood Wolf Slash, but Xu Jingming’s spear strike sent him flying and revealed his overwhelming strength.
• Xu Jingming unleashed Heavenly Lightning Art, paralyzing Li Shanglin with a golden lightning bolt.
• Li Shanglin called for Li Quan as the Fifth-Order Peak Metahuman rushed to attack Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming struck Li Shanglin with a second bolt of lightning, killing him as Li Quan watched in horror.

Xu Jingming killed Li Shanglin, but Li Canghai arrived seeking revenge and was stopped by Thunder Martial Hall. As the confrontation eased, Blood Kill of the Heaven's Mandate Sect revealed himself and announced an attack on the Thunder Secret Realm.

• Xu Jingming killed Li Shanglin with two Heavenly Lightning Arts, shocking the witnesses and provoking the Li Family's loyal servant, Li Quan.
• Xu Jingming's Guardian Talisman shielded him from Li Quan's flames, so Li Quan contacted Li Canghai for help.
• Li Canghai arrived, killed Li Quan in his rage, and prepared to attack Xu Jingming, but Hall Master Wang Gu and Thunder Martial Hall's fighters intervened.
• Jiang Luo reassured Xu Jingming, and Wang Gu confronted Li Canghai while the gathered metahumans watched.
• Blood Kill revealed himself as a Cardinal Archbishop of the Heaven's Mandate Sect, crushed nearby metahumans with his aura, and declared that he had come to destroy the Thunder Secret Realm.

Xu Jingming summoned Magic University's Vice-Principal Ling Shuang to confront Blood Kill, who had come to kill him. Ling Shuang revealed she had advanced to Eighth-Order Middle Position and trapped Blood Kill in an isolated space as Thunder Martial Hall prepared for the fallout.

• Blood Kill arrived at the Thunderstorm Zone entrance, intimidated Wang Gu, and taunted Xu Jingming before threatening to kill him.
• Xu Jingming broke Vice-Principal Ling Shuang's talisman token, opening a Space Gate that brought her to the clearing.
• Ling Shuang identified Blood Kill as a Heaven's Mandate Sect remnant and revealed she had concealed her breakthrough to Eighth-Order Middle Position.
• Blood Kill activated his abilities and tried to flee, but Ling Shuang trapped him in her Space Two Extremes Realm and began fighting him.
• Wang Gu ordered Thunder Martial Hall members to support Ling Shuang and arrange an orderly evacuation, while Xu Jingming chose to stay.

Ling Shuang killed Blood Kill and gave Xu Jingming another Space Talisman, then ordered the battle and Xu’s achievements kept secret. After learning of the Li Family’s repeated attacks on Xu, she sentenced Li Canghai to twenty years in prison, leaving the family on the verge of decline.

• Ling Shuang defeated and killed Blood Kill in the independent space while Xu Jingming and Jiang Luo discussed her strength.
• Ling Shuang gave Xu Jingming a second Space Talisman for use if he faced danger.
• Ling Shuang instructed Wang Gu to conceal the battle and Xu Jingming’s achievements, and to spread word that she had been seriously injured.
• Wang Gu told Ling Shuang that the Li Family had tried to kill Xu Jingming over his treasure and attacked him again afterward.
• Ling Shuang confronted Li Canghai and sentenced him to twenty years in prison, while Li Canghai accepted the punishment.

Ling Shuang warned Xu Jingming that the Heaven's Mandate Sect might target him again and gave him a bracelet containing an Eighth-Grade Guardian Talisman. She stayed with him in the Thunder Secret Realm while he continued cultivating, leaving Jiang Luo envious of her attention toward him.

• Ling Shuang told Wang Gu to announce that she had been seriously injured and could no longer teleport, then warned Xu Jingming to be careful of the Heaven's Mandate Sect.
• Xu Jingming jokingly asked Ling Shuang for a reward, and she gave him a bracelet with a one-use talisman that could block an attack from an Eighth-Order Middle Position Grandmaster.
• Xu Jingming thanked Ling Shuang and promised to repay her kindness, while she urged him to cultivate until he could become an Eighth-Order Grandmaster.
• Ling Shuang offered to take Xu Jingming back to Magic University, but he said he needed two more days to cultivate in the Thunder Secret Realm.
• Ling Shuang decided to wait beside Xu Jingming until he finished, leaving Jiang Luo envious of the special treatment he received.

After waking from a two-day sleep, Xu Jingming learned that his Thunder Secret Realm pass had been made permanent and that his SS-rank ability would likely be exposed at the National College League. Ling Shuang warned him about the foreign offers and schemes that would follow, then startled him with an ambiguous offer to help with his romantic needs.

• Xu Jingming woke on February 19 and rushed to leave for the Thunder Secret Realm, only to learn that he had a permanent pass and no longer faced a time limit.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that his SS-rank ability would probably be identified during the live-broadcast National College League.
• Ling Shuang warned Xu Jingming that domestic and foreign powers would tempt him with wealth, status, and other offers, and that Great Xia would pursue him if he defected.
• Ling Shuang cautioned Xu Jingming that foreign agents might use attractive women to obtain his genetic information.
• Ling Shuang offered to help Xu Jingming satisfy his needs through women from their own country, leaving him startled by her ambiguous phrasing.

Xu Jingming received permanent authorization to remain in the Thunder Secret Realm and access to the Thunder Tower’s highest floor, where he cultivated with its powerful lightning. After more than a hundred failed attempts, he finally comprehended Liquid Condensation proficiency.

• Hall Master Wang told Xu Jingming that Li Canghai had been imprisoned and the Li Family could no longer trouble him, then granted him twenty-four hours of access to the Thunder Tower’s highest level.
• Ling Shuang took Xu Jingming through a Space Gate to the Thunder Tower after he said goodbye to Jiang Luo.
• A server escorted Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang to the tower’s 110th floor, where Xu Jingming entered the lightning-filled room alone.
• Xu Jingming repeatedly tried to compress his Golden Lightning into liquid form until it finally became flowing liquid lightning, marking his comprehension of Liquid Condensation proficiency.

Xu Jingming reached the Liquid Condensation Realm in controlling Du Tian Divine Lightning, then spent most of his Ability Points advancing Thunder Undying Body to the fifth level. He left with a much stronger physique and planned to gain more points in the National College League.

• Xu Jingming shaped his Golden Lightning into a miniature storm and compressed it into a liquid sphere, demonstrating his improved control.
• Xu Jingming reviewed his system panel and decided to save Ability Points by improving his Battle Techniques before pursuing a fourth-order breakthrough.
• Xu Jingming considered the National College League’s Survival Competition a chance to kill fourth-order ferocious beasts and gain Ability Points.
• Xu Jingming spent 15,013 Ability Points to raise Thunder Undying Body from the fourth level to the fifth, increasing his Qi-Blood from 3122 to 4102.
• Xu Jingming adjusted to the strengthened physique and felt satisfied with his increased power.

Xu Jingming reached the Fifth Level of the Thunder Undying Body and upgraded his Fist Technique to Grandmaster-level, greatly increasing his close-combat strength. After he emerged from cultivation, Ling Shuang learned of his breakthrough and took him back to the university.

• Xu Jingming entered the Thunder Extreme State and saw that his Fifth-Level Undying Body had strengthened his scales and physique.
• Xu Jingming spent Ability Points to raise his Fist Technique from Advanced to Grandmaster-level and practiced his new boxing skills.
• Xu Jingming estimated that he could now contend with Fifth-Order beasts in close combat, then left the cultivation room after about seventeen hours.
• Ling Shuang noticed Xu Jingming's improved physique, and he explained that he had broken through to the Fifth Level of the Thunder Undying Body while cultivating.
• Ling Shuang explained how Grandmasters studied and created Battle Techniques, then opened a Space Gate and returned with Xu Jingming to the university.

After the Heaven's Mandate Sect ordered its members to lie dormant, Ling Shuang appointed Xu Jingming captain of Magic University's National College League team. The other Vice-Principals approved the roster, which was announced the next morning and surprised students with Xu Jingming's appointment.

• The Grand Master ordered the Heaven's Mandate Sect to cease overt activities and prepare for the Supreme Celestial God Master's descent.
• Ling Shuang asked Xu Jingming to captain Magic University's team, and he accepted after she assured him he could use force to gain the other members' cooperation.
• Xu Jingming returned to the dormitory and learned that Liu Wentao had advanced to Second-Order.
• Chen Can and Kong Shuai reviewed Ling Shuang's roster and agreed to appoint Xu Jingming captain.
• Magic University announced its National College League roster, and students were surprised that Xu Jingming was captain.

Magic University students fiercely debated whether freshman Xu Jingming or veteran Kong Shi should captain their National College League team. Meanwhile, Song Qiuyun admitted she was willing to share Xu Jingming with Senior Jiang, but Qi Dongxia warned her to act before his fame attracted other women.

• Magic University students split between supporting Kong Shi, who had advanced to Fourth-Order Middle-Rank, and Xu Jingming, whose S-rank ability and rapid growth inspired confidence.
• Li Chengzhi read the forum debates, reflected on how far Xu Jingming had surpassed him, and returned to training.
• Qi Dongxia teased Song Qiuyun about Xu Jingming, and Song Qiuyun explained that Senior Jiang had accompanied her to the Thunder Secret Realm.
• Song Qiuyun told Qi Dongxia she would accept sharing Xu Jingming with Senior Jiang, reasoning that Xu Jingming’s future might include other women.
• Qi Dongxia warned Song Qiuyun that Xu Jingming’s fame could soon attract even more outstanding girls, and Song Qiuyun decided she needed to act quickly.

Xu Jingming told Yang Zhentian about his strength after advancing the Thunder Undying Body, and Yang urged him to prove himself on the school’s Combat Power Ranking to support Ling Shuang’s decision to make him captain. Xu Jingming agreed to enter the Virtual Trial, where he could also prepare for the College League Team Competition.

• Xu Jingming visited Yang Zhentian, who praised his actions in the Thunder Secret Realm and reminded him to repay Ling Shuang for protecting him from Heaven's Mandate Sect’s Eighth-Order Cardinal Archbishop.
• Xu Jingming told Yang Zhentian that he could fight Fifth-Order Lower Metahumans in Thunder Extreme State after cultivating the Thunder Undying Body to the Fifth Level.
• Yang Zhentian explained that public doubts about Xu Jingming’s captaincy could affect Ling Shuang’s reputation and suggested he prove his strength by taking first place on the Combat Power Ranking.
• Xu Jingming learned that he was ranked near the bottom because he had never entered the Virtual Trial, while Kong Shi ranked first.
• Yang Zhentian said he would be Xu Jingming’s chief instructor for the College League and that Team Competition training would use the Virtual Trial.
• Xu Jingming agreed to try the Virtual Trial and aimed to surpass Kong Shi on the Combat Power Ranking.

Xu Jingming went to Magic University’s Practical Training Building to take his first Virtual Trial, drawing attention amid the debate over whether he or Kong Shi was stronger. After demonstrating his abilities and Battle Techniques, he entered the S-rank student pod and found Kong Shi at the top of the Combat Power Ranking with 502,513 combat power.

• Xu Jingming arrived at the Practical Training Building, where students recognized him and posted that he was about to take a Virtual Trial.
• A server explained that Xu Jingming needed to demonstrate his metahuman ability and Battle Techniques for the information collection device.
• Xu Jingming demonstrated Du Tian Divine Lightning, Thunder God Finger, and his other mastered techniques without unleashing them fully.
• The server guided Xu Jingming to the building’s top-tier Virtual Immersion Pod, reserved for S-rank students.
• Xu Jingming entered the virtual space and saw that his ranking was 4123 with zero combat power, while Kong Shi ranked first with 502,513.

Xu Jingming entered Modu Metahuman University’s Virtual Trial, selected his equipment, and discovered its S-rank reality simulation could reproduce his abilities. He rapidly cleared the early levels with Du Tian Divine Lightning, sending his combat power and ranking soaring.

• Xu Jingming saw his name near the bottom of the rankings and resolved to take Kong Shi’s first-place spot.
• Eva appeared in a girl’s form, explained the S-rank simulation, and helped Xu Jingming choose a battle suit and a 1,000-kilogram spear.
• Xu Jingming tested the virtual space and confirmed it could simulate his Du Tian Divine Lightning and movements realistically.
• Xu Jingming cleared the first trial level by instantly killing twenty First-Order Mid-Rank Unicorn Rhinos with lightning.
• Xu Jingming continued through the early levels, killing the beasts as they appeared and rapidly climbing the combat rankings.