Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming prepared to enter the No. 9 Civilization Relic, testing his newly upgraded Aura Concealment Technique and the Space Beast Bone before arranging passage to Hokkaido under a false identity. On April 7, he departed by cruise ship as other Magic University pass holders prepared to attempt the relic.

• Xu Jingming upgraded his Aura Concealment Technique to Grandmaster-level and used it to simulate a Fourth-Order Upper-Rank aura, impressing Eva.
• Xu Jingming tested the Space Beast Bone and confirmed that it could sever space and teleport him twice before exhausting his Qi-Blood.
• Xu Jingming chose a cruise ship from Magic City to Hokkaido and booked an April 7 ticket using the false identity Vice-Principal Ling Shuang had provided.
• Xu Jingming stocked his Space Ring with four months of supplies and pills, then had the Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear altered to disguise it.
• Liu Ming and other Magic University pass holders prepared to enter the No. 9 Civilization Relic, and Xu Jingming departed for Hokkaido on April 7.

Xu Jingming prepared to enter the No. 9 Civilization Relic and received a new appearance and identity from Ling Shuang. He left with the name Su Chen and a concealed Fourth-Order Upper-Rank aura, while Xiao Nan remained his contact inside the relic.

• Xu Jingming left the Villa for the Demon Cave after Liu Wentao wished him well, and Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan saw him off.
• Xu Jingming visited Ling Shuang, where Teacher Sun Rui used her B-Rank ability to give him an ordinary-looking face.
• Ling Shuang and Eva created a valid identity card for Xu Jingming under the name Su Chen, with an A-Rank lightning ability and a Fourth-Order Low-Rank status.
• Xu Jingming revealed that his Aura Concealment Technique had reached Grandmaster-level proficiency and raised his displayed rank to Fourth-Order Upper-Rank.
• Ling Shuang updated Su Chen's records and told Xu Jingming to contact Xiao Nan if anything unexpected happened in the No. 9 Civilization Relic.

Xu Jingming boarded the Surging Whale, a heavily armed ship bound for Hokkaido and the No. 9 Civilization Relic. He accepted a temporary guard job and settled on deck, where members of the Violent Bear Martial Hall Genius Training Camp mocked his ability to handle oceanic ferocious beasts.

• Xu Jingming noticed the Thunder Martial Hall and Violent Bear Martial Hall Genius Training Camp groups waiting to board, and Eva explained that their students and teachers were traveling to the No. 9 Civilization Relic.
• At ticket inspection, staff mistook Xu Jingming for Su Chen and invited him to join the ship's Guard Team for three million Great Xia Coins; he accepted.
• The staff member led Xu Jingming to the upper deck and showed him his room and the ship's facilities.
• Xu Jingming relaxed in a deck chair while members of the Violent Bear Martial Hall Genius Training Camp speculated that he would retreat once he saw the oceanic ferocious beasts.

On the voyage to Sakura Country, Xu Jingming overheard Thunder Martial Hall members discussing his reputation and possible recruitment into their Genius Training Camp. He realized that his fame had reached them before his arrival and worried about the challenges he might face.

• Lin Hui and the others discussed Violent Bear Martial Hall’s arrogance, Director Su Qingli’s trip to recruit Teacher Ling Shuang, and whether Ling would return to Thunder Martial Hall.
• Xia Lan clarified that Su Qingli had gone to recruit Xu Jingming, an SS-rank Ability awakener, rather than for her.
• Teacher Chen said Xu Jingming had exchanged his Civilization Relic pass and was not traveling with Magic University’s team, while another member guessed he might be aboard their ship under a different identity.
• Xu Jingming overheard the conversation from his lounge chair and privately recognized that the guess was accurate.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva to erase his online information, but she said his fame had already spread and teased him about becoming her master.

Xu Jingming watched the Surging Whale leave port and enter the East Sea, where the oceanic beasts frightened many of the temporary guards away. While the others felt threatened, Xu Jingming grew excited at the thought of fighting the beasts, and Lin Hui noticed his reaction.

• Lu Heng challenged Lin Hui to fight after the trip, but the Violent Bear Martial Hall instructor stopped them from arguing during the dangerous voyage.
• The Surging Whale set sail at nine o’clock, and Captain Liang Kuan asked the Metahumans to serve as temporary members of the ship’s Guard Team.
• After the ship entered the East Sea, oceanic beasts surrounded it with eerie cries and scarlet eyes beneath the water.
• Nearly half the Metahumans left the deck, unwilling to risk their lives for a few million, while Xu Jingming eagerly considered using lightning against the beasts.
• Lin Hui noticed Xu Jingming’s excited expression and wondered why he looked that way.

Xu Jingming annihilated a Flying Sea Swordfish Swarm with his lightning ability, earning more than three thousand Ability Points and drawing the attention of Lin Hui and Lu Heng. Half an hour later, another swarm appeared on the horizon.

• A school of Third-Order Flying Sea Swordfish leapt from the East Sea and charged the Surging Whale.
• Lu Heng and Lin Hui prepared to attack the swarm as they competed to show off their strength.
• Xu Jingming formed a giant lightning hand and killed the entire swarm in one strike.
• Xu Jingming gained more than three thousand Ability Points, while Lin Hui and Lu Heng were surprised by his power.
• Another Flying Sea Swordfish Swarm appeared on the horizon half an hour later.

Xu Jingming cleared more Flying Sea Swordfish and caught the attention of Thunder Martial Hall instructor Qin Zheng, but declined an invitation to its training camp. As the Surging Whale neared Sakura Country, Xu Jingming saw its beast-infested former territory and reflected on the country’s decline.

• Xu Jingming killed the Flying Sea Swordfish swarm with his lightning before Lin Hui could attack, surprising the Thunder Martial Hall members with his range.
• Qin Zheng invited Xu Jingming to apply for the Thunder Martial Hall’s Genius Training Camp, but Xu Jingming refused.
• After more marine beasts leaped onto the deck, Xu Jingming killed them as the Surging Whale continued its journey.
• Eight hours into the voyage, Xu Jingming saw Sakura Country’s former territory, now overrun by beasts, and recalled how the country had lost much of its land and depended on America for protection.

Xu Jingming arrived in Hokkaido, traveled to Asahikawa, and explored the city before discovering the Heavenly Defense Dojo. There, he saw Sakuragi Rin, an S-rank Metahuman and the dojo’s Saintess.

• Lin Hui introduced himself to Xu Jingming aboard the Surging Whale and suggested he apply to the Thunder Martial Hall’s training camp, but Xu Jingming declined.
• The Surging Whale docked in Hokkaido, where Xu Jingming received a bank card and learned that the No. 9 Civilization Relic entrance was in Asahikawa City.
• Xu Jingming took a high-speed train to Asahikawa, checked into the hotel booked by Vice-Principal Ling Shuang, and went out to explore.
• Xu Jingming saw the heavily guarded Heavenly Defense Dojo and learned from Eva that Sakura Country had only one dojo, which controlled much of the country’s power.
• A young woman arrived at the dojo, and Eva identified her as Sakuragi Rin, an S-rank Metahuman known as the dojo’s Saintess.

Xu Jingming learned that Sakura Country’s S-rank summoner Sakuragi Rin and the Heavenly Defense Dojo might oppose him as he approached the No. 9 Civilization Relic. The chapter revealed that America had ordered the Dojo to kill him and was also positioning William Mark beside Sakuragi Rin, leaving her caught between foreign control and her own ambitions for Sakura Country.

• Eva warned Xu Jingming that Sakura Country held nearly a hundred passes to the No. 9 Civilization Relic and that he should be wary of Sakuragi Rin.
• The Heavenly Defense Dojo’s Deputy Supervisor ordered its instructors to kill Xu Jingming, claiming the Grand Supervisor had decided to act with America’s backing.
• The instructors objected to provoking Great Xia, but the Deputy Supervisor promised that America would help Sakura Country expand its border by twenty kilometers.
• Sakuragi Rin recognized that America controlled the Dojo’s leadership and had ordered the assassination for its own interests, though she outwardly agreed to the plan.
• The Deputy Supervisor introduced William Mark, a Sixth-Order Lower-Rank American, and Sakuragi Rin realized the Dojo was trying to arrange a political marriage.

Xu Jingming arrived alone at the entrance to No. 9 Civilization Relic and concealed his true strength while factions gathered. Heavenly Defense Dojo’s search for him failed, and Magic University’s Xiao Nan still could not identify him as the relic awaited opening.

• Xu Jingming reached the relic entrance and was dismissed by other Metahumans as a reckless Fourth-Order Upper-Rank lone wanderer.
• Sakuragi Rin arrived with Heavenly Defense Dojo, accompanied by an Eighth-Order Grandmaster and a large, heavily armed force.
• Xu Jingming used his Grandmaster-level Aura Concealment Technique to hide his aura from Horii, who searched the gathered Metahumans for him.
• Horii announced that he had not found the target, while Sakuragi Rin was relieved that Great Xia’s SS-rank had apparently not come.
• By six in the evening, Xiao Nan still could not find Xu Jingming among the relic’s visitors, despite having been told that he would come.

Xu Jingming entered the Civilization Relic and learned that the realm was an ancient civilization’s two-month assessment trial to collect Assessment Crystals. After discovering that Eva could detect nearby beasts, he headed into the forest to hunt, eager to gain Ability Points.

• The Civilization Relic portal opened, and Xu Jingming and the other Metahumans entered the realm.
• An artificial intelligence announced the assessment trial, instructing the soldiers to collect Assessment Crystals before the two-month deadline.
• Xia Lan sensed a brief, powerful spatial fluctuation from Xu Jingming as Thunder Martial Hall and Violent Bear Martial Hall formed mixed teams.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva for a map and learned that the Intelligent Armguard could detect beasts within a thousand meters.
• Xu Jingming set a warning for Sixth-Order Lower-Rank beasts, summoned his Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear, and charged toward the area with the most beasts.

In the No. 9 Civilization Relic, Qian Jin nearly died to a fifth-order Jungle Wind Wolf before Xu Jingming killed it instantly. Xu Jingming gained enough Ability Points to meet the requirements to advance, and the chapter ended with him noticing the plus sign beside his level.

• Qian Jin, an injured fourth-order Metahuman, regretted entering the Relic Space alone after surviving there for ten days.
• A fifth-order Jungle Wind Wolf charged at Qian Jin, who prepared to take a Blood Burst Pill and fight to the death.
• Xu Jingming appeared and killed the fleeing Jungle Wind Wolf with a crimson-gold Thunder Spear.
• Xu Jingming gained 450 Ability Points from the kill and reflected on how quickly he had accumulated them in the Relic Space.
• Xu Jingming checked his system panel and saw that he had enough Ability Points to advance.

Xu Jingming secretly used 75,000 Ability Points to advance to Fourth-Order Middle-Rank, then found a cache of Assessment Crystals in the Relic Space. The chapter left him facing a Goryeo Country Metahuman squad demanding that he hand over the crystals.

• Xu Jingming left a fifth-order Jungle Wind Wolf's valuable pelt behind and collected only its claws and fangs to save time for hunting.
• Qian Jin decided to retreat to the forest entrance and wait for the assessment to end.
• Xu Jingming shut down Eva, spent 75,000 Ability Points, and advanced to Fourth-Order Middle-Rank, greatly increasing his combat strength.
• Xu Jingming restarted Eva, explained that he had secrets he did not want the school to know, and set out with her.
• Xu Jingming found at least a hundred Assessment Crystals beneath a tree, but four Goryeo Country Metahumans appeared and ordered him to hand them over.

Xu Jingming killed four Goryeo Country Metahumans who tried to rob him, displaying overwhelming strength. Qin Zheng and the others witnessed the fight after arriving to find and potentially recruit Su Chen, whom they had mistaken for Xu Jingming.

• Qin Zheng explained that innate talent mattered more than Assessment Crystals when collecting rewards from the No. 9 Civilization Relic.
• Qin Zheng sensed Su Chen surrounded by Fifth-Order Metahumans and led Lin Hui, Xia Lan, and the others to help him.
• Four Goryeo Country Metahumans demanded Xu Jingming's equipment and Assessment Crystals, then attacked him.
• Xu Jingming killed their captain with one spear strike and swiftly killed the other three as they fled.
• Qin Zheng and his group arrived nearby and witnessed Xu Jingming's brief massacre.

Xu Jingming slaughtered four Metahumans, escaped Qin Zheng’s attempt to recruit him, and spent a month hunting ferocious beasts until he had over 100,000 Ability Points. After deciding to seek a safe place to advance, he spotted Sakuragi Rin watching a team fight a giant bear.

• Xu Jingming killed four Metahumans in seconds, astonishing Qin Zheng, Lin Hui, Lu Heng, and Xia Lan.
• Qin Zheng tried to speak with Xu Jingming about the training camp assessment, but Xu Jingming gathered the spoils and fled; Xia Lan noticed a spatial fluctuation around him.
• Xu Jingming hid in a cave, sorted the weapons, Space Rings, and other loot, then resumed hunting ferocious beasts with Eva’s guidance.
• Over the next month, Xu Jingming’s Ability Points rose to 101,457, and he decided to find a safe place to advance before hunting again.
• While running through the forest, Xu Jingming saw Sakuragi Rin watching a Metahuman team battle a berserk giant bear.

Xu Jingming observed Sakuragi Rin’s powerful shikigami before leaving, while Mark pressed her to accept a marriage alliance and urged her group to hunt the Ferocious Beast Hunter. Sakuragi Rin agreed to pursue him under orders from Deputy Supervisor Horii, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Xu Jingming watched Sakuragi Rin summon more than a dozen shikigami, then left the area.
• Mark’s companion warned him that his family expected him to recruit Sakuragi Rin, whose response to his marriage proposal remained cold.
• After Sakuragi Rin and two Sixth-Order Metahumans killed a giant bear, Mark renewed his proposal, and Sakuragi Rin told him to wait until they left the Relic Space.
• A Heavenly Defense Dojo instructor reported that the Ferocious Beast Hunter had appeared, but Sakuragi Rin initially said he posed little threat and should be ignored.
• Mark invoked Deputy Supervisor Horii’s order to kill Great Xia’s prodigies, and Sakuragi Rin agreed to follow his plan to target the Ferocious Beast Hunter.

Xu Jingming used the Deep Blue System to advance to Fourth-Order Upper-Rank, then encountered a Heavenly Defense Dojo team sent to kill him. He refused Eva's advice to flee and prepared to fight them.

• Xu Jingming spent 101,000 Ability Points to increase his physique and Mental Strength and advance to Fourth-Order Upper-Rank.
• Eva warned Xu Jingming that five Metahumans carrying signal jammers were approaching, and the Heavenly Defense Dojo team emerged from the forest.
• Mark and Sakuragi Rin confronted Xu Jingming; Sakuragi offered to spare him if he joined their team and changed his nationality to Sakura Country.
• Mark rejected Sakuragi Rin's attempt to recruit Xu Jingming and moved to attack him while the other members guarded the area.
• Eva urged Xu Jingming to use the Space Beast Bone to escape, but he refused and activated Thunder Extreme State.

Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State after the Heavenly Defense Dojo group confronted him at the No. 9 Civilization Relic, revealing himself as Great Xia’s SS-rank awakener. He instantly killed Mark and trapped Sakuragi Rin, then charged at the three remaining Sixth-Order metahumans.

• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and transformed as Sakuragi Rin recognized his Golden Dragon Eyes and suspected he was Great Xia’s SS-rank awakener.
• Mark recognized Xu Jingming, ignored his higher rank, and attacked with the S-rank Star Shattering Slash.
• Xu Jingming countered with Thunder Piercing Demon Slaughter Spear and annihilated Mark in a single strike.
• Sakuragi Rin summoned her shikigami and joined the other three metahumans in attacking Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming used Thunder Prison to trap Sakuragi Rin and destroyed all her shikigami with the lightning’s aftershock.
• Xu Jingming charged at the three remaining Sixth-Order metahumans while Sakuragi Rin watched from the prison, shaken by her defeat.

Xu Jingming fought and killed three Sixth-Order Metahumans who had joined forces against him. He then confronted Sakuragi Rin, who used an Eighth-Grade Guardian Talisman to protect herself, leaving him unable to break through her barrier.

• Xu Jingming held off three Sixth-Order Metahumans, using his lightning to paralyze Shui Mu and kill him with a spear thrust.
• Xu Jingming killed the two remaining Metahumans after Yamashita attacked to avenge Shui Mu.
• Xu Jingming approached Sakuragi Rin and prepared to kill her, but she activated a Guardian Talisman.
• Eva identified the barrier as an Eighth-Grade Guardian Talisman that could last three hours, and Xu Jingming's lightning failed to damage it.
• Sakuragi Rin regretted not fleeing earlier and lamented the loss of three instructors, but felt relieved that the talisman protected her.

Xu Jingming bypassed Sakuragi Rin’s Eighth-Grade Guardian Talisman with the Space Beast Bone and defeated her shikigami, leaving her at the point of death. Sakuragi Rin offered to submit to him, and Xu Jingming stopped his spear just short of her forehead.

• Sakuragi Rin warned Xu Jingming that Heavenly Defense Dojo teams would soon search for her, hoping to make him leave.
• Xu Jingming used the Space Beast Bone to pass through the Guardian Talisman’s barrier and appear beside Sakuragi Rin.
• Sakuragi Rin took a premium fifth-grade Blood Burst Pill and summoned more than a dozen empowered shikigami.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and killed all of Sakuragi Rin’s shikigami in under a minute.
• Sakuragi Rin pleaded for her life and offered to submit, so Xu Jingming halted his lightning-wreathed spear inches from her forehead.