Chapter Summaries

Sakuragi Rin offered to submit to Xu Jingming through a Reverse Contract that would place her life under his control. After she explained the contract and they formed it, she acknowledged him as her master.

• Sakuragi Rin explained that she sought power to avenge her parents, who had died in a Beast Tide caused by the Grand Supervisor of Heavenly Defense Dojo.
• Xu Jingming questioned whether he could trust Sakuragi Rin, and she explained how her Shikigami Awakening ability could form a Reverse Contract.
• Eva confirmed that the contract was real and irreversible, while Xu Jingming shut off his Intelligent Armguard.
• Xu Jingming agreed to try the contract and led Sakuragi Rin away after destroying the four Sixth-Order Metahumans' corpses.
• In a concealed cave, Sakuragi Rin guided Xu Jingming through forming the Reverse Contract, which gave him control over her life.
• Sakuragi Rin knelt before Xu Jingming and called him Master.

Xu Jingming used a Reverse Contract to make Sakuragi Rin his subordinate and ordered her to cultivate and seize control of the Heavenly Defense Dojo and Sakura Country. He refused to let her rejoin her team during the relic expedition, but Sakuragi Rin revealed that her ability might let him confine her in a Shikigami Space instead.

• Sakuragi Rin completed the Reverse Contract and pledged loyalty to Xu Jingming, who demanded her help taking control of the Heavenly Defense Dojo and Sakura Country.
• Sakuragi Rin learned that Xu Jingming had reached Fourth-Order High-Rank in just over fifty days and praised his talent.
• Xu Jingming ordered Sakuragi Rin to stay in the cave until the relic expedition ended and planned to break her limbs and gag her to prevent her from contacting the Heavenly Defense Dojo.
• Sakuragi Rin revealed that her Shikigami Awakening ability had formed a Shikigami Space and suggested Xu Jingming could place her inside it.

Xu Jingming continued hunting in the Relic Space while keeping Sakuragi Rin with him, then spent most of his accumulated Ability Points to advance his Thunder Undying Body to the Sixth Level. The breakthrough raised his Qi-Blood above eight thousand and granted him the Thunder Tyrant Dragon’s flying ability, Thunder Dragon Wings.

• Xu Jingming kept Sakuragi Rin in the Shikigami Space as Heavenly Defense Dojo searched unsuccessfully for her missing squad.
• With less than a day left in the assessment, Xu Jingming checked his status and decided to use his accumulated Ability Points before visiting the civilization relic’s Main Base.
• Sakuragi Rin roasted meat for Xu Jingming, who said he would find an opportunity to let her leave after they collected their assessment rewards.
• Xu Jingming spent 52,000 Ability Points to raise his Thunder Undying Body from the Fifth Level to the Sixth Level, increasing his Qi-Blood from 6,520 to 8,034.
• Xu Jingming discovered that the Sixth Level had granted him the Thunder Tyrant Dragon’s flying ability, Thunder Dragon Wings.

Xu Jingming tested his newly acquired Thunder Dragon Wings, discovering that they let him fly at extreme speeds but consumed substantial energy. As he and Sakuragi Rin prepared to head to the Main Base, she revealed that she had roughly 50,000 Assessment Crystals to give him.

• Xu Jingming spread his Thunder Dragon Wings and flew out of the cave, while Sakuragi Rin briefly mistook his actions for a sexual advance.
• Xu Jingming tested his wings in the sky, reaching 200 m/s normally and 260 m/s in Thunder Extreme State.
• Metahumans from Thunder Martial Hall and Violent Bear Martial Hall watched the glowing figure overhead before Qin Zheng gave Lin Hui, Lu Heng, and Xia Lan their share of 6,451 Assessment Crystals.
• Xu Jingming returned to the cave and concluded that Thunder Dragon Wings were suited to short bursts because they quickly drained his metahuman energy.
• Xu Jingming asked Sakuragi Rin for her Assessment Crystals ahead of their trip to the Main Base, and she produced a pile of roughly 50,000.

Xu Jingming stored Sakuragi Rin’s fifty thousand Assessment Crystals and prepared to claim the No. 9 Civilization Relic’s rewards. At the Main Base, he reunited with the surviving teams and agreed to take Thunder Martial Hall’s entrance assessment, leaving Wang Hong surprised.

• Sakuragi Rin gave Xu Jingming more than fifty thousand Assessment Crystals, which he stored in his Space Ring before sending her to the Shikigami Space.
• Xu Jingming told Eva to assist with ancient text analysis and rested before traveling to the Main Base.
• Teams gathered outside the Main Base as Qin Zheng worried about Su Chen’s absence, then spotted him arriving.
• Xu Jingming saw that fewer than two hundred people remained and that the Heavenly Defense Dojo members were tense over Sakuragi Rin’s disappearance.
• Qin Zheng invited Xu Jingming to Thunder Martial Hall’s entrance assessment, and Xu Jingming accepted, leaving Wang Hong dumbfounded.

Xu Jingming entered the Ancient Civilization Ruins’ Main Base with Thunder Martial Hall as the sixty-day assessment ended and the reward ceremony began. As other Metahumans mourned Sakuragi Rin’s disappearance, he kept her presence and contract secret.

• Xu Jingming agreed to join Thunder Martial Hall’s group and greeted Xia Lan, Lin Hui, and the other students.
• The assessment countdown ended, the Main Base opened, and Xu Jingming entered with Qin Zheng and Thunder Martial Hall.
• The base announced that soldiers could trade their Assessment Crystals for rewards, with evaluations determining their reward grades.
• Eva and Sakuragi Rin told Xu Jingming that his SS-rank ability and fifty thousand Assessment Crystals should earn him an Extraordinary evaluation and an SS-rank resource.
• Metahumans discussed Sakuragi Rin’s disappearance, while Xu Jingming realized they did not know she was with him under a Reverse Contract.

Xu Jingming, posing as Su Chen, watched other Metahumans receive their relic rewards before stepping up to submit his own Assessment Crystals. As the count surged past ten thousand, the crowd and his companions stared in shock, and his evaluation remained to be revealed.

• Shen Dongling received the No. 094 inheritance, a reward left by an Eighth-Order Peak Grandmaster.
• Lin Hui explained that the relic could reward Elemental Weapons, and Xu Jingming confirmed he planned to pursue the Elementalist path.
• Qin Zheng offered Xu Jingming more than a thousand Assessment Crystals, but Xu Jingming declined, saying he had plenty.
• Lin Hui, Xia Lan, and Lu Heng received rare evaluations and S-rank rewards, while they remarked that Xu Jingming had not come to the relic.
• Xu Jingming submitted crystals at the No. 5 assessment station, and the displayed count rapidly passed ten thousand, stunning the hall.

Xu Jingming’s 53,211 Assessment Crystals earned him a Legendary evaluation and triggered a trial-base response to his SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning. The Main Control Intelligence identified herself as Eva, while the other Metahumans remained locked outside the base.

• Xu Jingming deposited 53,211 Assessment Crystals and received a Legendary evaluation and Inheritance No. 003.
• Yamaguchi Ichiji ordered Heavenly Defense Dojo members to arrest Xu Jingming, suspecting him because Sakuragi Rin had disappeared and he possessed many crystals.
• The base detected Xu Jingming’s SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning, expelled everyone else from the Main Base, and sealed its doors.
• Xu Jingming found that Eva could not respond, then displayed Du Tian Divine Lightning when the base requested confirmation.
• The base’s Main Control Intelligence transformed into a woman resembling Eva and introduced herself to Xu Jingming as Eva.

Xu Jingming revealed his identity as Great Xia’s SS-rank metahuman after earning a Legendary Grade Evaluation, leaving the people outside the No. 9 Civilization Relic preparing for a possible confrontation with Heavenly Defense Dojo. Inside, Eva offered him a choice between two inheritances and began explaining the ancient civilization eras.

• The metahumans outside the base learned that the disguised Ferocious Beast Hunter was Xu Jingming, Great Xia’s Fourth-Order Low-Rank SS-rank metahuman, and that he had earned a Legendary Grade Evaluation.
• Yamaguchi Ichiji and Heavenly Defense Dojo’s metahumans began forming up, while Xiao Nan and the martial arts school instructors sent their students away and prepared to support Xu Jingming.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that his evaluation and Du Tian Divine Lightning ability had unlocked two inheritance choices, but he could select only one.
• Eva explained that Inheritance No. 003 came from Ezir, a Ninth-Order Peak Law Saint of Jin Country, and contained his SS-rank Spirit Refinement Art, lightning techniques, and cultivation insights.
• Eva introduced the Sequence Inheritance of the Thunder God and told Xu Jingming that Jin Country was the Second Civilization Era, preceded by the First Civilization Era, while his own world was in the Third.

Xu Jingming learned about the Thunder God’s Supreme Expert inheritance and chose it over the No. 003 Inheritance. He consumed the Saint Essence Fruit, raising his Mental Strength enough to meet the threshold for Spirit Refining Combat Skills, then discovered the inheritance’s manual was the SS-rank lightning technique Thunder God Descends.

• Eva explained that the Thunder God was a First Civilization Era Supreme Expert who shared Xu Jingming’s SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning ability and left behind a Sequence Inheritance.
• Eva outlined the inheritance’s SS-rank Spirit Refining Art, lightning-type Battle Techniques, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, warning Xu Jingming that it had no cultivation experience to guide him.
• Xu Jingming chose the Thunder God’s Sequence Inheritance and received a Space Ring containing a wooden box, a Battle Techniques manual, and a black-gold metal card.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that the box held a Saint Essence Fruit that could increase Mental Strength, and Xu Jingming ate it, raising his Mental Strength to 6,250 Hz.
• Xu Jingming took out the manual and learned from Eva that its SS-rank technique, Thunder God Descends, reduced the startup time and casting interval of lightning spell-type Battle Techniques.

Xu Jingming learned that the SSS-rank Spirit Refining Art was stored at No. 3 Trial Base, which would reopen in September, and that he could begin with an SS-rank art in the meantime. Before leaving No. 9 Trial Base, he had Eva alter Little Eva’s memories of Sakuragi Rin and learned that a group of Metahumans waited outside, prompting Eva to bring out two Gilded Guardians.

• Eva explained that the SS-rank Thunder God Descends required an S-rank Lightning Type ability and fifth-order strength, while the SSS-rank Spirit Refining Art was kept at No. 3 Trial Base in Myanmar, set to open around September.
• Xu Jingming learned he could switch freely between Spirit Refining Arts and planned to study Hall Master Su Qingli’s SS-rank art at Thunder Martial Hall’s Genius Training Camp.
• Eva explained that she and Little Eva were sub-bodies of a super Artificial Intelligence named Eva, who controlled No. 3 Trial Base.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva to alter Little Eva’s memories, and Eva replaced the Reverse Contract memories with a version in which Sakuragi Rin escaped using a powerful trump card.
• Xu Jingming asked why the Jin Kingdom had collapsed, but Eva said her database lacked that information and suggested he ask Mother at No. 3 Trial Base.
• Eva warned Xu Jingming that Metahumans waited outside No. 9 Trial Base and summoned two mass-produced Gilded Guardians to help clear the way.

After completing the Sequence Inheritance, Xu Jingming emerged from the base to face the Metahumans waiting outside. He killed Yamaguchi with a single spear strike and charged toward the Heavenly Defense Dojo fighters attacking his allies.

• Eva offered to help Xu Jingming, and the Holographic Projection transferred into the two Gilded Guardians before the base doors opened.
• Sakuragi Rin warned Xu Jingming that Yamaguchi and the others knew his identity and might surround him outside, but Xu Jingming said they could not kill him.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and emerged from the base as Yamaguchi demanded to know where the Saintess was.
• Xu Jingming said he had killed Sakuragi Rin, prompting Yamaguchi to order an attack as Heavenly Defense Dojo fighters surrounded the allies from Magic University and the martial halls.
• Yamaguchi attacked Xu Jingming with Cold Spirit Slash, but Xu Jingming dodged and killed him with Lightning Gale Slash.
• Xu Jingming dismissed the attackers as a rabble and charged toward the Heavenly Defense Dojo Metahumans besieging Qin Zheng and the others.

Xu Jingming killed Yamaguchi Ichiji and routed the Heavenly Defense Dojo’s Metahumans with Thunder Prison, then set out with the Gilded Guardians to hunt the fugitives before the Space Gate opened. He left Xiao Nan, Qin Zheng, and Wang Hong to handle the captured enemies and head for the exit afterward.

• Xu Jingming instantly killed Yamaguchi Ichiji, shocking the watching Metahumans and instructors with his strength and Fourth-Order Upper-Rank advancement.
• Xu Jingming unleashed Thunder Prison, killing or badly injuring more than twenty Metahumans and trapping others.
• Two Gilded Guardians appeared, and the remaining Heavenly Defense Dojo Metahumans fled toward the forest.
• Xu Jingming told Qin Zheng, Wang Hong, and Xiao Nan that he intended to apply for early graduation and spend his remaining credits at Magic University first.
• Xu Jingming decided to hunt down the fleeing Metahumans, learned from Eva that the Space Gate would open in twelve hours, and flew off with the Gilded Guardians.
• Qin Zheng and the others began dealing with the trapped Metahumans and planned to head for the exit without letting Sakura Country’s eighth-order Metahuman learn what had happened.

Xu Jingming spared eight of Sakuragi Rin’s confidants and flew after the group fleeing the Main Base. He caught up with them after killing a Heavenly Defense Dojo Metahuman, leaving Lin Hui and the others astonished to find him alive.

• Sakuragi Rin asked Xu Jingming to spare her trusted Metahumans, and he granted her eight slots.
• Kong Shi, Lin Hui, Liu Ming, and the others continued fleeing through the jungle, worried about Xu Jingming and their instructors.
• A peak fifth-order Metahuman from Sakura Country appeared, then tried to flee when he spotted the group.
• Xu Jingming struck the Metahuman with a Thunder Spear from the sky, killing him instantly.
• Xu Jingming descended beside the group, and Lin Hui and the others recognized him in disbelief.

Xu Jingming secured the exit and arranged for the other metahumans to be held back after the Space Gate opened. He released Sakuragi Rin with orders to take control of Sakura Country, then waited with his allies for the gate to appear.

• Xu Jingming told Liu Ming that two seventh-order Gilded Guardians had driven off the Heavenly Defense Dojo members and sent his companions toward the exit.
• Xu Jingming instructed Eva to let his group leave first and prevent everyone else from leaving for twenty-three hours afterward.
• Xu Jingming released Sakuragi Rin, weakened her Reverse Contract, and ordered her to take control of Heavenly Defense Dojo and Sakura Country.
• Sakuragi Rin left to treat her injuries and find the other survivors, while reflecting that only nine of the 101 Heavenly Defense Dojo entrants had survived.
• Xu Jingming gathered at the exit with Teacher Xiao Nan and the other instructors, made the foreign metahumans agree to wait before leaving, and watched the Space Gate form.

Xu Jingming and the Great Xia group escaped the Relic Space and slipped past Horii, then crossed the sea back to Great Xia. At Eastern Wharf, he parted ways with Qin Zheng and the others before setting off with Liu Ming and Teacher Xiao for Modu Metahuman University.

• Xu Jingming entrusted Eva with keeping the remaining people inside the Relic Space and left through the Space Gate with Magic University's group.
• Horii inspected the returning Great Xia group but failed to notice Xu Jingming, who had hidden among them.
• After traveling more than ten kilometers, Xu Jingming urged the group to head for Hokkaido's port and board a ship to Great Xia.
• During the voyage, Xu Jingming killed a school of Fourth-Order Flying Sea Swordfish and gained about seven thousand Ability Points.
• At Eastern Wharf, Xu Jingming said goodbye to Qin Zheng, Lin Hui, Xia Lan, and the others as they returned to the Genius Training Camp.
• Xu Jingming left with his senior brother Liu Ming and Teacher Xiao to return to Modu Metahuman University.

After returning from the No. 9 Civilization Relic, Xu Jingming reported his battles and advancement to Ling Shuang, then planned to apply for early graduation and join Thunder Martial Hall’s Genius Training Camp. When Ling Shuang and Liu Yushan learned Horii had targeted him, Great Xia’s leadership ordered a forceful retaliation against the Heavenly Defense Dojo.

• Xu Jingming told Ling Shuang that Horii, the Heavenly Defense Dojo’s Deputy Supervisor, had appeared to be hunting him in the No. 9 Civilization Relic.
• Xu Jingming revealed that he had advanced to Fourth-Order High-Rank and described killing four Sixth-Order Metahumans, while Sakuragi Rin had escaped.
• Xu Jingming said he would apply for early graduation, and Ling Shuang took his Intelligent Armguard and Space Beast Bone before Sun Rui restored his appearance.
• Ling Shuang informed Councilor Liu about Horii’s threat, then told Su Qingli that she and Xu Jingming would come to the Genius Training Camp.
• Liu Yushan ordered Blood Sword to kill Horii and destroy the Heavenly Defense Dojo’s Hokkaido branch, and Blood Sword immediately set out for Hokkaido.

After returning from the Relic Space, Xu Jingming went home to rest while Blood Sword attacked a Heavenly Defense Dojo branch in Sakura Country in retaliation for the attack on Xu. At the Space Gate, Horii learned that Xu had obtained a legendary inheritance and that the Heavenly Defense Dojo members inside were likely dead.

• Xu Jingming returned to Magic University, greeted students, and went to sleep before checking how to apply for early graduation.
• Blood Sword destroyed the Heavenly Defense Dojo branch in Asahikawa, killed the nearby weaker people and a Seventh-Order Grandmaster, then pursued Horii.
• The Gilded Guardians announced that the waiting period was over and left for the Main Base, allowing the remaining Metahumans to exit the Relic Space.
• Sakuragi Rin led the remaining Heavenly Defense Dojo members toward the Space Gate after the Gilded Guardians departed.
• Horii questioned a Fifth-Order Metahuman, who told him that Xu Jingming had gained a legendary inheritance and that the Heavenly Defense Dojo members inside were likely all dead.

Sakuragi Rin returned to the Heavenly Defense Dojo and blamed Xu Jingming for the deaths of its members, but Blood Sword retaliated by killing Horii and warning Sakura Country and the Americans not to target Xu Jingming. The Grand Supervisor tasked Sakuragi Rin with rebuilding the Asahikawa branch, giving her a chance to begin her master's mission there.

• Horii learned that the Heavenly Defense Dojo members might be dead, then rejoiced when Sakuragi Rin returned with eight Metahumans and accepted responsibility for the operation.
• A messenger reported that Blood Sword had destroyed the Asahikawa City branch in retaliation for the dojo targeting Xu Jingming.
• Blood Sword appeared and beheaded Horii, then crushed his head and warned Sakura Country and the Americans against attacking Xu Jingming again.
• The Grand Supervisor arrived with two American Ninth-Order Martial Saints, but none of them stopped Blood Sword from leaving.
• The Grand Supervisor ordered Sakuragi Rin to oversee reconstruction of the Asahikawa branch, and she planned to begin her master's task there.

After Blood Sword’s raid on Heavenly Defense Dojo sparked international outrage, Great Xia defended its actions and warned other countries against targeting its geniuses. Xu Jingming woke to the news, applied for early graduation, and counted the riches he had gained from the Civilization Relic.

• Sakura Country’s media reported Blood Sword’s attack, and Great Xia’s official institutions explained that he had retaliated after Sakura Country targeted Xu Jingming.
• Great Xia issued a warning that it would retaliate against any foreign Metahumans who attacked its geniuses, while other countries doubted Sakura Country would risk war.
• Xu Jingming woke, considered how Great Xia’s protection would deter future attacks, and reviewed his own safeguards before heading to the Genius Training Camp.
• Xu Jingming submitted an application for early graduation through Magic University’s website and planned to use the coming days to spend his credits.
• Xu Jingming reviewed his gains from the Civilization Relic and counted forty-eight Space Rings, worth at least two billion, along with the other spoils.