Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi hunted their way through the Kanda Wilderness Area, where Xu Jingming’s kills raised his Ability Points above 150,000. He remained uncertain whether Deep Blue could upgrade his Thunder Undying Body, and planned to test it after studying an SS-rank Body Tempering Art.

• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi entered the Kanda Wilderness Area, and Leng Yuexi revealed that she followed the close-combat Martial Warrior path and wielded the Crimson Serpent Sword.
• Xu Jingming asked to handle the beasts they encountered so he could earn Ability Points, and Leng Yuexi agreed.
• Over ten days, Xu Jingming killed nearly every beast they met as they traveled deeper into the Wilderness Area.
• Xu Jingming killed a herd of seven Azure Horn Thunder Rhinos, including a sixth-order Mutated Azure Horn Thunder Rhino, and gained nearly 3,500 Ability Points.
• Xu Jingming checked Deep Blue and saw that his Ability Points had reached 151,210, but the system still showed no upgrade option for his Thunder Undying Body.
• Leng Yuexi praised Xu Jingming’s lightning attack after he defeated the mutated rhino.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi discussed ability evolution while traveling through the Kanda Wilderness Area. After collecting materials from Azure Horn Thunder Rhinos, they sensed fleeing beasts and discovered that a rat tide had returned.

• Leng Yuexi asked Xu Jingming how his Lightning Ability evolved, and he said Natural Lightning had struck him.
• Leng Yuexi considered testing her Fire Ability in volcanic magma, but Xu Jingming warned her not to take reckless risks.
• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi collected materials from the mutated Azure Horn Thunder Rhino and prepared some of its meat for dinner.
• Heart Net detected dozens of ferocious beasts fleeing through the forest, and Xu Jingming recognized the scene from his earlier encounter with a Rat Tide.
• A swarm of cat-sized, rat-like beasts with scarlet eyes rushed into Xu Jingming's perception range.

Xu Jingming used Du Tian Divine Lightning to wipe out an Iron-Eating Rat Tide and gained eighty thousand Ability Points. Exhausted at dusk, he finished clearing the swarm while Leng Yuexi watched over him.

• Leng Yuexi spotted a Rat Tide and suggested that she and Xu Jingming leave, but Xu Jingming insisted on killing the rats.
• Xu Jingming told Leng Yuexi to rest while he handled the swarm, then unleashed Du Tian Divine Lightning across a three-hundred-and-fifty-meter radius.
• Leng Yuexi protected herself with a fire barrier and watched Xu Jingming destroy the Iron-Eating Rats with his lightning.
• Xu Jingming pursued the spread-out Rat Tide and kept releasing lightning until he had killed the swarm near dusk.
• Xu Jingming ended the exhausting fight with nearly depleted ability power and eighty thousand Ability Points, while Leng Yuexi stayed beside him.

After wiping out the Beast Tide, Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi found shelter in a cave, where he continued studying Body Tempering Arts and prepared to make one last attempt at improving Thunder Undying Body. He had amassed enough Ability Points to raise his level but held off, leaving his next breakthrough uncertain.

• Leng Yuexi gave Xu Jingming a Seventh-Grade Ability Recovery Elixir and marveled that he had cast abilities continuously for four hours while clearing the Rat Tide.
• As darkness approached, Xu Jingming led Leng Yuexi toward a cave he had sensed earlier, and they traveled there using their abilities.
• Xu Jingming killed the cave’s Fourth-Order resident with Du Tian Divine Lightning, then agreed to let Leng Yuexi try grilling dinner.
• Xu Jingming checked his system panel and saw he had 234,260 Ability Points, enough to raise his level, but decided to wait until after another attempt to improve Thunder Undying Body.
• Xu Jingming took out the SS-rank Thunder Vajra Body manual, which he was close to comprehending, while Leng Yuexi reflected on his diligence and guessed his self-created Battle Technique would be at most B-rank.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi cooked a meal in their cave before he studied the Thunder Vajra Body manual and discovered that his system could upgrade battle techniques. He spent 80,000 Ability Points evolving Thunder Undying Body into an unnamed SS-rank Body Tempering Art, leaving its new traits unknown.

• Leng Yuexi struggled to grill the meat, so Xu Jingming took over and guided her Fire Ability to cook it evenly.
• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi shared the grilled meat, then Leng Yuexi cultivated while Xu Jingming studied Thunder Vajra Body.
• Xu Jingming learned that Thunder Vajra Body tempered the body with metal ores and Lightning Type ability, while Thunder Undying Body developed through essence blood and granted new abilities.
• Xu Jingming noticed a plus sign beside Thunder Undying Body on his system panel and considered whether an upgrade might preserve its existing traits.
• Xu Jingming spent 80,000 Ability Points to upgrade Thunder Undying Body from S-rank to an unnamed SS-rank Body Tempering Art.

Xu Jingming used Ability Points to evolve the Thunder Undying Body into an SS-rank Body Tempering Art, dramatically strengthening his physique. Leng Yuexi witnessed the transformation and struggled to believe that a twenty-year-old Fifth-Order Lower Metahuman had developed a skill of such high rank.

• Xu Jingming's body transformed as Du Tian Divine Lightning filled the cave, frightening Leng Yuexi with the aura of a top-tier draconic ferocious beast.
• Xu Jingming opened his eyes and found that his physique had grown several times stronger and his evolved Body Tempering Art's cultivation path was imprinted in his mind.
• Xu Jingming checked his system panel and saw that his Body Tempering Art had reached SS-rank, Sixth Level+, while his Qi-Blood had risen by more than three thousand points.
• Leng Yuexi asked whether Xu Jingming had broken through, and he explained that he had advanced his Body Tempering Art rather than his Metahuman level.
• Xu Jingming told Leng Yuexi he had refined Yang Zhentian's Thunder Undying Body using the research materials Yang had given him, and Leng Yuexi was astonished that he might have created an SS-rank Combat Skill.

Xu Jingming tested his evolved SS-rank Body Tempering Art and discovered that it transformed his Thunder Dragon Wings and greatly strengthened Thunder Extreme State. He then awakened Thunderstorm State, a more powerful form that amplified his physical strength while stirring violent instincts he had to suppress.

• Xu Jingming asked Leng Yuexi to guard the cave while he tested his evolved Body Tempering Art.
• Xu Jingming manifested new Thunder Dragon Wings made entirely of lightning patterns and estimated that they were faster than before.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and found that it multiplied his strength several times without causing his former physical changes.
• Xu Jingming activated a second boosted state, whose lightning shook Leng Yuexi's Flame Barrier as his body grew to three meters tall.
• Xu Jingming suppressed the new form's bloodlust, estimated that it gave him seven to eight times his normal strength, and named it Thunderstorm State.

Xu Jingming named his newly evolved SS-rank Body Tempering Art the Divine Lightning Undying Body and demonstrated its intimidating Thunderstorm State to Leng Yuexi. After ten days of travel, they prepared to investigate an Ancient Civilization Ruins, while Xu Jingming considered using his accumulated Ability Points to grow stronger before entering.

• Xu Jingming named his SS-rank Body Tempering Art the Divine Lightning Undying Body, and the system panel updated to show it at the Sixth Level+.
• Leng Yuexi approached Xu Jingming during his Thunderstorm State, felt his overwhelming aura, and watched him return to normal; she challenged him to a match after he claimed he could defeat her.
• Xu Jingming gained 3,000 Qi-Blood from the evolution and spent ten days killing beasts with Leng Yuexi as they traveled through the Kanda Wilderness Area.
• On August 20, Leng Yuexi told Xu Jingming they would reach the Ancient Civilization Ruins the next morning and split any discoveries evenly if his Lightning Ability opened them.
• Xu Jingming noted that he had accumulated 250,000 Ability Points and considered increasing his strength before they entered the unknown ruins.

Xu Jingming broke through to Fifth-Order Middle Position and upgraded Thunder Dragon Art, then traveled with Leng Yuexi to the location of an Ancient Civilization Ruins. The chapter left them at the foot of the mountain where Leng Yuexi believed the ruins were hidden.

• Xu Jingming spent 200,000 Ability Points to advance to Fifth-Order Middle Position as Leng Yuexi watched and waited with grilled meat.
• After breaking through, Xu Jingming told Leng Yuexi that talent explained his rapid progress, then ate the meat she had prepared.
• Xu Jingming assessed his improved physique and Mental Strength and spent 15,000 Ability Points to master Thunder Dragon Art.
• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi took turns resting and keeping watch before continuing through the jungle the next morning.
• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi reached the foot of a small mountain that Leng Yuexi identified as the site of the Ancient Civilization Ruins.

Leng Yuexi and Xu Jingming opened a hidden Civilization Relic and discovered a ruined ancient research base filled with evidence that ferocious beasts had escaped and killed its researchers. As Leng Yuexi sent her AI to scan the hall, she teased Xu Jingming about wanting it.

• Leng Yuexi led Xu Jingming to a buried alloy door inside the mountain and explained how she had discovered it.
• Xu Jingming blasted the door with Du Tian Divine Lightning, but it absorbed his attacks until golden patterns appeared and it opened.
• Leng Yuexi and Xu Jingming entered with protective barriers and found broken equipment, shattered tanks, and scattered human and beast bones.
• Leng Yuexi concluded that the base had studied ferocious beasts and that the beasts had escaped and killed the researchers.
• Leng Yuexi sent her Level 1 Artificial Intelligence, Silver White, to scan the hall and asked Xu Jingming if he wanted it.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi discovered three elemental energy masses in a Civilization Relic, and Silver White identified them as likely Elemental Essence. Leng Yuexi recognized the treasure’s potential to evolve abilities, but explained it could only raise an ability to S-rank, leaving Xu Jingming’s SS-rank power unaffected.

• Silver White dated the Civilization Relic to approximately 2,450 years ago before detecting elemental energy deeper inside.
• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi followed Silver White through a passage lined with scattered human and beast skeletons to a brightly lit side hall.
• They found a device containing red, white, and blue spheres, which Silver White identified as compressed fire, light, and water elemental energy with an 84% match to Elemental Essence.
• Leng Yuexi explained that Elemental Essence could give an ability a chance to evolve and reacted with delight upon finding a fire-element sphere suited to her.
• Leng Yuexi told Xu Jingming that Elemental Essence could only raise abilities to S-rank, so it could not improve his SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning.

Leng Yuexi and Xu Jingming triggered the ancient base’s cleansing procedure while trying to collect three Elemental Essences, and two elite Crimson Radiance Gilded Guardians attacked them. Xu Jingming shocked Leng Yuexi by sending one Guardian flying with a punch, then continued fighting to test his strength.

• Leng Yuexi entered the side chamber, triggering an intruder alarm and awakening two Crimson Radiance Gilded Guardians.
• Leng Yuexi explained that the elite Guardians were powerful and resistant to elemental abilities, then charged toward the Elemental Essences while telling Xu Jingming to stay back.
• One Guardian attacked Leng Yuexi while the other lunged at Xu Jingming, and Leng Yuexi struggled to block its blade.
• Xu Jingming entered his Enhanced Form and knocked his Guardian into the wall with one punch, astonishing Leng Yuexi.
• Xu Jingming took up his Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear and fought the risen Guardian to test his strength.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi defeated two Crimson Radiance Gilded Guardians by locating and destroying their control cores. With the side hall secured, they prepared to verify and collect the Elemental Essence.

• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi struggled against the nearly invulnerable Gilded Guardians and discussed their possible weaknesses.
• Xu Jingming activated Heart Net and located the tiny, shifting control cores inside both Guardians.
• Leng Yuexi held off one Guardian while Xu Jingming destroyed the other's core with his spear, then Xu Jingming disabled the second Guardian as well.
• Leng Yuexi admired Xu Jingming's strength and considered his chances in the upcoming Global Genius Exchange Competition.
• Xu Jingming withdrew from Thunderstorm State, assessed its heavy energy cost, and asked Leng Yuexi to release her intelligent machine to check the Elemental Essence before they collected it.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi divided the Elemental Essences recovered from the civilization relic, with Leng Yuexi taking the intact Fire-Type Essence and Xu Jingming receiving the weakened Light-Type and Water-Type ones. Leng Yuexi began using the Fire-Type Essence to evolve her ability while Xu Jingming watched, and the chapter ended as her flames and power continued to intensify.

• The metal sphere identified three Elemental Essences and reported that the Light-Type and Water-Type Essences had lost much of their energy, leaving them with low evolution chances.
• Leng Yuexi asked for the Fire-Type Essence and offered Xu Jingming the other two Essences and the Gilded Guardians' remains, and he agreed.
• Xu Jingming accepted the Light-Type and Water-Type Essences and asked whether their lost energy could be restored; the metal sphere suggested exposing them to dense elemental energy.
• Leng Yuexi chose to use the Fire-Type Essence immediately, and Xu Jingming raised a Thunder Barrier to protect them as she began the process.
• The Fire-Type Essence burst into flames around Leng Yuexi, rapidly raising the side hall's temperature as her fire ability grew stronger.

Leng Yuexi's metahuman ability evolved into the S-rank Nine Nether Purple Flame, and she and Xu Jingming finished exploring the Civilization Relic. They prepared to return, with Xu Jingming planning to head to the 3rd Civilization Relic near Redwood Forest.

• Leng Yuexi had Silver White analyze her evolved ability, which it identified as the fire-element S-rank Nine Nether Purple Flame.
• Leng Yuexi marveled at her increased strength and credited Xu Jingming as her lucky star.
• Leng Yuexi offered Xu Jingming the Civilization Relic base, but he declined because she had already shared the Elemental Essence and he had the two Gilded Guardians.
• Leng Yuexi explained that the Gilded Guardians needed intact control cores to operate and that the pair could sell for around ten billion Great Xia Coins.
• Leng Yuexi and Xu Jingming agreed to leave the relic, and Xu Jingming told her he planned to visit the 3rd Civilization Relic near Redwood Forest before it opened in September.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi reached the Redwood Forest to investigate the 3rd Civilization Relic, where they found a gigantic spacecraft buried in a crater. Leng Yuexi explained that attempts to reach outer space had failed, leaving Xu Jingming wondering what prevented even powerful martial artists from leaving Blue Star.

• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi arrived at the Redwood Forest and agreed to visit the relic together the next day if needed.
• Xu Jingming recalled that he had killed the Seventh-Order Lower beasts they encountered for Ability Points, but learned that finishing off beasts wounded by Leng Yuexi earned him far fewer points.
• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi reached the center of the forest and saw a massive, damaged spacecraft buried in a crater.
• Xu Jingming questioned why Blue Star had little space exploration despite its advanced technology and the presence of Metahumans.
• Leng Yuexi told Xu Jingming that satellite launches and a Ninth-Order Peak Martial Saint’s attempt to enter space had both failed, and that the reason remained a secret.

Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi discovered a hidden cluster of lodgings near the 3rd Civilization Relic, where wealthy Metahuman families had gathered to train and hunt. Leng Yuexi arranged for them to stay with the Wanei Legion, whose vice commander welcomed them in exchange for her guild’s support.

• Leng Yuexi explained that the 3rd Civilization Relic remained intact because its self-destruct protocol prevented anyone from moving it or hacking its Main Control Intelligence.
• Xu Jingming and Leng Yuexi found more than a dozen concealed buildings housing Metahuman visitors and their bodyguards near the crater.
• Leng Yuexi told Xu Jingming that the visitors were children of Metahuman families who came to train and hunt nearby.
• As night approached, Leng Yuexi proposed borrowing a room from the Wanei Legion, whose members were cooperating with the Spirit Fox Guild.
• Vice Legion Commander Ang welcomed Leng Yuexi and Xu Jingming, then assigned Ouka to take them to the vacant room after Leng Yuexi promised a discount on the next equipment order.

After securing a room in Redwood Forest with Leng Yuexi, Xu Jingming used his Ability Points to advance his Divine Lightning Undying Body to the Seventh Level. The breakthrough sent his Qi-Blood surging as an oppressive aura filled the room.

• Vice Legion Commander Ang watched Leng Yuexi and Xu Jingming leave, pleased that the bodyguard job had earned him a 5% discount.
• Ouka led Leng Yuexi and Xu Jingming to a furnished room beneath the trees in Redwood Forest and handed Leng Yuexi the key.
• Leng Yuexi went to check the bathroom while Xu Jingming sat down and reviewed his system panel.
• Xu Jingming spent 100,000 Ability Points to raise Divine Lightning Undying Body from the Sixth Level to the Seventh Level, increasing his physique to 17,021 Qi-Blood.
• Xu Jingming's Qi-Blood boiled, releasing an oppressive aura throughout the room.

Xu Jingming advanced his Divine Lightning Undying Body to the Seventh Level, greatly increasing his Qi-Blood and physical strength. After testing his new strength with his spear, he surprised Leng Yuexi, who had just evolved her ability and assumed she had become stronger than him.

• Leng Yuexi reflected on her evolved Nine Nether Purple Flame ability and believed she could now defeat Xu Jingming in their sparring sessions.
• Xu Jingming's intense Qi-Blood fluctuations alarmed the metahumans in the building, who mistakenly thought Leng Yuexi had grown stronger.
• Xu Jingming checked his attributes and found that advancing his Divine Lightning Undying Body had raised his Qi-Blood to 17,021.
• Xu Jingming lifted his spear at its maximum weight of one hundred tons and tested it at a three-ton weight for faster thrusts.
• Leng Yuexi emerged from the bathroom, sensed Xu Jingming's powerful Qi-Blood, and asked why he was stronger again.

Xu Jingming stayed near Redwood Forest while waiting for the 3rd Civilization Relic to open, and the No. 3 Ruins Administrator Pass finally began to glow. As he joined the gathered Metahumans, he learned that registration for the Global Genius Exchange Competition would begin on September 10 and looked forward to entering it after claiming the Thunder God’s remaining inheritance.

• Leng Yuexi agreed to keep watch overnight, stay in touch with Xu Jingming’s companions in the Triangle Domain, and ask Vice Legion Commander Ang to let Xu Jingming remain near Redwood Forest.
• After Leng Yuexi left, Xu Jingming hunted ferocious beasts near Redwood Forest and killed a pack of Jungle Wind Wolves with Thunder Spear, earning nearly 2,200 Ability Points.
• The No. 3 Ruins Administrator Pass began glowing, so Xu Jingming hurried back to the deep pit at Redwood Forest.
• Xu Jingming joined nearly two hundred people preparing to enter the 3rd Civilization Relic and heard young Metahumans discuss the Telepathy Helmet and the September 10 registration for the Global Genius Exchange Competition.
• Xu Jingming planned to obtain the Thunder God’s remaining inheritance, continue his S-rank mission, and register for the competition.