Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming entered the 856th Group melee as the competition’s most watched contestant, while Kate and two American teammates prepared tactics against him. When the match began, more than a dozen Metahumans immediately charged to surround and kill Xu Jingming.

• Kate recognized Xu Jingming as a dangerous SS-rank rival and told Matthew and Henry to follow their plan once the match started.
• The commentator introduced Xu Jingming as the first-place finisher in the 73rd Division, drawing loud cheers from Great Xia spectators and attention from powerful VIPs.
• Su Qingli and Ling Shuang watched from adjacent VIP seats as foreign powerhouses discussed Xu Jingming’s abilities and Su Qingli’s rise to Ninth-Order.
• The commentator introduced Kate and the other contestants before teleporting the 856th Group onto the four-kilometer arena platform.
• When the match began, more than a dozen Metahumans charged toward Xu Jingming and moved to surround him.

In Group 856’s free-for-all, a dozen top contestants joined forces to eliminate Xu Jingming, but his Du Tian Divine Lightning wiped out most of them. Xu Jingming then killed Kate with a devastating spear strike and a burst of lightning, leaving Matthew and the other survivors stunned.

• More than a dozen of Group 856’s strongest contestants charged Xu Jingming together, drawing alarm from the audience.
• Xu Jingming unleashed Du Tian Divine Lightning, killing most of the attackers and leaving only Kate, Matthew, and three others alive.
• Kate attacked Xu Jingming with Berserk Ape Slash, but Xu Jingming dodged the strike and hit him with his spear.
• Xu Jingming grabbed Kate, poured lightning into his head, and crushed it apart before tossing aside his corpse.
• Matthew and the remaining attackers stared in shock as the audience cheered Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming defeated the American Metahumans who had tried to surround and kill him, including Matthew and the hidden assassin Lisa. He left the Martial Arts Arena standing while the other fights continued.

• Xu Jingming killed several attackers as the Great Xia spectators cheered and American spectators questioned his strength.
• Matthew trapped Xu Jingming with Earth Prison Lock while Lisa emerged from stealth and attacked his neck.
• Xu Jingming blocked Lisa’s dagger with a Perfect Level Thunder Barrier, having sensed her through Heart Net.
• Xu Jingming broke Matthew’s chains and killed both Matthew and Lisa with his spear.

Xu Jingming effortlessly won the 856th Group arena melee with his Du Tian Divine Lightning and advanced to the one-on-one matches. He stayed to watch Catherine Hepburn, America’s SS-rank contestant, enter the 906th Group arena.

• An assassin tried to kill Xu Jingming with Backstab, but his Golden Lightning barrier stopped the attack and he counter-killed the assassin.
• Xu Jingming unleashed Thunderball Technique, wiping out most contestants and advancing with the nine other survivors in under thirty seconds.
• VIP spectators discussed the strength of Xu Jingming’s SS-rank ability, while Su Qingli and Ling Shuang remained unsurprised by his victory.
• Xu Jingming reunited with Song Qiuyun, Jiang Chuxuan, Xu Qingwan, and Tang Qi, then stayed to watch the remaining group melees.
• Catherine Hepburn was introduced as America’s contestant in the 906th Group, drawing loud cheers before the contestants appeared in the arena.

Catherine demonstrated the overwhelming power of her Sacred Angel ability by eliminating most competitors in seconds, leaving Xu Jingming and the others impressed by her strength. After Xu Jingming returned to the real world, he learned that Wang Zhen had launched a public opinion campaign accusing him of killing Wang Mang without cause, and he ordered Eva to publish the full truth ahead of the National Assembly.

• Catherine activated Holy Light Judgment and eliminated ninety competitors in five seconds, leaving only ten people in the arena.
• Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun discussed the strength and limitations of their abilities, and Xu Jingming silently planned to use a repaired Light-Type Elemental Essence to help her evolve hers.
• Xu Jingming left the virtual space and learned from Eva that articles were portraying Wang Mang as an innocent victim and accusing Xu Jingming of escaping punishment.
• Xu Jingming recognized that Wang Zhen was stirring up public opinion before the National Assembly and told Eva to publish the full account of Wang Mang's hiring assassins.

Eva exposed Wang Mang’s crimes online, turning public opinion in Xu Jingming’s favor and thwarting Wang Zhen’s attempt to control the narrative. At a Song Family meeting, Song Feng revealed that Xu Jingming had killed Wang Mang, ending Song Zhan’s proposed marriage alliance with the Wang Family.

• Eva published articles exposing Wang Mang’s crimes and explaining why Xu Jingming and Wei He had acted, winning public support for Xu Jingming.
• Wang Zhen learned that public opinion had turned against him and ordered his associate to erase negative information about Wang Mang.
• Song Feng heard that the Song Family’s industries had shrunk by around 40 percent, though the contraction was expected to ease.
• Song Zhan again urged Song Feng to pursue a marriage alliance with the Wang Family to restore the Song Family’s fortunes.
• Song Feng showed the family articles reporting that Xu Jingming had killed Wang Mang, leaving Song Zhan stunned.

Song Feng agreed to split the Song Family’s businesses with Song Zhan, taking control of the Glory Battle Group while giving Song Zhan Hui Yang Equipment. As the Peak Competition’s one-on-one matches began, Xu Jingming was assigned Klass as his first opponent.

• Song Zhan lamented that Wang Mang’s death had ruined his leverage over Song Feng and threatened to leave the family.
• Song Feng offered to divide the Song Family’s businesses, claiming the Glory Battle Group and half of the remaining businesses while assigning Hui Yang Equipment to Song Zhan.
• Song Zhan accepted the division, and Song Feng explained that the Glory Battle Group’s combat strength made it more valuable to him than the declining equipment company.
• Eva turned online public opinion in Xu Jingming’s favor despite Wang Zhen’s efforts to change it.
• On November 18, the Peak Competition began its one-on-one arena matches, and Xu Jingming’s first opponent was Klass.
• Song Qiuyun and the other spectators teleported to Arena No. 1245 to watch Xu Jingming’s match.

Xu Jingming swept through the Genius Competition’s early rounds and discovered that Sakuragi Rin would be his next opponent. The chapter ended as they appeared together in the preparation area before their match.

• Xu Jingming killed Klass with Du Tian Divine Lightning to win his first-round match.
• Xu Jingming defeated a Fifth-Order Wind-Type ability user and a Sixth-Order Mental Type opponent in the next rounds.
• Xu Jingming won the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds without using Thunder Extreme State.
• Xu Jingming learned that Sakuragi Rin was his upcoming opponent and told Song Qiuyun that she had once tried to kill him.
• Xu Jingming and Sakuragi Rin appeared in the preparation area before their match, and he turned his gaze toward her.

Sakuragi Rin faced Xu Jingming in the Martial Arts Arena, secretly addressing him as her Master and obeying his order to meet him after the match. The match began with Sakuragi Rin summoning more than a thousand shikigami, including three at Sixth-Order Upper.

• Sakuragi Rin trembled under Xu Jingming’s gaze, called him Master, and agreed to find him in the Virtual World after the match.
• Song Qiuyun wondered whether Sakuragi Rin feared and obeyed Xu Jingming, while Jiang Chuxuan suggested she feared him because he had nearly killed her before.
• The commentator introduced Sakuragi Rin and Xu Jingming, and both contestants stepped into the arena amid loud cheers from the crowd.
• When the match began, Sakuragi Rin raised her white banner and used Shikigami Summoning: Hundred Demons' Night Parade.
• Sakuragi Rin summoned over a thousand spirit shikigami, including three whose auras had reached Sixth-Order Upper.

Sakuragi Rin unleashed more than a thousand shikigami against Xu Jingming, but he activated Thunder Extreme State and destroyed her entire summoned army with Thunder God Finger. The chapter ended with a huge crater where the shikigami had stood, while Sakuragi Rin’s three strongest summons remained beside her.

• Sakuragi Rin summoned over a thousand shikigami, including ten sixth-order creatures, and sent them charging toward Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State as the shikigami launched a barrage of long-range attacks.
• Xu Jingming raised a Golden Lightning barrier that withstood the shikigami’s spells without wavering.
• Xu Jingming summoned Thunder God Finger and struck the center of the horde, annihilating all the shikigami and leaving a massive crater.

Xu Jingming defeated Sakuragi Rin by destroying her shikigami and piercing her head, securing another victory in the competition. He prepared for the ninth round and learned that his next opponent was America’s Tom Durant.

• Xu Jingming wiped out Sakuragi Rin’s thousand-plus shikigami with one Battle Technique, then destroyed her three strongest shikigami with golden lightning.
• Xu Jingming pierced Sakuragi Rin’s head, and the commentator declared him the winner as the arena erupted in cheers.
• Sakura Country spectators mourned Sakuragi Rin’s loss but took heart from the upcoming revival matches.
• Sakuragi Rin sent Xu Jingming a friend request after he returned to the spectator stands, and he accepted it.
• Xu Jingming reviewed the competition and received the ninth-round roster naming Tom Durant, an American Sixth-Order Lower-Rank Metahuman with an Enhancement Type S-rank ability, as his opponent.

Xu Jingming was matched against Du Lang, the student of Jamie Borg, in the round for the top thirty-two. Borg taunted Su Qingli over Xu Jingming’s legal troubles and predicted Du Lang would beat him, while Su Qingli remained confident in her student.

• The VIP Hall learned that Xu Jingming’s ninth-round opponent was Du Lang, an S-rank metahuman considered a serious contender for the top sixteen.
• Ling Shuang told Su Qingli that Du Lang was personally trained by Jamie Borg, who had publicly claimed his student would defeat Xu Jingming.
• Borg confronted Su Qingli, boasting that Du Lang would win and mocking Xu Jingming’s possible punishment for killing Wang Mang.
• Su Qingli said the National Assembly would handle Xu Jingming’s case appropriately, while Borg left after predicting Xu Jingming would lose and enter the revival matches.
• The powerful figures recalled Borg’s defeat by Su Qingli in the previous Genius Competition, and Su Qingli watched the arena, confident Xu Jingming could handle Du Lang.

Xu Jingming faced Du Lang in the ninth round, with the winner advancing directly to the top 32 and the loser entering the repechage. Despite Du Lang’s Enhancement Type ability and close-combat strength, Xu Jingming met his charge head-on and sent him flying with a single clash.

• The commentator announced Xu Jingming and Du Lang as opponents in the decisive ninth round, with a direct advancement slot at stake.
• Xu Jingming recalled that Du Lang had the S-rank Crimson Iron Ape ability and decided to test his spear techniques against the close-combat specialist.
• Du Lang activated Crimson Iron Ape and charged Xu Jingming, expecting him to rely on flight or ranged attacks.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and charged directly at Du Lang, surprising the spectators and delighting his opponent.
• Xu Jingming’s Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear clashed with Du Lang’s alloy staff, blasting Du Lang more than a hundred meters away.

Xu Jingming shocked the VIP Hall by overpowering Du Lang with his self-created SS-rank Divine Lightning Undying Body. Du Lang unleashed his Ancient Ancestry Return form, and the two resumed their clash with neither gaining a decisive advantage.

• The VIP Hall’s experts questioned how Xu Jingming had beaten the Enhancement Type Du Lang in raw strength, and Su Qingli revealed that Xu Jingming had created an SS-rank Body Tempering Art based on Yang Zhentian’s Thunder Undying Body.
• The experts praised Xu Jingming’s Battle Technique talent, while Yang Zhentian drew attention from veteran Grandmasters and Su Qingli took quiet pride in her student.
• Xu Jingming attributed his strength to his Seventh Level Divine Lightning Undying Body, Ninth-Order Beast Emperor essence blood, and Thunder Extreme State.
• Du Lang activated Ancient Ancestry Return, the amplified form of his Primal Bloodline Body Tempering Art, and charged at Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming met Du Lang with his Flowing Cloud Gold Peak Spear, and their renewed clash left Du Lang with only a slight advantage in strength.

Xu Jingming defeated Du Lang to advance to the Genius Competition’s top 32, then returned to his villa and received Sakuragi Rin, who knelt and called him “Master.”

• Xu Jingming used his Grandmaster-level Spear Technique and Heart Net perception to counter Du Lang’s attacks and evade his Town Mountain Staff.
• Xu Jingming struck Du Lang with Thunder Piercing Demon Slaughter Spear, then killed him with a second spear thrust and advanced to the top 32.
• The audience celebrated Xu Jingming’s victory, while Borg logged off after Du Lang’s defeat.
• After the ninth round, Xu Jingming returned to his villa and messaged Su Qingli about visiting Senbai Canyon during his five-day rest.
• Xu Jingming accepted Sakuragi Rin’s request to teleport to him, and she knelt before him and called him “Master.”

Xu Jingming ordered Sakuragi Rin to gather more than fifty thousand ferocious beasts in Sakura Country for him to hunt, then awaited the National Assembly’s decision on his killing of Wang Mang. The assembly concluded its other business and began debating how to punish him.

• Sakuragi Rin reported that she had become a branch supervisor of the Heavenly Defense Dojo and brought two Seventh-Order Metahumans and dozens of Sixth-Order Metahumans under her control.
• Xu Jingming ordered Sakuragi Rin to assemble more than fifty thousand First-Order-or-higher ferocious beasts in one area and warned her to have them ready within half a year.
• Xu Jingming received Su Qingli’s message that they would go to Senbai Canyon after the National Assembly and worried about his punishment for killing Wang Mang.
• Cao Jun presided over the National Assembly in Zhou Yuanwu’s absence, and the councilors debated matters including whether to redeploy troops from the Northern Border.
• The National Assembly reached its final agenda item: how to punish Xu Jingming for killing Wang Mang without authorization.

The National Assembly debated whether Xu Jingming should be punished for killing Wang Mang after Wang Mang hired assassins to target Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan. As councilors split over the proposed sentences, Chief Councilor Zhou Yuanwu intervened and announced he had reached a decision.

• Cao Jun presented the investigation into Wang Mang's assassination plot and asked Su Qingli how Xu Jingming's case should be handled.
• Su Qingli defended Xu Jingming's character, condemned Wang Mang's crimes, and proposed that Xu Jingming receive no punishment.
• Wang Zhen demanded that Xu Jingming be imprisoned in the Deep Sea Prison for ten years, but Su Qingli exposed Wang Mang's history of crimes and Wang Zhen's efforts to cover them up.
• Blood Sword supported Su Qingli, while Li Chunhai proposed a three-year term in a First-Level Prison and several councilors backed him.
• As Cao Jun considered calling a vote, a mechanical voice announced that Chief Councilor Zhou Yuanwu had reached a decision on Xu Jingming's case.

The National Assembly finalized Xu Jingming’s punishment: he had one year to kill 100 Seventh-Order Lord-Level beasts and one Eighth-Order General-Level beast, or he would be sent to defend the Frontline Battlefield in Oceania. After training in his concealed Thunderstorm State, Xu Jingming learned Su Qingli wanted him to come to her Villa to hear the decision.

• The councillors received General Councillor’s ruling and learned Xu Jingming would have to meet the beast-killing requirements within a year or go to Oceania.
• Wang Zhen reluctantly accepted the decision, and Cao Jun adjourned the National Assembly after ordering Xu Jingming to provide evidence of his kills in a year.
• Xu Jingming trained in his hidden Thunderstorm State at the Genius Training Camp while Eva noted that few people knew about it.
• Su Qingli told Xu Jingming the National Assembly had reached its final decision and summoned him to her Villa, and he hurried out.

Xu Jingming learned that the National Assembly had given him a year to kill one hundred Seventh-Order Lord-Level beasts and one Eighth-Order General-Level beast or serve at the Oceania Frontline Battlefield. He prepared for a trip to Senbai Canyon with Su Qingli, carrying Ling Shuang’s borrowed Space Beast Bone, and left by jet.

• Su Qingli told Xu Jingming the Speaker of the House had set his one-year beast-hunting condition, and he welcomed the chance to go to the Frontline Battlefield.
• Ling Shuang lent Xu Jingming her Space Beast Bone, and he offered to repay her with something she wanted.
• Xu Jingming bought pills and supplies for the dangerous battlefield, spending ten thousand points on pills.
• Xu Jingming met Su Qingli at her villa and boarded her silver-white jet to fly to Senbai Canyon.

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli flew to Zhen'an City, where they discussed the cost of warplanes and Xu Jingming’s need for better gear. Su Qingli promised him a custom SS-rank spear if he won the Genius Competition’s Peak Competition, and the chapter ended as they descended toward the city.

• Su Qingli set the warplane’s autopilot for Senbai Canyon and explained that her Obsidian-grade craft could reach the destination in twenty minutes.
• Xu Jingming asked about buying a warplane, but he declined after learning that a Scarlet Cloud-grade model cost thirty billion Great Xia Coins.
• Su Qingli told Xu Jingming that combat suits and weapons mattered more than a warplane and promised him a custom SS-rank Alloy Long Spear if he won the Peak Competition.
• Xu Jingming and Su Qingli arrived above Zhen'an City, and Su Qingli explained that its wall and military camps defended Great Xia from beasts attacking from Senbai Canyon.
• Su Qingli guided the warplane down toward Zhen'an City's main city.