Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming tested his strength against Eighth-Order Grandmasters and realized how far he still had to go, then spent a day recovering and training. That night, he joined Ling Shuang for the Bewitching Butterfly Sect gathering, and they set off for the hotel together.

• Xu Jingming received 66,000 Points from sales of the Thunder Flame Battle Technique and decided not to restore more Battle Techniques for profit yet.
• Xu Jingming fought five Eighth-Order Grandmasters in the Virtual World and lost each match quickly, but remained satisfied with his progress and continued training.
• Xu Jingming spent the next day training, practicing in the arena with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, cooking with Xia Lan, and postponing his meal with Catherine.
• Ling Shuang dressed for the Bewitching Butterfly Sect gathering, and Xu Jingming praised her appearance and urged her to reveal her beauty mark.
• Xu Jingming altered his appearance, opened a Space Gate with Ling Shuang, and traveled with her to the gathering hotel.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang infiltrated a gathering of the Bewitching Butterfly Sect at Heaton Hotel, where they learned the event involved exchanging partners and might attract the sect’s Master. They took their seats while maintaining their cover, and Ling Shuang kept Xu Jingming’s hand on her waist to avoid suspicion.

• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang used a black invitation and fingerprint verification to enter Heaton Hotel, which had been booked for the evening.
• Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming discussed how the sect was hiding its gathering in plain sight at the luxury hotel.
• Mike, a missionary of the Bewitching Butterfly Sect, welcomed them and proposed exchanging partners with Xu Jingming once the ceremony began.
• Ling Shuang asked whether the sect’s Master would descend, but Mike gave an ambiguous answer and described the event as a journey of bliss.
• Xu Jingming put his arm around Ling Shuang’s waist to maintain their cover, and after Mike left, Ling Shuang placed his hand back there and told him to leave it awhile longer.

At a Bewitching Butterfly Sect gathering in Melbourne, Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang discovered that the sect was auctioning abducted people. The chapter ended as the former Zealand princess Elena went up for auction and Eva urged Xu Jingming to bid for her.

• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang took their seats, and Ling Shuang rejected several men who wanted to swap partners.
• Mike opened the auction, where four brainwashed young women were sold to a wealthy buyer for 1.3 million Blue Star Coins.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang watched as the later lots also consisted of people, including Metahumans.
• Mike revealed that the twenty-seventh lot was Elena, the former princess of Zealand, and described her abilities before opening bidding at five million Blue Star Coins.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that Elena had an S-Rank ability and urged him to bid for her.

Xu Jingming outbid Sam to buy Elena for 30 million Blue Star Coin, after Eva identified the bracelet on Elena’s wrist as a relic that could open a Secret Realm. The chapter left Xu Jingming with the newly discovered treasure and a brewing conflict with Sam.

• Eva told Xu Jingming that Elena carried a great treasure, so he began bidding for her.
• Sam bid 10 million Blue Star Coin, but Xu Jingming outbid him and won Elena for 30 million.
• Sam threatened Xu Jingming and demanded that he hand over both Elena and Ling Shuang after the ceremony.
• Ling Shuang paid for Elena when Xu Jingming lacked enough Blue Star Coin.
• Eva identified Elena’s emerald-green bracelet as a Second Era relic capable of opening a Secret Realm.

Xu Jingming bought Elena to obtain her bracelet, which Eva identified as the key to Lord Rui Tian's Secret Realm. As the Bewitching Butterfly Sect's ritual began and its hall filled with desire-inducing mist, a powerful lean man appeared and unleashed pink Qi-Blood into the crowd.

• Xu Jingming took Elena's bracelet after promising to release her once the ritual ended, and Eva identified it as the key to Lord Rui Tian's Secret Realm in South America.
• Mike ended the auction and began the Bewitching Butterfly Sect's ritual by filling the hall with pink mist that stirred people's desires.
• Xu Jingming, Ling Shuang, and Elena remained unaffected inside a protected space, while Fat Old Sam demanded that Xu Jingming send Elena and Ling Shuang to him.
• A lean middle-aged man appeared at the front of the hall, urged the crowd to indulge themselves, and sent streams of pink Qi-Blood into everyone.

Ling Shuang captured the Bewitching Butterfly Church’s Master while Xu Jingming defeated Sam and his guards at the Heaton Hotel. Ling Shuang sealed the hall for an investigation, and Elena recognized Xu Jingming as her idol.

• Ling Shuang used Space Lockdown to trap the Bewitching Butterfly Church’s Master, and Xu Jingming realized the Master could not escape.
• Sam demanded Ling Shuang from Xu Jingming, but Xu Jingming unleashed Golden Lightning and ended the pink mist that had clouded the hall.
• Sam summoned his bodyguards, but Xu Jingming killed them with lightning and revealed his true identity as Great Xia’s Xu Jingming.
• Sam begged Xu Jingming for mercy, but Xu Jingming killed him after Ling Shuang gave her permission.
• Ling Shuang identified herself as Grand Supervisor of the Thunder Martial Hall and sealed the hotel hall so everyone could be investigated.
• Elena recovered from the shock of the raid and recognized Xu Jingming as her idol.

After capturing the Master of the Bewitching Butterfly Church, Ling Shuang received a reward and explained the danger of Xu Jingming’s bracelet, which could open a Supreme Expert’s Secret Realm. The chapter ended with the warning that opening it would alert powerful rivals who might try to seize it.

• Ling Shuang handed the captured Master of the Bewitching Butterfly Church to the authorities, and Thunder Martial Hall reported her success and received praise.
• Ling Shuang transferred 50,000 Points to Xu Jingming and told him the auction’s 30 million Blue Star Coins would be returned.
• Back at the villa, Xu Jingming accidentally kept his hand around Ling Shuang’s waist before explaining the bracelet’s origins and purpose.
• Ling Shuang recognized that the bracelet could open a Supreme Expert’s Secret Realm and warned that opening it could attract the Supreme Experts of India and Black Continent.

Xu Jingming discussed how to handle the Secret Realm space and learned to avoid using Silver Moon Commerce’s procurement funds. He claimed the anonymous bank cards in Sam’s Space Ring, then discovered that the black soil inside triggered an intense desire from the Thorn Sword Grass.

• Ling Shuang advised Xu Jingming to wait until he was stronger before telling Chief Councillor Zhou about the Secret Realm space, and he agreed to consider it.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming to keep Sam’s spoils but avoid using bank cards from major banks because they might hold Silver Moon Commerce funds.
• Xu Jingming replaced Sam’s Mental Strength Imprint on the Space Ring and found black soil, rare herbs, cash, and five bank cards inside.
• Xu Jingming burned the two Michelle Financial Bank cards, and Eva found that each of Sam’s three anonymous Morgan Bank cards held two hundred million Blue Star Coins.
• Xu Jingming took out some of the black soil, and the Thorn Sword Grass conveyed an overwhelming desire for it.

Xu Jingming discovered that Sam's Space Ring contained seventy cubic meters of valuable Thick Black Soil and kept it, while Erin decided not to investigate him. The next morning, Xu Jingming left his rapidly growing Thorn Sword Grass at the villa and headed out to join the Dejaka Battle Group before the next Beast Tide.

• Xu Jingming learned that the Thorn Sword Grass needed Thick Black Soil and Narcissus Milk, then found Sam's Space Ring held seventy cubic meters of Thick Black Soil worth about 5.3 billion Blue Star Coins.
• Xu Jingming transferred Sam's Thick Black Soil into his own Space Ring and fed some to the Thorn Sword Grass.
• Erin learned Sam had been carrying the valuable soil, but, lacking evidence against Xu Jingming, ordered her staff not to investigate him and to record the shipment as lost.
• Xu Jingming decided to visit the Dejaka Battle Group so he could fight on Melbourne's Frontline Battlefield when the next Beast Tide arrived.
• Xu Jingming found the Thorn Sword Grass had spread through the living room and grown stronger overnight, left it more nutrients, and departed.

Disguised as Zhou Xuan, Xu Jingming went to Dejaka Battle Group headquarters in Melbourne to join and learned that Seventh-Order Grandmasters had to receive a star rating from Keladuo before being accepted. He waited with several other Grandmasters for the assessment, planning to pass himself off as a Fire Ability user.

• Xu Jingming arrived at Dejaka Battle Group headquarters disguised as a Seventh-Order Middle-Level Metahuman.
• A receptionist explained that Seventh-Order Grandmasters did not register in the lobby line and had to wait for Keladuo’s personal review.
• A burly Grandmaster explained that Keladuo rated Seventh-Order Metahumans from one to nine stars based on their overall combat strength, and that higher ratings brought better opportunities and priority for rewards.
• Xu Jingming learned the rating system and introduced himself under the fabricated identity Zhou Xuan, claiming to have an Elemental Fire Type A-Rank Ability.
• Zhou Xuan waited with the other Grandmasters for Keladuo to arrive and assess them.

Xu Jingming declined Zhang Zhou’s invitation to form a team while they waited for their strength assessments. Keladuo arrived late, then fawned over Grey Xize, who chose to take his assessment alongside the other newcomers.

• Zhang Zhou proposed that he, Xu Jingming, Aike, and Saila form a Grandmaster-level team, but Xu Jingming and Saila declined.
• Xu Jingming and the other Seventh-Order Grandmasters waited for two hours before Keladuo arrived and told them to wait longer.
• Grey Xize arrived, and Zhang Zhou explained that Xize was a powerful member of the Grey Family whose father was the Dejaka Battle Group’s deputy commander.
• Keladuo tried to take Xize straight to the elite Blood Edge team, but Xize requested a strength assessment first.
• Xize asked to take his assessment in the hall with the other newcomers, and Keladuo led him over to them.

Xize earned a Six-Star Grandmaster rating before Zhang Zhou, Aike, and Saila completed their strength certifications. Xu Jingming began his test by instantly defeating each opponent with his Thunder Spear, leaving the observers stunned.

• Keladuo let Xize take the strength certification first, and Xize defeated opponents up through Six-Star Grandmaster strength before losing to a Seven-Star opponent.
• Xize chose to stay and watch the other certifications, delaying his visit to the Blood Blade Team.
• Zhang Zhou earned a Six-Star rating, Aike earned Three-Star, and Saila earned Five-Star.
• Xu Jingming entered the Virtual World arena and used his Thunder Flame Battle Techniques to form a spear of liquid crimson flame.
• Xu Jingming instantly defeated his opponents in the One-Star through Four-Star rounds with Thunder Spear attacks, stunning the observers.

Xu Jingming used the alias Zhou Xuan to pass the Seven-Star Grandmaster certification, impressing everyone who watched. Xize invited him to join the elite Blood Blade Team, but Xu Jingming declined and chose to act alone.

• Xu Jingming quickly passed the one- through six-star Grandmaster certifications, astonishing Zhang Zhou, Xize, and the others.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and fought a Seventh-Order Peak opponent in the Seven-Star certification battle.
• Xu Jingming defeated his opponent after five minutes and completed the Seven-Star Grandmaster certification, then lost during the Eight-Star battle.
• Xize introduced himself, offered Xu Jingming a place in the Blood Blade Team, and gave him a personal card when Xu Jingming declined.
• Keladuo advised Xu Jingming to stay in touch with Xize, but Xu Jingming remained uninterested in relying on an aristocratic family.

After joining the Dejaka Battle Group, Xu Jingming met Catherine for lunch and discovered that her control over light elements could repair the Light Elemental Essence. Catherine agreed to help for an hour each day in exchange for Xu Jingming taking her to Great Xia sometime.

• Xu Jingming completed his strength certification and joined the Dejaka Battle Group, while Zhang Zhou apologized and went inside to look for a team.
• Xu Jingming invited Catherine to lunch and heard why she concealed her identity from the Holy See's followers.
• Xu Jingming asked Catherine to use her Sacred Angel ability on the Light Elemental Essence, and Eva confirmed the repair was working.
• Catherine agreed to provide an hour of light energy each day, and Xu Jingming offered to grant her a reasonable request.
• Catherine asked Xu Jingming to take her to Great Xia when he had time.

Catherine decided to visit Great Xia with Xu Jingming, while telling him about George's planned challenge to Thunder Martial Hall. After Xu Jingming returned to the Villa, Ling Shuang warned him to use a Space Talisman if he faced danger, and Xia Lan noticed their unusual closeness.

• Catherine explained that she wanted to see Great Xia for herself, and Xu Jingming agreed to take her when he returned.
• Catherine gave Xu Jingming the Light Elemental Essence and told him George planned to challenge Thunder Martial Hall in a month with reporters and streamers present.
• Xu Jingming confidently said he could defeat George with one hand, prompting Catherine to decide she would attend the challenge.
• Catherine left after lunch, and Xu Jingming disguised his face before returning to the Villa.
• Ling Shuang congratulated Xu Jingming on becoming a Seven-Star Grandmaster and told him to crush his Space Talisman if he faced danger.
• Xia Lan watched Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming together and privately wondered if they seemed like a married couple.

Xu Jingming learned that Elena had passed the Elite Training Camp’s assessment, then received an S-rank battle-readiness alert as eleven Beast Tides gathered around Melbourne. He chose the western Battlefield 3 and arrived at the city wall, where he landed and displayed his Dejaka Battle Group emblem before heading inside.

• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that Princess Elena of Xilan had passed the Elite Training Camp’s assessment and wanted to join.
• Xu Jingming declined to spend time teaching trainees and practiced spear techniques to calm the effects of the Divine Lightning Undying Body.
• Eva alerted Xu Jingming that battle could break out at any of eleven Beast Tide locations around Melbourne and ordered him to reach the front within an hour.
• Xu Jingming chose the closer Battlefield 3 in the west, took the Thorn Sword Grass, and flew toward it with his appearance concealed.
• Xu Jingming landed near Melbourne’s city wall, pinned on his Dejaka Battle Group emblem, and walked toward the wall.

Xu Jingming arrived at Melbourne’s Frontline Battlefield as a Beast Tide approached and received his defensive assignment after choosing to fight as a close-combat Martial Warrior. He was assigned to S-12 Area, where a stranger invited him to join a group.

• Xu Jingming watched the Heavy Armor Legion and other Metahuman forces gather and undergo identity checks near the city gates.
• Legion members recognized Xu Jingming as a Seven-Star Grandmaster and saluted him, while he noted the authority and obligations attached to his badge.
• An intelligent flying device scanned Xu Jingming and asked whether he followed the Martial Warrior or elementalist path.
• Xu Jingming chose close-quarters combat and was assigned to S-12 Area, about twenty kilometers from the gates.
• A stranger whose group had also been assigned to S-12 Area invited Xu Jingming to join them.

Xu Jingming rejected an invitation to join the Thunderclap Team and deployed alone to the S-12 defensive sector for the Frontline Battlefield’s Beast Tide. As the attack began, he charged into the horde and astonished nearby Grandmasters with his ferocity.

• Wang Sheng invited Xu Jingming to join the Thunderclap Team, but Xu Jingming refused because he preferred acting alone.
• The city gates opened, and Xu Jingming saw the Beast Tide gathering outside and anticipated earning at least a hundred thousand Ability Points.
• Xu Jingming raced to the S-12 Area, where the Thunderclap Team and other legion members assembled for the attack.
• At three in the morning, the Beast Tide charged, and the Support, Elementalist, and Heavy Armor Legions began their assault.
• Xu Jingming used Thunderball Technique to annihilate nearly three thousand beasts, then charged into the horde with his spear without activating Thunder Extreme State.
• Nearby Grandmaster-level powerhouses stared in astonishment as Xu Jingming pushed to the very front of the defensive line.

Xu Jingming fought on the Melbourne battlefield and secretly used Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw to slaughter ferocious beasts across a huge area without revealing himself as its caster. The battlefield was left engulfed in lightning, with countless beasts dead and nearby human Metahumans spared.

• Xu Jingming used his Guardian Talismans and strength to charge deep into the battlefield, where he drew a pursuing Flame Tiger away while killing weaker beasts for Ability Points.
• Xu Jingming let the Flame Tiger bombard him, using a concealed Thunder Barrier to absorb the attacks while nearby Grandmasters wondered at his defenses.
• After three hours of fighting, Xu Jingming had gained more than eighty thousand Ability Points, and the exhausted Flame Tiger and other fighters were nearing their limits.
• Xu Jingming realized he could conceal his Lightning Ability by spreading Du Tian Divine Lightning through Thorn Sword Grass hidden underground.
• Xu Jingming activated Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw, summoning dark clouds and lightning that covered several kilometers and killed vast numbers of ferocious beasts while sparing the human Metahumans he had excluded.

Xu Jingming used Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw against the beast horde, earning 50,000 Ability Points before an Eighth-Order Peak Storm Thunder Bear mistook Wang Sheng for the caster and threatened him. After recovering and fighting through the second wave, Xu Jingming finished the battle with 220,000 Ability Points.

• Xu Jingming unleashed Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw, but the Storm Thunder Bear stopped the lightning and blamed Wang Sheng for the attack.
• The beast horde retreated after its first wave, and Xu Jingming returned to the city after gaining 130,000 Ability Points in total.
• Wang Sheng's teammates praised his supposed Battle Technique, but he denied casting it and withdrew from the next battle to avoid the Storm Thunder Bear.
• Xu Jingming recovered, then fought in the second wave without using Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw because Wang Sheng was absent to take the blame.
• The Melbourne beast horde retreated after two waves, and Xu Jingming ended the battle with 220,000 Ability Points.