Chapter Summaries

After earning 812 million Blue Star Coins from the battlefield, Xu Jingming spent 210,000 Ability Points to advance his Divine Lightning Undying Body to the eighth level. The breakthrough left him far stronger, but his overwhelming aura caused Xia Lan to collapse at the villa entrance.

• Xu Jingming checked his battlefield kill statistics, found he had killed more than three thousand ferocious beasts, and transferred his 812 million Blue Star Coins into an anonymous account.
• Back at the villa, Xu Jingming reviewed his system panel and decided to strengthen his physique to improve his stamina.
• Xu Jingming spent 210,000 Ability Points to raise the Divine Lightning Undying Body from the seventh level to the eighth, increasing his Qi-Blood by more than five thousand points.
• Xia Lan returned from the martial arts gym, felt Xu Jingming's overwhelming aura, and collapsed at the entrance when the door opened.
• Xu Jingming realized his new physique might let him fight a Seventh-Order Upper Lord-Level ferocious beast with his spear and body alone, and he anticipated the ability he would gain at the ninth level.
• Xia Lan asked Xu Jingming to help her because his aura was so strong that she could not exert any strength.

Xu Jingming spent the month after the frontline war hunting ferocious beasts in Oceania’s Wilderness Area, rarely returning to Thunder Martial Hall. He returned to Melbourne on the eve of Holy Spirit Martial Hall’s visit, leaving the Elite Training Camp students awed by his overwhelming baleful aura.

• Xu Jingming’s Qi-Blood aura left Xia Lan weak, so he carried her to the sofa and told her he planned to enter the Wilderness Area again.
• Xu Jingming spent the following month hunting in the Wilderness Area and fighting on the Frontline Battlefield, rarely visiting Thunder Martial Hall.
• On February 16, the Elite Training Camp students worried that Xu Jingming had not returned before George and the Holy Spirit Martial Hall delegation were due to arrive.
• Xia Lan said she had last seen Xu Jingming ten days earlier and did not know when he would return.
• Xu Jingming arrived at Thunder Martial Hall in a bloodstained combat suit, and the students recognized him as the Thunder Emperor and were shaken by his baleful aura.

Xu Jingming returned from the Wilderness Area and met with Ling Shuang, who warned him that Liu Shan might use the Holy Spirit Martial Hall’s visit to pressure him. At the martial hall meeting, Liu Shan challenged Xu Jingming to set an example against George, leaving Xu Jingming prepared for the public sparring match the next day.

• Xu Jingming went to Ling Shuang’s office after returning from the Wilderness Area and told her he had escaped encounters with Eighth-Order ferocious beasts.
• Ling Shuang warned Xu Jingming that Liu Shan might pressure him at the regular meeting and explained that George from the Holy Spirit Martial Hall was hostile toward Great Xia.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming to beat George decisively if he challenged him, then let him shower and change in her office before the meeting.
• Xu Jingming attended the meeting with Ling Shuang, where Liu Shan pointed out that George’s group had brought more than a dozen media outlets.
• Liu Shan asked Xu Jingming to set an example as Head Coach and not lose to George, and Xu Jingming agreed.

Xu Jingming prepared for the Holy Spirit Martial Hall’s visit, advised his students, and checked on Thorn Sword Grass before leading the camp to meet the visiting group. He arrived as the visitors complained about his absence and insulted them as stray dogs, setting a hostile tone for their meeting.

• Xu Jingming asked Xia Lan about the Elite Training Camp’s strongest fighters and said he would rest until after Spring Festival before returning to the Wilderness Area.
• Xu Jingming learned Thorn Sword Grass needed about fifty days to reach the Seventh Order and saw that he had accumulated 651,344 Ability Points, still short of advancing his rank.
• Xu Jingming demonstrated Battle Techniques for the camp’s students while they asked for advice and invited him to dinner.
• Xu Jingming led the students toward the lobby after hearing that the Holy Spirit Martial Hall had arrived with media representatives.
• George and his students complained that Xu Jingming had not welcomed them, while Catherine suspected he was deliberately giving them the cold shoulder.
• Xu Jingming approached the visitors and called them stray dogs, prompting George to narrow his eyes.

Xu Jingming provoked the visiting Holy Spirit Martial Hall team and arranged a three-match sparring contest at Thunder Martial Hall. He chose Feng Ying and He Rui to fight the trainee matches and planned to help them win by intimidating their opponents with his aura.

• Xu Jingming mocked George and the Holy Spirit Martial Hall group as stray dogs, then led them to the outdoor arena.
• Ling Shuang arrived to referee, and George proposed a best-two-out-of-three contest between himself and the trainees.
• Xu Jingming made the losing side publicly admit that its training camp was inferior, and George accepted the condition on behalf of his camp.
• Xu Jingming selected Feng Ying and He Rui for the trainee matches and told them he would first beat George and then use his aura to affect their opponents.
• Feng Ying and He Rui agreed to fight after Xu Jingming questioned whether they could win with his help.

Xu Jingming faced George in the arena and used his lightning abilities to stop the charging Grandmaster and bombard him with spells. George remained trapped under the barrage, unable to advance.

• Catherine told reporters she came to watch because Xu Jingming had claimed he could suppress George with one hand.
• Ling Shuang began the match between Xu Jingming and George on the alloy arena.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and Radiant Lightning Ring, while George transformed with Silverback Giant Ape and used Berserk Ape Armament.
• George charged at Xu Jingming, but Xu Jingming instantly stopped him with Thunder Prison.
• Xu Jingming unleashed a series of lightning spells that battered George and kept him from advancing.

Xu Jingming overwhelmed George with Golden Lightning in their first match, ignoring George’s attempted surrender until Ling Shuang ordered him to stop. George was left unconscious and severely injured, while Thunder Martial Hall celebrated Xu Jingming’s victory.

• Xu Jingming pinned George down with repeated lightning strikes, preventing him from approaching or surrendering.
• Xu Jingming struck George with Thunder God Finger, leaving him carbonized and unable to speak.
• Xu Jingming continued the lightning bombardment for nearly a minute until Ling Shuang told him to stop, and she declared him the winner.
• Holy Spirit Martial Hall’s healer said about forty percent of George’s flesh had been carbonized and that he would need at least a month to recover.
• Thunder Martial Hall cheered Xu Jingming’s victory while Holy Spirit Martial Hall’s students regarded him warily.

Xu Jingming helped Thunder Martial Hall defeat Holy Spirit Martial Hall in all three matches and forced George to promise a public admission that his training camp was inferior. After reporters left, Catherine invited Xu Jingming to attend a Holy See celebration the next day.

• Xu Jingming unsettled Jack with his Mental Strength, and Jack lost his match despite accusing him of interference.
• Thunder Martial Hall won the third match, leaving Holy Spirit Martial Hall with three defeats.
• George agreed to publicly admit within three days that Holy Spirit Martial Hall's training camp was inferior to Thunder Martial Hall's.
• Xu Jingming told reporters that challengers should preferably be under thirty because he was only twenty.
• Catherine praised Xu Jingming and invited him to a Holy See celebration the next day.

Xu Jingming accepted Catherine’s invitation to the Holy See celebration after she promised him coffee, then trained until he had enough Ability Points to advance. The chapter ended with him breaking through from Sixth-Order Middle to Sixth-Order Upper.

• Xu Jingming told Xia Lan to identify the media workers and transfer each 100,000 Blue Star Coins, prompting them to praise him and criticize George.
• Catherine explained that the Holy See’s celebration featured a gospel and miracles, and Xu Jingming agreed to attend at Peter Square the next morning.
• Xu Jingming practiced the Divine Lightning Undying Body and the Ability Training Method after returning to his villa.
• Xu Jingming spent 650,000 Ability Points to advance to Sixth-Order Upper, increasing his physique and spirit.

The Heaven's Mandate Sect's Oceania leaders planned more hunts against powerful metahumans and prepared Blood Sacrifices across Melbourne. Tian Jian arrived and volunteered to lead an additional sacrifice at the Holy See's celebration in the Central City District.

• The Grand Master reported that the sect had killed four Eighth-Order Grandmasters and gravely wounded a Ninth-Order Martial Saint during its recent hunts.
• Tian Yao named five young Eighth-Order targets, including Ling Shuang, and the Grand Master said he would ask Tian Xin for a way to deal with her.
• Tian Xuan reported that Cardinal Archbishops would oversee Blood Sacrifices in Melbourne's four main districts the next day.
• Tian Jian arrived from Greenland Island, and the Grand Master explained that he had summoned the God Child to act against humanity's powerful metahumans.
• Tian Jian offered to lead a Blood Sacrifice at the Holy See's Central City District celebration, and the Grand Master assigned him four Eighth-Order Grandmasters.

Xu Jingming broke through to Sixth-Order Upper while news of his victory over George damaged Holy Spirit Martial Hall’s reputation. Director Jess removed George as Head Coach, and George regretted provoking Xu Jingming.

• Xu Jingming advanced to Sixth-Order Upper and entered the Virtual World's arena to test his combat strength.
• Reports about George calling Xu Jingming a stray dog and losing their spar spread online, drawing condemnation of Holy Spirit Martial Hall and praise for Thunder Martial Hall.
• Director Liu Shan celebrated Thunder Martial Hall’s favorable coverage.
• Director Jess scolded the injured George over the backlash and learned that George had failed to vet the reporters.
• Jess ordered George to recover, replaced him as Head Coach, and told him to spend a year or two as an ordinary student.
• George accepted the decision and regretted provoking Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming tested his strength against an Eighth-Order Grandmaster and found he still could not kill one. To better fight in Thunderstorm State, he decided to seek a halberd and asked the martial hall’s Equipment Department for an unusually massive weapon.

• Xu Jingming fought an A-rank Eighth-Order Grandmaster in the Virtual World, injuring him with his lightning and spear attacks but failing to overcome his recovery.
• Xu Jingming ended the battle and learned from Eva that his peak combat power was roughly equal to Teacher Yang’s before, while defeating an elite Eighth-Order Grandmaster would likely require reaching the Seventh Order.
• Xu Jingming decided his Molten Obsidian Spear was too short for Thunderstorm State and concluded that a halberd could combine powerful slashes with spear-like thrusts.
• Xu Jingming went to Thunder Martial Hall’s Equipment Department, searched unsuccessfully for a suitable halberd, and asked the manager for one at least 3.5 meters long and weighing 300 tons.

Xu Jingming commissioned a massive S-rank Fangtian Halberd and set off with Xia Lan to attend the Holy See’s celebration after Catherine invited him. At the Melbourne cathedral, Nun Sophia guided them toward the Goddess, but a disdainful voice challenged their presence.

• Xu Jingming learned an S-rank, 300-ton Fangtian Halberd would cost millions of Points, so he commissioned it without enchantments and paid a deposit.
• The next morning, Xia Lan told Xu Jingming she was flying home for the New Year and asked to accompany him to the Holy See’s celebration.
• Xu Jingming collected the newly forged Fangtian Halberd, paid the remaining 2.3 billion Blue Star Coins, and traveled with Xia Lan to the Central City District.
• After Catherine directed them to the Holy See cathedral, Nun Sophia welcomed Xu Jingming and Xia Lan and led them inside toward the Goddess.
• An English-speaking voice disparaged people from Great Xia and questioned why the Holy See had let them enter.

Xu Jingming attacked Dennis after the Holy Son insulted Great Xia and boasted of his faith, leaving Dennis gravely injured in the Holy See hall. As Priest Rio confronted him, Catherine intervened and claimed responsibility for her invited guest.

• Dennis arrived with an entourage and called the people of Great Xia an inferior race without faith.
• Xu Jingming asked whether God of Light would protect Dennis, then struck him through his Seventh-Rank Guardian Talisman and knocked him unconscious.
• Xia Lan urged Xu Jingming to flee, but he calmly challenged Priest Rio when the Eighth-Order Grandmaster threatened him.
• Catherine arrived, rebuked Priest Rio, and declared that Xu Jingming was her invited guest.

Catherine intervened after Xu Jingming wounded Dennis, forced the Holy Son to apologize, and took Xu Jingming and Xia Lan on a tour of the Holy See. During the tour, Catherine learned that Xu Jingming had also advanced to Sixth-Order Upper, leaving her stunned by his rapid progress.

• Catherine apologized to Xu Jingming, ordered Rio to end the confrontation, and restored Dennis with the Sacred Light Technique.
• Catherine threatened to strip Dennis of his Holy Son status unless he apologized to Xu Jingming, and Xu Jingming accepted the apology.
• Catherine led Xu Jingming and Xia Lan on a tour of the Holy See while Rio carried the injured Dennis to the infirmary.
• Catherine revealed that she had advanced to Sixth-Order Upper, and Xia Lan told her that Xu Jingming had reached the same rank.
• Catherine reacted with shock and resentment when Xu Jingming said he had advanced during the previous night.

Xu Jingming and Xia Lan attended the Holy See’s celebration, where Catherine displayed her healing miracle as the Heaven's Mandate Sect prepared a Blood Sacrifice. The chapter ended with the crowd celebrating their recoveries, while the cult’s attack was still set to begin at 11:20.

• Catherine flew to Peter Square and calmed the packed crowd with her voice as she opened the celebration.
• Nun Sophia led Xu Jingming and Xia Lan into the inner grounds, where they watched the ceremony among powerful guests.
• Tian Jian and the Heaven's Mandate Sect members communicated through Mind Link and prioritized the Blood Sacrifice over attacking Catherine or Xu Jingming.
• Tian Jian waited for the coordinated Blood Sacrifice to begin at 11:20 while Catherine continued her speech.
• Catherine entered the Divine Advent state of the Twelve-Winged Angel, and golden holy light healed the people in Peter Square.

At Peter Square, Catherine’s golden holy light healed and empowered the crowd before Heaven’s Mandate Sect attacked and began a blood sacrifice. Xu Jingming recognized the mutated Divine Blood Envoys and unleashed his Thunder Extreme State, leaving the battle ongoing as his lightning killed six Envoys and dozens of cultists.

• Catherine’s golden light healed the sick and increased Xu Jingming’s Qi-Blood, though neither Xu Jingming nor Eva could identify its source.
• Heaven’s Mandate Sect members revealed themselves in the crowd, slaughtered civilians, and triggered panic across Peter Square.
• Catherine ordered the Holy See Guard Team to evacuate civilians and attack the cultists as four Eighth-Order Grandmasters joined the battle.
• Heaven’s Mandate Sect members mutated into powerful Divine Blood Envoys, and Eva warned Xu Jingming that the cult had marked him as a target.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder Extreme State and used Lightning Chain to kill six Divine Blood Envoys and dozens of other cultists.

Xu Jingming and Xia Lan hunted Heaven's Mandate Sect fighters in Peter Square while the sect's attack caused heavy civilian casualties. Catherine demanded that Park join the fight, but he refused and blocked her from acting, leaving her furious.

• Eva located all fifty-three Divine Blood Envoys in the square, and Xu Jingming told Xia Lan to teleport away before charging into battle.
• Xu Jingming killed Divine Blood Envoys for Ability Points while Xia Lan attacked Heaven's Mandate Sect members and civilians fled the square.
• Catherine urged Park to help the three Holy See officials fight the four Eighth-Order Grandmasters, but Park said he would stay by her and wait for reinforcements.
• Catherine told Park that the Holy See should protect its believers and tried to fly down to help them, but Park blocked her path.
• Catherine threatened to have Park stripped of his rank, but he remained unmoved and refused to let her act.

Xu Jingming slaughtered Heaven's Mandate Sect members during the Holy See celebration while Archpriest Park refused to protect the believers. As the Blood Sacrifice fell short of its required victims, Tian Jian ordered Rex to restrain Xu Jingming and set up a possible sneak attack.

• Xu Jingming killed Divine Blood Envoys and ordinary Heaven's Mandate Sect members as the Archpriest watched the believers die without helping them.
• Xu Jingming and Eva bet on whether Catherine would side with the Holy See after learning the truth, with Eva wagering an SS-rank Heavenly Material or Earthly Treasure.
• Catherine grew furious with Archpriest Park and resolved to remove him from his position after the crisis.
• Tian Jian learned that Xu Jingming's rapid killing had left the Blood Sacrifice more than a thousand victims short, with Melbourne's powerhouses due to arrive in under twenty seconds.
• Tian Jian promised Rex a High-Level Baptism Ritual if he stopped Xu Jingming, and Rex ordered Cole to draw Xu Jingming into a fight while he prepared to attack.

Xu Jingming slaughtered most of the Heaven's Mandate Sect's Divine Blood Envoys before a Seventh-Order Upper Position Envoy named Cole challenged him. Xu Jingming nearly killed Cole with one spear strike, then pressed the attack as Cole fled toward Rex, who waited for an opening to ambush him.

• Xu Jingming killed forty-five of the fifty-three Divine Blood Envoys and asked Eva to identify the weakest of the eight remaining.
• Xu Jingming moved to attack a Seventh-Order Lower Divine Blood Envoy, but Cole interrupted him and struck at him with a battle blade.
• Xu Jingming blocked Cole's attack and nearly killed him with Thunder Piercing Demon Slaughter Spear, destroying his left shoulder blade.
• Cole's wound healed slowly because Xu Jingming's SS-rank lightning continued to ravage it, and Xu Jingming charged to finish him.
• Cole fled toward Rex and called for help, while Rex waited for Xu Jingming to enter his ideal range for a sneak attack.