Chapter Summaries

Feng Kuan revealed his Heaven's Mandate Sect identity and trapped Xu Jingming in the Hunting Domain, cutting him off from outside help. Xu Jingming entered Thunderstorm State and faced Feng Kuan with overwhelming power.

• Ling Shuang accused Feng Kuan of belonging to the Heaven's Mandate Sect, and Liu Shan objected to her suspicion.
• Feng Kuan revealed his Divine Blood Secret Technique, transformed, and surged to Eighth-Order Middle Position.
• Feng Kuan trapped Xu Jingming in his Hunting Domain, which prevented Ling Shuang and Liu Shan from interfering and disabled Xu Jingming's Guardian Talisman.
• Feng Kuan declared that he intended to kill Xu Jingming, while the onlookers feared the prodigy was doomed.
• Xu Jingming entered Thunderstorm State, unleashed golden Du Tian Divine Lightning, and confronted Feng Kuan.

Xu Jingming revealed that he had reached the seventh order and overwhelmed Feng Kuan with a lightning attack, but Feng Kuan survived by activating his Qi Blood Shield and SS-rank Blood Armor. Xu Jingming then unleashed long-range lightning techniques, turning the battlefield into a storm as the fight continued.

• The crowd, including Liu Shan and Tian Yao, was shocked to learn Xu Jingming had reached the seventh order, and Tian Yao resolved to kill him.
• Xu Jingming struck Feng Kuan with his Fangtian Halberd and sent him flying, revealing combat power comparable to an Eighth-Order Middle Position Grandmaster.
• Feng Kuan rose uninjured behind his Qi Blood Shield, and Xu Jingming judged that a direct fight gave him no advantage.
• Xu Jingming summoned the Thunder God phantom, while Feng Kuan countered with the SS-rank defensive technique Blood Armor.
• Xu Jingming cast long-range lightning techniques, filling the darkened sky with golden lightning that battered Feng Kuan and drove the onlookers away.

Xu Jingming killed Feng Kuan, revealing that the Heaven's Mandate Sect member had been hiding among the Elite Training Camp's leaders. After the battle, Ling Shuang took Xu Jingming and Liu Shan away to discuss the situation, while Tian Yao left to report Xu Jingming's strength.

• Feng Kuan's blood armor failed under Xu Jingming's lightning, and Xu Jingming unleashed the Thunder Dragon Art to kill him.
• The trainees and Metahumans witnessed the destruction and realized Xu Jingming had defeated an Eighth-Order Grandmaster despite being Seventh Order.
• Xu Jingming received Ability Points for killing Feng Kuan and collected his Space Ring, hoping to find clues about the Heaven's Mandate Sect.
• Ling Shuang checked on Xu Jingming, and Liu Shan asked her to explain why Feng Kuan had attacked; she took them to the Martial Hall Building to talk.
• Tian Yao saw that Xu Jingming had killed Feng Kuan through his own strength and left to report what she had witnessed.

After exposing Feng Kuan as a Heaven's Mandate Sect spy, Ling Shuang used the incident to secure the Melbourne branch’s Deputy Director position and nominate Xu Jingming as Grand Supervisor. With the confrontation over, she invited Xu Jingming to dinner and asked him to go shopping with her afterward.

• Elena admired Xu Jingming’s strength while Xia Lan felt the growing distance between them, and the two returned to the Martial Hall Building.
• Ling Shuang told Liu Shan that Feng Kuan’s mission had been a trap set by the Heaven's Mandate Sect, and Liu Shan denied any involvement.
• Ling Shuang asked Liu Shan to make her Deputy Director and appoint Xu Jingming Grand Supervisor, threatening not to protect Liu Shan if he refused.
• Liu Shan agreed to both appointments and said he would propose Ling Shuang’s promotion at the upcoming Director Conference.
• After Liu Shan left, Ling Shuang invited Xu Jingming to dinner and asked him to go shopping with her.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang settled into her East Lake District villa and planned to return to Great Xia for Thunder Martial Hall’s Director Conference. After Xu Jingming proposed using Liu Shan’s dereliction to remove him as Melbourne branch director, Ling Shuang revealed her cautious plan and was shocked to learn Xu Jingming had mastered a Domain.

• Ling Shuang took Xu Jingming to her East Lake District villa and registered him as its male owner with full access.
• Ling Shuang invited Xu Jingming to return with her to Great Xia for Thunder Martial Hall’s Director Conference in three days, and he agreed.
• Xu Jingming proposed exploiting Liu Shan’s failure to remove him as Melbourne branch director and have Ling Shuang take over.
• Ling Shuang explained that Liu Shan had Deputy Director Hu Jinyu’s support, so she would consult Director Su while preserving the option of securing deputy director and Grand Supervisor positions.
• Xu Jingming revealed that reaching the Ninth Level of his Divine Lightning Undying Body had granted him Thunder Domain, then demonstrated it and shocked Ling Shuang.

Xu Jingming discussed his Thunder Domain with Ling Shuang, sorted through the spoils from the Heaven's Mandate Sect, and spent his remaining Ability Points improving Thunder God Descends. After testing the upgraded technique in the Virtual World, he received Ling Shuang's message asking him to wait at Rhine Commercial Street while she prepared his gift.

• Xu Jingming told Ling Shuang that his Thunder Domain was a shortcut from his Body Tempering Art, and Ling Shuang advised that he could later develop an even stronger Overlapping Domain.
• Xu Jingming examined four Space Rings from the Grandmasters he had killed and decided to bring their medicinal resources back to Auntie and Sister Qi.
• Xu Jingming checked his system panel and spent 120,000 Ability Points raising Thunder God Descends from Beginner to Advanced proficiency.
• Xu Jingming tested Thunder God Descends in the Virtual World and found it let him launch twenty-eight Thunder Spears at once instead of twenty-one.
• After fighting in the arena for several hours, Xu Jingming received Eva's message that Ling Shuang was preparing his gift and wanted him to wait at Rhine Commercial Street.

Xu Jingming tested his strength in the virtual world, then went to Rhine Commercial Street to find a useful gift for Ling Shuang. He could not find the Eighth-Grade Peak Guardian Talisman he wanted, but Eva noticed something familiar in Treasure Pavilion.

• Xu Jingming killed a bald Eighth-Order Middle Position opponent with his lightning attacks and assessed the limits of his current strength.
• After reading Ling Shuang’s message, Xu Jingming flew to Rhine Commercial Street to meet her and decided to find her a practical gift.
• Xu Jingming searched the shops for an Eighth-Grade Peak Guardian Talisman but found only lower-grade talismans.
• A Treasure Pavilion supervisor told Xu Jingming that no store on the street had an Eighth-Grade Peak Guardian Talisman and offered him a Seventh-Grade Peak one instead.
• As Xu Jingming prepared to leave, Eva told him that she had spotted something familiar.

Xu Jingming visited Treasure Pavilion and bought a damaged phoenix hairpin that Eva identified as a Supreme Expert’s relic and a powerful space-type Elemental Weapon once repaired. He waited for Ling Shuang at Rhine Commercial Street, where she arrived in a red dress and drew the attention of two nearby Metahumans.

• Eva directed Xu Jingming to Treasure Pavilion’s treasure-hunting display and identified a hairpin there as a relic of a Supreme Expert.
• Xu Jingming bought the phoenix hairpin, and Eva explained that it had belonged to a Second Civilization Era expert with a Space-type Ability and could become a strong weapon once repaired.
• Xu Jingming returned to Rhine Commercial Street and waited on a bench for Ling Shuang.
• Two nearby Second-Order Metahumans rated passing women, then declared Ling Shuang a perfect hundred-point beauty when she arrived in a red dress.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang exchanged gifts at dinner, and Ling Shuang gave him an S-rank Space Ring with a capacity of one million cubic meters. When Ling Shuang touched Xu Jingming’s phoenix hairpin, a powerful strand of Mental Strength took hold of her, and Eva suspected it was a Space-type inheritance.

• Ling Shuang took Xu Jingming to the Himan Hotel and ordered ninth-order ferocious beast specialties.
• Ling Shuang gave Xu Jingming the Black Dragon Ring, a Space Ring with one million cubic meters of capacity.
• Xu Jingming gave Ling Shuang a phoenix hairpin he had bought at the Treasure Pavilion.
• Ling Shuang touched the hairpin and became vacant-eyed as its Mental Strength surged into her.
• Xu Jingming summoned Du Tian Divine Lightning for protection, while Eva suspected the hairpin carried an inheritance meant for a Space-type Ability user.

Ling Shuang obtained an SSS-rank space-type Battle Technique from the Phoenix Hairpin, giving her a reference she had long lacked. After learning Eva had recorded their intimate encounter, Ling Shuang blushed but stopped Xu Jingming from deleting the video, and they planned to watch it together later.

• Ling Shuang recovered from receiving the Phoenix Hairpin's inheritance and told Xu Jingming that it contained an SSS-rank space-type Battle Technique from Void God.
• Ling Shuang explained that the technique mattered because she had never been able to obtain or create an SSS-rank space-type Battle Technique.
• Xu Jingming told Ling Shuang that Eva had helped him find the Phoenix Hairpin and explained Eva's origins as an Intelligent Life.
• Ling Shuang proposed that they visit the Treasure Pavilion after their meal to search for more relics belonging to Void God, and Xu Jingming agreed.
• Ling Shuang learned that Eva had recorded her and Xu Jingming in the cave; when Xu Jingming offered to delete the video, Ling Shuang told him not to.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang grew closer over dinner and spent the evening shopping on Rhine Commercial Street. There, they unexpectedly encountered Xia Lan and Elena.

• Ling Shuang gave Xu Jingming the Black Dragon Ring, and he imprinted it with his Mental Strength, revealing its hundred-meter storage space.
• Ling Shuang thanked Xu Jingming for saving her from the Heaven's Mandate Sect and promised to repay him; he made a teasing request, and she agreed.
• Xia Lan agreed to Elena's suggestion to visit Rhine Commercial Street after training at the Thunder Martial Hall Building.
• Xu Jingming took Ling Shuang to Treasure Pavilion and shopping, buying Oceania specialties and gifts for her.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang saw Xia Lan and Elena across the street, and Xia Lan called out to them.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang shopped in Melbourne, then returned to the villa after hiding their relationship from Xia Lan. Ling Shuang kept her promise to Xu Jingming, while he considered his plans to gain Ability Points and improve his Body Tempering Technique.

• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang ran into Xia Lan and Elena, and Ling Shuang said she and Xu Jingming were preparing for the Director Conference in Great Xia.
• Xia Lan noticed something unusual between Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming, but dismissed her suspicions.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming she wanted to wait until after their trip to Great Xia before telling Xia Lan about their relationship.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang shopped until after two in the morning, then teleported back to the villa.
• Xu Jingming planned to hunt fierce beasts for Ability Points, visit Japan, and gather SSS-Class Body Tempering Techniques in Great Xia.
• Ling Shuang returned from the bathroom dressed in gauze, and Xu Jingming carried her into the bedroom.

Liu Shan and Hu Jinyu discussed Xu Jingming’s rapid advancement, the secrets surrounding Su Qingli and Feng Kuan, and Ling Shuang’s demands. After spending the night together, Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming she had dreamed of the Void God, who named her an inheritance candidate and sent her to find the Divine Kite Pearl.

• Hu Jinyu learned that Xu Jingming had advanced to the seventh order and told Liu Shan that Su Qingli had used a rare SSR-rank cultivation resource to reach the ninth order.
• Hu Jinyu warned Liu Shan to keep Su Qingli’s breakthrough method and Feng Kuan’s identity as a Heaven’s Mandate Sect spy secret.
• Liu Shan dismissed Ling Shuang’s limited demands and assured Hu Jinyu that she could not threaten his position.
• Xu Jingming woke beside Ling Shuang after their night together and asked if she was feeling well.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that the Void God had appeared in her dream, identified her as an inheritance candidate, and directed her to find the Divine Kite Pearl.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang learned that Ling Shuang’s dream pointed toward the Void God’s Divine Kite Pearl and its inheritance. After Su Qingli returned from the Wilderness Area, Ling Shuang told her that Xu Jingming had killed Feng Kuan, leaving Su Qingli stunned by his strength.

• Xu Jingming asked Eva about the Divine Kite Pearl, and Eva identified it as the Void God’s Perfect-grade Space-type Elemental Weapon containing a vast Secret Realm and a complete inheritance.
• Ling Shuang said the dream pointed northeast and that she might be able to sense the pearl nearby, but she planned to search after reaching the Ninth Order.
• Xu Jingming trained with Ling Shuang in the Thunder Sea Meditation Technique until she received a message from Su Qingli.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang entered the Virtual World and joined Su Qingli in her villa.
• Ling Shuang told Su Qingli that Xu Jingming had killed Feng Kuan, and Su Qingli was shocked that Xu Jingming had defeated the Eighth-Order Grandmaster.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang returned to Great Xia after Su Qingli agreed to remove Liu Shan and appoint Ling Shuang as Melbourne branch director, with Xu Jingming as her deputy. At Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, onlookers questioned whether the once-famous Thunder Emperor had fallen into obscurity because he was absent from the Virtual World's Sixth-Order Peak Rankings.

• Ling Shuang told Su Qingli that Xu Jingming had reached the seventh order, mastered a domain, and killed Feng Kuan.
• Su Qingli agreed to remove Liu Shan and appoint Ling Shuang director of the Melbourne branch, with Xu Jingming as deputy, after explaining that Gu Ming supported her and Hu Jinyu was vulnerable.
• Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming flew from Melbourne to Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, arriving on the morning of April 14.
• Onlookers recognized Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming at headquarters and discussed rumors that Xu Jingming had faded into obscurity because he was missing from the Sixth-Order Peak Rankings.

Xu Jingming returned to Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, where Su Qingli learned he had entered the seventh order and invited him to demonstrate his strength. His lightning techniques and domain pushed Su Qingli back despite her suppressing her power only to the eighth order.

• Ling Shuang reassured Xu Jingming that he could ignore the gossip surrounding him as they arrived at Thunder Martial Hall headquarters.
• Su Qingli welcomed Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang to the Curator's Villa and discussed their plans for Oceania.
• Liu Wei was astonished when Su Qingli revealed that Xu Jingming had already entered the seventh order in less than a year.
• Su Qingli took Xu Jingming to the Open-air Training Ground and suppressed her strength to the eighth order for their sparring match.
• Xu Jingming unleashed his Thunder Domain and lightning techniques, and his Golden Lightning gained the upper hand against Su Qingli's Jade Purity Divine Lightning.

Xu Jingming tested his newly advanced seventh-order strength against Su Qingli and impressed her, though she still held the advantage. Ling Shuang then told Su Qingli that she had fallen in love with Xu Jingming, leaving her best friend stunned.

• Xu Jingming fought Su Qingli at the training ground, using his lightning techniques and Radiant Lightning Ring until his stamina and abilities were nearly exhausted.
• Su Qingli acknowledged Xu Jingming's strength, while Ling Shuang reassured him that he would eventually surpass her.
• Ling Shuang invited everyone to celebrate Xu Jingming's breakthrough, then took Su Qingli aside to talk privately.
• Su Qingli teased Ling Shuang about finding a man during her trip to Oceania, and Ling Shuang admitted that she had.
• Ling Shuang revealed that the man was Xu Jingming, and Su Qingli reacted with shock.

Ling Shuang told Su Qingli that she was dating Xu Jingming, and Xu Jingming confidently promised to surpass both women in strength. Meanwhile, Li Hao prepared an SS-rank flower to give Ling Shuang at the Thunder Martial Hall Director Conference, unaware that she was unlikely to accept it.

• Ling Shuang told Su Qingli that Xu Jingming was her boyfriend, and Su Qingli congratulated her while teasing her about the relationship.
• After Xu Jingming recovered, Su Qingli confronted him, and he promised to treat Ling Shuang well and surpass her within months and Su Qingli within a year.
• Su Qingli accepted Xu Jingming's challenge and said she would wait to see whether he fulfilled his promise.
• Li Hao arrived at Deputy Director Hu Jinyu's villa with an SS-rank Phoenix Tail Flower, planning to give it to Ling Shuang at the Director Conference.
• Hu Jinyu doubted Ling Shuang would accept the gift, but he did not discourage Li Hao.

Xu Jingming asked Su Qingli to let him study Thunder Martial Hall’s high-grade Lightning-Type Body Tempering Arts so he could create an SSS-rank art of his own, then borrowed all five manuals. On April 15, Thunder Martial Hall’s Director Conference began, and a young woman asked Lin Hui whether the Thunder Emperor had returned and would attend.

• Xu Jingming told Su Qingli and Ling Shuang that he wanted to create his own SSS-rank Body Tempering Art rather than replace his Divine Lightning Undying Body.
• Su Qingli granted Xu Jingming access to five high-grade Lightning-Type Body Tempering Arts, including the SSS-rank Thunder Glazed Body.
• Xu Jingming went to the Library and borrowed all five manuals, while Ling Shuang stayed with Su Qingli.
• On April 15, nearly five hundred people gathered for Thunder Martial Hall’s Director Conference, with Lin Hui among the Genius Training Camp volunteers guiding guests.
• A young woman ran up to Lin Hui and asked whether the Thunder Emperor had returned and would attend the conference.

Xu Jingming returned from Oceania with Ling Shuang and faced rumors that he had neglected his training, which he blamed on Hu Jinyu. After signing a fan’s photograph, he reached the conference venue, where Ling Shuang warned him not to confront Li Hao.

• Mu Bing spotted Xu Jingming arriving with Ling Shuang and eagerly asked him for an autograph.
• Several directors discussed rumors that Xu Jingming had wasted time in Oceania, and Ling Shuang quietly noted who had criticized him.
• Xu Jingming told Ling Shuang that Hu Jinyu was responsible for the rumors and vowed to settle scores with him once he grew stronger.
• Lin Hui introduced Mu Bing, and Xu Jingming signed her photograph before heading to the Conference Hall with Ling Shuang.
• Li Hao approached Ling Shuang with a bouquet, and she warned Xu Jingming through Mental Strength to let her handle him.