Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming discovered that his upgraded Radiant Lightning Ring amplified his Lightning Ability by more than 80%, then searched Galka's Space Ring and amassed a huge haul of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs. He met Zhou Yu, who told him about a contested Hundred Flowers Valley in the southeast and invited him to join her.

• Xu Jingming tested the double Radiant Lightning Ring and learned from Eva that it increased his lightning amplification from 40% to over 80%.
• Xu Jingming claimed Galka's Space Ring and counted 104.5 tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs below B-rank and nearly 1.3 tons of A-rank and higher herbs.
• Xu Jingming destroyed Galka's corpse and flew toward a gathering of ferocious beasts, where Zhou Yu arrived and recognized him by his Thunder Dragon Wings.
• Xu Jingming told Zhou Yu that he had collected 105.8 tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, surprising her with the size of his haul.
• Zhou Yu told Xu Jingming about a Hundred Flowers Valley in the southeast where experts from several countries were facing off, and invited him to go with her.

Xu Jingming used the Stealth Art from Zakri’s inheritance to slip past the American guards and enter the Flower Goddess’s temple. He followed Ryan’s group into the main hall, where Eva identified a pool of Plant Holy Water that the Thorn Sword Grass eagerly craved.

• Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu sensed a disturbance and discovered that Ryan’s American team had opened the Flower Goddess’s temple.
• Xu Jingming used Ability Points to raise Stealth Art to Grandmaster proficiency, then concealed himself from the two Eighth-Order Peak guards and entered the temple.
• Zhou Yu watched Xu Jingming pass the guards unnoticed and stayed behind, ready to support him if needed.
• Xu Jingming followed Ryan and his team toward the main hall; Ryan sensed something nearby but could not detect Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming saw the green pool in the main hall, and Eva identified its water as Plant Holy Water that could accelerate the growth of plants and Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.

Xu Jingming stole the Plant Holy Water from the temple and escaped Ryan’s pursuit with Zhou Yu’s help. Ryan learned what the water was and was left furious over losing a priceless treasure.

• Eva told Xu Jingming that the pool held Plant Holy Water, a powerful resource for growing Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.
• Xu Jingming stored the water, withstood Ryan’s blade thanks to his Yuan Armor, and fled the temple as Ryan and the Americans attacked him.
• Zhou Yu joined Xu Jingming outside and boosted his speed with her wind ability, helping him escape the pursuing group.
• Ryan’s group identified the stolen water as Plant Holy Water and estimated the pool had contained at least five cubic meters.
• Ryan cursed Xu Jingming and vowed revenge over the lost treasure.

Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu escaped the American experts, then headed to Hundred Flowers Valley, where they found Bear Country, the European Union, and Great Xia disputing how to divide the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs. Wang Kun proposed splitting Great Xia’s share four ways despite Xu Jingming’s arrival, and the chapter ended with Xu Jingming recognizing the slight.

• Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu stopped after escaping their pursuers, and Xu Jingming explained that Lord Blood Sword’s combat suit had protected him from the American experts’ attacks.
• Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu chose to continue toward Hundred Flowers Valley and found eleven experts arguing over the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.
• Yelena demanded half of the harvest for Bear Country, while the European Union and Great Xia refused to agree.
• Huang Yan, Wang Kun, and Yu Fu welcomed Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu as they arrived.
• Wang Kun proposed splitting Great Xia’s share into four portions, and Xu Jingming realized he had been excluded.

Xu Jingming rejected Wang Kun’s attempt to deny him a fair share of Hundred Flowers Valley’s Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, then revealed overwhelming strength and demanded everything from the rival factions. He fought off the combined forces of Bear Country and the European Union, leaving Wang Kun and Zhou Yu stunned.

• Wang Kun proposed giving Xu Jingming only a quarter share because he considered Xu Jingming too weak, but Yelena agreed to divide the valley’s harvest among three factions.
• Xu Jingming declared the valley and its treasures his, then used Du Tian Divine Lightning to trap everyone inside a golden lightning barrier.
• Xu Jingming entered Thunderstorm State and demanded that the others hand over their Space Rings, shocking the rival factions with his immense aura.
• Yelena attacked Xu Jingming with Fire Dance Phoenix, but his Thunder Dragon Art overwhelmed her flames.
• Yelena called for everyone to attack together, and Xu Jingming fought eight opponents at once, crushing them with his spear and lightning Combat Skills.
• Wang Kun and Zhou Yu watched in disbelief as Xu Jingming dominated the battle.

Xu Jingming defeated eight Eighth-Order Grandmasters and seized the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs from the European Union and Bear Country. After letting the wounded opponents leave, he told Wang Kun and the others that the spoils belonged to him alone.

• Xu Jingming defeated all eight Grandmasters in under three minutes, leaving them badly injured but alive.
• Charlie handed over the European Union’s four Space Rings, and Xu Jingming took their contents before letting the team leave.
• Yelena surrendered Bear Country’s four Space Rings to protect her teammates, and Xu Jingming let them go after taking the contents.
• Wang Kun and the others celebrated the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, but Xu Jingming said they belonged to him and would not be shared.

Xu Jingming forced Wang Kun and Yu Fu to surrender the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs in their Space Rings, then made them thank him for leaving them a few healing pills. He spared Huang Yan and told Zhou Yu he would keep Violent Bear Martial Hall from defeating Thunder Martial Hall, leaving the pair alone with the gathered treasures.

• Xu Jingming blocked Wang Kun and Yu Fu from leaving and demanded their Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.
• Wang Kun and Yu Fu handed over their Space Rings, and Xu Jingming kept almost everything inside while returning a few bottles of healing pills.
• Xu Jingming demanded that Wang Kun and Yu Fu thank him for his supposed kindness, and they thanked him before fleeing.
• Xu Jingming let Huang Yan leave with his possessions, and Huang Yan departed without asking for the treasures.
• Zhou Yu asked whether Xu Jingming would have taken Violent Bear Martial Hall's treasures regardless, and Xu Jingming said he would so Thunder Martial Hall could win.

Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu harvested a huge supply of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs in the Yer Secret Realm before parting ways. Xu Jingming counted his total haul at 413.6 tons and prepared to test the Plant Holy Water.

• Xu Jingming gave Zhou Yu half of the Flower Sea’s harvest, and they spent more than four hours collecting its Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.
• Zhou Yu discovered her share amounted to 76.4 tons, far exceeding what she had expected, and thanked Xu Jingming for helping her.
• Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu parted ways so he could hunt before nightfall, while Zhou Yu stayed to search for more herbs.
• Xu Jingming found a cave and counted the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs taken from ten Eighth-Order Grandmasters, adding them to his earlier harvest and Zhou Yu’s Flower Sea haul for a total of 413.6 tons.
• Xu Jingming brought out the emerald-green Plant Holy Water and prepared to test its effects.

Xu Jingming used Plant Holy Water to accelerate the Thorn Sword Grass's evolution and planned to keep hunting for Ability Points before leaving the Yer Secret Realm. Elsewhere, Wang Linyang betrayed Fang Yuan to save himself as the Heaven's Mandate Sect tried to recruit the injured Great Xia experts.

• Xu Jingming fed Plant Holy Water to the Thorn Sword Grass, which began advancing rapidly toward the Seventh-Order Middle Position.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that his remaining Plant Holy Water could help Plant Life reach the ninth order, and estimated that the Thorn Sword Grass needed twelve days to reach that rank.
• Xu Jingming weighed the limited time before the Secret Realm exit opened, then left the cave to hunt for Ability Points.
• Tian Jian offered Wang Linyang, Zhao Zhi, and Fang Yuan a chance to join the Heaven's Mandate Sect, threatening to kill them if they refused.
• Wang Linyang stabbed Fang Yuan from behind and beheaded him, declaring that he did not want to die.

Wang Linyang and Zhao Zhi joined the Heaven's Mandate Sect after Tian Jian forced them to choose between submission and death. Xu Jingming reunited with Ling Shuang in the Yer Secret Realm, compared their haul of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, and checked his ability points after hunting ferocious beasts.

• Wang Linyang surrendered to Tian Jian and swallowed a Blood Fiend Elixir, then persuaded Zhao Zhi to do the same.
• Tian Jian led his growing group onward, bringing the Heaven's Mandate Sect's numbers to fourteen.
• Xu Jingming hunted ferocious beasts with Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw as Eva questioned why he was killing so many of them.
• Ling Shuang teleported to Xu Jingming after sensing his Space Talisman and explained that the Secret Realm limited her teleportation range.
• Ling Shuang said she had gathered 143.4 tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, while Xu Jingming revealed he had collected 472.4 tons.
• Xu Jingming checked his system panel and saw 1.513 million Ability Points.

Xu Jingming discovered that his SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning could be upgraded and took Ling Shuang to No. 3 Desperate Ground to undergo the transformation somewhere safe. They reached a deep region of the fiery wasteland, where Ling Shuang said she could protect them for about ten days.

• Xu Jingming saw a plus sign beside his Du Tian Divine Lightning rank and suspected he could use Ability Points to upgrade it.
• Xu Jingming decided to take Ling Shuang to No. 3 Desperate Ground because his ability's transformation might cause a disturbance and take time.
• Ling Shuang teleported them four times to No. 3 Desperate Ground, where they entered the sea of flames together.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang flew sixty-three kilometers into the wasteland, where purple flames began consuming Xu Jingming's Thunder Barrier.
• Ling Shuang said she could withstand the flames for about ten days with the Nine Iris Hairpin.

Xu Jingming began evolving his SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning deep inside No. 3 Desperate Ground, triggering enormous black clouds and Black Lightning across the Yer Secret Realm. As the lightning transformed his Golden Lightning, Ling Shuang protected him while other Metahumans and beasts reacted to the phenomenon, and Xu Jingming remained unaware of the outside world.

• Xu Jingming went deeper into the flames with Ling Shuang's protection and started evolving his Du Tian Divine Lightning through the system.
• Black clouds spread across No. 3 Desperate Ground, and a bolt of Black Lightning struck Xu Jingming, adding a trace of black to his Golden Lightning without harming him.
• Ling Shuang strengthened her Space Ability and used the Nine Iris Hairpin to stabilize the space around Xu Jingming as his transformation began.
• Creatures throughout the Yer Secret Realm sensed the pressure, and nearby Metahumans saw the black clouds and debated whether to investigate or flee.
• Tian Jian and Jonathan arrived with their group, but they could not reach Xu Jingming and left to hunt other Metahumans.
• Xu Jingming lost perception of the outside world as Black Lightning continued striking him during his evolution.

Xu Jingming’s SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning evolved into the SSS-rank Chaos Divine Lightning, giving him power on par with an A-rank Ninth-Order Metahuman. After testing its strength, he and Eva confirmed that it was a newly recorded SSS-rank ability.

• Xu Jingming awakened after his ability evolution succeeded and found that the black clouds over No. 3 Desperate Ground had cleared.
• Xu Jingming summoned his Chaos Divine Lightning and sensed that it was far more powerful and deadly than Du Tian Divine Lightning.
• Xu Jingming wondered whether abilities could exist beyond SSS-rank after sensing a stronger lightning aura in the world he had briefly entered.
• Xu Jingming unleashed Chaos Divine Lightning, which pierced Ling Shuang’s Space Lockdown and consumed the Deep Purple Flame Zone’s flames.
• Eva analyzed the power and confirmed that Xu Jingming’s Chaos Divine Lightning was a new SSS-rank Lightning Type ability, and Xu Jingming named it.

Xu Jingming completed his evolution into an SSS-rank Chaos Divine Lightning ability and headed with Ling Shuang for the Yer Secret Realm’s exit. At the exit, the gathered national teams faced the arrival of a powerful mixed group proclaiming itself the Heaven's Mandate Sect.

• Eva announced that Xu Jingming’s ability had become the SSS-rank Chaos Divine Lightning, shocking Ling Shuang.
• Xu Jingming learned that eight days had passed during his evolution, then flew with Ling Shuang toward the exit passage.
• Roland noticed that many Great Xia Metahumans, including Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang, had not reached the Migai Grassland, and warned his team to stay alert.
• Ryan waited with the American team and considered how they might deal with Xu Jingming over the Plant Holy Water he had taken.
• More than twenty black-robed people bearing a crimson full-moon symbol flew toward the gathered teams and declared themselves members of the Heaven's Mandate Sect.

Tian Jian brought the Heaven's Mandate Sect to the Yer Secret Realm, where his group faced the gathered experts from many countries. After the Heaven's Mandate Divine Envoy unleashed a single devastating step that shattered Roland's defense, the experts realized he might be a Ninth-Order Martial Saint.

• The Heaven's Mandate Sect appeared before the international experts, and Tian Jian called on them to submit while Roland condemned the Great Xia members who had joined the sect.
• Tividi charged Tian Jian but was killed with one sword strike by a Seventh-Order Upper Position fighter in Tian Jian's group.
• Tian Jian revealed his SS-rank Spiked Horned Red Dragon ability and identified himself as the Heaven's Mandate Sect's God Child.
• Roland led Great Xia's experts into an attack, prompting fighters and elementalists from other countries to join in.
• Jonathan activated the Divine Blood Secret Technique and stomped, shattering Roland's Body of Aitu, blasting the advancing Grandmasters away, and destroying the incoming elemental attacks.
• The experts recognized Jonathan's overwhelming power and wondered if he was a Ninth-Order Martial Saint.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang arrived to find the Heaven's Mandate Sect threatening the Metahumans, with a Ninth-Order Martial Saint sealing off escape. Tian Jian challenged Xu Jingming, but Xu Jingming killed him instantly with Dark Black Lightning.

• Jonathan revealed his Ninth-Order power, and Tian Jian demanded that the Metahumans submit or die.
• Roland warned Great Xia's people not to surrender, then urged Ling Shuang to take Xu Jingming and escape when they arrived.
• Tian Jian used a Space Beast Bone to seal the area and prevent teleportation, trapping Xu Jingming and the others.
• Tian Jian introduced himself as the Heaven's Mandate Sect's God Child and activated the Divine Blood Secret Technique to challenge Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming pointed at Tian Jian and annihilated him with a bolt of Dark Black Lightning.

Xu Jingming killed Tian Jian with a single bolt of lightning, then faced Jonathan, the Ninth-Order Martial Saint, who attacked to avenge his disciple. Xu Jingming overwhelmed Jonathan with his transformed power and killed him with Thunder and Lightning Star Spear, though the system identified Jonathan as an Eighth-Order Peak Heaven's Mandate Divine Envoy.

• Xu Jingming's lightning reduced Tian Jian to ash, shocking Jonathan and the gathered Grandmasters.
• Jonathan erupted with Ninth-Order Martial Saint pressure and charged at Xu Jingming after sending Ling Shuang away.
• Xu Jingming transformed, matched Jonathan's aura, and sent him crashing into a crater with a spear strike.
• Xu Jingming pressed his advantage with Grandmaster-level spear techniques, weakening Jonathan's Qi Blood Shield despite Jonathan's Battle Techniques.
• Xu Jingming unleashed Thunder and Lightning Star Spear, destroyed Jonathan's head, and received a system notification granting him 100,000 Ability Points.

Xu Jingming killed Jonathan and the Heaven’s Mandate Sect’s Grandmasters, then learned that Jonathan lacked the Ninth Order’s Undying Substance. After the battle, Roland asked Xu Jingming to decide what to do with three Great Xia defectors, including Wang Linyang, who begged for mercy.

• Xu Jingming took Jonathan’s Space Ring and reduced his body to ashes, confirming that the Ninth-Order fighter was dead.
• The Heaven’s Mandate Sect members who had prepared to self-destruct were killed by Xu Jingming’s Lightning Chain, and the gathered Grandmasters marveled at his altered lightning and combat power.
• Eva explained that Jonathan was a pseudo-Ninth-Order fighter whose Divine Blood Secret Technique gave him Ninth-Order attack power but no Undying Substance.
• Roland congratulated Xu Jingming and asked how to handle three Great Xia natives, including Wang Linyang, who had defected to the Heaven’s Mandate Sect.
• The three defectors knelt before Xu Jingming and pleaded that they had joined only under threat.

Xu Jingming executed Wang Linyang and other traitors after Wang confessed to sacrificing the Ashen Guild in the Black Crow Campaign. He then forced Ryan to surrender America's temple gains and demanded that all remaining countries hand over their Space Rings.

• Wang Linyang admitted that he had used Ashen Guild members as bait to finish the Black Crow Campaign early, then Xu Jingming killed him and the other two Eighth-Order Grandmasters.
• Xu Jingming killed the other people who had sided with the Heaven's Mandate Sect and collected nineteen Space Rings.
• Xu Jingming demanded that Ryan hand over America's gains from the temple, and Ryan surrendered his Space Ring under threat.
• Xu Jingming found Plant Life seeds among America's items and kept Ryan's Space Ring, calling the collected herbs and treasures a protection fee.
• Xu Jingming demanded that Metahumans from every remaining country hand over their Space Rings, leaving them stunned.

Xu Jingming collected the Space Rings from the other nations and searched their contents for rare treasures. Ling Shuang used an SSS-rank Yuan Energy Spirit Ginseng to break through to Eighth-Order Upper Position, while Xu Jingming consumed another SSS-rank herb and considered how to use the two remaining ones.

• Xu Jingming claimed more than two hundred Space Rings from the other countries, giving Great Xia a vast haul of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang found fifteen SS-rank and four SSS-rank herbs among the rings, but no SSR-rank ones.
• Xu Jingming let Ling Shuang choose an herb, and she swallowed an SSS-rank Yuan Energy Spirit Ginseng to aid her cultivation.
• After practicing for about half an hour, Ling Shuang broke through to Eighth-Order Upper Position and told Xu Jingming her Space Ability's range had increased.
• Xu Jingming consumed an SSS-rank Yuan Qi Spirit Zhi, boosting his cultivation speed, then asked Roland if he wanted some Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.