Chapter Summaries

After the Yer Secret Realm opened its exit, Xu Jingming returned to Yer Base with thousands of tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs. He stunned Blood Sword by revealing that he had killed a Ninth-Order Martial Saint and collected enough resources for Thunder Martial Hall to settle the competition directly.

• Xu Jingming gave the remaining SS-rank Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs to Roland and Zhou Yu, then tallied his spoils while waiting for the exit to open.
• On July 5, Xu Jingming led Ling Shuang and the others through the Space Teleportation Channel back to Yer Base, where reporters and powerhouses awaited them.
• Blood Sword questioned Roland about Great Xia’s casualties, and Xu Jingming explained that Heaven’s Mandate Sect members had infiltrated the Secret Realm and that he had killed their Ninth-Order Martial Saint.
• Roland confirmed Xu Jingming’s account and said his intervention had saved the other powerhouses, leaving Blood Sword stunned that a Seventh-Order fighter had killed a Ninth-Order Martial Saint.
• Xu Jingming revealed that he had collected more than five thousand tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, so Blood Sword had Thunder Martial Hall represent Great Xia in the competition settlement.

After the Secret Realm expedition, Xu Jingming revealed that he had taken all the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, including the haul from every other country. Thunder Martial Hall won the Martial Hall Exchange Competition with 5,312.3 tons, while America’s leaders reckoned with Xu Jingming’s growing strength.

• Kane learned that Xu Jingming had taken the Plant Holy Water and seeds, then worried about how to explain the loss to Pope Megan Evelyn.
• Xu Jingming brought out a mountain of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, telling the tallying officials that the other countries’ shares were with him.
• Maple Leaf Country’s team tallied Thunder Martial Hall’s haul at 5,312.3 tons, including 54 S-rank plants and eight SS-rank plants.
• Maple Leaf Country announced Thunder Martial Hall in first place, Violent Bear Martial Hall in second with 203.5 tons, and all other Martial Halls tied for third with none.

Great Xia’s team left the Yer Secret Realm with all 5,312 tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, while Blood Sword kept the reporters from learning about the Heaven’s Mandate Sect’s appearance. On the flight home, he ordered the team to keep the threat and Xu Jingming’s abilities confidential, then returned Xu Jingming’s Yuan Armor and told him his haul should earn enough Contribution Points to buy one.

• After Great Xia won first place, Blood Sword and Xu Jingming refused reporters’ questions and said they had to wait for an official announcement.
• Blood Sword led the team out of Yer Base and took them aboard his Obsidian-grade Warplane bound for Great Xia.
• Kane watched Great Xia depart and vowed that America would make Xu Jingming pay for taking all the Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.
• Blood Sword warned the team that the ninth-order Heaven’s Mandate Divine Envoy posed a serious threat and ordered them not to disclose what happened in the Secret Realm or Xu Jingming’s abilities.
• Xu Jingming returned Blood Sword’s Yuan Armor, and Blood Sword told him his Contribution Points should be enough to buy a set from the Great Xia Resource Library.

On the way back to Great Xia, Blood Sword learned that Xu Jingming’s Lightning-Type Ability had likely evolved to SSS-rank and said Great Xia would examine it, possibly bringing him before General Councillor Zhou. Xu Jingming entered the Resource Library, earned 110,000 Contribution Points and the “Strongest Genius” evaluation, then received a message from Ling Shuang saying Director Su wanted to see them.

• Blood Sword asked Xu Jingming about his Lightning-Type Ability, and Xu Jingming said Eva’s analysis placed its evolved power at SSS-rank.
• Blood Sword said Great Xia would examine Xu Jingming’s ability and that General Councillor Zhou might meet him if it was confirmed.
• Xu Jingming entered the Virtual World, replied to messages from Yang Zhentian, his aunt, his cousin, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan, then opened the Great Xia Resource Library.
• The Resource Library awarded Xu Jingming 10,000 initial Contribution Points and another 100,000 for his rise to Seventh-Order Upper Position Grandmaster in two years and three months, calling him the “Strongest Genius.”
• Xu Jingming browsed the Resource Library’s costly items, including the Yuan Armor and the Obsidian-grade Warplane, before Ling Shuang messaged him that Director Su wanted to see them.

Xu Jingming met with Su Qingli and told her how he had helped Thunder Martial Hall win the Global Martial Hall Exchange Competition, revealing that his Lightning Ability had evolved into an SSS-rank ability. Su Qingli then offered him the important position of Modu Inspector, and Xu Jingming had yet to say whether he would accept.

• Xu Jingming accepted Ling Shuang’s invitation and met her in the Virtual World, where she explained that his 100,000 additional Contribution Points reflected his high evaluation at the Great Xia Resource Library.
• Su Qingli arrived, praised Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang for Thunder Martial Hall’s overwhelming first-place victory, and awarded them 400,000 Martial Hall Points each.
• Xu Jingming described the events in the Yer Secret Realm, including Heaven’s Mandate Sect, and revealed that he had killed its Ninth-Order expert.
• Xu Jingming told Su Qingli his Lightning Ability had evolved into an SSS-rank metahuman ability, giving her hope that Thunder Martial Hall could regain its former influence.
• Su Qingli offered Xu Jingming the Modu Inspector position, explaining its broad jurisdiction and asking whether he was willing to return from Oceania.

Xu Jingming accepted the Modu Inspector position, while Cao Jun ordered an early National Assembly and concealed Xu’s SSS-rank ability. Su Qingli then informed Hu Jinyu that Xu had been chosen, leaving Hu furious.

• Su Qingli explained the Modu Inspector’s authority and duties, and Xu Jingming accepted the position after deciding an Obsidian-grade Warplane would let him keep hunting in Oceania.
• Ling Shuang prepared to return to Great Xia, while Su Qingli said she would arrange new leadership for the Melbourne Branch.
• Blood Sword reported the Yer Secret Realm events to Cao Jun, who called an early National Assembly and ordered him not to reveal Xu Jingming’s SSS-rank ability.
• At Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, Hu Jinyu asked Su Qingli to appoint Liu Shan as Modu Inspector, but she told him she had chosen Xu Jingming.
• Hu Jinyu’s face turned livid when he heard Xu Jingming’s name.

Su Qingli appointed Xu Jingming as Modu Inspector despite Hu Jinyu’s objections, prompting Hu to plan a campaign against her. Meanwhile, Xu learned that Thorn Sword Grass was close to reaching the ninth order.

• Su Qingli confirmed that Xu Jingming would become Modu Inspector, and Liu Wei agreed to prepare the appointment notice.
• Hu Jinyu angrily ended his call with Su Qingli and ordered Zhao Ling to publicize opposition to Xu’s appointment.
• Hu Jinyu planned to use pressure and factional resistance to damage Su Qingli’s prestige and make Xu’s new post difficult.
• Hu Jinyu received notice that the National Assembly had been moved up and entered the Virtual World to await the meeting.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva about Thorn Sword Grass, and she said it had reached the Eighth-Order Peak and could break through to the ninth order within two or three days.

Xu Jingming planned how to use the Plant Life seeds and recovered a Space Beast Bone while flying back to Great Xia. Meanwhile, his Modu Inspector appointment sparked controversy, and Great Xia’s National Assembly learned that he had A-rank Ninth-Order combat power.

• Xu Jingming learned that Clematis and Purple Blood Vine could reach the Ninth Order quickly, so he chose to save Plant Holy Water to cultivate three powerful Plant Life.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang examined the Space Beast Bone taken from Tian Jian and discussed testing its teleportation range after returning to Great Xia.
• Thunder Martial Hall announced Xu Jingming’s appointment as Modu Inspector, and Zhao Ling stirred opposition to the decision at Hu Jinyu’s instruction.
• Cao Jun announced that Great Xia would investigate and purge Heaven’s Mandate Sect and search for its new Divine Blood Secret Technique.
• Cao Jun told the National Assembly that Xu Jingming had killed a Ninth-Order Heaven’s Mandate fighter and possessed A-rank Ninth-Order combat power, shocking the councilors.

Xu Jingming’s Ninth-Order combat strength shocked the National Assembly, earning Su Qingli praise for her disciple and confirming his appointment as Modu Inspector. After arriving at Xia Alliance Headquarters, he learned about its facilities and costs before Blood Sword brought the group to meet chief steward He Rui to submit their Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.

• The Ninth-Order Councilors were astonished by Xu Jingming’s strength, and Hu Jinyu realized there was no basis to oppose his appointment as Modu Inspector.
• The Councilors congratulated Su Qingli and offered to bring gifts to Xu Jingming’s inauguration banquet.
• Blood Sword slowed the warplane and revealed the mountain bearing the words “Xia Alliance” as the group approached headquarters.
• Blood Sword explained that newly promoted Ninth-Order experts could stay at headquarters for a month and receive guidance from General Councillor Zhou, while longer stays cost 10,000 Contribution Points per day.
• Blood Sword led the group to the headquarters’ first building to submit their Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, then introduced chief steward He Rui.

Xu Jingming received 10.14 million Contribution Points for bringing back 5,312 tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs from the Yer Secret Realm. Before returning to Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, he was summoned to meet Supreme Expert Zhou Yuanwu, whose overwhelming aura left Xu Jingming feeling insignificant.

• He Rui confirmed Xu Jingming had brought back more than five thousand tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs and led the group to have their harvest verified.
• More than fifty alchemists counted Xu Jingming's 5,312 tons of Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs, earning him 10.14 million Contribution Points.
• He Rui awarded the other harvesters their Contribution Points and invited everyone to stay at the Xia Alliance as honored guests for a week.
• Xu Jingming declined to stay because he needed to return to Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, but Blood Sword told him Chief Councillor Zhou wanted to meet him.
• Blood Sword escorted Xu Jingming to Zhou Yuanwu's training room, where Xu Jingming felt overwhelmed by the Supreme Expert's aura.

Xu Jingming demonstrated his transformed Lightning Ability to Zhou Yuanwu, who confirmed it was a previously unseen SSS-rank ability named Chaos Divine Lightning. After meeting the powerful Speaker of the House, Xu Jingming's ambition grew, and he went with Ling Shuang to exchange his Contribution Points for resources.

• Zhou Yuanwu tested Xu Jingming's Chaos Divine Lightning and declared it a unique SSS-rank Lightning Type ability.
• Blood Sword and Xu Jingming discussed whether to conceal the news, and Zhou Yuanwu decided to let it spread naturally.
• Zhou Yuanwu told Xu Jingming that Su Tianrui was missing and encouraged him to master his Lightning Ability himself.
• Eva remarked on Zhou Yuanwu's overwhelming strength, while Xu Jingming said their meeting had only strengthened his desire to reach the Supreme Expert realm.
• Blood Sword told Xu Jingming about the Great Xia Resource Library and his ten million Contribution Points, then left him to meet the others.
• Xu Jingming found Ling Shuang and asked her to help him exchange resources, including an Obsidian-grade Warplane.

Xu Jingming chose equipment and cultivation resources from the Resource Library, spending most of his Contribution Points on a warplane and a shape-changing spear. He decided to buy a Purple Cloud Elixir to help him break through to Eighth Order, and the chapter left him with a shortlist totaling nine million Contribution Points.

• Xu Jingming told Ling Shuang he had enough Contribution Points to redeem anything she wanted, but she declined because she had few points and had already reached Eighth-Order Upper Position.
• Xu Jingming added a four-million-point Obsidian-grade Warplane to his shortlist and decided not to buy the costly Yuan Armor.
• Xu Jingming browsed the SSR-rank spears and chose the four-million-point Ink Shadow Wind Thunder Spear, whose length could adjust for his normal form and Thunderstorm State.
• Ling Shuang asked Xu Jingming why he was not buying cultivation resources to help him break through to Eighth Order.
• Eva recommended the one-million-point Purple Cloud Elixir, explaining that Xu Jingming's SS-rank Exotic Flower or Rare Herb would bring him to the threshold of Seventh-Order Grandmaster in a month.

Xu Jingming received the Ink Shadow Wind Thunder Spear, a Purple Cloud Elixir, and an Obsidian-grade Warplane, then returned to Thunder Martial Hall with Ling Shuang. His return was met by Liu Shan, who challenged his appointment as Modu Inspector.

• Xu Jingming accepted the Purple Cloud Elixir and received the three resources from the Xia Alliance in a Space Ring.
• Xu Jingming tested the Ink Shadow Wind Thunder Spear and its sentient metal, confirming that it could accommodate his Thunderstorm State.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang flew to Thunder Martial Hall's headquarters in the Obsidian-grade Warplane.
• Xu Jingming noted that Hu Jinyu had stirred opposition to his appointment and resolved to deal with him once he grew stronger.
• Liu Shan jumped down before the Headquarters Building and angrily challenged Xu Jingming over the Modu Inspector position.

Liu Shan challenged Xu Jingming for the Modu Inspector position, wagering his place in the Thunder Martial Hall against it. Su Qingli approved the duel, and Xu Jingming said he could defeat Liu Shan in one move.

• Liu Shan confronted Xu Jingming at Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, and Su Qingli and Hu Jinyu arrived to question his actions.
• Liu Shan explained that he wanted the inspector position to gain resources for a Ninth-Order breakthrough and challenged Xu Jingming for the post.
• Liu Shan promised to leave the Thunder Martial Hall if he lost, while Xu Jingming agreed on the condition that Su Qingli approved.
• Su Qingli accepted Liu Shan's challenge, despite Hu Jinyu's anger, and Liu Shan resolved to fight.
• Liu Shan suggested they go to the arena, but Xu Jingming said one move would be enough to deal with him.

Xu Jingming defeated Liu Shan with a single strike of Chaos Divine Lightning, stunning the crowd and confirming his immense strength. With Su Qingli’s supporters now holding the advantage in Thunder Martial Hall, Hu Jinyu decided to seek help from the Li Family.

• Liu Shan unleashed his Crimson Gold Demon Ape ability and charged Xu Jingming, but Xu Jingming’s Heavenly Lightning Art pierced his Qi-Blood Shield and left him critically injured.
• Xu Jingming reminded Liu Shan to leave Thunder Martial Hall as promised, then walked away with Ling Shuang toward Su Qingli.
• Su Qingli joined Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang and teleported away, leaving Hu Jinyu to consider how the shifting balance of power threatened his position.
• Hu Jinyu concluded that most branch curators would likely side with Su Qingli and decided to contact the Li Family, while resolving to save Liu Shan.

Xu Jingming accepted the appointment as Modu Inspector and arranged a Guard Team and a move to Magic City for his family. He then sparred with Su Qingli in the Virtual World, where his SSS-rank Chaos Divine Lightning awakened a strange ability to control her lightning.

• Su Qingli recommended an inauguration banquet, and Xu Jingming agreed to hold it in three days.
• Su Qingli selected Fu Xingye as Xu Jingming's Guard Team captain and offered housing in Thunder Martial Hall's family residential district for his relatives.
• Xu Jingming agreed to spar with Su Qingli to test the strength of his evolved ability.
• In the Virtual World's arena, Xu Jingming entered Thunderstorm State while Su Qingli unleashed her Azure Jade Divine Lightning.
• Xu Jingming felt that he could directly control Su Qingli's lightning.

Xu Jingming discovered that his SSS-rank Chaos Divine Lightning could interfere with and control Su Qingli’s lightning, though she still dominated their sparring with her domain. After Xu defeated Liu Shan, news spread across Thunder Martial Hall, and regional leaders began reconsidering their allegiance as his appointment as Modu Inspector became all but certain.

• Xu Jingming found that his Chaos Divine Lightning could wrest control of Su Qingli’s Azure Jade Divine Lightning, forcing her to use her domain to command it again.
• Su Qingli explained that Xu’s ability could weaken other Lightning Type Metahumans, while Xu said he needed more practice to understand it.
• Su Qingli continued to overpower Xu Jingming in their battle because she was a Ninth-Order Law Saint with a domain.
• News of Xu Jingming’s swift victory over Liu Shan spread through Thunder Martial Hall and reversed the public backlash against him.
• Pang Tian and Ma Shan agreed that Xu Jingming would become Modu Inspector and planned to visit him in Magic City, while excluding Li Gang because of his loyalty to Hu Jinyu and ties to the Li Family.

Xu Jingming arranged for his aunt Xu Qingwan's family to move to Magic City, then helped Su Qingli improve her Thunder God Descends and taught her and Ling Shuang the Thunder Sea Meditation Technique. After reviewing his abilities and considering how to spend his points, he learned that Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan had won their inter-society competition and flew to pick them up.

• Xu Jingming arranged a villa for Xu Qingwan's family in Magic City, and Xu Qingwan agreed to move there.
• Xu Jingming corrected Su Qingli's use of Thunder God Descends and explained its finer points.
• Xu Jingming taught Su Qingli and Ling Shuang key points of the Thunder Sea Meditation Technique, then considered improving his battle techniques with his ability points.
• Song Qiuyun told Xu Jingming that she and Jiang Chuxuan had led the Deep Blue Society to first place in the inter-society competition.
• Xu Jingming told Song Qiuyun he would pick them up at the Yuanshui Supply Base and flew there with Ling Shuang.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang returned to Magic City while discussing whether Su Qingli could overcome the side effects of the Po Yuan Heavenly Milk. At a supply base, members of the Deep Blue Society gathered to welcome Xu Jingming, who was expected to arrive shortly.

• A Space Rift tore through an Antarctic icefield, revealing a hazy world, but no one on Blue Star noticed.
• Xu Jingming asked Ling Shuang and Eva whether Su Qingli's side effects could be eliminated, and Eva mentioned the Red Cloud Fruit from the Second Civilization Era.
• Xu Jingming dismissed the chances of finding the Red Cloud Tree and considered checking other countries' Resource Libraries instead.
• Around two hundred members of the Deep Blue Society gathered at a supply base near the Yuanshui Wilderness Area to await Xu Jingming.
• Jiang Chuxuan and Song Qiuyun wondered why Xu Jingming was coming to the supply base rather than meeting them at the villa.

Xu Jingming arrived at Yuanshui Supply Base in an Obsidian-grade warplane, stunning the Magic University students gathered there. He promised to visit Magic University and meet Deep Blue Society members, then departed with Ling Shuang, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan.

• Magic University students discussed whether Xu Jingming would arrive soon, then watched a Black Warplane descend over the plaza.
• Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang stepped out of the warplane, shocking the crowd with their identities and powerful auras.
• Xu Jingming told Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan that his Obsidian-grade Warplane could reach anywhere in Great Xia within forty minutes.
• Xu Jingming promised to visit Magic University and asked the society members to gather in advance.
• Xu Jingming, Ling Shuang, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan left in the warplane as the students marveled at Xu Jingming's achievements and Ling Shuang's relationship with him.