Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming returned to Great Xia, revealed his new SSS-rank ability and extraordinary strength to Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, and arranged protection and advanced teachers for them. Meanwhile, six powerful people emerged from spatial turbulence in Antarctica and set out to explore the civilization on Aqua Blue Star.

• Xu Jingming told Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan that he had become the Thunder Martial Hall's Modu Inspector and would settle in Magic City.
• Ling Shuang revealed that Xu Jingming's combat strength matched a Ninth-Order Martial Saint, and Xu Jingming explained his SSS-rank ability and recent battle in the Yer Secret Realm.
• Xu Jingming warned the women about possible retaliation from Heaven's Mandate Sect, arranged for them and his relatives to move into a secure villa complex, and offered to bring Eighth-Order teachers to them.
• Xu Jingming spent the next two days with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, visited Magic University, and met his teacher Yang Zhentian and the Deep Blue Society.
• Six powerful people emerged from a space channel over Antarctica and confirmed that they had returned to Aqua Blue Star.
• Meng Ke and the others flew away in separate directions to investigate the planet's civilization.

The United Nations’ six permanent council chairmen learned that six people from the Second Civilization Era had emerged in Antarctica, likely through the Fire Seed Project. Eva detected an X-657 Scanner signal aboard the Hope and realized the project had succeeded, then began contacting Loli Eva to inform the inheritor.

• The United Nations’ electronic intelligence reported that six people had emerged from spatial fluctuations in Antarctica, including three Ninth-Order Peaks, and that they were traveling in pairs.
• Zhou Yuanwu and the other permanent council chairmen discussed the newcomers and decided to wait and see what they intended.
• The Hope Cosmic Spaceship’s alarm system detected an X-657 Scanner signal and awakened its Main Control Intelligence, Eva.
• Eva identified the signal as evidence that the Jin Kingdom’s Fire Seed Project had succeeded and began contacting Loli Eva to pass the news to the inheritor.

Xu Jingming prepared to move to Moon Lake District as his Thorn Sword Grass neared its ninth-order breakthrough. Mature Eva contacted him with news that the Jin Kingdom’s Fire Seed Project had succeeded and Second Era elites had survived in another space.

• Xu Jingming trained with his spear and concluded that he needed a million Ability Points to upgrade his Spear Technique to Perfect Level.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that Little Sword would break through to the ninth order within a day, while Clematis and Purple Blood Vine were still young.
• Xu Jingming heard from his aunt, Xu Qingwan, that her family had arrived in Magic City and prepared to move to Moon Lake District.
• Eva received a contact signal from Mature Eva aboard the Hope, and Xu Jingming told her to connect it.
• Mature Eva told Xu Jingming that the Jin Kingdom’s Fire Seed Project had succeeded and its Second Era elites had survived in another space.

Xu Jingming learned that the Fire Seed Project might have preserved the Void God and other human elites, who could help humanity and repair the Hope spacecraft's Energy Module. He brought Ling Shuang, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan to Moon Lake District to meet his relatives and Guard Team, leaving them amazed by the powerful residents and security forces.

• Eva told Xu Jingming that the Fire Seed Project had likely preserved Supreme Experts, possibly including the Void God, and that the survivors might have materials to repair the Hope spacecraft's Energy Module.
• Xu Jingming learned that the Red Cloud Fruit Tree might have survived and decided to focus on hunting ferocious beasts until more information became available.
• Xu Jingming called Fu Xingye, Ling Shuang, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan, then traveled to Moon Lake District to meet the Guard Team and his relatives.
• Xu Qingwan, Tang Daolin, and Tang Qi arrived at Moon Lake District and were shocked to learn that its guards were powerful Metahumans.
• Xu Qingwan and her family saw Director Fu and the other Grandmasters leaving the district, then Xu Jingming arrived through a Space Gate and greeted them.

Xu Jingming settled his aunt’s family in Moon Lake District and arranged protection and cultivation guidance for them. Later, the Regional Presidents of Magic City and Jiangnan Province arrived to pay him a visit.

• Xu Jingming arrived at Moon Lake District, where his aunt Xu Qingwan and cousin Tang Qi welcomed him and Fu Xingye’s guard team escorted them to their villas.
• Xu Jingming gave Xu Qingwan’s family a nearby villa and explained that Fu Xingye’s team would help protect them.
• Xu Jingming offered Tang Qi the chance to seek cultivation guidance from Fu Xingye, an Eighth-Order Grandmaster.
• After lunch, Xu Jingming and his companions trained while Xu Qingwan’s family rested in their villa.
• Eva showed Xu Jingming two visitors at the door, who introduced themselves as the Regional Presidents of Magic City and Jiangnan Province.

Xu Jingming met with regional presidents Pang Tian and Ma Shan and demanded that they sever ties with Hu Jinyu and remove the Li Family from their regions. They agreed to act within a month, while Xu Jingming noted that Suhang’s Li Family-affiliated president would have to be dealt with later.

• Pang Tian and Ma Shan introduced themselves to Xu Jingming and pledged to follow his orders.
• Xu Jingming asked about their ties to Hu Jinyu, and both admitted they had cooperated with him in their official work.
• Xu Jingming ordered Pang Tian and Ma Shan to cut ties with Hu Jinyu and remove all Li Family members from their regions within a month.
• Ma Shan and Pang Tian promised to carry out the removals, and Xu Jingming shook hands with them.
• Xu Jingming learned that the Suhang regional president was a Li Family member and decided to address the issue later; Pang Tian and Ma Shan left, impressed by Xu Jingming's sharpness.

Xu Jingming discussed how he would bring Suhang Province under his control with Su Qingli, then rushed with her and Ling Shuang to the Sourcewater Wilderness Area when Thorn Sword Grass began a breakthrough. Thorn Sword Grass started advancing toward the ninth order as Xu Jingming watched closely to observe the emergence of undying substance.

• Ling Shuang praised Xu Jingming for handling regional presidents Pang Tian and Ma Shan, and Su Qingli arrived at the villa soon afterward.
• Su Qingli asked how Xu Jingming would deal with Suhang Province's Li Gang, and Xu Jingming said he would remove him by finding or creating grounds for his dismissal.
• Xu Jingming sensed Thorn Sword Grass beginning to break through and asked Ling Shuang to teleport them to the Wilderness Area.
• Ling Shuang teleported Xu Jingming, Su Qingli, and Thorn Sword Grass to the Sourcewater Wilderness Area near Magic City.
• Thorn Sword Grass expanded across the forest with vines stretching for more than ten kilometers, while Su Qingli realized its aura was rising toward the ninth order and Xu Jingming monitored its breakthrough.

The Thorn Sword Grass broke through to the Ninth Order, gaining Undying Substance, powerful regeneration, and devastating natal sword leaves before shrinking into armor for Xu Jingming. Back at the villa, Su Qingli met Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan and asked Xu Jingming about his plans after his welcome banquet.

• The Thorn Sword Grass absorbed a massive surge of Origin Energy and completed its Ninth-Order breakthrough after more than two hours.
• The Thorn Sword Grass told Xu Jingming, Su Qingli, and Ling Shuang that it could regenerate rapidly and had 1,064 natal sword leaves, then demonstrated their power by blasting a crater into the ground.
• The Thorn Sword Grass shrank and wrapped itself around Xu Jingming as armor, and Xu Jingming, Su Qingli, and Ling Shuang teleported back to the villa.
• Su Qingli greeted Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, asked them to call her Teacher Su, and remarked that Xu Jingming was blessed with women.
• Su Qingli asked Xu Jingming what he planned to do after his welcome banquet that night.

Xu Jingming prepared to enter the Oceania Wilderness Area to test his strength against powerful beasts, while Su Qingli insisted he take the Thorn Sword Grass and promised to guard his home. That evening, he attended a grand welcome banquet celebrating his appointment as Modu Inspector, where he met influential ninth-order powerhouses as Yang Zhentian and other university leaders watched.

• Xu Jingming told Su Qingli he was heading to the Oceania Wilderness Area, and she warned him to avoid provoking ninth-order Beast Emperors.
• Su Qingli urged Xu Jingming to take the Thorn Sword Grass and said she would stay at his home while he was away; he agreed.
• Xu Jingming's welcome banquet as Modu Inspector drew prominent figures to the Hengyang Grand Hotel in Magic City.
• Su Qingli introduced Xu Jingming to ninth-order powerhouses and other influential guests, who treated him as an equal.
• Yang Zhentian and the university leaders watched Xu Jingming socialize with councilors, and Yang credited Xu Jingming's achievements to his own efforts.

After a banquet where Xu Jingming’s success boosted the Song Family’s business, Xu Jingming returned to Oceania to hunt and train. He tested his Space Beast Bone, then chose the Sabertooth Tiger Emperor as a suitable opponent in the Oceania Wilderness Area.

• Song Feng told Song Hai that major military corps and guilds had placed huge orders with the Song Family, and Zhou Tong credited Xu Jingming’s rise for their success.
• Xu Jingming learned that Li Gang had skipped the banquet to express dissatisfaction, ordered Pang Tian and Ma Shan to gather evidence against him, and left for Oceania the next morning.
• Xu Jingming tested the Space Beast Bone’s long-range teleportation over the Pacific Ocean, then killed an Eighth-Order Lower Position Iron-Feathered Black Eagle that attacked him.
• Xu Jingming flew to the Oceania Wilderness Area and reviewed a map showing sixty-seven Beast Emperor-level Ferocious Beasts.
• Xu Jingming selected the Lord-Level, Ninth-Order Lower Position Sabertooth Tiger Emperor for combat training and headed toward its territory.

Xu Jingming used Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw to devastate a vast area of Oceania’s wilderness and attract the Ninth-Order Sabertooth Tiger Emperor. He battled the Beast Emperor with powerful lightning techniques, but its flames and rapid recovery kept it alive.

• Xu Jingming unleashed Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw across more than fifteen kilometers, killing countless ferocious beasts and gaining 120,000 Ability Points.
• The Sabertooth Tiger Emperor sensed the slaughter and charged toward Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming located the Ninth-Order Sabertooth Tiger Emperor with Heart Net and attacked it with Heavenly Lightning Art and Thunder Dragon Art.
• The Sabertooth Tiger Emperor used its flames to break apart Xu Jingming’s lightning dragon, so he activated Thunder God Descends and Thunder and Lightning Domain.
• Xu Jingming bombarded the Beast Emperor with multiple Battle Techniques, but its flames blocked much of the damage and its vitality rapidly restored the rest.

Xu Jingming and the Thorn Sword Grass killed the Ninth-Order Sabertooth Tiger Emperor, earning him 150,000 Ability Points. He teleported away as a powerful presence awakened, while the Azure White Wolf investigated the destruction and reported that the Tiger Emperor was dead.

• Xu Jingming used the Thorn Sword Grass and his lightning abilities to batter the Sabertooth Tiger Emperor until its regeneration weakened.
• Xu Jingming unleashed the Heavenly Lightning Divine Punishment Sword, then destroyed the Tiger Emperor's escaping soul with the Continuous Heavenly Lightning Art.
• Xu Jingming received 150,000 Ability Points and stored the Tiger Emperor's corpse in his Space Ring.
• Xu Jingming sensed a terrifying Mental Strength approaching and teleported away with the Space Beast Bone.
• The awakened presence ordered Azure Sky to investigate, and the Azure White Wolf reported that the Tiger Emperor had likely been killed by a Lightning Type Beast Emperor or a human Lightning Type Mage Saint.

Xu Jingming hid underground after sensing a Beast God-level Ferocious Beast, then spent a month hunting in the Oceania Wilderness Area and strengthening his abilities. After swallowing the Purple Cloud Elixir, he broke through from Seventh-Order Peak to Eighth-Order Grandmaster.

• Xu Jingming escaped the Beast God-level Ferocious Beast's attention by burrowing underground and used Thorn Sword Grass to monitor the surface.
• Xu Jingming discussed the Sabertooth Tiger Emperor's powerful Mental Strength with Eva and waited underground until the Space Beast Bone could teleport again.
• Xu Jingming hunted ferocious beasts in the Oceania Wilderness Area, earned millions of Ability Points, and raised his combat skills over the following month.
• Xu Jingming reached Seventh-Order Peak and prepared to use the Purple Cloud Elixir for his breakthrough.
• Xu Jingming swallowed the Purple Cloud Elixir and transformed, stabilizing at Eighth-Order Grandmaster.

Xu Jingming reached the eighth order and discovered that his attributes and strength had surged dramatically. Before returning to Great Xia, he chose to hunt the Storm Rage Dragon for Ability Points and a chance to test his new power.

• Xu Jingming broke through to the eighth order after spending a month in the Oceania Wilderness Area, where Ferocious Beasts had begun guarding their territories more carefully.
• Xu Jingming checked Deep Blue and saw that his Physique had exceeded 100,000 Qi-Blood while his Mental Strength had risen close to 100,000 Hz.
• Xu Jingming tested a sphere of Chaos Divine Lightning and concluded that he could now defeat the Ninth-Order Sabertooth Tiger Emperor much faster.
• Xu Jingming selected the Storm Rage Dragon, a Ninth-Order Lower Position Beast Emperor near the edge of the wilderness, as his next target.
• Xu Jingming emerged from underground and flew toward the Storm Rage Dragon's territory on his Thunder Dragon Wings.

Catherine trained in the Oceania Wilderness Area while discussing Xu Jingming and the Kindling Divine Hall’s undefeated challengers with Monica. As they searched for a powerful beast to help Catherine advance, Xu Jingming arrived in the same region and found the Storm Rage Dragon.

• Catherine consulted her map and entered the Storm Rage Dragon’s territory with Monica, who warned her to flee if they encountered the Beast Emperor.
• Catherine asked whether Xu Jingming was as strong as her mother had said, and Monica agreed that his feats were credible.
• Catherine and Monica discussed the Kindling Divine Hall’s three SS-rank geniuses, who had defeated Blue Star experts including Catherine, Su Yu, and Andrei.
• Monica criticized Xu Jingming for not answering Meng Ke’s challenge, but Catherine believed he was unaware of it because he had been hunting in the Wilderness Area.
• Catherine and Monica set off to find an Eighth-Order Ferocious Beast so Catherine could pursue a breakthrough.
• Xu Jingming arrived in the region and found its ruler, the Beast Emperor-level Storm Rage Dragon.

Xu Jingming drew the Ninth-Order Storm Rage Dragon out of its nest with Heavenly Lightning Art, then prepared to attack it with Thunder God Descends. Hidden nearby, Catherine recognized the Thunder God phantom as Xu Jingming's Combat Skill.

• Xu Jingming found the Storm Rage Dragon's conspicuous nest in the Storm Perch Tree and judged the dragon far more powerful than the Sabertooth Tiger Emperor.
• Xu Jingming struck the tree with Heavenly Lightning Art, destroying branches and striking nearby avian Ferocious Beasts.
• The enraged Storm Rage Dragon flew from its nest and searched for whoever had attacked it, while Monica hid Catherine in the bushes.
• Xu Jingming used Thunder God Descends after confirming the dragon's presence, and Catherine recognized the phantom as the one she had seen when Xu Jingming used his Combat Skill.

Xu Jingming overwhelmed the Storm Rage Dragon with his Black Lightning after revealing his Thunder Dragon Art, shocking Catherine and Monica. As the dragon’s Undying Substance ran low, it fled toward the jungle where the two women were hiding.

• The Storm Rage Dragon attacked Xu Jingming with thousands of wind blades, but his Black Lightning barrier blocked them.
• Xu Jingming summoned the Thunder Dragon Art, and the black thunder dragon pierced the Storm Rage Dragon’s barrier and swallowed it.
• Catherine recognized Xu Jingming, sensed his eighth-order strength, and suspected his ability had evolved to S+ Rank or even SSS-rank.
• Xu Jingming struck the Storm Rage Dragon with repeated lightning attacks, rapidly consuming its Undying Substance.
• The Storm Rage Dragon fled toward Monica and Catherine, and Monica realized it was heading straight for them.

Xu Jingming killed the Storm Rage Dragon with his Heavenly Lightning Divine Punishment Sword, then teleported away with Catherine and Monica. The Azure White Wolf arrived too late and swore revenge against the lightning wielder.

• Catherine and Monica prepared to teleport away as the Storm Rage Dragon closed in on them.
• Xu Jingming arrived and killed the Storm Rage Dragon with his Heavenly Lightning Divine Punishment Sword, earning 200,000 Ability Points.
• Catherine and Monica approached Xu Jingming, and he offered to take them with him because the ferocious beasts in the Oceania Wilderness Area were on alert.
• Xu Jingming teleported away with Catherine and Monica using a Space Beast Bone.
• The Azure White Wolf arrived at the scene, found the Storm Rage Dragon dead, and vowed not to let the lightning wielder escape.

Xu Jingming met Catherine in Melbourne and learned more about the mysterious Kindling Divine Hall, then returned to Magic City and found Su Qingli waiting with an angry request. The chapter ended as she told him to enter the Virtual World to learn what the Kindling Divine Hall had done.

• Xu Jingming met Catherine in Melbourne, and she was astonished that he had reached the eighth order.
• Catherine told Xu Jingming about the Kindling Divine Hall's SS-rank awakeners and their challenges, while he identified them as part of the Second Civilization Era's Fire Seed Project.
• After Xu Jingming left, Catherine and Monica discussed whether he would challenge Meng Ke or Green, and Catherine decided to avoid the Wilderness Area for now.
• Xu Jingming returned to his villa in Magic City and told Su Qingli that he had broken through using resources from the Yer Secret Realm and a Purple Cloud Elixir.
• Su Qingli told Xu Jingming to teach the arrogant Kindling Divine Hall a lesson and handed him a Virtual Helmet so he could learn the details in the Virtual World.

Xu Jingming learned that the Kindling Divine Hall had publicly listed him as shirking a seventh-order challenge, and he accepted it to defend his and Great Xia’s dignity. The challenge began as a purple pillar of light enveloped him and his acceptance appeared across the sky.

• Xu Jingming and Su Qingli entered the Virtual World at Thunder Martial Hall’s headquarters, where Su Qingli revealed the Kindling Divine Hall’s challenge rankings.
• Xu Jingming saw his name on the seventh-order Shirked Battle Ranking and learned that the Kindling Divine Hall had defeated many fighters and provoked challengers worldwide.
• Xu Jingming told Su Qingli about meeting Catherine in the Oceania Wilderness Area and explained that the Kindling Divine Hall came from an ancient civilization.
• Su Qingli urged Xu Jingming to accept the seventh-order challenge, and he confirmed his participation through the ranking interface.
• A purple pillar of light enveloped Xu Jingming as the ranking announced that he had accepted the seventh-order challenge.