Chapter Summaries

Black Feather explained the universe’s civilizations, power levels, and alien races to Xu Jingming. Xu Jingming realized Demon Race bloodlines might explain why demonic beasts gave him more Ability Points and wondered whether killing other alien races would do the same.

• Black Feather told Xu Jingming that the Milky Way held 300 billion stars and about 4.5 million human Life Planets, and that the Noah Empire governed the Milky Way and nine other galaxies.
• Black Feather described the Spirit Pivot Empire and Star Torch Empire, then explained the Star Radiance, Star, Cosmic, Eternal, and Master power levels.
• Black Feather said Blue Star’s Supreme Experts were only at the lowest Star Radiance Level and explained what greater ranks could achieve.
• Black Feather identified the palace’s Howling Moon Demon Wolf as a Star Radiance Peak member of the Demon Race and said Blue Star’s beasts carried only faint Demon Race bloodlines.
• Xu Jingming connected Demon Race bloodlines to the higher Ability Points he gained from killing demonic beasts and wondered whether killing other alien races would also reward him.

Black Feather gave Xu Jingming a Cosmic Spaceship and a Gene Yuan Energy Cultivation Art manual, explaining that he would have to find an interstellar civilization himself because she could not contact the Noah Empire. She also answered his questions about Blue Star’s membrane, the Magma Giant Beast, and the relationship between abilities and cosmic Laws.

• Black Feather explained that Xu Jingming had been selected by the Trial Tower, but the remote Solar System had no known planetary coordinates for the Noah Empire to send a fleet.
• Black Feather gave Xu Jingming a Cosmic Spaceship capable of traveling up to three light-years and told him to find an interstellar Life Planet to contact the Empire.
• Xu Jingming asked about the membrane around Blue Star and the Magma Giant Beast, but Black Feather said she did not know the membrane’s origin and identified the beast as belonging to the Demon Race.
• Black Feather gave Xu Jingming a Gene Yuan Energy Cultivation Art manual that she said was ten times more efficient than Blue Star’s top-tier Ability Training Methods.
• Black Feather explained that abilities were low-level manifestations of Laws, described the basic and high-level Laws, and said Xu Jingming’s Chaos Divine Lightning contained the Lightning Law and a trace of Destruction Laws.

Xu Jingming learned more about the limits of Laws and Enhancement Type Metahumans before exchanging his rewards for Elemental Essences and Supreme Divine Blood. Black Feather also gave him powerful Black Armor, and he left with the rewards and a Cosmic Spaceship.

• Xu Jingming asked Black Feather about Laws, and she explained that his Lightning and Destruction powers only held traces of those Laws and that Enhancement Type Metahumans needed to comprehend a basic Law to reach the Cosmic Level.
• Black Feather presented the exchange list and explained that Xu Jingming’s Civilization Inheritance Quota would offer greater benefits after he entered the Noah Holy Land.
• Xu Jingming chose lightning, light, ice, and spatial Elemental Essences, along with three portions of Supreme Divine Blood, and paid 4.15 million Void Stones.
• Black Feather gave Xu Jingming a nanotech Black Armor that reduced damage from attacks below the Star Radiance Level by 99% and attacks above it by 70%.
• Xu Jingming thanked Black Feather and stored the rewards, Black Armor, and Cosmic Spaceship in his Space Ring.

After the Void Shattering Tower trial ended, Xu Jingming returned with a ninth-order breakthrough and a civilization inheritance, while the Tower vanished into the Space Turbulence Layer. As Aimer approached him to discuss recruitment, Zhou Ying arrived with urgent news that something had happened at Thunder Martial Hall.

• Black Feather gave Eva a copy of her non-confidential database and sent Xu Jingming back to the plaza.
• Blood Sword praised Xu Jingming and promised to promote him to the Great Xia National Assembly before Black Feather ended the trial and expelled everyone from the Tower.
• The Void Shattering Tower fell into the Space Turbulence Layer and disappeared, leaving a massive Space Rift behind.
• Aimer approached Xu Jingming to discuss something with him, but Zhou Ying interrupted and said something had happened at Thunder Martial Hall.

After learning that Hu Jinyu and the Li Family had helped the Heaven's Mandate Sect attack his family, Xu Jingming returned to Blue Star with Su Qingli and his relatives, intent on confronting those responsible. At Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, Liu Wei learned that Xu Jingming and Su Qingli were minutes away while Hu Jinyu and Li Yang were inside.

• Zhou Ying told Xu Jingming that Hu Jinyu and the Li Family had tampered with security and enabled an attack on his family, though Qiu Yun, Chu Xuan, and the others had survived.
• Furious, Xu Jingming told Aimer he had to return to Blue Star, then took Su Qingli, Zhou Ying, and the Leng sisters aboard his warplane.
• Blood Sword decided to follow Xu Jingming in case he went too far against the Li Family, and other Great Xia observers also hurried back.
• During the flight, Zhou Ying urged Xu Jingming to avoid provoking the Li Family, and he said he knew where to draw the line.
• At Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, Liu Wei received Su Qingli's message confirming that Hu Jinyu and Li Yang were there, then learned that the group would arrive within minutes.

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli returned from the Kindling World and confronted Hu Jinyu and Li Yang at Thunder Martial Hall headquarters. Xu Jingming revealed he had reached the ninth order, shocking everyone as Li Yang struggled to believe his rapid advancement.

• Su Qingli learned that Hu Jinyu and Li Yang were at the headquarters, so Xu Jingming redirected their warplane there.
• Li Yang and Hu Jinyu prepared to use a meeting to make Thunder Martial Hall's active forces serve the Li Family.
• Xu Jingming arrived and shouted for Hu Jinyu to come out, drawing the attention of everyone at the headquarters.
• Hu Jinyu rebuked Xu Jingming, but Su Qingli's evolved SS-rank Upper Purity Divine Lightning suppressed his fire ability.
• Hu Jinyu sensed that Xu Jingming had reached the ninth order, and Xu Jingming unleashed his SSS-rank Chaos Divine Lightning before the stunned crowd.
• Li Yang protested that Xu Jingming had only recently reached the eighth order before entering the Kindling World.

Xu Jingming exposed Hu Jinyu and Li Yang’s role in sabotaging Moon Lake District’s security, then killed them both despite warnings. He agreed to inform the Speaker of the House as the group considered the Li Family’s likely retaliation and a trip to a Supreme Expert’s Secret Realm.

• Xu Jingming used mental hypnosis to make Hu Jinyu confess that he and Li Yang had arranged to shut down Moon Lake District’s security system.
• Xu Jingming killed Hu Jinyu with Chaos Divine Lightning, shocking everyone at Thunder Martial Hall.
• Xu Jingming ignored Blood Sword’s warning and killed Li Yang with his spear and Chaos Divine Lightning after declaring that he would kill the Li Family too.
• Blood Sword warned Xu Jingming that Li Yang’s death would provoke the Li Family, and Su Qingli brought the group to her office.
• Xu Jingming agreed to notify the Speaker of the House, whom he planned to invite to a Supreme Expert’s Secret Realm.

After Xu Jingming killed Li Yang and another Li Family member, Chief Councillor Zhou Yuanwu cleared him of blame and warned the Li Family to end the matter. Xu Jingming planned to auction his remaining Supreme Divine Blood, while Li Chen and Li Changfeng were left unable to seek revenge.

• Zhou Yuanwu told Xu Jingming he would handle the Li Family and that Xu did not need to worry about punishment.
• Blood Sword advised Xu Jingming not to provoke the Li Family members at the National Assembly, and Xu offered to auction his three remaining portions of Supreme Divine Blood for resources.
• Xu Jingming invited Leng Yuexi and Leng Yuechan to stay, and Su Qingli offered to show them around the martial arts hall.
• Li Chen and Li Changfeng watched footage of Xu Jingming killing Li Yang and vowed to avenge him.
• Zhou Yuanwu confronted Li Chen and Li Changfeng, ordered them to stop targeting Xu Jingming, and Li Chen accepted the warning.

Li Chen warned Li Changfeng that Zhou Yuanwu was too powerful to oppose directly, while Zhou Yuanwu met Xu Jingming in the Virtual World and offered him a National Assembly seat. Xu Jingming shared information about the Noah Civilization and revealed a cultivation manual that delighted Zhou Yuanwu.

• Li Chen stopped Li Changfeng from confronting Zhou Yuanwu and explained that the Council Speaker had once killed a Ninth-Order Peak Beast Emperor with his pressure alone.
• Li Changfeng vowed to become a Supreme Expert and kill Xu Jingming, while Li Chen planned to wait for another country to act against him.
• Zhou Yuanwu met Xu Jingming in the Virtual World, praised his breakthrough, and told him he would receive a National Assembly seat.
• Xu Jingming described the Noah Civilization's starry ranks and the Noah Empire but withheld information about the light-speed spaceship.
• Xu Jingming revealed that he had received the Gene Yuan Energy Cultivation Art, which increased Origin Energy absorption efficiency tenfold, and Zhou Yuanwu praised him for rendering great merit.

Xu Jingming agreed to give the Gene Yuan Energy Cultivation Art to the state in exchange for 300 million Contribution Points, and Zhou Yuanwu promised to protect him when he opened a Supreme Expert's Secret Realm. News of Xu Jingming's ninth-order breakthrough and his killing of two Councilors spread nationwide, leaving students, former acquaintances, and Wang Dong stunned.

• Zhou Yuanwu offered Xu Jingming 300 million Contribution Points for the Gene Yuan Energy Cultivation Art, and Xu Jingming accepted.
• Xu Jingming asked Zhou Yuanwu to accompany him when he opened a Supreme Expert's Secret Realm, and Zhou Yuanwu agreed to handle any foreign Supreme Experts.
• A video of Xu Jingming killing two Ninth-Order Middle-Level Councilors spread across the internet, prompting debate and widespread amazement at his strength.
• Magic University students told Yang Zhentian that Xu Jingming had reached the ninth order, and Yang Zhentian rushed out after confirming the news.
• Lin Qingyuan read the news of Xu Jingming's breakthrough and reflected on how far he had advanced since their high school days.
• Wang Dong saw the news in the Thunder Secret Realm and went to pay his respects at his teacher's memorial hall.

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli discussed the new cultivation art and Thunder Martial Hall before Xu Jingming agreed to address the media after his fight with Hu Jinyu and Li Yang went viral. Liu Wei’s arrival interrupted them, and Xu Jingming scheduled a press conference for an hour later.

• Xu Jingming told Su Qingli about the Noah Civilization and his conversation with Zhou Yuanwu, while keeping his light-speed Cosmic Spaceship secret.
• Su Qingli said Hu Jinyu had transferred Thunder Martial Hall’s ownership to Li Yang and proposed turning his online speech into an inauguration ceremony for Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming and Su Qingli became intimate in her office, leaving marks on the floor-to-ceiling window before Liu Wei arrived.
• Liu Wei reported that footage of Xu Jingming killing Hu Jinyu and Li Yang had gone viral and that media outlets had surrounded Thunder Martial Hall branches.
• Xu Jingming agreed to hold a press conference in one hour so he could explain the incident and expose the Li Family.

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli discussed his becoming director of the Thunder Martial Hall, then he tested his strength in the Virtual World and learned it placed him among Blue Star’s top ten combatants below Supreme Experts. Su Qingli called him away as the press conference was about to begin.

• Liu Wei noticed clues in Su Qingli’s office and suspected that Su Qingli and Xu Jingming had been intimate.
• Su Qingli blamed Xu Jingming for Liu Wei’s suspicions, then firmly rejected his suggestion that Su Tianrui take over as director.
• Su Qingli proposed that Xu Jingming become director while she and Liu Wei handled the management, and Xu Jingming agreed to be a hands-off boss.
• Xu Jingming tested his abilities in the Virtual World and found that his enhanced strength could approach that of an S-rank Ninth-Order Upper-Level Metahuman.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that his combat power ranked among Blue Star’s top ten below Supreme Experts, and Su Qingli summoned him for the press conference.

Xu Jingming used a press conference to explain why he killed Hu Jinyu and Li Yang, then accused the Li Family of ties to the Heaven's Mandate Sect. He refused to apologize and left the Li Family facing public scrutiny while privately planning to destroy them once he was stronger.

• Xu Jingming and Su Qingli arrived at the press conference, where reporters asked about the killings and rumors of changes at Thunder Martial Hall.
• Xu Jingming said Hu Jinyu and Li Yang had disabled Moon Lake District's security authorization, allowing a Heaven's Mandate Sect Cardinal Archbishop to enter the Core Area.
• Xu Jingming showed footage of Li Hao, Tian Yao, and other ninth-order figures ambushing him, and claimed the evidence connected the Li Family to the Heaven's Mandate Sect.
• Reporters began publishing stories about the alleged connection, while Su Qingli remarked that the Li Family would have a headache.
• Xu Jingming rejected calls to apologize and declared that Hu Jinyu and Li Yang had deserved to die.

After declaring that Thunder Martial Hall supported his stance and warning against threats to his family, Xu Jingming reunited with his aunt’s family, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan. The reunion turned intimate, and Su Qingli joined them, leaving Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan stunned.

• Xu Jingming said Hu Jinyu and Li Yang deserved to die and threatened anyone who harmed his family, while Su Qingli confirmed that his stance represented Thunder Martial Hall.
• Su Qingli told Xu Jingming that Qiu Yun, his aunt, and the others had been picked up, and the two left the press conference.
• Xu Jingming met his aunt Xu Qingwan’s family, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan in the top-floor office and told them he was about to enter the National Assembly.
• Tang Qi led Xu Qingwan’s family away to rest, leaving Xu Jingming alone with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan.
• Xu Jingming embraced Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan and began touching them, then invited Su Qingli to join them.
• Su Qingli undid her uniform and crouched down, shocking Song Qiuyun while Jiang Chuxuan recognized that Su Qingli had become another sister.

Xu Jingming gave Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan Elemental Essences that evolved their abilities to SS-rank, then equipped them with powerful weapons, a Plant Life, and a cultivation art. After discussing the upcoming college competition, the women began to repay his generosity.

• After recovering, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan used Light and Ice Elemental Essences to evolve their abilities into SS-rank forms.
• Eva explained the new abilities, and Xu Jingming noted that the women could now pursue the realm of Supreme Experts.
• Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan confirmed they would compete in the National College Exchange Competition, while Xu Jingming declined to join.
• Xu Jingming gave the women Laser Guns, Clematis, and the Gene Yuan Energy Cultivation Art.
• Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan thanked Xu Jingming, then pulled Su Qingli over to join them.

After Xu Jingming’s interview exposed the Li Family’s suspected ties to the Heaven's Mandate Sect, the family faced public outrage and an investigation. Master Zhou revealed himself as Tian Hong, the sect’s branch master, and tried to recruit the Li Family by promising to kill Xu Jingming and warning that the Magma Giant Beast might descend sooner than expected.

• Li Chen and Li Changfeng discussed the scandal, Li Hao’s death, and the coming investigation, then received Master Zhou at their villa.
• Master Zhou revealed that he was Tian Hong, master of the Heaven's Mandate Sect’s Great Xia Branch, and confirmed that Li Hao had been made a God Child.
• Tian Hong proposed killing Xu Jingming and recruiting the Li Family into the sect.
• Tian Hong produced the Holy Lord’s blood and claimed the Magma Giant Beast would eventually make the Heaven's Mandate Sect ruler of the human world.
• After Tian Hong vanished, Li Chen and Li Changfeng considered whether the Magma Giant Beast’s descent would happen earlier than expected.

After becoming Great Xia’s youngest Ninth-Order Councilor and director of Thunder Martial Hall, Xu Jingming traveled to Madagascar to meet Aimer. She accepted him as her disciple, leaving him with a Supreme Expert as his new teacher and backer.

• Xu Jingming’s appointment as a National Assembly member and director of Thunder Martial Hall made him a sensation in Great Xia and overseas.
• After spending the night with Su Qingli and the other women, Xu Jingming instructed Liu Wei to prepare breakfast and flew south to Madagascar.
• Moon Shadow Divine Official welcomed Xu Jingming and led him to Aimer’s residence on Floating Island No. 1.
• Aimer praised Xu Jingming’s performance in the Void Shattering Tower and asked him to become her disciple.
• Xu Jingming accepted, and Aimer gave him her Virtual World contact number so he could reach her if trouble arose.

Aimer welcomed Xu Jingming as her fourth disciple and granted him access to powerful combat techniques, including her Heavenly Secret Eyes inheritance. She revealed that Eye of Destiny predicted the Magma Giant Beast would arrive within four years, far sooner than Xu Jingming expected.

• Aimer named Xu Jingming her fourth disciple, gave him free access to the Kindling World Library, and waived the Void Stone debt for his borrowed SSR-rank Combat Skill.
• Aimer gave Xu Jingming the Heavenly Secret Eyes inheritance and explained that perfect mastery would let him cultivate Purple Heaven Divine Eyes.
• Aimer offered to teach Xu Jingming an incomplete SSR-rank Refining Spirit Art once his Mental Strength reached the required threshold.
• Xu Jingming told Aimer about the Noah Civilization inheritance, and Aimer described how the Magma Giant Beast had destroyed the Second Civilization Era despite being only First-Order Star Radiance.
• Aimer told Xu Jingming that Eye of Destiny predicted the Magma Giant Beast would descend within the next four years.

Aimer told Xu Jingming that the Magma Giant Beast might descend within four years and that she could not see his future. After learning the Heavenly Secret Eyes, Xu Jingming searched for a place to hunt ferocious beasts and decided to head to Sakura Country.

• Aimer revealed to Xu Jingming her vision of the Magma Giant Beast arriving within four years and explained that she had told him because she could not see anything about his future.
• Aimer offered to guide Xu Jingming in cultivating the Heavenly Secret Eyes while she remained on the No. 1 Floating Island.
• Xu Jingming returned to his villa, learned the Heavenly Secret Eyes from its Martial Imprint, and checked his Ability Points.
• Xu Jingming examined ferocious beast territories on the world map and ruled out the ocean and Oceania as hunting grounds.
• Xu Jingming chose to take Sakura Country, hunt its ferocious beasts, and ordered Eva to call Sakuragi Rin.

Sakuragi Rin reported to Xu Jingming that she had gained authority in Heavenly Defense Dojo and established two beast storage sites, then asked him to kill Kitahara Sosuke. Xu Jingming warned that America backed Kitahara Sosuke, and Sakuragi Rin offered herself in exchange for his help.

• Sakuragi Rin visited Xu Jingming at Heavenly Defense Dojo and congratulated him on reaching the ninth order.
• Sakuragi Rin told Xu Jingming that she had established two more beast storage sites for him.
• Sakuragi Rin asked Xu Jingming to kill Kitahara Sosuke, who planned to marry her to his son and was responsible for her parents' deaths.
• Xu Jingming questioned why he should help and warned Sakuragi Rin that America supported Kitahara Sosuke.
• Sakuragi Rin tore open her blouse and offered herself as the price for Xu Jingming's help.