Chapter Summaries

Ling Shuang confronted Zhang Hengyang over control of the Void Divine Hall, but he denied Ximan’s order and revealed that he had allied the Hall with the Redding Family. Xu Jingming stood with Ling Shuang and prepared to fight Zhang Hengyang and Luke.

• Ling Shuang showed Zhang Hengyang, Yi Lingxiu, and Luo Beier a recording of Ximan ordering Zhang Hengyang to help her take over the Void Divine Hall.
• Zhang Hengyang dismissed the recording as fabricated and claimed Ximan had ordered him to remain Hall Master.
• Xu Jingming defended Ling Shuang and demanded that Zhang Hengyang submit or die.
• Zhang Hengyang summoned Luke, who declared that the Void Divine Hall had joined the Redding Family.
• Yi Lingxiu and Luo Beier realized Zhang Hengyang had acted without Ximan’s knowledge, while Xu Jingming drew his spear and unleashed Chaos Divine Lightning.

Xu Jingming fought Luke and effortlessly countered his increasingly powerful fire techniques. He emerged unharmed from Luke’s World-Destroying Red Lotus, leaving the battle unresolved as he dismissed the attack.

• Xu Jingming and the others escaped Luke’s Dark Chaos Divine Lightning as Luke retaliated with Flame Sunfall, which Xu Jingming cleaved apart with his spear.
• Luke strengthened himself with Flame Domain and Divine Flame Robe, but Xu Jingming transformed into a more powerful state and annihilated Luke’s Flame Dragon Roar with Heavenly Lightning Art.
• Luke summoned the SSR-rank World-Destroying Red Lotus, and Xu Jingming let him complete the attack rather than interrupting him.
• Luke unleashed sixty-four fire pillars, but Xu Jingming emerged from the flames unharmed and said the World-Destroying Red Lotus was nothing special.

Xu Jingming defeated Luke and helped Ling Shuang take control of the Void Divine Hall, but Redding arrived to rescue his disciple. Aimer stopped Redding from attacking Xu Jingming, then invited him to meet her on Floating Island No. 1.

• Xu Jingming emerged unharmed from Luke's World-Destroying Red Lotus and imprisoned him with Chaos Divine Lightning.
• Ling Shuang used her SS-rank Space-type Ability to stop Zhang Hengyang from escaping and sealed him in an independent space.
• Xu Jingming announced that Ling Shuang would become Hall Master of the Void Divine Hall, and Yi Lingxiu and Luo Beier accepted her appointment.
• Redding appeared and attacked Xu Jingming, but Aimer dispelled his Flame Giant Hand and prevented him from harming a Ninth-Order.
• Redding pulled Luke free and left, while Aimer praised Xu Jingming's strength and asked him to visit her on Floating Island No. 1.

After Redding’s attack, Xu Jingming took Ling Shuang to reclaim the Void Divine Hall and forced Zhang Hengyang to surrender. The chapter ended with Xu Jingming enslaving Zhang Hengyang using the Slave Heart Seal.

• Su Qingli warned Xu Jingming that Redding had turned against them, and Xu Jingming resolved to grow stronger before confronting him.
• Redding accepted that Luke could not retake the Void Divine Hall and planned to discuss future Secret Realm profits with the other Supreme Experts.
• Xu Jingming, Su Qingli, and Ling Shuang confronted Zhang Hengyang in the Void Divine Hall and demanded that he surrender or die.
• Zhang Hengyang agreed to surrender, but Xu Jingming ordered him to lower his mental defenses.
• Xu Jingming implanted the Slave Heart Seal in Zhang Hengyang, who bowed and called him Master.

Xu Jingming enslaved Zhang Hengyang and helped Ling Shuang take control of the Void Divine Hall, which he hoped could protect people if the Magma Giant Beast arrived. He then visited Aimer, who was astonished by his Mental Strength and gave him the SSR-rank Star Observation Method.

• Xu Jingming enslaved Zhang Hengyang and ordered him to assist Ling Shuang while pretending to submit unwillingly.
• Zhang Hengyang handed Ling Shuang the resources he had taken from the Void Divine Hall's warehouse, and she accepted them.
• Ling Shuang announced her succession as Hall Master to Yi Lingxiu and Luo Beier, while Zhang Hengyang agreed to remain Archpriest and help manage the hall.
• Xu Jingming considered how the Void Divine Hall's Space-type Ability users could help people survive if preparations against the Magma Giant Beast failed.
• Aimer measured Xu Jingming's Mental Strength at over 1.9 million Hertz and gave him the incomplete SSR-rank Star Observation Method.
• Aimer estimated her own Mental Strength at around twenty million Hertz, leaving Xu Jingming shocked by the difference.

Xu Jingming received Aimer’s Star Observation Method and showed her his progress with the Purple Heaven Divine Eyes before learning the SSR-rank offensive skill Thunderous Howl Thousand Blade Kill. After Yang Zhentian invited him to the National College League opening ceremony in Qingxu City, Xu Jingming planned to use the gathering to ask about the Frontline Battlefield.

• Aimer gave Xu Jingming the Star Observation Method and invited him to ask for help while studying it.
• Xu Jingming used the Purple Heaven Divine Eyes, and Aimer praised how quickly he had mastered the eye technique.
• Xu Jingming mastered the library’s SSR-rank Thunderous Howl Thousand Blade Kill but declined to borrow its Martial Imprint.
• Xu Jingming rejected the Library administrator’s advances as he left for the Void Divine Hall.
• Yang Zhentian invited Xu Jingming to the National College League opening ceremony in Qingxu City, and Xu Jingming agreed to attend and seek information about the Frontline Battlefield.

Xu Jingming arrived at Qingxu City to support Magic University at the National College League and reunited with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan. He left with the team to dine with the Deep Blue Society members, while Qingjing University's team watched in awe.

• Qingjing University's team learned that Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan had evolved their abilities to SS-rank and discussed relying on their hidden Support Type trump card in the Team Competition.
• Qingjing University's team spotted Magic University's team and recognized Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan as they arrived.
• Xu Jingming appeared before Magic University's team, surprising Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, who embraced him.
• Xu Jingming explained that Teacher Yang had asked him to help promote Magic University and that Ling Shuang and Su Qingli were at the Void Divine Hall.
• Xu Jingming agreed to have a meal with the Deep Blue Society's core members and left with Magic University's team, while Qingjing University's team watched enviously.

Xu Jingming appeared at the National College League opening ceremony as Magic University’s special guest, drawing attention before announcing the league’s rewards. Afterward, he learned that Ninth-Order Beast Emperors had entered the Southern and Western Borders and considered heading to the frontlines himself.

• Magic University entered the ceremony with Xu Jingming walking between Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, stunning the crowd and rival teams.
• The host clarified that Xu Jingming was a guest and would not compete, then invited him to announce the league’s rewards.
• Xu Jingming promoted Magic University and Thunder Martial Hall in his speech, prompting other universities to regret not recruiting him.
• Xu Jingming asked legion commanders about the frontlines and learned that Ninth-Order Beast Emperors had entered both the Southern and Western Borders.
• Xu Jingming learned that Qingyang Martial Saint had been seriously injured in an ambush and considered choosing equipment before heading to the Frontline Battlefield.

Xu Jingming arranged to join the fierce fighting at the Crimson Fortress and received a generous reward for helping Zhou Yuanwu obtain SSR-rank resources. At midnight, his friends surprised him for his twenty-first birthday, and he lunged at the women in catgirl costumes as Eva watched.

• Xu Jingming told Zhou Yuanwu he wanted to go to the front, and Zhou assigned him to the Crimson Fortress while warning him to prioritize his safety.
• Zhou Yuanwu offered Xu Jingming two hundred million contribution points in exchange for the three SSR-rank resources Redding had paid to reclaim the counterfeit Embrace of the Blazing Sun.
• Xu Jingming failed to learn how to use the Annihilation Branch from either his Purple Heaven Divine Eyes or Eva's information about Black Feather.
• Eva reminded Xu Jingming of his birthday as midnight arrived, and fireworks and messages from family and friends celebrated his twenty-first birthday.
• Ling Shuang, Su Qingli, Jiang Chuxuan, and Song Qiuyun surprised Xu Jingming, with Jiang Chuxuan and Song Qiuyun dressed in catgirl outfits and wearing tails.
• Xu Jingming lunged at the women, while Eva covered her eyes and watched through her fingers.

Xu Jingming obtained the SSR-rank spear Heaven's Punishment and prepared to travel to Crimson Fortress, while Magic University gained a decisive advantage in the College League. Ling Shuang then told him that Void Divine Hall had found four Secret Realm spaces that Ninth-Order spatial Metahumans might be able to open.

• Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan revealed their Fifth-Order strength in Magic University's first team match, leaving Qingjing Metahuman University and the other competitors despairing.
• Xu Jingming left the league to visit Great Xia Headquarters, then flew toward Crimson Fortress with Eva piloting the warplane.
• Xu Jingming tested Heaven's Punishment with his Chaos Divine Lightning and found that it could handle the power far better than his previous spear.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that Zhang Hengyang had located four Secret Realm spaces, and that she and four other Ninth-Order spatial Metahumans could try to force them open.

Xu Jingming prepared to secure benefits from Secret Realm spaces with help from powerful allies, then arrived at Crimson Fortress as a special envoy. Commander Jiang Liwei and Liang Hong planned to send him into the dangerous Howling Gobi to wear down his arrogance, while Ji Shulan objected.

• Xu Jingming asked Ling Shuang to compile information about the Secret Realm spaces and planned to seek support from Zhou and Aimer.
• Xu Jingming reviewed the three Ninth-Order metahumans at Crimson Fortress and warned that he would deal with Jiang Liwei if he caused trouble.
• Jiang Liwei, Liang Hong, and Ji Shulan discussed Xu Jingming's arrival, and Liang Hong urged Jiang Liwei to blunt his edge.
• Jiang Liwei decided to send Xu Jingming into the Howling Gobi, despite Ji Shulan's concerns, and threatened her when she questioned his order.
• Xu Jingming's fighter jet arrived at Crimson Fortress, and Ji Shulan left to receive him as Liang Hong praised Jiang Liwei's plan.

Xu Jingming arrived at Crimson Fortress intending to strike at the ferocious beasts, and learned that Commander Jiang Liwei wanted him to investigate the dangerous Howling Gobi. When Liang Hong tried to force the mission on him with a military order, Xu Jingming refused to be ordered around and confronted both commanders.

• Ji Shulan welcomed Xu Jingming to Crimson Fortress and learned that he had come to kill ferocious beasts.
• Ji Shulan warned Xu Jingming that the Howling Gobi was deep in enemy territory and guarded by at least three Beast Emperors.
• Jiang Liwei assigned Xu Jingming to investigate the Howling Gobi, while Ji Shulan objected that the mission was too dangerous.
• Liang Hong called the assignment a military order and threatened to report Xu Jingming if he refused.
• Xu Jingming challenged Liang Hong and told him and Jiang Liwei that neither had the right to order him around.

Xu Jingming revealed that he had reached Ninth-Order Middle-Level after Liang Hong attacked him, forcing Jiang Liwei to change his attitude. After Jiang sent Liang to military court and gave Xu an Extreme Spring Elixir as compensation, Xu asked about the situation in the Howling Gobi.

• Liang Hong attacked Xu Jingming for defying Jiang Liwei's orders, but Xu struck him through several walls with a burst of black lightning.
• Xu Jingming revealed his Ninth-Order Middle-Level strength and SSS-rank Chaos Divine Lightning, shocking Jiang Liwei and Ji Shulan.
• Jiang Liwei called the confrontation a misunderstanding and agreed to send Liang Hong to military court.
• Xu Jingming complained that Liang's attack had left his ability circulating sluggishly, and Jiang Liwei gave him an SSR-rank Extreme Spring Elixir.
• Xu Jingming accepted the elixir and asked Jiang Liwei to explain the real situation in the Howling Gobi.

Xu Jingming prepared to investigate the Howling Gobi when a massive Beast Tide advanced on the Crimson Fortress. As the humans prepared to defend the fortress, five Ninth-Order Beast Emperors gathered above the approaching horde.

• Jiang Liwei warned Xu Jingming that unusual movements in the Howling Gobi might mean new Beast Emperors had arrived, and Xu Jingming resolved to investigate.
• An alarm reported a large Beast Tide 42 kilometers from the Crimson Fortress, and Jiang Liwei ordered the legions to prepare for its arrival.
• Xu Jingming agreed to delay his mission and help defend the fortress as 50,000 Crimson Legion soldiers assembled and support Metahumans strengthened them.
• Xu Jingming identified three Ninth-Order Beast Emperors accompanying the horde and prepared to deal with them before attacking the beasts below.
• Two more Beast Emperors appeared: a flame-wreathed dragon-type and a giant ape-type, both Ninth-Order Upper-Level, while Chaos Divine Lightning flickered around Xu Jingming.

With the Crimson Fortress cut off from communications and threatened by five Ninth-Order Beast Emperors, Xu Jingming took on three Ninth-Order Upper-Level foes himself. He unleashed Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw, devastating the Beast Tide as Jiang Liwei and Ji Shulan followed his plan.

• Jiang Liwei discovered that communications had been cut off as all five Beast Emperors flew toward the Crimson Fortress.
• Xu Jingming ordered Jiang Liwei and Ji Shulan to handle the two Ninth-Order Middle-Level Beast Emperors while he faced the three Ninth-Order Upper-Level ones.
• Jiang Liwei chose to trust Xu Jingming, and he and Ji Shulan flew after him toward the Beast Emperors.
• Xu Jingming entered Thunder God State and unleashed Myriad Lightning Sky Prison Draw across a twenty-kilometer area.
• Xu Jingming's lightning attack annihilated nearly one-fifth of the Beast Tide and earned him three million Ability Points.

Xu Jingming faced three Ninth-Order Upper-Level Beast Emperors while Ji Shulan and Jiang Liwei handled other foes. He unleashed his full power and instantly killed the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear, leaving the Flame Dragon Emperor and Azure Feather Divine Eagle before him.

• A dragon Beast Emperor attacked Xu Jingming, and Ji Shulan and Jiang Liwei engaged two other Beast Emperors to open separate battlefields.
• The Flame Dragon Emperor, Bloodthirsty Devil Ape, and Azure Feather Divine Eagle attacked Xu Jingming together.
• Xu Jingming entered Thunder God State, activated his domain, and charged through the flames and wind blades toward the Bloodthirsty Devil Ape.
• Xu Jingming spent 800,000 Ability Points to raise Thunder and Lightning Star Spear to Perfect Level and improve Heavenly Lightning Divine Punishment Sword to Perfect Level Proficiency.
• Xu Jingming struck the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear with three SS-rank Combat Skills and instantly killed it.

Xu Jingming routed the Beast Emperors and annihilated most of the Beast Tide at Crimson Fortress, earning 15.641 million Ability Points. Unable to advance to Ninth-Order Upper-Level yet, he decided to improve his spirit-refining art and Thunderous Howl Thousand Blade Kill instead.

• Xu Jingming killed the Bloodthirsty Devil Ape in one blow, shocking Jiang Liwei, Ji Shulan, and the other Beast Emperors.
• The Flame Dragon Emperor ordered the Beast Tide to retreat, and Xu Jingming chased the fleeing Beast Emperors as the fortress fighters joined the battle.
• Xu Jingming failed to catch the Flame Dragon Emperor and Azure Feather Divine Eagle, so he killed two Ninth-Order Middle-Level Beast Emperors and turned back to attack the Beast Tide.
• Over five hours, Xu Jingming annihilated four-fifths of the Beast Tide while Jiang Liwei, Ji Shulan, and the legions handled the rest.
• Xu Jingming checked his 15.641 million Ability Points and chose to improve his spirit-refining art and Thunderous Howl Thousand Blade Kill.

After Xu Jingming annihilated most of the Beast Tide at Crimson Fortress, Jiang Liwei reported his extraordinary victory and Cao Jun recognized him as Ninth-Order Invincible. Zhou Yuanwu summoned Xu Jingming for a nationwide commendation conference, and Xu Jingming asked to be sent to another pressured battlefield.

• Xu Jingming let Commander Jiang Liwei report that Crimson Fortress had slain three Beast Emperors and wiped out hundreds of thousands of ferocious beasts.
• Jiang Liwei told Cao Jun about Xu Jingming's feats, and Cao Jun concluded that Xu Jingming had reached Ninth-Order Invincible and promised rewards and a report to Speaker of the House.
• Xu Jingming studied the SSR-rank Star Observation Method and asked Eva whether a Ninth-Order Metahuman had ever defeated a Supreme Expert; she said none had.
• Zhou Yuanwu confirmed Xu Jingming would receive commendation at a live conference that night, and Xu Jingming asked to support another frontline battlefield.

At a commendation conference, Xu Jingming’s feat of killing a Ninth-Order Upper-Level Beast Emperor at Crimson Fortress astonished Great Xia’s Ninth-Order Councilors. The conference revealed that Xu Jingming had reached Ninth-Order Invincible, making him Great Xia’s first such powerhouse in thirty-two years.

• Jiang Liwei confirmed that five Beast Emperors had attacked Crimson Fortress and that Xu Jingming had killed the Bloodthirsty Devil Ape.
• Xu Jingming arrived at the conference with Su Qingli and Ling Shuang, and the Ninth-Order Councilors gathered around him in respect.
• Li Changfeng and Li Chen worried that Heaven's Mandate Sect could no longer eliminate Xu Jingming.
• Cao Jun showed footage of Xu Jingming instantly killing the Bloodthirsty Devil Ape at Crimson Fortress.
• Cao Jun announced that Xu Jingming was a Ninth-Order Invincible powerhouse and invited the hall to congratulate him.

At the Commendation Conference, Xu Jingming was named a Ninth-Order Invincible and appointed Deputy Alliance Leader of the Xia Alliance. News of his rise spread across Great Xia, while Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan celebrated his success in Qingxu City.

• Zhou Yuanwu appointed Xu Jingming Deputy Alliance Leader of the Xia Alliance, and the Ninth-Order Councilors congratulated him as the Thunder Emperor.
• Li Changfeng rejected Li Chen’s plea to give up on revenge against Xu Jingming, while Xu Jingming dismissed their absence from his celebratory dinner.
• Great Xia’s media released footage of the conference, and Xu Jingming’s strength and new position dominated online discussions.
• Magic University’s team celebrated Xu Jingming’s achievement, and Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan discussed how far he had surpassed them.