Chapter Summaries

After Xu Jingming’s Ninth-Order Invincible strength became known, countries stopped targeting him and warned their people not to provoke him. Eight days after the Commendation Conference, Xu Jingming had amassed 31.234 million Ability Points at the Southern Border and prepared to leave to break through again.

• Evelyn ordered the Holy See to stop targeting Xu Jingming after watching footage of him kill the Bloodthirsty Devil Ape, while Catherine hoped to someday cleanse the Holy See’s corruption.
• Countries across Blue Star classified Xu Jingming as an extremely dangerous powerhouse and warned their Ninth-Orders not to provoke him.
• After the banquet, Xu Jingming asked Zhou Yuanwu to send him to another Frontline Battlefield, prioritizing Ability Points over fame.
• At the Southern Border, Xu Jingming found that his presence had sharply reduced casualties and that he had gained 31.234 million Ability Points over eight days.
• Xu Jingming told the Southern Border Ninth-Orders he was leaving to pursue another breakthrough, and Eva relayed that Teacher Aimer wanted to meet him in the Virtual World.

Xu Jingming met Aimer in the Virtual World, where she warned him about a vital Secret Realm that might come from a prehistoric civilization and helped him comprehend the Star Observation Method. The chapter ended when Ling Shuang arrived with news that Zhang Hengyang and the others had found a Secret Realm dating back ten thousand years.

• Xu Jingming returned to Thunder Martial Hall after the Beast Tide, and the metahumans on the front lines thanked him as he flew away.
• Xu Jingming met Aimer and Big Eva in the Virtual World, where Aimer revealed that Eva had fully recovered.
• Aimer warned Xu Jingming that a Secret Realm being explored by the Void Divine Hall held an important opportunity and might come from a Prehistoric Civilization Era.
• Xu Jingming asked Aimer about the Star Observation Method and achieved preliminary comprehension of the SSR-rank Refining Spirit Art.
• Ling Shuang appeared at Xu Jingming's villa and reported that Zhang Hengyang and the others had discovered a Secret Realm that scans placed at ten thousand years old.

After learning that a ten-thousand-year-old Secret Realm had been found in Comoros, Xu Jingming decided to break through before heading there. He used Deep Blue to reach Ninth-Order Upper-Level, leaving Ningnan City stunned by the enormous Origin Energy storm his breakthrough created.

• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that experts had discovered a ten-thousand-year-old Secret Realm in Comoros, and Xu Jingming called Zhou Yuanwu, who decided to go there.
• Ling Shuang said the unstable Secret Realm might not accommodate Supreme Experts, and Xu Jingming asked her to bring Su Qingli so they could guard his breakthrough.
• Xu Jingming used Deep Blue to advance from Ninth-Order Middle-Level to Ninth-Order Upper-Level, triggering an Origin Energy storm that covered more than a hundred kilometers.
• After the storm lasted over two hours, Xu Jingming opened his eyes with his breakthrough complete.

Xu Jingming reached Ninth-Order Upper-Level and demonstrated an aura powerful enough to overwhelm Su Qingli and Ling Shuang. Su Tianrui awakened, accepted Xu Jingming’s lightning elemental essence, and learned that Su Qingli and Ling Shuang were both Xu Jingming’s girlfriends.

• Xu Jingming checked his system panel and celebrated gaining 1.1 million base stats from reaching Ninth-Order Upper-Level.
• Xu Jingming released his aura, leaving Su Qingli and Ling Shuang struggling to stand, and said he could crush any Ninth-Order Invincible expert on Blue Star.
• Su Tianrui emerged from his lightning cocoon, and Xu Jingming offered him lightning elemental essence as a gift.
• Su Tianrui learned that Su Qingli’s metahuman ability had transformed to SS-Class and accepted the essence after Xu Jingming insisted they were family.
• Su Qingli told Su Tianrui that Xu Jingming was her boyfriend, and he approved of their relationship.
• Su Qingli revealed that Ling Shuang was also Xu Jingming’s girlfriend, leaving Su Tianrui stunned.

Xu Jingming set out for the Black Continent to explore a collapsing ancient Secret Realm, concealing his breakthrough to keep the other factions unaware of his true strength. The chapter left him headed toward the gathering of Blue Star’s strongest Ninth-Order Metahumans, planning to surprise them inside the Secret Realm.

• Su Tianrui accepted Xu Jingming’s relationship with Su Qingli and was astonished to learn Xu Jingming had reached Ninth-Order Upper-Level in just over three months.
• Xu Jingming agreed to head to the Black Continent soon, while Su Tianrui planned to evolve his ability and then seek revenge on Li Chen in Azure Capital.
• Xu Jingming departed for the Black Continent with Su Qingli and Ling Shuang after arranging for Liu Wei to assist Su Tianrui.
• Zhou Yuanwu told Xu Jingming that each Supreme Expert faction would send ten Ninth-Order Metahumans into the collapsing Secret Realm, and Xu Jingming confirmed he was on his way.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva to attribute the commotion from his breakthrough to Su Tianrui, then concealed his aura as Ninth-Order Middle-Level so he could surprise the other factions.

As the world's factions prepared teams to explore the collapsing Secret Realm in Comoros, Xu Jingming arrived with Su Qingli and Ling Shuang and met Zhou Yuanwu, Blood Sword, and other Ninth-Order experts. Eva then reported that Su Tianrui had severely injured Li Chen, whose fate was unknown, and was returning to Thunder Martial Hall headquarters.

• Evelyn assigned William Philip and Kane to lead America's team and warned them to watch Xu Jingming, while Philip dismissed the threat.
• Charlotte appointed Henry and Freya to lead the European Union's Ninth-Order team, and Heaven's Mandate ordered his experts to gather valuable information from the Secret Realm.
• Xu Jingming arrived near the Secret Realm with Su Qingli and Ling Shuang, drawing attention and disparaging remarks from gathered experts.
• Ling Shuang joined Zhang Hengyang and the others in deciphering the unstable Secret Realm, while Xu Jingming went to meet Zhou Yuanwu, Blood Sword, and two other Ninth-Order experts.
• Eva told Xu Jingming that Su Tianrui had severely injured Li Chen and was returning to Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, with Li Chen's survival uncertain.

Xu Jingming learned that Su Tianrui had returned and crippled Li Chen, then reviewed intelligence on foreign powerhouses preparing for the Ten Thousand Years Secret Realm. Li Chen survived but remained trapped in a Nutrient Cabin, and he warned Li Changfeng that the Li Family had entered its most dangerous period.

• Zhou Yuanwu said he would let Su Tianrui and the Li Family settle their grievances and shared information about foreign powerhouses competing in the Ten Thousand Years Secret Realm.
• Blood Sword introduced Cao Shaoheng, who had recently advanced to the Ninth Order, to Xu Jingming.
• Xu Jingming and Su Qingli reviewed Eva’s profiles of powerful metahumans from America and the European Union, and Xu Jingming said he would show the older powerhouses that they had fallen behind.
• Li Changfeng learned that Li Chen was no longer in immediate danger but would remain in a Nutrient Cabin unless Su Tianrui’s lightning energy was removed.
• Li Chen warned Li Changfeng that Su Tianrui’s return and Xu Jingming’s growing strength had left the Li Family in its most dangerous period.

Li Changfeng decided to defect to the Heaven's Mandate Sect after the Li Family's decline, while Xu Jingming investigated the sect's plans to infiltrate the Africa Secret Realm. After securing evidence of the Li Family's cooperation, Xu Jingming went to speak with Zhou Yuanwu.

• Li Chen urged Li Changfeng to seek help from the Heaven's Mandate Sect, and Li Changfeng agreed to defect.
• Xu Jingming failed to grasp the destructive essence in the Annihilation Branch and learned that the Heaven's Mandate Sect planned to send Tian Yang and Tian Ci into the Africa Secret Realm.
• Xu Jingming ordered Tian Hong to mediate between Li Changfeng and the sect and to gather evidence without allowing them to communicate directly.
• The Heaven's Mandate Sect welcomed Li Changfeng and invited him to coordinate with them inside the Secret Realm, though it withheld Tian Yang and Tian Ci's identities.
• After Tian Hong reported the agreement, Xu Jingming declared that they had secured evidence and took Su Qingli to find Zhou Yuanwu.

Xu Jingming revealed that he had reached Ninth-Order Upper-Level, convincing Zhou Yuanwu and Aimer to let him handle the Heaven's Mandate Sect threat at the Secret Realm. Aimer agreed to use the Eye of Destiny to investigate suspicious Ninth-Order Metahumans and placed Kindling World fighters under Xu Jingming's command, while privately anticipating that he would soon help her with an important matter.

• Zhou Yuanwu ordered Great Xia to screen Ninth-Order Metahumans for Heaven's Mandate Sect members and rejected Xu Jingming's offer to hunt them until Xu revealed his Ninth-Order Upper-Level strength.
• Zhou Yuanwu approved Xu Jingming's involvement, ordered him to kill Li Changfeng, and warned him to keep the sect's infiltration secret.
• Xu Jingming asked Aimer to use the Eye of Destiny to investigate the Ninth-Order Metahumans attending the Secret Realm, and she agreed while cautioning that its visions could be inaccurate.
• Aimer told Xu Jingming that the Kindling World's Ninth-Order Metahumans would follow his orders and help him find the opportunity in the Secret Realm.
• After Xu Jingming left, Aimer privately hoped his rapid progress meant he would soon be able to help her accomplish an important matter.

Xu Jingming and the other Ninth-Order experts entered the Ten Thousand Years Secret Realm, a vast forest with an unexpectedly ancient atmosphere. As the teams set out to explore, Xu Jingming prepared to use Yun Congling’s stealth ability to follow Li Changfeng, who secretly planned to have Heaven's Mandate Sect kill him.

• Ling Shuang finished deciphering the Secret Realm, and Xu Jingming agreed with Blood Sword to split up after entering.
• Li Changfeng hid his hostility toward Xu Jingming while planning to contact Heaven's Mandate Sect experts inside the Secret Realm.
• Ninety Ninth-Order experts and nine Supreme Experts gathered, and Ling Shuang opened the Space Gate.
• Xu Jingming entered the forest with Ling Shuang and Su Qingli, while Eva noted its high oxygen levels resembled conditions from three hundred million years ago.
• Xu Jingming sent the Kindling Divine Hall experts to explore and communicate discoveries through Eva, then kept Yun Congling with him to help follow Li Changfeng.

Xu Jingming pursued Li Changfeng through the Secret Realm under Yun Congling’s Stealth Domain and discovered that Li had joined forces with two powerful Heaven’s Mandate Sect members. As the group faced off, Xu Jingming revealed that he knew the hidden men were there, leaving Li and his allies uncertain how he had found them.

• Yun Congling concealed Xu Jingming, Su Qingli, and Ling Shuang as Xu Jingming followed Li Changfeng deep into the forested Secret Realm.
• Xu Jingming sensed two unfamiliar auras near Li Changfeng and led his companions toward them.
• Worcester and Michael revealed that they could raise their power to Ninth-Order Peak with the Divine Blood Secret Technique, and they agreed with Li Changfeng to kill Xu Jingming.
• Li Changfeng said he wanted Xu Jingming dead and planned to take revenge on him using Su Qingli and Ling Shuang.
• Li Changfeng detected Xu Jingming’s group after their auras were revealed, but Xu Jingming mocked him and summoned Worcester and Michael into view with a bolt of black lightning.

Xu Jingming revealed his Ninth-Order Upper-Level strength and killed two Heaven's Mandate Sect members and Li Changfeng. With Li Changfeng dead, the Li Family was left facing collapse, while Su Qingli and Ling Shuang reflected on how much had changed.

• Worcester used a king-level Space Beast Bone to lock down the area, but Ling Shuang's SS-rank Space Power suppressed it.
• Xu Jingming activated Thunder God State and killed Worcester and Michael with Heavenly Lightning Divine Punishment Sword.
• Li Changfeng fled as Xu Jingming's Chaos Divine Lightning trapped him, and he begged for mercy before accusing Xu Jingming of forcing him into his situation.
• Xu Jingming rejected Li Changfeng's offer and killed him with Thunder Dragon Art.
• Su Qingli and Ling Shuang reflected that the Li Family would collapse and that Xu Jingming had changed their lives.

Xu Jingming killed Li Changfeng and two other powerful opponents, then regrouped with his companions to investigate a discovery in the Secret Realm. Eva identified an animated tree as a War Ancient Tree containing Green Wood Marrow, and Xu Jingming retrieved the substance.

• Xu Jingming killed Li Changfeng and two Ninth-Order Invincibles, collected their resources, and gave Yun Congling an SSS+ Rank resource for her help.
• Xu Jingming said he wanted to spar with Brother Zhou after leaving the Secret Realm because Ninth-Order opponents no longer challenged him.
• Moon Shadow Divine Official found a strange giant tree and summoned Xu Jingming, Su Qingli, and Ling Shuang to investigate it.
• The giant tree attacked Moon Shadow Divine Official, but he cut it down after Eva identified it as a War Ancient Tree.
• Eva revealed that the tree contained Green Wood Marrow, and Xu Jingming pulled the basketball-sized substance from its trunk.

Xu Jingming followed Eva’s knowledge of Green Wood Marrow to investigate an enormous tree that he suspected was a War Ancient Tree. After meeting Philip and other factions at the tree, Xu Jingming discovered a crystal coffin hidden beneath its canopy, holding a mysterious green-haired woman.

• Eva explained that Green Wood Marrow could accelerate the growth of plants, though she did not know why she remembered this information.
• Xu Jingming identified a giant tree more than two thousand meters tall as a likely War Ancient Tree and led his group toward it.
• Xu Jingming encountered Philip, the Barton siblings, and members of the Redding Family near the tree, and they agreed to exchange information.
• Philip revealed that his group had seen a moving giant tree and found something beneath this tree’s canopy.
• Xu Jingming scanned the canopy with his Mental Strength and discovered a crystal coffin containing a beautiful, pointed-eared woman with long green hair.

Xu Jingming’s group secured the Crystal Coffin containing an alien corpse after Eva felt a mysterious connection to it. The ancient trees then awakened in fury, forcing the experts into the air until they reached the Secret Realm’s height limit.

• Eva felt a strong attraction to the alien corpse in the Crystal Coffin and urged Xu Jingming to obtain it.
• Philip proposed joining forces to retrieve the coffin, but Ling Shuang teleported to it and stored it in her Space Ring.
• Philip, the Barton Siblings, Gavin, and Luke confronted Xu Jingming’s group over the coffin, and Xu Jingming entered Thunder God State.
• A War Ancient Tree killed an American Ninth-Order Lower Position Martial Saint, then uprooted itself as hundreds of thousands of branches surged into the sky.
• War Ancient Trees across the forest awakened and hunted humans, forcing the experts to flee upward until they reached the Secret Realm’s height limit.

Xu Jingming stayed to fight the berserk War Ancient Tree after taking the alien corpse and Space Ring, while Philip spread word of his prize to attract others. Xu Jingming’s lightning destroyed the tree’s roots and wounded its trunk, but the tree began draining nearby War Ancient Trees to heal itself.

• Philip and the others escaped the giant tree’s attack, while Xu Jingming refused to retreat and prepared to fight it for its Green Wood Marrow.
• Philip told nearby Ninth-Order Metahumans that Xu Jingming had taken an alien corpse and Space Ring, prompting them to consider seizing his gains.
• The tangled sphere around the giant tree exploded, revealing Xu Jingming still fighting as Philip and the others watched for a chance to take the Crystal Coffin.
• Xu Jingming used Chaos Divine Lightning to destroy the tree’s roots, dodged its massive branches, and blasted a crater into its trunk with the Heavenly Lightning Divine Punishment Sword.
• The giant tree drained nearby War Ancient Trees and used their life force to grow shoots and heal its wound.

Xu Jingming used his Ability Points to raise Thunderous Howl Thousand Blade Kill to Perfect Level and destroyed the giant War Ancient Tree with a million blades of Chaos Divine Lightning. The attack destabilized the Secret Realm, and the Ninth-Order experts fled toward the Teleportation Channel as it began to collapse.

• Xu Jingming decided he had to destroy the giant tree quickly before his peak state wore off, then spent nearly two million Ability Points to master Thunderous Howl Thousand Blade Kill at Perfect Level.
• Xu Jingming summoned a million Chaos Divine Lightning blades, shocking Philip and the Ninth-Order experts watching nearby.
• Xu Jingming unleashed the lightning blades and obliterated the giant tree, leaving a vast charred crater.
• The Secret Realm cracked under the force of Xu Jingming's attack, and the observers rushed toward the Teleportation Channel to escape its collapse.

Xu Jingming and his companions gathered the Secret Realm’s remaining Green Wood Marrow before Ling Shuang led them out as the realm collapsed. Back in the outside world, Xu Jingming reunited with Zhou Yuanwu and the other factions, then went with Aimer and Zhou Yuanwu to examine the elf corpse and Space Ring.

• Xu Jingming had Eva, Su Qingli, and the Moon Shadow Divine Official collect Green Wood Marrow while Ling Shuang delayed the Secret Realm’s collapse.
• After three hours, Ling Shuang opened a Space Gate and led Xu Jingming’s group out as the Secret Realm collapsed behind them.
• Zhou Yuanwu and the gathered experts learned Xu Jingming had survived, and the other factions departed after he emerged with Su Qingli, Ling Shuang, and the Moon Shadow Divine Official.
• Xu Jingming invited Aimer to travel with him, and Zhou Yuanwu welcomed her to join the Great Xia group.
• Ling Shuang teleported the Great Xia experts back from Comoros, and Xu Jingming, Aimer, and Zhou Yuanwu headed to the Xia Alliance to examine the elf corpse and Space Ring.

Eva regained her memories after touching the elf corpse and its Space Ring, revealing that she was once a powerful cosmic adventurer whose body had been hidden on Blue Star. She explained how her consciousness became the spaceship’s Artificial Intelligence, leaving Xu Jingming and the others with the truth of her past.

• Zhou Yuanwu struggled to open the Crystal Coffin, whose strange pressure suppressed the abilities of everyone in the chamber.
• Zhou Yuanwu, Aimer, Xu Jingming, and the others failed to erase the Mental Strength Imprint on the elf’s Space Ring.
• Xu Jingming called out Eva, who touched the elf’s brow and caused the Space Ring to fly onto her finger.
• Eva’s power briefly surged, and she announced that she remembered being a superpowerful being.
• Eva told Xu Jingming and the others that she had been a Cosmic Adventurer who fled to Blue Star after a Demon Race Star Tier attacked her.
• Eva explained that she hid her wounded body in the Forest Secret Realm, transferred her consciousness into her spaceship’s Intelligent Life, and lost her memories when the ship was destroyed.

Eva revealed that a Star-Tier Molten Core Blood Dragon had trapped Blue Star to cultivate a clone by repeatedly devouring humanity. She identified the moon as the sleeping Demon Race being, leaving Xu Jingming and the others facing the truth behind Blue Star’s past crises and the threat above them.

• Eva explained that she had inherited the original elf body's memories after first touching the Space Ring, though she remained a distinct digital lifeform.
• Eva revealed that the Magma Giant Beast was a clone of a Star-Tier Molten Core Blood Dragon whose true body had stayed near Blue Star.
• Eva said the Molten Core Blood Dragon had created the membrane to trap Blue Star and had caused its World Extinction Crises to cultivate its clone by devouring humans.
• Eva explained that the Dragon had spent tens of thousands of years gathering meteors around itself while it slept, forming what humans knew as the moon.
• Xu Jingming connected the Heaven's Mandate Sect's blood moon emblem to the Dragon and wondered whether the sect had known the truth.