Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming shared a meal with Moon Shadow, revealed that Frost Crown Dominator had accepted him as her disciple, and continued preparing for the journey. Voyager 7 arrived at Bloodforge Star, where the students disembarked and Xu Jingming recognized the planet’s powerful gravity as an advantage for his Heavenly Thunder Wings.

• Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow discussed his strength over dinner, and he told her Frost Crown Dominator had recently taken him as her disciple.
• The voyage continued peacefully as Xu Jingming studied Abyssal Thunder Technique and researched Bloodforge Star while Moon Shadow, Lan Yu, and the others prepared for arrival.
• After seven days, Voyager 7 announced that it was reaching Bloodforge Star, and Xu Jingming saw the enormous dark-red planet through his room’s observation window.
• Ye Li ordered the students to disembark, and Xu Jingming descended with Moon Shadow and the others onto the high-gravity planet.
• Xu Jingming judged that the planet’s gravity limited flight and smiled at the advantage his Heavenly Thunder Wings gave him.

The Eternal Star Alliance trainees arrived at the Monster Hunting Competition platform and clashed verbally with members of the Godslayer Martial Hall and Cosmic Mercenary Alliance. Their instructors learned that Ye Li, the Goddess of the Night, had replaced Wente as team leader, and her arrival drew everyone’s attention.

• The Eternal Star Alliance’s hundred thousand trainees landed and faced mockery from the Godslayer Martial Hall and Cosmic Mercenary Alliance contestants.
• Lan Yu, Yan Ji, Moon Shadow, and other Eternal Star Alliance trainees reacted angrily, while Xu Jingming stayed calm and considered their chance to turn around their poor competition record.
• Aiden told Ross that Ye Li had replaced Wente as one of the Eternal Star Alliance’s instructors.
• Ross learned that Ye Li was the renowned Goddess of the Night and questioned why she had come to lead the team.
• Ye Li and Colt appeared before the contestants, and Aiden stepped forward to welcome Ye Li.

Ye Li announced the Monster Hunting Competition’s rules, including its one-year duration, monster-hunting points, and a champion’s reward of a Blood Refining Badge and a Secret Treasure. She also warned the contestants that Blood Refining Star remained deadly despite the First Aid Badge, leaving them to prepare for the competition with the risks made clear.

• Ross greeted Ye Li with respect but showed Colt a frosty reaction, while Colt acknowledged Aiden and Ross.
• Ye Li explained that contestants would hunt monsters on Blood Refining Star for one standard stellar year, earning points that determined individual and faction rankings.
• Ye Li revealed that the champion would receive a Blood Refining Badge and a Secret Treasure, shocking the contestants.
• Moon Shadow explained to Xu Jingming that Secret Treasures were naturally formed by the Universe Realm and could possess powerful, unique effects.
• Ye Li described the First Aid Badge’s protective Energy Shield and warned that it could not guarantee survival, noting the competition’s average death rate was around 0.5%.

Ye Li explained the Monster Hunting Competition’s rules, then sent the contestants through portals to Bloodforge Star. Xu Jingming chose to compete alone and arrived in a dangerous forest, eager to begin hunting.

• Ye Li explained that contestants could earn Points by hunting monsters or defeating rivals, and that their performances would be broadcast during the final month.
• Ye Li distributed Space Rings and Smart Armguards, then declared the competition underway and opened the portals to Bloodforge Star.
• Moon Shadow and the others asked Xu Jingming to join their team, but he declined and said he would act alone.
• Xu Jingming raced into a light gate and arrived in a gloomy forest filled with monster cries and the scent of blood.
• Xu Jingming welcomed the familiar wilderness battlefield, unleashed his Mental Strength, and prepared to hunt.

Xu Jingming used his perfected Heavenly Thunder Wings and Heavenly Punishment Thunder Array to annihilate a canyon full of beasts and gain over six hundred thousand Origin Points. He split his forces with a Demonic Energy Clone to pursue two more beast packs, while his true body headed toward a gathering with a hidden Rank 8 or Rank 9 beast.

• Xu Jingming detected nearby beast packs and flew to a canyon containing nearly a hundred beasts, including three Star Tier Rank 7 beasts.
• Xu Jingming cast the perfected Heavenly Punishment Thunder Array, killing the canyon’s beasts and gaining over six hundred thousand Origin Points.
• Xu Jingming checked the competition standings and found himself ranked 5172nd.
• Xu Jingming sent a Demonic Energy Clone toward a beast pack in the northwest while his true body headed southeast toward a pack hiding a powerful beast.

Xu Jingming continued hunting across Blood Refining Star, amassing over forty-one million Origin Points in ten days before encountering more than ten teams from the Godslayer Martial Hall. He sent a Demonic Energy Clone to scout the teams and found one group fighting a Star Tier Rank 7 beast.

• Xu Jingming flew southeast with the Heavenly Thunder Wings and accumulated over forty-one million Origin Points in ten days of hunting.
• Xu Jingming estimated that a year of hunting could earn him at least 1.8 billion Origin Points and potentially raise his strength toward the Cosmic Tier.
• Xu Jingming sensed more than ten Godslayer Martial Hall teams ahead and worried that a powerful contestant might block his route.
• Xu Jingming created a Demonic Energy Clone to scout while his main body descended to the ground.
• Xu Jingming's clone found a four-person Godslayer Martial Hall team surrounding a Star Tier Rank 7 beast and flew toward them.

Xu Jingming's Demonic Energy Clone confronted a Godslayer Martial Hall squad that had nearly defeated a Corrosive Poison Swamp Dragon. After the squad mocked him as a fraud, Xu Jingming struck so quickly that all five members' First Aid Badges activated, eliminating them instantly.

• A five-member Godslayer Martial Hall squad wounded a Corrosive Poison Swamp Dragon and prepared to finish it off.
• Xu Jingming's Demonic Energy Clone appeared at the swamp, and the squad mocked him after recognizing him as the Genius Battle champion.
• Fifth activated the livestream and charged Xu Jingming, confident he could defeat the supposedly resource-built Star Tier Rank 6 fighter.
• Xu Jingming unleashed a Dark Gold Thunderlight that swept through all five squad members before they could react.
• The squad's First Aid Badges activated, and the five realized they had been eliminated in a single exchange.

Xu Jingming’s Demonic Energy Clone defeated Boulder Squad with a single attack, then faced the Godslayer Martial Hall reinforcements gathering at the swamp. After awakening the Purple Nightmare Demonic Body and enduring their barrage with the Star Core Thunder Gang Body, he charged into close combat, leaving the fight underway.

• Shadow Blade and the rest of Boulder Squad were stunned when Xu Jingming’s Demonic Energy Clone defeated them in one move, and Shadow Blade invited him to add her on the Virtual Universe.
• Godslayer Martial Hall squads sensed the energy surge and converged on the swamp, where they found Boulder Squad trapped and Xu Jingming standing alone.
• The arriving fighters surrounded Xu Jingming and attacked after deciding to avenge Boulder Squad.
• Xu Jingming activated the Purple Nightmare Demonic Body and unleashed his dark-gold Nirvana Divine Lightning, terrifying the surrounding fighters.
• Xu Jingming blocked their attacks with the Star Core Thunder Gang Body’s protective Thunder Qi, then charged into the nearest squad for close combat.

Xu Jingming's Demonic Energy Clone defeated a group of Godslayer Martial Hall fighters and waited when they threatened him with Blood Axe Locke's arrival. Shadow Blade recognized that Xu Jingming was likely using a clone, leaving the Godslayer fighters unaware that Locke might only destroy the clone.

• Xu Jingming's Demonic Energy Clone overwhelmed and eliminated more than twenty Godslayer Martial Hall fighters in close combat.
• Shadow Blade and the other onlookers were stunned by how easily Xu Jingming defeated opponents that included several Star Tier Rank 6 fighters and a Star Tier Rank 7.
• Xu Jingming criticized the Godslayer Martial Hall fighters for posing little challenge, though he decided to stay cautious about the competition's other geniuses.
• A bloodied Star Tier Rank 7 fighter warned Xu Jingming that Blood Axe Locke, a nearby Star Tier Rank 9 Dual Law Perfection powerhouse, would arrive.
• Xu Jingming agreed to wait for Locke so he could gauge a Star Tier Rank 9 fighter's strength, while Shadow Blade recognized that he was probably only risking a clone.

Xu Jingming faced Blood Axe Locke and used his Heavenly Thunder Wings to evade the Star Tier Rank 9 powerhouse’s attacks. The battle continued as Xu Jingming’s clone moved faster than Locke could catch.

• Blood Axe Locke arrived with seven squads and found Xu Jingming standing alone after defeating twenty of his teammates.
• Locke charged Xu Jingming and swung his blood-red battle axe with the power of perfected Wind Law and Destruction Law.
• Xu Jingming activated his Heavenly Thunder Wings and dodged the axe strike, which carved a thousand-meter ravine through the swamp.
• Locke launched a barrage of attacks, but Xu Jingming’s clone evaded them and moved even faster than Locke.
• Xu Jingming and Locke began a chase above the swamp as Locke’s attacks shattered the terrain and Xu Jingming escaped each one.

Xu Jingming decided to use his Demonic Energy Clone to attack Blood Axe’s seven squads while his true body raced toward the battlefield. The clone self-destructed amid the contestants, severely injuring many of them and leaving Blood Axe’s remaining fighters exposed to Xu Jingming’s arrival.

• Xu Jingming judged that Blood Axe could not catch him or keep him from escaping, and chose to eliminate the contestants in the seven squads before leaving.
• Xu Jingming’s true body set off from a concealed mountain hollow, flying toward the battlefield thirty percent faster than his Demonic Energy Clone.
• Xu Jingming sent his clone into the seven squads, where its provocative stance made the contestants prepare to attack.
• The clone began self-destructing, and Blood Axe tried to stop it with a powerful axe strike.
• The explosion’s Demonic Qi and Destruction Law lightning overwhelmed the nearby fighters, triggering many First Aid Badges and severely injuring several Star Tier Rank 6 and Rank 7 contestants.

Xu Jingming’s clone destroyed most of Blood Axe’s team in a self-destruction, and his real body arrived soon after to eliminate the remaining injured fighters with a powerful long-range attack. He escaped before Blood Axe and the surviving Rank 8 members could catch him, leaving Blood Axe furious and vowing to settle things during the ongoing competition.

• Xu Jingming’s clone self-destructed, eliminating more than two-thirds of Blood Axe’s team and revealing his identity to the survivors.
• Blood Axe realized Xu Jingming had risen to Star Tier Rank 6 in just over two years and ordered his surviving team to prepare to track him.
• Xu Jingming’s real body arrived and gathered Dark Gold Thunderlight while Blood Axe’s group prepared to attack.
• Xu Jingming fired the Thunderlight World Annihilation Cannon, eliminating the seven injured Star Tier Rank 7 members and leaving the Rank 8 survivors battered.
• Blood Axe and five Rank 8 members pursued Xu Jingming, but he escaped at high speed after saying he would take their companions’ Points.
• Blood Axe stopped his futile pursuit and vowed to remember Xu Jingming as the competition continued.

Xu Jingming decided to focus on hunting demon beasts rather than risk fighting contestants, while a hidden Void Plunderer hunted participants on Bloodforge Star. The creature was told to keep its killings within the permitted quota as the demons prepared to target gathered Human Race geniuses when the Demon Emperor arrived.

• Xu Jingming saw that eliminating Godslayer Martial Hall elites had earned him few Points and concluded that hunting demon beasts was safer and more rewarding.
• Xu Jingming resolved to avoid direct clashes, save contestant eliminations for the final month, and use his Demonic Energy Clone’s self-destruction as a trump card.
• Xu Jingming flew toward a region dense with demon-beast auras to focus on hunting.
• Karl fled through a forest after an unseen creature killed his four teammates, but the Void Plunderer pierced his First Aid Badge shield and killed him.
• The Void Plunderer, called Hidden Thorn, assured another demon that its kills remained within the permitted quota and agreed to wait until Human Race geniuses gathered before attacking.

After the Godslayer Martial Hall incident, Xu Jingming hunted demonic beasts on Bloodfiend Star and grew stronger while stealing the final blows from exhausted teams, earning the nickname “King of Scavenging.” News of his reputation reached Luo Li and Chi Huang, whose reactions left Luo curious about Xu Jingming and Chi Huang eager for a confrontation.

• Xu Jingming advanced steadily over six months, reaching Star Tier Rank 9, perfecting the Destruction and Lightning Laws, and raising his Spear Intent to intermediate while saving Origin Points for a breakthrough.
• Xu Jingming repeatedly used the Heavenly Thunder Wings to claim the kills of wounded demonic beasts from teams across the major factions, earning the nickname “King of Scavenging.”
• Mia showed Luo Li messages about Xu Jingming’s scavenging, and Luo Li became curious about how he had pulled it off.
• Brandon said Xu Jingming’s scouting, judgment, and speed showed real ability, and Luo Li agreed that Lady Ye Li’s junior brother was more capable than she had expected.
• Chi Huang and his teammates mocked Xu Jingming’s tactics, while Chi Huang said he hoped Xu Jingming would try to scavenge an opportunity from him.

Ye Li reviewed footage of Xu Jingming and discovered his mastery of Heavenly Thunder Wings, then grew concerned as the Monster Hunting Competition’s death count climbed. After eight months of hunting, Xu Jingming accumulated 280 million Origin Points and prepared to advance his Lightning Law into origin.

• Ye Li searched the competition feed for Xu Jingming and learned he had never activated his personal livestream.
• Ye Li watched clips of Xu Jingming battling and recognized his Heavenly Thunder Wings, which he had cultivated to mastery.
• Ye Li received notice that 1,328 contestants had died after six months, but the other mentors considered the death rate normal.
• Xu Jingming spent eight months hunting and accumulating Origin Points, bringing his total to 280 million.
• Xu Jingming tapped the plus sign beside Lightning Law to advance it into the realm of origin.

Xu Jingming comprehended the lightning origin during the Monster Hunting Competition, gaining a powerful connection to the universe’s lightning and greatly increasing his strength. He set his sights on hunting monsters for origin points and eventually comprehending the destruction origin.

• Xu Jingming’s lightning mastery broke through to the origin stage, causing a dark-golden Thunder Sea to manifest over the canyon and terrifying monsters and contestants across the region.
• Xu Jingming realized he could command lightning within a hundred li and felt the universe’s affinity for his lightning origin, unlike its rejection of his Origin Core Secret Tome cultivation.
• Xu Jingming’s origin lightning shattered the boulder beneath him and proved at least five times more powerful than before.
• Xu Jingming flew toward a gathering of monsters at unprecedented speed and judged that he could likely defeat a Star Peak expert with two origins, such as Luo Li.
• Xu Jingming chose to prioritize monster hunting and gaining origin points so he could pursue the destruction origin rather than waste time seeking contestants.

Moon Shadow fled an invisible monster in the Blood Refining Star jungle, unable to sense it except through warnings from the trees. Just as she gave up and thought of Xu Jingming with regret, he appeared, and she warned him to run.

• Moon Shadow relied on the jungle trees to track an unseen monster that had killed contestants despite their First Aid Badges.
• After running for over an hour, Moon Shadow exhausted her Origin Energy as the monster accelerated toward her.
• Facing death, Moon Shadow regretted not getting closer to Xu Jingming and recalled holding back at dinner.
• Xu Jingming appeared above Moon Shadow, and she recognized him before urgently warning him about the invisible monster.

Moon Shadow warned Xu Jingming that a Royal Blood Void Plunderer was hunting him, but he blocked its ambush and killed it with a single burst of Nirvana Divine Lightning. Afterward, Moon Shadow clung to him in relief as Xu Jingming comforted her.

• Moon Shadow sensed the Void Plunderer turning toward Xu Jingming and shouted for him to dodge.
• The Void Plunderer emerged from the void and struck at Xu Jingming, but his Thunder Qi blocked its spike.
• Xu Jingming pierced and annihilated the Void Plunderer with Nirvana Divine Lightning.
• Moon Shadow stared in disbelief at Xu Jingming’s strength before he landed and greeted her.
• Moon Shadow rushed into Xu Jingming’s arms and sobbed about being chased, and he stroked her back and hair to comfort her.

After Xu Jingming rescued Moon Shadow from a Void Plunderer, he carried her to a cave to recover and revealed his astonishing cultivation and mastery of Laws. Moon Shadow told him her bloodline sensed a heavenly treasure deep in the forest, and he agreed to help her find it once she had rested.

• Xu Jingming carried the exhausted Moon Shadow to a concealed cave and gave her a recovery potion.
• Moon Shadow asked how Xu Jingming had killed the Void Plunderer so easily, and he revealed that he had reached Star Tier Rank 9.
• Xu Jingming told Moon Shadow that his Lightning Law had entered the Origin Realm and his Destruction Law had reached the perfected Ninth Level.
• Moon Shadow said her Silver Moon Bloodline sensed a heavenly treasure deep in the forest and invited Xu Jingming to search for it with her.
• Xu Jingming agreed to accompany Moon Shadow after she recovered, and she noticed the pool where she could wash up.

Moon Shadow bathed in a pool while Xu Jingming kept watch and checked his progress in the Monster Hunting Competition. When she emerged in a drenched robe, Xu Jingming froze at the sight.

• Moon Shadow asked Xu Jingming if she could bathe, and he agreed to stand guard.
• Moon Shadow used the Life Law to screen the pool, bathed, and wondered how to show Xu Jingming her feelings.
• Xu Jingming checked his system panel and saw that his Origin Points had reached 190 million.
• Xu Jingming checked the competition standings and found himself ranked 197th among the remaining contestants.
• Moon Shadow emerged from the pool in a soaked, clinging robe, and Xu Jingming stared in surprise.