Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun went shopping in Shun'an City, where Xu bought a replacement A-rank battle suit. Meanwhile, the Heaven's Mandate Sect prepared to attack teachers from three top universities and target two S-Rank metahumans the next day.

• Song Qiuyun drove Xu Jingming to Nan'an Pedestrian Street in her aunt's Benz S-100, and they entered the busy shopping district together.
• Xu Jingming bought a Huiyang Equipment Company A-rank battle suit at a discount with his Black Gold Card, while Song Qiuyun chose C-grade combat suits.
• Xu Jingming bought local specialties for Jiang Chuxuan, and he and Song Qiuyun returned to the Shun'an Supply Base after dinner.
• The Heaven's Mandate Sect archbishop confirmed that the sect's preparations at the plantation were complete and assigned his members to attack teachers from three top universities.
• The archbishop told the Holy Son to target two S-Rank metahumans, then rallied the sixth-order members to announce the sect's existence through a bloody assault the next day.

Xu Jingming and the other top freshmen joined a study tour to the Seventh Demon Cave's plantation, where Manager Ma assigned them to gather S-rank herbs separately. The chapter ends with Xu Jingming, Kiran, and Dong Sheng following Manager Ma away from the other students, while Xu Jingming suspects something is wrong.

• Nearly three thousand freshmen and more than a dozen instructors left the Shun'an Supply Base for the Demon Cave plantation, with Kiran mostly recovered from his injuries.
• The group reached the secure plantation and admired its fields of blooming Exotic Flowers and Rare Herbs.
• Manager Ma assigned each university to gather herbs in a different area and directed Xu Jingming, Kiran, and Dong Sheng to gather S-rank herbs in the central S-2 area.
• Hu Ping questioned why the top three had to go separately, but accepted Manager Ma's explanation that they should learn to recognize rare herbs.
• Xu Jingming felt that something was off about Manager Ma, but followed him with Kiran and Dong Sheng after saying goodbye to Song Qiuyun and the others.

Xu Jingming, Kiran, and Hu Ping were lured into a trap at the plantation by the Heaven's Mandate Sect. After Hu Ping was gravely wounded, the Sect's Archbishop used a beast bone to lock down the space around the plantation, cutting them off from outside help.

• Dong Sheng praised Xu Jingming and Kiran's battle, then hinted that religion could grant great power; Kiran defended his faith in the Brahma Main God.
• Manager Ma led the group to a field of Sun Flowers and attacked Hu Ping with a grotesque beast claw, crushing her heart.
• Hu Ping transformed with her Dark Shadow Spirit Cat Ability and retreated, while the attacker revealed himself as a Heaven's Mandate Sect Archbishop.
• Hu Ping crushed Vice-Principal Ling Shuang's talisman token to summon help, but the Archbishop activated a snow-white beast bone and locked down the plantation's space.

Heaven's Mandate Sect attacked the plantation, killing Hu Ping and trapping Xu Jingming, Kiran, and the students inside with a spatial barrier. As Dong Sheng offered Xu Jingming and Kiran a choice between joining the sect and dying, the three university vice-principals began breaking through the lockdown.

• Hu Ping activated her talisman, but the archbishop blocked the vice-principals from entering the plantation and killed her with Black Cloud Claw.
• The archbishop used a Ninth-Order Beast Emperor Bone to stabilize the spatial barrier while Dong Sheng transformed with several kinds of divine blood and rose to Fourth-Order Peak.
• Dong Sheng offered Xu Jingming and Kiran the choice to join Heaven's Mandate Sect or be killed, while Song Qiuyun fought her way toward them and the students and instructors battled the sect's disciples.
• Vice-Principal Ling Shuang, Xu Ping, and Jiang Mo learned that Heaven's Mandate Sect had returned and prepared to break the barrier at its weakest point in the southeast.
• Ling Shuang lifted the entire plantation and identified the barrier's southeastern weak point as Xu Ping transformed into a golden giant ape and Jiang Mo became a surge of seawater to attack it.

Xu Jingming refused to join the Heaven's Mandate Sect and fought Dong Sheng, Kiran, and four Fourth-Order Metahumans while the Grandmasters tried to break the Space Lockdown. After Xu Jingming killed one Divine Blood Envoy, his Ability Points surpassed 50,000 and his ability evolved to S-rank+.

• Vice-Principal Ling Shuang, Vice-Principal Xu Ping, and Vice-Principal Jiang Mo attacked the Space Lockdown while the freshmen watched the plantation rise into the air.
• Dong Sheng offered the freshmen a chance to join the Heaven's Mandate Sect by attacking their peers, but Vice-Principal Ling Shuang threatened to execute anyone who did so.
• Kiran agreed to join the sect, while Xu Jingming refused and prepared to fight Dong Sheng, Kiran, and four Fourth-Order Low-Rank Metahumans.
• Xu Jingming entered Thunder Extreme State and killed a black-robed Fourth-Order Metahuman with Lightning Gale Slash.
• Xu Jingming gained 1,000 Ability Points when the Divine Blood Envoy died, pushing his total above 50,000 and evolving Purple Heaven Divine Lightning to S-rank+.

Xu Jingming evolved his S-rank Purple Heaven Divine Lightning into SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning and killed Dong Sheng and the remaining Heaven's Mandate Sect men. The Archbishop attacked him, but an invisible barrier stopped the blow as Ling Shuang appeared.

• Xu Jingming began evolving his Ability, and golden clouds and lightning gathered above the Demon Cave.
• Dong Sheng attacked Xu Jingming with flames, but the flames stopped before reaching him as the evolution completed.
• Xu Jingming’s Ability became SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning, and his golden lightning swallowed Dong Sheng’s flames.
• Xu Jingming killed Dong Sheng with a bolt of golden lightning, then killed the three remaining Heaven’s Mandate Sect black-robed men.
• Kiran surrendered, while the Archbishop rushed at Xu Jingming after learning the Holy Son was dead.
• The Archbishop’s beast claw stopped inches from Xu Jingming, and Ling Shuang appeared from the void.

Ling Shuang rescued Xu Jingming, captured the Heaven's Mandate Sect Archbishop, and ordered the remaining attackers dealt with. Xu Jingming revealed that his Purple Heaven Divine Lightning had transformed into a far stronger golden lightning, leaving Ling Shuang unsure what his ability had become.

• Ling Shuang broke the Archbishop's Space Lockdown, severed the hand holding the beast bone, and trapped him with Spatial Prison.
• Xu Jingming confirmed he was unharmed, while Xu Ping and Jiang Mo arrived and Ling Shuang ordered them to capture Sixth-Order Metahumans alive and kill the rest.
• Ling Shuang retrieved the beast bone and learned that Xu Jingming's Heavenly Lightning Art had reduced Dong Sheng and the others to residue.
• Xu Jingming said his ability had changed when he faced a deadly threat, then activated it at Ling Shuang's request.
• Ling Shuang examined the golden lightning's greater power and changed aura, then questioned whether it was still Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

After the Heaven's Mandate Sect attack was defeated, Ling Shuang tested Xu Jingming's mutated lightning ability at the Supply Base. The device identified it as the SS-rank Natural Lightning ability Du Tian Divine Lightning, leaving Ling Shuang shocked.

• Ling Shuang joined Xu Ping and Jiang Mo to defeat the Heaven's Mandate Sect attackers, while Xu Jingming comforted Song Qiuyun.
• The three universities reported that 342 freshmen had died and issued an Extermination Order against the Heaven's Mandate Sect.
• Ling Shuang ended the study tour early and ordered the freshmen to return to school the next morning.
• At the Supply Base, Ling Shuang called Xu Jingming into her office and tested his metahuman ability.
• The tester identified Xu Jingming's golden lightning as Du Tian Divine Lightning, an SS-rank ability, and Ling Shuang was stunned.

Ling Shuang confirmed Xu Jingming’s ability had evolved to the SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning and gave him a Space Talisman and the option to exchange his Seventh-Grade Breakthrough Pill. After Xu Jingming won the study tour, Ling Shuang opened the Three Top Universities’ combat skill collections, and he chose to review every A-rank and higher Battle Technique for Natural Lightning Type abilities.

• Ling Shuang explained that the ability detector recognized Xu Jingming’s Du Tian Divine Lightning through its database inherited from the Ancient Civilization Era, and advised him not to publicize his SS-rank ability widely.
• Ling Shuang gave Xu Jingming a Space Talisman that could summon her from within four hundred kilometers and told him to use it only if his life was in danger.
• Ling Shuang handed Xu Jingming a Seventh-Grade Breakthrough Pill and allowed him to exchange it for another S-rank Resource at Magic University’s Resource Department.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that, as the study tour’s first-place winner, he could consult the Three Top Universities’ combat skill collections and learn one Battle Technique.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva to show him every A-rank and above Battle Technique for Natural Lightning Type metahuman abilities.

Xu Jingming chose the S-rank Thunder God Finger Battle Technique after browsing the shared combat skill library, and Ling Shuang arranged to obtain its manual. Back in the training hall, he examined his newly evolved SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning and recognized its greater power and potential for further evolution.

• Xu Jingming asked Eva to filter the combat skill library for S-rank Lightning Type Battle Techniques and selected Thunder God Finger.
• Ling Shuang warned that Jing University would provide little instruction for Thunder God Finger, but Xu Jingming confidently accepted the challenge.
• Ling Shuang agreed to notify Qingjing Metahuman University and tell Xu Jingming when the original manual arrived.
• Xu Jingming returned to the training hall after resting, while Song Qiuyun went to find her aunt; freshmen there praised him for helping them survive the Heaven's Mandate Sect ambush.
• Xu Jingming opened his status panel and tested his unstable, powerful golden lightning, reflecting that his SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning might someday evolve into an SSS-rank ability.

Xu Jingming trained to control his Du Tian Divine Lightning while Liu Yushan arrived at Shun'an Supply Base to interrogate the captured Heaven's Mandate Sect members. After learning the Archbishop’s memories had been altered and that the sect’s operation was part of a larger conspiracy, Liu Yushan asked Ling Shuang where Xu Jingming was so he could meet him about his Ability evolution.

• Xu Jingming decided to focus on controlling the increasingly difficult Du Tian Divine Lightning.
• Liu Yushan arrived at Shun'an Supply Base, where Ling Shuang and the others were holding Heaven's Mandate Sect members.
• Liu Yushan used his Mental Type Ability to make the Archbishop answer questions about the sect’s attack and its spies.
• The Archbishop revealed that Jin University had a spy but could not answer key questions because another Metahuman had altered his memories.
• Liu Yushan concluded that a larger organization was behind the Heaven's Mandate Sect and said he would report the intelligence to the Supreme Council.
• Liu Yushan asked Ling Shuang where Xu Jingming was so he could meet him about his Ability evolution.

Xu Jingming met National Assembly Councilor Liu Yushan, who tested his will and gave him an Essence Soul Seal to protect his mind from mental attacks. After Liu left, Xu Jingming trusted the seal and suspected the Deep Blue System could not be detected by others.

• Ling Shuang introduced Xu Jingming to Liu Yushan, whose first glance nearly overwhelmed Xu Jingming until Golden Lightning cleared his mind.
• Liu Yushan praised Xu Jingming's will and explained that Great Xia would support him as an SS-rank awakener without protecting him from every danger.
• Liu Yushan cast his SS-rank Essence Soul Seal on Xu Jingming, shielding his Sea of Consciousness from mental intrusion.
• Liu Yushan said the National Assembly had settled matters concerning Heaven's Mandate Sect and Xu Jingming, then left to report to Azure Capital.
• Ling Shuang asked whether Xu Jingming feared the seal, and Xu Jingming said he trusted Liu and sensed that no one could detect his Deep Blue System.

Xu Jingming agreed to represent Magic University in the next National College League and returned to campus after the deadly Study Tour attack. As he stepped off the airship, Jiang Chuxuan greeted him with an unusually radiant smile.

• Ling Shuang reserved Xu Jingming a place on Magic University's National College League team, and he agreed to compete.
• Xu Jingming returned to training after dinner and reassured Jiang Chuxuan that he was unharmed and would be back at school the next day.
• The three universities' freshmen departed the Supply Base, while Kiran remained under investigation and the captured Heaven's Mandate Sect members were taken for questioning.
• Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun returned to Magic University aboard its airship as students welcomed him and invited him to visit their schools.
• Jiang Chuxuan waited at the training field and walked toward Xu Jingming with a radiant smile when he disembarked.

After returning from the Demon Cave, Xu Jingming gave Jiang Chuxuan the rare herbs he had collected and went to exchange his S-rank cultivation resource. Eva’s search revealed a Thunder Secret Realm Pass as the resource best suited to improving his control over lightning abilities.

• Jiang Chuxuan met Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun, checked that they were unharmed, and invited them to lunch.
• Xu Jingming gave Jiang Chuxuan more than two hundred rare herbs, including over a dozen B-rank plants, and Song Qiuyun contributed her own collection.
• After lunch, Xu Jingming went alone to Magic University's Resource Department to exchange the S-rank Cultivation Resource he had received.
• With Eva's help, Xu Jingming searched for a resource that would improve control over his Lightning Type ability.
• Eva's list narrowed to the Thunder Secret Realm Pass, which allowed its holder to train in the Thunder Secret Realm in Hedong City.

Xu Jingming traded his Seventh-Grade Breakthrough Pill for a pass to train in Hedong City's Thunder Secret Realm and planned his winter break around it. When Yang Zhentian examined Xu Jingming after his divine-blood absorption, he was stunned to see him unleash golden lightning instead of his usual blue-violet Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

• Eva explained that the Thunder Secret Realm was a lightning-filled training ground in Canger Town, Hedong City, and that Xu Jingming's S-Rank pass would grant him a month inside.
• Xu Jingming exchanged his Seventh-Grade Breakthrough Pill for the pass and decided to rest at Magic University before visiting the realm during winter break.
• Xu Jingming replied to Tang Qi's invitation to meet on Friday and planned to attend the Meteor Guild's exchange meeting the next day.
• Yang Zhentian called Xu Jingming to discuss the effects of his divine-blood absorption, and Xu Jingming went to his villa.
• Yang Zhentian discovered Xu Jingming had reached the third order and took him to the training room to examine his body.
• Xu Jingming activated his ability, and Yang Zhentian froze when dazzling golden lightning appeared instead of blue-violet Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

Yang Zhentian discovered that Xu Jingming’s ability had evolved into SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning and that divine blood had strengthened his Undying Body. With no suitable fellow disciple available, Yang Zhentian summoned a Weapon Academy student for a physical combat test, but the student thought Xu Jingming was too weak to make the match fair.

• Xu Jingming told Yang Zhentian that his Purple Heaven Divine Lightning had evolved into SS-rank Du Tian Divine Lightning, surprising his teacher.
• Yang Zhentian examined Xu Jingming’s Thunder Extreme State and found that his Undying Body foundation had reached Eighth-Order Upper Position and gained a Beast Emperor-Level Dragon Ferocious Beast bloodline aura.
• Yang Zhentian decided to test Xu Jingming’s physical improvements in combat but found that his other disciples were unsuitable opponents.
• Yang Zhentian called a Third-Order Peak Weapon Academy student to fight Xu Jingming using only physical strength.
• The young man saw Xu Jingming’s Third-Order Low-Rank aura and asked Yang Zhentian whether the match would bully him too much.

Xu Jingming tested his physical strength against Zhong Dan at Yang Zhentian’s request and proved far stronger than expected. After the sparring session, Zhong Dan recovered and vowed to defend Xu Jingming from forum claims that he was all hype.

• Yang Zhentian asked Zhong Dan to spar with Xu Jingming using only physical strength, and Zhong Dan activated his Azure-Eyed Grey Wolf ability.
• Xu Jingming matched Zhong Dan’s first punch without difficulty, then pressed him in their continued fight despite not using an ability.
• Yang Zhentian analyzed Xu Jingming’s combat data and asked him to activate Thunder Extreme State, leaving Zhong Dan alarmed.
• Xu Jingming entered Thunder Extreme State and overwhelmed Zhong Dan, leaving his right hand numb and his body exhausted.
• Xu Jingming gave Zhong Dan a Second-Grade Qi Blood Elixir, and Zhong Dan vowed to flame anyone on the forum who called Xu Jingming all hype.

After defeating Zhong Dan, Xu Jingming rested briefly before Ling Shuang brought him to the Combat Skill Library to receive Jing University's original Thunder God Finger manual. Jing University had also sent Chen Lin to teach him, and Xu Jingming prepared to learn from the Seventh-Order Grandmaster despite knowing he could simply add points to master the skill.

• Xu Jingming defeated Zhong Dan, declined to join his Azure Guild, and agreed to accompany its members on Wilderness Area trips for 200 credits each.
• Xu Jingming returned to the dormitory, relaxed on the sofa with Liu Wentao for over two hours, then went upstairs to train.
• Ling Shuang contacted Xu Jingming the next afternoon to say Jing University's delegation had arrived with the Thunder God Finger manual.
• Ling Shuang opened a Space Gate and brought Xu Jingming to the Combat Skill Library, where she introduced him to Jing University instructor Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin explained that he had come to deliver the manual and visit his old friend Yang Zhentian, and agreed to guide Xu Jingming for half a month.

Xu Jingming attended the Meteor Guild exchange meeting and agreed to take missions against the Heaven's Mandate Sect. After the sect ambushed the three schools' freshman team, Great Xia Country issued an Extermination Order and began mobilizing against it.

• Xu Jingming arrived at the Meteor Guild exchange meeting and sat with fellow vice-president Du Liangping, who congratulated him on reaching the third order.
• Xu Jingming told Du Liangping he would take missions against the Heaven's Mandate Sect, while Du Liangping said he planned to intern at Meteor Company.
• Councilor Liu Yushan announced that Great Xia Country had issued an Extermination Order against the Heaven's Mandate Sect.
• Great Xia Country ordered companies, universities, martial arts schools, and Metahumans to help locate the sect and warned against sheltering or colluding with its disciples.
• Provinces, cities, companies, battle groups, and martial arts schools pledged to obey the Extermination Order and search for the Heaven's Mandate Sect.

Xu Jingming watched the national Extermination Order against Heaven's Mandate Sect and decided to learn the S-rank Thunder God Finger before hunting its members. After Chen Lin explained the technique, Xu Jingming used Deep Blue to master it instantly, just as Chen Lin offered to assess his practice.

• Xu Jingming concluded that the Extermination Order would eventually destroy Heaven's Mandate Sect and regretted that Ling Shuang had taken Dong Sheng's Space Ring, which might have held clues to the sect's secret technique.
• Xu Jingming studied the Thunder God Finger manual late into the night, but found its advanced concepts difficult to understand.
• The next morning, Xu Jingming visited Chen Lin and asked him to explain the parts of Thunder God Finger he had not understood.
• Chen Lin answered Xu Jingming's questions for more than three hours and marveled at how quickly he grasped the technique.
• Xu Jingming spent 2,800 Ability Points to level up Thunder God Finger to Beginner, mastering it instantly.
• Chen Lin invited Xu Jingming to practice Thunder God Finger in the backyard, while Xu Jingming wondered what problem there could be.