Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming accepted Mystic Pupil God's investment of two million Crystal Yuan and left to hunt in the Ancient Battlefield. Meanwhile, Royce planned to use the Burning Heaven Mirror to track Xu Jingming and arrange for Alien Races to attack him.

• Mystic Pupil God gave Xu Jingming two million Crystal Yuan and warned him that Royce would seek revenge.
• Xu Jingming promised to help Mystic Pupil God if she ever needed him, then returned to the crevice cave and flew off to continue hunting.
• Royce told Colt that he would not let Xu Jingming's humiliation go unanswered, though he could not attack him directly.
• Royce used the Burning Heaven Mirror to capture Xu Jingming's Divine Thought fluctuations and roughly track his position.
• Royce ordered Colt to leak Xu Jingming's whereabouts to Alien Races skilled in Space Law, planning to let them kill him.

Royce persuaded Kongming God to ambush Xu Jingming for the Nine-Layer Soul Tower, and Kongming God trapped Xu Jingming in a space-sealed area. The chapter ended as Kongming God prepared to livestream Xu Jingming’s execution in the Virtual Universe.

• Royce told Kongming God about the Nine-Layer Soul Tower and gave him Xu Jingming’s location, persuading him to attack.
• Kongming God agreed to kill Xu Jingming and claim the supreme treasure.
• Over three months, Xu Jingming raised his body- and soul-tempering techniques to the Sixth Level and strengthened his Divine Power and Divine Thought while hunting in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Xu Jingming sensed that someone had reinforced the surrounding space, weakening his Teleportation.
• Kongming God emerged from the spatial ripples, released an enslaved Human Race Cosmic Tier, and had him livestream the planned execution.

Kongming God trapped Xu Jingming, disguised as Su Chen, and began broadcasting his planned execution to the Human Race. Ye Li learned of the ambush and rushed toward the coordinates, but she was three light-years away and feared she would arrive too late.

• Kongming God sealed the space around Xu Jingming with Void Lock Realm and announced that he was livestreaming the execution in the Human Race Virtual Universe.
• Human Race powerhouses gathered around the broadcast and worried that Xu Jingming could not escape or defeat the Limit Eternal Kongming God.
• Royce and Colt watched the broadcast and celebrated what they expected to be Xu Jingming's death.
• Xiao Ye alerted Ye Li that Xu Jingming had been ambushed, and Ye Li obtained Kongming God's login coordinates.
• Ye Li found that the coordinates were three light-years away, launched her Star Shuttle, and entered the Virtual Universe to watch the broadcast.

Xu Jingming fought Kongming God inside the Void Lock Realm and revealed that his Void Realm Demon form let him teleport despite the spatial seal. He countered Kongming God’s Great Void Annihilation with the first level of Nine-Fold Thunder Tribulation, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Kongming God attacked Xu Jingming with Void Strangling, but Xu Jingming transformed into his Void Realm Demon form and restored his ability to sense space.
• Xu Jingming teleported fifty kilometers within the Void Lock Realm, shocking Kongming God and the livestream audience.
• Xu Jingming attacked Kongming God with Destruction Thunder Spear, but Kongming God escaped using Void Displacement.
• Kongming God unleashed Great Void Annihilation, spreading destructive spatial ripples throughout the sealed realm.
• Xu Jingming activated the first level of Nine-Fold Thunder Tribulation, and his gold-green Sun-Day Divine Thunder tore through the spatial annihilation.

Xu Jingming killed Kongming God with the three layers of his Nine-Fold Thunder Tribulation and earned the title Thunder God. After dismantling the Void Lock Realm, he took Kongming God’s belongings and realized the Void Realm Demon bloodline made him difficult to trap.

• Xu Jingming’s second layer of Nine-Fold Thunder Tribulation shattered Kongming God’s ten thousand spatial barriers and erased more than a tenth of his Divine Body.
• Kongming God tried to flee with Void Escape, but Xu Jingming used the Void Realm Demon’s power to lock the space and kill him with the third layer of the thunder technique.
• The Virtual Universe plaza erupted in shock at Kongming God’s death, and the watching Eternals gave Xu Jingming the title Thunder God.
• Ye Li was stunned that Xu Jingming had reached Limit Eternal strength only a year and a half after entering the Eternal Tier.
• Royce reacted furiously to Kongming God’s defeat, while Colt reconsidered his earlier fight with Su Chen.
• Xu Jingming collected Kongming God’s World Ring and equipment, then used the Void Realm Demon’s spatial power to break the Void Lock Realm.

After completing the fourth-phase mission, Xu Jingming learned that his next task was to judge criminals, but chose to remain in the Ancient Battlefield and hunt for Mass Points first. Ye Li invited him to join a relic expedition in three months, and Xu Jingming accepted before setting out to keep hunting.

• Vera told Xu Jingming that the fourth-phase mission was complete and the fifth phase required him to judge major criminals within a hundred years.
• Xu Jingming decided to stay in the Ancient Battlefield to hunt for Mass Points and left the site of his battle.
• Ye Li contacted Xu Jingming in the Virtual Universe and told him he had become known as the Thunder God after defeating Kongming God.
• Xu Jingming revealed that he had reached Eternal Tier 6, and Ye Li noted that his combat power had reached the Limit Eternal level.
• Ye Li invited Xu Jingming to explore a relic associated with a fallen World Venerable Tier expert, and he agreed to meet her group in three months.
• Xu Jingming returned to reality and continued hunting in preparation for the relic expedition.

Royce decided to wait for Xu Jingming’s difficult criminal-judgment mission while preparing to enter the Black Stone Ruins with Colt. After gathering over a million Mass Points by hunting Alien Race members, Xu Jingming kept them in reserve for the relic’s dangers and traveled to meet Ye Li at the Sky Pit.

• Royce explained to Colt that judging powerful criminals could force Xu Jingming to choose between following the law and offending influential factions.
• Royce told Colt to prepare for the Black Stone Ruins, which would open in half a year, and planned to use his Black Stone Token to bring four people inside.
• Over six months, Xu Jingming hunted Alien Race members across the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu and accumulated more than a million Mass Points.
• Xu Jingming chose to save his Mass Points for the dangers and restrictions inside the World Venerable Tier relic, then set out to meet Ye Li with Vera.
• After three Stellar Days and another half-day of travel through the Sky Pit, Xu Jingming reached a valley encircled by three massive black stones.

Xu Jingming joined Ye Li, Chu Kuang, and Mu Wanqing before the Black Stone Ruins, where Ye Li explained how they would enter and explore. The group prepared to share Ye Li’s Black Stone Token as she began describing how many tokens existed.

• Xu Jingming arrived and greeted Ye Li, who introduced her teammates, Chu Kuang and Mu Wanqing.
• Xu Jingming introduced himself as Su Chen, a Limit Eternal-level fighter specializing in Destruction and Lightning Law.
• Chu Kuang and Mu Wanqing welcomed Xu Jingming and said his presence would make the exploration easier.
• Ye Li explained that the Black Stone Ruins had been left by Black Stone World Venerable and that its entrance required special Black Stone Tokens.
• Ye Li showed the group her token and said the four of them would share it, then began explaining that only eight tokens existed.

Xu Jingming’s group encountered Royce, Yanzhu God, and Tianyu God in the Black Stone Ruins, but the rival teams split up to search for treasure. As Ye Li led Xu Jingming and the others onward, they discovered the ruins’ heavy suppression of movement, though Xu Jingming kept pace with her.

• Xu Jingming and Royce each privately considered killing the other, while Xu Jingming decided Colt would be the easier target amid the chaos.
• Ye Li’s group encountered Yanzhu God of the Demon Race and Tianyu God of the Spirit Race, both Invincible Eternal Tiers.
• Royce proposed that the Human groups join forces, but Ye Li refused, and Royce flew off with Colt and the other two experts.
• Yanzhu God said his demons had come to seek treasure, then led them away; Tianyu God greeted Ye Li’s group and vanished.
• Ye Li explained that the Spirit Race were powerful energy lifeforms and generally friendly toward Humans, then led Xu Jingming, Chu Kuang, and Mu Wanqing deeper into the ruins.
• The ruins’ stable space and powerful law suppression slowed the peak Eternals, but Xu Jingming’s Heavenly Thunder Wings and affinity for space let him keep pace with Ye Li.

Xu Jingming used his extraordinary Divine Thought and Vera’s help to locate Divinity Crystals throughout the Black Stone Ruins, quickly gathering a large haul. Deep in the ruins, a mysterious entity awakened after someone opened the ruins.

• Xu Jingming sensed a Divinity Crystal buried underground, dug it out, and explained how such crystals formed from the Divine Bodies of fallen Eternal Gods.
• Ye Li, Chu Kuang, and Mu Qingwan realized the ruins could contain many crystals and began searching, while Xu Jingming asked Vera to scan underground for him.
• With Vera’s assistance and his soul equipment amplifying his Divine Thought, Xu Jingming swiftly found and collected thirteen Divinity Crystals, far outpacing his companions.
• At the deepest part of the Black Stone Ruins, black mist formed an enormous face, and a mysterious being cried out that someone had finally opened its ruins.

The Black Fog Face awakened the Black Stone Ruins’ hidden will and lured four teams toward a huge eruption of Divinity Crystals. Xu Jingming reached the crystal field first and collected hundreds before a colossal golden crystal rose from the ground.

• The Black Fog Face identified the four teams, noticed Xu Jingming’s hidden Void Realm Demon bloodline, and began a screening designed to tempt them into fighting.
• A pillar of golden light revealed a vast trove of Divinity Crystals, and Xu Jingming’s team, Royce’s team, Yanzhu God’s team, and Tianyu God headed toward it.
• Xu Jingming used his speed and Divine Thought to collect crystals rapidly as the four forces plundered separate parts of the field.
• A giant golden crystal emerged from beneath the center of the pillar, radiating immense Divine Power.

Xu Jingming seized the chance to attack Colt while the four forces raced for a colossal Divinity Crystal, killing him with one spear strike. Royce intervened with the Burning Heaven Mirror, and Xu Jingming prepared to reveal that he also possessed a precious treasure.

• The four forces spotted a gigantic Divinity Crystal worth at least seven million Crystal Yuan, and Ye Li ordered Chu Kuang and Mu Wanqing to support Xu Jingming as she confronted Royce.
• Mu Wanqing enhanced Xu Jingming, Chu Kuang, and Ye Li with the Life and Water Laws, while Xu Jingming transformed and charged Colt.
• Colt attacked Xu Jingming with his T1 time technique, but Xu Jingming's perfected Destruction Thunder Spear shattered Colt's defense and destroyed his Divine Body in one strike.
• Colt re-formed after losing twenty percent of his Divine Body and called for Royce's help as Xu Jingming pursued him.
• Royce unleashed the Burning Heaven Mirror's Flame Dragon Devours the Heavens, and Xu Jingming declared that he had a precious treasure of his own.

Xu Jingming used the Chaos Bead to block Royce’s attack and wound him, stunning Ye Li and the others. Royce unleashed the Burning Heaven Mirror’s ultimate form, and Ye Li stepped in to hold off his Flame Dragons while Chu Kuang urged Xu Jingming to collect the Divinity Crystals.

• Xu Jingming revealed the Chaos Bead and used its barrier to stop Royce’s nine fire dragons.
• Xu Jingming unleashed the Chaos Bead’s killing ability, sending Royce flying and injuring his Divine Body.
• Royce became enraged and activated the Burning Heaven Mirror’s ultimate form, summoning nine enormous Flame Dragons.
• Ye Li appeared before Xu Jingming and attacked the Flame Dragons with the Obsidian Sword.
• Ye Li held off eight Flame Dragons while Chu Kuang offered to deal with Colt and the others and told Xu Jingming to collect the Divinity Crystals.

Xu Jingming seized the seven-million-Crystal-Yuan Divinity Crystal while Ye Li kept Royce at bay. The Black Stone Venerable then appeared, revealed the inheritance trial and its rewards, and set everyone to deciphering 128 Secret Marks as Xu Jingming prepared to rely on his saved Mass Points.

• With Mu Wanqing's support, Xu Jingming rushed to the giant crystal and stored it in his World Ring while Ye Li suppressed Royce.
• The Black Fog Face watched the battle and planned to possess Xu Jingming, whose talent it hoped would help it regain the World Venerable Realm and reach the Origin Realm.
• The Black Stone Venerable appeared and announced that whoever deciphered all 128 Secret Marks fastest would earn his inheritance, with rewards for the first to decipher the 20th, 50th, and 100th marks.
• Royce, Yanzhu God, Tianyu God, Ye Li, Chu Kuang, and Mu Wanqing began studying the Secret Marks, while Xu Jingming felt relieved that he had saved one million Mass Points.

Xu Jingming used the Deep Blue System to decipher Black Stone Venerable’s Secret Marks far faster than the other trial participants and claimed the first reward, a Divinity Crystal. Hidden in the ruins, the Black Fog Face became determined to possess Xu Jingming for his exceptional comprehension.

• Xu Jingming spent one Mass Point to decipher the first Secret Mark, then quickly analyzed the second while the other experts were just beginning.
• Xu Jingming deciphered Secret Marks three through eight, leaving Tianyu God, Ye Li, Royce, and Yanzhu God far behind.
• Xu Jingming continued through the twentieth Secret Mark, using 1,000 Mass Points to decipher it and trigger the first reward.
• Black Stone Venerable’s Divinity Crystal flew to Xu Jingming, who stored it in his World Ring as the other participants lagged behind.
• The Black Fog Face watched Xu Jingming’s performance and resolved to use its Soul-Devouring Spirit-Fusion technique to possess him.

Xu Jingming rapidly deciphered the Secret Marks while Royce plotted to stop him and seize the inheritance. Ye Li and her allies protected Xu Jingming, but Royce joined forces with Yanzhu God and the Demon Race, leaving the group facing a dangerous confrontation.

• The Black Fog Face watched Xu Jingming decipher Secret Marks, expecting the effort to weaken his Divine Thought and make possession easier, but Xu Jingming used the Deep Blue System instead.
• Xu Jingming reached the forty-fourth Secret Mark while Royce had deciphered only four, prompting Royce to plan an attack with Colt and the others to interrupt him.
• Ye Li detected Royce's plan and ordered Chu Kuang and Mu Wanqing to protect Xu Jingming while she confronted Royce.
• Ye Li and Royce prepared to fight, with Ye Li insisting Xu Jingming continue deciphering the Secret Marks.
• Yanzhu God offered to join forces with Royce against Xu Jingming, and Royce accepted, provoking Ye Li's accusation that he was betraying the Human Race.

Royce and his allies moved to surround Ye Li, but Black Stone Venerable’s Remnant Soul suddenly tried to possess Xu Jingming. Xu and Vera resisted the World Venerable’s attack with the Ice Heart Crown and Nine-Layer Soul Tower, leaving the possession attempt unresolved.

• Royce ordered Colt and two other Eternal Tier experts to help him attack Ye Li, while Xu Jingming prepared to intervene.
• Black Stone Venerable’s Remnant Soul surged into Xu Jingming’s Sea of Consciousness and revealed that the inheritance had been a ploy to possess him.
• Vera entered her true succubus form and joined Xu Jingming in confronting Black Stone Venerable.
• Xu Jingming summoned the Ice Heart Crown and Nine-Layer Soul Tower, and their combined defenses surprised Black Stone Venerable.
• Vera and Xu Jingming blocked Black Stone Venerable’s giant soul-powered hand, and Vera mocked him for failing to break through.

Xu Jingming fought Black Stone Venerable in his Sea of Consciousness while Ye Li battled Royce and Yanzhu God outside. When Royce used a Dream-Mist Bead to weaken Ye Li and put her in grave danger, Xu Jingming ordered the Deep Blue System to raise his level and Divine Thought.

• Xu Jingming and Vera blocked Black Stone Venerable's soul threads as he used Soul-Devouring Spirit-Fusion to try to seize Xu Jingming's body.
• Ye Li held her own against Royce and Yanzhu God while Chu Kuang and Mu Qingwan were tied down by Colt and six other Eternal Tier experts.
• Royce crushed a Dream-Mist Bead, and its mist pierced Ye Li's defenses and made her drowsy despite her taking antidote pills.
• As Ye Li's swordplay faltered and Royce and Yanzhu God pressed their attack, Vera warned Xu Jingming that Ye Li was in danger.
• Xu Jingming noticed Ye Li's predicament, rejected Black Stone Venerable's attempt to make him lose focus, and told Deep Blue to raise his level and Divine Thought with full force.

Xu Jingming broke through to Eternal Tier 7 and destroyed Black Stone Venerable's remnant soul with the Nine-Layer Soul Tower and Vera's help. He returned to the battlefield as Ye Li lay injured and Royce and Yanzhu God remained a threat.

• Xu Jingming spent 900,000 Mass Points to reach Eternal Tier 7 and raise the Nine Revolutions Spirit Tempering Method to its seventh level, shocking the fighters who had believed he was already at the Eternal Tier peak.
• Royce and Yanzhu God attacked Xu Jingming to stop his breakthrough, but Ye Li used Sword Dance to block their attacks and was badly injured.
• Xu Jingming unleashed the Nine-Layer Soul Tower against Black Stone Venerable's remnant soul, shattering its shield and damaging its Soul Body.
• Vera joined Xu Jingming's next attack with Soul Piercing, and together they destroyed Black Stone Venerable's remnant soul, earning Xu Jingming 2,000,000 Mass Points.
• Xu Jingming returned to reality, rose to his feet, and confronted Royce and Yanzhu God as Ye Li still needed help.

After breaking through to Eternal Tier 7, Xu Jingming rescued the exhausted Ye Li and prepared to confront Royce and Yanzhu God. He used the Chaos Bead to suppress them and severely wounded Yanzhu God with a single spear strike.

• Royce and Yanzhu God were shocked by Xu Jingming’s immense aura after his breakthrough, while Ye Li smiled before exhaustion overcame her.
• Xu Jingming caught Ye Li as she fell, sent her into his World Ring to recover, and turned to face Royce and Yanzhu God.
• Royce demanded that Xu Jingming surrender the inheritance, while Yanzhu God urged Royce to kill him before help arrived.
• Xu Jingming entered his Purple Nightmare Demonic Body form and expanded the Chaos Bead’s suppression domain across several thousand kilometers.
• Xu Jingming teleported beside Yanzhu God and pierced his chest with the Destruction Thunder Spear, annihilating 15% of his Divine Body.