Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Brother Chen, Does Your Team Need Anyone?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After defeating the Level-42 World Beast, Chen Ming receives an Eternal Strength Attribute +1% reward, confirming that higher-level World Beasts provide better rewards.
• While everyone recuperates, the Level-43 World Beast appears unusually early. A massive rift opens in the Great Mist, and a black-flamed flying bird beast is forcibly expelled from it.
• The Divine Realms explain that the Great Mist Faction is manipulating the World Beasts, forcing Levels 41–48 to appear ahead of schedule. This will require eight consecutive world sieges and prevent the defenders from recovering.
• The Level-43 World Beast attacks the Forbidden Zone with enormous waves of black flame. Its speed, aerial mobility, and wide-area attacks make it difficult for most fighters to damage.
• Chen Ming’s Black Tortoise Domain protects everyone inside from the black flames, allowing him and his allies to attack continuously.
• Chen Ming quickly takes first place in damage with 17.13 million damage, far ahead of the others. [2B] benefits from staying in Chen Ming’s domain and rises to second place.
• Chen Ming’s Bi Fang Divine Fire inflicts Eternal Burning on the World Beast. The beast becomes so distressed that it tears at its own wings and attempts to extinguish the flames.
• Its distraction causes the attacks on the Forbidden Zone to stop, giving everyone an opening to launch a concentrated counterattack.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming demonstrates the enormous value of his high Eternal Agility, defensive domain, and persistent damage abilities against a flying enemy. His battlefield control allows him to attack without interruption while protecting nearby allies.
• [2B] / Yuan-1432 benefits greatly from Chen Ming’s protection, displaying much higher damage output than usual. He becomes enthusiastic about joining Chen Ming’s team.
• Sun Yang, absent from the battlefield, humorously imagines that Chen Ming misses him and feels lonely without his encouragement.
• The wider group of fighters realizes that the Level-43 World Beast is not overwhelmingly strong, but its flight and constant attacks make it exceptionally frustrating to fight.

Significant Themes

• Escalating danger and exhaustion: The Great Mist Faction deliberately forces successive World Beasts to appear early, turning the battle into a war of attrition.
• Teamwork and protection: Chen Ming’s domain shows how defensive support can dramatically increase the offensive power and survival of an entire group.
• Control versus resistance: The World Beasts are revealed to be manipulated by the Great Mist Faction, emphasizing the larger conflict behind the battles.
• Specialized strengths: Flying enemies expose the importance of Agility, aerial combat, and locking abilities, while Chen Ming’s unique abilities let him overcome these disadvantages.
• Humor amid danger: [2B]’s exaggerated praise of Chen Ming and Sun Yang’s self-important thoughts provide comic relief during the tense siege.

Character Interactions

• [2B] openly praises Chen Ming’s Black Tortoise Domain, jokingly asking to become his assistant or team member because it lets him attack without worrying about defense.
• Chen Ming’s abilities indirectly unite and empower the surrounding fighters by providing a safe zone for sustained attacks.
• Sun Yang’s imagined concern for Chen Ming contrasts humorously with [2B]’s real-time attempt to join Chen Ming’s group.

Chapter Summary: “Great Scourge, Instant Kill”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Within the Absolute Domain, Chen Ming stops channeling Minor Scourge and prepares to improve his previous damage record against the World Beasts.
• Using Auspicious Clouds to enhance his fire and water elemental abilities, he combines his attacks with Poseidon’s Trident and kills a Level-43 World Beast.
• Chen Ming deals an overwhelming 31.2 million damage, far surpassing the other participants. He contributes 41% of the World Beast’s total health, gains 8.2 million experience, and levels up from 43 to 44.
• His rewards include a World Law Fragment, four Spirit Origin Fragments, and a 3% increase to his Eternal Agility attribute.
• Chen Ming prepares to use his stronger Great Scourge attack against the next World Beast.
• The Great Mist Faction unexpectedly releases a Level-44 and a Level-45 World Beast simultaneously, causing the geniuses from the various worlds to hesitate over whether to retreat.
• Chen Ming takes the initiative, launching a Heavenly Scourge attack against the Level-44 World Beast before anyone else can act.
• His supposedly one-and-a-half-million-power Lightning Halberd proves far more destructive than expected. It shatters space and instantly obliterates the Level-44 World Beast, earning him 90 million damage and first place in the damage rankings.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming continues to demonstrate an enormous gap between himself and the other participants. His casual attacks can carry the battlefield, while his Heavenly Scourge is powerful enough to instantly destroy a World Beast.
• He becomes more confident and decisive, immediately choosing to fight despite the sudden appearance of two World Beasts and the weakened condition of the other geniuses.
• The other geniuses are shown to be cautious and uncertain when faced with an unprecedented double-spawn. Chen Ming’s action inspires them and reminds them of the resolve expected from top-tier talents.
• [2B] performs well enough to rank second during the previous battle, though still far behind Chen Ming.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming individual power: Chen Ming’s strength has reached a level where he can determine the outcome of an entire battlefield alone.
• Leadership through action: Rather than giving orders, Chen Ming motivates the others by taking the first step and confronting danger personally.
• Courage versus hesitation: The other fighters briefly consider retreating, but Chen Ming’s refusal to back down restores their morale.
• Escalating conflict: The simultaneous appearance of two World Beasts reveals that the Great Mist Faction is deliberately increasing the difficulty and pressure of the trials.
• Breaking expectations: Chen Ming’s Great Scourge appears to be merely another powerful attack, but its actual destructive force vastly exceeds what everyone anticipates.

Character Interactions

• The other participants openly acknowledge that Chen Ming carried the previous battle and prevented them from having to fight the Level-43 World Beast for an extended period.
• Their hesitation over the two World Beasts is ended when Chen Ming launches his attack without waiting for anyone else.
• Watching him take the lead, the various geniuses become ashamed of their doubts and regain their fighting spirit.
• Chen Ming’s spectacular instant kill transforms his attack into both a demonstration of power and a rallying example for everyone preparing to face the remaining Level-45 World Beast.

Chapter Summary: “The Highest Evaluation of the Present Age”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A sudden world announcement reveals the World Beast damage rankings. Chen Ming is the sole entrant, dealing 90,000,000 damage to the Level-44 World Beast.
• The Level-44 World Beast is instantly pierced by Chen Ming’s halberd and annihilated by overwhelming thunder, shocking everyone in the Forbidden Zone—including the Level-45 Humanoid Giant Ape that witnessed it.
• Observers initially believe Chen Ming’s attack had dealt only 1.5 million damage, but the ranking confirms that 90 million was his true burst damage.
• Chen Ming’s feat spreads throughout Desolate Star, astonishing the Twelve Cities and countless Class Changers. Many begin regarding him as the strongest member of the younger generation.
• Chen receives the full rewards for defeating the Level-44 World Beast: massive experience, a World Law Fragment, eight Spirit Origin Fragments, and a 5% increase to his Eternal Constitution attribute.
• The experience pushes Chen Ming’s class level toward Level 45, though he reflects that King Rank is an “Experience Abyss” requiring extraordinary amounts of experience.
• The Spirit Origin Fragments are given to Yue Xi, allowing her second Fox Spirit Tail to approach completion. This will enable Chen Ming to absorb the Origin Tier of either the Star Dipper Chessboard or the Eternal Night Ice Mirror, beginning his second Divine Path.
• Attention then shifts to the remaining Level-45 World Beast, the Humanoid Giant Ape. The entire Forbidden Zone launches a coordinated assault.
• Chen Ming uses an upgraded Minor Scourge, now capable of dealing 2.7 million damage—more than twice the damage of the Divine Realm’s greatest genius.
• Terrified by the appearance of Chen Ming’s lightning halberd, the giant ape repeatedly hesitates and mistakes ordinary attacks for another 90-million-damage strike. It becomes increasingly helpless and humiliated.
• The Level-45 World Beast is eventually defeated, disintegrating into ash. As a result, Desolate Star’s world level rises to Level 45.

Character Development

• Chen Ming: His status changes dramatically from an exceptional peer to a figure capable of challenging Saints. His 90-million-damage attack demonstrates overwhelming offensive power and suggests that he may already possess Supreme Saint-level combat ability. He also continues developing his long-term Divine Path and combat techniques.
• Yue Xi: Though she does not act directly in the battle, she benefits from Chen Ming’s rewards. The Spirit Origin Fragments accelerate the charging of her second Fox Spirit Tail, further advancing Chen Ming’s future power.
• The Humanoid Giant Ape: It shifts from a terrifying final opponent to a frightened and psychologically defeated creature after witnessing the destruction of its fellow World Beast. Its fear of Chen Ming prevents it from fighting effectively.

Significant Themes

• The gap between genius and legend: Chen Ming surpasses the achievements of other prodigies, proving that even a King Rank Class Changer can potentially contend with Saints.
• Cross-realm combat: The chapter emphasizes how extraordinarily difficult it is for a lower-ranked fighter to defeat someone in the Saint Grade, making Chen Ming’s performance the “highest evaluation of the present age.”
• Reputation and recognition: Chen Ming’s accomplishment reshapes how geniuses across countless worlds view him, establishing him as the likely number-one figure among the younger generation.
• Overwhelming power and psychological warfare: Chen Ming’s attack is so devastating that merely resembling it causes the giant ape to panic and lose the will to fight.
• Progress through battle: The World Beast War both advances Desolate Star to Level 45 and provides Chen Ming with the resources needed for his next major stage of cultivation.

Character Interactions

• The observers at Qingqiu City’s camp react with disbelief when Chen Ming’s apparent 1.5-million-damage attack is revealed to have dealt 90 million.
• Fighters throughout the Forbidden Zone become energized by Chen Ming’s achievement and join together against the remaining World Beast.
• The Humanoid Giant Ape reacts directly to Chen Ming’s presence and attacks, repeatedly retreating or hesitating whenever his lightning halberd appears.
• Chen Ming supports Yue Xi’s advancement by transferring the Spirit Origin Fragments to her, linking his battlefield victory to their shared future development.

Chapter 484 Summary:

Violet Lightning Qilin

Key Plot Points and Events

• After upgrading Minor Scourge, Chen Ming achieves an astonishing 59.4 million damage, accounting for 54% of the World Beast’s total health without using Great Scourge.
• His overwhelming performance leaves Class Changers across the realms convinced that his abilities resemble divine skills. Some speculate that he may be a reincarnated god.
• The battle rewards Chen Ming with a World Law Fragment, six Spirit Origin Fragments, and a 3% increase to Eternal Mental Power.
• Immediately after the battle, three more World Beasts emerge from a massive black rift, corresponding to Levels 46, 47, and 48:
  • A golden-winged crimson tiger
  • A colossal earth-burrowing python
  • The Violet Lightning Qilin, a Level-48 beast covered in violet-gold scales and surrounded by lightning
• All major factions prepare for the final confrontation by activating their strongest transformations and trump cards.
• Chen Ming’s Ten-Directional Sacred Spirit Compass suddenly reacts to the Violet Lightning Qilin, revealing that the World Beast is also a Sacred Spirit.
• 2B explains that defeating high-level World Beasts with a sufficiently large damage share can potentially yield their Sacred Spirit or even a Top-Tier Spirit Source as a reward.
• Since the Qilin’s lightning element complements Chen Ming’s Heavenly Scourge and could help him complete the Five Saints, Chen Ming decides he must maximize his damage share rather than settle for a 60–70% chance.
• He leaves the edge of the Forbidden Zone and flies alone into its depths, apparently preparing to use another powerful method beyond Great Scourge.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming continues to establish himself as the dominant force in the World Beast War. His “normal” Minor Scourge attacks are already devastating enough to surpass the strongest techniques of others.
• His abilities are increasingly viewed as godlike, reinforcing the possibility that his powers originate from divine sources or a past life as a god.
• Chen Ming demonstrates a highly strategic and ambitious mindset. Rather than relying on luck or accepting a reasonable reward chance, he intends to control the battle and push his damage share as high as possible.
• His fixation on the Violet Lightning Qilin reveals its importance to his future advancement, particularly his Five Saints path and lightning-based abilities.
• 2B acts as Chen Ming’s informed adviser, explaining the reward system and encouraging him to target the Qilin.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and escalation: Chen Ming’s continuous attacks have reached a level where one person can deal over half of a World Beast’s total damage.
• Divinity and transcendence: Other Class Changers interpret Chen Ming’s abilities as divine skills, blurring the distinction between ordinary Class Changers and gods.
• Risk versus control: Although the Qilin Sacred Spirit reward depends partly on luck, Chen Ming seeks to maximize every factor within his control.
• Opportunity and destiny: The appearance of the Qilin at the exact moment the Sacred Spirit Compass reacts suggests a rare, possibly fated opportunity.
• Final-battle tension: With three World Beasts appearing simultaneously, the various factions are forced to reveal their hidden strength and fight without reservation.

Character Interactions

• The broader Class Changer community reacts with shock and admiration to Chen Ming’s damage rankings, speculating about his origins and divine status.
• 2B explains the conditions for obtaining a World Beast’s Sacred Spirit and advises Chen Ming to concentrate on the Violet Lightning Qilin.
• Chen Ming rejects 2B’s suggested 60–70% damage target as insufficient, making clear that he intends to pursue the highest possible reward probability.
• The chapter ends with Chen Ming separating from the main forces and advancing alone into the Forbidden Zone’s depths to confront the Qilin and the other World Beasts.

Chapter Summary: “Turning Heaven’s Order Upside Down”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Ming unexpectedly enters the center of the Forbidden Zone, where the World Beasts are emerging, shocking the geniuses positioned around the perimeter.
• Xuanyuan Qingyu, the Heavenly God Race’s Divine Maiden, warns him to return, but Chen Ming ignores the warning and advances toward the three World Beasts.
• He declares that the others should attack the Level-46 and Level-47 World Beasts while he handles the Level-48 Violet Lightning Qilin alone.
• The Flying Tiger and Giant Python World Beasts launch powerful world-level attacks at Chen Ming.
• Chen Ming activates his Absolute Domain and summons the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit. Despite the overwhelming attacks, the Black Tortoise remains completely unharmed, allowing Chen Ming to advance through the bombardment.
• Seeing that Chen Ming has drawn the two weaker World Beasts’ attention, the various city camps concentrate their attacks on the Level-46 World Beast.
• Chen Ming’s true strategy becomes clear: he is not only confronting the strongest World Beast but also diverting the other two, giving the assembled geniuses an opportunity to eliminate one of them safely.
• Even when the Flying Tiger and Giant Python unleash their full power, Chen Ming continues advancing with virtually no injury, taking only repeated “-1” damage.
• He eventually reaches the Violet Lightning Qilin directly, while the Qilin regards him with disdain. Chen Ming responds with a confident grin, setting up the confrontation.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming is portrayed as fearless, strategically intelligent, and extraordinarily durable. His confidence is reinforced by his ability to withstand attacks that should annihilate an ordinary Class Changer.
• His defensive ability, particularly the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit, is revealed to be far more powerful than the surrounding geniuses understood.
• Xuanyuan Qingyu shows concern for Chen Ming and recognizes the danger of his plan, but Chen Ming’s response demonstrates that he is acting deliberately rather than recklessly.
• The various geniuses shift from disbelief to recognition of Chen Ming’s tactical value, using the opportunity he creates to attack the Level-46 World Beast.
• The World Beasts, especially the Flying Tiger and Giant Python, become enraged and humiliated when Chen Ming ignores them and walks past their attacks.

Significant Themes

• Defying conventional expectations: Chen Ming reverses the normal battle formation by entering the enemy’s center alone instead of fighting from the perimeter.
• Courage versus recklessness: Although others view his actions as suicidal, Chen Ming’s overwhelming defense and careful strategy show that his apparent madness is calculated.
• Cooperation through mutual interest: The twelve city camps cooperate not out of trust, but because Chen Ming’s plan creates the safest opportunity to eliminate a World Beast.
• Hidden strength and underestimated abilities: The Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit overturns everyone’s understanding of Chen Ming’s defensive capabilities.
• Turning the tide through sacrifice and diversion: Chen Ming places himself under immense pressure to draw enemy attacks away from the wider battlefield.

Character Interactions

• Xuanyuan Qingyu calls out to Chen Ming and urges him to retreat; Chen Ming acknowledges her but continues forward.
• Chen Ming publicly instructs the other camps to focus on the weaker World Beasts while claiming the Level-48 Qilin for himself.
• The geniuses respond with shock but follow his plan because it is strategically advantageous and difficult to oppose openly.
• The Flying Tiger and Giant Python attack Chen Ming repeatedly, but their assaults fail to slow him.
• The Violet Lightning Qilin finally notices Chen Ming as he approaches, creating a tense face-to-face confrontation at the chapter’s conclusion.

Chapter 486 Summary: Void Eternal Storm—More Arrogant Than Him?

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Ming is unable to use Great Scourge again, but reveals that his enhanced Eternal Storm may be equally powerful.
• Since reaching the Third Realm, his spatial abilities, offensive strength, Eternal Mental Power, and Eternal Agility have greatly improved. He also boosts the technique with his mastery of Void Law, especially Void Space.
• Chen Ming pours nearly all of his available power into the technique, investing 35% of his 36% Eternal Agility.
• To conceal the true nature of Eternal Storm, he uses the Bronze Bell’s imitation ability to give it the appearance of a massive Withered Spirit Tree covered in Withered Spirit Fire leaves.
• The attack’s overwhelming presence draws the attention of everyone around the Forbidden Zone. Its power even temporarily surpasses the momentum of the attacking World Beast.
• The Level-48 Violet Lightning Qilin World Beast attacks with seven lightning vortexes, but the spatial fissures surrounding Chen Ming’s technique disperse most of the assault.
• When the Qilin attempts to retreat, Chen Ming activates his Spatial Domain and freezes the space within a thousand meters, trapping it.
• Eternal Storm fully manifests as the Withered Spirit Tree. Its roots become chains that bind the Qilin, while its falling leaves conceal the storm’s devastating attack.
• The Withered Spirit Tree suddenly disappears—and the Qilin vanishes with it. Chen Ming’s hidden notification confirms that he killed the Level-48 World Beast in a single strike.
• The system records nearly the maximum possible damage, though Void Law’s contribution is not displayed. Chen Ming receives the world reward: Qilin Sacred Spirit.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming demonstrates that he remains a top-tier combatant even after exhausting or losing access to Great Scourge.
• His control over Void Law and spatial power has advanced dramatically, allowing him to create an attack strong enough to kill a Level-48 World Beast instantly.
• He shows tactical caution by disguising Eternal Storm as the Withered Spirit Tree, preventing others from realizing that he may possess an ability connected to the Three-Eye Race.
• Although victorious, Chen Ming is visibly fatigued after expending enormous amounts of Eternal Mental Power and Eternal Agility.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and deception: Chen Ming disguises his true technique to avoid attracting unwanted attention.
• Power through accumulation: Eternal Storm combines Chen Ming’s strongest attributes, spatial abilities, and Void Law into one devastating ultimate attack.
• Arrogance challenged by overwhelming force: The previously confident Violet Lightning Qilin is forced into panic and retreat when Chen Ming’s power exceeds its expectations.
• Public astonishment and uncertainty: Witnesses struggle to understand what happened, emphasizing Chen Ming’s growing reputation and the mysterious nature of his abilities.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming directly confronts the arrogant Violet Lightning Qilin, overpowering its lightning attacks and preventing its escape.
• Observers throughout the Forbidden Zone speculate about Chen Ming’s technique, mistakenly identifying it as an ability of the Withered Spirit Tree.
• The Qilin’s retreat and eventual destruction mark a complete reversal of the power dynamic: Chen Ming controls the battle from the moment he completes his charge.

Summary of “Just a Slight Show of Force”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Ming successfully deals 100% damage to the Level-48 Qilin World Beast and receives the Qilin Sacred Spirit as a reward. The spirit appears in his spiritual space as a newborn Violet Lightning Qilin rather than retaining the World Beast’s original form.
• Satisfied with obtaining the spirit, Chen Ming plans to return to Dream Prefecture and use accumulated points to acquire resources for its evolution.
• He reflects on his finishing attack, Eternal Storm, realizing that infusing it with the Void Law dramatically increased its power—possibly by more than 50%. He begins considering whether other energies, including Sacred Spirit Energy, could further enhance the technique.
• The exhausted Flying Tiger World Beast collapses after being battered by Chen Ming’s allies and Class Changers throughout the Forbidden Zone. Although Chen Ming had barely targeted it, damage reflection and the residual force of Eternal Storm had already contributed significantly to its damage total.
• Chen Ming uses Minor Scourge to finish the Flying Tiger, dealing 2.7 million damage. This final strike propels him from fourth place to first in the damage rankings.
• Observers across the Forbidden Zone are astonished by Chen Ming’s overwhelming strength, commenting that he only needed to reveal a small portion of his power to surpass everyone else.
• Chen Ming investigates the depths of the Forbidden Zone and discovers that the enormous black rift within the scarlet Great Mist is not a newly created passage, but a permanent “scar” that may be connected to the source of Desolate Star’s Great Mist. He also senses mysterious gazes and observes distant, unreachable illusions.
• During the Level-47 World Beast battle, Chen Ming restrains the Giant Python World Beast while others attack it. His contribution is decisive, allowing the battle to end quickly.
• The Level-47 World Beast is slain, with Chen Ming dealing over 108 million damage—far more than any other participant.
• A final announcement confirms that the Level-48 World Beast has also been killed. Chen Ming ranks first with the maximum listed damage of 99,999,999, validating the belief that his earlier attack had destroyed it.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming obtains the Qilin Sacred Spirit, expanding his collection of powerful spirits and giving him another long-term growth project.
• He gains a deeper understanding of the Void Law’s offensive potential and begins thinking strategically about improving Eternal Storm by incorporating additional attributes and special energies.
• His reputation rises dramatically as his damage records become increasingly incomprehensible compared with those of other Class Changers.
• Chen Ming also shows greater curiosity about the Forbidden Zone, the Great Mist, the black rift, and the strange entities or forces observing him.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and restraint: Chen Ming’s casual or limited actions are enough to determine the outcome of major battles, emphasizing the widening gap between him and other fighters.
• Growth through experimentation: His analysis of Eternal Storm shows his willingness to refine his abilities by combining laws, attributes, and spiritual energies.
• Mystery of the world: The permanent rift, the Great Mist, unreachable illusions, and unseen gazes hint at deeper secrets concerning Desolate Star and the nature of World Beasts.
• Recognition and reputation: Public rankings and system announcements transform Chen Ming’s achievements into legends witnessed by everyone in the Forbidden Zone.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming indirectly cooperates with the other Class Changers by drawing the World Beasts’ attention and allowing them to attack safely.
• His restraint of the Giant Python and earlier control of the Qilin World Beast enable the wider group to defeat the World Beasts efficiently.
• Other fighters—including Ao Jin, Xuanyuan Qingyu, Li Yan, and Xuanyuan Ming—serve as his competitors in the damage rankings, though Chen Ming quickly surpasses them.
• The observing factions react with shock and admiration to Chen Ming’s sudden return to first place, while public speculation grows over whether he truly killed the Level-48 World Beast or merely forced it into hiding.

Chapter Summary: “Filled to the Brim”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The deaths of the Level-47 and Level-48 World Beasts are announced, revealing that Chen Ming killed both with a single attack. The Qilin World Beast had not escaped or hidden—it had been instantly defeated.
• Observers are confused by the unusual damage figures, but knowledgeable fighters from the Divine Realm suspect Chen Ming used his mastery of the Void Law.
• The interception battle ends with remarkably few casualties, largely because Chen Ming consistently dealt the most damage and ventured alone into the Forbidden Zone’s depths to draw enemy attacks.
• As everyone prepares to leave, the unstable interception artifact summons part of a Level-49 World Beast: a Blood-Red Giant Wolf.
• Although the wolf is only temporarily manifested, Chen Ming attacks it with Poseidon’s Trident and his skill Minor Scourge.
• The Giant Wolf attempts to retaliate, but the Great Mist forces it to disappear before it can complete its attack.
• Chen Ming realizes that his Eternal Burning effect continues damaging the World Beast even after it leaves, meaning the Level-49 creature will eventually be worn down and killed by his sustained damage and Bi Fang Divine Fire.
• Chen Ming hurriedly returns to the edge of the Forbidden Zone before the World Law’s influence ends and traps him inside.
• He reviews his rewards: eight World Law Runes, a ninth gradually arriving through the Level-49 World Beast’s reward, and a large quantity of Spirit Origin Fragments.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming further establishes himself as the dominant fighter in the Forbidden Zone. His ability to one-shot high-level World Beasts and exploit unusual mechanics leaves even Divine Realm geniuses astonished.
• His mastery of the Void Law is confirmed as a major source of his overwhelming power.
• Chen Ming demonstrates not only strength but also tactical awareness. His attack on the Level-49 World Beast is deliberate: he uses a low-cost strike to apply Eternal Burning rather than trying to kill it immediately.
• He becomes increasingly focused on long-term growth, carefully prioritizing which Spirit Sources and Sacred Spirits will yield the greatest increase in power.
• Yue Xi continues advancing by absorbing Spirit Origin Fragments and charging another Fox Spirit Tail.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and reputation: Chen Ming’s effortless victories transform him into the central figure of the battle and provoke awe throughout the Forbidden Zone.
• Strategy beyond brute force: His success against the Level-49 World Beast comes from exploiting persistent damage and the creature’s temporary manifestation, showing that clever mechanics can matter as much as raw strength.
• Resource optimization and progression: Chen Ming evaluates his rewards and chooses to prioritize the Origin Tier evolution of the Star Dipper Chessboard and the development of the Five Saints.
• Potential and synergy: Chen Ming considers combining the Yin-Yang Twin Fish with the Star Dipper Chessboard, suggesting future Fusion Path development.
• The widening gap between Chen Ming and other geniuses: While others are relieved merely to survive the battle, Chen Ming leaves with exceptional rewards and may have secretly secured another World Beast kill.

Character Interactions

• The other Class Changers react with shock and speculation to Chen Ming’s repeated one-hit kills, especially his use of the Void Law.
• Divine Realm experts provide explanations for the unusual appearance of the Level-49 World Beast and identify the likely source of Chen Ming’s damage.
• The Blood-Red Giant Wolf briefly confronts Chen Ming, but its attempted counterattack is interrupted when the Great Mist forces it off the battlefield.
• Chen Ming’s relationship with Yue Xi is reflected through his plans for her Spirit Origin Fragments, which will help advance both the Star Dipper Chessboard and the Qilin Sacred Spirit.
• By the chapter’s end, Chen Ming begins the Origin Tier evolution of the Star Dipper Chessboard, marking the next stage of his development.

Chapter Summary: “Solar Grade of This Era”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Ming reflects on the extraordinary potential of the Star Dipper Chessboard, a Spirit Source created by Xing Jianyun, the Feather Race’s ancestral god. Although Chen Ming currently possesses only its prototype main path, it has the potential to develop into a supreme Divine Path.
• After the Level-49 World Beast withdraws, the Forbidden Zone returns to calm. The various races retreat to the Twelve Cities to recover and prepare for the possible opening of the Supreme Old God Zones on the two Desolate Stars.
• Chen Ming returns to Qingqiu City, intending to fuse the Star Dipper Chessboard with the Qilin Sacred Spirit, thereby completing his second Divine Path.
• Across the Twelve Cities, people discuss Chen Ming’s overwhelming performance in the World Beast War. Divine Realm experts compare him to the exceptional “youthful gods” of history and identify him as one of the Solar Grade figures of the current era.
• Some speculate that Chen Ming was born in the wrong era and might have challenged legendary figures from the previous generation. Others correct this view, explaining that the current era also contains many hidden prodigies who did not participate in the Desolate Star Trial.
• While the outside world assumes Chen Ming is recovering from the battle, he secretly completes the fusion of his second Divine Path.
• A spectacular star-chart manifestation appears above Qingqiu City, causing many to believe that a god has descended. The phenomenon soon fades, revealing that it was the completed manifestation of Chen Ming’s Star Dipper Chessboard.
• Chen Ming awakens with stellar energy flowing through his body. The Star Dipper Chessboard now enhances his abilities’ range, expands his chessboard domain for large-scale attacks, and grants him access to Blue Star, a world-level falling meteor attack.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming advances to his second Divine Path and transforms his attribute energy into stellar energy.
• His abilities become more versatile and expansive, particularly through the Star Dipper Chessboard’s domain and wide-area bombardment capabilities.
• Chen Ming’s reputation rises dramatically. He is no longer viewed merely as a talented Class Changer but as a genuine peer of the era’s greatest young prodigies.
• Xing Jianyun’s importance is emphasized through the extraordinary quality and potential of the Spirit Source she created, reinforcing her status as a powerful ancestral god.

Significant Themes

• Talent versus achievement: Chen Ming’s earlier fame came from talent and remarkable feats, but his performance in the World Beast War proves his strength through actual combat.
• Generational greatness: The chapter questions whether the previous era was truly superior, suggesting that every era contains hidden geniuses and that greatness depends partly on circumstance and recognition.
• Potential and cultivation: Possessing a powerful Spirit Source is only the beginning; Chen Ming’s eventual level will depend on how he fuses and develops its various paths.
• The emergence of a new powerhouse: Chen Ming’s rise symbolizes the arrival of a major figure capable of defining the current era.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming has no major direct conversations in the chapter, but his actions provoke widespread discussion among geniuses and experts from the various realms.
• Divine Realm figures debate and correct the younger generation’s assumptions about the current and previous eras.
• The reactions of Qingqiu City’s residents and visiting geniuses to the celestial manifestation highlight the awe and uncertainty surrounding Chen Ming’s rapidly increasing power.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Ming analyzes the difference between his Stellar Path and Sacred Spirit Path. Sacred Spirit Energy excels at greatly amplifying his individual combat power, while Stellar Energy allows him to deploy the Star Dipper Chessboard domain and fight like an entire army.
• He concludes that the two paths complement rather than conflict with each other, though he briefly wonders whether they could be fused into an even stronger system. He ultimately recognizes that fusion requires special conditions and rare resources.
• Chen Ming visits the third layer of Dream Prefecture and spends Merit Points to ask the Heavenly Pivot system about fusing the Yin-Yang Twin Fish with the Star Dipper Chessboard.
• He learns that the Twin Fish must replace the chessboard’s black-and-white pieces and resonate with the World Energy of a special Yin-Yang Realm, preferably one above World Level 80. He considers using the Mecha Race’s database to search for such a world.
• Chen Ming also exchanges for the resources required to evolve the Qilin Sacred Spirit. Once the evolution is complete, his Five Saints will be fully assembled and the Qilin will reach Origin Tier.
• The next day, a system announcement reveals that the Level-49 World Beast has died, with Chen Ming ranked first in damage at 199 million. Although he was not present when it died, it is inferred that a powerful damage-over-time or “poison” effect from his earlier attack finished it off.
• Chen Ming receives the full solo-kill reward and gains enough experience to reach Class Changer Level 46.
• Three days later, the Barbarian God Zone and Feather God Zone, collectively known as the two Old God Zones, officially open, setting up the next major conflict or exploration.

Character Development

• Chen Ming demonstrates a clearer understanding of his two cultivation paths and how they serve different combat purposes.
• He becomes more strategic and pragmatic regarding fusion. Rather than recklessly pursuing an ideal combination of powers, he accepts that fusion requires specific worlds, resources, and conditions.
• His growing strength is emphasized through his ability to claim credit for killing a Level-49 World Beast without being present at its death.
• His preparations for the Qilin’s evolution show that he is systematically completing and strengthening his Five Saints rather than relying solely on immediate combat power.

Significant Themes

• Complementary powers: Different paths need not overlap; their greatest value may lie in covering separate weaknesses.
• Fusion and limitations: True power advancement depends not only on strength but also on rare resources, compatible systems, and difficult conditions.
• Preparation and long-term planning: Chen Ming invests in future breakthroughs, including the Yin-Yang fusion and Qilin evolution.
• Reputation and hidden strength: His unseen contribution to the World Beast’s death reinforces his mysterious, overwhelming image among the other Class Changers.
• Escalation: The opening of the Old God Zones signals a transition toward larger dangers and more significant challenges.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming primarily interacts with the Heavenly Pivot system, which provides the requirements for fusing the Yin-Yang Twin Fish with the Star Dipper Chessboard.
• He plans to consult 2B and the Mecha Race’s database for information about potential Yin-Yang Realms.
• Other Class Changers discuss and speculate about Chen Ming’s role in the World Beast’s death, initially believing he secretly attacked it and later concluding that his damage-over-time ability finished it.
• The broader community’s astonishment and admiration highlight Chen Ming’s growing influence and reputation across the Twelve Cities and Desolate Star.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens by describing the Ruined Divine Kingdom, also known as the God-Wounded Battlefield, a massive scar left on Desolate Star by the ancient war between gods. Even if the Great Mist is eventually dispersed and Desolate Star recovers, the battlefield will likely remain permanently.
• Desolate Star—and the Chaos Star Domain in particular—has suffered so severely that it may remain trapped as a low-level civilization unless it can eventually produce gods of its own.
• Recent investigations into the Chaos Star Domain reveal that the Blue Star Realm has recovered to World Level 79, nearing the rank of a medium-level world. Chen Ming’s identity as the genius Class Changer “Nine Million” is also becoming known, despite attempts by forces connected to the Heavenly God Race to conceal it.
• The opening of the Barbarian God and Feather God Old God Zones draws geniuses from across the worlds. The participants split into two groups, with Chen Ming joining the expedition to the Barbarian God Old God Zone because he already possesses an Axe Spirit and hopes to obtain its Mythical Grade weapon.
• At the boundary outside Qingqiu City, Chen Ming reunites with 2B, who explains that many competitors switched to the Feather God’s zone because Chen Ming’s fame and strength make the Barbarian God expedition appear too competitive.
• 2B reveals that the Barbarian God Old God Zone was the primary battlefield of the Desolate Star Extinction War, where the Barbarian God ultimately fell. The realm was severely affected by the Great Mist and was later separated from Desolate Star.
• The Barbarian God’s headless divine body still roams the God-Wounded Battlefield, endlessly battling the wills of Great Mist gods. The Black Tide Zones it destroyed were brought with its divine realm, but their original wills have already been erased.
• Because only ruined fragments of those Black Tide Zones remain, the Barbarian God’s territory is known as the Ruined Divine Kingdom.
• The headless Barbarian God finally arrives, tearing through spatial turbulence and crossing the boundary into the expedition area. His immense presence shocks the gathered geniuses.
• 2B recognizes the cracked axe in the giant’s hand as the Heaven-Splitting Axe, the Barbarian God’s former Mythical Grade divine weapon. Although the expedition members will not receive that exact weapon, they may obtain individual copies or related rewards, since equipment above Legendary Grade is bound permanently to its owner’s Mental Origin.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming continues to gain fame throughout the worlds. His performance in the World Beast War has become so impressive that other geniuses consider him a major obstacle in competing for the Barbarian God Zone’s limited rewards.
• His growing reputation indirectly benefits the other participants by causing some rivals to transfer to the Feather God expedition.
• Chen Ming demonstrates a practical and strategic mindset. Rather than fearing the Ruined Divine Kingdom’s danger, he is mainly concerned with whether its ruined Black Tide Zones will still provide the valuable rewards associated with Old God Zones.
• 2B acts as Chen Ming’s source of information and remains enthusiastic and sociable. He is particularly excited by the appearance of the Heaven-Splitting Axe and the opportunity to pursue Mythical Grade equipment.
• The Barbarian God, though long dead, remains an active and terrifying force through his headless divine body and lingering will, continuing his endless battle against the Great Mist’s powers.

Significant Themes

• The lasting scars of divine war: The God-Wounded Battlefield symbolizes how ancient conflicts permanently reshape worlds, leaving damage that cannot simply be healed by restoring world levels or dispersing the Great Mist.
• Civilizational decline and recovery: Desolate Star’s struggle to rebuild civilization and produce new gods highlights the difficulty of escaping the legacy of a fallen age.
• The persistence of the dead: Although the Barbarian God has fallen, his body, divine realm, and will continue to exert immense influence, blurring the boundary between death and continued existence.
• Competition and reputation: Chen Ming’s rising fame changes the behavior of entire groups of geniuses, showing how individual strength can reshape strategic choices.
• Inheritance of divine power: The Heaven-Splitting Axe and the Old God Zones represent opportunities for the younger generation to inherit or recreate the power of ancient gods.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming meets 2B at the entrance to the Barbarian God Old God Zone.
• 2B informs Chen Ming that his reputation has driven several competitors toward the Feather God Zone, reducing competition for the Barbarian God’s rewards.
• The two discuss the history and nature of the Old God Zone, especially whether its Black Tide Zones still contain usable rewards.
• Their conversation ends when the headless Barbarian God arrives, shifting everyone’s attention from discussion to the imminent expedition and the powerful relic—the Heaven-Splitting Axe—at its center.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Barbarian God Old God Zone can “forge” new divine artifacts. Every participant who obtains an Axe Spirit has the potential to create a replica of the Mythical Grade Heaven-Splitting Axe, though success depends on their performance in the trial.
• The headless Barbarian God’s corpse raises the shattered Heaven-Splitting Axe and cleaves open a passage into the Ruined Divine Kingdom. A terrifying aura of slaughter pours through the rift.
• The Axe Spirit holders, including Chen Ming, rush into the passage in pursuit of the divine artifact and Mythical Grade equipment.
• Chen Ming examines the headless giant and discovers that it is not being driven by Eternity’s will or the Barbarian God’s remaining consciousness. Instead, the cracked Heaven-Splitting Axe itself powers the corpse.
• The axe contains a slaughter-based origin law that grows stronger by attacking and absorbing nourishment from its enemies.
• Chen Ming realizes that the Barbarian God died long ago, but the Heaven-Splitting Axe inherited its master’s will and continued using the divine corpse to fight the Black Tide and the Great Mist.
• Chen Ming’s Axe Spirit forms a mental connection with the Heaven-Splitting Axe. The artifact asks him to destroy the entire Ruined Divine Kingdom after entering it.
• Because his Axe Spirit contains a trace of the original axe’s aura, Chen Ming may eventually control the headless giant and unleash the full power of a level-91 Barbarian God. He briefly succeeds in moving the giant’s axe, proving the connection is genuine.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming gains a deeper understanding of divine artifacts, Spirit Sources, and the true nature of the Barbarian God’s preserved corpse.
• He recognizes that the Heaven-Splitting Axe is effectively the true surviving will of the Barbarian God, rather than the corpse itself retaining consciousness.
• Chen Ming’s unique Axe Spirit is revealed to be specially chosen and granted directly by the Heaven-Splitting Axe, unlike the Axe Spirits obtained through ordinary trials.
• His potential power increases dramatically: by strengthening the Axe Spirit, he may command the Barbarian God’s corpse and wield its devastating attack.
• Chen Ming also considers whether the preserved divine body could become another God Bone Demon, though the axe’s control over the corpse presents an obstacle.

Significant Themes

• Will surviving through artifacts: Though the Barbarian God died, its weapon preserved and carried out its master’s purpose.
• The relationship between creator and creation: Divine artifacts can inherit their owner’s power, intent, and unfinished mission.
• Power through inheritance and replication: New divine artifacts can be forged by recreating Spirit Sources, making supposedly unique divine treasures reproducible.
• Burden of unfinished war: The Heaven-Splitting Axe continues fighting long after the original conflict, embodying the persistence of duty beyond death.
• Hidden mechanisms behind apparent immortality: What seemed like the Barbarian God’s continued existence is revealed to be an artifact animating its corpse.

Character Interactions

• The headless giant opens the passage to the Ruined Divine Kingdom, enabling all Axe Spirit holders to enter the trial.
• Unlike the other participants, Chen Ming was personally selected by the Heaven-Splitting Axe and received his Axe Spirit directly from it.
• Chen Ming establishes a brief mental link with the weapon, allowing him to influence the giant’s movements and confirming that he may eventually command the full Barbarian God avatar.
• The Heaven-Splitting Axe communicates its demand through this connection: Chen Ming must destroy the Ruined Divine Kingdom.

Chapter Summary: “Borrowing a Corpse to Restore the Soul”

Plot Points and Events

• Chen Ming realizes that the Mythical Grade Heaven-Splitting Axe contains Origin Astral Force, a stored power generated through slaughter and one of the fundamental laws of the path of killing.
• Because the Barbarian God is dead, this energy is finite. Chen Ming plans to conserve it for eventually breaking through the Ruined Divine Kingdom, while trying to accumulate his own Origin Astral Force during the forging process.
• He considers using the Barbarian God’s remains to create a God Bone Demon, allowing the revived entity to wield its original Heaven-Splitting Axe. This could give him a powerful level 91 Supreme God-tier guardian.
• Chen Ming enters the Ruined Divine Kingdom and finds a devastated battlefield filled with broken terrain, shattered skies, corpses, weapons, and armor.
• He discovers [2B] fighting a Blood Race enemy. The presence of Blood Race members is surprising because the Desolate Star was believed to have no survivors from that race.
• Chen Ming witnesses a dead Blood Race corpse revive. Its body is replenished with flesh and it attacks him.
• Using the Axe Spirit, Chen Ming easily kills the revived corpse with a single strike. The corpse disintegrates, granting him experience, a merit point, and a wisp of Origin Astral Force.
• He learns that the revived corpses are controlled by a special Blood Race species called Soul Devourers, who project their mental power across great distances and possess dead Blood Race bodies.

Character Development

• Chen Ming becomes increasingly focused on forging the Heaven-Splitting Axe and maximizing its usefulness. He shows both strategic thinking and a sense of responsibility by intending to contribute his own power rather than relying entirely on the dead Barbarian God’s reserves.
• His idea of transforming the Barbarian God into a God Bone Demon reveals his ambition to obtain an exceptionally powerful guardian.
• Chen Ming demonstrates his overwhelming combat ability by effortlessly defeating a revived Blood Race corpse, though he is disappointed by the low rewards for doing so.
• [2B] is shown to have prepared carefully for the Ruined Divine Kingdom, using a Metal-Element Spirit Source to enhance his compatibility with the Axe Spirit. He has already collected three wisps of Origin Astral Force.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming encounters [2B] after entering the ruined divine kingdom and observes him fighting a Blood Race corpse.
• [2B] greets Chen Ming enthusiastically and remarks that the battlefield should suit him because he can obtain what he needs simply by fighting.
• Chen Ming responds dismissively, finding the reward for killing the corpses too poor.
• [2B] explains the truth behind the revived bodies, identifying the attackers as Soul Devourers who use corpses as vessels.

Significant Themes

• Power and resource management: Origin Astral Force is valuable but limited, forcing Chen Ming to balance immediate combat benefits against the future need to destroy the Ruined Divine Kingdom.
• Death and resurrection: The Blood Race’s ability to revive through corpses creates a disturbing form of borrowed life and emphasizes the persistence of ancient forces.
• Transformation and exploitation: Chen Ming’s plan to convert the Barbarian God into a God Bone Demon reflects the chapter’s focus on using remnants of the dead to create new power.
• Preparation and adaptation: Both Chen Ming and [2B] rely on specialized tools and energies to survive and progress within the ruined divine kingdom.
• Hidden dangers: The battlefield’s corpses are not truly inert, revealing that the Ruined Divine Kingdom contains threats beyond ordinary enemies.

Key plot points and events

• [2B] explains that the Blood Race uses Soul Devourers to animate corpses. The revived bodies retain only the strength they had in life and cannot use abilities.
• Chen Ming realizes these are inferior versions of his Bone Demons: his can use abilities, endure death, and be controlled through the Black Bone Tower. He recognizes that revealing this power could attract the attention of Blood Race Soul Devourers and powerful Human deities, so he decides to keep it hidden.
• [2B] points out a nearby Blood Corpse stronghold, but Chen Ming declines. He plans to obtain the materials he needs by pursuing his larger goal: eventually smashing through the Ruined Divine Kingdom with the Barbarian God’s Heaven-Splitting Axe.
• Chen Ming parts ways with [2B] and attempts to survey the wasteland using the Night Wanderer Land, but its perception is blocked. He switches to Void Sight, which lets him perceive the area’s underlying energies.
• He identifies three resources needed to forge or improve the axe: Blood Corpses, Black Tide Zones whose lingering mental wills can temper the Axe Spirit, and Chaos Purple Gold, said to come from fragments of the Barbarian God’s shattered skull.
• Chen Ming locates a Blood Race Old Saint Zone—a small territory sustained by the dead Saint’s remaining mental will—and prepares to destroy it to strengthen the Axe Spirit. Just as he approaches, a Blood Race corpse awakens, apparently occupied by a Soul Devourer, and recognizes him.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Ming shows strategic restraint: although he realizes the Black Bone Tower could potentially seize control of the Blood Race’s corpses, he avoids using it to protect his secret.
• He shifts from opportunistic corpse-hunting to a focused plan: first improve the Axe Spirit and gather Chaos Purple Gold, then rely on the axe’s power later.
• His exchanges with [2B] provide key information about the Blood Race’s corpse-control method and the nearby stronghold. They separate amicably before Chen Ming begins scouting alone.
• The chapter ends with Chen Ming’s plans interrupted by the newly awakened corpse, setting up a direct encounter.

Significant themes

• Concealed power and self-preservation: Chen Ming’s strongest abilities are valuable but dangerous to reveal.
• Power and imitation: The Blood Race’s corpse animation resembles Chen Ming’s Bone Demon ability, but lacks its flexibility and resilience.
• Preparation and resourcefulness: Chen Ming methodically identifies the materials and sequence needed to master the Heaven-Splitting Axe.
• Uncertain history: The claimed origin of Chaos Purple Gold in the Barbarian God’s skull is presented as official lore, not verified fact.

Summary: “Four Saints Heaven-Splitting Axe”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A long-dead Blood Corpse unexpectedly revives and identifies Chen Ming as the first-ranked figure on the Ruins Ranking. It recognizes him because of his reputation among the Blood Race, likely connected to his past actions against the Decaying God.
• Chen Ming immediately kills the Blood Corpse with a single Heaven-Splitting Axe strike. He dismisses its unfinished threat because the corpse is merely a controlled vessel and its destruction cannot harm the Blood Race itself.
• Chen Ming enters a blood-pool spiritual region sustained by an ancient Origin Will. He determines that the region’s lingering will is driven by intense hatred: its former Great Mist “Old Saint” had been killed by a powerful palm strike during an ancient war between gods.
• Since the old will cannot be fulfilled by a Human Race cultivator, Chen Ming chooses to destroy the region by force. The region manifests a giant palm, symbolizing the Old Saint’s death, but Chen Ming counters with the Four Saints Phenomenon and the Four Saints Heaven-Splitting Axe.
• His attack completely shatters the blood-pool region. Chen Ming gathers the resulting Mental Origin and feeds it into the Axe Spirit, significantly increasing its strength.
• The Axe Spirit advances to nearly King Rank after absorbing the origin of a single Old Saint Zone. Chen Ming tests it by attempting to control the Barbarian God Body on Desolate Star and confirms that it can now launch one Heaven-Splitting Axe strike, though it remains weaker than a full-strength Barbarian God Origin Astral Force attack.
• Chen Ming continues traversing the ruined wasteland, destroying Black Tide Zones and strengthening the Axe Spirit. He also uses Void Sight to locate Chaos Purple Gold, the material needed for the Heaven-Splitting Axe.
• During this period, he controls the Barbarian God Body in the God-Wounded Battlefield, effortlessly crushing weaker King-Rank Black Tide Zones with a single stomp.
• Other geniuses focus on gathering and condensing Origin Astral Force, knowing that it directly determines the ultimate power of their divine artifacts.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming remains calm, decisive, and highly pragmatic. He shows no concern over Blood Race recognition or threats, immediately eliminating the Blood Corpse and moving on.
• He demonstrates increasing mastery of the Heaven-Splitting Axe and the Axe Spirit, transitioning from merely wielding the weapon to actively developing its power through the destruction of spiritual regions.
• Chen Ming’s strength continues to grow rapidly. He can now control the Barbarian God Body to launch an axe strike and casually destroy weaker Black Tide Zones from a distance.
• His understanding of the Axe Spirit deepens: he recognizes that its grade sets the upper limit of the divine artifact and begins prioritizing its advancement toward God Grade.

Significant Themes

• Power through destruction: Chen Ming advances by forcibly breaking spiritual regions and absorbing their remaining origin, emphasizing overwhelming strength as a path to progress.
• The persistence of hatred and death: The blood-pool region preserves the resentment of an Old Saint killed unjustly, showing how powerful emotions can survive as spiritual remnants.
• Reputation and hidden identity: Chen Ming’s ranking has made him known even to distant enemies, suggesting that his growing fame will bring future dangers.
• Weapon cultivation and progression: The Axe Spirit functions almost like a cultivator that absorbs resources and “levels up,” reinforcing the chapter’s focus on gradual advancement toward God Grade.
• Competition among geniuses: While Chen Ming strengthens his weapon through battlefield destruction, other participants gather Origin Astral Force, all pursuing greater divine-artifact power.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming and the Blood Corpse: Their interaction is brief and hostile. The Blood Corpse recognizes Chen Ming and attempts to threaten him, but Chen Ming kills it before it can finish speaking.
• Chen Ming and the Old Saint’s lingering will: The spiritual region manifests its hatred as a giant palm, recreating the force that killed its former owner. Chen Ming rejects any attempt to fulfill the region’s obsession and destroys it instead.
• Chen Ming and the Axe Spirit: Their relationship is primarily one of cultivation and mutual enhancement. Chen Ming supplies the Axe Spirit with Mental Origin from shattered regions, while the Axe Spirit grows powerful enough to affect the Barbarian God Body.
• Chen Ming and the other geniuses: Though they do not directly interact, their contrasting methods are highlighted: Chen Ming destroys Black Tide Zones to strengthen his weapon, while the others concentrate on building Origin Astral Force.

Chapter Summary: “God Grade Black Tide Zone”

Key plot points and events

• Chen Ming destroys another Black Tide Zone using the Four Saints Great Axe. The attack causes the region to collapse and reform, confirming that the Axe Spirit has reached Saint Grade and is only one step from God Grade.
• He decides to search for an Old God Zone hidden within a God Grade Black Tide Zone, since ordinary Saint Zones and spiritual realms can no longer provide enough power to advance the Axe Spirit.
• While traveling, Chen Ming casually kills Blood Corpses and gathers Origin Astral Force, though his progress in this resource remains slower than that of the other participants.
• He has already collected all the required Chaos Purple Gold, thanks to the Void Law’s ability to locate materials efficiently.
• A massive lightning strike draws his attention to a dark-cloud-covered region with exceptionally strong lightning elemental fluctuations. Chen Ming suspects it may be a God Grade Black Tide Zone.
• The discovery is especially valuable because his Qilin Sacred Spirit needs to be tempered by powerful lightning energy before it can evolve to Saint-Tier. Chen Ming heads toward the region, hoping to solve both the Axe Spirit and Qilin evolution problems at once.
• After Chen Ming leaves, a seemingly dead, shriveled corpse revives and watches his departure, revealing that someone—or something—is monitoring him.

Character developments

• Chen Ming demonstrates overwhelming combat power by destroying a Black Tide Zone and shows clear progress toward forging the Heaven-Splitting Axe, potentially the first Mythical Grade weapon.
• His priorities become more focused: he needs only to upgrade the Axe Spirit to God Grade and then complete the trial.
• His concern for the Qilin Sacred Spirit’s advancement adds another goal beyond weapon forging, showing his continued investment in strengthening his companions and abilities.
• The mysterious corpse introduces a new observer or enemy who appears aware of Chen Ming’s movements.

Significant themes

• Power through quality rather than quantity: God-level advancement cannot be achieved simply by accumulating many weaker resources; it requires a higher conceptual realm of power.
• Opportunity and timing: Chen Ming encounters a lightning realm that may simultaneously fulfill two difficult requirements, emphasizing his ability to recognize and exploit rare opportunities.
• Progress toward transcendence: The chapter marks Chen Ming’s transition from Saint-level strength toward God-level power and Mythical Grade equipment.
• Hidden danger: Although Chen Ming appears dominant, the revived corpse suggests that powerful threats remain concealed within the Ruined Divine Kingdom.

Character interactions

• Chen Ming has no direct dialogue with other characters in the chapter, but he interacts with the environment and hostile Blood Corpses while traveling.
• The final scene establishes an indirect interaction between Chen Ming and the mysterious corpse: Chen Ming unknowingly moves toward the lightning region while the corpse watches and comments that he has noticed it.

Summary of “Blood Race Saint”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Little Qilin appears and draws on the lightning power in the dark clouds, filling the area with violent elemental energy. Chen Ming realizes he has entered the right place to help the Qilin Sacred Spirit evolve to Saint-Tier.
• Chen Ming intends to use the Qilin’s evolution to destroy the entire Void Domain. He senses spatial cracks throughout the domain and believes he can break it apart once the time comes.
• A desiccated Blood Race corpse emerges from the clouds, recognizes Chen Ming, and resurrects by regenerating flesh over its bones. Chen Ming identifies it as a genuine Saint Grade Class Changer rather than an ordinary corpse possessed by a soul.
• The Blood Race Saint reveals that Chen Ming killed his son on the Ruins Ranking and that he descended into the domain to seek revenge, even at the cost of his own life.
• Chen Ming infers that the Blood Race has secretly sent Saint-level forces into the Ruined Divine Kingdom to assassinate Human Race geniuses. These Saints are unable to return and are effectively prepared as sacrificial dead men.
• The Blood Saint reveals that twenty Blood Corpses are present. They revive one after another, surrounding Chen Ming with twenty Saint Grade opponents.
• Chen Ming discovers through the Night Wanderer Lamp that the surrounding Saints lack normal emotions and are controlled like puppets. They are waiting for orders before attacking.
• The vengeful Blood Saint attempts to psychologically torment Chen Ming by making him fear the coming battle. Chen Ming reads his emotions and exposes his plan: he wants Chen Ming to panic, beg for help, or attack prematurely.
• Chen Ming calmly tells him that he is rattled, reversing the psychological pressure.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming: Remains confident and analytical despite being surrounded by twenty Saints. He demonstrates strong spatial perception, strategic awareness, and emotional-reading abilities. Rather than attacking recklessly, he studies the enemy’s motives and recognizes that their apparent patience is due to orders from a higher Blood Race authority.
• Little Qilin: Begins drawing upon the surrounding lightning elemental power, apparently preparing for an evolution into Saint-Tier. Its development is central to Chen Ming’s larger plan to destroy the Void Domain.
• Blood Race Saint: Is driven by hatred because Chen Ming killed his son. However, despite his aggressive words, he cannot act freely and is subordinate to a larger plan. His attempt to intimidate Chen Ming fails when Chen Ming exposes his true intentions.
• The other Blood Race Saints: Are portrayed as emotionless, controlled corpses whose lives have already been sacrificed for the assassination operation.

Significant Themes

• Confidence versus intimidation: Chen Ming’s composure contrasts sharply with the Blood Saint’s threats and emotional hatred.
• Sacrifice and expendability: The Blood Race is willing to send twenty Saints on a one-way assassination mission, treating them as disposable weapons.
• Life, death, and resurrection: The Blood Corpses blur the boundary between the living and the dead by regrowing flesh and returning to genuine life-like states.
• Strategic intelligence over brute force: Chen Ming survives the confrontation by observing and interpreting the enemy rather than immediately relying on combat power.
• The danger of unrealized potential: The Blood Saint fears Chen Ming’s future growth, recognizing that Chen Ming already possesses power comparable to that of much stronger Saints despite being only a junior.
• Control and free will: The emotionless Blood Corpses are revealed to be puppets awaiting commands, while the supposedly independent Blood Saint is also constrained by the Blood Race’s larger operation.

Character Interactions

• Chen Ming and the Blood Saint exchange hostile remarks, with the Saint boasting about revenge and promising to make Chen Ming suffer.
• Chen Ming mocks the Saint’s dramatic threats and asks which son he is referring to, deliberately humiliating him.
• The Blood Saint emphasizes Chen Ming’s extraordinary achievements—his first-place Ruins Ranking position and massive damage during the World Beast War—to justify the Blood Race’s decision to eliminate him.
• Chen Ming uses the Night Wanderer Lamp to sense the Saint’s emotions, correctly identifying that the Saint wants to psychologically break him before the attack begins.
• By calmly stating that the Saint is rattled, Chen Ming seizes control of the exchange and exposes the weakness beneath the Saint’s threatening façade.

Summary

Plot points and events

Twenty Blood Race Saints surround Chen Ming inside the unstable Void Domain but initially refrain from attacking. Both sides remain calm because each has something to protect: the Blood Race wants to avoid damaging the domain, while Chen Ming needs the domain’s lightning power to complete the Qilin Sacred Spirit’s evolution. The Qilin successfully evolves under the lightning’s tempering and returns to Chen Ming. At that moment, the powerful figure backing the Blood Race gives permission to attack, likely because Chen Ming is collecting Sacred Spirits and represents a major threat. All twenty Saints launch a coordinated assault, led by the Blood Saint who holds a personal grudge against Chen Ming for his son’s death.

Combat development

The Blood Saint’s initial palm strike is completely stopped by Chen Ming’s Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit. Despite unleashing Saint-level attacks, the other nineteen Saints also fail to penetrate its defense, with every strike producing only a negligible “[-1!]” damage indicator. The Blood Saints are stunned, especially because such attacks should easily destroy an ordinary Sacred Spirit defense. The Blood Saint then reveals his powerful Spirit Source Phenomenon: the Crimson Moon Ancient City. He summons the city through a gigantic black hand and smashes it toward Chen Ming’s barrier with enough force to shatter the Void Domain. However, even this devastating attack appears to inflict only “[-1!]” damage, leaving the outcome unresolved.

Character developments

Chen Ming remains confident and composed despite being surrounded by twenty Saints. Rather than attacking, he prioritizes the Qilin Sacred Spirit’s evolution and trusts the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit’s Absolute Domain to protect him. His goal is to evolve the Qilin to Origin Tier and achieve the Five Saints. The Blood Saint is driven by hatred and revenge, eagerly anticipating Chen Ming’s death, but his confidence turns to disbelief when his strongest attacks fail. The Blood Race’s hidden backer views Chen Ming as a dangerous genius and orders his elimination before he can grow stronger.

Themes

The chapter emphasizes hidden strength, misjudgment, and the danger of underestimating an opponent. The Blood Race assumes Chen Ming is helpless because of his apparent King Rank, while Chen Ming’s defensive abilities make the Saints’ overwhelming numbers almost meaningless. It also highlights the conflict between immediate combat and long-term advancement: Chen Ming refuses to jeopardize the Void Domain because preserving the lightning energy is essential to the Qilin’s evolution. The repeated “[-1!]” results reinforce the gap between appearance and actual power.

Character interactions

Chen Ming and the Blood Saints maintain a tense standoff before the attack, each observing the other without acting. The Blood Saint’s personal hatred toward Chen Ming drives him to strike first and later escalate the battle by revealing his Crimson Moon Ancient City. The unseen Blood Race powerhouse influences events by authorizing the assault. Chen Ming, meanwhile, does not verbally engage with the Saints and instead relies on the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit while preparing the Qilin for its next evolution.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Crimson Moon Ancient City launches a full-force attack against the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit, but Chen Ming remains completely protected within its shell.
• The Blood Race’s nineteen dead warrior Saints, joined by the attacking Blood Saint, recognize Chen Ming as an extraordinary threat. Acting on an order from the mysterious power behind the Blood Race, they unanimously decide that “this child must not be allowed to live.”
• Twenty Blood Race Saints release their combined Saintly might, creating overwhelming energy fluctuations and phenomena resembling an entire miniature world. Their power threatens to destroy the already-fragile Void Domain.
• Chen Ming emerges from the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit while still absorbing the Qilin Sacred Spirit. He warns the Blood Race not to damage the Void Domain because he still needs its source power to strengthen his weapon, Axe Spirit.
• Rather than confront the twenty Saints directly, Chen Ming uses his mastery of spatial laws to destabilize the already-fractured Void Domain. He then unleashes a small Eternal Storm, causing the entire realm to collapse.
• The destruction tears apart the Blood Race Saints’ combined attacks and temporarily leaves them struggling to withstand the spatial storm.
• Chen Ming remains completely unharmed at the center of the collapse and immediately begins using the Void Domain’s God Grade source power to strengthen Axe Spirit.
• The Blood Saint realizes with shock that Chen Ming never considered the twenty surrounding Saints a serious threat; his only concern was completing his own objectives.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming demonstrates overwhelming confidence, extraordinary spatial control, and exceptional physical and defensive strength. He treats the Blood Race’s coordinated assault as an inconvenience rather than a genuine danger.
• His priorities become clear: strengthening Axe Spirit, obtaining Mythical Grade equipment, and completing his absorption of the Qilin Sacred Spirit to advance along the Sacred Spirit Path.
• The Blood Saint shifts from confidence to disbelief and alarm. He initially assumes Chen Ming’s actions are reckless, but eventually understands that Chen Ming possesses the power to dismantle the entire battlefield at will.
• The Blood Race Saints are portrayed as powerful but tactically outmatched. Though they follow their kill order and coordinate their attacks, they cannot prevent Chen Ming from controlling the battlefield.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power versus numerical superiority: Even twenty Saints cannot pressure Chen Ming, emphasizing the vast gap between his abilities and theirs.
• Calmness and single-minded purpose: Chen Ming remains focused on cultivation and equipment enhancement despite being surrounded by deadly enemies.
• Control of the battlefield: Rather than contesting the Blood Race’s strength head-on, Chen Ming exploits the Void Domain’s existing instability and destroys the environment itself.
• Hidden depth and underestimated ability: The Blood Race repeatedly misjudges Chen Ming, failing to understand that his apparent indifference reflects genuine superiority.
• Destruction as opportunity: The collapse of the Void Domain is not merely an escape tactic; Chen Ming converts the realm’s destruction into a resource for strengthening Axe Spirit.

Character Interactions

• The Blood Race Saints collectively identify Chen Ming as a threat and receive a direct kill order from the mysterious figure behind their faction.
• The Blood Saint attempts to capitalize on Chen Ming leaving the Black Tortoise’s protection, believing Chen Ming has exposed himself to attack.
• Chen Ming ignores the Blood Saint’s provocation and instead orders the Saints not to damage the Void Domain, revealing that his goals take precedence over their conflict.
• When the Saints try to stop him from collapsing the realm, Chen Ming effortlessly overcomes their intervention through spatial manipulation.
• Chen Ming’s survival and continued cultivation leave the Blood Saint stunned, forcing him to recognize that Chen Ming has never regarded their combined force as worthy of concern.

Chapter Summary: Chen Ming’s Situation Was Extremely Dangerous

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Blood Race launches a carefully planned ambush to assassinate Human Race prodigies participating in the Desolate Star Trial. Blood Saint personally joins the operation because Chen Ming—who killed his only child—is one of the main targets.
• Blood Saint confronts Chen Ming inside the Void Domain and expects him to panic or struggle desperately. Instead, Chen Ming remains completely calm and focused on his own actions, ignoring Blood Saint’s presence.
• Blood Saint attempts a surprise attack, but Chen Ming once again activates the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit. The defensive barrier blocks the attack, causing Blood Saint’s confidence and patience to break.
• Chen Ming completes an Axe Spirit enhancement and uses overwhelming power to shatter the entire Void Domain. The resulting destruction exposes the twenty Blood Race Saints hidden inside.
• Outside the region, [2B] and other Class Changers had been unable to enter what they believed was a God-Grade Black Tide Zone. When the zone collapses, they discover the Blood Race’s siege and recognize Chen Ming’s distinctive Black Tortoise defense.
• Assuming Chen Ming is in mortal danger, [2B] sends the Mecha Race’s highest-level distress signal directly to a god and shouts encouragement while refusing to enter recklessly.
• The Blood Race realizes that their secret operation has been exposed. They have failed to restrain or kill Chen Ming, and the arrival of Human Race gods now seems inevitable.

Character Developments

• Chen Ming: Demonstrates extraordinary composure, confidence, and defensive strength. He remains unconcerned despite facing twenty Saints, successfully withstands repeated attacks, enhances his axe, and destroys the entire battlefield zone.
• Blood Saint: His personal hatred for Chen Ming intensifies his desire for revenge, but his anger turns into frustration and humiliation when Chen Ming repeatedly ignores him and blocks his attacks. He is forced to acknowledge that Chen Ming is far more powerful and difficult to control than expected.
• [2B]: Shows loyalty and practical judgment. Though worried about Chen Ming, he understands that charging into a battle against twenty Saints would be useless, so he alerts a god instead.
• The Blood Race Saints: Their confidence collapses as their assassination plan fails. They are exposed, unable to penetrate Chen Ming’s defenses, and forced to recognize that they badly underestimated him.

Significant Themes

• Composure under overwhelming danger: Chen Ming’s calmness contrasts sharply with Blood Saint’s anger and desperation.
• Underestimation and reversal: The Blood Race assumes Chen Ming will be an easy target, but he turns the ambush into a humiliating defeat for them.
• Defense as power: The Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit represents Chen Ming’s nearly impenetrable protection, allowing him to survive attacks from numerous Saints.
• Righteous intervention and solidarity: The outsiders quickly interpret the scene as an attack on a Human Race genius and attempt to summon help, showing cooperation against the Blood Race.
• Personal revenge versus strategic failure: Blood Saint’s hatred drives the operation, but his emotional fixation contributes to the Blood Race’s inability to respond effectively.

Important Character Interactions

• Blood Saint and Chen Ming: Blood Saint repeatedly attempts to assassinate Chen Ming, while Chen Ming ignores him and blocks every assault with the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit.
• [2B] and Chen Ming: Although they do not directly meet, [2B] recognizes Chen Ming’s danger, sends an emergency signal, and calls out encouragement.
• Blood Race and the outside observers: The Blood Race’s hidden assault is revealed when Chen Ming destroys the Void Domain, prompting the outsiders to summon Human Race support.
• Blood Saint and the other Saints: Blood Saint leads the attack, but the group’s failure to overcome Chen Ming leaves them exposed and facing the likely arrival of Human Race gods.