Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Xu Ziming defeats Kyoto young master Wang Yang with a single strike, revealing that he has comprehended Mortal-Transforming Sword Intent through the Basic Sword Method.
• Wang Yang recognizes the gap between them, concedes, and accepts the defeat rather than bring dishonor to his Lineage. Xu finishes the match, earning ten points and extending his streak to twenty-one wins.
• Tens of thousands of livestream viewers praise Xu’s skill and discuss his reputation, while teasing Wang Yang about his loss.
• After reflecting on Xu’s achievement, Wang Yang sends him a friend request and decides to watch his matches instead of pursuing his original goal of studying other high scorers.
• Xu accepts the request without knowing Wang’s intentions and resumes matchmaking. Wang watches as Xu defeats his next opponent in just ten seconds, then continues winning rapidly.

Character developments

• Xu Ziming is shown to be an exceptional, nationally competitive swordsman. He reveals his strength without hesitation in later matches and remains focused on the tournament.
• Wang Yang moves from shock and embarrassment to genuine admiration. He recognizes how remarkable Xu’s achievement is, accepts the loss sincerely, and becomes an eager spectator.
• The livestream audience shifts its attention toward Xu, celebrating him as a prodigy while making Wang the target of playful mockery.

Significant themes

• Effort and mastery: Xu’s sword intent, developed through a basic method, highlights the extraordinary discipline behind his skill.
• Humility in defeat: Wang’s willingness to concede and learn from a stronger opponent contrasts with the audience’s teasing.
• Public reputation: The livestream magnifies Xu’s sudden fame and Wang’s embarrassment, turning their match into a spectacle.

Character interactions

• Xu calmly explains his sword intent to Wang, who acknowledges the loss and concedes.
• Viewers praise Xu and ridicule Wang, intensifying Wang’s embarrassment.
• Wang responds to Xu’s performance with admiration, sends a friend request, and watches his subsequent matches as a spectator.

Xu Ziming reached his fiftieth Ranked Match with forty-nine consecutive victories and faced Star Slayer, a genius from Huguang Province, in his promotion match. Xu Ziming unleashed his sword techniques, and the chapter ended as his evolved Jinghong Dance surrounded Star Slayer with attacking phantoms.

• Xu Ziming won match after match, reaching 490 points and fourth place on the Pengcheng leaderboard.
• Wang Yang announced Xu Ziming’s fiftieth match as a chance to make history with fifty consecutive victories.
• Xu Ziming was matched against Star Slayer in an abandoned factory and confirmed that he was playing a promotion match.
• Xu Ziming charged Star Slayer, who evaded his first attack and countered with a spear.
• Xu Ziming’s Sword Momentum and killing intent failed to unsettle Star Slayer, so he used his evolved Jinghong Dance to attack from multiple directions.

Xu Ziming defeated Star Slayer to earn his fiftieth consecutive Battle Net victory and qualify for Gold Rank. After collecting his prizes and scholarship, he remembered he still needed to tell his mother news about his father.

• Xu Ziming used Jinghong Dance and the Five Prison Sword Art to wear down Star Slayer, but Star Slayer endured the assault and counterattacked with Overlooking All Mountains.
• Xu Ziming dodged Star Slayer's escalating spear strikes and defeated him with Five-Prison Dominance.
• Battle Net awarded Xu Ziming his fiftieth consecutive win, promoted him to Gold Rank, and credited him with one million Blue Star Coins.
• Xu Ziming logged out, planning to buy a spiritual treasure to help cultivate Five Elements True Essence and reach life energy level 5.0.
• Xu Ziming received a hundred-thousand-Blue-Star-Coin school scholarship and decided to leave the money for his family.
• Xu Ziming remembered he had not yet told his mother the news about his father.