Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Sea Beast horde attacking Tianhai City retreats after suffering heavy losses.
• Song Chen, now a sixth-ranker, single-handedly drives back the beast tide using his Thunderlight Domain.
• Cang Yuan, a sixth-rank Sea Dragon, commands the beast tide and observes Song Chen's actions from a trench offshore.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his growth to sixth rank, exhibiting immense power and precision in battle.
• Cang Yuan, initially confident in its strategy, becomes alarmed upon witnessing Song Chen's capabilities.

Significant Themes

• The disparity in power between humans and Exotic Beasts, and the struggle for survival.
• The rapid growth of Song Chen's abilities, challenging the norms of human development.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen's actions inspire awe and disbelief among the human defenders of Tianhai City.
• Cang Yuan communicates with another sixth-rank Sea Beast, the Giant Whale, to assess Song Chen's power.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen pursues the retreating beast tide into the ocean, aiming to kill more Exotic Beasts to reach his goal of 100 million Killing Value.
• He encounters a sixth-order Sea Dragon, Cang Yuan, and four other sixth-order Beast Emperors at the bottom of a sea trench.
• Song Chen decides to engage them in battle, despite being outnumbered and in their territory.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his confidence and determination, facing five sixth-order Exotic Beasts alone.
• Cang Yuan, the Sea Dragon, shows arrogance and underestimates Song Chen's capabilities.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between humans and Exotic Beasts, with Song Chen challenging the beasts in their own territory.
• The importance of Killing Value for Song Chen's growth and the human resistance against the Exotic Beasts.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen and Cang Yuan exchange taunts before the battle, with Cang Yuan expressing disdain for Song Chen's arrogance.
• The other four sixth-order Beast Emperors present show no signs of defiance against Cang Yuan's leadership.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen fights against four sixth-rank Exotic Beasts (Abyss Python King, Giant Squid, and two Giant Whales) and Cang Yuan, the Sea Dragon Tribe's Beast Emperor.
• Song Chen uses his blade skills and Fuyao's agility to outmaneuver and defeat the beasts one by one.
• Cang Yuan uses a high-pressure vortex to try and trap Song Chen, but he escapes and continues his assault.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his exceptional blade skills, strategic thinking, and adaptability in the deep sea environment.
• Cang Yuan shows intelligence and strategic planning, attempting to use the environment to his advantage.

Significant Themes

• The importance of understanding one's environment and adapting to it in combat.
• The power of strategic thinking and planning in battle.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen faces off against Cang Yuan and the other Beast Emperors, showcasing his ability to handle multiple powerful opponents.
• There's no direct interaction between Song Chen and Cang Yuan, but their actions and strategies reflect their understanding and respect for each other as formidable opponents.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Cang Yuan, a Sea Dragon King, underestimates Song Chen's strength and initiates a battle with him.
• Song Chen swiftly defeats three sixth-rank Beast Emperors (Abyss Python King, Giant Squid, and two Giant Whales) using his Heavenly Balance Blade.
• Cang Yuan, shocked by Song Chen's strength, engages in a one-on-one battle with him.
• Song Chen discovers Cang Yuan's weakness (gills) and disables his water-element abilities, causing Cang Yuan's heavy-water armor to collapse.

Character Developments

• Song Chen: Proves his rapid advancement to the sixth rank and demonstrates his formidable combat skills, outmatching a powerful Sea Dragon King.
• Cang Yuan: Initially confident and prideful, Cang Yuan becomes increasingly desperate and panicked as Song Chen gains the upper hand in their battle.

Significant Themes

• Underestimation: Cang Yuan underestimates Song Chen's strength, leading to his eventual defeat.
• Adaptability: Song Chen's ability to adapt to the deep-sea environment and find Cang Yuan's weakness is crucial to his victory.
• Power and Strength: The chapter emphasizes the power dynamics between humans and Sea Beasts, with Song Chen's strength challenging the dominance of the Sea Dragon Tribe.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen vs. Cang Yuan: The main interaction in this chapter is the intense, high-stakes battle between Song Chen and Cang Yuan, showcasing their respective strengths and weaknesses.
• Song Chen vs. Other Sea Beasts: Song Chen's swift defeat of three sixth-rank Beast Emperors demonstrates his overwhelming power and dominance in the deep-sea environment.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Cang Yuan, the Sea Dragon Tribe leader, escapes after a fierce battle, despite severe injuries.
• Song Chen decides not to pursue Cang Yuan due to the deep-sea environment and potential sixth-tier creatures awaiting Cang Yuan.
• Song Chen continues to hunt the retreating beast tide, killing various Exotic Beasts, including Swordnose Sharks, Sea Thorn Beasts, Steel-Bone Whales, and others.
• He reaches his target of 100 million Killing Value after chasing and killing the last group of routed stragglers, a pack of Swordnose Sharks.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his determination and relentless pursuit of his goal, even after a challenging battle.
• Cang Yuan shows his cunning and survival instincts by escaping despite severe injuries.

Significant Themes

• The relentless pursuit of goals, even in the face of adversity.
• The importance of strategic decision-making, as seen in Song Chen's choice not to pursue Cang Yuan.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen and Cang Yuan's interaction is brief but intense, showcasing their power and determination.
• Song Chen's interaction with Zhou Wangyue is brief but conveys their understanding and trust, as Zhou Wangyue supports Song Chen's decision to continue hunting the beast tide.

Key plot points

• After earning 100 million Killing Value, Song Chen upgrades his system to Level Five. The system unlocks a new product tier, Star Core Rank, above S-Grade.
• The upgrade also lets him spend Killing Value directly to increase Vitality and Mental Power, at a cost of 5,000 points per stat point. He is especially pleased by this change, though the upgrade has left him with no Killing Value to buy the new products.
• The Star Core shop lists unfamiliar techniques and abilities—such as Galaxy Shatter, Void Walk, and Eternal Body—whose names suggest a source beyond Great Xia’s martial arts system. Song Chen wonders whether the system is connected to alien civilization and the meteorite that brought spiritual energy to Blue Star, but decides not to speculate further.
• Returning to Tianhai, Song Chen passes the aftermath of the battle: mutated beast corpses are being recovered and processed, including those of three Sixth Rank Beast Emperors.
• He meets his teacher, Zhou Wangyue, aboard a command ship. After confirming that Song Chen has earned enough Killing Value, Zhou provides him with intelligence on Great Xia’s eight known Beast Emperor lairs—three inland and five on the borders.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Chen shifts from immediate excitement over the upgrade to curiosity about its cosmic implications. His practical side wins out: unable to explain the mystery, he focuses on what to do next and asks for information that could support future hunts.
• Zhou Wangyue is shown coordinating the city’s recovery and defense under pressure. He responds directly to Song Chen’s request by sharing detailed intelligence, suggesting trust and cooperation between them.
• Their exchange is brief and businesslike: Zhou first asks whether Song Chen has killed enough, then clears the bridge so they can speak privately.

Significant themes

• Power and progression: The system’s new tier and direct stat upgrades open another path for Song Chen to grow stronger.
• Cosmic mystery: The Star Core terminology and strange new products deepen the suggestion that the system—and perhaps the meteorite—has origins beyond Earth.
• The cost and aftermath of conflict: The battle’s victory is followed by recovery work, damaged defenses, wounded people, and the industrial processing of enormous beast corpses.
• Preparation for further threats: The map of eight Beast Emperor lairs points toward conflicts beyond Tianhai.

Key plot points and events

• Great Xia is concentrating its forces on clearing Beast Emperor lairs within its borders, leaving five border lairs untouched.
• Song Chen volunteers to clear all five border lairs himself. Zhou Wangyue accepts and sends him their coordinates.
• Zhou tells Song Chen that Speaker Li Qingcang is coming to meet him. Li arrives in a specially modified shuttle and privately questions him about his extraordinary growth, battlefield strength, and scan-proof storage space.
• Li suspects Song Chen’s abilities come from an unknown relic or technology. He asks whether Song Chen inherited something from the Cangxing Civilization. Song Chen replies, “Maybe,” since he does not know the origin of his system.
• Li explains that Great Xia has studied the alien meteorite and its Source Spirit Crystals for decades. The crystals contain the civilization’s self-chosen name, Cangxing, but reveal little about its motives, technology, or why it sent the meteorite to Blue Star.

Character developments

• Song Chen shows confidence by taking responsibility for all five border lairs, while remaining cautious and measured when questioned about his abilities. The name Cangxing unsettles him because his system’s products are classified by “Star Core Rank,” suggesting a possible connection he cannot confirm.
• Li Qingcang approaches Song Chen as a veteran and fellow soldier rather than as an official interrogator. His candor shows both concern and suspicion, but he admits how little Great Xia actually knows.
• Zhou Wangyue supports Song Chen’s mission and facilitates Li’s meeting with him.

Significant themes

• Power and accountability: Song Chen’s rapid rise is remarkable enough to draw the attention of the country’s leader.
• Uncertainty and secrecy: Neither Song Chen nor Great Xia knows the full origin or purpose of the alien technology.
• Trust and guarded disclosure: Li asks directly but leaves Song Chen free not to answer; Song Chen gives a deliberately uncertain response.
• The unknown scale of civilization: The Cangxing name and the meteorite hint at forces and history beyond humanity’s understanding.

Character interactions

• Song Chen and Zhou Wangyue discuss Great Xia’s military priorities; Zhou accepts Song Chen’s offer to tackle the border lairs.
• In private, Li confronts Song Chen with evidence of his unusual abilities, but frames the conversation as one soldier speaking to another.
• Song Chen asks Li what Cangxing means, and Li reveals the limited findings Great Xia has extracted from the Source Spirit Crystals.

Chapter Summary: “Supreme Authority of Deployment”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen questions Li Qingcang about the mysterious Cangxing Civilization, the possible existence of other civilizations, and the true nature of Psionic Particles. After fifty years, humanity has found no definite answers.
• Li Qingcang reveals that the likely source of those answers is a massive Psionic Vortex beneath the Pacific Ocean, formed at the meteorite’s impact site. The vortex is three kilometers wide, has unknown depth, and contains psionic energy over four thousand times denser than the outside world.
• Human probes and even Peak Sixth Rank Martial Artists have failed to enter the vortex. Li Qingcang estimates that only a Seventh Rank expert could survive inside.
• Humanity and powerful mutated beasts are all attempting to reach the Seventh Rank. Li Qingcang, Qi Shanhe, the Giant Whale King, and the Sea Dragon King are secretly pursuing breakthroughs.
• Li Qingcang explains that the Sky Wolf King’s war against the Ice Demon Clan was not merely political. He intended to devour the Ice Devil King’s Beast Emperor Life Crystal Core to increase his chances of breaking through.
• Song Chen connects the meteorite, the rise of psionic energy, the emergence of Martial Artists and mutated beasts, and the struggle to reach the Seventh Rank. Whoever achieves it first could dominate the balance between humanity and the beasts.
• Song Chen announces his plan to:
  1. Destroy the five Beast Emperor nests within Great Xia’s borders.
  2. Eliminate the remaining imperial and royal clans on land.
  3. Defeat the Giant Whale King and Sea Dragon King in the ocean.
  4. Investigate the Pacific Psionic Vortex once humanity is secure.
• Recognizing Song Chen’s strength and possible inheritance from Cangxing Civilization, Li Qingcang grants him his confidential chairman’s order. This gives Song Chen supreme authority over all Great Xia garrisons, commanders, intelligence stations, and even nuclear weapons.
• Li Qingcang asks to accompany Song Chen when he eventually enters the vortex.
• Song Chen immediately begins his campaign. From Tianhai Airport, he and Han Duo choose the northeastern snowfields as their first target: a former Sky Wolf Tribe nest now controlled by an early Sixth Rank snow mastiff.

Character Developments

• Song Chen emerges as an ambitious and decisive leader. He shifts from investigating the past to taking direct action against every major beast threat.
• His confidence has grown substantially. He is willing to confront the five border nests, the land’s remaining imperial clans, and the two Peak Sixth Rank ocean kings alone.
• Li Qingcang is shown to be both cautious and strategic. He has spent years pursuing the Seventh Rank and understands the immense dangers surrounding the Psionic Vortex.
• Li Qingcang also demonstrates deep trust in Song Chen by granting him unprecedented military authority, despite knowing the enormous scale of the campaign.
• Han Duo continues serving as Song Chen’s practical logistical partner, providing battlefield intelligence and helping select the first target.
• The deceased Sky Wolf King is recontextualized: his war against the Ice Demon Clan was driven by the desire for a breakthrough rather than simple territorial dominance.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of transcendence: The Seventh Rank represents the next stage of evolution and the ultimate goal of both humanity and mutated beasts.
• Hidden motives behind historical events: The Sky Wolf King’s war is revealed to have a deeper purpose, showing that political conflicts often conceal struggles for power and advancement.
• Humanity’s vulnerability: Despite fifty years of progress, humanity remains unable to enter the Psionic Vortex and has no Seventh Rank combatant.
• Authority and responsibility: Song Chen receives almost unlimited power, but that authority exists to reduce casualties and protect Great Xia.
• The unknown origins of power: Cangxing Civilization and the Psionic Vortex remain central mysteries, suggesting that humanity’s current evolution may be part of a larger design.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen repeatedly questions Li Qingcang, while Li answers with blunt honesty, creating a serious and investigative atmosphere.
• Li Qingcang tests Song Chen’s intentions by asking what he plans to do with his supposed inheritance. Song Chen responds with a clear campaign to eliminate the beast threat and uncover the truth behind the vortex.
• Their relationship shifts toward mutual trust: Li gives Song Chen supreme authority, while Song Chen accepts the responsibility without hesitation.
• Li’s final request to accompany Song Chen into the vortex hints at a future partnership between the two strongest human figures.
• Song Chen and Han Duo’s exchange aboard the spacecraft transitions the chapter from strategic revelation to immediate military action.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen embarks on a spaceship to eliminate the remaining border nests of exotic beasts.
• He first targets a nest in the northeastern snowfields, home to a sixth-rank snow mastiff and many lower-rank beasts.
• Using his Thunderlight Domain and Heavenly Balance Blade, he swiftly eliminates all the beasts in the nest.
• Next, he heads to the Tianshan Mountains to confront the Beast Emperor, a sixth-rank Golden-Winged Roc.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his formidable strength and skill, easily defeating powerful exotic beasts.
• He shows no mercy, aiming to exterminate all the beasts in each nest.

Significant Themes

• The relentless pursuit of peace and elimination of threats to humanity.
• The power dynamics between humans and exotic beasts.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen interacts briefly with Han Duo, his spaceship pilot, but their conversation is minimal.
• He does not engage in any dialogue with the exotic beasts or the local garrison commander, focusing solely on his mission.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen, using his Grandmaster-level Fuyao, defeats a Golden-Winged Roc, an Abyss Python, and two Sky Wolves, culminating in killing a Giant Whale, the final Beast Emperor along the border.
• He clears out Exotic Beasts in each location, earning substantial Killing Value.
• He communicates with the council, requesting the next location after each victory.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his immense power, agility, and strategic thinking, defeating powerful Exotic Beasts with precision and efficiency.
• His confidence and calm demeanor are evident throughout the chapter, even when facing overwhelming odds.

Significant Themes

• Power and Control: Song Chen's mastery over Fuyao and his ability to manipulate the environment showcase his power and control.
• Strategy and Adaptability: He outsmarts his opponents, using their weaknesses against them and adapting his tactics to each situation.
• Determination and Perseverance: Despite the challenges and dangers, he persists in his mission to purge the Exotic Beasts.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen interacts briefly with military commanders, requesting the next location and giving orders.
• Soldiers salute him upon his arrival and departure, showing respect and awe for his power.
• He communicates with Han Duo, his ally, asking her to pick him up after his final victory.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen, after a day and night of battle, enters the Starcore Shop with 200 million Killing Value.
• He spends 20 minutes browsing and comparing Starcore-grade products, noting their completeness and interdependence.
• He decides to purchase two items: 'Eternal Body' (110 million) and 'Void Traverse' (80 million).
• Upon purchase, the cultivation process begins but stops due to insufficient spiritual energy in the current environment.
• The system initiates a one-time active guidance activation, which would be dangerous if not released in a high-density spiritual energy area.

Character Development

• Song Chen demonstrates increased understanding and strategic thinking in choosing Starcore-grade items, focusing on his weaknesses (fatigue management and movement).
• He shows urgency and decisiveness in evacuating the spaceship when the system's activation begins.

Significant Themes

• The power and completeness of Starcore-grade items are emphasized, contrasting with lower-ranked products.
• The importance of environment in cultivating high-level items is introduced.
• The theme of growth and adaptation continues, as Song Chen addresses his weaknesses to improve his combat effectiveness.

Character Interactions

• Han Duo, the spaceship pilot, is briefly mentioned, showing concern for Song Chen's safety.
• Song Chen's urgent warning to Han Duo to not follow him highlights the danger of the situation and his protective nature.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen undergoes a transformation under the influence of starlight, activating his Eternal Body and Void Traverse abilities.
• The transformation is witnessed by Han Duo and the residents of a nearby Base City, causing widespread shock and awe.
• Song Chen's Vitality Value increases to 180,000 units, and his mental power reaches 63,000 points.
• Song Chen demonstrates his Void Traverse ability by instantly traveling from the sky to the spacecraft's hatch.

Character Developments

• Song Chen's power and abilities significantly increase, marking a major milestone in his cultivation journey.
• Han Duo witnesses Song Chen's transformation and displays a mix of shock, awe, and acceptance.

Significant Themes

• The power of the universe and the cosmos.
• The awe and fear that humans feel in the face of the unknown and the extraordinary.
• The potential for human evolution and growth.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen and Han Duo share a moment of understanding and mutual respect after the transformation.
• The residents of the Base City react with collective awe and disbelief at the sight of Song Chen's transformation.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen returns to Shangjing after his breakthrough, feeling significantly empowered.
• He discovers the upgrade requirements and effects of his new Star Core Rank abilities, Eternal Body and Void Traverse.
• He realizes the vast difference in progression between S-rank and Star Core Rank abilities, with the latter requiring large amounts of Killing Value for each upgrade.
• He convenes an emergency meeting of the Council, with all twelve councilors attending virtually.

Character Developments

• Song Chen: He has gained confidence in his abilities after his breakthrough, feeling he could take on opponents he previously deemed insurmountable.
• He understands the new progression system for Star Core Rank abilities, realizing the significant gap between each layer and the vast Killing Value required for upgrades.

Significant Themes

• Power and Progression: The theme of power and progression is further emphasized, with Song Chen's newfound strength and the revelation of the Star Core Rank progression system.
• Leadership and Decision-Making: Song Chen's decision to convene an emergency meeting showcases his initiative and leadership, as he takes action based on his new understanding and capabilities.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen and Han Duo: Han Duo, as Song Chen's assistant, supports him by recording and analyzing Song Chen's breakthrough data, and facilitating the emergency meeting.
• Song Chen and the Council: Song Chen convenes the Council, with all twelve councilors attending virtually. The reason for the meeting is not yet revealed, but their expressions suggest curiosity and anticipation.

Key Plot Points

• Song Chen reveals footage of his Cangxing Civilization inheritance, demonstrating his power.
• He proposes a global counteroffensive against Exotic Beasts, shocking the council.
• Song Chen showcases his new ability, "Void Traverse," allowing him to teleport over long distances.
• The council votes unanimously in favor of the global counteroffensive.

Character Developments

• Song Chen: Confidently presents his plan and power, demonstrating leadership and strategic thinking.
• Li Qingcang: Recognizes Song Chen's capabilities and takes charge of diplomatic negotiations.
• Qi Shanhe: Agrees to handle negotiations with Bear Nation, showing trust in Song Chen's plan.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics: Song Chen's new abilities shift the balance of power, enabling a global counteroffensive.
• Unity and cooperation: The council's unanimous vote highlights the importance of unity in facing the Exotic Beast threat.
• Strategic thinking: Song Chen's plan demonstrates the need for long-term, strategic planning in the war against Exotic Beasts.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen and Li Qingcang: Their dynamic shifts as Li Qingcang acknowledges Song Chen's capabilities and takes on diplomatic responsibilities.
• Song Chen and Qi Shanhe: They show mutual respect and trust, with Qi Shanhe agreeing to handle negotiations based on Song Chen's plan.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen calls his parents to inform them of his global counteroffensive plan against Beast Emperors.
• He learns that there are over three hundred Beast Emperors worldwide, with fifty on land and two hundred and fifty in the ocean.
• Song Chen uses the Eye of Truth-Seeing to locate the first target, a sixth-rank Sand Scorpion King in the Turkmen wilderness.
• He activates Void Traverse to teleport to the Sand Scorpion King's nest.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his growth and determination by planning to eliminate all Beast Emperors worldwide.
• His parents, Li Xiuying and Song Zhengye, express their pride and concern for their son's mission.

Significant Themes

• Determination and Responsibility: Song Chen feels the weight of his mission and is determined to bring peace to the world.
• Family and Love: The conversation with his parents highlights their love and support for him, as well as their worry for his safety.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen and Li Xiuying: Mother and son discuss Song Chen's mission, with Li Xiuying expressing her concern and pride.
• Song Chen and Song Zhengye: Father and son discuss Song Chen's strength and his mission, with Song Zhengye acknowledging his son's achievements.
• Song Chen and Han Duo: Han Duo assists Song Chen with intelligence and prepares for his departure, showing his loyalty and support.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen travels from Shangjing to the Caspian Sea using Void Traverse, killing a sixth-rank Sand Scorpion King and its swarm of lower-tier sand scorpions.
• Simultaneously, the Eagle Nation's Strategic Command Center receives a notice from Great Xia about a global counteroffensive against sixth-rank Beast Emperors, with Song Chen as the sole executor.
• An orbital reconnaissance satellite captures Song Chen's battle and his instantaneous movement, causing a stir at the command center.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his formidable combat skills, efficiently defeating a sixth-rank Beast Emperor and its swarm using Void Traverse and the Heavenly Balance Blade.
• Song Chen's actions instill fear and awe in the enemy, as seen in the sand scorpions' lack of retreat after their king's death.

Significant Themes

• Power and Dominance: Song Chen's display of strength and speed asserts his dominance over the Exotic Beasts and instills fear in his enemies.
• Global Cooperation vs. Individual Action: The contrast between Great Xia's announcement of a global counteroffensive and Song Chen's solo operation highlights the theme of individual action versus collective effort in the face of adversity.

Character Interactions

• Although not present in this chapter, the interactions between Song Chen and the Eagle Nation's command center are implied, with the latter reacting to the former's actions and announcements.
• The sand scorpions' unquestioning obedience to their king and subsequent lack of retreat after his death showcase their hierarchical social structure and loyalty.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen, using his spatial ability, clears out sixth-rank Exotic Beasts across Central Asia, starting with a Sand Scorpion King in Turkmenistan.
• He then proceeds to kill a sixth-rank Caspian Sea Dragon in the Caspian Sea and a Rock Lizard King in the Iranian Plateau.
• The world's major powers—Great Xia, Bear Nation, and the European Union—receive satellite footage of Song Chen's actions and react accordingly.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his immense power and efficiency in eliminating high-rank Exotic Beasts.
• Sergei Ivanovich, Bear Nation's leader, initially dismisses Song Chen's actions but later orders his forces not to obstruct Song Chen upon realizing the truth.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between nations and the impact of a single individual on global affairs.
• The threat posed by Exotic Beasts and the need for cooperation to combat them.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen interacts with no one directly in this chapter, but his actions spark reactions from various nations and their leaders.
• Sergei Ivanovich discusses Song Chen's actions with his generals and issues orders based on the new information.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen travels across Central Asia, defeating three Beast Emperors in a single day.
• He decides to increase his Spiritual Power using Killing Value to better face deep-sea Beast Emperors.
• Song Chen heads to the Mediterranean coast, planning to eliminate four Sixth-Order Beast Emperors.
• He begins with the Poison Flood Dragon King in the Euphrates Valley, defeating it in 47 seconds.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his prowess and efficiency in battle, showcasing his growth and power.
• General Alwan, commander of Baghdad Base City's defense force, witnesses Song Chen's actions and is deeply moved.

Significant Themes

• The struggle against Exotic Beasts and the impact on human societies.
• The importance of Spiritual Power for Song Chen's abilities and strategies.
• The theme of hope and relief brought by Song Chen's actions.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen interacts with Han Duo through messages, coordinating their efforts against Exotic Beasts.
• General Alwan observes Song Chen's actions remotely, experiencing a mix of disbelief and relief.

Key Plot Points and Events

• News of Song Chen's defeat of four Beast Emperors in the Mediterranean spreads rapidly, reaching the European Union Joint Defense Headquarters in minutes.
• The European Union decides to fully mobilize for territory reclamation, followed by other nations and regions supporting the initiative.
• Song Chen, indifferent to the political developments, browses the System Shop atop Gibraltar cliffs.

Character Developments

• Song Chen reflects on his combat habits and decides to purchase a new lightning-type Star Core Rank ability to enhance his power against powerful enemies.
• He purchases 'Starcore Thunder Prison', overwriting his original Lightning Ability, Nine Heavens Heavenly Thunder.

Significant Themes

• Power and Adaptation: Song Chen understands the limitations of his current abilities and seeks to adapt and grow stronger to face more powerful enemies.
• Global Response: The news of Song Chen's victories sparks a global response, with nations and regions supporting the initiative to reclaim territory from Exotic Beasts.

Character Interactions

• There are no significant character interactions in this chapter, as Song Chen is alone and focused on his personal growth and decisions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Song Chen arrives at the final European battlefield, off the Canary Islands.
• He discovers a vast, organized Exotic Beast army, led by at least fifteen Sixth-Order Beast Emperors.
• Song Chen activates his Starcore Thunder Prison, summoning silver thunder dragons that hunt and kill Fifth-Order Beast Kings.
• He then uses the Seven Slashes of Heavenly Thunder to kill the Sea Scorpion King.
• Two Giant Whale Tribe members attack, but Song Chen evades and kills one of them.

Character Developments

• Song Chen demonstrates his new ability, Starcore Thunder Prison, which allows him to control and manipulate his lightning abilities more effectively.
• The Sea Scorpion King and the Giant Whale Tribe members show fear and panic when facing Song Chen's new power.

Significant Themes

• The theme of power and its consequences is evident as the Exotic Beasts unite to challenge Song Chen after his previous victories.
• The theme of adaptation and evolution is seen in Song Chen's ability to upgrade and improve his skills.

Character Interactions

• Song Chen faces off against multiple Beast Emperors, showcasing his combat prowess and strategic thinking.
• The Exotic Beasts communicate and coordinate their attacks, demonstrating a level of unity and organization not seen before.