Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with a public service announcement warning residents in coastal and typhoon-prone areas to stay safe and take precautions during a typhoon.
• The warning emphasizes the importance of securing homes, staying indoors, and being cautious during the stormy season.

Character Developments

• No individual characters are introduced or developed in this chapter, as it is a public service announcement.

Significant Themes

• Safety and preparedness: The chapter emphasizes the importance of being prepared and taking necessary precautions to ensure safety during natural disasters like typhoons.
• Community responsibility: The warning is a call to action for the entire community to look out for one another and prioritize collective safety.

Character Interactions

• As this is a public service announcement, there are no character interactions. The text is directed at the general public, not at specific individuals.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng stands up for Old Chen and his family, leading to a confrontation with the Patrol Squad.
• Xu Feng resigns after Cheng Yu refuses to meet his demands regarding the Guard Team and compensation for Old Chen's family.
• Cheng Yu, realizing the importance of Xu Feng's role in the upcoming mission, persuades him to return to work.
• Xu Feng returns to work, and the Guard Team's strength is reinstated.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates his integrity and willingness to stand up for what he believes in, even at the risk of losing his job.
• Cheng Yu shows his political acumen by backing down and meeting Xu Feng's demands to ensure the success of the mission.
• Li Yuan, the Security Team Captain, gains a newfound respect for Xu Feng.

Significant Themes

• Integrity and standing up for one's beliefs.
• The importance of one's role and the consequences of underestimating it.
• The power dynamics and politics within the organization.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Cheng Yu: Their conflict highlights their differing priorities and the power struggle within the organization.
• Xu Feng and Li Yuan: Their interaction shows Li Yuan's growing respect for Xu Feng and his understanding of the situation.
• Xu Feng and the other engineers: Xu Feng's actions inspire some engineers to stand up for their rights, while others remain hesitant.

Chapter Summary: “Curfew”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Li Tianlang leaves, Xu Feng’s successful return to work is celebrated by the engineers who supported him, while those who refused to sign earlier feel ashamed. Liu Charlie is impressed by Xu Feng’s ability to negotiate with higher-ups.
• Xu Feng asks Liu Charlie to visit the Chen family, check on their compensation, and bring gifts. He also submits a request for an unusually large Guard Team, which is approved immediately.
• Xu Feng prepares for the mission by wearing his merit medals and Chief Engineer badge. He recruits Huang Sen’s help and learns that Huang has broken through to the Battle General level.
• The outbound team assembles. It includes engineers, eight guards, members of the Special Investigation Team, military Battle Generals, and Gu Cheng, an Intelligence Bureau operative disguised as Xu Feng’s inexperienced “nephew” and maintenance assistant.
• The official mission is to inspect outposts and communications facilities around Base 6. In reality, the group is escorting Gu Cheng to Outpost No. 2, where he has an intelligence-related objective.
• Over several days, the team inspects communication stations and towers while Zhou Xian and the other powerful guards handle Mutated Creature attacks. Gu Cheng works hard as a repair assistant and successfully blends into the team.
• At Communication Station 1, Xu Feng deliberately avoids the nearest station to prevent the staff from preparing too thoroughly for a surprise inspection. The station appears mostly normal, so the group proceeds to Outpost No. 2.
• Upon arrival, the outpost claims to be under “curfew” and refuses entry. The patrol captain ignores Xu Feng’s rank and credentials, then reacts aggressively when challenged.
• When Gu Cheng identifies himself as an Intelligence Bureau officer and demands to see Zhang Ning, the patrol still refuses cooperation. The guards activate the outpost’s automatic turrets and fire at the team.
• Xu Feng realizes the outpost’s corruption and danger are far worse than expected. He disables the turrets and orders the guards to subdue rather than kill the patrol members.
• Zhou Xian, Dongfang Xu, and the others quickly overpower the guards. Just as Xu Feng and Gu Cheng prepare to enter, a powerful figure emerges from the outpost, radiating a terrifying, beast-like pressure.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates political confidence, leadership, strategic thinking, and overwhelming combat ability. He protects his subordinates, maintains the cover story, and remains calm even when the team is attacked.
• Liu Charlie develops greater respect for Xu Feng, admiring both his technical expertise and his ability to handle authority and workplace politics.
• Gu Cheng proves capable of adapting quickly. Though pretending to be a shy, inexperienced assistant, he works diligently, maintains his cover, and shows strong mental composure as the mission becomes dangerous.
• Wang Lin is revealed to be one of Xu Feng’s most trusted allies and secretly possesses War God-level strength, despite appearing to be only a Battle General. His past as a famous assassin is also hinted at.
• Li Suifeng has grown dramatically in strength, now nearly matching Sun Qian despite being only an Intermediate Battle General.
• Sun Qian is shocked by the growth and combat ability of Xu Feng’s allies, especially Li Suifeng, and becomes increasingly unable to understand Xu Feng’s true capabilities.
• The Guard Team acts with exceptional coordination and decisiveness, reflecting Xu Feng’s careful selection of trusted personnel.
• Huang Sen has recently advanced to Battle General, suggesting that his previous battles with Xu Feng may have helped trigger his breakthrough.

Significant Themes

• Trust and loyalty: Xu Feng surrounds himself with people he trusts and personally ensures the engineers receive protection and fair treatment.
• Hidden identities and deception: The inspection mission is a cover for Gu Cheng’s intelligence operation, while several team members conceal their true strength or backgrounds.
• Institutional corruption and abuse of authority: The outpost guards use “curfew” as an excuse to reject legitimate officials and even attack an authorized military team.
• Leadership and responsibility: Xu Feng combines authority with concern for ordinary engineers, insisting that they be protected and treated with dignity.
• Strength versus official rank: The patrol dismisses Xu Feng’s colonel’s credentials, forcing the conflict to be decided by actual power and resolve.
• Rapid growth: Huang Sen and Li Suifeng’s breakthroughs emphasize the accelerated development of Xu Feng’s allies.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Liu Charlie share a friendly, respectful exchange, with Liu Charlie openly praising Xu Feng’s conduct and Xu Feng asking him to help the Chen family.
• Xu Feng introduces Gu Cheng as his “nephew,” encouraging the team to treat him normally while the engineers warmly welcome and support him.
• Xu Feng privately instructs the guards about the mission’s importance and asks Wang Lin to protect Gu Cheng if fighting begins.
• Xu Feng reveals Wang Lin’s true strength to Gu Cheng, demonstrating the trust between them. Li Suifeng’s curiosity about Wang Lin’s assassin past leads to Xu Feng reprimanding him.
• Xu Feng repeatedly corrects Gu Cheng whenever he shows too much intelligence, helping preserve the disguise.
• The engineers express gratitude toward Xu Feng around the campfire for restoring their dignity and providing protection.
• At Outpost No. 2, Xu Feng attempts diplomacy, but the patrol captain repeatedly insults and dismisses him. Gu Cheng then invokes the Intelligence Bureau, yet the guards remain defiant.
• When the patrol attacks, Xu Feng restrains his allies from acting recklessly, then authorizes a controlled assault. The chapter ends as the team confronts an immensely powerful figure emerging from the outpost.

Chapter Summary: To Repay Your Favor at the Golden Terrace

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng and his group arrive at Outpost No. 2, where they are confronted by Zhang Ning, the outpost’s commander and an early-stage War God, along with several hundred armed guards.
• Zhang Ning challenges the group, but Wang Lin engages him first. Xu Feng mocks Zhang Ning’s fighting ability throughout the battle, provoking him into challenging Xu Feng directly.
• Xu Feng defeats Zhang Ning almost instantly. Using superior speed, combat technique, and a Mental Storm, he disables Zhang Ning, severs his arm, breaks his neck, and has him restrained.
• The group discovers that Outpost No. 2 has been operating as an illegal intelligence-trading hub. Zhang Ning has been taking commissions from transactions conducted there.
• Xu Feng arrests several foreign intelligence buyers and demands a fine of thirty million per person. The group collects 150 million, which Xu Feng distributes among the Guard Team members.
• Gu Cheng learns that the intelligence involved in Zhang Ning’s latest deal has already been handed to a third-party middleman. The buyer is a powerful Shiva Region War God, Mites, whose strength is close to the intermediate realm.
• Xu Feng agrees to recover the intelligence and capture the middleman. He disguises himself as Zhang Ning using an Illusion Talisman and prepares to impersonate him during the transaction.
• The following day, Gu Cheng provides Xu Feng with a voice changer. Xu Feng chooses to take only Wang Lin and Gu Cheng, demonstrating his confidence in handling the mission.
• Xu Feng also brings Ah Kun, his intelligent mutated bird, who can communicate, perform calculations, and potentially work undercover.
• At the meeting site, the middleman Swan Robin meets the disguised Xu Feng. Mites, the Shiva Region buyer, reveals himself after hiding nearby.
• Once the payment is confirmed, Xu Feng and Wang Lin launch an ambush. Wang Lin kills Swan, while Xu Feng attacks Mites.
• Mites survives with an injured shoulder and attempts to flee, but Xu Feng reveals his true appearance and surrounds him using multiple afterimages or split figures, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates overwhelming close-combat ability, strategic confidence, and psychological manipulation. His apparent arrogance is supported by genuine strength, as he defeats Zhang Ning with ease and later orchestrates a carefully planned ambush.
• Wang Lin acts as Xu Feng’s reliable combat partner. Though initially assigned to fight Zhang Ning, he immediately withdraws when Xu Feng takes over and later waits invisibly in the air to execute the ambush.
• Zhang Ning is exposed as both a weak War God and a corrupt commander. He has converted the outpost into a profitable intelligence market and is completely overpowered by Xu Feng.
• Gu Cheng becomes increasingly impressed by Xu Feng’s strength, leadership, resources, and willingness to take risks for the mission. Although initially worried about confronting Mites, he ultimately chooses to trust Xu Feng.
• Sun Qian remains principled and uneasy about accepting money from the arrested dealers. Her concerns highlight the difference between formal military procedure and Xu Feng’s pragmatic methods.
• Ah Kun is presented as an unusually intelligent and entertaining mutated creature. His loyalty and abilities further emphasize Xu Feng’s unusual resources.
• Mites is introduced as a powerful, cautious Shiva Region War God. Despite his strength, he relies on escape rather than direct combat after realizing the meeting is a trap.
• Swan Robin appears as a professional and trusted intelligence broker but is killed immediately when the ambush begins.

Significant Themes

• Strength versus authority: Zhang Ning holds official command authority but lacks true combat ability and moral integrity. Xu Feng’s actual strength allows him to seize control of the outpost immediately.
• Pragmatism over bureaucracy: Xu Feng handles illegal traders through fines and intimidation rather than following formal procedures, while Gu Cheng represents the limitations and obligations of military law.
• Corruption in remote institutions: The outpost’s distance from military headquarters allows Zhang Ning to abuse his position and operate an intelligence market.
• Trust and leadership: Gu Cheng gradually learns to trust Xu Feng’s judgment, while Xu Feng’s team follows his decisions without hesitation.
• Preparation and deception: Xu Feng uses insults, disguise, voice alteration, surveillance, and an ambush to control both battles and negotiations.
• Loyalty and repayment: Xu Feng’s determination to retrieve the intelligence is motivated by the danger faced by the Psychic Master geniuses and reflects his willingness to repay those connected to the “Golden Terrace” favor.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng repeatedly insults Zhang Ning’s combat technique, deliberately destabilizing him before defeating him.
• Xu Feng and Wang Lin coordinate seamlessly, with Wang Lin yielding the battle to Xu Feng and later supporting the ambush from above.
• Xu Feng reassures Gu Cheng that he can handle the dangerous buyer, strengthening Gu Cheng’s faith in him.
• Sun Qian challenges Xu Feng’s decision to accept the traders’ money, prompting Xu Feng to justify it as a voluntary payment or donation.
• Xu Feng humorously interprets Ah Kun’s chirps for Gu Cheng, exaggerating the bird’s intelligence and entertaining himself with Gu Cheng’s astonishment.
• During the final transaction, Xu Feng deceives Swan and Mites by impersonating Zhang Ning, then reveals the trap only after the payment is confirmed.

Chapter Summary: “Surprise, Motherfucker”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng and Wang Lin ambush Mites, the powerful “Land Spider,” using Xu Feng’s Fish Tide Formation and numerous Flying Blades.
• Although badly wounded and surrounded, Mites remains calm and repeatedly breaks through the formation. His strength and combat skill force both Xu Feng and Wang Lin into a difficult battle.
• Mites reveals his unusual physical flexibility and draws four concealed soft blades, temporarily dispersing the Flying Blades and demonstrating why he is considered nearly an Intermediate War God.
• Wang Lin is injured during a direct clash with Mites, but Xu Feng prepares a coordinated trap. Underground Broken Blades, Mental Storm, and Xu Feng’s concentrated blade aura force Mites to choose between two attacks.
• Mites dodges Xu Feng’s main slash, believing Xu Feng’s psychic attacks to be the greater weakness. However, the two Broken Blades pierce his chest.
• Xu Feng launches Mites into the air, where the Blood-Qi martial artist loses his ability to borrow force from the ground. Xu Feng uses the Fish Swarm as a “spiderweb,” trapping and repeatedly attacking Mites until he kills him with a stab to the neck.
• Wang Lin has killed Si Wang separately. After the battle, the group recovers the intelligence hard drive, Si Wang’s Space Ring, Mites’s S-Grade Combat Suit, soft blades, and Invisibility Belt.
• Gu Cheng reports that the mission recovered twenty billion in illegal funds. Ten billion goes to the authorities, while the remaining ten billion is distributed as bonuses: Xu Feng receives five billion, Wang Lin receives 2.5 billion, and the rest is divided among the other participants.
• Back at the outpost, Xu Feng reviews his cultivation progress. Sky Escape reaches perfection, Heart Refining reaches Grandmaster level, and Fish Tide Formation breaks through to Master level before midnight.
• The chapter ends with Xu Feng planning future business and cooperation with the Tree Clan and Fox Clan, while also worrying about communication between the Dimension Realm and Earth.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Demonstrates overwhelming tactical ability and adaptability. Though newly entered into the War God realm, he defeats an opponent close to the Intermediate War God level by exploiting Mites’s inability to fly and coordinating multiple secret arts. His breakthroughs increase his flight speed, psychic power, Flying Blade limit, and battlefield control. Despite his immense success, Xu Feng remains cautious and believes only reaching the Star God realm will provide true safety.
• Wang Lin: Proves to be a capable combat partner and contributes to the battle, though he is injured by Mites. He kills Si Wang and receives the recovered Space Ring. His teasing of Xu Feng highlights their comfortable friendship.
• Mites: Initially appears nearly unbeatable due to his superior strength, speed, flexibility, and combat instincts. However, his reliance on ground-based force becomes a fatal weakness once Xu Feng takes the fight into the air.
• Gu Cheng: Gains renewed confidence in Xu Feng and becomes convinced that Xu Feng has the potential to become a peak powerhouse. He gives Xu Feng an S-grade evaluation and views him as someone who could alter the balance of Dimension 13.
• Xiao Dan and the household creatures: Provide a lighthearted contrast to the battle. Xiao Dan studies with Ah Kun, while Little White rests and Ah She plays in puppy form, emphasizing Xu Feng’s increasingly peaceful domestic life.

Significant Themes

• Strategy over raw strength: Mites possesses greater physical power, but Xu Feng wins through preparation, coordination, psychological misdirection, and battlefield control.
• The advantages of Psychic Masters: Psychic Masters can attack from all directions, manipulate the environment, fly, and deny opponents the ability to use physical leverage. This gives Xu Feng a decisive advantage against grounded martial artists.
• Growth through battle: The fight directly improves Xu Feng’s secret arts, showing that combat experience accelerates cultivation and reveals new applications of his abilities.
• Humility and teamwork: Xu Feng downplays his victory as not being a frontal kill, while still sharing credit and ensuring his teammates are rewarded. His concern for Wang Lin’s injuries reinforces his loyalty.
• Power does not guarantee safety: Even after killing a near-Intermediate War God and gaining billions of credits, Xu Feng recognizes that stronger enemies can still kill him. His ambition remains focused on reaching a truly secure level of power.
• The transition from survival to expansion: Xu Feng’s life is becoming more stable, but his increased resources now allow him to pursue larger goals involving inter-clan trade, equipment, communications, and future war preparations.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Wang Lin coordinate their attacks against Mites, with Wang Lin acting as both partner and distraction while Xu Feng sets up the decisive trap.
• Xu Feng checks on Wang Lin after the battle, prompting Wang Lin’s joking complaint that Xu Feng makes the concern sound overly protective.
• Xu Feng and Gu Cheng negotiate the distribution of equipment and rewards. Gu Cheng only wants the recovered intelligence, while Wang Lin claims the Space Ring and Xu Feng takes Mites’s equipment.
• Gu Cheng praises Xu Feng’s performance and predicts that he will become a major regional powerhouse; Xu Feng responds modestly and dismisses excessive praise.
• Xu Feng and Gu Cheng joke about the Intelligence Bureau’s inability to afford the Invisibility Belt, reinforcing their increasingly friendly relationship.
• Xu Feng later reflects on his financial responsibilities toward Lu Fei and the two War Gods in their family, showing that his newfound wealth is already being directed toward larger personal and political plans.

Chapter Summary:

Fox Clan Guest Elder

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng returns Hu Da and Hu Er to the Fox Clan after providing medical equipment and training. He asks Hu Da to help introduce him to the Tree Clan so he can establish a broader trade network.
• Xu Feng proposes future cooperation among the Human, Fox, and Tree Clans. Hu Da welcomes the idea, recognizing that it could benefit all three races.
• Hu Er humorously insists that he not be selected for Human Race study because he dislikes studying, though Xu Feng and Hu Da joke about his exceptional cultivation talent.
• Intelligence officer Gu Cheng joins the journey to investigate the area around the Fox Clan. Xu Feng introduces him to Hu Da and Hu Er, establishing a connection for future intelligence cooperation.
• The group travels discreetly to the Fox Clan’s remote territory, eventually reaching a stone fortress settlement hidden in the mountains.
• Xu Feng observes Fox Clan society and discovers the Foxwind Cave, a cultivation site where Gale Force tempers the body and cleanses vitality and blood. The stronger winds at higher elevations are reserved for Beast General and Lord Grade cultivators.
• The Fox Clan elders, led by Elder Hu Lang, welcome Xu Feng and Gu Cheng with great ceremony. The Fox Clan members are fascinated by the two humans, while some make crude and humorous remarks about humans.
• During the welcoming banquet, Hu Lang discusses the Fox Clan’s need for protective equipment. Xu Feng demonstrates the superiority of Human Race Combat Suits by comparing one against beast hide and showing that it can withstand repeated attacks.
• Xu Feng explains that purchasing new high-grade Combat Suits is restricted, but second-hand equipment can be acquired more easily. Hu Lang eagerly accepts this possible trade route, especially because the Fox Clan has no objection to used equipment.
• Over the next several days, Xu Feng delivers translated medical and technical materials, teaches the Fox Clan how to operate and maintain Human Race equipment, and explains the proper use of medicines.
• Before Xu Feng departs, the elders propose that he become a guest elder of the Fox Clan. In exchange for honorary affiliation and occasional assistance, he would gain unrestricted access to the Fox Clan’s Sacred Mountain, whose Gale Force can temper both body and soul.
• Xu Feng accepts, recognizing that the position grants him valuable benefits without imposing significant responsibilities.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng becomes increasingly involved in inter-racial diplomacy and commerce. Although he is generous toward the Fox Clan, he remains pragmatic, seeking resources for his family and opportunities to expand trade.
• He also shows humility and caution when the Fox Clan implies that he is responsible for their future prosperity. Xu Feng rejects the idea that he alone can bear the burden of the clan’s revival.
• Hu Da demonstrates loyalty, diplomacy, and political maturity. He supports cooperation with the Tree Clan and works to strengthen relations between the Fox and Human Races.
• Hu Er remains carefree, confident, and childlike, contrasting with Hu Da’s seriousness. His remarkable cultivation talent is again emphasized.
• Gu Cheng is introduced as a capable but inquisitive intelligence officer. He carefully records information about the Fox Clan and begins building a relationship that may support future cooperation.
• Elder Hu Lang shifts from gracious host to active negotiator. He recognizes the Human Race’s technological superiority and becomes eager to obtain Combat Suits and other advanced goods for the Fox Clan.

Significant Themes

• Technology versus traditional strength: The Fox Clan’s powerful bodies and beast hides are shown to be inferior to Human technological equipment, emphasizing the role of civilization and innovation in creating power.
• Trade as diplomacy: Medical supplies, appliances, intelligence, and Combat Suits become tools for building trust and alliances between races.
• Mutual benefit and interdependence: Xu Feng’s cooperation with the Fox and Tree Clans is motivated both by friendship and practical needs, suggesting that long-term peace will depend on shared economic interests.
• Cultural exchange: The Fox Clan learns Human technology and medicine, while Xu Feng gains insight into Fox Clan customs, cultivation practices, and social traditions.
• Responsibility and expectations: The Fox Clan views Xu Feng as a symbol of hope, but he worries about becoming the sole foundation of their future.
• Honorary affiliation: The guest elder position represents a flexible relationship between outsiders and clan organizations—granting status and benefits without demanding full political membership.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Hu Da discuss connecting the Fox Clan with the Tree Clan and creating a three-race trade network.
• Xu Feng, Hu Da, and Hu Er share a comedic exchange over Hu Er’s dislike of studying.
• Xu Feng introduces Gu Cheng to Hu Da and Hu Er, establishing future intelligence and investigative cooperation.
• The Fox Clan guards and villagers greet Xu Feng with awe after learning he is the Spirit Communicator.
• Gu Cheng attracts the curiosity of the Fox Clan, especially the children, and wins them over by giving them candy.
• Xu Feng and Hu Lang negotiate the trade of second-hand Combat Suits. Xu Feng’s demonstration convinces the Fox Clan elders of the value of Human technology.
• Xu Feng and Hu Lang debate whether civilization creates the strong or the strong create civilization, reaching a moment of mutual respect.
• Hu Lang formally invites Xu Feng to become a Fox Clan guest elder, and Xu Feng accepts the offer, gaining access to the Sacred Mountain.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng is formally accepted as the Fox Clan’s Sixth Clan Elder and guest elder, becoming the first Human Race member to hold such a position among the alien clans. Hu Lang and the other Fox Clan elders celebrate by drinking with him and declaring themselves brothers.
• Because the Wolf Clan and Golden Wing Clan are monitoring the Tree Clan’s territory and searching for Xu Feng, Hu Lang assigns the mid-grade lord Hu Zhen to accompany and protect him.
• Xu Feng gives Hu Zhen a Human Race translator, allowing him to communicate with humans. Hu Zhen becomes fascinated by Human Race technology, especially the Bronze Transport Aircraft, artificial intelligence, fuel, physics, and televisions.
• The group travels to the Tree Clan’s territory. Along the way, Hu Da kills a mutated python, and Xu Feng insists that the spoils follow the rule of being divided according to contribution rather than status.
• Ah Kun reports that the Wolf Clan has gathered powerful experts to ambush Xu Feng near the Human Race Base, with the Golden Wing Clan involved as well. Rather than retreat, Xu Feng decides to continue to the Tree Clan, trusting the Base’s defenses.
• The Tree Clan elder Zhou Ren immediately recognizes Xu Feng as the Spirit Communicator and agrees to cooperate. Xu Feng and the Tree Clan finalize the first trade agreement and receive spirit fruits and Vegetation Essence Cores as gifts, including a rare three-thousand-year-old core with powerful restorative abilities.
• Xu Feng invites Hu Zhen to visit Human Race territory. Hu Zhen agrees and is amazed by the modern, bustling Base 9. Yue Linfei and Li Tianlang personally welcome him.
• Gu Cheng leaves to organize his reports and investigate the Wolf Clan’s ancient Sunset Valley altar. He reveals that the government is secretly studying the matter because it may involve ancient secrets.
• Xu Feng learns that the Wolf Clan remains highly active. Li Tianlang advises him to stay inside the city and suspends his assignments temporarily.
• Xu Feng visits Huang Sen, who wants to join low-risk missions accompanying construction teams around newly established bases. Xu Feng supports him but arranges for a stronger team and assigns Ah She to protect him.
• Xu Feng reunites with Xiao Dan, discusses her martial arts training, and contacts Lu Fei so the family can speak. He later spends a month cultivating quietly.
• The high-rank version of the Three Pure Boundless Art advances from novice to proficient, allowing Xu Feng to gain roughly six points of vitality and blood each day. He hopes eventually to perfect the technique.

2. Character Developments

• Xu Feng strengthens his political and personal influence among the alien races by becoming a Fox Clan elder and successfully establishing cooperation with the Tree Clan. He remains calm and decisive despite the Wolf Clan’s attempt to ambush him.
• Hu Lang demonstrates trust in Xu Feng by treating him as a brother and entrusting him with the Fox Clan’s future trade relationships.
• Hu Zhen changes from distrusting the Human Race to becoming an enthusiastic admirer of Xu Feng and Human Race civilization. His visit to Base 9 inspires him to bring more Fox Clan members for exchange and study.
• Hu Da becomes visibly proud of his familiarity with Human Race technology and enjoys teaching Hu Zhen, while Hu Er continues to support him and handle practical tasks.
• Gu Cheng remains a reliable companion but separates from Xu Feng to fulfill his reporting duties and investigate the mysterious altar.
• Huang Sen reveals insecurity about being weaker than Xu Feng’s other friends. However, he develops greater ambition, resolving to improve himself rather than remain dependent on Xu Feng.
• Xu Feng and Xiao Dan maintain a playful, affectionate father-daughter relationship. Xiao Dan continues training diligently and shows concern for both her parents and Huang Sen.
• Chen Ning reassures Huang Sen that Xu Feng values friendship rather than strength and encourages him to pursue improvement without recklessly overexerting himself.

3. Significant Themes

• Cross-cultural cooperation and trust: Xu Feng’s appointment as a Fox Clan elder and the Tree Clan trade agreement represent growing understanding between humans and alien races.
• Technology versus traditional assumptions: Hu Zhen’s astonishment at aircraft, artificial intelligence, and other human inventions highlights the transformative power of Human Race technology.
• Merit over hierarchy: Xu Feng’s insistence that hunting spoils go to whoever earned them challenges the alien clans’ more status-based social structures.
• Political danger and strategic confidence: The Wolf and Golden Wing Clans’ pursuit of Xu Feng creates an ongoing threat, but Xu Feng responds through calculated risk-taking rather than fear.
• Friendship and mutual support: Xu Feng supports Huang Sen’s ambitions despite the latter’s weakness, emphasizing that loyalty and personal bonds matter more than cultivation level.
• Ambition balanced with responsibility: Huang Sen wants to grow stronger, but Xu Feng urges caution, while Xu Feng himself pursues steady cultivation rather than recklessly seeking dangerous opportunities.
• Progress through cultivation and exchange: Both technological advancement and martial cultivation are portrayed as paths toward greater strength and prosperity.

4. Character Interactions

• Hu Lang and Xu Feng formally deepen their relationship by addressing each other as brothers.
• Hu Zhen repeatedly questions Hu Da about Human Race culture and technology, allowing Hu Da to display his knowledge.
• Xu Feng and Gu Cheng discuss the Wolf Clan’s ambush and the government’s investigation into the Sunset Valley altar.
• Xu Feng works with Zhou Ren to establish trade between the Human, Fox, and Tree Clans.
• Yue Linfei and Li Tianlang welcome Hu Zhen to Base 9, reinforcing the Human Race’s diplomatic goodwill.
• Xu Feng and Huang Sen discuss Huang Sen’s desire to undertake missions; Xu Feng offers practical support while warning him not to risk his life to repay a debt.
• Chen Ning comforts Huang Sen and reminds him that Xu Feng does not judge friends by their strength.
• Xu Feng and Xiao Dan exchange humorous remarks about luck, training, and family while returning home.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng’s cultivation continues to advance rapidly. He reaches proficient mastery in Bagua Palm, expects to perfect it within six months, and improves several other secret arts, including Shifting Stars and Changing the Dipper, Mental Storm, Beast Taming Chapter, and Fish Tide Formation.
• Lu Fei breaks through to the War God realm, and the others follow soon afterward. By early October, nearly everyone in Xu Feng’s circle—except Luo Feng and Li Suifeng—has become a War God, leading Li Suifeng to jokingly call their gatherings a “nest of War Gods.”
• During the gathering, Xu Feng spars with Wang Leng in movement techniques and defeats him effortlessly. He combines several advanced techniques, including Shadow Sweep, Floating Light, and Shifting Stars and Changing the Dipper. The group realizes that Xu Feng’s talent and progress may surpass even the renowned Li Wen.
• The friends tease Xu Feng about being a hidden genius and decide to use him as a regular sparring partner. Their lively gathering also includes discussion of major progress on an interworld communication device.
• At Base 27, Huang Sen works alongside Ah She, treating her like a dog despite her being a small tiger. He joins a hunting team while other soldiers learn to respect him because of his connection to Xu Feng.
• Lu Fei discusses her emotional breakthrough with Xu Feng. After reaching the War God realm, she reconciles with her parents over painful childhood issues and decides to join Martial University’s War God squad. Xu Feng supports her choice.
• On October 12, an explosion destroys part of the Engineering Department’s laboratory. Xu Feng discovers that the newly advanced two-world communications equipment has been stolen.
• The military had secretly installed a tracker on the device, but the thief may soon discover it. Xu Feng is asked to lead the recovery operation because he is the Engineering Department chief, has comparatively little surveillance on him, and is not expected to pursue the thief.
• War God Zhang Huan persuades Xu Feng by revealing the reward: access to the Spirit Cleansing Pool, an ancient device capable of advancing an Early-stage War God to the Intermediate stage while refining the soul.
• The thief is identified as Zheng Zidan, a former military Gold Medal Squad captain and legendary soldier known as the “Killing God.” He is an Early-stage War God specializing in assassination, stealth, disguise, close combat, firearms, and explosives.
• Xu Feng is allowed to choose two companions and selects Li Wen and Wang Lin. He prepares to depart with them from Exit No. 3.
• Lu Fei warns Xu Feng about Zheng Zidan’s terrifying record: he once killed an Intermediate War God while still Early-stage and survived a month-long pursuit by multiple War Gods, killing three of them. Xu Feng remains determined, framing the mission as recovering an important national asset rather than hunting a person.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates extraordinary growth, mastering multiple high-level techniques and proving himself far stronger than his peers expect. His movement skills show exceptional adaptability and technical precision.
• He also reveals a growing sense of responsibility. Although initially reluctant because of the danger, he accepts the mission to recover the communications equipment for Great Xia and for the practical benefit it could bring to his family.
• Lu Fei overcomes her emotional trauma and inner demon by reconciling with her parents. Her breakthrough into the War God realm gives her renewed confidence and leads her to pursue active combat service.
• Li Suifeng and Luo Feng remain behind their peers in cultivation, but their frustration is presented humorously rather than bitterly.
• Wang Leng is humbled by Xu Feng’s superior movement techniques, while Zhou Xian is shown to have improved by training under Xu Feng.
• Li Wen and Wang Lin are established as Xu Feng’s carefully chosen elite teammates for the dangerous pursuit.
• Zheng Zidan is introduced as a legendary but potentially dangerous opponent whose abilities and military background make him far more formidable than an ordinary thief.

Significant Themes

• Rapid growth and hidden genius: Xu Feng’s seemingly late start contrasts with his astonishing advancement, causing others to question whether he had concealed his true talent.
• Comradeship and mutual improvement: The group’s sparring, teasing, and shared meals show how competition strengthens their bonds rather than destroying them.
• Responsibility versus self-preservation: Xu Feng dislikes unnecessary risk but accepts the mission because the stolen device matters to his nation, society, and personal life.
• Redemption and emotional healing: Lu Fei’s reconciliation with her parents illustrates the importance of letting go of resentment and accepting human imperfection.
• National interest and sacrifice: The communications device is treated as a strategic treasure, and recovering it is worth placing elite fighters in significant danger.
• The contrast between engineered talent and battlefield experience: Xu Feng possesses overwhelming cultivation talent, while Zheng Zidan represents disciplined military training, lethal experience, and survival instinct.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Wang Leng’s sparring match highlights Xu Feng’s superiority and provides the group with both entertainment and a lesson in advanced movement techniques.
• The friends jokingly criticize and praise Xu Feng, ultimately deciding to exploit his strength by requesting regular training matches and even suggesting that Li Wen be included.
• Xu Feng and Lu Fei share an intimate, supportive conversation about her family, her new position as a War God, and her decision to join the War God squad.
• Xu Feng reassures Lu Fei about the upcoming mission, while she expresses admiration for and fear of Zheng Zidan’s reputation.
• Zhang Huan manipulates Xu Feng’s reluctance by revealing the Spirit Cleansing Pool reward, then entrusts him with a covert operation involving carefully selected allies.
• Huang Sen’s interactions with Ah She and the surrounding soldiers add a lighter parallel to the main plot, emphasizing loyalty, status, and the hidden strength of Xu Feng’s associates.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng, Li Wen, and Wang Lin chase Zheng Zidan, who stole equipment from Base 9.
• Zheng Zidan leads them to a mercenary outpost, Wolf Eagle Alliance, near the Myanmar border.
• Xu Feng captures Zheng Zidan and retrieves the stolen equipment.
• Xu Feng decides to help Zheng Zidan, promising to report his case to the authorities.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Shows his strategic thinking and negotiation skills in dealing with Zheng Zidan.
• Zheng Zidan: Reveals his tragic past and willingness to sacrifice for his comrades and daughter.
• Li Wen: Demonstrates his loyalty and willingness to follow Xu Feng's lead.
• Wang Lin: Shows his analytical skills and understanding of the situation.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Zheng Zidan's actions highlight his loyalty to his comrades and his willingness to sacrifice for their safety.
• Trust and deception: Xu Feng uses deception to gain Zheng Zidan's trust and retrieve the equipment.
• The consequences of one's actions: Zheng Zidan's past actions have led him to his current predicament.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Zheng Zidan: Xu Feng uses a combination of threats and negotiations to convince Zheng Zidan to reveal the equipment's location.
• Xu Feng, Li Wen, and Wang Lin: The trio works together to chase Zheng Zidan and retrieve the equipment, with Xu Feng taking the lead in decision-making.
• Xu Feng and Li Wen: Li Wen shows his respect and trust in Xu Feng's abilities, following his lead without question.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng and Zheng Zidan meet and initially consider each other enemies.
• Zheng Zidan reveals he wants to save his missing comrades and daughter, even if it means sacrificing himself.
• Xu Feng contacts his ally, Wang Lin, to locate the hostages and plan their rescue.
• Zheng Zidan charges into the outpost to draw attention, while Xu Feng and Wang Lin infiltrate to save the captives.
• Wang Lin fights and defeats several High-Rank Battle Generals, while Zheng Zidan battles a Mid-Rank War God.
• Xu Feng finds and rescues the captives, including Zheng Zidan's daughter.

Character Developments

• Zheng Zidan: Initially hostile, he reveals his desperation to save his comrades and daughter, showing his determination and willingness to sacrifice himself.
• Xu Feng: Displaying calm and confidence, he assesses Zheng Zidan's situation and decides to help him, showcasing his strategic thinking and leadership.
• Wang Lin: Demonstrates exceptional combat skills and decisiveness, quickly defeating several powerful enemies.

Significant Themes

• Sacrifice: Zheng Zidan's willingness to sacrifice himself for his comrades and daughter highlights the theme of selfless sacrifice.
• Trust and Alliance: Xu Feng's decision to help Zheng Zidan, despite initially considering him an enemy, explores the theme of forming alliances based on shared goals and trust.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Zheng Zidan: Initially hostile, they form a temporary alliance based on their shared goal of rescuing the captives.
• Wang Lin and Xu Feng: Wang Lin's loyalty and skill are evident as he follows Xu Feng's orders and fights alongside him.
• Zheng Zidan and his daughter: Their reunion is implied, highlighting the emotional bond between them and Zheng Zidan's determination to save her.

Plot and events

• Xu Feng uses an airborne cargo cart to bring the rescued captives out of the cell, with the little girl riding at the front.
• Outside the outpost, Zheng Zidan fights the Crimson Shadow War God, an Intermediate War God far stronger than him. Desperate to reach his daughter, Xiaoyu, Zheng refuses to retreat and repeatedly attacks, injuring the enemy’s left leg at the cost of severe wounds to himself.
• Xu Feng’s golden aura weapon exploits that injury, slicing the Crimson Shadow War God in half. Zheng recognizes the weapon’s overwhelming power and gains a clearer sense of Xu Feng’s influence.
• Xu Feng confirms that the captives are safe, gives Zheng medicine, and urges him not to risk his life unnecessarily. Zheng treats his injuries and breaks down in tears of relief and accumulated pain.
• Inside the outpost, Li Wen and Wang Lin keep the blue-clad Intermediate War God from escaping. When Xu Feng arrives carrying his brother’s remains, the leader is distracted. Li Wen uses the opening to injure his knee, then overwhelms him with close-combat strikes and kills him.
• Xu Feng also kills two martial artists trying to escape over the wall.

Character development and interactions

• Zheng Zidan reveals the depth of his devotion to his daughter: he accepts near-certain death to keep fighting, and his relief at her rescue releases years of suppressed anguish. Though stubbornly self-sacrificing, he is shown to be deeply vulnerable.
• Xu Feng remains controlled and decisive in battle, but Zheng’s desperation makes him imagine what he would do if his own loved one, Xiao Dan, were captured. His concern for Zheng and the rescued girl contrasts with his ruthlessness toward the attackers.
• Li Wen demonstrates how precise, coordinated martial skill can defeat a physically superior opponent once an opening appears. Wang Lin supports him and observes the fight.
• Xu Feng’s rescue gives Zheng’s sacrifice meaning: the damage he inflicted on the Crimson Shadow War God directly enables Xu Feng’s decisive strike.

Significant themes

• Love and sacrifice: Zheng’s determination to save his daughter drives him beyond his physical limits.
• The cost of righteousness: Xu Feng questions Zheng’s willingness to die for justice, suggesting that sacrifice should not be needlessly fatal.
• Teamwork and opportunity: Zheng’s injury to the enemy and Li Wen’s exploitation of a momentary distraction turn apparently unequal fights in their allies’ favor.
• Relief after prolonged suffering: Zheng’s tears mark not only joy at the rescue but the release of long-held pain.

Plot points and events

• Wang Lin and Li Wen defeat the blue-clad War God. Wang Lin kills him, and the group prepares to leave the outpost.
• Xu Feng and Wang Lin search a guarded room and discover a sleek silver gun. It reacts to spiritual power, but their attempts to fire it produce no shot. They suspect it may store or use telekinetic energy and take it with them to investigate.
• The group reunites Zheng Zidan with his daughter and the rescued martial artists. Because the group is far from Base 9 and includes many injured or vulnerable people, Xu Feng and Wang Lin transport them by flying surfboards and nets.
• Near a closer outpost, Xu Feng keeps everyone hidden after noticing other people arrive first. Once the military reaches them, Li Tianlang and Chen Yu pursue those intruders.
• Xu Feng gives the recovered communications equipment to Zhang Huan. Zhang praises his work, promises to arrange his visit to the Spirit Cleansing Pool, and says the Marshal has ordered a full investigation and reforms. Xu Feng heads home, sending his master a photo of the silver gun for identification.

Character developments and interactions

• Wang Lin and Li Wen show respect for Xu Feng’s judgment and fighting ability. Wang Lin’s interest in the outpost’s valuables brings him into partnership with Xu Feng, while Li Wen declines to loot and keeps watch over Zheng Zidan.
• Xu Feng is practical and cautious: he prioritizes the rescued group’s safety during the long flight and hides them when he suspects others are nearby. His decision to save the captives also helps restore the military’s standing.
• The reunion between Zheng Zidan and his daughter brings relief and emotion after the rescue. Li Wen, initially uneasy during the flight, quickly adapts and begins to enjoy it.
• Zhang Huan acknowledges the military’s failures and understands that trust must be rebuilt through action rather than assurances. Xu Feng, exhausted and eager to return to his wife, accepts the praise but leaves without lingering.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and compassion: The rescuers risk themselves and endure a difficult journey to protect vulnerable people.
• Trust and accountability: The military recognizes the need to investigate wrongdoing and prevent future tragedies.
• Discovery and uncertainty: The silver gun’s response to spiritual power hints at unfamiliar technology, setting up a mystery for the next chapter.

Chapter Summary: “Charged Thought Execution [Double Vote Request]”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng receives detailed information from his master about the silver sniper rifle, an Ancient Relic called “Falling Star.” It is powered by Spiritual Telekinesis and fires mental-force bullets. Although an earlier version could severely injure a Primary War God, Xu Feng’s model proves far stronger.
• Xu Feng and Lu Fei travel to a hidden Wolf Clan stronghold near Ten Thousand Crane Mountain to test the weapon. From 1.2 kilometers away, Xu Feng fires once and instantly kills a Primary Overlord Red Back giant wolf.
• They retreat rather than fight the roughly hundred Beast Generals guarding the stronghold. Xu Feng later returns alone, retrieves the wolf corpse and other spoils through stealth, and escapes with Lu Fei.
• The couple celebrates the weapon’s power and resolves to conduct more missions together. Xu Feng names the rifle Falling Star.
• Back at Base 9, Xu Feng’s friends learn that he has become an Intermediate War God, though he explains that the breakthrough came from the official reward known as the Spirit Cleansing Pool, not ordinary cultivation.
• Xu Feng sells the supplies taken from the Wolf Eagle Alliance outpost for approximately 1.2 billion Great Xia Currency, though he finds no additional Ancient Relics.
• During a period of cultivation, Xu Feng improves his Bagua Palm to the master realm and perfects both Mental Storm and the Beast Taming Chapter.
• The perfected Beast Taming Chapter allows Xu Feng and his three Mutated Creatures to share vitality, blood growth, and Spiritual Telekinesis, greatly strengthening their future development and battlefield endurance.
• After recklessly hunting another Primary Overlord, Xu Feng is pursued for four days by the Sun-Swallowing Wolf King and several Intermediate Overlords. He escapes but realizes the Wolf Clan has memorized his scent and becomes more cautious.
• On November 3, Xu Feng is finally taken to a secret underground chamber and enters the Spirit Cleansing Pool. He spends twenty-four hours in the purple medicinal liquid, which tempers both his body and soul.
• The cleansing succeeds: Xu Feng’s vitality and blood exceed 40,000, his Divine Flame Realm reaches level three, and he firmly enters the Intermediate War God realm.
• His breakthrough triggers simultaneous transformations in Ah She, Little White, and Ah Kun through their spiritual connection. Ah She appears to be advancing toward the Lord Grade.
• After emerging, Xu Feng immediately hunts three Primary Overlords with Falling Star, killing them effortlessly and retrieving their undamaged corpses. He estimates the haul to be worth seven or eight billion.
• Xu Feng recognizes that this success cannot be repeated carelessly, since the Wolf King will prepare for his next appearance. He plans to visit Senior Yin and check whether Huang Sen has returned from his mission.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng becomes increasingly powerful, wealthy, and strategically capable. He gains confidence in Falling Star but remains protective of Lu Fei and cautious about unnecessary risks.
• His breakthrough to Intermediate War God marks a major leap in strength. His Divine Flame and secret arts also improve substantially.
• Xu Feng’s perfected Beast Taming Chapter deepens his bond with his three beasts, turning their growth and Spiritual Telekinesis into a shared resource.
• Lu Fei becomes a stronger and more active companion after her own breakthrough. She joins Xu Feng on dangerous missions, enjoys their renewed excitement together, and is openly affectionate toward him. Seeing the beasts advance motivates her to cultivate harder so she will not fall behind.
• Huang Sen demonstrates caution and loyalty during his mission. When Ah She begins transforming, he hides and protects it, acting as a vigilant guard.
• Ah She, Little White, and Ah Kun benefit directly from Xu Feng’s breakthrough. Their transformations suggest that the Beast Taming Chapter will accelerate their evolution.
• Xu Feng’s friends react with a mixture of amazement, envy, and disbelief toward his luck, treasure weapon, and rapid cultivation.

Significant Themes

• Power and opportunity: Falling Star and the Spirit Cleansing Pool dramatically accelerate Xu Feng’s rise, showing how rare treasures and official rewards can change a martial artist’s future.
• Resource management: Xu Feng repeatedly calculates the cost of cultivation, recognizing that becoming stronger requires billions in spiritual medicines and potions.
• Risk versus caution: Although Falling Star makes Xu Feng extremely dangerous, he understands that greed can attract overwhelming enemies. His escapes from the Wolf Clan reinforce the need for restraint.
• Shared growth and loyalty: Xu Feng’s connection with his beasts allows them to prosper together, while his relationship with Lu Fei emphasizes mutual support and partnership.
• Wealth as a foundation for strength: The chapter highlights the enormous financial burden of cultivation and Xu Feng’s need to hunt, trade, and exploit opportunities to support himself and Lu Fei.
• Transformation and advancement: Xu Feng’s breakthrough and the beasts’ evolutions suggest that the characters are entering a new stage of power and facing stronger future conflicts.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Lu Fei work together closely during the sniper test, communicating calmly and planning their retreat. Their shared excitement strengthens their romantic bond.
• During the gathering at Xu Feng’s home, his friends tease him about his luck and question his breakthrough. Xu Feng avoids revealing classified information about the laboratory mission.
• Lu Fei explains Huang Sen’s desire to leave the kitchen and pursue martial advancement, showing her understanding of his ambitions.
• Huang Sen protects Ah She during its transformation, while Ah She’s evolution reveals the continuing effects of Xu Feng’s spiritual bond with his beasts.
• Zhang Huan guides Xu Feng into the secret Spirit Cleansing Pool and warns him to endure the painful process and continuously circulate his Gene Cultivation Method.
• Xu Feng’s final hunt demonstrates his newfound dominance: he kills three Primary Overlords with minimal effort, while the enraged Sun-Swallowing Wolf King is left unable to stop him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng sells three Lord Grade Mutated Creatures and receives 8 billion.
• He focuses on training Bagua Palm, reaching the Major Mastery realm.
• Huang Sen returns from a mission, having changed significantly and with Ah She having broken through to Lord Grade.
• Xu Feng prepares a Sichuan feast for Senior Yin.
• Xu Feng visits Senior Yin, who rewards him with a Broken Blade fragment and a divine soul-cleansing fruit.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng's proficiency in Bagua Palm increases significantly.
• Huang Sen returns more mature and confident.
• Senior Yin expresses his satisfaction with Sichuan cuisine.

Significant Themes

• The importance of training combat techniques and moves.
• The gap between martial artists and the motivation to bridge it.
• The value of Sichuan cuisine and its ability to please even a powerful being like Senior Yin.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Huang Sen's friendly banter.
• Chen Ning's teasing of Huang Sen.
• Xu Feng and Senior Yin's interaction, with Senior Yin rewarding Xu Feng for his efforts.

Chapter Summary: Bagua Palm Reaches Perfection, Intermediate War God!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Senior Yin gives Xu Feng an Iceheart Green Fruit, which primarily cleanses and refines the soul while slightly improving Blood Qi.
• Xu Feng explains that perfecting the Beast Taming Secret Art has strengthened his spiritual bond with his beasts and allowed them to supplement one another’s Blood Qi, explaining Ah She and Ah Kun’s rapid breakthroughs.
• After returning to base, Xu Feng prepares to consume the fruit, but his forty-second birthday arrives first. His friends organize a surprise celebration, prompting him to reflect on how far he has risen from poverty and isolation.
• During training in the Mind-Calming Platform, Xu Feng enters enlightenment and advances Bagua Palm to perfection. He successfully integrates it with Gentle Wind Blade, creating the more refined Bagua Gentle Wind Blade.
• To celebrate his breakthrough, Xu Feng joins Lu Fei, Huang Sen, Li Suifeng, Luo Feng, and others at a lively night market. He deliberately reveals his achievement, amusing himself while unintentionally discouraging his friends with how easily he progresses.
• Xu Feng decides to:
  • Begin personally guiding Lu Fei in combat secret arts.
  • Upgrade his martial artist certification from High-Rank Battle General.
  • Purchase a permanent villa rather than continue renting.
  • Provide Lu Fei with Blood Qi Potions.
• Before the certification test, Xu Feng hunts and kills an Intermediate Lord Grade wolf leader. The hunt provokes the Sun-Swallowing Wolf King and a massive beast horde, which pursues him toward Base No. 9.
• Xu Feng reaches the base ahead of the horde, using the terrifying aura of his master within the base to intimidate the Wolf King into retreating. He presents the wolf’s head as proof of his kill and gives valuable wolf meat to the captains who waited for him.
• At the assessment center, Xu Feng completes the War God examination:
  • His basic strength is rated Intermediate War God D.
  • His combat-secret-technique attack reaches 785,730 kilograms, earning an Intermediate War God S rating.
• He learns that SS and SSS ratings exist and proceeds to the speed test.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng becomes more confident and emotionally settled. His birthday reflection shows that he no longer sees himself as an insignificant late bloomer. Reaching the War God realm allows him to stop hiding his strength or deliberately appearing weak.
• His mastery of Bagua Palm and its fusion with Gentle Wind Blade demonstrates his growing understanding of martial principles and his ability to surpass conventional techniques.
• Xu Feng also shows a more relaxed and playful personality, teasing Huang Sen and enjoying the satisfaction of sharing his breakthrough with friends.
• Lu Fei grows closer to Xu Feng, accepting his guidance and plans for their future. Her repeated agreement and affectionate response show her trust and dependence on him.
• Huang Sen, Li Suifeng, and Luo Feng are humorously frustrated by Xu Feng’s effortless breakthroughs, but their reactions also reveal their admiration and competitive motivation.
• Senior Yin becomes increasingly curious about Xu Feng’s mysterious abilities but ultimately accepts that he cannot understand everything about the young martial artist.
• The two assessment captains develop strong respect for Xu Feng after witnessing his power, generosity, and approachable attitude.

Significant Themes

• Growth and transformation: Xu Feng’s birthday emphasizes the dramatic distance between his former life in the Shanty Town and his present status as a powerful, respected martial artist.
• Enlightenment and mastery: His accidental breakthrough illustrates how martial understanding can emerge from reflection, experience, and harmony with natural forces.
• Confidence versus humility: Xu Feng recognizes his extraordinary strength but reminds himself to respect the founders of the techniques he has surpassed.
• Friendship and shared joy: Xu Feng values having people around him to celebrate his progress, contrasting sharply with his former loneliness.
• Power and responsibility: The chapter links reaching the War God realm with greater public recognition and the responsibility expected of humanity’s strongest fighters.
• Distrust of authority: The captains’ discussion of the abandoned Golden Blade Squad and Old Zheng reveals lingering resentment toward corrupt or self-serving leaders.
• Approachability despite strength: Xu Feng’s generosity toward the captains contrasts with the cold arrogance associated with many powerful War Gods.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Senior Yin discuss the Iceheart Green Fruit and the unusual effects of the Beast Taming Secret Art.
• Xu Feng and Lu Fei discuss her cultivation, future Blood Qi Potions, and buying a villa, strengthening their romantic and domestic partnership.
• Xu Feng jokes with Huang Sen at the night market, intentionally provoking his envy after announcing his breakthrough.
• The two captains debate Xu Feng’s reputation and the political scandals surrounding Old Zheng and the Golden Blade Squad before witnessing Xu Feng halt the approaching beast horde.
• Xu Feng impresses the assessment staff through both his combat results and his friendly treatment of the waiting captains.
• The chapter ends with Xu Feng officially recognized as an Intermediate War God, setting up his upcoming speed assessment and further advancement.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng tests his newly advanced abilities and records an explosive strength of roughly 786 tons, placing him comfortably above the Advanced War God standard and earning an Intermediate War God S rating.
• He completes the speed test, reaching an average running speed of 315 m/s and a peak of 350 m/s, earning an ordinary A-level speed rating. His movement techniques focus more on close-range maneuvering than straight-line speed.
• With the highest confidentiality clearance activated, Xu Feng secretly tests his Spiritual Telekinesis:
  • His telekinetic strength reaches the Beginner War God level.
  • His average flight speed is about 500 m/s, with a peak of 582 m/s.
  • He can control twenty-two Flying Blades at full power, equivalent to twenty-two Beginner War Gods attacking simultaneously.
  • However, only ten blades can be controlled with refined precision through his perfected Heart-Refining Secret Art. The remaining blades are powerful but predictable.
• Xu Feng recognizes the difference between his two secret arts:
  • The Heart-Refining Secret Art provides superior individual control and killing power.
  • The Fish Tide Formation, though higher-grade, is better suited to defense, harassment, trapping, and coordinated attacks because it has only reached the master level.
• Colonel Li Hui gives Xu Feng his new identification and congratulates him on becoming an officially certified Intermediate War God. He personally drives Xu Feng home.
• At home, Xu Feng reunites with Lu Fei and Xiao Dan. Xiao Dan recklessly jumps from the balcony, trusting that Xu Feng will catch her, creating a playful family scene.
• Xu Feng, Lu Fei, and Xiao Dan visit Zheng Zidan’s rescued comrades and daughter, Zheng Yiran, at the military hospital. Xu promises to assist the former subordinates in Base No. 9 and brings them food.
• Xiao Dan quickly befriends Zheng Yiran, sharing pastries and helping the traumatized girl relax.
• Later, Xu Feng visits Zheng Zidan in Base No. 9’s secret prison. The prison is protected by ancient defensive technology from a Bronze Ancient Tree Civilization ruin, capable of incapacitating anyone below the Limit War God level.
• Zheng Zidan expresses deep gratitude for Xu Feng rescuing him, his daughter, and his comrades. Xu learns that his highest security clearance was personally authorized by the Marshal, implying that he has powerful backing.

Character Development

• Xu Feng becomes more aware of both his strengths and limitations. Although his combat power is impressive, he remains cautious and understands that refined control—not merely raw force—will determine his effectiveness against elite opponents.
• He forms a clearer cultivation plan: perfecting the Heart-Refining Secret Art and improving the Fish Tide Formation.
• Xu also demonstrates increasing responsibility and compassion by continuing to care for Zheng Zidan’s family and comrades after completing his mission.
• Xiao Dan is portrayed as energetic, fearless, and socially gifted. Her reckless behavior shows her confidence in Xu Feng, while her immediate friendship with Zheng Yiran reveals emotional sensitivity and empathy.
• Lu Fei remains playful and affectionate with Xu Feng but also acts as a responsible mother who disciplines Xiao Dan.
• Zheng Yiran, despite being a teenager, behaves much younger because of the abuse and isolation she suffered. Her shy but rapid bond with Xiao Dan suggests the beginning of emotional recovery.
• Zheng Zidan is grateful, loyal, and optimistic despite being imprisoned. He accepts responsibility for his situation and remains deeply concerned about his daughter and comrades.
• Li Hui treats Xu Feng with great respect and warmth, recognizing his importance and enjoying the opportunity to build a relationship with him.

Significant Themes

• Power and humility: Xu Feng’s strength is extraordinary, but he repeatedly reminds himself not to become arrogant because powerful opponents may appear at any time.
• Raw strength versus mastery: The chapter emphasizes that overwhelming power is not enough. Precise control, unpredictability, and proper application of techniques are equally important.
• Family affection and playful intimacy: Xu Feng’s interactions with Lu Fei and Xiao Dan provide warmth and humor, balancing the chapter’s martial and military elements.
• Healing through companionship: Xiao Dan’s friendship with Zheng Yiran shows how kindness, normal social interaction, and familial care can help someone recover from a traumatic past.
• Duty and responsibility: Xu Feng continues supporting the people affected by his mission, demonstrating that completing a task also includes caring for its consequences.
• Hidden authority and influence: The Marshal’s personal approval of Xu Feng’s security clearance hints that Xu Feng possesses a status or backing greater than he realizes.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Li Hui: Their respectful but friendly exchange highlights Xu Feng’s growing military status and Li Hui’s admiration for him.
• Xu Feng and Xiao Dan: Their playful father-daughter relationship is shown through Xiao Dan’s reckless jump, Xu Feng’s protective reflexes, and their teasing.
• Xu Feng and Lu Fei: The couple joke, flirt, and spar playfully, revealing their close and affectionate marriage.
• Xiao Dan and Zheng Yiran: Xiao Dan takes the initiative in befriending Zheng Yiran, quickly easing her loneliness and helping her feel included.
• Xu Feng and Zheng Zidan: Zheng Zidan expresses heartfelt gratitude, while Xu Feng responds modestly and reassures him about his family’s recovery.
• Xu Feng and Gu Cheng: Gu Cheng explains the prison’s ancient defense system and confirms that Xu Feng’s highest-level clearance was personally approved by the Marshal, raising questions about Xu Feng’s influence and future role.

Chapter Summary: “Divine Flame Like a Wheel!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zheng Zidan’s fate is revealed: instead of execution, he is sentenced to spend twenty years in a Tier 3 Sky Pit World, where he can redeem himself through military merit. Xu Feng learns that the sentence may be reduced through meritorious achievements.
• Zheng Zidan entrusts his daughter, Yiran, to Gu Cheng’s care. Xu Feng promises to look after her, especially since Yiran has become friends with his daughter, Xiao Dan.
• Xu Feng and Gu Cheng discuss the dangers and nature of Tier 3 Sky Pit Worlds. They conclude that the lower levels resemble weaker Sky Pit Worlds, but the upper limit of combat power and overall chaos are far greater.
• That night, Xu Feng consumes an Iceheart Green Fruit given to him by his mysterious senior. The fruit dramatically strengthens his Divine Flame, increasing it to nearly the Level 5 standard. His Spiritual Telekinesis expands to a six-hundred-meter radius.
• Xu Feng considers whether he can fight an Advanced War God but decides that avoiding unnecessary risks is wiser. He instead focuses on improving his equipment and secret arts.
• He visits Jingxi Shop with Lu Fei and purchases upgraded equipment: an S-Grade Wrist Shield, additional S-Grade Flying Blades, and an SS-Grade combat vest. The total cost is enormous, but the sale of a Lord Grade wolf beast’s remains offsets the expense and leaves him with a profit.
• Xu Feng asks the Jiafu International Auction House to search for an SS-Grade Battle Blade and prepares to resume cooperation with the Tree Clan.
• Three days later, Xu Feng, accompanied by Hu Da and Hu Er, arrives at the Tree Clan territory. The Tree Clan receives him with unusual enthusiasm, suggesting that the clan is facing an undisclosed problem.
• Xu Feng questions Hu Da about the origins of the Tree Clan. He learns that the clan descended from an “Ancestor Root,” a vast, world-like structure left behind by the ancient Ancestor Tree.
• Zhou Yang secretly listens to Xu Feng and Hu Da’s conversation before inviting them to tour the Tree Clan’s spiritual fruit orchard. Xu Feng directly questions him about the Tree Clan’s sudden urgency to cooperate. Zhou Yang admits that the clan has difficulties but says Elder Zhou will explain everything.
• The chapter ends as Xu Feng and the others arrive at the Tree Clan’s most important treasury: a vast spiritual fruit orchard containing thirty-six types of spiritual fruits, seventy-two spiritual plants, and one hundred eight spiritual trees.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng: Becomes significantly stronger after consuming the Iceheart Green Fruit. His Divine Flame approaches Level 5, and his spiritual perception reaches an impressive range. Despite his growing confidence and wealth, he remains cautious and avoids unnecessary battles. He also demonstrates increasing political awareness by investigating the Tree Clan’s behavior and preparing an escape plan in case of danger.
• Zheng Zidan: Shows maturity and responsibility by accepting punishment for his crimes and choosing to redeem himself through service rather than resent the authorities. His love and concern for Yiran are evident, and his renewed hope in Great Xia comes from meeting Xu Feng and the Marshal.
• Gu Cheng: Initially approaches Zheng Zidan’s fate rationally, but Xu Feng’s reminder about Yiran’s need for her father’s companionship makes him reconsider the emotional consequences of the sentence.
• Lu Fei: Acts as a caring and practical partner to Xu Feng. She manages the household, prepares an elaborate breakfast, encourages him to prioritize important equipment, and maintains a warm family atmosphere.
• Xiao Dan: Behaves playfully and familiarly toward Xu Feng, teasing him about his wealth. Their affectionate forehead-flicking exchanges show a close father-daughter relationship.
• Zhou Ren and Zhou Yang: The Tree Clan elders display a marked shift from polite cooperation to urgent enthusiasm. Their behavior implies that the clan may be under serious pressure, though the nature of the crisis remains undisclosed.

Significant Themes

• Justice, responsibility, and redemption: Zheng Zidan accepts that wrongdoing must have consequences, but the possibility of earning merit provides a path toward redemption rather than simple punishment.
• Family and companionship: Xu Feng emphasizes that Yiran needs her father, while the lively breakfast with the children highlights the emotional value of family and peaceful daily life.
• Strength versus caution: Xu Feng’s power rises sharply, but he deliberately avoids testing himself against an Advanced War God. The chapter presents survival and prudent preparation as more valuable than reckless displays of strength.
• Progress through resources and connections: Xu Feng’s advancement depends not only on cultivation but also on rare fruits, advanced equipment, commercial relationships, and alliances with powerful clans.
• Hidden crises and strategic awareness: The Tree Clan’s unusual behavior introduces an element of mystery. Xu Feng recognizes that understanding the clan’s predicament may allow him to negotiate from a stronger position.
• Hope amid dangerous times: Zheng Zidan’s survival, Xu Feng’s rapid growth, and the possibility of purchasing a Bronze Grade fighter jet all suggest that long-held dreams may gradually become attainable.

Important Character Interactions

• Xu Feng and Zheng Zidan: Their conversation establishes mutual respect. Xu Feng reassures Zheng Zidan about Yiran and urges him to survive the Tier 3 Sky Pit so that he can fulfill his promise to help Xu Feng someday.
• Xu Feng and Gu Cheng: They discuss Zheng Zidan’s punishment, the dangers of Tier 3 Sky Pits, and the importance of considering a child’s emotional needs alongside military logic.
• Xu Feng and Lu Fei: Their banter during breakfast and the equipment-shopping trip shows affection, domestic familiarity, and shared financial and cultivation goals.
• Xu Feng and Xiao Dan: Their teasing and playful conflict reveal a warm, informal parent-child bond.
• Xu Feng, Hu Da, and Hu Er: Xu Feng relies on the Fox Clan brothers for information about the Tree Clan while also asking Ah Kun to remain ready to assist if the situation becomes dangerous.
• Xu Feng and Zhou Yang: Xu Feng openly challenges Zhou Yang’s evasiveness and forces him to acknowledge that the Tree Clan is concealing a problem.
• Xu Feng and the Tree Clan: Their relationship appears to be moving from ordinary cooperation toward a more important alliance, especially because Xu Feng may eventually become a Spirit Communicator and is being treated as almost part of the clan.

Chapter Summary:

Tree Clan’s Predicament, the Inner World

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xu Feng, Hu Da, and Hu Er explore the Tree Clan’s spirit fruit orchard under Zhou Yang’s guidance.
• Elder Zhou Ren introduces them to the Azure Spirit Tree, whose fruit can create an inner source world within the consumer’s body. This world can store objects, nurture life, and connect its owner to the world’s origin and the primordial universe.
• Zhou Ren leads them to the Tree Clan’s Ancestor Tree, a colossal tree that serves as the foundation and life source of the entire clan.
• The land surrounding the Ancestor Tree has become barren and nutrient-deficient. The Tree Clan fears that the Ancestor Root will eventually die, leaving the race without its source of life and driving it toward extinction.
• Black soil obtained from the Human Race has slowed the deterioration, but the underlying cause remains unknown. The Tree Clan suspects that something is wrong with the world itself.
• Zhou Ren asks Xu Feng and the Fox Clan for help:
  1. Xu Feng will become the Tree Clan’s Spirit Communicator, representing them in trade with the Human Race.
  2. Xu Feng and the Fox Clan will help obtain drought-resistant plants and cultivate them into new Tree Clan life forms.
• As compensation, the Tree Clan offers Xu Feng an Azure Spirit Fruit and allows the Fox Clan to select ten types of spirit fruit, totaling fifty fruits.
• Xu Feng accepts the arrangement, with Hu Da confirming that the Fox Clan trusts him as an honorary elder.
• Zhou Ren also offers Xu Feng honorary elder status within the Tree Clan, which Xu Feng accepts conditionally.
• The next morning, Zhou Yang delivers Xu Feng the Azure Spirit Fruit, the Fox Clan’s trade deposit, and ten additional spirit fruits from the Third Clan Elder as a personal congratulatory gift.
• On the return journey, Hu Da separates from Xu Feng to report the Tree Clan’s crisis to the Fox Clan elders, while Hu Er accompanies Xu Feng back to Base 9.
• Xu Feng consults his master, Li Yuanying, who reveals that the Azure Spirit Fruit is extraordinarily valuable—a “bridge to heaven” leading toward the Star God Realm—and urges Xu Feng to consume it immediately and keep its existence secret.
• After initially experiencing no reaction, Xu Feng collapses and undergoes a strange cosmic transformation. Upon awakening, he discovers a rotating blue-and-white sphere inside his dantian: his newly formed inner world.
• The inner world dramatically enhances Xu Feng’s vital energy, strength, cultivation speed, perception of cosmic energy, spiritual power, and progress toward Divine Flame Realm Level 5.
• At a later gathering, Xu Feng refuses to spar with his friends because his strength has become overwhelmingly greater than theirs, provoking their teasing and complaints.

Character Developments

• Xu Feng demonstrates pragmatism and responsibility. He accepts the Tree Clan’s generous offer while recognizing the seriousness of their crisis and promising to help sincerely.
• His status expands significantly: he becomes the Tree Clan’s Spirit Communicator and honorary elder, while already holding honorary elder status with the Fox Clan.
• Xu Feng’s cultivation advances sharply after consuming the Azure Spirit Fruit. His inner world provides an all-around enhancement and appears capable of evolving further.
• Zhou Ren is shown as deeply worried about his race’s survival but remains diplomatic and generous. His willingness to offer the Azure Spirit Fruit reflects the Tree Clan’s desperation and trust in Xu Feng.
• Zhou Yang undergoes a clear change in attitude. After previously behaving despicably toward Xu Feng, he apologizes sincerely and bows three times: to thank Xu Feng, ask forgiveness, and plead for the Tree Clan’s salvation.
• Hu Da acts as the Fox Clan’s representative and negotiator. He supports Xu Feng’s decisions, understands the value of the Azure Spirit Fruit, and plans to report the Tree Clan’s predicament to his clan elders.
• Hu Er remains supportive and trusting of Xu Feng, accompanying him back to Base 9.
• Li Yuanying reveals his deep knowledge of the Azure Spirit Fruit and reacts with rare shock, emphasizing its immense importance to Xu Feng’s future.

Significant Themes

• The survival of a race: The Tree Clan’s declining soil and dying Ancestor Root create an existential crisis, emphasizing the fragility of civilizations tied to their environment.
• Interdependence and cooperation: The Tree Clan, Fox Clan, and Human Race must work together through trade, cultivation, and diplomacy to address threats no single race can solve alone.
• Trust and obligation: The Tree Clan’s gifts place Xu Feng under a moral responsibility, while Zhou Yang’s apology shows the restoration of trust through humility and action.
• Power and opportunity: The Azure Spirit Fruit represents both an immense reward and a dangerous secret. Its ability to create an inner world marks a major turning point in Xu Feng’s cultivation.
• World origins and cosmic order: Discussion of the world origin, creation myths, fortune, curses, and inner worlds expands the story’s larger cosmological framework.
• Mystery and hidden costs: The Tree Clan’s unexplained environmental decline, the uncertain fate of its chiefs, and the mysterious function of Xu Feng’s inner world raise new questions.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Ren respectfully explains the Tree Clan’s crisis and negotiates directly with Xu Feng, Hu Da, and Hu Er.
• Xu Feng and Hu Da privately discuss the Tree Clan’s political structure, the Azure Spirit Fruit, the fate of Tree Clan chiefs, and the wider significance of the world’s decline.
• Hu Da formally grants Xu Feng freedom to handle outside affairs on behalf of the Fox Clan, reinforcing their trust in him.
• Zhou Yang’s ceremonial apology strengthens his relationship with Xu Feng and demonstrates the Tree Clan’s dependence on him.
• Li Yuanying warns Xu Feng to conceal the Azure Spirit Fruit, revealing its importance and linking it to Xu Feng’s future advancement.
• Xu Feng’s friends mock and challenge him at the banquet, but his newly enhanced strength leaves him far beyond their current level, ending the chapter on a humorous note.

• Xu Feng and his friends have a friendly sparring session, where Xu Feng's newfound "Grandmaster bearing" is revealed.
• Li Wen challenges Xu Feng, and the two fight to a draw, with Li Wen revealing that Xu Feng's current state is the first step towards becoming a Transcendent War God.
• Xu Feng takes a break from training to spend time with Xiao Dan, Wang Xuerou, and Zheng Yiran, visiting the care center where he meets Gu Cheng.
• Xu Feng purchases a large quantity of composite black soil from Jingxi for his spirit fruit cultivation and arranges for medical teams to be sent to the Fox Clan for knowledge exchange.
• Xu Feng learns from Li Tianlang that the Wolf King has been injured and is being hunted by War God squads from the Snowfield District. He expresses interest in dealing with the Wolf King but decides to wait for better equipment.
• Li Tianlang reveals that Li Wen is also interested in dealing with the Wolf King, and Xu Feng considers the possibility of borrowing equipment from the Li Family to take on the challenge.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yue Linfei's Special Investigation Team encounters the Revival Sect in Base No. 9, leading to Lin Xue's death and the discovery of Chen Nian's abduction.
• Xu Feng purchases the SS-Grade Moon-Slaying Series 9 Battle Blade at an auction.
• Lu Fei's team sets off on a mission to search for a missing War God expert from Martial University.
• Yue Linfei's team joins forces with Xu Feng and others to combat the Revival Sect and the Heart-Extinguishing Sect.

Character Developments

• Yue Linfei and his team become more haggard and mentally strained due to the recent troubles with the Revival Sect and the Heart-Extinguishing Sect.
• Xu Feng reflects on the balance between socializing and cultivation, with Lu Fei's support.
• Lu Fei prepares for her mission, with Xu Feng's concern and advice.

Significant Themes

• The struggle against the Revival Sect and the Heart-Extinguishing Sect highlights the theme of unity and cooperation among different factions to combat evil.
• Xu Feng's internal conflict between socializing and cultivation explores the theme of maintaining focus on one's goals amidst worldly distractions.

Character Interactions

• Xu Feng interacts with Lin Yu at the auction, leading to a lunch invitation.
• Yue Linfei seeks help from Xu Feng and others to combat the Revival Sect and the Heart-Extinguishing Sect, leading to a temporary alliance.
• Lu Fei and Xu Feng discuss her upcoming mission and the current state of the Dimension Realm.