Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu studied two Luo Family soul cultivation methods and chose the lightning-based manual, hoping to test it after returning to Xuanxing. He left Luo Yu and the Royal City’s growing attention behind, then traversed to the Tier A Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

• Luo Yu explained the sect hierarchy and took Jiang Shu to the Luo Family Hidden Scripture Pavilion to choose a Top-Grade Cultivation Method.
• Jiang Shu learned the stages of the Ten Thousand Acre Tide Soul Washing Manual and examined the risky Heaven and Earth Void Lightning Soul Forging Manual, realizing electric current might let him cultivate it.
• Jiang Shu chose the Heaven and Earth Void Lightning Soul Forging Manual, and the Luo Family's Third Elder copied it for him.
• Luo Yu offered Jiang Shu lodging and arranged for Luo Family members to watch the city gates for Tu Yuan, but Jiang Shu declined and planned to cultivate alone.
• Jiang Shu heard Royal City drinkers spreading stories about his rise and betting on his success in the Hundred Dynasty War.
• Jiang Shu entered an ordinary private room, blocked out his surroundings with spiritual force, and traversed to Xuanxing’s Tier A Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Jiang Shu advanced his soul cultivation while the Xia Kingdom prepared for the Tier A Heaven and Earth Secret Realm to stabilize, and Wang Yan fought a Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beast. After Jiang Shu emerged from seclusion, he unleashed the Heavenly Star Dragon Seizing Hand against a new beast tide.

• Jiang Shu revealed that the dead Ape-shaped Ferocious Beast was a weak Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beast, reached the Embryonic Breathing Realm, and passed Wang Yan the limit-breaking Crystal Meditation Method.
• Wang Yan returned to Shengjing to study the Meditation Method, while Jiang Shu trained with the Heaven and Earth Void Lightning Soul Forging Manual and greatly extended his soul's range and ability to manipulate objects.
• Wang Yan returned to the secret realm and fought a Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beast, killing it with a spear thrust after it had been wounded by a missile.
• After the general learned Jiang Shu had emerged from seclusion, the soldiers stopped their missile barrage as Variant Ferocious Beasts charged through the passage.
• Jiang Shu formed the Heavenly Star Dragon Seizing Hand and slammed it down on the beast tide led by a Tier 6 bear-shaped Variant Ferocious Beast.

Jiang Shu captured a Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beast alive, then joined Wang Yan in clearing the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm while preparing for the Hundred Dynasty War. After the Secret Realm stabilized, a higher-grade Cosmic Battleship emerged from the sea, offering the Xia Kingdom a chance to advance its technology.

• Jiang Shu subdued the Bear-type Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beast and had it confined in the military Research Institute for study.
• Jiang Shu told the general he would help the Xia Kingdom before departing for the Hundred Dynasty War, whose final selection would begin in one month.
• Jiang Shu and Wang Yan fought through the Secret Realm, killed one of its remaining Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beasts, and watched another escape.
• Jiang Shu and Wang Yan gathered Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine and waited for the Secret Realm to stabilize and reveal its Cosmic Ruins.
• Three days later, the Secret Realm transformed, reshaping its land and seas as a powerful Cosmic Battleship rose from the water.

After receiving the deciphered Embryonic Breathing Method, Jiang Shu learned that the Fetal Breathing Realm involved condensing a Holy Embryo and had three minor realms. He traveled with his parents to Jiangnan Academy, where Jiang Yan Yue and the students were stunned when he appeared.

• Scientists studied the Cosmic Warship, while Jiang Shu returned to Jicheng and waited for Wang Yan to bring him the deciphered Embryonic Breathing Method.
• Wang Yan delivered the method, and Jiang Shu learned that Fetal Breathing comprised Thought Breathing, Spirit Breathing, and Primal Chaos Breathing, with condensing the Holy Embryo as its key transformation.
• Jiang Shu visited his parents, whose cultivation had advanced, and agreed to go with them to Jiangnan Academy to surprise Jiang Yan Yue.
• Jiang Shu used his mental strength to conceal their arrival from the residents of Pillow Water Residence and explained the cultivation stages to his parents during the drive.
• At Jiangnan Academy, Jiang Yan Yue and Sang Zhi Rou talked about their admirers and their Martial Dao progress while Jiang Yan Yue wondered how Jiang Shu advanced so easily.
• Jiang Shu appeared at the classroom window, and Jiang Yan Yue recognized him and cried out to her parents and brother, shocking the watching students.

Jiang Shu returned to Jiangnan Academy and drew a massive crowd by announcing an address on Martial Dao. He urged martial artists to hold to their path against the rise of genetic enhancement and promised to create and share a New Method before ascending high above the Academy.

• Jiang Shu reunited with Jiang Yan Yue and his parents, then agreed to give an address at Jiangnan Academy three days later.
• News of the address spread, bringing tens of millions of people and martial artists to Jiangnan City and overwhelming its transport and communications.
• Before the address, Jiang Shu told Jiang Yan Yue to seek Ye Zhenzhen's help with Martial Dao and reassured his family amid the preparations.
• Jiang Shu walked through the air above Jiangnan Academy and explained that Martial Dao extended beyond its recognized realms and should transcend the limits of the body.
• Jiang Shu warned that genetic warriors would challenge martial artists, urged them to keep climbing the Martial Dao path, and promised to create and spread the New Method.
• Jiang Shu rose from above the Academy toward the troposphere as helicopters livestreamed him, leaving the crowd wondering what he intended to do.

Jiang Shu rose beyond Xuanxing and entered the Cosmos in the flesh, stunning viewers worldwide as he began condensing his Holy Embryo there. He completed the Holy Embryo amid cosmic energies, while Xia Kingdom and other nations reacted to the demonstration of his power.

• Jiang Shu rose above ten thousand meters as viewers and officials speculated about his purpose and how he could survive without oxygen.
• Jiang Shu formed lightning wings and accelerated into space, prompting people to wonder whether Martial Dao could carry him beyond Xuanxing.
• Jiang Shu passed beyond Xuanxing’s surface and began circulating the Method of Condensing the Holy Embryo, treating the Cosmos as heaven and Xuanxing as earth.
• America’s president ordered faster Mecha production and Gene Evolution after learning Jiang Shu had entered the Cosmos without equipment.
• Jiang Shu absorbed faith from Xuanxing and energy from the Cosmos, improved his physique, and completed his Holy Embryo.

Jiang Shu condensed a Holy Embryo and entered the Fetal Breathing Realm in the cosmos while America unveiled Nuclear Overlord and Ames War God used it to dominate the Pacific Ocean. As America celebrated its apparent supremacy, Nuclear Overlord gradually turned toward Xia Kingdom's waters.

• Jiang Shu condensed a Holy Embryo in the cosmos, officially entering the Fetal Breathing Realm.
• America introduced Nuclear Overlord, an eighty-two-meter Mecha piloted by the Fifth Order Gene War God Ames, and promoted it as a rival to Jiang Shu.
• Ames piloted Nuclear Overlord into the Pacific Ocean and killed a Fifth Order Variant Ferocious Beast shaped like a great White Shark.
• Ames and Nuclear Overlord slaughtered more Variant Ferocious Beasts, including three Tier 6 beasts, while America's citizens celebrated and wealthy people began moving there.
• Xia Kingdom viewers withdrew from the livestream or waited for Jiang Shu to return, while Nuclear Overlord gradually changed course toward Xia Kingdom's waters.

Ames War God and the Nuclear Overlord advanced through Fusang's waters as America used the operation to provoke Xia Kingdom, until Yamata no Orochi emerged from the Pacific. The beast overwhelmed Ames with spiritual power, killed him, and trapped the Nuclear Overlord, leaving the mecha defeated in the storm.

• America directed Ames War God to clear Variant Ferocious Beasts near Fusang and push them toward Xia Kingdom's waters while shaping public opinion in its favor.
• Ames War God killed Variant Ferocious Beasts for days as the Nuclear Overlord approached Fusang, drawing praise from American viewers and anger from people in Xia Kingdom.
• Yamata no Orochi emerged from a vast whirlpool, destroyed the helicopters recording it with its roars, and forced the livestreams offline.
• Under pressure from America's president and senators, Ames War God attacked Yamata no Orochi with the Nuclear Overlord's Laser Cannons and giant blade, damaging two of its heads.
• Yamata no Orochi unleashed spiritual power that killed Ames War God inside the cockpit, then bound the Nuclear Overlord with its necks and corroded its energy source with venom.

Yamata no Orochi regenerated after Fusang's missiles appeared to cripple it, then unleashed a catastrophic assault that destroyed Fusang Country. As the world watched in horror, people called on Xia Kingdom and America to use nuclear weapons before the monster spread further.

• Yamata no Orochi killed Ames War God and trapped the Nuclear Overlord Mecha in its snake necks, while Fusang citizens began calling for sacrifices to appease it.
• Fusang fired waves of missiles that blasted apart Yamata no Orochi, and the prime minister celebrated what he believed would be victory.
• Yamata no Orochi regenerated its scattered flesh, brought down fighter jets, and sent a storm and towering waves crashing into Fusang's coastal defenses.
• Yamata no Orochi's venomous waves and rolling mass of flesh swept through cities, killing soldiers and civilians as the prime minister and other officials fled toward America.
• Tsunamis and earthquakes submerged cities and destroyed Fusang Country, leaving the world's viewers shocked and calling for nuclear weapons to be deployed.

Jiang Shu descended from space to confront Yamata no Orochi, whose regenerative power had made missiles and conventional attacks seem useless. He overwhelmed the monster and prepared a final palm to annihilate it, but the chapter ended before the result was shown.

• Wang Yan warned the leader that Yamata no Orochi's powerful spirit let it regenerate, and said he could only barely restrain it with missile support.
• Jiang Shu noticed Yamata no Orochi had been weakened by missile strikes and descended toward Fusang Country to fight it himself.
• Jiang Shu struck Yamata no Orochi with the Heavenly Star Dragon Seizing Hand, destroying two of its heads and preventing their flesh from reorganizing.
• Jiang Shu battered Yamata no Orochi with punches while blocking its attacks with an Origin Power Shield, and his Heavenly Star Dragon Seizing Hand broke through its limits.
• Jiang Shu gathered power for one final palm intended to annihilate Yamata no Orochi.

Jiang Shu returned to Xia Kingdom after killing Yamata no Orochi, then introduced a new Internal Force cultivation method that rapidly expanded Martial Dao training. After the government launched nationwide plans to develop Martial Artists, he returned to the Great Jing Dynasty with three days left before the Royal City's internal selection.

• Jiang Shu refined Yamata no Orochi's vital blood, returned to Xia Kingdom, and explained to the leaders why missiles and Mechas could not defeat the beast easily.
• Jiang Shu proposed creating New Methods so people with ordinary talent could cultivate Martial Dao, and he taught the leaders the Internal Force Cultivation Method.
• Wang Yan and Research Institute experts confirmed the method worked, and hundreds of soldiers used it to reach Ming Jin within five days.
• The leader announced a five-year plan to increase the number of Martial Artists nationwide, add Martial Dao subjects to high schools, and convert more than half of universities into Martial Dao Universities.
• Jiang Shu entered the Cosmos and used Two Worlds Travel to return to the Great Jing Dynasty, where three days remained until the Royal City's internal selection.

Jiang Shu and Luo Yu entered the Great Jing Dynasty’s internal selection for the Hundred Dynasty War, where candidates raced through an array of beast phantoms. Jiang Shu cleared the passage ahead of the Seventh Prince, Xue Xuan, and waited for Luo Yu, but Tu Yuan launched a surprise attack on Luo Yu as he emerged.

• Jiang Shu met Luo Yu in the Royal City, and they discussed the danger Tu Yuan posed before heading to the Imperial Palace for the selection.
• Luo Yu explained that only the first twenty candidates to clear the array passage could enter the Hundred Dynasty War, and Jiang Shu joined the other competitors as the trial began.
• Jiang Shu rapidly defeated the beast phantoms with his martial arts and Holy Embryo recovery, then emerged slightly before Xue Xuan.
• Xue Xuan praised Jiang Shu, advised him to consider unorthodox texts such as alchemy and artifact refining in the palace treasury, and discussed the other dynasties’ geniuses with him.
• Luo Yu emerged from his passage, and Jiang Shu sensed a sudden sword attack from the darkness and recognized its killing intent as Tu Yuan’s.

Jiang Shu, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu killed Tu Yuan after he attacked Luo Yu during Great Jing’s internal selection, then secured places among the twenty chosen geniuses. After selecting treasures and preparing for half a month, Jiang Shu joined the other candidates as they entered the Imperial Palace’s ancient teleportation array to travel to the Hundred Dynasty War battlefield, determined to return Nether Lightning True Person’s remains to the sect.

• Tu Yuan attacked Luo Yu, but Jiang Shu and Xue Xuan intervened and killed him before he could ruin their chances in the selection.
• Jiang Shu, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu emerged from the mountain cave and were announced as the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth qualifiers.
• Jiang Shu selected the Refining Grand Summary, Beast Chronicles, and Bloodfall Subduing Dragon Blade from the treasure vault, then spent half a month refining the blade.
• Xue Xuan explained that the Hundred Dynasty War battlefield was formed from an enormous illusion array and warned that many geniuses would perish or fail to enter a sect.
• Jiang Shu entered the Imperial Palace’s ancient teleportation array with the other geniuses, recalling Nether Lightning True Person’s inheritance and vowing to return his remains to the sect.

Jiang Shu entered the Hundred Dynasty Battlefield, adapted to its thin Origin Qi, and began earning points by killing Variant Ferocious Beast phantoms. As the battlefield narrowed and geniuses turned on one another, he faced Chu Guang of Juguang Dynasty and revealed the Bloodfall Subduing Dragon Blade to counter Chu Guang’s hidden attack.

• Jiang Shu, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu entered the Hundred Dynasty Battlefield through the Ancient Teleportation Array and chose separate exits.
• Jiang Shu replenished his Origin Power on a plain, then killed an Earth Fiend Nether Dust Tiger phantom and claimed a Jade Plaque that recorded his points.
• After ten days, Great Jing Dynasty’s Emperor and elders watched the ranking board and debated how many of their geniuses might qualify for the True Martial Sect.
• On the fifteenth day, Jiang Shu fought Chu Guang as the shrinking battlefield and relentless beast tide forced geniuses toward the central region.
• Chu Guang pretended to withdraw and sent a Treasure Artifact dagger at Jiang Shu, but Jiang Shu evaded it and unleashed the Bloodfall Subduing Dragon Blade.

Jiang Shu killed Chu Guang after overpowering his Treasure Artifacts, then recovered and discovered Xue Xuan under attack by the twins Ruan Lei and Ruan Yan. He intervened and injured Ruan Yan, leaving the brothers facing Jiang Shu and Xue Xuan.

• Jiang Shu used his Holy Embryo to replenish his Origin Power, broke Chu Guang’s Golden Bell, and killed him with the Bloodfall Subduing Dragon Blade.
• Jiang Shu took Chu Guang’s Golden Bell, dagger, and Storage Bag, then fled and spent a day recovering; he found six hundred points and learned about the Spirit Cleansing Pool.
• Jiang Shu recognized Xue Xuan’s voice and approached as Ruan Lei and Ruan Yan demanded Xue Xuan’s Jade Plaque, Storage Bag, and Treasure Artifacts.
• Jiang Shu revealed himself and shattered Ruan Yan’s Flame Eagle attack with the Heavenly Star Dragon Seizing Hand, injuring him.
• Ruan Lei proposed that both sides withdraw, but Jiang Shu demanded the twins surrender their Jade Plaque, Storage Bag, and Treasure Artifact.

Jiang Shu defeated Ruan Lei and Ruan Yan with Xue Xuan, then used his Bronze Key to locate the Spirit Cleansing Pool and help them recover. As the True Martial Ancient Hall appeared, Jiang Shu and Xue Xuan arrived to join the gathered geniuses.

• Jiang Shu and Xue Xuan fought Ruan Lei and Ruan Yan, forcing the twins to surrender two Treasure Artifacts and a Storage Bag before fleeing.
• Xue Xuan explained that his Bronze Key guided its holder to the True Martial Ancient Hall, and offered it to Jiang Shu, who revealed he already had an identical key from Chu Guang's Storage Bag.
• Jiang Shu proposed that they enter the True Martial Ancient Hall together and flew off to find the Spirit Cleansing Pool, then brought Xue Xuan there to restore their spiritual power.
• Ruan Lei and Ruan Yan discussed their plan to use the True Martial Ancient Hall's opportunity to grow stronger and later take revenge on Jiang Shu and Xue Xuan.
• The True Martial Ancient Hall appeared after a dazzling light erupted, and Jiang Shu and Xue Xuan arrived as the gathered geniuses fell silent.

Jiang Shu obtained the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s Puppet inheritance, repaired and refined an Ape-shaped Puppet, and advanced to the late Rebirth Realm in the True Martial Ancient Hall. He then encountered the Ruan brothers again, whose Twin-Lotus Technique had greatly strengthened them, and their battle began.

• Jiang Shu entered the True Martial Ancient Hall, collected Sixth Order Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicines, and searched for a Spirit Rank Cultivation Method and Divine Ability.
• Jiang Shu found the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s Spirit Rank Puppet Refining Method and decided to pursue it using his Mind Cultivation and access to materials through Two Worlds Travel.
• Jiang Shu repaired a peak Mortal Rank Ape-shaped Puppet and tested his ability to command it in battle.
• Jiang Shu found a Top-grade Pill Furnace, consumed its pills, and broke through to the late Rebirth Realm.
• Ruan Lei and Ruan Yan appeared and challenged Jiang Shu, revealing that they had obtained the Twin-Lotus Technique and reached the late Rebirth Realm.
• Jiang Shu struck Ruan Yan with the Heavenly Star Dragon Seizing Hand, but Ruan Yan only staggered back as his scattered Origin Power gathered again.

Jiang Shu defeated Ruan Lei and Ruan Yan in the True Martial Ancient Hall, collected their resources, and rose to third on the Points Ranking Board. The chapter left the Great Jing Dynasty’s elders stunned as his points surged to 1,576 with five days remaining in the Hundred Dynasty War.

• Jiang Shu used the ape-shaped Puppet to keep Ruan Lei occupied while he relentlessly attacked Ruan Yan.
• Jiang Shu killed Ruan Yan and destroyed his soul, triggering the backlash of the Twin-Lotus Technique that left Ruan Lei mortally wounded.
• Jiang Shu killed Ruan Lei and collected both brothers’ Storage Bags and Treasure Artifacts.
• The deacons outside the Hundred Dynasty Battlefield praised Jiang Shu’s talent and discussed which genius might claim the Divine Ability hidden in the Seed Condensation Realm Demon Beast phantom.
• Jiang Shu transferred the brothers’ points to his Jade Plaque, bringing his total to 1,576.
• The Great Jing Dynasty’s elders watched an anonymous genius rise from 128th to third on the Points Ranking Board and discovered that the points belonged to Jiang Shu.

Ye Huang, Yue Ba Xian, and Jiang Shu sensed a vast gathering of Origin Qi in the True Martial Ancient Hall and raced toward its source, where a Seed Condensation Realm Kunpeng phantom guarded a supreme Divine Ability. The chapter left the three geniuses heading for a clash over the opportunity, while Xue Xuan suspected Jiang Shu could still claim it.

• Ye Huang obtained the auxiliary Original Heart Lotus Platform Art and told his followers it would improve his comprehension and speed up his future cultivation.
• A Kunpeng phantom formed at the center of the True Martial Ancient Hall, drawing in Origin Qi as deacons outside the battlefield debated whether Ye Huang, Yue Ba Xian, or Jiang Shu would obtain its great Divine Ability.
• Ye Huang detected the gathering Origin Qi, summoned his seven followers, and raced toward the center of the hall.
• Yue Ba Xian charged toward the same location with his great halberd, ignoring treasures and destroying Variant Ferocious Beast phantoms along the way.
• Xue Xuan and Lou Liang discussed who would win the opportunity, and Xue Xuan thought of Jiang Shu as Yue Ba Xian raced past them.

Jiang Shu joined Ye Huang and Yue Ba Xian in fighting the Great Roc Phantom, then pursued it when it fled and destroyed it with the Ape-shaped Puppet. The Kun Peng Devouring Art entered Jiang Shu’s brow, giving him the Divine Ability they had all sought.

• Ye Huang activated the Lion Sound Buddha Bell Seal while Yue Ba Xian attacked the Great Roc Phantom with his Great Halberd and Body Protection Vajra Talisman.
• Jiang Shu arrived, blocked Ye Huang’s attack with the Ape-shaped Puppet, and joined Ye Huang and Yue Ba Xian in attacking the Great Roc.
• The Great Roc broke free and fled, and Jiang Shu used the Thunder Roc Nether Qi Wings to catch up with it.
• Jiang Shu ordered the nearly destroyed Ape-shaped Puppet and several Treasure Artifacts to explode, destroying the Great Roc Phantom.
• The sphere of light at the Great Roc’s center entered Jiang Shu’s brow and bestowed the Kun Peng Devouring Art.