Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

After more than ten reincarnation eras of effort, Luo Feng completes the final mystery of the Wind Origin and begins his long-awaited breakthrough from Saint Realm to God King. He connects the Origin Space within his Chaos Space to the great world’s immense Origin Sea, allowing ten kinds of Origin Power to flood in and begin transforming his Chaos Space into a Miniature Universe.
Luo Feng uses the Great Hunyuan Realm, a structure he developed by combining ideas from his earlier methods. He expects to build one stable framework, but the Chaotic Astral Aura in his Origin Space unexpectedly causes it to reproduce into countless smaller models. These join into a vast, interlocking structure that becomes the Origin Space’s foundation and draws in Origin Power at an accelerating rate. The framework then extends corridors through the rest of the Chaos Space, guiding its transformation.
Outside, the breakthrough produces a vision of the great world’s Origin Sea across Ice God Peak and the surrounding mountain range. Ice God Race members gather, bewildered and awed. Their Supreme God Kings recognize that the vision signals an extraordinary breakthrough. Bai Lin identifies Luo Feng’s residence as its source, and the chapter ends as a figure emerges before him.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng reaches the culmination of a long period of cultivation. Though initially startled when the Chaotic Astral Aura takes control of the framework’s growth, he assesses the change and accepts that it appears beneficial. His awe at the Origin Sea’s scale is tempered by his focus on completing the transformation.
• Bai Lin reacts quickly to the anomaly and links it to Luo Feng’s residence. He voices the question onlookers are asking: how could an ordinary Saint Realm breakthrough cause such a vast manifestation?
• The Ice God Race’s Supreme God Kings—including the Dream Emperor, Bu Miersi, Mo Guduo, and Shuang Qiu—understand the vision’s significance, but are astonished that Luo Feng’s breakthrough could produce it.
• The gathered Ice God Race members share a response of fear and wonder, though the vision does not appear to threaten them.

Significant themes

• Perseverance and earned advancement: Luo Feng’s breakthrough is the result of ages of training, accumulated insight, and repeated refinement.
• Knowledge meeting the unknown: His carefully planned method is transformed by an unexpected force, requiring him to respond to developments beyond his control.
• Creation through structure: The Great Hunyuan Realm’s stability allows countless smaller models to form a larger, self-sustaining foundation.
• The scale of the cosmos: The Origin Sea’s overwhelming size emphasizes how small even a powerful cultivator is before the forces that underlie the world.

Plot and major events

• As Luo Feng undergoes his God King breakthrough, the phantom of the Origin Sea creates a tremendous disturbance. The Frost Lord is impressed and activates Ice God Peak’s strongest defenses to protect him, ordering Bai Lin to keep everyone away.
• Inside Luo Feng, his Chaos Space rapidly expands as his Origin Space’s “Grand Primordial Realm” structure draws in Origin Power and channels Chaotic Astral Aura. After nine years and five months, the space reaches exactly 100 trillion light-years across.
• The Origin Space then develops a powerful black-hole abyss. Its force, working through thirty-six corridors, forms 10,080 smaller planes and one enormous main plane. Together, these 10,081 planes make an Inner Universe whose effective scale exceeds 200 trillion light-years.
• Once the planes finish evolving, the Origin Sea withdraws. Luo Feng can move instantly between planes and realizes that only the main plane can give rise to God Kings; residents of smaller planes must travel there after reaching the Void True God Realm.
• Luo Feng recognizes that the universe’s structure resembles a vast version of his Perfect Gene cells: the Origin Space is its nucleus, and the surrounding planes complete the whole. This arrangement makes both the universe and its Origin Space exceptionally difficult to destroy while greatly improving their ability to absorb energy.
• With the Inner Universe established, Luo Feng has taken the first step toward God Kinghood. Its power will soon force his divine body and soul to transform, even if he does not initiate the breakthrough himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng moves from Saint Realm toward God Kinghood and marvels at the scale, design, and stability of his new Inner Universe. He also recognizes that it will become the main source of his divine power.
• The Frost Lord shows unusual concern and respect for Luo Feng, personally strengthening the defenses around his residence.
• Bai Lin is surprised by the Frost Lord’s actions and instructed to ensure Luo Feng is not disturbed.

Significant themes

• Transformation and growth: Luo Feng’s breakthrough is a prolonged process that reshapes his inner world before changing his body and soul.
• Order emerging from complexity: The universe’s many planes form naturally through the interaction of the Origin Space, Origin Power, and Chaotic Astral Aura.
• Scale and exceptional power: Luo Feng’s universe far exceeds known precedents, foreshadowing a divine body and reserves vastly greater than those of an ordinary God King.
• Interdependence and resilience: The Origin Space stabilizes the universe, while the universe reinforces the Origin Space, making the two nearly impossible to destroy.

Chapter Summary:

God King (Lower)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Feng completes his breakthrough from the Saint Realm to the God King realm inside Star Tower.
• His divine power is refined one hundredfold, becoming purer and reaching God King level. Because of this refinement, his total divine power temporarily falls to about one percent of its former amount.
• His divine body expands dramatically—by one thousand times its Saint Realm size, far exceeding the usual God King increase of roughly one hundred times.
• His soul begins a slower, natural transformation within the origin space of his inner universe.
• The Milky Way Holy Land Universe also evolves. Over ten thousand years, it expands from a diameter of one trillion light-years to ten trillion light-years, becoming the second-largest celestial body in the Universe Ocean, surpassed only by the Primal Universe.
• Humanity realizes that Luo Feng has become its second God King, after Primal Chaos City Leader. The expansion of the Milky Way Holy Land also promises the creation of more True Gods and Holy Land universes.
• Luo Feng relinquishes control of the Primal Universe Origin Will because it obstructs realms beyond the God King level. Lie Gu takes control and soon uses the opportunity to break through to the Saint Realm, becoming humanity’s fourth Saint Expert.
• At Ice God Peak, Luo Feng tests his newly acquired God King strength and discovers extraordinary abilities. He can transform his body into almost any substance or energy, including spatial particles, light, chaotic airflow, divine power, saber light, and sword Qi.
• Luo Feng tests the Indestructible Sacred Body, his physical attacks, movement, and saber techniques. His defensive power now allows him to withstand King Guduo’s strongest attack, while his enhanced speed and strength greatly surpass his former Saint Realm state.
• His technique Nine Saints Shatter Heaven finally tears open the highly stable spacetime of his domain without relying on Star Tower, demonstrating that his combat power has reached an unprecedented level.

Character Developments

• Luo Feng: Fully becomes a God King and experiences a massive increase in divine power quality, physical size, durability, speed, agility, and combat ability. His new ability to freely transform his body makes him extraordinarily difficult to kill or capture, especially against opponents of the same realm. He gains confidence that he may redefine the standard for Invincible God Kings.
• Lie Gu: Receives control of the Primal Universe Origin Will after Luo Feng relinquishes it. This opportunity enables him to overcome his bottleneck and become a Saint Expert.
• Primal Chaos City Leader: Remains humanity’s first God King, while the growth of the Milky Way Holy Land places Luo Feng’s faction just behind the Chaos Holy Land in cosmic importance.
• King Guduo: Though not present, he serves as a benchmark for Luo Feng’s new strength. Luo Feng concludes that Guduo’s strongest attacks would no longer seriously threaten him.

Significant Themes

• Transformation and evolution: Luo Feng’s breakthrough affects not only his cultivation but also his body, soul, inner universe, and external Holy Land Universe.
• Accumulated power and long-term growth: The Milky Way Holy Land’s expansion reflects the benefits of countless reincarnation epochs and the continuing development of Luo Feng’s lineage.
• Inheritance and succession: Luo Feng’s decision to relinquish the Primal Universe Origin Will allows Lie Gu to advance, showing how power can be passed on to strengthen humanity as a whole.
• Limits of strength: Luo Feng’s transformation suggests that God King power represents an “epic” leap, potentially allowing him to surpass existing standards for Invincible God Kings.
• Freedom of form and survival: His ability to become particles, energy, or chaotic airflow symbolizes an extreme form of adaptability and grants him near-undying survivability against opponents who cannot annihilate every fragment of him.

Character Interactions

• Luo Feng’s most important interaction is with Lie Gu, whom he indirectly assists by surrendering the Primal Universe Origin Will. Lie Gu’s subsequent breakthrough strengthens humanity.
• Luo Feng’s relationship with the human race is shown through the Milky Way Holy Land. Although he no longer wishes to manage every detail of humanity’s development in the Universe Ocean, his cultivation and the Holy Land’s expansion continue to benefit countless descendants.
• His strength is measured against King Guduo, whose previous spear attacks are now insufficient to break Luo Feng’s Indestructible Sacred Body.
• The chapter also reflects Luo Feng’s connection to Primal Chaos City Leader, as both are now God Kings and their respective Holy Lands shape the balance of power in the Universe Ocean.

Key plot points and events

• After his Inner Universe finishes evolving, Luo Feng transfers the beings living in the Star Tower—including the lineage he created—into it.
• He keeps his eleven Saint-level clones from advancing to God King. They will continue studying the Saint-level portion of the Path of Evolving Heaven, which Luo Feng considers essential to his long-term ascent toward the Supreme realm.
• Now a God King with a foothold in the Hunyuan Divine Realm, Luo Feng decides he can leave the Ice God Race’s territory. Before going, he informs Bai Lin and thanks the clan for its support.
• The Frost Lord offers Luo Feng continued hospitality and appoints him a Guest Elder. Luo Feng accepts, and a ceremony makes his position official.
• The Ice God Race gifts him Winter’s Realm, a Domain-type Origin Supreme Treasure whose cold domain weakens those below the Supreme realm. It complements his existing collection of powerful treasures.
• Bai Lin reveals that Bai Bing has entered Hell World, a perilous trial realm containing Peak and Invincible God Kings. Luo Feng believes Bai Bing may emerge far stronger, though his survival is uncertain.
• Luo Feng is told that Mo Guduo and Shuang Qiu are eager to fight him. He welcomes the prospect, especially a rematch with Mo Guduo.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng shows patience and long-term ambition by keeping his clones at Saint level to preserve their access to a crucial part of his cultivation path. His breakthrough also makes him a valuable prospective ally, and he accepts a formal bond with the Ice God Race without taking on immediate duties.
• Bai Lin treats Luo Feng with growing deference, conveying the Frost Lord’s confidence in his future and arranging his investiture.
• Bai Bing, absent from the chapter’s events, is pursuing strength in Hell World after being shaken by his earlier fight with Luo Feng. His dangerous choice suggests determination but also carries serious risk.
• Luo Feng and Bai Lin share a respectful, increasingly warm relationship. Luo Feng expresses gratitude, while Bai Lin extends the clan’s trust and hospitality.

Significant themes

• Long-term cultivation and strategic restraint: Luo Feng chooses not to rush his clones’ advancement because preserving future opportunities matters more than immediate power.
• Power, reputation, and alliance: Luo Feng’s God King breakthrough changes how the Ice God Race regards him; the Guest Elder title reflects investment in his potential.
• Risk and growth: Bai Bing’s entry into Hell World embodies the danger involved in pursuing greater strength.
• Legacy and belonging: Moving the Star Tower’s inhabitants into the Inner Universe gives them a new home, while Luo Feng’s appointment formally connects him to the Ice God Race.

Key events

• After becoming a God King and Guest Elder of the Ice God Race, Luo Feng defeats Shuang Qiu and Mo Guduo in Ice God World. He wins the day-long fight with Mo Guduo using only his Indestructible Sacred Body, despite being heavily weakened by Mo Guduo’s Sealing Force. The victories establish him as an Invincible God King.
• Curious about the gap between himself and a Supreme, Luo Feng privately challenges Dream Emperor. Dream Emperor defeats him decisively without even using a Supreme’s Absolute Domain. Luo Feng learns that a Supreme’s command of Origin Power gives them an overwhelming advantage.
• Reviewing the fight, Luo Feng realizes his own techniques make poor use of the world’s power. He studies Dream Emperor’s axe strike and refines his Nine Saints Shatter Heaven, improving its speed and power by roughly twenty percent after a million eras.
• Luo Feng recognizes that perfecting the Space Origin Mysteries is essential to further strengthening his saber technique, his escape skill, and the Haotian Mirror. He expects to finish within a reincarnation era, then leave Frost City to seek further growth.
• More than half a reincarnation era later, a vast storm region in the Hunyuan Divine Realm begins to shift into an ordered pattern, with spatial power gathering across it.
• In Yuan City, a palace voice announces that the Primordial Mountain Realm is about to emerge and that preparations can begin for forming an alliance roster.

Character development and interactions

• Luo Feng moves from confidence in his apparent superiority to a clearer understanding of his limits. His defeat becomes a catalyst for patient study and technical refinement rather than discouragement.
• His victories over Shuang Qiu and Mo Guduo establish his standing within the Ice God Race; his respectful, private challenge to Dream Emperor shows both ambition and awareness of etiquette.
• Dream Emperor acts as both a formidable opponent and an instructor, offering a single hint that directs Luo Feng’s subsequent training.

Significant themes

• Growth through defeat: A worthy opponent reveals weaknesses that easy victories conceal.
• Mastery beyond raw power: Fine control of techniques and the ability to draw on the world’s power can distinguish fighters with similar foundations.
• Ambition and perseverance: Luo Feng treats comfort as a threat to progress and plans to venture beyond Frost City once prepared.
• A larger upheaval approaching: The changing storm region and the imminent emergence of the Primordial Mountain Realm signal a coming shift in the wider world.

Chapter Summary: Primordial Mountain Realm

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Frost Lord announces that the Primordial Mountain Realm is about to open, prompting intense excitement among the Ice God Race’s strongest members.
• The realm will provide:

Fifty places for God Kings

Ten places for Supremes

• Each God-level city may reserve two God King places, while each Saint-level city may reserve one. The remaining eight God King places will be decided through a Hunyuan Divine Realm-wide arena tournament.
• The ten Supreme places will also be determined through city allocations and arena battles. Only individuals who have condensed no more than one Origin Heart may compete.
• The Frost Lord tells the Ice God Race’s strongest God Kings and Supremes to prepare. The contest may begin at any time.
• Bai Lin is instructed to inform Luo Feng—known publicly as Starlight—because his strength gives him a strong chance of winning a place.
• Bai Lin gives Bai Bing a Memory Crystal explaining the Primordial Mountain Realm and urges him to leave the hell world soon so he can participate.
• News spreads throughout the Hunyuan Divine Realm, causing God Kings and Supremes in major cities to prepare for an exceptionally fierce competition.

Luo Feng’s Cultivation Progress

• During his long seclusion, Luo Feng completes his comprehension of the Space Origin.
• He masters the sixth realm and third stage of the Illusion Realm Space-Time Steps, creating millions of durable phantom bodies across different layers of space-time. This makes his true body extremely difficult to identify.
• The technique, along with the Haotian Mirror, becomes one of his primary survival methods.
• Luo Feng begins studying the Hyper-Spacetime Evasive Escape Technique, the last of his three major escape techniques that he has not yet mastered.

The Primordial Mountain Realm

• Bai Lin visits Luo Feng and gives him a Memory Crystal containing information about the realm.
• The Primordial Mountain Realm is a special space closely connected to the Origin of the Origin Continent, comparable in some ways to the relationship between the Primal Universe and the Ancestral God School.
• It contains:
  • Ancient memories of the Origin Continent
  • Cultivation traces close to Origin Power
  • Rare natural treasures
  • Occasionally, naturally formed Origin Supreme Treasures
• Its greatest attraction is the chance to condense an Origin Heart. A God King’s odds may rise from roughly one in ten thousand in the Hunyuan Divine Realm to more than one percent inside the Primordial Mountain Realm.
• Whenever it opens, a lower section of Primordial Mountain also appears on the Origin Continent. Holders of Primordial Mountain Tokens can enter this area, where Origin Supreme Treasures may appear.

Character Developments

• Luo Feng completes his Space Origin comprehension and gains greater confidence in his defensive and evasive abilities, but realizes that winning a place will still be extremely difficult.
• Bai Bing learns about the Primordial Mountain Realm for the first time and is encouraged to leave the hell world so he can compete.
• Bai Lin acts as a trusted intermediary between the Frost Lord and Luo Feng, recognizing Luo Feng’s exceptional potential.
• The Ice God Race’s eligible God Kings and Supremes become highly motivated, viewing the opportunity as a possible path to becoming Supremes.
• The Frost Lord carefully withholds the identity of the reserved God King participant, creating uncertainty within the Ice God Race.

Significant Themes

• Competition and scarcity: Only a handful of places are available, guaranteeing brutal battles among the realm’s strongest experts.
• Opportunity and advancement: The Primordial Mountain Realm represents a rare chance for God Kings to condense Origin Hearts and break through to the Supreme level.
• Preparation before crisis: Major powers immediately mobilize upon hearing the news, emphasizing the importance of readiness.
• Power versus uncertainty: Although Luo Feng has made major progress, he recognizes that many opponents may surpass even Mo Guduo, making victory far from assured.
• Connection to ancient origins: The realm’s proximity to Origin Power and its link to Primordial Mountain suggest that it contains remnants of the Origin Continent’s deepest history and mysteries.

Character Interactions

• The Frost Lord briefs the Ice God Race’s elites and assigns Bai Lin to explain the realm to Bai Bing.
• Bai Lin encourages Bai Bing and later visits Luo Feng personally.
• Luo Feng and Bai Lin discuss the Primordial Mountain Realm over fruit wine, with Bai Lin providing the Memory Crystal.
• Luo Feng reflects on the danger posed by competitors across the Hunyuan Divine Realm, recognizing that the upcoming tournament will be far more difficult than an ordinary contest.

Plot and events

• Luo Feng learns that entry into Primordial Mountain Realm will be decided by a fierce contest for eight God King spots. Cities are guaranteed some places, but additional spots must be won through competition.
• Bai Lin explains that the contest will test combat skill rather than Supreme Treasures. Participants will fight through Divine Power Avatars, with success depending on their control of Origin Mysteries, secret techniques, and divine power.
• Luo Feng is a serious contender, but two exceptionally powerful God Kings—both inheritors of Yuan’s secret technique—are considered nearly equal to Supremes. Bai Lin also warns that prominent fighters may be targeted early in the team-based preliminaries.
• Luo Feng begins training specifically for avatar combat. He tests the Astral Dao Manual, a powerful star-based killing formation that can also function as a domain. Though it can be sustained by his avatar and may serve as a trump card, he recognizes that his control of it still needs refinement.
• Hunyuan Divine Realm’s six divine-level cities finalize the contest rules. The event will take place in eighty million eras on Myriad Realms Mountain, and both God Kings and Supremes will compete in separate divisions. Cities begin preparing rosters and teams.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng shifts from confidence in his overall strength to a more focused, cautious determination. He accepts that no city leader can simply award him a place; he must earn one through victory.
• Bai Lin acts as a candid mentor, assessing Luo Feng’s strengths while warning him about stronger rivals and the danger of being singled out.
• Luo Feng identifies the limits of his avatar’s abilities: it weakens the advantage of his Perfect Gene and reduces the power of techniques such as the Indestructible Sacred Body. He compensates by refining the skills that matter most in avatar combat.
• Other God Kings and Supremes, including the Ice God Race’s Dream Emperor and Mo Gutuo, also prepare intensively, making clear that Luo Feng’s rivals will be formidable.

Significant themes

• Merit and competition: Spots must be earned through strength, not granted by status or city affiliation.
• Adaptation and mastery: Luo Feng must adjust his fighting style to the constraints of Divine Power Avatars.
• Preparation amid uncertainty: With a major contest approaching, every faction uses the remaining time to improve and organize.
• Strength beyond raw power: Control, technique, and understanding of Origin Mysteries can outweigh sheer divine power or equipment.

Plot points

• New team-based preliminary rules put Saint-level cities at a disadvantage: they have fewer powerful God Kings and must assemble strong teams, potentially across city boundaries.
• The Frost Lord, concerned for the Ice God Race’s prospects, seeks out capable allies. Nine Truth City Lord Jiushan refuses to arrange an opportunity for Starlight, insisting that Luo Feng must make his own way.
• Bai Lin invites Luo Feng to join Frost City’s top team. Luo Feng accepts, grateful to avoid the difficulty of finding strong teammates himself.
• Over a century, the team is completed with Mo Guduo, Bai Bing, Luo Feng (as Starlight), Invincible God King Jin He, and Leng Xing. Though Leng Xing once joined an attempt to surround Luo Feng, the two put the incident behind them.
• The five agree to center their tactics on Luo Feng and train in two formations: the offensive Three Tribulations Formation and defensive Shield Void Formation. In under seventy million epochs, they master both and gain confidence in their chances.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng recognizes the importance of growing stronger—not only for himself, but also because he feels responsible for Humanity. He accepts the team’s leadership role and commits to doing his part.
• Frost Lord acts proactively to protect his race’s interests, contrasting with Jiushan’s hands-off approach to Luo Feng’s progress.
• Jiushan trusts Luo Feng to shape his own future, while the Frost Lord is more involved because he must consider the Ice God Race as a whole.
• Bai Lin serves as the bridge between Luo Feng and the Ice God Race, inviting him and explaining the team’s plans.
• Leng Xing sincerely apologizes for their earlier conflict and expresses respect for Luo Feng. Luo Feng accepts, showing no lasting resentment.
• The team members quickly agree to rely on Luo Feng’s strength and leadership, establishing a cooperative, trusting dynamic.

Significant themes

• Self-reliance and responsibility: Jiushan believes Luo Feng must earn his own opportunities; Luo Feng, in turn, feels accountable for Humanity’s future.
• Unity and preparation: Success depends not just on individual power but on finding compatible teammates and mastering coordinated formations.
• Pragmatism and reconciliation: Luo Feng and Leng Xing set aside their past conflict in favor of their shared goal.
• Unequal opportunity: The new rules favor stronger cities, emphasizing the disadvantage faced by Saint-level cities and weaker peoples.

Key plot points and events

• Myriad Realms City hosts the approaching contest for places in the Primordial Mountain Realm. The immense divine city is larger within than it appears: its districts contain separate space-time worlds, making it easy for visitors—even Supremes—to get lost.
• God Kings and Supremes from across the Hunyuan Divine Realm arrive in great numbers, along with spectators. Several city lords make dramatic entrances by tearing through space-time.
• The Flame-Eccentric True Lord and the Frost Lord meet warmly despite their opposing fire and ice powers. They bring their entourages, including Luo Feng, Bai Lin, Bai Bing, Dream Emperor, and other competitors and guests.
• The Frost Lord tells the group to explore while they wait and assigns Bai Lin to lead them to Myriad Realms Mountain on time.
• As Luo Feng and the others approach the gates, another powerful city lord arrives. Luo Feng recognizes the aura as Qiansi Luoshan, lord of Luoshan City.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng is awestruck by Myriad Realms City’s scale and chaotic-energy vortex, comparing its grandeur favorably even to Ancient Spiral Eye.
• Bai Lin, familiar with the city, gently reassures Luo Feng and the others that such wonder is natural—even repeat visitors remain impressed.
• The Frost Lord and Flame-Eccentric True Lord show an easy friendship, joking about travel, strength, and the Frost Lord’s possible return to the Chaos Abyss. Their powers coexist without conflict.
• The Frost Lord takes responsibility for organizing his group, while Bai Lin accepts the task of guiding them.

Significant themes

• Vastness and power: The city’s seemingly boundless interior and the Supremes’ ability to distort space-time establish the extraordinary scale of the setting.
• Camaraderie amid rivalry: Powerful city lords and their followers greet one another warmly as they gather for a high-stakes contest.
• Ambition and limitation: The Flame-Eccentric True Lord envies those eligible for the Primordial Mountain Realm, but his four condensed Origins disqualify him under its one-Origin requirement.
• Anticipation: The gathering of formidable figures and the arrival of Qiansi Luoshan build tension for the contest ahead.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Feng recognizes Qiansi Luoshan, whose true body is vastly more powerful than the Mirror-Image Divine Body Luo Feng had faced before. He hurries into Myriad Realms City, hoping its laws will protect him.
• Qiansi Luoshan follows and confronts him, bringing his son, Qiansi Qingcheng. He admits he wants Luo Feng dead but says he will respect the Myriad Realms Venerable’s territory.
• Qiansi Luoshan crushes Luo Feng with his aura, nearly forcing him to his knees. Luo Feng withstands the pressure, and Bai Lin intervenes. Qiansi Luoshan eventually withdraws, warning that Luo Feng may not be protected next time.
• As more delegations arrive, Myriad Realms City fills with God Kings and Supremes. Luo Feng’s group joins the crowds heading to Myriad Realms Mountain, the site of the contest for eight places in the Primordial Mountain Realm.

Character developments

• Luo Feng recognizes the immense gap between himself and Qiansi Luoshan, but refuses to submit. The encounter strengthens his resolve to grow stronger and win a place in the Primordial Mountain Realm.
• Qiansi Luoshan shows controlled hostility: he wants revenge but restrains himself out of respect for the city’s ruler and laws.
• Qiansi Qingcheng reacts to Luo Feng with immediate hatred, but obeys his father’s order to control himself.
• Bai Lin protects Luo Feng by challenging Qiansi Luoshan’s intimidation. Bai Bing encourages Luo Feng, seeing him as a fellow gifted cultivator.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Luo Feng’s courage cannot erase the enormous difference in strength between him and Qiansi Luoshan.
• Defiance and perseverance: Luo Feng endures overwhelming pressure and turns fear into motivation.
• Law and restraint: Even powerful figures may be constrained by rules, reputation, and respect for authority.
• A wider world of competition: The influx of powerful contenders reveals that the Hunyuan Divine Realm is far more formidable than Luo Feng had realized.

Character interactions

• Qiansi Luoshan confronts and intimidates Luo Feng while Qiansi Qingcheng openly resents him.
• Bai Lin steps between them, invoking the city’s rules; Bai Bing and others later offer Luo Feng support.
• Luo Feng answers Qiansi Luoshan respectfully but refuses to yield, privately vowing that killing him will not be easy.

Plot points and events

• Bai Lin leads Luo Feng’s group up Myriad Realms Mountain, warning that its warped, collapsing space can trap even powerful experts.
• At the summit, they see the Myriad Realms Tree, an immense structure whose crystalline fruits are entire worlds. Ten especially large worlds rival God Kings’ Inner Universes; the tree’s trunk contains a vast space-time realm. The contest’s arenas will be among the tree’s worlds.
• The group enters the trunk world but must wait outside the sealed Central Plaza until the Frost Lord registers the contestants’ divine-power signatures with the tree.
• Once admitted, the Frost City delegation finds its designated section and sees the contest organized around the Hunyuan Divine Realm’s thirty-six cities.
• Luo Feng studies the arriving competitors. Mo Guduo points out Bulin, a renowned God King from Moyang City who, like Luo Feng, has visited Firmament Palace and received Yuan’s secret-technique inheritance. Luo Feng is wary of him but hopes to face him eventually—not in the preliminary round.
• Heavenly Mountain City arrives, including Jin He. Luo Feng spots a familiar figure, and the chapter ends before identifying him.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng is impressed by the Myriad Realms Venerable’s spatial mastery. He remains confident and ambitious, while recognizing Bulin as a serious potential rival.
• Bai Lin acts as guide and explains the mountain, tree, entry rules, and how spectators will watch the battles. He sends the contestants off with encouragement.
• Mo Guduo shares information about the strongest competitors and points out Bulin; Bai Bing also shows interest in the famous God King.
• The Frost Lord enables the contestants’ entry by linking them to the Central Plaza, then summons them to Frost City’s section.

Significant themes

• The vastness and peril of space-time: The mountain and tree turn space into immense, interconnected worlds that can confound even powerful beings.
• Power and mastery: The Myriad Realms Tree demonstrates how exceptional control of space can create both beauty and overwhelming force.
• Competition and ambition: The gathering brings together elite representatives of thirty-six cities, establishing rivalries and anticipation for the trials ahead.

Chapter Summary: “Drawing Lots for Group Assignments”

Key plot points and events

• Luo Feng recognizes Supreme Zha Yi, whom he previously encountered at the Ancient Spiral Eye. Zha Yi is astonished that Luo Feng survived entering it and suspects the Nine-Layer Tower is an immensely powerful treasure. He also renews his interest in the tower and holds a grudge against Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng and his companions gather in Myriad Realms City for the Primordial Mountain Realm quota competition. Several old adversaries and acquaintances arrive, including Brena, who exchanges a hostile look with Luo Feng.
• While waiting for all competitors to arrive, Luo Feng learns about several renowned God Kings from other cities. He is impressed by the level of competition and looks forward to testing himself against powerful opponents.
• Supreme Noming, Yuan City’s acting city lord, announces the competition format. The contestants will first be sorted into preliminary groups, with only a limited number advancing to the arena battles.
• The Supreme-group draw begins. Thirty saint-level city groups are randomly assigned to six major groups. The chapter ends with the sixth major group revealed to include Frost City, Baling City, Yan City, Nine Provinces City, and Dongming City.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng remains cautious about his enemies but is increasingly eager to fight elite opponents. He trusts that Frost Lord and Jiushan’s presence will keep him safe for now.
• Zha Yi becomes convinced Luo Feng escaped the Ancient Spiral Eye and covets the Nine-Layer Tower, while nursing a desire for revenge.
• Brena and Luo Feng silently acknowledge their hostility through exchanged looks.
• Jiushan and Luo Feng greet one another; Leng Xing also acknowledges Luo Feng’s group upon arriving.
• Supreme Noming explains the rules and conducts the lottery, while the assembled Supremes and God Kings discuss their prospects and strategies.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: Luo Feng welcomes the chance to face formidable rivals, seeing difficult battles as a route to greater strength.
• Old grudges and rivalry: Several powerful figures carry unresolved hostility toward Luo Feng, making the gathering politically and personally dangerous.
• Chance and competition: The random draw determines the preliminary matchups, placing powerful city groups on uncertain paths toward qualification.

Key plot points and events

• The God King teams are randomly sorted into six main groups of forty. Frost City’s first team lands in the fourth group, alongside Mountains and Rivers City’s first team, while Moyang City’s first team—and the dangerous Bulin—is placed elsewhere.
• Frost City’s team assesses its likely opponents, especially You Shi, whose exceptional movement could let him isolate and defeat teammates. They also worry about the powerful formations and deep reserves of the divine-level city teams.
• Luo Feng proposes exploiting the team’s relative obscurity: opponents may underestimate him and Bai Bing, giving the team a chance to avoid unnecessary fights and preserve strength.
• Supreme Noming announces that the preliminary selection will take place in separate worlds for the Supreme and God King groups. Competitors must use one-light-year Divine Power Avatars and may bring no weapons.
• Myriad Realms Venerable transports the competitors to their assigned worlds. Luo Feng arrives alone in a vast desert landscape, and the team discovers that its members have been scattered across different locations.
• Noming explains that teams must compete together but are not guaranteed to start together. Reuniting before a teammate is eliminated will be crucial.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng shows strategic leadership, recommending caution and a deliberate effort to appear weaker than the team is. Though Mo Guduo is captain, Luo Feng’s tactical judgment carries significant weight.
• Mo Guduo emphasizes teamwork, the danger of You Shi, and the need to conserve strength; he supports Luo Feng’s plan.
• Leng Xing highlights You Shi’s movement ability and recognizes Bai Bing’s talent.
• God King Jin He argues that team formations may be more dangerous than individual fighters.
• Bai Bing accepts the opportunity to prove himself, while the team’s brief laughter lightens the mood before the competition begins.
• The team’s confidence is tempered by uncertainty: their plan depends on opponents underestimating them, but the unexpected separation immediately tests their ability to act independently.

Significant themes

• Teamwork versus individual strength: The contest is team-based, yet competitors may have to survive alone before regrouping.
• Caution and strategy: Avoiding early conflict and conserving strength may matter as much as raw power.
• Deception and reputation: The team hopes to turn its members’ limited recognition into an advantage.
• Uncertainty and adaptation: Random groupings, unknown opponents, and scattered starting positions make flexibility essential.

Key events

• The contestants learn that their Divine Power Avatars are separated from their true bodies and from one another, making it difficult to regroup. Packs of Three-, Four-, and Five-Tailed Chaos Lions roam the preliminary world; staying hidden too long may draw them in, so avoiding combat is dangerous.
• Two God Kings are quickly eliminated by Four-Tailed Chaos Lions. Luo Feng and his Frost City teammates—Mo Guduo, Bai Bing, and others—are still safe, but cannot locate one another.
• Exploring the desolate world, Luo Feng detects a fight between God King He Zhong of Shepherd God City and Purple Spirit God King of Heavenly Mountain City. He Zhong, nearly defeated, self-destructs to damage his opponent. Purple Spirit survives but loses most of his avatar’s divine body.
• Luo Feng confronts the weakened Purple Spirit. Though Purple Spirit threatens to self-destruct, Luo Feng attacks, catches him as he flees, and lands a powerful palm-blade strike.
• Realizing he cannot win, Purple Spirit detonates his remaining avatar. Luo Feng anticipated this, retreats through space-time, and blocks the blast. Purple Spirit is eliminated.
• Back at Central Plaza, Purple Spirit tells his teacher, Supreme Zha Yi, that Luo Feng defeated him only because he was already badly injured. Zha Yi accepts the explanation; another God King notes that the situation might have been different had God King Jin He been available to fight Purple Spirit.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng stays alert and decisive. Rather than hide and risk attracting Chaos Lions, he investigates nearby combat, then capitalizes on Purple Spirit’s weakened state. His experience with He Zhong’s self-destruction lets him avoid the same tactic.
• Purple Spirit God King shifts from confidence and threats to flight and desperation after Luo Feng’s attack. He chooses self-destruction over capture or defeat, but cannot harm Luo Feng.
• God King He Zhong demonstrates defiance in defeat, sacrificing his avatar to inflict heavy damage on Purple Spirit.
• Luo Feng and his teammates share cautious updates, but the separation between avatars prevents them from coordinating.

Significant themes

• Uncertainty and survival: The world’s terrain, restricted perception, scattered teams, and roaming Chaos Lions make even powerful contestants vulnerable to bad luck.
• Risk versus avoidance: Hiding is not safe, so contestants must choose their battles rather than simply avoid them.
• Desperation and sacrifice: Both He Zhong and Purple Spirit use self-destruction when defeat seems inevitable, though Luo Feng’s preparation blunts the tactic.
• Timing and advantage: Luo Feng’s victory depends on encountering Purple Spirit after He Zhong has already depleted most of his strength.

Plot points and events

• While God Kings continue to be eliminated across the preliminary world, Luo Feng finds two groups fighting: two powerful God Kings from Miwang City and three from Yuanbing City.
• The five turn on Luo Feng rather than let him wait for an opportunity to attack. They use spatial power to restrict his movement, but Luo Feng evades them with his newly mastered Space Origin and Illusion Realm Space-Time Steps.
• Luo Feng taunts and maneuvers between the groups, exploiting their mutual distrust. Silver Wolf God King abruptly attacks Montas of Yuanbing City, killing his Divine Power Clone.
• With Montas gone, the two remaining Yuanbing City God Kings are overwhelmed and self-destruct. Silver Wolf and Black Shang survive with little loss of divine power.
• The Miwang City pair then attack Luo Feng. The chapter ends as he welcomes the fight, confident in his abilities, though aware that the two can now use their full strength.

Character developments

• Luo Feng shows greater mastery of spatial movement and tactical composure. Rather than flee or accept a dubious alliance, he uses his enemies’ suspicion to turn them against one another.
• Silver Wolf God King proves ruthless and opportunistic, breaking the temporary cooperation to kill Montas.
• Black Shang God King accepts Silver Wolf’s betrayal as fair play and joins him in finishing off Yuanbing City’s survivors.

Character interactions

• The rival groups briefly try to recruit Luo Feng, then unite against him when they see him as a threat—or an irritating bystander.
• Luo Feng keeps both sides wary of each other, creating the opening Silver Wolf uses to betray Montas.
• The remaining Yuanbing City fighters appeal to Luo Feng for help, but he refuses to trust their promises. Once they are eliminated, Silver Wolf and Black Shang confront him directly.

Significant themes

• Distrust and shifting alliances: Cooperation among enemies lasts only as long as it is useful.
• Strategy over brute force: Luo Feng’s control of space and understanding of his opponents’ motives let him survive being outnumbered.
• Risk and opportunity: By refusing to flee, Luo Feng turns a dangerous confrontation into a chance to test himself against formidable opponents.

Summary: “Yin Qianhe of Mountains and Rivers City”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Black Shang God King and Silver Wolf God King reflect on their defeat by Luo Feng, recognizing that his Chaos Origin-based techniques and powerful footwork made him nearly impossible to defend against.
• God King Jin He informs Luo Feng’s team that he has encountered You Shi, the strongest fighter from Mountains and Rivers City. Despite fighting desperately and ultimately self-destructing, Jin He cannot injure You Shi and is eliminated.
• With Jin He gone, Luo Feng, Mo Guduo, Leng Xing, and Bai Bing realize they can no longer rely on their practiced five-person formations. They resolve to fight independently and eliminate opposing God Kings whenever possible.
• As the preliminaries grow more intense, more than half the contestants are eliminated. Luo Feng has already defeated over ten God Kings, while Mo Guduo, Leng Xing, and Bai Bing have each eliminated several.
• Luo Feng encounters Yin Qianhe, an Invincible God King and renowned swordsman from Mountains and Rivers City. Yin Qianhe has already eliminated more than twenty God Kings and attacks Luo Feng immediately.
• Their battle begins as a contest of speed, footwork, and Origin Mysteries. Both fighters use their hands as weapons—Luo Feng as blades and Yin Qianhe as swords.
• Luo Feng remains composed and primarily defensive, revealing that he is still holding back. Yin Qianhe’s repeated attacks fail to gain an advantage, while Luo Feng’s counterattacks steadily place him under pressure.
• Luo Feng finally launches Nine Saints Shatter Heaven, creating nine overlapping figures whose combined blade attack contains eleven Origin Mysteries.
• Yin Qianhe counters with Sword God Unity, transforming into a giant sword, but Luo Feng’s attack overwhelms him, cracks his Divine Power Clone, and leaves him unable to recover.
• Luo Feng finishes the battle with Illusion Realm Space-Time Steps and a final blade strike, destroying Yin Qianhe’s Divine Power Clone.
• In the Central Plaza, Yin Qianhe awakens and realizes he has been eliminated. You Shi notices his defeat.

Character Developments

• Luo Feng: Demonstrates that he is among the strongest contestants in the preliminaries. He earns the complete trust of his teammates and proves he can defeat elite opponents without using his strongest techniques, condensed divine power, or Indestructible Sacred Body.
• God King Jin He: Fights bravely against You Shi and self-destructs rather than surrendering, but his defeat forces the team to abandon its coordinated formations.
• Mo Guduo, Leng Xing, and Bai Bing: Become more determined and independent after Jin He’s elimination. They acknowledge Luo Feng as the only teammate capable of directly confronting You Shi.
• Yin Qianhe: Initially arrogant and dismissive of Luo Feng, believing him to be an easy target. During the battle, he recognizes Luo Feng as a genuine rival, but ultimately discovers that Luo Feng has been fighting below his full strength.
• You Shi: Remains established as an even more terrifying opponent, having effortlessly defeated Jin He and witnessing the elimination of another powerful member of his city’s team.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and underestimation: Yin Qianhe attacks believing Luo Feng is not a serious threat, only to discover that Luo Feng has concealed much of his ability.
• Individual strength versus teamwork: Jin He’s defeat renders the team’s carefully practiced formations useless, forcing each survivor to depend on personal combat ability.
• Trust and responsibility: Luo Feng is moved by his teammates’ confidence in him and accepts the responsibility of protecting the team’s chances of advancing.
• Competition among supreme warriors: The battle highlights the escalating quality of the preliminaries, where elite God Kings confront one another in highly technical contests of speed, footwork, and Origin Mysteries.
• Composure versus aggression: Yin Qianhe attacks relentlessly, while Luo Feng remains calm and controlled, gradually turning defense into an overwhelming offensive victory.

Important Character Interactions

• Jin He apologizes to the team after losing to You Shi, and Luo Feng reassures him that the others will carry on.
• Mo Guduo, Leng Xing, and Bai Bing each pledge to fight for the team and accept that Luo Feng must handle You Shi if they encounter him.
• Luo Feng and Yin Qianhe exchange brief, confident remarks before their duel, each acknowledging the other’s status.
• After Yin Qianhe’s defeat, You Shi immediately recognizes what has happened, emphasizing the significance of Luo Feng’s victory.

Key plot points and events

• Yin Qianhe admits that Luo Feng is far stronger than expected. He and his teammates believe only You Shi can match him, making Luo Feng the chief obstacle in Mountains and Rivers City’s path to advancement.
• As the selection continues, Frost City’s first team is steadily depleted. Mo Guduo sacrifices himself against God King Zi Xu, badly injuring him, and urges Luo Feng to carry the team’s hopes. Bai Bing is eliminated soon afterward, leaving only Luo Feng and Leng Xing.
• Luo Feng defeats God King Luo Jin, a member of You Shi’s team, after outmaneuvering him and exploiting a moment of distraction.
• To hasten the contest, Supreme Noming reveals every survivor’s location and opens passages between non-teammates. Luo Feng uses this to find and defeat the weakened Zi Xu, then eliminates Jin Que.
• All four of You Shi’s teammates have now been defeated by Luo Feng. You Shi promises to avenge them and lead his team through the selection.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng accepts the responsibility Mo Guduo leaves him and grows more capable through repeated battles, sharpening his movement, control of Origin Mystery, and use of his Divine Power Clone. He deliberately targets You Shi’s teammates before confronting You Shi himself.
• You Shi sees Luo Feng as a worthy rival but chooses to postpone their fight, intending to face him last. After his teammates are eliminated, he calmly takes on the burden of carrying their team forward.
• Mo Guduo makes a final stand against Zi Xu, sacrificing himself to weaken the opponent and entrusting Frost City’s hopes to Luo Feng.
• Luo Jin challenges Luo Feng to test Yin Qianhe’s assessment, but is overwhelmed by Luo Feng’s speed and tactics.
• The remaining members of You Shi’s team place their hopes in him, while the selection’s organizers force the surviving contestants toward decisive confrontations.

Significant themes

• Strength tested through adversity: Survival in the selection depends on individual ability as teams are broken apart.
• Sacrifice and responsibility: Mo Guduo’s final effort gives Luo Feng both an advantage and a heavy obligation.
• Rivalry and anticipation: Luo Feng and You Shi recognize one another as the contest’s central opponents, building toward a final showdown.
• Learning through combat: Luo Feng’s improvement comes from adapting to each fight and reviewing what he learns.

Plot

• During the qualifying world’s final sweep, You Shi eliminates Leng Xing. Luo Feng’s group is comparatively weak, but Luo Feng and You Shi have already helped eliminate the other teams, making their world the first to reach its final showdown.
• Luo Feng and You Shi meet for the decisive fight. Both are determined to advance: Luo Feng wants a place in the Primordial Mountain Realm, while You Shi hopes to secure one for someone from Mountains and Rivers City.
• You Shi’s extraordinary speed and elusive movement keep Luo Feng on the defensive. Luo Feng counters with his Indestructible Sacred Body, gaining extra protection, and withstands a long series of attacks.
• Seeing no way to catch You Shi directly, Luo Feng risks a powerful punch when You Shi appears to split into nine figures. He strikes an afterimage, leaving himself exposed. You Shi attacks from behind with Great Annihilation Hand, shattering the Sacred Body and following up against Luo Feng himself. The chapter ends with observers expecting Luo Feng to lose.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng remains confident and resolute, but recognizes that You Shi’s speed prevents him from taking the initiative. He adapts by using a defensive technique, then chooses a risky strategy when the stalemate offers no clear path to victory.
• You Shi is revealed as a patient, highly skilled fighter whose movement technique is his greatest strength. He repeatedly probes for an opening, trusting that Luo Feng will eventually make a mistake.
• Their encounter is respectful but intensely competitive: each acknowledges the other’s strength while vowing to defeat him. You Shi also frames the fight as a chance to avenge his eliminated teammates.

Significant themes

• A single mistake can decide a high-stakes contest: the fragile divine-power bodies make every exchange dangerous.
• Adaptation versus specialization: Luo Feng relies on defense and calculated risk, while You Shi’s exceptional mobility controls the fight.
• Persistence and patience: You Shi’s repeated attacks show that a hunter’s discipline can matter as much as raw power.
• Public pressure and shared hopes: the battle draws attention across the Central Plaza, while Frost City watches Luo Feng as its last remaining contender.

Chapter Summary: Advancing to the Arena Matches

Key plot points

• Luo Feng, fighting as Starlight, appears to have lost to You Shi after a feint leaves him exposed. He has deliberately baited You Shi into committing to a supposedly decisive attack.
• Luo Feng narrowly evades the strike with the Hyper-Spacetime Evasive Escape Technique, then springs his trap. The Astral Dao Manual fills the battlefield with a restrictive formation, while Luo Feng uses the Illusion Realm Space-Time Steps, Nine Saints Shatter Heaven, and his newly revealed divine-power technique, Annihilation of Heaven and Earth.
• You Shi cannot escape the barrage. Luo Feng’s attack breaks through his defense and destroys his Divine Power Clone, securing victory for Frost City’s team. The effort costs Luo Feng roughly eighty percent of his clone’s divine power.
• Supreme Noming announces that Frost City’s first God King team has qualified for the arena matches. Luo Feng receives praise from the Frost Lord, his teammates, and other observers.
• The remaining preliminary results are decided. Several notable teams advance, including Yuan City, Myriad Realms City, Mountains and Rivers City, and Moyang City. The preliminary selection ends, and the successful teams move on to the final arena matches, where only the top eight by points will earn places.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Feng shows patience and calculated audacity. He accepts the risk of appearing vulnerable, trusting that You Shi’s confidence will make him overcommit. He also reveals the full extent of his combat arsenal, though the battle leaves his clone badly depleted.
• You Shi is undone by eagerness. City Lord Miao Qing observes that he had a safer route to victory but turned his advantage into a gamble. You Shi remains resentful after losing.
• The Frost Lord recognizes Luo Feng’s nerve and resourcefulness, while Frost City’s Mo Guduo, God King Jin He, Leng Xing, and Bai Bing celebrate their team’s advancement.
• City Lord Miao Qing praises Luo Feng’s temperament but criticizes You Shi’s impatience. Jiushan congratulates Luo Feng and points out the potential reward awaiting him if he reaches the top eight.
• Luo Feng watches Bulin defeat Chixing and judges Bulin to be far beyond his current level. Though Chixing’s attacks impress him, Bulin wins without revealing his full strength.

Significant themes

• Risk and opportunity: Luo Feng turns an apparent mistake into his only chance to reverse the fight, staking everything on a carefully timed counterattack.
• Confidence and overconfidence: You Shi’s belief that victory is assured makes him vulnerable to Luo Feng’s trap.
• Preparation and resourcefulness: Luo Feng’s victory depends on combining multiple techniques and using the battlefield itself to limit his opponent.
• The gap between competitors: Bulin’s effortless victory reminds Luo Feng that advancement will bring opponents of extraordinary strength.

Key plot points and events

• The selection round ends, and the competition moves to arena battles. Thirty God Kings will each face the other competitors; wins earn one point, draws earn half a point, and losses earn none. Each fight lasts up to ten minutes.
• Luo Feng surveys the qualified competitors and identifies several dangerous rivals, including Mo Hanshan, Bulin, King Chenmu, Liu Yepiao, Void Realm God King, Cong Yi, Weiling, and Underworld God Zhou. He believes he has little chance against Mo Hanshan and Bulin, but thinks he can challenge most of the others.
• The match order is drawn. Luo Feng’s first opponent is his teammate Leng Xing; his tenth is Qiansi Qingcheng, with whom he has old history. Bai Bing and Jin He also draw formidable opponents.
• Competitors enter an armory to choose one God King-level Supreme Treasure for the entire competition. Luo Feng chooses an offensive weapon: the God-Slaying Blade, a long blade whose weight and handling most closely resemble his own Blood Shadow Blade.
• With weapons selected and the arena matches about to begin, Luo Feng prepares to fight Leng Xing first.

Character developments

• Luo Feng shows clear awareness of his limits, recognizing that he must go all out against every opponent and that certain elite fighters may be beyond him. He remains confident, however, about defeating Qiansi Qingcheng.
• Bai Bing, Mo Guduo, Leng Xing, and Jin He acknowledge how formidable the field is and doubt their chances of reaching the top eight. Their concern reflects the gap between being powerful God Kings and surviving elite clone battles.
• Leng Xing keeps a friendly, teasing attitude toward Luo Feng despite their upcoming match; Luo Feng responds warmly but insists he will not take him lightly.

Significant themes

• Precision under pressure: The fragile Divine Power Clones magnify mistakes, making even a small lapse potentially decisive.
• Preparation and strategic choice: The draw, opponents, and weapon selection all shape competitors’ chances. Luo Feng chooses offense because his movement and blade techniques already provide defensive strength.
• Humility amid ambition: Luo Feng recognizes both his own limits and the exceptional strength of his rivals, while still aiming to compete with them.

Character interactions

• Luo Feng and his teammates discuss the competition’s strongest fighters and their prospects; the group shares anxiety about the depth of the field.
• Luo Feng and Leng Xing exchange friendly remarks about their first-round match, but both understand it will be a serious contest.
• Mo Guduo points out Luo Feng’s upcoming match with Qiansi Qingcheng, prompting Luo Feng to dismiss the rival as no longer a serious threat.