Chapter Summaries

Luo Feng and Luo Xia joined the Limit Martial Arts Dojo, chose a home in Bright Moon District, and spent weeks cultivating there. On the way to their Quasi-Warrior Combat Assessment, Luo Xia recognized the HR Alliance being advertised as an organization he had previously challenged while trading online.

• Luo Feng and Luo Xia signed contracts with the Limit Martial Arts Dojo, and Supervisor Zhuge Tao welcomed them into the organization.
• Luo Xia asked to convert his assigned villa into fifty million in startup funds, and the brothers chose to move to Bright Moon District in Yangzhou City.
• After a celebratory meal, the brothers returned home, and their family began preparing to move into the villa at Number 199.
• Luo Xia and Luo Feng cultivated at home for more than twenty days before departing with other Quasi-Warriors for the combat assessment.
• Yang Wu asked Luo Feng and Luo Xia about the HR Alliance, and Luo Xia said he had previously taken a great deal of money from them through online trading.

Luo Xia and Luo Feng arrived at the Jiangnan City Northern Military Region for their Combat Assessment, saw monsters beyond the camp, and collected their weapons and gear. Zhuge Tao hinted that Limit Martial Arts Dojo’s two recruits were stronger than Thunder Martial Hall’s recruits, leaving the Burly Man uncertain about their abilities.

• Luo Xia and Luo Feng listened as representatives from four organizations pitched their recruitment offers, then arrived with the other Quasi-Warriors at the Northern Military Region.
• Luo Xia spotted monsters and Flying Beasts outside the camp while Luo Feng reflected on how dangerous the Wilderness Zone must be.
• The Military Region announced the assessment and served lunch before gathering the participants at the plaza.
• Luo Feng collected his Bloodshadow Battleblade, and Luo Xia collected a Silvermoon Series sword along with their Combat Suits and other equipment.
• The Burly Man bragged to Zhuge Tao about Thunder Martial Hall recruits Wan Dong and Ma Xiao, and Zhuge Tao implied that Luo Feng and Luo Xia had superior physical qualities.

Luo Xia and Luo Feng began the Warrior Practical Assessment in Monster Town after declining a challenge from Thunder Martial Hall trainees Wan Dong and Ma Xiao. The brothers split up to hunt monsters, and Luo Xia killed three Tibetan Mastiff Hounds during his first battle.

• Wang Heng sent Wan Dong and Ma Xiao to meet Luo Feng and Luo Xia, and Wan Dong challenged the brothers to compete for the most points.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia declined the challenge, then joined the Quasi-Warriors gathering to enter Monster Town for the assessment.
• An officer explained the assessment rules: the Quasi-Warriors had to collect monster ears for points, and the top 60 percent would qualify as warriors.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia split up in Monster Town so each could hunt the H-Grade monsters alone.
• Luo Xia encountered three Tibetan Mastiff Hounds and killed them with his shield, kicks, and sword.

Luo Xia fought off waves of Tibetan Mastiff Hounds with remarkable calm, combat intelligence, and Micro-level Movement Technique. After seeing his performance, Wang Heng decided Thunder Martial Hall would try to poach him from Limit Martial Arts Dojo.

• Luo Xia killed three Tibetan Mastiff Hounds, collected their ears, and chose to wait for more prey.
• Luo Xia faced a larger group of Tibetan Mastiff Hounds and fought them in the darkness.
• An officer and Wang Heng watched the assessment through surveillance and spotted Quasi-Warrior Number 22, Luo Xia, battling twelve Tibetan Mastiff Hounds among many corpses.
• Wang Heng and the officer recognized Luo Xia's Micro-level Movement Technique, precise attacks on weak points, and extraordinary composure.
• Wang Heng resolved to offer Luo Xia enough benefits to poach him from Limit Martial Arts Dojo.

Wan Dong witnessed Luo Xia’s astonishing pile of monster corpses and learned that Luo Xia had killed more than a hundred monsters during the trial. At the exit, Luo Feng’s thirty-six kills temporarily led the group, and the assessment officer began counting Luo Xia’s monster ears.

• Wan Dong came across Luo Xia atop a mountain of monster corpses as the trial ended and followed him to the town exit.
• Luo Xia reassured Luo Feng that he was unhurt and estimated that he had killed more than a hundred monsters.
• Soldiers brought out dead Quasi-Warriors, and an officer reminded the survivors of the dangers and responsibilities of becoming Warriors.
• Luo Feng submitted thirty-six monster ears, temporarily the highest count in the group.
• The assessment officer turned to Luo Xia and asked how many monsters he had killed.

After killing 121 monsters in the Combat Assessment, Luo Xia became a Warrior alongside his eldest brother, Luo Feng. Wang Heng of Thunder Martial Hall offered him a lucrative Special Training Contract, but Luo Xia left the offer behind because he had already signed with Limit Martial Arts Dojo.

• Luo Xia poured out 121 monster ears, astonishing the other candidates, while Wan Dong realized he could not match Luo Xia's results.
• Luo Xia and Luo Feng celebrated becoming Warriors and looked forward to telling their family.
• A bearded officer brought Luo Xia to the lounge, where Wang Heng invited him to join Thunder Martial Hall and promised to pay his contract penalty and arrange elite training.
• Luo Xia declined Wang Heng's offer, saying he would honor his contract with Limit Martial Arts Dojo, and left the lounge.

After Luo Feng and Luo Xia passed the Warrior Practical Assessment, they returned home to celebrate with their family and learned how to access the Limit Martial Arts Dojo’s internal warrior network. The chapter left them reviewing their new warrior profiles and the dojo’s offer to reimburse purchases of secret manuals up to one hundred million.

• Luo Xia told Luo Feng and Yang Wu that he had refused a Thunder General Hall supervisor’s offer to switch martial arts halls because he had already signed with the Limit Martial Arts Dojo.
• Luo Xia called home and told Luo Hongguo that he and Luo Feng had passed the Warrior Practical Assessment and would return that evening.
• Luo Hongguo shared the news with Gong Xinlan, who left to prepare a celebratory feast, while neighbors congratulated the family.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia returned to the district, where their parents and Luo Hua welcomed them and the family shared a happy dinner.
• Luo Feng took Luo Xia to the audiovisual room to access the internal warrior network, where they verified their identities and saw their warrior profiles and balances.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia read emails explaining that Supervisor Zhuge had provided startup funds and would reimburse secret manual purchases costing up to one hundred million.

Luo Feng and Luo Xia explored Limit Home and bought secret manuals to begin their warrior training. Luo Feng purchased Ninefold Thunderblade, while Luo Xia chose Hong’s World Annihilation manual to adapt its techniques to swordsmanship.

• Luo Feng and Luo Xia watched the introduction to Limit Home and learned how Warriors could buy goods and earn Contribution Points.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia read a forum post about Spiritual Psychics, and Luo Feng warned Luo Xia to be careful with his not-yet-fully-awakened mental strength.
• Luo Feng decided to buy the first three levels of Ninefold Thunderblade, and he confirmed the 100-million-Hua Xia-currency purchase.
• Luo Feng asked what manual Luo Xia would buy, and Luo Xia ordered World Annihilation despite being a sword user.
• Luo Xia explained that he planned to study Hong’s techniques and adapt them to create his own Sword Art.

Luo Xia bought the first three levels of Hong’s “World Annihilation,” and he and Luo Feng planned their equipment purchases to take advantage of a warrior’s contribution points. After receiving their manuals and heading to the Wuguan, the brothers were approached by Dojo Master Wu Tong.

• Luo Xia completed his purchase of “World Annihilation,” and Luo Feng accepted his decision.
• Luo Xia suggested that a senior warrior buy their weapons and Combat Suits for them using contribution points, and the brothers chose their equipment, including twenty Grade 7 flying daggers.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia received their manuals, “Ninefold Thunderblade” and “World Annihilation,” and secured them at home.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia went to the Wuguan to seek a warrior who could help with their equipment purchases, but Wu Tong called out that he had been looking for them.

Luo Feng and Luo Xia received help preparing for Wilderness Zone training, then studied their new martial arts manuals at home. Luo Xia adapted the principles of Hong’s spear manual into a Sword Art and left a deep mark in a reinforced wall, estimating that its completed first level could pierce through it.

• Wu Tong told Luo Feng and Luo Xia that Supervisor Zhuge had assigned them to the Fire Hammer Squad and warned them they could be removed if they failed to adapt.
• Wu Tong offered to buy the brothers’ equipment and weapons after they explained they lacked contribution points.
• Luo Xia studied the first three levels of “World Annihilation” and adapted its movement, speed, and force principles into his own Sword Art.
• Luo Xia struck the Training Hall wall hard enough to leave a deep sword mark, astonishing Luo Feng.
• Luo Xia estimated that a completed first level of his Sword Art could break through the reinforced wall.

Luo Xia named his sword art Genesis and perfected its first level, which could unleash four times his original strength. As he began developing the second level and a new Guidance Technique, he resolved to find a way to evolve his Life Genes toward the Perfect Level.

• Luo Xia told Luo Feng that the first level of his sword art could unleash four times his body's original strength, surpassing the first level of the Ninefold Thunderblade.
• Luo Xia named his sword art Genesis after Hong's World Annihilation and continued refining its first level.
• Luo Feng practiced the first level of the Ninefold Thunderblade unsuccessfully, while Luo Xia perfected Genesis and achieved a consistent fourfold force multiplier.
• During the days of training at home, Luo Xia began comprehending Genesis's second level and creating a Guidance Technique suited to his sword art.
• Luo Xia considered how Life Genes determined a warrior's power and resolved to seek a way to reach the Perfect Level through evolution.

Luo Xia created a powerful Genesis Guidance Technique for himself and upgraded Luo Feng’s technique before the brothers prepared to hunt monsters with Fire Hammer Squad. At the HR Alliance Mall, Luo Feng reunited with Xu Xin, while Chen Gu and Zhang Ke realized she likely belonged to the Xu Family, an influential family in the Alliance.

• Luo Xia comprehended the Genesis Sword Art Guidance Technique, which cultivated ten times faster than Luo Feng’s technique, and improved Luo Feng’s Ninefold Thunderblade Guidance Technique five or six times.
• Luo Feng and Luo Xia cultivated with their new techniques, and Luo Xia’s absorption of Cosmic Energy forced Luo Feng to move farther away.
• On August 28, Luo Feng and Luo Xia met Chen Gu and Zhang Ke and traveled with them to the HR Alliance Mall before heading to the Wilderness Zone.
• At the mall, Luo Xia spotted Xu Xin working as a manager and urged Luo Feng to approach her.
• Luo Feng and Xu Xin exchanged awkward greetings while Chen Gu and Zhang Ke guessed that she came from the Xu Family, one of the families affiliated with the HR Alliance.

Luo Xia and Luo Feng joined Gao Feng’s Fire Hammer Squad and traveled from Jiangnan Base City to a Military Region supply base near the Wilderness Zone. They rested at the base before planning to set out that evening to avoid traveling in the late-summer heat.

• Gao Feng met Luo Xia and Luo Feng, introduced Wei Tie and Wei Qing, and welcomed the brothers into the Fire Hammer Squad.
• Chen Gu and Zhang Ke told the squad that Luo Xia was the National College Entrance Examination Top Scholar, surprising Gao Feng and the twins.
• Xu Xin told Luo Feng she would work at the HR Alliance on weekends and asked him to visit, and Luo Feng agreed.
• The seven members of the Fire Hammer Squad boarded an HR Alliance vehicle and train to a Military Region garrison outside Jiangnan Base City.
• Chen Gu explained that the garrison’s tall tower guided warriors to shelter and supplies, and the squad received a room at the supply base.
• Zhang Ke and Chen Gu explained that the squad would set out at night because late-August daytime heat made traveling with heavy gear dangerous.

The Fire Hammer Squad entered the Wilderness Zone, where Luo Feng and Luo Xia each fought an F-class monster. Their victories astonished the squad and left Luo Feng reflecting on how Luo Xia had exposed his opponent’s weakness.

• Captain Gao Feng led the Fire Hammer Squad along a ruined highway toward County-Level City 0201.
• Luo Feng volunteered to fight a Unicorn Boar and killed it after several exchanges, revealing strength close to an Elementary Warrior-General.
• Gao Feng gave Luo Feng the Unicorn Boar’s horn, which the squad discussed selling for money and contribution points.
• Luo Xia fought a Tiger Cat Beast, deliberately baited it into a pounce, and killed it with a single strike.
• Gao Feng and Chen Gu recognized Luo Xia’s combat strategy, while Luo Feng considered how he could have used the same tactic against the Unicorn Boar.

After three days of training, Luo Feng and Luo Xia reached County-Level City 0201 with the Fire Hammer Squad and showed how much their combat skills had improved. The squad cautiously crossed the monster-filled city and fought its way through a residential building toward the Heavenly Terrace.

• Luo Feng and Luo Xia killed two F-class Lion Mastiff Hounds together near the city, impressing Gao Feng and the other squad members.
• Chen Gu, Zhang Ke, Wei Tie, and Wei Qing explained the dangers of urban areas as the squad approached an Ironclad Ox nest and chose to go around it.
• The squad avoided or quickly killed monsters on the way to Azure Sky Apartments, their chosen destination.
• Wei Tie and Wei Qing wounded a Lion Mastiff Hound that charged from the stairs, and Luo Feng and Luo Xia finished it with coordinated attacks.

Luo Xia and the Fire Hammer Squad reached a rooftop in County Town No. 0201 and searched for General-level Beasts, while the Tiger Fang Squad headed into town to hunt a wounded Silver Moon Direwolf. The Fire Hammer Squad spotted a Bloodthirsty Tank, and Chen Gu prepared to shoot it with special bullets.

• Gao Feng led Luo Xia and the others to the rooftop, where they sealed the stairwell door and began searching the streets below for General-level Beasts.
• The Tiger Fang Squad raced toward County Town No. 0201, tracking a badly wounded Silver Moon Direwolf they hoped to kill.
• Zhang Ke spotted a large group of boar monsters, including a Bloodthirsty Tank, and Luo Xia identified the creature.
• Gao Feng assigned the Bloodthirsty Tank to Chen Gu, who loaded three special bullets into his sniper rifle and took aim.

Chen Gu’s shot brought down the Bloodthirsty Tank, and Gao Feng’s team fought through the surrounding monsters to harvest its valuable tissues. As more monsters converged, Chen Gu opened fire with a machine gun while Luo Xia and the others guarded him.

• Chen Gu shot the Bloodthirsty Tank in a vital point, and Gao Feng assigned the team roles for retrieving its corpse.
• After the Bloodthirsty Tank collapsed, Wei Tie and Wei Qing used bombs to distract the monster horde while Gao Feng’s team charged in.
• Gao Feng began harvesting the Bloodthirsty Tank’s tissues as Luo Feng and the others fought off the surrounding monsters.
• Luo Xia killed charging monsters with his sword and rescued Zhang Ke from a dangerous attack.
• As more monsters gathered, Gao Feng ordered Chen Gu to open fire, and Chen Gu swept the horde with his machine gun while the others protected him.

After the Fire Hammer Squad escaped a beast horde, Luo Feng and Luo Xia spoke with Luo Hua, who revealed that he had a girlfriend, then the squad rested before resuming its hunt. Meanwhile, the Tiger Fang Squad entered County Town No. 0201 to hunt an injured Silver Moon Direwolf, unaware that another squad might challenge its plans.

• The Fire Hammer Squad fled through narrow alleys to escape the pursuing monsters after Captain Gao Feng finished collecting materials from the Bloodthirsty Tank.
• At the Hai Hao Hotel, Gao Feng praised Chen Gu and Luo Xia, then warned the squad to stay cautious in the monster-filled County Town before ordering everyone to rest until four in the afternoon.
• Luo Feng returned Luo Hua's call, learned that their parents were worried about him and Luo Xia, and discovered that Luo Hua had a girlfriend named Xiao Nan.
• The Captain of the Tiger Fang Squad told his five members to avoid other monsters and wear down the injured Silver Moon Direwolf rather than fight it head-on.
• Zhang Zehu worried that another squad might steal their target, but the Tiger Fang Squad's Captain claimed their squad was likely the strongest in County Town No. 0201.

Luo Xia and Gao Feng’s team spotted a Double-Tailed Tigercat and attacked it with its small group of underlings. The Tigercat injured the Wei brothers and turned on Luo Xia after he wounded it, leaving him in immediate danger.

• The Tiger Fang Captain ordered his squad to claim the Silver Moon Direwolf and kill anyone who tried to take it.
• Luo Xia and the others found a Double-Tailed Tigercat accompanied by sixteen ordinary Tiger Cats and prepared an ambush.
• Gao Feng led the team into battle, and Luo Xia killed a Tiger Cat with his sword.
• The Double-Tailed Tigercat struck Wei Tie and Wei Qing, then charged at Luo Feng.
• Luo Xia intervened to protect Luo Feng and wounded the Tigercat with a powerful sword strike, but it dodged his fatal blow.
• The injured Double-Tailed Tigercat pounced at Luo Xia and snapped its jaws toward him.

Luo Xia helped the Fire Hammer Squad kill a Double-Tailed Tigercat, but the Tiger Fang Squad targeted them to draw nearby monsters away. As a sniper’s bullet sped toward Luo Xia’s head, his dormant mental strength suddenly surged awake.

• Luo Xia and Gao Feng worked together to kill the Double-Tailed Tigercat.
• The Tiger Fang Squad spotted the Fire Hammer Squad and decided to use them as bait to clear a path toward the Silver Moon Direwolf.
• The Tiger Fang Captain ordered Xiao and Dong to shoot Gao Feng and Luo Xia, then fire on nearby monster hordes.
• Xiao and Dong fired Armor-Piercing Bullets at the Fire Hammer Squad while Luo Xia was dissecting a tiger cat corpse.
• Luo Xia sensed mortal danger and saw a bullet aimed at his head as his dormant mental strength flooded his body.