Chapter Summaries

Qi Wu subdued Johnson Mordred after he attacked him, while the Pope apologized to the Human Emperor and proposed a National Fortune Tournament to choose a leader for the four powers’ alliance. The Human Emperor agreed to host it in Great Xia and named Qi Wu its Child of Destiny; a hooded envoy then revealed herself and questioned Qi Wu’s character.

• Qi Wu trapped Johnson Mordred in lightning chains after the vampire elder tried to break free and threatened him.
• The Pope struck Johnson, silenced him, and apologized to the Human Emperor for the incident.
• The Pope proposed that fighters from the four great powers compete in a National Fortune Tournament to select an alliance leader.
• The Human Emperor agreed to hold the tournament in Great Xia’s Imperial Capital and said Qi Wu would represent Great Xia.
• The Pope learned that Qi Wu was the Child of Destiny and agreed to the tournament.
• The white-robed envoy revealed her angelic appearance and called Qi Wu frivolous.

Qi Wu clashed with Angelina after she insulted him, and their opposing laws shook the hall before the Pope stopped the fight. After the envoys left, the Human Emperor prepared invitations for powerful factions to attend the National Fortune Tournament.

• The Pope introduced his daughter Angelina as the Church’s Saintess and one of Europa’s strongest fighters.
• Angelina called Qi Wu a slacker, and he rebuked her for judging him without knowing him.
• Angelina summoned a Light Sword, while Qi Wu countered her light law with the destruction law.
• The Pope stopped the confrontation and ordered Angelina to save the matter for the National Fortune Tournament; she left after challenging Qi Wu.
• The Pope apologized to the Human Emperor, then departed with the remaining envoys.
• The Human Emperor wrote tournament invitations for the Northern Plains Empire and the Skyhawk Empire and ordered Di Tian to deliver them.

Qi Wu learned that Lilith had fled an arranged marriage to Gliman von Mordred, head of a powerful vampire family, and promised to protect her. After Johnson’s failure, Gliman decided to go to Great Xia himself to reclaim Lilith, his fiancée.

• The Human Emperor asked Qi Wu about the National Fortune Tournament, and Qi Wu confidently promised to defeat his opponents.
• Lilith admitted Johnson had come for her, then warned Qi Wu that Grillman might pursue her too.
• Gliman von Mordred learned Johnson had failed and heard about the tournament; he decided to go to Great Xia and bring Lilith back, declaring her his fiancée.
• Lilith told Qi Wu she had run away to avoid marrying Gliman, and Qi Wu promised to beat anyone who tried to take her away.
• Lilith explained that Gliman was a powerful warrior known as the Blood Dragon Warrior, who had slain a False Awakening-level Dragon.

Qi Wu reassured Lilith that he would face Grillman, while leaders from the Northern Plains and the Skyhawk Empire responded to Great Xia’s invitation to the National Fortune Tournament. Svarog and Layton prepared to travel there and challenge Great Xia’s claim to leadership.

• Qi Wu dismissed Lilith’s concerns about Grillman and promised to defeat him.
• Svarog learned that Great Xia’s Human Emperor had invited world leaders to the National Fortune Tournament and ordered three hundred warriors to march south with him.
• Layton reviewed intelligence about Great Xia’s Child of Destiny and ordered Air Force One and his strongest squad prepared.
• Layton decided to attend the tournament in person and declared that he would show the others who truly led the world.

As the National Fortune Tournament approached in the Imperial Capital, leaders and contestants from across the world gathered at Dragon Abyss Plaza. Qi Wu drew attention from the crowd and Lilith spotted her father among the arriving vampire elders.

• Svarog, Pope Pius I with Angelina, and Layton Rockefeller arrived in the Imperial Capital for the tournament.
• The four leaders took their places in the VIP Seats while Qi Wu lounged by a pillar and gained popularity points from the crowd.
• Gliman von Mordred entered with his followers, exchanged a provocative look with Qi Wu, and headed toward the VIP Seats.
• Lilith watched Gliman leave, then recognized an older man among the vampire elders and exclaimed that her father had arrived.

Qi Wu learned Lilith’s father was a human who had married into the Ventrue family, while Lilith avoided him because of her mother’s death. Grillman challenged the father’s choice to let Lilith live freely and then approached Qi Wu, identifying him as Great Xia’s Child of Destiny.

• Lilith told Qi Wu that her father was an ordinary college student before her mother married him into the family, then avoided her father’s attempt to summon her.
• Lilith’s father admitted he had failed to protect her after her mother died and said Lilith could choose whether to return to the family.
• Grillman argued that Lilith’s Bloodslayer Queen lineage belonged to the Holy Blood Family and the Thirteen Clans, and objected to her closeness with Qi Wu.
• Lilith’s father said he opposed the family-arranged betrothal and had promised Lilith she would not have to marry or become a princess.
• Grillman declared that he would bring Lilith back, then crossed the square to confront Qi Wu and asked if he was Great Xia’s Child of Destiny.

Qi Wu provoked Grillman over Lilith’s unwanted engagement, and Grillman vowed to make him pay at the National Fortune Tournament. Their opening match began with Qi Wu evading Grillman’s blood-law sword attacks using Limitless, then reinforcing it with space law.

• Qi Wu mocked Grillman for challenging him over Lilith and told him to reconsider why she refused to return with him.
• Grillman threatened to make Qi Wu pay at the National Fortune Tournament, while the Human Emperor and others watched their exchange.
• Grillman became the first contestant to challenge Qi Wu, and Qi Wu accepted as the tournament began.
• Qi Wu and Grillman entered the arena, where Grillman attacked with a rapier charged with blood law.
• Qi Wu evaded Grillman’s sword strikes with Limitless and then imbued the technique with space law.

Qi Wu faced Grillman in the arena, countering his Blood Law and flame law with space and destruction techniques before overwhelming him with the Thunder Dragon. Grillman healed his wounds and revealed a fused blood-and-flame domain, turning the arena floor into a red swamp as the fight continued.

• Grillman tested Qi Wu's defenses with his sword and a flame-law serpent, but Qi Wu scattered the flames with Red.
• Qi Wu countered Grillman's combined Blood Law and flame-law strike with World-Cutting Slash, driving Grillman back and revealing his Space Law.
• Grillman unleashed Bloodflame: World Annihilation, and Qi Wu answered with Thunder Dragon, which devoured the beam and smashed Grillman into the arena barrier.
• Grillman healed under the Blood Law, refused to surrender, and spread a fusion domain of blood and flame that transformed the arena floor into a dark red swamp.

Qi Wu endured Grillman's fused Bloodflame Purgatory until he revealed a Simple Domain that nullified its attacks. After explaining how its concentrated protection countered Grillman's wider domain, Qi Wu prepared to take the offensive.

• Grillman used Bloodflame Purgatory to strengthen his blood and flame laws and attack Qi Wu with blood-red arms, fire serpents, and corrosive mist.
• The domain wore down Qi Wu's defenses, and repeated attacks battered him until he fell to one knee.
• Qi Wu stood and opened a Simple Domain that protected only the space within three feet of him.
• Grillman unleashed Bloodflame: End, but the Simple Domain stopped and dispersed the attack.
• Qi Wu explained that his domain concentrated its power within three feet, then stepped forward and declared that his turn had begun.

Qi Wu defeated Grillman in the arena with his Maximum Technique, Thunder God, and the crowd and leaders reacted to his overwhelming power. Grillman survived and conceded defeat, while the Human Emperor hinted that Qi Wu had ended a ten-thousand-year wait.

• Qi Wu shattered Grillman's domain defenses and forced him to unleash Bloodflame: Endbringer: Ultimate.
• Qi Wu summoned a Thunder God from the thunderclouds and used its halberd to destroy Grillman's attack and leave him defeated in a crater.
• The referee declared Qi Wu the winner as the Great Xia spectators and the Salvation Squad celebrated.
• Svarog praised Qi Wu and roused the Northern Plains warriors, while Layton and Angelina watched him warily and in astonishment.
• The Human Emperor watched Qi Wu with satisfaction and said his ten-thousand-year wait was over.
• Qi Wu confirmed that Grillman was still alive and promised to defeat him again next time.

After Qi Wu defeated Grillman, Svarog challenged him to join the Northern Plains and accepted a wager: if Svarog won, Qi Wu would join him, but if he lost, Qi Wu would get his Great Axe. Their fight began with Svarog unleashing a powerful icy impact that Qi Wu calmly deflected.

• Grillman was carried from the square, and Lilith's father decided to let him cool off rather than visit him.
• Svarog entered the arena and offered Qi Wu territory, power, and other rewards to join the Northern Plains.
• Qi Wu wagered that Svarog would give him his Great Axe if he lost, and Svarog accepted the terms.
• Svarog stamped the arena, sending a crack and bone-piercing cold toward Qi Wu, but Limitless deflected the impact without moving him.

Qi Wu countered Svarog’s overwhelming strength and Ice Law with the Destruction Law, forcing Svarog to retrieve the Great Axe. Svarog then began an Ice Law: Domain Expansion, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Svarog battered Qi Wu with powerful punches, but Qi Wu’s Limitless barrier kept him from being defeated.
• Qi Wu used World-Cutting Slash and Thunder Dragon, but Svarog’s body withstood both attacks with little damage.
• Svarog unleashed the Ice Law, trapping Qi Wu in a contracting prison of ice.
• Qi Wu revealed the Destruction Law and erased the ice prison, then drove back Svarog’s ocean of ice.
• Svarog retrieved the Great Axe and announced Ice Law: Domain Expansion.

Svarog used the Time Law hidden within his Ice Law to slow Qi Wu inside his Eternal Frozen Era domain. Qi Wu countered with the Space Law, struck the domain’s core, and left its collapse imminent as he launched a World-Cutting Slash.

• Svarog expanded his Eternal Frozen Era domain and used the Time Law to slow Qi Wu’s movements, thoughts, and Simple Domain.
• Qi Wu activated the Divine Six Eyes and spotted the domain’s core as its weakness.
• Qi Wu used the Space Law to open a spatial rift and bypass the time-slowing effect.
• Qi Wu’s spatial attack struck the core, cracking Svarog’s domain despite Svarog’s attempt to repair it.
• Qi Wu launched a World-Cutting Slash through the rift toward the domain’s core.

After breaking Svarog’s time domain, Qi Wu agreed to fight him with weapons and overwhelmed him with the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade. Svarog fell to one knee, but still looked defiant as Qi Wu asked if he had had enough.

• Qi Wu shattered Svarog’s time domain, leaving Svarog unable to use his time law or Domain Expansion.
• Svarog challenged Qi Wu to a weapon fight with his Great Axe, Extreme Cold’s Sorrow, and Qi Wu agreed.
• Qi Wu summoned the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade and met Svarog’s attacks with superior martial skill.
• Qi Wu knocked Svarog’s axe aside and struck him in the chest, forcing him to one knee.
• Qi Wu asked the defiant Svarog if he had had enough.

After defeating Svarog, Qi Wu accepted Angelina’s challenge but postponed the fight until the next day, when Layton also proposed to face him. The Human Emperor then warned Qi Wu that his two upcoming fights would not be simple.

• Svarog admitted defeat, gave Qi Wu his Great Axe, and left the arena as the crowd celebrated Qi Wu’s victory.
• Angelina challenged Qi Wu, but he pointed out that he was injured after two consecutive fights, so the Human Emperor proposed they fight the next day.
• Layton agreed to postpone the match and offered to make the Skyhawk Empire recognize Great Xia as the Anti-Demon Alliance’s leader if Qi Wu defeated both him and Angelina.
• Qi Wu accepted the next day’s fights and left with Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue before the Human Emperor called him over.
• The Human Emperor warned Qi Wu that his fights against Angelina and Layton would not be simple.

The Human Emperor warned Qi Wu that Angelina wielded a God-Level Light Law and Layton had undergone special modification, but Qi Wu remained confident about facing them in the arena. While sharing dessert with the Salvation Squad, he sensed concealed demonic energy on Vermilion Bird Avenue in the Imperial Capital.

• The Human Emperor told Qi Wu that Angelina had inherited the God of Light's God-Level law and that Layton had taken part in the Skyhawk Empire's S.H.I.E.L.D. project, which had modified his body.
• Qi Wu assured the Human Emperor that he would defeat Angelina and Layton in the arena the next day, then left to meet Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue.
• Qi Wu took the three girls to Sweet Dream Pavilion, where they ate dessert and discussed the coming fights.
• Qi Wu told the girls about Angelina's law and Layton's modification, then confidently promised to knock them both flat.
• Qi Wu sensed faint, concealed demonic energy outside the shop on Vermilion Bird Avenue and wondered how it had reached the Imperial Capital.

Qi Wu traced faint demonic energy to a warded bunker, where he discovered Skyhawk Supreme Leader Layton and eldest prince Di Tian conspiring with a Demon. Their plan involved a Skyhawk fleet and commanders within Great Xia opening the borders to a Demon army.

• Qi Wu sent Jiang Qingyue, Gale, and Lilith back, then followed the demonic energy through the city using his Divine Six Eyes and Spatial Movement.
• Qi Wu analyzed the ward surrounding a neighborhood, slipped through a weak point, and found an abandoned warehouse above a hidden bunker.
• Qi Wu saw Layton and Di Tian standing calmly beside a black-mist Demon, and began to question how the Human Emperor had died in his previous life.
• Layton told the Demon that the Skyhawk Empire's fleet was assembled offshore and could reach Great Xia within seventy-two hours.
• Di Tian revealed that two commanders on Great Xia's borders were allies who would withdraw their forces and let the Demon army into the heartland.

Qi Wu uncovered Di Tian’s conspiracy with the Demons and the Mandala Society, then warned the Salvation Squad and the Human Emperor. He vowed to protect Great Xia as the Human Emperor resolved to deal with his son himself.

• Di Tian agreed to help the Demons kill the Human Emperor during the National Fortune Tournament, while Layton and the Mandala Society planned attacks on Great Xia.
• Qi Wu secretly witnessed the conspiracy and learned that Di Tian’s betrayal had caused the Human Emperor’s death in his previous life.
• Qi Wu returned to the 749 Bureau, told Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue what he had discovered, and gave them instructions for the next day.
• Qi Wu warned the Human Emperor about Di Tian, Layton, the Mandala Society, and Hades’s coming assault.
• Qi Wu promised to protect Great Xia, and the Human Emperor said he would deal with Di Tian himself.

Angelina faced Qi Wu in the tournament arena, determined to defeat him, while he dismissed her challenge and provoked her. After Angelina unleashed the full power of the Light Law, Qi Wu began the fight with his Red ability.

• Angelina entered the arena to loud cheers, and Lilith grumbled that Angelina was merely pretty.
• Angelina declared that she would not lose to Qi Wu, and he complimented her outfit before claiming he could fight her bare-handed.
• Angelina unleashed the full power of the Light Law, surrounding herself in golden radiance.
• Qi Wu assumed a fighting stance, then aimed his hand at Angelina and used Red to unleash an invisible repulsive blast.

Qi Wu tested Angelina's god-tier light law and discovered that it purified his attacks and suppressed his healing. Their duel escalated into a stalemate, with neither able to overcome the other's defenses.

• Qi Wu struck Angelina with repulsive blasts, but her golden light erased them without affecting her.
• Angelina attacked with Light: Verdict and Light: Dual Verdict, piercing Limitless and wounding Qi Wu with light that slowed his regeneration.
• Angelina explained that her light law countered darkness, death, and decay, and her Light: Judgment purified Qi Wu's Thunder Dragon.
• Qi Wu clashed his destruction law against Angelina's light, but she blocked and shattered his attack through sheer force.
• Qi Wu withdrew his destruction power, and the two fighters faced each other as the arena settled into a stalemate.