Chapter Summaries

After Zhao Xu and the other traitors left Ying Ming Hao’s group badly wounded, Ying Ming Hao saved Lin Xue with a third-grade Origin-Stabilizing Pill and questioned the attackers about their alliance and missing heavenly dao fortune. Jin Bei ordered the Scavengers to attack before Ying Ming Hao could uncover more.

• Ying Ming Hao checked the injured survivors and gave Lin Qi a third-grade Origin-Stabilizing Pill, which stabilized Lin Xue’s breathing.
• Ying Ming Hao counted fewer than forty survivors after Zhao Xu and his allies defected and four people died.
• Zhao Xu threatened Ying Ming Hao, while Jiang Zhiqing revealed her hatred over Ying Ming Hao killing her elder sister.
• Ying Ming Hao questioned why the Scavengers spared Zhao Xu’s group and where the Heavenly Prodigies’ heavenly dao fortune had gone.
• Jin Bei cut off the questioning and ordered the Scavengers to attack.

As the Scavengers closed in, Ying Ming Hao offered to surrender, shocking his companions and the attackers. Most of the Heavenly Prodigies rejected the offer and insisted on fighting to the death, while Jin Bei urged them to join the Central Saint Palace.

• Cai Dagui, Wang Zhu, Lin Qinqin, and Lin Yong reacted to the prospect of dying as the Scavengers charged.
• Jie Kong gave Gu Xingchen a Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman and urged him to escape, but Gu Xingchen refused.
• Ying Ming Hao called for both sides to stop and announced that his group would surrender.
• Jin Bei and Zhao Xu halted the Scavengers, while Wang Teng, Jiang Lingfeng, Wang Zhu, Lin Qinqin, Gu Xinghai, Luo Shuihan, and most of the others rejected surrender.
• Jin Bei explained that the Central Saint Palace sought to recruit Heavenly Prodigies and urged the group to accept its offer.

Ying Ming Hao pretended to surrender to Jin Bei and the Central Saint Palace, buying time while his companions secretly recovered and he sought help from teams in other regions. He continued the act by claiming several disciples were ready to defect, keeping Jin Bei distracted as the group awaited rescue.

• Zhao Xu, Yu Huo, and Jin Bei tried to persuade Ying Ming Hao and the others to join their side with promises of rewards and safe passage to the next round.
• Jun Mo condemned surrender, while Lin Qinqin, Wang Teng, and the others outwardly refused to yield; meanwhile, Lin Zihan's Medicine Immortal Saint Body helped the group recover, and Lin Xue regained consciousness.
• When Jin Bei threatened to kill them, Ying Ming Hao asked for another hour and secretly told his companions to keep resisting while he contacted teams from other regions for help.
• Jie Kong, Xuan Chengzi, Liu Jingyuan, and the others made absurd demands as part of the act, frustrating Jin Bei and his allies.
• Ying Ming Hao claimed Lin Zihan, Xiao Yueleng, Zhao Ning, and Wang Zhu had agreed to surrender, then drew Jin Bei's attention to Lin Zihan while he continued buying time.

Ying Ming Hao stalled Jin Bei and the Central Saint Palace’s group with sham negotiations while his allies secretly recovered and awaited reinforcements. As Jin Bei dismissed Ning Huai’s suspicions, Ying Ming Hao warned his companions that the reinforcements were near and prepared them to break out.

• Ying Ming Hao spun out negotiations while Xuan Chengzi, Lin Yong, Wang Teng, and others made demands, and the women pretended to be sorrowful.
• Wang Teng, Lin Qi, and the others secretly healed their injuries while keeping up their battered appearances.
• Jin Bei grew impatient, but Ying Ming Hao kept him distracted by praising Yu Wanchuan, Lin Qinqin, and Qiu Yajing.
• Ning Huai warned Jin Bei that the negotiations might be a trick, but Jin Bei rebuked him and silenced the others.
• Ying Ming Hao told his allies by voice transmission that reinforcements would arrive soon and urged them to prepare to charge out.

Ying Ming Hao and the other Heavenly Prodigies turned their enemies’ ambush against them and joined an unknown force attacking the Scavengers’ eastern defensive line. As the Jin Family’s Golden Eyes threatened to stop their escape, Ying Ming Hao rushed to cover the rear while Wang Teng and Gu Xinghai struggled to hold the enemy back.

• An unknown force attacked the Scavengers’ eastern line, distracting them as Ying Ming Hao and his companions launched a sudden ambush on Jin Bei, Zhao Xu, Ning Huai, and the others.
• Ying Ming Hao wounded Jin Bei, while Lin Zihan, Wang Teng, and the others gravely injured their targets and killed several Heavenly Prodigies.
• Ying Ming Hao led his companions through the eastern defensive line to join the unknown force, ordering them to break through quickly rather than pursue the enemy.
• Jin Nai and the Jin Family Heavenly Prodigies used Golden Eyes to attack the escaping group as Zhao Xu, Ning Huai, and others pursued them.
• Ying Ming Hao rushed to defend the rear, leaving Wang Teng and Gu Xinghai to hold back the attackers while Zhao Bufan and Wang Zhu guarded the group.

Wang Teng, Gu Xinghai, and the others fought to break through the Scavengers’ encirclement while Ying Ming Hao held back Jin Bei’s Golden Eyes. Ying Ming Hao found that touching Wang Zhu’s legs restored his strength, and Jin Bei and the other Jin Family Heavenly Prodigies copied him, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Ying Ming Hao used his Reincarnation Kaleidoscope Eyes to hold off Jin Bei and the Jin Family’s Golden Eyes, while Wang Teng and Gu Xinghai activated their special physiques to fight through the Scavengers.
• The Great Qin Dynasty’s Heavenly Prodigies and the Northern Territory’s Heavenly Prodigies arrived, opened a gap in the encirclement, and helped Wang Teng and the others push forward.
• As Ying Ming Hao weakened, Wang Zhu carried him while he asked her to open her leg armor and rubbed her legs, which restored his strength and strengthened his Pupil Technique.
• Jin Bei saw Ying Ming Hao recover and ordered women among the Scavengers to come over, discovering that touching their legs also invigorated him.
• The other Jin Family Heavenly Prodigies began copying Jin Bei, summoning attractive women and stroking their legs to boost their strength.

Wang Lin’s group fought desperately to break through the Scavengers’ encirclement, while Yu Huohuo ambushed Ying Ming Hao and was driven back by Liu Jingyuan and the others. Yu Huohuo fled wounded after an arrow pierced his shoulder, and the group’s breakthrough remained unfinished.

• Wang Teng and Gu Xinghai fell back to recover as Jun Mo and Luo Shuihan took the front, while the group struggled to advance through the encircling enemies toward Wang Lin.
• The Scavengers launched volleys of arrows and self-detonating attacks, but Jie Kong, Lin Yong, South Mountain, and Lin Zihan helped protect and heal the group.
• Cai Dagui and Qiu Yajing replaced Jun Mo and Luo Shuihan at the front, while Yu Huohuo ambushed Wang Zhu and Ying Ming Hao with his spear.
• Liu Jingyuan seized Yu Huohuo’s spear and beat him with flaming fists as Yang Fanyuan and Yang Fanzhou cut down Scavengers attacking Liu Jingyuan.
• An unidentified attacker wounded Liu Jingyuan with a sword, allowing Yu Huohuo to flee; Yu Huohuo used a Scavenger as a shield against an arrow, but the arrow also struck his shoulder.

Lin Qinqin and the other Heavenly Prodigies repelled several coordinated ambushes, but Ying Ming Hao remained trapped resisting Jin Bei’s eye technique while his allies weakened under the encirclement. The group was still fighting desperately to break out, with Cai Dagui warning that they would be worn down and killed if they could not escape soon.

• Lin Qinqin ensnared a Central Saint Palace disciple with her Bone Whip, and Little Red and Little Green killed him with their united sword attack while Jiang Lingfeng and Zhang Ze blocked his rescuers.
• Yun Qingyi intercepted Jiang Zhiqing and Zhang Yu’s sneak attacks on Ying Ming Hao, and Yu Wanchuan and Lin Zihan forced them to retreat into the Scavengers’ crowd.
• Qing Yu unleashed Pear Blossom Needles in a Rainstorm, striking Jiang Zhiqing, Zhang Yu, and many Scavengers as they fled through the crowd.
• Zhao Xu, Ning Huai, and Lu Shen ambushed Ying Ming Hao, but Lin Qi, Lin Hao, and Xuan Chengzi blocked them while Meng Wanting, Mo Chenxi, and the other Heavenly Prodigies counterattacked and drove them back.
• Cai Dagui and Qiu Yajing rotated out as their strength failed, while the surrounded Heavenly Prodigies continued fighting to protect Ying Ming Hao and find a way out.
• Cai Dagui warned that the group would be worn down and killed if they could not break through the encirclement soon.

Qi Qing transformed into a Taotie and devoured the Scavengers blocking the group’s escape. After Wang Lin and the others broke through and regrouped, Qi Qing exhausted her strength and fell from the air.

• Qi Qing rushed to the front and transformed into an enormous Taotie despite Qing Yu and Lin Zihan calling after her.
• Qi Qing unleashed her suction and devoured waves of Scavengers, including those who attacked or tried to self-destruct.
• Ying Ming Hao ordered the group to break through, and Wang Teng led everyone along the cleared path.
• Zhao Xu and Ning Huai sent Heavenly Prodigies to attack Qi Qing, but she devoured them and the others backed away.
• Lin Zihan and the others reunited with Wang Lin, and Ying Ming Hao urged them to retreat as he struggled to hold off Jin Bei.
• After devouring the enemies blocking their way, Qi Qing returned to her petite form and fell from the air, drained of strength.

Qi Qing lay near death after swallowing tens of thousands of Scavengers, who were attacking her inner cosmos and injuring her from within. Meng Wanting brought Qing Yu, Zhao Bufan, and Wang Zhu inside to restrain them, leaving the group’s effort to save Qi Qing underway.

• Qing Yu caught the gravely injured Qi Qing while Lin Zihan tried to heal her, but neither medicine nor internal energy improved her condition.
• Ying Ming Hao explained that the living Scavengers inside Qi Qing’s inner cosmos were damaging her body and urged Meng Wanting to enter it.
• Meng Wanting used her dream saint body to bring Qing Yu, Zhao Bufan, and Wang Zhu into Qi Qing’s inner cosmos.
• Meng Wanting put attacking Scavengers to sleep with her dream ability while Qing Yu transformed into an Azure Phoenix and attacked them.
• Qing Yu was soon surrounded by the overwhelming number of Scavengers and trapped in a desperate fight.

Wang Lin and the others broke through a massive Scavenger blockade while Jin Bei pursued them. After killing the few enemies who caught up, they used the terrain and unpredictable turns to disappear, leaving Jin Bei’s forces searching in vain.

• Wang Zhu transformed into a sea of blood and Zhao Bufan unleashed countless evil souls to draw Scavengers away from Qi Qing and ease her suffering.
• Wang Lin led the group west to avoid a Scavenger mass, then formed an arrow formation and charged through enemies who lacked quasi-Saint experts.
• Jin Bei’s Scavengers became trapped in their own crowded ranks, giving Ying Ming Hao and the others time to escape into the distance.
• Ying Ming Hao and the others killed the few pursuers who caught up and repeatedly changed direction to evade Jin Bei’s forces.
• Jin Bei and Zhao Xu searched the wilderness with hundreds of thousands of Scavengers but failed to find any trace of the group.

Ye Hua, Shui Furong, Fatty Zhang, and their allies were surrounded by over a hundred thousand Scavengers after Jin Su and Liang Yi betrayed them and joined the enemy. With no one able to break through to the Saint Realm, Ye Hua prepared to hold off the attackers while Shui Furong refused to abandon her.

• Fatty Zhang cursed Jin Su and Liang Yi for ambushing the group, while Ye Hua and more than fifty allies formed a defensive line against the surrounding Scavengers.
• Liang Yi and Jin Su threatened the women and Long Chen, boasting that their captives would be killed and consumed.
• Su Yan and Long Chen angrily taunted the attackers, but their allies worried that the provocation would make their situation worse.
• Ye Hua told Shui Furong and Fatty Zhang to escape while she held the enemy back, but Shui Furong and Shui Huo'er vowed to stay and fight.
• Fatty Zhang and Li Yin lamented that they had not reached the Saint Realm, leaving the group with few chances of escaping the siege.

Su Yan stalled Jin Su by claiming his sworn brother would arrive, then revealed his strength when the Scavengers attacked. He led Ye Hua, Long Chen, Xu Feng, and the others into a fierce breakout against the surrounding enemies.

• Jin Su ordered the Scavengers to kill the men and keep the women, but Su Yan provoked him and claimed his sworn brother would arrive within an hour.
• Jin Su agreed to wait, while Su Yan’s allies used the delay to recover and wondered whether he was bluffing.
• When the hour passed without anyone arriving, Jin Su ordered the Scavengers to attack and take Su Yan alive.
• Su Yan activated his Pure Yang Sacred Body and used his flames to destroy the enemies blocking the group’s escape route.
• Ye Hua froze enemies with her Sword Qi, Long Chen fought with his Green Dragon Crescent Moon Blade, and Xu Feng held off attackers with the Clear Wind Sword Arts.
• Liang Yi and the Central Saint Palace’s Heavenly Prodigies joined the assault as the Scavengers tried to wear down Su Yan and his companions.

Su Yan's group fought off the Scavengers as Jin Su's ambush failed and left him badly wounded. Wang Bai arrived with more than two hundred Heaven's Chosen to break through the enemy lines and rescue Su Yan.

• Huang Mao, Miss Shui, Shui Ying'er, Shui Huo'er, Fatty Zhang, Li Yin, and the others held their formation against the Scavengers.
• Jin Su used his Golden Eyes' Petrification on Su Yan and charged, but Su Yan recovered, killed two Heavenly Prodigies, and evaded the attackers.
• Jin Su lured Su Yan into a Returning Horse Spear attack, which struck Long Chen, before Su Yan wounded Jin Su and forced him to retreat behind his companions.
• Su Yan's group killed more than a thousand enemies in half an hour as the Scavengers struggled to withstand them.
• Wang Bai led more than two hundred Heaven's Chosen in a charge, opening a passage through the Scavengers to save Su Yan.

Su Yan’s group fought through Jin Su and Liang Yi’s forces and the Scavengers to escape, while Zhang Jie’s side remained trapped in another battle. Xuan Qiwu arrived with a large force of allied Heavenly Prodigies and launched an assault, shifting the battlefield.

• Su Yan led his allies toward Wang Baishun, using the Pure Yang Flame Pillar to clear a path through the Scavengers before they broke away from Jin Su and Liang Yi.
• Jin Wei and his allies surrounded Zhang Jie, Liu Jiaojiao, Qing Yun, and their companions, and Zhang Jie planned to capture Jin Wei to save her group.
• Xuan Qiwu appeared above the battlefield with armored forces and several hundred allied Heavenly Prodigies.
• Xuan Qiwu swept her Phoenix Halberd forward, and the Great Qin Dynasty Heavenly Prodigies and their allies charged into battle.

Xuan Qiwu rescued Zhang Jie and her companions by slaughtering the Central Saint Palace’s forces, including several powerful Heavenly Prodigies. After fighting for hours and sustaining wounds, she broke through the encirclement, while Jin Wei and the others continued to pursue her and suffered her counterattacks.

• Jin Wei ordered his forces to attack, but Xuan Qiwu killed the Central Saint Palace’s second-ranked Heavenly Prodigy with a single halberd strike.
• Xuan Qiwu charged through the enemy ranks, prompting Zhang Jie, Ling Chen, Liu Shi, and the others to seize the chance to join her.
• Xuan Qiwu led Zhang Jie, Liu Jiaojiao, and Shanyu Aying in a renewed assault, while the allied contingents displayed their formidable strength.
• Seven or eight Central Saint Palace Heavenly Prodigies ambushed Xuan Qiwu, but she blocked their attacks and killed them.
• After more than an hour of fighting left her depleted and wounded, Xuan Qiwu led her companions through the encirclement and escaped.
• Jin Wei, Dong Pingsheng, and their forces pursued Xuan Qiwu, who repeatedly turned back to counterattack and nearly killed them.

In a hidden cave, Ying Ming Hao charged the group exorbitant spirit-stone fees for their help and manipulated them into paying. He collected the fortune while Wang Lin and the others suspected he was lining his own pockets.

• Ying Ming Hao assigned spirit-stone bills to Gu Xinghai, Cai Dagui, Qiu Yajing, Wang Teng, Meng Wanting, and the others, prompting protests over the amounts and unequal charges.
• Ying Ming Hao flattered Wang Teng and Cai Dagui into accepting their fees, while Wang Zhu attacked him for insulting the women.
• Ying Ming Hao praised Meng Wanting and Luo Shuihan and talked the others into agreeing to pay.
• Wang Lin realized Ying Ming Hao had called him to help and decided to stay silent, while Lin Zihan and Lin Qinqin suspected a scam.
• Ying Ming Hao collected the spirit stones from the group as Wang Zhu clung to his shoulders.

Ying Ming Hao and his companions recovered while Scavengers searched for them, and Qi Qing reached the perfected Quasi-Saint Realm after swallowing tens of thousands of Scavengers. Ying Ming Hao then parted from the rescued Heavenly Prodigies and slipped away with his close companions to attend to private matters, leaving their destination unstated.

• Ying Ming Hao secretly gave Wang Zhu several Storage Rings after boasting to Wang Lin, and the rescued Heavenly Prodigies avoided confronting the Han Family allies until the Elimination Tournament ended.
• Lin Qinqin pulled Wang Zhu away from Ying Ming Hao, while Ying Ming Hao greeted the rescuers and the group passed another day recovering as Scavengers searched for them.
• Qi Qing woke up after breaking through to the perfected Quasi-Saint Realm, though she remained unable to advance to the Saint realm.
• Ying Ming Hao announced that he and his companions would leave to attend to private matters, and Wang Lin, Gu Xinghai, and the others offered help before accepting his farewell.
• Ying Ming Hao checked that the Scavengers had not spotted them, then slipped out with Lin Zihan, Lin Qi, Yun Qingyi, and the others, vanishing into the night.

Ying Ming Hao's group discovered that Wang Zhu had secretly followed them, then accepted her and continued south using the Tracking Compass to pursue their targets. Meanwhile, Luo Bai and his companions sheltered in a harsh but resource-rich snowy region, where Luo Bai searched for something to restore his manly vigor.

• Ying Ming Hao counted the group and realized there was an extra person, prompting everyone to surround the cloaked figure.
• Wang Zhu revealed herself and explained that she had followed Ying Ming Hao because she was alone; Ying Ming Hao let her stay after she promised to keep their plans secret.
• Ying Ming Hao used the Tracking Compass to lead the group of twenty-three south, where they avoided or fought Scavengers while racing toward their destination.
• Luo Bai, Su Mei, and their companions hid in the southern ice and snow, killed the Quasi-Saint Realm Scavengers pursuing them, and benefited from the region's abundant spiritual qi and rare plants.
• Luo Bai searched the snowy region for something that could restore his manly vigor.

Luo Bai and the others pushed toward a treasure-filled canyon through a fierce blizzard, while Ying Ming Hao led his group around the canyon by climbing a nearby mountain. Both groups faced severe cold, though Ying Ming Hao’s route left them in better shape.

• The old man in Luo Bai’s ring told him that powerful yang treasures could restore his virility, and Luo Bai loudly fantasized about regaining his prowess until Liu Quer interrupted him.
• Luo Bai covered his embarrassment by pointing out the dense spiritual qi and herbal fragrance pouring from the canyon, then urged everyone to search for treasures.
• Wan Junming used his Blue-Flame Gatling to blast through the blizzard, and the group joined forces when he began to struggle near the canyon entrance.
• Ying Ming Hao watched the others fight through the storm and led his group toward a mountain on the right instead of entering the canyon.
• Lin Zihan explained to Wang Zhu why they should avoid the dangerous canyon, and Ying Ming Hao’s group climbed through a blizzard that coated them in ice and snow.