Chapter Summaries

Luo Yuan finished the Martial Artist Combat Assessment with the highest confirmed monster kill count in his group, while Luo Feng and Yang Wu also returned alive. After the assessment, Wang Heng, a supervisor from Thunder Dojo Headquarters, summoned Luo Yuan and Luo Feng to meet him.

• The assessment ended, and Luo Yuan left Monster Town unharmed with a backpack full of monster ears.
• Luo Yuan reunited with Luo Feng and Yang Wu, and they saw the bodies of Quasi-Martial Artists who had died during the assessment.
• The officers recorded Luo Feng's thirty-six monster ears and counted 118 from Luo Yuan, the most in the group.
• Wan Dong watched Luo Yuan leave with resentment after losing their contest.
• A bearded major general brought Luo Yuan and Luo Feng to a lounge, where Wang Heng introduced himself as a Thunder Dojo Headquarters supervisor.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng rejected Wang Heng’s offer to join the Thunder Dojo, then celebrated passing the combat assessment. After a night with Wang Qian, Luo Yuan accessed the Limit Home network and found his starting funds and reimbursement allowance available.

• Wang Heng invited Luo Yuan and Luo Feng to join the Thunder Dojo, offering to pay their contract penalties and arrange training at its Global Headquarters, but both refused.
• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and Yang Wu left the military region after passing the combat assessment, and Luo Feng and Yang Wu called their families with the good news.
• Luo Yuan returned to his villa, where Wang Qian invited him to celebrate with wine; they spent the night together, and she told him the wine had been steeped with a Lord-Level Black Cloud Tiger’s prized part.
• Wang Qian left after breakfast, and Luo Yuan logged into Limit Home, where he saw his martial artist profile and a balance of twenty million Huaxia Currency.

Luo Yuan used his Limitless Martial Hall reimbursement to buy the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade manuals and a full set of high-grade combat equipment. He saved his remaining twenty million in startup funds and learned about dragon blood as a powerful but costly way to improve physical fitness.

• Luo Yuan watched videos explaining his two hundred million Huaxia Currency purchase allowance and how Limit Home worked, then donated ten thousand Huaxia Currency to earn one contribution point.
• Luo Yuan browsed the Warrior Forum and Online Mall, then bought the first three layers of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade for one hundred million Huaxia Currency at half price.
• Luo Yuan purchased a model A9 Blood Shadow Battle Blade, a backpack, a combat communication watch, a shield, and a Series D9 Combat Suit.
• Luo Yuan spent the rest of his reimbursement allowance on six Series 9 throwing knives and kept his twenty million in startup funds for emergencies.
• Luo Yuan rejected low-grade Gene Potions after learning they could hinder future improvement, and read that dragon blood could greatly increase strength but cost eighty billion Huaxia Currency.

Luo Yuan received the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade manual and his new equipment, then agreed to join the Fire Hammer Squad with Luo Feng. The squad welcomed the two newcomers and warned them that they would need to adapt to fighting monsters or be dismissed.

• A deliveryman brought Luo Yuan the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade manual and equipment, explaining the restrictions on the manual's copyright.
• Luo Yuan studied the blade technique's emphasis on speed and its method of multiplying strength through successive hidden-force surges.
• Luo Yuan tested his Grade 9 Flying Daggers, which pierced through a six-centimeter alloy target.
• Head Instructor Wu Tong told Luo Yuan that Supervisor Zhuge had arranged for him to join the Fire Hammer Squad alongside Luo Feng, and Luo Yuan agreed.
• Chen Gu welcomed Luo Yuan and Luo Feng to the squad, saying they would need to work hard and adapt to monster fighting or be kicked out.

Luo Yuan reached War General Level and gained access to the Limit Hall’s War General training floors, where he reunited with his squad captain, Gao Feng. As he collected attributes from the War Generals, he discovered he could now gain proficiency in his martial arts manuals.

• Luo Yuan trained in the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade and saw his strength and mental power improve, though he struggled with its Flowing Light and Thunder Blade techniques.
• Luo Yuan asked Wu Tong for access to the War General floors, passed the assessment as a Junior War General, and received an exception to the usual wilderness hunt requirement.
• Luo Yuan entered the tenth-floor Martial Arts Hall and met Gao Feng, who was astonished that he had reached War General Level at eighteen.
• Gao Feng introduced Luo Yuan to the War Generals, including Zhang Ke, and Luo Yuan began collecting their higher-grade attribute bubbles.
• Luo Yuan discovered that the bubbles could increase his proficiency in Nine-Layered Hunyuan, Flowing Light, and Thunder Blade.

Luo Yuan spent weeks collecting Nine-Layered Thunder Blade attributes and strengthening himself before preparing for his first mission outside the Base City. He joined Chen Gu, Luo Feng, and Zhang Ke at the HR Alliance Mall to meet the rest of the Fire Hammer Squad and head for the Wilderness Zone.

• Gao Feng explained that many War Generals practiced the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, and Luo Yuan collected attributes from practitioners across the Martial Arts Halls.
• Luo Yuan spent his days gathering attributes and his nights training until August 28, when the Fire Hammer Squad's leave ended.
• Luo Yuan checked his Advanced War General attributes and equipped himself with costly combat gear funded by Supervisor Zhuge's reimbursement allowance.
• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Chen Gu, and Zhang Ke drove to the HR Alliance Mall to meet the captain and the other squad members before their mission.
• The four entered the HR skyscraper, where an attendant offered them drinks.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng joined the Fire Hammer Squad on its journey from Jiangnan Base City toward the Wilderness Zone. At the Warrior Supply Base, the squad prepared to leave at night and encountered the injured Zhang Zehu, who taunted them about bringing rookies.

• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Chen Gu, Zhang Ke, Gao Feng, and the Wei Brothers met at the Underground Alliance Mall, where Gao Feng revealed that Luo Yuan was already a Junior War General.
• Gao Feng advised Luo Feng to learn from the Wei Brothers and said Luo Yuan could also guide him before the squad set out for the Wilderness Zone.
• The Fire Hammer Squad traveled by car and train to a military base north of Jiangnan Base City, where Chen Gu explained the purpose of its Warrior Supply Base and beacon.
• Luo Yuan cultivated at the squad's assigned building while the members rested, then Gao Feng gathered them to depart after nightfall to avoid the late-summer heat.
• Luo Feng spotted the injured Zhang Zehu at the Supply Base, and Chen Gu mocked him before Zhang Zehu sneered that the two rookies would endanger the squad.

The Fire Hammer Squad entered the Wilderness Zone, where Luo Feng fought his first monster and Luo Yuan revealed his overwhelming strength by killing two beast general-level Lion Mastiffs. The squad reached County-Level City 0201, where the most dangerous part of their journey awaited.

• Gao Feng reprimanded Zhang Zehu after he traded insults with Chen Gu, and Luo Feng told Luo Yuan that Zhang Zehu held a grudge over Zhang Haobai’s compensation payment.
• The seven members of the Fire Hammer Squad left the Supply Base and traveled toward County-Level City 0201, with Chen Gu carrying his M81 machine gun.
• Luo Feng killed a Single-Horned Wild Boar in his first Wilderness Zone battle, impressing the squad with his combat skills.
• Three days later, Luo Yuan killed one Lion Mastiff with a precise blade thrust and split the other in two as it fled.
• The squad gathered the monsters’ valuable materials and quietly entered County-Level City 0201, where Chen Gu warned that monsters gathered in densely built-up areas.

The Fire Hammer Squad reached Blue Sky Residential Community and hunted a Bloodthirsty Tank after taking shelter on a rooftop. After a successful outing, the squad rested at Haihao Hotel while Luo Yuan absorbed attribute bubbles and anticipated growing stronger.

• The Fire Hammer Squad climbed to a rooftop at Blue Sky Residential Community, and Luo Yuan killed a Lion Mastiff that attacked them on the stairs.
• The squad secured the rooftop and searched the streets below for Beast General-level monsters while Chen Gu assembled his heavy sniper rifle.
• Zhang Ke spotted a Bloodthirsty Tank, and Chen Gu killed it with a single armor-piercing round.
• The squad retrieved the Bloodthirsty Tank and fought off its Single-Horned Wild Boar underlings before heading to Haihao Hotel.
• At Haihao Hotel, Gao Feng praised the squad's haul, and Luo Yuan absorbed the attribute bubbles he had collected.

Luo Yuan slaughtered a pack of Tiger Cats, but the Tiger Tooth Squad ambushed him and Luo Feng, then drew massive monster hordes toward the Fire Hammer Squad. Surrounded by over a thousand monsters, Luo Yuan prepared to reveal his hidden strength.

• Luo Yuan killed sixteen Tiger Cats and their two-tailed beast general leader with his Flowing Light movement technique and Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
• Luo Yuan recovered the two-tailed Tiger Cat's valuable tendon as Chen Gu urged the squad to harvest the corpses.
• Luo Yuan sensed sniper rounds aimed at him and Luo Feng and blocked both shots with his Type B6 Shuttle Shield.
• The Tiger Tooth Squad fired at nearby monsters and fled, provoking hordes that charged the Fire Hammer Squad from both directions.
• Gao Feng ordered the squad to run as more than a thousand monsters surrounded them, and Luo Yuan removed his robe and revealed six Grade 9 Flying Daggers.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng revealed themselves as Psychic Masters and led the Fire Hammer Squad through a massive beast horde to an apartment rooftop. After surviving, the squad agreed to keep their abilities secret while Luo Yuan vowed revenge on the Tiger Tooth Squad.

• Luo Yuan revealed his Psychic Master abilities and urged Luo Feng to stop hiding his strength.
• Luo Feng revealed that he was also a Psychic Master, and the two used their throwing knives to protect the Fire Hammer Squad from the horde.
• Luo Yuan broke away to fight at full strength, carving a path through the monsters while growing stronger and gathering attributes.
• Luo Feng protected the others as they followed Luo Yuan’s bloody path and reached the rooftop of a ten-story apartment building.
• Gao Feng thanked Luo Yuan and Luo Feng, and Luo Yuan vowed that the Tiger Tooth Squad would pay for its ambush.
• Luo Feng asked the squad to keep his Psychic Master ability secret, and Luo Yuan agreed that they should conceal their powers until it was safe to reveal them.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng killed an injured Silver Moon Dire Wolf, and the Fire Hammer Squad returned to the Supply Base with its materials. There, the squad confronted the Tiger Tooth Squad over its ambush in County 0201, while Luo Yuan settled in to rest and checked his status panel.

• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng flew down from the rooftop and killed the Silver Moon Dire Wolf with their flying daggers and throwing knives.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng butchered the wolf, then returned with its materials to the Fire Hammer Squad.
• The Fire Hammer Squad left County 0201 the next morning and spotted Zhang Zehu and two Tiger Tooth Squad members at the Supply Base.
• Luo Yuan confronted Zhang Zehu about the Tiger Tooth Squad shooting at him, then warned the squad to watch itself in the Wilderness Zone.
• Luo Yuan handed over his monster materials, showered, sent his Combat Suit for cleaning and repairs, and opened his status panel in his bedroom.

After returning from the Wilderness Zone, Luo Yuan collected his share, sought ways to improve his mental power, and spent a month training at the Limit Hall. The Fire Hammer Squad met at the HR Alliance Mall on October 7, 2056.

• Gao Feng gave Luo Yuan one billion Huaxia Currency for his contribution to the squad’s kills, and Luo Yuan treated the team to a lavish meal.
• Luo Yuan returned to Yangzhou City with the squad and felt envious when the other warriors’ families welcomed them home.
• Luo Yuan searched for mental-type monsters, posted a reward for information about high-rank Illusion Foxes, and compared the HR Alliance Mall’s prices with Limit Home’s.
• Luo Yuan bought a supercar, then resumed collecting attributes and training at the Limit Hall while the Fire Hammer Squad took a vacation.
• On October 7, 2056, Luo Yuan and the other six squad members arrived at the HR Alliance Mall for their agreed meeting.

After learning about Xu Xin’s powerful family, Luo Feng decided to train alone in County 0231, while Luo Yuan pursued Illusion Foxes. Luo Yuan reached a skyscraper occupied by monsters and fought his way to its fiftieth floor, where he expected to encounter Beast General Rank monsters.

• At the teahouse, Luo Yuan showed the Fire Hammer Squad a post revealing Xu Xin’s status as the eldest daughter of a powerful HR Alliance family, and Luo Feng said he planned to enter County 0231 alone to train.
• Luo Yuan warned Luo Feng about the Tiger Tooth Squad, whose captain added Luo Yuan to the squad’s priority kill list after Zhang Zehu described his strength.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng parted ways in County 0231, and Luo Yuan headed toward a skyscraper where a bounty respondent had reported Beast General Rank Illusion Foxes.
• Luo Yuan traveled for three days, killing monsters and collecting attributes before reaching the skyscraper.
• Luo Yuan fought through the building’s first fifty floors, mostly killing Beast Soldier Rank monsters, and prepared to face stronger foes.

Luo Yuan fought his way through the skyscraper to the ninety-ninth floor, broke through to War God Level, and perfected his Evasion Movement Technique. He scouted the hundredth floor with his Spiritual Force, discovered a Nine-Tailed White Fox and nine other Illusion Foxes, and demanded that they submit or die.

• Luo Yuan killed monsters on the upper floors of the skyscraper, collecting attributes and improving his strength and blade technique.
• On the ninety-fifth floor, Luo Yuan used his flying daggers and battle blade to kill ten Advanced Beast General monsters.
• After clearing the ninety-ninth floor, Luo Yuan checked his attribute panel and discovered he had reached Junior War God Level and Perfect Level Evasion Movement Technique.
• Luo Yuan used his Spiritual Force to scout the hundredth floor and found ten Illusion Foxes, including a Nine-Tailed White Fox close to Lord Level.
• The Nine-Tailed White Fox woke and questioned Luo Yuan through Spiritual Force, and he demanded that the Illusion Fox Clan submit or die.

Luo Yuan defeated the Nine-Tailed White Fox by trapping her in his Sea of Consciousness and forcing her to submit. He named her Little White and ordered her and the other Illusion Foxes to hide near Jiangnan Base City’s Northern Military Region.

• Luo Yuan collected Spiritual Force attribute bubbles while the Illusion Foxes formed a formation that temporarily raised the Nine-Tailed White Fox to Elementary Lord level.
• The Nine-Tailed White Fox attacked Luo Yuan with her tails, but he evaded every strike with his Perfect Level movement technique.
• The Nine-Tailed White Fox used Phantom God Strike to draw Luo Yuan into his Sea of Consciousness, where he restrained her with Spiritual Force.
• Luo Yuan threatened the Nine-Tailed White Fox with ten thousand Spiritual Throwing Knives, and she submitted to him.
• Luo Yuan planted a strand of his Spiritual Force in the Nine-Tailed White Fox’s Sea of Consciousness, named her Little White, and ordered the foxes to conceal themselves near Jiangnan Base City’s Northern Military Region.

After breaking through to War God Level, Luo Yuan escaped a rat tide, rescued Luo Feng, and learned that the swarm had killed War God Lu Gang. Back in Jiangnan Base City, Luo Yuan saw Luo Feng develop a new blade move, and the Fire Hammer Squad gathered to mourn Lu Gang.

• Luo Yuan encountered a rat tide on the highway, fled at the speed of sound, and carried Luo Feng to safety as a Flying Combat Aircraft attacked the swarm.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng read a report that a rat tide numbering in the hundreds of millions had killed War God Lu Gang.
• Luo Yuan encouraged Luo Feng to grow strong enough to save humanity, while Luo Feng practiced the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade through the night.
• Luo Yuan absorbed proficiency from Luo Feng and realized that Luo Feng had created a new blade move called Thunderclap.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng returned to Jiangnan Base City, where Luo Yuan watched footage of Lu Gang and considered his own strength.
• Luo Yuan joined the Fire Hammer Squad and other mourners at the Hero Hall funeral home to pay respects to Lu Gang.

After paying their respects at the Hero Hall funeral home, the Fire Hammer Squad decided to venture into City 003. Luo Yuan’s spiritual power reached beginner War God level, and the squad set out from the Southeast Military Region’s Supply Base toward the dangerous city.

• Luo Yuan and the Fire Hammer Squad attended a funeral ceremony where Zhu Xi, one of the five Inspectors, arrived to pay his respects.
• Gao Feng proposed that the squad venture into City 003, and the members agreed to explore its outskirts without going too deep.
• Luo Yuan visited the Nine-Tailed White Fox and collected spiritual attribute bubbles from the Illusion Foxes as they cultivated in hibernation.
• Luo Yuan discovered that his spiritual power had reached beginner War God level.
• The seven members of the Fire Hammer Squad gathered at the Southeast Military Region’s Supply Base, equipped themselves, and set out toward City 003.

The Fire Hammer Squad entered City 003 and began hunting monsters, while Luo Yuan’s overwhelming strength helped them survive and earn a fortune. After ten days, they spotted an enormous two-headed python approaching.

• The Fire Hammer Squad reached City 003 and headed for Vanke Dream City, where Luo Yuan killed an intermediate beast general-level Black-Crowned Golden Eagle with one slash.
• Gao Feng established a twelfth-floor apartment as the squad’s temporary base and warned Luo Yuan to stay away from the territory of an advanced lord-level monster.
• The squad spent ten days hunting beast general-level monsters, and Luo Yuan practiced his blade technique and incorporated Luo Feng’s Thunderclap Blade Technique into it.
• Luo Feng and the others killed ninety-two junior and three intermediate beast generals, while Luo Yuan hunted fifty intermediate and ten advanced beast generals near the city center.
• Chen Gu spotted an enormous, twenty-meter-long python with two heads crawling over a vine-covered building.

Luo Yuan killed a nearly lord-level Double-Headed Black-Line Snake and harvested its valuable materials with Luo Feng. When Li Wei, the Thunder Squad, and the Tiger Tooth Squad tried to seize the spoils, Luo Yuan killed all nine men with his flying daggers.

• Gao Feng identified the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake as a mutated, nearly lord-level monster worth around 1.6 billion.
• Luo Yuan and Luo Feng approached the snake as it fought three Indian warriors, and Luo Yuan waited while Luo Feng joined the battle.
• Luo Yuan used his Nine-Layered Thunder Blade to split the snake in half, then he and Luo Feng collected its materials.
• Li Wei, the Thunder Squad, and the Tiger Tooth Squad arrived and demanded the snake's materials, threatening Luo Yuan and Luo Feng.
• Luo Yuan declared that he would send them to their graves and killed all nine warriors with six Grade 9 Flying Daggers.