Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan watched the over-ten selection, where Kudo Kawa placed ninth, Mei Yifu took first, and Merlin stood out as a Mystic Scholar. As the competition ended, a black fissure stole the Hunting Ground, and despite Zhang Wuyue, Rostov, and Hawkins trying to intervene, the fissure vanished with the artifact.

• Kudo Kawa placed ninth in the over-ten age bracket, while Mei Yifu finished first without losing a match.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Merlin, who ranked fourth, was a Mystic Scholar rather than a supernatural wielder.
• When Count Dis tried to retrieve the Hunting Ground, a black fissure appeared and a black hand seized the gray mist glass sphere.
• Zhang Wuyue held the fissure open as Rostov rushed in and grabbed for the Hunting Ground, but Zhang warned him to retreat from its devouring bite.
• Hawkins stopped Count Dis from charging into the fissure, which closed with the Hunting Ground inside.

The Raven Council member who seized the Hunting Ground was identified as a High-Ranking Commander, prompting the Earth Safety Council’s representatives to unite against the organization. Back at the hotel, Lin Xuan realized through Other Awareness that the member was Zhang Ruoyu, someone he already knew.

• Zhang Wuyue and Hawkins stopped Count Dis from pursuing the black hand and identified him as the Raven Council’s Earth Origin Star member.
• Zhang Wuyue explained that the Raven Council member was likely a High-Ranking Commander and revealed that the organization had three Monarch-level chairmen.
• Count Dis, Hawkins, Rostov, and the other representatives agreed to purge Raven Council agents and seek compensation for the Hunting Ground’s loss.
• Lin Xuan learned from Pei Ge that the black hand belonged to the Raven Council member and recalled using Other Awareness on him.
• Lin Xuan saw that the black hand’s name was Zhang Ruoyu.

Lin Xuan realized Zhang Ruoyu was the Raven Council’s hidden member on Earth Origin Star and decided to tell Lin Rou not to seek revenge. In the Imperial Capital, Li Min confronted Zhang Ruoyu after revealing that Zhuge Yun had uncovered his identity, leaving Zhang Ruoyu to wonder whether Li Min had come to arrest him.

• Lin Xuan reconsidered the Raven Council’s actions during the Spark Program and concluded that its people had not killed anyone he cared about.
• Lin Xuan decided to tell Lin Rou not to avenge the incident involving the Raven Council.
• Zhang Ruoyu wondered whether Lin Xuan had recognized him after noticing Lin Xuan’s reaction at the stadium.
• Li Min arrived at Zhang Ruoyu’s home and sent Li Xue and Duo Duo away so he could speak with him privately.
• Li Min said Zhuge Yun had uncovered Zhang Ruoyu’s identity, and Zhang Ruoyu calmly asked whether Li Min had come to arrest him.

Zhang Ruoyu admitted that he had destroyed the Blood Fang Gang after its members threatened Duo Duo, while Li Min accepted his reasoning and promised not to arrest him. Li Min then revealed that Duo Duo’s unusual ability was Libra Holy Power and said he intended to take her to the Old Soil for guidance, leaving Zhang Ruoyu shocked by her connection to Libra Giant City.

• Li Min asked whether Zhang Ruoyu could protect his family from powerful enemies, and Zhang Ruoyu said he would make anyone who harmed them pay while Li Min pledged to defend the Li Family.
• Li Min asked Zhang Ruoyu whether he had slaughtered the Blood Fang Gang, and Zhang Ruoyu admitted he had ordered the gang destroyed because its members had tried to kidnap Duo Duo.
• Zhang Ruoyu argued that his family mattered more to him than anything else, and Li Min acknowledged their differing priorities without trying to persuade him.
• Li Min said he had not come to arrest Zhang Ruoyu, noted that he had promised Duo Duo not to bully him, and accepted that Zhang Ruoyu had deliberately let Zhuge Yun uncover his background.
• Li Min asked Zhang Ruoyu to bring Duo Duo so he could take her to the Old Soil, explaining that her ability needed a special teacher.
• Li Min identified Duo Duo’s ability as Libra Holy Power, and Zhang Ruoyu reacted with shock at its connection to Libra Giant City.

Li Min took Duo Duo to Libra Giant City to help her develop the Transfer Anomaly, while Zhang Ruoyu suspected Li Min’s old friend was connected to the family’s missing great-grandmother. After the selection group reached Yin Yang City, Ping Shen led Earth Origin Star’s candidates through a mysterious gate toward Ba Wu Giant City.

• Li Min decided to take Duo Duo to Libra Giant City, and Duo Duo agreed because she wanted to become strong enough to protect her family.
• Li Xue told Zhang Ruoyu that she had never met her great-grandmother and only knew that she had gone somewhere far away, strengthening his suspicion that Li Min’s old friend was her.
• The investigation into the Raven Council’s theft of the Hunting Ground ended without action, and Lin Xuan’s group prepared to travel to Ba Wu Giant City.
• Ping Shen welcomed the selected candidates to Yin Yang City, where Lü Shu, Augustus, and Barton joined the group after earning three of the twenty competition slots.
• Ping Shen led the group to an apparently empty destination and summoned enormous gates that opened onto a white mist leading to Ba Wu Giant City.

Lin Xuan and the Earth Origin Star delegation entered Ba Wu Giant City, where Lin Xuan’s talent absorbed spatial energy and Lord Zhao noticed a brief disturbance in the city’s runic defenses. Ping Shen brought the selected youths to the Yin Yang General Store and explained how difficult it was for their civilizations to secure a foothold in the giant city.

• As Lin Xuan passed through Ba Wu Giant City’s gate, his Natural Absorption talent absorbed spatial energy from the white mist.
• Lord Zhao noticed a rune dim, confirmed that visitors from a subordinate civilization had entered, and left his underground chamber to investigate the disturbance.
• Ping Shen led the delegation through Divine Sense Aura registration, where a commander-level city guard processed them and reminded them of Ba Wu Giant City’s strict rules.
• Ping Shen brought the youths to the Yin Yang General Store and explained that Great Xia had only four enterprises in Ba Wu Giant City, while Hundred Ghost City had none.
• Ping Shen singled out Kudo Kawa and his low-ranking commander protector when he explained that Hundred Ghost City’s past setbacks had prevented it from establishing an enterprise.

Ito Akihiko concealed his hostility toward Lin Xuan while Lin Xuan considered how to deal with him. In Ba Wu Giant City, Di Kui took Su A'lei away with Ping Shen’s permission, and Rajesh led Ludia after them despite Ping Shen’s warning.

• Ito Akihiko privately resolved to act friendly toward Lin Xuan, while Lin Xuan recognized his killing intent and considered asking Teacher Pei whether killing was allowed in Ba Wu Giant City.
• Di Kui announced that Su A'lei would leave to visit someone, and Ping Shen allowed them to go, inviting them to return for the Earth Safety Council banquet in five days.
• Su A'lei promised to crush Lin Xuan and Wang Chongtian when she returned, then left with Di Kui.
• After seeing Ping Shen let Di Kui leave, Rajesh asked to explore the city with Ludia and return in five days, despite Ping Shen warning that Ba Wu Giant City had its own dangerous rules.
• Rajesh rebuked Ludia for questioning his decision, then left with him along the route Di Kui and Su A'lei had taken; an accident occurred.

Lin Xuan watched Rajesh and Ludia leave the group and saw the city’s Shadow Servants kill Rajesh after he attacked them. Ping Shen drove the creatures away with a bronze token, and Lin Xuan asked Pei Ge what the Shadow Servants were.

• Lin Xuan sensed malice following Rajesh and Ludia as they left the group, while Ludia’s instincts warned him to turn back.
• Rajesh ignored Ludia’s warning, but Ludia fled back to Ping Shen and asked to stay with the group.
• A shadow creature rose from Rajesh’s shadow, and Rajesh destroyed it despite Ping Shen warning him not to attack.
• More Shadow Servants swarmed Rajesh, bit off his left hand, and devoured him while Ping Shen watched.
• Ping Shen used a bronze token to make the Shadow Servants retreat, then identified them as Shadow Servants.
• Lin Xuan noticed Pei Ge recognized the Shadow Servants and asked him what had happened.

Lin Xuan learned that Rajesh was devoured after attacking the Shadow Servants, who were protected by Ba Wu Giant City's strict rules for subordinate races. After Ping Shen explained why he could not save Rajesh and warned the youths, they accepted the lesson, while an unseen observer watched from above.

• Pei Ge explained that subordinate races had to obey Ba Wu Giant City's contracts, and that the Shadow Servants only attacked Rajesh after he struck first.
• Pei Ge told Lin Xuan that Ba Wu Giant City had once exterminated a powerful subordinate race for violating its contract, enforcing strict obedience among its subordinates.
• Ping Shen used a permanent resident identity token to deter the Shadow Servants from attacking Ludia, then explained to Hattori Jiro that the token could not have saved Rajesh.
• Ping Shen warned the youths to remember Rajesh's fate and avoid acting carelessly in Ba Wu Giant City, and they answered in unison.
• A tiny black dot watched the group from high above, unnoticed by Ping Shen.

Zhao Qiankun, a monarch-level figure in Ba Wu Giant City, tracked Lin Xuan after sensing him absorb spatial energy. Rather than punish him, Zhao Qiankun asked Lin Xuan to become his disciple, and Lin Xuan accepted before being taken away for a ceremony.

• Zhao Qiankun watched Lin Xuan’s group and spread an energy field over the Yin Yang General Store to locate the person who had triggered his senses.
• Lin Xuan absorbed spatial energy as Zhao Qiankun’s aura overwhelmed the store, then Zhao Qiankun brought him into the sky above Ba Wu Giant City.
• Lin Xuan realized Zhao Qiankun was a monarch-level being and admitted that he had absorbed power at the city gate.
• Zhao Qiankun asked Lin Xuan to become his disciple and promised to teach him everything he had learned.
• Lin Xuan bowed and accepted Zhao Qiankun as his master, and Zhao Qiankun took him away to hold the disciple-taking ceremony.

Lin Xuan accepted Zhao Qiankun’s gift of a residence and learned that his new master believed he shared Zhao Qiankun’s rare talent for the path of space. Zhao Qiankun began testing Lin Xuan’s spatial affinity, and the reading passed the threshold for mid-grade talent.

• Two masked city officials arrived at the place where Zhao Qiankun and Lin Xuan had fought, but a mysterious voice warned them not to interfere and gave them a message to deliver.
• Zhao Qiankun brought Lin Xuan to a residence in East Twenty-Second District and insisted that Lin Xuan accept it as a gift.
• Zhao Qiankun explained that he had three disciples and believed Lin Xuan could inherit his legacy because of his talent in the path of space.
• Zhao Qiankun revealed that his own spatial affinity was 59 and used a glass sphere to test Lin Xuan’s affinity.
• Lin Xuan’s reading passed 20, confirming that he had at least mid-grade talent in the path of space.

Lin Xuan’s spatial talent test reached a compatibility of 89, revealing king-grade talent and astonishing Zhao Qiankun. Zhao Qiankun accepted him as his disciple, told him to conceal his true score by claiming it was 69, and the chapter ended as two old friends arrived and noticed Lin Xuan was a Primal Human.

• Lin Xuan’s compatibility score rose past 60 and then 80, leaving Zhao Qiankun stunned by his extraordinary spatial talent.
• Lin Xuan stopped the test at 89, and Zhao Qiankun worried that accepting such a gifted disciple might be unfair to him.
• Lin Xuan assured Zhao Qiankun that becoming his disciple was an honor, and Zhao Qiankun accepted his answer.
• Zhao Qiankun warned Lin Xuan to conceal his real talent and tell everyone, including his senior brothers and sisters, that his score was 69.
• Zhao Qiankun announced that an old friend had arrived, and a gorgeous woman and a three-eyed young man entered the courtyard.
• The three-eyed young man recognized Lin Xuan as a Primal Human and questioned Zhao Qiankun’s choice of inheritor.

Lin Xuan met Zhao Qiankun’s old friends Red Aunt and Three-Eyed Uncle, then learned that the giant childlike Bro Ba was their eldest brother and that his name was Ba Xia. The gathering turned to choosing a gift for Zhao Qiankun’s new disciple, and Bro Ba singled out the terrified Toad King.

• Zhao Qiankun defended Lin Xuan against Three-Eyed Uncle’s remarks about Primal Humans and introduced him to Red Aunt and Three-Eyed Uncle.
• Zhao Qiankun and Three-Eyed Uncle bickered over who was stronger, while Lin Xuan inferred that Zhao Qiankun had an advantage inside Ba Wu Giant City.
• Bro Ba emerged from the ground, welcomed Lin Xuan as Zhao Qiankun’s inheritor, and insisted that Lin Xuan call him Bro Ba.
• Zhao Qiankun told Lin Xuan to rely on the group for help, and Lin Xuan recognized Bro Ba’s name as Ba Xia through Other Awareness.
• Bro Ba remembered that Zhao Qiankun had taken a disciple and asked whether the Toad King on Lin Xuan’s shoulder was his pet, frightening the Toad King.

Lin Xuan met Zhao Qiankun’s powerful friends, received gifts, and was officially accepted as Zhao Qiankun’s final disciple. Afterward, he returned to the Yin Yang General Store’s courtyard, where the group awoke unaware of what had happened.

• The Toad King trembled before Bro Ba, who bestowed a trace of bloodline on it, leaving it unconscious as it began to absorb the gift.
• Red Aunt explained that Old Earth Oddities were Primal Oddities from the Primal Secret Realm and took Lin Xuan’s Puppet Soldier to modify it, giving him a silver-crescent ring.
• Three-Eyed Uncle offered to kill one opponent for Lin Xuan, while Zhao Qiankun told his friends that Lin Xuan had a spatial talent of 69.
• Zhao Qiankun formally accepted Lin Xuan as his final disciple in front of Bro Ba, Red Aunt, and Three-Eyed Uncle.
• Lin Xuan and the others returned to the Yin Yang General Store’s courtyard, where Zhao Qiankun released the secret curse and Ping Shen calmed the confused crowd.

Lin Xuan learned why Zhao Qiankun had kept their master-disciple relationship secret and saw how Zhao arranged discreet protection for him. After Ping Shen gathered Great Xia’s qualifiers and guardians, Lin Xuan sized up the group and noticed that Long Jia seemed especially important.

• Lin Xuan reflected on Zhao Qiankun’s overwhelming strength and understood that Zhao had kept his identity secret to protect Earth Origin Star and avoid creating a rift between them.
• Pei Ge sensed that something had happened, but Lin Xuan stayed quiet because he alone knew Zhao Qiankun had briefly frozen everyone.
• Zhao Qiankun asked Red Aunt to arrange an apprenticeship for Lin Xuan with Iron Mountain at the Cast Iron Tower, while Three-Eyed Uncle gave her a token that would let Lin Xuan call on him for help once.
• Ping Shen gathered Great Xia’s qualifiers and guardians in his study, where Lin Xuan examined Wang Chongtian, Li Shi, Gu Yu, Wu Di, Lü Shu, and their guardians.
• Lin Xuan noticed that Ping Shen had greeted only Long Jia, Lü Shu’s guardian, and suspected Long Jia had an important connection to Long Yi.

Pei Ge and Lin Xuan searched Ba Wu Giant City for the monarch-rank senior who had once helped Pei Ge, using the Red Chamber’s intelligence service. The Red Chamber found two possible candidates, but its information came at a steep price.

• Ping Shen offered to help arrange connections, while Long Jia, Wang Chongfa, Old Woman Jiu, Li Chang, Jin Xiong, and Pei Ge explained their groups’ plans or lack of arrangements.
• The next day, Pei Ge exchanged money for Tai Wu Coins and took Lin Xuan to seek information about the senior he remembered.
• Pei Ge and Lin Xuan reached a Red Chamber outpost in East Twenty-Seventh District, where Lin Xuan sensed that the shop assistant was at least commander rank.
• Pei Ge described the senior as a monarch-rank expert surnamed Xie who specialized in fist techniques, and the Red Chamber found two matching first-level monarchs in Ba Wu Giant City.
• The shop assistant demanded one hundred Source Coins per file for public information, leaving Pei Ge to consider whether to pay for both candidates.

Pei Ge and Lin Xuan sought information about two people at a Red Chamber branch, but the shop assistant demanded a steep price and threatened them. Red Little Four recognized Lin Xuan’s ring and treated him as an Envoy, then punished the assistant and offered a discount; Pei Ge identified one of the portraits as the person he was looking for.

• Pei Ge tried to negotiate with the shop assistant for a chance to check whether the intelligence was useful, but the assistant refused and ordered them to leave.
• Lin Xuan challenged the assistant, who revealed that the Red Chamber had traced them to Earth Origin Star and the Yin Yang General Store.
• Red Little Four emerged and secretly mistook Lin Xuan for an Envoy after noticing the ring from Red Aunt, while Lin Xuan inferred that the Red Chamber was connected to her.
• Lin Xuan complained about the assistant, and Red Little Four struck him and apologized to Lin Xuan and Pei Ge.
• Red Little Four let Pei Ge inspect the two portraits and offered to charge only 2,000 Tai Wu Coin if either piece of intelligence was needed.
• Pei Ge recognized the portrait on the left as the person he was seeking.

Pei Ge discovered that Xie Tianlin, the monarch who had once helped him, was still in Ba Wu Giant City and had opened One Punch Gym. After Pei Ge and Lin Xuan left Red Chamber, Red Little Four explained why he had treated Lin Xuan as an honored Silver Moon Envoy and secretly contacted Red Feather Blazing Sun to verify his identity.

• Pei Ge learned from Red Chamber that Xie Tianlin was a first-level monarch and the owner of One Punch Gym in South Thirteenth District.
• Pei Ge wondered why Red Little Four had charged only 2,000 Tai Wu Coins for valuable intelligence, then left with Lin Xuan.
• Red Little Four reprimanded the waiter and explained that he had been protecting him from offending Lin Xuan, whose Silver Moon ring marked him as a high-ranking Red Chamber envoy.
• Red Little Four revealed that the master of Red Chamber had once bestowed his name and that Silver Moon Envoys ranked far above ordinary branch shopkeepers.
• Red Little Four contacted Red Feather Blazing Sun through a stone turtle and cautiously asked her to confirm Lin Xuan's identity.

Red Feather confirmed that Lin Xuan was not a Silver Moon Envoy but had received a token from Red Aunt, who ordered her to watch over him as he traveled toward Iron Mountain. Lin Xuan and Pei Ge rode an earth dragon toward the South Thirteenth District, where Iron Mountain approached Lin Xuan and offered to make him his disciple.

• Red Little Four reported that an unfamiliar man carrying a genuine Silver Moon token had appeared, and Red Feather brought the matter to Red Aunt.
• Red Aunt revealed that she had given the token to Lin Xuan, called him her junior, and told Red Feather to keep an eye on him as he headed toward Iron Mountain.
• Pei Ge bought two tickets, and he and Lin Xuan boarded an earth dragon at the East Twenty-Seventh District station to travel to the South Thirteenth District.
• A three-meter-tall figure appeared inside the earth dragon and offered to take Lin Xuan as his disciple; when Pei Ge asked his name, he answered, "Iron Mountain."

Iron Mountain, an Artifact Craftsman sent by Red Aunt, offered to take Lin Xuan as his apprentice. Lin Xuan accepted the cover arrangement to conceal his relationship with Zhao Qiankun and went with Iron Mountain, while Pei Ge continued on to South Thirteenth District.

• Iron Mountain approached Lin Xuan and offered to take him as an apprentice, explaining that he recognized Lin Xuan's talent for forging.
• Pei Ge explained the importance of Artifact Craftsmen and the value of commissioned Source Artifacts to Lin Xuan.
• Iron Mountain secretly told Lin Xuan that Red Aunt had sent him and that the apprenticeship would conceal Lin Xuan's relationship with Zhao Qiankun.
• Lin Xuan accepted Iron Mountain as his master and agreed to become his seventh apprentice.
• Pei Ge encouraged Lin Xuan to leave with Iron Mountain, who invited him to Cast Iron Tower for an apprenticeship ceremony.