Ch. 28Thunder God’s Gift of Thanks!

At Li Yao and Venina’s trial, Luo Feng killed Li Yao with the Sky-Escaping Shuttle, prompting Hong and Thunder God to rebuke the Councilors for coveting it. Thunder God thanked Yang Zheng with a rare plant spirit, while Luo Feng avoided explaining how he had obtained his weapon; Hong accepted that the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins selected disciples and seemed to favor Spirit Readers.

  • Hong and Thunder God arrived at the court, where Luo Feng sat as plaintiff and Li Yao and Venina stood accused.
  • The court sentenced Li Yao and Venina to execution in the Wilderness Zone, and Luo Feng killed Li Yao with one strike after Li Yao’s desperate breakthrough to the Planetary Level.
  • The Councilors questioned Luo Feng’s weapon, and Hong revealed that Luo Feng had traded plant spirits for the Sky-Escaping Shuttle while Thunder God scolded the Councilors for their greed.
  • Thunder God gave Yang Zheng seven-leaf grass as thanks for his insights into physical power exertion.
  • When Thunder God asked how Luo Feng had used the Sky-Escaping Shuttle, Yang Zheng helped him avoid answering, and Hong agreed that the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins likely selected disciples and favored Spirit Readers.

Ch. 29Birth!

Yang Zheng prepared to break through to Planetary Level and agreed to help Yang Jing pursue martial arts, while a giant beast began hatching beneath the Pacific Ocean. The chapter ended with the mysterious creature emerging from its egg as Earth remained unaware.

  • Hong asked Luo Feng about the difficulty of Civilization Ruins No. 9 and urged him to keep growing stronger to help protect Earth.
  • At dinner, Yang Zheng told Wang Jiu and the family that he expected to reach Planetary Level after several days of seclusion.
  • Yang Jing asked Yang Zheng to help her become a martial artist, and he agreed while warning her about the dangers.
  • Yang Zheng headed to the Limit Hall to prepare to consume the Seven-Leaf Grass.
  • A giant black egg beneath the Pacific Ocean cracked open, and a mysterious giant beast was born.

Ch. 30Miracles Through Brute Force!

After swallowing a Seven-Leaf Grass, Yang Zheng’s physical fitness reached the High-level War God level, and he began preparing to break through to the Planetary Level as a Spirit Reader. Meanwhile, Hong and Thunder God discussed Yang Zheng’s seclusion and the dangers and possible treasures on Mist Island before heading to the new Inspector’s ceremony.

  • Yang Zheng consumed Seven-Leaf Grass and evolved, raising his punching strength to 423512 kg and his physical fitness to the High-level War God level.
  • Yang Zheng entered his Sea of Consciousness and began forcing his Spiritual Force to spin as he attempted to break through to the Planetary Level.
  • Hong told Thunder God that Yang Zheng had gone into seclusion to prepare for his breakthrough.
  • Thunder God said he would investigate Mist Island alone, while Hong warned that a Beast Emperor guarded it and that treasures did not simply go to the strongest.
  • Hong noticed that the ceremony for the Limit Martial Hall’s new Inspector was about to begin, and he and Thunder God left the conference room.

Ch. 31Breaking Through to the Planetary Grade!

Yang Zheng broke through to the planetary level, while Hong killed the tentacle beast emperor at Mist Island Lake. After noticing his cultivation progress bars had grown fainter, Yang Zheng touched one and plunged into darkness.

  • Luo Feng watched the activity at Mist Island Lake and learned that Hong was preparing to attack the tentacle beast emperor again.
  • Hong dragged the enormous tentacle beast emperor out of the lake, stunning the planetary-level powerhouses who watched.
  • Yang Zheng condensed his spiritual force into a miniature planet in his Sea of Consciousness and broke through to the planetary level.
  • Yang Zheng used his new spiritual force to strengthen his body and accelerate the absorption of dormant plant energy.
  • Yang Zheng noticed his cultivation progress bars had grown fainter, touched one, and fell into boundless darkness.

Ch. 32His Mind Had Been Opened!

The wood bud crystals caused a bloody scramble among Earth’s strongest fighters while Babata searched for a suitable inheritor and secretly targeted Luo Feng. The chapter left Yang Zheng newly awakened with sharper thinking and Planetary Level strength.

  • An earth dragon swallowed a wood bud crystal and evolved from Intermediate Lord Level to King-level, driving Earth’s factions into a frenzy for the crystals.
  • As the crystal hunt grew bloodier, Luo Feng spent three days searching underground before receiving a call from the Hall Master and diving back beneath the lake.
  • Babata judged Earth’s fighters to have poor aptitude, selected Luo Feng for his brain domain width of 22, and sent invisible ripples into his Sea of Consciousness to guide him.
  • Yang Zheng awoke in the Limit General Hall with an opened mind, tested his strength, and registered 4,012,309 kilograms, indicating Planetary Level Third Tier.

Ch. 33Three Blessings at Once!

Yang Zheng reached planetary level, gained a light-distorting invisibility ability, and rushed toward Mist Island after realizing he was late. Deep underground, Luo Feng discovered a hidden hatch and a room filled with wood bud crystals.

  • Yang Zheng found three Miniature Planets in his sea of consciousness and a fourth in his dantian, then measured his physical strength at 2.1 million kilograms.
  • Yang Zheng sensed that his special ability let him distort light and become invisible, though spiritual force could still detect him.
  • Yang Zheng realized it was January ninth and hurried toward Mist Island in his deep-blue fighter jet.
  • Luo Feng searched beneath Mist Island Lake for Blade Fragments and found a half-closed metal hatch more than thirteen thousand meters underground.
  • Luo Feng probed beyond the hatch with his mental power and saw a room filled with wood bud crystals.

Ch. 34Babata Wanted a Refund!

Yang Zheng reached the Planetary Level and learned that Luo Feng had also broken through, while underground Luo Feng accepted Babata’s inheritance and learned about the universe. Babata discovered Yang Zheng’s astonishing brain domain width of 45 and regretted choosing Luo Feng as his disciple.

  • Yang Zheng inspected the lake where workers were processing a Monster Emperor’s corpse and encountered Inspector Liu He.
  • Liu He confirmed that Luo Feng had reached the Planetary Level and described his strength in the fight for the Wood Bud Crystals.
  • Yang Zheng realized he had arrived too late to find any Wood Bud Crystals because Babata had used them as bait.
  • Babata taught Luo Feng about the wider universe, gave him a storage ring, and warned him about flaunting his wealth.
  • Babata’s ship detected Yang Zheng’s brain domain width of 45, leaving Babata regretting that he had chosen Luo Feng.

Ch. 35Made it just in time

Luo Feng invited Yang Zheng to join his Yunmo Star lineage, and Yang Zheng accepted after arriving just in time to meet him. Babata revealed Yang Zheng’s exceptional power, while Luo Feng prepared to share a treasured weapon fragment with him; Yang Zheng then returned home as his family celebrated his appointment as Inspector.

  • Yang Zheng spotted Luo Feng arriving at Mist Island Lake and let him aboard his intelligent fighter.
  • Luo Feng invited Yang Zheng to join his Spirit Reader lineage, and Yang Zheng accepted.
  • Babata told Luo Feng that Yang Zheng had planetary level third tier Spiritual Force, planetary level first tier physical attributes, and exceptional talent.
  • Babata instructed Luo Feng to give Yang Zheng the Crimson Chaos Copper Mother Fragment, and Luo Feng agreed despite grumbling about sharing his standing.
  • Yang Zheng returned home to his family in Canglan Residential Area, where he confirmed his breakthrough and explained how they could watch his Inspector inauguration ceremony.

Ch. 36Too little time

Yang Zheng became the Limit Martial Hall’s seventh Inspector and began studying the Yunmo Star legacy with Babata. As he planned to salvage the Black Dragon Mountain Ship and prepare for the Golden Horned Beast disaster, he realized less than a year remained.

  • The Limit Martial Hall announced Yang Zheng as its seventh Inspector, and his inauguration ceremony concluded successfully.
  • Babata brought Yang Zheng into Virtual Space and began introducing him to Hu Yanbo’s legacy and Yunmo Star.
  • Babata showed Yang Zheng the cultivation books for warriors and Spirit Readers, explaining the challenges of inheriting the lineage without an Inheritance Soul Seal.
  • Yang Zheng chose books for both warrior and Spirit Reader cultivation and began studying the warrior manuals.
  • Yang Zheng considered salvaging the Black Dragon Mountain Ship and buying powerful slaves, but noted that it was already January 2059 and time was running short before the Golden Horned Beast disaster.

Ch. 37Thousandfold Instant Shadow!

Yang Zheng advanced his physical force amplitude, chose core warrior manuals, and learned that his brain domain width had risen to forty-five. After celebrating the New Year, he trained in the remodeled gravity chamber while absorbing a wood bud crystal and practicing his saber technique in Virtual Space.

  • Yang Zheng raised his physical force amplitude to thirteen times, and Babata advised him to train his mental power amplitude and begin Shadowless Light and Shadow.
  • Yang Zheng selected On the Development of Human Potential, Shadowless Light and Shadow, and Thousandfold Instant Shadow as the core of his warrior training.
  • Yang Zheng learned that his brain domain width was forty-five and attributed his improved comprehension to changes after his Planetary Level breakthrough.
  • After celebrating the New Year with his family and sending greetings to friends and relatives, Yang Zheng went to the Limit General Hall.
  • Yang Zheng trained in the remodeled gravity chamber under 1,102 times Earth's gravity, absorbed a wood bud crystal, and practiced his saber technique in Virtual Space.

Ch. 38Swallowed in One Gulp

Yang Zheng and Luo Feng trained together before Yang Zheng led Luo Feng and Babata to Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 12 to find a repairable spacecraft. While Yang Zheng explored the ship, the Cold Current Whale swallowed a mysterious winged monster that had appeared in its territory.

  • Yang Zheng and Luo Feng sparred in Virtual Space, and Yang Zheng praised their rapid progress while Babata discussed gathering spacecraft wreckage.
  • Yang Zheng told Luo Feng and Babata about a potentially flyable spacecraft in Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 12, and they decided to investigate.
  • Yang Zheng descended into the Pacific, killed sea monsters along the way, and followed Babata's directions to a black, saucer-shaped spacecraft inside the ruin.
  • The Cold Current Whale tracked the blood from Yang Zheng's kills and found an unfamiliar black, winged monster feeding on the corpses.
  • The mysterious monster charged at the Cold Current Whale, which swallowed it in one gulp.

Ch. 39You Are Truly Insane

After leaving Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 12, Yang Zheng encountered a juvenile Golden Horned Beast and wounded it with the Crimson Chaos Copper Mother Fragment, but it escaped. Babata changed its plans and intended to repair the ship and buy high-level slaves so they could capture the beast.

  • Yang Zheng collected the relics in Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 12 and left with Babata preparing to repair the Flowing Silver Guards.
  • Babata detected a Golden Horned Beast nearby and urged Yang Zheng to stall it while the guards were repaired.
  • Yang Zheng used the Crimson Chaos Copper Mother Fragment to pierce the Golden Horned Beast's head, prompting it to flee.
  • Yang Zheng escaped to his intelligent fighter jet, and Babata apologized for underestimating the danger and the time needed to repair the guards.
  • Babata decided to repair the spaceship and buy high-level slaves to pursue the juvenile Golden Horned Beast.

Ch. 40Bad at it, but hooked anyway

Yang Zheng completed the transformation of his spiritual force and studied Yunmo Star’s Control Chapter and soul techniques, while Yang Jing passed the Quasi-Warrior Assessment. Babata then announced that the spaceship had been repaired, and Yang Zheng left for it, leaving his exhausted sister behind.

  • With Babata’s help, Yang Zheng transformed his spiritual force into Yunmo Star’s special spiritual force.
  • Yang Zheng studied the Control Chapter and considered Soul Seal and Void Tower as key parts of his cultivation plans.
  • Yang Jing showed Yang Zheng her Quasi-Martial Artist certificate and asked to try the Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber.
  • Yang Zheng pushed Yang Jing into the chamber, and she crawled out a few minutes later, exhausted and apologizing.
  • Babata told Yang Zheng that the spaceship was repaired, and Yang Zheng hurried off while Yang Jing asked him to take her home.

Ch. 41Tamu Star!

Yang Zheng and Babata left Earth aboard the repaired Black Dragon Spaceship and traveled through the Dark Universe toward Tamu Star to sell an Immortal Corpse and buy powerful Universe Level slaves. After cultivating during the journey, Yang Zheng arrived in the Original Universe and saw Tamu Star and its orbital spaceport.

  • Yang Zheng met Babata aboard the spaceship and agreed to leave Earth without Luo Feng, who was on his honeymoon.
  • Yang Zheng and Babata departed Earth and entered the Dark Universe aboard the Black Dragon Spaceship.
  • Babata explained that they were bound for Tamu Star, where Yang Zheng planned to sell an Immortal Corpse and purchase high-ranking Universe Level slaves.
  • Yang Zheng cultivated during the journey and gained minor mastery of five of the Nine Basic Techniques.
  • Yang Zheng reviewed his progress and concluded that he dared to challenge Hong without using the Crimson Chaos Copper Mother Fragment.
  • Yang Zheng returned to the Original Universe and saw Tamu Star and its ring-shaped spaceport.

Ch. 42Sold!

Yang Zheng arrived on Tamu Star, sold an Immortal Corpse at the Universe Galaxy Bank, and arranged to buy slaves and a Stellar Defense System. With the major purchases delayed, he planned to explore the planet and acquire cultivation resources while he waited.

  • Yang Zheng followed Babata's directions, parked the Black Dragon Spaceship at Tamu Star's orbital spaceport, and took an aircraft down to the planet.
  • Yang Zheng reached the main administrative city and sold an Immortal Corpse to the Universe Galaxy Bank for 800 Hunyuan units.
  • Yang Zheng registered as a Universe Citizen and paid a deposit to reserve stronger slaves, while buying two Cosmic Level Third Order slaves as temporary guards.
  • Yang Zheng ordered a top-of-the-line Stellar Defense System, which was due to arrive in twenty days.
  • Yang Zheng left the markets and decided to explore Tamu Star and buy cultivation resources while he waited.

Ch. 43Ecological Stream!

Yang Zheng explored Tamu Star, purchased cultivation supplies and security forces, then spent the journey back to Earth training in the Virtual Universe’s Killing Field. He began testing himself against an opponent who had just acquired the Light Domain.

  • Yang Zheng rode the Ecological Stream to Qianling District and bought cultivation resources, weapons, and battle suits.
  • Twenty days later, Yang Zheng received the Stellar Defense System and its fleet of twenty-two transport ships, which Babata took control of.
  • Yang Zheng received 200 Universe Level slaves, bringing his total to 202, and ordered Babata to return to Earth.
  • During the journey, Yang Zheng mastered the Shadowless Light and Shadow Basic Chapter, advanced his other techniques, and sought to comprehend the Light Domain.
  • Yang Zheng configured a Killing Field opponent with the Light Domain, and the opponent spread a black domain across an abandoned city.

Ch. 44To hell with the pressure!

Jia Yi learned that Yang Zheng had been missing in secluded training for nearly three months while a potential disaster-level beast tide gathered in the southeastern waters. As Luo Feng trained on Earth, a mysterious giant monster appeared at the New York Frontline Base and swallowed the entire base.

  • Wang Jiu told Jia Yi that Yang Zheng had been away in secluded training for nearly three months and that nobody knew where he was.
  • Jia Yi learned that King-level monsters were gathering in the southeastern waters and ordered frontline forces to prepare for a possible disaster-level beast tide.
  • Luo Feng trained under 2700g of gravity, reached planetary level third-tier Spiritual Force, and received a message from Councilor Deng.
  • A mysterious lion-like monster appeared before the New York Frontline Base and ignored its laser attacks.
  • The monster lifted the military base into the air, shrank it, swallowed it, and roared its arrival.

Ch. 45The countdown to fate!

As the Golden Horned Beast devastated War Bases across the world, Luo Feng learned that Yang Zheng had left behind weapons capable of killing it. With humanity preparing a desperate hydrogen-bomb strike, Luo Feng declared that he could kill the Devouring Beast himself.

  • Luo Feng attended an emergency War God Palace meeting where the United States president showed the Golden Horned Beast swallowing War Bases and killing more than two hundred thousand people.
  • Luo Feng learned from Babata No. 2 that Yang Zheng had left a B6-grade laser cannon and three repaired Flowing Silver Guards that could kill a Star Level One Golden Horned Beast.
  • Luo Feng gathered his family and told them to shelter in the modified Gravity Room if danger came.
  • Jia Yi told Luo Feng that the Golden Horned Beast had destroyed North American War Bases, was attacking Europe, and would soon threaten Asia as monster hordes surged inland.
  • Luo Feng joined the emergency meeting on a hydrogen-bomb strike and announced that he was confident he could kill the Devouring Beast.

Ch. 46Activate Contingency Plan No. 3

Luo Feng revealed that Yang Zheng had obtained a B6-grade Laser Cannon, and Earth’s leaders prepared a final attack on the Devouring Beast. As the operation approached, Wang Jiu left to fight while Yang Zheng’s guard robot protected his family, and Luo Feng sped toward the Southeast Base to confront the monster hordes.

  • Luo Feng told Earth’s leaders that Yang Zheng had retrieved a B6-grade Laser Cannon from Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 12, and they decided to pair it with ultra-high-yield nuclear weapons for a single decisive attack.
  • Wang Jiu prepared to leave his family and fight, but Yang Zheng’s female Flowing Silver Guard gave him a wood bud crystal and plant spirit, prompting him to return inside and prepare to break through to the Planetary Level.
  • The female Flowing Silver Guard sent a safe containing twenty black boxes toward Huaxia Country’s central government building.
  • Jia Yi urgently asked Luo Feng to reinforce the East Sea Base, where six King-level monsters had appeared.
  • Luo Feng flew toward the Southeast Base on the Sky-Escaping Shuttle, intent on attacking the monster hordes while the killing-blow plan was still being prepared.

Ch. 47The monster tide erupted in full force (revised)

Humanity’s nuclear and laser attack badly wounded the Golden Horned Beast but failed to kill it, and the Flowing Silver Guards protected the Laser Cannon from its retaliation. The beast summoned the aquatic monsters to invade inland, and world leaders announced a catastrophe more terrible than the Great Nirvana.

  • Smart Fighter Jets dropped nuclear weapons on the Devouring Beast, then a concealed Laser Cannon pierced its head as a high-yield hydrogen bomb exploded against its belly.
  • The Golden Horned Beast regenerated underground and escaped the blast, leaving humanity’s leaders believing the attack had failed.
  • Hong rallied the leaders, and two Flowing Silver Guards fought off the beast long enough to preserve the Laser Cannon.
  • The wounded Golden Horned Beast fled into the ocean and summoned aquatic monsters, including two Beast Emperors, to launch an invasion inland.
  • World leaders made the catastrophe public as soldiers and fighters battled the advancing monster hordes along the waterways and frontline bases.

Ch. 48Luo Feng! Luo Feng!

As the Devouring Beast’s attacks brought humanity to the brink, Hong and Thunder God sacrificed themselves to grievously wound it, but both fell into a deep sleep. With base cities still falling and no time to wait for reinforcements, Luo Feng resolved to risk his life and gathered five Planetary Level experts to join him in an attack on the beast.

  • A King-level Blood-Eyed Sparrow attacked a frontline base, and Wang arrived to engage it.
  • Hong and Thunder God called a meeting and decided to fight the Devouring Beast, which had helped destroy eight base cities and kill nearly a billion people.
  • On October 16, 2059, Hong and Thunder God unleashed a life-burning combined attack that grievously injured the Golden Horned Beast, then fell into a deep sleep.
  • Luo Feng rejected Babata No. 2’s warning to wait for Yang Zheng and the others, choosing instead to gamble his life against the Devouring Beast.
  • More than fifty Planetary Level Councilors offered to sacrifice their souls, and Babata No. 2 selected Mohanderson, Ister, Tripathi Singh, Jia Yi, and Sokolov to join Luo Feng.
  • Luo Feng and the five chosen experts said farewell to their families and friends, then plunged into the ocean to attack the Devouring Beast.

Ch. 49All who came were heroes!

Yang Zheng returned to Earth and interrupted Luo Feng and five other leaders as they began a sacrificial technique to stop the Devouring Beast. The beast and Luo Feng’s life signatures vanished, and although the world believed both had died, the sea monsters retreated after the Devouring Beast’s corpse was found.

  • Yang Zheng arrived at Earth, saw the global monster war, and hurried to the Pacific Ocean after confirming Huaxia Country’s base cities were intact.
  • Luo Feng and Mohanderson, Ister, Tripathi Singh, Jia Yi, and Sokolov prepared to use the Six-Pointed Star sacrificial technique when Yang Zheng arrived with a purple-eyed brawny man.
  • Yang Zheng told the six that the catastrophe was over and said he would bring matters to a conclusion; the five other men’s life signatures then vanished, and the Devouring Beast destroyed their fighter jet and remains.
  • Luo Feng and the Devouring Beast’s life signatures weakened and disappeared, leaving people around the world to believe both had died.
  • Planetary Level experts found the Devouring Beast’s corpse, and the sea monsters attacking humanity retreated, prompting worldwide celebration.

Ch. 50Who Was Eyeing My Inheritance?

Yang Zheng arranged for Luo Feng and four other heroes to fake their deaths while their families stayed under secret protection, and he urged Luo Feng to consider possessing the Golden Horned Beast to gain a clone. Luo Feng delayed his decision until after his children were born, while the chaos caused by humanity’s losses left the Limit Martial Hall vulnerable to schemers.

  • Yang Zheng told Jia Yi and the others to disappear temporarily, promised to guard their families, and gave them Pure Wood Liquid to cultivate with.
  • In Virtual Space, Yang Zheng urged Luo Feng to possess the Golden Horned Beast and explained that its innate clone ability could let him create an Earthling Clone; Babata objected to Yang Zheng revealing the plan.
  • Luo Feng chose to wait until Xu Xin’s children were born, then agreed to let people believe he was dead so they could expose anyone coveting his inheritance.
  • Luo Feng returned home in secret, while Jia Yi and the other four cultivated with Yang Zheng’s resources and Yang Zheng resumed his own cultivation.
  • After the battle left eight Base Cities destroyed and more than a billion people dead, the Limit Martial Hall and Thunder Dojo lost their leaders, and their fighters resolved to purge anyone plotting against them under Yang Zheng’s protection.

Ch. 51Have a Happy New Year!

Atkin and Sago Nehru pursued the treasures Luo Feng had left behind, while Luo Hua lured Sago into revealing his threat. Luo Feng appeared alive and killed Sago, leaving the family safe as he declared the deception was over.

  • Atkin learned that a woman had disappeared and ordered an investigation into who had taken her, while plotting to claim Luo Feng's legacy.
  • Sago Nehru and another man bypassed the Luo family's security and confronted Luo Hua, demanding the family's treasures.
  • Luo Hua told Sago he could have the wood bud crystals and silver-figure control method only with Luo Feng's permission.
  • Luo Feng appeared in the living room, revealed he was alive, and killed Sago Nehru with a strike of spiritual power.
  • Luo Hua asked why Luo Feng had stopped acting, and Luo Feng said the people who would reveal themselves had already done so.

Ch. 52Destined to Be Anything but Quiet

Luo Feng’s return and the reappearance of Mohanderson and Ister sparked excitement worldwide, while their attack on Atkin exposed the conspirators who had endangered their families. At a War God Palace meeting, the members unanimously sentenced Atkin and the other captured criminals to death, and the public executions brought the world’s unrest to a halt.

  • Atkin learned Luo Feng had returned and killed Sago Nehru, then panicked that Luo Feng would discover he had sent Nehru to his home.
  • Mohanderson confronted Atkin in Washington Base City, and Ister stopped him from killing Atkin before the two heroes beat him.
  • News and videos of Luo Feng, Mohanderson, and Ister returning spread around the world, exciting the public and unsettling those in power.
  • The War God Palace summoned its members to a meeting, where Yang Zheng presented Atkin and other prisoners along with evidence of their crimes.
  • The War God Palace members unanimously voted to execute the prisoners, and the sentences were carried out in a worldwide broadcast.
  • The public executions exposed the criminals and stopped the world’s turbulent schemes, ushering in a period of peace.
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