Chapter Summaries

Yang Zheng hunted monsters in County Town No. 0877 and fully mastered the Micro-Level Movement Technique, while using his Cultivation Progress Bar to guide his training. After cultivating gene origin energy, his body was transformed by psychic force.

• Yang Zheng killed a pack of Shadow Cats and used precise movement and a shield strike to defeat a Junior Beast General Tiger Cat.
• Yang Zheng celebrated fully mastering the Micro-Level Movement Technique and collected the Tiger Cat's valuable tendon.
• Yang Zheng cleared rodent monsters from his temporary quarters and counted a day's haul of one Intermediate Beast General and four Junior Beast Generals, worth about eighty million.
• Yang Zheng examined his Cultivation Progress Bar, which showed the Micro-Level Movement Technique at 100% and the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade Second Layer at 24%.
• Yang Zheng cultivated gene origin energy, then felt psychic force surge through him and rapidly transform his cells.

Yang Zheng trained the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade against Beast Soldier-level monsters and discovered that his Cultivation Progress Bar improved the technique beyond the limits of its manual. He then chose an Intermediate Beast General and its herd of One-Horned Wild Boars as his next target.

• Yang Zheng learned from the Limit Martial Hall announcement that Luo Feng had been missing in the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins for over a year and considered how to grow stronger quickly.
• Yang Zheng leaped from the fifteenth floor and killed a group of Beast Soldier-level monsters while practicing the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.
• Yang Zheng realized the Cultivation Progress Bar’s complete mastery improved strength, speed, and defense, correcting weaknesses in the technique.
• Yang Zheng used his Spiritual Force to spot a herd of several hundred One-Horned Wild Boars led by an Intermediate Beast General and headed toward them.

Yang Zheng fought through City 0877’s monster hordes to improve his movement and Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, killing nearly a thousand monsters over two days. With his third blade layer complete and Perfect Level Movement at 19%, he decided to return the next morning because his food and water were running low.

• Yang Zheng charged into a herd of single-horned boars and practiced movement without relying on projected spiritual force.
• Yang Zheng precisely dodged and killed the herd’s Intermediate Beast General Level leader, then prepared to dissect its corpse.
• Yang Zheng anticipated a blood mastiff’s ambush while continuing to extract materials from the boar.
• Yang Zheng spent more than half a day fighting monsters, raising the second layer of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade to 65% and killing nearly a thousand monsters overall.
• After two days, Yang Zheng saw that Perfect Level Movement had reached 19% and the third layer of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade was complete.
• Yang Zheng noticed his supplies were nearly depleted and decided to head back the next morning.

Yang Zheng returned to Northwest Base City after selling his monster materials at the Warrior Supply Base and registering his kills toward his combat record. Old Ma picked him up at the station and joked that the chairman had an heir, leaving Yang Zheng to rest as they drove toward the Limit General Hall.

• Yang Zheng reached the Warrior Supply Base and sold Tang He materials from six Intermediate Beast General Level monsters and seventeen Junior Beast General-level monsters for 410 million and 205,000 contribution points.
• Yang Zheng told Tang He to count the six Intermediate Beast General Level monsters toward his combat record.
• Yang Zheng took a train back to Northwest Base City and watched news reports during the trip.
• Old Ma picked Yang Zheng up at the station, teased him about being the chairman's heir, and drove him toward the Limit General Hall.

Yang Zheng returned to his family home in Northwest Base City and reunited with his adoptive parents and twin siblings. After reviewing his martial artist profile and finances, he decided he would need to make use of the Limit Martial Hall to grow stronger quickly, but left the matter until the next day.

• Yang Zheng arrived at the Limit Martial Hall’s Canglan Residential Area and went to his family’s villa.
• Yang Zheng greeted his adoptive father, Wang Jiu, and his mother, Yang Rong, and joined them for dinner.
• Yang Zheng’s younger twin siblings, Yang Yi and Yang Jing, came home and ate with the family.
• Yang Zheng logged into the Limit Martial Hall’s internal network and reviewed his rank, contribution points, and account balance.
• Yang Zheng worried that his money would not cover his martial artist expenses and decided to leverage the Limit Martial Hall’s influence to become stronger.

Yang Zheng revealed that he had awakened his Spirit Reader talent, surprising his father, Wang Jiu, with the strength of his spiritual force and his improved comprehension. Wang Jiu hurried to the General Hall to seek better training resources for his son.

• Wang Jiu and Yang Rong discussed the estrangement between Wang Jiu and the Wang Family, while Yang Rong urged him to reconcile with his relatives.
• Yang Zheng demonstrated his spiritual force to Wang Jiu at the Martial Arts Training Hall and said he had awakened his Spirit Reader talent.
• Yang Zheng told Wang Jiu that his spiritual force formed a solid pyramid and that his comprehension had improved enough for him to master the third layer of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.
• Yang Zheng claimed he had awakened half a month earlier while facing an Advanced Beast General, and Wang Jiu decided to seek better training resources for him.
• Wang Jiu sent Yang Zheng to the thirty-third floor of the General Hall building and left to meet with his superiors.

Yang Zheng demonstrated his strength and spirit-reader potential to Zheng Cangli, who offered him two routes to receive training resources. Yang Zheng chose to prove himself at the Kyoto Base City Trial Tower, and Zheng Cangli decided to take him there the next day.

• Wang Jiu told Zheng Cangli that Yang Zheng had made something of himself and brought him to the Limit Martial Hall headquarters.
• Zheng Cangli asked Yang Zheng to verify his Nine-Layered Thunder Blade mastery and physical strength.
• Yang Zheng recorded a raw punch strength of 15,702 kilograms and a full-power punch of 44,010 kilograms, showing three additional layers of hidden force.
• Zheng Cangli offered Yang Zheng a place at the Elite Training Camp or the chance to demonstrate his talent at the Kyoto Base City Trial Tower.
• Yang Zheng chose the Trial Tower, and Zheng Cangli agreed to take him to Kyoto Base City the next day.

Yang Zheng traveled to Kyoto Base City to take the Basic Training Camp’s Trial Tower assessment and learned the truth about his adoptive father’s family history. He arrived at the camp with Zheng Cangli and Wine Brute, who arranged for him to use the Trial Space early.

• Yang Zheng asked Zheng Cangli about his father, and Zheng explained that Wang Jiu was born Wang Yanming, the second son of Kyoto City’s Wang Family, before leaving after they tried to harm his first love, Yang Rong.
• Yang Zheng memorized the name Wang Yanzhao, the mastermind behind the attempt against his mother, then reviewed the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade on the flight to Kyoto Base City.
• Yang Zheng and Zheng Cangli landed at the Basic Training Camp, where Wine Brute greeted them and offered to help with the assessment.
• Wine Brute led Yang Zheng and Zheng Cangli toward the Trial Space, arranging for Yang Zheng to use it before its usual opening time.

Yang Zheng entered the Nine-Story Trial Tower’s virtual assessment with Zheng Cangli and Pang Qingyan, then began his first trial against fifty Mangniu. He demonstrated his strength by killing several beasts and prepared to test an idea as he continued the fight.

• Yang Zheng, Zheng Cangli, and Pang Qingyan put on consciousness interface helmets and entered the Virtual Space.
• Yang Zheng saw that Zheng Cangli and Pang Qingyan had Trial Tower levels of 4.5 and 4.8, while his own level was 1.0.
• Yang Zheng selected his combat equipment and entered the Trial Tower’s first stage, which required him to kill fifty Junior Beast General-level Mangniu within ten minutes.
• Yang Zheng met the charging herd head-on, using Triple Dark Force and his movement techniques to kill several Mangniu.
• Yang Zheng judged that he could defeat the herd by managing his stamina, but continued fighting to test an earlier idea.

Yang Zheng used the Trial Tower to sharpen his footwork and blade technique, clearing the first floor before being overwhelmed by Iron-Armored Scorpions on the second. His run ended after more than two hours of combat, with his training skills greatly improved.

• Zheng Cangli and Pang Qingyan waited outside the Trial Tower and discussed Yang Zheng’s chances of passing its stages.
• Yang Zheng fought the Mangniu herd on the first floor, using the pressure to train his footwork and blade technique before clearing the stage.
• Pang Qingyan persuaded Zheng Cangli to leave the entrance with him, noting that Yang Zheng had temporary access to the Trial Tower.
• Yang Zheng faced organized Iron-Armored Scorpions on the second floor and abandoned his training approach to fight seriously.
• The scorpions overwhelmed Yang Zheng, ending his Trial Tower run on the second floor.

Yang Zheng completed his Trial Tower assessment, explored the Basic Training Camp, and met trainee Fang Li while waiting to leave with Zheng Cangli. Meanwhile, Wang Yanzhao plotted to stop Wang Jiu from returning by targeting his adopted son.

• Yang Zheng left the virtual Trial Tower after his assessment and learned that Zheng Cangli had urgent business and would meet him later.
• Yang Zheng explored the Basic Training Camp and met Fang Li, who encouraged him to earn a place in the Elite Training Camp.
• Wang Yanzhao reviewed intelligence about Wang Jiu and vowed to prevent his return by making him suffer the loss of his adopted son.

Hong reviewed Yang Zheng’s extraordinary trial-space performance and recognized him as a new genius with immense potential. Later, Yang Zheng intervened when Wang Xing'an harassed a student at Kyoto University and realized the man was the son of his father’s enemy.

• Hong read the intelligent program’s report on Yang Zheng and was impressed by his spirit-reader potential and balanced combat abilities.
• Hong compared Yang Zheng’s rapid improvement to Luo Feng and lamented Luo Feng’s disappearance in the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins.
• Yang Zheng visited Kyoto University and saw Wang Xing'an harassing a female student.
• Yang Zheng broke the arm of Wang Xing'an’s subordinate when the man attacked him.
• Wang Xing'an revealed his identity as a member of the Wang Family, and Yang Zheng recognized him as his father’s enemy’s son.

Yang Zheng crippled Wang Xing'an after the young man harassed a student, then returned to training. The next morning, Inspector Liu delivered a generous contract from Hong that offered major rewards for Yang Zheng’s progress over three years.

• Yang Zheng crippled Wang Xing'an and knocked out the burly warrior who attacked him before leaving in a fighter with Zheng Cangli.
• Yang Zheng explained to Zheng Cangli that Wang Xing'an was Wang Yanzhao’s son, then went home and practiced his saber techniques.
• Inspector Liu flew from Hongning Base City with a contract prepared by Hong for Yang Zheng.
• Wang Jiu and Yang Zheng met Inspector Liu at the Limit Hall headquarters, where Yang Zheng reviewed the contract’s rewards for meeting training milestones.

After signing a generous contract with Limit Hall, Yang Zheng used the dragon blood he received to strengthen his body and spiritual force. His tests showed he had become an Advanced General Level fighter and an Intermediate War God Level Spirit Reader, and he planned to grow stronger still.

• Yang Zheng signed two copies of the contract and received dragon blood as a reward for challenging the Trial Tower.
• Yang Zheng applied the dragon blood to his body, enduring intense pain as it transformed his cells and increased the mist in his sea of consciousness.
• Yang Zheng tested his punching power and recorded 42,399 kilograms, reaching Advanced General Level physical fitness.
• Yang Zheng used spiritual force to launch a throwing knife into the tester, producing a reading of 192,515 kilograms.
• Yang Zheng resolved to raise his force amplitude, obtain a plant spirit, and pursue High-level War God or Planetary Level strength.

Yang Zheng’s public Trial Tower score and Spirit Reader status drew attention from powerful factions, while his father discovered that Yang Zheng had reached Advanced General Level. The Wang Family chose to stop pursuing him and seek closer ties, but Li Yao and Venina continued their scheme against Luo Feng’s family.

• The Limit Martial Hall announced Yang Zheng’s Trial Tower Level 2.3 score, and government departments, military officials, and major families obtained details of his abilities.
• A Huaxia official ordered Jade Marrow sent to Yang Zheng and assigned Liu Yan to protect Luo Feng’s family and gather evidence about the Underground Alliance.
• Venina Polenas and Li Yao learned Yang Zheng was a Spirit Reader and discussed maintaining good relations with him while continuing their plan to torment Luo Feng’s family.
• The Wang Family Patriarch ordered Wang Yanzhao to end the dispute over Wang Xing'an and planned to bring Wang Yanming back into the family to strengthen ties with Yang Zheng.
• Wang Jiu discovered Yang Zheng had reached Advanced General Level and encouraged him to keep cultivating, though he felt subdued by his son’s rapid progress.

Yang Zheng passed the second test in his Limit Martial Hall contract and received Verdant Grass Dew as his reward. After consuming it, his body began transforming as the Pyramid released energy in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Yang Zheng trained for a month, raising his punching strength to 64,322 kilograms and advancing his blade and movement techniques.
• Yang Zheng passed the contract’s second test with a force amplitude of 5.6 times and an artistic-conception-level movement technique.
• Inspector Liu delivered Verdant Grass Dew and told Yang Zheng that the Hall Master wanted to meet him at Headquarters.
• Yang Zheng consumed the Verdant Grass Dew, triggering rapid changes in his body as the Pyramid released vast energy.

Yang Zheng absorbed the Verdant Grass Dew, shattered the Pyramid in his sea of consciousness, and gained overwhelming physical and spiritual strength. After reflecting on his need to advance quickly before Earth’s coming disasters, he left Northwest Base City for Hongning Base City.

• Yang Zheng completed his transformation, with the Pyramid shattering and releasing its remaining spiritual force into his sea of consciousness.
• Yang Zheng tested his new abilities, measured 213,210 kilograms of punching strength, and used spiritual force to strike the Punch Target with an impact exceeding 500,000 kilograms.
• Yang Zheng decided he needed Fundamentals of Psychokinesis and worried that he had little time before the Golden Horned Beast crisis and later threats reached Earth.
• Yang Zheng made notes on his movement technique after failing to make progress toward the Domain Level.
• Yang Zheng said goodbye to Yang Rong, Wang Jiu, Yang Jing, and Yang Yi, then flew from Northwest Base City toward Hongning Base City.

Yang Zheng met Hong at the Limit Martial Hall Headquarters, gave him insights into generating force with the body, and asked for guidance on domains. Hong promised him domain insights and advanced his contract rewards, leaving Yang Zheng with a King-Level Intelligent Fighter to use.

• Yang Zheng arrived at the Limit Martial Hall Headquarters and met Hong, who praised his talent and warned him about future threats to humanity.
• Yang Zheng gave Hong a booklet of his insights into generating force with the body, and Hong found its techniques useful.
• Yang Zheng asked Hong for insights into domains, and Hong agreed to provide them while advancing the rewards from Yang Zheng's contract.
• Hong told Yang Zheng that his King-Level Intelligent Fighter was ready and that he would need to study Fundamentals of Psychokinesis in Virtual Space.
• Yang Zheng boarded the deep-blue King-Level Intelligent Fighter and began its identification procedure.

Yang Zheng hunted Lord-level monsters in the Wilderness Zone and found two Advanced Lord Level monsters fighting. After the Black-Scaled Ape killed the Purple Giant Python, Yang Zheng ambushed it and brought it down, leaving him poised to claim both monsters’ spoils.

• Yang Zheng killed two Lord-level Lion Mastiffs and harvested valuable materials from their corpses.
• Yang Zheng heard a distant battle and headed toward the fog-shrouded area to investigate.
• Yang Zheng watched the Black-Scaled Ape and Purple Giant Python fight until the ape crushed the python’s head and tore its body apart.
• Yang Zheng attacked the Black-Scaled Ape with six throwing knives, wounding it as it tried to flee.
• Yang Zheng sent his knives after the ape’s bleeding neck, and the Black-Scaled Ape crashed to the ground.

Yang Zheng harvested materials from two Advanced Lord Level monsters and sold them at the Limit Mansion, earning thirteen billion Huaxia Currency and 6.5 million contribution points while qualifying for the High-level War God title. He declined an immediate strength assessment, then returned by fighter jet to Northwest Base City as he focused on improving his spiritual force before pursuing a domain.

• Yang Zheng collected valuable materials from the Black-Scaled Ape and Purple Giant Python, both Advanced Lord Level monsters.
• At the Limit Mansion, Yang Zheng sold the monsters' materials for thirteen billion Huaxia Currency and 6.5 million contribution points, raising his contribution rating to three stars.
• Yang Zheng had his combat record updated and his title reevaluated, then declined to join the War God Palace for a strength assessment.
• Yang Zheng boarded his fighter jet and read Hong's insights into domains, deciding to prioritize improving his spiritual force.
• Yang Zheng's fighter jet arrived at the Limit General Hall in Northwest Base City, attracting the attention of residents in the Canglan Residential Area.