Chapter Summaries

The Rat God Cult learned that a powerful young man resembling Song Anni had killed Nine and might be connected to the Fox Clan, while its leader revealed he had reached a new level of power and ordered retaliation against Night Court. The Fox Clan Saintess heard how Gu Qing rescued Qing Shu and Qing Hua, took a personal interest in him, and healed Qing Hua’s eyes.

• The Rat God Cult’s leader reviewed Nine’s final messages, and the cult’s leaders discussed the possible alliance between Night Court and the Fox Clan.
• The white-suited leader revealed he had successfully reached a new level of power, ordered the breakthrough kept secret, and assigned Eight to retaliate against Night Court.
• Mei Niang told the Fox Clan Saintess that Gu Qing had reached the finals and earned a Deputy Captain position, and the Saintess decided to keep him as her attendant and accepted He Haikun’s request for more money.
• Qing Shu and Qing Hua reported that Gu Qing had rescued them from a powerful Rat God Cult follower, and Qing Shu relayed his claim that he was an insider turned by their clan.
• The Fox Clan Saintess healed Qing Hua’s ruined eyes, and Qing Hua pledged her complete loyalty.

The Fox Clan Saintess planned to use the Night Court to destroy the Rat God Cult while weighing Gu Qing as a potential cultivation furnace. The next day, Gu Qing arrived at the Arena for the finals against Li Zhan and waited for the match to begin.

• The Fox Clan Saintess rejected Mei Niang's proposal to kill ten Rat God Cult followers and suggested using the Night Court to wipe out the entire cult.
• The Fox Clan Saintess considered Gu Qing's unusual abilities and hoped his strength came from a special constitution, since she wanted him to help activate a teleportation array to the Origin Land.
• Gu Qing arrived early at the Arena with Xia Shuran, where they watched a muscular elder enter with Night Court leaders and Li Zhan.
• Gu Qing checked in at the Preparation Area and browsed a NightTalk forum post debating whether he or Li Zhan would win the finals.

The chapter followed Gu Qing and Li Zhan as they traded taunts before their arena match, while Li Zhan boasted about his strength and disparaged the Wu Family’s Transcendent Scions. In the stands, Liu Zhiyi asked Elder Liang about the Origin Land, and Song Anni said she would go there after dealing with the Rat God Cult and the Fox Women.

• Li Zhan arrived in the preparation area, mocked Gu Qing, and said he planned to fight using Qi and Blood Power rather than his Superpower.
• Gu Qing asked Li Zhan about the higher-ups in the stands, and Li Zhan identified Elder Liang as his teacher and an elder of the Night Court.
• Li Zhan insulted Haicheng’s Wu Family and claimed he could easily defeat Wu Mingjue in the Origin Land.
• The arena announced Gu Qing and Li Zhan’s match, and the two left the preparation area as Xia Shuran cheered for Gu Qing.
• Liu Zhiyi asked Elder Liang about the Night Court’s base in the Origin Land and Lu Kexi’s progress; Elder Liang said Lu Kexi was traveling with her university student apprentice instead of the main group.
• Song Anni told Elder Liang she would go train in the Origin Land after dealing with the Rat God Cult and the Fox Women.

Elder Liang urged Night Court’s leaders and younger fighters to train in the dangerous Origin Land, but most refused, and Deacon Tian defended Gu Qing from being rushed into it. As Gu Qing prepared to fight Li Zhan in the Deputy Captain selection, Jiang Wanqiao unexpectedly contacted him through telepathy.

• Elder Liang urged Deacon Tian, Deacon He, and Han Steward to train in the Origin Land, but Han Steward and Deacon He declined while Deacon Tian agreed to go with Song Anni after dealing with two Anti-Human Forces.
• Elder Liang encouraged Wu Mingjue and He Haikun to train in the Origin Land, but both declined, and Deacon Tian criticized their lack of ambition.
• Elder Liang praised Gu Qing’s potential and said he would ask him to train in the Origin Land, while Deacon Tian warned that Gu Qing was still a newcomer.
• Gu Qing and Li Zhan entered the arena for their duel, and Li Zhan threatened to overwhelm and humiliate him.
• Jiang Wanqiao contacted Gu Qing telepathically and told him she was sitting in the stands to his right.

Gu Qing defeated Li Zhan in the promotion contest final with a single use of Void Flash, cutting him in half before he could react. The spectators were left stunned, while Zhang Zhibei wondered whether Gu Qing's move resembled his own Black Flash.

• Gu Qing exchanged a greeting with Jiang Wanqiao in the stands before the duel began.
• Li Zhan demonstrated strong control over his Qi and Blood Power, then charged at Gu Qing after declaring himself the real muscle king.
• Gu Qing used Void Flash to rush past Li Zhan and slice him in half at the waist.
• Li Zhan recognized a closing space rift between them before his upper body hit the ground, ending the duel.
• The spectators, Xia Shuran, Liu Yue, and Wu Jiahao were stunned by Gu Qing's swift victory.
• Gao Jianying asked Zhang Zhibei why Gu Qing's move resembled his Black Flash, and Zhang Zhibei wondered how Gu Qing had used it.

Gu Qing defeated Li Zhan with Void Flash, but Li Zhan regenerated his severed body by absorbing Spiritual Energy and resumed the duel. Li Zhan dodged Gu Qing’s next strike and counterattacked, only for his punch to pass through Gu Qing’s phantom and devastate the arena.

• Gu Qing cut Li Zhan in half with Void Flash, stunning Zhang Zhibei and the Night Court leaders.
• Elder Liang stopped Guan Qi and the referee from entering the arena, insisting the duel was not over.
• Li Zhan’s body absorbed Spiritual Energy and rejoined its severed halves, revealing his automatic healing ability.
• Li Zhan charged Gu Qing, who used Void Flash again; Li Zhan dodged and declared the move would not hit him again.
• Li Zhan punched at Gu Qing’s scarlet phantom, but his fist passed through it and tore up a wide stretch of the arena.

Gu Qing and Li Zhan exchanged brutal attacks in the Night Court deputy captain selection, revealing Li Zhan’s ability to regenerate and predict the timing of Void Flash. After Li Zhan wounded Gu Qing with a hair-based attack, Gu Qing realized Li Zhan had dodged by anticipating the skill but could not determine how he did so.

• Li Zhan charged Gu Qing, but Gu Qing used Void Flash to cut him in half and evade his attack.
• Li Zhan fired a powerful beam of Qi and Blood Power at Gu Qing, who used Void Flash again to pass through it and cut Li Zhan’s upper body apart.
• Spiritual energy particles reconnected Li Zhan’s severed body parts, restoring him to full health and mana in under two seconds.
• Li Zhan charged again and dodged Gu Qing’s Void Flash by predicting its timing, then threw vital-energy-coated strands of hair at him.
• Gu Qing narrowly dodged the hair, but its Qi and Blood Power cut his face before his Martial Soul healed the wound.
• Gu Qing realized Li Zhan dodged by predicting Void Flash but wondered what gave him such confidence in his predictions.

Gu Qing discovered that Li Zhan could rapidly reconstitute his body by drawing on the surrounding Spiritual Energy, then accepted Li Zhan’s challenge to fight without Void Flash. After Li Zhan’s headbutt backfired and Gu Qing began pummeling him, the fight remained unresolved.

• Gu Qing used consecutive Void Flash attacks to bisect Li Zhan, who quickly reconstituted his body by absorbing Spiritual Energy.
• Wu Chuchu, Liu Zhiyi, and Elder Liang debated whether Li Zhan’s recovery would let him outlast Gu Qing, while Elder Liang predicted Li Zhan would win.
• Li Zhan challenged Gu Qing to trade blows, and Gu Qing formed Blood Armor with Qi and Blood Release before accepting.
• Li Zhan caught Gu Qing off guard with a powerful headbutt, but Gu Qing’s Source-Devouring Attribute absorbed its force and Qi and Blood Rebound sent it back, exploding Li Zhan’s head.
• Li Zhan reconstituted his head, and Gu Qing repeatedly punched him, humiliating him as he struggled to understand what had happened.

Gu Qing battered Li Zhan with his martial soul and ancient martial arts, while the spectators debated the source of his abilities. Li Zhan recovered from his injuries, then began gathering Spiritual Energy to unleash his superpower.

• Li Zhan repeatedly recovered from Gu Qing's attacks as Spiritual Energy repaired his battered body, but Gu Qing sent him flying with a powerful kick.
• Wu Chuchu and the other leaders questioned Gu Qing's abilities, and Elder Liang concluded that Gu Qing had awakened a martial soul and used ancient martial arts techniques.
• Liu Zhiyi reconsidered Gu Qing's secrecy as a possible attempt to surprise her, while He Haikun grew suspicious and left the Arena to prepare to flee.
• Li Zhan healed back to full strength and asked Gu Qing how he had absorbed and rebounded his Qi and Blood Power, but Gu Qing told him to reveal his superpower.
• Li Zhan declared that he would end the fight, mobilized his supernatural power, and drew the battlefield's Spiritual Energy toward himself.

Li Zhan formed a towering humanoid energy construct that shocked the Night Court leaders and made several Transcendents reconsider their plans to grow stronger in the Origin Land. He confronted Gu Qing, boasting of his power and revealing that he knew Gu Qing had awakened a Martial Soul.

• Li Zhan absorbed spiritual energy and formed a ten-meter humanoid energy construct around himself.
• Wu Chuchu, Wu Mingjue, and Liu Zhiyi were stunned by Li Zhan's strength, and Liu Zhiyi resolved to train harder in the Origin Land.
• Song Anni asked to go to the Origin Land, but agreed to first complete the mission to wipe out the Rat God Cult and the Fox Woman Clan.
• Xia Shuran worried that Gu Qing would struggle against Li Zhan, then cheered him on as Gu Qing waved in response.
• Li Zhan told Gu Qing that his superpower was beyond the understanding of those who had not entered the Origin Land, then said he knew Gu Qing had awakened a Martial Soul.

Gu Qing revealed a seventy-meter Martial Soul Dharma Form, whose flames dwarfed Li Zhan’s energy construct and stunned the spectators and Night Court leaders. The chapter left Gu Qing standing before the blazing phantom as the battlefield’s protective barrier contained its heat.

• Gu Qing absorbed part of Li Zhan’s powered punch with Source Devouring, but was blasted backward and badly injured before Qi and Blood Rebound could take effect.
• Li Zhan mocked Gu Qing and urged him to reveal his Martial Soul, confident his energy construct was superior.
• Gu Qing released his suppressed qi and blood power, igniting the air and summoning a seventy-meter scarlet Martial Soul Dharma Form.
• The battlefield’s stone pillars formed a hemispherical barrier to protect the spectators from the spreading flames.
• The spectators and Night Court leaders, including Elder Liang, Deacon Tian, Liu Zhiyi, and Song Anni, reacted with shock at the Martial Soul’s size.

Gu Qing defeated Li Zhan, the Origin Land War God, with his massive martial soul dharma form and refined him until he surrendered. The crowd recognized Gu Qing as the Night Court’s leading young talent, and Gu Qing dismissed his martial soul as the chapter ended.

• Li Zhan charged Gu Qing’s seventy-meter martial soul dharma form and struck at it with his energy giant.
• Gu Qing knocked Li Zhan into a crater, but Li Zhan restored his energy giant and launched a final attack.
• Gu Qing caught Li Zhan and his energy body, burned the giant away with martial true intent, and made Li Zhan surrender.
• Gu Qing threw Li Zhan into the pit and privately imagined becoming invincible across Earth.
• The onlookers discussed Gu Qing’s victory, his talent, and the effects of spiritual energy revival.
• Gu Qing basked in the crowd’s praise, then disintegrated his martial soul dharma form into crimson mist that returned to his body.

After defeating Li Zhan, Gu Qing drew Elder Liang’s offer to train in the Origin Land and added him on WeChat, hoping to learn about Bai Ningyu. As Xia Shuran and her friends congratulated him, Gu Qing wondered how Wu Jiahao had awakened his Gene Fusion Superpower.

• The barrier dissipated after Gu Qing withdrew his Martial Soul Dharma Form, and the lingering heat spread through the Arena as spectators struggled to endure it.
• The referee declared Gu Qing the winner, but Li Zhan insisted that only his Earth self had surrendered and challenged Gu Qing to face him in the Origin Land.
• Elder Liang offered to train Gu Qing in the Origin Land, promised rapid advancement, and gave him a week to decide after they added each other on WeChat.
• Gu Qing thought about using Elder Liang to learn how Bai Ningyu was doing in the Origin Land, while Xia Shuran congratulated him and told him his family had seen the duel video.
• Liu Yue and Wu Jiahao arrived on the overheated field, and Wu Jiahao accused Gu Qing of pretending to be a Paranormal Contact before Gu Qing asked how Wu Jiahao’s Gene Fusion Superpower had awakened.

After winning the final, Gu Qing was summoned by Deacon Tian to have the Supernatural Origin in his body tested. At the crowded Transcendent Testing Room, he found Elder Liang and Li Zhan scouting new Transcendents to take to the Origin Land for training.

• Wu Jiahao and Xia Shuran resolved to grow stronger and enter the Deputy Captain Election later that year.
• Liu Zhiyi and Song Anni congratulated Gu Qing, and Liu Zhiyi invited him and Xia Shuran to talk at her apartment.
• Deacon Tian stopped Gu Qing before he left the Arena and took him to test his Supernatural Origin; Liu Zhiyi and Xia Shuran went along.
• Song Anni followed with several team members, hoping to see Gu Qing's test results.
• Gu Qing entered the crowded Transcendent Testing Room and spotted Elder Liang and Li Zhan scouting newcomers for Origin Land training.

Gu Qing waited to have his Supernatural Origin tested while learning how the Night Court recruited Awakened and agreeing to join Song Anni’s Monster Assault Team. As Elder Liang called him forward, another newcomer scored 10%, leaving Gu Qing to await his own result.

• Deacon Tian explained that the Night Court recruited Supernatural Awakened and gathered them for group testing before sending promising prospects to the Origin Land.
• Gu Qing noticed Jiang Wanqiao among Song Anni’s team and agreed immediately to join the Monster Assault Team to help fight the Rat God Cult and Fox Woman Clan.
• Song Anni became excited by Gu Qing’s praise of her leadership, but Elder Liang interrupted and called Gu Qing over for his test.
• A newcomer named Deng Guicong tested at 10% Supernatural Origin, drawing astonished reactions from the room.
• Gu Qing hoped his own test would exceed 10% as he approached the testing pod.

Gu Qing entered the supernatural testing pod while Night Court members and newcomers speculated about his potential. The test revealed his supernatural origin content was an unprecedented 20%.

• Elder Liang recruited Deng Guicong after his supernatural origin content tested at 10%, promising him rapid advancement if he trained in the Origin Land.
• Li Zhan dismissed Deng Guicong’s result and watched Gu Qing enter the pod, while Song Anni, Liu Zhiyi, and others expected Gu Qing’s potential to exceed 12%.
• Elder Liang told Deng Guicong that Gu Qing had awakened a powerful superpower, and Deng Guicong assumed his own 10% result was higher.
• Deng Guicong accepted Chen Shijun’s flattery and exchanged WeChat contacts with him.
• Gu Qing completed the test, and the pod displayed a supernatural origin content result of 20%.

Gu Qing's 20% supernatural origin test result stunned the Night Court leaders, who confirmed it with repeated tests. He revealed that he had awakened twice and possessed two superpowers, then demonstrated psychic control by lifting Li Zhan into the air.

• The Testing Pod overloaded from the supernatural origin in Gu Qing's body, and he stabilized it with his mental power before stepping out.
• Elder Liang asked Gu Qing to remove his Storage Bag and retake the test, and Gu Qing entrusted it to Xia Shuran.
• Gu Qing tested at 20% three times, confirming a result far above the Night Court's previous 13% record.
• After the leaders examined and questioned him, Gu Qing explained that he had awakened twice and had a vital energy-type martial soul and psychic control.
• At Liu Zhiyi's request, Gu Qing demonstrated psychic control by lifting Li Zhan into the air and pinning him in place.

Gu Qing demonstrated his second superpower, prompting Elder Liang to invite him to train in the Origin Land, but Gu Qing declined for now. In Deacon Tian’s office, Gu Qing revealed that he and Xia Shuran had deliberately awakened their Martial Souls, then refused to explain how.

• Elder Liang concluded that Gu Qing had awakened a psychic superpower after Gu Qing pinned Li Zhan in midair with telekinesis.
• Elder Liang warned Gu Qing that Li Zhan was far stronger in the Origin Land and invited him to train there in a week, but Gu Qing declined.
• Deacon Tian opened a space rift and took Gu Qing, Xia Shuran, and Liu Zhiyi to his office, leaving Song Anni behind.
• Deacon Tian asked why Gu Qing and Xia Shuran had both awakened a Martial Soul, and Gu Qing said it had been deliberately induced.
• Deacon Tian asked Gu Qing to explain how they awakened their Martial Souls, but Gu Qing refused to discuss it.

Gu Qing explained his second awakening to Deacon Tian and was officially promoted to deputy captain of the Night Court. As a Rat God Cult expert approached Gu Qing’s home to attack his family, a colossal eyeball appeared over the residential community and nearly killed him with fear.

• Gu Qing claimed an elusive expert had guided him and offered to pass along the Night Court’s interest in cooperation.
• Gu Qing explained that surges in his qi-and-blood and mental strength had triggered his second awakening and rapid growth.
• Deacon Tian named Gu Qing a deputy captain, raised his salary to one million a month, and issued him an annual Grade B supernatural resource reward.
• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran left Deacon Tian’s office, while Liu Zhiyi stayed behind to speak with him.
• A Blue-Suited Man from the Rat God Cult arrived at Gu Qing’s residential community, intending to kill his family and later target Gu Qing.
• A giant eyeball appeared above the community, reviving the Blue-Suited Man’s stopped heart and terrifying him into trying to flee.

The Blue-Suited Man was driven mad by eyes sprouting across his body as the Giant Eyeball watched him from the sky. At Night Court headquarters, Gu Qing agreed to let Xia Shuran become his subordinate, then watched Wu Jiahao argue with Chu Yuqin, who rejected him for being a junior college student.

• The Giant Eyeball’s gaze caused eyes to grow all over the Blue-Suited Man, and he fled to the woods and mutilated himself trying to remove them.
• Xia Shuran asked Gu Qing to make her his first subordinate, and he agreed.
• Gu Qing and Xia Shuran joked about their boss-and-subordinate roles and headed to the Storehouse so Gu Qing could redeem his B-Rank Reward.
• They saw Wu Jiahao arguing with Chu Yuqin, whose label read [Boxing Champion].
• Chu Yuqin rejected Wu Jiahao, saying their educational backgrounds made them incompatible, while Wu Jiahao vowed to become the strongest of the Night Court’s younger generation within a year.