Recaps

Chu Tiannan battled Duan Tianqi in Martial God Camp's virtual space while Chu Tianbei asked his powerful second brother, Chu Tianxi, to intervene. Chu Tianxi refused to disrupt his eldest brother's breakthrough, then grew puzzled by Chu Tiannan's familiar appearance as Duan Tianqi's hidden sword threatened to strike.

• Chu Tianbei asked Chu Tianxi to stand up for the Great Wall Protection Guard after Duan Tianqi bullied them.
• Chu Tianxi declined to help beyond the agreed terms, explaining that their eldest brother was in the middle of a breakthrough.
• Chu Tianxi watched Chu Tiannan on the screen and wondered why the young man looked familiar.
• Duan Tianqi invited Chu Tiannan to attack, and Chu Tiannan unleashed the Thunder Qilin Combat Method and struck with the Heaven-Deriving Sword.
• Duan Tianqi used his Controller ability to block Chu Tiannan's sword with a pale-gold short sword.
• A second pale-gold short sword appeared behind Chu Tiannan and sliced toward him.

Chu Tiannan challenged Duan Tianqi, a Limit Martial God, in virtual space but was overwhelmed by the gap in their strength. After surviving a crushing blow, Chu Tiannan charged Duan Tianqi from behind as Duan Tianqi prepared to strike back.

• Duan Tianqi summoned five golden daggers and used them to batter Chu Tiannan back across the snowy mountain.
• Duan Tianqi merged the daggers into a powerful golden pillar that sent Chu Tiannan crashing into a black rock.
• Spectators doubted Chu Tiannan could defeat a Limit Martial God, while Chu Tianbei urged him to get back up.
• Chu Tiannan spat out blood, recovered, and realized that virtual space made injuries and pain feel real.
• Duan Tianqi turned away, but Chu Tiannan surged forward with the Heaven-Deriving Sword, prompting Duan Tianqi to prepare to kill him.

Chu Tiannan used Momentum to disrupt Duan Tianqi’s defenses and break his Sword Spirit Seal formation, injuring the Limit Martial God. As Chu Tiannan pressed his attack, Duan Tianqi summoned the War Overlord, whose enormous shield blocked Chu Tiannan’s sword.

• Chu Tiannan used Momentum to briefly disrupt Duan Tianqi’s control over his five golden shortswords.
• Duan Tianqi formed the Sword Spirit Seal barrier, but Chu Tiannan struck before its core shortsword could take position.
• Chu Tiannan’s thirteen streams of sword energy shattered the formation and injured Duan Tianqi with the backlash.
• Spectators in the hall and the China Alliance Region reacted with shock and celebrated Chu Tiannan’s feat.
• Duan Tianqi summoned the War Overlord, and its enormous shield blocked Chu Tiannan’s attack.

Chu Tiannan faced Duan Tianqi’s War Overlord and controlled weapons after Duan Tianqi revealed his Gunner power. As the onlookers debated the rules, Chu Tiannan countered Duan Tianqi’s nine golden attacks with Heavenly Sin Mingshe.

• The Martial Gods watching the fight recognized Chu Tiannan’s strength and discussed whether he was a dual cultivator.
• Chu Tianbei accused Duan Tianqi of breaking the rules by using his Gunner power, but the system did not declare a violation.
• Duan Tianqi summoned the War Overlord, whose enormous shield blocked Chu Tiannan’s sword.
• The War Overlord attacked with a mechanical arm, and Chu Tiannan held it back with the Heaven-Deriving Sword.
• Duan Tianqi sent nine streaks of golden light at Chu Tiannan, who unleashed Heavenly Sin Mingshe to intercept them.

Chu Tiannan used Heavenly Sin Mingshe and the Heaven-Deriving Sword to overpower Duan Tianqi and devour his War Overlord. Just as Chu Tiannan was about to finish Duan Tianqi, a voice declared that he had used a shortcut, and he was expelled from the virtual space.

• Chu Tiannan used Heavenly Sin Mingshe to entangle Duan Tianqi's golden shortswords and gradually drain his control over them.
• Chu Tiannan struck the War Overlord with the Heaven-Deriving Sword, then used its devouring power to trap and consume the construct.
• Duan Tianqi split off part of his will to make the War Overlord self-destruct, but Chu Tiannan struck it again and stopped the attempt.
• Chu Tiannan declared Duan Tianqi defeated and charged at him, but a voice said Chu Tiannan had used a shortcut and ended the round.
• Chu Tiannan vanished from the battlefield after being kicked out of the virtual space.

Chu Tiannan nearly defeated Duan Tianqi in the virtual space, but the simulation froze and kicked them both out before the fight’s outcome was revealed. Back in reality, Chu Tiannan wondered if the Devouring System had caused the virtual space to treat him as a bug.

• Duan Tianqi unleashed his Primordial Sword Array while Chu Tiannan’s Heavenly Sin Mingshe kept his returning swords entangled.
• Chu Tiannan charged through the sword rain and swung the Heaven-Deriving Sword at Duan Tianqi.
• The virtual space froze and dissipated Chu Tiannan, Duan Tianqi, and their weapons before either could land a decisive blow.
• The Martial Gods in the livestream hall saw the screen go black and discovered that both fighters had been kicked out.
• Chu Tiannan returned to reality and wondered whether the Devouring System had made the virtual space flag him as a bug.

After Chu Tiannan’s clash with Duan Tianqi left Martial God Camp unsure who had won, both men reacted to the battle in reality. Chu Tiannan learned that the system had ruled him a cheat for using Devour and vowed to conceal the talent.

• Martial Gods at Martial God Camp discussed Chu Tiannan’s performance and speculated about the outcome of his fight with Duan Tianqi.
• Duan Tianqi smashed liquor bottles and admitted that Chu Tiannan might have been able to kill him outside the virtual space, but Martial God Liantian persuaded him that Chu Tiannan would lose in a real fight.
• Chu Tiannan received a Martial God Camp notice ruling his previous battle a loss because he had exploited a system loophole, which the system had patched.
• Chu Tiannan realized the virtual space had flagged his Devour talent as a bug and decided not to use it unless he could finish an opponent in one strike.
• Chu Tiannan received a second notice deducting ten thousand military merit and vowed never to use Devour in the virtual space again.

Chu Tiannan’s friends and instructors gathered to ask about his sword strike and how strong he and Luo’er were. After the crowd left, Luo’er told Chu Tiannan she wanted to learn the strike too.

• The Great Wall Guard and Chu Tiannan’s former instructors crowded into his residence to ask about the battle and Luo’er’s strength.
• Raptor Martial God asked Chu Tiannan to teach him the final sword strike, but Chu Tiannan kept his cultivation of Momentum secret.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on how far he had risen and how he could now stand among Martial Gods as an equal.
• The visitors left without asking who had won, reading Chu Tiannan’s relaxed expression as an answer.
• Luo’er told Chu Tiannan that she wanted to learn his sword strike.

On the artificial island in the Pacific, the First Chairman purified the deadly mist leaking from three heavenly pillars and watched Chaos Martial God’s virtual-space battle. He had Chaos Martial God declared the loser, but recognized his potential and ordered Shen Cangsheng to help him when needed.

• The First Chairman cultivated on the artificial island, purifying purple mist from the heavenly pillars as it turned fish into powerful Demon Beasts.
• After destroying the demonized fish, the First Chairman watched Chaos Martial God’s livestream and questioned his victory over the War Overlord.
• The First Chairman declared Chaos Martial God the loser, removed him from virtual space, and ordered the system to fix the loophole he had found.
• Shen Cangsheng appeared and praised Chaos Martial God’s strength, while the First Chairman told him to watch over the young man and help him when necessary.
• The First Chairman said Chaos Martial God might grow to his level, then privately wondered whether he might need the young man’s help.

Luo'er mastered the sword move “Momentum” with remarkable speed, and Chu Tiannan used his remaining lucky roulette draw. The reward arrived in the Devour Store, but Chu Tiannan was baffled when he saw what he had won.

• Luo'er demonstrated a powerful sword strike, and Chu Tiannan praised her soul impact and rapid progress.
• After half a month of practice, Luo'er tested “Momentum” against Chu Tiannan and lost, though her improvement impressed him.
• Chu Tiannan checked the Devour Store and remembered he had one lucky roulette draw left.
• Chu Tiannan spun the roulette and won a reward, which the Devouring System delivered by mail.
• Chu Tiannan retrieved the reward and reacted with confusion at the strange item.

Chu Tiannan chose Heaven-Deriving Advancement Stones to strengthen his sword, which began advancing after devouring them. While waiting, he browsed a Martial God ranking and found himself listed at number 97 as the Chaos Martial God.

• Chu Tiannan rejected the option to exchange his Heavenly Tribulation Advancement Stones for Devour Points and chose Heaven-Deriving Advancement Stones instead of Heavenly Sin Advancement Stones.
• Chu Tiannan used the ten Heaven-Deriving Advancement Stones on his dark-gold longsword, which devoured them and fell silent as if entering secluded cultivation.
• Chu Tiannan browsed the latest top 500 Martial Gods list on the Martial God Forum and saw Martial God Haotian ranked first.
• Chu Tiannan found himself ranked 97th as the Chaos Martial God, suspected to be the strongest Martial God below Limit Martial God.

Chu Tiannan watched Chaos Martial God's sudden rise in the rankings before discovering a disturbing video announcing Martial God Jialuo's impending death. The chapter ended with Jialuo declaring that he would already have fallen by the time viewers saw his message.

• Martial Gods argued over whether Chaos Martial God's ranking among the top 100 reflected his real strength.
• Duan Tianqi vowed to make Chaos Martial God suffer when they met in reality, while Chu Tiannan dismissed the rankings and focused on improving himself.
• Chu Tiannan opened a widely viewed breaking-news video with a blood-red title announcing a crisis and tragedy.
• The video revealed the terrified, bloodied face of Martial God Jialuo, who identified himself and said he would already have fallen when the recording was seen.

Chu Tiannan watched Martial God Jialuo’s corrupted final video, which warned that East China Base City was a trap and hinted at humans and Demon Beasts. He learned that East China Base City had fallen again, with all its civilians and Martial Gods dead, and reacted with murderous fury.

• Chu Tiannan watched Martial God Jialuo’s final video and heard him warn that East China Base City was a trap before the signal cut out.
• Luo'er asked Chu Tiannan whether he had checked the forum, and the doorbell rang.
• The Ninth Squad gathered at the seaside villa after receiving news that East China Base City had fallen and all three hundred million residents and stationed Martial Gods had died.
• Martial God Gale said the Martial God Alliance had activated an emergency response plan as Luo'er and An Liena noticed Chu Tiannan’s distress.
• Chu Tiannan crushed his cup and said that East China Base City was gone.

After East China Base City was destroyed and its 300 million residents were killed, Chu Tiannan and the Martial God Alliance’s Special Forces gathered to respond. The Alliance issued a supreme mission to investigate the massacre and identify the culprit, and Chu Tiannan departed determined to find them.

• Chu Tiannan was shaken by the news that East China Base City and its East Martial Arts Hall branch had been destroyed with no survivors.
• Chu Tiannan, Chu Tianbei, and Martial God Gale agreed that the Alliance had to discover what happened and avenge the victims.
• The Great Wall Protection Guard received an emergency summons for all Special Forces to assemble at Sea God Island’s central plaza.
• Elder Yuan announced that the Alliance chairmen had issued a supreme mission to investigate East China Base City and identify the culprit.
• Elder Ling urged the Special Forces to return alive, and more than a thousand Martial Gods boarded their fighter aircraft to begin the mission.

Hundreds of human fighters flew toward East China Base City, destroying Demon Beasts that tried to interfere along the way. The fleet arrived above the city, where Chu Tiannan was shocked by what he saw.

• The Great Wall Protection Guard's Team Nine joined the fighter formation as hundreds of aircraft set out for East China Base City.
• The fighters bombed Demon Beasts in the sea, and Martial God Gale fired his laser cannon to destroy more of them.
• The fleet continued its journey after the Demon Beasts stopped challenging it.
• After half a day, the fighters reached land in the China Alliance Region and flew to East China Base City.
• The fighters hovered above East China Base City, and Chu Tiannan stared at the city in shock.

Chu Tiannan and the Martial Gods found East China Base City deserted, its buildings riddled with holes and no human or Demon Beast remains. While searching for the city’s tactical base, Chu Tiannan encountered a strange creature and then a shuffling figure, whose appearance shocked him.

• Chu Tiannan and the other Martial Gods arrived in East China Base City and found ruined, honeycomb-like buildings, bloodstains, and no signs of life.
• Chu Tianbei and the other Martial Gods found no human or Demon Beast remains on their detectors, and Chu Tiannan flew toward the city center to investigate.
• Luo'er followed Chu Tiannan, and Martial God Gale urged the others to follow him.
• As Chu Tiannan searched for a tactical base, an unknown creature attacked him from a holed high-rise, and his Heavenly Sin Mingshe devoured it.
• Chu Tiannan spotted a ragged figure shuffling along the street, called out, and froze when he saw its face.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er encountered a rotting humanoid monster in the ruined East China Base City and headed to the central plaza to investigate. There, they found Martial God Yanzhan killing a monster, but half of his face had rotted and he did not recognize Chu Tiannan.

• A rotting humanoid monster attacked Chu Tiannan, and Luo'er cut it in half before Martial God Bright Moon disintegrated its corpse with moonlight.
• Chu Tiannan led Luo'er toward the central plaza, while Martial God Gale, Chu Tianbei, Martial God Rock, and the others followed.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er heard a monster roar and found Martial God Yanzhan killing a monster dressed in Martial Artist clothing.
• Chu Tiannan recognized Martial God Yanzhan, but Yanzhan's face was rotting and he murmured that they were coming without recognizing him.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er found Martial God Yanzhan amid the ruins of East China Base City, where a mysterious virus had turned its people into monsters. After explaining what happened and revealing he was infected, Yanzhan asked Chu Tiannan to kill him before he fully mutated.

• Chu Tiannan discovered that the tactical base beneath the central plaza had become a mass grave, with signs that Martial Gods had died there.
• Chu Tiannan revived Martial God Yanzhan's fading awareness and asked what had happened to East China Base City.
• Yanzhan said that people began mutating at midnight, attacking and eating others, and that he had been infected while trying to save his wife.
• Yanzhan revealed that his family, friends, and old rival were gone, and told Chu Tiannan to kill him before he mutated completely.

Chu Tiannan killed Martial God Yanzhan at his request after Yanzhan revealed that the mutation involved zombies and warned that they had to be wiped out. As night fell over East China Base City, growls and battle fluctuations began rising across the city.

• Martial God Yanzhan begged Chu Tiannan to kill him before he fully turned into a zombie and revealed that zombies emerged at night and were trapped inside the local defense system.
• Yanzhan lost control and mutated, so Chu Tiannan drew the Heaven-Deriving Sword and killed him with one stroke.
• Luo'er took Chu Tiannan's hand as he mourned Yanzhan, and the Great Wall Protection Guard arrived to find the tactical base tunnel filled with corpses.
• Martial God Rock, Martial God Bright Moon, and An Liena reacted with fury and grief as the city darkened and zombie growls and battle fluctuations erupted from all directions.

Chu Tiannan used the Heaven-Deriving Sword’s newly awakened second-tier Momentum to destroy a horde of zombies, then led the team into battle as more zombies swarmed East China Base City.

• Chu Tianbei fired his sniper cannon at a high-rise, revealing a mass of zombies inside.
• Luo'er warned the group that the zombies were highly toxic, while Martial God Bright Moon hesitated to attack them.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed a second-tier Momentum sword strike that annihilated more than ten thousand zombies.
• Chu Tiannan realized the Heaven-Deriving Sword’s dark patterns absorbed the power of heaven and earth, allowing it to fight without tiring.
• Martial God Gale reported that zombies had appeared throughout the area, and Chu Tianbei insisted they could not be allowed to escape East China Base City.
• Chu Tiannan led the team toward another massive zombie tide in the central plaza.

Chu Tiannan, An Liena, and the other Martial Gods fought through an immense zombie tide in East China Base City, using their abilities to hold back wave after wave. As Chu Tiannan noticed danger approaching An Liena, he rushed toward her and shouted a warning.

• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er fought side by side as zombies poured from the surrounding buildings, while Chu Tiannan realized he had already killed nearly ten thousand.
• Chu Tianbei bombarded the horde from atop a statue, and An Liena used the Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella to protect the team and cut down zombies.
• Martial God Bright Moon called for support as she and Martial God Rock were overwhelmed, and An Liena launched her spinning umbrella to destroy the approaching swarm.
• Chu Tiannan used the Heavenly Sin Mingshe to keep zombies away, then spotted danger near An Liena and lunged toward her with a warning.

Chu Tiannan and the others fought through a plaza swarming with zombies while trying to reach the Great Wall Protection Guard's main force. A mysterious black-winged creature attacked Chu Tianbei, and Martial God Gale intervened before it revealed itself.

• Chu Tiannan tackled An Liena out of the path of a black streak, then the group continued fighting zombies while conserving their strength.
• An Liena went to protect Martial God Bright Moon, and Chu Tiannan devoured the zombies they killed to replenish his strength.
• Chu Tianbei spotted the main force to the southeast and fought off zombies climbing toward him.
• The black streak attacked Chu Tianbei, but his sniper cannon failed to stop it.
• Martial God Gale deflected the black streak with wind blades, and the creature revealed its enormous bone wings atop a building.

Martial Gods fought to defend East China Base City from a zombie tide while Chu Tiannan confronted a demon-like monster at peak Martial God level. He destroyed it in one attack, but its humanlike pain and apparent refusal to defend itself left him questioning why it had come to die.

• Fighter jets bombed the zombies as special forces teams answered calls for support across East China Base City.
• Chu Tiannan, Chu Tianbei, An Liena, and Martial God Bright Moon spotted a winged monster atop a high-rise and prepared to break out.
• Chu Tiannan charged the monster and struck it with a storm of sword qi, annihilating it almost instantly.
• Chu Tiannan noticed the monster had shown humanlike pain and seemed not to defend itself, while Chu Tianbei marveled at how easily he had killed it.

The Slaughter Martial God reported that the virus experiment had succeeded but been contained in East China Base City, while a mysterious master ordered him to keep a certain young man under control. After the zombie tide was contained and the Special Forces regrouped, the Great Wall Guard received an urgent order to return to Jingzhou Base City to fight Taotie Demon Beasts.

• The Slaughter Martial God told his mysterious master that the virus had been contained in East China Base City, and the master ordered him to control a young man for future use.
• The China Alliance contained the zombie tide in East China Base City behind steel walls after a night of fighting.
• Chu Tiannan learned that an entire Special Forces unit had been killed by a King Level zombie monster after reinforcements failed to arrive.
• The Martial God Alliance canceled the supreme mission and awarded each participating Special Forces member two hundred thousand military merits.
• The Great Wall Guard received an urgent order to return to Jingzhou Base City because Taotie Demon Beasts had appeared along the Great Wall.

As the China Alliance cleared East China Base City and prepared to reinforce the endangered Great Wall, Martial God Western Emperor arrived and asked to borrow Chu Tiannan. The chapter ended with Martial God Gale learning that Western Emperor wanted Chaos Martial God for his own mission.

• The China Alliance sent a million soldiers and Martial Artists to clear the outskirts of East China Base City while Special Forces received new assignments.
• Martial God Gale's team agreed that the Great Wall Guard had to return and defend the Great Wall from the rampaging Taotie Demon Beast Clan.
• Chu Tianxi arrived, reunited with Chu Tianbei, and greeted Chu Tiannan as Chaos.
• Chu Tianxi said his guard team had to remain for cleanup and told Chu Tianbei to go with the others.
• Chu Tianxi told Martial God Gale that he had come to borrow Chaos Martial God.