Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan awoke in the body of another Chu Tiannan on an apocalyptic Earth, where three Heavenly Pillars had caused animals to transform into Demon Beasts. As he wondered whether his death as a Demon Dragon Sovereign had been plotted, a Demon Beast appeared outside the window.

• Chu Tiannan woke in a frail body on an unfamiliar world and realized he had died in the Origin World.
• He sorted through the body's memories and learned he was on Earth, where three Heavenly Pillars had triggered an apocalypse and enhanced animals into Demon Beasts.
• Chu Tiannan suspected that someone had plotted his failed breakthrough and death.
• A violent roar shook the room, and Chu Tiannan opened the door to find a beast staring at him through the living room window.

Reborn in the body of an ordinary human in the Demon Beast-ravaged East China Base City, Chu Tiannan faced death when a Purple Shadow Cat attacked him. The Devouring System froze time and offered a trial, and Chu Tiannan activated it as the countdown began.

• Chu Tiannan recognized the giant purple wildcat breaking into his room as a Junior Beast Soldier, the Purple Shadow Cat.
• The Purple Shadow Cat vanished and struck at Chu Tiannan, leaving its claw less than a centimeter from his nose.
• Time stopped, and the Devouring System appeared in Chu Tiannan's mind and offered him a complimentary trial.
• Chu Tiannan realized he had been reborn in Earth's Chu Tiannan's body and accepted the system's offer.
• As the trial's activation countdown began, Chu Tiannan watched the frozen Purple Shadow Cat and prepared to test the system.

Chu Tiannan used the Heaven-Deriving Sword to kill and devour a Purple Shadow Cat, advancing to junior martial artist. The Devouring System gave him a survival mission to reach a safe base city and warned that the divine weapon would expire.

• The Purple Shadow Cat charged, and Chu Tiannan blocked it with a dark gold longsword that appeared in his hand.
• Chu Tiannan struck the Purple Shadow Cat with the Heaven-Deriving Sword and killed it.
• The Devouring System announced that Chu Tiannan had obtained the Heaven-Deriving Sword as a trial divine weapon.
• The sword transformed into a giant beast and devoured the Purple Shadow Cat, advancing Chu Tiannan to junior martial artist.
• The Devouring System assigned Chu Tiannan a mission to reach a safe base city and warned him to watch the divine weapon's expiration time.
• Chu Tiannan looked out at Earth and declared that he had arrived.

Chu Tiannan left the stairwell and crossed a city devastated by a massacre, finding a dead warrior’s watch and heading for the city’s edge. As he tried to cross North Mausoleum Park, a Demon Beast spotted him.

• Chu Tiannan reflected that devouring three Junior Beast Soldiers had not advanced his rank, then emerged to find the plaza covered in corpses.
• Chu Tiannan discovered a nearly intact corpse kneeling before a pile of bodies, recognized the dead person as a warrior, and took the warrior’s watch.
• Chu Tiannan changed into black clothes, secured the Heaven-Deriving Sword, and continued toward the edge of East China Base City.
• Chu Tiannan chose the shortest route across North Mausoleum Park and sprinted through its open plaza.
• A Demon Beast’s blood-red eyes opened ahead, and Chu Tiannan dropped to the ground too late to avoid being noticed.

Chu Tiannan fought a senior beast soldier, the Blood-Eyed Demon Wolf, and survived by using the Heaven-Deriving Sword and a sniper rifle. After devouring the wolf and reaching intermediate martial artist, he fled toward the highway.

• Chu Tiannan encountered the Blood-Eyed Demon Wolf and realized it was far stronger than the junior beast soldiers he had faced before.
• The demon wolf feigned disinterest, then sprang at Chu Tiannan, who stabbed its eye with the Heaven-Deriving Sword.
• When the wolf attacked again, Chu Tiannan activated the sword's Devour ability, pulled it free, and used a martial artist's sniper rifle to survive the beast's pounce.
• Chu Tiannan crawled out from under the wolf, devoured its body, and reached intermediate martial artist.
• Chu Tiannan left the battlefield and sprinted toward the distant highway.

Chu Tiannan watched a girl in yellow face four demon wolves and discovered she wielded a powerful lightsaber. After killing one wolf, she was surrounded by the remaining three, leaving her in immediate danger.

• Chu Tiannan realized that devouring weaker Demon Beasts had not let him break through to the next level, and he spotted a human fleeing below.
• Chu Tiannan saw four demon wolves pursuing a girl in yellow and hesitated to intervene because he feared facing them all.
• The girl in yellow stopped atop a car and killed the first wolf to attack her with a scarlet energy greatsword.
• Chu Tiannan recognized her weapon as a lightsaber and saw that using it had already consumed much of her strength.
• The remaining three demon wolves surrounded the girl and lunged at her from three directions.

Chu Tiannan rescued a wounded girl in yellow from demon wolves, then carried her to a temple as more beasts approached. After securing their shelter for the night, he roasted a rabbit and offered her food.

• The girl in yellow killed one of three demon wolves, but the remaining two injured her and left her unable to fight.
• Chu Tiannan killed the two wolves, devoured them, and advanced to Advanced Martial Artist.
• Chu Tiannan carried the wounded girl away as a pack of more than ten demon wolves approached their location.
• Chu Tiannan brought the girl to a temple, scattered high-level Demon Beast dung to deter lesser beasts, and prepared a campfire.
• Chu Tiannan roasted a red-eyed rabbit and offered a piece to the girl, who watched the food expectantly.

Chu Tiannan and the girl in yellow shared food and recovery potions while sheltering from Demon Beasts, and both recovered by morning. As the girl thanked him, she suddenly swung her sword at him.

• Chu Tiannan offered the hungry girl in yellow roast rabbit and water, then kept watch outside while she rested.
• The girl in yellow gave Chu Tiannan a recovery potion, which he drank before leaving her alone in the room.
• By morning, Chu Tiannan had fully recovered and reached the Advanced Martial Artist rank, and he vowed to discover why he had come to this world.
• The girl in yellow came outside and thanked Chu Tiannan for saving her.
• As Chu Tiannan began to dismiss her thanks, a red gleam flashed along her sword as she swung it toward him.

Chu Tiannan fought off a golden-haired girl who tried to kill him despite his having saved her, and learned that she feared he would distract her from the Martial Artist path. When Demon Beasts approached, Chu Tiannan escaped the temple, leaving the girl behind.

• The girl attacked Chu Tiannan, and he dodged her strike before clashing swords with her to a draw.
• Chu Tiannan demanded to know why she wanted to kill him, and she said she had to kill him because he saved her.
• The girl explained that Chu Tiannan's survival would make her think about him and distract her from the Martial Artist path, prompting him to call her out of her mind.
• Chu Tiannan tried to leave as Demon Beasts approached, but the girl attacked again and fought him to a stalemate.
• Shadow Rats entered the temple, and the girl drove them away with a shout.
• Chu Tiannan used Cun Jin to knock aside her sword, jumped onto the roof, and declared that she could not catch him.

Chu Tiannan fled toward South China Base City while Luo'er pursued him, intent on killing the man she had once saved so she could focus on cultivation. After she defeated him with a powerful sword technique, he accepted his fate, but she hesitated before finally striking.

• Chu Tiannan traveled through the forest toward South China Base City while evading Luo'er, who had hunted him for ten days.
• Chu Tiannan stopped and attacked Luo'er, but she blocked his sword and revealed that their battles had helped him reach the peak of Advanced Martial Artist.
• Luo'er used a powerful sword technique to overwhelm Chu Tiannan and halted her greatsword just before it could kill him.
• Chu Tiannan admitted defeat and offered his life, while Luo'er hesitated instead of striking immediately.
• Luo'er eventually sent a streak of red light slashing toward Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan survived Luo’er's near-fatal attack when she chose to spare him and claim him as hers. After he resisted that idea, Luo'er asked him to become her partner and trust her to protect his back.

• Luo'er stopped her greatsword just before killing Chu Tiannan, leaving him puzzled by the power she had unleashed.
• Luo'er dismissed the sword's glow, spared Chu Tiannan, and declared that he belonged to her.
• Chu Tiannan rejected the idea of belonging to Luo'er, and she remembered that he had spared her ten days earlier.
• Luo'er asked Chu Tiannan to become her partner and promised to shield him as long as she remained standing.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er sealed an oath to protect each other, then discovered their damaged detectors had left them unaware of an Earth-Splitting Bear nearby. They faced the Beast General-level demon beast together, and the chapter ended as it charged at Chu Tiannan.

• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er sealed their oath with a high five, and Luo'er began treating him sincerely.
• After the system warned him of danger, Chu Tiannan pulled Luo'er out of the way of an Earth-Splitting Bear's attack.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er realized their wrist detectors were damaged and identified the bear as a Beast General-level demon beast.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er argued over who should lure the bear away before it charged at them.
• Chu Tiannan cut the Earth-Splitting Bear's belly with the Heaven-Deriving Sword, wounding it but failing to deal serious damage.
• The enraged bear fixed its attention on Chu Tiannan and lunged at him.

Chu Tiannan lured the Earth-Splitting Bear into a dense forest, then hid with Luo'er as the beast pursued her. They watched as a group of silver figures surrounded the bear.

• Chu Tiannan fled through the trees while the Earth-Splitting Bear smashed through them, and Luo'er followed, ready to help.
• After an hour of pursuit, Chu Tiannan used the dense woods to lose the Earth-Splitting Bear and hide nearby.
• Luo'er searched for Chu Tiannan but startled a silver wolf cub, whose cry alerted the Earth-Splitting Bear to her presence.
• The Earth-Splitting Bear chased Luo'er through the rugged forest until Chu Tiannan pulled her into hiding on a reverse slope.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er saw several silver figures silently gather and close in around the Earth-Splitting Bear.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er escaped the Silver Moon Wolves and spent several days traveling together before Iron-Horned Rhinoceroses chased them down a highway. Luo'er drove their vehicle to safety, leaving Chu Tiannan convinced she was not someone to mess with.

• Luo'er recognized the Silver Moon Wolves, and Chu Tiannan slipped away with her while the wolves attacked the Earth-Splitting Bear.
• Chu Tiannan learned that Devour only worked on Demon Beasts or other targets he personally killed.
• At a mountain monastery, Luo'er told Chu Tiannan she had been vacationing in East China Base City when Demon Beasts overran it, and she left him to keep watch.
• After three more days of traveling together, Chu Tiannan and Luo'er fled from pursuing Iron-Horned Rhinoceroses in an off-road vehicle.
• Luo'er floored the accelerator and opened some distance from the Iron-Horned Rhinoceroses, impressing Chu Tiannan with her driving.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er raced toward South China Base City while fleeing a horde of Demon Beasts, but their vehicle was overturned just before they reached safety. With both of them injured and a huge creature closing in, Chu Tiannan carried Luo'er away on his back.

• Luo'er drove through a pursuing horde of Demon Beasts while Chu Tiannan warned her about the road.
• A group of Martial Artists watched from a rise and mistook the pair for a team deliberately drawing in the beasts.
• Luo'er and Chu Tiannan realized the vehicle was nearly out of gas, then spotted South China Base City ahead.
• Just short of the city, a sudden impact overturned the vehicle and left both Chu Tiannan and Luo'er injured.
• Chu Tiannan pulled Luo'er from the wreck, bound her to his back, and fled as the enormous creature roared behind them.

Chu Tiannan fought through a demon beast horde while carrying Luo'er toward the base city, refusing to abandon her despite his injuries. Just as a demon wolf knocked him down and the horde closed in, the Hua Alliance Army opened fire from the rise and came to their rescue.

• Chu Tiannan discovered he could not activate the Heaven-Deriving Sword, so he fought off Purple Shadow Cats with his fists and Luo'er's lightsaber.
• Chu Tiannan battled through the pursuing demon beasts with Luo'er on his back, and she urged him to leave her behind.
• Chu Tiannan continued toward the base city despite cuts and an injured thigh, but a demon wolf struck him down before the rise.
• The Hua Alliance Army fired from the rise, killing nearly half the demon beast horde and announcing their arrival.

After the Demon Beasts retreated, Chu Tiannan collapsed from exhaustion and Luo'er stayed beside him until help arrived. A month later, he trained in South China Base City while concealing his strength, then left the Martial Artist Academy to look for part-time work and noticed a wealthy young man watching him.

• The Army-Breaking Beast ordered the Demon Beasts to withdraw as the Hua Alliance Army arrived.
• Chu Tiannan collapsed from exhaustion, and Luo'er cradled him and confirmed he was only asleep.
• A month after their rescue, Chu Tiannan trained alone at the Martial Artist Academy and planned to take the Martial Artist assessment after becoming a Martial Master.
• Chu Tiannan left the academy to seek part-time work because he had no money and was living on state support.
• While waiting for a ride, Chu Tiannan noticed a wealthy young man staring at him with apparent disdain.

Luo Ji resented Chu Tiannan for outperforming him in a strength test and planned to test the newcomer’s abilities. During class, Chu Tiannan thought about finding Luo’er before being startled by the arrival of a new transfer student.

• Luo Ji watched Chu Tiannan leave and, urged on by his two friends, decided he would find a chance to test him.
• Chu Tiannan reflected that he had revealed too much strength and hoped Luo Ji would not provoke him.
• During afternoon lessons, Chu Tiannan thought about Luo’er and resolved to look for her once he had established himself.
• An academy director announced a transfer student joining Advanced Class Three, and Chu Tiannan was shocked when he looked toward the doorway.

Luo'er arrived as a transfer student and ignored Luo Ji’s invitation to sit beside Chu Tiannan, revealing that she already knew him well. Her choice made Chu Tiannan the target of the boys’ jealousy, while Luo Ji quietly vowed to retaliate.

• Luo'er introduced herself to the class, and the boys eagerly tried to approach her.
• Luo Ji invited Luo'er to sit beside him, but she walked past him without responding.
• Luo'er greeted Chu Tiannan warmly and explained that she had wanted to surprise him.
• Luo'er sat beside Chu Tiannan, prompting the boys to glare at him and Luo Ji to resent him.
• Luo Ji vowed inwardly to make Chu Tiannan suffer, while Chu Tiannan accepted the attention with little concern.

After Luo'er joined Chu Tiannan at the academy, Luo Ji confronted him and demanded that he leave her alone. Chu Tiannan ignored the threat and walked away with Luo'er, leaving Luo Ji and the watching students stunned.

• After class, Luo'er invited Chu Tiannan for a walk, and he agreed despite sensing her killing intent.
• As Chu Tiannan and Luo'er walked around the academy, students noticed them and spread rumors about their relationship and Luo Ji's jealousy.
• Luo Ji arrived with several young men and told Chu Tiannan to leave Luo'er, offering to let their dispute go if he did.
• Chu Tiannan stood between Luo Ji and Luo'er, dismissed his demand, and walked away with her.