Chapter Summaries

Luo'er failed to find information about Chu Tiannan’s token, but she stayed in his room while he studied Elder Yuan’s Control Heavenly Law manual. After mastering it and discovering an expensive new item in the Martial Artist Shop, Chu Tiannan continued meditating, determined to win Luo’er’s family’s approval.

• Luo'er told Chu Tiannan that her family’s connections had revealed nothing about his token, though she still felt it was special.
• Chu Tiannan pulled Luo'er into his room, and she fell asleep while he meditated alone on the balcony.
• Chu Tiannan devoured Elder Yuan’s Control Heavenly Law manual and gained one Martial God level point, leaving nine points until Mid-Level Martial God.
• Chu Tiannan looked at the sleeping Luo'er and resolved to make her family willingly let her stay by his side.
• Chu Tiannan found an SSS-Level Genetic Modification Agent in the Martial Artist Shop, but its 100-billion price was beyond his means, so he closed the shop.

Chu Tiannan explored the Martial God Alliance Shop, spent one million military merit to purchase Sword Intent, and used the Devour Store to consume a cosmic crystal. He then prepared to learn about the special forces.

• Chu Tiannan discovered the Martial God Alliance Shop and learned that his achievements had earned him 1.4 million military merit.
• Chu Tiannan found that he could only purchase the complete Thunder Qilin Combat Method and decided not to spend one million military merit on it.
• Chu Tiannan bought Sword Intent for one million military merit, with delivery promised within an hour.
• Chu Tiannan rejected the SSS-grade Genetic Modification Agent and devoured an earth yellow stone, gaining five devour points and reducing his debt to the Devour Store.
• Chu Tiannan opened the search engine to investigate the special forces.

Chu Tiannan researched the Martial God Alliance’s Special Forces and considered whether to join. He chose to apply for the Great Wall Guard, which had two vacancies.

• Chu Tiannan read that the Special Forces were elite Martial God units tasked with protecting humanity and learned members could choose to stay or take external postings.
• Chu Tiannan realized Luo'er had a family, so he decided to choose an external posting.
• Chu Tiannan found hundreds of Special Forces units listed, but fewer than ten external units had vacancies available to him.
• Chu Tiannan reviewed the Great Wall Guard, learned it was the strongest guard unit in the China Alliance and had two vacancies, and decided to join it.

After joining the Great Wall Guard, Chu Tiannan and Luo'er traveled to Jingzhou Base City to report to its tactical base. They arrived at a mountain facility and learned that its visible structures were only the surface of the true base.

• Chu Tiannan chose to apply to the Great Wall Guard with Luo'er, learning that the team was recruiting two members after three had died fighting the Taotie Clan's Demon Beasts.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on the burdens carried by powerful Martial Gods and watched the sun rise from Martial God Island.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er arrived by fighter jet at a secret tactical base in Jingzhou Base City.
• A guide explained that the facility on the mountain was only the surface of the tactical base, then pressed a device to reveal its true core.

The guide took Chu Tiannan and Luo'er through Jingzhou Base City's underground tactical base, explaining its defenses and role as a shelter. They reached the deepest plaza and began a rapid elevator ride toward the Great Wall Guard.

• The guide activated a mechanism that opened a tunnel beneath the mountaintop.
• The guide explained that the tactical base could shelter over a hundred million people and defend against Demon Beasts.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er descended past the first fifty levels of laser defenses and the developing underground living areas.
• The transport platform carried Chu Tiannan, Luo'er, and the guide to the base's lowest plaza after nearly half an hour.
• The guide led Chu Tiannan and Luo'er into a transparent elevator bound for the Great Wall Guard, and it shot upward at incredible speed.

The Slaughter Martial God learned that Chu Tiannan was the only person to leave Yuhai City after Robert died and suspected him of the killing. Though he planned to kill Chu Tiannan, the organization behind him had demanded that Chu remain part of its plan.

• Two students reported that only one person had left Yuhai City alive after Robert's death and that he had joined the Martial God Alliance.
• The Slaughter Martial God accessed the file and learned the man's name was Chu Tiannan.
• The Slaughter Martial God recognized Chu Tiannan as the young man who had risen from Martial Artist to Martial God Level in less than a year.
• One student suggested Chu Tiannan might be connected to Robert's death, and the Slaughter Martial God suspected he was the killer.
• The Slaughter Martial God recalled that the organization required Chu Tiannan for its plan and vowed to kill him once the plan was realized.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er arrived at the Great Wall Protection Guard’s core area in Jingzhou Base City. After entering, Chu Tiannan asked a black-clad young man whether Chu Tianbei was there.

• The guide escorted Chu Tiannan and Luo'er to the three hundredth floor, where soldiers and Martial Artists saluted them.
• The guide stopped at the core-area entrance, and Chu Tiannan noticed a soul impact in the Great Wall painting on its door.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er entered the guard’s spacious indoor grounds, which included exercise equipment, dormitories, and a combat area.
• A blindfolded black-clad young man assembled a sniper rifle in just over ten seconds, then frowned at his recorded time of 13.5 seconds.
• Chu Tiannan approached the young man and asked whether Chu Tianbei of the Great Wall Protection Guard was there.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er joined Chu Tianbei, the Hundred-Li Martial God, on a Great Wall Protection Guard rescue mission soon after arriving. As they flew out, Chu Tiannan learned that the powerful sniper was also a Strength Martial Artist.

• Chu Tianbei met Chu Tiannan and Luo'er, recognized them as new Great Wall Guard recruits, and gave them team uniforms.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er changed into uniform and followed Chu Tianbei to a pale purple aircraft for a mission.
• Chu Tianbei said the rescue mission would earn them 100,000 military merits and urged them to follow the captain's instructions.
• Chu Tiannan learned that Chu Tianbei, a Martial God Level gunner known as the Hundred-Li Martial God, was also a Strength Martial Artist.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er joined the Great Wall Protection Guard in the Qinling Mountains and met its members. Captain Gale briefed them on an A-rank mission to rescue Martial Artists trapped deep in the mountains.

• Chu Tianbei led Chu Tiannan and Luo'er to the guard's camp in the Qinling Mountains.
• Captain Gale, Bedrock, and Bright Moon introduced themselves to the new recruits.
• Bright Moon teased Luo'er about whether she and Chu Tiannan were a couple, while Chu Tianbei warned Chu Tiannan to keep his distance from her.
• Gale began the briefing for an A-rank mission to rescue a trapped team of Martial Artists.
• Chu Tiannan asked Luo'er what Bright Moon had told her, but Luo'er refused to say and walked ahead.

Chu Tiannan, Luo'er, and Chu Tianbei guarded the perimeter while the other Martial Gods entered the Qinling Mountains to rescue a trapped Martial Grandmaster team. After Luo'er opened a jade box, its purple smoke overcame all three guards, leaving the mission site without their support.

• Martial God Gale sent the team to rescue a trapped Martial Grandmaster team from an ancient tomb in the Qinling Mountains.
• Chu Tianbei led Chu Tiannan and Luo'er to a concealed high-ground position to provide perimeter support and cover the rescuers' retreat.
• Chu Tianbei explained that the mission was A-rank and that he would observe the terrain while Martial God Gale, Martial God Rock, and Martial God Bright Moon entered the area.
• A powerful force surged from the ancient tomb as thunder intensified, signaling that fighting had begun inside.
• Luo'er found and opened a jade box despite Chu Tianbei's warning, releasing purple smoke that caused her, Chu Tianbei, and Chu Tiannan to lose consciousness.

Chu Tiannan and the Great Wall Protection Guard woke up bound in a hidden chamber, where a masked man revealed they had been lured into a trap. After kicking Martial God Gale aside, the captor freed Martial God Rock, who charged at him.

• Chu Tiannan woke tied to a chair alongside the other members of the Great Wall Protection Guard.
• Chu Tianbei realized the rescue mission had been bait, and Martial God Gale identified their situation as a trap.
• A masked man introduced the place as Dark Purgatory and kicked Martial God Gale into a wall when he challenged him.
• The masked man loosened Martial God Rock's ropes, and Rock unleashed his Martial God Power and charged at him.

A group of masked men interrogated the captured Great Wall Protection Guard and attacked Martial God Bright Moon while overpowering the others. When they tried to drag Luo'er away as well, Chu Tiannan broke free and attacked their leader.

• The lead masked man knocked Martial God Rock unconscious with a single palm strike, then summoned more masked men and freed the guards from their bonds.
• The masked men restrained the guards, and their leader questioned Martial God Gale about the Martial God Alliance and its Special Forces.
• Two masked men dragged Martial God Bright Moon into a dark room, where her screams and the men’s laughter enraged the others.
• Chu Tianbei shouted in fury but was knocked unconscious, while Chu Tiannan began releasing his Martial God Power.
• When the masked men tried to drag Luo'er away, Chu Tiannan broke free, drew the Heaven-Deriving Sword, and slashed at the lead masked man.

Chu Tiannan fought the masked leader and his Martial God forces to free Luo'er, but an unseen elder stopped the battle just as his sword was about to strike. Everyone was left unable to move.

• Chu Tiannan attacked the masked leader when he saw him threaten Luo'er, and ten Advanced Martial Gods appeared behind the leader.
• Chu Tiannan drove back the two Martial Gods restraining Luo'er, then stood back-to-back with her and urged her to escape and send a distress signal.
• Luo'er refused to leave without Chu Tiannan, and he charged the approaching Martial Gods with the Heaven-Deriving Sword and Devouring System's power.
• The masked leader blocked Chu Tiannan with rippling force and demanded an answer, but Chu Tiannan broke through his defense and pressed his attack.
• An aged voice boomed from outside and suppressed Chu Tiannan, the masked leader, and everyone else before the sword could land.

Chu Tiannan devoured power from an enemy beyond the Martial God level, breaking through its suppression and advancing to advanced Martial God. He vowed to defeat the masked man and get the others out alive, though the space around him remained difficult to move through.

• An invisible force pinned Chu Tiannan and the others in place, and his system warned that the enemy's power surpassed the Martial God level.
• Chu Tiannan used the Heaven-Deriving Sword to devour the overwhelming power, becoming the only one able to move against it.
• Martial God Gale and Luo'er watched Chu Tiannan resist, while the aged voice withdrew its power after sensing it being devoured.
• The system advanced Chu Tiannan to advanced Martial God, repaid his Devour Store debt, and assigned him a mission to defeat the masked man.
• Chu Tiannan tried to attack the masked man but found the space thick and difficult to cross; he told Martial God Gale he would get everyone out alive and challenged the enemy.

Chu Tiannan used the power he had gained to reach advanced Martial God level and overwhelm the masked leader. As he prepared to kill him, a councilor intervened, and Chu Tiannan recognized the white-robed newcomer.

• Chu Tiannan revealed his strength had risen to advanced Martial God level and confronted the masked leader with the Heaven-Deriving Sword.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed all thirteen strikes of Shadowless Sword, breaking the leader’s Crystal Wall and forcing him to retreat and defend himself.
• Chu Tiannan followed the final strike with a blow from the Heaven-Deriving Sword, but an invisible barrier stopped both attacks and drove him back.
• Chu Tiannan challenged the unseen councilor and positioned Luo'er in front of himself.
• A white-robed figure appeared, and the masked experts bowed to greet the councilor; Chu Tiannan recognized the figure and looked astonished.

Chu Tiannan and Luo'er learned that the apparent battle had been a test for new Special Forces recruits, and Elder Yuan welcomed them as members of the Great Wall Guard. The Dark Night Force withdrew, and Elder Yuan assigned Gale to guide the newcomers and announced a welcome banquet.

• Elder Yuan revealed that the confrontation had been a test and declared Chu Tiannan and Luo'er official Great Wall Guard members.
• Chu Tiannan discovered that he was on Martial God Island rather than in the Qinling Mountains, and Elder Yuan explained the Special Forces' test of loyalty and trust.
• Chu Tiannan objected that Dark Night had targeted Luo'er, and Dark Night admitted he had been wrong before withdrawing his force.
• Elder Yuan promised the Dark Night Force military merits and assigned Gale to guide Chaos and Glazed Glass.
• Elder Yuan announced a welcome banquet for Chu Tiannan and Glazed Glass at Martial God Camp.

After joining the Great Wall Guard's Ninth Squad, Chu Tiannan and Luo'er received deep-sense helmets and learned about Martial God Camp. They bought a seaside loft together, and Chu Tiannan prepared to enter the virtual space.

• Martial God Gale welcomed Chu Tiannan and Luo'er as members of the Ninth Squad and announced a welcome banquet in Martial God Camp.
• Martial God Gale gave them deep-sense helmets and manuals, and Luo'er explained that the devices let their consciousness enter a virtual space.
• Chu Tiannan invited Luo'er to share a house, and they bickered over who would get the upstairs room.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er bought a loft near the shore, where Chu Tiannan asked Devour whether it could consume his helmet for Devour Points.
• Chu Tiannan put on the deep-sense helmet and connected to Martial God Camp.

Chu Tiannan arrived at the Martial God Camp’s virtual space and learned that its ancient setting preserved memories of Earth before the cataclysm. As he and Luo'er were welcomed as newly emerged Martial Gods, he reflected uneasily on his past as the Demon Dragon Sovereign.

• Chu Tiannan appeared in the vast virtual plaza and marveled at the Martial God Camp’s temples, flags, and crowds of Martial God experts.
• Devour told Chu Tiannan it had already explored the virtual space and explained that the temples served as meeting halls and dining facilities.
• Martial God Gale and the others greeted Chu Tiannan, and Chu Tianbei explained that the plaza recreated preserved scenes of Earth before the cataclysm.
• Chu Tianbei warned that humanity could not live in peace while Demon Beasts remained, leaving Chu Tiannan to privately recall that he had once been a Demon Beast himself.
• Martial God Gale praised Chu Tiannan as a possible future council member, and Chu Tianbei welcomed him and Luo'er as the first new Martial Gods in three years.
• Chu Tiannan and Luo'er followed Martial God Gale and the others into the meeting hall.

Chu Tiannan attended a gathering of Martial Gods, where his rapid rise to fame brought a flood of toasts and attention. He was caught between Luo'er and An Liena when the two women met and An Liena reminded Luo'er that Chu Tiannan had once been on her team.

• Martial Gods from the China Alliance Region toasted Chu Tiannan and praised his rise to advanced Martial God.
• Chu Tiannan retreated to a corner with Luo'er and admitted he disliked the crowded gathering.
• Chu Tiannan was startled when An Liena arrived with Martial God Gale and learned she was the Thousand Mechanisms Martial God and the squad's vice-captain.
• An Liena greeted Chu Tiannan playfully, while Luo'er watched their exchange in silence.
• Luo'er toasted An Liena, who said Chu Tiannan had once been a member of her team, prompting Luo'er to look at him with a faint smile.

At the Martial God Camp, Chu Tiannan found himself caught between Luo'er’s jealousy and the attention of other women, including Lin Yurou. As hostile young Martial Gods watched him, a mysterious visitor approached and addressed him as the Chaos Martial God.

• Luo'er teased Chu Tiannan about his close year with An Liena, while the Great Wall Guard members silently watched.
• Lin Yurou arrived and explained that her Peak Martial God teacher had sent her to invite Luo'er to the Hundred Alliance Region.
• Chu Tiannan hesitated to let Luo'er leave, and Lin Yurou departed after concealing her disappointment.
• An Liena pointed out that Martial Gods from other regions were watching Chu Tiannan and Luo'er, and Chu Tiannan confidently faced their hostility.
• A mysterious visitor addressed Chu Tiannan as the Chaos Martial God, prompting An Liena and Luo'er to recognize the visitor.