Chapter Summaries

Martial God Tianqi and Martial God Liantian confronted Chu Tiannan and Luo'er at the Great Wall Protection Guard’s welcoming celebration, revealing that Luo'er was engaged to Martial God Haotian. The revelation left Chu Tiannan standing protectively before Luo'er as tensions rose toward a possible fight.

• Martial God Tianqi introduced himself to Chu Tiannan as Luo'er’s senior brother and revealed that her teacher was a council member of the Hundred Alliance.
• Martial God Liantian asked Luo'er to visit the Hundred Alliance, but Luo'er refused and said she wanted to stay beside Chu Tiannan.
• Martial God Tianqi challenged Chu Tiannan’s strength and urged Martial God Gale to fight him instead.
• Martial God Liantian revealed that Luo'er’s Lin Family had arranged her marriage to Martial God Haotian of the Duan Family.
• Luo'er threatened Martial God Liantian for spreading the news, while the gathered Martial Gods watched the confrontation grow tense.

Chu Tiannan confronted Martial God Liantian and Martial God Tianqi in the Martial God Camp, where their clashes revealed Tianqi's limit Martial God strength. The battle ended with Chu Tiannan facing Tianqi, undeterred by the gap between them.

• Martial God Liantian attacked Luo'er with her soul will after she addressed her by title, and Chu Tiannan intervened to protect her.
• Chu Tiannan's soul impact overwhelmed Liantian's snow-lotus attacks when Heavenly Sin Mingshe swallowed them.
• Martial God Tianqi shattered Chu Tiannan's soul suppression, sending a shock wave through the hall that ejected some Martial Gods from the virtual space.
• Chu Tianbei told Chu Tiannan that Tianqi had reached the limit Martial God standard but remained short of minor perfection.
• Chu Tiannan understood the cultivation gap and smiled at Tianqi without backing down.

Martial God Tianqi pressured Chu Tiannan to leave Luo'er, but Luo'er defended him and drove Tianqi and Martial God Liantian toward the exit. Chu Tiannan then challenged Tianqi to a fight, leaving the hall stunned.

• Martial God Tianqi taunted Chu Tiannan and urged him to give up Luo'er, citing the Duan Family's power.
• An Liena and Luo'er stepped in to defend Chu Tiannan, and Luo'er threatened to kill Duan Tianqi and Martial God Liantian if they did not leave.
• Luo'er summoned a sword and ordered Duan Tianqi and Martial God Liantian to get out, so Duan Tianqi began to leave with Liantian.
• Chu Tiannan stopped Duan Tianqi and challenged Martial God Tianqi to fight him.

Chu Tiannan challenged Duan Tianqi, a Limit Martial God, after Duan insulted him and Luo'er. He set the fight for right now, determined to prove he could protect her.

• An Liena warned Chu Tiannan that Duan Tianqi was far too powerful, while Chu Tianbei, Martial God Rock, and Martial God Bright Moon voiced their support.
• Chu Tiannan accepted Duan Tianqi's challenge and stopped Luo'er from stepping in, saying it was a battle between men.
• Duan Tianqi let Chu Tiannan choose the time, place, and setting for their fight.
• Chu Tiannan issued a system challenge for right now and told Luo'er he would defeat Duan Tianqi to prove he could protect her.

Chu Tiannan accepted Duan Tianqi’s challenge and was transported to a snowy Mount Everest battlefield, while Martial Gods across the world gathered to watch. The chapter left the two fighters facing each other as Duan Tianqi urged Chu Tiannan to attack first.

• Luo'er took Chu Tiannan’s hand, declared that she would never marry Duan Haotian, and told Duan Tianqi to give up.
• Duan Tianqi accepted Chu Tiannan’s challenge, and Chu Tiannan said goodbye to Luo'er and the others before teleporting to the battlefield.
• Martial God Haoran and Martial Gods across the world learned of the match and rushed to watch its live broadcast.
• Chu Tiannan and Duan Tianqi arrived at a snowy battlefield on Mount Everest, where Duan Tianqi invited Chu Tiannan to make the first move.

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.