Chapter Summaries

Fan Mingjie was ambushed by Qin Ze’s team at Pearl Bridge after shrugging off the clones’ attempts to capture him in the slums. As Qin Ze and Wen Jing fought him with support from Lu Tongtong, the fatty, and Huai Xu, Fan Mingjie prepared to escape into the river just as an arrow whistled through the night.

• Hyena challenged Fan Mingjie in the slums but was slammed into a wall, and Fan Mingjie kicked Crocodile into the river when he tried to lead him away.
• Qin Ze led Wen Jing, Lu Tongtong, the fatty, and Huai Xu to Pearl Bridge after the clones confirmed Fan Mingjie’s strength was at the peak of level three.
• Qin Ze and Wen Jing attacked Fan Mingjie while Lu Tongtong predicted his moves, the fatty prepared an array, and Huai Xu waited with his bow.
• Fan Mingjie blocked Qin Ze’s attack with his Martial Artifact shield and fired its hidden spike, but Qin Ze dodged it and Wen Jing struck him.
• Alarmed by the pair’s strength and ability to anticipate him, Fan Mingjie widened the distance and prepared to jump into the river when an arrow whistled through the night.

Qin Ze and his teammates fought Fan Mingjie on the bridge, with Qin Ze surviving Fan Mingjie's ultimate attack and defeating him with blue flames. As Fan Mingjie hinted that he had not come alone, a seductive woman appeared beside Qin Ze.

• Huai Xu shot arrows at Fan Mingjie while Qin Ze and Wen Jing pressed their attack, and Lu Tongtong used Deduction to warn them about Fan Mingjie's area attack before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Fan Mingjie struck Wen Jing after Lu Tongtong's ability ended, then Huai Xu fired a powerful arrow that collided with Fan Mingjie's shield.
• Fan Mingjie hit Qin Ze with the Bone-Shaking Technique, but Qin Ze emerged unharmed inside a Black Tortoise phantom.
• Qin Ze unleashed Blue Flame Release while Fatty's vines restrained Fan Mingjie, leaving Fan Mingjie scorched and drained.
• Fan Mingjie claimed he had not come to the bridge alone, and a seductive woman's voice greeted Qin Ze from beside him.

Qin Ze stalled Virgo while Lu Tongtong and the others prepared Plan B, then escaped by teleportation as the executor arrived. Virgo lost the deal with Fan Mingjie and fought the executor, while Fan Mingjie escaped.

• Qin Ze flattered Virgo and kept him occupied while Lu Tongtong relayed the signal for Plan B and the fatty prepared a teleportation formation.
• Virgo revealed a drop containing twenty units of Source of the World, but Fan Mingjie demanded that Virgo cripple Qin Ze and hand him over as a condition of the deal.
• Qin Ze stalled Virgo with a declaration of love and a poem until he pointed out the executor arriving in the sky.
• Virgo tried to strike Qin Ze, but a teleportation ring carried him away as the fatty teleported Lu Tongtong and the others to safety.
• Virgo called off the deal, Fan Mingjie escaped with a crystal ball, and the executor attacked Virgo.

After Virgo escaped the executive officer, Qin Ze decided to keep pursuing the Source of the World and summoned the Circus to Pearl City. As reports placed Saber King and a level-eight executive officer on Virgo’s trail, Qin Ze slept, and news that shocked Sea Capital martial artists broke the next morning.

• Qin Ze returned to the hotel with his team, planned to stay in Pearl City, and reflected on the crystal ball containing the Source of the World that Fan Mingjie had taken away.
• Number Three told Qin Ze that Virgo had escaped after badly injuring the level-seven executive officer, and urged the team to return to school.
• Qin Ze called Dharma King, Brother Devour, and Giant Overlord to bring the Circus to Pearl City.
• Giant Overlord reported that Saber King had arrived in Sea Capital and was hunting Virgo, while the chat group discussed the Source of the World and the danger of staying in Pearl City.
• Qin Ze went to sleep, and news shocked the Sea Capital martial artists' forum early the next morning.

Qin Ze learned that the Saber King had been arrested and questioned the motives behind his campaign, while his clones searched Sea Capital for Fan Mingjie. In the Law Enforcement Department, the Saber King revealed that he intended to replace the young Chosen One—and hinted that the Chosen One might die.

• Qin Ze read forum posts about the Grand Archon arresting the Saber King and told his companions that the Saber King's actions might have served a larger purpose.
• Qin Ze decided the group would wait two days before continuing their mission, while his clones reported their arrival in Sea Capital.
• Qin Ze sent his clones to search the surveillance-free south-bank old district for Fan Mingjie.
• The Grand Archon urged the Saber King to return to the Abyss, but the Saber King refused until the dust settled.
• The Saber King said he planned to gain the world's recognition and replace the Level One Chosen One, then asked what would happen if the Chosen One died.

Saber King planned to hunt the Twelve Zodiac Signs and the president to gain recognition from the World Will, while Virgo prepared to force Fan Mingjie into another deal. Qin Ze learned that Brother Jie planned to auction the battery in Pearl City and escape with the proceeds.

• Saber King revealed that he wanted to kill powerful targets to build his reputation, then used a bronze compass to locate the Chosen One near Pearl City.
• Virgo ordered his subordinates to arrange another trade with Fan Mingjie and said he had a Martial Artifact that could counter the Shelter Space.
• Ma Yan worried about Qin Ze after seeing him at the bridge battle and planned to find a chance to contact him.
• A curfew sent Qin Ze and his companions back to their hotel in Pearl City.
• Brother Devour told Qin Ze that Brother Jie had escaped a meeting with Virgo's people using the Shelter Space and announced an auction for the battery at a stadium the next night.
• Qin Ze learned the auction would accept crystal stones, a currency used among the myriad races, and suspected Brother Jie planned to sell the battery and flee.

Qin Ze prepared to ambush Fan Mingjie at an auction, secured a Hunting Beast to counter Fan Mingjie's Shelter Space, and accepted a newly upgraded level-five mission. Ma Yan warned him that Virgo, Pisces, and Aries would attend the auction, leaving Qin Ze to weigh the danger as the event approached.

• Qin Ze arranged for Yao Yuan to send him a Hunting Beast through the chat group so he could stop Fan Mingjie from escaping through Shelter Space.
• Qin Ze's mission was raised to level five, but he told the school staff member that he and his team would continue and received a promise of extra compensation.
• Qin Ze told Lu Tongtong, Huai Xu, Wen Jing, and the fatty that Fan Mingjie would auction the battery that night and instructed them to adapt to the situation.
• Ma Yan called Qin Ze and warned him that Virgo planned to move against Fan Mingjie at the auction, where Pisces and Aries would also be present.
• Qin Ze reassured Ma Yan that he valued his life, but he reflected on the three Zodiac members attending and the battery's importance.

Qin Ze and the Circus captured an E-rank Hunting Beast, which Giant Overlord named Big Black and took responsibility for. Qin Ze then brought his team to the secret auction, where Fan Mingjie appeared and welcomed the attendees.

• Yao Yuan sent Qin Ze a live, uninjured E-rank Hunting Beast, and Qin Ze claimed it at the warehouse.
• Giant Overlord intimidated the Hunting Beast into submission, named it Big Black, and put a chain around its neck.
• Qin Ze left Big Black with Giant Overlord and rallied the Circus clones to attend the auction.
• Qin Ze and his professional team arrived at the abandoned stadium, where masked bidders and likely Law Enforcement Department and company representatives had gathered.
• Fan Mingjie appeared in the center of the stadium and opened the auction.

Fan Mingjie auctioned an A-1 nuclear fusion battery sample for nine hundred crystal stones and vanished into the Shelter Space after completing the sale. As the auction ended, a black flag crashed into the stadium, and an unknown woman declared that the game of cat and mouse was over.

• Fan Mingjie demonstrated his ability to disappear into the Shelter Space and opened the auction with a starting bid of one hundred crystal stones.
• Bidding climbed until the bald man offered nine hundred crystal stones, and Fan Mingjie exchanged the man's cloth bag of stones for the battery.
• Fan Mingjie announced the auction's end and disappeared, while Wen Jing and Lu Tongtong believed the mission had failed.
• Qin Ze told the group the real show was about to begin as a fiery meteor struck the stadium and left a black flagpole planted in the ground.
• A strange power spread from the flag, and an unknown woman called out to Fan Mingjie that the game of cat and mouse was over.

Virgo trapped Fan Mingjie with a Martial Artifact, took the battery after killing the bald man, and fought Sea Capital Law Enforcement Department executive officer Kun Peng. As the fight escalated, undercover officers moved to arrest the auction’s attendees, and Qin Ze ran into three of them.

• Virgo used the flagpole to seal the stadium and prevent Fan Mingjie from escaping in his Shelter Space.
• Virgo’s ability enthralled the audience, but Qin Ze resisted it and Lu Tongtong restrained Fatty, Huai Xu, and Wen Jing.
• The bald man surrendered the battery to Virgo, who killed him and challenged the audience to send the next opponent.
• Executive Officer Kun Peng introduced himself and rang an antique bronze bell, waking the enthralled audience.
• Kun Peng and Virgo began fighting as undercover law enforcement officers attacked the attendees, and Qin Ze ran into three officers while retreating.

Qin Ze and his companions were trapped inside the stadium as the Sea Capital Law Enforcement Department battled Virgo and the other auction attendees. As the Circus sprang its ambush, Kun Peng recovered and confronted Virgo again.

• Number Three stopped three officers from attacking Qin Ze and his companions, but they discovered a barrier sealed the stadium and prevented their escape.
• Fatty failed to open a teleportation array, and Qin Ze told the group to wait while the battle at the stadium continued.
• Kun Peng fought Virgo, but Virgo used the blood from his wounds to impale him and seal his meridians.
• Virgo drained two law enforcement officers to regenerate his body while Qin Ze and his companions prepared to seize Brother Jie and flee.
• More than a hundred masked Circus members burst from beneath the arena and charged toward the flagpole.
• Kun Peng rose and pulled a spike from his stomach, then faced Virgo as the Circus attacked.

Qin Ze and the Circus attacked Virgo’s forces to break the barrier, while Kun Peng fought Virgo and Dharma King battled a Level Three guard. After Qin Ze and his allies killed the guard and shattered the defenses, a clone pulled down the flag.

• Virgo summoned blood-bean soldiers around the flagpole, and the clones opened an assault with a wave of self-destructing fighters.
• The clones broke through the outer defenses, but a Level Three man in black rallied the guards and attacked them.
• Dharma King transformed and fought the Level Three man while Qin Ze, Wen Jing, and Huai Xu joined the battle.
• Huai Xu’s arrow distracted the guard, Dharma King paralyzed him with lightning, and Qin Ze killed him with White Tiger Fire Movement Fist.
• Qin Ze, Dharma King, and Wen Jing overwhelmed the remaining defenders, and a clone pulled the flag from its pole.

Qin Ze and the law enforcement officers fought to escape Virgo, who defeated Kun Peng and trapped them inside the stadium. Outside, Giant Overlord sent Big Black after Fan Mingjie, whose Shelter Space the beast shattered, while a mysterious swordsman arrived at the arena.

• Fan Mingjie escaped the stadium with his Shelter Space as Qin Ze and Wen Jing helped clear a path for the others.
• Giant Overlord released Big Black to track the Source of the World, and Virgo transformed into a muscular man before crippling Kun Peng.
• Virgo stomped the flagpole back into place, causing a blast that killed nearby clones and subordinates, while Qin Ze and Dharma King escaped with Phase Rush.
• Qin Ze prepared to retreat into the Shelter Space with Dharma King, but a burly man carrying two sabers appeared in the arena.
• Giant Overlord and Brother Devour cornered Fan Mingjie, and Big Black tore open his Shelter Space after Fan Mingjie fled inside.
• Fan Mingjie surrendered his bag of crystals and told them to ask Virgo for the battery, while Brother Devour took the crystals.

Brother Devour forced Fan Mingjie to surrender his stolen valuables and reveal that he had spied for the Sea Capital Biotechnology Research Institute. After Fan Mingjie was killed by unknown attackers, they turned on Brother Devour and decapitated him.

• Brother Devour made Fan Mingjie hand over nine hundred crystals, five units of Source of the World, and a hidden USB drive.
• Fan Mingjie revealed that he was an off-the-books employee of the Sea Capital Biotechnology Research Institute, sent to steal data on the A-1 Nuclear Fusion Battery.
• Fan Mingjie explained that he had copied the data, stolen the battery sample, and planned to sell both through the Myriad Races Black Market.
• After Brother Devour let Fan Mingjie leave, an unknown attacker shot a hole through Fan Mingjie's chest and killed him.
• A man and a woman in black combat suits arrived, identified Brother Devour and Giant Overlord as witnesses, and attacked them.
• The pair severed Brother Devour's head and cut his body in half while demanding the data.

Brother Devour survived being cut apart, revealed his monstrous form, and overwhelmed the two robotic fighters sent to eliminate him and Giant Overlord. As the robot commander summoned reinforcements, Giant Overlord called in more than a hundred clones, and the two sides began fighting.

• Brother Devour reassembled after the man and woman cut him into pieces, then fought back and knocked the woman into a wall.
• Brother Devour transformed, swallowed the man, and spat him out after discovering he tasted like engine oil and metal.
• The woman raised the threat level to A-rank and summoned dozens of robots to surround Brother Devour and Giant Overlord.
• Giant Overlord called more than a hundred clones out of an alley, and they immediately attacked the robots.
• The robots unleashed their full firepower, and the battle erupted between the clones and the robotic forces.

Giant Overlord, Brother Devour, and the clones defeated a force of robots and a woman who self-destructed, then withdrew with Brother Jie’s corpse and the USB drive. At the stadium, Saber King arrived to confront Virgo, who revealed she had been waiting for him and summoned three figures.

• Giant Overlord and the clones helped wipe out the robots, while Big Black joined the fight by biting through them.
• Giant Overlord killed the level-three woman with a beam, then kicked her into the sky when she announced her self-destruct sequence.
• Brother Devour and Giant Overlord decided to leave Brother Jie’s corpse behind for Fatty and the others to collect, and the group withdrew with the USB drive and their fallen brothers’ remains.
• Saber King arrived at the stadium and freed Kun Peng from the blood blades impaling him.
• Virgo welcomed Saber King and claimed she had deliberately waited for him, then caused three figures to appear.

Virgo fought the Saber King in the gymnasium’s shattered void, appearing to be overwhelmed before revealing that he had prepared a trap. He drained his own body to imprison the Saber King in a blood-mist coffin and unleashed his killing blow, Iron Maiden.

• The Saber King attacked Virgo, and their clash shattered the space above the gymnasium as the others retreated.
• Virgo formed hundreds of blood blades, but the Saber King’s body withstood them and his swordsmanship drove Virgo back.
• Qin Ze sent Fatty Brother Jie’s location so they could retrieve Brother Jie’s corpse while the fighters below waited for the battle’s outcome.
• The Saber King pierced Virgo with two saber lights and moved in to finish him, but Virgo’s blood erupted into a mist that enclosed the Saber King in a spiked coffin.
• Virgo pressed his palms together and shouted, “Killing blow—I​​ron Maiden!”

Virgo weakened Saber King with poison and trapped the stadium inside a formation powered by Source of the World. He offered Saber King a choice: wait while the formation drained the South District, or absorb the district’s vitality to regain his strength.

• Saber King broke free of Virgo’s blood-spiked coffin but discovered that Virgo’s poison had reduced his strength and would take eight to ten minutes to expel.
• Virgo escaped into the Shelter Space with Ram, Fishes, and Ma Yan, then used two subordinates to replenish himself; Saber King struck the group out of hiding and forced them back into the space.
• Virgo planted a flag and fused a drop of Source of the World with it, expanding a barrier around the stadium and activating a formation.
• Saber King’s saber beams and rapid slashes failed to break through the formation’s reinforced independent space.
• Virgo explained that the formation would drain the South District’s vitality in five minutes and presented Saber King with the choice of waiting or drawing in that vitality to restore his strength.

Virgo forced Saber King to choose between letting him steal South City's power or sacrificing the district's residents to kill him. Saber King chose to draw on the lives of South City, and as the spreading red lines threatened everyone, Brother Devour suggested using the key to reclaim the Source of the World.

• Virgo set a four-minute timer and challenged Saber King to choose between stopping the power drain and saving South City's residents.
• Saber King plunged his sabers into the ground and began drawing on the lives of the hundred thousand people in South City to kill Virgo and his companions.
• Virgo panicked as the red lines spread across the stadium and toward the rest of the district, while Ram and Pisces realized they had no way to escape.
• Qin Ze and his clones failed to find a way out as the red lines threatened to cover the district.
• Brother Devour asked whether they could use the key to reclaim the Source of the World powering the formation.

Qin Ze persuaded the Saber King to use Qin Ze’s Source of Life to create a rift in the space protecting Virgo’s Source of the World. After the Saber King drained and consumed dozens of Qin Ze’s clones, Qin Ze moved closer to Virgo, ready to retrieve the source when the rift opened.

• Qin Ze learned that the key could retrieve the Source of the World only within ten paces and that Virgo’s surrounding space had to be broken open first.
• Qin Ze contacted the Saber King and explained that retrieving the Source of the World would disable Virgo’s formation and spare South City’s hundred thousand people.
• The Saber King initially refused, but Qin Ze challenged him to value the people’s lives over his pride and offered his own Source of Life to help open a rift.
• The Saber King absorbed the Source of Life from more than thirty of Qin Ze’s clones, and Qin Ze ate their bodies to hide the evidence.
• The Saber King told Qin Ze to approach Virgo so he could retrieve the Source of the World as soon as the Saber King made his move.