Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan confronted Wei Huasheng over his threat to kill him, while the military arrived in overwhelming force and backed Ning Chuan. Wei Huasheng admitted his threat and apologized, then offered one hundred billion in compensation after Luo Qin rejected the idea that an apology alone was enough.

• Over a thousand attack helicopters escorted Ning Chuan into the garden, shocking the guests and frightening the Wei Family.
• Wei Huasheng denied threatening Ning Chuan and claimed Ning Chuan was slandering him.
• Song Yuefeng arrived and proposed taking both men to military headquarters for a Heavenly King to search their souls.
• Faced with the prospect of a soul search, Wei Huasheng bowed to Ning Chuan and admitted he had threatened to kill him.
• Luo Qin declared that Wei Huasheng's threat against a future Divine General could not be settled by an apology alone.
• Wei Huasheng offered Ning Chuan one hundred billion in compensation.

Ning Chuan accepted Wei Huasheng’s 100 billion payment, then challenged Wei Qiance to a no-restrictions fight and stopped his powerful saber strike with Draw Sword and Slash Heaven Art. The chapter left the guests stunned by Ning Chuan’s ability to match an Eighth-Grade Martial Artist despite his First-Rank strength.

• Ning Chuan accepted Wei Huasheng’s 100 billion payment after Song Yuefeng warned him not to push the military’s bluff too far.
• Ning Chuan challenged Wei Qiance to a fifteen-minute, no-restrictions match, and Wei Huasheng urged Wei Qiance to accept and promised him spirit-nourishing liquid for killing Ning Chuan.
• Wei Qiance agreed, prepared himself, and brought out the origin-pattern weapon Blazing Rock Saber.
• Wei Qiance attacked Ning Chuan with a powerful descending saber strike, and Ning Chuan met it with Draw Sword and Slash Heaven Art.
• Ning Chuan’s sword strike sent Wei Qiance flying, shocking the guests because Ning Chuan’s Force fluctuations showed only First-Rank strength.

Ning Chuan fought Wei Qiance at Wei Huasheng’s birthday gathering, revealing multiple Divine Weapons and steadily overwhelming him. After Wei Qiance detonated his armor in desperation, Ning Chuan survived and killed him, then threw his body at Wei Huasheng’s feet as a birthday gift.

• The guests recognized Ning Chuan’s Heaven-Slaying Sword as a Divine Weapon, and Wei Huasheng ordered Wei Qiance to kill him.
• Ning Chuan blocked Wei Qiance’s Rock Dragon Breath with the Thousand-Wave Shield and Golden Body Transformation, then struck him with Explosive Lotus, though the Marsh Armor protected Wei Qiance.
• Ning Chuan tested several martial arts against Wei Qiance, steadily improving as he attacked with different Divine Weapons.
• Wei Qiance sacrificed the Blazing Rock Saber in a powerful slash, but Ning Chuan’s layered defenses limited the injury to a wound on his palm.
• Ning Chuan used the Army-Breaking War Spear and Army-Breaking Killing Method to drain the Marsh Armor, ignoring Wei Qiance’s pleas for mercy.
• Wei Qiance detonated the Marsh Armor, but Ning Chuan protected himself with the re-formed Thousand-Wave Shield and killed him with the Army-Breaking War Spear, then tossed his body at Wei Huasheng’s feet.

Ning Chuan’s return to Qingshan City sparked widespread debate over whether his combat power spanned eight realms, while he headed to the Lu Family estate after returning a powerful missile to Song Yuefeng. He arrived at the estate late at night and immediately resumed testing the younger generation’s math skills.

• Videos of Ning Chuan’s battle with Wei Qiance spread across the internet, prompting experts and the public to argue over whether Ning Chuan could fight across eight realms.
• Aboard an armed helicopter, Ning Chuan returned the Annihilation Type 3 missile to Song Yuefeng while Luo Qin treated his wound and explained her Dharma Aspect Realm abilities.
• Ning Chuan told Luo Qin and Bai Xiuxiu that he planned to train in mecha piloting and seek more Sea Dragon Blood at the August mecha martial competition.
• Ning Chuan left the helicopter before it reached the Lu Family estate and leaped down to avoid drawing attention.
• The Lu Family youths learned that Ning Chuan had returned and killed Wei Qiance, then answered his surprise math question with “3,001.”

Ning Chuan learned why Lu Zhan was forbidden to leave Qingshan and promised to use Lu Zhan’s favor when he became a Heavenly King. He then found Lu Mengyue worried about changes in her body, while starlight began flowing into her hair.

• Ning Chuan told Lu Cangyun and Lu Zhan about his military trip, his Ultimate Weapon Art test, and the Wang Family’s attempt to target him.
• Lu Cangyun explained that Lu Mengyue’s mother had fallen in love with Lu Zhan while betrothed to a Lin Family Divine General, who later became a Heavenly King and had her imprisoned in the Wang Family’s ancient tower.
• Lu Zhan offered to cut ties with Ning Chuan to protect him from the Lin and Wang Families, but Ning Chuan reminded him of the favor he owed and said to use it when Ning Chuan became a Heavenly King.
• Ning Chuan found Lu Mengyue by the pool and misunderstood her concern about changes in her body, embarrassing her with his awkward advice.
• After Ning Chuan walked away, starlight surged toward Lu Mengyue’s hair, where pale cyan and pale blue colors intertwined.

Ning Chuan spent his wealth on Sharpness Qi and prepared for mecha training before traveling to the 27th Group Army base. He was set to take an advanced mecha pilot rank assessment, curious how much of his martial arts power he could now unleash through a mecha.

• Ning Chuan sold his spoils and received gifts, bringing his wealth above 150 billion, then spent nearly all of it on more than 600 cubic meters of Sharpness Qi.
• On the helicopter ride to the 27th Group Army base, Luo Qin told Ning Chuan that military personnel respected his victory over Wei Qiance, while advanced mecha pilots were eager to challenge him.
• Bai Xiuxiu met Ning Chuan at the base and drove him toward the mecha pilot training camp, explaining that he needed a rank certificate to enter the August military mecha martial competition.
• Luo Qin explained the seven-star advanced mecha pilot rankings and the requirements for becoming an ace pilot.
• Bai Xiuxiu told Ning Chuan that the mecha he had piloted previously recorded him unleashing seven percent of his martial art's power, and Ning Chuan wondered how much he could manage now.

Ning Chuan visited the mecha pilot training ground to take a rank assessment, where Chu Ange provoked him and awkwardly offered Bai Xiuxiu a vial of Sea Dragon Blood. Luo Qin proposed a way to turn the confrontation to Ning Chuan’s advantage, promising he could receive the vial.

• Ning Chuan arrived at the training ground, and Bai Xiuxiu ordered Xu Shanyi to find two seven-star mecha pilots for his rank assessment.
• The mecha pilots gathered around Ning Chuan, while Chu Ange criticized him and Bai Xiuxiu explained that Chu Ange was jealous of her attention toward him.
• Chu Ange ignored Ning Chuan and offered Bai Xiuxiu his Sea Dragon Blood, but she rejected the gift.
• Luo Qin privately asked Ning Chuan whether he wanted her to teach Chu Ange a lesson, then said he could win a vial of Sea Dragon Blood if he followed her plan.

Ning Chuan accepted Chu Ange’s bet over his mecha pilot rank and began the assessment using a Martial Annihilation Type-Three Mecha. The movement test revealed that he could bring out 27% of his martial art’s power, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Luo Qin reprimanded Chu Ange for disrespecting Ning Chuan and persuaded him to apologize with a vial of Sea Dragon Blood.
• Chu Ange secretly bet that Ning Chuan had not surpassed a one-star advanced mecha pilot, and Ning Chuan accepted his condition about Bai Xiuxiu.
• Bai Xiuxiu ordered Xu Shanyi to arrange Ning Chuan’s rank assessment, which would test movement, unarmed combat, and weapon martial arts.
• Ning Chuan chose the Martial Annihilation Type-Three Mecha and moved it smoothly around the training ground.
• Ning Chuan performed Three Thousand Wind Shadows, and the screen showed his movement martial art power at 27%.

Ning Chuan demonstrated a 27% average martial art power and passed the assessment as a three-star advanced mecha pilot, then prepared to test his piloting skills. The chapter ended with the onlookers speculating about how well he would handle a mecha’s physical load.

• Ning Chuan used the Martial Annihilation Type-Three Mecha to perform his fist and spear techniques, producing martial art power readings of 26% and 28%.
• The pilots reacted in shock to Ning Chuan’s improvement, while Bai Xiuxiu asked how he had achieved it and Ning Chuan replied that he had withstood the pressure and used martial arts.
• Luo Qin reminded Chu Ange that he had lost the bet, and Chu Ange gave Ning Chuan the Sea Dragon Blood and apologized.
• Bai Xiuxiu declared Ning Chuan a three-star advanced mecha pilot and explained that his rank certificate would arrive from headquarters in about a week.
• Bai Xiuxiu attached pressure monitors to Ning Chuan and arranged to test his piloting skills as the onlookers discussed how well he might control the mecha.

Ning Chuan demonstrated that his extraordinary physique let him withstand mecha pressure despite being a beginner pilot, then trained with Chu Ange and challenged him to an endurance race. Ning Chuan won the wager without breaking a sweat, earning Chu Ange’s vial of Sea Dragon Blood.

• Ning Chuan piloted a mecha through basic movements and martial arts, astonishing the pilots with the extreme pressure his body could endure despite his novice skills.
• Bai Xiuxiu assigned Chu Ange to teach Ning Chuan, who memorized the theory and practiced methods for reducing mecha pressure.
• Ning Chuan chose the Wind Hunter and accepted Chu Ange’s wager to race at seventy meters per second, with a vial of Sea Dragon Blood at stake.
• Luo Qin refereed as Ning Chuan and Chu Ange raced around the training ground, and Ning Chuan quickly learned to ease the pressure on his body.
• Chu Ange’s Mad Wolf No. 7 stumbled and stopped after more than an hour, while Ning Chuan finished the race breathing steadily and showing no sweat.

Ning Chuan trained relentlessly at the 27th Group Army, advancing to six-star advanced mecha pilot and learning aerial combat. The chapter ended with him matching seven-star pilot Chu Ange in a direct mecha clash.

• Ning Chuan drank Chu Ange’s Sea Dragon Blood, then trained in the Wind Hunter until its Force array ran out and continued in another mecha.
• Ning Chuan studied mecha techniques for a week and passed a rank assessment as a four-star mecha pilot.
• Ning Chuan learned aerial combat by jumping from a transport plane and mastered the basics in three days.
• Ning Chuan continued his demanding training and nurtured his Divine Weapons, while his mecha pilot rank certificates arrived in rapid succession.
• Ning Chuan, now a six-star advanced mecha pilot, fought Chu Ange in the training ground and matched his strength in a direct clash.

Ning Chuan defeated Chu Ange in a mecha duel, then learned that the upcoming tournament used five-on-five fortress battles. After discovering that pilots could continue fighting even if their mechas were disabled, Ning Chuan became intrigued by the possibility of fighting without a mecha.

• Ning Chuan used his superior stamina and techniques to wear down Chu Ange and defeat his Martial Exterminator Type Three with a spear throw.
• Chu Ange conceded and told Ning Chuan that the tournament admitted intermediate and advanced pilots, but not junior, ace, or titled pilots.
• Chu Ange explained that the tournament was a five-on-five team competition in an old city, with Sea Dragon Blood among its prizes, and proposed that they form a team.
• Ning Chuan asked about the rule allowing a pilot to continue after their mecha lost combat capability, and Chu Ange confirmed that pilots could keep fighting.
• Ning Chuan realized that he could fight without a mecha and found the idea interesting.

Ning Chuan refused Chu Ange’s offer to team up and formed the Divine Weapon Squad, intending to compete for as much Sea Dragon Blood as possible. Despite warnings that his team was outmatched, he entered the competition and hinted that he would break the Federation’s record for overcoming a difference in combat strength.

• Ning Chuan declined Chu Ange’s offer, explaining that he planned to fight opposing mechas on foot if his own was damaged.
• Ning Chuan assembled a team with Zhao Xiujia, Li Xiang, Xu Bo, and Xu Shanyi, and assigned himself eighty percent of the rewards.
• Ning Chuan named the team the Divine Weapon Squad, and the members registered for the competition.
• Other competitors criticized Ning Chuan’s team and doubted it could defeat teams with multiple seven-star pilots.
• Bai Xiuxiu offered Ning Chuan a chance to change the team application, but Ning Chuan refused and suggested he would set a new record by overcoming a major difference in combat strength.

Ning Chuan arrived at Xia'an for the Mecha Tournament and learned that its top contestant would earn access to a Dragon Blood Hot Spring and exclusive use of a Sky Mecha. He resolved to win the top contestant award, planning to make up for his weak strategy skills by dominating the other selection criteria.

• Ning Chuan and Xu Shanyi arrived at the tournament venue in Xia'an, where the fortress shields had been activated.
• Ning Chuan told the team that Xu Shanyi would make tactical decisions during matches, while Zhao Xiujia and Xu Bo explained how the fortresses and victory conditions worked.
• The host announced the tournament's elimination format and revealed that the best contestant would receive three days at the Dragon Blood Hot Spring and exclusive use of a Sky Mecha, subject to an assessment and restrictions.
• Xu Shanyi explained the Dragon Blood Hot Spring's benefits, and Ning Chuan realized that improving his Vajra Body could help him pilot a Sky Mecha steadily.
• Ning Chuan decided he had to win the best contestant award and planned to build a large lead in the selection criteria beyond strategy.

Ning Chuan’s Divine Weapon Squad faced the Iron Blood Squad in the mech tournament, and both teams chose the middle route. The Iron Blood Squad tried to surround Ning Chuan, but he suddenly accelerated toward Fang Yu’s defensive mech.

• The tournament’s random draw matched the Divine Weapon Squad against the Iron Blood Squad, and Xu Shanyi judged they had a good chance of winning.
• Ning Chuan sent his Wind Hunter down the middle route while the other Divine Weapon Squad members took separate routes.
• The Iron Blood Squad kept all five mechs together on the middle route, and Fang Yu and Zheng Guanghui planned to hold Ning Chuan while their teammates circled around.
• Ning Chuan spotted the Iron Blood Squad but continued toward them, concealing his speed until he was two hundred meters from Fang Yu’s Mountain Generation 5.
• Ning Chuan unleashed Three Thousand Wind Shadows, and the Wind Hunter crossed the remaining distance in less than a second.

Ning Chuan overwhelmed the Iron Blood Squad, defeating its members one by one as they tried to flee or delay him. The match ended in four minutes and fifty-one seconds, leaving Cao Ziyang baffled after he appeared to be struck by lightning.

• Ning Chuan ordered his teammates to watch the area while he attacked the Iron Blood Squad alone.
• Ning Chuan destroyed Fang Yu's Mountain Generation 5 with a spear strike, and Fang Yu withdrew from the match.
• Zheng Guanghui stayed behind to cover his teammates, but Ning Chuan defeated him in fewer than ten moves.
• Ning Chuan hunted down the Iron Blood Squad's hidden mechas, while Zheng Guanghui told Cao Ziyang to surrender once the timer allowed it.
• The match ended at four minutes and fifty-one seconds after all five Iron Blood Squad members lost the ability to fight, and Cao Ziyang said he thought lightning had struck him.

Ning Chuan used his victory rewards to absorb Sea Dragon Blood and improve his Vajra Body, then practiced with the Wind Hunter and measured his increased martial arts power. At the competition grounds, Tang Qianjun introduced him to Chang Chen and delivered his Galaxy University admission and teaching assistant appointment letters.

• Ning Chuan's long-range spear strike destroyed Cao Ziyang's mecha, and the Divine Weapon Squad earned 300 victory points for their win.
• Xu Shanyi, Zhao Xiujia, and the other teammates agreed to let Ning Chuan use all the squad's victory points, and he exchanged points for three vials of Sea Dragon Blood.
• Ning Chuan absorbed the three vials in his lodgings, raising his Vajra Body to 78 percent progress at the eleventh layer and making his body tougher.
• Ning Chuan practiced martial arts in the Wind Hunter and found he could bring out 53 percent of their power, up from 51 percent.
• Chang Chen and students from Galaxy University met Ning Chuan at the mecha parking area, and Tang Qianjun gave Ning Chuan his admission letter and appointment as a teaching assistant at the Ancient Martial Arts Research Institute.

Chang Chen offered Ning Chuan a future specially appointed professorship to encourage him to train with mechas, while the Divine Weapon Squad advanced to the tournament quarterfinals. Ning Chuan felt ready to face two seven-star advanced pilots, but Engineer Li discovered a crack in Wind Hunter’s Force array just before the match.

• Chang Chen invited Ning Chuan to become a specially appointed professor once he could pilot a Sky Mecha, and explained to Bai Xiuxiu that he wanted to motivate Ning Chuan and spur the students to work harder.
• Over several matches, Ning Chuan led the Divine Weapon Squad to victory, defeating a seven-star advanced pilot with a spear thrust and carrying the squad into the top eight.
• Before the quarterfinals, Ning Chuan reassured his teammates and estimated that his improved Vajra Body would let him fight two seven-star advanced pilots at once.
• The draw matched the Divine Weapon Squad against Galaxy No. 1 Squad, whose strongest pilots were Du Feihong and He Yang.
• Engineer Li discovered a crack in Wind Hunter’s Force array and realized there was not enough time to repair it before the match.

Galaxy No. 1 Squad challenged Divine Weapon Squad to a five-on-five fight in the middle, expecting its two seven-star advanced pilots to overpower Ning Chuan. Ning Chuan accepted the challenge and left his teammates to handle the other opponents while he faced the three strongest pilots; the chapter ended with him overpowering He Yang in their first clash.

• Galaxy No. 1 Squad celebrated the quarterfinal matchup and He Yang publicly challenged Ning Chuan to a middle-lane team fight.
• Ning Chuan agreed to take the middle with his team and told Xu Shanyi to lead Zhao Xiujia and the others against Galaxy No. 1 Squad's two two-star advanced pilots.
• Both teams pushed down the middle in Xia'an City, and Ning Chuan let the two weaker opponents circle around while he advanced toward He Yang, Du Feihong, and Tan Yiyi.
• He Yang attacked the Wind Hunter with the Mountain-Breaking Axe as Du Feihong prepared to strike from behind and Tan Yiyi waited for an opening.
• Ning Chuan countered with Mountain Splitter and drove He Yang's Great Strength backward in a head-on clash, shocking He Yang.

Ning Chuan fought He Yang’s three mechas and gradually gained the upper hand through superior stamina, despite their numerical advantage. Just as he was about to strike Du Feihong’s Swift Lightning, Wind Hunter’s Force array malfunctioned and left it helpless, while Engineer Li recalled that Ning Chuan had seemed to smile when told about the defect.

• Ning Chuan destroyed Du Feihong’s Wind and Thunder Rampage Kill with one spear strike, then battled He Yang, Du Feihong, and Tan Yiyi in a fierce three-on-one fight.
• Spectators debated whether Ning Chuan was close to becoming an ace mecha pilot and predicted that his stamina could decide the match.
• He Yang ordered his team to stop conserving stamina, but after fifteen minutes Wind Hunter had pushed the three mechas onto the defensive.
• Du Feihong’s exhausted Swift Lightning lost its dagger and staggered, giving Ning Chuan an opening to attack with Mountain Splitter.
• Wind Hunter’s Force array suddenly malfunctioned, and Du Feihong kicked the motionless mecha through a house.
• Engineer Li said he had warned Ning Chuan about the Force array problem and recalled that Ning Chuan had seemed to smile.