Chapter Summaries

Han Xing registered for the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge and received a special mission offering substantial rewards for a high ranking. Before the preliminary rounds began, he visited Celestial Peak Commerce to sell his accumulated Starry Sky Unicorn blood and discuss a larger deal with Bope.

• Han Xing and his companions reached the challenge registration point, where Han Xing registered for the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge with a combat body simulated for his consciousness.
• Han Xing received the Extreme Challenge mission, which promised extra rewards for reaching increasingly high rankings, and decided to compete seriously.
• The Great Beast Lord told the group that the preliminary rounds would begin in a year, and Han Xing returned to the territories before heading to Celestial Peak Commerce.
• Luo Li told Han Xing that Bope was away at headquarters, so Han Xing waited two days for the president to return.
• Han Xing showed Bope about thirty thousand bottles of Starry Sky Unicorn blood gathered over nine years, then prepared to discuss his larger business deal.

Han Xing sold Starry Sky Unicorn blood and a large cache of weapons and materials to President Bope, earning a fortune and asking about the requirements for becoming a High-Level Lord. He bought weapons for his companions, including a cursed High-Level Origin guqin, and examined a selection of combat skill books.

• Han Xing sold thirty thousand liters of Starry Sky Unicorn blood to President Bope for 270 million Origin Coins.
• Han Xing traded weapons, Origin Cores, and materials for another billion Origin Coins, and Bope recognized the goods might have come from Nether Shadow Pavilion.
• Han Xing asked about High-Level Lord breakthroughs, but Bope said the requirements varied and suggested asking the Great Beast Lord.
• Han Xing asked to inspect Bope's cursed guqin and learned it was the Twisted Wraith Lyre, which contained a powerful wraith; he bought it for thirty million Origin Coins along with a staff and longsword for one hundred million.
• Han Xing asked for combat skills, and Bope brought over more than a dozen skill books for him to choose from.

Han Xing bought and learned the Ninefold Soulguard Art and Ninefold Soulrend Art, then used his Soul-type Origin Power to upgrade the defensive skill into the High-Level Lord-grade Thousandfold Soulguard Shield. The upgrade stunned the Beastman Kingdom and gave Han Xing a Guardian Shield that could negate one Mental Attack of any level every 24 hours.

• Han Xing bought the Ninefold Soulguard Art, Ninefold Soulrend Art, and three weapons from President Bope for 150 million Origin Coins.
• Han Xing learned both combat skills and confirmed that his system could upgrade them using Soul-type Origin Power.
• Han Xing chose to upgrade the Ninefold Soulguard Art first, spending 2.8 billion Soul-type Origin Power to raise it to High-Level Lord Grade.
• Han Xing's mental fluctuations spread across Radiant Gleam Territory and into the Beastman Kingdom, briefly overwhelming its inhabitants and drawing the Great Beast Lord's attention.
• Han Xing's Ninefold Soulguard Art transformed into the Thousandfold Soulguard Shield, which could negate one Mental Attack of any level once every 24 hours.

Han Xing resisted the cursed zither’s mental control, forced its resentful spirit to emerge, and defeated her. He recruited the spirit after she revealed she was a remnant of the Divine Domain Lord Jie Xin and offered to share a secret about the Heart Tribulation Lord; Han Xing then gave the zither to Miao Qing.

• Han Xing gave the Radiant Gleam Lord and Long Yu weapons and Origin Coins, then took them, Miao Qing, and Coal Ball outside to investigate the cursed zither.
• Han Xing uncovered the zither and discovered that its music controlled the body parts touching it, but his Thousandfold Soulguard Shield blocked its mental invasion.
• Han Xing used dozens of hands to jam the zither, forcing its resentful spirit to emerge, then battered her with arrows and survived her Death Shriek.
• The resentful spirit revealed that she was a remnant of the Divine Domain Lord Jie Xin and offered to join Han Xing’s territory in exchange for her life and the Heart Tribulation Lord’s secret.
• Han Xing recruited the Soul-Reaving Wraith and placed her in his territory, then handed the ancient zither to Miao Qing.

The Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge began with a preliminary round that sent contestants into randomized regions to earn points by killing other lords. Han Xing arrived in a desert zone, where a powerful creature beneath the sand attacked a hidden contestant and drew other fighters into battle.

• Han Xing, Radiant Gleam, and Long Yu received assignments to separate regions, and the Great Beast Lord warned them that contestants might form alliances to eliminate powerful competitors.
• The preliminary trial began, simulating the contestants’ bodies and spirits before teleporting them to different battlefields; Han Xing appeared in a vast desert.
• Han Xing sensed a powerful creature moving beneath the sand and watched it expose a Mid-Level Lord who had been hiding underground.
• A white-robed lord killed the exposed contestant with a single sword strike and appeared at the top of Zone 156’s rankings with 15 points.
• Several lords sensed the white-robed fighter’s position and rushed toward him, starting a chaotic battle.

Han Xing survived the first four days of the brutal preliminary round, using Time Invisibility to hunt lords and climb into Region 156’s top ten thousand. After assessing the region’s strongest contestants, he exposed his aura and drew a group of more than twenty lords into surrounding him.

• A psychic lord disrupted the man in white, and another lord killed him with an iron hammer, eliminating him from the tournament.
• Han Xing dodged a green-clad woman’s ambush and killed her with Starfall Barrage, earning ten points.
• Han Xing used Time Invisibility to hunt opponents across the desert while major factions watched their contestants’ rankings.
• After four days, Han Xing reached 9,532nd place in Region 156 with 1,415 points, while Hundred-Armed Skyfiend led the rankings.
• Han Xing decided he had learned enough about the region’s fighters, revealed his aura, and was surrounded by more than twenty lords.

Han Xing used his combined flame skills to slaughter Lords in District 156, sending his ranking soaring into the top five hundred. After he killed Helos, Heggs confronted him, and the chapter ended with the two facing off.

• Han Xing baited twenty Lords into attacking and used a flame-infused arrow to kill one, setting off chain explosions that killed the group and earned him twenty-four points.
• Han Xing continued fighting incoming Lords, making his points and ranking rise as observers, including Bope, Luo Li, and the Lords of Radiant Gleam Territory, noticed his progress.
• Over the next two days, Han Xing advanced into the top thousand and killed Helos, a High-Level Lord and Heggs's younger brother, after Helos threatened him with Heggs's name.
• Heggs learned that Han Xing had killed Helos and charged across the desert toward him.
• Han Xing dodged Heggs's devastating shockwave, recognized him as the second-ranked Heggs, and answered that killing was normal in the preliminaries.

Han Xing fought Heggs in the preliminary selection and killed the Dragon Lord’s favored seed with a shadow-based attack. Heggs was eliminated, while Han Xing’s victory drew the attention of powerful lords.

• Han Xing taunted Heggs before the battle as lords and Divine Domain Lords gathered to watch, confident that Heggs would win.
• Heggs shattered Han Xing’s arrow and blasted him with a shockwave, but Han Xing emerged unharmed and revealed that his arrow had pierced Heggs’s shell.
• Han Xing activated his status skills, raised his aura to High-Level Lord strength, and faced Heggs’s Death Comet attack.
• Han Xing used Ultimate Shadow Prison and a hundred shadow copies to overwhelm Heggs with arrows, shattering his body and killing him.
• The Dragon Lord grew angry at Heggs’s defeat, while Sky Sword mocked him and Heggs’s younger brother Helos suggested reporting Han Xing for cheating.
• Heggs returned to his physical body in disbelief and snapped at Helos when he called Han Xing’s victory illegal.

Han Xing slaughtered rival Lords to climb the Zone 156 leaderboard, while learning that a top-ten finish would benefit him in the later challenge matches. The qualifiers neared their end as he and the top-ranked Hundred-Armed Skyfiend agreed to postpone their anticipated fight until after they had gained more points.

• After killing Heggs, Han Xing roasted and ate his body, drawing attention from Lords across the battlefield.
• Han Xing used Godfall Arrow and Evilflame Detonation to wipe out an alliance, gaining enough points to enter the top fifty.
• Sand King recognized Han Xing as the killing star but refused to fight before the qualifiers ended and advised him to stay in the top ten for later benefits.
• Han Xing raised his score to 13,256 and continued hunting Lords, then encountered the top-ranked Hundred-Armed Skyfiend.
• Han Xing and Hundred-Armed Skyfiend expressed interest in fighting but separated to keep slaughtering Lords before meeting again.

Long Yu was eliminated and the Radiant Gleam Lord survived a High-Level Lord’s pursuit, while Han Xing climbed to fourth place in District 156. With one hour left in the preliminary competition, Han Xing challenged the Hundred-Armed Skyfiend and began their decisive battle, revealing power that reached the High-Level Lord tier.

• Long Yu turned to fight the pursuing Shadow Demon Dragon but was defeated and placed 9415th.
• The Radiant Gleam Lord sacrificed her left arm, unleashed a powerful sword storm, and drove the giant eyeball creature away.
• After reaching thirteenth place, Han Xing climbed to fourth in District 156 as the preliminary competition entered its final hour.
• Han Xing shot an arrow at the Hundred-Armed Skyfiend, who accepted the challenge and surged into the sky at full power.
• The Hundred-Armed Skyfiend’s opening attacks heavily damaged Han Xing, while Han Xing’s arrows left only pale marks on his opponent.
• Han Xing stacked his forms and raised his aura to the High-Level Lord tier as the watching lords looked on.

Han Xing fought the Hundred-Armed Skyfiend in Battlefield 156, initially suppressing him with Ultimate Shadow Prison and a storm of arrows before the Skyfiend revealed his blood-fueled strongest form. Their battle became a clash of gathered momentum, and Han Xing realized how far he still stood from the Lord Continent’s greatest prodigies as the Skyfiend charged again.

• The Hundred-Armed Skyfiend admitted Han Xing was superior at the same rank, then attacked with Hundred Demon Cycle: Sorrowful Cry.
• Han Xing trapped the Skyfiend with Ultimate Shadow Prison and struck him with a hundred shadow figures, then battered him with a storm of arrows.
• The Skyfiend unleashed Six Skyfiend Forces, Burning Blood, broke through Han Xing’s bombardment, and met his black aura with crimson gathered momentum.
• Han Xing and the Skyfiend fought fiercely as the Skyfiend’s many weapons inflicted severe injuries that began to overwhelm Han Xing’s Immortal Body.
• Han Xing recognized that even a top-hundred-thousand contender pushed him to his limits, resolved to break through to High-Level Lord, and faced the Skyfiend’s renewed charge.

Han Xing defeated the Hundred-Armed Skyfiend in the Prodigy Challenge, drawing the attention of several Divine Domain Lords. The Celestial Peak Lord reviewed Han Xing’s record and decided to recruit him with Seven Arrows Lord’s Tidal Arrow Technique, despite its enormous value.

• Han Xing unleashed his powers of space and time and killed the Hundred-Armed Skyfiend, surviving the collision with severe wounds.
• The Dragon Lord and other powerful observers reacted to Han Xing’s victory, and the Lord of Xinlan decided Han Xing and the Sorrow Statue should be eliminated.
• A giant-axe-wielding man recognized Han Xing as a Divine Domain Lord seed and worried that Xinlan might attack him early.
• The Celestial Peak Lord investigated Han Xing’s record and concluded that he had overlooked a promising prospect connected to Celestial Peak Commerce.
• The Celestial Peak Lord decided to approach Han Xing and offer him Seven Arrows Lord’s Tidal Arrow Technique as an investment.

After placing fourth in the qualifier, Han Xing received a blessing that strengthened his territory and prepared to improve his abilities before the next round. Celestial Peak Commerce then delivered him a combat skill from a mid-level Divine Domain Lord: the Tidal Arrow Technique.

• Han Xing defeated the Hundred-Armed Skyfiend, survived the qualifier’s final attacks, and finished fourth in District 156.
• The qualifier ended, and Han Xing received Hero's Ballad, which increased his and his territory members’ base attributes by 20% during upcoming events.
• Han Xing learned that Miao Qing, Meiqiu, Radiant Gleam Lord, Long Yu, and Great Beast Lord had all advanced, and Great Beast Lord said the next round might test each territory’s overall strength.
• Radiant Gleam, Long Yu, and Great Beast Lord left to enter seclusion, while Han Xing planned to break through to High-Level Lord and improve his combat skills.
• President Bope and Manager Jones visited Han Xing, and Jones presented him with the Tidal Arrow Technique, a combat skill from Seven Arrows God-Lord.

Han Xing accepted a powerful archery technique from Celestial Peak Commerce, upgraded it into a devastating trump card, and traveled to a purple sea to seek soul-type Source Energy for another skill. After finding two soul-type beasts but no Spirit Rainbow Whales, he spotted a gigantic island that began shaking as he approached.

• Jones and Bope gave Han Xing the Tidal Arrow Technique as a gift from the Celestial Peak chairman and invited him to visit their headquarters.
• Han Xing used his Survivor System to learn the technique and upgraded it to High-Level Lord Grade, where its nine arrows could reach 150 times his base attack power.
• After several days of cultivation, Han Xing decided to search for soul-type Source Energy to upgrade the Ninefold Soulrend Art and traveled to a purple sea.
• Han Xing killed dangerous sea beasts and two Purple Origin Muddlefish, gaining Soul-type Origin Power, but he found no Spirit Rainbow Whale.
• Han Xing discovered a vast island in the purple mist, and it began shaking violently as he approached.

Han Xing discovered and killed a level 130 Spirit Rainbow Whale, using the newly learned Tidal Arrow Technique to pierce its massive body and gain experience and valuable materials. After returning to the Radiant Gleam Lord's territory, he upgraded the Ninefold Soulrend Art, unleashing a surge of mental power across the territory and into the neighboring Beastman Kingdom.

• Han Xing watched an island transform into a Spirit Rainbow Whale and identified it as a level 130 High-Level Lord creature.
• Han Xing used the Tidal Arrow Technique to wound the Spirit Rainbow Whale, then killed it with a second arrow while enduring its purple beam with his Immortal Body.
• Han Xing leveled up to 115 and absorbed the whale's Origin Power, including large amounts of mental-type and spirit-type Source Energy.
• Han Xing decomposed the whale and collected Fantasy-grade meat, hide, Myriad Manifestation Spirit Marrow, and a source core.
• Han Xing returned to the Radiant Gleam Lord's territory three days later and upgraded the Ninefold Soulrend Art to High-Level Lord Grade Lv. 1.
• Han Xing's surge of mental power spread across Radiant Gleam Territory and reached the neighboring Beastman Kingdom.

Han Xing upgraded Ninefold Soulrend Art and Spirit Extinction: Soul Mend to High-Level Lord Grade, then prepared himself and his allies for the second round of the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge. The round’s rules were announced: contestants would defend randomly assigned cities against escalating monster attacks, with survival beyond 20 days required to advance.

• Han Xing upgraded Ninefold Soulrend Art, whose nine increasingly powerful mental blades gave him a new offensive trump card and caused living beings across two territories to fall unconscious.
• Han Xing upgraded Spirit Extinction: Soul Mend to High-Level Lord Grade, gaining the ability to reduce enemies’ Mental Attribute and permanently gain 100 points for each soul absorbed after a kill.
• After waking from his long seclusion, Han Xing cleared the overgrown plants from his tower and gave Spirit Rainbow Whale meat and Myriad Manifestation Spirit Marrow to his allies and territory heroes.
• Han Xing and the other contestants received the announcement that the second round would begin in one day and require them to defend assigned cities against increasingly difficult monsters for 30 days.
• The announced rules stated that contestants would be eliminated if monsters breached their city or destroyed its central tower, or if the lord died, while holding out for more than 20 days would qualify them to pass.

Han Xing and the other lords were teleported to cities they had to defend in a twenty-hour siege, and Han Xing assembled his forces under the boost from Hero's Ballad. As the first round began, the battlefields were projected for spectators, many of whom watched Han Xing's defense.

• Han Xing met with Radiant Gleam, Long Yu, and the Great Beast Lord, learned they had absorbed their gains, and discussed the competition rules and his special bonus.
• Golden barriers protected the lords' territories from interference, and the organizers teleported the contestants to cities matched to their strength.
• Han Xing arrived above an undersea city and learned that the contestants would face twenty hours of attacks, with points for killing special monsters.
• Han Xing received Hero's Ballad, which increased his and his territorial members' base attributes by 20%, then summoned his 1.28 million troops and heroes.
• Han Xing ordered Snow Shadow to freeze the sea within ten thousand kilometers and sent the rest of his fighters to meet the incoming enemies.
• The first round began with Beginner Lord-level attackers, and projections of the battles appeared for spectators, including Heggs and Helos, to watch.

Han Xing’s Titan Giants crushed the first wave of Black Night Wolves, earning him a flood of Experience Pool as he watched his level progress accelerate. The wolf kings then summoned night and empowered the pack, putting vulnerable cities at risk while Han Xing prepared to face the next phase of the battle.

• Han Xing sent his two hundred thousand Titan Giants against the first wave of Black Night Wolves, and they killed more than a hundred thousand in their opening clash.
• Han Xing discovered that killing the tournament’s monsters granted Experience Pool and anticipated reaching his level cap by farming the waves.
• A wolf king summoned a full moon, empowering the Black Night Wolf Pack until many wolves reached Beginner Chaos Lord strength and swarmed the Titan Giants.
• The empowered wolves broke into some cities and destroyed central towers, eliminating tens of thousands of Lords who failed to defend them.
• Lords with large armies, including those commanding Cerberuses and Shadow Giants, held off the wolves while Han Xing watched his experience bar climb.

Han Xing led his forces through the first day of the city defense battle, then deployed his full army to crush the stronger monsters on day two. The second day’s battle ended with Han Xing still guarding the city’s central tower.

• Han Xing sent Ming, Aiden, and Ying Yue into battle, and their troops helped the Titan Giants defeat the Black Night Wolf Pack.
• Han Xing’s forces fought for twenty hours, gained levels, and survived the first day; the system announced that 651,904 lords had been eliminated.
• Han Xing learned he had earned 545 points and ranked 1,185,562, while the public leaderboard was led by Ji Yuntian, Mo Ke, and Shan.
• After four hours of rest, the second day began with stronger Mutated Giant Lizards, and Han Xing ordered his troops and heroes to attack.
• Han Xing stayed by the central tower as his forces overwhelmed the lizard monsters, and the second day’s battle ended.

After nine days of the Southern Domain Prodigy Challenge, Han Xing received the rewards for entering the top ten thousand, then faced the tenth day’s drastic difficulty surge as Twin-Headed Wyverns attacked cities from two directions. Han Xing and the other powerful Lords held their ground while millions were eliminated, and 7.8 million Lords remained with five hours left in the siege.

• After nine days, Han Xing reached level 119 progress of 55 percent, received the Extreme Challenge Stage 1 rewards, and chose 100 million Time Source.
• The System announced that the tenth day’s monster strength and numbers would rise drastically, and Twin-Headed Wyverns began attacking from two directions with corrosive venom.
• Han Xing and Meiqiu stopped the wyvern assault on their side as Han Xing used Fiendish Flames: Implosion! to trigger chain explosions across the enemy ranks.
• Radiant Gleam, Long Yu, and the Great Beast Lord defended against the wyverns with their forces, while Long Yu relied on Stone Dragons to block the venom.
• Over ten hours, millions more Lords were eliminated, leaving 7.8 million participants and five hours before the tenth day’s siege ended.