Chapter Summaries

Han Xing fought Demon Lotus, a peerless prodigy who challenged him to the death, and unleashed his strongest combination of Source Energy attacks against her. The spectators believed Demon Lotus had won, but after claiming Han Xing’s Silver Banner, she sensed that he had held back.

• After nine days of battles, Han Xing had gained more than a thousand Slaughter Points, risen to 145th on the points leaderboard, and increased his Agility by 900,000 with Eternal Shadow.
• Demon Lotus appeared before Han Xing and declared that she wanted to fight him to the death.
• Demon Lotus killed Tu Gang with a single slash and wounded Han Xing, who fought back with explosive arrows and his Ultimate Shadow Prison, Godfall Arrow.
• Han Xing fused a third type of Source Energy into his arrow as Demon Lotus used Demon Blade: Blood Moon, and their attacks collided in a devastating blast.
• The spectators saw Demon Lotus standing alone after the dust cleared and assumed she had defeated Han Xing.
• Demon Lotus picked up Han Xing’s Silver Banner and sensed that he had held back during their duel.

After resurrecting at full strength, Han Xing found Leng Dao carrying a Golden Banner while severely injured and challenged him to take revenge for their previous encounter. Leng Dao discarded the banner to regain his strength, and the two began a fierce battle that continued as he pursued Han Xing across the battlefield.

• Han Xing resurrected with his injuries healed and his skill cooldowns reset, then searched the map for a Silver Banner.
• Han Xing sensed Leng Dao nearby and spotted his Golden Banner, deciding to attack while Leng Dao was badly injured.
• Han Xing confronted Leng Dao, who accused him of taking advantage of his condition; Han Xing replied that their fight was allowed by the competition rules.
• Han Xing wounded Leng Dao with a volley of arrows and Origin Division, prompting Leng Dao to throw away his Golden Banner and remove its attribute penalty.
• Leng Dao unleashed his full speed and power, and the two exchanged attacks as Han Xing retreated and fired arrows while Leng Dao pursued.

Han Xing defeated Leng Dao, took his Golden Banner, and exploited its reputation to keep other lords at bay while earning Competition Points. After surviving the approach of Munro and continuing to evade stronger opponents, he raised his ranking to 139 while carrying the banner.

• Han Xing sealed Leng Dao with Enhanced Shattered Moon: Twin Moons and killed him with a fully enhanced arrow, then picked up his Golden Banner.
• The banner reduced Han Xing’s attributes and movement speed by 40%, but he carried it around, frightening nearby lords into fleeing.
• After holding the banner for an hour, Han Xing gained 20 points and rose to rank 143.
• Han Xing fled from the approaching Progenitor Giant: Munro with Sky Light Shuttle, then continued roaming and evading powerful lords.
• Han Xing held the Golden Banner for another hour, gained 20 more points, and rose to rank 139 as watching lords praised his calmness.

Han Xing held the Golden Banner until Qinghe spared him, but a group of lords later ambushed him and took it. After retreating and searching for a Silver Banner, Han Xing discovered that its holder was the top prodigy Theodore, whose strength made him doubt he could win a fight.

• Divine Domain Lords admired Han Xing's talent and temperament and sent word about him to their grandmasters.
• Qinghe confronted Han Xing over the Golden Banner, but after he discarded it, she chose to leave without taking it.
• Han Xing rose to rank 129 while holding the banner, then fought off a coordinated ambush, killing seven lords before escaping badly injured as they took his Golden Banner.
• Qinghe intercepted the injured lords and killed them, taking Han Xing's Golden Banner for herself.
• Han Xing sought a nearby Silver Banner and discovered that its holder was Theodore, a top prodigy who had killed seven lords in seconds.

Han Xing escaped Theodore 'Gun Soul' after badly injuring him with a Time Stop-enhanced arrow, then adopted a cautious approach to hunting for a Silver Banner. He killed the Thorn Queen from two light-years away, claimed its banner, and spent days sniping other lords as the competition narrowed to fewer than a hundred thousand survivors.

• Theodore 'Gun Soul' discovered Han Xing underwater and wounded him, but Han Xing used Time Stop to fire a powerful arrow that tore away half of Theodore's head before fleeing with a serious chest wound.
• After recovering, Han Xing carefully assessed four Silver Banner targets and abandoned them before choosing a lone lord whose forces were spread across a vast territory.
• Han Xing concealed himself two light-years away and killed the Thorn Queen with a fused-source-energy arrow, causing its corrupted plant army to collapse.
• Han Xing collected the Silver Banner and began roaming the competition continent, fleeing dangerous lords and killing weaker ones with long-range arrows.
• Five days passed as Han Xing accumulated Slaughter Points; by the competition's twentieth day, fewer than a hundred thousand lords remained, and Han Xing received a System Prompt after another kill.

Han Xing received the rewards for completing the third stage of the Extreme Challenge, then encountered Demon Lotus, who offered him a Golden Banner in exchange for a full-strength fight. He tricked her into handing it over and fled, using another banner holder to confuse her pursuit before heading toward yet another target.

• Han Xing received ten kilograms of Eternal Soil, one billion selected-attribute Source Energy, a selected Chaos Lord Skill Book, and one million Legendary Points, but decided to save the skill rewards until he had more Source Points.
• Demon Lotus appeared beside Han Xing and challenged him to fight again, offering her Golden Banner whether he won or lost.
• Han Xing accepted, took the Golden Banner, and escaped using Sky Light Shuttle while Demon Lotus pursued him.
• Han Xing approached another Golden Banner holder and forced the injured prodigy to retreat, then used their separate routes to mislead Demon Lotus.
• Han Xing headed toward another Golden Banner holder as Demon Lotus continued chasing a banner on the map, while an ape-shaped warrior fled from a rapidly approaching pursuer.

Han Xing fought the badly wounded Demon Lotus and seemed to defeat her with his three-origin arrows, but she transformed into her Blood Moon Demon Form. As Demon Lotus prepared to kill him, Han Xing judged his chances of winning to be nearly zero and stopped resisting.

• Demon Lotus caught up to Han Xing after fighting other Golden Banner holders and arrived severely wounded.
• Han Xing threw aside the Golden Banner, restored himself, and attacked Demon Lotus with his Eternal Night Longbow and three-origin arrows.
• Demon Lotus survived Han Xing's second arrow and transformed into her Blood Moon Demon Form, healing her injuries and changing her appearance and weapon.
• A watching High-Level Lord explained that Demon Lotus had once used the form to kill a top-tier prodigy with one strike.
• Demon Lotus raised her blood-red blade as Han Xing gave up struggling, and she began her attack by saying, "Blood Moon, cleave in two..."

Qinghe stopped Demon Lotus from killing Han Xing and revealed that she and Demon Lotus came from the same secret realm. Han Xing claimed he could enter it after reaching the High-Level Lord realm, then bargained for the sisters’ help in exchange for entering the realm on their behalf.

• Demon Lotus used Sever in Two against Han Xing, but Qinghe appeared and blocked the causality-cutting blade with a lotus leaf.
• Qinghe shared memories showing that she and Demon Lotus had awakened from a lotus leaf and flower in the same secret realm before escaping to Lord Continent.
• Han Xing told the sisters he could enter their secret realm after becoming a High-Level Lord, and Qinghe persuaded Demon Lotus to stop attacking him.
• Han Xing refused to promise help for free and demanded that Demon Lotus protect him during the competition, secure his place in the top hundred, and give him one hundred kilograms of Eternal Soil.
• Demon Lotus rejected his demands, and Qinghe offered to protect him; Han Xing insisted that Demon Lotus should share the responsibility.

Han Xing secured Qinghe and Demon Lotus as bodyguards by agreeing to retrieve what they needed from a dangerous secret realm in exchange for Eternal Soil. The trio traveled together, but their approach drove several Golden Banner holders to flee; they then headed toward a challenger waiting in a vast desert.

• Han Xing negotiated with Qinghe and Demon Lotus, who agreed to protect him until the competition ended in exchange for Eternal Soil and his promise to enter their secret realm.
• Han Xing, Qinghe, and Demon Lotus traveled together, and other Lords avoided fighting them when they saw the two women accompanying Han Xing.
• Han Xing suggested taking another Golden Banner to draw powerful opponents, and Qinghe pointed out a target held by Qi Shan.
• Qi Shan spotted the trio approaching and fled before Han Xing could reach him, and other Golden Banner holders likewise escaped as the group pursued them.
• Han Xing led Qinghe and Demon Lotus toward a Golden Banner holder who stayed put, and the trio arrived above a scorching desert prepared to meet them.

Han Xing, Qinghe, and Demon Lotus defeated the top-fifty prodigy Kutuo and claimed his Golden Banner. As the trio searched for their next targets, lords watching from outside the competition feared that they could dominate the arena.

• Qinghe identified Kutuo as a mysterious top-tier prodigy ranked forty-sixth, and Han Xing opened the attack with three arrows.
• Kutuo blocked the trio's coordinated assault with a golden shield, then challenged them to try again.
• Han Xing empowered his statuses while Qinghe and Demon Lotus prepared their strongest attacks, and Kutuo summoned his golden armor and Buddha phantom.
• The trio struck together, and Han Xing's Three-Element Fusion: Tide of Termination pierced Kutuo's defense and destroyed his Source Energy.
• Kutuo vanished into the wind, leaving his Golden Banner for Demon Lotus to claim, and Han Xing noted that the trio had gathered three Golden Banners.
• Lords watching outside discussed the trio's victory and feared that few competitors could stand against them as Han Xing, Demon Lotus, and Qinghe flew off to find another target.

Han Xing, Qinghe, and Demon Lotus teamed up to hunt lords, rapidly raising Han Xing’s Slaughter Ranking and collecting banners. Their cooperation sparked rumors across the competition that both women were competing for Han Xing’s affection, and Long Yu asked the Radiant Gleam Lord whether the gossip might be true.

• Han Xing asked Qinghe and Demon Lotus to help him earn Slaughter Points, and they agreed to hunt nearby lords together.
• Demon Lotus struck the enemy camp while Qinghe sealed the area, allowing Han Xing to kill the trapped lords with arrows and rise to rank 8,549.
• The trio kept hunting groups of lords, collected their banners, and Han Xing’s Slaughter Ranking climbed to 8,102 as his Competition Points also increased.
• Observers outside the competition speculated that Qinghe and Demon Lotus had fallen for Han Xing, and gossip about the three spread across the continent.
• Long Yu asked the Radiant Gleam Lord whether Qinghe and Demon Lotus might truly have feelings for Han Xing.

Radiant Gleam struggled with her feelings for Han Xing while Long Yu warned her that he might leave with Qinghe and Demon Lotus. After clearing the surrounding region with the two women, Han Xing encountered the Great Beast Lord, rescued him from an attack, and invited him to join the team.

• Long Yu warned Radiant Gleam that Han Xing might leave with Qinghe and Demon Lotus, and Radiant Gleam hid her distress behind a cold response.
• Han Xing, Qinghe, and Demon Lotus spent a day hunting nearby lords, raising their rankings until the region was empty and its remaining lords avoided them.
• The trio spotted a newly revived lord and rushed to attack, but the lord called out to Han Xing before their blows landed.
• Han Xing recognized the lord as the Great Beast Lord, stopped the attack, and invited him to join the team.
• The Great Beast Lord explained that he had traded a revival chance for a Silver Banner, then died repeatedly trying to seize banners and had only two revivals left.

Han Xing and his companions continued slaughtering rival lords, helping the Great Beast Lord secure a Silver Banner while Han Xing climbed into the top hundred in points. With forty hours left in the competition, they headed toward another group of targets, but Han Xing stopped after spotting an old acquaintance.

• Han Xing gave the Great Beast Lord a Silver Banner and explained that he should stay close and hold onto it while Qinghe and Demon Lotus sealed escape routes and Han Xing killed enemies from afar.
• Han Xing, Qinghe, and Demon Lotus wiped out an eight-lord squad in under a second, raising Han Xing's Slaughter ranking.
• Over the next five days, the group hunted across the region, and Han Xing reached rank 95 in points and rank 652 in Slaughter Points.
• Demon Lotus spotted about fourteen lords preparing to confront them, and Han Xing led the group into battle, where his Fiendish Flames: Implosion killed fifteen lords.
• After several more battles, Han Xing climbed into the top five hundred in Slaughter rankings; as he moved toward another target, he stopped upon encountering an old acquaintance.

Han Xing recruited the battered Tu Gang and continued hunting lords with Demon Lotus, Qinghe, and the Great Beast Lord to climb the Slaughter Rankings. With five hours left, Han Xing had reached rank 120 but still needed about two hundred points to break into the top hundred.

• Tu Gang found Han Xing and asked to join his team, and Han Xing welcomed him as their tank and gave him a Silver Banner.
• Han Xing's five-person team swept across the competition continent, killing lords and steadily raising Han Xing's Slaughter Ranking.
• Han Xing and his allies annihilated a twenty-lord alliance at sea, pushing his rank to 154.
• Han Xing's group killed several more groups of lords, advancing his rank to 128 and then 120.
• With five hours left, Han Xing displayed thirteen banners to lure opponents into attacking, but no lords took the bait, leaving him frustrated by the points he still needed.

Han Xing reached rank 99 in the Slaughter Rankings and persuaded Demon Lotus to let him kill her if he still needed points before the competition ended. With ten minutes remaining, his group fought the Twilight Sword Saint Hammond and five other Lords, and Demon Lotus overwhelmed Hammond with a relentless series of attacks.

• Han Xing rose to rank 99 after killing five Lords, then told Demon Lotus he might kill her for points if he could not secure his ranking another way.
• Demon Lotus suppressed her anger and agreed to wait until the final moments before deciding whether Han Xing could kill her.
• Twenty minutes later, Han Xing's group encountered six Lords led by Hammond, a Golden Banner holder known as the Twilight Sword Saint.
• Hammond used his swordsmanship and the hexagram formation to deflect Demon Lotus's blades and stop Han Xing's three elemental arrows.
• Demon Lotus unleashed a succession of powerful techniques, forcing Hammond into a battered and increasingly desperate defense.

Han Xing and his allies defeated Hammond’s group, then survived the competition’s final suicidal attacks as the rankings were locked. Han Xing finished in 91st place on the Slaughter Ranking before the lords were suppressed by a mysterious force and the fourth-round flag-capturing competition officially ended.

• Demon Lotus broke the formation protecting Hammond and the other five lords, and Han Xing killed all six with a volley of arrows.
• Han Xing confirmed that no nearby lords remained and waited with his companions, while he and Demon Lotus argued over the Eternal Soil she had promised him.
• Lords across the competition continent launched suicidal attacks, but Han Xing and his allies killed the attackers, raising Han Xing to 91st place on the Slaughter Ranking.
• Radiant Gleam watched the rankings with Long Yu and celebrated the Great Beast Lord’s advancement, while Long Yu hoped her father could reach the Divine Domain Lord realm.
• The final thirty-second countdown began, and the lords fought across the continent until a crushing gravity immobilized them and the System announced that the competition had ended.

Han Xing returned to his tower after advancing to the fifth round of the flag-snatching competition, reunited with his companions, and learned that he had placed 78th on the points leaderboard and 90th on the Slaughter Points leaderboard. He reviewed his rewards and the resources he still needed for a High-Level Lord breakthrough, then considered borrowing from the Celestial Peak God.

• Han Xing and his four teammates were teleported from the competition continent after the rankings were locked, and they promised to visit one another.
• Han Xing returned to his tower, released Miao Qing and Meiqiu, and explained to Long Yu and Radiant Gleam why Qinghe and Demon Lotus had helped him.
• Long Yu thanked Han Xing for helping her father advance, then left with Radiant Gleam; Han Xing told Miao Qing and Meiqiu he planned to cultivate in seclusion.
• Han Xing checked his competition rewards: he placed 78th on the points leaderboard and 90th on the Slaughter Points leaderboard, earning Eternal Soil, Godstones, and a Sacred Herb.
• Han Xing calculated that he still needed about 40 kilograms of Eternal Soil and 9 billion Origin Coins for his breakthrough, and considered borrowing from the Celestial Peak God.
• Han Xing inspected the Sky Godstone and found that it could boost troop production, basic attributes, and the attack power of creatures in his territory.

Han Xing fused Sky and Earth Godstones into his territory, then visited the Celestial Peak Divine Kingdom to borrow resources for his breakthrough. The Celestial Peak Lord revealed Han Xing had unlimited credit, but warned that he could enter a loan contract only once every three hundred years.

• Han Xing fused ten Sky Godstones and twenty Earth Godstones into his territory, boosting troop attack, armor, hatching speed, territory area, and mineral production chances.
• After three days, Han Xing received eighty kilograms of Eternal Soil from Qinghe and Demon Lotus, who were busy digesting their battle gains.
• Han Xing traveled to the Celestial Peak Divine Kingdom and marveled at its prosperous nine heavenly domains before heading for Supreme Heaven.
• The Celestial Peak Lord let Han Xing enter Supreme Heaven and welcomed him into a tea room, where he anticipated Han Xing's need to borrow breakthrough resources.
• The Celestial Peak Lord said Han Xing had unlimited credit, and Han Xing requested forty kilograms of Eternal Soil and ten billion Origin Coins.
• The Celestial Peak Lord noted that Han Xing could sign a loan contract only once every three hundred years and would need much more Eternal Soil after becoming a High-Level Lord.

Han Xing borrowed breakthrough resources from Celestial Peak God, then gathered allies to conceal his transformation to High-Level Lord. When Great Beast Lord warned that the breakthrough could trigger a God-Jealousy Tribulation, Formless God Lord arrived and used his Thousandfold Mirror to contain it as Han Xing began his transformation within his territory.

• Celestial Peak God lent Han Xing 100 kilograms of Eternal Soil and ten billion Origin Coins, including five billion Origin Coins' worth of breakthrough materials.
• Han Xing returned to his tower and summoned Radiant Gleam Lord, Great Beast Lord, and Long Yu to help conceal his breakthrough aura.
• Great Beast Lord warned Han Xing that his breakthrough might trigger a God-Jealousy Tribulation too powerful for them to hide, and offered to seek his master's help.
• Formless God Lord arrived, introduced his Thousandfold Mirror as a way to absorb the tribulation, and prepared the space around them for Han Xing's breakthrough.
• Han Xing sent most of his consciousness into his territory, where a sacred light pillar appeared and its inhabitants welcomed their creator's return.

Han Xing began advancing his territory toward the High-Level Lord realm by strengthening its World Core with Eternal Soil and billions of Origin Coins. The world expanded beyond ten light-years, its inhabitants began awakening and advancing, and a vast net of laws appeared in the sky as the transformation continued.

• Han Xing surveyed the two cities and ordered the territory’s inhabitants to prepare for the world’s advancement and secure their posts.
• Han Xing sent two hundred kilograms of Eternal Soil into the World Core, triggering the territory to expand beyond ten light-years and raising its energy level.
• The world’s spiritual energy surged, causing cultivators to break through and some ordinary beings to awaken extraordinary power.
• Han Xing felt the territory’s power feed back into him, strengthening him as his World Core grew and gained a protective shell.
• Han Xing poured more than ten billion Origin Coins into the World Core, and countless chains of law appeared across the sky.