Recaps

Lancelot completed his combat training as the instructors debated whether his close-range abilities and physical strain would keep him from reaching the top thousand in the joint examination. The camp announced that combat training would require a life-and-death waiver, and Lancelot reviewed his improved attributes and abilities afterward.

• Jace warned Tarn and Bette that Lancelot’s Body of Steel would hinder him in the battle royale, while Bette argued that an airdrop sniper rifle could compensate for the weakness.
• Lancelot and Rosen finished sparring, and Tarn praised Lancelot for gaining complete control of Body of Steel.
• Tarn announced that combat training would begin the next day and that participants would have to sign a life-and-death waiver, except for those committed to becoming research-type supernatural beings.
• Lancelot declined Windsor’s invitation to spar, then returned to his room with Rui while Burke and Cole argued behind him.
• Lancelot checked his information panel and found that his Constitution and Spirit had increased, Body of Steel had reached level eight, and Flow Method had reached level seventeen.

Lancelot used potions and training to keep advancing before joining the special training camp’s trip to Sade Arena. There, the instructors compared notes about the other cities’ trainees, and Lancelot locked eyes with Heisen City’s reputed A+ prospect, Dekai Vismonton.

• Lancelot finished his supply of Light of Revival and continued training after the Leite City government increased his monthly support to one million Crimson Notes.
• Burke, Cole, and Rui discussed the combat exercise and agreed to follow Lancelot’s orders during the special operation.
• Tarn led the fifty-seven camp members to Sade Arena, where Luca and Rosen discussed the delayed arrival of Kaladona and Heisen City’s A+ prospect.
• Kaladona arrived and teased Tarn about an old rescue, leaving Tarn visibly frustrated.
• Jace identified Dekai Vismonton as Heisen City’s strong composite-type prospect, and Dekai noticed Lancelot watching him as their eyes met.

Lancelot and his companions arrived at the Sade Arena for the joint combat training exercise, registered under codenames, and learned the rules for matches and betting. After being rated second-rank middle-lower, Lancelot entered ring 003 for his first fight.

• Lancelot registered as Iron Fist while Cole, Rui, and Burke chose Heavenly Radiance Star, Hermit, and Barbarian King.
• Lancelot selected metal gauntlets and a nanofiber combat suit, then heard Burke propose a plan to profit from his early matches.
• Instructor Tarn warned the contestants that the arena had no sensing devices and that signed life-and-death waivers exempted fighters from criminal liability for deaths.
• Lancelot received a second-rank middle-lower rating and entered ring 003 without hesitation.
• Host Mengduo welcomed the crowd and announced the contestants for the first match.

Lancelot, competing under the codename Iron Fist, entered his first match against the overconfident Azure Blade. After Azure Blade defeated Snake Woman, Lancelot stunned the arena by stopping his saber between two fingers and knocking him into the protective glass.

• Azure Blade defeated Snake Woman by damaging and breaking her daggers, then tried to invite her to dinner.
• Lancelot answered the call for the next competitor and entered the arena as Iron Fist.
• Azure Blade mocked Lancelot for being a rookie and attacked him with a cyan-coated saber.
• Lancelot caught Azure Blade's saber between two fingers, silencing the spectators.
• Azure Blade tried to surrender, but Lancelot kicked him into the protective glass.

Lancelot pursued ten consecutive arena wins to secure a betting windfall and faced the speedy Divine Wind in his final match. He caught Divine Wind in a bear hug, earning his tenth victory while Dekai had yet to finish his own streak.

• Lancelot defeated Lava with a side kick and continued his winning streak without resting.
• Burke revealed that he and the training camp had bet on Lancelot, and Instructor Jace secretly joined the wager.
• Dekai reached seven consecutive wins in Arena 009 and learned that Lancelot was rapidly closing in on ten.
• Lancelot knocked out his seventh, eighth, and ninth opponents in one punch each, while Dekai won his ninth match.
• Lancelot raised his Body of Steel output, caught Divine Wind despite his speed, and made him admit defeat.
• Mengduo announced Lancelot's tenth consecutive victory, and Burke celebrated as Dekai's streak remained unfinished.

After defeating Dekai, Lancelot collected his betting winnings, repaid Grove, and signed up for the more dangerous Battle of Transcendence. Dekai decided to enter too and opened another betting pool, leaving both rivals set for a new challenge.

• Dekai learned he had lost to Lancelot, but Kaladona encouraged him, and Dekai promised to cover the special training camp members’ betting losses.
• Lancelot and Burke split their winnings, and Lancelot transferred 200,000 Crimson Notes to Grove to repay his loan.
• Lancelot told Instructor Jace he wanted to enter the Battle of Transcendence, and Jace warned him about the biochemical beasts before agreeing to support him.
• Kaladona told Dekai that Lancelot had signed up for the Battle of Transcendence, and Dekai resolved to enter as well.
• Dekai opened an outside betting pool with 10 million Crimson Notes.

Lancelot fought his first Battle of Transcendence match against a ferocious biobeast, using Body of Steel and the Flow Method to turn its attack aside and batter it. The biobeast was left badly injured, but the chapter ended before the match’s outcome was confirmed.

• Sade Arena prepared Arena No. 125 for Lancelot’s Battle of Transcendence and introduced the match with host Anqi.
• The arena awakened Lancelot’s first opponent, a 2.8-meter-tall humanoid biobeast, which immediately charged him.
• Lancelot activated Body of Steel and rushed to meet the biobeast’s attack.
• Lancelot used the Flow Method to strengthen his right fist and broke the biobeast’s bone spur with a Hadoken.
• Lancelot followed with a kick to the biobeast’s waist, badly injuring it in front of the horrified spectators.

Lancelot easily defeated his first biochemical beast and entered his second fight with his strength intact. He faced a centaur-like beast armed with a bone spike and a missile launcher, and met its flaming missile with a blackened headbutt.

• Lancelot defeated his first biochemical beast, delighting the crowd and earning wins for those who had bet on him.
• Bobby bet his winnings on Lancelot winning the second fight, while most people from Heisen City and Leite City bet against him.
• Cole placed a small public bet on Lancelot losing, then secretly transferred 200,000 Crimson Notes to Burke to bet on Lancelot winning.
• After the five-minute rest, Lancelot entered the cage to face a centaur-like biochemical beast with a bone spike and energy-based attacks.
• Lancelot blocked the beast's charge with one fist, struck its abdomen with the other, and blackened his head to smash into its flaming missile.

Lancelot won his second Battle of Transcendence by riding the centaur biochemical beast and pounding it until it collapsed, though the fight burned away most of his clothes. As his third match began, he faced a swift, powerful biochemical beast with physical, energy, and psychic abilities and prepared to push Body of Steel to its limit.

• Lancelot grabbed the centaur biochemical beast, climbed onto its spiked back, and beat it until it collapsed.
• A staff member brought Lancelot a new combat suit, and the spectators laughed when they realized his old one had burned away.
• Cole, Rui, and Burke pooled 1.6 million to bet on Lancelot winning his third match, while Lancelot asked Jace to place the maximum bet on him.
• Lancelot studied the agile, cheetah-like biochemical beast with a blade-covered tail and a blue crystal that gave off psychic power.
• Lancelot prepared to use Body of Steel at full power in the third Battle of Transcendence.

Lancelot defeated the third biobeast with his full-strength Body of Steel, becoming the branch arena’s fourth competitor to win three consecutive Battles of Transcendence. After Dekai abandoned his second challenge, the arena celebrated Lancelot’s victory and learned he had chosen not to attempt a fourth battle.

• Lancelot detected the biobeast’s psychic attack, resisted its control, and pretended to be affected so it would lower its guard.
• The biobeast launched a high-speed attack, but Lancelot activated Body of Steel at full power, tore out its claws, and struck it into the energy barrier.
• Lancelot defeated the badly injured biobeast after a fast, prolonged fight, securing his third consecutive Battle of Transcendence victory.
• Dekai gave up on his second challenge after hearing that Lancelot had won his third battle, and Kaladona told him the news.
• Cole, Burke, and Bobby celebrated their betting winnings as the crowd learned Lancelot had stopped rather than attempt a fourth battle.

Lancelot recovered from the Battle of Transcendence, celebrated his winnings, and asked Instructor Jace about advanced potion makers. Meanwhile, Logo and Birmingham completed the Giant Mountain Mecha, which Logo identified as a three-star Legend-quality alchemical mecha.

• Instructor Jace treated Lancelot as he considered his fame and rewards from the Battle of Transcendence.
• Lancelot calculated that his betting winnings and arena rewards brought his account to 19.9 million Crimson Notes.
• Lancelot asked Instructor Jace whether he knew any advanced potion makers.
• Logo guided Birmingham as they completed the mecha’s final rune array after thirty-eight days of work.
• Birmingham declared the mecha a Legendary achievement, and Logo’s information panel identified it as the three-star Legend-quality Giant Mountain Mecha.

Logo completed the Giant Mountain Mecha with Birmingham, reached level 10 mechanics, and unlocked All Things Under Heaven, greatly improving his control over the Fire of Birth. As Melier trained in the mecha and Birmingham prepared to leave Planet Oklo, Logo planned to return to the Sunset Jungle in three days.

• Melier donned the Giant Mountain Mecha, and Logo told him to practice with its intelligent system before they returned to the Sunset Jungle in three days.
• Logo reached level 10 mechanics and completed the knowledge puzzle for All Things Under Heaven.
• Logo awakened the All Things Under Heaven talent and tested how it let him transform the Fire of Birth into detailed shapes with greater precision.
• Birmingham packed his belongings and told Logo he was leaving Planet Oklo to explore other planets.
• Logo wished Birmingham a safe journey and offered to stay in contact through the communicator.

Logo heard reports on the Campbell Family’s military and economic growth, then assembled the Golden Viper, an alchemical creature designed for mining. He hoped the machine would convince the Yigeng Tribe to invest.

• Lavier reported that he had bought 50,000 memory-erased slaves, selected 10,000 for the Campbell Second Infantry Brigade, and formed the Heavenly Eye Special Forces from 2,008 Blood Descendants.
• Lunbate described how he had organized the family’s accounts, while Wellington reported progress on his private mage tower.
• Logo asked Lunbate whether the parts he had ordered had arrived and learned they had been in the laboratory storeroom for thirteen days.
• Logo used the Fire of Birth to assemble the Golden Viper, a two-star alchemical creature built to extract valuable minerals.

Logo visited Tuoluo Pu to propose that the Yigeng Tribe buy Golden Vipers for mining. Tuoluo Pu asked to see a sample tested before making a decision.

• Logo traveled through the Yigeng Tribe’s mining areas and saw slave races mining ordinary ore while Holy Stone People worked alongside the tribe as equal partners.
• Tuoluo Pu welcomed Logo to the mining department headquarters and invited him to share molten fire wine.
• Logo presented the Golden Viper’s specifications and pitched it as a cost-saving alchemical mining creature.
• Tuoluo Pu examined the proposal but asked Logo to demonstrate a Golden Viper’s performance before agreeing to buy one.

Logo demonstrated the Golden Viper’s mining ability and low operating cost to Tuoluo Pu, securing an order from the Yigeng Tribe. After receiving a two-million-Ta-Pound deposit, Logo assigned Lunbate to purchase parts and supplies.

• Tuoluo Pu tested the Golden Viper at an untouched mine, where it produced a large quantity of processed black jade in two hours.
• Logo told Tuoluo Pu that each Golden Viper used 0.4 Ta Pounds’ worth of Cold-Extracted Golden Liquid per day.
• Tuoluo Pu agreed to buy an initial batch of one hundred Golden Vipers and paid Logo a two-million-Ta-Pound deposit.
• Logo and Tuoluo Pu signed a binding contract for delivery within a month.
• Logo gave the deposit to Lunbate and ordered him to discreetly obtain Golden Viper parts and buy supplies from a prepared list.

Logo worked to expand his alchemical production capacity while Lancelot rose to stardom at the Sade Arena and strengthened himself through fights and potions. Lancelot’s Constitution and Spirit reached 10, leaving him at an attribute barrier as he continued training toward higher skill levels.

• Logo built a two-star alchemical assistance device and planned to increase production with alchemical assistants, though he still needed time to master the knowledge required for advanced models.
• Lancelot defeated a higher-rated Tier Three transcendent in the Sade Arena and remained the branch’s top star, earning enough from matches to cover his potion costs.
• Lancelot drank Spring of Vitality after the fight and continued using it and Condensed Moonlight Liquid alongside his training regimen.
• Lancelot increased Body of Steel by one level and Flow Method by two, while his Constitution and Spirit each reached 10 and an attribute barrier.

Lancelot and the other special training camp members assembled for a dangerous operation, while six injured competitors were sent to the hospital. Before the operation began, Lancelot and the three other A-grade candidates received Electromagnetic Armor, and Lancelot mastered it far faster than anyone else.

• Burke summoned Lancelot to assemble with the other competitors, and Lancelot reunited with Burke, Cole, and Rui.
• Kaladona announced that the special operation would begin at 2:00 a.m. the day after tomorrow and that the members had one day and two nights to prepare.
• Kaladona kept Lancelot, Dekai, Windsor, and Abaddon behind and issued each of them a set of Electromagnetic Armor for the operation.
• Lancelot quickly learned to control the armor's magnetic plates, while Dekai, Windsor, and Abaddon struggled and got bruised.
• Dekai asked if Lancelot had used the armor before, and Lancelot said he had not; Kaladona praised his effortless control.

Lancelot's squad prepared for a joint Alliance assault on the Revival Society's Calais City base and took positions to intercept fleeing members. Rui overcame his hesitation and killed an armed Revival Society fighter with his electromagnetic sniper rifle.

• Lancelot led Burke, Rui, and Cole in planning their squad's battle roles and equipment for the operation.
• More than two hundred special training camp members and their instructors flew to Calais City, where police sealed off the area around the disguised factory.
• Kaladona ordered the instructors to attack the factory while rookie squads waited in assigned sectors to catch fleeing members.
• Lancelot warned his squad that the instructors had begun their assault after he sensed blood in the air.
• Rui spotted an armed man fleeing the factory, followed Lancelot's order to target the main fighting force, and shot him dead.

Rui and his companions ambushed the fugitives, while Lancelot confronted the third-tier martial artist Hogg. Lancelot caught Hogg’s rapier between his palms and struck him with a powerful side kick.

• Rui killed fugitives with precise sniper shots as Burke and Cole praised him over the radio.
• Lancelot identified Hogg as a third-tier martial artist and ordered Burke and Cole to face three other fugitives while Rui covered the east side.
• Lancelot activated Body of Steel and prepared his electromagnetic armor as Hogg charged using Flash Step.
• Hogg tried to force Lancelot back with a rapier strike, but Lancelot caught the blade between his palms and blocked its Yuan Qi with a blue shield.
• Lancelot kicked Hogg in the waist and abdomen, breaking his ribs and injuring his internal organs.

Lancelot and his squad defeated their attackers and continued hunting through the night, killing more than forty enemies. An instructor then warned that a Fourth-Tier Transcendent was approaching Windsor’s squad, and Lancelot realized they were in danger.

• Hogg fled after Lancelot kicked him, but Rui shot him and Lancelot caught up and killed him.
• Lancelot joined Burke and Cole’s fight against three ability users, while Rui’s gunfire and the team’s attacks brought down all three.
• Burke and Cole struggled with the strain of their first true battle, and Lancelot sent them east while he went west to face more enemies.
• Lancelot’s squad killed more than forty enemies, including nine Transcendents, as the night’s fighting dwindled.
• An instructor warned that a Fourth-Tier Transcendent was heading toward Windsor’s squad, and Lancelot recognized the danger.

Lancelot joined Windsor’s fight against the wounded Fourth-Tier Transcendent Hunter and helped hold him back as he unleashed an explosive technique. Lancelot struck Hunter’s chest, then kicked him between the legs, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lancelot reached Windsor’s team and found Hunter attacking her and her injured teammates.
• Lancelot took over as the team’s tank and fought Hunter alongside Windsor.
• Hunter activated an explosive secret technique, strengthening his energy blades and damaging Lancelot’s electromagnetic armor.
• Lancelot pushed through Hunter’s attacks while Windsor restrained him, forcing Hunter to grow impatient.
• Lancelot caught an opening, struck Hunter in the chest, then kicked him between the legs.

Lancelot killed Hunter, a Fourth-Tier Transcendent, after a brutal fight, then learned that powerful presences including Instructor Tarn were approaching. By morning, Tarn secured compensation for Lancelot and Windsor from Luca’s team for the mistake that had allowed Hunter to escape.

• Windsor restrained Hunter with an amethyst energy net, but Lancelot exploited the opening and battered him until his healing fluid ran out.
• Hunter fought back viciously, but Lancelot’s greater durability won out, and Hunter died.
• Lancelot tore off Hunter’s head to prevent his regeneration, then noticed Instructor Tarn and others approaching.
• At dawn, Luca questioned Lancelot’s calmness, while Tarn blamed Luca’s team for the incident and demanded compensation for Lancelot and Windsor.
• Luca transferred 400 merit points to Tarn after they negotiated the amount.

Windsor felt guilty for endangering Nick, and Tarn distributed the compensation and merit points among the survivors. Lancelot totaled his earnings and chose a lightning bloodline potion to address his lack of energy-based attacks.

• Windsor asked Tarn to give all her merit points to Nick because she blamed herself for nearly getting him killed.
• Tarn awarded Lancelot 250 compensation points and divided the remaining 150 among Nick, Windsor, and their third teammate.
• Lancelot calculated that he had earned 1,360 merit points and browsed the available bloodline potions.
• Lancelot rejected genetic potions and organ transplantation, then decided he needed an energy-control talent for his second awakening.
• Lancelot chose lightning as the energy type he wanted to awaken.

Lancelot spent his merit points on a Sword-Armored Electric Eel bloodline potion, planning to use it after meeting two personal requirements rather than waiting for all the recommended safeguards. On Planet Pandora, Gustavo bullied his triplet siblings Mora and Bradley while Spider Mom slept in the magma cavern.

• Lancelot chose the Sword-Armored Electric Eel potion, but was 50 merit points short, so Burke lent him the points.
• Burke warned Lancelot that the potion required a physique attribute of 35, an electric-affinity physique, and sufficient willpower; Lancelot said he would wait until he qualified.
• Lancelot bought the potion and decided he would use it once his physique reached 11 and his Flow Method reached level 21.
• On Planet Pandora, Gustavo pinned down Mora and Bradley in the magma pool and made Bradley surrender.
• Gustavo tossed Mora repeatedly until she grew dizzy, then threw her back into the magma pool while Bradley watched in fear.

Gustavo revealed his formidable Dragon-Hunting Spider body, ate a huge meal of Three-Horned White Rhinoceros, and used the nutrients to fuel his training. When he sought a training method suited to his species, his Inherited Memory surfaced with techniques for Dragon-Hunting Spiders.

• Gustavo leaped out of the magma pool, revealing his three-meter height, five-meter span, and heavily armed body.
• Bradley wondered why Gustavo was eating again as Gustavo headed to the siblings’ food pit.
• Gustavo sliced up and quickly ate the remaining half of a Fifth-Tier Three-Horned White Rhinoceros.
• Gustavo’s powerful digestion processed the meal, and he hurried to exercise while its nutrients surged through his body.
• Gustavo searched his Inherited Memory for a suitable training method, and it revealed techniques suited to Dragon-Hunting Spiders.