Chapter Summaries

Ning Yue began a simulation in which he became a zombie, was captured and refined by Ren Family Village, then sacrificed himself to destroy the consciousness controlling his body. He chose a Golden Body Pill as his reward and received a message from Li Feng inviting him to see a ferocious beast being paraded through the streets.

• Ning Yue told his parents about the college entrance exam reform, planted the spirit bamboo, and went to sleep.
• Ning Yue started a new simulation and became a zombie who slaughtered animals and people before human experts captured him at age ten.
• Ren Family Village refined Ning Yue into a copper, silver, and eventually gold zombie, while another consciousness took control of his body.
• Ning Yue detonated his golden body at age twenty-three, destroying the other consciousness and dying with it.
• Ning Yue rejected the coffin and Corpse Refining Method, chose the Golden Body Pill, and received messages from Li Feng about a ferocious beast on parade.

Ning Yue learned that Wang Xueqing needed ten million to buy Vitality Creation Liquid for her gravely injured father, but he could not lend her the money and wondered whether his Golden Body Pill might help. He then met his father’s former hunting comrades, including the injured “Mad Saber” Lei Zhan, who had come to their home after the Mad Battle Hunting Team captured a Volcanic Giant Bull.

• Ning Yue read messages about the Volcanic Giant Bull being paraded through Xinyuan City and learned it was a peak Sixth-Rank Golden Body Realm beast.
• Wang Xueqing called Ning Yue and asked to borrow ten million to buy Vitality Creation Liquid for her unconscious, badly injured father.
• Wang Xueqing explained that her father had been wounded when the Mad Battle Hunting Team fought and captured the Volcanic Giant Bull under the leadership of “Mad Saber” Lei Zhan.
• Ning Yue said he could not help with the money and privately wondered whether his Golden Body Pill could heal Wang Xueqing’s father.
• Ning Yue returned downstairs and met his father’s former hunting comrades, Lei Zhan and Zhao, who were both still injured.
• Lei Zhan praised Ning Yue for being the number one student at Xinyuan Martial Arts High School.

Ning Yue asked Lei Zhan about Wang Lin’s injuries and learned that the hunting team had suffered badly but no one was in danger of dying. Lei Zhan advised Ning Yue to reach his qi and blood limit before advancing, leaving Ning Yue determined to raise his value from 108 to a presumed maximum of 1,000 and considering the Golden Body Pill.

• Ning Yue asked Lei Zhan about Wang Xueqing’s father, and Lei Zhan explained that Wang Lin and several other hunting team members had been badly injured during their hunt.
• Ning Baichuan offered Lei Zhan and Old Zhao a saved Vitality Pill, and Lei Zhan later took one and recovered some color.
• Ning Yue learned that Wang Lin’s limbs were broken and his internal organs displaced, but his life was not in danger and he would eventually recover.
• Lei Zhan advised Ning Yue to reach his qi and blood limit before breaking through and described a genius who reached 800 points before entering the First-Rank Realm.
• Ning Yue checked that his qi and blood value was 108, estimated the Qi and Blood Realm limit at 1,000, and decided the Golden Body Pill could help him reach it sooner.

Ning Yue learned more about Lei Zhan’s history and Blue Star’s cities and universities, then spent twenty days cultivating at the Thunder Martial Arts Hall and reached the brink of his body’s limit. His latest simulation offered him the Eye of Heaven Observation, which he chose.

• Ning Yue applied to study away from school so he could cultivate at the Thunder Martial Arts Hall, and learned Lei Zhan was the hall’s second master and one of his father’s old comrades.
• Lei Zhan told Ning Yue about Blue Star’s four grades of cities and how universities were limited to fortress cities and above.
• Lei Zhan and Old Zhao said goodbye to Ning Yue’s family, and Lei Zhan promised to take Ning Yue to kill vicious beasts when he reached the fourth rank.
• Over the next twenty days, Ning Yue cultivated at the Thunder Martial Arts Hall, where the Thunder Spirit Transformation martial array and sparring helped him raise his qi and blood to 998 points.
• Ning Yue activated the Myriad Heavens Simulator, received the Eye of Heaven Observation as his only reward, and chose it.

Ning Yue fused with the Eye of Heaven Observation, broke through to the First-Rank Realm, and received the Bitter Bamboo Scripture’s cultivation experience as the Myriad Heavens Simulator upgraded. He went to the Xinyuan Martial Artist Complex to certify his rank, where he encountered Lu Xiansen.

• Ning Yue fused with the Eye of Heaven Observation, which let him see people's martial arts ranks and raised his qi and blood to 1,000 points.
• Ning Yue opened his heavenly meridian and reached the First-Rank Realm.
• The Myriad Heavens Simulator upgraded, and Ning Yue gained the Bitter Bamboo Scripture’s cultivation experience and learned he could add talents to simulations, though each attempt would cost one hundred thousand yuan and be available only every ten days.
• Ning Yue arrived at the Xinyuan Martial Artist Complex to certify his martial artist rank and gain access to its privileges.
• A soldier directed Ning Yue to the certification hall, where Lu Xiansen recognized him; Ning Yue did not recognize Lu Xiansen at first.

Ning Yue fought off Lu Xiansen, who was actually Huang Liang, after the Second-Rank martial artist tried to kill him. As Ning Yue lay injured under the watch of several soldiers, an alarm announced a ferocious beast riot in Xinyuan City.

• Ning Yue spotted malice in Lu Xiansen's expression and used the Eye of Heaven Observation to discover that he was Huang Liang, a Second-Rank martial artist.
• Huang Liang attacked Ning Yue with a deer-antler dagger, and Ning Yue drew the Jade Blood Saber and fought back with the Ninefold Thunder Saber.
• Huang Liang and Ning Yue exchanged attacks at close range, and Ning Yue grew increasingly overwhelmed by Huang Liang's combat experience.
• Ning Yue knocked their weapons aside, grappled Huang Liang, and repeatedly headbutted him until he went limp.
• Ning Yue threw Huang Liang aside as several soldiers surrounded him, and an alarm announced a ferocious beast riot and ordered everyone to assemble.

Ning Yue killed a Beast God Cult infiltrator at the Martial Artist Complex, and soldiers confirmed the dead man was a human-beast hybrid. As a ferocious beast riot endangered the city, a commander took Ning Yue to help fight the beasts and gain combat experience.

• A commander arrived at the certification hall and questioned the 8th Squad for remaining there during the ferocious beast riot.
• The commander split the corpse and revealed a yellow-and-white crystal core, confirming the dead man belonged to the Beast God Cult.
• Ning Yue accepted the soldiers’ salute and said he had killed the infiltrator to protect himself and his family.
• The 8th Squad marched along Pear Tree Street to exterminate the rampaging beasts and protect residents.
• The commander invited Ning Yue to fight the beasts, then grabbed him and charged out of the Martial Artist Complex.

Zuo Yidao brought Ning Yue to the northwestern corner of Xinyuan City to train against ferocious beasts, where Ning Yue faced a swift Shadow Cat. The chapter ended as the Shadow Cat lunged at Ning Yue and the nearby martial artist feared it had torn open his chest.

• Zuo Yidao introduced himself to Ning Yue as the commander of the City Guard Third Battalion and carried him northwest through the city.
• Zuo Yidao killed a Three-Tailed Porcupine that had gravely wounded Wang Yibo, Li Fuxiang, and Shan Yue as they defended the people behind them.
• Zuo Yidao left Ning Yue in the northwestern corner of Xinyuan City to practice controlling his strength and gain combat experience.
• Ning Yue rushed to help a martial artist attacked by a Shadow Cat, but struggled to keep up with the beast's speed.
• Ning Yue endured hundreds of the Shadow Cat's attacks while pretending to tire, and the Shadow Cat finally lunged at his chest.

Ning Yue killed a Shadow Cat with his bare hands, collected its crystal core, and watched martial artists battle other vicious beasts, including a Volcanic Giant Bull. He left the old street to hunt more beasts and help defend Xinyuan City.

• Ning Yue grabbed the Shadow Cat and broke its neck after enduring its claw attacks.
• Ning Yue collected the Shadow Cat’s crystal core, while Old Cao refused to split the reward and went to help the other martial artists.
• Ning Yue saw a Seventh-Rank grandmaster fighting the Volcanic Giant Bull and keeping the beast at bay.
• Ning Yue left the old street and ran toward the louder fighting to kill more vicious beasts.

Ning Yue spotted a Vajra Giant Ape charging toward Zuo Tianchang and his students while they fought a Three-Eyed Silver Wolf, so he intervened to protect them. His attack drew the ape’s fury, and he met it head-on with his Indestructible Vajra Physique; their clash ended with one of them flying backward.

• Ning Yue saw Zuo Tianchang, Gan Xiaomei, Wang Xueqing, and Liao Dong steadily wearing down a Three-Eyed Silver Wolf.
• Ning Yue noticed a wounded Second-Rank Vajra Giant Ape standing over a corpse and preparing to charge at the group.
• Ning Yue threw his Jade Blood Saber at the ape, but it broke the weapon and turned on him.
• Ning Yue charged the Vajra Giant Ape and met its vajra body with his Indestructible Vajra Physique.
• Ning Yue and the Vajra Giant Ape struck each other with their fists, and one figure was hurled backward.

Ning Yue killed a Vajra Giant Ape after exploiting its weakness, then met a group of accomplished Xinyuan Martial Arts High School alumni. Meng Tian revealed that they had come to see Ning Yue, but their reason remained unknown.

• Ning Yue was badly injured by the Vajra Giant Ape before attacking its vital spot and driving it into a retreat.
• Ning Yue pursued the wounded ape, killed it, and sat on its intact corpse, expecting it to fetch a good price.
• Gan Xiaomei praised Ning Yue for killing the ape, while Ning Yue praised her and the others for defeating a Third-Rank vicious beast.
• Meng Tian, Gao Yao, He Li, and Wan Qili approached Ning Yue and greeted their former teacher, Zuo Tianchang.
• Meng Tian told Zuo Tianchang that the group had come to see Ning Yue.

Ning Yue negotiated the sale of his Vajra Giant Ape to Meng Tian and the others, raising their offer from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand after his homeroom teacher hinted at its value. As Lei Zhan flew toward the group after slaying the Volcanic Giant Bull and nearby beasts, the chapter ended with him apparently noticing Ning Yue.

• Ning Yue agreed to sell the Vajra Giant Ape but waited for his homeroom teacher's signal before accepting Meng Tian's offer.
• Ning Yue's homeroom teacher suggested the ape could help Meng Tian break through to the Fourth Rank, prompting Meng Tian to raise the offer to five hundred thousand.
• Ning Yue required payment up front, and Wan Qili grew hostile when Ning Yue refused to trust them with credit.
• Lei Zhan and another Seventh-Rank grandmaster killed the Volcanic Giant Bull, which crashed into buildings as it fell.
• Lei Zhan slew and crushed vicious beasts in his path, and Ning Yue recognized him as his father's good brother.
• Lei Zhan appeared to notice Ning Yue and flew toward the group.

Ning Yue met Grandmaster Lei Zhan during the ferocious beast riot, completed the sale of the Vajra Giant Ape, and collected a reward at the City Lord's Manor. He left with his First-Rank martial artist certification and 610,000 yuan, while still holding an unsold Shadow Cat crystal core.

• Lei Zhan flew over, recognized Ning Yue, invited him to the City Lord's Manor, and warned Wan Qili with a glance before leaving to fight the ferocious beasts.
• Ning Yue reminded the others that Lei Zhan was the captain of the Mad Battle Hunting Team, and Wan Qili stopped provoking him.
• Ning Yue refused Meng Tian's offer of an extra hundred thousand yuan and sold the Vajra Giant Ape for five hundred thousand.
• Zuo Tianchang reunited with his younger brother Zuo Yidao at the City Lord's Manor, where Zuo Yidao explained that the manor was rewarding those who helped suppress the riot.
• Ning Yue and the others each received a hundred-thousand-yuan reward, and staff processed Ning Yue's First-Rank martial artist certification.

Ning Yue began his first simulation in the Defying the Gods world, choosing Martial Dao Myth, Traveler, and DINK as his talents. By age nine, he had learned that a demon called the mountain god was taking children from his fog-shrouded village, and he was eager to explore beyond it.

• Ning Yue spent the evening with family and friends after Old Ban left with Zuo Yidao and the others departed.
• Ning Yue paid 100,000 yuan to activate the Myriad Heavens Simulator and drew the Defying the Gods world.
• Ning Yue selected Martial Dao Myth, Traveler, and DINK as his three initial talents.
• Ning Yue's simulated parents lost his older sister to the mountain god when he was five, after another village boy had disappeared.
• Ning Yue trained with the village hunting party and rapidly improved his martial arts, learning that the mountain god was a demon that used the fog to conceal the village.
• Ning Yue became eager to leave the village and see what lay beyond it.

The narrator grows from a village prodigy into a martial cultivator while the mountain god’s Anomalies decimate the village. After reaching the Life Spring Realm, he defeats the mountain god but is left barely alive.

• At twelve, the narrator created the Heaven-Breaking cultivation technique, awakening the mountain god, which prepared to slaughter the village.
• After the narrator killed a Monster Grade Anomaly and reached the Wheel and Sea Realm, the mountain god’s attacks and thickening fog caused the village to lose many people.
• On the fourteenth day, the narrator killed his parents after they attacked him as Anomalies, then used his newly comprehended intent to destroy the other Anomalies and found the village nearly wiped out.
• The mountain god appeared as a Blood Grade Anomaly and attacked the narrator, who reached the Life Spring Realm while fighting for survival.
• The narrator defeated the mountain god in a battle that shattered the village, but his life was left hanging by a thread.

Ning Yue’s simulation traced his rise from a survivor who refined Anomalies into spring eyes to the Primordial Venerable who wiped out every Anomaly and ascended. After the simulation ended, he was astonished that he had survived and was offered a choice of reward.

• At thirteen, Ning Yue left the village after recovering and began traveling, later learning that a drop of black blood had turned gods into Anomalies and humans into captive livestock.
• Ning Yue strengthened the Heaven-Breaking Scripture, slew Anomaly gods, and created the Divine Bridge Realm by refining a hundred Life Springs into one.
• Ning Yue established the Martial Domain, took the title Northern Emperor, and spent five years conquering all eighty-one Domains before installing a guardian formation across them.
• Ning Yue comprehended the Fist of Origin, transformed his soul, reached the Other Shore, and annihilated every Anomaly in the God Realm before ascending.
• The human race honored Ning Yue as the Primordial Venerable and renamed the God Realm the Primordial World; after the simulation ended, Ning Yue marveled that he had survived and received a choice of rewards.

Ning Yue chose the Heaven-Breaking Scripture and received it as a demigod-grade technique, then began cultivating it and opened a second heavenly meridian. The chapter left him asking why his father, Ning Baichuan, had warned him to stay indoors.

• Ning Yue retained the Martial Dao Myth talent and chose the Heaven-Breaking Scripture over the secret-realm grotto-heaven and protective formation.
• The Myriad Heavens Simulator adjusted the Heaven-Breaking Scripture to demigod grade because the simulated world could not accommodate a stronger technique, then transmitted its knowledge to Ning Yue.
• Ning Yue checked his updated panel and decided to buy equipment before the college entrance examination.
• Ning Yue cultivated the Heaven-Breaking Scripture for an hour, discovered its destruction attribute, and opened his second heavenly meridian.
• At dinner, Ning Baichuan told Ning Yue not to go outside over the next few days, leaving Ning Yue confused about what had happened.

Ning Yue learned more about the Azure Ghost Race, which had killed nearly a thousand people in Xinyuan City, and met Wang Xueqing on his way to school. At the school entrance, visiting students challenged Xinyuan Martial Arts High School, but Ning Yue focused on asking Wang Xueqing about the alien threat.

• Ning Baichuan told Ning Yue that an unidentified life-form was preying on people's qi and blood, so Ning Yue stayed home for three days before deciding to visit school.
• Ning Yue met Wang Xueqing, who said her father had recovered after Lei Zhan used Vitality Creation Liquid to treat him, though he still owed seven million yuan.
• Ning Yue and Wang Xueqing saw visiting students challenge Xinyuan Martial Arts High School's top students near the school entrance.
• Wang Xueqing told Ning Yue that the Azure Ghost Race had devoured the qi and blood of nearly a thousand people in Xinyuan City, leaving only their skin behind.
• Ning Yue reasoned that the Azure Ghosts were likely avoiding high-rank martial artists and asked Wang Xueqing to explain more about the race.

Wen Xi challenged Huaqing High School after watching its students defeat and mock Xinyuan Martial Arts High School’s fighters, but Hu Zhe opened the match with a sneak attack. Hu Zhe’s Shadowless Claw overwhelmed Wen Xi, leaving him trapped on the defensive.

• Wang Xueqing explained that the Azure Ghost Race came from another world and could create clones, making its members difficult to destroy.
• Ning Yue saw Wen Xi enter the arena and considered stepping in if Wen Xi could not win.
• The Ten Heroes of Huaqing argued among themselves while Yang Yifei tried to control his younger sister, Yang Zihan.
• Wen Xi challenged Huaqing High School and singled out Hu Zhe, angered by his injuries and taunts against Xinyuan students.
• Hu Zhe leapt onto the arena and clawed Wen Xi before he could respond, then used Shadowless Claw to keep him from wielding his saber.

Wen Xi defeated Hu Zhe in the challenge and awakened a spirit physique, then left the remaining Huaqing fighters to Ning Yue. As Liao Siyuan prepared to face Ning Yue, two figures appeared onstage and ordered the private fighting to stop.

• Wen Xi endured Hu Zhe's claw attacks, countered with elbow strikes and sword-hand chops, and knocked him unconscious before kicking him off the stage.
• Wen Xi's aura surged and blade light appeared, prompting Ning Yue to recognize that he had awakened a spirit physique; Wang Xueqing said she had awakened hers too.
• Ning Yue received Wen Xi's message asking for help, then stepped onto the stage as Wen Xi withdrew and left the other Huaqing fighters to him.
• Liao Siyuan, encouraged by Yang Zihan and warned by Yang Yifei, prepared to challenge Ning Yue, whom he underestimated as a qi and blood martial artist.
• Two figures appeared onstage and demanded to know who had authorized the private fight.