Recaps

Lu Mao defeated his Mohist School opponent, while the imperial grandson Huang Tu of the Nation of Valor prepared to fight Si Ming. After Si Ming and Huang Tu traded taunts, they learned their match would take place in a stone forest.

• Lu Mao used his ironwood wok and spatula to defeat his Mohist School opponent at venue number six.
• Huang Tu discussed Su State’s openness with his attendant, who warned him to restrain himself because killing an opponent could provoke Su State and its knights-errant.
• Si Ming saw that he would face Huang Tu and, after Murong Qing said Huang Tu was a Military School disciple with no known reputation, assumed he was a minor opponent.
• Huang Tu told Si Ming to draw an arena and suggested he would only last longer in a pool arena, but Si Ming mocked his arrogance and threatened to end the fight quickly if Huang Tu surrendered.
• Si Ming drew the lot, and the referee announced that the match would take place in a stone forest and begin in five minutes.

Si Ming and Huang Tu traded devastating blows in the stone forest arena, leaving Si Ming badly injured and forced to evade Huang Tu's relentless attacks. The fight continued as Si Ming used Dunjia Heavenly Movement and the terrain to survive, while Huang Tu's basic Seven Star Steps struggled to match it.

• Si Ming and Huang Tu exchanged opening attacks, and Si Ming gained a slight advantage with Wild Ball Fist before launching Vulture Demon Bone Shattering.
• Huang Tu countered with Raise Fire to Scorch the Heavens Stance, injuring Si Ming's chest and sending him into a stone pillar.
• Huang Tu pursued the injured Si Ming with powerful charges, smashing stone pillars as Si Ming dodged through the arena.
• Huang Tu used Seven Star Steps to keep up the chase, but his footwork was inferior to Si Ming's Dunjia Heavenly Movement.

Si Ming and Huang Tu exchanged attacks in the tournament arena, leaving Huang Tu injured but able to unleash a dangerous ultimate move. Si Ming chose to run rather than risk both their lives, then turned to fire Solar Flare as Huang Tu’s attack closed in.

• Si Ming baited Huang Tu into missing repeated punches, then struck through his guard with Sword Rises, Wind and Clouds Move, injuring his lung.
• Huang Tu spat blood into Si Ming’s eyes, used a forbidden technique, and began charging Hegemon Slays the Sage, Destroys Towers and Cities.
• The referee and the middle-aged man prepared to intervene as Si Ming weighed whether to attack Huang Tu or flee.
• Si Ming chose to retreat, and Huang Tu unleashed his ultimate punch, smashing rocks and rapidly closing the distance.
• As the referee and the middle-aged man leaped into the arena, Si Ming turned and fired Solar Flare at Huang Tu.

Si Ming woke in the hospital after his dangerous tournament match and questioned why he had refused to surrender. Jiang Zhengtai visited and teased him with a false claim that his surgery had removed his penis, leaving Si Ming to realize he had been tricked.

• Si Ming awoke bandaged in the hospital and recalled how his match with Huang Tu had nearly cost them both their lives.
• Si Ming wondered whether the tournament’s atmosphere had affected his judgment or whether he had truly been unwilling to surrender.
• Jiang Zhengtai entered Si Ming’s room and jokingly claimed his penis removal surgery had succeeded.
• Si Ming panicked, checked that his penis was still there, and accused Jiang Zhengtai of being suspicious enough to make the joke believable.
• Jiang Zhengtai denied that he would perform such a surgery and explained his joke.

After Si Ming was injured in the tournament, Jiang Zhengtai told him to rest and arranged for Yan Jinghong to visit and discuss his uncertainty about martial arts. Yan Jinghong helped Si Ming see that he needed to discover what kind of martial arts grandmaster he wanted to become, while explaining the path he himself had chosen.

• Jiang Zhengtai told Si Ming that his fractures would require a week of rest and that he should withdraw from the next match.
• Jiang Zhengtai revealed that Si Ming's defeated opponent was the disciple of a famed Spirit Transformation powerhouse and suggested someone who could help Si Ming with his doubts.
• Yan Jinghong visited Si Ming and praised his tactics, while explaining that preserving his life would have meant withdrawing from the match.
• Si Ming told Yan Jinghong that he wanted to become a martial arts grandmaster because it was his dream, but admitted he lacked interest in the tournament.
• Yan Jinghong explained that Si Ming was lost because he had not decided what kind of grandmaster he wanted to be, then described his own path as a Mohist hero.

Si Ming chose to continue the Youth Martial Arts Tournament despite his injuries, determined to test his path. As the match against Dai Zhuiguang began, Si Ming had yet to arrive, while a Daoist and a girl entered the venue and discussed the failure of divination arts.

• Yan Jinghong advised Si Ming to choose a path that suited him, and Si Ming decided to finish the tournament regardless of the result.
• Yan Jinghong transferred True Qi to protect Si Ming's internal organs, enabling him to fight at about eighty percent of his usual strength if he avoided direct clashes.
• Yao Bilian drew Si Ming's match number and learned he would face Dai Zhuiguang; Han Lin and Dai Zhuiguang mocked Si Ming and predicted an easy victory.
• At the fifth venue, Han Lin urged the referee to declare Si Ming's forfeit, but the referee said he had fifteen minutes to arrive.
• A male Daoist and a girl arrived at the venue, and the girl remarked that a damaged corner of the Heavenly Dao had caused divination arts to fail.

Si Ming arrived just before the deadline and faced Dai Zhuiguang in a stone forest, using daggers and a newly learned martial art to compensate for his injured condition. After provoking Dai Zhuiguang into an aggressive attack, Si Ming anticipated his kick and trapped his leg.

• A girl learned from a male Daoist that the Dao Realm and the Buddhist world had been destroyed, then dismissed her upcoming match as an easy victory.
• Si Ming reached the arena before the deadline, and the referee allowed him to compete despite Han Lin's protest.
• Dai Zhuiguang chose a stone forest for the match, while Si Ming selected two daggers and revealed he had six more concealed on him.
• Si Ming said he had spent ten minutes learning the Twin Yang Robbery and Killing Art for their match, enraging Dai Zhuiguang.
• Dai Zhuiguang charged with a leg attack, and Si Ming evaded it before trapping Dai Zhuiguang's retaliatory kick.

Si Ming defeated Dai Zhuiguang in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament by exploiting his knowledge of the Divine Leg Sect's techniques and using throwing daggers despite his injuries. After the fight, Dai Zhuiguang acknowledged his loss, and Yao Bilian asked Si Ming when he had learned to throw knives.

• Dai Zhuiguang used the Cloud-Treading Suspended Step, but Si Ming anticipated his movements and kept him under pressure.
• Dai Zhuiguang attacked from the ground with the Earth Dragon Mountain-Breaking Leg, but Si Ming withdrew and threw his ironwood daggers at him.
• Dai Zhuiguang was struck by two daggers, and the referee stopped the fight when rebounding daggers threatened the back of his head, declaring Si Ming the winner.
• Si Ming told Dai Zhuiguang that he had lost by relying on Divine Leg Sect routines despite Yao Bilian's knowledge of them.
• Dai Zhuiguang left with Han Lin after telling Si Ming to keep winning, while Murong Qing and Zhong Lingxiu supported the exhausted victor.
• Yao Bilian asked Si Ming when he had learned throwing-knife techniques.

Si Ming learned that his next opponent, Nan Kemeng, claimed divination had foretold their match and urged him to study her fighting style. He watched Legend of the Divine Radish Hero with Zhong Lingxiu and learned that Nan Kemeng imitated the third-generation hero, while Zhong Lingxiu favored the second generation.

• Si Ming said he wanted to study techniques from many martial arts schools and focus more on the process than the result.
• Nan Kemeng approached Si Ming, introduced herself as his next opponent, and claimed her divination predicted their pairing.
• Zhong Lingxiu recognized Nan Kemeng’s third-generation Great Radish Hero costume and joined her in a dramatic pose.
• Yao Bilian guessed that Nan Kemeng practiced the Dream Butterfly Art, which let her imitate someone else’s fighting style.
• Si Ming watched the second-generation Great Radish Hero with Zhong Lingxiu, who explained the differences between the second and third generations.

Si Ming sought a way to counter Nan Kemeng’s imitation of the Great Radish Hero, while Han Lin’s resentment over his failures made him receptive to a stranger’s offer of power. The chapter ended with Han Lin listening as the stranger tempted him with revenge and recognition.

• Si Ming learned that Nan Kemeng’s imitation depended on immersing herself in her character and decided he would need to find the character’s weakness by watching the series.
• Dai Zhuiguang rejected Han Lin’s excuses for his loss and told him he could accept defeat before leaving the training platform.
• Han Lin blamed the woman who had ruined his life and lamented his misfortunes in an alley.
• A mysterious figure offered to make Han Lin stronger, and Han Lin initially refused.
• The stranger appealed to Han Lin’s desire for revenge and respect, stopping him from walking away.

Si Ming sought Murong Qing’s help learning the Snow Swallow Spear Technique before his upcoming martial arts match. Murong Qing agreed to teach him, though the chapter left him with only four hours to prepare.

• Si Ming went to the painting club and heard that Murong Qing had been nominated for the county-wide middle school painting competition.
• The art teacher warned Murong Qing to be careful in her martial arts competition before leaving the classroom.
• Si Ming asked Murong Qing to teach him the Snow Swallow Spear Technique in case he faced Nan Kemeng in that night’s match.
• Si Ming explained that he had chosen the technique after studying a drama, and Murong Qing agreed it might work.
• Murong Qing began teaching Si Ming, advising him to focus on mastering a few moves rather than attempt all thirteen.

Si Ming and Murong Qing met Lu Mao, a struggling Food School disciple, while searching for dinner before the tournament drawing. After tasting his roast duck noodles, Si Ming recognized the extraordinary power of Lu Mao’s cooking and urged him to open a shop.

• Si Ming and Murong Qing went to find dinner before the tournament drawing and found Lu Mao selling roast duck noodles outside the venue.
• Lu Mao explained that he was broke after Eastern Academy rejected him and that he had entered the tournament hoping to earn money and prove himself.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing ordered four bowls of Lu Mao’s roast duck noodles.
• Si Ming tasted the noodles, felt their remarkable vitality, and praised Lu Mao’s cooking as good enough to make a fortune without tournament prize money.

Si Ming and his companions drew their places in the competition’s fixed bracket, and Si Ming was paired against Nan Kemeng. Though still recovering from his injuries, he faced her in the desert terrain she chose, where the match began.

• The host announced that the competition would use a fixed bracket instead of drawing lots for each round.
• Murong Qing drew number thirty-one and received a bye, Ying Zhou drew number thirty, and Si Ming drew number twenty-eight after an elaborate attempt to change his luck.
• Zhong Lingxiu drew number six, while Nan Kemeng told Si Ming she would give their match her all.
• Si Ming said he had recovered about seventy percent and promised Murong Qing he would be careful.
• Nan Kemeng chose desert terrain for her match against Si Ming, and the gong sounded to start their bout.

Si Ming defeated Nan Kemeng by exploiting her immersion in a role from Legend of the Divine Radish Hero. After Zhong Lingxiu told him Ying Zhou had been badly injured, Si Ming rushed to find Murong Qing confronting the youth responsible.

• Nan Kemeng attacked Si Ming with powerful palm techniques, while Si Ming countered with the Snow Swallow Spear Technique.
• Si Ming used the word "Father" to make Nan Kemeng falter, then stopped his spear just short of her chest and won the match.
• Nan Kemeng admitted defeat, but Zhong Lingxiu rushed over and told Si Ming that Ying Zhou had been badly injured.
• Si Ming followed Zhong Lingxiu to Ying Zhou and saw Murong Qing confronting a youth as Ying Zhou lay unconscious with a badly injured elbow and bleeding wrist.
• Murong Qing grabbed the youth by the collar and accused him of deliberately pressing down during his final move.

Ying Zhou was rushed to the hospital after Lian Buqi’s attack, while Si Ming and Murong Qing confronted Lian Buqi over his conduct and beliefs. Doctors saved Ying Zhou’s hand, but warned that it might never regain its former flexibility or strength.

• Lian Buqi denied deliberately injuring Ying Zhou, and Si Ming helped carry Ying Zhou to an ambulance while warning Lian Buqi to be careful.
• Nan Kemeng confronted Lian Buqi about his changed nature, and he struck her with a penetrating martial technique he called the power of natural selection through competition.
• At the hospital, Si Ming admitted he had only threatened Lian Buqi to scare him, while Murong Qing insisted on facing Lian Buqi fairly in her next match.
• Doctors told Si Ming that Ying Zhou’s hand had been saved but would likely lose flexibility and strength.

Si Ming learned that Ying Zhou could recover by reaching level nine Internal Cultivation or receiving help from a Spirit Transformation expert, but police soon questioned him about Dai Zhuiguang’s murder. At the crime scene, investigators traced the killing to the Meridian-Shattering Goosefoot Heart Palm and the True Scripture of Sinful Punishment, though the murderer’s identity remained unknown.

• A doctor told Si Ming that Ying Zhou could be cured by reaching level nine Internal Cultivation or having a Spirit Transformation expert clear his meridians.
• Two police officers asked Si Ming to assist with the investigation into Dai Zhuiguang’s death.
• Zhang Dixian tried to divine the murderer’s identity but found only a connection to the Youth Martial Arts Tournament and concluded the killer had higher cultivation than he did.
• Xiao Xian examined Dai Zhuiguang’s body and inferred that the killer had subdued and tortured him before killing him with the Meridian-Shattering Goosefoot Heart Palm.
• Xiao Xian identified the technique as part of the True Scripture of Sinful Punishment and explained that its orthodox cultivation method could be corrupted by someone who practiced only its vicious techniques.

After Dai Zhuiguang’s murder, Si Ming learned that the killing technique was the long-lost Meridian-Shattering Goosefoot Heart Palm and brought Lu Mao to stay at the orphanage. At the hospital, Yao Bilian visited the recovering Ying Zhou, who vowed to train harder and take revenge on the person who had beaten him.

• The police questioned Si Ming about Dai Zhuiguang’s death, confirmed his alibi, and told him Dai had died from the Meridian-Shattering Goosefoot Heart Palm.
• Murong Qing identified the technique as the Eight Asura Sin Lord’s ultimate move and left after Si Ming walked her to the hospital entrance.
• Si Ming found Lu Mao selling noodles outside the hospital and invited him to stay at the orphanage.
• Si Ming and Lu Mao arrived at the orphanage, where Yao Bilian explained she had missed Si Ming’s calls because she had passed out in the bath while reading.
• Yao Bilian visited Ying Zhou in the hospital, and Ying Zhou declared that he would train harder and repay his attacker tenfold or a hundredfold.

Yao Bilian teased the injured Ying Zhou while Si Ming recovered and learned that Han Lin was suspected of murdering Dai Zhuiguang. Han Lin burst into the orphanage searching for Yao Bilian, and Si Ming faced his attack by entering the Solar Prominence State.

• Yao Bilian stayed with Ying Zhou as he recovered, teasing him until he realized how considerate Si Ming had been.
• Si Ming woke to find Lu Mao had prepared breakfast, then received Pan De’s warning that Han Lin was the suspect in Dai Zhuiguang’s murder and had disappeared.
• Han Lin smashed into the orphanage looking for Yao Bilian, and Si Ming recognized him as a transformed, dangerous opponent.
• Si Ming stalled Han Lin by claiming Yao Bilian was absent, then unleashed his True Qi and entered the Solar Prominence State as Han Lin attacked.

Si Ming and Lu Mao survived Han Lin’s attack with help from Lu Mao’s chili powder and Zhang Dixian’s intervention, but Han Lin escaped. The group headed to warn Yao Bilian, while Auntie Liu emerged from the basement after the danger passed.

• Si Ming blinded Han Lin and broke through a wall to escape, but Han Lin’s force pulled him back until Lu Mao shielded him with a wok and sprayed Han Lin with Exploding Anus Brand Chili Powder.
• Si Ming and Lu Mao dodged Han Lin’s attacks as he recovered, then Zhang Dixian blocked his claws and forced him to retreat.
• Han Lin fled after warning Zhang Dixian that he would return after killing Yao Bilian.
• Zhang Dixian explained that he had come alone and admitted his legs were trapped in the ground, so Si Ming helped him free himself.
• Si Ming, Lu Mao, and Zhang Dixian decided to warn Yao Bilian and hurried toward the hospital, while Auntie Liu emerged from the basement.

After Han Lin’s attack, Si Ming brought Yao Bilian and Lu Mao safely to the hospital, where Yao repaid his deposit. Before leaving, Si Ming used the money to cover the operation of a gambler’s daughter after learning she was innocent.

• Auntie Liu returned to the basement rather than intervene in the dangerous fight, while Hongdou continued painting.
• Yao Bilian apologized to Si Ming and Lu Mao for drawing them into Han Lin’s attack, and Lu Mao said the incident had inspired him.
• Yao Bilian returned Si Ming’s hospital deposit, and Zhang Dixian warned Si Ming to stay among crowds and avoid going out alone.
• At the hospital payment window, Si Ming heard Zhang the Deadbeat beg for his daughter’s operation and learned he had gambled away his wife’s surgery money.
• Si Ming donated his New Year’s gift money for the girl’s operation, requiring the hospital to use it only for her.

Si Ming questioned whether he could follow the Mohist principle of universal love while helping the Mohist Knight Guard search for Han Lin. After realizing Han Lin had targeted his ex-girlfriend instead of Yao Bilian, Si Ming alerted the others, while Han Lin attacked the woman in her apartment.

• Si Ming learned that Yao Bilian had agreed to help Pan De lure Han Lin out, but Han Lin did not appear during their plan.
• Si Ming realized Han Lin had threatened Yao Bilian to distract the Mohist Knight Guard from another person he hated.
• Si Ming asked Yao Bilian over the walkie-talkie where Han Lin's ex-girlfriend lived.
• Han Lin held his ex-girlfriend by the throat in her apartment and accused her of ruining his chance to become a good person.

Han Lin attacked a woman who denounced his cruelty and praised Yao Bilian, but Pan De and Yao Bilian ambushed him. Han Lin survived their attacks and bombarded Yao Bilian with stone fragments before another hidden expert struck at his throat.

• Han Lin beat the woman after she explained why she had left him and praised Yao Bilian.
• Pan De ambushed Han Lin with Ping Mountain Lands and sent him crashing through a wall from the eighth floor.
• Yao Bilian pursued Han Lin in midair, but he fought back with Marrow-Extracting Spirit-Tormenting Claw.
• A hidden shooter fired explosive bullets, giving Yao Bilian time to strike Han Lin with Hegemon Draws the Bow and drive him into the ground.
• Han Lin rose from the dust and hurled stone fragments at Yao Bilian as she dodged across the apartment balconies.
• A judge's pen suddenly shot toward Han Lin's throat from the shadows.

A masked Mohist Knight Guard mortally wounded Han Lin, but another consciousness took over his body and unleashed far greater control of his martial arts. The new “Han Lin” fought the guard and Yao Bilian, then lunged for Yao Bilian as Si Ming fired and an enormous palm descended from above.

• A masked Mohist Knight Guard ambushed Han Lin with the Judge's Brush and inflicted a mortal wound.
• Si Ming watched as Han Lin collapsed, but Han Lin's True Qi returned to his body and he stood up, revealing that another consciousness had taken over.
• Yao Bilian recognized that the person controlling Han Lin's body was not Han Lin, and the masked guard attacked before he could explain himself.
• The new “Han Lin” evaded the guard's brush, overwhelmed his attacks, and injured him with a powerful palm strike.
• The new “Han Lin” ignored Yao Bilian's blows and Si Ming's bullets as he reached for Yao Bilian's head.
• An enormous black shadow plunged down from above, gathering air currents into a palm technique aimed at the fight.

Si Ming, Pan De, and their allies defeated the possessed Han Lin, though Pan De was gravely injured and the fight devastated the surrounding apartments. Afterward, Si Ming realized his Internal Cultivation had advanced to the fourth level, and the masked Mohist Knight Guard began removing their face covering.

• Han Lin blocked Pan De's descending palm while the masked Mohist Knight Guard weakened his defenses with ink spears, then collapsed from their injuries.
• Si Ming charged through the opening and fired at Han Lin, disrupting his concentration and allowing Pan De to land a decisive palm strike.
• Han Lin died in a deep palm-shaped pit after murmuring confused words, while Pan De revealed that hidden force had severely injured him internally.
• Si Ming and Yao Bilian discussed the possibility that the Eight Asura Sin Lord had possessed Han Lin, and Yao Bilian went to check on two injured people upstairs.
• Pan De noticed Si Ming's stronger presence, and Si Ming said his Internal Cultivation had advanced to the fourth level during the fight.
• Si Ming approached the injured masked Mohist Knight Guard and offered to remove the blood-soaked face covering, and the guard reached for it.

Si Ming recovered from his encounter with a supercriminal and advanced in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament after Lu Mao forfeited to pursue cooking. Murong Qing then challenged Lian Buqi over his treatment of victims, and their match began with Lian Buqi deflecting her spear.

• Si Ming met the Shadow Hero Guard Ye Ziqian and learned why the hidden guards operated outside the public eye.
• Si Ming arrived at the tournament and discovered that Lu Mao had forfeited, explaining that he wanted to focus on becoming a chef.
• Si Ming accepted Lu Mao’s decision and wished him success before heading with him to watch Murong Qing fight Lian Buqi.
• Murong Qing demanded that Lian Buqi apologize to his victims, but he rejected her demand and defended the strong preying on the weak.
• Murong Qing attacked at the gong, and Lian Buqi struck her spear aside with a precisely timed palm.