Recaps

Si Ming pursued martial arts despite his severed meridians, became Yan Jinghong’s disciple, and used his unusual talents to protect others and confront Ying Zhou. The arc left him testing the limits of firearms against Jiang Zhengtai as he prepared for covert concert security.

• Si Ming discovered that he had transmigrated into a frail boy and began training the Hundred Birds Frolics, while earning money by selling harmonica music.
• When a Demon Beast attacked Murong Qing and her younger brother, Si Ming drew it away and killed it with Yan Jinghong’s armor and sword.
• Yan Jinghong made Si Ming his disciple and introduced him to the Blazing Yang Battle Art, which drew power from sunlight despite Si Ming’s severed meridians.
• Si Ming reunited with Murong Qing, who thanked him for saving her and mistook his request for secrecy as evidence of a covert Mohist Knight Guard mission.
• Si Ming caught Ying Zhou mutilating a kitten, defeated him in a fight, and encouraged him to redirect his anger and become a better person.
• Pan De assigned Si Ming to provide covert security at a concert, where Si Ming discovered his talent for drumming and helped Ying Zhou try the drums.
• Si Ming studied the Falling Star Archery Art to improve his aim with a psionic revolver, then modified bullets and tested his guns against Jiang Zhengtai.
• Jiang Zhengtai dodged Si Ming’s visible and concealed shots and rushed him, but Si Ming used his remaining Blazing Sun True Qi to fire a burst of intense light.

Si Ming rescued Yuezheng Qiong, completed Yan Jinghong’s training, and balanced school, relationships, and life at the Mohist Knight Guard. After entering a provincial martial arts tournament, he watched Zhong Lingxiu win her opening match as the knockout rounds began.

• Si Ming used a camera-equipped spider to witness Yuezheng Qiong’s kidnapping, tracked her abductors to a warehouse, and rescued her from the kidnappers.
• Fifth Uncle confessed that he had arranged the attack to seize control of the Yuezheng Lineage, but Yan Jinghong defeated him with help from Pan De and Jiang Zhengtai.
• Yan Jinghong trained Si Ming for six months, then declared that Si Ming had passed his test early after he crossed Heart-Reflecting Lake using Solar Prominence Eruption.
• Si Ming ranked first in his grade, met Murong Zhe and Murong Wu, and invited Murong Qing to visit the Mohist Knight Guard base, where she met Zhong Lingxiu and Dr. Pang Kang.
• Si Ming spent winter vacation at the orphanage, remembered his family during New Year, and sparred with Ying Zhou and Yao Bilian.
• Yao Bilian gave Si Ming a tournament invitation, and Si Ming registered for the competition, where the champion would receive one million.
• Si Ming, Murong Qing, Ying Zhou, and Zhong Lingxiu qualified for the knockout rounds, and Zhong Lingxiu defeated Fan Jianqiang by trapping him with her rings.
• Zhong Lingxiu celebrated her victory and discussed the Great Radish Hero with Si Ming and Ying Zhou before the gong announced the next round.

Si Ming continued through the tournament while grappling with what kind of martial arts grandmaster he wanted to become, and his friends faced injuries, betrayal, and Han Lin’s rampage. After Han Lin died under a hidden consciousness’s control, Si Ming met the Shadow Hero Guard Ye Ziqian and returned to the tournament as Murong Qing began her match with Lian Buqi.

• Si Ming nearly died fighting Huang Tu, then recovered and chose to continue the tournament after Yan Jinghong helped him clarify his path.
• Si Ming defeated Dai Zhuiguang with concealed daggers, then beat Nan Kemeng using the Snow Swallow Spear Technique.
• Lian Buqi badly injured Ying Zhou, and Si Ming learned that Dai Zhuiguang had been murdered with a technique tied to the Eight Asura Sin Lord.
• Han Lin attacked the orphanage seeking Yao Bilian, but Si Ming, Lu Mao, and Zhang Dixian drove him away and hurried to protect her.
• Han Lin turned on his ex-girlfriend, and Pan De, Yao Bilian, a hidden shooter, and a masked Mohist Knight Guard fought to stop him.
• A new consciousness took over Han Lin’s body, but Si Ming disrupted its focus and Pan De killed him with a palm strike.
• Si Ming met Shadow Hero Guard Ye Ziqian, then learned Lu Mao had withdrawn from the tournament to pursue cooking.
• Murong Qing demanded that Lian Buqi apologize to his victims, and he refused before striking aside her spear as their match began.

Si Ming defeated Lian Buqi, discovered his desire to uphold justice, and began cultivating a new method while trying to support Hongdou and Murong Qing through personal setbacks. After Ghosts and Gods Metropolis found a modest readership, the story left Si Ming and Murong Qing searching for a special-admission candidate to help Liu Qingqing enter high school.

• Si Ming defeated Lian Buqi in a private fight, awakened to his wish to become a hero, and mastered Bullet Fist and Phase Transfer Body-Protecting Divine Art.
• Yan Jinghong gave Si Ming a nameless cultivation method, assigned him a summer trip to the Deep Blue Plateau, and warned him that danger was approaching.
• Si Ming began writing Ghosts and Gods Metropolis for income and took care of Hongdou while Auntie Liu was away, but he mishandled Hongdou’s attempt to open up to him.
• Si Ming learned about Hongdou’s isolation and exceptional painting, while Murong Qing struggled with her defeat by Lian Buqi and the discovery that Hongdou’s work had been chosen for a competition.
• Si Ming caught up with Murong Qing after she ran away, helped her recognize that she envied Hongdou’s talent but not her lonely life, and encouraged her to make amends.
• Murong Qing apologized to Hongdou, who asked her to be a friend, while Yao Bilian and Auntie Liu returned and Si Ming learned that Prince Publishing House had signed his novel.
• After months of cultivation and writing, Si Ming placed third in the city’s high school entrance exam, while Murong Qing and Liu Qingqing discussed their results and the possibility of special admission.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing searched for another student who could qualify for special admission and returned without finding one.