Chapter Summaries

After waking from a near-fatal attempt to cultivate True Qi, a man from Earth settled into the identity of Si Ming, an orphan in a strange modern world where people possessed extraordinary physical abilities. He returned to Minggui Orphanage and found a woman there complaining about the Marriage Bureau.

• A young woman scolded Si Ming and the boys who had forced True Qi into him, then told him to rest while she arranged his leave from class.
• As his memories fused with those of the body, Si Ming realized he had transmigrated and decided to use the name on his school badge.
• Si Ming left school and saw people perform feats of strength and agility that were ordinary in this world.
• Si Ming followed his memories to Minggui Orphanage and heard a woman angrily complain about the Marriage Bureau's blind-date match for her.
• The woman saw Si Ming and worried that his handsome appearance and lack of fighting ability would make him a target.

After waking refreshed, Si Ming assessed his new life in a world powered by True Qi and resolved to pursue external martial arts despite his withered meridians. He made it to school, where his childhood friend Liu Qingqing greeted him.

• Si Ming woke up feeling restored and accepted that he had transmigrated into a frail-looking fourteen-year-old boy.
• He recalled the previous owner's abandonment, withered meridians, and discouragement, then decided he could still cultivate external martial arts.
• Si Ming found Yao Bilian drunk at the doorway and carried her back to her room before running to school with the Flying over Grass skill.
• Si Ming reached the school gates and was greeted by Liu Qingqing, who asked whether he had recovered.

Si Ming explained his changed behavior to Liu Qingqing, then kept a low profile through class while learning about the Su Dynasty’s martial arts education. The chapter ended with Spirit Transformation expert Yan Jinghong arriving at Si Ming’s school as a substitute martial skills teacher.

• Si Ming told Liu Qingqing that surviving a brush with death had made him determined to become a new person, and she agreed to watch whether he changed.
• Si Ming reviewed his textbooks and learned how martial arts theory and medical knowledge were taught in the Su Dynasty.
• Si Ming avoided attention throughout his theory classes and went unnoticed by his teachers and classmates.
• The martial skills teacher announced that an important guest would teach the class, and Yan Jinghong descended dramatically with a massive sword case.
• The students recognized Yan Jinghong as a renowned Spirit Transformation expert, while the martial skills teacher marveled at his control over the falling sword case.

Yan Jinghong taught the students Hundred Birds Frolics by imprinting its movements in their minds, and Si Ming discovered that he had learned the art instantly. He rushed home to practice, where he found Hongdou and Auntie Liu arguing over a red bra and preparing for an important banquet.

• Yan Jinghong demonstrated Hundred Birds Frolics and used fist intent to help the students memorize its movements for five days.
• Si Ming realized he had already mastered the art and deliberately practiced incorrectly so he would not attract attention.
• Yan Jinghong noticed Si Ming’s resemblance to a girl from the Wu school in the Nation of Beauty, whom he had met years earlier.
• Si Ming left class early and improved his qinggong by unconsciously adjusting his force according to two of the art’s movements.
• Si Ming arrived at the orphanage and found Hongdou holding a red bra while Auntie Liu urged her to change for a banquet about her art exhibition.

Si Ming practiced Yan Jinghong’s Hundred Birds Frolics and displayed astonishing talent, but collapsed after pushing his body too far. Yao Bilian treated him with a costly tonic, and Si Ming recovered enough to joke with her.

• Hongdou reluctantly agreed to wear a dress to a party after Auntie Liu promised she could behave as she liked there.
• Si Ming practiced the Hundred Birds Frolics on the rooftop, rapidly mastering its forms and producing all thirty-six birdsongs.
• Si Ming collapsed while attempting to reach the Hundred Birds Fall Silent realm.
• Yao Bilian explained that Si Ming had depleted his vital essence and asked what martial art he had practiced.
• Si Ming told Yao Bilian he had practiced the fist intent Yan Jinghong had taught at school.
• Yao Bilian gave Si Ming a Six-Transformation Bear and Snake Pill, and he asked her to deduct its cost from his next month’s living allowance.

After recovering from his training, Si Ming worried that he could not afford the nutrition needed to practice external martial arts and searched for a way to earn money. He discovered that his talent for instant learning also worked on harmonica playing, leaving him with a possible route to make money through music.

• Si Ming recovered enough to get out of bed and realized that external martial arts would require more nutrition than he could afford.
• He considered earning money by publishing novels or copying songs, but rejected both ideas as impractical.
• Si Ming found an unusual harmonica among his old schoolbooks and decided to treat playing it as a martial art.
• He learned the basic harmonica techniques by studying his music textbook once.
• Si Ming played “The Lark” increasingly well on three attempts, bringing out the piece’s mood by the final performance.

Si Ming used his harmonica talent to sell six pieces of music through Auntie Liu, earning enough to escape poverty. Auntie Liu also objected to his relationship with Liu Qingqing, whom she believed had no talent, while Si Ming kept his affection for Qingqing to himself.

• Auntie Liu discussed Hongdou’s art exhibition contract and encouraged her to keep improving her paintings.
• Si Ming played “Whereabouts of Light” for Auntie Liu and asked her to help him sell his music.
• Auntie Liu agreed to arrange recordings and sell six harmonica pieces, estimating their value and taking a commission.
• Auntie Liu told Si Ming she objected to his relationship with Liu Qingqing because she believed Qingqing lacked talent.
• Auntie Liu finalized a music-company contract, and Si Ming received nearly forty-four thousand after expenses and commission.

Si Ming weighed whether to pursue a music career after Auntie Liu explained a company wanted to train him, but he remained torn between the clear path to fame and his dream of becoming a martial arts grandmaster. On the way home from school, Liu Qingqing asked him about the offer, and Si Ming still had no answer.

• Auntie Liu told Si Ming that a music company wanted to sign him as an artist, and she urged him to consider the opportunity despite his martial arts ambitions.
• Si Ming imagined becoming a celebrated musician but remained uncertain whether to choose music or pursue his dream of martial arts.
• Liu Qingqing asked Si Ming whether he planned to become an artist, and he explained that he had not made up his mind.
• When Liu Qingqing asked where her talents might be useful, Si Ming suggested the Liu or Chi School, then withdrew the suggestion after she pointed out their criminal reputations.

Si Ming realized he wanted to pursue martial arts so he could become a great hero, rather than divide his attention with a music career. Twenty days after turning down Aunt Liu’s proposal, he trained the Hundred Birds Frolics in a tree after spending his song earnings on a month’s supply of pills.

• Liu Qingqing encouraged Si Ming to choose the path he could pursue without regret, and he promised he would become the sun she could admire.
• Si Ming saw Ying Zhou being chased by older students and intervened, but Ying Zhou rebuked him and warned him not to meddle again.
• Ying Zhou’s insults made Si Ming remember his original wish to become a great hero and settle his doubts about his future.
• Twenty days after declining Aunt Liu’s proposal, Si Ming bought a month’s supply of Six-Transformation Bear and Snake Pills with the money from six songs.
• Si Ming practiced the Hundred Birds Frolics among the branches of a giant banyan tree at dawn.

Si Ming’s training was interrupted by a level-four Demon Beast alert, and he found a girl and a young boy being chased by a powerful monster. After overcoming his terror, he rushed to intervene and began planning how to save them.

• Si Ming’s half-month training strengthened his body and improved his lightness skill.
• A warning announced that a tide of around two thousand Demon Beasts was approaching the city, and Si Ming headed for a shelter.
• Si Ming heard a girl scream and found a toad-headed Demon Beast pursuing her and a little boy.
• The monster’s intimidating gaze froze Si Ming, and he struggled with the urge to flee.
• Si Ming forced himself to stand, declared that the hero was making his entrance, and swooped toward the chase.
• Once he acted, Si Ming put aside his panic and quickly considered a strategy.

Si Ming used a breakthrough in his qinggong to draw the toad monster away from a girl and her brother, then fled as it attacked him with powerful air blasts. He took a Six-Transformation Bear and Snake Pill while searching for a way to survive, and began assessing the Demon Beast’s strength.

• Si Ming reached the Hundred Birds Soar through the Sky realm and gained a wisp of True Qi that transformed his qinggong.
• Si Ming caught up to the toad monster, taunted it, and hit it with a foul-smelling projectile, drawing its attention away from the girl and boy.
• Si Ming outran the monster, but it fired an air blast that narrowly missed him and destroyed part of a building.
• Si Ming dodged another air blast, swallowed a Six-Transformation Bear and Snake Pill, and continued fleeing while planning his next move.
• Si Ming considered the Demon Beast grading system as he assessed the danger posed by the monster.

Si Ming lured the Mighty Rhinoceros Toad into a construction site and buried it under falling steel, but its tough hide left it unharmed. Yan Jinghong arrived and offered Si Ming a mysterious Edict Armament called Profound Armor, leaving him to prepare for its activation.

• Si Ming led the Mighty Rhinoceros Toad to a construction site and dropped steel bundles onto it, but the beast emerged uninjured.
• Si Ming decided to retreat after realizing he could not hurt the Spirit Grade Demon Beast, and he considered learning Wild Ball Fist.
• Yan Jinghong appeared and urged Si Ming to face the Mighty Rhinoceros Toad himself rather than surrender the fight to an expert.
• Yan Jinghong activated the sword case with a blood test and the password “Profound Armor still stands,” then asked Si Ming to provide blood for a target scan.

Si Ming used Yan Jinghong’s Heaven-Soaring Armor No. 2 and High-Frequency Vibrating Particle Sword to attack the Mighty Rhinoceros Toad. He survived the beast’s counterattack, and the wounded toad eventually died.

• Yan Jinghong equipped Si Ming with the Heaven-Soaring Armor No. 2 and gave him the High-Frequency Vibrating Particle Sword.
• Si Ming quickly mastered the armor’s flight controls and charged at the Mighty Rhinoceros Toad.
• Si Ming cut the toad’s back, but its wound healed quickly, so he prepared a high-speed thrust at its neck.
• The Mighty Rhinoceros Toad unleashed a burst of Yao Qi, and the armor’s Guardian Edict Circuit shielded Si Ming as he was blasted away.
• Si Ming’s sword severed most of the toad’s neck, and the beast bled to death after several minutes.

Si Ming visited the Tange City Mohist Knight Guard base after recovering from his injuries and learned about the organization’s ranks and work. As Zhong Lingxiu escorted him through the base, he discovered that Yan Jinghong might take him as his first disciple.

• After a week of recovery, Si Ming set out for his appointment at the Mohist Knight Guard branch base.
• Si Ming reviewed the Mohist Knight Guard’s ranks, duties, and commissions as he explored the crowded front hall.
• A receptionist verified Si Ming’s appointment, and Zhong Lingxiu came to escort him inside.
• Zhong Lingxiu led Si Ming through security into the base’s elaborate, steampunk-style interior.
• Zhong Lingxiu said she was curious about the genius Senior Yan Jinghong might take as his first disciple, and Si Ming learned that she was a sixteen-year-old research assistant.

Yan Jinghong accepted Si Ming as his disciple and found him the Blazing Yang Battle Art, a partially translated martial arts manual that absorbs solar energy and may let him cultivate despite his severed meridians. Si Ming was warned that the technique had never been practiced before and that he would have to proceed cautiously without reliable guidance.

• Si Ming told Yan Jinghong that he had been born with severed meridians and could not cultivate internal power, but Yan Jinghong said he already knew and praised Si Ming for overcoming his predicament.
• Yan Jinghong asked Si Ming to become his disciple, and Si Ming accepted through the Mohist School's apprenticeship gesture.
• Yan Jinghong explained that his lineage came from the small Dinghu Sect and told Si Ming he had sought out a suitable cultivation method for him.
• Yan Jinghong introduced the Blazing Yang Battle Art, a partly deciphered manual that drew on solar energy rather than Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Yan Jinghong warned Si Ming to stop at any discomfort and explained that no one had cultivated the manual before, leaving Si Ming without an experienced guide.

Si Ming agreed to test the Blazing Yang Battle Art after Yan Jinghong explained his reasons and warned him to use power responsibly. At the Mohist Academy of Science, Si Ming met the doctor Jiang Zhengtai, whose advances he tried to discourage but accidentally encouraged instead.

• Pan De questioned Yan Jinghong about risking his disciple, and Yan Jinghong defended his choice by insisting Si Ming had the right to refuse.
• Si Ming agreed to lead the way in testing the Blazing Yang Battle Art, and Yan Jinghong warned him against abusing his martial power.
• Yan Jinghong brought Si Ming to meet Jiang Zhengtai, the Mohist Academy of Science's person in charge of his cultivation plan.
• Pan De privately told Si Ming that Jiang Zhengtai was a Lord Longyang, and Si Ming learned that Jiang was openly gay.
• Si Ming declared that he was not interested in men and urged Jiang to respect others' boundaries, but Jiang said this made him even more interested in Si Ming.

Si Ming cultivated the Blazing Yang Battle Art by exposing himself to sunlight on the school roof, though he complained about the technique’s unorthodox, scientific nature. The Central Mo Science Academy planned to develop a sun lamp so he could cultivate more efficiently at home.

• Si Ming practiced the Blazing Yang Battle Art shirtless on the teaching building’s roof, using sunlight to improve his cultivation efficiency.
• Si Ming explained that wearing clothes reduced the technique’s efficiency to about a tenth, and that the school had approved his rooftop sessions based on Jiang Zhengtai’s medical certificate.
• Si Ming worried that other students might spot him and spread rumors, so he kept his underpants on despite knowing that exposing more skin would help.
• Si Ming noted that ordinary lamplight could also fuel the technique, though less effectively, and the Central Mo Science Academy planned to create a high-efficiency sun lamp for him.

Si Ming met Murong Qing, the class president who he had rescued from a Mighty Rhinoceros Toad, and learned that she admired him as a hidden hero. He agreed to keep his rescue secret but played along when Murong Qing guessed he belonged to the national Mohist Knight Guard, giving her the codename “Son of Light.”

• Si Ming finished cultivating, adjusted his expectations about his slow progress, and encountered Lu Renyi, who told him Murong Qing had come looking for him.
• Si Ming recognized Murong Qing as the girl he had saved from a Mighty Rhinoceros Toad and recalled her martial arts achievements.
• Murong Qing thanked Si Ming for rescuing her and her younger brother, while Si Ming admitted he had hesitated before helping.
• Si Ming asked Murong Qing to keep the rescue secret, and she mistook his wish for privacy as the behavior of a reclusive master.
• Murong Qing asked whether Si Ming was a member of the national Mohist Knight Guard, and Si Ming nodded and told her his codename was “Son of Light.”

Si Ming agreed to have dinner with Murong Qing’s family, then returned to the orphanage after school and detected a faint smell of blood nearby. Meanwhile, Ying Zhou left school enraged by his teacher’s reprimand and turned his attention toward a kitten.

• Murong Qing praised Si Ming’s codename, promised to keep his supposed secret mission confidential, and invited him to dine with her family; Si Ming agreed.
• Ying Zhou’s homeroom teacher blamed him for fighting, ordered him to write a self-criticism, and told him to cut his hair.
• Ying Zhou left school consumed by anger and painful memories, then spotted a kitten and smiled savagely.
• Si Ming reflected on his improving grades and training before reaching the orphanage and smelling blood nearby.
• Si Ming decided to investigate the smell and act as a Mohist Knight Guard.

Si Ming caught Ying Zhou torturing a kitten and tried to subdue him, but Ying Zhou revealed deadly martial skill and attacked after Si Ming threatened to expose him. Si Ming evaded Ying Zhou’s frenzied Tiger Demon Fist, and their fight remained unresolved.

• Si Ming followed the scent of blood to the wasteland and saw Ying Zhou mutilating a kitten’s corpse.
• Si Ming ambushed Ying Zhou with a Dinghu Sect claw technique, but Ying Zhou dodged and countered with Ox Demon Fist.
• After the two fought to a draw, Ying Zhou realized Si Ming had witnessed his secret and threatened to kill him.
• Ying Zhou’s strength and speed surged as he used Tiger Demon Fist, but Si Ming dodged the attacks and struck his nose with an elbow.
• Si Ming relied on his movement skill to evade Ying Zhou’s continuing attacks, while Ying Zhou struggled to touch him.