Chapter Summaries

Si Ming and Murong Qing met Ling Huanxi, who opened a hidden passage beneath the mountain and brought Si Ming to a chained prisoner. The prisoner addressed Ling Huanxi as his little sister, leaving Si Ming to face the mysterious man.

• Murong Qing questioned why the former Grandmaster had been suppressed, and Ling Huanxi said he had truly been injured while practicing.
• Si Ming delivered Yan Jinghong's letter to Ling Huanxi, who introduced herself and led him and Murong Qing down the mountain.
• Ling Huanxi activated a vast mechanism that opened a passage inside the mountain, then warned Murong Qing not to enter because it was dangerous.
• Si Ming sensed intense radiation and followed Ling Huanxi down into the mountain, using his Blazing Sun True Qi to endure it.
• Ling Huanxi brought Si Ming to an altar where a naked man was bound in black iron chains; he called her his little sister, and she said she had been watching him all along.

Si Ming met the imprisoned former Grandmaster of the Mohist School, who confirmed that the Blazing Yang Battle Art could remove the dangers of Super Martial Dao and offered to teach him the Supreme Plain Decay True Scripture. Si Ming learned that the scripture’s fifth chapter had been destroyed, while the man’s attempt to cultivate its third chapter had ended in an accident.

• The chained man raged against his betrayal by Ling Huanxi and Yan Jinghong, then calmed when Ling Huanxi activated the runes on his chains.
• The man examined Si Ming and confirmed that combining the Blazing Yang Battle Art with the Supreme Plain Decay True Scripture could eliminate Super Martial Dao’s hidden dangers.
• Si Ming accepted the man’s offer to teach him the scripture and explained that he had been born with severed meridians.
• The man explained that the scripture suited Si Ming and showed him its six chapters carved into the ice walls, warning him not to rush into cultivation.
• Si Ming read the scripture and found its fifth chapter had been destroyed; the man said he had perfected the second chapter before an accident during his attempt at the third.

Si Ming began cultivating the Bismuth Blossom Chapter under Xiao Xuan’s guidance while Murong Qing began learning the spear from Ling Huanxi. The chapter ended with Murong Qing demonstrating her rapid progress in spear and sword techniques.

• Xiao Xuan explained the Supreme Plain Decay True Scripture’s stages, its radiation requirements, and the need to temper its effects with the Blazing Yang Battle Art.
• Si Ming started cultivating the Bismuth Blossom Chapter, using radiation to temper his body and sunlight to refine his acupoints.
• Si Ming mastered the practice of cultivating both techniques at once in an hour, surprising Xiao Xuan with his rapid progress.
• Murong Qing worried that she was falling behind Si Ming, and Ling Huanxi offered to teach her the spear.
• Murong Qing practiced with a spear in an icy corridor, blasted a hole in the mountainside, then caught a flying ice sword and continued practicing.

Murong Qing honed her martial arts and advanced her Glacier Divine Art under Ling Huanxi’s guidance while Si Ming pursued a breakthrough inside the mountain. As a demon tide approached on the night of Si Ming’s critical moment, Ling Huanxi warned Murong Qing that a powerful enemy was coming and that she might not be able to protect her.

• Murong Qing practiced the Cambrian Spear Art and Vast Cold Immortal Sword Art, then asked Ling Huanxi to assess her progress; Ling Huanxi said she had taught her all she could.
• Murong Qing continued cultivating the Glacier Divine Art near the radiation leaking from the cavern, and her Internal Cultivation reached level six.
• Murong Qing trained intensely alongside Si Ming, whose relentless practice fueled her determination not to fall behind.
• As evening came, Murong Qing noticed the mountain’s temperature had risen, and Ling Huanxi said Si Ming had reached a decisive point in his breakthrough.
• Ling Huanxi sensed a demon tide approaching and warned Murong Qing that a powerful enemy would appear and she might barely be able to protect herself.
• Murong Qing remembered their previous encounter with the demon tide and insisted she could protect herself.

Murong Qing prepared to defend Central Peak while Ling Huanxi awaited the approaching Yao beasts, and Si Ming continued absorbing energy inside the mountain. When the horde arrived, Murong Qing triggered a collapse that formed a deep pit around the peak, sending many beasts tumbling in.

• Murong Qing decided to stay and help Ling Huanxi, then found firearms in Si Ming's luggage and asked her master to reshape the terrain.
• Si Ming absorbed stored sunlight and nuclear radiation as Xiao Xuan watched for his breakthrough.
• Ling Huanxi gave Murong Qing the Moon God's Tear and resolved to protect her as the Yao beasts approached Central Peak.
• Murong Qing used the Spirit Sparrow Gun to trigger a mountainside collapse, opening a deep pit that trapped many charging Yao beasts.
• Some Yao beasts tried to jump across the pit, but the mountain's slope made the crossing difficult.

Murong Qing’s traps destroyed most of the demon beast army, but a Divine Rank eagle-winged demon attacked her and Ling Huanxi, while Murong Qing was later trapped by a Ghost Rank fox demon. The chapter ended with Murong Qing surrounded by the fox demon and the surviving beasts.

• Murong Qing’s avalanche trap swept away more than half the demon beast army after Mammoth Pigs formed an ice bridge across the pit.
• An eagle-winged Divine Rank demon attacked Murong Qing, but Ling Huanxi shielded her and fought him in the sky.
• Murong Qing fought the surviving Yao Qi-wielding beasts with the Moon God's Tear, killing several, including a Mammoth Pig.
• Murong Qing used Nine Luminaries Sacred Radiance to cut through the encirclement, but a fox-tailed demon woman blocked her escape with a whip.
• The fox demon revealed herself as a Ghost Rank beast and confronted the surrounded Murong Qing.

Si Ming emerged from seclusion after breaking through and rescued Murong Qing, then defeated the demonic beasts surrounding them. He joined the fight against the eagle-winged man, but his sniper shot only wounded the Spirit Transformation expert as Ling Huanxi remained badly injured.

• Si Ming crushed the foxlike deputy leader beneath his feet, broke her neck, and let Murong Qing take her away for questioning.
• Si Ming killed the attacking Mammoth Pig with a palm strike, then used Blue Moon Light Burst to bring down the remaining demonic beasts.
• Si Ming spotted Ling Huanxi embedded in a mountainside, badly wounded after fighting the eagle-winged man.
• Si Ming used the Hawk Sparrow Gun to shoot the eagle-winged man, grazing his forehead and injuring the bone beneath it.

Si Ming endured the eagle-winged man's attacks while protecting Ling Huanxi, then Xiao Xuan lent him primordial Qi and divine sense to raise his strength and reactions. Si Ming struck back, but the eagle-winged man powered up and charged again.

• Si Ming taunted the eagle-winged man and endured his sword strikes, but Yao Qi began eroding his body.
• Murong Qing held back from intervening while Ling Huanxi activated a forbidden technique and prepared to fight despite her injuries.
• Xiao Xuan told Ling Huanxi to leave the fight to him and sent primordial Qi and divine sense into Si Ming.
• Si Ming used the added Qi and sharper reactions to punch the eagle-winged man and send him flying.
• The eagle-winged man increased his speed with Yao Qi and attacked Si Ming again.

Si Ming used his enhanced speed and Drought God Palm to overwhelm the eagle-winged man, who then tried to escape by threatening Murong Qing. Ling Huanxi intercepted him and pinned him against the mountain in ice, though she was badly wounded.

• Si Ming battered the eagle-winged man with Bullet Fist, tore off both his wings, and burned him with Scorched Earth for a Thousand Li.
• Si Ming taunted the eagle-winged man and concealed the secret behind his sudden speed.
• The eagle-winged man attacked Murong Qing with crossed sword force, forcing Si Ming to intercept the strike and allowing the demon to flee.
• Ling Huanxi blocked the eagle-winged man's escape, took a wound to her shoulder, and drove him into the mountainside before freezing him with her spear.
• Murong Qing caught Ling Huanxi as she fell, and Ling Huanxi insisted they could not let the eagle-winged man escape.

Si Ming defeated the Divine Rank great Yao with the Supreme Plain Decay True Scripture technique Xiao Xuan helped him complete. The chapter ended with Xiao Xuan breaking the chains that had bound him for ten years.

• The great Yao revealed its true form, summoned its Yao core, and unleashed its ultimate move against Si Ming.
• Xiao Xuan guided Si Ming in using Star Core Decay Blazing Sun Descent, and Si Ming's attack consumed the great Yao's blood seal and annihilated the Yao.
• Ling Huanxi sheltered herself and Murong Qing from the devastating aftermath with an ice chrysanthemum.
• Si Ming noticed a giant black whip strike the mountainside and realized Xiao Xuan was breaking free.
• Xiao Xuan wept with relief and snapped the three black iron chains that had bound him.

Xiao Xuan escaped after Si Ming’s ultimate move broke his chains, then reunited with Ling Huanxi and explained that he had overcome his heart demon and planned to repay kindness and vengeance. Three hours later, Xiao Xuan returned with the captured fox woman, and Si Ming began questioning her about the demon attack.

• Si Ming realized Xiao Xuan had guided him into using his ultimate move to destroy the black iron chains and rushed to warn Ling Huanxi and Murong Qing that Xiao Xuan was breaking free.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from the mountain, told Ling Huanxi she was free, and explained that he had never been ill and had overcome his heart demon with help from Third Brother.
• Xiao Xuan said he planned to repay kindness and vengeance, while Ling Huanxi said she would consult Third Brother before deciding what to do.
• Murong Qing asked whether the Demon Race had come to rescue Xiao Xuan, and he denied knowing the demons or coordinating with them before taking the unconscious fox woman to interrogate her.
• Three hours later, Xiao Xuan returned with the frightened fox woman, and Si Ming learned that the East Sea Demon King had ordered the attack.

Si Ming and Murong Qing learned that the Demon Race had a human collaborator, while Xiao Xuan kept the fox woman for further questioning and gave them powerful cultivation gifts. After Xiao Xuan left, Ling Huanxi prepared to return, and Si Ming and Murong Qing headed home, where Si Ming suddenly remembered the Mohist School Profound Armor he had forgotten.

• Si Ming questioned the fox woman and learned that the demons had traveled inland at night, while Murong Qing suspected a human had guided them around populated areas.
• Xiao Xuan decided to take the fox woman away for further interrogation because the Demon Race had collaborators within the country.
• Xiao Xuan gave Si Ming nuclear essence sealed in ice crystal and fused thousand-year profound ice into Murong Qing's Moon God's Tear.
• Xiao Xuan left with the fox woman, and Ling Huanxi said she would return to her post while Si Ming and Murong Qing set off for home.
• On the train, Si Ming remembered the Mohist School Profound Armor and clutched his bald head in dismay.

Si Ming and Murong Qing reunited with the masked Liu School disciple who had been searching for the treasure map and returned Murong Qing’s Time Wheel Meter. After exchanging the items, Si Ming deduced the woman’s connection to Yaozu Jewelry and discovered how his earlier fight had injured her.

• The masked woman boarded Si Ming and Murong Qing’s train and demanded the treasure map back.
• Murong Qing agreed to return the map in exchange for the Dragon Diagram Time Wheel Meter, and the woman handed it over with a Yaozu VIP card.
• Si Ming reasoned that the woman was likely a member of the Zu family, and she invited him to visit Yaozu if he wanted to sell the meter.
• The masked woman reclaimed the map and blamed Si Ming for injuring her hand, which had caused her to fall from the train and use a hang glider.
• The woman jabbed Si Ming’s wrist to punish him, but her fingers bounced off his hardened body.

Murong Qing confronted two thieves who had attacked her with poisoned needles and acid, defeating them with her improved Glacier Divine Art. She affirmed that standing stubbornly for justice was worthwhile and left the thieves subdued.

• Murong Qing sensed and dodged two plum blossom darts, then recognized the old man and dowdy woman who had previously fought her and Si Ming.
• The thieves attacked Murong Qing with poisoned needles and acid, but she deflected the needles and froze the acid with her Glacier True Qi.
• Murong Qing evaded the old man's heavy cane and struck Guihua beneath the arm with her icy sword fingers, leaving her unable to move.
• The old man slipped on ice Murong Qing had formed on the floor, and she struck his Yintang acupoint and pinned him down.
• Murong Qing picked up the acid bottle and declared that more people should stand for justice so that thieves like them would behave.

Murong Qing punished two suspected thieves with a technique that would hinder their martial arts, then thanked Si Ming for helping her grow during their journey. Si Ming returned to the orphanage, where Liu Qingqing greeted him with an archery trick and noticed he had grown taller.

• Murong Qing rejected the old man's demand to be handed over to the police and argued that she would enforce justice herself when the law failed.
• Murong Qing placed Bone-Clinging Cold Needles in the old man's and the woman's knees, warning them that circulating True Qi would trigger pain and hinder them from harming others.
• Murong Qing returned to Si Ming and thanked him for guiding her during their two-month journey.
• Si Ming arrived at the orphanage and caught a chalk-tipped arrow Liu Qingqing had fired at him.
• Liu Qingqing struck Si Ming's bald head with a Soundless Arrow, then rubbed his head and concluded that he had grown six centimeters.
• Liu Qingqing told Si Ming that her archery instructor had praised her talent for Soundless Arrow, though she was otherwise only slightly better than an ordinary archer.

Si Ming returned home after training and reunited with Yao Bilian, Hongdou, and Lu Mao, then learned that Ying Zhou had gotten a girlfriend. On his way to school with Liu Qingqing, Si Ming worried that the relationship might threaten Ying Zhou’s progress, but Liu Qingqing reassured him that the romance had only just begun.

• Si Ming came home and endured Yao Bilian’s teasing welcome, including her joke about her underwear.
• Hongdou commented on colors, and Si Ming found Lu Mao cooking after he had returned from the Su Kingdom with an advanced chef qualification.
• Yao Bilian told Si Ming that Ying Zhou was with his girlfriend, shocking him because Ying Zhou had kept the relationship secret.
• Si Ming went to school with Liu Qingqing after missing the first two days of classes while training, and learned he was in the same class as her and Murong Qing.
• Liu Qingqing explained that Ying Zhou’s girlfriend had confessed on the first day of school and that he had agreed after her persistence, easing Si Ming’s immediate concerns.

Si Ming settled into the idea of starting school and admired Tange No. 1 Middle School’s uniforms with Liu Qingqing. After classmates saw him arrive with Liu Qingqing and Murong Qing, they spread rumors that the three had skipped class together because of a romance, and Si Ming discussed Murong Qing’s chances of becoming class president before someone familiar approached his desk.

• Liu Qingqing pointed out two elementary school students breaking up, and Si Ming realized his discomfort about his younger brother’s romance came from feeling left behind.
• Si Ming admired Tange No. 1 Middle School’s uniforms and complimented Liu Qingqing, who returned the compliment without showing much reaction.
• Si Ming and Liu Qingqing arrived in class, where classmates noticed them and connected their earlier absence to Murong Qing’s greeting.
• Si Ming told Murong Qing that the rumors might help her popularity and chances of becoming class president, then teased her about her appearance in the uniform.
• Murong Qing blushed and returned to her seat, and a black-gloved hand pressed down on Si Ming’s desk as a familiar voice addressed him.

Si Ming watched his classmates compete for class committee positions and learned that serving earned Chivalry Points, which governed access to offensive martial arts. After reviewing Tange No. 1 Middle School’s martial arts textbook, he realized he would need classes and sufficient authorization to learn many techniques.

• Si Ming welcomed Chen Shimi back and offered to help him study and share lunch, then learned from the class list that Chen Shimi’s original name was Chen Simi.
• The students eagerly contested the class committee positions, and Murong Qing narrowly won class monitor while the entrance-exam top scorer became study representative.
• Chen Shimi won nine votes and placed third in the class monitor election, while Si Ming chose not to run because committee duties were demanding and he already had enough Chivalry Points.
• Si Ming reviewed the school’s rules on Chivalry Points and learned they determined which offensive martial arts and weapons people were authorized to access.
• Si Ming read Tange No. 1 Middle School’s martial arts textbook, noted its featured techniques and teachers, and concluded he would need classes to learn the techniques fully before the school day ended.

Si Ming returned to Weiyang Hall and learned that a challenger had come to fight the school martial arts team. As the match began in the hall’s free-combat arena, he realized the challenge involved a private school.

• Xia Guanxue told Si Ming that special-admission students had to train with the school martial arts team, and offered to lead him to Weiyang Hall.
• Xia Guanxue said he had won the Youth Martial Arts Tournament and would take the school martial arts team's entrance test.
• Si Ming entered Weiyang Hall and found the team gathered in a tense circle, but Captain Ke Chajing merely acknowledged him.
• Tao Chengsi explained that a private school had challenged the team at its own hall.
• The team members set up the free-combat arena, where two people took their places in a bamboo grove.

Si Ming watched Qian Yu fight He Qichang, who revealed a powerful Demon Blade technique and defeated him despite being driven into a dangerous position. Ke Chajing then sent Si Ming to face He Qichang, leaving him ready to make his entrance and defend the school team's honor.

• Qian Yu opened with calligraphy-based brush techniques, but He Qichang repeatedly interrupted his attacks with precise saber strikes.
• Si Ming recognized He Qichang's apparent Eight Trigrams Form-Intent Saber, and Qian Yu used the formation's eye to force He Qichang back.
• He Qichang unleashed Demon Blade: Rushing Thunder and turned the fight around, holding his saber at Qian Yu's neck and winning the match.
• Ke Chajing rejected a teammate's offer to fight and, after Hu Jixian warned that He Qichang was still holding back, called Si Ming to the field.
• Si Ming accepted the challenge and stepped forward to face He Qichang.